В ОСВІТІ In order to determine the effectiveness of the introduction of multimedia interactive shooting range «Ingul-7» in the system of professional education of future officers of NGU, members of RG conducted a pedagogical experiment, which was attended by cadets of the command and staff faculty of NANGU (n=46 people). The studied cadets were divided into a control group (Kg, n=22 people) and an experimental group (Eg, n=24 people). The studied cadets Kg during the pedagogical experiment used the traditional method of forming professional competencies in the direction of fire and tactical training (practical component) provided by the working program of the discipline «Small Arms and Fire Training». Representatives of Eg additionally used the functionality (means) of the multimedia interac - tive shooting range «Ingul»-7 during practical fire training classes. Comparing the indicators before and after the use of multimedia interac tive shooting range «Ingul»-7 aimed at improv - ing the fire and tactical training of future officers of NGU, it was found that the results obtained at the end of the pedagogical experiment in the studied groups significantly increased compared to the original data and these differences are mostly significant P≤0,05). Key words: shooting training, future officers, pedagogical experiment, professional compe - tencies, professional education, applied skills, professional training, tactical training,


AIM:To investigate the chemical constituents from the tubers of Ipomoea batatas.METHOD:The chemical constituents were isolated and purified by solvent extraction together with various chromatographic techniques.The structures were elucidated on the basis of chemical evidence and spectral data.RESULTS:Five compounds were identified from CHCl3 and n-BuOH extracted fractions,which were β-amyrin acetate(1),epifriedelanol(2),ethyl caffeate(3),caffeic acid(4),simonin Ⅳ(5).CONCLUSION:Compound 1~5 were isolated from Ipomoea batatas for the first time.


The paper presents a series of centrifuge tests simulating a level site consisting of granular soil deposits subjected to various biaxial and uniaxial base excitations. The tests were conducted at RPI NEES centrifuge facility to assess the dynamic response characteristics of level deposits under multidirectional shaking. Synthetic sinusoidal waves were used as base excitations to test loose models under biaxial and uniaxial shaking. Dense arrays of accelerometers were used to monitor the deposit response along with pore water pressure transducers. Two uniaxial tests and one biaxial shaking test were conducted on three similar soil models to study the impact of multidirectional shaking on the generation of soil liquefaction. The two uniaxial shaking tests consisted of: (a) a test with input energy content using an Arias intensity similar to that of the biaxial input shaking and (b) a test with 10% increase in one of the components of the biaxial shake amplitude, as commonly done in practice for uniaxial si...


Analysis of two asphaltene and six preasphaltene samples have shown that 60 to 80% of the total oxygen is accounted for as phenol and carbonyl groups. Thus, ethers make up no more than 40% of the oxygen in these samples. Mofification of the proposed models, particularly the preasphaltenes, by incorporation of carbonyl moieties is therefore warranted. Thirty diaryl ethers and oligo(aryl oxides), both with and without phenolic OH groups, ranging from 186 g/mole to 538 g/mole have been synthesized as model asphaltenes. Preasphaltene models have been modified to include carbonyl groups (generally as quinones). The synthesis of the first of these new models has been accomplished and work on the preparation of other models is in progress.


This paper reexamines the music and experimental science of Vincenzo Galilei through the lens of artisanal epistemology. Where previous scholars have questioned the veracity of Vincenzo's experiments, I unpack how Vincenzo himself understood and utilized esperienza. Arguing against Cohen and Prins especially, I assert that Vincenzo's esperienza functioned as a rational-empirical way of studying nature. I then show how esperienza played analogous roles in his science and practice. By treating his music as artisanal epistemology, I portray Vincenzo's musical composition, like his experimentalism, as a form of natural knowledge-making. He deployed esperienza in science to capture knowledge of consonance and in art to express knowledge of music's effects on passions. Finally, I situate Vincenzo within broader humanistic and artistic trends and consider his influence on Galileo. This study explores Renaissance music at the nexus of mathematical theory and empirical and instrumental practice while reinterpreting the early modern concept of esperienza.


The invention discloses a generation schedule optimization method taking into consideration the unit adjustment dead zone. The method comprises the following steps: (1) operation data needed by a generation schedule optimization model is maintained and provided, and the minimum amount of adjustment of a unit is maintained; (2) the latest grid physical model and real-time manner data are acquired, and sensitivity calculation is started to obtain sensitivity result information; (3) the generation schedule optimization model reads system basic data, the minimum amount of adjustment, and the sensitivity result information; and (4) according to all the input data read in step (3) and based on the generation schedule optimization model, the minimum amount of adjustment constraint of the unit is introduced, namely, the minimum amount of adjustment constraint is modeled into an optimization model taking into consideration the unit adjustment dead zone. By introducing the mathematical model of the minimum amount of adjustment constraint of the unit, a more reliable, more effective and more practical unit power output schedule can be designed, the execution rate of unit schedule is improved, and the adjustment pressure of an AGC frequency modulation unit and an AGC autonomous control unit is reduced.


Fresh-cut cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) are appreciated by consumers for their convenience and freshness. In the process of home cooking and in the food industry, different cutting methods for cucumbers are needed. In order to explore the effect of cutting methods on the quality of fresh-cut cucumbers, cucumbers were cut into slices, pieces, and strips and whole cucumbers were used as the control. The results indicate that the vitamin C content of the sliced, pieced, and stripped cucumbers was gradually reduced, while the glutathione content increased significantly (p < 0.05) compared with the whole cucumbers. Furthermore, this study reveals that the fresh-cutting operation induced the production of ROS (O2−· and H2O2). Simultaneously, cutting activates phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and peroxidase activity, which enhanced the total phenol content by 1.35 times, 1.51 times, and 1.78 times in the pieced, stripped, and sliced cucumbers, respectively. This combines with the enhancement in the ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione reductase, superoxide dismutase, and catalase activity, contributing to the antioxidant capacity increasing by 1.14–1.95 times compared with the control. In conclusion, the degree of quality indexes was sliced > pieced > stripped. Therefore, this study provides useful information to illuminate the mechanism of the quality change in fresh-cut cucumbers subjected to different cutting methods and makes suggestions on the appropriate cutting style for the commercial or home use of cucumbers.


At least two vertical arms provided with switching elements (Trp, Ttp, Trn, Ttn) is controlled three-phase AC power supply is connected (E3) and capacitance (C) of the converter circuit (10A) is turned on or off, and the control unit (300A) for opening and closing the opening and closing relay (84C) after the start (10A) power conversion circuit up to be suppressed until the inrush current, the opening and closing relay (84C) in a closed state, and controlling the switching elements (Trp, Trn, Ttp, Ttn) each turned on or off, the pair of upper and lower arms of the phase in the oN state, the remaining upper and lower arms in a non-conducting state.


The iron-based materials are the most popular engineering
alloys for industrial use. Very successful materials are the
steels. The element bases of the modern steels are very
complex. They are usually alloyed with the other transitions
metals (Me: Cr, Mo, V, Nb, W,...) and interstitial elements
(i.e. carbon and also recently nitrogen) in order to improve
the mechanical and corrosion resistance properties. The steels
are very important material also for high temperature
engineering applications. The modern high-resistant steels
(P91, P92, E911, VM12) [05Van] reached the high strength up to
100Mpa at 575-650oC. It is no rare case that these modern
steels have to be weld joined with other steels, which have
different compositions (T/P22, T/P23, T/P24,...). In the case
of dissimilar weld joints [04Bha], the mechanical properties
usually take a turn for the worse because the phase
microstructure changes caused by long-time diffusion during
exploitation at high temperature [01Sir]. The most important
diffusing elements are the carbon and the nitrogen for the
steels. The diffusion flux of these light elements (i.e. C, N)
is in close relation to their thermodynamic activities. The
heat-resistant steels, filler alloys, and welding electrodes
can be thermodynamically treated as Fe-Me-N-C based closed
systems. Phase diagrams and temperature dependent carbon and
nitrogen activities of the steels can be calculated using
CALPHAD approach [98Sau], which is based on semiempirical
thermodynamic model of the multicomponent/multiphase system and
thermodynamic condition of phase equilibrium. The activities of
the carbon and nitrogen can be thus obtained. In this
contribution, the CALPHAD method is applied for different
steels, fillers, and electrodes. Examples of phase diagrams,
temperature dependences of the carbon and nitrogen activities
are calculated, plotted, and discussed.


In this paper, we present a new object detection method in Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with the Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm using data from a radar system. ACC using Closest in Path Vehicle (CIPV) detects the object vehicle that comes in front of the vehicle's front radar. Therefore, if the object vehicle abruptly cuts into the lane ahead of ego vehicle, the speed of the ego vehicle should quickly reduce. This phenomenon makes passengers feel uncomfortable. To cope with this phenomenon, in this paper we propose multiple classifications of various driving situations using multi-class SVM. Classified data was used to detect the CIPV among nearby vehicles in ACC. The proposed method shows improved performance in predicting the motion of objects in advance over the conventional radar system so that it enable for the ACC system either to decelerate or to accelerate smoothly in advance. The performance of proposed method was validated via experimental results.


graft function was excellent with no complications. Two weeks aft er her LT, the patient underwent a total thyroidectomy. Eventually, the patient had a successful full term pregnancy. In summary, this case illustrates the successful multidisciplinary management of the fi rst case reported in literature involving liver transplantation, for acute liver failure of a hyperthyroid pregnant patient in her second trimester, with favorable outcomes for the patient and her infant. With increased experience, more successful liver transplantations may be undertaken in pregnant patients.


