Background: It has been reported that morning cortisol levels increase with age, although there is some controversy in the literature. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine associations of cortisol levels with advancing age in an elderly population and investigate possible interactions with metabolic and hormonal parameters. Subjects and methods: From 372 subjects initially evaluated, we studied 251 ambulatory subjects aged 51–90 yr, median 71 yr (169 women), all permanent residents of a small town in southern Greece. Anthropometric parameters, glucose, insulin, cortisol, and biochemical parameters were recorded. Results: Fasting cortisol levels (08:00–09:00 h) varied between 150.9-854 nmol/l (mean 362.4 nmol/l). A significant association was found between age and cortisol levels (Spearman's rho =0.170, p=0.01). There was a positive correlation between cortisol levels and creatinine (Spearman's rho =0.144, p=0.023), homocysteine (Spearman's rho =0.283, p<0.001) and a negative correlation with body mass index (Spearman's rho =−0.128, p=0.047). Multivariate analysis showed that when creatinine was taken into account, the association of cortisol with age and with homocysteine was no longer significant. When, however, diabetic subjects were included in the analysis, the adjusted for creatinine association of cortisol with age was significant (β=0.168, p<0.05). Conclusions: It is concluded that, in elderly ambulatory subjects, the reported associations between cortisol levels, age, and homocysteine may be affected by coexisting co-morbidities or possibly by a decline in renal function. In subsequent studies it is important that fasting glycemia is taken into account.


Digital Earth Africa is a continental infrastructure that makes Earth observation data available to support sustainable development in Africa. Access to analysis ready data, i.e., data that are processed to a defined set of requirements and ready for immediate analysis, is key to the success and sustainability of the program. In this paper, we present our strategy around analysis ready data and outline the efforts taken to ensure operational supply of these datasets for the African continent. We also share our experience and learnings during this process.


In the European Convention and the EU charter the principle ne bis in idem is provided, which implies that a person can not be tried or punished twice for the same offense. Since the European Conve ...


Objective: To evaluate the use of Pereira suture as a conservative sur- gical management in postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony. Methods: The study was performed in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temanggung General Hospital, Central Java, In-donesia. Data was retrieved retrospectively from medical records, from January 2011 until December 2013. Results: Pereira suture was done in four cases of uterine atony with failed conservative management, and the procedure was found to be successful in all cases. Conclusion: Pereira suture is an alternative surgical procedure for the treatment of uterine atony after failed conservative management. [Indones J Obstet Gynecol 2015; 3: 177-182]


It has been confirmed that shading leaves from day 5 onwards lowers the rate of CO2 fixation when they are placed in saturating irradiances. The reduction due to shade treatment is about 46 per cent and a similar reduction in maximum chlorophyll content of the leaf follows shading. Maximum amounts of total soluble protein and of Fraction I protein are less in shaded leaves than in control leaves and prolonged treatment leads to a decline in leaf protein content. The relative amounts of different protein are also affected by treatment ; in control leaves Fraction I protein accounts for about 45 per cent of the total but in shaded leaves the value is about 30 per cent. Increases and decreases in leaf protein amount, with concomitant changes in the ratio of Fraction I to total protein can be brought about by removing shades and re-applying them. Such changes can be induced even in fully expanded leaves in which net protein synthesis is not usually found. Maximal amounts of leaf protein are found in irradiances of 60 W m~2 or more, with lower values at lower light intensities. Where the first leaf is held in a stream of CC>2-free air a lower level of protein is found. This, and the ratio of Fraction I to total protein, are similar to values for shaded leaves, and suggest the involvement of photosynthetic carbon fixation in determining leaf protein amount. A 1:1 linear correlation between amount of Fraction I protein and RuDP carboxylase activity is shown but the rate of CO2 incorporation by leaf extracts is 2-3 times greater than that of the intact leaf. The significance of this and the effect of irradiance on leaf protein amount are discussed.


The last two decades have seen an increase in the number of online university classes operating under any of several commercial Learning Management Systems (LMS). Online classes expanded dramatically in the US during 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students, faculty, and administrators frequently assume that LMSs are epistemologically neutral. These LMSs are designed to do exactly what they say on the tin: they are systems for managing learning. At the same time, they function based on implicit understandings of "learning," "management," and "systems" that privilege some knowledges, interactions, and discourses while de-emphasizing others. In this paper I argue that the LMS as a tool is not—in the terms of Ivan Illich—convivial. Rather, LMSs as designed enforce a technocratic perspective based on efficiency and replicability, making them actively anti-convivial. At the same time, problems with LMS-hosted classes are defined in technological terms, with additional improved software being seen as the main solution. I argue that employing a critical participatory pedagogy can begin to address these concerns.


In this article we will look at some of the major festivals of light that are celebrated by religious and community groups throughout the world. As a staring point for these lessons, you should look to the experiences of the children and adults in your class.


The effect of mode of preparation of silica gel on its characteristics has been studied specially with reference to its sorption capacity for metal ions, and the ml.'chanism of thorium ion sorption on it. The reduced sorption capacity of the acid-set type gel is attributed to the high degree of hydrogen bonding between tile sorbed water molecules and tbe surface silanol groups. Tb<+is taken up from the nitrate solutions by ion exchange mechanism. The number of hydrogen ions that is set free does not exceed t"ice the number of the sorbed thorium ions. Two octa-coordinated mixed ligand surface complexes are probably formed. The nitrate-rich complex which is rather stable in the investigated nitric acid medium. is much less formed in solutions of low nitrate ion concentration.


A 49 year old male patient was admitted with a seven day history of fever and incontinence of fluid faeces and painful swelling of the left thigh. He had schizophrenia and had been on stelazine for 10 years. During the present illness he had received treatment for malaria and typhoid. He was referred to Aga Khan University Hospital with a possible diagnosis of femoral vein thrombosis. On examination, he looked toxic, temperature was 104°C, pulse 120/minute, abdomen slighily distended, fluid thrill was present and bowel sounds were normal. The left thigh was warm and its circumference increase compared to the right. All peripheral pulses were palpable. Rectal examination showed an ischio-rectal abscess of horseshoe variety with multiple sinuses discharging pus. Plain films of the abdomen showed some distended loops of small bowel suggesting ileus and the possibility of a soft tissue mass in the left side of the pelvis. The white cell count was 30.2x10 dl, routine hematological and biochemical investigations including random blood sugar were normal. U-scan of the abdomen was unrewarding; doppler studies showed a patent left femoral vein. The patient was examined under anaesthesia and a large ischiorectal abscess was drained. A thorough search was made for an internal opening, which was not found. The organisms cultured from the pus were E. coli and klebsiella. Following this procedure the patient did not improve, continued to be toxic and the white cell count remained elevated. CAT scan of the abdomen and pelvis showed a large abscess cavity starting at the lower pole of the left kidney and extendingdown to the retroperitoneal space lateral and posterior to the psoas muscle then finding its way anterior to the left iiacus muscle. The abscess further tracked down into the anterior thigh till the level of the greater trochanter. Medially it tracked along the left lateral wall of the pelvis and appeared to be continuous with the apex of the ischiorectal fossa. There was large amount of gas in the abscess cavity at various sites. Under CT guidance a size 20 Pr drain was inserted into the abscess cavity, from an extra peritoneal posterior approach, 900cc of pus was drained. With this valuable information a further EUA was performed. The retroperitoneal abscess was drained extraperitoneally and the thigh was drained by means of a separate vertical incision. The ischiorectal cavities were reexplored and communication with retroperitoneal space was confirmed. Thereafter there was remarkable improvement in the patient's condition. Two further dressings under anaesthesia were required for residual debris. He was discharged after 19 days hospital stay.


Financial time series analysis is more concerned on the rational economic interpretation than the statistical significance. Only the result and prediction based reasonable economic interpretation can be robust and instructive in practice. Financial times series analysis plays important roles as statistical tools.The detrend method and its applications is investigated, some generally practical instructive conclusions are obtained that the economic interpretation is increasedly difficult as the statistical results are more significance.


Objective: To compare outcomes of interlock intramedullary nails with Dynamic compression plates for the treatment of humerus shaft fractures in terms of hospital stay time and shoulder Impingement. Subjects and Methods: In this comparative study, a total number of 74 patients having age 20-60 years who presented with closed and open Gustilo type I or II in middle third of humerus were included. Study was conducted in Islam hospital Sialkot and and Rajib Tayyip Erdogan Hospital, Muzaffargarh from June-2019 to June-2020. Group A (n=37) patients underwent dynamic compression plating (DCP) for treatment of fractures and group B (n=37) underwent interlocking intramedullary nailing (ILN) for humerus shaft fractures. We noted post-operative hospital stay, shoulder impingement and bone union rate in all patients. Results: The mean of patients included in this study was 42.45 (SD 9.89) years. There were 57 (77.03%) males and 17 (22.97%) females. The mean duration of fracture at the time of surgery was 39.98±7.23 days. Mean hospital stay was 4.72±1.23 days in in group A and 4.89±1.40 days in group B (p-value 0.60). There were 4 (10.8%) patients in group B in whom shoulder impingement occurred but there was no patient in group A with shoulder impingement (p-value 0.04). Complete union occurred in 35 (94.6%) patients in DCP group and in 34 (91.8%) patients in ILN group (p-value 0.64). Conclusion: Both DCP and ILN are associated with high bone union rates. The complications rate of ILN is higher in comparison to DCP group. Keywords: Humerus shaft fractures, dynamic compression plates, interlocking intramedullary nailing.


