The utility model discloses an injection mold with a punching function and belongs to the technical field of mold design. The injection mold comprises a movable mold, a movable mold core, a fixed mold and a fixed mold core, wherein a plurality of metal inserts are disposed in the movable mold core, the metal inserts are connected through a plurality of connecting ribs, a punching mechanism is disposed in the fixed mold, the punching mechanism comprises a base fixedly connected with the fixed mold, a plurality of punches fixedly connected with the base and a positioning component for guiding the punches, the punches penetrate the fixed mold core, and the punches punch and cut off the connecting ribs during assembling of the movable mold and the fixed mold. The injection mold has the advantages that an in-mold punching manner is used to punch and cut off the metal inserts, a product manufacturing flow is simplified, product forming cycle is shortened, secondary machining is omitted, additional cost generated during product development is lowered, the appearance of the manufactured products is unified, the quality of the manufactured products is guaranteed, and rejection rate is lowered greatly.


According to the typical metro\|station of the Guangzhou metro line 3 # to be constructed, the FLAC 3D codes was adopted and the numerical simulation of the ground settlement due to expanding metro\|station on the basis of shield\|constructed tunnels was presented. The influence on ground settlement due to the two\|tunnel shielding construction in different construct methods was also simulated. Finally, the range of the ground settlement as a result of expanding metro\|station was studied when using different reinforcement measures. This investigation is a technique support for constructing the metro\|stations by expanding shielding tunnels directly and provides a method to predict the ground movement. It will also undoubtedly offer theoretical reference for promoting the shielding construction.


The nuclear excitation of the isovector giant dipole resonance was studied by detection of photon-ejectile coincidences in the reaction {sup 208}Pb ({tilde p}.p{gamma}{sub o}){sup 208}Pb for 200MeV incident protons. Scattering protons at {theta} = 0{degrees}, 9{degrees} and 12{degrees} relative to the incident beam direction were detected with the K600 spectrograph at IUCF utilizing the recently developed septum magnet. Photons were detected with the ORNL 76 element BaF{sub 2} array configured in 4 19-packs, three of which were in the reaction plane at 45{degrees}, 90{degrees}, and 135{degrees} and one perpendicular to the reaction plane directly above the scattering chamber. Using ground-state gamma decays as a tag, the IVGDR can be cleanly separated from other collective excitations in the same energy region. This experiment will yield information on the isovector proton-nucleus interaction and cast light on the details of the GDR transition density. The experiment is also sensitive to {gamma}-decays through excited low lying states which can provide information on the existence of isovector quadrupole strength in the vicinity of the isoscalar GQR.


Objective:To evaluate the effect of telephone follow-up and discharging guide on health education among discharged patients with Limb fractures.Methods:102 discharged patients with fracture were divided into the observation group and the control group.The observation group was given to telephone follow-up and discharging guide;the control group was given to the discharge guidance of health education.Results:The satisfaction of health knowledge in observation group is better than that of control group,the difference was statistically significant.Conclusion:The phone follow-up and health guidance can be of great value to patients' rehabilitation training and their quality of life and nurses' professional knowledge as well.


This paper continues our study of the sheaf associated to Kahler differentials in the cdh-topology and its cousins, in positive characteristic, without assuming resolution of singularities. The picture for the sheaves themselves is now fairly complete. We give a calculation $\mathcal{O}_{cdh}(X) \cong \mathcal{O}(X^{sn})$ in terms of the seminormalisation. We observe that the category of representable cdh-sheaves is equivalent to the category of seminormal varieties. We conclude by proposing some possible connections to Berkovich spaces, and $F$-singularities in the last section. The tools developed for the case of differential forms also apply in other contexts and should be of independent interest.


By constructing two three-dimensional (3D) rigorous linear systems, a novel switching control approach for generating chaos from two linear systems is presented. Two 3D linear systems without any constant term have only one common equilibrium point that is the origin. By employing an absolute-value switching law, chaos can be generated by switching between two linear systems. Basic dynamical behaviors of the systems are investigated in detail. Numerical examples illustrate the effectiveness of the presented approach.


Introduction: For the last billion years, Mars' surface conditions have been too cold, and atmospheric pressure too low to allow for surface water stability. However, in the early stages of Mars' geological history during the Noachian and early Hesperian periods (3.9-3.5 Byr ago), atmospheric pressure was close to 1 Bar [1], and surface temperature was the main control on surface liquid water presence. 3D, state-of-the-art climate models which incorporate the effects of reduced solar insulation from a younger, fainter young Sun and the large Martian topographic contrasts, predict the accumulation of large bodies of ice on the elevated southern hemispheric highlands over a wide range of initial conditions [3], the so-called Late Noachian Icy Highlands (LNIH) climate scenario. Adiabatic cooling drives ice stability on high elevations, the same principle that allows for glaciers to form in high, equatorial areas such as the Kilimanjaro. Even with the warmer, wetter early Mars strongly suggested by the geological record [4,5], a transitional period from this warm regime to the cold, arid current conditions would result in the advance of large ice sheets on the highlands. Yet common landscapes related to widespread glaciation on Earth, such as megascale lineations, large striations (fig. 1), end moraines, paternoster landscapes, drumlin fields, etc. are largely missing on Mars, existing only in very localized areas [6,7].


This paper presents the synthesis and performance of a shunt active power filter based on the three-phase pulsewidth modulation (PWM) voltage converter connected to the AC mains. Current harmonics and asymmetries caused by nonlinear loads can be compensated. A decoupled system in Park's variables is achieved and so simple controllers with excellent performance can be used. The controllers are implemented directly in the Park's referential. Expressions for the controller's synthesis are derived. Experimental results from a 2 kVA IGBT prototype showing excellent dynamic and steady-state system's performances are presented. The control circuit is implemented with analog and digital electronic circuits. A considerable amount of electronic circuits are needed. The method presented in this paper can also be implemented with a digital signal processor.


The use of high-dimension features is unavoidable in many applications of image retrieval and techniques of dimension reductions are not always efficient. The space-filling curve reduces the number of dimensions to one while preserving the neighborhood relation. In this paper, Hilbert curve, the most neighborhood preserving space-filling curve, is used in shape retrieval. The retrieving is accelerated by ordering the shapes in 1-D dynamical data structure, which enables rapid insertions of new images without changing existing data. A proposal of fast mapping facilitate the computing of 1-D Hilbert indexes from high dimensional features.


Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is gradually being applied to high quality and high resolution digital video signal transfer between graphic controller and digital display. There have been widespread applications of DVI interface. The valuable digital content, however, is vulnerable to unauthorized access during the transmission. This paper briefly explains the implementation of lifting wavelet algorithms on FPGA and makes a comparative study of their performance. The design utilizes powerful design tool System Generator (SysGen) and Embedded Development Kit (EDK) for hardware-software codesign and integrates the dwt2d codec hardware as a peripheral to the Microblaze 32 bit soft RISC processor with an input from a CMOS camera and output to a DVI display and verified the results video in real time. The proposed algorithm will be implemented in a real time embedded system using Xilinx Video Starter Kit Board- Spartan-3a DSP 3400A Edition. Copyright © 2013 Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l. - All rights reserved.


Researcher bias in qualitative research is one concern, but we should also be aware of the potential for participant bias. When we do qualitative interviews, how can we be sure that events being described are accurate? The participant may deliberately provide a history that meets an agenda not apparent to the researcher.


AIMS--To determine the sensitivity of the hybrid capture method for human papillomavirus (HPV) detection and potential clinical uses as a screening method for the identification of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. METHODS--The presence of oncogenic types of HPV was tested for in samples taken from the cervix at colposcopy, and compared with detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 60 patients. Both sets of results were corrected with the pathology determined by biopsy and smear cytology. RESULTS--Hybrid capture detection showed 86% agreement with PCR. Eighty three percent of CIN 3 lesions, 62% of CIN 2, 59% of CIN 1 and 21% of normal controls were positive for oncogenic HPV types. CONCLUSION--The hybrid capture detection method is reliable, sensitive, and easy to use. The addition of HPV testing to cytological screening would detect a greater proportion of cervical dysplasia with a higher false positive rate.


Retrospective data corresponding to the period between 2002 and 2018 were used, belonging to the Cooperativa Agropecuaria Integral San Juan de Yapacaní, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Data corresponding to 663 male and female calves born to primiparous and multiparous cows were used. The calves had 13 individual weight controls. The calves had 13 individual weight controls. Variables used: Date of birth, Calf live weight at birth in kg, Calf live weight at weaning in kg, Average daily gain in kg, Live weight of cow in kg, Number of calving of cows.

The mean values and standard deviations of the weights at birth were 35.1 ± 4.6 kg for males and 32.3 ± 4.7 kg for females, at 240 days (weaning) the weight of the males was 229 ± 35.8 kg and for females 206 ± 31.5 kg. The mean values and standard deviations of the weight increases were 0.807 ± 0.14 kg for males and 1.0 ± 0.13 kg for females. The selected model with the regressor variables: Year, Sex of the calf, Number of calving and Live Weight at Birth, all significant (p ≤0.001). No interaction was significant to be considered in the model (p≥0.05). The live weight at birth, the sex, the years and the number of deliveries of the mothers showed in this work and for the animals analyzed to be the factors affecting the increase in live weight in the rearing stage (from birth to weaning) in Nelore calves in the Bolivian tropics.


Abstract : This document presents an overview of Concurrent Engineering (CE), i. e., the use of Multi-discipline Design Teams to perform the simultaneous design of the product and the process to produce the product. The intent is to encourage product developers, from the outset, to consider all elements of the product life cycle from conception through disposal, including quality, cost, schedule and the user requirements. The document also explores a number of specific tools which may be used to assist the reader in the implementation of CE. Concurrent engineering, Multi-discipline design teams, Product life cycle, Robust design, Automated design tools, Design, Development, Production.


