In order to achieve the competitive advantage against other organizations, it has been seeked a new business model that enhance the most of mutual benefit between suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers, offering better service to customers. The increase of benefits can be obtained through reduction costs, increase of innovation capacity and reducing the takt time of new products and services. Efficiency and effectiveness can be achieved by the companies considering the up-stream and down-stream members of the supply chain as co-workers who have the capabilities to achieve the objectives of the chain (Cousins and Menguc, 2005). The concept of collaborative networks links customers and suppliers in order to increase added value and allow that supply chain becomes more effective compared to the traditional methods used by the organizations (Confessore, Galiano and Stecca, 2006). According to the presented context, this paper proposes the introduction of collaborative processes in the supply chain. It establishes the collaborative process and its development, benefits and barriers of collaboration and its measure performance in relationship to the traditional processes.


Abstract : A plant materials report on yellow sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis) is provided as Section 7.3.4 of the US Army Corps of Engineers Wildlife Resources Management Manual. The report was prepared as a guide to assist the Corps District or project biologist with the selection, cultivation, and management of suitable plant materials for development of wildlife habitat. Topics covered for yellow sweetclover include description, distribution, habitat requirements, wildlife value, establishment, maintenance, and cautions and limitations. Yellow sweetclover is a bushy, cool-season, biennial legume that is widely used in agriculture and provides food and cover for a variety of wildlife species. Diagnostic features of yellow sweetclover are described, and the species distribution and region of greatest potential management use are shown. Habitat preferences and soil and moisture requirements are discussed. Benefits to wildlife, primarily upland game birds and big game mammals, are described. Specifications are given for establishing sweetclover stands for wildlife; topics addressed include site selection, site preparation, propagule selection, and planting methods. Planting mixtures are recommended for several habitat types. Maintenance requirements and cautions and limitations are discussed. (Author)


The expansion of oil palm plantation requires the use of suboptimal land such as peat soil. Ganoderma as soil born pathogen is the most important pathogen in palm oil cultivation. The objective of the study was to reveal the characteristics of chemical and biological characteristics of wet soil on land with mild and severe Ganoderma attack. The study was conducted in three oil palm estates with wet soil at two levels attack of Ganoderma sp. Palm oil is the first-generation plant and the previous habitat was a forest. The soil samples were taken from three principal plants and each staple, taken from four sample points, namely harvesting path, inter-row, around the stem, and the ground near the base of the stem. The soil samples were analyzed for the nutrient status of N, P, K, Mg, Cu and C by standard methods and soil biology characteristics such as total bacteria, total fungi, cellulolytic fungi, and Azotobacter. The results showed that there was a correlation between soil nutrient status of K and Mg with Ganoderma sp. attack on all of the plantation tested. While for Cu and C, there was a correlation between soil nutrient status and Ganoderma attack in 3 plantations only. The least correlation is between N and Ganoderma sp. While the correlation between total bacteria with Ganoderma sp. was most common although very low.


The utility model discloses an anti-scalding boiler cover, which comprises a boiler cover body and a strip-shaped cover handle, wherein one end of the strip-shaped cover handle is fixed at the central position of the top of the boiler cover body; the length of the strip-shaped cover handle is larger than that the radius of the boiler cover body; the end part of the strip-shaped cover handle is connected with a hook; the boiler cover body is fixed together with the strip-shaped cover handle through a screw; a rubber sleeve is sleeved on the strip-shaped cover handle. The anti-scalding boiler cover has the beneficial effects of practicability, low production cost, convenience in use, good anti-scalding effect in a cooking process and convenience in suspension of the boiler cover body.


New institution economics is based on the study of people, system and economic activities and their relationship with the help of the logic and methods of neo-classical economy. At present China is in critical need to set up and improve the system of the market economy. This paper talks about the history and the development of new institutional economics and its theoretical achievements with the consideration of the actual problems in the economic development in China, which will provide implication for the restructuring of China's economic system and the development of new institution economics.


The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether models based on pre-admission testing, including performance on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), performance on required courses in the medical school curriculum, or a combination of both could accurately predict performance of medical students on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Steps 1 and 2. Models were produced using stepwise linear regression and feed forward neural networks. Notable accuracy in predicting Step 1 and Step 2 scores were achieved from models integrating pre-admission variables with medical school coursework grades. Of interest, the coursework grades contributed far greater to these models than the pre-admission variables except the MCAT.


Effects of thermal radiation and magnetic field on heat transfer in a micropolar fluid along a vertical porous stretching surface in the presence of internal heat generation and variable viscosity are studied. The governing equations are transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations and solved them numerically using Mathematical program. The obtained results are checked against previously published work for special cases of the problem in order to access the accuracy of the numerical method and found to be in excellent agreement Effects of the various parameters on the velocity profiles, temperature profiles and rate of heat transfer are also displayed graphically and tabulated form.


As-deposited (Fe, FePt, FePtCu)–C nanocomposite films with fixed C atomic fraction xc=47 fabricated using facing-target sputtering method at room temperature are composed of ∼2–3‐nm amorphous metal granules buried in a‐C matrix. Annealing at high temperatures turns the amorphous granules into α‐Fe, α‐Fe- and L10-structured FePt, and L10-ordered FePtCu for Fe–C, FePt–C, and FePtCu–C films, respectively, and makes a‐C preferential graphitization. As-deposited granules are superparamagnetic at 300K, and ferromagnetic at 5K. The zero-field-cooled (ZFC) and field-cooled (FC) curves reveal that there exist strong intergranular interactions at temperatures below 300K, and the size distribution of granules becomes broad by Pt and Cu addition. The M‐H loop of annealed Fe31Pt22C47 films exhibits a two-step saturation behavior because of the coexistence of soft and hard ferromagnetic phases. As the Cu atomic fraction is 14%, the coercivity of annealed Fe23Pt16Cu14C47 films reaches a large value of ∼11.2kOe at 5K and...


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The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) can be used to assess the therapeutic response of brain abscess.


Three biocides, Rhizo-N, Plant Guard and Contans, were tested against Sclerotium cepivorum, causal agent of white rot disease of onion. The antagonistic units of the biocides are Bacillus subtilis, Trichoderma harzianum and Coniothyrium minitans, respectively. The biocides inhibited the growth of pathogen. The magnitude of growth suppression varied according to the type of the biocide and the applied dose. Generally, the biocide Contans was the most efficacious in reducing growth of pathogen. S. cepivorum failed to germinate on 2% Contans-amended medium. The cellulolytic and pectinolytic activities of the pathogen progressively reduced with increase in the biocide concentration. Maximum reduction in enzyme activities was achieved on incorporation of 1% Contans to the growth medium and reached 19.19 and 15.24% in the case of the cellulolytic and pectinolytic activities, respectively. The polysaccharides and nitrogen syntheses of the pathogen were inhibited even on application of lower doses of the biocides. Contans was the most effective biocide in suppression of polysaccharides and nitrogen contents of S. cepivorum. The leakage of sugar and electrolytes from pathogen hyphae was directly proportional with the concentration of the biocides. Amount of leaked sugars and electrolytes maximally reached 352.1 and 31.32 μmhos g fresh weight, respectively in presence of 1% Contans.


The thermoelectric properties of titanium substituted ZrNiSn have been measured from room temperature to 1000 K. The samples were prepared by arc melting followed by spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique. High SPS temperature increased the homogeneity of titanium substituted sample, result at increase of the electrical conductivity without deterioration of the Seebeck coefficient. Zr/sub 0.7/Ti/sub 0.3/NiSn showed higher power factor than pure ZrNiSn, the value reached 4 mW/mK/sup 2/ at 700 K. The SPS temperature had little influence on the thermal conductivity. However, the titanium substituted sample decomposed upon annealing at high temperature. Thus appropriate heat and preparation treatment appeared to be necessary for the samples containing titanium. Highest ZT was obtained for Zr/sub 0.7/Ti/sub 0.3/NiSn, equal to 0.48 at 800 K.


In this paper,we construct a new representation module VΩ of finite group G by using a free R-module V of finite rank and a G-set Ω,and compute the character defined by VΩ,which generalizes the character defined by Permutation module R[Ω].


Background: Cognitive ability is a heritable trait with a polygenic architecture, for which several associated variants have been identified using genotype-based and candidate gene approaches. Haplotype-based analyses are a complementary technique that take phased genotype data into account, and potentially provide greater statistical power to detect lower frequency variants. Methods: In the present analysis, three cohort studies (ntotal = 48,002) were utilised: Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study (GS:SFHS), the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), and the UK Biobank. A genome-wide haplotype-based meta-analysis of cognitive ability was performed, as well as a targeted meta-analysis of several Open Peer Review


Rubella antibody tests in pregnancy D A McSwiggan, MRCPATH, and C E D Taylor, FRCPATH ...... .................. 174 Possibility of indigenous plasmodial transmission J K Anand, MFCM, and K Mellanby, SCD .... 174 Chronic active hepatitis induced by nitrofurantoin A Stromberg, MD, and B Wengle, MD...... 174 Serum digoxin in patients with thyroid disease A Varadi, MD, and J Foldes, MD.......... 175 Exposure to asbestos dust D C Britton, FRCS ...................... 175 Ultrasonic monitoring of fetal respiratory movement H B Meire, FRCR; R N Tremewan, ME, andothers .............................. 175 Raynaud's phenomenon as side effect of beta-blockers C W Marsden, FRCP4D, and P F C Bayliss, MRCP .................................. 176 Dangers of tinted glass for driving C L Hewer, FFARCS . ............... 176 Other tunnels, other nerves D S Colbert, FRCSI, and E H Chater, FRCSI; M D Mehta, FFARCS .................... 176 Erectile impotence C Q Mountjoy, MRCPSYCH, and T F Davies, MRCP .................................. 176 Nicotine, tobacco substitutes, and smoking habits R G Rawbone, MB ........ .............. 177 Priorities in the NHS D K Ray, MRCGP; A L Cochrane, FRCP...... 177 The long and the short of medicine JA M Gray,MB ........................ 177 T lymphocytes in kidney allograft recipients "I


