This paper is to explore the changing rules of algae bloom under different TN,TP,temperature and light for Lake Daming trough cultivating its water samples.Experimental results show that long-period high temperature,the ratio of TN and TP and their concentrations can cause algae bloom in Lake Daming.These results can provide not only scientific support for predicting algae bloom in Lake Daming but also scientific information for the management of Lake Daming.


Objective To determine the content of curcuminoids(including curcumin,demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin)and essential oil in Rhizoma Curcumae Longae originated from different regions.Methods The curcuminoids contents were analyzed by HPLC method which was performed on NUCLEOSIL 100-10 C18(250 mm× 8 mm,4 μ m)with the mobile phase consisting of 4 % glacial acetic acid and acetonitrile(60:40,pH =3.0).The flow rate was set at 1.5 mL· min-1.The essential oil was investigated by the method of Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2005.Results The content of curcuminoids and essential oil in Rhizoma Curcumae Longae originated from different regions were varied in a relatively large range.According to the standard of ChP(2005),the content of curcumin in 80% medicinal material of Rhizoma Curcumae Longae arrived to the standard while that of the essential oil in all medicinal material failed.Conclusion Determination of the content of curcuminoids and essential oil is helpful for quality control of Rhizoma Curcumae Longae,and it will provide evidence for the pharmacological properties of curcuminoids.


Refine-ment will require additional and more diverse subjects' data and analysis. Background: To investigate retinal thickness as a biomarker for identifying patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods: The retinal thickness, utilizing the spectral domain optical coherence tomography, was compared among 73 patients with AD, 51 patients with MCI, 67 cognitive normal subjects (NC). Results: The retinal thickness of the ganglion cell complex (GCC and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (p-RNFL) decreased in both AD and MCI patients, in comparison to NC subjects (AD vs NC, p < 0.01; MCI vs NC, p < 0.01). The inner retinal layers in macular area in MCI exhibited significant thinning compared with NC (p < 0.001). Remarkable association was found between the retinal thickness and brain volume (p < 0.05). Better correlation was seen between the inner perifovea retinal thickness and the hippocampal and entorhinal cortex volume (r: 0.427-0.644, p < 0.01). Conclusions: The retinal thickness represents an ideal AD marker indicating neurodegeneration. The inner perifovea retinal thickness is a more sensitive measure. Background: APOE ε 4 affects bioenergetic and mitochondrial function. Platelet cytochrome oxidase (COX) Vmax is reduced in Alzheimer's disease (AD) APOE ε 4 carriers. Young APOE ε 4 carriers show reduced COX activity in cortex. This study aims to examine how APOE ε 4 associates with altered bioenergetic biomarkers in AD subjects. Methods: Platelet mitochondria COX and citrate synthase (CS) Vmax activity were measured in 32 APOE ε 4 carrier and 22 non-carrier subjects. Lymphocyte mitochondrial biomarkers (JC1, MitoSox TM , MitoTracker (cid:1) / Annexin V) were measured in 28 APOE ε 4 carrier and 17 non-carrier subjects. Total lipid content and oxidation were measured using BODIPY dyes on a subset of lymphocyte sam-ples. AD was diagnosed by McKhann et al. 40 ml of blood was collected in tubes containing acid-citrate-dextrose antico-agulant. Platelet-rich plasma and buffy coat were isolated by centrifugation. Lymphocytes were stained with Mitotracker (cid:1) Red/Annexin V, MitoSox TM Red, JC-1, or BODIPY and fluo-rescence was measured via flow cytometry. Mitochondria were isolated from platelets via nitrogen cavitation. Platelet mitochondria were used to spectrophotometrically determine COX and CS Vmax. Values were normalized to protein content. Lymphocyte cultures were expanded up to seven days and harvested for protein, RNA, and DNA. Cultured lymphocytes were also used to determine oxygen consumption with an Oroboros O2K and ATP/ADP levels with a bioluminescent assay. Group means were compared using Student's T-test or One-Way ANOVA (posthoc LSD). Results: Mean COX Vmax (normalized to protein content) was lower in the APOE ε 4 carriers (p < 0.05). Lymphocyte Annexin V was significantly higher in APOE ε 4 carriers (p < 0.05). No differences were observed for MitoSox TM , JC1, MitoTracker (cid:1) , or BODIPY fluorescence. ATP levels (normalized to protein) were higher in APOE ε 4 carrier cultured lymphocytes (p < 0.05); no differ-ence was observed in measured oxygen consumption parame-ters. Protein expression analysis from cultured lymphocytes revealed reduced phosphorylated mTOR, increased phosphorylated SIRT1 and ACC, increased PINK1, AceCS1, and ATP citrate lyase expression. Conclusions: Our data support a relationship between APOE genotype and bioenergetic the and


OBJECTIVE. The goal was to estimate the effectiveness of influenza vaccination against laboratory-confirmed influenza during the 2003–2004 and 2004–2005 influenza seasons in children 6 to 59 months of age. METHODS. We conducted a case-control study with children with medically attended, acute respiratory infections who received care in an inpatient, emergency department, or outpatient clinic setting during 2 consecutive influenza seasons. All children residing in Monroe County, New York, Davidson County, Tennessee, or Hamilton County, Ohio, were enrolled prospectively at the time of acute illness and had nasal/throat swabs tested for influenza with cultures and/or polymerase chain reaction assays. Children with laboratory-confirmed influenza were case subjects and children who tested negative for influenza were control subjects. Child vaccination records from the parent and the child's physician were used to determine and to validate influenza vaccination status. Influenza vaccine effectiveness was calculated as (1 − adjusted odds ratio) × 100. RESULTS. We enrolled 288 case subjects and 744 control subjects during the 2003–2004 season and 197 case subjects and 1305 control subjects during the 2004–2005 season. Six percent and 19% of all study children were fully vaccinated according to immunization guidelines in the respective seasons. Full vaccination was associated with significantly fewer influenza-related inpatient, emergency department, or outpatient clinic visits in 2004–2005 (vaccine effectiveness: 57%) but not in 2003–2004 (vaccine effectiveness: 44%). Partial vaccination was not effective in either season. CONCLUSIONS. Receipt of all recommended doses of influenza vaccine was associated with halving of laboratory-confirmed influenza-related medical visits among children 6 to 59 months of age in 1 of 2 study years, despite suboptimal matches between the vaccine and circulating influenza strains in both years.


In October 2012, two students from the Australian Science and Mathematics School and two from Yankalilla Area School were selected to travel to Olavarria, Argentina in order to compete in the 6th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO). It was an opportunity for individuals with a passion for Earth science to come together from 17 countries to share our knowledge and ideas on the Earth sciences.


One could be forgiven for believing that the ' evidencebased movement' has in recent times become derailed, unstuck, or perhaps that it has simply run out of steam. It would appear that an increasing number of clinicians and researchers within the physical therapy community has become tired of hearing the ubiquitous message that ' work to date has been of variable or poor quality, and further (better designed) research is urgently needed before any definitive pronouncements can be made on the effectiveness of this therapy' . Having happily embraced the evidenced


Suppose that you were Colin Powell. Would you have resigned your office rather than go before the United Nations Security Council to make the case for the invasion of Iraq? Or would you have remained silent, swallowed your doubts and, like a good soldier, obeyed your orders?This essay argues that the resignation decision is hard and that words like "duty," "ethics of public service," and "sound public policy" do not capture all of the difficulty. Instead, the best defense of public resignation conceptualizes it as a radically free act -- a rebellion against normal constraints, including the constraints of duty and ethics.Part I of the essay sets out the plausible alternatives open to public figures who find themselves in disagreement with the policies pursued by the government. It also provides historical examples of officials who have chosen each of the alternatives. Parts II and III explore the case for each of the alternatives on instrumental and non-instrumental grounds. Part IV defends the concept of resignation as radical rupture. Part V discusses the role that law and legal institutions play and should play with respect to resignation.


Background: One of the ways for effective communication between learners and instructional multimedia content in mobile learning systems is taking advantage of characters or pedagogical agents. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of the levels of realism in mobile-based pedagogical agents on health e-learning. Methods: The study was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design involving three experimental groups. The target population included those participants who themselves or one of their relatives suffered from digestive disorders. The sample consisted of 48 participants selected through a convenience sampling procedure and were randomly assigned to either of the groups. The instruments and materials included instructional multimedia lessons and learning tests (pretest and posttest). The instructional multimedia content consisted of instructional materials related to familiarity with the human digestive system, its function, and relevant disorders. The participants in each group were exposed to the same instructional content but with a different level of realism related to the pedagogical agent (i.e., iconic, semi-iconic, and realistic). The instructional multimedia lessons were delivered through a mobile-based health leaning management system. For the data analysis, an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was applied. Results: The results showed that the group with the realistic pedagogical agent (M = 29.29, SD = 4.20), compared with the iconic pedagogical agent (M = 25.53, SD = 2.99), performed better on learning measurement (p = 0.20). Conclusion: The employment of pedagogical agents, as one of the influential tools in improving learners' motivation and learning, should receive greater attention in designing and developing instructional multimedia, especially in the field of health learning services.


In many Large-Scale Physics Experiments (LSPE), such as ITER, an efficient data acquisition and processing is required. The system uses fast Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC) to acquire data with performance of gigabits or tens of gigabits per second. Software provided by a manufacturer demonstrates basic capabilities of the hardware but it cannot be used for the demanding applications of LSPE. Therefore, the need arises to create custom software for data acquisition, communication and processing. In the process of development of such software dedicated Control System Frameworks (CSF) are commonly used. The ultimate goal is to create a universal framework for high-speed ADCs that will be easily scalable to wide range of devices and will offer high performance that is needed in LSPE. Such framework needs to support a scalable architecture that allows processing data from many channels distributed among complex machine and offer human-friendly operator panel for device configuration. The paper presents data acquisition software developed for 5 GS/s pulse digitizer based on the DRS4 ASIC. The software is based on the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS). Operator Panels were created with the use of the Best OPI Yet (BOY). The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of development of such software highlighting highperformance problems.


