The mechanical characteristics and failure modes of low-strength rock sample with various fissure dip angles were investigated by conventional uniaxial compression test and three-dimensional (3D) crack reconstruction. The results indicated that compared with high-strength rock masses, cracks had different influences on the low-strength rock mass mechanical deformation features. Thereinto, the dip angle of fissures can cause post-peak failure stage of stress-strain curve change from swift decline to multi-step down, showing obvious ductility deformation and failure characteristics. Peak strength and elastic modulus owned an anti-S-shaped growth tendency with the growth of fissure dip angle, which was positively correlated and greatest subtle to the fissure dip angle α < 21° and α > 66.5°. The axial peak strain reduced first and enlarged rapidly with growing fissure dip angle, suggesting a V-shaped change trend. Increasing the fissure dip angle will change the sample failure mode, experienced complete tensile failure to tensile-shear composite failure, and ultimately to typical shear failure. Also, the crack start angle decreased with enlarging fissure dip angle, larger than that the high-strength rock mass fissure dip angle. The above research findings can complement and improve the study of fissured rock masses.


The study of Diophantine Equations and their analyses dates back to the year AD 300, when a Greek mathematician, Diophantus of Alexandria, wrote about them in his series of books, Arithmetica. In fact, a problem in Diophantus' Arithmetica led Pierre de Fermat in 1637 to annotate a statement within the margins of his own copy, famously known as Fermat's Last Theorem which would go on unresolved for the next 4 centuries.


Amaranthus gangeticus have the potential to be used for medicinal purposes due to its
nutrient composition. It is a leafy edible vegetable amaranth consumed worldwide. The aim
of this study was to assess the antimicrobial activities of local edible Amaranthus gangeticus.
The antibacterial activities of Amaranthus gangeticus and the type of bacteria sensitive to
Amaranthus gangeticus were determined. The A. gangeticus leaves and stems were extracted
by methanol and phosphate buffer saline (PBS) respectively and tested for its in vitro
antimicrobial properties on Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans and Tricophyton
mentagophytes. The paper disc diffusion method and agar well diffusion method were used to
determine the inhibitory effects of both leaves and stem extracts of A. gangeticus on test
microorganisms. The preliminary results of disc diffusion test revealed that the leaves extract
of A. gangeticus produced a small zone of inhibition on P. aeruginosa, with the zone of
inhibition of 5 mm, 7 mm and 8 mm for the concentration of 100 mg/ml, 200 mg/ml and 400
mg/ml respectively. Most of the test microorganisms are found to be resistant against extracts
from A. gangeticus with only P. aeruginosa showed positive result. Further study needs to be
performed to investigate the antimicrobial properties of A. gangeticus using agar well
diffusion method for overall comparison of antimicrobial properties of both leaves and stems
extracts of A. gangeticus.


The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has rapidly spread worldwide, which poses great challenges to the healthcare system around the world. This pandemic has shown that globally medical community has no care- models to deal with the effects imposed on patients with chronic illnesses. Appropriate and timely diagnosis and treatment of this highly vulnerable immunocompromised population is mandatory. Prominent challenges faced during the current outbreak include resource allocation, management of patients suffering from and follow-up-phases, patient fear and protection of healthcare workers. During Pandemic, the major management strategies for cancer patients comprise education about personal protective measures, symptoms of COVID- 19, emotional support, clear communication about infection control measures and clinical care. To decrease the risk of exposure, active individualized cancer intervention is required with reduce outpatient visits and maximum telemedicine. Currently, international guidelines to manage cancer patients in any infectious pandemic are not available. The development of a complete contingency plan with guidelines for the safety and patients care will pose beneficial effects by minimizing the risks of morbidity and mortality.


In a compressor (1), in particular for a gas turbine, which compressor includes a rotor (3), which is rotatably supported about a compressor centerline and possesses at its periphery a plurality of rotor blades (5a-d), and a compressor casing (2), which concentrically surrounds the rotor (3), a radial clearance being provided between the outer ends of the rotor blades (5a-d) and the inner wall of the compressor casing (2), the possibility of a warm start without sacrificing efficiency is achieved by configuring the compressor casing (2) so that it can be heated in order to reduce the fluctuations in the radial clearance and by connecting it to a separate heating appliance (22, 25, 27), which is independent of the operation of the compressor and by means of which the compressor casing can be heated in the case of a warm start.


The aim of this study was to compare the physicochemical changes of hot-boned chicken breast and leg muscles. Chicken breast and leg muscles from 56 broilers were excised within a 15 min post-mortem (PM) and stored at 20 C. Physicochemical traits were determined at 0.5, 6, 12, and 24 h PM. The ultimate pH of leg muscle was higher than that of breast muscle (p<0.05). The content of glycogen in the breast muscle was relatively higher than that in the leg muscle until 6 h PM (p<0.05). R-values showing rigor mortis of breast and leg muscles were completed after or before 6 h PM. Breast muscle had less cooking loss than leg muscle (p<0.05). Drip loss did not significantly differ between breast and leg muscles with the exception of that at 6 h PM. The sarcomere length of leg muscle was relatively longer than that of breast muscle (p<0.05). The MFI of leg muscle was significantly lower than that of breast muscle (p<0.05). The shear force of leg muscle was lower than that of breast muscle at 6 and 12 h PM (p<0.05); however, that of both muscles did not significantly differ at 24 h PM.


This essay introduces the function and characteristics of Multisim and the application of Multisim9 to amplifying circuit simulation and analysis in detail. Using Multisim9 can carry out the design of various electric circuit, and quickly and accurately carry on simulating analysis of the electric circuit function, which can promote the design quality of electric circuit and save experiment instruments and equipments.


The Software Development Project Scheduling Problem is similar to the well-known Resource-Constrained Multi-Project Scheduling Problem (RCMPSP). It consists in determining a schedule of tasks taking into consideration resource availabilities and precedence constraints, while optimizing an objective. Like RCMPSP, it is an NP-hard problem. In this paper, a task segmentation scheme to schedule a software development project is proposed and the average duration of the multiple concurrent projects is minimized using the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) meta-heuristic. PSO is a recent meta-heuristic algorithm, known for its simplicity in programming and its rapid convergence. A series of experiments show optimum results for several software development schedule scenarios.


In machining processes, surface roughness and dimensional accuracy of machined parts depend on tool wear. Cemented carbide based cutting tools remain widely used in machining processes for their wear resistance. The aim of this paper is to study wear mechanisms of a WC–Co cutting tool grade under tribological conditions. Dry friction experiments are carried out on a high-speed pin-on-disc tribometer considering WC–Co pins against steel discs made of an AISI 1045 grade. Furthermore, two type-K thermocouples are embedded in WC–Co pins in order to estimate the contact temperature during sliding tests. A large sliding speed range is considered: from 60 up to 600 m/min. Results deal with wear rate versus tribological conditions, evolution of friction coefficient and temperature versus sliding speed and evolution of wear mechanisms. WC–Co tribological pins exhibit different wear mechanisms: abrasion, adhesion, transgranular WC micro-cracking and WC/WC debonding. Circulation of debris in the friction contact depends on sliding speed and on test duration. The evolution of surface temperature versus friction coefficient is studied too. Furthermore, a particular attention is paid on the relationship between the thermal energy in the pin and the mechanical energy in the contact. The thermal energy is calculated from the temperature values of K-thermocouples and the mechanical energy dissipated in the pin is calculated from friction coefficient evolutions. Relationships are established through modelling approaches.


The objective of this analysis was to identify variables associated with treatment response in subjects with migraine. Data were collected from a sample of 10 000 subjects. A battery of questionnaires assessing clinical and psychological variables was completed. Migraine diagnosis was attributed using an algorithm based on the IHS criteria and treatment response using the ANAES criteria. We identified 1534 subjects, of whom 1443 were treated. For 54.2%, at least one ANAES criterion for treatment response was unfulfilled. Non-response was associated with female gender, high HIT-6 impact scores and high HAD psychological distress scores. The strongest associations with non-response were identified for four psychological variables: elevated scores on the CSQ catastrophization subscale and the 'Consequences' and 'Acceptance' dimensions of the Brief COPE, and low scores on the 'Positive Reinterpretation' Brief COPE dimension. In conclusion, many individuals with migraine respond inadequately to treatment. Behavioural interventions aimed at modifying coping strategies may improve outcome.


Hosting interactive video-based services, such as computer games, in the Cloud poses particular challenges given user sensitivity to delay. A better understanding of the impact of delay on player-game interactions can help design cloud systems and games that accommodate delays inherent in cloud systems. Previous top-down studies of delay using full-featured games have helped understand the impact of delay, but often do not generalize or lend themselves to analytic modeling. Bottom-up studies isolating user input and delay can better generalize and be used in models, but have yet to be applied to cloud-hosted computer games. In order to better understand delay impact in cloud-hosted computer games, we conduct a large bottom-up user study centered on a fundamental game interaction—selecting a moving target with user input impeded by delay. Our work builds a custom game that controls both the target speed and input delay and has players select the target using a game controller analog thumbstick. Analysis of data from over 50 users shows target selection time exponentially increases with delay and target speed and is well-fit by an exponential model that includes a delay and target speed interaction term. A comparison with two previous studies, both using a mouse instead of a thumbstick, suggests the model's relationship between selection time, delay, and target speed holds more broadly, providing a foundation for a potential law explaining moving target selection with delay encountered in cloud-hosted games.