Innovative education is the new educational conception centered on the intellectual economy.Based on the task to colleges and universities,the author analyzes the new form taken on in the higher education,and demonstrates the future of innovative education in colleges and universities .


A very accurate numerical algorithm based on the Laplace transform is used to describe the field evolution of ultrashort Gaussian-modulated pulses in a single resonance Lorentz medium. The results are compared with previously published numerical results by I. Christov (see ibid., vol.24, p.1548-53, 1988) in which a simple Taylor series expansion of the input pulse spectrum about the carrier frequency is used to explain the observed pulse dynamics. It is shown, by numerical Laplace transform analysis, that these previously published numerical results are inaccurate and that the first few terms of the Taylor series expansion technique about the carrier frequency do not properly explain the physically correct dispersive pulse evolution properties for rapid rise time pulses. In response to the comments the original author recalculated the dispersive propagation of femtosecond optical pulses by using different numerical methods. >


Asarum canadense L. is an herbaceous perennial of rich deciduous forests of eastern North America. In N-central Kentucky, flowering begins in midto late April, and seeds are mature by mid-June. Seeds exhibit a type of morphophysiological dormancy known as epicotyl dormancy. Radicle dormancy is broken by high summer temperatures, and shoot dormancy is broken by low winter temperatures. Thus, radicles emerge from seeds during autumn, and cotyledons emerge the following spring. In a nonheated greenhouse, 66% of the radicles emerged in October, when mean daily maximum and minimum temperatures were 22.0 and 10.8 C, respectively, and 84% of the cotyledons emerged in March, when these temperatures were 21.6 and 7.9 C, respectively. Radicle dormancy was broken in seeds incubated at (12/ 12 hr) daily thermoperiods of 20/10 and 30/15 C. Radicles emerged from seeds incubated at 20/10 C, but they did not emerge from seeds incubated at 30/15 C until seeds were transferred to 20/10 C. Radicles emerged from seeds incubated at 30/15 C until seeds were transferred to 20/10 C. When seeds with emergent radicles were cold-stratified at 5 C for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 weeks and then moved to spring (20/10 C) temperatures, 0, 0, 0, 1, 9, 47 and 76%, respectively, of the cotyledons emerged. In seeds with epicotyl dormancy, the root system is well-developed when the cotyledons emerge, and cotyledons expand in spring, at the beginning of the most favorable season for photosynthesis in the forest. This temporal separation of radicle and cotyledon emergence may be of adaptive significance in deciduous woodland herbs.


This volume presents a view of feminist theory and politics in India in the form of debates within the movement on key issues. The essays focus on important strands and arguments within Indian feminism, providing for an inclusion of disparate voices without privileging any one over the other.


Organ malfunction is an inevitable result of the natural process of aging which all species undergo. Modifications in organ structure directly related to aging cause functional deterioration of varying degrees in humans by, among other things, leading to replacement of functional parenchyma by fibro-connective tissues and induction of arteriosclerosis in the blood vessels of several organs. Age related changes in kidney function, including its role as an endocrine organ, have been recognized since the seventies. These changes include alterations in the regulation of the renin-angiotensin system (decreased renin production and secretion), and in the endocrine and paracrine functions of their product angiotensin II (AII), both of which are dependent on angiotensin II receptors1,2. We advance herein the hypothesis that aging, and possibly hypertension and its consequences, including cardiac hypertrophy, result from actions of AII. Angiotensin II and Aging


The High Rigidity Spectrometer (HRS) will be the centerpiece experimental tool of the Facility for Rare-Isotope Beams (FRIB) fast-beam program. The fast-beam program has tremendous discovery potential, enabling experiments with beam intensities of a few ions per second or less through the luminosity afforded by thick targets. The high magnetic rigidity of the HRS (up to 8 Tm) will match the rigidities at which rare-isotope production yields at the FRIB fragment separator are maximum across the entire chart of nuclei and enable experiments with the most neutron-rich nuclei available at FRIB. Gain factors in luminosity of ten or more are achievable compared to running with existing spectrometers, which have a maximum rigidity of 4 Tm, with the highest gains for the most neutron-rich unstable isotopes. To enable a broad spectrum of experiments, the HRS will accommodate different ion-optical modes and provide the flexibility to run in coincidence with a diverse set of other detector systems, such as the Gamma Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA) and the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA-LISA). In the presentation, an overview of the scientific opportunities with the HRS and the present layout, based on ion-optical and magnet-feasibility studies, will be given.


We demonstrate femtosecond laser induced photosensitivity allowing to perform direct UV laser writing in pure fused silica, offering new 3D design freedoms.


Dear Dr. Bedrossian: I read with interest a recent article by Ng et al.1 entitled "Peritoneal Washing Cytology Findings of Disseminated Myxoid Leiomyosarcoma of Uterus: Report of a Case With Emphasis on Possible Differential Diagnosis." These investigators reported on the presence of both spindle tumor cells and epithelioid tumor cells, including occasional "signetring" cells in the smears of the peritoneal washing, and indicated that the cytologic appearance of sarcoma cells in washing/effusion fluid is rarely described in the literature. I wish to report the pleural fluid cytology of a case of extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC) in which the metastatic tumor cells in the fluid were exclusively epithelioid and therefore mimicked carcinoma cells. The case involved a 24-yr-old woman who presented with an enlarging mass in the right thigh. The physical examination showed a 11 5 5-cm soft tissue mass in the distal anterior aspect of the right thigh. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed an enhancing mass replacing the distal third of the vastus intermedius muscle. An open biopsy of the tumor mass showed a lobulated myxoid tumor composed of round or oval cells arranged in sheets, nests, or cords (Fig. 1). The cells had sparse to moderate amphophilic cytoplasm and round to oval nuclei. There was abundant myxoid stroma, which was slightly mucicarminophilic (Fig. 1). A portion of the tumor was composed of cells with large vesicular nuclei and prominent nucleoli. Foci with necrosis and high mitotic rate were present. Many tumor cells contained abundant cytoplasmic glycogen granules. The tumor tissue was focally immunoreactive to S-100 protein but was nonreactive to desmin, muscle-specific actin, CD34, and HMB45. A diagnosis of EMC, high grade, was made. The histologic diagnosis was confirmed by consultation from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. The mass was radically excised with clear margins. Postoperative irradiation to the tumor site and systemic chemotherapy consisting of Adriamycin and ifosfamide were given. Six months after the tumor resection, she developed a right pleural effusion requiring a thoracocentesis. The cytospin smears and cell block sections showed cohesive nests of hyperchromatic, epithelioid malignant cells (Fig. 2). Initially, these cells were thought to represent carcinoma cells. However, after learning the clinical history and reviewing the slides of the thigh tumor, it became apparent that these were metastatic epithelioid sarcoma cells. This was confirmed by their abundant glycogen content demonstrated in periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) stains, with and without diastase, and their negativity with a pankeratin immunostain. The literature of the cytology of EMC has been limited to fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology.2–4 The FNA cytology of this tumor usually reflects its histologic features and is characterized by cohesive clusters of atypical polygonal cells in a myxoid stroma. The FNA cytologic differential diagnosis of EMC includes other types of myxoid sarcoma, myxoma, chordoma, and mucinous carcinoma.2,4 The effusion cytology of EMC has not previously been reported. In contrast to the FNA cytology, a myxoid stroma was not apparent in the fluid in the current case. The metastatic EMC cells in the fluid were exclusively epithelioid and DOI 10.1002/dc.10271 Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). Fig. 1. Histologic section showing round or oval cells arranged in cords with abundant myxoid stroma (H&E stain, 375).


The increasing complexity of embedded systems development is becoming difficult to handle with development environments based on disjoint engineering tools. Support for interactions between various ...


According to the basic theory of cooperative learning and the characteristics of volleyball course,the author designed the basic procedures and methods of cooperative learning in volleyball course.On the basis of heterogeneity of the group in sports department of education,the author conducted comparative experiments on teaching and have got good results.


Introduction. A syllable of recorded time Part 1: Contexts and concepts 1. All our yesterday: The development of educational policy in England, 1960 - 2006 2. I'll do, I'll do, and I'll do: Organizational culture, schools and teachers' work. 3. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still: The school as an ambiguous organization: A case study Part 2: Leading and managing staff in schools 4. The cloudy messenger: A new role in schools: the case of the TVEI co-ordinator 5. A walking shadow: The emergence of middle leadership in schools and colleges 6. We will perform in measure: Accountability, performance and school-based management 7. Which grain will grow and which will not: The management of staff: Some issues of efficiency and cost effectiveness Part 3: Management and Leadership in Primary Schools 8. Service in every point twice done: Primary schools and the nature of the education market place 9. Leave no rubs not botches in the work: Primary Heads, governors and institutional autonomy 10. A tale of some significance: Primary headship and strategic planning in England 11. What's done is done: The impact of educational policy on headship in primary schools 1994-2001 12. Strategic planning in education: Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing?


This paper focuses on some of the significant 'moments' and 'problems' and 'characters' and places which mark out a history of the sociology of education. It further explores some of the historical conjunctions of knowledge and practice to which the sociology of education contributed in its uneasy relations with schools and teachers and education policy. Three sets of tools and sorts of analysis, drawn from the work of Bernstein, Foucault and Bourdieu, are deployed to explore some of the turmoil and conflict which has characterised the sociology of education at different points in its history focusing on three of these. They are, the 1930s/1960s (Political Arithmetic), the 1970s (the New Sociology of Education) and the 1980s 'flight to policy studies' and particularly one aspect of this which produced the notion of 'school effectiveness'. The paper suggests some of the ways in which the sociology of education has played its part in the government and the detailed management of the population, through the changing construction of an unrelenting gaze (focused initially on families) and the concomitant development of a body of expert professional knowledge (teacher education) and, latterly, the management of the institutions of management (schools) and of the professionals themselves (teachers).


