We compare and contrast the RASSCF, ONIOM and MMVB electronic structure methods for calculating relaxation paths on potential energy surfaces of the excited states of large molecules, and for locating any resulting conical intersections at which nonadiabatic decay can take place. Each method is treated as an approximation to CASSCF, which we choose as our reference level of theory, but which becomes prohibitively expensive computationally for large molecules. Both MMVB and ONIOM are hybrid computational methods—combining different levels of theory in an energy plus derivatives calculation at a particular molecular geometry—but they differ fundamentally in that MMVB is a hybrid‐atom method, whereas ONIOM is a hybrid‐molecule method. We explain this distinction through representative applications, and show that each method is more appropriate for a particular type of photochemical problem.


In this survey we look at two classes of reengineering, of software systems and of organizations. The latter is known as business reengineering. The purpose of reengineering is to improve the structure of a software system or organization by use of an engineering approach. Part of the survey is therefore a listing of engineering principles. An important principle is that there be well planned processes | we de ne a process for reengineering. We put particular emphasis on the reengineering of organizations that develop software. Our main purpose is to de ne a business reengineering process that is to introduce the Capability Maturity Model of the Software Engineering Institute into a software organization.


In this article such problems as essence and mechanism, major historical stages of appearance, development and application of photodynamic therapy are reflected. Here is the review of photosensitizers and laser emitters, as the main physico-chemical components of PDT procedure, and also the brief description of method capabilities in dentistry.


We have synthesized epitaxial La(1-x)Sr(1+x)MnO4 (x=1/3) films as random alloys and cation-ordered analogues to probe how cation order affects the properties of a 2D manganite. The films show weak ferromagnetic ordering up to 130 K, although there is a dramatic difference in magnetic anisotropy depending on the cation order. While all films exhibit similar gapped insulator behavior above 130 K, there is a significant difference in the low temperature transport mechanism depending on the cation order. Differences in magnetic anisotropy and low temperature transport are consistent with differences in Mn 3d orbital occupancies. Together this work suggests that cation ordering can significantly alter the Mn 3d orbital ground state in these correlated electron systems.


Lithium tetraborate crystals have great demand due to its non‐critical phase matching at 90°. Transparent and good optical quality single crystals of undoped and Mn doped Li2B4O7 were grown by Czochralski technique in air atmosphere. The crystalline phase was determined by X‐ray diffraction. Doping of Mn in the grown crystals was confirmed by energy dispersive analysis of X‐rays (EDAX) technique. Transmission spectra show that the crystal is transparent in the visible region. Birefringence interferograms were recorded to qualitatively analyse the optical homogeneity of the grown crystals and to quantify the birefringence of the samples in desired crystal direction. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


For S ⊆ {0,1}n, a Boolean function f: S -> {-1,1} is a halfspace over S if there exist w ∈ Rn and θ ∈ R such that f(x)=sign(w ⋅ x - θ) for all x ∈ S. We give bounds on the size of integer weights w1,...,wn ∈ Z that are required to represent halfspaces over Hamming balls centered at 0n, i.e. halfspaces over S ={0,1}n≤ k = {x ∈ {0,1}n : x1 + ⋅⋅⋅ + xn ≤ k}. Such weight bounds for halfspaces over Hamming balls have immediate consequences for the performance of learning algorithms in the increasingly common scenario of learning from very high-dimensional categorical examples which are such that only a small number of features are active in each example.
 We give upper and lower bounds on weight both for exact representation (when sign(w ⋅ x -θ) must equal f(x) for every x ∈ S) and for ε-approximate representation (when sign(w ⋅ x-θ) may disagree with f(x) for up to an ε fraction of points x ∈ S). Our results show that extremal bounds for exact representation are qualitatively rather similar whether the domain is all of {0,1}n or the Hamming ball {0,1}n≤ k, but extremal bounds for approximate representation are qualitatively very different between these two domains.


One kind of screw connection, comprising a bolt (1) and the nut (2), each having internal and external threads (23,12), each mating connector, an externally threaded rear portion (12) is provided with at least one circumferential slot ( 11), inner slot (11) a retaining leaf spring (3), its lower part (31) is placed in the slot () 11, an upper portion (32) extending the slot (11) external; internal thread (23) when the distal end (23,12) engaging external thread, retaining tabs (3); a front end with a retaining ring (21), retaining ring (21) by a circumferential wavy repeatedly arranged retaining teeth (22) composed of against the retaining teeth (22). Screw member is prevented from reversing, having excellent anti-loosening effect fundamentally.


Objective: to discuss the bioethical implications from the announcement of Digital Health by the World Health Organization and the use of big data in the production of predictive health surveillance systems in Brazil. Methods: conducted a narrative review based on the search for articles on Scielo, Bireme, Jstor platforms and at the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health of Brazil webpages, with the keywords big data, bioethics and ethics, from May to July 2020. Results: limits were evidenced in the use of big data as an epidemiological forecasting surveillance tool, notably with its use during the Covid-19 pandemic, although justified by the Bioethics of Protection Theory and Public Health Ethics. The greatest limits observed were the absence of adequate data protection legislation and bias in the data obtained. Conclusion: in order to analyze the bioethical impacts of the use of big data in the medicine of the future, it is essential to deepen the discussion on the possible impacts that the use of these technologies can have on life in society, with an emphasis on the development of surveillance capitalism, on interference in life and the intensification of regional inequalities.


The accelerated implementation of information and communication technologies in all areas of public development requires in-depth studies of its effects at both national and global level. As education is one of the sectors most influenced by these trends, the need for systematic research on the application of digital technologies in the educational process is becoming increasingly apparent nowadays. In this context, the study presents an attempt to compare the level of use of e-services in education and other public sectors, also identifying the main target groups of users. The results of an author's empirical study are presented, which analyzes the state of the educational environment in Bulgaria, the use of information and communication technologies and their impact on it. The challenges in introducing digital education as well as the factors for their sustainable implementation in Bulgaria is also outlined. Based on the analysis are derived the types of educational e-applications offered, their quality, trends in their use, as well as the most typical groups of users of this type of education in Bulgaria.


The socio-economic characteristics of young smallholder catfish farmers in Ilorin metropolis of Kwara state, Nigeria were assessed. Young catfish farmers were identified and randomly selected through links provided by catfish sellers and other catfish farmers within Ilorin metropolis. The data generated were basically primary and obtained through personal interview schedule with a well-structured questionnaire. Data were collected based on the socio-economic variables such as sex, age, marital status, educational status, prior knowledge of fish farming and main source of income. The data generated were subjected to descriptive statistics involving frequencies. From the result, it was observed that majority of the respondents were male, within the age group of 25 and below, while an analysis of their marital status showed that most of the respondents were single. Results also showed that majority of the respondents were educated up to secondary and tertiary level and had other sources as their main source of income. The result further revealed that majority of the respondents had a prior knowledge of fish farming before engaging in commercial catfish farming. It was concluded that male and educated youths within the age of 25 and below dominate the cat fish farming enterprise among youths in Ilorin metropolis. The establishment of fish ponds and clusters of young fish farmers with a relevant education on fish nutrition and production in secondary schools across Kwara state was therefore recommended.


Determining the optimal size of procurement or production is the key word in determining optimal inventory. An integrated procurement and production size optimization model becomes a model that provides optimal results for all parties involved in the supply chain. This study proposes the development of a single producer and multi retailer supply chain model with the aim of minimizing the total inventory cost (TIC). The company distributes products to each retailer for further sale to consumers by the retailer. The annual demand from retailers is assumed to be different. Model development is carried out to obtain optimal production quantities for producers, optimal delivery quantities and determine the optimal number of retailers. The determination is based on the manufacturer's production cycle time is the same as the inventory cycle time at each retailer is the same. A simple algorithm is used to determine the optimal cycle time which can be followed by determining the optimal production size, optimal number of shipments and optimal number of retailers. At the end of this study, a numerical example of the use of a model that has been built based on case study data of a fertilizer industry is presented as a producer and its partners as retailers. The results of the numerical examples that have been carried out show that the optimal number of retailers is 3 retailers with an optimal production of 742 units, the determination of the optimal number of retailers is obtained from experiments with the lowest TIC value.


The exciton quenching properties of solution-processed nickel oxide (NiOx) and vanadium oxide (VOx) are studied by measuring the photoluminescence (PL) of a thin emitting layer (EML) deposited on top of the metal oxides. Strong exciton quenching is evidenced at the metal oxide/EML interface, which is proved to be detrimental to the performance of optoelectronic devices. With a thin polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) passivation polymer adsorbed on top of metal oxides, the PL quenching is found to be effectively suppressed. A short UV–O3 treatment on top of the PVP-passivated metal oxides turns out to be a key procedure to trigger the chemical binding between the PVP passivation polymer and the metal oxide surface species, which turns out to be necessary for efficient hole injection and extraction for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and solar cell devices, respectively. With the PVP passivation layer followed by UV–O3 treatment, the OLEDs incorporating NiOx as a hole transport layer (HTL) shows a record curr...