In Ireland the debate about emigration and exile, newly revived since the economic crash of 2008 and the demise of the Celtic Tiger, is fuelled by a capacious archive of public and private feelings. The affective legacy embedded in official nationalist memory colors (and is colored by) family legends and contemporary personal grief. From the Flight of the Earls to the Great Famine and on to the economic depressions of the 1950s and 1980s, emigration was represented as, and often was, involuntary exile: a heartbreaking saga of families destroyed, children lost, and a country drained of its most precious resource—its people. The public staging of the "American wake," a gathering on the eve of an emigrant's departure that replicated the rites of a funeral, including poteen, dancing, and keening, reinforced the idea of leaving Ireland as death-in-life. Ireland's current outward migration, therefore, is frequently represented through tropes drawn from the archive of historical trauma and haunted by the specter of the Great Famine. Without rejecting the term "trauma" as it is properly applied to the Famine, I will read three contemporary Irish novels of migration, Colm Toíbín's Brooklyn (2009), Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin (2009), and Sebastian Barry's On Canaan's Side (2011), in search of a more nuanced vocabulary for the complex feelings evoked by displacement and loss. The persistence of certain representations of exile over a large span of time can be traced in a variety of media, including the visual.


In Art and Its Objects, Richard Wollheim devotes considerable space to attacking a theory he calls the Croce-Collingwood Theory of Art.1 According to this theory, as Wollheim presents it, an artist's capacity to create works of art consists in his being able to elaborate images or intuitions in his own mind, irrespective of whether there is any means of publicly externalizing them in the form of paintings, poems, symphonies, etc. Wollheim argues, I think rightly, that this conception of artistic creation is absurd. But it can also be argued that neither Croce nor Collingwood ever espouses this absurd theory.2 I will not develop that argument in this paper; instead, I want to draw attention to an aspect of Wollheim's discussion which concerns the relations between Collingwood's aesthetic and concepts of psychoanalysis. After demonstrating the absurdity of the Croce-Collingwood theory, Wollheim introduces Freud's comparison of the artist and the neurotic. Both the artist and the neurotic find substitute gratifications for their desires in fantasy; and yet, we are told, the neurotic is recognized by his continuing to remain in the world of his fantasy, whereas the artist, in Freud's words, 'finds a path back to reality'. Wollheim interprets Freud to mean by this that in making his work of art the artist renounces the immediate gratification of fantasy by making an object which 'can become a source of shared pleasure and consolation' for other people. And, Wollheim maintains, it is precisely this feature of art as renunciation which is totally denied by the CroceCollingwood theory because it does not allow, except incidentally, for the artist's having to produce a work in a medium for an audience.3 However apposite Wollheim's discussion may be to the so-called Croce-Collingwood theory, it is important to realize that it constitutes a grave injustice to the theory of art developed by Collingwood in The Principles of Art.4 For, as I hope to show, not only does Collingwood


This essay advances a series of critical points in queer theory. First, a text is queer, regardless of the queerness of its authorial persona, if it carries the inscription of sexuality as something more than sex. This is argued in relation to Djuna Barnes's novel  Nightwood  (1936) and David Cronenberg's film  Crash  (1996). Second, the understanding of sexuality in queer theory has been compromised by the confusion of sexuality with gender. Despite the liberalization of LGBTIQ gender identities, some sexual identities are still stigmatized as paraphilias (formerly perversions) or identity disorders. Queer theory needs to reconsider sexuality in the Freudian sense of polymorphous-perverse, in its ungovernable, compulsive, and unconscious dimensions. Third, "the antisocial thesis" and the relation of queer theory to queer politics are discussed with regard to Lee Edelman's book  No Future  (2008).


The Stochastic Distribution Control (SDC) problem is a generalised form of the minimum variance control problem where non-Gaussian noise distributions are encountered. The problem has been previously solved using two alternative approaches. When it is assumed that the output Probability Distribution Function (PDF) is measurable, then a parameterized controller is obtained. If on the other hand this assumption is removed (which corresponds to most practical cases), then the controller found is no longer parameterisable (i.e. it is a control action sequence). Both these approaches have thus far been solved using local Newtonian methods. In this paper a third alternative is presented which combines the desirable features of the previous two methods by finding a parameterized controller, without having to assume that the output PDF is directly measurable at the same time. In addition, global direct search algorithms are used to avoid convergence to local solutions. The approach is demonstrated on a SISO nonlinear system corrupted by non-Gaussian input noise.


An audio signal noise reduction device includes: input means for making an input of one or more audio signals; timing generation means for generating a gap period in accordance with a generation period of noise coming from a noise generation source included in the audio signal; noise removal means for removing the noise from the audio signal; level envelope detection means for continuously detecting a level envelope of the audio signal; coefficient generation means for generating a coefficient for the level envelope in the gap period in accordance with a signal level provided by the level envelope detection means; interpolation signal generation means; level modulation means for subjecting a signal from the interpolation signal generation means to level modulation using the coefficient generated by the coefficient generation means; mixing means for mixing an output from the noise removal means and an output from the level modulation means; and selection means for outputting a signal from the mixing means in a period corresponding to the gap period, and outputting the audio signal not in the gap period.


ABSTRACT The writings of Han Suyin during her sojourn in British Malaya from the 1950s to 1960s are a rich archive for understanding how the Cold War's impact on postcolonial nation-building contributed to the remaking of English as a supposedly neutral language. Han styled herself as a spokesperson for China to the English-speaking world during the early decades of communist rule. Her writings arguably helped to fashion English as a transparent medium for representing Asia, a conception of language that informs global literary publishing today. Yet her work, which was influenced by her participation in the Afro-Asian Writers Conferences organized in the wake of the 1955 Bandung Conference, as well as her experience of living in Malaya during the colonial counter-insurgency against communists, also offers insights on how English's neutrality ought to be understood in relation to forestalled Third World movements and racialized antagonisms in postcolonial nations.


Superluminally moving charge distributions of the type considered by Ardavan commonly occur inside waveguides and the radiation emitted by such sources is well known. The application of standard antenna theory shows that Ardavan has overestimated the intensity from typical pulsars by a factor exceeding 10(9).


N INE YEARS ago, this column discussed the increasing frequency that advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), primarily nurse practitioners (NPs), were being faced with providing behavioral health services to patients in their practice when the NPs' education and certification did not focus on treating psychiatric and mental health problems.1 At that time, the nursing profession had been heavily negotiating for 4 years the tenets of what became the 2008 Consensus Document for APRN Regulation: Licensure, accreditation, certification, and education.2 It seemed that we were moving toward agreement that we could not solve the problem of insufficient behavioral health providers at the expense of exceeding scope of practice (SOP) because significant patient safety and liability issues were created when APRNs practiced outside of their recognized SOP. Still, if APRNs did not provide care, patients' needs would not be met. Formal mental health services, especially in rural and re-


The authors studied the nearly EW-trending volcanic rocks in vast areas of northern Luozha zone along the Gangdise arc-ridge fault-uplift zone,obtained the LA-ICP-MS zircon age of 129.8±1.4 Ma,and proved for the first time the existence of Early Cretaceous volcanic rocks in the Gangdise arc-ridge fault-uplift zone.The volcanic rocks are characterized by high SiO2,K2O and K2O/Na2O values,the enrichment of LILEs(Rb,Ba,Th and U) and the depletion of Nb,Ta and Ti.Their cobweb curve is on the whole the same as that of the upper crust and the acidic volcanic rocks owing to crustal remelting of Zenong Group of the Gangdise zone at 110 Ma.These data indicate that the volcanic rocks might be the remelting products resulting from the dehydration of crustal materials.According to the environmental discrimination diagrams of trace elements,the authors consider that they are arc volcanic rocks.In combination with the tectonic background of Early Cretaceous period,it is thought that they were most likely associated with northward subduction of the Yarlung Zangbo River oceanic crust.


Let (S, º) be a finite simple group, si , i = 1, ... , n, be fixed (not necessarily distinct) elements of S, and let E α1 , E α2 , ... , E α k+1 be a random realisation of a chain of states of a simple homogeneous irreducible Markov chain with the set of states {E 1, E 2, ... , E n }. We study convergence conditions and limit distributions for the sequences of random products of the form η(k) = s α1 º s α2 º ... º s α k+1 . The convergence conditions are formulated in terms of some homomorphism from the fundamental group of the transition graph of the Markov chain to the structural group of the semigroup S.


Body-biased microelectromechanical relays previously have been developed for ultralow-power digital logic applications and demonstrated to reliably switch ON/OFF with sub-50-mV gate voltage swing. Since variability in relay switching voltages can practically limit reduction in the operating voltage of a relay-based integrated circuit, the effects of process-induced variations and device operating conditions, as well as the stability of relay switching voltages, are investigated in this paper. Antistiction coating is shown to stably reduce hysteresis voltage and random variation thereof, which is beneficial for voltage scaling.


