The present work involves the modelling of water quality of River Godavari, for irrigation purposes at Rajahmundry and Dhawaleswaram, in Andhra Pradesh using the multivariate statistical techniques such as Factor Analysis (FA), Cluster analysis (CA), and Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The water quality assessment is done, with the help of two Water Quality Indices (WQI) i.e., National Sanitation Foundation Water Quality Index (NSFWQI) and Weighted Arithmetic Index Water Quality Index (WAIWQI). The data is obtained from the department of Irrigation and Command Area Development (ICAD) and Hydrology Project Circle, Andhra Pradesh, for the period of 2004-2012, which comprises of 9 irrigation parameters. The study using the Water Quality Indices (WQI) indicated that, the quality of water is found to be fair. The Multivariate Analysis has shown the highest pollution, loadings for the monsoon season. The variation in EC_FLD, TDS is found to vary with the degree of pollution. The study indicated that, the quality of River Godavari at Rajahmundry and Dhawaleswaram is moderate at present, for irrigation purposes and its quality in the future might not have a perceptible change, if the present conditions prevail and can be used for irrigation purposes.


ABSTRACT Mariculture and recreational zones are expanding rapidly along the coast of Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East, increasing the pressing need for monitoring of toxin-producing algae and seafood poisoning. One poisoning syndrome, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning has not been reported in this region, but its expansion to other subarctic waters has been observed. To our knowledge, the research here shows the first measures of diarrhetic shellfish toxins (DST) on the east coast of Russia. Mussels contained DST concentrations above the recommended regulatory level of 16 mg/100 g shellfish at almost all sites sampled in the Primorsky Krai region, with maximum concentrations of 56.3 mg/100 g. The primary DST isoform was dinophysistoxin-1 (DTX-1; 94%-100%) but minor amounts of okadaic acid (0%-6%) also were detected. Other lipophilic toxins measured in shellfish were yessotoxin , pectenotoxin-2 (PTX-2), and azaspiracid-2; the last two toxins observed in Russian water for the first time. Phytoplankton samples dominated by Dinophysis acuminata contained DST, indicating that it was likely responsible for shellfish toxicity. Particulate seawater samples with Dinophysis contained 2.1–10.2 ng DTX-1/l and 6.5–101.8 ng PTX-2/l, corresponding to cellular concentrations of 3.1–5.6 pg DTX-1/cell and 9.6–46.7 pg PTX-2/cell. These findings provide a foundation for a Federal Monitoring Program for harmful algal blooms and phycotoxin control in seafood in Russia, and suggest that appropriate methods for both rapid screening and regulation of shellfish toxins should be established to ensure safe harvest in Russia.


We introduce the notion of generalized -Suzuki type contraction in -metric spaces and investigate the existence of fixed points of such mappings. The presented results generalize and improve several results of the topics in the literature.


The invention relates to a preparation method of 1-hydroxyl-2-(imidazo[1,2-A]pyridine-3-yl)ethane-1,1-bisphosphonic acid. According to the preparation method, a compound (2) undergoes catalytic hydrogenation through a palladium catalyst to obtain a compound (3); the compound (3) reacts with bromine to prepare a compound (4); the compound (4) and 2-aminopyridine undergo condensation to obtain a compound (5); the compound (5) undergoes hydrolysis to obtain a compound (6); and the compound (6) reacts with phosphorus trichloride and phosphorous acid to obtain an end product (1) Minodronate. The invention has the following beneficial effect: the preparation method of 1-hydroxyl-2-(imidazo[1,2-A]pyridine-3-yl)ethane-1,1-bisphosphonic acid has advantages of high yield, low cost and high reaction temperature controllability and is suitable for industrial production.


As the United States moves into the second half-century since the National Labor Relations Act ("Act") was passed,' the nation finds itself confronted with reports of worker dissatisfaction and declining productivity. Increasingly successful foreign economic competition adds to the urgency.2 These factors have led to a renaissance of interest in foreign, especially Japanese, management techniques.' The Japanese model emphasizes labor-management cooperation and employee input into business decision-making." It is diametrically opposed to the collective bargaining model of the Act, which emphasizes adversarial interaction and requires a strict separation between management and labor. Section 8(a)(2),5 which prohibits employers from participating in or supporting any labor organization, is the cornerstone of the Act." By out-


Textile with environmental protection type has become more and more popular. Textile with bamboo fiber has caught widespread attention with its specific performance. This paper introduces the excellent per- formance of bamboo fiber and optimized weaving technology to interweave jacquard home textiles with bamboo and cotton by using New Dragon sword loom and GT511-II electronic jacquard.


ACTIMIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.: Ly TW. Isotopically enriched pyrimidin-5-yl acetic acid derivatives as CRTH2 antagonists. Hand C-enriched pyrimidin-5-yl acetic acid derivatives with CRTH2 (G-protein-coupled chemoattractant receptor, expressed on TH2 cells) antagonistic activity are disclosed. These compounds are useful for treatment of diseases or disorders such as, for example, asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, allergic conjunctivitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome, sinusitis, basophilic leukemia, chronic urticaria or basophilic leukocytosis. [4,6-Bis([H6]dimethylamino)-2-(4-{[4-trifluoromethyl) benzoyl]amino}benzyl)pyrimidin-5-yl]acetic acid (compound 1) has comparable biological inhibitory activity in vitro compared to the undeuterated analogue. The result suggests that the in vivo biological inhibitory activity of compound 1 will be similar to the undeuterated analogue when compared at similar plasma levels or systemic exposure. WO2010027448 (2010) 60 pages


It is proposed in the paper to divide transformer losses into no-load and load losses, the former including core and dielectric losses, and the latter resistance and stray losses. The magnitude of the stray loss is shown in a large number of commercial transformers and in a few experimental machines. The relation between the impedance watts and the load losses is discussed, and the conclusion reached that they are practically equal. Results of tests are given, showing the magnitude of the dielectric losses in high-voltage transformers. It is recommended that Sections 156 to 159 of the Standardization Rules be amended to define transformer losses as no-load losses, including core and dielectric losses, and load losses, including resistance and stray losses. It is further recommended that all losses be measured at the operating temperature.


Introduction: Prostate cancer (PCa) is a genomically heterogeneous disease that has been subtyped into molecularly distinct subtypes. Over the past several years, multiple drugs have demonstrated improvements in overall survival in men with advanced prostate cancer, prompting further investigations of these drugs. However, characterizing drug response in the localized disease setting and in the context of PCa molecular subtypes needs further investigation. Here in a large prospective cohort of men with adverse pathology we explore the heterogeneity of patient drug response between basal, luminal, and neuroendocrine prostate cancer subtypes. Methods: Whole-transcriptome RNA expression profiles of 9,640 radical prostatectomy (RP) samples from prospective use of the Decipher test were obtained from the GRID registry database. Patients were subtyped into basal, luminal A, luminal B, and neuroendocrine subtypes using the PAM50 and small cell gene expression signatures. Drug response scores (DRS) predicting patient sensitivity for 89 oncology drugs were determined using in vitro drug sensitivity and microarray data from the NCI-60 panel. Pearson's chi squared test was used to determine significant differences in drug sensitivity among PCa subtypes. Results: Applying the subtype signatures to the cohort, we classified 43% of samples as basal, 26% as luminal A, 30% as luminal B, and 2% as neuroendocrine. DRS was highly variable across the subtypes. Basal tumors showed a distinct drug response profile where basal tumors were more sensitive to kinase inhibitors (e.g., cabozantanib, dasatnib, erlotinib), mTOR inhibitors (e.g., everolimus, temsirolumus), DNA repair inhibitors (e.g., olaparib, mitoxantrone), and alkylating (e.g., cisplatin, carboplatin) chemotherapy. Luminal A and B were more sensitive to steroid inhibition (e.g., abiraterone, tamoxifen) and anti-microtuble (e.g., docetaxel, paclitaxel, vinorelbine) chemotherapy, whereas neuroendocrine had highest DRS for antiproliferative agents (e.g., mitomycin, cytabarine, carmustine, topotecan), Significant differences in average DRS scores in subtypes were observed for all 89 drugs (p Conclusion: Prostate cancer subtypes in the localized disease setting have distinct drug response profiles, suggesting that subtyping and DRS scores may be useful for selecting candidates for systemic therapy trials. Citation Format: Robert Den, Jonathan Lehrer, Mandeep Takhar, Mohammed Alshalalfa, Nicholas Erho, Elai Davicioni, Felix Feng. Drug response variability between luminal and basal prostate cancer tumors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference: Prostate Cancer: Advances in Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research; 2017 Dec 2-5; Orlando, Florida. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(16 Suppl):Abstract nr B069.


Use of electronic health records (EHRs) is taking off. They are intuitively appealing, but they are not always better than the paper version. One aspect that electronic records should help with is the availability of test results; another possibility is more appropriate and timely orders with the


We analyzed the market position evolution of coal production of Shanxi during 1996- 2012 from the perspective of resource based economy transformation in this research. It was found that the market position of coal production in Shanxi was constantly rising since 2002 and which made the economy of Shanxi lack of the power of transformation and restricted its ability to transformation. So,the government of Shanxi should strengthen the transformation thought,keep the initiative to promote the transition as soon as possible.


It is widely recognized that data visualization may be a powerful instrument for exploratory analysis. In order to fulfill this claim, visualization software must be carefully designed taking into account two principal aspects: characteristics of the data to be visualized and the exploratory tasks to be supported. The tasks that may potentially arise in data exploration are, in their turn, dependent on the data. Developers of visualization software need comprehensive and operational typologies of data and tasks, where the task typology has an explicit connection to possible data components and characteristics. In the paper we present three examples of task-driven design of visualization software for different types of spatio-temporal data. We demonstrate that, first, different exploratory tasks may be anticipated in these three cases and, second, different sets of tools are required to properly support exploration of the data, although there are some common techniques and interface elements used in all applications. Prior to the description of the examples we briefly survey relevant typologies of data and tasks available in the literature.


