In Unlearning Liberty (2012 - Encounter Books), Greg Lukianoff has published a timely and provocative analysis of contemporary threats to freedom of speech at US colleges and universities. Lukianoff is a First Amendment attorney, and he is also the President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Thus, Lukianoff makes it abundantly clear that there is hardly anyone who is better qualified to author this book.


Ubiquitous computing technology provides an environment where users expect to access resources and services anytime and anywhere. Everyday objects communicate with each other and also with the Internet objects available today. People have an increasing desire for such ubiquitous access to information, anywhere, anyplace, and anytime. As ubicomp occurs everywhere, there may be a very large number of users/objects interacting with each other simultaneously in future. This necessitates the question of how to uniquely provide identity to infinitely growing objects and standard towards the uniformity of the data being exchanged by the various objects. The serious security risks and problems arise because resources can now be accessed by almost anyone with a mobile device in such an open model. In this paper, author proposes the way of providing uniqueness in scalable object identity, object categorization and standard in data being exchanged by various ubicomp compliant objects and explore the security issue in ubiquitous computing with a focus on authentication.


In this study, we present a simple zero-equation (algebraic) turbulence closure scheme as well as the standard k-ϵ model for stably stratified wall-bounded flows. We do this by proposing a parameterization for the turbulent Prandtl number (Prt) for stably stratified flows under the influence of a smooth solid wall. The turbulent Prandtl number is the linking bridge between the turbulent momentum and scalar fluxes in the context of Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations. Therefore, it is important to use appropriate parameterizations for Prt in order to define the right level of momentum and scalar mixing in stably stratified flows. To date, most of the widely used parameterizations for Prt in stably stratified flows are based on data obtained from homogeneous shear flows experiments and/or direct numerical simulations (i.e., statistics are invariant under translations) and are usually formulated as functions of the gradient Richardson number (Rig). The effect of the wall boundary is completely neglected. We introduce a modified parameterization for Prt that takes into account the inhomogeneity caused by the wall coupled with the effects of density stratification. We evaluate the performance of the modified Prt by using a zero-equation turbulence model for the turbulent viscosity that was proposed by Munk and Anderson (1948) as well as the standard k-ϵ model to simulate a one-dimensional stably stratified channel flow. Comparison of the one-dimensional simulation results with direct numerical simulation (DNS) of stably stratified channel flow results show remarkable agreement.


The purpose of the present study was to derive regression equation based on anthropometric measurements to estimate pulmonary residual volume (RV) and to ascertain its applicability in calculation of body density (BD). Subjects were 30 males living in Santa Barbara, California, USA, ranging in age from 20 to 52 years. Nine anthropometric measuretnents, actual RV, vital capacity (VC), and BD using the conventional underwater weighing method were made on each subject. Four measurements (age, height, biiliac diameter, and chest diameter) were selected by Wherry-Doolittle test selection method. The resulting formula using these measurements was as follows : RV = 38.89(X1) + 30.43(X2) - 12.43(X3) + 10.70(X4) - 4573.4 (R = 0.832, SEE= 251.9ml) where RV : predicted RV (ml). X1 : age (years), X2 : height (cm), X3 : billiac diameter (mm), X4 : chest diameter (mm), R: multiple correlation coefficient. SEE : standard error of estimation. When this formula was used to calculate RV, mean absolute difference between BDS obtained by using the actual and the predicted RVs was 0.0033lg/cm3. On the other hand, the absolute differences using the formula of Goldman and Becklake, fraction of VC (24%), and the constant value (1300ml) were 0.00477g/cm3, 0.00763g/cm3, and 0.00787glcm3 respectively. It was concluded that using the formula obtained in the present study to predict RV would be a useful method in the situation where mass managements were neccesary and more precise measurements were required than the other simplified estimations. Thus in predicting RV our formula could reduce the extent of the potential error largely as compared with the other predictions. Additionally it does not require special knowledge, technique, and devices.


The importance and necessity of establishing the fire fighting and rescue area for fire troops is discussed.The principle and basis for the planning of the fire fighting and rescue area is introduced.The view point and the points needing attention are discussed from the aspects of how to deal with the accidents readily and successfully.


The present article is about placing research cartographic procedures and the Zapatista cause as partners in a micropolitical guerrilla in favour of life power. Inspired in a state of the philosopher Gilles Deleuze – who once wrote that in resistance to the generalizer blade increasingly attached to the power what urges is creation and people �, this article stresses practi ces of knowledge production and popular affirmation taking them as political tools that authorize and defend singularity and difference.


Body weight impacts both bone turnover and bone mineral density.Weight gain can reduce fracture risk.The role of adipose tissue with endocrine function has been more consistendy demonstrated to be important.In particular, adiponectin,one of adipokines secreted by adipocytes,has active role on bone metabolism.An understanding of the association between adiponectin and bone metabolism may open a new way for treatment of osteoporosis.


Two new species of the genus Pararrhynchium de Saussure are described as new to science: P. simsanum Nguyen and Tran, sp. nov. from Bat Xat, Lao Cai province, and P. sparsum Nguyen and Ljubomirov, sp. nov. from Ham Yen, Tuyen Quang province. An updated key to all known species of the genus is also presented.


The evaluation of the first‐order scalar relativistic corrections to MP2 energy based on either direct perturbation theory or the mass–velocity and Darwin terms is discussed. In a basis set of Lévy‐Leblond spinors the one‐ and two‐electron matrix elements of the relativistic Hamiltonian can be decomposed into a nonrelativistic part and a relativistic perturbation. Thus, a program capable of calculating nonrelativistic energy gradients can be used to calculate the cross‐term between relativity and correlation. The method has been applied to selected closed‐shell atoms (He, Be, Ne, and Ar) and molecules (CuH, AgH, and AuH). The calculated equilibrium distances and harmonic frequencies were compared with results from first‐order relativistic density functional calculations. It was found that the cross‐term is not the origin of the nonadditivity of relativistic and correlation effects. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Comput Chem 19: 1596–1603, 1998


Intelligence and material wealth are two possible determinants of moral values for individuals and societies. To explore their roles we examine responses to two questions of the World Values Survey, asking about the acceptability of euthanasia and suicide respectively, in the broader context of moral values. We find that at the country level, both higher national average intelligence and higher per capita GDP lead to more liberal attitudes. The GDP effect is related to political freedom and globalization, while the effect of intelligence is mediated entirely by religiousness. We conclude that greater material wealth, by creating more options for people to choose how to live their lives (and how to die), strengthens the desire for freedom. Therefore, unnecessary restraints on free choice must be removed. Intelligence affects these moral judgments by a different mechanism. Rather than strengthening the desire for freedom of choice, higher intelligence undermines traditional religion and the moral value systems that traditional religion supports. Thereby it weakens negative controls imposed on questionable behaviors.


Abstract. Natural sea-salt aerosols, when interacting with
anthropogenic emissions, can enhance the formation of particulate nitrate.
This enhancement has been suggested to increase the direct radiative forcing
of nitrate, called the "mass-enhancement effect". Through a size-resolved
dynamic mass transfer modeling approach, we show that interactions with
sea salt shift the nitrate from sub- to super-micron-sized particles
("redistribution effect"), and hence this lowers its efficiency for light
extinction and reduces its lifetime. The redistribution effect overwhelms
the mass-enhancement effect and significantly moderates nitrate cooling;
e.g., the nitrate-associated aerosol optical depth can be reduced by
10 %–20 % over European polluted regions during a typical sea-salt event, in
contrast to an increase by ∼10 % when only accounting for
the mass-enhancement effect. Global model simulations indicate significant
redistribution over coastal and offshore regions worldwide. Our study
suggests a strong buffering by natural sea-salt aerosols that reduces the
climate forcing of anthropogenic nitrate, which had been expected to
dominate the aerosol cooling by the end of the century. Comprehensive
considerations of this redistribution effect foster better understandings
of climate change and nitrogen deposition.


The objective of this article is to know the social representations about the Homeless People in the early twentieth century. Starting from a qualitative methodology, a compilation and analysis of the press was made. Basing this strategy on the impact that the media have on social representations. The theoretical framework started from theories about the new strategies of criminalization of homelessness. The results highlight how old and stigmatizing and excluding representations are still alive. What should be considered in public policies in a context of deep crisis and socio-economic vulnerability.


Background: Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) are commonly used in MRI. GBCA have been linked to signal changes in dentate nucleus and globus pallidus. Purpose: To assess the degree of gadolinium accumulation in brain structures among patients with GBCA administrations. Materials and methods: Retrospective study included 224 patients: 197 patients who underwent more than two MRI with linear-type GBCA and 27 patients from control group who underwent at least two MRI without GBCA. Results: Statistical analysis of the main group revealed positive correlation between difference in signal intensity of GP/thalamus ratio to the number of previous MRI with GBCA (r=0.145, p=0.042), with a time interval between first and last MRI (r=0,221, p=0,002), as well as to patients age (r=0.145, p=0.042). For difference in ND/ pons ratio positive correlation was found only with the number of previous studies with GBCA (r=0.172, p=0.016). Statistical analysis of patients who received GBCA of the same type (gadodiamide or gadopentetic acid) revealed the following correlations: in patients who were administered gadodiamide, a positive correlation was found between ND/pons ratio and the number of previous studies with GBCA (r=0,280, p<0,5). In patients who were administered gadopentetic acid, no correlation was found between the difference in GP/thalamus ratio, in ND/pons ratio and the number of studies with GBCA. Conclusions: Increased signal intensity at the pale globes and the dentate nuclei on pre-contrast images may be related to the number of studies performed with linear-type GBCA.


