Since December 2015, a set of twelve Ethical Principles for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage enriches the paradigm of the 2003 UNESCO Convention. At the meeting of its Intergovernmental Committee at Windhoek where those principles were endorsed, and where a whole chapter of new operational directives was fine-tuned in order to respond to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN General Assembly, 25 September 2015), the UNESCO Secretariat was instructed to build an on-line platform with a toolkit about ethics and safeguarding intangible heritage. Accredited NGOs were also finally invited to collaborate and play a role in developing and updating the 2003 UNESCO Convention and its operational directives. This is a major breakthrough. In this article we trace and discuss this 'hop' (1999), 'skip' (2012-2015) and 'jump' process (2016 onwards) in the emerging paradigm of safeguarding ICH. Why twelve principles and not a supermodel code of ethics for (safeguarding) intangible heritage? How do innovations like 'sustained free and informed consent' or 'benefit sharing' open new doors? What do anthropology, folklore studies and museology have to offer? Is the online platform a good idea, in the light of recent developments in international conventions on biodiversity, bioethics or the work of WIPO and other organisations ?


The invention relates to a fosthiazate soluble liquid formulation for killing nematode and a preparation method thereof. Every 100L of the fosthiazate soluble liquid formulation comprises 96-103Kg of 93-99.9wt% fosthiazate, and the balance being acrylic acid-maleic anhydride copolymer sodium salt, methacrylic acid-metacrylic acid ester copolymer, ethoxylated polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester and triglyceride, and the weight ratio is (3-5):(2-4):(1-0.5):(0.5-0.3), and the preparation method comprises: instant high temperature underpressure distillation, auxiliary agent preparation, volumetric flask preparation, and other steps. The soluble liquid formulation provided by the invention is the preparation contains highest active ingredient content of fosthiazate at present, and the effective component content reaches to 960g/L or higher; the invention has the advantages of small package application amount, low transport cost, high cost performance, friendly to environment without any difficultly decomposed organic solvents and excellent stability, and the disadvantage that common fosthiazate formulation is not stable is overcome.


Let p(t) be an admissible Hilbert polynomial in P n of degree d and Gotzmann number r. It is well known that Hilb n(t) can be seen as a closed subscheme of the Grasmannian G(N,s), where N = ` n+r n ´ and s = N − p(r), hence, by Plucker embedding, it becomes a closed subset of a suitable projective space. Let us denote by B the finite set of the Borel fixed ideals in k(X0,...,Xn) generated by s monomials of degree r. We associate to every monomial ideal J ∈ B, a Plucker coordinate pJ. If UJ is the open subset of G(N,s) given by pJ 6 0, which is isomorphic to the affine space A s(N s) , then HJ = Hilb n(t) ∩ UJ is an open subset of Hilb n(t) and then can be seen as an


Consider the following example: Some market researchers were trying to assess income and spending patterns of households within a particular region. As a trial run, the researchers randomly selected a number of households and managed to ascertain how much was spent on groceries(X1), the amount spent on leisure activities(X2), and also the total (combined) income(X3), in a particular month. The data are summarized below:


Received Feb 27, 2002. Accepted for publication March 14, 2002. From the Department of Pediatrics (Neurology) and Pathology (Neuropathology), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. Address correspondence to Dr Harvey B. Sarnat, Department of Pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 4221 North Tower, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Hemimegalencephaly has been one of the most enigmatic of the many cerebral malformations because, unlike failure of neural tube closure, arrested neuroblast migration, or lack of differentiation of certain structures of the brain, this asymmetric dysgenesis cannot be identified as a disturbance or maturational arrest in any normal stage of development. In this article, and the companion article on the pathology of hemimegalencephaly that will follow in the coming months, Dr Flores-Sarnat not only presents an exhaustive review of the clinical, imaging, and neurophysiologic features of hemimegalencephaly, from both the literature and her own clinical experience, but also proposes


This paper proposes a secure computing architecture based on the dual hard disk and dual system switching (D3S), and provide the mechanism of sensitive data copy and transmission processing for the two operating environments of the computer. It can not only provide a secure computing environment for all processing links involving sensitive files, but also resist various possible malicious attacks. The experimental simulation results show that the D3S architecture has obvious performance advantages in both the data delivery ratio and the memory computing overhead. When the size of the copied sensitive file is 50MB, the copy time overhead of D3S is 1.12s. The secure transmission rate of sensitive data of D3S architecture is significantly better than that of other existing architectures, which has been maintained at about 8.5 Mbps.


Management (monitoring and control) of service-oriented systems is needed to ensure their regular operation, attain guaranteed quality of service (QoS), and accommodate changes. Monitoring is used to measure technical QoS (e.g., response time, throughput, availability) and/or business value metrics (e.g., profit, return on investment, number of customers, customer satisfaction). Control is used to reactively/proactively ensure that there are no faults and that the measured quantities are within desired boundaries. To successfully perform monitoring and control, runtime management issues should be considered during design-time software (and system) engineering activities. Management of service-oriented systems can be viewed from several aspects. In this tutorial, we will emphasize QoS management and maximization of business value. The tutorial will first clarify the importance of these topics and why the widely used basic Web service technologies are not enough. Then, it will explain theoretical principles (e.g., service level agreement SLA, policy, intermediary, probe, and multiple request queues) for specification, monitoring, and control of QoS and business value attributes. Next, it will provide a critical analysis of several important research achievements and industrial products in this area. We will also present a brief introduction to business-driven IT management (BDIM) and possible approaches to extend management solutions maximizing QoS into solutions maximizing business value metrics. At the end, a number of open topics and resources for further study will be identified. After attending this tutorial, participants will have general knowledge and understanding of the challenges and fundamental concepts related to the specification, monitoring, and control of QoS and business value metrics of (Web) services and business processes implemented with (Web) services, and open research issues. This knowledge can help them in making decisions about using some of the existing technologies in software systems they engineer and/or in conducting further research in the area.


The determination of impurity oxygen and nitrogen in hydrogen-storage alloy based on mixed rare earth metals was studied.While being heated to high temperature,the rare earth metals can easily volatilize,which will have bad effect on the determination.So suitable conditions were chosen for the determination including appropriate heating temperature,appropriate graphite bath,nickel as supplementary agent for melting and high temperature crucible with upper-lower seat being used.Low and stable blank values of the bath material and supplementary agent were supposed.The proposed method has been applied to the determination of impurity oxygen and nitrogen in hydrogen-storage alloy based on mixed rare earth metals.The samples contain oxygen of 0.43% and nitrogen of 0.018%,the analysis precisions are 4.3% for oxygen and 5.9% for nitrogen;the recoveries are in the range of 93%~104% for oxygen and 92%~110% for nitrogen.


With the advancement of informal community and Web 2.0, individuals not just devour content by downloading on the web yet contributing and producing new substance. Individuals turned out to be increasingly anxious to communicate and impart their insights on web viewing every day exercises just as nearby or worldwide issues. Because of the multiplication of web-based life, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others, supposition examination develops quickly. The number of recordings accessible on the web and somewhere else is consistently developing and with this the requirement for viable strategies to process the tremendous measure of multimodal data shared through this media. Right now, it centers around the investigation of different procedures are applied on different datasets. Additionally, condense the report of strategies most as often as possible utilized in AI for notion examination. In this paper, widely used machine learning methods of sentiment analysis are analyzed and summarized as various technologies applied on various authors' datasets.


In this paper, we investigate the characteristic structure of the full equations of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and show that it satisfies the hypotheses of a general variable-multiplicity stability framework introduced by Metivier and Zumbrun, thereby extending to the general case various results obtained by Metivier and Zumbrun for the isentropic equations of MHD.


The paper presented results of simulated and measured magnetic fields of an approximated elliptical coil. The simulation values are coincided with the measurement values. Using the relative error as difference metric, the difference between simulation and measurement is presented as well. The visual comparison between the images as well as the resulting values of the relative error show only a minimal difference in the inner zone of the coils. The gradient values for the prototype coil arrangement for x, y and z direction were also shown. With an increasing side length the gradients in x and y direction decrease, while the gradient in z direction slightly increases.


The experiment entitled "Efficacy of different types of Composts on growth, yield and quality parameters of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) cv. Kashi Pragati" was conducted during Rabi season of the year 2020-2021 on experimental farm of Department of Horticulture, AKS University, Satna (M.P.). The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with three replicated 12 treatments viz., T0: Without compost (Control), T1: 100% Vermicompost + 100% Biogas slurry compost, T2: 100% Vermicompost + 100% Mushroom Spent compost, T3: 100% Biogas slurry compost + 100% Mushroom Spent compost, T4: 100% Vermicompost + 100% Biogas slurry compost +100% Mushroom Spent compost, T5: 100% Vermicompost + 50% Biogas slurry compost, T6: 100% Vermicompost + 50% Mushroom Spent compost, T7: 100% Biogas slurry compost + 50% Vermicompost, T8: 100% Biogas slurry compost + 50% Mushroom Spent compost, T9: 100% Mushroom Spent compost + 50% Vermicompost, T10: 100% Mushroom Spent compost + 50% Biogas slurry compost, T11: 50% Vermicompost + 50% Biogas slurry compost +50% Mushroom Spent compost. The results reveal that increase in Composts level had significant response on vegetative growth yield and quality of Okra. The treatment T4-100%Vermicompost +100% Biogas slurry compost +100% Mushroom Spent compost was found to be the best treatment among the different treatments with growth, yield and quality for Okra under satna condition.


