The melting behaviour of mould powder during continuous casting is an important consideration with respect to caster performance, production rate and steel quality. Two important factors, powder composition and carbon addition, are critical to control the properties and melting behaviour of the mould flux. In this study, the effect of different carbonaceous materials on the melting characteristics of mould powders was evaluated. Correlations were established between the structural factors and chemical reactivity of carbon and melting behaviour of mould flux. In addition, two examples are given of the effect of flux composition on casting performance for specific steels. A flux with reasonable basicity and additives was designed for the casting of heat-resistant steel (Incoloy 800) to reduce surface cracks. Another flux was designed for the casting of non-magnetic steel containing high aluminium by partially replacing SiO2 with Al2O3 to limit aluminium oxidation by SiO2.


This thesis positions practitioner research within the emerging discipline of fashion and disputes that practitioner knowledge of fashion is predominantly tacit. This research contributes to the understanding of practitioner knowledge and proposes an object based model of practitioner research as an alternative to existing practice-led methodologies. The thesis theorises fashion objects as a site of significant knowledge and argues their potential to record and communicate fashion knowledge and disseminate practice-led research.


Background: Survivin is an oncogenic protein that is acetylated by CBP, which restricts its location to the nuclear compartment and blocks its anti-apoptotic effect. Results: HDAC6 deacetylates survivin to promote its nuclear exit in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cells. Conclusion: Cross-talk between estrogen, CBP, and HDAC6 regulate the amount of nuclear acetylated survivin. Significance: Understanding how estrogen regulates survivin nuclear export may influence breast cancer treatment. Survivin is an oncogenic protein that is highly expressed in breast cancer and has a dual function that is dependent on its subcellular localization. In the cytosol, survivin blocks programmed cell death by inactivating caspase proteins; however, in the nucleus it facilitates cell division by regulating chromosomal movement and cytokinesis. In prior work, we showed that survivin is acetylated by CREB-binding protein (CBP), which restricts its localization to the nuclear compartment and thereby inhibits its anti-apoptotic function. Here, we identify histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) as responsible for abrogating CBP-mediated survivin acetylation in the estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer cell line, MCF-7. HDAC6 directly binds survivin, an interaction that is enhanced by CBP. In quiescent breast cancer cells in culture and in malignant tissue sections from ER+ breast tumors, HDAC6 localizes to a perinuclear region of the cell, undergoing transport to the nucleus following CBP activation where it then deacetylates survivin. Genetically modified mouse embryonic fibroblasts that lack mhdac6 localize survivin predominantly to the nuclear compartment, whereas wild-type mouse embryonic fibroblasts localize survivin to distinct cytoplasmic structures. Together, these data imply that HDAC6 deacetylates survivin to regulate its nuclear export, a feature that may provide a novel target for patients with ER+ breast cancer.


The immunologic responses that occur early in the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) elicit immune‐mediated damage. The mechanisms underlying the resolution of ARDS, particularly the role of signaling molecules in regulating immune cell kinetics, remain important questions. Th1‐mediated responses can contribute to the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI). Interferon‐gamma (IFN‐γ) orchestrates early inflammatory events, enhancing immune‐mediated damage. The current study investigated IFN‐γ during resolution in several experimental models of ALI. The absence of IFN‐γ resulted in altered kinetics of lymphocyte and macrophage responses, suggesting that IFN‐γ present in this microenvironment is influential in ALI resolution. Genetic deficiency of IFN‐γ or administering neutralizing IFN‐γ antibodies accelerated the pace of resolution. Neutralizing IFN‐γ decreased the numbers of interstitial and inflammatory macrophages and increased alveolar macrophage numbers during resolution. Our results underline the complexity of lung injury resolution and provide insight into the effects through which altered IFN‐γ concentrations affect immune cell kinetics and the rate of resolution. These findings suggest that therapies that spatially or temporally control IFN‐γ signaling may promote ALI resolution. Identifying and elucidating the mechanisms critical to ALI resolution will allow the development of therapeutic approaches to minimize collateral tissue damage without adversely altering the response to injury.


Machine Learning & Deep learning is the future technology for many industry. Automobiles industry is one of the most important user of that technology. Now a days we are talking about the smarty car which have the driverless system. Many of the company are working of this area where they try to remove the real driver from te car. Tesla is a company who is basically talk about the driver less car system. In this paper we present a most critical & important step of the driverless car which is known as human detection on the road. Here we use the swift ML based technique and based on that we proposed an algorithm which is able to detect the human in real time on the road.


The wave power research team at the Queen's University of Belfast have been developing shoreline wave power since 1985. With primary funding from the former UK Department of Energy with additional support from The Marine Technology Directorate of the SERC, the team completed the commissioning of a 75 kW prototype wave power station located on the Isle of Islay. The plant is connected to the main electrical grid on the island which is in turn connected to the Scottish grid. The paper briefly reviews the concept of shoreline wave energy, describes both the existing and proposed plant, summarises some of the operational experiences obtained to date and outlines the future prospects for this technology.


This research deals with the analysis of language functions on oral tradition's Tangis in Karonese. The aim of this research is to: (a) describe how language functions are realized on oral tradition's Tangis in Karonese and (b) explain the reason why language functions are used on oral tradition's Tangis in Karonese. This research was conducted by using the descriptive qualitative method. The data of this research is taken from the utterances spoken by the pilgrims when did the Tangis. There are five language functions found in Tangis from the six language functions proposed by Roman Jakobson. They were referential 54,1%, conative 32,4%, emotive 8,1%, phatic 2,7 %, and poetic 2,7%. Besides the language functions found, there are also the reasons the language functions are used on oral tradition's Tangis in Karonese. They were thoughts, feelings, needs, and observation.


We present experimental characterization of femtosecond-scale surface plasmon polariton pulses, propagating along the surface of thin metallic film, perforated with a 2D array of circular nanoholes. Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) have been extensively studied for several decades. There has been a variety of recent work that, among other things, has explored their potential for building various integrated optical devices [1]. The intrinsic mode confinement and field enhancement, due to their surface nature, may have potential advantages for building sub-diffraction limited waveguides, facilitating full three-dimensional optical confinement, and enhancing various nonlinear effects. Recent interest in this area sparked with the discovery of extraordinary light transmission through nanohole arrays [2] and the role of SPPs in this process. In some of these studies one and two-dimensional periodic structures are used to couple to surface plasmon modes, and the majority of experimental measurements have consisted of steady-state spectral and angular transmission and reflection properties of both single holes and hole arrays. Most of the time-resolved studies of SPPs have focused on space-averaged characteristics of light reflected from or transmitted through corrugated metallic surfaces, while a few efforts [3] have investigated propagation of femtosecond pulses along the metal surface. In this paper, we report first spatiotemporal experimental characterization of femtosecond-scale surface SPP pulses. These pulses propagate along the surface of a thin metallic film perforated with a 2D cubic array of circular nanoholes. We observe excitation and scattering of SPP pulses in 100 nm-thick aluminum films, deposited on a GaAs substrate and perforated with array of circular nanoholes. The holes with diameter 350 nm are distributed uniformly on the square grid with period 1.6 μm and total array size 200x200 μm. To characterize SPP resonance excitation we developed a SPP dispersion map by measuring the spectral transmittance as a function of in-plane wave vector for the Γ-X direction. The measured unpolarized transmittance is shown in Fig. 1. The spectra are dominated by distinct asymmetric transmittance features at the various SPP excitation conditions [2]. These major features of the dispersion map are well described by the relation // SPP x y k k iG jG = ± ± , where SPP k is the SPP wave vector, // k is the in-plane component of the incident electromagnetic wave vector, and and x y G G are the reciprocal lattice vectors in the x and y directions, respectively. For imaging of SPP modes we use a setup configuration similar to what has been previously described [4]. Optical pulses, with central wavelength 1550 nm and temporal width FWHM ≈ 200 fs, are derived from a mode-locked laser and focused in the center of the array with a QWD1-2-INV


The solid-state interaction between CuCI and sodium forms of zeolites has been followed in situ as a function of reaction time by IR spectroscopy using pyridine as a probe. It was found that, upon heat-treatment of the mixtures of CuCI/Nay or CuCI/Na-mordenite at a temperature higher that 180 °C, the intensities of the bands of pyridine coordinated to Na+ cations in Zeolites decreased, while the bands of pyridine coordinated to the Cu+ cations on the cationic positions of the zeolites appeared and the intensities increased with reaction time. This phenomenon was explained as the ion exchange of copper(I) and Na+ between CuCI and the zeolites. The results indicated that the process of ion exchange between Cu+ in CuCI and Na+ in zeolites depends strongly upon the reaction temperature. A high-temperature reaction ( >300 °C), however, caused re-migration of the Cu+ cations away from their occupied cationic positions, probably to regenerate CuCI, and re-migration of Na+ cations back to those positions. Pre-activation of the CuCI/Na-mordenite samples at a temperature as high as 150 °C did not influence the ion exchange, indicating that, according to the TPD results, the zeolite-trapped water is not a prerequisite for solid-state ion exchange. The two overlapping bands at ca. 1451 and 1442 cm–1, typical of the vibrations of pyridine–Cu+ and pyridine–Na+ coordination complexes, were deconvoluted and fitted by using a mixed Gaussian–Lorentzian function. Based upon the fitting results, the integrated absorbances of the bands of pyridine–Cu+ and pyridine–Na+ were calculated as a function of reaction time for the reactions at different temperatures and were normalised, to allow a reasonable comparison, to those which would be obtained from the identical samples at a temperature of 260 °C.


