The purpose of this session was to discuss various concepts relating to thermal dosimetry. The first paper, presented by M. W. Dewhirst, explained how a particular thermal dose unit can be used to predict response in vivo in real-life clinical tumors. The second paper by J. W. Strohbehn discussed power depo sition and temperature distributions to be expected from certain power deposition patterns. R. B. Roemer presented the third paper concerning heat transfer models, and the fourth paper by P. Fessenden discussed temperature measurements within the clinic. The final paper, by T. C. Cetas, was speculative and presented other approaches to thermometry and, in particular, dealt with the issue of thermal tomography. Following the first paper, W. C. Dewey asked if the complica tions of thermal infarcts following therapy were a consequence of high temperature in the tumor or high normal tissue temper atures near the tumor. Dewhirst replied that the correlation was with very high tumor temperatures, and the infarcts probably resulted from damage to the microcirculation and in the release of local toxins by the tumor as a consequence of therapy. While his thermal dosimetry was not perfect, the impression was that the temperatures of the normal tissue were not excessive. B. Emami asked if the difference in response rates for radiofrequency heating and microwave heating was due to fundamen tal differences. Dewhirst replied that, in general, he was able to heat tumors more uniformly with the radiofrequency system than with the microwave system and, hence, was less likely to have cold spots and, therefore, a poor response. G. H. Nussbaum raised the issue of where the temperatures were measured within the tumor. Dewhirst replied that the thermometers were placed in a regular pattern, and temperatures were measured in each tumor. Specific locations selected thus became a problem in statistical sampling. He gave the analogy of walking into an alfalfa field and randomly selecting samples of plants. A search for a specific specimen is not made but, rather, one accepts what is given from a random sample and then attempts to generalize based upon the random sample. Following Strohbehn's lecture, there was substantial discus


ABSTRACT: Effects of proteins (whey protein isolate [WPI], Na-caseinate, and gelatin), drying method, storage relative vapor pressure (RVP), and time on lactose crystallization and crystals formed were investigated using x-ray diffraction (XRD). Crystallization was observed from increasing peak intensities of XRD patterns. Lactose in lactose/protein (5:1,3:1) mixtures crystallized in samples stored at RVP of 44.1% and above in both spray-dried and freeze-dried materials, except in freeze-dried lactose/Na-caseinate and lactose/gelatin mixtures, which showed lactose crystallization at 54.5% RVP and above. The rate of crystallization increased with increasing RVP and storage time. The rate of crystallization in spray-dried materials was higher than in freeze-dried materials, and the crystallization rate decreased with increasing protein content. Lactose crystallized mainly as α-lactose monohydrate in spray-dried lactose/WPI and lactose/gelatin mixtures. Crystals formed in freeze-dried lactose/WPI and lactose/gelatin mixtures were anhydrous β-lactose and α-lactose monohydrate crystals. Lactose crystallized as a-lactose monohydrate in both spray-dried and freeze-dried lactose/Na-caseinate mixtures. Trace amounts of anhydrous β-lactose were present in spray-dried lactose/WPI (5:1) and lactose/gelatin (5:1) mixtures. Peak intensities of XRD patterns for anhydrous β-lactose decreased with increasing protein content and storage time. The crystallization data were successfully modeled using Avrami equation at an RVP of 65.6% and above. These data are important in understanding and predicting storage stability of lactose- and protein-containing food and pharmaceutical materials.


It is necessary to obtain a detailed understanding of the behavior of reactor components performing at elevated temperatures at normal reactor operation, during off-normal transients, and in accident conditions. The currently used approaches do not sufficiently unify the probabilistic description (reliability), mechanical analysis (fracture mechanics, etc.), and engineering correlations for component life prediction (time-temperature parameter methods). The dynamic equations governing the evolution of the material damage based on the physical model of reliability are formulated in a unified manner. The model permits interrelating the concepts of material strength, accumulated damage, and reliability in regard to their dynamics. The model is applicable for static loading conditions as well as stress-and temperature-transients. The model validity is checked by comparing model predictions with the actual static and transient test data for the fast reactor fuel element cladding (Type 316 stainless steel).


Rivastigmine, a butyl- and acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, is approved for symptomatic treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of these studies was to determine the bioequivalence of test and reference formulations of Rivastigmine 1.5 mg and 6 mg Hard Capsule. Both studies were single dose, randomized, 2-period, 2-sequence, laboratory-blinded, crossover design. Rivastigmine 1.5 mg Hard Capsule study was conducted in 36 healthy adult Indian male volunteers under fasting conditions with a washout period of 5 days and Rivastigmine 6 mg Hard Capsule study was conducted in 40 healthy adult Indian male volunteers under fed conditions with a washout period of 7 days. For 1.5 mg study, blood samples for pharmacokinetic profiling were taken post-dose up to 10 h. For 6 mg study, blood samples for pharmacokinetic profiling were taken post-dose up to 12 h. Safety was evaluated through the assessment of adverse events, and laboratory tests. Plasma concentrations of Rivastigmine were determined with a validated LC-MS/MS method. Bioequivalence between the products was determined by calculating 90% confidence intervals (90% CI) for the ratio of Cmax, AUC0-t and AUC0-∞ values for the test and reference products, using logarithmic transformed data. The 90% CI of Rivastigmine were 89.63-113.68, 86.91-103.87 and 87.30-103.80 for Cmax, AUC0-t and AUC0-∞ respectively for Rivastigmine 1.5 mg Hard Capsule study. The 90% CI of Rivastigmine were 93.08-118.44, 94.14-104.46 and 93.77-104.12 for Cmax, AUC0-t and AUC0-∞ respectively for Rivastigmine 6 mg Hard Capsule study. Since the 90% CI for Cmax and AUC0-t were within the 80.00-125.00% interval, it was concluded that the test and reference formulations of Rivastigmine 1.5 mg and 6 mg Hard Capsule were bioequivalent in their rate and extent of absorption.


Free radical‐mediated oxidative damage to proteins, lipids, and DNA occurs in neurons during acute brain injuries and in neurodegenerative disorders. Membrane lipid peroxidation contributes to neuronal dysfunction and death, in part by disrupting neuronal ion homeostasis and cellular bioenergetics. Emerging findings suggest that 4‐hydroxynonenal (HNE), an aldehyde produced during lipid peroxidation, impairs the function of various proteins involved in neuronal homeostasis. Here we tested the hypothesis that HNE impairs the cellular system that removes damaged proteins and organelles, the autophagy–lysosome pathway in rat primary cortical neurons. We found that HNE, at a concentration that causes apoptosis over a 48–72 h period, increases protein levels of LC3 II and p62 and within 1 and 4 h of exposure, respectively; LC3 II and p62 immunoreactive puncta were observed in the cytoplasm of HNE‐treated neurons at 6 h. The extent of up‐regulation of p62 and LC3 II in response to HNE was not affected by co‐treatment with the lysosome inhibitor bafilomycin A1, suggesting that the effects of HNE on autophagy were secondary to lysosome inhibition. Indeed, we found that neurons exposed to HNE exhibit elevated pH levels, and decreased protein substrate hydrolysis and cathepsin B activity. Neurons exposed to HNE also exhibited the accumulation of K63‐linked polyubiquitinated proteins, which are substrates targeted for lysosomal degradation. Moreover, we found that the levels of LAMP2a and constitutively active heat‐shock protein 70, and numbers of LAMP2a‐positive lysosomes, are decreased in neurons exposed to HNE. Our findings demonstrate that the lipid peroxidation product HNE causes early impairment of lysosomes which may contribute to the accumulation of damaged and dysfunctional proteins and organelles and consequent neuronal death. Because impaired lysosome function is increasingly recognized as an early event in the neuronal death that occurs in neurodegenerative disorders, our findings suggest a role for HNE in such lysosomal dysfunction.


17-4PH stainless steel finds application in the aerospace industry owing to its good mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. in the literature, this steel is described as good for welding, but research shows that it may be problematic due to the formation of defects. in this study, the welded joints were made by the robotic tiG welding method with various welding speeds (2 and 3 mm/s). the joints were subjected to non-destructive testing and were free from defects. the microstructure was observed by light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. changes in the microstructure of the heat affected zone were observed and discussed. based on the observation of the microstructure and the change in the hardness profile, the heat affected zone was divided into 4 characteristic regions. δ-ferrite and NbC were observed in the martensite matrix. The welded joints were subjected to heat treatment consisting of solution and aging in 550°c for 4 h. the microstructure of the heat affected zone become homogenized as a result of the heat treatment. the content of stable austenite in the welded joint after the heat treatment was about 3%.


The novel complex [RuCl2(PPh3)2(pyrrolidine)] exhibited a square pyramidal (SQP) type geometry, with the amine in the apical position and trans-positioned phosphines. There was activity observed for ROMP of norbornene (NBE) either under air or an inert atmosphere of argon at 25 °C. Saturation profile-fitting describes the curves of yields as a function of time (5–120 min) under either atmosphere. The results were sensitive to the solution volume in the range of 2–8 mL of CHCl3, mainly under air. Quantitative yields under argon for 120 min at any solution volume were obtained. The order of magnitude of 103–105 g mol−1 for Mw and PDI values ranging from 1.6 to 3.5 was measured by SEC. In most of the cases, the ratios of yields from the runs under argon and air were close to the unit, indicating an insignificant loss of reactivity of the active species in the presence of molecular oxygen from air. A parent complex with diethylamine, but with trigonal bipyramidal (TBP) type geometry, was inactive for ROMP. The activity in these types of complexes was compared with that of already reported Ru-amine-based complexes in terms of electronic effects, with an additional discussion involving the synergism in the novel ttt-[RuCl2(PPh3)2(perhydroazepine)(isonicotinamide)] complex.