The well known "Hubbert curve" assumes that the production curve of a crude oil in a free market economy is "bell shaped" and symmetric. The model was first applied in the 1950s as a way of forecasting the production of crude oil in the US lower 48 states. Today, variants of the model are often used for describing the worldwide production of crude oil, which is supposed to reach a global production peak ("peak oil") and to decline afterwards. The model has also been shown to be generally valid for mineral resources other than crude oil and also for slowly renewable biological resources such as whales. Despite its widespread use, Hubbert's modelis sometimes criticized for being arbitrary and its underlying assumptions are rarely examined. In the present work, we use a simple model to generate the bell shaped curve curve using the smallest possible number of assumptions, taking also into account the "Energy Return to Energy Invested" (EROI or EROEI) parameter. We show that this model can reproduce several historical cases, even for resources other than crude oil, and provide a useful tool for understanding the general mechanisms of resource exploitation and the future of energy production in the world's economy.


the vast majority of benign adenomatous polyps grow so slowly that they could not achieve a significant size during the longest human life-span. Size may be limited by desquamation. The fastest-growing cancer in their series took IOO days to increase its diameter by an amount which was radiologically measurable. In our own small series of 30 patients, 27 have shown no increase in size of their polyps during a follow-up of 1-4 years. In 2 other patients polyps of 1.3 cm. and 1.1 cm. diameter respectively showed an increase in size, but in each case malignancy was evident on morphological grounds. The first was irregular in outline and the second (Fig. 6) showed a minor but significant irregularity of the basal rim. A third rapidly growing tumour was found to be of the juvenile type.


The local structure of the Fe, Co and Nb surroundings of niobium doped Sr(Co/Fe)O3−x perovskites was studied by EXAFS spectroscopy. The samples were prepared by ceramic method at T = 1250 °C. In order to vary the oxygen content, the samples were (i) slowly cooled in the furnace, (ii) quenched in liquid N2 and electrochemically oxidised. According to EXAFS data, the Nb and Fe cations occupy octahedral positions even at low oxygen content. At the same time, the Co cations seemingly occupy highly distorted octahedral positions. It should be noted that the mean Co–O distance (∼1.84 Å) is much shorter than the mean Fe–O (∼1.92 Å) distance in this case. It was assumed that oxygen vacancies are mainly located near cobalt cation positions.


The spectral knowledge base (spectrum library) has been designed to contain over 10,000 pieces of measured spectral data, including spectral data of reflectivity and a large amount of metadata which is composed of data explanation and self-contained parameters. The standardization of the spectral data format based on the storage organization of background database, and the quickness of the data population become critical in developing applications, such as data browse, data query and the model simulating, etc., which are all based on this mass database. In an attempt to better represent the logical relationship among metadata and to simplify the edit and modification of data files, a 3-tier file system built up by several text files with frame description is defined in this paper as the standard data after the study on XML-based expression of geo-spatial metadata. Those files vary according to the types of the ground objects and fulfill two scales of matching among spectral data perfectly. Based on the concept of Windows DNA and techniques of look-up table, COM and ASP, a mechanism is proposed here to check the data format and upload the data into the database in batch, which is implemented primarily in B/S mode with the aid by executing the applications at the client side. For the sake of the integrity about the data population solution, it is also illustrated in this paper about the data batch processing


Achieving good thermal stability performance with optical mounts is critical to ensuring the overall stability of a setup, experiment or instrument. Manufacturers are making it easier to understand how mounts will perform under various conditions, but a knowledge of mount design is still essential.


The case of an 8-year-old boy with an aortopulmonary window who underwent unidirectional valved patch closure of the window is described. The advantages of unidirectional valved patch closure in this setting are discussed.


Company executives and employees are not the only ones feeling the pay ramifications of the economic crisis. Decisions on pay for nonexecutive directors have clearly been influenced by the crisis as well. A new Towers Perrin analysis of director pay practices shows that major companies are taking a "wait and see" stance for the most part, avoiding drastic changes to their director pay programs in an environment where salaries for many employees and executives have been frozen or reduced, retirement benefits have been curtailed and incentive programs have delivered below-average payouts. However, several companies that were strongly affected by the financial upheaval made changes to their director pay packages in response to difficult economic conditions. In short, it's clear that the constraints and concerns that challenged companies in terms of executive pay seeped over to the director side as well. Our latest annual review of director compensation at Fortune 500 companies reveals that overall total remuneration for directors increased in the most recent year, although at a much lower rate than in the preceding years. 1 While pay programs


This paper addresses the problem of human gait recognition by applying model (in)validation techniques. The main idea is to associate to each class of gaits a nominal model and a class of bounded energy inputs. In this context, the problem of recognizing a sequence can be formulated as the problem of determining whether or not it could have been generated by a given model and its associated class of inputs. By exploiting interpolation theory results this problem can be recast into a Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) optimization form and efficiently solved.


The theory of wavelet denoising is applied in the hidden Markov model(HMM) algorithm,which enhances the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) and recognition accuracy.By denoising and endpoints detecting in each speech,both computational load and training-time are reduced,and the recognition performance is improved.Compared with the dynamic time warping(DTW),the improved HMM algorithm has a better recognition performance in speaker-independent speech recognition.


Some Thoughts on Education Policy in Brazil, highlighting the higher education, and the privatization of vocational training and education in social work in the twenty-first century, with the axis of analysis the challenges presented in this universe, to submit a discussion of the commercialization and impoverishment of education, as a consequence of the neoliberal project of dismantling of the Public Education Policy.


1 Field of Botany, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA z Plant Science Center, Biotechnology Building, Cornel1 University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA 3 Institute for Plant Sciences, Agricultural Biotechnology Center, G6d6116, 2101 Szent-Gy6rgyi Albert fit 4, P.O. Box 170, Hungary Section of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Biotechnology Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA


How to convert the virtual address into a physical address in the memory management unit in the present invention, the method comprising: receiving with the virtual address for the memory access request, the page descriptor corresponding to the virtual address to store page descriptor for a plurality of physical address conversion determining that already exists in the index buffer (TLB) for, and the translation lookaside buffer (TLB) when the page descriptor corresponding to the virtual address does not exist in the virtual address page descriptor with a plurality of physical corresponding to comprising the step of detecting the existence in the prefetch buffer for storing page descriptor to address, when the prefetch buffer is not present, the page descriptor corresponding to the virtual address, the page descriptor corresponding to the virtual address from the memory device and patch And a step, and updating the translation lookaside buffer (TLB) in the page descriptor in accordance with the detection result of converting the virtual address into a physical address by using the step, the page descriptor to update the prefetch buffer .


Though the Internet has changed our lives irrevocably, its potential for enhancingmental health services is yet to be realised. Though not solely focused on online innovations, this issue provides a small glimpse of what this future might look like. In face-to-face services, Logan andWheeler (2019) found that it was the processes in which outcome measures were delivered that could be conducive to recovery; likewise, how participants are engaged in online services will be important to consider. Moreover, other papers in this issue demonstrate that mental health can be supported in creative ways (Kalanj-Mizzi, Snell, & Simmonds, 2019; Pirkis et al., 2019; Wu, Wong, Mak, Yip, & Mak, 2019), outside of traditional settings (Morris & Scott, 2019). O'Dea et al. (2019) evaluated an online, school-based mental health approach, from parents' perceptions. Gindidis, Stewart, and Roodenburg (2019) found that mobile apps were used independently of ongoing practitioner support. In Queensland, Krysinska et al. (2019) reported that most resources for people affected by suicide were available online. Given public demand for online approaches (Reupert et al., 2019), the future of mental health promotion is likely to be online.


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The study is reported of the ceramic material AlN-Y 2 O 3 as a potential luminescence dosemeter for the detection of UV radiation. Both the thermoluminescence and the optically stimulated luminescence properties of the material have been studied after exposure to UV radiation and compared with those of the widely used dosemeter material Al 2 O 3 :C. It has been shown that AlN-Y 2 O 3 ceramics exhibit three orders of magnitude higher sensitivity to UV radiation than does Al 2 O 3 :C over a broad spectral region. The thermoluminescence from AlN-Y 2 O 3 is characterised by linear dose dependence over a wide range. The fading characteristics of the UV-induced thermoluminescence and optically stimulated luminescence signals with storage time at room temperature were found to be a drawback, but still lower than those induced after exposure to ionising radiation.


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 Increasing the understanding of the variety of data sources around health equity that are available and how to use these data to drive public health and health care practice is critical to address inequities and improve health outcomes. The social determinants of health (SDOH), factors related to where people live, work, play, and age, are strongly tied to health outcomes. Primary and secondary SDOH can be used to understand the context of the issues faced at the individual and community levels and can help inform appropriate interventions and support the connection to available resources.

 Methods:
 The Heath Equity Profile, available from the public facing Florida Community Health Assessment Resource Toolset (FLHealthCHARTS) website, contains over 150 indicators at the county-level related to demographics, income and employment, housing, education, risk behaviors, access to care, access to food, and various health outcomes, including prevalence, incidence, morbidity, and mortality. The indicators contained in the Health Equity Profile were used to identify counties with the largest SDOH disparities and largest burden of poor health outcomes for several initiatives focused on increasing community-clinical linkages and leveraging cross-sector partnerships to address health outcomes.

