barge, and having lit a fire, both fell fast asleep. The boat took fire, in what way is not known. The patient's friend awoke, roused his companion, and dragged him by the hand out of the boat. The policemen brought him to me in the condition I have described. Examination.?On examination I found the pulse fair and the breathing regular, about the rate of from 24-30 in the minute. The burns were not of a very severe character on his limbs and face. The cuticle and nails were burnt off the hands and some of the fingers, but the deeper textures were not charred, while the arms were almost uninjured. The skin of both thighs and over one buttock was burnt to the same extent as on the hands. The legs and feet had escaped. The skin of the trunk was entirely free from injury. The face seemed to be lightly scorched, though the cutis over the nose was exposed. There was no evidence of severe shock; but, on the contrary, the patient was rather vigorous in his


The stability properties of pressure-driven ballooning and Mercier modes in general stellarator configurations are studied. A perturbation method originally introduced to study tokamak stability by Greene and Chance [Nucl. Fusion 21, 453 (1981)] is generalized to three-dimensional systems. The effects of profile variation can be examined by introducing self-consistent variations in equilibrium quantities to a localized region whose amplitudes are small but whose cross-field derivative is large. In the general case, the set of equilibria are characterized by two free functions, which can be chosen to be the local variation of pressure and rotational transform profiles (or pressure gradient and the field-line-averaged parallel current). In this way, stability curves for Mercier and ballooning modes in three-dimensional equilibria are generated that are analogous to the s-α curves used in studying tokamak equilibrium.


second, if it does order periodical payments, whether it would be "appropriate" to limit these to a term sufficient to enable the recipient to adjust without undue hardship to the ending of financial dependence on the payer. Thus no requirement is placed on the court to order a clean break, nor, failing that, to order rehabilitative maintenance only; and the court's discretion remains. However, Parliament has signalled its antipathy to long term maintenance for ex-wives (or husbands) and, with the removal of the Dipper limitation, one can expect to see registrars responding to this nudge in favour of ordering a clean break whenever the wife can stand on her own feet economically and, if not, of ordering periodical payments only until she can. Alimony drones, already pretty thin on the ground, will become a rarer species still.


We report a first study of the depolarization behavior of spin polarized 3He in a mixture of 3He-4He at a temperature below the 4He lambda point in a deuterated tetraphenyl butadiene-doped deuterated polystyrene (dTPB-dPS) coated acrylic cell. In our experiment the measured 3He relaxation time is due to the convolution of the 3He longitudinal relaxation time, T1, and the diffusion time constant of 3He in superfluid 4He since depolarization takes place on the walls. We have obtained a 3He relaxation time of ~3000 s at a temperature around 1.9 K. We have shown that it is possible to achieve values of wall depolarization probability on the order of (1–2)×10^−7 for polarized 3He in the superfluid 4He from a dTPB-dPS coated acrylic surface.


This paper presents an η-compliance method to measure the J-Δa curve for pipes with a circumferential surface crack, using the experimentally recorded load versus the crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD) relationship. This study modifies the η method commonly practiced for standard through-thickness fracture specimens to measure the energy release rate, J, from P-CMOD curve for pipes with a circumferential surface crack. The non-dimensional parameter η for the surface-cracked pipes derives from elastic–plastic finite element analyses. The relationship between the crack size and the CMOD-based compliance, coupled with crack profiles interpolated linearly between the fatigue crack profile and the crack profile after ductile tearing, allows determining the crack depth corresponding to the measured CMOD compliance. The measured location-specific J-Δa curves indicate consistency with the fracture resistance curve measured from through-thickness fracture specimens at small crack extension levels. The difference between the fracture resistances becomes significantly larger as the crack extends beyond 0.5 mm.


- The Challenges of Modernity for Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe - Dynamics in Human-Reindeer Relations: Reflections on Prehistoric, Historic and Contemporary Practices in Northernmost Europe - Development of Participatory Institutions for Reindeer Management in Finland: A Diagnosis of Deliberation, Knowledge Integration and Sustainability - Comparison of Indigenous and Scientific Perceptions of Reindeer Management - The Challenges and Dilemmas of Concession Reindeer Management in Sweden - Changes in Property Regimes and Reindeer Herding Management in Post-Soviet Herding Collectives: The Case of the Municipality of Lovozero (Murmansk Region, Northwest Russia) - Defining the Quality of Reindeer Pastures: The Perspectives of Sami Reindeer Herders - Very High Resolution Remote Sensing Data in Reindeer Pasture Inventory in Northern Fennoscandia - Vegetation: Structure, Cover and Biomass of Subarctic Tundra Wetlands Used as Summer Pastures - The Chemical Response of Reindeer Summer Pasture Plants in a Subarctic Peatland to Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation - Consequences of Grazing for Soil Physical and Mechanical Properties in Forest and Tundra Environments - Changes in Organic-Horizon Soil Properties Due to Reindeer Herding and Changing Management - Changing Microbial Ecology with Changes in Grazing and Management - Hygienic Status of Soils and Surface Waters in Reindeer Herding Areas in Northernmost Europe - Population Trends of Semi-Domesticated Reindeer in Fennoscandia - Evaluation of Explanations - Systems Analysis of Finnish Reindeer Management - Synthesis: Environmental and Socio-Political Conditions for Modern Reindeer Management in Europe's North - Subject Index


This study aimed to modify chitosan microspheres to have large specific surface area as cathode catalysts in microbial fuel cell. Nitrogen-rich chitosan microspheres were first prepared and were used as precursors to prepare the activated carbon materials. The activation effects of KOH and activation temperature on the graphitization degree, specific surface area and electrochemical performance were investigated. The materials were characterised through various microscopic analyses and the electrochemical properties of the materials as cathode catalyst were also investigated. Before and after the activation, the materials remained in microspheric morphology, shown by SEM measurement, while the specific surface area of the activated material increased significantly and reached 1562 m2g−1 measured by BET. The graphitization degree of the material showed synchronized increase with calcination temperature, which was detected by Raman spectroscopy. The materials activated were rich in nitrogen, revealed by XPS for elemental analysis. When activated at the temperature of 850 °C, the material demonstrated lower internal resistance (0.6 Ω cm−2), higher alternating current density (24.27 × 10–4 A·cm−2) and the highest power density (1531 ± 51 mW·m−2) which was 1.4 times that of the original carbon felt. It was illustrated by the electrochemical tests that the material prepared from the precursor chitosan microspheres as cathode catalyst has the high activity of oxygen reduction reaction in MFCs.


The semiconductor industry is now facing a major crisis because optical lithography will be reaching its cost effective limits near 130-100 nm design rule around the year 2003. This paper discusses the limit of current optical lithography and the world wide trends in developing post-optical lithographic processes.


In different ambient gases,the transport process of Si particles produced by pulsed laser ablation(PLA) is simulated by using Monte Carlo method,which shows that a high density mixed region(MR) of Si vapor and ambient gas appears,and its position oscillates between target and substrate.The size distribution of Si nanoparticles in the film is researched experimentally.And then,the relation between the size distribution of Si nanoparticles and the oscillating stabilization time of the MR is discussed.The results show that the shorter the oscillating stabilization time of the MR is,the more uniform the as-formed nanoparticles in size are.


It is painful to face the loss of a close, long-standing, loved and admired friend who has exerted such crucial influences on my personal and professional life over the past five decades. I am profoundly grateful to have known him and deeply saddened by his death. In addition to my personal grief, it is a daunting task to attempt to express our collective mourning for what Robert Wallerstein has done for psychoanalysis, his achievements in the scientific, professional, institutional, and collegial life of the American and the International Psychoanalytic community. I do not believe I am exaggerating in stating that he was the single most important source of the awakening of the psychoanalytic profession to the crucial and urgent need to conduct empirical research in order that we remain relevant within the wider contemporary intellectual, academic and scientific community. He was an extraordinarily dynamic, enthusiastic, creative man; patient, yet stubborn, in fighting for progress in our field against daunting obstacles, and institutional biases. Bob's penetrating intellect made him especially well suited to the task of bringing people of all stripes together. His warmth and flexibility facilitated the reconciliation of seemingly incompatible viewpoints in which all parties felt heard and respected. A few essential facts about his life: Born in Berlin in 1921, Robert Wallerstein emigrated with his family to New York City in 1923. He obtained his medical education at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, followed by a residency in medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital of New York. It was before the completion of his residency that he changed course with a new interest in the exciting developments in psychiatry, and entered a residency at the Menninger School of Psychiatry in Topeka, Int J Psychoanal (2015) 96:919–924 doi: 10.1111/1745-8315.12357


Electrochemical oxidation of Pd(tmp), in the presence of the perrhenate ion affords the new molecular conductor [Pd(tmp)] 2 [ReO 4 ]. The compound is composed of partially oxidized (+1/2) Pd(tmp) cations stacked metal-over-metal and surrounded by chains of ReO 4 anions. Single-crystal room-temperature conductivity along the needle axis averages 30 Ω −1 cm −1 and may be fit to an expression that describes a semiconductor with temperature-dependent carrier mobility. ESR measurements confirm the tmp ligand as the site of oxidation


Case management has become a very important part in the delivery of human services, and though it has had its critics, it is widely accepted by public policy makers, administrators and front line practitioners. The political and organisational contexts in which case management thrives are examined by briefly reviewing the case management industry, case managers on the front line, system change and managed care.


The mean snow depth, the duration of continuous snow cover and the number of snowfall days in the Swiss Alps all show very similar trends during the observation period 1931–99: a gradual increase until the early 1980s (with insignificant interruptions during the late 1950s and early 1970s) followed by a statistically significant decrease towards the end of the century. Regional and altitudinal variations are large; high altitudes show only slight changes, and the trends become more pronounced at mid and low altitudes. At any particular time the southern part of the Alps often has different conditions than the north. Shorter snow duration is mainly caused by earlier snow melting in spring than by later first snowfalls in autumn.


