Background: Fever is a health disorder characterized by an increase in body temperature above normal, which almost everyone experiences. Therefore, the selection of fever is expected to provide an overview of how the knowledge of Sumatra ethnic communities in fever treatment is generally processed.
Methods: Research metadata of medicinal plants and jamu conducted by the Ministry of Health in 2012, 2015 and 2017 became the main sources. The study was conducted by interview and field observation methods to obtain medicinal plants. The informants of this study are traditional healers in every ethnic community in all provinces in Sumatra. Dummy tables containing provinces, ethnic, family, medicinal plants, potion numbers and traditional healers' codes were analyzed by Bray-Curtis similarity analysis based on the use of medicinal plants to obtain a level of similarity between ethnics and followed by scatterplots display using non-metric multidimensional scaling analysis.
Results: Medicinal plants usage by traditional healers in Sumatra has a low similarity among ethnic groups because the similarity index value to approximate zero. It shows that the group is quite specific in relation to the surrounding natural resources.
Conclusion: The low similarity index between ethnic groups in Sumatra shows that traditional medicinal knowledge among them is not interrelated. Their knowledge of developing hereditary based on experience and availability of natural resources around them.


Today, education, medicine, business, and all other fields rely heavily on
computers. This reliance is increased much when both professionals and
academic level students have to conduct research projects. This reliance is indicated by the availability and utility of the software, which is an integral part of computer technology. Hence, by keeping in view the importance of SPSS in research, we scrutinized the significant factors behind Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) adoption and acceptance. We executed an experimental approach and gathered data from n= 300 young researchers studying in the n= 4 public sector universities in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. By adopting the
primary variables from the Technology Acceptance Model, we proposed and a study model and examined it by using Smart-PLS. Findings showed that perceived ease of use and usefulness are significantly associated with Quantitative Research. Here, perceived ease of use and usefulness also indicated their interrelationship to validate the technology acceptance further. As a result, we also found a significant relationship between perceived usefulness, perceived usefulness, and SPSS technology acceptance. In simple terms, ease of use and valuable outcomes are the primary reasons behind SPSS acceptance among Pakistani students. Thus, we conclude that today, when technology has facilitated all the fields of life, research and development is another major field that is availing enormous advantages from the technology acceptance, integration, and execution. We recommend that SPSS usage should be encouraged for research purposes. Educational institutions should introduce new courses regarding SPSS learning and use them to further increase quantitative research aptitude among students.


Part 1 Biology and habits: the creation of a pop insect arrival of the bees temperate and tropical honey bees seasonal patterns, swarming and absconding activities outside the nest the process of Africanization. Part 2 Impact and control: the Latin American experience prognosis for North America coping with the bees.


Deficit irrigation is the practice of deliberately under-irrigating a crop. This practice may be preferable to full irrigation when water supplies are limited or irrigation costs are high. This paper investigates the merits of deficit irrigation for a farm in eastern Oregon. Two distinctly different irrigation systems were designed, one for full irrigation, the other for deficit irrigation. The costs and performances of these two systems are compared. It is determined that the system designed for deficit irrigation could lead to increased farm income while substantially reducing energy, water and capital requirements. These advantages would be gained by designing the deficit irrigation system for long intervals between irrigations and for low soil moisture uniformity. It is concluded that deficit irrigation can offer significant benefits under some circumstances, these benefits may be largely dependent on system design, and a comprehensive economics analysis is required to accurately assess the merits of a deficit irrigation scheme.


The invention relates to a method for preparing grilled salmon head food. The method comprises the following steps: on the basis of a preferred salmon head raw material, cleaning the salmon head raw material, and soaking the salmon head raw material in liquid seasoning; controlling liquid, laying the salmon head raw material in a dish, controlling the temperature and roasting the salmon head raw material for one time; taking out the salmon head raw material, coating a layer of formulated oil while the salmon head raw material is hot, barbecuing the salmon head raw material under a high temperature condition for the second time, quickly cooling, packaging and sterilizing to obtain a finished product, wherein the liquid seasoning is prepared by blending apple vinegar, table salt, monosodium glutamate, high fructose corn syrup, sorbitol, soy sauce, mirin, ginger juice, yeast extract, chilli powder, lemon juice, fermented glutinous rice juice and water according to a proportion; the formulated oil is prepared by blending salad oil, scallion oil and peanut oil according to a proportion. The method for preparing grilled salmon head food provided by the invention is reasonable in procedures, proper in burdening and strong in operability; the grilled salmon head food prepared by the method is convenient to eat, rich in nutrition, delicious in taste and is safe and sanitary.


Metal-CO 2 batteries, an attractive technology for both energy storage and CO 2 utilization, are typically classified into organic Li(Na)-CO 2 batteries with a high energy density/output voltage and aqueous Zn-CO 2 batteries with flexible chemical production. However, achieving high-efficiency energy storage and flexible chemical production simultaneously is still challenging. Herein, we proposed and realized a reversible hybrid aqueous Li-CO 2 battery integrating Li with aqueous phase, exhibiting not only a high operating voltage and energy density, but also highly selective HCOOH production simultaneously. Based on a Li plate as the anode, NaCl solution as aqueous electrolyte, solid electrolyte Li 1.5 Al 0.5 Ge 1.5 P 3 O 12 (LAGP) as separator and Li + transporter, and a bifunctional Pd-based electrocatalyst as the cathode, the resulting battery possessed the high discharge voltage up to 2.6 V, the outstanding energy conversion efficiency higher than 80%, and the remarkable selectivity of CO 2 -to-HCOOH conversion up to 97%. The related reaction mechanism was proposed as CO 2 +2Li+2H + ⇋HCOOH+2Li + .


In this work, our focus is on video streaming applications with relatively strict delay constraints; for such applications, forward error correction (FEC) is the preferred channel coding technique to recover from packet losses. Moreover, since video packets are usually of different importance, optimal bit allocation across video packets results in different packets receiving unequal error protection (UEP). For Internet video, cross-packet FEC in addition to source packets can be performed by generating parity packets [1]. Alternatively, a source packet can be partitioned into different transport packets to achieve prioritized protection, which has been studied for scalable video in [2]. In this paper, we compare the performance of these two packetization schemes applied to single-layer video. The comparison is carried out in a joint source-channel coding (JSCC) framework, where error resilient source coding and FEC are jointly designed. We show that either packetization scheme may be optimal depending on the packet loss rate. 2. TWO PACKETIZATION SCHEMES


Nanotechnology is emerging as a key technology of the 21st century wherein stakes are high as projected estimate of economic and social benefits are immense for countries that can attain competency in this technology. A Country/firm's competency can be judged from various dimensions: from research outcomes to final product/processes developed, its international market reach and monopoly position in domestic and high value markets. Unlike other key technologies, in nanotechnology we observe emerging economies particularly China competing with advanced OECD economies. This sends an important signal as emerging economies are generally involved in adaptive R&D and undertake follow on innovation. Keeping this in context, the paper attempts to capture the contemporary position of nanotechnology development in China through bibliometric and innovation indicators. We argue that applying innovation indicators such as standards and products/processes developed along with bibliometric indicators provide a deeper insight of a country's development. The study shows China has been able to make an assertion in this area and has potentiality to forge ahead. It is emerging as a leading country in publication and standardization activity.


In search of developing a self disinfecting alginate impression material, the present study conducted to evaluate the mixing characteristics of commercially available alginate dental impression material with three distinct disinfectant solutions.  Four commercially available alginate powders were selected as A: Tropicalgin, B: Cavex CA 37, C: KROMOPAN, D: United Alginate. Disinfectant solutions also were selected as I: Isopropyl alcohol 70%, II: Hydrogen peroxide- 6%, III: Povidone- Iodine- 10%. The mixing procedure was standardized by choosing a consistent manufacturer recommended powder to liquid ratio for all type of test materials. From the result obtained, it is observed that consistency suitable for impression making was obtained only with 6% hydrogen peroxide and 10 % povidone iodine for all types of alginate powders. A sandy like consistency, which is not suitable for dental impression, was obtained with isopropyl alcohol for all four types of alginates.


Completeness and precision are terms loaded with positive connotations in ordinary language. Incomplete and vague or imprecise, are, on the contrary, negative attributes in most situations one can come up with. In the realm of contract theory and contract law, the secondary implied meanings surrounding these two sets of terms nicely correspond with those prevailing in common discourse. Complete contracts are desirable because they include all the relevant potential values of the interesting contingencies bearing on the fate of the contracting parties, and include a mutually agreed response to each of them. Incomplete contracts, by contrast, seem undesirably underspecified in terms of the interesting contingencies and actions or payoffs of the contracting parties.1 It has long been observed that incompleteness in contracting may well not be the product of nonvoluntary constraints affecting the parties or the general contracting environment (cognitive deficiencies, unverifi ability, informational deficits). It can be a chosen strategy by the parties at the contracting stage to increase their expected welfare from the transaction. For instance, the parties may consider it advantageous, under certain circumstances, to rely on internal (including reciprocity-based) motivators for cooperation rather than external mechanisms such as formal and legally enforceable contracts, and thus use only very simple contracts. The paper by Hermalin, "Vague Terms: Contracting when Precision in Terms is Infeasible" (Hermalin [2008]) connects both sets of incompleteness sources, exploring how contractual incompleteness, expressed through vagueness in the description of contract actions, interacts in unnoticed ways with court enforcement of contracts. The paper shows that contractual incompleteness may not prevent the parties from achieving the desired outcomes in the transaction, even though courts may be less than apt enforcers, that is, even if courts are far away from being perfectly able to verify contract contingencies or actions. This happy result, however, is not without requirements on


Metastases to distant organs are the principal cause of death from renal cell carcinoma (RCC). No commonly accepted therapy is available for disseminated RCC at present. The rationale for immunotherapy of RCC is based on the fact that there is no other therapy for advanced cases. Biologic therapies are the only current treatment modalities that have produced promising therapeutic results in metastatic RCC (mRCC). Therapy with cytokines usually has typical and sometimes severe side effects. Response rates and toxicity were higher with combined therapy. The administration of cytokines that augment the function of the immune system can be accomplished safely and without toxicity, provided a rational approach is used. The toxic effects that are frequently observed with combined therapy emphasize the need for careful selection of patients.