A phase-locked loop (PLL), in which the ripple in the control voltage is suppressed to minimize the output phase jitter, is proposed. A discriminator-aided edge detector is added in the PLL to switch the outputs of the loop filter to reduce the ripple. The proposed PLL and the conventional circuit have been implemented in a 0.35-mum CMOS process. Compared with the conventional PLL, the rms jitter is reduced from 19.0 ps to 18.3 ps and the peak-to-peak jitter is reduced from 148.2 ps to 139.1 ps


Six years ago, it was suggested by Bulbring tha t the changes in the electrical and mechanical activity of intestinal smooth muscle produced by epinephrine may be brought about by an increased supply and utilization of metabolic energy. This hypothesis was based on the striking similarity between the effects of epinephrine on intestinal smooth muscle preparations of the taenia coli of the guinea pig, and of conditions which increase metabolic activity, such as a rise in temperature or addition of substrate, such as glucose. Such conditions, as well as epinephrine, lower membrane excitability, block spontaneous activity, and produce relaxation of the muscle. Conversely, conditions which lower metabolic activity, i.e., a decrease in temperature, removal of glucose or exposure of the tissue to metabolic inhibitors, have the opposite effect: they increase spontaneous membrane activity and produce an increase in tension. The present report deals with attempts designed to determine whether an epinephrine-induced increase in the supply of metabolic energy is demonstrable. Conceivably, this could be brought about by a stimulation of glycogenolysis as a result of an activation of phosphorylase. However, it was found that when taenia coli is exposed to physiologically active concentrations of epinephrine, there is no change in the activity of phosphorylase a or in the glycogen levels of the tissue.'? Therefore, if the action of epinephrine provides for more metabolic energy, biochemical mechanisms other than activation of phosphorylase must be involved in this effect. Historically, phosphorylase 6 kinase was the first enzyme which was found to be activated by cyclic 3',5r-AMP.4 Since then, many other systems have become known to be susceptible to the actions of this nucleotide. Because of the multiplicity of the known effects of cyclic 3',5'-AMP and because of the demonstration that epinephrine increases the concentration of cyclic 3' ,5'AMP in many tissues, a lack of phosphorylase activation in intestinal smooth


It is provided a solution for assigning to a relay node of a wireless telecommunication system an identifier from which a corresponding identifier of a central node associated with the relay node is derivable according to a determined rule. Accordingly, the identifiers of central nodes and their relay nodes are assigned in a manner which facilitates identification of a central node from a received relay node identifier, thereby avoiding the necessity of consulting higher layer controllers in order to identify the central node.


With popularity of learning English in China, many problems such as Chinglish have been exposed out. This paper is based on the existing technology of LanguageTool's rule-base. In this paper , we compile the rules which are suitable for English articles, analyze the errors of false-friend , put forward some suggestions on improving the machine translation and propose a small error correction program based on the rules of false-friend we compiled.


Many studies across different eras have dealt with the topic of leadership and from different aspects, despite the large number of researches over time, management researchers have recently begun to define modern concepts of leadership, this study aims to review the theoretical literature on identifying Authentic Leadership "AL" represented by (Self-Awareness "SA", Balanced Processing "BP", Internalized Moral and Ethical Perspectives "IMEP" and Relational Transparency "RT") and its impact on the Smart Organization "SO" represented by (Understanding the Environment "UE", Continuous Learning "CL", Resources Mobilization "RM", and Finding Strategic Alternatives "FSA") and to examine the Mediating role of Strategic Ambidexterity "SAM" and the moderating role of Improvisational Capabilities "IC".


ABSTRACT Diapause is a programmed state of developmental arrest that typically occurs as part of the natural developmental progression of organisms that inhabit seasonal environments. The brine shrimp Artemia franciscana and annual killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus share strikingly similar life histories that include embryonic diapause as a means to synchronize the growth and reproduction phases of their life history to favorable environmental conditions. In both species, respiration rate is severely depressed during diapause and thus alterations in mitochondrial physiology are a key component of the suite of characters associated with cessation of development. Here, we use these two species to illustrate the basic principles of metabolic depression at the physiological and biochemical levels. It is clear that these two species use divergent molecular mechanisms to achieve the same physiological and ecological outcomes. This pattern of convergent physiological strategies supports the importance of biochemical and physiological adaptations to cope with extreme environmental stress and suggests that inferring mechanism from transcriptomics or proteomics or metabolomics alone, without rigorous follow-up at the biochemical and physiological levels, could lead to erroneous conclusions. Summary: The apparent convergent evolution of diapause in brine shrimp and annual killifish has occurred at the physiological level, via unique molecular mechanisms. This review underscores the central importance of physiological, rather than molecular, responses to environmental stress.


A variety of fascinating C2, C3, C4, and C6Re/Os3complexes can be obtained, starting from thermal reactions of alkynyl complexes [(η5-C5Me5)Re(NO)(PPh3){(C≡C)nH}] and [Os3(CO)10(NCCH3)2], or the C3OMe complex [(η5-C5Me5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(C≡CC(OMe)=Os3(CO)11] alone. Two examples of such complexes are shown; the one on the right features a carbon with a geometry even more distorted than "planar tetracoordinate".


This study aimed to determine the factors affecting the satisfaction of 3-year-programme college pharmacy alumni on training/educational quality at a pharmacy college in Vietnam.

 A cross-sectional research using a purposive sampling method was conducted on the alumni who had recently graduated in 2020 of a pharmacy college in Hai Duong, Vietnam. Data collection was conducted in two phases from November 2021 to January 2022, with the first phase being an online survey through Google Forms and the second phase being phone interviews and the use of the Zalo application. The quality of educational training was evaluated using 21 items, with an additional item designated for overall satisfaction. Exploratory factor analysis identified the four factors from the 21 items assessing training quality, whereas multivariate regression analysis determined the relationship between satisfaction factors and the overall satisfaction.

 A total of 282 complete records were obtained. The college pharmacist alumni's satisfaction with the training qualities is influenced by four main factors, with internal consistency assessed using Cronbach's alpha (α): the training staff (α = 0.93), the facilities and environment qualities (α = 0.91), the training programmes (α = 0.88) and the administrative formalities and support activities (α = 0.84). All factors had a positive impact on alumni satisfaction, the training staff factor (β = 0.460, P < 0.001) had the greatest impact on the alumni satisfaction.

 This study identified four factors affecting the satisfaction of college pharmacy alumni on training quality, including (1) the training staff, (2) the facilities and environmental qualities, (3) the training programmes and (4) the administrative formalities and support activities. To enhance training quality and alumni satisfaction, educational institutions should focus on innovating the teaching methods of the faculty, shifting from traditional teaching methods to active teaching methods that make lectures dynamic and help students develop necessary skills, as well as organizing training sessions and practical visits to improve specialized knowledge and practical experience for the faculty.


Occupying one of in the lead positions in the world on potato manufacture, Russia at the same time remains on one of last places on productivity. An important role in development of agrarian and industrial complex of the Bryansk region plays potato a subcomplex.


There have been some researches on analysis using finely-meshed FE model to understand in detail the behaviors of buildings during severe earthquakes. The accuracy of such analysis is often validated by comparing the results to the corresponding full-scale shaking table test. While they are highly successful in the accuracy, no researches take account of the effect of fracture of members. In this paper, numerical analysis is conducted for a steel structure subjected to multiple series of excitations in a full-scale shaking table test considering the fracture. The structure is modeled with planar and solid finite elements and the fracture is treated by mandatory deletion of elements at time when fracture was observed in the experiment. It is shown that, by considering fracture of steel members with deletion of elements the history of input excitations and caused damages, the behaviors can be simulated by analysis with much higher accuracy.


A mounting apparatus for mounting a microphonic probe tube on a patient includes a headband adapted to fit securely on the head of a patient and an adjusting arm which extends outwardly from the headband above each ear of the patient. Each adjusting arm is mounted to the headband in a manner which allows lateral adjustment of the position of the arm so that it can be located directly over the ear canal. The microphonic probe tube is mounted to a mounting rod extending downwardly from the adjusting arm and can be positioned at a point directly outwardly from the ear canal. When the probe tube is so positioned, a dial at the end of the adjusting arm can be turned by the operator to move the probe tube tip a selected distance into the ear canal of the patient to a position at which the real ear measurements are to be made. The precise position of the probe tube tip within the ear canal can be determined by reading the position of an indicator on the adjusting arm with respect to a scale formed along the arm which shows the relative position of the pendant mounting rod and thus the probe tube tip. The secure mounting of the adjusting arm to the headband and the firm mounting of the headband on the head of the patient allows precision measurements of the probe tube tip position to be made and inadvertent contact of the probe tube with the ear drum to be minimized despite motions of the patient's head.


Abtsrcat For two independently drawn samples from continuous distributions, a permutation test based on the mutual information statistic is proposed for the null hypothesis that both the samples originate from the same population. It is demonstrated through simulation that this test is more powerful than the commonly used nonparametric tests in many situations. We also discuss the test in a real life setup.


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In this interview Ivan Halasz De Beky talks about the flow of Hungarian people to Canada—before and after the Second World War, and following the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. He explains the nature of the social hierarchy in Hungarian society. Dr. DeBeky talks about the formation of what he calls a 'special kind' of rightist views in the Hungarian Canadian community, and the motivation behind the creation of TANU, a community newspaper. The goal was to present an objective view of the Hungarian reality, including the left/right dichotomy in immigrant communities in general. He talks about TANU's position in the relationship between the immigrant community and the home country.


