time, allowing individuals to shift between radical and moderate positions at different moments. Greg Bereiter examines Catholic clergy who questioned Leaguer motivations or actively opposed their political agenda. PhilippeHamon probes Leaguer combat motivations and their commitment to the Leaguer cause, finding that defense of religion and community galvanized many peasant villagers. Peasants repeatedly deplored rampant brigandage and called for peace, order, and security from the devastation of civil warfare. The Edict of Nantes and the Peace of Vervins in 1598 did not end Leaguer influence in France. Yann Rodier examines the writings of the "children of war" who expressed the trauma of the fratricidal religious wars and related personal memories of the league in the early seventeenth century. The prolonged lack of religious unity in confessionally divided France seems to have deeply troubled many French people. The moderate Catholic writer Guy Coquille sought to explain the origins of the religious troubles in France through corruption of the Roman Church, rather than through French religious divisions. Nicolas Warembourg argues that Coquille thus constructed a historical memory that was both anti-Leaguer and Gallican. La Ligue et ses frontières offers a fresh perspective on the much-maligned Catholic Leaguers, revealing them as members of an amorphous movement of radical Catholicism at the height of the religious wars. Several of the authors provide useful transcriptions of manuscript documents, but they all contribute new findings that complicate the history of the Leaguers and their opponents in France.


The implementation of New Curriculum for primary and secondary teaching has set new demands to teachers' quality.However,the current further education of primary and secondary school teachers cannot meet the requirements of the new curriculum reform,for there exist many problems in educational ideas,contents and implementation.Therefore,there is a urgent need to renew the educational ideas,develop various curriculum resources,enrich the forms of curriculum implementation and perfect the curriculum evaluation system.


Tourism is thriving in the current situation,it is great significance to give full play to advantages of tourism resources,environmental advantages and to improve the current development challenges of tourism development for Aershan city.Based on the site investigations and combined with relevant literature,SWOT analysis method is used to analyze the tourism strengths,weaknesses,opportunities and threats in Aershan region.The advantages and the main factors restricting on the development of Aershan tourism are summed up,scientific advice for Aershan tourism development is proposed.


History shows us how the dispute over sovereignty over any given region may trigger the bloodiest wars based on mistrust from creating a particularly negative image about the "Other". This situation existing between Argentina and Chile disrepute with regard to border issues is, from the late nineteenth century, war moments of tension and relaxation. In this case, it will work specifically with the film: My Best Enemy directed by Alex Bowen and released in June 2005. In this award-winning film co Spanish Chile-Argentina-production critical direct conflict took on a war footing is made Argentina and Chile over the Beagle Channel and the islands Lennox and Nueva Picton. More precisely, the story takes place in December 1978, at which time the outbreak of hostilities seemed imminent and irreversible and where two opposing positions appear clearly: peace or war where it intervenes a key concept : the border.


The four-component scattering power decomposition is applied to ALOS-PALSAR Quad. Pol. Data sets. PALSAR is Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar onboard ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite) launched by JAXA, Japan, in 2006. It has acquired more than 10000 fully polarimetric scenes although the polarimetric mode is experimental one. This paper presents some of scenes in Sichuan earthquake area to see how polarimetric data works and to show the effectiveness and usefulness of fully polarimetric data.


The factors influencing the continuous treatment ability of RH for IF steels,such as slag buildup on the immersion tube,an unreasonable production process and the low life span of refractory are analyzed.The measures such as ladle slag modification,control on the carbon content and oxygen activity of molten steel before RH vacuum treatment,designing a device for cleaning slag from RH insert pipe,and improvement of the refractory materials are proposed.The test results show that with these countermeasures the cleaning time of RH immersion tube is reduced by more than one hour as well.The average continuously treated for RH equipment are increased more than 3.71 heats and the highest continuously treated heats are increased from 8 heats to 15 heats and the operating rate of RH equipment is increased to 66.43 % from 22.64 %.


This essay introduces the searching system of a practical database by the Delphi 6 for the general vocabulary of GUANG YA SHU ZHENG. Making use of the system, we can search the hem, ShiZi, ShuZheng or JuanName and so on related to the ItemNo or BeiShiC from the database by the ItemNo or BeiShiC. At the same time , we can input any key word to search ShuZheng and get all kinds of information related to the key word. Still we can do supplementary study by the searching system of GUANG YA SHU ZHENG.


Study of geochemical assessment of river water quality and its possible contamination was carried out with the objective of identifying the occurrence of various geochemical processes and suitability of these water resources for irrigation, potability and other ancillary uses by local inhabitants. Analytical findings were plotted in geochemical facies diagrams to find out the variability in Damodar river water quality. The study revealed that calcium and bicarbonates are the dominant ions in all the samples analyzed. The Piper trilinear diagrams reveal that Ca-HC03 is the dominant hydro-chemical facies in the Damodar river water in the study area. The Wilcox diagram, which shows the plot of percent sodium with the total ionic abundance, indicates that river water in the study area chiefly falls within excellent-to-good quality class. The source of the ions in the water was examined and classified accordingly using Gibb's diagram and the diagram shows that rock weathering plays the key role in controlling the hydro-geochemistry of the Damodar river. Water quality parameters was compared with the prevalent environmental standards indicates that, with few exceptions, the Damodar river water in the study area is fit for drinking and irrigation use and is free from alkali and salinity hazards.


The generalized projective synchronization in fractional order chaotic systems and its ciucuit implementation are investigated in this paper. Based on nonlinear observer,a general scheme for achieving generalizes projective synchronization in fractional order chaotic systems is proposed. Some numerical models are provided to illustrate and verify the effectiveness of the proposed schemes. Moreover,numerical simulations' results by Matlab indicate the feasibility of the method. At last,the proposed scheme is applied to designing the analog circuit by Multisim,which obtains the same results with that of Matlab and lays the foundation for the practical application in the future.


ABSTRACT Heat-killed pathogenic Leptospira interrogans serovar rachmati induced the production of gamma interferon (IFN-γ) and the IFN-γ-inducing cytokines interleukin-12p40 (IL-12p40) and tumor necrosis factor alpha in human whole blood in vitro. The production of IFN-γ was largely dependent on IL-12. These data establish that pathogenic leptospires can stimulate the production of type I cytokines involved in cellular immunity.


Investigating the fluctuation law of the regional garlic industry's planting acreage and marketing price by a way of difference equation and regression analysis,some practical results are received:the associations between the garlic's price and the demand and supply are all close to be linear,the formal one increasing progressively while the latter one decreasing progressively;The fluctuation law of price and yield has three situations including the stable pattern,divergence form as well as enclosed type;The garlic industry's price and planting acreage fluctuation approach a enclosed circulation,which is needed to take a measure of a comprehensive reform to make it tend to be stable gradually.


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The number of cancer and autoimmune disease diagnoses increases in our society, which place high demands on the health care system. Being able to tailor treatments for each individual patient is called "Personalized medicine", and could revolutionize the care in the future. This type of medicine requires biomarkers that could be used for diagnosis, prognosis and choice of therapy. In our group, we have developed an antibody microarray discovery tool that can analyze thousands of proteins in clinical samples in one single experiment. By identifying differences in protein expression profiles, biomarkers for various diseases can hopefully be found.

To date, antibody microarrays with an overall foot print of < 1 cm2, based on 18x103 µm2 (⌀ ~150 μm) sized spots at a density of ≤ 2,000 spots/cm2, have mainly been produced. Considering the size and complexity of the human proteome, this microarray design will not be able to harbor the number of antibodies required to perform global proteomics, demonstrating the need for novel, miniaturized high-density array designs. Increasing the number of antibodies on the arrays will generate a logistical problem when it comes to purification and immobilization of antibodies, which requires new technical solutions. The aim of this thesis was to develop new methods to produce the next generation of antibody arrays towards global proteome analysis. The first part of this thesis has involved design of miniaturized antibody arrays. The second part has been focused on developing antibodies with a photoreactive property, with the long-term goal to facilitate the logistics when it comes to purification and immobilization of antibodies.

In conclusion, new methods to fabricate miniaturized antibody arrays, focusing on both miniaturization and antibody immobilization, for large-scale protein analysis of clinical samples have been designed. In the future, this could lead to better discovery tools for identifying biomarkers for improved diagnosis, prognosis and choice of treatments for various diseases.