Background: Cancer knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) levels of communities are essential to be assessed to enhance cancer educational programs. This study aimed to determine the KAP level of the Kuantan community on the effects of monosaccharides on cancer. The association between the sociodemographic data and KAP level of the community has also been evaluated. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was performed among residents living in the Kuantan community. Only 303 of 380 responses were included in the data analysis using the chi-square test. Results: The knowledge and practice levels were moderate, whereas the attitude was at a positive level. Moreover, the association of sociodemographic factors (sex and education level) showed significant difference with the knowledge level (p ≤ 0.05). Additionally, only the age factor showed significant difference toward the practice level of the Kuantan community, with p < 0.05. Conclusion: In conclusion, although the attitude score is positive, educational programs still need to be conducted as the knowledge and practice levels of the community have moderate scores.


Recently, we have explored new methods to form models of binary glasses that offer significant computational advantage and enable inclusion of a priori information about structure from experiments or other considerations. For glassy SiO2 and some other IV-VI binary glasses, we find that placement of column VI atoms at bond centers in a good quality tetrahedral amorphous network followed by rescaling and relaxation leads to a highly realistic and large (648 atom) ab initio model of silica and other glasses. The problem of "freezing in" too much disorder from the liquid state, familiar from quench from melt simulations, appears to be ameliorated. Next, we show that Reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) may be used to produce chemically and topologically realistic models if appropriate constraints are employed in addition to forcing models to agree with diffraction measurements. The method has a high degree of flexibility that enables us to include information from Fluctuation Electron Microscopy (FEM) experiments, which have recently shown that some samples of a-Si:H exhibit medium range order. We have successfully fit diffraction and FEM data and thus formed models reproducing the experimental MRO. It seems unlikely that melt quench or continuous random network models would reproduce such complex ordering. By adopting an information theoretic viewpoint, we have merged RMC with first principles simulation to build models which simultaneously reproduce experimental data and are a minimum energy configuration of a density functional prescription for interatomic interactions. The method is applied to a 648 atom model of g-GeSe2 and produces an essentially perfect neutron static structure factor (including first sharp diffraction peak), electronic density of states and vibrational spectrum.


Sheet metal parts with many slots are used for filters, and decreases in the pitch between adjacent slots are demanded. However, in punching narrow slots with a small pitch, the bridge portion between slots tends to be twisted, causing functional problems. In this paper, countermeasures for this defect are proposed and demonstrated using a stainless steel sheet of 0.25mm thickness. When the pitch was reduced to the same value as the sheet thickness, in the conventional punching process, the defect could not be prevented by increasing the blank holding force. At the same pitch, the punch with an inclined face was effective for reducing the defect if the proper angle and direction of inclination were selected. From the viewpoint of supporting the side face of the bridge portion, the method of using punched scraps as guide tools was tested. By this method, the defect of the bridge portion at a small pitch of less than the sheet thickness could be prevented although an additional stage was needed for removing the scraps.


In this paper, we establish extensive form of the fractional kinetic equation involving generalized Galué type Struve function using the technique of Laplace transforms. The results are expressed in terms of Mittag-Leffler function. Further, numerical values of the results and their graphical interpretation are interpreted to study the behaviour of these solutions. The results obtained here are quite general in nature and capable of yielding a very large number of known and (presumably) new results.


Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection causes numerous non-opportunistic as well as opportunistic neurologic illnesses. Neurologic manifestations include Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) which may present atypically. In areas endemic for HIV, the manifestation of GBS with a motor syndrome and axonal neuropathy is not uncommon. We report a 36-year-old man who presented with a subacute limb weakness associated with HIV infection.


A fluorimetric method was used in the determination of phenol in refinery wastewater.The precision and accuracy of the method,the interfering materials,the selection of solvents for extraction and appropriate operation conditions were investigated.The results show that the method is characterized by high sensitivity and stability,simple operation,less determination time and so on.It can be applied for rapid determination of phenol in industrial wastewater.


The Study aimed at evaluating teaching members Performance in Educating College at Waist University according Higher Studies Students View Point in the ligher Studies Students View Point in the light of Teaching quality Standards. In order to achieve this questionnaire was prepared that consisted of (50) items distributed or Five main fields in cluding : Teaching Planning implementing And Teaching evaluating. After obtaining the tool validity, Communicating ,Personal characteristics And reliability ,it was applied to the sample of the study consisting of (60) students of Higher studies (MA and Pr D) divied in to (30) male students and (30) female students of Education College at Wasit University fer the academic year (20-20)according to the humanitarian departments(Arabic ,History , Geography ,Educathanal and Psychological Sciences Quran and Islamic Education). The resuhs Showed that the performance evaluating level of teaching members is (%72,12) Which is High Level .Meanscores fer all fields were at high lwel except the Field of evaluating students education level which was middle .Also, the results clarified that there is no significant difference according to gender variable. In the light of the study results ,the researchers have made anumber of recommandations to benefit from student evalution.


Ontologies and vocabularies written in OWL are a crucial part of the semantic web. OWL however allows to model the same part of reality using different combinations of constructs, constituting 'modeling styles'. Comparing how different ontologies from a similar domain cover a specific part of reality might be more difficult when each ontology uses a different style. PURO, a language for ontological background models, can serve as mediator, as it allows to create models that are directly mappable to OWL but overcome its unnatural modeling limits dictated by description logic. By highlighting the parts of the PURO model covered by particular ontologies, the ontology coverage comparison can be visualized. We demonstrate this approach using a simple graphical tool.


It is not uncommon to hear parents say in discussions they have with their children 'Look at it this way'. And called upon for their advice, counsellors too say something to adults with the significance of 'Try to see it like this'. The change of someone's perspective in the context of child rearing is the focus of this paper. Our interest in this lies not so much in giving an answer to the practical problems that are at stake, but at disentangling the issues on a conceptual level. Within the so‐called second part of his Philosophical Investigations, Wittgenstein deals with shared practices and with concepts such as 'seeing' and 'seeing as'. What he says there is in terms of content linked with his earlier Tractatus position concerning ethics, a matter which will first be dealt with. After that, the relevant sections of his later work are discussed. Following Cavell, it is concluded that to try to get someone to see what one sees, necessarily presupposes giving it out of one's hands. The passivity this points at highlights what Erziehung in the end comes down to.


Regarding the characteristics, engineering needs and technical difficulties of the Chuhe Bridge of the Hening Expressway Project, relying on the four-to-eight expansion project of the Hening Expressway, combined with modern information technologies such as BIM, big data, cloud computing, mobile Internet, etc. Virtual simulation and other technologies can solve the technical problems in the construction of expressway expansion projects, and directly serve the expansion project of Hening Expressway.


The accession to power of Lieutenant-General Joseph D. Mobutu as President of the Congo Democratic Republic in November 1965 was followed by the appearance on the market of a popular song in Lingala, one of the linguae francae of the Republic. This song, emphasizing the presidential decision to take over control of the country for a period of five years to ensure peace by a strong military government, and so attempt to redress the economic situation, was diffused regularly over the national radio and became the signature tune used in connection with news bulletins throughout the early part of 1966. If it has not been heard so frequently recently, this may be because recent governmental changes, notably in the person of the prime minister, have rendered part of the song inapplicable to present-day conditions.


Reaction of Fez(C0)6(i-Pr-DAB) [i-Pr-DAB = i-Pr-N=C(H)C(H)=N-i-Pr] with methyl propynoate at room temperature in heptane solution, through which a stream of nitrogen is passed, yields the complex Fez(CO)&Pr-DAB)&-HC%C(O)OMe) among a number of other products. The a-diimine ligand is a,~-N,N',n* ,$-C=N,C=N' coordinated, thus donating eight electrons to the metal carbonyl core. This compound, of which the structure'is confirmed by an X-ray crystal structure determination, is the first Fe complex with an R-DAB ligand in this coordination mode.


Frequency warping has been introduced as a unitary operator over a nonfinite domain. In practical applications, the need of a feasible implementation forces to redefine frequency warping over finite domains in the framework of redundant transformations called frames, where the unitary property is replaced by the tight frame property, i.e., the adjoint operator behaves as pseudo-inverse. In case a tight frame cannot be designed, inversion can be achieved by finding the dual frame. In this work, with reference to nonsmooth warping functions, we present a new approach to the construction and fast computation of the dual frame operator based on an operator power series. With respect to previous approaches, many limitations are overcome while maintaining important properties of frequency warping.


Dependence was a set of multifaceted and multi\|hierarchical personality traits.Now,dependence had been known as not only a biologic drive model, but also a cognitive dynamic model, and had a multifactor construct. The research method were diversiform, including scales, behavioral measurement ,peer nomination techniques, interview rating. Dependence was both maladaptive and adaptive. The result also meant that the relationship between dependency and self \|supporting were dialectic.


