Case report A 38 year old white man was admitted to another hospital with left sided pleuritic chest pain with effusion (January 1974). Two previous episodes of pleurisy with effusion had occurred in March 1972 and November 1973, both of which cleared spontan eously. Both episodes were of unknown aetiology. The patient denied any weight loss, chills, fevers, cough, haemoptysis, or abdominal or joint pain associated with the effusion. His medical history included pneumonia at ages 10 and 18 and ana phylaxis after an intravenous pyelogram in 1974. Results of sputum and skin tests for tuberculosis were negative. A 45 pack-year smoking history was noted. In April 1974 a thoracotomy was performed during which dense broad adhesions were found in the pleural space. Nodules were removed from the diaphragm, left lung, and pleura, and pathological analysis showed". . . papillary masses of mesothelial cells . . . infiltrating skeletal muscle." The tumour was tested with thio-tepa and BCG. Interestingly, the patient was essentially asymptomatic until June 1982 when pleuritic chest pain recurred with weakness and weight loss. Needle aspiration of the pleural space "produced malignant cells consistent with mesothelioma." He was given radiotherapy and adriamycin. He did well until August 1983 when he was readmitted to hospital with increased left chest pain and malaise. Pronounced progression of the mesothelioma in the left lung was noted. The right lung was clear.


The article is dedicated to the analysis of the novel "The Hunger"("Golod") written by the talented Bashkir writer – Urazgulov R. The novel describes the tragic events of the 1920-1930 years in Povolzhie. The novel is characterized as dystopia. Herewith, the author distinguishes such characteristic features of dystopia as, the critical portrait of the reality, the creation of satiric images, pamphleteering, parody, the elements of fantasy and figurative symbolism. There are parallels with some novels of Bashkir writers (Khakimov A., Umetbaev R., Khisamov G., Phazlyev S.) and Russian writers (Zamyatin E., Nabokov V., Voynovich V., Bykov D., Tolstaya T., Pelevin V. and others). It is said that Urazgulov R. penetrates into the creative debate with the authors of Bashkir Soviet historical revolutionary novel (Kh. Davletshina, Khammatov Ya, Biisheva Z, Isyangulov F.). The article under consideration also depicts some poetic peculiarities of the novel – psychologism, the role of landscape drawings, and the portrait characteristics.


The paper by Hengeveld et al. (2012) in Functions of Language on "Semantic categories in the indigenous languages of Brazil" was probably written by Kees Hengeveld (with his characteristically clear style), but there are many "al.": eleven additional coauthors! So it beats Bickel et al. (2007), which with its nine coauthors seems to be the record for papers in Language so far. In the natural sciences, of course, papers with many authors are now commonplace (sometimes even with hundreds of aut...


Between 2007 and 2009 the railway tunnels at Radfeld/Wiesing and Jenbach in the Lower Inn Valley were driven with two Herrenknecht TVM‐V4 machines (face with slurry support, D = 13 m). The tunnelling work was monitored according to the principles of the observational method as part of the independent data control. This article describes the experience from the project (contracts H3‐4 and H8) and make suggestions how the abstract requirements of the observational method can be implemented efficiently and economically. The results lead to the conclusion that mechanical tunnel drives in loose ground are predestined for the successful application of the observational method.


Renewable energy, electricity and smart grids are core subjects as they have great environmental and societal impacts. Thus, generating, transporting and managing electric energy, i.e., power, still continue to drive a growing interest. In order to properly achieve these goals, several locks must be removed. Beyond issues related to the distribution architecture, the formalization of models, sizing tools, features and indicators, constraints and criteria, decentralized generation and energy management, power quality is central for the whole grid's reliability. Disturbances affect the power quality and can cause serious impact on other equipment connected to the grid. The work of this thesis is part of this context and focuses on the development of models, indicators, and signal processing methods for power quality monitoring in time-varying power distribution systems.This thesis analyzes the power quality including several well-known features and their relevance. Power system models and signal processing methods for estimating their parameters are investigated for the purpose of real-time monitoring, diagnostic and control tasks under various operating conditions. Among all, the fundamental frequency is one of the most important parameters of a power distribution system. Indeed, its value which is supposed to be a constant varies continuously and reflects the dynamic availability of electric power. The fundamental frequency can also be affected by renewable energy generation and by nasty synchronization of some devices. Moreover, the power absorbed by loads or produced by sources is generally different from one phase to the other one. Obviously, most of the existing residential and industrial electrical installations with several phases work under unbalanced conditions. Identifying the symmetrical components is therefore an efficient way to quantify the imbalance between the phases of a grid. New state-space representations of power systems are proposed for estimating the fundamental frequency and for identifying the voltage symmetrical components of unbalanced three-phase power systems. A first state-space representation is developed by supposing the fundamental frequency to be known or to be calculated by another estimator. In return, it provides other parameters and characteristics from the power system. Another original state-space model is introduced which does not require the fundamental frequency. Here, one state variable is a function of the frequency which can thus be deduced. Furthermore this new state-space model is perfectly are able to represent a three-phase power system in both balanced and unbalanced conditions. This not the case of lots of existing models. The advantage of the proposed state-space representation is that it gives directly access to physical parameters of the system, like the frequency and the amplitude and phase values of the voltage symmetrical components. Power systems parameters can thus be estimated in real-time by using the new state-space with an online estimation process like an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF). The digital implementation of the proposed methods presents small computational requirement, elegant recursive properties, and optimal estimations with Gaussian error statistics.The methods have been implemented and validated through various tests respecting real technical constraints and operating conditions. The methods can be integrated in active power filtering schemes or load-frequency control strategies to monitor power systems and to compensate for electrical disturbances.


The philharmonic society of the Gui - yi - jun 归义军Regime (848 - 1036) of Dunhuang was composed of two parts. The first was administrative personnel which included yue - ying - shi 乐营使, deputy yue - ying -shi- and du - shi 都使, the second was sheng - yue - bo - shi 声乐博士 and other performers. According to different fields, the performers were organized into several groups, such as ya - yue 雅乐, fa - yue 法乐, jun - yue 军乐, yan - yue 燕乐, san - yue 散乐, zuo - yu 作语, jie - se借色, etc. Author reckons that the philharmonic society of the Gui - yi - jun Regime consisted of 50 -100 officials and performers.


The degree to which team members believe that they rely on one another to perform successfully and achieve collective outcomes may relate to perceptions about the extent that they integrate the group within their own identity. This study examined the relationship between interdependence and social identity among 422 high school team sport athletes. Youth completed measures of task and outcome interdependence, as well as social identity. Multilevel analyses revealed that higher perceptions of outcome interdependence at an individual and team level predicted greater social identity. Results highlight the role of outcome interdependence on athletes' perceptions of social identity in sport teams.


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The analysis of the volumes of manufacturing in Belarus of an agricultural production with excess of permissible levels of 137Cs and 90Sr concentration for the period which has passed after failure on the Chernobyl NPP is carried out. It is shown, that from all kinds of production which is not meeting standard requirements for the radionuclides concentration, the majority falls on the grain unsuitable for the food purposes due to  90 Sr concentration. Annually, it is registered from 25 to 55 thousand tons of such grain. In considerable volumes forages, with specific  137 Cs and  90 Sr activity, exceeding republican permissible levels are also produced. whole do not exceed total exposure doses for the inhabitants of Krasnoyarsk region.


The layout of college campus should take into consideration human,historical and regional factors,respect the tradition,treasure ecological surroundings,and care for human needs and requirements, keeping in line with the modern educational concepts. 


of current trends nearly impossible, especially in print-based formats. That said, Kalfatovic provides an excellent wideranging summary of technological choices for digital exhibition development. Digitizing methods, scanning procedures, markup languages and style sheets, CGI scripting, JavaScript, databases, and accessibility issues are discussed in non-technical language designed to introduce these tools and concepts to the uninitiated. The three chapters on technical issues provide an insightful introduction for information professionals seeking a basic understanding of current technologies. Following the chapters on technical issues, a chapter of the book is devoted to the aesthetic design of digital exhibitions, and the technological limitations imposed on the design process. Again, Kalfatovic provides an excellent overview of the technological issues that affect the design process, as well as basic, but sound, design principles for digital exhibitions and other web-based materials. The chapter suffers, however, from a lack of current scholarship—in the last few years, much has been written regarding user-centered design and the importance of usability testing in developing digital materials. The inclusion of these concepts would have provided information professionals with the latest conceptual framework for the digital design process. The text of the book is enhanced by numerous illustrations and screen captures. Despite the limitations of black and white reproduction, these images combine with a chapter on online exhibition case studies and an extensive bibliography of exhibitions to provide the reader with a wide sample of current online exhibition designs. Including the URL in the image caption or associated text, rather than placing it at the end of the chapter or in the Appendix would have facilitated easier use of the book. However, the physical dimensions and design of the book are most helpful. The wide margins and topical headings that appear within these margins assist the reader in the rapid location of needed information. Librarians, archivists, and museum curators exploring the many possibilities for digital exhibitions, as well as those in need of a comprehensive, concise, and insightful discussion of the major concepts in digital exhibition development, would be well advised to read this work. Introducing an institution's collections to a new and diverse group of patrons, broadening the existing audience, and maximizing donor contributions are all benefits derived from a successful virtual exhibition program.


