A study was done to determine the effects of irrigation method and level of water application on yield and fruit quality of 'Elliott' highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.). Plants were grown on mulched, raised beds and irrigated by overhead sprinklers, microsprays, or drip at 50, 100, and 150% of the crop evapotranspiration requirement (ETc). Overall, marketable yield and individual berry weight were higher in plants irrigated by drip than in those irrigated by sprinklers and microsprays. Yield and berry weight were also higher on average when plants were irrigated at 100% ETc than at 50% ETc but were similar between plants irrigated at 100% and 150% ETc. Thus, as expected, plants were generally under-irrigated at 50% ETc and over-irrigated at 150% ETc; however, this was not always the case. Yield did not increase between 50% and 100% ETc when plants were irrigated by drip, and berry weight increased from 100% to 150% ETc when plants were irrigated by microsprays. Interestingly, drip reduced berry firmness and soluble solids relative to sprinkler and microspray irrigation, potentially increasing problems with soft fruit during shipping and storage. Titratable acidity was also lower with drip but only when plants were irrigated at 50% ETc. While irrigation method and the amount of water application affected yield and fruit quality in blueberry, more work is needed to identify the best combinations of each to produce the most marketable fruit. INTRODUCTION Overhead sprinklers and drip are the most common irrigation systems used in highbush blueberry production (Strik and Yarborough, 2005; Banados, 2006). Sprinkler systems are relatively simple to install and maintain and, when designed properly, obtain reasonable uniformity of water application. Some major advantages of sprinklers are that they can be used to maintain a cover crop, protect the crop from frost damage during subfreezing temperatures, cool the crop during hot conditions, and wash dust off the crop before harvest. Drip systems, by comparison, are somewhat more expensive to install and more difficult to maintain than sprinklers but offer superior water control and distribution uniformity, improved application of fertilizer and other chemicals, and enhanced cultural conditions, including fewer weed and disease problems and the ability to irrigate during harvest (Kruse et al., 1990). Water is typically applied one to two times per week as needed with sprinklers and every 1 to 3 days with drip. A few growers also use microsprays on blueberry. Microspray irrigation offers advantages similar to drip but applies the water to the soil surface by a small spray. Although microsprays are not commonly used in blueberry, Holzapfel et al. (2004) found that production in Chile was higher with microsprays than with drip. Because microsprays wet more soil volume than drip, plants tend to produce a larger root system, which may be a considerable advantage in a shallow, densely-rooted crop like blueberry (Patten et al., 1988; Bryla and Strik, 2007). We began a trial in 2004 to compare the effects of sprinkler, microspray, and drip irrigation on water use in blueberry. The primary goal was to identify the best irrigation Proc. IX IS on Vaccinium Eds.: K.E. Hummer et al. Acta Hort. 810, ISHS 2009 650 practices for optimizing growth and fruit production. Irrigation was examined in an earlyseason cultivar, 'Duke', and a late-season cultivar, 'Elliott'. By the end of the first season, drip irrigation produced the largest plants in both cultivars, while microspray-irrigated plants were intermediate, and sprinkler-irrigated plants were smallest. However, by year 2, drip irrigation increased the incidence of root rot in 'Duke', leading to weakened and smaller plants than those irrigated by either sprinklers or microsprays (Bryla and Linderman, 2007). 'Duke', which tends to be susceptible to root rot (Bryla et al., 2008), may be better suited to sprinklers or microsprays, especially when grown at sites prone to the disease, e.g., heavy soil, poor drainage, or a disease history. 'Elliott', conversely, had no root rot. In this case, plants with drip required only half the water for maximum shoot production as those irrigated by sprinklers or microsprays (Bryla, 2008). The benefit in 'Elliott' was because drip consistently maintained higher soil water content in the root zone than did the other two systems and, therefore, reduced soil water deficits between irrigations (Bryla and Strik, 2007). The objective of the present study was to continue the trial and compare the effects of sprinklers, microsprays, and drip on yield and fruit quality in 'Elliott' blueberry. The study was conducted during the third and fourth seasons when plants were in the first 2 years of production. 'Duke' was not included in this report due to continued problems with root rot. MATERIALS AND METHODS The planting was established at the Oregon State University Lewis-Brown Horticultural Research Farm, Corvallis, Oregon, USA (4438'N, 12311'W) in April 2004. Soil at the site is a Malabon silty clay loam adjusted to a pH of 5.5. The plants were grown on mulched raised beds and spaced 0.76 m apart within rows and 3.05 m apart between rows. Normal cultural practices for mulching, fertilizing, and pruning were followed (Strik et al., 1993). Plants were cropped beginning the third year after planting. Nine irrigation treatments were arranged at the site in a split-plot design with three irrigation methods (overhead sprinkler, microspray, and drip) as main plots and three irrigation levels (50, 100, and 150% of the estimated crop evapotranspiration requirements, ETc) as subplots. Each subplot consisted of three rows of eight plants and was replicated five times. Overhead sprinkler treatments were irrigated by four sprinklers per subplot; a sprinkler was located on each corner of the plots and set to rotate in a 90 wetting pattern. Microspray treatments were irrigated with fan-jet emitters located between every other plant and suspended on a trellis wire 1.2 m above the plants. Drip treatments were irrigated by drip tubing, with in-line emitters spaced 0.30 m apart, placed along the row at the base of the plants. Irrigations were controlled by an automatic timer set weekly. Sprinkler treatments were irrigated twice per week, as needed, while drip and microspray treatments were irrigated three times per week. Crop ET estimates were obtained from the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Agricultural Weather Network (AgriMet) website (http://www.usbr.gov/pn/agrimet/) and were adjusted for plant size and irrigation system efficiency following procedures outlined in Holzapfel et al. (2004). Water applications were scheduled with a timer and measured using flow meters installed in the irrigation manifold. Fruit was harvested in August each year and required three to four pickings per year. Ripe fruit was collected from the center six plants of each subplot, sorted to remove unmarketable (green, red, shriveled, or bird-pecked) fruit, and weighed. A subsample of fruit from each replicate was then analyzed for quality characteristics, including average individual berry weight, berry firmness using a firmness tester, soluble solids concentration (Brix) using a refractometer, juice pH using a pH meter, and percent acidity using acid titration (Kalt et al., 2001). Data were analyzed by split-plot analysis of variance using SAS v. 9.1 (SAS Institute, Cary, N.C., USA) with irrigation system treated as the main plot effect and


Magnetite crystals inside coccoid magnetotactic bacteria found in lagoons near Rio de Janeiro city were examined by electron microscopy (EM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). For AFM, ultrathin sections of bacteria embedded in Epon resin were etched with an ethanolic NaOH solution and observed both in the height and in the force modes. Comparative electron microscope images were useful for identifying crystalline reliefs in the etched sections. Different situations representing particular arrangements of crystal chains were observed by AFM. The majority of the bacteria examined presented unusually large magnetite crystals which remained strongly attached in linear chains even after the laboratory procedures for their isolation. This behaviour is different from all other biogenic magnetite crystals isolated so far. It is suggested that this attachment is due to the strong field between individual crystals as well as to the contact areas, which are the largest observed until now. The correct identification of a particular topography by AFM as a crystal relief may be critical when crystals are not aligned in chains; in these cases the linear dimensions and the presence of well‐defined edges and faces are important features to be taken into account. Characterization of the crystal faces is important for the study of magnetotactic micro‐organisms since the crystalline habits seem to be species‐specific. Observation of etched sections proved to be a helpful approach for crystal relief observation, especially when small amounts of bacteria were available.


The project is all about step by step process of designing, constructing and testing a Buck-Boost converter for the next generation of Hybrid Electric Vehicles or HEV.In this paper a comprehensive study of use of DC-DC converter in a Hybrid Electric Vehicle , it's designing with proper parameter values and basic construction has been carried out. This paper discusses the operational characteristics of various topologies for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) with a brief description of series hybrid, parallel hybrid, and fuel cell-based propulsion systems.The role of Buck-Boost converter and how it is used in an HEV has been explained with the proper case study of its current commercial application. The basic working and design parameters of a buck-boost converter under certain constraints have been presented with a study and realization of a better design suitable to be used in an Hybrid Electric Vehicle. The converter is tested under a simulated scenario to verify acceptable functionality and performance. For the demonstration of the working principle of the converter the scale down version has been implemented on a hardware possible under a laboratory environment.


Principal-agent relationship, which is characterised by the absence of legitimate power, necessitates monitoring and control by the principal to align the activities of the agent to the collective goals. However, complete monitoring of the agent is impossible, and expensive. Certain amount of trust is inevitable. This research postulated negative relationship between goodwill trust and control-based monitoring on the one hand and between competence trust and need-based monitoring on the other. The research work used laboratory experiment capturing data from a sample set comprising of executives as well as students of post-graduate management students, both through questionnaires and through a simulation. The study found support to the postulated negative relationships between trust and intended monitoring. However, actual monitoring manifested through allocation of time found rare support for the postulates.


In this system, the solvent casting technique was used to prepare polymer nanocomposites from the multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/TiO2 nanoparticles (as nanofiller)‐doped polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate (PVA/SA) blend. The modification in the structure of the nanocomposites is proved by the studies of X‐ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis evidenced that the MWCNTs/TiO2 nanoparticles were incorporated in the PVA/SA polymer. The optical energy gap of the polymer blend is reduced after incorporating the MWCNTs/TiO2. The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) has demonstrated the nanocomposites' excellent thermal stability compared to pure blend, as well as its enhancement with the addition of MWCNTs/TiO2 nanoparticles. The AC conductivity and dielectric properties of the nanocomposite enhanced as compared to pure PVA/SA. Also, the electrical properties were higher due to the loading of MWCNTs/TiO2 nanoparticles. The increase in elongation at the break and higher tensile strength of nanocomposites compared to pure polymer blends suggested that MWCNTs/TiO2 nanoparticles in the polymer matrix provided greater reinforcement. Thus, it was generally concluded that the polymer nanocomposite is better than the pure blend due to its superior dielectric constant, thermal, optical, and mechanical properties, which make them useful in the manufacture of nanoelectronic devices of high energy storage.