Changes in the composition of the blood, venous stasis, and interaction of the blood with the vessel wall (Virchow's triad) all have rheological aspects which may promote venous thrombogenesis. Blood composition and rheology. Increasing levels of venous haematocrit and fibrinogen increase bulk blood viscosity, especially at low shear rates such as are encountered in veins, when red cell aggregation occurs. Static blood requires a minimum shear stress for flow (yield stress), which is also strongly dependent on haematocrit and fibrinogen levels. Increases in haematocrit and fibrinogen also promote platelet adhesion and aggregation. Polycythaemia carries an increased risk of venous thromboembolism, which can be reduced by lowering the haematocrit; conversely, anaemic patients (renal failure, pernicious anaemia) have a subnormal prevalence of pulmonary embolism at autopsy. Increased preoperative levels of haematocrit, fibrinogen and blood viscosity predicted postoperative deep vein thrombosis in some studies, but not in others: they have complex relationships to other risk factors and illnesses. Postoperative changes in haematocrit, fibrinogen and blood viscosity may also be relevant to thrombogenesis, as may haemoconcentration in leg veins. Venous flow disturbance and rheology. The flow behaviour of particles and cells in venous valve pockets has been studied by Karino: particles and cells were observed to leave mainstream flow and circulate in paired vortices in low-shear areas within the valve pockets. A cell-poor hypoxic area at the apex of the valve pocket may favour thrombogenesis. Valve pockets might therefore act as in vivo aggregometers, with optimal conditions for activated cells or coagulation products to promote platelet and red cell aggregation, which might be facilitated by increases in haematocrit or fibrinogen. Sevitt has observed cellular aggregates in valve pockets at autopsy, which might act as a nidus for thrombus initiation. Successive layers of thrombus will disturb flow steamlines, as well as generating procoagulant activity: hence a series of "aggregometers" might result in successive bursts of thrombosis and the layered structure of venous thrombi observed by Sevitt. Variations in haematocrit, fibrinogen and red cell aggregation may influence stasis of blood following venous occlusion by thrombus, and hence affect thrombotic extension; they may also influence residual lung perfusion following pulmonary embolism. Therapeutic aspects of rheology. Leg stockings and other physical methods of preventing deep vein thrombosis may improve flow disturbance in valve pockets, as well as in axial veins. The efficacy of perioperative dextran in prevention of venous thromboembolism may partly reflect haemodilution and its rheological consequences. Likewise, postoperative defibrination with ancrod reduced the incidence and extent of deep vein thrombosis after hip surgery, which may partly reflect reductions in plasma viscosity and red cell aggregation. Defibrination with ancrod reduced the haemodynamic disturbance, and the mortality, of experimental pulmonary embolism in dogs, possibly by increasing residual perfusion.. Similarly, improved perfusion after thrombolytic therapy of pulmonary embolism in man may reflect the rheological consequences of fibrinogen depletion, as well as thrombolysis.


— Hysteresis loops of a low carbon steel measured at various temperatures and plastic strain amplitudes are analysed using the statistical theory of the hysteresis loop. It is shown that the parameters of the statistical theory characterizing the saturated hysteresis loop, i.e. the probability density function and effective saturated stress, can be obtained from experiments. The probability density function is influenced mainly by strain amplitude; the effective saturated stress mainly by temperature.


The terrorist attacks in Paris last week, for which the Islamic State (sometimes referred to as ISIS, ISIL, or IS) has claimed responsibility, have renewed concerns about terrorist travel. Following reports that at least one of the perpetrators of the attacks was carrying a Syrian passport, there has been heightened scrutiny and debate concerning the resettlement of refugees from war-torn Syria to Europe and the United States. This Sidebar provides a brief overview of some (but by no means all) of the tools the federal government employs to prevent individuals from traveling to, from, or within the United States to commit acts of terrorism. In some cases, the application of these tools may depend on different factors, including whether the suspected terrorist is a U.S. or foreign national.


Urban vitality and social cohesion both provide multiple benefits in cities. While it has been argued that urban vitality – the liveliness of cities – may strengthen social cohesion, this has not been sufficiently examined by empirical research. This paper presents and tests a model in which urban vitality mediates the relationship between built environment characteristics and neighborhood social cohesion, using survey and geospatial data from the Oslo metropolitan area. We find that neighborhood density and land use mix are positive predictors of urban vitality, but are negatively associated with social cohesion. Green space is found to be associated with lower urban vitality, while public transport accessibility is associated with higher social cohesion. Results indicate seemingly contradictory relationships between the built environment, urban vitality and social cohesion. On the one hand, although compact urban form has higher levels of urban vitality, it has lower levels of social cohesion compared to low-density, single-use urban form. On the other hand, for similar urban form types, urban vitality is found to be positively associated with social cohesion, suggesting that local initiatives and interventions aiming to increase residents' walking and social activity within their neighborhood could also strengthen social cohesion.


Roller die drawing/cold rolling process for making profile wire and application of Tucks Head RZ1 are presented. Working principle and structure of the RT1 are analyzed. These can be used for reference to design and manufacture related Tucks head.


This study aimed to isolate and identify seed-borne fungi associated with some cereals and legumes and the possibility of their control by some plant extracts. The studied cereals and legumes were Sorghum bicolor , Triticum aestivum , Oryza sativa , Lens esculentus , Vigna sinensis , Arachis hypogea and Vicia faba . Thirteen fungal species were isolated from these cereals and legumes. Five fresh plants called Allium sativum , Aloe vera , Mentha basilicum , Musa acuminate and Eucalptus rostrata and eleven dried plants called Datura stramonium , Zingiber officinale , Azadirachta indica, Jatropha curcas, Euphorbia peplis, Ocimum basilicum, Carum carvi, Rosmarinus officinalis, Nigella sativa, Cuminum cyminum and Citrullus colocynthis as medicinal plants were screened for their antifungal activities. Aqueous extracts of all mentioned plants were tested against Aspergillus niger, A. flavus and Penicillium chrysogenum in vitro because they represented the highest percentage of occurrence on seeds and grains. Allium sativum and Zingiber officinale exhibited maximum antifungal activity , whereas Datura stramonium and Citrullus colocynthis showed moderate activity. In addition, these plant extracts were tested against the germination of seeds and grains by using blotter plate method. Treated seeds and grains by plant extracts showed an increase of their germination (%) and reduction of seed-borne fungal infection.


Abstract : This paper presents an iterative method to obtain a partial or complete solution of the general eigenproblem which does not require any preliminary modification to put it into the form of a special eigenvalue problem. The Rayleigh Quotient is minimized by the use of the conjugate gradient method to obtain the lowest eigenvalue and the associated eigenvector. The approach is extended to permit the intermediate eigenvalues and eigenvectors to be obtained by adapting a projection scheme which is akin to Rosen's Gradient Projection Method. This technique constrains the minimization search to the subspace M-orthogonal to the previously determined eigenvectors. A theoretical justification is presented that the quadratic convergence of the conjugate gradient method is preserved. The important computer storage advantages of the conjugate gradient method are extended by eliminating the need for assembled stiffness and mass matrices. A number of structural examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness, generality and stability of the method.


Phenylketonuria (PKU) is caused by deficiency of the enzyme PAH. Our laboratory has cloned the full length human PAH cDNA in order to study the molecular basis of PKU and to explore alternative therapies for PKU utilizing recombinant DNA techniques. We have previously reported gene transfer experiments in which the full length human PAH cDNA was recombiued with the eukaryotic promotor from human metallathioneine and transfected into mouse NIH3T3 cells which do not normally express PAH. Cells transformed with this recombinant expressed human PAH that was indistinguishable from normal. In the present study the human PAH cDNA has been recombined with a retroviral vector (pzipneo) to produce a defective retrovirus which carries human PAH in place of the viral genome. This recombinant, containing human PAH in a retroviral vector, was transfected into the Y2 cell line which constituatively produces the proteins required for viral assembly. Cells transformed with the PAH recombinant produce a defective retrovirus, vZPAH(+), which can be used to infect cells with human PAH but is incapable of sustaining subsequent viral propagation. Tissue culture cells infected with vZPAH(+) exhibit PAH activity and immunoreactive protein characteristic of human PAH. Defective retroviruses containing human PAH provide a highly efficient means for genetic transfer of PAH into a wide range of rodent cells and enables experiments in which human PAH can be transfered into animals as a model for genetic therapy of PKU.


ICF supplementing classification the WHO contains the new system that describes functions of organism, activity and participation and environment factors. Because of the approach it becomes possible to consider a patient's situation out of habitual limits. In distinction of a jeweler vocation the dental work has to deal with live people. It makes doctor's mission more complex and responsible. The article analyzes if there is any information on functioning of dental patients in the medical documentation used by prosthetic dentists.


Background: Nursing homes in the UK are increasingly regarded as potential rehabilitation facilities for disabled older people. Objective: To determine the current physiotherapy and occupational therapy provision to UK nursing homes. Sample: Four hundred private nursing homes in England, Scotland and Wales were selected by stratified proportional random sampling and surveyed by postal questionnaire. Results: The response rate for the effective sample was 346/355 (97%). Only 10% of residents were in current receipt of physiotherapy, mostly through private physiotherapists employed by the nursing homes. Occupational therapy was being provided to only 3.3% of residents. Conclusion: Older people in nursing homes in the UK currently receive little physiotherapy and occupational therapy input and are particularly isolated from National Health Service (NHS) services.


The alpha 207 Leu-->Pro mutation in spectrin has recently been identified as a cause of alpha I/50-46a hereditary elliptocytosis (HE) or pyropoikilocytosis among Black people. We have found this mutation in a Moroccan family in both the heterozygous and homozygous states. The mutated alpha-spectrin allele carried, in cis, the alpha V/41 polymorphism, a common polymorphism altering the peptide maps and associated with a low-expression level. This is the first report of the cis combination of an HE mutation and the alpha V/41 polymorphism. Presumably, such a combination accounts for the very low expression of the abnormal allele in the heterozygous state.


We report on our recent application of the Monte Carlo Shell Model (MCSM) to no-core calculations. After the brief introduction, the performance of the MCSM on the K computer is discussed. At the initial stage of the application, we have performed benchmark calculations in the p-shell region. Results are compared with those in the Full Configuration Interaction and No-Core Full Configuration methods. These are found to be consistent with each other within quoted uncertainties when they could be quantified. The preliminary results in Nshell = 5 reveal the onset of systematic convergence pattern.