Version: ..2022 Abstract: This study aimed to develop a new adaptive artificial bee colony (A-ABC) algorithm that can adaptively select an appropriate search equation to more accurately estimate transport energy demand (TED). Also, A-ABC and canonical artificial bee colony (C-ABC) algorithms were compared in terms of efficiency and performance. The input parameters used in the proposed TED model were the official economic indicators of Turkey, including gross domestic product (GDP), population, and total vehicle kilometer per year (TKM). Three mathematical models, linear (A-ABCL), exponential (A-ABCE), and quadratic (A-ABCQ) were developed and tested. Also, economic variables were generated using the "curve fitting" technique to see TED's projections for the year 2034, under two different scenarios. In the first scenario, the results of linear, exponential, and quadratic models according to 2034 TED estimates were 40.1, 31.6, and 70.5 million tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe), respectively. In the second scenario, the results of linear, exponential, and quadratic models according to the TED estimates for 2034 were found as 40.0, 31.5, and 66.5 Mtoe, respectively. The presented models, A-ABCL, A-ABCE, A-ABCQ for the solution of the TED problem, produced successful results compared to the studies in the literature. Besides that, according to global error metrics, developed models generated lower error values than C-ABC. Furthermore, consumption estimation values of A-ABCL and A-ABCE were lower than A-ABCQ. According to A-ABCQ model estimations for both scenarios, the TED value would increase approximately three times from 2013


Background : Temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ) anterior disc displacement (ADD) is one of the most common TMJ disorders. The current study was conducted to compare arthrocentesis with hyaluronic acid versus arthrocentesis with Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) on the outcome of patients with TMJ-ADD regarding pain and mouth opening. Patients and Methods : The present study is a prospective randomized comparative study that was conducted during the period of one year at Benha University Hospital. A total of 40 patients were included; they were randomly allocated into two groups: the first group included 20 patients who underwent PRP injection, and the second group included the remaining 20 patients who underwent the hyaluronic acid ( HA) injection. Results : The current results demonstrated that the mean age of the studied subjects is 30.80 ± 9.512 years in the PRP group, and 33.85 ± 10.353 years in the HA group. The current findings showed higher prevalence of female gender in both groups. Both interventions were associated with a significant decrease in pain visual analog score (VAS score), and both of them were statistically comparable at baseline and through the scheduled follow-up visits. At the final follow-up, all patients showed good maximal inter-incisal opening (MIO) in both study groups. All patients showed TMJ stability at the three-month visit. Significant improvement of protrusive movement was detected in the two studied groups, with no significant difference between the two applied interventions. Conclusion : Both arthrocentesis with HA and that with PRP have similar outcome on TMJ-ADD, regarding joint stability and protrusive movement.


This study focuses on the environmental dimension of sustainability and examines the impact of sustainability on capital investment decisions.  In particular, the study aims to reveal whether the extent to which an investment is considered to be in sustainable technologies affects capital investment decisions.  Based on our analysis of responses to an online survey facitlitated by the IMA, the study finds that, for most companies the sustainaility dimension is not a significant consideration in capital investment decisions.  That is, capital investment opportunities are evaluatred based on traditional financial measures, such as net present values and internal rates of return.  Results are generally not affected by the existence of a formal sustainability program, company size, or whether the company is publicly or privately held.


Along with the knowledge economy arrival,the human capital has become the essential factor to the growth of the economy.The human capital,the same to the matter capital,is a essential factor to the enterprise survival and development;the human capital undertakes the enterprise risk,creates the enterprise wealth,therefore,the human capital should share residual claim rights of the firm.In practice,the human capital capitalized in stock is the beneficial exploration to the human capital sharing residual claim rights of the firm.


Abstract Employee turnover accompanies every business organization, regardless of the industry and size. Nowadays, many companies struggle with problems related to the lack of sufficient information about the nature of employee turnover processes. Therefore, comprehensive analysis of these processes is necessary. This article aims to examine the turnover of employees from a big manufacturing company using competing risks models with covariates and without covariates. This technique allows to incorporate the information about the type of employment contract termination. Moreover, Cox proportional hazard model enables the researcher to analyse simultaneously multiple factors that affect employment duration. One of the major observations is that employee remuneration level differentiates most strongly the risk of job resignation.


We live in a historic moment in which globalization is the watchword. The search for globalized relations requires contact with other countries and values internationalization. This internationalization triggers connections in the fields of educational, social, economic, legal, among others. In this partnership between globalization and internationalization that are sometimes complementary, sometimes synonymous, there is simultaneously another partnership: power-knowledge. It is in this mood of globalization / internationalization, power-knowledge, that the Science without Borders Program (SwB) is idealized and politically instituted by the Brazilian government in higher education institutions. The objective of this article is to reflect on the perceived governmentality effects in the discourses produced on the SwB in the enunciative sequences (ESs) of the corpus listed for this article. As a methodology, we used bibliographical research, documentary research, narrative interviews (BAUER & GASKEL, 2002) and archegenealogical method (FOUCAULT, 1999, 2008a, 2014a). Our discussion has theoretical support in Foucault (1995, 1999, 2008a, 2008b, 2008a, 2014b, 2015a, 2015b), Veiga-Neto (1999), Veyne (2011), Bauman (1999), among others. We observed that the effects of subjection in the ESs analyzed depart from the propositions suggested by the SwB, which diverge from the difficulty of those involved in the SwB with the use of the English language and, consequently, the obstacle in effectively participating in research and extension.


This article looks at various applications for radio frequency identification (RFID) in traffic management. RFID is considered by many to be the technology of choice for electronic toll collection applications. The article relates the success of RFID in the EZPass system in the Northeast and FasTrak in California. Other applications for RFID that are described include emergency vehicle priority systems at intersections, congestion mitigation through relaying traffic timing information, and on toll roads that use congestion pricing. The article also includes a sidebar which looks at the future potential of RFID in applications such as electronic vehicle registration (EVR), collision avoidance systems, and predicting crossing times at border crossings. An additional sidebar describes how RFID tags are used on the entire motor vehicle population of Bermuda to automate the monitoring and enforcement of vehicle-specific regulations such as inspection, emissions, insurance, and registration.


An internet meme using the Anonymous' Guy Fawkes mask 'going viral' on Facebook; the hashtag #wearethe99percent launched by the Occupy Wall Street movement being adopted by thousands of internet us...


Lire ou ne pas lire?: la lecture critique et efficace des textes scientifiques en medecine familiale Nicole Audet. 197 pages. Sainte-Foy, Quebec: Federation des medecins omnipracticiens du Quebec; 1992. A clear, logically organized textbook on selecting journals that are worth attention, choosing articles for close reading, and critically assessing articles on causation, prognosis, diagnostic tests as well as treatments and review articles. Sample articles, study guidance, and tests for self instruction. Several appendixes on quantitative aspects of critical assessment. Bibliography included. The methods recommended have much in common with those described in publications of the McMaster medical informatics group (Clinical Epidemiology and the Annals of Internal Medicine series of articles, How to Keep Up with the Medical Literature). The title indicates that the authors intended family physicians as their audience, but this text is also useful to French-reading internists and other specialists wishing to train themselves in effective and efficient use of journals. An English translation has been promised by the author.


• To assess the effects of β-blockade on right ventricular performance in patients with and without right ventricular dysfunction due to coronary artery disease, we performed radionuclide ventriculography on eight patients with normal right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF≥35%) and 14 patients with mild to moderate right ventricular dysfunction (RVEF ( Arch Intern Med 1986;146:2135-2139)


We have gone through the survey of state of art techniques for Green Networking. The two eminent techniques, Burst based transmission techniques (BTR) and Adaptive link rates (ALR) towards greening the Ethernet have been studied. We have analyzed the possibility of prospering more greenness, in sequence to that we proposed a new hybrid technique by combining adaptive link rates with TCP coalesced packet bursts. We have measured the link utilization and speculated the energy efficiency via projected power consumption in watts hour. We observed, the simulation results show that the proposed system would consume less energy than the existing techniques.


In wireless sensor networks (WSNs), sensors' locations play a critical role in many applications. In this paper, we propose a distributed scheme to detect localization anomaly based on clustering hierarchy for the WSN. The scheme could reduce the communication traffic between sensor nodes, and bring down the risk that single point is invalid. This scheme doesn't need any known deployment information or additional hardware. According to calculating the location that sensor itself reports and its neighbor table information from the sensor node, the weight of the node is updated by the cluster head. This scheme can filter the anomaly nodes. We have conducted simulations to evaluate the performance of the scheme, including the correctness and efficiency.


Abstract Offshore wind energy is an attractive alternative in pursuing the nation's clean energy goals due to the significant demand for electricity in the coastal areas of the United States. Locat...


Recent observations of rapid variations in optical He I lines, X-rays, and FUV wavelengths in the prototypical classical Be stars lambda Eri and star gamma Cas hint that the violent processes occur on the surfaces of these stars almost all the time. We suggest that of these phenomena show greater similarities with magnetic flaring than any other process through to occur on stars.


