In sheet metal parts formed by Electrohydraulic (free forming) process, a spherically shaped reflector is predicted to result in a highly non-uniform thickness strain distribution. As expected, the thickness strain (and hence thinning) is maximum at the top of the formed dome. The probability of failure is therefore highest at this location. A finite element model is formulated in ABAQUS explicit to generate the strain distribution in sheet metal. The model considers a water filled chamber to transmit the pressure pulse. The effect of the electrical discharge between the electrodes is modeled as a pressure wave of a certain magnitude originating from the location of the electrodes. The constitutive relation for the sheet is described by the Johnson-Cook model and non-deformable/ stiff tools are used. The extent of non-uniformity in thickness strain distribution has been expressed in terms of Strain Non-uniformity Index (SNI). It is the difference between the peak thickness strain (PTS) and the average thickness strain (ATS). For successful forming, the value of SNI should be as low as possible. This is enabled by an alternate design of the reflector which is compared with the spherical shape. The pros and cons of using either shape of reflector are examined in the paper.


Sixteen clones from INIFAT's working collection of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) were planted on a typic Red Ferralitic soil in January, 1996. Clones were distributed in a randomized block design with three repetitions, in 5 m-long plots (an area of 22.50 m 2 ). The technical patterns recommended to the crop were used. Two evaluations were performed: one at nine months old and the second one at 12 months, and the following characters were studied: plant height, number of commercial and non commercial roots, commercial and non commercial root weight, stem weight, harvest index, root length and diameter and yield/m 2 . Yield/m 2


In this paper, we compare two African cases across time; the conjunction of development initiatives and structural adjustment in the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe in the early 1990s and industrial plantation forestry in present-day Uganda. Each case presents a specific constellation of political and economic forces that has produced prejudicial effects on local populations in their time period of application and are, essentially, different versions of structural violence that produce social suffering. While each case depicts a specific type of violent encounter manifest at a particular historical moment, these are comparable in the domains of environmental impacts, disruptions to societies, co-opting of local economies, disordering of systems of meaning and social reproduction, and nefarious effects on well-being. We analyze the conjunction of these effects through a theoretical lens of structural violence and social suffering. Our analysis draws particular attention to the role of TNCs in driving this structural violence and its effects.


During past decades, great attention has been paid to propagation of endangered plant taxa in order to preserve biodiversity. The aim of this study was to optimize a protocol for in vitro propagation of the critically endangered and decorative species Dianthus serotinus Waldst. et Kit. The effects of different concentration of MS salt (Murashige and Skoog) of the culture, medium pH and different carbohydrates (sucrose, glucose, and fructose) on shoot multiplication were examined. The best results were obtained on half-strength MS (Murashige and Skoog) medium, whose pH was 5.8, with sucrose supplied at a concentration of 3%, when shoots with 1-2 nodes or shoot tips (with terminal buds only) were used as explants. The shoots were rooted (76.7%) on half-strength MS medium containing 0.5 mg∙L-1 NAA (1-naphthaleneacetic acid). The obtained plantlets were successfully acclimatized (89%) in a 4:1 mixture of peat and sand and they flowered the following year. Presented protocol enables successful in vitro propagation of D. serotinus.


The insufficient provision of micronutrients (vitamins A, D, E, C, and B-group, the minerals zinc, iron, selenium, magnesium, copper, and phosphorus) weakens the immune response, which can increase the risk of infection, contribute to disease severity and COVID-19 complications. The population of Russia, both adults and children, has deficiencies of multiple micronutrients (vitamins D, B-group, calcium, magnesium, zinc, and iodine), their simultaneous deficiency is experienced by about one third of the surveyed population. The micronutrients in the body are interconnected to form metabolic networks. A lack of one or more vitamins can disrupt the conversion of other vitamins to their biologically active forms, causing a functional vitamin deficiency. The percentage of vitamins and minerals in the diet of the population is a modifiable risk factor for infectious diseases. This implies replenishing the insufficient dietary intake of micronutrients not only to cover the needs of the body, but also to achieve their optimal provision. We are not dealing with therapy with and use of vitamins in pharmacological dosages. The intake of multivitamins provides protection against COVID-19, a decrease in the severity of the disease, a reduction in the manifestations of post-COVID sequels, and an increase in the efficiency of vaccination. Optimization of the vitamin status in all population groups through the intake of vitamin and mineral supplements (VMS) containing a complete set of vitamins and immunotropic elements is an underestimated important preventive factor in protecting from viral infections. Conclusion: The relevance of taking VMS in pregnancy and lactation during the pandemic is becoming even more important. During the pandemic, the use of VMS by pregnant and lactating women will not only improve their own micronutrient status and subsequently optimize the percentage of vitamins and minerals in breast milk, and thus the micronutrient status of the baby, but will also contribute to the body's resistance to disease.


The Amount and Nature of Teacher Help Necessary For Optimum Achievement Through Use of Programed Learning Devices Prepared by: Herbert Hite, Professor, College of Education, Washington State University, and Larry Wriggle, Principal Investigator. The objective of this study was to determine what effect different teacher roles would have on achievement of students using programed learning devices. Two sets of five classrooms of ninth-grade algebra students studied mathematics set theory for 25 minutes each day during the regular algebra period. In each set, four of the classes utilized the program, Modern Mathematics--Book 2. The fifth class was taught by a teacher using lesson plans which paralleled the program. Each of the four programed learning classes was taught by a teacher acting in a different teaching role. The four teaching conditions were: a. The teacher merely monitored the programed learning session. b. The teacher gave no help but completed the program himself. c. The teacher answered individual student'? s questions. d. The teacher supplemented the program by reviewing basic concepts. Student achievement in the ten different classes was compared on the basis of mean scores and dispersions of scores for each group. Statistical treatment included both analyses of variance and covariance. In one set of five classes, no significant differences in student achievement were found. In the other set of five classes one of the experimental classes achieved at a level which was significantly higher than any gr of the other classes. In this class students combined study of the program "mwiwimm71 31 with supplementation by the teacher. The fact that this type of teacher supplementation was superior in one experimental set and not in the other led to further study of the specific procedures used by the two teachers. The research staff tentatively concluded that it was the systematic nature of the teacher supplementation which was superior. In the procedure which was different and successful the teacher reviewed by orally summarizing each concept presented in the program in the order in which it occurred, In the other procedure, the teacher reviewed by means of answering students' questions in a class discussion. In one set of experimental classes, dispersion of scores on the achievement test varied in direct proportion to the amount of teaching help given students. In the other set of five classes there were no significant differences in terms of dispersion, and such differences as occurred were in the opposite direction as in the other experiment. Teachers reported no serious problems in administering the program which was in the form of a programed text. Analysis of the opinionnaires suggested the possibility that a negative teacher attitude towards programed learning might be reflected in relatively low student achievement. A comparison of achievement and teacher time expended indicated that the programs resulted in a substantial saving in teacher time, with no loss in achievement. Programed learning achievement correlated positively with previous achievement in algebra, suggesting that the same student characteristics associated with success under traditional academic learning conditions would be associated with success under programed learning conditions. The research staff concluded that programed learning directed towards acnievement of mathematical concepts is as effective as other forms of


Abstract Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of the neurotrophin family and plays an important role in neuroplasticity, differentiation and survival of neurons, as well as their function. Neuroinflammation has been explored in the pathophysiology of many mental disorders, such as schizophrenia. Cytokines representing different types of immune responses have an impact on neurogenesis and BDNF expression. Cross-regulation of BDNF and cytokines is accomplished through several signalling pathways. Also, typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs variously modulate the expression of BDNF and serum levels of cytokines, which can possibly be used in evaluation of therapy effectiveness. Comorbidity of metabolic syndrome and atopic diseases has been considered in the context of BDNF and cytokines interplay in schizophrenia.


Mechanical properties of Y₂O₃-containing tetragonal ZrO₂ polycrystals (Y-TZP) were investigated. Several additives were used to modify the hardness and fracture toughness of Y-TZP. The effects of these individual additives were discussed and their interactions were also analyzed. Each additive, such as CoO, Fe₂O₃, MnO₂ was found to deteriorate the mechanical properties of Y-TZP when it was used singly. But the fracture toughness of Y-TZP was significantly improved when these additives and Al₂O₃ were added in combination at a certain ratio.


According to The European Parliament and The Council (Decision No. 1386/2013/UE), the emission of air pollutants during the last years has decreased, but still constitute a serious problem in many parts of Europe. Apart from sulfur oxide, nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), among air pollutants are also elements, which have a negative impact on environment and human health and life. During coal combustion and coking coal processes, a part of these elements are released into the atmosphere. For this reason, coal processing is one of the main sources of their emissions to the environment. Particular attention should be paid to the emission of such elements as mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), thallium (Tl) and their compounds, which are characterized by very high ecotoxicity. In this article the current standards and regulations on emissions of mercury, arsenic and thallium into the atmosphere for selected coal conversion processes as well as opportunities to reduce these emissions were presented.


We introduce a notion of partition wreath product of a finite group by a partition quantum group, a construction motivated on the one hand by classical wreath products and on the other hand by the free wreath product of J. Bichon. We identify the resulting quantum group in several cases, establish some of its properties and show that when the finite group in question is abelian, the partition wreath product is itself a partition quantum group. This allows us to compute its representation theory, using earlier results of the first named author.


