nizations, patient-centered medical homes, and online report cards, effective communication between doctors and patients can have a significant impact on reimbursement, patient relationships, and community reputation. "e Better Health ConversationsSM program was developed as an evidence-based, consumerand physician-friendly means of integrating better communication into the office visit routine to improve care and satisfaction. "e program's centerpiece is the Care CardSM, which patients bring with them into the doctor's office, share, and then take home. "e wording of the Care Card and the doctor-patient interaction involved in using it are carefully designed to help patients more efficiently and effectively express what they want to accomplish and help doctors consistently collaborate with them in doing so. "e formal name for this type of effort is "agenda setting." In a pilot program at three diverse medical groups, the program prompted a positive response from both patients and veteran physicians who might not have been aware that their own communication practices could be improved. As one physician participant acknowledged, "It changed my way of starting conversations with patients." Communication Comes to the Fore In 2001, the Institute of Medicine listed "patient-centered care" as one of six aims of the U.S. healthcare system. Since then, measurement of how effectively clinicians communicate with Medicare patients has become part of "report cards" shared with the public and community through the H-CAHPS survey (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems). Similar report cards are planned using a clinician and medical group survey (known as CG-CAHPS). Meanwhile, patient-centeredness measures are linked to reimbursement for Medicare's accountable care organizations, in the patientcentered medical home, and in other new payment models from private and public payers. While there are multiple questions, what lies at the heart of all these surveys are the conversations that take place between physician and patient. "e average physician conducts more than 150,000 interviews during a practice lifetime, making the patient interview potentially "the most powerful, sensitive, and versatile instrument available."1 It does not always fulfill that potential: one oft-quoted study showed that physicians interrupt the patient's initial description of his or her problem after just 18-23 seconds.2 Done right, however, effective communication skills build a better relationship that has a powerful impact on doctors and patients alike. Better communication enables physicians to improve patients'


The state of Tamil Nadu, located in South India, has been identified as a state with gender equality as is evident from a balanced sex ratio, higher age of marriage of women, lower fertility rates and higher female literacy. Using district level and village/town level data from Census 2001, we examine the role of different socio-economic factors to explain the gender differentials in sex ratio at the age below six years at following levels: 30 districts, 14,278 towns and 15,363 villages of Tamil Nadu. Our evidence suggests that improvements in female literacy rate and occupational status of male members engaged as agricultural workers or other workers exert a positive impact on the sex ratio. We also document that particularly vulnerable are children of households not belonging to the marginalised castes in the rural area, and also those who are economically relatively better off. Our results are in sharp contrast with the existing evidence on the determinants of sex ratio. The results remain invariant to the model specification even after controlling for unobserved heterogeneity at the district level.


A few methodologies have been recently developed to estimate the environmental affect when various materials and components are used in building life cycle. The direct survey method has limitations to analyze the environmental problems because of the limit of survey scope and cost. Therefore, another indirect method has been developed as alternatives. The indirect method is represented as input-output analysis. This paper aimed at analyzing the estimation the environmental affect of building materials and works at building construction, utilizing the input-output analysis as a indirect estimation method. The results suggested that the building works is overally responsible for the energy consumption and CO₂ emission. In other words, Over the 80% of the total consumption and CO₂ emission are resulted at the building work.


The study uses the bibliometric method of research to examine the productivity of academic scientists and re searchers in Kuwait. The Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Index, Social Science Index, and Science Citation Index are surveyed to gather the data by department and year from 1986 through 1995. Analysis of Kuwaiti cited papers show the majority of journals (35%) which cited Kuwaiti institutions are published in the U.S. Analysis of the papers published in 1994 revealed that Kuwaiti's participation in the international scientific literature is higher than those of their colleagues from Morocco or Egypt. The data is discussed in light of theories of bibliometrics and the Bradford Law of Scattering.


In this paper, we report the results of our preliminary study on the effects of the different sample orientation to the final CT reconstruction quality. We fabricated a aluminum phantom with various known dimensional features on two surfaces perpendicular to each other, then scanned it with one surface parallel to the axis-of-rotation, and another perpendicular to the axis-of-rotation. The CT reconstruction results show that although the two sets of patterns are approximately identical, their reconstruction quality, such as feature profile, feature edge sharpness and barreling artifact, are quite different just due to their different mounting orientation with respect to the axis-of-rotation.


In the present study 3 anchored ISSR primers were designed, and after optimizing each primer annealing temperature for obtaining a higher number of markers per primer, they were used to analyze genetic diversity among 87 mungbean genotypes from India and neighboring countries. Following screening the 24 ISSR primers, 8 primers that yielded a clear banding pattern were chosen. Out of a total of 145 bands, 135 were polymorphic. An average of 18.12 bands and 16.87 polymorphic bands per primer was obtained. A dendogram revealed clustering of genotypes into 5 clusters. The first two clusters individually included the genotypes developed at two of the agricultural research institutes in India. Cluster three included genotypes developed in and around India, and cluster 4 included the genotypes that were local collections of mungbean from India and the fifth cluster included exotic and old selections of mungbean. Analyses showed that both resolving power of primer and number of polymorphic bands showed a positive correlation with the number of genotypes identified. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________


The bones of children grow at a faster rate during the first few years of childhood and puberty. Recently, advances in assays for biochemical markers of bone formation have provided noninvasive means to study bone growth and metabolism in children (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14). Because of the variations in the rate of bone growth in different age groups and possible ethnic differences, age-specific reference ranges for bone formation markers must be established in a particular pediatric population.

Conventional bone formation markers such as osteocalcin (1) have been shown to correlate with serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I and testosterone in children and adolescents. In pathological conditions, osteocalcin (2)(3)(4) is lower in growth hormone-deficient children and increases with replacement therapy. Osteocalcin, however, is labile and possesses problems in sample processing and storage (15). Recently, two other bone formation markers in serum, bone alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme (BAP) (16) and the carboxy-terminal propeptide of type-I procollagen (PICP) (17), were shown to be sensitive and specific markers …


Flash memory cell (200), comprising: a tunnel oxide film (27) formed on a given region of an SOI substrate (20); a Ladungseinfangfilm (28) on the tunnel oxide film; a dielectric film (29) on the Ladungseinfangfilm (28); first and second channel areas (23a, 23b) on the SOI substrate (20) at both ends of the Ladungseinfangfilms (28); (23a, 23b) is formed a source region (21) between the first and second channel regions; first and second drain regions (25a, 25b) on the SOI substrate (20) on both sides of the Ladungseinfangfilms (28); a on the dielectric film (29) word line formed (31); and (23a, 23b) is formed a source region (21) interposed between the first and second channel regions, the source region (21) is below the Ladungseinfangfilms (28), and wherein data of two bits or four bits in a single cell can be stored by electron individually in the Ladungseinfangfilm (28) on the first and second channel areas (23a, 23b) are fed, or fed electrons are discharged, depending on to the source region (21) Wortleitung (31) and the first and second drain regions (25a, 25b) applied voltages.


Objective To investigate the differences in hyolaryngeal kinematics at rest and during swallowing in the upright sitting (UP) and the lateral decubitus (LD) postures in healthy adults, and delineating any potential advantages of swallowing while in the LD posture. Methods Swallowing was videofluoroscopically evaluated in 20 healthy volunteers in UP and LD postures, based on the movements of hyoid bone, vocal folds, and the bolus head. Parameters included the Penetration-Aspiration Scale (PAS), horizontal and vertical displacement, horizontal and vertical initial position, horizontal and vertical peak position, time to peak position of the hyoid bone and vocal folds, and pharyngeal transit time (PTT). Results Nine participants were rated PAS 2 in the UP and 1 was rated PAS 2 in the LD (p=0.003) at least 1 out of 3 swallows each posture. The hyoid and vocal folds showed more anterior and superior peak and initial positions in the LD. In addition, swallowing resulted in greater vertical and smaller horizontal displacement of the hyoid in LD posture compared with UP. Time to peak position of the hyoid was shorter in LD. The maximal vertical and horizontal displacement of the vocal folds, and PTT were comparable between postures. Conclusion The results showed that the peak and initial positions of the hyoid and larynx and the pattern of hyoid movement varied significantly depending on the body postures. This study suggests that the LD posture was one of the safe feeding postures without any increased risk compared with UP posture.


Various methods of synthesis of phosphorus-containing dendrimers are described. The reactivity of several of these macromolecules is then studied at several levels, mainly on the surface, and also at the level of the branches and of the core. Functionalizations confer to these macromolecules interesting properties, and allow the development of new applications, which are emphasized in this review. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 13:474–485, 2002; Published online in Wiley Interscience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/hc.10075


1) EV.iulisoma abadi n.sp. is distinguished from other species of this genus by total depigmentation, by the characters of the gonopodial orifice and the male gonopods, by the low number of segments (19) and by its geographic isolation (Morocco) and ecology (Kef Aziza cave). This justifies the establishment of a new sub-genus, Jeekelosoma. The other species of this genus are found in equatorial Africa and the east. E. abadi is the first paleoarctic species of this genus and is the second paleoarctic species of the tribe Eviulisomidi after Borev.iulisoma liouvillei Brol.l. It is also the first known from a cave. Like the two other known species of Paradoxosomidae known from the southwest of the paleoarctic zone, Boreviulisoma liouvillei, Bro!. and Oranmorpha guerinii (Gerv.) the new species is indicative of originating in the ethiopian region at a time when the Sahara was not a barren desert.


