Benign cementoblastoma is a rare odontogenic tumor that usually occurs in the mandibular molar region.In this paper, we report a case of benign cementoblastoma occuring at the 7 root apex in a 23-year-old man. On X-ray examination, the tumor showed a circular radiopaque shadow with a clear margin, which was surrounded by a radiolucent zone of uniform width.The clinical diagnosis was a benign odontogenic tumor. The tumor and tooth (7) were surgically removed together on January 19, 1989. The histopathological diagnosis was a benign cementoblastoma. The patient has been in good condition with no recurrence for 5 years postoperatively.


Abstract : A short common introduction of the area of chemical, biological and nuclear terrorism, including toxic industrial substances. The situation in the country after so-called Velvet Revolution on the area of counter-terrorism preparedness. The establishment of the new integrated rescue system in the Czech Republic including a couple of new acts concerning crisis management and emergency planning. A common requirements for the creation of the new system. The main and first-order components, rescue and emergency units.


Foreign trade plays a very important role in the formation of economic and social attributes of countries around the world. Foreign trade is the exchange of goods and services across national borders. In most countries, it represents a significant part of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Foreign trade has been in existence for quite awhile, its economic, social and political importance have increased in recent centuries, mainly because of industrialization, advanced transportation, globalization and multinational corporations.


Fibrinolysis, Thrombosis, and Hemostasis: Concepts, Perspectives, and Clinical Applications Sol Sherry. 318 pages. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger; 1992. $59.50. Any book dedicated to more than 100 of the author's colleagues and collaborators is likely to be rich in historical perspective. In this book, written by one of the pioneers in thrombolytic therapy, we cover almost 60 years of scientific inquiry in fibrinolysis: from Tillett's observations on filtrates of streptococci in 1933 to recombinant activators and adjuvant agents in the 1990s. There is a brief discussion of streptokinase administration into the intrapleural space for treatment of hemothorax and empyema, and of the trials for acute myocardial infarction that started in 1958. Another interesting vignette is the early purification of urokinase, a process requiring 300 gallons for enough material to treat a single patient! Despite its strong historical perspective, this book is as contemporary as any available in this field. The chapters on using thrombolytic therapy for myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, deep venous thrombosis, peripheral artery embolism, and stroke present up-to-date overviews of the literature for these indications. The discussion of the thrombolytic agents, including mechanism of action, comparative pharmacology, and adverse reactions is succinct but thorough. The discussions of bleeding complications, rethrombosis, and laboratory monitoring are valuable. There are also excellent chapters on basic concepts of thrombosis and hemostasis, with thrombolysis discussed as a dynamic process of competition between thrombus propagation and fibrinolysis. The chapter on basic concepts of fibrinolysis might better have been divided into historical concepts and current concepts. As written, the latter topic is somewhat abbreviated. The notes placed at the end of each chapter might preferably have been incorporated into the text or eliminated. The last chapter on antifibrinolytic agents does not discuss their use to reverse thrombolytic bleeding, an important omission because so much of the book concerns thrombolytic therapy. Despite these and other minor flaws, this is an excellent book. Every student of fibrinolysis, from the clinical investigator planning thrombolytic therapy trials to the basic scientist, can learn much in these pages.


Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy of novel adjuvant chemotherapy in combination with radical hysterectomy for advanced cervical carcinoma(stage higher than FIGO Ⅱb).Methods:Forty-one patients with cervical carcinoma(stage higher than FIGO Ⅱb) diagnosed between June 2000-June 2004 were included in this study.The patients received pelvic intra-arterial chemotherapy with carboplatin(400mg/m2),vincristine(1mg/m2),and mitomycin(10mg/m2).The tumor volume was measured by transvaginal ultrasonography.Efficacy of the novel adjuvant chemotherapy was evaluated 3 weeks later,and 40 patients underwent radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy.Results:The clinical response rate was 78.0%(32/41).The disease was stable or progressed in 9 patients.The tumor volume decreased significantly after chemotherapy(P=0.035).Forty patients successfully underwent radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy except for 1 patient due to lung metastasis.The main symptoms were nausea,vomiting and leukopenia.Conclusion:The novel adjuvant chemotherapy for advanced cercivcal carcinoma is safe and feasible.The novel adjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin,vincristine,and mitomycin can effectively reduce tumor volume,clinical stage,and provide the possibility of operation for the advanced cancer patients who were previouslyconsidered un-operable,thus improving their quality of life.


For present blind situation of organic and inorganic fertilizer of apple grower,the ratio of organic and inorganic fertilizer experiment of apple was taken.The results showed that,organic and inorganic fertilizer treatment with 1:1 amount of investment ratio,single fruit weight was the highest than the other processing by 11g,yield per plant improved 4.5 kg,sugar content increased 1 percentage point,the proportion of fruit diameter 70cm ratio decreased by 5.6 percentage points,while that 80 cm increased 5.3 percentage points,the average net profit was 10 719 Yuan/hm2.According to the different fertility level for fertilization suggestion,to improve the utilization rate of fertilizer and to achieve quality apple production,the paper provided the basis for measuring soil formula fertilization technique system to perfecting the apple planting in Linyi county.


In a limit order book model with exponential resilience, general shape function, and an unaffected stock price following the Bachelier model, we consider the problem of optimal liquidation for an investor with constant absolute risk aversion. We show that the problem can be reduced to a two‐dimensional deterministic problem which involves no buy orders. We derive an explicit expression for the value function and the optimal liquidation strategy. The analysis is complicated by the fact that the intervention boundary, which determines the optimal liquidation strategy, is discontinuous if there are levels in the limit order book with relatively little market depth. Despite this complication, the equation for the intervention boundary is fairly simple. We show that the optimal liquidation strategy possesses the natural properties one would expect, and provide an explicit example for the case where the limit order book has a constant shape function.


Social psychologists have long been interested in the effects of 'contact' between racial groups. The conditions under which this contact can manifest have usually been experimentally manipulated in order to determine optimal combinations. A shortcoming of this approach is that it constructs contact situations that are unnatural and contrived. Some researchers have proposed an approach that examines contact as a natural phenomenon (Dixon & Durrheim, 2003). The present research adopts this approach, and reports on a naturalistic, observational study of 'contact' between students in university residence dining-halls. Seating patterns of students were observed for one month and analysed along dimensions of spatial variation. The results show high levels of informal segregation and that the segregation manifests as a specific spatial configuration. Such results, which occur despite the presence of apparently favourable conditions, illustrate how this approach may lead to different conclusions to those achieved through experimental manipulation.


The question of an estimation of reliability of the decisions accepted by the appendix of automated neural network examination of hand-written handwriting is considered. In case of attraction of the expert of high qualification for the analysis of authorship there is no possibility to estimate reliability of decisions accepted by the expert. Other situation arises, at use of examination with application of the big artificial neural networks. In this case, the additional examples of a hand-written word reproduced by the author and other people can be used for an estimation of probability of errors of the first and second sort. New possibilities arise that the artificial neural network of Pirson-Hemming is capable to process great volumes of the entrance data, converting them in a long code of identification of authorship.


One can only welcome the appearance in Russian translation of important works by foreign authors on problems of statistics. Judging by the number of publications brought from its presses in the very recent past, the Gosstatizdat has begun large-scale and systematic work in this direction. Soviet statisticians will also greet with interest the appearance in Russian translation of F. Mills' book "Statistical Methods," whichhas gone through several editions in the United States and Great Britain.The book is organized into 19 chapters and a number of special appendices. After a very brief presentation in the first chapter of the author's general views as to the object of statistics, the volume proceeds, in the second chapter, to describe graphic expressions, and to the third, which is devoted to the technique of grouping statistical data.


We describe a patient with an aggressive granulomatous lesion around a cementless total hip prosthesis, which simulated a tumor. The granuloma showed a uniform histopathology, which included mononuclear cells and metal wear particles. Aggressive granulomatous lesions in replaced hips are a distinct condition, different from simple loosening or infection; the lesions may grow rapidly, so that revision surgery is indicated soon after diagnosis.


It has long been recognized that the source beds of the petroleum produced from clastic reservoirs in the Volga-Ural province (including the supergiant Romashkino field) are the organic-rich fine-grained argillaceous-siliceous limestones known as domanikites. Geochemical studies presented in this work substantiate the relationship. The monograph summarizes the geologic conditions under which the domanikites and related rocks were deposited in a shelf environment which has analogs in many other parts of the world. Further, the beds are recognized as an attractive exploration target in their own right, especially where primary porosity and permeability are enhanced by fracturing and solution. The authors select the more highly prospective areas and suggest procedures to be used in exploration and testing. The paper consists of four parts: (1) Geology and Conditions of Deposition of Domanikoid Associations by E.G. Semenova, G.E. Golodovkina, E.Ya. Surovikov, and M.I. Zaydelson; (2) Geochemical Conditions of Formation of the Domanikoid Associations by S.Ya. Vaynbaum, N.A. Koprova, and V.A. Bellerova; (3) Reservoir Properties of the Domanikoid Associations and Ways of Improving Their Study by Geophysical Well Logging by M.I. Zaydelson, E.A. Zinina, and L.Z. Tslav; and (4) Oil and Gas Potential of the Domanikoid Associations of the Volga-Ural Province by M.I. Zaydelson,more » D.J. Surovikov, S.Ya. Vaynbaum, V.A. Bellerova, and K.B. Ashirov.« less


PURPOSE: A gas turbine engine blade is provided to prevent increase in a local heating at a tip of a blade part with respect to cooling of the turbine blade in a gas turbine engine. CONSTITUTION: A gas turbine engine blade(10) comprises an airfoil(14) having opposite pressure and suction sides(18,20) extending in chord between leading and trailing edges(22,24) and in span between a root(26) and a tip(28), and a tip floor(38) bridging the pressure and suction sides, and including first and second ribs(40,42) extending therealong to define a tip plenum(44) between the pressure and suction sides. The first rib is recessed into the pressure side to define a tip shelf(46) therein, and the tip shelf terminates forward from the trailing edge in a ramp(48) inclined outwardly toward the airfoil tip.