 Findings:
 Public health initiatives focused on hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease have leveraged the data contained in the Health Equity Profile to select geographic areas for implementation. Using these data, interventions were able to be deployed in areas with the greatest need and opportunity to benefit. Understanding the conditions under which individuals live is critical to the successful implementation of both public health and health care improvement efforts. Various data sources are widely available that can provide additional context and guidance for the development of tailored interventions to improve individual and population health.


This article is an Evidence based case study of adjuvant Homoeopathic therapy of scrotal hematocele along with standard factor management. Add on Homoeopathic medicine substantially resolved the scrotal hematocele in the severe haemophilia patient.


treatment. When the question of referral to community resources is under consideration, the purpose should be made clear to the client. Many persons, of course, are really seeking assistance and readily accept referral. Others, however, will be apprehensive and will have difficulty in grasping that the case worker and the resource are interested in helping them. Some may feel so threatened by separation that they find it hard to accept the fact that somebody in the Local Board wishes to help them. When a referral is made for further study and a subsequent report is requested for the Local Board's consideration, the case worker has the obligation to discuss this frankly with the registrant or his family. In planning referrals, the case worker should determine, through discussion with the registrant, the kind of information which should be submitted to the resource. In summary, it is evident that the case worker at the Local Board has an opportunity to use all his skills. These skills are drawn from basic case work principles. True, the case worker will observe certain differentials in using his case work skills. However, the principles are not new. Refinement of skills may occur in the course of the case worker's practice in the Local Board. The war has produced a swifter stream of living. For the case worker it may mean sharpening of skills and greater astuteness in practice.


Discourse is a term to which much attention is paid and its frequency of usage is prevailing today.In its usage,the additional functionality of discourse is hugely magnified,but the basic meaning is unclear.Thus we need to study and outline the changes of discourse.Namely we should find out how discourse breaks through the pure language research into social ideology and achieves its critic function in the field of social and cultural practices.


The genus Paramononchus comprises 2 species. The type species, P. arcticus Mulvey, 1978, was described from Mackenzie River, Canada (68°N) from 9 females (Mulvey, 1978). The second species, P. alimovi Tsalolikhin, 1990, was described from Lake Akulkino, Kola Peninsula (69°N) from 2 females (Tsalolikhin, 1990). P. alimovi (numerous females and larvae) was also found in Lake Krivoye on the seabord of White Sea (60°30 N) in 2003-2005. This find permit to redescribe P. alimovi. Morphometrics of P. alimovi is given in Table.


With transmit power spectra strictly limited by regulatory spectral masks, the emerging ultra-wideband (UWB) communication systems call for judicious pulse shape design in order to achieve optimal spectrum utilization, spectral mask compatibility, and coexistence with other wireless services. Meanwhile, orthogonal pulse sets are often desired in order to apply high-rate multidimensional modulation and (carrier-free) orthogonal frequency-division multiple access. Motivated by these considerations, we suggest a digital finite impulse response (FIR) filter approach to synthesizing UWB pulses and propose filter design techniques by which optimal waveforms that satisfy the spectral mask can be efficiently obtained. For single pulse design, we develop a convex formulation for the design of the FIR filter coefficients that maximize the spectrum utilization efficiency in terms of both the bandwidth and power allowed by the spectral mask. For orthogonal pulse design, a sequential strategy is derived to formulate the overall pulse design problem as a set of convex subproblems, which are then solved in a sequential manner to yield a set of mutually orthogonal pulses. Our design techniques not only provide waveforms with high spectrum utilization and guaranteed spectral mask compliance but also permit simple modifications that can accommodate several other system objectives.


to the plane of reflection, when the suspended particles became finer, and therefore the beam more nearly continuous." Through the courtesy of its owner, I have been permitted to see and to experiment with the piece of plate glass above referred to. Placed in front of the electric lamp, whether edgeways or transversely, it discharges bluish polarized light laterally, the colour being by no means a bad imita tion of the blue of the sky. Prof. Stokes considers that this deportment may be invoked to decide the question of the direction of the vibrations of polarized light. On this point I would say, if it can be demonstrated that when the particles are small in comparison to the length of a wave of light, the vibrations of a ray reflected by such particles cannot be perpendicular to the vibra tions of the incident ligh t; then assuredly the experiments recorded in the foregoing communication decide the question in favour of Fresnel's assumption. As stated above, almost all liquids have motes in them sufficiently nu merous to polarize sensibly the light, and very beautiful effects may be obtained by simple artificial devices. When, for example, a cell of dis tilled water is placed in front of the electric lamp, and a slice of the beam permitted to pass through it, scarcely any polarized light is dis charged, and scarcely any colour produced with a plate of selenite. But while the beam is passing through it, if a bit of soap be agitated in the water above the beam, the moment the infinitesimal particles reach the beam the liquid sends forth laterally almost perfectly polarized light; and if the selenite be employed, vivid colours flash into existence. A still more brilliant result is obtained with mastic dissolved in a great excess-of alcohol. The selenite rings constitute an extremely delicate test as to the quantity of motes in a liquid. Commencing with distilled water, for example, a thickish beam of light is necessary to make the polarization of its motes sensible. A much thinner beam suffices for common water; while with Briicke's precipitated mastic, a beam too thin to produce any sensible effect with most other liquids, suffices to bring out vividly the selenite colours.


Bone tumors are pathologies resulting from modifications in the bone structure and its content, they can present as benign or malignant, primitive or metastatic tumor lesions, depending on various factors: age of presentation, location, growth rate, periosteal reaction and infiltration to neighboring structures. The publications show that small, asymptomatic and small bone cysts do not require treatment, up to 25% are spontaneous resolution after a pathological fracture; while larger cysts with thin bark require some type of intervention.The case of a 17-year-old female patient is presented, who presents for presenting moderate intensity pain in the left heel that intensifies on ambulation, with a time of 2 months of evolution, after a blunt trauma in this region. On physical examination, pain from the pressure digit and active-passive mobilization maneuvers were evidenced on the external lateral aspect at the calcaneus level of the left foot. A simple lateral radiograph of the left calcaneus was performed, showing a 3 by 3 cm circular lytic lesion involving the anteroinferior region of the calcaneus.In conclusion, simple or solitary bone cyst is a benign pathology that, although it does not endanger the person's life, can seriously affect the functionality of the foot. Currently, there is no standardized treatment for the management of this pathology, current surgical techniques, especially curettage and bone autograft are very promising.


ABSTRACT The role of a strategy of reduplication in phonological acquisition and behaviour was examined in terms of: (1) the relationship between adoption of this strategy and children's failure to produce nonreduplicated multisyllabic forms and final consonants when attempting corresponding adult models; and (2) the role of the process of reduplication in production constraints. Comparisons of the phonologies of six children (1; 3–1; 9) classified as reduplicators and six children (1; 5–2; 0) classified as non-reduplicators revealed that the adoption/nonadoption of this strategy was closely related to the extent of production of nonreduplicated multisyllabic forms. Analyses of attempted words produced as reduplications revealed that this process served primarily to constrain multisyllabic productions. To a lesser degree, reduplication appeared to serve in conspiracies to constrain final consonant production.


A novel macrocyclic tetranuclear copper(II)-copper(I) mixed-valence complex was prepared and characterized by spectroscropic and crystallography structure analysis. Each tetranuclear unit connected to the neighbor one by one using the Cu···S bond with the type of apical Cu(1)···S(3B) bond forming an infinite step chain.


BACKGROUND: Ticks are the most important vectors whichtransmit several arthropod-borne diseases such as theileriosis,babesiosis, and anaplasmosis. OBJECTIVES: An epidemiologicalstudy was conducted in Semnan area to determine thecurrent situation of tick infestation in sheep and assess theefficacy of usage of CIS-cypermethrin against tick infestationunder field condition. METHODES: Sampling was done monthlyon 5% of a sheep herd in a population of 1000 sheep for one year.Ticks were collected, counted, and diagnosed. RESULTS: Ticksspecies affecting sheep were Hyalomma marginatummarginatumin winter quarters and in summer pasture; Dermacentormarginatus and D. raskemensis were the prominent ticks. In themiddle of autumn and during the winter, no ticks were detectedfrom the animals. The preferred sites of tick attachment toinfested animals were perineal region and ears in winter quarters;however, in the summer pastures, the ticks were found only underthe neck area and on the sternum. There was a significantdifference between the numbers of male ticks on ewe and lamb;however, these phenomena were not recorded for female ticks.In this regard, CIS-cypermethrin deeping treatment reduced therate of infestion (almost 100%) after one day of treatment.Nonetheless, in the next sampling after 4 weeks, the rate ofinfestation increased again and reached 50%. CONCLUSIONS:Inorder to control the tick infestation, it is recommended thatspraying be done monthly on the infected areas.


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Placing gifted and talented students together organizationally is not a substitute for appropriate services. The placement or program model fundamentally serves as a vehicle to group or organize students together but programming, in practice, sometimes referred to as a service delivery model, is not the same thing as service. Placement is a management strategy. It must be coupled with curriculum and instructional modifications in order for substantial and positive academic and social–emotional effects to occur for gifted and talented students. Specifically, the program placement model is only as good as the curriculum and instructional models provided within that placement. This chapter provides descriptions and research evidence of the macro program models used for serving gifted students and more commonly used program placement models for grouping gifted students together within the traditional school day and beyond. Non-negotiable components and future directions are also discussed within the context of placement.


The uptake and distribution of two i.v. anaesthetics agents, thiopentone and Althesin, were studied in mice with normal and subnormal nutritional states. The results show that, following the administration of thiopentone, the induction time was signficantly shorter, and that the sleeping time was significantly longer following the administration of Althesin and thiopentone in mice that have low net protein utilization, and decreased total and dry body mass. The increase in the sleeping time in these undernourished mice was 2.2 times greater for Althesin and 4.0 times greater for thiopentone when compared with well-nourished mice.