ABSTRACT  This study aimed to gain insight about the dynamics of self-Injury actors. The approach used in this research is a qualitative approach with case study method. Subjects in this study is that two actors Injury non suicidal self-injury self-moderate. Data collection techniques used were observation and interviews. Data analysis using qualitative data analysis techniques and examination techniques data using triangulation. Triangulation is used in this study is the triangulation of methods and sources. This study shows that the psychological dynamics of self-Injury actors in subject 1 came from the family, parenting adopted in the family persuasive. The role of each member of the family is not running as it should. Circumstances are not good parents is what makes the subject to self-injury. Lack of attention and affection from parents makes the subject perform actions that are not controlled by it as self-injury. Subject 2 showed that the role of the family is quite influential for him. Parenting is applied by the subject's father was so protective that makes the subject very often want to feel free. This event makes the subject feel guilty and depressed. Taste is exactly what makes the subject matter that is not doing well coping with self-injury.  Keywords: Self-Injury, Psychological Dynamics.


The economic consequences of large macroeconomic shocks such as the European Community enlargements need to be analyzed in the context of imperfect labor markets. We build a two sector model of search frictions and specific human capital in which young agents chose the type of schooling, specific to a sector. We analyze the transition to a new steadystate when one of the sector expands and the other declines. In the absence of mobility, it takes 50 years for the economy to absorb the shock. Wage flexibility and re-training ease the transition of both employment and unemployment, while early-retirement increases the speed of adjustment in unemployment at the cost of a lower employment/population ratio along the transition. Then, using labor force data from two different Eastern European economies (a large economy with rigid labor markets, Poland and a small open economy with increased flexibility, Estonia), we attempt to measure the costs of the transition, in measuring wage mobility and notably wage losses of displaced workers, as well as the determinants of unemployment spells.


The testing and monitoring of structures and structural components under different loading conditions are a standard engineering application. Geometrical measurements are performed for the examination of the behavior of test objects and for the verification of theories or mechanical models. This is often realized by static, quasi-static, or dynamic short and long time load experiments on test objects. In these tests, it is demanded to determine parameters and effects such as the changes in shape, load and strain which are commonly measured by LVDTs, extensometers and strain gauges. These devices provide on-line results with a high geometric precision and reliability. A general disadvantage of these techniques, however, is their point wise and only one-dimensional measurement capability. The techniques are generally not suited for tasks requiring a large number of measurement points distributed over an object surface or for complete surface measurements. In these cases, techniques of digital photo-grammetry depict a valuable option for the design of powerful and flexible measurement tools. However, while the measurement of the absolute coordinates and the movement of signalized targets on an object can be solved by commercial software packages, non standard monitoring tasks or applications with real time or near real time requirements will often necessitate the development of customized software tools. In this study, a videogrammetric system is developed to measure the coordinates of signalized targets on structural components during both dynamic and static load tests. After the system calibration, the entire process from acquisition multi image sets to computation of 3D object coordinates are solved by the system at almost real time. The system consists of two basic components: hardware and software. The software which was developed by using Borland C++ builder programming language presents many functions such as acquiring images, locating targets and calculating their centroids, converting target centroids to spatial coordinate in object space, and computing displacement. The hardware component of the system comprises of 3 Basler A302fc video cameras, PCI IEEE-1394 interface card, connecting cables and calibration object. The entire measurement process is realized as a two-stage process which are a preliminary offline phase and online photogrammetric triangulation process. Offline photogrammetric processing stage includes system calibration which is defined as the calibration and orientation parameters of all the components involved in the acquisition system and a zero measurement. Camera calibration refers to the determination of the parameters describing the internal geometry of the individual imaging devices and other parameters modeling the systematic errors caused by the optical system and other sources. Camera orientation includes the determination of the parameters of exterior orientation to define the camera station and camera axis in the 3D space. After orientation procedure, it is required that the cameras ought to stable during the entire measurement process. For zero measurement, images of the test object on which the signalized targets are placed are acquired firstly. Then, the image coordinates of all targets are measured with sub-pixel accuracy automatically via intensity weighted centroiding. Afterward, matching process is implemented to establishment of correspondences in the multi-images. Finally the 3D coordinates of the matched points are computed by forward ray intersection using the results of the calibration process. The main aim of on-line data processing was the determination of the displacement values at each measurement epoch associated with the current loading. Online photogrammetric processing stage is composed of three steps as follows: the simultaneously acquisition of multi-image sets of the structural element at defined time intervals or after load applications; the measurement of the image coordinates of targets which are labeled in the zero measurement and computation of the 3D coordinates of the points whose image coordinates are measured. The system was used for unconfined compression tests in order to demonstrate the functionality of it and measurement results obtained from two different systems obtained were compared. This study has been shown that the developed system was successfully employed to determine the displacement measurements in structural components during loading tests. The achieved average theoretical precision is about 16 microns in the X and Z directions and about 62 microns in the Y direction. The RMS value of image co-ordinate residuals which are important quality indicators was determined between 0.02 and 0.05 pixel. Keywords: Videogrammetric systems, displacement measurements, image matching, calibration.


Heilongjiang is a big agricultural province. Agricultural play an important role on the development of the whole province economy. In this paper,used Correlation Analytic process and GM(1,1) models of the Grey System theories into the system analysis and forecasting of the developing trend of Heilongjiang agricultural economy and the means of agricultural production. This results reflected dynamically the development trend of Heilongjiang agricultural economy and provided theoretic basis for the sustainable development of agricultural economy and scientific decision.


The role of stakeholders in environmental improvement has changed in recent years (Hoffman 1997). In response to diminished expectations that governmental action will solve environmental problems, stakeholders have increasingly turned to forming partnerships with the private sector (U.S. Congress 1994; Schneider 2001). For example, Environmental Defense (formerly the Environmental Defense Fund) and the McDonald's Corporation formed a partnership in 1990 to find a packaging material that would be both less costly and more environmentally benign than existing polystyrene packaging (Crane 1998). Following the enthusiastic public response to this joint project, other partnerships were formed between for-profit businesses and environmental organizations (EOs). In some cases, environmental groups have even formalized these activities by creating dedicated units responsible for initiating and managing partnerships with for-profit firms. Until recently, perceptions of the corporate and stakeholder incentives made such partnerships almost unthinkable (Harrison 1999; Reinhardt 2000). In the traditional view, corporations cause environmental problems when too much of the cost of environmental damage accrues to the public and not enough to the offending firm (Pigou 1962; Barbier 1989). Since such cost transfers are good for a firm's balance sheet but bad for the welfare of surrounding stakeholders, the incentives of managers and stakeholders seem irreparably misaligned. Indeed, stakeholder groups have viewed the return of these costs to the firm's balance sheet as a central part of their mission. To this end, stakeholder groups have lobbied government for stricter regulation; sued firms in civil courts; and organized protests, boycotts, and other forms of community 9 The Role of Management Systems in Stakeholder Partnerships


Review of a collection of essays dealing with the issue of political neutrality, its connection with liberalism and its tensions with moral perfectionism.


Platelet activating factor (PAF) plays an important role in mammalian reproduction. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of PAF on capacitation and acrosome reaction of mouse spermatozoa by chlortetracycline (CTC) fluorescence assay and coomassie blue staining. The percentage of capacitated mouse spermatozoa was increased (P < 0.05) by incubation with 50 ng/ml PAF for 20–120 min. The peak response occurred between 80 to 100 min of exposure to PAF. In contrast, the effects of PAF on acrosome reaction may be not receptor‐mediated since lyso‐PAF had the same effects. Ionophore A23187 stimulated an increase in acrosome‐reacted spermatozoa of PAF‐treated spermatozoa, but not of lyso‐PAF‐treated ones. These results suggest that PAF mainly acts on sperm capacitation. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 56:436–440, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The sympathy for the disadvantaged and the masculineness formed in the army are the important parts of Li Cun-bao' temperament,who is one of the key contemporary prose writers.Influenced by the traditional Confucian culture,he meets the needs of the people.He was vigorous,powerful,solemn and stirring in essence and his prose is gorgeous with the beauty of power.


The aim of this study was to investigate how will health theme issue is addressed in school physical education classes in the State School of Negreiros Vidal. Therefore, there was at first a documentary research with the (Political Pedagogical Project - PPP), and a second phase was conducted exploratory research with the school community. From the document analysis verified that includes the school (PPP) broadly cross the subject health. However, the interview with the actors schoolchildren showed that in practice the school addresses the issue of a limited health and education classes the theme is not addressed. The results show that the school researched the topic of health is part of the PPP school. However, in practice it worked when there is fragmented vision hygienist in health and physical education classes does not compose the contents worked.


The articles [9], [8], [11], [3], [1], [10], [7], [4], [2], [5], and [6] provide the notation and terminology for this paper. In the sequel F1 will denote a field structure. Let us consider F1. A scalar of F1 is an element of the carrier of F1. In the sequel x, y will denote scalars of F1. Let us consider F1, x, y. The functor x − y yields a scalar of F1 and is defined as follows: (Def.1) x − y = x + (−y).


MANET Mobile Ad-hoc Network is a special kind of wireless network that consists of group of mobile nodes that communicate each other. A routing node is a collection point in the network and it uses a protocol to forward data from source to destination. The nodes are free to move randomly and organized themselves arbitrarily. A routing node is a collection point in the network and it uses a protocol to forward data from source to destination. This paper is a simulation based comparison of three Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) routing protocols – Destination Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV), Ad hoc on demand Distance Vector (AODV) and Dynamic Source Routing (DSR). The mobility models used for the comparison in this work are Random Waypoint, Manhattan Grid, Reference Point Group using network simulation tool NS2. With detailed simulation we compare these routing protocols for different mobility models and investigate that which routing protocol gives better performance in which mobility model.


