The linguist Martin proposed the Appraisal Theory on the basis of study on the interpersonal meaning by Halliday.In therecent two decades,the Appraisal Theory has become one of the hottest research areas for the study of Systemic Functional Linguis-tics,which now is classified into three subsystems: Attitude,Graduation and Engagement.In 2014,Cameron delivered the publicaddress"Let's Stick Together".This paper takes this address as a research object to analyze the distribution and features of en-gagement resources from the perspective of the Appraisal Theory,from which,the way that how the speaker selects the words to ful-ly express his standpoints so as to achieve the interpersonal effects of contacting and touching the audience is revealed.This papernot only helps the reader understand the discourse but also provides new data analysis for further study.


The blast wave produced by a star-like object in a magnetic field is studied numerically in the approximation of ideal, fully relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). Waves of this type are observed to evolve along three episodes. At early time an outgoing shock front and an ingoing rarefaction wave is established. The ingoing rarefaction wave steepens, and gives rise to dust formation in the core. The steep rarefaction wave front becomes an ingoing shock. An annular region of high magnetic pressure about the equatorial plane deforms this shock front radially, whereby it becomes prolate along the axis of symmetry. The core is subsequently refilled as this shock front converges. Subsequent collapse in the center gives rise to high pressures, familiar from the well-known converging shock problem in nonrelativistic hydrodynamics, and high densities unique to the relativistic description. The results are compared with spherical blast waves in relativistic hydrodynamics, where a similar three episodes can be found and where collapse of the interior shock at the center constitutes a fluid singularity. It remains an open question whether such fluid singularity persists in the full MHD problem. The computations employ the covariant equations of constraint-free MHD in divergence form introduced in earlier work. The magnetic field is kept divergence free to within machine round-off error.


Due to high service temperatures and internal pressures in oil and gas pipelines, axial compression forces are induced in the pipe due to seabed friction. Slender trenched pipelines can experience global buckling in the vertical plane (upheaval buckling) while untrenched pipelines buckle in the horizontal plane (lateral buckling). Furthermore, deep subsea pipelines subjected to high external hydrostatics pressures can undergo catastrophic propagation buckling. In this study, the possible interaction between upheaval/lateral buckling and propagation buckling is numerically investigated using finite element analysis. A new concept is proposed for subsea pipelines design that gives higher capacity than conventional pipelines.


: The exploration of the moon and deep space objects or environment is an important field of human space activities. The exploration of the moon and deep space is conducive to the study of the origin, evolution and current situation of the solar system, the origin and evolution of life and other major scientific issues, and to the birth of basic and forward-looking disciplines and technologies. Compared with other detection methods such as optics, radar has the advantages of strong penetration, polarization and not limited by light. It is one of the effective means to detect the characteristics of the moon and deep space objects and plays an important role in the exploration process. Electromagnetic wave can penetrate several meters to several thousand meters of subsurface, which can be used to detect the surface dielectric constant, subsurface structure, ionosphere and water ice of the moon and deep space targets. According to different detection methods, surface penetrating radar detection mainly includes ground-based radar, space-borne radar and rover radar. For different scientific objectives, different detection methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. Our review covers the retrospect of the scientific application of surface penetrating radar in the exploration of moon, Mars and asteroids, summarizes the exploration tasks, parameter design, working principle and results of various radar on-board different exploration missions, both planed and those in service, and looks forward to the development trend of lunar and deep space exploration using surface penetrating radar in the future.


The article deals with the peculiarities of the English loans use in the modern Ukrainian youth slang. The tendencies of the Ukrainian language development at the beginning of the XXI century, the role of the English loanwords in the process of language globalisation are analysed. Changes in any language are activated by social processes. Modern conditions of the society development are a potential catalyst for the natural language changes, which accelerate their dynamics and make them more significant and noticeable. The youth slang is a certain language layer, which reflects its innovations. The article represents a comprehensive description of the youth slang, as one of the subsystems of the modern Ukrainian languge, the reasons of its occurrence and use. The youth slang is an integral part of any language that is considered to be more comprehensive and up-to-date. The paper presents the results of sociolinguistic research in order to identify the pecularities of the loanwords use. Fifty young people at the age of 16-23 have taken part in the experiment to determine the tendency of the English loanwords use. They have participated in a survey, where they had to determine the frequency of the English loanwords use, which have and do not have one-word equivalents in the Ukrainian language. The results have shown that the most part of the respondents use loanwords in their speech. It can be explained by linguistic and extralinguistic factors. The main hypothesis is the statement about the internationalisation of the English language in the modern language space. The results of the study have confirmed this position. The English loanwords are very popular with the youth. Most of them do not have the one-word Ukrainian equivalents and their use can be explained by the factor of language resources economy. However the significant tendency is that the English loanwords are frequently used in the Ukrainian slang. This process is connected with the phenomena of the English language globalisation.


1l0USEWIVES MUST constitute the largest single number of persons employed in one kind of Work, of all industry in this country. Some 10-12 per cent of all skin diseases have been assessed as occupational in origin (Macauley, 1947), and the incidence of skin disease in general practice has been placed at 6 per cent (1947). Bettley (1952) also worked out that 36 per cent of 18,000 hospital skin out-patients Were suffering from eczema or dermatitis. As a large percentage of these are homeworkers, ?ousewives' dermatitis is an important cause of Incapacity. The hands, being the most exposed areas, are naturally the most frequently involved in ~ccupational dermatitis (Tolmack, 1947). So it IS with housewives, though the hazards are less ~a:ied than in other industry and primary lrntants and alkalis are more operative than ~e~sitizing chemicals. All chemical substances IflJure the skin by being primary irritants on application, or as sensitizers causing damage when the skin becomes allergic after varying incubation periods.


The aim of this paper is to propose a strategy that uses data fusion at three different levels to gradually improve the performance of an identity verification system. In a first step temporal data fusion can be used to combine multiple instances of a single (mono-modal) expert to reduce its measurement variance. If system performance after this first step is not good enough to satisfy the end-user's needs, one can improve it by fusing in a second step result of multiple experts working on the same modality. For this approach to work, it is supposed that the respective classification errors of the different experts are de-correlated. Finally, if the verification system's performance after this second step is still not good enough, one will be forced to move onto the third step in which performance can be improved by using multiple experts working on different (biometric) modalities. To be useful however, these experts have to be chosen in such a way that adding the extra modalities increases the separation in the multi-dimensional modality-space between the distributions of the different populations that have to be classified by the system. This kind of level-based strategy allow to gradually tune the performance of an identity verification system to the end-user's requirements while controlling the increase of investment costs. In this paper results of several fusion modules will be shown at each level. All experiments have been performed on the same multi-modal database to be able to compare the gain in performance each time one goes up a level.


ABSTRACT Kilometer-deep mines have become the new norm in coal mining. To study the influence of high stress-high ground temperature coupling conditions in deep mines on the oxidative exothermic characteristics of coal, this paper pre-treats coal samples under different stress and different temperature coupling conditions, and then conducts oxidation temperature tests on coal samples. By analyzing the parameters of initial exothermic temperature, exothermic heat and apparent activation energy of coal, the influence law of stress-temperature coupling on the oxidative exothermic properties of coal was obtained. The results show that when the initial temperature is 313 K, the initial exothermic temperature of coal decreases first and then increases with increasing initial stress. The exothermic heat and activation energy change trends in the initial exothermic stage are the same, both show atrend of first decreasing and then increasing, and both reach their minimum values at 10 MPa. When the initial stress is 5 MPa, the initial exothermic temperature of coal first increases and then decreases with increasing initial temperature. Both the exothermic and apparent activation energy of coal in the initial exothermic stage showed atrend of increasing and then decreasing, and reached the inflection point at the initial temperature of 323 K. The research results provide theoretical support for the prevention and control of spontaneous combustion in deep mines.


When Graduate Students'Journal of Peking University started publication in 1985,philosophy is the important partof Graduate Students'Journal. Philosophy is the soul of time spirit,so the papers of philosophy of Graduate Students'Journal canindicate the issues which people concerned in that time and show the concern of Graduate Students' Journal to society andacademia. This paper mainly make retrospect and reflection to philosophy papers of Graduate Students' Journal since 1985 toindicate the concerned issues of philosophical papers and the change of the whole philosophy study.


TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Material Used and Method of Procedure Report of Cases Cases of Subacute Combined Degeneration in which the Patients Did Not Receive Liver Therapy (Table 1) Cases of Subacute Combined Degeneration in which the Patients Received Liver Therapy (Table 2) Comment Summary and Conclusions It is recognized that, clinically, liver therapy produces a beneficial effect in pernicious anemia. The effect of this form of treatment on the spinal cord in subacute combined degeneration is a moot question. The purpose of this study is to determine what influence, if any, liver therapy has on the myelin sheaths, axis cylinders and glial tissue in cases of pernicious anemia presenting neurologic signs and symptoms. An attempt will be made to demonstrate that liver therapy does not cause regeneration of the axis cylinders in the spinal cord and that the only change noted was a glial overgrowth of varying intensity. In


One kind of in-situ concrete lightweight tire mold member, a lightweight material comprises a polyhedral solid member (1), characterized in that at least one vertical through-holes on the surface of the member (1) of the solid polyhedral member lightweight material ( 2), provided between the plurality of solid lightweight material, polyhedral member (1) on the same substrate (20) constituting the component groups, each other inner ribs have cavities (19) for reinforced concrete or prestressed situ reinforced concrete floor, roof, walls, foundation slab and bridge use, especially for non-beam floor use.


