It is an object of the present invention, the rigidity of a seat portion, which is attached to a seat for a suspension spring to increase a rear side member in a rear part of a vehicle body. The present invention is characterized by a rear-side vehicle body structure in which at least central portions of a pair of right and left rear side member are connected together by a cross member and the seat surface portion for the suspension spring is provided on the rear side part, wherein a reinforcing plate for connecting the rear side member to the cross member is provided in a connecting portion between the rear side member and the cross member, the rear-side end position of the reinforcing sheet at a substantially central position between the connecting portion between the rear side member and the cross member and the rear end of the rear side member is fixed, and the seat surface portion for the suspension spring at a substantially central position between the connecting portion between the rear side member and the cross member and the rear end of the reinforcing plate is fixed.


Introduction: Polycythemia affects 1 to 5% of newborns; it is associated with complications due to organic and systemic involvement in the newborn that can be preventable. This research aimed to determine the prevalence of neonatal polycythemia and its associated factors in newborns in a public maternity service in the city of Cuenca-Ecuador.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out, including all newborns in the maternity service of the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital. The sample was probabilistic of 470 neonates and their mothers. To identify an association, we used X2, and to measure association intensity, OR (95% CI) and P-value < 0.05.
Results: Four-hundred-seventy cases were randomly entered into the study. A prevalence of 12.8% was obtained. The 93% maternal residence was above 2000 meters above sea level. The associated factors were: low birth weight (OR 3.8; 95% CI: 1.9 - 7.5) P < 0.001, maternal pathology including diabetes (OR 2.6, 95% CI: 1.3–5.2) P = 0.013, pregnancy toxemia (OR 2.3; 95% CI: 0.7–7.6) P = 0.134, and negative association with prematurity (OR 0.3; 95% CI: 0.07–1.2) P = 0.099.
Conclusions: The prevalence of neonatal polycythemia is high and significantly associated with low birth weight and maternal pathology.


The hypothesis study by Jeffrey Segall, suggesting that milk consumption was an important risk factor for ischaemic heart disease [IHD, or coronary heart disease (CHD)], was based on considerations of lactose intolerance and IHD rates for 23 populations. However, a recent meta-analysis of cohort studies found that milk consumption was actually correlated with a small but significant reduced risk, suggesting that the work by Segall was somehow in error. In the well-known Seven Countries Study, Ancel Keys established that animal fat was an important risk factor for IHD on the basis of a study of dietary factors for men between the ages of 55 and 59 years and incidence of CHD in seven countries. However, when the Seven Countries Study was being conducted, John Yudkin, a British diabetes expert, suggested that dietary sucrose was a more important risk factor than was animal fat. Keys and Yudkin had a spirited debate, which Keys eventually won. Examining the data in the work of Segall and other studies is worthwhile to evaluate which dietary factors are most strongly correlated with risk of IHD. Therefore, I obtained dietary supply data for 1961–63 from the Food and Agriculture Organization for use with data for IHD circa 1972 in the work of Segall. The data were used in linear regression analyses with SPSS version 13 (Chicago, IL, USA). Table 1 gives the results of that analysis. Although milk and its components have a high correlation coefficient, that of animal fat is higher. Had Segall considered animal fat in addition to milk, he might not have concluded that milk was a risk factor for IHD. After I found that total energy and fat supply were the primary risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, with fish and cereals reducing the risk, I evaluated dietary risk factors for CHD. I used mortality rate data for acute myocardial infarction and other IHDs for males and females for 33 countries in 1986 and dietary supply data for earlier periods. In the first study, animal fat supply for 1973 had the highest correlation for males of all age ranges, whereas added sugar for 1983 had the highest correlation for females of all ages; both factors together gave higher regression coefficients. Had women been included in the Seven Countries Study, Yudkin might have been able to make a better case for the role of sugar as a risk factor for CHD. After completing the first study, I found similar analyses by Stephen Seely. He used CHD mortality rates for men for 1975–78 for 24 countries and dietary supply data for 1967. For men, the highest correlation was with milk and milk products (r1⁄4 0.91), followed by added sugar (r1⁄4 0.84), animal protein (r1⁄4 0.81) and animal fat (r1⁄4 0.76). For women, in a multiple linear regression analysis with data for 21 countries, he found that milk proteins represented the dominant risk factor, with sugar, saturated fats and geographic latitude also contributing, with a combined correlation coefficient, r, of 0.93. Although Seely did not cite the article by Segall in these studies, he did in later reports. I conducted a second ecologic study of IHD and dietary factors with the addition of milk and its components. I used IHD mortality rate data for 1968–69 for 30 countries and those for 1986 for 32 countries. In this study, lactose from 1983 had the highest correlation with mortality rates for men older than 35 years and for women older than 65 years, whereas added sugar had the highest correlation for women aged 35–65 years. However, for dietary data from around 1970, animal fat had a higher correlation than lactose. Influenced by the work of both Seely and Segall, I emphasized the lactose finding rather than the animal fat finding. I now realize that doing so was an error, partly because IHD arises after years of an unhealthful diet and partly because observational studies have not confirmed the non-fat portions of milk to be risk factors for CHD. One interesting finding in my study was that added sugar was the most highly correlated risk factor for women younger than 65 years. This finding has important implications. Menopause is a highly likely candidate for the transition of the serum lipid relation to Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center (SUNARC), PO Box 641603, San Francisco, CA 94164-1603, USA. E-mail: email@example.com


A quene management method for providing proportional drop rate used in the message forwarding system is characterized by using "weighted simple self-adaptive proportion controller" algorithm in a process of acquisition of transcient quene length to calculate message drop or label probability. The said algorithm is composed of two parts: 1 a fundamental algorithm of using quene controller to calculate the probobilty of message and in line with its kind to use related probability to drop or label the message through the gate; 2 with the adaptive algorithm, adjusting dynamically the parameter avg p namely the average value of the probability used in the fundamental algorithm. The experiment on a PC Intel P 111800 with network analog ns-2 has testified that it's easy to be realized with low cost is computing, simple parameter set, broad adaptability and automatically fit the variation of the network environment without changing parameter set.


Support apparatus for use in pylons, support structures for ceiling lights, are arranged on the ceiling luminaire parts, arranged on masts luminaires and luminaire parts at least a first and a second element (1, 3), wherein the first member (3) has a first end portion (2) and the second element (1) has a second end portion (5), wherein the first end portion (2) is insertable into the second end portion (5), and insertable with at least one in the interior of the second end portion (5) clamping element (4), wherein the first and second end portions (2, 5) arranged through the inside of the second end portion (5) clamping element (4) kept in their relative position to each other become, wherein the clamping member (4) has a plurality of inwardly and outwardly protruding lugs (7) at the inner and at the outer edge and at least between two adjacent outwardly projecting tabs (7) one or more inwardly projecting lugs (7) are formed.


Objective To investigate the character of real-time gray-scale contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) and its clinical value in diagnosing hepatic focal lesion. Methods One hundred and three patients with 142 focal hepatic lesions were examined by CEUS after an intravenous administration of the contrast agent, then the characters of the images were analyzed. Results The initial contrast-enhanced signal patterns were classified into 5 modes, peak contrast-enhanced signal patterns into 4 modes, and contrast agent perfusion patterns into 7 modes. Different lesions had different characters of contrast-enhanced phases. The accuracy rate of the CEUS in diagnosing focal hepatic lesion was 93.0%. which was significantly higher than that of conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced CT (X2=47.430, P<0.05). Conclusions The characteristic initial contrast-enhanced pattern and contrast agent perfusion pattern are helpful in the differential diagnosis of hepatic focal lesion, while peak contrast-enhanced signal pattern is relatively unreliable. Compared with conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced CT, CEUS can dramatically improve the accuracy of qualitative diagnosis of hepatic focal lesion.

Key words:
Ultrasonography;  Liver disease


A 1.3‐GHz Sallen and Key filter, based on a voltage amplifier designed with an original topology, is presented. SiGe realization showed good agreement between simulation and measurement. In particular, the amplifier gain and the filter selectivity can be tuned and Q factors of up to 60 were measured. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 39: 22–24, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.11115


This text researched the cellulase enzyme in treating bacicalin increase the yield of the baicalin,the experiment adopt 1500 activities unit of cellulase enzyme.The best conditions was 50 ℃,pH 5.0,time of application of cellulase to treat was 18 hours,time of cooking was 40 minute.The yield of scutellaria Baicalin Georgi extracted from baicalensis by adding enzyme was more 16.3% than usual.Production purity of baicalin was increased.


In this note we prove that the essential spectrum of a Schrödinger operator with δ‐potential supported on a finite number of compact Lipschitz hypersurfaces is given by [0, +∞). We emphasize that the union of a family of Lipschitz hypersurfaces is in general not Lipschitz. (© 2013 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


The research of the essential processing technology to affected the low sugar non-sulfur strawberry candied andpreserved fruit quality has been conducted, including hot floating ,the hardening, protecting the color, infiltrating the sugar, soaking the sugar dryly and so on. It indicated that the best hot floating time is 2min,the temperature is 90℃; The color fixative uses 1% citric acid and 0.2% VC, the time is 15~20min; Harding by 4% of glucono-delta-lactone for 4h. The sugar fluid configuration for uses 50% starch syrup to take imitates 50% sucrose, simultaneously adds 0.5% carboxymethylcellulose, 3% sodium phosphate and potassium chloride mix solution; Uses 50% sugar fluid atmospheric pressure to infiltrate sugar 20min, soaks sugar 9h; Dryly in 65℃ under first dries 4h,then turns over the reshaping dry 4h,which is the best processing technology again.