ABSTRACT Synthesis and characterization of X-ray shielding thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers which are capable of blocking harmful radiation emitted by various sources are reported. X-ray shielding capability was generated in the polymer by covalently binding iodine atoms in a monomer and polymerizing it with other monomers such that the resultant polymer has the capability of shielding X-radiation. For rendering X-ray shielding capability to the polyurethane, Bisphenol-A (BPA) was iodinated to 4,4′-isopropylidinedi-(2,6-diiodophenol) (IBPA) and it was used as a chain extender during the synthesis of polyurethane. Polyurethanes were synthesized by reacting 1,6-diisocyanatohexane and IBPA with two different polyols, namely, poly(tetramethylene glycol) and poly(hexamethylene carbonate) diol. X-ray shielding polyurethanes (XPU) were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, dynamic mechanical analysis, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, gel permeation chromatography, and X-radiography. Studies showed that by effectively changing polyol from polyether to polycarbonate, XPUs having different physicomechanical properties could be manufactured. Furthermore, these polyurethanes were also found to be noncytotoxic to L929 fibroblast cell lines. X-ray images revealed that the incorporation of IBPA has rendered X-ray opacity to the polyurethanes which are several times higher than the aluminum wedge of equivalent thickness. The materials are sufficiently flexible and rubbery, so can be used as coatings, films, or sheets for applications in energy sector, power-generating nuclear power plants, defense sector (bunkers for army personnel), medical applications (X-ray diagnostic and CT scanner rooms, gamma radiation therapy of cancer), etc.


Aiming at the problem that the accuracy of conventional algorithms is low in the case of few samples for bearing vibration signal fault diagnosis, this paper proposes a bearing fault diagnosis method based on prototypical network in few-shot and zero-shot scenarios. The method first uses the original vibration signals or spectrogram features as input; then uses the neural network model to extract the distinguishable features, and prototype center of each category is learned through prototypical network; finally, the classification of each sample is completed by the distance measurement method. The experimental results show that prototypical network method with scaled CQT features as input and convolutional neural network as encoder has excellent performance in few-shot and zero-shot bearing fault diagnosis.


Phosphate esters and hydroxy-tetrahydrofuran as prodrugs for the corresponding antifungal agent. The pharmaceutically acceptable bases found suitable for use in the present invention are those which form pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the antifungal compound of formula III and acids include organic and inorganic bases suitable. Suitable organic bases include primary, secondary and tertiary alkylamines, alkanolamines, aromatic amines, alkylaromatic amines and cyclic amines. Exemplary organic amines include the pharmaceutically acceptable bases selected: chloroprocaine, procaine, piperazine, glucamine, N-methylglucamine, N, N-dimethylglucamine, etilendediamina, diethanolamine, diisopropylamine, diethylamine, N-bencilendiamina, diethanolamine, diisopropylamine, diethylamine, N-benzyl- 2-phenylethylamine, N, N-ibenciletilendiamina, choline, clemizole, triethylamine (Et3N?), tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane, or D-glucosamine. Preferred organic bases include N-methylglucamine (NMG?), diethanolamine and tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane (TRIS?). More preferred is the use of two equivalents of NMG in this invention. Suitable inorganic bases include alkali metal hydroxides such as sodium hydroxide.


ABSTRACT Persons who have lost parents provided narratives about their loss experiences. The narratives were analyzed for main themes, including rich imagery about the lost loved one and the events surrounding the death; long-lasting, sometimes unresolved emotions; and attempts to cope with the loss, memorialize the loss, and give back to others based on the loss. These narratives were interpreted as examples of account-making about the important events of our lives.


A father is as important as a mother in mental development of a child. A father helps his child get into the world from being embedded into his mother. A father also gives his child a chance to modify harsh inner objects through playing, not competitions. However, some fathers have severe narcissism and castration anxiety to play this role. 'Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 2' by James Gunn is a film about two fathers. One father is narcissistic and unable to lose; the other father is not so narcissistic and is able to lose. In the end, one father is killed by his own child and the other father just disappears by himself. It seems to symbolically show what is happening in the child's inner world. A child's father sometimes does, but sometimes does not agree to losing. The father of a child sometimes disappears by himself, but sometimes he disappears only after being killed by his child. When a father disappears, he leaves the child a legacy, which is the autonomy of the child and the courage to get into the world. The waning of his father begins from the oedipal phase until when father actually disappears, i.e. he is deceased in an external reality. Therefore, we could say a child acquires their knowledge about the world through his mother, but he gets the courage to go to the world through his father. Psychoanalysis 2019;30(1):9-17


Acceptance and adjustment will be correlated inversely-but only loosely so-with the percentage of Negroes in the population. Other factors will often be more crucial in given instances. Some of the best and some of the worst transition situations will develop in areas where the ratio of Negroes to whites is very high. (G. Johnson, C. Johnson, Williams and Ryan.) Acceptance and adjustment will be correlated inversely-buit o ly loosely so-with popular attitudes and the degree of prejudice in an area. Other factors will frequentl be more crucial in given instances. (Clark, Long, Williams and Ryan.)


We calculate a set of high-energy spectra, such as the Sm \(3d\) X-ray absorption spectrum and X-ray photoemission spectrum using a configuration-interaction full-multiplet theory to investigate th...


The paper provides some valuable references and is useful for engineers and technicians on the basis of analysis of problems needing attention in the design of bolt connection.


Since the change of the paradigms of competitiveness is taking place now, the concept competitiveness also changes its semantic meaning. In the article, the concept specialist's competitiveness is analyzed and scientifically substantiated according to different views. The aim of the article is to present the results of the theoretical research, performed by the author for several years in the field of concurrentology , actualizing the new meaning of the concept specialist's competitiveness in the pedagogy science and education, and proposing an insight into the substantiation of the methodological basis for the evaluation of a specialist's competitiveness. The research shows that there exist: 1) diversity in relation to the definitions and explanations of the competitiveness of a specialist; 2) three methodological approaches in the research of competitiveness; 3) various models of competitiveness structure, including the author's model. According to the author's opinion, the structural approach would be the most appropriate for the development of the evaluation methodology, including the system of evaluation indicators, in relation to the components of a specialist's competitiveness structure.


Using a sample of soil formation during self-restoration succession at post-technogenic plot in the middle taiga subzone, we have discussed the following questions: soil as an ecosystemic component; main factor and principles of soil formation; resistance mechanism of ecosystem and its components. The studies were conducted at two sample plots which had formed under the same conditions on homogeneous technogenic material during self-restoration succession of perennial grassy and forest (alder) ecosystems. The theoretical approach was based on the principle of systematicity. In accordance with that principle, plant composition, productivity of plant community, microbe complex, composition of water-soluble substances, morphology and chemical characteristics of soils were surveyed. Plant community types were found to be associated with morphological structure and properties of newly-formed soils, as a result of biological factor and biological organic (plant) matter cycle. Complex investigation of soil formation during self-restoration succession of different-type plant communities allowed for identifying soil formation as a formation process of biogenic-accumulative ecosystemic component which ensures stable self-reproduction of plant communities and whole ecosystem. Refs 19. Tables 7.


Forest productivity may be determined not only by biodiversity but also by environmental factors and stand structure attributes. However, the relative importance of these factors in determining productivity is still controversial for subtropical forests. Based on a large dataset from 600 permanent forest inventory plots across subtropical China, we examined the relationship between biodiversity and forest productivity and tested whether stand structural attributes (stand density in terms of trees per ha, age and tree size) and environmental factors (climate and site conditions) had larger effects on productivity. Furthermore, we quantified the relative importance of environmental factors, stand structure and diversity in determining forest productivity. Diversity, together with stand structure and site conditions, regulated the variability in forest productivity. The relationship between diversity and forest productivity did not vary along environmental gradients. Stand density and age were more important modulators of forest productivity than diversity. Synthesis. Diversity had significant and positive effects on productivity in species‐rich subtropical forests, but the effects of stand density and age were also important. Our work highlights that while biodiversity conservation is often important, the regulation of stand structure can be even more important to maintain high productivity in subtropical forests.


An estimated 810000 people mainly from Brazzaville Dolisie and Nkayi have been displaced by the conflict in the Republic of Congo. As of the end of October an estimated 200000 internally displaced people (IDP) had returned to urban areas but a further 170000 remain displaced in urban centers and 440000 people remained displaced in rural areas. In addition 30000 people are refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon the majority of which are in Gabon. Overall the prevalence of acute malnutrition in new arrivals is assumed to remain high. However after their arrival in Brazzaville their food security situation rapidly improved due to resumption of economic activity food distributions and feeding programs. Hence it is noted that the nutritional situation of the population in Brazzaville is considered less critical. Moreover the nutritional situation is unknown for the IDP in other areas and the refugees. As to the humanitarian situation outside Brazzaville it is reported that the situation remains critical since much of the area is inaccessible to humanitarian agencies.