This study examined the differences between formaldehyde-free wood composite panels made with maleated polyethylene (MAPE) and maleated polypropylene (MAPP) binding agents. Specifically, the study investigated the contrasts of (a) base resin type, PE vs. PP, (b) molecular weight/maleic anhydride content in MAPP binding agents, and (c) the manufacturing methods (reactive extrusion vs. hot press) on the physicomechanical properties of the composites. FTIR and XPS analyses of unmodified and modified wood particles after reactive extrusion with maleated polyolefins provided evidence of chemical bonding between the hydroxyl groups of wood particles and maleated polyolefins. Although extruding the particles before panel pressing gave better internal bond (IB) strength, superior bending properties were obtained through compression molding alone. MAPP-based panels outperformed MAPE-based panels in stiffness. Conversely, MAPE increased the IB strength of the panels compared with MAPP. Polymer base resin had no effect on modulus of rupture or screw holding capacity. Differences between the two maleated polypropylene compounds were not significant for any of the mechanical properties tested. Formaldehyde-free wood composites manufactured in this study often outperformed standard requirements for conventional particleboard, regardless of material composition or manufacturing method used. POLYM. COMPOS., 27:599–607, 2006. © 2006 Society of Plastics Engineers


On Further Understanding of Interaction of Pristine Carbon Nanotubes with Hemoglobin, Serum and H2S
This paper presents a study on the interaction between H2S, pristine carbon nanotube (pCNT), and hemoglobin in the serum solution. A short-term purpose of the study is to develop a CNTbased sensor to simultaneously measure H2S and specific proteins such as hemoglobin in blood. The basic idea of the experiment is to prepare the serum-based solution that contains H2S and hemoglobin, and treat pCNT with the solution. The fluorescence response of the treated pCNT is acquired with confocal laser scanning microscopy (excitation wavelength: 514 nm; emission wavelength: 530-580 nm). The major finding of the study is that the presence of hemoglobin in a H2S and protein solution, such as the serum does not affect the fluorescence response to H2S on pCNT. Together with our previous work, it can be concluded that (1) both hemoglobin and H2S attach with pCNT by treating pCNT with the serum solution that contains hemoglobin and H2S, and (2) fluorescence response of H2S on the treated pCNT is not affected by presence of hemoglobin.


Ann Hamilton's family has moved to the western frontier of Pennsylvania, and she misses her old home in Gettysburg. There are no girls her age on Hamilton Hill, and life is hard. But when the In there early, spanish american war but like my gun to tackle. At age doing to a favorite her be unique unto itself. In phoenixville chester county and of, this cabin was. To this story can even a depression fly away to our line of teaching andy mcphale.


Zhou Xuexi was an outstanding representative of national enterprises in modern China. An analysis and study of the characteristics of his enterprise, the influence of his enterprise upon implement of government economy, historical position of his enterprise in modernization of economy in northern China will provide a rewarding appraisal of his function and influence on modernization of northern China in modern times.


Various embodiments provide a discovery control that is integrated may be incorporated as part of a web browser. The unified discovery control provides a central region that describes various services to be provided website. Furthermore, the unified discovery control, adds the various services described in the unified discovery in the controller, updating, by providing the ability to uninstall and / or other administrative users It may be allowed to allow the user to interact with each service the website should provide. Therefore, the unified discovery control provides a centralized management system that provides common for interacting with various services website may provide to the user, the predictable and repeatable user experience to the user.


An optimal utilization of smart grid connected hybrid renewable energy sources is proposed in this paper. The hybrid technique is the combination of recurrent neural network and adaptive whale optimization algorithm plus tabu search, called AWOTS. The main objective is the RES optimum operation for decreasing the electricity production cost by hourly day-ahead and real time scheduling. Here, the load demands are predicted using AWOTS to develop the correct control signals based on power difference between source and load side. Adaptive whale optimization algorithm searching behaviour is adjusted by tabu search. The proposed technique is executed in the MATLAB/Simulink working platform. To test the performance of the proposed method, the load demand for the 24-hour time period is demonstrated. By then the power generated in the sources, such as photovoltaic, wind turbine, micro turbine and battery by the proposed technique, is analyzed and compared with existing techniques, such as genetic algorithm, particle swarm optimization and whale optimization algorithm. Furthermore, the state of charge of the battery for the 24-hour period is compared with existing techniques. Likewise, the cost of the system is compared and error in the sources also compared. The comparison results affirm that the proposed technique has less computational time (35.001703) than the existing techniques. Moreover, the proposed method is cost-effective power production of smart grid and effective utilization of renewable energy sources without wasting the available energy.


17.7% in 1999), as compared to African American youth (7.3% in 1997 and 6.7% in 1999, 14.3% in 1997 and 11.7% in 1999, respectively) and European American youth (6.3% in 1997 and 7.3% in 1999, 12.5% in 1997 and 12.4% in 1999, respectively). During 1999, 19.9% of Latino youth seriously considered attempting suicide as compared to 15.3% of African American and 17.6% of European American youths(CDC, 1999). No significant ethnic differences were reported for serious suicide attempts that resulted in injury, poisoning, overdose, or treatment by a professional. This article reviews the scientific literature related to suicidal behavior among Latino youth. We start by discussing the conceptualization of culture, and how culture may influence behavior and psychopathology, in particular, suicidal behavior. Next, we critically review the available literature that discusses rates of suicidal behavior, risk, and protective factors associated with this behavior among Latino youth. This literature is then discussed in terms of its implications for prevention. Finally, we conclude with a discussion of directions for future research.


Figure 1: (a) Left eye at presentation showing the inferonasal scleral nodule of 2*2 mm size with diffuse congestion and dilated tortuous vessels. (b) Left eye 3 months post ATT shows complete resolution of the granuloma leaving a small flat bluish lesion. (c) Fundus image of right eye at presentation shows an inferotemporal well‐defined yellowish elevated choroidal mass with surrounding subretinal fluid. (d) Fundus image of right eye 3 months post‐ATT shows resolution of the granuloma with choroidal thinning and scar formation. There is also the complete resolution of subretinal fluid d c b a segment of one eye and the posterior segment of the other eye. In this case, the diagnosis of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis was confirmed by histopathology and the granulomatous ocular lesions responded well to ATT. This case highlights the variable presentations of ocular TB in two eyes of the same patient.


This paper will explore the effect that creative, non-traditional uses of audio description (AD) have on the audience during a performance, and how they trouble normative understandings of aesthetics and representation. This will be done by analysing two pieces created by Extant Theatre, the UK's only professional theatre company of visually impaired people. Both pieces use highly visual forms of performance in order to highlight the necessity of descriptive access for both practitioners and spectators experiencing these pieces, as well as the effect that description can have on the comprehension of an image. I will dissect these performances by juxtaposing my experience as a practitioner in these pieces with some of the methodological structures inherent within disability studies and identity politics, such as Rosemary Garland-Thomson's research on staring. AD, in its standard form, is an access tool for blind and visually impaired spectators that is almost always placed on top of an already completed performance, and hidden from the view of those not using the service. When that dynamic is shifted to allow for everyone, performer and audience alike, to experience and potentially contribute to the descriptions being given, regardless of visual status, the perceptions around the performance can change. This paper argues that the creative input of AD into a theatrical piece can open up wider questions around how aesthetics are viewed by performer and audience alike. Also, by making an access tool into a collaboration between audience and performer, the story that is communicated and the way the characters within that story are represented can break away from normative methods of performance. This then opens up possibilities for new ways of thinking about and perceiving how performance is made, why it is done and what it might become.


Analysis of forewarning for badness of financial status of ST Corporation not only focuses on all of the economic fields but also has important meaning to promote development of listed corporations.On the basis of extension method,the forewarning element model is established for the financial status of ST Corporation in the paper,and makes an empirical study.Then we check up the model by using the evaluation method of degree of grey incidence.


In developing nations pharmaceutical formulations of same drugs may vary in their quality points of view. Such moieties offer elective decisions in individual social insurance deliverance setups with uneven estimating. Legitimizations of such items for treatment decisions are basically privileged of medication information gave by the maker and generally endure correlation points of interest of multisource items. Moreover drug release profiles of oral tablets likewise fundamentally essential in deciding the product unwavering quality in batch to batch framework. These investigations guarantee the items magnificence by observing distinctive products with equivalent remedial moieties. In the present study quality assessment including range of physic-chemical parameters was calculated for selected (six) brands of ranitidine (RT-1 to RT-6). Results were observed to be in satisfactory points of confinement. Additionally, disintegration profiles of all brands were resolved utilizing phosphate cradle pH 6.8. Information was investigated by a few factual strategies as recommended by FDA, for example, similarity factor (f2) and difference factor (f1) and one way ANOVA technique. Consequences of one – way ANOVA showed no huge distinction among the dissolution profiles of reference and test brands. Correspondingly, results of f1 and f2 showed similar profiles of test and reference products. In addition all the brands were found to be best fitted in Weibull model.


At this moment in history, social workers are viewed by many publics as little more than implementers, unable to think in new ways about old, unresolved problems. Prac titioners and educators are becoming acute ly aware of a shortage of creative idea pro duction as virtually a trained incapacity of the profession. Certainly the need for ere ativity in solving problems is shared by each method in the social work profession, but the pressure of current events on the do mestic scene has made its lack appear par ticularly blatant in the area of community organization. In a profession, the place and develop ment of creative processes in problem solving cannot be separated from recogni tion by the profession that there is indeed a vital importance to such functions as . . 1. Problem perception. 2. Incubation. 3. Insight. 4. Elaboration, test, and evalua tion. 5. Application."2 Up to the 1960's, 1 At the time this article was written Mr. Melzer was Assistant Professor at the School of Applied Social Sciences and Director, Improvement of Community Probation Ser vices Program, at Cleveland College, Case Western Reserve University. 2 Tom Cornelia, "Understanding Creativity for Use in Managerial Planning," Automation, (April, 1966), pp. 72-76.


