Strategies for water supply and irrigation canal systems management must be established to meet water demands throughout the network over time while preventing problems such as water shortage or flooding of sensitive areas. A previous study demonstrated that by incorporating an unsteady flow model into an evolutionary algorithm- (EA-) based framework, efficient strategies for scheduling gate operations and allocating crops can be determined to address the various objectives and constraints over a period of time. However, as implemented previously and applied to a case study in Egypt, this method did not find solutions that satisfied all system constraints. Therefore, other constraint handling techniques are investigated to improve the EA performance for this problem. The most common technique for handling constraints in an EA is the use of penalty functions that are incorporated into the fitness criterion to degrade the fitness of solutions that violate one or more constraints. Alternative techniques have also been reported in the literature, including a multiobjective optimization technique that treats the constraints in single objective problems as additional objectives and a stochastic ranking procedure, both of which have been shown to perform efficiently for other engineering applications. In the previous study, a static penalty function was used to handle constraints in the EA. This paper investigates the performance of six constraint-handling techniques (five techniques from the literature, and a new proposed technique) for a water supply and irrigation canal network operation problem.


The paper summarizes the experience gained in the geotechnical characterization of sand and gravel deposits, in connection with the design of the one span suspended bridge over the Messina Strait. The discussion is focused on the development of a dynamic penetration test using a spoon sampler larger than the one employed in Standard Penetration Tests (SPT) with the aim of investigating the possible influence of gravel particles on the measurements with the SPT. The second part of the paper is devoted to a discussion on the influence of the geological age of granular deposits on the penetration resistance and stiffness. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 859983.


The multi-stimulus test with hidden reference and anchors (MUSHRA) is commonly used for subjective quality assessment of audio systems. Despite its wide acceptance in scientific and industrial sectors, the method is not free from bias. One possible source of bias in the MUSHRA method may be attributed to a graphical design of its user interface. This paper examines the hypothesis that replacement of the standard multi-slider layout with a single-slider version could reduce a stimulus spacing bias observed in the MUSHRA test. Contrary to the expectation, the aforementioned modification did not reduce the bias. This outcome formally supports the validity of using multiple sliders in the MUSHRA graphical interface.


TlCl3 and TlCl3-TlCl mixtures have been prepared and investigated by Raman spectroscopy in the solid and molten state. Already at 50°C TlCl3 starts to decompose according to TlCl3 → TlCl + Cl2. TlCl generated reacts with TlCl3 to give TlCl4-, Tl2Cl7~ and possibly TlnIIICl3n+1- units with n ≧ 2, respectively. Molten TlCl3, can be described best by the equilibrium TlCl4- + TlCl3 ⇄ Tl2Cl7-. In solid TlCl3-TlCl mixtures the following species could be identified Tl3(TlIIICl6), Tl31(Tl2IIICl9) and TlCl4). TlCl4- and TlCl52- complex units dominate in the molten state. In the melt, species are in dynamic coupled equilibria depending on temperature and stoichiometry.


The intention of the international conference PDE2000 was to bring together specialists from different areas of modern analysis, mathematical physics and geometry, to discuss not only the recent progress in their own fields but also the interaction between these fields. The special topics of the conference were spectral and scattering theory, semiclassical and asymptotic analysis, pseudodifferential operators and their relation to geometry, as well as partial differential operators and their connection to stochastic analysis and to the theory of semigroups. The scientific advisory board of the conference in Clausthal consisted of M. Ben-Artzi (Jerusalem), Chen Hua (Peking), M. Demuth (Clausthal), T. Ichinose (Kanazawa), L. Rodino (Turin), B.-W. Schulze (Potsdam) and J. Sjostrand (Paris). The book is aimed at researchers in mathematics and mathematical physics with interests in partial differential equations and all its related fields.


Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) plays a central role in many Design for Reliability procedures and the Reliability Life Cycle (RLC) analysis. FMECA is a systematic system analysis procedure for identifying potential failure modes, their causes, and their effect on system performance.The paper presents and discusses an FMECA devoted to the potential failure modes related to a Battery System. Potential causes and indications about a monitoring activity devoted to catching high-risk, high-occurrence failure modes are discussed.


Swing movable teeth reducer is a new type of small teeth difference planetary gear transmission, which is used to transmit the coaxial rotary motion and power between two shafts. As a new product development technology, virtual prototype technology is a digital design method based on the product simulation model. It is important to carry on the performance simulation of the reducer and seek the optimization design of the products on virtual prototype. Based on the study on the principle and structure of the swing movable teeth transmission, it analyzed the motion of the system, carried on the dynamical simulation of the swing movable teeth reducer, which is established on the virtual prototype. At same time, it analyzed the dynamical simulation on the rotational speed and force of the mainly parts.


The Lande-Edwards membrane oxygenator was used in ten total body perfusions. A modified Rygg-Kyvsgaard perfusion apparatus was employed in a gravity drainage circuit. No technical difficulties could be attributed to the oxygenators. The gas exchange was satisfactory in all cases. No signs of haematological disorders occurred. Postoperative complications were slight and transitory among the eight survivors. The two deaths were due to myocardial infarction.


Even under severe corrosion environment such as the ship's ballast tank, without being influenced by the surface condition of the steel at low cost and provides a marine corrosion resistant steel that exhibits excellent corrosion resistance. In mass%, C: 0.03 ~ 0.25%, Si: 0.05 ~ 0.50%, Mn: 0.1 ~ 2.0%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.005 ~ 0.10%, W: 0.01 ~ 1.0% , Cr: not less than 0.01%, and contains less than 0.20%, and, as needed, Sb: 0.001 ~ 0.3%, and Sn: 0.001 ~ 0.3% 1 kind or two kinds selected from the group consisting of, and / or, Ni: 0.005 ~ 0.25% , Mo: 0.01 ~ 0.5%, Co: the invention to a 0.01 ~ 1.0% alone or in combination of two or more selected from the group consisting of and the balance of marine corrosion resistant steel of Fe and inevitable impurities.


Leo Strauss reviewed Weber's methodology on separatefact and value on the basis of natural rights in his book Natural Rights and History.He made a critical analysis on Weber's views from the methodology and philosophy resulting in the unreality and inner contradiction of it.


Purpose of this paper was to research affection of participation in sports activities of bankers in job satisfaction and organizational commitment. To reach the purpose, 220 persons who lives in Deagu·Kyungbuk were sampled as subjects. Results of the analysis could be summarized as following. First, there were significant differences in such participation in sports activities by the general characteristics(sex, age, career) of the subject. Second, there were significant differences by participation in sports activities had a significant effect on job satisfaction. Third, there were significant differences in such organizational commitment by job satisfaction.


: In the field of forest disaster prevention, drones are expected to save higher human resources than the existing manpower has, and produce high-efficiency results over time. However, operational limitations brought by short flight times have brought the environment of limited use of the various capabilities of the drone


Graph Contrastive Learning (GCL) has recently drawn much research interest for learning generalizable node representations in a self-supervised manner. In general, the contrastive learning process in GCL is performed on top of the representations learned by a graph neural network (GNN) backbone, which transforms and propagates the node contextual information based on its local neighborhoods. However, nodes sharing similar characteristics may not always be geographically close, which poses a great challenge for unsupervised GCL efforts due to their inherent limitations in capturing such global graph knowledge. In this work, we address their inherent limitations by proposing a simple yet effective framework -- Simple Neural Networks with Structural and Semantic Contrastive Learning} (S^3-CL). Notably, by virtue of the proposed structural and semantic contrastive learning algorithms, even a simple neural network can learn expressive node representations that preserve valuable global structural and semantic patterns. Our experiments demonstrate that the node representations learned by S^3-CL) achieve superior performance on different downstream tasks compared with the state-of-the-art unsupervised GCL methods. Implementation and more experimental details are publicly available at https://github.com/kaize0409/S-3-CL.


The oral administration of the organomercurial drugs in patients requiring prolonged management of congestive failure has been rather unsatisfactory because of occasional toxic signs and symptoms. With the development of the pyrimidinedione derivatives as diuretic agents and encouraging pharmacologic studies in animals, clinical trial is warranted. A group of 24 patients who had received injections of mercurial diuretics for at least 6 months prior to study were treated with this new diuretic. Results of this experience are described.


The invention discloses an optical energy and kinetic energy complementary mobile power supply. The power supply comprises a shell, a solar battery, a storage battery, a kinetic energy generation device and a control circuit, wherein the solar battery is mounted on the surface of the shell; the storage battery, the kinetic energy generation device and the control circuit are arranged in the shell; the solar battery and the kinetic energy generation device are connected with the storage battery via the control circuit; the control circuit is mainly composed of a plurality of groups of single-phase bridge type rectifying circuits, single-phase half-wave rectifying circuits, filter capacitors and charging control circuits; the kinetic energy generation device comprises a mobile strong magnet, fixed strong magnets and a coil, wherein the mobile strong magnet can move in the coil, and the fixed strong magnets are respectively arranged on upper and lower ports of the coil. By adopting the optical energy and kinetic energy complementary mobile power supply, energy can be stored through solar energy and kinetic energy and is less influenced by environmental conditions such as illumination intensity and temperature, and the cruising ability of a mobile electronic device can be effectively increased. The optical energy and kinetic energy complementary mobile power supply is a mobile power unit which is clean, environmental friendly and convenient.