Introduction This article investigates the most recent socio-economic transformations occurring in post-communist countries taken as ex ample the cases of Central and Eastern Europe (2) (CEE) and of the Russian Federation. It also provides a sufficient overview of the new social risks emerging in these transition economies. The investigation is structured around three crucial questions. Section One aims to respond to the question of what kind of systemic problems (from now onwards strukturprobleme (3)) characterize post-communist capitalism(s). Section Two addresses the issue of what kind of social structure is developing, while Section Three deals with the question of what kind of new social risks are emerging. The reason why finding an adequate response to these questions is crucial depends on three principal factors. Firstly, systemic deficiencies present in the economic environment can greatly influence the social structure of a country. Secondly, these deficiencies contribute, at the same time, to the emergence of specific new social risks. Thirdly, they also determine the subsequent welfare state responses. As it is well known, the transition from communism to capitalism has implied huge social costs in both CEE and in the Russian Federation. GDP dropped severely, many state-owned enterprises collapsed, several million workers lost their jobs, the paternalistic system of social protection was, to a large extent, dismantled, and, as a result, poverty rates and income inequality dramatically increased with a large proportion of the population now living below the poverty threshold (Cerami 2006a, 2006b, 2009; Cook 2007; Manning and Tikhonova 2009). An enormous transformation, however, occurred not only in the economic sphere, but also in the relationship between the state, the market and the society. In the immediate aftermath of 1989, new ideas, interests and institutions had to be quickly introduced (4). A new social contract, no longer based on one-party rule and full-employment, had to be established with the citizens, whereas, in order to put the new social contract in action, new feasible institutions and interests had to be developed. This implied a process of functional, distributive, normative and institutional recalibration (5) in which the functional prerogatives, distributive objectives, normative foundations and institutional structures of these communist systems had to be adjusted to the post-communist environment. As highlighted by several authors, communist ruins represented, in this context, the main institutional material in which the new societies could be built (Offe 1996; Crawford and Lijphardt 1997; Stark and Bruszt 1998; Ekiert 2003). In other words, a recombinant transformation of ideas, interests and institutions took place (Cerami forthcoming). This study is based on the assumption that the strutkturprobleme of contemporary capitalism(s), changes in social structure and emergence of new social risks are not unrelated issues, but elements strictly linked together. The main hypothesis, which will then be tested in the following sections, is that due to more drastic systemic structural changes occurring in post-communist societies, more intense and more diversified strukturprobleme are taking place in transition economies than those present in the West. These are resulting in faster changes in social structure as well as the emergence of broader new social risks types and groups. If this is the case, then post-communist welfare states are in front of a double burden of responsibilities. On the one hand, they will be called to ensure citizens both against old and new social risks, as Western welfare states are also required to do, while, on the other hand, they will also be forced to intensify their efforts in order to deal with the more severe problems stemming from the transition. What kind of Strukturprobleme Characterize Post-Communist Capitalism(s)? …


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 The experimental work was carried out in the swine farm of Mr. Pablo Moreno in the San Joaquin enclosure of the Babahoyo-Montalvo road. Duration of the experimental work was 28 days. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of three doses of phytase on weaned pigs. A completely randomized design "D.C.A" was used with three treatments and eight replicates with eight pigs per treatment and one for each replicate, thus forming eight experimental units with a total of 24 pigs. The test of the treatments was carried out with the Tucker test (P0,05), the statistical program InfoStat version 2012 was used. Three levels of phytase (T1 = 0g, T2 = 200g, T3 = 400g). The variables studied were: Body weight, average food intake, average weight gain, feed conversion and cost benefit ratio. The productive parameters analyzed with the Tukey test P <0.05, presented significant differences between the treatments. The levels of 200 gt -1 and 400 gt -1 phytase added in the pigs diets in the growth phase showed higher weights (48.57; 48.43 kg) relative to the control (46.88 kg) in The fourth week of the experiment. Higher feed intake obtained treatment without addition of phytase (18.40 kg) in the fourth week. Better weight gain is achieved with the addition of 400 gt-1 phytase in weeks: One 650g / day; Two 787.71 g / day, three 814.28 g / day and four 845.71 g / day. Greater feed conversion is achieved with the addition of 200 gt-1 (2.62 kg / kg) of phytase in the diet, in the fourth week of the test. Best cost benefits were obtained by adding 200 gt-1 (1.27 $) of phytase in the diet.


The key aspects and features of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) Teaching, Learning and Psychology Interest Group (TLaPIG) are discussed. Some of the recent learning and teaching projects undertaken by TLaPIG members are highlighted.


Excerpt Recent publications indicate that thyroid and thyroid-like substances lower the level of plasma lipids and suggest that dextrorotatory isomers of some iodinated thyronines have proportionat...


The sacrament of Confirmation is one of the sacraments of Christian initiation, through which the baptised receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Candidates for the sacrament of Confirmation need to prepare themselves before receiving the sacrament. The time of preparation aims to lead the candidate to "a more intimate union with Christ, a more lively familiarity with the Holy Spirit - his actions, his gifts, and his biddings - in order to be more capable of assuming the apostolic responsibilities of Christian life" (CCC 1309). The preparation is also intended to help to "awaken a sense of belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ, the universal Church as well as the parish community" (CCC 1309). Therefore, young people should be accompanied by parents, religion teachers, priests and the whole community of believers at various stages of preparation. Preparation for Confirmation takes place through home and school catechesis as well as at various meetings in the parish. According to Wskazania Konferencji Episkopatu Polski dotyczących przygotowania do przyjecia sakramentu bierzmowania [Recommendations of the Polish Episcopal Conference regarding Preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation], the whole process of preparation has been divided into three stages: long-term preparation, short-term preparation and direct preparation.


In his Later Islamic Pottery of 1957 Arthur Lane described the useful wares of Kutahya as often very pleasing while contrasting them with the not attractive tile work made in the same location in the 18 century. The town itself lies inland about 100 kms south-south-east of both Bursa and Iznik on the Anatolian plateau. The ceramic production has been studied more seriously during the last thirty years by John Carswell who has methodically published catalogues and articles dealing with collections of Kutahya wares such as those in the Sadberk Hanim Museum in Istanbul. The two volumes publication of his invaluable research on the tiles from the Armenian cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem has become the standard work on the subject of Kutahya pottery. In addition to the photographs and commentaries on the tiles, the study of ceramics in the adjoining monastery is considered and studied in relation to a number of pieces scattered in various collections and museums. Among new shapes produced in the 18 century, candlesticks and lemon squeezers have also caught his attention.


In this paper we have proposed a semi-heuristic optimization algorithm for designing optimal plant layouts in process-focused manufacturing/service facilities. Our proposed algorithm marries the well-known CRAFT (Computerized Relative Allocation of Facilities Technique) with the Hungarian assignment algorithm. Being a semi-heuristic search, our algorithm is likely to be more efficient in terms of computer CPU engagement time as it tends to converge on the global optimum faster than the traditional CRAFT algorithm a pure heuristic. We also present a numerical illustration of our algorithm.


. We show that the cohomology groups of the horizontal (total) differential on horizontal (local) exterior forms on the infinite-order jet manifold of an affine bundle coincide with the De Rham cohomology groups of the base manifold. This prevents one from the topological obstruction to definition of global descent equations in BRST theory on an arbitrary affine bundle.


SiC/Si heterostructures were synthesized by high dose carbon implantation into silicon using a metal vapor vacuum arc ion source. Their electron field emission properties were studied and correlated with results from other characterization techniques including atomic force microscopy (AFM), conducting AFM, Fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction and photoelectron spectroscopy. It is clearly demonstrated that there are two types of field enhancement mechanisms responsible for the improvement of the electron field emission properties of these ion beam synthesized SiC/Si heterostructures, namely, the surface morphology effect and the local electrical inhomogeneity effect. The dependence of the FE properties on the carbon implant dose and thermal annealing conditions could be understood in terms of these two field enhancement mechanisms. It is also demonstrated that improvement in the FE properties can be achieved by implanting tungsten ions into these SiC/Si heterostructures.


The "K–S statistic" is a popular (in fact, almost a standard) measure of model strength for credit risk scoring models. This article defines the "K–S statistic" and explains how it is used in the context of testing statistical hypotheses. It also points out a common interpretation error made when using this statistic. This article was written with the credit marketer, who uses risk models in conjunction with his direct mail campaigns, in mind. But since any measure of risk model strength may also be used to measure the strength of a response model, it is hoped that this article is found useful by the rest of the direct marketing world who employ modeling to its advantage.