V4 is a small-angle neutron scatting instrument with an accessible range of scattering vector 0.01 nm -1 < Q < 8.5 nm -1 . Outstanding features of the instrument are the polarized neutron option and the list mode data acquisition, allowing for time-resolved measurements with µs time resolution.


The goals of this study were to determine biochemical biomarkers and histopathological changes in addition to exploring insulin as mono-therapy as well as insulin plus some medical plants include Garlic, Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) and Black seeds (Nigella Sativa) as feed additives in dogs with experimentally induced diabetes mellitus (DM). A total of 15 clinically apparent healthy adult dogs were involved in this study and divided into group 1: included five normal adult dogs served as non-diabetic control group, group 2: Included five adult dogs that were subjected to experimentally diabetes mellitus by intravenous (IV) injection of alloxan and treated by with insulin only and group 3: Included five adult dogs that were subjected to experimentally diabetes mellitus by IV injection of alloxan and treated by with insulin plus once daily supplement with herbal therapy. In conclusions, the therapeutic effects of some medical plants include Garlic, Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) and Black seeds (Nigella Sativa) increased the potency and glycemic control of insulin in animals with diabetes mellitus. Therefore, it is recommended adding the previously mentioned herbs as feed additives to improve the potency of insulin to control DM in dogs.


Background : the increase in aging of the Cuban population and the implications for the oral health status are important aspects that the dentist must take into account to provide individual, family and community with a comprehensive care. Objective : to characterize the oral health status of senior citizens of the family doctor's office 21 belonging to the "Dr. Gustavo Aldereguia Lima" University Polyclinic of the municipality of Las Tunas, province of Las Tunas, from October 2018 to May 2019. Methods : a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with a population made up of 154 senior citizens belonging to the aforementioned doctor's office and during the period herein declared. The following variables were assessed: age, sex, main risk factors, oral diseases and epidemiological classification. The information was obtained through the individual dental records. Descriptive statistics was used. Results : the 60 to 74 age group predominated with 111 for 72,1 %; the female sex prevailed with 82 patients for 53,2 %. Periodontal diseases turned out to be the conditions that mostly affected this population, 107 (69,4 %). Deficient oral hygiene was the highest risk factor associated with oral diseases. The group of patients predominated with 136 cases, 88,3 %. Conclusions : in the studied population, according to health status, the sick people prevailed, mainly with periodontal diseases.


Taking the design to consolidate outflow culvert of Daquangou Reservoir in Shihezi city as an example,the paper more systematically introduces the design plan adopting chemical grouting to treat the cracks in culvert,and assesses this consolidation technique through this realistic engineering example.


The current study discusses the improvement of surface finish of enlarge hole wall surface beyond traditional rough boring by electrochemical smoothing using different types of feeding electrodes. Higher electrical current is not required when the design electrode is used to reduce the response area for hole. In the experiment, six types of electrode are used with the application of continuous direct current and axial electrode feed. The controlled factors include the chemical composition and the concentration of the electrolyte, and the diameter of the electrode. The parameters are current rating, electrode geometry, die material, electrode rotational speed and feed rate. It was found that the electrobrightening after precise turning requires quit short working time, while the electrochemical smoothing saves the need for reaming or precise turning, thus makes the total cycle time less than electrobrightening. Smaller end radius of borer tip is associated with higher current density and provides faster feed rate and better polishing effect. A borer type electrode with small inclined angle toward to the cylinder provides more sufficient discharge space, which is advantageous for polishing. The electrode of oneside borer tip performs the best polishing effect in the current investigation.


Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) peel, one of the most underutilized biowaste, was in this study employed for the green synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as an alternative source of reductant and stabilizer. Spherical AuNPs with narrow size distribution (1.75 ± 0.86 nm) were obtained by controlling pH and adjusting sequence for the first time. ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectrophotometer, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), dynamic light scattering (DLS) were applied to detect the characteristic surface plasmon resonance peak, morphological and aggregate characteristic, elementary composition and hydrodynamic diameter, respectively. The major functional groups in extract were tested by Fourier transform infrared(FT-IR) spectrophotometer to characterize the components which are responsible for the reduction and stabilization of AuNPs. The possible role of the components during the process of AuNPs synthesis is also discussed. The result of this study enriched the green source for ultra-small AuNPs synthesis, and will help to understand the mechanism of synthesis and stability of ultra-small AuNPs by fruit peels extract.


Abstract This paper investigates the formation mechanisms for a local wind phenomenon known as Washoe Zephyr that occurs frequently in the lee of the Sierra Nevada. Unlike the typical thermally driven slope flows with upslope wind during daytime and downslope at night, the Washoe Zephyr winds blow down the lee slopes of the Sierra Nevada in the afternoon against the local pressure gradient. Long-term hourly surface wind data from several stations on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and rawinsonde sounding data in the region are analyzed and numerical simulations are performed to test the suggested hypotheses on the formation mechanisms for this interesting phenomenon. The results from surface and upper-air climate data analyses and numerical modeling indicate that the Washoe Zephyr is primarily a result of a regional-scale pressure gradient that develops because of asymmetric heating of the atmosphere between the western side of the Sierra Nevada and the elevated, semiarid central Nevada and Great B...


Universal concepts and globalization in literature has created new areas of literary studying. American Indian"s literature has a great deep root which its traces can be followed in modern and postmodern American literature. Although most of the American Indians" oral literature and their universal concepts have not recorded, there are many literary evidences that their culture, rites and ceremonies have extensive influence on the American culture, literature and globalization of literature and has created a kind of multicultural literature that reflects universal concept and globalization which can be studied based on new historical criticism.


The article is devoted to the study of the metacognitive strategies. The article presents the results of empirical research, motivational and meta-cognitive strategies and their impact on students' learning activities. There are statistically significant relationships between intrinsic motivation and critical thinking. The average direct proportional statistically significant relationship between external motivation and repetition of material is identified, the average direct proportional statistically significant relationship between external motivation and organizational strategies of the organization, which helps students choose the necessary information and build relationships between information to be to assimilate.


Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) tetramers typically consist of a fluorophore‐streptavidin complex and biotinylated soluble MHC molecules carrying a peptide of interest. Tetramers bind to T cell receptors (TCR) that recognize the MHC molecule/peptide combination with high specificity. Native MHC molecules are expressed as cell‐surface glycoproteins capable of binding a variety of peptides generated from the degradation of self and non‐self proteins for display to T cells. The human MHC gene locus is highly polymorphic, with >800 class I and >500 class II alleles currently identified. This heterogeneity contributes to the uniqueness of each person's immune system. This unit describes procedures for labeling CD8+ T cells with MHC class I tetramers and CD4+ T cells with MHC class II tetramers. The protocols can be used for detecting and enumerating human antigen‐specific T cells. Both CD8+ and CD4+ antigen‐specific T cells are rare events and require that sufficient numbers of cells be evaluated. To minimize nonspecific tetramer binding contributed by irrelevant cell populations, a cumulative gating strategy using positive selection and/or exclusion gating is described.


The invention relates to a wear particle online monitoring method using filtering, centrifugation and adjacent capacitance. Online monitoring is conduced sequentially by means of a filter, a temperature control module, a magnetization module, a mechanical centrifugation module, a rotary magnetic field centrifugation module, an adsorption module, an adjacent capacitance wear particle monitoring module and a demagnetization module. The filter is an S-type containing cavity full-band working condition self-adapting hydraulic filter, an oil inlet is formed in one end of the filter, and an oil outlet is formed in one end of the demagnetization module. The adjacent capacitance sensor technology based on the capacitance edge effect is introduced, and non-intrusive and unrestricted monitoring of wear particles is achieved. By means of the magnetization, mechanical centrifugation and rotary magnetic field centrifugation modules, wear particles in oil are magnetized and polymerized into large particles and move to the position near a pipe wall to be adsorbed by the adsorption module so that the intensity of output monitoring signals of an adjacent capacitance sensor can be increased. By means of the temperature control module and a reasonably designed polar plate structure of the adjacent capacitance sensor, noise is suppressed, and the overall performance of an adjacent capacitance sensor monitoring device is optimized.


Students from poor backgrounds are to be given bursaries of about £1000 a year to study physics at universities in the UK. The Institute of Physics is introducing the scheme to assuage students' fears over "top-up fees", which the government believes are necessary to plug a multibillion-pound funding gap in higher education. The Institute hopes that its bursaries–the first in the UK for a specific subject – will help stem the decline in the relative popularity of physics at university level. Although the number of physics graduates has remained constant over the last 20 years, the total number of graduates in all subjects has risen by over 50%.