Abstract – The objective of this work was to perform the stratificationof maize cropping environments in Parana, Minas Gerais, and Bahia States, Brazil, using different methods, and to determine association and divergence levels between the stratificationmethods. Four methods were evaluated: the Lin's traditional one; the one of environmental dissimilarity; the genotype x environment (GxE) interaction decomposition in simple and complex parts; and the factor analysis. These methods were applied to 48 maize experimental hybrids, evaluated in 11 cropping environments in the three Brazilian states, divided into two sets of experiments. Besides the hybrids, six commercial cultivars, common to both sets, were used as controls. Genotype x environment interaction was predominantly complex. The decomposition of GxE interaction in simple and complex parts and the stratificationby factor analysis were strongly associated to each other, and moderately associated to the other methods. Furthermore, these methods are more rigorous in the stratificationprocess, weighting more efficiently the magnitude of the GxE interaction.Index terms:


The objective of the study was the phenomenon of doublethinking as a special form of anomic thinking. Doublethinking leads to a distortion of the perception and appreciation of political reality, which is expressed in the inaccuracy of information about the surrounding world. In methodological terms, the ethical theory of Alasdair McIntyre and the idea of doublethinking of G. Orwell were used. This allows us to conclude that in our time there is a crisis of values, which consists in the simultaneous presence of two normative-value systems in the human mind. One of them is inherited by the idea of modern humanity from Christianity; the second, which is preferred by many, was created by utilitarianism. This makes it possible to formally recognize, in words, socially approved values, norms and objectives, while at the same time devaluing them in actions, replacing them with the principle of personal gain. As a result, a new political language is emerging newspeak. The desire for constructive public action, mutual help, respect, and altruism is replaced by corruption, hypocrisy, opportunism, the decline of professionalism and productivity, the negative selection of political elites.


Teaching material is one important factor that influences the effectiveness of the learning process. The purpose of this research is to develop teaching materials that have been tested for validity and are suitable for use and to test whether the use of teaching materials that have been developed can increase the value of learning outcomes. This research is a Research and Development (R&D) research with reference to the development of Four D (4 D) which includes Define, Design, Develop and Disseminate. The research subjects are the fourth semester students taking Physics learning strategy courses. Improved learning outcomes in the test using the Normalized N-Gain test. The results showed that the teaching materials of learning strategies that have been developed have been tested for validity and are feasible to be used, while the N-Gain test results show that 0.67% is in the medium category level and an increase in student learning outcomes.


The real Logarithmic Number System (LNS) allows fast and inexpensive multiplication and division but more expensive addition and subtraction as precision increases. Recent advances in higher-order and multipartite table methods, together with cotransformation, allow real LNS ALUs to be implemented effectively on FPGAs for a wide variety of medium-precision special-purpose applications. The Complex LNS (CLNS) is a generalization of LNS which represents complex values in log-polar form. CLNS is a more compact representation than traditional rectangular methods, reducing the cost of busses and memory in intensive complex-number applications like the FFT; however, prior CLNS implementations were either slow CORDIC-based or expensive 2D-table-based approaches. This paper attempts to leverage the recent advances made in real-valued LNS units for the more specialized context of CLNS. This paper proposes a novel approach to reduce the cost of CLNS addition by re-using a conventional real-valued LNS ALU with specialized CLNS hardware that is smaller than the real-valued LNS ALU to which it is attached. The resulting ALU is much less expensive than prior fast CLNS units at the cost of some extra delay. The extra hardware added to the ALU is for trigonometric-related functions, and may be useful in LNS applications other than CLNS. The novel algorithm proposed here is implemented using the FloPoCo library (which incorporates recent HOTBM advances in function-unit generation), and FPGA synthesis results are reported.


Inland water transport has, prior to the 1980s, received little attention from the Nigerian government. Very little investment was made to develop inland water transport facilities. Conversely, land and air transport received priority attention. However, due to rapid growth of urbanization, population, commercial units, institutions and vehicular traffic leading to congestions and stress on the nations roads, inland water transport is now receiving more attention from both the government and the private sector. This growing awareness motivated the federal government to embark on the Lower Niger River dredging to boost the movement of goods and services from the coast to the interior. Meanwhile, this popular initiative has contrary to earlier proposals, targets and expectations, progressed very slowly. This paper investigates the physical and socio-economic factors militating against the dredging project using primary and secondary data collected from diverse sources, including the inland waterways department of the Federal Ministry of Transport. Analysis of the factors constraining the performance of the dredging activities is presented. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) reduced the 28 respondents identified constraining variables to four underlying components, which explained 73.74% of the variance leaving 26.26% to other variables not used in the analysis. The underlying components are; non-use of professional studies, inadequate resource base, physical or environmental constraints and technical difficulties. Based on the finding of the study, strategies which can facilitate the development of the dredging project and enhance planning procedure in the water transport sector were advanced.


The purpose of the article is to study the experience of implementation of the strategy of smart specialization in the EU and to determine the possibilities of implementing the principles of smart specialization for the pilot regions of Ukraine. As a result of the study, it has been found that the strategy of smart specialization should ideally be more integrative in research and innovation-oriented innovation policies, cohesion policy, European value chain and network initiatives, industrial policy, and in the future, will expand the current scale of dissemination, which was recognized by the European Commission. So, for the next programming period (2021-2027) proposed, among other things, that most of the funds of the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund will go to the development of innovation, support for small business, digital technologies and industrial modernization. It will also mean the transition to a low-carbon, circular economy, and the fight against climate change. The implementation of the principles of smart specialization for the EU countries, characterized by the openness of innovative systems, creates conditions for the modernization of technology and regional specialization, in order to provide unique territorial competitive advantages. The peculiarity of the introduction of the concept of smart specialization for the EU regions with the availability of significant scientific and innovative potential, powerful clusters and developed infrastructure is the application of one of the important principles of smart specialization of «entrepreneurial search», that is, the initiation of a policy of smart specialization «from the bottom up».However, it should be noted that the use of this principle in practice is problematic both for the EU countries and for Ukraine, which is in the process of gradual decentralization.
The reliability of the results of the study carried out in the paper is ensured using tools for generalization and processing of official statistics, expert reports, author's observations and calculations. The validity of the results obtained is due to the correctness of the application of the research and analytical apparatus, tested in scientific practice, and due to the comparison of the results of work and the data of international experience. The basis for the proposed recommendations was the evidence of analytical conclusions.


INTRODUCTION
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APAS) is a condition associated with recurrent arterial and venous thrombosis, recurrent abortions, and thrombocytopenia either with or without lupus. In this study we have evaluated the impact of APAS on the renal transplant outcome of 174 patients.

METHOD
Patients' APAS status was determined by the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) and a history of clotting disorders. Serum samples from each patient were tested for the presence of ACA by the ELISA method. Transplant outcomes were monitored for > or = 1 yr.

RESULTS
Of 174 patients, 78 received renal transplants. Six of these 78 patients had APAS as evidenced by either recurrent microrenal angiopathy (2 patients), thrombocytopenia (1 patient) or frequent A-V shunt thrombosis (3 patients) along with high titers of ACA of IgM, IgG, or both subtypes at the time of their transplants. Each of these 6 patients thrombosed their renal allografts within a week of their transplants. The other 72 transplanted patients with no APAS were all doing well 1 yr post-transplant. The association between APAS and post-transplant renal thrombosis among these patients is highly significant (p < 0.0001). In contrast, no association was discerned between post-transplant thrombosis and prior sensitization to HLA CONCLUSION: Our data demonstrates that patients with APAS are at high risk for development of post-transplant renal thrombosis.


Spirulina are multiceluller and filamentous blue-green algae that has gained considerable popularity in the health food industry and increasingly as a protein and vitamin supplement to aquaculture diets. The challenge for economically and fulfill the requirement for food and medical purposes has create many ways for mass-growth production, that possibly cultivated in the open-system (such as a raceway pond) or closed-system photobioreactors (such as tubular, bubble-column, airlift, flat-panel, and vertical). the cultivation of teh Spirulina on the vertical and horizontal photobioreactor has been studied. The photobioreactor, namely BJVP and BJHP, has a design to be less energy consumption using the air bubbling or circular paddle. The observation was conducted in a whole year with parameters of rainfall, temperature, light intensity, pH, and salinity. Result  showed that cultivation of Spirulina on the vertical photobioreactor growth faster than teh horizontal photobioreactor systems and the yield of biomass was about 0.94 gDW/L. Average of temperature ranges of BJHP were 31.0C-35.5C, salinities were 35 per mil level, pH were 8.55-10.86, and light intensity were 427-2001 umol photon s-1m-2. Whereas the BJVP has averages temperature range of 31.4C-33.9C, salinity 33-35 per mil level, pH 8.46-10.75, and light intensity 532-2062 umol photon s-1m-2. The proximate analyses of biomass from BJVP cultivation shows has tendency higher protein content compared to BJHP. The optimization of both reactors has continuing evaluated in order to get the optimum parameters required for economically Spirulina cultivation systems.Keywords: Spirulina, BJVP, BJHP, outdoor mass cultivating system, photobioreactor.