Background. According to foreign and domestic authors, a kidney cyst is one of the most common urological diseases and accounts for up to 2050%.
Aim. To evaluate the results of various methods of surgical treatment of patients with kidney cysts.
Materials and methods. An analysis was made of 124 case histories of patients who underwent inpatient treatment for symptomatic kidney cysts at the urology department of the Regional Clinical Hospital for the period 2016 to 2019. Also, an analysis of 50 case histories of patients who were hospitalized with the same diagnosis on the basis of the urological department of the emergency hospital for the same period.
Results. Puncture methods of treatment were used only in patients whose cysts radiologically corresponded to categories I and II according to Bosniak. On the basis of the urological department of the emergency hospital, 50 people were operated on in this way, of which 22 (44%) women and 28 (56%) men. The mean age of the patients was 58.25 years. Punctures of cysts with evacuation of contents without sclerotherapy 3 (6%) cases, and puncture of cysts with sclerotherapy with 96% ethyl alcohol 47 (94%) cases. The average age of patients who underwent surgery in the regional hospital was 56.612 years. According to MSCT, cysts of category I according to Bosniak were diagnosed in 96 patients (77.4%), category II in 11 (8.9%), category IIF in 11 patients (8.9%), category III in 6 (4.8%). Laparoscopic excision of the cyst wall was performed in most cases 109 (88%), laparoscopic nephrectomy was performed in 1 case (0.8%), laparoscopic nephrectomy in 10 (8%) cases, retroperitoneoscopic excision of the cyst wall 1 (0.8%), open intervention by lumbotomy access 3 (2.4%), of which nephrectomy was performed in two patients, one patient underwent kidney resection.
Conclusion. Surgical treatment of symptomatic kidney cysts was justified and necessary, as evidenced by the relief of symptoms and verification of cysts suspicious in terms of the likelihood of oncological pathology. Puncture methods of drainage and sclerotherapy are less radical, but justified in patients with high surgical risk. Excision of a cyst or resection of a kidney by laparoscopic access is an effective method of treatment that meets modern safety requirements for treatment.


Chronic hepatitis B infection is a major cause of hepatocellular cancer (HCC). The pathogenesis of the carcinogenesis is not fully understood. Viral proteins such as the X protein and the truncated middle S protein have been implicated to be transactivators. In order to investigate whether any mutations within relevant parts of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome could be associated with the development of HCC, the genomes of 16 HBV strains from chronic HBV carriers with HCC were studied. Serum samples were subjected to PCR and the HBV DNA sequenced subsequently. Genotypes A–D were represented. The sequence analysis showed that an especially high proportion, 50% (CI 95%, 25–75%), of the patients with HCC carried HBV mutants with deletions or insertions in the N‐terminal half of the pre‐S2 region or had a point mutation in the start codon of pre‐S2 compared with controls with chronic HBV infection, 21% (CI 95%, 3–39%). A high proportion (69%) also had mutations at position 1762 (A → T) and/or 1764 (G → A) in the core promoter region, but the proportion of core promoter mutations was no different from what was found in a control group of HBV carriers without HCC (68%). The pre‐S2 variants, which involve deletions of immunogenic regions, may have a survival advantage as they are mostly found in long‐standing HBV infection. There were no other mutations found frequently within the region coding for the X protein. J. Med. Virol. 71:18–23, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Two years ago a committee was appointed by the president of the University of Washington to investigate the instruction in the Freshman year. After a number of meetings in which the experience of the members of the committee was drawn upon, the following larger questions were formulated as a basis for the inquiry: I. How are we conducting our courses from the point of view of the needs of the Freshman as he comes to us from the high school ? II. How are we conducting our Freshman courses as required courses in the university? Why are courses required? Why is a particular course


ance of the study of public administration. Almost every speaker made some reference to this point, and those university teachers of public administration who were present made some most illuminating contributions to the discussions. At the last session, brief reports were presented by the specialists representing the various fields with respect to the training which they would recommend for men seeking government positions in those fields. These important and interesting reports cannot be summarized here. They will be found in the proceedings of the conference which are now being prepared for publication by the University. When published, the volume of proceedings will probably include all the papers presented, the most valuable parts of the discussion, the statistical materials compiled for the use of the delegates, and the final reports and recommendations mentioned above.-WILLIAM ANDERSON.


It is well known that, after his two-part article in Bollettino d'Arte for 1948 (brought together in a booklet the following year),1 G. Becatti never published his planned monograph on the late Imperial domus of Ostia, but his influence was such that scholarship could rest on his laurels. Later years saw the publication, among other things, of the book by T. L. Heres on the late-antique construction techniques of Rome and Ostia,2 the analytical study of block V, II edited by J. Boersma,3 and some of my own works.4 In his book based upon a Cologne dissertation of 2012, for which M. Heinzelmann served as a chief advisor, M. Danner, in discussing his research methodology, criticizes (11-12) Heres' study for its insufficient attention to the economic and technical bases for the re-use of materials and her excessive faith in a linear model for the development of building procedures. Nonetheless, a key factor is the unscholarly manner in which the city was excavated in the 1930-40s. At the same time Danner stresses the contribution made by study of Ostia's capitals (P. Pensabene) whilst noting that the dates of Ostia's mosaics and sectilia are based exclusively on stylistic considerations, which may affect the dates assigned to the colony's later building phases.


Abstract An Afrisc meowle ("African woman") appears at the end of the Old English Exodus, a poem ostensibly celebrating religious freedom, migration, and divine justice. Amid the Hebrews' final celebration, the explicit inclusion of the Afrisc meowle's racial difference from the Israelites exposes the horror and violence of the aftermath of war; a focus on her also invites questions about the poem's early medieval audience and how that audience could have understood her, especially since she does not appear in the source text of the Hebrew Bible. The scant critical analysis of this remarkable figure tends to provide a brief exegetical explanation before moving into more secure critical territory. My analysis of the Afrisc meowle reveals the limitations of source study and exegetical criticism for Exodus and for the field of medieval studies; she thus serves as a case study for this deeper theoretical problem in the field.


The potential of genetically engineered rodent models has accelerated demand for training procedures of behavioral tasks. Such training is generally time consuming and often shows large variability in learning speed between animals. To overcome these problems, we developed an efficient and stable training system for the two‐alternative forced‐choice (2AFC) visual stimulus detection task for freely behaving rodents. To facilitate the task learning, we introduced a spout‐lever as the operandum and a three‐step training program with four ingenuities: (1) a salient stimulus to draw passive attention, (2) a reward‐guaranteed trial to keep motivation, (3) a behavior‐corrective trial, and (4) switching from a reward‐guaranteed trial to a nonguaranteed one to correct behavioral patterns. Our new training system realizes 1‐week completion of the whole learning process, during which all rats were able to learn effortlessly the association between (1) lever‐manipulation and reward and (2) visual stimulus and reward in a step‐by‐step manner. Thus, our new system provides an effective and stable training method for the 2AFC visual stimulus detection task. This method should help accelerate the move toward research bridging the visual functions measured in behavioral tasks and the contributing specific neurons/networks that are genetically manipulated or optically controlled.


(57) Abstract: A method of increasing the effect of anti-tumor agents regarding solid tumors is provided. The method comprises administering an anti-tumor agent and a hematocrit increasing agent to the individual. The hematocrit increasing agent may be administered prior to the anti-tumor agent may be administered with an antitumor agent.


The background On 11 July 2012, the Moldavian Parliament approved, after extensive debates and consultations with all the stakeholders, the draft of the new competition law of Moldova, and the…


Two important trends in computing are evident. First, computing is becoming more data centric, where low-latency access to a very large amount of data is critical. Second, virtual machines are playing an increasing critical role in server consolidation, security and fault tolerance as substantial amounts of computing migrate to shared resources in cloud services. Since the software stack accesses data using virtual addresses, fast address translation is a prerequisite for efficient data-centric computation and for providing the benefits of virtualization to a wide range of applications. Unfortunately, the growth in physical memory sizes is exceeding the capabilities of the most widely used virtual memory abstraction—paging—that has worked for decades. This thesis addresses the above challenge in a comprehensive manner proposing a hardware/software co-design for fast address translation in both virtualized and native systems to address the needs of a wide variety of big-memory workloads. This dissertation aims to achieve near-zero overheads for virtual memory for both native and virtualized systems. First, we observe that the overheads of page-based virtual memory can increase drastically with virtual machines. We previously proposed direct segments, which use a form of contiguous allocation in memory along with paging to largely eliminate virtual memory overhead for big-memory workloads on unvirtualized hardware. However, direct segments


Direct estimates of subsurface material properties are ob tained by rigorous inversion of conventional seismic data. The inversion procedure employs an iterative model perturbation technique to fine the earth model whose response best fits the input data in a least mean-squared sense. The method is ap plicable to 1-D, 2-D, or 3-D fluid or solid earth models, and to shot record or CDP stacked data. The synthetic response com puted in the inversion process is a rigorous solution of the wave equation appropriate for the chosen earth model and data type. For 1-D earth models and synthetic CDP stacked data representing various reflection sequences, the modeling method accurately recovers the true acoustic impedance pro file. When a nonrigorous recursive technique is applied to the same models, accurate results are obtained only for weak reflection sequences. Also, the modeling technique exhibits greater stability in the presence of noise. For poststack inver sion of field data, the processing sequence leading to the CDP stacked trace is of key importance. For 1-D earth models and shot record input data, the model ing method accurately recovers both density and velocity pro files. A key issue in prestack inversion of field data is the generation of synthetic shot records consistent with data col lection geometry.