Much of Rwanda's conflict can be traced to the relation between human (culture) and non-human (nature) that defined territories and ethnic divisions in pre-colonial Rwanda. These human and non-human relations, exploited by European colonialism, have become increasingly estranged through the influence of Eurocentric forms of architecture, urban and rural planning. This practice-based research explores the relations between Rwanda's human settlements and the landscape to provide insight into emergent spaces of conflict. The hope is that where a meeting of different perspectives is articulated a form of architecture as mediation may emerge.


Results of research on electric and magnetic field effects of high voltage ac power lines, performed at EPRI's Project UHV from January 1974 to December 1977 are reported. Only ''electrical'' rather than ''biological'' research was performed. This research is applicable to UHV as well as to EHV transmission lines. Calculation method and measuring techniques have been developed for transmission line fields and their effects. Steady state and spark discharge currents induced in persons and objects have been investigated with laboratory and full scale tests using a three-phase UHV line. Different methods to reduce the electric field of UHV lines have been investigated, such as grids of grounded wires and lower voltage circuits built underneath the UHV lines. Unusual effects of high electric fields, such as people's reaction to various types of exposures, wood pole burning, and corona on grounded objects, were experienced during the operation of the UHV three-phase test line. These effects have been investigated and design data have been provided.


With the method of biomechanics,it researches into the velocity rhythm of shot putting by Li Mei-ju,Chinese elite woman shot-putter.It is concluded that at the gliding stage,LI Mei-ju's top speed of swing legs appear at the movement right legs stretches positively,while there exists the swing legs vertical speed too high and the enlarging angel of body gravity,which reduces the speed of body gravity and shot;At the transitional stage,right leg of Li Meiju rapidly yield ability and yield change ability of restraining is weakness.The transitional time is longer,velocity of body gravity and shot gravity descend;At the final movement stage,the supporting point of Li Meiju is prominent,and the speed-up effect is striking.


The invention provides a high strength wear resistant shovel blade and a manufacture method thereof, and relates to a low carbon alloy steel product and a manufacture method thereof. The shovel blade is made of a sheet material which is prepared by rolling low carbon alloy steel and has a grain size of grade 7 to 8; the low carbon alloy steel contains the following chemical components by mass: C 0.25 to 0.30, Si 0.20 to 0.40, Mn 1.0 to 1.30, Cr 0.30 to 0.60, Ti 0.030 to 0.050, B 0.0015 to 0.0040, Alt 0.030 to 0.060, P , impact toughness at a low temperature of -40 DEG C Akv greater than 28 J/cm and a grain size of grade 7 to 8.


One of the trends in the development of accountancy is the alignment of accounting principles, ethics and civil liability. In this context, this study analyzes the perception of accountants with respect to professional ethics and liability in view of the new Brazilian civil code adopted in 2002. To examine professional ethics, we investigated the perception of accountants as to civil liability, the hypotheses of incidence, and preventive measures for protecting rights and interests in light of the new civil code, using a descriptive and quantitative approach.  Data was collected by means of a questionnaire applied to a sample of 52 accountants belonging to the Accountants Union of Cascavel and Region.  Comparisons were made of the responses using graphical analysis and consensus analysis.  On the basis of the results obtained, we can conclude that the accountants  attribute importance to the use of ethics in their professional practice and that there is very strong consensus on the obligation to carry out the accounting profession zealously and with technical expertise. With regard to the degree of knowledge concerning civil responsibility and liability in the execution of their activities, we observed that these professionals know the penalties for malicious and intentional unethical acts in the exercise of the profession. Future research could explore self-assessment for further investigation with the purpose of developing a sense of individual responsibility and critical spirit.


Acknowledgments Foreword: A note on authorship 1. Introduction: the practice of metropolitan life Jay Winter Part I. Cityscapes: 2. Railway stations Adrian Gregory 3. The street Emmanuelle Cronier 4. Entertainments Jan Ruger Part II. Civic Culture: 5. Exhibitions Stefan Goebel 6. Schools Stefan Goebel 7. Universities Liz Fordham 8. Public space, political space Jon Lawrence Part III. Sites of Passage/Rites of Passage: 9. The home and family life Catherine Rollet 10. Hospitals Jay Winter 11. Religious sites and practices Adrian Gregory and Annette Becker 12. Cemeteries Carina Trevisan and Elise Julien 13. Conclusions Jean-Louis Robert and Jay Winter Bibliography.


In the article, n-butane, which is a waste of "Shortangazkimyo" LLC, has a porosity of 33% obtained by reaction with potassium permanganate solution in aqueous solutions at temperatures above 100 ℃ and pressures above 1 atmosphere. In the presence of a catalyst containing xTiO2•(1-x)SiO2 (x=0.0001-0.04), the influence of concentration, the ratio of n-butane to potassium permanganate, solvent, temperature, pH and other factors on the rate of oxidation reaction was studied. The best solvent for oxidation of butane with potassium permanganate solution is ethyl alcohol, it provides maximum selectivity for the formation of butanone-2 and is stable under oxidative conditions. Increasing the ratio from 2:1 to 6:1 increases the butanone-2 yield from 28 to 44% and the selectivity from 50.7% to 63%. It was found that the productivity of butanone-2 (17%) and selectivity (20%) decreased in the ratio of n-butane, a waste product of "Shortangazkimyo" LLC, to potassium permanganate solution=1:2, which is related to the formation of a two-phase system. As the temperature increases from 50 ℃ to 90 ℃, the yield of butanone-2 increases from 13.4 % to 30.5 % and the conversion rate of potassium permanganate solution increases from 37 to 97 %. The dependence of the selectivity of potassium permanganate solution on butanone-2 is unusual with a maximum of 70 ℃ (54.15%). Thus, the conducted research allows us to conclude that the optimal conditions for the synthesis of butanone-2 are: temperature - 70 ℃; Catalyst concentration of xTiO2•(1-x)SiO2 (x=0.0001-0.04) with 33% porosity obtained by reaction in aqueous solutions at temperatures above 100 ℃ and pressures above 1 atmosphere is 38.99 g/l; The molar ratio of nbutane, which is a waste of "Sho'rtangazkimyo" LLC: potassium permanganate solution - 3:1; pH=7.


Optimal control can be applied to the flight of symmetric projectiles using a time varying internal model based on modified projectile linear theory. A point mass vacuum trajectory can be leveraged to embed guidance into the control algorithm and make accurate predictions of time varying parameters in the linear model. Using a nine-state linear state-space model with gravity treated as an uncontrollable mode, an optimal controller is developed to guide indirect fire projectile shots with initial launch elevation in the range of 20° to 60°. At each time in a control sampling period, distance to go is broken into manageable segments and parameters which cause nonlinearities in the modified linear model are able to be recursively predicted from current position to target. A corresponding internal linear time varying (LTV) model is formed. The optimal control is found through solving the resulting time varying matrix Riccati differential equation with a backward in time propagation algorithm. Performance is demonstrated on a full non-linear plant simulation with forward mounted canards. Trade studies are presented which explore controller performance as online computational burden is varied by the choice of controller sampling period and number of segments used for the time varying model.


Introduction In the urban complex of the past, the library was at best an isolated and ephemeral phenomenon. Today a far-reaching and all-embracing library network exists reaching over the entire field of public and private life. This is especially the case in our metropolises in which the intellectual and business life is polarized. The Roman metropolis with its more than 25 city libraries in the late imperial period is probably the only example of a fairly expansive library system, which we could point to in the past. Intensive research and education at all levels and in all branches of knowledge makes the services of library inevitable. In recent times institutions of scientific and professional training have multiplied manifold to keep pace with the explosion taking place in the sphere of knowledge. Rational functioning of modern life has become impossible without library. Knowledge that is already available is essential in the general struggle for survival, to keep pace with technological development, for rational planning and intervening in a world, which is becoming smaller and smaller through modern methods of communication. The library is the instrument, which collects and make available both knowledge and documentation. The evolution of libraries forms part of the mainstream social history and understanding. This process is essential to an understanding of twentieth century mass culture. Yesterday, the library was symbol of a tradition that rested securely in the bosom of an educated minority. This elitist nature of library has considerably declined today. Everyone has now been brought within the reach of the book. And the public libraries have most drastically changed the physiognomy of every town in our times. In earlier periods, the library shut itself up within its four walls, when it patiently awaited its limited clientele. Today books are carried over all roads into scarcely populated rural areas as much as to the densely populated urban centers. Universal extension of the library to all fields of human activity is only the direct result of a more profound cause. The quantitative expansion of the library should be regarded as the echo of the tremendous metamorphoses which intellectual life and social thought have undergone in the past century. Attempts by pressure groups to control libraries by invoking laws and regulations or through intimidation have been common in the past. Library literature amply documents the fear of libraries that is endemic to certain types of mind, the most horrifying example of all being of course the attitude of the Nazi party towards the public and the academic library system in Germany during the 1930's; libraries were used to foster an approved Nazi consciousness. There are two types of libraries, which exist along side each other for different purposes, with different kinds of stock and with two distinct kinds of public. One, the Scholarly library and the other the Public library. Scholarly library was the classical institution of the past and its present day composition does not differ materially from its historical face. The present-day scholarly library is not a new creation but a continuation adapted to new requirements of research and academic transmission of knowledge. The true creation and phenomenon of our time is the public library. This kind of library was unknown in the west and only sporadically did it appear as a civic institution. The increase in utility, which is acquired for the community at trifling cost, is the rationale of free public libraries. If a man possesses a library of a few thousand volumes, the greatest part of them must lie untouched upon the shelves. But a library of five or ten thousand volumes thrown open for free access to the public of a town may be used a thousand times. The attempts to interpret the library as a social institution have centered around the public library, although the public library emerged much later in the long history of libraries. …


One of the most important nonconventional machining methods is Plasma Arc Machining. Its high accuracy, high finishing, ability of machining any hard materials and to produce intricate shapes increased its demand in the market. It is cheaper than Laser cutting and about ten times faster than Oxy-fuel Cutting and hence is a better option for cutting many jobs. In this work the process parameters that influence the quality of cut in terms of the bevel angle have been analyzed statistically for cutting Mild Steel E350 grade sheets. The Current, Cutting Speed and Arc Gap have been considered as the important parameters. Taguchi Design of Experiments was used and analysis was done by Minitab 17 software. After performing Analysis of Means (ANOM), the optimum parameters have been found, percentage contributions of the parameters on the Bevel Angle have been obtained using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Regression equation being computed for the bevel angle and surface plot has been generated to understand the interactions of two factors on the Bevel Angle. From ANOVA it has been observed that the cutting speed influences the Bevel Angle the most with contribution of 62.18 % followed by arc gap with 15.16 % and the current 12.08 %.