TO THE EDITOR: Risperidone is an atypical antipsychotic used in the treatment of schizophrenia. The most common secondary effects are somnolence, weight gain, elevated liver enzyme levels, and parkinsonism. Sudden cardiac death in patients receiving risperidone is a rare event, and it is unclear whether this is related to the illness itself or to the antipsychotic therapy. This report describes a patient with a possible overlooked hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who suffered sudden cardiac death attributed to risperidone therapy. Case Report. A 29-year-old male without pathologic antecedents had been diagnosed with schizophrenia about 7 years earlier. At the time of diagnosis when he was not receiving treatment, the electrocardiogram was normal. Stress testing and Holter monitoring revealed frequent ventricular extrasystoles without ventricular tachycardia. An echocardiogram showed normal myocardial walls and ventricule sizes. Signs of mitral valve elongation with minimal regurgitation were seen. Antipsychotic therapy with haloperidol was started. An electrocardiogram performed in another center 6 years later was normal. The patient sought the opinion of another physician, who changed the treatment to risperidone 6 mg/day, concomitant with biperiden 4 mg/day. Four months later, while seated, the patient suffered sudden cardiac death. Resuscitation maneuvers were immediately performed by a physician, but the patient died 30 minutes later. Coronary arteries at necropsy examination were normal. Slight overweight of the macroscopic cardiac specimen was noted. First-degree relatives were screened to rule out potential inherited cardiac diseases. An electrocardiogram in the patient's mother revealed inverted T waves in anterior leads. The echocardiogram evidenced an asymmetrical HCM, and the coronary angiogram was normal. Discussion. Sudden cardiac death ascribed to risperidone has been associated with overdoses1 and is rare at therapeutic doses.1 Experimental and clinical studies have shown that antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs may prolong the QTc interval at therapeutic doses.2 This phenomenon could facilitate the occurrence of torsade de pointes, ventricular fibrillation, and sudden cardiac death. The risk of arrhythmias in drug-induced QTc prolongation seems dose related and may coexist with other risk factors such as heart failure, congenital long QTc syndrome, bradycardia, electrolyte imbalance, female sex, hepatic or renal impairment, and slow metabolizer status. In our patient, the proarrhythmic effects of risperidone could have been facilitated by the likely underlying inherited HCM, which was suggested by the subsequent finding of HCM in the patient's mother in conjunction with the observed cardiac history. This disease has a genetic transmission with an autosomal pattern of inheritance. There is a disarray of the myocardial cellular architecture, which may be the substrate for arrhythmias. The frequent ventricular extrasystoles and the morphologic alterations of the mitral valve suggested early manifestations of HCM that were initially overlooked.3 A cause–effect relationship between the treatment with risperidone and sudden cardiac death is difficult to establish. However, the patient tolerated haloperidol treatment for years, but died a few months after initiating risperidone. It has been reported that risperidone has a higher rate for ventricular arrhythmias and death than haloperidol.4 Use of the Naranjo probability scale indicated a possible relationship between the adverse effect and therapy in this patient.5 Due to the risk of proarrhythmic effects with risperidone, care should be taken in its prescription to patients with underlying cardiac disease. A risk–benefit calculation of the antipsychotic therapy should be considered so that drugs with less effect on ventricular repolarization are chosen.


rt rt X(t) = cos 0(s)dx(s) - sin 0(s)dy(s), (l.l) ~ ~~t t Y(t) = f sin 0(s)dx(s) + JS cos 0(s)dy(s), where 0(t) is df bounded variation on 0_ t <1. This takes CO C into CO C in a 1-1 manner, and reduces for constant 0 to


Listening comprehension constitutes the most important ability language learners should possess. Language workers' increasing progress in their knowledge of language learning makes it a natural outcome of their laying more stress on cultivating language learners' listening ability, hence the concrete requirement of English majors' listening ability prescribed in Teaching Syllabus for English Majors of Higher Learning of Education. In order to check the implementation of the syllabus,TEM was established. By analyzing the latest five sets of listening papers of TEM,the author,not being blind to their imperfections,speaks highly of their professionalism and authoritativeness. In the end,four suggestions are put forward for reference.


Abstract: A right module � over an associative ring with unity is a ��𝐴�-module if every finitely generated submodule of any homomorphic image of � is a direct sum of uniserial modules. In this paper we focus our attention to the socles of fully invariant submodules and introduce a new class of modules, which we term socle-regular ��𝐴�-modules. This class is shown to be large and strictly contains the class of fully transitive modules. Also, here we investigated some basic properties of such modules. Keywords: ��𝐴� -module, transitive modules, fully invariant submodules, socles. 1. Introduction and preliminaries The study of ��𝐴�-modules was initiated by Singh [9]. Mehdi, Abbasi etc. worked a lot on this module [7]. They studied dfferent notions and structures on ��𝐴�-modules and developed the theory of these modules by introducing several notions and some in-teresting properties of these modules and characterized different submodules of ��𝐴�-modules. Yet there is much to explore. Throughout this paper, all rings will be associative with unity and modules � are unital ��𝐴�-modules. An element �∈� is uniform, if �� is a non-zero uniform (hence uniserial) module and for any �-module � with a unique composition series, �(� ) )denotes its composition length. For a uniform element �∈�,�(�=�(�� and �


Abstract Understanding the diet of herbivores is a crucial factor for the management of wild animals in natural ecosystems. The aim of this study was to establish the forage selection by the greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) in different seasons in Garura communal area management programme for indigenous resources (CAMPFIRE) project adjacent to Umfurudzi Park, Zimbabwe. The direct observation method was used to collect data on the woody species foraged by the greater kudu, where field observations were conducted to determine woody species consumed by the greater kudu at the feeding sites across two seasons, dry (September to October 2015) and wet season (December 2015 to January 2016). A total of 17 out of 38 woody species were recorded as being preferred by the greater kudu. There was no significant difference in the diversity, acceptance and availability of forage by greater kudu across seasons. The main five commonly utilized woody species across both seasons were Ficus coronata, Savanna dwababerry, Dalbergia nyassae, Gymnosporia senegalensis and Bauhinia petersiana. Results revealed that seasonality did not have any influence on forage selection on woody species in the study area.


Problems encountered during high temperature sodium testing of a prototype breeder reactor heat transport pump at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) are discussed. Special tests and analyses to resolve the uneven heating and resulting high shaft torque which was traced to cellular natural convection is discussed. Vibrations were observed during steady-state testing. Diagnostic testing and analyses (e.g., power spectral density) were developed to determine the source and to effect a solution. The source was discovered to be vortex shedding off the upper impeller wear ring outlet; subsequent pump modification, by stiffening the ring, mitigated the problem. During thermal transient testing, a shaft seizure by the hydrostatic bearing occurred. Densification of the bearing support material during prolonged high temperature operation caused the loss of clearance.


1. Wheat, barley or mangolds gave nearly the same yield if grown on seed beds prepared by ploughing and harrowing, by using the grubber or cultivator and harrowing and by using the Rototiller, provided that the cultivators were used for one year only. If used for several years in succession deterioration of yield sometimes sets in, possibly due to the increased weediness of the non-ploughed plots. 2. There was no advantage in ploughing deeper than 4 in. but it is advantageous to use the grubber of Rototiller deeper. 3. The effect of cross-ploughing, subsoiling or heavy rolling the seed bed for spring-sown crops was without effect on the yield. 4. Spring rolling and harrowing improved the yield of winter wheat but had little effect on the yield of straw. Rolling alone may have produced a slightly increased yield of grain but it improved the straw yield while harrowing depressed the straw yield. 5. There was strong evidence that intensive hoeing of sugar-beet or kale is detrimental. Two to three hoeings appear to be ample.


Objective\ To investigate the effects of immunologic tolerance induced by oral administration of myelin on the incidence and histopathologic changes of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis(EAE).\ Methods\ Wistar rats were used to establish the EAE model.\ The difference of incidence and inflammatory cells infiltration in the central nervous system in both oral tolerance and direct immunizing groups were observed.\ Results\ Animals in oral tolerance group had a marked decreased incidence rate with delayed onset, mild clinical apperance and decreased inflammatory infiltration.\ Conclusion\ Oral administration of myelin can induce immune tolerance mechanism and suppress the occurrence of EAE


Many contemporary novels subject their readers to a breathless sense that the events are hurtling past too quickly for real understanding. Scenes and focal figures change rapidly, and helpful transitions are missing. The resultant feeling of excessive rapidity is what I mean by narrative speed. Why has speed become a commonplace in fiction? What effects do authors seek by using it? How does such a frantic pace af- fect audiences and their attitudes towards the texts? (Quite differently, one assumes, since some readers glory in the effect while others fight it or dislike the discomfort it causes them.) These questions confront readers of numerous recent novels, and they invite us to ask how one might best understand speed as a narrative technique. Nar- rative theory to date seems to offer relatively little insight into these problems. Crit- ics have so far theorized pace (fast or slow) in just four basic fashions: (1) prose portrayal of physical speed; (2) narrative retardation; (3) the amount of story time covered per page; and (4) fictional reflections of cultural speed. Critical concern with portraying physical speed focuses on the modernist fasci- nation with physical speed and how to represent it in painting, sculpture, and writing. This is only marginally relevant to the kind of frantic narrative I am trying to ana- lyze, because narrative speed does not necessarily increase as one describes physical speed, though the two sometimes coincide. DeQuincey's prose, for example, actu- ally slows down as he attempts to catalog the sensations of fear provoked by a speed- ing mail coach. One significant connection between mechanical speed and prose speed has been helpfully analyzed by Stephen Kern. In exploring the speed-up mechanisms of the modernist era—bicycle, telegraph, telephone, car, and film—he notes that reporters wired stories to their newspapers. Kern attributes to this practice


Empirical work on money demand om developed economies pertains to be based on sound microeconomic principles. If this is truly the case, estimated models should be unaffected by country boundaries, given that as economists we believe the majority of people to be motivated by the same basic forces. In the development literature, however, it is usually maintained that the problems of LDC's must be taken specifically into account, which would appear to contradict the above argument.