Abstract Safety protocols for COVID-19 necessitated changes to this action research project. This article describes the theoretical framework of Community-Based Art Education for providing Service-Learning in an art education preparation program during the global pandemic. Art education students joined the local Boys & Girls Club (BGC) and a local community arts center to explore the idea of social justice and intercultural harmony by creating a mural through completely remote means. Eight art education students mentored eight BGC youth during weekly Zoom sessions to complete the 16-panel mural. Participants expressed their perceptions about different aspects of the project during focus group interviews. The installation of the mural in the local library was covered by local media as children and mentors presented the final project.


The Geomorphological study in in Alaknanda and its tributaries Ganga basin Garhwal Himalya parts of Chamoli Tehri Uttarkashiand Pauri district Uttar Pradesh (Uttrarkhand with special reference to fluvial terraces has been studied . An area about 10000 Sq.kms in parts of QA sheet 53Jand 53 N on 1:1000000/ 1:50000 scale of has been covered. The area of Upper Ganga basin genetically comprised of terraces of three domains, viz. glacial, fluvio-glacial and fluvial which represent distinct environment of sedimentation of Pleistocene, late Pleistocene and Holocene time during Quaternary period. The glacial terraces are identified at an average elevation of 1150 m above m.s.l, the fluvio-glacial terraces at an average elevation of 975m above m.s.l, and fluvial terraces at an average elevation between 650 to 900 m above m.s.l, The area of Upper Ganga basin consists of Alaknanda,Bhagirathi,Bhilangna, Nandakini, Mandakini, Pindar, Dhauli- Ganga Bal- Ganga , Madhmeshwar Ganga and Berhi Ganga. Amidst these Alaknnda is trunk stream and other are tributaries. The Alaknanda is chracterised by six fluvial terraces followed by Bhagirathi with five terraces , Bhilangna Nandakini four terraces Mandakini /Pindar/Dhauli-Ganga /Balganga three terraces , Madhmshwar Ganga two terraces and Bberhi Ganga one terraces. The Badrinath temple is situated in glaciated trough valley of Alaknanda, which comprise of, four levels of the glacial terraces (lateral moraine), cirque moraine on mountain flanks and the terminal moraine at the base of valley. whereas Kedarnath in the upstream of Mandakini, where number of well developed cirques were identified on high mountain, they are mostly arm chair shaped hollows with a steep to vertical head walls, concave floor and a threshold, these cirques are noticed at an average height of about 4500 m. The Kedarnath temple is situated in glaciated trough valley on quaternary platform formed by coalescing of cirque, lateral moraine and terminal moraine. The-Himalayan thrust like Central thrust Srinagar thrust,, Alaknanda fault, Tons thrust show flattening dip suggesting that they lie at comparatively at shallow depth at short distance, down dip from their out crops, recent movements along the trace of these faults /thrust are not of high and longer magnitude but have considerably affected Quaternary terraces of glacial, fluvio-glacial and fluvial domain of Alaknanda and its tributaries. Beside drainage, river bed profile, landscape architect and over all morphogenetic expression of the area bears the impact of tectonic activity. The imprints of neotectonisam associated in the area indicate that these thrust /faults are active and have posed tectano-ecological problems, bears signatures of sinking of the area, mass wasting activities and neosiemic hazards. The study revealed that there is sharp curvilinear break in morphogenetic expression of the area In North of Wazri in Jamuna valley, North of Uttarkashi in Bhagirathi valley, around Tugnath and Chamoli and South of Joshimuth in Alaknanda valley, which appears to be due to horizontal movement of a sub - tectonic plates towards south, which is causative factor in dislocation in tectonic ecology of the area, it is matter of serious concerned and needs further attention.


The current FA recommended dose for the periconceptional period of between 400 μg/d and 1000 μg/d is based on solid evidence.1,2 In our study, 25.2% of women took more than 1000 μg/d of FA and a statistically significant detrimental effect was observed in the psychomotor development of children whose mothers took FA supplement doses higher than 5000 μg/d during pregnancy (3.5%). The effect was still evident after excluding women with medical conditions who were more likely to take an FA supplement dose higher than 5000 μg/d. This finding reinforces the hypothesis that taking very high doses of FA supplements during pregnancy may have a negative effect on infant development independent of treatments for medical reasons. However, along with others,3 we believe that consequences of long-term use of FA supplements throughout pregnancy have been insufficiently explored so far. More research is needed on this issue, with special focus on pregnant women with medical conditions, such as epilepsy or diabetes mellitus, who are more likely to be prescribed higher doses of FA.


This research departs from the findings of various violations that occurred during the campaign and collection and counting of ballots. Indications of violations found such as campaigns that do not comply with KPU regulations and ASNs that are not neutral. From these problems it can be questioned how the performance of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) in the City of Padang in carrying out their duties and authorities. This study uses qualitative techniques that are descriptive. Informants of this research were determined with purposive sampling, that was the Coordinator of the Division of Violation Enforcement of the Election Supervisory Body, Head of the Legal Division and Supervisor of the Election Commission, Political Observer of Padang City and the community. This research used primary and secondary data derived from interview, and documentation study. The data analysis of this study uses the data analysis techniques of the Milles and Huberman models, namely data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. Validity tested of this data used source triangulation technique, and than the data were analyzed with qualitative data technique.. The results of the study show that the task of the Bawaslu is to do more prevention than to take action either during the campaign period or the counting of ballot papers because the Bawaslu in executing cases of violations is not explicitly stated in the law. If a violation occurs Bawaslu must coordinate with related stakeholders


Although the researches of facial attributes' analysis have been launched for decades, the estimation of chronological age attribute remains a big challenge. Previous researchers have found that some facial attributes (e.g., gender and race attributes) have close connections with the age attribute and make age estimation under a specific condition decided by various combinations of those age-related attributes which should be more reasonable. In this paper, we propose a generic framework based on a convolutional neural network, which can consider different conditions for age estimation and jointly output age and age-related facial attributes in the end. Compared with conventional methods, it is more efficient and universal. Besides, we view age estimation as a special multi-class ordinal classification problem and use a losses combination function to optimize the predicted probability distribution of individual age classes. These operations further improve the performance of age estimation. Finally, the proposed method achieves state-of-the-art results on both controlled and wild face datasets.


This paper presents two new mechanisms to improve the performance of wireless TCP,they are:the scheme of adjusting TCP's segment size based on retransmission ratio and the scheme of setting Round Trip Time (RTT) threshold based on estimated throughput.Their feasibility and validity are validated by simulation results.They can provide efficient and reliable end-to-end Internet service in future wire/wireless Internet.


For a graph G =( V,E), the degree distance of G is defined as DD(G )= {u,v}⊆V (G) (dG(u )+ dG(v))dG(u,v) where dG(u) (or d(u)) is the degree of the vertex uG , and dG(u,v )i s the distance between u and v. This paper gets a lower bound on the degree distance in a tree in terms of the order and diameter of the tree. Mathematics Subject Classification: 05C05, 05C12


The presence of solutes in water and soil resources is one of the main environmental problems of many societies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the removal of sodium onto the wheat straw and rice husk wastes nanostructured sorbents. This study was conducted in a batch experiment scale with changes in effective factors such as pH (4.3, 5, 6, 7, and 8), contact time (10, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 180 minutes), sorbent dosage (0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1, 1.3, and 1.6 g), and the initial concentration (5, 10, 30, 60, 90, and 120 mg/L) of sodium metal solution were investigated. Sodium adsorption kinetics on the prepared sorbent were examined based on isotherms of absorption equations. The results showed that the adsorption efficiency of the sorbent studied increases the increasing in pH from 3 to 5, but that the metal ion deposited at a pH greater than 5. Increasing the contact time increases the adsorptive efficiency. In addition, efficiency first increased and then, decreased by increasing the amount of nanometer sorbent. Increasing the initial concentration of sodium from 5 to 120 mg/L for the wheat straw and rice husk wastes sorbents cause decreasing the adsorption efficiency from 85.49 to 68.07% and 89.43 to 68.2% due to lack of sufficient adsorbent higher sodium ion content. Consequently, the adsorption capacity increased from 0.34 to 9.43 mg and 0.36 to 9.43 mg.


The invention cognitive radio (Cognitive Radio) to be in the system channel switching method, the method for managing the frequency channel of a base station and a terminal using the same, the channel switching method of a base station according to the invention is at least set to the communication channel with the terminal from one uplink / downlink frequency channel, the detection step of detecting a first frequency channel is not currently used; Channel switching request message transmission step of transmitting the channel switching request message to switch to the second frequency channel in the first frequency channel to the UE; And a channel switching step of switching to the second frequency channel from the mobile station, when receiving the channel switching report message indicating that the channel switching in response to the channel switching request message, in the first frequency channel. According to the present invention, it is possible to at the same time protecting the original user perform efficient channel conversion. Cognitive radio, WRAN (Wireless Regional Area Network), FDD (Frequency Division Duplexing), TDD (Time Division Duplexing), Channel Switching, Incumbent Protection, Implicit Signaling, Explicit Signaling, Out-band Signaling, OFDM, Channel Scan, Channel Matching, Channel Grouping. ST


This chapter has been provided by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It deals primarily with safeguards and other activities of the Agency during 1979 and describes the situation existing as of the end of the year. It should be noted, however, that IAEA safeguards against the diversion of nuclear materials and other equipment or information for military and other prohibited activities have been evolving almost since the establishment of the Agency in 1956. Accordingly, the chapter also describes briefly the authority and methodology imvolved in the Agency's functions.