In 2004, symptoms, perceptions and indoor exposures were studied among 173 (86%) of the employees in four University buildings of which two were claimed to have dampness problems (problem buildings), two other buildings served as controls. In addition, physiological signs from eyes, airways and blood were examined. The main objective was to study symptoms and physiological signs in relation to the indoor environment. The buildings were inspected and characterised, including noise and lighting assessments. Indoor climate measurements of air temperature (T-air), relative humidity (RH%), carbon dioxide (CO2), air velocity, and particulate matter, assessed gravimetric as particles with less than 10 μm aerodynamic diameter (PM10), were performed in a number of representative rooms that were categorised according to location, size and function. In total, 56 logging points were covered. The logging periods were mostly set to two days (9 am to 4 pm) and one night (4 pm to 9 am) in each room. Measurements were collected every fifth minute through the monitoring period for the thermal data, CO2, air velocity and RH%. Outdoor meteorological data were also collected. The results were modelled according to building and office size in order to assign data for the work site of all participants. Microbiological assessments included viable microbiological sampling in air aiming to compare microbial flora composition between outdoor air, air intakes and indoor air. Air samples were collected from outdoors near the air inlets, inside the ventilation aggregates, between the filter and the fan, in technical rooms and in user areas including offices. A total of 191 air samples were collected. A questionnaire with standardised questions about symptoms and perception of indoor climate, demographic and life-style factors, home environment and job demands, control and social support at work were answered by the participants. A symptom score (SC) was constructed from the number of weekly symptoms. Job demands and control were combined to the factor "strain". Multiple linear and logistic regressions were applied. A medical investigation was performed at the workplace in March 2004, after the influenza season and before the pollen season. Tear film break-up time was measured by ocular microscopy (NIBUT) and by recording the time the individual could keep their eyes open without blinking (SBUT). Nasal patency was measured by acoustic rhinometry. Nasal lavage fluid analysis (NAL) included eosinophilic cationic protein (ECP); myeloperoxidase (MPO), lysozyme and albumin. Total serum IgE and specific IgE (Phadiatop®) were analysed. The microbial airborne flora was normal in all buildings and other environmental exposures were within prevailing requirements and recommended standards. Comparing the buildings, no differences were found in psychosocial environment. Workers in the problem buildings had higher prevalence of one dermal and five


Alcatel's initiative for bridging the digital divide [1] was launched in the belief that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are levers for economic development, and a win-win opportunity for all involved stakeholders: telecom operators, service providers, equipment manufacturers, national and local authorities, and most importantly the people using this infrastructure.


We report in situ measurements of magnetoelastic coupling, B2, and stress, σ, in Co35Pd65 alloy films epitaxially grown on a Cu/Si(001) substrate in a thickness range of 1–10 ML by means of a highly sensitive optical deflection-detecting system. It was found that the value of B2 increases from 0.72×107 J/m3 at 2 ML to 3.31×107 J/m3 at 10 ML. A second-order strain correction of B2=Bb+C1e+C2e2 rather than a first-order one of B2=Bb+C1e provides a better fit for the observed behavior of B2 versus film strain, e, where Bb is the bulk value. The relationship between B2 and e observed in the present study reveals that the second-order correction is crucial for understanding the dependence of B2 on e in an ultrathin regime.We report in situ measurements of magnetoelastic coupling, B2, and stress, σ, in Co35Pd65 alloy films epitaxially grown on a Cu/Si(001) substrate in a thickness range of 1–10 ML by means of a highly sensitive optical deflection-detecting system. It was found that the value of B2 increases from 0.72×107 J/m3 at 2 ML to 3.31×107 J/m3 at 10 ML. A second-order strain correction of B2=Bb+C1e+C2e2 rather than a first-order one of B2=Bb+C1e provides a better fit for the observed behavior of B2 versus film strain, e, where Bb is the bulk value. The relationship between B2 and e observed in the present study reveals that the second-order correction is crucial for understanding the dependence of B2 on e in an ultrathin regime.


Process improvements like benchmarking and reengineering are side‐shows, not the main event, says internationally known pundit, Gary Hamel. Innovation is the real engine that powers corporate growth—and management should stay focused on fostering creativity.


Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), the most common form of lupus autoimmune disease, disproportionally affects women (9:1) with high prevalence in African Americans. Numerous studies report elevated endothelin-1 (ET-1) in the plasma of patients with lupus and demonstrate increased ET-1 contribution to various pathological cardiovascular complications including hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy, and heart failure in lupus patients. However, few studies explored the relative roles and regulation of the cardiac and renal ET systems in lupus-associated cardiovascular complications. We hypothesized that immune modulation and acceleration of lupus by a toll-like receptor 7/8 agonist, Resiquimod, would lead to tissue-specific regulation of the ET system in both the kidney and heart in lupus-prone mice. To investigate this, female lupus-prone B6.Nba2 mice were subjected to bi-weekly treatment with the Resiquimod (R848; 100ug/30ul; n=4) or vehicle control (Acetone; n=5) for one month and subsequently studied for 12 weeks. At 16 weeks post-treatment (30 weeks old), heart and kidneys were collected, and the ET system was analyzed by RT-PCR, immunoblotting, and immunohistochemistry. R848 treatment significantly increased cardiac but not kidney expression of ET-1 (19.90 ± 1.36 vs. 7.65 ± 0.54 pg/mg; p=0.02 compared to controls (6.10 ± 1.64 vs. 4.95 ± 0.55 pg/mg; p>0.05). Furthermore, R848 treated mice had no significant effect on cardiac endothelin receptor A (ET
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 expression was unchanged (p > 0.05) with R848. The same trend was observed at the protein level by immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry (p>0.05) Our results provide evidence that lupus acceleration with TLR7/8 activation in B6.Nba2 mice differentially regulates tissue-specific ET systems in the heart and kidney, potentially contributing to the tissue specific dysfunction found in lupus. These findings suggest that our model offers an opportunity to identify cardiac and renal contributions to lupus complications, and specifically determine the cell-specific regulation of ET biosynthesis and signaling.


The present paper deals with incremental sheet forming (ISF), a metal forming process developed in the last 20 years. Main advantages characterising this technology are its high flexibility and the possibility of reducing development times and costs. ISF consists of a simple hemispherical tool, moved by a CNC machine or a robot, which locally deforms a metal sheet moving along a defined path. The desired part profile can be obtained using three ISF techniques: single point incremental forming (SPIF) and two points incremental forming (TPIF) with either negative or positive die. In this work, a part, whose geometry was chosen to be representative for sheet formability through ISF, was formed considering the different ISF techniques. Moreover, the influence on the produced part of the adopted tool path step depth increment was investigated. Experimental tests were conducted and the results were analysed in terms of forming forces, material formability, process accuracy and final part thickness.


At redshift z >∼ 5, Type II supernovae (SNeII) are the only known dust sources with evolutionary time-scales shorter than the Hubble time. We extend the model of dust formation in the ejecta of SNeII by Todini & Ferrara to investigate the same process in pair-instability supernovae (PISNe), which are though to arise from the explosion of the first, metal-free, very massive (140-260 M ○. ) cosmic stars. We find that 15-30 per cent of the PISN progenitor mass is converted into dust, a value > 10 times higher than for SNeII; PISN dust depletion factors (the fraction of produced metals locked into dust grains) range between 0.3 and 0.7. These conclusions depend very weakly on the mass of the PISN stellar progenitor, which in contrast affects considerably the composition and size distribution. For the assumed temperature evolution, grain condensation starts 150-200 d after the explosion; the dominant compounds for all progenitor masses are SiO 2 and Mg 2 SiO 4 while the contribution of amorphous carbon and magnetite grains grows with progenitor mass; typical grain sizes range between 10 -3 and a few times 0.1 μm and are always smaller than 1 μm. We give a brief discussion of the implications of dust formation for the initial mass function evolution of the first stars, cosmic reionization and the intergalactic medium.


Intel SGX is a hardware-based security feature that allows executing software in enclaves that are strongly isolated from the operating system and applications. Even if an attacker gains full control over the system, it is not possible to inspect these enclaves. This makes SGX enclaves an adequate solution for storing and processing highly sensitive data, such as encryption keys. However, recent research demonstrates that enclaves are still highly vulnerable to standard software exploitation attacks. While SGX features static attestation, i.e., allowing validation of the integrity of the program code and data in the enclave, static attestation cannot cope with run-time attacks such as return-oriented programming. We present Salsa, the first solution to allow control-flow attestation of SGX enclaves. To show its applicability, we leverage Salsa to implement a video streaming service that uses an SGX enclave to decode the video stream. When a compromise of the SGX enclave is detected, the streaming of the video stops instantly. In the evaluation, we demonstrate that the performance of this setup is sufficiently efficient to attest a live video streaming service.


This paper describes the study of a new pattern plate, direct current (DC) electrolytic copper plating chemistry for IC package (PKG) application. The new chemistry shows good via-filling performance and good pattern plate uniformity together with thinner surface copper deposit. Also it shows excellent thermal reliability and good deposit physical properties. The new chemistry delivers high quality and high reliability for pattern plate for IC package application.


Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) is a tropical and subtropical vegetable crop of the family cucurbitaceae. Bitter gourd is a leading vegetable crop of India, the higher yield and maximum returns make it the most preferred vegetable crop of Indian farmers (Naveen et al., 2012). Fruits are considered as a rich source of vitamins and minerals and are rich in vitamin C (88 mg/100 g).It possesses antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiviral, antihepatotoxic, anti ulcerogenic properties and also have the ability to lower blood sugar (Behera, 2011).


In a paper published in 'Acta Mathematica,' vol. 16, M. Folie announces the fact that the latitude of places on the earth's surface is undergoing periodic changes in a period considerably in excess of that which theory has hitherto been supposed to require. This result has been confirmed in a remarkable manner by Dr. S. C. Chandler, in America ( vide ' Astronomical Journal,' vols. 11, 12), who, as the result of an exhaustive examination of almost all the available records of latitude observations for the last half-century, has assigned 427 days as the true period in which the changes are taking place. The old theory, based on the assumption that the earth was rigid throughout, led to a period of 305 days, and M. Folie proposes to account for the extension of this period by attributing a certain amount of freedom to the internal portions of the earth. The earth he supposes to be composed of "a solid shell moving more or less freely on a nucleus consisting of fluid at least at its surface." The argument advanced by M. Folie in favour of this constitution of the earth, namely, the independence of the motions of the shell and the nucleus, appeared to me to be unsatisfactoiy, and I therefore proposed to myself to test the validity of it by examining a particular case which lent itself to mathematical analysis, namely, that in which the internal surface of the shell is ellipsoidal and the nucleus consists entirely of homogeneous fluid. The principal axes of the shell and of the cavity occupied by fluid are assumed to be coincident, and the oscillations are considered about a state of steady motion in which the axis of rotation coincides with one of these axes. It is clear that a steady motion will be possible in this case, and that such a motion will be secularly stable in the event of the axis of rotation being the axis of greatest moment for both the shell and the cavity.


