Serious complications include heart failure, embolism to the lungs, coronary and middle cerebral arteries. Valve replacement is considered in unresponsive patients, those with multiple emboli, or those with a large mobile vegetation 410 mm (Beynon et al. 2006). Quantifying risk of embolism and heart failure in individual patients is difficult. Our worry was whether these risks would be increased by the haemodynamic changes of labour, such as increased venous return and central venous pressure. Cases of vaginal delivery have been reported but only after adequate medical treatment and shrinkage of the vegetation. Reports of elective caesarean to expedite valve replacement have been published (Ishibashi et al. 1994). In our patient, induction of labour and vaginal delivery was undertaken, despite inadequate resolution of the vegetation. Risks of congestive heart failure and systemic embolism with tricuspid vegetations are small compared with aortic and mitral valve lesions. These risks are greatest within the first 2 – 4 weeks of antimicrobial therapy (Baddour et al. 2005.) Here, the lesion was right-sided, cardiac function was good and 7 weeks had elapsed since the beginning of treatment. Hence, labour was felt to be safe and the outcome was successful.


Fly ash is a kind of finely divided residue that results from the combustion of ground or powdered coal in power stations. The production of large amount of fly ash causes serious environmental problems. The grain size of fly ash is very small. Fly ash has high specific surface and high porosity. The contents of active components, active silicon and aluminum, are high too. So, fly ash has high adsorptivity. Wastewater contains amounts of inorganic and organic materials that pollute the environments. Normal adsorbent, such as activated carbon, has a high cost and a complex production technique. Fly ash can adsorb many materials in wastewater and it can partly substitute for activated carbon. When fly ash is used in wastewater treatment, it can bring about economic and social benefits. As a kind of adsorbent, fly ash has good results for decolorization, deodorization, organic matter removal, COD removal, defluorization, dephosporization, heavy metal removal, and pH modification in wastewater treatment processes.


Abstract : A study was initiated to compare the forming characteristics of seven experimental maraging steels (yield strengths of 140 to 225 ksi)with those of the present HY-80 submarine-hull steel on the basis of the amount of bending at onset of cracking and the true-strain produced on the tension surface of the bend specimen. The results showed that the 3/8- and 3-in. wide specimens of HY-80 steel and 3/8-in. wide specimens of maraging steels (with 2 exceptions for extremely brittle materials) could be bent flat (part angle of 0 degrees) whereas the 3-in. wide specimens of the maraging steels cracked at part angles greater than 135 degrees. The results indicated that formability comparisons should be made on specimens wide enough so that bending occurs under conditions of plane strain. (Author)


The aim of the present work to study the preformulation parameters for Transdermal drug delivery system. The objective of Pr eformulation study is to generic information useful to the formulater in developing stable and b ioavailable dosage form. The use of Preformu lation parameter maximizes the chances in formulation an acceptable, safe, efficacious and stable product and at the same time provide the basis for optimization of th e drug product quality. Administration of con ventional tablets of simvastatin has been reported to exhibit fluctuations in plasma drug levels, resulting either in manifes tation of side effects or reduction in drug concentration at the receptor sites also, the maintenance of a constant plasma concentr ation of a cardiovascular drug is important in ensuring the desired therapeutic response, again since the half life of simvastatin is 3 hours hence multiple doses of the dr ug are needed to maintain a constant plasma concentration for a good therapeutic res ponse, and improve patient compliance, hence the objective of the study was made to develop controlled release TDDS of simvastatin using polymer like HPMC and Carbopol, which will controlled the release of drug, increasing the b ioavailability of the drug a nd thus decreasing the dosing frequency of the drug. The Preformulation studies were carried out in terms of testa for identific ation (physical appearance, melting point, and uv spectrophotometer), solubility profile, determination of partition coefficient and quantitative estimation of drug. All the observation and results


Along with the development of this modern era, for businesses the most in demand is the culinary business, marked by the number of businessmen who are involved in the culinary world. This study aims to determine the relationship between cultural and psychological factors on purchasing decisions in restaurants in Prabumulih. The method used in this research is a survey method. The data collected consists of primary data and secondary data. Primary data was obtained through the interview method which was equipped with prepared questionnaires. Secondary data were obtained from related restaurants, as well as several library sources in the form of journals and books related to this research. And the research design used is causal associative design. In this study, what will be analyzed is the relationship between cultural and psychological factors on customer loyalty in restaurants in the city of Prabumulih. The results show that the calculation of the coefficient of determination (R2) is used to find out how many percent of the variation in the dependent variable can be explained by variations in the independent variable, which is seen from the value of the dependent variable. Adjusted R square is 0.962, this means that 96.2% of the variation in the dependent variable of purchasing decisions at Prabumulih City Restaurants can be explained by the independent variables of cultural and psychological factors, while the remaining 0.38 or 3.8% is explained by other variables. outside variables other than cultural and psychological factors. Then the first hypothesis can be explained to have a significant and positive influence with the Adjusted R square value of 0.962 (96.2%) this shows that cultural and psychological factors are able to explain 96.2% of the variation of the purchasing decision variable.

Keywords: Cultural Factors, Psychology and Purchasing Decisions


Proposed are a method for transmitting data, a terminal device and a network-side device. The method comprises: determining that a terminal device satisfies a pre-set condition for reusing a first timing advance (TA) value; and transmitting data according to the first TA value, wherein the first TA value is the value used by the terminal device during the previous instance of data transmission. The method for transmitting data, the terminal device and the network-side device of the embodiments of the present invention can reduce delays and reduce the signalling overhead of a system.


Based on the pump similitude theory and the hydrodynamic similitude rule,Denison T6C006 high pressure vane pump was selected as the testing pump.The certain test flow and corresponding control measuration scheme were determined according to the test requests.And Denison T6C006 high pressure vane pump stand was installed to simulate the test of Denison T6C020 vane pump.The studied on wet phase performance for hydraulic fluid and shortening the test time were done.To find a reliable simulate test method for the evaluation of hydraulic fluid makes stand test simple,reliable,save oil and time.


There is a current debate whether organisms living in estuaries should be more sensitive to pollution than their marine relatives, but few comparative studies have been made. Amphlpods of the genus Garnrnarus are generally euryhaline and 5 species are common to the braclash Baltic Sea (7 %O S) and the North Sea (30 %O S). Laboratory measurements on the metabolism of G. duebeni and G. oceanicus from the 2 areas showed that respiration and 0xygen:nitrogen ratios of G. duebeni were generally less affected by salinity changes and/or additions of diesel oil and cadmium than G. oceanicus. We interpret this as a higher tolerance of G. duebeni to pollutants and salinity changes. probably coupled to this species being physiologically broad-niched and having evolved in, and being adapted to, physically more variable environments. The Baltic populations of G. duebeni and G. oceanicus were generally more sensitive to salinity changes and treatments with diesel-011 than their North Sea conspecifics. The higher sensitivity to pollutants of the Baltic populations may be due to a number of factors such as changes in the characteristics of toxic substances (metals) with salinity, the higher relative ionic concentration of a given amount of poisonous substance in the low-saline Baltic Sea than in the North Sea, and direct interactions of toxicants with membrane permeability and osmoregulatory mechanisms, which are already under strain at low salinities.


The competitive abilities of Phytophthora parasitica and P. palmivora to infect and multiply on fibrous roots of citrus were compared using the replacement series technique. Greenhouse-grown citrus seedlings were transplanted to infested soil containing inoculum ratios of P. parasitica: P. palmivora of 4:0, 3: 1, 2:2, 1:3, and 0:4 propagules per cubic centimeter. At the end of the experiments, percentage of root infection and densities of soil propagules were measured by plating on a selective medium. Yields of P. palmivora were usually near expected proportions for final propagule densities and for root infection, but yields of P. parasitica were nearly always depressed in mixed inoculations. Under screenhouse conditions, P. palmivora outcompeted P. parasitica whether measured in a short-term experiment, periodically in a multiple-harvest experiment, in a long-term esperiment, or in sterilized or nonsterilized soil


BOOK REVIEW TAIWAN'S FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS: THE LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES OF DEREGULATION AND INTERNATION- ALIZATION by Brian Wallace Semkow. Published by Quorum Books, 1992. Michael S. Bennett The Republic of China ( Taiwan ) is one of the foremost economic success stories of the past thirty years. Numerous sta- tistics attest to Taiwan's remarkable economic development. As a newly industrialized country, its Gross National Product ( GNP ) is now roughly the twentieth largest in the world. Tai- wan's per capita income has grown from only US$196 in 1952 to over US$8,000 today. Its foreign exchange reserves, valued at over US$90 billion and rising, are the largest in the world. In short, Taiwan has emerged as one of the powerhouse economies of the Pacific Rim. Following a trail first blazed in Asia by Japan, Taiwan's eco- nomic growth was based primarily on export-oriented manufac- turing. Over the past thirty years, products manufactured in Taiwan, ranging from T-shirts to electronics, have carved out a significant share of global markets. The development of Taiwan's financial system, however, did not keep pace with the island's industrial development. Until quite recently, Taiwan's financial markets were overregulated and virtually closed to foreign participation. Bruce Wallace Semkow's book, Taiwan's Financial Markets and Institutions, focuses on the recent efforts of the Taiwanese government to deregulate, liberalize, and internationalize the is- land's financial markets. In particular, Mr. Semkow examines legislation passed by Taiwan's Legislative Yuan in the late 1980s and early 1990s that was intended to create a more modem finan- cial system in Taiwan, including significant amendments to the Banking Law, the Securities Exchange Law, the Insurance Law, and the statute governing foreign exchange. Mr. Semkow is a New York and California attorney who, in addition to having worked at the international law firm of Jones, t Associate, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Tokyo, Japan.