............................................................................................iii Acknowledgements.................................................................................v Chapter 1: Introduction and Literature Review Introduction ..........................................................................................9 Literature Review.....................................................................................10 Chapter Two: Methodology Theoretical Framework.............................................................................23 Methodology.........................................................................................25 Data Collection Instruments .......................................................................28 Analysis................................................................................................31 Ethical Considerations..............................................................................33 Chapter Three: Results Narrative Identity ....................................................................................38 Emotional Impact of War...........................................................................41 Barriers to Seeking Treatment ....................................................................44 Facilitators to Accessing Services.................................................................54 Chapter Four: Discussion and Implications Discussion ...........................................................................................63 Implications .........................................................................................72


Liu et al. (1994) showed that the unconditionally stable area is shown in the Smith chart by plotting all the reflection coefficients of Gamma /sub s/, Gamma /sub in/, Gamma /sub out/, Gamma /sub l/. The available matching area is specified by using the modified determinations of the stability criteria. It is applicable to the design of linear two-port amplifiers. The present brief correspondence shows that Fig. 2 in Liu et al. can be redrawn. Meanwhile, more detailed performances of this figure are discussed. The reflection coefficients of the operating points in a Smith chart are used to demonstrate the four-gamma method.


Treated vitro plantlets of Cymbidium dayanum Rchb.,Arundian graminifolia(D.Don) Hochr.,C.lowianum(Rchb.f.) Rchb.and C.tracyanum L.with 60Co γ ray of different dose,to stat plant death rate,survival rate,survival plants'proliferation rate,observed variation rate of character and took regression analysis,the results showed: the half-lethiferous dose of Cymbidium dayanum Rchb.,Arundian graminifolia(D.Don) Hochr.,C.lowianum(Rchb.f.) Rchb.and C.tracyanum L.vitro plantlets were respective 20.72Gy,26.31Gy,29.88Gy,41.04Gy,and there were remarkable character mutation on treated plants such as: stems became dwarfer and stronger, leaves became broader,some leaves could be seen the splits like saw tooth,have light spots on them and tortility.


Abstract Iris Murdoch argued that much contemporary philosophy is guided by a faulty picture of the human being. Her claim was that philosophers had forgotten what a human being is. This paper traces Murdoch's view of that kind of forgetting, and tries to show that we have good reason to re-open the question "What is a human being?" This question is important for philosophy in at least two respects. First, negatively, as a reminder that we do not normally treat our fellow humans as merely a biological creature having certain properties. Secondly, treating the question of the nature of the human as an open question also serves the purpose of destabilizing dominating pictures that still guide and form much contemporary moral philosophy. Thus, Murdoch's criticism of mid-20th century philosophy is still highly relevant. On a more general level, this paper argues that Murdoch's thoughts on how we are guided by pictures in philosophy also shows how a philosophical "illusion of sense" can be the result of what Murdoch calls "a general loss of concepts". Methodologically, this means that the use of simplified and well-defined concepts as philosophical starting-points runs the risk of distorting the subject matter to such a point that it no longer is clear what the philosophy is about.


Objective To study the clinical significance of plasma endothelin(ET)and calcitonin gene related peptide(CGRP)and their effect on the secondary change of pathophysiology in congenital heart disease(CHD). Methods There were 29 cases of children with CHD,11 cases of which were performed surgical repair successfully,and another 25 children as controls.The radioimmunoassary was used to examine their plasma ET and CGRP,respectively. Results The children with CHD before operation showed a significant increase in plasma ET level and a significant decrease in plasma CGRP level compared with controls,respectively(all P 0.01 ).After successful surgical repair,the elevated plasma ET le vels were induced( P 0.05),and the plasma CGRP level was increased,but P 0.05.There was a negative correlation r =-0.71 P 0.01;between plasma ET and CGRP in children with CHD before surgical repair. Conclusion Increase of ET and decrease of CGRP may play an important role in causing pulmonary hypertension in CHD.


Environmental factors such as air pollution and increase in global warming by using polluting fuels are the most important reasons of using renewable and clean energy that runs in global community. Wind energy is one of the most suitable and widely used kind of renewable energy which had been in consideration so well. This paper introduces an electric power generationsystem of wind based on Y-source and improved Y-source inverter to deliver optimal electrical power to the network. This new converter is from impedance source converters family. This presented converter has more degrees of freedom to adjust voltage gain and modulation. Also, by limiting the range of simultaneous control (shooting through) while it maintains thehighest power of maximizer, it can operate in higher modulation range. This causes the reduce of stress in switching and thus it will improve the quality of output. Recommended system had been simulated in MATLAB/Simulink and shown results indicate accurate functionality.


MathScript node is a new function node of LabVIEW8.20.MATLAB and LabVIEW can be combined successfully by taking advantage of MathScript node.A harmonics/interharmonics detection system is built.The hardware of this system mainly includes data acquisition board NI USB-6251 and KS833 signal source.The detection algorithm is windowed Fourier transform algorithm and the window function is rectangular window.The conclusion can be acquired that using MathScript can achieve more accurate detection,improve programming efficiency,and simplify software design.At last,according to experiment results,the performance of this harmonics/interharmonics detection system is analyzed.


Employment services are a pivotal element of labour markets, in building bridges between job seekers and employment opportunities. This role becomes essential in the aftermath of crises, when changes in labour supply and demand are larger, occur at a faster pace, and needs are pressing, particularly from job seekers' viewpoint. Yet in emergencies employment services often tend to be overlooked, and even when some capacity already exists, they may not be adapted to the post-crisis environment.

This manual provides easy to use guidance to ILO staff, constituents, partners and other actors involved in crisis response, on how to set up effective and efficient emergency employment services in post-crisis contexts. Namely:

· Conducting needs assessments (of existing Employment Service (ES) facilities and needs)

· Functions of emergency Public Employment Service (PES)

· Meeting the needs of special groups of job seekers (displaced, old, disabled persons, youth, ex-combatants and women)

· Special features of emergency PES (pro active, flexible, visible, result- and client-oriented)

· Core partnerships (with national authorities, employers' and workers' associations, NGOs, private ES, international agencies)

· Steps in setting up emergency PES (location, priorities, staff, work organization, etc.)

· Details on day-to-day operations (including basic forms, other documents and tools used in PES)

· Promoting longer-terms sustainability of PES operations.

This is a standard package, designed to be used flexibly and pragmatically, to answer the specific needs of very diverse crisis contexts and levels of development, and steer rapid response action.


The paper introduces Excel solver tool briefly,illustrates hydraulic pipeline calculation of mechanical circulation single pipe down stream style hot water heating system in common heating engineering and expounds the Excel solver tool for specific programming method of heating hydraulic calculation.The calculation result shows the use of Excel software for hot water pipe network hydraulic calculation rapidly and accurately.


M e t h o d s Design: Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) (from the U.K. National Health Service perspective) of a randomized placebo-controlled trial (Heart Protection Study [HPS]). Allocation: {Concealed}†.* Blinding: Blinded {clinicians, patients, data collectors, and outcome assessors}†.* Follow-up period: Mean 5 years. Setting: {69 hospitals in the United Kingdom}†. Patients: 20 536 patients (age range 40 to 80 y, 75% men) with nonfasting total cholesterol levels ≥ 3.5 mmol/L (135 mg/dL), coronary disease, cerebrovascular disease, other occlusive arterial disease, diabetes mellitus, or treated hypertension. Exclusion criteria included statin therapy, recent stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), angina hospitalization, abnormal liver function, impaired renal function, and severe heart failure (HF). Patients were rank-ordered by their 5-year predicted risk for MVEs into 5 quintiles. Intervention: Simvastatin, 40 mg/d (n = 10 269), or placebo (n = 10 267). Outcomes: MVEs (nonfatal MI or coronary death, nonfatal or fatal stroke, or arterial revascularization) and other vascular events (admission for angina, HF, or other vascular problems). Incremental costs of hospitalizations and simvastatin use were estimated in 2001 British pounds. Patient follow-up: 100% (intention-to-treat analysis).


Modern physical education in secondary schools is undergoing reform. It is increasingly suggested to introduce the means of different sports to optimize physical education in the educational process. In particular, it is advisable today to include combative sports to the programs of physical culture of military-physical institutions.
The purpose of the study: to substantiate the use of wrestling means in the physical education process of students of the Lyceum with enhanced military and physical training.
Material and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of studying the functional and physical fitness indicators of 10th grade pupils of the Lyceum with enhanced military and physical training during the pedagogical experiment. It consisted in studying the impact of multidirectional wrestling means on the level of these sides of student preparedness during the year.
Results. In pupils who during the year performed the loads according to the experimental physical culture program during the first semester, the total average increase relative to baseline was 10.7%. In addition, during the second – 5.7%. While members of a group that worked according to a traditional physical culture program in the first semester increased the results of the tests by 6.1% and by 2.0% during the second semester. In the physical fitness of EG students, the total increase of indicators for the first semester was 31.6% and 24.5%  – during the second. In contrast, the changes in the studied CG were relatively less pronounced: 24.7% – for the first and 8.9% – for the second semester.
Conclusions. The effectiveness of the use of wrestling means in the physical education of pupils of the Lyceum with enhanced military and physical training is substantiated, which contributes to a significantly more pronounced increase in functional and physical fitness indicators of pupils compared to the traditional program of physical culture.