We thank Dr. Shanmugam for his interest in our study (1). Mostof the limitations he raises have been discussed in detail in ourreport. We have never suggested that a cutoff of 40 mm Hg wasequivalent to severe pulmonary hypertension. Nonetheless, as wehave also alluded to in our study, such levels of pulmonarypressures, equivalent to mild/moderate pulmonary hypertension,have been associated with significantly worse outcomes. Moreover,the fact that such levels of pressure would persist in patients withprosthesis-patientmismatch(PPM),whereastheywouldregressinmost patients without PPM, indeed confirms that levels above 40mm Hg are clearly abnormal.The indexed effective orifice area (EOA) is a physiologicalparameter that relates to the intrinsic hemodynamic performanceof the prosthesis and has nothing to do with valve annulardiameters. The threshold value of 1.2 cm


Modern approach to traffic planning and to the laws of traffic demand is represented by a model of traffic demand. Four-stage traffic demand models have been mainly used up to now. One of the disadvantages of such models is an inadequate representation of the road network parameters (in a broader sense traffic demand). The article reviews the traffic demand models from the point of view of representation of the traffic network parameters, the improvement of these models, especially the model of journey generation. (TRRL)


The main aim of the present article is to determine that the complement of prepositional regime may be considered an argumental oblique just as it has been proposed by some authors —like Porto Dapena (1992); Alarcos Llorach (1999) y Cano Aguilar (1999), among others—. Such complement has raised a debate due to the fact that it keeps similarities with the direct object of a transitive verb, as well as with the circumstantial complement or non-argumental oblique, without belonging to either of them. Given the characteristics of the prepositional complement, in this study I will make a syntactic description of the verbs that, in my view, subcategorize a prepositional phrase as a complement, using different syntactic tests so as to demonstrate that such phrase is argumental.


The problem of ageing is experienced by all the countries. According to World Health statistics the life expectancy of Nepalese people has risen from 58.91 years to 67.86 years (1996 to 2015). Ageing is emerging issue in Nepal as well as global. Its tempo is expected to be unexpectedly fast as mortality continues to decline and life expectancy continues to increase. Ayurveda the science of life has observed ageing as a Jara avastha , which is a later phase of life, it is natural, inevitable phenomenon, in which maximum decline of bodily elements that may become as major cause of disability and functional dependency requiring services that affect many sectors of economy, health, security, income, housing, transportation etc . Jara chikitsa has been mentioned as one independent Anga in Ashtanga Ayurveda where Rasayana therapy is capable to impede the ageing process and to delay the degenerative process in the body. In this study we measured the effectiveness of Ashwagandha rasayana and Matra basti and compared with the Ashwagandha Rasayan only in Jara avastha . A total of thirty elderly patients were selected and divided in two groups A and B, given them either Ashwagandha Rasayana with Matra basti or Ashwagandha rasayana in prescribed doses for 45 days. Changes in the subjective complaints, objective parameters of the patients and appearance of adverse events were also evaluated. Both the groups provided better results on the chief complaints But, comparison in between both the groups is insignificant, that may be due to small sample size.


The defect structure and ionic diffusion processes within the anion-deficient, fluorite structured system Ce1–xYxO2–x/2 have been investigated at high temperatures (873 K–1073 K) as a function of dopant concentration, x, using a combination of neutron diffraction studies, impedance spectroscopy measurements, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations using interionic potentials developed from ab initio calculations. Particular attention is paid to the short-range ion–ion correlations, with no strong evidence that the anion vacancies prefer, at high temperature, to reside in the vicinity of either cationic species. However, the vacancy–vacancy interactions play a more important role, with preferential ordering of vacancy pairs along the ⟨111⟩ directions, driven by their strong repulsion at closer distances, becoming dominant at high values of x. This effect explains the presence of a maximum in the ionic conductivity in the intermediate temperature range as a function of increasing x. The wider implications o...


Peripheral plasma from four postmenopausal women was analysed for estrone, estradiol, luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone during 24 hours following an oral intake of a single dose of 1.0 mg micronized estradiol, on the first day of therapy and after one month. A similar study was carried out with another four postmenopausal patients, who received 0.2 mg estradiol three times daily. The measurements were performed by radioimmunoassay (RIA).


OBJECTIVE: To model the potential cost-effectiveness of recombinant-tissue plasminogen activator (r-tPA) in the treatment of mild stroke in the US
 BACKGROUND: Treatment with r-tPA in moderate-to-severe stroke patients has been shown to be efficacious and cost-effective. A third of untreated mild strokes result in significant disability. Small studies and post hoc analyses of the recently completed IST-3 trial suggested r-tPA may reduce mild stroke disability. If preliminary clinical findings are verified, r-tPA in mild stroke patients may provide good economic value to healthcare systems.
 DESIGN/METHODS: We developed a decision-analytic model to simulate the outcomes of mild stroke patients treated versus not treated with r-tPA. We modeled stroke severity health states based on modified Rankin scale and Oxford handicap scale scores using Markov techniques. Preliminary estimates of r-tPA effectiveness in mild stroke patients were derived from a subset of IST-3 patients. Non-disabled patients were defined as having a baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score of 0-15 but who otherwise met all other standard 3-hour r-tPA eligibility criteria. Healthcare costs, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effectiveness were calculated, and scenario analyses were conducted to assess uncertainty.
 RESULTS: Treatment with r-tPA was estimated to lead to a 0.36 (range, 0.34 to 0.76) increase in QALYs/patient and cost-savings ranging from $871 to $5500. In widely varying scenario analyses, r-tPA treatment was highly cost-effective as long as it resulted in a 2% absolute increase in the proportion of non-disabled patients. The main drivers in the results were r-tPA effectiveness, healthcare costs for disabled patients, and quality-of-life for non-disabled patients.
 CONCLUSIONS: Economic analyses based on preliminary clinical data suggest that r-tPA could be cost saving or highly cost-effective in the treatment of mild patients. Controlled clinical trials will be valuable in definitively establishing the clinical and economic value of r-tPA in mild stroke.
 Study Supported by: Genentech Inc. Disclosure: Dr. Guzauskas has received personal compensation for activities with Genentech, Inc. Dr. Guzauskas has received research support from Genentech, Inc. Dr. Chen has received personal compensation for activities with Genentech, Inc. as an employee. Dr. Khatri9s institution has received research support from Penumbra, Inc. and Genentech, Inc. Dr. Sandercock has received personal compensation for activities with Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. Dr. Tayama has received personal compensation for activities with Genentech Inc. Dr. Tayam holds stock and/or stock options in Genentech Inc. which sponsored research in which Dr. Tayama was involved as an investigator. Dr. Veenstra has received personal compensation for activities with Genentech Inc.


Little is known about how immigrants participate in politics and whether they transform political engagement in contemporary democracies. This study investigates whether citizenship (as opposed to being foreign-born) affects political and civic engagement beyond the voting booth. It is argued that citizenship should be understood as a resource that enhances participation and helps immigrants overcome socialization experiences that are inauspicious for political engagement. The analysis of the European Social Survey data collected in nineteen European democracies in 2002–03 reveals that citizenship has a positive impact on political participation. Moreover, citizenship is a particularly powerful determinant of un-institutionalized political action among individuals who were socialized in less democratic countries. These findings have important implications for debates over the definition of and access to citizenship in contemporary democracies.


The method how to generate SPWM control waveforms with area equivalent principle based on PIC single chip computer is introduced. By the particular experimental system. the SPWM waveforms control the function of IGBT inverter. The method combining software with hardware is presented. The resultant waveforms and the harmonic of SPWM waveforms are analyzed. The analytic results show that the method has good practicality in UPS.


In this work, the structural, electronic, and optical stability properties of the chitosan monomer (M-Ch) and atomic silver complex are reported, as well as a unitary cell of a silver cluster in the gas phase and acetic acid. The generalized gradient approximation HSEh1PBE/def2-TZVPP50 results established the structures' anionic charge (Q = −1|e|) and the doublet state (M = 2). The high cohesive energy indicates structural stability, and the quantum-mechanical descriptors show a high polarity and low chemical reactivity. Also, the quantum-mechanical descriptors present a low work function that shows the structures are suitable for applications in light-emitting diodes. Finally, the electronic behavior observed by the |HOMO-LUMO| gap energy changes depending on the atomic silver incorporated into the complex.


Objective To compare and analyze effect analysis of operation and non-operation in the treatment of patients with central cervical cord injury. Methods Three hundred and sixty-seven patients admitted into our hospital were divided into operative group and non-operative group.All injured participants were provided with methylprednisolone shock therapy,20% mannitol for dehydration and trophic nerve therapy.Patients in the non-operative group were discharged from hospital after one or two week-treatment.In the operative group,operative treatment was performed after 2 to 4 days implementation of therapeutic regimen. Results ASIA motor scores in the operation,discharge,followup time of two groups was higher than that admitted to hospital respectively,with statistical difference(P0.01).ASIA motor scores after treatment 12 months of two groups was higher than that admitted to hospital respectively,with statistical difference(P0.05).Recovery rate in operative group was(67.3±6.8)%,while recovery rate in non-operative group was(56.2±7.1)%,with statistical difference(P0.05).No adverse reaction occurred in operative group,but 47 cases presented with tardiness accounting for 25.40% in non-operative group. Conclusion Operative treatment for patients with central cervical cord injury can effectively improve clinical efficacy and quality of life,which is worthy of expansion and application in clinic.