Teachers' belief, knowledge and capability are three main dimensions in the research of their professional development, among which teachers' belief ranks high in teachers' professional structure and controls the others. Therefore, it is meaningful to study IT teachers' belief for the promotion of their professional development. Based on discussing the theories of teachers' professional development and their belief and considering the state of their belief, this thesis puts forward the strategy to reconstruct IT teachers' belief, that is, to transfer school culture from examination-oriented education to ability-oriented education; to target teacher education at forming and transforming IT teachers' belief; to get IT teachers positively engaged in self-reflection in practical teaching.


The fate of Russia`s plutonium cities is a fundamental issue of international security and nonproliferation in the post-Cold War world. Russia has the principal stake in preventing a social and economic collapse of its plutonium cities and in facilitating their economic development. To achieve these objectives, the Russian government must evaluate the future national security missions of the plutonium combines, and assure that they are supported by necessary technical and human resources and are adequately funded. The personnel and infrastructure that are no longer needed for these core nuclear missions must convert to peaceful activities. The Russian government must recognize that large-scale commercial reprocessing, the basis of the original plan for defense conversion in the plutonium cities, is not feasible in the foreseeable future, and must facilitate development of profit-making nonnuclear enterprises. Finally, the Russian government must create a climate that would be favorable for defense conversion cooperation with Western businesses and governments.


The influence of the switching processes on self-heating of ferroelectric PZT ceramics samples was studied in high-amplitude sine and meander electric fields in a wide frequency range of 50 to 1500 Hz. It is shown that the linear dependence of the self-heating temperature on the electric field frequency is observed only in low-frequency region. It was found that there exists a maximum on the frequency dependence of the self-heating temperature. The critical frequency corresponding to this maximum depends on both the properties of the material and geometry of the sample.


As a part of the laboratory experiment on a microburst, the circumferential instability and the associated instantaneous velocity field of a vortex ring impinging onto a normal wall have been investigated. Vortex rings have been generated at the circular orifice by the impulsive motion of the speaker corn and have been visualized by filling ethylene glycol smoke. The instantaneous velocity fields induced by a vortex ring were measured by employing the PIV in which the cross correlation method was used. The wave number of the circumferential instability increases with an increase of the initial Reynolds number. The wave number at the same initial Reynolds number decreases as the distance from the orifice increases. It was shown that the development of induced secondary vortex ring influences the change of velocity vector fields.


The invention discloses a heat-insulation heat-preservation powdered paint, a preparation method and a coating method of the heat-insulation heat-preservation powdered paint, a coating formed by using the coating method and application of the coating. The heat-insulation heat-preservation powdered paint comprises the following components in parts by weight: 90-100 parts of a film-forming agent, 1-10 parts of a curing agent, 0.1-2 parts of a foaming agent and 0.5-5 parts of a flatting agent, wherein the foaming agent is an inorganic component foaming agent or an organic component forming agent of which the decomposition temperature Td is between 120 DEG C and 220 DEG C. Ordinary aluminum alloy sections and aluminum alloy doors/windows using the heat-insulation heat-preservation powder coating have the advantages that no non-metallic material needs to be inserted between two aluminium products, the complexity of a coating process can be reduced and good heat insulation property can be ensured.


FIELD: extraction of precious metals such as platinum, palladium, gold etc from various kinds of mineral raw materials containing alkaline chlorides and alkaline-earth metal chlorides, such as composite concentrate produced from clay-salt wastes (slimes) of potassium production, marking clays etc. SUBSTANCE: method involves providing chlorinating calcinations of concentrate having chloride content of 7-13%; leaching out cinder by diluted solution of aqua regia and carrying-out sorption of precious metals from pulp; performing chlorinating calcinations at temperature of 600-700 C. Method enables complex extraction of platinum group metals, gold and silver from mineral raw materials containing chlorides of alkaline and alkaline-earth elements. EFFECT: increased efficiency and reduced production costs due to employment of chlorinating agent and owing to reduced number of operations. 2 cl, 3 tbl


The assembly of the BDYE detector requires the attachment of sixteen silicon (Si) processor dice (eight on the top side; eight on the bottom side) onto a low-temperature, co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrate using 63Sn-37Pb (wt.%, Sn-Pb) in a double-reflow soldering process (nitrogen). There are 132 solder joints per die. The bond pads were gold-platinum-palladium (71Au-26Pt-3Pd, wt.%) thick film layers fired onto the LTCC in a post-process sequence. The pull strength and failure modes provided the quality metrics for the Sn-Pb solder joints. Pull strengths were measured in both the as-fabricated condition and after exposure to thermal cycling (-55/125 C; 15 min hold times; 20 cycles). Extremely low pull strengths--referred to as the low pull strength phenomenon--were observed intermittently throughout the product build, resulting in added program costs, schedule delays, and a long-term reliability concern for the detector. There was no statistically significant correlation between the low pull strength phenomenon and (1) the LTCC 'sub-floor' lot; (2) grit blasting the LTCC surfaces prior to the post-process steps; (3) the post-process parameters; (4) the conductor pad height (thickness); (5) the dice soldering assembly sequence; or (5) the dice pull test sequence. Formation of an intermetallic compound (IMC)/LTCC interface caused by thick film consumption during either the soldering process or by solid-state IMC formation was not directly responsible for the low-strength phenomenon. Metallographic cross sections of solder joints from dice that exhibited the low pull strength behavior, revealed the presence of a reaction layer resulting from an interaction between Sn from the molten Sn-Pb and the glassy phase at the TKN/LTCC interface. The thick film porosity did not contribute, explicitly, to the occurrence of reaction layer. Rather, the process of printing the very thin conductor pads was too sensitive to minor thixotropic changes to ink, which resulted in inconsistent proportions of metal and glassy phase particles present during the subsequent firing process. The consequences were subtle, intermittent changes to the thick film microstructure that gave rise to the reaction layer and, thus, the low pull strength phenomenon. A mitigation strategy would be the use of physical vapor deposition (PVD) techniques to create thin film bond pads; this is multi-chip module, deposited (MCM-D) technology.


In an immunoassay of a low molecular analytical target (AT), a rational design of a proper antibody specific to the AT was attempted by the application of computational chemistry. The assumption made was that a moiety of an AT and the corresponding hapten moiety of the proper antigen superimpose each other in terms of conformation. A miticide, pyridaben, was used as a case study. One of the methyl groups of each of two tert-butyl groups in pyridaben was modified to a carboxyl or hydroxymethyl group to give altogether two carboxyl and two hydroxymethyl compounds to be tested as haptens. For conformational analysis, each of the four haptens was combined with lysine and the conformation of the hapten-lysine complex was examined as a model of a hapten-protein conjugate. A stable and sterically acceptable conformation was first calculated by conventional molecular mechanics and then by Monte Calro in detail, which gave 10 minimized conformations with the lowest energy. As the most optimized conformation, that with the lowest heat of formation was selected by calculation with MOPAC. Conformational superimposition of ATs and each complex was evaluated by the smallest root mean square calculated from the distances between the assigned pair of atoms. The inhibitory activity was determined by a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay as a parameter of the AT-antibody interaction. A good relationship was shown between the degree of superimposition and the inhibitory activity, except in one case, implying that candidate haptens can be computationally selected.


RESPECT THE INVENTION PREPARING AN ACTIVE MEMBRANE TYPE OF CYTOKININ FOR INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY PLANT OF PROTEIN AND NITROGEN FIXING ANION. THIS PREPARATION CONTAINS 0.5 TO 90 phthalazine DERIVATIVES WEIGHT OF GENERAL FORMULA I OR THEIR PRODUCTS ADDED WITH MONO OR diguanidine, THEIR PRODUCTS ADDED WITH MONO OR dihydrazine OR THEIR PRODUCTS OF ADDITION WITH gUANIDINE-HYDRAZINE ETOU iMIDAZOLE OF GENERAL FORMULA II DERIVATIVES. PREPARING THIS CAN BE USED INSTEAD OF KINETHINE AND MAY AFFECT METABOLISM PLANT IN INCREASING THEIR PERFORMANCE AND ALSO INCREASING THEIR CONTENT SUBSTANCE OF INTEREST, ESPECIALLY THE SUGAR BEET SUGAR, PROTEIN CONTENT OF SOYA, ETC.


A computational study was performed for steady and oscillatory flow control over a hump model with flow separation to assess how well the steady and unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations predict trends due to Reynolds number, control magnitude, and control frequency. As demonstrated previously, the hump model case is useful because it clearly demonstrates a failing in all known turbulence models: they under-predict the turbulent shear stress in the separated region and consequently reattachment occurs too far downstream. In spite of this known failing, three different turbulence models were employed to determine if trends can be captured even though absolute levels are not. The three turbulence models behaved similarly. Overall they showed very similar trends as experiment for steady suction, but only agreed qualitatively with some of the trends for oscillatory control.


Zombie-labelled firms are often not truly distressed but rather growing companies with temporarily weak performance, write Satu Nurmi, Juuso Vanhala and Matti Viren


Radiological findings by coronary angiography in 224 patients, 173 males and 51 females, were graded according to the rate of filling of coronary arteries and to the presence or absence of obstruction of vessel lumen. The material was then grouped according to age, diastolic blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, serum glycerides, and smoking habits.Age and diastolic blood pressure were not found to have any influence on frequency of coronary artery changes, presumably because of selection of patients.In the males, elevated total serum cholesterol had only a minor influence on the frequency of coronary artery changes, while elevated glycerides were found in high frequency in patients with obstructed coronary arteries, especially in those with severe obstruction. If patients put on lipid-reducing therapy or diet were added to those with serum cholesterol higher than 280 mg/100 ml, a slight overrepresentation of coronary changes was found when compared with patients with total serum cholesterol equal to or lower than 280 mg/100 ml. The influence of elevated total serum cholesterol was in all instances inferior to that of elevated serum glycerides.Smokers showed the frequency of coronary changes the same as or higher than patients with elevated glycerides. The influence of smoking was evident also within classes of low or elevated serum lipids.While all conclusions must be interpreted with reference to the material selected as the source of our data, the importance of smoking as a causative agent independent of serum lipids appears conclusive.