This paper reviews the cache designs of processors from 1995 until today, studying the development of multi-level caches, especially the chosen device technology, and how it has evolved with the needs of multi-core processors. It is found that SRAM, while fast, has the drawbacks of high energy use and a constant need for power, making it power for storage over an extended time. STT-RAM enters the scene in the mid 2000's, offering a low energy, low leakage alternative to SRAM. However, it is found to be slower, so research is done to speed it up. The additional research done on STT-RAM to reduce its latency allows it to become a mainstream technology. Finally, eDRAM makes its debut in the cache device technology realm, offering a fast, volatile memory with high scalability and capacity. Keywords—Last-Level Cache(LLC), SRAM, Spin Transfer Torque RAM (STT-RAM), eDRAM, Write-Back (WB), WriteThrough (WT), Firefly, Instructions Per Clock (IPC), Single Event Upsets (SEUs), Multi-Bit Upsets (MBUs), Bit Upset Vulnerability


Quantitative cross-national studies of peripheral urbanization have been rooted in human ecology or political economy. Studies in the human ecology tradition cite rural adversity as a major determinant of Third World urban growth. Studies in the political economy mode emphasize economic dependency. This paper 1) argues that no quantitative analysis of Third World urbanization can be complete if it fails to incorporate determinants suggested by 1 or the other theory and 2) conducts such a "complete" quantitative cross-national analysis which examines simultaneously both rural adversity and dependency as predictors of urban change. Findings suggest that both factors are important. (authors)


THE SHEAR STRENGTH OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS AS GIVEN BY ACI 318-63 IS KNOWN TO BE UNCONSERVATIVE WHEN THE RATIO OF THE LONGITUDINAL REINFORCEMENT IS SMALL. THE AIM OF THE PRESENT INVESTIGATION WAS TO ASSESS THE EXTENT OF THIS INADEQUACY. TEN RECTANGULAR BEAMS WITHOUT WEB REINFORCEMENT AND HAVING BETWEEN 0.0173 AND 0.0025 WERE TESTED; RESULTS OF 27 OTHER BEAMS WITH LESS THAN 0.012 FROM VARIOUS OTHER INVESTIGATORS WERE ALSO ANALYZED. ALL THE BEAMS CONSIDERED HAD A/D RATIOS GREATER THAN 2.75. THREE RECTANGULAR BEAMS WITH WEB REINFORCEMENT ARE ALSO REPORTED. /AUTHOR/


RASKOVIC, B., V. POLEKSIC, I. ZIVIC and M. SPASIC, 2010.Histology of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) gills and pond water quality in semiintensive production. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 16: 253-262 Gills of carp from ponds of the "Vrsacki ritovi" fish farm were studied, and the results discussed with reference to the results of physical and chemical properties of pond water. Subepithelial edema and gill hyperemia that are classified as mild and reparable were found the most frequently. High ammonia level that occurred periodically and increased pH values induced gill epithelial hyperplasia. Symptoms of environmental gill disease were observed in less than quarter of samples examined. Parasites invasion was recorded in all samples and could be related to the increased organic matter content. Although different gill changes were found, there were always parts of the gill apparatus still functionally normal and able to adapt to environmental changes that in this study, exceeded values recommended for carp production only temporarily.


Internet of Things is known as the third information revolution.With the continuous expansion of development and application in the Internet of Things technology,more and more attention has been paid to the security risks of the Internet of Things.Security has become an important factor restricting its development.This paper starts from the Three-tier architecture,analyzes several kinds of security threats of the Internet of Things,and finally gives the corresponding security strategy.


While Europe has moved on from waiting for the United States, President-elect Biden has the opportunity to shape a more mature and balanced relationship.


In order to reduce the real-time processing gap of distributed algorithms on smart camera networks, we have evaluated a parallel processing method which exploits the processing capabilities of free cameras as auxiliary for busy ones. The communication infrastructure or camera processing capabilities are not included in the traditional evaluation methods like datasets or even virtual reality tools, so they are not suitable to analyze the complexity of distributed algorithms. For this purpose, we have developed a modular framework based on OMNET++ simulation environment named CAM-DIST, in which the velocity model of soccer players are emulated. Simulation results show that parallel processing improves overall efficiency, but could have side effects on individual camera estimations; so choosing optimal sharing value and destinations will enhance the performance.


The pursuit of recreational activities inevitably has an effect on the resource--vegetation, soil, wildlife, and water. Whether these impacts are considered to be positive or negative depends on the management objectives of the area affected. The severity of the positive or negative response, which dictates the acuteness of the need for mitigation measures, is also influenced by management objectives. Generally, the problems associated with a given level of impact increase as we move from the more urban and developed end of the recreational opportunity spectrum toward the primitive and wild end of the spectrum (Clark and Stankey 1979). Impact problems are particularly common in wilderness. Vegetation impacts on campsites are reported to be, a problem by managers of 71 percent of all wilderness areas. Soil impacts on trails are a problem in 61 percent of wilderness areas. Wildlife disturbance and water pollution are reported to be problems in 33 and 18 percent of wilderness areas, respectively (Washburne and Cole 1983). The reasons for concern about impacts are numerous. In wilderness and nature preserves, impacts compromise the objective of preserving natural conditions. Elsewhere impacts can make recreational areas and facilities less attractive, desirable, or functional. Loss of tree cover on campsites, erosion of trails, and attraction of pest wildlife species are examples. These impacts can substantially increase maintenance costs. Finally, onsite impacts can damage offsite areas, such as where erosion of off-road vehicle (ORV) trails causes siltation of streams.


Of all the common malignant tumours, the treatment of cancer of the breast, it might be imagined, would have been closest to solution. After all, because of its superficial situation it is a disease that has been studied and treated since the earliest days of surgery. The Roman Celsus, in the 1st century AD, wrote 'some have caused caustics, other the cautery, others cut them out with the knife. Notwithstanding, they have returned and occasioned death.'


The article is devoted to the analysis of features of enterprise profit management. The research of practical aspects of profit management of the energy sector enterprises is due to legislative changes and a significant impact on the economy of country and living standards. Scientific approaches to the concept of operational leverage are considered and its role in profit formation is substantiated. The peculiarities of using the operating lever to forecast the operating profit of the enterprise are revealed. The concept of CVP-analysis is used. The target function of maximizing operating profit is studied taking into account the pricing policy. Scenarios for increasing of the company's profit reserves based on the strength of the operational leverage are calculated. The main ways of using of the company's profit according to five selected scenarios are outlined and their advantages and disadvantages are analyzed. Break-even points and safety zones are calculated for each of the scenarios, which allow to take into consideration the possible risks of the enterprise and to make economically sound decisions to the management. The projected increase in net profit is calculated as a result of correlation analysis and based on comparative analysis; the choice of the best scenario to increase profitability is justified. Not only tactical but also strategic aspects of management which are aimed at maximizing the final result of the enterprise are taken into account. The analysis also considers the peculiarities of the introduction of incentive regulation and the need to correct the regulatory rate of return on regulatory asset bases. The proposed measures will increase both qualitative and quantitative parameters of the enterprise profit management system, which will contribute to economic stabilization for the enterprise and consumers. Prospects for further research based on the use of operational leverage are outlined.


The health problems generally afflicting Aboriginal women include low life expectancy, death, various diseases, and short fertile period. The causes of these problems are attributed to poor nutrition, lack of education, mental stress, socio-economic factors and lack of sex education. Recommendations detailing the establishment of community control medical services including providing more funds for the education of Aboriginal health workers, recognition of traditional methods of curing illness as well as compensation to Aboriginals for land taken, would be steps in the right direction to remedy the health situation.


Avalanche deposits represent a significant storage of winter snow on the south slope of the Himalaya Mountains, Pakistan, complicating the annual snowmelt cycle because of the differences in ablation of avalanche-transported snow and undisturbed snow. Measurements show very high rates of melting of both snow types, particularly of avalanche snow late in the melt season. The high rates are a function of the low latitude of the study area and the low elevation of the avalanche snow deposits, as well as heat release by condensation. Air temperature was closely Correlated with daily snowmelt and appears to hold promise as a predictor, however, data constraints prevent an energy balance analysis of this relationship. Gravimetric measurements show that condensation is important in the snow surface energy exchange and can represent a significant source of energy for snowmelt. Rainfall during warm conditions also makes a more significant contribution to snowmelt than shown in previous studies. The derived temperature-based melt factors or coefficients compare well with published figures from other mountain areas, but their confidence limits are sufficiently wide to produce significant errors in the prediction of basin snowmelt runoff.


The mechanisms underlying the exaggerated inflammatory response in Behçet's Syndrome (BS) remain poorly understood. Objectives: We investigated the response of CD14+ blood monocytes to IFN  focusing on the chemokine CXCL10. Methods: Chemokine synthesis and release were analysed at a protein and mRNA level following stimulation with IFN  . Findings in BS patients were compared with 25 healthy controls (HC), 15 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 15 systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease control patients. Results: BS monocytes produced significantly more CXCL10 protein than HC monocytes from two hours following IFNγ stimulation , despite equivalent quantities of mRNA, suggesting more efficient translation. This was significantly more pronounced in BS with high disease activity and in those with ocular and neurological clinical manifestations. The imbalance between CXCL10 protein and mRNA expression was not observed in either RA or SLE patients, and was not seen with other chemokines studied (CXCL9, CXCL11 and CCL2). Furthermore, BS monocytes treated with an alternative stimulant (LPS) did not show abnormal TNF  release  Sucrose density gradients to segregate monocyte CXCL10 mRNA into free RNA or polysome-associated RNA showed equal proportions in BS and HC samples, suggesting that the difference between BS and HC may be due to reduced negative control of CXCL10 translation in BS. Conclusions BS monocytes have dysfunctional post-transcriptional regulation of CXCL10 mRNA, resulting in overexpression of CXCL10 protein upon IFNγ stimulation. As CXCL10 is a chemokine that recruits mononuclear cells, this abnormality may contribute to the exaggerated inflammatory responses that characterises BS. iCycler On completion of the first qRT-PCT for each new the was validated with an agarose gel. Results were expressed as a ratio of the test signal to house-keeper gene HPRT. During set up experiments results were also validated using housekeepers


This paper introduces a methodology for the power control of a wind turbine. A baseline control law are about variable speed variable pitch control of a MW-class wind turbine. For the baseline control, control strategy. and control algorithm in operation regions are introduced. The baseline control is applied to the power curve tracking control. And a numerical dynamic model of wind turbine was derived from simplified drive train model. And finally, simulation results using torque control and pitch control are discussed.


