A Ministerial Conference organized to coincide with the Silver Jubilee of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT), in Bangkok on July 1–2, focused on how this region can achieve the potential to become an ICT hub of the world with a well-developed information and communication network and applications. With the great diversity of cultures, huge population and vibrant economies, the Asia-Pacific is today one of the world's largest telecommunications markets. Ministers and deputy ministers from 32 Asia-Pacific economies attended the conference, hosted by the Royal Government of Thailand. The conference received greetings of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan who noted the value of access to information and communications technologies in addressing development problems was at the heart of the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society. The Bangkok Agenda for Broadband and ICT Development in the Asia-Pacific was approved. The Executive Director of APT, Mr. Amarendra Narayan observed that experiences have shown that Broadband and ICT have progressed rapidly when Governments have taken the lead to promote their applications in day-to-day working; and where government have encouraged the private sector to fully participate in the information revolution. While the region has tremendous opportunities, Narayan said there are problems of uncoordinated infrastructure development. "While there is access network capacity in some places where prices are falling below market reality and at many places much of the population remains unconnected." He suggested the coordination of technology and applications can play a vital role in reducing illiteracy and intelligent utilization of ICT can help in reducing logistics costs of providing various services. "Experience has shown," Narayan concluded, "that constructive partnership at national, regional and international levels is the only way to make rapid progress in this direction." In a keynote address the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Mr. Kim Hak-Su highlighted the "power of ICT from e-business to e-governance, from e-education to telemedicine, tools to propagate knowledge and promote mutual understanding and eventually improving the living standards in this region." In the Inaugural Address, His Excellency Dr. Surapong Suebwonglee, Minister of Information and Communication Technology of Thailand said "without access to communications we cannot even start to think about the benefits that ICT brings to our industries, education system and commerce and to the way we run government." The keynote presentation by the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Mr. Yoshio Utsumi is presented in the following report. All presentations are available on the APT website www.aptsec.org.


One of the factors Which can be used to review indicates Banking Crisis Is non-performing financing (NPF), Therefore By analyzing the factors that determine the level of financing problems Anything important and substantial for Financial Stability and the Bank's management.This study aimed to prove the effect of inflation, BI Rate, Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Operating Expenses Operating Income (ROA) against Non Performing Financing (NPF) on Islamic Banks 2010-2014.The sample in this study using purposive sampling method, ie selecting certain characteristics as the key to be sampled, while not included in the defined characteristics are ignored or not sampled. Based on the random sampling method, there were six samples used in this study.Results showed variable partial Inflation does not affect the NPF; Variable BI Rate is partially contained significant positive effect on NPF; Variable CAR partially negatively affect the NPF; Variable BOPO partially contained significant positive effect on NPF; Based on the statistical test F can be inferred that the regression model can be used to determine the effect of inflation, BI Rate, CAR, ROA against NPF together, which means there is a simultaneous effect of inflation, BI Rate, CAR, ROA to NPFKeyword: Inflation BI Rate, CAR, ROA, NPF


THE frequency with which one meets with diseases of the ear in general practice is a reason why the general practitioner should have a clear practical knowledge of how to approach such cases with a view to their diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. In approaching this subject it is essential to have a clear understanding of the anatomical divisions of the ear, and a good preliminary introduction to the study is often given by a careful study of the temporal bone. This should be obtained by referring to the many clear accounts in any modern textbook of anatomy. We learn there that the organ of hearing is divided into two principal divisions: the sound-conducting and sound-receiving apparatus. The sound-conducting apparatus-(a) the external ear, the auditory external canal; (b) the middle ear (the tympanic cavity with the tympanic membrane and ossicles, the eustachian and mastoid process). The sound-receiving apparatus-(a) the labryinth and cochlea; (b) the auditory nerve. Methods of examination of the organ of hearing.-The examination of the external auditory canal and of the tympanic cavity is the first essential for the diagnosis of disease of the ear. The membrana tympanicus is covered externally by the cutis of meatus and internally by the mucous membrance of the tympanic cavity. Hence it is in immediate relationship with diseases of the canal and of the middle ear. When these parts are diseased we recognise changes in the membrane which are obvious on inspection and enable us to form some conclusion as to the diseased state of the external and middle ear. We know from experience that disease of the tympanic cavity must frequently form a basis of diagnosis, and with this are noted changes on the tympanic membrane, so that the condition of the membrane is of great value in enabling us to diagnose diseases of the middle ear. We must not expect to find changes in the membrane in all cases of deafness, as in many patients with a high degree of deafness no change in the membrane can be seen. In order to make this observation we should be familiar with the practical method of inspection and have a practical knowledge of the use of a few instruments which are essential. We use ear specula-Gruber is a suitable pattern. These have an oval aperature, and are arranged in three or four sizes to suit the individual case. A head-mirror is essential to …


The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is commonly used as an expression platform to produce valuable compounds. Yeast-based genetics research can uniquely utilize use auxotrophy in transformant selection: auxotrophic complementation by an auxotrophic marker gene on exogenous DNA (such as plasmids). However, the number of auxotrophic nutrients required restricts the number of plasmids maintained by the cells. We therefore developed novel Δ10 strains that are auxotrophic for 10 different nutrients, and new plasmids with two multicloning sites and auxotrophic markers for use in Δ10 strains. We confirmed that Δ10 strains could maintain 10 types of these plasmids. Because each plasmid can express two different genes, this Δ10 strain-based expression system has the potential to co-express a maximum of 20 different proteins.


This study, conducted in partnership with education leaders in South Carolina, identifies how many of the state's charter schools serving students in any of grades 3–8 are "beating the odds," or performing better than expected on the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards in math and English language arts in the 2013/14 school year. Thirty-nine percent of schools serving students in any of grades 3–5 and 26 percent of schools serving students in any of grades 6–8 were found to be beating the odds in both math and English language arts.


Objective: To document the pattern of oral cancers (ICD-O: C00-C06) diagnosed histologically at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos between January 1987 and December 2002.
Methods: Information on socio-demographic characteristics of patients and details of cancer occurrence and management were retrieved from the files and histopathology records of patients seen at the hospitals.
Results: A total of 54 cases of oral cancers were reported, with a M-F ratio of 2.4:1 and with childhood cancers constituting 5.7%. There was a higher occurrence of oral cancers in patients aged 40 years and below, relative to reported findings in developed countries (p
Conclusions: Routine screening for oral cancer and the counseling of patients with high-risk habits, by dentists is recommended to improve the prognosis of the disease. Key Words: Oral cancer; tumour; Nigeria African Journal of Oral Health Vol.1(1) 2004: 47-53


A 63-year-old nonsmoking female patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) was referred to our hospital with a 2-month history of cough and a chest X-ray finding of an opacity in the right lung (Figure 1A). Physical examination revealed multiple cutaneous neurofibromas and café-au-lait spots primarily on the trunk. A CT scan of the chest showed a spiculated nodule in the right upper lobe (Figure 1B), as well as mediastinal and right hilar lymph node enlargement, together with cystic and emphysematous changes in the lung parenchyma and skin nodules (neurofibromas) on the chest wall (Figures 1B, 1C, and 1D). Hypodense nodular lesions (metastases) were observed in the liver. Alpha-1 antitrypsin levels were normal. A transbronchial lung biopsy was performed, with histopathological findings of adenocarcinoma. A diagnosis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma with neurofibromatosisassociated diffuse lung disease was established, and the patient underwent chemotherapy. Her condition worsened, and she died 5 months later.


Abstract A simple colorimetric chemosensor 1 was developed for the sequential detection of Cu2+ and S2−. Sensor 1 could rapidly detect Cu2+ by an obvious color change from colorless to yellow. The binding mode of 1 to Cu2+ was determined to be a 1:1 complexation stoichiometry through Job plot and ESI-mass spectrometry analyses. The sensing mechanism of Cu2+ by 1 was proposed by theoretical calculations. Importantly, the detection limit for Cu2+ was found to be 0.12 μM, which was much lower than the recommended value (31.5 μM) of the World Health Organization (WHO). Additionally, 1 could detect and quantify Cu2+ in real water samples. Moreover, the resulting 1-Cu2+ complex could be used as a highly selective colorimetric sensor for S2− in the presence of various anions without any interference. The detection limit for S2− was determined to be 1.66 μM, which was much lower than the guideline (14.8 μM) recommended by WHO in fresh water.


Hemophilia A is an X-linked recessive hereditary bleeding illness that manifests as increased bleeding after moderate trauma and spontaneous bleeding. It is caused by a deficiency of the clotting factor VIII (FVIII). We report a video assisted-thoracoscopy in a 48-year-old patient with Hemophilia A. Hemophilia shouldn't be a barrier to invasive surgery, but there are a few conditions that must be met to ensure a straightforward intraoperative and postoperative course. Understanding the disease, a multidisciplinary team approach, and appropriate anesthetic management can result in a successful surgical outcome.