Typhoid carriers have been frequently found among persons who have had typhoid fever, and among others who have never had it. Some of these carry the typhoid bacillus in the intestine, and with every bowel movement, many bacilli are thrown into the sewage, on the soil, or wherever the stool happens to be deposited. Others carry the bacillus in the urinary tract, and every micturition contaminates everything soiled by the urine. The case reported here followed typhoid. It is of interest because of a severe kidney lesion produced, and, to a certain extent, because of a long interval between the typhoid fever and the severe symptoms produced by the kidney lesion. History. —A farmer, aged 41, admitted to the Bismarck Hospital, June 22, 1917, complaining of bladder trouble, with such symptoms as frequent urination and discomfort, had had typhoid at the age of 28, and during the attack he had


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hypotensive It an initial short-lived due to catecholamine a prolonged hypotension adrenergic-neurone The action of guanethidine on the medullary vasomotor centre was studied. The activity of the medullary vasomotor centre was assessed by centrally evoked pressor responses obtained by direct electrical stimulation of the vasomotor centre and by centrally mediated reflex pressor responses, namely the pressor responses to electrical stimulation of the central cut end of a vagus nerve and to occlusion of the common carotid artery. The direct stimulation of the medullary vasomotor centre was done by means of a stereotaxically oriented bipolar concentric electrode using the Horsley Clark stereotaxic instrument. The electrode placement was aided by the parameters described by Wang & Ranson (1939). Rectangular wave pulses were obtained from a Grass model S4 stimulator. The central cut end of the vagus nerve was electrically stimulated using a tubular plastic electrode. The parameters of stimulation were adjusted so as to obtain pressor or depressor responses. The nictitating membrane response to preganglionic cervical sympathetic nerve stimulation was recorded on a kymograph by a frontal writing lever; these responses served as a test of the peripheral sympathetic neurone blocking action of guanethidine. a-methyldopa mg, intracerebro-ventricularly intravenously pronethalol


This thesis in form of a qualitative-field research done by the tools of documentary study and an in-depth interview with 19 key informants, together withparticipated observation, is of 3 objectives: (1) to study Peace Dhammas for youths evidently shown in Theravada Buddhist Scripture, (2) to study states of problems and school-youths' violent-behaviors, and (3) to suggest the way to apply Peace Dhammas to school-youth resolution. From the research, it is found the followings: (1) Peace Dhammas for the youth in Buddhist Scripture: There are 3 Dhammas suit to improve youths, i.e. Sati: Mindfulness, the awareness without carelessness at times of encountering the arousing stimulus or the things agitated the mind, Khanti: Tolerance, the patience of fighting barriers or hindrances in life, and Santi: Peace, having mindful calmness and willingness to sacrifice to calm-heartedly move on.  These 3 sections of Dhammas can be applied to develop or improve the youths as the way to create protection, decrease conflicts and violence for youths. (2) The states of problems and conflicts and violence among school-youths in educational institutions: They are mostly found in the manners of un-proper actions and speech as the conflicts between students and teachers, parents and students, including among the students themselves; in view of this, schools and educational institutions resolve in setting up rules and regulations in resolving problem (3) The way to bring Peace Dhammas to apply to develop the youths in educational institutions:  It is the mindful practice through meditation prior to studying in that one's mind will be calm and cool and ready to be developed, got trained in having tolerance with given examples of ones who lacked of it and made such wrong decisions and finished their future; or it can be done by taking the practitioners to the youth detention center to see the outcome of not being tolerant.  Lastly is to positive attitudes to the teachers and parents related to the youth training to attain peace in living life in accordance with the Buddha's teachings.


The recent development of next-generation sequencing technology has enabled increased genomic analysis, but very few single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers applicable to sweet persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) cultivars have been identified. In this study, SNP primers developed from five pollination-constant astringent (PCA) persimmons native to Korea were applied to discriminate between cultivars and verify their usability. The polymerase chain reactions of 19 SNP primers developed by Jung et al. were checked, with 11 primers finally selected. The other eight were very difficult to analyze in the agarose gel electrophoresis and QIAxcel Advanced System used in this experiment and were therefore excluded. The 11 SNP primers were applied through first and second verification to 76 cultivars and collection lines including 20 pollination-variant non-astringent (PVNA), 30 pollination-constant non-astringent (PCNA), 20 PCA, and six pollination-variant astringent (PVA). Of these, 38 were indistinguishable (eight PVNA, 18 PCNA, nine PCA, and three PVA). However, the results of applying the 11 SNP primers to new sweet persimmon cultivars, namely Gamnuri, Dannuri, Hongchoo, Jamisi, and Migamjosaeng, showed that they have the potential to be used as a unique marker for simultaneously determining between them.


A compact dual- and wide-band cavity-backed slot antenna subarray has been presented in this paper. Ridged slots have been employed in the design to shorten the slot length. Four slots are fed by two feeding networks printed on the upper layer of a substrate for great design flexibility. The designed antenna has been measured and experimental results have shown that the 10 dB return loss bandwidth is 7.5% for 900 MHz band and 26% for 1800 MHz band, respectively. Because of its compact size and good radiation patterns at both frequency bands, this described subarray can be very useful for dual-band array applications


The method of questionnaire investigation,expert interview,literature material,logic analysis,and mathematical statistics are used in this paper.2000 high school students(male and female)and 100 P.E.teachers in 20 villages and towns were interviewed about the present situation of the high school students in villages and towns in Jilin province in 2012.Through the analysis of the status of their practicing Sunshine Sports Program,we have found the problems.And our reasonable suggestions and the results of the research are as follows:First,Overall level of the physical quality of students is dropping;Second,Obesity and weight low rate are increasing gradually;Third,most schools have arranged the sunlight sports activities,but the time of activities is insufficient,besides,we have lack of venues and equipment.And the enthusiasm of students in physical education is not high because sports teachers' teaching methods and teaching content are single and boring;The result of the suvey is that most of the parents support children to participate in sports activities,at the same time,the government and schools at all levels should also adopt corresponding policies and methods to promote the development of sunshine sports.


The purpose of this article is to examine the different possible paths the Pakistan People's Party could take following its coming into power in December 1971. For this purpose the paper examines the economic and political forces that were operating in the country at that time, the main options open to it and the consequences and limitations of the path it eventually takes.


Through the reliability analysis and assessment of main auxiliary equipment for nation-wide 200 MW and above thermal power generator unit in 2005, the reliability index for near 5 years were compared and analyzed, the changing tendency of major indices, such as operation, availability and un-planning outage, was put forward for 5 kinds of major auxiliary equipments (coal mill, feed pump, draft fan, induced draft fan and high voltage heater), which can offer the beneficial basis for the reliability management of power enterprise and the product quality management of production profession.


Amplitude distortion and phase distortion of signal caused by radar transmitter and receiver and Doppler frequency produced by target radical movement are three key factors that influence the performance of pulse compression.Through deducting the algorithms behind these influences theoretically,their actual effects are simulated and explained,as well as the requirement of corresponding specifications analyzed.And some useful suggestions on signal processing method are concluded when these factors exist.


Space agencies have recently awoken to the importance of exploring ocean worlds. Some of these celestial bodies, such as Enceladus and Europa, exist within the dynamic moon systems of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn. The will to investigate these moons in detail motivated the study of a new class of trajectories — complex moon tours with the objective of drastically cutting down on the cost of orbital capture at these moons. This work tackles the specific challenge of designing a preliminary spacecraft trajectory capable of delivering as much mass as possible to Enceladus' orbit. To begin with, a framework for the mission is established. Then, the trajectory design starts with the optimisation of several interplanetary flight sequences, obtained through a process based on Tisserand plots. To achieve this, a global optimisation procedure with a cooperative stochastic topology is outlined and implemented. To obtain solutions for the moon tour, a modern V∞-Leveraging technique, demonstrated to be essential for this class of missions, is studied and used. Finally, in a step beyond current literature, the effect of the addition of inter-moon transfer orbits to the moon tour's solution is discussed and found to be non-negligible. The outcome of this work is an example preliminary trajectory that enables an Enceladus orbiter spacecraft of up to two tonnes, within a mission time of 13.9 years.


1Co-Ordinator, Department of Master of Computer Application,UBDTCE,Davangere 2Shriraksha A S,PG Student, Department of Master of Computer Application,UBDTCE,Davangere ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT With an increase in population, there is an increase in the number of road accidents. These are unpredictable and situations could not be reported to nearby hospitals on time.


The mental health service of Codigoro has a catchment area of 63,000 inhabitants and is situated east of Ferrara; it consists of a regional outpatient clinic and a group of apartments. In 1982 a "support center" was established on the premises of our day center to provide semiresidential facilities for six years for eight handicapped youths. In 1989 this was transferred to the social service of the local health unit.


Methods for treating fracture in composite material by the extended finite element method with meshes that are independent of matrix/fiber interfaces and crack morphology are described. All discontinuities and near‐tip enrichments are modeled using the framework of local partition of unity. Level sets are used to describe the geometry of the interfaces and cracks so that no explicit representation of either the cracks or the material interfaces are needed. Both full 12 function enrichments and approximate enrichments for bimaterial crack tips are employed. A technique to correct the approximation in blending elements is used to improve the accuracy. Several numerical results for both two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional examples illustrate the versatility of the technique. The results clearly demonstrate that interface enrichment is sufficient to model the correct mechanics of an interface crack. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The entire basin of the Rio Spini, as the entire mountainside of Caldonazzo Lake, is characterized by a substrate of phyllites. The whole area is also affected by a widespread sub-surface water movement; regarding land use, it is divided into two main sections: in the upper part of the basin there is mostly grassland and wooded area, while in the lower there are sparsely urbanized areas and agricultural crops. The analysis of the natural disasters (floods and landslides) that have occurred over the years within the basin (Service Archive and a specific database – Stock disasters of the Autonomous Province of Trento – ARCA Project) has shown that a large number of landslide/debris flow events with different degree of importance (estimated volumes from 50 to 16,000 cubic meters) have occurred. HYDROLOGIC ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF UNSTABLE AREAS The studies allowed to estimate the flood hydrograph with different types of modelling ("Piene_TN – Floods_Trento" and JGrass), testing the results. One of the most difficult aspects of the analysis of debris flow events is to estimate the volume of material potentially available in the basin: for a correct analysis is certainly required a great knowledge of the area and of its geomorphic processes, in order to identify critical areas.