Introduction: Struggling Against a Backward Tide Canadians with mental health problems are entitled to be bemused at the current state of mental health legislation. The post-Charter era would have seemed a propitious time for intrusions upon their liberty to be minimized and for their equality interests to be comprehensively advanced. The slowly emerging recognition of the excesses of centuries of segregative responses and of the value of community-based supports and services ought to have augured for minimally coercive legislation. The new prominence of the need to destigmatize mental illness and to combat the harmful effects of prejudice would suggest a logically consistent shift away from laws based on the facilitation of intervention, towards legislation fostering social inclusion. However, the reality of the contemporary statutory landscape is startlingly inconsistent with these indicators of progress. Instead, the early twenty-first century substantive legislative regime emerges as more paternalistic and interventionist than its predecessors of the previous three decades. While offering some modest procedural protections, there are virtually no guarantees of supports and services to minimize the risk of disabling crises and to maximize the likelihood of optimal social functioning. Current law has largely made a volte-face, away from the ostensible promises of contemporary discourse. Mental health statutes make it easier to use the law to compel examinations, to detain patients and treat them forcibly in hospitals, and to extend controls over behaviour into the community. Positive entitlements to supports and services and to the enjoyment of the full panoply of rights of Canadian citizenship are elusive or simply absent. The author contended in 2003 that Canadian mental health law needed to evolve "to satisfy the largely unmet needs of Canadian mental health consumers," (1) arguing that "Legislation should speak with a remedial and reformist voice," (2) keeping "recovery and community participation in the foreground, as integral to the notion of equality." (3) A draft statute was presented, with an equality-promoting preamble and with complementary provisions extending positive rights to receive supports and services, while relegating existing involuntary hospitalization statutes to last resort status, "when all other ways of responding have been tried and have failed." (4) The centrality of statutory reform was emphasized, promoting "a leadership role for legislation:" "Statutory standards indicate authoritative democratic support and legitimacy for equality aspirations." In addition, it was argued that "legislative guarantees offer the prospect of enforceability of positive rights, without which the deprived consumer may be left with comparatively hollow promises and illusory entitlements." (5) In positing the essential function of law in effecting transformative change, the author was acknowledging Clive Unsworth's insistence on the constitutive function of law "in the sense that it authoritatively constructs, empowers, and regulates the relationships between the agents who perform mental health functions." (6) This admittedly ambitious statutory agenda has not been embraced in Canada, despite the call by many, as Peter Carver has put it, for legislation with "greater emphasis on social supports and access to therapeutic programs sought out by clients themselves, not mandated by Canadian society," (7) although he has also soberly observed: "We are not there yet." (8) Disappointment at the trend of legislation seems justified, but the essence of the analysis herein will be to discern not only where "we are," but how we might eventually move on to a more progressive legislative regime. Ironically, perhaps because of the leading edge role of law, all too frequently mandates for improvements of the mental health system are not accompanied by concomitant suggestions for law reform, as if proponents of change are unable or unwilling to tackle the barriers erected by legislation. …


The Dabei gas field as a tight sand reservoir is controlled by the fracture development which directly affects the discovery and deliverability of the natural gas.The appropriate way to describe the fracture is very important.At present,the fracture spacing is a general method to describe the fracture degree,but its shortage is only suitable for the description of outcrop,core and FIM.A few of drill cores and poor representativeness can not illustrate the fracture distribution in well bore.The fracture analysis by image data requires the skillful analyst and the image data,with the random interpreted conclusion,the high expense of the image data,and Absence of image data.So,the concept of fractal is proposed in the research of fractured reservoir.According to fractal concept,the data of conventional logging suite were used,in combination with the logging feature of fracture in the Dabei gas field.The fracture in the goal layer of Dabei area is quantitatively described by the method of R/S.The result which was tested by the data of cores and drilling available,suggests that the method of R/S is feasible to quantitatively describe the fractures in the Dabei gas field.


The plane problem for a circular elastic inclusion interacted with an arbitrarily oriented hole under a remote uniform heat flow, is solved in this work. The proposed method is based on the complex variable theory and the existing solutions for dislocation functions which permit us to formulate boundary integral equations with a weak singular kernel. The unknown coefficients leaving in the singular integral equations can thus be solved numerically by applying the appropriate interpolation formulae. The hoop stresses, which are directly related to the coefficients of dislocation functions, are then determined accordingly. Several numerical examples are given to demonstrate the use of the present approach. Comparisons between the calculated numerical results and the corresponding existing solutions show that the method proposed here is effective, simple and general.


In order to reduce the cost of java virtual machine garbage collector,we propose a stack-allocation based garbage collection algorithm.We improve the stack frame and make it support object storage,analyse and identify stack-allocation object when compiling the java source code,and mark the object with new byte command.Stack-allocation object will be allocated from java stack and released immediately when leaving its scope.Other object will be allocated from heap and released by garbage collector.Experimental results show that,compared with traditional garbage collector,the new algorithm improves the performance of allocating and releasing,reduces the burden of garbage collector and runs faster.


False creatinine results estimated by conventional Jaffe's endpoints are still a problem in the laboratories. We hypothesized that delay in absorbance measurement may influence the concentration of creatinine measured by Jaffe's conventional method. This study compared the agreements between creatinine measured by conventional Jaffe's endpoints and kinetic Jaffe's methods and the influence of delayed absorbance reading on creatinine concentrations in kidney disease patients. A cross sectional study conducted in one hundred (70 males and 30 females) adults with kidney dysfunction. Serum creatinine was measured by Jaffe endpoint method and by Jaffe's Kinetic method. Significant increase was observed in the creatinine measured by Jaffe's endpoint method compared with Kinetic method. The serum creatinine concentration measured by Jaffe's endpoint methods increases with increase time. This study has indicated that conventional Jaffe endpoint and kinetic methods show poor agreement for the estimation of serum creatinine in the presence of renal dysfunction, the kinetic method performed slightly better. This study also suggests that delay in absorbance reading for Jaffe endpoint reaction is a factor which influences serum creatinine concentrations.


Michael Hanagan has written an ambitious and exciting work that should be read by all scholars interested in the development of modern Europe. Returning to the cradle of the French Industrial Revolution, the Stephanois region around Saint-Etienne and the site of his earlier work The Logic of Solidarity (Champaign, 1980), Hanagan uncovers the roots of working-class solidarity in the struggles of workers to establish themselves and their families in new industrial cities. By viewing workers as family members, he provides new insight into the appeal of radical ideologies and social programs. Behind late nineteenth-century labor strife in the Stephanois, Hanagan argues, was a struggle over the reproduction of labor and the training of a new generation of semiskilled industrial workers. In the course of the Industrial Revolution, Stephanois capitalists had sought out new technologies to subdivide the labor process and thereby overcome the power of restrictive craft unions. They created a new class of workers, semiskilled laborers who lacked the artisans' general training but had the specific knowledge needed to operate the machinery of modern industry. Portrayed as modern and efficient in contrast with traditional artisans, these workers were peculiarly dependent on their employers because they could use their training only in their employers' establishments. Dependency worked two ways, however, because the employers needed their workers'job-specific skills to operate their ever larger and more expensive capital stock. Employers thus came to fear the flux of a free labor market and sought to fragment the market by tying workers to their jobs through paternalist measures. These included employer-sponsored insurance programs that rewarded long job tenure as well as training programs for the workers' children, to create a new generation of semiskilled workers.


In this paper, fractional order PI and PD controllers are designed for the speed control, respectively, position control of a DC motor. Both fractional order controllers were designed based on time domain specifications. The closed loop performances of the PI and PD fractional order controllers are compared with integer order PI and PD controllers. The experimental results show that the fractional order controllers outperform the classical controllers.


Ashkenazic (Hebrew for German) Jews." In reality, that number was to be reached only a century later; in 1795 the figure was closer to one million. Mrs. Manners's chapters dealing with Jewish life in tsarist Russia cannot be recommended to serious readers. Fortunately, the subject is covered adequately by a number of historians, among them by Simon Dubnow in his three-volume work published in English a half-century ago. As for the flavor of East European Jewish life among the immigrants in New York of the early 1900s, it is much better (and more reliably) conveyed by Ronald Sanders's Downtown Jews (1970) and by the more recent collection of translated letters to the editor of the New York Yiddish Socialist daily Forward, entitled A Bintel Brief (1971).


Our main goal was to start and hold discussions on the future of libraries via the Library 101 Project, using several social media tools mentioned in the '101 Resources and Things to Know' list.


Audiograms are the direct way to demonstrate the functioning of the inner ear. However, accurate audiograms in the young patient with deformed ears are difficult to obtain and the results can often be misleading. Livingstone states that an audiogram showing good inner ear function should be suspect if the x-rays show poor labyrinth development.' He comments that in 99 operated cases of congenital atresia of the external auditory canal "when a normal middle ear and labyrinth are seen on x-ray or tomogram, there is a good chance that hearing may be improved, but when a grossly deformed labyrinth is seen in the tomogram, surgery is probably not justified:'!


Five species of Scyphomedusae were identified from plankton samples collected betwen April 1983 and June 1985 in Port Phillip Bay: Cyanea capillata, Pseudorhiza haeckeli, Aurelia aurita, Pelagia noctiluca and Catostylus mosaicus. Abundances of Scyphomedusae fluctuated seasonally. Cyanea capillata was dominant between May and September with maximum abundances of approximately 100 adults per 1000 m3 (mean 3.5 per 1000 m3) and 200 ephyrae per 1000 m3 (mean 16.5 per 1000 m3). Ephyrae of C. capillata were present throughout the year with a maximum biomass between May and July. Pseudorhiza haeckeli was dominant between November and April with maximum abundances of approximately 100 adults per 1000 m3 (mean 1.8 per 1000 m3). Aurelia aurita was collected throughout the year, P. noctilraca occurred from Januzrp to April, and C, rncsaicus occurred from September to March.


Taking cold resistance of"Jinfeng No.1","Yufeng No.1","Sijihua","Jinhua No.3","Shennong No.1"that from Xinxiang in Henan province,Xinmi in Henan province,Pingyi in Shandong province,Yangling in Shanxi province,Wuhan in Hubei province respectively as materials,after freezing treatment 24 h,the content of MDA,soluble sugar,Pro and chlorophyll in blades under different treatments were measured,and the change status further were analyzed,according to set room temperature,0℃,-10℃,-20℃,and 5℃/h of cooling rate.On the basis of average membership of various indicators,the cold resistance were"Sijihua""Yufeng No.1""Jinfeng No.1""Jinhua No.3""Shennong No.1".