It is gratifying to note that action has been initiated and funded to modernize world-wide military communications facilities. The US Air Force Projects 465-L and 480-L (456-L) are the bellwethers. The US Army?s UNICOM program and comparable US Navy projects are in various stages of implementation. All of these projects are aimed at increasing the quantity and reliability of telecommunications channels, increasing channel capacity or information rates, and reducing error rates, not only by the application of improved frequency stabilizing techniques, modern modulation and coherent detection methods, and the utilization of sophisticated coding as dictated by statistical information theory, but also by the application of highspeed mass-data-handling techniques that have been developed in the relatively glamorous field of electronic computers. Despite the excellence of the engineering effort that underlies these modernization programs, there appears to be one area of communications that has not been improved to date, namely, communications between staff-level progenitors of requirements and the working-level engineers who specify the design details of systems and equipments. Several examples, drawn from a nearly limitless number, highlight the need for establishing and maintaining effective communications (liaison) between the individuals of operational planning staffs and the implementing engineers. A free and untrammeled interchange of information between them would be educationally beneficial to both groups and economically beneficial to the taxpayer.


Thirty-seven papers, in 11 sessions, encompass various areas such as high level dynamic response, seismic margins, seismic response control, damping and energy dissipation, soil structure interaction, and developments in codes and standards. They were originally presented at a symposium of the July


Objective To analyze the relationship between the index of lung parenchyma destruction and pulmonary function deterioration in smokers.Methods The lung lobes of 13 smokers who received surgical operations were fixed by intrabronchical infusion of 10% formalin with a pressure maintained at 25 cm of water for 24~48 h.The specimens were cut sagittally into slices of 0 3 cm away from the tumor site.Sections of 6 μm thick were stained with Harris and Eosin for light microscopy.Using a point count system,parenchyma destruction index (DI) was quantitated,then the association of DI with pulmonary function was analyzed.Results The DI correlated well with FEV 1 /FVC%( r =-0 6324, P =0 01) and TLC%pred ( r =0 6605, P 0 01) in smokers.In addition,the DI was significantly different between the controls groups and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) groups ( P 0 01).Conclusions The measurement of the DI is an feasible,reliable and reproducible microscopic technique to quantitate lung parechymal destruction.Increased destructive index correlated with deterioration of lung function in patients with COPD.


Gary McGraw sits down with security gurus Steven M. Bellovin and Matthew Green, coauthors of the report "Keys under Doormats: Mandating Insecurity by Requiring Government Access to All Data and Communications."


Short Range Devices (SRDs) operate in unlicensed spectrum, and though there are some rules to control the sharing of radio resources, there is no limit to the geographical density of devices. Therefore, efficient radio resource utilization is of paramount importance to guarantee the expected performance, even in high contention situations. It is also necessary to guarantee that the growing number of SRDs operating in the adjacent band of Long Term Evolution (LTE) do not degrade its performance, and vice-versa. In this work, the operation of SRDs in a building automation application scenario is assessed using a Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) channel access scheme for multiple SRD densities. CSMA is considered both as a standalone access scheme and in coexistence with another random channel access scheme — Duty Cycle (DC). Simulation results have shown that the SRD system underperforms if the transmission power is too low or too high, which means that, in order to obtain the best performance, the transmission power of CSMA nodes needs to be carefully adjusted taking into account the operating area. Moreover, CSMA is proven to successfully operate in the presence of dozens of DC sensors, although at the cost of more energy required for retransmissions. Finally, with respect to the LTE and SRD coexistence scenario, the analysis shows that the LTE User Equipment (UE) emissions may impair the SRD system; on the other hand, the impact of SRD emissions on LTE UEs is insignificant.


Several software programs have been developed to assist in the hydraulic design and analysis of culverts. Of the available programs, HY8 is the most widely used and distributed. The first version of HY8 was provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for distribution in the 1980s. Since that time, understanding of culvert hydraulics has increased significantly and acceptable modeling techniques have been further developed. Computer capabilities have also advanced to facilitate better graphical displays and post processing options. As a result, modernization of HY8 is timely. This paper will provide a brief overview of the existing HY8 software in order to understand its capabilities and limitations. Further, the need for and status of an updated version of HY8 will be presented, including a comparison of the old and new HY8 interfaces.


The Case of Juliana v. U.S. In June, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in a suit filed by 21 children and adolescents charging that the federal government's inaction on ad...


Electronic commerce, and in particular online auctions, have received an extreme surge of popularity in recent years. While auction theory has been studied for a long time from a game-theory perspective, the electronic implementation of the auction mechanism poses new and challenging research questions. In this work, we focus on the price formation process and its dynamics. We present a new source of rich auction data and introduce an innovative way of modelling and analyzing price dynamics. Specifically, the goal of this paper is to characterize heterogeneity in the price formation process and understand its sources. We represent the price process in auctions as functional objects by accommodating the special structure of bidding data. We then use curve clustering to segment auctions and characterize each cluster, and then directly model cluster-specific price dynamics via differential equations. Our findings suggest that there are several types of dynamics even for auctions of comparable items. Moreover, by coupling the dynamics with information on the auction format, the seller and the winner, we find new relationships between price dynamics and the auction environment, and we tie these findings to the existing literature on online auctions. Our results also show a significant gain in information compared to a traditional clustering approach.


ZrO2 has been used for hip and knee joint replacements because of the excellent combination of biocompatibility, low density and corrosion resistance. However, coarse-grained ZrO2 has low wear, abrasion resistance and fracture toughness. One of the methods to improve mechanical properties is generally to refine the grain size. As nanomaterials possess high strength, high hardness, excellent ductility and toughness, undoubtedly, more attention has been paid for the application of nanomaterials Cr2Zr-1.5ZrO2 composite was simultaneously synthesized and consolidated by pulsed current activated heating within two min from mechanically milled powders. Highly dense nanostructured Cr2Zr-1.5ZrO2 composite with a relative density of up to 98.5% was produced under application of an 80 MPa pressure with the pulsed current. The mechanical properties and microstructure of the Cr2Zr-1.5ZrO2 composite was investigated using Vickers hardness measurement, X-ray diffraction analysis and Scanning electron microscope observation.


The standard algorithm for testing irreducibility of a trinomial of degree r over GF(2) requires 2r + O(1) bits of memory and of order r2 bit-operations. We describe an algorithm which requires only 3r/2 + O(1) bits of memory and less bit-operations than the standard algorithm. Using the algorithm, we have found several new irreducible trinomials of high degree.If r is a Mersenne exponent (i.e. 2r - 1 is a Mersenne prime), then an irreducible trinomial of degree r is necessarily primitive and can be used to give a pseudo-random number generator with period at least 2r - 1. We give examples of primitive trinomials for r = 756839, 859433, and 3021377. The results for r = 859433 extend and correct some computations of Kumada et al [Mathematics of Computation 69 (2000), 811-814]. The two results for r = 3021377 are primitive trinomials of the highest known degree.


This longitudinal study analyzed the direction of the association between sports participation and problem behavior. Participants were a nationally representative sample of 1,692 adolescents (ages 11-19). Results showed that, beyond baseline measures of problem behaviors, time in sports (Wave I) was negatively associated with internalizing behaviors (Wave II). However, there was not a significant relation between time in sports and externalizing behavior. In addition to analyzing the relation between previous time in sports and subsequent problem behaviors, previous problem behaviors were used to predict subsequent time spent in sport. Results showed that previous internalizing behavior (Wave I) was negatively associated with time in sports (Wave II), but only for females. Externalizing behavior was not related to subsequent time spent in sport.


The invention relates to a method for controlling the tail portion of a thin rolled container plate. The method for controlling the tail portion of the thin rolled container plate is characterized in that in the heating process of a heating furnace, a heating temperature schedule is set according to the production mode and the temperature required by a plate blank when the plate blank is placed into the furnace, in the rough rolling process, rapid rolling is conducted and the temperature in the final stage of rough rolling is guaranteed to be controlled within the range of 1110+/-30 DEG C, in the finish rolling process, the temperature of a finish rolling outlet is controlled within the range of (880-900)+/-20 DEG C, in the finish rolling process, the laminar flow cooling method is adopted as a front section rapid cooling method, the temperature of a laminar flow outlet is controlled within the range of 630+/-20 DEG C, and the speed of a finish rolling unit is controlled through the method of controlling the speed of a penetrating belt and the speed of the tail portion. The method for controlling the tail portion of the thin rolled container plate has the advantages that the tail portion throwing rate is lowed from 40% to about 2%, the tail portion throwing is effectively reduced, smoothness of rolling is ensured, the product specification is expanded, the problem that the tail portion of the thin limit material is thrown due to the fact that the rolling speed is high and an operator can not timely adjust the rolling speed is solved, stable production of the thin container plate is achieved, and the market competitiveness of the thin container plate is improved.


Given X 1, …, X n independent real random variables with common but unknown absolutely continuous distribution function F, we study the asymptotic behaviour of two classes of multistage plug-in bandwidth selectors for the kernel distribution function estimator F¯ n , on the basis of two asymptotic approximations of the optimal bandwidth h MISE that minimizes the mean integrated square error E∫{F¯ n (x)−F(x)}2 dx. The second asymptotic approximation we consider is, to our knowledge, new in the literature. Although a better rate of convergence for h MISE could be obtained by a multistage plug-in procedure based on this new asymptotic approximation, we prove that, from an asymptotic point of view, there is not a substantial difference between the two classes of associated kernel distribution function estimators in the sense of the integrated square error. For finite sample sizes, a simulation study indicates that the plug-in methods based on the new asymptotic approximation of the optimal bandwidth are superior to the corresponding one based on the asymptotic approximation usually considered in the literature. Some comparisons with the cross-validation procedure proposed by Bowman et al. [Bowman, A., Hall, P. and Prvan, T., 1998, Bandwidth selection for the smoothing of distribution functions. Biometrika, 85, 799–808.] are also presented.


