Based on wavelet packets transform (WPT), a new method is proposed for feature extraction of chatter in milling process by using vibration signal. These feature packets contain major chatter information of the original signal. And then using the principal composition analysis method, a feature is reconstructed from these feature packets, and a principle composition score is proposed to assess the reconstructed feature. The realization of the procedure of automatic feature selection for a given process is studied. A uniform formula of the feature collectivity is given. A diagnosis model of chatter based on Euclidean distance is established. Finally, a practical milling process is employed to show that the proposed method is very effective.


Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in dentistry has been widely reported but local studies are scarce. We aimed to evaluate antibiotic prescribing practices among dental officers in a public dental primary care clinic against current guidelines: specifically assessing the number, appropriateness, accuracy of prescriptions, type of antibiotics prescribed and repeated prescribing of the same type of antibiotics within a specific duration. A retrospective audit consisting of two cycles (1st cycle: July to September 2018, 2nd cycle: July to September 2019) was carried out by manually collecting relevant data of patients (aged 18 and above) who were prescribed antibiotics from carbon copies of prescription books. Between each cycle, various interventions such as education through a continuous professional development (CPD) session, presentation of preliminary findings and making guidelines more accessible to dental officers were implemented. When the 1st and 2nd cycles were compared, the number of antibiotic prescriptions issued reduced from 194 to 136 (–30.0%) whereas the percentage of appropriate prescriptions increased slightly by 4.1%. Inaccurate prescriptions in terms of dosage and duration decreased (–0.5% and –13.7%, respectively) whilst drug form and frequency of intake increased (+15.7% and +0.7%, respectively). Repeated prescribing of the same antibiotics by the same officer within a period of ≤6 weeks no longer occurred. Amoxicillin and metronidazole were most commonly prescribed in both cycles. Overall, the antibiotic prescribing practices did not closely adhere to current guidelines. However, clinical audit in conjunction with targeted interventions resulted in improvement in the antibiotic prescribing patterns. Thus, further intervention and re-audit is necessary.


Taking the planning of commercial-net in Luogang District,Guangzhou as an example,preliminary study is made for planning of commercial-net in quasi-urbanization area,form the regional location and communications,regional development,making an integrated plan for urban and rural point of view.It summarizes the experience of the scale of growth,new type of commerical-net,hierarchical structure,service radius and the need of rural area in planning.The importance of making further study in this topics is also pointed out.


The Ponto-Caspian invader Hemimysis anomala was studied in the river Elbe, Czech Republic. The study confirmed further spread of the species: the presence of juveniles and gravid females indicated that H. anomala is established within the Elbe River. Bottom, mid-water and surface drift samples were collected during 24-h cycles from July to September 2007. A tendency to remain hidden was the main behavioural strategy of H. anomala in the riverine environment. The mysid was found mainly in the bottom and mid-water layers, and observed density and mean length of drifting individuals increased with decreasing light levels, being highest at night. Similarly, density and mean length of drifting individuals increased with increasing turbidity. The effect of turbidity on density was particularly apparent during the night samples, suggesting further advantage to night-drifting individuals. (© 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Preparation of the 1-methoxycarbonyl-3-phenylthio-2-quinolinone (10) from dihydro-2-quinolinone (5) and its Diels-Alder reaction with 2-trimethylsilyloxy-1, 3-butadiene under Lewis acid catalyst is described. Conversion of the D-A adduct (11) to 9-phenenthridinone ketal (16) will open a new synthetic route to a dynemicin A core structure.


Adequate and safe blood supply has remained a challenge in developing countries like ours. There is a high dependency on family replacement and remunerated blood donors in our environment which carries an attendant increased risk of transfusion transmissible infection. This descriptive type of cross sectional study was conducted at transfusion medicine department of National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital in Dhaka city during the period January to December 2015 with the aim to assess the awareness about blood donation among donors which includes knowledge and practice of blood donation. A total purposively selected 150 donors were interviewed by using a structured questionnaire which focused on knowledge and practice related variables. The statistical analysis was done by using the SPSS software (Version-21). The associations between the demographic factors were analyzed by using the Chi square test and Fisher's Exact test. Among 150 donors, 124 (82.7%) were male and 26 (17.3%) were female donors, the mean age of the donors was 28.4 (± 7.2) years. 78 (52.0%) donors knew about the interval of blood donation and 84 (56.0%) knew about the age limit for the donation, but 86 (57.3%), 71 (47.3%) did not know the required Hb level to donate blood and volume of blood in each donation respectively. More than half (56.0%) had past history of blood donation and 103 (68.6%) of the donors showed positive effects like a feeling of satisfaction after blood donation. There were highly significant association found between blood donation and sex (p value.016). A majority (86.9%) of the donors were willing to be regular donors. The donors showed positive effects like a sense of satisfaction after the donation. Creating an opportunity for blood donation by conducting many blood donation camps may increase the voluntary blood donations. Update Dent. Coll. j: 2016; 6 (2): 21-26


Residential satisfaction is often used as a barometer to assess the performance of public policy and programmes designed to raise individuals' well-being. However, the fact that responses elicited from residents might be biased by subjective, non-observable factors casts doubt on whether these responses can be taken as trustable indicators of the individuals' housing situation. Emotional factors such as aspirations or expectations might affect individuals' cognitions of their true residential situation. To disentangle this puzzle, we investigated whether identical residential attributes can be perceived differently depending on tenure status. Our results indicate that tenure status is crucial not only in determining the level of housing satisfaction, but also regarding how dwellers perceive their housing characteristics. Keywords: Housing satisfaction, subjective well-being, homeownership. JEL classification: D1, R2.


Targeting at diagnosing complex power system faults, a power system fault diagnosis method considering relay protection condition assessment is proposed. With relay protection condition assessment, the power system fault diagnosis model is created, based on which, the objective function considering relay protection failure is proposed, and its protection action term is modified based on the condition assessment results of protection devices. The optimal fault hypothesis is obtained using genetic algorithm with variable length chromosome, thereby fulfilling power system fault diagnosis. The availability of this method is further validated via a case of a substation.


We explore the possibility to construct higher-twist parton distributions in a nucleon at some low reference scale from convolution integrals of the light-cone wave functions (WFs). To this end we introduce simple models for the four-particle nucleon WFs involving three valence quarks and a gluon with total orbital momentum zero, and estimate their normalization (WF at the origin) using QCD sum rules. We demonstrate that these WFs provide one with a reasonable description of both polarized and unpolarized parton densities at large values of the Bjorken variable x{>=}0.5. Twist-three parton distributions are then constructed as convolution integrals of qqqg and the usual three-quark WFs. The cases of the polarized structure function g{sub 2}(x,Q{sup 2}) and single transverse spin asymmetries are considered in detail. We find that the so-called gluon pole contribution to twist-three distributions relevant for single spin asymmetry vanishes in this model, but is generated perturbatively at higher scales by the evolution, in the spirit of Glueck-Reya-Vogt parton distributions.


A method for pitch detection from speech signals was presented. The method employs the facts that peaks on the spectrogram of a voiced speech sound appear periodically in the range of low frequencies. In order to find robustly the pitch value for every frame, a matching algorithm based on the ratio between the above peak values was introduced. This algorithm can eliminate the interferer, which come from the peaks adjacent to the pitch and give correct pitch value. Compared with the most known algorithms, it has a good performance. It is more robust against noise, as well as more accurate in measurement precision.


Abstract In this research, from a macro perspective, we studied the impact of urban development planning on population changes in central urban areas. Regional development plans have different aggr...


Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is one of the common and severe diseases among ICU patients leading to high mortality. Despite great progress that has been made in critical care medicine, there is lack of reliable and standard process for the assessments of proper diagnosis and prognosis of patients with ARDS. Accurate prognostic assessments can help clinicians manage ARDS patients at best possible options. This editorial will selectively highlight three indices: PaO2/FiO2、SpO2/FiO2、and plasma suPAR for discussion of their utility and sharing our experience in assessing prognoses of ARDS.

Key words:
Respiratory distress syndrome; Prognosis; Blood gas monitoring; Urokinase-type plasminogen activator releptor


The research purpose is the definition of methodological approaches for rural settlements development modelling. The methods include the comparison of advanced domestic and foreign experience in area settlements development modelling. The scientific research is the rural development model that consists of five major systems: ecological, economic, administrative, anthropogenic and social. Besides, the basic systems of enablers and processes were identified. The expediency of applying the basic Pentagon-model concept that was successfully used for solving the analogous problems of sustainable development was shown.


The diffusive acceleration of solar protons at a shock wave driven by a realistic coronal mass ejection is modeled using a new field line advection model for particle acceleration coupled with a global MHD code. The new model described in this Letter includes effects important for the particle acceleration and transport, by means of diffusive shock acceleration, and employs Lagrangian meshes. We performed a frequent dynamical coupling between two numerical codes in order to account for the time-dependent history of an evolving shock wave driven by a solar eruption. The numerical results discussed here demonstrate that this mechanism can account for the production of high-energy solar protons observed during the early stages of gradual events.


The invention discloses a high adhesion and solvent resistant insulating paint for polyester imide enameled wire. The formula of the insulating paint is as below: 40-50 parts of polyesterimide resin, 45-50 parts of a solvent, 1-5 parts of a curing agent and 0.5-1 part of a leveling agent. The enameled wire paint prepared by the invention has good adhesion of paint film, good chemical solvent resistance and good scratch resistance; and compounding with the polyamide imide paint, the enameled wire paint has unidirectional scrape resistance reaching more than 2000g, and peel twisted K value reaching above 170.