: Environment hostility jeopardizes social distancing thus weakens the mitigation of COVID-19. This study investigates the role of environment in the probability of COVID-19 cases. It determines the rate and classification of most and least dense environments with COVID-19 cases, and the likelihood of COVID-19 cases using environment classification and population density predictors. Analyzing the 182 universally selected samples via binary logistic regression, it is found that all most congested [Barangay] environments are rural with nearly half has at least one COVID-19 case. The top most congested environment has approximately 11 sq. m. space to one-person ratio. The entire least congested are rural wherein 12.5% haveCOVID-19 cases. COVID-19 cases are less expected in rural environment but more probable in congested areas such that it is one times higher in heavily than less congested environment. Rapid-mass testing and strict monitoring of critical environment followed by isolation of COVID-19 positives, and relocation of individuals or households to least congested environments for decongestion purposes are urged. Researches on critical health care facilities preparedness assessment via survey, on ratio and proportion that determine rapidity and phasing, on success stories of survivors, and on contract tracing using scientific and Barangay participatory method are urgently recommended. of the Regional Quality Assessment Team (RQAT-Caraga), and accreditor under Institutional Sustainability Assessment (ISA). He co-authored the books on the Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person and Ethics in the New GE Curriculum. He researched and published papers on education, social sciences and philosophy in the international journals, presented papers in international research conferences, and reviewed research articles. He is a speaker/trainer on research, educational leadership, teaching pedagogies, and total quality management. He was a member of the faculty and a supervisor for training and employees' performance management of the University of Mindanao (2012-2016), and a member of the faculty of University of the Immaculate Conception (1990-2012).


The project is a technical study for a Wide Area Multilateration System for the Flight Information Region of Vilnius. The Vilnius FIR covers all the Lithuanian territory. The objectives of the project are to study the Multilateration Systems, in specific the WAM Systems to be able to develop different solutions applied in the particular case of Lithuania. The environment of work is very important in this type of studies, and the surroundings of the FIR and the operational issues are taking into account. The methodology used is based on a theoretical analysis of the systems, for the understanding of the properties and capabilities of each segment of the system. An evaluation is made to guide the results to be reasonable. Some comparisons are elaborate, particularly between the MLAT and SSR systems. The final solution is focused in the type of system, the architecture, the location of receivers in the territory, commercial solutions available and costs. Finally, conclusions of the project are made, with an environmental mention about benefits and problems of this system deployment.


Photograph of a produce store in south Fort Worth. Signs outside advertise their wares, and watermelons are stacked in front of the building.


Background: Recent research in animal behaviour has contributed to determine how alignment, turning responses, and changes of speed mediate flocking and schooling interactions in different animal species. Here, we address specifically the problem of what interaction responses support different nearest neighbour configurations in terms of mutual position and distance. Results: We find that the different interaction rules observed in different animal species may be a simple consequence of the relative positions that individuals assume when they move together, and of the noise inherent with the movement of animals, or associated with tracking inaccuracy. Conclusions: The anisotropic positioning of individuals with respect to their neighbours, in combination with noise, can explain several aspects of the movement responses observed in real animal groups, and should be considered explicitly in future models of flocking and schooling. By making a distinction between interaction responses involved in maintaining a preferred flock configuration, and interaction responses directed at changing it, we provide a frame to discriminate movement interactions that signal directional conflict from those underlying consensual group motion.


Alkyltransferase (AGT) repairs alkylation guanine in DNA and is a major determinant of susceptibility to alkylating chemotherapeutic agents and carcinogens. Using a newly developed flow cytometry assay with the monoclonal anti-AGT antibody, mT3.1, we compared AGT expression in single-cell suspensions with standard biochemical and Western blot assays to validate the fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) method and develop potential applications. From Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO) transfected with human 06-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase cDNA, 6 CHO-06-methylguanine-DNA methyl. transferase clones were isolated that expressed 0.3 to 64 fmol/p.g DNA (by biochemical assay) of human AGT. FACS yielded a linear relationship between mean fluorescence intensity and both AGT activity by biochemical assay and AGT protein by Western blot. Using this standard curve, FACS-analyzed AGT


Introduction: Image based navigation is an important tool for the orientation during minimally invasive surgery. The registration of the preoperative image data for orthopaedic surgery is nowadays mostly based on anatomical landmarks and bone surface points. Only the bony structures can be registered reliably with these systems. Since the location of the patient has changed after acquiring the preoperative dataset, soft tissue such as vessels, sinews or muscles might be disarranged. For performing the surgery exactly, the current position of soft tissue can be very important. Our aim is to segment blood vessels in intraoperative 3D ultrasound datasets in order to support the surgeon's orientation during surgery. After registration of intraoperative 3D ultrasound data with preoperative data [1], we can superimpose the segmented blood vessels at their current position with the registered bone structures. Most of the current segmentation methods like thresholding or region growing fail in segmenting blood vessels in ultrasound images because of two main reasons: The contour of a vessel is non-continuous due to shadowing effects and speckle, and the gray value is not constant all over the vessel. By modifying the convential region growing algorithm with an assumed vessel model, the proposed method compensates most of the artifacts in the ultrasound image data


The pre-main-sequence binary T Tauri was observed in 1991 September using a simultaneous combination of the Very Large Array (VLA) and a four-antenna Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) array operating at λ=18 cm. Strong circular polarization (25%-30%) was detected in the VLA measurements, and there was evidence for variations in both circular polarization V and total intensity I on time scales of 1 hr. VLBI measurements of T Tauri taken in parallel failed to detect any compact flux density, despite having sufficient sensitivity to measure fringe visibilities as faint as 15% of the total flux density fron the source


Correspondence to: Zoran L. Popa, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology III, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Romania SUMMARY: Mucoviscidosis is the most common genetic autosomal recessive disease in Caucasian populations, a potentially lethal disease and therefore prenatal genetic diagnosis is essential for couples with increased risk of having children with mucoviscidosis. Our goal was to detect CFTR mutations in fetal genomic DNA isolated from amniotic fluid collected by amniocentesis and to establish if the fetus is healthy, just a carrier for one CFTR mutation or both alleles are affected and the fetus has mucoviscidosis. Based on family history or echographic investigations, 11 couples were selected for prenatal genetic diagnosis. The couples had previously children with mucoviscidosis, registered at the National Center of Mucoviscidosis in Timisoara who had been genetically tested and had both mutations identified, or had deceased children who had been diagnosed with mucoviscidosis (with or without molecular diagnosis). Both parents were also tested for CFTR mutations. Fetal genomic DNA was isolated from amniotic fluid collected by transabdominal amniocentesis in the 16th week of pregnancy or by early amniocentesis in the 14th week of pregnancy. Contamination of fetal DNA isolated from amniotic fluid with maternal DNA was excluded by STR genotyping. Genomic DNA from the parents was isolated from venous blood collected on EDTA. The genetic analysis for CFTR mutations was performed using the Elucigene CF29 kit and electrophoresis of ARMS-PCR products in agarose gel. The electrophoresis gels were visualized in UV light and after the interpretation of results, we identified 4 heterozygous genotypes ( 508/N, G542X/N), 6 normal genotypes and one compound heterozygote (621+1G>T/ 508). Prenatal diagnosis can be performed by ARMS-PCR using Elucigene CF29 kit only in cases where the detected genotype has at least one allele with 508 mutation or is a compound heterozygote for the other mutations detected by the kit, because this method doesn't allow the detection of homozygous genotypes for mutations other than 508. The results obtained by prenatal diagnosis are essential for a complete and successful genetic counseling.


* The Essence of Promoting "Political Civilization" in China: Institution Building (W Chen) * Corruption and Institution-Building in Transitional China (Y Hao) * From Conflicts to Convergence: Modernity and the Changing Chinese Political Culture (B Guo) * Democratic Values among Chinese Peasantry: An Empirical Study (Y Zhong) * Democracy and the Governing Party: A Theoretical Perspective (B Womack) * Self-Reform within Authoritarian Regimes: Reallocations of Power in Contemporary China (S Richardson) * Political and Practical Obstacles to Reform of the Judiciary and the Establishment of a Rule of Law in China (J-P Cabestan) * Public Participation and the Democratization of Chinese Governance (J P Horsley) * Rights Consciousness, Economic Interests, and the 2003 District-Level People's Congress Elections in China: Middle-Class Motivations and Democratic Implications (X Wang) * The Role of Media in Democratization: Origins, Characteristics, and Implications of China's Public Forum TV Programs (J Hong)


Ireland is one of the few countries where divorce is constitutionally prohibited. In this article, the author sets out the present legal position, explains the historical background, examines the relations between church and state on the question of marriage, and discusses the social effects of the prohibition on divorce. He goes on to analyze public attitudes toward divorce and to consider proposals for reform of the law.


Abstract The procedure is described for the determination of the analytical line pairs honology. It is based on the succesive testing of the scatter diagram parmeters and on the comparison of the orthogonal regression coefficient value with the temperature and concentration fluctuation coefficients value. The cri terion for the resul ts of testing is the increase of the accuracy of the determination of the concentration by using the reference line method. This is done in the final stages of the procedure.


Background : A standard third‐line treatment is lacking, and European guidelines recommend performing culture in these patients. However, the use of this procedure as 'routine practice' is definitively not feasible.


We present XMM-Newton observations of the luminous star η Carinae, including a high-resolution soft X-ray spectrum of the surrounding nebula obtained with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS). The European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC) image of the field around η Car shows many early-type stars and diffuse emission from hot, shocked gas. The EPIC spectrum of the star is similar to that observed in previous X-ray observations and requires two temperature components. The RGS spectrum of the surrounding nebula shows K-shell emission lines from hydrogen- and helium-like nitrogen and neon and L-shell lines from iron but little or no emission from oxygen. The observed emission lines are not consistent with a single temperature, but the range of temperatures observed is not large, spanning ~0.15-0.6 keV. We obtain upper limits for oxygen line emission and derive a lower limit of N/O > 9. This is consistent with previous abundance determinations for the ejecta of η Car and with theoretical models for the evolution of massive, rotating stars.