The purpose of this study was to examine effects on systolic and diastolic blood pressure due to availability and difficulty of control over anticipated aversive auditory stimulation. In a 2 × 2 factorial design, 44 subjects were presented either of two instructional sets regarding control: a) that exposure to the aversive stimulus would be contingent on the subject's performance at a cognitive task (Control), or b) that the stimulus would occur at random during the task period (No Control). The experimental task consisted of problems in concept formation and was presented to Control and No Control subjects at either of two levels of difficulty (Difficult or Easy); task success was manipulated by the experimenter to assure equivalent performance across groups. Results indicated that within the Task Difficult condition, Control subjects evidenced greater systolic blood pressure elevations than subjects in the No Control group, whereas Control and No Control subjects in the Task Easy condition showed no reliable differences. Diastolic blood pressure did not vary by control or task difficulty. It was concluded that the availability of control responses may induce greater arousal in situations involving threat of aversive stimulation, but that this effect obtains only when subjects experience some degree of difficulty employing available coping strategies.


This study examines the causes and effects of childhood poverty in Korea using longitudinal data from the Seoul Child Panel Study. In the study, we find that not living with two parents or full-time employed parents are significant risk factors for child poverty in Korea. We also find that poverty is a risk factor lowering children's school achievement, and that family process factors such as family relation and parental monitoring are strongly related to children's internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors. The article concludes by suggesting policy approaches to reduce child poverty and the negative impact of poverty on children's development.


A ground-level ozone forecasting model using nonlinear regression and an air mass trajectory parameter has been developed and field tested. The model was developed for the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area. The model performed significantly better in predicting daily maximum 1-h ozone concentrations during a five year model calibration period (1993--1997) than did a previously reported regression model. On 28 high ozone days ([O3] {lt} 120 ppb) during the period, the mean absolute error (MAE) improved from 21.7 ppb to 12.1 ppb. On 77 days meteorologically conducive to high ozone, the MAE improved from 12.2 ppb to 9.1 ppb, and for all 580 calibration days the MAE improved from 9.5 ppb to 8.35 ppb. The model was field tested during the 1998 ozone season. Using actual meteorological data as input for the ozone predictions, the MAE for the season was 11.0 ppb. For the daily ozone forecasts, which used meteorological forecast data as input, the MAE was 13.4 ppb. The high ozone days were all correctly predicted by the ozone forecasters when the model was used for next day forecasts.


The purpose of this study is to develop a HOTS-based pocketbook using QR scans to create student-friendly learning media. The effectiveness of the products developed makes development research activities meaningful. This type of research uses R&D (Research and Development) research or development research using the ADDIE model developed by Dick and Carry. This ADDIE model has five stages, namely, analysis, design, development, application, and evaluation. The subjects of the study were material experts, media experts, teachers, observers, and XI Science 1 students at MAN 1 Medan, totaling 30 students. Data collection techniques in this study are in the form of questionnaires and post-tests. Initially, the researcher designed the book, then made it until it reached the evaluation stage. The results showed that the percentage value of media experts was 84% and the results of material expert validation were 88% with very feasible criteria. While the practicality value is 93.33% with very practical criteria. The effectiveness value of this study was 76.83% with effective criteria.
Keywords: pocketbook, QR scans, HOTS


Research was carried out at the stage of growth, fed with the concentrate plus lactobug serum in mestizo pigs, with average age of 70 days. The experimental unit consisted of an animal with four treatments and five replicates. It was carried out in the property of Mr. Hernan Jacome, located in the Canton of Mana, Guasaganda parish. The duration of the study was 60 days, and its objectives were to determine the weight gain, feed conversion and economic analysis in the study diets. A completely randomized design was used, with four treatments and five replicates. For the comparison between the means was used the Tukey test; For the profitability of the treatments the benefit-cost ratio was analyzed. In the weight gain variable there was no statistical difference between the treatments, the highest gain was obtained by the concentrated T1 + 6 L serum whey of 5.82 kg / 7 days. Feed conversion did not show significant differences (p≥0.05) among treatments, the best was T0; 2.54 and T1; 2.69. In the economic analysis the major cost of production represented the T0; $ 378, and the lowest cost was T3 $ 329, the cost benefit ratio was the best T3; 1.97 and the lowest was obtained at T0 1,56, thus showing that the inclusion of bovine serum lactobacillus is recommended in pigs feeding.


The diabetic neuropathy considerably reduces life quality of patients and is one of major risk factors concerning development of ulcerative defects of the feet leading to invalidism. The dependence between duration of course of diabetes mellitus, glycemia level, expression and prevalence of disturbances concerning all types of sensitivity at bottom extremities is surveyed in article; more often the disturbances of sensitivity and existence of signs of peripheric sensorimotor polineuropathy at patients with diabetes mellitus of 1 & 2 types are revealed.


Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is a hematologic malignancy. In this study, we focus on the research of the progressed biomarker of the ALL disease based on the ALL phase II to phase III mRNA expression data from Therapeutically Applicable Research to Generate Effective Treatment (TARGET). 204 differentially expressed mRNAs (DEmRNAs) were screened from the mRNA matrix (P-value < 0.01 and |LogFoldChange| > 4). And the DEmRNAs were enriched in 16 MF, 15 CC and 49 BP groups of the gene ontology (GO) terms (Count > 2 and P-value < 0.1) and 3 Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways (P-value < 0.05, q-value < 0.05) by the GO and KEGG pathway analysis. The survival analysis done by Kaplan-meier method was shown that the DEmRNAs and their enriched GOterms were closely related with the high risk of ALL progression. And the DemRNAs would be the progressed biomarker of ALL when they were proved by the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.


The inner Soddy circle is the circle tangent to each of the three mutually tangent circles centered at the vertices of a reference triangle. It has circle function l=((-a+b+c)^2[f(a,b,c)-16g(a,b,c)rs])/(4bc[(a^2+b^2+c^2)-2(ab+bc+ca)-8rs]^4), (1) where f(a,b,c) and g(a,b,c) are 8th-order and 16th-order polynomials, respectively. The radius of the inner Soddy circle is R_S = Delta/(4R+r-2s) (2) = (rs)/(4R+r-2s) (3) = (4Deltar)/(8Delta+[2(ab+bc+ca)-(a^2+b^2+c^2)]) (4) =...


Objective To investigate the gene expression changes related to laminin receptor,and to give the basis data for the study of carcinogenesis of anti-BPDE.Methods The transient transfected 16HBE cell line with 67LR1 gene was constructed by using lipofectin protocols.The expression products of transfected genes was analyzed by semi-quantity RT-PCR.The gene expression patterns in the transient transfected 67LR1 cell line and the non-transfected parental cell line were detected by cDNA microarray which representing 8?046 different genes.Results The transient 16HBE cell lines with 67LR1 was successfuly constructed.Analysis of the gene expression profile indicated that there were 295 genes expressed differently between transfected 67LR1 gene lines and the non-transfented parental cell line.Among these changed genes,145 genes were up-regulated,and 150 genes down regulated.These significantly changed genes involved in cell signal transduction genes,tumor-related genes,immune-related genes and protein synthesis related genes.Conclusion The analysis of 67LRl-related gene profile alterations indicate that 67LR1 may be induces not by an alteration in the expression of a single gene and a single signal pathway,but by the accumulation of alteration in the expression of several genes and complex signal transduction network.


Fe-doped ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized by sol gel technique. Fine-scale
 and single phase hexagonal wurtzite structure in all samples were confirmed
 by SEM and XRD, respectively. The band gap energy depends on the amount of Fe
 and was found to be in the range of 3.11-2.53 eV. The electric and dielectric
 properties were investigated using complex impedance spectroscopy. AC
 conductivity data were correlated with the barrier hopping (CBH) model to
 evaluate the binding energy (Wm), the minimum hopping distance (Rmin) and the
 density of states at Fermi level, N(EF). Fe doping in ZnO also improved the
 photocatalytic activity. Thus, the sample Zn0.95Fe0.05O showed high
 degradation potential towards methylene blue (MB), i.e. it degrades 90% of BM
 in 90min under UV light.


ABSTRACT The Bay of Bengal is of vital strategic, economic and maritime importance, as the Andaman Sea and the Malacca Straits link South and Southeast Asia. The Bay is intrinsically rich in hydrocarbons and minerals. Several major rivers of Asia flow into the Bay and the adjoining seas creating vast sedimentary basins that have potential hydrocarbon deposits. The growing role of the Bay of Bengal as a reservoir of vital resources has contributed to the regional powers' ability to exert influence in this arena. The changing dynamics are particularly relevant for India and China, whose rising economies are dependent on the steady flow of resources, most importantly oil. The geopolitics of the increasingly volatile South China Sea could possibly impact on India's interests and relations with Southeast Asian countries. This paper examines whether China and India's Indian Ocean strategies underpin greater cooperation, rather than competition to generate synergies in the region.


The first organocatalytic, non-destructive desymmetrisation of 3-substituted cyclobutanone followed by intramolecular cyclisation has been described. Owing to the slow activation of pro-nucleophile by the weak Brønsted base, the α-functionalization of ketones with tertiary amine-derived Brønsted base catalysis has been chemically challenging in asymmetric transformations. Herein, we demonstrate the cinchona-derived squaramide catalyst works effectively for the intramolecular Michael addition of cyclobutanone to enones and affords the architecturally fascinating [6,5,4]-fused carbocyclic skeleton in good yields and excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivities (up to >20:1 dr and 96% ee). Furthermore, as a synthetic application, this method provides an alternate pathway to access enantioenriched high-value products like γ-lactones and 2-indanol derivatives.


