Structured soils with regular meshes of metric size holes implemented in first ten meters of the ground have been theoretically and experimentally tested under seismic disturbance this last decade. Structured soils with rigid inclusions embedded in a substratum have been also recently developed. The influence of these inclusions in the ground can be characterized in different ways: redistribution of energy within the network with focusing effects for seismic metamaterials, wave reflection, frequency filtering, reduction of the amplitude of seismic signal energy, etc. Here we first provide some time-domain analysis of the flat lens effect in conjunction with some form of external cloaking of Rayleigh waves and then we experimentally show the effect of a finite mesh of cylindrical holes on the ellipticity of the surface Rayleigh waves at the level of the Earth's surface. Orbital diagrams in time domain are drawn for the surface particle's velocity in vertical (x,z) and horizontal (x,y) planes. These results enable us to observe that the mesh of holes locally creates a tilt of the axes of the ellipse and changes the direction of particle movement. Interestingly, changes of Rayleigh waves ellipticity can be interpreted as changes of an effective Poisson ratio. However, the proximity of the source is also important to explain the shape of the ellipses. We analyze these observations in terms of wave mode conversions inside the mesh and we propose to broaden the discussion on the complexity of seismic wave phenomena in structured soils such as soils foundations and on the coupling effects specific to the soil-structure interaction.


This report describes the development of ''invert'' glass compositions designed for hermetic seals in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). Upon sealing at temperatures compatible with other SOFC materials (generally {le}900 C), these glasses transform to glass-ceramics with desirable thermo-mechanical properties, including coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) over 11 x 10{sup -6}/C. The long-term (>four months) stability of CTE under SOFC operational conditions (e.g., 800 C in wet forming gas or in air) has been evaluated, as have weight losses under similar conditions. The dependence of sealant properties on glass composition are described in this report, as are experiments to develop glass-matrix composites by adding second phases, including Ni and YSZ. This information provides design-guidance to produce desirable sealing materials.


In her recent memoir of the Egyptian revolution Ahdaf Soueif records how one day a woman came up to her on Tahrir Square and started instructing her on how to write down the "national epic" unfolding around them. Taking Soueif's text as an allegory of the relationship between the individual and the people, I explore how an analogous process is enacted in one particular video shot in Cairo on January 25, 2011. Taken together, these two "texts" suggest the emergence of a distinctively revolutionary aesthetic, which is also a politics of obedience.


This paper presents measurements of the magnetic field (H-field) generated by air electrostatic discharges, a few centimeters away from the discharge point. The aim of this paper is to investigate the radiating magnetic fields produced by four different generators of electrostatic discharges, since the European Standard EN 61000-4-2 for the electrostatic discharges doesn't define anything about the produced electromagnetic fields. A comparison of these generators is made and useful conclusions are derived.


Considering the demand for a wireless connection to a portable MP3 player, we propose an integration design of a MP3 player with a Bluetooth hand-free/set. The Bluetooth module serves as the wireless channels between the MP3 player and the wireless headphone, the wireless microphone and recording memory cards, the FM receiver, and the cellular phone. Audio switches in our design are used to facilitate the corresponding audio paths. We have chosen a highly integrated chip set to fulfill the required functions, resulting in less power consumption, and in an extension of the recharge cycle, in this integration design, we use a simple operational amplifier with a negative feedback circuit to suppress the common mode noise resulting from high frequency signal coupling between the audio paths. Overall, our prototype design has already demonstrated good sound quality for a wireless MP3 player.


The conformation of Boc‐Pro‐Ser‐NHCH3 (1) was studied in the solid state and in solution. In the crystal, the steric structure of 1 is characterized by an E(cis) urethane tertiary amide bond and the lack of intramolecular H bonds. Four‐hundred megahertz 1H‐ and 101‐MHz 13C‐nmr studies in CDCl3 clearly show the presence of two conformers differing in the rotameric state of the tertiary‐amide bond. Selective 1H‐13C nuclear Overhauser enhancement experiments at −20°C as well as 1H‐nmr and ir data indicate that the major trans conformer (84% in CDC13) may adopt a type I β‐turn conformation with a possible Oγ  H‐N interaction, similarly to Piv‐Pro‐Ser HCH3 (2) [A. Aubry, N. Ghermani, and M. Mar‐raud (1984) Int. J. Peptide Protein Res. 23, 113‐122]. Molecular mechanics calculations on the cis rotamer show that the β‐pleated‐like backbone conformation of serine in the crystal of 1 is not a low‐energy state for the isolated molecule; it is caused by packing forces, particularly by the helical network of intermolecular H bonds.


Objctives: To investigate the effect of USP9X on apoptosis of colon cancer induced by etoposide and its potential mechanism. Methods: USP9X small hairpin RNA(shRNA)sequence and control shRNA sequence were designed and synthesized, and the interference effective of USP9X- shRNA was detected by semi- quantitative RT- PCR and Western blotting. After transfected with USP9X- shRNA and shcontrol, SW620 cells were treated with etoposide, the de-tection of c- PARP were used to analysis the apoptosis of the cell. Results: Semi- quantitative RT- PCR and Western blot showed that the mRNA and protein level of USP9X were downregulated in SW620 cells transfected with USP9X- shRNA, and the inhibition rate reach to 70%. The shRNA sequence worked well for the following experiments. After treated with 20μg/ml etoposide for 24h, SW620 cells transfected with USP9X- shRNA showed an obvious higher apoptosis rate than the control cells. Conclusion: RNA interference of USP9X can enhance the sensitive of human colon cancer cell line SW620 to etoposide. The apoptosis of SW620 that induced by etoposide was severely increased. USP9X gene may become the new target of gene therapy for colorectal cancer.


INTRODUCTION AND AIM
The authors discuss paliative treatment using coated and bare metallic stents in a prospective randomized study for inoperable oesophageal carcinomas. The aim of this study is to assess the following parameters in both treatment groups: duration of the stents functionality, survival rates, complications rates and histological findings.

METHODS
From 1999 to 2003, the total of 60 patients with oesophageal and cardial carcinomas were randomized. They had either bare (N-31 subjects) or coated (P-29 subjects) stents introduced. The patients were followed-up at one-month intervals.

RESULTS
No statistical differences between the groups were found when the above parameters were assessed.

DISCUSSION
The complications rate depended on the patients survival period in both stent types. Survival rates depended on the disease stage of the local tumorous process and on the individual patient's condition prior to the treatment.

CONCLUSION
The study showed that the metallic selfexpandible stents treatment method may become a widely used paliative procedure in patients with malignant dysphagia, however, it has not proved any differences in complication rates depending on the stent coating.


The industrial revolution 4.0 has spurred the development of a more interactive and user-friendly dalam talian application. In adapting to dalam talian applications, managing a university's governance especially to manage a variety of data and information involving various stakeholders, is a challenge for the management. Usage of a system is due to various factors such as ease of use, the usability of the system, believe in system security, information quality, system quality and the quality of services provided. The National University of Malaysia has been developing an dalam talian system that is called e-Warga Portal which is aim to improve productivity, effectiveness and efficiency in university performance among its workforce. The views and feedback from users are crucial for making improvements to dalam talian application systems such as the e-Warga Portal in UKM. This study uses descriptive analysis, aims to identify the views of UKM staff on the use of eWarga Portal at university. Methodologically, this study utilized a quantitative method in which 600 respondents participated in this study. Respondents consist of three groups, namely Executive, Management & Professional and Academic staff. The results show that the quality of the system helps the respondents on their tasks and the quality of e-Warga portal services is important to help staff work effectively in the organization.


We analyze information delivery over a network where direct data exchange via wireless is not possible and therefore intermittent connection through vehicular relaying is used. We refer to a multi-hop scenario where a stationary unit exchanges data packets with a destination outside its communication range, using passing-by vehicles as information carriers. In such a context, we propose an exact mathematical model based on Markov chains to quantify relevant performance metrics. In particular, while throughput-related parameters can be directly obtained via queueing analysis, delay statistics are more complex to derive, due to the in-order delivery requirement for the transmitted information content. Hence, data packets transported by fast vehicles still need to wait for the reception of all previous packets, possibly carried by slower vehicles. Nevertheless, by properly exploiting structural properties of the resulting Markov chains, the delay statistics can be fully characterized.


Quaternary organic tetraalkylammonium hydroxide grafted on MCM-41 is a strong Bronsted base catalyst, and represents a useful alternative to soluble bases in reactions such as Knoevenagel condensations, Michael additions and aldol condensations because of their high catalytic activity under mild conditions, and good stability.


This article accounts for the methodological approach used in the creation of the Facilities Master Plan for the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County in the United States. Libraries are undergoing significant changes with regards to their advancing functions. They have become community centers for learning, whether for children, teens, adults, or seniors. This study uses an approach combining GIS- Geographic Information System with BPE-Building Performance Evaluation to score and categorize branch libraries based on their level of performance. A number of recommended strategies are derived to achieve greater cost-effectiveness and improved service.