Ronald Reagan's visit to Ireland in 1984 proved controversial, owing to the unpopularity of his Central American policy. Having dropped 'Sinn Féin' from its title, the WP opposed the visit and faced criticism from the three main parties in the Irish state for being 'anti-American' and 'silent' on Russian interference in Afghanistan and Poland. The taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald said the WP lacked 'credibility' because of its 'selective pro-Soviet stand'. No longer seen as a subversive threat in the 1980s, it supported Charles Haughey's minority government. This chapter will highlight Cold War perceptions of the WP's relationship with the Soviets and its links with Iraq and North Korea. Over the course of the decade, a small party, seen to have good electoral prospects in the south, advanced the Soviets' agenda in an EC member-state.


On September 11 2001 the world was changed, butforwhom and how? In hercriticaianalyses, Alison Donnell scrutinizes the attitudes to veiling in the Western media coverage after the attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The human rights abuses, and especially the sanctioned violence against women in Taliban Afghanistan had been known for many years, but was post-September 11 suddenly made media-visible - on Western terms. And in the massive coverage the veil or headscarf soon became an effective symbol of oppression. The former Orientalist gaze is being replaced, Donnell argues, by an Islamophobic. The veil, formerly viewed as an object of mystique, exotism and eroticism, is becominga highly visible sign of a despised difference. Consequently, in spite of several women's organisations opposingthe Taliban regime in Afghanistan, and in spite of the mutiple functions and values of the veil in different Islamic communities, the veiled woman is constantly represented as a passive victim and as a visual reminder of the incommensurability between Western and Islamic societies.


In this paper, we deal with cooperation in communication-limited and dynamic environments. More precisely, the focus is on cooperation with local communication for teams of non-selfish agents operating in dynamic and unpredictable environments. We propose a framework that allow the creation and evolution of groups (sub-teams) within a team. We support this framework by experimental and formal results.


Three systems of biogeocenotic horizons are distinguished as the phyto-, meso-, and pedostratas. Within the overall structure of the biogeocenosis, the role of the mesostrata is emphasized, which is the population of organisms and the materials processed by them (the fallen leaves and the products of the vital activity of plants). It is pointed out that the boundaries between stratas may be drawn differently depending on the purpose of an investigation. Extreme examples include flat boundaries which cut through organisms and fractal boundaries which leave the organisms intact.


A population of Bromus tectorum infesting an olive grove at Cordoba (Spain) survived simazine use rates of 3.0 kg a.i. ha -1 over two consecutive years. Non-tillage olive monoculture and two annual simazine applications had been carried out for 10 years. The resistant biotype showed a higher ED 50 value (7.3 kg a.i. ha -1 ) than that of the susceptible control (0.1 kg a.i. ha -1 ), a 73-fold increase in herbicide tolerance. The use of fluorescence, Hill reaction, absorption, translocation and metabolism assays showed that simazine resistance in this biotype was caused by a modification of the herbicide target site, since chloroplasts from the resistant biotype of B. tectorum were more than 300 times less sensitive to simazine than those from the susceptible biotype. In addition, non-treated resistant plants of B. tectorum displayed a significant reduction in the Q A to Q B electron transfer rate when compared with the susceptible biotype, a characteristic that has been linked to several mutations in the protein D conferring resistance to PS II inhibiting herbicides. Resistant plants showed cross-resistance to other groups of triazine herbicides with the hierarchy of resistance level being methoxy-s-triazines ≥chloro-s-triazines > methylthio-s-triazines > cis-triazines. The results indicate a naturally occurring target-site point mutation is responsible for conferring resistance to triazine herbicides. This represents the first documented report of target site triazine resistance in this downy brome biotype.


Aerodynamic control using a rotatable, miniature nose-tip strake system was investigated in a water tunnel using a forebody model of an F/A-18. Flow visualizations and yawing moment measurements were performed. Flow visualization results revealed that the small nose-tip strake functioned by generating vortices off its leading and trailing edges that then controlled the flow at the tip region. The system was shown to be highly effective in controlling the forebody vortices and producing controlled yawing moments at moderate-to-h igh angles of attack. The system was effective over a wide range of sideslip angles. A dual-strake produced a more gradual change in yawing moment with strake position than a single strake.


The leachability of heavy metals (Cu, Pb and Zn) from the coal fly ash samples was studied. The investigations executed using three leachability tests (USEPA, TCLP, ASTM). The effect of different parameters was determined (the diameter of ash grains, the kind of leaching solutions, pH of leaching solutions, the volume ratio of leaching solutions to the mass of ash samples, and the leaching time) on the leachability of the heavy metals from fly ash samples. Moreover, the influence of pH and changes in the redox potential of the leaching solutions as well as the presence of organic compounds that could potentially form complexes with metals and solubility changes of metals. The concentration of the metals studied (Cu, Pb and Zn) in all obtained solutions was determined by FAAS method. On the basis of the research investigations, optimal leachability conditions for Cu, Pb and Zn from fly ash in this study have been determined. We have also found that pH of the leaching solution, and the presence of organic compounds which have a potential capacity of complexion the metals are the important factors in determining the solubility of Cu, Pb and Zn.


ABSTRACT Production of fingerlings from very small fry depends upon an initial high concentration of rotifers followed by high densities of crustacean zooplankton. High fertilization rates lead to increased zooplankton production but often cause poor water quality conditions that aeration may alleviate. This study was designed to determine the effects of constant, nocturnal, and no aeration on water quality, primary productivity, and standing crops of phytoplankton and zooplankton in heavily fertilized nursery-size ponds that contained no fish. Four 0.04-ha ponds were aerated continually; four ponds were aerated only at night with a 372-W (1/2 hp) paddlewheel aerator; and four ponds were not aerated. For 21 days after they were filled on July 21, 1999, the ponds received 1,224 kg/ha rice bran and 581kg/ha liquid 9-27-0 fertilizer. Water quality variables, primary production, chlorophyll-a and zooplankton were sampled daily. Constant aeration resulted in several conditions more conducive to survival of fish fry, such as higher zooplankton densities, more moderate temperatures, and safer dissolved oxygen levels than did nocturnal aeration or no aeration. However, the development of a higher standing crop of phytoplankton and higher total ammonia concentrations in the turbulent, constantly aerated ponds resulted in higher un-ionized ammonia levels that were not favorable to survival and growth of fry. The high concentrations of zooplankton that developed in the aerated ponds have good potential for cropping to inoculate other ponds or to provide live foods for tank culture of zooplanktivorous fish.


Broadband modal acoustic emission (AE) data were acquired during intermittent load hold tensile test profiles on Toray T1000G carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy (C/Ep) single tow specimens. A novel trend seeking statistical method to determine the onset of significant AE was developed, resulting in more linear decreases in the Felicity ratio (FR) with load, potentially leading to more accurate failure prediction. The method developed uses an exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) control chart. Comparison of the EWMA with previously used FR onset methods, namely the discrete (n), mean (n (raised bar)), normalized (n%) and normalized mean (n(raised bar)%) methods, revealed the EWMA method yields more consistently linear FR versus load relationships between specimens. Other findings include a correlation between AE data richness and FR linearity based on the FR methods discussed in this paper, and evidence of premature failure at lower than expected loads. Application of the EWMA method should be extended to other composite materials and, eventually, composite components such as composite overwrapped pressure vessels. Furthermore, future experiments should attempt to uncover the factors responsible for infant mortality in C/Ep strands.


Two nonlinear controllers are proposed for a light-weighted all-electric vehicle: Chebyshev neural network based backstepping controller and Chebyshev neural network based optimal adaptive controller. The electric vehicle (EV) is driven by DC motor. Both the controllers use Chebyshev neural network (CNN) to estimate the unknown nonlinearities. The unknown nonlinearities arise as it is not possible to precisely model the dynamics of an EV. Mass of passengers, resistance in the armature winding of the DC motor, aerodynamic drag coefficient and rolling resistance coefficient are assumed to be varying with time. The learning algorithms are derived from Lyapunov stability analysis, so that system-tracking stability and error convergence can be assured in the closed-loop system. The control algorithms for the EV system are developed and a driving cycle test is performed to test the control performance. The effectiveness of the proposed controllers is shown through simulation results.


This guide is a compilation of resources about or relating to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 1990. Start here to learn about NAGPRA basics!