Abstract : An extensive set of radiance calculations have been generated for each of twelve representative bottom types using an existing water radiance and atmospheric radiative transfer model. Total radiance values were calculated under two separate (Elterman) atmospheric states for a sensor platform altitude of 50 km. Calculations were also made for a sensor placed just below the sea surface. The model parameters were iterated over representative water depths and water types. A preliminary visual band optimization analysis was made over the input parameters. The suitability of Landsat-D Thematic mapper (TM) bands is also addressed.


A hybrid wireless communication approach, thermoacoustic communication (TAC), is introduced. Based on thermoacoustic effect, TAC is able to directly convert electromagnetic energy into acoustic energy without involving any intermediate device. Detailed description of TAC working principles is provided. A proof-of-concept experiment is performed to demonstrate the TAC concept.


This new edition of International Economic Integration, has been fully revised and updated to reflect current developments in this increasingly important area. New features include: * Completely new introduction and conclusion * Chapter added on integration schemes which includes discussion of the East and the enlargement of the European Union * Chapter on the Common Market expanded to include new developments in capital mobility and industrial policy * new real life examples, quanitative studies and statistical material * Treatment of issues even more accessible following feedback from first edition Building on the reputation of the highly successful first edition, this volume will continue to be considered the definitive work on the subject and to be a vital reference for students of international economics.


Cellulosic/regenerated blended fabrics dyed with reactive dyes require a large amount of salt, which pollutes fresh watercourses. Due to the hydrolysis of the dye, the dyeing effluent consists of a large amount of hydrolysed dye, and it requires a high volume of water to remove the hydrolysed dye in a wash-off process. Lyocell/cotton fabrics were dyed with reactive dyes using conventional methods and pretreating the fabric with polyvinylamine chloride (at five different concentrations). Pretreated samples were dyed without using salt as an electrolyte. The influence of pretreatment on K/S value, wash fastness, rubbing fastness, tensile strength, flexural rigidity and crease recovery were determined. It was found that pretreatment of Lyocell/cotton fabrics with polyvinylamine chloride increases dye uptake and shows good wash fastness and rubbing fastness. There was a slight increase in crease recovery angle and flexural rigidity in the pretreated sample. It was determined that polyvinylamine chloride was found to be effective for pretreatment in salt-free dyeing of Lyocell/cotton fabrics.


The magnetic circular dichroism and axial absorption spectra of the 6295‐A 3A2 → 3T2 no‐phonon band in V(III)‐doped corundum have been measured as a function of temperature and field under high resolution. The relatively concentrated crystal [∼ 1.5 mole% V(III)] used gave only a broad, featureless absorption. The MCD, however, clearly revealed the expected Ham effect fine structure first resolved in absorption studies of dilute samples by Scott and Sturge. Use of the nonuniform dynamic Jahn–Teller quenching model permitted direct prediction of the MCD band shape. Good agreement with both absorption and MCD data was found when component line half‐widths were assumed to be ∼ 3 cm−1. In addition, sharp MCD satellite structure has been observed in the 3A2 → 1A1 transition. This is attributed to V(III) ion pair interactions in the corundum lattice.


A method for implementing quick recovery after delay of WLAN AP of the invention, is characterized in by the mounting of a power supply controller: accessing power supply lines of the AP into each output of the power supply controller, accessing the commercial power to the input of the power supply controller, and each output providing the AP power; automatic all weather state monitoring to the AP by the power supply controller; automatic and timely discovering and judging of the AP delay: judging whether the AP is delayed by the result of PING; automatic and quick recovery of AP: when the AP delay is exactly judged, immediately implementing to the object AP for power off and restarting, thereby realizing the quick recovery of AP. The time of the invention to complete once of the entire process of automatic monitoring, timely discovering and judging of the delay and automatic and quick recovery of the delay AP is about 6 minutes, which is largely below the manpower time, almost resolves problem, and is relatively approximately 'zero dela'.


Marko Jurjako's article "Self-deception and the selectivity problem" (Jurjako 2013) offers a very interesting discussion of intentionalist approaches to self-deception and in particular the selectivity objection to anti-intentionalism raised in Bermúdez 1997 and 2000. This note responds to Jurjako's claim that intentionalist models of self-deception face their own version of the selectivity problem, offering an account of how intentions are formed that can explain the selectivity of self-deception, even in the "common or garden" cases that Jurjako emphasizes.


Linear low‐density polyethylene (LLDPE) water tank products from Qatar were subjected to standard extraction testing at room temperature and at 60°C for one to 11 days. Extracts were analyzed for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semi‐volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), and total organic carbon (TOC). Several organic compounds were detected in some extracts at low microgram‐per‐liter levels. Benzyl alcohol was detected in at least one extract of each product, and di‐n‐butyl phthalate or bis(2‐ethylhexyl) phthalate was detected with lower frequency, demonstrating that only minimal amounts of extracted chemicals were present. Hazard assessments indicated that all values except for one possibly anomalous result in one sample and a phthalate ester in two samples of one product were well within product acceptance values. There were several unidentified extractants. Results suggest a very low level of health concern is associated with LLDPE molded products manufactured to standard specifications, and this should be indicative of all appropriately certified LLDPE molded water tank materials.


With the standardization of Chinese securities markets, it is necessary to establish the decision support system(DSS) in securities companies based on data warehouse for the data mining and analysis,so that the decision makers can acquire the latest relative information and make scientific and reasonable decisions based on the analysis results of the information,and the management level and competitive power of the companies can be improved. In this paper, the techniques of data warehouse, online analysis and processing(OLAP) and data mining are combined to construct the DSS based on data warehouse. And based on the practical demands in securities trade,the design and implementation of such system of the securities company are discussed.


The effects of various bonding agents on natural rubber-oil palm wood flour (OPWF) composites were studied. Results indicate that the maximum torque increases with increasing OPWF loading and the incorporation of various bonding agents. Compared to the composite without a bonding agent, the incorporation of bonding agents improves the tensile modulus, tear strength, tensile strength, and hardness of the composites. Scanning electron microscopy studies and rubber-fiber interaction measurements indicate that the OPWF-rubber adhesion can be enhanced by the use of bonding agents.


This paper introduced the conception and framework of DKIM,expatiating the working flow with examples and discussed threats and the prospect of DKIM.


With the rapid development of information technology, Intelligent education technology has gained widespread attention and application in the field of education. Among them, the Intelligent physical education teaching platform, as a manifestation of teaching innovation, provides new possibilities for physical education. Diversified teaching strategies, as an important part of educational reform, are increasingly applied to Intelligent physical education teaching platforms to enhance course interactivity and attractiveness, and promote students' comprehensive development. The Intelligent physical education teaching platform plays an important role in the ever-changing educational environment, providing new ways for the innovation and improvement of physical education. This article starts with a literature review, summarizes the application of diversified teaching strategies in Intelligent physical education teaching platforms, explores the impact of diversified teaching strategies on student interactivity and attractiveness in Intelligent physical education teaching courses, and concludes that the successful application of Intelligent physical education teaching platforms needs to consider issues such as adaptability, technical support, and privacy protection to ensure that they truly unleash their advantages and potential.


Abstract Gray mold of blueberry caused by Botrytis sp. is reported for the first time in Korea. A detailed description of the fungus is given, along with its rDNA internal transcribed spacer sequence. The fungus was identified as Botrytis cinerea based on mycological characteristics and molecular data.


This paper shows a grey relation entropy method and analyzes the effectiveness of this method and the entropy relation grade. It proves that the grey relation entropy method has properties of the nonnegative, symmetry, extension extremism, and some other fine natures. The entropy relation grade still meets the four axioms of gray relation. We could use some natures for application's process to make a more satisfactory progress provide the basis in practice. Finally, the grey relation entropy method is used to study the target value for Shuangyashan ecology industry garden and the synthetic evaluation target standard for national industry garden quality. The result obtained is the same with the basis biggest degree of membership principle which indicates the validity and feasibility with the entropy interrelatedness.


This paper presents a nine-level transformer-based inverter requiring only eight switches. The envisaged structure consists of two standard H-bridges fed from a single dc source. Besides, a single-phase transformer is employed to aid the process of intermediate voltage level generation. An ad-hoc pulsewidth modulation scheme based on boolean logic form equations is developed to derive the gating pulses. An effortless extension of the proposed inverter to a higher number of voltage levels is also achieved by generalizing the switching functions. Furthermore, the superior performance of the proposed topology is demonstrated through a comprehensive cost-based analysis. Finally, the validation of the proposed topology is accomplished through experiments on a down-scale prototype, and the measurement results are included.


