The invention relates to the field of processing production of agricultural and sideline products and especially relates to a spicy konjak snack food and a production technology thereof. The spicy konjak snack food is prepared from 950 to 1050 parts by weight of a konjak product, 34 to 36 parts by weight of sodium chloride, 19 to 21 parts by weight of monosodium glutamate, 0.19 to 0.21 parts by weight of nucleotide, 18 to 22 parts by weight of white sugar, 28 to 32 parts by weight of yeast extract, 12 to 18 parts by weight of red oil, 4 to 8 parts by weight of paprika powder, 0.4 to 0.6 parts by weight of capsanthin and 0.9 to 1.1 parts by weight of sodium dehydroacetate. The production technology comprises the following steps of pre-boiling a konjak product to remove alkalis in the konjak product, frying the pre-boiled konjak product, filtering the fried konjak product, preparing auxiliary materials, putting the auxiliary materials into the filtered fried konjak product, uniformly stirring, bagging, sealing and carrying out sterilization. The spicy konjak snack food is rich in nutrients, is suitable for a public taste, can be stored for a long time and has a unique flavor.


The literature review is devoted to the use of intraoperative radiation therapy during organ-preserving surgeries for patients with stage III breast cancer


The bioturbated chalky limestones of the Khasib Formation (Upper Turonian - Lower Coniacian) furnish an extensive reservoir rock of several oil fields in central Iraq including: Tikrit, Balad, Samarah, and East Baghdad oil fields. Investigation of these rocks by means of microfacies analysis and electrofacies correlation as well as sequence stratigraphic analysis indicate that it had being deposited in a ramp setting sloping east- southeastwards forming part of the Arabian passive margin. The inner ramp is characterized by a bioclastic packstone of a carbonate bank with green shale intercalations of peri-bank sediments. The middle ramp which dominate the Khasib Formation section is consist of white- beige, porous, bioturbated, chalky and dolomitic bioclastic wackestone. Bioclasts includes; shelf faunal debris with variable mixture of benthic and planktonic forams. Intensive Thalasionodes and Palaeophycus bioturbations significantly contributed to the high porosity of this part. The outer ramp is consists of intercalations of boiturbated bioclastic chalky limestone and basinal argillaceous limestone. The latter is characterized by the occurrence of planctonic forams, calcispheres, dwarf rotalids and sponge spicules. The Khasib section represents a third order cycle with lower sequence boundary of type one separating Khasib sequence from the underlaying LST of the Kifl Formation. The TST is consist of thin and basinal facies. The HST is the thickest and represented by the bioturbated chalky limestone of the middle ramp facies. The maximum flooding surface is idicated by a thin horizon dominated by intensive Paleophycus bioturbation within the middle ramp facies. The boundary with the overlaying Tanuma Formation is of type two and represented by the transition to the LST of the next cycle.


This study examines the hypothesis that a community's heterogeneous demands for public service, represented by a community's income inequality and racial-ethnic diversity, together with its level of political engagement, help explain the density of nonprofits in a local area. Using data on more than 3,000 U.S. counties, empirical analyses reveal that communities with a higher level of income inequality and political engagement tend to have more nonprofits per resident than otherwise similar communities. This pattern holds for the nonprofit sector overall and for 6 of the 10 major subsectors examined. These findings suggest that nonprofit organizations may fill a gap in the delivery of public services, especially when a community has a great variety of social and economic needs. This study thus highlights the role of income inequality as a factor in explaining the density of nonprofit organizations at the local level. Implications for public policy and administration are discussed.


Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people represent more than 3 per cent of the Queensland population, but only one Aboriginal person has so far been elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly. (Mr Eric Deeral was the National Party member for Cook from 1974 to 1977.) This fact suggests that the Indigenous population and minorities in general do not have much influence on government in Queensland. Questions therefore arise as to why and what can be done to address this deficiency.


Science theory is composed from definitions, logic and facts. Facts are real and not deniable. And logic is fact. So we need to choose most appropriate expression on logical fact. A composition from definitions, facts and logic to Special Relativity Theory is tried here.


Analyzed granulometric composition of a set of core samples of one of the fields in Western Siberia. Used a simple and clear method of processing the experimental data, which allows you to select multiple fractions in the structure of the rock. The distribution of particles is satisfactorily described by the sum of one-dimensional distributions of Gauss in the logarithmic scale. A comparative analysis of the method used with the existing literature, the results of which the conclusion of its better agreement with the experiment. Identified hierarchy received fractions indicates the fractal nature of rock. The results can be used for more accurate forecasting parameters essential for the operation of oil and gas fields.


Accurate, vast, and real-time coverage of water level monitoring is crucial for the advancement of environmental research, specifically in the areas of climate change, water distribution, and natural disaster preparedness and management. The current state of the monitoring network requires an immediate solution to produce low-cost and accurate water level measurement sensors. This research presents a novel methodology for intelligent stream stage measurement, creating a distinct opportunity for a low-cost, camera-based embedded system that will measure water levels and share surveys to support environmental monitoring and decision-making. It is implemented as a stand-alone device that utilizes a registry of structures and points of interest (POI) along with the core modules of the application logic: (1) deep-learning powered water segmentation; (2) visual servoing; and (3) POI geolocation computation. The implementation relies on a Raspberry-Pi with a motorized camera for automated measurements and is supported by a Proportional–Integral–Derivative controller and multiprocessing. For future work, the involvement of the camera supports further use cases such as recognizing objects (e.g., debris, trees, humans, and boats) on the water surface. Additionally, the method shown can be made into a Progressive Web Application (PWA) that can be used on smartphones to allow crowdsourced citizen science applications for environmental monitoring.


Objective: Reflux is thought to be a risk factor for middle ear disease, but the mechanism underlying this relationship is unclear. In this study, we evaluated the effects of reflux on the eustachian tube (ET) mucosa.


In this application of Dirac phenomenology a relativistic impulse approximation is used to describe proton-nucleus elastic scattering at intermediate energies. The results demonstrate the superiority of this relativistic treatment over the nonrelativistic impulse approximation, especially with regard to spin observables. The method has important implications with respect to the extraction of neutron distributions.


In continuance of a previous statistical study, the correlation between plot yields of wheat grown at experimental stations in central and southern Saskatchewan and Alberta and the amount of precipitation during the autumn, winter and spring months prior to sowing was investigated.There was a significant relation between pre-seasonal precipitation and the yield secured from year to year on both the fallowed and stubble plots of a summerfallow-wheat-wheat rotation, above-average moisture being associated with increased yields. The annual yields of Marquis wheat from more fertile summerfallowed varietal test plots were not, however, significantly correlated with pre-seasonal precipitation, nor was there any consistent relation between this weather factor and the relative yield of certain early, medium-early and late-maturing varieties.The annual average yield of wheat per acre from 1916–34 in three central and in three southern crop districts of Saskatchewan and Alberta showed a significant positive correla...


The principle scheme, solutions, and results of experimental investigations of a wide-range generator with precision modulation, developed for 7-Bev proton synchrotron, are described. (tr-auth)


We report the influence of thickness of an undoped GaN (u-GaN) layer on current transport to a 2DHG through the metal/p++GaN contact in a GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterostructure. The current is dominated by an internal potential barrier of 0.2–0.27 eV at the p+ GaN/u-GaN, which increases with thickness from 5 to 15 nm and remains constant thereafter due to Fermi pinning by a defect at ∼0.6 eV from the top valence band. We also report a nonideality factor, n, between 6 and 12, for the combined tunneling current through the p+GaN/u-GaN to the 2DHG. Our contact resistivity of 5.3 × 10–4 Ω cm2 and hole mobility, μ, of ∼15.65 cm2/V s are the best-in-class for this metal stack on a GaN/AlGaN/GaN heterostructure, reported to date.


Research background and hypothesis. Human growth and maturation is determined by interaction of endogenous and exogenous factors. The most sensitive to the external influences is the age period between 11 and 14 years. The investigations of this age period in boys engaged in sports may reveal the complex interaction of the endogenous and exogenous factors. Hypothesis: Improvement of the muscle capacity indices in early adolescence depends on the nature of physical load.Research aim was to examine long-term extra curricular training in basketball games and athletics (sprint) effects on muscle strength of boys in early adolescence.Research methods. 105 boys – non-athletes (n = 35), athletes – sprint runners (n = 35) and basketball players (n = 35) – participated in the study. The boys were engaged in the chosen sports for no less than 2 years. The same cohorts were followed for four years at the age of 11, 12, 13 and 14 years. The strength of the arm levators, femoral flexors, calf extensors, calf flexors, forearm extensors and forearm flexors was measured using the dynamometer "Nicholas".  The  maximum  force  required  for  the  isometric  muscle  contraction  mode  was  obtained  when  the resistance, caused by the investigator, occurred.Research  results.  Dynamometry  assessments  between  the  groups  showed  that  the  muscle  strength  of  the athletes  –  sprint  runners  was  greater  than  that  of  non-athletes  and  basketball  players.  Statistically  significant differences between boys were identified in all age groups in assessment of both right and left sides.Discussion and conclusions. Improvement of the muscle capacity indices in early adolescence depends on the nature of physical load: the muscle strength indices increased more in the athletes – sprint runners than in the basketball players.Keywords: adolescence, dynamometry, sport.


This chapter explores and discusses the instrumentality of planning in the pursuit of rural sustainability using Zimbabwe as a case study. This is against the background that there is a growing bias towards urban areas in terms of planning for sustainability even though there are still more people living in rural places than in urban areas and that urban areas largely depend on rural areas for resources. The chapter argues that sustainability in rural areas is a function of deliberate planning. It engages the qualitative research approach, making use of document reviews and key informant interviews as data collection instruments. It is revealed that sustainability in rural Zimbabwe can remain a pie in the sky if the current approaches to planning are not revisited. Sustainability being plural and multidimensional concept, planning for it requires a multi-stakeholder approach, transcending rural and urban areas, the public and private sector, civic organisations and the rural communities as well as strong institutional arrangements that provide for transparent governance.