A sea-rail automated container terminal (SRACT) plays a crucial role in the global logistics network, combining the benefits of sea and railway transportation. However, addressing the challenges of multi-equipment cooperative scheduling in terminal and railway operation areas is essential to ensure efficient container transportation. For the first time, this study addresses the cooperative scheduling challenges among railway gantry cranes, yard cranes, and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) under the loading and unloading mode in SRACTs, ensuring efficient container transportation. This requires the development of a practical scheduling model and algorithm. In this study, a mixed integer programming model was established for the first time to study the multi-equipment cooperative scheduling problem of a SRACT under the loading and unloading mode. A self-adaptive chaotic genetic algorithm was designed to solve the model, and the practicability and effectiveness of the model and algorithm were verified by simulation experiments. Furthermore, this study also proposes an AGV number adjustment strategy to accommodate changes in vessel arrival delays and train container types. Simulation experiments demonstrated that this strategy significantly reduces loading and unloading time, decreases equipment energy consumption, and improves the utilization rate of AGVs. This research provides valuable guidance for ongoing SRACT projects and advances and methodological approaches in multi-equipment co-operative scheduling for such terminals.


The fault situation of inverter-induction for adjustable speed system is analyzed in the paper.The fault situation,when one phase is open,is simulated.Electromaget torque contains high two-times frequency component when one phase is open.The lower frequency pulsates torque affects the operation of inverter-induction system so that the system operation isn't stable.It can be improved by the control strategy of the harmonic injection method.


The exponential sum associated with f is defined as S (f; q) = ∑x mod q , where the sum is taken over a complete set of residues modulo q. The value of S (f; q) depends on the estimate of cardinality in the set V = {x mod q|fx  0 mod q} where fx is the partial derivatives of f with respect to x. In order to determine the cardinality, the p-adic sizes of common zeros of the partial derivative polynomials need to be obtained. This paper will give an estimation of the p-adic sizes of common zeros of partial derivative polynomials of degree eight in p by using Newton polyhedron technique.


The development prospect of CWS as a substitute oil fuel is summarized from development history, market prospect, present production situation, competition stage and development train of thought. The route of decreasing unit power consumption linking with practice experience is discussed.


Magnetic and structural properties are presented for new ferromagnetic compounds of the form ${\mathrm{Rh}}_{2}\mathrm{Mn}X$ where $X$ is Al, Ga, In, Tl, Sn, Pb, and Sb. The exchange is described in terms of competing ferromagnetic Mn-Rh-Mn interactions and antiferromagnetic Mn-Mn interactions.


As JDLTE enters its 32nd year of publication and the area of technology in teacher education develops and matures, some are asking if we are finished with the challenge of integrating technology into teacher education programs. One can argue that most programs now routinely include and use technology and most teacher education students enter programs with a much deeper knowledge of technology than they did even just 5 years ago. Certainly the challenges and opportunities for technology in teacher education are different than they have been in our past, but it seems clear that we have deep and exciting new possibilities in our journey to provide meaningful, quality technology experiences for our preservice teachers. With less need to teach "how to" use technology, we now have the opportunity to focus on the more important issue of how best to use technology to improve student learning. Many students do come to our programs with extensive experience in using technology to communicate with social media and access information efficiently, so our job now becomes helping students extend their technology knowledge into the field of teaching and learning. The "Are we finished?" questions seems to reflect a rather na€ıve view of our work in technology in teacher education. Although we had to focus some on teaching students how to use technology in the beginning, our work has always focused on discovering ways that technology can enhance student learning. We know that entering teacher education students have little experience and vision about possible uses of technology in classrooms and thus our job is to help students develop this knowledge and vision. We need to educate students so they are ready to both use technology effectively in their classrooms and also continually adapt new technologies of the future to their students' needs. Both the "single" technology course and efforts to integrate technology throughout the teacher education program have and will change dramatically as both technology and student knowledge and experience with technology continue to change. Content in the focused, single technology course will continue to move toward emphasis on designing and implementing effective combinations of technology, pedagogy and content (TPACK) for students (Mishra & Koehler, 2006). With less need to focus on the "T", opportunities for developing sound approaches for true TPACK abound. Possible examples of new directions for technology in teacher education include involvement with the Maker Movement, opportunities to inspire with coding, and to practice and apply media literacy skills for communication and creativity. For example, where do we give our preservice teachers the opportunity to be makers and not just consumers of technology? Where are they allowed to tinker and design with technologies such as 3D printers, robotics and electronics? Several K-12 districts around our university have set up makerspace areas in schools and are now expecting our preservice teachers to come prepared with the knowledge and skills to help engage learners in this type of participatory learning culture. And so the answer is quite simple: we are indeed not finished with the challenge of helping students and teachers use technology in classrooms, but we are in fact at the threshold of a new era for our programs. This new era is characterized by the emphasis on educating preservice teachers to be designers and developers who are willing and able to continually learn and adapt to new technology possibilities for teaching and learning. The following articles provide promising evidence that while we are not finished with the challenge of preparing teachers for technology integration, we are making a difference. For example, in the article "Instructor Growth in TPACK: Teaching-Technology-Infused Methods Courses to Pre-Service Teachers," by Teresa S. Foulger and colleagues found evidence that teacher educators who were content experts and asked to teach a techinfused course were creating a positive cultural shift toward greater knowledge of how to prepare pre-service teachers to integrate technology into their future teaching practice. Likewise, Gerald Knezek and colleagues found in their study titled "Assessing Pedagogical Balance in a Simulated Classroom Environment," that use of simSchool, an online teaching simulator, significantly improved pre-service teachers' pedagogical balance, and increased awareness of effective teaching skills. Additionally, in the article titled, "Preparing Teachers to Integrate Technology Into K–12 Instruction: Comparing a Stand-Alone Technology Course With a Technology-Infused Approach," Ray R. Buss and colleagues compared the effectiveness of learning TPACK domain knowledge in a new technology-infused approach for teaching technology to teacher candidates with a more traditional, stand-alone course. Findings suggest that candidates' scores from the standalone course increased more rapidly for TK and TPK; whereas candidates' preto post-test scores from the technologyinfused courses increased faster for CK and PK. Taken together, these studies document the positive impact technology using teacher educators have on the preparation of future teachers.


A 61-year-old man presented to our clinic with progressive shortness-of-breath in the last 3 months. He had a history of hospitalization and endotracheal intubation due to acute pulmonary edema and type – I respiratory failure a week ago and discharged after diagnostic coronary angiography which demonstrating normal coronary arteries. Physical examination revealed bunching of the left biceps when he flexed his left arm which is consistent with rupture of distal biceps tendon (Panel A, Popeye Sign). A 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG) showed low QRS voltage in the limb leads and ST segment depression and asymmetrical T wave inversion in the anterolateral leads (Panel B). Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed concentric left ventricular hypertrophy with left ventricular ejection fraction of 60% (Panel C). Pulsed wave-Doppler obtained from the mitral valve demonstrated restrictive filling pattern with high early diastolic velocity (E-wave) and low late diastolic filling (A-wave) peaks with E/A ratio > 2.0 and reduced lateral mitral annular diastolic velocities with E/e' ratio > 15 which are compatible with impaired left ventricular diastolic function with elevated left ventricular filling pressures (Panel D-E). Biceps tendon rupture, low QRS voltage and left ventricular hypertrophy with restrictive filling pattern were considered suggestive of cardiac amyloidosis and patient was referred to hematology clinic for diagnostic work-up. Protein electrophoresis demonstrated monoclonal gammopathy in the serum and immunoelectrophoresis showed free lambda light chains. The patient diagnosed as AL amyloidosis with cardiac and musculoskeletal involvement.
 Biceps tendon rupture is a rare finding of amyloidosis due to musculoskeletal involvement. In the setting of acute pulmonary edema and/or heart failure with preserved ejection fraction with massive left ventricular hypertrophy, restrictive filling pattern, low QRS voltage and spontaneous tendon rupture should raise clinical suspicion of amyloidosis with cardiac and musculoskeletal involvement.
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In this study,change of isoflavone contents and compositions in sufu(fermented tofu) during pre-fermentation and salting was investigated.Results indicated that total content of isoflavones exhibited a gradual decrease during pre-fermentation and salting.The loss of isoflavones was mainly attributed to tofu preparation and salting process.The compositions of isoflavone were altered during pre-fermentation and salting,which revealed an increase of aglycones such as daidzein and genistein,and a corresponding decrease of glucosides such as daidzin and genistin.Total content of isoflavones in sufu treated with less than 10% salt was higher than that of sufu treated with 15% salt.


