Hemangiomatous ameloblastoma is a rare variant of ameloblastoma with only a few cases reported in the English literature. This is a report of a 42 year old man with a recurrent mandibular neoplasm who had r epeated surgical interventions. Clinical and radiographic examinations were not significantly different from other regular variants of ameloblastoma. Microscopic examination however revealed islands of cuboidal and columnar cells arranged in a pallisaded pattern with a central area of squamous metaplasia and stellate reticulum-like cells. There were multiple vascular channels containing red blood cells within the stellate reticulum-like areas. Surgical resection of the mandibular mass was done with immediate reconstruction. It may be concluded that repeated surgical interventions may be a possible etiology for the development of hemangiomatous ameleblastoma.


IntroductionInformation is indispensable for human development and it can be considered as an important resource that contributes towards the development of a nation. It provides the core for the development of knowledge, the basis for innovations, the resources for informed citizenry, and as a result, becomes the key commodity for the progress of a society. Acknowledging the impact of information in human development, Mooko and Aina (2007) opined that every individual, whether literate or illiterate, needs information for a variety of issues essential for survival. Olabisi (2001) observed that the importance of information to individuals and human society cannot be undermined. It is an essential raw material which acquisition and understanding is essential in decision making, policy formulation as well as implementation growth and survival. Reliable information is the cornerstone for building the awareness expertise and practical strategies necessary to improve the world at its hearts, the health, and the physical, technical, mental, social and scientific development of humanity. Without adequate information, not much can be achieved especially when it concerns decision making or requiring knowledge. Information is a perquisite for world decision making at all levels and in all circumstances. Thus, there is often the need for individuals or organizations to obtain timely and relevant information that helps in reducing the degree of uncertainty in the operating environment of such individuals or organizations. Odunewu and Omagbemi (2008) stated that the importance of information extends to personal, interpersonal as well as community decisions and actions. To that extent information is considered a vehicle for development in all areas of human endeavours. It is an essential ingredient in office work, management decision-making and in knowledge work productivity. Information is very vital to development. It is the most singular variable which differentiates and determines whether a country is in the first, second, third or fourth world.The areas in which people need information are diversified and vary from one group to the other. Some of these information need areas include: job related information, political information, health information, social information (i.e. information on social infrastructure), governmental information, especially as it affects their occupation and businesses, and educational information, among others. The literature on information needs and information seeking acknowledges that work related information seeking is different form everyday information seeking. The different characteristics of work environment make one type of information needs and seeking different from the other. Therefore, it is beneficial to study one group of information seekers at a time and use the results to develop user-oriented information systems in order to serve such particular group better. It is important to understand that availability and access to information is not sufficient to guarantee that an individual will acquire the skills necessary to comfortably survive in an information world. According to the Association of College and Research libraries (2002), information literacy is a set of ability requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information. Information literacy is focused on content, communication analysis, information searching, and evaluation. It is a vital ability for the modern information-intensive world, enabling personal, economic, social and cultural development.Oyedokun and Lumade (2005) describe information literacy as the ability to locate, evaluate, manage and use information from a range of sources not only for problem solving but also for decision making and research. Information literacy is much broader than the acquisition of traditional information skills. This includes how to use a catalogue, hot to locate a book on the shelves and how to access electronic databases. …


It all adds up to cleaner air: Transportation and air quality public education and information initiative Kathy Daniel a , Joann Jackson Stephens b & Melinda Schnare c a Air Quality Specialist, Office of Planning and Environment, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) b Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Transportation & Air Quality (OTAQ), EPA c Account Director at Equals Three Communications


MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29 *Clinical Diagnosis; Intelligence Tests; *Mental Retardation; *Mexican Americans; *Negro Students; Retardation; *Sociocultural Patterns; Standardized Tests Pluralistic diagnosis is a set of developed procedures which attempts to take sociocultural background into account in assessing the meaning of scores on standardized measures. This approach has developed as an outgrowth of findings from an epidemiology of mental retardation which have been conducted in the city of Riverside, California, over the past eight years. There are clinical and social criteria by whi:h students are labeled mentally retarded. The study concludes by noting that a pluralistic diagnostic procedure involves securing information beyond that are ordinarily considered in clincial evaluation. The findings suggest that only persons in the lowest 3 percent of the population should be labeled s subnormals, and that information about adaptive behavior should be considered as well as intelligence test scores in making clinc-'-1 assessments. Only persons who are subnormal both on the inte_ test and in adaptive behavior should be regarded as clinically retarded. (Author) Pluralistic Diagnosis in the Evaluation of Black and Chicano Children: A Procedure for Taking Sociocultural Variables into Account in Clinical Assessment Presented At the Meetings of the American Psychological Association Washington, D.C. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT. POINTS OF VI2W OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE. OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. September 3-7, 1971 by Jane R. Merce-.: Associate Professor, Sociology University of CaliforniE, Riversiele Data in this report have been collected under the ras?ices of the following grants: Public Health Service Research Grant 11. MH-(0567, from the National Institute of Mental Health, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and Public Health Service General Research Support Grant No. 1-SO1-FR-05632-02, from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Socio-Behavioral Study Center in Mental Retardation, Pacific State Hospital, Pomol4a, California; Public Health Service Grant No. PH43-67-7S6; McAteer Grant No. M8-14A P*-,a M9-14 from the California State Department of Education, Office of Compen-atory Education. We wish to thank key persons from the Riverside Unified School District for their support and advice in our research efforts; Past Superintendent of Schools, Bruce Miller; Superintendent of Schools, Raymond E. Berry; Albert Marley, Director of Pupil Personnel Services; Former Director of Pupil Personnel, Richard Robbins; Mabel C. Purl, Director of Research and Testing. From the Alvord School District we acknowledge with gratitude the help of Robert W. Hocker, Director of c.A.4 Pupil Personnel; arld J. Martin Kaeppel, Psychometrist. arZ 00 Author's Note: A more comprehensive and detailed analysis and report of the referral process, the clinical testing process, the assumptions and inferenceu of the clinician, and the pluralistic evaluation process discussed herein app.::.ar in a forthcoming volume entitled The Eligibles and the Labeled.


In this paper, the sign errors in the previous paper[1] are corrected and the renewed complex damping acceleration spectra of some representative earthquake records are provided. In addition, the velocity and displacement spectra are also calculated. The results show that in comparison with the corresponding viscous damping response spectra, there are not obvious changes in the complex damping acceleration spectra, but the values of velocity and displacement spectra in the range of middle and long periods may exceed by 10%.


Abstract Background Survival and prognosis data in cholangiocarcinoma patients in routine clinical practice has been limited. This study aimed to determine the survival of cholangiocarcinoma patients and to investigate prognostic factors for survival in cholangiocarcinoma patients. Methods This cohort study retrospectively reviewed 158 records of cholangiocarcinoma patients treated in Oncology Unit, Department of Medicine, Rajavithi hospital from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2017. Clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes were collected and analyzed. Results There were 158 patients whose median age was 58 years old while 69.6% of those had a good performance status (ECOG PS) of 0-1. The median survival time for all was 9.5 months (95% CI = 7.3-11.6) and the 1-year survival rate was 37.3%. After curative surgery (n = 49), 35 patients (71.4%) had tumor recurrence with the median disease-free survival of 8.81 months (95% CI = 6.93-10.68). Patients who received first-line palliative chemotherapy (n = 68) had the median progression-free survival of 4.3 months (95% CI = 3.51-5.10). The overall response rate to first-line chemotherapy was 7.3%. Variables analyzed by univariate analysis including ECOG PS of 3-4 (p  /= 4 (p 0.004), intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (compared with hilar cholangiocarcinoma, p 0.005), distant metastasis in all sites (p  Conclusions Poor ECOG performance status of 3, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma type and TNM stage IV disease were adverse prognostic factors whereas surgical treatment and palliative chemotherapy had a crucial role in treatment for cholangiocarcinoma patients. Legal entity responsible for the study Medical Oncology unit, Internal Medicine Department, Rajavithi Hospital. Funding Rajavithi Hospital. Disclosure All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.


Extraordinary mode radiation near the electron plasma frequency can occur in tokamaks via Cerenkov resonance with runaway electrons. A numerical study is presented which shows the emission to be of sufficiently broad bandwidth and high intensity to account for the observations in TFR and Alcator.


The glancing angle deposition technique has been employed to synthesize TiO2 nanowire (NW) arrays which have been characterized by x-ray diffraction, field emission-scanning electron microscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. Optical absorption measurements show the absorption edge at 3.42 eV and 3.48 eV for TiO2 thin film (TF) and NW, respectively. The blue shift in absorption band is attributed to quantum confinement in NW structures. Photoluminescence measurement revealed oxygen-defect-related emission at 425 nm (∼2.9 eV). Ag/TiO2 (NW) and Ag/TiO2 (TF) contacts exhibit Schottky behaviour, and a higher turn-on voltage (∼6.5 V) was observed for NW devices than that of TF devices (∼5.25 V) under dark condition. In addition, TiO2-NW-based devices show twofold improvement in photodetection efficiency in the UV region, compared with TiO2-TF-based devices.


AIM
To examine the impact of display rules on nurses' caring behaviors and emotional exhaustion and the mediating role of emotional labor (surface/deep acting).

BACKGROUND
Hospitals often implement emotional display rules for nurses with the expectation of performance benefits. However, these rules may have an impact on nurses' caring behaviors and emotional exhaustion.

METHODS
This cross-sectional correlational study included a sample of 746 nurses from five hospitals and used the STROBE checklist. Relationships between display rules, emotional labor, caring behaviors, and emotional exhaustion were analyzed using structural equation modeling.