The Point Coordination Function (PCF)-based access control mechanism in IEEE 802.11 allows an access point to schedule stations in order to avoid hidden nodes and collisions. However, nearly all existing performance analysis models focus on the single-directional communication scenario, and these polling mechanisms consume a significant amount of energy resources. This study proposes a hybrid service bidirectional polling access control mechanism for transmission between an AP and N stations. To improve energy efficiency, the downlink data queue is assigned after all the uplink station queues, which allows the uplink station to sleep after it completes the data transmission, and it can remain in the sleep state until the downlink begins to broadcast. Then, a classical two-queue asymmetrical polling model is employed to analyze the performance of the PCF-based bidirectional access control system, and a Markov chain and generating function are used to derive a closed-form expression of the mean access delay for the uplink and downlink data. Simulations confirm that the proposed MAC mechanism could provide a maximum energy consumption reduction to 70% for 80 stations with respect to the limited-1 service mechanism in IEEE 802.11a PCF and the two-level polling model. Our analytical results are highly accurate for both homogeneous and heterogeneous traffic.


In this work, a new family of triphenylamine-based dyes equipped with ferrocene (Fc)-containing donors have been synthesized, characterized, and studied within dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). With the objective of designing a redox-robust iron-containing dye that effectively sensitizes titania, a family of five structurally related dyes containing ferrocene were prepared. The physicochemical properties of all dyestuffs were studied using UV-Vis and electrochemical measurements. Different cross-coupling strategies resulted in the ability to modestly tune the Fc/Fc+ redox potentials of the dye. Despite the Fc-containing dyes having optoelectronic properties consistent with the non-ferrocene parent dye, the performance of the dyes in devices was dismal and decreased with the number of appended ferrocenes. While this finding was consistent with previous attempts to explore Fc-TPA DSSC dyes, our spectroelectrochemical data supports the hypothesis that the ferrocene component of the dye is oxidized by the electrolyte, ultimately decreasing the dye's ability to be a suitable sensitizer. While these dyes are not suitable for DSSC applications, they might find applications in other photo-induced integrated devices where charge recombination is minimal.


Macroscopic examinations were made on the aorta, the coronary and cerebral arteries of 132 autopsy cases with long follow-up of blood pressure and total serum cholesterol for more than 10 years.The most outstanding finding in the present study was a significant positive correlation between the average of annual systolic pressure and the severity of atherosclerotic lesions in the aorta, the coronary and cerebral arteries. On the other hand, the average of annual diastolic pressure was related only to the severity of cerebral atherosclerosis.Although a linear correlation was demonstrated between the average of total serum cholesterol and the severity of stenosing atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries, the total serum cholesterol value was found to be unrelated to the severity of the atherosclerotic lesions of the aorta and the cerebral arteries.


From the perspective of environmental macroeconomics, in addition to environmental equilibrium effected by environmental policies, the fiscal policy have an impact on the environment equilibrium. On this basis, this paper constructs a RBC model with environmental equilibrium, that contains different financing mode of government environmental expenditure, within which incorporating fiscal spending shocks, labor income tax rate shock, capital income tax rate shock and environmental tax shock. Utilizing the historically macroeconomic data during 1978 to 2014, this paper estimate the long-run steady-state of macroeconomic and environmental variables, then simulate short-run fluctuation of these macro-variables. The results show that:(1) government environmental expenditure being arranged in the general budget, taxing emission achieve the "double dividend" that output increase by 0.13%, and the stock of carbon dioxide fall by 1.1%; (2) changes of environmental tax rates is one important source of volatility in the stock of carbon dioxide, volatility contribution rate of 87%; (3) changes in fiscal policy have a significant impact on short-term fluctuations of carbon dioxide, and the environmental effects of direction caused by expansionary fiscal policy depend on the fiscal policy type. Based on the above conclusions, this paper suggests the introduction of environmental taxes as quickly as possible, government environmental expenditure take the general tax financing mode, and a combination of modest increase in fiscal expenditure, reducing labor income tax rate and inceasing capital income tax rate in order to promote green development during "Thirteen Five Plan" period.


Background: Although right bundle branch block (RBBB) delays right ventricular depolarization, its effect on cancellation of right and left ventricular forces within the QRS complex has not been quantified during stable temporal and physiological conditions. Systematic changes in QRS amplitude during transient RBBB bear directly on performance of standard ECG criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), and these changes require quantification.


Foreword.Preface.Acknowledgments.About the Authors.PART I: The IDE of the Tiger.Chapter 1: "Hello, World!" Version 48,345,093.1.Chapter 2: Shopping for Projects at the Builders' Emporium'.Chapter 3: Look in Any (Project) Window.PART II: Code Mountain.Chapter 4: Compiler? I Hardly Know Her!Chapter 5: Living in the Editor.Chapter 6: Practical Magic: Editing Features.Chapter 7: Reference Works While You Play.Chapter 8: Still Yet Even More Preferences.PART III: Drag-and-Drop Dead Gorgeous.Chapter 9: Interface Builder and The Widgets of Aqua.Chapter 10: Hanging Out with the Supermodelers.PART IV: If You Build It, It May Run.Chapter 11: Doing It Old School in Carbon.Chapter 12: Cocoa is the NeXT Big Thing.Chapter 13: Java Nice Day.Chapter 14: The Studio System: Building an AppleScript Application.Chapter 15: Mixing Languages in Crossover Country.PART V: Of Cat Herding and Flea Baths: Debugging, Optimizing, and Version Control.Chapter 16: Avoiding Falling Anvils and Other Crashes.Chapter 17: Shave and a Haircut, 64 Bits: Optimization Tools.Chapter 18: Eliminating Version Perversion.PART VI: Appendixes.Appendix A: The Xcode Developer's Diet.Appendix B: Avoiding Migrate Headaches.Index.


The importance of understanding linkages and the importance of local development on societal issues has increased with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Recognizing the entrepreneurial activities of local groups and how their investment strategies can improve quality of life and conditions will be crucial in moving through the pending economic recovery. Fortunately, many successful and innovative efforts are underway around the world. However, the value of linking development with broad societal goals extends beyond the current COVID-19 environment as communities become even more aware of past disparities and inequities, some associated with past development practices or outcomes. New initiatives are being tested and implemented with success. Recognition of the importance of local investment and encouragement of innovation will make great strides in improving conditions in the future. The Journal of Local Development and Society provides excellent opportunities for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to interact regarding successful and cuttingedge initiatives. The inaugural issues were well received and generated significant interest in this relative new area of endeavor. Volume II continues in that fashion with a set of articles spanning many important topics and issues by describing innovative practices. It also includes a commentary section along with a book review. Plans are to continue in this format in the future to provide opportunities for dialog on important new developments. This refereed journal is grounded in the growing interest regarding localism – groups involved, innovative approaches taken, and resulting successes. The aim is for readers to learn new strategies and why they did, or did not, succeed along with the resulting impacts on society. Submissions should be clear in methodologies or approaches used to understand the issues as well as present clear analyses of factors leading to successes. The journal can help policymakers or practitioners in other places understand whether they can replicate the projects with success. In this regard, the journal supports both academic and empirical research on a broad range of topics relating to how local development initiatives affect members of society. A growing interest in lifelong learning initiatives is but one example of new approaches that directly affect development potential. These issues are not limited to planning, geography, economics, sociology, and disciplines commonly associated with developmental issues, but they are certainly welcome. Other groups including social scientists, policymakers, business leaders, students, and other practitioners are invited to submit articles or commentaries on important issues. Please explore the journal website Local Development & Society (tandfonline.com) for further information regarding publication requirements and submission procedures. You are also invited to participate as anonymous referees for future submissions by providing your professional background and interests. The need to strengthen local economies, LOCAL DEVELOPMENT & SOCIETY 2021, VOL. 2, NO. 1, 1–2 https://doi.org/10.1080/26883597.2021.1949127


Surface-enhanced Raman scattering( SERS)-based microchannel device was fabricated by selfassembling silver colloids. The detection limits of the device for rhodamine 6G( R6G) and 4-mercaptopyridine( 4-MPY) were as low as 10- 11 and 10- 8mol / L,respectively,therefore,the device is a very efficient SERSactive substrate. Furthermore,two hazardous chemicals,Thiram and Melamine,were detected by the microchannel device. The detection limits for Melamine and Thiram were 10- 6and 10- 7mol / L,respectively. The results show that the microchannel device can be used to analyze these two harmful chemicals. It can be used as a miniature SERS sampling setup to detect trace amount of chemicals and for on-line or in-situ detection,and have the potential for the microanalysis of liquid chemicals.


The European Court of Human Rights has on multiple occasions considered the question of whether an act of forcible medical intervention constituted a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. It found that it did not if the applicant could not prove he dissented to the medical intervention being carried out, if the act was one of medical necessity or if the medical intervention was necessary for obtaining evidence for use in criminal proceedings. However, national authorities must follow strict rules both in the determination of whether forcible medical intervention will be carried out and in its methods of execution.


Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of glucocorticoidon and compound anisodine on acute optic neuritis. Methods A total of 44 optic neuritis inpatients who were admitted to our hospital from 1998 to 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.Results The effective rate of glucocorticoidon on optic neuritis was 57.1%,The effective rate of glucocorticoidon and compound anisodine on optic neuritis was 83.3%,comparison of two treatment methods was statistically significant ( x2 = 4.7947,0.05). Conclusion Effectiveness of glucocorticoidon and compound anisodine on optic neuritis was better than glucocorticoidon only.


THE majority of persons who ascend rapidly to terrestrial elevations higher than approximately 2500 m (8200 ft) undergo an unpleasant period of acclimatization. During this time, they have a variet...


Proposes a neural network approach to nonlinear shape restoration which is efficient regardless of the availability of the distortion models. Nonlinear mapping is extracted from the distorted image by using a reinforced learning SOFM(self-organizing feature map). For the exact extraction of the mappings between the distorted image and the original one, we define a disorder index in the SOFM, and we used this index to reinforce the training of the mappings selectively. Simulations are conducted on various kinds of distorted images with or without distortion models, and the results show that the proposed approach is very efficient and practical in nonlinear shape restorations.