Background: The final stage of kidney disease is a severe form of chronic kidney disease, and the inelastic reduction of renal function is the result. Hemodialysis is the most common form of treatment. Despite the increase in life expectancy, there are psychological disorders and pressures such as death anxiety and depression. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of family-centered empowerment on the level of death anxiety and depression in patients undergoing hemodialysis.  Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 30 patients undergoing hemodialysis referring to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Zabol city were randomly selected and divided into intervention and control groups. Data were collected using Temple death and Beck Depression Inventory. At first, the questionnaires were completed by samples and then the intervention group received a family-centered empowerment model in 2 3-hour sessions within a week; no intervention was performed for the control group. One week after the intervention, the questionnaires were completed again. Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon test were used for data analysis. SPSS software version 22 was used.  Findings: According to the findings, there was a significant difference between the level of anxiety of death before and after the intervention in the intervention group (P = 0.001). However, there was no statistically significant difference in the control group (P = 0.21). There was a significant difference in the death anxiety variable (P = 0.014) before the intervention and the intervention group (P = 0.014). After the intervention, this difference was significant (P = 0.001). The findings showed that there was a significant difference between the level of depression in the intervention group and intervention after intervention (P = 0.001). However, the control group did not show a statistically significant difference (P = 0.86). Also, there was no significant difference in the depression variable before intervention between the intervention and control groups (P = 0.051), but after intervention, this difference was significant (P = 0.001).  Conclusion: Several studies suggest death and depression anxiety in hemodialysis patients. Therefore, considering the positive effects of family-centered empowerment model on the level of death anxiety and depression in hemodialysis patients, nurses should be advised in this study. To increase the level of mental health and thus improve the quality of life, it is important to pay more attention to the role of families in empowering these patients.


AIM
Appendicitis is the most common intra-abdominal condition requiring emergency surgery, with a life time risk of about 6%. Although considerable data are available in the literature regarding the histopathology of appendicectomy specimens, such information from the Indian subcontinent remains unreported.

METHODS
A total of 348 consecutive appendices removed because of clinical suspicion of acute appendicitis were selected. Three sections from each specimen were submitted for histopathology. Histopathologic acute appendicitis if present was further classified into 3 subcategories. A retrospective analysis was performed on all these specimens.

RESULTS
The male female ratio was 2.6:1 with highest number of cases in the age group 21-30 years; 282 specimens out of 348 showed features consistent with acute appendicitis with an overall higher occurrence in males. Statistically significant association was obtained between perforation and male sex, older age and acute suppurative appendicitis.

CONCLUSIONS
Present study shows that acute appendicitis in India is a disease of young males. The negative appendicectomy rate is about 10.9%. On further subclassification of acute appendicitis, uncomplicated acute appendicitis seems to be the most common followed by acute suppurative appendicitis.


The present invention discloses a method and system for obtaining user's mobile phone number of a 3G network, the method comprising: a mobile terminal using a 3G network and SGSN / GGSN interaction is complete the activation PDP, charging gateway provided in the CGN establish a user mobile phone number and the mobile terminal the mapping between the IP address of the private network; SP to the storage site through legitimate websites SP server queries to query, access billing gateway URL; SP site sends a redirect message to the mobile terminal, redirect message carries the gauge URL fee gateway and rebound SP business website address; mobile terminal, get the phone number from the billing gateway URL redirect message according to charging gateway, and carry the phone number requesting access to the SP website; SP mobile terminal site request phone number. The implementation of the present application can guarantee the SP website can be queried from a charging gateway to the user's mobile phone number.


Digitalization of the global economic system in general and cross-border trade, in particular, has become particularly relevant due to the difficult economic situation in the world caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019. As a result, online commerce has taken a leading position in the movement of goods using the Internet telecommunications network. In connection with the above, it can be concluded that the topic of digitalization of crossborder trade in goods is relevant today and occupies a leading position in the field of further development of remote information and communication technologies. In the presented article, the author comprehensively examines the actual problematic aspects of the processes of digitalization of international trade in modern political and socio-economic conditions, and also identifies possible directions for optimizing these processes.


Thank you for this opportunity to share perspectives from our work within the Physiotherapy and Refugees Education Project, PREP, an Erasmus+ funded project within the KA2 strategic partnership program. Researchers, educators, students, and clinicians within institutions of higher education, health services and humanitarian organisations, have worked together in this project to define competencies that physiotherapists need in working with refugees. Based on this, we have made a course openly available for physiotherapists worldwide. A central aim of the work in PREP has been the creation of a network in which educators, students and clinicians can meet, discuss, and learn from each other. We welcome everyone who shares our interest to join us in this network. In this perspective paper, we want to share our thoughts and opinions on how such a collaboration can be used for building competence. We will discuss topics that are central for physiotherapists working with victims of torture, and finally, we will discuss what we believe are the important next steps within physiotherapy to be able to support this group.


The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is critical for controlling the motion of the knee joint, but it is prone to injury during sports activities and physical work. If left untreated, ACL injuries can lead to various pathologies such as meniscal damage and osteoarthritis. While previous studies have used deep learning to diagnose ACL tears, there has been a lack of standardization in human unit classification, leading to mismatches between their findings and actual clinical diagnoses. To address this, we perform a triple classification task based on various tear classes using an ordinal loss on the KneeMRI dataset. We utilize a channel correction module to address image distribution issues across multiple patients, along with a spatial attention module, and test its effectiveness with various backbone networks. Our results show that the modules are effective on various backbone networks, achieving an accuracy of 83.3% on ResNet-18, a 6.65% improvement compared to the baseline. Additionally, we carry out an ablation experiment to verify the effectiveness of the three modules and present our findings with figures and tables. Overall, our study demonstrates the potential of deep learning in diagnosing ACL tear and provides insights into improving the accuracy and standardization of such diagnoses.


Communication is a basic education activity between teachers and students.A series of changes have taken place,including subject virtualization,medium symbolization,time asynchronism and site unset in distance education with internet involved in it.These changes turn into the power counteracting the communication as well bringing the fresh air for it.It is the best choice to return to reality and life world for reconstructing the internet communication between teachers and students.


Performance-based design procedures include a set of Limit States that the designer has to apply in order to produce an adequate seismic resistant building. However, nowadays it is difficult to incorporate these Limit States into conventional seismic code procedures. This paper studies the objective determination of the damage threshold for some specific Limit States by using criteria based on the interstory drift computed from the non-linear response of reinforced concrete framed buildings, designed according to EC-2 and EC-8 provisions. The results show that the values of the thresholds of damage are practically independent of the height of the building and that can be incorporated into the design process in a rational way, correlating the damage thresholds with seismic damage index, in order to obtain an efficient assessment of the seismic response of the framed reinforced concrete buildings.


The control of nonlinear systems is an important part of modern control theory, which get involved with many interesting control problems.The stabilization of nonlinear systems is a key design problem,and target tracking,output regulation,adaptive control,and robust control are all the control synthesis problems based on stabilization.To solve these nonlinear control problems,some members of our key lab have established a series of different analysis and control methods for the last decade,and particularly got results on feedback linearziation,generalized Hamiltonian systems,and nonsmooth control.This paper summarizes some of our existing results and briefly show our perspective on the future development of nonlinear control theory.


Quorum sensing (QS) is a process that enables bacteria to communicate using secretd signaling molecules called autoinducer. Pseudomonas aeruginosa an opportunistic pathogen in immune compromised patients is under the regulation of two different acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) as the quorum signal molecules: N-3-oxododecanoyl homoserine lactone (3OC12) and Nbutanoyl homoserine lactone (C4). Technology is required to block the very basic mechanism of bacterial communication that appear to control toxin production, adherence, motility, proteolysis and other virulence factors leading to pathogenecity. Natural products especially plants used in traditional medicines in different organisms are a promising source for deriving molecules that can potentially inhibit QS. Our objective was to screen for the QS inhibitory properties of 2 high quality herbs such as Phyllanthus emblica and Quercus infectoria. Effect of these extracts on P. aeruginosa virulence factors such as pyocyanin, total protease, elastase and biofilm formation were quantified by standard protocols. The result indicate that between and among the extracts of these two plants the aqueous extract of P. emblica showed greater reduced activity of pyocyanin synthesis, proteolytic enzymes elastolytic enzymes and biofilm formation.


Magnetization and antiferromagnetic resonance studies were done on a single crystal of MnCl 2 ·2H 2 O at liquid helium temperatures using pulsed magnetic fields up to 180 kOe. The spin-flop phenomenon was observed at 30.2±0.3 kOe under a field along the spin easy b -axis. Transition from antiferromagnetic to paramagnetic states was observed at 154±2, 142±2 and 152±2 kOe when an external field was applied parallel to the a , b and c -axes, respectively. Antiferromagnetic resonance absorptions were observed in the frequency range from 22 to 85 GHz and a zero-field frequency was determined to be 85±1 GHz. The antiferromagnetic exchange field H E and the orthorhombic anisotropy fields H A 1 and H A 2 due to the crystalline field constants D and E were found to be 71.7±1 kOe, 6.0±0.3 kOe, 4.5±0.5 kOe, respectively. It was also found that the second easy axis is the a -axis.


Increasingly, psychometric testing is moving away from the paper-and-pencil testing model (or online versions of such tests) to forms that are designed with technological and mathematical advances at their heart. Computerised adaptive testing (CAT) is not a new concept but it is unfamiliar to the vast majority of registered test users. Registered test users are most often seen as the gatekeepers of advice and knowledge on psychometric testing and how it can be used effectively, efficiently and in the fairest possible ways.


Angle and energy dependences of the differential cross section have been measured for elastic scattering of ..cap alpha.. particles by /sup 12/C and /sup 27/Al nuclei, for the reaction /sup 12/C(..cap alpha..,p)/sup 15/N, and for the reactions (..cap alpha..,p), (..cap alpha..,d), and (..cap alpha..,t) in the /sup 27/Al nucleus. For the scattering and the reaction in /sup 12/C, measurements were made in the bombarding-particle energy range 15--25 MeV. For scattering and reactions in /sup 27/Al, angular distributions were obtained for an ..cap alpha..-particle energy 25 MeV and the excitation functions were measured in the range 18--25 MeV. Calculations and a comparison with experimental data of the angular and energy dependences of the differential cross sections for the investigated reactions were carried out in the framework of the model of an l-split optical potential, which phenomenologically takes into account exchange processes associated with breakup of the target nucleus.