The violation of CP symmetry is one of Sakharov's conditions for the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe. Currently known sources of CP violation in the quark and neutrino sectors are insufficient to account for this. Is CP also violated in the Higgs sector? Could the SMlike Higgs boson be a mixture of even and odd CP states of an extended Higgs sector? With what precision could such effects be measured at future electron-positron colliders? These questions will be discussed in the light of the latest and ongoing studies at ILC. Talk presented at the International Workshop on Future Linear Colliders (LCWS2021), 15-18 March 2021. C21-03-15.1. ___________________________________________ 1) email@example.com


The water absorbency of a bleached softwood kraft pulp, as measured by its water retention value (WRV), was increased up to 30 times by graft polymerizing polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and subsequently hydrolyzing it to sodium polyacrylate–polyacrylamide copolymer. WRV was found to be related to the initial PAN graft level rather than to the final sodium polyacrylate content, and was independent of the grafting process used. However, the ceric ion process was found superior to both the cellulose xanthate–H2O2 and ferrous ion–H2O2 redox systems in that it occasioned only a minor loss during the hydrolysis stage and the WRV was less affected by drying. The WRV remained constant as pH was lowered from 9 to 5 but dropped to the level of unmodified pulp at pH 3.5 where the sodium salt is fully converted to poly(acrylic acid). Retention of 1% aqueous NaCl was about 60% of the WRV. The swelling properties of the grafted fibers under various conditions appear to be explained by considering the grafting to act in two ways: (a) the introduction of a potentially hydrophilic component capable of generating swelling pressures and (b) the reduction in the cohesion of the fiber by the interposition of graft polymer chains in the fiber structure.


Based on comprehensive application of core data,well data analysis and seismic data analysis,characteristics of vocanic rock reservoirs in Changling fault depression is studied.The type of vocanic rock,the distributiong status of rock facies and the characteristics of reservoir space are explored.Meanwhile,many kinds of factors which effect on reservoir physical property are analyzed and all of these provide basis for further volcanic rock gas-oil exploration.


Current wireless LANs treat multimedia flows and classical data flows alike. Typically, the same error control mechanisms are used for video flows, which are generally error tolerant but delay sensitive, and TCP flows which are error-intolerant and delay insensitive. The performance of multimedia applications can be significantly improved by some degree of cross-layer awareness. In this paper, we focus on the optimization of real-time multimedia transmission over 802.11-based wireless networks. In particular, we propose a simple and efficient cross-layer mechanism for dynamically selecting the transmission mode that considers both the channel conditions and characteristics of the media. This mechanism called media-oriented rate selection algorithm (MORSA) targets loss-tolerant applications such as audio/video conferencing or VoD that do not require full reliable transmission. We provide an evaluation of this mechanism for MANETs using simulations with NS-2 and analyze the video quality obtained with a fine-grain scalable video encoder based on a motion-compensated spatio temporal wavelet transform. Our results show that the proposed cross-layer approach achieves up to 4 Mbps increase in throughput and that the routing overhead decreases significantly. The transmission of a sample video flow over an 802.11a wireless channel has been evaluated with MORSA and compared with the traditional approach. Significant improvement is observed in throughput, latency, and jitter while keeping a good level of video quality.


The aim of the work is a comparative study of the effect of vegetable nutrients - wheat germ oil (WGO), flour from wheat germ cake (WGC), and animal - concentrated tissue fish oil, origin on lipid metabolism indicators of students and university teachers, as well as an assessment of the probiotic factor in increasing the effectiveness of the target biologically active substances. The data obtained confirm the relation between the nutritional sufficiency of the body and the increase in lipid metabolism effectiveness and atherosclerosis risk reduction in students and teachers of an engineering university with the daily use of bioactive nutrients: WGO, WGCF, CTFO and their combinations with the biomass of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria consortium. The lipid metabolism was evaluated based on the analysis of indicators of the total cholesterol (TC) concentrations, high-density lipoproteins (HDL), low-density lipoproteins (LDL), triglycerides (TG), atherogenic index (AI). The values of these indicators were recorded before and after daily consuming the study foods for 30 days. The data obtained were analyzed for 3 age groups: 16 – 24, 25 – 44, and 45 – 65. It was found that WGO has the most effective antiatherosclerotic effect; the decrease in the TC level was 6.4%, the increase in the HDL concentration was 13.7%, the decrease in the LDL concentration was 11.3%, the decrease in the TG concentration was 17.1%, and the AI decreased by 22.6%, respectively. With WGCF, the changes in the studied parameters were 6.0, 12.3, 13.1, 13.1, and 22.1%, respectively. Together with probiotics WGO effectiveness increased in terms of the reduced TC level (1.9%), increased HDL concentration (8.2%), decreased LDL concentration (2.5%), reduced TG concentration (5.7%), and decreased AI (6.3%) for CTFO by 9.1, 26.1, 14.7, 24.1 and 31.2%, respectively. Thus, the dynamics of lipid metabolism indices objectively testifies to the positive effect of bioactive nutrients on human health indicators.


The aims of the research are 1) to know the class condition when Realia is implemented in a teaching and learning processand 2) to know whether using Realia in teaching learning English improve students' speaking ability in procedure text. In order to achieve the aims, the researcher conducted a Classroom ActionResearch.The research applied is Classroom Action Research to know if there is animprovement in students' speaking ability. The research was conducted in two cycles. In collecting the data, the researcher used test, interview, and observation. In analyzing the data, the researcher used data quantitative (pre-test and post-test) and qualitative data (data collection, data reduction, data display and conclusion). The research was conducted at the eight grade students of SMP Negeri 7Surakarta in 2015/2016 Academic Year.The research implementations showed that: (1)There was an improvement in students speaking ability after Realia implemented in the teaching and learning process, and (2) The students showed better achievement in speaking ability. It could be seen from the result of the research as follows: the mean score of pre-test was 50,87, in post-test 1 increase up to 67,37, and improved to 80,12 in post-test 2. Keyword :Realia, Speaking Ability, Classroom Action Research


Process for the preparation of a polyurethane-polymer hybrid dispersion with high film hardness a) the preparation of a polyurethane-based dispersion, wherein a 1 ) 3 to 28% by weight of a polyol component (A) consisting of 2 to 20% by weight of a polymeric polyol (A) (i) with two or more hydroxyl groups reactive towards polyisocyanates and a molecular weight of 500 to 4000 daltons, 0.5 to 5 wt .-% of a low molecular weight polyol (A) (ii) with two or more hydroxyl groups reactive towards polyisocyanates and a molecular weight of 50 to 500 daltons and 0.5 to 3 wt .-% of a low molecular weight and anionically modifiable polyol (A) (iii) with two or more hydroxyl groups reactive to polyisocyanates and one or more carboxyl groups inert to polyisocyanates and a molecular weight of 100 to 200 daltons with 2 to 20% by weight of a polyisocyanate component (B), consisting of one or more polyisocyanates, polyisocyanate homologues or polyisocyanate derivatives with two or more aliphatic or aromatic isocyanate groups, in the presence of up to 6% by weight of a solvent component (C), ...


We consider the general problem of geostrophic adjustment in a channel in the weakly nonlinear and dispersive (non-hydrostatic) limit. Governing equations of Boussinesq-type are derived, based on the assumption of weak nonlinear, dispersive and rotational effects, both for surface waves on a homogeneous fluid and internal waves in a two-layer system. Numerical solutions of the Boussinesq equations are presented, giving examples of the geostrophic adjustment in a channel for two different kinds of initial disturbances, both with non-zero perturbation potential vorticity. The timescales of rotational separation (that is, the separation of the Kelvin and Poincaré waves due to their dispersive properties) and that of nonlinear evolution are considered, with particular concern for the resonant interactions of nonlinear Kelvin waves and linear Poincaré waves described by Melville, Tomasson & Renouard (1989). A parameter measuring the ratio of the two timescales is used to predict when the free and forced Poincaré waves may be separated in the solution. It also distinguishes the cases in which the linear solutions are valid for the rotational separation from those requiring the full Boussinesq equations. Finally, solutions for the evolution of nonlinear internal waves in a sea strait are presented, and the effects of friction on the wavefront curvature of the nonlinear Kelvin waves are briefly considered.


Introduction Since 1997, photoinscription of waveguides in a bulk glass has become a novel very promising application of femtosecond lasers [1]. Multiphoton absorption induces a local fusion of the glass in any chosen point of the bulk sample, probably accompanied by a densification of the material after its re-solidification. This process leads to a variation of the refractive index and allows a waveguide to be realised in the bulk glass interior and/or 3D devices. Little is known about the nature of photoinduced phenomena produced by ultrashort laser pulses. We started a systematic study of glass structure variations on mesoscopic, intermediateand shortrange scales using hard x-rays and neutrons.


A seed blend refuge has been implemented in the U.S. Corn Belt for Bt maize resistance management. The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), is a target pest of Bt maize in the Americas. The larvae of this pest are mobile, which may affect the efficacy of seed blend refuges. In this study, field and greenhouse trials were conducted to determine the performance of Bt‐susceptible (aabb) and ‐heterozygous dual‐gene‐resistant (AaBb) genotypes of S. frugiperda in seed blends of non‐Bt and pyramided Bt maize. Three field trials evaluated larval survival, larval growth, and plant injury with aabb in seed blends of Bt maize expressing Cry1A.105/Cry2Ab2/Vip3A with 0–30% non‐Bt seeds. Greenhouse tests investigated the performance of aabb and AaBb in seed blends of Cry1A.105/Cry2Ab2 with 0–30% non‐Bt seeds. In pure non‐Bt maize plots, after 9–13 d of neonates being released on the plants, 0.39 and 0.65 larvae/plant survived with leaf injury ratings of 4.7 and 5.9 (Davis's 1–9 scale) in the field and greenhouse, respectively. In contrast, live larvae and plant injury were virtually not observed on Bt plants across all planting patterns. Larval occurrence and plant injury by aabb on non‐Bt plants were similar between seed blends and pure non‐Bt plantings, suggesting that the blended refuges could provide an equivalent susceptible population as structured refuge under the test conditions. In the greenhouse, the two insect genotypes in seed blends performed similarly, indicating that the seed blends did not provide more favorable conditions for AaBb over aabb. The information generated from this study should be useful in managing S. frugiperda and evaluating if send blends could be suitable refuge options for Bt resistance management in the regions where the insect is a primary target pest.