Equilibrium configurations of rigid building blocks with multiple embedded interaction sites are investigated, as a coarse-grained approach for conformational sampling of protein structures with known secondary structure. First, hypothetical structures of asymmetric shapes, and pairs of rods composed of multiple interaction sites are considered. The rods are either disconnected or joined by a flexible loop. The sites are assumed to interact with a classical 6-12 Lennard-Jones potential. Subsequently, the investigation is extended to the study of two disconnected α helices composed of homogeneous interaction sites and to the ROP monomer, a small protein consisting of two heterogeneous α helices connected by a loop. Residue-specific long-range and short-range potentials extracted from a protein database are used. A Monte Carlo procedure combined with an energy minimization algorithm, originally developed by Li and Scheraga [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84, 6611 (1987)] is used to generate a set of low energy ...


The article deals with the process of pedagogical skills formation. The empirical data obtained show that the professional competence of a school teacher favours the prestige of this profession in society. The author underlines the fact that the skills possessed by rural and urban school teachers both in Russia and abroad play a great role in implementing the governmental reform of education system. The author also describes the teachers personality component in the structure of pedagogical skills


Objective To evaluate the learning effects of student-centered teaching rounds in pediatric clinical practice. Methods Totally 118 vocational nursing students were recruited in the study,60 students were in the control group which implemented the teacher-centered teaching rounds,while 58 students were in the experimental group which implemented student-centered teaching rounds. The methods were mainly designed according to four elements such as situation,cooperation,conversation and meaning construction of constructivism theories. During 4weeks in pediatric ward,each student had a teaching round every two weeks. To compare the clinical learning effects of two groups,all the students had a case analysis test and were investigated by a self-designed learning effects questionnaire of 6 items at the end of practice. Results The scores of case analysis test in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group(P0.01). Every item of questionnaire in the experimental group was significantly better than that in the control group(P0.01). Conclusions Student-centered teaching round was a fundamental change from teaching idea to teaching model. It played an important role to assist nursing students to acquire key clinical competence.


Parametrically generated optical patterns are investigated for finite and large-scale transverse aperture lasers. Standing and rotating patterns as well as periodic and chaotic pattern alternations are described in the framework of the amplitude equation formalism. Sensitive dependence on the geometrical size of the system is demonstrated even in the case of large-scale systems


The article by Jamy et al in this issue of Cancer titled "Impact of Insurance Status on the Survival of Younger Patients Diagnosed With Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia in the United States" is a very meaningful work in our field, and I believe that it is a helpful addition to our collective approach to the modernday practice of leukemia. Outcomes for patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) have greatly improved over time, with a large, singlecenter academic experience, led by Abaza and Ravandi et al, yielding a 96% complete remission rate among 187 patients with APL, an induction mortality of only 4%, and a 5year overall survival rate of 88%. Furthermore, in a definitive, large, randomized, phase 3, multicenter setting, LoCoco et al demonstrated complete remission in 100% of lower risk APL patients treated with alltrans retinoic acid and arsenic and a 2year eventfree survival rate of 97%. Importantly, in contrast, Jamy et al demonstrated in their retrospective analysis that patients with APL and no medical insurance experienced worse outcomes, including, remarkably, worse 5year overall survival, in comparison with their counterparts who had medical insurance (with 5year overall survival rates of 86% for insured patients and only 70% for uninsured patients). Furthermore, they found that patients 40 years old or older with APL and Medicaid as their insurance plan had worse outcomes than their counterparts with other insurance plans. This work reminds us that even the most curable malignancies still require regular access to health care, close longterm followup, and early recognition of both common and uncommon complications, which requires local familiarity and often expertise as well as multidisciplinary team approaches. These thoughtprovoking results are immediately impactful in a disease subtype (APL) that is supposed to be counted among the most curable of all human cancers. This article really elucidates an awful truth about our health care system that we must still face in 2021: outcomes for a potentially highly curable disease appear to be, at least in part, dependent on the financial and insurance status of the patients. Together, we must understand and address the inequities in our health care system and come together as a field, as a group, and as medical professionals to pledge to augment access to health care to every single person who seeks it without excuse or exception. In the field of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in general, much progress has been made recently in terms of therapeutic breakthroughs, particularly among patients with targetable mutations and surface markers. Indeed, over time, overall outcomes for AML have improved with better therapies, more personalized targeted regimens, better supportive care, improved antimicrobials, and improvements in stem cell transplantation. Unfortunately, even with all of the recent improvements and exciting progress, many patients with AML still do poorly, and there are multiple groups of patients, including younger patients, who still are not always able to experience these better outcomes. One unique subset— adolescents and young adults— still have particularly variable outcomes in the setting of life factors such as a lack of insurance (changing from family insurance to selfinsurance as they transition to adulthood), job loss or change, marriage/divorce, and the birth of children. Furthermore, younger patients with acute leukemias may experience a lack of adherence to treatment plans, a lack of transportation/logistical support, a lack of access to fertility planning, or many other barriers to care. 12


Abstract The mechanism of autoxidation of organic materials by elemental oxygen is a free radical chain reaction initiated by hydroperoxide decomposition to form alkoxy and peroxy radicals. Chain scission and crosslinking reactions occur, along with the formation of hydroperoxide, resulting in degradation of properties of polymeric materials. The presence of unsaturation in natural and synthetic rubbers makes them particularly vulnerable to autoxidation, and antioxidants are thus essential to provide protection against oxidative degradation. There are two ways in which antioxidants can function to retard autoxidation. Preventive antioxidants act in some way to reduce the rate of initiation, while chain-breaking antioxidants intercept the chain-propagating peroxy free radicals and thus terminate the chain mechanism. Both types include a variety of compounds and possible modes of action as indicated in the following classification:


We present another proof of the sharp inequality for Paneitz operator on the standard three sphere, in the spirit of subcritical approximation for the classical Yamabe problem. To solve the perturbed problem, we use a symmetrization process which only works for extremal functions. This gives a new example of symmetrization for higher-order variational problems.


New carambola variety, Tainoung No.1, was derives from the progtny of natural cross pollination between "Er-lin", "Mi-sr" and "Wai-wei" in 1974. and released in 1990. This variety posses beautiful fruit shapw, brilliant yellowish with fine texture, less fiber and strong aromatic flavor. The twig is soft and has a brilliant orange red with small white mottle convex spot. Leaf is large with size even to 9.2 cm^2. Fruit peduncle is generally long and tough wiht the average lenght 4.9 cm. Mean fruit yield of 3 year-old plant per plant was 35.1 kg. Single fruit weight 338 g was heavier than the control variety Er-lin 265 g. solid and citric acid content were 8.6% and 0.27% respectively. Weight loss and incidence of anthracnose in the fruit were 9.5% and 13.6% at 20 and 12 days respectively after storage.


The influence of multicrystalline silicon ingot properties on the final performance of mass produced PERC solar cells is an area of great interest in PV manufacturing. An ability to better understand this relationship can result in more rapid and targeted development of the ingot-growing process conditions. Likewise, a better understanding of the impact of input wafer material can lead to improved understanding and outcomes for the device manufacturing sequence. The present study uses a set of ingot level metrology data that is paired with final device performance data. This data set has been previously studied for relationships related to open circuit voltage and short circuit current. The present study completes the association with device efficiency by focusing on the relationships to the final fill factor of the device. The analysis shows that the wafer resistivity has a strong influence on the series resistance of the final device. The presence of defects within the device has a surprising influence on this relationship (which might be explained by systematic errors in the in-line measurements of the series resistance). A new method is developed for parameterizing the enhanced recombination in the device, and relationships to the ingot level lifetime data and the as-cut wafer defect level are demonstrated. The study concludes with a discussion on the implications of the results and the opportunity for further study.


Various resources and techniques were used, such as interview, survey and direct observation to a population of 2 managers, 8 teachers and 120 students. Allowing to know the reality of the evaluation process and the achievement of the learning in the subject of computation.


The invention relates to a power switch for realizing zero standby power consumption and a control device. The control device comprises an SCM and a power switch connected between controlled equipment and an input power; the interior of the power switch is provided with a coil and an iron core. After the SCM receives the instruction of startup or shutdown, an instant impulse signal is output for controlling the conduction of a drive switch; an instant impulse current is generated in the coil of the power switch; the iron core under the effect of the magnetic force generated by the coil connects or disconnects the input power of the controlled equipment. Aiming at solving the disadvantage that the realization of zero standby power consumption increases extra power consumption of the prior art in normal working hours, thereby being unable to realize real effect of energy saving, the invention provides the power switch for realizing zero standby power consumption and the control device, and therefore, in standby state or in normal working state, no current passes through the coil of the power switch, realizing real zero power consumption and energy saving.


Car thefts lately very prevalent both intensity and location of events that makes PT. Meaning of Various Business Ambassadors become restless for delivery of goods. In general, only the form of car security alarm installation and assembly has been widely known existence. While it never developed a tracking system and vehicle safety position, which can be accessed online and can not be monitored by cell phone or mobile phones (HP) as it also requires a monthly fee for the expenditure rates can make the monitoring of vehicles that have been provided by several companies that providing mobile tracking service. PT. Various meanings Ambassador Enterprises need a tool and application that can monitor the vehicle position and disable the ignition remotely. Then designed and built a Car Security System Based Geographic Information Systems, Car Security System for which it can monitor the vehicle remotely and provide a sense of security on the company's automobile operations. The system is based Geographic Information System (GIS) where the system that include a map to determine the existence of such vehicles are seen on the map using the Google Maps API. Key words: mobile tracking, sms gateway, security


A model has been developed to calculate the heat transfer coefficients from the fuel rods to the steam-droplet mixture typical of Boiling Water Reactors under Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) operation conditions during a postulated loss-of-coolant accident. The model includes the heat transfer by convection to the vapor, the radiation from the surfaces to both the water droplets and the vapor, and the effects of droplet evaporation. The combined convection and radiation heat transfer coefficient can be evaluated with respect to the characteristic droplet size. Calculations of the heat transfer coefficient based on the droplet sizes obtained from the existing literature are consistent with those determined empirically from the Full-Length-Emergency-Cooling-Heat-Transfer (FLECHT) program. The present model can also be used to assess the effects of geometrical distortions (or deviations from nominal dimensions) on the heat transfer to the cooling medium in a rod bundle.