Commander Del Toro has received a Masters Degree in Space Systems Engineering and Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.


Let me begin by expressing my gratitude for this invitation to participate in the "Hong Kong Monetary Authority Distinguished Lecture". I am honoured to join the list of prestigious speakers who have discussed critical issues in economics and finance in this forum, issues made especially prominent by the important role that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority plays in promoting financial stability under the leadership of Joseph Yam. From my perspective as Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, I am indebted to Mr Yam for his support and initiative in contributing to the development, and now the implementation, of the new bank capital framework, or "Basel II".


We review our results on the investigation of the breakpoint phenomena in the stacks with finite number of intrinsic Josephson junctions in high temperature superconductors. New ideas concerning the breakpoint region structure are discussed as well.


Objectives. The purpose of this study is to investigate the functional ability and state of health before and after three different treatments of patients (𝑛=156) with shoulder problems. Design. This is a comparative study using convenience sampling and Shoulder Rating Questionnaire, the Short Form-36 Health Survey self-evaluation questionnaires, and metabolic equivalent (MET), prior to and after intervention. The patients in Group 1 had an arthroscopic operation while Group 2 had an open acromioplasty. The patients in Group 3 had merely received conservative treatment. Results. Improvement has occurred regardless of the type of intervention. However, a change is notable less evident in the Conservative group, which at least in part can be explained by their higher initial scores (measurement 1); their situation has simply been better already from the start, and this is perhaps why they have not been placed onto an operation waiting list. Conclusion. Even if conservative treatment appears to result in comparatively poorer outcomes, the role of physiotherapy should not be disregarded. Physiotherapy cannot replace essential surgical operations, but physiotherapy is able to significantly alleviate patients' experiences of pain.


The study was conducted to investigate the awareness, skill and attitude towards Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) among library professionals in Kerala University Library, Thiruvananthapuram. The study is based on a questionnaire survey of library professionals employed in the central and departmental libraries of the University of Kerala. The analyses revealed that the library professionals in the Kerala University library system have relatively average level skills in various ICT related tasks in libraries. Libsys software was more used in libraries and a good number of professionals indicated that the main constraint in the application of ICT in libraries is inadequate training in ICT applications. All the professionals expressed a positive attitude towards the application of ICT in libraries.


Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system are described. This system includes a transmitting device having at least two transmit antennas, each of the at least two transmit antennas configured to form and / or directing the directional beam signal, a transmission device, at least two receiving and a receiving device having an antenna. Irradiation spot in the receiving device formed by the beam signal of the transmission antennas is smaller than the spatial distance between adjacent receiving antennas, and / or, the resolution spot by the receiving antennas, less than the spatial distance between the transmission antenna so as to, a transmitter and a receiver is constructed and arranged.


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This paper investigates the extent to which the high macroeconomic volatility experienced in the classical Gold Standard era of US history can be attributed to the monetary policy regime per se as distinct from other shocks. For this purpose, we estimate a small dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model for the classical Gold Standard era. We use this model to conduct a counterfactual experiment to assess whether a monetary policy conducted on the basis of a Taylor rule characterizing the Great Moderation data would have led to different outcomes for macroeconomic volatility and welfare in the Gold Standard era. The counterfactual Taylor rule significantly reduces inflation volatility, but at the cost of higher real-money and interest-rate volatility. Output volatility is very similar. The end result is no welfare improvement. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Abstract In the past decade a growing body of work situated at the intersection of masculinity and agriculture has emerged in the literature of rural sociology and human geography. A number of these studies have examined masculinity through discursive analytical frameworks which focus on the symbolic, cultural and embodied representations of what it is to be masculine in agriculture. It is with the latter that this paper is concerned. Here gender is located in a social constructionist framework and understood as something that is produced as a set of cultural practices which constitute men's and women's bodies in different ways. Two focus group discussions were conducted with ten young male dairy farmers in northern Victoria. A comparative analysis of the data suggests that perceptions from the masculine perspective of the non-farm work of women could be changing away from a traditional emphasis of a supportive and administrative role toward one where women's roles are acknowledged more as managerial in terms of the financial management of dairy farms. What also emerges from the young farmers' discourses is a degree of doubt and uncertainty about themselves and their own identities as managers. It would appear that they are far more confident in their roles as hands on farmers doing the outdoor physical work.


This work proposes the notion of organisms as Evolving Developing Agents (EDA) in order to ground an internalist model in which evolution and development are conceived as aspects of a general transformative tendency driven by organism's need to cope with environmental uncertainty. It is shown how the integration Evo/Devo contributes to an expanded evolutionary synthesis that accounts for divergent evolution in terms of development, without disregarding the role of genes and natural selection. However this integration has to be seen as a specific case that contributes to the contextualization of C.S.Peirce's evolutionary ontology founded on three universal categories and six space/time/function relations, as described by Taborsky. The role played by the EDA is characterized by the Secondness as firstness relation for it merges the internal/ external, and individual/population and present/past/ progressive cuts that permeate the discourse of biology.


The article defines the political and social status of women in the Byzantine Empire society from the
early days. We insist there was a huge change in people's mentality to get to a point where a woman was
allowed to engage in politics, take a part in social events on the state level, and influence the cultural
process. Remarkable women actually ruled the empire; they occupied leading positions in medieval
Oecumene. We take a wide range of Byzantine empresses through the whole history of the Empire, starting
from Theodora, who was canonized, taking saint empresses like Irene who had to stand up for religious
rights of people of the country. We consider those pious women who influenced appearing of exceptional
emperors like Alexios I Komnenos; it was Anna Dalasine who raised him. Also, we review frustrated
empresses like Anna Komnene who aimed to rule the country, but family arguments and intrigues did not let
this intelligent woman take part in the Byzantine politics. We think all those women who at some point
influenced the political situation in the country formed some type, an image of the Byzantine empress which,
in its turn, was accepted and supported in the court. We insist there formed a pattern for the woman to fit in,
to match the court expectations, and to survive in the completely man's world. Empresses had to maintain a
certain type of behavior, the credibility of women in power and its perception in the community at once. The
authors recall women of power and single out the features requested at a certain age and political situation
in different times on the Byzantium political scene. The very social and political input of women is reviewed.
We implement the theory that there are features in the modern society for the woman of power left from
thousands years of existence of the Empire, and plan to review the point in future researches.


Photovoltaic (PV) solar system has developed significantly from an independent to a large scale on-grid energy system. The energy output performance is affected by the system's reliability, which depends on its various internal components and configurations. This study aims to determine the optimum number of series modules, parallel strings, central inverters and combiner boxes of a 1-MW large scale solar (LSS) system. Also, this paper evaluates the system's reliability for different inverters configurations based on three solar PV systems i) fixed-tilt angle, ii) one-axis tracker and iii) two-axis tracker PV systems. The system's reliability is evaluated by using Fault Tree Analysis (FTA). Furthermore, this paper performs cost analysis of the LSS system in terms of Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE). The results showed that, single/dual axis PV system is preferred against fixed-tilt angle system as it gives lower LCOE. However, single/dual axis PV system reduces the system's reliability especially when more central inverters are used for the PV system.


1 In the present study, we investigated the effect of 3‐methyl‐1‐phenyl‐2‐pyrazolin‐5‐one (edaravone), a free radical scavenger, on myocardial infarct (MI) size and cardiac function in an in vivo model of MI in rabbits. We further investigated the contribution of hydroxyl radicals, superoxide and nitric oxide (NO) to its effects. 2 Anaesthetized open‐chest Japanese white male rabbits were subjected to 30 min coronary occlusion and 48 h reperfusion. The control group (n = 10) was injected with saline 10 min before reperfusion. The edaravone group (n = 10) was injected with a bolus of 3 mg/kg edaravone 10 min before reperfusion. The edaravone + NG‐nitro‐l‐arginine methyl ester (l‐NAME) group (n = 5) was given 10 mg/kg, i.v., l‐NAME 10 min before the administration of 3 mg/kg edaravone. The l‐NAME group (n = 5) was given 10 mg/kg, i.v., l‐NAME 20 min before reperfusion. Infarct size was measured using the triphenyl tetrazolium chloride method and is expressed as a percentage of area at risk. Cardiac function was assessed by echocardiography 14 days after infarction. 3 In another series of experiments, rabbits were subjected to 30 min coronary occlusion and 30 min reperfusion and myocardial interstitial 2,3‐dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA) and 2,5‐DHBA levels, indicators of hydroxyl radical, were measured using a microdialysis technique. 4 Infarct size in the edaravone group was significantly reduced compared with that in the control group (27.4 ± 6.8 vs 43.4 ± 6.8%, respectively; P < 0.05). The edaravone‐induced reduction of infarct size was abolished by pretreatment with l‐NAME. Myocardial interstitial levels of 2,3‐DHBA and 2,5‐DHBA increased 20 and 30 min after ischaemia and peaked at 10 min reperfusion in the control group. Edaravone significantly inhibited the increase in 2,3‐DHBA and 2,5‐DHBA levels seen during reperfusion. Dihydroethidium staining showing in situ detectoion of superoxide was less intense in ischaemic myocardium in the edaravone‐treated group compared with the control group. Edaravone improved cardiac function and left ventricular remodelling 14 days after infarction. 5 In conclusion, edaravone significantly reduces MI size and improves cardiac function and LV remodelling by decreasing hydroxyl radicals and superoxide in the myocardium and increasing the production of NO during reperfusion in rabbits.