Chinese stomatology education mode is different from foreign oral education mode,with its own characteristics and some deficiencies.By comparing to the mature oral ( dental ) medical education system,we can learn from the successful experience from American modern oral medical education mode while preserving their advantages to carry forward the Chinese stomatology education.For this purpose,we analyze the academic structure,curriculum,teaching methods,continuing education,basic training,clinical practice,career prospects between Sino-US oral medical education system.Some suggestions on educative reform were also made.

Key words:
Stomatology; Sino-US; Education; Vocational perspective


Daily rainfall occurrence in mid‐summer (July and August) in eastern China was analyzed using binomial generalized linear models based on observations at 303 stations during 1961–2007. The models include an intraseasonal variation, previous days' rainfall to represent the Markov chain structure of daily rainfall occurrence, and the south–north thermal gradient in eastern China, expressed by a zonal mean temperature difference in the region, to represent a large‐scale climate background. The zonal temperature difference between south and north China exhibits a strong effect on the regional pattern of rainfall occurrence at an inter‐annual timescale. A weakened thermal gradient in association with large‐scale warming can thus be linked with more frequent precipitation in southern China but less in northern China during the last few decades. The zonal temperature difference was also found to modulate the local autocorrelation of rainfall occurrence. In particular, a weakened thermal gradient (1° reduction) leads to an increase of about 10% in the probability of rain following a dry day in southern China, but a decrease of more than 10% in northern China. Consequently, current large‐scale warming and hence a decreased zonal temperature difference in eastern China has prolonged (shortened) the duration of dry spells in northern (southern) China by about 20% (15%). Copyright © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society


Education is a process of learning and learning both in terms of knowledge and skills. From a number of sources that researchers studied, researchers can deduce from education and education administration with a broad scope. Education and education administration have the same goals and functions, namely achieving an educational goal that can benefit society and the nation. This education also serves to create intelligent students, noble character, good personality and skills that can be useful to help other communities. Educational administration and education are very related, because they are very dependent. Educational administration is all processes and joint activities that must be carried out by someone related to educational tasks. If an education without education administration is accompanied by it will not be achieved an educational goal that is good for the welfare of society. Thus the administration of education is not an educational activity, but rather is an activity of controlling a series of educational activities to take place effectively and efficiently in achieving predetermined goals. . The main component in the education system that plays an important role in achieving educational goals is the teacher. Therefore teachers have an important role in the administration of education, especially in carrying out the main functions of administration. prospective teachers who will serve as instructors, must obtain knowledge and skills in educational administration.


Exploring the regional fractures in urban area and its surroundings is an important issue. Satellite remote sensing image can be used to illustrate the panorama of regional fractures and structures on macroscopic view. Fusion of multi-source images(especially SAR and optical multi-spectral image) is a hot spot in RS information processing and application field. A image fusion based linear structure information detection method is proposed in this paper. After introducing wavelet and wavelet packet transform and their applications in image fusion, a regional standard deviation wavelet coefficients fusion method is proposed. Experimental result shows wavelet packet fusion is better than wavelet fusion in resolution enhancement for fusion of Radarsat SAR and Landsat MSS, ETM+ multispectral remote sensing images. Study of exploring shallow-buried regional fracture information covered by Quaternary unconsolidated sediments in Hangzhou area shows the fusion method applied on SAR and optical multi-spectral RS image can improve resolution and the capability of interpret shallow-buried fractures.


Background Dolutegravir has been associated with neuropsychiatric adverse events (NPAEs), but relationships between dolutegravir concentrations and NPAEs are unclear. Objectives To determine in an African population whether a concentration-response relationship exists between dolutegravir and treatment-emergent NPAEs, and whether selected loss-of-function polymorphisms in genes encoding UDP-glucuronosyltransferase-1A1 (the major metabolising enzyme for dolutegravir) and organic cation transporter-2 (involved in neurotransmitter transport and inhibited by dolutegravir) are associations with NPAEs. Methods Antiretroviral therapy-naïve participants randomised to dolutegravir-based therapy in the ADVANCE study were enrolled into a pharmacokinetic sub-study. Primary outcome was change in mental health screening (modified mini screen [MMS]) and sleep quality from baseline to weeks 4, 12, and 24. Dolutegravir exposure was estimated using a population pharmacokinetic model. Polymorphisms analyzed were UGT1A1 rs887829 and SLC22A2 rs316019. Results Data from 464 participants were available for pharmacokinetic analyses and 301 for genetic analyses. By multivariable linear regression, higher dolutegravir exposure was associated with worsening sleep quality only at week 12 (coefficient = -0.854 [95% CI -1.703 to -0.005], P = 0.049, but with improved MMS score at weeks 12 and 24 (coefficient = -1.255 [95% CI -2.250 to -0.261], P = 0.013 and coefficient = -1.199 [95% CI -2.030 to -0.368], P = 0.005, respectively). The UGT1A1 and SLC22A2 polymorphisms were not associated with change in MMS score or sleep quality. Conclusions Only at week 12 did we find evidence of a relationship between dolutegravir exposure and worsening sleep quality. However, higher dolutegravir exposure was associated with improved MMS scores, suggesting a possible beneficial effect.


Early lifestyle interventions in children with obesity decrease risk of obesity and metabolic disorders during adulthood. This study aimed to identify metabolic signatures associated with lifestyle intervention in urine samples from prepubertal children with obesity.


The paper presents the study conducted in the Mokotów district in Warsaw, encompassing circular practices of eight chosen local entities, from private, public, and NGO sectors. The choice was based on the preliminary research showing that the entities were already engaged in some form of the circular transition. The definition of the circular economy applied in the study was based on the one proposed by Kircherr, Reike, and Hekkert [2017] describing a circular economy as an economic system based on business models replacing the 'end-of-life' concept with reducing, alternatively reusing, recycling, and recovering materials in production/distribution and consumption processes. The aim is to accomplish sustainable development, by creating environmental quality, economic prosperity, and social equity to the benefit of current and future generations.The goals of the study encompassed:• verification if there is a common understanding of what the circular economy is;• identification and comparison of circular practices introduced by various actors;• identification of existing incentives for circular practices and expected benefits;• pinpointing the obstacles and barriers, both within organisations and outside.The identified practices were also verified to support more specific goals of the circular economy, present in the literature. The findings show that current benefits of the circular transition are limited and the actions are mostly driven by personal involvement. The lack of the support of local administration is evident, as well as the limitation of market solutions. Networking turns are to be one of the most important aspects of efficient circular practices.


Abstract: Background: A better understanding the mechanisms of cerebral ischemia is important both for diagnosis and treatment. Objective: The study aimed to quantify several characteristics of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to indicate the brain tissue changes at different stage of cerebral ischemia in rats. Methods: In the present study, a rat model of cerebral ischemia was established by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in the left hemisphere. MRI and MRS were performed on 15 Sprague Dawley rats 4 H, 24 H, and 1 W after MCAO. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), relative ADC including FNR, PNR, PNF, and metabolite ratio NCC were proposed to reflect the changes of water diffusion and metabolism in brain tissue. Results: ADCs of focal zone and penumbra zone from 1 W group were significantly larger than those from 4H group, respectively (both p < 0.05). PNR and PNF of 24H and 1 W groups were significantly less than 4H group (all p < 0.01). NCCs of focal zone and penumbra zone were significantly less than the normal zone within 4H, 24H, and 1 W groups, respectively (both p < 0.01). While NCCs of penumbra zone from 24H and 1 W groups were significantly larger than 4H group (both p < 0.01). Conclusion: We conclude that combination of MRI and MRS characteristics can provide significant indicators for ischemic damage at different stage of cerebral ischemia in a rat model.


The purpose of our paper is to examine the timeliness of Form 8-K filings immediately after significant U.S. regulation and legislation such as Regulation Fair Disclosure (FD) (Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC], 2000) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) (United States Congress, 2002). When considering all firms that filed an 8-K in our sample periods, the post-FD sample filings are timelier than Carter and Soo's (1999) 1993 sample and the post-SOX sample filings are timelier than most of the post-FD data. Market data does not indicate significant market reactions on the 8-K filing date for post-FD filings (consistent with Carter and Soo's results), but we find significant market reactions on the 8-K filing date for the post-SOX filings. When considering only the large (firm) filers, the post-SOX sample has significantly smaller filing lags in most cases relative to the post-FD sample, but we only find weak evidence of the smaller filing lags resulting in improved compliance with stated Form 8-K filing deadlines. We conclude that management reporting behavior has positively changed post-SOX, but the results are less conclusive post-FD.


In this paper, the solvent-induced associations of several high-volatile bituminous coals were investigated in several solvents for various times. The scope and magnitude of the phenomenon in bituminous coals was investigated in several solvents for various times. the scope and magnitude of the phenomenon in bituminous coals was explored, though not exhaustively. Additional structural information on the changes occurring in these samples was obtained using FT-IR and x-ray diffraction.


Using the method of characteristic matrix,the light field formula of TE wave in1Dphotonic crystal is deduced,and the light field distribution of the cylindrical waveguide of 1D photonic crystal is studied.Light field of the modes decreases with the increase of the propagation depth in band gap,while the light field in conduction band is in the opposite.These features help the understanding of the formation of forbidden and conduction bands in the cylindrical waveguide of 1Dphotonic crystal.