Diseases have co-existed with life, the study of diseases and their treatment is important part of our ancient plant worldwide. Herbal plants are wonderful origin of traditional & modern medicine, useful for primary health care system. Herbal medicine prepare various part of plant are used. Instead off an herbal drug is design as the alternative formulation for the external use in the form of ointment. For the medicinal use the herbal ointment apply externally on human body. The main aims of this research are preparation of herbal ointment from the Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile plants the antibacterial activity. Under this research work, it is design as herbal ointment with the help of ethanolic extract of Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile determines the anti-bacterial capacity on it. In vitro study the antibacterial activity of the ethanolic extracts of dried leaves of Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile are determine by using the Agar cup plate method versus different bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa etc. By blending the ethanolic extract of Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile (10 % w/w) into aqueous cream we formulated herbal ointment. The emulsifying agent and simple ointment bases are added in above herbal ointment for increase the antibacterial effectiveness during in vitro evaluation. Acacia nilotica (Family Leguminosae) are broadly used in traditional system of medicine throughout different part of India, Africa & America. It is used in the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, cough, tuberculosis and leprosy. The current study deals with the determination of formulation and evaluation of herbal ointment using Acacia nilotica (L.) leave extract.


The present abstract employs the use of Multivariate Calibration Technique for the assessment of Tocotrienol in the marketed pharmaceutical formulation. The multivariate calibration technique was established by the use of linear regression equation employing the relationship at five different concentration levels and its absorbance recorded at five selected wavelengths around the λmax of the drug. The method was observed to be linear over a concentration range of 30-90 µg/mL with a correlation coefficient value more than 0.99. The λmax of Tocotrienol was found to be 293 nm. The developed method was found to be simple, rapid, accurate and precise in accordance to the ICH protocol Q2(R1). This statistical methodology gives ideal outcomes by eliminating the deviations emerging out of instrumental or experimental conditions.


The aim of this study is to examine the antihyperglycemic activity of root of Berberis aristata D.C. in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Five groups of albino Wistar rats were used (n = 6). The two dose of 71.42 and 100 mg/kg body weight ethanol extract of B. aristata were selected for antidiabetic activity. Blood glucose levels were estimated in all the groups by the commercial kit (Span diagnostic Pvt. Ltd, Surat) on 1st, 5th, 10th and 20th day of the treatment with B. aristata. The serum cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, liver glycogen and body weight were estimated on 20th day of treatment in all the groups compared against diabetic control group. The different extracts of root of B. aristata were also tested for glucose tolerance test in normal fasted rats. The ethanol extract of root of B. aristata 71.42 and 100 mg/kg body weight showed a significant (P<0.01) reduction of serum glucose level in alloxan induced diabetic rats at 15th day as compared to diabetic control group. Cholesterol and triglycerides level were increased very significantly (P<0.01), in diabetic animal when compared with normal control group. The level of cholesterol and triglycerides reduced very significantly (P<0.01), when compared with diabetic control group. The level of HDL cholesterol was significantly (P<0.05) increased in the extract treated group when compared to diabetic control group. In oral glucose tolerance test ethanol extract of B. aristata increase the glucose tolerance. It is concluded that the ethanol extract of B. aristata possess anti-diabetic activity in alloxan induced diabetic rats. The ethanol extract of B. aristata is very promising to develop standardized phytomedicine for diabetes mellitus. Key words: Berberis aristata, Indian berbery, daruharidra, alloxan-induced diabetes


Reservoir souring is a widespread phenomenon in reservoirs undergoing seawater
injection. During this process, the sulfate in the seawater promotes the growth of sulfate
reducing bacteria and archaea generating hydrogen sulfide. However, other reactions
involving formation of different sulfur species with intermediate valence states such as
elemental sulfur, sulfite, polysulfide ions, and polythionates can occur. These sulfur
species have implications in both chemical and microbial processes and impact the
treatment approaches for soured reservoirs. A predictive reactive model was developed in
this study to investigate the chemical reactivity of sulfur species and their partitioning
behaviour as a function of temperature, pressure, and pH in a seawater-flooded reservoir.
The presence of sulfur species with different oxidation states impacts the amount and
partitioning behaviour of H₂S. The model predicts at pH values less than 5, sulfur is
predominantly in the form of sulfate, polysulfide, hydrogen sulfide and approximately
10% of the total sulfur is thiosalts. There is also elemental sulfur precipitation. At pH
above neutral, the bulk of the sulfur is sulfate and thiosalts and less than 10% polysulfide
is formed. The amount of sulfur deposited as elemental sulfur is also less compared to pH
lower than 5. Without considering sulfur speciation and assuming that all the initial
sulfate in the injected seawater (2454 mg/L) is converted to H₂S microbially and the
formed H₂S partitions between phases, the gas phase under test separator conditions on
the surface contains 1080 ppm H₂S which is in equilibrium with the oil phase containing
295.7 ppm H₂S and water phase with H₂S content of 8.8 ppm. These values are higher
than those obtained from reactivity analysis (i.e., H₂S content of the gas, oil, and aqueous phases are 487 ppm, 134 ppm, and 4 ppm, respectively). Therefore, ignoring sulfur
speciation in investigating reservoir souring leads to over-prediction of H₂S content of
reservoir fluid. The developed reactivity model enables one the investigation of sulfur
chemistry when injection of sulfate-containing seawater is used in recovery processes.
This model can be used as a tool to study sulfur speciation and H₂S amounts as a function
of reservoir temperature, pressure and pH and therefore, could be used in developing
souring mitigation measures.


We have calculated mosaic correlation maps based on the ILC WMAP microwave background data and infrared and optical extragalactic object positions according to the 2MRS catalog and the SDSS survey respectively. Using the histograms of signal values in pixels and angular power spectra, we have investigated the statistical properties of these maps. Evolution power spectra of correlation maps, depending on z, were built. We show that there are certain correlation scales (2°-3°) at different redshifts (z = 1-2), which can match the size of the maximal heterogeneity cell (60-90 Mpc) during different cosmological epochs.


Article history: Received January 24, 2014 Accepted 20 June 2014 Available online June 24 2014 Promoting complex global environment, tremendous growth and increase of network communication technology in the world, strategic planning and foresight activities in science and technology have become very important. Gradually, organizations and businesses are realizing the importance of foresight; many organizations attempt to execute such activities. However, this concept is not still well known in our country and among our organizations. Therefore, recognizing the factors influencing the success of this concept is a kind of issues that the organizations and activists are faced. Thus, this research seeks to identify and to rank the factors, particularly in the areas of economy, and it has developed five hypotheses. In this paper, factors affecting the success of foresight are given in four groups of rational, structure, scope, and results. Data collection for this study is a questionnaire and the binomial tests, Pearson correlation and Friedman test have been used to prove the hypothesis. According to the analysis of data obtained from the questionnaire conducted by SPSS software, all research hypotheses were confirmed. It also became clear that the rational component had the greatest impact on the future success of science and technology in the field of economic. © 2014 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.


No, it cannot. Non-mining firms have invested less over the past decade, relative to their output, than they did over the previous two decades, and this decline in investment intensity has been broad based across firms. This reduced investment could contribute to slower economic growth, if, for example, it is associated with decreased adoption of new technologies. This article looks into potential driving forces behind the decline in the rate of investment, finding that it cannot be explained by shifts in industry structure, or the composition of firms by age or date of formation. The size of the decline is consistent with what would be expected given slower technological progress and lower depreciation rates. But there might be other, more cyclical reasons for the observed slowdown in non-mining investment. B U L L E T I N – J U N E 2 0 1 9 1 2 5 Introduction The production of goods and services typically relies on the use of both capital (e.g. buildings, machinery & equipment, computer software) and labour inputs. To expand production, firms can either increase their stock of capital, hire additional workers, or find ways to use existing inputs more efficiently. Since firms' investment decisions affect their stock of capital, investment is a key channel through which the economy can grow its productive capacity. Over the past decade, non-mining firms have tended to invest less intensively than they did in the preceding two decades. In the decade leading up to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), firms in the non-mining sector invested, on average, between 14 and 16 cents per dollar of output. In the post-GFC period this has declined to between 10 and 12 cents of investment per dollar of output (Graph 1). To put this into context, if non-mining firms invested with a similar intensity today as they did before the GFC, non-mining investment would have been around $54 billion, or one-third, higher in 2017/18 than was actually observed. The slowdown in investment is not unique to Australia; following the GFC, many advanced economies have recorded weaker capital expenditure than expected (CEA, 2017). Graph 1 C A N S T R U C T U R A L C H A N G E A CCO U N T F O R T H E LO W L E V E L O F N O N M I N I N G I N V E S T M E N T ? 1 2 6 R E S E R V E B A N K O F AU S T R A L I A The decline in the economy's investment intensity could have wide-ranging consequences. For example, to the extent that lower investment leads to slower growth in the capital stock, growth in output per worker (also known as labour productivity) is also likely to slow unless there are offsetting technological improvements. All things being equal, this would tend to put downward pressure on wage growth. Moreover, if firms tend to invest in new and more productive capital, a decline in the rate of investment could contribute to a lower rate of technological advancement, and therefore slower economic growth. Given the possible consequences, we are interested in understanding what has driven the decline in the economy's investment intensity in the past decade. In doing so, we build on past work by van der Merwe et al (2018), which provided an overview of, and evidence regarding, a wide range of potential explanations for the decline in investment intensity. In the first part of this article, we revisit whether changes in industry structure can explain the decline, as well as examining a potential role for changes in the age and cohort composition of firms in the economy. We do this using firm-level tax data from the Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE), which is ideally suited to such an analysis.[1] Having demonstrated that compositional change explains only a very small share of the decline in the economy's investment intensity since the GFC, and that the decline is apparent across most firms irrespective of their characteristics, we then consider other explanations. In particular, we present a simple theoretical model of the economy's (long-run) investment intensity. Using this model and aggregate data, we demonstrate that the combination of a slowdown in technological progress and a lower depreciation rate can potentially explain a large share of the decline in the non-mining sector's investment intensity. Throughout this article, we focus on nominal (rather than real) investment as a share of output. Nominal data are considered more appropriate given difficulties in comparing the level of real investment over time and across industries, particularly due to the large changes in technology over recent decades and the significant shifts in the relative prices of investment goods that have accompanied these changes. However, given real investment has also been relatively subdued in recent years, this focus on nominal data is unlikely to substantially affect our conclusions. Compositional Change Industry structure If economic activity shifts away from investment-intensive sectors, such as manufacturing, to sectors with lower intensities, such as services, then, in principle, this could account for a decline in the overall (non-mining) investment intensity (Adeney, 2018, van der Merwe et al 2018). But C A N S T R U C T U R A L C H A N G E A CCO U N T F O R T H E LO W L E V E L O F N O N M I N I N G I N V E S T M E N T ? B U L L E T I N – J U N E 2 0 1 9 1 2 7 although economic activity has shifted in this way over the decades, the shift accounts for only a small part of the more recent decline in investment intensity; most of the decline has occurred within sectors. Previous research showed this for broad sectors such as manufacturing and services, using National Accounts data (van der Merwe et al (2018); Graph 2). We confirm that this finding is also true for more disaggregated industry groupings using firm-level data from BLADE.[2] That is, the decline in investment intensity has not occurred because activity had shifted within sectors to less investment-intensive industries in each sector.