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At the end of this year my 3 yrs mandate as a Chief Editor expires. For a variety of reasons I have decided not to seek renewal of my mandate. As a consequence, I will be leaving the European Respiratory Journal ( ERJ ) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) at the end of the year. It has been a great pleasure to lead this Journal into the new millennium and into an era of novelty. Indeed, in the past 3 yrs we were able to introduce novelty into the ERJ . There has been major novelty in the technical, logistical field as well as in the contents of the ERJ , which remain of the highest importance for a scientific journal.

In the logistical field we realised on-line distribution and on-line submission. We were the first respiratory journal to introduce a fully developed on-line submission system and were definitely the first journal to shift to full on-line submission at the beginning of this year. This has opened the way to on-line editing and publishing, which led to a complete reorganisation of the Sheffield office. We are indebted to Archie Turnbull, the ERS Executive Manager, Linda Arnold, the Publications Manager, and H. Charlesworth & Co. Ltd, our printers, who made all of this possible. The end result is that the distribution of the ERJ is now on time and that …


This article presents an in-circuit approach to assess the long-term reliability of enhancement-mode GaN HEMTs. A synchronous buck converter conceived for the on-board transistors' characterization is proposed. Here, high-side and low-side power transistors operate under realistic stress conditions, whereas their degradation is assessed by measuring, in-circuit, the full <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${I}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>–<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> characteristics at prefixed stress times. Moreover, a long-term reliability analysis of commercial 80-V GaN HEMTs is reported. Threshold voltage and ON-state resistance degradation induced by the buck converter operation is investigated, as well as their dependencies on the input voltage, duty cycle, ambient temperature, and output current. Results highlight a clear difference compared to standard dc-stress and reveal a strong correlation between the degradation of the high-side transistor and the input voltage. On the contrary, the low-side transistor degradation is almost insensitive to the different operating regimes of the power converter.


The schedule and cost risks of water resources projects are discussed, and a stochastic simulation model for risk evaluation of network schedule and cost is established based on the triangular distribution. The probability distribution and risk curve of schedule and cost are obtained by statistic analysis, providing a basis for risk evaluation of engineering projects. Finally, the model is applied to the simulation of the construction network schedule for a pumping station in Dongshen water supply reformation project, and the schedule and cost risk distributions are also given.


The seismic vulnerability functions are a useful tool to evaluate the response of typical structural systems in terms of structural damage or economic losses given a seismic intensity measure. They are used as part of risk assessment models together to the hazard representation and exposed assets databases, to obtain representative physical or economic loss figures of entire countries, cities, regions or any other portfolio of infrastructure components. This paper explores the possibility of using nonlinear dynamic analysis to estimate the seismic vulnerability functions of representative building classes. For the purposes of the analysis, two different archetype reinforced concrete moment resisting frames (MRFs) are designed following conventional seismic specifications. For each one of the archetype buildings, non-linear dynamic analyses are conducted to estimate representative engineers demand parameters (EDP). Estimated damage functions are then assigned to the main structural components, particularly beams and columns. In this approach, the plastic rotation is selected as the main EDP for the evaluation of damage at individual elements. Finally, the vulnerability functions for the archetype buildings are presented in terms of mean damage ratio at different spectral acceleration levels. Comparison with equivalent seismic vulnerability functions proposed in selected references is presented in order to validate the methodology. Conclusions and recommendations for further development and applications are included.


Males have a strikingly increased risk of advanced liver disease. This study was designed to investigate the association between sex hormone levels and different disease states in hepatitis B virus (HBV)‐infected male patients.


Efficient and continuous expression of a therapeutic transgene is a key factor for improving the efficacy of gene therapy. Some insulators are known to contribute to continuous high‐level expression of a therapeutic transgene.


We thank Pacifico and Chiesa who have contributed to this very pleasant debate on our manuscript entitled "Non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease and Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: more than ectopic fat", recently published on Clinical Endocrinology. In our manuscript, we stated that our study is the first aiming to clarify the possible link between fatty pancreas and hepato-metabolic features in obese children affected by NAFLD, evaluating the correlation between NAFPD and NAFLD/NASH (fatty liver associated to inflammation and fibrosis) and between NAFPD and β-cell function. As recently reported in the Position Paper of Hepatology Committee of ESPGHAN on diagnosis of NAFLD (1), liver biopsy remains the only method to make a definite diagnosis of NASH and to evaluate liver fibrosis. In fact, the major aim of our study was to investigate the possible correlation between fatty pancreas and severity of liver damage, with particular regards to liver fibrosis. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


Presents new procedures that can be used to estimate long-term wave probabilities on the basis of oceanographer's hindcasts of sea-states generated during the most severe storms on record for the area of interest. The method is particularly applicable to areas where available wave data are insufficient for reliable extrapolation to the long return periods that are of interest in the design of offshore facilities. Special emphasis is placed on wave crest statistics, since crest height is a more important design parameter than wave height in many applications involving bottom-founded structures such as oil production platforms. Wave height statistics are also treated.


Abstract. Motivated in part by applications in model selection in statistical genetics and sequential monitoring of financial data, we study an empirical process framework for a class of stopping rules which rely on kernel-weighted averages of past data. We are interested in the asymptotic distribution for time series data and an analysis of the joint influence of the smoothing policy and the alternative defining the deviation from the null model (in-control state). We employ a certain type of local alternative which provides meaningful insights. Our results hold true for short memory processes which satisfy a weak mixing condition. By relying on an empirical process framework we obtain both asymptotic laws for the classical fixed sample design and the sequential monitoring design. As a by-product we establish the asymptotic distribution of the Nadaraya-Watson kernel smoother when the regressors do not get dense as the sample size increases.


The rapid increasing of foreign exchange reserves and the excess liquidity are two outstanding problems in China's economy.Based on balance sheet of central bank and quantitative theory of money,this study concludes that the increasing of foreign exchange reserves is the main cause of excess liquidity,then an empirical testing is made on the conclusion.Finally,it concludes the effects of excess liquidity on economy and financial system,and some countermeasures are recommended from three perspectives to deal with excess liquidity.


Cite this Record Perttula, Timothy K.; Nelson, Bo; and Selden, Robert Z. Jr. (2014) "Documentation of Cemeteries and Funerary Offerings from Sites in the Upper Neches River Basin, Anderson, Cherokee, and Smith Counties, Texas," Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: Vol. 2014, Article 68. https://doi.org/10.21112/ita.2014.1.68 ISSN: 2475-9333 Available at: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita/vol2014/iss1/68


Background: The main purpose of this study is to find if there is any correlation between the level of C-reactive protein (CRP) in gingival crevicular fluid with its serum level in chronic periodontitis patients and to explore the differences between them according to the probing depth.
Materials and methods: Forty seven male subjects enrolled in this study. Thirty males with chronic periodontitis considered as study group whom further subdivided according to probing depth into subgroup 1 with pocket depth ≤6mm, subgroup 2 with pocket depth >6mm. The other 17 subjects considered as controls. For all subjects, clinical examination where done for periodontal parameters plaque index (PLI), gingival index (GI), bleeding on probing (BOP), probing pocket depth (PPD) and clinical attachment level (CAL). The gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) were collected using filter paper size 30 from gingival sulcus of the controls and from (138) pocket site (75 sites > 6mm. and 63 ≤ 6mm.). The weight of the GCF was measured by reading the difference in the weight of filter paper before and after absorption of GCF. Crevicular level of CRP was measured calorimetrically. The serum level CRP was measured using latex test.
Results: Highly significant difference in the weight of GCF, crevicular and serum level of CRP between chronic periodontitis and control groups. Subgroup 2 got higher scores of weight of GCF and positive record of crevicular and serum CRP compared with subgroup 1 with a non-significant difference. A highly significant difference in the number of sites with positive crevicular and serum CRP compared to the negative number between chronic periodontitis and control groups also between subgroup1 and subgroup 2.
Weight of GCF gets a negative significant correlation with GI at control group and subgroup2. Serum level of CRP exhibits a negative significant correlation with PLI for chronic periodontitis and control group and positive significant correlation for GI at subgroup 1. The crevicular CRP get significant negative correlation with GI of subgroup 1.
Conclusions: Crevicular fluid is very good marker for the degree of inflammation of the periodontal pocket. The crevicular level of CRP may be considered as a good tool for estimating the systemic effect and predictor for the effect of periodontitis on the general health and the correlation of crevicular with serum CRP aid to high light this effect.


Answer to inducing China's active and full participation in regional cooperation scheme in Northeast Asia has been long sought by many. In the course, what they have overlooked is China's willingness to participate in such scheme when the conditions of world order are met: a world order built upon Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, not dominated by one single individual power, and by which national sovereignty is fully guaranteed. Otherwise, China claims, prerequisites for cooperation, confidence and trust, would never be built among the concerned parties. In recent times, China has taken the initiatives to achieve this end, as reflected in its "summit diplomacy". Thus far, the consequence of such an effort has been regarded very positive. Based on this observation, the paper explores the correlation between the consequence of China's omni-directional diplomacy and subsequent changes in its attitude toward cooperation at regional level. It finds that there is a strong correlation between the two variables as proven in ASEAN and ARF.


