The changes that have been happening in the Brazilian epidemiological scenario in the last decades result from deep social and economic modifications that include, among other things, changes in dietary habits. In Brazil, the only study that investigated family food consumption nationally was the National Family Expenditure Study done from 1974 to 1975. Although useful, national food consumption studies are expensive and only a few countries can conduct them regularly. Nonetheless, household budget surveys are important sources of data on the availability of food at home determined by records of foods purchased. Recent changes in consumption habits, particularly eating out, limit the use of data from household budget surveys to estimate food intake. Thus, the Brazilian government suggested that the next household budget survey to be done in 2008-2009 include a module on individual food consumption. Information on individual food intake will be used to supplement the data regarding food purchases. The objective of this study is to report the development of the methodology to be used in the module of individual food consumption of the household budget survey of 2008-2009. Budget data will be combined with intake data to estimate the usual individual food consumption.


Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2003 - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA, which is title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, PL107-147) to extend the TEUCA program through weeks of unemployment ending before July 1, 2003.Provides for a transition period of continuing payments to individuals with amounts remaining in their TEUC account after June 30, 2003, for weeks beginning before December 31, 2003.Entitles eligible individuals in all States to a total of 26 weeks of TEUCA compensation (13 weeks beyond the current 13 weeks).Provides an additional seven weeks of TEUCA benefits for workers in high unemployment States (entitling them to a total of 33, which is 20 weeks beyond the current 13).Applies a revised adjusted insured unemployment rate State trigger. Sets an additional TEUCA benefit period State trigger based on total unemployment rate.


Androgenesis was observed in a wide cross of Cicer arietinum × C. pinnatifidum. Hybrids between C. arietinum × C. pinnatifidum were obtained after rescuing the hybrid embryos in vitro. The hybrids were initially devoid of any chlorophyll pigment and were albinos. Upon continuous culture in a zeatin-rich medium and in the presence of light, the hybrids turned semi-green. Hybrid shoots were grafted to chickpea rootstocks to obtain hybrid plants. None of the hybrid plants flowered. When the nutrient solution with zeatin (1.0 mg/litre) was added, flower buds were observed on hybrid plants. Flower buds were fragile, albino to semi-green, but with normal morphology. Anthers were squashed in acetocarmine and divisions were observed in some of the microspores. The number of divisions varied from 4 to 6. Adding nutrient solution with zeatin (1.0 mg/litre) to in vivo-grown chickpea plants did not induce division in the microspores. Sixteen hybrid plants were obtained. The number of microspores/pollen grains in an anther varied from 11 to 151, compared to more than 500 pollen grains in cultivated chickpea. The number of pollen grains that had undergone microsporogenesis and induction of androgenesis varied from plant to plant. Percent androgenic pollen grains varied from 0 to 100%. Plant nos. 8, 11 and 12 did not have any androgenic pollen grains, whereas in plant nos. 14 and 16, all the pollen grains were androgenic or had multicellular microspores. The number of cells in multicellular microspores in plant nos. 14 and 16 varied from 8 to 10 unlike 4-6 cells in multicellular microspores in other hybrid plants that had androgenic microspores. This is the first report of the production of multicellular microspores as a result of wide crossing.


Since Intelligent Transport Systems(ITS) is a complex project combining technology and system of transportation, information and communication and civil engineer, it needs a specialized management activities. However, it is difficult to judge who has responsibility for a shoddy and fault construction since the role between project management and supervision is very ambiguous. The aim of this study is propose an efficient project management and supervision for ITS reflecting the characteristics of ITS. Therefore, we suggest a statistical models using nonlinear regression model to prepare the project management and supervision compensation criteria, hence, we choose the realistic and validation statistical model.


Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emergent RNA virus that spread around the planet in about 4 months. The consequences of this rapid dispersion are under investigation. In this work, we analyzed thousands of genomes and protein sequences from Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. We show that the virus is a complex of slightly different variants that are unevenly distributed on Earth, and demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny is spatially structured. Remarkably, the virus phylogeographic patterns were associated with ancestral amino acidic mutations. We hypothesize that geographic structuring is the result of founder effects occurring as a consequence of, and local evolution occurring after, long-distance dispersal. Based on previous studies, the possibility that this could significantly affect the virus phenotype is not remote.


The article explains importance of carrying out investment policy for both the whole state and separate regions. The essence of cooperation between regional, municipal authorities and business enterprises in terms of realization of regional investments is revealed. Importance of coordination between authorities and businesses interests is underlined. Key directions and potential issues in carrying out regional investment policy and attraction of regional investments are highlighted. Sources of financing of regional investments (both private and state) are characterized. Importance of coordination between regional, municipal authorities and businesses structures aimed at accumulating investment resources is underlined. There are presented key indicators of assessing current social and economic status and region development potential on the basis of using multilayer classification taking into account different level of financial and social development of regions. Main key tasks of regional investment policy are highlighted among which there are rational usage of regional potential in complex with increasing technical and informational potential, infrastructure development, innovative production development, creation of highly productive work places. Importance of financial markets development aimed at effective financing of regional investments, regional infrastructure readiness to master and use investment resources is underlined.


The songs"Wu-geng-zhuan" in Dunhuang manuscripts and the melody "Kuwugeng" in Hexi Baojuan,are popular in the same region and have a similar structure.Therefore,it is extremely important to clarify the relationship between the two.In this paper,based on statistics,the author analyse the relationship between the two kinds of poems by scientific methods,and propose some views about the similarities and differences between the two subjects.


Background: The likelihood of endoscopy-associated infections (EAIs) is often referenced from a paper published in 1993 by Kimmery et al1 in which a risk of 1 exogenous infection for every 1.8 million endoscopies (0.00006%) is proclaimed. Even though Ofstead et al2 pointed out in 2013 that this was at least an underestimation by 6-fold because of erroneous assumptions and mathematical errors, the original calculation is still often referred to. In the past decade, multiple outbreaks of multidrug-resistant microorganisms (MDROs) related to contaminated duodenoscopes have been reported worldwide. This leads to the assumption that the former risk calculation is indeed incorrect. Objective: We calculated the duodenoscope-associated infection (DAI) risk for the Dutch ERCP practice. Methods: We searched and consolidated all Dutch patients reported in the literature to have suffered from a clinical infection linked to a contaminated duodenoscope between 2008 and 2018. From a national database, the number of ERCPs performed per year in The Netherlands were retrieved. Actual numbers were available from 2012 to 2018. Numbers from 2008 to 2011 were estimated and assumed to be equal to 2012. Results: In 2008–2018, 3 MDRO outbreaks in Dutch hospitals were reported in the literature, with 21 patients suffering from a clinical infection based on a microorganism proven to be transmitted by a duodenoscope. In that period, ∼203,500 ERCP procedures were performed. Hence, for every 9,690 procedures, 1 patient developed a clinically relevant infection (DAI risk, 0.010%). Conclusions: The risk of developing a DAI is at least 30–180 times higher than the risks that were previously reported for all types of endoscopy-associated infections. Importantly, the current calculated risk of 0.010% constitutes a bare minimum risk of DAI because endoscope-related infections are underreported. Apart from DAI risk, a patient is also at risk of becoming colonized with a microorganism through contaminated endoscopes but without developing symptoms of clinical infection. These data call for consorted action of medical practitioners, industry, and government agencies to minimize and ultimately eliminate the risk of exogenous endoscope-associated infections and contamination. As a first step, the FDA recently recommended that healthcare facilities and manufacturers begin transitioning to duodenoscopes with disposable components.3 Funding: None Disclosures: None


The purpose of this survey study was to determine the following: (a) What strategies do Turkish special education teachers use to address problem behaviors in their classroom? (b) What are teachers' views with regard to the effectiveness and acceptability of these strategies? (c) Is there a relationship between the use of strategies and teachers' perceived effectiveness and acceptability? and (d) Are differences among teacher ratings of strategy use, effectiveness, and acceptability associated with teacher characteristics (e.g., area of specialization, years of experience)? Results revealed that Turkish teachers' views of acceptability and effectiveness of strategies varied; however, in general, their ratings of positive strategies were higher than their ratings of reductive strategies. Results are discussed in the context of current literature, and directions for further research are suggested.


CD105 is a kind of glycoproteins idio-expressed in the neogenetic vessel endothelium,which always marks the cells with proliferation activity.Tumor′s growth and invasion depend on angiogenesis.The neogenetic vessels supply nutrition and oxygen to tumor and provide foundation for tissue proliferation.CD105 is the marker of new vessels in tumor by marking the microvessel density,which is better than any other marker in reflecting the proliferation state of tumor and its prognosis.Angiogenesis is the promoter for tumor gowth and metastasis.Now it is a hot spot in studying the CD105 targeted therapeutic method by inhibiting tumor′s vascularization.


This paper reports upon articles on project management and their contents from the literatures of 9 industry sectors that recognize project management as a theoretical or practical field. The paper answers to: What are the theoretical and theme contents of project management in existing research in various sectors?, and; What are the commonalities and differences across sectors? We use bibliometric and qualitative analysis to identify sector-specific theoretical and theme contents, using data from the ISI Web of Science journal databases for 1986-2009, basing our analysis on 2,354 project management articles in altogether 564 journals. This work contributes to existing research by recognizing common orientations in 9 different sectors, as well as differences across sectors. The results are useful for understanding the cross-disciplinary nature of project management, and how the contents of project management are fragmented into several sector-specific paradigms, and how project management paradigm is systemically adopted across certain sectors.