The objective of this work was to estimate the genotypic and phenotypic parameters for traits of carrot populations among characters in carrot populations, in order to guide the choice of selection strategies. The experiments were performed at two locations (Lapao, Bahia State and Brasilia, Brazil) in the summer of 2004. Nine carrot hybrid populations were evaluated in randomized complete block design with 4 replications and 2 m2 treatments. 90 days after sowing, 15 competitive plants per plot were harvested and evaluated individually for the characters yield, root length, green shoulder length, tip type, shoulder type, root diameter, xylem root diameter, relationship among xylem diameter/root diameter, and both xylem and phloem a* color (color parameter determined by colorimetry, varying from green to red). The data were submitted to variance analyses and the heritability in the wide sense of plot average was estimated by medium square and the correlation among the characters. According to the heritability values, for the characters xylem diameter (0.92 and 0.87), color of a* xylem (0.96 and 0.95) and ratio among xylem diameter and root diameter (0.87 and 0.91), strong selection pressure can be applied in the two evaluation places. Larger root yield was associated with larger root diameter and larger xylem diameter, as well as by larger values of the ratio among xylem diameter and root diameter. Thicker roots are associated with smaller a* (content of β-carotene), mainly in relation to the part constituted by the xylem. Therefore, through the correlation values, there exist an indication that selection for larger carotene content cannot be carried out without considering the characters of root diameter, which are important yield components.


Introduction 1. Reading Hobbes before Leviathan, 1640-1651 2. Leviathan 1651-1654 3. The storm 1654-1658 4. Restoration 1658-1666 5. Hobbes and Hobbism 1666-1675 6. Hobbes and the Restoration Crisis 1675-1685 7. Hobbism in the Glorious Revolution 1685-1700 Conclusion Bibliography.


A new method for weighing samples of plutonium dioxide is described. An efficient, reliable method of weighing samples and batches is important because a sample and batch may need to be weighed and treated a number of times before they are sufficiently pure for use. Accurate weighing and recording of all plutonium dioxide coming into or leaving the laboratory is also needed to satisfy accountability requirements. In the past, the necessary data were recorded by hand -- a time-consuming, error-prone procedure. This method was further complicated because plutonium cannot be handled safely outside a glovebox, and two operators were needed to record the data: one to weigh the plutonium dioxide and the other to record the weight. When vocal input to a computer is used, two operators are not needed to record data. An operator still handles the material in a glovebox, and measurement is still done within a glovebox, but with automated equipment, thus reducing the risk of radiation exposure and eliminating the need for two operators. This method allows the operator to determine from the glovebox monitor if the weights recorded are reasonable. If not, he can interrupt the procedure and reweigh the material. With computer recording ofmore » data, the chance for error is greatly reduced. All data are transmitted directly from the balance to the computer, where the result is displayed on monitors and recorded on a disk. 3 figs.« less


We propose a novel and simple scheme for high-frequency photonic vector millimeter-wave (mm-wave) signal generation based on photonic frequency doubling enabled by a single directly modulated laser (DML), precoding, and analog frequency upconversion. The introduction of a DML avoids the need for an external optical modulator and, thus, simplifies the architecture and reduces the cost. The adoption of analog frequency upconversion effectively overcomes the bandwidth limitation of the current commercially available digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and, thus, increases the attained carrier frequency of the generated vector mm-wave signal. Based on our proposed scheme, we experimentally demonstrate the generation of a 40-GHz quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK)-modulated vector mm-wave signal. The generated 40-GHz QPSK-modulated vector mm-wave signal can be delivered over a 0.5-m wireless distance with up to a 4-GBd rate and a bit error ratio (BER) less than the hard-decision forward-error-correction (HD-FEC) threshold of 3.8 × 10-3.


AbstractThis paper presents the forensic analysis undertaken on two rehabilitation projects toward highlighting the cost savings achieved by implementing the optimum rehabilitation option and mater...


We fabricated a MEMS actuator device that is used as an actuator component of an optical scanning device without deflection of the device using finite element method (FEM) software. When Pt/Ti/PZT/Pt/Ti/SiO2 multilayers were deposited on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer in order to fabricate the MEMS actuator device, the wafer was deflected because of inner stress generated by thin-film deposition, and as a result, the MEMS actuator device using the deflected wafer was also deflected. We aimed to define the relationship between the deflection of the SOI wafer and the deflection of the MEMS actuator device by simulation. Moreover, by using this relationship, we determined the optimal deflection of the SOI wafer after the deposition of thin films, enabling the fabrication of a MEMS actuator device without deflection, by simulation. From the simulation result, when the changes in the deflection of SOI wafers were 14.1 and 7.4 µm, the displacements of the MEMS actuator device were 1.1 and 5.7 µm, respectively. The simulation results were in good agreement with the experimental results. From the simulation results, the optimal wafer deflection for preventing the deflection of the MEMS actuator device was 15.6 µm. This value was close to the experimental value, 14.1 µm. This method enables easy simulation of any MEMS device that is complicated in design and which uses multilayer thin films.


We report the rare occurrence of multiple metachronous malignancies in three patients within different time frames from 18 months, 7 years and up to 25 years, respectively. Multiple primary malignant neoplasias (MPMN) are extremely rare. The key risk factors may be smoking and family history. While numerous studies have been published on the development of secondary malignancies following a first primary, the literature contains only few reports of patients with multiple metachrounous malignancies.


Management theory of Yi-ology based on Zhou Yi can form its unique system on"management and environment"issues.On the one hand,Management theory of Yi-ology is different from western mainstream system;on the other hand,Management theory of Yi-ology can be understood from western perspectives.Therefore,Management theory of Yi-ology is both unique and universal.Chinese and Western Mutual Interpretation is the only way to the development of the management academic.


NaClO is a disinfectant used widely in food disinfection. The effect of treatment with NaClO on reducing total coliformgroup on fresh-cut lettuce was studied. Response Surface Method experiment designed by Central Composite Design (CCD) wasconducted to establish the predictive model with the variables of three factors for NaClO concentration, namely dipping time,water-to-lettuce ratio and the response value of reduction of total coliform group. The results showed that the model obtainedwas effective to demonstrate the influence of treatment with NaClO on the reduction of total coliform group through statisticalanalysis(r=0.9707, p-value=0.0044).


We propose teleporting a specific family of tripartite entangled pure states, which include both the Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger (GHZ) state and the W-class state, with the five-qubit cluster state. In this scheme, two different measurement strategies are introduced and the successful probability of both is one theoretically. In cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED), we propose generating the five-qubit cluster state and discuss the local measurement of the Bell state and the five-qubit cluster state. It is shown that our scheme may be realizable based on present cavity QED technology. In future, our scheme may be useful for establishing general tripartite entanglement in remote nodes of the communication network.


Assessment is student learning outcomes that are used as a benchmark for teacher success whether students have mastered the desired competencies. This study aims to (1) Describe how the teacher implements the 2013 curriculum and 2013 curriculum assessment for fourth grade students in SD N 1 Tempursari (2) Describe what problems experienced by teachers in implementing the 2013 curriculum assessment (3) Describe how teacher solutions used to overcome existing problems. This research is qualitative research. The type of research is qualitative descriptive research and case study (single) research design. Data collection methods through observation, interviews, and documentation. The validity of the data used is technical triangulation and source triangulation. Data analysis techniques are data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results obtained are (1) Teachers of SD N 1 Tempursari especially grade IV have used the 2013 curriculum and carried out K13 assessments, but in implementing it is still not maximal and still experiencing probabilities, (2) Teachers are still experiencing problems in implementing K13 assessment that is assessment too complicated, requires a lot of time, the use of report cards and students who are less active in the assessment process, (3) Solutions are carried out to overcome the problem, namely by conducting curriculum assessment training conducted by the principal, sahring with teachers who better understand the 2013 curriculum assessment, looking for sources of information through the internet and teachers make creative innovations in carrying out the 2013 curriculum assessment.


We exploit homogeneous firm level data of manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries to study the impact of firing restrictions on job flow dynamics across 14 European countries. Our results suggest that more stringent firing laws dampen the response of job destruction to the cycle, thus making job turnover less counter-cyclical. Moreover, stricter EPL reduces both the creation and destruction of jobs in declining sectors relative to expanding sectors, implying that faster trend growth attenuates the impact of firing costs on firm's hiring and firing decisions. How does the reallocation of factors of production behave along the business cycle? Are there significant differences across countries? Which are the determinants of such differences? Following Davis and Haltiwanger's (1990, 1992) seminal work, a large literature has emphasised the importance of labour reallocation and microeconomic heterogeneity for macroeconomic fluctuations. While the direction of causality is debatable,' the study of the behaviour of job reallocation over the business cycle is fundamental in order to understand economic fluctuations. Moreover, even if reallocation is just a consequence of the business cycle, understanding the nature and timing of job reallocation remains crucial to design the appropriate policy responses to recessions and, more generally, to business cycle fluctuations. Several studies in AngloSaxon countries clearly suggest that the reallocation of jobs presents a counter-cyclical pattern. During slumps the rate at which jobs are destroyed increases rapidly. Perhaps more surprisingly, job creation reacts slowly to economic downturns, sometimes even not declining at all. As a result, job reallocation (the sum of job creation and job destruction) is clearly counter-cyclical.2 This set of facts spurred the proposal of different theories consistent with the counter-cyclicality of reallocation. Caballero and Hammour (1994) show, within a vintage model of process and product innovation, that declines in demand are only partly accommodated by a reduction of job creation when fast creation of jobs in an industry is costly due to increasing creation costs. As a consequence, job creation is smoothed over the business cycle and job destruction is concentrated in recessions, implying a counter-cyclical pattern in the reallocation of jobs. In Mortensen and Pissarides (1994), counter-cyclical movements of job reallocation are generated by the


"Garinko-go2"is a new type Icebreaking vessel with Archimedean cylindrical screw-rotors at the bow as means for breaking ice floes, and has such features as larger Icebreaking capability as compared with conventional ones. In the ice sea, by rotating the Icebreaking rotors, spiral blades arranged around them dig into ice surfaces, and thus, their rotational motion enables the vessel to move ahead while breaking ice. This vessel can break 0.4m-thick ice floes at a speed of 2 knots, and maximum breakable ice thickness is about 0.6mMain particulars of this vessel are as follow: 150 gross tons, length overall 35m, width 7m, depth 2.7m, draft 1.9m, 1010 ps diesel engine lset, 195 passengers, and crusing speed 10 knots. Two Archimedean cylindrical screw-rotors are driven by hydraulic motors with a 500 ps diesel engine.This vessel was built in October 1996 for full-fledged commerical navigation to succeed her predecessor"Garinko-go"which had been in operation since 1987 until 1996, and then put into operation in Feburary 1997 off the Monbetsu coast in the Sea of Okhotsk to where lots of ice floes drift from Siberia.