Introduction to the Second Edition - Reg Weaver Preface: The Problem of Continuous School Improvement - Donald L. Rollie 1. Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement - Michael Fullan 2. Contextualizing Learner-Centered Principles for Teachers and Teaching - P. Karen Murphy and Patricia A. Alexander 3. Improving Acheivement for All Students: The Meaning of Staff Shared Understanding and Commitment - Fred M. Newmann 4. Professional Communication and Collaboration - Judith Warren Little 5. Teacher Use of Formal Assessment in the Classroom - Eva L. Baker 6. Assessment as Learning - Lorna M. Earl 7. Transforming Professional Development: Understanding and Organizing Learning Communities - Ann Lieberman and Lynne Miller 8. Design Principles for Learner-Centered Professional Development - Willis D. Hawley and Linda Valli 9. Organizational Conditions That Enhance Teaching and Learning - Kenneth Leithwood 10. Continuous School Improvement - Willis D. Hawley and Gary Sykes 11. Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning for a Multicultural Society - James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, and Walter G. Stephan 12. Local School Districts and Instructional Improvement - Richard F. Elmore About the Editors About the Contributors Index


... though critics of the anti-war movement on campus remain loath to admit it, at the forefront of the allegedly elitist, ignorant, draft-evading, placard-carrying (and perhaps card-carrying) campus protesters were soldier-turned-scholar members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (vvaw). These students knew the war as intimately as did any Pentagon pundit. They were also aware that other veterans had concluded that the limits on American foreign policymaking imposed by the demonstrations of their compatriots at home were undermining the war in which they had fought. They were, however, not only willing, but often eager to lead their fellow students in what they saw as an effort to save their nation's honor and to prevent the further loss of life in Southeast Asia. (P. xiii)


The presence of new psychoactive substances (NPS) in Victorian drivers was determined in the blood of 253 Victorian fatally-injured drivers covering a 2-year period, from 2012 to 2013. The validated LC-MS/MS methods was used to detect 56 synthetic cannabinoids and 32 synthetic cathinones. In only two of the drivers were cathinones detected; 4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (α-PVP) in one driver and methylone in another. Synthetic cannabinoids were detected in four of the fatally-injured drivers, and comprised four different drugs: JWH-122, JWH-122-pentenyl derivative, CRA-13 and PB-22, all at quite low concentrations (less than 1 ng/mL). The prevalence of NPS was 2.4% compared with about 29% for the presence of all psychoactive drugs in this period.


Lamb survival is an issue of high relevance to the Australian sheep industry, as lamb-survival rates have direct bearing on overall reproductive performance of the sheep, and also constitute a main concern from an animal welfare perspective (Mellor and Stafford 2004). Both genetic and management factors play an important role in this complex issue (Hinch and Brien 2014). Ewe nutrition is of particular relevance as the intrauterine growth conditions prepare the lamb for the crucial transition to life outside the uterus. Effects of body condition of the ewe during various stages of the pregnancy have been investigated in detail, yet much less is known about the critical role of micronutrient provision to the ewe. Although several risk factors for selenium (Se) and iodine (I) subclinical deficiencies exist for sheep on pasture in Australia, determining micronutrient status in sheep or pasture is not straightforward. Several studies have separately found effects of Se and I supplementation on lamb survival. Studies investigating the interaction of Se and I supplementation have been few but results have demonstrated an interaction between Se and I. With increased twinning rates as a result of increased selection of numbers of lambs weaned, nutritional demands during pregnancy across flocks are increasing, and effects of micronutrients on lamb health and survival have greater impact. New opportunities in nutritional research are encouraging new studies into the effects of Se and I supplementation on lamb survival.


Dental caries is a common endemic disease of oral tissue with high
severity. Streptococcus mutans was the main microorganism that cause dental caries, along with other 4 factors, host, agent, environment, and time. Other risk factor is behaviour and habit of the people, one of them was betel chewing. Betel chewing was the common habit of people who chew some betel leaves, uncaria, or lime paste, which usually mixed witb betel nut or tobacco. The purpose of this study was to understand the effect of betel chewing liquid toward Streptococcus mutans growth inhibition by reviewing inhibition zone using disk diffusion method.
This was true experimental laboratory study with post test only control
group design. Sampe were divided into 5 treatment groups which were treated with different liquids, betel chewing liquid on 5%, 10%, 20%, 40%, 80% concentration and negative control material. They were then replicated 4 times, and being incubated for 24 hours within 37°C temperature degree. Clear zone were measured using millimeter calliper.
The result showed that betel chewing liquid has an effect on inhibition of bacterial growth Strectococcus mutans. In conclusion, 80% concentration of betel chewing liquid has the biggest inhibition against bacteria growth and the diameter of inhibition zone was bigger along with the increasing of betel chewing liquid concentration.


Southwest Asia has different climate types including arid, semiarid, Mediterranean, and temperate regions. Due to the complex interactions among components of the Earth system, forecasting precipitation is a difficult task in such large regions. The aim of this paper is to propose a learning approach, based on artificial neural network (ANN) and random forest (RF) algorithms for post-processing the output of forecasting models, in order to provide a multi-model ensemble forecasting of monthly precipitation in southwest Asia. For this purpose, four forecasting models, including GEM-NEMO, NASA-GEOSS2S, CanCM4i, and COLA-RSMAS-CCSM4, included in the North American multi-model ensemble (NMME) project, are considered for the ensemble algorithms. Since each model has nine different lead times, a total of 108 different ANN and RF models are trained for each month of the year. To train the proposed ANN an RF models, the ERA5 reanalysis dataset is employed. To compare the performance of the proposed algorithms, four performance evaluation criteria are calculated for each model. The results indicate that the performance of the ANN and RF post-processing is better than that of the individual NMME models. Moreover, RF outperformed ANN for all lead times and months of the year.


Background: The major aneuploidies that are diagnosed prenatally involve the autosomal chromosomes 13, 18, and 21, as well as sex chromosomes, X and Y. Because multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) is rapid and non-invasive, it has replaced traditional culture methods for the screening and diagnosis of common aneuploidies in some countries. Objective: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of MLPA in a cross-sectional descriptive study for the detection of chromosomal aneuploidies in comparison to other methods. Materials and Methods: Genomic DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood samples of 10 normal controls and the amniotic fluid of 55 patients. Aneuploidies screening of chromosomes 13, 18, 21, X and Y were carried out using specific MLPA probe mixes (P095-A2). For comparison purposes, samples were also tested by Quantitative Fluorescent-PCR (QF-PCR) and routine chromosomal culture method. Results: Using this specific MLPA technique and data-analyzing software (Genemarker v1.85), one case was diagnosed with 45, X (e.g. Monosomy X or Turner's Syndrome), and the remaining 54 cases revealed normal karyotypes. These results were concordant with routine chromosomal culture and QF-PCR findings. Conclusion: The experiment demonstrates that MLPA can provide a rapid and accurate clinical method for prenatal identification of common chromosomal aneuploidies with 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity.


Let Ŝ g (B ) be a subclass of normalized biholomorphic mappings defined on the unit ball in C, which is closely related to the starlike mappings. Firstly, we obtain the growth theorem for Ŝ g (B ). Secondly, we apply the growth theorem and a new type of the boundary Schwarz lemma to establish the distortion theorems of the Fréchetderivative type and the Jacobi-determinant type for this subclass, and the distortion theorems with g-starlike mapping (resp. starlike mapping) are partly established also. At last, we study the Kirwan and Pell type results for the compact set of mappings which have g-parametric representation associated with a modified Roper-Suffridge extension operator, which extend some earlier related results. Mathematics Subject Classification (2010). 32H02 · 30C45.


Urbanization brings many changes in urban land‐cover composition. It generates the need to quantify the effect of increasing population on urban environmental quality that can draw together the relationship related to various land covers. The present scenario of urbanization in India poses challenges for sustainable development, which requires scientific vision about the existing scenario and relationship among various factors for careful planning. In this research, an attempt was made to understand the physical interrelationship of man‐made as well as natural environment at the micro level of Dehra Dun urban area using IKONOS satellite imagery. A detailed study was carried out on representative wards of different characteristics within Dehra Dun Municipal Corporation. For this purpose, six wards were selected considering various parameters including type of development (old/new), population density and land use. On the basis of surface functional characteristics, land‐cover composition was classified under man‐made hard surface, green cover and soft surfaces including playgrounds, lawns, barren land, etc. The results showed that the proportion of various surfaces is similar in different wards of varied densities. The ratio of area under soft surfaces is about 50% and green cover is about 25% of the hard surfaces. An accurate characterization of the surfaces allows reliable relationships to be established and increased understanding of land‐cover composition at the micro level, which provides scientific support and visualization for the sustainable development of the city.


Summary form only given, as follows. When a high power laser is focused onto a solid or gaseous target at very high intensities the electron's motion in the electric field of the laser becomes relativistic and MeV electrons and ions are observed both from interactions with gaseous and solid targets. The most powerful lasers have been able to focus the laser light to intensities in excess of 10/sup 20/ WCM/sup -2/ with pulses containing up to several hundred Joules of laser radiation on target. Experiments investigating short pulse length, high intensity laser beams on the Vulcan Laser at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have yielded significant X-ray doses which are in the energy regime of interest to the flash radiography community at AWE. Such laser driven X-ray sources have specific applications to the radiographing of very high velocity, high line of site mass, high atomic number materials (core punching). The advantages of laser sources are their small X-ray source size, typically 10's of microns compared with conventional flash X-ray source sizes of millimeters. These series of experiments, conducted at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, measured the magnitude and spectral content of the radiation flux output from the Vulcan laser. We will also show how such a Laser driven X-ray source could be applied to core punching.


BACKGROUND: My Favourite Things (MFT) is a new 30-minute composition for solo percussion by the performer/composer/researcher, Tomlinson. This work was premiered at the art series Paint it Red, in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. The work itself draws heavily on indeterminacy of John Cage, deep listening of Pauline Oliveros, and extends the work of Soundings from Tomlinson/Griswold. In addition it references and extends significant compositions of Alvin Lucier, Schwitters/Tomlinson, and Griswold. CONTRIBUTION: MFT examines different modes of listening and interacting with sound in live performance. As a non-directional, ephemeral sound composition, it explores kinetic sculpture, audience participation, sound poetry, improvisation and experimental music. The work is in six parts; Ropes - using the percussive motion and sound waves of ropes to create a visual energy with sonic residue; Cymbal - an extended solo for bowed cymbal and voice, exploring frequency combinations of the instrument; Bubblewrap - passing out bubblewrap throughout the audience, creating a surround sound performance piece that references fire and/or rain, transforming the listening field; Triangle - an exploration of the space through constantly transforming strikes on the triangle; Paper - drawing with pencils on paper, as a jazz drummer with brushes; Sounding - using found objects to excite and examine the acoustics of the performance space. SIGNIFICANCE: This new percussion solo was composed by Tomlinson in response to a request to present a solo set as part of the Brisbane based series Paint it Red. It has since been performed at the Performers' Present Festival at Yong Seuw Toh Conservatory in Singapore, and more recently to critical acclaim at the Fresh Sound series in San Diego. As a live performance piece it does not lend itself to the recorded medium alone. Therefore significant uptake of the work and ideas within it have been shared through performance. This work continues to tour in 2017/18.