Case study activities are proposed for seeing church through the eyes of children attending Sunday School. The activities include writing descriptive anecdotes, distinguishing objective from subjective observations, identifying recurring behaviors, analyzing behavior by the multiple hypotheses method, and describing experiences of church and religious and spiritual developmental tasks from the Sunday School child's perspective. Introduction V. Bailey Gillespie (1988) has noted that, "Church educators, parents, and pastors need to be aware of the developmental needs that relate to religious growth. The task for those who instruct children is to find out about them and discover their possibilities and their limitations. Through this concern we will learn to judge the child's experience by their experience and not ours" (p. 103). This paper describes a university sponsored program of child study activities that can assist religious educators to see the church through the eyes of the children with whom they work (Prescott, 1957). To begin, religion teachers organize themselves into a study group with a member who has completed child study leadership training (see Gay & Williams, 1993). Each group develops a code of ethics to insure that the written child study activities records are kept confidential and inaccessible to non-group members. The names of the children are disguised and all information presented during group meetings must be safeguarded by all participants. Lastly, groups usually review their codes of ethics at the start of each meeting. Selecting a Child for Study The children studied are those in whom the religious educators are interested and are representative of the children served. Information for the child study activities is gathered from the sources available to religious educators such as observations during Sunday School classes, worship services, social and recreational gatherings, creative work, the community environment, and consultation with family and other care givers, etc. The information collected is entered in a bound composition notebook in the form of objective written anecdotes. Group members confidentially share the information about their children and work together analyzing and interpreting it during 18 two-hour biweekly group meetings. Only information written in the child study activities record is communicated (read) to the group. This insures that the information given to the group members about the children being studied will be documented and available for use during all the child study activities. Case study record building occupies the time of the group for about the first six meetings, during which they learn to discriminate objective from subjective information and descriptive material. Parentheses are place around the subjective material to help participants maintain awareness of the difference between objective and subjective sources of data. Interpretive Activities There are several interpretive activities that participants apply to their child study records. These activities provide the experiences to attain some understanding and insights about children's religious and spiritual development and learning. The first activity, introduced at about the seventh (7th) or eighth (8th) meeting, is identifying and listing recurring patterns of behavior. Patterns are listed in descriptive terms when a behavior clearly occurs twice in the record. Subsequent recurrences are noted by adding dates (e.g., month/day) of occurrence documented in the anecdotes. It is likely that a dozen patterns will be identified in a record. The following are examples of recurring patterns of behavior from the record of Colin (not his real name), a 10-year-old fourth grader: 1. Colin attends Sunday worship with his family. 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, and 6/25. 2. Colin takes notes during the preaching of the lesson. …


ABSTRACT English competence becomes very crucial to face global competition which includes competition of human resources, education, and economy, Quality improvement human resources became the key to successfully facing the free market in the era of ASEAN economic Community (AEC). English as a general course that must be followed by students should be able to meet the demands of competence; this is of course needs appropriate material especially for economic students so that students can understand material and economic terms. Such material is known as ESP or Englishf or Specific Purpose. This study aims to determine the problems faced by STIE Bina Bangsa Economic students in learning English, the needs of economic students related to English for Economics material, as well as the preparation of material into the syllabus of English Economy. This research uses qualitative research method of descriptive case study that is describes the problems and needs of students in learning English (English for Economics) which then interpreted in the form of a syllabus framework. Keywords:        ESP, Needs Analysis, ASEAN Economic Comunity (AEC).


objective To study the pharmacoeconomic effectiveness of three hypertensive therapeuticprograms including Amlodipine, Amlodipine with Perindopril and Valsartan with Indapamide. Method 128cases of hypertensive diseases were randomly divided into three groups and treated with the abovetherapeutic programs respectively. The clinical results were evaluated with the cost-effectivenessanalysis.Results The C/E of three Groups were 373.03、294.94、299.66 respectively; and the ΔC/ΔE of three Groups were 0、56、119.8 respectively. Conclusion Among three hypertensive therapeuticprograms, the Valsartan with Indapamide was better than others according to the cost-effectivenessanalysis.


This study aimed at evaluating the corrosion behavior of steel bars in reinforced concrete members constructed under the airtight underground space. Construction works of structures were carried out in the air condition, and structures were initially exposed to oxidizing environment. Structures were afterwards buried in the underground, and the environmental condition surrounding the structures were gradually shifted to the reducing environment. In this study, such environment was experimentally reproduced and corrosion rate of steel bars in concrete were estimated using the various electrochemical methods. As a result, the following conclusions were obtained.


On the question on Philippine national security, Greene shows similar uninformed views. "In contrast to the 1950s when there may have been a danger of invasion," he recounts, "they [Filipinos] believe that internal insurgency presents the fundamental challenge to security. They give the impression that their insular orientation is so pronounced that they simply have not examined security questions at the regional or global level" (pp. 28-29). This implies that Filipinos are not sophisticated enough to transcend their narrow national concerns. There is something wrong with Greene's ability to understand Filipinos. It is not the Filipinos' "insular orientation" that makes them view internal security problems as more serious than possible external aggression. It is part of their definition of the Filipino national interest based on knowledge of and experience with the insurgency situation. This is a judgement Americans must respect. However, they keep obfuscating the issue by insisting that the American presence also protects the "broader security interests", including "its sea lanes and other lines of communication in all directions". To support this contention, Greene mentions that "some Southeast Asian and Japanese experts" think it is time for Filipinos "to consider how important the bases are to the stability of Southeast Asia, to the entire western Pacific, and therefore to the security of the Philippines as well" (p. 30).


Mixed molybdenum−tungsten oxides of varying stoichiometry (MoxW1-xO3, 0 < x < 1) prepared by cathodic electrodeposition from aqueous peroxo-polymolybdotungstate solutions on indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass substrates were evaluated by variable-angle spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE) and transmission measurements from 200 to 1000 nm (1.24−6.2 eV). A Tauc−Lorentz dispersion model was used to determine the real and imaginary components of the complex refractive index for MoxW1-xO3 films as a function of Mo fraction. The optical band gaps were also estimated from Tauc plots. The refractive index increased (2.07−2.20 at 800 nm) while the optical band gap decreased (3.38−2.95 eV) in a linear fashion for MoxW1-xO3 films with increasing Mo fraction. These trends correlate chiefly with Mo-doping-induced changes in film structure and grain size as supported by X-ray diffraction measurements.


Abstract : At the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), a small AUV navigation system (SANS) has been developed for research in support of shallow-water mine countermeasures and coastal environmental monitoring. The objective of this thesis is to develop a new version of SANS, aimed at reducing size and increasing reliability by utilizing state-of-the-art hardware components. The new hardware configuration uses a PC/104 computer system, and a Crossbow DMU-VG Six-Axis Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). The PC/104 computer provides more computing power and more importantly, increases the reliability and compatibility of the system. Replacing the old IMU with a Crossbow IMU' eliminates the need for an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, and thus reduces the overall size of the SANS. The new hardware components are integrated into a working system. A software interface is developed for each component. An asynchronous Kalman filter is implemented in the current SANS system as a navigation filter. Bench testing is conducted and indicates that the system works properly. The new components reduce the size of the system by 52% and increase the sampling rate to more than 80Hz.


Purpose - This paper examines the impact of social media (including social networking technologies) on migration strategies and integration, focusing on the use of new technologies for information seeking and dissemination, as well as personal communication. Methodology - Twenty-six Polish nationals resident in Ireland were interviewed, using semi-structured interviews, in 2008. Findings - Results indicated a significant use of new social media, especially social networking technologies based in Poland and largely used by Polish language speakers. The use of social networking technologies enabled "media rich" and resilient social groups to develop, founded on the latent monitoring of activities characteristic of face-to-face, geographically delimited communities. The resulting social groups incorporated friends and relations based in Poland, Ireland and throughout the world. These networks tended to minimize integration into Irish society, as most Polish nationals interacted only with other Polish people, whether resident in Ireland or elsewhere. Originality - This research demonstrates that new technologies are having a significant impact on patterns of migration. New social media are changing the character of international migration, with an emphasis on mobility rather than assimilation. Where foreign nationals previously tended to integrate into the societies where they resided, migrants are now more likely to be peripatetic mobile workers. Furthermore, while these migrants often no longer live in physical ghettos, they now live in "virtual" ghettos or enclaves, as they use new technologies to create separate lives within the wider society in which they work and live. Keywords virtual community, social media, migration, transnational communities, Web 2.0, Ireland Paper type Research paper


In this paper, the problem of stabilization with optimal L1-gain for positive T-S fuzzy systems is investigated with the use of linear Lyapunov function. A T-S fuzzy model for positive nonlinear sy...


Mental health is similarly valuable as physical health. The students mainly focused on their academic accomplishments and performances and tended to forget to assess themselves and take care of their mental health. Guidance Associates play a significant role in students' university life. They help students to understand what they are feeling and how to deal with their problems. The proponents conducted a pre-survey to know the students' take on the guidance office services before and during the pandemic. The survey results show that the schedule of the Guidance throughout conflicts with the students' busy time. On the other hand, the students' difficulty in virtual practice usually happens when different platforms are used by the guidance department that confuses students. The target client of this study will be the National University-Manila. This study is significant as it aims to help the Guidance Department reach out to students in an organized manner. Furthermore, this study will help them promote and manage their offered services in a more convenient way. National University Guidance Service System (NUGSS) aims to develop a mobile and web application used for the Guidance Department. This study aims to help the students: to request their needed guidance services, know the status of their requested service, conduct counseling with their respected guidance associates, Student Individual Inventory (SII), track their mood; and a chatbot for frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the guidance department services.


In this article, simulation modeling was carried out in the AnyLogic system. A simulation model was created that simulates cardiovascular diseases in people depending on age. This model can be used for statistical diagnostics and identification of risk groups for diseases of the cardiovascular system and in the future will allow taking the necessary measures to prevent and reduce the likelihood of these diseases in people at risk.


Status of women in the Czech Pedagogy ? thesis. The aim is to draw development of Czech education from a historical perspective. Further reasons why the teaching profession especially at lower levels of education became primarily female profession and the impact of feminization on the behavior and development of primary school pupils. Then also understanding of the feminization as a problem in reducting the credit of the profession by the teachers themselves. The work is devided into four parts. In the first part I described the history of women's efforts to join the world of education both in and with us. In the second part I focus on the feminization of itself ? its history, the feminization of education, and how it would be possible to attract mens into schools. A copy point of this work is also a research which I made by questionnaires between students of the Pedagogical Faculty of Charles University and primary school teachers in Prague.