We present the efficacy and side effects of bilateral deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nuclei (STN) performed with a more simplified surgical procedure than described by the Grenoble group. A consecutive series of 26 patients with advanced and levodopa‐responsive Parkinson's disease and motor complications was evaluated using the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) part I–VI, timed tests, and a patient diary for 2 days concerning on–off phenomenon and dyskinesias. At 3 months, evaluation of stimulation by the UPDRS motor score was performed in a double‐blind manner and a significant improvement of 57% was found. The results 12 months after surgery off medication showed significant improvement in both UPDRS motor score and activities of daily living of 64% and, on medication, a significant reduction of 86% in duration of dyskinesias and 83% in duration of off‐periods. Reduction in medication was less than for other groups, probably because we used smaller doses of levodopa before the operation. No serious side effects were encountered. When the patients are carefully selected and followed up, bilateral DBS of STN is a significant progress in treatment of advanced idiopathic Parkinson's disease with levodopa‐induced motor complications. © 2002 Movement Disorder Society


Post-Islamism is an ideology that fights against Islamic political upsurge, and if applied in a Muslim country or a majority Muslim country, it would be free to exercise true democracy that celebrates freedom from its previous extremist regime. The lack of freedom hinges upon creativity and success in the art world, including cinema, the most powerful media that reflects on the progression of humanity. Malaysian Cinema has received very little international recognition despite its early establishment in the 1930s. Film narratives that deal with human struggles revolving around inequalities, social and racial imbalance, poverty and religious reinterpretations, are often the basis for international acclaim. These types of narratives that deal with social realism are largely absent from Malaysian cinema. This scenario reflects largely on the competitive-authoritarian regime that the country went through for the past 61 years, up until recently, when she finally managed to topple the previous autocratic government. To prove that what is happening in Malaysia is a lack of freedom, and because Malaysia just recently beginning to experience its reform transition, this paper is going to reflect on IndonesiaPEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences ISSN 2454-5899 Available Online at: http://grdspublishing.org/ 1199 a country that shares a lot of similarities with Malaysia, predominantly its geography, language, religion and its multi-ethnicity background-, which has already received their reform from 1998, to investigate how a society during its height of reform experience freedom especially in its cinema industry. This paper draws a connection between the sudden success of the Indonesian Cinema has a direct connection with the elements of Post-Islamism that emerged during the post-New Order era. Using Asef Bayat's sociologist definition of Post-Islamism, this paper will aim to analyze the success of the Indonesian Cinema between 1998 to 2008. The paper hypothesizes that its revolutionary success is linked to the freedom of expression under PostIslamism concept which was possible within the Islamic periphery for a 10-year-period until the introduction of the Anti-Pornography Bill. The controversial bill was signed into effect in 2008 and has since been used to curb freedom of expression and once again stifle narrative creativity in local films. This scenario reflects on the similar state of a control the Malaysian cinema undergo. The paper concludes that by adapting the Post-Islamism for the countries' nation building using cinema as one of the culture change agents, they could progress in shaping a more modern civic minded society.


Parish records are an interesting source material for researching the issue of beliefs in returning dead. Parish records of deaths rarely relate the funerals of people other than the God-fearing citizens who rested in the parish necropolis or those killed in tragic circumstances, usually as a result of an accident. From the end of the 16th century, the areas of the Silesian-Moravian borderland, or northern Moravia itself, were the scene of fierce struggles against the dead rising from their graves. Later, mainly eighteenth-century publications began to use the term defining these phenomena as magia posthuma. The intensity of beliefs in posthumous magic peaked in late 17th and early 18th centuries. It was widely thought at the time that a deceased person whose body does not show normal, post-mortem changes (rigidity) was a witch or a sorcerer. In Silesia and Moravia effective forms of dealing with harmful deceased people were developed in the period of 16th-18th centuries. Based on the analysis of existing source material, we know that the most frequent course of action was to find the grave of the "undead" in the cemetery, exhume the corpse and destroy it. All these measures against corpses who rose from their graves had to leave a trace in the parish books. In the discussed area, the oldest entries from records of death concerning the beliefs in dead who returned to plague the living can be found in the volume for the Silesian city of Strzegom (German: Striegau) covering the years 1589–1715. Some interesting research material is also provided by entries made in the records of death in the small town of Ryžoviště (German: Braunseifen) for the years 1583–1640 and 1640–1717. One of the last entries in the death records was made on 1 March 1755, when the Empress Maria Theresa issued a decree forbidding the persecution of people accused of witchcraft, treasure hunts with the aid of magic and also the exhumation or burning of the bodies of people accused of posthumous magic.


Summary: Publications relating to surgical procedures for sterilization have been reviewed, and the incidences of complications and subsequent pregnancies compared.


To the Editor:

We appreciate the work by Ferreiros et al1 in confirming the strong prognostic value of C-reactive protein (CRP) in unstable angina. However, we believe that some issues should be raised. First, the authors did not exclude patients with Braunwald type C unstable angina and they did not provide an explanation of this choice. Class C unstable angina has a strong prognostic role in prospective studies.2 3 Confirming this fact, in their Table 1, the time between prior acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and the occurrence of unstable angina was not specified, and the group of …


Navigating online scholarly publications is theorized here as an active journey that readers embark upon and undertake, creating personal meaning through narrative structures that, in turn, make sense of the online data that has been individually explored. The concept of the "eversion" is examined as a useful way of understanding how readers interact with data via networked smart objects, and through different interface designs and mechanisms. The passageways and "border exchanges" between analogue and digital worlds are sites that illuminate how people engage with information seeking and digital sensemaking; coupled with the centrality of the contemporary digital self, the article argues for a humanistic outcome in this focus on human engagement with inverted analogue and digital worlds.


Petteri Nurmi, Johan Koolwaaij 1 Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 68, FI-00014, Finland 2 Telematica Instituut P.O. Box 589, NL-7500 AN Enschede, the Netherlands firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com In context-aware mobile computing, location information has been, without doubt, the most widely studied source of contextual information [1, 2, 4]. The main reason for the situation is that current terminal devices can readily access location related information whereas other sources of contextual information are harder to gather and process. For example, mobile phones can access the GSM cell identifier and PDAs can use information about WiFi access points. In addition, prices of GPS devices with Bluetooth capabilities have decreased significantly and the amount of PDAs that have GPS modules integrated to them has increased rapidly, which makes enriching location information using a GPS a feasible option. Different sources of location information have their peculiarities. GSM cell tower identifiers give coarse estimates of the location, the numbering of the identifiers is seemingly random and even though operators allow obtaining the current cell identifier they do not offer services to convert cell identifiers into geographic locations. On the other hand, GSM cell tower identifier information is available also indoors, whereas GPS measurements are not. Another weakness in GPS is that, e.g., buildings, trees and glass coatings in cars and trains can cause signal shadowing. Finally, WiFi access point information can be used for positioning only when the exact locations of access points are known (see e.g. [3]). Regardless of the source of location information, the raw measurements are usually meaningless to the user. As a consequence, much work has been conducted on identifying significant locations, places, from the raw data. A place is defined to be a location that is meaningful to the user and to which the user can attach some (meaningful) semantics. For example, home, work and airport are places whereas SomeStreet 42, (60.42, 42.36) or 4287 are not. A problem in existing work is that most approaches are not well suited to large scale mobile environments. Namely, users seldom have access to GPS information and GSM cell identifiers do not allow separating important places that are near each other, i.e. that are mainly covered by the same cells. In our talk, we consider a setting where we log GSM cell transitions and enrich the information using the GPS coordinates of the transition point whenever a GPS device that has a fix is present. To our best knowledge, this kind of setting has not


Mobile ad hoc networks are vulnerable to various types of denial of service (DoS) attacks for the absence of fixed network infrastructure. The gray hole attack is a type of DoS attacks. In this attack, an adversary silently drops some or all of the data packets sent to it for further forwarding even when no congestion occurs. In this paper, a new solution against the gray hole attack is proposed. The proposal is consisted of two related algorithms: the key management algorithm based on gossip protocol and the detection algorithm based on aggregate signatures. The simulation results using ns-2 show that in a moderately changing network, most of the malicious nodes could be detected, the routing packet overhead was low, and the packet delivery rate has been improved.


Abstract : The application of an integro-differential approach in the numerical study of unsteady viscous flows about airfoils is described. Two different procedures are presented. A procedure based on a stream function-vorticity formulation and on a transformation technique is used in a study of a flow about an impulsively started 9% thick Joukowski airfoil at an angle of attack of 15 deg and a Reynolds number of 1000. Numerical results are presented and compared with available finite-difference results. A second procedure based on a velocity-vorticity formulation and on a hybrid finite difference-finite element technique is used in a study of a flow about an oscillating 12% thick Joukowski airfoil at a Reynolds number of 1000. With either procedure, the unique ability of the integro-differential approach to confine the solution field to the vortical region of the flow is utilized. It is shown that this ability offers great computational advantages. (Author)


— The 1982 Report of the National Caries Program of the National Institute of Dental Research, U.S.A., is analysed as a source of information on research into the aetiology and prevention of dental caries.


This research aim to: (1) To analyze how far the syariah aspect, economic and service influence to decision become client in Syariah Bank of BRI Branch Solo; (2) Among syariah aspect, economic and service whether most dominant influence decision become client. Population in this research is entire client of Bank of BRI of Syariah Branch Solo. In this research the sample is determined as much 60 people from population. Way of intake of sample used in this research by quota random sampling. This research measure influence between syariah aspect, economic and service to decision become client in Bank of BRI of Syariah Branch Solo. Dependent Varible in this research represent dummy variable (model logit). Analyze data used in this research is logistics regression model. Result of research indicate that model regresi logistics with variable dependent decision become variable independent Moslem law aspect and client, economic and the the model service have fit or no difference between model with data posed at by calculation Hosmer and Lemeshow Goodness of fit value test statistics equal to 0,800 (> 0,05). While value Negelkerke R Square equal to 0,622 indicating that variability of dependent variable (decision become client) which can be explained by variability of independent variable (Syariah aspect, economic, and service) equal to 62,2%; while the rest equal to 37,8% explained by other variable outside these variable (syariah variable, economic, and service). Pursuant to parameter estimation obtained that Syariah aspect variable (X 1 ) significant at probability value of 0,042; economic variable (X 2 ) significant at probability value of 0,049 and for the service variable (X 3 ) significant at probability value of 0,046, this matter indicate that individually syariah variable (X 1 ), economic variable (X 2 ), and the service variable (X 3 ) influence decision become client in Syariah Bank of BRI Branch Solo.