This article deals with the national identity of Greek engineers in the inter‐war era. It attempts to highlight both the 'objective' dimensions (demography, education, sectors of activity, organization of profession) and the corresponding 'subjective' components of this identity. The paper shows that inter‐war Greek engineers were a socio‐professional group with strong elitist characteristics that claimed a leading social role in the country's modernization and westernization race. This was expressed in a variety of ideological schemes, from the rationalization ideal to technocracy and, ultimately, to a Greek version of reactionary modernism.


This book, co-published with the UN's Dept of Economic and Social Affairs, offers a critical appraisal of the conventional measures and analysis of poverty as well as of poverty reduction policies. Despite greater efforts in reducing poverty since the early 1980s, poverty remains stubbornly high in many parts of the world. This collection argues that the mainstream perspectives on poverty and deprivation have contributed to considerable distortion and misunderstanding and that is not unrelated to ineffectual policy perscriptions. In particular it highlights the World Bank's dollar-a-day measure of poverty and exposes the inadequacies of Bretton Woods-inspired poverty reduction programmes.


S.A.M. was supported by a CASE studentship from the Biological and Biotechnological Sciences Research Council and MedImmune. F.H. is an Investigator of the European Research Council.


Summary form only given. The human knee, which is a mobile pivotal condylar join that permits flexion, extension and a slight internal and external rotation, is the largest join in the human body. The ligaments of the knee provide stability, limit the knee movement and help to protect the articular capsule. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), one of the four main ligaments of the knee, is extremely important in the stabilization of the knee when turning or planting. The rupture of the ACL is one of the most common knee injuries, where the surgical procedure for its reconstruction is done through arthroscopy, a low-invasive surgery performed using a small camera, an arthroscope. In case of injury an orthopedist surgeon evaluates the ligament damage, and thus he chooses the patient bone site to drill in order to insert a previously harvested tissue that will substitute the damaged ACL. The success of this surgical procedure depends mainly on the surgeon ability and skill to drill accurately the holes in the bone, since non-anatomic bone tunnel misplacement has been reported as the most common cause of ACL reconstruction failure. With this, and, using a patient specific instrumentation (PSI) systems, that is being developed as a replacement for traditional instrumentation in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), this study intends to adapt this in-developing technology to ACL repair surgery. Using the PSI concept to precisely locate the femoral tunnel location during the procedure, a guide item will be generated using 3D anatomic information gathered from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or computed tomography (CT) imagery. In the end, the present proposal aims to deliver a prototype for a universal surgical guide, capable to assist low-invasive knee surgeries for the ACL reconstruction. Thus, in the course of the reconstruction surgery, this universal surgical guide will permit to mark the exact location of the bone drill, as planned in the pré-surgical study.


We consider the $T\bar{T}$ deformation of two dimensional Yang--Mills theory on general curved backgrounds. We compute the deformed partition function through an integral transformation over frame fields weighted by a Gaussian kernel. We show that this partition function satisfies a flow equation which has been derived previously in the literature, which now holds on general backgrounds. We connect ambiguities associated to first derivative terms in the flow equation to the normalization of the functional integral over frame fields. We then compute the entanglement entropy for a general state in the theory. The connection to the string theoretic description of the theory is also investigated.


College students' "going to the countryside engaged in three kinds of service" social practice activity is an important means for the effective implementation of Chinese policy of precise poverty alleviation. At present, problems such as the deviation in the ideological understanding of activity subjects, activity guarantee mechanism lags relatively behind and the lack of continuous investment in practice activity base are existing in college students' "going to the countryside engaged in three kinds of service " social practice activity. Therefore, by means of measures such as strengthening the publicity of new rural construction, innovating the educating content and means of "going to the countryside engaged in three kinds of service " and establishing a perfect social practice base project mechanism, we attempt to enhance the effectiveness of college students' "going to the countryside engaged in three kinds of service " social practice activity, so as to help our party and country to win a major victory in this battle of fighting against poverty, and provide important supporting for the realization of building a moderately well-off society in an all-round way. Keywords—Precise poverty alleviation; Going to the countryside engaged in three kinds of service; Effectiveness


The reservoir rock is porous medium which can be filled by liquid such as water, gas and oil. Seismic wave attenuation measurements for the porous rock saturated with liquid have been carried out in the laboratory using different techniques over fairly wide frequency range. However, the samples used in these experiments are generally cylindrical with about one-inch in diameter and 5 cm in length. In this paper, we discuss the scale effect of the sandstone in dry and fully saturated states on the seismic wave attenuation using the pulse transmission technique for P waves. The test samples are the sandstone plate with 500 mm × 250 mm × 40 mm in size and cylindrical sandstone samples with about one-inch (26 mm) in diameter. The results prove that the attenuation of one-inch sandstone samples in the dry state is a little weaker than that in the fully saturated state, while the attenuation of the sandstone plate in the dry state is much heavier than that in the fully saturated state. It indicates that the attenuation of the porous sandstone is dependent on the sample's scales in our study.


This paper presents two methods for the static and dynamic performance improvement of a hydraulic feedback valve for load control. Firstly, by introducing force feedback between the pilot and main spools, the control stroke is widened, which means the static flow control performance is enhanced. Secondly, by introducing a compensation orifice to the pilot spool, a damping effect appears and the oscillations and overshoot in the opening process of the pilot spool are eliminated, which means the dynamic performance is improved. Mathematical analysis and simulations were conducted to achieve optimized parameters of the feedback spring and compensation orifice. An actual valve was built according to the above methods and optimized parameters. The good static and dynamic performance of the valve in the tests on a specially designed test rig indicates that the proposed methods can provide theoretical guidance for hydraulic feedback valve design.


This study attempts to provide a target to assist project teams in conducting measurements of a business, then estimating and getting over with those latent problems. Business and project managers can select the administers with specific abilities that fit new project characters, and thus can understand the professional skills of the project team and reinforce areas of weakness, helping prevent the team from committing the same errors then improving the outcomes of implementing projects in business. This study focuses on the model for evaluating the effects of project team building, and contains three dimensions (namely Project Planning, Project Execution and Control, Knowledge System Building) and 65 criteria. This study uses the Analytical Network Process (ANP) to determine the importance of the weights for each dimension, strategic subject and measurement indicator.


Summary In France potatoes account for only a small share of both farm output and the consumer's budget.*However, the prices of this staple food fluctuate widely, and detailed economic analysis of this behaviour is called for. The object of the study is to identify the economic factors explaining variations in the crop areas of the four kinds of potato grown in France - namely seed, early, main-crop and starch potatoes. The effects on crop areas of input and substitute prices are estimated as well as substitution effects between the four kinds of potato. As might be expected the price elasticities of supply are low. The long-run estimates are higher for seed and starch potatoes than for early and main-crop varieties. Production of the latter two is of a more speculative character than the former which are more dependent on structural conditions.


Sample preparation is a routine step in many analysis, but it's often underestimated. Choosing the right sample preparation step is important, as it can prevent contamination, improve accuracy, and minimize the risk of skewing the results. Despite that, most of the methods applied to fats and oils sample preparation are still tied to traditional, time- and solvent-consuming procedures. The complexity of the food matrices led to challenging sample preparation, for example, the time-consuming saponification. Over the years traditional techniques have been improved, but they are still relying on ancient technologies, so now laboratories are seeking new approaches to ensure fast, rugged, and reproducible analysis of food. Microwave assisted solvent extraction (MASE) and microwave assisted saponification (MAS) offer a reliable and efficient approach to sample preparation. Several processes can take advantages from microwave heating, reducing time and solvent consumption, enabling the lab to have a greener and more cost-effective approach. In this section some examples will be reported ranging from extraction of contaminants (MOAH and MOSH), to saponification and extraction of DAKs and sterols, to fatty acid methyl ester profile determination from foodstuff.


The compressive stress pulse generated in rock surrounding an explosion was investigated. The parameters of the transient disturbance are propagation velocity, particle velocity, particle displacement, and stress. The transmission and reflection of a stress wave at an interface was studied. The mechanism of spalling including generation of multiple spalls is discussed. The partition of stress at boundaries between dissimilar rocks is shown. Critical spalling velocities were computed for several different types of rocks. (M.C.G.)


The purpose of the article was to determine the role of ethnicity categories, which are the means of verbalization of ethnonyms in the value system of native speakers. The author describes the emotive connotative meanings that arise in the functioning of ethnonyms in living speech, and concludes that the conceptual category of ethnicity is closely linked to linguistic category of evaluation.


This paper expounds the internal law and relationship among market regulation, state regulation and proportional development of economy, and gets the conclusion that the appropriate theory and policy in current stage in China is to take market regulation as the basis and state-led regulation as the leading method in promoting economic development.


Background:Increased
heat shock protein (Hsp) expression is associated with atherogenesis. The
statin group of cholesterol lowering drugs reduces cardiovascular events and
this may be related to their pleiotropic effects that may include their
anti-inflammatory properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect
of 40 mg simvastatin on serum levels of Hsp-60 and -70 in dyslipidemic
individuals. Methods:
Patients (n=102) were treated with simvastatin (40mg/day), or
placebo in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial.
Lipid profile and serum Hsp-60 and -70 antigen levels were measured before and
after each treatment period. Seventy-seven subjects completed the study. Data
were analyzed using Independent-Samples t-test for parametric data and
Mann–Whitney test for non-parametric data and chi-square test for categorical
data. Results: There was a reduction in the level of LDL-C
(p<0.001), total cholesterol (p<0.001), and triglycerides (p<0.05).
However, simvastatin therapy did not significantly alter the serum level
of HDL-C, Hsp-60 and -70 (p>0.05). Conclusions: We
found that statin therapy did not significantly affect the serum level of
HSP-60 and -70.