Ecological task analysis (ETA) is proposed as a technique for enhancing the acquisition of skilled interaction through the design of perceptually augmented information displays. Motivated by Brunswik and Gibson approaches, ETA rests on the primary assumption that skilled interaction will be most readily supported by a display on which perceptual information is available to fully specify the environmental constraints upon productive behavior. Demands for learning and resource-intensive cognitive activity are assumed to result when such information is not perceptually available. ETA can thus be used to identify perceptually impoverished conditions in order to indicate how displays should be augmented with perceptual information to enhance skill acquisition. The results of an experiment using a laboratory videogame, StarCruiser, which compared human performance using a perceptually augmented display with a baseline interface, are reported. Results indicated that the display based on the ETA framework significantly enhanced the acquisition of skill.<<ETX>>


This study analyzes the implementation of sharia principles at Koperasi Syariah, either in Islamic principle or in application of sharia accounting standards based on PSAK (Statement of Financial Accounting Standards). The purpose of this study was to determine how far the ability of Islamic financial institutions, especially Koperasi Syariah in applying Islamic principle as the identity that distinguishes it from conventional financial institutions. This study provides information for sharia accounting academics and practitioners and Muslims who intend to place their funds in the Islamic financial institutions, particularly in the Koperasi Syariah.
This research was conducted using qualitative method in two Koperasi Syariah, they are Koperasi Jasa Keuangan Syariah Bina Niaga Utama (KJKS BINAMA) and Koperasi Jasa Keuangan Syariah (KJKS) Arafah, by interviewing the board of both KJKS, analyze financial data, and interpret the results of the case study.
The results showed that there are differences in the level of the implementation of Islamic principles in both Koperasi Syariah as research object. One of the Koperasi still has not been able to apply some of pure contract, so that in principle Islam is still less qualified and automatically reduced anyway suitability accounting records when compared with PSAK Syariah. Moreover, not all financial transactions in Koperasi use PSAK Syariah (PSAK 101-107), because there are some akad that are used in a Koperasi Syariah but has not been regulated in the latest PSAK Syariah, such as akad wadiah, akad wakalah, and akad qardh. In both KJKS, the portion of the Profit and Loss Sharing (PLS) financing is also much less than the portion of the exchange contracts, making it less indicate trademark of Islamic financial institutions.


I have come to locate teaching ex- pertise in the ordinary: the passing comments of colleagues, the occa- sional glimpses of other classrooms, the student work I've spied on a desk or posted in the hallway. As I encounter new words, scenes, and texts, my definition of the expert teacher evolves, yet certain memories remain pivotal. Here is one, a scene from my second year of teaching: several teach- ers were meeting to discuss student challenges for the upcoming year. Teachers from the lower grade were there to share insights, while we in the upper grade made notes about the new group of students we were about to meet. One particular student elicited several remarks. His parents were difficult, and his refusal to do work could be overwhelming. A teacher shared that it was impossible to get him to write, warning that I would have to figure out a way to force him to do it. Others concurred. These remarks were nothing new: I had overheard conver- sations about the student before, I had witnessed him acting out in the hallway, and I must admit I was already not looking forward to having him in my class. The teachers confirmed my suspicions, however, and gave me "writing" as the activity to dread. I remember noting down "WRITING!" next to his name, a reminder that I would need to be prepared for resistance. Before we moved on, a final teacher chimed in: "He doesn't feel successful at writing yet. You're going to have to find a way to make him feel that is possible." Her words were a stark contrast to what had come before. I was struck by her reading of his feelings-and then disturbed by my realization that I (and apparently most of my colleagues) had such a different perspective.I have mulled over that comment several times in my teaching career. To put it simply, she was right. The student hadn't experienced success as a writer, and he needed clear structures that al- lowed him to do so: at the beginning of the year, I wrote next to him for the first five minutes; when he was stuck, I took dictations; and for each writ- ing workshop time, we set small but attainable goals for the day. The student ended up writing consistently throughout the year-and he wrote a lot. In fact, at the end of the year when his fam- ily decided to return to South America, he handed me a short story he had written at home. When I got to page five, I realized that he had cast me as a character in the final scene. Writing had become something meaningful, communicative, fun, and self-s ponsored. What I wondered then-and still wonder now-is how much of his success could be attributed to the attitude change that this sec- ond teacher's comment inspired. She assumed that students want to do well, but she also recognized that student experience in school is complex, as are the behaviors we find undesirable and unco- operative. This teacher approached this student's refusal by imagining what he hadn't yet come to experience-s uccess as a writer-and that imagi- native leap shaped how I encountered the student. It has also shaped how I have come to define an expert teacher.Empathy as ExpertiseThe teachers who I consider experts are constantly trying to learn their students' experiences of learn- ing and schooling. Susan H. McLeod defines this attempt to learn as empathy, noting that "it is em- pathy that we recognize in some of the best teach- ers in our discipline" (375). Empathy, McLeod explains, is unlike sympathy in that it doesn't de- note "approval" or "pity"; rather, it is a condition of "understanding" (375). Quoting the psychologist Carl Rogers, McLeod defines that understanding as a "sensitive awareness of the way the process of education and learning seems to the student" (374; italics in original). Rogers's stress on the phrase "to the student" reminds us that empathy is an exercise in shifting our point of view; instead of focusing on our experiences of teaching, we must focus instead on students' experiences of learning. Thus, the empathic teacher is not only involved in students' learning but also "actively [tries] to appreciate their perspective, . …


The effect of inverse-squared frequency dependence of the apparent resistance of varactor diodes is discussed in the optimization of the noise figure of negative resistance and up-converter parametric amplifiers. Optimum idler frequency for a given signal frequency for minimum noise figure is calculated. It is also shown that about twofold improvement in the noise figure is obtained if the proper idler frequency is used for negative resistance amplifiers. It is also shown that the value of the optimum loading changes for upconverter amplifiers.


We present here the results on electron transport and noise (diffusion) in low‐dimensional semiconductor structures obtained self‐consistently by the Monte Carlo technique. Electron scattering by confined and localized optical phonons in quasi‐one‐dimensional quantum wires and quasi‐two‐dimensional quantum wells is taken into account. In spite of the considerable differences in phonon spectra and their coupling with electrons, and in spite of electron quantization, the diffusivity (noise) and transport parameters in low‐dimensional structures only slightly differ from corresponding bulk material characteristics at room temperature. At low lattice temperatures the existence of several optical phonon modes in low‐dimensional structures causes electron streaming at several frequencies.


In this paper, the basic principle of Grey Synthetical Associatied Analysis Method was introduced, and the operation performance of air-to-air missile weapon system was evaluated using the method. Several typical kinds of air-to-air missiles abroad was chosen and the operation performance of them was evaluated and compared, for verifying the reasonable and feasible method.


[Objective]To observe the clinical effect of self-made Xiaogu decoction to treat ascites due to liver cirrhosis.[Methods]60 patients with cirrhosis ascites were randomly divided into the treatment group and control group,30 cases in the control group were treated through protect liver,diuresis and symptomatic treatment or other western medicine,and 30 cases in the treatment group was added with self-made Xiaogu decoction on the basis of control one.Both groups were treated as a course in a month and after two courses,verdict curative effect between them.[Result]the total effective rates of clinical treatment in the treatment group was 86.67%,while the one of the control group was 60.0%,the total effective rates of the treatment group was superior to the one of the control group(P0.05).[Conclusion]Self-made Xiaogu decoction has curative effect affirmation on the treatment of patients with cirrhosis ascites.


Constant stress compressive creep studies have been conducted on hot-pressed Si_3N_4 containing 30 vol. % SiC whiskers and an initial vitreous phase composed of Al_2O_3, Y_2O_3, and SiO_2. The conditions of temperature and stress were 1470–1670 K and 50–350 MPa, respectively; the atmosphere was purified N_2 at 1 atm. Significant changes in the stress exponent and activation energy indicate a change in the controlling creep mechanism at ≍225 MPa and 1570 K. Prolonged annealing in the unstressed condition reduced creep rates but had little effect on the stress exponent values. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy revealed that the break in the stress exponent curves was caused by the removal of the amorphous material at the grain boundary and resulting contacts between Si_3N_4 grains. The break in the activation energy curves is believed to be similarly related. Analysis of all the data indicates that the composite creeps via grain boundary sliding accommodated by viscous flow at low stresses and temperatures and by diffusion at high stresses and temperatures. The contributions of these two mechanisms varied measurably as a function of stress and temperature. No cavitation was observed. The presence of the SiC whiskers had no observable effect on deformation.