This article attempts to determine whether controlling for the time-varying risk premium would improve the ability of the federal funds futures to predict the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) decision regarding the direction and magnitude of changes in the federal funds target rate at different forecast horizons. This is done using an appropriate categorical dependent variable model, which is estimated using real-time monthly data covering the period from January 1994 through September 2008. Following Piazzesi and Swanson (2008), control is made for the risk premium using a number of business-cycle indicators including nonfarm payrolls, the industrial production index, the help wanted index, and a measure of the Treasury yield spread. The results indicate that accounting for the risk premium modestly improves the predictive performance of the futures rate for the longer forecast horizons. Moreover, such a control appears to alleviate the over-prediction of changes in the target rate by the futures rate that has been documented in the literature.


I n the present research work sustained release matrix formulation of Budesonide targeted to colon by using various polymers developed. Budesonide is a selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor with pH-dependent solubility. To achieve pH-independent drug release of budesonide, pH modifying agents (buffering agents) were used. Colon targeted tablets were prepared in two steps. Initially core tablets were prepared and then the tablets were coated by using different pH dependent polymers. Ethyl cellulose, Eudragit L100 and S100 were used as enteric coating polymers. The precompression blend of all formulations was subjected to various flow property tests and all the formulations were passed the tests. The tablets were coated by using polymers and the coated tablets were subjected to various evaluation techniques. The tablets were passed all the tests. Among all the formulations F3 formulation was found to be optimized as it was retarded the drug release up to 12 hours and showed maximum of 98.69% drug release. It followed zero order kinetics mechanism. for the purpose of achieving colonic targeting. Targeted drug delivery is reliant on the identification and exploitation of a characteristic that is specific to the target organ. In the context of colonic targeting, the exploitable gastrointestinal features include pH, transit time, pressure, bacteria and prodrug approach. The aim of the present research work was to develop sustained release matrix formulations of budesonide targeted to colon by using various polymers and in-vitro drug release study. Budesonide is a glucocorticoid used in the management of asthma, the treatment of various skin disorders, and allergic rhinitis. the of ulcerative colitis. Budesonide is provided as a mixture of two epimers (22R and 22S). Interestingly, the 22R form is two times more active than the 22S epimer. The two forms do not interconvert. Budesonide has a high glucocorticoid effect and a weak mineralocorticoid effect. It binds to the glucocorticoid receptor with a higher binding affinity than cortisol and prednisolone. When budesonide is systemically administered, suppression of endogenous cortisol concentrations and an impairment of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function have been observed. Furthermore, a decrease in airway reactivity to histamine and other entities has been observed with the inhaled formulation. Generally, the inhaled formulation has a rapid onset action and improvement in asthma control can occur within 24 hours of initiation of treatment.


The year 2013 marks the 20 year anniversary of the Cochrane Collaboration. Inspired by works from Archie Cochrane, a British researcher trained in epidemiology, the Collaboration traces its official beginnings to the first Cochrane Colloquium in Oxford, United Kingdom (The Cochrane Collaboration, 2013). Currently, the Collaboration has spread to over 120 countries and produced over 5000 reviews, promoting the role of evidence-based health care internationally. The very term "Cochrane" is so well known that it has become synonymous with quality research, shedding light on guidelines for excellent health care. When the Collaboration was at its early stages, I recall its name being cited with deep respect in both my BSN and MSN programs at the University of Kentucky. In particular, as I studied to become a nurse practitioner (NP), I looked to Cochrane reviews along with my fellow colleagues as one of the gold standards of current practice. The role of evidence-based nursing is also important to the Cochrane Collaboration. One of their 12 fields is the Cochrane Nursing Care Field (CNCF), going on 5 years of existence and representing 35 countries, with free membership offered as well as networking and nursing research opportunities. Its purpose is to improve health outcomes by conducting, disseminating, and utilizing systematic reviews targeted to nurses. Six groups are involved in areas from identifying priority review topics related to nursing care that are not currently covered by Cochrane reviews (the Nursing Care Review Prioritizing Group), to mentoring and assisting new review authors (the Nursing Care Review Support Group). The CNCF has identified over 450 Cochrane reviews to be nursing-related (organized by subtopic on their website), and the list is growing (Cochrane Nursing Care Field, 2013). Therefore, it is not surprising that the Cochrane Collaboration stands as one of the major processes recommended by the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners to follow for preparing quality systematic reviews that are appropriate for nurses. Although general and specialty nursing categories are listed (not necessarily "advanced nursing practice"), the reviews remain pertinent to NPs. For example, the review "Interventions used to improve control of blood pressure in patients with hypertension" showed that nurseor pharmacist-led care may be associated with improved blood pressure control, though it was recommended that further evaluations be performed (Glynn, Murphy, Smith, Schroeder, & Fahey, 2010). Nevertheless, a previous Cochrane review found that advanced practice nurses (or NPs), when appropriately educated, offer high-quality care and achieve healthcare outcomes of similar quality when compared to primary care doctors (Laurant et al., 2004). Few studies, however, were deemed methodologically rigorous or had longterm patient follow-up. Since this review was performed nearly 10 years ago, it could be interesting to repeat this in order to determine if this area of research has been supplemented with new findings. The past 20 years of the Cochrane Collaboration revolutionized healthcare research at a time when quality care, as well as economical, accessible health care, has become more and more at stake. In the United States, this also coincides with growing scope of practice battles for NPs in various states. The interdisciplinary Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently recommended that nurses' roles, responsibilities, and education should be promoted to meet increased demands for health care in America's progressively complex health system (IOM, 2011). The first major recommendation was to remove scope of practice barriers: advanced practice nurses "should be able to practice to the full extent of their education and training." The Cochrane Collaboration can serve not only to promote the quality of care offered by the nursing profession (and in particular, NPs who can play a key role in the significantly changing American healthcare system), but also to encourage and recognize nursing research itself, which is a longstanding, reputable domain of research that may not yet have fully made its mark.


Introduction Partial Granger causality is a measure of direct functional connectivity that takes into account both environmental (exogenous) inputs and unmeasured latent variables as two main confounding parameters [1]. The concept underlying this approach is that the influences reflected in correlations among the residuals can partly be factored out analogous to partial coherence. In our present work, partial G-causality is applied to Event Related Potentials (ERPs) to examine the timing of distributed brain processes involved in perception and cognition.


Abstract Workplace chaplaincy represents one way that workplace spirituality manifests itself today in corporate America. Rigorous scholarly research into workplace (or corporate) chaplaincy remains scant. This article seeks to remedy that by focusing on human resource professionals' perceptions and experiences with workplace chaplaincy in five organizations in the United States. Using data gathered from qualitative interviews with HR executives and staff, five themes emerged regarding their views of chaplaincy in their organizations: chaplains support and enhance a positive organizational culture; they complement or serve as an alternative to employee assistance programs; they provide psychosocial and pastoral care support to employees; they help to bridge cultural divides; and they enhance HR's efforts in religious diversity and accommodation. Overall, HR felt that chaplains contribute to a positive organizational culture through employee care and contributions to diversity and inclusion. Article ends with implications for theory and practice.


Feral males of Diabrotica cristata (Harris) responded to pheromone traps baited with racemic 8-methyl-2-decyl acetate. Further studies revealed that the 2 S ,8 R configuration was the only active stereoisomer. Males of D. cristata were captured on pheromone traps in corn and sunflower fields, crops not commonly associated with this insect.


Nowadays, the massive dissemination of technologies for the education at elementary schools is transforming the learning environments, for example the educational applications for dyslexia are easy to use notably in mobile devices beyond the classroom walls. However, the development of this technology has not been explicit in order to help reading the children with dyslexia. The development of this educational application is considering as a challenge because it is necessary to consider the different perspectives of stakeholders since the early phases of development process. This paper proposes as solution a software process model to develop educational applications considering the learning needs of children with dyslexia; it involves a user-centered approach since the participation of several actors are considered such as the teacher, the student, the psychologist and the software engineer. A case study has been conducted in order the present the performance of proposed model in particular for usability and accessibility factors.


Scrub typhus (tsutsugamushi disease) is one of the reportable diseases in Taiwan. It is an acute febrile eruptive disease caused by the infection of Rickettsia. In recent years, most cases of scrub typhus have been reported primarily from Penghu, Hualien and Taitung counties, only a few cases from other counties. However, in September 1991, positive cases of scrub typhus were identified from specimens of suspected dengue fever patients in Chiayi County. Serum specimens of all suspected dengue fever patients in Chiayi County between January 1991 and June 1992 were, therefore, tested for scrub typhus antibody. Of the 15 cases, seven were identified positive, giving a positive rate of 47%. These seven positives all live in the mountainous townships, giving a positive rate of 77% among cases living in the mountainous townships districts. Of the 15 patients, only one was dengue fever positive case. There was no duplication of diseases among the seven scrub typhus cases so identified.
The study suggests that some scrub typhus patients in places other than penghu, Hualien and Taitung counties have not been noted, and intends to alert physicians and the public the possibility of tsutsugamushi infection in order to have adequate prevention.


The abundance patterns of the most metal-poor stars in the Galactic halo and small dwarf galaxies provide us with a wealth of information about the early Universe. In particular, these old survivors allow us to study the nature of the firs t stars and supernovae, the relevant nucleosynthesis processes responsible for the formation and evolution of the elements, early star- and galaxy formation processes, as well as the assembly process of the stellar halo from dwarf galaxies a long time ago. This review presents the current state of the field o f "stellar archaeology" ‐ the diverse use of metal-poor star s to explore the high-redshift Universe and its constituents. I n particular, the conditions for early star formation are di scussed, how these ultimately led to a chemical evolution, and what the role of the most iron-poor stars is for learning about Population III supernovae yields. Rapid neutron-capture signatures found in metal-poor stars can be used to obtain stellar ages, but also to constrain this complex nucleosynthesis process with observational measurements. Moreover, chemical abundances of extremely metal-poor stars in different types of dwarf galaxies can be used to infer details on the formation scenario of the halo. and the role of dwarf galaxies as Galactic building blocks. I conclude with an outlook as to where this field may be heading within the next decade. A table of � 1000 metal-poor stars and their abundances as collected from the literature is provided in electronic format.