In article it is considered characteristics qualities of underground waters and sources of pollution around Ust-kamenogorsk. Also the analysis of water treating is given, are revealed the most rational and effective methods of clearing with reference to certain conditions.


Abstract : Radiation-induced skin injury during fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures has become an important concern and has been documented for interventional neuroradiology and cardiology procedures.1-4 The risk to any location on the skin increases with the radiation dose to that portion of the skin,3,5,6 and the maximum dose delivered to any portion of the skin during a procedure (the peak skin dose) determines the risk of injury at that point.7,8 Peak skin dose (PSD) may be determined using x-ray film or thermoluminescent dosimeters , but neither provides real-time data. A software program called Caregraph estimates PSD in real-time based on information from the fluoroscopic unit to which it is linked. The purpose of this study was to compare the skin dose estimates produced by Caregraph with the PSD data determined with radiochromic dosimetry film placed against the surface of a tissue-simulating phantom inconfigurations simulating actual clinical situations. The radiochromic film was calibrated to include backscatter values at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.


The Dimethoxyl Tetraglycol dibenzether can be used as stationary phase in gas chromatography for separation of mixed organic compunds: alcohols, esters, amines, aromatic hydrocarbons and highboiling organic compounds.Resolution (R)was more than 1.5 and efficiency of separation was more than 99.7%.


INTRODUCTION During the past two years medical men have been confronted with the appalling spectacle of a most virulent epidemic that spread with terrifying rapidity over two hemispheres. The causative organism responsible for the influenza outbreak has not yet been definitely determined; but the high mortality was unquestionably due to the development of acute toxic pneumonias in a large proportion of the cases. To the pediatrician, it seemed quite evident, early in the epidemic, that although infants and children were readily susceptible to the infection, the number that succumbed was comparatively small. Wollstein and Goldbloom, 1 however, in reporting a series of pneumonia cases in infants at the Babies' Hospital in New York City during a period of six weeks in the Fall of 1918, found a mortality of 57.7 per cent. (thirty out of fifty-two cases). SCOPE OF PAPER The following is an analysis of 336 cases of pneumonia


In SOFC, accurately measuring the hot-gas temperature is challenging due to low gas velocity, high wall temperature, complex flow geometries and relatively small pipe diameter. Improper use of low cost thermometry system such as standard Type K thermocouples (TC) may introduce large measurement error. The error could have a negative effect on the thermal management of the SOFC systems and consequential reduction in efficiency. In order to study the factors affecting the accuracy of the temperature measurement system, a mathematical model of a TC inside a pipe was defined and numerically solved. The model calculated the difference between the actual and the measured gas temperature inside the pipe. A statistical Design of Experiment (DOE) approach was applied to the modelling data to compute the interaction effect between variables and investigate the significance of each variable on the measurement errors. In this study a full factorial DOE design with six variables (wall temperature, gas temperature, TC length, TC diameter and TC emissivity) at two levels was carried out. Four different scenarios, two sets of TC length (6 – 10.5 mm and 17 – 22 mm) and two different sets of temperature range (550 – 650 °C and 750 – 850 °C), were proposed. DOE analysis was done for each scenario and results were compared to identify key parameters affecting the accuracy of a particular temperature reading.


The term Open Telco refers to a new phenomenon where telecommunication operators provide open APIs for 3rd party developers and content providers. Multi-operator support requires cross network service providers (CNSPs) or network brokers between operators and developers. In the mobile domain brokers have already stepped into the SMS and data roaming businesses, but API brokering is still an emerging phenomenon. Business models based on mobile brokering are also in an early phase. On the other hand, internet API management providers have been offering services to various API publishers for a long time. This paper utilizes internet case studies in order to find out the best mobile broker business models. The analysis is carried through using the STOF model. At the end, the results are verified with the literature review, and recommendations for mobile brokering and for the next steps are given.


Battery energy storage systems (BESSs) have been widely used to minimize wind power fluctuations in microgrids. BESSs control systems are usually based on vector-controlled techniques with inner current control loops and outer control loops. Owing to the complexity of a control system, it is difficult to apply additional functions such as predicting wind power. This paper presents a detailed description of predictive power control in the BESS for smoothing wind power fluctuations. The proposed control system includes the Kalman filter used to predict wind power. Simulation results are provided to confirm the performance of the proposed control system.


Nitrate concentrations in shallow groundwater and surface water have been measured in San Diego Creek Watershed, Orange County, California. Over 1100 samples have been collected so far at 107 sampling stations in creeks, drainages, and shallow water wells. Nitrate concentrations are highest in drainage ditches that collect surface runoff from large commercial nurseries in the upper part of the watershed. Nitrate concentrations in these drainage ditches usually exceed 100 mg/L, and sometimes exceed 500 mg/L (as nitrate). Nitrate concentrations in drainage ditches that collect runoff from modern and technologically advanced agricultural lands are usually less than 30 mg/L. Samples collected from the shallow aquifer in the upper to middle portions of the watershed vary from 50 mg/L to as much as 250 mg/L nitrate, reflecting the historical effects of leaching from older agricultural plots that have been displaced by urban development. Water tables in much of the watershed are higher than the elevation of local streams, resulting in gaining stream conditions from groundwater seepage. Nitrate in groundwater is carried into these streams. All streams eventually discharge into upper Newport Bay, a thriving ecological habitat and ecological preserve. Nitrate in nursery discharge waters and in baseflows contribute to algal growth in the bay, which has an adverse impact on the ecology of the bay. A constructed surface flow wetland and bird sanctuary, the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary and Marsh Preserve collects some of the nitrate-laden runoff waters before they are routed into Upper Newport Bay. The 300-acre site consists of coastal freshwater wetlands, duck ponds, tall grasses, and thousands of recently planted trees. The wildlife sanctuary is a habitat for the California least tern, light-footed clapper rail, and more than 200 other bird species. Studies indicate that the constructed wetland removes and converts into other nitrogen forms about 90% of the nitrate (concentration) in the wetland effluent waters before they flow into Upper Newport Bay. Total nitrogen concentration reduction is a more modest, but respectable 50%.


.................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 4 Literature Review ...................................................................................................................... 7 Background/History .............................................................................................................. 8 Literature Review .................................................................................................................. 8 Empirical Model and Data Sources: ....................................................................................... 11 Statistical Corrections ......................................................................................................... 12 Results and Discussion ............................................................................................................ 14 Existence of Kuznets Curve ................................................................................................ 14 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 16 Future Research ................................................................................................................... 17 Appendices .............................................................................................................................. 19 Appendix AManufacturing and Service Industries according to NAICS......................... 19 Appendix BDescriptive Statistics and Correlation Table ................................................. 21 Appendix CVariance Inflation Factor (VIF) .................................................................... 22 Appendix DWhites Test for Heteroskedasticity ............................................................... 23 Appendix EBreusch Pagan Test for Heteroskedasticity ................................................... 23 Appendix FBreusch Godfrey Test for Autocorrelation .................................................... 23 Appendix GDurbin's Alternative Test for Serial Correlation .......................................... 24 References ............................................................................................................................... 25 An Examination of Sectoral Growth's Impact on Income Inequality in the United States Senior Capstone Project for Josh Paton


Special functional food supplementation using central nervous system lipids can physiologically correct immune-deficiency syndromes present in cancer patients and in several sterile inflammatory diatheses. In cancer studies a lymphopoietic central nervous system (CNS) component containing titanium (Ti), produced in the thoracic segment of the spinal cord was found, in the seventies, to be crucial for normal white cell function and immunity. Measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). A deficiency in this vital CNS-lipid can also cause aberrant inflammatory diatheses like; psoriasis, fibromyalgia, ulcerative colitis, Crohn´s disease, polyarthritis etc. Feeding patients a special functional food supplement containing CNS lipids plus specific amino acids coupled with certain essential trace-element ions could correct this etiological deficiency in three days. To prevent recurrent disease a small natural food supplement may be needed. Prevention of tumour recurrence in patients should be the main goal for cancer therapies by trying to amend the aetiology, not only as presently to remove the symptoms.


The least mean square(LMS) algorithm is one of the array antenna weighted algorithms in the adaptive array antenna.This paper presents an improved LMS algorithm based on the genetic optimization,the genetic algorithm(GA)-LMS algorithm adequately combines the advantages of the concurrent processing and the global search of the genetic algorithm.The experiment results show :compared with the traditional LMS algorithm,GA-LMS algorithm has the perfect convergence attribute,and can suppress jamming signal better,improves the side-lobe performance of the adaptive arrays antenna pattern effectively.


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The invention discloses an automatic endoscope distortion correcting method based on a hook face projection model. The automatic endoscope distortion correcting method comprises the steps of obtaining a plurality of distortion images of an endoscope observation sign plate; detecting angular points in the obtained distortion images, and selecting the distortion images meeting the fitting condition; as for the selected distortion images, according to the detected angular points, obtaining parameters of an elliptic equation through fitting; building the hook face projection model, and building the corresponding relation between the parameters of the elliptic equation and distortion image pixel point coordinates and the corresponding relation between the parameters of the elliptic equation and real image pixel point coordinates; according to the obtained parameters of the elliptic equation through fitting, the distortion image pixel point coordinates and the built corresponding relations, correcting the endoscope distortion images to obtain real images. According to the automatic endoscope distortion correcting method based on the hook face projection model, the endoscope distortion images can be accurately and automatically corrected, and more accurate display is provided for clinical focus diagnosis and treatment.


