The decision of the Cologne Regional Court (Landgericht Köln) on religiously motivated circumcisions allegedly banned those circumcisions in Germany—or at least a part of Germany. The opinion of the court was discussed worldwide and was continually misconstrued as a broader signal emanating from Germany that reflects potential discrimination and ignorance of important religious groups and their needs. The author was the spokesperson of the court for this case, a judge himself at the Cologne Regional Court at the time. He explains the legal and factual background as well as the reaction of the German legislature to the decision. He clearly rejects the notion that this decision is discriminatory in nature. On the contrary, it shows a remarkably liberal approach, although references from its holding may indeed limit religious communities in practising circumcisions. For the English reader this Comment provides an illustrative presentation of the fundamental differences between the civil and common law legal systems, an introduction to the German criminal law and therefore a distinction from Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health


Effect of pH, heating, inorganic ion on the fluorescence spectra of poly(vinylpyrrolydone) in aqueous solution were studied. The fluorescence intensity of PVP is relatively low at the characteristic acidity of PVP (pH=5);however,it increases by adding acid or alkali. The increase of fluorescence intensities of PVP during heating was due to the ring-opening reaction of PVP. The hyperchromic phenomena of inorganic anions and quenching effect of transition metal ions on the fluorescence spectra of PVP were observed. The quenching effects of Fe(Ⅲ) on the fluorescence spectra of PVP were attributed to the molecule impact quenching between PVP and mental ions, and the paramagnetism of monoelectron in transition metal ions.


In this note, we want to introduce a concept that as we shall see exhibits an interesting relationship with hierarchies: We define a collection C P(X ) of subsets of a set X to be a patchwork if <{C$ C and C # C$ C{< implies C # C$ C # C and C # C$ C # C. In this note, we will investigate patchworks C that contain a maximal hierarchy. We will show that this holds if and only if (i) the empty subset <, all one-element subsets [x] (x # X ) of X, and the set X itself belong to C, and (ii) the patchwork is ample, that is, A, B # C and *[C # C | A C B]=2 implies B&A # C. 2001 Academic Press


This paper analyzes whether the higher the company's financial leverage, the higher the salaries demanded by staff for the embedded financial distress risk. By applying Berk, Stanton and Zechner's (2010) model, we use a 2SLS for a sample of 250 non-financial companies listed on BOVESPA from 2007 to 2009. Indeed, we find that for each additional 1% of financial leverage, the staff remunerations increase by 0.26%, controlling for Chief Executive Officer (CEO) profile.


In the article economic mathematical model of ecological-economic evaluation of mineral and raw material potential, presented by special-purpose function of point regional income for account of maximum effect from use of mineral and raw material potential is worked out. The model takes into consideration complex of mining-ecological, social, economic limits and inflation processes.


A group of doctors in Boston warn that the protease inhibitor Viracept may cause an irregular heart beat, known as bradycardia, in people with HIV. Bradycardia occurred in a 45-year-old male patient who was Viracept in combination with other anti-HIV drugs. The symptoms ceased after switching to another drug combination.


Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett, circa 13 April, 1956. Photographer unidentified.
Published in the New Zealand Free Lance on the 13th of April, 1956, page 12.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print


Density change of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with tetrachloroaurate enables chirality sorting of the SWCNTs. In this study, we examined in detail about the density change behavior of individually solubilized (n,m)-SWCNTs caused by tetrachloroaurate using density gradients centrifugation and vis-near IR absorption spectroscopy. The (7,5)-, (8,4)- and (8,3)- SWCNTs showed a linear relationship between the density and the degree of the oxidation of the corresponding SWCNTs. Although the (6,5)-SWCNTs was hardly oxidized by tetrachloroaurate, their density increased by the addition of tetrachloroaurate.


We have developed the DICOM.-8 digital imaging computer for video image acquisition, processing and display. It is a low-cost mobile systems based on a Z80 microcomputer which controls access to two 512 x 512 x 8-bit image planes through a real-time video arithmetic unit. Image presentation capabilities include orthographic images, isometric plots with hidden-line suppression, real-time mask subtraction, binocular red/green stereo, and volumetric imaging with both geometrical and density windows under operator interactive control. Examples are shown for multiplane series of CT images.


Composite materials possess the characteristics of high stiffness and high fatigue strength, which are desirable for advanced aircraft components. However, the mechanical behavior of such materials depends upon a variety of factors such as fiber volume fraction, percentage of voids, lay-up order and reinforcement type, the effects of which are difficult to establish individually. The objective of the current study was to gain a better understanding of mechanical properties of hybrid composite laminate reinforced with weave carbon/glass fiber manufactured using vacuum assisted resin molding process with STR Midapoxy resin. Responses of weave carbon/epoxy and weave glass/epoxy laminates were also investigated to compare with that of hybrid samples. This experimental investigation was conducted to study the effect of hybrid composite specimen subjected to in-plane tensile, three-point-bending flexural and compressive loading on a universal testing machine according to ASTM standards. The failure modes were observed using an optical microscope, and the results show that the carbon/epoxy composite laminate had the highest mechanical strength and modulus and the hybrid composites increase with increasing relative carbon fiber volume fraction. It can be concluded that improvement in the balance of stiffness and toughness in composite laminates can be realize through hybridization.


Based on the determination of the optimistic shaping time for a portable HPGe detector system, the energy and the efficiency calibration as well as the stability of the detector system are presented in this paper. Besides the best working conditions and related problems in measuring (-ray energy spectrum ranging from 50kev to 2Mev are also discussed.


FIELD: medicine, pharmacy. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a combination comprising mirtazapine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate and hepiron, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate but optionally in combination with one or some pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. The combination of amounts of hepiron and mirtazapine provide the more favorable effect of this combination as compared with additional effects of each preparation taken separately. Proposed combination can be used in treatment of depression and associated disorders. Also, the invention represents a new method for treatment of depression and associated disorders. The combination of mirtazapine and hepiron shows the better effects in more number of patients as compared with effect of each separate preparation that involve less amounts of adverse effects. EFFECT: improved and valuable medicinal properties of combination. 5 cl, 5 tbl, 2 ex


The brake pads are one of the basic components for the development an ecological transport. The main objective of the paper is to produce green brake pads used shells as filler material capable to reducing the emission of fine and ultrafine particles resulting from vehicle braking systems. The stages in the development of this goal were: establishing the chemical composition of shells, formulating the recipes of composite materials, selecting parameters of technology, obtaining in laboratory and characterization of new materials in terms of physico-mechanical and tribological characteristics, evaluating their performance compared to similar materials presented in the scientific literature.


The taxonomy of Barsine striata (Bremer Grey, 1852) and B. pulchra (Butler, 1877) is revised. Three new species are described: B. evrys sp. n. (Central and South Vietnam, and South-East Thailand), B. robusta sp. n. (North Thailand), and B. laotiana sp. n. (entral Laos). One taxon is revived from synonymy and upgraded to subspecies level: Barsine pulchra pulcherrima (Staudinger, 1887), stat. rev. Miltochrista gratiosa kurilensis Bryk, 1942, is excluded from the synonymy with Barsine striata and placed in synonymy with B. pulchra (=Miltochrista gratiosa kurilensis Bryk, 1942, stat. rev.). Lectotypes for Lithosia striata Bremer Grey, 1852, Hypoprepia lanceolata Walker, 1854 and Miltochrista pulchra Butler, 1877 are designated. Adults, male and female genitalia are illustrated.


100 Tunisian women in the final stages of uncomplicated pregnancies were questioned about their food intake over the preceding 24 hours in this study of the role of maternal nutrition in birth weight. Corrections were made for the number of child and adult consumers in each family the food habits of the family and the familys purchasing power. Women with hypertension diabetes or other pathology associated with pregnancy were excluded from the study. The average woman surveyed was 28 years old and 157 cm tall. Her average weight was 70.36 kg and average parity was 2.35. The average duration of pregnancy was 39.6 weeks. The average daily caloric intake was 2252 + or - 24 calories. Caloric intake was estimated at 2000-2500 for 39 women at less that 2000 for 31 women and at over 2500 for 30 women. The average birth weight of the 100 infants was 3200 g. 14 low birth weight infants weighed an average of 2426 g and 11 high birth weight infants weighed an average of 4222 g. The 75 remaining infants had an average birth weight of 3139 g. The average birth weight of infants of mothers consuming under 2000 calories was 3100 g compared to 3210 g for infants of mothers consuming 2000-2500 calories and 3345 g for mothers consuming over 2500 calories. The differences between the 3 groups were not statistically significant. Weight gain during pregnancy appeared to be more closely correlated to birth weight than did caloric consumption. The mothers of the 14 low birth weight infants gained an average of 9.8 kg compared to 11.5 for the mothers of the 75 babies of normal weight and 15.5 for the 11 babies of high weight. The differences were statistically significant. Results of this study suggest that spontaneous food intake epidemiological research on a sample of pregnant women from different population sectors will be needed to shed light on this question.


Voting theory, as it stands, is not in a position to adequately assess black political participation and thus not able to make ethical statements about Blacks voting in American Democracy. This study aims to reconcile voting theory with black political participation and blacks response to systemic and structural barriers to voting. There is an implicit axiom held in voting theory that voting is a unilinear function of democracy. Viewing democracy as a social construction, however, I argue that without historical foundations it is not possible to sufficiently understand voting simply theoretically or philosophically because of the polarized experiences of Blacks in the voting system – proving that voting can not be viewed unililearly.