Figure 1: (A) Orthopaedic surgery was performed due to the extremely spine curvature, which consisted in insertion of two longitudinal rods and 10 pedicle expander screws and decompression of the spinal cord. Three months later, chronic back pain occurred. (B) Twenty months after the first procedure and because of persistent symptoms, a computed tomographic scan was performed and showed that the left screw placed in T6 was protruding into the descending thoracic aorta without pleural effusion and periaortic haematoma (C).


In submitted paper the concise description of structure and observational capabilities of a high-energy radiation spectrometer NATALYA-2M is described. NATALYA-2M is a part of scientific instrumentation complex PHOTON of CORONASPHOTON satellite1. Gamma-ray spectrometer have wide energy range of 0,3 2000 MeV and based on CsI(Tl) single crystals with total area of 32x38 cm and 18 cm thickness. The space vehicle CORONAS-PHOTON with the scientific equipment, intended mainly for complex observation of the Sun, was launched from cosmodrome Plesetsk on 30 January 2009 into a low-Earth loweccentricity, high-inclination orbit (altitude about 550km, inclination 82.5 deg).


In this paper, we propose an efficient design of a reversible single precision floating point multiplier based on compressor. The single precision floating point multiplier requires the design of an efficient 24x24 bit integer multiplier. In the proposed architecture, the 24x24 bit multiplication operation is fragmented to nine parallel reversible 8x8 bit multiplication modules. In this paper, a new reversible design of the 24x24 bit multiplier has been proposed which has been optimized in terms of critical path delay and garbage outputs. In our design, the full adders are realized using synthesizable, less transistor count and low garbage output PRT-2 gates. Further, in our design for bias subtraction, PRT1 gate is used as a zero subtractor and one subtractor since it has less critical path delay. In this paper, sign operation, exponent addition, significand multiplication and normalization operations are implemented using reversible gates. VHDL is used to implement a technology-independent design.


The paper presents the application of application of integrated water filtration unit in treatment of plant contaminated water and results,and puts forward some precautions and measures for existing matters about process control and equipment maintenance.


Despite the undeniable tragedy of lives lost and property destroyed—not to mention the gritty and expensive cleanup chore facing the residents of Washington state—the eruption of Mount St. Helens represents a major opportunity for the community of geophysicists. More explosive and less predictable than the much-studied volcanoes of Hawaii, Mount St. Helens and its counterparts in the Cascade range represent a different set of geophysical and geochemical conditions. Rarely do earth scientists have a chance to study this kind of eruption. Two weeks after the May 18 eruption, the volcano appeared to be shifting from a "gas-rich" phase—wherein pressurized gas within the magma blows molten rock skyward as fine, glassy ash particles, much as foam escapes from a shaken-up beer bottle—to a "gas-poor" phase—wherein the viscous lava oozes up like toothpaste and begins to rebuild the shattered mountaintop. While the geophysicists continued to monitor the volcano for signs of new activity, however, ...


Reading is an important way for the students to learn English. Furthermore, as they live in Indonesia where English is not daily used, reading is the one way to learn new language. It is no doubt that the students need capabilities in reading. To get a good comprehension or to be accurate and efficient in reading, the students should also consider the reading speed, the one most of the students usually left. The students of SMP 4 Kudus still have problem in reading effectively and efficiently. So, the writer conduct a research and focuses on the reading comprehension of seventh grade students of SMP 4 Kudus in academic year 2009/20010
The objectives of this research is to find out there is a significant differences between the reading comprehension of the seventh grade students of SMP N 4 Kudus in academic year 2011/2012 before and after being taught by using S3ER method.
This research is experiment quantitative research. The population of this research is of the seventh grade students of SMP 4 Kudus in academic year2011/2012. The writer uses purposive sampling to get the sampling. The writer gets class seventh F as research object and class seventh G as control group. They are 34 students. The writer uses test as research instrument. The formula the test is multiple choices and consisting of 25 items.
The result of the experiment shows that the calculation of t-test, with the level of significance 5%, the Degree of freedom (Df) 30, and t-table (tt) 2.04, the t-observation (to) obtained is 5.71. In other words, t-observation is higher than t-table (to > tt). In detail, after being taught by using Skill Circuits, the Mean is 69.7 or categorized as "good". It is higher than the Mean of the reading comprehension of the seventh Grade Students of SMP 4 Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/ 2012 before being taught by using S3ER method which is 63.9 or categorized as "sufficient". Therefore, the hypothesis of the research that states that there is a significant difference between the reading comprehension of the seventh Grade Students of SMP 4 Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/ 2012before and after being taught by using S3ER Method is confirmed.
Therefore, the researcher suggests that it would be better for the teacher to use S3ER as one of the method in teaching reading comprehension and also the teacher should be creative to teach reading comprehension to the students using teaching method ex; S3ER method, so that that the students can acquire some vocabularies easily.


The environment of many HROs in modern, western countries have undergone dramatic changes in the last decades. They have changed from High Reliability Organizations (HROs) into High Reliability Networks (HRNs). In nearly all industries, the formerly vertically integrated, state-owned monopolies were 'unbundled' and in many segments, competition was introduced. Consequently, the services of modern-day large-scale technical systems are provided by networks of organizations. In-depth research in a number of infrastructure industries explored the consequences of these changes for the reliable provision of services in networks of organizations. In networks of organizations, reliability is increasingly achieved through 'real-time' management. This paper highlights three important consequences of these findings and provides some tentative conclusions about their effect on the design and use of Information Systems in complex, large-scale technical systems.


Aim: The aim of this study was to analyse the clinical picture of respiratory tract infections among adult patients visiting their general practitioners. Materials and methods: The analysis included 301 adult patients who reported to their general practitioners due to respiratory tract infection. W assessed clinical symptoms, age, final diagnosis, probable aetiology, additional tests, including Actim® Influenza A&B rapid test to confirm influenza infection, radiographic and laboratory findings, as well as comorbidities, treatment used, vaccinations against influenza, and smoking habits. Results: Upper respiratory tract infections accounted for the vast majority of cases (74%), and these primarily included viral infections (62%), some of which required a change of therapy (23%) due to suspected secondary bacterial infection; lower respiratory tract infections accounted for 26% of cases. The main symptoms reported by the patients included cough, pharyngeal pain, fever, rhinitis, general malaise, nasal obstruction, headache, muscle pain and dysphonia. Acute pharyngitis was the dominant diagnosis (27%), followed by acute upper respiratory tract infection of multiple sites (13.6%), acute nasopharyngitis (known as common cold) (10%), purulent tonsillitis (11.6%), acute bronchitis (11%) and influenza (11%). Antibiotic therapy was used in 60% of patients with upper respiratory tract infection and 68% of patients with lower respiratory tract infection. Conclusions: The majority of patients were diagnosed with viral infections. The highest incidence of respiratory tract infections was observed in elderly individuals and patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases, lung diseases, diabetes mellitus and cancer. Smokers are more likely to develop lower respiratory tract infections (confirmed by additional tests) compared to other groups of patients. Individuals vaccinated against influenza account for a small proportion of patients.


In this work we propose a Bayesian User Model which is able capture a unified representation of cultural attributes from heterogeneous information in the context of Human-Robot Interaction. Despite the latest advances in robotic technologies, virtually no robots are able to cope with the specificities of the "modus vivendi" of different cultures. We start by proposing Bayesian classifiers to capture unitary attributes of different users, clustering them in a n-dimensional semantic attribute space, aggregating groups of persons that share similar attributes. Results show a highly accurate classification framework, both capable of detecting specific subtleties in user's properties, and generalizing them into representative profiles. We then discuss its application towards adapting the actions of a robot and its potential impact on culture-awareness, demonstrating how the proposed framework can enable culture-awareness, exploring this new frontier in social robotics.


Introduction: Flipped classroom represents a kind of blended learning in which educational content is delivered outside the classroom and classwork activities is done in the classroom.This study with the purpose of designing, implementing and evaluating of teaching dosage forms with flipped classroom method for pharmacy students has been done. Methods: This was a SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching & Learning) developmental study. It was performed as a flipped classroom for all pharmacy students (34 people) of the fifth term at Guilan University of Medical Sciences.The teacher distributed the content in a CD of PowerPoint to be studied. Subsequently, after a week, the students were divided into six groups in the class, and the questions were proposed with handling a problem based small group strategy. With regard to evaluating, a focus group interview was conducted with the participation of 10 students who purposefully were choosen. Analysis of qualitative contents of data from focus group interviews was prepared by MAXQDA10 software. Results: 34 students were participated in a study who 68% represent women and 32% represent men with 21 ± 0.5 average age. Evaluation results were extracted as 155 primary codes contain 4 main groups and 11 categories. Main group's categories were attraction (innovation, challenge, subject and amusement), cheerful atmosphere (cooperation, engagement), preparedness (prereading, content type, volume of content) and class management (grouping, management of


Anisotropic particles adsorbed at a water-air interface are known to aggregate due to capillary interactions. We show that the packing configuration of a pair of prolate ellipsoids critically depends on their relative size and/or aspect ratio mismatch. While identical particles simply pack side-by-side, particles of slightly different sizes are observed to systematically self-assemble into characteristic arrows, i.e. with a finite angle between their axes. The occurrence of such arrows cannot be explained within the far-field approximation of interacting polar quadrupoles. A numerical analysis is worked out which allows us to explore the near-field characteristics of the capillary interaction. Results clearly show the destabilization of the side-by-side configuration due to a size mismatch, in agreement with experimental observations.