This paper investigates the performance of the Parity Bit selected Code Division Multiple Access (PB-CDMA) system when a soft output detector based on Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) calculation is employed. In this system, information bits are convolutionally encoded prior to being used in the parity bit selected Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DS-SS) system. Reliability of the detected bits in the receiver is calculated in the form of LLRs and then used as the input of a soft input Viterbi decoder. The performance of the proposed system is compared to conventional coded spread spectrum systems where no parity bit selected spreading sequence is used. Numerical results show that the proposed system can be used to improve the capacity of a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system in terms of the number of simultaneously transmitting users.


[40682-54-0] C11H13NO2 (MW 191.23)

InChI = 1S/C11H13NO2/c1-2-14-11(13)9-12-8-10-6-4-3-5-7-10/h3-8H,2,9H2,1H3

InChIKey = PRQUMJAKVLLZHP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

(α-amino acid synthesis)

Alternate Name: ethyl glycinate benzalimine.

Physical Data: pale yellow liquid; bp 65–75 °C/0.001 mmHg;1 IR spectrum.1

Solubility: very sol most organic solvents; insol hexane.

Preparative Methods: condensation of ethyl glycinate with benzaldehyde.1, 2

Handling, Storage, and Precautions: unstable to hydrolysis so that chromatographic treatment on silica gel produces ethyl glycinate and benzaldehyde.


The fruit seed kernel oils from different varieties of locally harvested peach and plum were evaluated for their physico-chemical properties, and composition of fatty acids, tocopherols and phytosterols. The contents of protein, fiber, and ash for peach and plum whole seed basis were noted to be 21.0-23.3, 11.2-13.7; 6.9-9.9, 5.6-6.4 and 3.3-4.9, 2.3-3.0%, respectively. The oil content in the seed kernels ranged from 30.5-41.0% for peach and 25.5-29.8% for plum. The extracted peach and plum kernel oils (KO) had an average iodine value (g of I/100 g of oil) of 82.5-96.4, 99.5-102.1; density (at 24 °C) 0.87-0.92, 0.80-0.83 mg/mL; refractive index (40 °C) 1.4440-1.4490, 1.4400-1.4430; saponification value 181.1-187.4, 149.1-160.9 mg of KOH/g oil; unsaponifiable matter 0.78-0.89, 0.90-0.94%; free fatty acid (% oleic acid) 0.4-0.9, 0.8-1.0%, respectively. The values for specific extinctions at 232 and 268 nm of the peach and plum KO were found to be 1.3-1.4, 1.7-2.1 and 1.7-2.1, 0.7-0.9 whereas the peroxide value 0.7-1.3 and 1.1-1.2 meq O 2 /kg, respectively. The major fatty acid detected in both of the peach and plum KO was noted to be oleic acid with contribution of 59.8-64.5% and 63.5-66.7% followed by linoleic 28.0-32.8% and 24.4-26.4%, respectively. The contents of total tocopherols in plum and peach KO ranged from 409-458 and 360-386 mg/kg, respectively, with α tocopherol predominating in peach and δ tocopherol in plum. β -Sitosterol (78.8-84.9%) and ∆ 5 -avenasterol (5.0-12.2%) were the main phytosterols in peach and plum KO. The results of this study revealed that these seeds could be explored as a potential source of high-oleic oils for the local oil and fat industry.


Over the last few years, considerable interest has arisen in measurement-based probabilistic timing analysis. The term MBPTA has been used to indistinctly refer to a variety of different applications of Extreme Value Theory (EVT) to the timing analysis problem. The successful application of MBPTA techniques to a score of case studies has not fully dispelled the concerns that industrial stakeholders had with the quality of the computed bounds, hence ultimately with their industrial viability. Placing focus on the MBPTA methods and techniques developed in the PROARTIS and PROXIMA projects, collectively referred to as proMBPTA, we discuss the main misconceptions and pitfalls that can prevent a sound application of EVT-based WCET analysis. Using a combination of arguments and support examples, we show that proMBPTA is a rigorous process, fully amenable to sound and sustainable industrial use.


This article discusses the impact of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA) on substantive law issues in litigation between private individuals. It argues that both the law in its various expressions and individual court decisions constitute acts of public power susceptible to NZBORA standards in private litigation. To determine the proper reach of the rights and freedoms in these cases, a primary distinction should be drawn between the different ways that litigants rely on the NZBORA. Where it is invoked to defend private actions as an exercise of guaranteed rights and freedoms, its role and effect (on an abstract level) will be similar to that in litigation with public actors. Conversely, if it is relied upon to actively claim something from another private individual, its impact will be limited to ensuring that the general regulatory framework adequately protects rights and freedoms from private interference. Where guaranteed rights and freedoms can (or must) be interpreted to contain a protective dimension, courts will be under a duty to provide an NZBORA-consistent remedy, even if the general law previously has not recognised any appropriate cause of action.


The most common cause of this syndrome in adults is bronchogenic carcinoma; in children, a lymphonm. Other malignant causative lesions have included Hddgkin's /sarcoma, . neural tumors, thymic tumors, teratomas and metastatic visceral tumors.*' 4 Benign lesions, much less frequent, are expressions 6f such .~ diseases as tuberculosis,5 syphilitic mediastinitis,6 histoplasmosis, 1-, 4, -,,8 8 idiopathic chronic fibrous mediastinitis,7 postiwadiation mediastinal fibrosis,7 mediastinal trauma with


Aim: scientific substantiation of the estimated demand for doctors in certain specialties for city children's polyclinic. Material and methods: the analysis of 19 the governing documents of the Federal and regional level for the period from 1992 to 2012, 8 official reporting forms for the referral of the child population for medical care in outpatient clinics of Krasnoarmeysk, Moscow region. Results. The calculated number of medical staff per 10,000 children's population will reach for the specialty pediatrician 9,0; dermatologist — 0,25; neurologist — 0,75; otorhynolaryngologist— 1,0; ophthalmologist — 0,75; surgeon to 0,5. Conclusion. The obtained results should be used in the planning and organization of health care child population.


This chapter provides a brief and very selective survey of some software useful for solving problems in analytical dynamics. I have chosen to include only software intended for academic and industrial use that has been validated for modeling accuracy. Consequently, I have omitted the many dynamics engines used for video games and entertainment purposes. General Purpose Mathematical Software A number of powerful tools for mathematical analysis exist. Two of the most popular are Mathematica by Wolfram Research Inc. and MATLAB by The MathWorks Inc. They provide capabilities for both symbolic manipulation of expressions (i.e., computer algebra systems) and numerical computation and evaluation of expressions. While the basic Mathematica and MATLAB applications do not provide high-level programming abstractions specific to multibody system modeling and analysis, they are extremely useful for the low-level symbolic and numerical processing required in solving problems in analytical dynamics (see Figure 10.1 for a screenshot of Mathematica). This has a benefit in the learning process, as they require the student to understand the central concepts of analytical dynamics and to set up the solution procedure in a detailed manner, while alleviating much of the tedium of the algebraic and numerical work. Packages and Extensions for Multibody Dynamics Wolfram Research and MathWorks both provide domain-specific extensions for analyzing multibody systems. This gives the user access to high-level abstractions for modeling, simulating, and analyzing multibody systems. These high-level abstractions can be accessed through a programming language or through a diagrammatic interface supporting both acausal and causal modeling. Acausal modeling involves component-based schematic representations of the physical system, whereas causal modeling involves block diagram representations of the underlying mathematical description of the system. Simscape Multibody (formerly SimMechanics) by The MathWorks Inc. allows users to model multibody systems using a library of blocks associated with bodies, joints, constraints, spatial transformations, force elements, and sensors (see Figure 10.2 for a screenshot of Simscape Multibody). Entire CAD assemblies can be imported along with associated geometry, inertial properties, joint parameters, and constraints. Simscape Multibody then formulates and integrates the equations of motion for the multibody system. Animations are generated during simulation to allow visualization of the motion of the system.


The policy of Mr. Nadiem Makarim as the Minister of Education and Culture is the Freedom to Learn the Independent Campus policy There are 9 types of programs at the University of 17 August 1945 Surabaya, one of which is the Free Student Exchange This study aims to describe the activities carried out during the Batch 2 Independent Student Exchange Program at the University of Jambi and the conversion courses from PT senders. The research method used is qualitative method. The subjects of this study were 119 inbound students and students from the University of 17 August 1945 Surabaya. Data collection was carried out using observation and documentation techniques. With the activities of the Independent Student Exchange The program is very useful for students in improving soft skills and hard skills, broaden academic knowledge, increase friendship relations from various tribes, cultures, religions, races that stretch from Sabang to Merauke


: Premenstrual syndrome is considered as one of the most common gynecological diseases and is also one of the most common disorders at fertility ages. PURPOSE of this study was to evaluate effect of self-feet reflexology on relieving premenstrual syndrome. DESIGN: A quasi-experimental study (pre-test and post-test). SETTING: The study was conducted at faculty of nursing at Benha University. SAMPLE , systematic random sample of female students in first year who have premenstrual syndrome and fulfill the inclusion criteria will be included in the study. INSTRUMENTS: self-administrated questionnaire and Menstrual Distress Questionnaire. RESULTS: The present study showed that, illustrates that there was a highly statistical significant difference among (pain, concentration, behavioral and negative affect) related symptoms at different phases of intervention. Increasingly, there was more decrease in mean score regarding pain related symptoms at Follow up phase than Post-test phase. CONCLUSION: there was a highly statistical significant difference among studied students regarding PMS related symptoms (pain, GIT, autonomic reactions, general manifestations, concentration, behavioral change and negative affect) at different phases of intervention (pre-test, immediately post-test and follow up). RECOMMENDEDATIONS: Encourage academic students to practice reflexology to reduce premenstrual syndrome.