A novel amperometric glucose biosensor was fabricated by in situ incorporating glucose oxidase (GOD) within the sol-gel silica film on a Prussian blue (PB) modified electrode. The method is simple and controllable, which combined the merits of in situ immobilizing biomolecules in sol-gel silica film by electrochemical method and the synergic catalysis effects of PB and GOD molecules. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that the GOD/sol-gel silica film was homogeneous with a large number of three-dimensional nanopores, which not only enhanced mass transport, but also maintained the active configuration of the enzyme molecule and prevented the leakage of enzyme, therefore improved the stability and sensitivity of the biosensor. The fabricated biosensor showed fast response time (10 s), high sensitivity (26.6 mA cm−2 M−1), long-term stability, good suppression of interference, and linear range of 0.01 mM–5.8 mM with a low detection limit of 0.94 μM for the detection of glucose. In addition, the biosensor was successfully applied to determine glucose in human serum samples.


This grant supported our analysis of BATSE occultation data on x-ray bursters and neutron star low mass x-ray binaries (LMXBs) from the Compton Gamma-ray Observatory carried out under observing cycle 6. The work carried out under this grant was closely related to our separate investigation (NAG5-3808) to develop a prototype BATSE imaging survey for faint transients. In this Final Report, we summarize the Scientific Objectives of this investigation of hard x-ray studies of bursters and the Results Achieved; and finally the Papers Published.


Argentina has the third highest AIDS figures in Latin America after Brazil and Mexico. More than 39% of these cases were due to contamination via the intravenous pathway. Personal risk awareness does not suffice to stop the epidemic since other factors are also responsible. The main illegal substances used in Argentina are marijuana and cocaine whereas the use of other drugs such as heroin and LSD is almost negligible. The possession of illegal drugs even for personal use is punishable by law. Since there is a stigma attached to drug taking in many circles drug-users are liable to undergo dual ostracism: they are both engaged in unlawful behaviour and failing to uphold prevailing social values. According to the Pan-American Health Organization (PARO) Argentina ranks third in Latin America after Brazil and Mexico in terms of the number of cases of AIDS. By December 2000 18688 cases of AIDS had occurred in Argentina. This figure will have to be updated when the relevant statistics become available but the latest data given by the Ministry of Health indicate that the present-day figures will be more like 21000 and this does not include the unregistered cases. Transmission via the intravenous pathway accounts for 39.2% of all the cases of AIDS in this country. (excerpt)


Since genetic testing techniques are available, they never stopped being improved over the years. Theses techniques bring a greatest knowledge of the human genome. Thus, geneticists are now capable of diagnosis of genetic conditions, identification of at-risk patients for cancer.... Although genetic testing has been a major revolution in the practice of medicine, it goes without saying that it has the potential to lead to ethical dilemmas. One way to explain some of them is to focus on a few techniques –genome sequencing, prenatal diagnosis, preimplantation diagnosis, and paternity testing— to then discuss some of the ethical questions they address.


Abstract: This study examines the Protection of Human Rights for Woman in Prison Inmates in South Sulawesi. The aim of this study, was to determine: 1) implementation of the human rights protection of woman prisoners in prison in South Sulawesi, 2)-the condition of woman prisoners as inmates in prison in South Sulawesi, 3) the condition of facilities and infrastructure prison, 4) enabling and inhibiting factors in the implementation of the human rights protection of woman prisoners in prison in South Sulawesi. Research location is determined by quota sampling technique. The selected location is: Prison Class IIB Makassar, woman Prison Class II A in Sungguminasa. prison Class II B in Takalar, Prison Class II B in Barru, Prison Class II B in Pare-Pare. and prison Class II B in Pinrang. Subjects in this study were 257 women prisoners. The results showed that: 1) There are seven criteria for implementation of human rights protection women prisoners has been going well, namely: a) To worship according to the religion and belief; b) physical care; c) obtain adequate medical health care; d) get decent food services; e) submit a complaint to the officer; f) obtain reading materials and follow other broadcast media; and g) are given free time receive family visits, legal counsel or other particular person. There are five criteria for implementation of human rights protection women prisoners who have not implemented weil, namely: a) education and teaching; b) the provision of assistance and psychological guidance; c) providing guidance spiritual / religious; d) get wages for the work done; and e) get a chance to assimilate including leave and visiting family. 2) physical, social, and spiritual conditions for women prisoners have been implemented well. But the psychological condition women prisoners need special attention. 3) facilities and infrastructure prison classified representative but the required storage capacity wider prisoners. 4) There are five aspects of the enabling and inhibiting implementation of human rights protection in women cnsoners, namely: a) the budget, b) human resources (personnel), c) the character of prisoners, d) facilities and infrastructure, e) concern other institutions in contributing to guidance women prisoners.


The focus in this paper is on how urban working life could be organised with less commuting, but with high accessibility to the labour market. First, some researchers' ideas on the connection between transport demand and urban form are presented. This is followed by a discussion on the possible influence from the development of information technology on the organisation of work. Finally, the basis that has been built in the first parts is used to develop a scenario of a low-transport city. In the scenario, working teams are organised around individuals connected with telecommunications, whereas work mates are found at office hotels where the ordinary work place is situated. Thus, work mates do not need to be colleagues. This new organisational form facilitates an urban structure organised around a network of nodes for work, telecommunications and public transport.


INTRODUCTION Senior-Loken syndrome is a rare disorder in which there is a combination of nephronophthisis and retinal dystrophy, which usually presents in the first two decades of life. It was first reported by Senior et al, in 1961. [1], who described a family in which 6 of 13 children had nephronophthisis and Lebers tapeto-retinal degeneration. In the same year, Loken et al. [2] described the blindness and renal failure in two siblings. Senior-Loken syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder that is also known as hereditary renal-retinal syndrome, juvenile nephronophthisis with Leber amaurosis, and renal dysplasia and retinal aplasia. This syndrome accounts for 10 to 15 percent of the cases of chi ldhood genet ic k idney diseases known as nephronophthisis. The early features of the renal component are polyuria and polydipsia secondary to defective urinary concentrating ability. With insidious onset of disease and most cases presented very late with renal failure. The retinal lesions are varied from infantile onset retinal dystrophy to retinitis pigmentosa. Considering the unique features and scarce data, this case will highlight the importance of timely recognition of renal derangement in patients with retinal disease to prevent end stage renal disease.


The Ayserian legacy, James Ronald Stanfield and Jacqueline Bloom Stanfield EE Hale on economic theory and the real world, Ronnie J Phillips Robert Montgomery - a gentle iconoclast in industrial organization, Robert Kling Ruth Allen - frontier labor economist, Alexanda Bernasek and Douglas Kinnear Alton Wiley - the most complete economist, Gerard F Vaughn Erich W Zimmerman - the dynamics of resourceship, Stephen L McDonald.


A method for making a printed circuit from a dielectric film coated with one or more conductive metal layers is disclosed. The method comprises a step of marking out the various conductive paths by mechanically machining grooves in said conductive layer. Machining is carried out using a sharp cutting tool for cutting grooves between said conductive paths without removing any of the conductive material or driving it downwards. For example, a swaging punch or a cutting table controlling a blade may be used to cut grooves. The method is also suitable for making multilayer circuits and is particularly useful for producing flexible printed circuits, connectors, etc., as well as inductance coils such as those used in smart cards.


Magneto-optical properties of a ferromagnetic semiconductor (Zn,Cr)Te were investigated through magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) measurements in the visible spectral range. (Zn,Cr)Te films without and with an additional nitrogen (N) doping as an acceptor exhibited different MCD spectra around the Γ point; a broad MCD band extending over a few hundred meV was observed in the undoped (Zn,Cr)Te while a relatively sharp peak appeared in the heavily N-doped (Zn,Cr)Te. The different MCD spectra are considered to be correlated with the change in the Cr valence state due the acceptor doping. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Glass-ceramics that are useful for castable dental crown were searched for in the systems based on 3CaO⋅P2O5, MgO⋅TiO2 and CaO⋅MgO⋅2SiO2 (see Fig. 1 and Table 1). A glass composed of MgO 16.9, CaO 24.8, SiO2 16.3, TiO2 22.8, P2O5 15.7, CaF2 2.0, Al2O3 1.0, ZrO2 0.5, and MnO 0.01wt% which was melted at 1350°C could be shaped into a dental crown free from any defect, such as pores, devitrification products and chemical reaction products with a mold, by a conventional lost-wax process using a centrifugal casting machine (see Fig. 2). The glass in the shape of a dental crown was converted into a glass-ceramic similar to natural teeth in color and translucency without any deformation by heat treatment up to 940°C (see Figs. 3 and 4). The glass-ceramic contained crystalline apatite and magnesium titanate in fine grains (see Figs. 5 and 6). It was confirmed to accurately reproduce the original wax pattern (see Fig. 4). The glass-ceramic showed a density and thermal expansion coefficient similar to natural teeth; and the mechanical strength, Young's modulus and hardness were higher than those of the natural teeth. It also possessed excellent fracture toughness and chemical durability (see Table 2).


A load balancing based on potential energy for distributed network with limited migration capacity is proposed in this paper. We first introduce a flexible abstraction of distributed network with limited migration capacity. The abstraction is generally enough to capture the essences of that the load migration is limited. The potential energy of one node is defined as the square of the load. Based on the model and the definition of node's potential energy, we prove that the system is in a load balancing state when the system's potential energy reaches the minimum. Then a load balancing algorithm based on greedy strategy is proposed to solve the problem. Finally, some experiments are designed to verify the model and the load balancing algorithm.


Abstract: Planktons forms a remarkable bioindicator for water pollution. Planktonic quantification from four sites of Hiranyakeshi river, Gadhinglaj tahsil, were assessed for seasonal variations. Phytoplankton as Cyanophyta, Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta and Euglenophyta were found major groups. Comparative data related to abundance of species showed that, members of Bacillariophyta were dominated.  While amoung zooplankton documentation Rotifers, Cladocera, Copepods and Ostracods were abundantly found in all aquatic bodies. Quantitetively Rotifers and Copepods were dominant with least population of Ostracods. Biodocumentation was made to correlate with water quality of aquatic habitats in relation to contamination study.