Urea-formaldehyde (UF) paraffin capsules (B-UPCS) modified by β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) were successfully prepared with excellent energy storage capacity using different emulsifiers. B-UPCS were characterized by FT-IR, DSC SEM, optical microscopy, and laser particle size distribution analyzer. The effects of different emulsifiers and the stirring rate of emulsion on the microstructure, average particle diameter, and the content of paraffin were discussed in details. The results show that OP-10 for use with PCMs as emulsifier has a better emulsifying capacity, thermal stability, and mechanical stirring stability than SDBS for use with PCMs as emulsifier. As a result, the optimum dosage of OP-10 was 3% to 7%, and the suitable stirring rate of emulsion was 7500 to 12500 rpm. At this time, the spherical particle diameter of B-UPCS was about 1.0 µm, the paraffin content was 78%, and the enthalpy of B-UPCS can reach 161.0 J/g.


The experience of video-assisted thoracoscopic interventions for thymus tumors in the Research Institute of Oncology of Tomsk National Research Medical Center is presented. We also evaluate the features of postoperative management of these patients.


This thesis has discussed the socialist market economy which had been explored by the core of three-generation leaders of CPC. It has compared three differences and has pointed out the significance of these exploring.


The ongoing global financial crisis has led to the largest increase in state intervention since the Great Depression. Direct government ownership in publicly-traded corporations has increased dramatically since 2008. How will this increase in public ownership affect the governance of these erstwhile private companies? We examine the impact of government ownership on corporate governance using a sample of firms from the European Union, a region that is relatively familiar with active government participation. Our main finding is that government ownership is associated with lower governance quality. This finding is especially pronounced in the case of national ownership as opposed to local ownership. We further show that while government intervention is negatively related to governance quality in civil law countries, it is positively related to governance quality in common law countries. Finally, we find that the preferential voting rights of golden shares are especially damaging to governance quality. JEL Classification: G32, G34


Background: The Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is caused by several factors including surgery, invasive measures, equipment and use of antibiotics. The SSI is an infection problem that occurs in patients during the treatment process in hospitals or other health facilities. These infections that are obtained at the hospital both occur in patients when receiving care, health workers who work in hospitals and visitors to hospitals. The purpose of this research is to find out the relationship between Nurses Behavior and Prevention of in the Mokoyurli Hospital Surgery Room, Buol Regency.Methods: The design used in the study is crossectional analytic. The population is All Nurses in the Surgery Room. The sample size was 19 respondents using the Total Sampling technique. Independent variable of research is the behavior of hand washing. The dependent variable is prevention of infection. Data was collected using observation sheets, then the data were analyzed using the Chi-Square test with a significance level of α ≤ 0.05.Results: The results showed that more than half of the respondents had good hand washing behavior as many as 10 respondents (52.6), Enough as many as 7 respondents (36.8%), Less as many as 2 respondents (10.5%). Non-infectious events were 14 respondents (73.3%), and the incidence of infection was 5 respondents (26.3%). The results of statistical tests obtained p = 0.023 with <0.05, which means that there is a significant relationship to the variable handwashing behavior with infection.Conclusion: Washing hands during the implementation of nursing actions is the most effective way to prevent the occurrence of the Surgical Site Infection in the hospital environment.


The radiation properties of electrostatic double layers (DLs) are of potential significance for cosmic magnetic explosions. If the emission is sufficiently intense it can serve as a diagnostic tool for particle acceleration by localized strong potential drops in current-carrying plasmas. Moreover such intense emission may form the explanation of some of the observed intense and narrow-band bursts of radiation from stellar and planetary magnetospheres. Here we study the efficiency of two coherent radiation processes: antenna radiation and a maser process. It is found that both processes can operate in the DL to produce intense and narrow-band emission. Antenna radiation occurs if the dimensions of the double layer are smaller than the wavelength of the emitted radiation. This process is therefore relevant to laboratory rather than to astrophysical plasmas. The maser on the other hand requires an amplification length inside the double layer much larger than the emitted wavelength, and can lead to observable emission in astrophysical circumstances. The growth is exponential and the rate depends only on the electric field energy density of the DL. Since the latter is externally controlled by the electric circuit it is a constant for the emission process so as to constitute a true maser. The maximum brightness temperature is of order 10 25 J <f. Masing radiation from electrostatic DLs is therefore a candidate for some of the observed intense narrow-band cosmic radio emission. similar to Eq. (5) with E replaced by y/3Bj_(fi = v/c and B± is the magnetic field component perpendicular to the particle velocity v). Further Eq. (5) shows that electrons radiate much more efficiently in a DL than ions, as often happens in radiation processes. In principle the efficiency can be greatly enhanced if the particles radiate in phase (Antenna radiation) or if the radiation is amplified (Maser). We shall investigate both possibilities in for non-relativistic DLs.


This paper provides an estimate of the value of fixed capital stock in 22 industries, distinguishing three types of capital goods (domestically produced and imported machinery and equipment, and construction works). The estimates of capital stock have been built up with the help of the Perpetual Inventory Methad, whereby the allocation of investments in early years was based on relative Incremental Capital Value Added Ratios computed fora more recent period.


Since gravitational and electromagnetic waves from a compact binary coalescence carry independent information about the source, the joint observation is important for understanding the physical mechanisms of the emissions. Rapid detection and source localization of a gravitational wave signal are crucial for the joint observation to be successful. For a signal with a high signal-to-noise ratio, it is even possible to detect it before the merger, which is called early warning. In this article, we estimate the performances of the early warning for neutron-star black-hole binaries, considering the precession effect of a binary orbit, with the near-future detectors such as A+, AdV+, KAGRA+, and Voyager. We find that a gravitational wave source can be localized in 100 deg 2 on the sky before ∼ 10–40 s of time to merger once per year.


Soil is the most vital natural resources on earth. This is because it hosts both animate and inanimate beings and over three quarters of the world's man-made developments are being carried out on land. Nanka is an Igbo speaking community covering five (5) settlements in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, South Eastern Nigeria. The studyis aimed at evaluating the effects of gully erosion in Nanka Community of Anambra State and with a view to recommend sustainable mitigation measures for environmental improvement. The use of questionnaires, maps, pictures, literature review, soil sample collection and laboratory analysis were part of the research methodology. The study revealed that both the natural and anthropogenic such as road construction without drainage, deforestation, solid waste disposal in water ways, rainfall intensity and nature of soil among others  are the causal factors of gully erosion in Nanka Community. The respondents agreed that rainfall intensity and nature of soil are the major cause with about 36.02% and 30.11% respectively. At 0.05 level of significance, the critical table value of' t test' is 2.78 while the calculated value of R 2 is 0.31(31%) for the test of hypothesis. However, it was also observed that the effects of gully erosion in Nanka Community encompass destruction of residential homes, psychological trauma and loss of lives and farmlands among others. The mitigation measures to tackle the problem are land reclamation, aforestation, construction of roads with drainages, removal solid waste materials in water channels, public sensitization / awareness campaign and construction of embankments through public and private participation programme. Keywords: Aforestation, Anthropogenic factors, Gully erosion, Mitigation, Rainfall DOI : 10.7176/JEES/9-10-08 Publication date :October 31 st 2019


PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify what immediate actions can be taken by the North American hospitality and tourism industry to propel economic recovery in the industry.Design/methodology/approachA selected cross-section of relevant and recent publications is reviewed. Current practices that are in use by practitioners in the hospitality and tourism community are examined and shared.FindingsThis paper suggests that domestic tourism should be encouraged and that hospitality managers should: communicate what actions have been taken to mitigate Covid-19 transmission within their operations, understand what consumers want and need in a Covid-19 environment and embrace and leverage technology to its full potential.Originality/valueThis paper should be of interest as it is speaks to today's challenges that confront the North American hospitality and tourism industry in the Covid-19 operating environment.


Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is an effective therapeutic modality for patients with Parkinson's Disease who have developed complications from longstanding levodopa such as dyskinesias and motor fluctuations. It produces robust responses to segmental symptoms (ie, bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity) while attenuating involuntary dyskinetic movements and smoothing out 'on' and 'off' period cycling. The subthalamic nucleus and the globus pallidus interna are widely accepted surgical targets for stimulation therapy, with STN more commonly used, though superiority has not been established [1-4]. Long-term outcome studies reveal sustained stable responses to rigidity, tremor, motor fluctuations, and dyskinesias among patients with bilateral DBS, mostly STN based [3,5-7]. Bradykinesia improvement also persisted but trended upwards as time went on, though remaining below preoperative baseline. Axial symptoms such as gait, postural stability, freezing of gait, and speech oftentimes transiently responded to stimulation and continued to deteriorate over time. Despite many of the DBS outcome studies having been conducted in patients with short disease duration, Merola and colleagues [8] described the development of progressive axial symptoms in patients treated with STN-DBS with more than 20 years disease duration. These symptoms globally lose any levodopa responsiveness and the synergism of stimulation ON/medication ON condition wanes as well, underscoring the likely contribution of nondopaminergic systems in their phenotype.