The Araceae family includes about 105 genera and 3300 species, widely distributed in the Neotropics, including Brazil. The toxic properties of several species of Araceae are responsible for many accidents that occur, especially, due to calcium oxalate crystals in the form of raphids. These raphids develop inside idioblasts, which act as injector cells due to the manner that these crystals are liberated.The objective of this study was to verify a possible variation in the raphids concentration of the leaf tissue from cuttings cultivated under direct and continuous light and from cuttings cultivated under continuous shadow. These plants were compared with control plants, kept under normal luminosity conditions. The studied species were Dieffenbachia picta Schott, Monstera deliciosa Liebm and Philodendron bipinnatifidum Schott. To anatomical studies, free-hand sections and epidermis dissociation were made in both, leaf blade and petiole. Semipermanent slides were prepared according to standard protocols in plant anatomy. It was observed a sensitive increase in the raphid idioblasts concentration in leaf tissues of plants that were kept under continuous light compared to control specimens and to plants grown in continuous shadow. Because that, we concluded that luminous incidence of the former environmental condition led to an increase of toxicity levels in the studied species.


The increasing penetration of distributed PV systems challenges the distribution system voltage profile. When the system loading level is relatively low on a sunny day, the reverse power flow is expected to be large and the bus voltage is likely to exceed the upper bound. This paper conducts a sensitivity study on the Volt- VArcontrol of distributed PV systems for mitigating the overvoltage problem. The distribution system components, including the ZIP load, shunt capacitor and onload tap changer, are fully considered. The simulation study indicates that the Volt-VArcontrol can effectively reduce the daily maximum bus voltage and slightly reduce the network power loss. In addition, this control scheme does not require additional VAR compensation and communication devices. Therefore, it has great potential in future distribution systems if the PV penetration keeps increasing.


Within the SILVARSTAR project, a user-friendly frequency-based hybrid prediction tool is developed to assess the environmental impact of railway induced vibration. This will be implemented in the existing noise mapping software IMMI. The vibration level in a building in each frequency
 band is expressed as the product of source, propagation and receiver terms. A hybrid approach is used that combines experimental data with numerical predictions, providing increased flexibility and applicability. The train and track properties can be selected from a database or as numerical
 values. The user can select soil impedance and transfer functions from a database, pre-computed for a wide range of parameters with the MOTIV and TRAFFIC models. An experimental database of force densities, transfer functions, free field vibration and input parameters is also integrated into
 the new tool. The building response is estimated by means of empirical correction factors. Assumptions within the modelling approach can influence the prediction accuracy and the present paper aims to quantify these. We focus on the influence of train speed and soil properties on the compliance
 of the track-soil system, the dynamic axle loads, and the free field response, as well as on the load transfer between track and soil.


Motility is one of the most important factors in sperm migration toward egg. Therefore, sperm separation based on motility increases the chance of the best sperm selection in the process of infertility treatments. Unfortunately, it is now vastly done by conventional procedures which lack certain delicacy and precision and increase the risk of damage to sperm cells. Microfluidic systems, on the other hand, can sort sperm in a less intrusive way. However, microfluidic techniques have yet to receive widespread adoption in clinical settings, not only due to their relatively cumbersome operation, but also their extremely low outcome, leaving them inefficient in practice. Here we propose a microchamber-based microfluidic platform that can separate progressive motile sperm from nonviable sperm and debris as well as trapped nonprogressive sperm in the microchambers. Our platform is operated in a short period of time (<10 min) with an excellent degree of controllability, without any prior sample preparation. Our results show that the microchambers' depth does not affect the residence time of motile sperm. Therefore, we are able to inspect high sample volumes (1 mL) within the same time. Furthermore, we maximize the concentration of the collected sperm by tuning the washing medium flow rate above the sperm rheotactic threshold. We foresee that our microfluidic platform may provide a facile solution for high-throughput, robust, and easy-to-modify for collection of progressive sperm needed for assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs). Significance Statement Assisted Reproductive Technologies require efficient, minimally invasive, and fast methods of sperm separation. Centrifugation methods used in clinics and biological research labs, fall short in these aspects as they are low-yield, intrusive to sperm's DNA, and time consuming. We have developed a microchamber-based microfluidic platform for high-throughput separation of progressive motile sperm from undiluted raw semen samples. The method was further optimized to increase the concentration of collected samples. Higher concentration of collected samples combined with higher motility of the separated sperm compared to those in raw semen, make it a suitable choice in clinical applications, fertility diagnostics, and fundamental research.


As the chapter title "Micro Foundations and Macro Patterns" suggests, this chapter is concerned with what the relationship between "micro processes and macro patterns" is in a capitalist economy. This is the first chapter where Shaikh begins to present in detail his criticisms of neoclassical economics, and as an autodidact I found a good deal of the chapter intimidating in its details. That being said, Shaikh's main points are quite easy to grasp and I will present them below.


In this study, a novel and simple approach to fabricate zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) nanofibers by critical bubble electrospinning and subsequent thermal treatment was reported. The influences of different matrixes, weight percentages, heating rates, post-processing techniques, and with/without carbonization were discussed. The fiber size grew linearly with the increasing amounts of particles added. In addition, ZrOCl2/PAN composite fibers were converted to ZrO2 nanofibers after high-temperature calcination, whose crystal structure was cubic phase of ZrO2 after 1000°C, and the obtained ZrO2 nanofibers shows excellent high-temperature-resistant adsorption and separation properties.


Abstract The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of facility comfort level on animal-based welfare indicators as well as on productive and reproductive parameters of 187 dairy farms in the northwest of Spain. Fifty-eight facility-based parameters, which included both housing facilities and management parameters, were evaluated in each farm and used to classify the 187 farms in 5 groups (from 1: top farms to 5: worst farms). Animal-based welfare indicators and reproductive and productive parameters were compared among farm groups. Lameness score significantly differed (p < .005) in top farms (67% of cows having normal gait) versus groups 4 (55%) and 5 (53%). The proportion of cows with dirty lower legs and udder was lower (p < .05) in top farms (80% and 31%, respectively) than in groups 4 (92% and 51%) and 5 (95% and 56%). Other animal-based indicators were not different among farm groups. Heat detection rate was higher (p < .001) in top farms (56.5%) versus groups 4 (51%) and 5 (47%), and milk production/cow/day was also significantly higher (p < .001) in top farms (34.4 L) versus groups 3 (31.2 L), 4 (30.5 L) and 5 (27.4 L). Other reproductive or productive parameters were not different among farm groups. Facility-based measures were compared only between the top and worst farms. In top farms, most facility-based parameters met the welfare-related objectives, whereas in the worst farms only a few facility-based parameters met the welfare objectives. Highlights Fifty-eight facility-based parameters, including housing measures and some management practices, were evaluated and scored in 187 dairy farms. Top-performing farms (i.e. with the best scores) had lower incidence of lameness and of cows with dirty legs and udder than poor-performing farms. Top-performing farms had higher rates of heat detection and higher milk production/cow/day than poor-performing farms.


Doing research on the tradition, history, psychology and anthropology relating to Japanese uniform culture, I argue that because of the strong sense of belonging to a group or family, the Japanese actively use clothing styles and/ or uniforms to maintain the sense unity and membership of this specified group. I explain the importance of social groups in Japanese society, as well as why the uniform is an important visual indicator as to which group the wearer belongs to, in order to maintain societal cues and appropriate behaviour between individuals. I intend to prove that the Japanese are not used to being out of uniform, and that however they style their appearance they will be recognized as a member of a group, whether it's their intention or not.


N-acylamino acid isomers: ortho, meta, and para-methylhippuric acids, are specific xylene metabolites. Here, we report X-ray powder diffraction data, unit-cell parameters, and space groups for the three isomer (C10H11NO3), [ortho-methylhippuric acid 2 mHA, monoclinic P21/n cell, a = 8.522(1), b = 10.443(1), c = 10.734(1) Å, β = 92.43(1)°, V = 954.5(1) Å3; meta-methylhippuric acid 3 mHA, monoclinic C2/c cell a = 20.0951(2), b = 10.485(1), c = 10.074(2) Å, β = 119.08(1)°, V = 1933.9(1) Å3; para-methylhippuric acid 4 mHA, orthorhombic P212121 cell, a = 5.1794(7), b = 8.279(1), c = 22.276(2) Å, V = 955.2(2) Å3], space group. In each case, all measured diffraction peaks were indexed and are consistent with the corresponding space group.


The hypothesis that biomass is uniformly distributed over logarithmic size classes was evaluated with plankton samples from 15 temperate lake sites in southern Quebec. Over the size range from 0.2 to 1600 μm equivalent spherical diameter (ESD), biomass tended to increase between logarithmic size classes at a median rate of 7%, and numerical abundance declined strongly with increasing size. The slope of the normalized biomass spectrum (reflecting overall trends in the distribution) becomes significantly steeper as total phosphorus decreases and total biomass declines. Hence, more oligotrophic systems have a more uniform biomass distribution and proportionately more small organisms. Over the observed size range, most samples were dominated by a phytoplankton mode between 20 and 50 μm ESD. Because of this dominance and because of the variability of the samples, most sample distributions could not be shown to differ significantly from unimodal lognormal distributions. Efforts to fit bimodal and trimodal distr...


Development variance analytical knacks at sports-pedagogical, medical andbiological studies. Research is actively working to improve the training processof athletes. Demonstrating theory and correctly interpreting the results providean opportunity to be advance about the effectiveness of the proposals. Importanttests are based on variance analysis. The purpose of the research is to develop amethod for the training of practical knacks using variance analysis to analyze theresults of sports, pedagogy and biomedical research for students in the field ofeducation physical and sport. Results a method of forming students' practicalknacks to perform variance analysis of sports-pedagogical and biomedical datais proposed. The implementation of the method involves focusing students'attention on performing variance analysis using computer programs.Automating the calculation process allows students of the Department ofPhysical Education and Sports to perform high-level statistical data processing.Keywords: training, analysis, factors, statistics, research.