This paper will utilize Nietzsche's views on the relationship between tragedy and the Apollonian and Dionysian drives to evaluate the character of Jutta von Hadersloh in Elisabeth Heinroth's novel Jenseits der Mauer. Nietzsche first presented his idea of Apollonian and Dionysian forces in the book The Birth of Tragedy. His theory developed as a response to contemporary analyses of Greek art and literature (Sweet 347). Nietzsche argued that two major forces existed in art and in life itself, which he dubbed the Apollonian and the Dionysian. The Apollonian side represents individuality, logic, reason, and form, the "edle Einfalt und Stille Grosse" apparent in many pieces of Greek art (Sweet 347). The Dionysian side represents collectiveness, nature, formlessness, rage, passion, and raw emotions.


"his paper discusses issues related to authentication in a distributed computing environment, and describes authentication approaches employed in Digital Equipment Corporation's Distributed System Security Architecture (DSSA). Node, user, and process granularity authentication concerns are considered. Authentication is based on a global hierarchic naming structure and public-key cryptography. Directory-resident certificates associating entities with long-term keys are used in conjunction with dynamically signed certificates which represent transient bindings between entities. Distributed system elements can be mutually suspicious. At the node level, special topics considered include the relationship between authentication and Becure loading and the relationship between authentication and debased policy support. At the user level, architectural requirements are identified and authentication protocol options based on smart cards and on user-entered passwords are described.


The legal individualization is a psychological course of the legal belief's forming.This course include three courses of legal cognition,legal emotion and legal will.In the process,persons obtain certain legal knowledge,form certain legal concept,engender certain legal ideal through the legal sense,benefit feeling and value approval,during the course of obtaining legal knowledge,forming legal concept and engender legal ideal,persons experience certain legal emotion,and show certain legal will.On the basis of individualization,persons will form certain stable characteristic psychology which show his spiritual appearance,this is the legal personality.


Background Umbilical cord blood (CB) as well as bone marrow has been used to treat a variety of
haematopoietic disorders. The most important factors that influence the outcome of haematopoietic stem cell transplantations are the HLA match and the number of transplanted
nucleated cells. The aim of our research was to analyse CB units donated to the Slovenian
cord blood bank.
Methods The concentrations of nucleated cells (NC) and haematopoietic stem cells (CD34+ cells) in
CB were measured with a haematology analyser and flow cytometry. Growth of colonyforming cells (CFC) was determined in cell culture. The results were statistically evaluated
using the Pearsons correlation analysis.
Results The median NC concentration in CB was 10.6 × 10
9
/L (range: 4.07–26.2 × 10
9
/L), and the
median number of NC was 721 × 10
6
 (221–2157 × 10
6
). The median collected volume of CB
including 21 mL of anticoagulant was 73 mL (32–150 mL). The median concentrations of
CD34+ cells and CFC were 35.5/μL (6.6–142.8/μL) and 17.7/μL (2.2–55.9/μL), respectively.
The ratio of CD34+/CFC was 1.9 (range, 1.0–13.6), with a statistically significant positive
correlation coefficient of 0.87. While there was a good correlation between the concentrations of NC and CD34+ cells, no correlation was observed between those concentrations
and the collected volume of CB.
Conclusions Of donated CB units, 46 % contained more than 750 × 10
6
 nucleated cells and fulfilled the
criteria for CB storage in our bank.


SVK-lattices,in which the shortest vector in the lattice is known,are proposed for the first time.Several theorems about the relationship between cyclic lattices and SVK-lattices are proved.By these constructive theorems,SVK-lattices can be generated simply.Pseudo-cyclic lattices whose random properties better than cyclic lattices also are investigated for the first time.An algorithm for randomizing SVK-lattices which are obtained by cycle lattices or pseudo-cycle lattices are given at the end of this paper.Some examples are shown in appendix.


Two multielement analytical techniques, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) were used for the determination of the trace element composition of soil samples from four industrial sites and standard reference materials in order to evaluate the two methods and assess the potential use of such advanced instruments for soil analysis. The distinguishing factor is that X-ray fluorescence analysis is a non-destructive method, possessing the advantage that the total elemental content of the samples can be obtained without any complicated sample pretreatment. XRF measurements in this study were performed on pressed pellets, which were prepared for each sample. For the ICP-OES determination of the elements, solutions were prepared by the application of digestion techniques. Also, the standard soil reference materials NIST-2709, NIST-2710, NIST-2711, TILL-1, and TILL-3 were used to verify the efficiency of the calibration of the XRF instrument and were analyzed by both methods. Elemental concentration for Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Zn determined by the two analytical techniques (XRF and ICP-OES in soils) was statistically treated by correlation analysis.


This research investigates the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on financial performance for US firms. By empirically testing data from 2000 until 2013 for 5272 unique firms resulting in 27440 observations, this study finds general support for the hypothesized positive relationship between CSR and financial performance when a market-based measure of financial performance is used. This finding is in line with the existing literature and the enlightened stakeholder theory. However, when financial performance is measured by an accounting-based measure, nonsignificant results are obtained. In addition, this study suggests that the effect of CSR on financial performance varies across different dimensions of CSR and across industries. CSR in the corporate governance dimension and in the community dimension could be considered as the key drivers to improve financial performance, although depending on the level of risk of the firm. In addition, CSR in the manufacturing industry and in the retail trade industry shows significant effects on financial performance. This research contributes to the existing literature by further clarifying and deepening the empirical linkages between CSR and financial performance, mainly approached from an economic perspective. The findings of this research provide guidelines for shareholders and managers for optimizing financial performance by CSR engagement.


1113e 2. Kalantarian B, Rice DC, Tiangco DA, Terzis JK. Gains and losses of the XII-VII component of the "baby-sitter" procedure: A morphometric analysis. J Reconstr Microsurg. 1998;14:459–471. 3. Stephenson JB IV, Li R, Yan JG, Hyde J, Matloub H. Transhemispheric cortical plasticity following contralateral C7 nerve transfer: A rat functional magnetic resonance imaging survival study. J Hand Surg Am. 2013;38:478–487. systems or constraint-induced movement therapy. Functional magnetic resonance imaging analysis of C7 nerve root transfers for reconstruction of brachial plexus injuries previously demonstrated that the rat brain has a predilection for restoring its preinjury ipsilateral somatotopic representation.3 Although the authors hypothesized that the plasticity of the rat brain was the main contributing factor for the improved recovery of the limb with the transected nerve following contralateral limb botulinum toxin type A injection, the study failed to substantiate this experimentally. The use of functional magnetic resonance imaging to show localization within the motor cortex could have been used to investigate this hypothesis. Finally, the group V mice (control mice with botulinum toxin type A injection alone) had significantly lower latency levels than the other groups at 12 weeks after injection. Given these findings, significantly smaller doses of botulinum toxin type A should have been used, in conjunction with a much longer followup period. The lower residual latency levels indicate that these mice had not fully recovered, even after 3 months. There is no question that the results of this experiment are promising when taken into consideration with previous clinical studies, and we commend the authors for their findings. Nevertheless, we caution the readership of the Journal that the inherent design of this study does not support the authors' postulations regarding the use of botulinum toxin type A after facial reanimation procedures. We are hopeful that improved study design will be used in future studies and that the authors' work will be expanded on. DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006215


In Western Europe, old abandoned mining sites and quarries are often of high biodiversity and conservation value due to the presence of a number of endangered species. In the southern part of Belgium (Wallonia), many ancient quarries near the river Meuse are rather small and were abandoned from 50 to more than 100 years ago. In 2003, we collected 26 ant species by pitfall trapping in four of these quarries. In addition to common ones, several rare species, usually associated with mesomorphic to xeromorphic grasslands, were found in high numbers. Quarries undergoing forest succession were dominated by eurytopic species and by species typical of wet shadowy places, a fauna far less valuable in terms of nature conservation. Therefore, we suggest a management that halts further forest succession of open mesomorphic and xeromorphic habitat patches in these quarries. To assess and monitor the nature value of the ant fauna of these sites, we propose a so‐called habitat preference approach, wherein each species is assigned to one of the following three habitat preference categories: (1) eurytopic, (2) bound to wet shadow‐rich habitats, or (3) bound to dry open habitats. The stenotopic species of the last category are all endangered in Belgium and of high conservation value. The proportion of the total number of captured specimens included in the latter habitat preference category group is strongly reduced as scrub and tree encroachment advances. This proportion can therefore be used as a proxy to monitor the effects of management measures that prevent further forest succession.


Mark Edwards is Professor of Neurology at St George's University of London and Consultant Neurologist at the Atkinson Morley Regional Neuroscience Centre at St Georges University Hospital. He has a specialist clinical and research interest in Movement Disorders and in neurophysiological and psychophysical methods for exploring their pathophysiology. He did his PhD at the UCL Institute of Neurology with Professor John Rothwell and Professor Kailash Bhatia and was then a Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at UCL and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Here he built up a specific interest in functional neurological symptoms and developed an NIHR funded research program and specialist clinical diagnostic and treatment service for patients with functional movement disorders. At St George's he is part of an integrated diagnostic and treatment service for functional neurological disorder, and continues also with research and clinical work in movement disorders in general. Abstract 'Poor Hysterics…first they were treated as victims of sexual trouble…then of moral perversity and mediocrity…then of imagination'. Over a century since William James wrote these words, the status of people with functional neurological disorder remains uncertain and ambiguous. The language of everyday medical discourse betrays this ambiguity: 'Are they real seizures? ... Does he have genuine weakness?...The good news is that there's nothing serious wrong…' In this talk I will explore to what extent clinical and experimental work can help address this issue. While we may not be able to resolve the question of 'feigned or functional?' – perhaps because it is unanswerable in this form – exploring it may make us more aware of our own biases, hidden or not, and the way they affect our interaction and care for people with functional neurological disorder.