The yeast two‐hybrid (Y2H) assay is a widely used method to study protein–protein interactions, a major objective in postgenome research. Despite the tremendous utility of the Y2H assay, several issues including accuracy, speed, automation, and cost‐effectiveness limit its application in high‐throughput analysis. We have created an improved Y2H assay reporter system by integrating the codon‐optimized yeast enhanced green fluorescent protein (yEGFP) gene into the ADE2 locus of the AH109 yeast strain and evaluated reporter expression using the strong and weak triggers via flow cytometry. We also performed flow cytometry‐based Y2H assays in liquid cultures as well as in a cDNA library screening. We have shown that yEGFP, but not EGFP, is a sensitive Y2H reporter for flow cytometric detection. We also show that this yEGFP‐based Y2H could be easily adapted to high‐throughput format without conventional agar plating. Moreover, our data demonstrate that this system can be used for cDNA library screening. We have developed sensitive and efficient flow cytometry‐based Y2H assay system that is well suited for large‐scale protein–protein interaction identification and characterization. When compared with the conventional plate and filter membrane‐based nutrient and colorimetric analysis, our flow cytometric assay offers convenient, quantitative, and faster reporter analysis compatible with existing liquid handling robots. © 2008 International Society for Analytical Cytology


Modern aspects of strategic management are considered in article. The Author considers the main stages of the development insurance market Ukraines in context of the strategies of the blue ocean.


Although the wireless sensor nodes available today may be equipped with rechargeable batteries, the minimal energy capacity and low recharge rates hinder the sensor's lifetime and achievable performance. Sensor loses energy predominantly because of the redundant transmissions of sensed data. To avoid this, a sensor is modeled to transmit only the changes sensed in the event occurrence process, referred to as Transitions or Crucial Edges.For the proposed sensor model, we have developed a near-optimal decision-making policy. The policy, designed for a single rechargeable sensor, addresses the question"how long should the sensor sleep, and how long to stay active?"


Background : Chronic heart failure (CHF) patients can fall into cardiac cachexia (CC), which is marked by the decrease of muscle mass and strength. Cardiac cachexia decreases the functional capacity and quality of life also increases the length of stay, medical fees, complications, and mortality rate. Branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) accounted for 35% of amino acids that build the muscle. We hope that BCAA supplementation can increase muscle strength of CHF patients, especially the elderly who is more prone to fall into CC. Thus, we performed an evidence-based case report to seek an opportunity of BCAA supplementation to an elderly with CHF. Objectives: To determine the efficacy of BCAA supplementation on increasing muscle strength in CHF patients. Methods : Literature searching of the evidence-based case report was performed on Pubmed, Cochrane, and Scopus according to the clinical query. Screening on title, abstract, and full text was done based on eligibility criteria (meta-analysis or clinical trials, suitability to clinical questions, English language, full-text availability, and human studies), followed by duplication filter and critical appraisal. Results : A randomized-controlled trial was found, but it didn't find a significant difference between the experimental and control groups. Conclusions: BCAA supplementation doesn't give a significant improvement in muscle strength in CHF patients.


Many fields of education have undergone a shift away from training models focused on traditional learning and assessment practices towards models that are competency based. In the field of clinical psychology, the competency-based movement has become particularly influential and has emphasized the need to support practitioners and trainees by identifying, teaching and assessing the competencies needed to effectively implement evidence-based practice in the treatment of mental health problems across the lifespan. Competence has been defined as 'the habitual and judicious use of communication, knowledge, technical skills, clinical reasoning, emotions, values, and reflection in the daily practice for the benefit of the individual and community served' and depends on 'habits of mind, including attentiveness, critical curiosity, self-awareness, and presence' [1, p. 227]. Competencies encompass specific skills, behaviours, attitudes, knowledge and personal factors that influence a professional's ability to execute evidence-based practice effectively in a range of areas, including assessment, case formulation and intervention [2, 3]. Competency-based education, training and assessment programmes have gained popularity in recent years because of the recognition that poor implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) may be at least partly due to ineffective training approaches [4]. Evidence-based practice is defined as 'the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise, in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences' [5, p. 1]. In recent decades, major advances have been made in the development and evaluation of evidence-based treatments for a wide range of mental health problems in children and adolescents, including depression [7] (see also Chapter 8), anxiety [6] (see also Chapter 9), conduct problems [8] (see also Chapter 10), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD [9]; see also Chapter 11), autism spectrum disorder [11] (see also Chapter 13), eating disorders [10] (see also Chapter 14) and sleep problems (e.g., see Chapter 15). Importantly, the most effective treatments for child and adolescent psychopathology are often family based, in that they emphasize the active involvement of family members beyond the referred individual. In this chapter, we use the term family-based intervention to refer to any treatment that involves two or more family members, with at least one parent considered an 'essential participant' [12, 13]. Family-based interventions feature heavily in guidelines regarding empirically supported treatments (ESTs) that have been published by professional bodies (e.g., Division 12 of the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association), multidisciplinary research networks (e.g., Cochrane Collaboration), and government organizations (e.g., the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence [NICE]) in recent years. Empirically supported treatments are typically classified as such after being shown to be effective in treating particular disorders in randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) comparing a manualized treatment protocol to either an active or wait-list control condition [14, 15]. However, despite the growing number of ESTs that now exist, only a small proportion of children and adolescents in the general population receive these treatments, and this is understood to be due in large part to a lack of appropriately trained therapists [16].


Natural rubber (polyisoprene) and a variety of synthetic analogs such as poly(styrene-butadiene) have been commercially important polymeric materials for going on 200 years. Derek P. Gates and coworkers at the University of British Columbia have now introduced the first phosphorus-containing variants: poly(1-phosphaisoprene) and poly(phospha-1,3-butadiene). Gates's group has previously focused on using phosphaalkenes as monomers for creating phosphorus-containing polymers for flame retardant, catalyst, and sensor applications. These materials contain functional phosphine units in the polymer backbone. Seeking to expand on the work, Gates and his team prepared phosphadiene monomers that would lead to polymers containing P=C or C=C repeat units, enabling additional functionalization opportunities such as copolymerization and cross-linking (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201703590). Polymerization of the phosphadienes occurs mostly through their C=C bonds, with the majority of the phosphorus a...


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This paper describes a pilot study in which we explored the impact of cognitive style and academic discipline on the variability of prototypes in design tasks as part of a larger research project aimed at understanding the relationships between design behavior, cognitive preferences, and physiological reactions. Engineering and non-engineering students were asked to complete a simple design, build, and test task using an egg-drop design challenge. The students' cognitive styles were assessed using the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI); analysis revealed only slight differences between the engineering and non-engineering students in terms of cognitive style. Within-person comparisons of the similarity among built prototypes and the similarity between drawn and built prototypes were completed for each student; these results were correlated with discipline (engineering vs. non-engineering) and cognitive style to gain insight into their impact on students' design choices. Results of these analyses are discussed here, along with implications and limitations of this pilot study and our plans for future work in this domain. 1. Research Context and Motivation This research is part of an NSF-funded collaborative project between Stanford University and Penn State University that spans the boundaries between engineering design and cognitive science (see Figure 1). Our extended aim is to understand and model the relationships between engineering design behavior (actual engineering design activity), cognitive preferences (individual psychological predisposition), and real-time physiological responses (EEG, ECG, heart rate, etc.) during design. Our research focuses primarily on the early stages of product and engineering system design and development, with potential for expansion across the entire design process. Figure 1. Key components of our research framework We have developed a testing scenario that involves multiple rounds of design activity for each subject, including ideation, paper-based and physical prototyping, testing, comparing, and Behavior engineering design activity • In situ, controlled single subject engineering design challenge • Video observation and recording Physiology – physiological data recorded during engineering design activity • EEG, ECG, Breathing wave amplitude, Heart Rate, Respiration Rate Psychology – cognitive preferences • KAI (Kirton Adaption-Innovation inventory) • Other psychometric instruments Engineering Design Cognitive Science


The paper describes the bench for defining power characteristics of the hydrodynamic heater of liquid environments based on the frequency controlled electric drive of a pump installation and SCADA system. The authors have developed a mathematical model of energy carrier flow in the pipeline of the bench, which is realized in the integrated information and graphic GID-99w system environment. A complex of studies and tests combining natural experiments at the bench with simulating experiments on the mathematical model has been carried out. The results of studies and tests are used in designing a demonstration series of hydrodynamic heaters of liquid environments for 5 to 55 kW power range.


Abstract Japanese flounder lymphocystis disease virus (JF-LCDV) was isolated from lymphocystis cells from Japanese flounder (also known as olive flounder and hirame) Paralichthys olivaceus using a natural embryo (HINAE) cell line. Of the 39 fish cell lines tested, only the HINAE cell line exhibited a cytopathic effect. The JF-LCDV reached a titer of 105.0 tissue culture infectious dose with 50% endpoint per milliliter. By electron microscopy, the virus particles were determined to be icosahedral in shape and approximately 250 nm in diameter. Virus propagated in cell culture was sensitive to low pH, diethyl ether, and ultraviolet irradiation. Infectivity was reduced by pretreatment of the virus with rabbit anti-JF-LCDV serum and Japanese flounder sera that were obtained from fish convalescing from lymphocystis disease. By polymerase chain reaction, the same single band of DNA encoding a portion of the major capsid protein was amplified from virus propagated in vitro and virus obtained directly from lymphoc...