The changes in the distributed database environment during its lifetime necessitate a redesign of the distributed databases so as to keep the performance of the applications/transactions from degrading. Till now most of the work in distributed database design dealt with developing better fragmentation and allocation algorithms. This paper introduces an hitherto unexplored step in distributed database design dealing with the materialization of a new design after the redesign for an existing populated distributed relational database. We de ne materialization of a distributed database design as a process of global restructuring of the populated local databases in order to achieve conformance with the logical de nition of the distributed database. Work on distributed database design dealing with mixed fragmentation facilitates the development of a formal basis for materializing distributed database designs. We present two approaches (Query Generator method and Operator method) to achieve the solution. We develop a cost model for evaluating these two approaches and present a multiple query optimization algorithm to improve the e ciency of the query generator approach. These algorithms need to be initiated by the distributed database administrator to automatically materialize redesigned distributed databases. The operator method is suitable for incremental materialization whereas the query generator method is suitable for one-time materialization of the distributed databases.


Indian economy and industry has undergone significant transformation since 1991 - moving away from state controlled to a competitive market economy. The most remarkable of this transformation has been noted in the financial sector, particularly, in the Indian Insurance Industry which has opened up to all competitors- integrating financial services to the global economy. IRDA was established in 1999 to protect the interest of policyholders for promoting and ensuring orderly growth of the insurance industry and for matters connected therewith and also to amend the Insurance Act 1938, LIC Act 1956 and G.I. Business Act 1972. Under IRDA Act, 1999, Indian Insurance company means, any insurer being a company which is formed and registered under the companies Act, 1956, in which the aggregate holding of equity shares by a foreign company do not exceed 26% paid up equity capital of such Indian Insurance company and whose sole purpose is to carry on life or general or re-insurance business. Enhancement of this 26% to 49% is at higher level discussion stage. FDI cannot be viewed from the financial perspective alone. It brings experience sharing, technology up gradation, specialized skills, better operational efficiency, improved perceptions by reinsurance companies, and faster evolution of industry. Since Indian Insurance market is getting integrated into Global Insurance Industry, we must analyze and understand the prospects of Insurance business in India in the light of following trends as described and in tabular forms.


Based on discussing various optional methods and scheduling methods of job arrangement, this paper classifies those meth-ods according to the four-item criterion of scheduling objectives, and gives the scheduling decision model of job arrangement. Especial-ly, this paper proposes a method for choosing proper scheduling methods with AHP method.


In designing a control system of the plant where only the input and the output can be measured, it is desirable to use the adaptive control synthesis approaches. However, most of those approaches can not apply to the plant with the limitation of input amplitude, because those studies are usually done without any limitation of input amplitude. For such a case, by introducing the dispersion filter, we have proposed the adaptive control scheme for a time-invariant discrete scalar system with the limitation of input amplitude. However, this scheme required the inversion of the dispersion filter to construct the adaptive feedback loop. In order to overcome the above difficulties, this paper presents the approach by the use of a polynomial algebraic method for constructing an adaptive control system of the timeinvariant discrete scalar system with the limitation of input amplitude. Simulation results of a third-order unstable system with the limitation of input amplitude are included at the end of paper in order to verify the effectiveness of the propose scheme.


It is with great sadness that we annonce you the death of our friend and colleague Marc Rybowicz. He passed away on November 11th after a long fight against cancer since June 2015.


This Special Issue has focused on dissecting the neuroprotective and neurodegenerative components of neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases, highlighting the latest advance in understanding the etiology, pathomechanism, biomarkers, imaging techniques, and novel therapeutic targets of neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) [...].


Mahatma Gandhi was a freedom fighter as well as a social reformer. He was a man of action and intuition. He held no political office. Yet he could arouse the consciousness of an entire subcontinent! A lean, frail, 'half-naked fakir'—armed with a wooden staff and dignity of a human being, he fought against greatest empire the world has ever known. It was just a moral grandeur of his soul which enabled him to fight against the brute power, in any form, and even vanquish it. As a defender of the human rights, he made people more conscious of their duties, to set a moral order in the society and also to make people learn that the true source of right is duty only. A saint, social reformer and humanist Gandhi held out "a message" which based on "a series of experiment with truth", touched upon every domain of human life: social, economic, moral/spiritual, cultural, political. Therefore, he is a perennial source of writing and has influenced different disciplines and many writers from different fields like history, politics, philosophy, literature, sociology, and so on. In his principle of non-violence, Gandhi introduces technique of resistance to evil and untruth. His Satyagraha is inspired by boundless love and compassion. It is opposed to sin and evil. Gandhi was the speaker of truth and he did not like falsehood. His fight against untouchability and the notions of superiority and inferiority by birth were well known. R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, and many other Indian writers like Chaman Nahal explore Gandhiji's view in their writings. Chaman Nahal is the first novelist in the post-independent ethos who delineated Gandhi and Gandhian ideology more realistically than any other writers of the era. Chaman Nahal has exquisitely explored almost all the dimensions of Gandhian Ideology such as Truth, satyagraha, azadi (in true spirit of Swaraj), simplicity, women emancipation, sacrifice, affirmation, belief in equality, humanitarian attitude for weaker sections, Hindu Muslim amity and last but not the least his non-violence.


Abstract The main results are as follows. A finitely generated soluble group G is polycyclic if and only if every infinite set of elements of G contains a pair generating a polycyclic subgroup; and the same result with "polycyclic" replaced by "coherent".


We give theoretical convergence rates for the surface current and backscattering amplitude from an infinite, PEC circular cylinder associated with typical moment method solutions to the magnetic and electric field integral equations. These results are then numerically compared to other scatterer geometries.


Sports matter. They hold a singular position among leisure time activities and have an unparalleled impact on the everyday lives of billions of people. 1 We show how, why, and for whom this has been the case for well over a century on both sides of the Atlantic. Analyzing the continuities and changes that have characterized sports cultures in the United States and Europe, we find complex processes involving global transformations alongside persistent local and national factors. This book poses the following questions: How has a continuing process that we call " postindustrialization " and " second globalization " transformed sports? More specifically, How have developments since roughly the 1970s—in the advanced industrial capitalist economies of the liberal democracies of the United States and Europe—altered key aspects of contemporary sports cultures? And, to what degree have globalized sports and their participating athletes in turn influenced postindustrial societies and identities? Which role do sports play in globalization, and to what extent are they an engine of cosmopolitan political and cultural change? At the same time, how have sports successfully maintained traditions in the continuing battles for their very identities? And how have sports reconciled 1 A humoristic and exaggerated example of a sports fan's dedicated life can be found in Joe Queenan, True Believers: The Tragic Inner Life of Sports Fans (New York: Henry Holt, 2003). Of course, in Queenan's ironic book the problem of political fanaticism among mass movements resonates, which is the subject of Eric Hoffer's 1951 social science classic; see Eric Hoffer, The the new challenges that have emerged by their becoming globalizing cultural forces with new affiliations and allegiances far beyond local and national venues? To resolve this puzzle, we examine the global, national, and local layers of the dynamics that comprise present-day sports in Europe and America. 2 Our approach follows the Hegelian notion of Aufhebung, a German term that means both " preserving " and " transcending. " Many of the distinctive cultural narratives and special patterns that first shaped sports cultures as we know them in the late nineteenth century—in the wake of glo-balization's first wave—now continue unabated, perhaps even augmented, in a global arena. Yet, we argue that even as the national and the local continue to be resilient forces, the substantial changes befalling sports through the processes of second globalization—and the cosmopolitan changes accompanying it—also transcend national and local affiliations. Both terms—cosmopolitanism …


Nowadays, mobile devices have become an important part of our daily life. Numerous mobile sensing applications are enabled by various mobile platforms, which leverage machine learning techniques to detect or classify the events of interest such as human activities and health conditions. To achieve this, each user is required to provide a considerable amount of training samples. However, in practice, a large portion of the users may provide only a few or even zero labels, due to various reasons such as privacy concern or simply laziness. A straightforward solution to this problem is to gather the data of all the users in a central database, and train a global classifier from the combined data. Such global classifier, however, may not work well since it ignores the variety in different users' data. To address this challenge, we propose PLOS, a Personalized Learning framework for mObile Sensing applications. PLOS can jointly model the commonness shared among the users as well as the differences between them, which are inferred from both the label information and the underlying structures of individual data. We further develop the distributed PLOS where the raw data of the users are locally processed so that the users only need to send model parameters to the server. Through extensive experiments on both synthetic data and real mobile sensing systems, we show that the proposed PLOS framework is scalable and efficient in energy, computation, and communication costs, and can achieve more accurate classification results compared with the baseline methods.


Cd1−xZnxO thin films were prepared by spray pyrolysis in air atmosphere on a glass substrate at 250 °C. The Zn content in Cd1−xZnxO films was varied from x = 0 to 0.60. Structural, electrical and optical properties of Cd1−xZnxO films were investigated by x-ray diffraction, electrical resistivity and optical transmittance spectra, respectively. As the Zn content in Cd1−xZnxO thin films increased, the preferred orientation of the films did not change, only the peak intensity of the planes decreased. In addition to the peaks of CdO, peaks of ZnO were observed in the film with x = 0.6. The resistivity of Cd1−xZnxO thin films increased with increasing Zn content. Transmittance spectra studies of films were carried out in the 190-1100 nm wavelength range and the results showed that the bandgap energy range varied from 2.42 to 3.25 eV. In addition, alloying effect on the Kβ/Kα intensity ratio in Cd1−xZnxO semiconductor thin films was studied. It was found that the Kβ/Kα intensity ratio is changed by alloying effects in Cd1−xZnxO semiconductor thin films for different composition of x. The results were compared with the theoretical values. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


This paper draws on existing bodies of literature in technical and professional communication to ground these questions in the unique challenges of social justice centered UX work. First, this paper situates UX development work within the growing body of literature on social justice research within technical communication. Next, the author articulates points of tension and convergence between industry UX "best practices" and social justice UX centered projects in terms of both theory and application. Specifically, the author focuses on the differences of development cycles and user advocacy/representation in social justice UX contexts as opposed to more typical of UX development work. The author concludes the paper by articulating challenges and opportunities for UX developers interested in social justice communication design work.