Based on the research projects of Guangdong Power Grid Company,this paper discusses the key technologies of high-definition video conference system,and analyses the developing strategy of high-definition video conference system in Guangdong Power Grid Company during "the 12th Five-Year Plan" period.It points out that the video conference system in Guangdong Power Grid will have the characteristics of high definition and wide coverage together with the integrated application of soft-switching and telepresence technology.It would be guiding significance for the construction of video conference system in Guangdong Power Grid Company.


Some long-term benefits were calculated in 100 cases of coronary artery disease randomly allocated to surgical or medical treatment. The marginal cost for care of the "surgical group" was USD 121820 (FIM 591460) higher than for the "medical group". This investment yielded 71 life-years and 55 work-years. The excess hospital costs in surgical treatment were covered by the higher incomes in that group.


Burns are one of the most traumatic injuries that human can ever experience. Treatment of burn wounds is a complex and long-lasting process and patient rehabilitation continues long after cicatrization. The methods of treating burn wounds demonstrate satisfactory results. However, the bacterial infections of burn wounds are a significant problem. Researchers are looking for substances that would be effective both in preventing and treating and at the same time having great healing potential and lack of cytotoxicity. Many research papers describe plant extracts such as Senecio serratuloides, Casearia sylvestris, Pistacia lentiscus oil, pine oil as effective agents in the fight against bacterial infections of burn wounds. Also bacterial cellulose or chitosan are used as carriers of these substances and wound dressings. Many of described research can be used in practice for effective burn wounds healing while other are under investigation.


Angiotensin converting enzime gene polimorphisms Insertion/Deletion and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with acute myocardial infarction Introduction Traditional cardiovascular risk factors are widely studied and closely linked with the development of acute myocardial infarction, stroke and peripheral vascular disease. The underlying genetic background includes the angiotensin converting enzyme gene mutations. The main objective of this study is to establish an association between the polymorphism Insertion/Deletion of angiotensin converting enzyme in a group of patients with coronary artery disease. Methods. We performed a prospective, case-control study, in a group of patients with acute myocardial infarction referred to our center for coronary angiogram. Clinical information was obtained from medical records and personal interviews. DNA collecting and analysis of angiotensin converting enzyme I / D polymorphism, were done by molecular biology techniques as previously described. Results. We included 100 individuals, 33 cases and 67 controls. The average age was 43.16 years old; 87.7% were male. Body mass index was higher in cases (35.6) than in controls (24.8). Smoking (p <0.001), hypertension (p <0.001) and high


The article describes a triple learning approach to educational process using a specialized three-level training robotics platform to train professionals in the higher education system, which includes software and hardware for the sequential study of general intelligence related AI, such as Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Robotics, and more. The described solution is based on Fog/Edge/AIoT stack and allows to build both set of laboratory works and complex completed projects in the context of the concept of tripled learning, as well as to carry out research projects. The platform described is modular and contains several levels of difficulty for optimal configuration according to the course syllabus. The usage of an Artificial Intelligence approach with remote data preprocessing (at edge level) can significantly reduce the computing and time resources and complexity, as well as refuse centralized storage of the entire array of data, which brings the processing of data much closer to online mode. The proposed platform allows improving the quality of the educational process, to increase its orientation to practical experience and to reflect the current state of AI synergy through Fog/Edg/Cloud with IoT.


This essay originates from my participation in a workshop of the same title at the 20th National Conference on Women and the Law, held in Oakland, California in the Spring of 1989. The workshop focused on the following two questions: (1) to what extent is feminist theoretical scholarship in the field of law actually grounded in the experience of women (i.e., based on feminist method); and (2) to the extent that the theory is grounded in women's experience, does it reflect the diversity of women's experience? Because I had recently been struggling with both of these issues, I readily accepted the invitation to participate. At the time, I hoped that my preparation for the workshop would help clarify my own thinking about the connections between feminist method and theory. My particular concern was that feminist legal theorists often ignore, or at best marginalize, lesbian experience. I call this the problem of the invisible lesbian. It is a problem that has serious consequences for the building of feminist legal theory. What makes any theory particularly feminist is that it is derived from female experience, from a point of view contrary to the dominant male perception of reality. If feminist legal theory is derived from a feminist method uninformed by critical lesbian experience, the theory will be incomplete. Lesbian experience is essential to the formation of feminist


Far from being cut off from the external world, chicks developing within their eggs are aware of light, temperature and sound; they can even experience stress while secure inside their mini-incubators. But what effects do these experiences have on the behaviour of the youngsters once they have broken free of their early egg homes? How would hearing a natural sound (a sparrowhawk squawk) or a crashing metal dish – which developing quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) embryos would never encounter naturally –while developing inside their eggs affect the behaviour of quail chick hatchlings? Nawel Mezrai from the University of Rennes, France, with colleagues from Rennes, Université F. Rabelais, France, and Normandie University, France, monitored chicks' reactions to a variety of situations during the first 16 days of life.


We generalize the notion of a jet scheme (truncated arc space) to arbitrary fat points via adjunction, and show that this yields for each fat point, an endomorphism on each schemic Grothendieck ring as defined in [17]. We prove that some of the analogues for linear jets still hold true, like locally trivial fibration over the smooth locus. In this formalism, we can define several generating zeta series, motivic series, the rationality of which can now be investigated. We use the theory of jet schemes to define a local motivic integration with values in the formal Grothendieck ring.


The regular IP addresses used in multimedia lab usually go into the Internet through the Local Area Network and as the result quite a few problems have been exposed in the statistic IP distributions. The technique of DHCP may solve many of these problems such as IP conflict, and improve the function of the network and simplify the net management.


Metamaterials have been in the frontiers of research owing to the amazing electromagnetic features these exhibit, which are not found in naturally occurring mediums. These composites achieve exotic effects through a structure that is smaller than the wavelength in the spectral region of interest. For example, at optical frequencies, molecules of metamaterials would be nanoparticles of diameter much less than the visible light wavelength, whereas at radar frequencies, the component units can be as large as a few millimeters across. The primary feature of metamaterials remains that the dimension of material components must satisfy the sub-wavelength requirement. By exploiting chemistry and microstructure, materials can be produced with properties those are non-existing in the nature. As such, metamaterials can be engineered to have a wide range of electromagnetic characteristics at desired frequencies and can have great potentials in technological applications. These tailored structures can manipulate incoming waves in fantastic ways, because their electromagnetic properties are derived mainly from the resonating elements. The current trend of metamaterial research involves designing and fabricating nanostructures that are capable of manipulating electromagnetic waves at the terahertz spectrum. Studies of terahertz metamaterials involve standard characterization for effective medium properties, e.g., transmission, permittivity, and permeability. With this viewpoint, we made a timely decision to bring up a Special Issue of the Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (JEMWA), entitled "Complex Metamaterial Mediums and THz Applications," wherein the conversant authors report their recent research results highlighting the different aspects of metamaterials and applications. Metamaterials can be used as perfect absorbers of different electromagnetic radiations. In line with this, a paper included in this Special Issue reports the design and spectral performance of broadband metamaterial perfect absorber that operates in the ultraviolet and the visible regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. In particular, the proposed absorber is a three-layer nanoscaled structure comprised of U-shaped resonators (made of gold) of sub-wavelength size embedded over a nanolayer of dielectric medium (silica glass), and backed by a copper nanolayer surface, which yields absorptivity over 99%. This work also analyzes the angular dependence (of the incident light) of absorption characteristics, and the results of investigation suggest prudent use of such perfect absorbers in integrated heat absorbing mediums that would include sensors, integrated photodetectors, thermal imaging and solar cells. In the context of absorption by metamaterials, Bie et al. presented three-layer metamaterial-based microwave absorber containing patterned magnetic sheet as the middle layer, and compared the results with those obtained with the three-layer absorber structure with complete sheet as the middle layer, instead of the patterned one. Their simulations and experiments indicate the achievement of huge expanded absorption


In order to solve the problem of chaff jamming recognition for end-guidance radar, average gray correlation degree (AGCD) is introduced here to analyze the difference of time-domain correlation characteristic between vessels' echo and clutter. A novel recognition method called position matching is presented making use of the difference of spatial position between vessels and chaff cloud. Finally, recognition method based on micro- Doppler effect is provided according to the difference of movement. Simulation experiment and theory study indicate the effectiveness of the three methods.