The Yellow Spectrum by Frantisek Kupka ; ; The Yellow Spectrum (1907, National Museum of Modem Art, Pompidou Centre, Paris) by F. Kupka, the key work of his figurative period, is a typical example of an approach based on synesthesia. As its highly descriptive title indicates, Kupka here launches himself deeper into a study of colour, applying the whole yellow-orange spectrum present in the theory of colors. Nevertheless he attaches to these colors a symbolic and 'narrative' meaning in which he follows the logic of the psychological and physiological effects of color. Moreover, many preliminary sketches, as well as the second version of this painting (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) are fraught with literary connotations. It is very likely that this work is an imaginary and highly symbolic portrait of Charles Baudelaire as a poet able to evoke and 'visualize' through his work (in particular in Les Paradis artificiels [Artificial Paradises] and in his French translations of Edgar Allan Poe) a whole spectrum of internal visions.


Objectives: This study investigated 8-OHdG repair-related gene polymorphisms, 8-OHdG concentration and their association with the risk and survival of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HG-SOC). Methods: Germline variants in the 8-OHdG repair pathway were assessed in 350 sporadic HG-SOC patients (HG-SOCs) and 700 healthy controls. The8-OHdGconcentration in leukocyteDNAwasmeasured by ELISA. Cox proportional hazard models and log-rank test were used to conduct the survival analysis. Results: The genotype and allele frequencies of OGG1 c.977C> G, MUTYH c.972G> C, and TP53 codon 72Arg/Prowere di ferent to those of platinum-sensitive recurrent HG-SOCs and refractory/platinum-resistant recurrent sub HGSOCs (P = 0.04, 0.05, and 0.03, respectively). The average value of 8-OHdG/10 dG was higher in patients with OGG1 c.977G, MUTYH c.972G, or TP53 codon 72 Arg alleles (all P < 0.01). High 8-OHdG concentrations in leukocyteDNAwas independently associatedwith shorter overall survival (OS) (P< 0.01) and progression-free survival (PFS) in HG-SOCs. Conclusion: Functional polymorphisms in the base excision repair (BER) systemwere associatedwith increased 8-OHdG concentrations and thus with platinum sensitivity and prognosis in HG-SOCs.


Abstract This article examines how the systemic sin of neoliberalism affects pandemic relationships, specifically considering how its emphasis on autonomy can result in relational abuse and erode a recognition of our fundamental interdependence as human beings. To contextualize the argument, this article employs a case study of tip baiting in the United States during the COVID-19 crisis to explain how neoliberalism concretely results in harm that can be identified as a form of systemic sin.


Objective Recommendations regarding optimal laboratory testing for the diagnosis of Primary hyperthyroidism. Methods Utilizing radio-immunity method to measure total triiodothyronine(TT3)、total thyroxine (TT)4、thyrotropin(TSH)、free triiodothyronine(FT3)、free thyroxine (FT4) concentrations and calculated the FT4/TSH ratio. Compare of the areas under receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curves between the abnormal groups and the normal. Results The area under the ROC curve of TSH, FT3 , FT4, TT3 ,TT4 and FT4/TSH ratio are 0.88±0.02,0.83±0.07,0.80±0.04,0.81±0.03,0.78±0.03,0.92±0.02. Conclusion The accuracy of FT4/TSH ratio is the best in diagnosis of Primary hyperthyroidism; and the ROC curve is a scientific and comprehensive way to the evaluation of disease.


The summer issue of 2022 continues our tradition of rich scientific content. Anichini et al explore how diabetic foot management could be improved in the era of COVID-19 (Coronavirus infectious disease). Doucette et al report on the efficacy of dehydrated human amniotic membrane allograft in preventing diabetic foot amputations. Carro et al provide a comparison between various classification systems of the diabetic foot. A case series of minimally invasive floating metatarsal osteotomy for diabetic foot ulcers is presented by Tamir et al Another case series is presented by Brocco et al: it relates to photodynamic topical antimicrobial therapy for infected diabetic foot ulcers. Again in infected diabetic foot ulcers, Taghavifar et al have achieved satisfactory results with Curcumin nanoparticles. Appil et al have demonstrated that family empowerment may contribute to improved glycaemic control and faster healing of diabetic foot ulcers. Impressively, Jiang et al found very frequent depression among patients with diabetic foot ulcerations. In critical limb ischemia, Bisdas et al share their experience as a specialist center. Shimekaw et al provide data on bacterial isolates and antibiotic susceptibility among patients with various wounds in Ethiopia. Finally, two papers describe cases of ischemia in the context of COVID-19, a complication already highlighted in our journal. We shall enjoy all these articles, as we shall enjoy sweet sunshine of the season.


In this paper we consider complex supermanifolds (Λί, Ο) of dimension 2 | 2, where Μ = CP 2 is a complex projective plane. We classify homogeneous supermanifolds of this type and calculate cohomologies for them with values in a tangent bundle. We use the method given in [1] where an analogous problem is solved for Μ = CP 1 .


— Let G be a fi nite group, let M be a maximal subgroup of G , and let F be a hereditary formation consisting of solvable groups. The metanilpotency of the F -residual G F is established under the assumption that all subgroups maximal in M are F -subnormal in G , and the nilpotency of G F is established in the case where F is saturated. Properties of the group G are indicated in more detail for the formation of all solvable groups with Abelian Sylow subgroups, for the formation of all supersolvable groups, and for the formation of all groups with nilpotent commutator subgroup.


Replacement of refined wheat flour with milling fractions of quinoa seeds represents a useful way for the formulation of value-added baked products with beneficial characteristics to consumers. The aim of this study was to assess the chemical composition and physical properties of different particle sizes of quinoa flour on Falling number index (FN) and dough rheological properties determined by Mixolab in a planned research based on design of experiment by using full factorial design. The ash and protein contents were higher in medium particle size, whereas the carbohydrates presented a lower value, this fraction having also the highest water absorption and water retention capacity. The reduction of particles led to an increased swelling capacity and a decreased bulk density. The particle size significantly influenced the FN values in linear and quadratic terms (p < 0.05), showing a decrease with the particle size increasing. Particle size decrease significantly increased water absorption and the rate of protein weakening due to heat (C1–2), whereas starch gelatinization rate (C3–2), starch breakdown rate related to amylase activity (C3–4) and starch retrogradation speed (C5–4) decreased. By increasing the amount of quinoa flour (QF) in wheat flour, the dough stability and the torques C2, C3, C4 and C5 followed a decreased trend, whereas water absorption and dough development time rose. Optimization, determined by particle size and level of QF added in wheat flour based on which of the combination gives the best rheological properties, showed that the composite flour containing 8.98% quinoa flour of medium particle size was the most suitable.


Crotalaria plants and Utetheisa ornatrix are closely linked to each other: the larvae destroy the seeds, while the moth depends on hostplants for alkaloids. To better understand the ongoing co-evolution, the present study examines how native hostplants compare to exotic ones. Leaf-feeding on Crotalaria pumila, C. rotundifolia, and C. incana, native to the moth's range, led to faster larval development than on the exotic C. lanceolata, C. spectabilis, and C. pallida. Seed-feeding on all species of Crotalaria led to accelerated larval development and a resultant larger adult moth, and correlates with a higher nitrogen content in the plant tissues. These results add a novel dimension to the previous studies of reproductive biology of this model organism. In controlled settings, mature larvae showed preference for leaves of C. spectabilis over those of other species, perhaps due to the higher alkaloid content. Differences in morphology and phenology of Crotalaria determine the ecology of U. ornatrix populations in Florida. The introduction of novel hostplants, on which U. ornatrix can have a significant negative effect and which are of concern to humans as invasive toxic weeds, has greatly expanded the niche occupied by this moth. Possible co-evolution of Utetheisa sensu lato and plant defences in the genus Crotalaria is discussed.


In article approaches to classification of projects, with reasons for allocation among them marketing projects are provided. Management of marketing projects depending on a lifecycle stage is considered. Examples of marketing projects of a shoe company «TRIEN» some of which were realized for the purpose of a process improvement of management are given.


Charcoal brooder is commonly used in Nigeria as a heat source during brooding of commercially raised chicks and its usage is associated with generation of smoke and poisonous gases. Its effect on vital parameters was assessed. One hundred day old cockerel chicks used in this experiment were separated into two groups A (control) and B (treated group). They were brooded separately under two different brooding methods with group A brooded with electric bulb and B with charcoal brooder. Intestinal contents of the chicks were collected at day 1, 14 and 28. Blood, liver, lung and intestinal content were also collected at day 14 and 28 to evaluate complete blood cell count, serum total protein, histological changes and intestinal bacterial load. Mean ± SEM values were calculated and compared for significant differences with independent T-test at p < 0.05. Significantly higher (p < 0.05) haematocrit value (35.40 ± 2.61%), haemoglobin concentration, total leucocyte count and lymphocyte count were recorded for group B at day 14. Significant increase in mean corpuscular volume (103.71 ± 5.29 fl) and lower heterophil count were recorded for group B as compared with control at day 28. Serum total protein decreased significantly in group B at day 14 as compared with the control. There was significant increase in heterotrophic bacterial count of group B as compared with control at day 14. Histologically, severe congestions of lungs, liver portal triad and central vein were observed at day 14 and 28 in group B. These results show that brooding with charcoal caused stress and hypoxia to the chicks and can contribute to early health problem in chicks.


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─ A multi-functional microstrip-fed ultrawideband (UWB) monopole antenna has been presented. By loading two dual-mode resonators and shunt metallic strips on the reference UWB antenna, two additional operational states are created, including band-notched UWB response (i.e., 3.1~11.5 GHz passband response except the notched band of 5.15~5.8 GHz) and narrow bandpass response (5.5-5.95 GHz) with high frequency selectivity. Moreover, the frequency characteristics of bandpass filtering antenna is also studied when we solder two lumped-chip 0 Ω resistors instead of the shunt metallic strips. Four antenna prototypes are designed, fabricated and measured to validate the design concept. Full-wave electromagnetic simulator HFSS is used for the antenna design optimization and performance prediction. The measured results are presented including return losses, gains and radiation patterns, declaring that the proposed antennas have good impedance matching performance and radiation patterns. Index Terms ─ High frequency selectivity, monopole antenna, notched band, ultra-wideband.