Objective. Know the relationship between the management style and the quality of educational management in the Educational Institution Domingo i Mandamiento Sipan - Hualmay - 2017. Materials andMethod. Research ofi quantitative approach, basic type, relational level, non-experimental i crosssectional correlational design, the population and sample consisted ofi60 teachers ofithe Educational Institution. Results 53% of teachers i i perceived a high educational management, likewise 60% felt a high management style, on the other hand when studying the dimensions of management styles it could be seen that 62% of teachers perceived an autocratic style, 57% democratic style and 63% liberal style Conclusions. i When contrasting the research hypothesis with the non-parametric Spearman Rho test, it was found that there is a direct and significant i relationship between the management style and the quality of educational management in the Educational Institution Domingo Mandamiento i Sipan - Hualmay – 2017


SRAM design is very crucial as it takes a large fraction of total power and die area in high-performance processors. The performance of embedded memory and its peripheral circuits can adversely affect the speed and power of the overall system. This paper explores the design of SRAM focusing on optimising delay, reducing power and layout area. The key to low power operation of the design is self-timed architecture, multi stage decoding and full custom approach. A 1, 024 × 16 SRAM is designed using Predictive Technology Model BSIM 4 Bulk at 180 nm technology with 1 V power supply (VDD). The aspect ratio that is W/L of the transistors used in an SRAM cell is taken in the range 0.6 < W/L < 1.8. Complete read/write, self-time and other simulations were carried to substantiate the techniques implemented in this paper.


Background: For maximum treatment compliance there is a need to provide asthma patients with devices that suit their particular preferences. The Foradil® Certihaler™ is a novel multi-dose dry powder inhaler developed to increase the choice of devices available. Objectives: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of formoterol administered via the Foradil Certihaler, or via the single-dose inhaler Foradil® Aerolizer®. Methods: This was a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-dummy, incomplete block crossover, dose-ranging and pharmacokinetic study in patients with persistent asthma. Sixty-seven patients (mean 48.0 years) were randomized to formoterol 5, 10, 15 and 30 µg twice daily via the Certihaler, 12 µg formoterol b.i.d. via the Aerolizer, or placebo in four 1-week double-blind treatment periods separated by 1-week single-blind washouts. Results: All formoterol doses delivered via the Certihaler or the Aerolizer significantly increased FEV1 compared with placebo (p < 0.0001). Formoterol demonstrated an onset of action of <3 min. All active treatments were well tolerated. Tremor was the most common adverse event and was more pronounced at high doses. At lower doses the incidence of tremor with the Certihaler was similar to that observed with placebo or the Aerolizer. The pharmacokinetic evaluation comprised 41 patients (mean 45.9 years). Urinary excretion of unchanged formoterol and total formoterol increased with dose delivered via the Certihaler. The optimum dose of formoterol via the Certihaler was 10 µg. Conclusion: Delivery of formoterol via the Certihaler or Aerolizer combines rapid relief with enduring control and provides convenient bronchodilation in patients with persistent asthma.


Optical fiber options for deployment within the home environment were investigated for distribution of triple-play services. Corning ClearCurve® ZBL single-mode bend-insensitive optical fiber permits installation over 200m reach compared to 50m with plastic multi-mode fiber.


The purpose of the article is to consider icon painting as one of the elements of the visual component of ceremonial and ritual "entertainment" in the context of the socio-cultural life of Kyivan Rus.The methodology of the research consists in the application of the analytical method to study the theoretical material about the types of «entertainment», special attention is focused on the ceremonial-ritual type. The formalisation method is used to clarify the term «Entertainment» within the subject field of art history. The hermeneutic historical-cultural methodsenable the study of icon painting as a visual component of the «Entertainment» ceremonial-ritual phenomenon in the context of the socio-cultural life of Kyivan Rus. It is undeniable that the research also uses theoretical material regarding icon painting schools and traditions of icon painting during the times of Kyivan Rus.The scientific novelty of the work is that for the first time icon painting is considered as a visual component of "entertainment" ritual in the context of the socio-cultural life of Kyivan Rus.Conclusions. The hermeneutic method of interpretation of the «entertainment» concept nakes it possible not to narrow its meaning to the term entertainment, in the linguistic and art-historical aspect. Thus, this term is interpreted as a spectacle, and in relation to this interpretation, it has several types, the main of which are ceremonial-ritual, artistic, agonal, and fair. The article focuses on the ceremonial-ritual format of «entertainment» and its visual component during the socio-cultural life of Kyivan Rus. The ceremonial and ritual format of the spectacle is extremely important, combining elements of ceremony and ritual, and the religious aspect plays an important role in the socio-cultural life of each historical era. The interpretation of rite and ritual in the works of Arnold van Gennep, I. Fursin, N. Zakovych, V. Horovyi, and E. Durkheim is considered. It has been determined that it is the symbolic nature of the ceremonial-ritual format of the spectacle that distinguishes it from entertaining, artistic, agony, and farce formats. It is noted that the church rite, as one of the forms of spectacle, also has the right to exist, as an external manifestation of faith in God and the possibility of worshiping him. Thus, icons, which had their own sign and symbolic language, acted as one of the visual components of the ceremonial-ritual spectacle in Kyivan Rus, for example, a church rite. The traditions of the Kyiv icon-painting school of the times of Kyivan Rus, the peculiarities of style, and the main icons of that period are considered, which makes it possible to determine that icon-painting is one of the visual components of the "Entertainment" ritual in the socio-cultural life of Kyivan Rus.
Key words: еntertainment, church rite, Kyivan Rus, Kyiv icon painting school, rite, ritual.


A filling machine and packaging continuous rotary type for filling a body (B) of the container with liquid contents, and cover the body (B) filling with liquid contents with a cover (P) molded container, and sealing the body ( B) container and the cover (P) molded to produce a container (a) sealing the filling machine and packaging comprising: a device (30) filling having a plurality of filling heads for filling a container with the contents liquid while the body (B) container is moved rotationally by the rotation of a rotary table to which is fixed a table container placement placing the container; a device (60) supply for supplying a cover cap (P) molded at an upper end opening of the body (B) filling with liquid contents and transported from the device (30) filling the container; and a device (100) seal having a plurality of sealing heads for sealing the top end opening of the body (B) of the container while the body (B) of the container on which the lid is placed (P ) molded moves rotationally with the cover (P) molded to produce the sealed container, and a means of raising and lowering which includes a mechanism for raising and lowering for a table (103) of container on which the body is prepared (B ) container or to the sealing head, and configured to carry the cover (P) molded on the container body and the sealing work surface of the sealing head a pressure contact with each other; characterized by a print medium provided with a mechanism (110) print ID to print a number of filling head and a number of sealing head related seal sealing the body of the sealed container during a step of container by device (100) seal, while the sealing body container in a state in which the surface of the sealing head of the sealing head and an upper surface of the cover (P) molded container (a) sealing are pressure contact with each other and a positional relationship between the work surface and the seal (a) sealing container is fixed.


Sexual dimorphism is a ubiquitous source of within-species variation, yet the communitylevel consequences of sex differences remain poorly understood. Here, we analyze a bitrophic model of two competing resource species and a sexually-reproducing consumer species. We show that consumer sex differences in resource acquisition can have striking consequences for consumer-resource coexistence, abundance, and dynamics. Under both direct interspecific competition and apparent competition between two resource species, sexual dimorphism in consumers' attack rates can mediate coexistence of the resource species, while in other cases can lead to exclusion when stable coexistence is typically expected. Slight sex differences in total resource acquisition also can reverse competitive outcomes and lead to density cycles. These effects are expected whenever both consumer sexes require different amounts or types of resources to reproduce. Our results suggest that consumer sexual dimorphism, which is common, has wide-reaching implications for the assembly and dynamics of natural communities. Statement of authorship DB SD and SJS designed the study, SJS performed the mathematical analysis, SD performed the simulations and drafted the manuscript. All authors revised the manuscript. Data accessibility statement No data is used


This study aims to examine the effect of the independent variables of motivation, organizational commitment, and due professional care on the dependent variable of audit quality. The population in this study were all auditors, both junior and senior auditors who worked in 5 public accounting firm in Jakarta with a total of 57 respondents. The sampling technique in this study used the Convenience Sampling Method and the data used in this study was primary data. In this study, the authors use Descriptive Statistical Test, Classical Assumption Tes (normality test, multicollinearity test, heteroscedasticity test), Hypothesis Test (coefficient of determination, t test, f test) and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis to be able to analyze the data used and use SPSS software version 25. Based on the results of research through several tests carried out, it can be concluded that motivation, commitment organization, and due professional care have a positive effect on audit quality.
 Keywords: Motivation, Organizational Commitment, Due Professional Care, and Audit Quality


Package (2) it is substantially forms a rectangular shape, the open end case 4, and a dog a tongue lid rotatably connected through the lid hinge 26 to the rear edge of the club 12 with 12 in the upper as (6), one with a tongue-like portion 7, and the lid 5 is connected via a nine tongue hinge 28 to the front end of the lid (5) and a lid (5) for opening and closing (12) when in the closed position, the tongue-shaped portion (7) is the inner holder 10 housed in the front wall (14), which overlaps the tongue-like lid to the case (4) of the case 4, a recess for holding the contents (10a), an inner holder (10) provided, and the case 4, the tongue lid 6 and the inner holder 10 is formed of a transparent or semi-transparent material, the recess (10a) having a case ( 4) each spaced from the bottom wall 20 and side wall 18 of the.


John Dewey's vision of education and of the school as a model for society was grounded in a commitment to collaboration. This view continues to inform the basic assumptions of progressive educators, especially in the USA. Collaboration in classrooms is offered as the basis and matrix
 for collaboration beyond them, in the civic realm. But the civic realm is a realm of struggle, and to overemphasize collaboration miseducates students as to its reality. This article explores Saul Alinsky's critique of the Deweyan vision of civic action, with its alternative understanding
 of the place of collaboration in civic engagement. For the powerless to be heard and heeded by the powerful, collective organization and skills for engaging in conflict in the public realm are key requirements.