To identify prognostic indicators independently associated with poor outcome of physiotherapy intervention in women with primary or recurrent stress urinary incontinence (stress UI).


The utility model relates to a joint sleeve for filling ink to an ink box of an ink jet printer. The utility model is a short tube which is provided with a center via hole and is made of elastic materials, and one end of the short tube is provided with an enlarging part which is enlarged outwards. A spout of the enlarging part is horizontally outwards extended with a tube edge, a concave ditch is arranged on the junction of the enlarging part and the tube edge, and therefore, a shallow concave slot is formed between the tube edge and the center via hole. The utility model which can be used for filling the ink in an ink bottle to the ink box of the ink jet printer has the advantages of convenient use and accurate contraposition.


This paper presents the design and development of STants, a low-cost, wearable system for monitoring lower body movements in long-term training sessions. Multiple miniaturized inertial measurement units (IMUs) are integrated into a pair of pants and socks using textile cables. This results in a lightweight and easy to use platform providing comfortableness and maximal movement flexibility for the user. A customized firmware for energy-efficient data acquisition, in addition to a selection of low-power components extends the autonomous operation time compared to traditional approaches. Power consumption and data quality (in terms of estimated joint angles) are assessed in different experiments, showing the potential use of the proposed platform within personal training scenarios.


This paper aims at investigating the reinvigoration strategy for main coastal passenger service line in Tongyoung. SWOT analysis and BCG matrix are used to sort out the their competitiveness as environmental market position. As a result of environmental situation, Tongyoung area has a positive internal and external competitive advantage, with strong land and sea tourist attractions. But a small-scale coastal passenger service firms and depression of local economy are represented as the barrier of attracting more passenger. The results of BCG matrix analysis are individual firms managing coastal passenger service in Tongyoung have a stable market position against Korean coastal passenger market in terms of market growth rate and share.


In bionic methodology rather than in design methodology more familiar with, summarizing the psychological researches of emotion, we propose the biologic mechanism of emotion, emotion selection role in creature evolution and a anima framework including emotion similar to the classical control structure; and consulting Prospect Theory, build an Emotion Characteristic Functions(ECF) that computer emotion; two more emotion theories are added to them that higher emotion is preferred and middle emotion makes brain run more efficiently, emotional behavior mechanism comes into being. A simulation of proposed mechanism are designed and carried out on Alife Swarm software platform. In this simulation, a virtual grassland ecosystem is achieved where there are two kinds of artificial animals: herbivore and preyer. These artificial animals execute four types of behavior: wandering, escaping, finding food, finding sex partner in their lives. According the theories of animal ethnology, escaping from preyer is prior to other behaviors for its existence, finding food is secondly important behavior, rating is third one and wandering is last behavior. In keeping this behavior order, based on our behavior characteristic function theory, the specific functions of emotion computing are built of artificial autonomous animals. The result of simulation confirms the behavior selection mechanism.


Objective of the study: to present an overview of the evolution of the Stakeholder Theory through the analysis of the main models of analysis and theoretical propositions in order to address the main questions that guide the debate on this theory.Methodology: literature review in which articles published in international and national journals related to the theme between 1980 and 2021 are analyzed.Originality/relevance: this research contributes to the debate on the Stakeholder Theory by systematizing the knowledge on this theoretical field and identifying gaps that configure a research agenda that will contribute to the advancement of that theory.Main results: the main issues related to that theory are identified, as well as a research agenda that involves: i) identification, prioritization and engagement of stakeholders; ii) accounting for the generation of value for all stakeholders; iii) the influence of these actors in the practices adopted by the organizations and in the decision making of the government; iv) the simultaneous influences of stakeholders and how the interactions between these actors influence the stakeholder management; and v) how to achieve better performance, equity and greater value creation for all stakeholders in proportion to their contribution to the organization.Theoretical/methodological contributions: this study, through the analysis of the development of the Stakeholder Theory, allows identifying perspectives for new studies and assisting researchers in understanding the main issues addressed in the field.


1. Study Objectives Forest is composed of a diversity of plant species, which have evolved based on its high capability of adaptation to the physical and biological conditions. We have always tried to classify the overall complex forests into several representative units and/or types. The forest type is defined as a group of stands of similar character based on composition and development due to given ecological factors. Emphasis is given to composition rather than development, and the classification is based on existing tree species. This study was conducted to classify sampling units into several forest communities based on the analysis of current vegetation composition by cluster analysis in the forest of Mt. Seockbyeong.


A research project submitted in partial fulfillment for the requirements of the award of master of art in (medical sociology)


The electron diffraction patterns of s-tetrazine (C2N4H2) in specific electronic and vibrational states have been calculated for isotropic samples, for molecules that are aligned in high-intensity laser fields, and for orientationally clamped molecules. Using structures and normal mode displacement coordinates from a coupled-cluster ab initio calculation, we evaluate diffraction patterns of the molecule in the vibrationless level of S0, and the 00, 12, 6a3, and 16a8 vibrational levels of the S1 state. It was found that both the electronic and the vibrational excitations lead to changes in the diffraction patterns of isotropic samples in the range of ±1%. Effects of the respective orientation of the excitation laser polarization and the detector direction are clearly observed. Alignment of the molecule in intense laser fields, with intensities ranging from 1.06 to 9.56 TW/cm2, provides for an increase in the modulation depths of all diffraction patterns and can be used to further enhance the observability ...


This bachelor thesis deals with the capital market in Slovakia, its present status and future development. The work analyzes the current development and operation of stock Exchange in Slovakia. We analyze the stock trading at the Stock Exchange in Bratislava and for a period of five years and assess the stock trading.


Ginger is a high value cash crop being cultivated all across the world including India. India is the highest producer and exporter of ginger. In India it is cultivated mainly in all states including Uttarakhand where it is mainly grown by small and marginal farmers on which their livelihood depends and cultivated in almost all the districts of Uttarakhand. Although it is a high value cash crop but its productivity is very low and the reason seems to be continuous use of degenerated seed rhizomes which are prone to various diseases, insect-pests and nematodes. Among these, rhizome rot caused by multitude of pathogens is a complex and one of the major limiting factors in successful cultivation of ginger. During present investigation, in order to establish the etiology of disease, infected rhizomes showing symptoms of rhizome rot were collected from the ginger growing areas of Kumaon region during crop season 2015 and brought to laboratory for isolation of pathogens. Fifteen isolates of Fusarium and two isolates of Pythium were isolated on Potato Dextrose Agar. Of the 17 isolates, isolate no. 6 of Fusarium sp. (Kotabagh isolate) and isolate no. 16 of Pythium sp. (Champawat isolate) were proved to be pathogenic under glasshouse conditions. These isolates were sent to Indian Type Culture Collection, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi for further confirmation and identification up to species level. These isolates were identified as Fusarium acuminatum (Ellis and Everh.,) and Pythium aphanidermatum (Edson) Fitzp. In addition to these, six nematodes viz; Meloidogyne spp., Helicotylenchus spp., Pratylenchus spp., Tylenchorhynchus spp., Haplolaimus spp. and Criconemoides spp. were also extracted from the soil collected from Kotabagh, Haldwani, Bindukhatta and Bazpur. During field visits maggots and white grub were also noticed in the soil near


BAND (2009), Adam Pendleton's first foray into filmmaking, was an ambitious collage of voices from the late 1960s and music by the contemporary indie band Deerhoof. Its sources are here unpacked in order to parse the complicated dialogue Pendleton establishes with the radical past and its ambivalent echoes in the present. The film is understood as an early exemplar of the artist's concept of "Black Dada" – his attempt to link historical and current struggles for equality through evocations and echoes of experimental practices across America's racial divide.


Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM, henceforth) theory, Wierzbicka (1994, 1997, 1999), has been claimed to be effective in tackling the cultural semantics phenomena. This is easily proved by using universal semantic primes such as, I, you, say, think, feel, good, and bad. Data in this paper was partly taken from long fieldwork conducted in 2001 and updated until recently through recording and ordinary conversation with those who were/are considered significant. The analysis of the data shows that NSM is insensitive to include the notion of cultural pragmatics which purely accommodates the values built-in in the society. Furthermore, NSM also offers a cognitive explanation without looking at how values work in real social, cultural, and religious circumstances. This is certainly interesting for Sasak in particular as it appears to provide robust phenomena on values in which NSM needs to address. Thus, NSM in turn is expected to be enriched with data from various languages and the values underlying their expressions. Indeed, it is arguable how NSM deals with the particular language socio-pragmatic aspects. This paper takes the perspective that these later notions are the core of semantic realization in every society in which the notion of cultural specificity needs to be taken into account.


This paper present the possibility of realization of block FIR(Finite impulse response filter) in transpose form configuration for area-delay efficient realization of large order FIR filters for both fixed and reconfigurable applications. A generalized block formulation is presented for transpose form FIR filter. A lowcomplexity design using the multiple constant multiplications (MCM) scheme is also presented for the block implementation of fixed FIR filters. The proposed Vedic based structure involves significantly less area delay product (ADP) than the existing Array based block implementation of direct-form structure and it is also suitable for medium or large filter lengths, The parameters are area and delay are reduced using vedic multiplier based architecture. The implemented transpose form block FIR filter structure achieved less area and delay than existing technique (Direct form structure with array multiplier).The MODEL SIM and Xilinx software tool is used for simulation.


