There are numerous modeling and simulation environments based on DEVS formalism. Due to the incompatible modeling grammars, it has been a challenge to reuse models in different DEVS implementations. Existing XML-based model representations lack general expressions of the behavior of DEVS models and only support one type of DEVS formalism. In this paper, a modeling ontology named DEVSMO is proposed. DEVSMO uses structured programming theory to express the programming logic and uses MathML to express the mathematical models in the model behavior. Structured programming theory and MathML provide a set of standard terminologies, so the generality of model representation is improved. Furthermore, DEVSMO supports both classic and parallel DEVS formalisms and has good reusability for other formalisms. Three cases are developed to test DEVSMO in the usability of expressing model structure and model behavior and in the reusability for further extension.


Let f(z)=z+a_2z~+a_3z~3+…∈ F_λ~*(α,β),where F_λ~*(α,β)denote a new class of univalent functions which was defined by Ruscheweyh derivatives.In this paper,we obtained the sharp upper bounds of(?)a_3 -μα_2~2


AIM: To observe the antiproliferative effect of c-myc antisense oligonucleotide in rat thymus lymphocytes. METHODS: Rat thymus lymphocytes were separated by Ficoll-Urografin density gradient centrifugation. Lipofectin was used to introduce antisense, sense and mismatched oligonucleotides for c-myc to rat thymus lymphocytes. The antiproliferative effect was assayed by incorporation of -TdR and MTS cell proliferation assay. TR-PCR was used to detect the expression of c-myc mRNA. RESULTS: c-myc antisense oligonucleotide inhibited rat thymus lymphocytes proliferation [(0.14±0.03)A vs (0.32±0.16)A, P0.05], but this effect had no relationship with the concentration of c-myc antisense oligonucleotide. c-myc antisense oligonucleotide decreased the expression of c-myc mRNA in rat thymus lymphocytes. CONCLUSION: c-myc antisense oligonucleotide inhibited rat thymus lymphocyte proliferation.


The spatio-temporal distribution of O and H radicals in a 90 ns pulsed discharge, generated in a pin–pin geometry with a 2.2 mm gap, in He + H2O (0.1% and 0.25%), is studied both experimentally and by 1D fluid modelling. The density of O and H radicals as well as the effective lifetimes of their excited states are measured using picosecond resolution two-photon absorption laser induced fluorescence. Good agreement between experiments and modelling is obtained for the species densities. The density of O and H is found to be homogenous along the discharge axis. Even though the high voltage pulse is 90 ns long, the density of O peaks only about 1 μs after the end of the current pulse, reaching 2 × 1016 cm−3 at 0.1% H2O. It then remains nearly constant over 10 μs before decaying. Modelling indicates that the electron temperature (Te) in the centre of the vessel geometry ranges from 6 to 4 eV during the peak of discharge current, and after 90 ns, drops below 0.5 eV in about 50 ns. Consequently, during the discharge (<100 ns), O is predominantly produced by direct dissociation of O2 by electron impact, and in the early afterglow (from 100 ns to 1 μs) O is produced by dissociative recombination of O2 +. The main loss mechanism of O is initially electron impact ionisation and once T e has dropped, it becomes mainly Penning ionisation with He2* and He* as well as three-body recombination with O+ and He. On time scales of 100–200 μs, O is mainly lost by radial diffusion. The production of H shows a similar behaviour, reaching 0.45 × 1016 cm−3 at 1 μs, due to direct dissociation of H2O by electron impact (<100 ns) followed by electron–ion recombination processes (from 200 ns to 1.5 us). H is dominantly lost through Penning ionisation with He* and He2* and by electron impact ionisation, and by charge exchange with O+. Increasing concentrations of water vapour, from 0.1% to 0.25%, have little effect on the nature of the processes of H formation but trigger a stronger initial production of O, which is not currently reproduced satisfactorily by the modelling. What emerges from this study is that the built up of O and H densities in pulsed discharges continues after electron-impact dissociation processes with additional afterglow processes, not least through the dissociative recombination of O2 + and H2 +.


Artificial intelligence (AI) is being hailed by various actors, including United Nations agencies, as having the potential to alleviate poverty, reduce inequalities, and help attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).1 Many AI projects are promoted as making important contributions to health care and to reducing global and national health inequities. However, one of the risks of AI-driven health projects is that they can be singularly focused on one health problem and implemented to resolve that one problem, without consideration of how a whole health system is needed to enable any one "solution" to function in both the short and long term. Health projects that have not been designed in participation with local people have a history of failing, and externally funded development projects are especially vulnerable. In terms of human rights, such failings can be attributed to a lack of participation, an imbalance of power, and failure to observe the critically important role of key institutions such as the health system in fulfilling people's health rights. Health projects that fail can have negative consequences beyond their own failed missions, and they risk harming human rights generally and the right to health specifically. Equitable access to quality health care is dependent on a well-functioning health system; and such a system is regarded as the core institution through which the right to health can be fulfilled.2 If a new project weakens the health system, perhaps by attracting a disproportionate number of health workers to it, or overloading diagnostic or supply chain services, or drawing finances away from other core services, then it is negatively affecting state obligations to fulfill the right to health. These risks may be greatest where health systems are weakest—usually in lowand middle-income countries. This perspective argues that the way to mitigate these risks is to conduct a health rights impact assessment prior to their implementation. It introduces a tool that enables a systematic process of health rights assessment to take place.