Abstract We introduce an interior-point method for symmetric optimization based on a new method for determining search directions. In order to accomplish this, we use a new equivalent algebraic transformation on the centring equation of the system which characterizes the central path. In this way, we obtain a new class of directions. We analyse a special case of this class, which leads to the new interior-point algorithm mentioned before. Another way to find the search directions is using barriers derived from kernel functions. We show that in our case the corresponding direction cannot be deduced from a usual kernel function. In spite of this fact, we prove the polynomial complexity of the proposed algorithm.


Educational pathways within and across the Australia tertiary sector are an important issue in creating a seamless tertiary environment, encouraging Australians to obtain further education and training, and to develop skills and employment options that will contribute to Australia's economic productivity. The current research on movement between the higher education (HE) and vocational education and training (VET) sectors points to difficulties in data collections in both sectors (Harris et al 2006, Karmel and Nguyen 2003), with the statistics being problematic and even controversial (Teese and Polesel 1999; Pitt 2001; Ramsay et al. 1997). The National [Centre] for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) collects the Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard (AVETMISS) for the Australian VET sector, and whilst this contains statistics relating to recognition of prior learning (RPL) and credit transfer, very little is known about this movement into the higher education sector through the Higher Education Statistics Collection. Individual HE institutions maintain data at the organisational level, but to date there has been no systemic review of these data across institutions.


Aims:  To investigate the effects of pretreated‐beet molasses on Escherichia coli fermentation using benzaldehyde lyase (BAL) production by recombinant E. coli BL21(DE3)pLySs process as the model system.


The invention relates to transgenic pichia pastoris gene engineering bacteria and a construction method and application thereof. I-type collagen can be applied to a biomedical material, but large-scale industrial production cannot be realized. The construction method for the transgenic pichia pastoris gene engineering bacteria comprises the steps of extracting a main RNA (ribonucleic acid) from a human placenta tissue, performing reverse transcription to obtain cDNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), and cloning an I-type collagen alpha1 chain gene by taking the cDNA as a template; modifying the I-type collagen alpha1 chain gene, and connecting the I-type collagen alpha1 chain gene with an expression carrier pPIC9K to construct a plasmid pPIC9K-Col1a1; performing enzyme linearization on the constructed plasmid pPIC9K-Col1a1, and introducing pichia pastoris SMD1168; converting and putting the human I-type collagen alpha1 chain gene into the pichia pastoris SMD1168 to obtain the transgenic pichia pastoris gene engineering bacteria. The engineering bacteria disclosed by the invention can efficiently and safely secrete an I-type collagen alpha1 chain protein outside cells and is higher in bioactivity; the protein can be mixed with other inorganic materials and is used as a biodegradable biomedical material for tissue defection, restoration and the like.


The rich species pool in semi-natural grasslands is associated with high spatial and temporal heterogeneity. This empirical study is one of the first to jointly analyze the response of orders, individual species and functional richness of arthropods to particular management practices and to linear landscape features, such as strips of grass and belts of trees. Mostly it was the less mobile, flightless taxa that were negatively affected by immediate disturbance caused by mowing. At a larger time-scale, grasslands managed by mowing once every year, and especially by a combined regime of mowing and grazing, supported the highest species richness of butterflies and beetles. Most functional diversity measures reached maximum values soon after mowing. Both strips of grass and belts of trees substantially affected the invertebrate community structure as the majority of taxa were positively associated with these linear features. Based on our results, we propose postponing mowing to later in the year, mowing in gradual stages, maintaining uncut strips primarily along permanent landscape features and establishing both strips of grass and belts of trees in submontane grassland environments.


perhaps no other field in the world does society continue to follow custom and precedent with such unthinking insistence as in the administration of the criminal law. Repeated criticism of its vagaries, bitter denunciation of its injustices, and voluminous suggestions for its improvement have been followed by no commensurate result. With regard to the treatment of the offender (if we can use the word "treatment" with its connotations of reasonableness and orderliness) we are pursuing the same inefficient methods and the same wasteful and futile practices followed since the beginning of the 1 7th century when England first began, as a measure of punishment, to sentence prisoners to confinement in a penal institution. Every school boy knows of course that we adopted practically in its entirety the methods pursued by the English in the administration of their criminal law. Since our earliest history, consequently, we have been using confinement in a penal institution as a means of punishment, or "deterrence," or "reform," according to the point of view of the person discussing it. Prior to this use of penal institutions they had been used only for holding an alleged offender safely while he was waiting trial in other words, while the case was being prepared against him. The deterrent power of the law was in the executioner, the death penalty being given for more than two hundred offenses. If this was considered too severe there were mutilation, branding, and the ever-present whip. It took many long years to show the English that flogging was not the great re-maker of men it was assumed to be. Nor was the gallows the great deterrent for others. At the very time when hanging was a daily occurrence and flogging a routine matter there was more crime in England than at


We use design principles of evolutionary multi-objective optimization algorithms to define algorithms capable of approximating maximum sets of relations in general. The specific case of fairness relations is considered here, which play a prominent role in the control of resource sharing in data networks. We study maxmin fairness allocation in networks with linear congestion control. Among various design principles, the concepts behind Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm, and the Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization achieve comparable best performance (with the used parameterization within 10% of the fairness state components for up to 20 objectives).


In this paper, we describe the prototyping process for an automatic prompting system in the healthcare domain. The application area of our system will be a residential home where persons with various cognitive disabilities live together. We describe the specific requirements for an automatic prompting system in a residential home where persons are directly assisted by a caregiver in the execution of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). We observe real-world trials using qualitative data analysis techniques and conduct a first study using a Wizard-of-Oz (WOz) methodology where we describe the user's reaction behavior when faced with system prompts instead of direct caregiver prompts.


In this paper, based on the Morison equation and FEM, we studied the dynamic responses of the floating cage system in currents and waves. The nets are modeled by truss elements, the current and wave forces are calculated based on the Morison equation at each time step. The floater is modeled by beam elements, and the hydrodynamic forces from wave and current are also calculated by Morison equations. The sinker is modeled by adding a circular mass bar on the bottom of the whole structure. The effects of the flexibility on the dynamic responses of the floater are investigated by studying the structural deformations of the floater. The dynamic response of the system in different current and wave conditions are studied as well.© 2012 ASME


BackgroundThe goal of rapid response team (RRT) activation in acute care facilities is to decrease mortality from preventable complications, but such efforts have been only moderately successful. Although recent research has shown decreased mortality when RRTs are activated more often, many hospitals have low activation rates. This has been linked to various hospital, team, and nursing factors. Yet there is a dearth of research examining how hospital systems shape nurses' behavior with regard to RRT activation. Making systemic constraints visible and modifying them may be the key to improving RRT activation rates and saving more lives. PurposeThe purpose of this study was to use cognitive work analysis to describe factors within the hospital system that shape medical–surgical nurses' RRT activation behavior. MethodsCognitive work analysis offers a framework for the study of complex sociotechnical systems. This framework was used as the organizing element of the study. Qualitative descriptive design was used to obtain data to fill the framework's five domains: resources, tasks, strategies, social systems, and worker competency. Data were obtained from interviews with 12 medical–surgical nurses and document review. Directed content analysis was used to place the obtained data into the framework's predefined domains. ResultsMany system factors affected participants' decisions to activate or not activate an RRT. Systemic constraints, especially in cases of subtle or gradual clinical changes, included a lack of adequate information, the availability of multiple strategies, the need to justify RRT activation, a scarcity of human resources, and informal hierarchical norms in the hospital culture. The most profound constraint was the need to justify the call. Justification was based on the objective or subjective nature of clinical changes, whether the nurse expected to be able to "handle" these changes, the presence or absence of a physician, and whether there was an expectation of support from the RRT team. The need for justification led to delays in RRT activation. ConclusionsAlthough it's generally thought that RRTs are activated without hesitation, this study found the opposite was true. All of the aforementioned constraints increase the cognitive processing load on the nurse. The value of the RRT could be increased by modifying these constraints—in particular, by lifting the need to justify calls, improving protocols, and broadening the range of culturally acceptable triggers—and by involving the RRT earlier in patient cases through discussion, consultation, and collaboration.


This paper addresses a robot pose estimation problem. The data received from the inertial sensors are converted to a diverse odometry, after that the current robot pose is estimated by utilizing the different probabilistic motion models and estimate algorithms. In addition, the experimental evaluations are performed in indoor environment and conclusions are given.


The most efficient and practical way of protecting the soil against wind and water erosion is with surface and anchored crop residues. The rate and extent of crop establishment is not adversely affected by conservation tillage provided shallow seeding is used and adequate seed-to-soil contact is achieved. Soil water conservation can be enhanced with conservation tillage systems and the amount conserved is directly influenced by the type and amount of crop residues present and the agro-ecological zone. Crop residue decomposition is 1.5× slower on the surface than when buried and the rate of decomposition can be explained almost entirely by the location and nitrogen content of the residues and growing degree days. Grain yield can be improved with conservation tillage and is directly related to the amount of extra water conserved, regardless of the crop. Crop establishment, which is critical in forage production, can be improved with conservation tillage. Removing forage stands with herbicides as opposed to ...


Trans fat intake associated with increased risk of heart disease Intake of trans fat was compared with levels of trans fats in red blood cells and levels of low density lipoprotein in a small subset of participants of the Nurses' Health Study (n = 167 nurses with diagnosed heart disease and 344 without heart disease who were matched for age, smoking and diet).The study indicated that those consuming 4 g of trans fats in a daily diet that consisted of 2,000 calories of fat, as determined by food frequency data, had triple the risk of heart disease than a person consuming 2.6 g of trans fats in a 2,000-fat-calorie diet.