Gene medicines are the developing trend of future pharmaceuticals. It is urgent to study appropriate drug delivery systems to accelerate the absorbance and to control the effect of gene medicines. In this paper the administration routes, the mainly adopted formulations and their advantages of gene medicines were reviewed. The different ways in giving gene medicines included injection administration, oral administration, lung targeting, brain targeting and transfection in cardiovascular system. The dosage form included microspheres, liposome, microemulsion, etc. In addition, nanoparticles applied in gene medicines were recommended simply.


BLUNDELL-BANKHART, A. S. (1938). Pathology and treatment of recurrent dislocation of the shoulder. Brit. J. Surg., 26, 23-29. BICK, EDGAR M. (1948). Source Book of Orthopadics. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. OSMOND-CLARKE, H. (1948). Habitual Dislocation of the shoulder-The Putti-Platt operation. J. Bone Jt. Surg., 30, 19-25. SPEED, J. S. and SMITH, HUGH (1949). Campbell's Operative Orthopcedics. Vol. 1. 315-325. St. Louis: Mosby. TOWNSLEY, CHARLES 0. (1950). The capsular mechanism in recurrent dislocation of the shoulder. J. Bone Jt. Surg, 32, 370.


Leisure constraint research has been prominent within the leisure field since the mid 1960s. Constraints to participation are generally categorised as intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural. Previous research has addressed snowsports (e.g., skiing and snow boarding) in limited ways. This study is concerned with Physical Education students as tourists and the implications of their experiences of taking students on ski courses (often overseas) in their subsequent careers as PE teachers. The current study involved interviewing (n=36) students training to teach Physical Education within a UK higher education institution. Participants were grouped by sex and whether or not they had previously participated in snowsports. Interviews were analysed for both deductive themes (from the above mentioned three categories) and inductive themes. Findings suggest that issues concerning "time", "hassle", and "anticipation of expense" were of little relevance while interpersonal issues were the main consideration. Implications for snowsport development and encouragement are discussed and suggestions for further research made.


This paper develops a new life cycle model that aims to describe the savings and asset allocation choices of boundedly rational agents. In this model, agents make forward-looking decisions without the requirement of anticipating their actual future decisions. Instead, agents pursue two simple so-called feasibility goals. The first goal entails assuring feasibility of a certain minimum consumption level in a future worst-case scenario. The second concerns feasibility of a certain standard of living in a normal scenario. The feasibility goals framework represents a particularly natural alternative to the standard rational benchmark model. The framework is highly tractable and parsimonious. In particular, it is able to explain important empirical patterns of asset allocation that are puzzling from the point of view of existing models.


This study on 32 rats was undertaken to determine the effect of butyl cyanoacrylate surface dressing on the healing of skin wounds. Animals which were killed front 0 to 21 days postoperatively showed that use of this adhesive greatly reduces edema, inflarnmatian, and the amount of granulation tissue.


The bench experiments were conducted on a diesel/methanol compound combustion engine.Gas chromatography analyzing approach was used to measure the formaldehyde emission from the DMCC engine at engine speed of 1 800 r/min.The influences of load,methanol and oxidation converter on the formaldehyde emission characteristics were investigated.The results show that engine-out formaldehyde emission increases with the increasing of methanol at the low load,but little variation at the middle load and the high load.The conversion efficiency of oxidation converter is closely related to the exhaust temperature.Engine-out formaldehyde emission with an oxidation converter gets decreasing at exhaust temperature below 290 ℃,and it shows an increasing at exhaust temperature over 300 ℃.


Abstract : All organizations are dependent on People, Information, and Communications to conduct business. Interruptions that affect any of these resources will have a detrimental impact on business. Disasters that affect these resources will likely have a far reaching impact on business and may result in the failure of the business or organization. Business must plan for continuing business after a disaster via a Business Continuity Plan. The BCP is a critical function of the business and will impact every function of the business. Planners must have resources and commitment from senior executives to be successful. Planners must develop plans that recover time sensitive functions first, while bringing less time sensitive functions on line in an economically balanced manner. Planners must consider the toll of a disaster, not only on their facilities and equipment, but on the human resources which are their most precious asset Planners must ensure plans are maintained and exercised on a regular basis and critique the exercise participants to improve their chances for successful resumption of business. Organizations that are led by strong leaders with genuine concern for their customers and employees will develop strong continuity plans. Overall the private sector is more advanced than government when it comes to BCP, however some large corporations still lack integrated continuity plans.


An assessment of the orbital‐optimized coupled‐electron pair theory [or simply "optimized CEPA(0)," OCEPA(0)] [Bozkaya and Sherrill, J. Chem. Phys. 2013, 139, 054104] for thermochemistry and kinetics is presented. The OCEPA(0) method is applied to closed‐ and open‐shell reaction energies, barrier heights, and radical stabilization energies (RSEs). The performance of OCEPA(0) is compared with those of the MP2, CEPA(0), OCEPA(0), CEPA(1), coupled‐cluster singles and doubles (CCSD), and CCSD(T) methods [at complete basis set limits employing cc‐pVTZ and cc‐pVQZ basis sets]. For the most of the test sets, the OCEPA(0) method performs better than CEPA(0), CEPA(1), and CCSD, and provides accurate results. Especially, for open‐shell reaction energies and barrier heights, the OCEPA(0)–CEPA(1) and OCEPA(0)–CCSD differences become obvious. Similarly, for barrier heights and RSEs, the OCEPA(0) method improves on CEPA(0) by 1.6 and 2.3 kcal mol−1. Our results demonstrate that the CEPA(0) method dramatically fails when the reference wave function suffers from the spin‐contamination problem. Conversely, the OCEPA(0) method can annihilate spin‐contamination in the unrestricted‐Hartree–Fock initial guess orbitals and can yield stable solutions. For overall evaluation, we conclude that the OCEPA(0) method is quite helpful not only for problematic open‐shell systems and transition‐states but also for closed‐shell molecules. Hence, one may prefer OCEPA(0) over CEPA(0), CEPA(1), and CCSD as an O(N6) method, where N is the number of basis functions, for thermochemistry and kinetics. As discussed previously, the cost of the OCEPA(0) method is as much as of CCSD and CEPA(1) for energy computations. However, for analytic gradient computations, the OCEPA(0) method is two times less expensive than CCSD and CEPA(1). Further, the stationary properties of the OCEPA(0) method making it promising for excited state properties via linear response theory. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


To determine the influence of total and partial leaf-cutting and, of corn packing, which are mayor waste sources in stock and supply centers, there were used High Density and Low Density Polyethylene (HDPE and LDPE), polypropylene (OPP), and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) films, evaluating then their effects over the chemical and physiological changes in both a refrigerated storage (7o C) and at environmental (18o C) conditions. Results showed a weight loss for the samples with and without leafs of 66% and 49.33% respectively when stored at environmental conditions, and only 50% of that weight loss when refrigerated. Recommended LDPE and PVC films showed similar results of 7.2% and 9.2% (environment) and 50% less (refrigerated). Acidity fluctuated between 0.18% and 0.38%, lowering during the first 4 days of storage and increasing after in most of the treatments; samples with leafs remained constant until day 14, increasing afterwards. The oBrix varied similarly in most cases, lowering from 6.2 to 1.7oBrix and 2.3oBrix at the end of storage, without showing considerable differences between treatments; this resulted in a more acid and less sweet taste, but not causing a sensitive rejection. Quality was preserved during 21 days when packed and 3 days for the sample with no leafs, showing economical feasibility.


ABSTRACT IT'S TIME TO RETHINK the role of chemotherapy in treating mammary carcinoma.That was the message delivered by Gianni Bonadonna, MD, in the 20th Karnofsky Award lecture at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in San Francisco, Calif. Bonadonna, who is director, division of medical oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy, indicated that it may be time to go beyond current guidelines and employ combination chemotherapy as an adjuvant in some additional patient populations and as a primary therapy in others.The guidelines Bonadonna would like to expand were developed in response to the publication in December of a meta-analysis of 61 randomized trials that involved 28 896 women (N Engl J Med. 1988;319:1681-1692). All of the patients underwent surgical tumor resection with or without radiation.The study determined that mortality was lower in patients who also underwent subsequent drug therapy than in those who did


It is well known that the count-loss effect produces serious problems for the neutron correlation methods that employ a single neutron counting system, e.g. the variance-to-mean and the auto-correlation methods, since it deteriorates the information extracted from the subcritical reactor system. New formulae of the variance-to-mean and auto-correlation methods were hence obtained on the basis of a rigorous theoretical approach for treating the count-loss process. It is expected that the present formulae work better than conventional ones for determination of the neutron decay constant.


The ocean's role in climate and climatic change is discussed, with emphasis on the consequences of changes in the ocean circulation. Observations indicate variability in the North Atlantic on an interdecadal timescale; it is argued that the variability is caused by interaction between the ocean circulation and the atmosphere. Ocean‐only models can be constructed that capture the most fundamental aspects of large‐scale air‐sea interaction. These models exhibit multiple equilibrium states with dramatically different heat transport and hence important impacts on climate. Whether changes in the ocean circulation, including transitions between different steady states, are likely to occur, can only be understood through a synthesis of oceanic and atmospheric dynamics.


This is a commentary on article Laurent R, Chaix R. MHC-dependent mate choice in humans: why genomic patterns from the HapMap European American dataset support the hypothesis. Bioessays. 2007;34(4):267-71.


This paper reports on a study to determine if existing technology is adequate for the delivery of quality distance education. The survey sample was 392 respondents from a non -traditional graduate level. The study included 15 descriptive questions on course assessment and satisfaction. The three hypotheses used Chi-square to find relationships between interactivity and three other variables: progress, communication mode, and the desire to take another course. Responses showed that taking a distance education course was worthwhile. Findings, recommendations and conclusion are included.