RESULTS
Display rules did not directly affect caring behaviors or emotional exhaustion. Emotional labor mediated the relationships. Display rules were associated more with surface acting. Deep acting increased caring behaviors and reduced emotional exhaustion; surface acting had the opposite effect.

CONCLUSIONS
Findings challenge the assumption that display rules effectively promote caring behaviors. Display rules lead to emotional labor and emotional exhaustion. Reducing display rules, emotional labor, and surface acting while supporting deep acting may alleviate emotional exhaustion.

IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING AND HEALTH POLICY
Nurse managers should review the nature and implementation of emotional display rules and explore ways to reduce emotional labor, encourage deep acting, mitigate the negative impact of surface acting, and ultimately improve nursing caring behaviors.


The paper analyzes the activity of medical organizations in Russian health insurance system. A conception of "exit", "voice" and "loyalty" by A. Hirschman is used to reveal the position of health care consumers . On the basis of researches that have been conducted in 2003, 2005 and 2007 the paper proves the idea that the majority of public health care organizations presents "lazy monopoly". In a market without competition, consumers who do not express their dissatisfaction by exercising their right of "exit" (in this case by changing doctor or provider of health services within compulsory medical insurance system) or of "voice" are encouraged to go to another market – either to pay for services at public institutions or to turn to private organizations. As a result, public clinics do not lose money and are not motivated to improve performance and quality. The paper includes analysis of some tools which could make health organizations to become less "lazy", such as introduction of competition between health insurance organizations, increase of physicians salary, etc.


This classroom study investigated the effectiveness of form-focused instruction and peer feedback training to improve grammatical accuracy and thereby maximize learning opportunities during peer in...


Mutations in the human tyrosinase gene produce tyrosinase‐related oculocutaneous albinism (OCA1, MIM #203100). Tyrosinase is a copper containing enzyme and is responsible for catalyzing the rate limiting step in melanin biosynthesis, the hydroxylation of tyrosine to dopaquinone. We report 13 new mutations in the tyrosinase gene associated with OCA1A (without pigment) and OCA1B (with pigment) including 9 missense mutations (H19Q, R52I, R77C, G97R, C289R, L312V, P313R, F340L and H404P), two nonsense mutations (W80X and R116X) and two frameshift mutations (53delG and 223delG). Our previous work has defined clusters of missense mutations that appear to represent functional domains of the enzyme, and three of the missense mutations fall into these clusters including two (F340L and H404P) that flank the copper B binding site and the missense mutation R52I that is located in the amino terminal end cluster of the protein. The G97R missense mutation is the first identified within the epidermal growth factor (EGF)‐like sequence and the H19Q missense mutation alters the cleavage site of the signal peptide sequence. Mutational analysis can provide a definitive diagnosis of the type of OCA as well as help structure/function analysis. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The nature of the daily security business at airports (e.g. fast changing regulations) demands more and more flexible training and communication solutions for security officers at airports. Classical classroom training is a proven way for (re− training, but alternative tools, in particular e-solutions, could be taken into account more often to support the classical method of training.


Experiential Modeling (EM) consists of a portfolio of tools that translates the judgment of individuals into data that can be used to predict the "know-how" (informal, unrecorded professional experience) of competitors before they are able to use it to advance their own businesses. The authors content that knowledge has two components: data and experience. The definition of these as well as the difference between information, know-how, knowledge, and knowledge blocks are examined. The role of intelligence professionals, the authors say, is not to gather information to pass on to decision makers, but rather to design the structure and tools required to focus the decision makers' judgment into "knowledge blocks" (concisely written problem-solving documents, incorporating judgments based on valid experiences) that enable decision makers to solve their own "puzzle." The essential components of the EM methodology are the design of complex templates and glossaries of terms, modeling processes that convert judgment into mathematical equations, and the skill to use these equations to solve complex puzzles. The authors provide an overview of EM as well as three case studies. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


A combination of techniques for increasing recognition accuracy has been developed for an automated corporate directory system with 120,000 entries. Using a traditional recogniser an accuracy of around 60% has previously been obtained for both a 156 town name task and 1108 road name task. Techniques presented in this paper comprise front-end modifications, context dependent models, improved lexicon and noise modelling. This resulted in an increased recognition accuracy of around 90%.


Based on work by Thall et al. (2012), we implemented a Bayesian method for randomizing patients in a Phase II trial. According to this method, each patient is rated for efficacy and toxicity levels at a specified time point after being randomized to a dose. Evidence is accumulated that identifies which dose(s) of a cancer treatment provide the most desirable profile, per a utility score matrix of efficacy and toxicity combinations rated by experts (0-100). Experts also define the region of "Good" utility scores and criteria of dose inclusion based on toxicity and efficacy performance. Simulation work is done mainly using PROC MCMC in which priors and likelihood function for joint outcomes of efficacy and toxicity are defined to generate posteriors. Resulting joint probabilities for doses that meet the inclusion criteria are used to calculate the mean utility and probability of having "Good" utility scores. Adaptive randomization probabilities are proportional to the probabilities of having "Good" utility scores. A final decision of the optimal dose is made at the end of the trial.


A trichotomy theorem for countable, stable, unsuperstable theories is offered. We develop the notion of a `regular ideal' of formulas and study types that are minimal with respect to such an ideal.


The experience gained in a course on Selected Topics of Fluid Mechanics course for the Industrial Engineer degree, Polytechnic University of Cartagena-Spain employing numerical techniques as a motivating element for students. The mean objectives of the course are to provide an understanding of the analytical methods employed for selected topics in Fluid Mechanics and to bring a familiarity with some experimental and numerical techniques. To improve teaching-learning a pedagogical method based on Problem-Solving Based Learning is applied, using Computational Fluid Dynamics. As a result, the motivation and the theoretical and technical abilities of the students have been improved. It can be concluded that now the method is efficient and has increase the satisfaction degree of the students.


This paper takes a critical look at library education and training of human resources in information and computer technologies in Nigerian university libraries. It discusses the training needs of staff, highlights the benefits of training, the training techniques, the training programmes and the staff development processes. Twenty-one university libraries in Nigeria participated in the study. Result shows that many academic librarians and other categories of library staff are not computer-literate. The study further reveals that the training programmes for staff development in information technology in Nigerian university libraries are grossly inadequate. This paper offers suggestions which might help enhance staff development in Nigerian university libraries.


A new drainage standard according to the principle of dynamic controlling the groundwater table in farm land by stages is proposed.It is based on the idea of combining the control of salinization with subsurface waterlogging and aiming at the target of fully utilizing the comprehensive control capacity of various drainage measures.The design of drainage system and assessment standard must be determined according to the corresponding stage of groundwater to be controlled.The fuzzy grade classification method is applied to approximately deal with the depth of impermeable layer.The simplified general equation of unsteady flow for calculating the spacing of drainage ditches(or pipes) is deduced.The result of case study shows that the controlling indices of dynamic process of proposed water table regime are in accordance with observation data.It demonstrates that the equation for calculation of spacing is reasonable.


Excellent adhesion and flexibility of the present invention provides a substrate, cracks, warpage generated low cured product excellent in resolution and thus an aqueous alkali developable photocurable resin composition, the cured dry film, and , and a printed circuit board having a cured film formed by using them in. Can be obtained using an aqueous alkaline solution may be developable photocurable resin composition photocurable dry film cured product and a printed circuit board comprising thereof, said alkali aqueous developable photocurable resin composition characterized by comprising: (a) an alkali-soluble resin, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, (C) an average particle diameter of 300nm or less silica filler, and (D) YXY block copolymer (Y and X is polymer units different from each other).


Optimizing the production of useful macromolecules from transgenic microorganisms is crucial to biopharmaceutical companies. Improving bacterial growth and replication depends largely on the efficiency of translation, which is rate-limited by initiation. Among the most important interactions between the mRNA translation initiation region (TIR) and the translation machinery is the association between the Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence in the TIR and the complementary anti-SD (aSD) sequence which is located within a short unstructured segment that includes the 3' terminus (3' TAIL) of the mature 16S rRNA. However, the mature 3' TAIL has been poorly characterized in the majority of bacteria, rendering optimal SD/aSD pairing unclear in these species. In light of this, we established a novel strategy to characterize the mature 3' TAILs of bacterial species that leverages the availability of publically stored RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) data. In chapter 2, we devised a RNA-Seq-based approach to successfully recover the experimentally verified 3' TAIL in E. coli (5'-CCUCCUUA-3') and resolve inconsistencies surrounding the identity of the 3' TAIL in Bacillus subtilis. In chapter 3 we improve the method introduced in chapter 2 to clearly and more reliably define the 3' TAIL termini for 13 bacterial species with available protein abundance data. Our results reveal considerable heterogeneity in the termini of 3' TAILs among closely related species and that sites downstream of the canonical CCUCC aSD motif are more important to initiation than previously believed. My research contributes to advance our understanding in microbial translation efficiency in two significant ways: 1) providing an RNA-Seq-based approach to characterize rRNA transcripts, and 2) elucidating optimal recognition between protein-coding genes and the rRNA translation machinery.


In this work, we consider the max-min user rate balancing problem w.r.t. imperfect Channel Knowledge at the Transmitter (CSIT), namely: expected user rate balancing. This combines an operation of balancing at the user level and sum rate maximization at the level of the user streams. For the imperfect CSIT, we exploit an approximation of the expected rate as the Expected Signal and Interference Power (ESIP) rate, based on an original minorizer for every individual rate term. We study the latter with two expected rate approximations: i) Received signal level ESIP (RESIP), which may seem the most natural, and ii) Stream level ESIP (SESIP), which requires some more work for the stream level power optimization. Simulation results confirm the intuition that SESIP outperforms RESIP when the number of streams is lower than the number of receive antennas.