AbstractIn recent years, there have been an increasing number of watersheds that relied on weather radars to provide accurate precipitation information for flood warning purposes. The major impetus for using a radar-based flood warning system is the increased flood warning lead time because of its wider spatial and temporal coverage when compared with rain and stream gauges alone. This paper presents a framework for a radar-based flood alert system (FAS) for the Oyster Creek Watershed to aid the City of Sugar Land in flood forecasting. Precipitation from two actual storm events in 2009 and 2010 were processed in the hydrologic model Hydrologic Engineering Center–hydrologic modeling system (HEC-HMS) to obtain storm hydrographs. After model calibration, the simulated peak flows were then inputted into the hydraulic model, Hydrologic Engineering Center river analysis system (HEC-RAS), to produce water surface elevations. The study includes two flood warning features of Sugar Land's FAS: the flood plain map l...


Inulin fructotransferase is an enzyme which converts inulin into difructose anhydride III (DFA III). Inulin fructrotransferase was produced by fermentation in medium containing various concentrations of inulin (10 g/L, 20 g/L) as carbon source, yeast extract (1 g/L, 2g/L) as organic nitrogen source and (NH4)2SO4 (2g/L, 5g/L) as inorganic nitrogen source using Nonomuraea sp. ID06-A0189. The aim of the study was to optimize the medium composition using various concentrations of carbon and nitrogen sources for inulin fructotransferase production by Nonomuraea sp. ID06-A0189, through shake flask system. Fermentation was conducted at 30 °C, pH 7.0 and agitated in 130 rpm for three days. The result showed that comparable with those found in another condition the highest enzyme activity was produced in medium using inulin as carbon source with concentration of 10 g/L, yeast extract as organic nitrogen source with concentration of 5 g/L and ammonium sulfate as inorganic nitrogen source with concentration of 2 g/L. Addition of inulin as a carbon source increased the volume of biomass by about 11.5-24 mL. The enzyme activity in the culture supernatant reached 25.3 U/mL after three days incubation.


A new method that nanometer-liposomes could penetrate the cell membrane to deliver their encapsulated material into cells was investigated.Nanometer sized-liposomes were produced from phosphatidylcholine to encapsulate fluorescent dyes and FITC labeled superoxide dismutase(SOD-FITC) by an ultrasonic method.The size distribution of liposomes was determined with a Laser Particle Analyser.The fluorescence images demonstrate that liposomes can transfer fluorescent dyes(FITC,Rhodamine B),which are not cell membrane permeable,into cells.Single cell analysis of the delivered SOD-FITC with microchip electrophoresis revealed that the density of liposomes and interaction-time between liposomes and cells affected the efficiency of intracellular delivery of encapsulated material.


Photovoltaic sources can be usefully combined with power active filters in order to regulate both the active and the reactive power injected into the mains. In this way, the system is able to compensate undesired load characteristics such as phase unbalances, power flickers, and low-order current harmonics, improving the power quality. In order to avoid an intermediate DC-DC chopper, a direct coupling between the PV panels and the DC-link of the voltage source inverter is considered in this paper. The DC-link voltage is continuously regulated between upper and lower limits for tracking the maximum power point of the PV panels. The proposed MPPT algorithm is based on real-time processing of current and voltage ripple of the PV source that is generated by the switching operation of the PWM inverter. The system performance is investigated emphasizing the transient behavior in presence of sudden variations of the solar irradiance. The theoretical developments are verified by realistic numerical simulations.


This paper addresses the problem of developing a least mean squares (LMS) style algorithm for minimizing bit error rate (BER) for updating linear/decision-feedback equalizers and multi-user detectors operating in impulsive noise environments characterized by an alpha stable distribution. The concepts build on earlier work in a Gaussian noise environment [1] and exploit some of the ideas developed in [2] for dealing with alpha stable noise as a mixture of a Gaussian and a Cauchy distribution. The development exploits the stable nature of the alpha distribution i.e. stability under linear transformation or filtering. An improvement in convergence and BER-performance is achieved by using minimum bit error rate (MBER) algorithm criterion over conventional LMS based design, as apparent from simulation results, thus making MBER criterion ideal for alpha stable noise environment.


The temporal evolution of white matter (WM) changes on MR examinations in hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids (HDLS) is largely unknown. Our purpose was to investigate the evolution of these WM changes with diffusion weighted/tensor imaging (DWI/DTI) and MR Spectroscopy (MRS).