Visual Pronunciation Formation application is built using Visual Basic. NET as a visual creation and INDO-TTS as a voice synthesis. Making this application begins by studying the theories used. After that process is continued by knowing the processes running in the process synthesis sound, making visualization of the face and the merger between the two and do coded of the program. The nal stage of making this application is to conduct trials to determine the outcome of the application program. INDO-TTS is an Indonesian-language voice synthesis made ??by Arry Ahmad Rahman and is the only sound in the Indonesian language Penamaan File: 50401683


BackgroundSkill mix is an important part of any imaging department, with radiographer reporting of casualty films, barium enemas and ultrasounds well established in the UK [1,2]. In our department 4 radiographers report lung perfusion scans. MethodsTwo radiographers report all perfusion scans independently. If there is agreement a report is issued. If there is disagreement the images are reviewed by a consultant radiologist. This audit examines the scans over a 2 month period. All scans were re-reported by a consultant radiologist who was blind to the radiographer's diagnosis. Clinical notes were also reviewed. A 90% concordance between the reports was adopted as standard. ResultsOne hundred and eighty-eight perfusion scans were performed of which the radiographers reported 88. There was concordance in 93% of studies. Final diagnosis and treatment was concordant with the perfusion scan report in 98% of cases. The kappa value (level of agreement) was calculated as 0.85, P<0.001 with inter-observer agreement of 93%. Conclusions and action planConcordance between the radiographers and radiologists in the reporting of perfusion scans exceeded the required standard set at 90%. This compares favourably with previous data on variability in reporting lung scans where an inter-observer variability of 5.9% between consultants has been reported [3]. On-going audit will address the scans where the radiographers could not initially reach agreement.


Under which conditions did introduction of women's suffrage occur before World War I (early), and when only after World War II (late)? This paper analyzes necessary and sufficient conditions for several cleavages to explain both early and late introduction of women's suffrage in 14 Western European countries: the religious, ethnic-linguistic, class and sectoral cleavage. This way the study makes a threefold contribution. First, it tests Stein Rokkan's cleavage theory, which focuses on existing cleavages in society to explain variation in democratization. Second, this study adds a structural dimension to agency-based studies on the role of the women's movement, which helps to explain why some women's movement had a much earlier success than others. Finally, this paper advances the democratization literature that takes the timing of the introduction of manhood suffrage as a proxy for the timing of the introduction of women's suffrage. This proxy is problematic as an early introduction of manhood suffrage does not necessarily mean an early introduction of women's suffrage. Based on fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA), the paper shows that the absence of an ethnic-linguistic cleavage is a necessary condition for an early introduction of women's suffrage. Moreover, the fuzzy-set analysis highlights that 1) the absence of a religious cleavage combined with a class cleavage OR 2) a sectoral cleavage combined with the absence of a class cleavage is sufficient for an early introduction of women's suffrage. Concerning a late introduction of women's suffrage it is 1) the combination of a class cleavage with a religious cleavage OR 2) the presence of an ethnic-linguistic cleavage that prove to be sufficient. Since all 14 countries have high membership in one of these pathways, fsQCA confirms the strong explanatory power of cleavage theory.


It has good dispersibility in the aqueous medium of the polyurethane prepolymer, and excellent in stability in water of the polyurethane resin, when practical The aqueous polyurethane resin dispersion, hydrolysis resistance, durability, heat resistance, coating agent particularly excellent in hardness has wear resistance, provides a useful polyurethane resin dispersion as coating composition. Relative to the total weight of the polyurethane resin, an alicyclic structure containing 26 to 50 wt%, a polyurethane resin and an aqueous polyurethane resin dispersion having dispersed in an aqueous medium having a polymerizable unsaturated bond.


Male-sterile plants were obtained from a variety of the onion, Senshu-Hiragata-Ohtamanegi (a strain Yellow Glove Danvers), in 1944 and 1948. The pollen degeneration of the male-sterile plants was investigated cytologically in 1949 and 1950. The flower buds and anthers of the normal and the male-sterile plants were fixed in CARNOY's fluid. The usual methods of dehydrating and embedding in paraffin were employed. The sections were cut 10μ thick and stained with HEIDENHAIN's iron-alum haematoxylin. The results obtained may be summarized as follows:1. The maturation divisions of P.M.C's in the male-sterile plants were normal up to the liberation of microspores from tetrads, but the nuclear divisions of microspores were not observed.2. The cells of the anther tapetum began to behave in an abnormal manner, from late tetrad stage to the liberation of microspores (fig. 3). The boundaries of the tapetal cells broke down, and the contents flowed together to form a periplasmodium (fig. 4).3. After the periplasmodium has attained maximum development, it began to degenerate (fig. 5). With the complete disintegration of the periplasmodium the microspores were finally destroyed. The anther cavity became empty, except for a dark strand of disintegrating microspores (fig. 6).


This paper describes the overall design of NPSAT1, a low-cost, technology demonstration satellite which hosts a number of experiments. The command and data handling (C&DH) subsystem is built on commercial, desktop PC architecture, and standards-based specifications. Combining PC hardware and a PC/104 interface bus with the robust Linux operating system software offers a means of addressing the uncertainty and difficulty of managing space systems software. NPSAT1 will also demonstrate the use of nonvolatile ferroelectric RAM which is inherently radiationtolerant. Lithium-ion polymer batteries are another state-of-the-art technology that will be employed offering high energy density for space applications. A novel, low-cost, low-power attitude control subsystem providing coarse, three-axis stabilization will also be implemented using only magnetic torquers as actuators and a three-axis magnetometer for sensor input. Experiments on-board NPSAT1 include two Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) payloads: the coherent electromagnetic radio tomography (CERTO) experiment and a Langmuir probe. The CERTO experiment is a radio beacon which, in concert with ground station receivers, is used to measure total-electron-content (TEC) in the ionosphere. The Langmuir probe will augment CERTO data by providing on-orbit measurements. The other experiments are of NPS origin. These include a configurable processor experiment (CPE), a COTS visible wavelength imager (VISIM), and a three-axis micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-based rate gyro. NPSAT1 is manifested on the Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP) MLV-05, Delta IV mission, due to launch in January 2006.


Highly textured Na,CoOz.s (NCO) ceramics with improved thermoelectric properties have teen prepared by tape casting. NCO platelets with 5 - 10 pm in diameter and 5 in aspect ratio were synthesized by a co-precipitation method and used as starting materials. The NCO platelets were well mixed with Na,CO,particles and binder, tape-cast by a doctor-blade technique, dewaxed at 1073 K and then sintered with a uniaxial pressure in air. In particular, we investigated the effects of preparation conditions on thermoelectric properties; that is, 1) the mixing ratio of NCO and Na,C03 particle, 2) composition of NCO platelets, and 3) the sintering temperature. As a result, highly c-axis aligned specimens were obtained; the maximum e-axis orientation degree y) was estimated as 0.942 by a Lotgering's method. Also, the NCO specimen with the maximum Na content exhibited the highest power factor (1.44 mWm.'K-* at 1050 K) in the direction of the preferred (001) plane.


In modern Turkey, Kemalism is an ideology wich determined the essential principles of nation building process. As an ideology, it's natural for Kemalism having an intellectual back-ground. At this point Ziya Gokalp, appears as an important actor. In this study, the relation between Kemalism and Gokalp's thought will be discussed. In this context we will focus on Kemalist ideology's language and education policies, "unprivileged and classless society" conception, it's approach to Westernization and it's approach to religion-State relation and discuss Gokalp's influence on these policies and approaches


For the homogeneous nucleation,the conversion from gas to particle is an important way to produce secondary aerosol particles,which are caused by molecules adsorbing gas molecules from the supersaturated system to make particles scale exceeding the scale of critical nucleation.Based on the particle sparse and molecular chaos assumption,the nucleation and growth thermdynamical and dynamical models are established,and homogeneous nucleation of three molecules H_2SO_4 -NH_3 -H_2O in fog and haze atmospheres are studied based on particle balance modeling and multi-Monte Carlo method.Moreover,the influence of temperature and humidity on particle nucleation rate and critical scale of molecular cluster are numerically analyzed.The evolution processes of particle number and diameter under the different concentrations of gaseous sulfuric acid are also discussed.The computed results show that the lower temperature and higher humidity can lead to larger nucleation rate,and scale of particles generated is mainly in the range of lnm-3nm.


As the waiting list for organ transplant continues to increase (over 90,000 candidates as of May 30, 2007), the pressure to increase the number of donor organs is the impetus to expand the use of organs from donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors. The focus on DCD, previously referred to as non–heart-beating donor (NHBD), has led to significant increases in its utilization (Table 1), although the contribution to the donor pool remains only 7% in the United States and is disproportionately reflected in increased kidney transplants (Table 2). Prior to the acceptance of brain death, donors were required to have cessation of heart function in order to procure organs for transplantation. In some areas where brain death legislation has not been widely adopted, such as Asia, DCD represents a significant source of organs for transplantation. Although the Maastricht Conference on DCD in 1994 identified 4 categories of DCD [Category I: dead on arrival; Category II: unsuccessful resuscitation; Category III: waiting cardiac death; and Category IV: cardiac death in a braindead donor], it is easier to envision DCD based on two distinct populations, one following uncontrolled cardiopulmonary arrest (Categories I and II) and the other under conditions of controlled removal from life support, without the criteria for brain death being fulfilled. In 1995, the University of Pittsburgh provided one of the earliest comparisons between controlled and uncontrolled DCD. There were 24 DCD livers, 14 in the uncontrolled group (Group 1) and 10 in the group in which controlled termination of life support was performed in the operating room (Group 2). Of the liver grafts that were used, the immediate graft function rate was 50% (3/6) in Group 1 and 100% (6/6) in Group 2; however, the overall 2-year patient and graft survival was only 58% and 33%, respectively. In order to improve outcomes with DCD donors, the decision was made to avoid using uncontrolled DCD livers and, with further experience, to more carefully control risk factors [e.g., avoidance of old ( 60 year old) DCD donors, avoidance of donors with long ( 60 minutes) warm ischemic times during procurement, avoidance of confounding factors in the DCD donors, and minimization of cold ischemic times]. While patient survival and graft survival have improved in more recent eras, the impact of DCD on liver transplantation, as assessed from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) database, shows that DCD graft survival was significantly lower than that of donation after brain death (DBD) grafts, with 1and 3-year graft survival of 70.2% and 63.3% for DCD recipients versus 80.4% and 72.1% for recipients of livers from conventional DBD donors. Recipients of a DCD graft had a greater incidence of primary nonfunction (11.8 versus 6.4%) and retransplantation (13.9% versus 8.3%) compared with DBD recipients. Similar findings have also been reported at single centers 12,13 The mandated period of warm ischemia imposed during the process of certifying death in controlled DCD leads to stagnation of blood in the microcirculation.