Professor Crawford does it again! It was a great privilege to be asked to review Professor Crawford's latest book, Plants at the margin, and I did so with immense pleasure. It is a hefty tome, a full 478 pages, but is easy to read and richly illustrated with figures, tables and maps, as well as many photographs from Crawford's own expeditions. Crawford draws on his own extensive field experience, and his love of the Arctic clearly shines through, with examples from Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland, Ellesmere Island, Siberia and northern Scandinavia.


The question whether two things can be in the same place at the same time is an ambiguous one. At least three distinct questions could be meant: (a) Can two things simpliciter be in the same place at the same time? (b) Can two things of the same kind be in the same place at the same time? (c) Can two substances of the same kind be in the same place at the same time?' The answers to these questions vary. In what follows, all three will be discussed in the light both of recent and of classic earlier examinations of the matter. The following theses will be defended:


As the great changes result from the environment designed,three installation schemes have been selected and demonstrated in the reconstruction process of the Chaoyang Bridge in Chongqing.The results indicates that the optimized cable hoisting system not only release the terrain limit and the difficult of pulling down the glass workshop,but is safe,economical and reasonable.Analysis is made on introducing the plans selected of cable hoisting system in order to prove the superiority of the hoisting structural system of an integrated installation of cable tower and buckle tower,which will provide a reference for future bridge construction.


Incumbent organizations in every industry face the imminent threat of digital organizations, particularly digital platform businesses, becoming their competitors. Digital platforms enable value exchanges among its users and can quickly scale and generate substantial network effects. Incumbents, as part of their digital transformation and business model innovation efforts, should consider using a digital multi-sided platform business model to remain competitive in the sharing economy. In this research-in-progress study, we identify the digital platform threat, briefly discuss business model innovation and the dynamic capabilities theory, present a research methodology for our study, describe six digital platform initiatives at four organizations, and provide a framework classifying digital platform strategies for incumbent organizations.


1383 result of the severity of the experimental hemorrhage. Nevertheless, possibilities of further improvements are not unrealistic. The H2 concentration in the gas mixture may be enhanced to approximately 4%. The treatment, which lasted for 2 hrs only to detect effects in early brain injury, might be considerably extended. Protective effects have meanwhile been described in various animal models, beyond cerebral ischemia/reperfusion and hemorrhage, and include studies on myocardial infarction, damage to liver, intestine, kidney and lung, transplantation of intestinal grafts, endotoxemia/ sepsis, and radiation (6, 8–10). With regard to the efficacy under various acute conditions, hydrogen therapy may be of great interest to critical care. Treatment with hydrogen gas should not be seen as a monotherapy, because it can be easily combined with other interventions, which may comprise regulators of the oxidative defense system and even low concentrations of carbon monoxide in cases in which NO•-independent vasodilation is recommendable. The combination of H2 and carbon monoxide has, in fact, been reported to be superior to H2 alone in experimental cold ischemia of heart grafts (6). Interactions of H2 with other drugs cannot be expected. However, the efficacy of hydrogen therapy remains to be demonstrated in clinical studies. Rüdiger Hardeland, Dr. rer. nat. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology University of Göttingen Göttingen, Germany


This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51173071), Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-12-0883), Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (RT_15R26), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JUSRP51312B, JUSRP51505).


The paper tries to outline the characteristics of vague legal terms and the problem of their translation. At the beginning of the article, the author points out some reasons for semantic indeterminacy in technical terminology, with particular focus on the language of the law. The discussion of examples is followed by the presentation of some theoretical issues related to vague legal terms. On that basis, the author presents examples of vague legal concepts and terms in the German and Polish civil law and analyses ways to handle translation problems with the assistance of legal interpretation and comparative law which were proposed in the translated legal texts and bilingual legal dictionaries. The applied analysis model based on the rules of comparative legal analysis will be made on the basis of the following steps: semantic analysis of the legal concepts defined in the source legal system, comparative legal analysis with a view to similarities/differences concerning the interpretation of the legal concepts in both legal systems and the analysis of terminological equivalence of translation into the target language.


In this paper we disaggregate the trade data between Australia and the USA by commodity and estimate import and export demand models for 108 commodities for which annual data over the 1962-2005 period were available. The results from the bounds testing approach to cointegration and error-correction modelling indicate that in the long run 41 export industries and 70 import industries are sensitive to the real value of the Australian dollar. Copyright © 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and The University of Manchester.


This article analyzed structure types of public library users, discussed individual reading demands of users of different levels, different stages and different ages. It also worked out strategies about book recommendation service and constructed relevant system based on problems in book recommendation service in public libraries and individual reading demands of different users.


The study was carried out to investigate the responses of Spondias mombin(Linn.) seedlings to combined phytohormonal treatments. The plant vegetable parameters, mineral constituents, water status, vitamin C ,chlorophyll and biochemical contents of S.mombin were determined using standard methods. The combined hormonal treatments used for this experiment comprised of 100mg/L GA + 15% coconut water, 100mg/L 3


The Church of St. Kolumba was the oldest and richest parish church in late gothic Cologne. However, Baroque and Rococo remodeling, secularization under the French, and Allied bombing in World War II led to the loss or disbursement of most of its treasures (Figure 1). Late gothic panel paintings from St. Kolumba's, including Rogier van der Weyden's St. Kolumba Altarpiece and several anonymous masterpieces, receive the greatest amount of art historical attention. Consequently, the four remaining pieces of medieval goldsmithwork from the parish church, now in the Cologne Cathedral Treasury, are largely ignored. They consist of a shrine-shaped crystal reliquary from the late twelfth century, a small silver reliquary monstrance from the mid-fifteenth century (Figure 2), and two exquisite pieces from around 1400, a highly ornamented processional cross and a large, beautifully worked host monstrance titled, for purposes of discussion here, the Kolumba Monstrance (Figure 3). This paper suggests that the magnificent Kolumba Monstrance was not the donation of a single wealthy patron but of the parish as a whole, and that it represented the community pride and Eucharistic devotion of the parish well into the modern era. The term monstrance refers to a vessel that is used to display the consecrated Host for veneration by the faithful, whether it is placed upon an altar or used in procession. Monstrances developed as a result of the institution of the feast of Corpus Christi in 1264. This new feast was intended to celebrate the sacrificial, redeeming and miraculous nature of the consecrated Host. The earliest statutes and offices for the feast of Corpus Christi simply mention that the consecrated Host should be honored with readings and hymns. Exposition of and processions with the Host came later. The first documented Corpus Christi procession was held at the church of St. Gereon in Cologne before 1277. Following the earlier custom of not exposing the Host except at the moment of el-


On Tuesday this week, PoliticusUSA reports that thanks to a growing economy, President Obama's approval rating of 48 percent is at its highest level since May 2013. They comment that Obama is as popular as President Ronald Reagan was at the same time in his second term. On Friday, Townhall looks at another poll with much more negative news for the President. They say that only 28 percent of Americans are satisfied with the country's direction, which they attribute to Obama's tenure being an 'unending rant in favor of high taxes'. President Obama has garnered a great deal of criticism from those on the right for his use of executive actions in recent months. Crooks & Liars takes the opposite line, praising the administration for its plans to draft new rules on who qualifies for overtime compensation. The new regulations will force more businesses to pay time and a half to people who work more than 40 hours a week.


Human resources in an organization play a strategic and crucial role. Besides its function as administrators, human resources also function as the determinants of the success of an organization in achieving its goal. KPPBC (Customs Supervision and Service Office) Madya Type, Pabean B, Medan, constitutes one of the government agencies in the Ministry of Finance which is rehabilitating itself in order to improve its performance. The attempt to improve its performance is in line with the reformation of bureaucracy, launched by the ministry of Finance. The aim of the research was to know and to analyze the influences of the outstanding remuneration and motivation on the employees' performance at the Customs Supervision and Service Office, Madya Type, Pabean B, medan. The theory used to support the analysis was the theory of Human Resources Management. The population was 113 government employees at the office, with or without structural positions, and 54 of them were used as the samples. The data were gathered by using questionnaires and documentary study and analyzed by multiple linear regression tests, using an SPSS program. The results of the research showed that the remuneration and achievement motivation influenced the employees' performance simultaneously and partially. The Determination Coefficient Value (R) was 88.0% which indicated that the value of the variable of remuneration and achievement motivation had influenced the employees' performance at 88.0%, while the rest (12.0%) was influenced by other variables which were excluded from this research. Simultaneously, the remuneration and achievement motivation had positive and significant influence on the employees' performance. Partially, the remuneration and achievement motivation respectively had positive and significant influence on the employees' performance. The most dominant factor which influenced the employees' performance was the achievement motivation.


We demonstrate the measurement of a 2D MeV-range ion velocity distribution function by velocity-space tomography at JET. Deuterium ions were accelerated into the MeV-range by third harmonic ion cyclotron resonance heating. We made measurements with three neutron emission spectrometers and a high-resolution γ-ray spectrometer detecting the γ-rays released in two reactions. The tomographic inversion based on these five spectra is in excellent agreement with numerical simulations with the ASCOT–RFOF and the SPOT–RFOF codes. The length of the measured fast-ion tail corroborates the prediction that very few particles are accelerated above 2 MeV due to the weak wave-particle interaction at higher energies.


Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)‐A is known to play an important role in tumor angiogenesis. Three additional members of the VEGF family, VEGF‐B, ‐C and ‐D, have recently been discovered. VEGF‐C and VEGF‐D are ligands for VEGF receptor‐3, which is expressed in the endothelium of lymphatic vessels. The expression of VEGF‐C is known to be associated with the development of lymphatic vessels. Therefore, it is conceivable that VEGF‐C and VEGF‐D might play a role in the development of lymphatic vessels in solid tumors. To obtain some clue as to this role, we developed a semi‐quantitative reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction method to investigate the mRNA expression levels of each VEGF family member in breast cancer. All the VEGF family members were expressed at different levels in seven human breast cancer cell lines explored. Although VEGF‐A and VEGF‐B expressions were detected in both node‐positive and node‐negative breast tumors, VEGF‐C expression was detected only in node‐positive tumors. VEGF‐D expression was detected only in an inflammatory breast cancer and a tumor which developed an inflammatory skin metastasis. These findings suggest a possible relationship between the expression level of VEGF‐C and/or VEGF‐D and the development of lymphatic tumor spread.


Satellite radar interferometry (InSAR) is a precise and efficient technique to monitor deformation on Earth with millimeter precision. Most InSAR applications focus on geophysical phenomena, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, or subsidence. Monitoring civil infrastructure with InSAR is relatively new, with potential for operational applications, but currently not exploited to full advantage. Here we investigate how to optimally assess and monitor the structural health of civil infrastructure using InSAR, and develop methodology to improve its capability for operational monitoring. InSAR kinematic time series analysis involves the processing of extremely large datasets to estimate the relative movements of points on the infrastructure. The estimated movements may expose strain in the structure, potentially revealing structural health problems. However, the optimal mathematical model relating the satellite observations to the kinematic parameters of interest is unknown. We propose multiple hypothesis testing as a means to identify the most probable mathematical model. For each target, the null-hypothesis of 'steady-state' motion is considered as default, which is tested against a multitude of potential temporal models, built based on a library of canonical functions. If the null hypothesis is sustained, there is no (significant) anomaly in the data. If the null hypothesis is rejected, we test the entire library of potential alternative models with different physically realistic parameters against the null hypothesis using the B-method of testing. Finally, using test-ratios, we select the most likely model for each target, update the quality description of the estimates, while avoiding overfitting. InSAR processing strategies are designed and implemented for structural health assessment of railway infrastructure and buildings. The Qinghai-Tibet railway, at 5000m altitude, is suspected to be affected by dynamic changes in permafrost environments. Using medium resolution SAR data, we apply an 'all-pixel' approach based on statistical similarity to tackle geometric decorrelation and maximize the density of InSAR measurement points over the track. Seasonal changes in deformation are detected, most likely due to freezing and thawing of the permafrost's active layer. To explore the capability of railway infrastructure monitoring using multi-track high-resolution SAR data, we estimate the 3D temporal behavior of the Betuwe railway, the Netherlands, in a track-fixed reference system in the transversal, longitudinal, and normal direction using 248 TerraSAR-X images acquired from ascending and descending orbits. For building monitoring, we study a shopping mall in Heerlen, the Netherlands. Due to a developing sinkhole below, the building lost its structural support, leading to a sudden evacuation and a near-collapse. Using consecutive InSAR data time series acquired by four different SAR satellites between 1992 and 2011, we find significant precursory motion. We integrate these InSAR data time series and improve the precision of geolocation of the InSAR measurement points using additional lidar-based data. The detected localized strain appears to be related to an upward migrating cavity. The analysis demonstrates the feasibility of an early detection of anomalous processes in the underground. This study reveals the high potential of structural health monitoring using observations from satellites, either for forensic analysis—investigating the behavior of a structure after a failure manifested itself—or for preventive monitoring—to identify anomalies in behavior that may be indicative for impending structural failure.


The control achievable by living radical polymerization (LRP) is based on a kinetic balance of the activation–deactivation reversible reactions, which are specific to LRP, with conventional elementary reactions such as initiation, propagation, and termination. This work describes, as plainly as possible, how chains grow and how their polydispersity evolves as they experience activation–deactivation cycles and how these processes can be quantitatively analyzed by gel permeation chromatography. A comprehensive probability theory on the polydispersity indices of LRP polymers is presented. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 4743–4755, 2004


1 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This study was conducted in the DFO department of the Mustapha University Hospital in Algiers (Algeria), based on the clinical files of local patients treated between 2004 and 2012 for various orthodontic abnormalities. Study data were recorded on dedicated forms. The objective was to assess the rate of extraction and identify the decision criteria, by exploration and analysis of the diagnostic and therapeutic data. The records analyzed in the study included molds, photographs and radiographs, and concerned indications for strictly orthodontic extraction. Extractions of deciduous teeth and wisdom teeth, often for prophylactic purposes, dental abnormalities concerning specific treatments and patients who had already undergone extraction before the start of orthodontic treatment were excluded. All files meeting the inclusion criteria were included: 664 patients; 372 girls (56%), 292 boys (44%), aged 7 to 13 years, with a mean age of 12 years in 22.4% of patients. Descriptive statistics showed predominance of severe dento-maxillary dysharmony of both arcades, convex cutaneous profile and medium face. Wisdom Assessment of therapeutic extraction rates and criteria in orthodontics. Epidemiological study in the dentofacial orthopedics department of the Mustapha University Hospital, Algiers (Algeria)


Some weaker concepts of Hopf algebras and their characterizations, relationships and the structures of modules and co-modules over them were studied. First, the concepts of weaker structures of Hopf algebras were introduced and their relationships were discussed. Then, some regular semigroups were constructed by using of weak antipodes of some weak Hopf algebras. Then a weak Hopf algebra was built from an inverse semigroup. Some sufficient and necessary conditions are given under which a cocommutative pointed bialgebra becomes a left/right Hopf algebra. By using irreducible components and group-like monoids, some sub-bialgebras and sub-weak Hopf algebras were constructed from a bialgebra or weak Hopf algebra. Moreover, it was shown that for a bialgebra, when the idempotent submonoid of the group-like monoid is a band (semi-lattice), there exists a sub-bialgebra which is a supplemental band (semi-lattice) sum of some sub-algebras without identities. When the group-like monoid was a Clifford monoid, a left quasi-module-bialgebra was built from the sum of some irreducible comonents. Last, the role of weak antipodes in the structures of modules/ comodules over a weak Hopf algebra is presented.


Objective. —To investigate the natural history and response to treatment of patients with unstable angina or non—Q-wave myocardial infarction (MI). Design. —Inception cohort. Setting. —Patients in general community, primary care, or referral hospitals. Patients. —All patients with an episode of unstable exertional chest pain or chest pain at rest presumed to be ischemic in origin lasting 5 minutes or more but without persisting ST-segment elevation greater than 30 minutes or the development of Q-waves were identified and enumerated in 18 participating hospitals. A subset of enumerated patients was selected to be followed prospectively using specific sampling strategies that would provide adequate numbers of black, women, and elderly (aged ≥75 years) patients for comparison with their respective counterparts. Main Outcome Measures.—The primary analysis compared the incidence of death or Ml at 42 days after entry into the prospective study according to race, sex, and age. Other outcomes considered were recurrent ischemia and the combined outcomes of death, Ml, or recurrent ischemia by 42 days after entry. Results. —A total of 8676 admissions with unstable angina or non—Q-wave Ml were enumerated and, of these, 3318 patients were selected for the prospective study. The direct adjusted mean age of the 3318 patients was 63.8 years. There were 943 blacks and 2375 nonblacks. Compared with nonblacks, blacks were less likely to be treated with intensive anti-ischemic therapy for their qualifying anginal episode and less likely to undergo invasive procedures (risk ratio [RR], 0.65; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.58 to 0.72;P Conclusions. —Among patients presenting with acute ischemic chest pain without persistent ST-segment elevation, blacks appeared to have less severe coronary disease, received revascularization less frequently, and had less recurrent ischemia compared with nonblacks. Women also were found to have less severe coronary disease and were treated less intensely than men, but experienced similar outcomes. Elderly patients had more severe coronary disease than younger patients on coronary angiography, but were more likely to be treated medically, and they experienced far more adverse outcomes. These data suggest that more aggressive strategies should be directed to those patients with the greatest likelihood of adverse outcomes. (JAMA. 1996;275:1104-1112)


Introduction.-The term ' calcium stone of renal origin' is used here to describe stones which have been found in the kidney or have apparently originated in the kidney, and which consist wholly or partly of calcium salts. Flocks (1939) observed that the urinary excretion of calciumis highin manypatientswithstonesof this type. In a study of 35 patients (22 men and 13 women) he found that 21 (60 per cent) excreted more than 200 mg. calcium per day when on a moderately low intake of 300 mg. calcium per day, whereas only I of 12 normal individuals on the same intake excreted more than 200 mg. per day. In a similar study of


In this paper simulation for educational purpose in the field of electrical machines and electrical drives is discussed. Simulations and animations are bounded to materials of teaching practise in electrical engineering course and thus represent visualized book. In addition to animated programmed materials, each of the eight applications incorporated into the program include fundamental theory background of the matter shown in each application. Program includes many interesting examples which would have been mathematically tedious.


Objective
To investigate the roles and mechanisms of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α (HNF4α) in chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) induced gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM).