A second-order Reynolds stress/heat flux closure model is applied to predict the turbulent thermal dispersion behind a line heat source in a uniformly sheared flow. The exact governing equations for Reynolds stress, heat flux, and other scalar fluctuating quantities are formulated and modeled. The concept of effective buoyancy Reynolds stress is introduced to incorporate the buoyancy effect in the turbulent thermal diffusion. The model predictions are compared with the relevant experiments. The simple gradient transport model predictions are also included for comparison. The model performance is shown to be generally satisfactory. Dispersion of passive scalar contaminant in turbulent flows is of prime importance, as it is closely related to many engineering problems, such as atmospheric pollutant dispersion and thermal pollution in rivers.


Along with the development of space optics, the lightweighting of an optical system becomes more and more important. Membrane with active rigid support(MARTS) was first made at the University of Arizona. The mirror features lightweight and fine surface accuracy, and its surface can be adjusted by many actuators. The thickness of the membrane mirror is 2.1mm, diameter, 530mm, and mass, 1.25kg. The actuator designed on the principle of piezoelectricity has the micro_moving of 20nm. During the trial manufacture, the author made an actuator by the method of mechanism. Its principle of micro_moving is based on leverage and changing of height of arc in the spherical surface. It can realize 20nm micro_moving, too. This device is characterized by simple structure, high sensitivity and easy manufacturing.


Flapping electromagnetic-reed generators are investigated to harvest wind energy, even at low cutoff wind speeds. Power electronic interfaces are intended to address ac-dc conversion and power conditioning for single- or multiple-channel systems. However, the generated voltage of each generator reed at low wind speed is usually below the threshold voltage of power electronic semiconductor devices, increasing the difficulty and inefficiency of rectification, particularly at relatively low output powers. This paper proposes a multiinput bridgeless resonant ac-dc converter to achieve ac-dc conversion, step-up voltage and match optimal impedance for a multichannel electromagnetic energy harvesting system. Alternating voltage of each generator is stepped up through the switching LC network and then rectified by a freewheeling diode. Its resonant operation enhances efficiency and enables miniaturization through high frequency switching. The optimal electrical impedance can be adjusted through resonance impedance matching and pulse-frequency-modulation control. A 5 cm × 3 cm, six-input standalone prototype is fabricated to address power conditioning for a six-channel wind panel.


Abstract. Muti-baseLine SAR tomography can be used on 3D reconstruction of urban building based on SAR images acquired. In the near future, it is expected to become an important technical tool for urban multi-dimensional precision monitoring. For the moment,There is no effective method to verify the accuracy of tomographic SAR 3D point cloud of urban buildings. In this paper, a new method based on terrestrial Lidar 3D point cloud data to verify the accuracy of the tomographic SAR 3D point cloud data is proposed, 3D point cloud of two can be segmented into different facadeds. Then facet boundary extraction is carried out one by one, to evaluate the accuracy of tomographic SAR 3D point cloud of urban buildings. The experience select data of Pangu Plaza to analyze and compare, the result of experience show that the proposed method that evaluating the accuracy of tomographic SAR 3D point clou of urban building based on lidar 3D point cloud is validity and applicability


Although most are familiar with the Disney retelling of Beauty and the Beast, there are many other versions. These versions go all the way back to the 2 century AD and all the way forward to the present. In these tales there is a trend from individuality and differences in the beginning, to uniformity in the middle, to a return to unique individual tales. This trend can be seen in the development of the characters of Beauty and Beast throughout the revisions, and by how the transformation at the end is portrayed. It can be linked to the beginning group being a sample of all the different kinds of Beauty and Beast tales available in many different regions. The middle section is representative of a need for a tale that is marketable to a wide audience of readers, and tells the basic tale of Beauty and the Beast with few unique elements. Finally, women revise and humanize the tales that populate the third group of revisions. They are writing in the 20 and 21 century in the science fiction and fantasy genres, and are working to solve the problems they see in the previous versions.


Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is a rare subtype of cicatricial alopecia. It was first described in 1994 by Kossard as postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia. Patients who suffer from FFA show typical frontal hairline recession, and most patients experience eyebrow loss. It usually affects mainly post-menopausal women but the hormonal change due to menopause is unclear. Etiology of FFA is not clear, but it is assumed that certain autoantigens in the frontal and eyebrow hair follicles play a key role in its pathogenesis. There is no optimal treatment thus far. However, recently, topical calcineurin inhibitor was shown to be effective in early stage FFA via follicular targeted T-cell inhibition. Here, we report a case of a premenopausal 50-year-old female patient suffering from FFA displaying typical clinical features and minimal fibrosis around follicles by histological examination, which were improved by treatment with short-term systemic steroid and long-term topical calcineurin inhibitor. (Korean J Dermatol 2011;49(5):436∼439)


The early 1970s were a sharp pivot point in Japan's postwar history, as the Garbage War of 1971 and the Oil Shock of 1973 thrust waste and wastefulness into a place of unprecedented visibility. Concerns about the waste of garbage and resources became acute, fueling environmental protection efforts and calls to "save resources" and "save energy." The waste of things, resources, and energy came to be seen as tightly interrelated, and provoked reflection about the costs and consequences of mass production and mass consumption. With lamentations about the "throwaway society" and its "culture of disposability," waste also became a site of reflection about the values and priorities born of high economic growth. In the 1970s, waste consciousness was not about subsistence or about friction to societal changes, but was rather a way to defend the middle-class lifestyles already achieved.


The results obtained so far using polymers in lithium batteries show that the highest conductivity of solidpolymer electrolytes (SPEs) was achieved using amorphous polymers (Ref. 1). This is connected with the fact that it is practically impossible to introduce any additions into the crystalline phase of amorphous-crystalline polymers. Any extraneous substances introduced into the polymers are distributed in the amorphous phase. Another very important question relates to the dimensions of the heterophases that form in the amorphous phase of polymers when active components are introduced into a polymer. This is directly linked to the question of the mobility of charge carriers in polymer electrolytes. It was found that the electrical conductivity of the electrolyte increases as the glass transition temperature of the polymer decreases. This means that the segmental mobility of the polymer matrix has a substantial influence on the charge transfer process in a polyelectrolyte (Ref. 2). Thus, one of the basic requirements of a polymer matrix is high mobility at various structural levels. Currently one of the main problems is decrease in dimensions of the crystalline phase of the polymer. The commonest methods are: • introduction of flexible blocks into the polymer, • introduction of elastomers into the matrix, • structurisation of PEO, • addition of plasticisers, • synthesis of new organometallic salts with low lattice energy and plasticiser properties (Ref. 3). Introduction of flexible blocks is the least effective, because in this case complex formation leads to precipitation of salts. The best results were obtained using composites. Thus, SPEs with conductivity of 10-4-10-5 Ω-1cm-1 at room temperature were obtained with polypropylene oxide– polymethyl methacrylate (30 vol.%) composite, whereas addition of polyacrylonitrile-butadiene and polystyrenebutadiene copolymers to SPEs increases the electrical conductivity but also leads to a sharp drop in mechanical properties of the film (Ref. 4).


This article reports on the results of a research project developed by teachers from the Foreign Languages Department of Universidad Nacional de Colombia with the aim of determining the circumstances that characterize the monograph projects carried out by students of the major of Philology and Languages - English, French, German - between 2000 and 2003 to opt for their professional degree. We followed the principles of a qualitative case study with a group of undergraduate and graduated students, and teachers from the major. We identified the reasons that motivate students to work on specific topics, their experiences when doing the monograph projects, and the relationship between these and the internal and external fields of action. The results indicate that the development of these projects implies undertaking a journey. The study helped us infer implications with respect to formative research, the curriculum, the pedagogical practices, the regulations of the university and its infrastructure.
Received: 30-04-05 / Accepted : 11-08-05
How to reference this article:
Cárdenas Beltrán, M. L., Nieto Cruz, M. C. Béllanger, V, Cortés Cárdenas, L. & Rüger, A. (2005). La Problemática de los trabajos monográficos en un programa de Licenciatura en Idiomas: análisis y perspectivas. Íkala. 10 (1), pp. 315 – 342


ion towards pure form without matter, as in Mondriaan or Kandinsky, or the rejection of all form, as in Fautrier or Pollock, but through the "extraction or isolation" of what Lyotard has called the "figural": a process of disrupting the link that relates sensation to an object (illustration) or that relates it to other images in a composite whole which assigns an objective place to each of them (narration). Whereas illustration and narration are established by resemblance or by convention and thus bear witness to the dominance of some other faculty over sensation, "the violence of sensation" in itself consists not of signifying relations but of "matters of fact" devoid of analogy or code. (FB 4) In Bacon's paintings, especially the triptychs from the early 1970s that are at the centre of Deleuze's analysis, the "brutality of fact" means that a figural "event" is "made" or "recorded" in a deformed body of sensation – "the body insofar as it is flesh or meat" (FB 22) – which cannot be reduced to either an object of reference or the lived experience of a seeing subject. (FB 34-5) Similarly, in the jarring


The present study focuses on the development and evaluation of a path model describing and explaining the impact of mathematical skills, visuospatial abilities and linguistic capabilities on the development of time-related competences. Empirical validation of the model underpins the assumption that mathematical and linguistic abilities contribute to the development of children's time-related competences. No evidence was found for a direct or indirect impact of visuospatial abilities. The research results also illuminate a developmental process in relation to the development of time-related skills, suggesting that children initially rely heavily on basic mathematical skills. Once they have automated these skills, solving time-related problems seems to have become an autonomous body of knowledge.