The present application is a continuation-in-part of ap plicant's co-pending application Serial No. 159,390, filed May 1, 1950 (now U. S. Patent No. 2,662,809). It is known that among the lithium ores, those con taining the mineral spodumene, i. e. metasilicate of alumi num and lithium, have the lowest solubility in their natural state, especially when the spodumene is of great purity. In the co-pending application there is described and claimed a method of recovering lithium from its alumi num and silicate containing ores comprising mixing the ore with at least 2.5% but less than 100% of an alkaline compound selected from the group consisting of the oxides, carbonates and hydroxides of alkali metals other than lithium and the oxides, carbonates and hydroxides of the alkaline earth metals based upon the lithium mineral content of the ore, calcining said mixture at a temper ature from about 700° C. upwards to at least partially fuse the mixture to obtain thereby a calcined product non leachable with water, and thereafter leaching the calcined product with an aqueous leaching electrolyte other than lithium, said electrolyte being selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, alkali metal chlorides, alkali metal Sulphates, alkali metal nitrates, alkaline earth chlorides and alkaline earth nitrates to obtain the lithium salt formed in the aqueous leaching solution. The nitrates, nitrites, and sulfates of the alkaline metals other than lithium and of the alkaline earth metals may be calcined in admixture with the lithium ore in an 10


Fulfillment of water quality requirements is absolutely necessary to fulfill primary human needs, especially drinking water and clean water sources, both in quantity and quality. Study of the underground caverns found the fact that in terms of quantity of water availability in the reservoir is able to meet the needs of residents of the Rengel District, but qualitatively not yet known the water quality in the reservoir. The purpose of this study was to measure the water quality of underground caves in caves which include temperature, turbidity, TDS, DO and pH. The method used in this study is a qualitative method to measure the value of water quality. The research sample was taken with three repetitions for data validity. The sampling location is the underground cave system with a length of 1 km, sample points include dark zone 1, dark zone 2, dark zone 3, and dim zone. Measurements were taken in the laboratory. The results of the study showed that the average values for temperature, turbidity, TDS, DO and pH were 26.7; 1,9; 348.2; 1,6; and 7.1. The conclusion obtained from this study is that all indicators except DOs meet environmental quality standards set by the government.


In situ simulation (ISS) (simulation in the workplace) helps to improve participants' knowledge, behaviour and confidence by providing multidisciplinary training1 in real clinical environment. ISS also contributes towards identification of hidden errors in the system called latent errors.2 ISS has been successfully used to test run newly established healthcare facilities.3 There is …


This article reviews the extant literature on citizenship and transnationalism, paying particular attention to the impact of migration on citizenship models and practices. I further address three areas of inquiry that have lagged behind in this scholarship. First, I highlight the neglect of emotions in the study of citizenship and transnational migration. Second, I criticise the tendency for scholars to privilege the experiences of immigration regimes at the expense of sending state experiences. Finally, I use selected examples to underscore the importance of studying citizenship trajectories outside of the Anglo-American and European contexts. These critical interventions signal new approaches to advance the scholarship on citizenship, migration and transnationalism.


Design and thermal control of tilted channels in air natural convection requires knowledge of relations between process parameters. Composite correlations of average Nusselt number in terms of channel Rayleigh number (10 Ra 9.0 104) are proposed for inclined channels with uniform symmetric or asymmetric heat flux. The thermal radiative effects are taken into account in modified Nusselt and Rayleigh numbers. The surface emissivities considered are 0.05 and 0.8. Experimental data employed to obtain the proposed correlations are in good agreement with the correlations for a vertical channel from published literature. Composite correlations between Nu and Ra cos theta valid in the whole range 0-85 of the inclination angle are given. Moreover, a general composite correlation is proposed for all heating modes, in which the inclination angle is in the range 0-85 and for surface emissivity not greater than 0.8. Recommendations for the thermal design of single or multiple channels are given.


Al overlayers on Mn, studied by photoemission spectroscopy, show a large lowering of the Al 2p core-level binding energy by 0.5 eV at submonolayer (0.1 ML) coverage. The binding energy increases with coverage and reaches the bulk Al value at ≈1.3 ML. The Al 2p core-level spectrum exhibits extra components related to the different chemical environment at the interface, which decrease in intensity with increasing Al coverage. The Al related plasmon loss features appear above 1 ML. The present results are explained by a strong Al s, p-Mn 3d hybridization at the submonolayer coverage due to interface alloying, whose influence on the spectra is dominated by metallic bonding in the Al layer as coverage increases. The valence-band spectra demonstrate systematic suppression of Mn 3d-like states and emergence of a parabolic free-electron-like Al density of states.


Thin fully strained Si1−xGex/Si1−x−yGexCy/Si1−xGex heterostructures (x=0.2), with controlled C incorporation sites, were grown on Si substrates using ultrahigh vacuum chemical vapor deposition. Following the growth, layers were relaxed using rapid thermal annealing at 1000 °C for 30 s, and high degrees of relaxation of 65% and 59% were achieved with and without interstitial C, respectively. We show that the difference in cross hatch density and step height between two samples, which correspond to different misfit dislocation pileup behaviors, suggests controllability of SiGe relaxation via variation in C incorporation sites in the SiGeC layer.


This study explores the meaning of ????????? ?????????? in Exodus 19:6, and considers its proper translation. ????????? ?????????? have been interpreted in various senses in the ancient and modern interpretation history. In the contemporary scholarly views, the interpretation falls into three categories. First, it is interpreted in the sense of "a kingdom ruled by priests". Secondly, it is read as a priestly kingdom or a kingdom set apart from the nations. Thirdly, some scholars read it as "a royal priesthood". William Moran and Georg Fohrer argue that " ???????? ? "? means "kings", not "kingdom". However, if we read it as "kings", the meaning of the construct would be rather confusing (kings of priests). Rather, " ???? ? " and " ???????? ? "? should be regarded as a common word pair which refers to the same entity (Israel). Moreover, scholars in favour of "a kingdom ruled by priests" take the meaning of " ????????? ? " as literal (i.e., the cultic officers), not as figurative. Arie Van der Kooij contends that ????????? ?" " was not figuratively employed in the OT. However, we find metaphorical usage of " ????????? ? " in 2 Kings 4:5 and 2 Samuel 8:18. Furthermore, Moran and van der Kooij maintain that ???????? ? ????????? ? and ????? ???????? form the totality of Israel together and that ???????? ? ????????? ? refers to leaders of Israel. However, in the context of the covenantal privilege in Exodus 19, it would seem that designating the political entity for Israel does not fit with the context. Rather, " ???????? ? ????????? ? "? should be interpreted as attributive genitive which refers to the privileged status of Israel among the nations. Yet, ????????? ? does not mean "holy". In the context of Exodus 19:22, ????????? ?" " may indicate the feature of priests who can approach near to God. Therefore, " ???????? ? ????????? ? "? refers to Israel's covenantal status as a kingdom near to God. In addition, the proper translation of " ???????? ? ????????? ? "? should be a priestly kingdom or a kingdom near to God.


Biodegradation of the phenylurea herbicide linuron appears a specialization within a specific clade of the Variovorax genus. The linuron catabolic ability is likely acquired by horizontal gene transfer but the mechanisms involved are not known. The full genome sequences of six linuron degrading Variovorax strains isolated from geographically distant locations were analyzed to acquire insight in the mechanisms of genetic adaptation towards linuron metabolism in Variovorax. Whole genome sequence analysis confirmed the phylogenetic position of the linuron degraders in a separate clade within Variovorax and indicated their unlikely origin from a common ancestral linuron degrader. The linuron degraders differentiated from non-degraders by the presence of multiple plasmids of 20 to 839 kb, including plasmids of unknown plasmid groups. The linuron catabolic gene clusters showed (i) high conservation and synteny and (ii) strain-dependent distribution among the different plasmids. All were bordered by IS1071 elements forming composite transposon structures appointing IS1071 as key for catabolic gene recruitment. Most of the strain carried at least one broad host range plasmid that might have been a second instrument for catabolic gene acquisition. We conclude that clade 1Variovorax strains, despite their different geographical origin, made use of a limited genetic repertoire to acquire linuron biodegradation. Importance The genus Variovorax and especially a clade of strains that phylogenetically separates from the majority of Variovorax species, appears to be a specialist in the biodegradation of the phenyl urea herbicide linuron. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) likely played an essential role in the genetic adaptation of those strain to acquire the linuron catabolic genotype. However, we do not know the genetic repertoire involved in this adaptation both regarding catabolic gene functions as well as gene functions that promote HGT neither do we know how this varies between the different strains. These questions are addressed in this paper by analyzing the full genome sequences of six linuron degrading Variovorax strains. This knowledge is important for understanding the mechanisms that steer world-wide genetic adaptation in a particular species and this for a particular phenotypic trait as linuron biodegradation.


The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was developed in response to alarm over the enormous difficulties associated with the access and benefitsharing provisions espoused by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). First, the CBD advocates bilateral benefit-sharing arrangements. Second, its provisions are weak on access to genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) held in ex situ collections such as genebanks. And third, it remains conspicuously silent on the modalities for sharing benefits arising from the commercialisation of products based those genetic resources.


The effort to gather and publish ethnographic material was among the many activities in different fields of social and natural sciences that the National Museum conducted right after its founding. In 1897, the Museum's executive office sent out the questionnaire entitled "Questions for gathering of historical-topographic material" to all parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The goal of this activity, which included people of different backgrounds, was to gather a field material that was important for both ethnology and folklore studies. The 21 questions that were in the questionnaire also included special requests for field recorders to record details about epidemics of plague in Bosnia-Herzegovina, ranging from the time of their occurrence to recommended folk remedies. These records of oral tradition make it possible to get a more clear picture about the ways in which this contagious disease lived in oral memory of the population in Bosnia-Herzegovina at the very end of the 19th Century.


A topological space X is constructed so that its group of homeomorphisms is isomorphic to a given finitely generated group G. If G has r generators and finite order n, X has n(2r+1) points. The relation of X to certain covering spaces is considered.


Heat-electric properties at high temperatures were measured on tungsten trioxide (WO 3 ) ceramics doped with Tb 4 O 7 prepared by c onventional solid-sintering method. The results indicated that a phase transition occurred at 350℃ on heating and 270℃ on cooling with a large thermal hysteresis of about 80℃. And the samples can provide an electric energy output at a constant temperature of 500℃, which cannot be explained by the known thermoelectric or pyroelectric effect. We regard it as a new heat-electric effect, by which a new way of converting heat energy to electric energy may be found.