The electronic structure and ground-state molecular properties of neutral Th and U tetracarbides were investigated by relativistic multireference calculations using complete active space self-consistent field/multiconfiguration second-order perturbation theory (CASSCF/CASPT2) with an all-electron basis set as well as by density functional theory (B3LYP) in conjunction with relativistic pseudopotentials. The former calculations were extended with complete active space state interaction (CASSI) calculations accounting for spin–orbit coupling. The four carbon atoms can be arranged in various forms around the actinide atom to result in ten structural isomers found altogether in our study. The electronic ground state in both molecules corresponds to a planar fan-type structure of C2v symmetry, in which the actinide atom is connected to a bent C4 moiety. Three structures arise from various arrangements of C2 moieties around the Th and U, whereas six isomers contain a C3 moiety and a lone C bonded to the actinide. The latter CAnC3-type structures are very high-energy structures (over 200 kJ mol–1 with respect to the ground state). The bonding characteristics in the most relevant structures were analysed on the basis of the valence molecular orbitals and the natural bond orbital method. We evaluated and interpreted the vibrational and electronic spectra. The present computed data for UC4 suggest a revision of the assignment of a previously observed IR absorption band to a different isomer.


Introduction. Urinary incontinence is the uncontrolled outflow of urine at the age of a person's life when it should be under voluntary control. It occurs in both sexes but is more common in women. Incontinence is a major social, medical and hygienic problem. Quality of life is seriously threatened when incontinence occurs and limits the individual's daily functioning. Aim. To identify the impact of urinary incontinence on the quality of life by reviewing research papers and professional literature. Methods. The study was focused on the analysis of data on the quality of life of patients diagnosed with urinary incontinence. Articles published between 2017 and 2022 that were recognized as relevant for the investigation were used. Seven articles were selected for investigation. Results. The results are shown in two steps. The first step consisted of finding suitable, high-quality research papers. The second step was the analysis of the relevant papers. Conclusion. Urinary incontinence is proven to have a great effect on the quality of life and brings with it a number of mental problems such as loss of self-esteem, feelings of discomfort, insecurity, withdrawal and depression. It is important to recognize urinary incontinence on time and implement appropriate treatment methods in order to maintain a level of quality of life that is acceptable for the individual.


ABSTRACT Since the discovery of significant quantities of oil in Winnipegosis (Givetian) buildups in southern Saskatchewan in 1986, intense drilling activity has proven that this play extends well beyond the area of the initial discovery at Tableland (Twp. 2, Rge. 9 W2M). This case study describes the sedimentology, diagenetic history, seismic configuration, geochemistry and productivity of four separate Winnipegosis buildups in the Hitchcock area (Twp. 3, Rges. 8 and 9W2M). The Hitchcock buildups are founded on a regionally extensive Lower Winnipegosis platform. They are totally dolomitized, vary from 57 to 63 m in thickness and average 25 hectares (63 acres) in area. Buildups were located using 2-D seismic but their overall configuration and the well locations were determined by a subsequent 3-D survey. The lower 40 to 50 m of each buildup consist of steeply dipping (>30° locally), porous peloid and codiacean algal packstones and grainstones. The overlying unit is dominated by chaetetids and is locally bound by "stromatolitic" algae and fenestrate bryozoans. An in-situ framework, 3 to 4 m thick, of red algae, colonial corals, fenestrate bryozoa and stromatolitic algae represents the final phase of organic reef growth. Buildups are capped by planar laminated or highly contorted calcretes. Laminar, nodular and brecciated dolomitic anhydrite (Whitkow Anhydrite) overlies the buildups and acts as a seal to entrapped hydrocarbons. Buildups were initiated as shoals stabilized by early marine fibrous cements. Emergence and subaerial erosion terminated reef growth and produced a capping calcrete crust and a system of solution pores and cavities. The pores and cavities were subsequently infilled by mudstones of probable vadose origin. Dolomitization occurred by seepage reflux of marine waters during shallow burial. Euxinic mudstones occur in basinal areas between buildups. They are probably coeval with the buildups and are organic rich and thermally mature. Their geochemical "signature" matches that of Winnipegosis oils in the area. To January 1, 1991, after 7 to 15 months of production, four wells in the Hitchcock area flowed 40,120 m3 (252,346 bbls) of oil.


ABSTRACT Appreciation has the power to influence an individual in many ways. There is numerous literature reporting the benefits appreciation has across various industries including human healthcare, but very little looking into the veterinary industry. Registered Veterinary Nurses (RVNs) are such a key part of the veterinary team but there are concerns over their long-term retention, and demand for them is ever increasing. If appropriately done, appreciation towards RVNs may help improve their job satisfaction levels, in turn contributing to their retention. This article investigates how appreciation is shown towards RVNs and explores the effect that may have.


FIELD: food industry. SUBSTANCE: present invention relates to food industry. According to the proposed method, food product slices are blanched and subjected to dehydration in a non-oily medium at controlled rates to imitate the preset profile of fried product dehydration. The said slices are dehydrated using microwaves till moisture content is less than 20%, dehydration proceeding at the first and the second rates that are not identical. Additionally, one proposes a food product slice obtained by the said method. The proposed group of inventions allows to produce a food product with low fat content to be used as a light snack. EFFECT: proposed group of inventions allows to produce a food product with low fat content to be used as a light snack. 27 cl, 9 dwg, 3 tbl, 4 ex


In 3 previous installments of "Notes from the Incoming Editor," I introduced a range of new initiatives to be featured in Circulation starting June 29.1–3 I refer interested readers to those short articles in which I introduced several new content categories, including Frame of Reference and State of the Art. We have presented our model of globally distributed editorial leadership, which is central to our goal of leveraging the intellectual and creative energy of thought leaders worldwide and optimally engaging professionals globally. Last month, we introduced the Circulation "doodle," an initiative to interject a bit of fun into the publishing process and to smoke out the artists in our midst.

The 6 Circulation subspecialty journals and the Journal of theAmericanHeartAssociation are approaching 10 years in existence. Each is doing very well, and each is now fully independent, attracting a robust array of high-quality direct submissions (as opposed to referrals from Circulation ). In light of this, we are currentlypositioned to be even more responsive to our readers by providing early, internal editorial decisions on new submissions that are unlikely to have sufficient priority for Circulation or for one of the subspecialty journals. Obviously, no one enjoys a rejection letter, but it is better to receive one at 3 days than after several weeks. We will reject without review a larger fraction of submissions as a service to our authors, demonstrating respect for their valuable time; if a paper is deemed not to be a suitable fit for Circulation , the authors will learn this early on and can proceed to another journal. Perhaps even more, this initiative is a service to our reviewers, accomplished investigators who toil behind the scenes reviewing papers to support science and the journal.

We will move toward a model in whichwe ultimately send …


A study examined college freshmen management students' views about the social implications for their writing in terms of themselves as writers, the way they view their audience and their audience's reaction to their writing, and about the actual text itself. Seven self-selected students in the management class were interviewed after each of three assignments given during the course of the semester. Data were also collected by participant observaticm of the class and surveys, and classroom discourse analysis was examined using a schema for analyzir; interactions developed by R. F. Bales. Results indicated that: (1) generally, students expressed opinions that indicated tndt their writing.had social implications for them personally and for the others in the group; (2) over the course of the semester, the percentage of writer-based responses increased as a reason given for deleting from or elaborating upon their texts; (3) students' references to their audience decreased over time; (4) the percentage of text-based responses increased, suggesting that students became more concerned about their texts as the semester progressed; and (5) over the course of the semester, the students referred to elements 0 the writing context more With each interview. Findings suggest that students' writing does influence the context for which it was constructed and produced, including the students' own social roles as integral parts of that context. (Twenty-one references are attached.) (RS) **************************************************61******************* Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** RECONSIDERING THE EFFECTS OF CONTEXT ON WIMING: KAM SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR WRITING Paper presaged at the 1991 CCCC, Boston, MA Maga Smith Department of English University of TexasEl Paso El Paso, TX 79968-0526 (915) 747-5731 Who among us is not witness to the social implications for writing? Intuitively, we all know writing has large and small scale social implications. In fact, in the 1990 Chair's address to CCCC, Jane Peterson talked about our own professional attitudes towards prestige. In order to have prestige, she indicated, we, i.e., college professors, must write and publish. The implicaSons of this for us as college professors are such things as money, rank, promotions, visiting professorships, research grants, book contracts, invitations to speak, and so on. It is in this vein that I want to put the issue of °social context" on trial (to borrow from our convention theme). As my tide suggests, I want to reconsickr "the effects of context on writing" by looldng at "the social implications for writing." This very phrase implies that writing influences the writer's social setting, or context, yet it seems to me that context has had a difficult time becoming interactive. Context has been one-way, always asking °what is context?" and "how does mum influence students' writing? I'd like to reconsider "context and writing," looking at this concept as a system that is Interactive. In fact, according to Marilyn Cooper, writing is very much, an ecological system. ',EMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS IATERIMIHAS SEEN GRANTED Sv BEST COPY UWE TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." US. OIMTSINT OP 011/CATOON Mc* Ectecoonsi nsessicit end imprommeed 114,442FaraltdORMATION document hie bowl reiscodiccal r moor film The parson CP 4POOmsalgon comPosotne Mmof changes haw Won mada to smarm, reprochicben quokty pews ai 4,00 or won scaled issOme dam mom do flat noomtitncy monnem caw. OEM pasibon et orgy Smith, *Reconsidering the Effects of Context rxt Writing: The Social Implications for Writing* p. 2 RECONSIDERATION "Writing,* says Cooper in *The Ecology of Writing," Is one of the activities by which we locate ourselves in the enmeshed systems that make up the social world. It is rwt simply a way of thinking but mom fundamentally a way of acting* (13). It is, she goes on to say, elaborating on Willrlm von Humboldt, "an activity through which we become most truly human" (13). Cooper suggests that writing is the activity that makes us truly human; i.e., writing changes our positions in relation to our social worlds almost constantly, creating for us and our students interactive environments where the written language serves the roles that Fulwiler and Young in Language Connections: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum identify: through writing we learn, we communicate, and we form values. Furthermore, as Tinberg states in a recent CCC article, we must *view the 'text' of our classrooms as dialogical and allegorical. . . . Nothing that occurs in the classroom is without significance° (40). Then, by extension, writing has important social implications. Last, in that same February 1991 issue of CCC, Hawisher and Selfe remind us that *our view of teachiq and of how students learn invariably shapes our behavior in the classroom. The metaphors we build to house our professional knowledge exerts a powerful influence over us* (64). Though Hawisher and Selfe are writing about using computen in writing classes, their point is a universal one. This metaphor for many of us is a dynamic one, one that ruts us on equal footing with our students as we are each teachers and learners in the writing class that promotes active learning.