During a pandemic, ethical concerns arise in relation to allocation of resources for seriously ill patients. The COVID-19 pandemic predominantly affected adults with a high associated morbidity and mortality, however it was anticipated that there would also be an impact on the paediatric population. There were four phases to the work of the Paediatric Bioethics Centre (PBC) service at GOSH: 1.Preparation: Documents to support/guide hospital teams and regional inpatient, community and hospice settings were prepared with colleague. We adapted existing 'ethics support' mechanisms to combat workforce moral distress, distress/injury. 2.Bioethics activity: was highest in the rapid response service where difficult treatment decisions were considered with clinical teams, families and young people. 12 reviews were carried out from March- May to consider experimental antiviral treatment, allocation of resources in the context of COVID-19 and non Covid cases considering a ceiling of treatment. Telemedicine facilitated the rapid response to these urgent cases and involved parents, including those not in the hospital. 3.Education: the service provided 'pandemic webcasts' on decision-making and broader child-health concerns. Staff support with other wellbeing services has been essential, especially for those deployed to overwhelmed local adult ICUs. 4. Reflection: focussed on (a) Research Re future deployment to minimise moral distress/injury, b) remote video-conferencing – parents/participants experience/ability to consider complex ethical issues and c) role of faith/non-faith in society's recovery. This work illustrates the importance of the role of the Paediatric Bioethics Service in a tertiary children's hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.


We prove that in a complete partially ordered set with a largest point, every commutative family of isotones has the largest common fixed point. This result for a single mapping was used recently by Ok (2004) to study fixed set theory and its applications in economics.


PURPOSE: An integrated diagnosing system for a dental surgery is provided to enhance a hospital business, a medical examination and treatment environment, and a diagnosis performance by integrating all businesses of a dental clinic. CONSTITUTION: In a system capable of performing a patient management, a digital X-ray photographing, a diagnosis of a disease, and a charting simultaneously, a patient managing module performs a receipt of a medical examination and treatment, a reservation of a medical examination and treatment, and a receipt business, and stores patient information in a database(11) of a server(10) using a nursing department PC(30). A checking module controls various kinds of checking devices using a radiation department PC(40), receives an image from the checking devices, and stores the image in a database(11) of the server(10). A medical examination and treatment module outputs patient information and image information stored in the database(11) on an LCD screen of a unit chair(50) for a dental clinic for a diagnosis and a medical treatment of a disease, and performs a three-dimensional dental prosthesis/implant simulation capable of checking an electronic charting for preparing a medical treatment plan/record and an administration result before a medical treatment.


This thesis examines the hydrogeochemical processes governing the composition of the basalt groundwaters found in Tamborine Mountain, Queensland. By integrating analytical and multivariate analysis it was possible to demonstrate the potential for hydrogeochemical data to identify the controlling factors of the evolution of fractured rock aquifer dynamics. There is major scope for such investigations as many localised areas of the remnants of Cenozoic magmatic activity like Tamborine Mountain have largely been overlooked. It was determined that groundwater is a chemically evolved species of precipitation attributed to the chemical enrichment resulting predominately from water-rock interaction.


According to the unique properties of Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), they have been under scientific investigation for more than fifteen years in different applications. Here we reported the effect of temperature on camphor in a wide range of 500–1150 ˚C. The results indicate that camphor did not decompose below 500 ˚C but very short-length tubes emerged from the silicon substrate at 550 ˚C which is suggesting that the catalyst activity. According to the results, the CNT growth rate was abruptly increased at 600 ˚C. This process was done on the same condition by optimizing the temperature up to 900 ˚C. FESEM images indicate the highest catalyst activity at 850 ˚C which direct the experiment to grow purified CNT up to 3 µm in the length. This result suggests that, at low temperatures, the catalyst–support interaction is strong enough not to let the metal particles to involve in deposition process, but at 850 ˚C MWCNTs and SWCNTs can be selectively grown as a function of CVD temperature. The optimum deposition ti...


Surface impedance boundary conditions can be utilized to avoid using small cells, made necessary by shorter wavelengths in conducting media throughout the solution volume. The standard approach is to approximate the surface impedance over a very small bandwidth by its value at the center frequency, and then use that result in the boundary condition. In this paper, two implementations of the surface impedance boundary condition are presented. One implementation is a constant surface impedance boundary condition and the other is a dispersive surface impedance boundary condition that is applicable over a very large frequency bandwidth and over a large range of conductivities. Frequency domain results are presented in one dimension for two conductivity values and are compared with exact results. Scattering width results from an infinite square cylinder are presented as a two dimensional demonstration. >


A force sensor system that can operate in a measuring range up to
10 kN with good stability and easily digitized output is presented. Its
main working principle is based on using vibrations of a double-plate
construction. The forces to be measured are introduced to both plates as
an axial load. The characteristics of the vibrations of the plates
depend on the axial load (similar to a vibrating chord of a musical
instrument). The design and construction of the force sensor is
fundamental to the force application conditions. In this case we
designed the sensor to measure axial loading of a cable while laying


: We present a recipe of combined liquid phantoms for diffuse correlation spectroscopy and near-infrared spectroscopy with well-defined and easily tunable optical and dynamic properties. OCIS codes: (170.0170) Medical Optics and Biotechnology; (170.3660) Light propagation in tissue; Scattering (290.0290); Diffusion (290.1990); Spectroscopy, speckle (170.6480)


Micro base stations will play an important role in the future millimeter-wave mobile networks. This paper presents a new array design for millimeter-wave micro base stations. The array is a microstrip grid structure configured to radiate 45-degree polarized waves. It was implemented in a low-cost FR4 PCB technology and tested in the 28-GHz band. It is shown that the array with a size of 20×20×0.8 mm3 achieved the wide bandwidth of more than 28% and high gain of 11.4 dBi at 28.5 GHz. More importantly, it is found that the performance of the array is insensitive to the location at and size of the grounded substrate and there is a large isolation between ± 45-degree polarized arrays, indicating its suitability to micro base stations of various sizes and dual polarizations.


Abstract Oxidation of 5-methoxy-1-phenylsulfonyl-2-methyl indole-3-aldehyde (3) with active manganese dioxide to the corresponding indole-2,3-dialdehyde (4) and similar reactions are reported.


A foraminiferal stratigraphy primarily based on the late Axel Norvangs material from the Skaerumhede I boring has been made. Foraminifera from the marine Skaerumhede sequence show a faunal succession from an arctic environment (zone N4) to deep water boreal and boreo-lusitanian conditions (zone N3). This is succeeded by a zone (N2) containing a faunal transition from a shallow water boreal assemblage in its lower part through to boreo-arctic conditions in its upper part, and finally a zone (Nl) reflecting mainly arctic environment. It is argued that zone N4 represents the Late Saalian, zone N3 the Eemian and zones N2 and Nl the Early and Middle Weichselian.


The growth of sharia insurance in Indonesia continues to occur. This is a sign that the people in Indonesia have good risk management because the company's growth is supported by the increase in customers in sharia insurance companies. This condition must be supported again by the conditions in which the company has a good performance, so the company must find a way to continue to improve its performance. This study is aimed to determine the effect of leverage, firm size, and company age on the financial performance of sharia companies. The method used is through quantitative research using multiple regression. The method of data collection uses a purposive sampling technique carried out to all populations, namely all Islamic insurance companies in Indonesia from 2012 to 2018. The results of the study show that leverage and age of the company do not succeed in influencing financial performance, while firm size has a positive effect on financial performance. Therefore it is important for companies to continue to increase their assets, especially in collecting funds from the public as the company's ingredients in managing their finances to improve their financial performance.Keywords: Age, Financial Performance, Leverage, Size


With the rapid development of modern technology, typography and typefaces are taking on a variety of new forms and functions. Many categories and kinds of typography, such as 'type as image' and 'type in motion', have evolved. Typefaces are no longer solely tools of visual communication; their form and appearance can now be manipulated to create certain moods or feelings in an audience. In recent years, many typographic works have been designed to express particular emotions and feelings or stimulate them in an audience. Various typographic elements, such as colour and typestyle, may be used to convey or evoke the desired emotions. To elicit specific emotions in response to typographic works, designers must fully understand the relationships between emotions and typography. They must successfully select and manipulate such features as colours, shapes, textures and images to enrich viewers' experiences of and emotional responses to typographical works. Inspired by studies of the relationship between design and emotion in a range of disciplines, some design scholars have developed these ideas further by applying them to graphic design. They have explored the potential contribution of user-centred 'design and emotion' studies to typography, and established new criteria for defining the category of 'emotion in type/typography'. This study investigates the relationship between emotional response and type/typography, and proposes new criteria for categorising typography that accommodate the emotional concerns and effects of typographic design.