Monte Carlo simulations have become widely used in computational finance. Standard error is the basic notion to measure the quality of a Monte Carlo estimator, and the square of standard error is defined as the variance divided by the total number of simulations. Variance reduction methods have been developed as efficient algorithms by means of probabilistic analysis. GPU acceleration plays a crucial role of increasing the total number of simulations. We show that the total effect of combining variance reduction methods as efficient software algorithms with GPU acceleration as a parallel-computing hardware device can yield a tremendous speed up for financial applications such as evaluation of option prices and estimation of joint default probabilities.


C13H12N4, M r = 224, monoclinic, P21/c, a= 17.903 (2), b = 5.038 (4), c = 13.193 (3) A, fl= 93.89 (2) ° , D m = 1.25, D e = 1.255 Mg m -3, Z = 4, R = 0.088 on 1079 intensities. The molecule is extended with a trans conformation around the central C-C bond linking the purine and phenyl residues. The aromatic-ring planes are twisted roughly 90 ° with respect to the linking C-C bonds and the rings are twisted 14 ° to each other. Introduction. Cytokinin activity is exhibited by a large variety of N6-substituted adenine derivatives, natural and synthetic (Leonard, 1974). It has been demon- strated that compounds with the linking NH at C(6) replaced by CH 2, S, or O between the purine ring and, for example, the isopentenyl or benzyl side chain also possess cytokinin activity (Henderson, Frihart, Leon- ard, Schmitz & Skoog, 1975). The methylene analog of N6-(2-isopentenyl)adenine is about 20% as active as the natural cytokinin in the tobacco bio-assay, while N6-benzyladenine and 6-(2-phenethyl)purine (I) have nearly equal activity. Thus, an intact purine with an appropriate substituent at the 6 position is necessary and sufficient for cytokinin activity. It was of interest to compare the conformation of the phenethyl side chain directly attached to C(6) of the purine ring in (I) with the conformations that have been determined for the isopentenylamino C(6) substituent in the natural


Sreenivas, Srinivasarao and Srinivasa (2013) said that: The health care market has become consumer centered and expecting high quality care at a reasonable price. The mushroomed development of corporate hospitals in India, competition is also bringing massive changes in industry structure. In this context, hospital services & marketing is slowly and surely coming of age and is being woven into the fabric of hospitals planning and public relations programmes. The essence of any marketing activity is marketing mix, and the central theme of the present paper revolves around the contemporary service marketing mix offered by Indian hospitals. In this paper author has critically reviewed 51 papers to describe elements of hospital service marketing mix; product, price, place, promotion, people, process and physical evidence.


The book opens up other questions that deserve further consideration, such as whether it is reasonable to use the terms "ideological system" and "strong party system" interchangeably, as the author does throughout the book, when the two would seem to have some important differences, and whether the Israeli state and changes in the state, which Drezon-Tepler doesn't cover in detail, might not be a more important variable than the party system in shaping the character of interest-group politics. Finally, there is the very serious issue of whether it is analytically feasible to use interest groups as a vehicle for explaining changes in the organization of Israeli politics. Drezon-Tepler is, in effect, tracking the consequences of change in the Israeli political system through shifts in the dynamic of interest-group politics in Israel, it leaves unresolved a number of the larger issues that help to shape the interest-group dynamics that Drezon-Tepler is trying to explain.


A novel approach is presented for the estimation of the model parameters of a ferroresonant circuit. Through the explicit use of readily available dynamic information about the onset and the collapse of the ferroresonant regime, the proposed method leads to models that are in excellent agreement with the measurements taken from corresponding experiments. Linear system identification commonly employs a linear least square criterion to find an estimate of the required parameters. However, simulation of the models thus obtained frequently exhibits a significant discrepancy from the observations made in experiments. The proposed method remedies this inconsistency by prescribing the locations of the two-fold bifurcation points of the circuit. The arising nonlinear constraint optimisation problem is solved using an adaptive simulated annealing algorithm. As an additional benefit, the new method also yields useful estimates for parameters that are otherwise difficult to determine, e.g. the magnetic losses of the ferromagnetic core or the collective resistive losses within the apparatus. The aim is to provide a robust and easy to use methodology for a dynamically consistent estimation of the model parameters of ferroresonant circuits.


Background. Vicia faba is a plant that belongs to the family Fabaceae. Cotyledons of this plant produce compounds called phytoalexins as a result of fungal and bacterial infection or stress factors. The phytoalexins are furanoacetylenic compounds. They include wyerone, wyerol, wyerone acid, their dihydro derivatives, and wyerone epoxide. These compounds have antimicrobial activities mainly against fungi. Objective. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the biogenetic conversion of wyerone and dihydrowyerone to wyerone epoxide in V. faba and to investigate the antibacterial activities of some of these phytoalexins. Materials and Methods. Seeds of Vicia faba were used. Labelled wyerone and dihydrowyerone were obtained by treating CuCl2-induced cotyledons with sodium (2-14C) acetate and separated by TLC and HPLC. Labelled wyerone and dihydrowyerone were then applied to induced bean cotyledons to establish any possible interconversion to wyerone epoxide. Antibacterial activity of wyerone, wyerone acid, and wyerone epoxide was investigated by disc diffusion test against a panel of microorganisms. Zones of inhibition were reported. Results. The radiolabeling studies showed that 12.4% of 14C-wyerone, and 6.01% of 14C-dihydrowyerone were incorporated into wyerone epoxide. This indicates that wyerone epoxide was most probably derived from wyerone and dihydrowyerone. In addition, a new compound, 11-hydroxywyerone was isolated for the first time. Additionally, this study showed that wyerone, wyerone epoxide, and wyerone acid had no antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria but were active against Gram-positive bacteria.


Much has been written to convince content-area teachers to include literacy instruction as part of their regular content instruction. The purpose of this study was to determine how the messages available in the literature are framed and how they might be viewed by content-area teachers, especially mathematics teachers. The analysis revealed that messages available to content-area teachers about literacy neglect, deemphasize, or misrepresent mathematics and/or mathematics education. These findings may help explain why content-area teachers, particularly mathematics teachers, resist ideas related to content-area literacy instruction


To analyze the influence of emotional intelligence on team performance, knowledge sharing, team conflict, and the structure mechanism, the influence of knowledge sharing, team conflict, the structure mechanism, and emotional intelligence on team performance, and the influence of emotional intelligence on team performance through knowledge sharing, team conflict, and the structure mechanism.,This research uses the quantitative research method and is included in explanatory research. Data collection was done cross-sectionally. This research was conducted at provincial hospitals in South Sulawesi and in Central Sulawesi.,Emotional intelligence directly influences knowledge sharing, conflict in teams, the structure mechanism, and team performance. There is a direct influence of knowledge sharing, team conflict, and the structure mechanism on team performance. Then, there is an indirect influence of emotional intelligence on team performance through the mediation of knowledge sharing, team conflict, and the structure mechanism.,The novelty of this research is in its effort to observe the mediation of knowledge sharing, team conflict and the structure mechanism with other variables developed in the research model. No previous studies have found a relationship between emotional intelligence and team performance, knowledge sharing, team conflict, and the structure mechanism, or the influence of knowledge sharing, team conflict, the structure mechanism, and emotional intelligence on team performance.


Background Eosinophils are seen at sites of inflammation in diseases such as helminthic infestation, asthma, ulcerative colitis and some neoplastic diseases. They are also associated with connective tissue remodelling, for example in longstanding asthma. In the present study, we investigated whether eosinophils express the CXC chemokine epithelial cell‐derived neutrophil activating peptide (ENA‐78/CXCL5), a chemokine that can activate neutrophils and in addition possesses angiogenic properties.


Objective To observe the effect of acupoint sticking on postoperative pain in pterygium. Methods Divided 60 cases of pterygium randomly into observation group and control group, 30 cases in each group. Control group took groovy nursing, the experimental group in the previous basis combined with acupoint sticking therapy, observed the incidence and degree of pain in two groups. Results The incidence of pain in experimental group(66.70%) was significantly reduced, compared with control group(93.30%), degree of pain was relieved, differences in two groups were statistically significant(P0.05). Conclusion Acupoint sticking can obviously reduce the incidence and degree of postoperative pain in patients with pterygium, the clinical treatment and rehabilitation of patients are of great significance.


Tanggai Dance is a welcome guest dance in the city of Palembang. Tanggai Dance is one of the dance that until now continues to exist and become a dance that must be known and studied by young people especially women. It is not recklessly to dance the Tanggai dance, but dancers should also know the contents of the dance, because there is a value to be conveyed to the people who appreciate the Tanggai dance. There are two focus problems that will be researched and formulated in the research question which is how the form of Tanggai dance and what is the meaning of the movement of Tanggai dance in the city of Palembang. This research uses qualitative research methods. The research aims to discuss the shape and meaning of the dance movements of Tanggai. The discussion of the form uses the concept of Suzzane K. Langer and Soedarsono about the form which means the structure of a relationship of various factors that are intertwined. Discussion of the meaning of motion using the concept expressed by Anya Peterson Roice about the three things of use is, mimetic, abstract, and metaphoric. The result of this research is Tanggai dance in Palembang city is a packaging dance form for welcome guests. Related to the meaning of the whole movement of Tanggai dance that has the meaning of surrender to the Lord Almighty.Keywords: dance form and motion meaning.