A link adaptation scheme is devised for vector-perturbation (VP) zero-forcing beamforming (ZFBF) MIMO precoding and a link-adaptable VP-ZFBF precoder is applied to multi-point three-dimensional (3D) beamformers to be used in mmWave-band wireless access systems. Channel coding schemes used in current systems, e.g., turbo codes, possess systematic code structures. The perturbation gain can thus be predicted by searching for perturbation vectors for the symbol vectors mapped from information bits. On the basis of this principle, we constructed an efficient iterative modulation-and-coding-set (MCS) selection procedure for VP-ZFBF precoding. Simulation results demonstrate that our proposed scheme suitably passed on the perturbation gain to the selection of higher MCS and thus achieved high throughputs by incorporating with multi-point 3D-beamformers.


Gunther Rothenberg, the world's most distinguished authority on the Imperial-Royal Military Frontier, whose views on this subject are always worthy of careful consideration, is correct when he states that little is known about the part of the frontier located in Hungary. My aim in writing the present article was to throw new light on conditions in that area. I did not set out to write a comprehensive treatise on Habsburg military institutions in the whole border area. To do so is unnecessary because Rothenberg's works on the topic, which are easily available, offer a good introduction to the history and problems of the Military Frontier in general.


OBJECTIVE To understand the incidence and the related risk factors of orthopaedic surgical incision infections during Jan 2007-Dec 2012so as to reduce the incidence of postoperative incision infections.METHODS The medical records and the reporting forms of the patients were retrospectively analyzed.RESULTS A total of 5429cases of patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery were investigated,among which the postoperative incision infections occurred in 166cases with the infection rate of 3.06%;of the 166cases with the postoperative incision infections,2.67% were infected after fracture internal fixation,1.83% were infected after the remove of fracture internal fixation,4.12% were infected after the joint arthroplasty,19.20% were infected after the amputation,2.27% were infected after the anterior cyst,and 3.21% were infected after other orthopedic surgeries.The incidence rates of the postoperative orthopaedic surgical incision infections from 2007to 2010were respectively 4.03%,3.79%,3.15%,2.58%,and 2.01%,showing an downward trend.The age,hypoalbuminemia,moderate to severe anemia,emergency surgery,incision length,operation duration,surgical site,type of incision,and preoperative hospitalization duration were the risk factors of the postoperative incision infections(P0.05).CONCLUSIONThere are a variety of risk factors of postoperative incision infections in orthopaedic department,and the incidence of postoperative incision infections shows a downward trend in the hospital.It remains necessary to carry out the active interventions to the related risk factors of the incision infections so as to further control the incision infections.


This work is sponsored by Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Govt. of India Abstract A novel routing scheme based on Virtual Space (VS) configuration has been reported in [1, 2] for providing a dynamic and scalable solution to support QoS in high-speed networks. It is based on VS embedding of network topology information to enable simple geometric routing. The topology information is combined with dynamic updates based on traffic loading and link conditions to make routing decisions. This paper evaluates performance of VS routing using Network Simulator (NS-2) under different network scenarios. VS routing domain is simulated by enhancing the network protocol stack in NS-2 by adding new modules and establishing bindings with the existing ones. A new VS routing module has been added to handle VS data and protocol packets. The VS header fields are defined for packet forwarding. The dynamic network information is exchanged using VS-Hello protocol. The existing TCP/UDP agents are extended using suitable bindings to connect to the VS layer to simulate realistic traffic. A VS routing domain is constructed using a set of VS routing nodes and dynamic performance of VS routing is analyzed under different network scenarios. The performance of VS routing has been simulated for different networks with multiple TCP and UDP flows under various traffic and link conditions. The results are compared with IP/OSPF [3] routing under the same conditions. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of VS routing under different congestion and failure scenarios. VS routing adapts quickly to dynamic traffic changes and link failures with response time of less than 50 ms, making it suitable for real-time routing. Under peak load conditions, VS routing demonstrates significantly enhanced QoS characteristics for individual TCP and UDP flows in terms of packet throughput, loss-rate, queuing delay and delay jitter.


Presents the Report of the First Seminar of the Nucleo de Pesquisas e Estudos em Arquivos Contemporâneos e Instituto de Pesquisas Biblion, held in Florianopolis, between June 25-28, 2012 with the theme Safety in Archives. With the participation of professors and students of the Undergraduate Course Archival Science, Federal University of Santa Catarina. Provided the reflection of those involved with the safety and preservation of collections.


The mesoscale convective system (MCS) that affected Germany at Pentecost 2014 (9 June 2014) was one of the most severe for decades. However, the predictability of this system was very low as the operational deterministic and ensemble prediction systems completely failed to predict the event with sufficiently long lead timesmore than 12 hours lead time. We present hindcasts of the event using the COnsortium for Small-scale MOdeling (COSMO) model at convection-permitting (2.8 km) resolution on a large (1668×1807 km) grid, which domain. Using this large domain allowed us to successfully sim5 ulate the whole life cycle of the system originating from the French Atlantic coast. Results show that this model configuration successfully reproduces the convective events of that day. However, the low However, even with the large domain the predictability of the event was evident by the surprisingly large impact of tiny MCS is low. Tiny changes to the model domain . We produced large changes to the MCS, removing it completely from some simulations. To demonstrate this we systematically shifted the model domain by just one grid point in eight different directions, from which three did not simulate any convection 10 over Germany. The analyses show that Our analysis shows that there were no important differences in domain-averaged initial conditions nor in the preconvective environment ahead of the convective systemexist. That . The main reason that one-third of these seemingly identical initial conditions fails to produce any convection over Germany is intriguing. The main reason for the different model results seems to be the proximity of the track of the initial convective system to the coast and colder sea surface. The COSMO model simulates small horizontal displacements of the precursors of the MCS which then determine if 15 the cells dissipate close to the sea or reach a favorable area for convective development over land and further evolve into an MCS. This study demonstrates the potentially huge impact of tiny model domain shifts on forecasting convective processes in this case, which suggests that the sensitivity to similarly small initial condition perturbations could be a helpful indicator of days with low predictability and should be evaluated across other cases, model and weather regimes. Copyright statement. TEXT 20


As biological responses that indicate deleterious effects of contaminants on the environment,biomarkers are one of the most effective ways of monitoring and analyzing contaminated soils quantitatively.In this paper,the latest advances in some typical biomarkers indicating soil pollution,such as cytochrome P450 enzymes,antioxygenases in cells and the DNA fingerprint technique were reviewed.Application prospects for assessment and early diagnosis of the bioremediated effectiveness of contaminated soil by these biomarkers were discussed.


Abstract : The dependence of self-pumped photorefractive two-beam coupling in Fe:KNbO3 with crystal angle has been measured at 532 nm for the a-c and b-c crystal planes using a combination of oil immersion and relay imaging. A significant deviation between existing theory and experiment is found for large crystal angles. We propose this is due to a highly anisotropic effective charge trap density in Fe:KNbO3 of almost two orders of magnitude variation with crystal angle in the a-c plane.


As more and more teaching material is created in a web format, various styles of presentation have been investigated. This has included developing workbooks and handout material that can be produced directly from web pages. This, however, has highlighted a variety of problems such as how to exhibit data so that it displays well both on the screen and as hardcopy, how to handle page numbering, and how topics can be arranged in page sized chunks. This paper first gives some background into how the author's teaching resources evolved into a hypertext model, and then takes a brief look at what is considered good web page design. Discussion follows on how reference, lecture and workbooks have been converted to the html format, and the associated design standards that have evolved.


The UK home secretary, Alan Johnson, announced plans to ban mephedrone and its related compounds after the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommended they be classified as class B drugs.

Mr Johnson said that legislation would be introduced to parliament on 30 March and that he hoped that cross party support would lead to a ban within the next few weeks.

A class B classification will put mephedrone and other cathinone derivatives alongside cannabis and amphetamines, with a maximum prison sentence of 14 years for dealing and five years for possession.

Mr Johnson said: "As a result of the council's swift advice I am introducing legislation to ban not just mephedrone and other cathinones but also to enshrine in …


It is reported in this paper that 1,2 dimethyl 3 p chlorobenezensufonyl imidazolinium iodide serving as a model of tetrahydrofolate coenzyme reacts with various nucleophiles,such as p methylaniline,p methyloxyaniline,benzyl amine,propane dinitrile and water.Experiments showed that the model compound had high chemical reactivity,so it is an ideal coenzyme model.


Objectives. To determine the prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis in children aged 7–9 years from non-water-fluoridated Halmstad, Sweden, and to relate the results to their reported fluoride exposure history during infancy. Material and Methods. In Spring 2002, a questionnaire distributed to a cluster random sample of 1039 parents enquired into their child's early oral health behaviors and included a "photographic toothpaste menu". The permanent upper anterior teeth (13–23) were examined clinically (+10% repeats) using a modified Thylstrup-Fejerskov Index. Results. Complete data were available for 53% (n=548) of the sampled children. The prevalence of fluorosis at any level was 49% (95% CI: 45–54%), and of fluorosis with esthetic concern (TF score ≥3) 4% (95% CI: 3–6%). Based on repeat observations, reliability was good (kappa=0.82). There was no statistically significant increased risk of dental fluorosis prevalence associated with any of the fluoride exposure risk factors examined, including reported usage of (1000 ppm) fluoride toothpaste from time of first deciduous tooth eruption. Conclusions. While there were low levels of dental fluorosis of esthetic concern, half the children had some degree of dental fluorosis. The prevalence of dental fluorosis was not explained by the risk factors, including fluoride toothpaste usage as explored in this study.