I was accepted at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Medical School when I was seventeen years old. At that time, I was absolutely sure I was going to be a surgeon. One year later, I received an offer for a fellowship to work in a research laboratory. This originally had not been part of my future professional plan, but I was desperately in need of a source of income, so I joined the research laboratory at the age of eighteen. During the medical school course in Rio de Janeiro, I lived the hormonal tempest typical of youth, and my certainties were shaken badly. I soon discovered that I did not have much of a future in either surgery or clinical practice, but my interest in science increased. I received my M.D. degree in 1961, when I was twenty-three years old, and it was time to decide what to do with my life. With a significant degree of uncertainty, I opted for research. Fortunately, I had excellent supervisors who smoothed out my rite of passage into science.

As a medical student in Rio de Janeiro, I worked with Walter Oswaldo Cruz (Fig. 1) in his research laboratory, and shortly after receiving my M.D. degree, I went to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, where I had the good fortune to work with Herbert and Celia Tabor (Fig. 2) for eighteen months. When I returned to Rio de Janeiro, I was sure that my vocation was in science. I was not yet what one could call a scientist, but I had the basic skills to begin a career.

FIGURE 1.

Walter Oswaldo Cruz, my tutor during my initial period as a medical student.

FIGURE 2.

Herbert and Celia Tabor, my tutors during my postdoctoral training at the NIH in Bethesda. They taught me what biochemistry is.

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My major interest throughout the years has been the mechanism by which enzymes interconvert different forms of energy. This involves the concept of high- and low-energy phosphate compounds and the way some proteins regulate how much of the energy available can be used to perform work and how much is converted into heat. When I first started to work in research, I thought of myself as a physiologist with some training in biochemistry. If someone had told me at that time that he worked in the subjects I have just described, I initially would have had difficulty understanding what he was saying. I would have believed that his work required solid physicochemical training, which I did not have. I would also have thought that the application of this sort of research would be related only remotely to possible medical applications, to which I always hoped to contribute. This juvenile reasoning proved to be completely wrong.

Like any dedicated researcher, I have received some awards for my work, but the sources of these awards often have been unexpected. For example, once I was made an honorary member of the Brazilian Academy of Medicine, and I thought, "I am not ignored by the medical doctors." At home, when I announced that I was still an M.D. after all, my second wife (Fig. 3), my two sons, and my two daughters, who all practice in various medical fields, burst into laughter. I felt their reaction was cruel, but deep down, I had to agree with them because I was a researcher. I then received a nice international award for my work in chemistry, and I was later quoted in several articles published in journals of physics. No one at home laughed at me when I told them of these accomplishments; on the contrary, they said, "Bravo, Papa!"

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My second wife, Vivian Rumjanek, and me. She is an immunologist. My first wife, Regina, was a geologist. We had two daughters and two sons, but unfortunately, she died at an early age.

As time passed and maturity quieted my emotions, I realized that the work itself is what is important, not whether it is categorized as medicine, chemistry, or whatever. When working, there are magic moments in which one suddenly unravels a new finding and has the sensation of understanding a small facet of nature. The magical moment has a short duration, and the new finding is cleared up and substantiated with controls. Then comes the tedious part: writing the paper, submitting it for publication, waiting to know if it has been accepted, and, at times, enduring the rudeness of a bad-tempered referee until finally it is published. At this stage, the magic has faded away, but one goes on struggling to discover something new in the hopes of once more feeling the sensation of a new discovery, no matter the field or how significant it may be. In this search, the main tool frequently is intuition (1). I think scientists are addicts of those glorious moments that follow discovery, and it is with the hope of feeling again the thrill of these moments that they endure long hours of work investigating whatever subject intuition suggests.

I have three major interests related to my profession: research, education, and social studies in science (1–3). I worked most of my life as a university professor and used to select my undergraduate students during my courses on medicine and biology. As my interest in education increased, I started to organize short experimental courses in different Brazilian universities for young students at what would be the equivalent of the high school level in the United States. These young people live in the lower income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro periphery and cannot afford the proper education necessary to attend university. The experimental courses are totally free, and the best students are invited to work in the laboratory under the supervision of M.Sc. or Ph.D. students and eventually enter public universities, which, in Brazil, are free of charge. The students receive a small stipend and all the educational materials they need. Many of these students have graduated and gone on to earn doctorate degrees and have obtained good positions. The system has spread throughout the whole country, and the government is now allocating funds for this activity in the form of science grants. The writer Malcolm Bradbury, in a romance about a professor of history, wrote that although he grew older over the years, his students were always eighteen years old. I have found this to be true, but in my case, I would expand this from fifteen to twenty-five years old. This experience with young people was of great help in educating my own four children and led me to do active research in education and science sociology. In this article, I will refer only to my work in bioenergetics and leave the education affair for another opportunity.


The objective of this Data Specification Protocol is to establish a standardized experimental research plan (e.g., a set of procedures and specifications) usable by a wide variety of users, identifying the critical data parameters needed to determine the energy performance of multifamily housing energy conservation retrofits. The protocol specifies the data points to be monitored, the frequency at which they should be measured and recorded, and the locations of the sensors. 11 refs.


Introduction: The fixed lingual bonded retainers have gained preference over removable retainers because they are more aesthetic, comfortable, convenient and free of patient compliance, but their periodontal effects, the incidences of breakages and failure to maintain incisor alignment are the some concerns. Therefore, this study aims to systematically evaluate the efficiency of retention and periodontal effects of lingual bonded retainers in orthodontically treated patients. Materials and Methods: The PRISMA guidelines were followed. The databases of Cochrane Library, PubMed and Google Scholar were systematically searched. All human, original research studies in English evaluating the fixed lingual bonded retainers, in orthodontically treated patients, in single group or in comparison with different fixed lingual bonded retainers, with or without control were included. All articles were subjected to assessment of risk of bias. Results: A total of 17 studies were selected meeting the inclusion criteria. These were divided into two Group 1 - addressing the periodontal status; Group 2 - addressing the lower incisor stability. The 7 selected studies for group 1, reported that periodontal effects like gingival inflammation, plaque and calculus accumulation are associated with all kinds of lingual bonded retainers, but more in multistranded retainer. The lower incisor stability and alignment during retention phase was shown to be very efficient with multistranded retainers compared to others, in the 14 selected studies for group 2. From the 17 selected studies, 8 studies had a high risk of bias, 5 studies had a medium of bias and 4 studies had a low risk of bias. Conclusion: Even though newer types of retainers are being introduced to improve the survival rate, the multistranded retainers still prove to be a good choice with respect to maintenance of incisor alignment.


Accurate determination of selenium in soils is a critical issue in geochemistry, because Se has a narrow range between dietary deficiency and toxic concentrations. However, its determination is difficult as Se commonly occurs at low levels. Se measurements by ICP-MS are hampered by Ar-based polyatomic ions overlapping Se isotopes. Moreover, in complex matrixes such as geological materials, additional spectral interferences might occur. In this work spectral inferences in volcanic soil digestions have been assessed using both synthetic solutions and real samples under four different measurement conditions that include the addition of an organic solvent (methanol) and the use of a pressurized octopole system. The results indicate that the traditional approach using 82Se without collision-reaction cell significantly overestimates the Se concentration. With the use of a hydrogen pressurized collision-reaction cell an interference-free 78Se signal could be obtained. Methanol was found to decrease the effect of interferences and additionally improves the count statistics due to higher sensitivity. Correspondingly, the best results were obtained using 78Se with a hydrogen pressurized collision-reaction cell and a 2% methanol matrix.


Photolysis of CpRu(CO)2SiMe2SiMe3 (1a) with a low- or medium-pressure Hg lamp for a long time caused the loss of a SiMe2 moiety to give CpRu(CO)2SiMe3 (2), perhaps through the photochemical dissociation of a CO ligand. This mechanism was supported by the quantitative formation of the bis(silylene)ruthenium complex Cp(OC)Ru{SiMe2···O(Me)··· SiMe2} (3a) by photolysis of the (methoxydisilanyl)ruthenium complex CpRu(CO)2SiMe2SiMe2OMe (1b). The X-ray crystal structure analysis of 3a revealed that 3a has an almost planar Ru−Si−O−Si four-membered chelate ring with short Ru−Si bonds (2.316(3) and 2.311(3) A) and long Si···O bonds (1.801(7) and 1.793(7) A). 3a reacts with MeOH instantaneously to give Cp(OC)Ru(H)(SiMe2OMe)2 (4) quantitatively. Photolysis of CpM(CO)2SiMe2SiMe2OMe (1b, M = Ru; 1c, M = Fe) or Cp(OC)M{SiMe2···O(Me)···SiMe2} (3a, M = Ru; 3b, M = Fe) with the photochemical silylene precursor (SiMe2)6 by means of a low-pressure Hg lamp afforded a mixture of 3a or 3b, disilanyl−silylene complexes Cp(OC)M{S...


The oxidation and purification of the primary coolant loop is of great importance in control-ling the dose rate during the outage.In this paper,the effects of pH value,H2O2 and H2 concentration on the migration of activated corrosion products were discussed theoretically.A new method for the shutdown oxy-genation operation,characterized by low pH,low H2 and introducing oxygen densely at suitable amount,was proposed based on the operation experience of Daya Bay nuclear power station.


