Some norbornanes carrying fused heterocycles have been synthesised by 1,3-dipolar additions to substituted norbornenes. Attempts to prepare heterocycles by reactions of electrophilic reagents with the strained double bond in norbornenes were unsuccessful owing to the occurrence of rearrangements. In the reaction of iodine with 5-endo-aminomethylnorborn-2-ene, rearrangement may be prevented by prior nucleophilic attack of the amine group on the cation intermediate to give a 5-azatricyclo[188.8.131.52]nonane (32).


The objective of this research is to find out the effect of learning strategies and the attitude of students on the Ethics course and its learning outcomes. The research is conducted to the students (n=84) of The School of Politics Djuanda University Bogor. It is applied an experiment of 2 x 2 factorial designs. The results of this research are: (1) The students learning outcomes of the course by using concept mapping strategy is higher than those who used conventional strategy; (2) The learning outcomes of the students with positive attitude and used the concept mapping is higher than those who used conventional strategy; (3)The students with negative attitude, and used the concept mapping is lower than those who used conventional strategy; (4) There is an interaction effect between learning strategy and attitude toward students' learning outcomes of the course of public administration Ethics. Learning outcomes of students who have positive attitude toward the course of Public Administration Ethics can be improved by using concept mapping learning strategies.


Recent studies in neuroendocrine chromaffin cells have suggested that the secretory granule release is temporally and spatially coupled to a compensatory endocytic process. Hence, we hypothesized that the secretory granule membrane would preserve its integrity within the plasma membrane after exocytosis before being retrieved as such along with its components. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of this compensatory endocytic process are largely unknown today. Therefore my thesis project is aiming to address the following specific question: What are the different mechanisms triggering and regulating exocytosis and the compensatory endocytosis? Physical properties of lipids play fundamental roles in membrane trafficking. They act as a scaffolding system to maintain specific machinery at restricted site of the plasma membrane. For example, the formation of ganglioside- and PIP2-enriched microdomains at the exocytic sites or the phospholipid scrambling across the bilayer plasma membrane, represent attractive processes to fulfill this function during exo- endocytosis events in neuroendocrine cells. Moreover, in view to their important implication in exo-endocytotic processes or lipid remodeling, annexin-A2, synaptotagmin- 1, oligophrenin-1 and phospholipid scramblase-1 have to be considered as potential signal-triggers of the granule endocytosis. During my PhD, I focused in investigating how exocytosis and compensatory endocytosis are regulated by PLSCR-1 and OPHN1 in adrenal chrommaffin cells.


This report discusses the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., which is a broad nondiscrimination statute that includes a prohibition of discrimination in public transportation.


ABSTRACT Forensic HFE attempts to understand and explain factors that may have contributed to specific human-system failures or injury events. It involves, by definition, after-the-fact review of available evidence as well as activity analysis of all involved parties and possibly site inspection, when warranted. An often-overlooked explanation for road crashes is visual misperception and illusions, which come in a variety of forms. The possible involvement of visual misperception in crash causation can be evaluated during a comprehensive site inspection under conditions that correspond as much as reasonably possible to the actual conditions that existed at the time of the crash. Two case studies are described that illustrate the value of site inspection in uncovering the possible contribution of visual misperception in these nighttime fatal crashes; case 1 involving visual illusion, and case 2 involving signal ambiguity. These cases demonstrate that site visits at night can be helpful in uncovering important visual phenomena that might not otherwise be apparent.


empirical research could determine whether a metaphor is fit or ill for health care. the metaphor for a patient encounter can be known only from within the patient-clinician relationship. A conceptual framework preliminary guidance for evaluating


Squeezing of the electromagnetic field is a purely quantum mechanical phenomenon and this quantum effect is expected to manifest itself in optical processes in which the nonlinear response of the system to the radiation field plays an important role. It has generated a great deal of interest in view of the possibility of reducing the noise of an optical signal below the vacuum limit i.e. zero-point oscillations. In this paper the concept of nth-order amplitude squeezing is introduced in the fundamental mode in four- and six-wave mixing processes as a generalization of the higher-order squeezing under short-time approximation based on a fully quantum mechanical approach. It established the coupled Heisenberg equations of motion involving real and imaginary parts of the quadrature operators. The condition for occurrence of nth-order squeezing is obtained from which higher-order squeezing upto n=3 are studied. Dependence of squeezing on photon number is also established. The conditions for obtaining maximum and minimum squeezing are obtained. The method of present investigation can be applied to any higher-order non-linear optical processes and the technique can also be extended for studying squeezing in any N-photon process in general. Further, nth-order squeezing of radiation in N-photon process can also be investigated. The results obtained may help in selecting a suitable process to generate optimum squeezing in the radiation field.