─ The present study aims at applying different methods for predicting the cleaning efficiency of the electromagnetic filtration process (ψ) in the mixtures of water and corrosion particles (rust) of low concentrations. In our study, artificial neural network (ANN), multivariable least square regression (MLSR), and mechanistic modelling approaches were applied and compared for prediction of the cleaning efficiency for the electromagnetic filtration process. The results clearly show that the use of ANN led to more accurate results than the mechanistic filtration and MLSR models. Therefore, it is expected that this study can be a contribution to the cleaning


Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of an bilaterally asymmetric gymnastics-based exercise programme on older people participating in a care home and day centre setting.

Design/methodology/approach

The research design comprised a small-scale pilot in two care homes and one day care centre in Cambridgeshire, England. The research was a qualitative evaluation that included observing sessions delivered; interviews with older people participating, their spouses, family members and friends; interviews with staff; and a review of the diary of each session written by the person delivering the exercise programme.

Findings

Older people participating in the programme showed a demonstrable improvement with aspects of their physical, emotional and cognitive ability. Older people with mild to advanced forms of dementia appeared to benefit most. The sessions were enjoyable and a real bond developed between the older people.

Research limitations/implications

Future research will benefit from understanding whether the observed improvements are reflected in objective measures. The inclusion of a comparison group will be important to further add to the belief that the observed changes are caused by the programme. The inclusion of a large sample size covering different geographic areas will be needed to test more widely the viability of this programme.

Originality/value

This research is the first to investigate the impact of an asymmetric gymnastics-based exercise programme on older people, with varying levels of dementia, in a care home and day centre setting.


Objective To determine the long-term outcomes of renal interventional therapy in patients with renal artery stenosis. Methods One hundred thirty-four consecutive patients reveived renal stenting in our hospital. The changes of BP and serum creatitine were measured 24 hours after the procedure and during the first and second year of follow-up. Results All procedures were performed successfully. The mean serum creatitine level increased [(109.8±24.6) μmol/L vs (99.4±27.8 baseline level) μmol/L] and the glomerular filtration rate decreased [(57.6±19.3)mL/min vs (68.5±18.9) mL/min] significantly after the procedure. However during the first and second year of follow-up, the serum creatitine level returned to the pre-procedure level. Sixty-four patients attained benefit of BP improvement at about 6 months after renal artery stenting. The mean systolic pressure 6 months after the procedure was (148.6±22.6) mm?Hg (1 mm?Hg=0.133 kPa), which was significantly lower than the baseline level. During the first and second year of follow-up, there were 56 patients (50.6%) and 50 patients (49.6%) achieved BP improvement from renal stenting respectively. Conclusion Renal stenting is efficient and has satisfactory long-term outcomes in treating renal artery stenosis.


In the wake of a military coup in Greece in April 1967 and the subsequent dismissal of many academics from university positions,
 scientists debated whether to boycott scientific meetings in Greece as a sign of protest, and more broadly their political
 responsibilities for maintaining freedom of research and civil liberties. Unlike many of his European colleagues, Crick was
 not in favor of a boycott because it did not extend to other oppressive regimes and would further undermine the position of
 Greek scientists. In his letter Arnstein similarly took the position that if conferences continued to serve the purpose of
 furthering scientific exchange, they should be held even in countries that restrict scientists' freedom of movement. The
 debate focused on the annual summer school for molecular biologists held on the Greek island of Spetsai.


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The tropospheric trace constituent formaldehyde, HCHO, was measured in rain and in the gas phase during the wet season at Enewetak Atoll, a remote marine site in the central equatorial Pacific. Rainwater averaged 8 ± 2 µg/kg; the gas phase averaged 0.4 ± 0.2 ppbv (0.5 µg/m³). These values, especially the rain, are among the lowest reported to date. The formaldehyde flux to the sea by rainout and washout extrapolates to 0.010 g m−2 y−1. The gaseous flux into the sea surface is estimated to be 0.05 g m−2 y−1 by an air-sea exchange calculation that takes into account enhanced uptake by hydroxide-catalyzed formaldehyde hydration. The measured mixing ratio is close to the 0.18 ppbv prediction of a tropospheric chemistry model calculation. The methane oxidation chain probably is the sole formaldehyde source in the Enewetak area. The total formaldehyde flux as carbon into the ocean is ∼ 2% of the estimated total organic carbon from rainout and washout. About 2-4% of the calculated column formaldehyde production is removed from the atmosphere by these processes.


A 73-AIDS year-old man presented an acute distal sensitive motor deficiency. Electromyogram showed a Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Diagnosis work-up revealed an acute hepatitis C with detectable viral load in cerebrospinal fluid and serum. The patient was treated with HCV direct anti-viral agents and immunomodulatory therapies and fully recovered from neurologic symptoms.


Experiments with 4-methyl[3,5,6-2H3]pyrocatechol 7 have shown that the product of its enzymic oxygenation, 3-methyl-cis,cis-muconic acid 8, undergoes enzymic cyclisation by syn addition of carboxy groups to distal double bonds to form the (S)-4-methylmuconolactone 9 in the bacterium Pseudomonas putida and the (S)-3-methylmuconolactone 11 in the fungus Aspergillus niger. Similarly, syn cyclisation of the cis,cis-muconic acid 15 has been shown to occur in A. niger to form the (S)-muconolactone 16. The relative and absolute stereochemistries of enzymic cycloisomerisation of muconic, 3-carboxymuconic and 3-methylmuconic acid in bacteria and fungi are here compared and discussed.


—Ad-hoc network usability extends the application for Dedicated Short-Range Communication. This type of ad-hoc network technology is non infrastructure and due to this fact, it can be used for Direct Short Range Communication System to provide the quick and real time message to the vehicular operator to prevent the damage and fatality of life by meeting accidents and crashes. In this paper, we present a holistic approach to estimate the number of vehicles in specified range of one KM distance. The designed system for vehicle number estimation is based on the Time Division Multiple Access mechanism which further estimates the number of reserved slots by vehicular nodes. This estimation methodology is tested under the digital simulator and approximately 34 number of vehicles for 24 seconds are defined to test the slot reservation. We found that in case of vehicular nodes greater than 20, slot reservation accuracy is 95% and when the vehicular nodes are less than 20 then the slot reservation is 100%.


The results of research of influence of particle size and concentration of soft rock serpentine: antigorite, lizardite, chrvsotile, obtained bv milling in a ball mill, in the anti-wear properties of liquid lubricating composite materials are given. As base lubricating oils have been used as mineral and synthetic oils.


Vector to raster conversion has always been one of the foundational research topics in the field of Geographical Information System. With the development of processing for massive geospatial data, traditional serial algorithms can not satisfy the need of effective rastering of large amounts of vector data. This paper proposes a parallel algorithm of rasterization for vector polygon based on data parallel which is improved on the basis of scanline algorithm of polygon rasterization, and implements the parallel algorithm using the C++ programming language and the Message Passing Interface(MPI). We test the parallel algorithm by experiments and analyses the parallel efficiency. Results show that the parallel algorithm proposed in this paper achieves high parallel speedup and efficiency.


This study describes the survey results of baby foods regarding metal analysis in twenty six samples. Metal content or contaminants (Fe, Cu, Zn, Pb, Hg and As) were examined by measuring inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Prior to analysis, the digestion procedure was applied to the samples and their results were evaluated by considering the official regulations. It is remarked that some metal levels are lower than the daily intake doses. Besides, some metal amounts exceed the limits suggested by European Union Commission Regulation (EC, 466/2001) such as maximum level for Pb (0.02 mg/kg baby food).


Annual Scientific Meeting, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Manchester, United Kingdom, 7-9 May 2003. In British Journal of Surgery, 2003, v. 90 Suppl. 1, p. 23, abstract no. Transplant 06


Uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC) is a biologically aggressive subtype of endometrial cancer. Although much less common than its endometrioid carcinoma counterpart, UPSC accounts for a disproportionate number of endometrial cancer-related recurrences and subsequent deaths. Women most often present with postmenopausal vaginal bleeding. In women diagnosed with metastatic disease, ascites, omental implants or a pelvic mass may be present. Local and distant recurrences occur frequently, with extrapelvic relapses being observed most commonly. Although few prospective trials exist, several retrospective series have demonstrated that optimal cytoreduction and adjuvant platinum/taxane-based chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy appears to improve survival. In addition, another approach to the management of UPSC may lie in targeted therapy. This article reviews the recent literature concerning the epidemiology, molecular pathogenesis and management of UPSC.


Analysis of this research about the influence of compensation, job satisfaction, and motivation to employee performance. The study conducted at PT. Iskandar Indah Printing Textile Surakarta. Samples taken in the study were 59 respondents who worked at PT. Iskandar Indah Printing Textile Surakarta. The analysis method used is multiple linear regression analysis, validity and reliability test and classical assumption test. Based on the results of the analysis found it can be explained that the partial and simultaneous compensation, job satisfaction, and motivation have a positive and significant impact on employee performance In the model established variable compensation, job satisfaction, and motivation able to explain employee performance variable of 57 %.