If the expression "Watch your step!" means that oneself should pay attention to the place where one is standing, Christians must clarify (shōko) for themselves that they are "in Christ" or "in the Spirit." The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ and, at the same time, the Spirit of God. In Paul's letters, in his theology, is an amazing christological-ecclesiological focus, a strong concentration on the "Word of the Cross." Caused by the words of the Bible, and especially by the words of Paul's proclamation, we too have become people who confess "by the Spirit" that Jesus is the Lord. From where (woher) do you come? Where (wohin) do you go? Wherein (worin) do you stand? These can be called the three great questions of human life. Probably we tend to proceed to the place where we came from. However, this is also the place of judgment and salvation. Keywords:Bible; Christ; Christians; Christological; ecclesiological; Jesus; Paul; salvation; The Holy Spirit


The measurements of quarkonia and doubly-heavy hadrons in pp collisions provide crucial inputs to study both perturbative and non-perturbative quantum chromodynamics. LHCb has a broad physics program of studies of quarkonia and doubly-heavy hadrons. In this proceeding, six recent measurements from the LHCb collaboration are reported: the ψ(2S) production cross-sections measurement, the updated measurement of ηc(1S) production cross-section, the observation of a new charmonium state X(3842), the observation of an excited B c state, the precision measurement of B c mass, and end this report with the first search of Ξbc .


The classification of alkali aggregate reaction is introduced in detail. And based upon analysis on its damages and causing reasons prevention measures are summarized. Author points out that in order to prevent the alkali aggregate reaction in concrete work the best method is to eliminate the factors causing alkali aggregate reaction in concrete.


Non-Linear Internal Waves Pulse Cold Water Into the Shallow Inner-Shelf and Surfzone Gregory Sinnett, Presenting Author and Falk Feddersen, Drew Lucas, Geno Pawlak and Eric Terrill Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego email@example.com Abstract Non-linear internal waves (NLIW) are known to transport cold, nutrient rich water into the shallow inner-shelf. However, the evolution of NLIWs into the very shallow nearshore environment (< 15 m) has not been well resolved. Here, we present new observations of NLIW in water < 15 m using a dense array of thermistors and ADCPs to track NLIW propagation all the way to the shore. Multi-day periods of enhanced internal wave activity were observed, with oscillations at semi-diurnal (12 h) and first harmonic (6 h) periods surging cold water inshore at a variety of different angles. Temperature variations as large as 2 ◦ C in 30 min, and at periods sometimes < 9 min were associated with internal wave events in water as shallow as 7 m. Occasionally, NLIWs were observed to propagate all the way to the surfzone, temporarily decreasing the water temperature by as much as 3 degrees in 1 m water depth, and leaving a residual cooling signature that persisted long after the end of the internal wave event. Introduction Internal waves (internal isopycnal oscillations) are ubiquitous on coasts worldwide, in- cluding in the Southern California Bight. Nearshore (depth < 15 m) nonlinear internal waves (NLIW) (e.g., Winant, 1974; Pineda, 1991; Omand et al., 2011; Walter et al., 2014b), often identified as onshore propagating surface slicks (convergence zones), can drive nearshore temperature fluctuations of up to 6 ◦ C at tidal and higher frequencies. In- ternal waves on continental shelves have many possible generation mechanisms, including large-scale tidal flow or inertial frequency forcing Shroyer et al. (2011), and may be either locally or remotely generated Nash et al. (2012). Nearshore nonlinear internal waves can have significant temporal variation (e.g., Suanda and Barth, 2015) that depends on many factors such as the background stratification across the shelf (e.g., Zhang et al., 2015), subtidal circulation, and barotropic tides. NLIW have significant associated turbulence, often elevated on the NLIW trailing edge Walter et al. (2014a). NLIW have been tracked via remote-sensing to ≈ 7 m depth Suanda et al. (2014). However, cross-shore internal wave transformation in shallow depths, all the way to the shoreline, and the associated transport and mixing that impact nearshore ecosystem have, until recently, not been resolved. Internal waves impact nearshore ecosystem health through the material (e.g., heat, nu- trients, larvae) transport and mixing. The general transport effectiveness of a NLIW depends upon many factors which change as the wave transforms across the nearshore. Thus, to understand the impact of NLIW on the nearshore, it is critical to understand the NLIW transformation (shoaling and dissipation) across the nearshore. Laboratory experiments of NLIW (bore) propagation in a two layer fluid on a slope reveal that VIII th Int. Symp. on Stratified Flows, San Diego, USA, Aug. 29 - Sept. 1, 2016


The present body of scholarship suggests that Black Americans seek mental health services at much lower rates than their White American counterparts. The explanations for these decreased levels of mental health help-seeking typically distinguish "barriers" such as stigmatization, lack of culturally relevant treatment models, and negative attitudes toward mental health services. The final results of these analyses are not invalid; however, this researcher contends that they are arguably incomplete. Black Americans must navigate countless obstacles rooted in systematic oppression, institutional inequalities, and structural disparities when seeking help for mental health concerns. This article reviews a set of key terms to offer a historically based and culturally candid perspective on those mental health service seeking experiences for underresourced Black Americans living in environmentally toxic urban spaces. The four theoretical concepts of historical trauma, environmental toxicity, culturally bound economic insecurity, and cultural mistrust both individually and interactively are used to present a more realistic topography of the mental health (help-seeking) experiences for underresourced Black Americans. These ideas are collectively positioned as the theoretical construct of obstructed use.


The proletariat revolutionary culture is built not only on the spread of proletariat ideology,but also on the ways of speaking,namely the publicity skill.This paper investigates Xiayan's publicity skill in his revolutionary films from the mass communications perspective: the double words narration mode,skill of building sense of reality,and popular encoding skill.An examination of those typical skills not only reveals the restriction and effect of the publicity on the Chinese revolutionary films,but also benefits the understanding of the relation between the propaganda and revolutionary films.


Familial isolated trichomegaly is a rare genetic hair anomaly characterized by a prolonged anagen phase of the eyelash hairs, leading to extreme eyelash growth that may result in corneal irritation. Increased growth of hair on other parts of the face (eyebrows, cheeks, forehead) and/or the body (chest, arms, legs) may be associated.


This report covers socio-political developments in 2009 and 2010 related to migration from, or return to, the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), and also to the status of the Palestinian refugees, especially those residing in Lebanon. This report takes its data from the 2010 Migration's Survey in the Palestinian Territory of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), as well as the SocioEconomic Survey of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, developed jointly by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the American University of Beirut (AUB). The report conclude that emigration from the oPt will continue to be related with the political context and living conditions of the Palestinian people under the Israeli occupation. In addition, the Palestinian refugee problem will remains a central issue which, if not resolved on a just basis and in line with international law, will hamstring the peace process.


Stock market is an indicator of an economy financial health. It indicates the mood of
investors in a country. As such, stock market development is an important ingredient for
growth. The study is considers macroeconomic variables as Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
inflation, exchange rate, interest rate and money supply. Macroeconomic variables play a
vital role in the economic performance of any country. The changes or volatility of
macroeconomics will affects the volatility of stock market in Malaysia. Every year and every
country faced that change of macroeconomics in their country.


I. INTRODUCTION 90A. The Purpose of the Jail System 94B. The Evolution of Mental Health Services in the U.S 95C. The Criminalization of Drug Use 99II. MENTAL ILLNESS AND SECURITY IN JAILS 101A. Mental Health and Rearrest: The Revolving Door 104B. The Costs of Managing Mental Illness Behind Bars 105C. The Constitutional Requirements for Providing Mental Health Care in Jails 106III. THE JAIL INTAKE PROCESS 108A. The Purpose of the Intake Process 108B. The Brief Mental Health Screening 111C. Commonly Used Brief Mental Health Screenings in Jail Settings 1131. The Referral Decision Scale (RDS) 1142. Jail Screening Assessment Tool (JSA T) 1153. Brief Jail Mental Health Screening (BJMHS) 1164. The Correctional Mental Health Screenings: Women (CMHS-W) & Men (CMHS-M) 117IV. WHY LEADERS SHOULD FOCUS ON IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS DURING JAIL INTAKES 119A. Local Jail Officials Should Begin Using More Accurate Mental Health Screening Tools 120B. Officials Should Ensure that Screeners are Appropriately Dressed and Trained 121C. Jails Should Minimize the Use of Restraints to Respond to Mental Health Crises 122D. Jails Should Institute 15-Minute Visual Checks for Suicidal and Homicidal Inmates 123E. Diversion and Treatment Programs Must be Expanded to Take on More Enrollees 124V. CONCLUSION 125I. INTRODUCTIONThe death of Sandra Bland on July 23, 2015, while in the Waller County Jail attracted widespread scrutiny of the jail staffs handling of inmates with mental health issues and to the jail's suicide prevention procedures.1 Bland committed suicide three days after she was arrested and jailed following a routine traffic stop.2 The resulting investigations into her death have revealed that prison staff, among other failures, did not complete a high-fidelity mental health screening process with Bland and failed to follow the minimum suicide prevention standards for jails, raising questions about whether her death could have been prevented.3 While Waller County became a focal point in summer 2015 for the lack of appropriate mental health screenings and services for inmates at intake, other counties in Texas and across the country likely face similar problems that, if left unsolved, will continue to allow more and more preventable deaths in America's jails. Ensuring that the jail intake process is thorough and consistently implemented is paramount in making sure inmates with mental health issues receive proper treatment behind bars and diversion from incarceration when appropriate.4 Improving how jails screen and treat inmates with mental illness will not only save lives, but it will also save taxpayer money by ultimately lowering re-incarceration rates5 and by making more effective use of available mental health and law enforcement resources.6The shift over the past fifty years from treating individuals with mental illness in state-run hospitals to outpatient, community-based services has steadily increased the number of individuals with mental illness who are incarcerated in local jails. …


The purpose of this study is to determine the correct estimation of the mechanical property between epoxy resin and PEEK sheet as the composites and its validity has been tested with the alternative materials of the metal-based materials for artificial hip joint. Moreover, this work evaluated the mechanical properties according to the moisture absorption and the fractured surfaces of Carbon/Epoxy and Carbon/PEEKcomposites were also evaluated. First, the specimens for the Carbon/PEEK and Carbon/Epoxy composites manufactured with the ASTM standard. The specimens immersed in distilled water at 37°C during 100 days and the coefficient of moisture was measured in according tothe Fick's law. In addition, this work evaluated the fracture energy according to the fiber ply orientation. As a result, the coefficient ofmoisture-absorption of Carbon/PEEK composites was the lowest because the interface coherence with the fiber and resin are the most strong. Also, the fracture energy of the Carbon/PEEK composites was more excellent than the Carbon/Epoxy composites.