The Authors present twenty cases of cardiac arrest which underwent cardio-respiratory resuscitation. The study of pupillary diameter and photomotor reflex are of easy detection and may be of relevant prognostic value during the resuscitation itself.


Summary No somatic growth inhibition was observed in the rat even when treated with very large doses of testosterone, although these same doses proved sufficient to inhibit gonad development in both sexes. It has been found that doses of testosterone which suffice to inhibit the growth of the gonad in both sexes and to cause permanent vaginal dioestrus in the female do not cause hypertrophy of the hypophysis in either sex. In these respects, the effect of testosterone on somatic and hypophyseal growth differs from that of oestrone.


The utility model relates to a pneumatic down-stuffing gun, which comprises a down-stuffing tube (1), a gun cover (2), an air amplifier (3), a hoop (5), a down-sucking tube union (6), a down-sucking tube (7), an air tube union (9), a gun body (10) and an air inlet tube (11). Both the down-stuffing tube (1) and the down-sucking tube union (6) are screwed in the gun body (10); the air amplifier (3) is positioned in the socket of the upper part of the gun body (10), and is fixed in the gun cover (2) by bolts (4); the down-stuffing tube (1) and the down-sucking tube union (6) are respectively opposite to the air outlet and the air inlet of the air amplifier (3), and the end surfaces of the down-stuffing tube (1) and the down-sucking tube union (6) are tightly contacted with the two end surfaces of the air amplifier (3); the down-sucking tube (7) is connected with the down-sucking tube union (6) through the hoop (5) and bolts (8); and the air tube union (9) is screwed in the air amplifier (3), and the air inlet tube (11) passes through a hole on the gun body (10) and is connected with the air tube union (9). The utility model has the advantages of small size, convenient operation, high efficiency, low energy consumption, no down leakage, low noise, no down injury and the like, and not only can improve the working environment but also can prevent the waste of down.


The purpose of the study was to examine Business Education as an instrument for innovation andsustainable development in Oyo State. A survey research design was adopted. The population comprised 80 Business Educators in the two colleges of education offering Business Education in Oyo state.  No sample was drawn as the population was manageable. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study used a four-point rating scalequestionnaire with twenty (20) items in two clusters. The instrument was validated by two experts and reliability coefficient of 0.75was obtained. Data collected were analyzed using mean rating for research questions and t-testfor the hypotheses. The results indicated that Business Educationis an instrument forinnovation is considered effective for sustainable development. The result of the null hypotheses tested showed that the male and female Business Educators did not differ significantly in their opinion on the innovation considered effective for sustainable development in Business Education and that the male and female Business Educators did not differ significantly in their opinion on positive effects attainable from sustainable development in business education. It was recommended among others that to check unemployment and joblessness in the country, government should bring back commercial secondary schools in the state so as to boost inculcation of Business Education programme from secondary schools to tertiary institutions in the state. Key words: Business Education, sustainable development, Innovations


In this work, a collaborative co-evolution approach is adopted to solve a joint physical design and feedback control optimization problem of a nature-inspired Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Unlike traditional multirotors and fixed-wing aircraft, lift is achieved by spinning its entire body with attached aerofoils around a central axis and positional control is attained through regulation of 2 sets of independent aerodynamic surfaces and thrusters. The collaborative co-evolution process consists of 2 'species,' the first consisting of the mechanical design variables and the second consisting of Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) and central pattern generator (CPG) controller variables. Each species have their own respective individual Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) solvers, Covariance Matrix Adaptation-Evolutionary Strategy (CMA-ES) and Parameter Exploring Policy Gradients (PEPG). In each optimization iteration, the parameters of one species is combined with representatives with the highest fitness from the other species and fed into a shared model for fitness evaluation, with each species taking turns to send a representative. Detailed performance comparison in trajectory tracking and power consumption between the proposed jointly optimized system against a design-only optimized, control-only optimized and unoptimized baseline were conducted. It was found that configurations with optimized designs would draw on average 18% less power than the non-optimized designs, and configurations with optimized controllers reduce error by 56% on average. The best performing configuration is the one with jointly optimized mechanical design and controller which outperforms all other configurations individually and collectively.


[20757-87-3] C5H7ClO (MW 118.56)

InChI = 1S/C5H7ClO/c1-2-5(7)3-4-6/h2H,1,3-4H2

InChIKey = XLFDSXRUZDTNER-UHFFFAOYSA-N

(reagent for the construction of fused ring systems and polyketones with 1,4- and 1,5-carbonyl relationships)

Physical Data: bp 25 °C/0.08 mmHg.

Solubility: sol most organic solvents.

Analysis of Reagent Purity: 1H NMR data are available.1

Preparative Method: not commercially available; prepared in a two-step sequence from β-chloropropionyl chloride and ethylene to give 1,5-dichloro-3-pentanone in 95% yield,2 which is then monodehydrochlorinated in 83% yield;3 earlier preparations4-6 of 1,5-dichloro-3-pentanone gave much lower yields.

Handling, Storage, and Precautions: use in a fume hood.


Container-grown plants of sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) were transplanted to the Held and soil moisture tension of the transplanted rootball was recorded following transplantation and irrigation. Tension in the transplanted rootball increased more rapidly than in the control or in the soil adjacent to the rootball. Greater moisture loss from the transplant is attributed to loss of available water from the rootball as a result of drainage by the field soil profile following irrigation. To avoid moisture stress irrigation frequency of a new transplant may need to be even greater than required had it remained in the container.


One of several methods developed to search for temporo-spatial patterns in the health variable, as an alternative method to overcome certain shortcomings that afflict the usual techniques of studying the acute health effects of air pollution by multiple regression analyses, were used in an epidemiological study of asthmatic attacks in two areas of New York City (Harlem and Brooklyn), where aerometric monitoring stations are located to provide data on daily fluctuations in air pollution levels. Sulfur dioxide and smokeshade were used as independent variables in the studies.


J. Turcot [26] described 2 cases of combination of colon polyposis with a brain tumor in two sick relatives, brother and sister in 1959. In the first case polyposis and adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon were combined with medulloblastoma; in the second case — with glioblastoma and pituitary adenoma. Three years later, combination of primary brain tumors and colorectal polyposis was called Turcot syndrome by McKusick, who also suggested an autosomal recessive inheritance mode of the disease. Since then, researchers have begun to pay attention to this rare disorder, and the number of observations has started to grow rapidly. The paper by H. Crail [7] describing the case of polyposis colon cancer, medulloblastoma, and thyroid carcinoma (published in 1949) was found retrospectively. Over 150 cases of patients with the Turcot syndrome have been reported in literature [12, 22]. It became apparent that this is a heterogeneous group of patients having different clinical manifestations of the cancer and heterogeneous genetic changes. Our own observation is presented below. A 12-year-old boy T. was sick for 2 years (since 2009), when the rare episodes of headache and nausea appeared. Since spring 2011, the emergence of bright red blood in the stool was noted. Left-sided hemiparesis accompanied by aggravated headache appeared since December 2011. A cystic tumor in the right parietal region was revealed by CT. The surgery aimed at removing the tumor in the right parietal region was performed at a local hospital of his residence in January 2012. The tumor was considered as glioblastoma. Radiation therapy (TFD ~46 Gy) was applied to the tumor bed during the next two months. The blood emergence in the stool was noted again when the patient was subjected to radiation therapy. Sigmoid colon polyp was revealed with rectromanoscopy and a biopsy was performed. Histological diagnosis was the proliferating tubular adenoma. A recurrent tumor in the right parietal region was revealed with the control CT in April 2012. The child was admitted to the Federal Scientific and Clinical Centre of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology named after D. Rogachev in May 2012 for further examination and treatment. The family history had no data on the incidence of brain or colon tumors. No marriages between close relatives occurred. The clinical presentation upon admission included left-sided hemiparesis (up to 3 points) and blood in the stool. MRI showed a cystic tumor in the right parietal region and intensive accumulation of the contrast agent by tumor walls (Fig. 1). The repeated colonoscopy revealed a giant polyp that completely overlapped the lumen of the sigmoid colon, with loose, uneven mucosa with the areas of contact


A robust adaptive beamforming method is proposed to combat arbitrary array steering vector (SV) mismatches and small sample size. First, with the imprecise knowledge of the array manifold and angular sectors of the interferences, an a priori covariance matrix can be acquired. Secondly, a theoretically optimal covariance matrix can be obtained by combining an a priori covariance matrix with the sample covariance matrix. Finally, the mismatch vector between the actual and presumed SV can be estimated by solving a quadratic convex optimisation problem.


The Use of "Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobakteri" on Rice Field Seed Cigeulis and Situbagendit Variety on Growth and Outcome. Rice plant is a very important food crop which is the staple food of more than half of the world's population.  Rice plants as a rice producers contain nutrients for the human body needs.  Rice cultivation affects the availability of nutrients. PGPR is bacteria which has potentiality to forming colonies around the roots to help provide nutrients for plants, facilitate nutrients absorption for plants, and improving the plants' production. Rhizobakteri is bacteria in rhizosfer which aggressively forming plants' roots, and give benefits for plants by spur growth. The aimed of this study is to find out the potentiality of  PGPR in improving growth and results of rice production. The experimental design that used was randomized block design, with 4 treatments. Growth and the best result that obtained was on treatment (CGIE), which consist of plant height, number of tillers and grain weight.
Keywords: Rice, PGPR, Rice Variety and Production Result


Understanding human nature was focused ultimately on by the Chan sect.The Chan sect had important influence on Yang Wanli's outlook of life,world outlook,aesthetic ideal,theory of literature and ways of artistic expression.Yang Wanli's poem singing gardens were the crystallization of chanting disposition,cultivating the heat and nature,and the comprehension of nature.They combined closely the Buddhish philosophy,charm of Chan,poetic quality with the fine view.They embodied his aesthetic pursuit of blending as milk and water of philosophy and the quality suggestive of poetry.They were full of poetic beauty of Buddhish philosophy.