According to marketing guru Neil Patel, "using quizzes as a part of your marketing strategy is one of the most underrated types of content that every marketer should be trying, and we'd be lying if we didn't tell how effective they really were" (Misenas, 2019). Are leadgenerating quizzes as effective as expert marketers tout them to be? This thesis dives into a specific element of a scored lead-generating quiz, the results page, to see if positive/negative framing has an impact on the desire to socially share the results. The hypothesis is that the positive framing would correspond to a higher likelihood of social sharing than negative framing for scored lead-generating quizzes, which builds upon the research that "positive things may be shared more because they reflect positively on the self" (Berger and Milkman, 2010). Data analysis suggests that lower performance in a scored lead-generating corresponds with less of a desire to socially share the results. Despite the smaller sample size for higher performance, the data broadly suggest that positive framing results in more of a desire to socially share than negative framing, although further testing is required to confirm this.


In some smooth muscle preparations which are inhibited by intramural nerve stimulation, there is growing evidence that transmission is neither adrenergic nor cholinergic (Campbell, 1970; Hughes & Vane, 1970). The longitudinal muscle of rabbit duodenum is convenient for further studies of this problem since changes in its mechanical activity can be measured (Weston, 1971) and its electrical activity recorded using the sucrose gap technique (Small & Weston, 1971). Strips of longitudinal muscle were removed from rabbit duodenum together with the attached mesentery and mounted in electrodes which allowed the perivascular and intramural nerves to be stimulated separately. Mechanical activity was recorded isometrically. In Krebs solution containing atropine (10 ,UM), perivascular nerve stimulation (0 5 ms; 4-64 Hz; 30 V; for up to 10 s) produced frequency dependent reduction in the amplitude of spontaneous tension waves which persisted for several seconds after stimulation had ceased. This inhibitory response was abolished by guanethidine (10 pUM), phentolamine+propranolol (each 1 /iM), was unaffected by hexamethonium (10 ,M) and was absent in strips removed from rabbits pretreated with reserpine (2 mg/kg i.p.) on each of 2 days before the experiment. Intramural nerve stimulation in the presence of atropine (0 5 ms; 1-64 Hz; 30 V; for up to 10 s) produced a frequency dependent, transient inhibition of mechanical activity. This inhibitory response was unaffected by guanethidine, phentolamine+ propranolol, hexamethonium, or pretreatment with reserpine. On cessation of stimulation, mechanical activity increased for several seconds. Phenylephrine (0.01-2.56 ,M), adenosine and its mono-, di-, and tri-phosphates (AMP, ADP, ATP, each 0-1-10 ,M) produced a concentration dependent, transient inhibition of mechanical activity. On washout, mechanical activity increased for several seconds. The effect of phenylephrine was antagonized by phentolamine (pAjo=6 7) but responses to adenosine, AMP, ADP, and ATP were unaffected by phentolamine (up to 2-5 ,M) or propranolol (up to 5 UM). Isoprenaline (0-01-2-56 ,UM) and papaverine (5-80 ,M) each produced a concentration dependent inhibition of mechanical activity which developed slowly and was maintained. The effect of isoprenaline was antagonized by propranolol (pAlo=6.45) but neither phentolamine nor propranolol affected responses to papaverine. In the sucrose gap, each spontaneous tension wave was associated with a slow wave of depolarization surmounted by a burst of spike activity (a multispike complex). Phenylephrine, isoprenaline, papaverine, adenosine, AMP, ADP, and ATP each produced a hyperpolarization and selectively abolished the spike component of the multispike complex with little effect on the slow waves. The increase in mechanical activity after washout of phenylephrine, adenosine, AMP, ADP and ATP was associated with increased spike frequency. The results obtained using adenosine and its phosphates are relevant to the suggestion (Burnstock, Campbell, Satchell & Smythe, 1970) that the inhibitory transmitter released by intramural nerve stimulation is ATP.


Some years ago Alexander' submitted the evidence in favor of the accepted idea of a dual conduction of air sounds to the cochlea. This interpretation assumes that the low tones are conducted through the ossicular chain, while the high tones pass into the cochlea through the round window membrane. The writer~ reviewed the paper presented by Alexander, and held for the opposing viewpoint which postulates that the drum membrane and ossicular chain is the only effective route for the conduction of air vibrations of all frequencies. It was pointed out that the normal functional responses in the cochlea which are less sensitive to low tones, had been mistaken for a frequency limitation in the conduction apparatus. Further evidence for the validity of this interpretation has been presented in the effects obtained where the middle ear apparatus has been replaced by a mechanical prosthesis patterned after the sound conduction apparatus in birds. ~


Considering bandwidth-hungry and low latency requirement of vehicular communications applications, we propose a novel dynamic reinforcement learning-based slicing framework and optimization solutions for efficient resource provisioning in virtualized network for D2D-based vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication. The aim is to balance resource utilization and quality of service (QoS) satisfaction levels for multiple slices. The slicing framework is designed as a three-stage layered framework. In the first stage, we propose dynamic deep reinforcement learning-based virtual resource allocation scheme to allocate distinct resources to slices. In the second stage, we aggregate the D2D resource portion of the slice resource for D2D-based V2V communication. In the third stage, due to the computational complexity and signaling overhead of the physical resource allocation, we transform the problem into a convex optimization problem and solve with an alternating direction method of multipliers-based distributed algorithm. Performance results are provided in terms of resource utilization, QoS satisfaction and throughput to show the benefit of integrating resource slices dedicated to supporting interslice D2D-based V2V communication in vehicular network.


The acoustic aspects that differentiate voices are difficult to separate from signal traits that reflect the identity of the sounds. There are two sources of variation among speakers: (1) differences in vocal cords and vocal tract shape, and (2) differences in speaking style. The latter includes variations in both target vocal tract positions for phonemes and dynamic aspects of speech, such as speaking rate. However, most parameters and features are in the former. In this paper, we propose the use of a prosodic feature that represents micro prosody of utterances. The robustness of the prosodic feature on noise environment becomes clear. Also we propose a combined model. The combined model uses both the spectral feature and the prosodic feature. In our experiments, this model provides robust speaker recognition in noise environments.


The utility model provides a server rack provided with a template, belonging to server equipment technical field. Angle rails are arranged on the rack and positioning holes are arranged on the angle rails; a template is arranged between the two angle rails of the rack; the face of the template is parallel to the plane of the two angle rail; the template is a rectangular board; and monomeric gaps and conjoined gaps constituted by the monomeric gaps are arranged at two edges of the template, which are close to the angle rails. The monomeric gaps are square and usage instruction marks are labeled on the face of the template. The template provided with gaps is arranged between the angle rails of the server rack and has the function of positioning horizontally, and corresponding positioning holes on the same horizontal plane are directly displayed through the gaps, which is good for positioning quickly and installing the next lead rail, thus improving installation efficiency and stability of the equipment.


The thermal conductivity of crystalline materials is typically one or two orders of magnitude higher than that of their amorphous structures. The phase transition in barium titanate is generally considered to exhibit order–disorder character, suggesting the potential for thermal conductivity switching if this order–disorder transition can be controlled. To investigate this possibility computationally, following the method of Fu and Bellaiche, here electric fields are applied to align the polarizations and transform disordered paraelectric structures to ordered ferroelectric structures. Solving the Boltzmann transport equation, the theoretical limit of a perfectly disordered structure is found to have thermal conductivity of a factor of 3.9 lower than the perfectly ordered structure. The thermal conductivity of the ordered structure can be further enhanced by up to another 2.4 times under electric fields due to the reduction in phonon scattering rates, implying a theoretical maximum thermal conductivity switching ratio of 9.4. This study yields two guidelines in searching for high thermal conductivity switch ratio in ferroelectric materials: the structure should be single domain under electric field and the phase transition should be fully order–disorder rather than displacive.


This paper describes the developed results of vision system for the recognition of material management characters, which was included in the billet image. The material management characters, which was marked at the surface of billet, should be recognized before billet moves to the next process. Our vision system for the character recognition includes that CCD camera system which acquire billet image, optical transmission system which transmit captured image to the long distance, input and output system for the interface with existing system and software for the character recognition. We have installed our vision system at the wire rod line of steel & iron plant and tested. Also, we have performed inspection of durability, reliability and recognition rate. Through the testing, we have confirmed that our system have high recognition rate, 98.6%.


ABSTRACT Allowance is made for the error terms in the cases where χ has a simple zero at x = 0, or two simple zeros at a; = ± 1 (with χ either positive or negative for − 1 < x < 1). The errors of the approximations given by neglecting the error terms are found to be small in all cases, sometimes much smaller than there was any previous reason to expect.


We demonstrate for the first time the heterogeneous co-integration of Si photonics, BTO/Si for high-speed modulation and III-V materials for photodetection and emission. We show light coupling with losses <0.5 dB between the different functional layers.


: This article, from the research carried out for the purpose of doctorate, collaborate for a deeper reflection on the Cultural-historical Psychology has contributed in the process of teacher training. The objective of the research was to understand how has given ownership of the work of Vygotsky by teachers who teach the contents of educational psychology Degree courses in pedagogy and psychology of the Brazilian State of Paraíba. The investigative instruments-interviews and travel plans of curricular components-enabled the analysis of appropriation of the work of this author. The categories for the assessment of research data, based on the philosophical and methodological assumptions of historical materialism dialectic, present in the work of Vygotsky


A backlight unit (49) for a display device (69) provided with a liquid crystal display panel (59) comprises a chassis (41), a diffusion plate (43) supported by the chassis, and point-like light sources supported by mounting substrates (21) provided on the chassis. The point-like light sources comprise light emitting modules (MJ). The mounting substrates are laid in a rectangular region (41a) adapted for arranging the mounting substrates therein and set on the chassis. The gaps at the boundaries between the mounting substrates do not continue in either the direction along the long sides and/or the direction along the short sides of the rectangular region so as to enable the rectangular region to be seen from end to end.