The performance of induction motor vector control is easily impacted by the variation of motor parameters. To overcome the effect of rotor time constant changing, a field orientation real-time correction method of rotor flux accurate orientation based on torque observer is proposed in this paper. The slip frequency is compensated directly by applying a PI regulator which uses the difference produced by the two torque observers in dq and αβ reference frame respectively when there's a flux directional deviation. The coupling of dq-axis current caused by the rotor time constant change, and the influence exerted by the directional deviation on rotor flux and torque observer are analyzed. Since this method directly observes the stator flux without involving the rotor resistance, the accuracy of correction can be effectively ensured. Besides, this method is very simple in structure and easily to be implemented in industrial application. Simulation results have verified the effectiveness of the new proposed method.


Photoelectron-photofragment coincidence (PPC) spectroscopy has been used to study the dissociative photodetachment of H2O2− and D2O2−. The observed partitioning of photoelectron and photofragment translational energies provides information on the dynamics in the transition state region of the reaction between two hydroxyl radicals: OH+OH→O(3P)+H2O. The data reveal vibrationally resolved product translational energy distributions for both the entrance channel OH+OH and the exit channel O(3P)+H2O upon photodetachment. The total translational energy distribution shows a convoluted vibrational progression consistent with antisymmetric stretch excitation of H2O in the exit channel and OH stretch in the entrance channel. The photoelectron spectra are compared to two-dimensional time-dependent wave packet dynamics simulations based on an anharmonic potential in the anion and a model collinear potential energy surface for the neutral complex. The PPC spectra also yield the dissociation energies D0(H2O2−→H2O+O−)=1...


This paper discusses an effect which permits the use of heat at around 1000 K to cause chemical reactions, in particular the dissociation of CO/sub 2/ gas, which would require temperatures of around 3000 K under quasi-equilibrium conditions. The effect is the creation of an inverted population of highly excited activated molecules by quickly cooling the gas to be reacted to low temperatures in a Laval nozzle. A significant increase in gas reactivity and a product yield corresponding to a higher than the actual gas temperature at the actual gas temperature at the nozzle entrance occur during the rapid cooling of a gas in a Laval nozzle.


Practice Teaching is an important part in the curriculums of the university and is a benchmark in assessing the management and teaching quality in higher education.According to the requirement of the talent cultivation of the food quality and security speciality and the practice teaching reality of College of Arts and Sciences of Beijng Union University,some common problems in practice teaching were discussed in this paper,including the importance of practice teaching and enthusiasm,the deficiency of practice teaching funds and the reformation of practice teaching.Combined with specialty practical,the practice teaching of modularization food inspecting technology for culturing high-quality talents in applied technology was discussed.


Objective:Resistant hypertension (RHTN) is defined as uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) (clinic BP > = 130/80 mmHg, 24-hr ambulatory BP [ABPM] >= 125/75 mmHg) on 3 or more medications including a diuretic. As previously described by us a novel 24hr circadian BP pattern with a large morning dip and ev


In Poland, forests in and around towns are usually considered to play the function of protective forests. Economic operations should be harmonised with the requirements of touristic management as well as current and future demands for protection and development of forest landscape. The encountered challenges are associated with the specificity of urban conditions as well as a lack of appropriate legislation and authority of forest service regarding forest economy.


Summary In this study the relationships between single and multiple seriation tasks are reported, as well as the effects of varying the encoding load on the performances of single seriation tasks. Ss were 428 children from kindergarten and primary school grades 1 to 6. Three types of seriation tasks were administered: single and multiple seriation tasks derived from Piaget's publications and single seriation tasks provided with irrelevant cues. Some of the children acquired single and multiple seriation concurrently, whereas a considerable number of children acquired the capacity to solve single seriation before multiple seriation. Increasing the encoding load by means of irrelevant cues appeared to produce lower performances on the seriation tasks than in tasks in which these cues were absent. In contrast, lowering the encoding load by making the relevant dimensions more salient showed a facilitative effect on the seriation performance.


This study aims to analyze the Altman, Grover, and AAN models in predicting the bankruptcy of construction-property companies in Indonesia. Sample selection used the purposive sampling method, and the sample is property and construction companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Data analysis used Hit Ratio followed by Kruskal Wallis and Mann-Whitney statistical tests. The analysis of bankruptcy predictions using the Altman method obtained that in 2015 there were two issuers grouping bankrupt companies; in 2016, 2017, and 2018, there were four issuers, and five issuers in 2019. The Grover method predicted two issuers to go bankrupt in 2016, four issuers in 2017, three in 2018, and five in 2019. The bankruptcy prediction of the AAN method shows that there are 18 issuers (2015), 19 issuers (2016), 22 issuers (2017), and 20 issuers (2018). Based on the Hit Ratio value, the accuracy of the Altman method is 88.85%, the Grover method is 90.38%, and the AAN method is 61.54%. There is a significant difference between the accuracy of the Grover method, Altman and the AAN method. The best order of accuracy in predicting bankruptcy is the Grover, Altman, and AAN methods.


We present a case-report whereby a bilateral variation in the arterial supply of face was seen. The facial artery which is the main artery of face was seen terminating in the lower part of the face, as the inferior labial artery and few other branches; the transverse facial artery, which supplements the facial artery normally, was seen to enlarge and take over the course of facial artery, giving the superior labial and lateral nasal branches. The small pre-masseteric branch arising from facial artery was seen only on right side of face. It was absent on left side. Accurate knowledge of the normal and variant arterial anatomy of the facial artery is important for vascular radiology and will provide an anatomical basis to assist surgeons in performing maxillo-facial surgeries successfully. The details of this variation and its clinical significance are discussed herein.


Engine system of a vehicle comprising: a concentration determination module that determines an amount of an additive in an oil of an oil system of an engine of the vehicle, wherein the concentration determination module, the amount of the additive in the oil based on a mileage of the vehicle, an operating time of the motor, while the higher the temperature of the oil as a predetermined temperature, and a number of combustion events in the cylinders of the engine, during which the temperature of the oil is greater than the predetermined temperature, determined; and an additive dispensing module, which emits an additional additive in the oil of the oil system, if the amount of additive is less than or equal to a predetermined amount.


Many pediatricians, potentially gifted as doctors of teenagers, do not know how to get started in relating to adolescents. The teenager then is deprived of a val uable helping resource. This paper at tempts to present a checklist that is pedi atrically useful in getting started with an adolescent.


As one of the major paradigms of International Political Economics, statism brings the state back in the analysis of foreign economic policy with the focus on state autonomy. Due to different conceptualization of the state, statism includes three approaches: unitary state approach, domestic structure approach and institutional approach. Reviewing the basic theoretical literatures, this article differentiates and compares the major proposition of various approaches and finds the base of their convergence. The article also shows the significance of statism in the study of foreign economic policy.


"The higher mortality in 2020 is undoubtedly due to the Corona pandemic: In the previous year, 7 131 more people died in Austria than in 2019; 6 477 of them from COVID-19. Overall, every 14th death in 2020 was due to COVID-19. At the peak of the second Corona wave, COVID mortality even exceeded mortality due to cardiovascular diseases, which were responsible for by far the most deaths in recent years", says Statistics Austria Director General Tobias Thomas.


The present invention provides a single-line monitoring device reliability generators, characterized by: comprising a single generator set reliability calculation server, a single generator set by the reliability calculation server apparatus and the SIS single generator set control means connected to the dispersion. The present invention further provides a method of using the above apparatus. Advantage of the invention is to provide a single generator reliability of line monitoring devices, to achieve an online calculation and control of the reliability of a single generator, to promote growth of a single generator reliability and guarantee the reliability of a single generator set in Controlled state.


The career component of Levinson′s theory of adult development is organized around an orderly series of cyclic alternations, at prescribed chronological ages, between stability and transition in career attitudes, goals, and behavior. This study tested predictions from the stability-transition hypothesis using a sample of 498 Australian professional women representing each of Levinson′s seven employed stages from age 22 through age 60. A total of 12 dimensions of career-related thinking were examined, 6 involving satisfaction and 6 tapping other facets of career attitudes and planning. The quintic trend that had been predicted by Levinson′s theory emerged as statistically significant for one of these variables only, namely, pay satisfaction. In addition, there were some individual contrasts between discrete age periods in the women′s work involvement, promotional aspiration, and planning to move. Possible reasons for (a) the cycling of changes in pay satisfaction in accordance with Levinson′ theory and (b) why the quintic trend was found for the pay variable only were discussed. Results were also considered in relation to those of previous attempts to validate Levinson′s theory.


This chapter analyses the agglomeration of industrial activity across European regions over the past two decades. This period was characterized by the development of potent cross-border regional production networks in manufacturing in Central Europe that include both the more advanced regions of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Northern Italy, Sweden, and those of the new EU member states of Central and Eastern Europe. These developments were accompanied by serious deindustrialization processes in other parts of Europe which in turn had important macroeconomic implications in the form of sustained external imbalances. The chapter explores the geographic agglomeration of industrial activity in Europe, but also that of 'advanced tradable services' in which the more advanced regions of Europe can counter balance the loss of manufacturing. It also gives evidence of cross-border (vertical and functional) specialization patterns that characterize regional production networks.


Introduction Part I. Sanctity: 1. Sanctity in early medieval southern Italy 2. The Latin mainland: south Italian saints, Normans, Church reform and urbanization 3. Greek saints in southern Italy: at Christendom's faultline 4. Sicilian saints and Christian renewal Part II. Pilgrimage: 5. Bridge to salvation and entrance to the underworld: southern Italy and international pilgrimage 6. Pilgrims at south Italian and foreign shrines: origins, identities and destinations Conclusion Bibliography.