A stereoscopic image displaying apparatus is provided. The stereoscopic image displaying apparatus, including: an image generation section having a plurality of pixels for a plurality of colors arranged in a two-dimensional matrix and adapted to drive the pixels for the colors to generate a color image; and a parallax applying section adapted to apply a parallax to the image to allow color display of a three-dimensional image and capable of changing over a parallax direction between a first direction of the color image and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The parallax applying section has a first parallel state and a second parallel state. The image generation section and the parallax application section are configured so that the rates of the colors at the pixels for the colors corresponding to light transmission regions between adjacent ones of the parallax barrier regions are uniform or got closer in both of the parallel states.


PCT / JP2015 / 078256 ( 86 ) PCT No . : $ 371 ( c ) ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) Date : Apr . 14 , 2017 The present invention provides a luminous body having an improved chemical resistance , and to a method for produc ing the same . The luminous body of the present invention contains a strontium containing fluorescent particle in which a specified condensed phosphate is deposited in an amount of 0 . 2 to 15 . 0 wt % , and amorphous silica with which the surface of the fluorescent particle is coated . The luminous body of the present invention can be suitably produced by obtaining a condensed phosphate coated fluorescent particle in which a specified condensed phosphate is deposited on the surface of the strontium containing fluorescent particle in an amount of 0 . 2 to 15 . 0 wt % , washing the resulting solid with water until the electrical conductivity conductivity comes to be 450 uS or less , and adding sodium silicate and an acid to a slurry in which the particle is dispersed in water to deposit amorphous silica . ( 30 ) Foreign Application Priority Data


P schools appear to be failing the basic educational mandate of any democracy, to provide equitable preparation for, and equal opportunity in, society. A system that holds a far higher likelihood of educational failure for students who typically struggle in school cannot be considered effective, even if some students are experiencing success. This basic failure has led to a cacophony of voices calling for educa tional reform. One of the most insistent voices has been from business and industry. In dustrial America has found itself in a situation remarkably similar to public education: beset by dissatisfied con sumers, accused of producing inferior products, and perceived as being un able to right itself without outside assistance. As part of its reformation, American industry has communicated very direct expectations to public educa tion in the need for a more competent workforce. The lack of basic skills in the workforce has compelled industry to reeducate employees, at great cost. When industry is forced to reeducate high school graduates in basic work skills, the gnashing of teeth emanating from corporate boardrooms is not dif ficult to understand. It is under these national conditions that business and industry have felt compelled to insert themselves into the public education debate. One method that business prescribes for educational reform is known as TQM, or Total Quality Management. TQM methods have been adopted by a diverse cross section of industry (Walton, 1990). It has been touted as the method to lead public education out of its current malaise, much as it resur rected industry in Japan and hopes to do in America. In this article, we describe some basic principles of TQM and its application to education. Follow ing an analysis of its basic tenets, we share one case example of a principal's experience implementing TQM. Then we draw implications for researchers and practitioners. Summed up in 14 principles, or points, TQM has the absolute and ob sessive goal of quality, achieved through a three-way interaction be tween the product itself, the way the customer reacts to it, and the service accompanying the product (Deming, 1982,1986). Deming is clear in the need to honor the "voice of the customer," as customer feedback serves as the fun damental definition of quality. Only with this feedback can a product be constantly improved. Quality is also defined by a manufacturing process that creates products efficiently, precisely, and cost-effectively, while still guaranteeing customer satisfaction. This convergence of meeting customer needs with an efficient and economical production process defines Deming's notion of quality. Overarching all TQM technique is data collection, statistical procedure, and scientific methods, including Pareto charts, fish-bone diagrams, and scattergrams. Variation in the manufac turing process is anathema to TQM, as a highly variable product is less likely to satisfy the customer. Basic methods of data collection and analysis are relied upon to identify, understand, and reduce special and common causes of variation in the production process. The ultimate aim is to use data, not hunches or intuition, to eliminate product varia tion, and to render production pro cesses in a state of regulated, statistical control. TQM, then, is rooted in the fields of statistics and engineering. It is driven by a philosophy calling for constancy of purpose aimed toward quality. Quality is defined in terms of customer satisfac tion and the elimination of variation in the production process. Continuous im provement in the production system is the means by which quality is constant ly improved. TQM seeks to provide the means to monitor, control, and improve production systems. TQM relies on sys tems thinking, customer feedback, worker empowerment, and data-based methods to build quality into the manufacturing process. Many individual schools and entire school districts have embraced TQM and have launched long-term efforts to


Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is the second most important grain legume after chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in India. The main concern, however, is stability in production, which is highly affected by pigeonpea wilt, especially in north-east plains, central and peninsular India. The disease is caused by a soil-borne fungus Fusarium udum. The incidence of wilt alone causes 20–25% yield losses in the north-east plains (Dhar and Reddy 1999). However, loss in individual plants was found nearly 100% when wilt occurred at pre-podding stage, 67% at podding stage and 29.5% at pre-harvest stage (Kannaiyan and Nene 1981). This disease can occur at any stage of plant development, from young seedling to the pod-filling stage. The best way to deal with this disease is to grow cultivars with built-in resistance to the causal organism. None of the existing varieties and land races under cultivation in north-east plains appears to be resistant to wilt disease. This calls for development and release for resistant types to ensure stability of production in this zone. The present paper deals with a genotype 'IPA204' which has shown broad and stable resistance to the wilt pathogen besides having very good yield potential. 'IPA 204' was derived from a cross, 'Bahar'בAc 314314' following pedigree method of selection. It has compact plant type and indeterminate growth habit. Plants are tall (1.75–2.0 m) with green stem colour. Standard (outer petal) is golden-yellow without any streaks on either side. Pods are green with black stripes. Seeds are medium bold (12 g/ 100 seeds) and light-brown in colour. Based on its agronomic performance in station trial at IIPR, Kanpur, it was put to AICRP (pigeonpea) initial varietal trial (IVT) for assessment of its performance over the ruling check varieties of longduration pigeonpea, such as 'Bahar', 'Narendra Arhar 1'. Keeping its good performance in IVT (5% superiority over the best check), it was decided to assess its wilt reaction in wilt-sick nursery of AICRP on pigeonpea located in almost all pigeonpea-growing regions of the country. The wilt


Improving voter competence can increase the epistemic performance of the electorate. Political scientists tend to be quite pessimistic regarding voter competence, based partly on Downs's rational ignorance thesis and partly on empirical observations. We show, in the first section, that this pessimism is possibly exaggerated, looking at a classic study by Larry Bartels that compares actual and fully informed voting decisions. The second section demonstrates that improvements in voter competence do not need to happen across the board; merely improving the competence of a subgroup of voters can have substantial effects. We end with some sceptical reflections on the short-term effects of political education.


Abstract Emissions at the construction stage of a building have been overlooked due to several impediments and complications. Identification and categorization of these complications could be the initial step towards carrying out a systematic assessment of construction stage emissions. This study aims to investigate major impediments affecting an emission study in building construction. Triangulation approach was adopted to collect the required data for the study in the form of literature review study, interviews and questionnaire survey distribution. Eighteen factors were identified through literature reviews and interviews with professionals in the construction industry and further investigated through a questionnaire survey. Ranking analysis was used to identify 11 critical factors out of which 'difficulties in collection of construction site specific data', 'commercial sensitivity of the data' and 'lack of data inventories and standards to estimate emissions' were identified as the most important factors. Using factor analysis, the identified factors were grouped into three categories, namely data related issues, scope definition issues and cost and technology related issues. Findings and the future research directions from the study provide valuable reference to researchers and industry practitioners who seek to pursue a comprehensive emission study at the construction stage of a building.


Objective In order to observe the tolerance and safety of human body, healthy volunteers were selected to take orally Dongqing Tongmai Capsula at different doses, and the safe dosage range in phase Ⅱ clinical trials were provided. Methods 44 healthy volunteers took orally the drug of one of 4 different dosages increasing by degree, and then continous-dose tolerance test was carried out. Results Abnormal laboratory indicators associated with the tested drug, such as slight increment of creatinine, urea nitrogen, and positive urine protein appeared in single-dose group, while abnormal indicator was not detected in continous-dose group. Conclusion Overall, single-dose less than 3 pills (as much as 0.75 g) or continous-dose less than 2 pills Tid (as much as 1.5 g) Dongqing Tongmai Capsula could be safe for human body.


For long-term space exploration, a unidirectional artificial gravity axis is inefficient and wasteful. The provision of direction-controlled artificial gravity, where the gravity axis can be different for every person, object or activity, leads to a far more efficient architectural design of the space exploration module. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate such direction control of artificial gravity by the use of electromagnetic forces that provide anchorage between the shoes and the track. However, such anchorage in a weightless environment, while sufficient for inanimate objects, would be insufficient for combating osteoporosis in the bones of living persons. So the paper also considers the specifications and design of a special space suit that redistributes these gravity forces over the skeleton structure of the body. For this part of the research, the weights of individual body parts were first determined. Rubber latex bands, as used in a fitness center, were then tested to determine their load/extension characteristics. Such bands could then be sewn into a body suit, which when worn in space, would apply the individual weight of the body part to that part, thereby simulating gravity forces on the skeleton structure of the body. The role that such a body suit can play in combating osteoporosis, on Earth, in older persons who are unable to do load-bearing exercises, is also discussed.