Formation of anhydrite layers in Jurassic Potosi limestone of the Morococha district, Peru, is attributed to hydrothermal alteration of the limestone by sulfate-rich solutions following intrusion of the Gertrudis quartz monzonite stock and prior to deposition of copper-lead-zinc-silver ores. Gypsum was later formed in the upper part of the complex through the action of downward percolating meteoric waters which were also responsible for formation of solution caverns and resulting collapse breccias.


Background: Microbial examination of smear of AFB by Z-N stain is currently the most rapid method for the detection of M. tuberculosis but its sensitivity is low i.e. required at least 10,000 bacterial cells per ml of sputum and also none specific, but auramine staining method has higher sensitivity than that of the Z-N stain but there are chances of false positive. Objective of this study was to find the correlation between chest X-ray, direct sputum smear examination by Ziehl-Neelsen stain, Auramine fluorochrome stain and sputum culture for M. tuberculosis.


Dwarfism in American Angus was a major cause of concern in the 1970's. Until recently when several calves from some sire x dam crosses resulted in phenotypically dwarf calves not cases have been observed since then. Six affected calves from 3 sire and 5 dam matings and unrelated normal Angus animals were genotyped for the presence of known mutations, which have been reported in Japanese brown and Australian Dexter cattle. We detected only wild-type alleles in dwarf and phenotypically normal Angus cattle, indicating that known mutations associated with Japanese brown cattle or Dexter dwarfism are not responsible for dwarfism in the American Angus breed. However, this does not preclude the possibility that novel mutations may have arisen in American Angus cattle. In order to begin to identify the causative mutation(s) for dwarfism, a whole genome scan of the affected American Angus pedigree is being pursued.


This article looks at de facto and de jure participation in decision-making, as well as the degree of direct as opposed to indirect influence wielded by the parties involved. It asks whether the perceptions of those on 'different sides' of the industrial fence, such as shop stewards and managers, largely differ and on what issues.


In the present manufacturing scenario, EDM is the widely used non-traditional machining process which is used to machine hard materials such as alloys or composites. In the last few decades, there are lots of advancements in EDM which makes EDM more popular. There is a wide range of application of EDM in the aerospace, die-making and some other manufacturing sectors which require high precision. EDM is also called as high precision machining which can be used in the batch production where the traditional machining processes fail. In the last few years the developments in the new tool material, optimization techniques, and conductive ceramics have made some new research scopes in EDM. The aim of present study is to investigate the effect of input parameters like current, voltage and pulse-on-time on the Al-SiC (reinforced with 10% wt. of SiC). The output parameters for the process are MRR, TWR and surface roughness. It is found that the selection of input parameters plays an important role in the performance of the EDM.


Wrongful conviction is such a case where an innocent person is convicted by an effective judgment.It is the worst form of miscarriage of justice.We should not refuse to take strict precautions against wrongful conviction.To prevent wrongful conviction,we should prohibit extortion of confessions by torture,guarantee the fully exercise of the right to defense,determine facts accurately by evidence,insist the principle of "in dubio pro reo",handle the relationship correctly between the People's Courts,the People's Procuratorates and the public security organs,and ensure the independence of judicial power and procuratorial power.


The flow of project scope management for virtual supply chain is established based on the analysis of virtual supply chain characteristics. Then the problems and relationship between the product scope management and task scope management are analyzed. At last, the reasons that result in the scope changes are discussed, and at the same time, the resolution is given respectively.


work. More can be learnt about family therapy from this chapter than from the remainder of the book. In general, the authors seem inordinately pre occupied with explanations of how and why family therapy works, while studiously ignoring the crucial question, namely whether it works. Until rigorous evaluative studies are carried out, the pros and cons of family therapy will continue to be debated with more heat than light.


This paper introduces symmetry rule sampling algorithmic based on the digital signal processor TMS320LF2407A. By using the three full-compare units on event manager, the paper gives the method to generate the three-phase symmetrical SPWM wave form. As using the table look-up scheme, the system possesses high processing speed and good stability. Both some of the source codes and detailed Computational Method of the pulse width are presented. At last, experimental results show the satisfied wave.


Now a days demand of wireless devices are increasing very rapidly by different users, while available spectrum resource is very limited. To overcome the need of different users, spectrum should be utilized efficiently. Cognitive Radio is introduced to access the spectrum dynamically by taking the permission of the licensed users for specific time interval when their spectrum is freely available. For this task of CR, many spectrum sensing techniques are introduced to sense the spectrum. Here in this paper, we have focused on energy detector(ED) spectrum sensing technique and overcome the problems with the ED at low SNR. Improved Energy Detector and Variable Threshold Energy Detector (VTED) give better results than normal ED technique which has been demonstrated through different receiver operating characteristics. Under Cooperative Spectrum Sensing (CSS) environment, it has been shown that OR logic gives probability of detection greater than 0.9 rather than the AND logic for optimized number of cooperative users 10. Results have been shown that VTED technique overcome the low SNR region problem of normal ED technique with higher probability of detection i.e. greater than 0.9 for cognitive radio networks.


The informed consent is a paradigm with a country of origin USA. It development begins in the second half of the 20 century. IC is a base of the doctor-patient relationship, a way of respecting the patient autonomy – the first contemporary ethical principle according to the four-principle approach. Since the 90-s of 20 century including the present time IC is seen as a base for shared decision making in medical practice in the context of the sacred relationship with the doctor, based on mutual trust and respecting the patient dignity.Nowadays the medical care is performed not by physician only but by other medical team members as well who might influence the ethical relationship with the patient significantly.The core figure in the medical team especially in hospital care is the nurse. She is the most closely situated to the patient due to her professional responsibilities and she spends a longer time with him/her than the physician. The Bulgarian nurses do recognize their deontological and ethical obligations. More than 20 years they have been trained in medical ethics according to the best practices on the undergraduate and postgraduate level of education. The topic of IC is discussed multiple times – in the connection with the basic ethical principles, patient rights, models of relationship with the patient etc. Most of practicing nurses have a big experience not only in receiving IC in nursing procedures but as a participants in the process of receiving specialized IC in surgical procedures, invasive diagnostic tests, aggressive therapy etc.The aim of this study is to discover and analyze role and level of participation of the nurse in the process of obtaining IC concerning physician procedures to the so called '"difficult patients" in hospital care. The method of investigation is a content analysis of the written real cases of seeking and receiving IC.The cases are given by nurses working in hospitals in the towns of Stara Zagora, Sliven, Haskovo and Kurdjali. 12 cases are investigated. A questionnaire based on the elements of the IC process according to the medico-legal model is applied. Four real cases are analyzed in more details.In conclusion, the nurse role in obtaining IC in difficult patients may be a crucial one especially in the process of giving and understanding the medical information.


Alternative treatments in the management of metabolic syndrome are required because multiple drugs for individual components was found to have negative side effects on other components. Functional ingredients, particularly fiber, has shown great benefits in improving metabolic syndrome. Nanocellulose is a novel type of fiber, derived from cellulose through various processes that result in a nanoscale fiber with the dimension below 100 nm. Its smaller size brought improvements to the physicochemical properties of cellulose and consequently its biological activities. Nanocellulose appear to exhibit distinct functional activities that affect various processes in the gastrointestinal tract, including interference in lipid and carbohydrate digestion and reinforcement of gut microflora. These properties may ameliorate abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, and high blood pressure through similar mechanisms of both soluble and insoluble fibers. In this review, we first introduce nanocellulose and its particular characteristics that makes it separate from cellulose. With the limited studies available, we try to go in depth into its activity in the gastrointestinal tract followed by the possible implications of those functional properties on health, especially on the components of metabolic syndrome. Lastly, we discuss the potential applications and advantages of incorporating nanocellulose in functional food for the management of metabolic syndrome.


Introduction: Things of ValueFrom a Materialist Ethic to the Spirit of PrehistoryConquering Religious Contagions and Crowds: Nineteenth-Century Psychologists and the Unfinished Subjugation of Superstition and IrrationalityReligious and Secular, "Spiritual" and "Physical" in GhanaVolunteer ExperienceSecular Humanitarianism and the Value of LifeHomeschooling the Enchanted Child: Ambivalent Attachments in the Domestic SouthwestMind Matters: Esalen's Sursem Group and the Ethnography of ConsciousnessTribalism, Experience, and Remixology in Global Psytrance CultureAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex


This is a webinar about Customer Value Propositions for tech Start-ups, intended for the participants of a study the chair of Management Accounting (Prof. Wouters / IBU) conducted.


This is a statement by Jaime Ruiz at the meeting of June 28, 2001 concerning the Country Assistance Strategy for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States.


AbstractLow-temperature thermal desalination plant (LTTD) is a process which involves evaporation of warm surface seawater at 28–29°C inside a vacuum flash chamber, which is maintained at a subatmospheric pressure of around 24–27 mbar [abs] and the resultant vapor is condensed in the shell and tube heat exchanger using cooling water drawn from deep sea, which is available at 12–13°C. Two configurations have been used to conduct experiments, namely bare spout and elevated demister configuration. During the operation of LTTD plant located at Agatti Island, an increase in the salinity of product water from 110 ppm during low tide to 570 ppm during high tide is observed in the bare spout configuration. Increased tide level leads to increased flood level inside flash chamber. Increased flood level results in reduction in the separation distance between the brine liquid level and the de-mister. As a result, the salinity level of product water is increased beyond an acceptable limit. In order to bring down the s...