Field experiment was conducted during rabi season 2016-17 at College of Horticulture, Mandsaur to study the effect of two different varieties (Pusa Sharad and Pusa Paushja) and six nutrient levels (N -80:60:60 kg/ha, N -80:80:60 kg NPK/ha, N -100:60:60 kg 1 2 3 NPK/ha, N -100:80:60 kg NPK/ha, N -120:80:60 kg NPK/ha and N -120:100:60 kg NPK/ha) on growth, yield, quality and nutrient 4 5 6 uptake in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.). Among the varieties, Pusa Paushja recorded maximum leaf length (51.32 o cm), dry weight of plant (147.58 g), total curd yield (355.98 q/ha), T.S.S. (5.79 Brix)), Ascorbic acid (44.83 mg/100 g) and nutrient uptake. Nutrient level N also exhibited the higher value for growth, yield, quality parameters & nutrient uptake in cauliflower. 7


Aim: This study presents analysis of the largest case series to date in the published literature of patients with Hurler Syndrome, to identify the severity of thoraco-lumbar kyphosis, risk factors for progression and results of intervention. Methods and Results: Forty two patients with MPS-I had treatment with Bone-marrow transplantation and/ or enzyme replacement therapy between June 1995 and October 2007. These patients had regular systematic clinical review and were seen at least annually. Standing lateral radiographs of the thoracolumbar spine were retrieved and analysed. At initial examination (average age 1y 1m) the thoracolumbar kyphosis measured a mean of 39.6 degrees (SD 12 degrees). Analysis of non-operatively treated patients revealed that patients with an initial kyphosis angle (average age 1y 2m) of less than 40 degrees were significantly less likely to develop progressive kyphosis over the average follow-up period of 3.5 years (mean initial angle 30 degrees and at final follow-up 34 degrees) than those with an angle greater than 40 degrees (mean angle initially 46 degrees and at final follow-up 61 degrees), p=0.005 (repeated measures ANOVA). Seven patients underwent surgical intervention at mean age of 3 years for progressive deformity with favourable results. Conclusion: Thoracolumbar kyphosis is of variable severity in Hurler's syndrome and patient's who present with a kyphosis angle of greater than forty degrees on initial radiographic examination are significantly more likely to develop progressive kyphosis. Ethics approval: None Interest Statement: None


We will present several new technical and design breakthroughs that enable the creation of a new class of compact linear electron accelerators for industrial purposes. Use of Superconducting Radio-Frequency (SRF) cavities allow accelerators less than 1.5 M in length to create electron beams beyond 10 MeV and with average beam powers measured in 10's of KW. These machines can have the capability to vary the output energy dynamically to produce brehmstrahlung x-rays of varying spectral coverage for applications such as rapid scanning of moving cargo for security purposes. Such compact accelerators will also be cost effective for many existing and new industrial applications. Examples include radiation crosslinking of plastics and rubbers, creation of pure materials with surface properties radically altered from the bulk, modification of bulk or surface optical properties of materials, sterilization of medical instruments animal solid or liquid waste, and destruction of organic compounds in industrial waste water effluents. Small enough to be located on a mobile platform, such accelerators will enable new remediation methods for chemical and biological spills and/or in-situ crosslinking of materials. We will describe one current design under development at Fermilab including plans for prototype and value-engineering to reduce costs. We will also describemore » development of new nano-structured field-emitter arrays as sources of electrons, new methods for fabricating and cooling superconducting RF cavities, and a new novel RF power source based on magnetrons with full phase and amplitude control.« less


Food snack products were prepared by a combination of flour composition and ingredient recipes. A popular trend in replacing wheat flour with rice flour was proposed in the consumer food manufacturing industries for improvement in quality and nutritional value. The effect of variations in flour combination and sugar and fat replacers on the physical (texture and color) and chemical properties (specific gravity, pH from dough; sensory quality from baking products) were investigated. From the texture analyzer running knife probe, rice flour based food snack has a higher rigidity (firmness and crispness) than wheat based snack. Sugar and fat replacers also played an important role in improving the appearance from both the Hunter Colorimeter and sensory evaluation. The substitution of flour and synthetic ingredients were found to be suitable for the development in healthy food snacks while improving the quality for target consumers.


AuPd-CeO2 nanocomposites directly nucleated and grown on nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide, exhibit excellent catalytic activity and 100% hydrogen selectivity toward formic acid decomposition for hydrogen generation without any additives at room temperature.


This paper introduces the development situation of network disk,expounds the application of network disk in reference room,makes the comparative analysis on some commonly used network disks,and puts forward some methods for selecting the network disk.


Presented is a new gridless, three-layer channel router (MISER) based on an integrated approach to routing and compaction in VLSI design. MISER partitions the input net-list into several sub-net-lists called levels and forms a level-graph. This level-graph is used to guide the routing and compaction process. Compaction is done immediately after each level is routed. Experimental results show that the algorithm usually performs 5-10 % better than existing three-layer channel routing algorithms.<<ETX>>


Received 30 March 2010 Abstract. The materials derived from the studies of the spatial within-fi eld variability were used in this research. The experiment was carried out in the Experimental Station Baborówko (wielkopolskie voivodship) belonging to the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – National Research Institute (IUNGPIB), in Puławy. The map of the variation of the nitrogen doses is based on detailed analysis of the spatial variability of fi eld and the vegetation indices. Three types of nitrogen fertilization were used to assess the economic effect of the systems – an intensive – heavy fertilization system (according to which, the dose of 100 kg N ha was applied on the whole fi eld), a highly intensive – very heavy fertilization system (where 160 kg N ha was applied), and a varied system, where a varied (within the fi eld) dose of N was implemented and was defi ned on the basis of the maps of the potential productivity of the fi elds. The analysis showed that the unit cost of the nitrogen fertilizer per hectare was 233 PLN in the heavy fertilization system, 373 PLN very heavy fertilization system and 311 PLN in the system with the differentiated doses of N. The use of the varied nitrogen rates within the same fi eld, allowed the costs to be reduced by about 16.7% compared to the scenario of a highly intensive use of nitrogen fertilizers. However, compared to the intensive scenario, these costs were 33.3% higher.


Measurements over approximately a 30-year period in a Dacryodes-Sloanea forest indicate two distinctive phases in stand development. Secondary species were common in the early stand (1940's), and rapid accumulations of biomass and basal area were measured. Many new species entered the stand, and the number of stems increased. In contrast, the stand of the 1970's approached steady-state for biomass and basal area accumulations, and, relative to earlier measurements, fewer stems and fewer species were recorded in the plot. This apparent dichotomy can be correlated to the periodic disturbance caused by tropical storms. The last severe hurricane to strike Puerto Rico occurred in 1932, 11 years prior to the establishment of the El Verde plot. It is postulated that the early measurements reflect the rapid recovery of the stand following this hurricane, with both invading secondary species and residual primary species present in the stand. Subsequent perturbations (i.e.,, cutting and another storm) were insufficient to disrupt the unmistakable trend toward a mature forest and the stand quickly approached steady-state conditions.


This article focuses on regulation and variation in rate structures to investigate asymmetric return responses to positive and negative abnormal earnings. The abnormal earnings (AE) metric is measured as the difference between the actual profit rate and the maximum allowed profit rate, scaled by the beginning-period price. The analysis is motivated by the anticipated asymmetry in the information contents of positive and negative AE induced by existing rate structures which permit utilities to recover below normal profits but allow them to retain abnormal profits. Accordingly, negative AE is expected to be largely transitory and price-irrelevant whereas positive AE is expected to persist and be price-relevant. The results reveal significant asymmetry in return responses to positive and negative AEs. Specifically, the magnitude of return responses is larger for positive than for negative AEs. The results further show variations in the magnitudes of price responses across regulatory structures.


We consider a mixed reaction diffusion system describing the organic pollution in stream-waters. It may be viewed as the static version of Streeter-Phelps equations relating the Biochemical Oxygen Demand and Dissolved Oxygen to which dispersion terms are added. In this work, we propose a mixed variational formulation and prove its well-posedness. Next, we develop two finite element discretizations of this problem and establish optimal a priori error estimates for the second discrete problem.


Without having the purpose to perform an exhaustive analysis of the legal dispositions identified in the normative act subject to analysis, we resume to the capitalization of the law issue. which wc consider to be relevant for our study. anThe administrative contract has been defined as that "agreement of will, between a public authority, found on a ie «al superiority position, on one hancl, and by public law subjects on the other hand (iadividuals, companies or other state organs. subordinated to the other party), by which it is followed the satisfaction of a general interest, by providing public services, performing a public work or improving a public asset, subject to a public power regime. Regarding the nature of the public procurement contract as being of administrative nature, still in the doctrine, through particular features of this contract mainly it was considered the special procedure wh»ch is being realized, foreseen by the Uovernment Emergency Ordinance 36/2006, regarding public procurements, correlated to the Government Emergency Ordinance 60/2011, which regulated the competence to trial the litigations arose based on it, commissioned to the courts of administrative legal departmentd which generates divergent interpretations in practice.


Cadmium, a heavy metal absorbed in human body via environment and cause severe toxicity. This study was designed to evaluate the teratogenic and embryotoxic effects of cadmium on developing mice. The pregnant mice were randomized into four treatment groups (3.13, 6.25, 12.5 and 25.0 μg/g B.W) and a control group and dose was given orally on days 6 to12 of gestation daily. Then mice were sacrificed and fetuses were recovered on day 18 of gestation. Recovered fetuses were fixed and analyzed on morphological, morphometric, histological and skeletal basis. Morphological studies showed the abnormalities such as distorted axis, cryptophthalmia, anophthalmia, open eyelids, micromelia, phocomelia, agnathia, hydrocephaly, angular tail and subcutaneous hemorrhages. Morphometric analysis indicated a significant (p<0.05 to p<0.001) reduction in fetal body weight, crown rump length, head circumference, eye circumference, forelimb and hindlimb lengths and tail size against controls. Histological observations showed brain defects, dilation in the 3rd and 4th ventricles (internal hydrocephaly), absence of 3rd and 4th ventricles (internal microcephaly) and under developed lateral part of cerebellum. Lungs defects included necrosis and underdeveloped lungs lobes while heart anomalies included microcardia, hypopericardium and necrosis in atrium and ventricles. Sections through liver shows necrosis and apoptosis and misshapen lobe. The transverse sections through kidney also showed necrosis and in some cases right kidney was missing. Skeleton studies showed partially and completely unossified bones as compare to control. It is concluded that Cadmium concentrations used in present study caused teratogenic and embryotoxic in mice fetuses.