In view of the problems of coronavirus infection, this paper proposes a novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic prevention and control strategy based on behavioral science. In this paper, novel coronavirus pneumonitis is analyzed in many dimensions, namely, individuals, societies and countries, and based on various theories, such as behavioral theory and psychological theory. The novel coronavirus strategy also made scientific and effective measures from three aspects to reduce the probability of the new coronavirus pneumonia. Based on this, the strategy also analyzes the successful experience of China's great anti epidemic practice, providing experience and basis for the anti epidemic struggle of other countries. The results show that novel coronavirus pneumonia can be fundamentally improved and the health and safety awareness of the masses will be established.


Necessary and sufficient conditions for composite lamina failure within a laminate are derived from the separate criteria for fiber failure and for matrix failure.


This presentation discusses the need for an industry standard for applying human factors engineering (HFE) to nuclear power plants, the development of a draft Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard project, a summary of the content of the draft standard, and its status in the consensus process.


The paper deals with the disturbance spectrum associated to the supply system for electric traction in different operating conditions. In particular, an experimental data set is used to analyze the electric systems for transportation currently in use in Italy, based on static power conversion stations (ESS) and dc supply feeders. In these traction systems the train supply voltage has harmonic spectrum characterized by the switching pulse of the rectifier bridges, by possible disturbances that affect the ac supply network and by the interaction between the converters on board devoted to supply traction motors and auxiliary services on the trains. The paper presents a software program that determines the regression linear indexes by a statistical model permitting to define the harmonic disturbance components in any general operating condition. The statistical model is set and compared with measurements performed on a real railroad plant.


The possibilities of detecting mixtures of bee waxes with other waxy products have been studied. Research has been focused mainly on waxes of mineral and animal origin. The components to detect as indicators of adulteration, the analytic method and its sensibility are determined. To detect mineral waxes, the different components which integrate the hydrocarbons fraction, and not the total, have to be identified. To detect waxes of animal origin, mainly myristic and stearic acid are tested


Based on the daily average temperature data of 2374 stations in China from 1993 to 2022 and the monthly average temperature data of European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) System5 in winter, this article analyses the intraseasonal variations of winter surface air temperature (SAT) over China by using seasonal empirical orthogonal function decomposition (S‐EOF) and compare the prediction skill differences of the first three dominant modes in ECMWF System5. The first mode (S‐EOF1) is characterized by out‐of‐phase changes in SAT anomalies (SATA) between December and January. Both the Siberian high (SH) and the central Pacific El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (CP ENSO) can impact S‐EOF1. The second mode (S‐EOF2) is characterized by consistency in warm anomalies over the Northeast and Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau's variation, while the other areas are characterized by the out‐of‐phase change in SATA. S‐EOF2 is closely related to Arctic oscillation (AO). The third mode is characterized by alternating changes over 3 months in winter, which is related to the Pacific meridional mode (PMM) and the North Atlantic SST tripole (NAT). Comparing the ECMWF System5 prediction skill for the first three leading modes for the intraseasonal variations in winter SAT, the prediction skill is not high. The model did not predict the extent of warm anomalies and the intraseasonal fluctuation in S‐EOF1, which may be due to the poor prediction skills for the range and intensity of the CP ENSO and the SH. The second mode has the highest prediction skill among the three modes. For the prediction skill of AO is good. The model can capture the intraseasonal reverse SATA between December and January but did not capture the reverse SATAs between January and February. Because the model does not predict obvious PMM and NAT well.


A water balance model A water balance model is developed for arid regions in this study. The partition calibration strategy is also proposed for calibrating model parameters such as river loss coefficients and irrigation return water coefficients by adopting the method of the modified dynamically dimensioned search algorithm (MDDS). The conditional probability and Bayesian statistics are employed to demonstrate the theoretical rationality of partition calibration strategy. The case study in the Kaidu River Basin of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has verified it in its application. According to the model results of Yanqi and Baolangsumu hydrological stations, the partition calibration strategy is superior to the whole regional calibration in terms of parameters number, computing time and Nash efficient coefficients. Therefore, the partition calibration strategy is suggested to be applied to these areas with the obvious advantages of sub-partition computing units and parameter distribution.


Crystalline solids with intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity (κL ) are crucial to realizing high-performance thermoelectric (TE) materials. Herein, we show an ultralow κL of 0.35 Wm-1  K-1 in AgCuTe, which has a remarkable TE figure-of-merit, zT of 1.6 at 670 K when alloyed with 10 mol % Se. First-principles DFT calculation reveals several soft phonon modes in its room-temperature hexagonal phase, which are also evident from low-temperature heat-capacity measurement. These phonon modes, dominated by Ag vibrations, soften further with temperature giving a dynamic cation disorder and driving the superionic transition. Intrinsic factors cause an ultralow κL in the room-temperature hexagonal phase, while the dynamic disorder of Ag/Cu cations leads to reduced phonon frequencies and mean free paths in the high-temperature rocksalt phase. Despite the cation disorder at elevated temperatures, the crystalline conduits of the rigid anion sublattice give a high power factor.


In this paper, the optimum deposition conditions of amorphous Co-Zr films fabricated by ion beam sputtering and their magnetic properties are investigated. The amorphous state is achieved at a low Zr content ( near 5 - 10 at% ) and is dependent on the substrate temperature. Co-Zr alloy films with a Zr content of 4.5 at% become amorphous on a -130 °C substrate, whereas a Zr content of more than 6 at% is necessary to obtain amorphous films on a 40 °C substrate. The resistivity of the films increases monotonically with Zr content or as the substrate temperature decreases from +300 °C to -130 °C. It is shown that the addition of a small amount of Re to the films decreases magnetostriction, although it lowers saturation magnetization slightly. A magnetostriction value of less than 10-7is obtained when 2 to 3 at%Re is added to the Co-Zr films with a 6 to 8 at%Zr. Ion beam sputtered Co-6 at %Zr-2at% Re in 1 to 3 μm thick amorphous films exhibits the following excellent properties: a saturation magnetization of more than 13 kG, a permeability at 10 MHz of more than 5000, and a Vickers hardness of over 700.


Time-resolved and excitation-dependent photoluminescence of GaAs/Al x Ga 1-x As quantum well structures reveal that recombination takes place between free carriers, not excitons, at room temperature for carrier densities at and above the mid -1016cm-3level. Other samples show trapping and release of carriers from traps, evidence of dynamic Shockley, Hall, and Read recombination for optically active traps. The traps can be saturated to a large extent. Further studies show that they are associated with interfaces between different materials and that they become active at a temperature around 150 K. Results from all samples indicate that the bimolecular radiative recombination coefficient B for quantum wells is no larger than the value of B for bulk GaAs, and may in fact be smaller. This is one of the first studies of time-resolved luminescence of impurities in quantum well structures. Impurity decays at low temperatures are found to be quite slow. A spectral line which appeared to be longitudinal optical phonon-shifted emission is shown to be due to an acceptor impurity.


In this paper, we construct a tetrahedral element named DST20 for the three dimensional Darcy-Stokes problem, which reduces the degrees of velocity in [30]. The finite element space V h for velocity is H(div)-conforming, i.e., the normal component of a function in V h is continuous across the element boundaries, meanwhile the tangential component of a function in V h is average continuous across the element boundaries, hence V h is H-average conforming. We prove that this element is uniformly convergent with respect to the perturbation constant ε for the Darcy-Stokes problem. At the same time, we give a discrete de Rham complex corresponding to DST20 element. Mathematics subject classification: 65N15, 65N30.


The long-time behavior of positive solutions of a differential equation with state-dependent delay \begin{document}$ \dot{y}(t) = -c(t)y(t-\tau(t,y(t))) $\end{document} , where \begin{document}$ c $\end{document} is a positive coefficient, is considered. Sufficient conditions are given for the existence of positive solutions bounded from below and from above by functions of exponential type. As a consequence, criteria for the existence of positive solutions are derived and their lower bounds are given. Relationships are discussed with the existing results on the existence of positive solutions for delayed differential equations.


Temporal focusing multiphoton excitation microscopy (TFMPEM) can rapidly provide 3D imaging in neuroscience; however, due to the widefield illumination and the use of camera detector, the strong scattering of emission photons through biotissue will degrade the image quality and reduce the penetration depth. As a result, TFMPEM images suffers from poor spatial resolution and low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), burying weak fluorescent signals of small structures such as neurons in calyx part, especially for deep layers under fast acquisition rate. In the study, we present a prediction learning model with depth information to overcome. First, a point-scanning multiphoton excitation microscopy (PSMPEM) image as the gold standard was precisely registered to the corresponding TFMPEM image via a linear affine transformation and an unsupervised VoxelMorph network. Then, a multi-stage 3D U-Net model with cross-stage feature fusion mechanism and self-supervised attention module has been developed to restore shallow layers of drosophila mushroom body under cross-modality training. Furthermore, a convolutional long short-term memory (ConvLSTM)- based network with PhyCell, which is designed to forecast the deeper information according to previous 3D information, is introduced for the prediction of depth information.


We consider a viscous incompressible uid ow governed by the Stokes system. We assume that a nite number of small inhomogeneities (par- ticles) are immersed in the uid. The reciprocity gap functional is introduced to describe the boundary data. An asymptotic formula for the reciprocity gap functional is derived. The obtained formulas can form the basis for very eective computational identication algorithms, aimed at determining infor- mation about inhomogeneities from boundary measurements.