Children and young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus are usually commenced on either a multiple daily insulin (MDI) regimen or twice daily pre-mixed insulin regimen at diagnosis. The MDI regimen is thought to more closely mimic the normal secretory patterns of endogenous insulin production to improve glycaemic control compared to twice daily or thrice-daily insulin regimens. This study aims to look at the effect on glycaemic control and growth over an 18-month period in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus on a twice-daily pre-mixed bis die (BD) insulin therapy compared to MDI regimen. This is a retrospective study comparing glycaemic control (HbA1c) and growth parameters (height SDS, weight SDS and BMI SDS) at intervals over an 18-month period between children with type 1 diabetes mellitus started on a twice-daily pre-mixed insulin regimen compared to those children started on MDI regimen. No significant difference was found between the two groups. Multiple regression analysis examining independent variables (age at diagnosis, insulin regimen, gender) affecting HbA1c values at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months confirmed that there were no independent factors affecting glycaemic control at any time point A twice-daily insulin regimen and an MDI insulin regimen were equivocal in efficacy of HBA1c control and measures of growth parameters within an 18-month period in paediatric diabetic patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Future prospective studies are warranted to address the issues described.


When Bandrowski's base and azo dyes containing a p-phenylenediamine or a p-nitroaniline structure are fused with a dry mixture of sodium formate and sodium hydroxide at 210–230°C. p-phenylenediamine is formed by reductive cleavage. Under these conditions the diamine sublimes and the vapour reacts with an acetic-acid solution of aniline and alkali-metal persulphate to yield the indamine dye Phenylene Blue. This procedure may be conducted by the technique of spot test analysis and serves to detect such dyes. The detection limits are in the range 5–10 μg., as has been verified by testing thirteen pertinent compounds.


This paper investigates what mutual fund managers learn from senior colleagues by focusing on managers managing multiple funds. I find that having a new senior colleague significantly increases a fund manager's revenues from other funds that she manages. To explore the sources of this increase in revenues, I propose a model that features the capital raising ability of fund managers by extending the active investment skill model (Berk and Green, 2004). Empirical evidence shows that a fund manager's value added from the active investment does not increase after having new senior colleagues and that the net and gross alpha decrease. This is consistent with an increase in the capital raising ability rather than the active investment skill after learning.


Parsley can be stored for long periods using modified atmosphere(MA) storage; 77 days at 0°C and 35 days at 5°C. Weight loss during storage was found to be lower than 5% in all treatments except for the 20 μm ceramic film packing. Carbon dioxide and ethylene accumulations in film packages were higher at 5°C and with the 60 μm LDPE film. Best chlorophyll preservation was obtained at 0°C and with the 40 μm ceramic film. Petiole firmness maintained the highest value in 40 μm ceramic film packing at both 0°C and 5°C. There also was little loss of vitamin C content at 0°C. Vitamin C content stayed above 80 mg/100 g FW for all treatments even 77 days after storage. Therefore 40 μm ceramic film packing at 0°C storage temperature is highly recommended for MA storage of parsley in terms of shelf life and quality.


This type of research is associative with a quantitative approach. The population in this study was 51 people, with a sampling technique using purposive sampling based on certain criteria. the sample in this study were 38 respondents. Data collection includes observation, questionnaires, documentation and literature study using a Likert scale. using data analysis techniques in the form of validity test, reliability test, simple linear regression analysis test, simple coefficient of determination test, simple correlation coefficient test, and t test. The results of this study indicate that the variable work characteristics affect employee morale At The Regional Planning And Development Agency (BAPPEDA) Bima City


During the course of the last years, Article 14 of the Spanish Constitution has shown a remarkable unremitting vitality. It tireless continuous to reinforce equality as a supreme value for the Spanish legal system thus, favoring the incessant renova-tion of its institutions. Reviewing the most recent constitutional jurisprudence, it is remarkable the extent of its scope taking into consideration the requirements that its double track (equal treatment and no discrimination) comprise. The non-discrimi-nation principle, under its different modes, is subject to special attention within this paper, in particular, it analyzes in the various spheres in which it projects its virtuality (collectively, education, labor relations and social rights), the implementation of out-lawed explicit and implicit differentiation criteria – in particular, the use of sex and the other forms of discrimination of women (specially in its close entailment with maternity).


The study is to investigate the impact of fortifying Anabaena, a cyanobacteria, on castor leaves for nutritional studies. Anabaena is found in water and soil, having a potential to produce an elaborate array of secondary metabolites which shows metabolic effect on worms besides having antibiotic effect. In the present study, Anabaena at various aqueous concentrations was fortified and orally administrated to Samiacynthia, B. The results indicate that Eri silkworms fed with Anabaena variabilis at 500 ppm concentration showed improved larval weight (59.95%), pupation rate (31.83%), cocoon yield (146.88%), ERR (80.87%) and reduced larval mortality (75.60%) while other quantitative parameters were significantly high at 500 and 300 ppm concentrations when compared to control Data is collected and subjected to statistical analysis. It is evident that Anabaena variabilis is very efficient feed supplement in increasing the productive traits besides reducing the larval mortality in the Eri silkworm.


The heterotrimeric extracellular matrix protein laminin-5 (ln-5) is a regular constituent of the basement membrane in oral and pharyngeal mucosa consisting of the α 3, β 3 and γ 2 chain. On the one hand, it is an integral part of the epithelial adhesion complex which connects the hemidesmosomes of the basal cells with the basement membrane. In this position, ln-5 strictly acts against migration and invasion and may fundamentally contribute to the distinction between intraepithelial neoplasia vs. invasive carcinoma. On the other hand, single chains of ln-5, in particular the γ 2 chain, are able to promote migration. The immunohistochemical ln-5 demonstration outside the basement membrane in the keratinocyte cytoplasm or in the stroma of the invasive front, as well as ln-5 synthesis, indicate epithelial cells potentially able to migrate and to invade. The extent of the ln-5 demonstration outside the basement membrane, as well the loss of ln-5 from the basement membrane, is therefore of prognostic value. A diagnostic interpretation of ln-5 immunostainings has to consider the contrary functions of ln-5 or ln-5 fragments: within the basement membrane it acts as anchoring protein and outside the basement membrane it represents a migration/ invasion factor.


Introduction: The slow conduction zone (SCZ) in the left atrium (LA) has attracted attention as an arrhythmia substrate of atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the occurrence mechanism of SCZ remains...


Steel Multi-Tiered Braced Frames (MT-BFs) generally represents a more practical and cost-effective solution in tall single storey steel buildings such as airplane hangars, recreational buildings or convention centers. Special seismic design requirements including column design for in-plane and out-of-plane flexural demands have been introduced for MT-BFs in the Canadian steel design standard CSA S16. In the current CSA S16, MT-BFs are also limited to three and five tiers, respectively, for Type MD (moderately ductile) and Type LD (limited ductility) braced frame categories. In this paper, a 4-tiered Type MD braced frame, exceeding the 3-tier height limit, is designed with explicit consideration of the propagation of brace tension yielding along the frame height. The design is also performed neglecting the flexural demands in the columns. The seismic response of both frames is investigated though nonlinear dynamic analysis. In-plane flexural bending demands on MT-BF columns can be properly predicted by the proposed design and inelastic deformations can properly distribute along the frame height when yielding is triggered in more than one tier. Column buckling occurred when bending moments were omitted in design.


The utility model relates to a multifunctional antitheft case, which comprises a case body, a drawbar and four rollers. A mounting seat is arranged on the case body, the drawbar penetrates through the mounting seat and is retractably disposed on one side of the case body, the four rollers are arranged at the bottom of the case body, a positioning, alarming, surveillance and monitoring terminal is further mounted in the case body and consists of a GPS (global positioning system) positioning module, a 3g (the 3rd generation)/GSM (global system for mobile communication) communication module, a 3g/GSM antenna module, a GPS antenna module and a case body control module, a loudspeaker which is electrically connected with the positioning, alarming, surveillance and monitoring terminal is further disposed on the mounting seat, and a voice microphone and a pinhole camera which are electrically connected with the positioning, alarming, surveillance and monitoring terminal are disposed on a side surface of the case body. The multifunctional antitheft case has the advantages that an alarming function, a positioning function and a signal shielding function are integrated, and the like.


The article discusses the role and use of history for the contruction of ethnic identities. The empirical data is derived from the experience of Swedish immigrants in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


This is a presentation from the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) Conference in Omaha, Nebraska on October 12, 2015.


The ab initio computation of uncorrelated short range two-body anion–anion potentials Vs0(rAA) can yield two apparent anomalies. First, despite the common understanding that the repulsion between two closed shell species arises from the overlap of their wave functions, compression of the anion electron densities sometimes increases Vs0(rAA), even though the overlap is reduced. Second, attractive Vs0(rAA) are occasionally predicted at large ionic separations rAA. These apparent anomalies arise because Vs0(rAA) is the sum of a permutation term Vperm0(rAA) arising from interionic electron exchange plus a penetration term Vpen0(rAA), independent of such exchange, equal to the nonpoint Coulombic electrostatic interaction. This is attractive at realistic rAA and reduced in magnitude by ionic compression. Vperm0(rAA) is always repulsive and is decreased by ionic compression except occasionally at large rAA involving an attractive Vs0(rAA). The latter increases are explained by analyzing Vperm0(rAA) into two furt...