The interrelationship between reduced cell separation rate, reduced imbibition value and reduced pectin solubility was investigated with reference to reduced cooking rate in Phaseolus vulgaris also termed the hardbean phenomenon. It was found that reduced imbibition value and reduced pectin solubility can both cause a reduction in the rate of cell separation during cooking of beans and hence an increase in their cooking time and that these two factors act synergistically. Accompanying symptoms are solute leakage during soaking due to membrane breakdown, phytin catabolism and pectin demethylation, all of which are key factors in the development of hardbean.


This thesis is concerned with the Filtered-x Least Mean Square (FxLMS) adaptation algorithm and its applications in Active Noise Control (ANC). Generally, this algorithm is used in system identification problems in which a physical channel, called the secondary path, follows the adaptive filter. The FxLMS algorithm compensates for the secondary path effect by filtering the input signal (training data sequence) using an available estimate of the secondary path, called the secondary path model. However, this filtering causes the analytical model of the adaptation process to become highly complex. Because of this complexity, this model has to be simplified when it is desired to derive closed-form expressions for formulating different behaviours of the adaptation process. Usually, this simplification has been carried out by using unrealistic assumptions of pure delay secondary paths, broad-band acoustic noise, and perfect secondary path models. The first contribution of this thesis is the derivation of a set of closed-from mathematical expressions for formulating behaviours of FxLMS-based ANC systems in steady-state and transient conditions. This derivation is carried out without using any simplifying assumption regarding the secondary path. Consequently, the obtained expressions extend the available knowledge on FxLMS-based ANC systems. The second contribution is formulating influences of acoustic noise band-width on the newly-derived expressions. In the analysis of ANC systems with stochastic noise, it is usual to assume a broad-band acoustic noise with a flat frequency spectrum (which is usually referred to as a white signal), in order to avoid mathematical complexity. However, even if the acoustic noise has a flat spectrum over a wide frequency range, the signal picked up and fed to the ANC system is required to be processed with a sampling frequency higher than the maximum frequency of the acoustic noise. For this reason, a realistic noise signal can only have a flat spectrum over a limited band-width. The third contribution is investigating influences of secondary path models on the newly-derived expressions. Usually, it is acceptable to assume a perfectly-accurate secondary path model; however, in order to generalise the obtained closed-form expressions, this assumption is also removed in this thesis. Consequently, the final closed-form expressions, proposed in this thesis, can apply to a relatively general case with an arbitrary secondary path, an acoustic noise with an arbitrary band-width, and an arbitrary (imperfect) secondary path model. Another contribution of this thesis is determining trajectories of the poles of the FxLMS adaptation process in the z-plane. This investigation leads to find the FxLMS adaptation process root locus. It is shown that the dominant pole of this locus always locates on a certain branch with a typical trajectory v


The purpose of this study is to investigate the actual liquefaction occurrence site in Pohang area and to analyze the ground characteristics of Pohang area using the data of the National Geotechnical Information DB Center and to calculate the liquefaction potential index. Based on the results, the distribution of soil classification in Pohang area and the risk of liquefaction under various earthquake accelerations were prepared. As a result of the study, soils in Pohang has the soil characteristics that can cause the site amplification phenomenon. In the analysis through liquefaction hazard maps under earthquake scenarios, it is found that the liquefaction occurred in the area of Heunghae town is more likely to be liquefied than other areas in Pohang. From these results, it is expected that the study on the preparation of liquefaction hazard maps will contribute to the preparation of countermeasures against liquefaction by predicting the possibility in the future.


Also clearly reflected in the New Testament books is the uncertainty and perplexity felt in the Early Church about the Second Coming ' and the final triumph of God's Kingdom. Was it to be soon ? Or was it so far away as to be a matter of indifference ? Either of these two extreme opinions could produce unhappy consequences. Professor MOULE represents the central opinion of the Church, in face of the extremists, in a picturesque, and telling metaphor : ' New Testament eschatology at its deepest level concentrates upon entering into, implementing, loyally expressing that which is already given, which is Christ : it does not say, &dquo; How long will it be before the whistle blows ' no side ' ? &dquo; but, &dquo; Where ought I to be now, to receive the next pass ? &dquo; In other words, the fact that the kick-off has taken place, that the game is on, and that we have a Captain who can lead us to victory, is all that matters.' ... ' Both the expectation of the pm'ousia the day after to-morrow and its postponement sine die seem to have led to unfruitful conclusions. But


Excising the cyst as completely as possible with separating the biliary tree from the pancreatic duct is the main goal of surgical treatment of congenital biliary dilatation (CBD). However, the quality of choledochoenterostomy is significantly related with the prognosis of the patient, so the surgical treatment should follow the basic bile duct surgery principle. Anastomotic stricture is the most common reason of poor prognosis after the operation of CBD. It can be divided into two types: one type is "relatively narrow" of the biliary-enteric anastomosis after internal drainage of cysts or partial cyst excision with cystenterostomy; the another type of anastomotic stricture in its usual sense is because of too high bile duct resection margin, the original structural abnormalities of hilar bile duct, untreated intrahepatic choledochal cyst or poor anastomotic technique. In order to treat CBD more rationally, it is important to analyse the cause of postoperative anastomosis stenosis and stone formation.


The present investigation consisted of evaluating the public policies of the Good Living National Plan 2013-2017, to show the fulfillment of the objectives set by the government; For this, 4 phases were developed, the first one included identifying the public policies aimed at the solidarity agro-productive organizations of the zone, proceeding with a broad search in the National Plan of Good Living, choosing 48 public policies developed in the next phase The second phase was to obtain the perception of the level of application of public policies by those responsible for the control and execution of public policies, that is, checking a degree of compliance in the associates and non-associates of the solidarity organizations, conducting a survey in the province of the zone and using the SPSS software that allowed to make tables where the results are specified to obtain an understandable and efficient analysis, continuing with the third phase that was to perform a contrast of the level of application of public policies for the benefit of the Agroproductive Organizations of the zone, where ther The results of phase 2 were contrasted with the survey of associates and non-associates of 19 cantons of the province of Manabi, where they cataloged the public policies linked to these organizations or cooperatives as unfulfilled, and in this way determined that under the perspective of those responsible for compliance with public policies in Ecuador, referents are represented at a medium level and for non-members at a high level.


We present a new method of measuring bond rupture forces. It is based on the use of microparticles attached by many bonds or interactions of one type to an oscillating surface. We have used a quartz crystal microbalance and linearly increased the driving voltage resulting in bond rupture which can be detected both optically and acoustically. The rupture force spectra give sharp peaks which depend on the mass of the microparticle and the strength of the interactions attaching it to the surface. This method is applicable to weak interactions such as nonspecific adsorption through to strong chemical bonds. It has widespread potential applications in sizing, sorting, analyzing, and separations based on differences in rupture force.


Jacobian-free Newton-Raphson methods are general purpose iterative non-linear system solvers. The need to solve non-linear systems is ubiquitous throughout computational physics [1] and Jacobian-free Newton-Raphson methods can offer scalability, super-linear convergence and applicability. In fact, applications span from discretized PDEs [2] to power-flow problems [3]. The focus of this article is on Inexact-Newton-Krylov [2] and Quasi-Inverse-Newton [4] methods. For both of them, we prove analytically that the initial ordering of the equations can have a great impact on the numerical solution, as well as on the number of iterations to reach the solution. We also present numerical results obtained from a simple but representative case study, to quantify the impact of initial equations ordering on a concrete scenario.


Objective To investigate the effects of intra-pallidal microinjection of 5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT) on rotational behavior in rats. Methods A model of Parkinson disease was constructed by injecting 6-OHDA into the right medial forebrain bundle of rats.Two weeks later,a guide cannula was implanted into the globus pallidus(GP) of the destructed side.After three-day's recovery,5-HT was microinjected into GP and the effects on rotational behavior was observed. Results Intra-pallidal injection of 5-HT(0.1 mmol/L) alone did not induce any rotational behavior or postural changes.Intraperitoneal injection of a subthreshold dose of 3,4-Dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine(L-DOPA,3 mg/kg i.p.) could induce only a mild contralateral rotational behavior,compared with 5-HT,no significant difference was noted(P0.05).Combined intra-pallidal injection of 5-HT and intra-peritoneal injection of L-DOPA dramatically increased the number of opposite-side spontaneous rotations(u=3.00,P0.05 vs.5-HT;u=16.00,P0.01 vs.L-DOPA). Conclusion Anti-Parkinson effects of L-DOPA probably through regulating the excitability of globus pallidus by 5-HT.


We consider the problem of energy-mass transfer from scattering to bound states for a one body quantum system subject to the action of a time dependent point interaction in 3-D. Under suitable assumptions on the initial state of the particle, we prove a result of local controllability of this process. Our proof exploits the finite time asymptotic analysis of fractional integral equations and the rank theorem for maps denned on Banach spaces.


This article discusses sentence patterns in school grammar and generative grammar from a comparative point of view and shows how they differ from each other. The problems of school grammar will be discussed from a critical point of view, and solutions will be suggested in terms of generative grammar. Three tasks will be carried out for this goal. First, we will discuss how differently generative grammar analyzes and defines the sentence patterns from school grammar. Second, we will point out that school grammar is problematic, particularly in the analysis of ?to-infinitive? constructions with the immediately postverbal NP subject. In addition, it will be shown how such problems of school grammar can be solved in terms of generative grammar. Third, we will suggest that the analysis of sentence patterns in generative grammar is a better alternative than the analysis of sentence patterns in school grammar.