Taxonomic study of Argyreia Lour. in Thailand was carried out between May 2001 to February 2003, have been studied from the new collecting of fresh materials as well as from herbarium specimens deposited at the seven herbaria in Thailand, namely Professor Kasin Suvatabhandhu Herbarium (BCU), Bangkok Herbarium (BK), The Forest Herbarium (BKF), The Herbarium, Department of Biology Faculty of Science Chiang Mai University (CMU), The Herbarium, Department of Biology Faculty of Science Khon Kaen University (KKU), The Herbarium, Department of Biology Faculty of Science Prince of Songkhla University (PSU) and Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden Herbarium (QSBG). There were found 27 species and one variety. Descriptions, key to species, illustrations and photographs were prepared. Eight species are endemic to Thailand, two are new record species from Thailand, viz. Argyreia fulvocymosa C.Y. Wu var. fulvocymosa and Argyreia thorelii Gagnep., and 3 new species are expected. Pollen morphology of 21 species and one variety were also studied by light microscope and scanning electron microscope. The pollen is monad, radial symmetry, apolar. Aperture is polypantoporate. The shape of pollen grains is spheroidal. The pollen grain size is 83-118 microns. The exine is echinate. The palynological data do not provide good taxonomic investigation for species identification. As well as the photographs from light microscope and scanning electron microscope of pollens also have been added.


Abstract A method to estimate the principal polarizabilities of π-electron clouds embedded in a continuous uniform medium of dielectric constant ε0 = 2 is described and applied to determine these polarizabilities in the case of aromatic hydrocarbons.


. Bosquillon et al . , Pulmonary delivery of growth hormone using dry powders and visualization of its local fate in rates . Journal of Con trolled Release 96 : 233 244 ( 2004 ) . Cho et al . , Targeting the glucagon receptor family for diabetes and obesity therapy . Pharmacology & Therapeutics 135 : 247 278 ( 2012 ) . US 9 , 346 , 766 B2 Page 9 ( 56 ) References Cited


© 2004 Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Published by Blackwell Publishing, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, UK EPAT ducational Philosophy and Theory 0013-1857 © 2003 Phi osophy of Education Society of Australasia ct ber 2003 35 41 0 riginal Article F ex l Contr l Ron Aviram & Y si Yon h 'Flexible Control': Towards a conception of personal autonomy for postmodern education


Abstract Multigrain/polydispersity has a significant impact on turbidity current (TC). Despite the fact that several researches have looked into this effect, the impact of the fluid–particle interactions is not fully understood. Motivated by this, we employ the Eulerian–Lagrangian computational fluid dynamics–discrete element method model to investigate the dynamics of the bidisperse lock-exchange TC. Results show that, because the coarse particles will settle faster and stop moving forward, the two phases of bidisperse transport and fine component transport can be distinguished in the evolution of the bidisperse TC. During the bidisperse transport stage, the upper interface of each component is primarily determined by their own settling and transport characteristics and does not strongly depend on the relative fine particle volume fraction $\phi _F$. Fine particles are primarily responsible for the vortical structures near the upper interface of the TC head, and the increase of $\phi _F$ promotes their streamwise development. In comparison, fragmented vortical coherent structures are closely related to the presence of coarse particles, which can be seen in the lower layers. Bidisperse segregation alters the collision process between dispersed phases, which differs from monodisperse TC. The collisions and segregation-induced flow establish interconnections between the two dispersed phases. In the latter stage, the transport of fine particles is inhibited by both the lift force and the contact force produced by the collision with the deposited materials. As $\phi _F$ rises, the negative contact force weakens, and its change is essentially balanced by the rise in negative lift force.


Combined cycle based power plants and their development and application for energy efficient base load power generation necessitates enforced cooling to maintain the topping cycle gas turbine blade temperature at permissible levels, attributed to the increased turbine inlet temperature and compressor pressure ratio, for the improved performance and reliability of combined cycle. The mathematical model based on expansion path inside gas turbine considering dilution of mainstream and aerodynamic mixing losses for a range of cooling medium has been developed based on internal, film, transpiration cooling technologies and a combination of these. It is found that the appreciation of a cycle configuration as well as the optimum pressure ratio and peak temperature vary significantly with types of cooling technology adopted. Steam cooling for rotor appears to be a very potential cooling medium, when employed with an appropriate cooling technology. This paper deals with the thermodynamic analysis of turbine cooling using, different means of cooling i.e. air, water and steam.Copyright © 1995 by ASME


Based on the analysis of the meaning of environment-friendly highway,an assessment indicator system of environment-friendly highway is constructed.This assessment indicator system can be used to evaluate if a highway reaches the environment-friendly highway′s requirement,and the degree of environment-friendly,and it can also be used to guide the highway construction to develop to the environment-friendly direction.


. The accuracy of the numerical solution obtained by the Boundary Element Method (BEM) is directly affected by the type of interpolation function used. Meanwhile, interpolation by radial basis function augmented with polynomials has been shown to be more accurate than Lagrange interpolation for a range of different functions. Therefore, this paper is concerned with the application of such functions as the interpolation functions for all boundary values in the boundary element method for the numerical solution of two-dimensional heat transfer problems. Numerical examples with different geometries and temperature distributions are presented and comparisons with both isogeometric and classical formulation are made to demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed method.


Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, which is clinically characterized by the progressive deterioration of memory and other cognitive functions that results in the loss of autonomy and ultimately leading to death. Increasing life expectancy has resulted in AD becomes a global public health concern, especially in developing countries as Vietnam. While there is currently no effective treatment for the disease, early detection of AD is critical to slow disease progression, prevent long-term morbidity and mortality, as well as reducing healthcare spending. The diagnosis of AD currently relies on clinical criteria, including mental status assessment, neurological examination, and brain imaging tests. However, these imaging methods are conclusive only in the advanced stages of disease, whereas AD physiopathology begins several decades before onset of the first symptoms. It is therefore particularly important to identify potential biomarkers that can be used in the early detection of AD aim to evaluate the efficiency of therapeutic agents under testing and to thus accelerate the therapeutic discovery process. The aim of the review was to highlight the current knowledge as well as future perspectives on the role of biomarkers in screening, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of Alzheimer's disease.


Glass substrates with through-glass vias for electronic packaging and radio-frequency substrate applications have been demonstrated in a variety of formats from wafers to panels, yet adoption has been hindered by difficulty in handling thin glass in the fab. In this paper we describe successful processing of glass wafers on silicon handles, using our polymer-free temporary bonding process. One preferred handle is silicon, so that the glass- on-silicon unit is rigid, opaque, and compatible with existing silicon-processing equipment. With the Mosaic bond approach, no adhesive wicks into the glass vias, allowing good via fill. Furthermore, no solvent is required for post-debond cleaning. In this paper, we demonstrate fundamental process capability for implementation of this technology for volume manufacture of glass solutions.


A reflective Sagnac interferometer-type fiber-optic current sensor (RS-FOCS) is presented with Y-branch integrated-optics phase modulator and polarization beam splitter. The digital closed-loop Fiber gyroscope technology is employed for signal detection and processing. The variation of linear birefringence and Verdet constant of sensing fiber and phase retardation of quarter-wave retarder with temperature is indicated as the primary scale factor error source. The effect of linear birefringence was suppressed by winding the sensing fiber spirally, and the ratio error caused by the temperature dependence of the Verdet constant is reduced by elliptical-core fiber quarter-wave retarder. The performance of RS-FOCS is tested, and the results show that: the error is less 0.1% for high current whereas more than 1% for low current; the maximal variation of scale factor is 0.066% in a month; the scale factor error is less than 0.2% at −40°C∼60°C.


Taking the bidding management work of repair and maintenance project of Guang-Shen highway owner company for example,the paper practiced and discussed the bidding management work of highway repair and maintenance project,proposed the solution of human factors more and other issues in bidding management work of highway repair and maintenance,so that made the bidding management work more standardization.


This article describes the risks to patients with obstructive sleep apnoea of falling asleep while driving. Patients with this disease often report loss of concentration while driving, particularly on motorways in the dark. Many long distance lorry drivers have the disease, as they commonly have the major risk factor, obesity. In a survey of fatal truck accidents, the American National Transportation Safety Board is now asking relatives routinely about features of obstructive sleep apnoea, as three recent reports have shown that the road traffic accident rate of patients with this condition is up to seven times greater than that of normal drivers. The proportion of crashes in which the driver was at fault and the number of traffic violations were both appreciably higher in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea than in other drivers. About one third of the patients had had car crashes in the previous 5 years. It is suggested that as regards fitness to drive, obstructive sleep apnoea should be classified with epilepsy, hypoglycaemia and adams-stokes attacks, and that further research should be done in order to ascertain its contribution to deaths on British roads. (TRRL)


OBJECTIVE To investigate the antibacterial activity of cefoperazone/sulbactam to Gram-negative bacilli in vitro.METHODS Gram-negative bacilli were isolated from various clinical specimens in our hospital from Jan 2004 to Dec 2007,screened by Gram-staining and oxidase test.The strain identification and the antimicrobial susceptibility test were determined by VITEK-60 Full Automated Microbiology Analyzer and slip diffusion method,respectively.The results of the survey were retrospectively reviewed.RESULTS The resistance rates of Enterobacteriaceae to cefoperazone / sulbactam were very low,the rates of Escherichia coli,Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae were 6.9%,9.2%and 12.9%,respectively;and the rates of Acinetobacter baumannii,Chryseobacterium meningosepticum,Pseudomonas aeruginosa,Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Burkholderia cepacia were 7.7%,8.1%,20.4%,21.5% and 34.1%,respectively.CONCLUSIONS The antimicrobial activity of cefoperazone/sulbactam to Enterobacteriaceae and non-fermentation bacteria(A.baumannii,Ch.meningosepticum) is strong.The resistant rate of other Gram-negative bacteria to cefoperazone/sulbactam is less than 40 percent.In the treatment of infection caused by Gram-negative bacilli,cefoperazone/sulbactam has a very good prospect.


