Wordsworth's "Composed on Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802" links the energy of his greatest nature poems to England's largest urban space, a relationship that I explored in Beyond Romantic Ecocriticism: Toward Urbanatural Roosting (11-14). The goal of Beyond Romantic Ecocriticism was to overcome one of the surviving Enlightenment dualisms: the long-held distinction between nature and culture, the sense that one "thing" exists in the streets of central London (human culture) while something very different exists in the hills of the Lake District (wild nature). From the perspective of the urbanatural, this distinction is overcome: London is nature (with the same air, the same water, and soil as the wildest wilderness of Northern England) and the Lake District is also culture (at least insofar as the mountains "contain" culture once the first human arrives, once any human speaks or writes about them in any way). The naturalist in Gore-Tex clothing (a petroleum product) traveling to the wild coast of Cumbria in a carbon-belching bus or airplane creates a powerful contradiction similar to the urbanist who claims he has nothing to do with wild nature, all the while eating fresh salmon caught in the North Atlantic and drinking bottled water from the springs of Scotland. These contradictions are resolved by linking the human with the nonhuman, city life with natural life, by acknowledging that the nonhuman natural places and experiences contain the fully human, cultural places and experiences, while the human cultural places and experiences contain the natural. That is what I have called "urbanatural roosting," the subtitle of Beyond Romantic Ecocriticism. Here in Wordsworth's sonnet is a city of roughly one million people the largest city in the world in 1802, caught at that dawn-moment when the daytime is all anticipation, when the energy of the urban space can only be imagined, not yet physically experienced: Earth has not anything to shew more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A site so touching in its majesty: This City now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. (1-8) What is most powerful in these lines is precisely the lack of human agency in the scene. Even examples of human creation or activity--"Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples"--are secondary and implicitly dependent upon the natural power of fields, and sky, and air (the atmosphere). Never did the sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor valley, rock or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! (9-11) Except for the speaker, there is no human activity--which reminds the poet of a completely nonhuman, scene: a rural scene composed of "valley, rock, or hill." The English Lake District comes to mind hut, at the same time, any particular scene in nature, without even the slightest sign of the urban, would not (and could not) be more beautiful than London in this moment captured just before dawn. Any sight of "valley, rock, or hill" in the natural world can lay claim neither to more beauty nor to more calm than this moment experienced in the "heart" of the largest city-space in this human-created urban landscape: "The river glideth at his own sweet will: / Dear God! The very houses seem asleep; / And all that mighty heart is lying still!" (12-14). "Dear God!" recalls a similar construction, one that the poet earlier invoked so powerfully in "The world is too much with us": "Great God! I'd rather be / A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn" (9-10). The pagan sentiment is outworn because creeds come and go, but the sea that ends this sonnet implicitly lasts forever (at least much longer than any creed). There is no magic here; nothing invisible except energy, that is, the physical forces of the material world. The combination of matter and energy, water and light, houses and gravity, is pulling the tidal river Thames toward the distant North Sea. …


for alternatives from a voting public whose members can think critically about these alternatives and evaluate the adequacy of political arguments" (204). This last requirement is a gesture in the direction of deliberative democracy, but does it go far enough? Given the incentives of competing parties and elites to misrepresent and mislead the public, how can we trust to political competition to serve truth, even if there is extensive public demand for it? We have recently lived through claims about weapons of mass destruction, ties of Iraq to 9/11, and Swift Boat misinformation—all in a context of fierce political competition. Unbridled political competition, even when there is mass demand for good information, seems an insufficient guarantee of "truth." Deliberative democracy, once shorn of the unjustified requirement for consensus, would seem more likely to serve truth. We need institutional designs that will allow the public to reason about the merits of competing arguments rather than use advertising techniques to distort the record. More Madisonian democracy and less Madison Avenue, more deliberation and less competition for its own sake might better provide a form of democracy that serves the role Shapiro envisions for democratic theory in his argument. If you want a good overview of competing political theories, Shapiro's book is ideal. However, if you want a satisfying answer to the basic questions posed, then his book is more useful for continuing the debate rather than ending it.


As the market competition becomes more and more intensifying,the space for enterprise to choose trade partners is more and more wide,therefore,core enterprise should take some strategies to maintain long trade relations.Based on the cooperative game,a coordination mechanism of supply chain with inventory financing is proposed to analyze the pricing decision with demand uncertainty.Moreover,according to the principle of the whole supply chain system optimal,expression of wholesale price and the buy-back strategy are obtained.At last,simulation results show that the model proposed is practical and feasible which benefit the generators,lower the risk and coordinate the supply chain.


Rice production in the Korean Peninsula (KP) in the near future (2021–2050) is analysed in terms of the climatic yield potential (CYP) index for Japonica‐type rice. Data obtained from the dynamically downscaled daily temperature and sunshine duration for the Historical period (1981–2010) and near future under two Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) scenarios are utilized. To reduce uncertainties that might be induced by using a Coupled General Circulation Model (CGCM)—a Regional Climate Model (RCM) chain in dynamical downscaling, two CGCM—three RCM chains are used to estimate the CYP index. The results show that the mean rice production decreases, mainly due to the increase of the temperature during the grain‐filling period (40 days after the heading date). According to multi model ensemble, the optimum heading date in the near future will be approximately 12 days later and the maximum CYP will be even higher than in the Historical. This implies that the rice production is projected to decrease if the heading date is selected based on the optimum heading date of Historical, but to increase if based on that of near future. The mean rice production during the period of ripening is projected to decrease (to about 95% (RCP4.5) and 93% (RCP8.5) of the Historical) in the western and southern regions of the KP, but to increase (to about 104% (RCP4.5) and 106% (RCP8.5) of the Historical) in the northeastern coastal regions of the KP. However, if the optimum heading date is selected in the near future climate, the peak rice production is projected to increase (to about 105% (RCP4.5) and 104% (RCP8.5) of the Historical) in the western, southern and northeastern coastal regions of the KP, but to decrease (to about 98% (RCP4.5) and 96% (RCP8.5) of the Historical) in the southeastern coastal regions of the KP.


We solve for geodesics in the Taub obtain both the Kasner and Taub solutions. We show that a Painleve-Gullstrand like-coordinate system is impossible for the Taub solution.


The present invention discloses a data communication method, a communication system performing the method comprises a dedicated communication data broadcast type communication data change for providing a broadcasting-to-many communication service for providing and transmitting one type of individual traffic the bandwidth of the base station, and to change at least a base station for receiving the broadcast type data transmitted from the individual communication data and receivable bandwidth of the mobile terminal, wherein the desired frequency bandwidth used for transmitting the received content according to the mobile terminal desires to receive, for determining whether the content of a broadcast communication service provider can receive the desired reception determination processing contents, and thus the mobile terminal can be considered per se in the position of the UE determines whether the E-MBMS can receive the particular content.


OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of mucin MUC5AC and MUC8 in perennial allergic rhinitis. METHODS The expressions of MUC5AC and MUC,8 were determined by using RT-PCR in nasal mucosa on 30 patients with perennial allergic rhinitis and 20 normal persons from Nov.2004 to Mar.2005.There were 21 males and 9 female,ranging in age from 17 to 45 years old.RESULTS The MUC5AC mRNA expression in the allergic rhinitis group(1.43±0.27)was higher than that in the normal control group(0.17±0.12,P<0.05).There was no significant difference between the MUC8 mRNA expression in the allergic rhinitis group(1.13±0.34)and the normal control group(0.73±0.42,P>0.05). CONCLUSION The result showed that the MUC5AC may play an important role in the hypersecretion of mucin in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis.


Purpose – This paper aims to provide a framework for continuous, quality, low cost professional development opportunities at the university level to improve the quality of the instructional practices and/or curriculum used in the teacher education program.Design/methodology/approach – Background of the design, needs assessment and implementation of professional development (best practice seminars) based upon the established best practices principles is described.Findings – Provides information about the various seminars that were held each year based upon the faculty needs assessment which is administered biennially. This needs assessment is developed based upon input from the yearly Beginning Teacher Assistance Program survey, P‐12 Regional Professional Development Center Advisory Group, current research and yearly goals set by university departments.Practical implications – A useful framework for other colleges and universities to provide continuous, quality, low cost professional development opportunit...


A new process,in which high purity tin methane sulfonate is synthesized with Sn and methane sulfonic acid as starting materials,is studied in this paper.Conditions of the synthesis process are optimized by orthogonal experiment.The better conditions are as follows: materials: 90% methane sulfonic acid and 99.9% Sn;reaction temperature: 145 ℃;molar ratio of Sn and methane sulfonic acid : 1∶4;reaction time :14 hours with fast stirring.The purity of product can be up to 90%.The solution of the tin methane sulfonate is transparent.The operation in this study is easier and there are no poison,harmless to one's health and no waste in this new process.


This study describes the use of High 5 Strategies in English Foreign Language classroom. As one of teaching strategies, High 5 strategies can help the students to tackle their reading. High 5 strategies consists of activating background knowledge, questioning, analyzing text structure, creating mental images, and summarizing. First, activating background knowledge is the important concept of reading that can help the students to connect what they already learned or knew before so that it allows the students to get a better understanding of what it is about. Second, question is also the important way for students to form questions that help them understand what to look for as they read. Then, the students need to understand the structure of the text that help them easier comprehend each part of paragraph in the text by analyzing the text structure. Next, creating mental image or visualizing is used to imagine the structure of the text that the students have known before, so as they read, they should also imagine how the structure is. Finally, the students summarize all important information that they already got using the previous strategies. High 5 strategies provide an opportunity for all the EFL students to activate their background knowledge and form question in their mind, analyze, visualize and summarize the reading. In short, High 5 strategies can be used to help the students to learn better especially in improving their reading skill.