Objective To study the anti-proliferation and inducing apoptosis effects of cytokine-induced killer cells-CIK cells on ZK-75-1 breast cancer cell lines and to probe its underlying mechanism. Methods To detect the anti-proliferation and the cytotoxicity of CIK cells on ZK-75-1 breast cancer line by MTT assay.The morphological changes of the apoptosis cell were observed by invert microscope,HE stain, and transmission electron microscope. Results MTT assay showed that the inhibitive rate enhanced obviously with the addition of Effect/Target rate and extension of time (P 0.01 ). Breast cancer cells apoptosis or necrocytosis from morphological observe after breast cancer cells were induced by CIK cells 24 hours. Conclusion CIK cells are highly efficient cytolytic effector cells which have a stronger significant suppression against growth of breast cancer and the result provides an experimental basis for CIK to clinical application as an adoptive immunotherapy.


The outcomes of immunohistochemical analysis of the cytoand histoarhitectonic of white rats in the dynamics of a wound process after a mechanical trauma in vivo and at the a background of correction of the skin drenage-detoxication function condition and proliferative activity of its cells are presented in the paper. It has been shown that: the basic structurall functional changes, typical of a skin wound process (in particularly the level of cellular proliferation), can be modulated using specific effects (retinoid drugs), but also nonspecific ones of carbon-mineral sorbents. This siguificautly changes the wound repairing.


The fourth chapter investigates manuscripts as evidence for those who came across these books and used them to make communities' histories more permanent. A major function of books as holders of information—information often seemingly irrelevant to the main text copied into the volume—illustrates the importance of particular kinds of manuscripts to their owners, their institutions, and their regions. The writing of names and legal documents into Gospel-books, in particular, demonstrates the shift of the book's function from transmitter of knowledge to repository of collective memory, akin to the phenomenon of large family Bibles. This becomes of particular importance when what is added in the recording of notes is among the earliest writing in a language, such as the Welsh additions in the St Chad Gospels.


The problem of how shear instabilities redistribute matter and angular momentum accreted by a star from a disk is considered. Necessary conditions for stability of the star to nonaxisymmetric perturbations are derived by use of the short wavelength approximation. By considering growth rates, it is shown that freshly accreted material rapidly takes up a quasi-spherical distribution due to dynamical instabilities. However, mixing inward toward the stellar interior occurs on a thermal time scale or longer.


Using the digital 6.7 μm satellite water vapor image and NCEP/NCAR 1°×1° reanalysis data,the synoptic and dynamic processes of Yellow River cyclone induced Bohai storm tide is diagnosed based on the dry intrusion and potential vorticity theories.The result shows that the storm tide occurred during the adjustment of Eurasia mid-and high-latitude circulations,east moving and development of unstable low tough and the rebuilding of East Asian trough.Northerly gale wind induced by strongly developed Yellow River cyclone forced the sharp increase of tide over Bohai tide sharply bloomed.Dry cold air from tropopause with high potential vorticity intruded into lower level troposphere shown as dark area in vapor image,when the dry cold air encountered with warm moist and wet air from low troposphere,it was distorted into an axe-shaped dry air area which manifested a strong horizontal deformation.Then the cyclone rapidly strengthened when it moved to the area with bigger potential vorticity from upper to lower levels.It followed by the mature of cyclone when the spiral structure can be found in the dry and wet area.In the center of cyclone where the dry air with lower θw superposed the warm air with higher θw,which increased the potential instability.The mechanism of rapid intensification of cyclone can be shown as follows: Firstly,the downward intrusion of dry air into low level;secondly the reduction of static stability of atmosphere and augmentation of absolute vorticity;finally,the quick development of cyclone.The isallobairc gradient,pressure gradient,downward propagation of upper level momentum and divergence of super-low-level jet all contributed to the gale wind during the Bohai storm tide.


The Northeastern region of India presents a context where continuing insurgency and conflict of decades has given rise to a parallel polity of multiple languages of identity, ideology and imagination which exists alongside a constitutional legal polity and challenges the authority and legitimacy of Indian state. And most peace building initiatives on the part of Indian government have largely been attempts to address political aspects related to granting power through politics of Accords disregarding other stakeholders in the conflict. Such initiatives conducted at elite level generate dissatisfaction and mistrust and undermine the legitimacy of the process, resulting in the growth of parallel militant outfits by aggrieved groups. This paper show the problem of insurgency faced by Nagaland and Mizoram and I excluded other North-Eastern states because it is only Nagaland and Mizoram which suffered a lot from secessionist movement in North-East India. Paper is generally based on secondary resources i.e. News paper, magazine, Books, Journals, Internet sources and from other historical record etc.


This article aims at studying the political commitment of young Copts who, in March 2011, took part in founding the Maspero Youth Union, a movement which claims to organize one of the youth groups involved in the revolution. The Maspero Youth Union questions one of the hidden meanings of the revolution. To what extent has it challenged the politicization of the other forces involved in the revolution? In what way has it disrupted the relationship between the State and the Coptic Church? What has been its contribution to Coptic militancy in particular and to the 2011 revolution in general?


Travel times of long-period SKS and S2KS phases recorded at the GDSN and WWSSN stations were analyzed to retrieve information about the radial structure of the outer core. We propose a new velocity model for the outermost core named KTH. The velocity at the top of the core is 8.016 km s-1, and the velocity in the outermost 200 km of the core is 0.11 km s-1 faster than that. of HALES and ROBERTS (1971), that in the outer 200∼400 km of the core is identical within 1% to that of HALES and ROBERTS (1971). We find that the inhomogeneity index η is slightly larger than unity in the outermost 100∼200 km of the core where a preferable value of η just beneath the core-mantle boundary is 1.5 which corresponds to Brunt-Vaisala frequency N of 8.6 × 10-4 s-1. We suggest that the outermost 100∼200 km of the core is stably stratified. The thickness of the stable stratified layer in the present study is not far from those of 70∼80 km thickness derived from theoretical considerations. By comparing possible lateral heterogeneity in the outermost core with temperature distribution from a geomagnetic study, we infer that a chemically stratified layer is preferable in the outermost core.


Fig. 2 Main features of a tensile testing machine. + 2 TENSILE TESTING MACHINE The British Museum Conservation Research Section has recently acquired a 15003 bench-top tensile test machine, manufactured by 1.1. Lloyd Instruments Ltd (Fig. 1). The machine consists essentially of a mechanism to apply a load in tension or compression to a specimen, electronic load cells to measure the applied load and an X-Y plotter to plot the applied load against strain. The main features of the instrument are shown diagrammatically in Figure 2. The load applied to the specimen is measured by the load cell. A series of load cells with maximum ratings of 5000, 500, 100,50 and 5N (N = Newton) can be interchanged to give maximum sensitivity. The sample is held in grips which can


The main purpose of this paper was to investigate preservice science teachers' sense of character and values as global citizens; namely their ecological worldview, social and moral compassion and socioscientific accountability. Convenience sampling was used to administer Character and Values as Global Citizens Assessment Questionnaire to 201 preservice science teachers across different grade levels. The validity and reliability analysis revealed that Character and Values as Global Citizens Assessment Questionnaire can safely be used in Turkish context. Factor analysis extracted five main factors of the questionnaire: Interconnectedness, moral and ethical sensitivity, perspective-taking, empathic concerns, and feeling of responsibility under three components of ecological worldview, social and moral compassion, and socioscientific accountability. Besides, preservice science teachers scored moderately high on the components, ecological worldview, social and moral compassion and socioscientific accountability. The participants scored highest on Empathic concerns dimension and lowest on Feeling of responsibility dimension. The implications of the findings were also presented.


Commercial exploitation of marine natural gas hydrate (NGH) is crucial for energy decarbonization. However, hydrate production would weaken reservoir mechanical properties and trigger geohazards. Experimental instruments are the basis to obtain the mechanical responses of hydrate-bearing sediments (HBS). Considering the reservoir deformation processes from elastic deformation to residual deformation during hydrate exploitation, this study comprehensively reviewed the feasibility and mechanical research progress of the bender element, resonance column, atomic force microscope, triaxial shear, direct shear, ring shear, and static penetration in mechanical testing. Each test method's precision and sample size were comprehensively compared and analyzed. Finally, the limitations and challenges of the current mechanical testing methods for HBS were discussed, and their future development directions were proposed. The proposed development direction in mechanical testing methods is expected to provide insightful guidance for the development of instruments and improve the understanding of the mechanical behavior of HBS.


Surface waters were sampled at fifteen randomly selected stations in various parts of the Lagos Lagoon and analysed for 17 trace elements in order to assess the influence of industrial, domestic and other anthropogenic activities on the Lagoon. Although certain elements were not detected in some of the samples, the mean concentrations of most of the elements investigated were 2–10 orders of magnitude greater than levels expected in unpolluted rivers. Source identification studies using factor analysis showed that elevated levels of most of the elements were anthropogenic in origin. The physico‐chemical speciation of Fe, Mn, Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd was also investigated in the areas of industrial and municipal effluent discharge into the Lagoon. Most of the Fe, Mn and Pb were found in the particulate fraction, while Cu and Zn existed mainly in the soluble fraction as chelex‐100 non‐labile species.