(Invited Paper) Abstract—While considerable progress has been made in the realm of speed-enhanced electromagnetic (EM) solvers, these fast solvers generally achieve their results through methods that introduce additional error components by way of geometric type approximations, sparse-matrix type approximations, multilevel type decomposition of interactions, and assumptions regarding the stochastic nature of EM problems. This work introduces the O(N log N ) Unified-FFT grid totalizing (UFFT-GT) method, a derivative of method of moments (MoM), which achieves fast analysis with minimal to zero reduction in accuracy relative to direct MoM solution. The method uniquely combines FFT-enhanced Matrix Fill Operations (MFO) that are calculated to machine precision with FFT-enhanced Matrix Solve Operations (MSO) that are also calculated to machine precision, for an expedient solution that does not compromise accuracy.


Abstract Objective: To test the efficacy in terms of birth weight and infant survival of a diet supplement programme in pregnant African women through a primary healthcare system. Design: 5 year controlled trial of all pregnant women in 28 villages randomised to daily supplementation with high energy groundnut biscuits (4.3MJ/day) for about 20 weeks before delivery (intervention) or after delivery (control). Setting: Rural Gambia. Subjects: Chronically undernourished women (twin bearers excluded), yielding 2047 singleton live births and 35 stillbirths. Main outcome measures: Birth weight; prevalence of low birth weight (<2500 g); head circumference; birth length; gestational age; prevalence of stillbirths; neonatal and postneonatal mortality. Results: Supplementation increased weight gain in pregnancy and significantly increased birth weight, particularly during the nutritionally debilitating hungry season (June to October). Weight gain increased by 201 g (P<0.001) in the hungry season, by 94 g (P<0.01) in the harvest season (November to May), and by 136 g (P<0.001) over the whole year. The odds ratio for low birthweight babies in supplemented women was 0.61 (95% confidence interval 0.47 to 0.79, P<0.001). Head circumference was significantly increased (P<0.01), but by only 3.1 mm. Birth length and duration of gestation were not affected. Supplementation significantly reduced perinatal mortality: the odds ratio was 0.47 (0.23 to 0.99, P<0.05) for stillbirths and 0.54 (0.35 to 0.85, P<0.01) for all deaths in first week of life. Mortality after 7 days was unaffected. Conclusion: Prenatal dietary supplementation reduced retardation in intrauterine growth when effectively targeted at genuinely at-risk mothers. This was associated with a substantial reduction in the prevalence of stillbirths and in early neonatal mortality. The intervention can be successfully delivered through a primary healthcare system. Key messages In developing countries chronic maternal undernutrition is a prime contributor to the birth of over 25 million low birthweight babies annually and to high rates of neonatal mortality. An absence of well designed field trials has created uncertainty about the potential efficacy of maternal feeding programmes This large scale randomised controlled trial shows that dietary supplementation in pregnancy can be highly effective in reducing the proportion of low birthweight babies and perinatal mortality Incorporating supplementary feeding into a rural primary healthcare system is feasible Late pregnancy is the period most amenable to intervention


The heterogeneous system TBD/Al(2)O(3) is an efficient catalyst for the intermolecular aldol reaction between ketones and aromatic aldehydes. This system operates with low catalysts loading (10%), in water or organic solvents, and with short reaction times. The desired aldol products are rendered cleanly. Experiments confirmed that this aldol protocol is reversible, and allowed for the preparation of dynamic combinatorial libraries (DCLs) of interconverting aldols. Analysis of these DCLs showed up how properties such as diastereoselectivity can emerge unpredictably from the library when it is considered as a whole.


Manganese-photocatalyzed activation of the Si-H bond in silanes for the hydrosilylation of alkynes has been developed. The mild protocol operates efficiently with high regioselectivity ( anti-Markovnikov) and stereoselectivity ( Z/ E ratio ranges from 92:8 to >99:1), providing a wide range of Z-vinylsilanes in high yields. Moreover, visible-light-induced manganese-catalyzed activation of the Ge-H bond for E-selective alkyne hydrogermylation is reported for the first time.


This paper presents the finite control-set model predictive control (FCS-MPC) on grid connected packed U-cell 15-L inverter (PUC15) to control the injected current to the grid and voltages at the flying capacitors to balance the voltage. PUC15 is consists of 8 switches in which 4 switches are operated in complimentary way. The size of flying capacitors by this robust control method is considerably reduced due to its optimized switching pulses. The number of voltage levels generated in PUC15 with 8 switches are the highest level compared with the other converters that lead to reduce the total harmonic distortion (THD). Moreover, through application of MPC on PUC15 to connect the photovoltaic cells to the point of common coupling (PCC) active and reactive power are controlled as well as amplitude of injected current. Matlab Simulink has been used to validate the FCS-MPC method on PUC15 and the results show the proper dynamic performance of controller through abrupt altering the conditions such as DC sources and power factor.


A collaborative research team including Faculty of Education staff from the University of Edinburgh and University of Strathclyde,teachers,education managers and Arthur Andersen Consultants implemented a four-stage research to be funded by the Scottish Executive in 2002,and proposed a new standard for accomplished teachers,the Standard for Chartered Teacher.The Standard consists of four key components:professional values and personal commitments,professional knowledge and understanding,professional and personal attributes,professional action.In order to get the Chartered Teacher status,The Chartered Teacher Programme was instituted by Scottish Executive after a wide inquiry,and the portfolio-assessment was adopted for the teachers of involving the programme.


Consider a nonlinear wave equation for a massless scalar field with self-interaction in the spatially flat Friedmann–Lemaitre–Robertson–Walker spacetimes. For the case of decelerating expansion, we show upper bounds of the lifespan of blow-up solutions by distinguishing subcritical and critical cases. Comparing to the case of the Minkowski spacetime, we discuss how the scale factor affects the lifespan of blow-up solutions of the equation.


This paper describes the journey of a young African midwife utilising the Nursing Now Nightingale Challenge framework to undertake a gap analysis and a mapping exercise to provide high-quality continuous professional development education for midwives working in isolation in a deprived suburb in Uganda. The project was completed in three stages:


SUMMARY Todays development of knowledge and technology calls for 'an engineering diploma with a service contract'. The service should include general updating, upgrading as well as custom-made training. This service can only be ensured Europe wide through European networks of universities, enterprises, professional organizations and government bodies. EuraSCOPE is a pan European network for the selection, development and Europe-wide dissemination of advanced training courses in technology and management. EuraSCOPE specializes in short courses with a European dimension, develops models for the combination of live courses with multi-media and distance training and contributes short courses to modular curricula. EuraSCOPE submitted the COMETT Cb project proposal 'EuraSCOPE—Cb EQUAL'. The goal is the development, testing and promotion of a European total quality assurance system for short courses ( EQUAL: European Quality Label).


This paper scrutinizes the practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR) by non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in Bangladesh. The purpose of the study is to observe the framework of CSR areas and contribution to those areas by the NBFIs of Bangladesh. The study found that the contribution amount by the NBFIs to CSR activities is very insignificant in proportion to their profit amount. The study suggests that a proper guideline by the government regarding CSR contribution, involvement of large corporation in CSR activities and mandating CSR disclosures in the annual report will fulfill the intended goals of the corporate organizations and also ensure a successful and sustainable development of the society.


In this paper we present the results of a study that examines the user's perception-understood as both information assimilation and subjective satisfaction-of multimedia quality, when impacted by varying network-level parameters (delay and jitter). In addition, we integrate eye-tracking assessment to provide a more complete understanding of user perception of multimedia quality. Results show that delay and jitter significantly affect user satisfaction; variation in video eye path when either no single/obvious point of focus exists or when the point of attention changes dramatically. Lastly, results showed that content variation significantly affected user satisfaction, as well as user information assimilation.


A monolithic, GaAs, dual mode, quadrature amplitude shift keying and quadrature phase shift keying transceiver with one and two billion bits per second data rate is being considered to achieve a low power, small and ultra high speed communication system for satellite as well as terrestrial purposes. Recent GaAs integrated circuit achievements are surveyed and their constituent device types are evaluated. Design considerations, on an elemental level, of the entire modem are further included for monolithic realization with practical fabrication techniques. Numerous device types, with practical monolithic compatability, are used in the design of functional blocks with sufficient performances for realization of the transceiver.