The mechanism of age‐related decline in the angiogenic potential of the myocardium is not yet fully understood. Our previous report revealed that the aging of cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) led to changes in their expression of receptor Trk isoforms: among the three isoforms (TrkB‐FL, TrkB‐T1 and TrkB‐T2), only the truncated TrkB‐T1 isoform continued to be expressed in aged CMECs, which led to decreased migration of CMECs in aging hearts. Thus far, how BDNF induces signalling through the truncated TrkB‐T1 isoform in aged CMECs remains unclear. Here, we first demonstrated that aged CMECs utilize BDNF–TrkB‐T1 signalling to recruit Willin as a downstream effector to further activate the Hippo pathway, which then promotes migration. These findings suggest that the aging process shifts the phenotype of aged CMECs that express TrkB‐T1 receptors by transducing BDNF signals via the BDNF–TrkB‐T1–Willin–Hippo pathway and that this change might be an important mechanism and therapeutic target of the dysfunctional cardiac angiogenesis observed in aged hearts.


Objective To observe the effects of external Chinese herbs shengjisan on incision healing of patients with hypoproteinemia.Methods Ninety patients with abdominal class Ⅱ incision,39 male,51 female,ages were 27 to 75(mean 51),were enrolled in this study,and randomly divided into three groups:Normal protein group(30 patients),low protein group(30 patients),and low protein group plus shengjisan treatment(30 patients).The patients in the normal protein group and low protein group received the routine treatments,while the other group received additional Chinese herbs shengjisan based on the routine treatment.The therapeutic efficacy were observed and compared.Results The clinical effective rate of the external shengjisan group was 90%,approximated to the normal group(96.7%),but obviously superior to the low protein group(63.3%).Conclusion The external Chinese herbs shengjisan can promote the healing of abdominal class II incision in patients with hypoproteinemia,it will improve the quality of wound healing,and decrease the pain of patients.


This study aimed to explore the relationship between maternal nutritional status and spacing of pregnancy with the incidence of low birth weight babies in hospitals Syarifa Ambami Rato Ebu, Bangkalan.The study was cross sectional correlation with the independent variables maternal nutritional status and the dependent variable spacing pregnancies and low birth weight. Its population is all women giving birth in hospitals Syarifa Ambami Rato Ebu, Bangkalan the 127 mothers. Sample taken at random gained 96 people, a large sample is taken with probability sampling technique and then proceed with proportional random sampling. Data collection using the documentation status of the patient. Then analyzed by Chi-Square Test with a significant level of ≤ 0.05. ri The results for the variable of maternal nutritional status during pregnancy is not the risk of having a baby with BBL KEK normal with 72.41% and maternal risk of having a baby with BBL KEK low 63.15%. And the results of the statistical test Chi-Square Test showed ρ 2 years of having a baby with normal BBL 75% and maternal pregnancy distance <2 years of having a baby with low BBL 69.44%. And the results of the statistical test Chi-Square Test showed ρ <α (0.05 ≤ 0.000).By inference, there is a relationship between maternal nutritional status and pregnancy spacing with low birth weight incidence in infants in hospitals Syarifa Ambami Rato Ebu, Bangkalan. Health care workers should continue to provide counseling to pregnant women routinely about nutrition and good spacing pregnancies. Thus, pregnant women always consider the risk factors that could cause the LBW. Keywords: Nutritional status, distance Pregnancy, LBW


Among the movements of animals across the surface of our planet, the wide-ranging migratory journeys of birds and the smaller-scale foraging excursions of social (hymenopteran) insects provide some of the most intriguing examples of biological systems of navigation. Many sensory cues have been found to be involved in accomplishing these tasks, but how this sensory information is integrated into the animal's overall system of navigation has remained elusive. Several over-arching concepts such as sunor star-based systems of astronavigation, E-vector-based spherical geometry, map-and-compass and bi-coordinate position-fixing schemes have been developed to account for the animals' performances. Although these metaphors have some heuristic value, they are potentially distracting and might obscure some of the most important computational strategies used by the brain. Moreover, these top-down approaches are especially inappropriate in trying to understand the evolutionary design of an animal's navigational system. Instead, we must go back to basics, use modern recording technology to unravel the detailed spatial and temporal structures of migratory routes and foraging trajectories, study the animal's sensory and computational abilities by combining behavioural and neurophysiological approaches, then work bottom-up, as evolution did, by trying to integrate the individual navigational methods. Rather than being part of a general-purpose navigational toolkit, the various guiding mechanisms have most certainly arisen from an opportunistic grafting of particular special-purpose modules on to pre-existing sensory-motor control systems.


This article introduces the latest research trends in insulation diagnosis by PD detection that the authors have conducted. In particular, online partial discharge (PD) detection, monitoring and diagnosis technology are explained regarding the application status of online diagnosis, which are strongly requested to be applied in the field from the viewpoint of early action and cost reduction. The article also presents simulation techniques for understanding and visualization of electromagnetic wave propagation caused by PD phenomena. In addition, an online PD monitoring system (PLC-PDMS) using information and communication technology (ICT) is introduced.


The soil conditions in Galicia (NW of Spain), due to the predominant acid substrate, makes difficult the conservation of archaeozoological remains associated with human settlements. In these cases, the search for alternative areas, such as caves and natural traps in pasturelands, can provide information on the animal resources available. We present here a study about domestic cattle remains found in Cova da Tara or Tara da Triega (Serra do Courel, Lugo), with an age of about 1500 years BP. The bone remains were laid at the time of the Swabian domination of peninsular northwest. These animals would come alive to the cave, from which it follows that roamed freely around, indicating an extensive livestock management. The tooth wear and the study of stable isotopes in bone collagen reflect a little abrasive diet, probably shrub, matching the vegetation of mountain areas. The average height calculated for these animals is small, similar to that described for pre-Roman cattle.


Taking a crank rocker mechanism as an example,utilizing the finite element method and through the manner of node point coupling and restraint equations etc.,the correctness and effectiveness for carrying out modality analysis with this method was verified.The results explained that within the finite element model that adopts entity units,if the rigid link was being adopted at the hinge place that will make an increase of inherent frequency at the same position of mechanism due to the increment of partial rigidity and may possibly lose certain modalities.However by applying node point coupling and restraint equations the result of calculation was basically identical with the calculation result that adopts beam unit hinge joint.


Herein it is provided with an S-tolyl fluoride base oil and oligomeric compounds prepared from the process comprising the cross-metathesis. An exemplary method is terminated by cross-metathesis - includes a method for by unsaturated fatty acids subsequent oligomerization service S. Toll fluoride compound-production of the unsaturated fatty acid, and a terminal:


The present invention relates to a method for imaging the vascular tree provide additional information related to the vascular tree. For this, the cluster of a sequence, spatially determined from coherent voxels in the three-dimensional image of the vessel tree, the sequence of the clusters corresponds to a direction in which blood or contrast agent in the vessel tree flows.


The TREC 2005 Question Answering track contained three tasks: the main question answering task, the document ranking task, and the relationship task. The main task was the same as the single TREC 2004 QA task. In the main task, question series were used to define a set of targets. Eac h series was about a single target and contained factoid and list questions. The final question in the series was an "Ot her" question that asked for additional information about the target that was not covered by previous questions in the series. The document ranking task was to return a ranked list of documents for each question from a subset of the questions in the main task, where the documents were thought to contain an answer to the question. In the relationship tas k, systems were given TREC-like topic statements that ended with a question asking for evidence for a particular relationship. The goal of the TREC question answering (QA) track is to foster research on systems that return answers themselves, rather than documents containing answers, in response to a question. The track started in TREC-8 (1999), with the first several editions of the track focused on factoid questions. A factoid question is a fact-based, short answer question such as How many calories are there in a Big Mac? . The task in the TREC 2003 QA track was a combined task that contained list and definition questions in additio n to factoid questions [1]. A list question asks for differen t instances of a particular kind of information to be returned , such as List the names of chewing gums . Answering such questions requires a system to assemble an answer from information located in multiple documents. A definition question asks for interesting information about a particul ar person or thing such as Who is Vlad the Impaler?or What is a golden parachute?. Definition questions also require systems to locate inform ation in multiple documents, but in this case the information of interest is much less crisply de lineated. The TREC 2004 test set contained factoid and list questions grouped into different series, where each series had the target of a definition associated with it [2]. Each questi on in a series asked for some information about the target. In addition, the final question in each series was an explicit "Other" question, which was to be interpreted as "Tell me other interesting things about this target I don't know enou gh to ask directly". This last question is roughly equivalen t to the definition questions in the TREC 2003 task. Several concerns regarding the TREC 2005 QA track were raised during the TREC 2004 QA breakout session. Since the TREC 2004 task was rather different from previous years' tasks, there was the desire to repeat the task largely unchanged. There was also the desire to build infrastructure that would allow a closer examination of the role document retrieval techniques play in supporting QA technology. As a result of this discussion, the main task for the 2005 QA track was decided to be essentially the same as the 2004 task in that the test set would consist of a set of questio n series where each series asks for information regarding a particular target. As in TREC 2004, the targets included people, organizations, and other entities (things); unlike TREC 2004 the target could also be an event. Events were added since the document set from which the answers are to be drawn are newswire articles. The runs were evaluated using the same methodology as in TREC 2004, except that the primary measure was the per-series score instead of the combined component score. The document ranking task was added to the TREC 2005 track to address the concern regarding document retrieval and QA. The task was to submit, for a subset of 50 of the questions in the main task, a ranked list of up to 1000 documents for each question. Groups whose primary emphasis was document retrieval rather than QA, were allowed to participate in the document ranking task without submitting actual answers for the main task. However, all TREC 2005 submissions to the main task were required to include a ranked list of documents for each question in the document


Abstract Heavy snowfall and extreme snow depth cause serious losses of human life and property in the northern Tianshan Mountains almost every winter. Snow cover is an important indicator of climate change. In this study, we developed five tree-ring-width chronologies of Schrenk spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et Mey) from the northern Tianshan Mountains using standard dendrochronological methods. Correlation analyses indicated that radial growth of trees in the northern Tianshan Mountains is positively affected by annual maximum snow depth. This relationship was validated and models of annual maximum snow depth back to the 18th century were developed. The reconstruction explains 48.3% of the variance in the instrumental temperature records during the 1958/59–2003/04 calibration periods. It indicates that quasi-periodic changes exist on 2.0–4.0-yr, 5.3-yr, 14.0-yr, and 36.0-yr scales. The reconstructed series shows that maximum snow depth exhibits obvious stages change, the periods characterized by lower maximum snow depth were 1809/10–1840/41, 1873/74–1893/94, 1909/10–1929/30, 1964/65–1981/82, and the periods characterized by higher maximum snow depth were 1841/42–1872/73, 1894/95–1908/09, 1930/31–1963/64, and 1982/83–present. The lower period of annual maximum snow depth during the 1920s–1930s is consistent with the severe drought that occurred at this time in northern China. From the 1970s to the present, the maximum snow depth has increased clearly with the change to a warmer and wetter climate in Xinjiang. The reconstruction sheds new light on snow cover variability and change in a region where the climate history for the past several centuries is poorly understood.