Objectives: To study the effect of antibiotic geldanamycin on cell cycle of human hepatoma BEL 7402 cells and the antitumor activityof cisplatin by combination with geldanamycin in vitro and in vivo Methods: MTT assay was used to determine the growth inhibition of hepatoma BEL 7402 cells by the drugs Effect of geldanamycin on DNA synthesis was tested by TdR incorporation assay Cell cycle was analyzed by flow cytometry Transplantable murine hepatoma 22 model was used to evaluate the antitumor activity of drugsin vivo Results: The IC50 value of geldanamycin for hepatoma BEL 7402 cellsby MTT assay was 0 28 μmol/L Geldanamycin inhibited DNA synthesis As the cells exposed to the drug for 4 h, the IC50 value was 14 0 μmol/L At concentrations of 0 1,1 0,and 10 μmol/L, geldanamycin delayed the G1/S transition andinduced G2/M block in BEL 7402 cells At relatively low cytotoxic concentration, 0 1 or 0 2 μmol/L, geldanamycin markedly enhanced the cytotoxity of cisplatin against BEL 7402 cells The enhanced inhibition of tumor growth by cisplatin was also observed in hepatoma 22 bearing mice when cisplatin was administered by combination with 0 38 mg/kg geldanamycin The synergistic effects were very significant with CDI 0 7 Conclusion: These results suggest that geldanamycin, as a biochemical modulator to enhance the therapeutic effects of cisplatin, may be potentially useful in cancer chemotherapy


Master's thesis main goal is MPEG-4 audio encoder software implementation. However, the thesis also aims to give an overall introduction to perceptual audio encoding, with an emphasis on MPEG-4 standard. The thesis consists of ten chapters, generally divided into three groups. First group gives overall introduction to audio coding, second group describes MPEG-4 audio standard, and the third group describes actual audio encoder implementation. Chapter 1 gives a short introduction to multimedia technologies, with an emphasis on audio coding. Chapter 2 briefly describes human auditory system and serves as an introduction to Chapter 3, which describes psychoacoustic principles that, in fact, represent fundamentals of audio coding itself. After explaining the basic psychoacoustic principles, Chapter 4 describes a typical audio encoder architecture that is followed by nearly all audio encoders now days. Same chapter gives a concise description of historical audio encoder development. Chapter 5 gives overall introduction to the most sophisticated multimedia standard today – ISO 14496 (MPEG-4). Chapter 6 starts the description of the concrete software implementation of the audio encoder according to MPEG-4 General Audio – a part of MPEG-4 standard that relates to high bandwidth, complex audio signal encoding. Audio encoder is called RAAC according to RASIP Advanced Audio Coding. Chapter 7 describes psychoacoustic model implemented in RAAC encoder, while Chapter 8 describes main MPEG-4 audio blocks also implemented in RAAC encoder. Chapter 9 is devoted to subjective and objective analysis and evaluation of RAAC implementation, while Chapter 10 gives the overall conclusion.


In the context of debates on personal identity and social relationships in late modern societies, this article explores several narratives through which the Australian Generations Oral History Project's interviewees make sense of themselves. As they 're-member' family connections formed in specific time and place—and often recalled through emotionally significant material objects—some tell life stories marked by stability, others by contingency, while others construct so-called 'do-it-yourself' biographies. I conclude that the complexity of these lives, and of their telling, reveals the ways in which a sense of generational location mediates other dimensions of identity and shapes responses to broad structural and cultural developments.


Seasonal and sex wise occurrence of endoparasitic helminths were observed from sample collected round the year between January 2005 and December 2007. Some 2667 hilsa (male – 288 and female – 2379) were sampled from freshwater, brackish water and marine habitats. Fourteen species/genera of endohelminth parasites detected from hilsa were Faustula brevichrus, F. ilishii, F. gangeticus, Aphanurus stossichi, Lecithaster indicus, Ilisha parthenogenetica (plercercoid) , Otobothrium ilisha (plercercoid) , Acanthosentis indica, A hilsai, Goezia bangladeshi, Capillaria sp ., Hysterothylacium sp ., Camallanus sp. and Porroceacum sp. Out of these 14 helminths, 6 ( Faustula spp. Aphanurus stossichi, Lecithaster indicus, Ilisha parthenogenetica, Acanthosentis spp. , and Goezia bangladeshi, ) had the status of component parasite (prevalence above 10%). Each species of component parasite has shown its own pattern of distribution over seasons and seasonal distribution of component parasites was found to be different between habitats of the hilsa. In freshwater, the spring and winter samples were found not significantly different from each other. But in summer and autumn, there was a significant difference among each other and between spring or winter. In brackish water mean parasite burden in spring was significantly different from other seasons. In marine hilsa the intensity of parasites in all the four seasons were different from each other. The female fishes were found to be more vulnerable to infection irrespective of the habitats of the host fish, though the differences were little. Bangladesh J. Zool. 41 (2): 153-163, 2013


Pot experiments were conducted during two successive seasons (2011/2012 and 2012/2013) at wire house of the National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt to study the effect of soaking canola seeds with glycinebetaine (GB) (10mM, 15mM and 20mM ) on growth, photosynthetic pigments, osomoprotectants, antioxidant enzymes, seed yield quality and quantity, in fever of antioxidant compounds and fatty acids composition in the yielded canola plants which subjected to moderate and severe drought stress (75% FC and 50% FC). Moderate and severe drought stress caused marked decreases in canola plant growth parameters (shoot height, root length, fresh and dry weights of shoot and root/plant) and significant decreases in photosynthetic pigments and IAA accompanied by significant increases in osomoprotectants (proline and total soluble sugars), MDA and H2O2 in tissues of canola leaf relative to control plants. Antioxidant enzymes activities (POX, PPO, SOD, CAT and APX) were significantly increased accompanied by significant decreases in NR due to drought stress. Drought stress at 75% FC and 50% FC decreased seed yield/plant, oil and carbohydrate, total phenolic content, tannins, flavonoids and antioxidant activity accompanied by significant increases in protein content of the yielded seeds. Drought stress increased total saturated fatty acids and decreased unsaturated fatty acids relative to control plants. On the other hand, GB treatments proved to be effective in enhancing growth parameters and photosynthetic pigments of drought stressed plants. Glycinebetaine treatments at different levels caused significant increases in IAA, proline, total soluble sugars and significant decreases in MDA, H2O2, antioxidant enzymes (POX, PPO, SOD, CAT, APX and NR) in canola plants irrigated with different levels of water relative to corresponding controls. All GB treatments caused significant increases in seed yield, oil, carbohydrate, protein, total phenolic content, tannins, and antioxidant activity of the yielded seeds and non-significant increases in flavonoids in the yielded canola seeds either in plants irrigated with 75% FC or 50% FC relative to corresponding controls. The increases in seed yield/plant due to 20 mM GB were 30.80% and 60.28% at 75% FC and 50% FC respectively relative to corresponding controls. The fatty acid profile of canola oils showed different responses to GB treatments either in unstressed plants or drought stressed plants. Oleic and linoleic acids were increased accompanied by decreases in linolenic and erucic acids under the interaction effect of GB treatments and drought stress (75% FC and 50% FC) and these results led to decreases in total saturated fatty acid and increases in unsaturated fatty acid relative to corresponding controls. Generally, 20 mM GB was the most pronounced and effective treatment in alleviating the deleterious effect of moderate or severe drought stress on canola plants.


A Sociedade Incivil continues the reflection on culture, media, and journalism started by Muniz Sodré in the early 1970s. This article discusses the main theses developed in the book, highlighting the originality of its premises and approaches. The discussion does not, however, free the book from criticism, accusing the lack of dialectics in its hermeneutics of the media and the imprisonment of its analyzes to a vision of neoliberalism that has become stereotypical.


The invention discloses a putty for repairing aerogenerator blades. The putty comprises, by weight, polyaspartic ester resin 30 to 50, a dispersant 0.5 to 1.5, an antifoaming agent 0.1 to 0.5, a pigment filler 40 to 60, a sanding agent 3 to 8, a rheological agent 3 to 8, a rheological agent 2 to 5, a dehydrating agent 2 to 4, hexa-diisocyanate trimer 16 to 40 and flexible aliphatic polyester modified hexa-diisocyanate trimer 0 to 18. The invention also discloses a preparation method for the putty. The putty prepared in the invention has a plurality advantages like good tenacity, excellent adhesion to the substrate of glass fiber reinforced plastics, short polishing time, etc.


This study aims to obtain deep knowledge of the condition of the management of the boarders at the Saint Aloysius Turi Middle School dormitory in the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The research involves a case study research method. It mainly involves the participation of four caretaker team members and ten boarders. The obtained data were collected through techniques, such as interviews, observations and document analysis. The research study involves the application of three concurrent data analysis techniques.  The research led to the knowledge and the understanding that despite the dormitory's geographical location and its small size, the caretakers at the involved school dormitory make the effort to provide most of the services and tasks required for an effective pupil personnel management as well as they can. Generally, the boarder management implemented at this specific school dormitory involves the establishment of different tasks and services. Through the discussing of important factors, including the supervision of the staff and training, the establishing of formal program, also need to be considered by the care takers. Care takers still need to make some effort to improve the management services.


This paper discusses the Compressive Sampling framework as an application for sparse representation (factorization) and recovery of images over an over-complete basis (dictionary). Compressive Sampling is a novel new area which asserts that one can recover images of interest, with much fewer measurements than were originally thought necessary, by searching for the sparsest representation of an image over an over-complete dictionary. This task is achieved by optimizing an objective function that includes two terms: one that measures the image reconstruction error and another that measures the sparsity level. We present and discuss a new swarm based heuristic for sparse image approximation using the Discrete Fourier Transform to enhance its level of sparsity. Our experimental results on reference images demonstrate the good performance of the proposed heuristic over other standard sparse recovery methods (L1-Magic and FOCUSS packages), in a noiseless environment using much fewer measurements. Finally, we discuss possible extensions of the heuristic in noisy environments and weakly sparse images as a realistic improvement with much higher applicability.


The paintings have the purpose of attracting the deity's presence during the celebrations in his or her honor and a blessing on the family members of the house where they are painted.