Electrical energy is one of important needs in our everyday life from the household to the industries and increases day by day. Any disruption to the electrical distribution will disrupt its reliability that impacts to the electrical supply to various sectors. Such situation has often occurred at State Electrical Company (SEC) unit of Lambung Mangkurat in Borneo Island. Predicting the electrical distribution fault that causes the disruption can be carried out in advance to reduce the problem of electrical supply. For this purpose, we propose a new fast prediction technique called Knowledge Growing System (KGS) to predict the electrical distribution fault. KGS is an intelligent agent that can generate its own knowledge regarding a phenomenon it is observing and uses the generated knowledge to make predictions. By having knowledge about 11 electrical fault patterns at the electrical distribution site, KGS has able to predict that the most probable fault to occur is Fault Short-circuited Primary Coil Burned (FSPCB) with the probability of 0.2830. With a fast prediction, the SEC unit can develop a proper plan to cope with the fault and to recover the electrical supply quicker.


The discussion about the role of business as social and environmental responsibility is increasingly present in the media and in academic work day. In face of this, many companies invest in social and environmental responsibility actions to meet the legal requirements and the company that demand responsible behavior from companies, which in turn, use these actions to promote their image. This article aim to highlight the social and environmental practices SABESP company through the analysis of its organizational discourse. The theoretical literature focuses on social and environmental responsibility at the general level and the junction of both giving rise to the terminology "environmental responsibility". Regarding the methodology, a case study was conducted in a company that stood out among the other surveyed and exposed to the techniques employed. The speech was analyzed and highlighted their actions against the social and environmental, and from that observed analyze relevant points about marketing your brand and company identity question.


Abstract A multi‐scale investigation of nanostructured carbon films has been performed by means of inelastic light scattering (Raman and Brillouin scattering). Carbon films with different nano‐ and mesostructure have been deposited from supersonic cluster beams in a low energy deposition regime by exploiting aerodynamic focusing effects. Acoustic phonon propagation in the porous amorphous structure, where disorder acts as a damping factor, is investigated by Brillouin scattering. Depending on the nano‐ and meso‐structure, acoustic phonons can either propagate along the medium, which acts as an elastic continuum at the meso‐scale (i.e., hundreds of nm), or turn to overdamped oscillations localized by the structural disorder. Nevertheless, we show that it is always possible to measure the elastic constants of thin and porous films, when other techniques (e.g., nano‐indentation) become critical. At the nano‐scale, Raman scattering measurements show the typical structure of an amorphous carbon, where the structural disorder is affected by the primeval cluster mass distribution. The synthesis of cluster‐assembled carbon films and the in situ Raman characterization in a UHV system allowed to observe the presence of a relevant fraction of sp 1‐hybridized carbon chains (also known as carbynoid structures) embedded in the sp 2 amorphous network.


The correlation filter(CF)-based tracker is a classic and effective model in the field of visual tracking. For a long time, most CF-based trackers solved filters using only ridge regression equations with <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$l_{2}$</tex-math></inline-formula>-norm, which can make the trained model noisy and not sparse. As a result, we propose a model of adaptive sparse spatially-regularized correlation filters (AS2RCF). Aiming to suppress the noise mixed in the model, we improve it by introducing an <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$l_{1}$</tex-math></inline-formula>-norm spatial regularization term. This converts the original ridge regression equation into an Elastic Net regression, which allows the filter to have a certain sparsity while maintaining the stability of model optimization. The entire AS2RCF model is optimized using alternating direction method of multipliers(ADMM), and quantitative evaluations through extensive experiments on OTB-2015, TC128 and UAV123 demonstrate the tracker's effectiveness.


Earthworms are known to produce vermicompost by using any organic waste like agricultural waste, city garbage, industrial waste and sewage waste and helps in reducing noxious gases of a wide variety of organic water, eliminating the bad smell. Soil animals are important component of ecosystem functioning in urban domestic garbage and the earthworms are one of the major groups of these animals in the sewage and garbage. Thus, it is important to know the significance of earthworms and in our study we want to find out the factors that diminish the earthworms' population in garbage.


end. It belongs to the claimed invention Technical field: The present invention relates to a storage system and method for data recovery information cache implemented accordingly to improve the data input / output performance. I. Technical Problem The invention attempts to solve is: to have to reduce the overhead of the data recovery information (parity information) read operation provide a storage system and data recovery information cache implements a method according thereto in order to improve the data input and output performance. All. Solution subject matter of the invention: the information required for data recovery in the form of the block recorded consecutively in any area of the storage device and the plurality of failure response of the storage device to store the data on the remaining region, and wherein each of the memory devices and in the storage system having a cache memory coupled to the controller, when the data write command is received from the external device is a data recovery information read out from the storage device checks whether a hit in the cache memory, the read data recovery information is reads out the data recovery information in the storage device if a hit in the cache memory by calculating a new data recovery information to be recorded together with the data transmitted from the external device while the read data recovery information is not hit in the cache memory and it calculates a new data recovery information Characterized describe the recording together with the data transmitted from the external device group. la. An important use of the invention: can be used for the cache control algorithm of the storage system, such as a RAID.


To study the fragmentation and gravitational collapse of dense cores in infrared dark clouds (IRDCs), we have obtained submillimeter continuum and spectral line data as well as multiple inversion transitions of NH3 and H2O maser data of four massive clumps in IRDC G28.53−0.25. Combining single-dish and interferometer NH3 data, we derive a rotation temperature of G28.53. We identity 12 dense cores at a 0.1 pc scale based on submillimeter continuum, and obtain their physical properties using NH3 and continuum data. By comparing the Jeans masses of cores with the core masses, we find that turbulent pressure is important for supporting the gas when 1 pc scale clumps fragment into 0.1 pc scale cores. All cores have a virial parameter that is smaller than 1 if we assume an inverse squared radial density profile, suggesting they are gravitationally bound, and the three most promising star-forming cores have a virial parameter that is smaller than 1 even when taking the magnetic field into account. We also associate the cores with star formation activities revealed by outflows, masers, or infrared sources. Unlike what previous studies have suggested, MM1 turns out to harbor a few star-forming cores and is likely a progenitor of a high-mass star cluster. MM5 is intermediate while MM7/8 are quiescent in terms of star formation, but they also harbor gravitationally bound dense cores and have the potential for forming stars, as in MM1.


Decision problems relate to problems of ranking, choice and detection with regards to whether a decision alternative efficient parameter satisfies some given conditions. The preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE) methods of decision analysis are recognized as being efficient in solving problems involving ranking.  Various preference functions have been established in the literature as being useful in the PROMETHEE methodology. The Gaussian preference function is preferred when the performance data is continuous. This paper presents a new logistic preference function, which can be used for continuous performance data. The proposed logistic preference function was used on   telecommunications operators performance data of the National Communication Authority of Ghana. When used in the PROMETHEE methodology, the proposed logistic preference function and the Gaussian preference function produced the same order of ranking. However, the proposed logistic preference function performed more efficiently than the Gaussian preference function.

 Key words: Preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE), multicriteria, preference function, telecommunication.


Objectives: To assess the effects of hormone replacement therapy on bone mineral density (BMD), biochemical markers of bone turnover, and lipid profiles in postmenopausal women. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 199 postmenopausal women who had received care at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Catholic University Seoul St. Mary's Hospital between January 1994 and December 2008. The patients were divided into the following three groups: group 1 received combined estrogen and progesterone therapy (n = 91); group 2 received estrogen only (n = 65); and group 3 received tibolone (n = 43). We compared the changes in biochemical markers of bone turnover, lipid profiles, and BMD during therapy. Results: The BMD of the lumbar spine increased in groups 1 and 3 by 2.0% and 1.2%, respectively, and the BMD of the total femur increased in groups 1 and 2 by 2.3% and 0.5% from the initial values after 3 years, respectively. However, the BMD of the femoral neck and total femur decreased significantly in group 3 by 4.8% and 1.9%, respectively, 3 years after treatment initiation (P < 0.05). Serum osteocalcin and urinary deoxypyridinoline decreased in all groups 1 year after treatment. In groups 1 and 3, the total cholesterol level decreased and the triglycerides level increased. However, there were no definite changes in the total cholesterol and triglycerides levels in group 2. The high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL)-cholesterol level increased in groups 1 and 2, but decreased in group 3. As a result, the BMD of the lumbar spine increased and the total cholesterol level decreased in the combined therapy and tibolone groups. Tibolone had no beneficial effect on the BMD of the femoral neck. Conclusion: Our results suggest that each therapy has different effects on BMD, biochemical markers of bone metabolism, and lipid profiles. A prospective study involving a larger group, and considering multiple factors, will be required to obtain more clinically meaningful conclusions. (J Korean Soc Menopause 2010;16:107-115)


Objectives: A case report of necrotizing myopathy secondary to Dimethyl Fumarate (DMF) confirmed by muscle biopsy.
Background: DMF, also known as BG-12, is a formulation that was developed specifically for relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). DMF and its active metabolite, monomethyl fumarate, have been shown to activate the nuclear factor-like 2 (Nrf2) pathway, which is involved in cellular response to oxidative stress. DMF exerts its therapeutic effect in MS by an unknown mechanism, although anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective properties via activation of the Nrf2 pathway have been implicated. DMF is associated with a variety of adverse effects including flushing, itching and in rare cases progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
Methods: A case report.
Results: A 59 year old female with a medical history of MS and depression was started on DMF after she failed Glatiramer acetate. Three days after initiation of DMF patient began experiencing muscle pain and generalized weakness. DMF was discontinued one week later. Patient was found to have rhabdomyolysis with elevated creatine kinase of 9900 IU/L. Symptoms improved after intravenous hydration. However, one-month post discontinuing DMF patient continued to have mild muscle aches, which prompt a muscle biopsy. Muscle biopsy of the vastus muscle revealed segmental fiber necrosis and regeneration, which is consistent with necrotizing myopathy. Her symptoms eventually resolved without pharmacological treatment.
Conclusion: We report a first case of necrotizing myopathy induced by DMF. Disclosure: Dr. Zisman has nothing to disclose. Dr. Melkumova has nothing to disclose. Dr. Li has nothing to disclose.