A new Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services plan for payment for evaluation and management services (E/M) has been proposed and CMS is currently accepting comments through 5 p.m., Sept. 10. The new rules would apply to all E/M services delivered after Jan. 1, 2019.


Purpose: To examine the correlation between the gait speed and muscle activation or foot pressure in stroke patients. Methods: Twenty five functionally ambulant stroke patients (male/female: 15/10, mean age: 57.65±2.30) were enrolled in this study. The patients were asked to walk on a plate at a self-selected and comfortable speed. Three walking trials were obtained and then averaged for data analysis. The gait speed and foot pressure were measured from a RS-Scan system. Activation of the quadriceps femoris muscle and biceps hamstring muscle (%RVC) were recorded using ProComp InfinitiTM. Results: There was a significant positive correlation between Hamstring muscle activation (%RVC) and gait speed. The gait speed correlated with the foot pressure of the lateral metatarsal zone (M3-5) in the affected side. There was a correlation between the gait speed and the foot pressure of the lateral metatarsal (M3-5) and heel (medial, lateral) zone in the less-affected side. Conclusion: The gait speed is related to hamstring muscle activation and the characteristics of foot pressure. This information was observed in both the affected and less-affected sides, suggesting that rehabilitation programs should be implemented on both sides.


T Follicular Helper cells (TFH) provide both co-stimulation and stimulatory cytokines to B cells to facilitate affinity maturation, class switch recombination, and plasma cell differentiation within the germinal center. However, is not clear how TFH differentiation is regulated. We found that deficiency of the chromatin organizer Satb1 results in increased TFH formation in CD4Cre+Satb1flx/flx mice through up-regulation of the canonical TFH markers ICOS and PD-1 and suppression of Foxp3+PD-1highCXCR5+ T follicular regulatory (TFR) cells as well. Accordingly, CD4Cre+Satb1flx/flx mice, or RAG1−/− mice transferred with Satb1-deficient CD4+ T cells showed a dramatic accumulation of CD4+CXCR5+PD-1high upon ovarian tumor challenge, compared to their Satb1+ counterparts, which was associated with reduced tumor growth. Importantly, intratumoral administration of Satb1-deficient CD4+ T cells re-directed to target ovarian cancer cells through chimeric receptors, but not their Satb1+ counterparts, induce the formation of Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in most tumors.

 Satb1 controls three mechanisms relevant for TFH differentiation and, subsequently, antigen-specific humoral responses; namely, PD- 1 expression, ICOS de-repression and TFR formation. Our results suggest a novel role for Satb1 as a major regulator of TFH differentiation and TLS during tumor formation.


does not necessarily have to be counted as a shortcoming—providing a more nuanced view of Egyptian feminism by looking at how the interests, activities, and political positions of elite and middle-class professional women differed is a significant contribution—but she does suggest in the initial chapters that she will trace the ways in which middle-class women formed alliances with working-class women against elite feminist positions. The book fails to deliver on this promise. Part of the problem may be with the slippage between the terms "managerial class" and "lower class." Marriscotti sometimes refers to middle-class professional women as "the lower classes" (in relation to elite women), and at other times this term seems to encompass all Egyptian women who do not belong to the elite upper classes. More conceptual precision and clarification would have been welcome here. The weakest part of the book is not the actual historical material but the initial chapters in which Marriscotti lays out her critique of the existing literature on Egyptian women. Marriscotti claims to be intervening in "dominant paradigms," but the works with which she most engages are a decade old or more. Although her point that the majority of works in Egyptian women's history have focused largely on elite discourses without attending to the diversity of perspectives that made Egyptian feminism so dynamic is valid, her explanations for why this is the case are not especially clear. Marriscotti suggests in some places that "a lack of theory" in Egyptian women's history has led to a prevalence of neo-Orientalist paradigms. In other places she suggests that a surfeit of "poststructuralist" (interchangeable in her critique with postcolonial and postmodern) theory is to blame for analyses of the Egyptian feminist movement that do not account for class differences. This is a surprising explanation given that some of the most recent work dealing with the construction of Egyptian womanhood (if not feminism directly) using the tools of postcolonial and poststructural theory are absent from her bibliography. (Lila Abu-Lughod's edited collection, Remaking Women, which is heavily focused on Egypt, and Lisa Pollard's book Nurturing the Nation are two important cases in point.) It is a bit unfair to critique the approaches of other scholars without engaging their work or to summarize an entire field's shortcomings based mostly on works written years ago. Despite its weaknesses, Marriscotti's book is a long-awaited contribution to an ever-rich and growing field. It is a useful and powerful reminder not to rely on a simple cooptation/resistance binary when analyzing the complicated struggles between Egyptian women to define appropriate womanhood and feminist practice. It will be required reading for anyone who works on gender politics in interwar Egypt.


This project aims to develop a ticketing system using ASP.NET MVC, a
free web framework for building web sites, applications, and web services. It has vali-
dation rules (both as Client Side Server Side), display and well-defined modelling, as
well as clear separation of layers Model, View and Controller, which enables agile de-
velopment. For this study will be used the C# language, though this framework enable
development with other programming languages.
The ticketing system is also used to demonstrate the implementation of au-
thentication and security in the use of the said framework.
Will be described in the first stage the theoretical basis from the study, the
evolution of the MVC pattern, the architecture of this design pattern, the advantages of
using the data validation and code annotations. It will also be described as a second
step, the problem definition, requirements, diagrams and interface design, as well as
the implementation of the so-called proper system.
Finally, the software testing will be done using some scenarios for this. Soon
after there will be a discussion about using ASP.NET MVC and the result of implemen-
tation.


Rats injected with bleomycin over a 58‐week period developed weight loss, alopecia, hyperpigmentation, skin thickening and skin tautness when compared with saline‐injected control animals. The only significant abnormality in laboratory blood tests was an increased sedimentation rate in the bleomycin‐treated rats compared with controls. Histological examination of dorsal skin showed atrophied sebaceous glands and increased collagen fibres, with diameters ranging from 37·5 to 75 nm as compared with 72·5 to 100 nm in control animals. Chronic bleomycin exposure produces clinical, histological and ultrastructural skin changes similar to those found in human progressive systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).


The influence of corrosion on ultrasonic and electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation results has been simulated for 2‐layer aluminum aircraft fuselage. Simulations have been performed with respect to ultrasonic time‐of‐flight measurements aiming on the detection of corrosion at the backwall of the first aluminum layer. Calculations of the eddy current probe response have been performed, where the thickness of the first and second layer and also the probe‐to‐specimen lift‐off at several eddy current operating frequencies have been varied.


The organoiron vinylidene derivatives [(η2-dppe)(η5-Cp*)FeCCH−(1-naphthyl)][X] (Cp* = C5Me5; dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane; X = BPh4, 3[BPh4]; X = PF6, 3[PF6]) were synthesized from (η2-dppe)(η5-Cp*)FeCl and 1-naphthyl acetylene in the presence of NaBPh4 or NaPF6, respectively. The daughter organometallic acetylide complex, (η2-dppe)(η5-Cp*)Fe−C⋮C−(1-naphthyl), 4, was obtained, in 81% yield, upon deprotonation of the vinylidene precursor, 3[BPh4], by t-BuOK in a MeOH/THF mixture at room temperature. One new dicationic heterobimetallic vinylidene Fe(II)−Ru(II) complex, 5[PF6]2, was obtained, in 74% yield, upon reaction of the 1-naphthyl vinylidene precursor 3[PF6], with [(η5-Cp*)Ru(CH3CN)3][PF6]. Binuclear acetylides were prepared via η6 complexation of the (η5-Cp*)Ru+ arenophile onto either the substituted or the free naphthyl ring of 1-naphthyl acetylide derivative 4, and both of these haptotropomers, 6A[PF6] and 6B[PF6], were isolated. A third bimetallic model compound, 2[PF6], was prepared in...


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Drug use among children has become an increasing public health concern in Macedonia. Drug use is particularly high among Roma children, who are most affected by drug-related harm and lack of access to appropriate treatment. Civil society, medical professionals and decision makers have expressed worries about the growing number of children who start using drugs, including injected drugs such as heroin, at an ever …


Stochastic control problems in finance having complex controls inevitably give rise to low order accuracy, usually at most second order. Fourier methods are efficient at advancing the solution between control monitoring dates, but are not monotone. This gives rise to possible violations of arbitrage inequalities. We devise a preprocessing step for Fourier methods which involves projecting the Green's function onto the set of linear basis functions. The resulting algorithm is guaranteed to be monotone (to within a tolerance), infinity norm stable and satisfies an epsilon-discrete comparison principle. The algorithm has the same complexity per step as a standard Fourier method and has second order accuracy for smooth problems.


Today's society looks to universities for solutions to broad-based issues that require cross-disciplinary expertise. Yet, the organizational structure of our institutions remains locked in academic and administrative silos that have little genuine ability to communicate or to recognize the interdependence of knowledge. Why does the capacity to communicate between disciplines and units remain limited? How do formalizations of our experience create barriers? What kind of reflection would it take to subject our mental models of knowledge and learning to critical inquiry? This discussion highlights one of the most entrenched 'group identity myths' that underlie the structure of modern academic institutions, the 'triviality of integration' thesis.


In this paper we present a structured approach to design fixed function DSP systems. The approach is applied to design an ASIC FFT processor. The emphasis is placed on synthesis of an efficient architecture for the processor. The synthesis starts from the system specification and goes through a number of design steps: specification, DSP algorithm design, partitioning, scheduling, resource allocation and architecture design. The remaining design steps for a complete VLSI chip, i.e., logic and circuit design followed by VLSI design are discussed in brief. The approach allow the designer to estimate, at each design step, the effect on the cost of the system in terms of silicon area and power consumption.