The variational method for the calculation of the electronic polarizability of molecules within the NDDO-based semiempirical MO methods MNDO, AM1, and PM3 was parametrized to improve its accuracy. A training set of 156 compounds was used to fit 34 parameters simultaneously for 12 elements using a simplex optimization. The resulting parameters were tested for a test set of 83 molecules and the calculated polarizabilities compared with the experimental data. For AM1, the RMS deviation between experimental and calculated polarizabilities was reduced from 2.99 (using the original variational treatment) to 0.70 A3 for the test set and from 2.81 to 0.40 A3 for the training set. MNDO and PM3 gave similar improvements. ©1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem 75: 17–31, 1999


The invention discloses an ISG highly hybrid electric vehicle power assembly system and a control method thereof. The system comprises an engine, an ISG motor and a main motor. The ISG motor and the main motor are connected with an electric power diverter through a clutch respectively. The engine is mechanically connected with a central power diverter through one clutch and the electric power diverter. Power is transmitted to a drive wheel through the central power diverter and a transmission and a drive axle successively. A vehicle control unit controls combination or separation of corresponding clutches and running or stopping of the engine by controlling the difference between vehicle required torque and actual output torque of the engine to achieve work pattern conversion and power distribution. The ISG motor and the main motor work coordinately to assist the engine to operate within an efficient working area, so that the engine efficiency is improved, energy losses during the pure electric mode or regenerative braking are reduced, and the fuel economy of the whole vehicle is improved finally.


The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has resulted in a massive amount of global research on the social and human dimensions of the disease. Between academic researchers, governments, and polling firms, thousands of survey projects have been launched globally, tracking aspects like public opinion, social impacts, and drivers of disease transmission and mitigation. This deluge of research has created numerous potential risks and problems, including methodological concerns, duplication of efforts, and inappropriate selection and application of social science research techniques. Such concerns are more acute when projects are launched under the auspices of quick response, time-pressured conditions–and are magnified when such research is often intended for rapid public and policy-maker consumption, given the massive public importance of the topic.


Configuring a supply chain for a new product is a challenging task due to the lack of historical demand data and the dynamic/uncertain nature of the new product diffusion process. An integrated supply chain configuration (SCC) and new product diffusion (NPD) model is developed to explicitly account for the impact of demand dynamics during a new product's diffusion on an optimal supply chain configuration. Our hybrid NPD-SCC model allows a manufacturer to source from multiple suppliers, vendors or modes for its supply chain entities. Such a multiple-sourcing approach not only helps the manufacturer to diversify its pool of suppliers and maintain bargaining power, but also builds redundancy into the supply chain to hedge against potential demand surge and supply disruption during the new product life cycle. Through a case study and a comprehensive computational study, we find that although the single-sourcing solution is able to achieve lower unit-manufacturing cost (UMC), the multiple-sourcing approach is superior to single-sourcing on the overall supply chain performance in the environment with random supply disruptions. By building-in redundancy as multiple suppliers and modes, the resultant supply chain has less chance of being disrupted and achieves higher overall profit on average. We also draw several other managerial insights closing the gap between some supply chain operations and marketing strategies.


A blind social practice artist, describes his own work—and play—in and around museums, and volunteers his services as access coordinator to any museum willing to rise to the challenge of his provocations.  Key words: Blind artist, social practice art, blind access to museums.


Mark Sneed reviews Jon L. Berquist and Claudia V. Camp (eds), Constructions of Space I: Theory, Geography, and Narrative (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 481. Continuum, 2008. pp. i-xii + 161).


China's integration into the world economy requires a bilateral and multilateral effort. On the one hand, China needs to reform its foreign trade sector to avoid antidumping investigations and to gain better access to foreign markets, and to use its foreign trade sector as a vehicle to facilitate its overall domestic reform. On the other hand, China needs a more receptive environment, without which China's foreign trade will never be able to compete with other more advanced countries. It is rather clear that since China is IS to 20 years behind the major industrialized countries, talking in terms of a level playing field for competition is not only unrealistic but patently unfair, since fair competition requires that the competitors enjoy similar conditions. Professor FEINERMAN: We move next from the international law changes and their effect on the domestic to the domestic law changes and their effect on the international, with the presentation of Zhi-ying Fang, who will speak on the recently passed law on cooperative joint ventures. As many of you may know, the very first of the modern laws that began the legal reforms of China almost a decade ago was the 1979 Equity Joint Venture Law. That was really the herald of this period of China's reentry into the international economic sphere. With this recently passed Cooperative Joint Venture Law, we now have the third of a triumvirate of laws that encourage foreign direct investment in China, which began with the Equity Joint Venture Law in 1979, continued in 1986 with the Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise Law, and now is complete with the Cooperative Joint Venture Law which just passed China's National People's Congress last week.


While there are many successful teaching strategies for engaging students in the online environment, several key components continuously rise to the top. Over years of teaching in online and academic classrooms, the workshop facilitators will share the pedagogics that have proven to work effectively time and again. Learning is an interactive, interative process. At this workshop, you will learn about the successful strategies employed to engage students online and share some of the strategies you use that lead to successful student engagement. Objectives of the workshop include: To reiterate one's own successful teaching strategies; to learn new teaching strategies; to understand what students need to engage in success participatory learning.