Many highway agencies face the problem of premature failure of asphalt concrete pavements due to moisture damage. Two test methods, modified Lottman and boiling tests, are commonly used to evaluate the stripping potential of asphalt concrete in the laboratory. Unfortunately, these tests are not always able to accurately discriminate between well and poor performing mixes; that is, the laboratory test results may sometimes not correlate well with the field performance. Studies performed under the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) indicate that the environmental conditioning system (ECS) is a device that better simulates the field conditions. A study conducted by the Colorado Department of Transportation suggested that the ECS device and testing procedure needed further evaluation before it could be incorporated into routine use. A study to evaluate the ECS was undertaken. Based on the results from this study, the ECS is promising. Improvements, both in terms of conditioning of asphalt concrete mixture, as well as, resilient modulus test setup, are needed. Specifically, the resilient modulus test setup of the ECS needs improvement in the precision and accuracy of the measurements.


The purpose of the study is to investigate the role of the internal audit function (IAF) in improving the quality of financial reporting. This is because the effectiveness of the FAIs role is often questioned considering its status as an employee who must serve two masters namely the board of directors and the audit committee as representatives of the board of commissioners. On the other hand, financial statements represent reports on the performance and quality of the companys management. The research method uses quantitative methods with multiple linear regression analysis. The research data is based on a questionnaire survey with purposively selected respondents from accounting, finance, auditing, and audit committee practitioners. The research findings indicate that the competence and objectivity of the IAF have a positive effect on the quality of financial reporting. Thus, to enhance the quality of financial reporting, internal auditors must be able to improve their competence and objectivity. Meanwhile, the most important quality of financial statements is the fundamental qualitative characteristics of faithful or honest representation by management. The results of this study answer doubt about the unique role of the IAF as a servant of the two masters, and implicitly the partnership with the audit committee enhances the check and balance function through the role of the IAF. The limitation of the study is that the low determinant coefficient which indicates that there are many other factors that affect the quality of financial reporting. For further research, it is recommended to add other factors and increase the number of sample respondents.


This article focuses on the financial management of unaided private schools in Gujarat. The objectives of the study are budgeting process, during and after the establishment of the budget, the sources and problems of the sources of funding and possible ways to overcome these problems. Investigative approach is adopted in this study. The study population consists of 264 schools without help of Gujarat. Fifteen schools were selected using the technique of random sampling for the study. The data was collected using a questionnaire developed by the researcher. The main conclusions of the study are almost all unaided private schools in Gujarat have faced financial problems. schools consult not anyone expert for the preparation of the school's financial budget, for most members of the trustee and school principals are involved in the financial budget of the school; financial school files, cash memo and an expense receipt are standardize arranged at the school. However, schools must manage the financial situation and must provide quality education to the students. The improper financial management in school will affect quality education in schools without help of Gujarat.


iv LIST OF TABLES ix LIST OF FIGURES x CHAPTER 1. BACKGROUND OF FRACTURE MECHANICS 1 1.1 Relevance 1 1.2 Observations of Fracture 1 1.3 History 3 1.4 Fracture Toughness and Stress Intensity 6 1.5 The J-Integral 8 2. POLYMER COMPOSITES 10 2.1 Deformation of Polymers 10 2.2 Fiber Reinforcement 12 2.3 Microparticle Reinforcement 13 2.4 Nanoparticle Reinforcement 14 2.5 Micro and Nano Reinforcement 16 3. COMPUTATIONAL FRACTURE MECHANICS 17 3.1 Challenges of modeling crack propagation 17 3.2 Basic Modeling Procedure 19 3.3 Methods for Modeling Crack Propagation 20 3.4 Finite-Element Methods 21 3.5 Overview of Elastic Network Models 22 3.6 COMSOL Multiphysics and the ENM 25 3.6.1 COMSOL Multiphysics v3.3 25 3.6.2 The Elastic Network Model 26 3.6.3 Integrating COMSOL and the ENM 27 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF HYBRID ENM-FEA MODELS 29 4.1 Analysis Schemes 30 4.2 Material Property Selection and Validation 33


Small and Medium-sized Enterprises(SMEs) play a very important role in China's economic and social development.The degree of market open is increasing with China's entry into WTO.However,the situation of SMEs in China faced is serious.SMEs are not good at size,talent,financial strength and management compared with lager enterprises.In this situation,SMEs should analyze the difficulties and find its characteristics by innovative ideas.


The prediction of PSE pork at slaughterline has some inaccuracy. The individual physiological condition of an animal cause great variations in PSE development and therefore the prediction of PSE meat by measuring pH 45 shows a reliability not better than 70%. The delayed occurence of other characteristics in muscle constrains to use other methods for measuring PSE not before two to three hours post mortem. Further work is needed to develop a suitable method for PSE prediction at slaughterline. To diminish PSE quality at pork all factors before and at slaughter supporting development of PSE condition are to be reduced.


Extreme weather phenomena since industrialization accelerated joint efforts for reducing greenhouse gas emissions of the international community such as United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol and the recent agreement of the Durban platforms. The effort of reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our nation, the seventh carbon dioxide emission country is also speeding up. Basic Law of low-carbon green growth was enacted in 2009, 30 percent GHG reduction in 2020 compared to BAU greenhouse gas reduction target was declared, and the Enforcement Decree was entered into force in 2010. The law of low-carbon green growth states clearly the responsibilities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of the country and public engagement, and the planning of local government. In this study, five-year plans for green growth of local governments, major strategies of each local government, and the perception of officers in charge of green growth department through survey were analyzed. The results showed that most local government's officer had an agreement with the need of green growth, but expressed the difficulty as to the specific implementation strategies and their expertises, and the lack of infrastructure. In addition, five-year plan of local governments for green growth had specific strategy for each local government, but the budgets were planned very high compared to financial capabilities. It is thus turned out that further feasibility study will be necessary.


We give a conceptual proof of the fact that if M is a complete submanifold of a space form, then the maximal integral manifolds of the nullity distribution of its second fundamental form through points of minimal index of nullity are complete.


A 7-year-old Maltese was presented to a veterinary clinic for a history of anorexia, soft feces, and anemia. During abdominal sonography and computed tomography imaging, splenic mass was suspected. Laparotomy revealed the bloody ascites, and the enlarged spleen containing a large spherical mass. Microscopically, the splenic parenchyma was replaced by neoplastic cells with cytoplasmic vacuolation and abundant myxoid matrix. Cellular vacuolation and myxoid matrix were positive to Oil-Red-O and Alcian-blue stains. The neoplastic cells were positive to vimentin on immunohistochemistry. The case was diagnosed as myxoid liposarcoma. Based on a poor prognosis, the dog was euthanized three weeks after splenectomy.


Blood smears of 424 mammals were collected from dfferent areas of NWFP belonging to Chiroptera, Legomorpha, Rodentia, Carnivora, Ruminantia were examined. Bats were found Infected withPolychromophilus melanipherus incidence was 31.7%. Babesia canis was obsenred in Jackal 100% Anaplasma ovis was found in cattle. A crihda stage of Typanosoma melaphagium was recorded from sheep. Rabbits, rats, mice, guine pigs, cat were also examined but found refractoly.


Nature of delocalization of the electrons from the ligands to metals in the first coordination sphere of the highspin complexes [Fe(H2O)6] 2+/3+ and [Zn(H2O)6] 2+ are computationally studied using density functional theory. Among the studied complexes, natural charge transfer from H2O ligands to metal ion is found to be maximum of 1.556e in [Fe(H2O)6] 3+ and minimum of 0.621e in [Zn(H2O)6] 2+ . On the other hand, the interaction between the lone pairs of oxygen with metal ion was found to be stronger in [Zn(H2O)6] 2+ than in the complexes with second coordination sphere. Number of such strong interactions in the first coordination sphere was found to be decreased with the addition of H2O ligands in the second coordination sphere.


Communication mediated by mobile devices is one of the most dynamic sectors of the global economy and is transforming many aspects of our social lives, including ways of relating to each other and our production, distribution and consumption of cultural artifacts. We examine these transformations of mobile communications from a media ecology perspective by applying McLuhan's Laws of Media. We also propose a research agenda for studying mobile communications.


It is disclosed about the method of manufacturing the GaN-based semiconductor light-emitting device using the compound. The present invention is a p-type compound semiconductor layer of at least one layer is present on the active layer in which light is emitted, and a method of manufacturing a light emitting device having a p-type electrode on the p-type compound semiconductor layer on the active layer wherein forming the p-type compound semiconductor layer next, the p-type compound in order to remove the hydrogen contained in the semiconductor layer, annealing stages and said secondary annealing across the output is the p-type compound semiconductor formed on the second and a step of forming the p-type electrode on the p-type compound semiconductor layer. With the present invention, becomes because of lowered resistance of the by annealing the p-GaN layer over the second car, the p-type electrode, the contact resistance between the p-type electrode and the p-GaN layer lowered even when the single metal layer, and result the lower the driving voltage of the light emitting element. Also it can be used to form a p-type electrode than the different metal layers than the conventional. Therefore, it is possible to form a p-type electrode using a variety of processes.


We study the equations of a two dimensional incompressible Newtonian fluid coupled with a dispersive parabolic-elliptic system on bounded domains. Global in time weak solutions are shown to exist and converge with a rate to the stationary solution for L^2 initial data. This paper extends and improves on a body of work surrounding the Debye-Huckel system to the hydrodyanamical case.


Study on visualization of 3 D terrain surface is the leading subject in the analysis of fluvial process and sedimentation of harbors and waterways.It is an effective way to reproduce 3 D terrain information fast and promptly and to make comprehensive analysis.It's introduced how to use Microsoft VB developing platform to realize the visualization of 3 D terrain surface and to realize the zoom,rotation and output of the graphics.


A vacuum photographic plate chamber of large capacity is described. It is of simple mechanical design but permits complete control of plate position. A feature of the apparatus is the use of a vacuum seal developed by Wilson.