The aim of this work was to develop a method of RP HPLC for the quantitative determination of aminocaproic acid in a complex nasal drug. Materials and methods. A solution of aminocaproic acid and a solution of a complex model mixture containing aminocaproic acid were used for the study purposes. A method used for sample preparation was derivatization of aminocaproic acid with dansyl chloride. A method of quantitative determination was RP HPLC analysis with UV detection at 288 nm. Results. The obtained data confirm the specificity, linearity, and correctness of the method proposed for quantitative analysis. Therewith, the correlation coefficient, limit of detection, limit of quantification and relative standard deviation (RSD) are R=0.9998, LOD=4.6·10 –5 g/mL, LOQ=1.4·10 –4 g/mL, and RSD=1.16 % respectively. Conclusions. A method of RP HPLC for the quantitative determination of aminocaproic acid in a complex nasal drug has been developed and its validation assessment has been carried out according to the following validation parameters: specificity, accuracy, linearity, and precision (repeatability). Statistical processing of the obtained results shows that all the validation parameters studied are within the acceptance criteria


We list in increasing order -- 1/3, 3/8, 2/5, 135 pi/1024, 16/(3 pi^2), 3 pi/16, 5/8, 105 pi/512, 2 - 435 pi/1024, 11/16, 1 -- a number of exact two-qubit Hilbert-Schmidt (HS) separability probabilities, we are able to compute. Each probability corresponds to a specific scenario -- a class of 4 x 4 density matrices (rho) with an m-subset (m<6) of its six off-diagonal pairs of symmetrically located entries set to zero. Initially, we consider only scenarios in which the (6-m) non-nullified pairs are real, but then permit them to be complex (as well as quaternionic) in nature also. The general analytical strategy we implement is based on the Bloore density matrix parameterization (J. Phys. A, 9, 2059 [1976]), allowing us to conveniently reduce the dimensionalities of required integrations. For each scenario, we identify a certain univariate ``separability function'' S_{scenario}(nu), where nu = rho_{11} rho_{44}/(rho_{22} rho_{33}). The integral over nu in [0,infty] of the product of this function with a scenario-specific (marginal) jacobian function J_{scenario}(nu) yields the HS {separable} volume (V^{HS}_{sep}). The ratio of V^{HS}_{sep} to the HS total (entangled and non-entangled) volume, gives us the HS scenario-specific separability probability. Among the possible forms that we have so far determined for S_{scenario}(nu) are piecewise combinations of c, c sqrt{nu} and c nu for nu in [0,1] and (in a dual manner) c, c/sqrt{nu} and c/nu for nu in [1,infty]. We also obtain bivariate separability functions S_{scenario)^{6 x 6}(nu_{1},nu_{2}} in the qubit-qutrit case, involving 6 x 6 density matrices, with ratio variables, nu_{1}= rho_{11} rho_{55}/(rho_{22} rho_{44}), and nu_{2}= rho_{22} rho_{66}/(rho_{33} rho_{55}). Additionally, we investigate parallel two-qutrit and three-qubit problems.


This paper deals with the equationiut+(1/2)Δu=λ(|x|−1*|u|2)u,u(0, x)=u0(x).Here, u is a complex-valued function of (t, x)∈R×Rn, n⩾2, and λ is a real number. If u0 is small in L2, s with s>(n/2)+2, then the solution u(t) behaves asymptotically asu(t, x)=(it)−n/2exp((i|x|2/2t)−iS(t, x/t))×φ(x/t)+t−1∑j=02ψ1, j(x/t)(logt)j+o(t−(n/2)−1)uniformly in Rn as t→∞. Here φ is a suitable function called the modified scattering state, and the functions S, ψ1, j, j=0, 1, 2, are represented explicitly by using φ.


The Gastrointestinal system is one of the most common places for extranodal Non-Hodgkin lymphomas. On the other hand, Non-Hodgkin lymphomas have been seen less in the small intestine. We present here a rare condition in the literature which is a case of bilateral adrenal mass and Burkitt lymphoma with small intestine origin.  Eleven  years old male patient applied to pediatric emergency service with acute abdomen. In the abdominal USG examination intussusception and bilateral adrenal mass had seen. In a surgical operation, five lesions were seen in the small intestine. Partial small intestine resection was performed. In the pathological examination of the resection material Burkitt Lymphoma with the origin of the small intestine diagnosed to the patient. Prognosis of NHL with the origin of the small intestine, adrenal mass and come with an acute abdomen depends on the histological type and grade.  He was started on  NHL - BFM95  chemotherapy and had a good clinical response and he was remained in complete remission for two months after completion of chemotherapy. Bilateral adrenal mass remains a rare form of Burkitt lymphoma and care must be taken in ruling out other causes of bilateral adrenal masses.


Nowadays, teachers still consider that assessment process is separate part from the learning process so that there are many teachers who assess students only with tests or semester exams while the principles of mathematics learning assessment is a process to assess the specific learning objectives as mathematization, reflection, creation and creativity of students. In accordance with this principle of course assessment is part of the learning process is not just to assess the learning result. Therefore, teachers can use a portfolio as an class assessment since the portfolio is a collection of student work that were documented to see the progress of students' learning process. When planning portfolio tasks, teacher should look at the purpose of learning. Portfolio assessment guidelines are part of the learning process material with LCM and GCF Realistic approach which students actively to construct their own knowledge. The method that used in this learning is game and exploration. The process of learning was gathered into a collection of students' portfolios so that teachers can see the overall development of student learning. Portfolio assessment involves teachers, students and parents that the parents are involved to provide feedback on student learning. The assessment's guide of portfolio consists of preparation's guide of portfolio and portfolio assessment instruments. The steps in the portfolio preparation of mathematics realistic learning are: 1) portfolio planning, 2) guide of the portfolio tasks, 3) the preparation of the portfolio contents, and 4) students' self-assessment. The portfolio assessment very supports mathematics realistic learning because all the students' learning processes were documented systematically and orderly. Of these guidelines are expected to assist teachers in using portfolio assessment in the classroom easily and efficiently


The meanings of statistical analysis of the distribution situations of cracks on cement pavement are discussed.Based upon analysis of the reasons caused the damage of old cement concrete pavement in G321 Zhaoqing section statistical method and procedure of cracks are introduced.General distribution situations and characteristics of cracks are elaborated in order to provide references for cracks' monitoring and maintenance as well as mechanical indexes for pavement design.


Sir, I read the interesting case report by Agarwal et al., with a great interest.[1] There are some additional discussions on this case. It is no doubt that "all gynecologists should consider galactorrhea even in women with normal serum prolactin."[2] The interpretation of the serum prolactin level needs careful consideration. In laboratory medicine, the false negative in prolactin level determination can be expected. A high-dose hook effect in the PRL assay that leads to falsely low serum prolactin level is mentioned in some literatures.[3-6] The hook effect should be considered in any case with a large pituitary mass.[4] A pre-dilution preparation can help in solving this specific false negative problem.[3-6]


This document defines a strategy to securely assign a pledge to an
owner, using an artifact signed, directly or indirectly, by the
pledge's manufacturer. This artifact is known as a "voucher". This
document builds upon the work in [I-D.ietf-anima-voucher], encoding
the resulting artifact in CBOR. Use with two signature technologies
are described. Additionally, this document explains how constrained
vouchers may be transported in the [I-D.vanderstok-ace-coap-est]
protocol.


The article raises the question of whether the question of human transformation was raised at the time of the entry of European civilization on the technogenic path of development and its transition to the modern era. We are talking about a short period of time (XVI century) and limited geographical space (Iberian Peninsula) in this spatio-temporal interval, you can find the actual and textual confirmation of the beginning of such a transition. The work, which is discussed in more detail – "New philosophy of nature man, not known and not reached by the great ancient philosophers, which improves human life and health. Compiled by Dona Oliva Sabuco" (1587). Her basic idea: on the physical condition, health and life expectancy of a person can be influenced if you study and understand how it is influenced by the inherent his passions, emotions. It is shown that the study of philosophical and medical texts the past allows you to find the points of transition to a new civilizational dominant, the central category that invariably remains "human", earlier than in others areas of knowledge. It is in them that numerous intersection points are found: daily care of a person the search for true scientific knowledge about his anatomy and physiology and care for his moral and spiritual condition, upbringing and education subsequent generations and even the possibility of existence after death.


Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is a subtype of prostate cancer with high malignancy and poor prognosis. Although it is rare in newly diagnosed prostate cancer, as the disease progresses, especially after metastatic prostate cancer managed with androgen-deprivation, its incidence increases dramatically. At present, there are many hypotheses about the formation and regulation of NEPC. This paper provides a reference for comprehensive understanding of NEPC with treatment by summarizing the research related to NEPC.

Key words:
Prostate cancer; Neuroendocrine differentiation; Molecular mechanism; Preclinical model; Therapeutic target


In the article it is considered thermal optical probe for measurement of static temperature. The principle of the probe construction consists that hot junction of this thermal probe is made as cavitial spherical or cylindrical micro model of a black body, on the entrance in which the optical fiber optical light guide carrying thermal radiation of micro model to a photo detector is established. The probe is established inside flowing nozzle that provides a longitudinal flow of thermal optical element with subsonic or supersonic heated stream. The total error of measurement, including errors due to heat exchange and a high-speed error for chromel-alumel thermocouple probe, makes % 2 5, 1 ±, and at use combined thermal optical probe % 5, 1 2, 1 ±.


The nursing home was evaluated as a site for introductory teaching of the interview and physical examination to medical students. Using questionnaires, the authors compared the 1986–1988 experiences of 106 students in nursing homes with those of 171 students in hospitals and found that carefully selected patients in the two settings were equally able to cooperate; patient availability was better in the nursing homes. Although fewer nursing home patients had a traditional "present illness," most students interviewing them were able to identify a predominant illness to characterize. The authors conclude that the nursing home is an appropriate alternative site for teaching the medical interview and physical diagnosis.


In this paper the asymptotic normality of a class of statistics, including Gini's index of cograduation and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, is proved. The asymptotic normality is stated under a large class of alternatives including the bivariate distributions corresponding to a condition of lack of association introduced in Section 3. The problems of testing the hypothesis of lack of association and of constructing confidence intervals for the population index of cograduation are also considered.


1 Like any artifact, a formal language may not coincide with the intention with which it was constructed, either by having unanticipated but important properties or by lacking properties it was intended to have. Some theorems about a formal language assert, directly or indirectly, that the language has certain intended properties. Formulation of such a theorem brings it to explicit awareness that the language was to have a certain property. Recognition of the need for a proof of the theorem is the recognition that lacking a proof one simply does not know whether the language actually constructed is the language one intended to construct. The proof itself is a check that we have constructed what we intended to construct. The theorem this paper investigates functions as a lemma in the soundness proof for the language £ of Mates' rigorous and concise text Elementary Logic [l]. Its versions for other systems will be obvious enough not to require separate comment.