Two high heat capacity fuels are under consideration for the upgrade of the Annular Core Pulse Reactor. These fuels are BeO-UO{sub 2} and (UC-ZrC)- graphite. An extensive in-pile testing program is being conducted to develop both fuels for use in the central portion of a two region core. A major part of the testing program is directed at maximizing the failure resistance of the candidate fuels when subjected to rapid pulse heating. The high heat capacity fuel element will replace a part of the present U-ZrH{sub 1.62} fuel and is limited to the same outer dimensions as the current fuel element. The in-pile testing program utilizes fuel pellets with a diameter of 3.3 cm. The specimens are pulse heated in the ACPR to the temperature range required for use in the upgraded reactor and the post test condition is examined to determine the degree of cracking. Since large thermal stresses are induced by these tests, various fuel fabrication techniques and geometry changes have been examined. The results of these tests have shown that a dual-slotted annulus configuration can be used with both BeO-UO{sub 2} and (UC-ZrC)- graphite to reduce thermal stresses and improve the survival of an individual specimen. Bothmore » single and multiple pulse tests are being performed. The fuels testing results is being used to develop the fuel element design which is complicated by high operating temperatures which are up to 1500 deg. C for the BeO-UO{sub 2} and 2000 deg. C or above for the (UC-ZrC)-graphite. The fuel element design requires an insulating liner between the fuel and clad to prevent excessive clad temperatures. The liner materials are molybdenum for the BeO-UO{sub 2} fuel element and graphite for the (UC-ZrC)-graphite fuel element. In-pile testing of prototype fuel elements is anticipated. (author)« less


Healthcare system information is grown an exponential manner. Current management of data base cannot adequately manage the database. Important issues are maintaining huge amount of data. Big data is the solution for managing data base. In the health care system finding patient similarity is the one major problem. Current methods are not satisfied finding similarity between the patients record because of different data sources. The score based simple algorithm has been proposed for improve the accuracy with high confidence and reduces the execution time.


This article deals with the research of systemic mechanism on the basis of modeling different language systems. The systemic mechanism is confined to the triad «langue /parole / langage». Language investigations are bound to this mechanism.


School books about history of Chinese literature hardly talk about ancient "Liuyanshi"(a poem with six characters to a line).This article analyies the ancient "Liuyanshi" and its metre during Han,Wei,Northern and Southern Dynasties to expound its emergence and metrical process.


WebME is an Web-based integrated modeling environment that implements a multi-facetted modeling approach to mathematical model representation and management. Key features of WebME include the following: (i) sharing of modeling knowledge on the Web, (ii) a user-friendly interface for creating, maintaining, and solving models, (iii) independent management of mathematical models from conceptual models, (iv) object-oriented conceptual blackboard concept, (v) multi-facetted mathematical modeling modeling, and (vi) declarative representation of mathematical knowledge. This paper presents details of design and implementation issues that were encountered in the development of WebME.


The theory of the broadening of ESR spectral lines arising from fluctuations in the isotropic and anisotropic g factors and hyperfine tensors is discussed. Particular attention is paid to the case where the molecule has several equivalent nuclei and the spectrum, therefore, has degenerate lines, i.e., several transitions of the same frequency corresponding to different nuclear states. A mean linewidth T2γ—1 is calculated for each degenerate set, and the significance of this quantity is discussed. Certain special cases where the relaxation matrix is diagonal in a spin‐state basis are discussed, and the linewidths for each component line of the degenerate set is obtained. The Redfield and the Kubo and Tomita theories are compared, and the limitations of the latter in dealing with degenerate lines is analyzed.


Exposure to high K+ medium transforms Chara plasmalemma into [K+]o—sensitive state (K+ state). The current-voltage (I/V) characteristics under such conditions display a negative conductance region. This feature results from the complex time and voltage dependence of K+ channel opening At potentials more negative than a threshold p.d. the channels are closed and the I/V characteristics become linear with a low slope conductance of ~ 08 S m2 and only a weak dependence on [K + ] o. Such behaviour is usually associated with a non-specific leak current The threshold level for K+ channel closing depends on [K + ] o. In 2-0 mol m~3 and 5-0 mol irT3 K+ medium the membrane resting p.d. follows £K, but hyperpolarizes gradually if the [K + ]o is lowered. The proton pump thus appears to be non-operative, while the cell is in the K.+ state, and recovers slowly as the cell is returned to a low K.+ medium. Excitation currents decline if the cells are kept in K + state for some hours.