ABSTRACT From 1960–1973, the Ford Foundation and the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organization (CMPO) engaged in a unique partnership that produced the Basic Development Plan, a bold strategy for the development of the world's 'most troubled city.' The Ford-CMPO partnership brought together leading planning experts from the United States and India and resulted in innovative and abortive development plans and programmes, and was beset by the economic and political crises that came to define post-Independence Calcutta. This paper provides a detailed history of the Ford-CMPO partnership and highlights the myriad of political dilemmas that challenged the project and that provide a window in the politics of planning and urban development in post-Independence India.


Binary and Millisecond pulsars have a great deal to teach us about stellar evolution and are invaluable tools for tests of relativistic theories of gravity. Our understanding of these objects has been transformed by large-scale surveys that have uncovered a great deal of new objects, exquisitely timed by ever-improving instrumentation. Here we argue that there exists a fundamental relation between the spin period of a pulsar and its companion mass, and that this determines many of the observable properties of a binary pulsar. No recycled pulsars exist in which the minimum companion mass exceeds (P/10 ms) M⊙. Furthermore, the three fastest disk millisecond pulsars are either single, or possess extremely low-mass companions (Mc ∼ 0.02M⊙), consistent with this relation. Finally, the four relativistic binaries for which we have actual measurements of neutron star masses, suggest that not only are their spin periods related to the companion neutron star mass, but that the kick imparted to the system depends upon it too, leading to a correlation between orbital eccentricity and spin period. The isolation of the relativistic binary pulsars in the magnetic field-period diagram is used to argue that this must be because the kicks imparted to proto-relativistic systems are usually small, leading to very few if any isolated runaway mildly-recycled pulsars. This calls into question the magnitude of supernova kicks in close binaries, which have been usually assumed to be similar to those imparted to the bulk of the pulsar population. Finally, we review some of the highlights of the Parkes precision timing efforts, which suggest 10 nanosecond timing is obtainable on PSR J1909–3744 that will aid us in searching for cosmological sources of gravitational waves.


In the modern world, balancing professional life and family life has become a great challenge for almost every organization. Also, the absence of work-life balance has an adverse effect on employee performance in many respects. Thus, it is essential to understand the impact of work-life balance on employee performance. Consequently, this study will analyze the impact of work-life balance on employee performance. Furthermore, this research will elaborate on the relationship between work-life balance and employee performance as well. Accordingly, a quantitative study is conducted by collecting primary data through a self-administered questionnaire. The secondary data for the study were collected through books, journals, and articles. Moreover, this study comprised a sample size of 84 employees of a leading shipping company in Sri Lanka. The sampling technique was convenient sampling. Data analysis comprised of both inferential and descriptive statistics. Descriptive statistics included frequencies, means, and standard deviations. When it comes to Inferential statistics, the impact of work-life balance on employee performance was analyzed using simple linear regression analysis by using the SPSS tool. Based on the correlation analysis, it was revealed that there is a strong positive relationship between work-life balance and employee performance. Then the regression analysis confirmed that there is a significant impact of work-life balance on employee performance. Thus, based on these research findings, the theoretical and managerial implications and directions for future research and at last, the limitations of the current research are discussed.


Resistance or struggle photography is a term describing the photographic documentation of conflict between oppressed and oppressor from the perspective of the subjugated. An example of this genre is explored in the context of apartheid South Africa during the 1980s through the work of a collective called Afrapix. This group's images of the repression of Black and Coloured populations by the apartheid regime, although largely curbed in South Africa, found an extensive international reception. These photographs contributed to the worldwide condemnation and sanctions that ultimately led to the collapse of the apartheid government. Whether photographs should be used as weapons in the political struggle, a position fostered by the African National Congress (ANC) and accepted by Afrapix, is explored through the divergent views of the photographer David Goldblatt. The decline of Afrapix is examined in relation to shifting market and aesthetic considerations following the end of apartheid.


In this paper, the authors bring their diverse disciplinary perspectives (including insights from geography, political ecology, linguistic anthropology, visual sociology, postcolonial studies and art history) to bear on five of Burtynsky's China photographs. Their various responses reveal the inevitable multiplicity of meanings these photographs generate. This multidisciplinary discussion seeks at once to demonstrate the artistic and activist merit of Burtynsky's photographs, while also complicating and unsettling prevailing Western interpretations of China. It also uncovers ways in which development in China and Canada both parallel and connect to one another.
Dans cet article, les auteurs amenent leurs diverses perspectives disciplinaires (y compris les perspicacites de la geographie, l'ecologie politique, l'anthropologie linguistique, la sociologie visuel, les etudes postcolonial et l'histoire d'art) pour porter sur cinq des photographies de Chine de Burtynsky. Leurs diverses reponses revelent la multiplicite inevitable de sens que ces photographies ont produites. Cette discussion multidisciplinaire cherche tout de suite a demontrer le merite artistique et activiste des photographies de Burtynsky, en compliquant aussi les interpretations occidentales dominantes de Chine. Il decouvre aussi des facons dans qui le developpement en Chine et analogie de Canada et se connecte.


A bicycle handle bar comprises resilient material such that it may be flexed up and down by a rider so that the rider will exercise his arms as well as his legs when riding the bicycle.


ABSTRACT UNED is committed with the educational response improvement provided to disabled students. Among the launched measures are the public taxes exemption from 1995, improvement of physical and technological accessibility and the creation, on year 2000, of the Disability and Volunteering Unit. In 2008,as a result of UNED and MAPFRE Foundation agreement, the Center of Attention to University Students with Disability (UNIDIS) was founded. Since then, UNIDIS boost and coordinate all actions related to equal opportunities for disabled people. Among its functions, personal advise, academic and professional guidance and psychopedagogic evaluation needed for adaptation decision making are included. In this two years of functioning, UNIDIS has coordinated the accomplishment of studies related to the accessibility, improved the internal processes related to the request and provision of adjustments, developed actions of training and sensitization of the professorship and stimulated the creation of a employment agency for students and graduates with disability. In these pages the principal actions carried out by the UNED in relation with the attention, information and advice to students are detailed.


Unlike other stages of human development, early childhood is the critical stage that forms the foundation for children's' future wellbeing and learning ((UNICEF, 2001). Early Childhood Education helps a learner to develop skills, knowledge, personal competence and confidence and a sense of social responsibility. Information Communication and Technology in Early Childhood Education is significant as it supports and strengthens early childhood education practice. The present study is interested in assessing the integration of ICT particularly educational Compact Disc ROM as modern tool in Education. The study bases on the potentials brought by Educational Compact Disc. The researcher went through different literature on the potentials by linking them with the Constructive approach of learning. In the study it was found that the application of CD–ROMs was used more in language development, development of literacy skills as well as in the expansion of language vocabularies. However, changes in education were also seen that is from traditional mode of teaching into new model of teaching which is mostly supported by the Constructivism theory of learning. Thus, Educational CD-ROM as multimedia technologies is potential in creating high quality learning environments in early childhood education. Article visualizations:


Objective
To compare the adverse events, immune status, and short-term efficacy between chronomodulated chemotherapy (CCR) and routine chemotherapy (RCR) combined with intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)in the treatment of patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Methods
A total of 159 patients with newly diagnosed locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma were randomized into the CCR group and the RCR group to evaluate the short-term efficacy and adverse events.

Results
No significant difference was found in CR, PR, SD, and PD between the CCR group and the RCR group (P>0.05), and no significant difference was observed in the response rate (CR+ PR) between the two groups (P>0.05). The incidence of leukopenia(Z=-2.222, P<0.05), neutropenia(Z=-1.999, P<0.05), vomiting(Z=-2.298, P<0.05), and oral mucositis(Z=-3.571, P<0.05)of the CCR group was lower than those of the RCR group with statistical significance. The CD16+ 56+ lymphocyte cell count was higher in the CCR group than that in the RCR group(Z=-2.332, P<0.05).

Conclusions
As a novel invention, CCR combined with IMRT can reduce the incidence and severity of treatment-related adverse events and improve immune status without diminishing clinical efficacy, therefore deserving clinical application.

Key words:
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Chronomodulated chemotherapy; Intensity-modulated radiotherapy; Adverse events; Short-term efficacy


The article deals with structure and performance-related changes occurring in the beginning of puberty in relation to ice-hockey players of the older pupil category. 20 male players born in 2005 and in 2006 of corresponding biological age underwent measuring of their somatic parameters, balance and specific performance on ice. To evaluate the maturity age, the Roche-Wainer-Thissen method was used; moreover, the Star excursion balance test (SEBT) was used to assess the balance and the Illinois agility test (IAT) without a puck was used to assess the performance on ice. The results show that players born in 2005 show bigger structural changes in comparison with those born in 2006; nevertheless, no differences in somatotypology were found. As far as performance is concerned, the players born in 2005 were faster in the IAT while those born in 2006 displayed bigger reaches in SEBT – specifically in the anteromedial (AM), medial (M), posteromedial (PM), posterior (P), posterolateral (PL), anterolateral (AL) direction and the composite score (COMP). These findings strongly indicate that IAT depends on the production of strength which was bigger due to the structural changes. The SEBT results of the players born in 2005 may have been influenced by the puberty spurt during which adolescents' coordination stagnates due to a worsened postural control. The growth of body proportionality may have led to lever changes and to ineffective motor control while dealing with a new motor task as well. Another reason for the above-mentioned may also be muscle shortening.