1. Aqueous extracts of tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberos8u) show, on incubation, an increase in reducing substances and a decrease in optical rotation. 2. The enzyme or enzymes responsible have been freed from the tuber carbohydrates and concentrated twenty-fold by fractional precipitation with ammonium sulphate. 3. By the use of paper partition chromatography such preparations have been shown to liberate fructose from various substrates, including sucrose, inulin, a levan, and irisin 'B'; glucose was detected among the hydrolysis products of inulin. 4. The liberation of reducing sugars from the tuber carbohydrates and from inulin virtually ceased before complete hydrolysis had taken place. The residual combined sugar was in the form of a disaccharide, probably sucrose. 5. From these observations the main hydrolytic activity oftuber preparations has been characterized as that of a fructofuranosidase, with a moderate degree of specificity for such residues linked to position 1 of another fructose residue.


The radiative decay of ultrarelativistic massive neutrino $\nu_i \rightarrow \nu_j \gamma$ is investigated in electromagnetic fields in the framework of the Standard Model with lepton mixing. Estimates of the decay probability and ``decay cross-section'' for accelerator neutrinos of high energies in the electric field of nucleus permit one to discuss the general possibility of carrying out the neutrino experiment. Such an experiment could give unique information on mixing angles in the lepton sector of the Standard Model which would be almost independent of the specific neutrino masses.


This paper studies manufacture of Jimei and Xinglin's Taiwanese Investment Zone in the context of regional economic development.By utilizing the data from economic investigations,interview,yearbook,and field investigation to summarize the status and spatial pattern of industrial structure development.This paper illustrates the potential superior industry chain and its development prospect from the perspective of increasing the industrial embeddedness and network by combining the developing status of local leading enterprises.The paper also analyzes the enterprise category and the spatial pattern of land economic output by using spatial analysis functions of GIS.Based on the above,it puts forward some development strategies which would respond to the financial crisis,such as readjusting the industrial structure,promoting of industrial value chain,rationalizing spatial allocation and enhancing the manufactural economic growth.


In 1987 and 1988, samples of preserved insects were extracted from the ice of Knife Point Glacier, Fremont County, Wyoming. The glacier lies at an altitude of 3500 m a.s.l. in the Shoshone National Forest, Wind River Range, and is known to contain preserved insects. Although the glacier has undergone extensive recession in the last 50 yr, some insect deposits are still embedded at 20 to 25 cm below the surface and perhaps much deeper. The frozen deposits appear to consist entirely of grasshoppers. A few, virtually intact, specimens and body parts were in a state of preservation that allowed their identification as Spharagemon campestris McNeill and Melanoplus spretus (Walsh) or M. sanguinipes (F.). The majority of the deposits consisted of partial bodies and isolated parts, including, in order of frequency: mandibles, tibiae, tentoria, femora, wings (primarily tegmina), and cingulae/epiphalli. Deposits from various depths and locations on the glacier were radiocarbon dated at 205 + 65 to 450 + 80 yr BP. Although access to the glacier is quite difficult, the insects are better preserved than any glacial deposit documented in recent history. Thus, the state of preservation and age of


This study was conducted in Ruminants Researches Station / /Directorate of Agricultural Researches /Ministry of Agriculture, for the period from 20/1/2014 until 1/10/2014. Study targeted some genetic parameters of the live weight at slaughter and some characteristics of carcass in 10 months aged Male goats. The heritability, genetic and phenotypic correlations of above characteristics were studied for 45 Cyprian and 25 Local male ascribing goats which slaughtered and measured the different carcass traits in marketing age (10 monmths). Heritability estimates amounted to the live weight at slaughter and empty body weight 0.46 and 0.75 respectively in Local goats, and for the dressing percentage  was estimates on the basis of the live weight 0.90 and on the basis of empty weight was 0.15 in local goats. Estimations of heritability of the depth of the chest and leg circumference , according to the arrangement 0.01 and 0.08 in local goats and 0.37 of carcass circumference in Cyprian goats. The estimation  of heritability of the weight of cuts were for loin (0.99) , shoulder (0.77) , flank (0.67) , ribs (0.62) and chest (0.51),while The estimates for the same traits in Cyprian goat, most of them have been negative except appreciation 0.54 (for shoulder)and appreciation 0.87 (for chest) and appreciation 0.32 (for neck) . estimates of heritability for fat thickness noted in this study was 0.98 in Cyprus (was negative in local), and were for  kidney and pelvic fat & omental fat 0.05 &0.08 respectively in Cyprian goats, and 0.18 for omental fat in Local goats. The study include the heritability  of fat weight in leg (0.56) in Local goats, lean weight in leg (0.95) , bone weight in leg (0.84) in Cyprian goats, and for ribs lean (0.23) in Local goats and 0.24 for ribs fat in Cyprian goats. The estimations of heritability for studied muscles weights were variant between muscles and between the two breeds. The genetic and phenotypic correlations between some important economic carcass traits varied from high (positive & negative) to low (positive & negative) ,and a high significant in most of these correlations in Local and Cyprian goats.
Key words: genetic parameters, carcass traits, goats males.

*The research was winkling from Ph.D Thesis of first researcher .


The invention acne causing bacteria of Propionibacterium sludge tumefaciens ACK varnish bacteria lactic acid bacteria Lactobacillus nose kusu lactis (Lactococcus lactis) CBT-19 bacteria and lactic acid bacteria culture medium for the production of antibacterial active substances which inhibit the growth specifically in the (Propioni bacterium acnes) method of separating a concentrate and a process for manufacturing the cosmetic composition. The separated concentrate production method Lactobacillus nose kusu lactis (Lactococcus lactis) CBT-19 the weight ratio of 3% to 5% range of glucose, 0.5% ~ 1% yeast extract, 1% of the range of microorganisms to 1.5% of meat extract , culturing the lactic acid was dissolved was inoculated with strains of the present invention wherein a culture medium prepared by sterilizing in the anaerobic fermentation tube in water to 0.5 ~ 1% the addition of protein hydrolyzate, 0.01% to ions of 0.1% of the range step and, in the high speed centrifugation or ultrafiltration by the rule again with respect to a permeated liquid obtained was passed through an ultrafiltration membrane of exclusion molecular weight 10,000dalton with respect to a culture filtrate obtained by removing microbial cells 1,000dalton molecular weight with respect to the lactic acid bacteria culture fluid to nanometer through the membrane and was again passed through a sterile in the step of applying a continuous, nanometer membrane of exclusion molecular weight of the 1,000dalton respect to the lactic acid concentrate to remove the molecular weight 1,000 ~ 10,000dalto n comprises the step of obtaining an antimicrobial material separating concentrated liquid showing a neutral pH in the range.


The paper presents a Travel Experiences Card (TEC) set, produced as a tool to understand user experiences in public transportation. The card set allows exploration of diverse user experiences, from preparing travel to arriving at the destination. The set is designed using images taken during participant observation and photographic documentation of public transportation experiences. Two ways or working with the card set are proposed, one based on forced association technique and the other on focus event tool. These allowed for the breadth and the depth of exploration, respectively. We tested the cards in one pilot workshop to fine-tune it as a tool, and then applied it in two workshops in order to evaluate its usefulness. We used three important experiences for users of public transportation: safety, joy, and arriving on time. We found that the method was useful for eliciting rich responses from our participants, and for understanding the ecology of experiences. We also consider the process of designing the card set, and its evaluation, to be of relevance. Keywords—service design; interaction design; experience design; customer journeys; experience design cards.


A portable, lightweight digital imaging device uses a slit scanning arrangement to obtain an image of the eye, in par ticular the retina. In at least one embodiment, a digital retinal imaging device includes an illumination Source operable to produce a source beam, wherein the source beam defines an illumination pathway, a Scanning mechanism operable to cause a scanning motion of the illumination pathway in one dimension with respect to a target, an optical element situated within the illumination pathway, the optical element operable to focus the illumination pathway into an illumination slit at a plane conjugate to the target, wherein the illumination slit is slit shaped, a first two dimensional detector array operable to detect illumination returning from the target and acquire one or more data sets from the detected illumination, wherein the returning illumination defines a detection pathway, and a shaping mechanism positioned within the illumination path way, wherein the shaping mechanism shapes the source beam into at least one arcata plane conjugate to the pupil. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the digital retinal imaging device is operable to minimize at least one aberration from the optical element or an unwanted reflection from the target or a reflection from a device.


Cross-chain communication is instrumental in unleashing the full potential of blockchain technologies, as it allows users and developers to exploit the unique design features and the profit opportunities of different existing blockchains. The majority of interoperability solutions are provided by centralized exchanges and bridge protocols based on a trusted majority, both introducing undesirable trust assumptions compared to native blockchain assets. Hence, increasing attention has been given to decentralized solutions: Light and super-light clients paved the way for chain relays, which allow verifying on a blockchain the state of another blockchain by respectively verifying and storing a linear and logarithmic amount of data. Unfortunately, relays turn out to be inefficient in terms of computational costs, storage, or compatibility. We introduce Glimpse , an on-demand bridge that leverages a novel on-demand light client construction with only constant on-chain storage, cost, and computational overhead. Glimpse is expressive , enabling a plethora of DeFi and off-chain applications such as lending, pegs, proofs of oracle attestations, and betting hubs. Glimpse also remains compatible with blockchains featuring a limited scripting language such as the Liquid Network (a pegged sidechain of Bitcoin), for which we present a concrete instantiation. We prove Glimpse security in the Universal Composability (UC) framework and further conduct an economic analysis. We evaluate the cost of Glimpse for Bitcoin-like chains: verifying a simple transaction has at most 700 bytes of on-chain overhead, resulting in a one-time fee of $3, only twice as much as a standard Bitcoin transaction.