subdivisions of the artery, and the more localized the area oE faulty blood supply is likely to be and the smaller the detect in the field. Many cases are not so well defined as these, but a quadrant defect more or less complete in the fields of vision is not infrequent. The defect may be only slight and partial, or it may approach towards a complete hemianopsia by implication of the adjoining vertical quadrant, or it may be irregular. It must be admitted that the sense of sight is an extremely-complicated pbysiological process, especially in man, while the lesions made by pathological changes are very rarely sufficiently localized to provide for a fine subdivision of physiological values of the different portions of the visual area. But we have ample data from po8t mortem examinations to be certain on general lines that the visual field is primarily represented on the mesial surface of the* occipital lobe along the calcarine fissure. Moreover, it is probable that the area of cortex above and below the fissure respectively represent the lower and upper quadrants of the field. In Foster's case of bilateral hemianopsiathere was symmetrical damage of the mesial surface of both occipital lobes, and fibres internal to 'and below the lateral ventricle, including the inferior longitudinal bundle, were destroyed. The apex of the cuneus and hinder end of the calcarine were left intact. In' this case the central macular vision was maintained. An important means for localizing intracranial mischief is the use of the perimeter to ascertain the condition of the visual field and its defects. It is certain that hemianopsia may'occur without being necessarily an early symptom offurther brain trouble. I have men a number of patients who with more or less defect in the visual fields have been 'able to do useful work apparently without discomfort, and who have remained without any other evidence of disease for many years. The common cause in localized cases is, I expect, embolism of some twig of the calcarine artery. The onset is usually sudden, the patient has slight brain disturbance for some "days, and' then recovers. The obstrueted area undergoes atrophy and causes the patient no discomfort except his loss of localized visual area. But hemianopsia may be a part of a spreading lesion, the first symptom of a thrombosis which will lead to a progressive softening, or of a commencing tumour, which causes pressure upon some part of 'the' visual' cortex or radiations, or upon the optic tract. Increase in the size of the morbid growth will probably cause increased defect in the visual field, as well as more vascularization or swelling in the optic nerve. Trephining, made safe by antiseptics, may be necessary in primary injuries, for fracture, abscesses, haemorrl*ge, and discharging cortical areas in epilepsy. Cysts may be relieved and old gummata removed. Cases of tumour will die if not interfered with, and though some may be malignant and too deep for removal, still others may be on the surface and more easy than might be expected, while, on the other hand, necropsy may show that operation would have saved the patient. For the study of the blood supply to the brain struc tures concerned in vision, I would refer to the splendid work of Dr. Beevor. A simple summary may here be given. The optic chiasma and nerves are supplied by the posterior communicating and the anterior cerebral arteries. The anterior choroidal artery, which ends in the choroidal plexus of the lateral ventricle, supplies the optic tract, the posterior portion of the internal capsule, especially its retrolenticular fibres, and the origin of the optic radiations. The chief artery for supply, however, is the posterior cerebral; it assists -in forming the choroidal plexus, it supplies the corpora geniculata, the corpora quadrigemina, the pulvinar, the fornix and the splenium, with the anterior portion of the optic radiations, though not quite up to their origin. The mesial surface of the occipital lobe is entirely supplied by the posterior cerebral, which terminates in two branches, the occipito-parietal and the cacarine; theygoto the lingual and cuneate gyri, the fusiform and gyrus quadratus, the pole of the occipital lobe and other parts of the visual cortex. The outer surface of the occipital lobe with the angular and supramarginal gyri are supplied by the middle cerebral. There is a very frce anastomosis between these vessels, so that a faulty circulation due to embolism of one artery should be readily restored by means of the other. The posterior part of the radiations are supplied according to their proximity to the cerebral cortex, the dorsal and outer layers by the middle cerebral artery, the inner and ventral layers by the posterior cerebral.


Specific immune responses occur in an invertebrate: The sea star Asterias rubens. Sea star T and B lymphocytes are present in the axial organ and coopere with phagocytes and Complement components to produce a primitive antibody correlated to Igkappa genes and to complement genes: It could be composed of 4 kappa chains and present strong and highly significant homologies to Mouse IgKappa region V-IV S107B precursor gene.


In recent years,many universities are increasingly spending on library resources,but how to evaluate the technical efficiency of library under the appropriate investment is worth studying. By taking some university libraries of 985 Project as a sample,and using data envelopment analysis method,this paper makes an evaluation of the technical efficiency under the university scientific research competitiveness index. Evaluation result shows that 84% of the technical efficiency of the library in universities is not up to Pareto Optimality. The ideal values of the input and output of respective universities are also provided in the article.


The utility model relates to a thermostatic industrial chiller, which comprises an evaporator (D), a compressor (A), a condenser (B) and an expansion valve (C) and an evaporator (A) which are connected in order through a pipeline; and the evaporator (D) is also connected with an electric heater (E) through a pipeline. The thermostatic industrial chiller can realize intelligent control of water temperature; when the water temperature is higher than a preset value, the electric heater is powered off, the compressor works, and the chiller cools the water to a set temperature; and when the water temperature is lower than a preset value, the electric heater works, the compressor is powered off, and the chiller heats the water to a set temperature. Through the thermostatic industrial chiller, the utilization rate of energy can be improved, no burning emission pollution exists, and the environment is protected.


Objective: With the increasing incidence and earlier onset of cancer, more and more cancer patients are facing the problems of return-to-work. This review is to explore the types, contents, and results of return-to-work interventions for cancer patients. Methods: This scoping review followed Arksey and O'Malley's framework and PRISMA-ScR List. Three Chinese databases and five English databases were searched from the establishment of databases to 31 March, 2021. Article selection and data extraction were conducted by two researchers. Results: Thirty-two studies and 1916 cancer patients with mainly breast and gastrointestinal cancer were included. According to the contents, interventions could be divided into four types: (1) physical interventions (n = 6), including high-intensity exercise, low-to-moderate intensity exercise, yoga, and upper limb functional training, (2) psychological interventions (n = 2), including early active individualized psychosocial support and mindfulness-based recovery, (3) vocational interventions (n = 14), including making work plans, educational leaflets, vocational consultations, electronic health intervention, and interventions targeting at employers, (4) multidisciplinary interventions (n = 10), including any combination of above interventions. Physical exercises, making working plans, vocational consultations, educational leaflets, two combinations of vocational and physical interventions were validated to have positive results in enhancing cancer patients' return-to-work. Conclusions: Return-to-work interventions for cancer patients are diversified and can be divided into physical, psychological, vocational, and multidisciplinary interventions. Medical staffs can utilize physical exercises, making working plans, vocational consultation, educational leaflets, combinations of vocational and physical interventions to enhance cancer patients' return-to-work. Other interventions still need to be developed and validated.