In traditional engineering, technologies are viewed as the core of the engineering design, in a physical world with a large number of diverse technological artefacts. The real world, however, also includes a huge number of social components—people, communities, institutions, regulations and everything that exists in the human mind—that have shaped and been shaped by the technological components. Smart urban ecosystems are examples of large-scale Socio-Technical Systems(STS)thatrelyontechnologies,inparticularontheInternet-of-Things(IoT), withinacomplexsocialcontextwherethetechnologiesareembedded.Designing applicationsthatembedbothsocialcomplexityandIoTinlarge-scaleSTSrequiresa Socio-Technical(ST)approach,whichhasnotyetenteredthemainstreamofdesign practice.Thischapterreviewstheliteratureandpresentsourexperienceofadopting anSTapproachtothedesignofacommunity-orientedsmartgridapplication.It discussesthechallenges,processandoutcomesofthisapporach,andprovidesaset oflessonslearnedderivedfromthisexperiencethatarealsodeemedrelevanttothe designofothersmarturbanecosystems.


The solubility of tetramethylthiuram disulfide (TTDS) and 2-nitrophenyl disulfide (NPDS) in sub- and supercritical propane has been experimentally determined in a static view cell, for temperatures between (347 and 393) K and pressures in the range (4.8 to 12.9) MPa. The solubilities of TTDS varied from (0.09 to 0.67) mg of solute per gram of propane, whereas those of NPDS were from (0.06 to 0.70) mg of solute per gram of propane within the experimental range studied. It was found that larger values of the solubility were obtained at higher pressures. Regarding the temperature effect, for NPDS the solubility rose with increasing values of the variable in the whole experimental range analyzed, while for TTDS higher solubilities were found at 370 K (the critical temperature of propane). The solubility values obtained for these compounds were compared to those of anthracene, carbazole, and dibenzothiophene (DBT) in propane. It was observed that TTDS and NPDS solubilities are similar to those of carbazole and...


The article highlights the events related to the royal policy of "appeasement" of the mountain and island parts of the Scottish kingdom in the XVI first quarter of the XVII century. The insufficiently explored activities of Scottish adventures and some representatives of the Royal authority connected with the colonization and introduction to civilization "wild" residents of the suburbs of the Scottish Kingdom is considered. Attention is being paid to the connection of internal colonization Scottish territory with the prospects of development of the colonization of America. These facts in the article expand understanding of the level and the role of one of the types of internal migration of the Scottish population in the Early modern time


Through the pyrogenation experiments on fresh and oxidized coal samples, the properties of coal spontaneous combustion of a coal mine in Pingxiang mining group were studied; and CO concentrations of different pyrogenation temperature of experiment samples were measured. The changing rule of CO concentrations with temperature change is analyzed. The changing rule of CO concentration is different for unit distinction. So it is not appropriate to use a fixed value as a criterion to predict the coal spontaneous combustion. The results are meaningful in improving the accuracy of coal spontaneous combustion prediction and prevention of mine fire.


The problem of designing multi-stage supply chain network is determining supply chain structure, it belongs to strategic decision for supply chain management. Once this type of decision is made, it has an impact on the supply chain planning and operation for relatively long time period. Thus supply chain network design problem should take account of all the real world consideration. This paper considers multi-period, inventory, multiple component, and multiple product concepts which are very important to supply chain network design problem. This paper develops the mathematical model for this problem and presents the solution method based on the Excel Solver. In order to test the applicability of the presented model and solution method, this paper generates numerical examples and applies the model and solution method to them. The sensitivity analysis about the number of plants and distribution centers is also performed.


The invention discloses a vacuum carburizing method based on natural gas. The vacuum carburizing method based on the natural gas comprises the following steps that workpieces are arranged in a furnace, and the exhausting is carried out so that the vacuum degree reaches 133Pa; the electrification heating is carried out so that the vacuum degree reaches the condition that the carburizing temperature is 1030 DEG C to 1050 DEG C; through heat preservation, the natural gas is introduced so that carburizing on the workpieces is started, the natural gas is repeatedly introduced and stopped for many times so that the carburization process is sufficiently carried out until the carburization is completed; nitrogen gas is filled, in addition, the workpieces are transferred into a cooling chamber arranged in the furnace, after the temperature reaches 550 DEG C to 660 DEG C, the heating is carried out again under the vacuum condition to reach the hardening temperature for fining crystalline grains; after the hardening heating and heat preservation is finished, the nitrogen gas is introduced again, and then, the workpieces are subjected to oil hardening. The vacuum carburizing method has the advantages that treated objects subjected to crystalline grain coarsening obtain specified physical property values, the carburization time is shortened, the carburization surface quality is good, the carburization layer is uniform, the excessive carburization risk is avoided, the natural gas can be directly used as a carburizing agent, a gas generation furnace is not needed, and the pollution of smoke heat on environment is eliminated.


Universities are singular institutions. They have common historical roots yet are deeply embedded in their societies. Established in the medieval period to transmit knowledge and provide training for a few key professions, in the nineteenth century universities became creators of new knowledge through basic research.1 The contemporary university is the most important institution in the complex process of knowledge creation and distribution, serving as home not only to most of the basic sciences but also to the complex system of journals, books, and databases that communicate knowledge worldwide.2 Universities are key providers of training in an ever growing number of specializations. Universities have also taken on a political and cultural function in society, serving as centers for the civil society. At the same time, academe is faced with unprecedented challenges, stemming in large part from a decline in resources. After almost a half century of dramatic expansion worldwide, universities in many countries are being forced to cut back on expenditures and, in some cases, to downsize. The unwritten pact between society and higher education that provided expanding resources in return for greater access for students as well as research and service to society has broken down, with significant implications for both higher education and society.


Abstract The various Internet hosts offer a great deal of information in the field of child and adolescent health care. In order to demonstrate the Internet's usefulness in the field of pediatrics, the topic of childhood asthma was selected to demonstrate some methods of accessing information which might be of interest to pediatric health care providers, parents, or interested lay persons. Various methods of searching for relevant information are demonstrated and the Internet facilities of Gopher, listserv, FTP, and World-Wide Web (WWW) are explored. The URLs of many useful sites which contain information pertaining to childhood asthma are given.


PurposeThe study builds on studies in online shopping. Existing studies in online shopping proved that it is an attraction to shoppers. In Nigeria's emerging economy the increasing Internet penetration does not equate with intention to use online shopping because it is not really used by users for online shopping. Consumers are considering it unattractive because of serious concerns that border on product quality of online shops and poor know-how on e-tech. The study sought to explore factors that could mitigate challenges to successful online shopping in Nigeria's emerging economy.Design/methodology/approachOnline survey method was used to sample 246 respondents. Measurement items were adapted from related literature. Confirmatory factor analysis and content validity were used to check the reliability and validity. A set of fit indices were used to check the goodness of fit. Data was analysed using structural equation model.FindingsResults indicate direct effects of consumer attitude, perceived usefulness and social influence on intention to use online shopping with consumer attitude shown to have a greater degree of importance towards intention to use online shopping. Thus, consumers' attitude of browsing online and going offline for purchases is dependent on attitude of like or dislike. Perceived ease of use, social influence and perceived usefulness had an indirect positive effect on consumer attitude to intention to use online shopping. Social influence is indicated to have a direct positive effect on perceived ease of use. Also perceived ease of use had a positive and direct effect on perceived usefulness.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample size is not large enough and the use of snowball sampling limits representativeness.Practical implicationsThe study indicated vital factors African emerging economies like Nigeria can use to improve consumer confidence towards intention to use online shopping and drive cashless policies. Several studies have missed the indirect effect of referents (social influence) on adoption of technology. The study proved that it can produce indirect effect as well as direct effect on intention to use online shopping.Originality/valueSeveral studies have missed the indirect effect of referents (social influence) on adoption of technology. The study proved that it can produce indirect effect as well as direct effect on online shopping.


In our course of screening search for biologically active substances produced by entomopathogenic fungi, we isolated bassianolide as an insecticidal substance together with beauvericine from mycelia of a strain of Beauveria bassiana.l) In addition to these compounds, a new cyclodepsipeptide was isolated from mycelia of the same fungus. In this report we wish to describe structural elucidation of the new cyclo depsipeptide termed beauverilide A. B. bassiana was cultured stationarily on the medium containing the decoction of silkworm pupae2) at 26.5°C for 23 days. The neutral fraction separated from a methanolic extract of the mycelia was chromato


Mitochondria are the main energy producing organelle of the cell through oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and the electron transport system, and major sources of reactive oxygen species (ROS) result from superoxide (O2−) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Accumulation of ROS has the potential to harm macromolecules such as DNA and RNA. How antibiotics contribute to oxidative damage in cells have not been sufficiently investigated, although Kohanski et al. (1) have proposed a mechanism of how bactericidal antibiotics increases O2− production causing an excessive production of hydroxyl radical (OH−) via the Fenton reaction. This study has therefore investigated the effect of clarithromycin, trimethoprim and penicillin on the mitochondrial respiration and H202 production in rat skeletal muscle to see if our findings correlate with Kohanski's proposal.


Abstract We study the application of the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker and linear-mufintin-orbital niethods for a one-dimensional array of potential wells and find explicit analytical expressions for the screened structure constants which are shown to be exponentially decaying functions.


In modern era, the people adopt mechanical type of lifestyle who don't follow the proper regimen will
suffer from disorders like Manyastambha. A major part of global population experiences
Manyastambha atleast once in their lifetime. Manyastambha is one of the important vataja
urdhvajatrugata roga the cardinal sign of Manyastambha is stiffness of neck with or without pain.
Present work was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of Nasya Karma on Manyastambha i.e.
Brumhana and Shodhana therapy of mashataila is used in the Nasya Karma. In present study 30
patients are undertaken for clinical trial from Shri Mallikarjuna Swamiji Post Graduate and Research
Center Bijapur. The result of Nasya Karma was having a prolonged significant results during, after and
post followup of the treatment.