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The Uralide orogen is a rare example of a Paleozoic orogenic belt that is preserved, relatively intact, within a tectonic plate (Eurasia); part of this belt still has areas of significant topography. We have utilized the fission-track technique in an attempt to investigate the syn- and post-orogenic development. Zircon ages, throughout the Southern and Middle Urals range from 604 ± 100 Ma to 189 ± 23 Ma. Apatite ages range from 349 ± 27 Ma to 149 ± 31 Ma. Zircon ages in the foreland thrust and fold belt young in the direction of the Main Uralian fault, implying that burial, and subsequent exhumation, was deeper towards the suture. Despite the large range in ages, a simple pattern of cooling affected the orogen as a whole through time. The fission-track analyses, combined with other radiometric ages, suggest rapid cooling (≥3 to 20°C/Ma) until approximately the end of the Permian, slowing to ≤1°C/Ma during the Triassic and then <<1°C/Ma until today. The age-altitude relationship in the foreland thrust and fold belt, west of the Main Uralian fault is disturbed, suggesting variable post Jurassic exhumation. The correlation of the disturbance in the age-altitude relationship with thrusts suggests that tectonic reactivation has taken place along pre-existing Uralide faults. This is supported by the strong correlation of topography with these faults. The present relief of the Ural Mountains, which in general coincides with the foreland thrust and fold belt, is interpreted to be the product of a post-Uralide event and not of the Uralide orogeny itself.


Objective:To investigate the change of antisense oligodeoxynucleotide targeting chk2 apoptosis in cervical cancer cells HeLa induced by X ray. Methods: Oligonucleotide was transfected into HeLa cells by liposome. The expression of Chk2 was observed by Western blot. The apoptosis of HeLa cells induced by X ray was investigated by flow cytometer and TUNEL. Results: Transfection with antisense oligonuleotide targeting chk2 could inhibit the expression of Chk2 protein (P0.01), and the apoptosis rate was significantly higher than that of the sense blocking (P0.01). Conclusion: Antisense blocking of chk2 could increase the apoptotic sensitivity of HeLa cells to X ray.


This paper presents a method of directional frequency reuse for high density, high capacity cellular networks. In this method, a group of channels is reused in the same direction the antenna is pointing at. As a result, the number of dominant interfering cells are reduced, thereby enhancing the C/I margin and capacity. The proposed frequency reuse plan outperforms the existing cluster reuse plan.


The linguistic requirements for a program design language that can be used profitably in all stages of the software lifecycle are investigated. What its processor and related tools must be able to do are identified. It is observed that no existing program design language meets all the requirements. Two particular deficiencies are noted in extant program design languages, namely the lack of parameterization and data-structuring. However, some ideas are obtained from an existing program design language, Software Development Processor (SDP). It provides a suitable way of providing parameterization and data-structuring. Extensions of SDP required for a suitable Adad-based program design language are detailed.


Mass spectral analysis of gaseous effluents from glow discharge polymerization of propylene confirms the formation of molecular propyne as an intermediate in the polymerization reaction. Observation of oligomeric species of mass number 138 or higher at the lowest monomer feed rate of the study indicates that a certain fraction of polymerization occurs in the gas phase.


In this study we used the fifth harmonic of a femtosecond Nd:glass laser for long-period fibre gratings (LPFG) fabrication in a hydrogenated SMF-28 fibre. In this case, the total excitation energy of two-quantum excitation reaches the value of about 11.7 eV, which is significantly higher than the bandgap energy value of 7.1 eV for Ge-doped fused silica


Among the 4 fine species of Salix×Jiangsuensis CL.'172',S.× Jiangsuensis CL.'194',S.×Jiangsuensis CL.'369' and S.× Jiangsuensis CL.'799' introduced from Jiangsu Forestry Academy,selected both species of S.×Jiangsuensis CL.'172' and S.× Jiangsuensis CL.'194' with good growth performance in Xiaolongshan forest area by breeding and afforestation trial.Through the analysis on growth of 7-year-old S.×Jiangsuensis forest after afforestation,the growth increment of diameter of breast height(DBH) and tree height of S.×Jiangsuensis CL.'172' are 20% and 19% higher than that of Salix caprea,whereas S.× Jiangsuensis CL.'194' are 19% and 5% higher than that of Salix caprea.So it is deemed that the growth of both selected species of S.× Jiangsuensis CL.'172' and S.× Jiangsuensis CL.'194' are better than that of Salix caprea grown in the forest area,and can extend and afforest in valley and wetland of special ecological area as fast-growth tree for restoring arbor layer.


Seventy clients were contacted by post, approximately 2 years after receiving brief counselling in a general practice setting for mental health problems. Among the 41 who replied, clinically significant reductions in anxiety and depression achieved during the six sessions of counselling had been maintained at follow-up. Frequency of visits to the GP had reduced. Counselling was seen as a helpful intervention by 87.8% of respondents. Although some found the process was distressing, and a small proportion felt that six sessions was insufficient, the majority felt that counselling had enduring benefits which had generalised to other problem situations.


The concept of matraids is a generalized in the aspect of optimiation.A necessary and suf-ficient condition is given which characterizes the(hereditary)languages optimized by greedyalgorithms.


This paper aimed to study the susceptibility of quail to infection with pigeon paramyxovirus type-1 (PPMV1) and their possible role for hazard spread of infection to pigeons. Quail showed high resistance to infection with PPMV-1 with mild clinical signs started by the 10th day post infection detected in 4 out of 20 qail and represented by dullness, ruffled feather, diarrhea and weakness but no nervous signs were observed. Recovery occurred to most of infected quail (19 out of 20) after 3 weeks post infection and one was died. In contact pigeons showed classical signs of PPMV-1 infection represented by greenish diarrhea, weakness and nervous signs. The morbidity and mortality rates were 20% and 5% respectively in quail and 25% and 20% respectively among in contact pigeons. PM lesion of died pigeons and quail showed congestion of internal organs with PPMV-1 was recovered from liver, spleen and kidneys of dead birds. Survived quail exhibited detectable HI and SNT antibody titers by the 1st week post infection. Vaccination of quail with the inactivated PPMV-1 vaccine resulted in good immune response of high antibody levels up to 10 weeks post vaccination although such levels were found to be lower than those induced by the same vaccine in pigeons.


The present work presents Dharmakirtis unified theory of Anumana. Giving a sketch of the conceptual framework of Dharmakirti's philosophy by way of background, it discusses epistemic, constitutive and regualtive conditions of Anumana. It may give rise to, brings out important implications not only for Dharmakirti's philosophy but also for Buddhist philosophy in general.


A sensitive method for the determination of pyrethorid cyphenothrin by differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetry at a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE)(pH6.0) was described. The cyclic voltagramms demonstrate the adsorption of these compounds at the mercury electrode. A symmetric study of the various operational parameters that affect the stripping response was carried out by the differential pulse voltammetry. With an accumulation potential of -0.6V and 60 s an accumulation time, the limit of detection was 2.45x10 -8 mol/L to 1.5x10 -8 mol/L, the relative standard deviation (n=10) correlation coefficient values 0.995, 1.1% respectively. Finally the proposed method was applied for determination of the cyphenothrin in storage bags of wheat and rice under FCI's storage system.


Background: We hypothesized that bedside lung ultrasound (LUS) and echocardiography could be a predictor of postextubation distress by detecting a high lung aeration defect immediately before weaning by evidencing significant lung derecruitment during the spontaneous breathing trial (SBT). Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of Lung Ultrasound (LUS) and Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) in predicting successful weaning of mechanically ventilated patients. Patients and Methods: This study was performed on 50 mechanically ventilated patients in general and respiratory ICU during the period from August 2019 to January 2021, at Bab-Al-Sha'reia University Hospital. Lung ultrasound and echocardiography were determined before and at the end of a 60-min spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) and 4 hrs. after extubation. To quantify lung aeration, a lung ultrasound score was calculated. Results: Forty-five patients had SBT success (90%) and 5 patients experienced SBT failure (10%), From those patients with SBT success, there were 16 patients (35.56%) had post extubation distress, and 29 patients (64.44%) had post extubation success. In patients who successfully passed the SBT, a lung ultrasound score ≤10 at the end of the SBT was highly predictive of postextubation success with a statistically significant difference (p value < 0.001). On the other hand, lung ultrasound score ≥18 at the end of the SBT was highly predictive of postextubation distress with a statistically significant difference (p value < 0.001). We found significant differences in E/A ratio 1.08 ± 0.2 in patients with spontaneous breathing trial success, and 1.6 ± 0.1 in patients with SBT failure with a statistical significant (p-value < 0.001). Conclusion: LUS and TTE during spontaneous breathing trial may accurately predict postextubation distress.


Cancer represents one of the biggest challenges facing health professionals and thus, continuous efforts are made toward finding efficient treatments. Furthermore, cancer has heavy impacts on global economy and the drugs coast limits the access to treatment for patients in many developing countries. Herein, the two main therapeutic struggles to overcome are the diversity in cancer types and the post-treatment tumoral re-growth. The second problem could be overcome by a treatment that target the cancer stem cells, which have a self-renewal property [1,2], and that have been associated with drug resistance [3,4]. Different therapies are currently used including radiotherapy, chemotherapy [5] and surgery. However, none of them has been shown to completely cure the cancer with a zero risk of tumoral re-growth mainly because these methods are not precise and cannot distinguish between the healthy and the tumoral cells.


The written sources from the ancient Near East are for the most part authored from the perspective of the dominant group and yield a very limited view on people's identities from an emic point of view that would correspond to their own self-identification. Self-defined minority groups in Mesopotamia have not left behind written evidence about themselves and their identity strategies. A notable exception to this rule is the book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. This book documents an intense and enduring attempt at reconstructing the identity of a dislocated group of people. The book of Ezekiel is produced by a group that constructed a diaspora identity from the early sixth century onwards, whether in Babylonia or in Jerusalem; in any case, it is written in an environment where the adaptation of a wide array of Mesopotamian linguistic, iconographic, literary, and theological motifs was possible. Wherever and whenever the book of Ezekiel was produced, it presents itself as a document of an explicit identity strategy of a minority group, unique among written sources from any part of Mesopotamia. It can be read as an example of the survival strategy of a group that distinguishes itself from others by way of self-reidentification. The book does not reflect a stable and universally shared identity of the Judeans. On the contrary, it creates and constructs an inner-Judean antagonism between Ezekiel's in-group and the delegitimized out-group. The book of Ezekiel, therefore, does not convey much about the integration of the Judean minority into Babylonian society but all the more about conflicts among Judeans themselves.