When people leave their homeland, often they can take very few physical items with them--limited amounts of clothing, only the most prized possessions--but they can bring a store of items held within their memory: stories, folklore, poems, songs. When tapped, this vein of hidden or sometimes seemingly forgotten remembrances brings forth many gems. I recently had an opportunity to experience these gems--and collect some songs--among members of the Ukrainian diaspora in New York City. This project was spearheaded by the Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD). CTMD was founded in 1968 and has become one of New York's leading organizations in nurturing and preserving the traditional performing arts of the city's ethnic communities. One means of this kind of preservation is the Ukrainian Community Cultural Initiative project, known as Ukrainian Wave. The Ukrainian Wave initiative presents aspects of traditional culture through concerts, educational programs, and recordings and strives to bring together people from diverse backgrounds to experience and enjoy these traditions. In 2008 CTMD launched the Ukrainian Women's Voices series, which invites singers of Ukrainian and many other backgrounds to learn Ukrainian village-style singing from masters in the artform and perform these songs for the New York community. I came to Ukrainian folk singing because of my parents. Both were very active members of the Ukrainian community in Cleveland, Ohio, and I was an active member because I was their child. At first I was resistant to all of this Ukrainian culture, but eventually, it was something I came to love and respect. When the Soviet Union dissolved, it became easier to meet and sing with individuals from Ukraine and other Eastern-block nations, and I welcomed these opportunities. Over the years, I have studied with Ukrainian singers including Nina Matvienko, Marjana Sadowska, and Lilia Pavlovska; Bulgarian singers Donka Koleva and Maria Bebelekova; and Albanian superstar Merita Halili. I received a 2002 U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship to spend ten weeks in Ukraine. I collected many extraordinary pieces, and since that time, I have had the opportunity to teach these songs to many, including the group of dedicated singers at CTMD. As the leader of the fourth Ukrainian Women's Voices series, I was asked to collect some songs from Ukrainian seniors in New York City. Funded with discretionary spending allocated by New York City councilwoman Rosie Mendez, the song collection took place on June 10, 2010, in the Self-Reliance Association of American Ukrainians Senior Center at 98 Second Avenue in the East Village. Ukrainian seniors gather here weekly for fellowship and bingo, but this afternoon, they had been asked to bring the songs of their youth. The first participants began to trickle in after lunch. Some had forgotten songs, but others came with song sheets in hand. One singer arrived with eight legal-sized sheets of paper with song lyrics typed to them. At the top of the page was written, "KOBASNIUK REUNION SING-ALONG"! It filled me with joy to think of a family coming together in person and in song. Some of the songs were well-known canonical folk songs, like "Chorna kura" ("The Black Chicken"), while others were composed melodies. There were a few songs written by the Ukrainian composer Volodymyr Ivasiuk. Ivasiuk was a celebrated composer of the 1970s, whose infectious music was so popular that I'd venture to say his compositions have become folk songs. Among those appearing in this group of songs were "Vodohray" ("Fountain") and "Chervona ruta" ("Red Rue"). One singer claimed she no longer had a voice for singing, but I would beg to differ, for her voice strongly led many of the songs sung that afternoon. She proclaimed when she arrived, "I have songs for you," and soon after began sharing song after song from her song sheet. Other singers were more timid, but by the end of the afternoon, all had an opportunity to sing and share whatever they remembered. …


When Paul interprets 'Do not muzzle the ox while threshing' as 'do not neglect to pay Christian ministers', commentators have quite naturally assumed that his exegesis was allegorical. However, comparisons with contemporary rabbinic exegesis suggest that this would have been regarded as a literal interpretation of the plain meaning of the text.


The complementary characteristics of wireless cellular networks and wireless local area networks (WLANs) make them suitable to jointly offer seamless wireless access services to mobile users. In an integrated cellular/WLAN system, the quality-of-service (QoS) requirements for different services (e.g., voice, real-time video) require admission control to limit the number of connections in each access network. In this paper, we first develop an analytical model to facilitate the evaluation of different admission control policies in a multiservice integrated cellular/WLAN system. We then formulate two different revenue-maximization problems. Each problem takes different QoS requirements into account. By solving the equivalent cost-minimization problems, we evaluate the system performance when different combinations of cutoff priority and fractional guard channel admission control policies are being used. Results show that using a cutoff priority policy in both wireless access networks can achieve the optimal solution for the two optimization problems under a wide range of network conditions.


In this paper, we propose a new prediction system in real time using Big Data to improve the VANET network. Firstly, The Traffic density and average speed are calculated in each section of road, and then the risk of vehicle accident is predicted in instantaneous manner with parallel data processing, which makes execution faster.


We present some arguments suggesting that the mismatch between Bekenstein- Hawking entropy and the entropy of entanglement for vector fields is due to the same gauge configurations which saturate the contact term in topological susceptibility in QCD. In both cases the extra term with a "wrong sign" is due to distinct topological sectors in gauge theories. This extra term has non-dispersive nature, can not be restored from conventional spectral function through dispersion relations, and can not be associated with any physical propagating degrees of freedom. We make few comments on some profound consequences of our findings. In particular, we speculate that the source of the observed dark energy may also be related to the same type of gauge configurations which are responsible for the mismatch between black hole entropy and the entropy of entanglement in the presence of causal horizon.


Aiming at the difficult problem of forming gearbox multi-step shaft in upsetting process, a scheme of upsetting gathering materials-cold upset process was presented. The cold upset forming process of shaft parts was simulated by using the finite element analysis software Deform-3D. The reason for the large forming force caused by insufficient filling was analyzed. The influences of gathering materials diameter D and the gathering materials cone angle α on forming quality and the forming force were studied. The most suitable values of D and α were obtained. Technical test shows that the forming quality of the scheme is good and the forming force is little. The numerical simulation results have a guiding significance for practical production.


We report the design of a compact and narrow band transmission co-directional coupler suitable for 100GHz wavelength division multiplexing applications. The considered approach is based on the use of laterally coupled strip and photonic crystal waveguides characterized by strongly different group indices at the phase-matching condition. The performed FDTD modeling demonstrates the improvement of the spectral selectivity by a factor of 70 with respect to the state of the art conventional ADCs with a length bandwidth merit factor of 0.055nm×mm.


The calculation of NLO QCD corrections to the $t\bar{t}\to W^{+}W^{-}b\bar{b}\to e^{+}\nu_e \mu^{-}\bar{\nu}_{\mu}b\bar{b}$ process with complete off-shell effects, is briefly summarized. Besides the total cross section and its scale dependence, a few differential distributions at the TeVatron run II and LHC are given. All results presented in this contribution have been obtained with the help of the HELAC-NLO Monte Carlo framework.


Economic-mathematical and socio-psychological aspects of management of the confl ict situations in the companies have been considered, analysed and systematized in the paper. These are based on the economic-mathematical model of quantitative and qualitative assessment of signs of business confl icts, as well as the refl exive- psychological mechanism of changes in the individual consciousness of the head and personnel, which allows identifying the main negative effect of confl ict situations and predicting the complex mechanism of crisis management of the enterprise.


This study attempt to examine the relationship between the Foreign Direct Investment in manufacturing sector and interest rate, inflation rate and investment incentives. The data for this study is taken on yearly basis, which covers the period of twenty years (from 1983-2002). By using the regression and correlation analysis, two alternate hypothesis were developed. First hypothesis mentioned that interest rate, inflation rate and investment incentives are significant explanatory variable for foreign investment inflow. Second, foreign direct investment is dependent on interest rate, inflation rate and investment incentives. Besides, coefficient of determination and coefficient of correlation were used to quantify the relationship between the dependent variable and independent variables. Consistent to the hypothesized, empirical evidences from this study revealed that there is significant relationship between foreign direct investment and interest rate, inflation rate and investment incentives.


The project aims on frequent itemset mining, which focuses on discovering the different correlations among data. The itemsets that became rare are no longer extracted using frequent generalized itemsets from a certain point. Frequent generalized itemsets includes itemsets that are frequently occurring in source data and itemsets that provide a top level abstraction of the knowledge that is mined. The discovery of relevant data occurrences and their most significant temporal trends are becoming very essential and important research area. In different application contexts the correlation among data has been found out by the application of frequent itemset mining and association rule extraction algorithms. Here provides several query optimization strategies for extended queries and describes an algorithm which includes query execution with performance evaluation while making use of native query engine. I.INTRODUCTION Data mining, which is used for the extraction of hidden information from large databases, is a powerful technology with greater potential to help the company's focus on the important information in their data warehouses. Companies collect and refine massive quantities of data to analyze future trends and behaviors, which allows businesses to make knowledge-driven decisions. Data mining techniques can be implemented efficiently on existing software and hardware platforms. It enhances the value of existing information resources, and thereby integrating with new products and systems.


The aim of this study was to identify the effective factors for improving the professionalism of the social welfare public organization and to suggest the implications for the relationship between public social welfare and educational alternatives. For the analysis, 637 government officials who worked in the social welfare department of local governments in Kangwon province were surveyed. Based on previous studies on the organizational effectiveness, this study examined differences in the perceptions of job stress, organizational satisfaction, organizational commitment, and social support by characteristics (gender, major, and serial), followed by relationship educational alternatives (job training, healing camp, psychological counseling). The differences according to gender were significant only in the creativity of the work and the self-esteem of the institution. Through the confirmation of recognition difference according to whether they majored or not, it was confirmed that expertise of the major in social welfare was necessary for job performance ability and suggested the urgency of the appointment of a major. The differences among the serials showed that administrative work is more difficult than social welfare work in terms of professionalism and expertise. Finally, based on the results of the causal relationships with educational alternatives, this paper introduces and operates systematic educational programs, such as personal psychological counseling and organizational healing camp management, as well as the need for active and proactive responses to changes in social welfare administration organizations.