HE Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health' is a significant achievement, comprehensively reviewing scientific evidence that links diet to chronic disease, identifying consensus on the implications of the evidence for policy, and offering dietary recommendations developed on the basis of the policy consensus. Several of the Report's dietary and policy recommendations have implications for child health and nutrition.


Because of the time factor, these remarks are largely devoted to section 28 of the Local Government Act, which became law in 1988. I'm also going to understand "the arts" in the broadest sense, to include all cultural activists engaged in intellectual labour, including therefore academics. I'll describe the text and effects of section 28, and then seek briefly to relate it to: the panoply of other legal constraints on expres sion in Britain, particularly on lesbian and gay issues; the political phenomenon of Thatcherism itself; and a general politics of identity in the 1980s and '90s.


Some women become pregnant after their partners' vasectomies. To quantify the risk, researchers conducted prospective telephone interviews with 544 women (age range, 18-44; 91% white) four times within the 5 years after their husbands had undergone vasectomies in …


The audible noise measurement result of power transformer is commonly affected by its surrounding noises. Based on time- and frequency-domain analysis of typical insect, bird, frog and highway noises around the substation, a filter combined basic spectral subtraction (BSS) method is proposed in this paper. Two designed low- and high-pass filters are employed to deal with the transformer noise signal, respectively. The resultant filtered transformer noise signals are further analyzed with basic spectral subtraction method. The pretreatment results for insect-, bird-, frog- and vehicle-noise interferences under different signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) are calculated. The research results is meaningful for noise measurement accuracy enhancement of power transformer in substations surrounded by noisy environment.


Attachment of bacteria to phagocytic cells is augmented by opsonins due to Fc and C3 receptors. It has also been shown, that intracellular killing even of C-resistant bacteria is increased following opsonization by C, but not by IgG. The mechanism of this C activity is yet unknown. C activation could lead either to an increased ingestion or increased discharge of lysosomal enzymes into the phagosome. The contribution of C activation to ingestion, killing and destruction of E. coli and to the secretion of lysosomal enzymes into the phagosome was therefore the subject of this investigation.
 To a monolayer of human PMN radiolabelled E. coli were added following opsonization with IgG, C or IgG and C. After various time intervals, cells and nonattached bacteria were separated, cells were destroyed and the cell sap was separated by centrifugation into three fractions: 1) membrane (and nuclei), 2) granula, and 3) cytoplasma.


Using an argument from statistical mechanics, V. Jones has given a new method for constructing pairs of links with identical skein polynomials. We give a more general construction and use it to provide a simple proof of a theorem of Traczyk's involving rotors of links. Several examples are given of pairs of knots with coincident skein polynomials and small crossing number.


The effect of wrapping type on the nutritive and organoleptic properties of Ogiri-egusi (fermented Citrullus vulgaris ) seeds was studied. The leaves used was miracle fruit leaves (Thaumatococcus danellii), cocoyam leaves (Colocasia spp) , and banana leaves (Musa sapientum ). The melon seeds were hulled, sorted and washed, boiled for 4h, grinded and then wrapped in small portions in different leaf-types and fermented for 5(five) days. Proximate analysis and sensory evaluation were carried out on the fermented products (Ogiri-egusi). Statistical analysis was also carried out on the sensory data at 95% confidence level (P>0.05) . Results showed that the proximate composition of the Ogiri-egusi samples were not significantly (P<0.05) affected by the wrapping type. Samples wrapped in Banana leaves were rated as the highest in moisture content, crude protein, crude fibre and fat with scores 29.17, 15.75, 14.00 and 9.83 respectively except in ash (3.67) and carbohydrates (64.01) while that of sensory evaluation showed that Banana leaves were rated the highest in colour, aroma and texture with mean scores 5.70 (slightly liked), 5.40 (neither liked nor disliked) and 5.10 (neither liked nor disliked) respectively, Miracle Fruit Leaves had the highest score in taste with mean score 7.90 (liked very much) and Cocoyam leaves had the highest in overall acceptability with mean score 5.50 (slightly liked) . From the proximate and sensory data, Banana leaves are advocated to be the best wrapping type for Ogiri-egusi production.


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Iron mass balances for eight lakes (79 lake-years of data) on the Precambrian Shield were measured including catchment, atmospheric, and internal sources of iron and compared with literature data. In most cases, internal load from anoxic sediment surfaces was important. Net (Rext) and gross (Rtot) Fe retentions were correlated with internal load and with morphometry and hydrology, respectively. An average annual settling velocity of Fe computed from the relationship of Rtot with the annual water load (qs) ranged from 12 to 26 m/yr. A simple mass balance model, similar to that used successfully for phosphorus, was used to predict annual average Fe concentration. Although model predictions of average Fe concentration of the lake outflow (Lout/qs) and observed concentrations (TFe) were significantly correlated, TFe was underestimated by the model in the Precambrian Shield lakes but overestimated in acid-stressed lakes in the Sudbury, Ontario region. Since the deviations were correlated with organic content o...


Family physician services system is the focus of community health services in Shanghai during the twelfth five-year period.Informatization is an effective way and strong support to improve the efficiency of health services,overcome the shortage of family physician,and ease the difficulty for residents to see a doctor.Here we look forward to the development of informatization on family physician services based on the existing resources of Zhabei district,propose a future vision of the health management platform,and thus we establish a communication-network-linking,criss-cross,three-dimensional,dynamic and interactive system,which involves the establishment of information sharing and exchange platform,cloud computing applications,and management function by system decision.Finally,we conceive a plan for the future of health management information system,which mainly involves artificial intelligence and other aspects of analog and digital medicals.


Chapter 8 studies how conversations and meetings impacted political deliberation and deal-making in the Senate, thus fusing extra-institutional and institutional politics. How did senators look for support and probe each other regarding specific issues? How did preparatory conversations work? It is a fact of life, in ancient Rome as nowadays, that the written text of a decision does not fully reflect the previous groundwork, negotiations, and discussions that led to it. The study of Atticus allows us to consider the role and influence of non-senatorial actors. The aim of this chapter is not to claim that a certain measure was enacted because A and B had a conversation during a dinner or because someone secured the support of C and D during a quick chat in the Forum or in a corner of the Senate house (although such actions are described). Going beyond the micro-scale and specific instances, the interest of this study is to analyse how these actions illuminate our understanding of how the Roman political system worked in practice. This chapterargues that the role of conversations and meetings did not mean that all was decided beforehand; a senator could gather support for a draft of a law or a policy through previous conversations, but he still had to defend it and fight for it in public institutions (the Senate, contiones, and assemblies), without always being able to guarantee success beforehand.


Summary Employing a referential related with cellular memory, the author is a question of trauma than registered during the prenatal experience - will be manifested in pos-native life. The way that she makes this approach illustrates what Elizabeth Bianchedi et altere, presented in Chapter 3 of Bion: known/unknown-prenatal/post-natal: the total personality, namely: to what Bion considered in his early work as being psychotic part of mind, at the end of his work [report of the future - part III] went on to consider it as an expression of the inscriptions of prenatal experiences [items beta]. Therefore relies on certain patient clinical material in its first 15 months of analysis. He has the experience that led her to intervene with the referential related to cellular memory [egg/ sperm and concept] to deal with difficulties P presented to establish the inter and intra-psychic linkages and how the layer of deception that engulfing it and prevented any contact from mind to mind and mental growth has gradually as was breaking..


Abstract Low-level monsoonal cross-equatorial airflow is investigated using a simple Lagrangian model for the tropical atmosphere. With the use of Jacobian elliptic functions, analytical solutions for the dynamic system are obtained to an extent that enables the most interesting features of the model to be demonstrated. It is found that there exists some unpredictability with the equatorial airflow, in the sense that the trajectory of the airflow can either remain in one hemisphere or cross the equator from one hemisphere to another depending upon the value of a model parameter λc being negative or positive, even when the corresponding external forcings are of little difference. By means of qualitative analysis of the dynamic system, some more esoteric properties of the model solutions are investigated. It is found that the model exhibits a very interesting bifurcation, which explains the unpredictability. The bifurcation is a characteristic attributable to the nonlinearity of the Coriolis term in the Lag...


As volumes of electronic commerce increase rapidly, customers are faced with information overload, and it becomes difficult for them to find necessary information and select what they need. In this situation, recommender systems can help the customers search and select the products and services they need more conveniently. These days, the recommender systems play important roles in customer relationship management. In this research, we develop a recommender system that recommends the books to the customers of Internet bookstore. In previous researches on recommender systems, collaborative filtering technique has been often employed. For the collaborative filtering technique to be used, the rating scores on books given by previous purchasers have to be collected. However, the collection of rating scores is not an easy task in reality. Therefore, in this research, we employed case-based reasoning technique that can work only with the book purchase history of customers. The accuracy of recommendation of the resulting book recommender system was about 40% on the level 3 classification code.