Bastos, F. I., Caiaffa, W., Rossi, D., Vila, M., & Malta, M. (2007). The children of mama coca: Coca, cocaine and the fate of harm reduction in South America. International Journal of Drug Policy, 18(2), 99–106. Bastos, F. I., Nunn, A., Hacker, M. A., Malta, M., & Szwarcwald, C. L. (2008). AIDS in Brazil: The challenge and the response. In D. D. Celentano & C. Beyrer (Eds.), Public health aspects of HIV/AIDS in developing countries: Epidemiology, prevention and care (pp. 629–654). New York: Springer International. Kristvik, E. (1999). Drums and syringes. Bibliotecha Himalayica. Kathmandu: EMR. Page, J. B., & Singer, M. (2010). Comprehending drug use: Ethnographic research at the social margins. NewBrunswick: Rutgers University Press.


The present invention is a polyether-containing polyureaurethane of the present invention relates. Polyureaurethane polyisocyanate and the polyether may include a prepolymer comprising a polyol material. The prepolymer amines can generate a polyureaurethane of the present invention is reacted with the curing agent contained. Exemplary aspect, the polyether-containing poly urea urethane, at least in part as to be cured, and when a hard coating having a maximum center thickness of 2.2mm in the planar shape to be tested as a lens having on both sides, defined by the High Impact Test the impact resistance may be 148ft / s or more.


PARTICIPANTS One hundred ninety-one CN persons (median age, 77 years; range, 71-93 years) in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging who underwent magnetic resonance, fludeoxyglucose F 18 (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET), and Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) PET imaging at least twice 15 months apart. Participants were grouped according to the recommendations of the National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer Association preclinical AD criteria based on the presence of β-amyloidosis, defined as a PiB PET standardized uptake value ratio (SUVr) greater than 1.5, alone (stage 1) or with brain injury (stage 2 + 3), defined as hippocampal atrophy or FDG hypometabolism. We also studied a group of patients with mild cognitive impairment (n = 17) or dementia (n = 9) from the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging or the Mayo Alzheimer Center with similar follow-up times who had undergone comparable imaging and had a PiB PET SUVr greater than 1.5.


The Cenozoic bryozoan fauna of Indonesia has been neglected in the past. In this pioneering study, based on new material collected during the two field seasons of the Throughflow project, we describe a total of 51 bryozoan species, comprising 15 cyclostomes and 36 anascan-grade cheilostomes, ranging in age from Early to Late Miocene (late Burdigalian to Messinian), collected from 17 sections located in the vicinities of Samarinda, Bontang and Sangkulirang in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Eleven of these species are new: Microeciella nadiae sp. nov., Pseudidmonea johnsoni sp. nov., Cranosina rubeni sp. nov., Parellisina mirellae sp. nov., Vincularia berningi sp. nov., Vincularia semarai sp. nov., Vincularia tjaki sp. nov., Vincularia manchanui sp. nov., Gontarella? sendinoae sp. nov., Canda giorgioi sp. nov. and Canda federicae sp. nov. Ten species show affinities with Recent taxa from the Indo-Pacific. Bryozoans are found mainly encrusting the undersides of platy corals from low- and high-relief build-ups, and coral carpets in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic environments.


Acute mesenteric ischemia is a state in which intestinal infarction can be caused by a sudden decrease in blood flow. A 68-year-old man was transferred to Hanyang University Guri hospital with abdominal pain. A computed tomography scan performed before the transfer showed no abnormal findings. Examination and evaluation revealed abnormal electrocardiogram findings and increased troponin I. Although emergency coronary angiography was normal, the patient continued to complain of severe abdominal pain. A computed tomography scan showed occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery. Percutaneous aspiration embolectomy was successfully performed prior to surgery, and subsequent laparoscopic exploration revealed an area of bowel necrosis which was then resected. The length of the small intestine remaining after resection measured 1.6 m. On postoperative Day 6, the patient began a soft food diet and was prescribed medication after being diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. He was discharged on the 13th postoperative day without postoperative complications.


To the Editor: During the past 35 years, assisted reproductive technology has been transformed from a miracle to a standard and common part of medical practice. Although this technology is believed to be safe and has resulted in more than 5 million infants born globally, rapid technological progress leading to treatment modifications makes it important to continually monitor the safety of assisted reproductive technology for the rapidly growing population of users of the technology and infants conceived with its use. Although many countries have national registries to monitor the use and effectiveness of assisted reproductive technology, they are typically not . . .


The present invention are inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase -Ⅳ enzyme, dipeptidyl peptidase -Ⅳ disease enzyme is involved, such as diabetes, and particularly type 2 diabetes, in the treatment or prevention of useful substituted amino-tetrahydroisoquinoline of the novel It relates to pyran. The invention also relates to the use of such compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of the disease is a pharmaceutical composition, and dipeptidyl peptidase -Ⅳ enzyme containing the compound involved.


Religion and politics are constitutive dimensions of both human identity and social life. The aim of this work is to trace some of the current topics, theories and paradigms mapping the dynamics between religion and politics in the contemporary world. The article therefore presents the current state of the debate on religion and politics. It also seeks to introduce the reader to the various trends of interpretation occurring within the shift from a domination of secularizing social sciences to a more integrative, holistic approach to the understanding of religion and its place in our contemporary world. Moreover, the study brings into discussion similar topics assessing a more neglected side of research, namely, questions of the study of forced atheisation/secularisation, post-atheisation taking place in post-communist/post-totalitarian spaces. Although this type of literature abounds in western academic circles, in ex-communist contexts is far from being satisfactory. Thus, this work indirectly advocates for the importance of including the study of religion and politics within the departments of politics/social sciences in the academia of the ex-Communist spaces.


PURPOSE: A waterborne solar power generator is provided to optimize an irradiation angel of sunlight and increase the intensity of radiation. CONSTITUTION: A frame(10) is floated on the water. A support(20) is installed in the frame. A solar generation module(30) is rotatably installed in the support upward and downward. A solar generation module receives the sunlight and generates electricity. A four directional sun tracker fixes the frame so that the position of the frame is not changed due to the flow of the water. The four directional sun tracker rotates the frame on the water so that the solar generation module tracks the sun when the longitude of the sun is changed. A sun amplitude tracker(50) is prepared in the support. The solar amplitude tracker rotates the sun generation module to track the sun upward and downward.


The most topical problems of the elements of forensic characteristics of crimes in the field of trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues or precursors have been revealed. It has been established that this category of crimes existed and exists in all countries and types of society. The author has determined the criminogenic characteristics inherent to the offender and how his / her behavior is manifested during the commission of crimes in this area.
A detailed theoretical characteristic of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues and precursors has been provided; the method of committing the crime has been determined; the identity of an offender and a victim has been detailed; the concept of forensic characteristic as a source of information about this type of crime and its role in practical application has been theoretically defined.
The focus is on the non-contact sale of drugs, which is becoming even more relevant and widespread in modern life. It has been emphasized that this type of drug trafficking is problematic due to the fact that it is difficult to detect and operative units' officers cannot accomplish the evidentiary purchase.
The author has presented the main conclusions about the importance of forensic characteristics as a source of information about this type of crime. Particular attention has been paid to the details of the person who uses drugs (a victim), the author has stated how personal danger is manifested for this category of people who use drugs. It has been established that offenses in this area cause significant damage to human health, have a destructive effect on marital and family relations, affect the development of the shadow sector in the economic environment, distort moral values, eliminate the motivation for a better life due to deteriorating mental and physical health of a human being and living conditions.


The number and size of construction works overseas is increasing, including high-rise buildings and other large structures. Since unlike Japan most foreign countries have no problems with earthquakes, wind load is considered as an important external force for design. Therefore when a Japanese company has concluded a contract for construction abroad, there are sometimes problems in calculating wind load. This is often caused by lack of knowledge regarding the codes of practice of the country or a difference in opnion between local consultants.The following report gives an outline of foreign wind loading codes, and problems concerning their application based on previous experiences of the writer.


The nature of PERT is such that the larger and more complex the project, the greater will be the benefits. Its implementation does not require a change in management organization or policy. The technique makes it possible to organize existing data into a more meaningful form for immediate use by management. PERT has been and is presently under continued development; modifications could incorporate quality, cost and resources as additional variables. BLOCKIN BLOCKIN The network deployment will be done as by the followings, Events are depicted by blocks or circles and are connected by arrows which represent the activities necessary to achieve the events. The network is the basic planning tool of the PERT technique. The network should be developed at the level where the work is to be performed. In developing the detailed network, the team approach has been found to be an effective method.


To study immunological responses in filarial infections, interleukin-2 receptor α (IL-2Rα) expression in the peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of Lewis rats infected with Brugia pahangi was observed by flow cytometry. During infection, no increase in IL-2Rα was observed in either microfilaraemic or amicrofilaraemic rats. The PBL of rats were stimulated with phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and the frequency of IL-2Rα-positivity was examined. After microfilariae appeared, the increase in the rate of IL-2Rα-positivity in microfilaraemic rats was less than in amicrofilaraemic rats. The anergy of IL-2Rα expression in microfilaraemic rats was restored when their lymphocytes were cultured with normal rat serum. IL-2Rα expression in normal uninfected rats decreased when cultured with serum from microfilaraemic rats. These results suggest that microfilariae-related factors in rat serum suppress PHA-induced IL-2Rα expression in PBL and thus inhibit cell proliferation and host immunity.