Evaluation of the possibility of the re-use of agro-industrial orange peel and pulp wastes under solid state fermentation and natural environmental condition as a source of enzymes production [α & β amylase, cellulase, pectinase(s), lipase(s), esterase(s) and peroxidase(s)] the physiological enzymes of lysis and total protein. Different microorganisms such as fungi, bacteria and yeast which were charged of waste analyse and have ability to produce previous enzymes and protein. These microorganisms were isolated from the fermented waste and preliminarily identified to test each one of them for their enzymes production and also to test them for inducing the fermentation process under the natural conditions, or by using one of the present enzyme producer strain. The protein and physiological enzymes production were electro-phoretically patterned in different bands. And finally, the possibility to use the fermented waste as a bio-fertilizer was done and it stimulated the growth of wheat plant using water culture, especially after the toxicity of the fermented waste was investigated.


Following the main problems of the Western theory of Knowledge,which are the essence,origin,features and defense for Knowledge,this essay traces back to the exploration of Plato,Cicero and Augustine into these problems.At last,the author sums up the theoretical features of the Western main trend of the theory of knowledge in ancient time,namely essentialism,rationalism and cognosciblism.


One requirement for advanced lithography remains suitable incoming wafer topography. We propose that local wafer flatness be visualized and quantified using the techniques developed for wafer front-surface nanotopography. This is a significant change in that existing wafer topography metrology tools do not enable our proposed approach.


HIV/AIDS and other epidemics are just one of the elements of the mosaic of misery that plagues many Americans. The rhetoric of such epidemics is characterized by four primary fantasy themes: groups most affected by the disease, cause of the disease, problems posed by the epidemic, and solutions offered to mitigate the problems. Unlike most rhetoric concerning HIV/AIDS and earlier epidemics, Louis W. Sullivan's first policy speech about HIV/AIDS is characterized by apparent paradoxes between his definition of the syndrome's social causes and his proposed individual solutions. Three interpretations of Sullivan's rhetorical vision are offered: the clown, the raven, and the self‐made man. While they help to create order among the paradoxical elements of Sullivan's speech, they present a gloomy scenario for the African and Hispanic American communities that are disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. A new rhetoric that links individuals to their communities and communities to a larger whole is c...


In this thesis, the role of several imaging and nonimaging markers for the detection of anthracycline-induced and trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity (respectively AIC and TIC) is evaluated. Especially, the pathophysiology of these processes and the interrelationship of the various markers are emphasized.


Abstract Copper coatings deposited by a high power laser cladding on pure iron were introduced in this paper. Laser induced surface structures were observed. The effect of laser power on microhardness of laser cladding copper layer and the substrate was investigated using Vickers microhardness tester. The well distributed copper cladding with higher microhardness was obtained at a power of 2·8 kW. Energy dispersion spectroscopy analysis showed that more iron atoms diffused into the copper cladding when the laser power was 2·8 kW, and the increased microhardness of the copper cladding was due to solid solution strengthened by iron atoms and the rapid solidification followed the laser treatment.


121 patients were examined by laparoscopy for investigation of primary (44) or secondary (30) infertility. Their records are reviewed retrospectively and analyzed. There were a total of 125 procedures. There were also 32 laparoscopic sterilizations performed using either tubal cauterization or a combination of cauterization and division. There were 13 cases of acute or chronic abdominal pain. In 90% of the operations pneumoperitoneum was created using carbon dioxide gas. In the infertility cases there were 10 patients with 1 tube patent 18 cases where both tubes were patent and 46 where both tubes were blocked. Of the 13 cases of acute or chronic pain 3 ectopic pregnancies were found and 8 instances of pathology. There were 2 minor complications with this procedure.


The proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers are widely used in many industrial control systems for several decades since Ziegler and Nichols proposed their
first PID tuning method. This is because the PID controller structure is simple and its principle is easier to understand than most other advanced controllers. On the other hand, the general performance of PID controller is satisfactory in many applications. For these reasons, the majority of the controllers used in industry are of PI/PID type. PID controllers are widely used for process control applications requiring very precise and accurate control. The purpose of the motor speed controller is to take a signal representing the demanded speed, and to drive a motor at that speed. The controller does not actually measure the speed of the motor. Thus, it is called an Open Loop Speed Controller. Motors come in a variety of forms, and the speed controller's motor drive output will be different dependent on these forms. The speed controller presented here is designed to drive special dc motor which is not easily available anywhere in store, thus it is a good example to be used due to the special characteristics and parameters. Matlab Simulink® is an important tool used it this project, from designing the mathematical model of the dc motor, obtaining the transfer function, and designing the PID controller using both model and programming using m-files. The transfer function will be linearized and used for tuning the gain of PID controller like KP, KI, and KD. Simulink is chosen to simulate the performance of the control system.


Curcumin is the major yellow pigment of curcuma. Recently, it has been
reported that curcumin exhibit numerous pharmacological activities, thus makes
interesting to study curcumin in preclinical and clinical research. Therefore, it is
necessary to validate bioanalytical method associated with the use of curcumin in
clinical laboratories. This study was done in order to obtain optimum conditions and
the High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) method validity, with a C18
column and UV-vis detector, using the SPE HLB, in the determination of curcumin
in human plasma.
In this study has been used Shim-pack (Shimadzu) VP-ODS column (150 x
4,6 mm


Given a code C, invariant linear forms are used to study the designs afforded by codewords of a fixed weight. The most important theorem relating codes and designs is due to Assmus and Mattson [J. Combin. Theory, 6 (1969), pp. 122–151], and this theorem is extended in different ways. For extremal self dual codes over the fields $\mathbb{F}_2 $ and $\mathbb{F}_3 $, it is proved that the t-designs afforded by the codewords of any fixed weight exhibit extra regularity with respect to $( t + 2 )$-sets. The same is true for the design afforded by the codewords of minimum weight in an extremal self-dual code over $\mathbb{F}_4 $. The invariant linear forms are also used to construct Boolean designs with several block sizes, extending previous work by Safavi-Naini and Blake [Utilitas Math., 14 (1978), pp. 49–63], [Ars Combin., 7 (1979), pp. 135–151], [Inform. and Control, 42 (1986), pp. 261–282].


This report focuses on methods of reducing the amount of visual information that is presented to a driver. It describes an experiment which examined two methods for helping a driver discriminate between viewing and driving direction with a rotating field of view and a restricted field size. The results show that introducing a rotating field of view without aids for determining viewing and driving direction does not lead to improved performance. Showing the image in the viewing direction and displaying vehicle references both lead to improved performance.


1Sanofi, Chilly-Mazarin, France; 2Centre de recherche en epidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), INSERM U1018, Paris, France; 3Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 4CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 5Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic, ENT Department, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona; Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS; and CIBERES, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; 6IQVIA, Reading, UK; 7Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, USA; 8Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, USA Purpose: Patient perspective is an important and increasingly sought-after complement to clinical assessment. The aim of this study was to transcribe individual patients' experience of treatment in a dupilumab clinical trial through free-text responses with analysis using natural language processing (NLP) to obtain the unique perspective of patients on disease impact and unmet needs with existing treatment to inform future trial design. Patients and Methods: Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) who were enrolled in a Phase IIa randomized controlled trial comparing dupilumab with placebo (NCT01920893) were invited to complete a self-assessment of treatment (SAT) tool at the end of treatment, asking, "What is your opinion on the treatment you had during the trial? What did you like or dislike about the treatment?" Free-text responses were analyzed for the overall cohort and according to treatment assignment using natural language processing including sentiment scoring. In a mixed-methods approach, quantitative patient-reported outcome (PRO) results were utilized to complement the qualitative analysis of free-text responses. Results: Of 60 patients enrolled in the study, 43 (71.6%) completed the SAT and responses from 37 patients were analyzed (placebo, n = 16; dupilumab, n = 21). Word analyses showed that the most common words were "smell," "improve," "staff," "great," "time," and "good." Across the whole cohort, "smell" was the most common symptom-related word. The words "smell" and "experience" were more likely to occur in patients treated with dupilumab. Patients treated with dupilumab also had more positive sentiment in their SAT responses than those who received placebo. The results from this qualitative analysis were reflected in quantitative PRO results. Conclusion: "Smell" was important to patients with CRSwNP, highlighting its importance as a patient-centric efficacy outcome measure in the context of clinical trials in CRSwNP. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01920893. Registered 12 August 2013, https:// www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01920893.


Getting a credit in Mathematics at the level of Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia is one of the entry requirement at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Although the requirement is such, lecturers in Mathematics find that most students are still weak in it. This paper attempt to identify the problems face by students when they learn Malhematics. Next is to recognize their study habits that is being practised by them; to know their motives on learning Mathematics and lastly to try to find a solution in order to increase their performance in Mathematics. Research findings are through the use of questionnaires and workshop (done in early 1991) by which students identify their own solution to the problems. Implications from this survey will hopefully help the various individuals in carrying out their job to increase the performance of students related to Mathematics.