Micro-membranes with pore size of 0.2 μm,0.5 μm and 0.8 μm were used to treat the black liquor of paper-making under the following experimental conditions:cross flow velocity 5 m·s -1 ,operation pressure 0.3 MPa and operation temperature 20℃.The separation of pollutants with inorganic membrane and the membrane cleaning method were investigated.Membrane separation used for black liquor recycling in the paper-making process was studied.


Abstract : The requirements of modern war have imposed the need for a low-cost, small-size, high-speed, large bandwidth, deployable Free-Space Optics (FSO) system that could be used to provide connectivity between major command centers and their subordinate units. Commercially available FSO systems are bulky and expensive. A preliminary low-cost FSO system was designed, based on commercial off the shelf (COTS) components, and tested over a 5 ft. distance in a previous thesis done by Janaka P. Perera. The goal of this thesis is to improve the design and to extend the working range of the FSO. By improving beam collimation, adding precise mechanical movement and using assisting tools and techniques, the FSO network link was successfully established and tested over larger distances using 100 Mbps. The maximum distance that could be achieved, with the on-hand optics and a 1mW transceiver, was 40m. Further calculations showed that the FSO link could be established over a 340m distance by using a 3mW transmitter and a 1-inch focuser in the receiver side.


It is very well known that three-phase electrical machines are an irreplaceable component in the industry, as well as many other areas in everyday life. Among these machines, synchronous generators are essential when it comes to power production. Having this in mind, it is to be expected that analyzing these machines are of key importance, whether it comes to designing, operating or maintenance of synchronous generators. This paper aims to cover the electromagnetic analysis of this particular type of machine: more specifically a three-phase synchronous generator. The analysis was performed using the finite element method. A relatively wide range of data was obtained from the analysis, and the results from it are presented and interpreted in this paper.


Substantive provisions of the developed concept of converting are internal combustion engines on a feed by hydrogen. Results of works on creation of an experimental sample of the hydrogen automobile on the basis of model GAZ-2705 are presented.


Various metal films were deposited by magnetron sputtering, and their thickness distributions were measured. The distributions are considered to depend on the angular distribution of the atoms ejected from a target. Some metals showed a thickness distribution with its maximum at the anode center while the others showed a thickness distribution with its maximum at a position slightly inside the target erosion. According to a theory and computer simulation, as the binding energy (i.e. cohesive energy) of a target decreases and the mass of the target atoms increases, the atoms tend to be ejected normally with their angular distribution being apt to be over-cosine. Thus, the thickness distributions were discussed in relation to the binding energy of the metals and the mass of the target atoms. The thickness distributions were also investigated for different discharge voltages.


This paper presents a semantic data model for the implementation of hypertext database systems. The data model provides a framework for improving the functionality of hypertext systems. An important part of the model is its user interface, called the 11 informatics calculus". Based upon the notion of a functional query language, this is a graphical query language with powerful facilities for expressing relationships and constructing new object classes from those provided within the database.


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Seismic data from the New Britain-New Ireland region are interpreted by the time-term method to give depths to four refractors: (a) the near- surface refractor in the area of the Rabaul Caldera; (b) the basement refractor under the Gazelle Peninsula-southern New Ireland area; (c) the intra-crustal refractor; and (d) the Moho refractor under New Britain, New Ireland, and surrounding waters. The respective least- squares velocities are 4.64±0.08 km s-1, 6.11±0.02 km s-1, 6.84±0.03 kms-1, and 7.92±0.05 km s-1, with the residuals indicating that there is a wider divergence of structure at the Moho boundary than at the upper three refractors.


Abstract : The purpose of this report is to investigate the feasibility of taking the thermal energy exchange into account when dealing with transducers. An electromechanical transducer has two ports: an electrical port through which electrical energy can be given to or taken away from the transducer, and a mechanical port for giving or taking away mechanical energy. Invariably, in these energy transfers, heat or thermal energy comes into play and often plays an important role. The question this report is attempting to answer is whether or not a third port may be introduced, a thermal port, through which thermal energy can be given to or taken away from the transducer.


Air-to-refrigerant heat exchangers (HXs) have been the topic of extensive research as they are the fundamental heat transfer components of HVAC&R systems. Recent advancements in modeling platforms (Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), optimization algorithms, etc.) have allowed researchers to design and optimize primary heat transfer surfaces which result in highly compact HXs which are smaller and more efficient than current state-of-the-art HXs. A practical consideration in the design of outdoor HXs is aeroacoustics and fangenerated noise since the turbulent airflow around tube bundles in cross-flow can cause significant tube vibrations, leading to undesirable noise pollution. In this research, a CFD model is developed which is capable of predicting the aeroacoustics performance of small diameter, high-performance tube bundles featuring finless, non-round, shapeoptimized tubes. The aeroacoustics performance of the shape-optimized tubes was compared to conventional finless and finned round tube bundles using numerical simulations, and it was found that the non-round tubes exhibited reduced noise generation compared to finless round tube bundles. Correlations are developed using machine learning techniques to predict the aeroacoustics-generated noise resulting from the turbulent airflow across the non-round tube bundles. The correlation accuracy was verified using 237 randomly generated test designs, and it was observed that 94% of the test points were predicted within ±10% of CFD-simulated noise levels. The correlations can provide designers with an accurate tool to predict the aeroacoustics-generated noise in a computationally efficient manner without the need for prototyping.


A Part-Writing Primer for Shape-Note Hymnody Robert T. Kelley October 2009 In our undergraduate music theory courses we teach students a set of procedures to emulate the composition style of the European composers who wrote tonal music from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. The problem of harmony that we shall explore here involves an alternative repertoire of tonal music that obviously does not follow the procedures that we teach in tonal music theory classes. The body of music to which I refer is the American hymn-writing tradition begun by the "First New-England School" led by William Billings (1746–1800) and continuing to this day in the shape-note singing community centered around the most popular current singing-school class book, The Sacred Harp. Follow along with Figure 1 as I play a 1968 recording of the hymn tune called "Villulia" sung by traditional Southern shape-note singers. (Warning: These folks aren't classically-trained musicians and they don't sing with any restraint. They also sing in keys of convenience, usually lower than the notated pitch level.)


An Eulerian projection approach for incompressible variable-density two-phase ows is presented. The Navier-Stokes equations governing these ows are reformulated to take the form of the corresponding equations for the lighter phase with a constant density, which can be eciently solved using standard numerical methods. The eect of the additional mass in the heavier phase is accounted for by a forcing term, which is determined from the solution of an articial velocity eld. This articial eld is subjected solely to inertial and gravity forces as well as the force coupling the ow eld and the articial eld. The phase interface in this purely Eulerian approach is described using the level-set method. Results for two-dimensional simulations of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability are presented to validate the new method.


It is argued that the parton distribution function ${\mathcal{P}}_{\frac{a}{A}}(x,{\stackrel{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}{\mathrm{k}}}_{T};\ensuremath{\zeta})$ is well defined and useful in quantum chromodynamics. Here $\ensuremath{\zeta}=\frac{{(2{P}_{A}\ifmmode\cdot\else\textperiodcentered\fi{}n)}^{2}}{(\ensuremath{-}{n}^{2})}$ arises as a variable because of the use of the axial gauge $n\ifmmode\cdot\else\textperiodcentered\fi{}A=0$. An approximation for ${\mathcal{P}}_{\frac{a}{A}}(x,{k}_{T};\ensuremath{\zeta})$ is given which is obtained from an approximate solution of the Bethe-Salpeter equation in the axial-gauge ladder model.


This paper utilizes a detailed data set on most U.S. car models over a twenty-two-year period to determine the impact of advertising and product styling. It finds that, while advertising and style change each increases a model's sales, advertising is short-lived but styling has a much longer impact. Rivals' styling reduces own-model sales to the point that the overall market effect is self-canceling. Rivals' advertising, by contrast, does not greatly affect own sales, so that marketwide advertising does increase total sales. These results add several twists to previous analyses of this industry. Copyright 1993 by MIT Press.


6,6-Diphenylfulvene (6) reacts with 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium-3-olate (7) to give three [π2 + π-4] cyclo-adducts 8, 9, 10. Reduction of 8 with sodium borohydride yields a cage-like compound 12 whereas the action of the same reagent on 9 results in the formation of three carbinols 13, 14, 15. Treatment of 9 with acetic acid/hydrogen chloride yields an isomer 18. The structures of both 12 and 18 have been established by X-ray crystallography.