This thesis mainly analyzes the requirements on an academic dean in the respects of individual vocational knowledge and collectively owned (shared) vocational knowledge. Suggestions to improve their job competency are made to the academic deans in six aspects,namely:precise understanding of and total devotion to ones own position,enhancing the awareness of serving,improving efficiency through overall management,strengthening teamwork trough communication and cooperation,be open-minded and healthy physically and psychologically,accumulating experience and knowledge through reflections. Hopefully these suggestions nay serve as the theoretical foundation for high school academic deans to achieve a new high level in their academic management.


The work of universities "select superiority" is an item of systems engineering,to do this job well,the Party and League organizations at all levels must improve the opinion of thought together,set up and amplify the mechanism of"select superiority",unite charge and joint administration.This text analyses some existing insufficientcy of the past in "select superiority" work,and according to the working experience,proposes a set of intact schemes of "select superiority",practicability of this set of schemes is strong,scientific and rational,improved objectivity and fairness of the "select superiority"result to a great extent.


This paper discusses the concept of organizational a thropophagy, a metaphor describing a unique relationship between identity a nd otherness. To show how this perspective contributes to understandings of divers ity and difference, I read anthropophagy against psychoanalytic discussions of abjection, a process where individuals are simultaneously fascinated by, drawn towards, and ho rrified by their relationships to outside "others". Stemming from the global periphery, anth ropophagy provides a way to combine psychoanalytic with sociological views of otherness . I stress the implications of the anthropophagic approach for organizational theorizi ng of the "monstrous", placing monstrousness against the political economic contex t of post-coloniality and discussing its relations with diversity and difference. ha l-0 09 69 25 8, v er si on 1 2 Ap r 2 01 4 Anthropophagic Diversity 3 "It was my hint to speak, such was my process: and of the Cannibals that each other eat: the Anthropophagi, and men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders" (William Shakespeare, Othello, I:iii, 141-144) In 1557, the German traveler Hans Staden published an account of his travels in Brazil, "a true description of a land of naked, fie rc and cannibalistic savages."(Staden,1930: 13). The account included his 9-month capture by Tu pi Indians, a description of their ritualistic anthropophagic (cannibalistic) practice s, and his narrow escape from being eaten. His captors, he wrote, would engage in ritualistic ingestion of captured enemy warriors, thereby participating in a kind of communion with t he powerful outsider. The ritual would result in acquiring a new name for the anthropophag e, transformation of identity. As Staden accounts, as he attempted to reason with Cunhambebe , the village chief, poised between bites of an enemy's leg, he asked "can a man eat another man?", to which the chief responded that he was, in fact, a jaguar. Was this humor, as some claim (Viveiros de Castro, 1986), or a true trans-species predatory being initiated through a s ymbolic act? When these accounts appeared in a São Paulo daily n ewspaper in 1926, they were read by modernist painter Tarsila do Amaral and poet Osw ald de Andrade, recently returned from Paris. They snapped up the idea, recognizing the p ossibility of re-working anthropophagy away from a tired "civilization versus primitivism" myth, a dominant ethical narrative (c.f. Rhodes, Pullen, & Clegg, 2009) that infantilized in tellectuals from the periphery. From the early accounts, they transformed anthropophagy into a Brazilian take on the avant-garde European cultural movements they had devoured in Fr a ce (e.g. Ferreira, 2002). Andrade had been reading Montaigne's account of Brazilian canni bals while in Paris (Cocco, 2009), and had discovered himself in the foreign: "If there is something I have brought back from my travels in Europe between the wars, it is Brazil it self" (Andrade, in Cocco, 2009:46). He had ha l-0 09 69 25 8, v er si on 1 2 Ap r 2 01 4 Anthropophagic Diversity 4 found himself in the humorous, monstrous, and incon stant personage of the anthropophage, recognizing with Montaigne how well this descriptio n resonated with his own, modern identity. The figure of the cannibal is both hidden and ubiqu itous in modern thinking . From colonial attributions of indigenous cannibalism (e. g. Sanborn, 1998; Obeyesekere, 1992), to theological debates on the ingestion of symbolic bl ood and flesh during the Christian mass (Lindenbaum, 2004), to uses of the cannibal to char acte ize modern boundarylessness (Cottom, 2001), the cannibal has both shocked and f scinated modern thinkers, suggesting that its relationship to modern thought is less tha n straightforward. Some have compared modern capitalism to a cannibalistic process (Merit t, 2010; Rhen & Borgerson, 2005), whereby society devours its own members in a quasiorganized space between civilization and chaos. Alternatively, anthropophagy has played in a role negotiating inner/outer boundaries (Islam, 2012; Rehn & Borgerson, 2005), m ediating between desire and violence, and reimagining the relationship between the self a nd the body (Lindenbaum, 2004). This paper follows recent scholarship in recognizin g the relevance of anthropophagy for understanding the monstrosity and "inconstancy" of modern selfhood (Cocco, 2009; Viveiros de Castro, 2009; 2002). As a way of establ ishing a self-other relation, anthropophagy represents an ambivalent identification with and ag gression towards the other, outlining an understudied outlook on difference and diversity. A lthough the metaphor of anthropophagy has only recently been applied to organizational pr ctices and values ( Faria, Carvalho & Collares, 2001; Islam, 2012; Rhen & Borgerson, 2005 ; Wood & Caldas, 2002; Wood & Caldas, 1998a, b), its ability to juxtapose key ele ments of contemporary organizing, namely the centrality of the body, the grotesque and the v isceral in organizing (e.g. Islam, Zyphur & Boje, 2008), the hybridity and relationality of org anizational identity (e.g. Islam, 2012), and the co-existence of desire and aggression in relati ons with organizational "others" (e.g. Rehn ha l-0 09 69 25 8, v er si on 1 2 Ap r 2 01 4 Anthropophagic Diversity 5 & Borgerson, 2005), makes it a powerful trope to u se in organization studies. Recent attempts to theorize "monsters" of organizing, mark ed by cross-identities, excess, and abjection (Thanem, 2011; Thanem, 2006; du Gay, 1994 ), coalesce well with the viscerality and excess of the anthropophagic perspective. This paper contributes to the understanding of monstrous transgression by arguing that these aspec ts of boundary-crossing, excess and viscerality unite anthropophagy with the notion of abjection (Kristeva, 1982). By reading anthropophagy together with abjection, I argue, a u nique interpretation of difference and otherness can be outlined that is relevant to monst r u ness. As the anthropophagic perspective has elsewhere be en d scribed more generally (e.g. Islam, 2012; Wood & Caldas, 1998a), this paper focu ses on the most "monstrous" aspect of anthropophagy, namely, transgression of the self-ot her boundary by incorporating the Other, in a simultaneous act of love and violence. This bo undary transgression stems from an ambivalent identification that is constitutive of a nthropophagic subjectivity (Rolnick, 1998). Anthropophagy in this way is aligned with abjection a d the abject (e.g. Kristeva, 1982), linking perspectives on the body with issues of sub jectivity and self-other boundaries. The relational perspective implicit in the anthropophag ic metaphor provides a novel take on relations of difference and diversity, while its bo rder-crossing aspect makes this act monstrous. As abjection has recently emerged in th e organizational literature around bodily excess (e.g. Tyler, 2011, Fotaki, 2011), the abject is a useful concept to discuss transgression as a monstrous, anthropophagic aspect of difference . I hope to thereby illuminate issues around the excessive elements of our organizational lives (e.g. Thanem, 2011; 2006; 2004). The current paper thus proposes that the figure of the anthropophage provides a unique vantage point from which to consider the abject, an d to confront the implications for subjectivity and difference when we re-inhabit the monstrous. ha l-0 09 69 25 8, v er si on 1 2 Ap r 2 01 4 Anthropophagic Diversity 6 The rest of the paper unfolds as follows. First, I discuss abjection in view of the relation between abjection, subjectivity, and ident ity, to contribute to an exploration of relations of otherness, a topic key in understandin g diversity (Durand & Calori, 2006). Second, I link the anthropophagy cultural movement to abjection, overviewing anthropophagy with this objective in mind. Next, I describe the anthropophagic viewpoint as relational, arguing that abject horror and fascination for the other impacts reactions to organizational diversity and difference. Here, I place emphasis on how valuing diversity implies a willingness to engage in a self-other dialectic, a oncept central to modernist perspectives in critical theory but formulated somewhat differently from the point of view of abjection. Finally, I discuss the implications of this approac h for organizational theorizing, noting important areas for development as well as limitati ons of the anthropophagic metaphor. This paper contributes to understanding difference i organizations, first by giving an illustration of a creative appropriation of abjecti on by a group from the global periphery, and second, by exploring the conceptual underpinnings o f this movement. Given that a cannibalistic ethos was self-consciously used by th ese actors to send messages about relations between core and periphery, self and other, provide s an interesting and illustrative bridge between monstrosity and diversity. The Idea of the Abject Kristeva (1982) theorized the notion of the abject as arising from a psychological space that was neither subjective ego nor object of kn wledge, but rather an externalized, originary ground of subjectivity. This ground, acco rding to Kristeva (1982), becomes disavowed by the subject, yet remains present as a thre t to subjective stability. Similarly to the psychoanalytical "repressed", yet predating sym bolic understanding, the abject concerns a "twisted braid of affects and thoughts" Kristeva (1 982: 1). It is inarticulable, and marks the boundary between self and world, a boundary heavily guarded and maintained through ha l-0 09 69 25 8, v er si on 1 2 Ap r 2 01 4 Anthropophagic Diversity 7 feelings of disgust and rejection. As a boundary ma rker, abjection is a constitutive element in subjectivity, and is most salient in "liminal" stat es where identity is uncertain. Kristeva associates such spaces of "constitutive repression" in the maternal, the semiotic, and the female body (Perelberg, 2005, p. 578). In describin g


Objective To compare the occurrence regularity of acute aortic dissection (AAD) in patients with different gender so as to provide the scientific evidence for the personal and timely nursing.Methods Between January 2002 and December 2011,287 patients with AAD were analyzed by circular distribution,according to the sequence of admission with different gender.Results AAD often occurred from September 23th to next February 20th in male patients,the peak date was in December 7th.And there was a obvious hourly centralized tendency,from 5:39 to 15:11 with a peak at 10:25.While there was no monthly but a hourly centralized tendency in female patients,from 6:50- 15:45 with a peak at 11:17. No significant difference was found in hourly variation of onset with different gender (F =1.4013,P > 0.05).Conclusions The onset of AAD has a marked seasonal and hourly differences in male patients,and only hourly differences occurs in female patients.And there is no difference of AAD onset in different gender.A seasonal prevention for male patients is more important,so we should perform nursing timely according the law of onset.