Dye-DNA complex film was prepared by modifying DNA with acridine orange (AO) and depositing it on gold electrodes having a gap in the order of micrometers. Measurement of the electrical characteristics of the dye-DNA film was performed in a vacuum and in various humidities. A photoinduced conductivity change, which we suggest is caused by band or hopping conduction, was observed at relatively low humidity (20%) and in a vacuum. As the humidity rises to 70% and above, the current jumps from picoampere to milliampere levels. This dramatic resistance change corresponds to a dominant conductor mechanism change from hopping or band conductivity to ion conductivity. These reproducible characteristics of photoinduced and humidity-dependent conductivity suggest that the AO-DNA setup could be used as a photosensitive semiconducting device and as a humidity sensor chip.


Vapor-deposited organic glasses can be produced with enhanced thermal stability and tunable molecular orientation by controlling the substrate temperature during deposition. Recent work has also shown improved charge carrier mobility associated with anisotropic molecular packing in organic electronics. Here grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) is used to characterize the structural anisotropy in glasses of a hole transport material, N,N′-bis(3-methylphenyl)-N,N′-diphenylbenzidine, commonly referred to as TPD. The TPD glasses were prepared by physical vapor deposition at substrate temperatures between 0.79 Tg and 0.98 Tg, where Tg is the glass transition temperature. A GIWAXS-derived orientation order parameter is used to quantify the anisotropy observed in the scattering patterns of the glasses. The GIWAXS-order parameter exhibits both positive and negative values as a function of substrate temperature, indicating either face-on or edge-on packing, and correlates well with a spectroscopi...


In the present study, 'quarry has been studied from the point of view of its stone extraction process and the emitted pollution in term of air, water, noise and its impact on the Social and Economic status of the inhabitants. Besides giving the socio-economic status it gives some attention on environmental perception toward air and sound pollution of the human inhabitation in the mining area including the migrated workers. To that extent this investigation may be considered as a contribution to the dynamic utilization of mineral extraction with reference to the impacts on environment. Karnataka is comparatively blessed with quarry products when considered in non-metallic minerals, which is in the highest position. Complete stoppage of these activities is highly not amenable by giving preference to environmental concern. There is, thus, a great need for the development of environmental/eco-friendly way of mining to minimize the impact.


We present an updated search for the Higgs boson produced in association with a vector boson in the final state with missing transverse energy and two jets. We use the full CDF data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 : 45 fb (cid:1) 1 at a proton-antiproton center-of-mass energy of ffiffiffi s p ¼ 1 : 96 TeV . New to this analysis is the inclusion of a b -jet identification algorithm specifically optimized for H ! b (cid:1) b searches. Across the Higgs boson mass range 90 (cid:2) m H (cid:2) 150 GeV =c 2 , the expected 95% credibility level upper limits on the VH production cross section times the H ! b (cid:1) b branching fraction are improved


This paper discusses the results of a Phase 2 SBIR project sponsored by NASA and performed by MIMD Systems, Inc. A major objective of this project was to develop specific concepts for improved performance in accessing large databases. An object-oriented and distributed approach was used for the general design, while a geographical decomposition was used as a specific solution. The resulting software framework is called ARACHNID. The Faint Source Catalog developed by NASA was the initial database testbed. This is a database of many giga-bytes, where an order of magnitude improvement in query speed is being sought. This database contains faint infrared point sources obtained from telescope measurements of the sky. A geographical decomposition of this database is an attractive approach to dividing it into pieces. Each piece can then be searched on individual processors with only a weak data linkage between the processors being required. As a further demonstration of the concepts implemented in ARACHNID, a tourist information system is discussed. This version of ARACHNID is the commercial result of the project. It is a distributed, networked, database application where speed, maintenance, and reliability are important considerations. This paper focuses on the design concepts and technologies that form the basis for ARACHNID.


SIP and H.323 are two kinds of signaling systems that form distant education network,the realization of interworking between SIP and H.323 protocols is a key question to make distant education network operate smoothly.How to achieve the interworking protocol has been a hot issue at home and abroad these days.Through a comparison of network architecture between SIP and H.323,by analyzing the main problems existing in interworking procedure,a model to realize interworking between SIP and H.323 is given,and some corresponding solutions related to address,message mapping and medium's capability are put forward.


In this study, the nonlinear damping oscillations in a complex non-Maxwellian plasma are investigated. For this purpose, the set of fluid equations of the present plasma model is reduced to the Burger-modified Korteweg De Vries equation (BmKdV) equation using a reductive perturbation technique. Using the traveling wave transformation, the BmKdV equation can be reduced to a damped Duffing equation. The numerical solutions to the damped Duffing equation are obtained using multistage differential transformation method (MsDTM). Also, we compared the obtained results to the semi-analytical approximations using the Padé differential transformation (PDTM) method and numerical solution, by the 4th-order Rung Kutta (RK4) method and analytical solution by He's frequency method. The impact of relevant plasma parameters, namely, negative dust concentrations and ion kinematic viscosity on the profile of dust ion-acoustic oscillations are examined. The suggested mathematical approaches can help many authors for explaining the mystery of their laboratory results. Moreover, the suggested numerical method can be applied for solving higher order nonlinearity oscillations for a long domain.


This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of Profitability, Asset Structure, Liquidity, and Sales Growth on Capital Structure in BUMN companies listed on the IDX in 2015-2018. This research is quantitative in nature which aims to test the previously established hypotheses. The population in this study amounted to 20 companies with the sampling technique used was purposive sampling. Hypothesis testing is done by using the Classical Assumption Test using the variables ROA, CR, TAN, and Sales Growth. The results showed that profitability had a significant negative effect on capital structure. Meanwhile, the Asset Structure has a positive and significant effect on the Capital Structure. Liquidity also has a significant negative effect on the capital structure. And the last is Sales Growth has no effect on Capital Structure.


First part points out the main differences between temporal and non-temporal databases. In the second part, based on identification of the three main categories of time involved in database applications: user-defined time, valid time and transaction time, some relevant solutions for their implementation are discussed, mainly from the point of view of database organization and data access level of enterprise applications. The final part is dedicated to the influences of historical data in the business logic and presentation levels of enterprise applications and in application services, as security, workflow, reporting.


Aim. To study the role of left atrial posterior wall (LAPW) isolation in increasing the clinical efficacy of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (PeAF) during electrophysiological studies.Methods. A single-center randomized prospective study. From February 2020 to February 2021, 35 procedures were performed on patients with PeAF. Patients were randomized into two groups - pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) plus LAPW isolation according to the "box lesion" scheme (the first group) and the PVI-only group (the second group). If it was impossible to achieve LAPW isolation, "debulking" was performed. After 3 months, regardless of the clinical status, EPS and RFA of the reconnection zones were performed.Results. The full study protocol study was completed by 30 patients - 14 in the first group and 16 in the second group. The characteristics of the patients in the groups did not differ statistically. The duration of the primary and redo procedures, as well as the RFA time during the primary procedure in the first group is significantly longer than in the second group. Pulmonary veins were isolated in all patients participating in the study. In the first group, LAPW isolation was achieved only in 21.4% of cases (3 patients), in the remaining 78.6% of cases (11 patients) "debulking" was performed. PVI in the first group was maintained in 78.6% of cases (11 patients), and in the second group in 56.2% (9 patients), the difference was not statistically significant (p=0.209). In the first group, LAPW isolation was maintained in 28.6% of patients (4 patients). All patients with reconnection underwent RFA with the restoration of the conduction block. In the midterm (440±82.1 days) of follow-up, the sinus rhythm was preserved in the first group in 11 patients (78.5%), and in the second group in 13 (81.2%) patients. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups (OR 0.846 95% CI 0.141-5.070, p=0.641).Conclusions. In our study, LAPW isolation in addition to PVI in patients with PeAF did not improve the efficacy of treatment with a significantly longer duration of procedure and RFA time.