An electronic device includes: a display unit having a display screen configured for displaying an output of multi-windows on which executions of a plurality of applications are displayed; and a controller for, when rotation of the electronic device is detected, if frame rotation information of the multi-windows are different from each other, controlling a rotation of the frames of the multi-windows such that the frame rotation information respectively set for the multi-windows are maintained and a display of the executions of the plurality of applications.


On the basis of the classic car-following theory, under the ideal conditions, a headway model is put up in the paper. This model can depict the relationship between headway and speed, when each vehicle is car-following steadily. Then all of parameters in the model are demarcated by the data got by the geography position system (GPS for short) with precision up to 2cm installed in a car. Moreover, the model, according to the theory of optimization, reduces the critical speed and headway of Beijing road network. All of these make a basis for determining the ideal capacity of road network.


Nanopore sequencer, MinION, has enabled sequencing analysis without pre-installation of expensive conventional sequencers or pre-requisite of specific skills in biological experiments. Even electric supply is not always necessary, by connecting MinION to a laptop PC. These features of MinION have opened the opportunity to enable precise genotyping of pathogens in tropical diseases on site. In this study, we attempted genotyping Dengue viruses regarding their serotypes (types 1-4). We directly used serum samples of Indonesian Dengue patients, from which viral genomes were directly amplified by the reverse-transcription-LAMP method in an isothermal reaction condition. We directly used the amplified templates for MinION sequencing allocating one flow cell per sample. We found, although the overall sequencing quality was low (80% sequence identify to the reference genome and the quality value of QV =5 on average), thereby obtained sequence data could discriminate different serotypes of the viruses, whose genome sequences were diverged with the sequence similarity of 70%, with the overall accuracy of 98%.


i. The existence of a correlation between the radio power L r and the x-ray luminosity L x can be expected on the basis of a number of assumptions concerning the way in which radio sources arise and evolve in clusters of galaxies. Such a correlation can arise, for example, if it is true that some of the energy of the plasma ejected from the galaxies of radio sources is responsible for heating the intergalactic gas [i], ensuring thereby an appreciable fraction of the observed flux of x rays from clusters. Another possibility is that the accretion of gas onto the nucleus of a galaxy can have an important influence on the occurrence and power of plasma ejection from the nucleus of the galaxy, leading to the appearance of a radio source and also influencing its lifetime. It is assumed that a galaxy is a powerful radio source as long as the energy of the gas accreting onto the nucleus remains sufficiently high. If such an energy "maintenance" of radio galaxies is more effective in the clusters in which there is much gas radiating in the x-ray range, this could also lead to a corresponding correlation. Finally, one further possibility for such a correlation to occur follows from the assumption of an important part being played in the evolution of radio sources by the prevention from appreciable expansion of the extended components by the external pressure of the intergalactic gas of the clusters. The sooner such stabilization of the components occurs, the lower will be the energy losses of the relativistic electrons as a result of the expansion of these components. Components that evolve in a denser and hotter intergalactic medium, i.e., a medium with a higher x-ray power, can be stabilized earlier. The decrease in the energy losses of the relativistic electrons leads to an increase in the lifetime of the radio galaxies in the stage of a powerful radio source and to an increase in the probability of finding radio sources in clusters with such a


Review(s) of: 'A good show': Colonial Queensland at international exhibitions, by J.M. McKay, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Cultural Heritage Series, vol 1, part 2, April 1998, pp 343, illustrated, bibliography, ISSN 1440 4788.


The Hokkaido Marine Vision (MV21) has been formulated as a long-term plan for improvement of fishing villages in Hokkaido. To implement MV21, preparing its follow-up program and examination of newly raised issues are required. Also, concurrently with the formulation of the MV21, seven model areas are planned. To implement the plan for these areas, anticipated issues for each area will be followed-up, and new issues areassessed. Furthermore, the benefits of a new ocean-use project, which is currently under planning for promotion of these model areas, and the effects of the implementation of the MV21 on each model area are examined.


ABSTRACT‐ A survey is given of my studies of evoked potentials in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and in control subjects. Potentials were recorded following random low‐rate auditory stimulation (BAEP), checkerboard pattern‐reversal stimulation (VEP), somatosensory stimulation (SEP); blink reflexes (BR) were recorded following electrical stimulation of the supraorbital nerve. Normal data had to be related to age and sex in evaluating BAEPs and VEPs.


A health-care beverage employing lotus leat,honey and licorice as raw material was prepared,processing was optimized through othogonal experiment.Beverage thus prepared is charecterized by its light yellow colour,pure and delicious taste as well as special scent.


Competition in the aerospace industry remains fierce, particularly when it comes to maintenance, repair and overhaul services (MRO). As a result, MRO activities are continually trying to find new and innovative ways to improve turnaround limes and reduce costs. One MRO specialist company, British Airways Avionic Engineering (BAAE), is taking on the problem by applying what it regards as a holistic 'lean sigma' philosophy to its operations. BAAE is a subsidiary of British Airways (BA) that is based n South Wales and specialises in repair and maintenance of electrical component, for the aviation industry.


The batch tests were performed to evaluate the applicability of the permeable reactive barrier (PRB) to in-situ treatment of groundwater with high concentration of heavy metals. The lead\chates used in this study were collected from waste rock dump of the Imgy mine, and have a low pH and high metal concentration. The acidity loading was 65kg as , metal loading of Fe+Al+Mn was 11.6kg/day. This type of water could be treated with biological-mediated sulfate reduction using the organic carbon mixture as a reactive media. The batch tests were carried out with five mixtures that were composed with different mixing ratios of mushroom compost, pine-tree bark, and limestone cheep. Results indicated that the PRB could reduce the acidity loading to 12.3kg and reduce the metal loading to 3.3kg/day. Considering about the low pH and high metal loading, the contaminated water may be ameliorated by passing it through the buffering PRB composed with inorganic carbonate materials and then through the PRB composed with the organic carbon mixture which can induce sulfate reduction.


A cause of additional energy appearance during covalent bond formation in the fusion processes of the molecules of oxygen and water has been disclosed, and the source of this energy has been established.


This paper is aimed at assessing the possibility of using passive transport processes through semipermeable membranes of cellulose acetate as a criterion for the evaluation of the properties of adapted milk formulas and breast milk. The content of potassium and sodium ions and that of calcium and magnesium in the calcined milk mixtures prepared for the analysis were determined by the potentiometric and titrimetric methods, respectively. The data obtained was used to estimate the rate of diffusion from reconstituted milk mixtures. The permeability coefficients of potassium, sodium, magnesium and calcium ions were calculated for reconstituted milk mixtures and an experimental solution that simulated the milk mixtures used in the study in terms of their ionic composition. The diffusion of ions in vitro, which was evaluated using the permeability coefficient, is demonstrated to be identical to the processes of absorption through the gastrointestinal canal wall. The results of the study demonstrate that, in contrast with breast milk, no caseinate cell phosphate complex forms during the reconstitution of adapted milk mixture. This is evidenced by a higher diffusion rate of calcium and magnesium ions from reconstituted adapted milk mixtures than that from breast milk. The calcium and magnesium ions are absorbed less easily from infant formulas than from breast milk.


The Mascot Robot System is developed as a part of the NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization in Japan) ldquoDevelopment Project for a Common Basis of Next-Generation Robotsrdquo. The Speech Recognition Module is also provided for this project by NEC Corporation and NEDO and is used in a Mascot Robot System to communicate with human beings. The Mascot Robot System (MRS) is an information presentation system destined to be used mainly as an information terminal in a home environment for casual communication with humans, and consists of 5 robots including an eye robot, a speech recognition module, and a notebook PC that controls the robot and the speech recognition module. These five robots connect together with a server through the internet by RTM (robot technology middleware) released from AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan). The Mascot Robot Systempsilas functioning is demonstrated in an ordinary living room, where casual communication between 5 robots and 4 human beings is conducted based on speech recognition and mentality expression of eye robots.


This paper could also be a contribution to a new concept for understanding space and time in Neolithic settlements. We abandoned the methodological concept of construction complexes of houses and used individual archaeological features as the basic analytical unit. The analysis of quantitative correlations of decorative style conducted on this basis produced five style groups; four of these belonged to a LBK style, and it was these that were spatially distinct at the Bylany settlement. The discovered spatial patterns of style correspond in general to the existing chronology of the site. This means that chronological horizons understood both as intervals on the time axis and as geographic units are not dependent on "construction complexes" or even on individual houses. The value of this study does not lie in a more detailed chronological division of the Neolithic settlement at Bylany, but in a confirmation of the robustness of its existing form; the study also draws attention to a possible problem in the concept of construction complexes.


Recent progress in neuroimaging has paved the way for
modalities that allow elucidation not only of brain structure
but also of brain function. Among these developments
is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a noninvasive,
high-spatial-resolution method that records bloodoxygenation-level-dependent
signals in the brain to track
hemodynamic responses that indirectly measure brain
activity (Fovet, Jardri, and Linden 2015). Further technological
advancements in fMRI then allowed analysis and
display of functional information in real time, expanding
fMRI's capabilities in clinical diagnosis and opening up its
potential for use as treatment via real-time fMRI neurofeedback
(rtfMRI-NF). In rtfMRI-NF, patients use representations
of real-time reported brain activity patterns to
facilitate learned self-regulation with the goal of changing
behavior, cognition, or brain function (Stoeckel et al. 2014).
This has been taken a step further with the introduction of
decoded neurofeedback (Shibata et al. 2011), which
applies a multivariate analysis to real-time fMRI feedback
(Esmail and Linden 2011), expanding its spatial specificity
and selection flexibility and allowing for an approach that
is not a priori in defining neural networks of interest
(Esmail and Linden 2011). Ultimately, real-time fMRI
decoded neurofeedback (dNF) could bring potential new
treatments for mental disorders.