Key words:
Acute aortic dissection; Gender; Nursing; Occurrence regularity


Abstract This study analyzed the macroeconomic and institutional determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) in the MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Turkey) countries during the period 1980–2014. Annual data covering the period between 1980 and 2014 were used. Data on real gross domestic product (real GDP), labor force, gross fixed capital formation, foreign direct investment (FDI), human capital, and inflation were sourced from the World Development Indicators published by the World Bank. Also, data on corruption, government stability, and law and order were obtained from the database of International Country Risk Guide. Panel autoregressive distributed lag (PARDL) regression technique was used to estimate the model. Results showed that TFP growth rate declined on average by 1.4 per cent and 1.8 per cent in Mexico and Turkey, respectively, while Indonesia and Nigeria did not experience productivity growth on the average. Results also showed that in the long run, human capital and government stability had positive and significant effects on TFP, while FDI and corruption had negative but significant effects on TFP. In the short run, there existed a significant negative relationship between TFP and inflation. However, the effects of human capital and corruption on TFP were positive and significant. The study concluded that human capital and corruption were key drivers of TFP in the MINT countries both in the long run and short run.


PURPOSE Bladder-sparing trimodal therapy (TMT) is an alternative to radical cystectomy (RC) according to international guidelines. However, there are limited data to guide management of nonmetastatic clinically node-positive bladder cancer (cN+ M0 BCa). We performed a multicenter retrospective analysis of survival outcomes in node-positive patients to inform practice. METHODS Data from patients diagnosed with cN+ M0 BCa were collected from participating UK Oncology centers offering both TMT and RC. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) outcomes were collected with details of treatment and clinical factors. RESULTS A total of 287 patients with cN+ M0 BCa were included in the survival analysis. Median OS across all patients was 1.55 years (95% CI, 1.35 to 1.82 years). Receiving radical treatments was associated with improved OS (hazard ratio [HR], 0.32; 95% CI, 0.23 to 0.44; P < .001) compared with receiving palliative treatment. Radically treated patients (n = 163) received RC (n = 76) or radical dose radiotherapy (RT, n = 87); choice of radical treatment showed no association with OS (HR, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.63 to 1.41; P = .76) or PFS (HR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.50 to 1.08; P = .12) on multivariable analysis. CONCLUSION Patient cohorts with cN+ M0 BCa had equivalent survival outcomes whether treated with surgery or radical RT. Given the known morbidities of RC—in a patient group with poor survival—this study confirms that bladder-sparing TMT treatment should be a treatment option available to all patients with cN+ M0 BCa.


Introduction Anecdotal evidence suggests that medical professionals in trauma units are requesting additional regional images using conventional x-ray systems, even after trauma patients have undergone full-body Lodox scans. Patients are then exposed to additional radiation, additional waiting times and an increased medical bill. This study aimed at investigating the extent to which Lodox systems were used in trauma units (n=28) in South Africa. Method In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the researcher invited one radiographer from the 28 hospitals in South Africa that use Lodox systems. Radiographers who were most experienced in using the Lodox system completed an online questionnaire. Results Twenty (71.43% n=20) out of twenty-eight radiographers responded. Most hospitals (90%, n=18) were referring patients for additional conventional x-ray images. Radiographers indicated that conventional x-rays were requested for the chest (27.80%, 10/36), the abdomen (16.67%, 6/36), the spine (13.89%, 5/36) and the extremities and skull (19.44%, 7/36). Additionally, radiographers reported using Lodox to perform procedures and examinations usually performed on conventional x-ray systems when conventional x-ray systems were not operational. Conclusion Currently, it is not clear if the use of conventional x-ray imaging following Lodox is necessary, but the results suggest that the practice is commonplace, with healthcare workers in most hospitals (90%, n=18) requesting additional x-ray imaging. The researcher thus recommends that an imaging protocol for Lodox imaging systems should be developed to guide the referral of the patients for further imaging.


Economic theories are increasingly popular in political science, and in particular in research on the relations between the legislative, the executive, and the judicial branches of government. Among these theories, principal-agent (´PA´) and transaction cost economics (´TCE´) feature particularly high in our research agenda. Yet, pushed by the view that "the content of ´science´ is primarily the methods and rules" (King et al. 1994: 9), and working with limited resources, political scientists have tended to neglect careful theorizing. PA and TCE are taken off-the-shelf without much prior scrutiny, and past conceptual mistakes are perpetuated. This paper aims at introducing and explaining the real PA, positive agency, TCE, and incomplete contracts theories for the purposes of political analysis. In a companion paper, I show the serious mistakes perpetuated by political scientists, and I argue that, faced with a choice between those four economic theories, we should place our bets on a revised version of TCE.


In this paper, a mobile-based augmented reality (AR) method is presented that is capable of accurate occlusion between digital and real-world objects in real-time. AR occlusion is the process of hiding or showing virtual objects behind physical ones. Existing approaches that address occlusion in AR applications typically require the use of markers or depth sensors, coupled with compute machines (e.g., laptop or desktop). Furthermore, real-world environments are cluttered and contain motion artifacts that result in occlusion errors and improperly rendered virtual objects, relative to the real world environment. These occlusion errors can lead users to have an incorrect perception of the environment around them while using an AR application, namely not knowing a real-world object is present. Moving the technology to mobile-based AR environments is necessary to reduce the cost and complexity of these technologies. This paper presents a mobile-based AR method that brings real and virtual objects into a similar coordinate system so that virtual objects do not obscure nearby real-world objects in an AR environment. This method captures and processes visual data in real-time, allowing the method to be used in a variety of non-static environments and scenarios. The results of the case study show that the method has the potential to reduce compute complexity, maintain high frame rates to run in real-time, and maintain occlusion efficacy.


Introduction Well, Syria was in the news a lot this week, both with regard to the 4 million displaced Syrian refugees that have created a rolling migration crisis in Europe and the ongoing conflict in Syria, which is driving the vast majority of that asylum seeker movement. Because of this, we decided to dedicate this week's Pidgin Politics to all things Syria.


PURPOSE: To possibly optimally control in a closed loop a quantity having an influence on the running dynamic characteristic or the running condition of a vehicle. CONSTITUTION: A manipulated variable u is obtained through a fuzzy controller 20 from a deviation e between a target value w and an actual value y of a signal concerning a quantity having an influence on the running dynamic characteristic or the running condition of a vehicle, and a time differential of the deviation e. The manipulated variable u is fed to an actuator signal generator 16, e.g. a pulsewidth modulator which outputs a corresponding signal uPWM to an actuator 18, and hence this is suited for control of a steering system, a brake system and the chassis. Such constitution enables the deviation between a target value and an actual value to be possibly kept small under a lot of operating conditions and the control characteristics to be stabilized even in extreme cases. COPYRIGHT: (C)1994,JPO


Under the auspices of the International Reading Association, an evaluation was conducted of Rural Education and Development (READ) program of creating community libraries in Nepal. READ set out to address the high rates of illiteracy and poverty in Nepal through the development of these libraries. To examine READ's approach, a team of international researchers conducted an evaluation to determine the efficacy of READ's participatory approach on literacy development and empowerment. Based on evidence from field notes, interviews, focus groups, and videotapes evaluators found strong support for the benefits of community libraries in providing access to literacy and improving economic and social development for the Nepalese citizens. READ libraries are promoting a "book culture" in Nepal by helping communities build upon their assets. Such an approach to libraries may effectively inform literacy efforts in the United States as well as in communities throughout the world.


The embodiment of the invention discloses a barrier film, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The barrier film comprises a first organic film layer and a second organic film layer, a first groove is formed in the first organic film layer, at least one inorganic film layer is arranged on the first organic film layer, the first groove is filled with the inorganic film layer, and the thickness of the inorganic film layer is smaller than or equal to the depth of the first groove; the second organic film layer is arranged on the inorganic film layer and is a flattened layer. Due to the fact that the thickness of the inorganic film layer is smaller than or equal to the depth of the first groove, an inorganic layer is discontinuous and does not located in the same layer, the phenomenon of stress concentration can be avoided in the bending process, and the risk that the inorganic layer is cracked is lowered.


Summary Objective: To measure growth performance differences between segregated early-weaned (SEW ) and conventionally weaned (CW) littermates to slaughter, and to investigate the effects of immunostimulation from vaccination on SEW pigs compared to CW pigs.


The complete evaluation in the selection of coating designs for production of high performance mirrors must include the scattering losses that are associated with the thin film materials combination. This is especially true for deep ultraviolet [DUV] microlithography applications. Scattering loss data are presented at 193 nm for various coating material designs for operation in argon fluoride laser systems. For overall optimum performance tradeoffs of the spectral reflectance, environmental stability and pulsed laser irradiation lifetime survivability is also discussed.