Starting from Kepler's laws we can not only derive Newton's Force(F) balance equation but also the Energy(E) conservation equation. We can derive that, E=K+P, where K=Kinetic Energy and P=Potential Energy=-GMm/|r| and E=Constant. Note that, F=m(d^2r/dt^2)=mass*acceleration and F_g=-(GMm/|r|^3)r=Newton's Law of Gravity. Also we get dP/dt=-F_g.(dr/dt), a vector dot product. Here r is the position vector and |r| indicates its magnitude. Thus, we get dE/dt=[F-F_g].(dr/dt), dot product. This is true even when E is not Constant. If E=Constant then, dE/dt=[F-F_g].(dr/dt)=0. This in general means, F-F_g is perpendicular to dr/dt. Not always m(d^2r/dt^2)-F_g=0 as Newton's Universal law of Gravity is stated. Hence Newton's equation encompass only a small subset of all the phenomena covered by the equation dE/dt=0. The equation F=F_g or m(d^2r/dt^2)=-(GMm/|r|^3)r in that form is not even applicable for all 2-body problems in 2D. In general, F=Some component of F_g. Since F_g=-grad(P) we also get that, in general, F=m(d^2r/dt^2)=Some component of -gradient(P). Thus assuming F=-gradient(P) is not valid. Determining which component of F_g is causing the body to accelerate is non-trivial. The free-body diagrams are of limited use and the principle of least action(Lagrangian calculations) employ energy terms but in a much more complicated manner. We can achieve better results directly using the Energy conservation equation. Further we extend the analysis to include Lagrange type 3-body periodic orbit solutions with equilateral configuration and show that Lagrangian/Newtonian method gives some sporadic, apparently unstable solutions, where as the Energy method provides the entire set of stable elliptical orbit solutions including non-equilateral configurations. With Energy method we can also derive a condition which determines whether the 3-bodies end up in an orbit with 1 center of revolution(like in Lagrange type periodic orbits) or end up with 2 centers of revolution(like in the Sun-Earth-Moon system). We also note that the term Inertia coined by Galileo to explain the height conserving property of balls rolling down inclined planes has to be properly interpreted as energy. That is, Inertia = Energy. And we point at the need to replace Newton's Laws of Motion(and Gravity) by the Energy conservation principle. And principle of angular momentum conservation or angular velocity conservation and such.


A single cell division in the presence of incompletely segregated chromatin can result in chromosome beaks, triggering a chain of events that culminate in chromosomal damage and rapid genome evolution, which are classic hallmarks of cancer. In order to maintain genomic integrity, the cell has evolved a cell cycle checkpoint known as the abscission checkpoint. This checkpoint detects persistent mitotic errors such as incompletely segregated chromosomes, misformed nuclear pores, under‐replicated DNA and tension at the intercellular bridge. Once detected, these errors trigger an abscission arrest to allow cells a chance to correct and prevent their transmission to daughter cells. How the cell integrates these diverse signals into a concerted response to delay abscission is not well understood. However, it is well‐known that progression through abscission is regulated in part through the sequential action of several key kinases including Aurora B, that inhibit the membrane fission activity of ESCRT‐III proteins, which localize to the intercellular bridge connecting daughter cells and are required for completing cell division. In addition to providing the mechanical force necessary for membrane constriction and fission, ESCRT‐III proteins recruit essential cofactors via a complex set of interactions between their C‐terminal MIT‐Interacting Motifs (MIMs) and proteins that contain Microtubule Interacting and Trafficking (MIT) domains. In order to discover new activities required to correctly perform abscission, we mapped the complete network of ESCRT‐III binding partners for ~20 human MIT domain‐containing proteins. We then focused on three of these MIT proteins: a protease, Calpain‐7, and two microtubule severing AAA‐ATPases, Katanin, and Spastin. For each protein, we mapped the binding site for their respective ESCRT‐III binding partners and tested whether they function in abscission or the abscission checkpoint. Our studies reveal Spastin and Calpain‐7 are required for maintaining the abscission checkpoint, with Calpain‐7 having an additional role in abscission. These studies biochemically describe how ESCRT‐III proteins can recruit multiple different proteins to the intercellular bridge and highlight the importance of these interactions in supplying additional enzymatic activities that promote faithful abscission.


An ion source was developed for transporting space debris to the disposal orbit by acting on such objects with an intense ion beam injected from a "service" spacecraft. The ion source differs by weakly diverging ion beam, radio-frequency inductive discharge, and a three-electrode slit ion-extraction system with quasi-Pierce geometry.


The highest levels of Foreign Direct Investment into India come from Mauritius (though at one point its spot was taken by Singapore). A significant reason for the choice of the Mauritius route is the tax arbitrage gained from investing through this route.
The source for the tax advantage is one critical provision (Article 13) in the Indo Mauritius DTAA which permitted capital gains arising from sale of shares to be taxed in the residence country. The domestic law of Mauritius provided an exemption for any capital gains arising from sale of shares. The Indian government passed two notifications stating that once a Mauritius company receives a tax residency certificate from the Mauritius government, there would be no further investigation into the company's beneficial ownership.
This gamut of laws led to a situation of double non-taxation which was exploited by a number of sham companies that set up shop in Mauritius and invested in the equity of Indian companies. Though the Indian revenue authorities sought to take this to Court, the Supreme Court (in Azadi Bachao Andolan v. Union of India, (2003) 263 ITR 706 (SC)) validated the route by upholding the notifications passed by the Indian government and pointing to the absence of a limitation of benefits clause in the Indo-Mauritius DTAA. It famously remarked 'The developing countries allow treaty shopping to encourage capital and technology inflows, which developed countries are keen to provide to them.'
While typically the Indian government has been seen to tackle issues of perceived tax avoidance with much aggression (the instance of the retrospective tax amendments post the Supreme Court ruling in the landmark Vodafone decision in 2012), the Mauritius route has been very closely guarded.
After several rounds of drawn out negotiations, barely two weeks ago on May 10, 2016, a Protocol amending the Indo-Mauritius DTAA has been signed between both countries. The Protocol marks significant steps of departure as it has changed the rule for taxing capital gains arising from sale of shares to the source jurisdiction. It has also included a limitation of benefits clause. The amendments though do not come into effect immediately as there is a grandfathering provision protecting all investments made prior to April 1, 2017.
The modest attempt of this paper is to examine the Indian tax law response to the migration of entities to Mauritius by assessing the role of the major actors — the executive, legislative, judicial and quasi-judicial authorities, the tax authorities, and the revenue officers — between 1983 and April 2017.


Review of Doing research in political science: an introduction to comparative methods and statistics by Paul Pennings, Hans Keman and Jan Kleinnijenhuis


The adsorption regularities of naphthalene-formaldehyde superplasticizer components on Portland cement and Portland cement clinker minerals was studied. Adsorption values of individual sodium polymethylenenaphthalene sulfonates (SPMNSs) with degrees of polycondensation from 2 to 17 were compared with those of polydisperse superplasticizers, and the change in the superplasticizer molecular-mass distribution in the course of adsorption was studied. It was shown on the basis of the data obtained that the selective bonding of the highest-molecular-weight components occurs in the adsorption on hydration products of calcium silicates, whereas the adsorption on hydration products of calcium aluminates is independent of the molecular mass of SPMNSs in superplasticizer composition.


A series of titanium−phosphinimide thiolate complexes were prepared employing either thiolate for chloride metathesis or protonolysis of metal−carbon bonds by thiols. In these ways the following species were obtained:  CpTi(NPR'3)(SR)2 (R' = i-Pr, R = CH2Ph 3; Ph 4, t-Bu 5, (SR)2 = S2(CH2)2 6, S2(CH2)3 7, S2(CH2)2C6H4 8; R' = t-Bu, R = CH2Ph 9; Ph 10, t-Bu 11); Cp(t-Bu3PN)TiMe(SPh) 12; and (t-Bu3PN)2Ti(SR)2 (R = CH2Ph 14; Ph 15, t-Bu 16). Reactions of (t-Bu3PN)2TiMe2 with 1 equiv of HSCH2Ph gave a cyclometalated species 17, (t-Bu3PN)2Ti(η2-SCHPh). The analogous reaction of 1 equiv of phenylthiol generated the species (t-Bu3PN)2Ti(Me)(SPh) 18. While 17 and 18 could not be isolated free of 14 and 15, respectively, the analogous reaction of tert-butylthiol afforded (t-Bu3PN)2Ti(Me)(St-Bu) 19 cleanly. Attempts to effect sulfur insertion into Ti−Me bonds were undertaken via the reaction of (t-Bu3PN)2TiMe2 with S8 but gave instead the species (t-Bu3PN)2Ti(η2-S5) 20. The reactivity of the thiolate derivatives, 3...


The exercise level of students is often uneven in basketball compulsory course,which seriously influences the organization of teaching and the improvement of students'specialization ability.Focusing on this fact,the paper analyzes the problem in teaching of basketball compulsory and puts forward improvement measures,by using the method of investigation,inquiry and practice,in order to reform teaching method and improve the quality of teaching.


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Balancing the primary and secondary care in provision of health care services is a challenge for all health care systems. In recent years, both the pressure from changing demographic and disease patterns and from increasing demand for better health outcomes have urged governments to reconsider integrating these two health care levels. Integration also has an impact from health economics and health policy perspectives. Pressures to control ever increasing health care expenditures and to satisfy the health care needs of populations and achieving this with minimum inputs and maximum outcomes have long been on the agendas of health policy makers. Each country applied its own solutions based on the requirements of their system and expectations from different stakeholders. The Turkish health care system has also been influenced by the current health economics and health policy trends. The system has undergone a radical reform process since 2003 and after a decade long experiences with the reforms the outcomes have started to be evaluated. The government introduced new measures in financing and provision of health care services, which changed the outlook of the primary and secondary level of care to a great extent. The differences in demographic characteristics of the population and burden of disease have resulted in either introducing distinct policies from other European countries or following the footsteps of these countries.