Cactus Mammillaria gracillis Pfeiff. (Cactaceae), cultivated in vitro, spontaneously switches from an organised to unorganised way of growth, producing a habituated organogenic callus which regenerates normal and hyperhydric shoots without the addition of any growth regulators. Tumour tissues, induced by A. tumefaciens wild strain B6S3 (tumour TW) and rooty mutant GV3101 (tumour TR), do not express any organogenic potential. The esterase (arylesterase EC 188.8.131.52 and carboxylesterase EC 220.127.116.11) activity and isoenzyme pattern of morphologically different cactus tissues: shoot, callus, hyperhydric regenerant, tumours TW and TR, were compared. Tissue samples were frozen at –80 °C and lyophilized before protein extraction. Two esterase substrates, 1and 2-naphthylacetate, were used. Esterase activity of all tissues varied during the period of one subculture. In shoots and tumours, the highest esterase activity for both substrates was measured on the 21st day, while in the callus and hyperhydric regenerants the highest activity was on the 7th day. Esterases were separated electrophoretically in polyacrylamide gradient gels under non-denaturating conditions. In total, 13 isoesterases, reacting with both substrates, were resolved. No differences in isoenzyme profile were noticed in correlation with the age of tissues, but the esterase activity varied among tissues. The significance of these results is discussed.


The number-average molecular weight and intrinsic viscosity of phycocyanin, isolated from Porphyra tenera, have been determined by osmotic pressure and viscosity measurements at various values of pH and ionic strength. The molecular shape and size for phycocyanin aggregates were also discussed by comparing the experimental values of sedimentation coefficient and intrinsic viscosity with the calculated results obtained by using the shell model theory. It is shown that the aggregate of phycocyanin at pH 5.4 is a hexamer of molecular weight 256000 and the structure consists of six juxtaposed monomers. The monomer is a prolate ellipsoid of 35 A in diameter and 105 A length. This structure for the hexamer is consistent with the model proposed by Jennings. At pH 6.8, it is shown that the number-average molecular weight of phycocyanin depends on the ionic strength in solution.


Publishers details for: Biology of Personality and Individual Differences, edited by Turhan Canli, (2006). New York:The Guilford Press, 462 pp, US$72.60, ISBN 1593852525.


Compound second virial coefficient determined by energy of interaction of molecules of a different grade, traditionally is found either by combinational correlations for these coefficients, or by power constants of potential of interaction of molecules of the same grade on the appropriate combinational rules for these constants, or from experience in PVT data and concentration of a component. In article it is offered to define B by baric effect of gases mixture. With this purpose the equation of gases condition is written down in view of a degree of its clustering, which is understood as the average size of cluster. Further it is shown, that the combinational correlations for B give too large error. Therefore, for definition of this coefficient, it is offered to use baric effect of gases mixture, the formula for which is received by the author in the monography [5]. As an example, В coefficient is determined for two mixes of gases: O-CO at Т = 303 К and Р = 1 МРа and He-CO at P = 4 МРа and at two temperatures 293 К and 303 К. It is shown, that the offered method gives quite satisfactory results.


In this In today's era data generated by scientific applications and corporate environment has grown rapidly not only in size but also in variety. This data collected is of huge amount and there is a difficulty in collecting and analyzing such big data. Data mining is the technique in which useful information and hidden relationship among data is extracted, but the traditional data mining approaches cannot be directly used for big data due to their inherent complexity. Cluster analysis is used to classify similar objects under same group. It is one of the most important data mining methods. However, it fails to perform well for big data due to huge time complexity. For such scenarios parallelization is a better approach. Map reduce is a popular programming model which enables parallel processing in a distributed environment. In this paper to propose system for analyze the performance of two clustering techniques on big dataset. The goal of this paper is to find better clustering technique between K-Medoid and BIRCH clustering by applying on real life large dataset.


Due to the battery resource constraint, it is a critical issue to save energy in wireless sensor networks, particularly in large sensor networks. One possible solution is to deploy multiple sink nodes simultaneously. In this paper, we engage in routing selection in multiple sink WSN. First, we provide a routing algorithm based on minimum energy consumption (ECR). ECR algorithm will consume least energy. But it will consume the energy of nodes on the key path too quickly. With the introduction of energy-level, we put forward energy-level based routing algorithm (ELR) and priority based routing algorithm (PRA). Experiment results show that the prior has super performance than the traditional routing algorithm; the last can keep the balance of energy consumption in the sensor network which can prolong the lifetime of the network.


With today's high technology, some life tests result in no or very few failures by the end of test. In such cases, an approach is to do life test at higher-than-usual stress conditions in order to obtain failures quickly. This study discusses the point and interval estimations of parameters on the simple step-stress model in accelerated life testing with progressive type II censoring. An exponential failure time distribution with mean life that is a log-linear function of stress and a cumulative exposure model are considered. We derive the maximum likelihood estimators of the model parameters. Confidence intervals for the model parameters are established by using pivotal quantity and can be applied to any sample size. A numerical example is investigated to illustrate the proposed methods.


The equilibrium position of the phase transfer catalysed exchange reaction RCl + MBr ⇌ RBr + MCl where R = primary alkyl group and M = Li, Na, K, Ca is strongly dependent on the nature of the metal cation M and the amount of water present in the reaction mixture; this has been applied in the synthetic use of the reaction in both directions.


What are superstitions, beliefs and convictions? Is it the result of human experience as a result of observations or the ability to read celestial signs? In fact, it doesn't matter. What is important is the presence of these symptoms. But it is also not right to destroy the centuries-old experience of the people. Of course, not all myths can be trusted. This article covers the mysteries and beliefs of the various peoples living in Iran.


Background: Multidrug resistance and production of extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) by a large group of bacterial agents in hospitals are to be a matter of scientific concern. Objective: This cross-sectional study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of ESBL producing Proteus species and risk factors associated with hospital acquired infection in addition to study the antibiotics susceptibility patterns of all bacterial isolates from inpatients of four Yemeni general hospitals. Methods: A total of 740 consecutive non-repeat culture isolates were obtained from admitted patients of Al-Kuwait University Hospital, Al-Thowra General Hospital, Al-Jumhori Teaching Hospital, and Military General Hospitals Sana'a city. We used Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method to detect antimicrobial susceptibility and establish the presence of ESBLs-producing bacteria according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. Results: Out of 740 isolate, 233 (31.5%) were Escherichia coli followed by Staphylococcus aureus 188 (25.4%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa 149 (20.1%), Klebsiella sp. 107 (14.5%), Enterococcus faecalis 25 (3.4%) and Proteus spp. 38 (5.1%). The highest frequencies of ESBLs producing among Proteus sp. were Proteus mirabilis 26 out 38 (68.4%) and Proteus vulgaris 12 out 38 (31.6%). The most effective of antimicrobial susceptibility pattern among Proteus spp. were Imipenem (100%) followed by Pipracillin-Tazobactam (92.3%) for P. mirabilis and (83.3%) for P. vulgaris, while the Amikacin (80.8%) for P. mirabilis and P. vulgaris with (91.7%). Amoxicillin and Cefotaxime were the highest for both species (100%). Conclusion: The prevalence of ESBL-producing Proteus spp. detected in this study is of great concern for public health authorities and a strict adherence of infection control policies and procedures with continuous antibiotics resistance surveillance including antimicrobial management and routine detection of ESBL-producing isolates are very important to prevent nosocomial infections.


Calculations are presented which suggest that internal gravity waves generated by the 23 October 1976 total solar eclipse would have come to a focus in a region well north of Australia, and also in Antarctica. No evidence is found for a focus in Western Australia, as suggested by Beer et al. (1976).


For example, an object of the manufacturer to easily and reliably to manage and check the installation condition of the product after shipping the product. The work management system 100, certification server 300 generates a verification code to verify the time and location where the work has been performed, such as installation and repair of the product. The database server 400 stores in the storage unit 402 in association with the verification code generated by the certification server 300 object information about the product, if the information or verification code that identifies the product is inputted, the input reading from the storage unit 402 and the object information and certification code corresponding to the information, certification code read the object information read by the outputs the information indicating the time and location to prove.