Almost 100% of domestic water is covered by groundwater in the Kumamoto region, Japan. However, in recent years, the groundwater recharge area (particularly paddy fields) has been significantly decreasing, and the groundwater level has been gradually dropping in some places. Aside from this, the groundwater level was abnormally changed as an impact of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Our final goal is to build a model to represent the groundwater level change including the abnormal change. For this purpose, we generated a land cover map by using temporal Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) changes based on Landsat-8 satellite images and Geographic Information System (GIS) data. Our classification results well expressed the actual land cover especially around rivers, lakes and buildings compared with the existing land cover map. The calculated infiltration and surface runoff amounts from grasslands with the different land uses indicated the importance of understanding not only land covers but also land uses to evaluate infiltration and surface runoff amounts.


A 69-year-old man who had been bedridden in nursing home because of a 5- year history of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) was admitted due to aspiration pneumonia. Besides neck dystonia in extension, he showed "alternating flexed–extended posturing", in which the arm was flexed on one side and extended on the other. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed global cerebral atrophy that predominantly affected the cortex and midbrain. The mechanisms of complex posturing in late-stage PSP may sometimes be related to decortication and decerebration as well as dystonia, and "alternating flexed– extended posturing" might be one of the phenotypes of pathological progression in PSP.


We analyze the convergence of discretization schemes for the adjoint equation arising in the adjoint-based derivative computation for optimal control problems governed by entropy solutions of conservation laws. The difficulties arise from the fact that the correct adjoint state is the reversible solution of a transport equation with discontinuous coefficient and discontinuous end data. We derive the discrete adjoint scheme for monotone difference schemes in conservation form. It is known that convergence of the discrete adjoint can only be expected if the numerical scheme has viscosity of orderO(h) with appropriate 0 < α < 1, which leads to quite viscous shock profiles. We show that by a slight modification of the end data of the discrete adjoint scheme convergence to the correct reversible solution can be obtained also for numerical schemes with viscosity of order O(h) and with sharp shock resolution. The theoretical findings are confirmed by numerical results.


This paper presents the results of observing colorimetric change obtained by the impact of UV curing. The test specimens were made by stereolithographic process from photopolymer materials with the addition of cyan, magenta, and yellow dye. To better understand the impact of UV curing on colorimetric permeability properties, specimens were made in five different thicknesses (1 mm, 2 mm, 3 mm, 4 mm, and 5 mm). The UV curing time was divided into eight intervals of 15 minutes, at the end of which spectral and colorimetric values of each specimen were measured. The difference in color change was defined and shown using the CIELab color system. The conclusion of the conducted tests indicates that specimens with smaller thickness have a greater color change. The correlation between the time interval of UV radiation and the direction of color change was determined.


The onset of convection driven by centrifugal buoyancy in the annular region between two coaxial corotating cylinders is investigated when the height of the annular region not only depends on the distance from the axis as in most previous works on the problem but on the azimuthal coordinate as well. The onset of convection in the form of stationary flows or in the form of thermal Rossby waves is investigated in dependence on the parameters of the problem. The evolution of the various modes with increasing amplitude of motion is followed through integrations in time of the fully nonlinear basic equations. Various forms of periodic, quasiperiodic and aperiodic time dependence are found.


Jon P. Mitchell is Professor of Social Anthropology He has conducted ethnographic research since the early 1990s in the Mediterranean island state of Malta. Here, he has worked on issues of politics and Europeanisation, popular ritual, saints' feasts, Catholic visionaries, the materiality of statues, and forms of embodied and sensory religious experience. His most recent book is Ritual, Performance and the Senses (edited with Michael Bull), Routledge, 2015. She research examining the sensory experiences who Petty's work examines themes including perception, walking, the writing first based this ethnographic research.


OBJECTIVE:To probe into the characteristics and general patterns of the traditional Chinese medicine-induced adverse drug reactions(ADRs) occurred in Beijing university third hospital by so as to provide reference for clinical safe and rational use of traditional Chinese medicines.METHODS:All the ADR cases induced by traditional Chinese medicines during 2004-2010 period collected from Beijing University Third Hospital were analyzed statistically with regard to patients' basic information,time to ADR onset,ADR-involved organs or systems and clinical manifestations,dosage forms and doses of ADR-involved drugs etc.RESULTS:The ADR induced by traditional Chinese medicines appeared at any age group but mostly in patients aged 50-59 years with women showing highest proportion(66.90%).ADR onset within 24 hours represented 37.93%.The most common presentation of the ADR was lesions of dermal system(64.83%).Injections took the lead among all the traditional Chinese medicines involved in ADR(32.41%).12.41% was resulted from off-label use(larger than the recommended dose).CONCLUSION:Rational use of traditional Chinese medicine should be advocated in hospital,meanwhile,great importance should be attached to the reporting and monitoring of traditional Chinese medicines induced-ADRs in order to reduce ADR frequency and ensure patients' medication safety.


The point measured in GPS surveying is assumed to be the phase center of the GPS receiver's antenna. However, the phase center is not a physical center. Moreover, the phase center is not a fixed point all the time. The offset and variation of a GPS receiver's antenna can be determined using anechoic chamber measurements or using GPS observational data. In this paper, GPS observational data are applied to determine the offsets and variations of the GPS receivers' antennas of the Trimble, Leica and Ashtech GPS receivers. For the same type antennas, the maximum horizontal component error of the phase center is about 1.4 mm, and the vertical component error is about 2.6 mm. For the different type antennas, such as «Trimble to Ashtech», the maximum horizontal component error is about 4. 3 mm, and the maximum vertical component error is about 33.5 mm. As for «Trimble to Leica», the maximum horizontal component error is about 5.2 mm, and the maximum vertical component error is about 55 mm. In this paper, the coordinates with and without phase center corrections are also compared. From the results, it is obvious that to calibrate the GPS receiver's antenna and to correct the phase center error is necessary when executing a GPS surveying.


We apply the atom counting theory to strongly correlated Fermi systems and spin models, which can be realized with ultracold atoms. The counting distributions are typically sub-Poissonian and remain smooth at quantum phase transitions, but their moments exhibit critical behavior, and characterize quantum statistical properties of the system. Moreover, more detailed characterizations are obtained with experimentally feasible spatially resolved counting distributions.


Hatertite, ideally Na 2 (Ca, Na)(Fe 3+ , Cu) 2 (AsO 4 ) 3 , was found in a fumarole of the North Breach of the Great fissure Tolbachik volcano eruption (1975–1976), Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. The mineral occurs as individual, prismatic and tabular, honey-yellow crystals up to 0.3 mm across. It has a vitreous luster and yellow streak. Hatertite is monoclinic, C 2/ c , a = 12.590(2), b = 12.993(3), c =6.700(2) A, β =113.72(2)°, V = 1003.4(3) A 3 , Z =4, D calc = 4.06 g/cm 3 . The eight strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern are [ d obs in A ( I ) ( hkl )]: 6.493(25)(020); 3.628 (25)(131); 3.204(39)( 112,131); 3.065(18)(002); 2.976(28)(312, 222); 2.830(100)(240), 2.632(36)(132); 1.647(19)(204,640). Hatertite is optically positive, α = 1.820(3), β = 1.825(3), γ = 1.833(3), 2V meas. = 60(10)°, 2V calc. = 77°. The orientation is Y = b . The chemical composition determined by the electron-microprobe analysis is as follows (wt.%): Na 2 O 8.49, K 2 O 2.41, MnO 1.64, CaO 7.06, Fe 2 O 3 11.15, ZnO 2.05, CuO 8.10, Al 2 O 3 2.22, As 2 O 5 55.67, total 98.79. The empirical formula (based on 12 O apfu ) is (Na 0.47 K 0.32 )(Na 0.84 Ca 0.16 ) (Ca 0.62 Na 0.19 Zn 0.16 Mn 0.14 ) (Fe 3+ 0.44 Cu 0.32 Al 0.13 Na 0.11 ) 2 (As 1.01 O 4 ) 3 . A general crystal chemical formula for hatertite should be written as NaNa(Ca 1−x M + x )(Fe 3+ 1+x M 2+ 1−x )(AsO 4 ) 3 , where 0.5 > x >0, M + is an unspecified monovalent cation, and M 2+ is an unspecified divalent cation. The crystal structure was solved by direct methods and refined to an agreement index R 1 = 0.028 on the basis of 751 independent observed reflections. Hatertite is a new arsenate member of the alluaudite group. Its structure is based upon chains of edge-sharing octahedra running along [−101] and linked by T (2)O 4 tetrahedra into layers parallel to (010). The layers are further interlinked through T (1)O 4 tetrahedra to form a three-dimensional octahedral-tetrahedral framework with the A (1) and A (2)' sites in the interstices. The mineral was named in honor of Prof. Frederic Hatert (b. 1973), University of Liege, Belgium, for his contributions to the mineralogy and crystal chemistry of alluaudite-group minerals.


The print version of a recent editorial (1) contained an error. The third sentence should read: in 2016 an estimated 10.4 million persons developed the disease and 1.7 million [as opposed to 1.8 million] died of it. This has been corrected.


The fruits set rate,fruit appearance and inner quality characteristics of different pollination combinations were investigated with 4 pear varieties as pollinator and Huangguan pear as female plant.Results showed that the fruit set rate,fruit shape index,edible ratio,fruit weight,titratable acid and soluble solids content of Huangguan pear pollinated by Dangshansu pear were significant different.Considering all these factors,Dangshansu pear is the best pollinator of Huangguan pear in Jingtai area of Gansu province.