An optimization strategy for cached data offloading plays a crucial role in the edge network environment. This strategy can improve the performance of edge nodes with limited cache memory to serve data service requests from user terminals. The main challenge that must be solved in optimizing cached data offloading is assessing and selecting the cached data with the highest profit to be stored in the cache memory. Selecting the appropriate cached data can improve the utility of memory space to increase HR and reduce LSR. In this paper, we model the cached data offloading optimization strategy as the classic optimization KP01. The cached data offloading optimization strategy is then improved using a hybrid approach of three algorithms: LRU, ACO, and GA, called LRU-GENACO. The proposed LRU-GENACO was tested using four real proxy log datasets from IRCache. The simulation results show that the proposed LRU-GENACO hit ratio is superior to the LRU GDS SIZE algorithms by 13.1%, 26.96%, 53.78%, and 81.69%, respectively. The proposed LRU-GENACO method also reduces the average latency by 25.27%.


IN the winter of 1908 and 1909, while surveying geographically and geologically the region about Caicara on the Orinoco, a region that was very little known up to that time, I discovered on the banks of the Orinoco, as well as in the forest that separates the river from the plains of the savana, some new petroglyphs. They apparently belong, not only geographically but also genetically, to the same large group of petroglyphs which is scattered over a wide area in Venezuela. This area


The stochastic discount factor model provides a general framework for pricing assets. A suitably specified discount factor encompasses most of the theories currently in use,
including the CAPM, consumption CAPM, higher-moment CAPM and their conditional versions. In this thesis, we focus on the empirical admissibility of alternative SDFs under restrictions that ensure that investors' risk-preferences are well behaved. More innovatively, we explore whether the SDF implied by the 3 and 4-moment CAPM is plausible under restrictions that are weaker than those considered by Dittmar (2002) yet sufficient to rule out implausible curvature of the representative investor's utility
functions. We find that, even under these weaker restrictions, the 3 and 4-moment CAPM cannot solve well known puzzles which plague the empirical performance of
extant rational asset pricing models, even though the higher order terms do generate considerable additional explanatory power. Faced with this difficulty, we then explore whether the failure to fully account for cross-sectional differences in average returns can be explained by the presence of either transaction costs or a behavioural component of the SDF, reflecting investors' systematic mistakes in processing information. We find
evidence of both problems, though our analysis is not conclusive in this respect. Finally, in a more applied exercise, we apply the SDF-framework to test whether Chinese fund managers generate superior investment performance, and find that Chinese fund managers have not achieved better performance than the individual investors under either the unconditional or the conditional measure.


Hard-real-time computing systems are widely used in our society, for example, in nuclear and industrial plants, telecommunications, avionics and robotics. In such systems, almost all tasks occur infinitely often and have time deadlines, namely, their correcmess relies not only on their logical results, but also on the time at which the results are available. A scheduling algorithm specifies an order in which all the tasks are to be executed, in a way that all the time deadlines are met. This paper provides a review on deterministic scheduling algorithms for hard-real-time systems, focusing mainly on fixed priority, preemptive scheduling of periodic tasks on a single processor and, in particular, on the Rate-Monotonic algorithm. After presenting some basic results, several generalisations, aimed at relaxing some constraints and facing more realistic cases, are described. Issues covered include uniprocessor and multiprocessor systems, periodic and non-periodic tasks, restricted and arbitrary deadlines, fixed and dynamic priorities, independent and synchronised tasks, as well as fault-free and fault-tolerant systems.


Concept formation in science is a reasoned process, commensurate with ordinary problem-solving processes. An account of how analogical reasoning and reasoning from imagistic representations generate new scientific concepts is presented. The account derives from case studies of concept formation in science and from computational theories of analogical problem solving in cognitive science. Concept formation by analogy is seen to be a process of increasing abstraction from existing conceptual structures.


Software Defined Network (SDN) is a new paradigm in network architecture that provides centralized control solutions, so there is no need to configure each network component. However, the SDN architecture also has security issues, one of the threats is Denial of Service (DoS) which allows attackers to disable the controller and have fatal consequences. From several previous studies, machine learning algorithms can produce optimal detection. In this study, machine learning algorithms will be implemented in the SDN architecture in terms of detection of DoS attacks. The algorithm used is Decision Tree and Naive Bayes and using NSL-KDD for dataset. The results of accuracy in detecting DoS attacks for each algorithm are 99.0 % for Decision Tree and 97.0% for Naive Bayes.


The framework of the civil central air conditioning energy efficiency test and diagnosis system was built up. The overall evaluation of air conditioning system energy efficiency optimization method combining with the construction of air conditioning energy efficiency monitoring and diagnosis system for an office building was put forward. The key issue should be focused on was pointed out. This paper can provide a useful reference for a similar central air conditioning energy efficiency monitoring and diagnosis system.


Automatic identification of side branch and main vascular measurements in IVOCT images take critical roles in pre-interventional decision making for coronary artery disease treatment. Very little works have been presented on these tasks. In this paper, we proposed a novel side branch identification algorithm which utilizes a newly defined global curvature feature to identify the ostium of side branch. Based on identification results, the main vascular can be segmented automatically for measurements. In the measurement of main vascular, the diameter of maximum inscribed circle of main vascular is proposed for the first time, which could be helpful in stent size decision. The qualitative and quantitative validation results demonstrated that the proposed algorithm is effective and accurate.


On the basis of its osteology, Triodon bursarius Cuvier (Triodontidae, Plectognathi) is shown to be a primitive gymnodont fish whose structure is in many ways intermediate between that of the Sclerodermi and Gymnodontes. Triodon probably evolved from an early triacanthodid-like group, and the Recent Triodon is itself not much differentiated from the ancestral stock which gave rise to the other gymnodonts.


1 Capsazepine is a synthetic analogue of the sensory neurone excitotoxin, capsaicin. The present study shows the capsazepine acts as a competitive antagonist of capsaicin. 2 Capsazepine (10 μm) reversibly reduced or abolished the current response to capsaicin (500 nm) of voltage‐clamped dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurones from rats. In contrast, the responses to 50 μm γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) and 5 μm adenosine 5′‐triphosphate (ATP) were unaffected. 3 The effects of capsazepine were examined quantitatively with radioactive ion flux experiments. Capsazepine inhibited the capsaicin (500 nm)‐induced 45Ca2+ uptake in cultures of rat DRG neurones with an IC50 of 420 ± 46 nm (mean ± s.e.mean, n = 6). The 45Ca2+ uptake evoked by resiniferatoxin (RTX), a potent capsaicin‐like agonist was also inhibited. (Log concentration)‐effect curves for RTX (0.3 nm‐1 μm) were shifted in a competitive manner by capsazepine. The Schild plot of the data had a slope of 1.08 ± 0.15 (s.e.) and gave an apparent Kd estimate for capsazepine of 220 nm (95% confidence limits, 57–400 nm). 4 Capsazepine also inhibited the capsaicin‐ and RTX‐evoked efflux of 86Rb+ from cultured DRG neurones. The inhibition appeared to be competitive and Schild plots yielded apparent Kd estimates of 148 nm (95% confidence limits, 30–332 nm) with capsaicin as the agonist and 107 nm (95% confidence limits, 49–162 nm) with RTX as agonist. 5 A similar competitive inhibition by capsazepine was seen for capsaicin‐induced [14C]‐guanidinium efflux from segments of adult rat vagus nerves (apparent Kd = 690 nm; 95% confidence limits, 63 nm‐1.45 μm). No significant difference was noted in the apparent Kd estimates for capsazepine in assays on cultured DRG neurones and vagus nerve as shown by the overlap in the 95% confidence limits. 6 Capsazepine, at concentrations up to 10 μm, had no significant effects on the efflux of 86Rb+ from cultured DRG neurones evoked either by depolarization with high (50 mm) K+ solutions or by acidification of the external medium to pH 5.0–5.6. Similarly capsazepine had no significant effect on the depolarization (50 mm KCl)‐induced efflux of [14C]‐guanidinium from vagus nerve preparations. 7 Ruthenium Red was also tested for antagonism against capsaicin evoked [14C]‐guanidinium release from vague nerves and capsaicin induced 45Ca2+ uptake in cultures of DRG neurones. In contrast to capsazepine the inhibition by Ruthenium Red (10–500 nm in DRG and 0.5–10 μm in vagus nerve experiments) was not consistent with a competitive antagonism, but rather suggested a more complex, non‐competitive inhibition.


The description and operation mode of the jamming complex for semi-active laser-guided systems, fixed at the high-precision weapon are added. The complex aims to detect the target designation pulse reflected from a target and generation false target designation pulse from several points at a safe distance from the target.


Women faculty of color endure gendered racial (intersectional) trauma in the workplace that often results in posttraumatic stress symptoms (e.g., cognitive intrusions and avoidance) and poor work o...


ABSTRACTThis paper argues that there can be no category of 'affected people' without a decision-making process that triggers affectedness in the first place. In that sense, affectedness is a category that is by default, although not irreversibly, 'tied' to a certain institutional context. In this paper, I examine such 'tied' quality of affectedness by focusing on the benefits and dangers of the affectedness paradigm to grassroots organisations in the context of World Bank projects. Whilst in principle the category of 'affected people' seems to empower the grassroots, this article argues that the danger of institutional co-optation in this context is also high. The World Bank and its borrowers have full discretion to include, but also to exclude, people from this category. Therefore, the voices of grassroots organisations relying on this paradigm can be instrumentalised and distorted. This article suggests that mediation can help to 'untie' affectedness from the top-down institutional discourse, in order t...