An experimental study was performed to investigate heat transfer rate of various type heat exchangers using refrigerant supply unit for refrigerator. The refrigerant supply unit for refrigerator can control inlet quality and measure outlet quality of heat exchangers. The heat exchangers were tested by varying condensing length and inlet quality from 0.3 to 0.7. As condensing length and inlet quality of heat exchangers were increased, heat transfer rate was increased.


In reciprocal crosses between diploid and tetraploid cyclamen, almost all zygotic embryos were degenerated. Ploidy levels of the degenerated embryos were, however, obscure. Therefore, embryo rescue by the ovule culture in the crosses were examined. A lot of progenies were obtained in the 2x x 4x crosses, when the ovule culture used medium with coconut water was done 28 days after pollination. Although almost all fruits were dropped 28 days after pollination in the 4x × 2x crosses, some progenies were obtained by the ovule culture at 7-28 days after pollination. Almost all progenies obtained by the ovule culture after the reciprocal crosses between the diploids and tetraploids were triploids, suggesting that many triploid zygotes were formed in the crosses. However, some tetraploid, pentaploid and hexaploid progenies were also obtained. Origin of the pentaploids was suggested the fertilization between a reduced gamete from a diploid plant and an unreduced gamete from a tetraploid plant. These results suggest that many triploid zygotes are formed in the crosses between diploid and tetraploid cyclamen, whereas development of the triploid embryo without the embryo rescue is inhibited. It also shows the possibility that pentaploids and hexaploids as well as triploids and tetraploids can be obtained in the crosses using the ovule culture, depending on the cross combination.


The operation situation and production of China manmade fiber industry in 2006 were introduced. The statistics of export of polyester filament and staple fiber and their fabrics to US and European markets were listed. The influences of cost increasing, currency valuation, trade dispute and enviromental protection on China manmade fiber industry were described in detail and corresponding suggestions were put forward.


Calculated total cross sections are shown for pion reactions on /sup 32/S, /sup 27/Al, and C. An optical model approach employing an eikonal approximation has been used to study absorption effects. (SDF)


special constructions always stay within logicism? Whitehead was as pat as Russell in his lecture: 'The whole of mathematics is here.', he announced confidently, 'it is mathematics, neither more nor less'.66 But he gave no explicit description of this mathematics which the 'analytic stage' would deliver, so that the trivialisation of logicism is not definitively avoided. I see a rather unfortunate line of influence from Principia mathernatica, in that the philosophy of mathematics from that time to ours has become largely a cottage industry which in fact deals only with logic(s), set theory(ies), transfinite arithmetic and small pieces of other branches of mathematics. While extremely interesting material occurs within its own range, it comfortably avoids practically all mathematics that mathematicians do, and gives a highly distorted.view of the variety of questions which can be raised in the philosophy of mat he ma tic^.^' I am most perplexed by the reactions I receive from philosophers of mathematics to this criticism: the answer is either the pat and mathematically unproven 'it's all sets!', or the pat and philosophically uninteresting 'the point is philosophically uninteresting'. But with it left unanswered, "philosophy of mathematics" stays in its own little coiner and so remains as mathematics for philosophers and philosophy for mathematicians-as we saw at the start of this paper.


Bisphosphonates (BP) are the most commonly used drug forthe past few years for the treatment of various types of bone disorders and malignancies . Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is most devitalizing but still not has been properly acknowledged as of now. These drugs suppress bone turnover by decreasing osteoclastic activity . This article points in featuring the key and pharmaco-physiological system of activity of both N2 and non N2 bisphosphonates on bone and activity of bisphosphonates on dental implants, particularly their commitment in success of the implant and the present suggestions and rules for implant treatment in patients who are on bisphosphonate therapy . This article also includes the prevention and management for decreasing the cumulative IV bisphosphonate dose, stoppage of bisphosphonates before any invasive dental treatment, and in ONJ using serum beta-CTX-1 in assessment of risk. "Drug Holiday" for the invasive dental procedure is incorporated as well.


Neural rendering is an exciting topic injecting machine learning methodologies into the classical computer graphics rendering pipeline. Although recent works have achieved remarkable fidelity, discussion on how to enable it for interactive scenarios like video games seems to be lacking. Aside from an editable 3D model and UV-mapping, an interactive application will demand the neural rendering to handle animatable 3D content with interactive speed. This is currently a gap in neural rendering and our solution to this problem is a novel neural rendering pipeline involving a primitive named NeRFahedron. It localizes a NeRF field and as such effectively reduces the number of expensive network sampling operations to improve speed. Our pipeline involves tetrahedron rasterization, localized ray marching and near-surface particle sampling. The result is a method that can enable animatable content for neural rendering with interactive speed, which has been shown to be competitive in rendering animation. We will also showcase its ability to enable interactive applications via a real-time demo.


The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's (JRF's) major five-year programme A Better Life aimed to explore what 'quality of life' means for older people with high support needs, and to examine what can help us all to improve our final years. The main work of commissioning and publishing projects relating to this goal finished in 2013. Our subsequent work, to disseminate the findings and to reflect on the meaning of the evidence base as a whole, identified seven challenges:


Introduction There is overwhelming evidence to show that achieving full remission in depression is important — especially in reducing the indirect costs of depression. Evidence further demonstrates that in primary care, clinicians are not optimising treatments for depression in a timely way —resulting in them not being able to achieve early remission for their clients experiencing depression. Presently, secondary care is unable to provide specialist input for this client cohort. Objectives This project is implementing a model which extends specialist care to primary care. This project assists GP's through optimising treatments for clients presenting with moderate to severe depression This model uses nurse practitioner led care, with 'Psynary', an online system which optimises treatments for moderate to severe depression. Methods Mixed methods pilot service implementation study, utilising: literature review of published service implementation models; service data gap analysis; qualitative interviews and focus group methodology. Results GP and client focus group outcomes, as well as client remission rates in the OptiMA2 trial demonstrate that this healthcare pathway is effective. Conclusions The OptiMA2 trial focused on the qualitative analysis of the co-design process to implement the initial care pathway.The OptiMA3 trial will examine the cumulative clinical outcomes to consider if increased rates of remission are achieved and identify potential predictive factors. The long term goal for the system is to support the development of community based care-extender models, including specialist nurses, pharmacists and GPs, to extend specialist mental health expertise to larger primary care populations where the greatest burden of mental illness occurs. Disclosure No significant relationships.


The influence of linear and circular polarization of radiation on the trajectory and the width of a light beam in a two-dimensional isotropic inhomogeneous medium is investigated. It is demonstrated that polarization effects give rise to oscillations of the width of a propagating radiation beam.


To shed clarity on the dichotomy of reported results relative to the significance of T helper‐1 vs T helper‐2 immune responses in onchocerciasis, we compared the survivability of Onchocerca volvulus third‐stage larvae (L3) in immunized mice that had either a targeted disruption of the Interleukin‐4 or Interferon‐gamma gene. Treatment groups consisted of control mice and mice immunized with irradiated O. volvulus L3. All mice were challenged with diffusion chambers containing viable L3. Vaccinated IL‐4−/− were unable to kill this larval target. In contrast, vaccinated IFN‐γ−/− and C57BL/6 mice, exhibited high levels of killing, had elevated levels of IL‐4 and significantly greater numbers of eosinophils in their diffusion chambers than the IL‐4−/−. Whereas, levels of IFN‐γ in all three groups of immunized mice were equivalent to those of control mice, levels of IL‐5 were elevated, even in the IL‐4−/−, indicating that cytokines other than IL‐4 were involved in its production. The protective immune response to third‐stage larvae of O. volvulus in mice vaccinated with irradiated larvae has an absolute IL‐4 requirement.