A novel technique to monitor branched optical fibers is presented, based on the Brillouin analysis with end-reflected probe beams. The principle of the method is described and accompanying applications are discussed.


The analysis and preliminary interpretation of investigator-B MAGSAT data are addressed. The data processing included: (1) removal of spurious data points; (2) statistical smoothing along individual data tracks, to reduce the effect of geomagnetic transient disturbances; (3) comparison of data profiles spatially coincident in track location but acquired at different times; (4) reduction of data by weighted averaging to a grid with 1 deg xl deg latitude/longitude spacing, and with elevations interpolated and weighted to a common datum of 400 km; (5) wavelength filtering; and (6) reduction of the anomaly map to the magnetic pole. Agreement was found between a magnitude data anomaly map and a reduce-to-the-pole map supporting the general assumption that, on a large scale (long wavelength), it is induced crustal magnetization which is responsible for major anamalies. Anomalous features are identified and explanations are suggested with regard to crustal structure, petrologic characteristics, and Curie temperature isotherms.


Nickel nanotubes and nanowires are grown by galvanostatic electrodeposition in the pores of 1000, 100, and 15 nm polycarbonate as well as in anodised alumina membranes at a current density of 10 mA cm−2. The effects of pore size, porosity, electrodeposition time, effective current density, and pore aspect ratio are investigated. Nickel nanotube structures are obtained with 1000 nm pore size polycarbonate membrane without any prior treatment method. At the early stages of electrodeposition hollow nickel nanotubes are produced and nanotubes turn into nanowires at longer depositon times. As effective current density accounting for the membrane porosity decreases, the axial growth direction is favoured yielding nanowires rather than nanotubes. However, for smaller pore size polycarbonate membranes, nanowires are obtained even though effective current densities were higher. We believe that when the pore diameter is below a critical size, nanowires grow regardless of current density since narrow pores promote layer by layer growth of nanorods due to smaller surface area of the pore bottom compared to pore walls. Pore size has a dominant effect over effective current density in determining the structure of the fibres produced for small pores. Nickel nanowires are also obtained in the small pores of anodised alumina, which has higher aspect ratios. High aspect ratio membranes favour the fabrication of nanowires regardless of current density.


In this paper, we propose PASNIC, a lightweight privacy-aware sensor node for image capturing. PASNIC masks the region of faces and private screens (smartphone and portable computer displays) in captured visible images before sending them to remote sites. Thermal information, which can also be captured with a thermal image sensor, is used to detect the regions of faces and private screens. Our masking algorithms are so simple that even sensor nodes with low processing power can sufficiently process them.


Analysis of changes in the immunologic and biochemical parameters in the patients operated on for congenital deformations of the maxillary bones and poorly joined fractures has shown an increase of the immunologic reactivity under the effect of hyperbaric oxygenation therapy administered after surgery to patients with initially reduced levels of these parameters. Urinary excretion of hydroxyproline was found unchanged in patients with maxillary deformations.


This paper presents a novel shared-aperture dual-band antenna concept that has a microstrip patch antenna with an integrated SIW slot array in the patch metallization. The dual-band antenna is intended for an UAV application. The microstrip patch operates at 1.42 GHz and the slot array operates at 34.7 GHz. Each band is fed independently, and the patch provides a gain of 9.5 dB, with an impedance bandwidth of 50 MHz. The slot array provides a gain of 5.4 dB, with a bandwidth of 312.3 MHz. The antenna shows a very high isolation between ports at both bands.


Tapping is a complex process largely applied on metal cutting industry. The tapping process can be carried out using cutting or forming tools. This work presents a study of the form tapping process using a tool without cutting edge and helix angle and with external diameter much smaller than the final thread. The experimental tests were carried out with three forming speeds and three helical feed rates to produce M12 threads into the AM60 Magnesium alloy. The results showed that these specfic forming taps provided internal threads with good thread shapes and finishing forms that were as good as the traditional forming tap, which uses tools with the same final thread hole diameter. In addition, the increase of helical feed rate decreases the torque and thrust force, but the differences were greater in torque than in thrust force. The greatest decrease of torque occurred for the lowest forming speed, and the lowest decrease of torque occurred for the highest forming speed. Moreover, the thrust force and torque recorded in the experimental tests were lesser than in traditional form tapping for the same thread area, at least for the magnesiun alloy used.


Compared with the conventional manganese steel twin structure of semi-trailer,Analysis of the structure and advantages of the high-strength steel structure of the single tire semi-trailer,Of the semi-trailer lightweight design and welding,That can reduce production costs、Reduce vehicle weight,But also to improve the economic indicators.


Threshold switching (TS) devices have received significant interests for constructing high-density integrated and energy-efficient artificial neurons in neuromorphic computing. On the other hand, physically transient electronics that can vanish harmlessly after completing the assigned task have great potential for temporary biomedical devices and secure information systems. Therefore, the development of physically transient artificial neurons based on TS devices has the wide application prospects in biointegrated medical electronics and security neuromorphic computing. However, physically transient artificial neurons based on TS devices are still lacking. Here, a physically transient artificial neuron realized with a W/MgO/Mg/W memristor device is proposed. The transient device shows robust TS characteristics with fast switching speed and high switching endurance (105 circles). The key functions of a biological neuron were successfully emulated by the leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) neuron implemented with this transient device. In addition, the device's arrays on a poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) substrate can disintegrate completely when soaked in deionized (DI) water at room temperature (RT) for 40 min. These results demonstrate that physically transient artificial neurons pave the way for applications in secure neuromorphic computing, biointegrated electronics, and human–machine interfaces.


In order to test stability of ZS-5 under the conditions of high temperature and high salinity,the largest oil resistance and temperature resistance were tested using the Waring Blender method.The results showed that ① foam volume of ZS-5 was able to maintain between 950 mL and 1 100 mL with oil content of 5%~15%,which express a strong stability;half-life analysis of liquid in different oil content was declined,but it still reached 45 min under the condition of oil content more than 15%;② foam volume of ZS-5 was bigger than the volume which tested at room temperature after rising temperature;a trend increased first and then decreased,half-life analysis of liquid at different temperatures was declined,but it still maintained about 20 min at 95 ℃,which show a good value of use.


This paper discusses how to maintain Japanese FrameNet (JFN) data integrity and selective consistency with English FrameNet (FN) data. We propose a generic protocol to perform extensive data quality checks and to automatically remove all incomplete, redundant or inconsistent data from the JFN database. We also present a method to perform semiautomatic FN and JFN databases comparison in order to synchronize the languageindependent parts of the FN data. Additionally, we suggest several database improvements to enable upstream data corruption prevention and preserve data integrity regardless of database usage. Our approach is language-independent and thus applicable to all FrameNet-style databases following the latest FrameNet data model.


We introduced a coating layer of Mg-Al-based layered double hydroxides (Mg-Al LDHs) on zinc oxide composite electrodes, and investigated its effects on the charge–discharge performance as a zinc ne...


Large data amount, about 1 ab−1 of integrated luminosity, collected in experiments with the Belle detector provided a good possibilities for precise measurements of the hadronic cross sections in e+e− annihilation. Main results obtained in this field with the Belle detector as well as perspectives of the new experiments with the Belle II detector at the SuperKEKB collider is discussed in this report.


The YinDaRuQin irrigation project is a large scale diverted water project from Datong river in Qinghai Province to Qingwangchuan basin in north of Lanzhou city,Gansu Province.Based on collecting the data of hydrological geology status,climate,hydrology,geology,physiognomy,indoor experiment,and field surveying,the chemical variation of groundwater irrigation is discussed in this paper.The result shows that the TSD of groundwater has the ascent trend from 2.22 g/L before irrigation up to 4.35 g/L after irrigation.The hardness is inconsistent than that before irrigation.The contents of Cl-and SO2-4 increase obviously,that of K+,Na+ and Ca2+ increases slowly,while that of Mg2+ is less than K+ and Na+.Meanwhile,the cause of environment change is analyzed to provide technical support for the development of Qingwangchuan and surrounding area.


This A-to-Z encyclopaedia examines the entire history of crimes against humanity, during both wartime and peacetime. With more than 450 entries, the encyclopaedia covers a wide range of relevant topics: human rights, war criminals, trials of war crimes, examples of genocide, international organizations and international law concerning war crimes, and many more. Also included is a primary resources section with documents that are vital to understanding this subject. The coverage includes: Amnesty International; Klaus Barbie; Geneva Conventions; Saddam Hussein; Kosovo; North Korea; Pol Pot; Rwanda; Shining Path; Taliban; Desmond Tutu; and Simon Wiesenthal.


The Wolff-Kishner reduction of the half-protected ketal calix[4]monoquinone 3 and its basic hydrolysis product 4 produced a partially reducing product 5. When the same reduction conditions were applied to the calix[4]quinone benzoates 1 and 2, the corresponding title compounds, p-hydroxycalix[4]arenes (6 and 7), were afforded in one step.