Methods
After the immortalized gastric mucosal epithelial cells GES-1 were stimulated with CDCA at different concentration, the changes of HNF4α, caudal-related homeobox 2 (CDX2) and trefoil factor family 3 (TFF3) expressions at mRNA and protein levels in GES-1 cells and gastric cancer cell lines (AGS, SGC7901 and BGC823) were detected by real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting. After GES-1 were transfected with HNF4α short hairpin RNA (shRNA) or control shRNA, and followed by CDCA stimulation, the expressions of HNF4α, CDX2 and TFF3 at protein level were determined by Western blotting. HNF4α was overexpressed in GES-1 cells and SGC7901 cells, and HNF4α was silenced in BGC823 cell line and AGS by lentiviral vector system. The expressions of HNF4α, CDX2 and TFF3 at mRNA and protein levels were tested by RT-PCR and Western blotting. Luciferase reporter assay was used to analyze the regulation role of HNF4α on CDX2. T test was performed for statistical analysis.

Results
The expressions of HNF4α in GES-1, SGC7901, BGC823 and AGS cells at mRNA level were 1.00±0.12, 263.01±10.23, 848.01±18.13 and 3 049.86±91.75, respectively. The mRNA levels of HNF4α in AGS, BGC823 and SGC7901 cells were all higher than that of GES-1 cells, and the differences were statistically significant (t=33.23, 46.72 and 25.62, all P<0.01). The expressions of HNF4α in GES-1, SGC7901, BGC823 and AGS at protein level were consistent with mRNA level. The expressions of CDX2 and TFF3 at protein level of HNF4α shRNA transfected group were lower than those of non-HNF4α shRNA transfected group. In GES-1 cells, the expressions of HNF4α, CDX2 and TFF3 of HNF4α overexpressed group at mRNA level were 16 281.839±1 843.017, 6.275±0.137 and 17.310±1.533, respectively; which were all higher than those of overexpressed control group (1.000±0.048, 1.000±0.012 and 1.000±0.108, respectively), and the differences were statistically significant (t=8.83, 38.29 and 10.61, all P<0.01). In AGS cells, the expressions of HNF4α, CDX2 and TFF3 of HNF4α silenced group at mRNA level were 0.021±0.001, 0.088±0.007 and 0.074±0.002, respectively, which were lower than those of silenced control group (1.000±0.108, 1.000±0.131 and 1.000±0.122), and the differences were statistically significant (t=9.09, 6.93 and 7.57, all P<0.01). In GES-1 overexpressed cells and AGS silenced cells, the expressions of HNF4α, CDX2, TFF3 at protein level were consistent with mRNA level. In double reporter plasmid containing the CDX2 promoter CDX2-1 (-2 000~-1 bp) and CDX2-2 (-1 510~1 bp), after transfected with HNF4α shRNA, the activities were 0.387±0.013 and 0.533±0.040, respectively, which were lower than those of HNF4α shRNA transfected control group (0.605±0.012 and 0.882±0.019), and the differences were statistically significant (t=21.49 and 13.53, both P<0.01).

Conclusion
HNF4α may be involved in bile acid induced intestinal metaplasia by upregulating the expression of CDX2.

Key words:
Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4; Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α; Intestinal metaplasia; Caudal-related homobox 2


The development of teamworking and multidisciplinary communication across organizational settings, and particularly in healthcare, reflects a growing awareness of the benefits to be derived from this way of working. These benefits, in the form of improved healthcare delivery and better member well-being, are described by reference to research evidence. However, it is pointed out that the greatest barrier to effective teamwork and communication is the organisational context, and the appropriate supports and integration systems to achieve this are identified. The importance of effective team processes and, above all, the team's capacity for reflexivity (reflecting on and adapting objectives, strategies, processes and context) is emphasized.


This paper responds to renewed interest in the centuries old question of what is a diagram. Existing status of our understanding of diagrams is seen as unsatisfactory and confusing particularly when responding to problems of accounting for the variety of diagrams, handling change in diagrams in a well formed way, and all of this in the context of semantically mixed diagrams. Existing frameworks (Peirce, Bertin, Engelhardt) for understanding diagrams are discussed and evaluated against these problems. These frameworks are then contrasted for similarities and differences with our proposal which is based on, SySpM, Symbolic and Spatial Mapping. Potential and contributions of the proposed framework are briefly mentioned.


Transformation of the electoral system of modern Russia requires a versatile estimation of the occurred changes. This problem becomes especially topical in a view of the last elections to the State Duma of Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, for the first time conducted completely according to the proportional system. Theories of democratic transit, which took roots in the Russian political science long ago and really firmly, allow considering the problem of the electoral system reform and its first results in a new point of view.


The purpose of this paper is to describe what the Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps (AFJAGC) (USAF, 2018c) has been, where it currently is, where it is headed, and how it should get there, in terms of leadership style for managing its lawyers. The goal is accomplished by developing a formal lawyer management model. Theoretically, a model may be developed to bring the AFJAGC into the 21st century. This paper is a snapshot analysis as to how Air Force lawyers operate from a servant-leader perspective and grow in their management styles and skills. This paper addresses the management of professionals' paradigm. Since there is very little on current literature on the management/leadership of lawyers, this paper may answer questions relating to managing lawyers and handling professionals in general. This should be beneficial to the military (the Air Force) and hopefully the legal industry as a whole.


This research aimed to determine the ability of farmers in applying the methods or techniques of kangkung cultivation and the priority issues faced by kangkong farmers. Kupang Regency was chosen as a research site because there were kangkong farmers working with markets. This research used a case research method, and the type of data collected consists of primary data and secondary data, the data collection starts from December to January 2021, the data analysis uses Likert scaling analysis. The measured variables were problems related to aspects of kangkong cultivation. The results showed that the cultivation of kangkong (Ipomea reptans poir) at the research site was not done well, as it was still being grown seasonally and using only farmland. So it really needs agricultural extension when applying these 7 aspects. The eradication of pests and diseases was a priority problem for farmers in organic Kangkung vegetable cultivation in Baumata Timur Village, Taebenu District, Kupang Regency, where the mean level of interest was above the All Mean value (2.56 > 2.48) and the average ability level was lower than the overall average skill level (2.36 < 2.4).


An all-digital flexible precision in-memory accelerator for vector matrix multiplication (VMM) is demonstrated in 65 nm CMOS. The design supports flexible precision, floating point, and complex numbers enabling in-memory radio-frequency machine learning and signal processing computation. The measured compute efficiency normalized to memory size is 34 GOPS/W/KB.


ABSTRACT Social capital is an influential concept in understanding why and how some firms do better in inter-organizational relationships (IORs). It is an important factor in developing relationships of trust, making the basis for better collaboration among individuals, groups, and organizations. This paper presents findings from an empirical study of the effect of multiple dimensions of Social Capital and the moderating role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on inter-bank strategic collaboration in Sri Lanka, a developing context. The theoretical model is validated using partial least squares-based structural equation modeling based on survey and secondary data. The findings suggest that there is a strong positive combined effect of social capital and ICT toward inter-firm strategic alliances. The results contribute to both social capital theory and theories of ICT for development. It will also contribute to a more holistic perspective that incorporates social, technical, and organizational aspects for building effective strategies.


The reader of Wolfgang E. H. Rudat's new book on The Canterbury Tales should proceed forewarned: Rudat's critical "earnest" so fully unbalances Chaucer's "game" that what accrues is an entirely unfunny vision of the poet's art. According to Rudat, we are to see that Chaucer habitually im beds the gems of his "sentence" in the dung of obsessively scatological, sexual, and irreverent allusion. Rudat's method for uncovering buried meaning is to tease out the minute, physical, and secret "facts"--especially the dark and dirty compulsions--supposedly hidden in the highly private lives of Chaucer's pilgrims. Not content to stop there, Rudat is eager also to tell us the intimate foibles of even the pilgrims' own created characters. Hardly does a Chaucerian creature exist, it seems, without a secret "priv etee" to be exposed and critically plundered. The tales and inner lives that Rudat dissects at most length are those of (or those created by) the Miller, the Prioress, the Pardoner, the Clerk, and the Merchant. That Chaucer has a propensity for shocking us and for flirting with taboos is, of course, a reasonable starting premise, well enough documented in The Miller's Tale if nowhere else. One must nevertheless wonder at the sheer brashness and perverse inventiveness of Rudat's interpretations. When Rudat boasts frequently that his new readings will ultimately prove "definitive" (e.g., pp. 3, 100), he is challenging the critical community to assess them rigorously. Some of the observations in this book could poten tially lead to intriguing lines of development. For example, Rudat sees in the opening lines of Th/t:ieneral Prologue an overt figure of "cosmic-union," which he claims Chaucer derived from Virgil and then used allusively in several tales: it is pathetically revised in the bedroom scene between Janu ary and May and further perverted in the idea of a Second Flood that threatens John and Alison. The latter allusion leads one, according to Rudat, to imagine that the deluge will consist of God's divine ejaculate, an idea that brings God's retributive justice (and "privetee") into the Tale in a rather strange way. Such potentially interesting readings are, unfortunately, mixed indis criminately with many others that are extremely far-fetched, and, with next to no commonsensical gauge of which ideas are plausibly grounded and which wildly speculative, Rudat often loses his reader's forbearance.


[Objective] The study aimed to analyze the changes of microbial flora during biological reduction of water in sludge. [Method] Though biological aerobic fermentation,water was removed from dewatered sludge with little organic matter using a biological method,and the effects of material ratio,temperature and changes of microbial flora in quantity on the reduction of water content in the sludge were analyzed. [Result]High-temperature period of experimental group Ⅲ with temperature of above 55 ℃ lasted for 7 d,and the maximum temperature reached 62 ℃. On the 9thday,water content in the sludge decreased to 50%,and water reducing rate was up to 1. 4% / d. At the same time, mesophilic bacteria,thermophilic bacteria and actinomycetes were dominant,and their quantity showed an high-low-high tendency during the whole process,which was favorable to biological reduction of water in the sludge. [Conclusion] The research could provide scientific references for biological reduction of water in sludge in future.