As a recursive algorithm, the Kalman filter (KF) assumes the initial state distribution is known a priori, while the initial distributions used in practice are commonly treated as design parameters. In this paper, the influences of initial states are analyzed under the KF framework. That is, we address the questions about how the initial mean and variance affect the subsequent estimates and how much performance is sacrificed if incorrect values are used. Based upon this, two initialization methods are developed for the cases with large initial uncertainties. A drafting stochastic resonator model is employed to verify the theoretical analysis result as well as the proposed initialization approach.


Aim: The objective of this study is the complete elimination of the Keratocystic Odentogenic Tumor (KCOT) along with lining epithelium at the initial operation and induces osteoblastic activity using Concentrated Growth Factor (CGF) derived from autologus blood. Materials: 10 cases were involved in the study; Male: Female ratio 6:4; Maxilla: Mandible ratio 5:5, with a mean age of 36 years. Method: All cases of KCOT were treated by enucleation and chemical cauterization using cornoy's solution followed by placement of CGF in the dead space along with aotogenous bone graft mixed with red blood corpuscular layer. Results: Results were excellent in all the patients with very good ossification at the operated site and none of our patient had recurrence or post-operative complication.. Conclusion: This conservative management of KCOT using cornoy's solution and placement of CGF allows


GPs should be drafted in to work on NHS Direct to offer patients a wider source of expertise, the Conservatives said last week. The party denied Labour claims that they want to scrap NHS and insist they want to improve it. A spokesperson said: 'NHS Direct is a fantastic service, but we want to make it better.'


: A literature has emerged of laboratory-based studies on the relationship between narcissism and decision-making in gambling, investment and management settings. Individuals with more narcissistic personalities have relatively consistently shown biased decision-making in the direction of increased risk seeking. Some evidence suggest that the increased risk taking observed by narcissists may be adaptive under some circumstances. Here we review the literature of narcissists' decision-making and key models that attempt to account for it. Limitations of the current literature are also addressed, and future areas of inquiry are suggested.


Taking Hujialou station on No.10 line of Beijing Metro as example,the article presents the selection of the architectural and structural types of Metro stations,which is made on basis of such comprehensive factors as the surrounding environment of the stations,the engineering geology and hydrogeology and the service functions of the stations.The article can be used to provide reference for similar projects.


Measurements of the global abundance of barrier islands indicate that 49% occur along coastlines of trailing continent margins; 24%, along collision plate margins; and, 27%, along coasts of marginal seas. Based on 2619 shelf width measurements, evidence is presented to show that for only trailing margins is shelf gradient related to barrier island abundance. Of those barrier islands situated along trailing margin coasts, 75% occur along Amero-trailing margins (average gradient 0.57 m/km); 19%, along Afro-trailing margins (average gradient 2.4 m/km); and, 6% along Neo-trailing margins (average gradient 5.9 m/km). Because sediments supplying barrier islands today are generated mainly on the inner shelf and shoreface in response to both nearshore processes and to rising sea level, barrier islands occur in greatest abundance where broad, low-relief coastal plains lie adjacent to the inner shelf and where both are comprised of abundant uncon-solidated detritus. Elsewhere, barrier island occurrence is sparse to absent along very low gradient shelves where the coastal plain-continental shelf sedimentary prism is absent. The tectonic setting of the continental margin is fundamental in controlling factors governing barrier island abundance.


Background: Preliminary safety evaluation
of polymer intended to use as drug delivery carrier is essential.
Methods: In this study polyacrylamide grafted bacterial cellulose (BC/AM)
hydrogel was prepared by microwave irradiation initiated free radical
polymerization. The synthesized hydrogel was subjected to in vitro cytotoxicity
and acute gastrointestinal toxicity studies to evaluate its biological safety
as potential oral drug delivery carrier.
Results: The results indicate that hydrogel was non cytotoxic and did not show
any histopathological changes in GI tract after a high dose of oral
administration.
Conclusion: The results revealed that hydrogel composed of bacterial cellulose and
polyacrylamide is safe as oral drug delivery carrier.


The construction of a teachers' educational base is a complicated systematic project that demands great support from different subjects in the social system. The construction of a teachers' educational base does not only focus on the system alone, but also sets feet in the specialty of teachers' education, and furthermore takes root in the development demand of education. Different teachers' educational bases in the same region should constitute an organic whole with complementary functions. They should not only strengthen their own construction but also pay attention to appropriate work division and cooperation.


The objective of this randomized controlled analytical study was to compare the efficacies of50 micrograms intravaginal and 100 micrograms oral misoprostol for induction of labor in termpregnancy. One hundred and fifty term pregnant women were divided into two groups. The firstwas administered with 50 micrograms intravaginally every 6 hours and the second 100 microgramsorally every 6 hours as needed for induction of labor but not over 8 doses. Repeated doses weregiven until adequate contraction (3 times in 10 minutes) then continued with amniotomy and oxytocinas appropiate. The main outcome measured was time from induction to vaginal delivery. Statisticalanalysis was performed by unpaired student's t-test, Fisher's exact test, and Chi square test.Demographic characteristics of the two groups showed no significant differrences. The inductiontime to vaginal delivery was shorter in the intravaginal group than that of the oral group (909.19 SD36.81 VS 1,283.34 SD 69.38 minutes). The number and total doses were also less in the intravaginalgroup than those in the oral group (2.38 SD 0.41 VS 3.85 SD 0.81 times and 120.24 SD 15.33 VS361.71 SD 31.21 micrograms). The successful rates of induction with single dose and less than 24hours in the intravaginal group were more than those of the oral group (40.00% VS 24.00% and62.67% VS 37.33%). There were no differences between the groups with respect to the usage ofoxytocin rate, delivery method, neonatal outcomes and amounts of postpartum blood loss. Therewere no episodes of uterine hyperstimulation in both groups but just only tachysystole in intravaginalgroup was more than in the oral group without statistical significance. No serious side effects ofmisoprostol could be observed in both groups. In conclusion, the efficacy of 50 microgramsmisoprostol administered intravaginally every 6 hours was higher than that of 100 micrograms administeredorally every 6 hours for induction of labor in term pregnancy with shorter time to delivery,requiring less doses and yielding the high successful rate. Fifty micrograms of intravaginalmisoprostol every 6 hours can be used as an alternative for induction of labor safely at low cost.Key words: misoprostol, vaginal administration, oral administration, induction of labor, term pregnancy


It is noted that widely known Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) effect is one of numerous manifestations of fundamental property of quantum physics – its time reversal noninvariance.


One of the main drawbacks of the existing oscillation damping controllers is that they are designed based on offline simulations for assumed system conditions and are not adaptive to the varying power system operating conditions. With the increasing availability of wide-area measurements and the rapid development of system identification techniques, adaptive oscillation damping controllers can be designed, which can coordinate the control provided by the available actuators and effectively damp targeted oscillation modes. An adaptive and coordinated oscillation damping control using measurement-driven approach is proposed in this paper. The subspace state space model is identified using ambient data or ringdown data to update the parameters of damping controller. Additionally, an adaptive time delay compensator employing a lead-lag structure is utilized to reduce the impact of random time delay. The coordinated control for different oscillation modes is achieved by mode decoupling control through selecting observation signal and actuation signal with minimum interaction with other modes. The demonstration on hardware testbed has illustrated the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive and coordinated damping controller.


The documentation of facts about groundwater in order to perform a site-specific evaluation is still an open topic of research. Typically, the status of groundwaters is presented in the form of a coloured map. However, numerical aggregation of parameters is needed to obtain a relationship between parameters describing they status of groundwater, and a scale from which the colour code can be derived. This is often the subject of controversy, in view of the arbitrariness which it introduces into the documentation process. This paper shows how to avoid numerical aggregation of parameters The central point is the use of partially ordered sets and their visualisation by Hasse diagrams. The so-called Hasse diagram technique (HDT) is explained and we show how colouring of maps can be established. As an example 74 groundwater sample sites were selected, with an evaluation based on 10 typical parameters.


The shielding effectiveness of metal braids of cables is governed by the geometry and the materials of the braid. The shielding effectiveness can be characterised by the transfer impedance of the metal braid. Analytical models for the transfer impedance contain in general two components, one representing diffusion of electromagnetic energy through the metal braid, and a second part representing leakage of magnetic fields through the braid. The second part is a local phenomenon, which again has three parts: hole inductance, braid inductance and skin inductance. The hole inductance is governed by the penetration of magnetic fields through the apertures of the braid. Well-known analytical models overestimate the contribution of the hole inductance by a factor two. This can be easily corrected by multiplying the hole inductance terms by a factor (2/π)3/2.


In the present study, the effect of outlet opening location on providing appropriate and uniform thermal conditions and distribution of carbon dioxide species which is produced by high temperature radiant heaters under nonuniform flow field in an industrial environment have been investigated. For this reason, two dimentional environment with one inlet and one outlet opening have been considered. Two locations of air outlet opening near the floor and near the ceiling and also, two different types of radiant heaters' arrangement have been considered as: single radiant heater, couple radiant heaters. For the mentioned conditions, continuity equation, momentum equations, energy equation, radiative transfer equation and species concentration equation have been solved by OpenFoam numerical solver. Also energy consumption have been evaluated in the present study. The results show that location of air outlet opening near the ceiling effects significantly on decreasing carbon dioxide concentration. As well as, usage of couple radiant heaters makes temperature distribution more uniform. The results indicate that energy consumption increases in presence of couple radiant heaters for outlet opening which is near the floor 3 percent and near the ceiling 15 percent in comparison with single radiant heater.


In this miscellaneous contribution the engineering changes introduced after the September 19 incident are revisited, in the light of a possible 5 TeV physics run, and beyond. Some of these measures need consideration as they were adapted to, or only commissioned for the initial low energy run. Also, the non conformities that need to be closed in order to be able to run at 5 TeV will be reviewed.