Energy efficiency is currently a very popular topic because the world's need for energy continues to increase every year. Street lighting is one sector that has great potential to be targeted for energy efficiency. The use of energy-saving street lighting technology is not easy to realize, due to limited technical knowledge, namely, the components of street lighting do not meet the Indonesian National Standard. Meanwhile, non-technical problems are limited budgets in providing street lighting. If the procurement of street lighting is associated with government budget constraints, then it is not wrong for the provision to be handed over to businesses or private entities. In this study, researchers analyzed the process of collaborative governance and the Public-Private Partnership scheme in providing street lighting in the city of Bandung. This study uses a qualitative approach. Determination of the sample by using critical sampling. Data collection techniques by performing observation, interview, documentation tracing, and audiovisual while the operational design in this study uses an integrative framework for a collaborative governance approach, namely system contexts, drivers, and collaboratives dynamics.


The ecological environment is fragile in arid regions, and the direct and indirect impacts of continuing urbanization on vegetation growth in cities still need to be studied in depth. In this study, we focused on four provincial capital cities (Urumqi, Lanzhou, Yinchuan, and Hohhot) in arid regions of China. We used continuous 30 m land cover and vegetation greenness (VG) data from 1990 to 2021 to extract the impact of urbanization on vegetation growth by separating the impact of natural conditions. Our results showed that the study area's urban area (UA) had expanded rapidly at a rate of 39.2 km2/a, increasing by 3.39 times between 1990 and 2021. While urban expansion occurred rapidly, the overall VG of the study area also increased (slope = 2.16 × 10−3), with the enhancement of VG increasing gradually from west to east. The VG and its trend in the UA were significantly higher than those in the natural vegetation area (NA). In addition, the duration of the urban vegetation growth season was longer than that of the NA, which also confirmed the positive impact of urbanization on the vegetation growth period. Furthermore, we found that the positive impact of urbanization on vegetation had continuously strengthened over time. In 1990 and 2021, the VG areas had 83% and 87% above the 'zero-impact line' in the UA, respectively, indicating a very significant impact of urbanization on vegetation growth in arid regions with fragile natural conditions. Our study identified the long-term dynamic trends in urbanization and VG in arid regions and clarified the non-linear relationship between the two concurrent growth factors. This has significant implications for correctly understanding the impact of urbanization on vegetation in arid regions and can provide a scientific reference for the ecological construction of urban environments in the region.


534 The effects of isoenergetic high-starch or high-fat diets on energy and nitrogen partitioning and utilization in late-lactation Jersey cows. D. L. Morris*1, T. M. Brown-Brandl2, K. E. Hales3, K. J. Harvatine4, and P. J. Kononoff1, 1Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 2Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 3USDA Agricultural Research Service, US Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE, 4Department of Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.


This study attempts to identify the impact of adopting the standards FULL IFRS on the Effective Tax Rate (ETR) of Brazilian companies. The study is characterized as descriptive, documentary in a sample of 67 companies for the years ended December 31, 2005 to 2012. The analysis of data was quantitative. Considering the ETR variables set before the adoption of IFRS standards FULL and the set of variables ETR after the adoption of such standards, the results indicate that the sectors of Cyclical Consumer, Cyclical not and Industrial Goods showed equal means of REE in both periods. The Public Utility sector and Basic Materials show that the average ETR are different from the adoption of these standards. It follows that the ETR is presented statistically significant in this study because it has decreased when the company started to adopt the IFRS standards FULL evidencing more tax management.


This  study  aims  to  obtain  empirical  evidence  about  the  effect  of  earning  management and  corporate  governance  mechanism  to  corporate  social  responsibility  disclosure. Corporate  governance  mechanism  was  analyzed  by  board  of  directors,  proportion  of independent  boards  of  directors,  managerial  ownership,  institutional  ownership,  audit committee,  and  number  of  audit  committee  meetings.  The  extent  of  CSR  was  measured used  corporate  social  responsibility  disclosure  index  (  CSRI)  based  on  Global  Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting standard items which were disclosed in companies annual report and  sustainability report. The population in this research are all non-financial Indonesian firms listed  on Indonesia  Stock Exchange (IDX) and PROPER.  Total  samples  are  63 firms that  selected  using  purposive  sampling  which  were  published  annual  report  and  financial report  among  2008-2010.  The  method  of  analysis  of  this  research  used  multi  regression. The result of this  research  show that earning management and  number of audit committee meetings  had  a  positive  significant  effect  to  corporate  social  responsibility  disclosure. Meanwhile,  board of directors,  proportion  of  independent  boards  of  directors,  managerial ownership,  institutional  ownership  and  audit  committee  had  not  significant  effect  to corporate  social  responsibility  disclosure. Keywords: corporate  social  responsibility  disclosure  index,  earning  management, corporate  governance  mechanism.


This paper presents a novell two-dimensional CFII approach undcrtaken by Daimlcr-Renz Aerospace (Dasa) under ESAIESTEC TRP-contract with the aim to simulalate spray combustion processes in liquid hi-propellant rocket engines. The development of the code ROCFIAM (Rocket ~nmbus t ion :low Analysis Module) is hascd on state-of-the-art physical rnodcls for droplct tracking, droplet break-up and evaporation, droplet to gas-phase turbulent interaction and gas-phase turbulent cnmhustion. TJntil today, a major cfl'nrt has hcen put into studying the effcct of propellant chemistry, initial injectinn spray patterns and droplet brcak-up processes on the evolution of the reactive tlowl'icld inside a rocket motor for which experimental perfnrmance data are available on a global scale. I t was fnund that an extended modeling of primary atomization employing a discrete, multidroplct-class representation in line with secondary droplet break-up delivcrs good agreement between simulation and experiment. The lessons learnt comprise especially two major observations: first, a more realistic treatment of thc propellants' initial droplet distributions considcring small, medium and large size droplets makes the nverall computatioiial result less sensitive to uncertainties in general spray characterization. Secondly, cnmhustion performance reaches a maximum for a specific, well defined NTO spray pattcrn. A shift towards a finer or coarser draplct distribution causes a drop in pertormancc efficiency. This finding has been made elsewhcrc in literature suggesting a rcassessment of the general design rulc "the finer the s p y , the better the efficiency". Finally it was demonstratcd how ROCFLAM may be utilized to predict wall heat transfer rates in a combustion chamber hy direct flow simulation. The ongoing pro,ject aims at a more detailed investigation n f wall heat transfer processes in a typical film cooled liquid hi-propellant rocket engine. u Member AIAA Copyright e 1995 by Dasn Published by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astrnnautics, Inc. with permission. d


The high level of needs for building materials especially ceramic leads to
a very attractive business area in both the industrial and trade sectors. PT. Gunung
Jati Raya is a company that is engaged in the distribution of building materials in
Central Java. The core business of this company is to distribute building
materials, especially ceramics to Central Java and surrounding areas. The
company is very concerned about obtaining customers who have high loyalty
both to the brand or the company itself as a partner in the attempt. Customer
loyalty is an important issue that has become the focus of the company. Loyalty is
also the basis for the development of sustainable competitive advantage. The
purpose of this study was to determine whether factors of customer satisfaction,
service quality factors, and factors of corporate image affect customer loyalty.
Sampling method used in this study is the technique of random sampling
of probability sampling. Collecting data in this study was done by conducting a
survey with direct interviews using questionnaires.
The analysis showed that customer satisfaction (X1), quality of service
(X2) and corporate image (X3) has positive effects on customer loyalty (Y) of PT.
Gunung Jati Raya and the variable Company Image (X3) also acts as a partial
mediator variable. Based on the results of regression analysis, customer
satisfaction has the strongest influence on customer loyalty with regression
coefficient 0.429, followed by quality of service with regression coefficient 0.231
and the company's image with regression coefficient 0.190.


ABSTRACT Hegemony classical in economics raises the prisoner's dilemma related to the ever-changing paradigm of disruption education. Overcoming this dilemma requires a choice of orientation for the Virtual OVOP design, which determines the commitment to resolve the disruption of education polemic. The learning innovation projected was the design of Virtual OVOP learning as a means of developing economics. The affirmation of the concept of economic learning between central and peripheral had been demonstrated by classical economics', which magnum opus. We should fossilize it in the frame of cultural awareness to exploit the local potential. The idealization of the existence of learning through exploiting the economic potential in the spirit of trying to be together in mainstream education can be realized more clearly with the Virtual OVOP learning design. Learning virtual OVOP using the research and development model approach is a One Village One Product (OVOP) model that was part of learning based on educational videos and animated multimedia on mapping feature products of a rural area and the efficient use of local resources to build a welfare rural . Keywords : Virtual OVOP, Educative Video, Welfare Rural


Metaphors are more than just literary devices used to evoke an image or emotion. They constitute powerful forms of language that can in uence how a concept is perceived and understood. For example, one is taught that the discoveries made by Enlightenment philosophers replaced the somber period of ignorance known as the dark ages. Here the use of lightness and darkness as metaphors go beyond mere description. They promote a speciŽ c worldview that establishes a hierarchy of knowledge and belief systems. Similarly, the metaphor of war goes beyond description to evoke a powerful image of solidarity and commitment in the face of an evil enemy. If the metaphor is used to describe an ideological con ict, then war-like language permeates the society. The Cold War provides such an example. "War" as such did not occur between the two main protagonists but the Cold War rhetoric set the tone for domestic and international politics for more than a generation as fear and hatred of the "other" produced an extraordinary military build-up on both sides, and competing world views provided justiŽ cation for quick accusations of treason aimed at respective domestic populations. More broadly, once declared, a "war" effort succeeds in narrowly focusing a government's priorities for action at home and abroad. Declaring war on someone or something or some idea allows for a simpliŽ ed policy agenda, a justiŽ cation for reallocation of funds, and often a curbing of critical discourse on the issues, because to be anti-war is perceived to be unpatriotic, even treasonous. How could one not support a "war on poverty?" A "war on drugs?" A "war on over-population?" Recently, those who have questioned the "war on terrorism" in the United States have been accused of being unpatriotic citizens who undermine America's cultural and political strength and leadership in the world (see William Bennett's Why We Fight: Moral Clarity and the War on Terrorism). Dialogue and debate become silenced by the imminence and urgency of war.