Astronomers often need to put several pieces of equipment together and have to deploy them at a particular location. This task could prove to be a really tough challenge, especially for distant observing facilities with intricate operating conditions, poor communication infrastructure and unreliable power source. To have this task even more complicated, they also expect secure and reliable operation in both attended and unattended mode, comfortable software with user-friendly interface and full supervision over the observation site at all times. During reconstruction of the D50 robotic telescope facility, we faced many of the issues mentioned above. To get rid of them, we based our solution on a flexible group of hardware modules controlling the equipment of the observation site, connected together by the Ethernet network and orchestrated by our management software. This approach is both affordable and powerful enough to fulfill all of the observation requirements at the same time. We quickly figured out that the outcome of this project could also be useful for other observation facilities, because they are probably facing the same issues we have solved during our project. In this contribution, we will point out the key features and benefits of the solution for observers. We will demonstrate how the solution works at our observing location. We will also discuss typical management and maintenance scenarios and how we have supported them in our solution. Finally, the overall architecture and technical aspects of the solution will be presented and particular design and technology decisions will be clarified.


The operating system is increasingly regarded as untrustworthy. Applications, hardware, and hypervisors are erecting defenses to insulate themselves from the operating system. This paper explores the potential benefits if operating systems simply embraced these lowered expectations and deliberately varied API behavior. We argue that, even for trusted or benign applications, diversity roughly within the specification can improve resilience to attack and improve robustness. Malicious software tends to be brittle; a preliminary case study indicates that, for software of questionable origin, a somewhat hostile operating system may do more good than harm for system security. This paper describes the architecture of Chameleon, an ongoing project to implement spectrum-behavior as an operating system feature.


Robert J. Braidwood was born in Detroit, Michigan, on 29 July 1907. He first studied architecture at the University of Michigan before studying ancient history and anthropology at Michigan and at the University of Chicago. He received his M.A. from University of Michigan in 1933 and between 1933 and 1938 he participated in the Oriental Institute's excavations in Syria. in I937 he married his wife Linda.


A study about the lepidoptera and flora of the Brena Natural Park and marshes of Barbate is shown in this work. 94 species of butterfly were detected, both as adult and larvae stages in their host plants, in the prospected date. Also, an interesting and endemic flora catalogue is listed. Carex extensa, Cyperus alternifolius, Helichrysum rupestre y Orobanche densiflora var. tarifae are firstly recorded on


Summary An antigenic reactivity characteristic of the Forssman antigen was demonstrated on the surface of SV40 and polyoma transformed hamster cells and in hamster cells in tissue culture by the use of a heterologous antiserum and immunofluorescent techniques. No Forssman reactivity was detected with adenovirus 12 transformed hamster cells or with mouse cells transformed with SV40 or polyoma viruses. The SV40-specific surface antigen could not be demonstrated with these heterologous antisera. The possible relationship of these new antigenic determinants which appear following virus transformation to the surface components normally present was discussed.


This chapter highlights over a decade of literature and research findings related to new learning ecosystems such as personal learning environments including MOOCs. New structures and environments are now in place that provide opportunities for learning in open networks, but important challenges and issues persist. This chapter also highlights challenges and opportunities in the design and development of MOOC learning experience design, conditions that must exist for people to be involved and engaged in a connectivist learning environment, challenges related to personalization and support of individual learning needs, along with new ethical and privacy concerns related to the safeguarding of data in networked environments. In conclusion, further research in areas of machine-learning AI in data-driven learning systems is discussed with emphasis on human factors such as motivation, incentives, and support that encourage course participation and learning.