The article reviews the research results of correlation between emotional intelligence and tolerance for uncertainty in convicts with comorbid pathology (HIV and TB). The following methods were used: The Questionnaire on Emotional Intelligence EmIn (D. V. Lyusin), The New Questionnaire of Tolerance for Uncertainty (T. V. Kornilova). Conclusion: HIV-infected convicts with TB significantly differ from the control group in understanding emotions and interpersonal emotional intelligence. The following statistically significant correlation between emotional intelligence and tolerance-intolerance for uncertainty was found: high emotional intelligence is correlated with high tolerance and intolerance for uncertainty, whereas high intolerance to interpersonal uncertainty is correlated with low emotional intelligence.


This paper consists of two related but independent parts: (1) Characterizing separation axioms of topological spaces with soft sets. (2) Comparing the concepts of soft set, fuzzy soft set and L-fuzzy set.


Dedication The authors dedicate this study to Pol Thiry (1940-2007), who was Professor of the University of Mons-Hainaut, Mons, Belgium, and whose diligence and exceptional friendship helped in initiating a productive relationship in research with Pace University, United States of America, that continues undiminished with further international studies. Introduction Electronic business (e-Business) continues to advance in countries of the European Union. Indices display activity adoption of e-Business as generally high, as indicated in Figure 1. Actual adoption of e-Business infrastructure is also largely high, but different by the countries, as indicated in Figure 2. Estimates indicate that 17% of firms in these countries conducted e-Business marketing and sales on the Internet in 2005 (European Commission, 2005b, p. 8). European consumers buying apparel on the e-Business Web are estimated to be 40 million in 2006 and are forecasted to be 73 million in 2009 (Horyn, 2005). Growth of e-Business in the European Union, as in the United States, affords analysis of business-to-consumer (B2C) competitive design that can contribute beneficially to the field. European apparel firms are as challenged as American firms in having a competitively creative e-Business design on their sites (Koo, Koh, & Nam, 2004). They have to be conscious of consumer expectations and perceptions of service, risk, price, product and experience (Jarvenpaa & Todd, 1997) and fulfillment, promotion and quality (Urban, Carter, Gaskin, & Mucha, 1986), in differentiating an experience on the sites. Differentiation and innovation in an e-Business design by European firms may give an edge to an apparel Web site. Design is defined in terms of style and usability on a Web site. Literature in differentiation indicates factors of perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness from the frequently cited technology acceptance model (TAM) as important in influencing consumers to adopt information technology (Brown, Massey, Montoya-Weiss, & Burkman, 2002; Davis, 1989; Venkatesh, Morris, Davis G., & Davis F., 2003), if not enjoy and buy on a Web site (Koufaris, 2002). Usefulness may be defined as the extent to which a consumer perceives a site enhancing a shopping process task, and ease of use may be the extent to which the consumer perceives the site to be free of effort in the process of shopping (Venkatesh & Davis, 2000). An ideally designed Web process for shoppers is differentiated in ease of use and usefulness of the site. Sites considered easy to search for information may influence less price sensitivity (Lynch & Ariely, 1998). Literature indicates economic benefits to firms from factors that facilitate shopping tasks (Saeed, Hwang, & Grover, 2003). The focus of this study is to examine the importance of design factors that can contribute to a differential in the experiences of European goal-focused shoppers on European Union apparel dress model sites. Literature Review Though guidelines in the design and differentiation of Web sites have been defined in European and American literature (Cronin, 1995; Lynch & Horton, 1999; Nielsen, 2002), apparel sites do not always achieve desired impact, due to design and also to perceptions of product, price, risk, service, and quality. Consumers continue to abandon shopping carts, though their goal may be to buy on a site. They form flash impressions of sites in 1/20th of a second (Caudron, 2006) and search for products, if not prices, on competitor sites. Differentiation in the design of apparel sites for especially goal-focused shoppers on the Web is examined in our study of sites in the United States (Lawler & Joseph, 2006). In that study goal focusing is indicated to be deliberate, efficient, fast, rational and task-focused shopping (Hoffman & Novak, 1996). Goal-focused shoppers are frequently independent of the help of on-line sales and service staff and are indicated to have a definite objective to buy already identified products on the Web without the help of staff (Moe & Fader, 2001). …


In order to improve the computation accuracy of magnetic characteristic for transformers and electric machines,an improved vector magnetic hysteresis model was proposed based on classical Chua-type model with the direct description of the mathematical relation between the magnetic field intensity H and magnetic flux density B. In this model,the parameters was derived from the measured data of magnetic property employing the 2-D single steel sheet measuring apparatus. The mathematical formular of proposed model taking the angle between the rolling direction and x-axis into account was described. The finite element (FE) formulation coupled with the proposed model was derived,and the convergence of FE computation was discussed. By comparing the numerical results of magnetic field with experimental ones in the single transformer core model,the effectiveness of the proposed magnetic model and FE formulation was investigated.


There is some concern that turn signal lamps with clear outer lenses make it difficult in bright, sunny conditions to decide whether the signal is on or not. Two studies were performed. The first study was a survey of current practice in the U.S. with regard to the use of clear-lens turn signal lamps. The main results are that clear outer lenses on rear turn signal lamps are used in about 28% of all vehicle models, while the corresponding percentage for front turn signal lamps is about 70%. The second study photometrically evaluated, under bright, sunny conditions, both luminance contrast and color contrast between the on and off states for turn signal lamps that use either an amber lens or a clear lens. The results indicate that luminance contrast between the on and off states is greater for lamps using an amber lens. Because luminance contrast is likely to be the primary variable influencing driver performance, these results suggest that using clear-lens turn signal lamps is likely to make it more difficult to determine, in bright, sunny conditions, whether the signal is on or not. However, the magnitude of the decrement in real-world performance with clear-lens signal lamps remains to be ascertained.


Objective To evaluate the accuracy of CT and conventional gastrointestinal (GI) tract radiography in the diagnosis of primary malignant tumors of the small intestine.Methods Fifty-two patients with primary malignant small intestinal tumors confirmed by operation and pathology were selected for this study.Their images of CT,conventional GI tract radiography,angiography and clinical data were analyzed retrospectively.The imaging findings were compared with surgical and histopathologic results.Results The lesions included adenocarcinomas (19 cases),malignant stromal tumors (10 cases) and lymphomas (23 cases).The main imaging manifestations of GI tract radiography were intestinal stenosis,filling defect,stiffness of involved intestinal wall with mucosal destruction and loss of valvulae conniventes,intestinal obstruction,intussuseption,ulcer,and so on.Accurate localizing and qualitative diagnosis were obtained in 41 and 32 cases respectively.20 patients were examined by a spiral CT or MSCT scanner,the main CT findings were bowel wall thickening,mass,stenosis,obstruction,intussuseption,etc.In all 20 patients,accurate localizing diagnosis was achieved and qualitative diagnosis was obtained in 18 cases.Superior mesenteric arterial angiography was performed in 3 patients,and the hemorrhagic location was identified.But,all 3 cases were preoperatively misdiagnosed as vascular malformation.Conclusions CT is more accurate than conventional GI tract radiography for diagnosing primary malignant small intestinal tumors,and can provide extra imaging information about the local invasion,metastasis,complications,and so on.Conventional GI tract radiography combined with CT is useful for the selection of the operative project and the therapy plan.


Investments in quality are best quantified by implementing and managing quality cost systems. A review of various opinions coming from practitioners and researchers about the existent quality cost models reveals a set of drawbacks (e.g. too theoretical and too close to ideal cases; too academic, with less practical impact; too much personalized to particular business processes, with difficulties in extrapolating to other cases; not comprising all dimensions of a business system). Using concepts and tools in quality management theory and practice and algorithms of innovative problem solving, this paper formulates a novel approach to improve practical usability, comprehensiveness, flexibility and customizability of a quality cost management system (QCMS) when implementing it in a specific software application. Conclusions arising from the implementation in real industrial cases are also highlighted.


A method for determination of clenbuterol hydrochloride residue in swine hairs by using high performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry was developed.The clenbuterol hydrochloride was extracted from swine hair samples by employing 0.1 mol/L hydrochloride acid aqueous solution,the cleaning procedurewas performed by MCX solid phase extraction cartridge.The clenbuterol hydrochloride was determined by HPLC-MS/MS on SB-C18 column with 1% acetic acid aqueous solution:methanol( 60∶40) as the mobile phase.Under optimum conditions,the recoveries of different quantities of clenbuterol hydrochloride in swine hairs were from79.0 % to 86.2 %,white the relative standard deviation was below 15.2%.The limit of determination and limit of quantitative for the method were 0.05 μg/kg and 0.20 μg/kg,respectively.The developing method was applied to study the metabolize behavior and mechanism of clenbuterol hydrochloride in swine hair.The result indicated that a little of clenbuterol hydrochloride was found in black hairs of swine which were feed clenbuterol hydrochloride after five days while no found in white swine hair.From the seventh day,the content of clenbuterol hydrochloride in swine hairs was increased gradually,and the highest content of clenbuterol hydrochloride was 4852.5 μg/kg。


A 50-year-old woman presented with a 1-week history of rash on the face and hands and difficulty when rising from a sitting position. She underwent an exploratory laparotomy for ovarian cancer 8 months ago. Three months ago, she underwent total hysterectomy, adnexectomy, and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. Docetaxel and carboplatin were started and administered twice. Physical examination revealed periorbital edema with a purplish appearance; Erythematous lesions on radiodorsal aspects of the proximal interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints were seen. We diagnosed as dermatomyositis on the basis of clinical findings. Interview demonstrated that such rashes were enhanced 1 week after chemotherapy, and got better through following one week. Cutaneous and muscular symptoms got worse two months after her initial visit. Myotonia was found in electromyography, and high density areas on both femoral regions and lower thighs were observed by MRI of skeletal muscle. Scleroderma-like lesions are known as an adverse effect to taxane. In addition, three cases of dermatomyositis due to taxane were reported in Japan. Since dermatomyositis was regarded as one of paraneoplastic syndrome generally, it was not considered as drug-induced. However, clinical course of our case suggests that docetaxel may play more important role in activity of dermatomyositis than ovarian cancer. Seeing patients treated with taxane, therefore, we have to be careful for symptoms suggestive of autoimmune diseases: not only scleroderma but dermatomyositis.