It has been argued that monetary control would be greatly enhanced if the present fractional reserve system were replaced by a system requiring reserves of 100 percent against all bank deposits and if the discount window were eliminated entirely.1 Another monetary reform that has been advocated of late is that interest should be paid on money. However, this proposal has been put forward for reasons entirely different from that of achieving greater monetary control over aggregate economic activity. It has been argued that, unless interest is paid on money at a rate sufficient to make the opportunity cost of holding it nil, holders of money are led to expend resources in an inefficient manner husbanding money balances (Phelps 1965; Friedman 1969; Johnson 1969; Waud 1970b). The purpose of this paper is to point out that advocates of the elimination of the discount window and the adoption of a 100 percent reserve system to further greater monetary control should also argue for the payment of interest on money. It has not been recognized that the payment of interest on money logically should be part of the "monetary control" reform package, the efficient resource allocation argument quite aside. Assume that the demand for money balances, M, is a function of the


Skeletal muscle and its progenitor cells are formed during the development. In adulthood the progenitor cells remain inactive until a differentiation signal is sensed, such as an exercise or tissue damages. Under certain conditions like aging, chemotherapy and genetic disorder, the capacity of skeletal muscle regeneration declines and progenitors cani¯t differentiate properly, resulting in immobilizing problems. Embryonic stem (ES) cells have been highlighted as a great source which can provide amplifiable skeletal muscle progenitors. ES cells have the capacity of self-renewal and the potential of differentiation into every cell type in the human body, including skeletal muscle. Although amplifiable skeletal muscle can be differentiated from ES cells by ectopic over-expression of key transcription factors, genetic integration of cDNA into host is a prerequisite. Therefore, efforts have increasingly focused on the identification of small molecules which can induce skeletal muscle differentiation from ES cells in the field. Using small molecules for cellular differentiation provides invaluable advantages compared to other methods such as genetic modifications. Modulation of signaling by small molecules is rather
straight forward and the effect can be controlled with a fine-tuning manner by applying various concentration and time points. In spite of the prominent advantages, there has been no single molecule known to drive ES cells at high efficiency to skeletal muscle thus far.
My thesis work was focused on the identification of small molecules which can drive differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells toward skeletal muscle. I also investigated the
biological process during embryonic skeletal muscle differentiation that manipulates the development process taking place in vivo. Embryonic stem cells have been a popular tool for studying development processes as well as a great source for cell therapy via manipulations of physiological events. In this study a small molecule was identified from a mouse embryoid body (EB) screening and used as a tool compound for skeletal muscle differentiation. The small molecule was named as SMI (Skeletal Muscle Inducer). Its chemistry is N-[4-(trifluoromethyl)-6-methoxymethyl-2-pyrimidinyl]-N-(2-methyl-6-nitrophenyl)-urea. In the screening Pax3 mRNA induction was one of the major readouts since Pax3 has been known as a key transcription factor for early skeletal muscle development. SMI1 showed a high efficiency for skeletal muscle differentiation without any extra effort such as fluorescent cell sorting step. Even though the effect of the compound driving mouse ES cells from 129 mice to skeletal muscle was very clear, it did not have the same effect in ES cells of other mouse strains, BalbC and Bl6. By discovering the mechanism of action of this small molecule, I expect that it could be applied and transferred to other cell lines as well as human pluripotent stem cells. These insights can pave way to determining the complexity of embryonic skeletal muscle differentiation.
Comprehensive gene expression level analysis with SMI incubation resulted in the discovery of three pathways which are involved and play critical roles in skeletal muscle differentiation by the molecule. Wnt pathway and Nodal pathway were identified from EB day 4, and Shh signaling was found at EB day 4+4. All the three pathways are closely related to the development process of the mouse embryo. The action of SMI1 was reproduced independently using other small molecules which are known to modulate the Wnt, Nodal and Shh pathways in all mouse ES cells from different strains tested. Taken together, these results demonstrate that the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells into skeletal muscle by SMI1 occurs through Wnt, Nodal and Shh pathwaysi¯ modulation. Therefore, SMI1 can be used as a tool to study the skeletal muscle biology and to establish a cellular skeletal muscle disease model for therapeutic research.


Presents evidence in support of other findings to show that older employees are, on average, as effective as younger employees, but prejudice against older applicants and staff is common. It is sometimes suggested that age and performance are found to be unrelated because of selective staff turnover; that perhaps less effective older employees leave the company soon after they start. In a study in a sales organization, it was shown that age and performance were completely uncorrelated in a group of current employees, and that this pattern existed since employees′ early days with the company. Suggestions are made for organizational policy and procedure improvements in this area.


The set point optimization computer subsystem is a part of the dynamic simulation system of the 2?030?mm cold continuous rolling mill in Baosteel. The model base and database are supplemented on the basis of simulating the control function of the original cold mill control system, and pre-setting parameters which are consistent with the true manufacture process are provided to the whole-line simulation systems. A simulation platform for further research of new algorithms of set point optimization is established.


Safety spending in the mining industry is often viewed as a necessary but expensive overhead cost. This mindset places safety and productivity in direct opposition to each other, while improved safety practices could actually lead to better productivity. Alternatively, from a pure safety perspective, the perception also exists that more is better in terms of safety spending, while the additional spending may not necessarily lead to a significant reduction in risk. In order to evaluate the real benefits of safety spending in mitigating rockfalls and their consequences a risk model is being developed as part of an ongoing SIMRAC research programme. A preliminary model has been developed and is presented in this paper. The model will enable the quantification of the likelihood of occurrence rockfalls under various conditions with different support systems. It will also allow the likelihood of occurrence of the various direct and indirect consequences of rockfalls to be determined. The effect of various monitoring and mitigating strategies can also be evaluated through the model. If the costs associated with these consequences are known, then the model can be used to determine the expected cost of rockfalls. The overall cost of a safety strategy can then be determined as the sum of the cost of implementing and maintaining the strategy and the expected cost of rockfalls with the strategy implemented. It will provide a method for designing according to tolerable levels of safety risk.


The quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect may promote revolutionary device development due to dissipationless propagation of spin currents. The bottleneck preventing applications from the QSH effect, however, is a lack of large nontrivial bulk gap and highly stable two-dimensional (2D) films. In this work, we design a novel 2D honeycomb lattice, namely a SnCH3 monolayer, using comprehensive density-functional theory (DFT) computations. The structural stability is confirmed using a phonon spectrum and molecular dynamics simulations. Interestingly, its nontrivial bulk gap can reach up to 0.34 eV, which is further tunable via external strain. The nontrivial topology stems mainly from band inversion between the s–px,y orbitals, demonstrated by the nonzero topological invariant Z2 and a single pair of gapless helical edge states located in the bulk gap. The effects of a growth substrate on the QSH effect are also checked by hydrogen bonding on a single side in stanene, showing the robustness of the observed QSH phase. Considering its compatibility with the current electronics industry, these findings present an efficient platform to enrich topological phenomena and expand potential applications of 2D stanene at high temperature.


The peculiarities of the landscapes and soils distribution in a local intermountain basin and the contents of microelements depending on a location and soil features are considered. The importance of work is connected with the territory use as pasture lands and as a recreation zone.


As North Americans use the term, "academic freedom" names some complicated local folkways that have developed in the course of this century, largely as a result of battles fought by the Canadian and American Associations of University Professors. These customs and traditions insulate colleges and universities from politics and from public opinion. In particular, they insulate teachers from pressure exerted by the public bodies or private boards that pay their wages. One way to justify such customs is to start from the premise that the search for objective truth is something quite distinct from politics, and indeed distinct from almost all other cultural activities. So, the argument goes, if politics or passion intrudes on that search, the purposes of colleges and universities – the accumulation of knowledge – will not be served. In particular, if universities are politicized, they will no longer be worthy of trust, just as doctors who care more for their fees than for their patients, or judges who care more about popularity than aboutjustice, are no longer worthy of trust. A politicized university will be likely to produce merely opinion rather than knowledge. A number of contemporary philosophers, including myself, do their best to complicate the traditional distinctions between the objective and the subjective, reason and passion, knowledge and opinion, science and politics. We offer contentious reinterpretations of these distinctions, draw them in nontraditional ways. For example, we deny that the search for objective truth is a search for correspondence to reality and urge that it be seen instead as a search for the widest possible intersubjective agreement.


The present invention relates to a thread sealant, comprising at least two multifilament yarns which differ in their chemical identity Filamentpolymere. Further objects of the invention, a dispenser for the locking agent, a method of manufacturing the thread sealant and its use for sealing screwed pipe joints as well as the use of an array of at least two multifilament yarns which are different in the chemical identity of their Filamentpolymere as thread sealant.


Background: No systematic review or meta-analysis has yet been performed to examine the global prevalence of nomophobia by population, by instrument. Thus, this review was performed to estimate the prevalence of nomophobia by severity. Methods: American Psychological Association PsycINFO, Cochrane, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), EBSCOhost, EMBASE, MEDLINE, ProQuest Medical, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science from inception of each respective database to second week of January 2021 were used. There was no language restriction. The random-effect meta-analysis model was used with the DerSimonian and Laird methodology was used for computation. Results: Twenty papers, involving 12,462 participants from ten countries, were evaluated for meta-analysis. The prevalence of moderate to severe nomophobia is 70.76% [95% CI 62.62%; 77.75%]. The prevalence of severe nomophobia is 20.81% [95% CI 15.45%; 27.43%]. University students appeared to be the highest group affected with a prevalence of severe nomophobia 25.46% [95% CI 18.49%; 33.98%]. Meta-regressions of severe nomophobia showed that age and sex were not a successful predictor of severe nomophobia β = −0.9732, p = 0.2672 and β = −0.9732, p = 0.4986. Conclusions: The prevalence of severe nomophobia is approximately 21% in the general adult population. University students appeared to be the most impacted by the disorder.


Since the inauguration of President Violeta Chamorro in April 1990, Nicaragua has been the scene of significant political turmoil and political violence. Sharp polarization following the close of the contra war in June 1990, the introduction of economic reforms dismantling the semi-socialist economy of the Sandinista period, attempts by former property owners to recover holdings confiscated by the Sandinistas, and a serious scarcity of budgetary resources to deal with security and social problems have combined to generate a situation of episodic unrest and pervasive insecurity among much of the citizenry in the face of political and criminal activity.


Sternberg's cornmentary on my article, contains many points with which I agree. For instance, Sternberg is right that I do not wish to conflate the ability to think rationally with the disposition to do so and that the use of the term inability in my definition invited such a conflation. Likewise, I certainly agree with Sternberg that the concept of rationality is in the early stages of operationalization and theoretical development. Nevertheless, I think that Sternberg goes too far in arguing that there exist no operationalizations or theory of the concept. Here he is giving very short shrift to the progressive research programs of scholars such as Nisbett, Baron, Kahneman, Tversky, Evans, Wason, Dawes, Fischhoff, Hogarth, Kuhn, and others (see original article for citations). Likewise, he gives very little credit to the growing body of theoretical work on rational behavior and decision exemplified in the contributions of scholars such as Baron, Nozick, Kahneman, Perkins, Cheng, Cherniak, Harman, Friedrich, Arkes, and Goldman.