To examine the relationship of tests of sensorimotor integration, tactile sensitivity, and gross motor skills among preschoolers, the investigators administered three assessment tools to a sample of 61 preschool children (12 non-handicapped children and 49 children with mild developmental delays). Tests used were the Assessment of Sensorimotor Integration in Preschool Children, the Tactile Sensitivity Checklist, and the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales. Modifications were made in the tools designed to assess sensorimotor integration and tactile sensitivity and are described in detail. The relationship of scores on the sensorimotor integration tool to chronological age was evaluated; a strong positive correlation was noted for the scores of the 12 non-handicapped preschoolers. A significant correlation between scores on the sensorimotor integration tool and those of the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales was noted for the entire sample of children. There was no significant relationship between scores on ...


An objective of present study is to find out the Personality Traits among Students Facing Competitive Examinations. Hypotheses: - There will be no significant difference between old and new Students Facing Competitive Examinations on dimension openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. Sample:- The present study 60 Students were selected from Aurangabad city for the present Research. Among them 30 students were new students and 30 students were old students (Students facing various Competitive Examinations such as MPSC, UPSC, Banking, SET/NET) Age range of 18 year to 40 year. (Mean = 26.36, SD = 5.47). Male and female ration was equal.


When the "founding fathers" of German sociology set about to create a theory of cultural modernity, they treated gender as crucially important. At the same time, their work reflected the contemporary tendency to articulate the cultural crisis of the age as a gender problem. German sociology, which understood itself mostly as a Kulturwissenschaft, and the bourgeois women's movement mutually influenced each other. In fact, there were close personal contacts between male sociologists and leading figures in the women's movement. In the period before WWI, two gender issues in particular were much discussed in both circles: the gender-specific character of all social conditions and all "objective culture," and the significance of eroticism and sexual love in relation to marriage and culture-at-large.


Misconceptions about psycho-legal issues are widespread and threaten the fabric of our legal system. The present study examines how misconception endorsement is related to tough-on-crime beliefs and sentencing decisions. Two hundred and fifty-six students completed a 50-item questionnaire assessing misconceptions related to forensic psychology and determined sentences in four mock-jury scenarios at the beginning and end of an introductory forensic psychology course. Misconception endorsement decreased significantly from 32% to 21%, with every subscale (police and interrogations, service provision, mental illness, memory and cognition, tough on crime) experiencing a significant decrease from pre-test to post-test. This drop in endorsement is meaningful, as misconceptions and beliefs are typically very difficult to change. Additionally, misconception endorsement was positively correlated with tough-on-crime beliefs and punitive (mock) sentencing. This study provides a valuable resource for endorsement rates of psycho-legal misconceptions and the propensity of individual misconceptions to change. It also makes a strong argument for the usefulness of psychology and law courses in reducing potentially harmful misconceptions and tough-on-crime beliefs.


Previous analyses [Z. Yan and J. Chen, J. Appl. Phys. 72, 1 (1992); J. Chen and Z. Yan, ibid., 84, 1791 (1998); Lin et al., Physica B 344, 147 (2004); Yang et al., ibid., 364, 33 (2005); Xia et al., ibid., 381, 246 (2006).] of irreversibilities in magnetic refrigerators overlooked several important losses that could be dominant in a real active magnetic regenerative refrigerator (AMRR). No quantitative expressions have been provided yet to estimate the corresponding entropy generations in real AMRRs. The important geometric parameters of AMRRs, such as the aspect ratio of the active magnetic regenerator and the refrigerant diameter, are still arbitrarily chosen. Expressions for calculating different types of entropy generations in the AMRR were derived and used to optimize the aspect ratio and the refrigerant diameter. An optimal coefficient of performance (15.54) was achieved at an aspect ratio of 6.39 and a refrigerant diameter of 1.1mm for our current system. Further study showed that the dissipative s...


In forensic genetics, the identification of an individual is often carried out by comparing unknown DNA profiles obtained in a case against databases or references. When no match is found, investigators need new tools in order to obtain additional leads. The latest technical advances now make it possible to predict externally visible characteristics. With this objective, predicting the age of an individual through DNA methylation analysis remains one of the last challenges. The prediction models have to account for the specific constraints of this field, including tissue specificity and DNA availability (i.e., low DNA amounts or low-quality DNA). Jung and colleagues have recently produced models from blood, saliva and buccal cells by using a single base extension sequencing method. With the goal of evaluating these models in our own analytical conditions, saliva and buccal cell samples from 115 French individuals between the ages of 0 and 88 years old were collected and analyzed. After having determined the optimal analysis conditions, including the DNA quantity for bisulfite conversion (75 ng), some differences were highlighted in the measured methylation rates between the two studies. Despite these discrepancies, the prediction performance levels remain very similar, our study showing mean absolute errors of 3.5 years, 3.9 years and 3.2 years, respectively, for the saliva, buccal swab and multitissue model, with limitations observed for the oldest and youngest individuals. Furthermore, we propose the use of a prediction interval with an error dispersion and correct prediction rate at ±5 years and ±10 years, respectively.


We investigate the topologies of random geometric complexes built over random points sampled on Riemannian manifolds in the so-called "thermodynamic" regime. We prove the existence of universal limit laws for the topologies; namely, the random normalized counting measure of connected components (counted according to homotopy type) is shown to converge in probability to a deterministic probability measure. Moreover, we show that the support of the deterministic limiting measure equals the set of all homotopy types for Euclidean connected geometric complexes of the same dimension as the manifold.


A field experiment was conducted to study the growth and yield of rainfed maize as influenced by the application of superabsorbent polymer and pongamia leaf mulch at Zonal Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station, Babbur Farm, Hiriyur, Karnataka during Kharif 2017. The superabsorbent polymer as Pusa hydrogel or commercially available hydrogel at 2.5 and 5.0 kg haand pongamia leaf mulch at 4.0 t haalone and their combinations were set as treatments. The results of the study showed that soil application of commercial hydrogel @ 5.0 kg ha+ mulching with pongamia green leaf @ 4.0 t hagave maximum grain yield (93.20q ha), stover yield (117.14 q ha) compared to rest of the treatments. Similarly, 100 grain weight (46.79 g), cob length (18.87 cm), cob girth (14.92 cm), number of grains per cob (507.73), average AGR (2.65), average CGR (18.61) and maximum LAI (4.71) were also higher. Next best treatment is found to be soil application of pusa hydrogel @ 5.0 kg ha+ mulching with pongamia green leaf @ 4.0 t ha. From the above results, it can be inferred that soil application of hydrogel with pongamia leaf mulch may be a significant practice to increase the yield of maize under rainfed conditions.


This study aimed to explore the impact of exopolysaccharide(EPS) from Lactobacillus casei(L.casei) on cell proliferation and cytokines IL-8,IL-10 and TGF-β secretion in small intestinal epithelial cells(IECs) from Balb/c mice.Murine IECs were isolated and identified by thermolysin digestion combined with differential adherence and immunocytochemistry method,respectively.Different concentrations of L.casei EPS were added to IECs culture supernatant on day 6 and cultured for 0.5 h,1 h,2 h and 4 h,then the proliferation of IECs were determined by WST-1 method.Furthermore,the content of IL-8,IL-10 and TGF-β in the supernatant co-cultured for 2 h were determined by ELISA.We found EPS could promote the proliferation of IECs,and up-regulate the production of IL-8,IL-10 and TGF-β in the supernatant significantly(P0.05),and the up-regulation demonstrated a clear dose-dependent relationship with EPS in the range of 0-150 μg/ml.We concluded that EPS could promote the proliferation of IECs,meanwhile,could increase the content of IL-8,IL-10 and TGF-β in vitro.


DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO IN 1950S AND 1960S. SIDEBAR: RAILROADING REBORN [PRESERVATION OF D&RGW'S CHAMA-ANTONITO LINE AS THE CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD] BY JOHN P. HANKEY.


By adopting the cement paste and concrete experiments,auxiliary plasticizing effect of retarter were investigated in detail.The results indicate that through superplasticizer motivating the auxiliary water-reducing effect and auxiliary enhancing strength effect,the cost of compounded additives such as retarting and high water-reducing agent and pumping agent can be decreased under the same water-reducing ratio.


Graphene, a discrete class of nanomaterial, has come into the limelight after its discovery in 2004. Its unique physico-chemical characteristics like electrical, optical, thermal properties and high mechanical strength has piqued the curiosity of the scientific community worldwide. These properties have been utilized for innovative and novel applications in the field of nanoelectronics and biomedicine. The review focuses on the opportunities and prospects of graphene in biomedical field mainly drug and gene delivery, photo thermal therapy, tissue engineering, bioimaging and sensing.


The paper describes a new approach to creating a map of the environment for a mobile robot by identifying large-scale indoor features directly from sonar observations. Current research in creating environmental maps for mobile robots either use grid-based representations, or use small-scale features to construct larger entities for topological maps, or use combinations of these approaches. These methods do not directly identify features on the scale of corridors, alcoves, and intersections that have high semantic content for people and provide a compact representation of the topology of the environment. We present a simple rule-based technique to differentiate and identify a set of large-scale indoor features. The rule-based approach is used to demonstrate the potential of our method. The experimental results show that processor intensive techniques such as pattern recognition/signal processing, neural networks, or clustering algorithms may not be required for successful, direct large-scale feature identification.