The discusser appreciates the author for providing a methodology Gyasi-Agyei 2007 for estimating the effective parameter values in drip irrigation laterals under field conditions. The topic of this research mainly deals with a field-scale assessment of the uncertainties of lateral parameters k, x, and and evaluation of the manufacturer's supplied values. The present methodology gives an opportunity to design engineers to clearly analyze and decide the real performance of the lateral emitter parameters effective field values in comparison with their supplied values by the manufacturers due to manufacturer's variability. However, the discusser calls attention to the following important points, which still need to be clarified. Note that, to avoid any notation conflict, the notations and definitions are the same as those in the original paper. The first section of the paper presents general hydraulic modeling formulations for the following three sections: Single lateral, subunit of multiple laterals, and irrigation bay with multiple subunits. 1. In the subsection "Single Lateral" under the general title "Hydraulic Modeling," the paper says: "Emitter discharge varies along the lateral with maximum value at the upstream and zero at the end." In a micro-irrigation system, a major hydraulic design criterion is the minimization of the emitter flow, qi or emitter discharge variation, which means the maximization of water application uniformity along a micro-irrigation line lateral or submain Yildirim 2008a . The emitter flow variation is mainly controlled by the pressure head Hi variation along the line, as given by the paper's Eq. 1 . When the kinetic energy is considered to be small and neglected in a microirrigation line, the pressure variation will be simply a linear combination of the inlet pressure head H0 , energy drop due to friction, and total energy change gain or loss due to uniform line slope s0 Wu and Gitlin 1973, 1974; Howell and Hiler 1974; Gillespie et al. 1979 . In line with this concept, there are five typical pressure profiles in three general types, as shown in the discussion Fig. 1, that can be expressed as follows Gillespie et al. 1979; Wu et al. 1983; Wu and Barragan 2000 : • Pressure Profile Type I: The pressure decreases with respect to the lateral length. This type occurs when the lateral line is laid on zero or uphill slopes. Energy is lost by both elevation change due to upslope and to friction. The maximum pressure head, Hmax or maximum emitter discharge, qmax is at the inlet Hmax=H0 , and the minimum pressure


Block Grants System to the agriculture sector has been started from 2010. This paper has been studied for the effective Integrated Rural Development under Block Grants System. For this, project evaluation items and indicators (PEI) were studied by internal and external example and specialist questionnaire on project evaluation. As the result of study, necessity of project, faith of project, efficiency of project, utilization of resources and operating capability were established in planning step, and most important PEI was established the necessity of project. And in enforcement step, performance result, monitering, capability, achievement and maintenance were established, and most important PEI was established performance results. Finally, monitering, capability, achievement and maintenance were established in completion step.


Plug connector for information technology connections, with a housing (10, 12), contacts (19) for engagement with another connector, insulation displacement contacts (20) for making contact with cable cores (68) slidably attachable to one of the insulation displacement contacts (20) cable wire guide element (48 ), as well as a union nut (46), when screwing on the cap nut (46) on the housing (10, 12), the cable wire guide element (48) is moved to the insulation displacement contacts (20), characterized in that the housing at least one lower part (10 ) and an upper part (12) each having a semi-circular annular flange (42, 44), said flanges (42, 44) are provided on their outer sides with threads, so that in the assembled state of the lower part (10) and the upper part (12 ), the flanges (42, 44) form an annular threaded surface, to which the union nut (46) can be screwed.


Thin films of amorphous Se70-xTe30Pbx (x= 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8) are deposited on glass substrate by thermal evaporation technique. Transmittance measurements were used to calculate refractive index n and the extinction coefficient k using Swanepole's method. The oscillator energyE0, dispersion energy Ed, and other parameters have been determined by Wemple DiDomenico single oscillator approach. The optical band gap Eg is estimated using Tauc's relation and is found to decrease with the increasing Pb content. The decrease in optical band gap is interpreted in terms of electronegativity difference of constituent atoms and average bond energy difference of the system.