A new pomegranate clone ZX03-1 with the characteristics of large-fruit-grain,late-maturing was selected from local pomegranate resources during the period 2003—2008.With the red fruit surface of ZX03-1,its weight of a single fruit was ranged from 412 g to 474 g,the average was 450 g and the largest was 1432 g.The weight of 100-grain varied from 76.3 g to 83.5 g,with an average of 81.4 g,and the largest was 92.6 g.The content of soluble solids was varied from 15% to 16% and the seeds were softer than the common cultivar.The fruit was matured in late October and could be stored until next February by the special treatment in indoor with a temperature above 5℃.Top grafting ZX03-1 buds on 4-year Daqingpitian pomegranate trees,the average length of new shoot was about 110 cm and the average diameter of basal was about 1.2 cm.The average yield was 45.5 kg per tree in the fifth year after grafting.The survival rate of plantlets was reached 98.5% when hardwood cutting on the media(turf 1∶vermiculite 1∶river sand 1).Using one-year-old cutting seedlings to establish the orchard,the plant flowering rate was 100%,the fruit set percentage was 95%,and the average yield was 3.7 kg per tree in next year.The results of five years study in the new orchard showed that the average yield of single plant,100-grain weight and soluble solid content of ZX03-1 was increased by 42.3%,73.6% and 5.5%,respectively compared with the Daqingpitian,and increased by 0.2%,52.1% and 3.4%,respectively compared with the Taishanhong.The average single fruit mass of ZX03-1 was 450 g and increased by 12.1% and 5.4% respectively compared with Daqingpitian and Taishanhong.The average hardness degree of ZX03-1 seeds was 9.75 kg decreased by 4.4% and 3.8% compared with the Daqingpitian and the Taishanhong,respectively.


The bachelor thesis deals with the comparison of two Czech translations of selected stories from Dubliners by Irish writer James Joyce. The thesis is based on the translations by Zdeněk Urbanek and Aloys Skoumal. The thesis is divided into two main parts, the practical part and the theoretical part. The theoretical part focuses on the author of the original text and on the theory of translation. The practical part deals with the comparison of selected parts of the text. The aim of the thesis is to point out the basic differences between both translations and the original text.


Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: The Unfolding Legacy of 9/11 Chapter 3 Part I: The Impact of 9/11 on America's Domestic Character: 9/11's Effects on the Mental Health of America Youth of Civic & Public Engagement: Pre & Post 9/11 The Effects of 9/11 on America's Cities The Impact of 9/11 on the American News Media Chapter 4 Part II: The Impact of 9/11 on the Global Landscape: How the Middle East Has Changed Since 9/11 9/11 and the Americas: End of an Era? The Impact of 9/11 on European-American Relations Pakistan & 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: Back form the Brink Global Chapter 5 Conclusion: 9/11: Remembering, Reflecting, and Responding


The electrocoagulation of fipronil (insecticide) contaminated wastewater by Iron anodes has been investigated. During the various stages of electrolysis, parameters such as COD, chloride ion concentration, Fluoride were examined and discussed. The maximum chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency 70 %, chloride 62%, fluoride 40% was achieved at pH 7, operated at the current density of 7.5 mA/cm2, electrolyte (NaCl) concentration of .1M and at 120 min of electrolysis using iron anode. A neutral pH showed the maximum reduction of COD compared with alkaline and acidic pH. Increase in current density and process time led to the increase in COD removal. The experimental results showed that the electrochemical oxidation process could effectively reduce the COD from the fipronil contaminated wastewater. The degradation of fipronil was analyzed and confirmed by GC-MS and intermediate produced during the process.


Background Mucinoses of the skin are a group of disorders sharing accumulation of mucin in the skin or hair follicles. Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation, with pigmentary incontinence, is due to loss of melanin from epidermal basal cells and its accumulation in dermal macrophages.


S oils are major determinants of societal development, stability, and sustainability. Indeed, the nature of specific regional soils can determine the success or failure of societal development. An example of such a highly important regional soil is the red soils of south China, which covers approximately 102 million ha (approximately 27% of the total cultivated land of China) in the tropical and subtropical regions of China and supports approximately 43% of the country's population (see "Coadaptation of Plants to Multiple Stresses in Acidic Soils" by X. Q. Zhao et al. in this issue). This special issue of Soil Science is the product of discussions of soil science research in the red soils of south China and their unique properties with our newest editorial board members with strong ties to the region, Dr. Weilin Huang and Dr. Fangbai Li. The red soils of south China provide an outstanding opportunity for study of the role of a fragile soil system in the feeding of a major portion of the world's population and the optimization of management for enhancement of soil productivity and sustainability. Realization of the importance of the field and laboratory research is predicated on the maxim that goals for local soil development should not be imposed upon the soil system, but rather soil management must be predicated on the nature and properties of the underlying soils. This requires a clear understanding of essential soil properties and their susceptibility to a changing environment. Soil management failures certainly have local implications, but with expanding national and international economies, local and regional soil management decisions can have major impacts on the maintenance of a sound, resilient worldwide food supply network. Thus, it is with great pleasure that Soil Science presents current examples of the studies of these red soils of China, the complications associated with their management, and the challenges for stewardship directed at maintaining system productivity as well as sustainability. The selections offered in this issue provide an understanding of the unique properties, their impact on the larger national plan for soil stewardship, and the difficulties that arise from past soil management. Examples of current research


In order to control the Diels-Alder reactivity of the very labile title compound 1, experiments designed to modify the carbonyl group have been carried out. Diazomethane reacts with 1 in cold methanol to give a spirooxirane which undergoes Diels-Alder dimerization orders of magnitude slower than dienone 1 at room temperature. Trimethylsilyl cyanide yields a trimethylsilyl cyanohydrin, a stable derivative of 1 that dimerizes only at elevated temperatures, yet retains reactivity as a Diels-Alder diene


The control and eradication of cyanobacterial blooms has long been a goal of environmental scientists and those involved with water quality control due to the range of toxins which can be produced by some cyanobacteria. Some of these toxins may produce irritating effects such as "swimmers rash" whilst other cyanobacterial species produce more serious toxins, some of which may be lethal in humans (eg saxotoxin produced by Anabaena spp. and microcystins produced by Microcystis spp.).[1] However, the potential of toxins for therapeutic purposes is also well known. Indeed, drugs have often been described as toxins used at therapeutic doses and toxicity has been used as an indicator of medicinal potential in many previous drug discovery studies. Therefore, it is not entirely surprising that medicinally important properties linked to a cyanobacterial toxin have recently been demonstrated. It was recently reported that one cyanobacterial family (Symploca) secretes a toxin (largazole) with anti-tumor activity against colon, bone and breast cancer cells.[2] In contrast, largazole, had little effect in normal cell lines. This group has also undertaken in vivo studies in mice induced to produce colorectal tumors, demonstrating the ability of largazole to slow tumor progression. Further studies have identified inhibition of ubiquitin activating enzyme (E1) as a probable mechanism for the anticancer activity of largazole.[3] The example of largazole shows the potential of toxins in the treatment of disease states such as cancer. It also indicates the potential of a source of natural drugs that has been largely overlooked previously – those from aquatic organisms.


Vision-based driver assistance systems have great potential for preventing fatalities. This work addresses the problem of 3D monocular vehicle tracking and turn rate estimation in situations where vehicles need to be tracked along intersections and curves. To estimate the tracked vehicle's turn rate, an approach based on image feature correspondences and a simplified geometric vehicle model is used. The model is robustly and efficiently fitted to the matched image features using an improved RANSAC scheme that automatically enforces physically plausible vehicle motions and speeds up the overall system at the same time. Temporal integration of the computed turn rates is performed by an Extended Kalman Filter with the bicycle motion model. Experiments with real world data show the applicability and robustness of the proposed concepts.


Foro Internacional (special issue on Cuba). Julio-Septiembre 2003, vol. XLIII, No. 3 (173). El Centro de Estudios Internationales de El Colegio de Mexico, 2003.This issue of the venerable quarterly journal of the Colegio de Mexico is devoted entirely to contemporary Cuba and in particular to the mounting pressures on the Castro regime that have recently arisen both internally and internationally. On the domestic side it covers the inadequacies of the economic system (Perez-Lopez); the nature of the challenge posed by the emerging dissident movement (Fernandez); as well as how the rigidities of the political regime cloud the succession (Perez-Stable). The international topics covered include the various aspects of the conflict with the United States (Falcoff, Kaufman Purcell, Roy, and a particularly interesting contribution by Portes on the Cuban Amercian political machine in Miami); together with Cuba's deteriorating relations with Canada (Warren); with Mexico (Covarrubias); and with international organizations (Heller). Dominguez offers a relatively upbeat comparative overview. This is a well-structured compilation of thoughtful essays by leading scholars, and it encompasses a diversity of viewpoints (although not including any defenders of the Castro regime). The papers were first presented at a conference in Colmex in March 2002, and although they have been updated they could not anticipate Havana's intensified isolation during 2003. Key relations with South America (especially the Venezuela of Chavez and Lula's Brazil) are also missing, as are the repercussions of the Iraq war. It is the nature of such scholarly enterprises that they lag behind the pace of political events, especially in times of turbulence.The demise of the Castro regime has been predicted so long and so often that one must hesitate to conclude that this time the end really is nigh. Yet the patriarch had definitely reached late autumn. Whatever the endgame the long period since the disintegration of the Soviet bloc has already revealed or confirmed various idiosyncrasies that were partially masked from view by the ideological climate of the Cold War. Other communist regimes have proved more flexible in matters of economic reform. Other revolutionary movements have either evolved or disintegrated in the face of evidence contradicting their foundational myths. Other personalist rulers have sought to avert a succession crisis by creating usable institutions (i.e., procedural rules offering at least some space for participation by the "moderate" opposition). None of these alternative paths have found favor with the aging comandante. This volume provides a rich array of clues to help explain why not. But most of the essays approach this central question obliquely. Two major lines of explanation suggest themselves. In various ways the chapters on United States-Cuban relations all hint that the key to Cuba's deviant path may lie with the nationalist passions stirred by Havana's emotional defiance of Washington. But the chapters on Cuba's recent relations with Canada, Mexico, and the European Union raise a doubt over this. …