Background: A spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to dramatic changes in an individual's life and the rehabilitation after the injury is a lifelong process. For persons with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), the loss of both sensory and motor function in the upper extremities poses a functional deficit and an impairment in activities of daily living (ADL). Reconstructive hand surgery has the potential to restore loss of motor function and can therefore influence both capacity, i.e. grip function, and activity performance. Methods: One cross-sectional study, one mixed study and two longitudinal studies were performed. The study participants consisted of individuals with cervical spinal cord injury with no prior reconstructive hand surgery before September 1994. Data were collected by face-to-face semi-structured interviews and by connecting the Klein-Bell ADL (KB) Scale to the ICF. Results: The KB Scale linkage to the ICF made it possible to interpret, detect and quantify concepts in the scale and thus highlighted and clarified the scale structure. Comparison between the KB Scale and ICF core sets and have corroborated that the scale can measure basic ADL in individuals with cervical SCI. The KB Scale can be used to assess and discriminate cervical SCI individuals' basic ADL from lesser to greater independence before surgery. Improvements in basic ADL can also be measured after reconstructive hand surgery. Individuals undergoing grip reconstruction became more independent in dimension hygiene, whereas individuals undergoing reconstructive elbow extension and grip surgery increased their independence in dimension mobility. Conclusions: The ICF provided an external reference to identify and quantify concepts in the KB Scale. The KB Scale linkage to ICF provided a systematic overview how the items are constructed from body movements to basic ADL activities. The KB Scale can be used to assess basic ADL, and discriminate and measure changes in self-care in cervical SCI individuals in connection with reconstructive hand surgery. To become a useful tool, selected parts of the KB Scale's structural properties must be further


The use of Points-of-Interest can significantly reduce computational complexity and memory required for high-level vision tasks. We describe a simple and effective technique to detect Points-of-Interest from noisy disparity maps generated by a real-time stereo system, which considers all sources of information, i.e. the disparity map and the left and right images of a stereo pair. The first step in our approach assigns states to each point and marks possible border points. Then we detect left and right image edges. Matching these three sources of information leads to the Points-of-Interest, which we call Triple Edge points. The final step identifies significant points by projecting the detected points to real-world 3D space. Generation of the Triple Edge points is computationally more efficient than other techniques of Point-of-Interest detection. Some simple experimental results show that the Triple Edge points are a reliable source of information for identifying multiple objects in low-texture scenes with noisy disparity maps. We argue that they can be used in other high-level tasks such as object extraction, pose estimation, recognition and 3D reconstruction.


We present the hybrid activation multiple access (HAMA) protocol for ad hoc networks. Unlike previous channel access scheduling protocols that activate either nodes or links only, HAMA is a node-activation channel access protocol that also maximizes the chance of link activations using time- and code-division schemes. HAMA only requires identifiers for the neighbors within two hops from each node to schedule channel access. Using this neighborhood information, each node determines whether to transmit in the current time slot on a dynamically assigned spreading code. A neighbor protocol supplements HAMA with up-to-date two-hop neighborhood information by reliably propagating the one-hop neighbor updates through a novel random access technique. The throughput and delay characteristics of HAMA in randomly-generated multihop wireless networks are studied by analyses and simulations. The results of the analyses show that HAMA achieves higher channel utilization in ad hoc networks than a distributed scheduling scheme based on node activation, similar throughput as a well-known scheduling algorithm based on complete topology information, and much higher throughput than the ideal CSMA and CSMA/CA protocols.


The paper presents variable-order finite elements for nonlinear, mixed, fully intrinsic equations for both non-rotating and rotating blades. The finite element technique allows for hp-adaptivity. Results show that these finite elements lead to very accurate solutions for the static equilibrium state as well as for modes and frequencies for infinitesimal motions about that state. The results based on the Galerkin approximation (which is a special case of the present approach) are more accurate as compared to finite elements with the same number of variables. Furthermore, the accuracy of the finite elements increases with the order of the finite element. Cubic elements seem to be the optimal combination of accuracy and complexity.


For the past two years, Hopsworks, an open-source machine learning platform, has used Apache Spark to distribute hyperparameter optimization tasks in machine learning. Hopsworks provides some basic optimizers (grid-search, random-search, differential evolution) to propose combinations of hyperparameters (trials) that are run synchronously in parallel. However, many such trials perform poorly, and waste a lot of hardware accelerator cycles on trials that could be stopped early, freeing up resources for other trials. In this thesis, the work on Maggy is presented, an open-source asynchronous and fault-tolerant hyperparameter optimization framework built on Spark. Maggy transparently schedules and manages hyperparameter trials, enabling state-of-the-art asynchronous optimization algorithms, thereby increasing resource utilization and increasing the number of trials that can be performed in a given period of time up to 30% on a fixed amount of resources. Early stopping is found to perform best when the model is sensitive, in terms of generalization performance, to the hyperparameter configurations.


Abstract In this article we explore pláticas as a method of refusal for educational practice that embodies a type of Indigenous cosmopolitics that undergird communities we come from. Such an understanding of pláticas generates working towards praxis informed by a refusal that avoids recognition by the university, much like we learn through pláticas the intimate ways our caretakers resist sovereign state power. Such an understanding of pláticas demands a realist practice where we recognize the limits of the work in the university, our capacity as faculty to affect change in a racial capitalist, settler colonial nation. Consequently, pláticas as a method specifically require refusal of the modes of the academy and the neoliberal model of productivity that captures minoritized experiences for the benefit of white, settler society and the university. We describe how these actions inform our academic practice, demonstrating how our research and teaching are not in isolation from the humble communities that birthed us.


It provides a method for producing a recombinant Factor C of a horseshoe crab. By expressing a Factor C of a horseshoe crab with mammalian cells such as CHO DG44 and HEK293 as host cells, producing a recombinant Factor C of a horseshoe crab.


Review(s) of: Mound-builders, by Darryl Jones and Ann Goth, Publisher: CSIRO Publishing, 2008, 119 pages, paperback, colour photographs, ISBN 9780643093454 RRP $39.95. Includes references.


Questions
What is the community diversity of tall, humid herb grasslands in Western Mediterranean Europe? What are the diagnostic species of the Molinio-Holoschoenion alliance? What underlying ecological patterns influence their diversity?

Location
Western Mediterranean Europe (France, Portugal and Spain).

Methods
We compiled a vegetation plot database of Molinio-Holoschoenion plant communities. The initial data set of 1056 plots was filtered according to physiognomic and floristic criteria, and geographically stratified. We used hierarchical agglomerative classification and semi-supervised classification techniques based on the k-means algorithm as a combination of methods to define vegetation types. A DCA analysis was performed to assess the main ecological drivers of diversity in the Molinio-Holoschoenion community.

Results
Seventeen vegetation types were defined, which can be classified in the following major vegetation groups: (1) tall humid grasslands on base-poor and sandy soils; (2) Scirpoides holoschoenus grasslands on base-rich soils; and (3) eastern Iberian and southwestern French Schoenus nigricans and/or Molinia caerulea grasslands. The water-logging gradient was recognized as a major underlying pattern influencing the diversity and distribution of Molinio-Holoschoenion, and at a second level, the soil factor.

Conclusions
We suggest a revision of the concept of the Molinio-Holoschoenion alliance to be considered for the interpretation of habitat type 6420 of the European Habitats Directive, which should include Mediterranean wet dune slacks and tall, humid inland grasslands. This vegetation type is largely distributed on the eastern Iberian Peninsula, where base-rich soils are predominant and Scirpoides holoschoenus grasslands comprise the main floristic composition of the alliance.


Computer-mediated communication has become essential in many youths' lives. Because language in CMC frequently deviates from standard language norms, it is feared to harm youngsters' traditional literacy skills. To determine if and, if so, how social media affect their writing skills, we first need to establish how CMC actually differs from the standard language. This paper presents findings of a study comparing CMC texts and school essays by youths from the Netherlands. Linguistic analyses were done with T-Scan, software specifically designed for Dutch texts. A range of lexical measures (lexical diversity, 'special' words, lexical density, ellipses) and syntactic measures (dependency lengths, subordinate clauses, sentence length, D-level) were studied. Results reveal that in comparison to their school writings, Dutch youths' computer-mediated communication is syntactically less complex, contains more omissions, and is lexically more diverse, different, and dense. These youths thus employ different registers in the writing contexts of CMC and school.


The feasibility to evaluate wearing status of the bearing system by using the Superconducting Quantum Interference Device(SQUID) magnetometer was studied in this paper.To predict the status of the ferromagnetic particles in bearing oil from the magnetic field signals measured by SQUID,a scheme was also proposed and validated to reconstruct the distribution of magnetization in oil pipe from the measured signals.The experimental results verified that the SQUID was very efficient for the measurement of micro-magnetic field due to magnetic particles,and its signal amplitudes had clear correlation with'the amount of the particles.In addition,the numerical results revealed that the proposed inverse analysis scheme and the developed code were applicable for the reconstruction of the distribution of magnetic particles.For magnetic signals even with 20%noise,the magnetization information inside a pipe could be properly reconstructed.


The topic of collocability has been a common concern among linguists, lexicographers and language pedagogues recently. They find the linguistic aspect of collocation interesting because words do not exist in isolation from other words in a language. They exist with other words. In every language, the vocabulary consists of single words and multi-word expressions. Collocations are among those multi-word expressions. The aim of this study is to examine some EFL learners' knowledge of English verb + noun collocations in terms of their ability to produce some examples of this particular type of collocation accurately. The other aim of the study is to test the participants' receptive knowledge of the same type of collocation, verb + noun collocations. The study used two data collection instruments. The instruments designed and used to collect the data of the present study were a 'blank-filling test of English collocations' (Test 1) and a 'multiple-choice test of English collocations' (Test 2). The results showed that the participants performed better at the receptive level than at the productive level with regard to English verb + noun collocations. Also, the study, based on the results, suggested a number of implications with regard to collocations in EFL/ESL learning.


Abstract Background The HER2 gene Ile655Val polymorphism might affect the active conformation of its protein product which would than influence the heterodimerization, signal transduction and the tumor growth. The aim of this work was to investigate the HER2 codon 655 polymorphism and EGFR expression related to proliferative activity of urinary bladder tumors. Methods Eleven urinary bladder carcinomas were analyzed for the presence of HER2 single nucleotide polymorphism at codon 655 using polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism method. Expression of HER2 and EGFR proteins was determined by immunohistochemistry. S-phase fraction and DNA ploidy level were assayed by flow cytometry. Results Co-expression of EGFR and HER2 proteins was detected in 2/8 homozygous cases and in 1/3 heterozygous tumors. The carcinomas positive for EGFR and HER2 receptors from the group with Ile/Val genotype had similar level of S-phase fraction with those from the group with Ile/Ile genotype. The S-phase fraction was higher in heterozygous EGFR positive tumors than in homozygous EGFR positive tumors. The lymph node metastases were present predominantly in cases with Ile/Val genotype than in patients with Ile/Ile genotype. Conclusions Our results suggest that the urinary bladder carcinomas expressing Val allele had a high growth rate and developed an aggressive behavior. These molecular alterations may serve as potential targets for an individualized treatment in urinary bladder cancer. Legal entity responsible for the study Mirela Dumitru. Funding Has not received any funding. Disclosure All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.