The signs and symptoms after surgical removal of the impacted mandibular third molar tooth can include pain, trismus and swelling; there are many modalities to treat these signs and symptoms like pain killer and non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Low power laser therapy can be one of these modalitiesThe aim of the study is to investigate the effects of low power laser therapy, diclofenac sodium or in combination in reduction of post operative signs and symptoms.Material and methods: A total of 40 patients requiring surgical removal of mandibular third molars were divided in 4 groups of 10 patients in each group: the first group treated with low power laser therapy, group 2 was treated with diclofenac sodium, group 3 was treated with combination of low power laser and diclofenac sodium and group 4 was treated with placebo.Results: the postoperative pain records for group 1, group 2 and group 3 were pain records less than that for group 4. The mean of postoperative mouth opening measurements records for group1, group2 and group 3 were more than the group 4. Also the mean of postoperative swelling records for group1, group2 and group 3 were less than the group 4These results may agree with most researchers in proving that Low power laser therapy can be beneficial in the reduction of post-operative signs and symptoms; however the methods of application and the doses of laser power need further investigations.In conclusion low power laser therapy alone or with combination with Diclofenac sodium medication can be good procedure for the reduction of postoperative signs and symptoms after surgical operation of removal of mandibular third molar. Diclofenac sodium medication alone was superior to Low power laser therapy alone


Veterans have been crying aloud for relief in the area of obtaining legal assistance in the processing of claims. Students are attracted to the NCCU Veterans Law Program because they gain hands-on experience handling claims and because many of the NCCU law students are veterans or active duty personnel committed to serve in active duty military service upon graduation from law school. Our hope is that the experience that law students gain from working with this Veterans Law Program will not only assist veterans who otherwise would have meritorious claims denied but also will prepare these students for rendering service to veterans once they become practicing attorneys—and fill the void that has existed since 1862. Our society must be ready to assist our existing and returning veterans legally, medically, and socially, and this Veterans Law Program is committed to doing its part.


When control of cavitation erosion can be accomplished by changes in operating conditions, real-time monitoring of cavitation level is a valuable tool. Three types of cavitation monitors were selected for laboratory development and field evaluations on Francis and Kaplan-type hydroturbines. The selected techniques include: an acoustic emissions method which utilizes a high frequency accelerometer and a RMS-to-DC converter chip; a pressure-based method which calculates a dynamic cavitation index from the draft tube pressure and the measured flow rate; and an acoustic emissions method which computes spectral characteristics of the draft tube wall. The paper includes descriptions of laboratory facilities; outlines test equipment, methods, and procedures; and presents results from laboratory and field tests.


For the critic Sven Birkerts?author of The Gutenberg Elegies (1994)?the print ed word stands on the verge of extinction, a casualty of electronic media and information technology. But for the Irish poet Greg Delanty (b. 1958), who grew up in Cork in a family of printers, the metal and ink of hot-metal print ing exert a continuing fascination and offer a fertile ground for metaphor. In The Hellbox (1998), Delanty's recent collection of poems, the figure of printing becomes at once a conduit for memory, a vehicle for the exploration of immi grant identity, and an emblem for the poet's social role. Recalling "the old names for printing; / The Mysterious Craft or simply The Mystery" Delanty reclaims for that craft an inherent dignity and an inveigling strangeness.1 The Hellbox is Delanty's fourth collection of poems. In theme and tone it extends the enterprise o? American Wake (1995), his previous collection, but it also represents greater maturity of style and perspective. About a third of the eighteen poems in The Hellbox reflect, fondly but realistically, on the print shop where Delanty's father was foreman and the poet was a lowly apprentice. Other poems explore Delanty's American experience, including his visit to a ghost town in New Hampshire, a stroll under the cathedral arches / of Brooklyn Bridge that's strung like a harp," (HB 33) and a meandering trip through Ver mont with a fellow poet, a "parody... of Brendan or Odysseus and their muti nous crews" (HB 28). In tones ranging from buoyant to sad to bitter, Delanty addresses a spectrum of personal themes, most prominently the loss of his father, humiliation in childhood, rejection in adulthood, emigrant identity, and?not least?the estate of poetry, contending at one point, "that awesome poetry should be dumped" (HB 42). Although Delanty gravitates toward the sonnet, The Hellbox also contains poems in "open," American-influenced form, among them the title poem, which throws off the fetters of meter, adopts a feck less tone, and rambles on for ten pages, exulting in its own asymmetries and imperfections. Common to many of the poems is a fusion of conventional form with a vernacular diction which can embrace words as earthy as jawing, shagging, and shebang. And common to nearly all is the conceit of printing,


The SFG-tracing methodology addresses the automatic verification of digital synchronous circuit implementations as specified at the algorithmic level as signal- (SFG) or data flow graphs. The SFG-tracing methodology is a multi-level design verification paradigm that aims at bridging the gap between higher level specifications down to lower level implementations up to the transistor switch level. The concepts of the SFG-tracing methodology are illustrated by the automatic verification of a transistor level implementation of a small chip generated from its high level specification by the Cathedral-II silicon compiler. This application, although simple, includes a datapath, register files, a multi-branch micro coded controller, and additional circuitry as necessary for design for testability measures. This application illustrates the SFG-tracing verification methodology as applied to one member of a partitioned SFG behavioral specification. Experimental results on more complex, completely verified designs of 32000 transistors demonstrate the feasibility of the approach.<<ETX>>


The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the Blink Reflex as method useful in obtaining an early diagnosis of cranial nerve compromission in diabetic patients, frequently affected with peripheral neuropathy


Objective:To find out factors related to the delay in diagnosis of panic disorder. Methods: One hundred patients with panic disorder were assessed and investigated with SCL-90 and a self-compiled questionnaire.Linear regression was applied in the multivariate statistical analysis,with the delayed time (from the age at onset to the age at being definitely diagnosed) as dependent variable and SCL-90 factorial scores, the existing symptoms and the demographic factors as independent variables. Results:Factors negatively correlated with the delayed time were depression ,nausea/abdominal discomfort and fear of dying while those positively correlated with it were phobia and depersonalization/derealization. Conclusion: Depression may contribute to early diagnosis of panic disorder.


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Tylenchorhynchus tobari n. sp., monosexual, L = 0.61-0.77 mm, V = 51-56, stylet = 17-19 μm, is distinguished by its four-lobed lip region with thin four-lobed disc, narrow body annules with longitudinal striae on neck, cuticular markings in mid ventral line behind vulva, about 50 annules on tail, non-annulated terminus. Tylenchorhynchus velatus n. sp., bisexual, L = 0.66-0.80 mm, V = 51-57, stylet = 22-25 μm, is distinguished by its six-lobed lip region with thin oval disc, vulval sheath about 10 μm long, tail with about 25 annules, annulated terminus. Morulaimus simplex n. sp., bisexual, L = 1.15-1.61 mm, V = 51-59, stylet = 62-74 μm, is distinguished by its continuous lip region less elaborately divided than in other known species, inconspicuous labial framework, prominent sclerotisation behind basal plate, tail with 35-45 annules, terminus annulated.


JAMES SHELDON is a Sally Cassanova Predoctoral Scholar conducting research on Complex Instruction and discourse at the University of Arizona, 1430 E. Second Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, email: firstname.lastname@example.com. His research draws upon queer theory and disability studies to explore how students are constructed as low-achieving and how teachers can move from looking at individual deficits to models of curriculum and pedagogy based on Complex Instruction. He is a special education mathematics teacher at the California Virtual Academies, a virtual Title I public charter school. BOOK REVIEW


Different diffeomorphisms can give the same [Formula: see text] crossed product algebra. Our main purpose is to show that we can still classify dynamical systems with some appropriate smooth crossed product algebras when their corresponding [Formula: see text] crossed product algebras are isomorphic. For this purpose, we construct two minimal unique ergodic diffeomorphisms [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text]. The [Formula: see text] algebras classification theory, smooth crossed product algebras considered by R. Nest and cyclic cohomology are used to show that [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] give the same [Formula: see text] algebra and induce different smooth crossed product algebras.


Today, the task of developing microoptical gyroscopes is topical. Usually, tunable lasers with a built-in frequency stabilization system are used in such gyroscopes. They are comparatively bulky, which hinders the real miniaturization of optical gyroscopes. We propose a new approach implemented by using a Mach–Zehnder modulator with a passive ring resonator connected to one of its arms. This makes it possible to obtain a mutual configuration and makes the use of a tunable laser optional. Two ring resonators made of the polarization-maintaining fiber, suitable for use as sensitive elements of a gyroscope, were realized and investigated. Their Q-factor is equal to 14.5 × 106 and 28.9 × 106. The maximum sensitivity of the proposed method when using the described resonators is 3.2 and 1.8 °/h, respectively. The first experimental setup of a resonator gyroscope implementing this approach has been manufactured and analyzed. When measuring the rotation speed by the quasi-harmonic signal span and its phase, the measurement accuracy was approximately 11 and 0.4 °/s, respectively.


To better harvest the kinetic energy of the human and broaden the energy harvest frequency band, a nonlinear piezo-electromagnetic composite human energy harvester (NPE-HEH) is proposed. A magnetic repulsion force between the two groups of magnets makes the energy harvester nonlinear. The excitation experiment and the actual experiment of the human are carried out for the harvester. The excitation experiment results show that there is an optimal resistance value of the harvester to maximize the output power value. When the excitation acceleration is 0.4 g and the excitation frequency is 9 Hz, the output voltage value and the output power of the electromagnetic part of the energy harvester are 0.86 V and 2.47 mW respectively, and the output performance is excellent. When the energy harvester is installed in a backpack with a moving speed of 9 km/h, it can generate 0.7 mW of power. When the energy harvester is placed on the leg, the output performance is good and the output power can reach 1.3 mW. The energy harvester can efficiently harvest energy at low frequencies. This harvester is efficient at low frequencies, compact in size, and easy to carry, making it highly suitable for human vibration energy harvesting applications.