Comparative electrocardiography, cardiac function, gross morphometry and ultrastructural aspects were examined in rats fed a mineral adequate diet or a diet restricted in either dietary copper (<lmg/kg), iron (4mg/kg) or selenium (<0.1mg/kg) for six weeks postweanling. No significant differences were observed in regard to electrocardiograms and gross morphometry of the hearts. The copper-restricted group recorded a significantly lower left ventricular +dP/dtmax in comparison to the mineral adequate diet group. Ultrastructural alterations were readily apparent in the copper and iron restricted cardiac myocytes and subtly apparent in the selenium restricted cardiac myocytes. Both the copperand iron-restricted rats had comparatively greater mitochondrial volume densities and increased mitochondria: myofibril ratios than the mineral adequate group. All three mineral-restricted groups displayed a lower myofibril volume density compared to


Background Aortic dissection is one of the most common aortic catastrophes. Although newer diagnostic methods as exemplified by image diagnostic techniques have greatly improved the diagnosis of aortic dissection, the diagnosis is still frequently missed today because the signs and symptoms of the disease are at times obscure. A reliable biochemical diagnostic method for aortic dissection would be beneficial. Methods and Results A novel biochemical diagnostic method for diagnosis of aortic dissection was developed that uses an immunoassay of monoclonal antibodies to smooth muscle myosin heavy chain. A prospective study was conducted to ascertain the usefulness of the method in the diagnosis of aortic dissection. Twenty-seven patients with aortic dissection admitted within the first 24 hours after onset were enrolled. Serial assay of serum smooth muscle myosin heavy chain showed significant elevations within the first 24 hours after onset of aortic dissection, with levels exceeding 10 ng/mL, with subsequen...


This dissertation analyzes the importance of institutions for economic performance. The first two chapters assess the importance of institutions empirically, while the last one provides a dynamic model of institutional change. Chapter 1 analyzes the robustness of institutions in growth regressions by means of the Bayesian Model Averaging methodology to find that institutions and public health are important and robust determimants of economic growth. Chapter 2 assesses the importance of institutional variables for determining income per capita in OECD countries by means of introducing new instrumental variables. Given the paramount role of institutions for economic development established in the first two chapters and, more importantly, in prominent recent contributions to the literature, the last chapter tries to answers the question why countries trying to improve their institutional framework may fail.


The continuative of Xinjiang Chinese dialect has two parallel formal markers, that is, "di" and "di-ne". They appear in different sentences and have varied syntactic positions, showing different grammatical functions and meanings. This paper is a further analysis of the "dine" structure as well as an investigation of the syntactic condition of "di" and "di-ne" and their functions and meanings.


Three flavonoids were isolated and identified using different spectroscopic procedures from the fruits of Tribulus terrestris L. viz. Querctin-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1```-6``)–O-β-D-glucopyranosoide, Quercetin and Isorhamentin-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1```-6``)–O-β-Dglucopyranosoide. The last compound is reported for the first time in the fruits under investigation. Qualitative and quantitative determination of flavonoids and phenolic acids of the total alcoholic extract, different solvent extractives and isolated compounds in addition to their antioxidant activity adopting the DPPH method are presented. The results revealed that the total alcoholic, n –butanol and ethyl acetate fractions as well as rutin and quercetin have potent free radical scavenging activity (IC50 = 64.0 ± 2.45, 240.4 ± 5.61, 280.9 ± 4.28, 12.1± 1.13 and 11.2 ± 0.81 μg/ml respectively). Moreover, the antimicrobial and antifungal activities of the total alcoholic extract, its subfractions and isolated compounds showed that they possessed non-significant antifungal activity. However, the butanol and ethyl acetate fractions in addition to the quercetin exerted potent antimicrobial activity against all investigated strains.


One kind of zirconium alloy sheet and strip rolling lubricant temperature, using 68 Total loss system oil as a base oil, with a variety of complex additives. Including anti-wear agents, oiliness agents, friction modifiers, antioxidants preservatives, anti-foaming agents, demulsifiers, detergents, dispersants, metal deactivators. Effective cooling, lubrication, cleaning, diffusion and reduce the degree of roll sticky zirconium, reduce the friction coefficient, easy oil removal, annealing and pickling bases, reduce the damage caused by the strip surface tack and avoid blackening phenomenon may occur lubricants.


U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS A Succinimide composition is prepared by reacting a mixture of an alkenyl or alkylsuccinic acid derivative, an unsaturated 3,172,892 3/1965 Le Suer et al. ...................... 260/326.5 acidic reagent copolymer, and a polyamine under reactive 3. 1.E. NE al. ... 3.s conditions. The alkenyl or alkyl substituent of the alkenyl or 3.381022 2.1968 al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260/.1.4s alkylsuccinic acid derivative has a Mn of from 1000 to 5000. ... 252/32.7 The unsaturated acidic reagent copolymer is a copolymer of 3,912,764 10/1975 Palmer, Jr. ........ ... 260/346.8 an unsaturated acidic reagent and an alkylene group. That 4,234,435 11/1980 Meinhardt et al. ... 252,515 A alkylene group can be an O-olefin having 8 to 42 carbon 4,612,132 9/1986 Wollenberg et al. .............. 252/51.5 A atoms, a polyalkylene having from 8 to 28 carbon atoms, 4,747,965 5/1988 Wollenberg et al. . ... 252/51.5 A ethylene, Styrene, 1,3-butadiene, Vinyl alkyl ether having at 5,112,507 5/1992 Harrison ............ ... 252/51.5. A least 3 carbon atoms, or vinyl alkanoate having at least 4 5,241,003 8/1993 Degonia et al. ........................ 525/123 carbon atoms. The polyamine has at least three nitrogen 5,266,186 11/1993 Kaplan .............. 208/48 AA atoms and 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The mixture contains from 3,455,827 7/1969 Mehmedbasich .


The kidney glomerular capillary wall filters blood plasma, yielding a dilute filtrate that is subsequently modified and concentrated by the nephron tubular epithelium during the process of urine formation. The glomerular filtration barrier itself consists of: (a) an inner fenestrated vascular endothelium; (b) outer epithelial podocyte layer with regular, interdigitating cytoplasmic extensions (foot processes) and associated slit diaphragms; and (c) an intervening basement membrane between the endothelial and podocyte layers (glomerular basement membrane [GBM]). This unique three‐layered structure restricts passage of plasma albumin, which, along with larger serum proteins, are retained in the circulation, and only trace amounts are normally found in the proximal filtrate.


Cochlear implants must be inserted carefully to avoid damaging the delicate anatomical structures of the inner ear. This has motivated several approaches to improve the safety and efficacy of electrode array insertion by automating the process with specialized robotic or manual insertion tools. When such tools are used, they must be positioned at the entry point to the cochlea and aligned with the desired entry vector. This paper presents an image guidance system capable of accurately positioning a cochlear implant insertion tool. An optical tracking system localizes the insertion tool in physical space while a graphical user interface incorporates this with patient- specific anatomical data to provide error information to the surgeon in real-time. Guided by this interface, novice users successfully aligned the tool with an mean accuracy of 0.31 mm.


In this study, a sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed to measure the concentration of cord factor (CF) antigen of M. tuberculosis in the pleural fluids of 42 patients with tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE). The assay was also simultaneously performed in 43 pleural fluid specimens with malignant pleural effusion (MPE). The assay detected CF antigen in 83.3% in patients with TPE effusion in whom M. tuberculosis was not demonstrated in pleural fluid specimens by bacteriological methods. The data also indicated that cord factor antigen was not present in significant titres in any one of the 43 pleural fluids of patients with MPE. It is concluded that estimation of cord factor of M. tuberculosis in pleural fluid specimens by the sandwich ELISA as developed in this study will support the diagnosis of tuberculous aetiology in pleural fluids, particularly in those patients in whom M. tuberculosis was not demonstrated by bacteriological methods.

 Key words: Pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE), Mycobacterium tuberculosis, cord factor (CF) antigen, trehalose 6,6' dimycolate, enzyme-linked-immunosorbent assay (ELISA), malignant pleural effusion (MPE) specificity.


─ One type of orbital angular momentum (OAM) reflectarray antenna is presented to radiate the electromagnetic wave with beam vorticity. Microstrip double square loops are adopted as the element for the proposed reflectarray. Reflect phase of the elements with various sizes are analyzed by HFSS software with periodic boundary condition and Floquet mode. Then massive elements with different sizes are arranged helically to form the reflectarray, transforming the incident spherical wave into a vortex phase front. Several OAM reflectarray examples with different OAM mode and different feed mode are designed and fabricated. The phase patterns of far-zone field are simulated by FEKO software and measured by near-field scanning system, which demonstrates the phase singularity and vortex. Index Terms ─ Orbital angular momentum, reflectarray antenna, vortex electromagnetic wave.


Over the last few decades, the concepts of significance, contextuality and polysemy in museum collections have been repeatedly discussed within the international museum field. In this article, we develop and discuss a methodology for operationalizing these concepts in practical collection work. By collaborating with different communities in assigning meaning to collections, we combine the significance assessment of museum collections with citizen science. Through a number of experiments, we explore collaborations between museums and different communities and find that significance assessment as citizen science adds new perspectives to and creates co-ownership of museum collections and thereby democratizes the museums as public institutions.


Part of the avant-garde Origin Group in Rome in the Fifties, Alberto Burri championed the use of found non-art materials and made bold artistic inventions. This book takes a close look at Burri's entire output, which consists of a variety of works that range from monumental sculpture to painting cycles. Although he originally trained as a physician, Burri gave up his profession in 1944 to dedicate himself to painting.