. This study aimed to investigate whether swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) could estimate the lesion depth and mineral loss quantitatively without the use of polarization sensitivity, and to examine a relationship between OCT data and transverse microradiography (TMR) lesion parameters. Twenty-four bovine root dentin specimens were allocated to three groups of 4-, 7-, and 14-day demineralization. Cross-sectional images of the specimens before and after the demineralization were captured by OCT at 1319 nm center wavelength. Following the demineralization, these specimens were cut into sections for TMR analysis. Correlations between the OCT data and TMR lesion parameters were examined. TMR images of the specimens showed cavitated lesions (lesion depth or LD TMR : 200 to 500 μ m, (cid:2) Z or mineral loss: 10,000 to 30,000 vol % μ m). The OCT images showed "boundaries," suggesting the lesion front. Integrated dB values before and after the demineralization and their difference ( R D , R S , and (cid:2) R , respectively) were calculated from the lesion surface to the corrected depth of boundary (LD OCT ). A statistically significant correlation was found between LD OCT and LD TMR ( p < 0.05, r = 0.68). Similarly, statistically significant correlations were found between (cid:2) Z and R D or (cid:2) R . The OCT showed a potential for quantitative estimation of lesion depth and mineral loss with cavitated dentin lesions in vitro .


Double orifice mitral valve is a rare congenital heart anomaly. We present here a case in which this anomaly was detected during routine echocardiography done for evaluation of a systolic murmur.


of philosophy or religious opinion on the basis of tenets common to all and against a common opponent. From this book, the beautiful blending, harmonizing of different antagonistic elements can be clearly revealed from the information provided by the author in terms of the peopling of this land, habitation patterns, composition of folk songs, myths and legends and so on. This book is very much important to understand the contribution of cults in Tripura which gave rise to a new social dimension and meaning in the changed socio-political environment.


Background and Aims: The Total Volatile Organic Compound (TVOC) is the value of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in an air sample. This is one of the gases present indoor that causes a serious effect on the people. In this paper, its assessment was carried out indoor in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.

Methods: A sensor with a detection technology was used for the assessment in thirty-two (32) indoor environments in Akure using the manufacture's specifications and results were compared with Air Quality Index (AQI) scoring system.

Results: The results obtained were in the range of 0.001-0.362 (mg/m3). The results due to AQI depicted 'Good' and 'Average'

Conclusions: The results obtained in this study look 'good' but efforts should be geared towards constant monitoring and assessment.


The paper presents the results of tests on stresses produced by the K+↔Na+ ion exchange method in BK7 glass. Diffusion ion exchange processes were carried out in glass plates with a surface area of a few cm2. The duration of these processes ranged from several hours to several hundred hours; process temperatures from 370 to 402 degree Celsius were used. The area of the glass in which the ion exchange took place shows refractive changes which are also accompanied by stresses. The planar waveguides produced in this way were tested by optical methods (for wavelength = 677 nm) and the refractive index profiles for the Transverse Electric (TE)and Transverse Magnetic (TM) olarization states were determined. On the basis of elasto-optic constants, the resulting stresses were determined. The temperature characteristics of diffusion coefficients of exchanged ions were also determined. Based on them a numerical simulation of real-time diffusion processes was possible, which allowed to predict the stresses arising in the glass. A good agreement between these predictions and the results of measurements was obtained.


By leveraging a comparison of Brazil's Bolsa Família and South Africa's Child Support Grant, this article probes whether and how income transfer programs enhance the standing of women recipients. Empowerment is assessed according to economic decision making, bodily protection and integrity, and psycho-social wellbeing and growth. The comparative analysis determines that regular income assistance boosts the self-esteem and agency of women recipients in both countries. At the same time, it underscores the heightened benefits obtained in Brazil as a result of the cash transfer program being embedded in a stronger public health and social service network. That Bolsa recipients interact with these associated institutions generates multiple downstream benefits. The broader lesson is that income transfer programs need to operate in deliberate coordination with an array of ancillary social service institutions to deliver the maximum benefits for women's empowerment.


Foster Care and Adoption Reform Act of 1979 - Title I: Child-Welfare Services Program - Amends part B of title IV (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to: (1) revise procedures for the payment to States for child-welfare service programs; and (2) prohibit payment to any State for such programs unless that State has in effect an action plan to assure foster care protection. Title II: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Amends part A of title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) to require States receiving payments under part A to make adoption support payments. States that parents of adopted children are eligible for such payments while the adopted child is either under the age of 18, or is under the age of 21 and is a student.


The comprehensive economic reforms since 1991 and their impacts on various aspects of the Indian economy have been an important subject of extensive research and intense debate. There are many studies that have examined the performance of the Indian economy, particularly after the large-scale economic reforms involving liberalisation and structural adjustment programmes since 1991. In order to investigate whether the Indian economy has undergone any significant structural break after the economic reforms, a number of studies have tried to locate structural break in Indian macroeconomic data. These studies have identified structural break in the long-term growth trend in gross domestic product (GDP) around 1980-81 (see, for example, Dholakia, 1994; Kumar, 1992; Sinha and Tejani, 2004, among others). However, Balakrishnan and Parameswaran (2007a) (henceforth, B-P (2007a)) have observed significant acceleration of GDP growth rate in 1978-79, and Ghosh (1999, 2008) has reported evidence of structural break in real GDP in 1988-89 and in real gross national product (GNP) in 1993-94. At the sectoral level, a number of empirical studies have evaluated the performance of Indian agriculture, and identified significant turning points, particularly after the introduction of new high-yielding variety (HYV) technology in the mid-1960s (see, for example, Bhalla, 2007; Bhalla and Singh, 1997, 2001). It is argued that the adoption of new seed-fertiliser technology has ushered in an era of green revolution in Indian agriculture, as it has led to a marked increase in the growth rate of agricultural output in several parts of India. And growth in productivity rather than in area has been the predominant source of growth in agricultural output. The Indian economy has also been undergoing significant changes due to implementation of the large-scale economic reforms since 1991. The policies that have direct and indirect bearing on agriculture are likely to have far reaching consequences for agricultural development. The on-going economic reforms and gradual opening up of Indian agriculture to world economy through the liberalisation of both internal and external trade are expected to have significant impact on agricultural production. The reduction of protection to industry and the exchange rate


A model has been developed to account for unmixedness and temperature spottiness in turbulent combustion processes. The model integrates probability theory, second order turbulence closure and the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. This model was incorporatcd into a 3-D computer code called CRALE. The CRALE computer code was applied to a National Aerospace Plane (NASP) generic supersonic combustor model tested in the a shock tunnel. The chemical system considered was hydrogen-air and the five species global model of Rogers and Chinitz was employed to compute the finite rate chemical kinetics. Comparisons wcre made between CRALE calculations including unmixedness, CRALE calculations with perfect mixing and experimental data. For the case of perfect mixing the entire combustor exit flow was burning and the peak temperature in the system was 2700 degrees Kelvin. For the unmixedness case burning occurred in a thin mixing region with a peak temperature of 2000 degrees Kelvin. Wall heat transfer flux data agreed with the calculations which included unmixedness. The principal conclusion was that second order turbulence closure and its associated physics of unmixedness strongly influences the rate at which chemistry occurs in realistic turbulent mixing/reacting flows. v


Errors in setting the wavelength scale of an ultra‐violet spectrophotometer cause an increase in the variance of extinctions measured on the slope of an absorption curve. For a given instrument and operator, the coefficient of variation of extinctions measured on a steep slope was ten times the normal value for zero slope. A method is described for obtaining reasonably precise estimates of (E/), where "S" refers to the displacement of the wavelength scale. The coefficient of variation bears a linear relationship to (E), which is relevant to the choice of wavelengths for Vierordt's method.


This study aims to find out and analyze and find: the nature of the auction of execution of objects of mortgages in the guarantee law, the implementation of auction execution of dependent objects at the State Financial Services Office and Auction, and the factors that affect the auction execution of objects of liability in guarantee law. This type of research is a kind of normative-empirical research, therefore in the study of normative law (legal research) this study uses a type of descriptive research (descriptive research), namely legal studies to analyze normative provisions and provide an overview by looking at the law as written in legislation law in books or as a rule that is used as a guideline for every person"s behavior in society (law in action).


The development of low cost and hardwearing mining tools is one of the most important areas in mining industry. It is especially important for technologies of rare and rare earth metals mining due to high hardness of related ores. Coatings for electrodes, produced by extrusion of self-propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) products from hard-alloyed materials with nanosized structure, for further application in processes of electrospark alloying and deposition were studied in this work. The results of microstructure and properties of deposited layers, interaction of support with SHS produced electrodes, comparison of frictional properties of obtained materials as well as some industrial testing results are presented in this work.


Previous research published in the Monthly Labor Review has come to conflicting conclusions regarding whether survey respondents correctly report their weekly work hours. This article documents substantial inconsistencies in research claiming that the Current Population Survey overestimates hours worked and confirms that any such bias is small. It also explains the proper interpretation of figures that purport to show the relationship between measurement error in hours worked and reported hours.


Abstract Background Safety of care is an essential aim of a healthcare system, even during a pandemic. Incident reporting (IR) is an important safety tool to identify system failures. This study evaluates the impact of SARS-COV-2 pandemic on IR trend in the COVID-19 wards of an Italian Academic Hospital (AH) in Italy. Methods The study analyzed the IR submitted by the wards of Infectious Diseases (ID), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Pneumology (P) and Emergency Room (ER) of the AH of Udine from 2016 to 2020. For each ward, IR of 2020 were compared to IR of 2016-2019 period, expressed as the mean value. The IR's topics of ER unit, classified according to the International Standards of Patient Safety, were compared between 2019 and 2020. Variation in reporting was assessed using Chi-square tests. Results During 2020, 180 incidents were reported, 81.7% of which submitted by ER unit. Three wards showed a decrease in reporting compared to 2016-2019 period: -18% (7vs8,5) for ID unit, -26% (16v21,7) for ICU and -44% (10vs18) for P unit. ER unit, instead, showed a great IR increase (147vs49; +200%). Considering the reporting from 2016 to 2019, 196 out of 389 (50.4%) of IR came from ER unit. Analyzing the difference in reporting in ER unit between 2019 and 2020, the IR topics regarding "Delay in execution and reporting exams" increase from 2 to 21 (p < 0,05), "Lack of human and/or instrumental resources" from 4 to 29 (p < 0,05) and "Prevention and Control of Hospital Infectious" from 0 to 13 (p < 0,05). Conclusions ER unit showed a higher attitude in reporting than the other considered wards, especially during the COVID-19 period, recognizing IR as an important tool to highlight critical issues. This aspect may reflect the stronger safety culture already present in this unit. SARS-COV-2 pandemic stressed in ER needs of human resources to cope with reorganization determined by COVID-19, rapid covid-test results for the patient's care path definition, implementation of infection control procedures. Key messages A solid safety culture may contribute to maintain high levels of IR even while during challenging times for healthcare systems. Difference in reporting among Covid wards could be explained by a different level of Safety Culture.