A ceramic interlayer suitable for diamond film deposition on multi-spectra ZnS substrate was prepared by electron beam evaporation.Diamond film deposition was conducted using microwave CVD method.It was found that diamond nucleation on the ceramic interlayer was extremely difficult.However,an induced nucleation technique was introduced,and diamond nucleation in a small area was obtained(a ring about 1mm in width).In the present investigation,a new study has been carried out to improve the effect of induced nucleation and the much more nucleation area has been obtained,which is more than ten times compared to the former.The quality of diamond film was presented by Raman spectrum.Furthermore IR spectrum of the diamond/interlayer/ZnS sample was displayed.


Abstract As the sharing economy continues to diffuse in the global sphere, this paper seeks to understand the relevant behavioral antecedents for individuals to supply resources in technology-enabled platforms, especially in environments where resource scarcity subsists and the cultural landscape varies. Explicitly, we examine the impact of a set of belief factors and the individual-level collectivistic orientation on the core constructs of the Theory of Planned Behavior. A web-based survey was carried out in the Philippines, and a total of 365 valid responses were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling. Results show that attitude and perceived behavioral control strongly drive the consumers' intention to share resources in the sharing economy. Attitude is markedly preceded by altruistic and social tenets traditionally attached to sharing practices, while perceived behavioral control is endorsed by perceived trust and ease of use. Also, this work recognizes the attributions of culture to behavior as evidenced by the significant positive effect of collectivism towards the subjective norm. However, the potency of subjective norms on behavioral intention is argued. The study findings offer relevant insights to existing and prospective sharing economy platform providers in fostering peer-provider participation in the less developed world.


On any given day, more than 150,000 people are held in over 3,500 local jails in the United States. Over the course of a year, many times that number of persons pass through these local places of confinement. More than forty percent of those held in local jails have been accused of crimes, but not convicted.' They are pretrial detainees. The United States detains people at a rate twice that of neighboring Canada and three times that of Great Britain.2 Hundreds of jails are overcrowded and large numbers of these jails are under court orders to reduce their populations and improve conditions within.~ Costs of holding a person range up to more than $70 per day or as much as $26,000 per year.'


A new species of Miconia sect. Miconia subsection Seriatiflorae . was collected in Igapo Forest from the Purus-Madeira interfluve, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. This new species, Miconia suberosa, can be distinguished from other species in the subsection by a variety of morphological features, namely: (i) treelet habit; (ii) deeply fissured bark with a thick cork; (iii) long dendritic hairs with short arms on young branches, inflorescences and leaves; (iv) petiolated leaves with rounded to obtuse bases, and ciliate margins, congested at the branch apices; and, (v) truncated stigmas.


The Zinc oxide thin films were grown on the amorphous glass substrate using Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) technique at room temperature. The various preparative parameters were optimized to obtain good quality films. The as-grown films were annealed at 350° C for 2 h in air. The comparative study of the annealed and the as-grown thin films of ZnO were done for structural, optical and electrical studies. Polycrystalline nature was depicted from the x-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns. The peak intensity of as-grown ZnO thin films enhances after annealing. The average grain size calculated from XRD patterns was 17.66 nm for as-grown, while it increased to 24.66 nm after annealing. The band gap of as-grown ZnO thin films was relatively higher and was found to be 3.80 eV. After air annealing, the band gap decrease to 3.58 eV. The current-voltage characteristics show nearly ohmic behavior with decrease in the film resistance, after annealing in air. N-type conductivity was confirmed from the TEP measurements.The Zinc oxide thin films were grown on the amorphous glass substrate using Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) technique at room temperature. The various preparative parameters were optimized to obtain good quality films. The as-grown films were annealed at 350° C for 2 h in air. The comparative study of the annealed and the as-grown thin films of ZnO were done for structural, optical and electrical studies. Polycrystalline nature was depicted from the x-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns. The peak intensity of as-grown ZnO thin films enhances after annealing. The average grain size calculated from XRD patterns was 17.66 nm for as-grown, while it increased to 24.66 nm after annealing. The band gap of as-grown ZnO thin films was relatively higher and was found to be 3.80 eV. After air annealing, the band gap decrease to 3.58 eV. The current-voltage characteristics show nearly ohmic behavior with decrease in the film resistance, after annealing in air. N-type conductivity was confirmed from ...


Building upon the existing Smart-seq2/3 workflows, we developed FLASH-seq (FS), a new full-length scRNA-seq method capable of detecting a significantly higher number of genes than both previous versions, requiring limited hands-on time and with a great potential for customization. FLASH-seq Low-Amplification (FS-LA), represents FS quickest iteration, generating sequencing-ready libraries in 4.5 hours by removing intermediate cleanups and QC steps and without sacrificing performance. FS-LA is the best choice when a large number of plates need to be processed in parallel.


This study investigated the relation between the amount learned by high school students in a brief teaching session conducted by their peers and two aspects of the interpersonal sensitivity of teacher and student, encoding ability and decoding ability. Encoding ability was measured with a paper-and-pencil scale of empathic sensitivity believed to measure self-presentation and role-taking ability. Decoding ability was measured with (a) the PONS, a film designed to assess sensitivity to nonverbal behavioral cues, and (b) a measure of person-perception accuracy derived from self-report and rating-of-partner questionnaires. Student learning was strongly correlated with the encoding skill of the teacher but was not correlated with the teacher's decoding ability. The opposite pattern of results emerged for students. Students' learning was correlated with their own decoding skill but was not correlated with their encoding ability. Results support a multidimensional construct of interpersonal sensitivity and demonstrate its potential impact in one-on-one teaching interactions.


The objective of the IRIDIUM program is to achieve a global personal satellite communication system based on a network of 66 communications satellites placed in low earth orbits. A key component of each of these satellites is the Main Mission Antenna (MMA), which consists of 3 fully active phased array panels, and provides the L-band link from the satellite to the ground users. Each phased array panel produces 16 beams, for a total of 48 beams per satellite, with users on the ground communicating with the IRIDIUM network through the satellite whose beam covers the user. The link quality and capacity specifications of the IRIDIUM system place unusual requirements on the MMA. These requirements have led to the synthesis of a novel electromagnetic and structural architecture for the MMA panels. Each MMA panel contains over 100 lightweight patch radiators.


Parental mediation and modelling are important factors in the development of media-related behaviors. This study explores their role for media innovation adoption. Results of a representative CATI survey (n = 434) show that perceived parental media innovativeness and mediation are related to media innovativeness at later life stages. The amount of time spent on media innovations follows the parental role-model—but only if parents also engaged in active mediation. Restrictive mediation contributes to a greater investment of money in media innovations. Individuals spend particularly little money on new media if parents were conservative media users and did not make restrictions.


Abstract:Ecofeminists have called for adding an ecological dimension to gender research to address various forms of oppression that women experience in their daily lives and to explain how feminine exploitation of the planet results from the same logic of patriarchal domination. Now that the flow of essentialism-phobia (Field 2000, 39) has decreased, it seems that it is time to deal with the risky topic of the body in ecofeminist research and theory to make it more central in feminist epistemologies. Yet feminist theory needs to avoid repeating the past mistakes in theorizing embodiment from an ecofeminist point of view and pay proper attention to the questions of difference and diversity: whose body is being discussed and generalized? This paper builds upon the postcolonial ecofeminist perspectives of embodiment and highlights the diversity of lives and experiences of living in Others of cisgender heterosexual male bodies with a focus on covered raced body.


A strain of streptomycete was found to produce a new antibiotic pyrroxamycin. This compound was isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces sp. S46506. The chemical structure was determined to be 4,5-dichloro-2-(6',8'-dichloro-4'H-1',3'-benzodioxin-4'-yl)-3-nitr opyrrole by its chemical character and 1H and 13C NMR spectral analysis. Pyrroxamycin was active against Gram-positive bacteria and dermatophytes.


The article highlights different points of view on the archaic style in the language of historical fiction in a chronological order. The positions of the West-European school and the Russian school are compared. Qualification signs of historical fiction are given. The statements of the critics over the individual, the most significant works in the culture are remarked. A crisis of the genre is described. Some assumptions about the typology requiring further development are made.


Aluminum (Al) toxicity is a major worldwide agricultural problem. At low pH, Al speciates into the soluble and phyto-toxic form Al 3+ , inhibiting the root growth and affecting plant development. In Brazil, agriculture in acidic soils with elevated concentration of Al has significantly increased in the last decades. Therefore, in order to achieve efficient agriculture practices, the selection of plant cultivars with improved Al resistance has become crucial in this type of soils. In this work we have evaluated the Al resistance of six genotypes of grapevine rootstocks. The grapevine hardwood cuttings were grown in nutrient solution in the absence and presence of 250 and 500 μM Al at pH 4.2. The phenotypic indexes of relative root growth, fresh and dry root weight, root area, hematoxylin staining profile, and Al content were evaluated for all six genotypes. These phenotypic indexes allowed us to identify the 'Kober 5BB', 'Gravesac', 'Paulsen 1103', and 'IAC 766' grapevine rootstocks genotypes as the ones with the highest resistance to Al. Likewise, 'IAC 572' and 'R110 genotypes were the most Al-sensitive cultivars. We evaluated the root organic acid exudation profile in the most Al-resistant ('Kober 5BB') and most Al-sensitive ('R110') in plantlets cultivated in vitro in the absence and presence of 100, 200, and 400 μM of Al. Among several compounds detected, citrate was the only organic acid related to the Al resistance phenotype observed in the 'Kober 5BB' genotype. The high constitutive citrate exudation observed in 'Kober 5BB' strongly suggests that exudation of this particular organic acid may impart Al-resistance/amelioration in grapevine.