Tourism Law has had a significant impact on tour guides since it is implemented on
October 1, 2013. This paper is intended to make a preliminary analysis of the
Tour Guide Association (TGA). First, it will introduce the concept of the TGA
and the problems of current management system. Then, the necessities and
difficulties of setting up a TGA under the background of Tourism Law will be
analyzed. Finally, this paper focuses on the discussion of the function of TGA
including exchanging, rights protection, training and propaganda to promote the
development of TGA.


It has been widely recognized in the literature that it is imperative to protect light-tree-based multicast sessions against single link failures since a single fiber failure can disrupt the information dissemination to several destination nodes. We address the problem of the optimal design and provisioning of survivable wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) mesh networks supporting multicast traffic. We first propose a mathematical formulation, which turns out to be an integer linear programming (ILP), for provisioning a given set of multicast sessions on a given network topology at a globally optimal cost. Because the ILP formulation is computationally intensive and does not scale well for large problem sizes, we then propose a fast heuristic algorithm. When the set of multicast sessions is given a priori, the order in which we set up the multicast session is of paramount importance. We propose five schemes to determine this order. We also present numerical results to demonstrate the performance of the proposed algorithm and schemes.


A simple method for determining the parameters of a squirrel cage motor using the catalog data is given. The method of calculating the parameters was integrated with a simplified way of taking into account changes in parameter values caused by displacement of current and saturation of magnetic circuits. The obtained effects were compared with the results of using the calculators available on the Internet or associated with the ATP / EMTP program, including the version taking into consideration two parallel branches of the rotor. In order to assess the accuracy of methods for determining the parameters, calculations of the start-up courses of the exemplary motor were made and compared with the measuring ones. It was shown the possibility to use the designated parameters for modeling the starting, generator work as well as for back-current braking and relapse. (Determining the parameters of induction motors circuit models) Słowa kluczowe: silniki indukcyjne, parametry schematu zastępczego, modelowanie, rozruch, hamowanie elektryczne.


In this paper, the number and distributions of limit cycles of a planar quartic vector field are considered. Through perturbation technique and qualitative analysis of differential equation, it is shown that the quartic vector field has 21 limit cycles as parameters satisfy proper conditions. The distributions of limit cycles in the above perturbed planar quartic vector field are also presented.


Malignant cells escape from the surveillance of immune system and proliferate unrestrictedly. They cause severe alternations on host physiological activities. Malignant cells can metastasize and create further disturbances on normal functions of tissues and organs. There are three major mechanisms for tumor cell to escape: (1)Loss of recognition of foreign antigens. Tumor cells do not express MHCⅠmolecule to escape T lymphocytes recongition. (2) Decrease of cytotoxicity. Decrease the cytotoxiciity of T cells and NK cells (3)Inhibition of immune system. Tumor cells or stromal cells produce some inhibiting factors to suppress the function of immune stystem. During progression, canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT) secretes TGF-β to inhibit the IFN-γ induction of MHC molecules and the cytotoxicity of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). In experimentally transplanted CTVT, it exhibits a spontaneous regression (R phase). This is due to the fact that TIL secret high concentration of IL-6 from TIL in R phase, which antagonizes the activity of tumor-derived TGF-β. After the release of TGF-β inhibition, IFN-γ can restore the MHC expression activity and T cells are activated. IL-6 also restore the cytotoxicity of NK cells. That is once inhibited by TGF-β. This research first used IL-6 gene delivery intratumorly through electroporation to antagonize TGF-β activity to promote MHC expression and then by additional IL-15 gene delivery to activate T and NK cells activities. This combinatize successfully treat this tumor in dogs. Besides, we have studied the mechanism of the combined immunogene. The combined treatment of IL-6 and IL-15 inhibited the growth or eiminated CTVT. The surface expression of MHCⅠmolecules on CTVT cells was significantly increased after gene therapy from 5.9% to 34% and MHCⅡ from 8.86% to 25.86% . This gene therapy induced more infiltrating lymphocytes from in the tumors with significant higher percentage of CD8+ T cell from 5.84% to 21.64%. This treatment also changed the cytokine profile of CTVT in favor of immune response. The mRNA levels of IL-1β, IL-8 and TNF-α were increased. But, there were no difference in TGF-β secreting activity of CTVT cells. NK cells and CTL cytotoxicity were also greatly enhanced. In conclusion, our results demonstrated that intratumoral electroporation-mediated IL-6 and IL-15 gene therapy for canine transmissible venereal tumor in the canine model efficiently tumor escape mechanism and also intensified the host immune responses. This strategy to promote MHC expression and enhance the responses on NK and other immune cells could be additional choice for cancer therapy.


Abstract:Through a discourse on religious difference, Zanzibar's belonging to both the Indian Ocean and the Tanzanian mainland is enacted and challenged. While Zanzibar is often described as a space of encounter forming a cosmopolitan society, I argue in this contribution for attention to moments of differentiation that these encounters evoke.


An urban park is not merely a green plot in a city or settlement. It is that public green space, which should be equally available for diverse users. A model of a public park with social programme was grounded in the mid 19th century by F. L. Olmsted. New York State of the USA had accepted an act concerning the arrangement of park on a public land for citizens of New York. As a consequence The Central Park was developed. Shulyer (1986: 65) quoting Olmsted's consideration and notions about 19th century parks: "Park was designed as kind of democracy, where the poor, the rich, the mechanic, the merchant and the man of letters, mingle on a footing of perfect equality". When designing parks, Olmsted followed the principle idea, that there is a moral power in the nature, which may improve the city and enable better life for people (Ogrin, 1993). The Central Park in New York and other signifi cant and important parks he designed, e.g. Prospect Park in Brooklyn and Franklin's park in Boston, are country-like settings, following the design concept of English landscape style. In his parks formal geometric articulation is less present. This approach of F. L. Olmsted had great impact and infl uence on design and purpose of the contemporary parks. However, nowadays we may ask ourselves some questions: Is such approach still relevant? What is contemporary today? Who is the broad public today? What kind of parks to off er today and/or tomorrow?


Distributed representations of words which map each word to a continuous vector have proven useful in capturing important linguistic information not only in a single language but also across different languages. Current unsupervised adversarial approaches show that it is possible to build a mapping matrix that aligns two sets of monolingual word embeddings without high quality parallel data, such as a dictionary or a sentence-aligned corpus. However, without an additional step of refinement, the preliminary mapping learnt by these methods is unsatisfactory, leading to poor performance for typologically distant languages. In this paper, we propose a weakly-supervised adversarial training method to overcome this limitation, based on the intuition that mapping across languages is better done at the concept level than at the word level. We propose a concept-based adversarial training method which improves the performance of previous unsupervised adversarial methods for most languages, and especially for typologically distant language pairs.


In this work, experiments were carried out by combining the sonication technique with the photocatalytic technique (ultraviolet light source) for the degradation of methyl orange dye and real textile effluent. Studies were performed with variation in parameters such as oxidant (sodium persulfate), commercially available zinc oxide, methyl orange concentration, and sonochemically synthesised zinc oxide. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction analysis of synthesised zinc oxide showed that the particle size was in the nano range. Near-complete colour removal by sonophotocatalytic treatment was observed for a concentration of 10 mg l−1 of methyl orange with 1 g l−1 of synthesised zinc oxide and 1500 mg l−1 of sodium persulfate. For 100 mg l−1 of methyl orange, the colour removal was 77% for 1 g l−1 commercially available zinc oxide and 84% for 1 g l−1 synthesised zinc oxide respectively, with 1500 mg l−1 sodium persulfate. Similar experimental conditions were applied for the sonophotocatalytic treatment of real textile effluent with different dilutions (1:100, 1:10, and 1:1) and raw effluent. For real textile effluent, sonophotocatalytic treatment was found to be highly effective both in colour and chemical oxygen demand removal. The chemical oxygen demand removal was 88, 65, 63, and 41% for 1:100, 1:10, and 1:1 dilutions and raw effluent respectively.


current global strategy for the control of major vector-borne diseases such as malaria. But in parts of the developing world pesticide poisoning causes more deaths than infectious diseases.1 Many of the pesticides are highly toxic and have immediate adverse affects on human health and wildlife or contaminate local food, water, soil and air. Others produce chronic consequences including neurotoxic, carcinogenic, immunotoxic, hormonal and reproductive effects. Harm may result from direct exposure among people living in sprayed houses or using impregnated material, during handling, from spray drift, through washing contaminated work clothes or impregnated material, and from storing pesticides in the home. Harm can also result indirectly via pesticide dumps and persistence in the environment. One of these highly problematic pesticides is the insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, better known as DDT. Phasing in Alternatives to DDT


Cold cathode gauge tubes without their permanent magnets will be used to monitor the vacuum systems of a muon storage ring, presently under construction at Brookhaven. The fringe field of the storage ring's superconducting magnet will be used to sustain the gauge discharge. Three commercial cold cathode gauges, a Penning type, a grounded Penning and an inverted magnetron, have been studied for their suitability under this high and misaligned magnetic field. Using an electromagnet, the discharge intensities of these gauges have been measured at pressures from 10−8 to 10−5 Torr, magnetic fields from a few hundred Gauss to 15 kG, and alignment angles from 0° to 50°. The discharge intensity of the Penning gauge increases with increasing magnetic field misalignment and decreases gradually with increasing pressure and magnetic field. At small misalignment, the discharge intensity of the grounded Penning decreases with increasing magnetic field, and if the misalignment is large, it drops off abruptly at high mag...