Abstract Scholars have recently been concerned with how the aviation industry is assembled through a series of tightly coupled processes and relations that render it fragile and prone to disruptions. While not disagreeing with this view, this paper explores some alternative ways aviation can be reunderstood as something more emergent and adaptable. Two ash cloud events, in Singapore and Australasia, are elucidated to show how breakdowns in air travel seldom unfold without intervening human actions and spontaneous reformations. Suggesting that aerial systems are thus continually renewed, this paper seeks to recognize in (aero)mobilities their potential for improvisation, even as it acknowledges their riskiness.


The minimum time attitude slewing motion of a rigid spacecraft with its controls provided by bounded torques and forces is considered. Instead of the slewing time, an integral of a quadratic function of the controls is used as the cost function. This enables us to deal with the singular and nonsingular problems in a unified way. The minimum time is determined by sequentially shortening the slewing time. The two-point boundary-value problem is derived by applying Pontryagin's maximum prinicple to the system and solved by using a quasilinearization algorithm. A set of methods based on the Euler's principal axis rotation is developed to estimate the unknown initial costates and the minimum slewing time as well as to generate the nominal solutions for starting this algorithm. It is shown that one of the four initial costates associated with the quaternions can be arbitrarily selected without affecting the optimal controls and thus simplifying the computation. Several numerical tests are presented to show the applications of these methods.


Growth pattern and partitioning of photosynthates between growing panicles and vegetative organs during the development of young panicles were studied using two rice varieties differing in culm heights. 1) The growing panicle, leaf sheath of flag leaf, and culms grew simultaneously, but the culm displayed the highest growth rate. 2) Sink size of culm and leaf sheath was larger in the tall variety than in the short variety. 3) The proportion of 14C in the panicle was consistently greater in the short than in the tall variety under the condition where source capacity exceeded sink capacity. 4) The duration of panicle development was significantly longer in the tall than in the short variety. But the duration of the rapid elongation period was identical in the two varieties.


-Amylase is the most abundant enzyme in saliva, and commensal oral streptococci are very prevalent in developing dental plaque biofilms. Salivary -amylase binds to the surface of selected oral streptococcal species via specific surface-exposed -amylase-binding proteins. This interaction may be important for the colonization of teeth by these bacteria. Nikitkova et al. (p. 416 – 423) describe the structural basis and functional significance of this interaction as related to oral colonization by streptococci. Recent studies that suggest the possibility of a novel signaling pathway involving this interaction are discussed.


The push-broom sensors in bands meant to study oceans, in general suffer from residual non uniformity even after radiometric correction. The in-orbit data from OCM-2 shows pronounced striping in lower bands. There have been many attempts and different approaches to solve the problem using image data itself. The success or lack of it of each algorithm lies on the quality of the uniform region identified. In this paper, an image based destriping algorithm is presented with constraints being derived from Ground Calibration exercise. The basis of the methodology is determination of pixel to pixel non-uniformity through uniform segments identified and collected from large number of images, covering the dynamic range of the sensor. The results show the effectiveness of the algorithm over different targets. The performance is qualitatively evaluated by visual inspection and quantitatively measured by two parameters.


This research examined the idea that children's parent-oriented motivation underlies the benefits of parents' involvement on children's engagement and ultimately achievement in school. Beginning in the fall of 7th grade, 825 American and Chinese children (mean age 12.73 years) reported on their parents' involvement in their learning as well as multiple dimensions of their motivation in school every 6 months until the end of 8th grade. Information on children's self-regulated learning strategies and grades was also obtained. Over time, the more involved parents were in children's learning, the more motivated children were to do well in school for parent-oriented reasons, which contributed to children's enhanced self-regulated learning and thereby grades. Although children's parent-oriented motivation was associ- ated with their controlled and autonomous motivation in school, it uniquely explained the positive effect of parents' involvement on children's grades. There is much evidence to support the idea that parents' in- volvement in children's learning (e.g., discussing children's schoolwork with them and attending parent-teacher conferences) facilitates children's learning and ultimately their achievement (for recent reviews, see Grolnick, Friendly, & Bellas, 2009; Pomerantz & Moorman, 2010). Compared with the support children receive from teachers and peers, the role parents play in children's learning is often considered not only unique but also essential (e.g., Furrer & Skinner, 2003; Grolnick & Ryan, 1992). Given the importance of parents' involvement in children's learning, a major question is that of what underlies its beneficial effect on children's achieve- ment. In response to this question, multiple mechanisms have been proposed (for a review, see Pomerantz, Kim, & Cheung, 2012). Key is that parents' involvement enhances children's achievement through its influence on their motivation (Grolnick, Ryan, & Deci, 1991; Grolnick & Slowiaczeck, 1994). In this vein, children's autonomous motivation and feelings of agency have been found to underlie the effect of parents' involvement on their achievement (e.g., Grolnick et al., 1991; Grolnick & Slowiaczeck, 1994; Hong & Ho, 2005). The current work was guided by the perspective that parents' involvement contributes to children's achievement via their moti- vation. However, it represents a departure from prior work in its focus on the role of motivation that may be experienced by children largely as controlled. Specifically, children's parent- oriented motivation was examined as a mechanism through which parents' involvement facilitates children's achievement during the early adolescent years. The goal was to evaluate the model illus- trated in Figure 1. It was postulated that when parents are involved in children's learning, children become motivated in school for parent-oriented reasons (e.g., to show parents they are responsible and gain parents' approval); such motivation heightens children's engagement, thereby enhancing their achievement. The model was tested in the United States and China to identify its validity in cultures in which the nature of parents' involvement in children's learning differs (e.g., Chao, 1994, 1996; Cheung & Pomerantz, 2011).


The implementation of the Integrated Service Post or better known as Posyandu uses a manual method by collecting data using books. This manual data collection can result in invalid data, delays in making reports on the results of Posyandu activities both by Posyandu itself and related agencies such as Puskesmas and Kelurahan. Due to the lack of information provided, there is also a lack of community participation. To overcome the problems that arise, the Posyandu Information System Web is made to connect with the WhatsApp API. The WhatsApp API is expected to help convey information to the public through broadcast messages sent by the local Posyandu. System development follows the waterfall method and system design uses UML (Unified Modeling Language). The results of this study resulted in the design and creation of a website that can manage Posyandu data, convey Posyandu information messages and to make it easier for parents to monitor their baby's growth and development


The 3D photoelasticity analysis of the crankshaft of the model of the ten thousand horsepower diesel engine while bended and twisted was described. The distributions curves of the maximum stress and theoretical stress concentration factors in circular shoulder fillet and oil hole of the crankshaft were got. The fatigue safety factor was calculated. These results provide the foundation for calculating crankshaft strength.


Abstract We give an elementary proof that by multiplication on left and right by affine permutations A, B ∈ AGL(3, 2) each permutation π : GF(2)3 → GF(2)3 may be reduced to one of the 4 permutations for which the 3 × 3-matrices consisting of the coefficients of quadratic terms of coordinate functions have as an invariant the rank, which is either 3, or 2, or 1, or 0, respectively. For comparison, we evaluate the number of classes of affine equivalence by the Pólya enumerative theory.


Selective, stable, molecularly imprinted polymer membranes having intrinsic photoresponsive properties were synthesized. The membranes selectively adsorbed dansylamide from solution. UV irradiation caused desorption of previously adsorbed dansylamide and visible light irradiation led to its re-adsorption.


The stenosis, aneurysms and plaques are the most common types of the blood vessel pathology. To study their influence on the pulsating blood flow and the internal pressure the mechanical models of pulsating blood flow and the above mentioned pathology of blood vessels were developed. The blood was considered as non-Newtonian liquid. As the boundary condition on the vessel wall the semi-slip regime was chosen. Computer simulation was executed using Finite element method, which was realized by means of the system ABAQUS. As results the pressure and velocity distributions were obtained for the four kinds of pathology in each time moment of the pulse cycle. Keywords: computer simulation, non-Newtonian liquid, plaque, stenosis, aneurism


Subtitle: Shippers want 3PLs that deliver quickly, offer niche services, bring technology, lower their costs -- and who will pick up the phone.


Abstract - The paper presents some aspects connected with the reduction of ELF magnetic fields in civil and industrial environments. After an introduction to the problems arising from the exposure of human beings to low frequency magnetic fields and from the disturbances caused to electronic appliances and Video Display Units (VDU), a brief description of the numerical models for the magnetic field evaluation is presented, discussing their merits and drawbacks. The attention is then devoted to the analysis of possible solutions for magnetic field reduction, as the conductor arrangement and the passive and active shielding techniques. The efficiency of ferromagnetic, conductive or combined shields having different shape and position is investigated, describing the results of a research activity developed both by experiments and simulation. In particular, the shielding efficiency of different types of soft ferromagnetic materials (low-carbon steel, non-oriented Fe-Si, grain-oriented Fe-Si) is evaluated. Finally, some results of the studies aiming at reducing the magnetic fields from overhead power lines or industrial sources are presented.


Abstract Previous studies have found that website design quality is one main factor affecting consumers' initial online purchase behavior. For consumers' repurchase behavior, in addition to website design quality, service quality is another important factor. Which factor is more important in determining consumers' repurchase intention? Our results show that, compared with website design quality, service quality has significantly stronger effects on consumers' trust and satisfaction, both of which lead to their repurchase intention.