Previous studies have suggested that the reunion episode of the still-face procedure has the potential to reveal the regulatory resources of the mother–infant dyad that appear to be predictive of future adaptation. Nevertheless, differences across dyads with respect to these resources have received little attention, as also have the factors that are responsible for such differences. This study addresses this gap in the literature by testing whether the dyad reunion patterns can be predicted by the mothers' sensitivity assessed 3 months earlier, and by the contingent degree of the matched states in the play episode. Three dyadic patterns were identified through cluster analysis, which were characterized by playful, neutrally matched, and disrupted interactions. Multinomial logistic regression shows that the mothers' sensitivity predicts membership to the playful group, and the matched states in the play episode predict membership to the neutrally matched and disrupted groups. These findings show that the vulnerability to disrupt an ongoing interaction after a temporary perturbation is seen for only some dyads; moreover, they support the view of early regulatory development as a multidetermined achievement. Overall, these findings have important theoretical implications related to the identification of early regulatory difficulties as precursors of later developmental outcomes.


DEVICE upstand (10) to prevent inadvertent retraction of a retainer (20) from the open proximal end (19) of the cylinder (14) of a syringe. THE upstand (10) mounted on the flange (22) of a syringe, includes a pair of plates (30, 32) spaced apart and located on either side of the flange (22). The two plates (30, 32) include corresponding openings (34, 36) accessible through front openings ONES (42, 40) FORMED THROUGH PLATES (30, 32). OPENING LOWER (34) HAS BEEN FORMED TO A CONTACT FOR SLIDE ADJUSTMENT WITH CYLINDER (14) SYRINGE, while the upper opening (36) includes a flange (38) engageable with the cylinder (14 ) SYRINGE ADJACENT TO OPEN proximal end (19). OPENING TOP (36) and flange (38) together have a more narrow passage diameter seal (20), preventing inadvertent removal thereof. THE upstand (10) can be placed on the syringe (12), REGARDLESS OF presence or absence of PISTON (16).


The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of dependent variables of organizational culture, emotional intelligence, and job satisfaction with an independent variable, lecturers' performance when tested both individually or altogether. The survey is conducted by taking a sample of 84 lecturers of 4 (four) Theological Colleges by using proportional random sampling technique in Bogor and Bekasi West Java, Indonesia. The research used a Sequential Explanatory Design Mixed Method where quantitative research is conducted first then followed by the qualitative research. The study both quantitatively and qualitatively reveals that there is a positive significant relationship among variables under the following distribution of coefficient of correlation: organizational culture to lecturers' performance = 0.552, emotional intelligence to lecturers' performance = 0.587, job satisfaction to emotional intelligence = 0.609 and when tested together it produces coefficient of correlation = 0.688 and coefficient of determination = 0.473 indicating the existence of other 52.7% variables not including in the model affecting lecturers' performance.


The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of eggshell powder supplementation in diet on the growth and survival rate of black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon larvae. A total of 600 shrimp larvae (PL 12) was used with five treatment levels and four replications. The shrimp fed with 42% of crude protein, feeding frequency three times a day at 08.00; 14.00; 18.00 pm and 5% feeding rate. The dietary treatments were A (0%), B (3%), C (6%), D (9%) and E (12%) fed for thirty days. Results showed that the supplementation of eggshell powder in diet had a significant effect on weight gain, length gain, specific growth rate, and survival of black tiger shrimp larvae. Duncan's advanced test showed that the optimum dose of eggshell powder was found in treatment A (0% eggshell powder) with weight gain, length gain, specific growth rate, and survival rate at 0.0301±0,0013 g, 12.41±0,56 mm, 12.82±0,16 %/day, and 94.17±1,66%, respectively. Hence, it can be concluded that the supplementation of eggshell powder may decrease the growth and survival rate of black tiger shrimp larvae.


A semiconductor device comprising: (a) a semiconductor substrate on whose surface an integrated circuit is formed, (b) a first insulating layer formed on the semiconductor device and having first contact holes which lead to the integrated circuit, (c) a capacitance element formed on the first insulating layer, (d) a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer to cover the capacitance element, and having second contact holes which lead to an upper and a lower electrodes of the capacitance element respectively, and (e) interconnections which are connected to the inte grated circuit and the capacitance element respectively through the first and second contact holes. The hydrogen density of this semiconductor device is 10' atoms/cm or less.


Using a multidetector system on the YuMO spectrometer allows shortening the time of measurements. The quantitative comparison of the measurement time using one and two-detector mode is done. The time range for experiments was from several minutes up to 12 hours. It was shown that two-detector system shortens more than twice the time of the measurement. While making a structural investigation using advanced software the two-detector system allows to treat the data at a qualitatively new level. An example illustrating the features of the channels choice and measurement time on the spectrometer was shown. The results of this paper could be used when planning the experiments on the YuMO spectrometer, for modernization of the installation and for equipment using time-of-flight method.


How are Information and Services Providers going to cope with the changing information needs? David Lennon Lexis-Nexis Europe, International House, 1 St. Katharine's Way, London E1 9UN, UK Tel.: +44 171 464 1300; Fax: +44 171 464 1399; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com – In the case of LEXIS-NEXIS, not "cope", but rather "manage", and we intend to do this as we have (profitably) for the last 30 years – by listening to our customers and answering them in a language they understand, and not the latest consultancy-speak; – Concentrate on the fundamentals of the information economy, since many apparent "megatrends" are only either superficial or variations on a theme; – Develop tools which address specific customer needs; – Work with customers to develop information-enabled organisations (the LEXIS-NEXIS Information Cycle); – Disseminate timely and actionable information to all interested areas on issues of general concern (e.g., competitive and market developments); – Continue to develop the reservoir of "best thinking" for deep research; – The talk will also focus on some recently-commissioned research which shed new light on customer concerns. 0167-5265/99/$8.00  1999 – IOS Press. All rights reserved


High performance work system is one of the way organizations to prepare and restructuring back the works, the human source, technology, and information in the process to achieve high achievement. This study was conducted to find out the factors that influence the high performance work system and used quantitative method in determining the relationship between all the independent variables (High Performance
Work System Factors) and dependent variable (High Performance Work System). This study involved 130 respondents from Universiti Utara Malaysia. Researcher has distributed 274 sets of questionnaire to the respondents but researcher only received back 130 completed questionnaires. The questionnaire contains of 59 items that have used seven point Likert scale. Each hypothesis was tested using Statistics Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21.0. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and inferential analysis namely correlation and regression. 21 hypotheses were formed after performed the factor analysis and the inferential analysis was used to determine the relationship between independent variables and dependent variable. The results of the study showed that the work life balance (role), organizational culture
(improvement) and organizational culture human resources related to the high performance work system (human resource management orientation). The dependent variable factor high performance work system (workers involvement orientation)
influenced by the work life balance(work load), work life balance (role), organizational culture (human resources),organizational culture (environment), organizational culture
(autonomy) and work ethics. Following that, high performance work system (workers attitude orientation) was influenced by the work ethic and organizational culture (human resource)


Background:Besad on the data of health research, stroke is one of serious health problems. Non hemorrhagic stroke is a sudden health disorder caused by blood circulation disturbance. The emerging health disorder of non-hemorrhagic is usually physical mobility disorder. Rubber-ball therapy can be applied to fullfil the needs of physical mobility of non-hemorrhagic stroke client. Objective:Applying rubber-ball grab therapy to fulfill the needs of physical mobility of nonhemorrhagic stroke clients. Method:This scientific paper is an analytical descriptive with a case study approach. Data were obtained through interview, obsevation, and physical examination. The subjects were 2 nonhemorrhagic stroke clients. Result:After having rubber-ball grab therapy for 3 days, the problem of impaired physical mobility has not been resolved. Conclusion:The application of rubber-ball therapy is not effective to fullfil the needs of physical mobility of non-hemorrhagic stroke client.
Keywords : Physical mobility, rubber ball grab therapy


New analysis methods for the vibrational dynamics from molecular dynamics are proposed and applied to liquid H$_{2}$O. The internal modes of H$_{2}$O are amplitude-modulated by Langevin dynamics with the frequency of the H$_{2}$O libration (~600 cm$^{-1}$) and its first overtone (~1200 cm$^{-1}$). The carrier signal is frequency-modulated by the variation of the hydrogen bond strength due to thermal motion and by dephasing collisions. The standard power spectra of the bond parameters yield broadened normal modes due to a superposition of several perturbations. Here, the oscillating bond lengths and angles are demodulated by the spline interpolation of the minima or maxima. Additionally, a zero-crossing method is described, which yields the spectrum of the frequency modulated carrier without Fourier transform by directly converting the oscillation periods.