The connection between the body and the frame of a bus/coach is an important design.The connection intensity and rigidity are also important to the whole strength and rigidity for vehicles.The connection reasonably processed reduces not only the weight but also the cost.


By analyzing laws of growth and reproduction of microorganisms in the activated sludge (AS) sewage treatment system, this paper proposes a multineural network (NN) COD (chemical oxygen demand) soft-measuring method based on clustering approach for the sewage treatment project. Various reasons which might affect the accuracy of the model are analyzed. Experiments show that the same radiuses of multiple neural network diffusion constant are quite close which means the prediction accuracy is high and the soft-measuring method based on clustering approach is suitable for COD measuring.


OBJECTIVE
To compare two different methods, namely orthotopic implantation and armpit implantation, for establishing nude mouse model bearing osteosarcoma in light of the tumor formation rate and time, tumor growth changes and lung metastasis.

METHODS
Osteosarcoma cells were inoculated in the left armpit or the femoral medullary canal of nude mice, and the tumor growth was observed 6 weeks later. The differences in the pulmonary metastasis were examined macroscopically and microscopically.

RESULTS
Armpit implantation allowed easy operation and fast tumor growth, but tumors often sustained damages by frictions on the surface (P<0.05), and avascular necrosis occurred earlier in the tumors (P<0.05). With this approach, the pulmonary metastasis rate was only 40% (P<0.05), and the metastases in the lungs were sparser (P<0.05) and small. Orthotopic transplantation could well simulate the original growth environment of osteosarcoma, and resulted in milder avascular necrosis and greater pulmonary metastasis rate (100%) with larger and denser metastatic foci. But orthotopic transplantation required more complicated operation for establishing osteosarcoma-bearing models.

CONCLUSION
The two methods both result in high tumor growth rate, but orthotopic transplantation is superior in inducing pulmonary metastasis of osteosarcoma and reducing friction injury of the tumor and avascular necrosis in the tumor.


In Sweden, close to 10 000 men are annually diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa) and approximately 2400 men die of their disease each year. Today there is no reliable marker that can separate patie ...


How to advertise accessible storage capacity via a wireless local area network, the access point for implementing such a method, terminal and computer program product. A method to advertise capabilities of the at least one storage accessible through a wireless local area network (WLAN1) (ST1) comprising at least one wireless access point (AP1), the wireless access point is this network periodically sending a beacon frame including a wireless local area network identifier that specifies the method, in each beacon frames transmitted by wireless access point (AP1), a wireless local designated by the wireless local area network identifier comprising the step of inserting the data describing the capabilities of accessible least one storage via the area network (WLAN1) (ST1).


The results of an experimental investigation of the energy separation performance of a micro-scale Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube are presented in this paper. The micro-scale vortex tube is 2 mm in diameter and constructed using a layered technique from multiple pieces of Plexiglas and aluminum. Four inlet slots, symmetrically located around the tube, form the vortex. The hydraulic diameter of each inlet slot and the orifice diameter for the cold exit are 229 and 800 microns respectively. The working fluid is low pressure, non-dehumidified compressed air at room temperature. The rate of the hot gas flow is varied by means of a control valve to achieve different values of cold mass fraction. The mass flow rates, temperatures and pressures of the supply and outlet flows are measured and the performance of the device presented. The supply channel Reynolds number is varied over a considerable range which extends into the laminar regime in order to determine the operating conditions for cooling. An increase in dimensionless temperature is found in both the cold and hot outlets as supply nozzle Reynolds number increases from zero. Maximum values occur at a Reynolds number of approximately 500 and the cold flow dimensionless temperature becomes negative at about 2500. Although the optimum cold mass ratio is higher than the conventional tubes, the effect on performance of tube length and cold exit diameter is similar to the conventional devices.Copyright © 2006 by ASME


The limitation of DRAM cell transistor scalability is a severe problem in scaled DRAMs. A DRAM requires thicker gate oxide than that in logic LSIs, because a high wordline voltage must be applied to a memory cell transistor in order to write "1" data into the cell capacitor via the cell transistor. A new DRAM array architecture for scaled DRAMs is proposed. This scheme reduces stress bias for cell transistors, and enables the cell transistor to shrink without speed penalty.


Objective:To investigate the incidence of complications in laparoscopic cholecystectomy and the affecting factors.Methods:The clinical data of 500 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy over the recent two years were analyzed by using self-designed investigation scale to determine the incidence of complications in laparoscopic cholecystectomy and the affecting factors.Results:The overall incidence of complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy was 2.60%.Univariate Logistic regression analysis showed that the incidence of complications following laparoscopic cholecystectomy was associated with old age,type of surgery,type of incision,adhesions of agllbladder to adjacent viscera,adhesions in Calot's triangle,gallbladder wall thickening,concomitant diabetes,regional distribution of the operation room and drainage tube placement(all P0.05).Mutivariate Logistic regression analysis revealed that old age,emergency operation,adhesions of gallbladder to adjacent viscera,adhesions in Calot's triangle and concomitant diabetes were risk factors for occurrence of complications following laparoscopic cholecystectomy,while rational arrangement of the operation room and drainage tube placement were important factors for prevention of the occurrence of complications(all P0.05).Conclusion:The incidence of complications in laparoscopic cholecystectomy is relatively high,and is affected by various factors.


The article presents the discussion on unprecedented global convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic crisis. Topics include highly racialized discourse around disease and epidemic surveillance and the global security state flourishing in response to terrorism;and colonial modernity, racial capitalism, and neoliberal globalism already outsourcign all the risks in the world.


and undoubtedly no more than a variant, of the theatre in which in Greece the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and the comedies of Aristophanes were produced (fig. 2). In whatever style the building may be constructed, it always consists of three easily distinguishable parts: a stage, on which the actors play their roles; an intervening space, where the choir or the orchestra is placed; and an amphitheatre for the spectators. Following its historic development rather more closely, we find th~t in the distant past the theatre, without for one moment repudiating its proper character, presented an aspect somewhat different from its present one. The Roman theatre is a closed piece of architecture, in which the three parts communicate with each other and have sacrificed their individual independence for the sake of the unity of the whole. The Greek theatre, on the other hand, is invariably a structure of three completely independent elements, only partly deserving the name of building, which lie spread out in the open over a considerable area. ' We see this change of character even more clearly when we consider the separate


Background: The Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) of SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated partial vaccine escape and high transmissibility, with early studies indicating lower severity of infection compared with Delta (B.1.617.2). We sought to better characterise Omicron severity relative to Delta by assessing the relative risk of hospital attendance, hospital admission or death in a large national cohort. Methods: Individual-level data on laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases resident in England between 22 November 2021 and 9 January 2022 were linked to routine datasets on vaccination status, hospitalisation and mortality. The relative risk of attendance at hospital within 14 days, or death within 28 days following confirmed infection, was estimated using proportional hazards regression. Analyses were stratified by test date, 10-year age band, ethnicity, region and vaccination status and further adjusted for sex, index of multiple deprivation decile, evidence of a prior infection and year of age within each age band. A secondary analysis estimated variant- and vaccine-specific vaccine effectiveness and the intrinsic relative severity of Omicron infection compared with Delta;i.e. the relative risk in unvaccinated cases. Findings: We found that the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of hospital attendance (not necessarily resulting in admission) with Omicron compared with Delta was 0.56 (95%CI: 0.54-0.58);for hospital admission and death the estimates were 0.41 (95%CI: 0.39-0.43) and 0.31 (95%CI: 0.26-0.37), respectively. Omicron vs Delta HR estimates varied with age for all endpoints examined: the adjusted HR for hospital admission was 1.07 (95%CI: 0.83-1.38) in <10 year-olds, falling to 0.25 (95%CI: 0.21-0.30) in 60-69 year-olds, and rising to 0.48 (95%CI: 0.40-0.57) in ≥80 year-olds. For both variants, past infection gave some protection against death both in vaccinated (HR: 0.45 [95%CI: 0.30-0.68]) and unvaccinated (0.14 [95%CI: 0.04-0.45]) cases. In vaccinated cases, past infection offered no additional protection against hospital admission beyond that provided by vaccination (HR: 0.99 [95%CI: 0.9-1.08]), whilst for unvaccinated cases moderate protection remained (HR: 0.53 [95%CI: 0.46-0.61]). Estimation of variant-specific vaccine effectiveness gave lower Omicron vs Delta HR estimates for hospital admission (0.29 [95%CI: 0.28-0.31]) in unvaccinated cases than estimated for all cases in the primary analysis. Booster vaccination with an mRNA vaccine was highly protective against hospitalisation and death in Omicron cases (HR for hospital admission 8-11 weeks post booster, compared with unvaccinated: 0.22 [95%CI: 0.19-0.24]), with the protection afforded after a booster not being significantly affected by the vaccine used for doses 1 and 2. Interpretation: The risk of severe outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection is substantially lower for Omicron compared with Delta cases, with higher reductions for more severe endpoints and significant variation with age. The (low) risk of hospital admission in children <10 years of age did not differ significantly by variant, while 60-69 year-olds had an approximately 75% reduced risk of hospital admission with Omicron compared with Delta. Underlying the observed HRs is a larger reduction in intrinsic severity (in unvaccinated individuals) counterbalanced by a reduction in vaccine effectiveness. A documented previous SARS-CoV-2 infection offered some protection against hospitalisation and high protection against death in unvac


A series of p-substituted phenols have been adsorbed from benzene solution on to silica gel. With the exception of p-t-butylphenol, limiting adsorptions of the solutes are almost equal in magnitude and suggest a solute-solvent molecular ratio on the silica surface of 1:1. An index of adsorption K1, is defined in terms of an ideal model of adsorption at the solid-solution interface and log K1 is found to decrease linearly with increase in σ, the Hammett p-substituent constant.Composite adsorption isotherms have been constructed for the adsorption of phenol from a series of non-polar solvents whose reactivities are characterised by their ET values. The isotherms determine, qualitatively, the order of solvent/surface reactivity as n-hexane < cyclohexane < carbon tetrachloride < toluene < benzene. Quantitatively log K1 is found to decrease linearly with increase in solvent ET value.