Video games have an almost ubiquitous status in today's industrial nations. One exceptionally strong growth segment is MMORPGs; these games are attracting increasing attention for their relevance to academic research and are the subject of studies both at individual and interdisciplinary level. World of Warcraft (ActivisionBlizzard, USA), the economically most successful MMORPG and simultaneously most successful digital entertainment product of all, is a good example to illustrate the academic and non-academic points of discourse with a focus on ethics. Many video games are opposed (most recently and forcefully in the Kölner Aufruf gegen Computergewalt-" Cologne appeal against computer violence ") on the grounds that they are potentially addictive, or they are criticised for the violence they portray or accused of dumbing down. In terms of method, these and the counterarguments (positive socialisation effects, learning stimulation, encouraging physical activity (Wii), etc.) share the same primarily empirical functional approach to questions of value in relation to this culture-defining phenomenon of virtual worlds as a form of entertainment. However, given the nature of the questions being raised in this booming online sphere, a primarily normative approach may prove more appropriate. Drawing on the example of gold farming in the context of World of Warcraft, i.e. where gold and other economic items of value are systematically generated under the WoW economic system and sold to gamers who are either unable or unwilling to invest the time needed to generate them themselves, this paper sets out to develop an ethical perspective in relation to video games. Here, alongside legal aspects (legality, taxation, etc.) and economic considerations (market development, pricing (currency rate, etc.), real money trading, etc.), the moral level above all is relevant. Is the use of gold farming as a form of web socialisation not only ludologically irritating but also morally unfair towards the other players? Are exploitation and oppression in fact fostered in the mainly Chinese gold farming organisations? Or does gold farming actually create valuable jobs? According to the Chinese market leader for online information and communities in the games segment,


In an earlier study, analysis of the changes in familial susceptibility to perinatal loss between 1936 and 1951 disclosed an increasing concentration of fetal and neonatal deaths among women with a history of previous child loss.' This analysis suggested the need for further research and for emphasis in public health services on the problems of this vulnerable group of women. There have been numerous studies of fetal and neonatal mortality rates in relation to age of mother, number of previous children, and previous child loss but, so far as we are aware, with-


ESSENTIALLY THE PROCESS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING OPERATIONS: A) SENSING TRANSDUCER 21 TYPE OF PIEZOELECTRIC, SIGNAL VIBRATION GENERATED BY EACH ROLLING UP HEAD 3 DUE TO VIBRATIONS PRODUCED BY ROLLS 8 AND (OR) COUNTER-ROLLER 11; B) CALCULATION OF THE VALUE OF THE MOVING AVERAGE BETWEEN ALL dETECTED VIBRATION SIGNALS AND PROPERLY PROCESSED, DEFINITION WORTH APPROPRIATE THRESHOLD DEPENDENT THE VALUE OF THE MOVING AVERAGE OBTAINED, AND COMPARISON OF EACH SIGNAL WITH THE THRESHOLD VALUE; AND C) SENDING A SIGNAL ALARM PARTICULAR, EACH TIME THE SIGNAL VIBRATION GENERATED BY ONE OF HEADS ROLL WITH 3 ROLLERS AND 8 (OR) BACK ROLLER EXCEEDS 11 DAMAGED THAT VALUE THRESHOLD, ALLOW THE LOCATION OF THIS HEAD ROLLING DAMAGED 3.


DOPAMINE (DAI containing neuronal systems in the CNS of man now appear to contribute to the regulation of extrapyramidal motor function (POIRER rr ul.. 1975: KLAWANS er ul.. 1976) as well as of affective state (SNYDER er ul.. 1974: GOODWIN er ul.. 1975). There is also some evidence to suggest that central catecholaminergic pathways participate in the control of such rhythmic phenomena as body temperature (HELLON. 1975). sleep-walking cycles (JOUVET. 1972). and the release of certain anterior pituitary hormones (COPPOLA. 1971; VAN LOON. 1973). These latter observations prompted this attempt to measure circadian fluctuations in cerebral DA metabolism in the primate. Male rhesus monkeys (MUCQCQ I?1&rru). weighing 5 4 . 5 kg were adapted to a primate restraining chair in a well brntilated sound-attenuated chamber in which lights were kept on from 0600 to 1800h and turned o f f from 1800 to 0600 h. Under ketamine hydrochloride (Parke Davis. Detroit. MI) and sodium pentobarbital (Abbott. N. Chicago. IL) anesthesia. cannula were implanted stereotaxically into the right lateral or 4th cerebral ventricles. The cannulae were secured to the skull with stainless steel screws and dental cement. Polyethylene tubing connected to the ventricular cannulae. passed through a small hole in the roof of the chamber to the pumping and collection apparatus. Ventricular fluid was withdrawn continuously 10.4 ml: h) from the cannula and collected in 2 h aliquots. Cerebrospinal fluid remained at room temperature in the collecting tubing for approx 1 h until i t could be refrigerated (4 C). Fractions from each 14-h period were collected in the morning and frozen (-20 C) until assaysed by the gas chromatographic-mass spectroscopy for homovanillic acid (3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenyl-acetic acid. HVA) ~GORDOX er ul.. 1974). the principal metabolite of DA in primates (GORDON er ul.. 1975. 1976). Data for this study was obtained from analysis of lateral ventricular fluid samples for 3 contiguous 24-h periods on 4 animals. and rrom fourth ventricular fluid samples for 3 contiguous 24-h periods on one animal. Although HVA concentrations are lower in the fourth. than in the lateral ventricle (GORDON vr ul.. 1075). the pattern of HVA concentration in both \entricks was essentially the same: results obtained from all animals were thus analyzed together. and plotted to compensate for dead space in the collection system. When analyzed as to variation about a daily mean, a graph of HVA concentration describes a circadian pattern as illustrated in Fig. I . A two factor analysis of variance with repeated measures was performed. Individual monkels comprised the non-repeated factor and time of day


A Kilobot is a small, inexpensive robot designed by the Self-Organizing Systems Research Group at Harvard University. These robots have features that enable researchers to test collective algorithms on hundreds of robots (called a swarm) without the logistical problems that are faced when dealing with a large number of units1. This paper presents a tested procedure on how to construct a Kilobot Swarm. The procedure was created from a combination of the original Kilobot documents made available by Harvard University2, other materials later released by Harvard3, as well as some additional insight and modifications that result in a single document with all of the relevant information to get a Kilobot Swarm operational.


Objective:To investigate the characteristics and clinical singnificance of nuclide image of collateral vein in portal hypertension. Methods: In contrast to 10 non cirrhotic volunteers, 50 cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension went through splenoportoscintigraphy. Results: 37 cases of 50 patients showed thick,clear collateral blood veins. Although the other 13 cases did not show clear collateral veins, the time of splenoportal circulation, the heart and liver images, and splenoportal circulation shape were all distinctively abnormal. Conclusions: Being a valuable technique in the diagnosis of abnormal blood circulation dynamics of the collateral vein caused by portal hypertension, splenoportoscintigraphy is well worth clinical popularization and application.


A syntactical characterization will be proved, with respect to a suitable language for topology, of those sentences whose truth in one base of a topological space implies their truth in all bases of the space. Or, restating this, those sentences whose truth for a space can be 'equivalently tested in any base for the space. (An example is the HAUSDORFF axiom -that every two points are separated by open sets is equivalent to every two points being separated by basic sets.) The author wishes to express gratitude to Professor H. JEROME KEISLER, his most helpful and patient thesis advisor.


Drawing from a number of sources including the author's own collection, this poster considers the impact of digital technology and globalization upon the design of firework packaging in Southern India. The research focuses specifically upon the printing town of Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu which owing to a combination of climatic, social and economic factors - as well as the dynamic entrepreneurship of the Nadar family - houses nearly 400 printing presses accounting for roughly 60% of offset printing in India. With a primary focus upon the packaging of fireworks, calendars and safety matches these companies have traditionally employed a highly-skilled workforce of artists and print technicians adept at exploiting pre-press processes to develop a characteristically deep and saturated visual language. In the last two decades the introduction of digital technologies has accompanied the growing market for western lifestyle and entertainment brands. In response to subsequent shifts in market tastes and aspirations, the firework companies have turned to a new generation of digital native designers to invigorate their brands. Although the sample of packaging gathered for this research confirms the enduring popularity of certain traditional forms, the emergence of unexpected hybrids points towards an intuitive, playful exploitation of online resources.


Changes in reporting in the official Vietnamese newspaper,the Nhan Dan on China reflect changing perceptions of the Vietnamese government.In turn,the government's changing perceptions impact Vietnamese policy behavior towards China.Over the past 10years,perceptions of China have shifted from role model to partner,from attention to local level politics to high level politics,and from playing catch up to being an equal.As neighboring states simultaneously rising in the Asia-Pacific region,bilateral relations between the two countries presently based on ideology and political institutions,are gradually shifting towards focusing on individual state interests in order to meet collective challenges and advance mutual development.


At first, this paper analyzes the solar water heater technology and constructs its technological system. On the basis of this, the patent data are used to measure the solar water heater technology. By the figure of the number of patents evolution, it can be speculated that patent outputs in this field will also continue to grow in the future; centricity measure is used to determine the F24J as the core technology, which playsa key role and hasa significant impact in the development of water heater technology; and through the IPC co-occurrence analysis, technology relevance and the visualization have been represented. Keyword: Technological Relationship; Patent Measure; Centricity; Technology Co-Occurrence


Three central goals in the treatment of diabetes mellitus are (1) the avoidance of hyperglycaemia to prevent the development or progression of diabetes complications over time, (2) the avoidance of hypoglycaemia and (3) the maintenance or achievement of good quality of life. Insulin is the most powerful agent that can be used to control blood glucose levels. This article reviews the studies that have investigated the effects of different types of insulin and insulin delivery techniques on quality of life of patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. First, the concept of 'quality of life' (QoL) is defined and different ways of measuring QoL are explained. Secondly, the effects of different aspects of insulin therapy on QoL are reviewed: (1) the phenomenon of 'psychological insulin resistance'; (2) the effects of different types of insulin: regular insulin versus short‐acting insulin analogues, long‐acting insulin analogues or biphasic mixtures; (3) multiple daily injections versus pump therapy.


Since the mobile communicative system is restricted by the wireless signal path, while the main factor that affects the wireless signal path is the geographical conditions of the wireless signal propagation. The geographical feature of mobile communication falls into three types: urban, suburb and countryside. This paper describes the adjustment of Okumura-Hata prediction model by applying linear regression method based on the on-the-spot tests of mobile communication base stations in the suburb of a city, including the comparison of emulational result with the measured data. The experiment proves that the prediction accuracy has been obviously raised by using this new method.


An interlinkage project between CAN and Ethernet based on Philips 32-bit ARM7 core microprocessor LPC2292 is introduced.Discussion is made on the software program with μC/OS-II and the design of the hardware interface of the measuring and controlling system.It is realized that the remote measure with Ethernet and CAN,a large remote measuring and controling and data transmission network is made.


Abstract The allenic derivatives of biologically active natural sesquiterpenes were synthesized by two reaction sequence: addition of Seyferth reagent producing dibromocyclopropanes then the allenic derivative formation by Hiyama reaction. the structure of all products was determined using 1H and 13C NMR.