It is known that the release of volatiles on impact is an important controlling factor in cratering processes in carbonate terranes and in the mobility of chemical elements. In order to assess the nature and the role of carbon- and oxygen-bearing volatiles during impact-induced metamorphism of sedimentary rocks, the C-13/C-12 and O-18/O-16 ratios and carbonate contents were determined for 30 shocked clasts from the Haughton Crater polymict breccia as well as for some unshocked carbonates from the sedimentary cover adjacent to the crater. Shock-induced CO2 loss during decarbonation of calcite is known to be a function of peak pressure and ambient partial pressure of the volatile species. In our clast samples, shocked from 20 to 60 GPa, we expect about 20 to 100 percent CO2 loss and preferential depletion in C-13 and O-18 in the residual carbonate. Rayleigh model (progressive loss of CO2) and batch model (single-step loss of CO2) curves for this depletion are shown. The magnitudes of the C-13 and O-18 depletions increase with the increase of the CO2 loss. In addition, the isotopic depletions should be correlated with an enrichment in CaO and MgO in the residual solid.


Significant changes of stability at sea can lead to dangerous situations and eventually stability failure. Despite its importance, the current intact stability criteria do not evaluate the motion responses of a vessel. More recently, the International Maritime Organization has identified phenomena in seaways responsible for stability failures. These phenomena can cause large roll angles and/or accelerations that can endanger ships due to critical stability situations in waves. The measurement of waves while a ship is underway is a major challenge, but ship motion is a good reflection of the wave characteristics and can be captured. Signal processing techniques are used in the detection and estimation of the influential parameters of a wave through the analysis of motion responses. Some variables of the system can be detected by spectral analysis of heave and pitch responses. These variables are the peak wave frequencies and associated magnitudes which can cause a high roll motion when similar to the roll natural frequency. The instantaneous frequency present in the signal is revealed through spectral analysis of short-time Fourier transforms in less than a minute. The instantaneous frequency is a parameter of practical importance which can be used in decision-making processes to avoid high roll motions.


Objective To observe the short-term clinical efficacy of flunarizine combination of music therapy on migraine.Methods A retrospective analysis of clinical data of 68 cases of migraine patients in our hospital,who were randomly divided into treatment group(n = 34) and control group(n = 34),the treatment group received the flunarizine combination of music treatment,while the control group was given the flunarizine treatment.Bouth two groups were cured 8 weeks.The VAS pain scores before treatment and after 4,8 weeks treatment of two groups were compared.Results After 8 weeks treatment,compared with the before treatment,two groups of patients' VAS pain scores decreased significantly(P 0.05),the treatment group decreased more significantly,the difference was statistically significant compared with the control group(P 0.05).Conclusion Flunarizine combined with music therapy in treatment of migraine has better short-term effect,and it is worth promoting in clinical practice.


Augmented reality (AR) has been increasingly applied in various fields. It is a new technique of the computer vision application used to facilitate interaction in the digital arts. Augmented Reality (AR) employs computer vision, image processing and computer graphics techniques to merge digital content into the real world. It enables real time interaction between the user, real objects and virtual objects. This paper propose different analysis methods for processing an image with more emphasis given on contour analysis. As contour contains the necessary information on the object shape, interior points of object are not accepted to attention. That lowers the computing and algorithmic complexity. We learn the different patterns to the system, and then augmenting the assigned virtual object to it. It is an advance method and could be a promising technology for motivating users to engage in learning systems.


and T. Iirasegawa consider the multiplexing system with the large number of buffer and the large number of en-off sources regulated by the leaky bucket. Combining twe asymptot-ic results for the buff'erless y tem with the large number of sources and the large buffer system, they ・derive the upper bound approximation of the overflow probability for desiguing the regulator. S. Ata, T. IZikine, Ml Murata and U uayahara develop first an approxima,te method for two types of service classes, ABTfDT (ABT with Delayed [I]ransfer) and AB[I]fl[l] (ABT with Immediate Transfer), in ABT (ATM BIock Transfer), and present perfbrmance


Abstract The iron‐molybdenum cofactor (FeMoco) is responsible for dinitrogen reduction in Mo nitrogenase. Unlike the resting state, E0, reduced states of FeMoco are much less well characterized. The E2 state has been proposed to contain a hydride but direct spectroscopic evidence is still lacking. The E2 state can, however, relax back the E0 state via a H2 side‐reaction, implying a hydride intermediate prior to H2 formation. This E2→E0 pathway is one of the primary mechanisms for H2 formation under low‐electron flux conditions. In this study we present an exploration of the energy surface of the E2 state. Utilizing both cluster‐continuum and QM/MM calculations, we explore various classes of E2 models: including terminal hydrides, bridging hydrides with a closed or open sulfide‐bridge, as well as models without. Importantly, we find the hemilability of a protonated belt‐sulfide to strongly influence the stability of hydrides. Surprisingly, non‐hydride models are found to be almost equally favorable as hydride models. While the cluster‐continuum calculations suggest multiple possibilities, QM/MM suggests only two models as contenders for the E2 state. These models feature either i) a bridging hydride between Fe2 and Fe6 and an open sulfide‐bridge with terminal SH on Fe6 (E2‐hyd) or ii) a double belt‐sulfide protonated, reduced cofactor without a hydride (E2‐nonhyd). We suggest both models as contenders for the E2 redox state and further calculate a mechanism for H2 evolution. The changes in electronic structure of FeMoco during the proposed redox‐state cycle, E0→E1→E2→E0, are discussed.


Nowadays our way of living life is drastically changing and our desires are growing day by day. This results in excessive growing needs of people due to which they are facing numerous diseases. Lifestyle diseases are defined as diseases resulting from the way people live their life. They are commonly caused by lack of physical activity and unhealthy eating habits. This may increase the risk of developing certain critical illness in the later stage of life. In Ayurvedic text Acharya's have mentioned six basicmodalities of treatment, known as Shadvidha-Upakrama1,which can be very beneficial in prevention and management of lifestyle diseases.In Ayurveda the origin of a disease is broadly classified in two ways (1) Santarpanjanya and (2) Aptarpanjanya. Both types of diseases are caused by unhealthy food habits and decreased physical activities. Santarpan is considered as taking foodexcess in quantity and which is over nutritious along with lack of physical activities while Aptarpan is considered as intake of food which is less in quantity and is under nutritious along withmore physical activities, both the conditionscomesunder improper life style.Acharya Charaka emphasized on the concept that the method of treatment depends on the intelligence and yukti of a physician3 and the treatment should be formulated according to accumulation period of dosha.


Smart city is the trend of urban development in the information age. As a city's information center, libraries should actively contribute to the construction of smart cities. This study uses Nvivo software to make a qualitative analysis of the smart city implementation plans of 11 Chinese cities. The result shows the development of smart cities includes five core nodes, including smart city governance, smart city government management services, smart information platform construction, information data security, and industrial innovation and development. In view of the text analysis results, this research proposes that in the process of smart city development, the library should become the information center of the city and play an important role in improving the intelligence level of smart city residents.


In the year 1930, before the Great Depression had unleashed its full fury, federal aid to the states totaled approximately $135,000,000. The highway grants represented more than one-half of this amount, and National Guard payments accounted for another 22 per cent. The number of subsidies did not exceed 11, even if we treat as separate grants the payments for forest fire protection and distribution of nursery stock—both administered by the Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture. Opposition to the principle of grants-in-aid was strong, and had compelled the abandonment of the grant for child hygiene. No uniform federal policy had been established concerning the purposes for which aid should be given, the bases on which it should be apportioned, or the extent to which the federal administering agencies should exercise supervision or control over state activities. But 1940 marks the beginning of a new decade. The tragic thirties are past, and the full force of their impact on intergovernmental relations can now be observed. It is timely, therefore, to re-examine the system of federal grants-in-aid, and note the more important changes that have occurred. The most obvious fact is the increased use of the subsidy principle.


Once vaccine formulation, bottling conditions, and labels fulfill the requirements of national or international standards, safety and potency tests must be performed under the responsibility of an independent control Authority. In our study we evaluate four commercial FMD vaccine Batches (two oil and two gel), Two of this vaccine prepared from the local Egyptian O and A FMD strain and the other two prepared from a range of A and O antigens used in combinations that are specifically targeted for a particular territory. The four vaccine batches tested were safe. The first oil vaccine batch gave 80% protection for FMD strain A and O. The second gel gave 80% protection for FMD strain A and O, The third gel vaccine batch gave 100% protection for FMD strain A and O, while the fourth oil vaccine batch gave protection 100% for FMD strain A and 80% for FMD strain O. All the vaccine batches are evaluated with the Egyptian FMD strain A and O.the SNT titer for calves sera with batch one were 1.59 log10, 1.68 log10 for FMD strain A and O, respectively, while the SNT titer for calves sera vaccinated with batch 2 were 1.78 log10, 1.77 log10 for FMD strain A and O, respectively, while the SNT titer for calves sera vaccinated with batch 3 were 1.94 log10, 1.95 log10 for FMD strain A and O respectively, while the SNT titer for calves sera vaccinated with batch 4 were 1.92 log10, 1.83 log10 for FMD strain A and O, respectively. (Saad, MA. and Wafaa Deghaidy. Comparative Evaluation of Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccines Used in Egypt). Nature and Science 2011; 9(10):85-89). (ISSN: 1545-0740). http://www.sciencepub.net.