Numerical simulation of rapidly varied, free surface turbulent flow over spillway with the existence of both sub‐critical and super‐critical flow regimes is a challenging task. Vertical acceleration plays a dominant role in the spillway flows. This paper describes the formulation and development of a numerical model for flow over the spillway. The computer model is developed using the finite volume method based on weakly compressible flow equations and large Eddy simulation (LES)‐based turbulence model. The model is applied to a real world case study of partial gate operation of sluice spillway to investigate the hydraulic characteristics by simulating the velocity distribution, pressure distribution and discharge characteristics. Numerical modelling of sluice spillway is complicated because both moving free surface region and fixed conduit pressure flow in the sluice barrel are present. The numerical model results are compared with the physical model study. The simulated results are in close agreement with the measured values. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Let S be the free metabelian group of rank 2. In this paper we prove the following results:(i) Given a pair of elements g, h of S, there exists an algorithm to decide whether or not g is an automorphic image of h; (ii) If g, h are in the commutator subgroup S′ of S such that each is an endomorphic image of the other then g , h are automorphic; (iii) If an endomorphism of S maps primitive elements of S to primitive elements of S then it defines an automorphism of S. We also include an example to show that, in (ii) above,the requirement that g,h are in S ? can not be relaxed.


We are reporting, for the first time, the echocardiographic identification of a bicuspid pulmonary valve associated with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.


Abstract Recent development in technologies of irrigation and fertilization enable us to control root size and environment under field conditions. Low volume irrigation and fertilization affects root size and rate of rootlets production and consequently vegetative and reproductive processes of whole plants. The mechanisms involved seem to include growth regulators production at the root apexes and their translocation to the shoots. Field experiments in a few species of deciduous trees and citrus, showed that root systems are very flexible and can adjust to low volume irrigation irrespective of age or size of the trees or stage of development. Root restriction under field conditions was found to cause precocity, increase productivity and reduce the size of the trees. A greater number of trees per unit land can be grown without reducing light penetration which is the most important factor affecting physiological processes controlling fruit bud differentiation, such as assimilate translocation, photosyntheti...


ABSTRACT We propose an efficient mesh-less method for mixed integral equations with phase lag. A heuristic technique is used to provide its error analysis. It is tested via a few numerical experiments. It demonstrates the efficiency and applicability of the proposed method.


The complex potential energy surface for the unimolecular isomerization and dissociation of nitromethane (CH3NO2), including 10 CH3NO2 isomers, 46 interconversion transition states, and 16 major dissociation products, is probed theoretically at the G2MP2//B3LYP/6-311++G(2d,2p) level of theory. The geometries and relative energies for various stationary points are determined and are in good agreement with the available experimental values. Based on the calculated G2MP2 potential energy surface, the possible nitromethane unimolecular decomposition mechanism is discussed. It is shown that the most feasible decomposition channels for CH3NO2 are those that lead to 2CH3 + 2NO2, 2CH3O + 2NO, H2CO + HNO, and HCNO + H2O, respectively. Among them, 2CH3 and 2NO2 are produced by the direct C−N bond rupture of nitromethane, while the formation of the latter three products is initiated by CH3NO2 rearranging first to methyl nitrite or to aci-nitromethane. The C−N bond dissociation energy for nitromethane is calculated t...


Combined with the merits of Contourlet transform and fuzzy logic,a new method of banknote image feature extraction was proposed. Contourlet coefficients were extracted in different scales and directions by using Contourlet transform on the banknote image. The extracted coefficients were considered as linguistic variables. Then it calculates the firing strength on the fuzzy feature plane and normalizes them as feature vector. Coarse classification was conducted by banknote geometric features. Then the neural network was constructed for the recognition of banknote and the scheme of reject class was introduced. The experimental results show that this method achieves a high recognition rate and fast recognition speed. The proposed method was applied in the resource constrained of embedded system.


The invention discloses a method and facility for focusing in a shooting device. The method comprises the steps that (A), a lens is controlled to move to detect the lens position obtained when the area to be focused in a shot preview picture is focused by the lens; (B), in the process of detecting the lens position obtained when the area to be focused is focused by the lens, the lens position obtained when the area to be focused in a shot preview picture is focused by the lens is detected; (C), when the preset area needs to be focused, the lens is controlled according to the lens position obtained when the preset area is focused by the lens to move so as to focus the preset area. According to the method and facility for focusing in the shooting device, focusing can be rapidly achieved.


This book examines the basic factors affecting West Sahrawi young refugees' lives and survival strategies in their situation of exile in the refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria. The purpose is to answer the following questions: First, which are the main problems perceived by the youth born in the refugee camps? Second, which are their coping strategies and protective factors that help them to cope with their situation? The data has been collected through self-reports and open interviews with Sahrawi refugees and representatives of the Saharawi government in exile called "Frente Polisario". The obtained information has been analyzed from a phenomenological perspective with MCA-Minerva software. The results show that there is a strong perception among the Sahrawi youth community that they lack of power to influence their future, leading them to a hopeless situation that increases their external locus of control. These factors contribute to an increased level of anxiety and decreased motivation in facing their future. Yet their strong sense of collective Sahrawi identity helps them to deal with the strenuous conditions of life and works as a protective factor.


The endosymbiosis of an alpha-proteobacterium that gave rise to mitochondria was one of the key events in eukaryogenesis. Common patterns in eukaryogenesis and present-day endosymbiotic relations include genomic streamlining of the symbiont, endosymbiotic gene transfer, and regulatory control by the host through protein targeting to the symbiont. One unique outcome for eukaryogenesis was a much more complex cell with a large genome, which may or may not be related to the mitochondrial endosymbiosis. Despite the existence of many plausible hypotheses for the observed patterns, a constructive evolutionary model in which these hypotheses can be studied is still lacking. Here we construct an evolutionary model of cell-cycle regulation to study how obligate endosymbiosis between two prokaryote-like cells impacts cellular behavior and genome evolution. The model does not predefine an explicit fitness criterion and thereby allows for the evolution of various emergent behaviors. For instance, even though we do not allow for communication between host and symbiont, they achieve implicit cell-cycle coordination through their interaction with the environment. This evolved cell-cycle coordination can drive genome expansion as well as symmetry breaking in genome size. Many replicate runs of our evolution experiment yield organisms with a large host and small symbiont genome, but interestingly, some yield the opposite. Still on long timescales, organisms with a large host and small symbiont genome perform best, and mimic the outcome of eukaryogenesis. By designing and studying a constructive evolutionary model of obligate endosymbiosis, we uncovered some of the forces that may drive the patterns observed in nature. Our results provide a theoretical foundation for patterns related to the mitochondrial endosymbiosis, such as genome size asymmetry, and reveal evolutionary outcomes that have not been considered so far, such as cell-cycle coordination without direct communication.


more of the classic features of 'Vhipple's disease are lacking. This woman, although complaining of abdominal pain, had never suffered from diarrhoea or clinically obvious steatorrhcea. She was not pigmented, and there was no evidence of peripheral lymph node enlargement. It is in such cases that a relatively simple investigation (transoral small bowel biopsy) may virtually make the diagnosis. Certainly this investigation should be carried out in all cases of chronic wasting disease which have not been mtiologically resolved by more specific means. It is of interest that the first reported case of Whipple's disease occurring in Australia in a female involved a woman born in Sicily and who then migrated to Australia at a young age (Pirola et alii, 1967). The patient in Case 2 was also born in Sicily. Despite the rarity of the disease in a female this fact is probably of no more importance than an interesting coincidence. It is to be emphasized that diagnostic clues in Whipple's disease may be rather tenuous and at best only suggestive. The presence of an iron deficiency aneemia, a mild to moderate lowering of the serum albumin, together with slight coarsening of the mucosa of the small intestine seen by barium Xvray study should lead directly to a small bowel biopsy. This procedure may save the patient from laparotomy. The management of Case 1 followed orthodox lines, with the use of tetracycline for an indefinite period. Discontinuation of the drug probably led to relapse, although this patient's malnutrition and alcoholism tended to complicate the correct interpretation of his signs and symptoms. Case 2 showed an initial rapid response to penicillin and ampicillin but later relapsed on maintenance tetracycline therapy. Control was once


Physical activity behaviour has not been previously described in hospitalised adults with burn injuries. This prospective, cross-sectional study used a standardised behavioural mapping protocol to observe patient behaviour related to physical activity over a 12-hour period on one weekday in a quaternary referral specialist burn centre. Structured observations were recorded for each of four domains: 1) patient location, 2) position, 3) activity performed and 4) the presence of others. Observations were summarised across all participants as median (IQR) proportion of time. Participants (n=17) were predominantly male (82%) with a mean age of 44.3 (SD 15.2) years, a mean burn size of 34.9% (SD 26.7) total body surface area and a median hospital length of stay of 18 (IQR 6-49) days at time of observation. Participants spent a median of 83% (IQR 73-93) of time in their bedroom, 92% (IQR 68-97) of time in or on their bed and a median of 5% (IQR 3-13) of time mobilising. Exercise accounted for 10% (IQR 8-17) of activity related observations. A median of 68% (IQR 39-83) of time was spent alone. Results suggest time spent engaging in physical activity is low. Further studies are required to investigate motivators and barriers to performing physical activity in this population. This will consequently inform the development and implementation of appropriate strategies to improve physical activity behaviour in this cohort.