The traditional network operation and maintenance technology is that the administrator passively waits for the network fault to report and then carries on the emergency treatment. This method lacks active mechanism and has many disadvantages in dealing with network communication failure. The low timeliness of operation and maintenance reduces the reliability of network communication operation and maintenance to a certain extent, so it is particularly urgent to explore the research of network communication operation and maintenance technology driven by big data. This article describes the difference between several different transmission modes in the field of optical fiber communication, and discusses the related factors that restrict the reliability and timeliness of the optical fiber transmission network. On this basis, this paper analyses the possibility of integration of big data technology and the optical fiber network, and lists the typical application of big data technology in the optical fiber network, which provides a new thinking direction for the performance monitoring and operation maintenance of the optical fiber network.


A field experiment was conducted from April to December 1997 at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand to study responses in morphology, production and population of Birdsfoot trefoil (BFT) (Lotus corniculatus L. cv. Grasslands Goldie) to seasonal defoliation strategies. A factorial design (2x3x2) was applied in a complete randotnised block arrangement with four replicates on a three-year-old BFT stand with 94 plants/m2• Treatments included two autumn managements (last cut April or June), and a combination of two defoliation intervals (20, 40 days) and three defoliation intensities (2, 6, 10 cm) during spring (September-December). Herbage mass, sward height, botanical composition, plant density and plant morphology parameters (primary and secondary shoots, root diameter, crown and root mass) were recorded. BFT spring production reached 3000 kg DM/ha with a mean regrowth rate of 34 kg DM/ha/day. Early autumn (April) rest increased BFT spring production 17%, but did not affect plant density or the main morphological parameters. Hard defoliation in spring (2 cm) reduced BFT production (17%) and plant population (21%) compared with the average of other defoliation intensities evaluated, and reduced root mass, crown mass, primary and total shoots/m2, and root reserves. In general, height of defoliation had the greatest effects. Defoliation frequency did not affect forage production and plant density. Although cv. Grasslands Goldie is a setni-prostrate BFT, intensive spring defoliation greatly reduced productivity and persistence, and late autumn utilisation diminished spring production.


The utility model provides a static reluctance type magnetoelectric amplification device, includes three switch reluctance formula transformer, three damping circuit and a drive circuit, and each switch reluctance formula transformer contains the iron core unit that is " day " shape without exception and has an at least silicon steel sheet group and a noncrystalline iron core, and a loose coupling ground reaches a loose coupling ground around establishing the cluster anti -resonance circuit at the second side opposite with this first side of iron core unit around establishing the first coil at a first side of iron core unit, each damping circuit electricity is coupled between a corresponding cluster anti -resonance circuit and a DC power supply, this drive circuit contains the three switch circuit parallelly connected with this DC power supply, and each switch circuit is coupled with corresponding first coil electricity to control first coil and DC power supply and lead and whether connect, borrow this energy output that makes switch reluctance formula transformer to be greater than the intake, and promote DC power supply's electric power and endurance, reach the utility model discloses have power saving and high -effect efficiency and mesh concurrently.


The paper by comtrast analyzes influence of adopting Marshall methods of sample forming by compaction along with GTM amd SGC methods of sample forming by rotary compaction on constituent design of asphalt mixture of present category.It makes an approach to the design to strengthen stability of mixture at high-temp and the experimental methods.Studied results have found that adopting SGC method ensures not only other road usage performance but aloso enhances stability of asphalt mixture at high-temp.


E very reader of this Journal knows that a detailed knowledge of anatomy is fundamental to clinical neuro-ophthalmology. The retinotopic organization of the visual pathways provides an example of how an accurate diagnosis relies on a precise understanding of the relevant neural structures. In this issue, 3 articles touch on the neuroanatomy of visual field loss. Two PhotoEssays report highly unusual causes of pathology affecting the visual pathways while an original contribution looks at cytoarchitectonic probabilistic mapping, a new technique which may prove useful in the ongoing quest to define the retinotopic organisation of the primary visual cortex (V1). Liu et al (1) present the case of a young girl with Wyburn-Mason syndrome. At 6 years of age, the patient was noted to have decreased vision in her right eye associated with a retinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Automated perimetry at 11 years of age revealed a defect in the upper temporal visual field of her normal-appearing left eye, and subsequent imaging of her brain showed that her chiasm was compressed by a large AVM. Intracranial AVMs are occasionally documented to interfere with the retrochiasmal visual pathways in Wyburn-Mason syndrome and there have been a few reports of monocular temporal hemifield defects due to chiasmal involvement. However, a junctional scotoma from chiasmal involvement is extremely unusual. A second patient reported by Grabe et al (2) is a 20-year-old man who developed a very severe illness due to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis while camping at high altitude in Peru. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in this situation typically affects superficial veins, such as the superior sagittal sinus, but this patient's thrombosis involved deep cerebral veins and resulted in infarction of both thalami and surrounding brainstem structures. Following recovery several months later, a residual right homonymous hemianopia was associated with damage to the left optic tract and lateral geniculate nucleus, both of which were clearly demonstrable on MRI. Homonymous hemianopia due to thrombosis of deep cerebral veins is rare. Though the pathology was unusual in both these cases, it is reassuring that the pattern of visual field loss was entirely consistent with the anatomic sites of the lesions. We have a very clear understanding of the anatomy of visual field loss generated by lesions located between eye and occipital cortex. However, when it comes to understanding the detailed retinotopic arrangement of the primary visual cortex (V1), things are less certain. This is an ongoing area of debate, and the article by Papageorgiou et al (3) offers an interesting new contribution. It is just over 100 years since Inouye (4) reported his observations on soldiers wounded in the Japanese wars of 1900 and 1904 to 1905. Both his studies and the subsequent work of Holmes (5,6) largely relied on correlating patterns of visual field loss with an estimate of occipital lobe damage derived from the location and superficial appearance of their patients' gunshot wounds. Apart from Inouye's erroneous inclusion of 5° of ipsilateral macular representation, both authors generated conceptually similar retinotopic maps of V1, but that published by Holmes (6) in 1945 is much more widely known. During the past 35 years, there have been dramatic advances in neuroimaging. New techniques have been applied to the question of the retinotopic organization of V1. Early studies of computed tomography (7,8) and positron emission tomography (9) yielded results compatible with the Holmes map, but the spatial resolution of both techniques was low and did not permit examination of the retinotopic map in any detail.


Based on observed meteorological data,modified FAO56 Penman-Monteith model,methods of linear trend,Mann-Kendall nonparametric and moving T-test,the trend and abrupt change of temperature and moisture conditions in China were analyzed during the period 1961-2006.Results indicated that in China as a whole,the average temperature had significant warming trends,precipitation had slightly decreasing trend,and potential evapotranspiration and aridity index had significant decreasing trends.The abrupt change of temperature occurred significantly in the late 1980s in China as a whole,moreover,it occurred earlier in Northeast China and later in South China.Precipitation had significant decreasing trend in warm temperate zone and increasing trend in West China.There had no tested significant abrupt change of precipitation in China as a whole.However,the abrupt change of precipitation occurred only in the Northwest arid region in the mid 1980s.The abrupt change of potential evapotranspiration occurred in the early 1980s in China as a whole with regional difference of earlier in East China.As for regional difference,aridity index had significant decreasing trends in the subtropical region,the Tibetan Plateau alpine region and the Northwest arid region.Moreover,aridity index had significant abrupt change in the late 1970s in China as whole,and especially in the Northwest arid region with distinctive enhancing humidity in 1986.


We summarize our recent work on evaluating (unions of) conjunctive queries on circumscribed versions of description logic ranging from 𝒜ℒ𝒞ℋℐ𝒪 via ℰℒ to various versions of DL-Lite [1]


The influence of ionic strength and sulfate on the sorption of aluminum by soil was investiga- ted.It was shown that the supporting electrolyte of NaCl under three concentrations affected Al sorption insignificantly within the range of pH studied,suggesting the specific adsorption of aluminum on soil by formation surface inner-sphere complexes.The mechanism was also confirmed by the existence of aluminum sorption even the solution pH below the ZPNC of the soil studied where the net charge of soil surface was positive and electrostatic adsorption disappeared.As for CaCl 2,it inhibited aluminum sorption when the largest amount of Ca 2+ added and solution pH below 4.5,while which eliminated after solution pH raised above 4.5 due to the extreme affinity of soil for aluminum hydrolysis products.The effect of sulfate on aluminum sorption was not detected which may attribute to the high selection of soil for aluminum and the weak bond between Al and SO 2- 4.