During the past thirty years, ozone has become one of the `hot properties' of the atmosphere. It is one of the two minor atmospheric constituents of which the general public is aware. It is the only one for which politicians of almost all persuasions, in almost all countries, have agreed that `something must be done'. The book by Grant, originally published in 1989, provides a very useful source of detailed information on the fundamental observational methods from which our understanding of the variations of ozone concentration has been gleaned. Grant has taken seriously the issue of providing a comprehensive assembly of critical scientific papers. These papers describe in detail the techniques which have been developed to measure ozone density and column abundance. The individual scientific papers, having been published previously in the scientific literature, are informative, generally well written and describe instrument design, calibration and measurement. Of considerable importance is the bibliography within each paper as well as the overall collation of key papers. Grant's book therefore does provide, as he claims, a background source for the scientist or engineer wishing to get anything from a passing perspective to a detailed running start, with the intricacies of calibration, data analysis and inter-calibration. The prospective post-graduate student is also well provided for, although for the scientist involved in current ozone research, the absence of an update covering the considerable advances during the last eight years is a drawback. Whether or not the book would appeal to the politician directly is questionable, although the compendium could certainly convey to the politician's diligent assistant an impression of the high level of intellectual, scientific and engineering effort devoted to the development of reliable and usable ozone-measuring systems. Ozone, and stratospheric ozone in particular, reaches the public attention and imagination due to its role in protecting the earth's surface from the biologically damaging ultraviolet radiation from the sun at wavelengths shorter than approximately 320 nm. Most importantly, ozone nearly totally absorbs the highly destructive incoming solar radiation below 290 nm. The first public ozone `scare' - the possible impact of a large fleet of supersonic aircraft plying the mid-stratospheric air corridors - proved unsound due to inadequate understanding of the fundamental physics and chemistry, and also the revised economics of supersonic transport in the wake of the various oil crises of the mid- to late 1970s. The second public `scare' - the impact on stratospheric ozone of anthropogenically produced CFCs - turned out not only to be correct, but initially understated the severity of the problem. The discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole (or, more correctly, polar ozone hole now that the Arctic manifestation has also been observed) led to the discovery of the importance of heterogeneous phase chemistry - the joint culprit being CFCs and the extremely cold (natural) conditions found within the core of the stable polar stratospheric vortices which develop in both hemispheres during the winter period. Grant's introduction provides a brief but informative review of the distribution of ozone in the atmosphere, noting the factor of two variations in the `normal' seasonal/latitudinal distribution as measured by total column abundance (even without CFC-assisted polar ozone holes). Day-by-day column abundance variations of , associated with stratospheric planetary waves, make the reliable determination of medium- and long-term trends very difficult. These variations are described in several of the reprinted papers, though not in Grant's introduction. The book is given a structure by the five fundamental instrument approaches: direct-absorption measuring instruments, ground-based indirect-absorption measuring instruments, space-based indirect-absorption measuring instruments, emission measuring instruments, and miscellaneous in situ instruments. In total, more than 30 diverse techniques are described. In each case, Grant provides a brief summary of the method, its application and basic bibliography, followed by the reprint of a key research paper. The papers are well chosen to provide an overview and detailed description of the technique and of related measurements. There is a continuing need for in situ and remote measurements. Perhaps unfortunately, it is left to the individual reprinted papers to make the case for the importance of continuing a multi-pronged attack. Given the advantage of hindsight, the balance and emphasis might have been changed. During the past decade, for example, the differential absorption lidar (DIAL) technique has provided highly detailed profiles of ozone distribution, with very good vertical resolution, literally from the South Pole to Nye Alesund in Svalbard (79N). The DIAL technique has provided dramatic evidence that ozone may be virtually destroyed through extended height regions within the Antarctic polar ozone hole. The CLAES instrument and LIMS instrument onboard the upper atmosphere research satellite, launched by NASA in 1992 have provided, during the past five years, spectacular global coverage of the distributions and variations of ozone and other minor stratospheric constituents. Grant's book will not solve the layman's confusion between increasing surface-level photo-chemical ozone pollution and long-term stratospheric depletion (As long as we have the ozone somewhere, isn't that alright?). Grant also does not attempt to answer the questions often asked (Why do we need all these different techniques? Why do we need as many measurement, in all these places? Why, after 30 years of increasing attention, do we need to keep on making all these expensive measurements? Why can't the scientists agree on a single number?). The detailed answers to these questions can certainly be found within the individual research papers, and their citations, and, of course, in the continuing trail of productive research and measurements regarding ozone distribution and trends. The book is, as is claimed, a highly valuable source of information regarding methods of ozone measurement. It does not attempt to rank techniques or measurements. The individual authors of the reprinted research papers are established and respected scientists. Thus the 430 pages contain a great deal of information, valuable ideas and conclusions. I recommend the book, in particular, for the general science library and for any department or institute which fosters teaching or research in atmospheric sciences.


DNA vaccine attracts more and more scholars,attention as a new achievement in development of vaccine.Many scholars always have been dedicated to enhance protection and immunogenicity of the DNA vaccine.Some experiment finds that codon optimization of DNA vaccine could improve protein expression and induce significantly humoral and cellular immune responses in mam-mal host cells.


We propose an algorithm that exploits the benefits of sparse filtering and directional clustering when estimating under-determined mixing matrix from mixtures of sufficiently sparse sources. To express the direction of each sample by only a few vectors in which one vector is more dominant than the remaining ones, we propose to minimize the power mean of the magnitude-squared cosine distances between the estimated mixing matrix and the data. For the special case of estimating determined mixing matrix, we derive a stability condition for methods based on the magnitude-squared cosine metric. Our stability condition shows that the proposed approach, K-hyperlines, and sparse filtering can recover the invertible mixing matrix when the sources are i.i.d. super-Gaussian. Simulations using both synthetic data and recorded speech mixtures show that the proposed algorithm outperforms existing algorithms with lower computational complexity.


ABSTRACT How the concept of value is defined within ecosystem services operates as a filter through which important ecosystem features are identified by the specific benefits they provide to society and individuals. This value narrative reflects intrinsic and instrumental concepts which have been challenged by the Nature's Contributions to People approach in additionally highlighting the importance of relational values, stemming from socio-cultural and ethical dimensions of human relationships with nature and ecosystems. Perceived as important for the interface between ecosystems and society, relational values are yet to be operationalised in ecosystem assessment processes. This study addresses how this can be done by using a mixed-method approach encompassing quantitative and qualitative data and methodologies. Our study focuses on how school children aged 10–12 years in Sweden (n = 403) value forest ecosystem services, and further hints at the contextual factors that mediate their value perception. Children are an important demographic for reasons of intergenerational equity, and because of the temporal inertia of intensively managed forest ecosystems in Sweden. Our results show that students display complex notions of value encompassing intrinsic, instrumental and relational values alike, highlighting the importance of a broader discussion on the valuation of ecosystems through mixed methods approaches.


To provide a rapid, easy and economical method for detecting antibodies to chicken anaemia virus (CAV) especially in large numbers of chicken sera, we established a monoclonal blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (MBE). A monoclonal antibody (MAb), 2A9, directed against the 52 kDa protein of the Cuxhaven-1 CAV strain was used. The blocking ELISA depends on the selective inhibition of the binding of MAb 2A9 to solid-phase antigen by CAV-specific antibodies present in convalescent chicken serum. Performance evaluation of the MBE using 417 sera from Nigerian and Northern Ireland commercial chicken flocks revealed a 99.3 % agreement between the MBE and the IDEXX ELISA (IDE) while an 86.1 % agreement was obtained between the MBE and the indirect ELISA using 310 chicken sera. An epidemiological survey for CAV antibodies using the developed MBE on 641 sera from chicken flocks in southwest Nigeria revealed 59.0% prevalence. The MBE was found to have advantages in terms of cost, time and labor compared with the IDE and the indirect ELISA.


The utility model discloses a foldable portable core image acquisition unit which consists of a base (1), a pair of carrier rollers (2), a pair of upright posts (3), a bracket (4), a sliding rail (5), a slide block (6), a bracket (7), a lead screw nut pair lifting mechanism, a handle (10) and a charge coupled device (CCD) camera (11). The foldable portable core image acquisition unit has the advantages that 1, the upright post has a foldable structure, the packing size of the acquisition unit is greatly reduced, and the foldable portable core image acquisition unit is convenient to transport and suitable for being transported to the drilling site for performing acquisition operation; 2, the image data is transmitted by using a kilomega network card, a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) slot is not required, a desk computer is not required, the image acquisition unit is directly controlled through a laptop, and the aim of really conveniently carrying the image acquisition unit is fulfilled; and 3, compared with the image acquisition card which transmits the image data through a CameraLink signal line, the kilomega network has high speed and has the advantages of interference resistance, zero limitation of safety and distance, and the image acquisition unit is suitable for working on the drilling site in a severe environment.


Based on the literature review,the research proposes the hypothetical model of impact path on employees' individual knowledge organization,and validates this model through questionnaire survey in seven large-scale private enterprises in Zhejiang Province.The empirical results show that the impact factors of organizing employees' individual knowledge in private enterprise include personal factors,organizational context factors and social context factors;Individual factors do not directly have a significant impact on the effect of the employees' individual knowledge organization,but affect it by the intermediary role of the will of employees' individual knowledge organization;organizational and social context factors both have a significant positive impact on the effect of organization of employees' individual knowledge.


The addition of sewage sludge to agricultural land has been recognized as an effective method of waste disposal, a useful source of organic material, and a means of improving soil physical properties. The impact of biossolids from municipal residues in field plots of a Ferralsol devoted to agriculture and in a disturbed saprolite resulting from depth excavation of the soil profile was assessed after a single application. The biossolids were rich in organic matter, macronutrients (N, P and K) and micronutrients (Fe, Mn, B, Cu and Zn), and showed low contents of heavy metals such as Pb, Cd and Cr. The study areas are located in Selviria-MS, Brazil, in the wet/dry tropical savannah zone, known as "cerrado". Different treatments each with four replications were investigated in the agricultural area and the disturbed saprolite, and in addition, natural forest was also analized as a reference. Soil samples were taken at 0-0.20 m depth. Soil microbial biomass, basal respiration, and dehydrogenase and cellulase activity were determined in order to evaluate the potential use of these parameters as indicators of soil disturbances. Microbial biomass C contents discriminate between the agricultural and the degraded saprolite area. Mean values of this parameter in the cerrado were slowly lower than agricultural plots with biossolids addition. Dehidrogenase activity was significantly higher in the cultivated area after sewage sludge application than in the other treatments. Regression analysis among the studied biological properties showed the highest correlation coefficient (r = 0.82) between dehidrogenase and the cellulase activity.