Christensen, Horn, and Johnson (2008) argued persuasively that the traditional K-12 educational model is on the verge of a renovation so comprehensive that it amounts to something of a revolution. They typified the emerging educational model as "learner centered," and focused on the central mediating role of online resources in enabling the management and delivery of learner-specific approaches to education. Blended learning retains the benefits of face-to-face social interaction with fellow learners while taking full advantage of the affordances of the online environment like ubiquitous access and virtual presence. The exploration reported in this chapter was motivated by a belief that instructional leadership is an essential element in steering the implementation of blended learning in the K-12 setting. The perspective of this chapter is that contributions to the present and forthcoming discussions of the role of blended learning and the evolving educational ABSTRACT


The well-documented underreaction of stock prices to news exhibits substantial time variation, and comoves with institutional capital and trading motives. We show that higher risk-bearing capacity of financial intermediaries and lower passive ownership of stocks increase price underreaction. Changing informativeness of news, measured by entropy, explains a portion of the time variation in underreaction. But the effect of institutional trading motives remains large relative to variation in news informativeness. Controlling for institutional trading motives, as measured by short interest or share ownership, stock prices overreact to news.


A unique Cu-bearing chain silicate, Lir(Mg,Cu)Cur[SirOu]r, was synthesized, and the structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The structure was found to be triclinic, spac-e group Pl, with unit-cell parameters a = 5.7068(l), b : 7.4184(9) , c : 5 .2193(3) A. c , = 99.911(8) , g :91.436(8) , t : 84.52( l ) , andZ: l . The arrangement of zweier single chains, [SirO6], differs significantly from chain arrangements in the pyroxene and pyroxenoid structures, and the "I-beam" description of the pyroxene structure is not applicable. The structure may be classified as a new derivative type of the pyroxene structure, with an "oblique I-beam". Cu atoms are coordinated by four O atoms in a square-planar arrangement with I.g4-2.00 A for Cu-O and two O atoms with longer Cu-O distances of 2.41-2.92 A, consistent with the crystal-field stabilization of the de electronic structure of Cu2*. The square-planar CuOo units form a [Cu,Or"nr] ribbon with n : 3 in the structure, which is also found in Cu-bearing chain silicates such as shattuckite and planch6ite with n > 3. Mg is octahedrally coordinated by O atoms, but the configuration is affected by the partial replacement by Cu.


The paper discusses issues connected with the audio archives digitization in the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR). It contains an overview of the audio archive digitization process, the current situation about the BNR archives, setting up a workplace for BNR digitizing of audio archives. The workplace for digitizing of audio archives manages the document creation, verification and approving the file passport, with metadata as a part from the electronic catalogue in the BNR archives phonoteque. Examples are provided to demonstrate the procedures of digitizing in details.


Recently, Shabtay considered a scheduling problem on a single serial-batching machine with rejection to minimize the dual criteria of total completion time and total rejection cost, where the number of jobs to be included in each batch is not restricted. He studied four variants of the problem: the first is to minimize the sum of the two criteria; the second and third are to minimize one criterion, subject to the other criterion not exceeding a given value; and the last is to find the Pareto-optimal solutions for the bicriterion problem. Shabtay provided an O(n5) algorithm for the first variant and an O(n6/ε2) fully polynomialtime approximation scheme (FPTAS) for the fourth variant. In this paper, we provide an alternative O(n4) algorithm to solve the first variant and an O(n5/ε) FPTAS for the fourth variant, which are more efficient than those developed by Shabtay from a theoretical perspective. However, when the size of each batch is bounded by a given number b > 1, the corresponding time complexities of our algorithms for the first and fourth variants reduce to O(bn3) and O(bn4/ε), respectively.


During the last decades, proteomics approaches has become in a fundamental tool to unravel the proteins dynamic of biological processes, being an essential technique for basic and applied research [1-4]. Diverse bioinformatic tools are required to manage and explore the huge amount of information obtained from a single proteomics experiment.  To gain insight into potential applications of the identified proteins, a novel approach named "Applied Proteomics" has been developed by comparing the obtained protein information with the existing patents database.
The development of massive sequencing technology and MS/MS improvements has allowed the application of proteomic of non-model microorganisms, which have been deeply described as a novel source of metabolites [5-8]. Between them, Nannochloropsis gaditana that has been pointed out as an alternative source of biomolecules [9-13]. Recently, our research group has reported the first complete proteome analysis of this microalga [14], which was analysed using the applied proteomics concept with the identification of 488 proteins with potential industrial applications. To validate our approach, we select UCA01 protein from prohibitin family. The recombinant protein showed its antitumor activity against two tumor cell lines, Caco2 (colon adenocarcinoma) and HepG-2 (hepatocellular carcinoma), proving that proteome data has been transformed into relevant biotechnological information.
In summary, the framework of the European Union "Blue growth" politicies, the revalorization of microalgae biomass is crucial point. From Nannochloropsis gaditana has been developed a new tool against cancer, the protein named UCA01. This protein has selective effect inhibiting the growth of tumour cells, while does not show any effect over control cells. This approach describes the first practical approach to transform proteome information in a potential industrial application, named "applied proteomics". It is based in a novel bio-algorism, which is able to identified proteins with potential industrial applications. From hundreds of proteins described in the proteome of N. gaditana, the bio-algorism identified over 400 proteins with potential use; one of them was selected as UCA01, "in vitro" and its potential prove it against cancer. The potential applications from this approach are unpredictable.


Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau's 2016 film Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau (Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo) concludes on an Orphic note, inviting a consideration of the entire film as based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The film appropriates but also radically transforms elements of the foundational myth—including especially Orpheus's turn to pederasty in Ovid's Latin version—crafting a queer love story based on potentiality out of the tragedy of the heterosexual love story. In so doing, the film channels Herbert Marcuse's idea of Orphic refusal in Eros and Civilization, opening up the myth to reconfigure Orphic constructs of gender and sexuality for utopian ends.


Since Asch (1951) reported people's tendency to conform to the majority opinion when confronted with unanimous, but obviously counterfactual, opinions of other group members, a large volume of literature has documented the impact of groups on the attitudes and behaviors of individuals. The present dissertation extends this line of research in several directions. First, both public and private opinion was measured, allowing a more rigorous test of how publicness of the responding situation moderates the social influence process. Second, unlike previous studies that examined group influence in face-to-face interaction, this experiment created two different interaction contexts—computer-mediated communication and human-computer interaction—and tested how the ontology of influencing agents affects conformity. Finally, by having different type of characters (i.e., stick figure and animated character) represent the interactants, this study explored the effects of visual representation of the interactants on group influence.
In a 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 mixed-design experiment with one within-subject factor and three between-subjects factors (N = 96), participants interacted with (ostensibly) a "person" or a "computer" on a series of choice-dilemma situations, making a choice between two courses of action after receiving the pre-programmed interactants' decision(s). Results indicated that (1) group influence was more salient in the public situation compared to the private situation; (2) ontological humanness moderated group influence, such that the participants conformed more to the multiple interactants than to a single interactant only when the interactants were (allegedly) humans; (3) the character-representation of influencing agents affected the perception of interactants and conformity to their opinion when the characters were believed to be computer agents, but not when the characters were arbitrarily assigned indication of human partners. The implications for the research in the fields of communication, social psychology, and human-computer interaction are discussed.


In this paper, a redesign of wireless two-way synchronization protocol structure named MMP (Measurement Mid-Placed), where synchronization measurement signal is placed in the middle of a synchronization process, is proposed for high dynamic channel. Since the next generation wireless communication system will provide more in-depth support for time sensitive applications, such as extended reality, digital twinning, smart transportation, and so on, more accurate and robust wireless synchronization scheme is in need. We study the problem of traditional wireless two-way synchronization schemes, then propose MMP Synchronization Protocol Structure and use MATLAB to evaluate it and implement it on SDR devices for validation. Experimental results show that using MMP, nanosecond synchronization performance can be easily obtained in random wireless channel, so it can be used as an alternative synchronization scheme for future high dynamic wireless time-sensitive networks.


The cross‐agency project described in this paper builds on the success of an earlier collaboration, called 'Healthy Eating', by the same team of participants (See JAT 3.1 March 2009). Personal safety has become an issue of national importance, and here we outline a new project developed using ICT tools and digital film, to create a DVD about personal safety for, and by, people with learning disabilities. The aims and objectives, the project development, and our plans for the future are outlined. The project is complex, and so the paper presents the general aims first, and then charts the work of each separate group.


To evaluate the clinical values of serum fructosamine and HbAlc, serum fructosamine and HbAlc were assessed in 50 normal controls and 36 patients with NIDDM (non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus). And we studied 10 patients selected at random among the 36 patients with NIDDM. The values of serum fructosamine and HbAlc in controls were 2.1 mmol/L and 5.3%, respectively. The levels of serum fructosamine and HbAlc were significantly higher in NIDDM patients (3.27 mmol/L and 8.8%, respectively, p<0.005) compared with those in the controls. The serum fructosamine was significantly correlated with fasting plasma glucose and HbAlc (r=0.78, p<0.78, p<0.001; r=0.76, p<0.005, respectively). Also, in retrograde study, serum fructosamine concentration had a significant correlation to fasting plasma glucose determined 2 weeks before (r=0.72, p<0.002), and 4 weeks before (r=0.54, p<0.005). It is concluded that serum fructosamine measurement may be useful in monitoring short-term control of plasma glucose in patients with NIDDM.


In this paper, we study a generalisation of the Caginalp phase field system obtained by considering the Fourier law as the heat conduction law and involving two temperatures. In the first section, we are interested in the existence and uniqueness of solutions. In section 2, we address the question of the asymptotic behaviour of the solutions, in particular with the demonstration of the existence of a global attractor. For this, we needed to show that the system is dissipative  and to  know the regularity  of the  solutions. Finally,  in  the last  section, we turn to the numerical solution of our problem.


ABSTRACT This mixed-method empirical study applies the capability approach, a multidimensional framework for evaluating human development, to survey 115 social enterprises on their social activities. Findings reveal that social enterprises create services and programs that seek to meet an average of three types of human needs and are more likely to target some human needs more than others. Research implications include the creation of a model and a tool for applying the capability approach to examine social value creation in social businesses. Findings contribute to practice by introducing a tool that leaders of social organizations, consultants, or training institutions may use to design the social activities of social enterprises and other social businesses and organizations.