The present investigation aims to enhance the mechanical properties and shape memory characteristics of Cu–Ni–Al shape memory alloys (SMAs) by alloying additional elements. These additions were found to control the phase morphology and grain size, along with the formation of different volume fractions, sizes, and distributions of precipitates. The features of the precipitates were mainly dependent on the type of alloying element. It was found that a Co (1.14 wt%) alloy gave the best overall improvement in terms of the transformation temperatures, ductility, and shape memory recovery. These improvements were mainly due to the exceptionally high presence of the γ_2 phase in the microstructures of the modified alloy. The results of the current investigation were analyzed and compared to those of previous studies related to Cu–Al–Ni SMAs.


Acute lung injury (ALI) is a state of inflammation that breaks down the lung endothelial and epithelial cell barriers. In the current study, we investigated the role of resveratrol (RES) in regulating the expression and functions of tight junction proteins (TJP) in epithelial cell responses following exposure to this superantigen. To this end, C3H mice were given resveratrol orally twice prior to intranasal challenge with lethal SEB doses. 16S rRNA results showed that there were microbes transported in the blood in addition to the lung and colonic tissues. For this purpose, we used a reporter E. coli-GFP labeled bacterium to monitor and examine the viability of this bacterium in case of leak from lung into blood and other body compartments during the peak of ALI. The flow cytometry results showed significant reduction in copy numbers of this reporter in the blood in RES-treated mice in comparison to vehicle-treated mice. However, bacteriological examination for viability by culture of the blood showed all were negative for all experimental groups. Mouse transcriptome array showed increase in TJP gene expression in colonic and alveolar epithelial cells of RES-treated mice. Some of these genes were validated with qPCR. We found that there was an increase in the expression of some TJP genes following RES treatment. Commensals and probiotics are also known to decrease intestinal barrier dysfunction caused by inflammatory cytokines. Therefore, mass spectrometry (MS) analysis showed increase in the metabolome in colons of RES-treated group that help in strengthening of intestinal barrier. In conclusion, RES treatment increased directly or indirectly the rigidity of cell boundaries resulting in amelioration of ALI-dependent complications.


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The reaction of picryl benzoate derivatives 1a–g with aniline in methanol proceeds through COO and ArO bond cleavage pathways. Furthermore, the reactivity of these esters toward anilinolysis is correlated to the energy gap between highest occupied molecular orbital aniline and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of each ester. The regioselectivity of acyloxygen versus aryloxygen cleavage is also discussed. The overall rate constants ktot split into kCOO (the rate constant of acyl-oxygen cleavage) and kArO (rate constant of aryl-oxygen cleavage). The COO bond cleavage advances through a stepwise mechanism in which the formation of the tetrahedral intermediate is the rate-determining step. The ArO bond cleavage continues through a SNAr mechanism in which the departure of the leaving group from the Meisenheimer complex occurs rapidly after its formation in the rate-determining step.


While there has been some improvement in what is known about supplemental K-12 online learning, there continues to be a lack of evidence to guide the practice of full-time K-12 online learning. This paper concludes that despite considerable enthusiasm for full-time virtual education in some quarters, there is little high quality research to support the practice or call for expanding this form of virtual schools. "A paucity of research exists when examining high school students enrolled in virtual schools, and the research base is smaller still when the population of students is further narrowed to the elementary grades." (Rice, 2006) A number of scholars have documented the absence of rigorous reviews of virtual schools (Barbour & Reeves, 2009). Cavanaugh, Barbour, and Clark (2009) defended this state of affairs, writing that: in many ways, this (was) indicative of the foundational descriptive work that often precedes experimentation in any scientific field. In other words, it is important to know how students in virtual school engage in their learning in this environment prior to conducting any rigorous examination of virtual schooling.


Ultraviolet‐laser irradiation (6.4 eV and 5.0 eV) of the first layer of water adsorbed on a Pd(111) surface at 90 K leads to desorption of H2O and to conversion of the adsorbed state as manifested in the thermal desorption spectra. The latter effect is attributed to photodissociation of water on the surface. Time‐of‐flight measurements show that water molecules desorb with the same translational energy of about 600 K for both photon energies. While desorption is suppressed with adsorbed multilayers, conversion within the first layer still proceeds.


This paper presents a method for extracting regions of non-rigid moving objects from a video. The proposed method utilizes interactive image cutout and local affine transformation. In the proposed method, once a user draws seed-lines on the object and background regions of the first frame of a video, the seed-lines are automatically tracked to next frames based on local affine transformation, and the object regions in each frame are automatically extracted by image cutout using the tracked seed-lines. Experimental results have shown that the proposed method can correctly extract the regions of nonrigid objects from a video.


The nervous, obsessional Lawrence, summoning mysterious gods, blueprinting Utopian colonies with himself at their head, and assuming the Christlike task of changing the course of modern history, tends to shut out our view of the other Lawrences. He was also, somewhat unexpectedly, a writer with a highly developed flair for comic satire.


The electric and hydraulic principles of the pump-control electro-hydraulic driving system have been introduced in the text,as well as the advantages of pump-control press brake comparing with the conventional one.It is pointed out that the application of pump-control electro-hydraulic driving system is more widely,which has a broad marketing prospect.


Objective:To evaluate the role of leptin in growth and development of fetals and neonates though the dynamic observation of the change of neonatal serum leptin.Methods:One hundred and thirty two newborn pairs were enrolled in this study.The leptin,insulin and growth hormone concentrations in newborn cord blood were measured by radioimmunoassay(RIA).Blood sugar,cholesterol(CHOL) and triglyceride(TG) concentrations were measured by auto biochemical analyzer.The serum leptin of 35 newborns from appropriate for gestational age(AGA)infants group and large for gestational age(LGA)infants group were determined around the 3th and 28th day from delivery.Results:The concentrations of leptin in cord blood were gradually increased with the gestational age and the differences between male and female as also outstanding. Leptin levels of AGA group were significantly greater than those of SGA group, but significantly lower than those of LGA group. There was a significant gender difference in leptin levels between male and female infants.Although leptin concentrations were positively correlated with gestational age,birth weight,Ponderal Index (PI),length, head and chest circumference,placental weight,TG,insulin and growth hormone, But only gestational age,birth weight and PI were independent influencing factors with cord blood leptin concentrations.The leptin concentrations of newborns declined rapidly at 3 days of age, and then rose gradually at 28th days.Conclusions:The changes of leptin concentrations in newborns suggest that leptin plays an important role in the regulation of growth and weight gain in fetals and newborns.


In this paper, we consider a channel whose the input is a binary random source X ∈ {x<inf>1</inf>,x<inf>2</inf>} with the probability mass function (pmf) p<inf>X</inf> = [p<inf>x1</inf>,p<inf>x2</inf>] and the output is a continuous random variable Y ∈ R as a result of a continuous noise, characterized by the channel conditional densities p<inf>y|x1</inf> = ϕ<inf>1</inf>(y) and p<inf>y|x2</inf> = ϕ<inf>2</inf>(y). A quantizer Q is used to map Y back to a discrete set Z ∈ {z<inf>1</inf>,z<inf>2</inf>,...,z<inf>N</inf>}. To retain most amount of information about X, an optimal Q is one that maximizes I(X;Z). On the other hand, our goal is not only to recover X but also ensure that p<inf>Z</inf> = [p<inf>z1</inf>,p<inf>z2</inf>,...,p<inf>zN</inf>] satisfies a certain constraint. In particular, we are interested in designing a quantizer that maximizes βI(X;Z)−C(p<inf>Z</inf>) where β is a tradeoff parameter and C(p<inf>Z</inf>) is an arbitrary cost function of p<inf>Z</inf>. Let the posterior probability ${p_{{x_1}\mid y}} = {r_y} = \frac{{{p_{{x_1}}}{\phi _1}(y)}}{{{p_{{x_1}}}{\phi _1}(y) + {p_{{x_2}}}{\phi _2}(y)}}$, our result shows that the structure of the optimal quantizer separates r<inf>y</inf> into convex cells. In other words, the optimal quantizer has the form: ${Q^{\ast}}\left( {{r_y}} \right) = {z_i}$, if $a_{i - 1}^{\ast} \leq {r_y} < a_i^{\ast}$ for some optimal thresholds $a_0^{\ast} = 0 < a_1^{\ast} < a_2^{\ast} < \cdots < a_{N - 1}^{\ast} < a_N^{\ast} = 1$. Based on this optimal structure, we describe some fast algorithms for determining the optimal quantizers.


Background: The aim of this study was to assess the effects of functional training (FT) on pain, function, and performance in elite male taekwondo players with CMLBP. Method: 27 elite male taekwondo players (mean ± standard deviation: age 24.4 ± 4.9 years, body mass 75.7 ± 15.1 kg, height 181.4 ± 7.8 cm) were allocated to two experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 12) groups. The eight-week FT was divided into four distinct phases for the subjects of the experimental group. Variables of pain and function were assessed by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), respectively. The movement time of Ap Douliou Chagi kick (MTAK) and speed of Ap Douliou Chagi kick (SAK) was used for the variable of performance. Results: Considering the results of pretest before the implementation of the scores protocol, after FT intervention, VAS (p = 0.004), ODI (p = 0.005), MTAK on the right leg (p = 0.029) and the left leg (p = 0.013) decreased and SAK on both legs (p = 0.000) increased significantly in comparison with the control group. Conclusion: It is assumed that FT can reduce the pain intensity and improve the function and performance in taekwondo players.


The carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are one of the main concerns of global health, mainly those that are encoded by plasmids. The aim was to describe the progress of colonization by CPE in anal swabs of patients of intensive care unit (ICU) and COVID-ICU in an adult hospital from Chaco province, Argentina. A descriptive retrospective study was carried out between 2021 January to August. 379 anal swabs were studied, in 26% (n=98) CPE were detected. K. pneumoniae was the more frequent isolate. In January, in COVID-ICU, 18% of anal swabs where positive, being all identified as KPC carbapenemase. In August, in COVID-ICU, the total of positive anal swab raised to 81% and all detected carbapenemase were MBL type. In ICU, the percentage of positive anal swabs increased from 14% in January to 49% in August, where both KPC and MBL carbapenemases were detected. Of The total of colonized patients, 15% developed CPE infection.
Active surveillance and control measures are necessary to keep down the spread of CPE.


Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco is a species of economic and ecological importance for Mexico. Several actions have been implemented for its ex situ conservation. However, the lack of characterization data is a limiting factor in genebanks. In this study, morphological characteristics and seed germination traits were evaluated in 12 accessions of P. menziesii from Tlaxcala and Puebla. Fifteen seed variables, germination percentage (PG), days to germination (DG) and radicle growth (CR) were measured in 100 seeds (four replicas of 25 seeds each) per accession. A principal component analysis, a cluster analysis and the estimation of the relationship between seed variables and germination traits were performed. The variables that had largest influence on the distribution of morphological variation were: LA, ASC, AS and AA/AS. The accessions were distributed in five general groups according mainly to their geographical origin. For some accessions, PG and CR had a direct relationship with seed size variables. These results showed the presence of variation and the influence of seed morphology on the germination of the evaluated accessions.


The sodium acetate catalyzed three-component reaction of aromatic aldehyde, acetone and Meldrum acid or spirolactone at room temperature gave stereospecific 7,11-cis-diaryl-2,4-dioxaspiro[5,5]undecane-1,5,9-triones in a very efficient manner.


In 1982, Lagarias showed that solving the approximate Shortest Vector Problem also solves the problem of finding good simultaneous Diophantine approximations. Here we provide a deterministic, dimension-preserving reduction in the reverse direction. It has polynomial time and space complexity, and it is gap-preserving under the appropriate norms. We also give an alternative to the Lagarias algorithm by first reducing his version of simultaneous approximation to one with no explicit range in which a solution is sought.


In this paper, a novel MOS-only voltage reference with curvature compensation is proposed. The proposed circuit using NMOS self-cascode composite transistors (SCCT) and gate-source voltage of NMOS transistor. The compensation circuit achieves piecewise voltage adjustment. It reduces the temperature coefficient (TC) of the voltage reference. The circuit is designed and simulated using 0.18$\mu$m CMOS process. The simulation results show that the supply voltage range of the voltage reference is 1-2.5V, and the linear regulation (LR) is 0.77 %/V; At the conditions of TT process corner and supply voltage of 1.8 V, the typical current consumption is 0.27 $\mu$A. The circuit achieved a temperature coefficient of 8.9 ppm/°C from −50°C to 125°C. The circuit can be widely used in low-power chips such as implantable biomedical and Internet of Things (IoT) chips


IntroductionBrand Equity is the added value endowed by the brand to the product. Although the idea of using a name or a symbol to enhance a product's value has been known to marketers for a long time, brand equity has gained renewed interest in recent years. Brand managers realize that after years of look-alike advertising and over-copying with me-too brands, they now live in a world of product parity. The ensuing price competition through short term price promotions reduces the profitability of brands leading manufactures to examine ways to enhance loyalty toward their brands. In addition, faced with the increasing power of retailers, manufacturers of consumer products realize that having the strongest brands is vital to strengthening their presence with retailers. Furthermore, the escalation of new product development costs coupled with high rate of new product failures has led firms to acquire, license and extend brand names to degree unseen in previous decades.Time was when one had to wait for months, even years, to buy a car in India. The options of Indian drivers were limited to just a few homemade and heavy cars such as the Ambassador, Premier Padmini etc. The collaboration of the Japanese car giant Suzuki with Indian carmaker Maruti completely changed the market. Maruti 800, a small family car, became a prized possession for Indians. But now, that too seems ancient in the current glut of new cars on Indian roads. It is Honda, Hyundai and other models that have become the pride of the Indian roads.Last year more than one million cars were sold in India. Sales figures are expected to grow for another 10 years. That makes India extremely attractive market for car giants. Rising disposable incomes and changing lifestyles are being attributed to the growth of the car industry. But experts believe that the main driver of the Indian car market is the availability of car finance on easy installments and reasonable interest rates.Automobile Industry: A Global Scenario: The evolution of the automobile industry sparked off from the essential origins of transportation. Before the contraption of the automobiles, the main mode of man's travel was on foot. He had attempted to find out some mechanical device for his transport. The first of such attempts is recorded to be in 3500 B.C. It is on record that the Sumerians who lived in the river basins of Tigris and Eufretis had travelled by a mode of transport made on wheels. Later on, Kings and others used palanquins borne by men and chariots pulled by horse and other animals for their travel. Domestic animals like cows, donkeys, horses and elephants were used for pulling carloads. References to such vehicles are galore in the epic works of literature. The horse-carts and bullockcarts are still in force in certain places.It was Nicholas Jacob Cugnot, a French Captain, who built the oldest known automobile car. In 1769, he built a threewheeled car working on stream. This car moving at a speed of 6 kilometer per hour had been used by the French army to carry cannons; but was not used extensively. In the same year 1769, he produced more cars. In 1771, of these cars met with an accident, which is on record as the first motor vehicle accident. By the 19th century, "Stream Engines" had their say in the industrial field. This paved way for new experiments in the specialty of motor vehicles.Global Automobile Industry since Liberalization: The world automobile industry has been witnessing an unprecedented scale of change since 1991 when liberalization took place in India for the first time. The wave of globalization had directly affected the international automobile industry and has accelerated the path. The impact of globalization emerged in the financial and securities industries which experienced the Big Bang in the 1980's. Then it spread to the fast growing information and communications industries. Now the automobile industry is no exception. The automobile industry was, especially in advanced countries, primarily a national industry, no matter how internationally its business content developed. …


336. Ambient Air Contamination with Acinetobacter baumannii: Longitudinal observations based on the anatomic source of colonization Luis Shimose, MD; Dennise Depascale, MT; Roberto Viau, MD; Robert A. Bonomo, MD; Nicholas Namias, MD; Daniel H. Kett, MD; Yohei Doi, MD, PhD; L. Silvia Munoz-Price, MD, PhD; Medicine, University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL; Infection Control, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL; Medicine, Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH; Case Western Reserve Univesity, Cleveland, OH; Timothy Cleary, PhD, JMH, Miami, FL; Department of Surgery, University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Infectious Diseases, University of Miami/ JacksonMemorial Hospital, Coral Gables, FL


Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) microdisplay combines high birefringence and low operating voltage liquid crystalline (LC) materials with crystalline silicon VLSI technology that provides a flexible technology to control and hold the state of the LC in a high resolution, small sized display [1]. The crystalline silicon VLSI technology is well recognized as a competitive alternative for active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) [2]. Due to the low cost and compact system size achievable for display systems using LCOS technology, these devices have been integrated into camera view finders, head mount displays (HMD) [3], head-up-displays [4], and projection display systems such as front projector and rear projector for high definition televisions and computer monitors. The image quality of AMLCD is however limited by the electronic data write time since data is addressed by line-at-a-time, the display should not be viewed during the data write time to maintain good image contrast ratio. The loss of brightness due to the data write time is very detrimental for a single panel light engine with Field Sequential Color technique, where new image is updated at the frame rate of 180 Hz. The time to write the data (up to 1-2 milliseconds) becomes a significant fraction of the sub-frame time (5.5 milliseconds). Hence there is a serious brightness and contrast ratio tradeoff.


Thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) of carbon–doped aluminium oxide (α–Al 2 O 3 :C) produced in the form of single crystals show high sensitivity to ionizing radiation (about 40–60 times higher than TLD–100 (LiF:Mg,Ti)). The present article offers a review of the materials preparation and corresponding thermoluminescence (TL) properties of α–Al 2 O 3 :C subjected to various types of ionizing radiations. Different methods of α–Al 2 O 3 :C preparation in form of single crystal and thin films are reviewed. The development of methods of preparation is based on the approaches that involve the evaluation of the luminescence light yield in TL process. Most of the methods used were suitable, but each of these methods has their advantages and disadvantages depending on the required form of materials. Considering the results presented by various authors, possible better method of material preparation is proposed. The potential alternative fabrication technique of α–Al 2 O 3 :C thin film by using radio–frequency magnetron sputtering is briefly discussed.


F or decades management accountants have made substantial contributions to the practice, research, and teaching of business. Economists such as Holmstrom (1979), Holmstrom and Milgrom (1991), and Jensen and Meckling (1976) identified agency problems that could exist between the firm and its owners, discussed the informativeness of signals of managerial effort, and the optimal use of these signals in contracting. Management accountants calibrated the properties of the signals, identified optimal weighting schemes for the signals, determined the relative values of signals in contracts, and assessed the difficulty in designing goal congruent systems using these signals (Banker and Datar 1989; Feltham and Xie 1994; Datar, Kulp, and Lambert 2001). Terms such as ''controllability,'' ''congruence,'' and ''balance,'' which form the bedrock of modern accounting and control systems, were first discoursed in the management accounting literature. It is practically impossible to think of a major corporation that does not have a Balanced Scorecard (Kaplan and Norton 1992). Topics such as Activity Based Costing (ABC), Time Driven ABC, Customer Lifetime Value, Capacity Cost Allocation, Target Costing, and the Balanced Scorecard, are the staples of undergraduate, master's, and M.B.A. curricula throughout the world. Privately however, management accountants appear to have had two damaging hobbies—selfflagellation, and exchanging doomsday predictions. The same people who will laugh when told that a Zombie apocalypse is imminent have no trouble declaring (almost triumphantly) that the end of management accounting is within sight. The result is that we scare away the young, further damaging our dwindling numbers. Little respect is accorded to a discipline that insists on endless debates about its own theoretical and methodological boundaries. We have no trouble teaching our undergraduate or graduate students that management accounting ''measures, analyzes, and reports financial and nonfinancial information that helps managers make decisions to fulfill the goals of an organization'' (Horngren, Datar, and Rajan 2012, 4), or that ''A fundamental purpose of managerial accounting is to enhance firm value by ensuring the effective and efficient use of scarce resources'' (Sprinkle and Williamson 2007, 415).