The use of biological wastes to extract an alternative substance to the asphalt binder could potentially reduce the depletion of crude oil. This also could address the environmental pollution resulting from these wastes and develop the asphalt pavement economically and environmentally. Liquefied product extracted from food waste by hydrothermal liquefaction process can be used as an alternative bio-binder in asphalt pavement. This study evaluates the performance of the base asphalt binder of 60/70 pen after adding the hydrothermal liquefaction product of food waste. This involves a set of laboratory trials in liquefying the food waste via hydrothermal process under various selected variables. The physical properties of the base and modified asphalt binder were then evaluated using the penetration, softening point and viscosity test. The results conclude that liquefied food waste (LFW) product has a potential to be used as bio-binder in asphalt pavement.


The estimation of the spatially variable surface moisture and heat fluxes of natural, semivegetated landscapes is difficult due to the highly random nature of the vegetation (e.g., plant species, density, and stress) and the soil (e.g., moisture content, and soil hydraulic conductivity). The solution to that problem lies, in part, in the use of satellite remotely sensed data, and in the preparation of those data in terms of the physical properties of the plant and soil. The work was focused on the development and testing of a stochastic geometric canopy-soil reflectance model, which can be applied to the physically-based interpretation of LANDSAT images. The model conceptualizes the landscape as a stochastic surface with bulk plant and soil reflective properties. The model is particularly suited for regional scale investigations where the quantification of the bulk landscape properties, such as fractional vegetation cover, is important on a pixel by pixel basis. A summary of the theoretical analysis and the preliminary testing of the model with actual aerial radiometric data is provided.


1. A simple, isolated preparation is described in which the activity of the longitudinal muscle of the anterior mesenteric artery of the domestic fowl is recorded isotonically.


Plots were established in a growers field near Gary, Norman county, MN. Plot size was 4-30 inch rows × 30 ft long. Treatments were replicated 3 times and arranged in a randomized complete block design. The first insecticide application was made 15 Aug with the plants at 30% 5.1 stage of bloom. The second application was made 21 Aug at the 5.7 stage of bloom. Applications were made using a CO2 sprayer using flat fan nozzles, 40 lb psi and applying about 20 gal total material per acre. Daytime application temperature was 70�F both days. The heads from the second and third rows were hand harvested, dried and then crushed. A sample of seeds was removed prior to cleaning and BSM infested seeds counted. The whole plot samples were then cleaned, weighed and yields recorded.


A bearing sensor measures its orientation relative to a landmark. Such sensors enable tracking and localization. Since small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) suffer from payload limitations, they must be equipped with lightweight sensors with low power consumption. This paper presents two implementations for bearing sensors. First, a novel vision-based sensor based on a camera and a spherical mirror that enables wide view. This sensor is lightweight and low cost (20 [g] and under 8 [USD]). Second, a novel, laser-based beacon together with a photo-diode based sensor which enables to better distinguish between multiple landmarks while keeping inclination mismatch robustness. We present the scheme for detecting the relative angular position of an aerial agent to a light-based landmark in 3D. We also present algorithms for the localization of a UAV, and swarm centroid detection, both using such bearing observations. Finally, we demonstrate our sensors and algorithms in real-world experiments and provide their accuracy.


1. INTRODUCTION Researchers have investigated academic dishonesty in college classes across a variety of disciplines, student classifications and geographical/cultural boundaries. For example, McCabe, Butterfield and Trevino (2006) investigated academic dishonesty in graduate business programs; Sheard, Dick, Markham, Macdonald and Walsh (2002) studied plagiarism among first year IT students; Grimes (2004) examined academic dishonesty among undergraduate business and economics students at eight universities in the United States, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. In a review of the literature, Jian, Sandnes, Huang, Cai and Law (2008) identified a number of studies indicating that academic dishonesty is especially problematic in computer programming courses. The extent and severity of cheating in programming courses is reflected in a related body of literature focusing on the development and efficacy of methods for detecting plagiarized source code in programs submitted for a grade (Faidhi and Robinson, 1987; Chen, Francia, Li, McKinnon and Seker, 2004; Daly and Horgan, 2005; Moussiades and Vakali, 2005; Cosma and Joy, 2008; Frantzeskou, MacDonell, Stamatatos and Gritzalis, 2008; Ohno and Murao, 2009). There has also been a considerable amount of work regarding academic dishonesty in the context of the Internet, where easy access to digital files makes plagiarism all but effortless to conduct. Researchers have investigated the premise that technology increases the opportunity and ease of student cheating (Lester and Diekhoff, 2002; Scanlon and Neumann, 2002; Ercegovac and Richardson, 2004; Ross, 2005; Etter, Cramer and Finn, 2006/2007; Stephens, Young and Calabrese, 2007; Molnar, Kletke and Chongwatpol, 2008), with empirical studies reporting somewhat mixed findings. Of particular interest to our work is the 2008 study by Moinar et al. which reported that "... students find it more acceptable to cheat when using IT than when not using IT" (p. 663). We extend the work of Moinar et al. (2008) by comparing student attitudes toward cheating behaviors when completing programming assignments (which by their very nature are IT-based) to those same attitudes when completing mathematics and essay assignments (which may or may not be IT-based). This study has two major objectives. The first is to investigate whether college students apply the same standards of acceptability to cheating behaviors in programming assignments as they do to cheating behaviors in other assignments. To accomplish this goal, we conducted a survey to capture student perceptions of the acceptability of twelve behaviors when working on different types of individual graded assignments. These include computer programming, mathematics, and essay assignments. The behaviors included in the survey are based upon four categories of behavior previously identified by Sheard et al. (2002), Broeckelman-Post (2008) and Jian et al. (2008). These are: (1) seeking help from approved sources, (2) participating in unauthorized collaboration, (3) copying portions of others' work, and (4) copying all of others' work. The second objective of the paper is to determine if faculty can influence the standards of acceptability that students apply to these behaviors through education about unethical behaviors, especially in the case of programming assignments. While some portion of cheating can certainly be attributed to students who engage in these behaviors despite knowing that they are wrong, some may also be due to students who do not fully understand which behaviors are and are not acceptable (Burrus, McGoldrick, and Schuhmann, 2007). Education efforts focused on clarifying the boundaries of acceptable behavior may help students to avoid inadvertent cheating. The approach used in this study is a retrospective pretest/post-test study in which students provide their view of the behaviors after class discussions on ethical and unethical behaviors related to academic dishonesty. …


The problem of fitting a Johnson distribution to data for situations in which the family membership is not known, a priori is considered in this article. Within each Johnson family member, the maximum likelihood estimator is determined with an evolutionary algorithm and the model with the overall highest likelihood is selected. A simulation experiment is performed to demonstrate the appropriateness of this new method.


The presented study is devoted to the possibility of recognizing cryptocurrencies as the object of an offense under Polish criminal law. The Author of the study firstly explained what the object of the crime is under Polish criminal law. Then focused on the issues of defining cryptocurrencies in the criminal law doctrine, as well as in legal acts that apply to the issue of virtual currency. The study also contains considerations regarding the possibility of including crypto-currencies in the generic object of crimes penalized in particular chapters of the Polish Penal Code of 1997. The aim of the study is not to identify specific crimes whose cryptocurrencies may be the subject, but to show the issues related to determining what cryptocurrencies are and with which types of crimes they may be related to, as well as emphasizing the problem of the lack of definition of cryptocurrencies in Polish criminal law and the consequences of this lack for the possibility of proper application of the provisions with regard to cryptocurrencies. Several solutions to the abovementioned problems have also been proposed.


This article intends to provide criteria and questions to renew a critical and propositive pedagogy in the areas of theory, methodology and practice of Social Works, based on the reflections and recommendations given in the recently concluded process of self-evolution and self-regulation for the accreditation of the Social Works major of the University of Costa Rica.


e14751 Background: A large subtype of squamous cell carcinoma enriched for TrkB-T1 mRNA. Background The NTRK2 genetic locus encodes neurotrophin membrane receptors that play an important role in normal neural tissue plasticity, growth, and survival. One NTRK2-encoded protein is TrkB-FL, which can regulate multiple pathways relevant to cancer. A second NTRK2 gene mRNA isoform encodes TrkB-T1, a receptor that has a different cytoplasmic domain and is encoded in a mRNA with a unique 3' terminal exon. Methods: Tumors from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and other studies were classified according to the expression of a single form of NTRK2 mRNA that of TrkB-T1. Analysis of differentially expressed genes in TrkB-T1 high expressers was done to determine if tumors enriched for TrkB-T1 were a uniform group independent of anatomic site. Results: The mRNA for TrkB-T1 is the most abundant NTRK2 gene mRNA in all squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). Comparison of oral SCC (OSCC) high TrkB-T1 RNA expressers to low expressers (n = 284) revealed gene expression differences consistent with the high TrkB-T1 tumors being more neural-like. The upregulated genes in the TrkB-T1 RNA high expressers also showed enrichment of pathways involved in retinol metabolism, hedgehog signaling, and the Nfe2l2 response, among other pathways. An examination of larynx, esophagus, and lung SCCs (n = 100, 100, 540) showed induction of the same pathways among the tumors that expressed high levels of TrkB-T1 mRNA.. Surprisingly, the relationship of high level TrkB-T1 expression to patient outcomes was SCC anatomic site specific. High TrkB-T1 mRNA levels in laryngeal SCC correlated with poor survival, but the opposite was true for lung SCC. This may be because pathways enriched in the TrkB high expressers, like those regulated by Nfe2l2, Pik3ca, and Sox2, are known to have SCC anatomic site-specific effects on progression. Conclusions: High level TrkB-T1 mRNA serves as a marker of a distinct SCC subtype. These tumors share the enrichment of at least 3 pathways relevant to tumor progression, Nfe2l2 response, retinol metabolism, and hedgehog signaling.


The VideoAvatar Library is a collection of functions that works in conjunc tion with the CAVE Library and can be used to add static, photo-realistic, three-dimensional representations of remote users, as well as other objects or agents, to virtual reality applications. The process involves obtaining views from 360 degrees around the person, then selecting two of these images, one for each eye, to represent the user in 3D space.