Unlike the mean, the standard deviation ¾ is a vague concept. In this paper, several properties of ¾ are highlighted. These properties include the minimum and the maximum of ¾, its relationship to the mean absolute deviation and the range of the data, its role in Chebyshev's inequality and the coefficient of variation. The hidden information in the formula itself is extracted. The confusion about the denominator of the sample variance being n i 1 is also addressed. Some properties of the sample mean and variance of normal data are carefully explained. Pointing out these and other properties in classrooms may have significant effects on the understanding and the retention of the concept.


Introduction The aim of the study was to compare the surgical, mechanical and infectious complications presented by self-locating catheters compared to other...


This study applied process dissociation (PD) to investigate the role of conscious goals in controlling automatic influences of stereotypes. A priming procedure was used to show that the presence of Black (vs. White) faces caused stereotypical misidentifi-cations of objects. Specifically, Black primes caused lures to be misidentified as weapons, whereas White primes caused weapons to be misidentified as non-threatening objects. By manipulating the goals with which participants completed the experiment, we demonstrated that the stereotype bias was invariant across conscious goals to avoid vs. use the influence of race. PD analysis provided three major insights. First, the impact of race was mediated solely through an unintentional accessibility bias. Second, requiring participants to respond rapidly increased the impact of stereotypes, an effect that was mediated by a reduction in controlled discrimination among stimuli. Finally, calling attention to race increased the stereotype accessibility bias, regardless of whether race was made salient with the intention to use, or the intention to avoid the influence of race. Ó 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved. Research showing the ubiquity of unconscious prejudice is both intriguing and disturbing. The fact that people who explicitly espouse egalitarian values may, nonetheless, be prejudiced carries the specter that anyone might be an implicit bigot without the power to know or control his or her own biases (e. The extent to which unconscious and automatic cognitions are con-trollable is currently a matter of lively discussion (e. Although it is a good question how much of everyday life is actually under mindful control (Bargh, 1999), there appears to be some consensus that people can sometimes restrain their automatic tendencies, given ample motivation and opportunity In this paper, we take a new approach to study the role of goals in controlling the automatic influence of stereotypes. We use the process dissociation procedure which can decompose judgments into controlled and automatic components (Jacoby, 1991). This approach is especially valuable for our purposes because it allows us to track the influence of racial stereotypes and higher-order goals on each component separately. Moreover, this procedure allows us to address several issues with a degree of precision that would not have been possible using more traditional strategies for measuring automatic and controlled mechanisms. A recent article by Payne (2001) used the process dissociation procedure to investigate the processes underlying stereotype-based inferences. The goal of that research was to understand how the mere presence of a …


Research by West Germany's Institut fuer Forschung und Entwicklung shows that negative-ion mass spectrometry using a modified conventional ion source with a hot cathode and a sample pressure of 10/sup -4/ torr provides a viable direct method for the quantitative analysis of individual mercaptans in hydrocarbon solvents without the need for prior separation. The limit of detection is 10 ppM of individual mercaptans. The negative-ion intensities related to a mercaptan internal standard are independent of the hydrocarbon solvent and the gas pressure in the ion source.


Validation of a landing-dynamics computer program has been accomplished by comparing analytical data with data from a limited experimental program. Agreement obtained established the subject landing-dynamics computer program as a reliable design tool for legged spacecraft landers.


This paper reports a weak interaction between metal oxide and graphene in the Fe3O4/graphene composite, which results in the superior electrochemical performance.


Several device key structures of RTD were introduced.And the advantage,disadvantage and prospect of application for every device structure were given.The conventional fabrication processing and the key problems in the fabrication were introduced.


Software platform of GPTS 3.0 general purpose automatic testing system and its specific application in auto testing was introduced,which is based on ATLAS716 compiler and IVI COM technology.Interchangeable virtual instruments technology was adopt- ed as the core of GPIS 3.0 platform.GPTS 3.0 provided project integration environment for writing,running and debugging ATLAS testing programs.ATLAS main source files,ATLAS modules files,system connecting pools,adapter connecting pools and virtual source distributing files could be created and compiled under work field,which is provided by GPTS 3.0 system,and developing effi- ciency was improved.GPTS 3.0 is the only software platform in which IVI technology was used,and is one of the most advanced soft- ware platform in the world.


The delightful Sea View Hotel is ideally located within Qawra, with views over he St. Pauls Islands. The hotel is only a short walk to the Bugibba town centre and close to a number of the most popular attractions. The hotel boasts an outdoor swimming..


An experimental study was made on the fine structure of RE-cells and lipid droplets in the adrenal cortex of albino rat. The results obtained were as follows: 1) Ultrastructure of lipid globules in the adrenocortical cells was well preserved by the use of polyethylene glycol for the procedure of dehydration and the finding was different with zoning of the cortex. 2) The capillary endothelia in the adrenal cortex showed only slight ability of phagocytosis and sequently should be excluded from RES. 3) Certain mesenchymal cells locating in the subendothelial and intercellular spaces of the parenchym showed distinct evidence of phagocytosis. These cells were named pericytes in this investigation. 4) The pericytes were frequently loaded with lipid droplets. The fine structure of them resembled that in the parenchymal cells of the zona fasciculata, but they were distinguished from each other by the different combination of fixation and embedment.


THE INVENTION RELATES TO gyros INTERFEROMETRIC LASER USING THE EFFECT SAGNAC SPREAD BY RAY LIGHT IN FIBER WOUND. THE INVENTION A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN WHICH AN GYROMETER INTERFEROMETRIC LINKS OPTICAL LASER SOURCE BETWEEN THE ENDS OF FIBER SINGLEMODE WOUND AND DETECTION DEVICE FOR EMERGING RADIATION OF FIBER ARE COMPLETELY MADE IN WAVE GUIDES IN INTEGRATED SUBSTRATE electro. EASTERN INVENTION APPLICABLE, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELD OF NAVIGATION FOR SPEED ANGLE OR MEASURES FOR CONTROL ROTARY TACHOMETRIC.


Z-source inverter working principle has been analyzed,thus the Z-source inverter buck capability has been verified. The performances of traditional voltage source inverters and current source inverter and Z-source inverter have been compared,then the overall performance of Z-source inverter was verified to be superior to traditional inverters. By analyzing and comparing the constant duty cycle and the maximum straight pass-through of two PWM duty cycle control strategies,two control strategies have been used to get the size of the maximum duty cycle straight through,as well as the maximum switch voltage stress magnitude,which provided the basis for the control of different control strategies under different occasions.


Several calculations in conformally static space-times rely on the introduction of an ultrastatic background. I describe the general properties of ultrastatic space-times, and then focus on the problem of whether a given space-time can be ultrastatic, or conformally ultrastatic, in more than one way. I show that the first possibility arises if and only if the space-time contains regions that are products with a Minkowskian factor, and that the second arises if and only it contains regions whose spatial sections are conformal to a product space.


Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is one of the major DNA repair systems in mammalian cells, able to remove a broad spectrum of unrelated lesions. In this report the role of ERCC (excision repair cross‐complementing) 1, ERCC2, ERCC3, ERCC4 and ERCC6 genes in removing the lesions caused by alkylating agents with different structures and mechanisms of action has been studied using UV‐sensitive DNA repair‐deficient mutant CHO cell lines. We confirmed that ERCC1 and ERCC4 play a role in the repair of cis‐diamminedichloroplatinum (DDP)‐ and Melphalan (L‐PAM)‐induced DNA damage, while a marginal role of ERCC2 and ERCC3 in the cellular response to DDP and L‐PAM treatment has been observed. Treatment with methylating agents (DM and MNNG) showed a lack of a preferential cytotoxicity between the parental and the different NER‐deficient cell lines, emphasizing the importance of other repair systems such as 3‐methyladenine glycosylase and O6 alkyl‐guanine‐DNA‐alkyl‐transferase. ERCC1, ERCC2, ERCC3 and ERCC4, but not ERCC6 gene products seem to be involved in removing the lesions caused by Tallimustine and CC1065, minor groove alkylating agents that alkylate N3 adenine in a sequence‐specific manner. ERCC6‐deficient cells were as sensitive as the parental cell line to all the cytotoxic drugs tested, except DDP. These data emphasize the importance of the CHO mutant cell lines with specific defects in the DNA repair system for investigating the mechanism of action of different anti‐cancer agents. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


PURPOSE
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Choosing Wisely (CW) measures aim to reduce the use of interventions that lack evidence of benefit in cancer care. The study presented here characterized adherence to the 2012 ASCO/ABIM CW recommendations by linking health plan claims data with a regional cancer registry and sought to identify areas for research interventions to improve adherence.