To cope with turbulence and achieve improvements in performance, companies must develop a process of addressing aimed at generating strategic dynamic capabilities, and to carry out relevant organizational changes. Only those organizations able to adapt to new environmental conditions and develop and maintain competitive advantages sustainable can be sustained over time.The pharmaceutical sector is no stranger to this situation, there has been uncertainty has been reflected in the difficulty of predicting environment behavior, difficulty in predicting the outcome of the actions of those involved, companies have been forced to work hard to find the best response to market changes. The dynamism of the sector has been reflected in that the knowledge necessary for the operation of the company often change, no change in taste by consumer modes of production and service change frequently, there is competition in pricing and promotions, and any action is matched by competitors quickly. In complexity of the sector, a large number of actors and components in the environment, the existing factors (technological, economic, political, social, cultural) are heterogeneous, new products have been developed as a result of technological advances.This paper intends to contribute to group work. This will perform a strategic analysis of the pharmaceutical sector in period between 2000 and 2008.


Only recently have managers and scientists begun to collect age and growth informa- tion necessary for effective management of tropical marine ichthyofaunal communities. The majority of studies that have taken place in the tropics have focused on the Pacific Ocean, primarily on Aus- tralia's Great Barrier Reef. In this study, otoliths were collected from 2 pomacentrids at 5 locations in the tropical western Atlantic, and examined for their ability to provide information on age. The col- lection sites for these 2 species, Stegastes planifrons and S. partitus, represent different ranges of annual temperature variation. Otoliths were examined for the presence of clear and interpretable increments as well as timing of increment formation. Annual increment quality varied between species and between regions, with the trend being decreasing clarity with decreasing temperature range. However, interpretable increments were discovered in areas with as little as a 3°C annual water temperature fluctuation. Marginal increment analysis of S. planifrons otoliths revealed that increments formed on the otoliths were deposited once a year during the spring or early summer, suggesting that pomacentrids in the tropical western Atlantic may be aged using the same tech- niques as in other tropical regions and temperate environments. Counts of annual increments revealed that S. planifrons was significantly longer-lived than predicted by other methods. Informa- tion on age and growth collected for reef fishes in studies such as this should provide managers with the life-history information needed to assess population stability and production. This information will be more difficult to obtain in low-latitude regions of the tropical western Atlantic.


This article investigates the restructuring process of the East German employment system after German unification. It raises the question of whether and how job mobility has contributed to coping with rapid change in the occupational structure. In particular, it explores the importance of occupational credentials in these mobility processes in East Germany. The empirical analysis is based on retrospective life histories of East German men and women belonging to three birth cohorts (1939-41, 1951-3 and 1959-61). The main result is that vocational certificates have driven occupational matching in East Germany after 1989. Thus, change in the employment structure was achieved by `credentialised' exclusion and inclusion processes and, moreover, the efficacy of occupational credentials even increased after 1989. Beyond the East German case, the paper provides interesting insights in the social value of occupational credentials and the relationship between labour market regulation and social change.


A rapid, simple, and sensitive LC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for the determination of trimetazidine in rat plasma, using lidocaine as the internal standard (IS). The chromatographic separation was accomplished on a Atlantis dC18 column (150 × 2.1 mm, 5 µm) with the mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile and 10 mM ammonium formate (3:7, v/v) (pH 3.05, adjusted with formic acid). Plasma samples were deproteined with acetonitrile (1:3) and 3 μL of the supernatant was injected into the system. The retention times of trimetazidine and IS were approximately 1.45 min and 2.10 min, respectively. Calibration curves were linear over the concentration range of 0.5–500 ng/mL (1000 fold). The intra- and inter-batch precision, accuracy, and the relative standard deviation were all <15%. This method was successfully applied to determine trimetazidine concentrations in rat plasma.


In this paper, we propose a deep context model based on recurrent neural networks (RNN) for grammatical error correction. For a specific error type, we treat the error correction task as a classification problem where the grammatical context representation is learnt from native text data that are largely available. Compared with traditional classifier methods, our model does not require sophisticated feature engineering which usually requires linguistic knowledge and may not cover all context patterns. Experiments on CoNLL-2014 shared task show that our approach significantly outperforms the state-of-the-art classifier and machine translation approaches for grammatical error correction.


Objective To observe the effects of two methods of pulling urinary drainage tube on emiction after prostate extraction.Methods 159 patients with prostate extraction were randomly divide into two groups,including control group(83 cases) and experiment group(76 cases).The methods of pulling drainage tube in experiment group were operated as follow.After the urinary drainage tube was clamped,the air bag was emptied,and then 1ml air or water was infused into emptied airbag.When the tube was pulled,the patient was requested to deeply breathe.The urinary drainage in control group was pulled out with conventional methods.Results Symptoms including blood urine, odynuria and urinary retention in experiment group were less than that in control one.Conclusion The correct method of pulling urinary drainage tube is benefit for recover of prostate extraction.


The will to travel leads humans to discover new places and enjoy new adventures. However, tourists usually need help knowing what to visit and, avoiding time issues, in which order to explore several Points of Interest (POIs). In this field, new technologies can help tourists to improve their experiences and select the visiting path according to personal preferences. Therefore, the employment of Recommender Systems allows the personalization of the experience through the appropriate POIs' selection. Moreover, RSs' analysis could take advantage of contextual information that suits the personalization in the specific environment where the elaboration happens, providing users with even more specific and tailored paths. This paper aims to design personalized visiting paths combining a Context-Aware Recommender System (CARSs) and a mathematical model to maximize the number of visited POIs in the available time. The proposed approach is tested through a prototype, obtaining promising results.


In the history of physics, J D van der Waals pioneered studies on the fundamental properties of the gas-liquid system, establishing the first equation of state which describes not only gases and liquids but also phase transition and critical phenomena. His theoretical achievements and scientific method had profound influence on the development of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and low temperature physics. We present an overview of the van der Waals equation, including its historical background and scientific significance and deficiency, and discuss its influence on modern physics.


On the contribution to scientific publications, The Faculty of Computer Science Universitas Indonesia (Fasilkom UI) holds an annual international conference entitled International Conference on Advance Computer Science and Information Systems (ICACSIS). This international conference is aimed to be a platform for scientists all over the world to present their findings to other colleagues of the same interest. The process of collecting papers from these particular countries is not easy. Thus, a system that can automatically manage the paper submission process is needed. There are numerous webbased conference management systems on the Internet. Despite the basic common features, many of them offer various features that distinguish them from the others. This paper presents various features that are available in the market, analyzes the functions of features that meets the ICACSIS paper management's requirement and integrating both the former and the later.


Although Brazilians are entitled to more education than previously, they are still not getting the education they need to be productive contributors to economic growth. Spelling out the across-the-board shortages, from unskilled labor to the most skilled professionals, Claudio Accioli and Solange Monteiro describe what employers and the government are doing, and  explain how urgent it is that the government make long-term policy decisions to solve the problems.


Objective. The purpose of this experimental study was to elucidate alterations in fetal energy metabolism in relation to ECG changes during extreme fetal asphyxia, postnatal resuscitation and the immediate post-resuscitatory phase. Study design. Five near-term fetal sheep were subjected to umbilical cord occlusion until cardiac arrest followed by delivery, resuscitation and postnatal pressure-controlled ventilation. Four sheep served as sham controls and were delivered immediately after ligation of the umbilical cord. Fetal ECG was analysed online for changes of the ST segment. Fetal metabolism was monitored by intracerebral and subcutaneous microdialysis catheters. Results. Fetal ECG reacted on cord occlusion with an increase in the T-wave height followed by changes in intracerebral levels of oxidative parameters. Cerebral lactate/pyruvate ratio and glutamate increased to median (range) of 240 (200–744) and 34.0 (22.6–60.5) mmol/l, respectively; both parameters returned to baseline after resuscitation. Cerebral glucose decreased to 0.1 (0.08–0.12) mmol/l after occlusion and increased above baseline upon resuscitation. In subcutaneous tissue as well as blood the increase in lactate occurred with a delay compared to cerebral levels. Conclusion. The fetal ECG changes related to asphyxia preceded the increase in excitotoxicity as determined by increase in cerebral glutamate during asphyxia. Cerebral lactate increase was superior to subcutaneous lactate increase.


The mathematics education of aim at the current high school weakens the tendency with mathematics knowledge,openning the fulfillment with the high school mathematics education of the exhibition teacher college and discussing in the topic research,from the theories and practice medium,to the general strategy of education mathematics that set up the high school mathematics.


Great importance for the wheat flour/dough quality besides the content and quality of gluten proteins, also have starch and the enzymatic activity. The sprouted kernels can change wheat enzymatic activity and worse the bread making quality. The aim of this study was the presence of field molds in wheat kernel and flour of the most spread out wheat varieties in domestic production to be determined, as well as to investigate their enzymatic activity. Three wheat varieties of Triticum aestivum, which kernels on the basis of sensory, mycological and toxicological investigations were classified into three kernel fractions: sound, "little fusarious" and "much fusarious" kernels. Quantitative and qualitative microbiological analyses were performed on the wheat kernels in order the mold contamination to be determined. The enzymatic activity was comparatively investigated according to Berliner swelling number, the amylolytic number and Hagberg falling number. The results obtained from the investigations have shown that there were differences in the enzymatic activity of the wheat fractions contaminated with Fusarium spp., i.e. it was increased with the contaminated fractions compared to the sound one. So, the average value of the Hagberg falling number for the "little fusarious" kernels was smaller for 7.0-2.0%, while for the "much fusarious" kernels it was smaller for 35 40%. With the fraction "little fuzarious" kernels the average decreasing of Berliner number was in the range 22 35%, and with the fraction "much fuzarious" kernels was smaller for 60 70%. The value of the amylolytic number has also decreased, which in average ranged from 35 to 40% with the fraction "little fuzarious" kernels, and for 45 55% with the fraction"much fuzarious" kernels.