It is known that MIR genes were transcripted via a RNA polymerase Ⅱ dependent way.Conserved cis action factors existed in the core promoter of MIR genes,including TATA-box in the 30 nt up-stream of transcription starting site and CAAT-box in the 75 nt up-stream of transcription starting site.In this study,a prediction method was developed based on the conserved cis elements analysis of the MIR gene promoter regains.The miRNAs involved in maize seed germination heterosis were analyzed by this method and 5'RACE was proceeded to validate this method,which proved that this method was feasible.


Spatial distancing of a substrate's reactive group and nonreactive catalyst-binding group from its pro-stereogenic element presents substantial hurdles in asymmetric catalysis. In this context, we report a desymmetrizing Suzuki–Miyaura reaction that establishes chirality at a remote quaternary carbon. The anionic, chiral catalyst exerts stereocontrol through electrostatic steering of substrates, even as the substrate's reactive group and charged catalyst-binding group become increasingly distanced. This study demonstrates that precise long-range stereocontrol is achievable by engaging ionic substrate–ligand interactions at a distal position.


Methods: The government of Pakistan is committed to achieving the millennium development goals by 2015 in partnership with the World Health Organization and the World Bank. To facilitate the challenges of globalization and achieving a prosperous Pakistan in the 21st century partnership stakeholders secretariat practicing collaboration of the Gadap Town eight health subsystems together a private medical university hospital to raise the health status of society. The operational policies and the practices of collaboration in the utility of primary health care services in the municipality of Gadap Town, Karachi, from 2006 to 2013 was analyzed by using documents, interviews with key informants and participant observation. Universality, redistribution, integration and plurality, quality etc in health services were judge as the analytical categories took by the office of administration in 2001, to conform the national health policy continue until the present date.


Most discussion centered on IFR and Ron's initial vision that included a focus on member surveys, research from abroad, new articles, an April gathering on economic opportunities of a burgeoning senior population and a conference on LLIs in June. There was a general agreement that the concept of IFR was valid and worth pursuing but specifics as to mission, objectives and goals remained undefined. Specifically, do we start with small specific projects and expand with success? Or do begin on a macro basis and add on as we move forward? Subsequently, PATHS and CREW were addressed as current projects needing review.


We consider the situation of a two-level quantum system undergoing a continuous indirect measurement, giving rise to so-called "quantum trajectories". We first describe these quantum trajectories in a physically realistic discrete-time setup and we then justify, by going to the continuous-time limit, the "stochastic Schr\"odinger equation" attached to this model. We prove return to equilibrium properties for these equations.


Selecting a suitable design tool is essential for estimating the fire environment and implementing engineering performance-based fire code. Computer zone model is one of the choices for estimating the buoyancy-driven flow. This paper presents the evaluation and verification of computer zone models by full-scale test and a 24 kW electric heater. A full-scale zone model fire test was conducted in a 2.3 m by 4 m by 2.6 m high fire chamber. Ventilation was provided through a single open doorway 0.9 m wide and 2 m high. The results of upper layer temperature and interface height are presented. Predictions for these parameters were also developed by computer models, Available Safe Egress Time (ASET) and CFAST. These predictions are compared with experimental data obtained from the fire test for validation. In order to minimize the measuring errors of the experimental results, an electric heater will be adopted for verification of the room fire test.


A double‐blind cross‐over trial lasting 4 weeks of beclomethasone dipopionate aerosol in thirty‐nine children and young people with asthma already on oral corticosteroid treatment showed a significant beneficial effect which in most cases was maintained on continued open treatment for a further 4 weeks. An overall assessment based on several clinical observations and measurements suggested that twenty‐four (62%) were improved while having beclomethasone dipropionate. After a month on known beclomethasone dipropionate fifteen patients had stopped oral corticosteroid treatment and five had reduced the dose without relapse. Response to treatment was not related to total IgE levels. No serious side effects were noted.


In order to analyze distribution of strata stress in deeper level of Liuqiao No.1 Coal Mine,in-situ stress is tested by method of stress relief in No.6 Panel of the coal mine.On the basis of in-situ test,stress field of the panel was analyzed by FLAC3D.Combined the two results from test and computation,the characteristics of strata stress distribution was obtained,providing an valuable reference to roadway layout and support in the panel.


Nanchang educational college is confronted with new development opportunity and grave challenge,asks be ready for teacher education,high duty education,adult education "three big articles" sums to attach importance to developing,attaches importance to mass,attaches importance to talented person,attaches importance to feel at ease,attaches importance to harmoniously five "attach importance to especially".


This study focuses on the results of a survey that is intended to trace the profile
of students and teachers active in the field of Portuguese for Foreigners at the
Metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. The Interest for this research was
determined by the need, in the referred region, of professionals with adequate
qualification in the related field, resulted from the current and large demand for
teaching of Portuguese for Foreigners in Brazil. We seek, through the analysis
of questionnaires answered by 62 respondents (performed with quantitative and
qualitative
procedures),
to
study their profile
concerning qualification,
experiences, attitudes, knowledge, qualification gaps and also to gather
suggestions for future qualification initiatives. In general terms, the teacher
profile found is of a young individual graduated in Languages, usually in
Portuguese-English with a postgraduation degree, whose activities involve the
teaching of Brazilian Portuguese for foreigners in universities and free courses
within the region and also who bears the desire of deepening their knowledge in
short-term courses, mainly the knowledge and skills related to didactic materials
and to information and communication technologies. The student profile found
is, in general, of a student who is taking a graduation course in Languages
inside institutions that offer disciplines involving the teaching of Portuguese
Foreign Language, with few opportunities for internship and research, and who
finds motivation and knowledge expanding possibilities at related events
organized by universities of the region.


Mr.Ma Xin-fang,et al.,published the paper Applicati on of Fractal Method in Studying Pore Structure in Reservoir Rock before and aft er Waterflooding on periodical Xinjiang Petroleum Geology,No.3,2003.The most important part or key point of this paper is the mathematic models and t heir deductions.However,these models and deductions are almost the same to tho se of previously published two literatures written by others.Is this real coin cidence or questionable plagiary?Mr.Ma should make some explanations for them as necessary.It is believed that earnest readers will make a proper judgement of this question.


This study aims to describe the coping strategies on the wife of the victim of domestic violence. The researcher used a qualitative approach, by conducting interviews and observations at three wives who've received a domestic violence from their husbands. Each subject has a strategy copingnya respectively, in terms of problem focused coping, emotional focused coping, and coping on the wife of the victim of domestic violence. Problem focuses coping on subject A that is the instrumental action or active, negotiation, and planning. While problem focuses coping on subject B is by negotiation, active coping, planning, and seeking social support for instrumental reason. And then problem focuses coping on subject C is the instrumental or active action, negotiation, planning, and seeking social support for instrumental reason. Then for emotional focuses coping undertaken by subject A is by seeking social support for emotional reason. While emotinal focuses coping carried by subject B is minimization, acceptance, and turning to religion. And then emotional focuses coping conducted by subject C is minimization, self-blame, seeking social support for emotional reason, and acceptance. For coping with the wife of the victim of domestic violence, subjects A and C using cognitive versus behavioral strategies. While on the subject of coping with the wife's B victims of domestic violence used is the approach and avoidance coping. Based on these explanations can be seen the trend of using coping strategies in each subject. In subjects A and B tendencies election coping strategies used are problem focused coping, while on the subject of C there is a balance between the use of problem focused coping and emotional focused coping.


(57) Abstract: The present invention provides methods of producing such polypeptides by polynucleotide and recombinant techniques for encoding multimeric FtsZ polypeptides and multimeric FtsZ polypeptide. Using multimeric FtsZ polypeptides to screen for antibacterial compounds is also provided.


Soybean was used as main material,respectively added cucumber juice,carrot juice and tomato juice,to produce the fruit and vegetable juice bean curd to determine the main factors,affecting productivity and quality of fruit and vegetable juice on bean curd.Based on the bean curd productivity and the sensory assessment and material standard evaluation to choose the optimal,the soybean milk density was 1:9,temperature of the bean paste was 70 ℃,productivity rate of vegetable juice was 60:6.The optimal formula of the cucumber bean curd was studied by L9(34) orthogonal test.The results are:concentration of soybean milk 1:9,proper temperature 70 ℃,adding content of 10% brine 50 mL/kg,the ratio of 60:7 between soybean milk and cucumber juice.Using the physical device on the texture profile analysis(TPA) of the cucumber juice tofu made in optimal process,toget the flexibility was 3.09 mm,the hardness was 308.50g mm,chewiness was 712.20g,the cohesive nature was 0.75.The sensory evaluation results showed the taste was fresh and tender with tofu flavor,no smell andgood chew.


In an apartment house, where the construction is
generally air-tight and well insulated, the combustion
 gas from cooking devices is the major source of air
pollution in the kitchen, and it spreads throughout the
house affecting the overall indoor air quality. The
study measured various components of indoor pollutants
form combusion gas, including CO2, CO, NO2 and TSP in
19 apartment house in order to investigate the air
quality in kitchen and to prepare basic data for
ventilation design. The indoor thermal environmental
factors such as air temperature, relative humidity and
air movement were also measured. It was found that the
density of CO2 and NO2 increased well above the
environmental standard, suggesting that the air quality
in kitchens may be health-hazardous of one is exposed
to it for a period of time. It was also found that the
factors which affected the air quality included; 1) the
 presence of ventilation hood ; 2)the location of
 mechanical heating room ; and 3) the natural ventilation
pratice during cooking.