Leaf and sheath spot (mini ring) is a turfgrass fungal disease that has been reported in some states in the USA. The causal pathogen is Waitea circinata var. zeae , also known as Rhizoctonia zeae . This disease typically causes thinned turf areas and/or rings of full, half, or quarter circles. Turfgrass under stress or irrigated with high salinity water is more prone to infestation. Seven fungicide programs were evaluated on 'TifEagle' hybrid bermudagrass [ Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. × C. transvaalensis Burtt Davy] at a golf course on Maui, Hawaii. Four replications (plots) per treatment were arranged in a randomized complete block design. Disease severity and turfgrass quality were measured prior to treatment and after each application. Azoxystrobin showed the best suppression of disease and improvement of turfgrass quality, fol-lowed by chlorothalonil + acibenzolar-S-methyl. These two fungicide programs can be rotated to minimize possible resistance, and should also be used in conjunction with beneficial cultural practices to manage mini ring disease.


In the accompanying article, Goldenberg et al. review the promotion of diabetic ketoacidosis by SGLT2 inihibitors. They have carried out a metanalysis showing a 3.5‐fold increase in the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in patients with type 1 diabetes under treatment with SGLT2 inhibitors. They make a number of suggestions for attempting to mitigate the risk of DKA in these patients, notably including blood ketone monitoring and the use of supplemental carbohydrates with additional insulin when ketones suggest incipient DKA. Their proposal merits evaluation in a clinical trial involving type 1 diabetes, which should also assess the possible cardiorenal benefits demonstrated with treatment with SGLT2 inhibitors in type 2 diabetes.


In this article I present a series of images, stories and dissertations to reveal the teacher's body experience in teaching practices. This approach involves recognizing bodily experience of those who are considered subjects of knowledge and the impact it has on their bodies. For this purpose, I share results of a creation - research strategy about my bodily condition as a teacher in a public education institution. Such condition is expressed on the marks that teaching experience has left on my body and "Corporrelato", a concept I coined as a methodological inquiry and creation device to write about the body.


The paper shows how to determine dimensions of stationary horizontal (canopies) and vertical (ribs) shading devices in order to prevent penetration of normal beam solar radiation into the buildings during warm season of the year. While analyzing formulae for insolation rate equations for determination of dimensions of canopies and ribs which are perpendicular and inclined to the plane of intensively irradiated fenestrations orientated to the South, South-East, South-West, East and West have been obtained in the paper. Sloping canopies have the smallest dimensions. What is more, an angle of slope with regard to opening plane must correspond to elevation of sun station at an hour when there is a maximum specific heat flow rate of normal beam solar radiation. The paper considers an influence of canopies and ribs on transmission of diffuse solar radiation which along with normal beam solar radiation serves for creation of natural illumination. As follows from the analysis of formulae it is possible to make a conclusion about an inefficiency of vertical shading elements due to large rib dimensions and decrease in transmission of diffuse solar radiation. Minimum distances from fenestration reveal to the canopy have been determined for various orientations proceeding from the position that the opening must be maximally illuminated by normal beam solar radiation during the cold season of a year in order to reduce heat inputs for building heating. On the basis of dependence analysis we have come to a conclusion that it is appropriate to design stationary shading devices for fenestrations orientated only to the South and they must be sloping canopies. It is necessary to select glazing with a small index of solar factor for openings orientated to other corners of the Earth and reduction of solar radiation heat inputs.


This work is an application of the so-called mineral analysis to bodies fired to a maximum temperature corresponding to cone 9, for the purpose of establishing a measure of the progressive vitrification. It is based on the assumption that the solubility of an earthenware body in hot sulphuric acid decreases with the temperature of firing, as the porosity decreases. In general, this was found to be true but in order to obtain consistent results it is necessary to maintain standardized conditions of procedure especially in the grinding of the sample and in the treatment with fuming acid. The procedure has shown solution of as much as 66 % of the anhydrous clay substance with a porosity of 17.9%.


This study aims to analyze the performance of each Islamic bank through the maqoshid syariah index approach, which is a measure of performance in accordance with the operational objectives of Islamic banks. In addition, an important factor in producing performance is the application of good governance so that the effect of good corporate governance will be tested on the performance of maqoshid sharia. This research was conducted at Islamic commercial banks in Indonesia in the period 2012 to 2016. The results showed that overall, the bank that has the best Islamic Maqoshid performance is Bank Panin Syariah. Regression analysis results show that good corporate governance does not affect the performance of Islamic banks in Islamic banks in Indonesia. This research proves that good governance in Islamic banks has not been able to improve the performance of Islamic Maqoshid. The biggest possibility is that banks still prioritize profits as a measure of performance.


A fiber reinforced polymer reinforcement member with flexibility and a manufacturing method thereof are provided to perform the soft destruction behavior of a structure. An internal fiber(110) is made of the FRP(Fiber Reinforce Polymer) materials. The outer fibers(120) are spirally twisted at the circumference of the internal fiber toward the longitudinal direction. The respective fibers and the outer surface of the internal fiber and contact portions of the fibers are maintained with the non-contact state. The outer fibers are surrounded with combining members(130) so that the arrangement type of the outer fibers are maintained.


Sunflower iHelianthus annuus L.) is a newly discovered hyper-accumulator z.: This study determined the effect of zinc and cadmium on uptake by Sunflower. Sunflower plants were grown for 8 weeks on one soil sample in 5kg contaminated soil pots and using composted market sunshine organic waste varying concentration (0, 40, 60, 80, 100kgN/ha).The plants were fertilized using NPK fertilizer. Growth parameters including plants height and stem girth were recorded at 4-8 weeks after planting. Plants were harvested 8 weeks after planting .. Zinc and Cadrnium uptake in sunflower residue in soil was determined using AAS and analysed using descriptive statistics ANOVA, LSD and Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT). The result showed that uptake was higher in Composted market waste than NPK. The result is an indicative of the ability of Sunflower plants to take up Zinc and Cadmium from contaminated soil. The soil sample had a pH of 7.4 with sandy texture. The initial level of Zinc and Cadmium in the soil were 139.55 mg/kg and 5.0mg/kg respectively before planting but after the research, pot 80 kgN/ha had the highest level of Zn (25.817 mg/kg) while pot 60 mg/lkg had the lowest level (15.45 mg/kg). The highest level of cd uptake was recorded at pot 100 kgN/ha (0.116 mg/kg) while the lowest was NPK (0.066 mg/kg) with no significant difference at P<0.05.


The article describes the problems of production veterinary and sanitary control of raw materials and products at meat industry enterprises in the light of modern requirements of science and market economy. The authors discuss ways to increase the effectiveness of state veterinary and sanitary supervision in all areas of production of animal products. Particular attention is paid to the training and retraining of veterinary specialists in veterinary expertise. There is a need to increase the level of knowledge and professional experience in the inspection work and to realize responsibility for the results of activities in any area of production. Additional vocational training was recommended for private entrepreneurs and owners of enterprises engaged in the processing and sale of animal products on sanitation and hygiene in the production workshops of enterprises of the agro-industrial complex. Practice shows that veterinary doctors with only good training in all issues of input, operational and output control, who have undergone additional professional training 210 in special programs, can effectively carry out vetsanexpertiza at various facilities. To do this, it is necessary to develop and approve a unified program for certification of veterinary specialists for the whole country, taking into account the peculiarities of servicing various industry enterprises. The development of such a program should be entrusted to experienced workers of industry universities, research institutes and vetsanexpertiza laboratories. It should reflect the theoretical training and practical activities of veterinary specialists at meat producing plants, sausages and canneries, refrigerators and in state vetsanekpertiza laboratories at markets and fairs. If the problems of the State Veterinary Control at the agro-industrial complex enterprises are not solved today, then the situation of production hygiene and veterinary and sanitary control of raw materials and finished products will later require significant legislative and legal adjustment, high financial costs and improved standards of relations between food producers and their consumers. State veterinary control of raw materials and products is the basis for food security of the population.


The response of half-integral spin I > 1 nuclei in anisotropic systems to pulse sequences exciting multiple quantum (MQ) coherences is investigated theoretically. Using the state multipole formalism, we calculate the 2-dimensional (2D) MQ spectrum obtained by the conventional three-pulse sequence and compare it to recent experimental results. Next we consider MQ filters for detecting the evolution of rank (2I - 1) single quantum coherences. Pulse sequences based on these filters can be used for revealing hidden anisotropy in a spectrum or for suppressing a dominant isotropic contribution. Finally, we develop 2D spinecho and quadrupolar echo experiments that refocus the inhomogeneous decay of various MQ coherences. These MQ echo techniques can be used to determine accurately the homogeneous line widths of various MQ transitions, as demonstrated by experimental results (including the first MQ quadrupolar echo spectra) on 23Na and 17O nuclei in a lyotropic liquid crystal.