Background: Urination disorders are common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and respond poorly to medication. This study aimed to analyze the risk factors for urination disorders in PD. Methods: Ninety-one patients with PD (aged 34–83 years old) were recruited. Patients were assessed with the Unified PD Rating Scale (UPDRS), Hoehn and Yahr stage, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), and Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA). Micturition number was recorded, and Type B ultrasound was used to evaluate residual urine. Statistics was performed using binary logistic regression, bivariate correlations, and Chi-square and t-tests. Results: Of 91 patients, urinary dysfunction occurred in 55.0%. Among these, 49.5% suffered with nocturia, 47.3% with pollakiuria. Nocturia number had a positive linear relationship with HAMA score (odds ratio [OR] = 0.340, P = 0.001), HAMD score (OR = 0.323, P = 0.002), duration of L-dopa medication (OR = 0.328, P = 0.001), dose of L-dopa (OR = 0.273, P = 0.009), UPDRS-II (OR = 0.402, P = 0.000), UPDRS-III score (OR = 0.291, P = 0.005), and PSQI score (OR = 0.249, P = 0.017). Micturition number over 24 h was positively associated with HAMA (OR = 0.303, P = 0.004) and UPDRS-II scores (OR = 0.306, P = 0.003). Of patients with residual urine, 79.3% had a volume of residual urine <50 ml. Residual urine was present in 44.4% of the patients with nocturia, 46.5% of the patients with pollakiuria, and 80.0% of the patients with dysuria. More men than women had residual urine (35.2% male vs. 13.3% female; P = 0.002). Conclusions: Nocturia and pollakiuria were common micturition symptoms in our participants with PD. Nocturia was associated with depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and severity of PD. Pollakiuria was associated with anxiety and severity of PD. Male patients were more prone to residual urine and pollakiuria.


Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) are more frequently associated with the development of an intraluminal mural thrombus than aneurysms of the thoracic ascending aorta (TAA). We hypothesiz...


The aim of this study was to identify Work style related and other ergonomic risk factors that may be associated with the onset or exacerbation of Work Related
Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMSD) among Information Technology (IT) professionals and to look for the correlation between the two. It is a retrospective report analysis of 5331 professionals working for various IT companies in India. Ergonomic workplace analysis reports of those employees were analysed retrospectively. Report consisted of Demographic data (age, gender etc.), workstation information, working posture information, perceived pain and discomfort, and workstyle questionnaire addressing psychosocial factors. Majority of respondents were males and used laptops, desktops and sometimes both for their work. Majority of the workers worked more than 8 hours but there were significant number who worked less than 3 hours and still had symptoms. Neck pain
and lower back pain were the more prevalent, followed by wrist, upper back and shoulder pain. 80% of participants worked with their upper arm and shoulders raised and away from the body. The short form workstyle questionnaire score analysis indicated significant participants with a high risk score (score ≥ 28) for adverse workstyle. Correlation coefficient analyses indicated a significant positive correlation between workstyle score and pain, and posture and regional pain.


According to the Arabic proverb "the words of kings are the kings of words". His Majesty the King in his speech at the opening of the School said, "The ancient literature and the art of India are of unique interest in the history of human endeavour." He added that we must develop this "intellectual tradition". One of the finest functions of the School would be to establish, in Lord Curzon's words, "a clearing house for ideas between the East and the West."


Abstract: Machine Learning (ML) is developing progressively in the healthcare industry. The classifying of electrocardiogram (ECG) results depending on Cardiac Arrhythmia is one such instance, where ECG record's the heart's rhythm & electric activity. Two ML techniques, Random Forest (RF) and Convolution Neural Network (CNN) are employed in the presented work to yield rapid & effective categorization of heartbeats. The heartbeats are divided into five classes applying the PTB Diagnostic ECG Database plus the MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Collection. Both datasets are massive, with data being unbalanced for all five classes. The balancing of data is done using both oversampling & under sampling approaches to bring the data equal for each class. Based on performance indicators like f1-score, precision, recall, & accuracy, a comparison will be done among RF and CNN methods. Keywords: ECG, Cardiac Arrhythmia, RF, CNN


Burying one's head in the sand is usually synonymous with avoiding an issue, but in this volume of Plant Physiology , [Colombi et al. (2019)][1] delve belowground to tackle an important topic in the ongoing quest to improve crop productivity. The authors investigate root traits in wheat ( Triticum


Tools and techniques for conceptual design of rotorcraft are uncommon compared to what is available for sizing fixed-wing airplanes. With the goal of being able to easily create a sized helicopter or lift- and thrust-compounding helicopter within a short timeframe after initial exposure to a specification or request for proposals, a software suite was written to facilitate optimization and design space exploration in the conceptual design phase. The nature of the design problem for helicopters, and especially compound helicopters, requires tools for optimization and visualization of a multi-dimensional problem with many objectives and constraints. The software employs built-in optimization for both global and local search using established algorithms, both non-deterministic and deterministic. To let the designer visually explore the design space, novel capabilities are also included that combine well-known techniques for visualizing multi- and hyper-dimensional design domains into a single matrix of linked plots that allows the visualization of the effect of multiple decision variables on many constraints and design objectives. Overall, the software developed proved useful for conceptual sizing of compound helicopters, and the visualization techniques developed for this work proved great potential for a variety of optimization tasks in other disciplines.


When writing a book with a mathematical, scientific or technical background, the output of programs is often inserted as text or an illustration; in many cases, also with complete or partial indication of the respective source code. As an author, you have the problem of keeping such external sample programs in sync with the current manuscript. If you keep the source code in the book manuscript itself, and create the external examples at the same time as typesetting the main document, you can be sure the code and output stay consistent.


LH made 'Smart Home Action Plan' to develop service element technologies and platform of Smart Home, and is carrying out 32 practical tasks. LH plans to develop and distribute a universal smart home service model that can be extended to 1 million rental housing units. Before that, it is promoting a pilot project for 5,000 public rental housing in Siheung-Eungye. As LH's inventory of rental housing is expected to increase to more than 2 million units by the next 10 years, it is required how to focus on housing welfare, safety and security services for vulnerable people through smart home technology, and to develop and spread smart home services based on universal housing welfare.


Mobile services like GSM and LTE are increasingly offered on board of long-haul flights. This is achieved by installing an onboard base station, namely a GSM BTS or an LTE eNodeB in the airplane. Additionally, the airplane is equipped with a network control unit (NCU) device which prevents onboard mobile users from attempting to connect to ground mobile networks and, therefore, affect or interfere with terrestrial communications. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the need of the network control unit. For that purpose, it is investigated if a mobile user in the airplane can establish a connection with an existing terrestrial GSM or LTE network without the presence of the network control unit and the onboard base station. Only a few studies exist which investigate this connection. The analysis done in this paper takes into consideration physical and high layer requirements of both GSM and LTE networks.


People over 50 account for 43 percent of all U.S. households and half of all discretionary income. This comprehensive market guide is based on the 50+ Studies, a unique mathematical psychological-based study of 3,000 seniors. By breaking down the market into key segments based on attitudes and motivations, as well as specific demographic and psychographic data, the authors reach a level of sophistication never before achieved in researching this market. Topics include detailed psychographic and demographic data; trends developing among senior segments; attitudinal and motivational factors for purchasing; marketing oppportunities to this population; and practical guidelines for reaching potential buyers.


In cross-border mergers, matters of national interest often emerge. In this paper, we examine the question as to what constitutes the national interest, and whether it affects the probability of a merger receiving regulatory approval. To illustrate, we examine the takeover of the Australian resources company Western Mining Corporation.


Isotropic steel sheet with low Δr and low earing index was taken to study the effect of temper-rolling on the yield point elongation, r value and Δr. The isotropic steel sheet micro-alloyed with Ti has very long yield point elongation, especially in traverse direction before temper-rolling and needs large temper-rolling elongation to eliminate it. Temper rolling obviously reduces r value in the traverse direction, making the Δr value before temper-rolling higher than that of temper-rolled, which is always close to zero for isotropic steel sheet. Further study with earing index measurement has disclosed that the earing index of steel sheet before and after temper-rolling is about the same, which indicates that the Δr difference is attributed to the imprecise measured value of r caused by the high yield point elongation.


A number of new results concerning the prime divisors of zero in the form ring 5F(A, /) of a Noetherian ring A with respect to an ideal I in A are found by using certain auxiliary rings of the Rees ring 0ί(A, I). Then it is shown that in every semi-local ring R there exist open ideals Q such that the prime divisors of uS/lζR, Q) have a number of properties known to hold when O is a normal ideal and R is analytically unramified.


Natsuo Kirino, known as "The Cool", or as "Fighting Kirino", is generally seen as the crime fiction queen of Japan. For the novel Out she was awarded the Grand Prix for Crime Fiction in Japan, but the novel brought her also the reputation as a writer whose work goes well beyond the conventional crime novel. Kirino, who is in the following article presented as a "bubblonia-basher", often depicts the dark side of contemporary Japanese society. Some colleagues see in her literary contributions, which correspond to the remarkable recent "sociological turn", a new kind of Japanese proletarian literature. In fact, Kirino very often presents in her texts certain currently debated social types and touches on social issues. More than as a proletarian writer in the former sense, Kirino may be regarded as a versatile and subver sive author, who teaches women to walk on the dark side and who creates her own sort of "yellow trash"-literature.


Sirolimus damages the testes in animals; however, human data are sparse. We conducted a case‐control study to obtain further insight into this issue and compared testosterone, follicle‐stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), and prolactin concentrations in matched renal transplant patients who did or did not receive sirolimus. We found that testosterone values were lower (11.2 ± 6.3 nmol/L vs. 15.5 ± 7.7 nmol/L, p < 0.05), in 28 sirolimus‐treated patients, compared to 28 non‐sirolimus‐treated controls. Furthermore, these patients more commonly had testosterone concentrations that were below our reference value for normal men. In contrast, FSH and LH concentrations were higher while prolactin levels were not different. These data are consistent with sirolimus‐related testosterone suppression and suggest a need for further studies.