JOHNSON, JENNIFER MELISSA. The Role of Maternal Reminiscing Style and Language Ability at 36 Months of Age on Second Graders' Reports of First Memories. (Under the direction of Lynne Baker-Ward, Ph.D.) This investigation examined the relation between mothers' use of an elaborative style in discussing shared experiences with their preschoolers and these children's reports of early childhood memories five years later. In addition, the influence of both language ability during early childhood and maternal education on later reports of early childhood experiences was examined. When the children were 36 months of age, 54 mother-child dyads reminisced about past events and the children were administered the Expressive Communication Scale of the Preschool Language Scale-4. The reminiscing conversations were coded for the mother's use of elaborations, repetitions, and elaborative questions, and a ratio score was calculated by dividing the total number of elaborations by the number of repetitions. Five years later, the children reported as many memories from early childhood as possible during a memory fluency task, and both the children and their mothers dated each report. Correlational analyses supported the hypothesis that mothers who used a greater number of elaborative questions during the early childhood reminiscing conversations had children who later retrieved more early autobiographical memories as compared to children with mothers who used fewer elaborative questions. Contrary to expectations, there was no support for a relationship between the number of elaborative questions and the age of children's earliest memories, nor a relationship between the ratio of elaborations to repetitions and children's earliest memory or the number of memories retrieved. Additionally, multiple regression analyses, controlling for children's language, did not support the hypothesized significant unique contribution of maternal reminiscing style to children's autobiographical memory reports. There was no evidence for the hypothesized relations between children's early expressive language ability and the age of their earliest memory or expressive language ability and the number of events recalled. In addition, there was no support for the hypothesis that children's expressive language ability would moderate the relationship between maternal reminiscing style and measures of children's autobiographical memory. Finally, in contrast to a hypothesized relation between maternal education and aspects of autobiographical memory reports, maternal education was not related to either the age of children's earliest memory or the number of memories recalled. These results are considered in light of the limited power to fully test the hypothesized model and seen as preliminary support for the importance of mothers' use of elaborative questions during early childhood discussions for children's developing autobiographical memory skills. The Role of Maternal Reminiscing Style and Language Ability at 36 Months of Age on Second Graders' Reports of First Memories by Jennifer Melissa Johnson A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of North Carolina State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science


1-Methyl-5-tetrazolyllithium undergoes fragmentation to nitrogen and lithium methylcyanamide at temperatures exceeding −50°. Below −60° it is however fairly stable and a useful reagent for the preparation of various 5-substituted 1-methyltetrazoles. It reacts readily with halogens, cyanogen bromide, sulfur, aldehydes, ketones, and acid chlorides but not appreciably with benzyl bromide and benzonitrile. With methyl benzoate it forms a labile addition compound which can be hydrolyzed to 5-benzoyl-1-methyl-tetrazole.1-Phenyl-5-tetrazolyllithium rapidly decomposes to lithium phenylcyanamide at temperatures as low as −65° to −70°.


The differences and similarities on criterion to piping stresses existed in ASME B31.1 and B31.3 were summarized in this article.For the engineers working in the field of piping stress analysis,it is necessary to familiarize the relevant codes,so that they can comply with the codes correctly and well and can support the piping design with safety and optimization.


The most widely used approach to model-based diagnosis consists of a two-step process: (1) Generating conflict sets from symptoms; (2) Calculating minimal diagnosis set from the conflicts. Here a conflict set is a set of assumptions on the modes of some components that is not consistent with the model of the system and observations, and a minimal diagnosis is a set of the consistent assumptions of the modes of all components with minimal number of abnormal components. However, there are major drawbacks in the current model-based diagnosis techniques in efficiently performing the above two steps that severely limit their practical application to many systems of interest. For conflict generating problem, these techniques are usually based on different versions of Truth Maintenance (TM) method, which lead to exhaustive search in the space of possible modes of the components. The most common method for finding minimal diagnosis from the conflicts is based on Reiter's algorithm [9], which requires both exponential time and exponential space (memory) to be implemented. In order to overcome these limitations, we propose a novel and twofold approach: First, we propose a new approach for generating conflict sets based on mapping this problem onto the well-studied problem of finding paths in a graph [5]. This approach can significantly accelerate the conflict generation step by bounding the search space and thus avoiding unnecessary search. Second, we propose a novel algorithmic approach and a set of new algorithms for calculation of minimal diagnosis set, which is an inherently intractable (NP-complete) problem [3]. However, our new approach allows the development of new algorithms that enable more efficient solution for large and realistic problems. More specifically, our new approach allows us to calculate the lower and upper bounds on the size of the solution. Utilizing these new insights, we are able to develop a new version of the branch-and-bound method for solving the problem.


The Isortoq Shear Zone (ISZ), a 100km-scale structure in northern Baffin Island, was originally identified through the interpretation of regional geophysical surveys. In the field the ISZ is cryptic, and its significance ambiguous with respect to the regional structural framework of northern Baffin Island. Mapping along the ISZ and within the spatially associated Archean Isortoq and Eqe Bay greenstone belts shows that the two belts form one continuous folded supracrustal package deformed by nappe tectonics likely during the early Paleoproterozoic Trans-Hudson Orogeny. The northern NE-striking, moderately SE-dipping Isortoq belt is structurally thinned, metamorphosed, sheared (by the ISZ) and overturned, with strata younging down-section to the NW. In contrast, the southern NE-striking, steeply dipping Eqe Bay belt is structurally thickened, comparatively less metamorphosed, exhibits weaker deformation, and stratigraphically youngs to the SE. New mapping and available geophysical data show that the two belts are folded around a hinge zone located offshore to the SW, and together form an asymmetric synformal anticline. Structural and stratigraphic relationships are consistent with the fold forming part of the lower limb of a map-scale southeast-verging nappe, with the ISZ formed at the base of this nappe as a consequence of horizontal transport. The Isortoq Nappe occurs along strike with SW-verging Rinkian nappes exposed >200 km to the NE, on Baffin Island and in Greenland. This implies that south-verging tectonics during the THO, opposed to and predating the dominant N-verging nappes of the Foxe Fold Belt, are more important in spatial extent than previously considered.


Turmoil and disruption on the campuses; political action by students and faculty members; severe shrinkages in governmental, corporate, and individual incomes, coupled with rising taxes; and mounting distrust of higher education by the public are behind the increasing demand for colleges and universities to justify what they are doing and to disclose the effectiveness and efficiency of their operations. Perhaps as never before, institutions, administrators, faculty members, and even students find themselves accountable to a wide range of both internal and external agencies. Institutions and faculties, much to their concern and distress, have discovered that their autonomy is by no means absolute, and that in fact it is often highly vulnerable. An individual loses autonomy to the extent to which he is answerable to an external agent. Likewise, a university faculty cannot be completely autonomous if it is accountable to administrators or trustees. The corporate university is not completely independent if it is answerable to donors, the legislature, or the electorate. We may then ask, to whom are the institution and its constituents responsible, and for what are they accountable?,


The effect of incremental applications of P on herbage DM yield on a range of soils was studied on 26 sites in 1967-70 inclusive. Rates of P (kg/ha) were 0,20,40,80 in 1967 and 0, 23,45,90 in all other years. N at 224 kg/ha was applied in split dressings plus basal lime and K. The average yield over the 4 years was 7.7, 9.8,10.1 and 10.3 t/ha for P0, Pi, P2 and P3. Significant responses to P were obtained on half the sites in 1967 and on 20 sites in the following years. On the sites that responded to P the mean response increased from 39% in 1967 to 54% in 1970. Only seven sites responded consistently to the P2 rate while most sites attained 90% of maximum yield at Pi. Soils showing good response to P2 were Macamore, Coal Measures, Drumlins and East Mayo-Galway. Mean yield reduction from not applying P increased from 21 % in 1967 to 32% in 1970.


Abstrcat The face is one of the most vital components in the vast ability of humans to communicate information as well as emotional and motivational cues. Construction and animation of realistic human facial models are an important research field in computer graphics. How to construct a realistic 3D human head model fast and efficiently is still a challenge. The method to construct a realistic human head presented in this paper is: an 3D head-model was first created to serve as a generic model, which can be modified to create another head-model. The individualized head-model is then created by modifying this first head-model with the aid of the orthogonal normal 2D-images of a person, by means of a certain non-linear deformation-Dirichlet Free-Form Deformation. We improve this method by giving different reference points and different priviledge values which are used to control the deformation. Then, we can get a more precise result.


Recent Appointments.—Mr. H. B.Walters, F.S.A., has been appointed to succeed Mr. A. H. Smith, F.S.A., as Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum. In the University of London Mr. Hilary Jenkinson, F.S.A.,has been appointed to the University Readership in Diplomatic and English Archives, and the Rev. Professor Claude Jenkins, F.S.A., to the University Readership in Greek and Latin Palaeography. Both these Readerships are tenable at King's College.