Direct foaming of colloidal suspensions is a simple and versatile approach for the fabrication of macroporous ceramic materials. Wet foams produced by this method can be stabilized by long-chain surfactants or by colloidal particles. In this work, we investigate the processing of particle-stabilized wet foams into crack-free macroporous ceramics. The processing steps are discussed with particular emphasis on the consolidation and drying process of wet foams. Macroporous alumina ceramics prepared using different consolidation and drying methods are compared in terms of their final microstructure, porosity, and compressive strength. Consolidation of the wet foam by particle coagulation before drying resulted in porous alumina with a closed-cell structure, a porosity of 86.5%, an average cell size of 35 μm, and a remarkable compressive strength of 16.3 MPa. On the other hand, wet foams consolidated via gelation of the liquid within the foam lamella led to porous structures with interconnected cells in the size range from 100 to 150 μm. The tailored microstructure and high mechanical strength of the macroporous ceramics can be of interest for the manufacture of bio-scaffolds, thermal insulators, impact absorbers, separation membranes, and light weight ceramics.


Objective To study on association of Helicobacter pylori infection with chronic gastritis,gastric ulcer and gastric cancer in Hui and Han nationalities of Huinong area.Methods Hp antibodies(CagA,VacA,UreB and UreA)in serum were measured by immunoblotting.In 383 cases with gastric precancerous diseases,gastric cancer and healthy controls,among 97 cases chronic gastritis(45 Hui nationalities,52 Han nationalities),75 cases gastric ulcer(35 Hui nationalities,40 Han nationalities),112 cases gastric cancer(50 Hui nationalities,62 Han nationalities) and 99 healthy controls(45 Hui nationalities,54 Han nationalities).Results Positive rates of Hp were 68.9% and 70.3% in healthy controls of Hui and Han nationalities,respectively.Positive rates of Hp in gastric ulcer and gastric cancer were higher than that in healthy controls in Hui and Han nationalities,there were difference by statistical comparison(P0.05).In the cases with chronic gastritis,peptic ulcer and noncardia gastric cancer,positive rates of CagA Hp were significantly higher than that in healthy controls,there were difference by statistical comparison(P0.05).Positive rates of VacA,UreA and UreB had not difference by statistical comparison(P0.05).Conclusion Positive rates of Hp in healthy controls are high in Hui and Han nationalities of Huinong area,but there are not significant difference between Hui and Han nationalities.Gastric precancerous diseases and gastric cancer are related to CagA Hp positive infection in Hui and Han nationalities of Huinong area,to presume CagA played a main role in Helicobacter pylori infection.


In many countries, the rehabilitation of partial disability of the lower limbs performs the process traditionally due to the high cost of implementing physiotherapy and rehabilitation centers with robotic devices. Therefore, the primary motivation of this work is to propose the first design of an exoskeleton with adjustable links that can be adapted depending on the height of the user, muscle sensors (EMG) and position are used to achieve a better response of the patient's intention of movement and thus achieve rehabilitation of the legs. The exoskeleton in question was designed using the VDI 2206 methodology, and this work presents a proposal for mechanical and electronic design with the ability to withstand the user's weight. A study of stress analysis and simulation of the electronic circuit was carried out. The electronic circuit was simulated in the Proteus software, where the correct interaction of the sensors with the motors is achieved. The results obtained show that the design of the proposed exoskeleton manages to support the weight of a person of 75 Kg with a maximum height of 170 cm. These results were obtained after being subjected to the design of the exoskeleton to the stress analysis in the SolidWorks software. Another feature of the exoskeleton design is its low weight because the material chosen is aluminum alloy 6061 T-6, which can withstand all stress tests.


We demonstrate polarization-based binary all-optical logic functions, such as controlled-NOT, AND and OR gates through electro-optic Pockels effect of PPLN. By using these gates with others, Complicated Boolean calculation should be expected.


ABSTRACT In recent years, the problem of energy consumption has received considerable attention. Among them, the proportion of energy consumption in public buildings accounts for a substantial part, and there is a large space for energy saving in this field. Practically, the major limiting factor for energy consumption optimization is indoor environment comfort degree. As such, a trade-off problem between energy conservation and indoor environment must be resolved. In this paper, an office in a public building is chosen as the experimental object, with 2520 real observations collected for two months, a series of intelligence based techniques are combined and applied to deal with this optimization problem. First, Partial Rank Correlation Coefficient (PRCC) was employed to perform correlation analysis for a set of candidate variables, such that the computational time of subsequent model training is reduced by 8.32 seconds as compared to the case where no PRCC is in use. Following this, Genetic Algorithm (GA)-based Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm (LM) are applied collectively to optimize the conventional Back Propagation (BP) neural network, and results suggest that there was a marked improvement in neural model performance, on one hand the epoch number for convergence drops from 72 to 13, on the other hand the mean squared error for test set is reduced by 7.46e-4 (from 9.93e-4 to 2.47e-4). Finally, pigeon-inspired Optimization (PIO) algorithm is employed to address the formulated optimization problem and the optimal value for Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) are −0.4775 and 0.007826, respectively. To verify the validity of our results that derived by the proposed approach, corresponding parameters are applied in a practical scenario. The experimental result indicates that the energy efficiency is improved by around 18.6% compared to that yielded before optimization is performed, which demonstrates the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed method.


Fifty male patients diagnosed a s major depression according to DSM-111-R were selected randomly from ps~chia t r ic outpatient clinic. The! were initially assessed by psychometric tools as r egnrds personal i ty , anxie ty a n d depression. Also the i r psychosexual functioning were asked about. Serum level of testosterone and prolactin were measured. Patients received treatment with tricyclic antidepr;essnnts for six months after whlch they were reassessed. Patlents were divided into two groups according to thelr sexual fuactionlng. Resul ts showed t h a t there were o statistically slgnlficant differences between both g roups a s regard level of depresslon and hormones. However the group with sexual dysfunction was significantly older In age, had a higher level of anxiety, more introvert a n d with higher level of criminality and neuroticism. Alter treatment most of patients showed improvement but some patients did not improve. Even some developed decrease in their sexual performance. There was a significant increase in the level of prolactin and stgnlflcant decrease in the level of testosterone after treatment in whole patients. But there was n o significant difference between those who improved and those who did mot. Also there is no significant difference between the patlents who developed side effect of the antidepremants and who did not develop such side eflect which was decreased i n sexual performance. The implications of these findings were discussed. (Egypt.J . Psychiat.,1992,15:184-191).


A 'guidance field' is a kind of a vector field that implicitly guides users to a target point. Users' input for travelling in virtual environments is slightly altered to get closer to the target directions according to the guidance field.


Background: With increasing numbers of patients recovering from COVID-19, there is increasing evidence for persisting symptoms and the need for follow-up studies. Methods: This retrospective study included patients without comorbidities, who recovered from COVID-19 and attended an outpatient clinic at a university hospital for follow-up care and potential convalescent plasma donation. Network analysis was applied to visualize symptom combinations and persistent symptoms. Comprehensive lab-testing was ascertained at each follow-up to analyze differences regarding patients with vs without persistent symptoms. Results: 116 patients were included, age range was 18-69 years (median: 41) with follow-ups ranging from 22 to 102 days. The three most frequent persisting symptoms were Fatigue (54%), Dyspnea (29%) and Anosmia (25%). Lymphopenia was present in 13 of 112 (12%) cases. Five of 35 cases (14%) had Lymphopenia in the later follow-up range of 80-102 days. Serum IgA concentration was the only lab parameter with significant difference between patients with vs without persistent symptoms with reduced serum IgA concentrations in the patient cohort of persisting symptoms (p=0.0219). Conclusion: Lymphopenia persisted in a noticeable percentage of recovered patients. Moreover, higher serum IgA concentration is associated with a positive effect regarding symptom persistence.


The value of kdiss of the "proteinkinase-cAMP" complex was increased 1.8-fold, number of the nucleotide binding sites was increased 3.7-fold with simultaneous decrease in cAMP concentration, when the cyclase system was studied in skeletal muscles of mice with experimental thyrotoxic myopathy. Activities of phosphodiesterase, adenylate cyclase, rate of activation of adenylate cyclase by adrenaline and sodium fluoride did not significantly differ as compared with normal values. Impairment of hormonal regulation of the cAMP-dependent processes is apparently responsible for multiple molecular and structural injuries in skeletal muscles in thyrotoxicosis.


Buddha is famous for his exhortation to his followers: 'Be a lamp unto yourself.' In a previous article, I highlighted the risks to health that fundamentalism can bring and the relevance to nurses. A nurse friend of mine recently attended the much-publicised Alpha course to renew her Christian faith, but she left when she was told homosexuality is a sin. Her son is gay and she could not square the condemnation of the course facilitator with the loving, responsible human being that is her son. To keep people toeing the line in faith, it is a common approach to quote a holy book, chapter and verse, to justify a particular stance.