The lifetime of the second excited levels in Ni/sup 60/ and Ti/sup 46/ was measured by beta-gamma delayed coincidence method employimg a time-to- amplitude converter. The centroid shift of the beta-gamma delayed time distribution was measured with respect to the prompt time distribution due to a prompt gamma-gamma cascade that is present in each isotope. Simultaneous accumulation of the delayed and prompt time distribution on a split memory of a multichannel analyzer was made possible by the use of a third sorting detector. An upper limit of 5., 10/sup -12/ sec was established for the mean life of both Ni/sup 60/ and Ti/sup 46/. The mean life of the first excited state of Pb/sup 207/ was also measured to be (1.60 plus or minus 0.1) x 10/sup -10/ sec from the slope of the delayed time distribution. (auth)


Copyright  2015 irjpbs Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of levosulpiride with dompenidone in patients with functional dyspepsia Material & Method: It was a prospective, double blind, randomized study conducted on 182 patients in two groups of 91 each. Group A: levosulpiride 25mg TID daily orally for 4 weeks, Group B: Domperidone 10mg TID daily orally for 4 weeks. Individual symptoms (Abdominal pain, discomfort, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, post prandial bloating, belching, regurgitation, heart burn & abdominal fullness) and severity of symptoms were assessed by predetermined grading system at baseline (0), 2, 4 & 8 weeks i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th visit respectively. Results: Among 182 patients 171 completed the study most of the cases were in 20 to 40 years (69%) with male preponderance (71.35%). Highly significant (p>0.001)improvement in symptoms like post prandial bloating (82%) and abdominal pain (81.63%) were noticed with levosulpiride as compared to domperidone [post prandial bloating (57%), abdominal pain (45%)]. Both the treatment groups were comparable for other symptoms. Conclusion: levosupiride is more effective but less safe than domperidone in FD.


Considering the importance and need of the country for identifying potato varieties and introducing high yielding and consistent cultivars to each region's climate, it is necessary to evaluate different potato clones in spring and spring, especially Ardebil, in terms of yield and yield components and the best varieties to be introduced. So in order to evaluate the yield and yield components of the advanced potato cultivars and clones in Ardabil area, An experiment was conducted with 5 promising clones (Includes: HPS × II / 67-1, HPS × II / 67-2, HPS × II / 67-3, HPS × II / 67-4, HPS × II / 67-5) and two control samples of Savalan and Agria based on a randomized complete block design with three replications in 2016 at Ardebil Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Station. The results showed that the cultivars and clones studied in different traits (Tuber number per m2, tuber yield per hectare, mean tuber weight, tuber dry weight and harvest index) were statistically significant difference and Clone No. 1 in Ardebil region was superior to other clones and studied cultivars in terms of total yield and tuber weight per plant, in other words, the weather conditions of the area are compatible. Agria had the lowest yield per unit area. Therefore, it is recommended for cultivation in this area.


The article presents an approach to integrate a business process knowledge of Decision Support Systems. It concerns two major aspects of the system, i.e. the formalization of processes predefined in Business Process Modeling Notation, the reuse of a domain ontology, and the analysis of economic and financial information. The described approach is a continuation of the construction of the intelligent cockpit for managers (InKoM project), whose main objective was to facilitate financial analysis and the evaluation of the economic status of the company in a competitive market. The current project is related to the design of smart decision support systems based on static (structural) and procedural knowledge. The content of the knowledge is focused on essential financial concepts and relationships related to the management of small and medium enterprises (SME). An experiment was carried out on real financial data extracted from the financial information system.


Purpose: This study is to summarize of Western-Eastern books and articles on sleep disturbances and to analyze the trends of nursing research in Korea. Methods: The Western-Eastern books and articles on sleep disturbances were comprehensively reviewed. The 70 articles published from 1981-2008 of Korean nursing research about sleep disturbances were reviewed using a structured form. Results: In Oriental medicine, the main cause of sleep disorder is unbalance of Yin and Yang, the treatments are herb therapy, acupuncture, moxibustion, psychotherapy, sleep hygiene, etc. In Western medicine, the International Classification of Sleep disorder is dyssomnia, parasomnia, mental/neurologic or other medical disorders, proposed sleep disorder and the treatments are pharmacotherapy, cure treatment of sleep hygiene, cause, behavior and perception. The number of nursing research and experimental study about sleep disorder in Korea is increasing. The most common subjects were hospitalized patients and the elderly, Of the 34 experimental studies, foot reflexology was the most commonly used as a nursing intervention. Conclusions: Nurses should concern more on patients' or clients' sleep disturbances to increase their quality of life. This literature study is useful for the access to effective nursing intervention for sleep disturbances.


What is forgotten in the debate on brain drain, say the authors, is that some doctors who emigrate to the West have every intention of returning after their higher-level training overseas.


Financing has been a big obstacle hindering the development of enterprises. As an important developing direction of logistics finance, procurement execution model is also an important way to solve the financing problems of enterprises. From the perspective of ecological system and coordinative development, this paper describes the procurement execution business, which introduces logistics enterprises into ecological system to achieve a balanced development of this ecological system and a win-win development result for the all parties involved.


BACKGROUNDAIM: To study the expression of tankyrase in human bronchial epithelial malignantly transformed cells induced by crystalline nickel sulfide. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The method of reverse transcription_polymerase chain reaction(RT_PCR)was used to measure the expression of tankyrase mRNA in16HBE and malignantly transformed cells. RESULTS: The expression of tankyrase in malignantly transformed cells was higher than that in normal cells. CONCLUSION: The overexpression of tankyrase in cell transformation might be related to the carcinogenesis of crystalline nickel sulfide.


A new puise generator, with a programmable high output option, was implanted m fifteen patients and studied for eight to ten months postoperatively. This feature is designed to combat exit bloch. Il was useful in one pati ent who developed a form of exil block following a silenl myocardial in‐farction. Muscle stimulation was rare, even though the system is unipolar. The high output option seems to be a desirable feature and shouldprobabJy be available in all multiprogrammable puise generators, (PACE, Vol. 4, September‐October, 1981)


Recent shifts in policy have resulted in universal screening programs for infant hearing in six Canadian provinces. These changes are in no small part due to advocacy efforts by the Canadian Paediatric Society, the Canadian Hearing Society, Speech-Language and Audiology Canada, and other advocacy


We numerically study the evolution of phase Compactons(solitary wave with compact support) and Kovaton(compact formations of glued together kink-antikink pairs) in a chain of dispersively coupled oscillators.In this system,initial unimodal pulse with different amplitude and width evolves into Compactons(anti-Compactons) train with different amplitude,different velocity and different width,and Kovaton(anti-Kovaton) with the same amplitude,while different velocity and different width.


The paper presents a study comprising laboratory measurements for the evaluation of the harmonic amplification due to capacitor bank switching. The mathematical model of the amplification factors of the current flowing on the circuit elements is presented. Theoretical aspects, regarding the total harmonic distortion (THD) of the capacitor current computed using the amplification factor, are originally presented. Nonlinear loads as six pulse rectifier and National Instruments measurement sensors together with LabView software were used on the laboratory set-up. The main instrument of the method is the harmonic impedance, "seen" in the bus of the capacitor bank switching. MatLab Simulink is used for the determination of the harmonic impedance.


This paper concerns, the problem to assess 3-D distributions of magnetic induction in soft magnetic systems like machine cores of transformers or generators. Within bulk material, estimations of distributions are restricted to numerical methods like FEM, the application of sensors being hard. On the other hand, in laminated material, the conventional method is to use single-turn search coil sensors arranged in holes through the laminations. As drawbacks, the method is extremely laborious, and it causes artifacts due to the formation of interlaminar air gaps. This paper presents a completely novel alternative that is applicable in systems of both laminated and bulk material. Instead of single holes, measurement channels (e.g., 3 mm width) are established through the whole system. A soft magnetic pin (e.g., 2.5 mm diameter) with pickup coil is used as an a priori calibrated dummy sensor. It determines an induction profile along the channel in a fully automatic way. The effectiveness is demonstrated for the case of a 3-phase transformer core. Induction profiles through a core-limb of three packages of different width are presented in correlation with corresponding loss profiles, as detected in an analogous way.


Psychological and physical stress can suppress the immune system in both humans and animals. The mechanism by which stress affects immune responses, however, remains poorly defined. Recent evidence demonstrated that nitric oxide (NO) modulates cell-mediated immune responses. Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) plays a major role in immune regulation. To investigate the role of NO in the chronic stress-induced lymphocyte depletion, we utilized a selective inhibitor of iNOS activity, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), which has been widely used, including from our laboratory and others, to evaluate the role of NO in immune responses both in vitro and in vivo. Here we demonstrate that administration of L-NMMA prevents chronic stress-induced lymphocyte reduction. Moreover, inhibition of iNOS prevents the alterations of cleaved-caspase-1 and p-JNK following chronic stress. These results reveal that chronic stress-induced lymphocyte reduction in a NO dependent manner.


When sensitized to the tubercle bacilli or inoculated with BCG, early Lepromin reaction similar to that of Tuberculin reaction is reported to occur in the normal human, guinea pigs and rabbits. According to Chase, normal guinea pigs attain tuberculin allergy by the passive cellular transfer from the guinea pig sensitized with tubercule bacilli. The author confirmed his study and at the same time the attitude of Lepromin reaction was investigated. The results suggest that the ascitic cells of the guinea pig sensitized with tubercle bacilli contain a certain heat labile reaction factor in common between Tuberculin reaction and Lepromin reaction.