The RAPD technique was used to investigate the taxonomic position of some Helleborus species of Italian flora. The taxonomy of the genus is rather complicated due to the variability of the diacritic characters and to the presence of transitional forms. At present, some discrepancies exist among the authors about the systematic position of species of Helleborus characterised by green flowers. Because of this taxonomical uncertainty, it appears of interest to explore the potential of some molecular markers as a diagnostic feature of these entities. In this study, we used RAPD markers to characterise eight populations of Helleborus growing in central and northern Italy, which belong to the species H. bocconei, H. viridis, and H. odorus (characterised by green flowers) and H. niger (white flowers). The RAPD and cluster analyses enabled the taxonomic position of the critical entities to be clarified in favour of the classification made by Pignatti: the populations from northeastern Italy (attributed to H. odorus) are in fact clearly differentiated from those collected in Piemont and Lombardy and attributed to H. viridis. INTRODUCTION Some Helleborus species are an important source of cardiac glycosides of the bufanolide type and have been widely studied because of their pharmacological properties. The taxonomy of the genus is rather complicated due to the variability of the diacritic characters and to the presence of transitional forms; at present, some discrepancies exist among the authors about the systematic position of Helleborus species of the Italian Flora. While no problems appear in the determination of Helleborus niger L. characterized by white flowers, over-wintering basal leaves and anthesis during winter, Pignatti (1982), following the classification of Merxmuller and Podlech (1961) for Italy, mentions the difficulties encountered in classifying the hellebores with green flowers, basal leaves not over-wintering and anthesis during spring. These entities are to be considered, according to Pignatti (1982) and Tutin et al. (1993), as belonging to H. viridis L. (growing in northwest Italy), H. odorus W.&K. (northeast and central Italy) and H. bocconei Ten. (central and southern Italy). Other authors (Zanotto and Cristofolini, 1994) hypothesize the possibility that all populations from Northern Italy belong to H. viridis with the exception of populations growing in the Maritime Alps (northwest Italy) attributed to H. bocconei. The main morphological characters generally considered for the identification of the various taxa are the blade division, serration and pubescence of the leaves, the diameter of the flowers, the width of the tepals and the style/follicle ratio; however these characters are highly variable, even within the same population (Servettaz et al., 1988); the opinion of these authors is that the species present in Lombardy, commonly called H. viridis in reality is to be considered as H. odorus. As a matter of fact the taxonomy of hellebores is still a debated question: it appears therefore of interest to explore the potentiality of some molecular markers as a diagnostic feature. The use of RAPD (Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA) has resulted in a potentially useful tool for species discrimination (Williams et al., 1990; Demeke et al., 1992). Proc. WOCMAP III, Vol. 1: Bioprospecting & Ethnopharmacology Eds. J. Bernáth, É. Németh, L.E. Craker and Z.E.Gardner Acta Hort 675, ISHS 2005 206 In this work we have characterised, using RAPD markers, some populations of Helleborus growing in northern and central Italy, belonging to the critical entities H. odorus, H. viridis and H. bocconei in order to clarify the taxonomic position of such species; furthermore, for the sake of comparison, the neatly different species H. niger has also been analysed. MATERIALS AND METHODS Plant Material Eight populations of Helleborus belonging to the species H. niger, H. odorus, H. viridis and H. bocconei were collected during the spring of 1999 and 2000 and determined according to Flora d'Italia (Pignatti, 1982) and Flora Europea (Tutin et al., 1993). The voucher specimens are deposited in the Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Milano (MI). Table 1 shows the localities and identification number of samples. RAPD Analysis The RAPD analysis was performed on about 90 individuals: 8 to 17 for each population. Samples (100 mg of fresh leaves) were frozen in liquid N2 and ground in a mortar to give a fine powder from which DNA was extracted using QIAGEN DNeasy Plant Kit (Dellaporta, 1983; Doyle and Doyle, 1987). The RAPD analysis was performed using the following mixture: genomic DNA (5 μg/ml) 5 μl, primer (5 pM) 1 μl, dNTPs (100 μM each) 2.5 μl, DNA-polymerase (2U/μl) 0.1 μl, 10 x buffer PCR 2.5 μl, H2O millipore 13.9 μl, for a total of 25 μl reaction mixture. The DNA-polymerase (DyNAzyme II) and buffer were purchased from CELBIO (Milano). Fifteen primers supplied by Operon Technologies Inc. (Alameda, CA), were used for the analysis. Amplification reactions were carried out on the DNA Thermal Cycler 960 (Perkin Elmer) and subjected to 45 cycles of PCR as follows: 94°C, 1 min; 36°C, 1 min; 72°C, 2 min. Amplification products were analysed by electrophoresis on 1.4% of agarose containing 0.1 μg/ml of ethydium bromide. The DNA fingerprints were photographed with Polaroid print film type 667 (SIGMA). The analysis was carried out on 33 RAPD polymorphic markers. The bands were recorded as present or absent. From RAPD data a binary matrix was obtained. The matrix was elaborated using the multivariate analysis program NTSYS-pc (Rohlf, 1993). The binary matrix was transformed into a similarity matrix using Jaccard coefficients, in which joint absences were excluded from consideration. From this matrix a phenetic dendrogram was obtained by cluster analysis (UPGMA method). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The specimens were collected in triplicate at each collection site. After extraction, using the procedure proposed by QIAGEN, the analysis on agarose gel and the subsequent spectrophotometric measurements of the isolated DNA revealed a significant yield of high quality DNA in the samples. A total of 97 DNA samples were analysed. Among the 15 random primers used for the initial screening, 9 gave optimum RAPD profiles with all the populations studied and were chosen for the analysis (Table 2). A total of 33 polymorphic markers were generated using these primers. The number of bands ranged from 18 to 27 per population and the amplified products varied between 320-2200 bp. RAPD data from the nine primers were used for cluster analysis. Examination of the obtained dendrogram (Fig. 1) clearly shows the isolated position of the "outside" taxon H. niger (sample 1). H. bocconei (sample 2) appears to be separated from the other green flowered hellebores. It appears also that the utilized molecular markers well define the populations growing on each geographic site; most likely this is due to the fact that such plants are present in isolated areas and not


Explore Traditional Chinese Medicine prescription based on Local partial least squares (LPLS). Method: mathematical modeling base on LPLS, gain the VIP sorting, loadings Bi plot. Results: seek out the optimized direction of the prescription. Conclusion: the method optimization the compatibility of the dachengqi decoction is feasible and effective.


Since the establishment of Tik Tok in 2016, its user base has been increasing with good momentum. Compared with the Internet platforms of the same period or earlier, the number of users of Tik Tok and the growth rate of the platform volume has significant advantages. Therefore, the research on the strategies adopted by Tik Tok in various development periods is worth studying and worth learning from emerging Internet platforms. This article analyzes Tik Tok's well-developed strategies, using perspectives in economics and other fields to explain Tik Tok's success. In the writing of this article, a large number of previous works of literature were analyzed and cited, combined with some authoritative data statistics. Finally, the strategies used in the successful process of Tik Tok were found. In addition, after analysis, the conclusion is that Tik Tok uses different strategies at different stages of development. At the same time, regardless of its state and external conditions, the network effect is the core of Tik Tok's strategies. In general, the strategies used by Tik Tok can be summarized as identifying targeted user groups, accumulating user volume, and continuously transforming to provide a more attractive service scope.


Taxus × media 'Hicksii' and T.baccta 'Summergold' with a slow growth rate and yellow leaves were introduced from Belgium to Beijing.In order to keep their outstanding features and increase the number of plants,the cuttage technology of them was studied.The effects of substrates,different concentrations of IBA,cuttings of different positions and different concentrations of MS nutrition solution on rooting of Taxus×media 'Hicksii' and T.baccta 'Summergold' were studied in this paper.The results showed that perlite was the suitable substrate,and the optimum concentration of IBA was 400mg·L-1.The cuttings collected from the upside of T.× media 'Hicksii' rooted better than those from the middle and bottom of the tree,rooting performance was promoted by spraying 1/4MS to the cuttings.Cuttings of T.baccta 'Summergold' were different to root,the rooting performance of cuttings from bottom were better than that from middle and upside of the tree.Rooting was significantly promoted after spraying 1/4MS and 1/2MS.


This paper discusses broadband spectrum shaping, taking us from the early noise-diodes/analog system to the sampled digital filter system that time shares digital multipliers and adders. It describes the digital filter implementation for Device 14E27 training system which performs forty-four million instructions per second. It is a recursive programmable filter that executes 112 time-shared filter operations.


The organisational change that comes along with the evolution of enterprise architectures (EA) towards service-oriented architectures (SOA) requires a consolidation of the enterprise's information system. Though, the SOA paradigm is not restricted to application system functionality, but takes also semiautomatic and manual services of an organization into consideration. In order to reach the inter-organizational transparency over the shared resources and processes and to facilitate the reuse of services, a consistent SOA management is recommended. A catalogue system was developed enabling access to both technical and organisational services. Benefits of this approach are illustrated in a pilot study implemented by the MIRO project at the University of Muenster. Architecture: SOAP, WSDL, WS-Policy, WS-Addressing, WS-BPEL, WS-Reliable Messaging, and More .


Simultaneous localization and map-building (SLAM) continues to draw considerable attention in the robotics community due to the advantages it can offer in building autonomous robots. It examines the ability of an autonomous robot starting in an unknown environment to incrementally build an environment map and simultaneously localize itself within this map. Recent advances in computer vision have contributed a whole class of solutions for the challenge of SLAM. This paper surveys contemporary progress in SLAM algorithms, especially those using computer vision as main sensing means, i.e., visual SLAM. We categorize and introduce these visual SLAM techniques with four main frameworks: Kalman filter (KF)-based, particle filter (PF)-based, expectation-maximization (EM)-based and set membership-based schemes. Important topics of SLAM involving different frameworks are also presented. This article complements other surveys in this field by being current as well as reviewing a large body of research in the area of vision-based SLAM, which has not been covered. It clearly identifies the inherent relationship between the state estimation via the KF versus PF and EM techniques, all of which are derivations of Bayes rule. In addition to the probabilistic methods in other surveys, non-probabilistic approaches are also covered.


Research of influence of addition of nanotechnogenic high-aluminous sludge on forming of structure and properties of the roasting free refractories (heat-resistant concretes) and roaster materials.