The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of early defoliation on the temporal dynamics of the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) in the fruit zone of Istrian Malvasia (Vitis vinifera L.) vines. Defoliation of six basal leaves per shoot was performed either pre-bloom or at berry set on vertically shoot positioned Istrian Malvasia vines. Control treatment without defoliation was also included. Fixed radiation sensors were used to intercept PAR in the fruit zone of each treatment as well as above the top of the canopy in order to measure total incident radiation. Berry set defoliation treatment had the highest mean daily PAR values inside the fruit zone from the phenological stage berries pea size until harvest, while control treatment vines had the lowest mean daily PAR values due to higher shading of leaves from the primary shoots. Pre-bloom defoliation treatment had higher PAR values than control treatment, although considerably lower than berry set treatment. Higher PAR values in berry set treatment in comparison to pre-bloom treatment is a consequence of later and less intensive lateral regrowth in berry set treatment. The highest PAR values in the fruit zone during the day were observed from 9 to 11 am and from 4 to 6 pm. During this period the differences in PAR among treatments were most expressed. From 12 am to 3 am PAR values in the fruit zone were lower and differences among treatments were less expressed. As PAR affects carbon assimilation of leaves and total dry matter production, the results of this study affirm the positive effects of early defoliation in the production of Istrian Malvasia grapes and indicate that this practice is suitable to avoid the formation of shaded canopies which are usual for this cultivar.


This paper analyzes the changes in labor utilization in Laguna province, Philippines, since the introduction of the new rice technology. Until 1970., the crop care activities required by the new rice technology were met by an increase in labor utilization. After 1975, labor began to be replaced by chemicals and machinery...


: Since a long time have been known some hypotheses scientific hypotheses that concern the brain asymmetry and functional hemispheric indecision that may characterize different language and learning disorders in handers subjects. Still today, however, these theories have not found solid proof in neuroscience's and experimental psychology's studies. For other reasons, if we look to recent studies on specific language impairment ( SLI ), or the observations of primary school teachers on children with specific learning disorder ( SLD ) or learning disabilities ( LD ), these effects seem to be pretty obvious. By administering of a structured questionnaire to a sample of Italian primary school teachers, in this study we'll try to examine if left-handers children that attend their classrooms have a higher percentage of language and/or learning disorders – such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia – compared right-handers children.


Abstract:Historical literature traces the origin of Cameroon's anglophone crisis to the failure to implement the Foumban Constitutional Agreement. The current study adds a new perspective: based on extensive field work in Cameroon and a variety of primary and secondary sources, it argues that the crisis, which began in October 2016, degenerated into violence because of a catalog of miscalculations made by President Paul Biya's regime. It argues that the crisis has devastated life in the anglophone region and recommends what needs to be done to turn the tide there. It fills an important gap in the literature on the crisis and the struggle for change and contributes to postcolonial Cameroonian and African historiography overall.


This paper proposes use of the simulated evolution (SE) method for design of matched filters which possess a recursive digital form and match with the bell-shaped pulse signal of infrared (IR) detectors for signal pre-processing in IR search systems. The SE method can be used to search for optimal filter parameters. Simulation results are presented to show the advantages of this new design methodology and the potential of its applications to design of non-standard shape filters.


In order to improve the bus service, exclusive bus lanes, bus priority signals, bus bays, and a bus location system have been combined into a key route bus system. This system started a service for the first time in 1982 on the toko line, then in 1985 on the shin-dekicho line, both in nagoya. Owing to the exclusive bus lanes and bus priority signals, the key route buses were faster in speed than ever and arrived almost on schedule. Thus, passengers of these buses have increased in number. There were also some examples that have changed their travel modes from cars to key route buses. In this paper, the effects of key route bus system on passenger demand are summarized briefly at the outset. Then, the effects of the bus service level on the bus passenger demand are analyzed using the data collected on the toko line. Disaggregate models predicting the mode choice are obtained and time and cost elasticities are calculated. It was found that the service level in the line-haul (in-vehicle time and line-haul cost) has a greater effect than the access time or cost. (Author/TRRL)


String wire borehole stress meter was applied to monitor the mining-induced stress variation of coal pillars. Analysis shows that,in the advance of working face,the coal pillars were influenced by the abutment pressure in the range of 46m from working face,showing boss form. Coal pillars in the range of 52 ~ 60m were not affected by mining,and a smaller and a bigger peaks of abutment pressure range of coal pillars existed in the range of 46m from working face,which located at 18m and 38m respectively from the working face. From the edge of coal pillar to the inner part,the plastic zone was 0 ~ 10m,the elastic zone was 10 ~ 50m,and the initial stress zone was 50 ~ 60m.


Effects of two-factor experiment with nitrogen dosage and planting density on growth and yield were studied to understand high yield and efficiency cultivation technology of Liaoxian No.1.The results showed that the planting density should be 20 000 plants per 667 m2 and urea dosage should be 4-8 kg per 667 m2.


Zinc oxide-graphene oxide nanocomposite layers were submitted to laser irradiation in air or controlled nitrogen atmosphere using a frequency quadrupled Nd:YAG (λ = 266 nm, τFWHM ≅ 3 ns, ν = 10 Hz) laser source. The experiments were performed in air at atmospheric pressure or in nitrogen at a pressure of 2 × 104 Pa. The effect of the irradiation conditions, incident laser fluence value, and number of subsequent laser pulses on the surface morphology of the composite material was systematically investigated. The obtained results reveal that nitrogen incorporation improves significantly the wetting and photoactive properties of the laser processed layers. The kinetics of water contact angle variation when the samples are submitted to laser irradiation in nitrogen are faster than that of the samples irradiated in air, the surfaces becoming super-hydrophilic under UV light irradiation.


Construction of the stable monolayer of endothelial cells onto physicochemically modified polymeric surFace is one of the appropriate method to develop the small caliber vascular graft with the long-term patency. In this study, we constructed the monolayer of endothelial cells on the fibronectin rind the extracellular matrix-coated polyurethane surface derived from human fibroblast cells. To elucidate the adhesion strength of endothelial cells on the extracellular matrix-coated polyurethane, a laminar flow chamber apparatus was developed to exposure the shear stress on the apical membrane of ondothelial cells. Endothelial cells show the strongest adhesion after two days of seeding onto the fibronectin-coated polyurethane surface, whereas endothelial cells on the extracellular matrix derived from the human flbroblast cells show the minimal doubling time of cellular growth.


Age related hearing loss has been associated with increased prevalence and incidence of dementia. Underlying mechanisms that connect hearing loss with dementia remain largely unclear.


The radial motion along null geodesics in the charged black hole space-times, in particular, the Reissner-Nordström and stringy charged black holes are studied. We analyze the properties of the effective potential. The circular photon orbits in these space-times are investigated. We find that the radius of circular photon orbits in both charged black holes are different and differ from that given in Schwarzschild space-time. We Study the physical effects of the gravitational field between two test particles in stringy charged black hole and compare the results with that given in Schwarzschild and Reissner-Nordström black holes.


Objective To observe the inhibitory effect of lentivirus mediated small interference RNA (siRNA) targeting cyclic adenosine monophosphate responsive element binding protein 1 (CREB1) on retinal neovascularization (RNV) in mice.Methods CREB1 siRNA construct was created,screened and packaged to produce CREB1 RNAi-lentivirus.One hundred and forty (5-day-old) C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into 4 groups including normal group,oxygen induced retinopathy (OIR) group,empty vector group and CREB1 therapy group with 35 mice in each group.Mice in the normal group were kept in normal room air,while in the other three groups retinal neovascularization was induced by hypoxia on postnatal day 7 (P7).The mice in the OIR group were not treated.The mice in the vector group received intravitreal injection of lentivirus-green fluorescent protein (lenti-GFP,1 μl),and the CREB1 therapy group received CREB1 RNAi-lentivirus (1 μl) on P5.The proliferative neovascular response was quantified by counting the vascular cell nuclei extending breaking through the internal limiting membrane (ILM) and fluorescent angiography.The areas of RNV and non-perfusion region were calculated.The expression of CREB1,phosphorylated-CREB1 (P-CREB1) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A levels,Akt and phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3K) in retinas were measured by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot.Results The number of vascular cell nuclei breaking through the ILM of the OIR group and the empty vector group increased significantly compared with the normal group (P<0.05),while obviously decreased in the CREB1 therapy group compared with the OIR group and the empty vector group(P<0.05).The area of RNV and non-perfusion region of the OIR group and the empty vector group increased significantly compared with the normal group,while obviously decreased in the CREB1 therapy group compared with the OIR group and the empty vector group.The difference of area of RNV and non-perfusion region among 4 groups were significant (F=67.220,110.090; P<0.05).The mRNA expression of CREB1 and protein expression of P-CREB1,the mRNA and protein expression of VEGF-A,Akt,PI3K in the retina were increased significantly in the OIR group and the empty vector group as compared with the normal group,while decreased significantly in the CREB1 therapy group as compared with the OIR group and the empty vector group.The difference of mRNA expression of CREB1,VEGF-A,Akt,PI3K in the retina among 4 groups were significant (F=6.087,5.464,6.191,8.627; P<0.05).The protein expression of P-CREB1,VEGF-A,Akt,PI3K in the retina among 4 groups were significant (F=162.944,13.861,19.710,22.827; P<0.05).Conclusion RNV in the mice is significantly inhibited by intravitreal injection of lentivirus-mediated CREB1 down-regulation.

Key words:
Retinal neovascularization/prevention & control;  Gene transfer techniques;  Transfection;  Animal experimentation


Six Shooters (2010), by Fernando Spiner, a cinematic translation of the short story "Aballay" by Antonio Di Benedetto (written between 1975 and 1976), uses the text as a starting point for articulating elements of the Argentine gauchesque, in literature and in cinema, with elements of Western, classic and Spaghetti, in a game of transculturation. This paper presents the two versions of Aballay, short story and film, in order to analyze the relationships that are established between these works and the traditions revisited by the filmmaker in the process of making the film. Considering that my analysis is guided by an understanding that Spiner's filmmaking is Borgian in form and in content, the work of Jorge Luis Borges emerges as theoretical and narrative intertext.