An idea was carried out on an open cavity having a free stream Mach number of 0.8. The main objective of the present study is to design a passive venting that connects the high pressure region on the rear wall to a low pressure region downstream of the cavity. The baseline condition shows that the cavity flow oscillate with the total amplitude of 155 m. The vortex clipping which is responsible for the self-sustained nature of the cavity flow and the corresponding time history of the pressure on the cavity rear wall is discussed. A cross correlation analysis was carried out between the pressure history at the points on the rear wall of the cavity and the ones on the wall downstream of the cavity. Two points that defines the passive venting were identified based on the rear wall Overall Sound Pressure Level (OASPL) and the minimum time lag computed by cross correlation. The venting is shown to reduce the cavity oscillations and the rear wall pressure is shown to reach a steady state value which is desired in the perception of low cavity noise that can be used to reduce the structural loads and the acoustic loads on electronic components kept near the cavity.


This paper discusses potentiometer design under the following headings: I. Early history. II. Factors affecting voltage range. III. Factore affecting potentiometer resistance. IV. Low-voltage potentiometers. V. Analysis of potentiometer errors. VI. Self-checking features of potentiometers. VII. Galvanometer considerations. VIII. Comments on volt-boxes. IX. Deflection potentiometers. X. The potentiometer in industry. No attempt has been made to give the complete history of potentiometer development, as the paper is not intended to be primarly historical. Neither has any attempt been made to include all of the circuits which have been used in high-resistance potentiometers and in the earlier forms of low-resistance potentiometers, as this would require too much time and space. Material of this kind has been limited to the minimum amount necessary to establish the proper background for the discussion of the subject.


IN PART 1 OF THIS ARTICLE (Journal of Singing 71, no. 1 [September/October 2014]: 63-78), Bach's employment of allegorical techniques in the choral works was addressed, with particular emphasis on his use of accidentals, chromatic melody, and harmony, in his portrayal of the Crucifixion. Accordingly, a survey of the sacred cantatas (BWV 1-199) was undertaken, in order to appreciate more precisely the nature and extent of such musical gestures. In Part 2, particular attention will be paid to an important keyboard fugue that connects in a particular way to this discussion, and suggests the essential oneness of Bach's compositional technique and aims, independent of medium, genre, and the presence/absence of text. Comparisons with vocal works related to the Crucifixion will conclude the discussion.FUGUE IN B MINOR, DAS WOHLTEMPERIERTE CLAVIER, BOOK I, BWV 869(1)Those possessing a wide acquaintance with both Bach's keyboard writing and his vocal music will be well aware of the commonalities of musical gesture that inhere in each. Naturally, much can be attributed to the consistency of compositional language that transcends medium in much Baroque repertoire, and particularly in Bach. In a few cases, however, such commonalities seem to invite comparison and speculation regarding possible allegorical cross-pollination across the vocal/instrumental boundary. Wanda Landowska implied as much when she referred to the 25th variation of the Goldberg Variations as the "crown of thorns" variation. This is a seldom explored aspect of Bach's musical language, perhaps because of the inherently speculative nature of the study.Anyone who has listened to, or played through, the concluding B-minor fugue of the first book of Bach's Das wohltemperierte Clavier cannot help but be struck by the singular attributes of this contrapuntal Leistung. One is immediately aware that this is a special creation, if only in terms of its length, majesty, and uncompromising chromaticism. Few other instrumental works of Bach reach as deeply and sublimely into the harmonic and contrapuntal palette of Bach's sound world (Example 1).Closer inspection reveals several unique or unusual features of this fugue, viewed in relation to the other ones in this work:1. It is the longest fugue in performance, consisting of 76 slowly unfolding measures in common time.2. It is the only piece in the set with an authentic tempo marking, Largo. The prelude to which it is paired is also marked, Andante.3. It is the only time that Bach indicates slurs in the collection-a rare occurrence for Bach generally, but especially in the keyboard works.4. It is the longest fugue subject, both in number of notes and in performance duration.5. It is the only fugue to employ all twelve notes of the chromatic scale.6. Apart from the final half note, the subject has no rhythmic variety, being an unfolding of steady eighth notes.27. It is the only fugue subject to modulate from the home key to the dominant for the entrance of the second voice.38. The countersubject bears a remarkable reciprocal relationship to the subject, unlike other fugues.Bach evidently granted particular care to this fugue, perhaps because of its position as the culminating fugue of the entire set-the "grand finale," as it were. Bach must have been very aware of the landmark nature of the first book of Das wohltemperierte Clavier, and of its musical significance both intrinsically and historically. Nothing so thorough and extensive had been attempted before. The employment of all 24 major and minor tonalities in a single work was historically the first complete cycle through the tonal system of the eighteenth century. But it was more than just practical proof that a single instrument, tempered appropriately, was capable of playing tolerably well in tune throughout the entire circle of fifths. It was also a musical metaphor for the magnificence and completeness of God's creation. …


Objective:To approach the change of five serum markers such as CA15-3、CA125、CEA、CYFRA21-1 and TPS with breast cancer between pre-and post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy,to screen the better treatment effectiveness evaluation markers.Methods:The serum markers such as CA15-3、CA125、CEA、CYFRA21-1 and TPS of 48 cases with breast cancer were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay respectively pre-and post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy.Results:In effective group,CA15-3、CYFRA21-1 and CEA were significantly decreased(P0.05),but in ineffective group,CA15-3、CA125、CEA、CYFRA21-1 and TPS had no obviously change(P0.05).Through Logistic multiple factor regression analysis,CA15-3?CYFRA21-1and CEA were the better markers of among the five markers to evaluate the neoadjuvant chemotherapy efficacy of breast cancer,and evaluate role from strong to poor by turns.Conclusion:CA15-3 was the best marker of five serum markers to evaluate the neoadjuvant chemotherapy efficacy of breast cancer.


Software tools used to develop microcode for the BBN Microprogrammable Building Block have been implemented using standard software engineering and language development utilities. The major microcode development tools include a microassembler, multi-task operating system, and debugging packages. Important aspects of these and other development tools are the functional, user interface and structural characteristics.


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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine and compare the differential impacts of job satisfaction (JS), trust (T), and perceived organizational performance (POP) on turnover intention (TI) in public and private sector organizations.

Design/methodology/approach

Draws on a sample of 311 employees from the service sector (129 public and 182 private) in the United Arab Emirates' (UAE). The main concepts utilized in the study are borrowed from previous research and further tested for validity and reliability. Four main hypotheses are explored.

Findings

In support of previous research, statistical analysis (t-test) revealed that public sector employees tend to be more satisfied, more trusting, and have less intention to leave their organization. Regression analysis revealed that public sector employees' TI are most significantly affected by their perceptions of the performance of their organization, with JS, work experience (WE) and education (Ed) also having significant effects. In contrast, private sector employees' TI was most significantly affected by JS and feelings of trust (T).

Research limitations/implications

Although very useful, the present study is limited in scope and therefore suffers from some limitations. The sample only includes employees from UAE organizations operating in education, some government institutions and the financial sector. Future research might consider including employees the health sector and other public organizations such as the immigration/police departments which play important strategic roles in the UAE economy. Also, future research might consider extending the scope of the study to include institutions in similar neighboring countries in the region, such as Qatar and Kuwait.

Practical implications

The findings of this study points to the relative importance of trust, JS and perceived organizational performance in affecting TI in public and private sectors. These can be considered as indicators to assist managers in these sectors to better manage/minimize TIs. In particular, the findings indicate that managers in general (and UAE public sector managers in particular) need to monitor and better manage not only their employees' JS but also perceptions of the overall performance of the organization.

Originality/value

While research on the influence of JS on TI in both of these sectors has been abundant over the years, studies examining the impact of trust and perceptions of organizational performance remain few and are largely lacking. Also, studies on turnover in the UAE (and particularly those comparing public and private sectors) remain largely lacking. This study and its findings fill this gap and provide some insights on the differential impact of trust, JS and perceived organizational performance on employee TIs in public-private sectors, particularly in the UAE context.