Marx's thought of political philosophy has been a hotly debated issue in both domestic and international academic circles.Some western liberalists questioned Marx's political thought,such as Karl Popper and Friedrich August von Hayek.They regarded Marx as an enemy of democracy and held that Marx's socialism meant dictatorship and slavery,which would lead to totalitarianism and Nazism.Is Marxist political thought autocratic or democratic after all? Can Marx's socialism lead to totalitarianism? Through re-interpreting Criticism on Hegel's Legal Philosophy,a representative text of Marx's early political thought,this paper reveals Marxist political thought in its true colors.


The traditional design method of power transmission and transformation project based on knowledge model has the problems of rough construction quality and low economic benefit of power transmission and transformation project. Therefore, the design method of power transmission and transformation engineering based on three-dimensional digital intelligent technology is proposed, and the working mode of intelligent power transmission and transformation engineering is designed. Based on this working mode, a three-dimensional collaborative design process for power transmission and transformation engineering is obtained. The design platform is built to shorten the design cycle of power transmission and transformation projects, so that the efficiency of power transmission and transformation engineering design is greatly improved. Through the digital handover of the three-dimensional collaborative database, the transmission and transformation engineering information is sorted and sorted, so that multiple people can view and modify the information at the same time, and the three-dimensional verification process of the transmission and transformation project is designed to achieve a safe distance and collision to the transmission and transformation project. Testing to improve the accuracy of engineering design. Experimental results show that the proposed method can improve the design efficiency and quality of power transmission and transformation projects, and has a higher social and economic evaluation effect.


The library is a place where children interact with books that offer different knowledge, entertainment and education, and that's why the role of libraries and librarians in the educational process and the creation of a cultural model of young generations is great. Together with parents, librarians are trying to find models and methods that would motivate young users to develop a reading culture, gather real information, knowledge and build their creativity. In order to animate children and young people and to attract them to spend part of their free time in the library, our librarians came to the idea of reading fairy tales during the summer. In order to make them animated, we decided to read the children's stories, illustrate them, analyze them and draw chalk on the plateau with interesting motives. A children's smiles, hugs and gratitude were indicators that we did the right thing. By reading fairy tales, we are promoting literacy, engaging the library, the municipality, the local community and developing a culture of reading the younger generation.


Math anxiety is a psychological burden that can hinder individuals across their lifetimes. However, the current literature lacks a valid measure of math anxiety that can be used across instructional modalities and among non-student populations. As such, it is difficult to assess math anxiety in virtual learning environments, track math anxiety across lifetimes, or determine the utility of math anxiety inoculations for non-student populations. This study presents a validity portfolio for a generalized math anxiety measure that can be used across teaching modalities, across lifetimes, and is simple enough to be used cross-culturally. The measure yielded evidence of validity when used in all tested samples: the United States (student and non-student samples), New Zealand (student and non-student samples), Kyrgyzstan (non-student sample), Turkey (non-student sample), Russia (non-student sample), and Thailand (non-student sample). The data support the use of the new math anxiety measure free of context.


In this article we investigate a 2.45 GHz microwave discharge operated at the electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) and the second harmonic, by applying a divergent magnetic field where the maximum is changed from 1400 to 500 G. The magnetic field is continuously decreased so that the ECR zone is moved axially along the chamber from about 15 cm away to very close to the microwave window. When the field is reduced to below 875 G the ECR disappears and only the second harmonic is present in the source. We observe that the second harmonic is not efficient enough for breakdown at microwave power of less than 500 W and gas pressure of 0.48 Pa, and it is shown that an overdense plasma can not be generated by use of the second harmonic (independent of gas type). It is also shown that the wall material close to the ECR zone is extremely important, probably due to an effect similar to that of the antenna material in capacitively and inductively coupled plasma sources. The possibility of measuring the thickness and location of the effective ionizing resonance zone is discussed. A calculation of the plasma density as a function of the magnetic field is performed, which takes into account the conservation of magnetic flux and the secondary emission from the wall, and excellent agreement with the measured results is obtained.


This paper gives an account of a study regarding virtual communities, and tries to answer the question of which aspects that contribute towards the growth and success of a community. The purpose of ...


The additive primitive length of an element [Formula: see text] of a relatively free algebra [Formula: see text] in a variety of algebras [Formula: see text] is equal to the minimal number [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text] can be presented as a sum of [Formula: see text] primitive elements. We give an upper bound for the additive primitive length of the elements in the [Formula: see text]-generated polynomial algebra over a field of characteristic 0, [Formula: see text]. The bound depends on [Formula: see text] and on the degree of the element. We show that if the field has more than two elements, then the additive primitive length in free [Formula: see text]-generated nilpotent-by-abelian Lie algebras is bounded by 5 for [Formula: see text] and by 6 for [Formula: see text]. If the field has two elements only, then our bounds are 6 for [Formula: see text] and 7 for [Formula: see text]. This generalizes a recent result of Ela Aydın for two-generated free metabelian Lie algebras. In all cases considered in the paper, the presentation of the elements as sums of primitive elements can be found effectively in polynomial time.


Objectives: The research seeks to identify the perceived social and economic impact of the KTR program conducted by RISDA on rubber smallholder farmers, specifically identifying their socio-economic characteristics and their perceived level of effect of KTR program on their socio-economic development. Methodology: This study used logic model approach and surveyed 341 rubber smallholder farmers using stratification sampling, located in Perak, Pahang, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan due to their position within the highest production regions. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics. Findings: Revealed the majority (98.2%) were of Malay ethnicity, 59.8% were males, and 39.1% were 51-60 years of age. It was also revealed that 45.5% were full time tappers, while 23.5% engaged in farming activities and tapping. The perception on the impact of KTR program showed that 47.2% of respondents perceived positive social impact, while 56.3% perceived positive economic impact on their lives. Applications: This indicates that a large segment of these smallholders believed and physically sensed that KTR program has benefited them positively, thus ready to accept any intervention from RISDA. Further indication, that more support and promotion are required to sustain such programs.
Keywords: Extension Program, Impact, Rubber, Smallholders


A commercially available Inframetrics Scanner (Modell 760) has been upgraded to 12-bit resolution in order to derive heat fluxes on tokamak devices (TEXTOR-94). The temperature resolution is high enough to detect—at the same camera settings—the small sawtoothing heat flux modulation and the large disruptive heat fluxes. Eight new boards have been developed and installed at TEXTOR-94 to perform the measurement, transmit the data from the experiment to the control room, and store the data in a PC. To ensure reliable data transmission, the data stream (1.1 MSPS) is transferred via optical fibers from the camera to the PC in the control room. The PC receives timing information from the TEXTOR-94 timing system such that a synchronization of the camera clock and the experimental clock is guaranteed. The new system includes a time reference to correct a small frequency drift of the original Inframetrics scanner. This feature permits to compare the heat flux with signals from other TEXTOR-94 diagnostics during fa...


When an earthquake occurs, it is important to rapidly assess the severity of the consequences. The distribution of shaking intensity around the epicenter, known as the ShakeMap, is a key component in this process and is crucial for guiding first responders to the region. Whereas earthquake source characteristics, e.g., location and magnitude, can be rapidly determined using distant seismic stations, ground motion measurements from stations in the near-source region are needed to generate an adequate ShakeMap. When few or no seismometers exist in the region, ground motions are only estimated and the ShakeMap can be grossly inaccurate.

Besides seismic waves, earthquakes generate infrasound, i.e., inaudible acoustic waves in the atmosphere. Due to the low frequency nature of infrasound, and facilitated by waveguides in the atmosphere, signals propagate over long ranges with limited attenuation and are detected at ground-based stations. Here we show, that acousto-ShakeMaps, indicating the relative shaking intensity, can be rapidly generated using remotely detected infrasound. We illustrate this with infrasound from the 2010 Mw 7.0 Port-au-Prince, Haiti earthquake, detected in Bermuda, over 1700 km away from Haiti.

Such observations are made possible by: (1) An advanced array processing technique that enables the detection of coherent wavefronts, even when amplitudes are below the noise level, and (2) A backprojection technique that maps infrasound detections in time to their origin on the Earth's surface.

Infrasound measurements are conducted globally for the verification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and together with regional infrasound networks allow for an unprecedented global coverage. This makes infrasound as an earthquake disaster mitigation technique feasible for the first time.


This paper introduces a method to find particular solutions of two different kinds of second order non homogeneous linear differential equation with constant coefficient by the method of undetermined coefficient from the easier to the more advanced.


It is important to combine the construction of ship and ocean engineering specialized laboratory with the subject construction and experimental teaching reform.Some new ideas and measures for the construction of specialized laboratories were provided.


The news media are presently filled with headline stories concerning the security of electronic communications and the internet. The Financial Times' weekend supplement FT Money devoted three pages under the title 'Hack attack' and asked whether companies are doing enough to protect data online. 1 Substitute dental practices for companies and we have an unhappy picture of the reasons why so much sensitive personal data is going missing or being accessed without properly informed consent.


The energy management contract model is introduced and the energy service companies that exist various types of risk are pointed out for rational use of energy,and the method of analytical hierarchy process and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation are used to quantify risk indicators of affecting the energy service companies and construct the benefit sharing model with risk-based factor,the amount and period of benefit sharing are determined between the energy service companies and the energy companies.