—The paper is a review to evaluate the current techniques for safety case generation using Model-based Engineering. Safety cases provide an explicit and structured means for assessing and assuring the safety of complex systems. For systems developed with Model-based Engineering, safety cases can be constructed with system models as input and should evolve hand-in-hand with system models when the system up- dates. Model-based Engineering can provide automatic means for the generation to improve efficiency. But there is not a full automation solution to cover the entire generation process. This paper investigates state-of-the-art of Model-based Engineering applications to safety case generation, explores the challenges and gaps, and proposes a solution framework to address the gaps through the model transformation within the Eclipse Modeling Framework.


Recent theoretical computations of the light extinction curve by dielectric spheres have shown that it has, superposed on the major oscillations, very rapid fluctuations of small mulitude. This feature has not been explained. In this work, it is shown that these fluctuations result from resonances of multipole terms which form the scattered radiation and the origin of each of these secondary maxima is interpreted. A new theorem which gives the amplitude of the multipole modes is shown, and from this, the positions and intensities of the detailed structure are computed. Finally, it is shown that the present known extinction curve is not cerrect and the manner in which it must be modified is indicated. (tr-auth)


Emerging Central and Eastern Europe is the region most affected by spillovers of the global financial crisis. However, some countries in CEE appeared to have been more prepared and resilient than others. To draw some lessons on why some countries weathered the negative spillovers of the global financial crisis better than others, we focus on the case of the Czech economy, and subsequently bring in some cross-country evidence from the new EU member states. The derived lessons indicate that it is effective to establish a consolidated supervisor at the national level, ideally within a strong and independent central bank. That, consolidation of financial regulation and supervision facilitates a fast-action response, comprehensive data collection and analysis, and increases respect for the supervisor in the financial community. The lessons further stress the role of macro-prudential supervision ensuring, among others, moderate loan-to-deposit ratios of the banking sector and low dollarization of loans through adequate pricing of foreign exchange risk by banks. Further, a prudent macroeconomic management appears to deliver low interest rate differentials and thus a lower share of reversible capital.


This article examines Y. Yanovsky's novel "Master of the Ship" (19271928) as a vivid example of Neoromantism in Ukrainian literature of the early 20th century. The structure of the novel is defined by conjunction of the real and the purportedly exotic worlds, along with cultural dialogue, which is created by the means of introduction of different texts into the novel (written by Ukrainian as well as foreign authors). The characters were created based on prominent Ukrainian figures (Y. Yanovsky himself, O. Dovzhenko, V. Krychevsky, and others). By using marine symbols, the author enlightens the themes of creativity, free and unbiased thinking. Different types of narration and narrative characters serve as the "voices of the epoch", among which the main characters are searching for truth and their place in this world. The article deals with intertextual connections between the "Master of the Ship" and the works by M. V. Gogol, J. W. Goethe, Ch. Dibdin, Horatius, as well as ancient Greek and biblical mythology, films from 1920s, and pirate literature. The sea, as depicted in the novel, is a symbol of dual nature: on one hand, it is a symbol of freedom, creative thinking and free human spirit, but on the other hand, it is a powerful disrupting force, which can take its toll on humans. A theme of resistance and upstanding is quite powerful in the novel, as opposed to real historical events it is based upon. The grim picture of the Soviet epoch is intensified by creating an atmosphere of allabsorbing hostility, suspicion and mistrust, even among friends. Nevertheless, the main characters stay true to their artistic calling, continue their work and develop a new plotline. Using Bogdan's concentration camp story as a basis, they want to create a film about real people, about humanity and mutual support in times of trouble, about the eternal values connecting people across cultures and continents. The narrator ponders over the development of Ukrainian culture, roots for his compatriots and retains his patriotic feelings. Intertextuality emphasizes the idea of preserving integrity, freedom and Ukrainian national values even in times of hardship.


Security in today's networked world is a rising concern. All private information passed through a network or simply transmitted from a source to a destination, must be encrypted to ensure proper security. This is especially important since there are predictions which indicate that the number of wireless network users will surpass the number of wired network users by the year 2004. There are many algorithms that do this, of which most use modular multiplication as a basic building block, but we need to concentrate on hardware that will support them. Montgomery's algorithm is used to perform fast modular multiplication with minimal complexity. Due to the various sizes of operands and the modulus used in Montgomery's multiplication and its applications, we are interested in an architecture that implements the algorithm in a flexible manner that can adapt to the required precision. In order to be worthwhile, we must balance execution time, physical area and cost of production.


Abstract This study investigated differential effects of learning styles and learning orientation on sense of community and cognitive achievement in Web-based and lab-based university course formats. Students in the Web-based sections achieved higher scores at the "remember" and "understand" levels, but not at the "apply" or "analyze" levels. In terms of learning style, extrovert students outperformed introvert students in the lab-based sections, whereas introverts performed better in the Web-based sections. With regard to sense of community, students in the Web-based environment had higher scores on two of three scales. The final aspect examined was students' variable orientation toward learning, with significant but weak results.


We discuss relatively bounded perturbations of eventually differentiable and eventually norm-continuous semigroups on Bananch space.Two kinds of new perturbation theorems are obtaind.


A wide range of aromatic and heteroaromatic chlorides and some bromides, including hindered, activated and deactivated ones, are applied in the Suzuki—Miyaura cross-coupling reaction in water to afford the products with moderate to high yields.


BACKGROUND/AIMS
Preclinical assessment of radio-labeled monoclonal antibodies is essential to the understanding of target-specific tumor localization. The purpose of this study is to prepare for fundamental evaluation of antibodies and to validate the clinical usefulness of the candidate considered useful for practice through preclinical assessment.

METHODOLOGY
The immunoreactivity and affinity constant of three kinds of monoclonal antibody (1A4, 1B2, 4H11: CEA-specific) were evaluated with the method of cell binding assay. Tumor localization and biodisrtibution were performed in tumor-bearing athymic mice. Five patients of colorectal cancer underwent radioimmunodetection with 99mTc. Histological analysis was performed to evaluate the tumor localization of injected antibody.

RESULTS
The immunoreactive fraction value of 1B2 is the highest than the other antibodies. The difference between the antibody affinities among three antibodies although were rather small. In an animal model, 1B2 obtained more highly tumor targeting and cleared more rapidly from the blood than the other two antibodies did. Pilot study using 1B2 was successful in all cases without background imaging. Visualization of tumor sites surgically removed revealed positive CEA and IgG immunostaining.

CONCLUSION
The preparation for preclinical assessment of the characteristic parameters is practically valuable for clinical application of radiolabeled antibodies.


Summary. Parturition was observed in four of six pregnant red deer hinds, housed indoors. In two normal calvings, labour took 37 and 42 min from the appearance of the amniotic sac to the birth of the calf: labour was prolonged in one hind after disturbance, and two hinds had calving difficulties. The calves stood 30 to 58 min and sucked 43 to 129 min after birth. Maternal behaviour is described. The incidence of perinatal mortality in wild deer is discussed. Wild red deer in Scotland rut in October and produce their single calves in June. Jones (1966) and Bubenik (1965) have described the birth of four calves. The present paper describes parturition and maternal behaviour in captive hinds kept indoors.


© Zoo Outreach Organisation; www.zoosprint.org Manuscript 1321; Received 25 January 2005; Revised received 21 July 2005; Finally accepted 29 October 2005; Date of publication 21 December 2005 2123 January 2006 | ISSN 0973-2535 (Print edition); 0973-2551 (Online edition) ABSTRACT Five bryozoan species were encountered during a limnological investigation in Deepar wetland, a perennial water body situated between 91038'-91040'E & 2606'-2608'N near Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, India. The identified species are Hislopia lacustris moniliformis, Hyalinella punctata, Pactinatella gelatinosa, Plumatella emarginata and Fredericella sultana. Micro-structural features of the species are studied in limnological laboratory of Gauhati University. All the species are not reported earlier from this region. Some physical and chemical parameters of the wetland are also studied. As there is sporadic literature on ectoproctan species from this region, it is anticipated that the study will help in future research activities on this group of animals.


Based on the working characteristics of the string vibration sensor,a kind of new frequency measurement technology of string vibration sensor with LM3S6965 as control core is put forward.By using LM3S6965 internal 16 timing count function,excitation signal output and frequency signal measurement are completed.Temperature compensation of the results can reduce the influence of environment temperature on frequency measurement of the string vibration sensor.Meanwhile,the precision measurement method is used to improve the overall system measurement accuracy.


Computational Neurolinguisties (CN) integrates artificial intelligence (AI) methods with concepts of neurally motivated processing to develop cognitive models of natural language processing.

HOPE is one example of a model developed to address issues in CN. The model is parallel, and exemplifies language as the result of time synchronized processes which are asynchronous in nature. Furthermore, the model is substantially validated to include normal behavioral evidence in its design. In addition, it attends to aspects of language breakdown which are well documented in the literature of neurolinguistics or aphasia.

This paper discusses assumptions which underlie the CN approach to model development. It will describe the neurally motivated or "natural computational" processes which produce the model's observable and verifiable behavioral results. The differences in the CN approach to other models of parallel memory process and behavior will be presented. Finally, the contribution of the CN research approach as a tool for investigating the breakdown of language performance and its potential contribution to understanding brain function will be discussed.