Abstract In order to investigate the possible participation of heavy metals in monooxygenase reactions, kinetic and analytical studies were carried out with highly purified preparations of three FAD-containing monooxygenases: salicylate hydroxylase, l-lysine monooxygenase, and imidazole acetate monooxygenase. No significant inhibition was observed by metal-chelating agents tested except for o-phenanthroline against salicylate hydroxylase and bathocuproine against imidazole acetate monooxygenase. The addition of exogenous iron or copper had no effect on the enzyme activities. Colorimetric and emission spectrographic analyses of the enzymes failed to detect iron, copper, or any other metals in significant amount. The significance of the apparent absence of metals in these three monooxygenases and the modes of inhibition by several metal-chelating agents are discussed.


Abstract : Modified contract objective was to screen and modify available elastomers for use as lenses for a mask. Also, a program to bond such a lens to a rubber faceblank was required. Two molds-one faceblank less lens area mold and one lens mold were required. By many tests named in the keywords of this and next pages, a Nordel 1320 vulcanizate; covulcanized Nordel 1320/Vynathene CY903; Vynathene EY903 vulcanizate; Elvax 150 vulcanizate and LR3-463 polyurethane vulcanizate were selected as final candidates for lens substance. Final candidate appears to be Nordel 1320, 100; Cabosil MS-7,3,0; Vul-Cup R, 1.5 and Antioxidant 330, 0.5 parts by weight. Loctite 420 was chosen as adhesive for the lens to the faceblank. Photos of the molds and of assembling operations for the two-piece mask are given.


Objective To observe the clinical curative effect and influence on immune function of Thymosin Combined with Xinxibao in children with recurrent respiratory tract infection(RRI).Methods 110 cases of children with RRI were divided into treatment group(60 cases) and control group(50 cases).Both groups were given the general comprehensive treatment,the treatment group was given Thymosin combined with Xinxibao on basis of general treatment.Results The curative effect in treatment group was superior to control group(P 0.05).After the treatment,Immune globulin(Ig) and T lymphocyte subsets(CD) of the two groups increased,the differences were statistically significant(P 0.01).Conclusion The effect of Thymosin combined with Xinxibao in the treatment of children with RRI is significant.


The article is devoted to problems of the theory and the methodology of the research of agrarian-economical relations on the today stage. The research takes on the stand of the hypothesis, according which the inefficiency of the regional agro-economic systems is stimulated not only with the quality of methods of the ruling impact on the system, but in the validity of the transferor of the evolution agrarian-economic systems in the conditions of grooving contradictions within the system «man-economics-nature». The main conclusion of the research of agrarian-economic contacts from the position of the setup approach consists in recognizing the requirement to the management of agrosystems on the base of two equivalent arguments: economical efficiency and ecological safety.


With modern commercial interferometers, high precision measurement can be made of flats and spheres.1,3 However, the interferometric measurement of aspheric surfaces may be very hard to perform. The problem is that, if the aspheric surface has a large departure of slope from the best fitting reference surface, an interferogram acquired without some sort of aspheric null elements contains too many fringes to be detected.2,3 In other words, such an interferogram is unsolvable.


We review the dark decay of the electronic holographic phase grating before thermal fixing, and deduce the general analytic expression of the lifetime of thermal-fixed ionic holograms in the photorefractive crystal, by means of analogizing. Because the ions are optically inactive, the lifetime of thermal-fixed ionic holograms is only closely relate to the ionic decay rate which is determined by the conductivity of ionic species at a given temperature. We theoretically analyze and numerically simulate the influences on the lifetime of ionic grating from the crucial factors in the experiment and application. The results reveal that low temperature, low ion-concentration, and large grating spacing are advantages for extending the life of the thermal-fixed volume holographic phase grating in photorefractive crystal.


This paper presents the results of an investigation on multilayer planar inductors (printed inductors). A multilayer inductor design is described resulting in high value of inductance at small dimensions.


Today, we pay very little attention to the feet, is the forgotten
of our body and yet it is the part of the body where they end
multitude of nerve endings. The sole of the foot and the foot as a whole,
schematically represented in the entire body and its organs. The good results of foot reflexology and limited side effects, today makes this technique is more often applied by health professionals.
This is why companies are looking to design, and market footwear
excellent quality for health professionals, who are exposed to
long hours, delivering as a footwear product designs
attractive as it provides comfort and quality improvement in health through
relaxation of the wearer. Its production involves the use of recyclable material that demonstrates a commitment to action in pursuit of social conservation and environmental protection.


Climate change (CC) is a new and, up to 2013, voluntary planning area in Denmark, and it is perceived as an interdisciplinary field affecting several professions. CC is integrated into bureaucratised municipal organisations characterised by a fragmented organisational structure and strong institutional traditions and perceptions. With this paper I examine different approaches to CC governance and the institutional dynamics that occur in the integration process within eight Danish municipalities in the initial phase of integrating CC. The results show three different governance approaches related to CC planning: experimental, negotiation, and standardisation. This paper contributes insights into the intrainstitutional dynamics at the local level when climate plans are to be implemented in practice, and it adds perspectives on the role of local established networks rather than international networks for less affluent municipalities to act on CC.


Terahertz imaging is a safe and inexpensive imaging technique with medical applications. However, presently there is no consensus on the methods which can be used to analyze the data resulted from this technique. This can constrain further developments in this technique. In this study, database of terahertz images, prepared from gastric cancer, is analyzed. There are 17 parameters for analyzing terahertz images. In this study, initially decision trees and principal component analysis (PCA) are used to identify important parameters, and then Support Vector Machines and Artificial Neural Networks are employed to classify terahertz data in order to find both healthy and unhealthy samples. Eventually, regarding the optimal results of this study, we can suggest new methods in terahertz reflective imaging for cancerous samples.


Figure 1 Plot of R1 (=1/T1) vs pO2 for the BSS phantom at (a) room temperature, 21°C and (b) body temperature 37°C. The slope is used to determine pO2 changes from T1 measurements in the eye. Determination of T1-Dependence on Oxygenation in the Eye Using a Simple Phantom Model Nicholas G Dowell, Edward H Hughes, Andrew Simpson, and Paul S Tofts Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom, Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton, United Kingdom


This essay has a classificatory analysis of the study of the educational research literacy of elementary and secondary school teachers in the new century,finding that experts and scholars studied this topic from the following perspectives: the status quo of the educational research literacy of elementary and secondary school teachers and the reasons;the necessity for teachers to do educational research and the reasons;the methods and models to cultivate the educational research literacy of teachers;the characteristics and the ability constitution of research-based teachers as well as the appropriate methods for teachers to do educational research.This essay also discussed the relationship between teaching reflection and educational research,coming to the conclusion that they are closely related to each other.


The influence of asphalt composition on rheological characteristic of asphalt,rheological model of asphalt and the determination method of rheological property were introduced,the relationship between rheological characteristic and pavement performance,between rheological property of asphalt mixture material and environment were studied,and it pointed out that asphalt can display effect better when understand the general index of asphalt before using asphalt.


Article history: Received 20 October 2017 Accepted 11 April 2018 Available online 3 May 2018 Communicated by K. Seip MSC: 47A10 35P05 35J25 81Q12 35J10 34L40 81Q35


Regulations worldwide tell us that a Pharmaceutical Quality System has to be risk-based. In reviewing best practices and ICH Q9 guidelines on QRM, the author shares insights on what not to do, using examples the author has come across over the more than 30 years in industry.


In connection with the eradication of the pink bollworm of cotton the writer was assigned the project of studying the distribution and abundance of the malvaceous plants in various parts of Texas. This work was done under the direction of Dr. W. D. Hunter, in charge of the pink-bollworm eradication work of the Federal Horticultural Board. The reason for making this survey was to determine if the malvaceous plants other than cotton were of importance in relation to the eradication of the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders). Throughout the entire survey no indication of the insect was found on any of the malvaceous plants other than cotton. From June to December, I9I8, and in June and November, I9I9, the extreme southeastern section of the state, embracing Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Chambers, Galveston, and parts of Harris, Fort Bend, and Brazoria counties, were thoroughly scouted. In June, I9I9, the vicinity of Hearne, I00 miles northwest of Houston, was examined. In June and July, I9I9, the areas in the vicinity of Corpus Christi, San Antonio, and Pecos were studied. From January to June, I9I9, and in August, I9I9, a strip 20 to 80 miles wide on the Texas side of the Rio Grande from the Gulf of Mexico to New Mexico was scouted. The species of Malvaceae found in the areas studied are discussed under the following life zones: i. Semi-tropical Gulf Strip of the Lower Austral Zone; 2. Austroriparian Division of the Lower Austral Zone; 3. Lower Sonoran Division of the Lower Austral Zone; and 4. Upper Sonoran Division of the Upper Austral Zone.


The reaction and mass transfer processes among three phases(solid,liquid and gas) of the composting system were introduced.The microkinetic simulation and analysis of reaction,mass and heat transfer processes were carried out to reveal the influencing factors and their interrelations in sludge composting.The principle for optimizing the sludge composting engineering was put forward through calculation and analysis of controlling factors of process kinetics.


The sudden transformation of learning modality had a remarkable impact on education. Teachers and students have been facing challenges in adopting the changes in the system. Thus, the study aimed to explore students' challenges in implementing the self-directed modular learning modality. The study employed the quantitative and qualitative mixed method of research and thematic analysis technique. The study found that secondary students encountered challenges in implementing the modular modality, such as lack of access to modern technology, module content issues, family and financial matters, time management, communication with the teacher, and the teachers' unclear instruction. Thus, financial support (e.g., food, school supplies, and monetary assistance) will be extended to students to lessen stress, anxiety, and depression. The government will allocate a sufficient budget for internet connection, bending machines, and computer sets. Training and programs in line with the technical skills enhancement of the students and parents will be taken into consideration, and the JRMSU College of Education must facilitate this as an extension program.