Powdery mildew incited by Oidium erysiphoides f. sp. ziziphi, Yan and Wang is the most important disease that causes maximum reduction in yield and quality of ber (Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk.) fruits grown under semi-arid and arid regions of India. Developing a varietal resistance to disease provides an early, cheaper, stable and effective means of disease control. In the present investigation, 34 genotypes were tested for resistant against Oidium erysiphoides f. sp. ziziphi. Out of theses, Sanaur No.1(4.75%), Darakhi No.2(3.99%), Shamber (5.00%) and S8 16 (4.00%) four cultivars/ germplasm categorized as resistant whereas Sanaur No.6 (20.00%), Khatti (18.00%), Muria Maharara (5.20%), S617 (14.45%) and Safeda Selection (13.25%) showed moderately susceptible reaction and remaining showed susceptible and highly susceptible reaction. No fruiting observed on Tikri, Noki, Sanuar No. 3, Darakhi No. 1, Gutka and S7 15 germplasms/ cultivars.


The statistical properties of random angle signal due to angular speed fluctuation of rotating machine are proposed.That the random angle signal is non-stationary is verified.For discrete angle series,the sampling rate increases,the randomness of the series can be reduced,and the discrete series will become definite when the sampling rate is infinite.For the inertia force vector due to unbalance mass and angular speed fluctuation,the first-order and second-order moments of statistical parameters of the random force vector are put forward.These moments indicate that the inertial force random vector based on angle-base is non-stationary,but cyclostationary and the vector based on time-base is not only non-stationary,but also not cyclostationary in general.


The rare case of ectopic (cervical) pregnancy after in vitro fertilization is presented. Early ultrasound detection helped to save reproductive function. Differential ultrasound criteria of cervical pregnancy and modern
treatment strategy are discussed.


The Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) driver linac is designed to accelerate heavy ions up to 400 MeV/u (β = v/c = 0.72) with a beam power up to 400 kW [1]. To obtain these intensities, partially stripped ions are accelerated in a 1400 MV superconducting linac. A design based on the 80.5 MHz harmonic requires six cavity types. A rectangular cryomodule design with a cryogenic alignment rail can accommodate all of the superconducting cavity and magnet types for RIA. A prototype 2-cavity cryomodule for the RIA elliptical cavities was designed in 2003 [2] and tested in 2004 [3]. This cryomodule design is suitable for all 3 elliptical cavity types. A similar cryomodule design has been developed for the lower-β quarter-wave and half-wave cavities for RIA. The cavities are interspersed with superconducting magnets for focusing, with 2 cavities between magnets for the quarter-wave cryomodules and 4 cavities between magnets for the halfwave cryomodules. A prototype low-β cryomodule was designed and is now under construction. The prototype module is large enough for 2 cavities and 2 magnets. The cryomodule design will be presented in this paper, along with the current status of assembly and testing of the cavities, magnets, and cryomodule.


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Background and aim Meibomian-gland dysfunction (MGD) is a very common disease we face every day in the clinic. It is the essential cause of evaporative dry eye. It is a chronic, diffuse disorder of the meibomian glands, distinguished by terminal-duct obstruction and/or qualitative/quantitative variations in glandular secretion. It may result in alteration of the tear film, manifestations of eye irritation, clinically evident inflammation, and also ocular-surface disease (OSD). The aim of the study was to relate Demodex colonization to MGD. Patients and methods This study included 76 eyes divided into two groups, group A (patients' group) included 38 eyes with MGD, group B (control group) included 38 eyes with normal lid margin. Both groups were subjected to history taking, MGD evaluation by MGD grading, fluorescein breakup time, OSD index, Schirmer-1 test, and lash sampling. The lashes sampled were examined for Demodex colonization by light microscopy. Results There was a statistically significant difference in Demodex colonization between the patients' group 16 (42.1%) eyes and the control group four (10.5%)eyes. We noticed predominance of female sex in the MGD patients' group (84.2%). There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups regarding fluorescein breakup time, OSD index, and Schirmer-1 test with P value less than 0.001. Conclusion Demodex colonization is incriminated as an important cause of MGD and OSD. Our study suggests that treating Demodex is crucial in MGD patients.


A pneumatic cylinder is usually used for the positioning of point to point and the switching timing of control valve have been tuned experimentally. To reduce the operating time or/and consumption energy for control of cylinder, the switching timing of valve must be tuned taking account the obvious index of performance. The switching process derived from the index is analyzed and the performances such as operating time, consumption energy and accuracy of the control are shown comparing the minimal time control and minimal energy control, in this report.


For the surgical treatment of stenosis of the medullar canal at cervical level, a multitude of techniques have been described with the object of alleviating the compression on the medullar cord and maintaining spinal stability. These procedures, some of which are carried out using an anterior approach and others with a posterior, are accompanied by arthrodesis of the affected segment through bone grafting and fixation with osteosynthesis. Sometimes there are post-surgery complications, as in the case presented, where two months after the operation both the graft and the fixing plaque moved when the arthrodesis was partially consolidated. In another operation the plaque was removed and the graft fixed with a screw, and the healing process took place. Palabras clave: Raquis cervical. Artrodesis. Complicaciones.


Objective:To set up a detection approach of Salmonella enteritidis in raw chicken meat based on PCR.Methods:A pair of primers was designed with sefA gene of Salmonella enteritidis as target sequence for its detection.Samples were homogenized,inoculated into buffered peptone water and grown at 37°C for 16 hours,when the Bacterial genome was extracted.Results:A 500-bp DNA fragment was amplified from the primers.Twenty-eight samples which were collected from slaughter house were detected and the results were as same as traditional method.Conclusion:PCR technique will be applicable to examine Salmonella enteritidis in raw chicken meat quickly and accurately.


A programmable infinite horizon controller for optimal tracking of reference speed and flux for Induction machine (IM) drives is presented. Firstly, convex optimization concept is employed to find the lagrangian type cost function. Then stator flux oriented control of IM is employed to design the controller state space model that produces unconstrained optimal input vector that minimizes the developed quadratic cost function. The regression based formulation and tuning of controller matrix is carried out for different operating points. The proposed controller is developed for a 1.5 kW Induction motor and tested in MATLAB for speed and flux tracking capability under various operating conditions. Then the stability of the controller is verified using Lyapunov's and LaSalle's invariance principle. The controller exhibited good tracking accuracies under almost all the operating conditions with a stable response better than the conventional scalar and vector control techniques.


An ultrasonic gas flowmeter with high precision was designed for the situation of small tube caliber and fluctuating flow speed. Both weak signal detection and advanced high frequency CPLD circuit were used in this design. The flowmeter had the features of digital automatic gain control (AGC), adaptive error correction and high frequency counting. It worked in multiple MCU pipeline structure and provided several standard industrial output interfaces. The tests in industrial environment showed that its maximum measure range was plusmn30m/s and its precision was plusmn0.5%


Background: The most effective dosage of aspirin to prevent coronary artery abnormalities in patients with acute Kawasaki disease remains unknown. Using a Japanese national inpatient database, this study aimed to identify the appropriate dose of aspirin to be prescribed to patients with acute Kawasaki disease. Method: We used the Diagnostic Procedure Combination database to identify patients with Kawasaki disease treated with intravenous immunoglobulin between 2010 and 2021.The outcomes included the occurrence of coronary artery abnormalities and intravenous immunoglobulin resistance, length of stay, and medical costs. Restricted cubic spline functions were performed to examine the association between aspirin dose and the outcomes. Results: Data of 82109 patients were extracted from the database. Non-linear associations were observed between aspirin dose and the outcomes. In comparison with an aspirin dose of 30 mg/kg/day, the odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for coronary artery abnormalities was 1.40 (1.13-1.75) at 5 mg/kg/day. An aspirin dose of {greater than or equal to}30 mg/kg/day did not significantly change the odds ratio for coronary artery abnormalities. Compared with a dose of 30 mg/kg/day, the odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for intravenous immunoglobulin resistance was 0.87 (0.76-1.00) at 5 mg/kg/day and 0.59 (0.36-0.98) at 80 mg/kg/day. An increase in aspirin dose was associated with a shorter length of stay and lower medical costs. Conclusions: Low-dose aspirin may increase the risk of coronary artery abnormalities in patients with acute Kawasaki disease; however, increasing aspirin doses beyond the standard doses may not be associated with a reduction in coronary artery abnormalities. High-dose aspirin showed the potential to reduce hospital stay and medical costs without increasing complications.


Ethics After the Holocaust is the collected wisdom of six influential Holocaust scholars from the fields of literature, philosophy, religious studies and theology.'


We develop a theory of nonlinear response to an electric field of two-dimensional (2D) fermions with topologically non-trivial wave functions characterized by the Berry phase $\Phi_n = n \pi, n = 1,2,...$. In particular, we find that owing to suppression of backscattering at odd $n$, Hall field-induced resistance oscillations, which stem from elastic electron transitions between Hall field-tilted Landau levels, are qualitatively distinct from those at even $n$: their amplitude decays with the electric field and their extrema are phase-shifted by a quarter cycle. The theory unifies the cases of graphene ($n = 1$) and graphite bilayer ($n = 2$) with the case of conventional 2D electron gas ($n = 0$) and suggests a new method to probe backscattering in topological 2D systems.


Extended operation of a D-80 anode layer thruster at high voltage was investigated. The thruster was operated for 1200 hours at 700 Volts and 4 Amperes. Laser profilometry was employed to quantify the erosion of the thruster's graphite guard rings and electrodes at 0, 300, 600, 900, and 1200 hours. Thruster performance and electrical characteristics were monitored over the duration of the investigation. The guard rings exhibited asymmetric erosion that was greatest in the region of the cathode. Erosion of the guard rings exposed the magnet poles between 600 to 900 hours of operation.