This article presents a bi-level optimization structure for concurrently deployment of wind base power production,i.e. Wind Turbine (WT ) with Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in power distribution networks. An objective function has been devised by considering reverse power flow into main power grid, annual energy loss, node voltage deviation, conversion loss and effective utilization of BESS. Due to huge installation and operational charges of energy storage, the optimal accommodation of multiple WTs and one BESS is simultaneously determined aiming to minimize network power loss. A modified or Corrected Moth Search Optimization (CMSO) has been endorse to solve this problem for a medium benchmark radial distribution network. Considering its unique capabilities of exploration and exploitation for real life problems. Different test cases are investigated to demonstrate the promising abilities of devised framework. The comparison of obtain results from simulation demonstrates that suggested optimization framework significantly reduced the annual energy loss and energy brought from the main power grid, while improving DG hosting capacity of the system.


The US-China trade deficit has directly brought about the ongoing trade war and is a major factor contributing to the growing tensions between the two global superpowers. Only by thoroughly analyzing the factors behind the massive imbalance and understanding the connection between them can effective measures be proposed and enacted upon, bringing about a healthy, sustainable trade relation and making space for further economic growth. In light of this fact, this paper goes through the history of US-China trade and focuses on the underlying reasons behind the ongoing imbalance, finally putting forward methods to address it. It concludes that Chinese, as well as American and international factors have all contributed to the imbalance, and that the numbers may be further exaggerated due to imperfections in the measuring system. Finally, this paper proposes solutions to resolve the issue.


Purpose: To find the correlation between migraine and work ability by using the MIDAS questionnaire. Method: We studied the data of 106 migraine patients randomly presented at the Specialist's Polyclinic Nr 2 of Tirana. The diagnosis is made according ICHD IIR1 criteria (2005). The MIDAS questionnaire, Albanian variant, evaluated in a previous study (2000, MK, JK) is used. The age of patients, age of headache, gender, education and the drug treatment are used as variables of the study. The neurological examination and possibly the laboratory exams are required. The SPSS 17.0 program is applied to get the statistical data. Results: The mean age of patients was 34.57 years old (SD 11.22). There were 83 (78.3%) female and 23 (21.7%) male. 71.7% of patients were suffering of migraine without aura. 58 patients (54.7%) had finished the high school and 23 (21.7%) the undergraduate studies. There were 38 patients (35.8%) under correct treatment and 68 (64.2%) using wrong treatment regimen. There is a statistically significant correlation between the age of disease and the treatment and between the treatment and MIDAS degree. No significant correlation between migraine form and age of patients and migraine form and gender or education is found. Conclusion: The correct treatment of migraine is an important factor in diminishing the burden of migraine especially in the newly diagnosed patients.


Pesticide concentration and pesticide volume per unit area are two key indictors in crop protection.The performance test of jet type mixers have been conducted.by using salt water in order to simulate different pesticide concentration or different pesticides.Conclusions were drawn by the performance test as follow: size of pipe diameter has major influence on the inlet volume of salt water,specific gravity size of salt water has major influence on the trends of the inlet volume of salt water.The conclusion of correlation between the different specific gravity and the inlet volumes of salt water was concluded by curves in this paper.All information in the paper maybe help people are to work out jet type mixer in the future.


The article explores the essence of management processes of state property in terms of the influence of transformational processes. The definition of public ownership was proposed. In the article author emphasize, the role of synergistic effect of state property management of the process in forming of new economic structure. The model of management of state property, that taking into account the emergent properties was described. The effect of the state property management processes in the overall control system was investigated. It is the sum of the effects of the processes of transformation of one form into another property and state property management processes It was revealed that the subprocesses, which carry a certain contribution to the overall transformation of state property management process have the costs and receive additional benefits. Author discover provided stability of state property management and  necessary conditions for the existence of processes of state property management system. The transformational cycle on the analysis of step-up and step-down waves allowed can establish the characteristics of the processes of public property was researched. Forming the transformation period and generalized nature of economic transformation in the model of transformational cycle was analyzed. In the article the use of generalized indicator of economic stability of the structure of the evaluation process for state property management was offered. The general condition of public property, and its individual elements were reviewed by using formal model, which can be formalized as a system of equations, that describing the movement of the system.


The movie 7 Hati 7 Cinta 7 Wanita directed by Robby Ertanto that presents a representation of seven women in the Indonesian context through certain signs, concepts, thoughts, and language. This representation can be in the form of a depiction of physical or psychological violence, subordination, workload, power, or women's reproductive rights. The research method used Roland Barthes' semiotic analysis model and constructivist paradigm approach. Barthes' theory represents two ideological signs that he put forward, namely the denotative sign system or the connotative sign system: A denotative sign, which is a more rigorous descriptive system than the connotative sign it has described, is the result of the existing signifier image and the signified concept. for example vegetables and milk are markers and healthy and strong are markers. Whereas A connotative sign is a sign that experiences a shift in its historical meaning due to a change in meaning. It can be influenced by a change in culture or terminology, an event that occurs in a situation, or even just an evolution.The results of this study indicate that in the movie7 Hati 7 Cinta 7 Wanita contains at least three points of findings: (1) aspects of female domestication and gender politics, which encourage women to be placed in traditional positions as housewives, (2) aspects of segregation, namely placing women in a weak position in relation to men, (3) many women experience the reality that places them in subordinate positions.


THE RESULTS OF AN APPLICATION OF INFORMATION THEORY CONCEPTS AS A CORRELATIONAL TOOL ARE DESCRIBED. THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE WHICH PORTIONS OF VERBAL MALFUNCTION REPORTS ARE MOST USEFUL TO MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL IN THE PERFORMANCE OF MAINTENANCE, AND WHICH ASPECTS OF THE MAINTENANCE SITUATION ARE MOST HIGHLY RELATED TO TOTAL MAINTENANCE EFFICIENCY. THE MAJOR FINDINGS WERE' /1/ THAT VARIABILITY IN SYMPTOM REPORTING/ AN OPERATOR CHARACTERISTIC/ IS A MAJOR DETERMINER IN THE PROBABILITY OF SUCCESSFUL EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE, /2/ THAT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL HAVE ACCESS TO CONSIDERABLY MORE INFORMATION THAN THAT CONTAINED IN THE SYMPTOM, BUT /3/ THAT THEY DO NOT USE THIS INFORMATION AS EFFICIENTLY AS THEY MIGHT AND /4/ THAT THE INFORMATION IN VERBAL MALFUNCTION REPORTS IS NON-UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THOSE REPORTS. THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION DEMONSTRATED THE EXISTENCE OF STRUCTURE IN MAINTENANCE DATA, AND THE PRACTICALITY OF INFORMATION THEORY AS A TOOL FOR ANALYZING DATA AND QUANTIFYING EFFECTS. /AUTHOR/


This survey aimed at investigating the degree of susceptibility of workers from two personality poles (extraversion/introversion) and gender to occupational stress. Data were collected from one hundred and ninety civil servants (hundred males and ninety femals) between the age range of 18 - 35 years in the Akwa Ibom State ministries of works and finance, Uyo. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and Job-related Tension Scale (JTS) were used to determine the personality dimensions and to measure the occupational stress of workers respectively. A 2 x 2 factorial design was instrumental in data collection while Analysis of Variance and F-test statistical tools were adopted for data analysis. The two hypotheses formulated for the study were rejected. This revealed that there is a significant difference between extraverted and introverted workers response to occupational stress as there is a significant difference between male and female workers response to occupational stress. Based on the results of the study, it was advanced that stress management strategies aimed at ensuring employee performance and organizational effectiveness should take personality and gender differences into consideration.


Trichloroisocyanuric acid is found to be an efficient catalyst for the electrophilic substitution reactionof indole with aldehydes/ketones to afford the corresponding bis-indolyl, tris-indolyl, di(bis-indolyl),tri(bis-indolyl), and tetra(bis-indolyl)methanes under solid-state conditions by pulverization-activationmethod at room temperature with excellent yields. The remarkable features of this new procedure arehigh conversions, shorter reaction times, cleaner reaction profiles, and simple experimental and work-upprocedures.


American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), scientists tackling problems of the brain have had an infusion of federal research money that may not have been available to them in the small pot of federal research money at the NINDS. For years, scientists seeking federal grants have known the high funding bar: 89 percent of the grants are turned down. In a telephone interview, NINDS Director Story Landis, PhD, spoke to Neurology Today about the shot of research money and what it could mean to the understanding of neurological disorders. "It was a miracle the NIH got the money, of course, and it is great that our institute got what we did: $404 million," said Dr. Landis. Half of the money, roughly $200 million, went to grants — reflecting interests in Parkinson disease, autism, stroke, epilepsy, and genetics — that were past the pay line of 11 percent. "There is great science relevant to neurological studies that would not have been funded." So who got the money and why? Dr. Landis and her colleagues received 1,500 grants targeting the ARRA stimulus pot of research money; 37 received grants, which have to be accounted for over a two-year period. Among recipients were Joel S. Perlmutter, MD, the Elliot Stein Family Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. His was a continuation of an RO1 grant that was submitted for its third competitive renewal. The group received funding for the first two years. This last grant received a lower priority score, according to Dr. Perlmutter — "just barely above the payline." If ARRA funding had not occurred "the research program would have stopped." "This [stimulus funding] has made a huge difference for this research," he added. "Some of the most important grants are for junior faculty just starting out who may have trouble obtaining their first RO1 grant," explained Dr. Perlmutter. "We have been in danger of losing an entire generation of clinician-scientists due to the difficult funding climate. The stimulus program has provided a reprieve. The concern, of course, is that after the two years we will fall again into the extremely tight funding and may lose some of the momentum that will build in the next two years." Dr. Perlmutter studies the effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) on reducing motor symptoms in Parkinson disease — his studies provide a window into the current funding gaps. The investigators developed a novel method to localize electrode contacts deep in the brain that would allow them to investigate how DBS differentially affects motor and cognitive functions and how these alterations relate to DBS-induced neurophysiologic responses in the brain. Such studies have the potential to help refine targeting and inform future development of new electrode design to improve programming strategies for optimal clinical benefit. NIH Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, said that every research grant Federal Stimulus Dollars Trickle Down to Neurology


ABSTRACT Distillation is the most common separation process used in the chemical and petroleum industry. Major limitations in the applicability and efficiency of distillation come from thermodynamic equilibria, that is, vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE), and heat and mass transfer rates. In this work, electric fields are used to manipulate the VLE of mixtures. VLE experiments are performed for various binary mixtures in the presence of electric fields on the order of a few kilovolts per centimeter. The results show that the VLE of some binary mixtures is changed by electric fields, with changes in the separation factor as high as 10% being observed. Batch distillation experiments are also carried out for binary mixtures of 2-propanol and water with and without an applied electric field. Results show enhanced distillation rates and separation efficiency in the presence of an electric field but decreased separation enhancement when the electric current is increased. The latter phenomenon is caused by the format...