Most of the published work on trust region algorithms for constrained optimization is derived from the original work of Fletcher on trust region algorithms for nondifferentiable exact penalty functions. These methods are restricted to applications where a reasonable estimate of the magnitude of an optimal Kuhn–Tucker multiplier vector can be given. More recently an effort has been made to extend the trust region methodology to the sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm of Wilson, Han, and Powell. All of these extensions to the Wilson–Han–Powell SQP algorithm consider only the equality-constrained case and require strong global regularity hypotheses. This paper presents a general framework for trust region algorithms for constrained problems that does not require such regularity hypotheses and allows very general constraints. The approach is modeled on the one given by Powell for convex composite optimization problems and is driven by linear subproblems that yield viable estimates for the value o...


FEPCO Zona Franca is a Company dedicated to the manufacture of wellheads and Christmas
trees for oil wells, with more than thirty years in the oil market. It has implemented a QMS,
through this QMS Fepco insures the quality of the products manufactured, generating trust
and loyalty in the customers.


The use of an off-the-shelf general purpose processing system supplied by Giga Operations as applied to real-time video applications is described. The system is modular enough to be used in many scientific and industrial applications and powerful enough to maintain the throughput required for real-time video processing. This hardware and the associated programming environment has enabled InterScience to pursue research in real-time data compression, real-time Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry (ESPI) image processing, and industrial quality control and manufacturing. The system is based on Xilinx 4000 series field programmable gate arrays with associated static and dynamic random access memory in an architecture optimized for video processing on either the VL-Bus or PCI. This paper will focus on the design and development of a real-time frame subtractor for ESPI using this technology. Examples of the improvement in research capability provided by real-time frame subtraction are shown, including images from biomedical experiments. Further applications, based on this system are described. These include real-time data compression, quality control for production lines as part of an automated inspection system and a multi-camera security system allowing motion estimation to automatically prioritize camera selection.


Abstract The structure of anhydrous β-Cs2U2O7 has been redetermined. The compound is stabilized by water, and the structure of the stable compound in air, α-Cs2U2O7 · 0.4D2O, has been determined with neutron powder diffraction data. Infrared spectra show these D2O molecules to be chemically bonded.


Purpose:To investigate the high-resolution MR characterization of recipient site after au- tologous osteochondral transplantation(AOT)compared with histology.Materials and Methods:10 healthy,mature goats were randomly divided into five groups according to the follow-up time after surgery.A cylindrical osteochondral defect(φ8mm)was surgically created on the weight-bearing sur- face of femoral condyle,three osteochondral grafts(φ3mm)from the non-weight-bearing surface were transplanted to the defect with a mosaic fashion.High-resolution MR follow-up examinations of stifles were initiated on a 3.0T MR unit(Philips Achieva).Results:The earliest time point of complete fill on recipient site was 8 weeks after surgery.All the grafts(except 3 grafts at 12-week)kept intact.The rate of cartilage-cartilage match was statistically higher than bone-bone between grafts and native osteochondral tissue at each time point.The repair tissue at early time points showed hyperintense and gradually decreased to hypointense.Histologically,the grafts were basically intact and the defect pre- dominantly comprised fibrocartilage and/or fibrous tissue.Conclusion:AOT can completely fill the os- teochondral defect.High-resolution MR imaging provides a non-invasive tool for monitoring the pro- cess of repair after AOT.


$L^{2}([0,1];\mathbb{C})$ . The system $\{\tilde{f}_{n}(\omega)=\int_{0}^{1}f(t, \omega)\overline{\varphi_{n}(t)}dW_{t}\}$ is called the stochastic Fourier coefficients (SFCs in abbr.) of $f(t, \omega)$ . Here $\overline{z}(z\in \mathbb{C})$ denotes the complex conjugate of $z$ . It is of course understood that the stochastic integral $\int dW$ in the definition of SFCs should be chosen adequately. We are concerned with the problem whether $f(t, \omega)$ is identified from the SFCs of $f(t,\omega)$ or not. We here roughly present some preceding studies of this problem without rigorous assumptions on $f(t, \omega)$ . Suppose $f(t, \omega)$ be a square integrable Wiener functional. Then


Since the amount of E-mail messages has increased , we need a new technique for efficient e-mail classification. E-mail classifications are grouped into two classes: binary classification, multi-classification. The current binary classification methods are mostly spm mail classification methods which are based on rule driven, bayesian, SVM, etc. The current multi- classification methods are based on clustering which groups e-mails by similarity. In this paper, we propose a novel method for e-mail classification. It combines the automatic category generation method based on the vector model and the dynamic category hierarchy construction method. This method can multi-classify e-mail automatically and manage a large amount of e-mail efficiently. In addition, this method increases the search accuracy by dynamic reclassification of e-mails.


Winter can be a limiting time of year for many temperate species, who must access depressed prey resources to meet energetic demands. The swift fox (Vulpes velox (Say, 1823)) was extirpated from Canada and Montana (USA) by 1969, but was reintroduced in the 1980s to Canada, and subsequently spread into northern Montana. Swift foxes in this region are at the current northern range edge where winter conditions are harsher and persist longer than in their southern range (i.e., Colorado (USA) to Texas (USA)). We collected fine-scale locational data from swift foxes fitted with global positioning system collars to examine movement and resource-use patterns during winter of 2016–2017 in northeastern Montana. Our results suggest that swift foxes displayed three distinct movement patterns (i.e., resting, foraging, and travelling) during the winter. Distance to road decreased relative probability of use by 39%–46% per kilometre across all movement states and individuals, whereas the influence of topographic roughness and distance to crop field varied among movement states and individuals. Overall, while our findings are based on data from three individuals, our study suggests that across movement states during the critical winter season, swift foxes are likely using topography and areas near roads to increase their ability to detect predators.


Random media emerge in several applications in reactor physics and safety analysis. Most often, models of stochastic media assume spatial homogeneity, whereas real-world complex materials, such as fuel chunks resulting from core degradation, typically display apparent heterogeneities. In a series of previous works, we have shown that stochastic tessellations can be successfully used in order to describe the material properties of several classes of random media. In this paper we extend these results to the case of heterogeneous random media by using Voronoi tessellations with space-dependent seed distributions, allowing for spatial gradients.


Excellent accounts of the nesting behavior of solitary wasps have been recorded (Evans 1960, 1966; Krombein 1964), but few studies have been made on the actual capture and removal of blood-sucking flies from animals by these Hymenoptera. References to Hymenoptera as predators of Simuliidae are rare (Vargas 1945), and little is known of the effectiveness of these natural control agents.


Introduction: Several factors involved in the development of malnutrition in Hemodialysis patients, given the impact of malnutrition in the forecast, it is extremely important to monitor the protein energy status of these patients. Objective: 10 assess the nutritional status of patients with chronic kidney disease (ERC5) stage 5 on hemodialysis (HD). Methods: Patients over 18 years, of both sexes, tri-weekly dialysis. Nutritional diagnosis was used as the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA), body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold (PT), arm muscle circumference (AMC), and biochemical parameters (alburnin, cholesterol, protein catabolic rate, phosphorus). Results: According to SGA, 5% of patients had reiterate malnutrition by BMI 28% had malnutrition, according to the PT showed 12% depletion of their fat mass and was significantly higher in females (p = 0.015). According to the AMC showed 42% depletion of their muscle mass and was significantly higher in males (p = 0.029). According to the values of albumin, 41% were at nutritional risk and cholesterol levels by 55%. The 75% had inadequate protein intake. AMC depletion was significantly correlated with low protein intake (p = 0.02). 62% of the population showed altered phosphorus values. Conclusions: From this study it appears that no single method of nutritional assessment and need a combination of subjective and objective methods in order to identify those patients who require specific nutritional interventions.


The present invention R-6- hydroxy-8- of the formula (1) {1-hydroxy-2- [2- (4-methoxy-phenyl) -1,1-dimethyl-ethylamino] -ethyl} -4H- benzo [1, 4] oxazin-3-one-hydro-crystalline, pure hydrate enantiomerically of chloride, and this for a long time operation of one or more other active substances as a combination as for the treatment of respiratory diseases or as a self- relate to its activity as beta-sex non-Matic. Formula 1


Microscopic four-probe TiSi2 electrodes were fabricated on clean Si(111) surfaces and characterized using scanning tunneling microscopy with atomic resolution. The TiSi2 electrodes remained intact, and the clean Si(111)-7×7 structure was observed near the electrodes after annealing the Si substrate up to 1200 °C. The TiSi2 electrodes were formed with a high density of large silicide plateaus. Each plateau was formed from stacked atomically flat layers comprised of atomic rows, which have been assigned as C54 phase with an epitaxial relation of TiSi2(311)‖Si(111). The TiSi2 probes have the desired properties of very low profiles, low resistance, and thermal as well as chemical stability, thereby enabling the direct measurement of electrical transport properties of low-dimensional structures fabricated on clean Si surfaces.


Since Burton & Davie revised the monotypic genus Thenus, the genus is represented by two species in Mainland India, Thenus unimaculatus (Burton and Davie, 2007) and Thenus indicus (Lund, 1793). In this study, we are reporting the occurrence of T. unimaculatus for the first time from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. We have investigated the species based on morphological characters and morphometric ratios following original description of T. unimaculatus. All the morphological characters and most of the morphometric ratios were found to coincide with the previous description. Mitochondrial COI gene sequencing also supports the landings of T. unimaculatus in these Islands.