Abstract Although multi-media models are based on the same principle of mass balance, different assumptions may be invoked in the model construct that ultimately can lead to inconsistencies in international fate/exposure assessments. To determine the precision of five different models (i.e., HAZCHEM, CHEMCAN, CALTOX, SIMPLEBOX, USES), a comparison exercise was conducted. Calculations were performed for a set of five disparate nonpolar organic chemicals (benzene, methyl tertiary butyl ether, isopropanol, diethylhexyl phthalate and benzo[a]pyrene), with each model using the same set of inputs to define a 'unit world' environment and a chemical-specific emission scenario. Resulting steady-state predicted' environmental concentrations (PECs) in primary (air, water, soil, sediment) and secondary (plants, fish, meat) compartments were analyzed to assess inter-model precision. The precision of estimated residence and persistence times for each chemical was also examined. Results indicated primary compartment PEC...


In this study, we examine some spectral properties of non-selfadjoint matrix-valued difference equations consisting of a polynomial-type Jost solution. The aim of this study is to investigate the eigenvalues and spectral singularities of the difference operator L which is expressed by the above-mentioned difference equation. Firstly, thanks to the representation of polynomial type Jost solution of this equation, we obtain asymptotics and some analytical properties. Then, using the uniqueness theorems of analytic functions, we guarantee that the operator L has a finite number of eigenvalues and spectral singularities. Note that, we can write the difference equation (3) in the following Sturm-Liouville form: odinger, Dirac and Klein-Gordon operators was intensively studied by various authors [7]-[12]. In [13]-[17], the Schr ̈ Schwartz studied the spectral singularities of a certain class of abstract linear operators in a Hilbert space and proved that the self-adjoint operators have no spectral singularities [3]. The sets of spectral singularities for closed linear operators on a Banach space was given by Nagy [4]. Nagy shows that the set of spectral singularities defined according to his general definition coincides in the case of differential operators as defined by Naimark and Lyance [1]-[5]. Pavlov established the dependence of the structure of the spectral singularities of Schr ̈ Y. Aygar and E. Bairamov are with the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, Ankara, TURKEY (e-mail: email@example.com, email@example.com) ̧ . Cebesoy is with the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, Ankara, TURKEY (Corresponding author, e-mail: email@example.com) Keywords—Difference Equations, Jost Functions, Asymptotics, Eigenvalues, Continuous Spectrum, Spectral Singularities World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Mathematical and Computational Sciences Vol:9, No:11, 2015 658 International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 9(11) 2015 ISNI:0000000091950263 O pe n Sc ie nc e In de x, M at he m at ic al a nd C om pu ta tio na l S ci en ce s V ol :9 , N o: 11 , 2 01 5 pu bl ic at io ns .w as et .o rg /1 00 02 70 0/ pd f where qn = an−1 + an + bn and Δ is the forward difference operator. The modeling of certain problems in engineering, physics, II. JOST SOLUTION AND SPECTRAL PROPERTIES OF L l2(N,Cυ) is a Hilbert space consisting of all matrix sequences in Cυ , where Cυ is a υ-dimensional (υ < ∞) Euclidian space. Let L denote the difference operator of second order generated in l2(N,Cυ) by the following matrix difference expression An−1Yn−1 +BnYn +AnYn+1 = λYn , n ∈ N and the boundary condition Y0 = 0, where {An}n∈N∪{0} and {Bn}n∈N are linear non-selfadjoint operators (matrices) acting in Cυ, detAn = 0 and λ is a spectral parameter. Under this assumption, An = A n, (n ∈ N ∪ {0}), Bn = B n (n ∈ N) and " " denotes the adjoint operator. It is clear that the operator L is non-selfadjoint and we can easily obtain the following Jacobi matrix using the operator L. J(i,j) = ⎪⎪⎨ ⎪⎪⎩ Bj , i = j Aj , i = j + 1 Aj−1 , i = j − 1 0 , otherwise ; i, j ∈ N, where 0 is the zero matrix in Cυ. Let us consider the difference equation An−1Yn−1 +BnYn +AnYn+1 = (z + z−1)Yn, n ∈ N (4) and suppose that the matrix sequences {An}n∈N∪{0} and {Bn}n∈N satisfy ∞ ∑ n=1 n (||I −An||+ ||Bn||) < ∞ , (5) where I denotes the identity matrix in Cυ . Furthermore, let E(z) = {En(z)}, n ∈ N∪ {0} denotes the matrix solution of the equation (4) satisfying the condition lim n→∞n −n = I, z ∈ Do := {z : |z| = 1} . (6) Note that, the solution E(z) is called the Jost solution of (4). In 2012, the following results were obtained in [24] when the operator is self-adjoint. The proof of these results are similar with [24] in the non-selfadjoint case of this operator. Under condition (5), equation (4) has unique solution E(z) having representation


Purpose: development of a mathematical model for prediction of the duration of transurethral contact holmium lithotripsy in the ureter area, which enables to estimate the duration of lithotripsy on the basis of the patient 's preoperative examination results. It has been found that the number of postoperative complications associated with contact laser lithotripsy depends on the duration of the concrements crushing process. Therefore, knowledge of the expected time of lithotripsy before the beginning of the operation will allow correct splicing of the operation tactics and preventive therapy in accordance with the expected duration of lithotripsy. In order to build the model, experimental measurements of the duration of the transurethral contact laser lithotripsy in vivo were carried out by the holmium lithotripter in the fragmentation of urinary concrements in the various sections of the ureter. Lithotripsy time is represented as sum of concrements crushing time (net fragmentation) and additional costs for auxiliary manipulations inevitable during lithotripsy. When estimating the expected time of «pure» crushing, the weight of the concrements, the specific value of mass loss under the influence of laser radiation and the parameters of the holmium lithotripter, in particular the energy and frequency of laser pulses, are taken into account. According to the results of experimental data, a multi-factor regulatory model was built, which allows to estimate the time of holmium lithotripsy.


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Introduction

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Structural Chemistry of Mono- and Polyhydroxybenzenes

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Structural Chemistry of Substituted Phenols (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)

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Steric and Electronic Effects on the Structural Chemistry of Phenols

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Special Substituted Phenols

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structural moiety of phenols;
structural chemistry of substituted phenols;
mono- and polyhydroxyphenol compound geometry;
O–H bond co-planar with aromatic ring;
C–OH bond distance;
histogram of bond lengths;
substituted 1,2,3-trihydroxybenzene;
steric and electronic effects on phenol structural chemistry


Understanding and quantifying nonradiative recombination is a critical factor for the successful laser cooling of semiconductors. The usual approach to measuring the nonradiative lifetime employs pulsed photoexcitation and monitors the luminescence decay via time-resolved photon counting. We present an alternative approach that employs phase fluorometry with a lock-in amplifier. A sinusoidally modulated diode laser is used for excitation. Lifetime data are extracted from the frequency dependent phase shift and amplitude response of the photolumi-nescence signal, detected by a photomultiplier tube. Samples studied include high quality AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs and GaInP/GaAs/GaInP double heterostructures, grown by MBE and MOCVD. Data over a temperature range from 10 to 300 K is compared with results obtained in time-domain measurements.


Writing about the "Idea of Europe" in 2006 cannot but be painful. The postwar visions of building a peaceful and integrated Europe, which gained new hope and strength after the Cold War ended, seem irretrievably gone. The recent vote against a European Constitution by such traditional proponents of European integration as the Netherlands and France, the endless selfish bickering among the member states about minor economic and fiscal questions, the closing of national borders to immigrants (even from the new member states) and refugees, and a host of other disturbing signs show that the earlier visionary spirit is being gradually replaced by a new wave of nationalism in Western Europe, where the process of integration had started. The ghost of new nationalism in Western Europe is reinforced both by new expressions of nationalism in the Eastern part and by the aggressive nationalism of the United States under the George W. Bush administration. The only area in which cooperation seems to advance is security. Thus, although my essay will focus on literature, it cannot ignore the dominant cultural and political climate of the time in which it has been written. Its mood, topic, and approach would have been different fifteen years ago. I shall focus on how the identity of Europeans relates to the various topographical mappings of the continent, for the mappings of the European space have been crucial in defining national, regional, and continental conceptions of Europe. These mappings are not based primarily on printed maps. Instead, they come about through experiences of sight, sound, smell, and above all through the appropriation of various kinds of stories. What kinds of stories have constituted the corpus of identity-shaping texts, and what role did literature and the literary histories play among these narratives? I want to consider these questions by looking at the Eastern part of Europe, not simply because its contribution to the "idea of Europe" has until recently been neglected, ignored, or misrepresented, but, rather, because its conflictual intertwined diversity has been a stumbling block to ideas about Europe. Reflections on this area of Europe may thus help us to understand better the new diversified societies that are emerging today in Europe's metropolitan centers.


This paper describes a CSP(Constraint Satisfaction Problems) conceptual model for making time explicit under the temporal action graph,and proposes a new temporal constraint reasoning techniques to handle durative action during the construction of a plan,for many real planning problems often require the planning goals can be satisfied in shorter time,and the execution of planning solution must take the time into account in most real-world applications.Our main contributions consist of: By the general CSP techniques,present some methods to manage temporal information associated with facts and actions in a temporal plan for filtering the domains and constraints,and for the constraints consistency checking;Present a genetic algorithm GP-td to solve temporal planning problem under the framework of the planning graph.All the ideas in this paper are fully implemented and integrated in our algorithm GP-td.Finally,the effectiveness of the techniques is demonstrated on the domain called Satellite benchmarks of International Planning Competitions(IPC).The results show that these techniques can efficiently solve large temporal planning problems and lead to a greater improvement in planning performance.