Louisiana State University students in environmental management, geology, and landscape architecture courses participated in a transdisciplinary course designed to help students understand approaches to restoring disturbed coastal systems in Louisiana. Expert guest speakers, group miniprojects, and a field trip to the coast brought the classes together to provide background and perspective on the rapid loss of Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The culminating task for the student teams, each of which was composed of geology, landscape architecture, and environmental management members, was the development of a plan for an area near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, with visions for the near and distant (100 years) future. At the end of the semester, student groups presented their final projects to a jury of experts and to other guests. The design and implementation of the course were challenging; scheduling times outside of class for group project work was a particular problem. However, the students seem to have greatly benefited from exposure to new perspectives and approaches. Introducing Transdisciplinary Problem Solving to Environmental Management Systems and Geology Students Through a Case Study of Disturbed Coastal Systems


Abstract : This presentation will describe the Raw architecture, its implementation, and performance. We will focus on Raw's ability to support a diverse set of applications (ranging from desktop to embedded workloads) and multiple forms of parallelism (including instruction-level parallelism (ILP) for desktop applications, and stream parallelism for embedded computing) as represented by the VersaBench suite. We will also report detailed performance measurements that quantify the versatility of Raw compared to some widely deployed architectures. As a prelude, the measured versatility of the Raw processor is 0.7, while that of the Pentium III is 0.1. The Pentium's relatively poor performance on stream benchmarks hurts its versatility. Although Raw's versatility is better in comparison, the VersaBench suite highlights two clear areas that merit additional research. The first is in improving the architecture to better support embedded bit-level workloads: ASICs perform 2x-3x better than Raw. Another area of research focuses on desktop integer applications: Raw's performance is 2x lower than a Pentium III for applications with low degrees of ILP.


Background of the establishment of the Office of Biological Services within the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U. S. Dept. of Interior is discussed. The goals and role of this agency in the Prototype Oil Shale Program are summarized. (JGB)


Process for preparing crosslinked polyacrylates, in which a polymer is obtained by copolymerization of a monomer mixture based on acrylate generated and caused crosslinking of the polymer after the polymerization by means of UV-radiation, characterized in that DOLLAR A up to 10 wt .-% copolymerizable monomers one or more epoxy groups and / or contain one or more hydroxy groups, during the copolymerization are incorporated into the polymer, and the polymer before crosslinking at least a photo cation generator and one or more di- or polyfunctional epoxides and / or alcohols are added.


Data on the negative human impact on natural systems and cultural-historical values in South-Eastern Crimea are given. The need of conservation of the recreational resources as well as the ways to use them for the stable development of the region are shown.


In this article, the prospects or changing the status of unrecognized states in Greater Eurasia are analyzed. Status and recognition are close but distinct categories in international relations (IR) theory and international law. Status defines a state's rank in the hierarchical international system. Recognition is a different category; legally, it defines whether other states recognize a particular state as fully established and sovereign. Sovereignty is a third category related to the issue of recognition but not equal to it since it includes internal and external (international) sovereignty. There are examples of sovereign states that effectively control their territories and collect taxes, but which are not recognized as sovereign by other states. The analysis in this article focuses on whether an unrecognized state can strengthen its status and improve its position in the international system. It is argued that this is possible, and that the absence of international recognition should not be regarded as an unsurpassable impediment to the economic development of the country.


Brown and Gordon asked whether the Poisson Dixmier-Moeglin equivalence holds for any complex affine Poisson algebra; that is, whether the sets of Poisson rational ideals, Poisson primitive ideals, and Poisson locally closed ideals coincide. In this article a complete answer is given to this question using techniques from differential-algebraic geometry and model theory. In particular, it is shown that while the sets of Poisson rational and Poisson primitive ideals do coincide, in every Krull dimension at least four there are complex affine Poisson algebras with Poisson rational ideals that are not Poisson locally closed. These counterexamples also give rise to counterexamples to the classical (noncommutative) Dixmier-Moeglin equivalence in finite $\operatorname{GK}$ dimension. A weaker version of the Poisson Dixmier-Moeglin equivalence is proven for all complex affine Poisson algebras, from which it follows that the full equivalence holds in Krull dimension three or less. Finally, it is shown that everything, except possibly that rationality implies primitivity, can be done over an arbitrary base field of characteristic zero.


Samples of hay, silage and grains grown throughout British Columbia and samples of ration components available in British Columbia were analyzed for selenium in order to characterize the selenium status of feeds available for livestock. There were nutritionally important differences between the same feeds grown in different regions and between different feeds within a region. Even within a region featuring relatively high selenium concentrations, many feeds were found to be below the 0.1 ppm minimum requirement for livestock. A selenium analysis of feeds appears necessary in order to supplement livestock appropriately.


In order to realx the seriousness of the situation of nearsightness amony the elementary and middle school students,we design a Kind of visual weary annihilator consisting of 555 timers and the decade counter/decimal based decoding demonstrates CD4017B.We also analyze its electric circuit structure and working pvinciple as well as its sinstallment and debuyging.


Restructured electricity markets may provide opportunities for producers to exercise market power maintaining prices in excess of competitive levels. In this paper an oligopolistic market is presented that all Generation Companies (GenCos) bid in a Cournot model. Genetic algorithm (GA) is applied to obtain generation scheduling of each GenCo as well as hourly market clearing prices (MCP). In order to consider network constraints a multiperiod framework is presented to simulate market clearing mechanism in which the behaviors of market participants are modelled through piecewise block curves. A mixed integer linear programming (MILP) is employed to solve the problem. Impacts of market clearing process on participants' characteristic and final market prices are presented. Consequently, a novel multi-objective model is addressed for security constrained optimal bidding strategy of GenCos. The capability of price-maker GenCos to alter MCP is evaluated through introducing an effective-supply curve. In addition, the impact of exercising market power on the variation of market characteristics as well as GenCos scheduling is studied. Keywords—Optimal bidding strategy, Cournot equilibrium, market power, network constraints, market auction mechanism


The planned downsizing in many organizations which are under the state ownership in Serbia produce a high level of uncertainty and a very specific organizational environment. Investigation of the satisfaction with work-related facets of the employees at the beginning of organizational changes is a very important step toward the building of an appropriate strategy for human resource management. We investigate the moderating effect of the variable 'supervisor support' on the correlations between variables 'Big Five personality traits of employees' and 'satisfaction with work-related facets'. Sample consists of 117 employees from a big state owned organization during an important organizational change. The following instruments are used: Big Five Locator - BFL, Communication Satisfaction Questionnaire - CSQ and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire - JS. Our results prove that the variable 'supervisor support' moderate the correlations between variable 'personality trait conscientiousness' and variables 'satisfaction with pay' and 'satisfaction with benefit'; the correlation between variable 'personality trait openness' and variable 'satisfaction with pay'; the correlations between variable 'personality trait negative affectivity' and variables 'satisfaction with pay', 'satisfaction with benefit', and 'satisfaction with recognition'.


The term "Subaltern" has a very wide scope as it stands for all those who are marginalized, exploited, or oppressed due to low caste, low class, low office etc. Limiting the scope, the proposed paper will focus on the community that is marginalised on sexual terms and class/caste wise as well. The hierarchical division among women allows upper class women to articulate themselves and speak out against patriarchal oppression. But an eminent writer Mahasweta Devi through her works tries to recover the voice of socially denigrated group which according to Spivak's problematisation of the term 'Subaltern' are real subalterns. The paper on the above mentioned topic will attempt to explore the intensities of resistance that a female subaltern can display when the pot of her suffering starts brimming over. It will be dealing with two stories namely "The Hunt" (1995) and "Bayen" (2004). Through the analysis of these stories, the paper will highlight the oppression and injustice as an inevitable part of female subalterns' life. Her female protagonists Chandidasi Gangadasi in 'Bayen' and Mary Oraon in 'The Hunt' have been portrayed as subalterns. 'Bayen' explores feminine sensibility and the trauma that a woman undergoes because of the harsh treatment meted out to her in the name of oppressive and outdated social values and obsolete traditions. Chandidasi Gangadasi has been depicted as a helpless woman before the superstitions prevailing in her society. But as the story unfolds, she emerges as a powerful and moving persona, arousing great admiration and sympathy. 'The Hunt' is the saga of a woman named Mary Oraon who also appropriates violence used against her as a weapon. She becomes the aggressor and, activating a tribal ritual as an expression of resistance, turns the exploiter into a ritual prey. Analysing these two characters, the paper will try to answer the questions: What kind of possible language can be used by female subaltern to resist the atrocities inflicted on them? Do they all respond similarly and with equal intensity? If they respond differently, then to what extent do their experiences of oppression vary, and why? In crux, the proposed paper will aim to understand the situation and consciousness of the female subaltern. Keywords: Subaltern, Resistance, hegemony, discourses, oppression, third World.


Heterogeneities in a green film made from a powder compact is considered to be one of the major reasons for the generation of sintering cracks. Stresses are generated in a film due to the constraint of the substrate. Instabilities in the sintering process can occur at sites of these heterogeneities resulting in the generation of multiple cracks, which can propagate through the thickness of the film. The classical finite element method is fundamentally ill-suited to studying this multiple-cracking problem. This paper presents a simple and robust numerical method for the computer modelling of sintering and multiple cracking. The method is based on the so-called material point method, which was initially developed for large deformation problems in plasticity. A parallel computing algorithm is implemented and a simple scheme for modelling the initiation and propagation of multiple cracks is proposed. The numerical scheme is then validated by simulating a simple geometric problem for which an analytical solution can be obtained. Finally, the robust performance of the numerical method is demonstrated by modelling the sintering response of a film which contains different types of heterogeneities.