OF KEYNOTE LECTURE Hisaji Maki Division of Integrated Systems Biology, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, JAPAN The inhibition or collapse of the DNA replication fork can result in loss of cell viability or an alteration of genome integrity. The development of malignant cells involves the process and the outcome of DNA-replication blockage. On the other hand, most of the anti-cancer drugs trigger the apoptosis of cancer cells as a consequence of cellular DNA-damage response. However, our knowledge of how the DNA replication fork behaves when it meets the blocking DNA lesion in vivo is limited. In order to examine how the replication fork behaves when it meets a single blocking DNA lesion, we utilized the reconstituted system for oriC plasmid DNA replication in vitro. We found that an abasic DNA lesion on the lagging-strand template blocked DNA chain elongation in nascent Okazaki fragment synthesis but had no effect on the progression of the replication fork. In contrast, when the leadingstrand template contained the lesion, the replication fork was severely inhibited. Having set up the powerful in vitro system, we started to look at an action of specialized DNA polymerases (TLS polymerase; translesion DNA synthesis DNA polymerase) in rescuing the blocked replication fork in vitro. This in vitro approach will help understand mechanisms underlying the genome maintenance by TLS polymerases. KL001 The fate of DNA replication fork encountering DNA lesion on the template DNA: replication blockage by chemical carcinogen and replication recovery by translesion DNA polymerase ABSTRACTS OF LITERATURE REVIEW COMPETITIONS OF LITERATURE REVIEW COMPETITION Shela Putri Sundawa, Evy Yunihastuti Student of Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia Department of Internal Medicine, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia Background: Previous study showed that there might be beneficial effect of antioxidant supplementation such as vitamin D and vitamin E to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. However the effect of vitamin D compared to vitamin E in preventing colorectal cancer has never been discussed. Aim: to compare the effect of vitamin D and vitamin E supplementation to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. Method: Pubmed, EBSCO, Springerlink, Science Direct, MD Consult were conducted to search all of the studies of vitamin D supplementation and vitamin E supplementation. The articles were screened and it remained 1 article for each topic remained. Those 2 articles were appraised based on evidence based medicine toolkit. Results: The study for vitamin D is systematic review/meta-analysis. It is valid, important and applicable. High dose vitamin D supplementation is beneficial to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. The study about vitamin E is systematic review/meta-analysis. It is valid but not important. It showed that the supplementation of vitamin E did not show any effect in preventing colorectal cancer. Conclusion: High dose vitamin D supplementation is superior to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer compared to vitamin E. It is recommended for high risk individual to take high dose vitamin D supplementation to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer.


At present, the interconnection between logistics enterprises and large manufacturing enterprise management information system and interoperability is poor, causing great waste of information resources and low utilization efficiency. In view of the enterprise information integration, enterprise application integration and data extraction, conversion, loading, in order to realize the LIP open, complex, multi-level computing tasks, the distributed objects and distributed database technology is analyzed, and in the Matlab environment, clustering of these data simulation


1. Carbobenzoxy-O-benzylseryltyrosyl-O-benzylserylmethionine methyl ester, which has the N-terminal tetrapeptide sequence of corticotropin and α-MSH, has been synthesized. 2. It has been shown that the O-benzylseryl peptide bond is very stable to an alkali treatment. 3. Syntheses of the relating serine peptide derivatives have been described.


The North American Digital Government Working Group was formed in 2007 to advance e-government research across geographic and political boundaries in the region. The group members will continue the discussion of their research agenda in Montreal, Canada as part of the activities of the 9th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research. This third mini-workshop is a continuation of the work started in two workshops that took place during 2007. The first was held in Philadelphia, PA following dg.o 2007, and the second took place in Cholula, Mexico during the Fall 2007.


The methods and techniques used in this study had their beginnings many years ago. In working on the experimental embryology of one of the marine annelids, Amphitrite, the author learned the importance of keeping accurate records-giving the date, the hour, and even the fraction of a minute a t whicli the observation was made. Later, in planning experiments on the life histories of parasites and parasitic diseases, the necessity of carefully prepared plans and the need to carry them through to a consistent conclusion received additional emphasis. Before one can make well-organized plans, exploratory surveys or observations must be made. A11 this was true in the present study. Another set of circumstances led to the studies on which this paper is based. In 1939, the writer had not seen the mating of the sage grouse; in fact, he knew only two people who had seen such matings. Some declared they did not mate. One ranchman had observed the annual gathering on his place for forty years and had not scen mating, but said he learned in the old country how it was done: the cocks in strutting coughed up the sperm, and the hens later carne along and picked it up while feeding. Variations of this myth were common among residents of the sage grouse country. While this ignorance was amazing, an inspection of the literature was equally disappointing. Bailey' had accepted the explaiiation by Frank Bond, that the breast feathers of the cocks were worn off, exposing the large bare spots, by sliding on the ground after the air pouches were filled (;'Auk,'' 1900). I t was startling to find that neither the mating nor the mating cycle had been described. Practically nothing was known of the social relationships or the life history of the largest (with one exception), native, upland game bird of North America. This ignorance of the social behavior was exceeded only by ignorance of the rclationship of this bird to its environment, the necessary basis of any rational measures for the preservation of Lhe species. The maiii features of tlie early study mere published in 1942.2 The first year, six strutiing grounds were locatcd. Enough information was gathered to show need of a bettcr organized plan. The next year, an area was chosen on wliich the largest number of birds had been found. Besides severa1 daytime trips, fourteen nightç were spent on this area. Observations on the prairie, sharp-tailed grouse were made in 1947 and 1948. Observations oii the grcater prairie chicken were made in 1948. Ordinarily the birds congregate for two daily assemblies, one in the evening, and the other, the larger, more significant assembly, a t daybreak the next morning. In order to avoid any serious disturbance of the birds, it was customary to go out in the afternoon, set up my tent at a convenient


Together with the increase in greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, climate changes such as heat, weather conditions and heavy rains cause regional and global variations around the world In global climate where a heat increase occurs, during the studies performed by especially improved climate models, an approximate heat increase by 2-4 5degreesC is predicted between 1990-2100 in the world Related with this increase, many natural disasters, epidemics and hazardous vectors are expected to increase Additionally, the exposure state of humans and countries will be different together with feeling the global climate changes differently all over the world As a result of these, an average of 1 2 million and 60 000 humans lose their lives annually due to urban air pollution and natural disasters respectively Together with climate changes, those with chronic diseases are mostly affected as a result of air pollution The most affected group of people during COVID-19 pandemic period have been the chronic patients During COVID-19 pandemic period, the fact that particle substances in the air act as a carrier tool in transmission of Coronavirus agent is highly crucial in terms of increasing the severity of the disease


A TM01 mode of low-power microwaves of frequency 8.85 Gc/s was launched from the end of the expansion channel of a 2 in. diameter shock tube in such a way that the ionized shock front reflected the microwaves as the front moved towards the launching probe. The reflected signal when coupled out from the launching probe, detected by a crystal diode and displayed on an oscilloscope, had a periodic variation which represented the standing wave pattern inside the shock tube. The measurements of the frequency of the oscillation (about 160 kc/s) and the guide wavelength inside the shock tube provided an accurate means of determining the velocity of shocks.


Composite membranes from chitosan blended with different ratios of chitosan were developed for the pervaporation of methanol/methyl tert-butyl ether mixtures. The composite membranes were characterized for surface morphology and sorption. Surface morphology showed chitosan and PVA were homogenously blend for all chitosan composition. Swelling characteristics of composites membrane were affected by methanol concentration as well as chitosan composition in the blend. Increasing feed temperatures and methanol concentration in the feed in pervaporation increased the flux and decreased the separation factor. The composite membranes containing 20 to 40 wt% chitosan was chosen as the preferred membrane formulation to yield fluxes ranging from 50 to 70 g/m 2 hr with separation factors ranging from 55 to 80 at optimum operating conditions of 30 wt% methanol in the feed and feed temperature of 50 0 C.


The two books under review are terrific and amount, essentially, to benchmarks for any future scholarship on adjustment in Germany and Japan (especially in Germany). In what follows, I will briefly praise and then, in a more extended manner, criticize the volumes and the perspective on change in Germany and Japan that they embody. But the praise is genuine and should not be lost in the disproportionate space devoted to critique in this contribution.


Abstract. Catabolism of methionine is supposed to proceed via two known pathways: transsulphuration and transamination. In 10 premenopausal women and 13 young men we measured methionine, the transsulphuration metabolite homocysteine, and the transamination metabolites 4‐methylthio‐2‐oxo‐butryate and methanethiol mixed disulphides in the fasting state as well as after oral administration of 0·1 g L‐methionine kg‐1 body weight. Both in the fasting state and after methionine loading the concentrations of homocysteine in serum were significantly lower in premenopausal women than in young men. Since there is evidence that even a moderate homocysteinaemia may be a risk factor in the development of vascular disease, the low homocysteine levels could be an additional factor contributing to the lower incidence of vascular disease in premenopausal women. After oral methionine these women showed significantly higher concentrations both in serum and urine of the transamination metabolites than the group of men. This higher methionine transamination in premenopausal women may contribute to keeping the homocysteine levels low and may therefore have an impact on the protection of these women against vascular disease.