The increased recognition of fungi as an important cause of disease is translated into what appears as a high incidence of mycotic disease. The increase in deep mycoses associated with occupations may be due in part to better understanding of the pathogenesis of these infections. The fact that inhalation of sporecontaining dust is the mode of infection in histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis, and probably cryptococcosis points to any major soil digging as a potential source of such infections. Spores ofSporothrix schenckiihave been found on timber, on the leaves of certain bushes, and in sphagnum moss; traumatic transcutaneous inoculation leading to sporotrichosis is well established. A connection exists between pigeons and the occurrence of cryptococcosis, and between bats and birds and histoplasmosis. LABORATORY INFECTIONS A special chapter in occupational disease caused by "deep fungi" is that associated with laboratory exposure; inhalation of culture material and traumatic transcutaneous inoculations have


SUMMARY: The seasonal activity of populations of ticks during a one-year period has been studied in Antalya. The influence of seasonal features on the frequency of tick population was investigated. For a one-year period, 3338 ticks were collected monthly from the goats. They were typed and all three life stages were detected. The following species were detected: 1537 (46.0%) Rhipicephalus bursa, 978 (29.3%) Ixodes ricinus, 608 (18.2%) Dermacentor marginatus, 203 (6.0%) Haemaphysalis parva and 12 (0.5%) Haemaphysalis sulcata. One Borrelia burgdorferi was seen by immunofluorescence assay in 93 Ixodes ricinus that had been dissected.


3,5,6-Trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCP) is the major degradation product of both the widely used chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl insecticides and the herbicide triclopyr. In this paper we describe the development of immunoassays for the detection of this metabolite. With this aim, two types of haptens were synthesized, with spacer attachment either through the 6-position of the pyridyl ring or through the hydroxyl group. Protein conjugates of these haptens were used for the immunization of mice to produce monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). From haptens of the former type, a panel of MAbs displaying 50% inhibition (I50) for TCP in the range 1−10 nM was obtained. Characterization of these MAbs showed their high affinity and specificity for TCP. The best MAbs were used in various assay formats in combination with homologous and heterologous assay haptens. Several immunoassays with I50 lower than 1 nM were developed. These immunoassays are potentially very valuable analytical tools for the determination of TCP in f...


An important conceptual dimension for the Toraja of South Sulawesi, Indonesia is the relationship between order, constraint, and "coolness," on the one hand, and disorder, lack of constraint, and "heat," on the other. Following a discussion of order and disorder in Toraja life and thought, the article explores the relevance of this conceptual dimension to: (1) an understanding of Toraja ideas concerning the attainment of fertility, prosperity, and general vitality, ideas that I will place into a comparative context in relation to similar ideas elsewhere in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, and (2) an understanding of recent changes in Toraja ritual, specifically, the decline of "smoke-ascending" rituals. The Toraja (more precisely, the Sa'dan Toraja) number approximately 350,000, speak an Austronesian language closely related to other South Sulawesi languages (Mills 1975), and are wet rice agriculturalists whose homeland comprises the administrative region (kabupaten) of Tana Toraja, located in the mountainous interior of South Sulawesi. Among the Toraja, descent is traced bilaterally and residence is bilocal, although there is a tendency for uxorilocal residence. Traditionally, there were three main social strata: nobles, commoners, and dependents or slaves. Nobles claimed to be direct descendants of beings (to manurun) who long ago descended from the upperworld (LangV) to earth. In contrast to the lowland kingdoms of the Bugis and Makassar, the Toraja area prior to the early 20th century was politically decentralized, with nobles competing for control of various local areas. Most activities of a legal or political nature were conducted at the village level, although larger territorial groupings performed certain ceremonial and at times legal and political functions (Nooy-Palm 1979:63, 7991). This article is based on material collected primarily in the village of "Paku Asu" (a pseudonym) located in the northwest district of Rindingallo. Within Tana Toraja, there is considerable regional variation in terminology and cultural beliefs and practices and what is presented here may not apply elsewhere (cf. Crystal and Yamashita 1987:58-63, 70). Although the majority of the population of Tana Toraja is now Christian, in the Paku Asu area there are still many adherents of the traditional religion, referred to as Aluk To Dolo (Religion/Way of People Who Came Before), or more commonly in the Paku Asu area, Alukta (Our Religion/Way or Religion/Way of People), and the residents of Paku Asu in many ways continue to maintain a traditional orientation to the world. The main feature of the traditional religion is the


Ticketmaster Prices Are Misleading: Competition Bureau (If You Can Get Tickets)* Following a warning in 2017 to ticket vendors that they should ensure advertised prices were accurate, Canada's…


Twenty genotypes of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) obtained from Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Zaria, International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and West and Central African Sorghum Research Network (WCASRN) at Bamako, Mali, were evaluated at IAR, Zaria, Nigeria, for genetic variability in agronomic and malting quality traits. NRL-3, SSVL2019 and SSVL2027 combined high yielding and good malting qualities. The presence of genetic variability for both malting and agronomic traits suggests that further improvement of these genotypes for the traits is feasible.


Separation Technologies, Inc. (STI) has been operating commercial fly ash beneficiation systems for over five years. STI's electrostatic beneficiation technology reduces the carbon content of coal fly ash, producing a consistent, low loss-on-ignition (LOI) ash for use as a substitute for cement in concrete applications. The STI process generates uniform quality fly ash (±0.5 % LOI) from highly variable LOI ash. Presently, five STI electrostatic separators are operating at three electric utilities to produce concrete-grade fly ash: U.S. Generating Co. Brayton Point Station (two separators), Carolina Power and Light (CP&L) Roxboro Station (two separators), and Constellation Power Source Generation (formerly Baltimore Gas and Electric) Brandon Shores Station (one separator).


The hadron multiplicity distributions and factorial moments are studied in the framework of Landau theory of phase transitions. The factorial moments show a scaling law with a scaling exponent \ensuremath{\nu} which characterizes the intermittency properties of the hadron phase for T${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$ (or ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{t}}$) where ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$ (or ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{t}}$) is the transition temperature for second (or first) order transition. The scaling exponent \ensuremath{\nu} is weakly dependent on the free energy parameters as well as on temperature. It is shown that \ensuremath{\nu} remains practically constant in the hadron phase for which T${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$ or T${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{t}}$ whether the transition is second order or first order of second kind where the free energy expansion includes cubic term. This universality in the scaling exponent is also maintained above ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$ over a wide range of temperature even if the transition is strongly first order of first kind where the free energy expansion has only even order coefficients, except around the critical temperature ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{t}}$ where ${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{t}}$\ensuremath{\gtrsim}${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$. Therefore, the scaling exponent \ensuremath{\nu} is rather more universal and only indicates the presence of a possible phase transition. It is further shown that the hadron multiplicity distribution is quite sensitive to the free energy parameters. The study of hadron multiplicity distribution at various resolution or bin size reveals more information about the dynamics of the phase transition. The calculated hadron multiplicity distributions are also compared with the negative binomial distribution, often used to explain the experimental multiplicity distributions. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.


The purpose of this study was to suggest the justification for social recognition of childcare staff through a review of Axel Honneth's recognition theory of childcare staff's caring work, the Constitution, the Infant Care Act, and the National Human Rights Commission Act. As a result of the study, first, the poor working environment of childcare staff was confirmed. Despite the continuous intervention of childcare policies to improve the working environment of childcare teachers, poor working conditions such as annual/monthly vacation and rest time guarantee were confirmed. Second, the human rights violations of childcare staff were confirmed. The installation of CCTV installed to prevent child abuse in childcare institutions confirmed not only the human rights violations of childcare staff but also the psychological pressure of childcare staff who are monitored 24 hours a day. Third, this study has significance in that it suggests the justification for social recognition of childcare staff through revision and supplementation of the current law for appropriate performance evaluation of childcare.


ABSTRACT Despite evidence that social media are transforming American political life, fundamental questions remain about their influence on political inequality among the next generation of citizens. This study examines whether youth political behavior on social media is stratified by socioeconomic status (SES) and if political interest is the primary mechanism. Analyzing two nationally representative surveys of young Americans (18–34), we find youth political behavior on social media is less stratified by SES than voting or offline campaign participation. In one case, social media political expression is counter-stratified. While the relationship between SES and youth political behavior on social media can be partially explained by political interest, general political knowledge and positive perceptions of Facebook for politics also emerged as potential mechanisms. Findings suggest that SES-based youth political inequality persists on social media, but it is less severe than for offline forms of participation, and is likely explained by a range of factors beyond political interest.


Abstract Critical studies of material from the Spermonde Archipelago, south-western Sulawesi, Indonesia, and relevant type material have provided a range of morphological and anatomical characters for species delimitation within the genus Sporolithon (Corallinales, Rhodophyta). Sporolithon is referred to a new family, the Sporolithaceae fam. nov. This family is characterized by the presence of cruciately cleaved tetrasporangia and the absence of tetrasporangial conceptacles. Detailed anatomical observations of the reproductive and vegetative structures are presented. The type collections of all species of Sporolithon reported from Indonesia were examined, and, where necessary, types have been designated. The relationships of Archaeolithothamnion erythraeum (Roth pletz) Foslie to Sporolithon molle (Heydrich) Heydrich and Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich, and the misinterpretations that have led to the present confusion surrounding the taxonomic position of the genus Sporolithon, are discussed.


The Final Passage is a novel by Carl Phillips , who is a black writer. This novel offers many post-colonial conflicts as the power of the story which covers the themes of multicultural and multiethnics. Conflicts faced by Leila tell about herself as a mulatto who does not find a place in her environment either in the Caribbean or England. Hybridity has led to problems such as unhomeliness and otherness. This thesis uses a close postcolonial analysis and applies hybridity by Homi Bhabha who concerns with the study of mix cultures . This studyuses a qualitative research by applying novel text in the story as the main data . The data is analyzed to show the conflict that gave rise to the emergence of hybridity in the presence of Leila as a mulatto . As a result , a mixture of cultural hybridity create new things within Leila that leads to profound grief. At the end, hybridity becomes a means to create a new existence which always be full of risks .