FIELD: electrical engineering. SUBSTANCE: this stepping motor is designed for discrete electric drives. It includes stator of two identical magnetoconductive plates in the form of parts of ring with coils of control winding. First plate is made in the form of one part of ring and has poles 4 1 , on its ends, second plate is produced in the form of the other part of ring and has poles 4 2 . on its ends. Identical permanent magnets 5 are placed between poles 4 1 and 4 2 . Poles 4 1 and 4 2 are symmetric with reference to symmetry plane 6 of magnets 5 perpendicular to axis of rotation of rotor 1. Discrete unidirectional rotation of rotor is ensured by feed of heteropolar pulses. Invention provides for enhanced reliability and efficiency by levelling axial magnetic attractions and by decrease of average length of turn of control winding with increase of its effective length. EFFECT: enhanced reliability and operational efficiency of motor. 2 cl, 8 dwg


The event of recent global economic and financial crisis has proven that currency stability is a necessary condition for achieving the strategic goals of economic development. A characteristic feature and a significant economic achievement over the last three years have been to achieve and maintain the stability of the currency. The basis of the purpose of the article is to analyze the volume and composition of the money supply and Ukraine over the past five years. This paper analyzes the state of the money supply Ukraine for the period 2008-2013 y.y. Particular attention is paid to the study of the dynamics of changes in monetary aggregates, the coefficient of cash and monetization. Quantified the level of safety of money market of Ukraine and the dollarization of the national economy. The factors that influenced the current state of the country's money supply and causes of dollarization of the national economy.


Research purposes: By analyzing the effect on impact force between wheel and rail by track irregularity,technical evidences on limit of irregularity on rail welded joints are provided.Research conclusions:By the measure experiment on the spot to compare of impact force between wheel and rail and track structure vibrational acceleration,the results show that effect on impact force between wheel and rail is distinct by irregularity on rail welded joints.Especially when wavelength of the irregularity on track surface at the size is inconsistent,the effects on the P1 and P2 are inconsistent as well as.At the same time,it shows that P2 can be reduced distinctly by the improvement of irregularity on rail welded joints,so that stress of track structure can be reduced.


In the report the software framework of a knowledge management system is offered. The key role of domain ontologies for the construction of such systems is explained.


Tracheal stenosis due to tuberculosis is not so common. Among 111 cases of bronchial tuberculosis which were diagnosed bronchoscopically during the period from 1975 to 1986, 19 cases were combined with tracheal tuberculosis. Out of these 19 cases of tracheal tuberculosis, 18 cases were related to the tuberculous lesion of the main bronchus. This fact suggests that tracheal tuberculosis has a strong correlation with bronchial tuberculosis. Types of the tracheal lesions were classified as intramucosal tubercles in 9 cases, granulation in 8, and scar with stenosis in 2. Only one, however, had clinically significant stenosis of the trachea in this series. Another case of clinically significant tracheal stenosis due to tuberculosis was found after this series. The clinical features of these two cases were demonstrated. Case 1 was 45 year-old female patient. She complained of hoarseness and shortness of breath. Sputum was positive for tubercle bacilli. Bronchofiberscopy revealed marked stenosis of the trachea and the left main bronchus. The trachea also showed a sign of tracheomalacia. After failing in a primary operation for tracheomalacia, a T-tube stent was introduced into the trachea by tracheostomy, which has reduced the complains and improved the pulmonary function. Case 2 was 62 year-old male patient. He complained of shortness of breath. Bronchofiberscopy revealed localized stenosis of the trachea with granulation and scar, which showed a sign of malacia. His right lung was destroyed completely and tubercle bacilli were found in sputum. Right pneumonectomy was performed, combined with partial resection and anastomosis of the trachea. Histological examination of the resected trachea revealed tuberculous granulation in the mucosa and destruction of the tracheal cartilage, which caused malacia. Post-operative course was uneventful.


This paper reviews the key effects of processed cellulose fibers at practical dosage rates in cement based mixtures of different cement contents and aggregate particle sizes, produced by normal casting or using different thin sheet processing systems. Mechanical characteristics, restrained plastic and drying shrinkage cracking attributes, and durability characteristics under different accelerated aging conditions are investigated. Performance characteristics of processed cellulose fibers in thin sheet cement products subjected to different processing systems are compared.


This article aims at problematizing the process of producing speeches that point and constitute as social vulnerable certain part of child and teenagers' population in Brazil. Theoretical grounding was based on Michel Foucault's formulations, as well as some of Foucault's genealogy tools were assumed here as a methodological investment. We adopted as an analysis corpus the Brazilian constitution, infra-constitutional documents, and legislation related to Social Assistance. Thus, it was sought to understand the trajectory of the social vulnerability speech with highlights to the process of the referred terminology constitution itself . Starting point is related to its link to international rights issues, entering the thematic of health AIDS/HIV, until ingoing the paths of socioeconomic conditions. Finally by identifying, categorizing, and attributing social vulnerability tag to certain individuals, one produces these subjects who constitute a population to be known, controlled, operated, and managed.


This work aimed to obtain catalytic support over polymeric membrane building a fuel cell using low pressure plasma technique. For this, polymeric membranes were coated with carbon layer and platinum nanoparticles. The procedures were performed in separate steps in order to obtain firstly carbon layer and catalytic platinum nanoparticles. In the first step, the plasma processes were carried methane in order to obtain carbon layer over the polymeric membrane. At this stage, in order to obtain different thicknesses, were made several processes, reaching a thickness of 0,36pm to 1,4pm. The second step was to get the platinum nanoparticles on the carbon layer. For this, was used a platinum solid source and argon plasma. The study relied primarily on assessing the influence of the carbon layer on the performance of fuel cell. Compared with the commercial processes, it was observed that the results for fuel cells obtained by plasma have a better electric contact on three cell layers (catalyst - electrolyte - reagent). By electrochemical activity test was possible observe increase of reverse voltage of 0.8 volts to 1.24 volts according to increase the thickness of the carbon layer. The same behavior was also observed in the analysis of total efficiency, which was limited to 50% of maximum efficiency of commercial cell due the thickness of the carbon layer deposited during the preparation of this study, indicating a greater thickness with carbon it is possible to achieve the same efficiency of cells better than commercial.


Based on the study of varing-mass block mechanical model of human body system and varing-mass body dynamics, the varing-mass body dynamics general theorem of human body system is developed. The contents are momentum theorem body of human body varing-mass, momentum moment theorem body to the origin of fixed coordinate system of human body varing-mass and kinetic energy theorem of body of human body varing-mass. It provides the theoretical basis for dynamics, dynamics model of human body varing-mass and study and application of digital human body.


Gamma-rays received from space carry information about some of the most energetic events in the universe, such as supernovae explosions and black holes. But as [Bignami][1] explains in his Perspective, their detection has been a major challenge. The INTEGRAL satellite, launched recently by the European Space Agency, will use advanced technology to map gamma-ray emissions in our galaxy and beyond at unprecedented resolution.

 [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/298/5598/1560


Contents: Preface Ports of colonial Brazil Frontiers in colonial Brazil: reality, myth and metaphor Local government in Portuguese America: a study in cultural divergence Class, creed and colour in colonial Brazil: a study in prejudice Prestige, power and piety in colonial Brazil: the Third Orders of Salvador Examination of selected statutes of three African brotherhoods Women and society in colonial Brazil AntA^3nio Alvares Pereira: a Brazilian student at the University of Coimbra in the 18th century Manuel Nunes Viana: paragon or parasite of Empire? A cause celebre of colonial Brazil: AntA^3nio Fernandes' personal struggle for justice United States scholarly contributions to the historiography of colonial Brazil Index.


We study a double robust Bayesian inference procedure on the average treatment effect (ATE) under unconfoundedness. Our robust Bayesian approach involves two adjustment steps: first, we make a correction for prior distributions of the conditional mean function; second, we introduce a recentering term on the posterior distribution of the resulting ATE. We prove asymptotic equivalence of our Bayesian estimator and double robust frequentist estimators by establishing a new semiparametric Bernstein-von Mises theorem under double robustness; i.e., the lack of smoothness of conditional mean functions can be compensated by high regularity of the propensity score and vice versa. Consequently, the resulting Bayesian point estimator internalizes the bias correction as the frequentist-type doubly robust estimator, and the Bayesian credible sets form confidence intervals with asymptotically exact coverage probability. In simulations, we find that this robust Bayesian procedure leads to significant bias reduction of point estimation and accurate coverage of confidence intervals, especially when the dimensionality of covariates is large relative to the sample size and the underlying functions become complex. We illustrate our method in an application to the National Supported Work Demonstration.


Keep on Onnin'
Contemporary Art at Tate Britain
Editors: Lizzie Carey-Thomas, Katharine Stout and Rachel Tant
Art Now at Tate Britain provides an important platform for contemporary art, giving vital exposure to artists at an early stage of their career. The wide-ranging programme responds to developments in contemporary practice
by British artists and artists living and working in Britain.
Documenting over two years of Art Now projects, this book offers up-to-date, fully- illustrated texts on twenty-seven of the most interesting artists working in Britain today. A round-table discussion between critics, curators and artists contextualises the programme alongside developments within the art world, offering a unique guide to current practice.


Erythema elevatum diutinum is rare. The etiology is entirely obscure, and specific treatment has not yet been designed. It was first described by Crocker and Williams' in 1894; there were other reports by Weideman and Basancon''' in 1929. The possible relationship to granuloma annulare was discussed by Templeton'̂ in 1928 and challenged in 1948, by Combes et al.whose studies tended to confirm the observations of Weideman and Basancon in 1929. In regard to pathology, Haber^ concluded that while histologic chang:es are characteristic, they are not pathognomonic. The literature since that time has been sparse. Even the most current textbooks of dermatology'' '• ^ devote little more than a paragraph to this disease, and all conclude that its treatment is unsatisfactory. Our experience with this case supports their conclusions.


Walter J. Ong's massively researched 1954 Harvard University doctoral dissertation was published, slightly revised, by Harvard University Press in two volumes in 1958: (1) Ramus, Method, and the Decay of Dialogue: From the Art of Discourse to the Art of Reason and (2) Ramus and Talon Inventory. Peter Ramus (1515-1572) was a French logician and educational reformer and Protestant martyr. At Harvard College, which was founded in 1636, Ramist logic dominated the arts course of study, as it dominated the arts course of study at Cambridge University and elsewhere.