The photodissociation of ozone by ultraviolet light has a great impact on the photochemistry of the atmosphere. The relative quantum yield for the production of the singlet atomic fragment O( 1 D) has been determined in the wavelength region 306 to 327 nm for four temperatures between 227 K and 300 K. The technique of resonance enhanced multi photon ionisation (REMPI) was used to probe directly the O( 1 D) photolysis product. These relative measurements have been placed onto an absolute scale by the selection of a calibration point whose value has been agreed by the scientific community. The yields obtained are in good agreement with others reported during the time of the research reported in this thesis and clearly show that three mechanisms contribute to the final quantum yield. Below 310 nm, O( 1 D) is produced by a spin-allowed channel, above 320 nm the primary channel is a spin- forbidden one and at intermediate wavelengths photolysis of vibrationally excited ozone contributes to the O( 1 D) yield. Elements of the quantum yield data presented in this thesis are being included in a new recommendation for the temperature dependent O( 1 D) quantum yield. Details of the dissociation kinetics, including further evidence confirming the spin-forbidden channel, is presented in time-of-flight studies of the O( 1 D) product. Time-of-flight profiles taken between 317 and 321 nm show evidence that, at room temperature, the O( 1 D) quantum yield is anti-correlated with the ozone absorption cross section. Excitation of the O 2 (a 1 Δ g ) co-fragment has been observed at wavelengths below 296 nm by monitoring the energies of the O( 1 D) formed. As the channel for the production of O 2 (a 1 Δ g ,andnbsp; v andnbsp;=andnbsp;1) opens, it is found that energy is preferentially partitioned into rotation of the O 2 fragment rather than into translation. Initial studies on the O( 1 D) fragment have shown that the fragment is orbitally aligned and that the choice of REMPI transition can have a significant effect on the time-of-flight profiles and therefore on the measurements that are made from the profiles. The time-of-flight profiles obtained by probing the O 2 (a 1 Δ g ) photofragment have shown that the O 2 (a 1 Δ g ) has an angular momentum polarisation that is J dependent, with the even J being strongly polarised and the odd J depolarised. This results in the shape of the time-of-flight profiles being a function of the REMPI laser polarisation; and the study of this behaviour has been used to confirm the assignments in highly perturbed REMPI spectra.


J Nurs Sci.2009; 27(2): 49 57 Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the readiness of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) prior to transfer from the Coronary Care Unit (CCU), the recurrence of heart problems during the 72 hours after transfer, and the relationship of age, gender, readiness to transfer and recurrence. Design: Descriptive research design. Methods: The sample comprised 90 ACS patients who had received treatment in the CCU of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Medical College and Vajira Hospital and who were later transferred to ordinary wards. Data were collected through observational methods. The statistical analysis used was Chi-square. Main Findings: Male subjects constituted 67.8% of the sample, females 32.2%, and the major age group was 60-82 years (69%). The most prominent sign of readiness was good consciousness which was found in all patients, next was non heart failure (98.9%). The least prominent sign was normal hemodynamic system (67.8%). About 45.6% of the patients had readiness in all measures. There was an equal rate of recurrent ischemia and reinfarction 72 hours after transfer at 4.4%. Age and gender were not significantly associated with recurrence after transfer (p > .05). The total readiness and readiness of consciousness, hemodynamic system, signs and symptoms, ECG and cardiac markers were all significantly associated with recurrence after transfer (p < .05 and p < .01, respectively) Conclusion and recommendation: These finding are beneficial for nurses to develop guidelines for nursing care patients with ACS to enable readiness of pathology and physiology prior to transfer from the CCU. Nurses should have increased awareness of patients' readiness assessments prior to transfer; especially, consciousness, hemodynamic system, signs and symptoms, ECG and cardiac markers. In addition, closely observing patients for 72 hours after transfer from the CCU should be done in order to decrease the risk of recurrence.


Preface 1. Introduction 2. Snow climatology and snow distribution 3. Snowpack condition 4. Ground-based snowfall and snowpack measurements 5. Remote sensing of the snowpack 6. Snowpack energy exchange: basic theory 7. Snowpack energy exchange: topographic and forest effects 8. Snowfall, snowpack and meltwater chemistry 9. Snowmelt runoff processes 10. Modelling snowmelt runoff 11. Snowmelt Runoff Model (SRM) 12. Snowpack management and modifications Appendices Index.


Hydrazones and their azo compounds find wide applications in biological systems and dyes and, therefore, their structures are of scientific importance. The UV and visible spectra of azobenzene and its derivatives have been studied by many workers I -5. These studies revealed that the electronic spectra of azobenzenes are affected considerably by changes in the nature, position and number of substituents, Kamel et al," studied the relationship between electronic absorption spectra and molecular structure of some monoazo dyes and observed that change in the position of the absorption band corresponding to the n-n" transition of N = N centre is influenced by intramolecular charge transfer (C'I), being dependent on the type of moities attached to it. Le-Fevre et al.7 studied the infrared spectra of 36 azo compounds in the range 1800-600 em -I. They also studied the IR spectra of a series of monoazobenzenes in the same frequency range using Nujol mull technique", Gelbcke et al? studied the 13C NMR spectra of some azonaphthalene sulphonate dyes. In the present investigation, the electronic absorption spectra of some azohydrazone dyes have been studied in organic solvents of varying polarities. IR spectra have been recorded in solid state as KBr discs and IH NMR spectra in d6 DMSO. The important bands and signals in IR and IH NMR spectra have been assigned and discussed in terms of molecular structure.


In two separate experiments, weight adjusted doses of nocodazole and acrylamide were injected intraperitoneally at various time intervals into twelve week old female mice. Within the nocodazole experiment, the doses were injected at varying time intervals before and after mating. On day seventeen of gestation, the female mice were sacrificed and their uterine contents examined. Nocodazole induced a significant increase in reproductive pathology per total implants when administered one hour after mating to the (SECxC57BL)F, stock: 5.00% total deads, 70.23% moles, and 3.41% abnormal fetuses. Acrylamide treatment produced a significant reduction in live births when administered six hours after mating: 50.86% moles and 46.46% living fetuses per total implants.


Invasive fungal infections (IFIs), though uncommon, are on the rise and have a high mortality rate. Fungal colonization is common, but its clinical significance is unclear. Our study aims to characterize the impact of these diagnoses and their management on outcomes in a large ICU population.

 We utilized the Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care III database for this retrospective cohort study. Adults with positive fungal cultures were classified as colonized or infected using definitions from the EORTC/MSG guidelines and the Blot protocol for Aspergillus. Outcomes were compared between groups matched by age, SOFA score, admission diagnosis, culture results, and comorbidities.

 There were 595 hospital admissions with IFI (11.7/1000 admissions) and 5789 with colonization (114/1000 admissions). In-hospital mortality was 52% in patients with IFIs and 36% in colonized patients. Mortality post-discharge remained high and was not significantly different in the two groups.
 67% of patients with IFIs had the diagnosis documented. 24% of patients with IFIs and 8% of colonized patients received antifungal therapy. Treatment did not significantly impact mortality in infected or colonized patients but was associated with increased length of hospital and ICU stay. Infectious disease (ID) consultation was performed in 39.8% of patients with IFIs and 20% of patients with colonization. In the group of IFI patients with ID consultation, in-hospital mortality was higher, but survival post-discharge increased significantly. There was a significant increase in diagnosis of IFI in the ID group and a trend toward increased treatment. In colonized patients with ID consultation, in-hospital mortality and survival post-discharge improved. Hospital and ICU length of stay were longer for patients with ID consultation.

 Critically ill patients with IFIs have high mortality rates, which were not reduced by treatment. The prevalence of colonization was high, and colonized patients experienced significant in-hospital and post-discharge mortality. This study supports the need for additional investigation into ID consultation, which may improve outcomes in critically ill patients with fungal infection and colonization.

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In this paper, we investigate a conformally flat and complete manifold $(M,g)=(\mathbb{R}^n,e^{2u}|dx|^2)$ with finite total Q-curvature. We introduce a new volume entropy, incorporating the background Euclidean metric, and demonstrate that the metric $g$ is normal if and only if the volume entropy is finite. Furthermore, we establish an identity for the volume entropy utilizing the integrated Q-curvature. Additionally, under normal metric assumption, we get a result concering the behavior of the geometric distance at infinity compared with Euclidean distance. With help of this result, we prove that each polynomial growth polyharmonic function on such manifolds is of finite dimension. Meanwhile, we prove several rigidity results by imposing restrictions on the sign of the Q-curvature. Specifically, we establish that on such manifolds, the Cohn-Vossen inequality achieves equality if and only if each polynomial growth polyharmonic function is a constant.


Objective: To evaluate the clinical characteristics and survival of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) patients with bone metastasis as the initial presentation. Methods: The clinical data from 1 546 DTC patients undergoing 131I treatment were retrospectively analyzed, and the clinical characteristics of DTC patients with bone metastasis as the initial presentation were collected. The distribution of bone metastasis was analyzed, and the survival rate was calculated. Results: A total of 120 DTC patients had bone metastasis, 28 (23.3%) of whom had bone metastasis as the initial presentation. Of these 28 patients, 20 had follicular carcinoma, 6 had papillary carcinoma, and 2 had follicular variant of papillary carcinoma. The most clinical manifestation was bone pain (n=26,92.9%): one patient had a lumbar fracture and two patients had femur fractures. Two patients presented with no symptoms, and however, occipital metastasis and rib lesions were found by physical examination. These 28 patients had 73 bone metastatic lesions which were frequently found in the pelvis and vertebrae (63.0%, 46/73). There were 12 patients presented with other distant metastases (42.9%). The 5-year and 10-year survival rates in these 28 patients were 93.0% and 71.0%,respectively. The 20-year survival rate of these 28 patients was higher than the remaining 92 patients with post-operatively proved bone metastasis(P=0.012). Conclusion: The occurrence of DTC is occult in some patients. Once local bone pain, pathological fracture and bone destruction in the absence of known causes, further examinations should be needed to exclude bone metastasis from DTC. The prognosis of DTC patients with bone metastasis as the initial presentation is superior to the DTC patients with post-operatively proven bone metastasis. DOI:10.3781/j.issn.1000-7431.2011.06.012


As an objective evaluation of skin color intensity, the jaundice meter was performed in 75 Chinese term infants. A jaundice meter index ratio was created between the jaundice meter index of a specific skin site and that of the forehead. Four statistically significant skin regions were identified with decreasing jaundice meter index ratios: (1) sternum and forehead; (2) right upper abdomen and upper back; (3) lower back, elbow, and knee; and (4) palm and sole. The dermal icterus in the jaundiced newborn progressed cephalopedally along both ventral and posterior aspects of body and along the upper extremity.


Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: This study compares transfer from Dutch to German by native Dutch speakers who learned German as a second language (forward transfer: L1 to L2) and by native German speakers who are living in the Netherlands (reverse transfer: L2 to L1). The aim of this comparison is to see whether both groups experience the same kind of transfer (i.e., transferring the Dutch preference for prepositional phrases in the postfield position to German) and whether the extent of transfer depends on their language use. Design/methodology/approach: We compiled a corpus (2,908,154 words) consisting of German e-mails written by native Dutch speakers (n = 21) and native German speakers living in the Netherlands (n = 9). In addition, speakers filled in the BLP (bilingual language profile) test. Data and analysis: The corpus was analyzed for the speakers' placement of prepositional phrases, and we linked their answers on the BLP test to their language use in the corpus data. Findings/conclusions: Our data show that the native Dutch speakers use the postfield position more frequently in their German than the native German speakers do. Besides, for both groups, the postfield use was related to the speakers' use of Dutch as well as German varieties that are influenced by Dutch. Originality: This study directly compares forward and reverse transfer using a large corpus of written German texts, and it links both types of transfer to the speakers' language use. In doing so, the study shows that the mechanism of entrenchment is likely to underlie transfer in both cases. Significance/implications: The results of this study are in line with a usage-based approach: there is extensive individual variation between speakers regarding their extent of transfer, which partly can be attributed to the speakers' language use, both in the case of forward and reverse transfer.


The results of the Tokyo Round of Mutlilateral Trade Negotiations are reviewed and recommendations are made for actions that may be taken to ensure full exploitation of the opportunities provided by this international trade framework. Recent trends in protectionism following the 1973 oil crisis present especially grave dangers to the developing countries, although tariff reductions adopted under the Tokyo Round should benefit the exports of the developing countries. The developing countries will also derive benefits from the application of the texts formulated by the framework group. In November, 1979, the contracting parties to GATT adopted the tariff reductions negotiated in the Tokyo Round and accepted the text of the statements and declarations drawn up by the framework group. It is in the interest of the developing countries to subscribe to the codes, abide by the obligations they have taken, ensure the functioning of the dispute settlement and surveillance mechanism, and accept the resolution of disputes that concern them. Most importantly, they should make an effort towards the establishment of equitable safeguard procedures.


Background: Milk whey protein consumption has been associated with breast cancer prevention, therapy and treatment tolerance, and other studies detected these proteins or their mRNAs in breast cancer models or tissues. Our objectives are to ascertain expression of certain whey protein genes in human breast carcinoma cells isolated by Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) and to determine if gene expression is related to risk of recurrence and overall survival in lesions with various ER/PR status. Genes selected were: LALBA (alpha-lactalbumin), LPO (lactoperoxidase), LTF (lactotransferrin), PAEP (progestogen associated endometrial protein or glycodelin) and SSP1 (secreted phosphoprotein 1 or osteopontin). This retrospective investigation is unique in that highly quantified ER and PR protein levels and ESR1 and PGR relative expression from pure populations of carcinoma cells were employed to stratify cancers into ER/PR subcategories to assess relationships of expression of candidate genes with clinical outcomes. Methods: This investigation of primary breast carcinomas from 170 postmenopausal and 77 premenopausal patients used a matchless deidentified dataset of quantified estrogen receptor (ER) and progestin receptor (PR) protein results with clinical follow-up. ER/PR protein levels, expressed as fmol/mg cytosol protein, were quantified earlier from each breast carcinoma with FDA-approved kits, either Radioligand-Binding Assay (LBA, NEN/DuPont) and/or enzyme immunoassay (EIA, Abbott Labs). Patients were treated with the standard of care at the time of diagnosis. The PixCell IleTM (ThermoFisher, Arcturus) LCM instrument was used to procure only carcinoma cells from tissue sections of de-identified, frozen biopsies, using protocols we employed earlier. Total RNA of each fixed specimen was extracted, purified and amplified to obtain relative expression levels of approximately 22,000 genes by microarray, providing an assessment of mRNA in carcinoma cells only. Relationships of relative gene expression, quantified ER/PR and other features of primary breast cancers were analyzed with clinical results using R software v4.2.0 (Vigorous Calisthenics) by Univariable Cox Regression, Kaplan Meier plots and various tests (i.e., Wilcoxon, Log Ranked, Spearman and/or Chi Square tests). Bidirectional elimination stepwise regression was also used to derive best predictors of patient outcomes. Results: Violin plots of expression distribution of each milk protein gene of 247 biopsies regardless of patient menopausal status revealed that LALBA and SSP1 were highly elevated (p < 0.001) in ER+ (n = 146) or PR+ (n = 146) breast cancer cells while PAEP was quite diminished (p < 0.001). No difference was observed in LPO expression in ER+ or PR+ cells and LTF was only elevated slightly (p < 0.05) in ER+ cells. Regardless of ER/PR status of breast cancer, LTF, LALBA, SSP1, AR and ESR1 gene expression levels were increased significantly in postmenopausal versus premenopausal patients while PAEP was decreased (p < 0.001). No difference was observed in LPO or PGR expression. Correlation matrices examined gene to gene and receptor protein to gene relationships. Using Kaplan Meier analyses of each gene alone with Log Ranked Tests of outcomes, only SSP1 expression was associated with clinical outcome, i.e., overexpression was associated with lower PFS and OS (p = < 0.05). Conclusions: Application of bidirectional elimination stepwise regression of gene expression of the five milk proteins collectively with ER/PR protein status of each carcinoma revealed that LALBA gene expression enhanced prediction of PFS in ER+ cancer while PAEP expression was associated with improved prediction of OS in ER+ carcinomas. We report that expression of LALBA and PAEP genes, largely associated with milk production in normal breast tissue, are also expressed in certain breast carcinomas and influence prediction of patient survival.
 Citation Format: James L. Wittliff, Michael W. Daniels. Expression of milk whey protein genes in human breast carcinoma cells isolated by LCM impacts prediction of clinical outcomes [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2022 Dec 6-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(5 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-11-22.


The silicate scintillating glasses doped with Tb3 +and co-doped with Ce-Tb were synthesized by hightemperature melting method. The densities and fluorescence spectra of samples were investigated. The results showed that the density of glass samples was larger and more than 4. 0 g / cm3. Ce3 +and Ce4 +ions coexist in CeTb co-doped silicate glasses fabricated at air atmosphere. The luminescent sensitization of Tb3 +by Ce3 +was observed when excitation wavelength located at 290 ~ 380 nm,which was explained with non-radiation energy transfer from Ce3 +to Tb3 +. However,there was a competitive absorption between Ce4 +and Tb3 +/ Ce3 +respectively at different excitation wavelengths. The luminescent intensity of Tb3 +decreased as the concentration of Ce O2 increased.


This paper proposes a method of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for an autonomous mobile robot in an indoor environment using binocular stereo vision systems. Due to sensor model for binocular stereo vision sensor, parallax adjustment and non-local maximum suppression algorithm are used to extract certain two-dimensional horizontal environmental features and vertical edges respectively. This paper also presented an approach to complete Kalman filter (KF) localization and metric map building simultaneously based on the result of lines merging and feature fusion. The results of experiments with a Pioneer robot and a Videre Design stereo vision system demonstrated that robot accurate robot locations can be obtained using the proposed method.


A non-equilibrium statistical domain nucleation model of polarization dynamics in less understood anti-ferroelectric systems is introduced. Predictions of the model have been successfully tested experimentally using an anti-ferroelectric Pb0.99Nb0.02[(Zr0.57Sn0.43)0.94Ti0.06]0.98O3 polycrystalline ceramic. We determined the activation energy of the domain nucleation process for this particular anti-ferroelectric sample to be Wb = 1.07 eV and the critical volume of the polar nucleus V* = 98  10 m, which corresponds to a linear length scale of 2.86 nm.


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Purpose
The study aims to establish and conceptualise entrepreneurial orientation (EO) as a key construct that positively influences small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) performance. In this paper, a conceptual framework was developed, and three research propositions were outlined: EO (innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking) positively influences SME performance; the economic stimulus packages moderate EO and the differentiation strategy; and the differentiation strategy mediates EO and SME performance. Each of the constructs was defined, and the conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia were identified.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper suggests links between EO and SME performance and the effects of economic stimulus packages and differentiation strategies on Malaysia's service and manufacturing industry. These concepts lead to the development of propositions based on prior empirical studies underpinning the resource-based view theory and contingency approach. The propositions aim to develop further findings and test the hypotheses.

Findings
The study proposes three research propositions to conceptualise the relationship between the four main constructs. The study also recommends an empirical approach to conduct and test the research model concerning Malaysia's service and manufacturing industry.

Originality/value
While studies on EO and SME performance have been conducted extensively, studies on the impact of various economic stimulus packages by the Malaysian government on the existing EO and SME performance relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic are limited. Separately, this study uses a configuration approach to test the mediator and moderator during the COVID-19 pandemic.