Objective To investigate the effects of different extents and parts of meniscectomy on tibial rotation of the knee. Methods Six pairs of fresh intact cadavcric knees without surgical history were used in this investigation.They were randomly divided into a control group (group A) and 5 experimental groups (B,C,D,E and F).Group A was for intact control,group B for medial partial meniscectomy of the anterior horn,group C for medial partial meniscectomy of the posterior horn,group D for lateral partial meniscectomy of the anterior horn, group E for total medial meniscectomy and group F for total lateral meniscectomy.For each group 4 specimens were used,for the 4 knees first used in groups A,B and D were then used in groups C,E and F,respectively.The full isokinetic knee cycle from extension to flexion was simulated by a Staubli robot.The tibial rotations were measured by an angle measuring instrument (Nemicon,Japan) before and after different meniscectomies. Results The tibial rotations at the knee flexion of 0°,10°,20°,30°,60° and 90° were respectively 4.9°±0.8°,9.2°±0.8°,11.4°±0.8°,12.1°±0.5°and 12.4°± 0.5° in the control group.The tibial rotations at the knee flexion of 0° to 90° were not significantly different between the control and partial meniscectomy groups and between the partial meniscectomy groups as well ( P > 0.05),but were significantly different between the total meniscectomy groups and the partial meniscectomy groups and between the total meniscectomy groups as well(P <0.05).The tibial rotations were not significantly different between the control and total meniscectomy groups at the knee flexion of 30° to 90° ( P > 0.05),but were significantly different between the 2 groups at the knee flexion of 0°to 30°( P < 0.05). Conclusions The partial meniscectomy may not have a significant impact on the tibial rotation when the knee is in flexing motion.The total meniscectomy may have a significant impact on the tibial rotation when the knee is in flexing motion of 30°to 90°.

Key words:
Knee joints; Menisci, tibial; Biomechanics; Rotation


have been used as dural substitutes and in the prevention of meningo-cerebral adhesions. Probably the most important derivative of plasma will be the gamma globulin, which contains a large part of the natural antibodies of the blood. Gamma globulin constitutes about 11% of the plasma proteins, and the greater part of this globulin has now been fractionated in practically pure form from the combined 11+Ill fraction. The concentration of antibody as judged by the estimation of the diphtheria and streptococcus antitoxin and influenza virus A antibody is 15 to 20 times that of the natural pooled plasma, and its content of certain antil,odies equals or exceeds that of convalescent serum. There has been remarkable uniformity in the potency of different pools from various regions of America. Gamma globulin has already been used on a large scale for the prevention and attenuation of measles in familial contacts and in institutions; analyses indicate that a dose of 2.0 to 2.5 c.cm. will protect 80% of young, susceptible, and intimately exposed children, with marked attenuation in the remainder. Where attenuation only is desired the recommended dosage is around 0.5 c.cm. In other words, results equal to those obtainable with convalescent measles serum have been achieved with one-quarter to one-half the dosage of that rather rare commodity. Although the gamma globulin now issued cannot be used intravenously, progress has been made with the removal of the depressor substance which precludes intravenous therapy, and it seems likely that such a preparation will be useful for the treatment of early cases of measles and other infections. Meanwhile there are other 'obvious fields for its prophylactic use. Thus Stokes and Neefe3 tried it in summer camps for boys and girls where a widespread epidemic of infectious hepatitis was occurring, with reasonable hopes of success since the incubation period is long and the infecting agent is presumably present in the blood during the pre-icteric stage of the disease. Among 29 boys injected with doses equal to 0.15 c.cm. per kilo of body weight, 4 (13.3%) developed hepatitis without jaundice, whereas among 130 controls 90 (69%) became infected, and two-thirds of them had jaundice. Of the inoculated girls 3 out of 16 (18.7 %) developed hepatitis with scleral jaundice only, while 82 of 116 controls (70%) became infected. The better results obtained among the boys were attributed to the injections being given earlier in the incubation period in that group. The authors remarked on the apparent absence of the " hepatitis agent " in gamma globulin used for large-scale prophylaxis of measles, and this finding, if corroborated, may be another argument for the fractionation of human plasma. Further clinical experience and improvements in the methods of assay will show whether gamma globulin will be useful for the prophylaxis of other virus and bacterial infectionse.g., chicken-pox, mumps, pertussis. Some of the natural antibodies seem to be concentrated in other fractions. However, the proven value of this derivative of human blood will act as an incentive to blood donors to carry on into civilian life the magnificent work they have done in response to the demands of war. It is to be hoped that our chemists and biophysicists will soon be given opportunities to develop this new field.


We report a human case of leptospirosis in which the spirochete was detected by dark-field microscopy examination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and isolated from both CSF and blood. Leptospira fainei was identified by sequencing the 16S rDNA gene, which had been amplified by polymerase chain reaction. This case confirms the role of L. fainei as a human pathogen and extends its distribution to southern Europe.


Algicidal bacteria as part of the microbial populations in natural waters, is possible toinhibit the growth of algae or kill algae, dissolve algal cells in a direct or indirect way. In this study,four algicidal bacteria were isolated from cyanobacteria bloom water of Lake Dianchi, designated asDCJ-1, DCJ-2, DCJ-3, DCJ-4 respectively. The algicidal range and algicidal activity assay of the fouralgicidal bacteria showed that they have different algicidal range on the 10 tested algal species, whichstrain DCJ-2 has the best algicidal activity. The results indicated that bacterial strain DCJ-2 has highalgicidal activity against the Plectonema boryanum and exhibited algicidal activity through directattack. The lytic effect of strain DCJ-2 against Plectonema boryanum was time-dependent. It could be a potential bio-agent to control the blooms of cyanobacteria.


Title of Document: INFANTS'  REPRESENTATIONS  AND MEMORIES OF THEIR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL INTERACTIONS. Laura Jernigan Sherman, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Directed By: Professor Jude Cassidy, Psychology According to several theorists, infants form mental representations and memories of their social-emotional interactions (e.g., Bowlby, 1969/1982), but very few studies have investigated these claims. Across two studies, I hypothesized that 10-month-old infants would form representations and memories of their social-emotional interactions. In Study 1, infants (N = 24) were familiarized to a positive and negative puppet and their representations and memories were assessed with visual-paired comparison (VPC) and forced-choice tests. Ten minutes after their interactions, but not immediately after, significantly more infants chose the positive puppet (17/24, p = .030). To better understand these results, I conducted another study in which infants (N = 32) were randomly assigned to be familiarized to either a positive and neutral puppet or a negative and neutral puppet. In the positive condition infants were more likely to choose the positive puppet immediately after (12/16, p =.038), but not 10 minutes after the interactions,  whereas  in  the  negative  condition  infants'  choices  were  at  chance  – but older infants were more likely choose the neutral puppet (Mdiff = 11.50 days, p = .022). In both studies, no effects emerged with infants'  preferential  looking.  Overall,  the  results indicated  that  infants'  representations  and  memories  of  their  brief  social-emotional interactions were stronger for positive than negative interactions. Results are discussed with regard to existing theory and research and the negativity bias hypothesis. INFANTS'  REPRESENTATIONS  AND  MEMORIES  OF  THEIR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL INTERACTIONS By Laura Jernigan Sherman Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2013 Advisory Committee: Professor Jude Cassidy, Chair Professor Jonathan Beier Professor Melanie Killen Professor Elizabeth Redcay Professor Tracy Riggins Professor Amanda Woodward © Copyright by Laura Jernigan Sherman 2013


The teacher-student relationship runs through and permeates the whole process fo the teaching activity. The reform and innovation of the school curriculum call for the mutually supporting typed teacher-student relationship which is vital for teachers to achieve good results in teaching. Teachers should play an active role in building the teacher-student relationship of mutual support. Teachers should also apply the interactive technique drting the course of the classroom teaching and establishing the relationship in which teachers and students support each other.


Optimization of process parameters is the key step in response surface methods to achieve high quality without cost inflation. The multi-response optimization of the machining parameters viz, chip-tool interface temperature, main cutting force and feed force on lathe turning of En-31 steel as alloy steel using RSM with grey relational analysis is reported. A grey relational grade obtained from the grey relational analysis is used to solve the turning operations with multiple performance characteristics. The models were developed using response surface methodology. Optimal cutting parameters can be determined by RSM method using the grey relational grade as the performance index. Chip-tool interface temperature, main cutting force, and feed force are important characteristics in turning operations. Using these characteristics, the cutting operations, including cutting velocity, feed rate, depth of cut, and effective tool nose radius, are optimized. A model is developed to correlate the multiple performance characteristic called grey relational grade and turning parameters and a new combination of RSM and grey relational analysis is proposed. The grey relational grades were significantly affected by cutting parameters and tool nose radius. Optimal parameter setting is determined for the multi-performance characteristic.


We report on the ultrafast carrier dynamics in hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) using timeresolved terahertz spectroscopy. Photoexcitation at 407 nm primarily produces charge carriers in the a-Si phase, but they undergo a rapid electron transfer to the c-Si phase prior to complete thermalization into the band-tail states of a-Si. We studied the carrier dynamics on a range of nc-Si:H samples with varying crystalline volume fractions (Xc) and mapped out the carrier dynamics with sub-ps resolution. Our measurements are consistent with a model in which electrons are first trapped at interface states at the a-Si‐c-Si boundary prior to being thermally emitted into the c-Si phase. Wavelength and temperature dependent measurements are consistent with our model. The phenomena observed here have implications toward solar cell structures that utilize an amorphous material as an absorber layer, previously thought to have a mobility value too low to attain effective charge transport in a device.


The fluid mechanics and operating conditions of gas-lubricated journal bearings in micro rotating machinery such as micro polarization modulator and micro gas turbine are different from their larger size ones. Due to non-continuum effects, there is a slip of gas at the walls. Thus in this paper, the slip flow effect is considered to estimate the pressure distribution and load-carrying capacity of micro gas-lubricated journal bearings as the local Knudsen number at the minimum film thickness is greater than 0.01. Based on the compressible Reynolds equation with slip flow, the static characteristics of micro gas-lubricated journal bearings are obtained. Numerical predictions compare the pressure distribution and load capacity considering slip flow with the performance of micro journal bearings without slip flow for a range of bearing numbers and eccentricities. The results clearly show that the slip flow effect on the static characteristics is considerable and becomes more significant as temperature increases.