A 24‐year‐old female presented raised, elastic, flesh‐colored nodulo‐ cystic lesions ranging in size from 5 to 10 mm (Figure 1), on both breast areolas. Except for a sporadic discharge of yellowish creamy material, the lesions were asymptomatic. No other skin lesions were detected. Histopathology demonstrated a cystic structure lined by squamous epithelium. The cyst wall showed infundibular keratinization, with a well‐developed granular layer and resulting in orthokeratotic, laminated eosinophilic keratin (Figure 2). For cosmetic reasons, the patient requested surgical removal of several lesions. The follicular infundibulum frequently dilates and occludes resulting in an infundibular cyst. This cyst accounts for almost 90% of the total number of cutaneous cysts, affects mostly young adults with predilection for males, and is usually located in areas affected by acne vulgaris. Clinically, infundibular cyst appears as a nodule covered by a slightly elevated skin with elastic consistency and, if uncomplicated, it is painless. Sometimes a creamy material may be extruded through the central pore. Histopathologically, infundibular cyst consists of a cavity lined by stratified squamous epithelium, which keratinizes through a previous granular layer, resulting in orthokeratotic, basophilic, and basket‐woven keratin. Multiple infundibular cysts may appear in nodulo‐cystic acne, some genodermatosis such as Gardner‐Richards syndrome and Gorlin‐Goltz syndrome and renal transplant recipients taking cyclosporine A. Differential diagnosis in our patient included Montgomery's tubercles and sebaceous hyperplasia of the areola. Montgomery's tubercles consist of small yellowish papules, in a circular arrangement on the breast areola of women. They are composed of hyperplastic sebaceous glands. Sebaceous hyperplasia of the mammary areola consists of small yellow papules or a plaque with diffuse thickening of the areolar skin. Both unilateral and bilateral forms of areolar sebaceous hyperplasia have been described involving both males and females. Histopathologic differential diagnosis of these two disorders with the multiple infundibular cysts of our patient is straightforward. Surgical excision is the best therapeutic approach if required, as was the choice of our patient. (A)


Metamodeling is playing an increasingly important role in object-oriented software engineering. However, most approaches use metamodels in a very pragmatic way and important conceptual questions are left open.

In this paper, an object-oriented metamodeling methodology based on a formal metalanguage is introduced. The methodology allows for the description of all relevant properties of a metamodel, i. e. abstract syntax, static and dynamic semantics. Different kinds of instantiation relations are identified and a dichotomy for the classiffcation of metaentities is developed. The reflection of the instantiation relations by the metalanguage is shown.


Building a harmonious campus is a systematic project of the construction of campus culture,and a main way to improve the quality of universities.From this perspective,this paper has had an after-effect analysis of the existing problems of teaching assessment and proposed some measures to improve teaching assessment,hoping to focus on the training of teachers from the perspective of students' growth.Students' evaluation of schools' educational teaching and teachers' teaching activities should be main measures and means to promote a harmonious campus culture so that teaching assessment can play its active role in building a harmonious campus culture.


Gorse, Ulex europaeus, has become the most important weed of silvicultural and rangeland industries in Chile. The earliest attempt to control it biologically was made in 1976 when the seed predator Apion ulicis was introduced into the country. This bioagent established successfully throughout the gorse infested areas but has not been able to regulate the weed on a national bases by itself. The program was renewed in 1996 which resulted in the introduction, quarantine, host-testing, rearing and release of two additional bioagents; the gorse spider mite, Tetranychus lintearius (Acari: Tetranychidae) and the gorse shoot-tip moth, Agonopterix ulicetella (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). Two gorse spider mite populations introduced from Hawaii and Portugal were released in 1997. They are now colonizing gorse stands and increasing their densities at over 50 sites between the 37° and 40° parallels of southern latitude, especially at the Chilean most important silvicultural areas. The gorse shoot-tip moth, introduced from Hawaii and the UK was first released in Chile in 1997. This bioagent successfully overwintered at nine sites between the 38° and 40° parallels of southern latitude. The best colonization of the population collected at Hawaii occurred at gorse stands located in warmer, drier areas of Chile, whereas the UK population performed better in humid areas.


The preparation of some unsymmetrical tetrathiafulvalenes and the electrical conductivities of their charge transfer complexes with tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) are described; the ethylenedithio(trimethylene)tetrathiafulvalene–TCNQ complex exhibited higher conductivity than complexes of tetrathiafulvalene, tetramethyltetrathia-fulvalene, and hexamethylenetetrathiafulvalene with TCNQ.


This thesis tries to analyze the formation and development of shipping E-marketplaces from 5 aspects: shipping capacity,competing environment,service quality,distribution and commercial operational mode.It also expounds the advantages and disadvantages of our shipping E-marketplaces as well as their developing tendency through the introduction to their service orientation and functions.


* To whom correspondence should be addressed. ABSTRACT A peak detection algorithm for Tandem Mass Spectra is presented that scores a fragment using intensity and isotopic distribution. It classifies each fragment in a spectrum as noise or signal based on a maximum likelihood estimate derived from the distribution observed in a training set of 12,000 validated spectra. This is the largest such database known to the authors. We present three tools which apply this algorithm: the Quality Filter removes noisy spectra, Mod-Pro profiles modifications and amino acids in a sample and Spectrimilarity scores similarity of two spectra. Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com


The source-mask optimization (SMO) solution has become one of the most important branches of Resolution enhancement techniques (RET) to extend the imaging process window with next generation computation lithography, which improve the imaging capability of lithographic systems in the integrated circuit foundry manufacturing. Based on the SMO software RET Selection provided by Mentor Graphics Corporation, we have researched the SMO process to improve the imaging capability of lithographic systems for 28nm node and beyond: choosing the key patterns, confirming the process window conditions and so on. In this paper, the parameters PV band, MEEF, NILS and DOF have been used to evaluate the free form illumination sources, and the final illumination source have been verified, which generated by ASML scanner.


A comparison between orbiter development flight instrumentation (DFI) forward fuselage flight pressure data, obtained from OV-102 during the space transportation system's (STS-1) re-entry, and ground facility and computational results is presented. Wind-tunnel data were obtained on a 0.04-scale orbiter forebody model. Computational data were obtained from the high alpha inviscid solutions (HALIS) computer code. These comparisons will be used to validate the existing experimental data base and optimize pressure modeling techniques developed in support of the Shuttle entry air data system (SEADS). The SEADS is a proposed acrossthe-speed-range second-generation air data system for the orbiter, using an array of flush pressure taps to be installed in the orbiter nose cap and forward fuselage. Knowledge derived from these comparisons will contribute to an improved capability to predict the performance of existing flight systems as well as an improved capability to design space transportation and general flight systems.


In this paper, we study a class of second-order neutral impulsive functional differential equations. Under certain conditions, we establish the existence of multiple periodic solutions by means of critical point theory and variational methods. We propose an example to illustrate the applicability of our result.


Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) was applied to hold terminal voltage magnitude of a synchronous generator at a specified level and its stability seriously affects the security of power system. PID control was applied for AVR system control, but the parameters of PID controller were hard to determine, to overcome this problem, some intelligent techniques should be taken. Wavelet Neural Network (WNN) was constrictive and fluctuant of wavelet transform and has self-study, self adjustment and nonlinear mapping functions of neural networks, so the structure of WNN and PID tuning with WNN was proposed, the tuning algorithm was applied into AVR control system, the simulation was taken with normal BP neural network and WNN, the efficiency and advantages of this control strategy was successfully demonstrated which can applied into AVR system for power system stability.


Ribosomal RNA genes are organised in tandem arrays at complex loci called nucleolus organisers. The structure of a locus and of a wheat rRNA gene is described in detail. Active or potentially active genes are in the nucleolus during interphase, while inactive genes are excluded from the nucleolus. Genetic variation exists within a species for the number of the rRNA genes at a locus and also for the structure of the intergenic, regulatory DNA. This variation can affect the activity of a locus, relative to that of another in the same cell and the proportion of the rRNA genes at a locus included in the nucleolus. The active loci are enriched with genes that are not methylated at specific CpG residues in the intergenic regulatory DNA and that are in a chromatin conformation accessible to DNase I. A model is presented that attempts to relate the structural variation between genes to the differential expression and nucleolar organisation of the rRNA genes at different loci. The model is based on the affinity of...


Condition monitoring of the Brushless Wound Field Synchronous Generator (BWFSG) is important as it is widely used in mission and safety critical applications such as marine vessels. The frequency signatures in rotor field current are well known indicators to detect and diagnose stator winding short circuits in synchronous generators, in addition the damper bars current could also be used for fault detection and diagnosis. However, BWFSG these currents are not accessible. Hence, it is important to use the mathematical model and state estimation techniques to estimate these parameters. This paper compares the performance of state estimation techniques such as the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) and Particle Filter (PF) in estimating field current and damper bars current for stator winding fault detection and diagnosis. The experimental validation results confirmed that the performance of the EKF is better than that of the PF in terms of number of stator winding fault signatures extracted from estimating the field current and damper bars currents. Thus, the future work proposed to use the EKF for developing Model-Based Condition Monitoring (MBCM) system for the BWFSG.


(57) Abstract: reflective circulator includes birefringent splitting and combining element, nonreciprocal polarization rotator, as well as the birefringent deformation element. Some embodiments of the circulator comprises a reversal reflector. The circulator 1-dimensional array, such as array, or may be scaled to have a large number of arrayed in a two-dimensional pattern port.


Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic forced educational institutions around the globe to close or move to a remote format. This article focuses on the transition of an in-person undergraduate physical geography lab to online synchronous learning during the Fall 2020 semester. Findings suggest the importance of abundant learning materials as well as showing similar experiences across different groups of students. In addition, we captured the experiences of lab instructors over time. Ultimately, even as education transitions post-pandemic, these findings highlight the usefulness of extensive/intensive learning, and course flexibility in a synchronous, online, active-learning physical geography lab course.


A study of the effective charge density of a charged membrane with a low water content was carried out. The membrane potentials across charged membranes, which have various water contents and an inhomogeneous fixed charge distribution, were measured. The experimental results were analyzed on the basis of the Donnan equilibrium theory and the Nernst−Planck transport equation considering the fixed charge inhomogeneities in the membrane. The results show that the value of the charge effectiveness will depend on the membrane water content, the ionic radii of the counterions, and the valence of the counterion. To interpret the variation in the value of the charge effectiveness, we attempted to introduce the concept of an ion pair between the fixed charge group and counterion inside the membrane. Compared with the experimental results, the prediction of the ion pair theory qualitatively agreed with the experimental tendency. This suggests that ion pairs cause the difference between the effective charge density ...


A compartmentalized protective case houses a portable electronic device and personal care items that are organized and held securely therewithin. The compartmentalized protective case has a major compartment for receiving and housing an electronic device such as a smart phone, cellular phone, music player, or other digital media device. At least one cell compartment constructed within the case receives and houses personal care items removably integrated therein. Personal care items can include at least one interchangeable replacement cell containing beauty items, cosmetics, hygienic items, oral care products such as floss or breath strips, medications, vitamins, breathe fresheners and / or health care products. A second cell compartment is preferably provided as a removable pouch or may contain a restraining system for holding identification cards, currency, visa or bank cards, and/or keys.


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The purpose of this study is to develop the service scales of festival quality. We derived five constituent factors, service quality measures of local festivals through the extensive literature review in Previous studies. We named these qualities "COKITQUAL" that is consist of Convenience, Information, Kindness, Operation, Corporeity. We conducted the empirical analysis for the participants in "Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival" to verify the "COKITQUAL" As the result, Information, Kindness, Operation affected positively on Festival Satisfaction among all SERVQUALs. However, Convenience and Corporeity did not positively affected on the dependent variable. And then, Festival Satisfaction positively affected on on Behavior Intention. This study developed the Service quality concerned with local festivals which is crucial fundamentals to quantify Festival SERVQUAL through empirical study. The proper applications and usage of these newly introduced local festival qualities enable to acquire the sustainable competitive advantage in local festival.


The 3T Revolution resulted in a very rapid and fundamental change in the order of human life since the beginning of the 21st century known as globalization. One of the consequences is the rapid development of transportation technology that requires fast, safe and convenient transportation, which is by aircraft. But aircrafts are vulnerable from terrorist attack known as aircraft hijacking. ICAO has laid down several international conventions on the prevention and suppression of aircraft hijacking, and the latest was Beijing Convention 2010. As a member of the international community and especially as a member of ICAO, Indonesia can not be separated from the influence of the globalization particularly in the prevention and the suppression of aircraft hijacking. Therefore this paper will discuss more on the impact of globalization on the prevention and the suppression of aircraft hijacking in Indonesia. The impact of globalization on the prevention and the suppression of aircraft hijacking in Indonesia appears in the form of ratification and implementation of international conventions on this matter. This is done in order to fulfill Indonesia's obligations as a member of the ICAO, and to realize the Aims of the Republic of Indonesia. The international conventions on the prevention and the suppression of aircraft hijacking have been ratified and implemented in accordance to the national interest and must always determined, applied, sourced, based on and should not be contrary to Pancasila as the Fundamental Norms of the State, and the 1945 Constitution as the Basic Rule of the Republic of Indonesia. Keywords: impact, globalization, aircraft hijacking, Indonesia.


The theory of , which is the established theory, is based on the theory of . But this theory, because of mistranslation on historical records and jump in the logic, run counter to the historical facts. In late koryo dynasty, there were the migration(of the people of costal and insular area toward inland area) and the migration policy of government to avoid the trespassing of waegu. Without the migration of people and the migration policy, there were no necessaity to move toward inland.


In arc welding processes, due to the uneven heating and cooling complex thermal stresses and strains are induced in the weld leading to residual stress and distortion in the arc welded joint. The nature of distortion depends upon various parameters such as heat input, welding direction, plate thickness, and restraints applied. In present work analyze the effect of heat input on thermal history and distortion experimentally and a numerical elas to-plastic thermo mechanical model has been developed for predicting the thermal history and angular distortions of submerged arc welded double-sided fillet welds. A moving distributed heat source was used in the finite element modelling of the double-sided fillet welding to create a realistic simulation of the process. The effect of filler metal deposition was taken into account by implementing a birthand-death process for the elements. The transient temperature distributions were predicted using temperature-dependent material properties. The model yielded results that match the experimental values (with a variation of 10-20 percent for the maximum values of the distortions and a variation of 18 per cent for peak temperatures).


This study aimed to enhance the applications of dates as a food material that can be utilized and stored easily by improving the inefficient process of the traditional cooking procedure. To this end, this study investigated the physico-chemical and nutritional properties of jujube pulp powder, and compared the traditional and newly developed methods of making yakbap, yakpyon, and jujube porridge. According to the analysis of physical and chemical properties, the jujube pulp powder contained 5.4% moisture, 2.6% crude ash, 6.6% crude protein, 0.35% crude fat, and 4.7% crude fiber. The water activity was 0.95% in jujube pulp while it was 0.24% in jujube pulp powder. In addition, the jujube pulp powder had a total sugar content of 70.4% and reducing sugar content of 6.3%. The vitamin C was content was estimated to be 68.5 mg/100 g in the jujube pulp powder and the jujube pulp contained 6.2 g/100 g of dietary fiber. Major minerals were K, Mg, and Ca. After appointing jujube pulp powder (new method) to a test group and jujube pulp (traditional method) to a control group, the sensory evaluation and acceptance testing were conducted for yakbap, yakpyon, and jujube porridge. As a result, there was no significant difference in any sensory factors tested (p<0.05). It was found that making and storing jujube pulp powder by drying jujube pulp is a useful way of utilizing jujube because Yakbab, Yakpyun and jujube porridge were found to have a relatively good appearance, color, flavor, taste, texture and overall acceptance.


The purpose of the paper is to examine the nature of chemical concepts, and the ways in which they are applied in chemoinformatics systems. An account of concepts in philosophy and in the information sciences leads to an analysis of chemical concepts, and their representation. The way in which concepts are applied in systems for information retrieval and for structure–property correlation are reviewed, and some issues noted. Attention is focused on the basic concepts or substance, reaction and property, on the organising concepts of chemical structure, structural similarity, periodicity, and on more specific concepts, including two- and three-dimensional structural patterns, reaction types, and property concepts. It is concluded that chemical concepts, despite (or perhaps because of) their vague and mutable nature, have considerable and continuing value in chemoinformatics, and that an increased formal treatment of concepts may have value in the future.


Analyses of microclimatic patterns on Heliconia wagneriana inflorescences inhabited by nectarivorous hummingbird flower mites (Gamasida: Ascidae) in secondary lower montane rain- forest reveal the existence of substantial microclimatic variation both among and within individual inflorescences. Field experiments demonstrate that the mites respond to this variation by exploiting thermally favorable locations and avoiding thermally adverse conditions within inflorescences. Field introductions of mite population inocula to uninhabited inflorescences show that mite reproduction (and probably survival) is affected strongly by inflorescence microclimate. Floral microclimate, in conjunction with hummingbird visitation patterns, controls mite dispersal among inflorescences. These experiments illustrate the impact of microclimatological heterogeneity on the population biology of a tropical phytophagous arthropod.


The object of research is the consumer perception of financial services, which can be used by enterprises to achieve their economic goals and form the landscape of today's financial services market. The insufficient level of financial services use by national economic entities in 2014–2018 had significantly limited the pace of development in both real and financial sectors of Ukraine's economy. In the course of this research the key factors that downgrade the attractiveness of the use of financial services for Ukrainian enterprises were determined, the complex of desired consumer properties of modern financial services was described. The methods of content analysis, qualitative and quantitative marketing research, methods of statistical data analysis, functional analysis of the Kano model were deployed in this research. The findings suggest that Ukrainian consumers of financial services (in particular, micro-, small and medium-scale business enterprises) have started to change their consumer perception of financial services in recent years. Over 60 % of the surveyed executives of Ukrainian companies see the consumer value of financial services (insurance, lending, leasing, etc.) in securing an easy access to financial resources in the necessary amounts, place, and at the time of need. So far, according to the perception of consumers in this group these services are rather logistic, than purely financial. The improvements to the existing approach to the marketing positioning of financial services were suggested. To improve their consumer perception and growth in demand in the Ukrainian market, it is advisable to position them as logistic services with a combination of desired consumer attributes: fast, simple and secure (state guaranteed) access to the necessary financial resources. The positioning of financial services as logistic services is better understood and more important for the domestic consumer and can help in solving the problem of low financial inclusion both at the level of business enterprises and at the national scale.


The article illustrates the similarities and differences existing in the languages of the multiethnic Volga-Ural region. Qualify methods and techniques of their interpretations.


For the application to the direction finding(DF) antenna for V/UHF bands, circular active array composed of 9 dipole element has been investigate. For miniaturization of the overall size array, the element has been chosen to be of the top-hat dipole type. For the broadband operation over 20-1300MHz, some number of pin diodes have been inserted in each arms of each dipole element. By employing this type of each element dipole, the effective dipole length can be increased or decreased according as the inserted pin diodes is on or off. The active array antenna has been design to be directly connected to the balanced push full amplifier such that the amplifier may play a role as a balloon and may improve the sensitivity as a receiver as well. The active array antenna has been designed and fabricated. Some experimental results have been presented in comparison with simulated results.