This study was carried out to determine if the triploid condition of some Ambystoma species has any influence on the rate, extent, and histology of limb regeneration, when compared with diploid Ambystoma species. Egg clumps of both diploid and triploid Ambystoma were obtained, their ploidy determined, and limb regeneration observed after development had proceeded to the 3- to 4-cm larval stage. The rate, extent, and histology of limb regeneration was the same in both diploids and triploids. In Ambystoma, the triploid condition appears neither to promote nor to inhibit limb regeneration.


Historically in Washington State, wood waste from timber industry activities has increased porewater hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) in marine sediments leaving impacted sites inhabitable, particularly for eelgrass ( Zostera marina ).  In this study, we investigated the performance of different populations of eelgrass grown in marine sediment enriched with H 2 S, a known phytotoxin. Eelgrass from 8 Salish Sea locations were grown for 6 months in replicated treatments of sediment and sediment plus wood waste to generate the production of H 2 S. In both control and enriched sediments treatments, we measured sediment H 2 S concentration and a variety of eelgrass response variables. The sediment with wood waste treatment led to greater porewater H 2 S, reduced eelgrass shoot density, shorter shoot lengths, and reduced above ground biomass compared to sediment treatment without wood. The H 2 S enriched sediment treatment did not affect eelgrass photosynthetic efficiency, branching, sheath length, leaf width or elongation rate, which instead depended on which location the plants were collected from. Dumas Bay and Padilla Bay plants had higher branching rates than all other sites. Nisqually Bay and Padilla Bay plants had more leaves than all other sites. Hydrogen sulfide production and eelgrass growth  vary seasonally, which is the subject of an on-going study. Populations of eelgrass resilient to the effects of sediments enriched with H 2 S may be considered valuable donor sites for restoration in activities along historically degraded shorelines.


This paper studies stock price reaction to share repurchases announced by U.S. banks between January 2002 and December 2008. Using the standard event study method, we find that the average abnormal return around share repurchase announcements is positive in both normal and crisis times. We also find that the average abnormal return is significantly higher in crisis times. Our results are consistent with the signaling hypothesis for share repurchases.


The preparation, application, production and demand of imidazo〔1,2-b〕pyridazine were introduced. Based on 3,6-dichloropyridazine, imidazo〔1,2-b〕pyridazine was synthesized via amination, cyclization and dechlorination. Imidazo〔1,2-b〕pyridazine is the main intermediate with side chain for synthesis of cephalosporins, it has become a bottle-necking problem for development of cefozopran as its greater difficulty in synthesis.


Congestion downstream of a freeway off-ramp often produces a traffic queue at the mainline and thus reduces the freeway capacity at the interchange area. To prevent such queue spillback, a proposed real-time control strategy provides a priority signal control to the off-ramp traffic when potential queue spillback is detected. Two priority strategies—unconditional and conditional controls—that quickly discharge the queuing vehicles on the off-ramp can contend with different congestion patterns at the freeway and local arterial. Based on field data from a freeway interchange in Zhubei, Taiwan, extensive simulation experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed strategies in preventing off-ramp queue spillbacks. The results show that the overall network performance can be significantly improved with the proposed strategy, even though some roadway segments of the local arterial network may experience negative impacts.


Total syntheses of several types of racemic 1-carbacephem derivatives, 30, 32, 35, 37, 39, 45, 46, 50, 56, 57, 58, 65, and preliminary biological results are described. Addition of azidoacetyl chloride to the Schiff base 10 in the presence of triethylamine gave cis-azetidinones 11a, b which were converted to the racemic key intermediate 5. By applying sequences of reactions developed in 1-oxacephem syntheses, various kinds of 1-carbacephems were prepared from 5. Among twelve derivatives prepared, 50 showed the highest antibacterial activity.


In many post-industrial sites, the high contents and high mobility of different potentially toxic elements (PTEs) make the soils unsuitable for effective management and use. Therefore, immobilization of PTE seems to be the best remediation option for such areas. In the present study, soil samples were collected in post-industrial areas in Northeastern Poland. The analyzed soil was characterized by especially high contents of Cd (22 mg·kg−1), Pb (13 540 mg·kg−1), and Zn (8433 mg·kg−1). Yellow lupine (Lupinus luteus L.) and two types of mineral-based amendments were used to determine their combined remediation effect on PTE immobilization. A greenhouse pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of chalcedonite and halloysite on plant growth, chlorophyll a fluorescence, the leaf greenness index (SPAD), PTE uptake, and the physicochemical properties and toxicity of soil. The application of chalcedonite resulted in the greatest increase in soil pH, whereas halloysite contributed to the greatest reduction in the contents of Ni, Pb, Zn, and Cr in soil, compared with the control treatment. The addition of halloysite significantly increased plant biomass. The application of mineral-based amendments increased the ratio of variable fluorescence to maximum chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm) in yellow lupine leaves. The leaf greenness index was highest in plants growing in soil amended with chalcedonite. The results of this study suggest that mineral-based amendments combined with yellow lupine could potentially be used for aided phytostabilization of multi-PTE contaminated soil in a post-industrial area.


Objective To study the effect of L-carnitine with EPO on patients with uremic anemia complicated with heart dysfunction.Methods 50 patients with uremic anemia complicated with heart dysfunction were divided into two groups:treatment group(n=25) and control group(n=25).The patients in control group received subcutaneous injection with EPO(75-150 u/kg·week) after dialysis,and meanwhile took oral iron supplement,folic acid,vitaminB12,and use common cardiotonic agents.The treatment group and control group use the same medicine and receive intravenous drip with 2.0 L-carnitine,whose course of treatment is 8 weeks.Observe the HB,HCT and HP from patients before and after treatment.Results After treatment,HB,HCT,DI/D were enhanced,cardiac function index was significantly improved than that before treatment and that of control group(P0.01),while,blood pressure upgrade was notable lower than that of control group(P0.05).Conclusion L-carnitine with EPO can significantly improve cardiac funcion of patients with uremic anemia.


Millets, among the food grains, are the cheapest and nutritious wholesome food grains for people of all age groups. They have certain specialities which yield products of superior nutritional and technological characteristics than the major cereals. The millet grains offer many opportunities for diversified utilization and in adding value. It is possible to make many different kinds of value added food products by adopting appropriate milling, popping, malting and pearling technologies. However, they have remained the food for the people of lower socio-economic strata and traditional consumers because of their coarse texture, characteristic flavour, intense coloured seed coat and cultural attachment. Also, the use of millets is less popular especially among the urban population due to non availability of suitable post harvest technologies to develop consumer attractive processed products similar to rice or wheat.


Log phase cells of Micrococcus lysodeikticus (luteus) IFO 3333 autolyzed when incubated at 37 C in 0.01 m sodium‐phosphate buffer pH 7.5. The enzyme involved in the autolysis was recovered mainly in an aqueous phase from cytoplasmic membranes and cytoplasmic materials treated with n‐butanol, and proved to be an N‐acetylmuramyl‐L‐alanine amidase. The autolysis of log phase cells suspended in autolyzing buffer was depressed by the addition of trypsin to the buffer.


The invention discloses a method for etching an oxide layer on both sides of a fuse structure. The method includes A, arranging a measuring module matched with the fuse structure in a scribing groove; B, measuring original thickness of the oxide layer on both sides of the fuse structure through the measuring module; C, calculating quantity of the oxide layer needed to be etched according to thickness of needed residual oxide layer in a passivating layer and the original thickness; D, determining etching time according to etching speed of an etcher; E, determining etching process according to the etching time and completing etch of the oxide layer on both sides of the fuse structure. The method accurately controls quantity of the etched oxide layer on both sides of the fuse structure, prevents the fuse failure and has the advantages of high etching efficiency, short etching time and low cost.


In early 2006, the new Directive on energy end-use efficiency and energy services (ESD) came into force for all 27 member states of the European Union. To facilitate reporting by member states, the European Commission is developing a harmonized system of bottom-up energy savings calculations. These calculations ask for, among other inputs, the lifetime of implemented measures. The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) assisted in updating the provisional list by organizing a CEN Workshop Agreement on lifetimes of energy efficiency improvement measures in bottom-up calculations. 1 This paper deals with discussions on the definition of the lifetime. Which definition is most appropriate: the saving period: the design lifetime, the economic (pay back) lifetime or the social lifetime? And, how is this selection related to energy saving calculations? How does the market penetration of ever more efficient saving options influence actual savings and lifetime? Should yearly savings be processed into one (relative short time) simple number, or a longer one with savings that slow down over time? The paper also presents the options available to countries: an EU harmonized lifetime figure, a country-specific calculated lifetime figure or even a more sophisticated one. For several technical measures the applicable method to determine the lifetime is given as well as the differences between the harmonized lifetime and the conservative default value. The paper concludes that the savings lifetimes are in most case longer than the economic pay back period. As the default values give less credit to the accountable savings for the policy measures, this approach encourages countries to determine a country specific lifetime.


Alterations in regional tissue perfusion may precede global indications of shock. This study compared regional tissue oxygenation saturation (StO2) using near-infrared spectroscopy with standard hemodynamic and biochemical variables in 40 patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Mean arterial pressure, cardiac output, oxygen delivery, arterial blood gases, and lactate were recorded at specific intervals during surgery. Data were organized by stage of procedure, and the relationship of StO2 to established parameters was investigated. With initiation of CPB, StO2 declined by 12.9 per cent (standard deviation ± 14.75%) with a delayed increase in lactate from 0.9 (interquartile range [IQR], 0.6–1.5) mmol/L to 2.3 (IQR, 1.8–2.5) mmol/L. The minimum StO2 value preceded the maximum lactate level by an average time of 93.9 (standard deviation ± 86.3) minutes. Additionally, a decrease in StO2 corresponded with an increase in base deficit of 4.84 (standard deviation ± 2.37) mEq/L over the same period. Calculated oxygen delivery decreased from a baseline value of 754 (IQR, 560–950) mL/min to 472 (IQR, 396–600) mL/min with initiation and maintenance of CPB. For patients undergoing CPB, StO2 is a reliable, noninvasive monitor of perfusion, which correlates well with oxygen delivery and identifies perfusion deficits earlier than lactate or base deficit.