The aim of this article is to apply the question patterns classification commonly accepted in Russian grammar to the texts of Russian advertisements. Since advertisements are to establish contact with the target audience and to motivate it to follow the subtle instructions of the copywriter, questions are very useful for this purpose, thus they are so common in ads. This article gives an overview of the most widespread types of patterns such as affirmativeinterrogative (implying a short/full answer), imperative-interrogative and rhetorical-interrogative ones. Moreover, the article focuses on some specific structural and grammar features of question patterns found in Russian ads such as the choice of tense and aspect forms of the verb, the type of pronouns used, typical grammar structures, etc.


Self-management, or the ability to regulate one's own behavior, has been taught through a variety of techniques including self-recording, self-evaluation, and self-reinforcement (e.g., Hughes & Hendrickson, in press; Kneedler & Hallahan, 1981; Rhode, Morgan, & Young, 1983). By selfrecording, the students count and make formal notes of their own behaviors. Using self-evaluation, they make a judgment about the quality of their performance based on established criteria. When, contingent upon a specified level of performance, they select and administer rewards, they are using self-reinforcement. It seems natural that these techniques would be used in combination to strengthen their effects, yet a review of the literature revealed no reports of their combined use (Hughes & Ruhl, 1985). Consequently, it was decided that a system for teaching mildly handicapped elementary age students to use all three strategies was needed. The ideal system would be one using a direct instruction procedure in a behavior easily recognized by students (i.e.,


The scientific study of learning.-A great many experiments have been performed in recent years in laboratories for the study of general psychology and educational psychology for the investigation of the process of learning, that is, the improvement of the ability to perform some act through practice. From such experiments there has been developed a considerable body of conclusions, many of which have a bearing on educational procedure. The aim of a recent book' is to summarize all this work and to show its bearing on education.


In two of the language families of India, Dravidian and Indo-Aryan, there is a common pattern of onomatopoetics, in their formation and also in part in their syntactic use, with proliferation of items in most of the languages for which there is adequate information. Comparison, based on the etymological dictionaries of the two families, yields some forty areal etymologies, i.e. overlapping which provides what within a single family would be considered clusters of etyma. Since the Indo-Aryan family seems not to inherit the pattern from Indo-European, diffusion is postulated from Dravidian both for the pattern and for some etymological items. We are still in the process of identifying the traits that mark the Indian subcontinent as a linguistic area.' An abundance of loanwords have diffused in both directions between the two major families of the area, Indo-Aryan and Dravidian; but all-pervasive as this type of diffusion has been, it is not the most significant evidence for the characterization of the subcontinent as a linguistic area. More significant, and at the same time more difficult to identify and to analyse historically, is the diffusion of structural traits. An early diagnosis of the situation was provided by Jules Bloch, who in the decade from 1925 to 1934 summed up the tentative suggestions of almost a century of scholarship, to the effect that Indo-Aryan had undergone, from the beginning of its presence in India, an Indianization through contact with Dravidian (and probably with other language families). This view has gone through a process of demonstration that has been capped recently by Kuiper 1967. The hypothesis has achieved acceptance, I think, and is in the public domain to an extent that makes it unnecessary to list the already identified structural diffusions each time the situation is mentioned. Nor is it necessary now, when introducing a new instance of structural diffusion into the evidence, to go through the formality of defending the general thesis. In this paper I will undertake the treatment of onomatopoetics as a structural trait of the Indian linguistic area. Attention will be given to the description of the evidence on both sides of the linguistic boundary (insofar as description is available or possible on the basis of defective data), to the areal comparative treatment, and, in general terms, to the possibility of treating onomatopoetics as a sub-corpus of linguistic material that will in fact yield to comparative treatment. No detailed description of onomatopoeia has been published for any of the Indian languages except Sanskrit (Hoffmann 1952). It will be more satisfactory here to start from a non-literary Dravidian language, Kota, in which onomatopoetics are of common occurrence and for which sufficient descriptive material 1 Defined as in Emeneau 1956:16, n. 28: 'an area which includes languages belonging to more than one family but showing traits in common which are found not to belong to the other members of (at least) one of the families'.


Straight break or transverse fissure is one of the most common failure modes associated with aluminothermic welds in Australian heavy haul railways. Straight break as a fatigue failure mainly nucleates from stress concentration sites at the weld collar edge and propagates in a near vertical direction under mode I crack opening. The reduction of fatigue performance influenced by the collar features and harsh operational conditions has been investigated using multi-axial fatigue analysis and validated on the basis of in-service failures. Practical observations suggest that a major contributor to the occurrence of many straight breaks is a speci£c defect known as £Inning or cold lap. Cold lap is a condition where excess weld material leaks out of the welding mould forming an unfused appendix on the rail surface. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the initiation and propagation of fatigue cracks associated with the cold lap defect through numerical analysis and fracture mechanics. A thermo-structural finite element model of a track portion incorporating an aluminothermic weld with a cold lap defect is developed and the cold lap is treated as a planar crack Sensitivity analysis is performed on cold lap geometric parameters and some operational conditions. The results show that the probability of crack initiation from a cold lap defect largely depends on the lap thickness, lap tip location and the wheel-rail contact conditions. In particular, contact patch eccentricity and lateral tractive forces as a result of curving and hunting behaviour can increase the risk of crack nucleation.


Objective:To put gentamicin combined with other medicines into proper use and improve the curative effect.Methods:To give an analysis according to the clinical application and research outcome.Results:The combination of gentamicin and some drugs can cause mutual influence and decrease the curative effect.Conclusion:Attention should be paid to the interaction when gentamicin and other drugs used simultaneously.


The irregular shapes of small bodies usually lead to non-uniform distributions of mass, which makes dynamic behaviors in the vicinities of small bodies different to that of planets. This study proposes shape entropy (SE) as an index that compares the shapes of small bodies and spheres to describe the shape of a small body. The results of derivation and calculation of SE in two-dimensional and three-dimensional cases show that: SE is independent of the size of geometric figures but depends on the shape of the figures; the SE difference between a geometric figure and a circle or a sphere, which is the limit of SE value, reflects the difference between this figure and a circle or a sphere. Therefore, the description of shapes of small bodies, such as near-spherical, ellipsoid, and elongated, can be quantitatively described via a continuous index. Combining SE and the original inertia index, describing the shape of small bodies, can define the shapes of small bodies and provide a reasonably simple metric to describe a complex shape that is applicable to generalized discussion and analysis rather than highly detailed work on a specific, unique, polyhedral model.


The article deals with the lithofacial features of the Asselian and Sakmarian limestone of the Cisuralian Series of the Permian System, composing the particular mountains Yuraktau, Kushtau and Tratau on the right bank of the Belaya River near the city of Sterlitamak in the Bashkir PreUrals. Biohermic and bioclastic (detrital) lithofacies are distinguished in the limestone composition. Biohermic types are represented by bryozoans and coral framestones and rudstones, tubiphytes packstones, palaeoaplisyna boundstones and rudstones. Granular or bioclastic lithofacies are represented by fusulinid, crinoid-fusulinid grainstones, bryozoans and bryozoans-tubiphytes packstones, crinoid and polybioclastic packstones and wackstones. Polybioclastic packstones and crinoid-fusulinid grainstones predominate in the section of the Lower Permian limestones. In the Asselian part of the section, at the base of the shikhans, there are bryozoans and bryozoans-tubiphytes lithofacies. These limestones make up the shihan Toratau. Coral lithofacies are common in the section of shikhan Yuraktau in the upper part. On the Mount Kushtau, according to drilling data, coral types are confined to the upper part of section, to the Sakmaian stage. The top of Mount Kushtau is composed of palaeoaplisyna limestones composing stratified bioherms with a thickness of up to 40 m. The distribution of limestone lithotypes by section shows the change of the bryozoans-tubiphytes association in Asselian time by coral- palaeoaplisyna bioherms in the Sakmarian time.


Purpose: Estimates of the DDREF are needed to better quantify the risks of second cancers arising from radiation therapy. Biologically motivated models to estimate the DDREF for fractionated radiation therapytreatments are developed and compared to data from the literature and to recommendations from the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) committee. Methods: Trends in cell death and neoplastic transformation are plausibly linked to the formation of small‐ and larger‐scale DNA mutations. A linear‐quadratic (LQ) model for radiation mutagenesis is used to estimate trends in cell transformation and death with dose,dose rate and dose fractionation. We assume that cancer incidence is proportional to the number of mutated or transformed cells, and derive isoeffect formulas to determine the DDREF for single‐ and fractionated doses.Results: The cancer incidence models accurately predict the bell‐shaped dose‐response curve for leukemia incidence in mice after an acute dose of radiation. For fractionated exposures, the dose‐response curve for leukemia in mice becomes broader, giving the appearance of a plateau before decreasing towards zero for very large doses. For a single dose of low linear energy transfer (LET) radiation, the maximum DDREF of 2.5 is comparable to the factor of 2 recommended by the BEIR VII committee. For 2 Gy delivered in 35 fractions (57 mGy per fraction), the predicted DDREF is 1.05. For 35 fractions of 1 Gy, the DDREF is about 0.1, which implies that fractionated large doses of radiation are less biologically effective than a small, single dose of radiation.Conclusion:Models that correct for cell death after therapeuticdoses are consistent with leukemia incidence in mice, as well as other published studies in animals and humans. The DDREF for fractionated radiation therapy may be substantially lower than the BEIR VII recommendation of 2 for low doses of low LET radiation.


.... r 76 percen t of b eryllia (BeO), 4 percen t of alumin a (A1 20 3), and 20 percent of zirconia (Z1'02), wi th an admixture of 2 weigh t percent of calcia (CaO). Thi s body becomes practically impervious a t temperatmes between 1,500° and 1,600° C in both electric and gas-fired furnaces, wi th a resultan t shrinkage of about 20 percen t and an appar en t density of about 3 .3 g/cm3• The resul ts of this study indicate that some of the porcelains wi thin Lh e beryllia field of th e system beryllia-alumina-zirconia may be of use as components for various heat en gines wher e high strength and some degree of elastici ty , rath er th an Lh e ultimate in refr actor in ess, are desired .