Changes in the pattern of circulating steroids in the normal menstrual cycle around the onset of menstruation were studied in 6 women. Blood was drawn continuously at a rate of 4 ml/hour and plasma levels of pregnenolone (Preg) progesterone (P) 17-hydroxypregnenolone (17-OHPreg) 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) 20 alpha-dehydroprogesterone (20-DHP) cortisol (C) dehydroepiandrosterone (DHE) androstenedione (AND) testosterone (T) dihydrotestosterone (DHT) estradiol-beta (E2) and luteinizing hormone (LH) were determined during 14 3-hour sampling periods. C 17-OHPreg and DHE showed marked circadian rhythm with highest means in the morning between 0600-0900 hours and lowest between 2100-0300 hours. The correlation of these 3 steroids was significant (p < .001). There was also circadian variation in 17-OHP AND and Preg but it was less pronounced with lower amplitudes and a larger spread of individual peaks. The correlation of these 3 steroids with cortisol was significant (ps < .001 .001 and .01 respectively). A steady decrease in the values of P 20-DHP T and E2 was seen without any circadian variation. When plasma LH values were analyzed for the 1st and 2nd halves of the sampling time a signifcant increase was seen negatively correlating with P and 20-DHP. Total LH and DHT however had no signifcant change.


Chemical looping hydrogen generation based on iron is an innovative method to produce high purity hydrogen and capture CO2 simultaneously. However, carbon deposition of iron ore limits the development. The iron ore modified by K and Cu was employed to suppress the carbon deposition. Experiments were carried out to investigate the effects of the additive amount on carbon deposition and hydrogen purity via carbon release characteristics in a batch fluidized bed. The carbon deposition ratio decreased monotonically with the increasing amount of potassium, but the excess copper loading led to a rise in the ratio of carbon deposition instead. The carbon deposition ratio decreased by up to 84% after adding K and Cu, which is speculated to be closely related to the weight ratio of Fe on the oxygen carrier surfaces. The experimental results at different temperatures demonstrated that 850°C was suitable for the inhibition of carbon deposition and sintering. In addition, the mechanism of inhibition of carbon deposition was proposed in detail and illustrated that it was correlated to the covering of active sites and the reactivity enhancement. Moreover, the carbon deposition ratio of the modified oxygen carrier maintained stable during the cyclic experiments. Therefore, it is feasible to employ the iron ore modified by K and Cu as oxygen carrier to suppress carbon deposition in the chemical looping hydrogen generation.


Oriented and densely dispersed L10-FePtCu nanoparticles have been directly synthesized by co-evaporation of Fe, Pt and Cu using rf-magnetron sputtering onto NaCl substrate kept at 563-613K without any post-deposition annealing. Under as low a substrate temperature as 563K, superlattice reflections of the L10 phase appeared in selected area electron diffraction pattern, while the intensity was quite weak. As the substrate temperature increased from 563K to 613K, <100> oriented growth as well as the atomic ordering were promoted, resulted in a large increase of coercivity.


– The Unified Power format (UPF) standard enables designers to add power intent for the design. For power management designers typically partition design into power domains. Interactions between these power domains are done through various power control logics like retention logic, isolation logic, level shifters, etc. Designers need to validate that the power control logic does not introduce new multi-clock and multi-reset issues into the design. This paper specifically talks about the issues encountered in Reset Domain Crossing introduced by UPF instrumentation. UPF instrumentation may lead to higher number of new Resets which are not part of the design specification leading to huge verification turnaround time. This paper also explores the possibilities of enhancing the features of a static verification tool by proposing new rulesets for the tool.


Chinese culture has undergone a long process of evolution. Culture evolves in accordance with the evolution of the socioeconomic base. The evolution of culture and of philosophical thought are intricately related. If we are to understand China's culture we must first comprehend its philosophy.


Taking into account the spiritual and existential crisi that patients diagnosed with cancer have to face along their advance phases, it was necessary to plan an intervention that promoted the existential wellbeing and could be applied to our context. To do this, based on literature about spititual interventions, we could establish methodological and thematic points in order to structure a psychotherapy focused on building the sense of life. It was organized on eight sessions a week, each one 90 minutes long, for groups of four to seven patients, and it is suggested to develop research about its efficiency and effectiveness before its application on the clinical practice.


We develop the method of averaging in Clifford algebras suggested by the author in the previous papers. Namely, we introduce generalized Reynolds operators in real and complexified Clifford algebras of arbitrary dimension and signature and prove a number of new properties of these operators. Using generalized Reynolds operators, we present the complete proof of generalization of Pauli's theorem to the cases of Clifford algebras.


Patients with cancer of the vocal cords, which is treated by radiation therapy, usually suffer considerable discomfort including deterioration of the voice during and for a varying period of time after the therapy. In an attempt to keep the vocal cords otherwise healthy by reducing the fairly great risk of vocal abuse and secondary weakness of the cords, phoniatric treatment and radiation therapy are given in parallel. It is suggested that this might be tried as a prophylactic measure against radiation damage to the vocal cords.


In many vibrometer applications, the measured structure is excited not only by the controlled excitation source, but also by secondary, unwanted excitation sources. The effects of those disturbing excitation sources can often be limited to a small frequency range by windowing. As measurements with multi-sine excitations like periodic-chirp require a rectangular window, which provides very poor leakage reduction, the unwanted excitation sources leak out to a wide frequency range. This leakage can considerably limit the signal-to-noise ratio. The disturbing excitation sources are typically at low frequencies. As velocity is scaled to acceleration by i2(pi) f, low frequencies are better attenuated for acceleration signals than for velocity signals. Therefore it is especially important to reduce the effects of the disturbing excitation sources when measuring with vibrometers. Several methods of reducing the leakage effects of the disturbing excitation have been developed and are compared in this paper.


Subclinical endometritis (SCE) is the inflammation of endometrium without systemic illness, hence remains mostly undiagnosed and untreated. The early diagnosis necessitates the evaluation of important risk factors. The objective of this study was to identify the risk factors of SCE and their effects on reproductive performance of Nili-Ravi buffalo. 100 buffaloes approaching parturition were selected. During calving, various risk factors viz., type of calving, peri-parturient disorders, sex and birth weight of calf, gestation period and season of calving were recorded. Buffaloes were subjected to endometrial cytology using cytobrush method on 45 day postpartum (DPP) and divided into 2 groups viz., buffaloes 'with SCE' (>5% PMN; n=38) and 'without SCE' (≤5% PMN; n=62). Buffaloes in estrus were artificially inseminated and fertility parameters were recorded. The occurrence of SCE was significantly affected by calving assistance (OR=11.74; P<0.001), peri-parturient disorders (OR=6.87; P<0.05) and gestation period (OR=1.16; P<0.05). Sex, birth weight of calf and season of calving were not associated with SCE. The service period of buffaloes did not vary between two groups. The median days open was significantly (P<0.05) higher in buffaloes with as compared to buffaloes without SCE (141 vs. 117 d). Buffaloes with SCE had significantly (P<0.05) lower first service conception (21.1 vs. 43.5%) and took more (P<0.05) mean number of services per conception (2.71 vs. 1.62) compared to buffaloes without the SCE. It may be concluded that risk factors around the time of calving control the onset of SCE which in turn has negative impact on reproductive performance of Nili-Ravi buffaloes.


Abstract We studied the effect of different land uses on organic carbon and total nitrogen content in soil and soil size fractions. A range of land uses was selected, that included tree plantings, pasture and soil tilled at different intensity. Soil organic carbon and total N were significantly higher under forest and tree crops in comparison to pasture, no tilled and tilled plots. Converting conventional tillage to no tillage lead to significant increase of the soil organic matter content. Organic carbon and total nitrogen contents generally decreased with increasing size of soil aggregates, whilst the C:N ratio was directly related to the aggregate size. The presence of higher amounts of organic C associated with lower C:N ratio in the finer fractions suggests that these aggregate size classes protect the soil organic matter and make it inaccessible to degrading agents.


Fasting and then drinking 200 mL water one hour before taking antibiotic tablets may reduce variability caused by the gastric system.


Zhimin (Tim) Cao, Robert Rej 1 Division of Molecular Medicine, Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY; 2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, NY; * address correspondence to this author at: Division of Molecular Medicine, Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201-0509. Fax 518-474-9185; e-mail email@example.com.


A simple model, derived from Ricker's (1975) theory of fisheries dynamics, that can be used to estimate the impact of impingement of juvenile fish by power plants on year-class abundance in vulnerable species is described. The only data required are estimates of the initial number of impingeable juveniles, the number impinged, and the rate of total mortality during the period of vulnerability. The impact of impingement is expressed in the model as the conditional mortality rate, rather than the more commonly used exploitation rate. The conditional mortality rate is superior as a measure of impact for two reasons: it accounts for the differential impact of impinging fish of different ages, and it is numerically equivalent to the fractional reduction in year-class abundance due to impingement. We present an application of the model using the 1974 year-class of the Hudson River striped bass population as an example. We then show how the model can be modified to account for seasonal fluctuations in the rate of impingement, discuss the effect of these fluctuations on the calculated impact, and discuss the influence on model output of errors in the measurement of abundance, impingement, and total mortality. It is evident from this analysis thatmore » estimates of impingement impact are as sensitive to errors in estimates of population size and mortality as to estimates of the number of fish impinged. Thus, it is not possible to reliably estimate the impact of impingement on a vulnerable fish species unless a substantial effort is devoted to population studies.« less


Morphological changes of the subneural apparatus (SNA) during denervation and reinnervation are demonstrated using the hamster peroneus Iongus muscie. One week after nerve section, synaptic grooves (SGs) were more shallow, with lowered sarcoplasmic ridges. After 4 weeks, the whole SNA area was elevated above the sarcolemma as a flat plate, which persisted as a fusiform bulge for more than 8 weeks. There was a rapid and progressive decrease in the number of junctional folds (JFs) and slit‐to‐pit transformation of their openings. There was no trace of the SNA after 16 weeks. By 4 weeks after nerve suture, SGs were flattened but did not form the plate‐like elevation. Many shallow pit‐like JFs still persisted. At 10 weeks, deep SGs started to be restored with an increased number of deep slit‐like JFs. The SNA recovered its normal structural organization by the week 20. However, a few pit‐like vestigial JFs were present outside the groove.