Whether changes in substrate and insulin levels that occur during peritoneal dialysis (PD) have effects on muscle protein dynamics was evaluated by studying muscle protein synthesis (PS), breakdown (PB), and net protein balance (NB) by the forearm perfusion method associated with the kinetics of 3H-phenylalanine in acute, crossover studies in which PD patients served as their own controls. Studies were performed (1) in the basal state and during PD with dialysates that contained dextrose alone in different concentrations (protocol 1: eight patients), (2) during PD with dialysates that contained dextrose alone or dextrose and amino acids (AA) (protocol 2: five patients), and (3) in time controls (five patients). PD with dextrose alone induced (1) a two- to threefold increase in insulin, as well as a 20 to 25% decrease in AA, mainly BCAA, levels; (2) an insulin-related decline (-18%) in forearm PB (P<0.002); (3) a 20% decrease in muscle PS (P<0.04), which was related to arterial BCAA and K+ (P<0.02 to 0.05); (4) a persistent negative NB; and (5) a decrease in the efficiency of muscle protein turnover, expressed as the ratio NB/PB. PD with dextrose+AA versus PD with dextrose induced (1) similarly high insulin levels but with a significant increase in total arterial AA (+30 to 110%), mainly valine; (2) a reduced release of AA from muscle (P<0.05); and (3) a decrease in the negative NB observed during PD with dextrose, owing to an increase (approximately 20%) in muscle PS, without any further effect on muscle PB. This study indicates that in PD patients in the fasting state, the moderate hyperinsulinemia that occurs during PD with dextrose alone causes an antiproteolytic action that is obscured by a parallel decrease in AA availability for PS. Conversely, the combined use of dextrose and AA results in a cumulative effect, because of the suppression of endogenous muscle PB (induced by insulin) and the stimulation of muscle PS (induced by AA availability). The hypothesis, therefore, is that in patients who are treated with PD, when fasting or when nutrient intake is reduced, muscle mass could be maintained better by the combined use of dextrose and AA.


This article reports on progress with the construction of a new found50 million section of motorway, the M80, to relieve part of the congested A80 road from Glasgow to Stirling in Scotland. The M80 will eventually also go from Glasgow to Stirling, but its first 7.5 km section of dual two-lane road will bypass the heavily congested areas of Stepps and Millerston to the east of Glasgow. The present high toll of road accidents there is expected to decrease dramatically, after the M80 is opened. Nine advance contract packages, for preliminary engineering works with capital value over found12 million, had to be executed before the main contract could proceed. The preliminary works include a new railway bridge, replacing an old railway bridge blocking the proposed bypass route. The main contract involves building nine major structures and three retaining walls. The bypass has variable characteristics, as it runs from an urban area to a rural area through suburbs. Its trunk road section is designed for 70 mph traffic speeds, and the rest of it is designed for 50 mph, with lighting all the way. The longest bridges in the main works is a five-span concrete twin box 102m long underbridge at the M8-M80 interchange, together with a similar four-span 75m long bridge in the opposite direction.


The use of AI technology can help to automate news verification workflows, while significantly innovating journalism practices. However, most existing systems are designed in isolation without interactive collaboration with journalists. 'DMINR' project aims to bring humans-at-the-center of AI loop for developing a powerful tool that is sympathetic to the way journalists work. In this paper, we attempt to understand how AI can shape journalists' practices and, crucially, be shaped by them; we aim to design human-centred AI tool that works in synergy with journalists' practices and strike a useful balance between human and machine intelligence. In this paper, we conducted a Co-design workshop to inform the design of the 'DMINR' system. Based on the findings, we outline the main challenges for designing AI systems in the context of journalism, that can serve as a resource for Human-AI interaction design.


discussion of the authors' methodology. I have the impression that rather than spending time interviewing or questioning a large number of archivists working with music materials, they took much of their material from printed sources on archival theory and practice. Would I recommend this book? A music librarian with no archival experience or training would find many of the topics discussed very useful. However, reading this book will not give him or her specific strategies for dealing with music materials. Likewise, trained archivists with no musical experience who suddenly find themselves confronted with music materials will not find much useful information. We must continue to wait for a more informative book that discusses best practices specifically for treating music materials in archives.


In this paper, we consider the problem of improving Quality of Experience (QoE) of multiple video streams in OFDMA uplink. The proposed system leverages both video adaptation and adaptation of resource allocation (RA). Three different time scales arises in this scenario, namely (1) long time scale of QoE, evaluated over the sequence of Groups of Pictures (GOPs), (2) medium time scale of video adaptation for each GOP, and (3) short time scale of RA inside each GOP. We deal with the time scale differences through a two step process. We first formulate, for each GOP, an optimization problem of video quality which takes into account the long time scale QoE. Then we convert this problem to a sequence of quality-driven RA optimization. At each RA step inside a GOP, resources are allocated to users according to their utility determined by QoE constraints and quality fairness. The performance of proposed quality-driven RA is evaluated under realistic uplink scenario. It is shown that the proposed system improves significantly users' QoE compared to other solutions.


Objective: To study the correlation between Ki67 and vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) and the significance of their expression in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma(LSCC). Methods: The expressions of Ki67 and VEGF in 40 cases of LSCC and 5 cases of normal laryngeal mucosa were examined by immunohistochemical staining. Results: The expression levels of Ki67 and VEGF in LSCC tissue were higher than in normal laryngeal mucosa (Ki67: P<0.001, VEGF: P<0.001).The two indexes' levels in patients of different age or different sex had no significant difference (P>0.05). They were higher in LSCC with metastasis of lymph nodes than in patients without metastasis (Ki67: P=0.034, VEGF: P=0.006). The expressions of the two genes elevated correspondingly along with the development of LSCC T stage (P<0.05). In addition,correlation analysis indicated that the expression of Ki67 had a positive correlation with VEGF in LSCC(r=0.823, P<0.01).Conclusion: Ki67 and VEGF are objective indexes for the biological behavior of LSCC, and they might be helpful to the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of laryngocarcinoma.


This cross-sectional study sought to quantify the frequency of change in race category in the electronic medical record (EMR) of a pediatric population.


Increase in maternal KPS in Indonesia which carried out antenatal care from 95.2% to 96.1%, the ideal proportion of k1 from 81.3% to 86%, the proportion of antenatal care (k4) from 70% to 74.1% while the proportion of deliveries in health facilities from 66.7% to 79.3% (Riskesdas 2013). The purpose of this study was to determine the ANC visit to prabumulih city market health centers in 2019. This study used an Analytical Survey using the Cross Sectional approach. The population of this research is 54 pregnant women with trimester III gestational age. The sample is 54 respondents. In the univariate analysis it was found that respondents who were at risk were 33 respondents (61.1%) and respondents who were not at risk were 21 respondents (38.9%). High risk parity was 35 respondents (64.8%) and low risk parity was 19 respondents (35.2%). Highly educated as many as 41 respondents (75.9%) and low as many as 13 respondents (24.1%). Good knowledge as many as 43 respondents (79.6%) and less well as many as 11 respondents (20.4%). Bivariate analysis shows that maternal age has a significant relationship with antenatal care visits (p value 0.002), maternal parity has a significant relationship with antenatal care visits (p value 0,000), maternal education has a significant relationship with antenatal care visits (p value 0,000) and Knowledge Mother has a significant relationship with antenatal care visits (p value 0,000). The conclusion of this study is that there are factors that are associated with antenatal car.


Besides the commodification of original artefacts from the Orient as museum objects of Occidental curiosity, the transfer and display of Asian monumental architecture was a powerful means to appropriate the built cultural heritage of the colonies for the European métropole. Addressing a scientific desideratum in architectural and museum research until today, this paper investigates the medium of plaster casts as an early colonial strategy of the transfer and substitution of Oriental architecture for newly invented museum spaces in Europe. With the focus of the largely forgotten musée Indo-chinois in the Paris (c. 1880-1930) and the architectural plaster casts of the Cambodian temples of Angkor, this contribution develops a transcultural perspective on (pre-)colonial architectural museum spaces of the 19 century which covers the scene in Paris from 1800 onwards with the protagonists Alexandre Lenoir (after 1800) and Eugène Viollet-leDuc (before 1880) as well as the concurring museum projects in London with the South Kensington Museum (after 1870) in the first place.


Two tradeoffs in the effectiveness of automatic voltage regulators (AVRs) and power system stabilizers (PSSs) are investigated together for the first time. The first is the effect of a high-gain fast response AVR on decreasing power system oscillation stability as well as increasing transient stability, and vice versa. The second is that a PSS can reduce transient stability by overriding the voltage signal to the exciter as well as increasing oscillation stability, and vice versa. In essence, the actions of the AVR and PSS devices are dynamically interlinked. A novel Bode frequency response framework for dynamic analysis of AVR and PSS performance and tradeoffs is presented. Bode frequency response also assists with the determination of suitable generator locations for PSSs and the assessment of robustness under changing power system operating conditions.


We present the details of 3 patients who were referred to our endometriosis centre for multidisciplinary care with deep infiltrating endometriosis. The pre-operative assessments, intra-operative gynaecological findings and treatment and post-operative urological follow up are discussed to illustrate the specific considerations required to optimise their urological management.


While the utilization of High-Impact Practices (HIPs) in higher education is not a new phenomenon, their potential value to international business (IB) education should not be overlooked or underestimated, especially at a time when IB educators need to act strategically and demonstrate the relevancy and value-proposition of IB education in developing global leaders. This article examines the intrinsic value of IB's interdisciplinary nature and its important relationship with globalization. It then explores two HIPs, e-portfolios and phenomenon-based capstone projects, which are uniquely positioned to enhance and showcase the inherent transformative nature of IB learning and highlight its distinct pedagogical approach.