Background and Aim: Differentiating Crohn's disease from intestinal tuberculosis often challenges clinicians in countries where tuberculosis and Crohn's disease coexist. The aim of this study was to screen out clinical, endoscopic and histological features which may be helpful in distinguishing Crohn's disease from intestinal tuberculosis. Methods: 43 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis and 53 patients with Crohn's disease were recruited for this study. Their clinical, endoscopic and histological features were subjected to univariate and multivariate analyses. Results: On univariate analysis, the features of hematochezia, intestinal obstruction, fistula, oral ulcers, longitudinal ulcers, cobblestone appearance and pseudopolyps were more common in Crohn's disease than in intestinal tuberculosis (p < 0.05). The features of night sweats, concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis, positive tuberculin skin test, positive antibody to tuberculosis, abdominal lymphadenopathy, ascites, transverse ulcers, patulous ileocecal valve, and granulomas were more common in intestinal tuberculosis than in Crohn's disease (p < 0.05). Granulomas exceeding 300 µm in maximal diameter, more than five granulomas per section, and confluent granulomas were more frequently identified in intestinal tuberculosis than in Crohn's disease (p < 0.05). On further multivariable logistic regression analysis, night sweats (OR 0.1, CI 0.02–0.1), longitudinal ulcers (OR 35.5, CI 1.8–683.2), and granulomas (OR 0.02, CI 0.002–0.2) were found to be significant predictors in differentiating Crohn's disease from intestinal tuberculosis. Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed on the scores of patients from the final multivariate logistic model, and the area under the ROC curve was 0.8642 (95% CI 0.79–0.94). Conclusions: Night sweats, longitudinal ulcers and granulomas were the most important features to differentiate Crohn's disease from intestinal tuberculosis.


This study reviews the literature related with integration of supporting tools with QFD. First, literatures related with AHP-QFD are reviewed, then literatures related with Fuzzy-QFD are reviewed. At the end all the literature other than Fuzzy and AHP are reviewed. Finally, conclusion and scope for future direction is presented. This paper will help practitioner to understand the role of supporting tools and techniques in QFD and to find a best suitable methodology for their research. Further, this paper will help researchers in finding of the research gap for their research problem and then add some more tools and technique for the improvement of QFD methodology.


We establish the existence of optimal maximal entanglement entanglement-assisted quantum $[[n,k,d;n-k]]$ codes for $(n,k,d)=(14,6,7)$, $(15,7,7)$, $(17,6,9)$, $(17,7,8)$, $(19,7,9)$ and $(20,7,10)$. These codes are obtained from quaternary Hermitian linear complementary dual codes. We also give some observation on the largest minimum weights.


A vehicle gearbox drive shaft 4, 8 drives and can be driven by an electric machine 11 through an epicyclic gear set 12. A rotor 10 of the electric machine is connected to a sun gear 13 and a planet gear carrier 14 is connected to the gearbox drive shaft 4, 8. An annulus gear 15 is locked to a housing 5 via an annulus gear clutch 16 so as to provide a driveably connection between the drive shaft 4, 8 and the rotor 10. By disconnecting the annulus gear clutch 16 during gearshifts the inertia of the rotor 10 is prevented from being reflected back into the drive shaft 4, 8.


The effect of potential and electrolyte composition on the surface stoichiometry in magnetite oxide electrodes has been investigated by a variety of electrochemical techniques: open-circuit potential, chronoamperometry, surface redox titration by galvano-static pulses, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and electroreflectance. These studies revealed a continuous change in surface iron composition with potential that results in a low-frequency, potential-dependent pseudo-capacitance. The capacitance–potential curves for different electrolyte pH were analysed in terms of: (a) the iron spinel system Fe3–δO4(0 ⩽δ⩽ 0.33) and (b) a modified Fe3O4 electrode with octahedral surface iron complexes, to accommodate the change of surface stoichiometry. The second model is consistent with the experimental data and the resulting dependence of FeII surface sites on potential and pH predicts the kinetics of O2 electroreduction on Fe3O4. Similar electrochemical behaviour of oxidized magnetite electrodes and passive iron in alkaline solutions has been found, which parallels the analogous kinetics observed for oxygen electroreduction on these oxides.