An electrochemical power system is provided that generates electromotive force (EMF) from a catalytic reaction of hydrogen to a lower energy (hydrino) state, which provides a direct conversion of the energy released from the hydrino reaction to electricity, which system Catalyst or catalyst source; Atomic hydrogen or atomic hydrogen source; Reactants for forming a catalyst or catalyst source and atomic hydrogen or atomic hydrogen source; And at least two components selected from one or more reactants to initiate the catalysis of atomic hydrogen. The electrochemical power system for forming hydrinos and electricity constitutes a hydrino reactant during cell operation with a cathode compartment comprising a cathode, an anode compartment comprising an anode, optionally a salt bridge, separate electron flow and ionic mass transfer. Reactants, and hydrogen sources. Due to the redox cell half reaction, the hydrino-generating reaction mixture is configured with the movement of electrons through external circuits and the movement of ionic materials through separate pathways such as electrolytes to complete the electrical circuit. (i) a reaction cell for the catalysis of atomic hydrogen to form hydrinos, (ii) a catalyst source or catalyst, an atomic hydrogen source or atomic hydrogen, a catalyst source or catalyst, and a reactant for forming an atomic hydrogen source or atomic hydrogen A chemical fuel mixture comprising at least two components selected from at least two reactants to initiate the catalysis of atomic hydrogen, and a support enabling catalysis, and (iii) exchange to thermally regenerate fuel from the reaction product. There is further provided a power source and hydride reactor providing a power system comprising a thermal system for reversing the reaction, (iv) a heat sink to receive heat from the power generation reaction, and (v) a power conversion system. In one embodiment, the catalysis reaction is activated or initiated and propagated by one or more other chemical reactions, such as a hydride-halide exchange reaction between the metal of the catalyst and another metal. These reactions are thermally reversible by the removal of metal vapors in reversible exchange. The hydrino reaction is maintained and regenerated in batch mode using thermally coupled multiple cells arranged in bundles, where the cell in the power generation phase of the cycle heats the cell in the regeneration phase. In this intermittent cell power design, the thermal power is statistically constant as the number of cells becomes large, or the cell cycle is adjusted to achieve a steady state power. In another power system embodiment, the hydrino reaction is maintained and regenerated continuously in each cell, wherein heat from the thermally reversible cycle of the power generation step provides energy for regeneration of the initial reactant from the product. Since the reactants cause both modes in each cell simultaneously, the thermal power output from each cell is constant. Thermal power is converted to power by a heat engine using a cycle such as a Rankine, Brayton, Stirling, or steam-engine cycle. In another embodiment, the exchange reaction is constructed in a half cell reaction based on a unique fuel cell, where direct power is generated with energy released by the reaction of hydrogen to form hydrinos.


The current ~ 3.5σ discrepancy between the experimental measurement and theoretical prediction of the muon magnetic anomaly, aµ, stands as a potential indication of the existence of new physics. The Muon g − 2 experiment at Fermilab is set to measure aµ with a four-fold improvement in the uncertainty with respect to previous experiment, with an aim to determine whether the g − 2 discrepancy is well established. The experiment recently completed its first physics run and a summer programme of essential upgrades, before continuing on with its experimental programme. The Run-1 data alone are expected to yield a statistical uncertainty of 350 ppb and the publication of the first result is expected in late-2019.


Electronic transfer of data within health systems and between offsite facilities, including payers, is becoming a cost-effective strategy for members of the Brookfield-based Wisconsin Health Information Network. The intranet technology is particularly well-suited for managed care because it generates even greater efficiencies and allows electronic communication between newly integrated health system partners.


The dynamical (or von Neumann) spectrum of a dynamical system and the diffraction spectrum of the corresponding measure dynamical system are intimately related. While their equivalence in the case of pure point spectra is well understood, this workshop aimed at an appropriate extension to systems with mixed spectra, building on recent developments for systems of finite local complexity and for certain random systems from the theory of point processes. Another focus was the question for connections between Schrödinger and dynamical spectra. Mathematics Subject Classification (2010): 37B05, 52C23, 81Q10. Introduction by the Organisers The spectral theory of dynamical systems was initiated by Koopman [19] and von Neumann [24], and later developed in various directions. So far, a complete classification result in the realm of measure-theoretic dynamics only exists for dynamical systems with pure point spectrum. This approach is usually formulated via the Halmos–von Neumann theorem [17]. This certainly applies to model sets (also known as cut and project sets), where the corresponding Kronecker factor emerges constructively [8, 4]. The development of (mathematical) diffraction theory [18] admits an alternative approach to measure dynamical systems on locally compact Abelian groups. For systems with pure point spectrum, the equivalence of the two approaches has been established in a series of publications [22, 20, 7, 21]. More recent are first steps towards an extension to systems with mixed spectra [9], with particularly concrete 2988 Oberwolfach Report 53/2014 results for systems with finite local complexity (FLC) [2, 5, 10] (compare also the abstracts by D. Lenz, M. Baake, U. Grimm and F. Gähler below). The essential point here is the insight that, in general, the dynamical spectrum is richer than the diffraction spectrum of a system [23, 10], but not than the collection of diffraction spectra of the system and a suitable family of its factors [9]. In general, one has to expect that such a family is infinite, at least if one restricts to factors of the same complexity type. Astonishingly, in many of the classic examples, one can work with a finite family; see [4, 3] and references therein, as well as the abstract by D. Lenz below. What is presently lacking is a classification of those systems where such a finiteness condition applies. Even a useful sufficient criterion is unknown at present. The primary aim of this mini-workshop was to bring together experts from both ends of the spectrum in order to reach a better understanding of the correct equivalence notion and to take first steps towards a spectral classification beyond the pure point case. To facilitate discussions, the mini-workshop started with four survey talks which set the scene on central topics such as almost periodic measures, dynamical and diffraction spectra, Schrödinger spectra and statistical mechanics approaches; see the abstracts by N. Strungaru, D. Lenz, D. Damanik and A.C.D. van Enter for details. A further three talks addressed various topological aspects of tilings and tiling spaces; compare the abstracts by J. Kellendonk, T. Fernique and A. Clark. The talks of the remaining ten participants discussed specific questions related to spectral properties, as detailed elsewhere in this introduction. Particularly interesting questions in this context concern systems with singular continuous spectra, which have been studied in the context of Schrödinger operators for some time (see, e.g., [12] and references therein, and compare the abstracts by D. Damanik, A. Gorodetski, W. Yessen and J. Fillman), as well as systems with absolutely continuous spectra, as they appear in the theory of point processes [16, 1]. In the latter case, it quite often occurs that dynamical and diffraction spectra become equivalent again [6]. In fact, this and various heuristic arguments (compare the abstracts by A.C.D. van Enter and H. Kösters) point towards the conjecture that the diffraction spectrum is absolutely continuous relative to the maximal spectral measure of the dynamical spectrum. A more recent extension of the theory emerged by the use of exact renormalisation techniques for the spectra (compare the abstracts by M. Baake and F. Gähler), which can help significantly to determine the spectral type, and by the study of weak model sets (see the abstracts by C. Richard and C. Huck), which fail to be minimal as dynamical systems. Moreover, they have entropy, but can still show pure point spectrum. This is, in a way, in contrast to highly ordered systems such as the Rudin–Shapiro chain and its generalisations via Hadamard matrices (compare the abstract by N. Frank), which show Lebesgue measures in their dynamical and diffraction spectra. Another focus of the mini-workshop was to take first steps to clarify the connection between Schrödinger spectra and the dynamical and diffraction spectra discussed above. There is very little understanding of this question in general, Mini-Workshop: Dynamical versus Diffraction Spectra 2989 aside from some heuristics based on the existing results on the two sides. Namely, based on the known results for some specific classes of examples, it is quite apparent that with increasing disorder of the system, the dynamical and diffraction spectra become more regular (i.e., more continuous), while the Schrödinger spectra become more singular. Finding a direct connection between the two sides, perhaps a suitable duality notion, explaining these tendencies would be highly desirable. Thus, a secondary aim of the proposed mini-workshop was to facilitate and stimulate discussions between those participants working on dynamical and diffraction spectra and those (also) working on Schrödinger operators. One recent advance in this direction has been obtained in [13, 14], where (for the central model in the context of quasicrystals, the Fibonacci case) the Schrödinger density of states measure, which is the phase average of the spectral measures associated with the Fibonacci Schrödinger operator, was shown to result from the measure of maximal entropy of the associated trace map dynamical system by projection along the stable manifolds of points in the non-wandering set of the trace map. While this result does establish an explicit connection between spectral measures and dynamical measures, it is somewhat special to the Fibonacci case as it makes use of the presence of a hypberbolic basic set for the map implementing the self-similarity. Such a structure is not present in more general settings. As a result of the discussions that took place during the mini-workshop, several research projects are now under way. One goal is to find a closer connection between those systems that are dynamically pure point and the corresponding Schrödinger spectra. For the most prominent examples, such as the Fibonacci or the period doubling case, it is known that the singular continuous nature of the Schrödinger spectral measure is uniform across the hull [11, 15]. In contrast, no such uniform result is known for cases whose dynamical spectrum is not pure point. It is therefore natural to explore whether there is a connection between these phenomena, and hence to look for further models with pure point dynamical spectrum and uniform singular continuous Schrödinger spectrum, as well as a better understanding of whether models with uniform singular continuous Schrödinger spectrum that do not have pure point dynamical spectrum can or cannot exist. Acknowledgement: The MFO and the workshop organizers would like to thank the National Science Foundation for supporting the participation of junior researchers in the workshop by the grant DMS-1049268, "US Junior Oberwolfach Fellows".


ANDREEV-THURSTON THEOREM. Let r be a triangulation of S which is not simplicially equivalent to a tetrahedron and let <£: r—»[0, \n\ be given, where T denotes the set of edges of x. Suppose that (A) if eu e2, e3 e r (1) form a closed loop on S and if 2?=i ^(e^^n, then (eif e2, e3) are the three edges of a two-simplex of x; (B) if ex, e2, e3) eA e r (1) form a closed loop on S and if 2?=i <&{e,) = 2K, then (ex, e2, e2, e4) form the boundary of the union of two adjacent twosimplexes of x.