We present structural and electronic characteristics of a vitreous silica glass obtained from combined classical and Car-Parrinello (CP) molecular-dynamics (MD) simulations. The equilibration of the liquid, quench and relaxation of the glass are performed classically using the van Beest et al. (BKS) potential and the resulting configuration is used as input for the CP simulation. A remarkable stability of the CP dynamics is observed justifying this procedure and validating the BKS potential.


Classical nucleation theory predicts the limit of superheat of liquids quite well. To come up with an equation for the limit of superheat of polymer solutions, the lattice model for polymer solutions was used to give the surface tension of polymer solutions. A formula for bubble nucleation in polymer solutions was derived by Jennings with the precursor equation dlnA/dK=1/(6K) where J=AexpK gives the nucleation rate for liquids. The aim of this paper was to show that the precursor equation holds for monomer in the polystyrene-cyclohexane system. Thus, the precursor equation is true for all molecular weight polymer. This happens because the surface tension of polystyrene is significantly more than cyclohexane and the influence of the surface tension dominates.


In the case of certain applications in which a need exists to visualize and interact with voluminous data sets and complex 3-D geometrical models, the conventional computer interface inhibits key human-computer interaction processes. Here, several deficiencies of the standard interface are identified with emphasis on a failure to make optimal use of the complex human sensory systems. Various general forms of interaction modality are outlined together with several types of image space. This provides a basis for brief discussion of emerging 'creative' 3-D display systems with emphasis on computational holography, varifocal techniques, and volumetric systems.


FEEDER CATTLE PRICE DIFFERENTIALS USING NORTHEAST TEXAS BEEF IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION SULPHUR SPRINGS AND CATTLE AUCTION DATA Taiwo Bankole, MS Texas A&M University-Commerce, 2016 Advisor: Jose A. Lopez, PhD The United States is a major contributor to the world's beef production market with its large export market and the largest fed cattle industry in the world (United States Department of Agriculture, 2016). Price fluctuations are sources of risk to producers who are looking to profit from cattle production. Factors such as futures prices, physical and lot characteristics of cattle have been known to also effect cash prices. The objective of this study is to identify inherent market value for feeder cattle lot and physical characteristics of the Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization (NETBIO) cattle sold through Sulphur Springs Livestock Auctions (SSLA). NETBIO data over four years from Sulphur Springs Livestock Auction sales in Northeast Texas were used. Therefore, a hedonic regression model was used to analyze the impact of lot size, weight, sex, and breed and feeder cattle futures prices on feeder cattle cash prices. The results showed that lot size, weight, sex, breed or color and feeder cattle futures prices were significant variables in determining differences in feeder cattle cash prices. In particular, results showed that heifers


The sources,harmfulness of VOCs and methods of treating VOCs were introduced based on the concept of volatile organic compunds(VOCs).Activated carbon adsorption technology was mainly introduced.Factors that influenced the perfor-mance of activated carbon adsorption were summarized,including pore structure of activated carbon,surface chemical structure,activated methods,the import concentration of VOCs,the physical-chemical properties of the VOCs,mixed VOCs adsorption and packing density of adsorption column.


The trial goal was to define the conservation standard of Sedum lineare in roof greening.The annual water requirement and irrigation time were determined,the plant growth and diseases and insect pests occurrence were investigated,the pruning time and weeds control method were determined.The results showed that the moisture content of roof greening substrate and plant water content of S.lineare were not correlated.When the substrate was 6 cm and plant height was 8 cm to 12 cm,the annual adaptive watering amount was 361.45 mm.If the substrate was 10 cm and plant height was 25 cm to 30 cm,the annual watering amount was 533.90 mm.There was usually physiological disease on S.lineare induced by the alternation of the water log and excessive drought.The main insect pests were aphid and snail of S.lineare,but no serious damage was observed.Moderate pruning could prolong the green period of S.lineare in autumn.The optimum pruning length was 1/3 to 1/2 of the plant height. Weeds control was an important measure for the conservation of S.lineare.The artificial irrigation was necessary for the conservation management of S.lineare,such as regeneration watering,dry and hot season and winter irrigation.


The Holleford meteorite crater is about 20 miles northwest of Kingston, Ontario. It forms a circular structural depression 1.46 miles in diameter and about 950 ft deep. It is filled by sedimentary ...


In a Drinking Water Plant the first step in purifying water is the removal of the suspended solids and other organic or inorganic compounds (silts, clays and very fine particles). The separation is based on settling processes that is carried out through coagulation and sand filtration and the resultant product in the process is sent to sludge line. In this line, the sludge is flocculated, decanted and then thickened. As the water obtained is recirculated to first-stage treatment, the concentrated sludge is dehydrated for later use.
The sludge contains a large amount of flocculants and as a result, the sludge recirculation would be possible so as to reduce the dosages of the chemical polymer streamlining the process of dehydration.
This study shows the inefficiency of the sludge recirculation, and therefore proposes sludge removal process for future designs and sludge lines projects.


Great Britain was formed by the union of the Scottish and English parliaments, and this event provided a new beginning for Scotland and Scottish literature. This study offers a critical interpretation of Scottish literature as well as an introduction to Scottish culture. It covers the Scottish enlightenment and the world of Adam Smith and David Hume, and the "Scottish Renaissance" associated with Hugh MacDiarmid. Developments in the contemporary literary scene include John McGrath's Scottish 7:84 Theatre Company, the poetry of Sorley MacLean, Iain Crichton Smith, Norman MacCaig, Edwin Morgan and Tom Leonard, and the fiction of Alasdair Gray, James Kelman and Iain Banks. Particular attention is paid to the work of Scottish women writers from Jane Elliott and Joanna Baille to Margaret Oliphant and Janice Galloway.


Green design is one of the hot topics in the manufacturing industry at present.The proper choice of the material is one of the key approaches to develop the green product.This article explores the mathematic model and assessment system in the choice of the green material,studies the application of the fuzzy comprehensive assessment of the model as well as some examples of reducer shaft in material choosing and discusses the application of the models and the solution at the last.


Many researchers have been focusing on building combinatorial test generators having the best possible performances, in terms of smaller test suites and shorter generation times. The majority of tools generates test suites from scratch. This means that when the test suite must be regenerated, the old tests are discarded and a new test suite is built. However, there are many cases in which old test cases, possibly written by hand, need to be (or could be) included in the final test suite, and the test suite completed with new tests in order to reach the desired level of combinatorial coverage. These existing tests that are reused are generally called seed tests. Seed tests could be important for testing domain-specific critical parts of the system, or they could represent old test suites that must be enriched to reach the desired (possibly higher) strength of coverage. In this paper, we propose a new architecture for incremental test generation that starts from existing test seeds. This new architecture is supported by the pMEDICI+ tool which extends our previous effort done for pMEDICI. We evaluate the proposed approach on the benchmarks given in the context of the second edition of the CT-Competition and w.r.t. two application scenarios. For each scenario, we automatically generate seed tests and then we apply pMEDICI+ to obtain the desired test suite. The experiments highlight that using incremental test generation can contribute significantly in the reduction of test generation time and, in many cases, in the reduction of the test suite size.


Post-exercise hypotension (PEH) which means the occurrence of changes in blood pressure after a physical exercise to a lower blood pressure level after the start of physical exercise. The incidence of PEH can be concluded as a benefit when viewed regarding people who experience a state of hypertension, but if in people with normal blood pressure circumstances can cause the risk of a state of hypotension. The purpose of this study was to determine the magnitude of the decrease in post-exercise hypotension in elderly. Study model using a quasi-experimental model with pre-test and post-test group design involving 28 elderly as a research subject. Aerobic exercise in this study was performed through a healthy heart gymnastics exercise with a duration of 45 minutes. Blood pressure measurements were performed before exercise (baseline value), immediately after exercise, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, and 60 minutes after exercise was done. Statistical analysis using normality and homogeneity test, ANOVA test, and paired sample t-test to compare differences in blood pressure parameter between period of measurement. There are differences in systolic, diastolic, and Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) blood pressure between time measurements (p<0.001). The systolic blood pressure was significantly lower at 60 minutes post exercise (121.96±1.43 mmHg) compared with baseline (141.35 ± 8.76) (p<0.001). Diastolic blood pressure was significantly lower at 60 minutes post exercise (121.96 ±1.43 mmHg) compared with baseline (91.75 ± 1.48) (p<0.001). MAP was significantly lower at 60 minutes post exercise (93.89 ± 1.15 mmHg) compared with baseline (108.39±1.34) (p<0.001). Aerobic exercise through a healthy heart gymnastics session on elderly provides a post-exercise hypotension phenomenon. The lowest reduction of blood pressure was found at 60 minutes after aerobic exercise. Keywords: Systolic, Blood Pressure, Hypotension, Diastolic.


This paper deals with the space-time finite element analysis of two-dimensional vibration problem with a single variable. The method of space-time finite elements enables the simpler solution than the usual finite element analysis with discretization in space only. We present a discretization technique in which finite element approximations are used in time and space simultaneously for a relatively large time period. The weighted residual process is used to formulate a finite element method for a space-time domain. A stability problem is described and some investigations for chosen type of rectangular space-time finite elements are carried out. Instability is caused by a too large time step of successive time steps in the traditional time-dependent problems. It has been shown that the numerical stability of time-stepping on the larger time steps is quite good. The unstructured space-time finite element not only overcomes the shortcomings of the stability in the traditional numerical methods, but it is also endowed with the features of an effective computational technique. Some numerical examples have been presented to illustrate the efficiency of the described method.