As you requested in your Memorandum of April 7, 2006, I have drafted one of the key anti-dilution provisions that will be included in the Certificate of Designations establishing the $2.33 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $0.01 per share (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), of Marine Voyages, Inc. ("Marine" or the "Corporation"), which will be issued to our client, Sea Coast Capital ("Sea Coast").


The chairman of the nonprofit group overseeing the Ualapue Fishpond restoration talks about Molokai fishponds and their historic and economic place in the community.


INTRODUCTION:
A woman is an epitome of love, sacrifice and possesses the ability to nurture life, which makes her the most powerful and strongest being in the world. Woman is worshipped next to God in our cultural perspective because, woman is the one who gives birth to generations and bear live offspring. The organs and structures of female reproductive system give the woman the ability to produce a new life. Since the female reproductive system plays an important role throughout the life of a woman.
Reproductive health is an important aspect of women's life which functions at all stages of life. It implies that people should be responsible, satisfying and give importance to reproductive health. Although women health issues have attained higher international visibility and renewed programs have enabled women to lead healthier lives, significant gender-based health disparities remain in many countries, particularly the migrant women population. The migrant women population is a group of people move from place to another frequently for their survival. They vary due to social, economic and political reasons. The main occupation of the people who originally belong to indigenous tribes is hunting and selling beaded ornaments to survive. With limited access to education or employment, high illiteracy rates and increasing poverty levels are making health improvements for women exceedingly difficult. Health-related challenges basic health care, family planning and obstetric services are essential for women yet they remain unavailable to millions. Because of poor environmental conditions, low socio-economic status and lack of awareness; migrant women are more prone to get affected when comparing to normal reproductive age women. This affects the health of the migrant women and prevents them from utilization of health services leading to various issues most commonly the reproductive health problems. Hence the investigator was interested in identifying the reproductive health problems and its precipitating factors among migrant woman.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To assess the reproductive health problems among migrant woman population.
2. To identify the precipitating factors for reproductive health problems among migrant women population.
METHODOLOGY:
A Non-experimental descriptive research design was adopted to assess the reproductive health problems among migrant woman at selected setting, Thiruvallur. The sample size consisted of 100migrant women who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria who were selected through non probability purposive sampling technique. The study was conducted at migrant's temporary settlement area at Pinjivakkam, Thiruvallur district which covers about 500 migrant populations among 232 were migrant women between the age group of 15-44 years. The tool consisted of 2 parts, demographic variables and structured interview schedule to assess the reproductive health problems.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION:
The study findings revealed that migrant women experienced reproductive health problems such as menstrual irregularity (52%), reproductive tract infection (47%), urinary incontinence (56%), anaemia (85%) and breast problems (43%) was identified. Precipitating factors for each problem was identified. Women in the age group of (35-39) years, (40-44) years, who were Christians, who had 6-7 days duration of menstruation, with 20 years of duration of marital life, first child birth in the age of 18-21 years and history of legal abortion had menstrual irregularities. Women between (30-34) years of age, using waste cloth during menstruation with the history of legal abortion, having coitus more than 5 times/week, using temporary contraceptive devices had reproductive tract infection. Women between (40-44) years of age had irregular menstrual cycle (abnormal heavy bleeding), who experienced more than 20 years of marital life with practice of coitus more than 5 times/week has urinary incontinence. Women between (30-34) years (25-29) years of age, belonging to Hindu religion, who follows bland diet during menstruation as a cultural
practice had anemia. Women between the age (25-29) years, skilled worker (selling beads),with history of regular menstrual cycle (31-35),in the duration of (6-7) days of menstruation, first child birth in the age of (18-21), history of abortion, who had coitus more than 5 times/week, using contraceptive measures temporary had breast problems.
IMPLICATIONS:
The Nurse midwives have a vital role to play in improving the reproductive health outcome. The researcher will utilize the research findings of the study, to plan regular and periodical health screening in the migrant areas through the community health centers at Pinjivakkam. The Nurse Educator has the role in incorporating the evidence based guidelines into the nursing curriculum for improving the reproductive health among migrant population. The Nurse Administrator should collaborate with the Government and Non-Governmental organizations to create policies and conduct awareness campaign programme among migrant women. The Nurse Researcher Should publishes the findings of the study through paper/poster presentation in conferences, seminars and workshops.
CONCLUSION:
The investigator identified various reproductive health problems and its precipitating factors among migrant women. The study findings serve as a core value to device appropriate nursing and health care services through which the reproductive health problems can be reduced and to promote wellbeing and transformation in the human related life style among migrant women.


This is the second edition of the Journal to be sub-divided into sections for clarity, ease of reference and the ensuring of a permanent range of papers. Of course, it cannot always happen that we have submissions equally parcelled out, and some papers straddle two or even more groups. For example, Claire Gregor's paper, which is based on the infant observation experience, also deals with the impact of trauma on a baby* in this case, the impact of surgery on a baby boy's genitals. The paper clearly fits into the Observation section, especially as it is one of the many papers which we have published over time that shows the observer managing unforeseen added difficulties in a family; these papers can be especially helpful for observers to read if they are in some similar situation. Elizabeth Anscombe's paper on containing trauma in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)*in her case one twin lives and one dies*belongs naturally, perhaps, in our section on Applications. And yet it connects with Gregor's paper, focussing on the parents and the family rather than the babies as individually observed little people, but concentrating most helpfully on the states of mind evoked by infantile suffering. Putting Anscombe's sensitive paper in the Applications group means that this group is very substantial. We are invited to think about the use of the observational method and the connection between the infant observation seminar and the work discussion seminar. Simonetta Adamo's paper is the overarching one. She explores the very nature of observation itself, bringing to bear on the question a formidable quantity of experience and quality of mind. This paper, first presented at a conference in Naples, demonstrates once again what fruitful pioneering and determined use our Italian colleagues have made of the method: here, in an educational project among deeply deprived Neapolitan young people. There has been a tradition of using the observational method of accessing the profoundly infantile in order also to access primitive, non-verbal or pre-verbal anxieties and states of mind in people who are in no state to manage their anxieties by themselves. This means working with the damaged, the deprived and the dysfunctional: those who are finding it hard to make use of what the society, the culture or the ego has to offer. Elizabeth Anscombe's NICU family not only has to try to assimilate the death of a congenitally abnormal twin and the survival of his sister, it is also an immigrant family; Social Services are involved because of some hints at domestic violence; the mother in particular has had a very problematical upbringing; and the parents decide in the course of the work to stay living apart. This stands as an example of the complex difficulties all the papers in this Applied section engage with in some measure. Jessica Maliphant is tackling the task of trying to integrate a child with special needs into mainstream education. Again, the observational method and a psychoanalytical Infant Observation Vol. 11, No. 2, August 2008, 117 118


Industry 4.0 technologies represent a new paradigm of integration of cyber-physical systems, information and communication solutions, with applications in many different domains. This topic has to date been vaguely explored in the realm of the social sciences; hence this study attempts to bridge this gap by investigating the challenges of innovation adoption, based on I4.0 technologies, more specifically the factors affecting adoption decisions. This paper, based on previous adoption literature, aims to identify the barriers and benefits generated in the Supply Chain. Given the nature and novelty of the technology, whose adoption is the primary theme of this study, a systematic literature review was developed. The results present a framework that connects adoption factors, enabling technologies of I4.0, and benefits to the Supply Chain. The Model can be easily adapted to serve as a tool in the evaluation and selection of technological innovations to be adopted.


As I pointed out in my inaugural editorial, a constant challenge as we move forward is to continue to strive to maximise the Impact Factor (IF) of the journal, whilst ensuring that the publication standards we set do not ultimately result in authors from our ORL-HNS constituency, deciding not to submit their work to the journal. I went on to state that over coming months the Editorial Team will be exploring strategies designed to address this issue of balance. As a reminder, the key metric on which the academic 'worth' of a journal is judged is the IF. This is a simple metric which is calculated, year on year, as the number of times articles published in a given journal in the preceding 2-year period is cited in other published articles. Thus, the numerator is the number of times a given article is cited, whilst the denominator is the number of articles published and which are included in the IF calculation. Central to this issue, with respect to Clinical Otolaryngology, is the acceptance of manuscripts as Original Articles as they are implicated in the calculation of IF. In contrast, Our Experience articles, as they constitute articles of correspondence, are not. It follows therefore that in order to maximise IF, some judgment has to bemade as to the likelihood of amanuscript being cited by others as to whether it is judged worthy of publication as an Original Article. Whilst citation by others is widely accepted as being a surrogate of 'quality', this relationship may be oversimplified. For example, it may be that a large single-centre case series, which is of 'low scientific quality' may be highly cited, particularly, as is often the case, no randomised controlled trial relating to the subject, exists. In order to attempt to address this issue of balance, the Editorial Teamhas come to the following broad conclusions, whereby the following types of study will now merit peer review as Original Articles. 1 Studies from a single centre which have involved an intervention or a controlled measurement, even if comparison is made between a cohort before and after institution of the intervention. 2 Single-centre case series which can be justified as the largest ever or at least of sufficient magnitude to contribute positively to the published literature on the subject. In addition, in an important deviation from previous editorial policy, we will henceforth encourage the submission of translational research articles. These studieswhich are essentially laboratory based will be considered for publication as Original Articles as long as an element of clinical applicability can be demonstrated. Whether this has the desired effect of maintaining or enhancing IF whilst stimulating the submission of increasing numbers of appropriate quality manuscripts remains to be seen. It is important to stress that this is a situation that we will keep under close review. As such, we will monitor the impact of these changes closely over subsequent months and will feedback to readers in future editorials..