Objective To observe the anti-stress effects of Mangiferin in mice. Methods One hour after different concentrations and doses of Mangiferin and distilled water were administered using Gavage method, mice were divided into groups for anti-stress tests like loaded swimming, resistance to lack of oxygen and low temperature to observe changes of superoxide dismutase (SOD) vitality and concentrations of Malondialdehyde (MDA). Results The survival time of the tested mice were longer than the control groups (P0.01) with sera SOD vitality increased and MDA concentration decreased (P0.01 or 0.05). Conclusion Mangiferin had certain anti-stress actions.


IL-7 is a cytokine that regulates the homeostatic balance of T cells, impacting on their development, function, proliferation, and survival [1]. To mediate signaling, IL-7 binds the IL-7R, a dimeric complex composed of a highaffinity chain (CD127) and the common chain (CD132), which is shared with several other cytokine receptors, namely IL-2, IL-4, IL-9, IL-15, and IL-21 [2]. The presence of CD127 on the cell surface appears to be the primary determinant of responsiveness to IL-7 [2]. The role of the IL-7/IL-7R signaling complex becomes particularly important in the setting of a substantial loss of T cells when the remaining cells initiate a homeostatic response to repopulate the depleted compartment. The manuscript by Vranjkovic and colleagues [3], published in this issue, reports studies aimed at determining the efficiency of the IL-7/IL-7R signaling in the setting of HIV infection. Several studies have shown that HIV infection is consistently associated with a decrease fraction of CD8 T cells expressing CD127 [4, 5]. A reduced fraction of CD127 cells has been also documented for CD4 T lymphocytes of HIV-infected individuals, even if less dramatic than for CD8 T cells. Perturbation in the expression of IL-7R may have a prominent, pathogenic role in the setting of HIV infection, where CD4 T cells are severely depleted in blood and tissues during the course of the infection, and CD4 and CD8 T cells are less functional and more susceptible to activation-induced cell death. The IL-7 regulatory pathway is activated during HIV-induced lymphopenia (Fig. 1), as indicated by the increased levels of IL-7 observed during HIV infection [6], but it is not sufficient to maintain T cell homeostasis, as the natural history of HIV infection is invariably characterized by a progressive CD4 T cell decline. Interestingly, a recent study in rodents suggests that by signaling in IL-7R DCs, the increased availability of IL-7 during lymphopenia may paradoxically limit the homeostatic proliferation of CD4 T cells [7]. Hence, IL-7 regulation of T cell homeostasis is a complex phenomenon, and a better elucidation of the IL-7/IL-7R pathways is of critical importance in understanding the regulation of T cell homeostasis in HIV-infected patients. Supporting the importance of IL-7R expression in AIDS pathogenesis is the fact that, in HIVinfected individuals, the levels of CD8 CD127 T cells correlate directly with markers of disease progression (i.e., plasma viremia and CD4 T cell depletion), as well as with the overall levels of immune system activation [5]. In addition, the levels of CD8 CD127 represent the main determinant of the extent of CD4 T cell gains after HAART [8]. Although several studies confirmed the reduced CD127 expression on CD8 T cells as a novel feature of the HIV-associated immune perturbation, it is still unclear if the remaining CD8 CD127 T cells are functional, as in healthy controls, or if even these phenotypically "normal" T cells are actually defective in their response to IL-7. The manuscript by Vranjkovic and colleagues [3] reports studies aimed at addressing this question. This is an important question, particularly considering that IL-7 has elicited significant interest as a potential immunotherapy for HIVinfected individuals, and it has been introduced recently in two clinical trials in HAART-treated, HIV-infected individuals, with the goal of increasing the number and function of CD4 and CD8 T cells [9, 10]. Encouragingly, these studies showed a significant increase in the numbers of circulating CD4 and CD8 T cells with a naive and central memory phenotype in IL-7treated patients. To determine their ability to signal through IL-7R, Vranjkovic and colleagues [3] purified CD8 CD127 T cells from healthy controls and HIVinfected individuals, naive or HAARTexperienced, and compared their responsiveness with IL-7 stimulation. The main finding of the study is that HIV infection is associated with a defective, IL-7-dependent activation of STAT5, the prominent and best-characterized molecule in the IL-7/IL-7R signaling cascade, on CD8 CD127 T cells. Specifically, a lower percentage of cells expressing the p-STAT5 and a lower amount of p-STAT5 in the positive cells (as determined by mean fluorescent intensity) were found in untreated, HIVinfected individuals. Furthermore, the defective IL-7/IL-7R signaling resulted in impaired proliferation of


Anchoring transition in cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) was studied in this article. The orientational change is not simple in CLCs; instead of the orientational change of the helical axis, a variety of molecular orientations in cells such as planar, Grandjean, fingerprint, and homeotropic orientations were observed depending on chiral dopant, its concentration and temperature. It is proposed that the competition between helix forming power and preferential surface anchoring must be the origin of this phenomenon.


The natural gas treatment system is the important equipments to improve the quality of natural gas to meet the requirements of gas turbine power plant.The natural gas treatment system is classified as natural gas reducing station and natural gas boosting station.In this paper,the main equipments and functions of the reducing station are discussed and analyzed,such as emergency shutdown valve,separator and filter,heating equipments and reducing valves.


Purpose : To analyze the possible involvement of a change in the lipid metabolism and PPAR γ 2 level in the occurrence of ON of the femoral head. Material and Methods : The lipid profiles (Cholesterol, Triglyceride, LDL, HDL and Free fatty acid) of 130 patients with ON of the femoral head and 30 control persons were evaluated. The level of PPAR γ 2 mRNA expression was examined by performing, RT-PCR using the bone marrow stromal cells obtained from 17 patients during THA. Results : Among the 130 patients, the free fatty acid level in the alcohol (676.9 ± 264.7 mg/dl,) and steroid (666.0 ± 163.4 mg/dl) induced ON groups was higher than the control (453.5 ± 169.3 mg/dl) and idiopathic (468.5 ± 194.1 mg/dl) groups. The triglyceride level in the alcohol (223.7 ± 70.9 mg/dl) and steroid (183.6?58.4 mg/dl) induced groups was higher than the control (93.1 ± 79.0 mg/dl) and idiopathic groups (130.9 ± 63.1 mg/dl). The level of PPAR γ 2 mRNA expression in the ON patients was significantly higher than the other groups (P <0.05). Conclusion : These results are significant and suggest hyperlipidemia as a risk factor for ON of the femoral head. Higher expression of PPAR γ 2 mRNA was found in ON. However, functional studies of PPAR?2 mRNA in vivo would be needed to reveal the pathogenesis of ON of the femoral head.


The invention discloses a database management and monitoring system based on a pin function, which comprises a plurality of controlled host systems and a management and monitoring entity, wherein the controlled host systems are connected with the management and monitoring entity. The management and monitoring entity comprises a data storage unit, a plug-in management unit and a system application unit and is used for loading functional plug-ins according to characteristics of databases or operating systems of the controlled host systems, and the registered controlled host systems are managed and monitored through the functional plug-ins. By the aid of the database management and monitoring system, the burden of a management and monitoring server is relieved, and expandability of a database system is improved.


A format has been developed which provides a concise and meaningful approach for recording pertinent background information on power circuit breaker field problems. Suggestions are included for utilization of the information to reduce future un-planned maintenance.


The family planning program in Andhra Pradesh state India is analyzed by application of the cost-benefit technique. The data have been used with proper adjustments and the period of time selected was 1963-1974. Results broadly indicate that on the average the cost-benefit ratio of the family planning program has been "quite high" but the trend has been erratic mainly due to the relative performance of the program. The trend of performance can be improved by making full use of the available infrastructure and reducing the overhead component of the total cost.(Authors modified)


-19 th century has been regarded, by Muslim historians, as the era of general sense of decline and disintegration of Muslim political entities, particularly the Ottoman Caliphate. This was further aggravated by the European scramble on Muslim lands from as far as Southeast Asia, Middle East and Africa. In these lands, Muslims were politically relegated and forced to play secondary roles in their own lands. This, however, reactivated a certain scenario where Muslims yearned for the appearance of the Mahdi (redeemer or savior). Amidst this controversy, Muhammad Ahmad ibn Abdullah (popularly known as the Sudanese Mahdi) proclaimed himself the expected Mahdi and challenged the Muslims to either join his crusade or be destroyed by God. However, his self-acclaimed Mahdiship did not go unchallenged. This paper analyzes the intellectual controversy between the Sudanese Mahdi and the Muslim scholars. The research adopts qualitative and analytical methods in analyzing and interpreting data in this article.


Numerical methods for predicting poly-dispersed bubbly flows in bubble columns are indispensable in the design of bubble column reactors. The objectives of the present study are (1) to experimentally investigate the effects of a bubble size distribution on poly-dispersed bubbly flows in an open vessel and (2) to examine the applicability of an (N+2)-field model (NP2) to poly-dispersed bubbly flows. Distributions of void fraction and liquid velocity in air-water bubble plumes in the vessel are measured using an experimental setup with a bubble injection device by which the ratio of the volume flow rate of large bubbles to that of small bubbles is controlled to a desired value. The main conclusions obtained are as follows: (1) experimental data on the effects of a bubble size distribution on air-water bubble plumes are obtained, and (2) NP2 gives good predictions for poly-dispersed bubble plumes.