Sushrutacharya is the break new ground of Ayurved Rachana Sharir (Anatomy) and Ayurved Shalya Tantra (Surgery). He has mentioned different concept in Rachana Sharir in the Sushrut Sharirsthan. In seventh adhyaya of the Sharirsthan, he has given the detailed information on the topic of the Siras of the human body. In the same adhyaya the Acharya has named some Avedhya Siras which should not be punctured during the treatment phase. The Vidhur sira is one of them. So, it is vital to know the particulars of this vidhur sira which is present in greevapradesh (upper part of neck). So, for this purpose, this study is to simplify the insight of Vidhur sira with the help of contemporary anatomy. Vidhur is also a marma which is fundamental spot in the human body. So, vidhur sira can be called as marmashrit sira.


The paper gives detailed discussion to the compound pendulum jaw crusher about [he main matters need attention such as selecting hearing form, design to relevant structure, assembly and employment.


Equilibrium data on the propane + 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (tetralin) and propane + 1-methylnaphthalene at 394, 419, and 444 K are reported. The data have been obtained with a rather low-pressure cell (0−50 MPa, 293−473 K) and an infrared absorption method. In the absence of any literature data to which our results could be compared, the efficiency of the infrared calibration has been tested by applying the synthetic method for one point of the equilibrium curve of the propane + 1-methylnaphthalene mixture.


Time and frequency resolved observations of metal vapor clouds in the upper atmosphere can be used to obtain information on atomic and molecular properties of the metals involved, e. g. atomic transition probabilities, photoionization cross sections, chemical reactivity of atoms in the ground state and in excited states. Experimental techniques of evaporation, the methods of observation and some of the more important results are discussed for Sr, Ba and Eu, in particular those which cannot be derived by laboratory experiment, namely, radiative transitions and oxidation processes which involve metastable states. Especially one finds that the photoionization and oxidation processes of Eu and Ba are significantly different in contrast to theoretical predictions


Objectives: li"!determine the socialization skills of institlltionaliz('d children and to find the association between the socialization skills and selected demographic vari,1blcs. Materials and Method: This study was conducted among 100 institutionalized children between the ,lge group of 12- lh years. ;\ ~ocial skill rating scale was used to measure the socialization skills. Results: \1c1joritl of the in,.,titl.tioncllized children were h,lving gO(ld sOl-ializeltic,nskills ,)-;L'\pressed bv lIwll\ in the ,.,UCi,llskill relting sc,1le.There vvas signific,lI1t associcltion between tile s(lcializatinn "kills pt il1stitutinn.11ized dlildrell ilild tlw vdriables like gender. L'd\!l:dtinl1ot the 111<)ther(,)(lUp.ltiun ut thl' muther MId the ~'rt'\ il)u~ knnwlt'dge Oil sncializdti(111skills. Conclusion: TIll' que! v cOI1c1udL'dthat the insti tuti.ona lized (hi Idrel1 helVegood so(i,~liza tion skills as ,'\pressed bv theln in the soci"l skill rating scale. The socialization skills of institutionalized children
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A new species of Mantidactylus (subgenus Guibemantis) from the rainforests of eastern Madagascar is described. The new species is sympatric with the closely related M. depressiceps (Boulenger, 1882) and M. tornieri (Ahl, 1929) but differs by larger size, a more strongly developed prepollex, and by advertisement calls. Mantidactylus acuticeps Ahl, 1929 and Rhacophorus mocquardii Boulenger, 1896 are confirmed to be junior synonyms of M. depressiceps. The presence of distinct femoral glands in the new species was noted; a feature so far not reliably recognized in other members of the subgenus Guibemantis. Femoral gland structure was investigated in representatives of each of the subgenera included in Mantidactylus by dissecting and reflecting the femoral skin. Four femoral gland types were identified. Type 1: many small, single granules in an ill-delimited patch, grouped in rosettes at the patch edges; type 2: a group of moderately sized granules in a well-delimited patch; type 3: comprising two different structures: distal granules enclosing externally a distinct central depression, and smaller proximal granules or groups of granules; type 4: as type 3, but lacking the proximal granules. Mantidactylus rivicola Vences, Glaw and Andreone, 1997, M. cf. malagasius (Methuen and Hewitt, 1913) and M. ventrimaculatus (Angel, 1935) differed from all other species examined; their femoral glands comprise a reduced number of large granules with an indistinct central depression in external view. The presence of a distal granule group with external central depression (types 3 and 4 above) provides a probable synapomorphy for the subgenera Brygoomantis, Ochthomantis, Hylobatrachus, Chonomantis and Mantidactylus. In females of these subgenera rudimentary femoral glands are present, but they lack completely in females of the other groups.


This thesis submits the relatively novel field of activity of health promotion. together with its underlying theoretical base, to ethical investigation. It begins with provisional sketching of what might be understood by 'health promotion', using the writing of a number of notable theorists at work in the British Isles. The history of health promotion (and the c1osel~· related traditions of public health and health education) are then charted. Major dispute and disagreement are identified within these theoretical and historical perspectives. Yet health promotion has been represented as a field unproblematic in a moral sense; or at the very least. capable of rohust moral defence and justification. A. defence of health promotion as a prima facie good is constructed for the purposes of critical examination. In particular, the idea that health promotion is such a good because of its frequent focus on 'empowerment' is subjected to scrutiny. The perceptions of a number of health promotion practitioners on the moral problems of the field, and how the)· emerge, are then described and discussed. These perceptions were elicited through a process of textual analysisexamining sonw of the assignment writing of the practitioners. who were also postgraduate students of health promotion. A return is then made to nloral theory in order to determine the leyel of help it nlight offer in undl'rstanding and dealing with the field's ethical difficulties. First. the actual and potl'ntial contribution of bioethics is discussed. Then tll'alth proillotion (as an occupational and possibly professional) acti, it~· is considered


The objective of learning "Management Information System"(MIS) is to make themselves intelligent users but not the programers.The life cycle of MIS consists of system planning,system analysis,system designing,system implementing and system running.Users and programers lay special stress on different stages.Users can be classified into mamager and operators.They also have different keynotes in their learning process.The arts students are system users first and manager and operators later at different stages.In the study,the MIS cycle must be thought of as a clue,system ideas must be remembered and applied to resolve problems with MIS.


Polymeric hair conditioners are important components in hair-care products, such as shampoos, mousses, hair treatments and rinses. The evaluation of these cationic polymers requires fast and reproducible laboratory tests in addition to practical tests in the hair dressing salon. With the most important conditioning polymers on the market - polyquaternium 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 16 - some important test methods - polyelectrolyte titration, combing force measurement, stiffness test and turbidity measurement - will be presented and comparisons between these products will be conducted. By means of these test methods one gets an overview about the palette of the market relevant conditioning polymers without time consuming salon tests and their possible applications in cosmetic formulations


The pine powder gasification was conducted in a bench-scale entrained flowreactor. The influences of temperature,oxygen equivalence ratio and steam / biomass ratio on the composition of the gaseous products,carbon conversion,gas yield,LHV,morphology and composition of solid products were studied. The results showthat when the reaction temperature increases gradually,the concentrations of CO and H2 rise dramatically and the concentrations of CO2 and CH4significantly decrease. The carbon conversion,gas yield,and LHV also improve slightly. With a rise of oxygen equivalence ratio from 0. 2 to 0. 5,the concentrations of CO and H2 decrease by over 10%,the concentration of CO2 increases by 100%,and the carbon conversion reaches to92. 9%. Simultaneously,the gas yield also increases slightly,while the LHV exhibits opposite trends. When the steam / biomass ratio increases from 0 to 0. 58,the H2/ CO volume ratio grows gradually from 0. 63 to 1. 40. At the same time,the carbon conversion,gas yield and LHV first increase slowly then decrease rapidly. The analysis by scanning electron microscopy shows that the solid residue of gasification mainly consists of particles and fiber reunion. With increasing reaction temperature,the shape of particles in the solid residue changes gradually from irregular to spherical,while the higher oxygen equivalence ratio makes the number of pores and slits on particles increase rapidly and leads to the breaking of the particles.


The present invention relates to flame retardant polymer material, based on plastics and elastomers made of the flame retardant material comprises a silane proton inserted nanoclay.


The Hebei normal university of education reform practice since 2006 exhibition since,intern teachers' basic skills to get common exercise and ascension,professional quality and the ideological quality get different degree of exercise and ascension,but also exposed the narrow range of knowledge,blackboard writing doesn't pass,the class management ability is insufficient,lack of personal charisma,can't hold different age stages the students' psychological etc,through the curriculum of adjustment,targeted to improve students' ability is imperative.


The main components of a Stand-Alone Photovoltaic (SAPV) system consists of PV array, DC-DC converter, load and the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control algorithm. MPPT algorithm was used for extracting maximum available power from PV module under a particular environmental condition by controlling the duty ratio of DC-DC converter. Based on maximum power transfer theorem, by changing the duty cycle, the load resistance as seen by the source is varied and matched with the internal resistance of PV module at maximum power point (MPP) so as to transfer the maximum power. Under sudden changes in solar irradiance, the selection of MPPT algorithm's sampling time (TS_MPPT) is very much depends on two main components of the converter circuit namely; inductor and capacitor. As the value of these components increases, the settling time of the transient response for PV voltage and current will also increase linearly. Consequently, TS_MPPT needs to be increased for accurate MPPT and therefore reduce the tracking speed. This work presents a design considerations of DC-DC Boost Converter used in SAPV system for fast and accurate MPPT algorithm. The conventional Hill Climbing (HC) algorithm has been applied to track the MPP when subjected to sudden changes in solar irradiance. By selecting the optimum value of the converter circuit components, a fast and accurate MPPT especially during sudden changes in irradiance has been realized.