We observed the influence of wind upon the amount of precipitation measured with the rain gages that are used at present. According to the result, it has become known that the amount of precipitation decreased as the velocity of wind increased, though we measured it with the same rain-gages; and that the rate of this diminition was large in propotion as the rain drops were small. So far as we observed, we even noticed such a case that the precipitation, when it was blowing, was only 31 percent of the amount of precipitation at the occasion of no wind.Thus the rain-gages are affected by wind at present, so it is not pertinent to forecast flood, or design embankment and reservair from the amount of precipitation measured with them (these raingages)


We consider a new problem in network image coding for multicast. In a multihop mesh network, structured as a directed graph, all nodes decode and display reconstructions of the image (at possibly different qualities). Each node may also perform transcoding before transmitting data downstream in the network. The problem is the design of the coding and transcoding schemes to deliver the best image quality over the network. For a network with diamond topology, we show that multiple description coding combined with Wyner-Ziv transcoding is often superior to other methods. We argue further that the benefits are magnified for larger networks containing one or more diamond subnets. Our image coding experiments demonstrate that multiple description coding with Wyner-Ziv transcoding outperforms single description coding or multiple description coding with conventional transcoding, for both a diamond network and a two-hop mesh network with four branches.


An LC–MS method for the determination of Valproate semisodium in human plasma was developed and validated. Sample preparation involved the protein precipitation method. Chromatographic separation was performed on Sunfire C18 5µm (150 X 4.6) mm column with the mobile phase consisting of Acetonitrile : 10 mM ammonium acetate buffer ::80:20 v/v. The interface used with the API 3000 LC -MS/MS was a turbo ion spray in which negetive ions were measured in MRM mode. The method was validated over the concentration range of 1.012 µg/mL. to 120.399 µg/mL. and the Lower limit of quantitation (LLOQ) was 1.012 µg/mL. The intra- and inter-day precision of the method at four concentrations was 2.26-10.67% and 3.58-10.49% .Stability of compounds was established in a se ries of stability experiments. The method can be used for the simultaneous determination of Valproate semisodium in human plasma.


Background/Objectives: Non-communicable diseases and chronic conditions such as obesity continue to emerge as public health crises in the United States (US) and globally. It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We aimed to evaluate how U.S. immigrants compare to native-born adults regarding obesity-related behavior such as dietary intake.

Subjects/Methods: The Health Information National Trends Survey was analyzed for this study. The survey was conducted between September and December 2013. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models were utilized for covariates of interest.

Results: 3131 respondents were included in the analysis. Mean age was 54.68 years (SD +/- 16.5) with a female preponderance (61%). Majority were native-born (83%). About 25% of the immigrants were obese, compared to 34% of non-immigrants. After adjusting for gender, age group, race/ethnicity, level of education, marital status and income category, immigrants were more likely to take some quantity of fruit daily (aOR = 1.88; 95% CI: 1.07 - 3.32; p = 0.0290); and less likely to consume soda every week (adjusted OR = 0.74; 95% CI: 0.55 - 0.98; p = 0.0383). Compared to Caucasians, Hispanics (aOR = 2.00; 95% CI: 1.50 - 2.65; p <.0001) and Blacks (aOR = 2.76; 95% CI: 2.08 - 3.64; p <.0001) were more likely to consume soda on a weekly basis.

Conclusion: U.S. immigrants are less likely to be obese, and they have healthier dietary behavior compared to non-immigrants. Further studies are needed to determine the effects of various socio-economic, demographic and cultural factors that impact determinants of obesity.


The LC50 of a standard preparation of B. thuringiensis Berliner var. kurstaki against 1-day-old larvae of Trichoplusiani (Hubner) was 90 ng/cm2 of diet surface. One-day-old larvae of Anticarsia gemmatalis Hubner and Plathypena scabra (F.) were > 10 × more susceptible than T. ni; Pseudoplusia includens (Walker) was equally susceptible, and Spodoptera exigua (Hubner) and Heliothis zea (Boddie) were ca. 3 × less susceptible. The LC50 against 4-day-old T. ni was 1800 ng/cm2 of diet surface, and the relative ranking for susceptibility of 4-day-old larvae of the other species was similar to that for 1-day-old larvae. Also ranking for susceptibility based on weight of larvae that survived was identical to that based on larval mortality.


This paper compares the motivations of two developing countries, South Africa and Mauritius, in promoting doctoral education. Both are concerned about addressing their underproduction of PhDs, but is this focus a luxury in the face of prevalent societal issues, e.g., the HIV/AIDS pandemic, crime and unemployment in South Africa? Are PhDs resolving post-apartheid societal problems? Is their pursuit primarily about developing a competitive advantage? In Mauritius, alignment of the state agenda and the higher education system provides pragmatic interventions to establish itself as the knowledge hub of the Indian Ocean islands. However, the philosophically-driven PhD infuses potentially a critical disruption of "comfortable collaborations" with the state agenda. So what is the worth of a PhD, especially in the field of education? This paper suggests that the value of an educational PhD in developing world contexts has both enabling and constraining potential: to personal, institutional, social and nationalistic agendas.


Background The anthropomorphic and anthropometric phantom developed by the research group NRI (Núcleo de Radiações Ionizantes) can reproduce the effects of the interactions of radiation occurring in the human body. The whole internal radiation transport phenomena can be depicted by film dosimeters in breast RT. Our goal was to provide a dosimetric comparison of a radiation therapy (RT) plan in a 4MV 3D-conformal RT (4MV-3DCR T) and experimental data measured in a breast phantom. Materials and methods The RT modality was two parallel opposing fields for the left breast with a prescribed dose of 2.0 Gy in 25 fractions. The therapy planning system (TPS) was performed on CA T3D software. The dose readings at points of interest (POI) pre-established in TPS were recorded. An anthropometric thorax-phantom with removal breast was used. EBT2 radiochromic films were inserted into the ipisilateral breast, contralateral breast, lungs, heart and skin. The irradiation was carried out on 4/80 Varian linear accelerator at 4MV. Results The mean dose at the OAR's presented statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) of 34.24%, 37.96% and 63.47% for ipsilateral lung, contralateral lung, and heart, respectively. The films placed at the skin-surface interface in the ipsilateral breast also showed statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) of 16.43%, −10.16%, −14.79% and 15.67% in the four quadrants, respectively. In contrast, the PTV dosimeters, representative of the left breast volume, encompassed by the electronic equilibrium, presented a non-significant difference with TPS, p = 0.20 and p = 0.90. Conclusion There was a non-significant difference of doses in PTV with electronic equilibrium; although no match is achieved outside electronic equilibrium.


Long-term fertilizer experiments were conducted on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) for 21 years with eight fertilizer treatments in a fixed site during 1987–2007 to identify an efficient treatment to ensure maximum yield, greater sustainability, monetary returns, rainwater-use efficiency, and soil fertility over years. The results indicated that the yield was significantly influenced by fertilizer treatments in all years except 1987 1988, and 1994. The mean cotton yield ranged from 492 kg ha−1 under the control to 805 kg ha−1 under 25 kg nitrogen (N) [farmyard manure (FYM)] + 25 kg N (urea) + 25 kg phosphorus (P) ha−1. Among the nutrients, soil N buildup was observed with all treatments, whereas application of 25 kg N + 12.5 kg P ha−1 exhibited increase in P status. Interestingly, depletion of potassium (K) was recorded under all the fertilizer treatments as there was no K application in any of the treatments. An increase in soil N and P increased the plant N and P uptake respectively. Using relationships of different variables, principal component (PC) analysis technique was used for assessing the efficiency of treatments. In all the treatments, five PCs were found significant that explained the variability in the data of variables. The PC model of 25 kg N (FYM) + 25 kg N (urea) + 25 kg P ha−1 explained maximum variability of 79.6% compared to other treatments. The treatment-wise PC scores were determined and used in developing yield prediction models and measurement of sustainability yield index (SYI). The SYI ranged from 44.4% in control to 72.7% in 25 kg N (FYM) + 25 kg N (urea) + 25 kg P ha−1, which attained a mean cotton yield of 805 kg ha−1 over years. Application of 25 kg N (FYM) + 25 kg N (urea) + 25 kg P ha−1 was significantly superior in recording maximum rainwater-use efficiency (1.13 kg ha−1 mm−1) and SYI (30.5%). This treatment also gave maximum gross returns of Rs. 30272 ha−1 with benefit–cost ratio of 1.60 and maintained maximum organic carbon and available N, P, and K in soil over years. These findings are extendable to cotton grown under similar soil and agroclimatic conditions in any part of the world.