251 Background: Combination chemotherapy with nab-paclitaxel/gemcitabine is a standard of care option in metastatic pancreatic cancer management with increasing use due to an improvement in median overall survival of 1.8 months compared to gemcitabine alone. It is also used in practice in the second and third-line settings for patients that have progressed on fluorouracil based regimens. As the utility of this combination chemotherapy has grown, dose intensity (DI) in relation to survival outcome is an important measure for real world application. Methods: Fifty-six patients that were 18 years or older with metastatic pancreatic cancer treated with nab-paclitaxel/gemcitabine as first-line therapy from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014 at Moffitt Cancer Center were identified through medical records. The subjects were retrospectively reviewed, and demographic, treatment outcomes (survival and progression), and DI were collected. Overall survival was calculated with Kaplan Meier survival curves. Multi-Cox regression models estimated multivariable-adjusted hazard ratio with 95% confidence intervals. Results: There was no significant relationship between receiving a DI > 85% regimen in relation to independent variables of age > 65, sex, primary site, and known distant metastasis; however DI > 85% was significant for patients that received additional chemotherapy following nab-paclitaxel/gemcitabine (p = 0.044). The DI > 85% group compared to the < 85% group had a hazard ratio (HR) for all-cause mortality of 0.285 (0.106-0.764, p = 0.013). Six and 12-month survival were higher in the DI > 85% group (p = 0.009, p = 0.02 respectively). Conclusions: DI > 85% for nab-paclitaxel/gemcitabine compared to DI < 85% may have a lower all-cause mortality and higher 6 and 12-month survival.


Key Features:Each chapter begins with a case study that is modeled after the oral boards. Each case study includes: a description of the case and the work-up for similar scenarios, a discussion of treatment options, complications, and critical errors to avoid High-quality color illustrations throughout Chapters are organized in bullet-point format, making the book quick and easy to readThis book will be an essential resource for plastic surgeons, residents, fellows, and other trainees studying for the oral board exams and a useful guide for plastic surgeons preparing for operative cases.


In late 1980, a HYTORT process feasibility study was initiated to develop the necessary information for the design and construction of a demonstration module and to provide the basis for a preliminary commercial plant design and cost estimate. The study encompassed two major areas of experimental effort: a Bench-Scale Unit (BSU) test program directed toward process chemistry and a large-scale Cold-Flow Model (CFM) test program which addressed retort mechanical design issues. This paper describes portions of the experimental programs conducted in these areas, and the application of their results to commercial plant process designs and economics. The BSU tests examined the effects of hydrogen partial pressure, shale heat-up rate, maximum shale temperature, and shale mass flux on oil yields and oil quality. Portions of the BSU program were statistically designed. The BSU capacity is 250 pounds/hour. Early in the feasibility study, various retort configurations were reviewed and areas requiring experimental investigation to facilitate commercial-scale retort design were identified. An experimental program was developed to study various retort mechanical design areas, including solids distribution, gas distribution and gas zone-sealing. The program was conducted in a 6-foot-diameter, 80-foot-tall CFM testing facility with a nominal capacity of 1000 tons/day of oil shale. Themore » BSU test results were utilized to specify the commercial plant process design and the CFM results demonstrated the commercial feasibility of the retort design. Utilizing currently available process technology, a conceptual commercial plant design was developed around the shale retorting section specified from the results of the feasibility study.« less


The 3-day-old non-immune chicks were orally vaccinated with the recombinant attenuated Salmonella typhimurium strain ZJ111 carried pcDNA3-5401 expression plasmid encoding the fusion protein of Eimeria tenella and a booster was performed after 2 weeks.The recombinant plasmid pcDNA3-5401 was stable within the host strain in vitro and in vivo as shown by restriction enzymes analysis and PCR identification of the 5401 gene.In a vaccination test,3-day-old non-immune chicks were orally inoculated with ZJ111/pcDNA3-5401 with a dose of 10~8 cfu per chicks and boosted two weeks later.10 chicks were challenged with a dose of 6×10~4 Eimeria tenella sporulated oocysts per bird at week 2 post boosting.The results showed that oral vaccination with ZJ111/pcDNA3-5401 induced strong humoral and celluar immune response and its anticoccidial index(ACI) was 164.98.The results indicate that the attenuated S.typhimurium as an oral delivery vector for DNA vaccine is of safety and stability and immunogenicity.