This article investigates the benefits of market transparency by enhancing tickers' informativeness of stocks with non-conventional voting structure. Event study analysis shows that the TSX rule - to re-symbolise stocks with limited, multiple, restricted, subordinate, or no voting rights - had a negative and significant impact on the returns and the liquidity of the involved stocks. Equally important, I show that the voting premium, a proxy for the prevalence private benefits, has decreased significantly. Regression analysis suggests that a significant part of the variation in the event-driven results is explained by firm's agency costs, mainly the holding of the largest shareholder and her excess control. The evidence in this paper suggests that improving the information content of tickers of publicly traded securities have a significant impact on the ability of the market participants to revise the assessment of their holding (i.e. price-protect), emphasizing the importance of enhancing market transparency in curbing private benefits.


The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a wind turbine blade frequencies and a monitoring system for performing the method. In the invention, an accelerometer or a G sensor located in the nacelle of a wind turbine and thus the measured vibrations in the nacelle. In order to obtain vibration signals from each wing are kornbineret vibration signals with the measured signals from azimutvinkelsensoren (rotating angle), and are generally used for pitch control. In order to further be able to extract each blade frequency is based on a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). To further monitor a serious and alarming change in each blade frequency comparing each blade frequency with the other blade frequencies and an alarm is set if a certain level is reached.


To evaluate the impact of assisted reproductive technology (ART) on the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in single pregnancies.


The information in this document suggests that Oscillating Wind Energy Conversion Systems do not appear to have any significant advantages over equivalent conventional rotating-element wind energy conversion systems. In fact, in most cases it appears that they have several disadvantages. The document addresses the oscillating cable-type wind energy conversion system as well as the oscillating vane and the oscillating wing. The advantages and disadvantages of each type of system are evaluated, and in each case a comparison is made between it and a conventional rotating-element wind energy conversion device. It appears unlikely that any of the oscillating element concepts can compete with the present generation of conventional wind energy systems.


Objective:To investigate the SARS epidemic and the control effectiveness in a general hospital. Methods:Clinical and suspected cases of SARS were queried in the hospital, the emerging of the disease was described and the effectiveness of control measures were analyzed according to the rules and protective materials used during the epidemic. Results:The outbreak started with a patient from Beijing on 15 April. The disease spread quickly among the healthcare workers and the cohabit patients in the hospital which the first cases were admitted. By 17 May, 112 probable (clinical cases) and suspected cases had been reported with 14 deaths. 89 cases in the hospital were surely sourced from the index SARS patient whose admission for the sake of coronary heart disease caused the SARS outbreak. With the stringent control measures and the endeavors of the hospital staff, the epidemic was controlled successfully in a short period. From May 17 to now, no new cases occurred. Conclusion:Though with high infectivity, SARS can also be controlled with proper strategy and methods.


The human race inherited its neurobiological endowment not as an exclusively human thing but rather from all the species from which we evolved. Let us take play as an example. The concept of play has always characterized the human sphere, accompanying the child in all his stages of development and promoting psycho-evolutionary growth. To play has been recognized as the primary source of memory stimulation, attention and concentration, favoring the development of the schemes of perception and the powers of comparison and communication in the individual. Recent research in 2013 highlighted the notion that video games give adolescents and young adults the opportunity to increase and perfect social, cognitive and emotional skills, contrarily to the risks and negative effects one hears so much about. They do this through the use of the video game as a true social "gym", used in the same way as any other peer interaction, thus promoting mental health and well-being.


This paper provides a numerical solution for the degenerate scale for a rigid curve in antiplane elasticity. The degenerate scale problem for the rigid curve is formulated on the usage of the logarithmic potential. After assuming the displacement to be a vanishing value along the rigid curve, the boundary integral equation (BIE) is formulated. The problem can be first formulated in the degenerate scale. After making a coordinate transform, we can obtain the relevant BIE in the ordinary scale. Finally, a numerical solution is achieved. Several numerical examples are provided. In addition, the degenerate scale problem for the multiple rigid curves is also solved.


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The allylation reaction of a wide variety of carbonyl compounds with tetraallyltin was successfully carried out in aqueous media by using scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate (scandium triflate) as a catalyst


The optimized effect of brake flake was obtained by the prepar ation of composite material composed of modified acicular wollastonite and fibrous sepi olit . The proportion of the two was 1:6. Such a kind of brake flake was tested by means of the CHASE test and bench test. The results proved that it is absolutely practical to apply the fibrous minerals of wollastonite and sepiolite to replace asbestos as the reinforcing material in brake flake.


The classification of the various manuscripts of the Hittite Laws given by the present author in a review of J. Friedrich's edition, JCS XY (1961) 62-64 as well as the parallel listings of A. Kammenhuber, BiOr XVIII (1961) 78-82 and 124-127 can now be supplemented and in part modified on the basis of an inspection of the originals in Istanbul and Ankara carried out in the autumn of 1961. It was found that copies D and E of the First Series (KBo VI 6 and 7, in Istanbul) are indeed parts of the same tablet. Reverse col. iv of No. 6 (Hrozny: "Zu Ar. 6 gehort als Ruckseite Columne IV hochstwahrscheinlich das folgende Fragment") joins the obverse back-to-back, preserving the upper edge of the obverse lower of the reverse; cf. the photographs in Neufeld,l figs. 12-13. S o. 7 is the lower end of col. iii of the same tablet, its lines 1-4 just touching the broken protrusion visible to the right of the colophon, ibid. fig. 13. It seemed to me on the basis of clay and handwriting that copies O and Q are in all likelihood parts of one tablet, as tentatively suggested by Ehelolf, KUB XXIX, Yorwort, ad Nos. 18 and 20 (Bo 6186 and Bo 1923, in Istanbul). Copies L and P (KUB XXIX 14 and 19, 39/e and 266/c, ill Ankara) have the same clay and the same handwriting; thus they form tablets I and II, respectively, of one two-tablet manuscript. The fragments N and v (248/f = KUB XXIX 17, and 170/q, both in Ankara) Joirl each other: N is the end of col. i, v the end of col. ii, the lower edge with "Randleiste" running through. In addition, there is a dividing line at the end of col. ii after only two lines indicating that §71 in this copy was split in two sections) probably after nan LUGAL-an a.ska unnat of Friedrich's main text, lines 63f. Concerning the old ductus, it was seen that copy A of Series I (KBo VI 2 Bo 2097, in


Sand buried wood materials were collected from the beaches of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry and screened for marine fungi. A total of 27 arenicolous marine fungi were encountered including 19 Ascomycetes, 1 Basidiomycete and 7 Mitosporic fungi. The present study records the maximum number of arenicolous marine fungi reported so far. Ceriosporopsis capillacea, Dryosphaera tropicalis and Savoryella appendiculata, are new record for Pondicherry , Corollospora colossa and Corollospora indica from Tamil Nadu and Corollospora gracilis from Kerala. Keywords : Arenicolous; Marine fungi; Wood samples; South India. © 2010 JSR Publications. ISSN: 2070-0237 (Print); 2070-0245 (Online). All rights reserved. DOI: 10.3329/jsr.v2i1.2580 J. Sci. Res. 2 (1), 138-143 (2010)


Abstract : The Coherence Based Cultural Change and Political Violence Project (CCPV) accomplished: (1) Completion of integrated model of cultural change based upon grid group model of culture, coherence model of preference and belief change, and rational choice model of action. (2) Application of this model to predict ethnic conflict via middle range model that includes three stages: ethnic group formation, group interaction, and post interaction identity change. (3) Implementation of model into agent based simulation, using bounded optimization techniques to determine ethnic group boundary, action, and identity choices. (4) Completion of constructionist ethnicity dataset that describes demographic, cultural, and socioeconomic characteristics of ascriptively defined groups around the world. (5) Development of web crawler to locate virtual communities and to extract their attitudes using social network, content analysis, and social statistical methodologies. (6) Testing of assumptions of model through computer mediated experiments involving formal games and field experiment on multi ethnically divided population. (7) Testing of predictions of model through ethnic case studies, comparative cultural analysis, and cross national conflict analysis. (8) Successful execution of 2 workshops which brought together for the first time prominent figures from the social and natural sciences communities working on common topics such as interpreting meaning and intent from textual content analysis and predicting behavior.


Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of the mandibular third molar at highest risk for acute pericoronitis using clinical and radiographic analysis. Materials and Methods: A total of 120 patients ranging in age from 18 to 55 years suffering from pericoronitis were examined. Subjective and objective observations were recorded that included the age, gender, angulation of partially impacted mandibular third molar, the frequency of pericoronitis in a year, the presence of impinging maxillary third molar, the extent of soft tissue coverage over the impacted mandibular third molar, the clinical signs evaluated in the patient, the class and position of the impacted mandibular third molar, and the presence of distal radiolucency with respect to the impacted mandibular third molar. Results: The results obtained in the study indicate that pericoronitis is associated more in the age group of 26–35 years and is more commonly reported in the female gender. Distoangular partially impacted mandibular third molars impacted at Class II and position B seem to be at the highest risk of developing pericoronitis. Conclusion: The results obtained in the study indicate that pericoronitis is associated more in the age group of 26-35 years and is more commonly reported in the female gender.Distoangular partially impacted mandibular third molars impacted at class II and position B seem to be at the highest risk of developing pericoronitis.