The synthesis of a new analogue of the structure of the photosynthetic reaction centre containing a dimeric tetrapyrrole covalently linked to two adjacent tetrapyrroles is reported.


The merits and shortcomings of the protection method adapted now in China for the scour at piers are analyzed.The principle of the local scour at piers is described here.By a series of experiments,the effect of tetrahedron frame protection method(TFPM) is studied.Furthermore,it proves that the TFPM has some engineering value for protecting local scour at piers.


ABSTRACT BaZr0.2Ti0.8O3 films were prepared using inorganic zirconate and the crystalline microstructure, surface morphology and ferroelectric properties of BZT films were investigated. It is found that the crystal structure of the films belongs to tetragonal phase and is close to cubic phase. The obvious polarization versus electric voltage (P-V) hysteresis loop and butterfly-shaped ϵ-V curves were observed in BaZr0.2Ti0.8O3 films. The remanent polarization (2P r) and the coercive field (2E C) of BaZr0.2Ti0.8O3 films obtained from the hysteresis loop are 0.1669 μC/cm2 and 21.53 kV/cm, respectively. The dielectric constant and tunability of the BaZr0.2Ti0.8O3 films are 113 and 10.2%, respectively.


FIELD: physics. SUBSTANCE: connector comprises a housing (1) provided with a contact group (4) for connecting to the contacts of the smart-card, a cover (2) mounted on the housing, with a gap between them for inserting a smart-card (3), a spring loaded pusher (5) of a smart-card configured to move along the smart-card I/O axis, a pivot lock (8) of the pusher in the smart-card insertion position movably connected to the armature of the electromagnet (10), and a shutter (11) in the form of a rod member disposed in the recess of the housing (1) and configured to interact with the pusher (5) with the linear movement of the flap (11) along the I/O axis of the smart-card. The first end (11a) of the shutter is connected to the housing (1) by means of a compression spring (12), and an angled wall (11f) is formed at the second end (11e) to lock the end of the smart-card (3) in the insertion position. Herewith the second end (11e) is connected to the housing (1) by means of a crank (13) allowing the second end (11e) to rise and lower relative to the housing recess (1) during the said linear movement of the shutter (11). EFFECT: increasing the reliability of fixing the smart-card, reducing the probability of its spontaneous release and reducing the resistance to movement of the shutter. 7 cl, 6 dwg


Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with gating mutations in the gene coding for the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein have been the first to benefit from CFTR-targeted therapies since the approval of ivacaftor in 2012 by the Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency. Ivacaftor is a potentiator that increases chloride transport through the defective CFTR protein [1, 2]. In phase III clinical trials, ivacaftor significantly improved lung function and clinical status in patients with a G551D mutation aged ≥6 years [3, 4]. In the two studies conducted in adults and children, the forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) showed a 10.4% predicted and 12.5% pred point increase from baseline after 24 weeks of treatment, as compared to a 0.1 and 0.2% pred point decrease in the control group. Clinical efficacy of ivacaftor was also shown in patients with other gating mutations of the CFTR gene, with a 7.5% pred point increase in FEV1 after 8 weeks of treatment [5]. In all these phase III studies, the primary endpoint was the change in FEV1 and secondary endpoints were other clinical and functional parameters, such as change in weight, respiratory exacerbation rate, health status, and sweat-chloride concentration. Imaging was never listed as an endpoint. Data on computed tomography (CT) changes upon ivacaftor treatment are scarce [6–8] and long-term changes remain unknown. The aim of this study was to assess short- and long-term CT changes in adult CF patients treated with ivacaftor. In CF patients treated with ivacaftor, improvement of CT abnormalities remains stable on long-term follow-up http://ow.ly/Zxu2B


Acknowledgments Ohio EPA, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters, wishes to recognize the contributions of several groups and individuals who collected water quality samples, compiled data or maps, and supported data analysis tools that were critical to the data analysis presented in this document. The collection of ambient ground water samples by division district staff and compliance samples by public water systems and the compilation of these analytical results into accessible databases allowed the data analysis used to document water quality impacts associated with different geologic settings and lithologies. The Source Water Assessment and Protection Program's significant efforts to assess the susceptibility of all PWSs provided an independent review of water quality impacts documented in the PWS compliance data. We are grateful to the division's geographical information systems (GIS) staff for the availability of GIS tools and the compilation of Drinking and Ground Waters data into GIS data sets required for this analysis. The ODNR Glacial Aquifer Map is another critical element that we relied on to identify associations between geology and ground water quality. completed the data analysis and compiled this summary document. Questions should be directed to them. Executive Summary Water quality data is used to identify sensitive aquifers in Ohio by comparing locations of impacted public water systems (PWSs) with glacial aquifer attributes in the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Glacial Aquifer Map. The analysis presented here focuses on transport of dissolved contaminants, nitrate and volatile organics, not particulates, such as pathogenic organisms. The concept that short or rapid recharge pathways increase aquifer sensitivity is applied to evaluate sensitive aquifers in Ohio. Applying this concept to Ohio aquifers suggests that the sand and gravel aquifers are the most sensitive aquifers. Shallow bedrock aquifers, particularly fractured or karst bedrock aquifers that underlie thin glacial drift (tills or lacustrine deposits) comprise a second group of sensitive aquifers. Water quality data, compiled by the Source Water Protection Program is used to confirm the sensitivity of these aquifers. OHIO SENSITIVE AQUIFERS-Aquifer sensitivity is evaluated for geologic settings and lithologic attributes of glacial drift in order to determine correlations between aquifers, drift thickness, and water quality impacts. Overall, the coarser lithologies or fractured material would be expected to allow more rapid recharge and consequently, be associated with more sensitive aquifers. The geologic settings identified as sensitive include the sand and gravel aquifers (buried valley, alluvial, valley fill, outwash/kames, and beach ridge) …


Radical-ion pairs and their reactions have triggered the study of quantum effects in biological systems. This is because they exhibit a number of effects best understood within quantum information science, and at the same time are central in understanding the avian magnetic compass and the spin transport dynamics in photosynthetic reaction centers. Here we address radical-pair reactions from the perspective of quantum metrology. Since the coherent spin motion of radical-pairs is effected by an external magnetic field, these spin-dependent reactions essentially realize a biochemical magnetometer. Using the quantum Fisher information, we find the fundamental quantum limits to the magnetic sensitivity of radical-pair magnetometers. We then explore how well the usual measurement scheme considered in radical-pair reactions, the measurement of reaction yields, approaches the fundamental limits. In doing so, we find the optimal hyperfine interaction Hamiltonian that leads to the best magnetic sensitivity as obtained from reaction yields. This is still an order of magnitude smaller than the absolute quantum limit. Finally, we demonstrate that with a realistic quantum reaction control reminding of Ramsey interferometry, here presented as a quantum circuit involving the spin-exchange interaction and a recently proposed molecular switch, we can approach the fundamental quantum limit within a factor of 2. This work opens the application of well-advanced quantum metrology methods to biological systems.


We used three instruments (CDS, EIT, MDI) aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft to observe the large sunspot in NOAA Active Region 8539 on 1999 May 9 and 13. The spot contained a bright plume, most easily seen in EUV emission lines formed at 5.2 ≲ log T ≲ 5.7 (where T is the temperature in K), in its umbra on both dates. The plume's differential emission measure (DEM) exhibited one and only one broad peak, centered around log T ~ 5.8 on May 9 and around log T ~ 5.6 on May 13, and exceeded the DEM of the quiet Sun by more than an order of magnitude at these temperatures. The high-temperature portion of the plume's DEM resembled that of nearby quiet-Sun areas. Intensity ratios of the O IV lines at 625.8 and 554.5 Å yield log ne (where ne is the electron density in cm-3) of 9.6 in the plume on May 9 and 9.7 on May 13; values of 9.4 and 9.4 were obtained in the quiet-Sun areas on the same dates. Based on abundance enhancements derived from transition region emission lines of Ca, an element with low first ionization potential, elemental abundances in the plume appear to be coronal rather than photospheric. The plume plasma reveals a bipolar Doppler velocity flow pattern, in which maximum downflows in excess of 37 km s-1 are observed in the northeast portion of the plume, and maximum upflows that exceed 52 km s-1 are observed in the northwest.


Digital preservation aims at ensuring digital artefacts remain accessible and usable. This includes preserving application software for the resulting experience but also software required to provide access to valuable digital artefacts. This paper surveys different preservation strategies of such software with a focus on the use of emulation which is gaining momentum over the more traditional migration approach. We highlight some requirements to consider when selecting emulators. We illustrate the process on the preservation of software on a micro-computers of the 1980's. We also discuss how to design software architectures for the long term preservation of the emulators themselves.


India has achieved a remarkable sustainable socio-economic development since Independence. Unfortunately, this development has not been shared equitably by all. Some sections of the society have been left out and some areas like rural, tribal and remote areas, could not keep pace with the urban areas in development. If vast sections of society and areas are left out, it breeds unrest and is not conducive to a sustainable development of the country. Gandhian Communication strategies of various types have been developed and used for motivating people and increase their participation in the pathway for rural development. The R&D organizations interested in accelerating the process of social change through Gandhian model of communication of innovations have their goal in which the participatory process is expected to make the rural audience the makers of their own destiny. Gandhi being a national political leader had basically relied on mobilization of the masses and their economic uplift through the development of cottage and small scale industries. This Gandhian concept of Panchayati Raj was to be a communitarian habitat merging the individual self in a collective lifeexperience and forming the basis of a gradually expanding circle of supra-local existences. Participation, in the Gandhian sense, was an organic and technical concept and not something artificially created on the prescription of higher level authorities, as is in today's scenario. Gandhi's ideas on development are embedded in his philosophy of life. This paper highlights the role of Gandhian communication as part and parcel of human life, articulating their grievances on local problems. It attempts to explore the Gandhian model of development and examines the relevance or irrelevance of the same in the New World Order.