In memory of our friend, Ferran Hurtado. Given a set S = fR1;R2;:::;R2ng of 2n disjoint open regions in the plane, we examine the problem of computing a non-crossing perfect region-matching: a perfect matching onS that is realized by a set of non-crossing line segments, with the segments disjoint from the regions. We study the complexity of this problem, showing that, in general, it is NP-hard. We also show that a perfect matching always exists and can be computed in polynomial time if the regions are unit (or more generally, nearly equal-size) disks or squares. We also consider the bipartite version of the problem in which there are n red regions and n blue regions; in this case, the problem is NP-hard even for unit disk (or unit square) regions.


The mechanical processing has high complexity, strong coupling, a lot of control factors in the machining process, it is prone to failure, in order to improve the accuracy of fault detection of large mechanical equipment, research on fault trend prediction requires machining, machining fault trend prediction model based on fault data. The characteristics of data processing using genetic algorithm K mean clustering for machining, machining feature extraction which reflects the correlation dimension of fault, spectrum characteristics analysis of abnormal vibration of complex mechanical parts processing process, the extraction method of the abnormal vibration of complex mechanical parts processing process of multi-component spectral decomposition and empirical mode decomposition Hilbert based on feature extraction and the decomposition results, in order to establish the intelligent expert system for the data base, combined with large data analysis method to realize the machining of the Fault trend prediction. The simulation results show that this method of fault trend prediction of mechanical machining accuracy is better, the fault in the mechanical process accurate judgment ability, it has good application value analysis and fault diagnosis in the machining process.


Three heterotopic ligands L1, L2, and L3 have been prepared by the reaction of 4,4′-bis(bromomethyl)-2,2′-bipyridine with 4,5-diazafluoren-9-oxime, 9-(2-hydroxy)phenylimino-4,5-diazafluorene, and 9-(4-hydroxy)phenylimino-4,5-diazafluorene, respectively, in DMF. The three ligands consist of two 4,5-diazafluorene units and one 2,2′-bipyridine unit. Ru(II) complexes [{Ru(bpy)2}3(μ3-L1−3)](PF6)6 (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine) were prepared by refluxing Ru(bpy)2Cl2·2H2O and the ligands in 2-methoxyethanol. The three Ru(II) complexes display metal-to-ligand charge-transfer absorption at 445–450 nm and one Ru(II)-centered oxidation at 1.32 V in CH3CN solution at room temperature. Upon excitation into the metal-to-ligand charge-transfer band, the emission intensities of [{Ru(bpy)2}3(μ3-L2)]6+ and [{Ru(bpy)2}3(μ3-L3)]6+ are almost equal to that of [{Ru(bpy)2}3(μ3-L1)]6+ in CH3CN solution at room temperature, but weaker than that of [{Ru(bpy)2}3(μ3-L1)]6+ in EtOH–MeOH (4 : 1, v/v) glassy matrix at 77 K.


The most striking feature of the contemporary world is that technology has built an absorbing ambiance whose boundaries mark the survival of humankind. In this sense, the technique involves much more than the multiplicity of artifacts produced and entangles us in desires of consumption, in predetermined needs, for it is not revealed only in a matter of objects in the hands of people. It acquires a particular contour building a very complex network in which our daily lives are incorporate. Thus, the systemic character of contemporary technology confronts us with new and innovative issues, also requiring new and creative dimensions of individual and social responsibility. Law and science are among the primary sources of prestige and power in modern societies, as well as the institutional environment and politics. Law (in the broadest sense of legal order) is the primary virtue of social institutions because it regulates relations between people, including facts. Science, in turn, allows us to discover the world around us and question us. Also, political power and administration provide the necessary subsidies to understand the scientific and technical claims that seek the maximum advantage for specific groups of society, or sometimes for society as a whole. Here we intend to collect some ideas that confront our way of perceiving the politics, economy, and law to debate the need to update the law. The method employed is exploratory by literature review, using the inductive method for observation of phenomena, as well as for the discovery of the relationship between them and generalization of this relationship.


This study presents economic and formation investigations on hydration effects by looking at natural gas hydrate (NGH) storage and transportation processes and formation conditions. The investigation includes experiments with methane. The obtained results show that the methane formation time increased linearly as the subcooling temperature decreased. Furthermore, the economic result indicates that the energy consumption parameter is appropriate for examining resource consumption for a system that, in turn, results in optimal capital investment through the storage and transportation process of NGH. The results also show that energy consumption increases logarithmically as the hydrate formation pressure increases. Finally, the study shows that the initial cost of the NGH transport chain is lower than the initial liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport cost.


Soybean is the leading oilseed produced globally. Huge fluctuations in prices of farm produce are observed during past few years. The present study aimed to study price movement of soybean i.e. seasonal variation, price volatility and co-integration among the major soybean markets in Madhya Pradesh. For study purpose the data related to monthly average prices and arrivals of soybean were collected from major markets from different markets in States viz., Betul, Dewas, Dhar and Indore for the period 2005-2016. Moving average method used to study seasonal variation. The econometric tools like ADF test, Johansen's Multiple Co-integration test, Granger Causality Test and ARCH-GARCH model were used to arrive at conclusion. The results of study showed that the prices of soybean were higher in the months from June to August in all selected markets. The cyclical variation observed in the prices of soybean in the selected markets. For all selected markets the prices series are free from the consequences of unit root and were stationary at first difference. The selected markets show long run equilibrium relationship and co-integration between them. Most of the markets showed bidirectional influence on soybean prices of each other. Betul, Dewas, Dhar, and Indore, recorded low price volatility in soybean prices.


A new modified of Chicken Swarm Optimization (CSO) algorithm called multi step CSO is proposed for global optimization. This modification is reducing the CSO algorithm's steps by eliminates the parameter roosters, hens and chicks. Multi step CSO more efficient than CSO algorithm to solve optimization problems. Experiments on seven benchmark problems and a speed reducer design were conducted to compare the performance of Multi Step CSO with CSO algorithms and the other algorithms based population such as Cuckoo Search (CS),Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Differential Evolution (DE) and Genetic Algorithm (GA). Simulation results show that Multi step CSO algorithm performs better than those algorithms. Multi step CSO algorithm has the advantages of simple, high robustness, fast convergence, fewer control.


The article discusses the importance of information in the control system, the notion of information system management, the necessity of improving information security management in a fast changing environment.


Junctions of two different types of epithelia can give rise to tumors
which may show features of either of the colliding epithelia or a mixture or
intermediate of both. One such junction is the ampulla of Vater, the
luminal opening of common channel formed by the common bile duct and the
main pancreatic duct of Wirsung within the wall of the duodenum. Here the
pancreatic and bile duct epithelia meet the duodenal mucosa at the
ampulla(1).
Tumors involving the ampulla could be arising primarily in the
ampulla or extending from the adjacent sites like duodenum, bile duct and
pancreas. Tumors arising at any of these sites can present as an ampullary/
periampullary growth. When a neoplasm is centered primarily in the
ampulla with or without periampullary mucosal involvement, it is considered
a primary ampullary carcinoma (2). These tumors generally have a better
prognosis compared to duodenal and pancreaticobiliary neoplasms
secondarily involving the ampulla
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Background/Aims: Hypoacetylation caused by aberrant epigenetic nuclear reprogramming results in low efficiency of mammalian somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Many epigenetic remodeling drugs have been used in attempts to improve in vitro development of porcine SCNT embryos. In this study, we examined the effects of LAQ824, a structurally novel histone acetylase inhibitor, on the nuclear reprogramming and in vitro development of porcine SCNT embryos. Methods: LAQ824 treatment was supplemented during the culture of SCNT embryos. The reprogramming levels were measured by immunofluorescence and quantified by image J software. Relative expression levels of 18 genes were analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR. Results: 100 nM LAQ824 treatment of post-activation SCNT embryos for 24 h significantly improved the subsequent blastocyst formation rate. The LAQ824 treatment enhanced histone 3 lysine 9 (H3K9) levels, histone 4 lysine 12 (H4K12) levels, and reduced global DNA methylation levels as well as anti-5-methylcytosine (5-mC) at the pseudo-pronuclear and 2-cell stages. Furthermore, LAQ824 treatment positively regulated the mRNA expression of genes for histone acetylation (HAT1, HDAC1, 2, 3, and 6), DNA methylation (DNMT1, 3a and 3b), development (Pou5f1, Nanog, Sox2, and GLUT1) and apoptosis (Bax, Bcl2, Caspase 3 and Bak) in blastocysts. Conclusion: Optimum exposure (100 nM for 24 h) to LAQ824 post-activation improved the in vitro development of porcine SCNT embryos by enhancing levels of H3K9 and H4K12, reducing 5-mC, and regulating gene expression.


Pediatric practices that have a practice facilitator with public health, primary care, and coaching experience can improve quality of care, particularly with preventive care services, according to a recent study.