Objective The hard anodic oxidation films were prepared on the surface of the LC4 aluminum alloy and the effects of different parameters on the thickness and hardness of the films were discussed. Methods By optimizing parameters of the anodic oxidation time,temperature,current density and the positive and negative pulse time ratio,the thickness,hardness and microstructure of the films were studied by means of OM,SEM,XRD,and hardness tester. Results The optimized parameters were: a temperature of- 2 ~ 0 ℃,a positive pulse current density of 4 A /dm2,a negative pulse current density of 1 A/dm2,a positive and negative pulse current time ratio of 6∶ 1,and an oxidation time of 50 min. The structure of the oxide film on LC4 aluminum alloy was composed of a series of tubular cells with a diameter of 50 nm,the thickness of anodic oxidation film was 36 μm,and the hardness was 420HV. Conclusion The anodic oxidation film had fine structure and high hardness.


Pink Lady apples were harvested from two growing regions (South Australia and Victoria) and at two harvest maturities (early and late). Fruit were treated with aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG, ReTain) at two different times in the orchard (7 and 21 days before harvest). Fruit were harvested according to maturity and stored at 0C in controlled atmosphere (CA) storage (2% O2 and 1% CO2) or regular air storage. Fruit quality (internal ethylene concentration, firmness, background colour, starch, soluble solids content) were assessed at two monthly intervals for up 10 months storage. Fruit were subject to a two week shelf life at 20C after six months storage. All air stored fruit were removed at six months storage. The ReTain treatment significantly reduced ethylene production across all treatment and storage regimes, compared to the untreated control. Ethylene production was also lower in the ReTain treatments during the 14 days shelf life at 20C after six months storage. Flesh firmness (measured by penetrometer) was generally higher in the fruit stored in CA and in the ReTain treated fruit. This effect was maintained during the entire storage period. The results show that the preharvest application of ReTain on Pink LadyTM apples can be a useful tool for managing harvest and ensuring postharvest fruit quality after both air and CA storage. INTRODUCTION The timing of the apple harvest is extremely critical, as the physiological age of apples at harvest determines their storage life and quality. It is often difficult to harvest the entire crop at the right time for optimal quality and storage. Delaying harvest can improve the amount of red blush for Pink LadyTM apples which can lead to greater economic returns. However a delay in harvest will mean a reduction in the storage potential of the fruit. For long term storage, fruit need to be harvested before they begin producing ethylene. This compromise is a difficult practical and economic issue for all apple growers. Aminoethoxyvinylglycine hydrochloride (AVG) is a plant growth regulator commercially registered as ReTain Plant Growth Regulator. AVG competitively inhibits 1aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) production and consequently inhibits ethylene production (Dussi et al, 2002; Green, 2003). The preharvest application of ReTain offers the


Objective:To understand the perinatal and clinical aspects in infants born with very low birth weight(VLBW) and their relationship with the survival. Methods:110 VLBW infants were analysed with the general, obstetrical and their mothers as well asthe clinical aspects. Results: Among them, 79% were bom less than 32 weeks gestational ages,17% were small for gestational age, 41% were multiple gestations. 32% with membrane rupture, and 18% mothers with pregnancy hypertension syndrome. 36% required resuscitation at birth. Apnea of prematurity, hypothermia, hyperbilirubin and hypoglycemia were the most common neonatal complications. The morbidity outborn was significantly higher than that inborn or transported(P0.01). Conclusion: The perinatal and neonatal care and neonatal resuscitation programs need to be emphasized to improve the outcome of VLBW infants.


Gender equality has progressed a great deal in recent decades in response to modernisation, industrialisation, and the generally rising level of education. A transformation in gender beliefs has accompanied the progress on gender equality and beliefs about gender roles have mainly changed in countries in North America and Europe, while in Muslim and Asian countries they have remained the same. The analysis in this article focuses on civic participation and investigates its relation to equalitarian gender beliefs. Multi-level regression models and data from World Values Survey (WVS) collected from 46 countries in 2005 allow depicting the relationships. The findings show that membership in civic associations covariates with equalitarian gender beliefs, but the sign of the relation depends on the gender and the type of association.


The history and the present state of Chinese and American non-governmental science and technology awards are systematically studied in this paper. Through comparison and analysis, the authors find that there are similarities in four aspects and differences in five aspects in them. Some suggestions are made on promoting Chinese non-governmental science and technology awards.


In this book, Christian Davenport investigates the sources and mechanisms behind the demobilization of social movement organizations (SMO) facing state repression. Despite the somewhat misleading title, the book makes clear that it does not deal with social movements in general but only with SMOs (4, note 1) and focuses on the case of the Republic of North Africa (RNA), an African American nationalist organization founded in Detroit in 1968 seeking to establish an independent country in the United States (152). Davenport documents how the RNA faced overt and covert state repression, which in turn created and exaggerated internal tensions that led to its effective demobilization in 1971. The book argues that repression may not kill SMOs directly, but may interact with internal individual and organizational dynamics, and movements may demobilize due to their failure to adjust and adopt, thus causing internal factions and loss of trust among their membership (303). The book is divided into three parts. The first part engages with the political science and sociology literature on demobilization, defined as significant changes in the individuals, institutions, interventions, and ideas of SMOs (21). Davenport notes that the academic literature focuses on either the external sources of demobilization (resource deprivation, problem depletion, and state repression) or internal factors (factionalism, exhaustion, lost commitment, departing membership, and organizational rigidity) (21–23). Instead, Davenport looks at the interaction between external state repression and the problems and tensions internal to SMOs (41). His theoretical model argues that repression forces SMOs to adopt countermeasures such as reappraisal and trust building, while the government attempts to counter the countermeasures by overwhelming and outwitting the challengers, or by promoting distrust through agent-provocateurs (43–57). Demobilization is therefore a complex, interactive, and dynamic process. With this framework, the second part of the book presents a historical account of the political context in which RNA was operating, particularly discussing the general repressive tendencies of the federal, state, and local authorities against African American social justice movements. This part of the book also describes Book Review 1


Abstract A quantitative method for the analysis of 5-hydroxytryptamine in biological material is described. The method is based on high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with electrochemical detection. A simple purification on a weakly acidic ion exchange resin prior to the analysis gives quite clean samples and permits concentration of diluted samples. The chromatographic separation is performed on a reverse phase column with organic modifier added to an aqueous eluent. With this analytical system 25 pg of 5-hydroxytryptamine can be detected.


The paper describes the problems of restorative justice in juvenile delinquency cases in the national criminal procedure. The idea of restorative justice is based on the fact that in criminal proceedings for certain categories of cases when the offence is committed by a juvenile offender, the harm caused to a certain person can be refunded or otherwise redressed. The principle of inevitability of punishment can be replaced by the principle of obligatory reparation and redress. The main objective of restorative justice is to promote and protect the rights of juvenile delinquents, primarily their right to a well-being and decent life. Renunciation of criminal measures and (or) their minimization within the restorative justice is aimed at implementing the interests of both the child and society as a whole. However, the current criminal justice system is not focused on solving the problems of the victim resulting from the criminal assault. It is very important for the victim to feel secure and confident and to have their rights restored, which is the main goal of restorative justice. Restorative justice has pedagogical effect on the offender, too. Unlike conventional forms of legal proceedings where the court imposes a sentence, restorative justice implies that the juvenile delinquent determines his/her degree of responsibility and pledges to implement it, which fosters responsibility, respect for the dignity and rights of the individual, and active social position. Unfortunately, the present law enforcement practice does not identify the the rights and interests of the child with those of the public authorities. Restorative justice is mistaken by some as a procedure that reconciles the offender and the victim and therefore exempts the former from the punishment. In reality, such goal is not assigned at any cost. A lot depends on the status of the procedure: whether it is conducted simultaneously, instead of or before the criminal procedure. Determining the role of restorative justice when we deal with juveniles, it seems to be possible to establish the priority of restorative justice procedures at the stage of initiation of a criminal case. As far as the current legislation does not allow abandoning a criminal case due to feasibility of non-criminal measures to a juvenile delinquent, it seems to be possible to apply them at any stage of criminal proceedings, up to the stage of punishment execution, during the initial stage of implementation of such procedures. The Russian Criminal Code contains provisions that allow dismissal of prosecution against a juvenile delinquent, if it is recognized that his/her correctional rehabilitation can be conducted through coercive educational measures. Accordingly, if the child himself/herself assumes responsibility for the act committed and undertakes to correct the situation, it is also possible to abandon criminal prosecution. Restorative justice is characterized by a high degree of responsibility which involves active actions of the offender. The international experience suggests that a failure to satisfy voluntary commitments within the prescribed time limits shall cause, criminal prosecution recovery.


The integrative innovation of industry is an important way to restructure economy and upgrade industries,in which the state will can play a key role. Taking large aircraft industry as an example,this paper analyses the effect of national will on the integrative innovation of industry including strategic integration,organization integration,market integration and technology integration and points out that it is necessary for national will to be more closely integrated with the market mechanism in the future so as to form a unique innovation advantage in our country.


Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) is a common surgical procedure and widely used in the treatment of lumbar degenerative disc disorders. Traditionally, posterior lumbar interbody fusion is done by using the traditional pedicle screw (PS) which offers great advantages, but at the same time it has some disadvantages which include the risk of superior facet joint violation and muscle damage. Recently, an alternative method of screw insertion via cortical bone trajectory (CBT) has been invented which has less invasive process and can be placed without the drawbacks associated with the traditional pedicle screw. However, it has to remain an interest whether CBT will provide similar or greater clinical outcomes compared to PS in PLIF. So the main aim of this review is to compare the clinical outcomes of cortical bone trajectory and traditional pedicle screw fixation in posterior lumbar interbody fusion based on the articles published on this topic. Compared to the traditional pedicle screw fixation, PLIF with CBT has similar clinical outcome based on pain intensity, ODI status and JOA score, as well as similar fusion rate and radiological evaluated complication such as loosening of screw. In addition PLIF with CBT has advantages of less facet joint violation, less blood loss, less intraoperative muscle damage and perioperative pain. On the basis of this study, we can suggest that PLIF with CBT can be considered as a reasonable alternative to PS in PLIF.