Five conformational isomers corresponding to minima in potential energy surfaces calculated with the B3LYP/6-311G** and MP2/6-311G** models lie within 6 kcal/mol of each other. The vertical ionization energies of the most stable isomer calculated with ab initio electron propagator theory in the P3/6-311G** approximation are in excellent agreement with experimental data from photoelectron spectroscopy. The chief components of the first four Dyson orbitals are a N lone pair, an O lone pair, πCO, and C−H lobes, respectively. Conformationally induced shifts of the vertical ionization energies are explained in terms of electrostatic and phase relationships in the Dyson orbitals.


The present invention provides a polymerized polymer is synthesized with a modified sulfur-containing phenol-based compound or a sulfur compound and sulfur-based ester and dicyclopentadiene. According to the present invention, it is possible not only to ensure excellent long-term storage and handling properties and flexural strength and excellent mechanical strength such as compression strength of the modified sulfur-containing polymer.


This paper presents results from a new theoretical model to estimate bistatic rain scatter interference between terrestrial radio relay systems and earth-satellite systems operating at the same frequency. The current model used by the CCIR was developed in the early 1970s when system packing density was low and the large earth-station antennas allowed the consideration of narrow beam approximations. This resulted in a small common volume of intersection of the two beams and large circular contours. The recent increase in microwave communications traffic and the improvements in technology have meant that very small aperture terminals (VSATs) can be employed, and hence the model must allow for the consideration of sidelobes, low gain antennas and non-uniform rain cells intersecting much larger common volumes. Aspects of the new model are discussed and different assumptions made by the CCIR model are examined. Results from the new model show that the contours are smaller and non-circular and result in much smaller co-ordination areas.


A new flavonoid glycoside, luteolin 3',4'-dimethyl ether-7-O-β-D-methylglucuronide was isolated from the leaves of Dictamnus albus. In addition two known flavonoid methyl ethers, luteolin 7,3'-dimethyl ether and luteolin 3'-methyl ether, were isolated


Literary art that is identifiably feminist approaches reality from a feminist perspective and endorses female experience. A feminist perspective demystifies patriarchal assumptions about the nature of human beings, their relation to nature, and the relation of physical and moral qualities to each other. To endorse female experience, the artist must defy or stretch traditional literary conventions, which often means offending or alienating readers. Traditional literary conventions are rooted in philosophical assumptions several thousand years old and still widely current. A third principle of feminist art—which not all feminists subscribe to—is accessibility. When feminist art is difficult, the reason usually lies not in purposeful obfuscation, but in the poverty of our language of feeling, and the difficulty of rendering feeling.


Abstract 5087 Purpose The primary goal of this study was to determine if exposure to recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) increases survival of RBCs in rats. A secondary objective was to test if rHuEPO prolongs survival of RBC by interaction with erythroid progenitor cells or by affecting cells of the reticuloendothelial system. Methods Normal male Wistar rats (337 ± 8 g) were divided into four groups (n=2). Animals in groups 0 and 1 were not treated whereas animals groups 2 and 3 received multiple doses of rHuEPO (Epogen, Amgen, CA) 450 IU/kg three times a week for two weeks via intravenous injections in the tail vein. Subsequently, blood samples (∼ 1-2 mL) were collected from all animals and labeled with water-soluble biotin as a tag for RBC. The biotinylated RBCs were injected back to animals according to the following pattern. Group 1 received blood from Group 2 and Group 2 from Group 1. Animals from Groups 0 and 3 were injected back with their own blood. Two days were allowed for a system equilibration. Next, blood samples (∼ 100 mL) were drawn weekly from each animal until the signal reached the limit of quantification. The biotinylated cells were detected by streptavidin conjugated to phycoerythin and analyzed by flow cytometry (FACSCalibur, Becton-Dickinson). The RBC absolute count was determined by a hematology analyzer (BC-2800 Vet, Mindray, China). The survival data were represented as the fraction of surviving cells. For quantification of RBC survival, the times necessary to reduce the size of the labeled sample by 25, 50, and 75% (T 25 , T 50 , and T 75 ) were used. Results The mean survival curves for each group were compared to the control rats (Group 0). The survival curve for animals in Group 3 was distinctly higher that the survival curve for the control which was reflected by the T 50 values of 31.5±1.6 and 13.6±0.1 days, respectively. This implies that the survival of RBCs is prolonged by the treatment with rHuEPO. If the effect of erythropoietin on RBC survival is mediated by its interaction with the erythroid progenitor cells, then an increase in the RBC survival in Group 1 is expected. This was somewhat confirmed by the survival curve for Group 1 that was above the control survival curve, however not to the extent of Group 3. Contrary, the survival curve for Group 2 overlapped with the control, supporting the hypothesis that the effect of rHuEPO on RBC survival is not mediated by its interaction with the reticuloendothelial system. The T 50 values for Group 1 and 2 were 24.3±7.4 and 15.6±3.0 days, respectively. Conclusions The survival patterns of RBCs following two week long exposure to rHuEPO imply that their lifespan is prolonged when compared to control rats. Lack of an increase of RBC survival for Group 1 and a moderate increase of RBC survival for Group 2 support the endowment hypothesis that rHuEPO prolongs survival of RBCs possible by enhancing viability of the erythroid precursors. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


The article investigates parts and causes in the athletic injury in the form of a questionnaire survey,and the result shows that the injury mainly happens to the parts such as wrists,elbows,ankles and knees of tennis amateurs in 5 tennis fields.And it brings forward the following methods as precaution strategies so as to provide references for the tennis amateurs in training: to get fully prepared,to master right movement skills,to have an overall improvement of the fitness level,to get proper sports equipment,and to enhance the sense of self-prevention.


Intracranial hemorrhage is a critical conditional with the high mortality rate that is typically diagnosed based on head computer tomography (CT) images. Deep learning algorithms, in particular, convolution neural networks (CNN), are becoming the methodology of choice in medical image analysis for a variety of applications such as computer-aided diagnosis, and segmentation. In this study, we propose a fully automated deep learning framework which learns to detect brain hemorrhage based on cross sectional CT images. The dataset for this work consists of 40,367 3D head CT studies (over 1.5 million 2D images) acquired retrospectively over a decade from multiple radiology facilities at Geisinger Health System. The proposed algorithm first extracts features using 3D CNN and then detects brain hemorrhage using the logistic function as the last layer of the network. Finally, we created an ensemble of three different 3D CNN architectures to improve the classification accuracy. The area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve of the ensemble of three architectures was 0.87. Their results are very promising considering the fact that the head CT studies were not controlled for slice thickness, scanner type, study protocol or any other settings. Moreover, the proposed algorithm reliably detected various types of hemorrhage within the skull. This work is one of the first applications of 3D CNN trained on a large dataset of cross sectional medical images for detection of a critical radiological condition


There are the three conflicts in employment of migrant workers: the upgrade industry and the low labor qualities, enterprise employment ways with the migrant workers development, market mechanism and macro-economic regulation. This paper analyzes the main reasons of migrant workers involuntary employment which can conclude as follows, the high living costs, the low income, the poor qualities and the international financial crisis. Then several adivice are given: improving the social security system, strengthening vocational and technical training, increasing the payroll and construction of integrated information service system of employment.


Supplemental investigation reflects the possibility of reciprocation of procedure. If it cannot be dealt with properly, the finality and justice of procedure will be spoiled. In view of analysis on relative provisions for supplemental investigation of new criminal procedure law, in case of partly unclear, supplemental investigation does not meet necessity; the proceeding including supplemental investigation should be suspended when the case could not satisfy the standard of charge. Within the relations between investigation and prosecution regarding supplemental investigation, status of prosecution organ should be advanced properly to supervise and restrict investigation.


With the diversification of culture, musical instruments have become more diversified and closer to us.Musical instruments are classified into keyboard instruments, wind instruments, stringed instruments, and percussions. Each instrument is made up of many varieties of materials.This paper takes up such major instruments as pianos, electric organs, and wind instruments and describes metallic materials used in these instruments and touches upon the role of materials in still mysterious sounds of musical instruments.


The method of spatial clustering of continental meteorological fields was developed based on differences in their longstanding rhythmics. The analysis of the interannual dynamics of surface air temperature and precipitation allows us to define the areas with the largest deviations from the evolutionary developed statistical regularities of these factors. Deviations are estimated using statistical information indices reflecting regional resonance influence of two factors on climate, i.e. vegetation and human society as rhythmically functioning systems.


Clinical research in head and neck cancer traditionally focused on tumor control. As survival improves, it is increasingly recognized that the side‐effects of multimodality treatment can be profound and enduring. Thus, clinical trials require patient‐reported and functional outcomes.


ABSTRACT One new subspecies and one new variety of Pedicularis L. from the Hengduan Mountains region in southwestern China are described. The main diagnostic features of the taxa are compared with closely related taxa, and distributions and morphological photos are provided. The new taxa are: Pedicularis gyrorhyncha subsp. glabrisepala H. Wang & W. B. Yu and P. siphonantha var. stictochila H. Wang & W. B. Yu.