In this work the analysis and design of a continuous time 2nd order ∆Σ modulator for ultra low power applications is presented. The demand for low power application is raising and especially the RF part of a circuit is one of the most power hungry having an ADC that won't require big amounts of power to run is then required. Continuous time ∆Σ have become more popular in the last decade for this very reason, they are a suitable choice for low power applications and their continuous time architecture has an inherent anti aliasing filter which can completely remove the need for a dedicated filter. In this work a loop filter using only one amplifier is used, and the compensation of the amplifier is made such not to waste current in charging extra capacitance. Also a successive approximation register is used as the internal quantizer hence making the whole architecture designed for low power applications. The modulator achieve a maximum SNR of 65dB with an input bandwidth of 500kHZ and consuming only 69μW per conversion. The circuit was simulated using a 65nm CMOS process and will be fabricated later this year.


Takotsubo cardiomyopathy often occurs in elderly women after emotional or physical stress.5 Such stresses cause catecholamine excess that has myocardial toxicity through direct myocardial cell injury, epicardial coronary artery spasm, microcirculation dysfunction, and enhanced inflammation. The apical myocardium is more responsive to sympathetic stimulation, which may make it more vulnerable to catecholamine surge. Catecholamine excess, originating from circulating systemic sources or from cardiac sympathetic nerves, seems to play an important role in the pathogenesis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy. In addition to catecholamine excess, several hypotheses have been postulated to explain the development of takotsubo cardiomyopathy. However, the underlying patho-mechanisms of takotsubo cardiomyopathy remain unclear.6 n 1990, Sato et al first reported 3 Japanese cases characterized by chest pain, electrocardiographic changes and reversible left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction with apical ballooning mimicking acute myocardial infarction (AMI) but in the absence of epicardial coronary artery obstruction (Figure 1).1 It was given the name of takotsubo cardiomyopathy because of its unique systolic LV morphology resembling a Japanese octopus trapping pot (a tako-tsubo). Since then, numerous similar cases have been described in Japan and from other countries.2,3 Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is now recognized as an established clinical entity.4


This paper examines the association between a variety of health indicators and GDP growth rates over the period 1972-2011, using a balanced panel dataset consisting of seven members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), excluding Afghanistan. We explicitly accounted for interactions between survival rates and lagged GDP levels as well as endogeneity issues. The findings revealed that the survival rate and other health indicators are positively associated with GDP growth. Accordingly, investments that promote improvements in health outcomes in South Asian countries could potentially accelerate economic development in the region.


EL ZEIN, ABDUL HAMID M. The Sacred Meadows: A Structural Analysis of Religious Symbolism in an East African Town. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1974. xxiii+ 365 pages. $18.75. Perhaps the most convincing structural treatment of a particular society to date which effectively combines both detailed diachronic and intricate synchronic analysis. Zein studies an Islamized East African group with respect to both their history and their religious symbolism. What will be of most interest is his recording of a complex, oral version of Genesis 1-4 combining Islamic, Christian, Jewish, and native elements in a peculiarly coherent narrative. Zein's interpretation is suggestive; his collection of various bits of native exegesis and sermons from different social strata and groups is invaluable. GOLDMAN, IRVING. The Mouth of Heaven: An Introduction to Kwakiutl Religious Thought. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1975. xvi+ 265 pages. $13.50. A rich study of a Northwest Coast Amerindian culture based largely upon the published and unpublished fieldwork of Franz Boas and George Hunt conducted during the period 1885-1942. Goldman attempts to separate out what represents archaic, native tradition from newer practices which were largely a response to outside influences. This leads to a major reinterpretation of the potlatch ritual and a recovery of its religious meaning. Of most general interest is his creative discussion of myth's perception of the discrepancy between present and primeval time, his distinction between cosmic and curing shamans and their relationship to chiefs, and his concern for the elaboration of aristocracy among a hunting people. GRANET, MARCEL. The Religion of the Chinese People. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1976. vii + 200 pages. $17.50. A translation of Granet's classic study (1922) with a brilliant introduction by Maurice Freedman. Granet sets out to describe the fundamental structures of Chinese society and religion through an intense textual analysis of what he took to be reflections of the peasant culture of pre-Imperial China. Although neither his methods nor his presuppositions would command general assent by modern scholars, his interpretations remain profoundly suggestive. It is instructive to compare this reissued masterwork with two recent works: Derk Bod-


Understanding about patterns container flows is very important for port planning, development and operation, in particular export-based economy like Viet Nam. Reliable and accurate estimated models of those data flows help decision makers produce efficient and effective long-term development plans. In this paper, the authors conduct the empirical research study by applying Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Box Jenkins Approach, to analyse structural relations and characteristics of container flows through ports in Viet Nam. By this, we propose suitable forecasting models and port management policies.


The construction situation of Heavy Plate Plant in Jinan Iron and Steel Co. is introduced. The new equipment and the reformation of the imported second-hand ones are respectively introduced in detail. The accrued problems in test run are analyzed, and the relative improving measures are pointed out.


The invention relates to a matrix tablet for the prolonged release of gliclazide which ensures continuous and consistent release of the active principle, unaffected by changes in pH of the dissolution medium, after oral administration.


Librarians who work with Web sites have long faced a common dilemma: they have expertise with information, searching, and organization, but they have lost the ability to assume the mindset of their end users. As with any profession, they have also developed terms of art that are highly meaningful for themselves but often mystify others: periodicals, reference, and bibliographic instruction, to name a few. It is not surprising, therefore, that Web librarians wholeheartedly embraced John Kupersmith's Library Terms that Users Understand, first a Web site and now an interactive PDF hosted at the University of California's eScholarship repository (http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3qq499w7). Since the PDF was posted, it has been downloaded over 2,200 times and has been cited over 30 times (according to Google Scholar). From my position as editor of the Journal of Web Librarianship, I feel confident saying that the prior Web site version was cited hundreds of times in library literature since its release in 2002. Upon learning that John Kupersmith had retired, I thought it was about time the Journal of Web Librarianship readership learn more about this project, hear John's thoughts about research in this area, and potentially take some advice about what the profession might pursue next. He was kind enough to chat on the phone and then work together on the interview below. I hope readers find inspiration for their own research in the conversation. JWL: Where did you get the idea for Library Terms That Users Understand? Kupersmith: I was doing usability work at UC Berkeley as a member of their Web Advisory Group. As with any library Web committee, there


This paper deals with ED electromagnetic modelling of a transformer so as to evaluate eddy current losses in the tank. In this purpose, several numerical methods have been used with two ED softwares, FLUXED (LEG) and TRIFOU (EDF). These methods use either nodal finite elements with the magnetic vector potential (MUXED), or the edge finite elements with the magnetic field as the state variable (TRIFOU). Classical volume elements and several special elements have been used: shell elements with the magnetic vector potential for the modelling of thin conducting regions, and surface elements for conducting regions with a small skin depth. The results given by these methods with several characteristics of the tank and magnetic core have been compared and their validity domain has been verified. The sheel elements suit well when the skin depth is larger than the tank thickness, whereas in the opposite case, the surface elements for thin skin depth regions are well adapted


This paper addresses the problem of sectoral approach in the formulation and assessment of projects in development co-operation. Sectoral studies and reports often ignore cross-links between aspects covering poverty, gender, culture, social and institutional fabric, and environment. A first important improvement would be to synchronise the execution of the various sectoral studies. Further improvement may be found in the integration of sectoral studies. Two different forms can be distinguished. At a lower level of integration, the studies are required to focus on a common set of alternatives. At a higher level, one single assessment will cover all relevant cross-sectoral aspects. The paper presents some preliminary reflections and experiences by the Commission for Environmental Impact Assessment in the Netherlands on development of a conceptual framework for integration of assessments.


A new fossil walnut, Juglans eocinerea sp. nov, very similar to the fossil Juglans tephrodes Unger and the extant butternut Juglans cinerea L., is described and illustrated based on nut specimens from the Beaufort Formation (Miocene?) on southwestern Banks Island. Extremely good preservation permitted the following external measurements: length, maximum width, maximum width to base, maximum thickness, maximum thickness to the base, and the internal measurements: seed length, seed width, maximum seed depth, divided width, length and width of the major septum, and wall thickness.In addition, ratios such as length to width, length to maximum width to base, length to height, length to distance from maximum height to base, length to seed length, seed length to width, length to length of major septum, and seed depth to height are calculated.These measurements were also made on the fossil J. tephrodes Ung., and the extant species J. nigra L. and J. cinerea L.Comparisons with modern and fossil forms indicate that...