ABSTRACT Psychoanalysis has yet to probe the experience of living in an aging body. Analytic writings on aging scarcely mention the body, while those on body development or the body in treatment hardly mention aging. I argue that we must focus more intently on body experience in our work with older patients—the patient's, the analyst's and ours together. I explore how the experience of bodily self-awareness—the body sense—is constructed and how it continues to be "remade" throughout our lives, even in older age. I decry our society's "triumphing over the body" narrative, which dictates that we ignore, battle, or remodel our aging bodies at the very time they are becoming more vulnerable and in need of special attention. In analytic treatment, the older patient's body-self development, like her self development in general, must be taken up from the point where it was earlier derailed. I explore three bodily themes in the analysis of the older woman: (1) Confronting and mourning bodily loss, (2) building embodied self-awareness, and (3) facing mortality. I propose that older women are actually primed to experience our bodies more deeply and pleasurably, because our bodies are quieter, slower and less driven to action. A transformational new capacity for body awareness, or embodiment, is an unrecognized benefit of aging, and, as I illustrate in the case of Judith, one which can mobilize other crucial psychological capacities.


The article considers the need to introduce various levers of economic influence and elements of sustainable production in the work of Ukrainian industrial complex as an important condition for economic growth of the company, the preservation of ecological balance and sustainable development of our State. The purpose of the article is to analyze the ways of economic harmonization of industrial companies and the search for opportunities of rational use of resources to improve their efficiency and implementation of global standards of sustainable production. Having studied the achievements of domestic scientists, certain normative acts and directions of sustainable development of the country, the authors came to the conclusion that application of economic instruments, among which tax benefits and subsidies, investment attraction, governmental support of eco-projects, financing of modernization of production process, establishment of material responsibility, stimulates industrial entrepreneurs to function on the basis of sustainable production, covering rational environmental management, regulation of ecological safety norms and indicators, the polluter pays principle, increase of energy efficiency, etc.. Such measures are encouraged at the State level by providing comprehensive support to the industrial segment of the market, but the authors emphasize that companies should be directly interested in this, because economic harmonization on the basis of sustainable production provides the economic welfare of the enterprise, allows it to become more profitable and at the same time reduce the environmental pollution caused by it. In turn, this positively affects the solution of a number of problems of economic and environmental nature, the solution of which will contribute to the sustainable development of Ukraine, in particular. The prospect of further research is the continuation of the analysis of economic harmonization as the key to positive changes in industry through the optimization of enterprises, taking into account the generally recognized standards of sustainable production to ensure sustainable development of our State.


The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system on the detection of pulmonary nodules in multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) images by using two independent datasets. We collected CT cases of 63 patients with 132 nodules ranging 4–30 mm in diameter from a hospital in Spain (20 patients) and a hospital in France (43 patients). CT examinations were acquired by using a SOMATOM Emotion CT scanner in Spain, and a dual-source SOMATOM Definition CT scanner in France (Siemens Medical System, Forchheim, Germany), with the following parameters: 6 × 1.0 mm collimation, 130 kVp, 70 mA (Emotion 6); or 64 × 0.6 mm collimation, 100–120 kVp, and 100–110 mAs (Definition 64). Nodules were detected independently by three experienced chest radiologists, and their detection results were used as the reference standard. The CAD scheme was developed with an advanced 3D iris filter for improving nodule detection. The performance of the CAD scheme was tested with an independent evaluation method based on the two databases. Free-response receiver operating characteristic curves, sensitivity and number of false-positive per scan, were employed to evaluate the performance of the CAD scheme. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board. At an average false positive (FP) rate of 5 per scan, our CAD scheme achieved sensitivities of 79.5% for all nodules, 80.3% for solid, 60.0% for non-solid, 58.1% for spiculated, and 86.1% for non-spiculated nodules. In conclusion, our CAD scheme could be utilized to help radiologists in the detection of lung nodules in CT. However, in this study we confirmed that significant differences could be found in the performance of the system depending on the testing database.


Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, accounting for 1 of every 5 deaths annually.1 According to the American Cancer Society, tobacco use is associated with ≥30% of all cancer-related deaths, and 87% and 70% of all lung cancer–related deaths in men and women, respectively.2 In addition, tobacco use is associated with an increased risk for at least 17 types of cancer.3 Tobacco abstinence is imperative in patients with a cancer diagnosis. In addition to the general health benefits observed in all people who quit smoking, tobacco cessation can further benefit patients with cancer by preventing tumor progression, decreasing the risk for a secondary tumor, reducing complications from therapy, and improving morbidity and mortality risks.4 In a review of studies examining tobacco use among patients diagnosed with cancer, the rate of patients who were smokers at the time of their cancer diagnosis ranged from 46% to 75%.4 Among the patients who were smokers at diagnosis, the reviewers estimated that up to 58% of patients continued to smoke after initiating cancer therapy.4 Many factors are involved in a smoker's ability to quit using tobacco; however, patients with cancer have additional factors that play a role in their decision, motivation, and success in quitting, including time since their cancer diagnosis, stage of disease, and planned cancer treatment.4 Although many studies have examined the effects of behavioral counseling and pharmacologic interventions on tobacco dependence, few prospective studies Pharmacist-Delivered Tobacco Intervention Program in an Ambulatory Oncology Clinic: A Pilot Study


Stakeholders involved in social housing and social integration are numerous (governmental services, non-profit organizations, volunteers, local authorities, etc.). These multiple actors, with heterogeneous resources (coming partly from the government, partly from other institutions) have different areas of intervention, which does not always make actions effective, the ultimate goal being obviously to increase social utility or societal utility created. In order to both increase knowledge about housing and social integration, and improve coordination between stakeholders, the French government designed and made available to local actors a methodology for a shared territorial diagnosis, called "360° diagnosis". In this communication, we present two case studies corresponding to the deployment of this tool in two regions. We propose a critical analysis of the implementation of this tool, by focusing on its uses and effects, this next to its philosophy and its initial intentions.


This paper presents mathematical foundations for studies of random fuzzy fractional integral equations which involve a fuzzy integral of fractional order. We consider two different kinds of such equations. Their solutions have different geometrical properties. The equations of the first kind possess solutions with trajectories of nondecreasing diameter of their consecutive values. On the other hand, the solutions to equations of the second kind have trajectories with nonincreasing diameter of their consecutive values. Firstly, the existence and uniqueness of solutions is investigated. This is showed by using a method of successive approximations. An estimation of error of nth approximation is given. Also a boundedness of the solution is indicated. To show well-posedness of the considered theory, we prove that solutions depend continuously on the data of the equations. Some concrete examples of random fuzzy fractional integral equations are solved explicitly.


The ultrastructural localization of the K+-dependent nitrophenylphosphatase (NPPase) and alkaline phosphatase (ALPase) activities were determined in the transfer cells of the pea cotyledonary node....


precis:The Abraham Accords are intended to end the still-unresolved Arab-Israeli conflict. Introduced also as an intercultural project to ensure peace among hostile countries of the Middle East, the Accords have been welcomed by some Arab states. This study analyzes the Abraham Accords and contends that, though their intercultural aspect is weak, they can still provide an opportunity for perpetual peace between Muslim Arabs and Jewish Israelis. If used as leverage, the Accords can also help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but, if the Palestinian question is ignored, they may cause more radicalization among Palestinians. Further, the Accords have the potential to spark an intracultural conflict among Muslim countries unless they are not turned into a strong alliance that is also welcomed by Arabic public opinion.


ABSTRACT In addition to recent meta‐analyses, the goal of this article is to give a narrative review and a meta‐analysis of 20 studies into the effectiveness of communication skills training programs, using a cumulative microtraining format (CMT). The aims of all training programs are directed at increasing knowledge of social skills, extension of the behavior repertoire and change of experience of communication situations (reduction of anxiousness and improvement of self‐confidence). Four groups of trainees are included in the study: (1) students, (2) paraprofessionals, (3) clients with problems in living, (4) communication skill trainers. The results of our meta‐analysis are comparable with the results of other meta‐analyses. The strongest effect is found for knowledge, but the effects for behavior and experience are also substantial. Explanations for the strong effects are: (1) the careful analysis of communication situations before the development of the training programs; (2) the cumulative character...


7003 Background: In younger adults with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), anthracycline dose intensification during induction may improve complete remission (CR) rates; however, an improvement in overall survival (OS) in a randomized trial has not been demonstrated. This unresolved issue led the ECOG to compare standard dose (SDD) to high-dose daunorubicin (HDD) in induction.

METHODS
Adult patients with previously untreated AML were randomized to receive either SDD (45 mg/m2/d) or HDD (90 mg/m2/d) each for 3days combined with standard-dose cytarabine (100 mg/m2/d) for 7 days by continuous intravenous infusion. Those achieving a CR were allocated to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) or high-dose cytarabine (with or without a single dose of gemtuzumab ozogamicin) prior to autologous HSCT. Intravenous busulfan and cyclophosphamide was the preparative regimen for both allogeneic and autologous HSCT. The primary end point of this study was OS from the time of induction randomization.