For bibliography and descriptions of other larvae see Gravely, 1916, pp. 138145, pI. xx, figs. 1-4. The importance of the anus in the classification of Passalid larvae appears hitherto to have escaped attention. In the Aula cocyclinae (pI. xiv, fig. r) and Leptaulacinae the lower nlargin is deeply cleft, and this appears to be the case in the Pseudacanthinae and Passalinae also, though different observers describe it in some\vhat different terms. In the Macrolininae, on the other hand, both lips are as a rule entire (pI. xiv, fig. 3), the only exception known to me being M acrolinus; in this genus ( pI. xiv, fig. 2) the cleft found in other subfamilies, though not actually present, is represented by a distinct suture.


Excerpt Hepatitis B is a disease of global distribution. Before the development of sensitive laboratory diagnostic techniques, diagnosis was limited to cases occurring after blood transfusion or re...


Six Countries - And No Pension System Alike.- References.- 1 The German Retirement Insurance System.- 1.1 A Brief History of the German Public Pension System.- 1.2 The Pillars Providing Retirement Income in Germany.- 1.3 Future Developments.- 1.4 Current Reform Options.- References.- 2 The Dutch Pension System.- 2.1 A Brief History of the Dutch Pension System.- 2.2 The Pillars Providing Retirement Income in the Netherlands.- 2.3 Future Developments.- 2.4 Current Reform Options.- 2.5 Conclusions.- References.- 3 The Swiss Three-Pillar Model.- 3.1 A Brief Look at How the Swiss System of Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Evolved.- 3.2 The Three Pillars of Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance in Switzerland.- 3.3 Future Developments.- 3.4 Amendments under Discussion.- References.- 4 The UK System of Pension Provision.- 4.1 The Evolution of the UK Pension System.- 4.2 The Development of a Multi-Pillar Pension System from 1975 to 1999.- 4.3 Future Prospects for the UK Pension Scheme.- 4.4 Public Attitudes to Pension Reform.- 4.5 A Summing Up.- References.- 5 United States: Support in Retirement: Where We Are and Where We Are Going.- 5.1 Overview of the United States Social Security System.- 5.2 Social Security and Other Forms of Retirement Support.- 5.3 Future Developments.- 5.4 Social Security Reform.- 5.5 Summary.- References.- 6 Chile's Pension Revolution Coming of Age.- 6.1 A Brief History: From Public Pay-As-You-Go to Private Fully-Funded Pensions.- 6.2 The Pillars.- 6.3 Current Shortcomings Of Chile's Pension System And Reform Options.- 6.4 Conclusions.- References.- Abbreviations.- List of Contributors.


The purpose of this research was to determine the best of solvent for extracting tannins as a feed additive from coffee husks using the soxhlet method. The method used was quantitative with a completely randomized design experimental. The coffee husk used was a type of Robusta taken from the Kaliwates Region, Jember Regency, Indonesia. The material was the waste from the grinding of coffee cherries, namely the pericarp (parchment, pectin layer, pulp, and outer husk). This research consisted of 3 treatments (P1: Methanol, P2: Ethanol, P3: Acetone), each treatment consisted of 3 replications. The variables were the tannin extracts and residue of tannin extracts. The results showed that different types of tannin solvents had a significant effect on the tannin extracts yield and residue of tannin extracts (P<0.05). Methanol and ethanol solvents produced higher tannin than acetone solvents: 0.5392%, 0.6120%, and 0.2457% respectively. Coffee husk with ethanol solvent gave the least residue compared to methanol and acetone: 61.64%, 66.89%, and 85.26% respectively. The conclusion of this research was Ethanol is a solvent that produces the highest total tannin (0.6120%) and the lowest residue (61.64 ± 0.6688%) from coffee husks compared to methanol and acetone. The result of this research can be used as a consideration for the tannins extraction of other plantation waste.


AIM OF THE STUDY:
To evaluate the prevalence and correlation of corneal topographic characteristics in clinically normal persons who were rejected for Laser refractive surgery based on Orbscan II analysis.
METHODS:
From a total of 1518 clinically normal refractive surgery candidates, the Orbscan maps of 278 eyes of 144 patients who were rejected for the surgery based on corneal topography alone were analyzed.
RESULTS:
The most common anterior and posterior elevation pattern was the irregular ridge (44%) and (55%) respectively. In axial keratometry, both the symmetric (29%) and asymmetric bowtie (29%) patterns were equally common. In pachymetric classification, the round pattern (40%) was the commonest. Mean (SD) of the Mean astigmatism was 1.4 D (1.1). Mean (SD) of Sim K Max was 47.2 D (2). Mean (SD) of 3mm and 5 mm irregularity were 1.3 D (0.7) and 1.9 D (0.8) respectively. Mean (SD) of thinnest pachymetry was 500 microns (46.5) and the range was from 386 to 623 microns. The thinnest site of the cornea was commonly located in the inferotemporal region in 94 eyes (33.8%). 142 eyes (51%) had a ratio of radii of anterior BFS to posterior BFS ≥ 1.23. 119 eyes (43%) had a power of Posterior BFS >55 D. 171 eyes (62%) had a Sim K Max > 47.2 D. 90 eyes (32.4%) had a thinnest pachymetry 1.16.The correlation between steep corneas (Sim K Max > 47.2 D), thin corneas (thinnest pachymetry 55 D was statistically significant (P<0.001).There was a statistically significant difference (P = 0.0001) in the mean corneal astigmatism among the posterior elevation and axial keratometry patterns.
CONCLUSION:
Our study provides new and detailed information of the corneal topographic patterns and quantitative indices in eyes which are sub-clinically ectatic or at risk for ectasia. This could prove to be a reference for comparison with normal and abnormal eyes in a sample of South Indian population.


1. Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL et al. A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation. J Chronic Dis 1987;40:373–383. 2. Inouye SK, Bogardus ST Jr, Vitagliano G et al. Burden of illness score for elderly persons: Risk adjustment incorporating the cumulative impact of diseases, physiologic abnormalities, and functional impairments. Med Care 2003;41:70–83. 3. Walter LC, Brand RJ, Counsell SR et al. Development and validation of a prognostic index for 1-year mortality in older adults after hospitalization. JAMA 2001;285:2987–2994. 4. Linn BS, Linn MW, Gurel L. Cumulative illness rating scale. J Am Geriatr Soc 1968;16:622–626. 5. Rozzini R, Frisoni GB, Ferrucci L et al. Geriatric Index of Comorbidity: Validation and comparison with other measures of comorbidity. Age Ageing 2002;31:277–285. 6. Zekry D, Loures Valle BH, Lardi C et al. Geriatrics index of comorbidity was the most accurate predictor of death in geriatric hospital among six comorbidity scores. J Clin Epidemiol 2010;63:1036–1044. 7. Zekry D, Loures Valle BH, Graf C et al. Prospective comparison of 6 comorbidity indices as predictors of 1-year post-hospital discharge institutionalization, readmission, and mortality in elderly individuals. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2012;13:272–278. 8. Torres Moreno B, Nunez Gonzalez E, Perez Hernandez D de G et al. Barthel and Charlson indexes for the prognosis of mortality and institutionalization in hospitalized geriatric patients. Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol 2009;44:209–212. 9. Testa G, Cacciatore F, Galizia G et al. Charlson Comorbidity Index does not predict long-term mortality in elderly subjects with chronic heart failure. Age Ageing 2009;38:734–740.


This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation conducted to evaluate the mechanical properties, including strength and flexural toughness of hybrid fiber-reinforced mortar (FRM) containing various combinations of steel and carbon fibers with different material characteristics. The mortar specimens were mixed with steel and carbon fibers in the mix proportions of 100 + 0%, 75 + 25%, 50 + 50%, 25 + 75%, and 0 + 100% by volume at a total volume fraction of 1.0%. The flexural performance (flexural strength and toughness) of the mortar specimens was obtained using the third-point loading arrangement stipulated in the test methods of ASTM C 1609/C 1609/M and KS F 2566. In addition, compressive strength was also measured according to the KS F ISO 679 test method. Their mechanical properties were examined and compared with plain mortar (PM) at the age of 28 days. The test results showed the highest compressive and flexural strengths in the hybrid FRM reinforced with 75% steel fibers + 25% carbon fibers, confirming the synergistic reinforcing effect of the steel and carbon hybrid fibers. However, the hybrid FRM reinforced with 50% steel fibers + 50% carbon fibers has obtained slightly low flexural strength but owned the highest flexural toughness and hence can be judged as the most appropriate combination to be employed in hybrid FRM to improve the flexural toughness. Moreover, the fractured FRM surface was also observed via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) after platinum coating in vacuum. These results would be of great help in establishing the microstructural mechanism of hybrid reinforcing fibers in the cement matrix.


The present Note makes a deep analysis of an important work published by Joel R. Paul in
Law and Contemporary Problems about the �Transformation of International Comity�. After completing
the review of the historical study prepared by the above-mentioned author on the described subject, the
Note offers after studying several judicial precedents dealing with antitrust matters, an alternative
critique of the results derived from that historical study, in favor of the International Comity as a basic
tool for the development of modern Private International Law.


In this paper we consider the evolution of linearly polarized optical vortices in circular optical fibers with a propagating fundamental flexural acoustic wave. A new polarization-dependent mode conversion is found out, in which the sign of the topological charge (and orbital angular momentum) of the outgoing vortex beam is governed by the direction of the incident linear polarization. This effect can be used for implementing polarization-controlled orbital angular momentum flipping. This paves the way to implementation of the all-fibre stable controlled-NOT gate, in which the linear polarization carries the control qubit and the topological charge carries the target. Such a gate is able to produce optical beams with entanglement between polarization and orbital degrees of freedom in regime of linear optics. Yet, such orbital angular momentum controlling should be useful in micromechanics, classical and quantum information encoding, and classical simulation of quantum algorithms.