In this study, we investigated the effect of egg yolk lipids (EYL) on collagen (10 ㎍/㎖)-stimulated platelet aggregation in vivo. Dietary EYL significantly inhibited collagen-induced platelet aggregation, in addition, increased the formation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), intracellular Ca²?-antagonist as aggregation-inhibiting molecules, in collagen-stimulated platelets. These results suggest that EYL inhibits the collagen-induced platelet aggregation by up-regulating the cAMP and cGMP production. On the other hands, prothrombin time (PT) on extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation was potently prolonged by dietary EYL in vivo. These findings suggest that EYL prolongs the internal time between the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin. Accordingly, our data demonstrate that EYL may be a crucial tool for a negative regulator during platelet activation and blood coagulation on thrombotic diseases.


The starting point for the conversion of Konig Porzellan GmbH's Fuel Oil EL supply was the planning performed by the regional natural gas supply utility for construction of a local gas supply system in Thiersheim, Upper Franconia, Germany The obtainment of the custom of a medium-sized ceramics factory was of technical and economic importance for this project. The challenges presented by the project included extensive tests on the use of a mobile natural gas supply as well as the actual conversion of the kilns. Successful conversion to natural gas was necessarily followed by the development of methods for assurance of product-optimized and repeatable kiln operation for sharp firing.


In recent years, the terrain of subalterity in education has multiplied in heterogeneous ways accentuated through the project of neoliberalism. Unpacking these socially, politically, or ideologically—through three contradictory imperatives—reveals intersecting spaces of marginality, hegemonic discourses, and complicated outcomes related to the governmentality of educational rights. However, despite serious efforts, the relentless task of contesting political rationalities, "normed" subjectivities, or technologies of power has not gained sufficient collective momentum to usurp such modes of governance and thought. These arguments are explored through a range of empirical cases in Ontario ranging from refugee and migrant rights, to the reproduction of racial/sexual/classed profiling and subjectivities, to territorial disputes related to northern and smaller school board challenges related to school closures. It is argued that the fundamental issue is not the dilemma related to redistribution and recognition rights, but the tensions strategically created through the manipulation of economic and moral orderings and consequential fragmentations of space and social justice.

La multiplication des espaces de sous-alterite dans l'education: Des domaines ideologiques a la conception strategique des resultats

Ces dernieres annees, les etudes portant sur la sous-alterite dans l'education se sont multipliees de maniere heterogene dans le cadre du projet neoliberal. Les decortiquer sur les plans social, politique, ou ideologique a partir de trois imperatifs contradictoires permet de degager des espaces dans lesquels se croisent marginalite, discours hegemoniques et resultats complexes en lien avec la gouvernementalite des droits a l'education. Cependant, malgre des efforts soutenus, la tâche infatigable de devoir s'opposer vigoureusement aux rationalites politiques, aux subjectivites « normees » et aux technologies de pouvoir n'a pas reussi a susciter un elan collectif en mesure d'usurper de tels modes de gouvernance et de pensee. Ces arguments font l'objet d'une serie d'etudes de cas empiriques menees en Ontario qui portent entre autres sur les droits des personnes refugiees et immigrantes, les subjectivites et la reproduction du profilage liea l'appartenance raciale, au genre, et a l'origine sociale, ainsi que des litiges territoriaux entourant la contestation de la fermeture de petites ecoles par des conseils scolaires du nord. L'article fait valoir que la question de fond n'est pas tant le dilemme concernant les droits lies a la repartition et a la reconnaissance, mais plutot les rapports tendus qui sont concus strategiquement par la manipulation d'ordonnances economiques et morales et les fragmentations de l'espace et de la justice spatiale qui en resultent.


Support Vector Machine (SVM) is a powerful classification and regression tool. Varying approaches including SVM based techniques are proposed for email classification. Automated email classification according to messages or user-specific folders and information extraction from chronologically ordered email streams have become interesting areas in text machine learning research. This paper presents a parallel SVM based on MapReduce (PSMR) algorithm for email classification. We discuss the challenges that arise from differences between email foldering and traditional document classification. We show experimental results from an array of automated classification methods and evaluation methodologies, including Naive Bayes, SVM and PSMR method of foldering results on the Enron datasets based on the timeline. By distributing, processing and optimizing the subsets of the training data across multiple participating nodes, the parallel SVM based on MapReduce algorithm reduces the training time significantly


Recent calculations have demonstrated that the absorption of infrared, spectral line radiation by dust grains can increase significantly the pumping of the 22 GHz water masers under conditions that may be appropriate for the circumnuclear environment of active galaxies. As a result, improved agreement with the observed maser luminosities is achieved. A key ingredient is a significant difference between the temperatures of the gas and the grains, a difference that is expected in the presence of irradiation by X-rays. In our own galaxy, strong maser emission is observed also for a number of other transitions of the water molecule at higher frequencies. Calculations are presented here to delineate in some detail the maser luminosities that can be expected for both these and the 22 GHz transition when the influence of dust grains is included. Dust grains play a major role when the column density of hydrogen divided by the dispersion velocity for the masing gas exceeds about 1022 cm-2 (km s-1)-1. Beyond this depth, the pumping (and hence the emissivity for saturated masing) is independent of the optical depth to the surface of the cloud. Without dust grains, the pumping is quenched at high optical depths due to trapping of the infrared, spectral line radiation of the water molecule. Calculated luminosities for the water masers at higher frequencies can be comparable with the calculated luminosity of the 22 GHz masers. The calculations here are restricted to the ortho-water configuration.


This paper proposes an alternative concept of Fuzzy Functional Dependency (FFD) based on the theory of conditional probability. We examine some properties of conditional probability and its relation with fuzzy sets. Moreover, approximate conditional probability of two fuzzy sets can be considered to determine the degree of similarity between two fuzzy sets. Based on this property, we propose an alternative concept of FFD and prove that it satisfies classical/crisp relational database.

Abstract in Bahasa Indonesia :

Sebuah alternatif konsep dari Fuzzy Functional Dependency (FFD) berdasarkan teori conditional probability diperkenalkan beberapa properties dan conditional probability dalam hubungannya dengan fuzzy sets didiskusikan. Conditional probability dan dua fuzzy sets dipertimbangkan untuk menentukan derajat kesamaan dan dua fuzzy sets. Berdasarkan konsep ini ini, diperkenalkan sebuah alternatif konsep dari FFD.

Kata kunci: fuzzy sets, fuzzy functional dependency, fuzzy relational database, conditional probability.


The market can self-correct, and MLR rules will soon be recognized only as administrative hoops that plans must jump through.


• Proposed Action: NASA proposes to implement a centralized process for the disposition of the SSP real and personal property consisting of a coordinated series of actions. SSP real and personal property would be evaluated in accordance with NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) 8800.15, "Real Estate Management Program Implementation Manual," and NPR 4300.1, "NASA Personal Property Disposal Procedural Requirements," to select the best option for disposition. • No Action Alternative: NASA would not implement the proposed comprehensive and coordinated effort to disposition SSP property under a structured and centralized SSP process. The disposition of SSP property would instead occur on a center-by-center and item-by-item basis in the normal course of NASA's ongoing facility and program management.


Aristotelian notion of megalopsychia found in Nicomachean Ethics and the figure of the Ubermensch. I will approach this connection in a variety of ways in the first section of my essay and will show how we must go beyond Kaufmann. If one chooses to dismiss the connection between Aristotle's and Nietzsche's ethics, as I will do, this does not mean that Nietzsche's ethics cannot be read as an instance of virtue ethics. In the second section, I will articulate how it is possible to interpret the ethical ideas of Nietzsche as forming a type of virtue ethics that focuses on the character development of the agent. I will define virtue ethics and show how Nietzsche can be seen as a virtue ethicist. I will explain how he shares the critical moment found in the revival of virtue ethics mostly articulated in the twentieth century and also how he shares in the constructive program found therein. 3 In a third section, I will address the problem that awaits those who want to read Nietzsche generously, as I do, as a virtue ethicist. This problem arises with respect to his aristocratic politics found in certain texts. It will then become clear that an articulation of his ethical ideas with respect to his political ideas is problematic. I will attempt to solve this problem, though my proposed solution will emphasize a certain part of the corpus while necessarily overlooking another.


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The learning motivations of contemporary college students have played a key role to promote their learning, which have become various in type and multiple in level. Some of these motivations are positive factors for learning while others are passive, and they both have strong effects on college students learning. Besides, there have been existing different reasons for college students lacking of learning motivations. Furthermore, in order to mobilize the students learning enthusiasm and cultivate their good learning motivations, educators of higher learning must adopt some effective measures in time.


Effects of three different organic acids including racemic malic acid, succinic acid, and citric acid, which act as an impurity on the solubility and metastable zone width of zinc lactate (ZnL2), have been studied. The results show that the presence of all examined impurities increases the solution solubility and the values of solubility increase with increasing impurity concentration. The introduction of impurity also leads to a reduction on the metastable zone width, and the reductions are pronounced when the impurity concentration increased. Further, experimental data of metastable zone width were analyzed using the expression of the Nývlt's approach and self-consistent Nývlt-like approach, which can be expressed in the form: ln(ΔTmax/T0) = Φ + β ln b, with intercept Φ = {(1 – m)/m}ln(ΔHd/RTlim) + (1/m)ln(f/KT0) and slope β = 1/m. Here T0 and Tlim are the saturation and nucleation temperature, respectively. m is the apparent nucleation order, and K is a new nucleation constant related to the factor f d...


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