Deaths and anaesthesia T B Boulton, FFARCS; P V SCott, FFARCS; C G Heggs, MB; J M Manners, FFARCS; J A W Wildsmith, FFARcs ............... 730 Standard intravenous regional analgesia J I Alexander, FFARCS, and others; H Weisl, FRcs; A W Fowler, FRcs; M S Pegg, FFARCs; J R Bell, MB; Christine A Moore, FFARcS; C W Pattison, MB ... ............ 731 Training for general practice J D J Havard, MD, and D H Irvine, FRCGP; D Bracher, MB; B A Crompton, MB; Sir Reginald Murley, FRcs .................. 732 Water intoxication and oxytocin A M Smith, FRCOG ..................... 733 Wheezing, asthma, and pulmonary dysfunction 10 years after infection with respiratory syncytial virus in infancy RP Younes,MD ....................... 734 St George's University School of Medicine, Grenada: benefit or liability? G H Bourne, DSC; D L McLellan, FRcP; N Sender, MD ......................... 734 Paraquat ingestion with methaemoglobinaemia treated with methylene blue A Yardley-Jones, FRCSED ................ 735 Immune guided missiles A C Newland, MRCPATH, and D C Linch, MRCP ................................. 735 Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome D R James, MB; J Wallace, MB ........... 736 Problems with perinatal pathology J M Kerry Bluglass, MRCPSYCH.......... 736 A resurgent evil J C Anderson, MRCGP; J Callander, MRCGP. 736 The NHS 1982 D W Cairns, FRCs; R A Keable-Elliott, FRCGP ................................ 737 Prisoners' medicine R F Fisher, SRN ....................... 737 Action for victims of medical accidents Anne Savage, MB............ ...........737 Drug interaction with coumarin derivative anticoagulants AA Sharp, FRcp ....................... 737 Blood pressure and contraceptive use C R Kay, FRCGP ....................... 737 Coronary disease W J Trowell, MB; R Finn, FRCP, and others 738 Should every survivor of a heart attack be given a beta-blocker? C Furberg, MD, and others .............. 738 Letting intrauterine devices lie W G Mills, FRCOG; A J Eynon-Lewis, BSC; Ann E Capewell, MB, and others......... 739 The health visitor and prevention June Thompson, SRN; Monica E Briscoe, PHD, andAW Clare,MD ................ 739 Childhood drownings in private swimming pools: an avoidable cause of death W 0 Tarnow-Mordi, MRCP, and R S Money-Kyrle, MB ......... ............. 740 ABC of Diabetes A M Nussey, FRcP; G Williams, MRCP, and others ................................ 740 Impact of maternal serum alphafetoprotein screening on antenatal diagnosis D C Hogg, MRCGP ........ ............. 741 ZX81 epilepsy-a case for lumping P A G Sandercock, MRCP, and C P Warlow, MD ................................... 741 Manpower proposals C K Connolly, FRCP .................... 741 Medical unemployment J M Ioannou, LRCP ..................... 742 Chiropody and podiatry G C Jenkins, FCIS ...................... 742 More consultants, fewer juniors J S S Stewart, FRCS .................... 742 Points Managing cerebral malaria (P E C Manson-Bahr and F I C Apted); Letting intrauterine devices lie (Danielle B Freedman; Wendy L Jefferson); Give cyclists room to move (C S Good; L R Moore); Drug interaction with coumarin derivative anticoagulants (D P Oakley); Anaesthesia and manpower proposals (M D A Vickers); Fees for cervical smears (J J Slome); Temples, tubes, and plastic bags (J G Fairer); Never on Sundays (H Jacobs); 743 Atropine poisoning in early infancy due to Eumydrin drops (P A G M de Smet); Rubella vaccination: persistence of antibodies for up to 16 years (S C Arya); The so-called Miller-Fisher syndrome: a misnomer (C A McDowell); Dangerous cots (C A K Bird); Effect of reduction of anticonvulsants on wellbeing (D A A Primrose); Management of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (A 0 Robson); Hydralazine and psoriasis (P Isaac); Unusual strychnine poisoning and its treatment (R A Lawrenson); St George's University School of Medicine, Grenada: benefit or liability ? (T A Davies) ......................... 744


Rural Canada presents new opportunities for productive policy investments. Urbanization, international trade, immigration, environmental stress, and past political agendas have created a legacy of significant change to the organization of rural society – often creating hardship and anxiety as livelihoods are undermined and traditional support networks prove inadequate. But these changes have also opened new opportunities for reversing those misfortunes on behalf of all Canadians. Policy adjustments are needed to build and exploit those opportunities.


Background: The incidence of back pain in childhood is rising and significantly impacts its incidence in adulthood. Important risk factors include poor posture, which is common due to a largely sedentary lifestyle. Our study aimed to determine the effect of a primary prevention programme on posture and pain incidence in primary school children.
Methods: The research was conducted in eight 4th grades of four primary schools. Half of the grades were part of the posture hygiene programme throughout the school year, while the other half served as a control group. Before and after the programme, pupils were measured, their posture assessed, and a survey about back pain was conducted.
Results: 179 pupils were included in the study. A history of back pain was found in 36.5% of the children, and only 9% had ideal posture. The implementation of the programme resulted in a 20% absolute reduction in the risk of pain and a 52% reduction in those who reported pain before the programme. At the end of the study, there was a statistically significant difference (p<0.001) between the two groups in all the measured parameters, except in the cranioclavicular angle.
Conclusion: The study showed marked improvement in posture and reduced back pain in the students who were included in the programme. A preventive programme to improve postural hygiene could contribute significantly to addressing the problem among young people, thus reducing the incidence of back pain in the adult population.


e24221Background: Plasma-derived circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has been the predominant source of nucleic acids for tumor mutation detection in today's liquid biopsy technologies. However tumor-der...