Despite these significant efforts, the process of asset recovery remains complex and coordination among relevant agencies is challenging. The research is normative legal research by using statute, case, and conceptual approaches. The results show that Indonesia needs to strengthen its political will so that an anti-corruption agency can achieve long-term success. The position and duties of the Asset Recovery Center need to be re-structured so that they can up-to-date in order to recover assets as an inseparable part of law enforcement carried out by the Attorney General Office of the Republic of Indonesia. The need for law reform based on the paradigm of attorney's authority by establishing a legal entity in the organizational structure. However, the public must first be informed of the problems of public corruption before they can demand change. Hence, an informed public is integral to the concept of strengthening political will. Keywords: Asset Recovery; Corruption; Legal Structure; Law Reform DOI : 10.7176/JLPG/93-15 Publication date: January 31 st 2020


Sir, We read with interest the use of eculizumab as a protection against complement-mediated damage in a murine model of the Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS). This monoclonal antibody not only resulted in protection against functional and morphological terminal motor neuropathy, but effectively prohibited respiratory muscle paralysis (Halstead et al. , 2008). These important findings have provided the basis for human trials in MFS, its related disorders of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) and Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), as well as neuropathies in which antibody-mediated complement activation may be pathophysiologically important (Compston, 2008; Lehmann and Hartung, 2008).

MFS, BBE and GBS are now widely regarded as part of a continuous spectrum of disorders whereby anti-GQ1b IgG antibody plays a vital part in the pathogenesis, although other antibody involvement may be contributory (Odaka et al. , 2001; Lo, 2007). Evidence of …


The paper investigates spectral properties of multi-interval SturmLiouville operators with distributional coefficients. Constructive descriptions of all self-adjoint and maximal dissipative/accumulative extensions and also all generalized resolvents in terms of boundary conditions are given.


A study of detecting the sea fog from NOAA-16, and -17 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers (AVHRR3) is presented. Sea fog occurs frequently over China Sea at different season, especially on spring, and forms an obstacle for sea traffic. In this paper, several sea fog events are selected, analyzed and compared; their radiance and texture characterization with other bodies from satellite observations is given. Firstly, It is found that the satellite measured reflectance of channel 3a (1.58-1.64μm) is between the channel 1(0.58-0.68μm) and channel 2(0.725-1.0μm), and the one of channel 2 is lowest, which is different from the ocean, the land and some cloud body. Those results are explained with Mie scatter theory. Secondly, the sea fog, which is the cloud clung the earth surface, is generally characterized by higher reflectance than the surrounding water in visible, while it is similar to the surrounding in the infrared radiance brightness temperature. According those different feathers, a parameter, which is the standard deviation of the reflectance (or brightness temperature) differences between the adjacent eight pixels and the one, is defined as the texture to detect the marine fog. Thirdly, the sea fog is often coherent and continuous in spatial. It could be used to modify and restore some misjudge point or segment. Based on those analyses, finally, we design an algorithm for detect the sea fog at day. The results show that this method is valid to extract the fog region from NOAA/AVHRR3.


The Advanced Graphite Capsule (AGC) irradiation test program supports the acquisition of irradiated graphite performance data to assist in the selection of the technology to be used for the VHTR. Six irradiations are planned to investigate compressive creep in graphite subjected to a neutron field and obtain irradiated mechanical properties of vibrationally molded, extruded, and iso-molded graphites for comparison. The experiments will be conducted at three temperatures: 600, 900, and 1200°C. At each temperature, two different capsules will be irradiated to different fluence levels, the first from 0.5 to 4 dpa and the second from 4 to 7 dpa. AGC-1 is the first of the six capsules designed for ATR and will focus on the prismatic fluence range.


Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett became the first Australian state leader to make an official visit to Africa when he travelled to Zambia and South Africa in February. While official duties started with the signing of an MoU with the Comesa states, the main purpose for Barnett's visit was to fly the WA flag at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town.


The concentration of carbon dioxide from 316ppm in 1958 reached about 407ppm in 2018. If the current rate of this increase continues for another two decades, it will probably reach 450ppm in 2038. Iran, with about 656 million tons of carbon dioxide produced in 2016, is ranked seventh in the world after China, the United States, India, Russia, Japan and Germany. The three main strategies for reducing carbon dioxide are reducing global energy use, reducing carbon dioxide emissions through the use of new eco-friendly technologies and carbon sequestration through biological and non-biological methods. In the field of carbon sequestration of Iranian rangelands, studies have been carried out on some species of rangelands under different management conditions (without grazing and under grazing). The results of this study show that rangelands such as astragalus, haloxylon, artemisia and atriplex species play a major role in soil carbon sequestration. For example, carbon is held 189 tons per hectare by Artemisia sieberi species and 129 tons per hectare is held by Atriplex lentiformis in soil. Also, rangelands without grazing have stored more carbon in the soil than grazed rangelands. Therefore, it is desirable to develop plans to protect the rangelands of the country through a systematic and comprehensive approach, in order to ensure the quantitative and qualitative protection of soil conditions, untill we can effectively take steps to deal with air pollution and climate change crisis.

Keywords: Greenhouse Gas, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Rangelands


sensitive split-beam spectrophotometer and of ferricyanide-ferrocyanide mixtures as redox buffers. For cytochrome-559 in pea chloroplasts a value of E' +0-37v (250) was obtained at both pH6.5 and 7-5. The characteristic potential of potassium ferricyanide was assumed to be + 043v. For cytochromef a value for E' of + 0 35v-was obtained with both pea chloroplasts (pH 7.5) and etiolated barley plastids (pH6.5). This value for bound cytochi-ome f is in good agreement with that obtained by Davenport & Hill (1952) for the soluble component (Eo +0-365v). The remarkably high potential ofcytochrome-559 suggests its possible role as a donor to P-700. It is incompatible with the suggestion that its position in the electron transport chain is close to photosystem 2 (Bendall & Hill, 1968). Work is in progress on the measurement of the potential ofcytochrome b6 in chloroplasts. Observations on the kinetics of reduction of cytochrome b6 by dithionite have shown that it is a complex of at least two components with a-bands at 559 and 563m,uk respectively. Neither of these components can be reduced by ascorbate. Thus chloroplasts contain two cytochromes with a-peaks at 559m,u, but these differ in potential by about 350mv.


CAsE 1.-An 18-year-old girl had persistent hypertension (220-240/170 mm. Hg) for two years. Exploration of the adrenals was carried out and four nodules, proved to be pheochromocytomas, were removed from the right adrenal and para-aortic region. The size of the nodules varied from 2.0 to 5.0 cm. in diameter. The patient died four hours after the operation. At autopsy there were two elongated lobular, mahogany-coloured masses on the epicardium, each measuring 8.0 x 2.0 x 1.0 cm. (Fig. 1). These could be easily separated from the thymus and the epicardium. The adipose capsule of the kidney was 1.5 cm. thick. It contained small islets of yellow fat but its bulk was formed by lobular brown tissue resembling that noted in the epicardium (Fig. 2). Other similar areas were found around the adrenals and in the paraaortic connective tissue. The latter formed a zone 0.51.0 cm. in thickness and could be traced down to the bifurcation of the aorta. The combined weight of this brown tissue in the abdominal cavity was approximately 1500 g. This brown tissue was found in areas which are normally occupied by yellow fat; for this reason, a careful attempt was made at the autopsy to identify any changes in the adipose tissue in other locations. However, the subcutaneous fat consisted of normal fatty tissue, the thickness of which was 2.0-2.5 cm. over the abdomen. In the long bones there was no alteration in the distribution and gross characteristics of fatty marrow.


Stationed at General Douglas MacArthur's Australian headquarters, the famous black war correspondent Vincent Tubbs reported in the Baltimore Afro-American, 25 March 1944: 'I know of 10 cases in which our boys have married Australian girls. In eight instances the girls are of mixed blood. In the other two, they are so called "pure Australian girls"', adding, 'They have real concern as to how they will get their wives home on one of Uncle Sam's ships'.1


The application of theory developed for direct integration of gradually varied flow equations to uniform and critical flow computation greatly reduces the computational effort. A small generalized subroutine is able to compute accurately the various parameters involved in the computation for all types of natural and constructed cross sections. Although the equations are implicit, in a majority of cases the number of iterations needed to achieve the required accuracy is less than 3. The method is even useful for computation by hand held calculators.


Objective To investigate the clinical effect of phacoemulsification with foldable posterior chamber in Intraocular lens implantation(PC-IOL) for the treatment of angle-closure glaucoma(ACG) with cataract.Methods A total of 71 eyes of 71 cases with ACG and cataract admitted to our hospital from June 2010 to June 2011 were retrospectively ananlysed.After phacoem ulsification with foldable PC-IOL implantation,the patients were followed up for 6 months.Results The postoperative best corrected visual acuity of all patients had improved significantly(P 0.05);the average intraocular pressure of(10.2± 4.6) mm Hg and(10.7 ±4.9) mm Hg for 3 months and 6 months after treatment were significantly lower than those before treatment(P 0.05);postoperative anterior chamber after treatment was significantly deeper than that before treatment ultrasound biomicroscopic examination(P 0.05);it was found that anterior chamber width increased significantly(P 0.05).Conclusion Phacoemulsification with foldable PC-IOL implantation substantially reduced intraocular pressure and improved visual acuity and can be a good alternative in treatment of ACG with cataract.


: Nowadays, it is difficult for the physically disabled or handicapped person to move to their destination. Generally the handicapped person found on the wheelchair transporting with the help of another person. It is necessary to provide the mobility to disabled person without the help of another person. Various hand driven tricycle is available in market, but that require more effort for handling and driving. A motorized tricycle is designed to solve the problem by providing motor to the vehicle. The basic design will be according to the existing manually operated tricycle. The whole body looks like a complete tricycle except the fact the manual operation is replaced by an automatic operation using motors.