Abstract In order to provide durable structure and stability to the dry filter fabric, the fabrics are generally passed through calendering machine which has got pair of heated rollers, pressing the coated material under certain pressure and temperature. With this view in mind, the present study has been made to compare the properties of the fabrics manufactured using virgin and recycled polyester fibres. In order to study the effect of different processing parameters, the effect of coating with different add-on percentage, calender roller pressure and calender roller temperature on pressure drop and filtration properties have been made. The results have shown that the add-on percentage during coating results throughout increase in pressure drop, dust holding capacity (DHC) and filtration efficiency; within the limits the study has been made. Increase in calender roller pressure results an initial increase in pressure drop and filtration efficiency subsequently it became constant. The increase in calender roller temperature results initial increase in pressure drop, DHC and filtration efficiency subsequently it decreased. Such a trend is seen for both virgin and recycled polyester filter fabrics and the differences of filtration values are insignificant. Considering, recyclability and sustainability aspects, recycled polyester fibre can be used in place of virgin polyester fibre in the manufacturing of needle punched nonwoven dust filter fabrics without affecting basic filtration properties.


Technical Consultant of the House The Japanese Parliament (Diet) was founded in 1890. Since the very first session, verbatim records had been made by manual shorthand over a hundred years. However, early in this century, the government terminated recruiting stenographers, and investigated alternative methods including ASR technologies. The House of Representatives has chosen ASR for the new system. The system was deployed and tested in 2010, and it has been in official operation from April 2011. The new system handles all plenary sessions and committee meetings. Speech is captured by the stand microphones in meeting rooms. Separate channels are used for interpellators and ministers. The speaker-independent ASR system generates an initial draft, which is corrected by reporters. Roughly speaking, the system's recognition error rate is around 10%, and disfluencies and colloquial expressions to be corrected also account for 10%. Thus, reporters still play an important role. There are Japanese language-specific issues. First, we need to convert kana phonetic symbols to kanji or Chinese characters. This conversion often involves ambiguity because of many homonyms. Therefore, it is very hard to type in real time. Only limited stenographers using a special keyboard can perform. Moreover, there are differences between the spoken-style and the transcript style. So, we need to rephrase in many cases, but re-speaking or shadow speaking is not so simple. Requirements for the ASR system are as follows. The first is high accuracy; over 90% is preferred. This can be easily achieved in plenary sessions, but is difficult in committee meetings, which are interactive, spontaneous, and often excited. The second requirement is fast turnaround. In the House, each reporter is assigned every 5-minute segment of a meeting session. ASR should be performed almost in real-time, so reporters can start working promptly even during the session. The third issue is compliance to the orthodox transcript guideline of the House. The electric dictionary of 60K lexical entries used in the system was proofed. In summary, the compliance issue is solved by hard work, fast turnaround is feasible by current computers, and high accuracy is technically most challenging.


Coastal groundwater is an important resource in the developed region associated with human health and sustainable economic development. To identify the origins of salinity and evaluate the impact of water-rock interactions, seawater intrusion (SWI), and evaporation on groundwater in the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, a comprehensive investigation was performed. Meanwhile, nitrate and fluoride indicators resulting from the anthropogenic activity and SWI were also considered. At last, the water quality index (WQI) of coastal groundwater was evaluated with geochemical and multivariate statistical methods. The results indicated that (1) the groundwater in coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces has been affected by SWI to varying degrees. The analysis of selected ion ratios (Na+/Cl− and Br−/Cl−) and isotopic compositions showed that SWI is the predominant cause of increasing salinity in the groundwater of Zhejiang Province, while the cause is water-rock interactions (ion exchange and mineral weathering) in Fujian Province. The hydrochemical evolution path of groundwater in Zhejiang Province is Ca/Mg-HCO3 to Na-Cl, while a different pattern of Ca/Mg-HCO3 to Na (Mg/Ca)-Cl occurs in Fujian Province. However, the trend of SWI development in both provinces was freshening. (2) Nitrification, sewage infiltration, and SWI increased the NO3− content in groundwater. Some of the NO3− concentration in Fujian Province exceeds the standard, and the nitrogen pollution was more serious than in Zhejiang Province. The F− content in coastal groundwater was affected by SWI and mineral dissolution; the F− content in Zhejiang Province was higher than in Fujian Province, which was close to the groundwater standard limit. The average WQI value of Zhejiang was 103.61, and the WQI of Fujian was 61.69, indicating that the coastal groundwater quality in Fujian Province was better than in Zhejiang Province. The results of the study revealed the impact of SWI and anthropogenic activity on groundwater in the southern coastal zone of China and will be valuable for sustainable groundwater resource management.


In this paper we derive the restricted weighted maximal operator, defined by ${\sup }_{k\in \mathbb{N}}\left(\left\vert \sigma _{k}F\right\vert/A^2_k\right)$ of Fej\'er means of Walsh-Fourier series and prove that the it is bounded from the martingale Hardy space $H_{1/2}(G)$ to the Lebesgue space $L_{1/2}(G).$ The sharpness of this result is also proved. As a consequence we obtain some new and and well-know results.


[1] First-order estimates indicate that the lifetime of energetic (a few MeV) electrons in the inner radiation belts (e.g., near L = 2) may be significantly reduced by in situ injection of whistler mode waves at radiated power levels of a few kW at frequencies of a few kHz. Our estimates are based on previously published results concerning the effect on the electron lifetimes of VLF signals from ground-based VLF transmitters operating in the 17–23 kHz range. Waves at lower frequencies (a few kHz) can drive diffusion rates that are higher by a factor of as much as ∼30 and can also be efficiently stored in the magnetospheric cavity, resulting in additional effective enhancement of wave power density of a factor of ∼16. This wave power enhancement is also expected to enhance the MeV electron diffusion rates.


Scholars have argued that presidents' need for responsiveness induces them to adopt ad hoc, politicized management strategies. Most have been critical of this tendency, contending that presidents are better served by established organizations and civil servants within the executive office. Their premise is that the neutral competence brought to bear through these institutional resources will faithfully promote the interests of whoever occupies the White House. Yet others have argued that political responsiveness is essential to the accomplishment of presidential goals, and that this can only be obtained through personalized management techniques that bypass the bureaucracy. This study examines these assertions in the context of regulatory review. Centralized exec utive oversight of agency policy making has been implemented through a stable organization staffed almost exclusively by career bureaucrats, but it has also reflected the agendas of differ ent presidents. An analysis of the structure and the implementation of regulatory review is thus inconsistent with popular descriptions of executive management. Although it supports the pre scriptive argument that established institutions can serve presidents effectively, it does not suggest that such responsiveness is likely to occur through a cultural medium of neutral competence. Regulatory review has promoted executive interests across administrations precisely because the process has internalized incumbents' political preferences.


The invention discloses a reactive power control circuit of a single-phase photovoltaic inverter. The reactive power control circuit comprises a bus voltage supporting capacitor, a single-phase full-bridge inversion circuit, a filtering inductor, an EMC (Electro Magnetic Compatibility) filtering circuit, a sampling circuit, a power switch pipe driving circuit and a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), wherein the DSP consists of a PLL (Phase Locked Loop) control module, a voltage outer ring PI control module, a current inner ring PI feedforward control module and a sinusoidal PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation) wave sending control module, and an input signal of the sinusoidal PWM wave sending control module of the DSP further includes a current inner ring current given amount Ig. The invention further provides a reactive power control method of the single-phase photovoltaic inverter. The method not only can be used for judging whether the voltage Uac of a power grid is larger than zero, and comparing the absolute value of a PWM wave sending control input modulation wave Upwm with a given triangular carrier wave Uc, but also can be used for judging whether the given current inner ring current amount Ig is larger than zero. Not only can the conduction loss of a power switching tube be reduced, and the conversion efficiency of the inverter is improved, but also the current waveform can be continuous, an output harmonic wave is reduced, and the pollution on a harmonic wave of a power grid is reduced.


I t v m l n N s a i n i o v c t i o T t t i t has long been recognized that certain types of ventricular septal defects can be associated with regurgitation across he aortic valve.1,2 The precise reasons why the aortic valve hould be regurgitant, however, and the optimal timing for urgical repair, and indeed, the very indications for surgical epair, remain to be determined. We addressed this topic urselves quite some time ago.3 At a recent meeting of the merican Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, the topic as the subject of a revision course. The presentations at that ourse are published in this issue of the 2006 Pediatric Cariac Surgery Annual.4-6 Why, then, are we additionally preenting this editorial comment? We considered that further omment was needed because we were surprised, on reading he content of the presentations, at the diversity of opinion hat still exists, and indeed, on the very nature of the lesions iscussed by the various presenters. Thus, Brizard4 discusses relatively rare malformation. All of the patients included in is series had muscular defects opening to the subpulmonary nfundibulum. Furthermore, he argues that, in these paients, it is neither the size of the defect nor the potential enturi effect that are responsible for the regurgitation across he aortic valve, opinions that are contrary both to our own revious writings,3 and also to the review provided by Twedell et al.5 Frigiola et al6 provided a more conventional acount. In their series of patients, the patients described all xhibited fibrous continuity between the leaflets of the aortic nd pulmonary valves, together with absence of the subpulonary infundibulum, these being the phenotypic features f the defects we describe as being doubly committed and ubarterial.3 Yacoub et al7 have previously suggested that the alvar regurgitation reflects an abnormality of the aortic "anulus." However, since the aortic "annulus" is a philosophic


This article take some school campus net Web diary excavation as an example, first elaborated how carries on the Web excavation, next utilizes this theoretical analysis this school user Web diary to obtain the user surfer behavior custom, and aims at the excavation result to give the rationalization proposal, educates the student and the school leader for the instructor supervises the teacher and the office personnel provides the science reference. Finally draws out the direction in this foundation which the Web diary excavation further explores, lays the foundation for later work. This article uses the excavation method has the versatility and the usability, all may refer to this article procedure regarding the similar succession sequence trend analysis.