Range dependence of the shape and amplitude of the received pulse for a laser anglemeter used for mobile robot navigation


Objective To investigate the changes of serum copper in mice after whole-body irradiation and analyze the feasibility of these changes as a biological dosimeter.Methods Serum copper in mice exposed to 60 Co γ-rays(0,1,2,3,5 Gy) was collected from the orbital of mice and detected with 5-Br-PADAP colorimetric method at 30 min and 7 d after radiation.One-way analysis of variance was used to analyze the difference of serum copper in each group and Dunnett-t test was used to compare the difference between control group and irradiated groups.Linear and quadratic linear fitting function was used to analyze the relationship between serum copper and radiation dose.The change of serum copper was detected at 30 min,1,3,5,7,10,13 and 16 d after radiation to observe the persistence of serum copper.The established relationships were used to estimate the dose in 8 mice irradiated by a blind dose.Results The amount of serum copper in irradiated mice were significantly (F =208.20,145.98,P < 0.05)dependent on the radiation doses with dose responses of y =-0.091x + 0.936 and y =-0.011x2-0.032x + 0.962 (r =0.989,0.995) at 30 min and 7 d post-irradiation,respectively.The concentration of serum copper at 2.0 Gy decreased at 30 min post-irradiation,increased at 1-7 d,then kept at a stable level at 7-14 d even increased slightly after 14 d.With these dose response curves,after radiation with a blind dose of 2 Gy,the absorb doses of mice were assessed to be (1.83-2.25) Gy and (1.82-2.11) Gy at 30 min and 7 d in 95% confidence interval,respectively.Conclusions The serum copper is a quick,simple,and sensitive biomarker for the early assessment of absorb dose of irradiated mice.

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Biological dosimeter ;  Serum copper;  γ-rays ;  Mice


The coffee industry is facing increasing challenges due to climate change, pests, diseases, which leads to the reduced production and negative impact on coffee qualities. Thus, quality assurance of coffee from production to roasting and brewing becomes more important, especially coffee flavor and aroma. This research aims to study the applicability of electronic nose (e-nose) and algorithm to detect coffee aroma obtained from different origins. The coffee beans used in this experiment were obtained from different areas in northern Thailand. These coffee beans have different growing conditions, altitude, processing and roasting condition. In this study, the three aspects of e-nose were investigated; (i) e-nose sensitivity to coffee odors, (ii) e-nose capability of correctly recognizing the detected odors and (iii) factors that influence coffee odors such as altitude, processing and roasting conditions. The e-nose system comprises of eight metal oxide semiconductor (MOX) gas sensors and in-house developed analysis software. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a classification algorithm for pattern recognition of different coffee aroma. Based on experimental results, the e-nose technology shows a capability to detect and distinguish the coffee odors caused by different altitude, processing and roasting process. E-nose is a suitable method for aroma detection in coffee industry to enhance the quality.


Kinases relay incoming input to downstream proteins by covalently linking phosphate groups to their targets. This phosphorylation acts as a biological switch regulating the function of the target molecules. While simple in its g eneral design, protein kinase signaling functions in highly complex networks and cascades regulating some of the most essential cellular and physiological functions. Subtle changes i n these networks can have devastating consequences and the deadliest among all is cancer. Primary brain tumors of glial origin show mutations and alterations in several kinase ca scades leading to aberrant growth and tissue invasion. Molecular profiling has identified key pathways of gliomagenesis but due to the redundancy among glioma promoting signaling pathways, highly specific kinase inhibitors used in mono-therapies have not led to clear c linical benefits so far. Adding to the dismal prognosis of glioma patients is the strong angi ogenic potential of these tumors; again, a process with a kinase as key regulator which is tar geted by several molecular strategies. In this review, we summarize the kinases involved in the main features of glioblastoma, the effect targeted therapies against these kinases have shown so far and critically discuss future options of targeting kinases in glioma therapy. Review Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are pa rticularly difficult to treat and often have devastating consequences for the affected patients, since the brain is the hub for all afferent and efferent messages, giving rise to consciousness, cognition and personality. Malignant gliomas, a class of brain tumors of glial cellular origin with WHO grades II-IV, manifest as astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, mixed oligo-astrocytoma or glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). GBM, graded as WHO IV tumor, is the most common primary brain tumor in adults. The prognosis for GBM is particularly poor with can cer related death in almost all cases. Treatment includ es surgical resection, radio- and chemo-therapy which app ears not to have substantially improved mean survival ov er the past decades reaching 14-17 months in selected stud y populations [1,2].(.)


The Howard Government's re-election for a fourth term has important implications for regional Australia. Importantly, fourth terms are as rare in Australia as they are in other western democracies. At a national level only the Menzies Coalition Government in 1958 and the Hawke Labor Government in 1990 achieved such success. Moreover, it is not just winning a fourth term that makes the 2004 election potentially important, but also that the Howard Government has for first time since the Fraser Coalition Government (1975-83) secured full control of the Senate. Such political hegemony over both Houses of Parliament is also rare internationally. Overall, this means there will considerable policy continuity. By the time the next election is due in 2007, Australia will have experienced nearly twelve years of Coalition government—possibly even under one leader if John Howard stays as Prime Minister. Control of the Senate also means the Howard Government will not have to compromise with Independents and minority parties. Some of these senators like Brian Harradine, the Tasmanian Independent, or the Green Party, had clear regional, as well as national, policy goals. For instance, national forest agreements had both regional origins and national policy dimensions. Further, with such political ascendancy, the fourth Howard Government has the potential to be what some regard as the 'real' Howard Government, confident, unrestrained and ideologically charged. Just how far this will take Howard Government down previous blocked policy avenues and affect regions remains to be seen.


Abstract— Mineralogical and chemical studies of Dar al Gani 983 show that this meteorite is a eucrite. Its texture is that of an impact breccia. It contains cumulate pyroxene and feldspar megacrysts, a variety of recrystallized melt clasts, clasts of subophitic basalt, and mesostasis. These components are embedded in a matrix of fragmental pyroxene and plagioclase. In addition, the entire rock is penetrated by glassy melt veins and patches, and displays features of strong shock.


With frequent heavy rainfalls in summer in Poland and fast-melting snow in spring leading to flooding of sewage systems (due to excessive filling levels in water receivers or difficulties with temporary retention of the excess stormwater), a variety of systems are being developed to facilitate transfer of the stormwater to water receivers. Outflow of the excess stormwater is usually ensured by the use of gravitational outflow collectors that connect stormwater drains with waterways. The transfer occurs during intensive precipitation, when the excess wastewater overflows through stormwater drains and is transferred directly to water receivers in order to relieve wastewater treatment plants or to minimize diameters of sewers. These systems are useful wherever the filling levels in waterways are not very high or the sewerage system is located relatively high with respect to the water receiver i.e. outflow collector is located on a steep slope. In such cases, the stormwater that flows through a waterway cannot be returned to the outflow collector. If the gravitational flow is impossible due to e.g. the excessive filling level of water receiver, stormwater can be transferred by means of a variety of modern solutions, such as retention and transfer reservoirs. These reservoirs are supposed to ensure partial retention of the excess stormwater and transfer of this water to water receivers, either gravitationally or forced mechanically, depending on the filling level in the waterway. The transfer reservoirs for the stormwater presented in this paper might be successfully used in modernization of current sewage systems, ensuring the reliability of operation and a more effective wastewater transfer than the systems used to date. All the reservoirs of this type are characterized by similar design and function and guarantee that the wastewater might be transferred regardless of the conditions in the water receiver.


The effect of organic fertilizers (cattle manure and lupine green manure), as well asmicrobial preparation Biohran on the dynamics of the activity process of nitrogen fixation andN2O emissions in the rhizosphere soil of potato plants, crop yield, and product quality have beeninvestigated. The use of manures stimulates activity of nitrogen fixation, but at the same time,accompanied by a significant loss of gaseous nitrogen compounds. The efficiency of Biohran bythis agrobackground is largely levelled. Lupine green manure stimulates nitrogenase activity,especially in combination with biopreparation. At the same time, there is a tendency to reducenitrous oxide emission. Organic fertilizers contributed to a reliable raise of potato yield. Biohranprovide productivity gains only on the background of green manure. Microbial preparationcontributed to the improvement of quality of production parameters by all studiedagrobackgrounds.


Internal stresses, specific single-crystal blocks, stoichiometric impurity of oxides composition and other factors lead to low strength properties of ferromagnetic iron oxides. Weakening of such defects and increasing iron oxides microhardness, their fracture and mechanic strength are possible by using magnetic pulse processing. The results of experimental studies of the magnetic pulse field effecting on the iron oxides strength properties are shown. Mössbauer spectroscopy, porosimetry, X-ray structure analysis are used to find the mechanisms of this effect. The strength properties change is the result of set of microscopic and quantum effects superposition. It provides easy defects restructuring of solids: vacancies, dislocations, voids.


A Study was made of the application of recombination enzyme made from alkali protease, amylase and alkaline cellulase to detergent. Results showed that the addition of the recombination enzyme into detergent greatly enhanced the detergency of detergent, and at the same time removed all kinds of dirt attached to textile fabrics. Under suitable conditions, the ingredients of the enzyme and detergent were well distributcd and the activities of the enzyme were stable.


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