: The information revolution, globalization and opening markets have resulted in a shift from the traditional trade between individuals or markets to the internationalization and digitization of commercial activities within the framework of electronic commerce that eliminates limitation of time and geographical distance, where online shopping has become one of the daily activities of individuals, and a major factor that influences their consumption habits, both in a positive and negative way. Thus, the study of consumer behavior in online shopping is of a great importance to achieve organizational objectives.


The synthesis of audio in real-time computer simulations is investigated. A physics based parameterized vibrat ion model for physical objects is constructed, and a realt ime synthesis algorithm is developed which allows the synthesis of the sound made by such objects under any kind of interaction force. Methods for obtaining the parameters of such models are investigated. We study mathematical models with simple geometries, parameter fi t t ing to measured data, and empirical models. Models for interaction forces occurring during contacts between rigid bodies such as impact and sliding interactions are developed, as well as models for the dr iv ing forces for combustion engines and avalanches. Studies were conducted of several objects which were successfully modeled wi th these techniques. Several computer programs were wri t ten for the testing of models, for the construction of models, and for the demonstration of the level of realism that can be achieved with this type of synthesis. It is concluded that this type of synthesis can generate realistic, interactive audio using only a small fraction of available C P U power on modern personal computers.


SIR — Alex Donaldson ( VR , January 12, 2008, vol 162, p 62; February 2, 2008, vol 162, p 163) has replied to Trevor Jones' proposal for wearing effective face masks during a foot-and-mouth disease (fmd) emergency ( VR , December 22/29, 2007, vol 161, pp 863-864; January 26, 2008, vol 162, pp 131-


Some analytical formulas for the parameters of coplanar lines are discussed and validated; a chart is given for the design of coplanar waveguides on GaAs. The formulas discussed here, together with those presented previously by us (1983) represent a suitable set for the design of coplanar lines for hybrid and monolithic MICs (microwave integrated circuits).


The modern DI Diesel Engine calls for four valves to arrange the injection nozzle optimally vertical and central so that a symmetrical combustion can be achieved. Due to the reduced flow losses, the volumetric efficiency and the scavenging loss will be reduced. The higher thermal resistance of the piston caused by the central bowl position will allow a higher specific power. Four typical port concepts are described. Due to the stiffer valve train, the valve arrangement parallel to the engine is preferred. The most favorable port arrangement with a spiral port routed from above combined with a tangential port and short exhaust ports is also used in the AVL LEADER. Two overhead camshafts are the prerequisite for a stiff valve train and the access to the central and vertically installed nozzle. As for the drive of the valves, roller followers are preferred to bucket type tappets or rocker arms.


The following study seeks to determine the hazard of bacterial contamination, due to the interaction of the method of aquifer vulnerability "GOD" and total coliform bacterial pollution load .By developing cartographic maps.
By implementing this study we look to contribute to the preservation of the quality of the aquifer Chillon, which is used as a source of water for the population of Lima. Knowing the aquifer vulnerability to be negatively impacted by anthropogenic activities can develop appropriate management in land use and water.
The district of San Martin de Porres has locations without access to public water, so the population uses water from underground wells for personal hygiene or daily consumption. Also, the lack of drainage system has caused the population uses cesspits, latrines as silos and systems of excreta disposal. There is a chance of leakage of water from the River Rimac and Chillon, generating a diverse source of contamination to the aquifer.
Wells was found in a state of neglect, which was not properly closed, exposing the water to direct contamination.
This geographical location of the district of San Martin de Porres is added, which is bounded on the north by the Rimac River and on the south by the Chillon River, both rivers recharge the groundwater by water leaks that occur through its bed, this being a major source of aquifer contamination.
For this thesis, information was gathered from public institutions such as the National Water Authority (ANA), SEDAPAL and MINSA. Getting information about the ANA of 81 inventoried wells, of which 14 underground wells in the San Martin de Porres, by reference to their spatial distribution in the cartographic map of the district were selected.
The GOD method is the product of three variables: G (Grade hydraulic confinement, O (Occurrence of the substrate) and D (depth of the aquifer).
The first variable of the method was the degree of hydraulic confinement, which was obtained from previous research in the area of study, indicating that the district of San Martin de Porres is an unconfined aquifer, obtaining the value of 1.0 in the GOD application method. [26]
The second variable is the occurrence of the overlying substrate, which was obtained from the National Hydro geological Map and Map of District Boundaries.
The district of San Martin de Porres has two types of formations: Qh-c permeable detrital Formation generally unconsolidated and Training JSKI-vs. local aquifers (detrital or cracked) or groundwater regions without appreciable amount. The Qh-c formation consists of alluvial sands with an index of 0.7 for an unconsolidated lithology and JSKI-vs. formation consists of shales with an index of 0.5 for a consolidated lithology (porous rock). [13] The latter variable is the depth of the water, which was obtained by using a water level sensor in the selected wells 14, obtaining values between 3.5 m and 22 m. depth, corresponding GOD method according to indexes between 0.7 and 0.9. [8]
The product of the three variables of GOD method selected well in each resulted in an index of medium and high vulnerability. Which is plotted on a map of aquifer vulnerability on a scale of 1: 50,000.
Determining the Total Coliform pollution load in groundwater was conducted at the Laboratory of the Executive Office of Environmental Health – Health Directorate V Lima Ciudad, where results of low, moderate and high pollutant loads was obtained.
The hazard of bacterial contamination for total coliforms district throws a high probability of distress in a 60.54% and 39.46% in intermediate. These results demonstrate the need to develop a Management Plan for Water Resources with adequate protection of groundwater wells.


Observations of the surface wind speed and direction in the Labrador Sea for the period October 1996‐May 1997 were obtained by the NASA scatterometer (NSCAT), and by 21 newly developed Minimet drifting buoys. Minimet wind speeds are inferred, hourly, from observations of acoustic pressure in the Wind-Speed Observation Through Ambient Noise (WOTAN) technology. Wind directions are inferred from a direction histogram, also accumulated hourly, as determined by the orientation of a wind vane attached to the surface floatation. Effective temporal averaging of acoustic pressure (20 min), and the interval over which the direction histogram is accumulated (160 s), are shown to be consistent with low-pass filtering to preserve mesoscale time- and spacescale signals in the surface wind. Minimet wind speed and direction retrievals in the Labrador Sea were calibrated with collocated NSCAT data. The NSCAT calibrations extend over the full field lifetimes of each Minimet (90 days on average). Wind speed variabilities of O(5 m s21) and wind direction variabilities of O(408) are evident on timescales of one to several hours in Minimet time series. Wind speed and direction rms differences versus spatial separation comparisons (from 0 to 400 km) for the NSCAT and Minimet records demonstrate similar rms differences in wind speed as a function of spatial separation, but O(208) larger rms differences in Minimet direction. These differences are consistent with spatial smoothing effects in the median filter step for wind direction retrievals within the NSCAT swath. Zonal and meridional surface wind components are constructed from the calibrated Minimet wind speed and direction dataset. Rms differences versus spatial separation for these components are used to estimate mesoscale spatial correlation length scales of 250 and 290 km in the zonal and meridional directions, respectively.


Naha (那覇市 : Naha-shi, Okinawan: Naafa) is the capital city of Okinawa, the most southern prefecture of Japan. As of December 2012, the city has an estimated population of 321,467 and a population density of 8,244.46 persons per km². The total area is 38.99 km². Naha is a city on the East China Sea coast of the southern part of Okinawa Island, the largest of Okinawa Prefecture. The modern city was officially founded on May 20, 1921. Before that Naha had been for centuries one of the most important and populous sites in Okinawa. Naha is the political, economic and education center of Okinawa Prefecture. In the medieval and early modern periods, it was the commercial center of the Ryūkyū Kingdom.
Central Naha consists of the Palette Kumoji shopping mall, the Okinawa Prefecture Office, Naha City Hall, and many banks and corporations, located at the west end of Kokusai-dōri, the city's main street. Kokusai-dōri (国際通り, "International Avenue") boasts a 1.6 kilometer long stretch of stores, restaurants and bars. Kokusai-dōri ends at the main bus terminal in Okinawa and is served by several stations along the Okinawa Monorail, the only train system in the prefecture. Spurring off from Kokusai-dōri is the covered Heiwa-dōri Shopping Arcade and Makishi Public Market, a massive shōtengai filled with fresh fish, meat, and produce stands, restaurants, tourist goods shops, and liquor shops. Just outside the market area is the neighborhood of Tsuboya (壺屋, "pot/jar shop"), which was once a major center of ceramic production.
Over the centuries, Okinawa has become quite well-known for its cultural heritage and art. One of Okinawa's most distinct and well-known art forms is pottery, and the center for the pottery movement is Tsuboya. For more than 300 years, Naha's Tsuboya district has been the symbol for Okinawa pottery. It has produced many famous craftsmen who have gained fame and reputation far outside of Okinawa. The pottery made in Tsuboya is known as tsuboya-yaki. Yachimun Dori (Pottery Street) is lined with a number of tsuboya-yaki shops where the finest craftsmen still work and live to this day.


Demand for Machine to Machine (M2M) communication over cellular wireless network has recently seen a rapid growth. This growth resulted in extra demand for the limited numbering and addressing resources used in the cellular wireless networks. The two main, potentially, limiting resources for the rising demand for M2M communication in the cellular wireless networks are the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and the Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN). Each device communicating over the 4th Generation (4G) cellular wireless network is allocated an IMSI to uniquely identify it in the network and at least one MSISDN that is used for terminating calls to the device. This paper addresses the numbering and addressing impact on M2M communication over the 4G cellular networks. We present a solution, based on the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) of the 4G cellular networks, to extend the use of IMSI to accommodate the projected growth in the M2M communication.