The pattern of a simulated legislator-individual interaction as well as properties inherent in law-enforcement procedures were manipulated to study their effects on the degree of individuals' adherence to laws. The degree of correspondence between the outcomes accruing to a legislator and those attained by an individual, the "fairness" of surveillance methods used by the legislator, and the severity with which he penalized violations of a law were manipulated in a 2-3 factorial design. The main findings show that, under circumstances of outcome correspondence, subjects attempted to increase their outcomes without violating the law, as opposed to subjects in noncorrespondent conditions who showed no such attempt. Furthermore, evidence was found to the effect that subjects in noncorrespondent interactions with the legislator actively attempted to hurt the latter by violating his laws. The results also show the existence of a positive relationship between surveillance "unfairness" and the frequency of law violation. This relationship is qualified, however, by a statistical interaction which shows that the differential effects attributable to "fairness" of surveillance are stronger in noncorrespondent than in correspondent conditions. The severity of penalty manipulation yielded a main effect on the frequency of violations-the milder the penalties the more frequent the violations. The pattern of means suggests that the effect of severity of penalties on the frequency of violations is less pronounced in the correspondent than in the noncorrespondent conditions. This interaction, however, failed to reach a conventional level of statistical significance.


The consensus or agreement problem enables a team of agents to agree on certain information variables using a low-bandwidth, dynamic, and sparsely-connected graph. How ever, most prior work on agreement protocols has focused on converging to a single, static variable. In this paper, we propose a consensus filter that accepts dynamically changing inputs at each agent. We analyze several properties of this consensus filter, proving the outputs of the filter converge to a low-pass filtered version of the average of the inputs. Disagreement portions of the inputs can be significantly attenuated through judicious selection of filter parameters.


Background: Peak oxygen consumption or ventilator efficiency, which can better provide prognostic information in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) remains controversial, and studies showed circulatory power and ventilatory power were both variables predictive of prognosis in patients with left heart failure. This study was aimed to assess whether circulatory power and ventilatory power were also variables predictive of prognosis in patients with IPAH, and whether a new variable that was defined as peak oxygen consumption (peak VO 2 ) divided by minute ventilation/carbon dioxide production at anaerobic threshold (VE/VCO 2 @AT), which we labeled cardiopulmonary fitness index, can better predict prognosis in patients with IPAH. Methods: Patients with newly diagnosed IPAH underwent symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise testing from 1 January 2011 to 1 January 2014 in Fuwai hospital and were followed for up to 66 months for major cardiac events (mortality and lung transplantation). Prognostic value was assessed by survival curves (Kaplan-Meier method) and uni- and multivariate Cox analyses. Results: One hundred forty-two patients with IPAH (105 female, mean age, 33±11years) were studied. During follow-up (mean: 43±14 months), 25 patients died and 1 patient underwent lung transplantation. In a univariate analysis, peak VO 2 , VO 2 @AT , VE/VCO 2 @AT, cardiopulmonary fitness index , circulatory power, ventilatory power, peak heart rate , NT-ProBNP, pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), cardiac index (CI ) , WHO functional class were all predictive of cardiac events (all P 0.05). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that only NT-ProBNP and cardiopulmonary fitness index were the indicators of prognosis (chi-square=7.51, P =0.006; chi-square=7.26, P =0.007, respectively).The mortality rates of 1- , 2- and 3-year for patients with cardiopulmonary fitness index≤0.29 mL·kg –1 ·min –1 were 8.3%, 16.6% and 23.3% respectively. Conclusions: Cardiopulmonary fitness index, rather than circulatory power or ventilatory power provides prognostic information in patients with IPAH. ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02061787.


The nonlinear evolution of Kelvin–Helmholtz instability is examined in 2+1 dimensions in the context of magnetohydrodynamics. When the velocity difference U is less than the critical velocity Uc, the equation governing the amplitude evolves into a self-focusing singularity. The self-focusing of waves predominates at short wavelengths, is directionally dependent, and also depends sensitively on the strength of the applied magnetic field. The minimum velocity that allows the existence of self-focusing increases with increasing magnetic field strength. The explosive instability at the second-harmonic resonance is also investigated.