I have been studying dolphins in Mediterranean coastal waters over the past two decades. Ten years ago, I started working with short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in western Greece. In the transparent blue waters surrounding the island of Kalamos there were plenty of these marine mammals, over 100 in a small area. They surrounded the boat every day and played with our inflatable. For a cetacean researcher, it was paradise. Today, only a few dolphins are left. We used to see them every day, now it is once a month. Together with the dolphins, tuna and swordfish also declined in my study area. Their prey, anchovies and sardines, were wiped out by overfishing. My colleagues and I have been trying to promote management action aimed at preserving the local ecosystem, but the chances to make a difference are few. Sometimes, it seems so hopeless; I am not the only one who feels this way. Many people engaged in marine conservation share an increasing sense of frustration with regard to our present chances of improving the status of our species of interest. Where does this sad feeling come from? In the recent past the main challenge facing Mediterranean scientists concerned with whale and dolphin conservation was that we knew so little about these animals and the threats affecting them. We believed that if only we could describe cause–effect relationships and document the main threats, there would be ways to reduce the impacts of human activities and improve the animals' chances for recovery (where necessary) and persistence. We therefore devoted much effort to investigating population status and trends through hard work in the field, in laboratories, and at computers. In some areas several years of research allowed us to assess how the animals were doing; in many cases they were not doing well. At least in portions of the Mediterranean basin, reasonable explanations were evident for low cetacean densities, declining population trends, or excessive mortality. At that point there was hope that science-backed evidence would lead to action. Cetacean conservation people put on smiles and believed their work was worthwhile; they thought they were contributing to "saving" a portion of nature, however tiny. The next steps were to communicate the new evidence to regional managers and to draw up and promote conservation (or action) plans and other tools with which to inform policy. The UN Environment Programme's Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) was in the forefront, providing an ideal framework for the preparation of such plans and creating links between scientists, nongovernmental organizations, and policy makers. There was a good feeling about the effectiveness of this process. Considering that most Mediterranean governments formally committed to cetacean conservation by ratifying ACCOBAMS and several other conservation treaties, we thought that once the formal plans were available, there would be no more impediments to management action. This was not the case. The grim reality is that after a great deal of research and the creation of conservation plans the tendency has been to celebrate and record these "successes" in the documentation from meetings or workshops and then to procrastinate on the subject of implementation. An example close to my own heart is the 90-page Conservation Plan for Mediterranean Common Dolphins prepared for ACCOBAMS in 2004. This plan was the last in a series of steps that included field research, a comprehensive scientific review on the status of the population, a proposal to the World Conservation Union (IUCN) resulting in the listing of Mediterranean common dolphins as endangered, and a press campaign targeting the European media. In this instance the Mediterranean parties to the ACCOBAMS agreement chose to "welcome" the plan in principle but then proceeded to commission additional planning projects rather than coming to grips with implementing the recommended actions on behalf of common dolphins. A problem with large-scale conservation plans laden with recommendations (often appropriately referred to as laundry lists) is that they often turn out to be so exceedingly expensive that they generate frustration on the part of the people responsible for their implementation. Invariably, the available financial resources are far out of proportion to the need. What's more, conservation plans almost always call for policy changes that conflict with powerful socioeconomic interests. Calls to reduce fishing pressure or to stop offshore dumping, for instance, are likely to cause trouble for government representatives charged with implementation, and this induces them to back off. Sometimes this is done straightforwardly; at other times it happens through a call for one more step in the long process that precedes action.


An association of thalamid sponges including Amblysiphonella , Nevadathalamia , Stylothalamia, and Neoguadalupia , with the hexactinellid Casearia is described from the Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) Nayband Formation of Hambast-Mts. near the small town of Wali-Abad (Abadeh region, central Iran). These Norian-Rhaetian ( Neoguadalupia , Amblysiphonella , Nevadathalamia ) and Liassic ( Stylothalamia columnaris Le Maitre) thalamid sponge assemblages are exceptional associations, not previously reported from Iran nor from other localities in the world. The microfacies and organism associations in the sponge-bearing carbonates is discussed. Differences of macro- and microfaunal composition, as well as flora, support the recognition of Kristan-Tollmann et al. to classify the Nayband Formation in the Abadeh region as of a distinct unit, termed the "Wali-Abad-Faziesregion". Following thalamid sponge species are described as new: Nevadathalamia waliabadensis n. sp. and Stylothalamia hambastensis n. sp.


Software for supporting groups of cooperating users — groupware — raises a number of new issues in user interface design. This paper gives a definition of groupware and presents a model of group tools based on active objects. The model has been applied to the design and implementation of an extensible groupware toolkit known as LIZA. The paper describes the architecture of LIZA. Examples of group tools running under LIZA are used to illustrate some of the problems in the design of multi-user interfaces.


As a rule, writers on insect histology have been content to state that the muscles are attached to the body-wall, without attempting to explain the mode of attachment. Within the past few years considerable attention has been paid to this phase of the subject, but there is little agreement in the views expressed and the question can by no means be regarded as closed. For some time, in connection with general work, the writer has paid special attention to this question, intending to make a study of the conditions in a wide series of insects. The comprehensive work of Snethlage, '05, and his exhaustive review of the literature, have rendered superfluous extended publication of these results but it is desired to call attention here to some features of the subject which have not been emphasized, and especially to the striking conditions to be found in the nymphs of Anax, a dragon-fly.


n this article, we review recent findings related to estrogen exposure and the risk of breast cancer, the mechanisms that may be involved, and the clinical implications of these findings. The weight of evidence indicates that exposure to estrogen is an important determinant of the risk of breast cancer. The mechanisms of carcinogenesis in the breast caused by estrogen include the metabolism of estrogen to genotoxic, mutagenic metabolites and the stimulation of tissue growth. Together, these processes cause initiation, promotion, and progression of carcinogenesis. Insight into the mechanisms of the causation of cancer by estrogen will identify determinants of susceptibility to breast cancer and new targets for prevention and therapeutic intervention.


This paper presents an assessment of the ideas contained in the recent White Paper "Scottish Enterprise: A New Approach to Training and Enterprise Creation" (Industry Department for Scotland, 1988).


Abstract The aim of this research was to investigate the influence of natural zeolite clinoptilolite used as a filler on the printabi1ity of paper and its print quality. Paper handsheets were prepared with the addition of 20% of fillers, where natural zeolite was added to calcium carbonate in different u.w.% (i.e. 20, 40, 60). Zeolite originates from the sedimentary deposit in Donje Jesenje, Croatia. Zeolite tuff is mainly composed of clinoptilolite. lts particle size distribution is broad and the structure is micro- and mezzo-porous. The addition of natural zeolite as a filler resulted in higher bulk of paper sheets and a more porous structure. Moreover, the absorption capacity and the absorption rate slightly increased. The surface roughness increased, leading to a more hydrophobic surface. Natural zeolite with its broad particle size distribution, higher amount of large particles and yellowgreen colour resulted in slightly lower opacity and ISO brightness of sheets. When used for ink jet printing, the increased amount of zeolite showed a positive influence on the print quality. Smaller wicking and bleeding effects were noticed. Paper hue did not influence the colour density of CMYK prints.


A gas turbine system includes a combustor configured to combust an oxidant and a fuel in the presence of an exhaust gas diluent to produce combustion products, an oxidant supply path fluidly coupled to the combustor and configured to flow the oxidant to the combustor at an oxidant flow rate, and a turbine configured to extract work from the combustion products to produce an exhaust gas used to generate the exhaust gas diluent. The turbine causes a shaft of the gas turbine system to rotate when the work is extracted from the combustion products. The system also includes an electrical generator that generates electrical power in response to rotation by the shaft, and a controller that performs load control in response to a target load by adjusting the oxidant flow rate along the oxidant flow path as a primary load control parameter.


Man-made wastes generated as a result of development of mineral deposits negatively affect the components of the environment and the health of the population, therefore the object of research is environmental safety of the functioning of mining enterprises. To analyze the impact of man-made massifs on the environment, the Leopold matrix is used, which is formed for a typical bulk man-made massifs (rock dump and sludge depository) at various stages of their life cycle. For the complex multifactorial evaluation of the consequences of the influence of rock dumps and sludge depositories on the components of the environment, Harrington's logistic function is used. Environmental consequences of waste disposal of mining enterprises in rock dumps are investigated. The most dangerous types of impact on the components of the environment during the operation of rock dumps are geomechanical changes in the relief, pollution of aquifers and the atmosphere. The total impact on environmental objects during the exploitation of man-made massifs in the form of rock dumps is estimated at 115 points, and after completion of their operation, significantly less - in 66 points. An evaluation of environmental condition of the areas adjacent to the sludge depositories of waste from mining and processing of minerals is made. The greatest danger to the components of the environment during the operation of sludge depositories is the contamination of aquifers and anthropogenic eutrophication of surface water bodies. The total impact on environmental objects during operation of slurry storage is estimated at 107 points, and after their operation – 98 points. A methodological approach to the environmental evaluation of mining sites is developed, which includes the following stages: – collection, processing and systematization of information on volumes and component composition of waste; – compilation of checklists of environmental consequences of waste disposal at various stages of the life cycle of man-made massifs; – environmental evaluation of danger levels of man-made massifs; – identification of environmental components that are most affected by waste sites; – development of environmental decisions and effectiveness evaluation of their implementation. The implementation of the proposed methodology will make it possible to comprehensively evaluate the environmental risks of certain technological links of mining enterprises, and develop ways to minimize them. This will reduce the levels of environmental pollution and increase the comfort of living in the mining regions.


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The government has issued home ownership rules for foreigners domiciled in Indonesia and raising conflicting norms against existing regulations. This conflict of norms can be examined by using normative legal research methods and principles of conflict resolution, so they will know the extent of the authority of government, the rules that will be used, and what the legal consequences of the provision of ownership dwelling house by foreigners domiciled in Indonesia. The authority of the government in this case is the authority of attribution, conflict resolution can be solved with the legal principle of lex specialis, derogate lex generali, and the legal consequences in one year shall waive its right.

Keywords: government authority, dwelling house, foreigner.


ABSTRACT A growing body of studies examined the effects of health shocks during early childhood and in-utero in developing countries. However, the related research on mental health is limited. In this article, we contribute to the existing literature by providing evidence of the long-term effects of the Chinese Great Famine in 1959–1961 on self-reported mental health. Using CHARLS, we find that people who were exposed to the famine in early childhood are more likely to have mental problems. In addition, women are more likely to be impacted by the famine.


The object of the present invention is to provide a drug combination comprising a calcium inhydrating agent and 7- (N-1 (S) -ETHOXYCARBONYL-3-PHENYLPROPYL- (S) -ALANYL) -1,4-DITHIA-7-ACID. aza-SPIRO-4,4NONANE-8- (S) -carboxylic acid. THIS ASSOCIATION MAY BE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION AND GLOBAL HEART INSUFFICIENCY.