The present work considers issues of metrological support of on-board information-measurement systems (IMS) located on the track geometry cars and locomotives. IMS data are used to assess the condition of the railway track profile. IMS includes measurement channels, which allows estimation of the railway track defects and their binding to coordinates. The work considers issues of obtained results veracity assessment since every measurement subsystem introduces its own systematic and random errors.


Given the simple fact that mathematics forms the foundation of computing, mathematics must play a meaningful role in the computer science program. This meaningful role, however, must be substantially less, in content, than a second major. We must avoid the extreme of little or no mathematics in the curriculum. We must, at the same time, avoid the excess of too much mathematics.
 The need for restraint becomes most obvious when we recognize that the ideal liberal arts program should be approximately one-third for a major, one-third for a broad "liberal arts" component, and one-third for free electives. A curriculum including all of the mathematics suggested in "Curriculum-68", all of the computer science now needed by an individual wishing to devote his or her post-baccalaureate life to computing, and a minimal number of necessary cognates from other disciplines, would strain the traditional concept of the conventional four-year liberal arts degree. Thus, the only alternatives to moderation in the mathematics component are moderation in the major itself (unthinkable), extension of the curriculum to five or more years, and/or conversion of the curriculum to a professional degree, i.e., an engineering degree.


Reactive silicon in waters was determined indirectly by counting 101Tc after neutron activation of molybdosilicic acid (MSA) extracted with methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK). The detection limit (defined as twice the standard deviation for the blank) was 0.2 ng mL−1. The relative standard deviation was 3% at the 10 ng mL−1 level and 30% at the 1 ng mL−1 level. Phosphate, arsenate, and ferric ions did not interfere by themselves. Interference from the reduction of molybdophosphoric acid by tannic acid was eliminated through the use of dichromate. The salt effect normally encountered in the analysis of sea water was examined with particular reference to silicate content of reagent salts used in preparing synthetic sea water.


Abstract Inter- and intra-annual velocity variations are well known on alpine glaciers, but their importance for Arctic glaciers has only been recognized more recently. This paper presents flow velocity data from Finsterwalderbreen, a 35 km2 polythermal surge-type glacier in southern Svalbard that is presently ∼100 years into its quiescent phase. Field measurements of glacier surface velocities are available from 1950-52 and 1994-97, and mean velocities for the last decade are estimated for the lower glacier using cables drilled to the glacier bed. These velocities show substantial seasonal variations indicating that basal sliding is an important component of surface velocities and interannual fluctuations of up to 75%, possibly indicating variations in subglacial water storage. Several lines of evidence indicate that this glacier has an extensive subglacial hydrological system, generally considered to be a prerequisite for surge-type glaciers, which is at least partly pressurized. Information on surface morphology from 1898 onwards shows that the glacier has experienced continuous retreat since the last surge in about 1910, and has now retreated ∼1.5 km further back than its previous pre-surge position in 1898. Tracking of moraine loops on terrestrial and aerial photographs acquired over a 100 year period indicates that the surge period of Finsterwalderbreen may be lengthening in response to climate changes.


OBJECTIVE
To produce comparable risk-adjusted outcome rates for an international sample of hospitals in a collaborative project to share outcomes and learning.

DATA SOURCES
Administrative data varying in scope, format, and coding systems were pooled from each participating hospital for the years 2005-2010.

STUDY DESIGN
Following reconciliation of the different coding systems in the various countries, in-hospital mortality, unplanned readmission within 30 days, and "prolonged" hospital stay (>75th percentile) were risk-adjusted via logistic regression. A web-based interface was created to facilitate outcomes analysis for individual medical centers and enable peer comparisons. Small groups of clinicians are now exploring the potential reasons for variations in outcomes in their specialty.

PRINCIPAL FINDINGS
There were 6,737,211 inpatient records, including 214,622 in-hospital deaths. Although diagnostic coding depth varied appreciably by country, comorbidity weights were broadly comparable. U.S. hospitals generally had the lowest mortality rates, shortest stays, and highest readmission rates.

CONCLUSIONS
Intercountry differences in outcomes may result from differences in the quality of care or in practice patterns driven by socio-economic factors. Carefully managed administrative data can be an effective resource for initiating dialog between hospitals within and across countries. Inclusion of important outcomes beyond hospital discharge would increase the value of these analyses.


Example discloses a communication method in a multi-standard network of the present invention, a network device and system relates to the field of communications technology, to achieve energy saving in the case of network services can ensure normal communication. Communication method in a network provided in the embodiments of the present invention, a multimode, to a network coverage area overlapping the multimode network based network; said communication method comprising: retaining said base in a multimode overlay network coverage area when the network can not carry the basis of the service request; network traffic channel and a common broadcast control channel, the notification of all non-basic public network or a broadcast channel part closed; terminal receiving a service request initiated via the infrastructure network notifying the non-base non-network terminal is assigned to the traffic channel based network. Provided solutions of the embodiments of the present invention is applicable to a variety of standard network overlay network covered by the system.


Obstetric anesthetists should have an infrastructure that allows for referral and assessment of high risk patients. Management plans should be agreed well before delivery. This information must be available to other members of the team. Protocol for common high risk problems should be agreed and introduced. Promoting regional blockade for Cesarean section will reduce maternal anesthetic mortality. Epidural anesthesia preserves fetal biochemistry better than other forms of anesthesia.


It analyzed the conflict and blend of ancient and modem Chinese Wushu with western culture,and held that the Chinese Wushu improved its appreciatedness and standardized and modemized degree because of absorbing western anvanced sports culture,but the Chinese Wushu couldn't completely copy western culture,it's necessary to turn"westernization"of Wushu into"helping western culture to change"by Wushu and not only to keep the tradition,but also to blend the Chinese and western cultures so as to form Wushu system with the Chinese characteristics and realize the modem transition and reconstruction of Wushu culture.


The paper is concerned with Bayesian analysis of Exponentiated Rayleigh distribution for complete samples. The Bayes estimators expressions for the shape parameter of the distribution have been derived under different priors and loss functions. The Gamma, Exponential, Chi-Square and Jeffrey prior have been assumed for posterior analysis. The Bayes estimation has been obtained under eight different loss functions (Squared error, Quadratic, Weighted, Linear exponential, Precautionary, Entropy, De Groot and non-Linear exponential loss functions). The study aims to find out a suitable estimator of the unknown shape parameter. The simulation study has been conducted to compare by mean square error (MSE) for the performance of various estimators.


Abstract The Indian state has undergone significant transformation since the late 1980s, most notably the extensive decentralisation of power, with consequences for the formation and implementation of Indian foreign policy. This article explores the role of India's constituent states explaining the extent and limitations of their autonomy and influence. It deploys and extends the state transformation approach to incorporate considerations of issue area and coalition type. Under coalitions led by typical national parties, subnational governments are less likely to influence foreign and security policy. Under the same coalition type, they are more likely to behave autonomously on non-traditional security issues such as sharing of water resources with neighbouring countries. They are less likely to behave autonomously on security issues such as the transnational expression of ethnic solidarity. Under coalitions led by atypical national parties or regional parties, subnational governments are likely to exercise a moderate level of autonomy and influence on issue areas such as transnational expression of ethnic solidarity. They are likely to exercise a high level of autonomy and influence on non-traditional security issues such as sharing of water resources. The framework is illustrated through Tamil Nadu's activism on Sri Lanka, and West Bengal's position on water-sharing with Bangladesh.


Nitrification, the microbial oxidation of ammonia to nitrate (NO3-) via nitrite (NO2-) is a vital process in the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle and is performed by two distinct functional groups; ammonia oxidisers [comprised of ammonia oxidising bacteria (AOB) and ammonia oxidising archaea (AOA)] and nitrite oxidising bacteria. Autotrophic nitrification is said to occur in acidic soils, even though most laboratory cultures of isolated ammonia and nitrite oxidising bacteria fail to grow below neutral pH. Published studies revealed that soil pH is a major driver for determining the distribution and abundance of AOB and AOA. To determine whether distinct populations of nitrite oxidising bacteria within the lineages of Nitrospira and Nitrobacter are adapted to a particular range of pH as observed in ammonia oxidising organisms, the community structure of Nitrospira-like and Nitrobacter-like NOB were determined across a pH gradient (4.5 – 7.5) by amplifying nitrite oxidoreductase (nxrA) and 16S rRNA genes followed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). The community structure of both Nitrospira and Nitrobacter changed with soil pH, with distinct populations observed in acidic and neutral soils. The abundance of Nitrospira-like 16S rRNA and Nitrobacter-like nxrA gene copies contrasted across the pH gradient.  Nitrobacter-like nxrA gene abundance decreased with increasing soil pH, whereas Nitrospira-like 16S rRNA gene abundance increased with increasing pH. Nitrification activity of both Nitrospira-like and Nitrobacter-like NOB in acidic and neutral pH soil was investigated in a microcosm experiment incubated at 30 oC for 21 days, with high rates of nitrification observed in both soils. Findings indicated that abundance and distributions of soil NOB is influence by soil pH.


Although many literatures have been presented about the identification of dirts in paper, we can't see any reports or reviews refering to their major types in DSP.In this report the methods of physical and chemical classification of dirts; respectively resin, bark, bast fiber, shives, wood particles, gum, iron and iron rust, copper, slime, sand, scale, glass, asbestos, coal, oil and grease, felt fair ; were studied and several photomicrographs were shown.The greater parts of dirts in commercial DSP were shives and bark, besides them gum, slime, etc. were observed.