`Maximally Stable Extremal Regions' (MSER) based interest points are frequently used for medical image registration on account of their robustness to noise, better localization, and good repeatability. However, if the objects in the image do not have sharp boundaries (as is the case with medical images), the number of MSER's detected is low. Also, MSER's are highly sensitive to image blur. This paper proposes new interest points (specifically for medical images) based on `Extremal regions' (ERs) (as against MSERs). The proposed interest points inherit favorable attributes of MSERs in addition to being detected in good numbers and robustness to blur. Our experiments reveal that ER based interest points perform better, especially for medical images. The computational complexity for proposed points is same as `quasi linear' as for MSERs using union find algorithm.


In calcareous soils where the uptake of boron (B) is depressed, foliar B application may be more effective than soil application. The present study describes an experiment on B uptake in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum), in a calcareous soil. Foliar Application significantly increased the concentration and uptake of B as well as the fruit yield of tomato and its biomass at 50% flowering. The concentration of B was lessser in fruits than the foliage and root of tomato. Application of B through foliar spray was equally or more effective in increasing fruit yield in calcareous soils. Tomato yield also significantly increased with the addition of soil applied borax and boronated superphosphate. The hybrid tomato yielded more fruit but responded similarly to the non-hybrild to B fertilisation.


Context: Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a serious gynecological issue worldwide and its late detection is the major encumbrance in treatment procedures. Hypermethylation-mediated BRCA1 gene silencing results in failure of the repair system of damaged DNA playing an important role in ovarian carcinogenesis. BRCA1 gene hypermethylation can serve as a safe and highly specific clinical marker for EOC. Aims: The present study was conducted to evaluate the promoter hypermethylation of BRCA1 gene in EOC patients. Settings and Design: This hospital-based case–control study carried out in the tertiary care hospital in New Delhi. Subjects and Methods: Promoter hypermethylation of BRCA1 gene was examined in 30 EOC diagnosed untreated cases confirmed by histopathological examinations and compared with 30 normal healthy controls matched for age using methylation specific-polymerase chain reaction. Results: We found significantly higher BRCA1 promoter hypermethylation in the serum of EOC cases as compared to controls with P < 0.0001. BRCA1 gene methylation was found to have 70% sensitivity for the diagnosis of EOC with 100% specificity. A significant difference was observed in the range of CA125 levels, B12 and Folate levels between EOC cases and controls. Conclusions: We conclude that BRCA1 gene is significantly hypermethylated in EOC patients and thus can prove to be a noninvasive diagnostic tool. Our results provide prefatory evidence that epithelial ovarian epigenome can be influenced by dietary nutrients.


Complex micromorphometric research of a thyroid gland ofthe muskrat males and females living in the Baikal regionecosystemconditions are given in the article. The research was conducted in various seasons (September-December). It was determined that seasonal decrease in functional activity of a muskrat thyroid gland occurs against the change of its micromorphometric parameters. During all the periods functional activity of a muskrat female thyro id gland was higher, than male's one.


Introduction: Determination of essential and toxic elements in human blood is an important and urgent task within monitoring, environmental and hygienic studies accomplished in evidence-based medicine when population health risks are assessed.
Aim: Biomonitoring of unexposed adult population in the Russian Federation.
Methods: The contents of V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Sr, Cd, Tl and Pb were determined in the blood of adults (n=80, aged 40-45 years) living in rural areas in the Western Urals region of the Russian Federation. The measurements were carried out using Agilent 7500cx quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (Agilent Technologies, USA) with an octopole reaction-collision cell (ORS) in conformity with the Methodical Guidelines 4.1.3230-14 and 4.1.3161-14 (FR. 1.31.2014.17064) developed by the authors.
Results: The arithmetic mean (AM) content of elements in blood of this group amounted to 0.13 g/l (V); 4.75 g/l (Cr); 13.41 g/l (Mn); 4.06 g/l (Ni); 827.15 g/l (Cu); 5369.36 g/l (Zn); 0.42 g/l (As); 123.10 g/l (Se); 22.75 g/l (Sr); 0.45 g/l (Cd); 0.04 g/l (Tl); 14.37 g/l (Pb). The validity of the results was confirmed by analyzing standard samples of SERONORMTM Whole Blood L1 and SERONORMTM Whole Blood L2 (Norway). The results are presented as basic statistical indicators: minimum and maximum values, arithmetic mean (AM), 5th, 50th, 95th percentiles and are interpreted in accordance with up-to-date international requirements.
Conclusions: We compared the range of P5-P95 values for unexposed groups of adults in the Western Urals and the Far North region with the results produced by several hygienic studies conducted in Germany, Italy, France and Canada. As a result, we established elevated concentrations of chromium, manganese, and nickel in the blood of adults from Russia. The contents of copper, zinc, selenium, and arsenic in the blood of adults living in the Russian Federation were different from the reference values used in such diagnostic laboratories as ALS Scandinavia, SIVR LIST Italy and in the monograph by Norbert Titz (USA).


An approach to the computation of the electromagnetic field reflected from a lossy half-space directly in the time domain is discussed. This approach requires first evaluating the impulse response of the half-space and then convolving it with the specified incident field waveform. To obtain the impulsive reflected field, either for vertical or horizontal polarization, approximations to the Fresnel reflection coefficients are made, thereby permitting an analytical expression in the time domain. Several different numerical examples using this technique are presented to illustrate the use of the method and the error contained in the solution. >


The relation of misregistration in color additive projection displays to speed and accuracy of symbol identification was investigated. Ss viewed 36 letters and numbers, presented simultaneously in seven colors (white, red, green, blue, yellow, magenta, cyan), under 7 conditions of misregistration (0 to 200%). Performance seriously deteriorated from 67 to 200% misregistration, but a misregistration as high as 100% was necessary to produce a level of performance which was significantly lower than that obtained under perfect registration conditions. Under misregistration conditions, red and blue were the most efficient color codes, while cyan and white were the least efficient. It was concluded that (1) future studies might profitably investigate misregistrations of smaller increments lying between 67 and 100% misregistration, and (2) the relative tolerance of individual colors to deleterious misregistration effects should be taken into consideration when color codes are assigned to critical information categories.


The study looks into wages and salaries administration as a motivational tool in Nigerian organisation. The study went further to distinguish between gratuitous and paid job with possible effect of wages and salaries as it relates to individual contribution and effort towards the achievement of the corporate goals and objectives. The study made use of a self-designed questionnaire and eventually used chi-square to analyze and conclude on the hypothesis that wages and salaries serves as motivational tool and that wages and salaries has significant relationship with workers performance in Nigerian organisation.


Nowadays structural engineers are facing a significant challenge to develop lighter and economical composite steel-concrete floor systems. This trend increases the number of problems, some of which involve unwanted floor vibrations. This is a very frequent phenomenon encountered in a wide range of structures subjected to rhythmic or un-rhythmic dynamic actions. This article presents two composite flooring systems and an evaluation of their natural frequencies.


Background: Smart phones have become an integral part of youth. But at the same time addiction towards its use have become a serious concern among them. The objective of this study was to evaluate the level of smart phone usage among medical college students and their demographic characteristics.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on 192 medical students. A self administered SAS scale has been used to assess the level of smart phone addiction. Subjects were classified into smart phone non-user group, a low smart phone user group and a high smart phone user group.Results: Out of 192 subjects who completed the questionnaires 85.40% (n=164) had smart phone addiction. Out of the total 192 students 28 students (14.60%) were low smart phone users, of which 9 were boys (14.30%) and 19 were girls (14.70%). Among 164 (85.40%) high smart phone users 54 students were boys (85.70%) and 110 were girls (85.30%) which was not statistically significant at 5% level (chi square=0.007, p=0.935).Conclusions: Medical college students in Andaman and Nicobar Islands are more vulnerable for smart phone addiction.


A study was conducted for analyzing some social, emotional, and intellectual characteristics of rural youth in one area of NWFP during 2004-2005. All male and female youth (460) of Chokara Union Council were taken as respondents of the study. Analysis of the data collected through an interview schedule disclosed that majority of the respondents were un married with an average age of about 22 years at the time of data collectio n. A vast majority of them were educated as compared to their mothers. Majority (85%) belonged to farming community and about 53% were students. The respondents average family landholding was 8 acres and majority were owner cultivators. The ov erall mean of the social, emotional, and intellectu al characteristics was 3.41, 3.51 and 3.39 respectively meaning thereby the aver age respondent possessed above average level of soc ial, emotional and intellectual characteristics.


Report evaluating "the effects of nuclear steam superheating, as utilized in the Russian design, on the economics of electric power production, assuming the use of such a design in the United States" (p. 1). This report includes a description of the Beloyarsk Station and modifications made to the Russian designs for use in the United States.


Objective To explore the factors influencing the quality of life(QOL) in primary caregivers of lung cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.Methods The QOL of 294 primary caregivers of lung cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy was surveyed by a self-designed general information questionnaire,Zarit Burden Interview,Caregiver Quality of Life(CQOL) scare.Results The total score of QQL in 294 primary caregivers was 171.18±34.96 and factors scoring from low to high respectively were mental health,psychological health and social health.Factors influencing the QQL of caregivers included care burdens,whether to have chronic illness,education background of caregivers,patients' age and disease stage(P0.05).The multiple correlation coefficient(R) was 0.685 and total coefficient of determination(R2) was 0.469.Conclusion Mental health scores lowest in the QOL of primary caregivers.Care burdens,whether to have chronic illness,education background of caregiver,patients' age,and disease stage are the major influencing factors and care burden exerts the most significant influence on the QOL.


Objective of this research is to explore new therapeutic targets within cell adhesion molecules to diminish specifically Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) stem cells (GSC).