Colour removal from textile wastewater containing reactive dyes can be achieved by using a small commercial electrochemical cell which was not specifically designed for this use. In this study, the decolorisation and electrical consumption are modelled. The results show that the electrolyte employed in the dyeing process is the main factor influencing the decolorisation of the wastewater. The flow and potential difference are also important factors controlling the electrochemical process. There are other variables such as pH and temperature that, within the intervals studied, do not have any effect on the results.


The paper describes a novel approach to the adaptive equalization of a channel, leading to an adaptive detector which promises to achieve in some applications a better performance over a slowly time-varying channel, for a given degree of equipment complexity, than is possible with the more conventional transversal-filter adaptive equalizer.The transmitted signal contains a serial stream of binary data elements which are separated into orthogonal groups. Each group of elements is detected in a single detection process. The preferred method of detection is an iterative process, which is used first to determine the element binary values in the group and then to estimate the channel impulse response. By this means the detector is adjusted after each detection process so that it follows the variations in the channel transmission characteristics. No training signal is required, except at the start of transmission.


We use recent improvements in the parametrizations of controllable linear multidimensional systems to show how to transform the study of a linear quadratic optimal problem into that of a variational problem without constraints. We give formal conditions on the differential module defined by the linear control system to pass from the Pontryagin approach to a purely Euler–Lagrange variational problem. This formal approach uses the cost function in order to link the locally exact sequence formed by the controllable system and its parametrizations with the sequence formed by their formal adjoint operators. In the case of partial differential equations, this scheme is typical for any problem of linear elasticity theory and electromagnetism.


The association between thyroid autoimmunity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) remains unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between thyroid autoimmunity and NAFLD in a large cohort of euthyroid subjects.


This chapter is concerned with how freedoms and liberties might be protected in the UK. It begins with an attempt to distinguish between human rights and civil liberties, whilst recognizing that this is by no means a straightforward task. It then covers political and social or economic rights, the traditional means of protecting civil liberties in the UK, the European Convention on Human Rights, the incorporation of the Convention into English law, and judicial deference/discretionary areas of judgment. The Human Rights Act 1998 is reviewed from a protection of rights perspective. Finally, the question of a Bill of Rights for the UK is considered.


We investigate the existence of 'long-memory' or long-range dependence (LRD) of the wireless body-centric channels, e.g., on-body, body-to-body (B2B), with real-life experimental dataset collected from 10 co-located wireless body area networks or BANs (people fitted with wearable sensors). We examine two different factors on that purpose such as: the pattern of the decaying autocorrelation function (ACF) and the Hurst exponent. From the experimental outcome, we show that, the ACF decay of the body-centric channels follows a power-like decay and the channels have a Hurst exponent much greater than 0.5 on average. These results indicate that the body-centric channels can possess long-memory or LRD characteristic which can be used for predictive analysis and intelligent decision making to build futuristic wireless human-centered networks that can sense and act autonomously. We also clarify whether the presence of the LRD property is sufficient for reliable prediction of the body-centric channels.


In the second half of the sixteenth century, a commoner named Sen-noRikyû rose to the position of foremost tea master to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, ruler of Japan. In 1591, Rikyû was forced to commit ritual suicide and although until that time all of Hideyoshi's tea masters had been commoners, Rikyû's place as tea master of the realm was taken by Furuta Oribe, a feudal lord. Oribe would later become tea master to the second Tokugawa shogun Hidetada, and was succeeded by another feudal lord, Kobori Enshû. This paper will discuss what social and political changes caused this swift from commoner to warrior class tea master and will explain what role Oribe played in the development of the tea ceremony, then known as chanoyu, for the warrior class.


Objective To determine the protein expression level of p-STAT1 and STAT1 in thyroid cancer and its correlation with clinical pathological parameters,especially with lymph node metastasis and relapse-free survival.Methods p-STAT1 and STAT1 protein were measured by immunohistochemical staining in 80 cases of primary thyroid carcinoma and matched normal controls.All samples were selected from the pathological storage in the Jiangdong 22nd Zone,of Zhuji People's Hospital.The correlation between p-STAT1,STAT1 and patients clinical pathological parameters was analyzed.74 out of 80 patients were followed up over 3 years to analyze the potential relationship between expression of p-STAT1 and STAT1 and relapse-free survival.Results The positive expression of p-STAT1 and STAT1 was 28.8% and 90.0% in thyroid cancer tissue versus 85.0% and 50.0% in normal thyroid tissue.The difference was statistically significant(P < 0.05).The positve expression of p-STAT1 in stage Ⅲ and Ⅳ thyroid cancers was significantly lower than in stage Ⅰ and stage Ⅱ thyroid cancer(P < 0.05).There was negative correlation between the expression of p-STAT1 and tumor stage and lymph node metastasis,while the expression of STAT1 was irrelevant.Furthermore,the relapse-free survival was 100% in p-STAT1 positive patients,and 92.65% in STAT1 positive group.Conclusion p-STAT1 protein level,negatively correlating with tumor stage and lymph node metastasis,down regulates in primary thyroid cancers,and may be a novel biomarker for thyroid cancer metatstasis.

Key words:
Thyroid cancer;  p-STAT1 ;  STAT1 ;  Metastasis


The high fluorescence quantum yields ϕf of most Triphenylmethane(TPM)-dyes and carbon-bridged TPM-dyes in highly viscous solutions (ϕf ranging from 0.3 to 0.8) decrease with increasing temperature by a factor > 100, due to viscosity dependent nonradiative deactivation. The deactivation rates krd of bridged model dyes are significantly smaller (by a factor of up to 170) as compared to krd of the unbridged crystal violet. - Application of the Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer (TICT)-model to neutral and ionic TPM-dyes yields an explanation for the different behaviour of similarly structured compounds. The influence of steric and electronic factors on various TPM-dyes is discussed within this framework. This leads to a simple rule involving donor and acceptor properties of molecular subunits, which permits the prediction of fluorescence properties (high quantum efficiency for laser dyes or ultrafast deactivation for saturable absorbers).


Alternative wage structures under conditions of moral hazard are analysed from a social welfare standpoint. It is argued that ex post equity judgements in an uncertainty context should incorporate a preference for "positive correlation" of utilities of different individuals. In the design of compensation schemes, this may give rise to a conflict between ex post equity objectives and the need to provide effort incentives: relative performance clauses in compensation schemes that are useful for providing incentives are undesirable from an ex post equity standpoint. This is demonstrated by showing (a) in a context of independent production uncertainties, every rankorder tournament is welfare-dominated by a set of independent (randomized) contracts, and (b) welfare-optimal compensation schemes in general depend separately on an equity and an incentive component that tend to correlate agent compensations in different directions.


This research was conducted to analyze the status of tea workers of selected areas of Bangladesh. Primary data were collected through direct interview and secondary data were also collected from different sources. A total of 100 tea workers were randomly selected from Ootterbhag and Indanugger tea estate of Moulvibazar. Descriptive statistics and functional analyses were employed to achieve the objectives of the research. Risk facing index, food security index, food consumption score were calculated and binary logistic regression were carried out to identify the factors affecting food security status. The study revealed that the life of tea workers in selected areas are vulnerable. Wages are not adequate to meet basic needs and the wage raises are not keeping pace with the cost of living. Considering 4.51 average family member the respondent family household is far below the international poverty line (1.90 US$). It was observed from the analysis that 52% sample respondents were illiterate. However, the maximum respondents also agreed that they faced various Original Research Article Fatema et al.; AJAEES, 39(1): 43-56, 2021; Article no.AJAEES.65075 44 psychological, mechanical and biological hazards. Household calorie availability or consumption behavior was revealed by food consumption score, which exemplified that 49% respondents are in borderline food consumption pattern while 5% and 46% are in poor and acceptable level respectively. The overall average daily per capita calorie intake by tea workers was observed to be 2076.3996 kilo calorie, which is lower than the national average of Bangladesh. Only 35% household were food secure based on calorie intake. Household was food insecure if number of dependent persons in family increases; food secure with increase in household monthly income; and household food security decreases with increase in household size.


In the evolution of the digestive system of the mammal, the gastric mechanism appears to be the final and most recent addition to the alimentary armamentarium. It is found in all mammals and nearly all vertebrates. Its reported occurrence in lower animals is rare and scattered, perhaps even open to serious question. This statement is not in accord with much of the older literature. Pepsin has been described by students of general physiology in connection with a good many forms of lower animal and even plant life. Exact control of the H ion was not possible at the time many of these observations were made, and the autolytic mechanism was not always recognized. Extracts of tissues and digestive juices of a number of lower animal forms have been shown to digest fibrin in acid solution. Without further characterization, however, we should hesitate to assume that these enzymes were pepsin. In several instances such enzymes were shown by their discoverers to differ from mammalian pepsin in their resistance to acid, and in other ways. For a review of this early work see Otto von Fiirthe's Vergleichende Chemische Physiologie der niederen Tiere, 1903. More recently Dernby1" 14 describes the enzymes concerned in autolysis as a mixture of pepsin, trypsin, and erepsin. As we have pointed out8, however, such use of the terms trypsin and pepsin can only lead to confusion since the evidence in Dernby's data, and in our own, conclusively shows that mammalian tissue contains neither trypsin nor pepsin of the mammalian type. No autolysis of liver or kidney goes on at the optimum pH for trypsin. None goes on at the optimum pH for pepsin. And the primary protease of the tissue is destroyed at one-tenth the acidity which is optimum for the action of mammalian pepsin. The primary protease of liver or kidney does carry on the primary cleavages of native protein in acid solution, but at an optimum pH of approximately 4.5. It is destroyed at a pH of 2.5. Pepsin from the same animal acts most effectively at a pH of about 1.5 and is resistant to much higher acidities. This means that the optimum for pepsin is about a thousand times more acid, and its acid resistance about a hundred times that of the autolytic protease. An example of the sort of peptic enzyme found in lower forms is reported by Yonge6' in the hepatopancreas of the lamellibranch Mya. "A strong protease is present which acts in an acid medium almost exclusively, being destroyed by alkali even in the presence of fibrin. It might be described as a pepsin were it not for the fact that it reduces globulin to amino acids instead of merely to peptones as is the case with vertebrate pepsin. It also coagulates milk in the presence of CaC12." Yonge does not attempt to characterize more exactly the pH relations of this enzyme, and it is apparently intracellular


In this thesis we study toric rank functions for chip firing games and prove special cases of a conjectural Riemann-Roch. The original motivation for an investigation into this area of study came for the adaptation (due to Matt Baker) of Riemann-Roch into a graph theoretic analogue through the use of chip-firing games. Here, we collect known results and present new observations that indicate Riemann--Roch holds for trees and polygons. We also prove an asymptotic case of Riemann--Roch (i.e.~Riemann--Roch for divisors of large degree). Finally, we also provide magma code and computational evidence that Riemann--Roch holds for the toric rank function.