Monoclonal antibodies were prepared to the a and /3 subunits of prolyl4-hydroxylase (PH) and to lysyl hydroxylase (LH) isolated from human placenta. The enzymes were purified with slight modifications of the procedures reported previously,' and highly purified protein constituted the antigens. Hybridoma cells obtained by fusing spleen cells of immunized Balb/C mice with mouse myeloma cells were used for antibody production. Monoclonal antibodies to PH were first produced by using native enzyme tetramer as antigen. Six hybridomas with the highest antibody titers were partially characterized. All six antibodies reacted with the tetramer form of the enzyme in Western blotting after polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) under native conditions. When the enzyme was denatured and reduced, and studied by Western blotting after SDSPAGE, five of the antibodies were found to react with the /3 subunit and only one with the a subunit. Four of the five antibodies to the /3 subunit showed no crossreactivity with mouse and chick PH, whereas one of the antibodies (5B5-A) crossreacted with the /3 subunit of both these enzymes. This last antibody also caused the strongest inhibition (46%) of the human PH activity. Only a slight inhibition (10-20%) was observed with the other j3 subunit antibodies. None of these antibodies crossreacted with the a subunit of PH or with LH (TABLE 1). Because only one of the monoclonal antibodies to native PH tetramer reacted with the a subunit, this subunit was isolated from purified PH with a slight modification of a previous procedure? Eight additional hybridoma cell lines were produced using this purified a subunit as antigen. Four out of the 9 monoclonal antibodies to the a subunit were partially characterized, and two of them were found to cross-react with the j3 subunit of PH (TABLE I). Twenty antibody-producing hybridomas were obtained for lysyl hydroxylase, and five out of these 20 were partially characterized. Only a slight inhibition of LH activity was found when these monoclonal antibodies were added to the enzyme reaction, but a definite inhibition (40-60%) was detected when Sepharose-coupled hybridoma IgG


Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization. Lesley J. Rogers and Richard J.Andrew, eds. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2001. 660 pp., illus. $120.00 (ISBN 0521781612 cloth). Microfabricated Sensors: Application of Optical Technology for DNA Analysis. Richard Kordal, Arthur Usmani, and Wai Tak Law, eds. Oxford University Press, New York, 2002. 158 pp., illus. $100.00 (ISBN 0841237638 cloth). Primate Dentition: An Introduction to the Teeth of Non-Human Primates. Daris R. Swindler. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2002. 296 pp., illus. $80.00 (ISBN 0521652898 cloth). Proteinase and Peptidase Inhibition: Recent Potential Targets for Drug Development. H. John Smith and Claire Simons, eds. Taylor and Francis, New York, 2002. 420 pp., illus. $150.00 (ISBN 0415273498 hardcover). Self-Trust and Reproductive Autonomy. Carolyn McLeod. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002. 215 pp., $29.95 (ISBN 026213408X hardcover). Synthetic Peptides: A User's Guide. 2nd ed. Gregory Grant, ed. Oxford University Press, New York, 2002. 390 pp., illus. $55.00 (ISBN 0195132610 paper). The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Accommodating Pluralism. Daniel Callahan, ed. Georgetown University Press, Washington, DC, 2002. 214 pp., illus., $44.95 (ISBN 0878408770 hardcover).


With the rapid economy development,vehicles exhaust pollution became the important source of urban air pollution in China,but in a certain period,vehicle exhaust pollution became one of the main source of air pollution.Taking Jingshi road of Jinan for example,got the traffic flow of certain time using field survey method,estimated the emissions concentration of CO,NOx,THC which were the major pollutants in vehicle exhaust using the CALINE4 model in atmospheric assistant EIAA.The results were that all of the largest value of the three pollutants appeared the time between 7:00 am and 8:00 am,the minimum was between 12:00 am and 1:00 pm,the emission intensity order was CO,THC,NOx.


Objective To explore the changes of transforming growth factor beta 1(TGFβ 1), TGFβ receptor(TGFβR), and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1(TIMP 1), as well as their relations to the pathogenesis of elderly osteoarthritis. Methods The distribution and the levels of TGFβ 1, TGFβ receptor Ⅰ(TGFβRⅠ) , TGFβ receptor Ⅱ(TGFβRⅡ) and TIMP 1 in the articular cartilage and the synovium of 23 aged patients with osteoarthritis and 3 patients with trauma(the joints were not injured) were examined using immunohistochemical methods. Results The immunohistochemical staining for TGFβ 1 showed positive or weakly positive in the articular cartilage and the synovium in two thirds of the patients with osteoarthritis. The strongly positive staining for TGFβRⅠ and TGFβRⅡ was found in the articular cartilage and the synovium in all of the osteoarthritis patients. The immunohistochemical staining of TIMP 1 showed weakly positive in the articular cartilage and the synovium of two thirds of patients with osteoarthritis. The positively stained cells containing TGFβ 1, TGFβRⅠ, TGFβRⅡ and TIMP 1 included chondrocytes, synovial lining cells, endothelial cells and the macrophages in subsynovial layer with osteoarthritis. Conclusions The distribution and the content of TGFβ 1, TGFβR and TIMP 1 in the articular cartilage and the synovium of osteoarthritis in the elderly are considered to correlate with the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis.


Timor deer (Rusa timorensis) is native species in Indonesia that faces many threatening issues. Studies related to the health aspects of Timor deer are considered essential to provide some information related to deer health management in captivity. Deer handling procedures in captivity in Indonesia are commonly carried out with physical restraint. Physical restraint in animals is known to cause various changes in animals' clinical and hematological values. This study aimed to determine the clinical and hematological parameters of Timor deer under physical restraint in captivity. This study used ten Timor deer that consisted of five stags and five hinds. The deer was positioned in a chute, then continued with the physical examination and blood sampling. Parameters observed in this study are clinical and hematological parameters. This study showed that clinical parameters of Timor deer under physical restraint have significant differences between sex groups, except for respiration rate parameters. Hematological parameters of physically restrained Timor deer did not show significant differences between sex groups, except for basophil parameters. This study concluded that physical restraint could affect the clinical and hematological parameters of Timor deer.


* Praxial Music Education: Reflections and Dialogues. Edited by David J. Elliott. Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016; 800-445-9714; fax, 919-677-1303; wwwoup.com/us. 2005. 352 pp. Line drawings. Hardcover, $45.00. Praxial Music Education: Reflections and Dialogues is a collection of essays on the praxial philosophy of music and music education set forth by David J. Elliott in Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education (New York: Oxford


Steel sheet pile of H + Hat combination is welded by domestic H-type pile and wide Hat-type pile imported from Japan, that is simple structure, excellent flexural stiffness and economically repetitious usage. Because of these advantages, it has extensive application prospect. But in the traditional fillet welding, there is some inconvenience on the stage of first connecting and late repeated using. In order to make some improvement, the experimental way is adopted to study the bolt connection of H + Hat combination steel sheet pile, especially its mechanical properties, bending deformation and the coupling of H-type pile between wide Hat-type pile. The results of this experimental show that the midpoint deflection of steel sheet pile of H + Hat combination, which is connected by the bolt, satisfies the requirement of deformation; with the bolt connection, the coupling of H-type pile between wide Hat-type pile is very good and their micro-strain between each other is also tiny, that can well satisfy the engineering application.


This study centers upon Martyr, a Marius von Mayenburg play, staged in 2014 at the National Theatre in Târgu-Mureș by the Romanian theatre director Theodor-Cristian Popescu. Using specific artistic tools, the director manages to transform a closed play into an open work of art. The result can be classified as an efficient performance. Confronting this performance with the local theatrical environment, the result cannot be considered a cultural success.


Background: Neonatal Hypoglycemia is the most common metabolic disorder in newborns. At our 5,000+ yearly delivery institution, 15% of infants >35 weeks have hypoglycemia and are managed in the newborn nursery. Oral glucose gel has emerged as a supplemental management option for this condition. Aim: To increase the exclusive breastfeeding rate by 25% over 1 year in newborns with hypoglycemia by adding oral glucose gel to their management. Process for improvement: PDSA Cycles were utilized with a multidisciplinary team consisting of nurses, physicians, quality improvement analysts, pharmacists, and informational …


Objective: The use of face veil called "niqab" by women to cover their faces at public places is a common practice in some Muslim communities. The long-term effect of niqab use on ventilatory funct ...


Abstract : The CV-22 OSPREY will become operational within the next few years. Although it is seen as a replacement for the aging, but still capable, MH-53J PAVELOW, the CV-22 improves upon the basic operating capabilities of its predecessor. The OSPREY will also be able to perform some of the same missions of the MC-130 COMBAT TALON. The CV-22 must fill the operational missions and roles currently performed by the MH-53, but it is also capable of much more. The task put forth to mission planners, tacticians, and Air Force leaders is to envision new roles and missions for the CV-22 that take advantage of its unique capabilities. After providing background information on the CV-22, the MH-53, and the MC-130, the author defines several likely threats that the military will face in the years to come. By reviewing documents such as Joint Vision 2010, Air Force 2025, and studies by the National Defense Panel and National Defense University, a common picture emerged of the threats and operating environments facing the US military in the next 10 to 15 years. Based on these scenarios the author answers the following research question: Based on likely future scenarios, are there new roles or missions that take advantage of the unique capabilities of the CV-22 beyond those already in development?


This paper proposes a novel cooperative metaheuristic optimization algorithm for control system design optimization. The proposed algorithm denoted as the cooperative FPA-ATS is formed from the flower pollination algorithm (FPA), one of the most efficient population-based metaheuristic optimization techniques, and the adaptive tabu search (ATS), one of the most powerful trajectory-based metaheuristic optimization techniques. The cooperative FPA-ATS possesses two states running in a sequential manner as serial-heterogeneous search algorithms. It begins the search for the feasible solutions over entire search space by using the FPA's exploration property. Afterwards, it searches for the global solution by using the ATS's exploitation property. The search performance comparison studies of the ATS, FPA and the cooperative FPA-ATS are reported by testing against ten benchmark functions. As results, the cooperative FPA-ATS shows superiority to FPA and ATS, respectively. The cooperative FPA-ATS is then applied to designing the fractional-order proportional-integral derivative (FOPID) controller for the load frequency control (LFC) in power systems with three types of turbines. Based on the modern optimization, the cooperative FPA-ATS can provide optimal FOPID controllers for LFC systems. Once compared with the integer-order PID (IOPID) controller, the FOPID controller can yield very satisfactory response superior to the IOPID controller.