In the present work, the experiential method was applied in the school N ° 80818 "Jorge Basadre Grohmann" district of Florence de Mora, to demonstrate the development of moral judgment in high school students. We worked with a sample of 176 students of 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th grades. Comparative analysis method was used to confirm the assumptions and methods of analysis of interviews to corroborate the development level of moral judgment was based on the practice of four values: truth, honesty, non-violence and defense of life. The results on the development of moral judgment that made the students from 1st to 5th grade in the pre and posttest obtained a positive difference in the average percentage in stages 4, 5 and 6.On the other hand, the practice of Values to get the development of moral judgment in the pretest was obtained an average percentage of 15,39% and posttest rose to 35,72%. According to the practice of values per gender in the pretest, boys scored an average rate of 6,18% and posttest rose to 13,28% and women in the pretest obtained an average rate of 9,71% and posttest rose to 22,44%. The meaningful confirmation of these results indicates the "t" test for comparison of averages showed a p <0,05. The main conclusion indicates that the practice of experiential method a meaningful increase in moral judgment development was achieved.


Here W(u) = 4-1(u 2 - 1) 2 and W'(u) = u 3 - u. We supplement (1.1) with the initial and boundary conditions


A multidentate ligand, 1-benzoyl-2-(2 ′ -carboxylphenyl)iminopropane (BIPH) has been prepared the condensation of 1-phenylbutane-1,3-dione and anthranilic acid. This ligand has been used for chelation with Co(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II) metal ions as primary ligand while H 2 O, pyridine and α -picoline as the secondary ligands. The low value of molar conductivity of 10 -3 M DMF solution of complexes shows that all the complexes are non-electrolyte. The comparison of IR spectra of complexes with that of free ligand reveals that the ligand chelates through deprotonated enolic -OH group oxygen and azomethine nitrogen and not through azomethine nitrogen and carboxylic oxygen or through carbonyl oxygen and carboxylic oxygen. On the basis of magnetic moment values and electronic spectra, octahedral symmetry has been assigned to these complexes with tetragonal distortion. Thermogravimetric analysis also confirms the tetragonal distortion with elongation along z-axis in complexes.


This article discusses the role of quality assurance in higher education on an international scale and outlines the resources available to countries in developing them, including international networks, conferences, and service organizations. Case studies reflecting experience in selected countries throughout the world are cited.


Using the spatial-time fluctuations in the dynamics of temperature data of National Center for Environmental Prediction of American (NCEP) and the additive tectonic stress of astro-tidal-triggering, The earthquke is analyzetl which occurred in Jiujiang of China on Dec.26, 2005. The result shows: the temperature abnormal information of NCEP could reflect the spatial-time evolution procession of earthquake tectonic activity of Jiujiang. The astro-tidal-triggering could trigger earthquake when the terra stress is in critical status. It indicated that these methods can be used to forecast the short-impending earthquake in the region of the mainland where the earthquake is scarce.


In this paper, a procedure for computationally feasible multi-objective design optimization of aerodynamic surfaces is presented. Our approach exploits multi-fidelity aerodynamics models as well as a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA). For the sake of cost reduction, the initial Pareto front is obtained by optimizing a fast kriging surrogate model using MOEA. The surrogate is constructed from sampled low-fidelity model which is pre-conditioned using high-fidelity model data and space mapping. The surrogate is then iteratively refined by enhancing it using high-fidelity model data points sampled along the Pareto set using co-kriging. The process is continued until the Pareto front representation produced by the surrogate aligns with the high-fidelity verification samples. The proposed method allows us to obtain—at a low computational cost—a set of aerodynamic geometries representing trade-offs between the figures of merit. Our approach is illustrated on the design of airfoil shapes in transonic flow at constant lift and obtaining the Pareto front for the drag and pitching moment coefficients.


INTRODUCTiONI The optical properties of aligning layers ofSiOx used in liquid-crystal cells were investigated by attenuated total re flection (A TR) in order to ascertain whether any anisotropy or deviation in refractive index from Si02 could be detected. These films were made by thermal evaporation with a large oblique angle between the substrate surface and the source. As a consequence, the films contain some structure which induces an alignment of surface molecules. We shall relate our observed optical properties to these aligning characteris  tics and film structure. In recent years, several experiments have demonstrated the high sensitivity of the ATR method 1.2 with various coat ings of silver and gold. We applied this technique to SiO" aligning layers on a gold film and will describe their influ ence on the optical properties. This will be done by an analy sis of the resonant guided modes of the SiOx layer and of the surface plasmon oscillations (SPO) at the metal/dielectric


SUMMARY A hybrid method for computing the flow of viscoelastic and second-order fluids is presented. It combines the features of the finite difference technique and the shooting method. The method is accurate because it uses central differences. Its convergence is at least superlinear. The method is applied to obtain the solutions to three problems of flow of Walters' B fluid (a) flow near a stagnation point, (b) flow over a stretching sheet and (c) flow near a rotating disk. Numerical results reveal some new characteristics of flows which are not easy to demonstrate using the perturbation technique.


Abstract : An investigation was performed on a model of the Bullpup 'B' missile in order to determine the aerodynamic effects of various body shapes, various canard sizes and hinge locations, and a number of wing roll-tab deflections. The tests were performed over a Mach number range from 0.8 to 1.17 and an angle-of-attack range from -4 deg. to 10 deg. at roll angles of 0, 11 1/4, 22 1/2, and 45 degrees. In addition to conventional six-component force data, canard hinge moments were measured at various canard deflections. The report presents the data without analysis.(Author)


Abstract: The present study investigated clinical and histomorphometric data after sinus lift procedures performed with and without mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) added to a graft. Twenty-four patients underwent maxillary sinus lift for implant placement. Twelve patients each were assigned to control (Group 1) and test (Group 2) groups. An MSC suspension was added to the graft used in patients of Group 2. Five of 12 patients in both groups underwent crestal-approach sinus lift with immediate implant placement, while seven patients received a lateral-approach sinus lift. The MSC suspension was obtained using the Rigenera protocol. Samples from the grafted site were evaluated, processed, and stained using three staining techniques 90 days after surgery. Histomorphometric analysis was performed using an imaging software (ImageJ). Two types of tissues were defined: Type 1 'mature bone' and Type 2 'osteoid tissue'. The mean Type 1 tissue percentage was 27.24% in Group 1 and 44.45% in Group 2 (P < 0.05). The mean Type 2 tissue percentage was 10.86% and 7.04% in Groups 1 and 2, respectively. The mean Type 1 tissue percentages for the crestal approach were 24.52% for Group 1 and 50.78% for Group 2, while the mean Type 1 tissue percentages for the lateral approach were 29.18% for Group 1 and 39.92% for Group 2. Patients treated with grafts containing MSCs showed 63.18% increased bone formation compared to those treated with grafts not containing MSCs (P < 0.05). Although our data showed a positive trend in patients treated with MSCs, differences between subgroups were not significant (P > 0.05).


Objectives To characterize the temporal trajectory of body image disturbance (BID) in patients with surgically treated head and neck cancer (HNC). Study Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Academic medical center. Subjects and Methods: Patients with HNC who were undergoing surgery completed the Body Image Scale (BIS), a validated patient-reported outcome measure of BID, pretreatment and 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months posttreatment. Changes in BIS scores (ΔBIS) relative to pretreatment (primary endpoint) were analyzed with a linear mixed model. Associations between demographics, clinical characteristics, psychosocial attributes, and persistently elevated BIS scores and increases in BIS scores ≥5 points relative to pretreatment (secondary endpoints) were analyzed through logistic regression. Results Of the 68 patients, most were male (n = 43), had oral cavity cancer (n = 37), and underwent microvascular reconstruction (n = 45). Relative to baseline, mean ΔBIS scores were elevated at 1 month postoperatively (2.9; 95% CI, 1.3-4.4) and 3 (3.2; 95% CI, 1.5-4.9) and 6 (1.8; 95% CI, 0.02-3.6) months posttreatment before returning to baseline at 9 months posttreatment (0.9; 95% CI, –0.8 to 2.5). Forty-three percent of patients (19 of 44) had persistently elevated BIS scores at 9 months posttreatment relative to baseline, and 51% (31 of 61) experienced an increase in BIS scores ≥5 relative to baseline. Conclusions In this cohort of patients surgically treated for HNC, BID worsens posttreatment before returning to pretreatment (baseline) levels at 9 months posttreatment. However, 4 in 10 patients will experience a protracted course with persistent posttreatment body image concerns, and half will experience a significant increase in BIS scores relative to pretreatment levels.


It's the little things that bring back my 159 days in jail. A mention on the television news of a "grand jury." Talk of how "fair" our judicial system is and how "soft" our prisons have become. Even images of motorcycle gang members. And, of all things, our utility ladder at home. I spent more than five months in jail after refusing to answer some of the questions that were propounded to me by prosecutors running a federal grand jury. My recalcitrance was based on the First Amendment's free speech/free press clause and my belief that scholars, as much as journalists, are the public's fact finders. We, too, are members of the press, and our essential role in a democracy needs to be protected, I felt. District and appeals courts disagreed, and federal law allowed me to be found in contempt of court and thus to do hard, boring time in the Spokane County (Washington) Jail until either a judge or I broke down. In my case, the judge blinked, deciding that my "coercive" treatment-permissible under the law-had magically transformed into "punishment," which was not permitted for contemnors, and so I was released. Never mind that, up until the judge finally realized I would not budge, I had eaten, slept, bathed, and endured under precisely the same circumstances as persons convicted or suspected of everything from violating court orders to manslaughter (they segregated the murderers, rapists, and child molesters elsewhere in the jailhouse). Early on, my best friend inside was a huge, gimp-legged member of the Banditos motorcycle gang, and I think of him whenever I see bikers on the


We present this interview and article about the teachings of the Local Church and its leader Witness Lee as a service to our readers who are interested in the many variations of new religious movements found in the world today. Some, as in the case of the Local Church, have their roots in the Christian faith and can be misidentified as orthodox denominations unless close scrutiny is made of the teachings and organizational methods.