METHODS
SEER records for patients diagnosed with cancer in Western Washington State between 2007 and 2014 were linked with enrollment and claims from a large regional commercial insurance plan. Using claims and SEER records, algorithms were developed to characterize adherence to each CW measure. In addition, we calculated differences in total reimbursements and procedure-specific reimbursements for patients receiving adherent and nonadherent care.

RESULTS
A total of 22,359 unique individuals with cancer were linked with insurance enrollment records and met basic eligibility criteria. Overall adherence varied from 53% (breast surveillance) to 78% (breast staging). Within each measure, adherence varied substantially by stage at diagnosis and by cancer site in situations in which the CW measure affected multiple types of cancer. The difference in reimbursements between adherent and nonadherent populations across all five measures was approximately $29 million.

CONCLUSION
Adherence to the ASCO/ABIM CW measures varies widely, as does the cost implication of nonadherence. A structured approach to evaluating adherence and cost impact is needed before developing programs aimed at improving adherence to the ASCO/ABIM CW measures.


The invention discloses a method for recognizing a road traffic sign for an unmanned vehicle, comprising the following steps of: (1) changing the RGB (Red, Green and Blue) pixel value of an image to strengthen a traffic sign feature color region, and cutting the image by using a threshold; (2) carrying out edge detection and connection on a gray level image to reconstruct an interested region; (3) extracting a labeled graph of the interested region as a shape feature of the interested region, classifying the shape of the region by using a nearest neighbor classification method, and removing a non-traffic sign region; and (4) graying and normalizing the image of the interested region of the traffic sign, carrying out dual-tree complex wavelet transform on the image to form a feature vector of the image, reducing the dimension of the feature vector by using a two-dimension independent component analysis method, and sending the feature vector into a support vector machine of a radial basis function to judge the type of the traffic sign of the interested region. By using the method, various types of traffic signs in a running environment of the unmanned vehicle can be stably and efficiently detected and recognized.


Because the boiler steam temperature control has strong dynamic delay and inertia and time-varying nonlinear property, fuzzy-adaptation PI control plan is used. Simulation results show that the control system has better performance and stronger adaptive capability than the conventional control plan. It can raise its robustness and has small capacity for counting. The time suitability of the control system can meet the demands of the operating process.


Fully frustrated antiferromagnets with triangular plaquettes are investigated. For the two-dimensional triangular lattice, the Ising antiferromagnet is in the class of the XY model with transition temperature T=0. For d>or=3 the authors investigate the face-centred cubic lattice. For even d there is a proper phase transition with long-range order. For odd d the fluctuation spectrum has a reduced dimensionality (d-1). This is reflected in an infinite ground state degeneracy and a reduced dimensionality of the ground state order (d-n). For d=3 a phase transition occurs for the Ising model but not for n>or=3. The relationship of the fully frustrated phase to the disordered spin glass is also discussed. It is suggested that the two phases might be distinct near d=6 but coalesce at some lower dimensionality.


Noninvasive glucose monitoring (NIGM) techniques based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) are affected by several perturbing factors, including variation of tissue temperature. We first design a temperature control module integrated with an optical scanning probe to precisely control the temperature of skin tissues. We investigate the influence of temperature on NIGM with OCT by correlation analysis at different depths of in vivo human skin. On average, the relative changes in attenuation coefficient (µt) per 1 °C of temperature lead to 0.30 ± 0.097 mmol/L prediction error of blood glucose concentration. For NIGM measurement methods using optical properties of the tissues, this effect can be taken into account.


The idea that "structure mediates function" is a conceptual thread that has woven through biological research for decades. The molecules in biological superstructures such as membranes are vectorially oriented in both space and time. As with the code provided by the Rosetta Stone, if we could learn to recognize the meaning of the vectorial arrows and follow them through their causally interconnected junctions, we would indeed understand how function is mediated through the dynamic structure of the component molecules. Few processes have as many structural signposts suggesting causal interpretation as does vertebrate vision. Rod and cone outer segments are so structurally specialized for the translation of optical into ionic events that even their enormous concentration of mitochondria (that are essential for driving the large light-modulated current in photoreceptors) are relocated in an adjacent chamber. The rod disk and cytoplasmic transduction apparatus of the receptor outer segment is axially repeated a thousand times with great precision. At the level of a single axial unit, which consists of a disk membrane


The invention provides a power standby switch circuit for turning off load of a primary power supply in a standby state. The power standby switch circuit consists of a power conversion circuit (DZ), a load (RL), a control (KZ) and a switch (K) and is characterized in that the primary power supply is obtained from two ends of the switch and passes through the load to form a loop; in a standby state, the switch is powered by the primary power supply when being started; when the K is closed, the primary power supply loses voltage, and the way of supplying power by stored energy is stably transited to the way of supplying power by a secondary power supply; and therefore, the problem that the standby power of the existing television, air conditioner and desktop computer is more than 3W is solved. The mutual transmission of control signals is guaranteed by an isolation circuit, the power supply required in a non-standby working state (the K is closed) is provided by a secondary power supply winding, the primary power supply is obtained when the two ends of the switch are separated, and the stored energy passes through the load to form the loop; and in a standby state, small current is obtained from the primary power supply to maintain standby work, and the load on the primary power supply is turned off, so that the standby power of the television and the air conditioner is 0.3W, and the total standby power of the computer and a display is 0.03W.


The morphological and cytological observations were conducted on the male sterility induced by CHA GENESIS in wheat.The results indicated that spikes were light green in color and arrayed incompactly as the spike expanded which resulted in stamen degeneration. There were two types of abnormal anther and pollen development,anthers without pollen and anthers containing abortive, abnormal multicellular pollen. There was antherless pollen cell,and the pollen mother cell was disorganized when GENESIS was sprayed at the stage of Feek's 8.0. The pollen abortion existed, which stayed at mononuclear microspore stage and some reached binuclear microspore stage when GENESIS was sprayed at the stage of Feek's 9.0, but the microspore was in abnormal shape and the protoplasts of the pollen disappeared. The abortive pollen was more critical when treated with GENESIS at the earlier stage. The effect on the anthers was less significant at the dosage of 3 kg·hm-2 treated with GENESIS.


High-resolution spectroscopic measurements of blue horizontal-branch stars in six metal-poor globular clusters—M3, M13, M15, M68, M92, and NGC 288—reveal remarkable variations in photospheric composition and rotation velocity as a function of a star's position along the horizontal branch. For the cooler stars (Teff < 11,200 K), the derived abundances are in good agreement with the canonical cluster metallicities, and we find a wide range of v sin i rotation velocities, some as high as 40 km s-1. In the hotter stars, however, most metal species are strongly enhanced, by as much as 3 dex, relative to the expected cluster metallicity, while helium is depleted by 2 dex or more. In addition, the hot stars all rotate slowly, with v sin i < 8 km s-1. The anomalous abundances appear to be due to atomic diffusion mechanisms—gravitational settling of helium, and radiative levitation of metals—in the nonconvective atmospheres of these hot stars. We discuss the influence of these photospheric metal enhancements on the stars' photometric properties and explore possible explanations for the observed distribution of rotation velocities.


The situation (modern professionalism) is dangerous. It produces minds in a groove. Each profession makes progress but it is progress in its own groove... the groove prevents straying across country... there is no groove of abstraction which is adequate for comprehension of human life. A. N. Whitehead Pheochromocytomas simulating acute anxiety attacks1and the hypermetabolic state2have been reported. In fact, the features of this tumor are so well known it has prompted Kvale3to remark that definite clues can be obtained as to the presence of this tumor at the first or second office visit. Watkins2reaffirms that our knowledge of these tumors is "sufficient to permit a diagnosis by the thoughtful physician in nearly all cases." The purpose of this paper is to present two cases where long-standing anxiety seemed to predominate and to emphasize the similarity between this syndrome and chronically discharging pheochromocytoma.


Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder associated with progressive joint disability. Madhuca indica J. F. Gmel (family Sapotaceae) is an Indian medicinal plant reported to have an array of pharmacological properties.Objective To evaluate the anti-arthritic activity of isolated phytoconstituent from methanolic extract of Madhuca indica Leaves (MI-ALC) and its possible mechanism of action in FCA induced experimental arthritis.Materials and methods Polyarthritis was induced in female Wistar rats by intradermal administration of FCA (0.1 ml) into the tail. Polyarthritis was allowed to develop for the next 32 days. Then rats were treated with isolated phytoconstituent from MI-ALC (5, 10, and 20 mg/kg, p.o.)Results HPTLC, FTIR, and LC-MS spectral analysis of phytoconstituent isolated from MI-ALC confirmed the structure as 3,5,7,3′,4′- Pentahydroxy flavone (i.e., QTN). Treatment with QTN (10 and 20 mg/kg) showed significant inhibition (p < 0.05) in FCA-induced increased paw volume, joint diameter, paw withdrawal threshold, and latency. The elevated synovial oxido-nitrosative stress and protein levels of TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 were significantly reduced (p < 0.05)by QTN. Western blot analysis revealed QNT significantly ameliorated (p < 0.05) up-regulated NF-kβ, Ikβα, COX-2, and P2X7 protein expressions.Conclusion QTN ameliorates FCA-induced hyperalgesia via inhibition of elevated oxido-nitrosative stress, inflammatory mediators (NF-kβ, Ikβα, COX-2, and P2X7), and pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6) in experimental rats.


Environmental pollution is the release of chemical waste into water, land, or air that may cause acute or chronic detrimental effects to the Earth's ecological balance or lowers the quality of life. Pollutants can cause primary damage, with direct adverse effects on the environment, or secondary damage that can be detected over long time periods in the form of minor perturbations in the balance of the biological food webs. In global industry, the steady pursuance of miniaturization has led to the creation of minute particles, the nanoparticles (NPs; 0.1– 100 nm).