Radar satellites are important for geospatial intelligence about urban areas and urban situational awareness, since these satellites can collect data at day and night and independently of weather conditions ensuring that the information can be obtained at regular intervals and in time. For this purpose we have applied change detection techniques developed at TNO to Radarsat I fine beam imagery of various dates to find changes in Baghdad during and after the war in 2003. A drawback of SAR imagery is the poor ability to recognize the detected changes in the scene. In this paper we present a workflow for the characterization and classification of changes detected in SAR imagery. We show that these changes can be characterized using complementary data and context information. For this purpose we have used a digital surface model from Ikonos stereo imagery that contains building heights. We also have used so-called temporal features extracted from a multi-temporal data-set of Radarsat data to select the changes and to detect activity between 2003 and 2007, which has been classified with high-resolution optical data.


Undoped GaSb crystals with mirror‐like surfaces were obtained by liquid phase epitaxy from Sb‐rich solutions. The background carrier concentration strongly depended on the growth temperature. By growing crystals below 600 °C, we can obtain a GaSb crystal with a background carrier concentration under 1016 cm−3. Photoluminescence studies showed that native defects related to Sb vacancies were significantly reduced in the GaSb crystal.


The chi-square (χ2) test was developed by Karl Pearson in 1900; this is often regarded as a seminal event in the history of statistics. The test and the statistical distribution on which it is based have wide application not only in psychology and the behavioral sciences but also in numerous related disciplines. Its two principal uses are to test the independence of two variables and to assess how well a theoretical model or set of a priori probabilities fits a set of data (goodness of fit). In both cases the test is typically thought of as a nonparametric procedure involving observed (O) and expected (E) frequencies. The expected frequencies may be determined either theoretically or empirically. The basic formula for calculating χ2 is

Keywords:

nonparametric statistics;
research design;
statistical analysis;
multivariate analysis


Implementation of the Affordable Care Act has far-reaching implications for the U.S. health care delivery system. In particular, achieving the type of integrated patient care that health care refor...


Like much of medicine, ultrasound diagnosis of fetal anomalies is both a science and an art. Part 1 of this article will detail, within the text and with images, the anomalies that should not be missed when performing ultrasound during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy.


Objectives: This study explored associations of environmental factors with percent trunk fat (PTF) and body mass index (BMI), using quantile regression to explain variability in these traits at percentiles of the distributions. Methods: Using a sample of 1695 adults from Newfoundland and Labrador, multiple and quantile regression models were used to analyse the significance of environmental factors on the average population and upper percentiles of the BMI and PTF distributions. Results: Higher physical activity was associated with significantly lower PTF and BMI in the average population and upper percentiles, regardless of age. Both genders in percentiles closer to the median of PTF had more benefit with increased physical activity compared to higher percentiles. Interestingly, adults in higher percentiles of BMI distribution seem to benefit more with increased physical activity compared to percentiles closer to the median. Conclusion: Using quantile regression as a robust approach toward violation of normality assumptions and outliers, variations in PTF and BMI for individuals across upper percentiles of the distributions based on some lifestyle factors were described. This method may be used to estimate the impact of certain lifestyle on different percentiles of BMI and PTF, rather than average population. Citation: Payne AJ, Knight JA, Abarin T (2016) Effect of Environmental Factors on Obesity: A Quantile Regression Approach. J Biom Biostat 7: 293. doi:10.4172/2155-6180.1000293 J Biom Biostat ISSN: 2155-6180 JBMBS, an open access journal Page 2 of 6 Volume 7 • Issue 2 • 1000293 distributed in public facilities in the city of St. John's, NL to recruit individuals to take part. Individuals were required to complete a series of questionnaires in order to obtain information regarding diet and physical activity. All patients consented to participation in all aspects of the CODING study. Anthropometrics and body composition Subjects were weighed to the nearest 0.1 kg in standardized hospital gowns (Health O Meter, Bridgeview, IL). Height was measured using a fixed stadiometer (nearest 0.1 cm). BMI was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared (kg/m2). PTF was measured using Lunar Prodigy (DXA) (GE Medical Systems, Madison, WI). DXA measurements were performed on subjects following the removal of all metal accessories, while lying in a supine position. Quality assurance was performed on the DXA scanner daily and the typical coefficient of variation was 1.3% during the study period. All anthropometric and body composition measurements followed a 12hour fast.


The present invention concerns a SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR COMPRISING magnets (5) inserted in a rotor, wherein said magnets (5) POSITIONED ACIMUTAMENTE WITHIN SUCH ROTOR a radial magnetisation, COOPERATING SAID ROTOR WITH A STATOR OF WAY DEFINE A ENTEHIERRO (8), said rotor and said stator defined by POLES, characterized ENGINE THAT A flux produced by the magnets (5) SPREADS IN THE SAME INTERIOR ROTOR AS A FIRST ROAD MAGNETICO F {SUB, 3} situated between said poles, said first WAY MAGNETIC F SUB {3} A rELUCTANCE between 0.5 times and 0 times the reluctance offered to a flux produced by said magnets (5) that propagates through said gap (8).


Abstract It has been over 10 years since discovery of large Gulf of Mexio deepwater/subsalt discoveries such as Mars-Ursa, Thunder Horse, Tahiti, Mad Dog, and Cascade. Exploration and drilling activity have now returned to pre-Macondo tragedy (2010) levels—under more stringent regulations—and new discoveries are being made at regular time intervals. Giant, Middle-Lower Miocene fields such as Tahiti, Mad Dog, and Thunder Horse are entering their peak plateau production. Large and older Upper Miocene and Pliocene fields such as Auger, Conger, and Mars-Ursa are being rejuvenated by secondary and enhanced recovery. Paleogene fields such as Jack and Cascade-Chinook are in their early stages of development. Appraisal activities for deeper targets in existing big fields are also common, adding tremendous upside potential for current big fields (e.g., Cardamom Deep, Mad Dog Deep, Mars-Ursa discoveries). Technologies are keeping pace with exploration and drilling to deeper depths and further offshore. These submarine fan reservoirs (Fig. 1) have many features in common, but usually with some differences.


The main aim of this thesis is to develop advanced and efficient multiscale modeling and simulation techniques for Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) composite and architected materials. Towards this end, a 3D generic multiscale model for architected SMAs is implemented in ABAQUS, where a thermodynamic model, proposed by Chemisky et al. [1], is adopted to describe the local constitutive behavior of the SMA, and the multiscale finite element method (FE2) to realize the real-time interaction between the microscopic and macroscopic levels. Microscopic fiber instability is also efficiently investigated in this framework by introducing the Asymptotic Numerical Method (ANM) and the Technique of Slowly Variable Fourier Coefficients (TSVFC). To improve the computational efficiency of the concurrent mulitscale approach, in which tremendous microscopic problems are solved online to update macroscopic stress, data-driven multiscale computing methods are proposed for composite structures. Decoupling the correlated scales in concurrent FE2 framework, microscopic problems are solved offline, while the online macroscopic computational cost is significantly reduced. Further, by formulating the data-driven scheme in generalized stress and strain, Structural-Genome-Driven computing is developed for thin-walled composite structures.


One of the most common forms of state support in the world is subsidization. By providing direct financial support to businesses, local authorities get an opportunity to set certain performance targets. Successful achievement of such targets depends not only on the amount of the budgetary allocations, but also on the distribution mechanisms adopted by the regional authorities. Analysis of the existing mechanisms of subsidies distribution in Russian regions shows that in most cases the choice of subsidy calculation formula and its parameters depends on the experts' subjective opinion. The authors offer a new approach to assisting subsidy distribution at the regional level, which is based on mathematical models and methods, allowing to evaluate the influence of subsidy distribution on the region's social and economic development. The results of calculations were discussed with the regional administration representatives who confirmed their significance for decision-making in the sphere of state control.


The uncertainty of glacier change projections is largely influenced by glacier models. In this study, we focus on temperature-index mass-balance (MB) models and their calibration. Using the Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM), we examine the influence of different surface-type dependent degree-day factors, temporal climate resolutions (daily, monthly) and downscaling options (temperature lapse rates, temperature and precipitation corrections) for 88 glaciers with in-situ observations. Our findings indicate that higher spatial and temporal resolution observations enhance MB gradient representation due to an improved calibration. The addition of surface-type distinction in the model also improves MB gradients, but the lack of independent observations limits our ability to demonstrate the added value of increased model complexity. Some model choices have systematic effects, for example weaker temperature lapse rates result in smaller projected glaciers. However, we often find counter balancing effects, such as the sensitivity to different degree-day factors for snow, firn and ice, which depends on how the glacier accumulation area ratio changes in the future. Similarly, using daily versus monthly climate data can affect glaciers differently depending on the shifting balance between melt and solid precipitation thresholds. Our study highlights the importance of considering minor model design differences to predict future glacier volumes and runoff accurately.


Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective on Markets, Law, Ethics, and Culture Jerry Evensky Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2005 (331 pages)


Energy conservation and decarbonization of the building stock is a way to achieve sustainable development goals. Visualizing and monitoring energy consumption with a help of Decision Support System ...


This paper is present application of fuzzy logic controller. Compares controller performance of various combination AVR + PSS conventional and fuzzy logic based controllers at generator disturbances for oscillation damping. Performance combinations of conventional and fuzzy logic based controllers also studied by comparing overshoot on the acive power deviation (Δ Pe) response for a small disturbance and damping ratio of various modes of generators and controllers. A new method based on time response graphical tracing output of time domain waveform. This paper also shows that if design separately combining, and implemented in PSS and AVR together, could not lead to a better performance.