Phosphorus is the second most limiting nutrient in crop production after nitrogen. It is a constituent of cell nuclei, essential for cell division and development of meristematic tissue (Russell, 2001) and has a well-known impact on photosynthesis as well as synthesis of nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and other essential compounds. About 80 to 90% soils of Pakistan are P deficient (Memon and Puno, 1992). Deficiency limits growth of plants, especially when plants are deprived of P at early stages of growth. Deficiency reduces amino acid and protein synthesis. Correlated with this decrease in protein synthesis, there is often an accumulation of sugars in the leaf tissues, which favors phenol synthesis. The latter inhibits cell division and cell expansion as well as the development of plant tissues and organs. Phosphorous availability is influenced by various factors like soil pH, clay lattice and organic matter contents. In alkaline soils, calcareousness leads to the low recovery of P. Fixation of P in silicate clay is also responsible for deficiency. Soil salinity hinders the availability of essential nutrients to plants, amongst which the phosphate uptake by the plant in the saline soil has broadened the extent of the hazard. Hence, this work carried out to document the phosphorus management in salt affected soil and its effect of growth, yield and quality of different crops. It also creates an idea about to mitigate the deficiency of P in salt affected soil.


Some legumes are commonly used as commercial food crops in West Africa while others are lesser known, neglected or underutilized. This research work is aimed at the evaluation of the chemical compositions and possible utilization of the legume Lablab purpureus and Phaseolus lunatus samples to solve metabolic diseases.  The evaluation of the chemical compositions and glycemic index (GI) of both seeds were carried out using standard methods. Phytochemical screening conducted on the seeds showed the presence of tannin, saponin, alkaloid and flavonoids in both samples. The results of antioxidant properties of the seeds showed that Phaseolu slunatus and Lablab purpureushave Vitamin C (35.01 ± 0.02 and8.75± 0.03)mg/g, ferric reducing property (20.54 ± 0.02and 12.75 ± 0.03)mg/g, phenol (2.02 ± 0.02 and 2.05 ± 0.02)mg/g, flavonoids (3.47 ± 0.11 and3.22 ± 0.02) % andfree radical scavenging property (46.52 ±0.05 and 60.16 ±0.32)% respectively.The anti-nutrient results showed tannin (1.07 ± 0.01 and 1.22 ± 0.02)%, saponin (4.66 ± 0.05 and 5.15 5.15 ± 0.05)%, oxalate (3.20 ± 0.19 and 5.19 ± 0.19)mg/g, phytate(6.51 ± 0.01 and 2.64 ± 0.01) % for Lablab purpureus and Phaseoluslunatusseeds are respectively.The glycemic indices observed are ( 50.86 and 58.21)% forLablab purpureus and Phaseoluslunatusseeds respectively. The findings revealed that both seeds possessed good nutritional quality required in human diet together with adequate antioxidant properties plus low and medium glycemic indices  that could help in fighting various cardiovascular diseases and prove them to be good sources of neutraceuticals required for a healthy living especially in diabetic patients.


Medicine composition for kidney tonifying and method for preparation, wherein the medicinal composition mainly comprises sea dragon, jordonet snyder, goat's penis, hairy deerhorn, cnidium fruit, epimeddium, broomrape, gen-seng, astragalus root, Chinese dates, poria cocos, rhizoma dioscoreae, dried ginger, slice of aconite, Chinese angelica root, prepared rehmannia root, wolferry fruit, peach kernels, leeches, bark of peony root and root of bidentate achyranthes.


Montado ecosystem in the south of Portugal, integrated in Mediterranean ecosystems, has been extensively used by man for agro-forestry-extensive grazing systems. Sustainable development of this Montado ecosystem demands a long-term perspective about the consequences of today's activities, but a definition of the homogeneous units among this heterogeneous ecosystem is absolutely needed. This paper demonstrates the adherence of the minimum crossed entropy model as a process conducting to dynamic spatial information generation and disaggregation. With this model, it will be possible to use the disposable information to generate data disaggregated to homogeneous units that can be used on the estimation of these territories' soil occupation. The results quality will be evaluated using the weighted prescription absolute deviation (DAPP) and measuring the quantity of information that is changed due to aggregation process by the use of a "Disagegation Information Gain" (DIG), based on the cross entropy between the observed values of soil occupation at aggregated and disaggregated level and on the crossed entropy between the soil occupation estimated by the disaggregation model and those observed at HSU disaggregated level. Key-Words: Montado ecosystem, minimum crossed entropy model, homogeneous units, Alentejo.


An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing antibodies to more hydrophobic peptides. The present invention provides (1) a signal peptide of amyloid precursor protein, is mixed in a solution containing PEG-based surfactants, the step of creating a signal peptide micellar aggregates, and (2) the signal peptide micellar aggregates the comprises the step, administering to an animal to be immunized, to provide a method of manufacturing anti-signal peptide antibodies.


This article raises questions about the social, cultural, and political assumptions embedded in the concept of authorship. The discussion occurs within the framework of social-constructionist theories and is based on a feminist critique of science and composition. This critique challenges us to remember that we and our students operate within a culture, that we and our students are located within gendered categories and along class and race lines, and that each of us has a history and a system of beliefs or worldview. Additionally, the author suggests strategies for infusing personal understandings with professional/academic writings.


Based on the experimental data obtained by the DMF solution containing formic acid and dimethylamine(DMAM),the hydrolysis kinetics of DMF was studied and the kinetic model of hydrolysis was established.The experimental data was correlated.The results showed that the correlation curve was in good conformity with experimental data and the kinetic model of hydrolysis was first order.Moreover,the activation energy of DMF hydrolysis under the experimental temperature was calculated.


This chapter examines the idea of a comradeship that was established by sharing in intoxicating acts of obliteration that encompassed the most atrocious manifestations of human behavior. It analyses the linkage between intoxication, fury, and destruction that existed in the German army prior to the rise of National Socialism. The Wehrmacht, like its SS and police counterparts, also had a distinct organizational culture, and this culture was defined by specific beliefs, norms, and rituals, including hard drinking, that reinforced group identity and established expectations of its members. For such distinguished organizational culture, the chapter presents how this military culture established a "cult of violence" and created a trajectory for the armies of the Third Reich leading to genocide in World War II. Ultimately, the chapter investigates the racial superiority and a colonial mentality created following the maelstrom of violence inflicted on the peoples of the occupied East.


Almost periodicity of objects such as tilings, Delone sets, functions and measures is an important concept that is relevant in the context of representation theory, dynamical systems, Fourier analysis and physics of quasicrystals. In this dissertation the author first investigate tilings as follows. First, the author succeeded in describing the relations between two relevant topologies in the theory of tilings. Second, the author investigated relations between tilings and their corresponding dynamical systems. In the literature properties of the corresponding dynamical system are deduced from those of a tiling. The author conversely deduced a property of a tiling from a property of the corresponding dynamical system. Namely, the author showed that, if the group of eigenvalues is dense, the tiling is "close to" periodic. Next, by extracting the essence of the theory of tilings, the author created a general framework to discuss above-mentioned tilings, Delone sets, functions and measures, in a systematic way. These objects are analyzed individually in the literature but before this dissertation there had been no systematic ways to investigate them. These objects are called abstract patterns and the spaces of abstract patterns are called pattern spaces. The author showed several properties of pattern spaces. In the literature, to discuss relations between two tilings, local derivability and mutual local derivability (MLD) are defined and investigated. However these concepts are applicable only to tilings. The author extended the definition of local derivability and MLD and made them applicable to any two abstract patterns with actions of the same group, and so made it possible to discuss relations among tilings, Delone sets, functions and measures. Moreover, the author showed that several two abstract patterns that are a priori different but frequently identified in the literature are MLD. This shows the extended definition of MLD is a natural concept. Furthermore, the author showed that, given an abstract pattern P and a class S of abstract patterns, under mild conditions on P and S, it is always possible to construct an abstract pattern Q in S that is MLD with P. In the literature, to understand topological aspects of tilings and Delone sets, special functions called pattern-equivariant functions are defined and analyzed. The author succeeded in proving that such functions are captured in terms of local derivability given above. By the above results, the author showed that under a certain condition the space of all pattern-equivariant functions has almost all of information of the original tiling or more generally the original abstract pattern. The author also generalized the metric for the space of tilings or Delone sets to metrics of general pattern spaces. Moreover the author found a sufficient condition for such a metric to be complete. The author also showed the almost periodicity with respect to this metric is propagated by local derivability and succeeded in describing such almost periodicity in geometric terms of abstract patterns.


It provides a load lock device and treatment method that can preferably control the temperature of the substrate. In the load lock device with the half with the inlet provided in the banchulip side of banchulip the substrate with respect to an external, semi outlet provided in the processor side to process a substrate, the heating plate 71 for heating the substrate (G) by having the configuration in which the heating plate 71 for a is provided with the plate body 75, a plate body 75, 76 to heat the gas supply for supplying a heating gas for heating the formed of a porous material did. Gas for heating is passed through the plate of the body 75, and ejected from the surface of the plate body 75, and is supplied to a substrate (G).


An integer programming model for the truck dock assignment problem with operational time constraint within cross docks has been proposed in (Miao, Z.,Lim, A.,Ma, H., 2009. Truck dock assignment proble m with operational time constraint within crossdocks. European Journal of Operati onal Research 192 (1), 105‐115 ). We address the following issues in this formulation: 1) from among those constraints in the model, there are n 4 constraints, which eliminate a subset of feasible solutions of the problem that has been described. Consequently, the model does not necessarily offer an optimal solution for the described problem, 2) another set of n 4 constraints, although do not cut off feasible solutions, but their upper bounds are incorrectly specified such that it leads to redundancy of a majority of them instead of contributing in numerical effi ciency by tightening the polytope of LP relaxation, 3) there is a flaw in calculation of cost in the objective function such that the positive tran sportation costs are calculated even for not transporting anything. This article contributes in the following way: 1) describes the issue using an example and subsequently proposes a rectified model, 2) calculates the dimension of po lytope in the revised model, 3) introduces several classes of valid inequalities resulting in an improved formulation with tighter LP-relaxation polytope facilitating resolut ion of larger instances and, 4) proves that some of the aforementioned valid inequalities are facets of polytope.