The physicochemical characteristics of Libyan Eucalyptus honey were measured including: moisture with 18.00%, sugars (fructose; 40.00, glucose; 32.00%, sucrose; 1.50% & maltose; 4.70%), total proteins; 0.08%, total amino acids; 0.11%, total acidity; 25.00meq./gk, HMF; 4.60mg/kg, color; light amber, ash; 0.17%, total soluble solids; 82.00% and insoluble solids; 0.07%, and electrical conductivity; 0.44 mS/cm. Maturity, purity and genuineness criteria, compared to those recommended by Codex Alemintarius and European Standard Drafts, indicated that the quality of the tested honey was very good. Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus sp.) was the most abundant pollen in the tested honey which is considered to be unifloral. Potassium was the dominant mineral in the honey tested followed by sodium, nitrogen, phosphorous, iron and magnesium. Detectable amounts of nickel, zinc, cadmium and lead were also found.


The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing an array substrate and an array substrate, a display, the display area relates to protect the active layer of the TFT. The manufacturing method comprising: a substrate formed on the substrate underlying the metal thin film, and the gate of the thin film transistor is formed by at least one patterning process; produced covering the gate of the gate insulating layer; making a metal oxide semiconductor thin film, and by one patterning process is formed at a position opposite to the active layer and the gate; making the top metal film, and forming a source and a drain of the thin film transistor through at least one patterning process; in this etching solution used in patterning process of composition comprising: hydrogen peroxide, the top metal ion complexing agent, hydrogen peroxide stabilizer, and a surfactant; and the etching solution PH value of between 6-8; production covers the source electrode, the drain electrode passivation layer , the communication hole is formed through the pixel electrode in the drain position. The present invention is applicable to a display design and manufacturing the array substrate.


In 2008 the global financial crisis that hit the United States has spread to the whole world. Conditions of the global economic crisis affecting the financial performance of banks and each bank has the financial performance of the condition varies in receiving the impact of global crisis include Shariah banking. Thus the purpose of this study was to determine the comparison and test the differences between the financial performance of Shariah banking, objects used in this study is the bank Syariah Mandiri and Bank Muamalat Indonesia and Bank Syariah Mega Indonesia in the period 2007, 2008, 2009 using the method CAMELS. The study was based on the rating of the CAMELS method that uses a Bank Indonesia Regulation 9/1/PBI/2007. The study was a quantitative study using a comparative description and analysis of secondary data collection methods in the form of annual financial statements of each Islamic bank and the sampling method using a purposive sampling method. Data were processed using SPSS and data analysis performed using One Way ANOVA. The results showed that the overall ratio of otherwise healthy banks in the years 2007-2009 CAMELS BSM and BMI, and BSMI has an average level of health in the composite ranking categories. Based on the results obtained there was no significant difference between the performance of CAMELS in BMI, BSM and BSMI. At the time of global crisis Bank Syariah Mandiri is superior to preserve the value and growth ratio compared Muamalat Indonesia and Bank Syariah Mega Indonesia.


: This study examined the effect of foreign aid on both economy and investment of Ethiopia from time 1974 to 2014. The empirical analysis has been done using multivariate co integration analysis of both vector autoregressive model (VAR) and (Vector error Correction model (VECM). Both models which enables to capture short run dynamics. VECM model is constructed by restricting long run behavior of endogenous variables for allowing for short run adjustment dynamics. The co integrating vector which is deviation from the long run equilibrium corrected through series of partial short run dynamics, which is known as error correction term The main findings of the study shown foreign aid has a significant positive effect on economic progress in both lengthy run and squat run. On other hands, aid has irrelevant and optimistic effect on gross domestic investment in both extensive time and short run. Further, the findings discovered that there is unidirectional causality among foreign aid to economic growth and foreign aid to gross domestic investment. Based on the findings the study recommends aid should be used to support the shortage of resource gap; also, aid should be focused on growth enhancing sectors as well as poverty reduction policies, then it will rise savings of societies'.


This critical reading of Hilando fino: Voces femeninas en La Violencia (Maria Victoria Uribe) wonders about the role of testimonial discourse within the construction of the historical narrative as a modern nation s artefact. By posing a conversation between the book and different notions of narration, mediation, translation, memory and experience, pretends to question Colombian national narrative s plot and plotting, all of which has bases on explorations and revisions of intellectual debates on testimonial discourse. The question exposed in the title is the beginning of the study and revision of certain ways in which the testimonial discourse and its relation with historical and literary disciplines have been tackled, national narrative s statist nature, national project s exclusive character and unfortunate homogenization -that is commonly present in some of the discourses that vindicate vital experiences previously relegated by traditional historiography- are treated, as well. Constantly, the text boards three states of «difference»: contextual, textual and sexual difference. Towards this three stages of the category of difference -fed by its linking with specificity- this work pretends to weave the threads that may provide an account of the possibility of resisting the brutality of the statist nations that supports the project of the nation.


In this paper, the authors report recent developments in the research of joint audio-visual processing for multimedia applications. These include: bimodality in speech production and perception, automatic lipreading, talking-head animation and lip synchronization. They present in detail the enabling technologies for these applications. A new trend of research is to utilize audio-visual interaction in the coding of talking head video. They show that the marriage of speech analysis and image processing can create a number of new research opportunities.


Since the lattice thermal conductivity of n-type multi-filled skutterudites have been reduced below 1 W (mK−1), the development of new strategies that can further enhance the power factor while maintaining the low thermal conductivity is highly desired. In this paper, we conducted a pioneering work by introducing a "core–shell" microstructure into Yb single-filled skutterudite thermoelectric materials to realise this purpose. The "core–shell" structure formed by the thermal diffusion of well dispersed Ni nanoparticles in the Yb0.2Co4Sb12 powder during hot pressing is composed of the normal "core" grains surrounded by Ni-rich nanograin "shells". The electrical resistivity is greatly reduced due to the increase in both carrier concentration and mobility. However, the Seebeck coefficient first increases due to the increased density of states at the Fermi energy and then decreases gradually. As a consequence, the power factor is remarkably increased for the samples with the addition of Ni nanoparticles. In addition, the lattice thermal conductivity is also reduced by the extra phonon scattering introduced by the "core–shell" microstructure. The concomitant effects enable a maximum ZT of 1.07 for the 0.2 wt% Ni sample at 723 K.


The liquid−liquid equilibrium (LLE) data were measured for the systems ethanol + water + K2CO3, 1-propanol + water + K2CO3,2-propanol + water + K2CO3, and 2-methyl-2-propanol + water + K2CO3 at (298.15, 308.15, and 318.15) K. A two-parameter equation was used for the correlation of the experimental tie-line data. Good agreement was obtained with the experimental tie-line data with this model.


In August 2014, the Hospital General Docente of Riobamba implemented the Communicational Strategic Plan, in order to strengthen the management of the institution in the field of public health, through communicational actions to establish the credibility of this hospital.

This project was implemented simultaneously with the creation of the Department of Press and Communication within the institution whose activity is focused on the regulation in the handling of the Hospital information so that it is delivered both the domestic and outsider client. What we seek through our research is to establish the degree of effectiveness of the implementation of the plan, as well as its results.

From this perspective, the importance of a press department is clear within any organization. Therefore, by discovering the hospital left out this department, we consider it necessary to include it in the current study and further analysis of the results.
It is planned to develop surveys related to the information provided by the Hospital to its clients regarding the image and whether it is linked to the health service performance, within its categorization. From this insight, it will be established whether the hospital public image is defined.

Examples will be taken of this same hospital and others, in order to have a panorama for the work. the Hospital General Docente Strategic Plan, includes within its objectives, the implementation of an organizational culture and strengthen inside communication in the institution and one of the results that aims is the positioning as an organization that provides services of quality, warmth, efficient, effective in public health field as well as contributing to the development of the province.

Thus, it has been included concepts inherent to this matter, addressed from the perspective of Aranes Jose, (2007), who talks about institutional communication and authors such as Mattelart-Armand, (1993), Diaz-Hernan, 2014 and others which introduce us more clearly to this communicational process within the field currently studied.


A novel high-intensity source of jet-cooled molecular radicals is described based on the combination of (i) slit supersonic expansions with (ii) pulsed electric discharges. The electrode bias configuration effectively confines the discharge to a region upstream of the supersonic expansion, which results both in efficient rotational cooling (Trot≈25 K) and high radical densities (>1014/cm3). In conjunction with direct absorption laser probe methods, this discharge source provides a general technique for high-resolution IR studies of jet-cooled radicals. Performance of the slit discharge system is demonstrated on v=1←0 rovibrational transitions in jet-cooled OH radicals, which indicate sub-Doppler linewidths (Δν≈100 MHz) when probed along the slit expansion axis. The enhanced spectral resolution of the slit discharge geometry is utilized to probe the v3=1←0 asymmetric CH stretch vibration–rotation spectra of CH3 radical. Under sub-Doppler conditions, spin–rotation splittings are fully resolved and nuclear h...