In the analogue era, concern for spatial data and its distribution were tasks for mapping organisations earning a reputation for producing quality products based on their spatial characteristics, including their visualisation in printed map form to be used for many different types of problems. In contrast, from the second half of the twentieth century onwards, with the developments in computer technology, digital cartography end GIS were also developed to capture, store and analyse spatial data, replacing the tedious analogue map making process. Nowadays, there is a rapid growth of the availability of digital spatial data and a growing need to use it for all kinds of applications in the field of spatial activities. In addition, with the development of today's communication technology, it becomes possible for every user, surfing the Internet, to collect datasets from a variety of sources and different types of application. This requires translation from the original source data into the user's system, to make the received data user understandable and usable.


With the development of aircraft manufacturing technology, more and more aircraft types make maintenance more difficult. With the accumulation of maintenance experience, the maintenance level of related technicians is also improving. In recent years, the number of civilian aircraft has been increasing. Not only the number of civilian aircraft is increasing, but also the design and technology are becoming more and more advanced, which requires the continuous improvement of aircraft maintenance technology. The operating temperature of aircraft components is an important factor affecting the service life and reliability of electronic products. This paper mainly analyzes the thermal design method of electronic equipment, expounds the necessity of thermal design in the process of product development, and puts forward some ideas and structural schemes of heat dissipation design, hoping to provide reference for the future design work.


The QR Ballast Specification has been continually developed to increase the service life of ballast and to stay abreast or ahead of increases in rail traffic volumes, maximum permissible axle loads and maximum train speeds. When the current version of the QR ballast specification was introduced in 1993, the maximum axle load limit on the QR network was 22.5 tonnes. In 2002 the maximum limit is 26.0 tonnes and increases to at least 30 tonnes are expected in the future. Ballast (like other track structure components) is expected to last longer and carry greater loads, and the progressive refinement of the QR ballast specification has been necessary to ensure this occurs. This paper covers the evolution of this ballast specification over the last decade. The proposed testing programs for determining future ballast test limits are also discussed.


An account of major innovations made possible by progress in data processing techniques, and recently introduced in railway technology, such as the push-button route-setting unit, remote control of push-button units, safety installations at level crossings, continuous automatic train driving, radio links with trains and integral traffic control systems.


This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. Cite this article as: Wiwanitkit S, Wiwanitkit V. Breastfeeding by mother in endemic area of arboviral disease: Any risk during performing?. Ann Trop Med Public Health 2017;10:1832-3.


The appellate courts failed to adopt a consistent approach … [T]o fluctuate so often and so significantly on the interpretation of a defence in cases of such seriousness led to confusion and presented a disappointing spectacle. (Smith and Hogan, 2011, 506) This legislation replaced the former provocation defence … [T]he circumstances in which it applies do not exactly leap from the legislative page. (The Lord Chief Justice in Dawes, Hatter and Bowyer (2013) at [48]) The jury may find it helpful to have the moral basis of the defence explained to them. (Lord Millett in Morgan Smith (2000) at 352) Introduction Provocation was, and loss of control is, a partial defence reducing murder to manslaughter. As David Ormerod's comment in the most recent edition of Smith and Hogan's Criminal Law suggests, interpreting the law of provocation, as it then was, proved challenging for the higher courts of England and Wales. A string of appeals in the early nineties saw the partial defence to murder expand to include a broader range of cases. These led to decisions in the House of Lords and the Privy Council revealing judicial unease about the law's trajectory, and conflict among the judges. The matter culminated in the broad decision of the House of Lords in Morgan Smith (2000) on a three to two majority, and then the narrower Privy Council decision in Holley v. Attorney General for Jersey (2005). The latter took up the position of the minority in Morgan Smith , and was adopted by the Court of Appeal in preference to the decision in Morgan Smith that it ought in principle to have followed ( James and Karimi (2006)). Such judicial manoeuvring bespoke a significant problem in the law that could not be easily resolved. It is a problem that, we shall see, has its foundations in ethical questions rooted in the law's modern history.


The cell has semi-conductor material zones (5a, 5b) provided with access P-type metal oxide semiconductor transistors (1a, 1b) and P-type metal oxide semiconductor driver transistors (2a, 2b), respectively. One of the access transistors and one of the driver transistors are located at a side of a plane passing through electric nodes (F, S). The other access transistor and the other driver transistor are located at another side of the plane. A support substrate has counter electrodes, where connections of the counter electrodes and gate electrodes (7a, 7b) are arranged on both sides of plane.