[Objective]To investigate the incidence of rubella in Heping district of Tianjin,provide the scientific evidence for effective control and prevention of rubella.[Methods]Using the data from the National information system for diseases control and prevention,the epidemiological analysis of rubella in Heping district of Tianjin during 2007-2010 was analyzed.[Results]During 2007-2010,a total of 377 rubella cases were reported with the average annual incidence of 25.56/lakh,and there was no death case.The peak season was April to June.70% of the cases occurred in Nanyingmen sub-district,Quanyechang sub-district and Xinxing sub-district which had high density of population.60.21% of patients were school students,and 53.31% were people aged 10-19 years old.Only 10% of cases had vaccine immunization history.[Conclusion]It is necessary to strengthen the disease surveillance in high prevalence areas and carry out the rubella vaccine inoculation among school-age children and adolescents.The women who are ready for pregnancy should be vaccinated with measles mumps and rubella(MMR) vaccine,so as to reduce the incidence of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome.


Chronic hepatitis C is often a progressive liver disease for which there is no satisfactory treatment. We studied the efficacy of recombinant α‐interferon or γ‐interferon in the treatment of this disease in comparison with a control group. Thirty patients were randomly assigned to three groups. Ten patients received 7.5 MU α‐interferon/m2 body surface three times weekly for 3 mo, then 5 MU/m2 for 3 mo and 2.5 MU/m2 for 6 mo. Ten patients were treated with γ‐interferon at a dose of 2 MU/m2 for 6 mo and the other 10 served as controls without treatment.


Abstract— To expand ontology meanings, an effective ontology mapping approach is needed to map related or similar knowledge from heterogeneous sources together. Especially, the mapping approach also can be applied to support image recognition in order to enhance its retrieval information. In this paper, we propose the ontology mapping with back propagation method to learn image objects, and link to their personal information to increase the completeness of user inquiry. In our approach, we adopt the multilayer feed-forward neural network couple with back propagation algorithm to learn the image patterns, store their similarity values, check and map with target images, and link to their target information from knowledge domains at the final process. Our experiments clearly present the accuracy of overall testing which can reach to 81.3%.


Nickel oxide (NiO)-based composite films with various Cobalt/Nickel (Co/Ni) ratios were fabricated, and the photochromic properties of the resulting films were evaluated. The NiO particle sizes in the composite films with Co/Ni ratios of 0~0.02 were 40~70 nm. Increase in the Co addition ratio to the composite films caused a decrease in the initial transmittance of the films, and the films with Co/Ni ratio of 0.005 and 0.01 showed a larger transmittance modulation. Co addition caused an increase in the bleaching and coloring rates, which were the largest in the film with Co/Ni ratio of 0.005.


To observe the effects of preoperative pain education on Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) patients on postoperative pain management. Methods: A randomized control trial was performed from April-December 2019, after seeking ethical approval. Patients of Punjab institute of cardiology, Lahore, scheduled for CABG were selected after informed consent. Those with psychiatric illness, chronic pain/opioid addiction, or allergic to opioids, were excluded. The population was divided into control (received routine preoperative care) and interventional (received additional preoperative education via pain management booklet) groups, data was collected postoperatively via questionnaire and analyzed on SPSS. Chi-square was used as a statistical test and p-value <0.05 was significant. Results: Eighty patients with 47 males and 33 females aged 50-80 years (mean=61.05±8.32) were recruited. The interventional group agreed to the significance of instant in-hospital notifying/managing pain and 38(95%) controls agreed to it, 39(98%) interventional patients were willing for a stronger pain-relief medicine if not cured by the initial dose, while 12(30%) controls were willing for it. 38(95%) interventional patients denied the fear of addiction to painkillers, contrarily 5(12.5%) controls negated this fear. All interventional patients rejected the concern of incurable nausea with pain-relief medicine, while 37(92.5%) controls were threatened with this concern. Constipation associated with pain-relief medicine was refused by all interventional patients, 25(62.5%) controls accepted it. All the differences between both groups were significant (p<0.001).                                Conclusion: A significantly improved postoperative patient compliance/outcome (pain-related) was observed in the interventional group who preoperative received pain education compared to the control.


The human neuregulin 1‐β1 (NRG1‐β1, amino acid residues 176–246) was chemically synthesized by Fmoc‐based solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) followed by folding in a redox buffer. The biological activity of the synthesized NRG1‐β1 was confirmed by ligand‐induced tyrosine phosphorylation on Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells expressing ErbB‐4. Copyright © 2007 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


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The problems which most seriously affect the lives of youth today are those of economic training, religious training, use of leisure, character-development, and international relations. The study of modern foreign languages contributes definitely toward their solution


Merangin regency has become one of main areas in Jambi province with rampant illegal gold mining in the Rice Production areas for the last three years, giving a negative impact on the rice farming existing around the mine area. This research study aimed to identify the sustainability of farming rice based on the ecological dimension around the coal mining areas. The research was done in Merangin regency, 50 respondents as the samples were taken by proportional stratified random sampling techniques, categorized in two farmers conditions as near/inside and outside/ faraway from the illegal gold mining. In identifying the sustainability of farming ricefields used qualitative measurements by looking at its indicators. The indicator included ecological dimension such as floods in rainy season, water shortage for household purposes, air pollution, and increase of frequency disease occurring in farming rice. Keywords—Ecological dimensions, sustainability, farming, rice


Mammography for women in their 40s Screening mammography after the age of 50 years has been shown to reduce the risk of death from breast cancer by 25% in controlled trials. This is generally agreed to be the benefit of screening, but it does not take into account the harm or cost of screening. Advising a population through policy or an individual by consultation has to weigh benefits, harms and costs. Between the ages of 50 and 60 years, the benefits of decreased mortality from breast cancer by screening are balanced against the harms of false-positive findings which lead to anxiety and unnecessary investigations, plus the possibility of causing harm by exposing the women to the radiation involved in repeated mammography. The costs in the UK are £70 million annually for screening. To recommend screening, the benefits must outweigh the harm and be affordable, but the data are 'far from perfect', and specific information about screening women in their 40s is only now appearing (Moss et al., Lancet 2006;368:2053–60). This trial involving more than 150 000 women had follow up for 10 years, and although mortality was decreased, this was not statistically significant. The absolute numbers showed a risk reduction of 0.4 per 1000 women screened. The authors do not feel that recommendations can be made without longer follow up, presumably wanting to identify longterm radiation effects—in other words, at the present time, there is no conclusive evidence by which policy can be guided. Djulbegovic and Lyman in an editorial (Lancet 2006;368:2035–7) put it more scientifically saying that estimates 'remain too uncertain to conclude with a high level of confidence that screening mammography in this age group is associated with a net benefit'. So should this research change clinical management? Not yet, it seems, as the harms and costs in these younger women are higher than starting screening after 50 years, but doctors need to know these results and advise younger women accordingly.


Human safety against touch voltage hazards is the most important factor in electric power systems. Danger of touch voltage can occur if humans touch the live parts directly or indirectly. Indirect touch can occur when humans touch the open conductive parts (BKT) of equipment which under normal circumstances has no voltage but can be live due to leakage current due to damage to insulation in electrical cables. Therefore it is necessary to protect against indirect touch voltage. This study aims to analyze indirect touch voltage protection using Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker (ELCB) and Miniature Circuit Breaker (MCB). In this study, 30 mA ELCB and 2 A MCB were used as protection against indirect touch voltage hazards. The research data were obtained by using the experimental method, namely by conducting experiments in the laboratory. From the experimental results in the laboratory, it was found that the 30 mA ELCB is more sensitive as protection against indirect touch voltage than the MCB. This is because the working principle of the ELCB is based on the leakage current that occurs in the BKT, while the working principle of the MCB is based on the total current (leakage current and load current) flowing through the MCB.


A vehicle (10) is provided with a braking device applying a braking force thereto, including a brake pedal (61), a brake actuator (64), a braking unit (65fl, 65fr, 65rl, 65rr) and so forth, whereas an electronic control device (1) is provided with a rate of change of vehicle speed setting device for setting a target rate of change of vehicle speed; and a vehicle speed control device for controlling a vehicle speed such that the target rate of change of vehicle speed is obtained in accordance with a given operation by a driver with respect to the braking device. For example, the rate of change of vehicle speed setting device sets a target rate of change of vehicle speed such that the vehicle (10) is accelerated when the given operation is applied while the vehicle (10) is stopped.


Unwanted vibration in cam-follower systems causes increased forces, noise, wear, and operating costs. This paper investigates the use of input shaping on cam profiles to reduce vibration. Input shaping is a real-time command modification algorithm developed for computer-controlled machines. In order to apply the concept to cam design, some modifications to the algorithm must be made. To test the validity of high-speed input-shaped cam profiles, an experimental apparatus was constructed with variable operating speeds and follower dynamics. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed solution.


1. Understanding large‐scale distribution shifts is vital to predict species responses to changes in the environment. Such shifts occur as a consequence of habitat distribution, dispersal processes and the influence of environment factors.


National aesthetical psychology is not invariable but enriches itself gradually.Once settled,it remote-controls the formation of aesthetical psychology of a nation in whole,which is mirrored by its criterion function to God,religion,life attitude and folk art.A stable national aesthetical psychological structure governs the creation,function,nature and appreciation of different art.


Extra-cavity type II NCPM KTA OPO-based oscillator pumped by Q-switched Nd:YAG laser is developed for laser radars operating in the mid-infrared. The laser operates in the 3.0-4.5 um range with a linewidth of 0.5 nm.