BURTON PAULU has been manager of KUOM at the University of Minnesota since 1938. During 1953-54, he was a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar in London, where he made a study of British broadcasting. The following has been taken from Chapter three, "The Structure of the Independent Television Authority," of Mr. Paulu's forthcoming book British Broadcasting ($6.00). The editors of the Quarterly are most grateful to the author and to the University of Minnesota Press for their permission to print this important material in advance of book publication. The first part of this excerpt appeared in the Summer number of the Quarterly.


livelihoods are increasingly vulnerable to disasters and the impacts of climate change. Most small-scale fishers and fish workers live in developing countries and face a range of issues that increase their vulnerability to hazards including food insecurity, poverty, pollution, environmental degradation, overexploitation of resources, high levels of accidents at sea and conflicts with industrial fishing operations. Their vulnerability to hazards is further increased by the specific characteristics of fishing and fish farming operations themselves (such as location and exposure) also increase. Whilst responding to these disasters and emergencies has become a greater part of the work of governments, civil society organisations, agencies and communities there are as yet no guidelines for the sector. This document aims to fill that gap and to improve the effectiveness of such interventions. These guidelines were developed following a meeting of experts in 2013 (FAO, 2013). They draw on best practice and lessons learned during response to disasters that have affected fisheries and aquaculture sector. They cover general good practice and technical areas such as; fisheries and aquaculture policy and management; capture fisheries gear, vessels and engines; landing sites, harbours and anchorages; aquaculture and post harvest, trade and markets.


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Today, edge detection is a cornerstone technique as edges are essential in many applications, such as image processing and biometric imaging. One popular algorithm for edge detection is the Sobel. Many researchers have focused on accelerating the Sobel filtering, but to the best of our knowledge we are the first to propose a $5 \times 5$ convolution kernel implementation using OpenCL. In this work, we implement the Sobel filter, one of the most effective and popular edge detection algorithms in image processing, in the OpenCL programming language. From the implementation of the Sobel algorithm we compare the performance of the CPU and GPU through OpenCL, in typical images ranging from $64 \times 64$ to $4096 \times 4096$ pixels. The Sobel operator uses a pair of $3 \times 3$ horizontal and vertical convolution kernels for edge detection functions. We apply $3 \times 3$ and $5 \times 5$ convolution kernels using OpenCL and compare them. The results have shown that for all image sizes, the GPU speed up ranges from 11,18 to 15,46 times with $3 \times 3$ convolution kernels, while speed up is from 10,05 to 13,46 times for the $5 \times 5$ convolution kernels. Finally, the results of our implementation are compared to other existing implementations and found to achieve better performance.


The cells of leukemias induced in mice by several different viruses possess specific antigens that can be demonstrated by serological methods.1-8 induced by Friend, Moloney, and Rauscher viruses share antigenic determinants that are not present in leukemias induced by Gross virus.6. It has recently been shown that the antigen characteristic of leukemias induced by Rauscher virus may be acquired by the cells of unrelated transplanted leukemias during passage in mice infected with Rauscher virus, a phenomenon which has been named "antigenic conversion."9 These converted cells are susceptible to the cytotoxic activity of specific Rauscher antiserum, and this sensitivity persists indefinitely on serial transplantation of converted lines. majority of these arose spontaneously or were induced in our own stocks by Gross,'1 Friend,12 Moloney," or Rauscher'4 viruses, or by X radiation. Methods of induction and designation of these leukemias are described in previous publications. 2 6, 1" Friend disease was induced by intraperitoneal (IP) inoculation of homogenates of infected spleen. The early spleno-megalic phase of Rauscher disease was induced in BALB/c by IP inoculation of 0.1 ml of hepa- rinized plasma from BALB/c mice similarly infected with this virus. The indicator cell used in most of this work was the C57BL/6 radiation-induced leukemia ERLD,16 which arose in 1962 and is now in its 61st transplant generation. Several BALB/c mice with primary leukemia induced by Moloney virus (LT(v)402), used as a source of plasma in adsorption experiments, were kindly provided by Dr. J. Glynn, National Cancer Institute. R/EL4 was derived from the long-transplanted C57BL ascites leukemia EL4 by a single passage in a BALB/c mouse infected with Rauscher virus, during which it acquired the antigenic specificity of Rauscher leukemia cells (antigenic and unpublished 25 Cells from 4 cases of human leukemia (acute leukemia in a child, acute myeloid leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, and chronic lymphatic leukemia) were obtained through the courtesy of Dr. B. Clarkson, Dr. L. Murphy, and Dr. C. Tan of Sloan-Kettering Institute. These cells did not acquire sensitivity to Rauscher antiserum after exposure to the plasma of BALB/c mice infected with Rauscher virus.


With an introduction to the overall underdevelopment of higher education in China compared with the American counterpart, this article briefly examines the main trends of over two decades of development of the governance and financing systems of China's higher education sector. This article analyzes the resource allocation from governments and revenue generation in institutions under the reform policies of administrative decentralization and financing diversification. The new "Great Leap Forward" in higher education in 1999 and beyond, i.e., the radical and, to a certain extent, desperate mass higher education policy and practice of expanding enrollments in order to spur domestic consumption, is critically analyzed. By examining the ongoing institutional merging and "co-building" and the most recent enrollment expansion, the writer points out the economic significance for higher education of overcoming diseconomies of scale and inefficiencies. However, the long-range outcomes of the seemingly exciting investment in and consumption of mass higher education are difficult to predict.


Interactive online learning is vital in modern information service systems. Despite the recent progress in online learning, many challenges, which are brought by the complex practical scenarios of online learning, remain unsolved. The key challenges can be summarized from the following perspectives. First, from the user-user interaction perspective: to capture user heterogeneity, personalized online learning is needed, while on the other hand, the existence of user dependency calls for collaborative online learning across users, such that the learning process can be accelerated through information propagation. Second, from users' temporal behavior perspective: information service systems are highly dynamic, which is reflected in the fact that users' preferences change over time due to various internal or external factors [21], and item popularity vary due to fast emerging events/contents. Failing to model such dynamics may lead to sub-optimal decisions. Third, from the user-system interaction perspective: learning to interact with users and discover their preferences from repeated interactions is central in most information service systems. Instead of passively waiting for users' feedback, proactive information acquisition should be encouraged. In addition, user feedback in online systems can be implicit. For example, user clicks, although abundant in online information1service systems, can be biased and incomplete due to position bias [34]. The proposed research aims at developing online learning solutions, and more specifically multiarmed bandit solutions, to conquer the aforementioned challenges. Firstly, I propose to perform contextual bandit learning in a collaborative manner, which enables information sharing across users, and thus expedites the learning process in a dynamic environment. Secondly, I propose to study bandit learning in a more realistic non-stationary environment such that the learning algorithm can automatically detect the potential changes and adapt its decision making strategy accordingly. Finally, I propose to improve the effectiveness of user-system interaction by: (1). learning from implicit user feedback and (2). proactively choosing the most representative users or information to initiate or incentivize the interaction for the most beneficial feedback, which further improves the system's utility in the long run. By combining the proposed research, an information service system can provide right information to the right user at the right time, so as to improve users satisfaction in the long run. This will become a new paradigm for human-machine interaction: both systems and users win in this interactive game. More importantly, the proposed solutions can be applied to a wide spectrum of applications including not only the aforementioned information service systems, but also crowdsourcing, human-machine interactions in cyber physical systems, clinical trials in healthcare, sequential treatment design in psychology and many more.


Water-soluble salts of copper(II), nickel, chromium(III), iron(III), aluminium, cobalt, manganese(II), cadmium, zinc and lead(II) are determined titrimetrically in amounts down to 0.1 mequiv. in the presence and absence of hydrochloric, nitric and sulphuric acids. Ammonium salts are determined in the absence of free acids. When the mixture of metal salt and acid is titrated with aqueous potassium hydroxide, the end-point corresponding to the neutralisation of the free acid is determined by the onset of turbidity caused by precipitation of the hydroxide of the metal by the first excess of titrant. The titration is continued, and when all of the metal hydroxide is precipitated the final excess of titrant initiates the thermometric indicator reaction. The thermometric indicator, acetaldehyde, is diluted 1 + 1 with water to ensure solubility of the metal salts.The method has been used to analyse four representative electroplating solutions for free acid and total metal content, the free acids being boric, acetic, succinic and glycollic acids.


This paper designs the content of the curriculum of tourist attraction planning from theory,skill and ability based on social demand for talented people who is competent of the tourist attractions planning,following the principles of construction of the content of the curriculum of tourist attraction planning.The content of theory includes three levels of the macr-planning,meso-planning,micro-planning theory.The content of skill includes the required technology working in tourist attraction planning.The content of ability includes the drilling of the capacity of using brains,hands and mouth.


Biochemical investigations ▼ Pathology of the retina prompts exclusion of underlying gyrate atrophy. The plasma concentration of ornithine is massively increased (877 μmol/l, reference range 30–100 μmol/l), as is its urinary concentration (519 mmol/mol creatinine) and the urinary concentration of lysine and arginine. Plasma concentration for proline and citrulline, blood count, electrolytes, renal and liver functional parameters are within reference range.


The objective of this paper is to test the stability of construct characteristics and the factorial structure of the achievement motive and the psychometrical characteristics of the instrument MOP 2002. The analyses are performed on the sample comprising 2846 examinees of different gender and of different educational profile. The sample has been collected during the period of 15 years in a transitional social context. The instrument MOP 2002 is applied, it contains 55 items and has a form of five-level scale. The results of factor analysis have shown that the instrument is multi-dimensional and consist of four factors: competing with others, persistence in realizing goals, realizing goals as source of satisfaction and orientation towards planning. All of these factors are, among others, important for successful participation in the competitive sport. By factor analysis of the second order it is established that the instrument has a unique object of measuring and satisfactory psychometrical characteristics proven stable during 15 years of application on heterogeneous samples of examinees.