RESULTS
633 patients, age 18 to 60 (median 48) years, were entered in this study. There were no differences in patient demographics or disease characteristics between the two groups at presentation. In an intention-to-treat analysis, HDD resulted in a significantly higher CR rate (63.3% vs. 47.7%, p = 0.0003) than SDD. Induction deaths were similar between the two groups (5.4 vs. 5.0%, p = ns). 334 (52.8%) patients entered the consolidation phase. 57.4% of HDD and 48.1% of the SDD patients, received consolidation therapy on study, and 28.7% and 23.1% proceeded to HSCT respectively. Median OS was superior for the HDD (23.7 months) over the SDD (15.1 months) group (p = 0.005). In subgroup analysis, patients with favorable or intermediate-risk cytogenetics or age <55 years benefited from the HDD.

CONCLUSIONS
We demonstrate for the first time in a prospective randomized trial that intensifying induction therapy through a higher daily anthracycline dose, in the setting of identical intensive consolidation therapy, results in a higher CR rate as well as prolonged OS. In younger AML patients a higher dose of anthracycline in induction should be considered the new standard of care. No significant financial relationships to disclose.


A more effective math education has never been more pressing than in today's world. However, it is no mystery that students continue to struggle with basic mathematics concepts, let alone more advanced math such as Pre-Calculus. Thus, in the present study, two Pre-Calculus math classrooms were randomly assigned to either a flipped classroom model of instruction or one that employed traditional lecture. Data on two aspects of Pre-Calculus—matrices and vectors (operations and application)—were collected at pretest and again at posttest. Results revealed that students who were exposed to the flipped classroom model outperformed students in the control classroom but only on matrices items. We discuss implications and recommendations for math education.


With the rapid development of various satellite sensor techniques, remote sensing imagery has been an important source of data in change detection applications. This paper aims to propose an unsupervised change detection method based on Object-based Markov Random Filed (OMRF) and Inception UNet (IUNet). Our method first utilizes a difference image (DI) obtained from two bi-temporal images as the initial feature, and proposes the OMRF algorithm based on homogeneous region to pre-classify the DI thus derive the coarse change map. The IUNet is then constructed to extract the points with high confidence from the coarse change map for training. Eventually, the trained model is fed to classify the original feature, then the final change map is obtained. Experimental results indicate that our method yields great detection results even without supervision.


The application of VB in teaching of principle of optics is maneuverable and indispensable after analyzing emulational teaching examples and introducing the characteristic of VB.The integrate of VB and teaching of the principle of optics can help student build the intuitionistic physics image, understand the physics concept, inspire students' study interests and improve students' science diathesis.


Introduction: Neonatal period (0 to 28 days of life) is the most high risk period of life for morbidity and mortality. Almost half of the infant deaths in our country occur within first 28 days of life. India is still among the high infant mortality rate countries. Objectives: To study the morbidity and mortality pattern of the neonates admitted at tertiary care hospital. Study design: Cross sectional descriptive study. Study period: 1 st January 2009 to 31 st December 2013. Study Setting: Dr.S.C. government medical college, Nanded, Maharashtra. Data collection: Data collected from the NICU ward register and the IPD papers. Data entry: It was done by using MS office Microsoft Excel – 2007 software. Statistical analysis: Statistical analysis was carried out with help of statistical measures, such as percentages, proportion, and chi square test using software Graph Pad Prism Version 5.01. Results: A total of 2682 neonates admitted in NICU in the study period of which 2042 (76%) belong to rural area and 640 (24%) belong to urban area. The major cause of morbidity was Low birth weight baby (29.5%), birth asphyxia with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) (26.8%), Neonatal sepsis (15.1%), congenital anomaly (3.1%). Most of the deaths associated with birth asphyxia with (27.4%), prematurity (22.1%), low birth weight (17%), acute respiratory distress syndrome (13.6%), and septicemia (6.1%). Conclusion: This study identified Low birth weight, birth asphyxia with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and neonatal sepsis are the major cause of morbidity. Birth asphyxia, prematurity, low birth weight, respiratory distress syndrome and septicemia as major contributor to the mortality.


Abstract:This article provides a quantitative counterpoint to the existing historiography's qualitative consensus that colonial-era municipal elites were endogamous in terms of status by presenting a case study based on 402 marriage outcomes from the parish register of one community, during one twelve-month period, along the political dimension of status. It finds that from 1 August 1853 to 31 July1854, political elite status in San Pablo, Laguna, was positively but moderately correlated with marriage outside the status group. This practice was likely aided by the limited catchment area from which these political elites found partners and the group's numeric scarcity within that space.


After the collapse of the Yi Seung Man regime, the April 19th Generation proceeded with active discussions regarding the Korean peninsula's unification, and they also engaged themselves in vibrant movements toward unification. Students with progressive aspiration and tendencies argued that unification should be accomplished with a neutralization of the Korean peninsula, and they demanded that the negotiation between South and North be initiated as well. They also arranged negotiation gatherings between the students of the South and North, but their efforts were thwarted with the Coup on May 16th. The June 3rd Generation based their actions upon a strong anti-Japanese Nationalist sentiment, and failed to display a distinct position regarding the resolution of the Korean peninsula's status of division. Anti-Japanese efforts were always present at the crux of the issues at the time, and it was hard to pursue them while also pursuing unification. The generation of 'Youths and Students dedicated to the cause of Democratization,' which was also very much against the 4th Republic and its 'Renewed Constitution,' concentrated upon dismantling the egregious dictatorship of the Park Jeong Hi regime and therefore achieving a democratic society. They believed that the South-North talks held during the Park regime were nothing but a sham that would only serve the regime's agenda aiming for either a prolonged or permanent ruling of the country. Efforts to resolve the peninsula's division were pursued only unofficially by factions undisclosed, which also led to the People Revolution Party incident. After experiencing the massacre that was perpetrated in Gwangju, the generation which was involved in the democratization movements of the 1980s started to display an anti-U.S. stance, and with the people who were involved in the June Democratic Struggle, movements aiming for unification and also having a better understanding of the North Korean society literally exploded. Yet at the same time, their perception of the peninsula's division showed various perspectives within as well. After the Cold war ended, their views of the peninsula's division, North Korea, and the issue of Unification, diverged into many variations.


Computer simulation has emerged as a key tool for designing and assessing engineering
systems in the last two decades. Uncertainty quantification has become
popular more recently as a way to model all the uncertainties affecting the system
and their impact onto its performance.
In this respect meta-models (a.k.a. surrogate models) have gained interest. Indeed
dealing with uncertainties requires running the computer model many times,
which may not be affordable for complex models. Surrogate models mimic the behaviour
of the original model while being cheap to evaluate.
Polynomial chaos expansion (PCE) and Kriging are two popular techniques, which
have been developed with very little interaction so far. In this report we present a new
approach, called PC-Kriging, that combines the two tools. The algorithm is based on
the universal Kriging model where the trend is represented by a set or orthonormal
polynomials.
Various aspects of the new metamodelling technique are presented and investigated
in details. The discussion starts with a survey on methods for generating an
optimal design of experiments (DOE). The PC-Kriging algorithm inherits many parameters
and sub-methods such as the number of polynomial terms and the choice
of the autocorrelation kernel. A variety of kernels are presented and discussed.
The methods are compared on analytical benchmark functions. The conclusion
of this report is that PC-Kriging performs better or at least as well as PCE or Kriging
taken separately in terms of relative generalized error (L2-error).


In Taiwan, it is common that foreign language teaching and learning follows a one-way style: literal translation, in which students-and teachers as well-can do but always fail to get a position as of the human kind themselves. The text, the teacher, and the student are just three inseparable parts in the foreign language teaching/learning class, which is exactly the scene of cultural translation. Particularly in a postcolonial context of language pedagogy like that in Taiwan, "storytelling" is to help alter/localize/textualize all foreign cultures in and to re-enlighten both teachers and students, enriching the receivers' culture and life altogether in an all brand-new way and so all along.


The asymptotic behaviour of the continuum wavefunction associated with a system of non-overlapping spherically symmetric potentials is investigated. Owing to the multicentre character of the problem, the most physically reasonable form of the wavefunction outside the range of the potentials contains N spherical waves with centres at the N spherical potentials that form the system. It is shown that if one knows the elastic scattering phases for each of the spherical potentials forming the target, and the target geometry, then the amplitude of elastic scattering by this target can be obtained in closed form as the solution of a system of inhomogeneous algebraic equations.


This paper offers an analysis for the domain-sensitive process of Vowel Elision in Picard, whose directionality depends on the interaction of a variety of phonological, morphosyntactic and semantic factors. By adopting the framework of Optimality Theory, I propose an analysis in which constraints are decomposable into their domain-specific counterparts. The main advantage of such an approach to domain-driven phenomena is its intrinsic assumption that only one grammar (or constraint ranking) is responsible for domain-driven variation cross-linguistically.


This paper describes two condensate stripping process technologies i.e.the single column stripping and double-column stripping.It is recommended to use the single column stripping side extraction of ammonia process to treat the coal water slurry conversion condensate containing a higher ammonia content,which can achieve the purification of the conversion condensate and the separation of acidic gases from ammonia by using only one stripper.The side extracted ammonia with high concentration may be made into ammonia water or liquid ammonia products.