MIKOLAS, M., VARADY, J., BAŽANT, J., ŽOCEK, F.: The rise of the mine water level in the area of the former Kohinoor II mine and the infl uence on the surrounding aquifer systems of abandoned mines in the central part of the North Bohemian Brown Coal Basin. Acta univ. agric. et silvic. Mendel. Brun., 2011, LIX, No. 3, pp. 135–142 The aim of this article is to evaluate the process of terminating the mine water pumping a er the liquidation of the Kohinoor II coal mine, situated in the central part of the North Bohemian Brown Coal Basin (NBB) and the subsequent resumption of pumping from the surface a er the mine water rise in the area of the former mine to the desired level. We analyzed previously known data, particularly the amount of mine water pumped from the mine area and the surrounding abandoned mines in the past. Further the evaluation of known surrounding abandoned mines aquifer systems, accumulated in the coal seam (underground accumulation of water) and the evaluation of the eff ect of increasing the water level in the Kohinoor II mine, focusing on the enlargement of the central mine aquifers and the evaluation of the eff ects of changes in the way of pumping on the surrounding coal seam and its mining with continued safe brown coal mining at the nearby Bilina mine, that can be ensured for at least another 25 years. mine liquidation, mine water pumping, abandoned mines aquifer, North Bohemian Brown Coal


The rapidly increasing volume of videos recorded in the course of endoscopic screenings and surgeries poses demanding challenges to video retrieval and browsing systems. Surgeons typically have to use standard video players to retrospectively review their procedures, which is an extremely cumbersome and time-consuming process. We present an HTML5-based video explorer that is specially tailored to this purpose and enables a time-efficient post-operative review of procedures. It incorporates various interactive browsing mechanisms as well as domain-specific content-based features based on previous research results. Preliminary interviews with surgeons indicate that this tool can considerably improve retrieval and browsing efficiency for users in the medical domain and allows surgeons to more easily and quickly revisit specific moments in recordings of their endoscopic surgeries.


The pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) followed by dispersive liquid–liquid micro-extraction (DLLME) has been developed for extraction of volatile components in tobacco. 35 volatile components were detected by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Methanol–methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) (8:2, v/v) was selected as PLE extraction solvent. The optimized DLLME procedure, 3 mL of pure water and 1.0 mL tobacco extract solution, 40 μL of chloroform as extraction solvent, 0.5 mL of acetonitrile as disperser solvent, was validated. Under the optimum conditions, the enrichment factors were in the range of 96-159. The limits of detection were between 0.14 and 0.33 μg/kg. The repeatability of the proposed method, expressed as relative standard deviation, varied between 4.3 and 7.5% (n = 6). The recoveries of the analytes evaluated by fortification of tobacco samples were in the range of 84.7-96.4%. Compared with the conventional sample preparation method for determination of volatile components in tobacco, the proposed method was quick and easy to operate, and had high-enrichment factors and low consumption of organic solvent.


Background: Stress in medical profession has been increasing nowadays due to various reasons. The stress starts in medical profession from the day the student joins his course. This stress affects the sleep of the medical students by activating the hypothalamic-pituitary axis, disturbing the circadian rhythm, affect the balance of neurotransmitters involved in sleep regulation (GABA, Sertotonin, Nor epinephrine), increasing arousal and hyperarousal, etc. This sleep deprivation in turn affects academic performance and this further increases the stress and this vicious cycle continues.

Aims and Objective: The study was planned to assess the stress level among undergraduate medical students, their quality of sleep and the association between their perceived stress and the sleep quality.

Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 343 undergraduate medical college students in South India. Pre-validated questionnaire was used to measure the stress and sleep, respectively, and the association between both was measured.

Results: Around 94% of the undergraduate students perceived stress one kind or other. Three-fourth of the students (75.1%) had poor sleep quality. As the stress increases, the sleep quality decreased. Males perceived more stress than females.

Conclusion: This study clearly explains to the impact of stress on sleep, highlighting the intricate interplay between physiological, psychological, and behavioral factors. Managing stress through stress reduction techniques, relaxation exercises, and adopting healthy sleep habits can help improve sleep quality and break the cycle of stress and sleep disturbances.


The articles in this volume were delivered as papers to a conference, also entitled The natural history of scurvy, held at the National Maritime Museum in March 2012. In the conference outline the organisers referred the choice of title to David Hume's Natural history of religion, pointing out that the aim of the event was not to discover the truth of scurvy any more than Hume's was to reveal the true origins of religious faith. Instead, it was expected to explore the cyclic patterns of the disease in much the same way that Hume explored the perpetual dialectic between polytheism and monotheism, each depending on a repertoire of factors variously organised by passion, memory, belief, knowledge, ambition, nationalism and accident. That is to say, we meant to consider scurvy as having a political and cultural as well as an epidemiological history, one in which the priorities of treatment and the currency of diagnoses change, sometimes quite radically, in accordance with the genius of the age: from the advocacy of citrus juice to that of malt wort in the 1770s (for instance) and then back again in 1795; or from the Galenic doctrine of putrescence that dominated the earlier accounts of scurvy to the science of pneumatics in the 1790s, which briefly engaged the minds of two of scurvy's most attractive experts, Thomas Trotter and Thomas Beddoes. Owing perhaps to the constraints of time and structure imposed by the actual meeting, the coverage had to be less diffuse than the plan had envisaged. What we are publishing is a tighter survey of the disease, ranging historically roughly between the mid-eighteenth century and the early twentieth; that is, from the onset of Britain's embarkation on serious explorations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans to what is known as the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. Rather than tackling the eddies and reversions of medical theory and practice with regard to scurvy, we are tracing instead a line that starts with humoral accounts of scorbutic symptoms, based on the conjecture that the body is corrupted by an imbalance of its four elements, owing either to a failure to excrete an undesirable surplus, or to environmental factors favouring a preponderance of one or the other. In the latter part of the eighteenth century, the centrality of the nervous system in any account of disease became a paramount concern. Even a hundred years before, specialists in scurvy such as Thomas Willis and Walter Charleton had insisted that a blockage or 'dyscrase' of the nervous system was to blame for certain kinds of scurvy, but physicians such as William Cullen, William Falconer and John Brown placed this kind of enquiry on a new footing. The psychological accompaniments of scurvy – listlessness, depression, unnatural susceptibility to sounds, tastes, scents and light, and an egotistical obsession on the part of victims with the phases and inflections of their feelings, all amounting to considerable changes in personality – were now open for inspection as scorbutic symptoms. In the wake of this discovery of the psychosomatic dimension of the malady, connections began to be made between scurvy and literature. Trotter and Beddoes observed in readers of popular fiction symptoms analogous to the


Spacecraft analysts in the spacecraft control center for the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite are currently utilizing a fault-isolation expert system developed to assist in the isolation and correction of faults in the communications link. This system, the communication link expert assistance resource (CLEAR), monitors real time spacecraft and ground systems performance parameters in search of configuration discrepancies and communications link problems. If such a discrepancy or problem is isolated, CLEAR alerts the analyst and provides advice on how to resolve the problem swiftly and effectively. The CLEAR system is the first real time expert system to be used in the operational environment of a satellite control center at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Clear has not only demonstrated the utility and potential of an expert system in the demanding environment of a satellite control center, but also has revealed many of the pitfalls and deficiencies of development of expert systems. One of the lessons learned from this and other initial expert system projects is that prototypes can often be developed quite rapidly, but operational expert systems require considerable effort. Development is generally a slow, tedious process that typically requires the special skills of trained programmers. Due to the success of CLEAR and several other systems in the control center domain, a large number of expert systems will certainly be developed to support control center operations during the early 1990's. To facilitate the development of these systems, a project was initiated to develop an integrated, domain-specific tool, the generic spacecraft analyst assistent (GenSAA), that alows the spacecraft analysts to rapidly create simple expert systems themselves. By providing a highly graphical point-and-select method of system development, GenSAA allows the analyst to utilize and/or modify previously developed rule bases and system components; thus, facilitating software reuse and reducing development time and effort.


supplies a fine critique of Ong's 'theory of history' (p. 100) familiar in Renaissance studies because of his work on Ramus and which rests uneasily on his McLuhanite version of the 'dissociation of sensibility' (p. ioi). The need to criticize Ong can be seen by comparing B. W. Vickers's Classical Rhetoric in English Poet?-), (London, 1970) with P. France's Rhetoric and Truth in France (Oxford, 1972), since Vickers (rightly) rejects Ong's false categories quite as vigorously as France (op. cit. p. 18, n. q) incorporates them. Kermode's 1964 essay on Eric Bentley (pp. 143-9), together with much else in Modern Essays, rejoins Kermode's theory of fictions in The Seme of an Ending (1967). Morris Weitz notes that for Barbara Herrnstein Smith 'fiction is a function of fabrication, not of what is fabricated' (New Literary History, ivinter 197 I, p. 352), and Kermode uses similar insights which have antecedents in Nietzsche's and Vaihinger's Kantian aesthetics. In The Sense of an Ending (p. 2.~) Kermode relates Wallace Stevens's 'fictions'


Abstract : One of the purposes of the study was to conduct wind-tunnel tests on a two-dimensional, oscillating, jet-flap airfoil to determine the unsteady forces, moments, and pressure distributions. These tests were to (1) provide data for testing the validity of the theoretical results, and (2) to furnish guide-lines for the further development of unsteady jet-flap airfoil theory. The study was also to extend the solutions to the general theoretical equations describing the unsteady motions of a jet-flapped airfoil executing simple harmonic pitching motions. The attainment of these objectives was pursued in three phases. The first consisted of the development, calibration and testing of the model and its recording system. The second phase dealt with the theoretical effort required to allow computation of the lift and moment acting on a two-dimensional jet-flap airfoil executing harmonic pitching motions. The third and final phase consisted of the correlation of theory and experiment and the assessment of the theory. (AUTHOR)


Abstract : Acoustic Emission is a suited technique for the characterization of damage in composite materials, as also in metallic structures. A lot of tests with different CFRP specimens make sure that there are correlations between certain AE parameters, respectively their variation, and characteristics of defects, which are typical for composites. The damage history of the test specimens can be analyzed with a very good chronological resolution. This includes an exact correlation between acoustic and mechanical parameters, such as load, cycle number etc. The present results demonstrate a potential for distinguishing between some dominant failure mechanisms, as fiber failure and matrix cracking, and noise generated by internal friction. Locating existing defects and tracking spatial damage progression is another field of application. All AE data are being monitored continuously in situ- during loading the specimen. Post-test-analysis of the stored data with suited computer programs enables a more sophisticated evaluation.