Objective To investigate the antimicrobial resistance and the genotype of the plasmid-mediatedβ-lactamases-encoding genes of Acinetobacter baumannii producing extended-spectrumβ-lactamases(ESBLs),which cause the infection at the lower respiratory tract.Methods35strains of Acinetobacter baumannii were isolated from hospitalized patients,antimicrobial a gents susceptibility were tested by microdilute tests and ESBLs were tested by three-dimensional tests.Genotypes of ESBLs was analyzed by PCR and verificated by DNA sequencing.Results ES BLs were positive in29of35(82.9%),and14strains produced AmpC enzyme simultaneously.On ly4sorts of antimicrobial,as Imipenem,Meropenem,Cefoperazone/Sulbactam,Polymyxin E,to all of the strains are sensitivity.The resistance rates of antimicrobial of Amoxycillin/Clavularic Acid,Ticarcillin/Clavulanic Acid,Piperacillin/Tazobactam were40.1%,40.0%,48.6%respectively.The resistant rates to other antimicrobial agents were more than50%.TEM typeβ-lactamases gene were positive in all of the35strains with TEM-1.SHV typeβ-lactamases gene were positive in15of35isolated strains,13of which were SHV-12,the other strains(HZ01and HZ29)were2sorts of novel SHV typeβ-Lactamases genes nominated SHV-48and SHV-56respectively.Conclusions There are very high rate of ESBLs-producing strains in Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from Huzhou of Zhejiang province.The multiple-drug-resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii proucing ESBLs was a serious issue and at least4kinds ofβ-lactamases genes exsisted including TEM-1,SHV-12,SHV-48and SHV-56.


Lexical verb ambiguity refers to the potential for multiple interpretations of units of speech in languages that renders it difficult or impossible to understand a lexical item without additional information. The goal of semantic web research is to allow the vast range of web-accessible information and services to be more effectively exploited by both humans and automated tools. Technological advancement has given rise to scholars developing automated translation systems from English to the Yorùbá language. However, the problem arises that these tools are not coping easily with semantic nuances found especially in Yorùbá verbs. To explore this problem, a number of Yorùbá lexical ambiguous verbs which may pose serious challenges to the existing machine translation tools were generated and analyzed. To facilitate a solution to the problem, the identified verbs are annotated following the Qualia Structure (QS) of the Generative Lexicon. Protégé 4.5 is employed as the editing tool to map the semantic interpretations of the QS to the semantic web. With the aid of the unique formal specification implemented for each of the lexically ambiguous verbs, the existing automated translation system can now utilize the Internationalized Resource Identifier (IRI) of the Unified Resource Locator (URL) found in the model developed to link the loop and thereby alleviate the problem of ambiguity for the automated translation system. This paper, therefore recommends that more efforts be geared towards ontological annotation in order to foster more automated tools that will be built for the Yorùbá language.


The electroluminescent spectra and CIE coordinate variation of doping-type white organic light-emitting devices with Al/LiF,Ca:Al as cathode are analyzed under different driving current.The devices are respectively fabricated with the structure of ITO/2T-NATA/NPB/ADN:TBP/Alq3:DCJTB/Alq3:C545T/LiF/Al and ITO/2T-NATA/NPB/ADN:TBP/Alq3:DCJTB/Alq3:C545T/Ca:Al.Additionally,the light emitting process was discussed according to the Direct Carrier Trapping (DCT) and Energy Transfer (ET) theory.The results indicated that two different devices have similar peaks position and they have no shift as the driving current increasing.But absolute spectra of device with Al/LiF as cathode is much more intensive under the same driving current;the device with Ca:Al as cathode has much slighter variation of relative spectra and CIE coordinate when the driving current changed and can reach stable state under low driving current.It indicated that Ca:Al cathode contribute much to the electroluminescent stability of organic light-emitting device.


Aim: In this presentation the properties of chlorhexidine as a root canal irrigant will be reviewed.
Summary: Successful root canal therapy relies on the combination of proper instrumentation, irrigation, and obturation of the root canals. Various irrigants are used in endodontcs. Chlorhexidine digluconate is widely used in disinfection because of its excellent antimicrobial activity. Chlorhexidine is a positively charged molecule and its efficacy is because of the interaction of the positive charge of the molecule with the negatively charged phosphate groups on microbial cell walls, which alters the cells' osmotic equilibrium and membrane permeability. Chlorhexidine has the ability to bind anionic molecules such as phosphate present in the structure of hydroxyapatite and leads to release of small amounts of calcium from the root canal dentin. It has been reported that because of its MMP-inhibitory effect, chlorhexidine can significantly improve the resin-dentin bond strength. Some studies have evaluated cytotoxicity of chlorhexidine and it has been reported that in the clinically
used concentrations, the biocompatibility of chlorhexidine is acceptable.
Conclusion: After the smear layer removal procedure in root canal therapy, a final rinse with an antiseptic solution such as chlorhexidine appears beneficial. It has an affinity for dental hard tissues and, when it bonds to the surfaces, it has prolonged antimicrobial activity.


Roads and traffic safety on two continents. Proceedings. Gothenburg, Sweden, 9-11 September 1987 : Driver behaviour and licensing, alcohol and drugs, driving and elderly


We establish strict upper bounds on local quantum uncertainty (LQU) and skew information associated with state conversion via certain quantum channels. Specifically, we obtain a bound on the achievable LQU for bipartite channels whose Kraus operators commute with nondegenerate von Neumann measurements on the first subsystem, and this LQU bound is expressed in terms of the skew information for the first subsystem. Furthermore, we establish a bound on the skew information of one subsystem obtained from any initial bipartite state subject to any quantum steering channel, and this bound is expressed in terms of the LQU for the initial joint-system state. Our two claims show that state conversion has fundamental limitations relating LQU with skew information.


The two-means problem is that of comparing the means of samples from two Gaussian distributions with unknown variances. Since the distribution of the Behrens-Fisher statistic depends upon the ratio of the population variances, a prior distribution may be specified for this ratio and the posterior distribution of the Behrens-Fisher statistic found conditional upon the ratio of the sample variances. The effect on the critical values caused by varying the prior is studied.


The Spanish society, between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, felt a need for progress which leads to an important period of development in technical and scientific fields. The circulation of concepts and knowledges coming from foreign countries and the impressive progress of chemistry and mechanics influenced the most important manufactures, characterized by a traditional craftsmanship. This is the context of a slow but inexorable transition to the industrial production. The aim of the present work is to observe the lexical dynamics analysing a specific domain: the art of tanning leather. The research, by an interdisciplinary methodological approach, achieves three objectives: collecting and analysing the Spanish leather tanning lexicon in its crucial passage from local craft to industry, observing the lexicon self-adaptation capability to the new communicative needs by analysing the lexical creation mechanisms and verify the existence of a link between the evolution of a language and the dynamics that concern the socio-cultural context.


Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) achieves photo-realistic image rendering from novel views, and the Neural Scene Graphs (NSG) \cite{ost2021neural} extends it to dynamic scenes (video) with multiple objects. Nevertheless, computationally heavy ray marching for every image frame becomes a huge burden. In this paper, taking advantage of significant redundancy across adjacent frames in videos, we propose a feature-reusing framework. From the first try of naively reusing the NSG features, however, we learn that it is crucial to disentangle object-intrinsic properties consistent across frames from transient ones. Our proposed method, \textit{Consistency-Field-based NSG (CF-NSG)}, reformulates neural radiance fields to additionally consider \textit{consistency fields}. With disentangled representations, CF-NSG takes full advantage of the feature-reusing scheme and performs an extended degree of scene manipulation in a more controllable manner. We empirically verify that CF-NSG greatly improves the inference efficiency by using 85\% less queries than NSG without notable degradation in rendering quality. Code will be available at: https://github.com/ldynx/CF-NSG


ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the role of Multicultural Family Support Centers (MFSCs) to explain the gender, race and cultural hierarchies inherent in South Korea's system of multiculturalism. Since the 1990s the South Korean state has played an active role in facilitating marriage migration and influencing the reproductive and caregiving decisions of female marriage immigrants. This is reflected in immigration and welfare policies that incentivize migrant wives to have children and provide disproportionate power to Korean husbands. Over the past decade the Korean government has invested heavily in MFSCs. These centers cater exclusively to migrant wives with courses focused on the acquisition of the Korean language and culture. The teachers are generally older Korean women while students are migrant wives from developing countries. The version of Korean culture taught to migrant wives emphasizes traditional Confucian family roles and that a wives' role is to focus on managing the home and supporting her husband and children. I present two case studies of cultural and cooking classes provided by a MFSC where I volunteered. The classes illustrate that multiculturalism in South Korea is focused on assimilation with limited expectation that Korean husbands and in-law families should adapt to migrant wives. Instead, migrant wives are expected to acquire a strong understanding of how to behave and understand their place in a traditional Korean family structure. I provide migrant wives' perspectives on these classes and explain why they have limited opportunity to influence or respond to the expectations of the Korean state and in-law families.


Antimicrobial activities of hexane- and methanol-extracted concoctions of Kigelia Africana (root, bark, and fruit), Carica papaya leaves, Zingiber officinale (ginger) rhizomes and Jateorhiza palmitate (Calumba) root (usually used as herbal medicines by many people from different parts of the world) were examined against two species of pathogenic microorganisms: Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Bacillus Subtilis using sensitivity testing of streaked cultures on Petri dishes. All concoctions from all four herbal plants showed antimicrobial activities, especially the methanol-extracted concoctions against the tested microorganisms. Phytochemical screening of the samples revealed the presence of some bioactive components like alkaloids, saponins, tannins, anthraquinones, anthocyanins, flavonoids, and terpenes. These phytochemical properties determine the anti-microbial potential of the herbal extracts.