Abstract- Along with the emergence of drug resistant Enterococcal infection, role of various virulence factors in Enterococci is an emerging concept. A number of virulence factors like biofilm formation, hemolysin production, gelatin hydrolysis have important role in the pathogenesis of Enterococci and also associated with antibiotic resistance. The aim of our study was to detect the virulence factors and their encoding genes (asa, gelE, esp, ebpR, hyl gene for biofilm; cylA gene for hemolysis; gelE gene for gelatin hydrolysis) and also observe their association with antimicrobial resistance Enterococci. A total of 87 Enterococci were collected from different clinical samples. Virulence factors were detected phenotypically and antibiotic sensivity were done by Kirby Bauer disc diffusion method. Virulence genes were detected by conventional multiplex PCR and only the ebpR gene was detected by single conventional PCR. Majority of the isolated Enterococci were E. faecalis (75%) followed by E. faecium (23%) and (2%) E. raffinosus were also detected. About 52.3% of E. faecalis and 35% of E. faecium isolates were biofilm producers. Significant association was found between biofilm formation and asa, esp, ebpR genes both in E. faecalis and in E. faecium. Hemolysis was observed phenotypically in 30.8% isolates of E. faecalis and 20% isolates of E. faecium. Significant association was observed between cylA gene and hemolysin production in E. faecalis. Antibiotic resistance were higher in biofilm and hemolysin producing isolates of both species. Resistance to some antibiotics including ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin were significantly higher among biofilm and hemolysin producer in E. faecalis.


Studies on moisture retention characteristics of ten pedons representing the various landforms of Bunde1khand region were carried out. The variations in available water content of soils were associated with changes in soil texture. The amount and nature of clay was also found to influence the moisture retention properties of soils at all tensions. Shallow red soils of subdued plateau and hills with the lowest plant available water capacity (PA We) are susceptible to severe droughtiness. Soils of gently sloping plateau and monadnocks are susceptible to moderate droughtiness due to their medium water storage capaCity. Soils of rest of landforms possessed high to very high P A WC and are expected to supply moisture to the crops throughout the growing period due to their high moisture storage in the profile.


In this research, nickel electroplating was carried out under a magnetic field. A constant magnetic field was used to influence the electroplating process. Its effects on surface morphology, deposition rate, current efficiency, crystal structure, hardness, and corrosion properties of nickel films were investigated. Inhomogeneous pyramidal-type structures without crevices were formed on all samples. Ni films electrodeposited under exposure of 0.14T of the magnetic field revealed the highest deposition rate, current efficiency, and hardness. Less crystallite size would produce higher hardness. Three major peaks of X-ray diffraction are observed, and the (111) crystal plane is the most affected by the magnetic field during the electroplating process. The presence of 0.14T of magnetic field on the electrodeposition process also decreases (111) plane, crystallite size, and microstrain. A magnetic field could improve the corrosion and hardness properties of Ni films.


The cases of nursing adverse events were used in clinical practice teaching.The teaching effect of the group using the cases of nursing adverse events was contrasted with the traditional teaching group.The results showed that the practical effect of this method was superior to traditional methods of teaching.This method can effectively reduce the adverse events.


The magnetoresistance (MR) of films prepared by pulsed-laser deposition were investigated in order to clarify the magnetotransport properties around the metal-insulator transition. For the films in the metallic state ( > 0.25), the MR(T) manifests a small peak at the Curie temperature due to the spin-disorder scattering. The transition of the film into the insulating state ( 0.25) is accompanied by an essential growth of the MR and results in a significant increase in the MR(T) with decreasing temperature, due to a phase separation into the ferromagnetic-metal clusters and the insulating matrix.


Abstract Using secondary and primary field data, this paper presents a three-pronged argument regarding class mobility and social status of Filipino domestic workers. First, the upward mobility of these workers is contingent upon their situated position within the "international division of reproductive labor" (Parrenas, 2000: 574). Class mobility depends on whether they are situated in medium-sized cities in the periphery, in metropolitan areas of the periphery, in semi-peripheral countries, or in core countries. Second, the extent to which Filipino women are accepted in overseas domestic work depends on their social status in their homeland; the closer to the middle-class level an applicant is, the more likely it is that she will be hired abroad. Third, the Filipina domestic worker has a contradictory class position; in her homeland, First World employment augments her social standing. The closer her workplace is to the core, the greater her upward mobility within her homeland. In the First World, however, her social status declines because "dirty' work is defined as "lower class," and she is racialized because of her race/ethnicity, class, and nationality.


The goal of this joint initiative of the U.S. Departments of Education (DOE), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Justice (DOJ) is to provide students, schools, and communities with enhanced comprehensive educational, mental health, social service, law enforcement, and juvenile justice system services that promote healthy childhood development and prevent violence and alcohol and drug abuse. (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999)


A standard scoring system for turkeys at slaughter that consists of 5 categories based on the size of the lesion was adopted as the recommended classification scheme for FPD in slaughter plants at a meeting of the WPSA European Poultry Federation Working Party Number 10: Turkeys. Each score of the classification scheme is defined and photographs of a minimal lesion in each category are presented. The numbers of turkeys required for scoring to determine the prevalence of FPD, if the target or expected frequency is 10, 20 or 40% respectively are 150, 250 and 400 birds. Assessment of the consecutive right foot for the required number of birds from the middle load of a specific flock with a minimum of 3 flocks from a given site is recommended. The classification scheme will facilitate comparisons across countries and systems of production and allow rational decisions to be made regarding management changes to decrease the prevalence of FPD in Europe.


To the critical questions of law enforcement in the North American west and the vexing problems of relations with the Indian population, John Jennings, c. Frank Turner, and W.R. Morrison bring careful research and analysis. Jennings's comparative study of law enforcement in the two wests is stimulating and reveals a depth of understanding that is both unusual and impressive. His insight into the effects of the declining influence of the federalists on American Indian policy as well as his emphasis upon both the weakness and the complexity of American law will help Canadian readers understand the bitter contrasts between the American and Cana-


Agricultural mechanization program has been accelerated in Bangladesh in the recent years. Its level of overall development is still relatively low. Over the last two decades, the use of mechanical farm power has increased rapidly. Irrigation is now practically fully mechanised as more than one and half million diesel and electric driven pumps lift ground and surface water. Recent survey reports indicate that by 2011 about 80 % of the land was tilled by power tillers and tractors while marginal farmers have equal access to these machines through private contractor services. A good progress of mechanization has also been made in weeding, fertilizering, spraying, harvesting, threshing, drying, and transporting activities. In the past, women spent many hours processing rice with the foot operated 'dheki' but today rice hullers and mills have taken over this task. No doubt Bangladeshi farmers and rural entrepreneurs will further mechanize horizontally some of these operations to reduce costs and increase productivity through timeliness of operation. In this paper, the trends of agricultural mechanization, growth of machinery and spare parts industry, promotion of agri-machinery in Bangladesh is described. Promotion of custom hire services of field machinery and development of remote controlled low powered devices as a future strategy for reducing cost and human input energy is also discussed. Current mechanization programs and policies of the government in favour of such a growing and demanding agricultural mechanization have been carefully reviewed.


This paper proposes a new metric for performance analysis of the method entitled Spectrum Harvesting with ARQ Retransmission and Probing (SHARP), an underlay cognitive radio network (CRN) technique, i.e. the delay within the primary user transmissions. This variable depends on the operating region, channel utilization and data rate. The influence in primary transmissions is analyzed and mathematical results present conclusions about the impact in the effective primary user transmission time. Keywords— ARQ, cognitive radio, outage probability, spectrum sharing, SHARP, CRN, delay.


The paper studies the processes of calcium carbonate formation in various water treatment systems and heat transfer surfaces, when water is heated. It is shown, that the intensity of scale formation depends mainly on the temperature and degree of supersaturation of the solution. Determined the solubility of calcium carbonate, depending on the ratio of hydrogen ions activity and product concentrations of calcium and carbonate ions without and with presence of scale inhibitors.


A quick look at Las nubes of Juan Jose Saer identifies different prototypical resources of those genres in which took shape the imperial imagination of a number of adventurers that throughout the nineteenth century codified the Argentine territory according to a pragmatic an economistic logic that would reappear later in the political and cultural programs of the local elite. But the symbolic form and the socially coded discourses that the text adopts, as the purpose of travel or its lineal, chronological and realistic character, are in tension with the roads it opens later against the grain of the expectations generated in the reader. Indeed, in the same text there is a veridiction regime that undermines the ontological assumptions on which rested these chronicles. By juxtaposing the attributes under which the «desert» was characterized in the nineteenth century with little micro-stories that replace a road or a history of the landscape of the pampas and including herrings and seemingly insignificant details, the novel does not only rework national spatiality but also aims to transform the individual experience and the uniqueness of events, by definition ineffable, into something affordable without subsuming it into a public language, a purpose or direction; an appropriate sense or, if you will, into a sense of property.


Sputtered Mo thin films were implanted with 125 keV N2+ ions at room temperature to various doses ranging from 1*1017 ions/cm2 to 16*1017 ions/cm2. The X-ray diffraction studies showed that phase transformation occurred from the cubic gamma -Mo2N to a B1-type MoN phase, and finally to the hexagonal delta -MoN phase. The superconducting transition temperature of the implanted films increased initially with nitrogen-ion dose, and reached a maximum value of Tc=6.8 K for 5*1017 ions/cm2. The X-ray photoelectron spectra of the core-electron levels revealed that during this stage electron charge transfer proceeded from the Mo atoms to the N atoms. Thus, the phase transformation of cubic gamma -Mo2N to B1-MoN was considered to occur continuously with increasing nitrogen dose by filling up vacant sites of the nitrogen atom sublattice in the B1 structure. The change of Tc and the corresponding hardness changes observed were discussed qualitatively in terms of the effect of nitrogen vacancies on the electronic structure and the bonding character of the sub-stoichiometric or stoichiometric MoN compound.