IntroductIon Broadly defined as electronic technologies that enable collaboration among individuals engaged in a common task (Kock, 2005b), electronic collaboration (e-collaboration) is now viewed as a new strategic weapon for organizations to fundamentally improve the traditional business relationships and quality of business processes. Since the emergence of innovative information technologies including e-mail, teleconfer-encing, videoconferencing, and most recently, instant messaging (IM), the importance of e-collaboration has risen as organizations have made the shift from personal computing to interpersonal or collaborative computing that may more effectively and efficiently leverage their business resources for decision-making. Prior literature suggests that the utilization of e-collaboration technologies can avail organizations of facilitating business-to-business interactions and thereby more quickly and easily solving business problems that are in need of integrative operations and smooth information distribution and sharing amid different inter and intra As globalization continues to increase organizational connectivity for expanded organizational life, managers have increasingly recognized the strategic value of IM, which can be leveraged to significantly improve e-collaboration among various organizational constituents beyond restricted geographical boundaries. In the past decade, the advent and wide implementation of Internet-based technologies has made it more flexible and less costly for organizations to establish intra and inter business relationships. IM, which has become ubiquitous among teenagers and recreational users (Grinter & Palen, 2002), is being widely adopted by businesses and implemented IM presents a revolution in enterprise communication. This near-synchronous computer-based interactive communication media not only supports informal communication in the workplace where e-mail, phone, and fax are already widely utilized, but also facilitates some of the processes that make have identified such key features of IM as: presence awareness, immediate closed loop communication, multi-party collaboration, anytime, anywhere access, opportunistic interaction, broadcasting of information or questions, negotiation of availability for interaction, within-medium polychromic communication, " pop-up " recipient notification, silent interactivity, and ephemeral transcripts. These unique characteristics make IM " a powerful new tool for business communication " (DeSouza, 2004) by means of revamping employee productivity and efficiency in workplace. As a result, the use of IM has significantly risen. A report from Pew Internet & American Life (2004) reveals that more than four in ten online Americans instant message and, on a typical day, 29% of these send instant messages and one in five IM users send instant messages at work. While few researches have related IM to business communications and e-collaboration in general, this article attempts to …


The research and development of pharmaceutical adjuvants seemimperative in order to meet the unceasingly rising demand in the quality ofpharmaceutics. This article reviews the recent aspects in tablet excipients, parti-cularly in the direct compression fillers, aqueous dispersed coating materialsand the utilization of natural resources or wastes.


The paper describes the robust control of multi-machine power systems under uncertainties and constant communication time-delay. We assume that only relative speeds of each generator are available for measurement. The proposed algorithm ensures the synchronization of the multi-machine power system with the required accuracy in the normal mode and symmetrical 3-phase short circuit faults which occur on transmission lines.


To meet the practical requirements of low latency, low cost, and good privacy in online intelligent services, more and more deep learning models are offloaded from the cloud to mobile devices. To further deal with cross-device data heterogeneity, the offloaded models normally need to be fine-tuned with each individual user's local samples before being put into real-time inference. In this work, we focus on the fundamental click- through rate (CTR) prediction task in recommender systems and study how to effectively and efficiently perform on-device fine-tuning. We first identify the bottleneck issue that each individual user's local CTR (i.e., the ratio of positive samples in the local dataset for fine-tuning) tends to deviate from the global CTR (i.e., the ratio of positive samples in all the users' mixed datasets on the cloud for training out the initial model). We further demonstrate that such a CTR drift problem makes on-device fine-tuning even harmful to item ranking. We thus propose a novel label correction method, which requires each user only to change the labels of the local samples ahead of on-device fine-tuning and can well align the locally prior CTR with the global CTR. The offline evaluation results over three datasets and five CTR prediction models as well as the online A/B testing results in Mobile Taobao demonstrate the necessity of label correction in on-device fine-tuning and also reveal the improvement over cloud-based learning without fine-tuning.


This paper gives an introduction to the application status of slag coolers of CFB boilers in China,briefs and compares the basic principles of several kinds of slag coolers often used,puts forward the problems needing attention in the choice of slag coolers and analyzes the new choice trends of slag coolers of large size CFB boilers.


With the deepening of reform and opening up, and as a critical point in China's social transformation approaches, various unexpected public crises are increasing as well. The channels whereby people obtain information are also diversifying, and mixed up therein are angry youth and Internet rumormongering. The extensive influence of and large area affected by this unique cultural phenomenon and the profound damage it causes have a huge negative effect on social stability and constitute a latent threat factor to society's harmonious development. By analyzing this phenomenon and exploring countermeasures, this article hopes to attract some good solutions.


: The expansion and growth of learning environments as a result of ICT integration have facilitated the emergence of different forms of educational interrelationship, leading to an interest in the study of the ecologies of learning and digital educational ecosystems. There is a growing need for a profound change in the teaching-learning process as students currently in the classroom demand an active, experiential and digital type of learning. The objective of this work is to analyze the new models or learning paradigms based on the interests of new generations learning in a context surrounded by ICT. The methodology used was qualitative. A systematic review of the scientific literature was carried out based on the adaptation of the PRISMA methodology. The results show us that the technological revolution has changed the way we do, to think and also to teach and learn. ICTs take on a special relevance throughout this process. With the entry of technology into the classroom, we are faced with a new ecology of learning, so the current school and curriculum model evolves to respond to the needs of society.


The invention discloses a Chinese traditional medicine for treating hypertension, belonging to the Chinese traditional medicine field. The Chinese traditional medicine for treating hypertension are prepared by the following components in weight portions: 5 to 15g of chuanxiong rhizome, 5 to 15g of bighead atractylodes rhizome, 10 to 20g of root of red-rooted salvia, 10 to 20g of chrysanthemum, 10to 20g of uncaria, 5 to 15g of eucommia bark, 5 to 15g of tortoise plastron, 5 to 15g of Tuckahoe, 5 to 15g of earthworm, 10 to 20g of fleece-flower root, 5 to 15g of glossy privet fruit, 5 to 15g ofmedlar and 10 to 20g of abalone shell, wherein the components are immersed in water for 2 hours and boiled with water for 30 minutes, and medicine liquids are poured out; the components are added with water and boiled for 30 minutes, and medicine liquids are poured out; both medicine liquids are mixed and completely cooled. The medicine is taken half an hour before breakfast and two hours after supper, and continuously taking medicines for 20 days is one treatment period; The Chinese traditional medicine for treating hypertension has the functions of supplementing qi and activating blood circulation, relaxing muscles and tendons and activating collateral flow, softening blood vessels and relaxing the heart and invigorating nerves, completely resolves the medical problems of the recrudescence and the long-time uncurability of hypertension and achieves an aim of the treatment focusing on relieving both the secondary and primary symptoms; moreover, the Chinese traditional medicine has noside effects.


This paper presents a practical fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method for defense grade assessment of air defense bastions The peculiarities of this method include the membership functions based on quantitative measurement of non-quantitative factors by expert grading systems,the determination of the factor weighting by means of the analytic hierarchy process(AHP),the use of the weighted average model as the comprehensive assessment model,and the classification of the grade of bastion defense by the asymmetric approach degree method


Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulation Modelling Probability and Statistics Theory Review A Guide to Probability Distributions Building a Risk Analysis Model Determining Input Distributions from Expert Opinion Determining Input Distributions from Available Data Modelling Dependencies Between Distributions Project Risk Analysis Adding Uncertainty to Forecasts Presenting and Interpreting Risk Analysis Results A Selection of Worked Problems.


Coupling two stories of orphaned daughters who must clear the names of their fathers, this chapter considers the importance that notions of lineage and inheritance have not only for children remembering their parents but for authors allying themselves in the 1870s to the tradition of sensation fiction.


The purpose of this work is to investigate the modernization of television journalistic practices in online news content and analyze its evolution. The research methodology of work. The following methods have been applied monitoring and integrated analysis of the information field; comparison, systematic analysis of various sources, expert ratings. The content analysis and multimedia functionality of several interactive online portals has been used. The scientific novelty of the study is that the main features of the creation and distribution of news media content on the Internet are comprehensively analyzed taking into account the key trends in the development of new audiovisual media and on the basis of the comparative characteristics of professional TV journalistic and user content in online publications; An analysis of news multimedia content and interactive functionality of sites of a number of leading online media was carried out. Conclusions. The media industry is developing dynamically under the influence of the wide use of multimedia technologies for creating and distributing news content, as well as the interactive communication of media and media users via the Internet and other network channels. In the context of virtualization and multilevel globalization of the media system, the emergence of the infrastructure of new media that changed the global information and communication landscape. New media contrasted traditional media with previously impossible data generation and transmission speed, low cost of creating news content, mobility and creativity of its distribution, as well as the advantage of multilateral communication with the audience.


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The spleens, kidneys and livers of mice that had received intraperitoneal doses of norethindrone and/or mestranol before intravenous injection with virulent Staphylococcus aureus contained fewer viable staphylococci than did the corresponding organs of control mice. Also, fewer hormone treated mice than control animals died during the 4 days after infection. Both groups survived better when penicillin was administered 12 h after infection. Thirteen serotypes of Staph. aureus grew better in sera of control rabbits than in sera of rabbits treated with both hormones. Rabbits treated with either hormone alone yielded sera that suppressed growth of most, but not all, serotypes. Coagulase, phosphatase, gelatinase, anaerobic and aerobic acid production were not affected by prior growth of staphylococci in the presence of hormones, but the haemolysin titres of staphylococci grown with the hormones were lower than those grown without them.