K-means is a popular grouping technique for unsupervised data. Though the technique is simple and potential it suffers from the ambiguity in the selection of k (number of clusters). The selection or initialization of k-cluster centroids significantly impacts the performance of the k-means. The distribution of data with the possibility of outliers may degrade the clustering strength. If the initialization of clustering is best fitted then the rest of the k-means process will save the execution time and can offer better clustering. A searching procedure is needed that learn the data under hand and decide the cluster initialization accordingly. ABC is a good technique for optimized search. In this paper, a study of different variants of ABC is undertaken in order to propose a new methodology named IABC. The methodology made use of bee intelligence for search optimization along with k-means and k-nearest neighborhood algorithms. The proposed approach adds the strength to the k-means approach in terms of optimum centroid initialization. Experiments are done on two popular datasets to compare the proposed approach with the existing techniques. The comparisons are made between the existing and proposed methods. Better and encouraging results are found. The proposed process is able to save a significant amount of time and can offer better and accurate clustering.


The PURPOSE of the study is to improve the efficiency of district heating systems. To achieve this purpose, the following tasks must be completed. To consider the problems of functioning of an open heat supply system functioning. Perform an analysis of technical solutions for the modernization of local heat distribution and metering station are presented. To develop a technological scheme of local heat distribution station with a hot-water supply system. To determine the main technical, economic and investment indicators of the developed technical solution.MATERIALS AND METHODS. Measurements were made using the local heat metering station. When solving the set tasks, a methodology for assessing efficiency was applied with the calculation of capital and operating costs, including the calculation of the payback period.RESULTS. A new scheme for regulating of hot water supply system recirculation with open connection of consumers to a centralized source is proposed. The results of the implementation of the developed technical solution of local heat distribution and metering station for apartment buildings in Yoshkar-Ola city are presented. An experimental study of the effect of a joint additional installation of a pump and a control valve on the hot water supply system recirculation line before the mixing unit for hot water recirculation with return pipe and before the direct-acting temperature controller was the first to do. As a result, the consumption of district water was reduced by 36 - 39%, the temperature in the return pipeline was reduced by 13.5%; the enthalpy of the hot water was reduced from 0.168 to 0.145 Gcal/m3, the required circulation in all risers of the hot water supply system was ensured.CONCLUSION. The use of the developed technical solution for the modernization of local heat distribution and metering station increases the efficiency of district heating supply systems. Calculations made on the basis of the readings of automatic custody heat transfer meter showed that the payback period for the technical solution is 40 days. The proposed solution is recommended for use in local heat distribution station of open heat supply system in order to reduce water rate, lower the temperature in the return pipeline and reduce heat losses, improve circulation in all riser pipes of the hot water system.


All valid names in Cortaderia Stapf (nom. cons.) are typified and recent treatments of the genus are substantially upheld. Taxa in Section Cortaderia are more precisely defined with no major nomenclatural changes except that C. jubata (Lem.) Stapf is regarded as the valid name for plants formerly known as "C. quila (Nees) Stapf". In Section Bifida, C. aristata and C. trianae are regarded as synonyms of C. bifida, and C. sodiroana as synonymous with C. nitida; C. minima is regarded as a synonym of C. pilosa. The new combination C. archboldii (Hitchcock) Connor and Edgar is based on Danthonia archboldii from New Guinea. The genus is gynodioecious though in some species of Section Cortaderia only female plants are found.


The development of a high-performance sensing material for the detection of ammonia gas is of significant importance due to its wide industrial presence and potential hazard risks. In this article, we report the synthesis of porous and hollow MoO3 (p-h-MoO3) microspheres via the oxidation of MoS2 microsphere templates, which are obtained via self-assembly of MoS2 nanosheets under hydrothermal conditions. The composition and morphology of the p-h-MoO3 microspheres are systematically characterized via microscopic and spectroscopic techniques, and our sensing tests reveals that p-h-MoO3 possesses ultrahigh responsiveness to ammonia gas, which can be further optimized via the selection of a suitable oxidation temperature and time. Additionally, the p-h-MoO3 shows minimal responses to other gaseous molecules, thereby demonstrating significant selectivity toward ammonia. The sensing mechanism of p-h-MoO3 toward ammonia is further investigated to identify the origin of its ultrahigh sensitivity and selectivity via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and diffuse reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.


The generation of electron vortex states of large topological charge in high-energy ionization is demonstrated. To this end, the fully relativistic Dirac theory is used to determine the conditions to obtain such states.


This study aims to increase student learning outcomes on mathematics subjects in the material measuring angles with standard units by applying the Problem Based Learning learning model at SDN 106788 PURWODADI, Sunggal District, Deli Serdang Regency. This type of research is Classroom Action Research. The subjects of this study were students of class IV-B, which amounted to 29 students consisting of 11 male students and 18 female students. This research was conducted in two cycles. Data from the results of this study were obtained from tests of student learning outcomes and observations.Based on the results of the study, it was shown that there was an increase in the learning outcomes of material students measuring angles with simple aircraft standard units by applying the Problem Based Learning learning model. This can be seen from improving student learning outcomes every cycle. In the pre-test of student learning outcomes carried out before the application of learning there were 4 students (32%) completed learning while 17 students (68%) had not yet finished with a grade point average of 50.93. In cycle 1 completeness of student learning outcomes there were 17 students (72%) completed in 8 students (28%) not yet completed with an average value of 70.4. The results of teacher observation amounted to 67.27% with a good category while the observations of students amounted to 64% with sufficient categories. Student learning outcomes have increased to 23 students (92%) completed 2 students (8%) have not been completed while the average value of 86.4. Teacher observation results have increased by 92.72% with very good categories while student observations amounted to 92% with very good categories. By looking at the percentage of learning outcomes and observations it can be concluded that the Application of Problem Based Learning Learning Models can improve student learning outcomes.


Academic dishonesty is believed to have predictive ability for subsequent behaviours in the workplace. This study adds to the literature by investigating Malaysian business students' attitudes to academic dishonesty and their attitudes to ethics issues in business. This study also explores the association between these two constructs. The form of academic dishonesty being investigated here is related to assignments, quizzes, and examinations. Employing data collected from 153 business students from different academic years, this exploratory study concludes that business students may have found that some level of dishonesty is acceptable in some academic settings as well as in business settings. The study's outcomes highlight the possibility of using students' attitudes to academic dishonesty to explain their attitudes to ethics in business contexts. The findings of this study, to a certain extent, indicate that years spent in business education might contribute to such unfavourable attitudes. This exploratory study also draws attention to several issues related to the teaching of ethics within business education.


Objective:To investigate the relationship between serum C-reactive protein(CRP) and macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM).Methods:62 cases of T2DM with macrovascular complications(group A),64 cases of T2DM without macrovascular complications(group B),57 cases of impaired glucose tolerance(IGT)(group C) and 60 normal controls(group D) were selected.The levels of serum CRP,fasting blood glucose(FBG),glycosylated hemoglobin(HbA1c),TG,TC,LDL and HDL were detected.Results:The level of CRP in group A was significantly higher than that in group B,C and D(P0.01).The level of CRP in group B was significantly higher than that in group C and D(P0.01).The level of CRP in group C was significantly higher than that in group D(P0.01).Also the level of CRP was positively related with LDL(P0.05).Conclusion:CRP is a risk factor of T2DM with macrovascular complications and plays an important role in prediction of macrovascular complications in patients with T2DM.


Irradiation effects in close binaries are crucial for a reliable determination of system parameters and understanding the close binary evolution. We study irradiated light originating from the low mass component of an eclipsing system comprising a hot subdwarf primary and a low mass companion, to precisely interpret their high precision photometric and spectroscopic data, and accurately determine their system and surface parameters. We re-analyse the archival VLT/UVES spectra of AA Dor system where irradiation features have already been detected. After removing the predominant contribution of the hot subdwarf primary, the residual spectra reveal more than 100 emission lines from the heated side of the secondary with maximum intensity close to the phases around secondary eclipse. We analyse 22 narrow emission lines of the irradiated secondary, mainly of OII, with a few CII lines. Their phase profiles constrain the emission region of the heated side to a radius $\geq$ 95% of the radius of the secondary. The shape of their velocity profiles reveals two distinct asymmetry features one at the quadrature and the other at the secondary eclipse. We identify more than 70 weaker emission lines originating from HeI, NII, SiIII, CaII and MgII. We correct the radial velocity semi-amplitude of the center-of-light to the centre-of-mass of the secondary and calculate accurate masses of both components. The resulting masses $M_{1}$=0.46 $\pm$ 0.01$M_{\odot}$ and $M_{2}$=0.079 $\pm$ 0.002$M_{\odot}$ are in perfect accordance with those of a canonical hot subdwarf primary and a low mass star just at the substellar limit for the companion. We compute a first generation atmosphere model of the irradiated low mass secondary, which matches the observed spectrum well. We find an indication of an extended atmosphere of the irradiated secondary star.


Hip fractures in children are relatively rare and account for less than 1 of all paediatric fractures.                       Subtrochanteric fractures in children are very rare and are reported very few in world literatures. A ten year old girl           presented with history of fall from compound wall and had pain, swelling over right hip and difficulty in using right lower limb. X-ray pelvis with both hips anteroposterior view was taken which showed displaced subtrochanteric fracture of the right femur. Patient was planned for internal fixation with  paediatric dynamic hip screw. Intra operative and post             operative period was uneventful. After 6 weeks patient was advised weight bearing as tolerated. At the end of 12 months the functional outcome was good. Range of movements were functionally normal. Among the multiple treatment options available paediatric dynamic hip screw has a good functional outcome. Patients treated with paediatric dynamic hip screw require less assistance, can walk with crutches within ten days postoperatively and return to school. Frequent follow-up clinically and radiographically is needed if mal-union or leg length discrepancy is present. A prospective randomized multicentric study is needed to support paediatric hip screw as the standard operative treatment.


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