RNA editing is a co/post-transcriptional process, during which an RNA molecule is undergone an alteration of its sequence by insertion, deletion or modification. The majority of such changes in metazoans is comprised by adenosine (A) to inosine (I) nucleotide transitions, which are catalyzed by members of the adenosine deaminase gene family (ADAR) acting on double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). RNA editing is relatively widespread in Alu-containing mRNA molecules. Editing of the coding sequence in pre-mRNAs can modify codons and lead to the incorporation of different amino acids during translation, contributing to protein function diversity. However, most A-to-I editing events occur in non-coding regions of pre-mRNAs and mRNAs, as well as in non-coding RNAs. Editing in the UTR (untranslated region) of mRNAs can regulate their translation, splicing and degradation. Also, events in microRNA (miRNA) and long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) sequences, as well as their binding sites, can affect their biogenesis, target recognition, structure and stability. The goal of this study was to compare a set of RNA editing identification tools, distinguish true substitution events in 3'UTR of mRNAs and assess their impact on miRNA specificity and binding efficacy. Initially, we used matching RNA and DNA sequencing data to identify A-to-I RNA editing events in 3'UTR regions. This was done to investigate event calls in individual level, increasing specificity. Our dataset consisted of 2 test samples, 1 ADAR enzyme knockdown control sample and RADAR, a comprehensive collection of A-to-I editing events in human, mouse and fly transcripts, with the last two resources being used as ground truth. Then we went on to find the best algorithm to identify events. The ADAR knockdown dataset was useful to pinpoint high false positive rates. The comparison included RES-Scanner employing the Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA), REDItools running with GSNAP aligner and RNAEditor which was run with BWA (default option) and GSNAP. The first two approaches natively support paired/matched RNA-DNA datasets, while the latter was modified to include DNA information. The most robust behaviour in terms of sensitivity and specificity was observed from RNAEditor with BWA aligner. Edited and non-edited 3'UTR were subsequently used as input in miRNA target prediction algorithms to statistically assess differences in the computed binding sites that arose due to the editing phenomena. The wildtype counterpart of the ADAR knockdown experiment was employed here to further enhance the comparison. Events annotated in 3'UTR were used to generate 2 equally numbered sets of sequences, 2062 of which belonged to highly repetitive Alu regions and 144 in non-Alu. The top 50 expressed miRNA in each sample were used to confine the target prediction analysis that was performed using TargetScan and MIRZA-G algorithms. Both of them were run without incorporating evolutionary features, which cannot be effectively measured in the case of the edited sequences. The results show a strong preference towards modification of binding site feature distributions, rather than generating new or depleting existing sites. Moreover, we observed a mild alteration of the repressive action of miRNA targeting edited UTR. A separate analysis of highly edited UTR, i.e. UTR subjected to multiple editing events, did not indicate any correlation with the degree of the change. The lack of a global trend in the alteration of miRNA repressive activity implies RNA editing can serve distinct roles in miRNA efficacy, fine-tuning their targeting action on a case-by-case basis. In this study, we did a benchmark of RNA editing identification tools, we came up with a set of edited UTRs and performed miRNA target prediction on them. This analysis indicated alteration of the targeting efficacy by miRNA, irrespective of the number of editing events in the region. Further analyses of more samples and conditions will be useful to validate and empower our findings. SUBJECT AREA: Bioinformatics, Computational Biology


The processing parameters of microwave-enzyme method,used to produce corn retrograded starch,were optimized by respond surface methodology.The optirnal hydrolyzing parameters by a-amylase are 85℃for 10 min,the ratio of liquid to solid 4:1,α-amylase 1.68 U/g starch;the optimal pasting parameters with microwave are 1.26 kW 92℃for 1min;the optimal dealing parameters with pullulanase are 53.31℃for 3.26 h,pullulanase 4.13 NPUN/g starch.The productivity of resistant starch reaches 13.45% with the optimal processing method.


The Republic of Cyprus has been included in the next enlargement of the European Union (EU) to be announced at the European Council Summit in December 2002. The EU accepted Cyprus' membership even without a solution to the island's divided status. In the months preceding the summit, efforts to arrive at a solution intensified in the hopes of averting a crisis that could ensue, particularly between the EU and Turkey. Analysing the debate in Turkey and Northern Cyprus from the perspective of state and societal security, this article examines challenges to Turkey's Cyprus policy that may provide impetus towards a solution.


The subject of arthropod vectors as reservoirs of agents of animal diseases is difficult to review because of divergent viewpoints of the definition of a "reservoir." Some investigators would reserve this term for vertebrate hosts and the term "vector" for intermediate hosts (141). Others would consider vectors to be reservoirs if they participate in an essential phase of the disease cycle, or show cyclic propagation or transovarial transmission of the patho gen [a comprehensive, tabular review of ticks in this role is supplied by Neitz (126)]. Other factors also complicate precise definition of the word "reservoir." These include: (a) length of life and types of metamorphosis of the arthropods; (b) method of transmission by biting or by contamination from fresh or old feces; and (c) "premunition" (latent persistence of organ isms after initial infection) in the vertebrate host and the too often specula tive role this plays in providing a source of infection for ectoparasites. In this review, the reservoir mechanism is envisioned as a flexible bio logical adjustment of the vertebrate and arthropod hosts to pathogens, in which the relative importance of either host as a reservoir varies in different diseases. Space permits only restricted selection of evidence that emphasizes the role of arthropods beyond that of simply being vectors (e.g., yellow fever virus and mosquitoes). The terms "transovarial" (or "hereditary") and "transstadial" refer to passage of disease agents through ova and between active stages of a given vector, respectively.


I am certainly no "technological fundi" and tend to have to pick up the phone or refer to LTM techno tips or email@example.com e-mails for guidance. I also tend not to get excited about technology company new releases of the latest computer or processing packages. However, when my husband came home with an i-phone and I was able to download a whole lot of maths games "apps" (mostly for free) and both my children were able to play these with minimal adult supervision I suddenly began to understand the powerful learning tool that intuitive touch screen technology can provide.From a mathematics educator and a parent perspective I now wanted to explore this technology myself and so I requested that my husband bring me an i-pad when returning from his overseas trip (rather than the usual chocolates, perfume or wallet). Having the i-pad suddenly took me from my usual "lagging behind with technology" position to leapfrogging to cutting-edge technology. While my focus in this paper will be on my experience of mathematical learning opportunities with the i-pad, almost all of the "apps" and learning opportunities that I refer to are also available on the i-phone. And of course as other touch screen phones and "pads" become available so too will a range of new mathematical learning opportunities be available for those. One simply needs to explore these learning opportunities by typing into the search facility the keywords "mathematics" or "math games", "fun maths", "math challenges" and so on.


Focusing on force analysis of natural gas in micropore-throat, this paper researches the upper and lower petrophysical limits of gas accumulation in tight sandstone reservoirs of the Eastern Ordos Basin. 1. Determination of lower limit of pore-throat radius assuming thickness of irreducible water film as the minimum porethroat radius for gas injecting into tight reservoirs. Based on the irreducible water saturation, it can be calculated the thickness of irreducible water film for tight reservoirs in the study area ranges from 5 nm to 15 nm, with a mean of 10.2 nm. Values of the He 8 Section and Shan 2 Section are 5 nm-17 nm and 4 nm-9 nm respectively. 2. Determination of the upper limit of pore-throat radius calculation the upper limit can be divided into two cases: (1) Taking abnormal pressure of source rock into consideration the radius is inversely proportion to abnormal pressure. At the end of the Early Cretaceous, if abnormal pressure was larger than 5 MPa, gas driven by abnormal pressure and buoyancy can inject into all reservoirs with 0.01 μm pore-throat, i.e. all reservoirs with pores-throats which were not sealed by irreducible water. However, the corresponding value of abnormal pressure is 6.5 MPa in current geological conditions. (2) Regardless of abnormal pressure, without consideration of hydrodynamic force and abnormal high pressure, when capillary force is equal to buoyancy, the corresponding critical pore-throat radius value can be regarded as the upper limit of the pore-throat. This value for the tight reservoir of the He 8 Section, Taiyuan Formation and Shan 23 Section, at the end of the Early Cretaceous and present, are 0.61 μm, 1.55 μm and 0.25μm, 0.46μm respectively. 3. Critical petrophysical limit the relation between median radius and permeability is significant. Therefore, based on the results of correlation fitting between median pore-throat radius and petrophysical parameters, critical petrophysical properties can be predicted with critical pore-throat radius values. For the He 8 Section, lower petrophysical limits of the reservoir are 4% and 0.1×10 -3 μm 2 , upper petrophysical limits, i.e. porosity and permeability, of the reservoir developed at the end of the Early Cretaceous and present are 13%, 1.8×10 -3 μm 2 and 14%, 2.0×10 -3 μm 2 respectively. For the Shan 23 Section, the corresponding values are, in order, 2% and 0.01×10 -3 μm 2 , 8% and 1.0×10 -3 μm 2 , 9% and 1.4×10 -3 μm 2 . For the Taiyuan Formation, they are in order, 3.5% and 0.02×10 -3 μm 2 , 11% and 1.1×10 -3 μm 2 , 12% and 2.0×10 -3 μm 2 .