This article investigates the impact of web-assisted teaching on higher vocational college students' English learning in terms of language learning strategies and English achievements. The results show that under web-assisted context, there are no significant differences between Experimental group students and control group students in terms of using language learning strategies; however, the English achievements of Experimental group students have significantly improved compared with that of control group students; besides, there is no correlation between using language learning strategies and the improvement of English achievements under the web context. This article concludes that to better play the role of web-assisted teaching, teachers should lay emphasis on training students' abilities to adopt language learning strategies, optimize the design of web courses, and strengthen the monitoring and guidance during web class.


With 3Dfinite difference numerical simulation method,this paper analyzes the additional effects(the additional settlement and additional horizontal displacement)on the existing high-speed railway subgrade generated by the newly-built highway flyover.It also studies the treatment techniques taken for restraining these additional effects as well as the dominant factors for the additional effects.Results show that the additional settlement obtained by numerical simulation agrees well with those calculated by the theoretical formula of 0.025method used for determining the depth of compressed layer.Bridge foundation load makes the horizontal displacement in the shallow layer of foundation under subgrade tend to the pier while far from the pier in the deep layer of foundation.The depth of foundation treatment should be greater than the neutral of additional horizontal displacement.Small diameter steel pipe row piles and pile top connection beams are adopted for isolation treatment at the proper position between pier and subgrade.When the row number of piles exceeds 3or the treatment length is more than 60m,it has little use in controlling the additional effect of railway subgrade.However,increased pile length can effectively reduce the additional effects on railway subgrade.


The energy versus volume equations of state are calculated for seven known and hypothetical polymorphic forms of ZnX, CdX, and MgX (where X = O, S, Se, Te). From these data the phases of lowest enthalpy are extracted with respect to decreasing pressure starting at the ground state for all compositions. Following these paths of minimum enthalpy, with respect to the polymorphs considered, we predict the transition pressures required to convert the ground-state phase into the novel, as yet hypothetical, nanoporous SOD phase (an analogue of the silicate zeolite sodalite). Our results suggest that the SOD phase would be thermodynamically stable for all compositions considered under suitable negative pressures. Of all the compositions considered CdX and MgX with relatively large anions (i.e. Se and Te) are specifically predicted to be the most amenable materials for the experimental preparation of the SOD phase.


This article comparatively analyzed the contribution of the "Dordoi" market and gold mining company "Kumtor", which are be considered the main locomotives of the Kyrgyz economy in the country's socio-economic development. As a result, it was found that in many indicators the contribution of "Dordoi" is much higher than that of the "Kumtor". On employment 20 times, on exports 1.5-2 times, on added value about 2 times and on the contribution to the state budget is about 1.5-2 times. It should be noted that the analysis was based on approximate calculations by the World Bank specialists. From this it can be concluded that the main problem is the lack of accounting and systematic statistics of the "Dordoi" market.


A study of grading practices at Christopher Newport College (Virginia) was conducted, using as data the grades awarded from 1979 to 1986. Differences between "in-department" and "out-of-department" grades were also analyzed, for all students enrolled in courses in more than one department. Results included the following: (1) the average grade of the semester just completed was 2.70, higher than the official designation of the average grade; (2) there were pronounced differences in grading among departments; (3) average grades increased during the period studied; and (4) analysis of departmental differences does not support the departments' claim that superior students in a given department account for the differences. An inter-institutional study, now ongoing, was then undertaken. A total of 351 peer institutions was survey' with a response rate of 35%. Preliminary results from the ongtx.ag analyses are discussed. Among the overall conclusions is that departmental and/or disciplinary differences, transcending institutional boundaries, affect grade point average elevation considerably. Data analyses are appended in tables and figures. Contains 4 references. (KM) mammoommxxxxxxxxxxxxmommx********m*;0900990099009900000000000000( Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX O GRADE INFLATION IN THE EIGHTIES: THE CASE OF URBAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Richard M. Summerville


Atlantic herring in ICES Divisions 6.a, 7.b-c comprises at least three populations, distinguished by temporal and spatial differences in spawning, which have until recently been managed as two stocks defined by geographic delineators. Outside of spawning the populations form mixed aggregations, which are the subject of acoustic surveys. The inability to distinguish the populations has prevented the development of separate survey indices and separate stock assessments. A panel of 45 SNPs, derived from whole genome sequencing, were used to genotype 3,480 baseline spawning samples (2014-2021). A temporally stable baseline comprising 2,316 herring from populations known to inhabit Division 6.a was used to develop a genetic assignment method, with a self-assignment accuracy >90%. The long-term temporal stability of the assignment model was validated by assigning archive (2003-2004) baseline samples (270 individuals) with a high level of accuracy. Assignment of non-baseline samples (1,514 individuals) from Division 6.a, 7.b-c indicated previously unrecognised levels of mixing of populations outside of the spawning season. The genetic markers and assignment models presented constitute a 'toolbox' that can be used for the assignment of herring caught in mixed survey and commercial catches in Division 6.a into their population of origin with a high level of accuracy.


The most typical sources of occurance the emergency situations on Mastakh-Berge-Yakutsk gas pipeline are revealed. It is shown that problems of monitoring the prevention of development the emergency situations (ES), an assessment of potential threats and zoning into districts the regional territory on risk level of occurance the emergency situations became the acute necessity of life.


ObjectiveTo discuss the clinical features, diagnosis and therapy of huge mediastinal malignant teratoma.Meth-ods1 case was reported and 24 cases reported in China were reviewed. ResultsThere were 12 cases of male and 13 cases offemale. The age of all patients were from 10 to 60 years old, the average age was 33.2. The most common symptoms were pnea, coughand chest pain. The rate of erroneous diagnosis wa 52%(13/25). The tumors of 11 cases was excised via sternotomy, 8 cases viaposterior thoracotomy. The tumors of 20 cases were totally excised, the excision rate was 80%.Conclusions The huge medias-tinal malignant teratoma is very easy to be misdiagnosed. CT and MRI are more significant to diagnosis. Sternotomy and posteriorthoracotomy are used mostly. The rate of tumors excised totally is high.


The principle of non-intervention is part of customary international law; its foundation is based upon the concept of respect for the territorial sovereignty of states. It is against this backdrop that Nigeria from 1960 pursued modest foreign policy aims. Leaders were primarily concerned with internal consolidation of the new federal state. It was a period Nigeria held the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other states as a creed; other principles such as the legal equality of states, and boundary inviolability were equally held sacrosanct. In Africa and particularly the West African sub-region, Nigeria gave preference to the policy of "good-neighborliness." But surprisingly, over time, the illegality of intervening in sovereign states has changed, as measured by changes in international law. In recent years, international law has adopted an increasingly permissive posture towards this form of coercive diplomacy. How did Nigeria respond to these changes? Why should sub-regional concerns lend to Nigeria's apparent willingness to violate its longstanding principle of non-interference in other African states' internal affairs. Why has Nigeria taken it as a rule to employ its armed forces in operations in total or limited war beyond its territorial borders? It is this attempt to examine Nigeria's application of diplomatic and military power- two instruments of its foreign policy - that necessitates this study.


The present invention relates to the vehicle control device, and more particularly to the car regenerative braking control apparatus. To this end, the present invention relates to a regenerative brake control apparatus applied to a car having a driving motor for driving the drive wheel and the drive wheel, Vehicle control unit for the distribution of the demand braking force of the regenerative quantity (braking force by regeneration), by calculating the amount of regeneration of the motor; And It provides the car regenerative braking control apparatus comprises a control means for controlling the transmission to a higher torque of the motor during deceleration regeneration of the drive motor. Hybrid and electric vehicles, regenerative braking


Background: Coronavirus disease outbreak has affected more than 100 countries worldwide with more than 100,000 cases, during the first week of March 2020 As there are no approved therapeutics or vaccines for the treatment/prevention of COVID-19 till date, awareness among healthcare workers (HCWs) about the disease, mode of transmission, safety precautions, and early diagnosis plays a great role


Thermal conductivity was the main thermal parameter that greatly influenced temperature distribution of materials especially in coatings. Some materials such as plasma-sprayed coatings that had a lamellar microstructure displayed the anisotropy of thermal conductivity. Thermal conductivities of isotropy and anisotropy metallic ceramic coatings were calculated and analyzed using Markworth method and parallel plate model, respectively. The influence of anisotropy on heat transfer and temperature distribution of coatings using finite element analysis and Gaussian heat source modal applied locally was investigated. Results showed that in anisotropic coatings the ratio of transverse and vertical thermal conductivity had a maximum value when metal volume fraction was 50%. The temperatures on the edge of heat sources (Th) had a maximum value, and the highest temperatures of substrate (Ts) had a minimum value with the same fraction. The value decreased by 79°C compared to that in the isotropy coatings. The highest temperatures of coatings (Tc) decreased expectedly with metal volume fraction rised. The maximum width of heat affected zone (HAZ) of coating and substrate was 4.52 mm at the metal content of 40%. The minimum HAZ depth was 0.27mm which was very small at the content of 50%, compared with 1.25 mm in isotropic coatings. It revealed that anisotropic conductive properties caused more heat transfer to outer regions and provided better protection for substrate.