The potential of LANDSAT data, covering the entire tidal flats at a certain, known, tidal situation, was assessed. It was discovered that the data cannot be used for systematic survey because of the long interval between subsequent passes, weather conditions often interfere with recording, and of the lack of correlation between passes and the tidal situation. The objective is to overcome the problems by using: (1) the synoptic view obtained by SIR-B, which has the potential of surveying large areas of the flats simultaneously; (2) the all-weather capability of the microwave system; (3) the recording during consecutive days, which results in a straightforeward correlation with the tidal cycle and the picturing of different tidal stages; and (4) the multiangle incidence of SIR-B to analyze the bottom configuration of submerged parts of the flats. The use of a weather independent monitoring device, such as radar, an improvement in the monitoring technique of tidal coastal areas.


OLittle is known about amblypigid spiders in Puerto Rico. The objective of this study is threefold to revise the taxonomy, to update data about geographical distribution and to provide information about the biology of each of the four species of tail-less whipspiders in the island. Three apulvillate phrynids, Phrynus longipes, P. marginemaculatus, and P. damonidaensis, are redescribed. P. damonidaensis is reported for the first time from Puerto Rico, its easternmost range in the Caribbean. Charinus aguayoi is a new species described from the Rio Grande municipality. It is the first report of this genus, and it is the only pulvillated amblypygid of the Charinidae in Puerto Rico. A taxonomic key for species identification is also included.


One of the continuing attempted qualifications of neoclassical wage determination theory has been the monopoly wage hypothesis. Firms in industries characterized by high concentration ratios and extensive unionization have been observed to exhibit higher than average hourly earnings [1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, and 18]. According to the monopoly wage hypothesis, to the extent that firms enjoy product market rents, these rents are shared with labor factors of production. In a neoclassical reformulation of wage determination, Weiss [20] demonstrated that wages in concentrated industries are relatively high because average labor quality is superior in those industries. Workers receive only their opportunity costs and acquire no rents due to the product market circumstances of their employers. Concentration ceases to be a factor in wage determination? Weiss provides no explanation, however, as to why concentrated industries use superior quality labor. The proposition examined here is that the observed relations among concentration, labor quality, and wages are caused by the simultaneous impact which required capital investment has on both concentration and the quality of labor inputs. There is a positive correlation between capital inputs per plant and concentration ratios. The link between capital investments and labor quality is provided by a capital-skill complementarity (CSC) hypothesis which states that the elasticity of substitution of capital for unskilled labor is greater than the elasticity of substitution of capital for skilled labor. Assuming that the CSC hypothesis is true, and given the condition that skill and wages are positively related, then the average wage rate for an occupation directly associated with the capital investments should rise as the value of depreciable assets per plant increases. The relation should be less strong for those occupations not as directly associated with the capital inputs. Insofar as the absolute capital requirement notion and the CSC hypothesis are correct, then the link between concentration levels and average wage rates across industries is the level of invested capital per establishment.


Introduction To understand speech, we must organize its natural variation into meaningful perceptual units that are appropriate to our language. Our perceptual systems divide the continuously varying speech signal into language-specific phonetic categories. For example, one linguistic parameter that varies continuously within and between languages is voicing, the vibration of the vocal cords. The timing of voicing onset relative to the release of the consonant is referred to as voice onset time (VOT). Different languages divide the voicing continuum differently, both in terms of the number of phonetic categories they specify within a continuum, and in terms of the specific VOTs that mark phoneme boundaries. For example, English has two alveolar stops /d/ and /t/ with mean voice onset times of 5 ms and 70 ms, respectively. In contrast, Thai divides alveolar stops into 3 categories /d/ (with mean VOT of -78 ms), /t/ (9 ms) and /th/ (65 ms; Lisker & Abramson, 1964). We perceive a continuous feature like VOT as specifying distinct, language-specific categories through categorical perception: Given the same magnitude of acoustic change, adult native speakers perceive a greater difference across the boundary between phonetic categories than within a phonetic category (e.g., Goldstone & Hendrickson, 2010; Liberman, Harris, Hoffman, & Griffith, 1957). Infants and adults learning English or Thai are faced with the task of learning how many alveolar stop categories their language has (two vs. three) and the specific VOT boundaries that distinguish these categories. In this paper we examine how adults learn the relevant phonetic categories for different languages. Learners face yet another challenge when learning phonetic categories. Although the speech signal varies on dozens of different dimensions, only some, such as voicing, are crucial to understanding a given language, while others are irrelevant to that language. For example, change in VOT could change "ten" into "den", altering the meaning of the word, but a change in pitch does not affect word meaning in English. While pitch contours are irrelevant to word meaning in English, they are important for distinguishing tokens with different meanings in other languages. In Mandarin /ma/ with a flat pitch contour means mother, but /ma/ with a falling pitch contour means scold. Since languages differ in which dimensions of variation are linguistically relevant, listeners must learn which dimensions matter for the specific language they are learning. One commonly proposed model for general category learning, the exemplar model, can be applied to the acquisition of phonetic categories in speech (Pierrehumbert,


In the scope of the event two different smart materials inspired by nature were presented. On the one hand a self-healing material based on capsule based self-healing and on the other hand a micropatterned dry adhesive.


duct dilatation. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed a week after, which confirmed the ultrasound scan diagnosis of congenital hepatic cyst.


This counseling and training activity is about financial management and bookkeeping as a complete administrative tax reporting for the Tunas Rinjani livestock group in the Montong Daye Hamlet, Selat Village, Narmada District. It aims to provide understanding and knowledge about the Tunas Rinjani livestock group for financial management and bookkeeping as the completeness of tax reporting administration for businesses. compliance for small entrepreneurs in the Tunas Rinjani Livestock group in tax reporting. In addition, this training was conducted to provide knowledge to the Tunas Rinjani Cattle group about the importance of keeping bookkeeping records and the completeness of tax reporting so that they can be managed properly. In the end, this activity is expected to produce human resources who can keep records and get new ideas. This activity will be aimed at the Tunas Rinjani Training Cattle Group in the Montong Daye Hamlet, Selat Village, Narmada District. Implementation is carried out with the approach of providing relevant materials. Another hope of this activity can be a means to carry out community service, providing counseling and training in financial management and bookkeeping as tax reporting for livestock groups


Six studies are reviewed leading to an outcomes-based research question. The key theoretical question is: If in the presence of equianalgesic recovery from anesthesia (PACU pain scores of 0), does intraoperative facial micro grimacing (FACE R2 > 20) predict later postoperative pain, catabolism, and exhaustion in proportion to the magnitude and duration of facial micro grimacing during demonstrated unconsciousness with general anesthesia (MAC > 0.7)? The latest clinical study found large individual differences in facial micro grimacing to a standard stimulus (incision) and opioid doses. End-tidal gas concentration plus opioid dose did not predict high or no grimace response to incision. Grimacing was independent of end-tidal desfl urane (P = .06) and fentanyl dose prior to incision. A defi nitive clinical test of using facial grimacing as a signal of adequate analgesia will require (1) monitoring of somatic pain stimulation (eg, orthopedic surgery) and (2) monitoring of visceral pain stimulation (eg, colectomy). Interventions will be based on remifentanil bolus versus inhalation gas increase. Outcomes will be: (1) effectiveness of gas versus remifentanil IV bolus in ameliorating nociception activations, (2) immediate and delayed postoperative pain behaviors, (3) analgesic consumption, (4) catabolic processes (eg, infection), and (5) long-term exhaustion. Theoretical issues to be addressed include whether central pain registration in subcortical structures during the unconsciousness of general anesthesia does or does not have consequences.


The vision, mission, goals and objectives (VMGO) serve as the guidelines of all its university's operations. It is essential therefore, that the ESSU – Guiuan formulates activities and educational development reflects from the VMGO. The study aimed to investigate the stakeholders' level of awareness, acceptance and perception. This study utilized the descriptive survey method of research using cross-sectional sample survey approach. A survey questionnaire based on the 2014 AACUP Revised Instrument was used to determine the stakeholders' level of awareness, acceptance, and perception.
The data gathered were organized, tabulated as well as analysed using simple descriptive statistics such as frequency count and percentage per group of respondents corresponding to their respective response. The study reveals that the stakeholders of ESSU – Guiuan are extremely aware of the content and the manner of dissemination of the vision, mission, goals and objectives of the institution with a mean score of 4.45. On the other hand, the stakeholders, generally understand and accept the vision, mission, goals and objectives of the institution with an average mean score of 4.60, which indicates that the stakeholders extremely accepted the VMGO.


The team found that crop rotation decreased the level of soil water-extractable organic matter in rainfed potato fields except when there was external input from manure compost. However, irrigation increased the level of water-extractable organic matter in management practices related to disease suppression, soil conservation, and soil improvement. The nature of this labile organic matter pool of potato soils was mainly decomposed and humified organic components whereas there were plant residues or compost incorporation in all treatments.


Objectives: Evaluation of the role of speckle tracking echocardiography in predicting left ventricular remodeling after anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods: A total of 100 first anterior STEMI and successful primary PCI were evaluated and divided into two groups according to the occurrence of left ventricular (LV) remodeling; remodeling group (n=26) and non remodeling group (n=74). Conventional and speckle tracking echocardiography were performed within 3 days of admission and 3 months later. Results: Twenty-six (26%) patients had LV remodeling at 3-month follow-up. They had comparable baseline clinical and echocardiographic characteristics with the non remodeling group except for β-blockers use (P =0.043), lower LV global longitudinal (LVGLS) and circumferential (LVGCS) strain (P <0.001). An adjusted multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that baseline LVGLS to be the only significant independent predictor for occurrence of LV remodelling (hazard ratio =1.68, 95% CI: 1.35-2.09, p = 0.001). ROC curve analysis showed that a cut-off baseline LVGLS value < -9.0% and LVGCS < -11.1 predicted 3 months LV remodelling. Conclusion: Early LV global longitudinal and circumferential strain can predict LV remodeling in anterior STEMI.