It is extremely important to prevent post-operative sensitivity following placement of amalgam restoration. An attempt had been made by conducting a study in 27 patients (having 30 class I and/or class II lesions) for post-operative sensitivity after amalgam restorations by using CHX as a cavity cleanser in one group and distilled water in another for toilet of the cavity. There was a significant remarkable reduction in post-operative sensitivity where CHX was used as cavity cleanser. Hence CHX should be routinely advocated as a cavity cleanser. Moreover it is also very effective in prevention of dental caries primarily due to its action on mutans streptococci.


This article examines the process by which teenage mothers work their way off welfare. Data come from the Baltimore Study, which followed a group of Black teenage mothers for 17 years after their first birth. Results revealed extensive labor market activity among the young mothers on welfare. Human capital investments are the key determinants of welfare exits through work. In particular, education facilitates more rapid job exits, and cumulative work experience among the less-educated mothers allows women to eventually work their way off welfare. Education provides a more efficient route out of welfare by leading to a higher-paying job. Child-care constraints prolong welfare dependency by making it especially difficult for welfare mothers to work. Analysis first focuses on the extent to which teenage mothers on welfare enter the labor force and whether the transition to work results in an exit from welfare. Then, the process of leaving welfare through labor market experience is examined among those women who combine work and welfare. Event history models are used to analyze the transition to work among teenage mothers on welfare and the transition off welfare among the working welfare mothers. Implications for the new welfare reform legislation calling for a mandatory work requirement from all welfare recipients are discussed.


This study aimed to validate whether transient receptor potential channel1 (TRPC1) and TRPC3 participate in the regulation the proliferation of airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs) through modulating calcium ion (Ca2+) influx in vitro. Chronic model of murine asthma was induced and ASMCs isolated from asthmatic mice were used in this whole study. TRPC1 and TRPC3 were upregulated in asthmatic mouse ASMCs and selected for further investigation. Ca2+ concentration and the cell viability of asthmatic mouse ASMCs were significantly higher than that from non‐ asthma mice, however, TRPC channels blocker SKF96365 alleviated these effects. Furthermore, TRPC1 or TRPC3 overexpression markedly increased Ca2+ concentration and significantly induced the viability of ASMCs; whereas TRPC1 or TRPC3 knockdown exerted the completely conversed effects. Moreover, knockdown of TRPC1 and TRPC3 also exerted different effects on the protein expression of growth‐related proteins p‐p38, p‐JNK, cleaved caspase‐3 and Bcl‐2, as well as on cell cycle. Finally, we found Ca2+ chelator EGTA or BAPTA‐AM significantly diminished the effects of si‐TRPC1 and si‐TRPC3 on the cell viability, cell cycle, and the protein expression of p‐p38, p‐JNK, cleaved caspase‐3, and Bcl‐2 in asthmatic mouse ASMCs. Our findings demonstrated that the effects of TRPC1 and TRPC3 on the cell viability and cell cycle of ASMCs were, at least partially, through regulating Ca2+ influx.


The ever growing demand for wireless services has placed enormous burden on valuable resources such as spectral bandwidth. Cognitive Radio (CR) with dynamic access is becoming the main trend of the next generation wireless communication system as it can greatly increase the efficiency of spectrum utilization. OFDM, which can allocate spectrum resource conveniently, is the main modulation scheme of CR. Recently, OFDMA has been adopted by IEEE802.22 Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) as the transmission technique of physics layer and multi-address access technique [1]. However, high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of signal is a major problem of OFDM system. High peak value would result in distortion of signals for the non-linearity of power amplifier, which would create interference to licensed users.


The transfer of cholesterol from the outer to the inner mitochondrial membrane, where side-chain cleavage occurs to form pregnenolone, is a crucial event in the regulation of steroidogenesis and recently has been demonstrated to be mediated by steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR). We generated a partial porcine StAR complementary DNA (280 bp) by RT-PCR and used the corresponding antisense riboprobe to quantify the control of StAR gene expression by FSH and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in hormonally responsive swine granulosa cells, which typically manifest synergistic steroidogenic stimulation by these two dominant intrafollicular regulators. RNase protection assays were implemented to investigate the time course of the actions of FSH (100 ng/ml), IGF-I (100 ng/ml), and FSH plus IGF-I on StAR messenger RNA accumulation in serum-free cultures granulosa cells. Treatment with FSH (1.6-fold) or IGF-I (2.7-fold) alone had a small but consistent stimulatory effect on StAR message accumulation (...


The Unite d'Habitation at Marseilles was an experimental project that Le Corbusier had been waiting for since 1920s in order to explore his ideals and visions in mass housing and city planning. As a leader of the first generation members in CIAM, Le Corbusier tried to give a new form and an order to the Unite d'Habitation at Marseilles in both building design and city planning level. The purpose of this research is to investigate the design characteristics of the Unite d'Habitation at Marseilles in three different levels of built environment with a particular emphasis on the process through which an original form is derived from its contextual settings. In the level of city planning, Le Corbusier aimed to reshape traditional low-rise urban housing by deploying several Unites spaciously. Le Corbusier believed that the spacious deployment of Unites would bring us both the functional economy in the city and the natural amenity in the suburbs. As Unite d'Habitation would be called frequently as vertical garden city, the influence of suburban garden city on Unite d'Habitation is apparent. In the building level, the binomial harmony of individual-collectivity was pursued by providing three different public floors and by combining 23 different family unit types in the Unite d'Habitation at Marseilles. In order to visualize the concept of object-type, family units were prefabricated and inserted into the structural frame of the Unite d'Habitation at Marseilles. Two family units are combined to make a three-story section with street corridor in the middle. This three-story section unit is very original as it has access corridor every third floor and each unit could have considerable depth with the help of the living space of two story height. In consideration of formal and plan similarity as well as contextual edivdence, it is concluded that the three-story section of the Unite d'Habitation is derived more from Narkomfin Apartments than from the monastery at Ema or Immuble Villas.


The differences of the value orientation in different fields and the relevant conflicts reflect the unique,munificent cultural connotation of the universities.Frankly,the diversity of the the university value orientation is objective and just because of it,the university can get great progress.The cultural conflicts in universities must be viewed and studied,and then a further research inside the value conflict should be made.With reasoning attitude and way,the conflicts are integrated or guided to make them advantageous to university culture development.In this way,the effective managements to universities can be realized which promote the reform and development of universities.


Results of treatment of 190 patients with peritonitis have been analyzed in the present paper. The following immunocorrection methods as intravenous infusion of ozonized physiological solution, cytokinotherapy, transcutaneous infra-red laserotherapy were used in complex treatment. Increase in the number of immunocompetent cells beginning from the 3rd day of treatment was noted. As a result of investigations, the greatest clinical effect was reached by combined application of these three methods.


Objective: To study the effect of polygonum cuspidatum sieb.et zucc extraction(PCS) on steatosis hepatocyte induced by tetracycline in vitro.Methods: Models of Steatosis hepatoeytes were established by adding tetracycline to the growing L-02 cell strain.The experiment was divided into 3 groups: the induction group,continous induction group and off-induction group.Lipid droplets in the hepatocytes were observed by oil red staining and the contents of triglyceride(TG) in hepatocytes were measured with analyzed kit.Results: PCS(20~80μg/ml)concentration dependently decreased the level of TG in hepatocytes.Conclusion: These results suggest that PCS can prevent hepatocyte fatty degeneration through inhibiting TG production of hepatocyte.


The invention provides cigarette paper containing non-wood fibers. The product after igniting has the advantages of relatively white color of smoldering wrapped ash, thin and light black circle, smaller combustion smoke and the like. The cigarette paper containing the non-wood fibers is mainly composed of the following raw materials in parts by mass: 40-55% of a fiber pulp, 45-60% of a light calcium carbonate filler, 0-1.5% of titanium dioxide, and 0-0.8% of waste cigarette paper, wherein the total amount of the components is 100%; and a right amount of a cigarette paper additive and a combustion-supporting auxiliary agent. The fiber pulp is formed by mixing a flax pulp and a bamboo pulp, wherein the flax pulp accounts for 30-70% of the total weight of the fiber pulp.


The article briefly considers the process of general vocabulary terminologization in the theoretical and practical aspects, presents the examples of lexemes recorded in the modern newspaper language, subjected to secondary nomination, accompanied by new notion specialization. The definitions of the term and terminologization are commented in detail, and the lexical-semantic and functional analysis of the specific language material is given.


The hydrocarbon source rock of Kongdian formation is definitely validated on oil-to-source correlation between oil produced in well Wanggu1 and dark mudstone drilled in Wang 46.It is absolutely necessary to study the sedimentary environment of the dark mudstone for the purpose of realizing the potential scale and capacity and determining appropriate well site.Using thin section,X-ray and ICP-AES analysis,identification of sporopollen and organic geochemistry analysis,the dark mudstone of the second member of Kongdian formation from well Wang 46 is researched on petrology,paleontology,geochemistry and other facies indicators to form in deoxidized lacustrine environment with light salted-fresh water,wet and warm climate.


A one-dimensional Fourier transform program for quickly performing a one-dimensional Fourier transform intended for a scalar computer comprises a step of resolving a data length N of one-dimensional data into the product of factors NXN-X. . . xN, a step of setting the data length N as PxQ. calculating twiddle factors that are required for a multiplica tion with results of a one-dimensional Fourier transform of a length Q, which is performed by P times, for an initial one of Q-1 twiddle factors for multiplication intended for each of P Fourier transform results, while changing P and Q, and stor ing calculation results in a table, and a step of performing a Fourier transform of data as m separated phases with the table for storing the calculated twiddle factors.