Time series prediction has become a heavily researched topic in the past several decades because of its broad application scenarios. Although many prediction algorithms have been proposed, few methods are available to generate an optimal prediction model. In this paper, we proposed a novel algorithm based on the Volterra series model and Constructive Selection for Extreme Learning Machine (CS-ELM) to build an effective model for time series prediction. More specifically, we employ genetic algorithms (GAs) to optimize the hidden layer formed by CS-ELM for greater accuracy. The experimental results for several real-world applications show that the proposed algorithm produces better accuracy and generates more effective prediction models than CS-ELM and other classic neural networks (NNs) methods.


There is provided a motor assembly having a motor and a crank shaft connected to the crankshaft and rotatably driven by the balancer shaft. A vehicle component such. For example, a hydraulic pump or an overhead camshaft, is connected in such a way acting with the balance shaft, that it is rotatably driven by the crankshaft by the balance shaft. A camshaft drive system comprises the engine crankshaft, the balancer shaft and the overhead camshaft.


ABSTRACT Social work literature strongly suggests that parents who adopt across race need specialized training to develop cultural competence in order to help their children develop positive racial identity and survival skills for life in a multicultural society. None-the-less, there is little documentation of agency training for transracial adoptive parents. The purpose of this study is to describe aspects of training provided to transracial adoptive parents by public and private adoption agencies in the United States. Utilizing a survey with a random sample of public and private agencies, results (n = 195) indicate that about half of the agencies that facilitate transracial adoption provide relevant training. Implications for social work practice and research are discussed.


This paper is not an attempt to trace Saudi-Egyptian relations, but rather is an attempt to answer the very central question: how ideological orientations do affect the relations between the two countries.This paper argues that four interlinked variables affected Saudi-Egyptian relations almost throughout the last seven years. First, the centralization of Iranian threat in Saudi-Egyptian relations after the downfall of Mubarak. Second is the rise of the MB as a key political actor in post-Mubarak Egypt. Third, the rise of Qatar influence in Egypt. Finally and almost the most important, the change in the Saudi strategic priorities and foreign policy doctrine after King Salman received power in 2015.This paper argues that Saudi-Egyptian relations need comprehensive reconsideration and reestablishment based on the new realities and threats of the region and the two countries mutual strategic interests. Structurally, this paper is divided into two parts, besides the theoretical framework. The first part, "A Short-lived Honeymoon: Egyptian-Saudi Relations under King Abdullah", explores the relations between the two countries from 2011 to January 2015. The second part, "Radical Strategic Shifts: Egyptian-Saudi Relations under King Salman", explores the relations between the two countries from 2015 to 2017.


Several geometric modelling methods are compared for use within real-time flight simulation systems. Algorithms are presented which give a rapid solution for simplified versions of the models. The algorithms are robust and are suitable for flight simulator applications. The aircraft geometric structure is modelled as connected cylinders and the range of motion and the position of the aircraft is quantised. The programs take account of geometric and obstacle constraints. Although the solutions are suboptimal due to the simplified models used, the calculation time is short. The static model of the aircraft environment is held in computer memory as solid polyhedra. This model may be updated as new objects enter or leave the area of the aircraft. Overlapping spheres are used to model flying objects or moving objects on the ground. In this form the model data can be accessed efficiently by flight planning algorithms. The approach is global and uses a 3D or 6D graph of quantised configuration space. The method can also be applied to the planning of automatic low-level flight path.


The aim of research is a follow — up observation of the children who underwent various forms of viral hepatitis A in hospital and outpatient conditions. A follow-up observation of 84 children, patients with viral hepatitis A observed outpatiently since the first days of the disease, and 34 patients treated permanently with severe viral hepatitis A form, with edematous-ascetic syndrome within 6 months. Results: 30—40 days of follow-up of two groups of children were observed and treated permanently, and another group of children who were observed only on an outpatient basis, it was found that patients who were treated in hospital, post-hepatitis syndrome, jaundice, itchy skin, enlarged liver and abdominal pain significantly (P<0,05) remained. In this group, biliary dyskinesia was developed; elevated transaminase activity and bilirubinemia were remained. In 21 (61.7%) children out of 34 children with severe viral hepatitis A form and the presence of edematous-ascetic syndrome, moderate jaundice, enlarged liver at 2.0 cm in 11 (32.3%) remained in children. Some of children (11.7%) enrolled at the hospital infection with manifest clinical and laboratory shifts to the end of the second month of the onset of the disease and were treated in hospital for a long time. Conclusions: The viral hepatitis A can occur not only in the severe form but also with lingering for more than 3 months, so the clinical examination of sick children underwent viral hepatitis A with severe and protracted forms should be extended until 6 months.


Traders use as many tools as are available to improve their results. One of the most used tools is the technical analysis. Recent studies conclude how the direction of the prices is influenced by the psychological component of the own traders measured thought physiological variables. If traders' physiological variables are highly correlated with the market, and the market is analyzed with technical analysis, could the same analysis be applied to the trader's state?. This paper describes a possible application of the technical analysis techniques over the behavior of the trader. The behavior of the trader is monitored measuring physiological variables related to traders' stress through biometric sensors. Some tests are presented shown in a chart way that it is possible to see that the principles of technical analysis are applicable to the trader's state.


Four new coordination complexes with quinoline-2-carboxylate ion (quin-2-c),[Mn(quin-2-c)(H2O)3Cl]•H2O(1), Cd(quin-2-c)2(H2O)2(2), Co(quin-2-c)2(H2O)2 (3), Ni(quin-2-c)2(H2O)2 (4)(quin-2-c = quinoline-2-carboxylic acid ion), have been synthesized and characterized by IR and single crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 and 3 forms 3-D structure vis hydrogen bonds and π–π contacts, and Complex 2 forms 2-D layers vis hydrogen bonds and π–π contacts. Complex 4 takes a 2-D hydrogen-bonding net structure. Complex 3 and 4 with the same coordination structure display different hydrogen bonds, which may suggest some connection between the radii of the metal ions and hydrogen bonds. Furthermore, the luminescence properties and electrochemical properties of 1 to 4 were studied. All this work may offer guidance for design of biological labels based on quinoline-2-carboxylic acid.


A limit is established for the violation of the equality of passive and active gravitational mass. Our test is based on an asymmetry in the composition of the moon. We hypothesize that the 2-km offset between the moon's center of figure and center of mass indicates an asymmetry in the distribution of Fe and Al. Unless the Fe on one side and the Al on the other attract each other with the same force, the moon will not be in the orbit predicted by classical mechanics. Using the results from laser ranging and a model for the moon's interior we find that the ratios of active to passive mass for Fe and Al are the same to a precision of 4 x 10/sup -12/.


The first school of thought claims that we are witnessing a struggle between "liberal" (or anti-Stalinist) and "conservative" (or Stalinist) forces. The two camps are also sometimes labeled "opposition-dissensional" and "status quoreactionary," respectively. Often a third "moderate" force is added to the picture to complete the formal image of a typical parliamentary debate. Each new development is then interpreted in terms of this struggle, and a score board is kept to show all successes and setbacks for both sides. The overwhelming majority of Western observers, of course, sides with the "liberals," applauds their gains and laments their losses. Among the "liberals" are usually listed: Ehrenburg, Tvardovsky, Yevtushenko, Voznesensky, Rozhdestvensky, Nekrasov, Kazakov, and many others. They are supposed to be in control of Literaturnaya gazeta, Yunost, and Novyi mir. Their opponents include Kochetov, Surkov, Sokolov, Chakovsky, and Yefremov (to name just a few) and they are assumed to control Literatura i zhizn and Oktyabr. The "moderates" are said to include Fedin, Katayev, and Simonov. This division usually is justified on the basis of reading and interpreting selected works and passages from the appropriate writers, while treating it as the time-honored fight between the "good guys and the bad guys." Book reviews and critical articles appearing in the Soviet press provide another major source of alleged supporting evidence for the use of the labels.


In studies of intertextuality, texts that an author interacts with are presented by the
efforts of reader, and also to what extent a poet is in relation with people contemporary of
him and with the writings of the past is discovered. As each text in a way related to other
texts and intertwined by the connections of other texts is constructed by reshaping the
tradition in a new whole, it also forms a basis for further writings on that sense. Thanks
to intertextuality, it is observed that texts survive either directly or by changing or being
transformed. In this paper, the issues conveyed from tradition by means of intertextuality
in the work titled "Su Burcu" by Huseyin Atlansoy will be identified; the relationship that
modern poetry establish with tradition will be considered from this aspect.


Book reviews of the following academic titles: Poetic Artifice: A Theory of Twentieth-Century Poetry by Veronica Forrest-Thomson and Gareth Farmer (ed.), Bristol: Shearsman, 240 pp., 2016. Review by Calum Gardner. Levity of Design: Man and Modernity in the Poetry of J. H. Prynne by Wit Pietrzak, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 162 pp., 2012. Review by Lisa Jeschke. On Violence in the Work of J. H. Prynne  by Matthew Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 226 pp., 2015. Review by Lisa Jeschke.


This invention provides bicyclic esters and amides CARBOXYLIC, their pharmaceutical formulations and method FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF MIGRANIA, emesis, gastrointestinal disorders, schizophrenia or anxiety in mammals.