Quantitative Human Physiology (QHP) is an open‐source XML model of human physiology based on Quantitative Circulatory Physiology (QCP), a previous model created to incorporate over 4000 simultaneous equations. The QHP model has been expanded to include a female (F) subject, allowing investigation of gender differences on human physiology. For this model, respiratory function was examined in a 78‐kg male (M) subject and a 60‐kg F subject. The protocol involved having the subjects perform 30‐min treadmill exercise protocol (2% incline at 2 miles/hour) and comparing respiratory parameters to pre‐exercise conditions. Respiratory parameters were analyzed as percent increases, due to the different baseline parameters between the M and F subjects. Pre‐exercise alveolar ventilation (Va) for M and F was 4.4 L/ min and 3.5 L/min, respectively. Following 30 min of exercise, M Va increased 305% whereas F Va increased 394% (Figure). Interestingly, post‐exercise Va was similar between the M and F (17.8 L/min vs. 17.3 L/min). This model will investigate the physiological mechanisms underlying these differences in respiratory function between M and F, including the role of differences in pulmonary blood flow and blood gas exchange. Supported by NSF EPSCoR and NIH # HL‐51971.


Background. Nineteen patients with Ewing sarcoma of bone, each younger than 3 years of age at the time of initial presentation, are reported. These children represent an unusually young age group for documented Ewing sarcoma and represent 2.6% of all patients registered in the Intergroup Ewing's Sarcoma Study (IESS).


The invention aims to provide a deicing robot for a transmission line, which comprises two groups of deicing mechanisms, two groups of drive mechanisms, two groups of clamping mechanisms, two groups of supporting mechanisms and an obstacle-crossing mechanism, wherein each drive mechanism comprises a drive motor and a motor base; the two groups of deicing mechanisms and the two groups of clamping mechanism are fixed with the motor bases; the upper ends of the two groups of supporting mechanisms are connected with the motor bases; the supporting mechanisms are fixed on the obstacle-crossing mechanism; and the two groups of deicing mechanisms, the two groups of drive mechanisms, the two groups of clamping mechanisms and the two groups of supporting mechanisms are symmetrically and oppositely arranged. The deicing robot has the advantages that not only can various obstacles on the line be crossed, but also poles and towers can be crossed to realize automatic deicing operation among multiple lines.


is divided is illustrative of his approach. He includes in the examination of this crucial period (1878-1888) the meaning of issuance of kinsatsu (gold notes), the land tax reform and its impact, the Meiji government's financial difficulties and industry promotion policies, formation of capital markets, and three methods (government, subsidies, and private) of financing new industries. Each of these then is considered in terms of its direct and indirect effects for the development of industries. Key questions asked, as Furushima does throughout the book, are: How was the necessary capital supplied; how were new technologies adopted; what types of labor were recruited; and how did the demand facing each industry lead, lag behind, or keep pace with the capacity of the industry in question? His answers to these questions are informative and convincing in most instances, as he is able to marshal supporting evidence combed from diaries; company, bank, and local histories; and all types of official statistics. What he writes adds up to saying that there was what one might call a ground-swell for industrialization, or in other words that there were technological, financial and demand-creating horizontal "linkages" in the process of Japan's industrialization to a much greater extent than is usually recognized by those economic historians who emphasize the "warp"—the government's role and Zaibatsu's abilities in achieving economic development from above. His emphasis on the importance of rapid development of traditional industries is also one of his significant observations which Western students of Japan might reflect upon and re-examine. He does not discount the importance of the roles of the government and the Zaibatsu, but in his book they are no longer the prima donnas in the fascinating drama of Japan's rapid economic development. Some readers might disagree with Furushima's general tone and departure from the more familiar economic history of Japan emphasizing the "warp." It is up to them to re-examine all the evidence he presents. This reviewer regrets the fact that on more than a dozen occasions the author's analyses and descriptions are unnecessarily ambiguous or obscure, when a theoretical economic framework or accepted concepts (such as linkage effect, external economies, etc.) could have made his points much clearer and easier to grasp. This is one of several recent Japanese books which cause this reviewer to regret that they are not yet available in English.


John Smith, veterinary surgeon off to Africa setting foot in Africa the history of Zambia ready for the bulls preparing to trek my first trek an unusual Christmas sour milk and crocodiles Shangive - medicine chief slave trade, 1914 our food and our fun out on trek and back on form egrets and hippos two lions and two ponies unknowingly at war waiting for news a nightmare journey dancing the fever away blushing beneath his tan death of the chief the mosquito has the last bite "doing his bit" my new life and my old crown colony the club morena, noka e eli (chief, the river has gone) mining, benefits and problems agriculture, my responsibility a momentous decision epilogue postscript.


Moral value awareness had begun to be shifted by the western culture that tended to be incompatible with the condition of our society. This research was an effort to give reinforcement of local wisdom contained in wayang beber figure, as a source for the development of batik patterns of Pacitan. The geographical condition of Pacitan Regency was very potential to be developed as a superior ecotourism where Pacitan got the nickname as Word class karst geopark tourism area. The economic condition of the community was mostly supported by a variety of small and medium industries. Batik industry developed rapidly and had great potential to be developed and improved from the aspect of productivity, so that later could increase the economic level of Pacitan society. This research used action research theory where there were four stages, namely select a focus, collect data, analyze and interpret data, and take action. Methods performed in several stages: assessment, design, socialization, mentoring and training, production, and launching. The research results aimed to increase batik productivity and creativity through the development of Cokrokembang batik tourism village, Ngadirejo, Pacitan through corporate identity design, so it was expected to increase the economy of the people and the opening of the leading tourist attraction in Pacitan. Keywords: local wisdom, corporate identity,, batik tourism.


Contents: This work demonstrates a new linguistic theory concerning the grammatical meaning of the verb forms of the five verb moods of French and English.


Although Marx's critique of capitalism, especially his theory of fetishism, requires experiential knowledge (my term for "spirituality"), his framework does not leave any conceptual room for such knowledge. The idea that spirituality is (perhaps the better) part of religion is a deeply held assumption of secular Western thought. Only in Michel Foucault's late lectures do we find a Western thinker realizing that what opposed spirituality, and subsequently suppressed it, is not science but religion. This essay reconstructs Foucault's reasons for making that startling claim and then explores how Marx's early insight into the secularization of European culture can be deepened with the help of Foucault's genealogical analysis of the disappearance of spiritual knowledge in the West. Equipped with a framework to understand the secularization of Western culture in a radically different way, the essay then tackles the question of reformulating Marx's theory of reification with the resources provided by experiential knowledge (spirituality).


Objective:Near infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy was used for measurement of moisture content in 5 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine extracts,namely Radix Scutellariae,Forsythia suspense,Flos Lonicerae,Cornu gorais,and Bear gall powder.And the general rule of determining the moisture content with NIR was summarized according to the experimental results.Method:The spectra were recorded with the average of 64 scans over the spectral region 4000-10000 cm-1 at 8 cm-1 intervals.The wavebands containing 3 characteristic wavelengths of water(6900,5200,5180 cm-1)were selected,and were pretreated with Multiplicative Scatter Correction,Savitzky-Golay filt,and first derivative.The calibration between the NIR spectra and the reference values of moisture content was obtained with Partial Linear Squares method and optimized through inner cross validation and external validation.Result:The coefficients of correlation of inner cross validation and external validation are both above 0.90,and the RMSECV and RMSEP are both below 0.05.The calibration models were used for testing a new set of samples,and the results were satisfied.Conclusion:The presented method is timesaving and accuracy,which indicates potential to be widely used in the moisture content determination of TCM extracts.


Chiral C2 diamine, poly(amide) and poly(urea) act as inductors both in asymmetric hydride transfer reduction of acetophenone and carbon–carbon bond formation with high enantioselectivity of up to 95% enantiomeric excess.


Transgenic mice carrying the H‐2K/human growth hormone (hGH) fusion gene were produced by microinjecting into the pronucleus of fertilized eggs DNA molecules containing 2 kb of the 5′ flanking sequences (including promoter) of the class I H‐2Kb gene joined to the coding sequences of the hGH gene. Thirteen transgenic mice were obtained which all contained detectable levels of hGH hormone in their blood. Nine grew larger than their control litter‐mates. Endogenous H‐2Kb and exogenous hGH mRNA levels were analysed by S1 nuclease digestion experiments. hGH transcripts were found in all the tissues examined and the pattern of expression paralleled that of endogenous H‐2K gene expression, being high in liver and lymphoid organs and low in muscle and brain. Thus 2 kb of the 5′ promoter/regulatory region of the H‐2K gene are sufficient to ensure regulated expression of hGH in transgenic mice. This promoter may therefore be of use to target the expression of different exogenous genes in most tissues of transgenic mice and to study the biological role of the corresponding proteins in different cellular environments.


Recently the basic setting has been established for the development of quaternionic Hermitian Clifford analysis, a theory centred around the simultaneous null solutions, called q-Hermitian monogenic functions, of four Hermitian Dirac operators in a quaternionic Clifford algebra setting. Borel–Pompeiu and Cauchy integral formulae have been established in this framework by means of a (4 × 4) circulant matrix approach. By means of the matricial quaternionic Hermitian Cauchy kernel involved in these formulae, a quaternionic Hermitian Cauchy integral may be defined. The subsequent study of the boundary limits of this Cauchy integral then leads to the definition of a quaternionic Hermitian Hilbert transform. These integral transforms are studied in this article.


in order to ensure safe and reliable operation of the transmitter to the operating frequency range, a transmitter tuned at all levels of the network, network impedance transformation and filtering network components, must be in accordance with the design or preset parameters to adjust accurately, to guarantee the stability of transmitter and the output of the full power, to guarantee the broadcast transmitter uninterrupted. This paper briefly introduces the SW100- PSM shortwave radio transmitter working Ⅱ principle of high level before the end of the tuning circuit. Combined with practical work the transmitter high grade fine tuning phase discriminator before driving devices of fault are discussed.