Objective: To introduce and evaluate the effectiveness and safety of transnasal endoscopic anterior and medial maxillectomy (TEAMM) in the treatment of Krouse stage III inverted papilloma (IP) originating from the maxillary sinus. Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed for 33 patients with Krouse stage III IP undergoing TEAMM in our hospital between 2003 and 2008. Results: Tumors were completely resected through TEAMM. Sixteen cases had type I TEAMM, during which the nasolacrimal duct was preserved; 17 had type II TEAMM, during which the nasolacrimal duct was resected. The inferior turbinate was partially preserved in 26 cases. Patients were followed for a mean of 40.4 months. Recurrence developed in 2 patients, dry nose syndrome in 5 patients, and epiphora in 1 patient. Squamous cell carcinoma occurred in 1 patient. Conclusions: TEAMM is an effective and safe technique in the management of Krouse stage III IP and provides good exposure of operative cavities during follow-up.


Abstract. This study aimed to assess the composition of wastewater from the Oyo Central Abattoir and its possible impact on the surrounding groundwater (wells) in Onidundu community as users use them for economic and recreational purposes without being fully aware of the hazard the water can cause. For this purpose, wastewater and groundwater were analyzed for seven physicochemical parameters, verified by standard methods and compared with World Health Organization (WHO) standards. All physicochemical parameters evaluated were within acceptable limits, except for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved oxygen (DO), total dissolved solids (TDS), total dry matter (TS) and hardness in some of the water sources. Three microorganisms (Escherichia coli, Citrobacter sp. and Klebsiella sp.) were isolated and identified by standard procedures. Water Quality Index (WQI) and Comprehensive Pollution Index (CPI) were applied to assess water quality. The WQI values ranged from 1.06 to 2.30, while the CPI score ranged from 1.02 to 1.82 among the sampled water sources. Those indices classify the waters as moderately polluted and excellent, respectively, but also due to the high numbers (0.86 × 105 CFU/mL to 4.84 × 105 CFU/mL) of pathogenic microorganisms due to microbial pollution, the analyzed water samples are not suitable for drinking, aquaculture and other household activities. Waste treatment in slaughterhouses, well water intended for domestic use, dug deep and away from waste disposal sites, are recommended to prevent possible hazards to the environment and public health.


This paper is about a separated reattaching flow over a hot rectangular obstacle. Two types of incoming flow are examined in order to show the influence of the external zone of the flow on the reattachment process. It comes about due to a wall jet and a boundary layer. The inner region of these two flows is similar, but their external regions are extremely different. The separating and reattaching flow phenomena are of particular interest in engineering fields such as for an aeronautical application. Wall jet flow over an obstacle occurs in many engineering applications such as environmental discharges, heat exchangers, fluid injection systems, cooling of combustion chamber wall in a gas turbine, automobile design, and others. In electronics cooling, the prediction of the Nusselt number distribution along the obstacles is necessary before the design of the apparatus. For a heated obstacle at a constant temperature, T = 350 K and an aspect ratio of 10 (L = 10 H), the problem parameters are: (a) jet exit Reynolds number (Re) ranged from 1000 to 50000, (b) incoming flow configuration (boundary layer and wall jet). The ratio between the thickness of the nozzle (b) to the obstacle height (H) are examined simultaneously. The formulation is based on the SST k–ω turbulence model. The results show that the increasing of nozzle thickness; enhances the heat transfer and considerably modifies the stagnation point location. The highest incoming flow momentum provides the greatest values of average Nusselt number. Such as the boundary layer case in comparison with the wall jet cases. The average Nusselt number is correlated according to problem parameters .


One of the most difficult definitions to give is that for rapid virus diagnosis and many misconceptions have arisen. For the purpose of this article, rapid virus diagnosis means a result which, when obtained, is available within a few hours of the patient's admission to hospital and is therefore useful to the physician in the management and treatment of his patient. Results should also supply a specific etiological diagnosis. Some techniques have been developed which are rapidly performed in the laboratory; the ELISA test for detecting antibodies is an example of this. These techniques should not be confused with those supplying a rapid diagnosis of the etiological agent in the acutely ill patient at the height of the illness. Rapid virus diagnostic techniques are many and varied and have been developed and used by many virologists during the course of their researches. It is the field 'par excellence' where research techniques have been put to practical use. It has therefore acted as a bridge between the clinical virologist and his more fundamentally research inclined colleagues; it has shown both groups that they really do have common interests. Basically, the techniques in use are electron microscopy, fluorescence microscopy and a variety of immunological methods for detecting antibodies and antigens which may appear very early in illness. Other techniques which have almost reached acceptance in rapid diagnosis, but need more assessment are enzyme linked methods and gas chromatography. The aim of rapid virus diagnosis should be to give a finite etiological answer within two to three hours of the patient's admission to hospital. This then makes the clinician's task for the rational use of antibiotics much easier and simplifies his management of the patient. It gives him the academic satisfaction that he is dealing with a precise entity and not something which up to now could only satisfy his curiosity in retrospect long after the recovery or death of his patients. Nowadays too, effective antiviral therapy is developing; not only are the antiherpetic drugs available and possibly amantadine for influenza, but interferon also is likely to become available commercially; interferon stimulators too may be developed and become available for clinical assessment and application in the more severe virus infections. One of the most difficult problems to control in clinical virology is virus cross-infection in hospital wards, and here again rapid virus diagnostic techniques make such control feasible. Many unusual syndromes present themselves in hospital and the application of rapid virus diagnostic techniques to this problem often gives unexpected, though finite, virus answers very quickly. Deaths still occur from virus infections and some of them are extremely rapid and fulminating. Rapid virus diagnostic techniques under these circumstances may be of immediate value to the coroner. Many viral agents are difficult and slow to grow by conventional methods; rapid virus techniques often supply an answer within


【The purposes of this study were to assess current status of respirator usage among workers in the small-scale industries and to identify those factors causing respirator wearers not to continuously wear respirators during work. Total 168 workers participated voluntarily in the survey. In order to cover all possible reasons, though not exclusive, 33 diverse questions were developed based upon the results in the published literatures and from researchers' own experience. The most common type of respirator worn was the disposable single-use respirator(42%). However, masks made of gauze, which should not be considered as a respirator, were widely used (38%). Only 28% of respondents indicated they wear respirators continuously during work. The major reasons for removing respirators include, in descending order of frequency, difficulty in breathing (46%), sweating (39%), bothered by frequent removal (21%), inadequate mask size (19%) and hot air temperature inside the respirator (19%), etc. In addition, minor reasons including mask design, administrative, and personal reasons were also identified. These reasons should be considered in a well designed respirator program in order to improve workers' acceptance and usage of respirators.】


The machines and systems for processing and value addition of ragi are totally dependent on its postharvest engineering properties. These properties are further, greatly affected by the moisture content of the grains. As ragi processing and value addition requires different set of moisture contents, the present study was aimed at assesment of selceted postharvest engineering properties of ragi (cv. VL Mandua -315), grown in Himalayan regions of India as a function of its moisture content (8- 40%, wb). The spatial dimensions, geometric mean diameter, thousand grain mass, angle of repose, sphericity, surface area and porosity increased with increasing moisture content of the grains. The bulk density and true density decreased linearly from 777.50 to 684.99 kg/m3 and from 1270.44 kg/m3 to 1236.48 kg/m3, respectively with the moisture content. The values of static coefficient of friction of ragi against plywood, mild steel, galvanized iron and glass increased from 0.57, 0.52, 0.35 and 0.30 to 0.83, 0.72, 0.79 and 0.70, respectively. The hardness decreased with moisture (67.95 N to 37.51 N) whereas toughness first increased from 5.17 Nmm (8% moisture) to 6.91 Nmm (24% moisture) followed by decrease to 3.97 Nmm at 40% moisture content.


Geographic information systems (GIS) have become essential tools in the public health domain, especially when it comes to monitoring and surveillance of disease. The purpose of this article is to describe and explore the benefits of using GIS to improve public health emergency response during a global pandemic and, in particular, how to effectively optimize the allocation of public health resources in a rural setting using a data‐driven approach that considers the multifactorial demand for new COVID‐19 testing sites. Herein, the authors present their interprofessional project as an example of such efforts to inform applications for practice. The team developed a GIS‐based multicriteria decision analysis model for use by decision‐makers and public health experts in similar future planning and response scenarios. Focus is placed on rural characteristics (e.g., accessibility), vulnerable populations, and daily changing conditions (e.g., COVID‐19 daily case fluctuations) that create additional challenges for public health agencies and policymakers.


The definition and origin of biopotency unit and the role for quality control of recombinant human glycoprotein hormone were reviewed in this article,in which the importance and feasibility of establishing analysis methods and evaluating indicators( such as Z value) of glycosylation were explained. It is well recognized that in vivo biopotency of recombinant human glycoprotein hormone highly depends upon glycosylated consistency. All the protein content,sialic acid content,and glycan mapping( Z value) of recombinant human glycoprotein hormone are closely related to and concurrently contribute to biopotency. They also contribute to batch-to-batch consistency,which is one of the quality control requirements and will be considered as an important aspect in development and evaluation for biosimilar products.


The Love Is Not Abuse application is an educational resource that provides information about teen dating violence and simulates the dangers of digital dating abuse.