ABSTRACT Lipids from marine organisms are a source of molecules of high nutritional significance, like polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and antioxidants. The incorporation of these molecules into the human body is possible mainly through the intake of fish and fish oil-based food. This review covers some of the health benefits and biochemical aspects of nutritional lipids, the available marine resources for the production of PUFAs and antioxidants, and the most used methods for the extraction and identification of these natural lipid molecules in the lab and in the industry. Emphasis is put on the use of residual biomass from fisheries to obtain these interesting products and the consequent improvement of the sustainability of the fish industry.


SIR JAMES PAGET'S classic report 1 on osteitis deformans was followed by numerous investigations 2 which have established the protean clinical manifestations, the specific pathological picture, the biochemical alteration, and the roentgenographic abnormalities which characterize this condition whose causation still remains obscure. Although the clinical diagnosis is often made readily, at times there may be great difficulty in differentiating Paget's disease from other bone disorders, especially from osteoblastic cancer metastases. 3 In this communication, hitherto undescribed cell findings in bone marrow aspirates will be reported. These cell findings were noted in eight consecutive cases of Paget's disease and consist of large mononuclear cells and giant multinucleated syncytial forms, both of which have unique morphological characteristics. The detailed cytology of these cells and their significance will be presented below. INITIAL OBSERVATIONS Early in 1952, an iliac bone marrow smear from a patient (Case 1) with suspected pernicious anemia was examined by


Despite much emphasis on the extended family system in many non-Western settings, research on dynamics of these relationships is sparse. This study investigates the impact of family integration on a fundamental relationship in the Nepalese extended family: the mother-inlaw/daughter-in-law relationship. I hypothesize that when a daughter-in-law is integrated into her husband's family she perceives a happier relationship with her mother-in-law. Using individual interview data, I test two mechanisms of family integration – a daughter-in-law's childbearing experiences and religiosity. Empirical analyses demonstrate that the more children she has born, the happier the daughter-in-law perceives the relationship. The number of sons she has born yields even stronger results. A daughter-in-law's religiosity also increases her reported happiness in her relationship with her mother-in-law. Religiosity retains a strong positive impact even when childbearing experiences are considered. These findings point to the importance of studying inlaw relationships as a particular aspect of the kinship system. Daughters-in-law and Mothers-in-law: Determinants of Relationship Happiness The topic of the relationship with the mother-in-law comes up frequently in everyday conversation, popular culture, jokes and TV shows, but has not been widely studied. Some psychological research has explored feelings about in-law relationships in Western countries. For example, in one study children were found to perceive greater interpersonal distance and have more negative attitudes toward mothers-in-law than mothers (Denmark and Ahmed 1989). Other research in the West has focused on support patterns between in-laws and children in terms of service and financial aid (Stack 1974). There has been even less empirical evaluation of relationships between in-laws and children in non-Western contexts. Key reasons for this gap in research may be that the data are rarely available and that in-law relationships may have very different meanings in different contexts. However, exploration the dynamics of in-law relationships in diverse contexts is likely to yield important evidence of the extent to which factors related to happy relationships are context specific, and insights into what social changes are likely to reshape these relationships over time. Most research on intergenerational relationships focuses on the parental family. In the Nepalese context however, "affinal" relationships, which are relationships created through marriage, are also likely to be extremely salient to a woman's family and demographic behaviors. Historically, extended families in Nepal have been characterized by patrilocal residence, where married couples continue to reside with or nearby to the husband's parents. In this setting when a young woman gets married she joins the husband's family as an outsider. The new wife comes under the authority of her parents-in-law and husband, and this authority is most exercised by the mother-in-law in daily domestic tasks. Because these women coexist so closely in the domestic sphere, the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship is fundamental to the Nepalese extended family. Despite its importance as a critical feature of the Nepalese family, the exploration of the specifics of this relationship has been a neglected area of research. The aim of this article is to improve understanding of demographic processes and family dynamics in this setting by conceptualizing the affinal domestic sphere as an important social context. Rural Nepal is an ideal setting to examine factors associated with happiness in the relationship between daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law because these relationships are central to the family system and because recent dramatic social changes create variation in in-law relationships. The results provide valuable new insights into extended family dynamics in nonWestern contexts, and point to the importance of integrating women's relationships with their affinal relations into empirical research on childbearing behavior. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK I construct a theoretical framework that combines aspects of theories of in-law relationships from industrialized Western contexts with ideas about family dynamics in rural Nepal, to examine the wife's "integration" or process of becoming an accepted member of her husband's family. I construct a theoretical framework that conceptualizes two broad integrating forces – childbearing behavior and religiosity. I then hypothesize that when a woman is more integrated into her husband's home, she feels more positively about her relationship with her mother-in-law. This framework recognizes that childbearing behaviors and religiosity may be closely related to each other or they may each have independent influences on the daughter-in-law's happiness in her relationship with her mother-in-law. Childbearing Experiences In this setting I expect the extent of the daughter-in-law's childbearing to increase her satisfaction with the relationship with her mother-in-law. Historically in Nepal living in a household with many children has been highly valued. The more children there are, the more they can help with farming and household tasks, and serve as old-age security. The birth of a child proves that the daughter-in-law is fertile. Once the mother-in-law is assured that her daughter-in-law is capable of providing grandchildren, she may treat her more kindly. This may improve the daughter-in-law's perception of their relationship. Also, a daughter-in-law may be able to avoid strenuous household chores while she is pregnant and recovering from a birth. These privileges may improve her sentiments toward her mother-in-law. In addition, the motherin-law may provide considerable help with childcare, which may cause the daughter-in-law to perceive their relationship more positively. Furthermore, I expect that the gender of grandchildren born will have differential effects on the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship. In a highly gender-stratified setting such as rural Nepal, sons may be desired for economic reasons (they can provide money to older generations), social reasons (they can provide companionship to older generations) and religious reasons (in the Hindu religion the oldest son performs death rituals for his parents). Because sons offer more benefit to older generations, I expect the daughter-in-law's birth of sons to especially improve her treatment by her mother-in-law and increase her satisfaction with her mother-in-law. However, there are reasons for Nepali parents want at least one daughter as well. For instance, in Hindu culture marrying off a daughter brings religious merit and social status. Additionally, daughters can help with household tasks that are not appropriate for sons. Therefore I expect that the bearing of children in general and of daughters specifically will both positively increase the daughter-in-law's happiness in her relationship with her mother-in-law, and that the bearing of sons specifically will have even greater positive effects.


C/Cu composite was fabricated using mechanical alloying(MA) and spark plasma sintering technique.The structure,hardness,tribological properties and wear mechanism were examined using scanning electron microscopy,transmission electron microscopy,X-ray diffraction,microhardness and pin-on-disc testing.The results show that the Cu powder consists of nanometer and sub-micrometer particles and C powder exists in the form of nanometer layered structure and the amorphous in the milled composite powders.The compacts prepared by SPS reveal dense structure with fine particles uniformly distributed,and the hardness and density of the material decrease with increasing C content.The friction coefficient is low and wear resistance is improved for C/Cu composite compared with electrolytic coarse Cu compact,the dominant wear mechanism is oxidation wear,adhesive wear and delamination wear.


Stress is an unavoidable part of life everybody meet with stress in his/ her life. It can take a toll on students' physical health, mental health, and academic success and even on every part of life unless they discover to cope with it appropriately. This research is aimed to explore the quality of life related the level of prevalence stress among students in public university. The main objectives of this study is to investigate whether the components of quality life which are emotional intelligence, personal meaning profile, satisfaction with life and psychological well-being significantly influence the level of prevalence stress among Mathematics students in public university. This study was conducted in University Malaysia Terengganu and University Technology MARA Kelantan. The data for this study is analyzed by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to achieve the main hypotheses of this study.


Synthetic biology aims to build biological devices to understand living systems and explore new applications. Synthetic gene circuits such as genetic switches, oscillators and logic gates are at the core of many synthetic biology applications. These gene circuits often include a sensor/regulator protein capable to detect small molecules and then transduce them into a regulatory signal to generate measurable output. Similar signal transduction networks are also abundant in nature. However, in many natural and engineered scenarios, the output also affects the regulator/sensor protein. How such interactions between the regulator/sensor and the output affect synthetic gene circuit function has not been investigated. In order to address this question, I took advantage of Saccharomyces cerevisiae synthetic gene circuits built previously in our laboratory: Negative Regulation (NR), Negative Feedback (NF) and Positive Feedback (PF). Previous research had characterized the behavior of these gene circuits at various inducer (anhydrotetracycline, ATc) concentrations when they controlled the bifunctional Zeocin Resistance gene (ZeoR) fused to the reporter yEGFP. In these gene circuits, yGFP::ZeoR was a passive target, which did not interact with its upstream transcriptional regulator. In order to study the effect of an


The need for network traces has always been a critical element for the success of network, and network security, research. However, the plethora of privacy, legal and policy issues has often prevented access to collected traces. This has created the need for developing anonymization methods and tools to protect the privacy of the released traces while preserving utility in the data. A key dilemma in anonymizing network traces is whether to preserve IP pseudonym consistency, i.e., whether the same IP address is replaced by the same pseudo IP. On one hand, globally-consistent prefix-preserving IP address anonymization is subject to various privacy attacks. On the other hand, many usages of the trace data require some levels of consistency. We solve this dilemma by observing that a better privacy-utility tradeoff can be obtained by maintaining temporal pseudonym consistency. That is, we divide flows into buckets based on temporal closeness, and anonymize the flows within each bucket separately such that pseudonym consistency is maintained within each bucket, but broken across buckets. We present a new anonymization method based on these insights. Furthermore, our experimental results show that our method provides the needed privacy protections with little adverse effects on the utility of the trace.