Electrochemical studies of thiol-capped ZnSe and ZnSe(S) semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) in an aqueous solution have demonstrated several distinct oxidation peaks in the voltammograms, with the peak positions being nanocrystal size dependent. The evolution of these peaks as a function of the photochemical treatment is studied. The interpretation of the results is found to be in good correlation with the proposed mechanism of the ZnSe NCs phototreatment, i.e. the formation of a sulfur-enriched surface shell.


Scientists across the world were honoured last week for addressing such essential questions as how to stop hiccups and how the smell of Limburger cheese and smelly feet can help in the fight against malaria.

The occasion was the annual Ig Nobel awards ceremony at Harvard University, where prizes are awarded for science that "first makes you laugh, then makes you think." Participants were also able to celebrate the fact that one of the organisers, who always sweeps the floors after the event, had been awarded a real Nobel prize last …


The mobile application (i.e. mobile app or app) is becoming an important software delivery model which integrates front-end user interfaces (UIs) with back-end services in the cloud. Currently, millions of mobile apps are available, including those dealing with entertainment, news, travel, and social networking. However, apps may behave unstably since users usually use mobile apps in a variety of wireless network conditions. Meanwhile, developers are hard to mix exiting apps to create a new app and users are not able to customize an app based on their preferences. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a component architecture, called MASA (mobile application slice architecture), offering three main features: 1) providing a programming model for building cross-platform UI components, called MAS (mobile application slice), to allow the generation of mobile apps by composing multiple MAS components, 2) furnishing a proposed "Broadcast" mechanism with associated APIs to facilitate the data exchange among MAS components, and 3) supplying a relational service caching and prefetching mechanism with associated APIs to allow uninterrupted and even offline access to web services. Meanwhile, we also developed a web-based software tool, called MASA Portal, to assist users in the construction, discovery, and delivery of composite MAS. Quantitative experiment results demonstrate that the proposed MASA approach is able to achieve good scalability when combining a large number of MAS components and shorten service response times using the proposed service prefetch method.


Measurements performed during the early summer months of 1988–1991 at a rural site in central Israel, some 50 km east of the highly urbanized coastal region, have shown that during the afternoon hours the area was often under the influence of ozone mixing ratios above the Israel ambient standard (117 ppbv) and occasionally even above 150 ppbv. Analysis of air mass back trajectories has shown that only those air masses passing over the Tel Aviv metropolitan area cause elevated ozone mixing ratios at the rural site. This highly urbanized region emits large amounts of precursors which are entrapped in the air parcels entering Israel under the predominantly westerly wind flows. As these air masses travel inland, sufficient time is available (3–5 h) to allow the photochemical reactions to generate ozone before reaching the rural site. The above hypothesis is further supported by the fact that parallel to the increase of ozone at the rural site, elevated carbon monoxide (up to 0.8 ppmv) and other trace gases were also observed. A significant correlation (R2 > 0.8) was found to exist between the ozone mixing ratio and the NOx concentrations in photochemically aged air masses. In several cases an excess of up to 12 ozone molecules was formed for each NOx molecule present.


We have derived system of nonlinear equations governing the dynamics of low-frequency electrostatic toroidal ion-temperature-gradient mode for dense quantum magnetoplasma. For some specific profiles of the equilibrium density, temperature, and ion velocity gradients, the nonlinear equations admit a stationary solution in the form of a tripolar vortex. These results are relevant to understand nonlinear structure formation in dense quantum plasmas in the presence of equilibrium ion-temperature and density gradients.


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 This exploratory study examined OT students' knowledge and perceptions of functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycle technology. This study demonstrates a lack of OT student knowledge of and exposure to FES cycle technology despite its proven effectiveness in the United States, possibly limiting client access to the technology. More research is needed to determine how OT students' perceptions and educational experiences affect their use of FES technology upon graduation.
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 Contributing Authors: Audri Higginbotham, Emma Engelby, Austin McMurray, Sara P. Johnston


This article is based on Chen Hansheng′s investigation data of rural region in Bao Ding (Qing Yuan)of the 1930s. In the author′s opinion,in that period of time, there have already appeared the characteristics of changes from traditional society to modern society,although the moving of the population in the middle of Hebei province is not frequent and the number of the moving population is not very large. The hired labor still took a pretty small proportion in the whole rural economy in the mid-Hebei in old China. Even in this small part of hired labors, the material lives of the hired labors were very misery and their social status was extremely low, with obvious mark of reliance on others. Seen on the whole,the development of the rural hired labor economy was not developed at all. And so, there still existed quite a big difference between the rural group of hired labor and the modern class of hired labor until 1949.


The invention provides a BaO-TiO2 microwave capacitor dielectric material and a preparation method thereof. In the microwave capacitor dielectric material, (Ba1-X-YSrXTaY)Ti4O9 solid solution synthesized by a solid phase method serves as a main material, wherein X is 0.001 to 0.2, and Y is 0.001 to 0.025; and a sintering accelerant and a modification dopant are added. A microwave dielectric material which can be sintered at the temperature of between 1,150 and 1,230 DEG C, has excellent microwave dielectric properties that: [epsilon]r is 30 to 40, Q.f is more than or equal to 40,000GHZ (5-6GHZ) and [tau]f(-40 to 25 DEG C/25 to 125 DEG C) is less than or equal to 10PPM/DEG C, and is uniform is prepared; and the development directions such as mobility, multifunction, microminiaturization and the like of communication equipment can be met.


Recent decisions• in the area of retail instalment sales financing compel a re-examination of Federal Discount Corp. Ltd. v. St. Pierre 2 as authority that the close business relationship between a finance company and a dealer is by itself sufficient to prevent the finance company from becoming a holder in due course of a promissory note. In the typical situation, a consumer concludes a conditional sales contract with a dealer, and executes a promissory note payable to the dealer. The dealer thereupon assigns his interest in the conditional sales contract and endorses the promissory note to a finance company. In this typical agreement all warranties and conditions are excluded, and the buyer is made to agree that any assignee of the agreement will take it free from all equities existing between the seller and the buyer. 3 The promissory note, executed concurrently" by the buyer and often printed on the same piece of paper (separated only by a perforated line), is endorsed to the finance company with the intention that the company should hold the promissory note as a holder in due course. A finance company is entitled to ~nforce payment of the full value of a note if it takes the note complete and regular on its face, in good faith, for value, and without notice at the time of negotiation of any defect in the title of the person who negotiated it. 5 The law states that, in a contest between a holder in due course and a retail buyer, the holder possesses the note free of equities, even in cases in which he is also an assignee of the conditional sales agreement ( which is subject to equities) 0 to which the note was originally attached. The interests of the consumer and the finance company are, of course, in conflict. It is in the interest of consumers that they should not be compelled to pay for goods which are faulty, or which have been misrepresented, or which the dealer fails to deliver~ But against the protection of the consumer must be balanced the desireability of encouraging


Grade III acromio-clavicular dislocations are a common injury in young patients. Correct treatment remains controversial between conservative and surgical treatment particularly related to the best technique to use. The authors present their experience using the modified Weaver-Dunn procedure, in a group of 16 patients in the acute phase of injury (<3 weeks). Good overall functional results were achieved evaluated on a semi-objective scale (Imatani), supported on objective data such as the degree of reduction and stability of the AC joint.


Cellular services industry in Indonesia is currently located in the saturated, in which development can't run as fast as before, even to decline. In times of saturated, if the market penetration can't produce high profits, keeping the customer loyalty is one of the best ways for company to gain profit. The way to maintain customer loyalty is to satisfy customers. But, in the hypercompetitif era, not only customer satisfaction is needed to maintain customer loyalty. Several companies are also implementing the same customer satisfaction strategy, so customers have a great power to move. To anticipate the movement of customers, it is necessary to apply another strategy. Biaya peralihan which are costs to be borne by the customer if the customer decides to switch, also serves to maintain customer loyalty. One of the biaya peralihan strategies adopted by Telkomsel to maintain the customers loyalty is to making "simPATIzone" community for it's customer. Therefore the study aims are to examine and analyze the impact of customer satisfaction on customer loyalty with biaya peralihan as a moderator variable on the simPATI phone card customers (studies on "simPATIzone" community In The WTC's Surabaya). This study is a causal research. The population in this study is age 16-65 years, do not have other brands of GSM card, and have been using phone cards simPATI for at least 1 year. Samples collected as many as 210 respondents using accidental sampling technique. Measuring instrument used was a questionnaire, and data were analyzed with Moderate Regression Analysis (MRA). The results showed that biaya peralihan be a moderate variable is weakened the impact of customer satisfaction to customer loyalty. The result of regression, estimate adjusted R2 on 0,969 and this aimed 96,9% changes of customer loyalty is depends of customer satisfaction, biaya peralihan, and interaction variable, and the other of variable aimed 3,1%. Suggested for other examined, to making biaya peralihan be second independent variable in order not weakened the impact of customer satisfaction to customer loyalty. Key Words: customer satisfaction, biaya peralihan, customer loyalty


The article presents the results of research on the management of cooperation in the innovative environment of the region. The research, the results of which are presented in the article, is aimed at finding a solution to the problem of assessing the level of development of the innovative environment of the region and the selection of cooperation tools to achieve the best results of innovation activity for companies. The methodological approach has been developed for assessing the level of development of the innovative environment of the region in the context of technological and regional unevenness. A mathematical toolkit is proposed to describe the process of development of the innovative environment of the region. An algorithm for managing cooperation in an innovative environment is described. The results of approbation of the methodological approach on the materials of three regions of the Russian Federation are revealed: the Belgorod region, the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Udmurt Republic. Brief recommendations for the management of cooperation in the innovative environment of the regions are formulated.