A maximum likelihood (ML) approach is presented for estimating the mean of radar cross section (RCS) of a Swerling target in the presence of false measurements and its numerical solution methods are discussed. The ML approaches are based on the maximum likelihood probabilistic data association (ML-PDA) formulation. The numerical solution methods are evaluated through Monte Carlo simulations in terms of estimation accuracy and computational time.


Technology and Internet use poses digital security problems and risks. This article presents the results of a study evaluating the digital competence of preservice teachers within the DigCompEdu European framework. A group of 317 undergraduates from Spain and Portugal completed a 59-item questionnaire validated by experts to assess the level and predominant competence profile in initial training (including knowledge, uses and interactions, and attitudinal patterns). The results show that 47% of the participants fit the profile of teachers at medium-level digital risk; that is, they engage in habitual practices that involve risks such as sharing information and digital content inappropriately, not using strong passwords, and ignoring concepts such as digital identity, digital "footprint," and digital reputation. The average values obtained for each item in the seven categories show that preservice teachers have medium-level competence in digital security. These individuals have good attitudes toward security but less knowledge and fewer skills and practices for safe, responsible Internet use. The study proposes future lines of research to respond to the demand for a better-prepared, more digitally competent citizenry. The demand for education in security, privacy, and digital identity is becoming increasingly important, and these elements form an essential part of initial training.


Time-dependent density functional theory was used to investigate optical absorption of novel Fe(II) coordination complexes with tetrazine ligands. These octahedral compounds absorb near-infrared (NIR) light and can be applied as secondary explosives with low laser-initiation thresholds compared to pentaerythritol tetranitrate. Herein, numerous ligand architectures are studied to determine relationships between molecular structure and optical absorption in order to tune the low-energy charge transfer (CT) band. Geometrical structures and vertical excitation energies calculated with the TPSSh density functional and 6-311G basis set are in excellent agreement with experiment, with a maximum deviation from UV–vis spectra of 0.10 eV. By altering molecular substituents of the ligand scaffold, the CT band can be tuned between 500 and 1100 nm. Additional conjugation in the ligand scaffold pushes the CT band into the NIR region of the spectrum. Triazolo-tetrazine ligands shift the CT band by approximately 0.70 eV ...


In the study of Chu bamboo slips, some believe that 2000 word Laozi is written by Laodan, while 5000 word Laozi was by Taishi Dan. Taishi Dan comes to Qin in 350 BC, ten years around Shang Yang Reform. His Laozi develops from the whole 2000 word text, but is adapted for the purpose of opposing the Reform. Its immortal philosophical value lies in its original pattern of "dao sheng yi", which comparatively independent from its political orientation. Afterwards, Han Fei and Lu Buwei of Qin avail themselves of it from opposite stands, and Han Fei causes it to replace and shadow the 2000 word text.


Expanding interest in infrared (IR) thin-film coatings is stimulating development of IR ellipsometers which can provide the optical constant measurements necessary to correctly design these coatings. Infrared ellipsometers are patterned after their visible counterparts; however, they suffer from a component limitation that is generally not a problem for visible instruments. Polarizers for use in the IR generally have low-contrast, limited-wavelength coverage, and beam distortion problems which limit the accuracy of IR ellipsometers. However, corrections can be made if the instrument is properly modeled. The complexity of these corrections and of ellipsometric calculations requires the use of a computer and associated codes. These instrument limitations and computer codes are discussed, and a state-of-the-art automated ellipsometer for use from 1 to 12 pm is described. Examples of measurements with this instrument show the precision attainable.


A qualitative paradigm was used to determine the relevance of the peak experience as a factor of continued involvement in skydiving participation. Data sets from the literature, an interview process, and personal documents were collected, coded, analysed and interpreted for the purpose of understanding the nature of the skydiving experience. The research, which indicated the frequency and significance of a 'peak experience' to skydivers, provided an insight into the nature of the skydiving experience and the significance and importance of the experiential component for continued participation. The three sources of data relating to the skydiving experience provided a similarity across all respondents to such a degree that it was possible to conclude that a 'peak experience' was a common experience among veteran skydivers. So rewarding was the peak that it represented the most important factor explaining why veteran skydivers continued to jump.


ABSTRACT White perch (Morone americana) became established in Missisquoi Bay, Lake Champlain in the mid 1990s. Since that time, cyanobacteria blooms have become common in summer. Although introduced planktivorous fish often impact plankton communities through a reduction in Daphnia density, such effects can be difficult to predict in an opportunistic species such as white perch. In this study, we examined the extent of zooplanktivory exhibited by adult white perch in Missisquoi Bay. Adult white perch were collected from Missisquoi Bay on ten dates in spring and summer of 2005. White perch diet consisted of large numbers of Daphnia on dates when Daphnia densities exceeded 20 individuals/L and when Daphnia comprised more than 50% of the zooplankton assemblage. When Daphnia densities were below these threshold values, adult white perch diet consisted predominantly of benthic prey. Our results show that white perch feed on large numbers of Daphnia in Missisquoi Bay and select Daphnia over other zooplankton taxa when they are abundant. It is likely that adult white perch grazing in Missisquoi Bay has contributed to a reduction in Daphnia density which in turn may be contributing to summertime cyanobacteria dominance in this bay.


The field of serverless computing has recently emerged in support of highly scalable, event-driven applications. A serverless application is a set of stateless functions, along with the events that should trigger their activation. A serverless runtime allocates resources as events arrive, avoiding the need for costly pre-allocated or dedicated hardware. While an attractive economic proposition, serverless computing currently lags behind the state of the art when it comes to function composition. This paper addresses the challenge of programming a composition of functions, where the composition is itself a serverless function. We demonstrate that engineering function composition into a serverless application is possible, but requires a careful evaluation of trade-offs. To help in evaluating these trade-offs, we identify three competing constraints: functions should be considered as black boxes; function composition should obey a substitution principle with respect to synchronous invocation; and invocations should not be double-billed. Furthermore, we argue that, if the serverless runtime is limited to a reactive core, i.e. one that deals only with dispatching functions in response to events, then these constraints form the serverless trilemma. Without specific runtime support, compositions-as-functions must violate at least one of the three constraints. Finally, we demonstrate an extension to the reactive core of an open-source serverless runtime that enables the sequential composition of functions in a trilemma-satisfying way. We conjecture that this technique could be generalized to support other combinations of functions.


Numerical experiments were performed to evaluate the applicability of nonperturbing techniques for inferring the reactivity of fast reactors. Almost all such techniques contain the tacit assumption that the flux throughout the system is described by the fudamental mode and that higher modal contamination is negligible. Results were obtained for four reactive states of a typical 1000- liter-core Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (critical, the point-model assumption with first-order corrections. 16 references. (auth)


This dissertation examines evolving private sector-state relations in Cuba in the realm of food commercialization through a case study of ambulatory street food vendors known in Cuban parlance as carretilleros. The street food vendor job category, authorized by the Cuban government in 2010, is one among a number of newly legal entrepreneurial activities that have been slowly expanding since 1993 when the Cuban government began to experiment with various market reforms. While the incremental legalization of private entrepreneurial activity (or self-employment) in Cuba signals important changes to Cuban employment modalities, street food vendors in particular also suggest a significant shift away from the centralized and redistributive functions of the state as regards food provisioning. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2013 and 2016 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, this research draws on data derived from participant observation, and 84 interviews with carretilleros, other food vendors, inspectors, farmers, agricultural cooperative members, agricultural and economics researchers, government bureaucrats, and consumers. This research interrogates the extent to which state policies that are reconfiguring provisioning practices, as well as new entrepreneurs operating within food commercialization (such as street vendors) reflect a shift in not only socioeconomic relations at large among the Cuban populace, but also in the moral contract between the state and citizens in the alimentary realm. Specifically, this work explores the way in which Cubans' perceptions about carretilleros illuminate ongoing contradictions between a national morality that foregrounds the collective good and posits the socialist state as the guarantor of redistributive justice, and a market morality, which emphasizes personal (as opposed to collective) advancement and well-being and is theoretically at odds with such justice. This work shows that carretilleros occupy a paradoxical position: they are encouraged as legitimate workers and food distributors, yet heavily restricted by state regulations, as well as publically criticized for the speculative prices they charge for food. As private entrepreneurs, carretilleros are critical of state practices that restrict their profit and freedom. They often feel unfairly persecuted by the state, whose failures, in their view, they have helped to mitigate. For all the critiques that Cubans in my study expressed about carretilleros, much evidence suggests that despite ongoing tensions between private versus state food commercialization (and private practices and aspirations versus public and state


Objective Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) persist into adulthood; however, little research exists to describe how adults with DCD and/or ADHD cope with their symptoms. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate coping mechanisms reported by adults with DCD, ADHD, or both conditions. We expected there would be strategies specific to each condition and a broader scope of mechanisms reported by those with co-occurring DCD+ADHD. Method N = 161 participants completed the online survey, including n = 31 with DCD only, n = 116 with ADHD only, and n = 14 with DCD+ADHD. Results Most participants reported adaptive strategies. Of these, behavioral adaptations were most relevant to ADHD, while environmental modifications were common in DCD. Cognitive reframing and social support were similarly relevant to those with DCD and DCD+ADHD. Coping strategy categories were most uniform for the DCD+ADHD group. Conclusions Coping profiles highlight several noteworthy differences between DCD and ADHD which may be relevant for treatment.