The present study is to analyze the thermoelectric properties of thermoelectric materials fabricated by the mechanical grinding process. The powders were prepared by the combination of mechanical milling and reduction treating methods using simply crushed pre-alloyed powder. The mechanical milling was carried out using the tumbler-ball mill and planetary ball mill. The tumbler-ball milling had an effect on the carrier mobility rather than the carrier concentration, whereas, the latter on the carrier concentration. The specific electric resistivity and Seebeck coefficient decreased with increasing the reduction-heat-treatment time. The thermal conductivity continuously increased with increasing the reduction-heat-treatment time. The figure of merit of the sintered body prepared by the mechanical grinding process showed higher value than one of the sintered body of the simply crushed powder.


It is known that speed control on the universal motor by means of microprocessors is very complex and expensive. However, the speed control application on universal motor by peripheral interface controller (PIC) may be done with more simple hardware and software program. Generally, the microcontrollers are preferred because of their capability to find solutions for all kinds of control problems that couldn't be solved by the microprocessors. Hence, they have been developed rapidly and used in various fields recently. Also due to superior capabilities of the PIC, they are preferred on the universal motor speed control. Usually, two different methods have been used on the universal motor speed controls; one is period measuring and the other is frequency measuring. In this study, both methods were applied on the universal motor speed control. The triggering angles of the triac were changed with feedback received from the tachogenerator that was coupled to the universal motor shaft and the speed of the universal motor was ensured to remain stable under the variable load. The working principle of the program and the written text of the program were presented in this study. In addition to the application results, the suggestions on the advantages and development of with microcontroller system have been made. In conclusion, it was found that this application may be more secure speed control method than the others.


Cellular networks recently faced an increasing amount of mobile data traffic which causes network congestion. The concept of mobile data offloading has been introduced. Existing literature on offloading mainly focusses on numerical simulation, without actual measurement to verify the findings. The report therefore proposes the development of a USRP and LabVIEW software to implement the spectrum sensing prototype that is capable to evaluate the channel occupancy of a wide range of frequencies to investigate the feasibility of offloading between bands. The experiment focusses on the 2.4GHz ISM band (Wi-Fi band) and LTE 1800 MHz bands, to study the feasibility of Wi-Fi band to offload the LTE traffic. Different scenarios are investigated to find out the occupied or unoccupied channels in the selected range of frequencies. The raw data collected from the LabVIEW is analysed. The results shows that mostly all channels in LTE 1800 MHz band is fully occupied compared to the 2.4GHz ISM band which is 30% and 60% occupied for indoor and semi-outdoor enviroments respectively . The results justifies that that Wi-Fi band is feasible to be used to offload LTE traffics for indoor and semi-outdoor environment.


[Objective]To understand hygienic status in entertainment room of Jiading community,Shanghai,provide scientific basis for management.[Methods]Investigation on hygienic status in 12 entertainment rooms of 6 communities in Jiading district from January to October,2007 was conducted.Samples collected from the desk,mahjong pieces and air were tested based on GB9664-1996 "Hygienic Standard in Entertainment places".The samples collected from desk and mahjong pieces were tested for total amount of bacteria,coli group,staphylococcus aureus,salmonella and HBsAg,while air samples were tested for total amount of bacteria.[Results]The qualified rate of 12 air samples,60 and 45 samples collected from desk and mahjong pieces tested for total amount of bacteria was 100.00%、68.33% and 93.33% respectively.Staphylococcus aureus and salmonella were not detected from samples collected from desk and mahjong pieces.1 sample collected from mahjong pieces was positive for coli group,while 5 samples were negative for HBsAg.[Conclusion]More attention must be paid to hygienic status in entertainment rooms and regular examination must be conducted.


Classification of building information is viewed as a key enabler for interoperability and a common information infrastructure in construction.
This paper develops a conceptual frame understanding information infrastructure as a community and carrying out a longitudinal case study of a particular sociomaterial community. The method is composite and involves two intensive longitudinal studies and an orchestrated set of data collection.
The theoretical frame developed proposes to extend the sociomaterial approach into a heterogeneous sociomaterial community approach contextualized in construction in Denmark. This community carries out three attempts to establish standards for interoperability, in the form of classification of a building information model. The first two attempts fail exhibiting a series of socio material breakdowns and conflicts.
The technical approaches to classification organize/ are organized by social players and also involve positioning an industry association, "Building, Information technology, Productivity and Collaboration", BIPS, in a central role. This institutionalization process also involves a stabilization of small core group with traits similar to elite.


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Modern power system transmission networks are becoming with increasing complexity due to growing demand. Losing stability is one of the major problems of such modern power system following a disturbance. Transient stability control plays a vital role in ensuring the stabile operation of power system during the fault. FACTS technologies is an effective tool for better controllability and increase transfer capability. The main objective is the comparative performance analysis of STATCOM, SVC and UPFC for improve the transient stability of multi machine system so a simple SIMULINK is considered for this purpose.


To reduce the call cost for user messages of a few tens of bytes through a mobile telephone network (3), and to avoid having to set up a call channel as is necessary for transmitting data of several thousands of bytes, spare fields in signaling messages are used to convey the user messages, a call then taking place via signaling messages, and without a dedicated call channel being set up.


FIELD: automotive industry. SUBSTANCE: proposed bumper serves to protect pedestrian shins in accidents. Reinforcing element comprises base plate with reinforcing ribs jointed thereto, and passes horizontally along, approximately, front bumper width. Said reinforcing element rear end rests partially, in lengthwise direction "X", upon crosswise braces arranged under engine compartment. Aforesaid base plate has cross reinforcing ribs arranged along vehicle axis "X". Lengthwise ribs adjoin the abovementioned ribs at the front. Lengthwise ribs are arranged in parallel and oriented along "X" direction. Vehicle front bumper incorporates reinforcing element for lower zone of possible collision. EFFECT: higher safety, ease of mounting and repair. 28 cl, 8 dwg


This paper will discuss about accounting and financial statements for Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia from two perspectives include theoretical and practices in. The SMEs will support economic growth and assist in reducing poverty through job creation and promotion of labor-intensive. The small medium enterprises have two kinds of problem such as financial and non financial. Financial problem is related to lack of capability in SMEs to have capital to expand their business. Furthermore, non financial problem is related to the lack of management performance. In conclusion, not all financial statements may be prepared, financial statements may not be prepared with sufficient detail, Financial statements may not be prepared appropriately based on Accounting Standard, Financial statements may be prepared irregularly and/or infrequently, Financial statements may not be provided to all parties, financial statements should be routinely analyzed and interpreted by SMEs.


Privacy policies which are stated by the service provider are intended to convey to the users the information how their personal data will be protected. Thus, letting the user understand the privacy policy and trust the service provider is a crucial task. This paper proposes a personalized privacy management framework with which users can participate in the privacy management. Existing privacy policies are analyzed and improved. Within this framework, the privacy policy can not only be regulated, but also can be easily understood by users at a glance.


Aim: The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of coblation and microdebrider-assisted turbinoplasty in reducing nasal obstruction due to inferior turbinate hypertrophy (ITH). Background: A comprehensive search of articles in English language was performed in PubMed using the keywords coblation turbinoplasty, coblation inferior turbinate reduction, microdebrider turbinoplasty, microdebrider assisted inferior turbinate reduction. Review results: Primary search yielded 41 results with only two fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. In both studies, patients were assessed objectively as well as subjectively. Improvement in nasal obstruction was similar in both coblation and microdebrider groups up to 6 months of follow-up in both studies. However, in the study by Lee and Lee (2006) at 12 months postoperative follow-up, microdebrider-assisted turbinoplasty patients showed a better improvement in nasal obstruction both objectively on acoustic rhinometry and subjectively as compared with the coblation group (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Despite getting better results with microdebriderassisted turbinoplasty in one of the study, it can be safely concluded that longer postsurgical follow-up period with bigger sample size is required to adequately comment on the extra benefit offered by either coblation or microdebrider. Clinical significance: As and when further research is planned on comparing benefits of different powered instruments for turbinate reduction, it will be wise to prolong the follow-up period with increased sample size.


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Now carbon nanoparticles represent the big interest for researches as their electric and adsorption properties are a little studied. Samples for researches have been received in the course of methane decomposition (CH 4) on hydrogen and carbon in plasmachemical reactor. In article results of research of influence of adsorption of molecules of gas of toluene, acetone and carbonic gas on electroconductivity compacting amorphous nanographite with the size of structural elements from 40 to 100 nanometers are provided.