In this paper I explore how five competing theories of poverty shape anti-poverty strategies. Since most rural community development efforts aim to relieve causes or symptoms of poverty, it makes a difference which theory of poverty is believed to he responsible for the problem being addressed. In this paper five theories of poverty are distilled from the literature. It will be shown that these theories of poverty place its origin from (1) individual deficiencies, (2) cultural belief systems that support subcultures in poverty, (3) political-economic distortions, (4) geographical disparities, or (5) cumulative and circumstantial origins. Then, I show how each theory of poverty finds expression in common policy discussion and community development programs aimed to address the causes of poverty. Building a full understanding of each of these competing theories of poverty shows how they shape different community development approaches. Although no one theory explains all instances of poverty, this paper aims to show how community development practices that address the complex and overlapping sources of poverty more effectively reduce poverty compared to programs that address a single theory.


Healthcare is typically delivered using teams composed of patients and providers, such as nurses, technicians, and physicians. Teams are defined as formal collections of individuals assembled together for a specific purpose. Studies have shown the effectiveness of teams in general, and the specific benefits of healthcare teams. All teams, whether permanent or temporary, go through the 4 MEDS stages (mingle, elect, devise, and separate). We analyze the structure and processes of teams, and present ways that the use of teams in the healthcare setting can be effective for the overall quality of healthcare.


A review of state-of-the-art in torque generation and control of floating vertical-axis wind turbines Paulsen, U. S., Andersen, E., Griffith, D. T. & Madsen, H. A., 2019, Proceedings of Technologies and Materials for Renewable Energy, Environment and Sustainability. 1 ed. American Institute of Physics, Vol. 2123. 19 p. 030021. (AIP Conference Proceedings; No. 1, Vol. 2123). Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings – Annual report year: 2019 › Research › peer-review


Polyamide 6,12 crystalline fibers, commercially known as Nylon 6,12, were irradiated using gamma radiation and characterised by Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Raman, Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) and Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA). The analysis of the data, by using Flory's Theory and the principles of the Compton effect, allowed establishment of a reaction mechanism to explain how the polyamide chains are modified.


The influence on the cell membrane,proline content(Pro),chlorophyll content(Chl),photosynthetic rate(Pn),transpiration rate(Tr)and stomatal conductance(Gs)of Vetiveria zizanioides from two different used batteries stress treatments were studied by pot experiment.The results showed that as the amount of direct landfill and the concentration of content dilution of used batteries increased,the leaf growth rate,Chl content,Pn,Tr and Gs of V.zizanioides declined,and Pro content,membrane permeability increased.There was no significant difference effects on the stress of V.zizanioides between direct landfill and the contents dilution of the used batteries.When the diluted solution was 14.44% or less of the soil and the landfilled amount was 2.70% or less of the soil,V.zizanioides could grow,while that was 20.20% or more,4.00% or more,respectively,V.zizanioides would die.


Clinical anthropometry is used for evaluation of the features of the craniofacial region. The aim of this study was to determine the anthropometric variables which best discriminate a young population with Down's Syndrome (DS) from healthy subjects and to produce a craniofacial anthropometric profile (CAP) specific for DS. The study was performed on a sample of 56 subjects (33 male and 23 female) with DS, divided into two age groups (7-12 and 13-18 years). The control group comprised 322 healthy subjects (151 male and 171 female) of the same age as the examined groups. Twenty standard craniofacial measurements were measured with instruments according to Martin and in accordance with Farkas protocol. The measured values of all subjects with DS were expressed by mean and standard deviation. CAP was performed by converting individual measurements to standard values. Deviation from mean values was considered significant when z-value deviated by more than +2 or less than -2. The results showed that the variables which discriminated the group of subjects with DS from healthy subjects in the subnormal area in the first age group were length of the head, length of the auricles and head circumference, and in the second age group length of the head, length of the auricles, width of the auricles and head circumference. CAP can be considered a useful and objective method in defining specific craniofacial features of DS.


A novel electrode structure to realize an "ideal" ohmic contact is proposed. A new kind of low-loss and high-speed diode (LLD) is realized by utilizing this electrode structure. LLD shows a remarkably fast recovery as a Schottky diode, using no gold doping, while the reverse blocking voltage and operating temperature limit are far higher than for a Schottky diode. LLD is easily incorporated into monolithic combination with transistors, and is useful for various power applications.


Chemical modification of the nucleosides that comprise tRNAs are diverse1-3. Such modifications impact tRNA structure, stability, and mRNA decoding3,4. Although tRNA modifications are present in all kingdoms of life1, the structure, location, and extent of modifications have been systematically charted in very few organisms, in part because mapping modifications to tRNA sequences has been technically challenging. Here, we describe a new approach in which rapid prediction of modified sites through reverse transcription-derived signatures in high-throughput tRNA-sequencing (tRNA-seq) data is coupled with chemical analysis and identification of tRNA modifications through RNA mass spectrometry (tRNA-SMS). As proof of concept, we applied this method to study tRNA modification profiles in two phylogenetically close bacteria, E. coli and Vibrio cholerae. Comparative tRNA-seq enabled prediction of several V. cholerae modifications that are absent from E. coli and showed the effects of various environmental conditions on V. cholerae tRNA modification profiles. Through RNA mass spectrometric analyses, we showed that two of the V. cholerae-specific reverse transcription signatures reflected the presence of a new modification (acetylated acp3U (acacp3U)), while another results from C-to-U RNA editing, a process not described before in bacteria. By combining comparative genomics with mass spectrometry, we identified a putative N- acetyltransferase required for acacp3U acetylation. These findings demonstrate the utility of the tRNA-SMS approach for rapid characterization of tRNA modification profiles and environmental control of tRNA modification. Moreover, our identification of a new modified nucleoside and RNA editing process suggests that there are many tRNA modifications awaiting discovery.


In this paper we report on a collaborative inquiry involving a human geographer and a mathematician-cum-data modeller. Our example is the existence and nature of a possible 'skipper effect' in the Tasmanian commercial rock lobster fishery. The term 'skipper effect' is used to describe the supposedly variable contribution of boats' skippers to catch. Following an introduction of the fishery and an outline of our research, we briefly introduce the skipper effect. We also discuss an approach to conceptualising knowledge before moving to our case study which we treat both qualitatively and quantitatively. Possible implications of the combination of qualitative and quantitative research for fishery management are also presented. In so doing, we relate a piece of work that is both multi-method and multi-disciplinary.


3349 2021-03-05 07:37AM 2021-03-16 09:31AM ELECTRICAL Asset Data Question Answer Have any Systems/Major Building Components been upgraded? Systems: Partial Molded Case Circuit Breaker Panel Board Years: 1999, 2001, 2008 Systems: Interior Lighting, Intrusion Alarm System Years: 2000 Systems: Emergency Light/Exit Light Panel Years: 2001 Systems: Kitchen (Fluorescent Lighting) Years: 2006 Systems: Public Address System, Local Sound System, Multipurpose Rooms (Projection System, Theatre Lighting System) Years: 2008 Systems: Security Lights Years: 2008, 2014 Systems: Library (Raceways with Receptacles) Years: 2010 Systems: Exit/Emergency Lights Years: 2012 Systems: Telephone System Years: 2021 Systems: Fire Alarm System, Auxiliary Signal/Bell System, IPDVS/CCTV System Years: Under Construction Below Ground Type of Service Does Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) Exist? Yes No Water Penetration In Electrical Room? DEDICATED INTERCOMS IN FIRE RESCUE AREAS Question Response Are there any Life Rescue Assistance Areas, Fire Rescue Areas, and/or Holding Rooms in your building? No


With the development of a world is often encountered a building that has been
completed then there is a change of function of the building. The problem that
arises is that the existing structure is not able to withstand a larger load. In
this study selected cylindrical concrete with fly ash additional material. Silder
concrete is a high quality concrete that has a certain strength, with the
method of compressive strength testing and tensile strength. This study aims
to determine the effect of aggregate gradation that has been provided. Tests
conducted include: concrete compressive strength test and tensile strength
test. The result of this research is the addition of fly ash on cemented concrete
with the age of 1 and 28 days concrete.
Keywords: cylindrical concrete, fly ash, aggregate, gradation.


Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are known to have several undesirable effects on the kidneys because they inhibit the synthesis of renal prostaglandins. The clinical importance of this action has now been estimated by a case-control study of 1799 patients aged 65 or more who had developed renal failure (American Journal of Epidemiology 2000;151:488-96). The proportion using NSAIDs was 18%, compared with 11% of 9899 controls. So the link is uncommon, but it is nevertheless important.


ABSTRACT This article examines the presence of women, African Americans, immigrants, and Native Americans in a content analysis of newspapers for the 1820–1860 years from the Southern, Northern, Middle, and Western states, divided regionally and along the political and regional fault lines of the impending Civil War. There were 3,275 newspaper stories sampled and of those, 571 mentioned women, African Americans, Native Americans, or immigrants, accounting for 17% of all stories. This article concludes that far from being invisible or peripheral to events, ordinary Americans as newspaper readers were clearly aware of the activities and increasing importance of the groups studied.


s: 1. Griger Z, Biro T, Papp H, Aleksza M, Kiss E, Zeher M, Bodolay E, Szegedi G, Sipka S (2004): Effect of corticosteroid treatment on the protein kinase C system in monocytes of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and in modell cell lines Tissue Antigens 64 (4): 408-409. 2. Bodo E, Biro T, Telek A, Czifra G, Griger Z, Toth IB, Lazar J, Meschalchin A, Ito T, Bettermann A, Pertile P, Kovacs L, Paus R (2004): A 'hot' new twist to hair biology involvement of vanilloid receptor-1 signaling in human hair growth control. Exp Dermatol 13 (9): 581-581


Participants in the study (N = 21) engaged in two one-on-one interview sessions with the investigator. During each session, participants "thought out loud" as they studied one solo score and one full score of music by various composers. Interviews were conducted in an effort to assess preexisting knowledge of the music being studied and to assess participants' perceptions about score study. Results indicated three primary themes: (1) a lack of transfer of preexisting knowledge into certain score-study procedures, (2) an increase in specificity of verbal responses that seemed to correspond with education and experience, and (3) a lack of audible sound used during score preparation within full-score settings. Other findings suggest a contextual basis for score-study procedures and reflect changes in score-study patterns that seem influenced by experience and education.