Bacterial leaf streak (BLS) of rice, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola (3,4,15), has been considered a quarantine disease in China since the 1960s and has gained greater importance in many Asian countries. The bacterial pathogen is both seedborne and seed-transmitted (4,5,9,13). The risk of BLS spread has increased with the movement of rice germ plasm in rice improvement activities at the international and national levels. In the late 1950s, the disease was reported in only two provinces of south China (4,7,17). The disease has since spread from the southern to the western, eastern, and central parts of the country, covering more than 10 provinces (7,12,17). Recently, it has become one of the four major diseases of rice in China (the other three being blast, sheath blight, and bacterial blight); the damage caused by the disease is, in many instances, as severe as that caused by bacterial blight (7,12,13,17). Seed movement must be regulated on the basis of sound biology, and seed detection methods must be well established to effectively restrict dissemination of most pathogens (5,8,17). Methods for detection of seedborne bacteria, such as the growingon and plant injection or inoculation tests (5,14,17,18), produce variable results. An immuno-radiometric assay (IRMA; 19), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and monoclonal antibodies (1,17,19) have been developed to detect X. oryzae pv. oryzicola. However, there are limitations to the use of these methods in routine seed-health testing of a large volume of seed samples. More importantly, these methods do not differentiate living from dead cells. Cross-reactions with X. oryzae pv. oryzae and other bacteria are observed in some cases (17–19). These techniques also require specific laboratory equipment and processing cost is high. Therefore, none of these methods is regularly used in routine rice seed health testing (5,10,11). This paper describes a rice leaf-inoculation method for detecting X. oryzae pv. oryzicola in rice seed. This method is practical and useful for the detection of bacteria and is used routinely in some plant quarantine stations in China.


ABSTRACT As a result of increases in the demand for package holidays for the last two decades, it has been argued that destinations have, in a sense, become more important than individual attractions and facilities. Emphasizing the significance of quality management in the success of improving the performance of tourist destinations, this paper aims to design a tentative model of D-TQM, particularly applicable for the sustainable development of tourist destinations, and indicate the ways in which the model would work. The paper provides a discussion on why a destination-TQM approach is important in tourism followed by prerequisites for the successful implementation of D-TQM at the operational level.


In many modern data management scenarios, data is subject to frequent changes. In order to avoid costly re-computing query answers from scratch after each small update, one can try to use auxiliary relations that have been computed before. Of course, the auxiliary relations need to be updated dynamically whenever the data changes.
Dynamic complexity theory studies which queries and auxiliary relations can be updated in a highly parallel fashion, that is, by constant-depth circuits or, equivalently, by first-order formulas
or the relational algebra. After gently introducing dynamic complexity theory, I will discuss recent results of the area with a focus on the dynamic complexity of the reachability query.


Significance Recent studies have sought simple developmental models to explain variation in complex structures like mammalian teeth. The inhibitory cascade model (ICM) provides an explanation for the "morphogenetic gradient" of molar size, where a balance between signaling molecules in developing teeth produces predictable, linear proportions across the molars. However, it is unknown if molar form (specifically complexity) can be explained by the ICM. We demonstrate that molar complexity follows a linear, predictable gradient along the molar row. Moreover, whether the pattern is of increasing or decreasing complexity moving from front to back is dependent on the animal's diet. This study provides a developmental framework for explaining patterns of morphological complexity in molars and for testing developmental and ecological hypotheses in mammals. Identifying developmental explanations for the evolution of complex structures like mammalian molars is fundamental to studying phenotypic variation. Previous study showed that a "morphogenetic gradient" of molar proportions was explained by a balance between inhibiting/activating activity from earlier developing molars, termed the inhibitory cascade model (ICM). Although this model provides an explanation for variation in molar proportions, what remains poorly understood is if molar shape, or specifically complexity (i.e., the number of cusps, crests), can be explained by the same developmental model. Here, we show that molar complexity conforms to the ICM, following a linear, morphogenetic gradient along the molar row. Moreover, differing levels of inhibiting/activating activity produce contrasting patterns of molar complexity depending on diet. This study corroborates a model for the evolution of molar complexity that is developmentally simple, where only small-scale developmental changes need to occur to produce change across the entire molar row, with this process being mediated by an animal's ecology. The ICM therefore provides a developmental framework for explaining variation in molar complexity and a means for testing developmental hypotheses in the broader context of mammalian evolution.


We design and accomplish the brachistochrone experiment. The experiment platform and simulate of the downslide process of ball are established. The simulation results are reasonable and the experimental process is intuitive. This courseware is convenient to the school teaching.


We apply theorems 1 and 2 of [1] to get asymptotics of the counting function N(λ) as λ→+∞ for the Schrodinger operator with singular potentials. We obtain here only the asymptotics with the principal parts given by the Weyl's formula. We consider two different situations: the Schrodinger operator in a domain of a finite volume and the Schrodinger operator in a essentially non-bounded domain when discretness of the spectrum results of hypotheses on the potential On obtient la forme asymptotique de la fonction de comptage N(λ)(λ→+∞) pour l'operateur de Schrodinger avec des potentiels singuliers. On n'obtient que des asymptotes dont la partie principale est donnee par la regle de Weyl. On considere 2 situations differentes: l'operateur de Schrodinger dans un domaine de volume fini et l'operateur de Schrodinger dans un domaine essentiellement non borne quand la discretisation du spectre resulte d'hypotheses sur le potentiel


Biconically tapered single-mode fibers are fabricated by heating a single-mode fiber while applying tension. As a result of this tapering, cladding modes are excited in the tapered region of the fiber where the V parameter of the fiber goes down below 1.0. These cladding modes couple to one another, leading to fluctuations of the optical throughput. Since the index difference between the cladding and the external medium is rather high ( approximately 0.5), the cladding modes will be of the exact type, namely, TE, TM, HE, and EH modes. The coupling of these modes in the tapered region is analyzed using the exact mode formalism when the tapered region is bent. The theoretical results agree very well with experimental results obtained on bent tapers which show strong fluctuations of the optical power as a function of the bending angle. >


Mandarin Chinese repair study was initiated in 1995 . Researchers of earlier studies primarily focused their attention on conver sational utterances. Monologue speech productions were not particularly studied. A lso, in previous investigations, only the syntactic operations imposed on speaker's erron ous utterances were analyzed. The incentive of each repair initiation, however, was n ot properly discussed. Thus, the repairs incurred by different erroneous productions remained indistinguishable and different problems were mistakenly categorized as t he same type of error. In this investigation, a different approach is adopted to a nalyze Mandarin Chinese erroneous productions based on the data collected from academ ic monologue discourse. In the present attempt, the problem and the repair mechani sm of each imperfect production are analyzed. Gricean Maxims are employed to identi fy the reparandums and with regard to repair strategy, the syntactic operation and the pragmatic function of each repair device are examined. Finally, in the data of this monologue corpus, it is also observed that the repairable and the repaired const ituen of the same utterance are structurally interrelated to a certain extent, thus arguing against the misconception that speech blunders are unsystematic productions.


The utility model relates to a self-adaptive centralizer, which is characterized by comprising a main shaft, a plurality of groups of synchronous zooming long connecting rod components, fixed rings, a movable ring and an elastic mechanism. The fixed rings are arranged at the front and rear part of the main shaft, and the movable ring is arranged at the middle part of the main shaft; the elastic mechanism is arranged on the main shaft between the movable ring and the fixed rings at the rear part of the main shaft; the synchronous zooming long connecting rod component comprises a plurality of long connecting rods, a plurality of short supports and a plurality of rolling wheels; one ends of the rolling wheels and the short supports are respectively clamped among the long connecting rods; and the synchronous zooming long connecting rod components are respectively connected with mounting holes which are evenly installed on the fixed rings and the movable ring at equal intervals through the other ends of the short supports. The self-adaptive centralizer can automatically discriminate the inside diameters of pipelines during the operation process, accurately position and reflect the positions of the central shafts of the pipelines in real time; and the self-adaptive centralizer has the advantages of low working environment requirement, simple structure and secure and reliable operation.


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Tim Watson. Published by Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh 2008 £41.99 978-0-443-10179-3

Edward B Clayton's Electrotherapy and actinotherapy was first published by Bailliere, Tindall and Cox in 1949, an amalgamation of Electrotherapy with the direct and low frequency currents (1944) and Actinotherapy and diathermy for the student (1939). It still bore the title Clayton's electrotherapy in its 10th edition, edited by Sheila Kitchen and Sarah Bazin (Saunders, 1996). In the meantime, though, the fashionable catchphrases "evidence-based" and "evidence-based medicine" had been introduced (in 1990 and 1996, respectively), and the book's next incarnation was revamped to its current title, with Kitchen as sole editor. The current edition has again been edited single-handedly, by Tim Watson, Professor of Physiotherapy at the University of Hertfordshire, and was published in 2008 by Elsevier under the Churchill Livingstone imprint. Associated material can be accessed (and downloaded) by purchasers at http://evolve.elsevier.com/productPages/s_1451.html (accessed 12 May 2009). Further useful information is available at Watson's own website, Electrotherapy on the web , at http://www.electrotherapy.org/ (accessed 12 May 2009).

Watson's emphasis throughout, as shown in his own thorough and well constructed contributions to this volume, is on evidence-based practice as an integration of "individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research" (p vii). Not all his co-contributors have been so careful, however, and there is still room for improvement if the book's contents are to conform consistently with its title.