Abstract : The project A90KM616, 'Orientatie SATCOM,' is being performed on behalf of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) to assist the Navy on the subject of satellite communications. This report is the result of the first phase of this study. The goal of the report is to give an overview of the phenomenon satellite-communication. The result of the study is a general overview of satellite communications for both civil and military applications. Some examples of applications are; international telephony, television broadcasting, small private business networks, and mobile (at the moment still principally maritime) communications. In these applications satellite communication systems provide a global coverage and a high flexibility. The scientific articles have not been considered because in this stage it was the intention to study on a specialist level the broad area of techniques. Magazines, books, and a number of reports of universities and research institutes have been the main sources of information. They provided afforded an understanding of the existing systems and insight in the future developments.


the paper presents results of an experimental study on the mental state of high school graduates preparing to pass the USE (the Unified State Exam). There are showed the components of this state and the relationship that exists between them. There are the factors analyzed and highlighted, that are likely to generate increasing mental tension of school graduate in preparation for the exam. Based on this, recommendations are made to reduce these tensions. (Yusupov F.M. Psychological aspect of taking the use procedure. Life Sci J 2014;11(12):258-261) (ISSN:1097- 8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 48


The article describes a system for the collection and processing of nonwritten knowledge-units with the assistance of automatic speech recognition in the context of working environment. Dictated knowledge-units are made automatically available through a field structured data base and individual data sets are interconnected automatically through field links to complex knowledge entities, without a manual transcription of the knowledge-units taking place.


Boiling and condensing experiments under zero gravity conditions were conducted to investigate the operation of a mercury Rankine cycle power system similar to SNAP I and SNAP II designs. A detailed analysis of the phenomena involved in condensing under various gravity conditions is included. Empirical correlations based on mercury condenser pressure drop data were developed and further interfacial stability tests were made. (J.R.D.)


Although CORSIM is widely used for analyzing intelligent transportation systems (ITS) projects involving traffic signal systems, very little literature can be found regarding the calibration of its platoon dispersion model. This paper shows a systematic approach to compute the speed decile distribution used by CORSIM to simulate platoon dispersion. A comparison of CORSIM simulation with the calibrated model for one of the sites studied in Indiana (US31) showed a significant reduction of 15% in travel time along the corridor versus simulation with the default parameters. These results show the importance of calibrating platoon dispersion when evaluating ITS projects using CORSIM simulation.


To better understand how inhibition of the influenza neuraminidase (NA) protein contributes to protection against influenza, and to investigate its breadth and cross-neutralizing activity, we have produced lentiviral vectors pseudotyped with an avian H11 hemagglutinin (HA) and the NA (N1-N9) of all influenza A and (B/Victoria and B/Yamagata) influenza B subtypes. These NA viral pseudotypes (PV) possess stable NA activity and can be utilized as target antigens in in vitro assays to assess vaccine immunogenicity. Employing these NA PV, we have developed an enzyme-linked lectin assay (pELLA) for routine serology to measure neuraminidase inhibition (NI) titers of reference antisera, monoclonal antibodies, and post-vaccination sera with various influenza antigens. We have also shown that pELLA is more sensitive than the commercially available NA-Fluor™ in detecting NA inhibition in these samples. Our studies may lead to establishing the protective NA titer that contributes to NA-based immunity. This will aid in the design of superior, longer lasting, and more broadly protective vaccines that can be employed together with HA-targeted vaccines in a pre-pandemic approach.


A conference paper on the effects of sanctions to the the liberation struggles of Southern Africa. Paper presented at: Seminar on Southern African Responses to Imperialism, 22-24 April 1987.


The effects of carbon on the structure and ~echanical properties of tantalum at 7rK, 196°K and 300°K have been investigated. The alloys contained 0.76, 1.27, 1.53 and 2.05 at %Cas determined by He-3 activation analysis. Interstitial ordering was observed in c:ll alloys with the formation and growth of aligned particles in <110> causing tweed contrast in electron micrographs. Analyses of electron diffraction patterns indicated that the fully single phase C tetragonal orthorhombic these ta planes