Greece is a member of both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU), having joined in 1952 and 198 1 respectively. In the pursuit of national security, it has, over the years, allocated substantial human and material resources to defense.' The Greek defense burden, that is, military expenditure as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), has invariably been appreciably higher than the EU and NATO averages. It is not surprising to note, therefore, that Greece has attracted considerable attention in defense economics literature.2 In defense economics literature, several factors are used as explanatory determinants of military expendit~re.~ Econometric models of the demand for military expenditure typically assume that such expenditure is determined by GDP, threat(s), aid £rom allies and other variables that allow for the effects of the domestic political agenda on such expendit~res.~ Not surprisingly in the case of Greece, defense economics studies have concentrated on external security determinants stemming from the ongoing Greek-Turkish conflict over several issues important to both countries. This being the case, the recent improvements in Greek-Turkish bilateral relations have not as yet resulted in any reductions in defense expenditures. In fact, Greek defense spending has continued to grow in real terms.


Objective To investigate the depressive conditions of MS Patients and formulate corresponding nursing strategies. Methods Of all the 46 patients,Self-rating depression scale made by Zung was used for assessing the depressive conditions by questionnaire. Results We find out the incidence of depression is 56. 5% which is not related to age,sex and occupation. Conclusion There is a higher depression rate in MS patients,According to this,it is necessary to raise and work out nursing strategies.


Abstract Issue It is estimated, that 11000 - 14000 people that live in Zurich do not have health insurance. For the vaccination against Covid-19 in Switzerland one had to register oneself on a website (Vacme) with your address and a Swiss health insurance number was required. This systematically excluded any people without insurance or Sans Papiers. Description To address this issue the city physician service Zurich organized a vaccination program for the uninsured from 14.06.2021 onward. To achieve this a code which could be used instead of the regular insurance number was organized and the staff recorded personal information of patients on site to remove language and technological barriers. Furthermore, the Police department was informed and agreed not to circulate the area of the vaccination service on vaccination days to minimize access-barriers for patients without legal residency. Results Between 14.06.2021 and 19.02.2022, 880 people came for vaccination of which 603 were clearly identifiable as individuals from vulnerable populations with no insurance. After initial organization, other vaccination centers in Switzerland were able to use the substitute number to vaccinate people without health insurance as well.. Lessons There is a sizeable amount of people living without registration or/and health insurance. It is therefore critical not to forget these people when organizing public health measures, especially when addressing a pandemic or other infectious diseases (HIV, Hep C). Non-insurance is a known issue for universal access to care. Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the hold crew of the ambulatorium kanonengasse at SAD Key messages • When fighting a pandemic it is of utmost importance to reach as many people as possible. • Acess must be possible also for vulnernable people.


This paper analyzes lightning overvoltage spikes in an internal network of a large power plant. The cases considered are direct stroke to the phase conductor of the connected power transmission line and back flashover resulting from the lightning stroke to the transmission tower or shield wire. To investigate the transmitted overvoltages through transformers, high frequency models of the transformers are used. The voltage rise at the secondary side of each connected transformer at different voltage levels in the house load network of the power generation plant is analyzed. Protective measures are compared in order the study how to mitigate the transferred overvoltage at the different house load power system levels and to ensure that the impulse voltage is within the basic insulation level (BIL) of the connected equipment. Simulations using different combinations of protective surge arrestors and protective capacitors are done and recommendations on overvoltage protection are presented.


Objective To observe the effect of inhibiting and promoting apoptosis of astragalus polysaccharides on gastric cancer cell.Method Subculture was carried on by poorly differentiated gastric adenocarcinoma cell line MKN45 and highly differentiated gastric adenocarcinoma cell line MKN28 in RPMI1640 culture solution.After 24 hrs of culture logarithmic phase cell were treated with different concentration of astragalus polysaccharides and Celebrex.The cell cycle,apoptosis,and cell proliferation of both MKN45 and MKN28 were studied by flow cytometry(FCM) and MTT assay,respectively.Result Astragalus polysaccharides and Celebrex can inhibit cell proliferation of both MKN45 and MKN28.The inhibitory effect showed that a dose-,time-dependent manner.Proliferation of both MKN45 and MKN28 in different concentration Celebrex groups were lower than that in negative control group after 24hrs,48hrs of adding drug(P0.01).Proliferation of both MKN45 and MKN28 in 5-20 mg/mL astragalus polysaccharides groups were also lower than that in negative control group after 24hrs,48hrs of adding drug(P0.01).Proliferation of both MKN45 and MKN28 in 2~2.5 mg/mL astragalus polysaccharides groups were lower than that in negative control group after 24hrs,48hrs of adding drug(P0.05).Astragalus polysaccharides can induce apoptosis of MKN45,and block MKN45 cell cycle at G1 stage.There was no obvious effect on cell apoptosis and cycle of MKN28.Celebrex can induce apoptosis of MKN45.There was no obvious effect on cell apoptosis of MKN28 and cell cycle of both MKN45 and MKN28.Conclusion Astragalus polysaccharides can inhibit proliferation of gastric cancer cell.Influencing cell cycle and inducing apoptosis may be one of the mechanisms.


The utility model discloses a Z-shaped sparking plug lateral electrode, which comprises a sparking plug metal casing, a center electrode and a lateral electrode, wherein the lateral electrode is welded on the metal casing of the sparking plug, characterized in that terminal port of the sparking plug metal casing extends to length almost same with the center electrode so as to make the ceramic isolator not exposed from the casing; terminal port that extends out from the protruding metal casing is provided with a lateral electrode groove, and the lateral electrode groove is provided with a lateral electrode in Z shape, and the 'Z'-shaped lateral electrode and the lateral electrode groove are welded as a whole, and in vertical position with the center electrode, forming a reasonable gap. Width of the 'Z'-shaped lateral electrode is 3.2+/-0.05mm.


The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current status and existing problems for investigation and management of the unplanned woodland in East China. On this basis,the paper puts forward the countermeasures and suggestions on improving the unplanned woodlands investigation and management. To promote the growth of regional forest resources,it has the reference significance.


In January 1935, at the Teatro Comico in Madrid, Eduardo Marquina premieres La Dorotea. Comedia en verso, en tres jornadas, inspirada en la famosa obra de Lope de Vega . This study analyzes the Catalan author's drama and its intertextual relationships with the Fenix's text, as well as the reception of the play in the context of the tricentenary of Lope's death.


This study reports on a mixed-methods research project into self- and peer-formative assessment of student-generated podcasts in a group of 18 undergraduate students. The aim was to determine whether there were any gains in the spoken comprehensibility of the participants while having them reflect on and adjust their use of suprasegmentals (thought groups, sentence stress, and intonation). Data were gathered from student logs, student-generated podcasts, and a questionnaire. Results unveiled the exhibition of self-regulated behaviours and gains in comprehensibility. This study highlights the importance of helping learners look critically and reflectively at their own oral production and of incorporating training on suprasegmentals within English as a foreign language courses to help learners communicate more effectively within a globalised context.


The principal nerve entrapment syndromes in foot include those symptom complexes that are primarily neurologic in origin and result from embarrassment to any of peripheral nerve trunk or branches of foot. It is universally accepted axiom that the nerve supply to any muscle, particularly in an extremity, is of definite surgical importance. A frequent variation in this regard calls for surgeon's attention in order to avoid error in the judgment. In the present study both feet of 30 embalmed cadavers were dissected to show frequency of occurrence and anatomical variation of communicating branch of lateral plantar nerve. The communicating branch was present in 33.33% limbs. With no large gender based differences, branches occurred bilaterally in all. Formation of communicating branch has been thought to explain occurrence of this nerve of painful neurofibroma, the syndrome of which is known as Morton's toe. The neuroma was not detected in present study.


During September through November of 2006, in-store intercept surveys of consumers who buy live seafood in retail markets in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania revealed that the average live seafood consumer makes 6.2 visits per month, spends $14.80 per visit on live seafood, travels 7.8 miles mainly by car, and is purchasing for 3.7 people in his or her household. Consumers value physical appearance of the product over price, generally have no preference for either "Product of the USA" or imported, and generally have no preference for either wild-caught or farm-raised. Many had no preference whether their fish was alive or dead before leaving the store, but if the fish is to be slaughtered in-store, preferred to have their fish gutted or filleted. Consumers generally prefer to purchase live seafood during the winter months and on either a Friday or Saturday.


The primary objective of this work is to determine the possible effects of ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) on selected industries in Malaysia i.e. the automotive, palm oil and banking Industries. The descriptive statistic is used to analyze the insights of the industry's background. The reliability test is used to measure the reliability of scale in part B, C, and D of the questionnaire. Next, the Chi-Square of Independence is used to analyze the data obtained from the sample i.e to examine the perceived impact of AFTA. The findings show that the impact of AFTA strongly depends on the individual industries. It is statistically evident that AFTA could bring direct negative impact on the automotive industry and positive impact on the palm oil and banking Industries in Malaysia. In general, AFTA brings positive impact on all these selected industries.


This study aims at developing "A Hundred Songs and Games Book" for the ELT students at IAIN Jember. Considering students teaching competency is believed to be a powerful way to make students be a professional teacher in the future. One of the teacher competencies that students need to have is the ability of using creative and innovative learning material especially for the teaching of young learners. This book is the solution for the references deficiency of English songs and games for the teaching of young learners. That is why this research is done through the development of a book which is based on the needs of sources to make an effective and enjoyable learning process. This research is developed by the use of Design and Development (D&D) model. The data obtained from the experts judgment evaluation result, which is available of the expert judgment checklist. All data are both analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively using mean score and Alpha Cronbach formula. The study categorized as a succeed study since the developed material met the criteria of a suitable learning material and supported by good statistical result.