The book contains 21 chapters in five section: (1) Introduction and scientific concepts (8 chapters); (2) Thermal and non-thermal modalities (4 chapters); (3) Electrical stimulation modalities (7 chapters); (4) Ultrasound imaging (1 chapter); and (5) Contraindications, dangers and precautions (1 chapter, "Guidance for the clinical use of electrophysical agents", published in 2006 by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists). Comparison with my battered and much read copy of the 10th edition (I have not seen the 11th) gives …


Because of the spatiotemporal scales involved and the logistical constraints in collecting landscape-level data, spatially explicit simulation models have become important tools in ecological and biogeographical studies conducted over broad extents. Here we review the methods used and some of the applications of landscape-level models of succession and disturbance dynamics. Mechanistic and stochastic models are compared and contrasted and the development, over the last 15 years, of spatial landscape models of ecological change is discussed. Coarse-grained spatial landscape models are compared with finer-grained individual-based approaches (eg, forest gap models). Management and monitoring applications of landscape models are considered alongside a discussion of the appropriate use of models in this context. A key area where spatial landscape models of the type described here need to develop is improved integration with the social sciences - both in terms of the parameters and the processes that the models incorporate. Finally issues related to scale and scaling are outlined and, in particular, the utility of methods for linking ecological models operating at disparate scales (eg, forest gap models versus landscape models) is examined.


The effect of electrolyte type upon the resilience of lithium-ion cells to high temperature storage has been investigated in experimental MCMB carbon-Li/sub x/Ni/sub y/Co/sub 1-y/O/sub 2/ three-electrode cells. A number of electrolytes have been studied where the solvent mixtures have been varied, with the intention of determining the impact of ethylene carbonate (EC)-content upon performance, as well as, the presence of nonconventional linear carbonates (ie., di-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl carbonate and dipropyl carbonate). In addition to determining the reversible and irreversible capacity losses sustained as a result of high temperature storage (55/spl deg/ to 70/spl deg/C), a number of electrochemical measurements (AC impedance, Tafel polarization and linear polarization) have been performed to determine the impact of the high temperature exposure upon the electrode kinetics and the nature of the electrode surface films. It was observed that cells containing electrolytes with high EC-content (>50% EC by volume) displayed superior resilience to high temperature storage, in contrast to cells containing low EC-content electrolytes (<25% EC by volume) which displayed much larger irreversible capacity losses and poorer lithium intercalation/deintercalation kinetics after exposure to high temperatures.


This article explores the idea that kings and tyrants have an important role in the Histories due to their importance as a key element in the narrative strategy in which Herodotus expresses his political thoughts throughout this particular work, these thoughts are connected to his concerns regarding the practice of power.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the corporate image of financial institutions and its impact on consumer behaviour. More specifically, it aims to focus on the differences between customers and non‐customers of banking institutions.Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected through five questionnaires involving five major Spanish commercial banks. The questionnaires were answered by 450 individuals and SEM methodology was used to test the hypotheses of the study.Findings – Corporate image of commercial banks includes dimensions related to the services offered, accessibility, corporate social responsibility, global impression, location and personnel. Two alternative models were validated for customers and non‐customers to explain how corporate associations influence intention to use the bank's services. For the case of current customers, satisfaction is a key mediating variable.Research limitations/implications – The study is focused on national commercial banks and corporate image ...


Précis: In a cross-sectional study from a Brazilian multiracial population, minimum rim width (MRW) and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurements from OCT showed comparable diagnostic performance in discriminating early to moderate glaucoma from healthy eyes. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the ability of MRW and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) measurements in discriminating early to moderate glaucoma from healthy eyes in a Brazilian population. Methods: A total of 155 healthy controls and 118 patients with mild to moderate glaucoma (mean deviation >−12 dB) underwent MRW and RNFLT measurements with optical coherence tomography. Only 1 eye per patient was included in the analysis. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) regression model was used to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of MRW and RNFLT, whereas adjusting for age and Bruch membrane opening area. Sensitivities at fixed specificities of 95% were calculated for each parameter. Results: Global RNFLT and MRW showed comparable area under the ROC curves [0.93 (0.91–0.96) and 0.93 (0.89–0.96), respectively; P=0.973]. Both parameters had similar sensitivities (75% vs. 74%, respectively; P=0.852) at a fixed specificity of 95%. The best sector for diagnosing glaucoma for both parameters was the temporal inferior sector, which showed an area under the ROC curve of 0.93 (0.87–0.96) for RNFLT and 0.91 (0.86–0.95) for MRW (P=0.320). The temporal inferior sector showed similar sensitivities for RNFLT and MRW measurements (83% vs. 77%, respectively) at a fixed specificity of 95% (P=0.230). Conclusions: MRW and RNFLT measurements showed comparable diagnostic performance in discriminating early to moderate glaucoma from healthy eyes in a Brazilian multiracial population.


The use of retro-reflective materials has been recently proposed as a strategy to mitigate the urban overwarming by increasing the solar irradiation reflected out of the urban environment. The hereby study focuses on the definition of a methodology to estimate the impact of retro-reflective coatings through a comparison with other surface treatments such as traditional and high-reflective materials. The case study is an urban canyon located in Milan (Italy). Firstly, the impact given by the geometry and the canyon's orientation was investigated. Secondly, traditional, diffuse high-reflective and retro-reflective materials were applied to the façade and to the street. The outcomes demonstrated how the retro-reflective layer could perform better than the high-reflective when applied to the street in wide canyons, increasing by four times the solar irradiation reflected towards the sky dome. Conversely, the retro-reflective façade turns out to be more performant in narrow urban canyon models.


This note deals with the influence of heat and mass transfer on peristaltic
 flow of an viscous fluid with wall slip condition. The flow is investigated
 in a wave frame of reference moving with the velocity of the wave. The
 channel asymmetry is produced by choosing the peristaltic wave train on the
 walls to have different amplitude and phase. The momentum and energy
 equations have been linearized under the assumption of long-wavelength
 approximation. The arising equations are solved by perturbation technique
 and the expressions for Temperature, Concentration, Velocity and Stream
 function are constructed. Graphical results are sketched for various
 embedded parameters and discussed in detail.


The Constitutional Court decided that Article 47.1 of Telecommunications Acts is a violation of the Constitution on December 28, 2010, which became a...


Background: The aim of this paper is to illustrate the expansion of mandibular arch using Transforce appliance. Case Report: Use of Transforce appliance for arch expansion for severely constricted mandibular arch. The patient is successfully treated with arch expansion. Conclusion: Transforce appliance is a good choice for mandibular arch expansion. Since mandible lacks sutures to open up, light force is required for arch development and Transforce appliance is capable of producing light forces.


The world is attesting a tremendous change today, which is remarkably coined as industry 4.0. With several technologies shaping industry 4.0 epoch, notably, its cybersecurity entails the security of communication and network operations activities. The most common form of communication in organisations and business today is electronic mails (email). One of the major threats to email communication is the lack of confidentiality for emails accessed via Android mobile devices due to the weaknesses of the Android operating system (OS) platform. In this study, an algorithm was designed and implemented on an Android application that allows an email sender to compose an email and set the time the email stays in the receiver inbox before it automatically wipes off. Primary data were collected from email users using tightly structured questionnaires and respondents comprised of those with email technical background and typical email users, while secondary data from scholarly journals and articles informed the study design. The designed algorithm was tested and evaluated through expert opinion. The result of the study indicates that the autowipe algorithm addresses the confidentiality issues and threats on Android email clients.


This chapter charts experiences of marriage breakdown and attitudes towards separation from the late 1940s to the 1970s. Although divorce was not legal until 1970, legal separations were permitted in this period. This chapter thus makes use of evidence from a case study of legal separations in late 1940s and 1950s Turin and from a smaller sample of diaries and memoirs that provide a broader geographical picture. While many of these writers separated in the 1970s, 1980s, and later, this chapter argues that the roots of breakdown can frequently be found in the economic miracle years, when the growing media focus on romantic love often did not match up to the reality of married life. Just as women were more likely to be ambivalent about their wedding, they were much more likely than men to ask for a separation or divorce. What we see also in these years is perhaps not simply greater dissatisfaction in marriage, but new languages to comprehend and give shape to it. The idea of marriage for love was key to the divorce campaigns, although the reality was that it was still very difficult for a woman to leave her marriage even up to the 1970s. While we see alternative narratives about love, marriage, and commitment developing from the unofficial culture around the post-war PCI to 1968, this chapter shows how work and feminism often gave women the tools they needed to leave their marriages.


Objective To study the value of three-dimensional CT application in orthodontics patients.Methods All 100 orthodontics patients in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed,organized patient data to observe the three-dimensional CT in the patient during treatment application.Results All 100 patients,the impacted teeth impacted tooth and the display of the surface covered by effective reconstruction of bony deformity using three-dimensional bone remodeling in patients with good effect,the display of muscle tissue can be three-dimensional reconstruction of the root and cusp panoramic display method can be used.Conclusion Three-dimensional CT in orthodontics can play a good role,produce three-dimensional image and make up for past X-ray scan and CT scan of the deficiencies.


A number of mixed complexes of the type [Fe(DioxH)2(amine)2] (DioxH2 = glyoxime, dimethylglyoxime, methylethylglyoxime and benzylmethylglyoxime; amine = imidazole, benzimidazole, 2-methylimidazole, β- and γ-picoline, pyridine, p-toluidine, p-Cl-aniline, α-naphthylamine) have been prepared and characterised by FTIR, Mössbauer and mass spectroscopy. The structural and vibrational characteristics of the title complexes were modelled by quantum chemical (DFT) computations on [Fe(methylglyoximato)2(pyridine)2]. All the methods support strong Fe–N donor acceptor interactions and O–H · · · O hydrogen bonding in the complexes. The thermal behaviour of these non-electrolytic compounds was studied by TG, DTA and DTG measurements indicating a decomposition mechanism of [Fe(DioxH)2(amine)2] → [Fe(DioxH)2(amine)] → [Fe(DioxH)2] → [Fe(DioxH)] → alkyl-, aryl-nitriles and hydrocarbon decomposition products.