Camera-based fish abundance estimation with the aid of visual analysis techniques has drawn increasing attention. Live fish segmentation and recognition in open aquatic habitats, however, suffers from fast light attenuation, ubiquitous noise and non-lateral views of fish. In this chapter, an automatic live fish segmentation and recognition framework for trawl-based cameras is proposed. To mitigate the illumination issues, double local thresholding method is integrated with histogram backprojection to produce an accurate shape of fish segmentation. For recognition, a hierarchical partial classification is learned so that the coarse-to-fine categorization stops at any level where ambiguity exists. Attributes from important fish anatomical parts are focused to generate discriminative feature descriptors. Experiments on mid-water image sets show that the proposed framework achieves up to 93% of accuracy on live fish recognition based on automatic and robust segmentation results.


We have studied the 59Co and 119Sn hyperfine fields in amorphous CoSn alloys obtained by coevaporation onto cryogenic substrates. 59Co spin‐echo spectra were measured at 1.4 K in zero‐applied field on ferromagnetic Cox Sn1−x (0.65≤x≤0.80) alloys. NMR spectra display peaks. These peaks have a relative intensity which varies with composition, but their average location in frequency is concentration independent. From a comparison with 59Co NMR spectra in crystalline Co with dilute Sn impurities, it is inferred that the structures observed in NMR spectra for amorphous CoSn alloys are related to the number of Sn first neighbors of the Co resonant nuclei. Thus, short‐range effects are thought to be predominant in determining the Co on‐site moments in these alloys, as well as in amorphous Co alloys with other s‐p elements. 119Sn Mossbauer spectra were measured at room temperature on paramagnetic Cox Sn1−x (0.40≤x≤0.55) alloys. Comparison is made with the stoichiometric CoSn crystalline compound, where quadrupola...


This paper analyzes a class of globally divergence-free (and therefore pressure-robust) hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) finite element methods for stationary Navier-Stokes equations. The methods use the $\mathcal{P}_{k}/\mathcal{P}_{k-1}$ $(k\geq1)$ discontinuous finite element combination for the velocity and pressure approximations in the interior of elements, and piecewise $\mathcal{P}_k/\mathcal{P}_{k}$ for the trace approximations of the velocity and pressure on the inter-element boundaries. It is shown that the uniqueness condition for the discrete solution is guaranteed by that for the continuous solution together with a sufficiently small mesh size. Based on the derived discrete HDG Sobolev embedding properties, optimal error estimates are obtained. Numerical experiments are performed to verify the theoretical analysis.


A population with an adequate immunity is key to reduce the effects of COVID-19. Moreover, a healthy diet and an innocuous environment are factors for an adequate immunity. Healthier and more innocuous foods could be obtained with the extensive use of beneficial organisms on agricultural crops, helping reduce the use of agrochemicals and increasing the tolerance of plants to stress caused by abiotic and biotic factors. Nitrogen-fixating bacteria or free-living bacteria, mycorrhizae, endosymbiotic microorganisms, endophytes, entomopathogenic fungi and bacteria, pest predators and parasitoids, hyper parasitic viruses of pests and pathogens are some of the organisms that can induce the natural suppression of parasites, fixate nitrogen and optimize the capture of nutrients and water, among other ecosystemic benefits. This revision presents functions and properties of beneficial organisms and proposals are made for their use to benefit farmers and consumers, with the intention of contributing to the productive processes towards a sustainable agriculture.


An arbitrarily shaped planar crack under different thermal and electric boundary conditions on the crack surfaces is studied in three-dimensional transversely isotropic thermopiezoelectric media subjected to thermal–mechanical–electric coupling fields. Using Hankel transformations, Green functions are derived for unit point extended displacement discontinuities in three-dimensional transversely isotropic thermopiezoelectric media, where the extended displacement discontinuities include the conventional displacement discontinuities, electric potential discontinuity, as well as the temperature discontinuity. On the basis of these Green functions, the extended displacement discontinuity boundary integral equations for arbitrarily shaped planar cracks in the isotropic plane of three-dimensional transversely isotropic thermopiezoelectric media are established under different thermal and electric boundary conditions on the crack surfaces, namely, the thermally and electrically impermeable, permeable, and semi-permeable boundary conditions. The singularities of near-crack border fields are analyzed and the extended stress intensity factors are expressed in terms of the extended displacement discontinuities. The effect of different thermal and electric boundary conditions on the extended stress intensity factors is studied via the extended displacement discontinuity boundary element method. Subsequent numerical results of elliptical cracks subjected to combined thermal–mechanical–electric loadings are obtained.


We perform relativistic many-body perturbation theory calculations through third order to study amplitudes of the principal transitions in copperlike, silverlike, and goldlike ions. For low ionicities, semiempirical corrections are given for the omitted fourth- and higher-order terms. Comparisons with experiment are made.


A novel paramagnetic ionic cluster containing three lithium ions (likely Li 3 2+ ) has been obtained upon treatment of the dehydrated MgO surface with vapors of lithium. The corresponding EPR spectrum is characterized by g=2.0011 and a hyperfine splitting of 8.26 G (1 G=0.1 mT).


Background: Prolonged forward neck posture is one of the common sources for neck pain among Dentists. Conventional physical therapy and Bowen technique are effective in treating the postural neck pain. Bowen technique is another form of soft tissue mobilization technique. Aim: To determine the effects of Bowen technique in postural neck pain among dentists. Methodology: A quasi study was conducted at Ibn e Siena Hospital Multan, 04 November 2020 to 03 April 2021. It consisted of 58 participants with postural neck pain, randomly allocated into experimental and control groups. The experimental group received Bowen technique and control group received conventional therapy. Assessments were taken at baseline and post treatment using study tools: Numeric pain rating scale (NPRS), Neck disability index (NDI) and goniometer. Results: The mean age of all the participants in experimental and control groups were 36.86± 8.91, 41.44±8.75 respectively. Pre treatment values of NPRS mean rank for experimental and control groups were 28.64, 30.36 respectively. Post treatment NPRS mean rank for experimental and control groups were 26.02 and 32.98 respectively with non-significant p value. Pre treatment values for NDI mean rank experimental and control groups 29.84 29.16. Post treatment NDI mean rank for experimental and control groups were 28.52 30.48 respectively with non-significant p value. Conclusion: Bowen technique is equally effective as conventional therapy for improving postural neck pain. Keywords: Bowen technique (BT), Conventional therapy (CT), Dentists, Neck Pain, Posture.


A CE test layout with LISN at output side is proposed for a telecommunication immediate bus converter, which includes load's RF input impedance influences. Both the CM and DM paths of the interleaved Boost converter are analyzed in detail. The CM role of the output voltage ripple noise of the converter is explained and a non-intrinsic CM phenomenon caused by original DM sources is discovered too. Circuit simulation and experiment results verified the above analysis. In the end, some EMI filter design processes are proposed and tested to suppress the conducted EMI.


Application of methods for monitoring organization output and for production quality assessment is considered a necessity, if an organization wants to reach good output in a longterm. However, public administration organizations have certain delay in application of these methods of monitoring and assessment of quality. There is an effort to increase the quality of services provided, but it lacks financial stimulus, which is apparent in production sphere. Process approach and application of measuring processes is supported mainly by decision of superior authorities. That is the reason why first-time usage of quality measuring methods is very often formal. Methods recommend using subjective and objective indicators, of course with accent on objective indicators and objective evaluation processes. Nevertheless public administration organizations rather start with application of subjective processes and they use objective indicators and approaches less often. The article is engaged in meaning and ways to use subjective and objective metrics for self-evaluation of public administration companies; it documents meaning and usability of various evaluation methods. Keywords— CAF, evaluation of organization output, Six Sigma, subjective and objective metrics


Frame-based approaches to spoken language interaction work well for limited tasks such as information access, given that the goal of the interaction is to construct a correct query then execute it. More complex tasks, however, can benefit from more active system participation. We describe two mechanisms that provide this, a modified stack that allows the system to track multiple topics, and form-specific schema that allow the system to deal with tasks that involve completion of multiple forms. Domain-dependent schema specify system behavior and are executed by a domain-independent engine. We describe implementations for a personal calendar system and for an air travel planning system.


The effective theory of an open boson or fermion system is studied, which evolves out of equilibrium with time-dependent Hamiltonian $\hat{H}(t)$. A measure of nonequilibrium temperature for the open system evolving from an equilibrium is proposed as the time-averaged energy expectation value $T(t) = T_i(\bar{ _{\Psi}}/ \bar{ _{\Psi}})$, where $\hat{I} (t)$, the action operator, satisfies the quantum Liouville-von Neumann equation and determines the true density operator. It recovers the result for the adiabatic (quasi-equilibrium) and nonadiabatic (out of equilibrium) evolution from one static Hamiltonian to another and takes into account the particle production due to the intermediate processes.


Music and speech are two sounds that are unique to human beings and encountered in daily life. Both are transformed by the auditory pathway from an initial acoustical encoding to higher level cognition. Most studies of speech and music processing are focused on the cortex, and the subcortical response to natural, polyphonic music is essentially unstudied. This study was aimed to compare the subcortical encoding of music and speech using the auditory brainstem response (ABR). While several methods have recently been developed to derive the ABR to continuous speech, they are either not applicable to music or give poor results. In this study, we explored deriving the ABR through deconvolution using three regressors: 1) the half-wave rectified stimulus waveform, 2) the modeled inner hair cell potential, and 3) the auditory nerve model firing rate (ANM), where the latter two were generated from a computational auditory periphery model. We found the ANM regressor yields robust and interpretable ABR waveforms to diverse genres of music and multiple types of speech. We then used the ANM-derived ABRs to compare the subcortical responses to music and speech and found that they are highly similar in morphology. We further investigated cortical responses using the same deconvolution method, and found the responses there were also quite similar, which was unexpected based on previous studies. We conclude that when using our proposed deconvolution regressor that accounts for acoustical differences' nonlinear effects on peripheral encoding, the derived brainstem and cortical responses to music and speech are highly correlated.