tion. Two of the well known predictions of Marxian analysis are the tendency of the rate of profit to fall and the relative and absolute immiserization of the working class. Neither of these predictions has held out in the advanced capitalist countries: the actual experience in these countries has been one of rising real wage trends, and profit rates of no clear long run tendency. Further, the writings of Morishima, Samuelson and others have shown that even on theoretical grounds a falling rate of profit is not tenable along with the thesis of increasing immiserization of the working class. Empirically, the thesis of the falling rate of profit was put to test by Joseph Gillman who examined US data for the period 1849-195:2. Gillman's study revealed that there was no decisive tendency for the rate of profit to fall. The book under review contains a valuable summary of Gillman's test, which is one of the few


Objective To explore the characteristic and regularity of two-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound in diagnosis complex congenital heart disease.Method We retrospectively analyzed 43 patients with complex congenital heart disease diagnosed with echocardiography examination and supplemented by hydrogen peroxide contrast imaging,summarized the imaging characteristics in different section,and explored the examination and analytical method.Results The diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot in 7 cases,trilogy of Fallot in 2 cases,pentalogy of Fallot in 2 cases,complete type ECD in 6 cases,Ebsten's anomaly in 6 cases,completely transposition of great arteries in 5 cases,corrected transposition of great arteries in 1 case,double-outlet right ventricle in 3 cases,double-chambered right ventricle in 2 cases,dextroversion and VSD in 1 case,persistent truncus arteriosus in 1 case,complete transection of aortic arch in 1 case,the left superior vena cava draining into the left atrium in 1 case,single ventricle in 2 cases,tricuspid atresia in 2 cases,huge right coronary artery left ventricular fistulae in 1 case.One huge right coronary artery left ventricular fistulae,double-chambered right ventricle,Ebsten's anomaly in 1 case were proved by surgery in our hospital.Conclusion The combination of echocardiography and right heart angiography is the first choice in the diagnosis of complex congenital heart disease.


Abstract Aims: To investigate the efficacy of a galactagogue, containing Sylimarin-phosphatidylserine (SILITIDIL) and galega consumed in the first month after delivery by mothers of preterm infants, in maintaining milk production during the first 3–6 months after delivery. Materials and Methods: Mothers of infants born at gestational age (GA) between 27 and 32 weeks, enrolled in our previous prospective, double-blind, randomized trial and randomly allocated to receive either the galactagogue (GG) or a placebo (PG), were asked about their milk production at 3 and 6 months after delivery. Results: Of the 100 mothers involved in this study, 45 of GG and 44 of PG responded comprehensively to the questions asked. At the third month after delivery, exclusive human milk administration was reported by 22 mothers of GG and 12 mothers of PG (p  50% of the amount of milk assumed. At the sixth month of life, only eight infants received exc...


I Longitudinal, changes in satisfaction withselected, community services were examined in threenonmetropolitan counties in central Alabama, focusing on variation in changes across three groups Agovernient officialwi..business leaders, household_ressondents) and on the relation of changes in satisfaction for individual services, to overall coamunity satisfaction. Interviews were O,onducted,* 197k and 1977,'with longitudinal data available..for 110 business:Jeaderge 92 _:,government,officials, and 101 household,residents. SpOlices *AteA,_. were water, sewage, garbage, telephone, fire protectiOn,-41AW.Care, public schools, and recreation. In general, levels of Satisfactipn of officials and business respondents tovabd service* increale4:Vhile. _those of household residents declined. leveveti.houSebolds shoved a greater increase in, overall community satisfaction, indicating.A relative absence of4elationship between change-iwsatisfactionyith. services ant change in overall community satisfaction*: ,:40J0 , _influence of. community group membership, governaent OffieialS. held _consistently more pOsitive views of services over time than.04ther, **floss leaders or household respondents. Dissatisfaction was 1


The analysis of influence of Doppler frequency shift on effectiveness of compression of phase-shift keyed signals with increased processing gain is performed. The matched filter and the mismatched sidelobe-free filter were considered as signal compression filters, the signal with pulse compression in accordance with P3 codes was considered as a phase-shift keyed signal.


During the Cretaceous varying amounts of marine and non-marine sediments were deposited in the North Andean geosyncline which passed through Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. During the maximum period of flooding, all except extreme Western Colombia, part of Eastern Colombia, and a few islands appear to have been covered by the seaway. The Cretaceous sediments usually begin with a sandstone or limestone, which is followed by a thick sequence of black shales with occasional limestone members. Following the black shales, there is a more or less cherty shale or limestone, which is followed by either sands and shales or shales and limestones. The thickness of the sediments varies from around 2,000 feet to more than 40,000 feet. Marine faunas are often abundant and show marked relationships to both the Gulf Coast and the European Cretaceous faunas. From the faunas collected at various localities it appears that most, if not all of the standard Cretaceous section is represented in Colombia. End_of_Article - Last_Page 2089------------


Abstract Let be zero mean, mean-square continuous, stationary, Gaussian random field with covariance function and let such that G is square integrable with respect to the standard Gaussian measure and is of Hermite rank d. The Breuer-Major theorem in it's continuous setting gives that, if then the finite dimensional distributions of converge to that of a scaled Brownian motion as Here we give a proof for the case when is a random vector field. We also give a proof for the functional convergence in of Zs to hold under the condition that for some p > 2, where γm denotes the standard Gaussian measure on and we derive expressions for the asymptotic variance of the second chaos component in the Wiener chaos expansion of


This paper provides an overview of the implementation and obstacles of watershed management, and the alternative solutions based on a synoptic review of related studies and experiences across Indonesia. The review found that problems in the institutional aspect were hierarchical confusion, discrepancy, and asynchrony among regulations, and weak (participation, synchronization, and coordination) among watershed management stakeholders. The weaknesses in the planning stage are integration among sectors, a lack of community participation, and limited readiness to integrate watershed planning into regional planning. Stakeholders' involvement is also a critical factor in successful implementation of degraded watershed rehabilitation, including in peatland and mangrove areas. Failure should be minimized by providing adequate information on degraded watershed characteristics, appropriate species choices, and effective mechanical construction for soil and water conservation. Community participation as the main factor in driving watershed management should be achieved by strengthening public awareness of the importance of a sustainable watershed and providing access for the community to be involved in each stage of watershed management. Another problem is data gaps which are essential to address from the planning to evaluation stages. The gaps can be bridged by using remotely sensed data and by applying hydrological-based simulation models. Simplified criteria for watershed assessment may also be required, depending on site-specific issues and the watershed scale.


A soil's thermal conductivity is significantly influenced by its saturation and dry density. Saturation describes the amount of moisture contained in a soil, while dry density refers to the mass of soil particles per unit volume. An increase in either the saturation or dry density of a soil will result in an increase in its thermal conductivity. Other factors that have a secondary effect upon soil thermal conductivity include mineral composition, temperature, texture, and time [1-8]. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influences of saturation and dry density. Both of these parameters should be accounted for in soil thermal conductivity prediction algorithms. This paper presents soil thermal conductivity correlations that were developed from measured data available in the literature. Due to the great impact that soil moisture content has on thermal conductivity, these correlations focus upon conductivity as a function of saturation. The correlations were developed for five soil types, namely, gravels, sands, silts, clays, and peats, in both the frozen and unfrozen states. These soil types correspond to those used in the Unified Soil Classification System (USCS). More exact soil classification into subclasses requires detailed knowledge of the soil's grain size distribution and its Atterberg Limits, namely, its liquid limit and its plastic limit. Since this detailed information is not generally available in the literature, the present paper considers only the loosely defined USCS classification.


Automotive competition in Indonesia is awaken, many new cars launched to the market. Customer has many choices. As an increase in quantity demanded, the warehouse system and stock control system should be optimized. Good car circulation inside the warehouse can produce delivery punctuality and better management when the number of units stored increase. An accurate data of physical outstanding units can be used to make a precision future sales forecast. The number of over stock can be minimized, and the long booking line can be easily reduced. Change of era must be accompanied by the change of system.


Characteristics cushions from PU foam together with coat determine comfort automobile seats. Frame of car seat with cushion from PU foam and cover serve like body rest. Also perform safety rules, that are demanded on car seat. Cushion in car seat is basically manufactured from PU foam. Experimental testing their property investigate correlation between their characteristic and comfort. One type of experiment is combination static and dynamic loading in medium term time interval . Subject research and content hereof article is recognition transmission characteristics and contact pressures cushions from PU foams in time interval two o'clock in turns static and dynamically weight constant loading.


The optimal management of distributed generation (DG) enhances the efficiency of the distribution system; On the other hand, increasing the interest of customers in optimizing their consumption improves the performance of DG. This act is called demand side management. In this study, a new method based on the intelligent algorithm is proposed to optimal operate the demand side management in the presence of DG units and demand response. Firstly, the best location and capacity of different technologies of DG are selected by optimizing the technical index including the active and reactive loss and the voltage profile. Secondly, the daily performance of multi-DG and grid is optimized with and without considering the demand response. The economic and environmental indices are optimized in this step. In both steps, the non-dominated sorting firefly algorithm is utilized to multi-objective optimize the objective functions and then the fuzzy decision-making method is used to select the best result from the Pareto optimal solutions. Finally, the proposed method is implemented on the IEEE 33-bus distribution system and actual 101-bus distribution systems in Khoy-Iran. The obtained numerical results indicate the impact of the proposed method on improving the technical, economic and environmental indices of the distribution system.