BACKGROUND
Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN) and islet cell microadenoma are exocrine and endocrine neoplasms of human pancreas which have been linked to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and neuroendocrine tumor, respectively. However, in health and at the surgical margin of pancreatic cancer, it remains unresolved how to simultaneously characterize duct and islet remodeling to investigate the exocrine-endocrine association in the lesion microenvironment. Here, we develop a new vibratome-based approach to detect, confirm, and analyze the two types of pancreas remodeling via stereo/3-D and classic/2-D histology.

METHODS
Surgical margins of PDAC (n=10, distal) and cadaveric donor pancreases (n=10, consecutive cases) were fixed, sectioned by vibratome (350 µm), and surveyed for PanIN and microadenoma via stereomicroscopy. After lesion detection, PanIN and microadenoma were analyzed with 3-D fluorescence imaging and clinical microtome-based histology for confirmation and assessment of microenvironment.

RESULTS
Multimodal imaging of PDAC surgical margins and cadaveric donor pancreases detected the peri-PanIN islet aggregation with duct-islet cell clusters. Organ-wide survey of cadaveric donor pancreases shows a marked 2.3-fold increase in the lesion size with the PanIN-islet association vs. without the association. In the survey, we unexpectedly detected the islet cell microadenoma adjacent to (<2 mm) PanIN. Overall, among the 53 early lesions in the cadaveric donor pancreases (PanINs and microadenomas), 81% are featured with the associated exocrine-endocrine tissue remodeling.

CONCLUSION/INTERPRETATION
Multimodal 3-D/2-D tissue imaging reveals local and simultaneous duct and islet remodeling in the cancer surgical margin and cadaveric donor pancreas. In the cadaveric donor pancreas, the peri-PanIN islet aggregation and PanIN-microadenoma association are two major features of pancreas remodeling in the early lesion microenvironment.


The viability index Vr is introduced as an intuitively appealing measure of the capability potential of a process. It is related to the well-known index Cp but has some advantages over it. The statistical properties of Vr are readily obtainable and, unlike Cp, it extends naturally to multi-response processes. The multivariate viability index Vrn is defined, discussed and illustrated using an example from the minerals sector.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess causal relations between the implementation of the 5S approach and the reduction of patients' waiting time at out patient departments (OPDs) of hospitals in Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach – Patients' waiting time was measured under the cluster randomized control trial (c-RCT). In all, 16 hospitals were chosen and divided into treatment and control groups using block randomization. Before the intervention, a baseline study was conducted at OPDs in all 16 hospitals. After one year of the intervention, the end-line study was carried out in both the groups. A comparison of the average waiting time reduction and Difference-in-Difference (DID) analysis was carried out to see the effect of the 5S approach on the reduction of patients' waiting time. Findings – Statistical significance in reduction of patients' waiting time was seen in the medical records sections (p=0.002) and consultation rooms (p=0.020) in the intervention group. The same trend was also se...


Many pollinator insects, especially honey bees [Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Apidae)] and wild bees, are experiencing population decline because of forage and habitat losses. Planting perennial flowering taxa is one method of increasing pollinator habitat. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the potential of 27 native species and ornamental perennial cultivars to determine their ability to attract insect pollinators in a rural and an urban landscape in North Dakota, assess the potential of these perennials to attract other beneficial insects and insect pests, and identify the bee species visiting these perennials. Five to eight native species and/or ornamental cultivars each from four genera, Monarda L. (bee balm), Hylotelephium H. Ohba (stonecrop), Baptisia Vent. (wild indigo), and Symphyotrichum Nees (aster), were tested. Weekly observations of individual plants during flowering and their pollinator visitations from 2018 to 2020 indicated that insect pollinators were present for the earliest flowering perennials in June and until the latest flowering perennials during the second week of October or the first freeze. A total of 16,194 insect pollinators were observed, and 87.8% of these pollinator visitations were Hymenoptera and Diptera. Significant landscapes × perennial flowering taxa interactions were detected for all insect groups, except for syrphid flies, for which both main effects were significantly different. Overall, honey bees and beetles preferred to visit Hylotelephium and Symphyotrichum. The wild bees, lepidopterans, and syrphids preferred Hylotelephium, Symphyotrichum, and Monarda. Tachinids preferred Symphyotrichum. Blow flies preferred Hylotelephium. More beneficial insect visitations (i.e., 96.0%) and fewer insect pest visitations (i.e., 30.4%) were counted on the rural landscape. A total of 3311 bee individuals were identified as species from the following families: Apidae, Andrenidae, Colletidae, Megachilidae, and Halictidae. Thirty-one and 21 bee species were unique to the rural and urban landscapes, respectively. The two most common wild bees were Ceratina calcarata Robertson on the cultivar S. oblongifolium (Nutt.) G.L. Nessom October Skies and Lasioglossum imitatum (Smith) on some Monarda and Hylotelephium. These findings suggest that pollinator visitations are influenced by the landscape and varied among the perennial flowering taxa in some cases. However, all evaluated perennial flower taxa would be suitable for attracting and supporting pollinators in rural or urban landscape settings in the northern Great Plains.


The harm and the reasons for thermal faults of the excavator hydraulic system are analysed.The methods of eliminating faults as well as maintenance attentions of daily work about the excavator hydraulic system are proposed.Engineering practice shows that the methods can ensure the excavator hydraulic system work well and improve its working efficiency.


The invention discloses a panties type inflatable leakage-proof woman chamber pot, which is characterized by comprising an elastic waist belt (1), wherein the elastic waist belt (1) is connected with connecting cloth (2) which is isosceles inverted trapezoidal; the upper part of a urine collecting hopper (5) is connected with the connecting cloth; the lower part of the urine collecting hopper extends to form two connecting bands (3); an isosceles trapezoid diaper (4) is arranged on the connecting bands; a urinary cylinder vent hole (9) is formed in the upper part inside the urine collecting hopper; a vent pipe (11) is arranged on the lower part inside the urine collecting hopper; 2-5 gas columns (10) are connected to the vent pipe; the vent pipe is communicated with holes inside the gas columns; the gas columns are connected with a urine collecting tongue (16); an inflatable pipe (14) is connected to the outer side of the vent pipe and is communicated with a blower (15); an electric wire (13) of a battery group (17) is led to the lower part inside the urine collecting hopper through the blower; positive and negative electrodes of the electric wire are respectively provided with two naked points (12) which are not connected; the other end of the hopper mouth of the urine collecting hopper is connected with a transmission pipe (6) and a urine collecting bag (7). The materials, the urine collecting hopper and the urine collecting tongue are made of rubber, the vent pipe, the gas columns, the inflatable pipe, the transmission pipe and the urine collecting bag are made of silica gel, the connecting cloth and the connecting bands are made of textile, the elastic waist belt is made of a textile with elasticity, and the diaper is a common diaper.


The development of new materials represents the recent frontier in hydrogen storage technologies. In the last few decades the preparation of nanostructured materials has had an increasing interest, because the hydrogen storage capacity is closely linked to the material dimensions, and increases considerably with the reduction of the particles sizes. The chemical synthesis plays an important role in the development of new materials for hydrogen absorption because it allows a good control of the hydride phase sizing, and thus of the kinetics/ thermodynamics of such materials. The aim of the work concerns the synthesis by chemical techniques of metals nanoparticles. Nanostractured metals embedded into a polymeric matrix are prepared. The polymer was used for achieving nanoparticles with tailored properties.


INTRODUCTION Post traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) is a subset of osteoarthritis that arises after traumatic joint injury. Approximately half of patients suffering from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries have been shown to progress towards PTOA within fifteen years[1]. One of the areas of research for PTOA is examining the biomechanical changes following an ACL injury. A recent study[2] examined the effects of ACL transection (ACLx) in an ovine model. In vivo stifle joint motions were recorded, and recreated in vitro using a novel robotic testing platform. Joint and tissue loads were simultaneously recorded during reproduction of in vivo joint motion[2]. This novel approach was shown to be able to reproduce in vivo motions within less than 0.1° and 0.1mm[2]. The main objective of the present study was to determine if in vivo ligament forces, obtained using the principle of superposition, pass through respective ligament insertional footprints. This study evaluated the accuracy of the measured ligament forces, as they should pass through their bony insertions. This accuracy was examined for medial and lateral collateral ligaments (MCL and LCL), and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in ACLx sheep. METHODS Stifle joints from N=4 sheep that had been previously examined in ACLx kinematics studies were digitized using a coordinate measuring machine. The ligament insertional areas were thoroughly recreated in 3D space, along with the spatial position of the kinematic measurement device. Anatomic coordinate systems were defined on the femur and the tibia. These data were then exported to MATLAB scripts for further analysis. The ligament insertional areas were approximated as planes using least squares regression technique. The intersection of the ligament force vectors with the plane approximations were then calculated. The direction of a ligament force was deemed accurate if the distance between the calculated intersection and footprint centroid was within a determined threshold. A preliminary threshold was calculated as the maximum distance between the centroid and measured points of the footprint. RESULTS Analysis of the data indicated that the technique increases in accuracy for high ligament loads (Figure 1). That is to say as the ligament loads increase, the intersection-centroid distance is reduced. For lower ligament loads (mainly within the "toe" region of the ligament force-displacement behavior), however, the method requires further refinement. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS This study indicated that the method requires further refinement based on the limitations induced currently. Preliminary data shows that accuracy increases as ligament load magnitudes increase as well. Finding the intersections on plane approximations of the insertional footprints can lead to very large error when the planes approach a parallel state. In these states, a small angular change in force direction can cause a very large change in intersection-centroid distance. Each ligament and its insertions have different functions and geometries, and as such require separate limitations. Future studies would require modifications to the analysis method to account for the limitations involved with the current method.