ING AND INDEXING For a full list of databases in which this journal is indexed, please visit www.thesocialsciences.com/journals/collection. KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP Authors in The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies are members the Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Knowledge Community or a thematically related Knowledge Community. Members receive access to journal content. To find out more, visit www.thesocialsciences.com/about/become-a-member. SUBSCRIPTIONS The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies is available in electronic and print formats. Subscribe to gain access to content from the current year and the entire backlist. Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. ORDERING Single articles and issues are available from the journal bookstore at www.ijienst.cgpublisher.com. HYBRID OPEN ACCESS The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies is Hybrid Open Access, meaning authors can choose to make their articles open access. This allows their work to reach an even wider audience, broadening the dissemination of their research. To find out more, please visit www.thesocialsciences.com/journals/hybrid-open-access. DISCLAIMER The authors, editors, and publisher will not accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may have been made in this publication. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Volume 11, Issue 4, 2016, www.thesocialsciences.com © Common Ground Publishing, Mir Rabiul Islam, Valerie Ingham, John Hicks All Rights Reserved. Permissions: email@example.com ISSN: 2329-1621 (Print), ISSN: 2329-1559 (Online) Flooding in Bangladesh: An In-Depth Analysis of Community Disaster Resilience Applying the "Production Model" Mir Rabiul Islam, Charles Sturt University, Australia Valerie Ingham, Charles Sturt University, Australia John Hicks, Charles Sturt University, Australia Abstract: In a novel approach, this paper adapts the economic model of production and applies it to the production of community disaster resilience and psychosocial recovery. Utilising field data collected through in-depth interviews within three regions of Bangladesh, namely Sirajganj, Sunamganj, and Satkhira districts, we apply the "Production Model" to community disaster resilience and recovery, demonstrating that in the response phase local communities are almost entirely reliant on self-generated social capital. In the individual and community recovery phase, as with the preparation phase, the state is not relied upon to generate or organise adequate resources to rebuild communities. The proposed 'Production Model' demonstrates that an increase in state resourcing is necessary to better plan, respond and recover from flooding in Bangladesh. The model, in this specific case, clearly demonstrates that there is great potential for building community resilience through increasing the state disaster prevention activities, while the community contribution is already strained. Based on the field data, we conclude that in Bangladesh it is increasingly necessary to stabilise communities and build on their existing resilience strategies through greater government action, the provision of additional resources, and the development of strategies to ensure an integrated response by the government, NGOs, and the disaster-affected people. In a novel approach, this paper adapts the economic model of production and applies it to the production of community disaster resilience and psychosocial recovery. Utilising field data collected through in-depth interviews within three regions of Bangladesh, namely Sirajganj, Sunamganj, and Satkhira districts, we apply the "Production Model" to community disaster resilience and recovery, demonstrating that in the response phase local communities are almost entirely reliant on self-generated social capital. In the individual and community recovery phase, as with the preparation phase, the state is not relied upon to generate or organise adequate resources to rebuild communities. The proposed 'Production Model' demonstrates that an increase in state resourcing is necessary to better plan, respond and recover from flooding in Bangladesh. The model, in this specific case, clearly demonstrates that there is great potential for building community resilience through increasing the state disaster prevention activities, while the community contribution is already strained. Based on the field data, we conclude that in Bangladesh it is increasingly necessary to stabilise communities and build on their existing resilience strategies through greater government action, the provision of additional resources, and the development of strategies to ensure an integrated response by the government, NGOs, and the disaster-affected people.


Background: Compliance with anti-psychotic medication remains a challenge for the client, family and healthcare providers due to interfering metabolic side effects specially type 2 diabetes mellitus.Due to the lack of awareness about the importance of adhering with antipsychotic medication , and the consequence of noncompliance many patients tend to neglect the antipsychotics for the fear of gaining weight and becoming diabetic, and return to the hospital with exacerbating psychotic symptoms. This makes the patients to be secluded in the mental hospitals for a fair period of lifetime, due to relapse of their psychotic symptoms. Here arise the need for a psychoeducation program for educating the patients and their family members regarding strategies of maintaining both antipsychotics and hypoglycemic agents. Objectives: To compare the compliance status before and after the introduction of psychoeducation program in experimental group I and control group I, To compare the compliance and diabetic status before and after the introduction of psychoeducation program in experimental group II and control group II and To assess the association between the pretest compliance status and selected baseline data of both group 1 and group II. Setting: A selected hospital in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Method: A quasi experimental design with comparative approach was used, Group I (clients using both antipsychotics and hypoglycemic agents) and group II (clients using only antipsychotics) were compared among themselves with their experimental and control group counterparts. Findings: The findings have shown that there is significant increase in the posttest compliance status of experimental group I and II after psychoeducation program. There is also significant association between the pretest compliance scores and the religion, family income, occupation, monthly expenditure for medicine of the subjects. Conclusion: Patient education services are an integral part of high-quality, cost-effective care. So Nurses may use the study findings to improve the compliance of patients to their antipsychotics by managing its side effects appropriately in their respective areas.


The article provides an experience of reflexive reading of the autobiographical book of the Ural "peasant – worker" Agrippina Korevanova "My Life", published in 1936 by the Moscow publishing house "History of Plants", using the method of analyzing the narrative through 'four readings', focusing attention step by step on the plot and the reader's reaction, the narrator's I and the voices of Others, on cultural contexts and social structures. Press responses, Korevanova's correspondence with publishers and other archival materials are used as context. A special place in this large hypertext is occupied by the revised work within the educational student project of the Ural Federal University, published in 2020 under the title "Her Life". It focuses on the relevance of trauma talk and Agrippina's purely personal life story, which gives a basis for polemical discussion.

The peculiarity of the narrative, which at one time "did not give in" to such venerable editors as A. Tikhonov and M. Gorky, and which modern publishers are trying to eliminate, is the lack of coherence and consistency. According to the author of the article, this characteristic incoherence highlights the desire inherent in the construction of the text to combine the passive role of the heroine with her inexhaustible activity. The main and most interesting topic seems to be writing and, more broadly, mastery of the word. Korevanova struggled to enter the world of literature and it is in this field that the rejection of her auto heroine and her own are most dramatic: unrequited requests for help in "writing" (preserved in her archival fund), and difficult relations with the local writing community, and, finally, the multiple edits and shortenings that haunt the work today as well as in 1930s.


An earlier discussion on the AITD website and in this magazine gave me cause to think about an issue that tends to get under my wick - that of the ongoing debate about hard and soft skills.


This paper introduces the structure of network platform system of synchronous- multiaddress cooperative design, explains that the platform adoptions the interlock mechanism to control document database, keep document data coherent; and use the method based on sharing graphic interface under network environment,during collaborative design,designers can hold a visual network conference, know other designers working process synchronously.


This paper presents a miniaturized low-power platform for real-time activity recognition. The wearable sensor system comprises of accelerometers, a microphone, a light sensor and signal processing units. The recognition is performed with low-power features and a decision tree classifier. Power measurements show that our 4.15/spl times/2.75 cm/sup 2/, 9 gram platform consumes less than 3 mW and can perform continuous classification and result transmission for 129 hours on a small lithium-polymer battery.


Evaluation of: de Man YA, Dolhain RJ, van de Geijn FE, Willemsen SP, Hazes JM: Disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy: results from a nationwide prospective study. Arthritis Rheum. 59(9), 1241–1248 (2008). For many women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), pregnancy is remembered as a time of relative comfort and well-being, with arthritis frequently entering remission. Since the 1930s, it has been recognized that RA abates during pregnancy and flares after delivery. In this study, almost half of women with RA had a moderate improvement of symptoms during pregnancy, and 40% worsened following delivery, a more modest change in disease activity than that observed in prior studies. Medication changes surrounding pregnancy were dramatic, with two-thirds of women discontinuing DMARD therapy during pregnancy, and 90% returning to it following delivery. Pregnancy creates in the mother an immunologically unique environment in which tolerance to a semi-allogeneic transplant (the fetus) develops. Thi...


The first thing to say about Naomi's Klein's latest book is that its title makes a grand promise, This Changes Everything [3] – and that's before you even get to the subtitle, which sets up a face-off between capitalism on one side and the climate on the other. The second thing to say is that no single book could ever meet such a promise. Klein, with careful aplomb, does not attempt to do so. Rather, she offers a tour of the horizon upon which we will meet our fates. Or, rather, the horizon upon which we will attempt to change them.


1. The battery pack configured to be attached to the charger and power equipment, wherein the battery unit comprises: a battery configured to be capable of charging by the charger, a control unit configured to monitor the status of the battery to control charging the battery and battery discharge, the power supply circuit configured to ACCEPTED It is the electric power selectively from one of a battery and charger, and generate a voltage for actuating the control unit; a band-selecting a power supply configured to select a charger as a power source for the power supply circuit when the battery is in a state possible to supply electric power to power supply circuit, wherein the battery pack is not attached to the charger and it is possible to supply electric power to the power supply circuit also by ustroystva.2 charger. The battery pack of claim 1, the power supply selection kotoromblok configured to, when the battery is in a state possible to supply electric power to the circuit power supply, the battery pack is not attached to the charger and it is possible to supply electric power from the power supply circuit also charger choose battery as a power source for the circuit e


The article is devoted to some aspects of laser marking technology for machine parts. We consider the local impact zone effect of the pulse laser beam on the surface of metal materials. The results describing the influence of process parameters on the quality of the being marked images by pulsed laser are submitted. The examples of using barcode marking on several materials for machine parts in selected technological modes of installation are given.