In more and more hydropower projects,sand material system is often singled out for bidding.Accordingly, branch bureaus for sand material are set up,such as Hydropower 8th Bureau,9th Bureau,proving the importance of man-mad sand material system.In this sense,it is necessary to figure out how to use date to correctly deliver collection and statistics and calculate the processing unit price of man-made sand materials and therefore provide reference for bidding an operation management.This article analyses this problem combining the reality of Shankouyan Project in Jiangxi.


Abstract. Nowadays, the crisis in Ukraine leads to deterioration of socio-economic conditions. Therefore, the formation of socio-economic security of the regions should be the priority. An effective tool for this is public administration, which promotes the participation of civil society in the process of regulating the development of regions. Therefore, there is an urgent task to study the prerequisites for its implementation, the ability of public administration to achieve appropriate results. The purpose of the article is to study the peculiarities, pace and effectiveness of public administration for the formation of an appropriate level of security of socio-economic development of regions. The methodology is based on a systematic approach to the application of public administration and its impact on the formation of an appropriate level of security of regional development; formalization of levels, goals, consequences of application of regulatory instruments, algorithms of involvement in the regulation of civil society: a comparative analysis of the level of subsidies of territorial communities. Prerequisites for the formation of socio-economic security of the regions are established. The structural scheme of application of regulatory tools of development of the region for formation of an appropriate level of safety is developed. To this end, regulatory instruments are segmented in accordance with the political, economic, social, environmental, spatial levels, which detail the relevant areas of development and their results. In addition, the structural and functional scheme of algorithm of introduction of public management of development of regions is developed. It is established that the extension of public administration to perform certain tasks should correspond to the level of social responsibility. A high level of subsidies to the budgets of territorial communities was revealed, which leads to an increase in the level of socio-economic danger. Therefore, it is stated that the balanced development of territorial communities should be the main goal of public administration. It is offered to estimate efficiency of management according to the author's analytical representation based on the rates of budget balancing and as the degree of achievement of the purposes on the condition of an effective parity of the achieved result and expenses.
Keywords: public administration, safety level, socio-economic development, decentralization, civil society, efficiency evaluation criterion.
JEL Classification R10, R50
Formulas: 3; fig.: 2; tabl.: 1; bibl.: 20.


The dynamic evolution of microtexture during recrystallization transformation in cold-rolled aluminum plate was studied using an in-situ heating electron backscatter diffraction( EBSD) technique. Copper texture { 112} 〈111〉is dominant in the rolled aluminum plate. After recrystallization transformation,the main texture components evolve to cube texture { 001} 〈100〉and R texture. During recovery and recrystallization,the { 001} 〈100〉orientated and { 124} 〈211〉orientated grains prefer to form and grow up at the edge of the deformation band. These grains grow through swallowing the deformed texture bands and grain boundary migration.


A computer program was developed to obtain ; isobar contours from the total pressure measurements at the engine face of an 1/3 scale model of an aircraft intake duct provided by ADA . A cubic spline method was used to interpolate the total pressure value between the measuring stations . The isobar contour plots were obtained for engine face Mach numbers
varying from 0.17 to 0 .43,


Molybdenum disulfide is one of the best known solid lubricants, and although it originally gained popularity in aerospace and military applications, it is now commonly found in a variety of lubrication applications. It is widely used in greases and specialized grease-like products known as pastes, in fluid lubricants such as automotive and industrial gear oils, in solid film lubricants including but not limited to burnished (rubbed-on) films, sputtered coatings, resin bonded and impingement coatings. This paper reviews the properties of MoS2 including physical and chemical properties, electrical properties, effects of temperature and oxidation as well as application areas such as greases, fluid lubricants, and solid film (dry) lubricants where molybdenum disulfide is widely implemented. * Chief Engineer, Lubrication-Climax Molybdenum ** Consulting Engineer, Solid Lubricant Solutions, Dexter, MI


The invention provides a sort of communication equipment and an indication method of the running status of the communication equipment, wherein the communication equipment comprises at least one functional board and each functional board is provided with at least one indicator lamp. The indication method comprises the following steps that: each functional board is respectively divided into at least one functional module; various states of each functional module are respectively mapped to an indicator lamp and a frequency of the functional board on which the functional module is arranged; the occurrence state of at least one functional module is determined; synchronized signal of the communication equipment is adopted to generate a frequency mapped by the status of a status functional module; moreover, the mapped frequency is used to drive the indicator lamp (mapped on a functional board on which the status functional module is arranged) to work. The communication equipment and the indication method can reflect more types of status by means of fewer indicator lamps.


3 Abstract: The purposes of this study are the effects of relationship skills and interpersonal communication and its role on theorganizational effectiveness between Iranian sport managers. Descriptive study was conducted through a survey. The study populations were of 670 sport managers. The sample survey selected by stratified random. The questionnaires include Barton J communication skills, Graham interpersonal communication and Hsu organizational effectiveness with reliability respectively (0.81, 0.86 and 0.90). Inferential statistical methods and structural equation models (SEM) were investigated to access variables observed effects on the latent variables. The results showed that there are significant relationship between communication skills, interpersonal communication with subordinates and upper management and organizational effectiveness in sport (p 0.5). Hence the implementation of research results measurement model confirmed for path analysis conceptual models of communication skills, interpersonal communication upper and subordinates and organizational effectiveness. Generally acknowledged that the feature set personality as a good index, predicted role in relation skills, interpersonal communication and organizational effectiveness, sport manager relation skills while by between interpersonal communication and organizational effectiveness will be assessed moderate and weak, so top manager must planning application appropriate management strategy that order to achieve optimal levels of these indicators.


The Hanxing Iron Formation is an important genetic type of iron ores.The auther reviews the prospecting methods in the past 40 years.And on basis of all the characters,it is suggested that the optimal combination of gravity magnetic methods is an effective method for hunting the iron deposits,differentiation of magnetic anomalies and prospecting for rich iron ore bodies.


This chapter investigates how the appointment of Leo to the episcopal seat of S. Eusebio opened a new chapter in Vercelli's history. Leo certainly exploited the opportunity of producing his own diplomas to cast Vercelli in the best possible light. In the tumultuous politics of the late ninth century, the see had been sacked at least once, resulting in substantial archival losses. Where elsewhere forgery was used to plug such gaps, Leo resorted to more subtle means of documentary manipulation: he improved one of the few surviving diplomas for his see (in the name of Charles the Fat), while furnishing his own texts with numerous historical asides, which helped anchor his claims in the bishopric's longer history. From the present perspective, the interest of Leo's experiences lies in the light they shed on the use and abuse of charters within the Italian realm. Leo's diplomas are genuine, even if their content is often tendentious. They provide a welcome reminder that modern scholarly judgements of forgery and authenticity are analytical, not moral, ones. Just as counterfeits can tell the truth, so authentic texts are often deeply deceitful.


Abstract Biodegradable blended films from methylcellulose (MC) and potato starch (PST) have been developed by the casting process. In the present work the influences of concentrations of MC and PST on rheological properties, swelling, mechanical properties such as tensile strength, percentage elongation at break and water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) of the prepared blended films have been studied. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis of pure MC, PST, their mixture and the mixture with glutaraldehyde and urea was performed to investigate the interactions in blended films. The blended films of MC and PST showed an increase in tensile strength due to the cross linking reactions of the amylopectin molecule of PST in the physical gel state. The change of percentage elongation at break increased with MC concentration and the opposite trend was found in the case of the WVTR due to the network structure of the blended films. The blended films showed a large improvement in the abovementioned properties compared with each single component, due to the interaction formed between hydroxyl groups of PST and the methoxy groups of MC. Experiments were also conducted to investigate the controlled urea release through blended films and the kinetics of the process. Interesting results were found with the prepared MC and PST blended films.


All land development raises some geotechnical issues. Responsibility for seeing that these issues are addressed rests with Local and Territorial Authorities in terms of the Resource Management Act and the Building Act. The N.Z. Geomechanics Society has, over many years taken, and continues to take, a leading role establishing the standards by which geotechnical issues are addressed. However, available knowledge and technology have been applied erratically for reasons which are political, legal, and commercial in origin. Recent developments in administration of the Resource Management and Building Acts have increased awareness of Geotechnologists to their responsibility and vulnerability. This address reviews the range of geotechnical services and existing standards and the extent to they are applied, and suggests how important it is that Geotechnologists, collectively, establish and adhere to more coherent and definitive standards of professional care.


We study the dc resistivity of UNi 2Al3 thin films as a function of temperature and magnetic field. We focus on the temperature range around the antiferromagneti c transition ( TN ≈ 4 K in zero applied field). From a clear signature of TN in the dc resistance along the crystallographic a-direction, we extract the shape of the magnetic phase diagram. Here we find quantitativ e differences in comparison to previous studies on bulk crystals.


The article considers the effectiveness of state and municipal services, basic motivation factors of civil servants, as well as perspectives of overcoming staff shortage in the public sector. The study is based upon opinion polls that involved 4535 of participants of the project ―Staff reserve – country`s professional team‖ from 82 regions of Russia.


The invention provides an IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Translator) device and a manufacturing method thereof. The IGBT device has a hole access structure, and emitter region steady resistances are serially connected between an emitter region of the IGBT device and an emitter metal electrode of the IGBT device. According to the IGBT device provided by the invention, the hole current and the electron current can be improved at the same time, and the anti-latch-up ability and the short-circuit ability of the IGBT device under the conditions of room temperature and high temperature are improved. In addition, the invention also provides a manufacturing method of the IGBT device.