【In the basic study of selective electroless Ni plating of Si wafers, plating rate and physical properties are investigated to obtain optimum conditions of contact hole filling. Si wafers are excellently activated in the concentration of 0.5M IF, 1mM PdCl2, 2mM EDTA at $70^{\circ}C$ , 90sec. The optimum condition of Ni-B deposition on p-type Si wafers is 0.1M NiSO4, 0.11M Citrate, $70^{\circ}C$ , pH6.8, 8mM DMAB. The main factor in the sheet resistences variation of films is amorphous and on heat treating matrix was transformed into a stable phase (Ni+Ni3B) at $300-400^{\circ}C$ . But pH or DMAB concentration in the plating solution doesn't play role of heat-affected phase change.】


Beam intensity is a key performance parameter for particle accelerators. Modern high-performance storage rings demand injectors that can deliver large currents per injection cycle, which translates to an increase in machine size and consumed power. Therefore, it is justifiable to look for ways to increase the injector's performance while minimizing the size increase. We have investigated a number of ways to accumulate charge in a booster synchrotron and applied one of them to the NSLS-II booster. We have designed a scheme to transversely stack two bunch trains from the injector linac in the booster. In this paper we discuss this stacking scheme. The relevant booster dynamics are studied. The charge transport efficiency of the stacking scheme is studied in detail at injection and through a full booster ramp. Pulsed magnet requirements for the injection system and methods to achieve them are discussed. We show that the charge transport efficiency of the stacking scheme is similar to a single bunch train in the booster. This has become a critical design feature of the NSLS-II booster.


We formulate multi-view 3D shape reconstruction as the computation of a minimum cut on the dual graph of a semi- regular, multi-resolution, tetrahedral mesh. Our method does not assume that the surface lies within a finite band around the visual hull or any other base surface. Instead, it uses photo-consistency to guide the adaptive subdivision of a coarse mesh of the bounding volume. This generates a multi-resolution volumetric mesh that is densely tesselated in the parts likely to contain the unknown surface. The graph-cut on the dual graph of this tetrahedral mesh produces a minimum cut corresponding to a triangulated surface that minimizes a global surface cost functional. Our method makes no assumptions about topology and can recover deep concavities when enough cameras observe them. Our formulation also allows silhouette constraints to be enforced during the graph-cut step to counter its inherent bias for producing minimal surfaces. Local shape refinement via surface deformation is used to recover details in the reconstructed surface. Reconstructions of the Multi- View Stereo Evaluation benchmark datasets and other real datasets show the effectiveness of our method.


Background: Central venous catheters have been used in various lengths based on the height of the patient or predetermined lengths. This study compared the different lengths of right IJV central venous catheters to determine the better length for average heights of Indian population. Patients and Methods:  This was a prospective observational study done on 148 patients with average heights of Indian population (160±10cm) who are scheduled for right IJV central venous catheters are a part of this study. The patients are divided into 3 group (10,13,15 cm). Three different lengths of catheters are inserted. An anteroposterior chest X-ray was taken for the patients and carina was taken as the acceptable landmark. The outcome measured between the three groups is need for repositioning. Statistical analysis was done using Chi square test, Fisher's exact test. Results: 10 cm catheters were considered acceptable in terms of less incidence of repositioning and statistically significant with p value of 0.0001(H S) with respect to other lengths (13,15cm) for heights of average Indian population. (160±10 cm). Conclusion: From our study, we concluded that 10 cm CVC catheters are acceptable in cannulating right IJV for an average Indian height adult patients (160±10 cms).


A study on the fauna of snout beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of East Azerbaijan Province (Northwest Iran) was conducted in 2014 to 2016. A total of 19 species, belonging to 4 subfamilies (Baridinae, Entiminae, Lixinae, and Molytinae) and 18 genera were collected and identified.


Tawny Owl diet was studied in the primeval deciduous forests of Bialowieza National Park (eastern Poland), where the Tawny Owl was the most numerous predator and the forest rodents were non-cyclic with recurrent waves of outbreaks-crashes (triggered by heavy seed crops at 6-9-year intervals). The study (1985-1992) covered both noncyclic and outbreak-crash years. Analysis of 1,116 pellets showed that Tawny Owls were specialised on forest rodents, mainly the yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis, but that they also exploited secondary resources: birds (especially Turdus, Parus and Carduelis), insectivores, and frogs. Between-year changes in the Tawny Owls' diet were mainly influenced by the abundance of yellow-necked mice, which thus determined the proportion of bank voles Clethrionomys glareolus taken and of alternative prey such as birds, amphibians, and shrews. Snow cover decreased the efficiency with which owls hunted for bank voles but not for mice and shrews. The alternative prey hypothesis, proposed to explain the linked cyclicity of microtines, shrews, and small game in northern Europe, may also be applied to animal population fluctuations in the temperate oak-dominated forests of Europe. During rodent crash years, predation by Tawny Owls may heavily affect the population dynamics of other small animals.


This paper presents a tri band 5-fingers shaped microstrip patch antenna, which resonates initially at dual band of 3.2 GHz and 5.2 GHz frequencies for VSWR <; 2. The antenna is modified by adding an adjustable resistor between the conductor and the reflecting plane giving a third resonant frequency of 2.4 GHz. A decrease in the return loss at 2.4 GHz is observed by modifying the value of the resistance. Impedance bandwidth and the resonant frequencies are examined with respect to the variability of the parameters of the antenna and the position of the adjustable resistor. The size of the antenna has been reduced by 57.9% in length and 14.06% in width. The proposed antenna can be used for 4G, WLAN, and Wi-MAX. The antenna is designed and optimized by using the commercial CST software.


Several academicians have called recently for increasing emphasis by journalism schools on non-skill areas including the humanities,' social science research methods,^ and the liberal arts in general.^ Curricula v^ithin as well as outside of basic skill courses appear to be adopting these emphases gradually.** Such "broadening'' may affect young journalists' assumptions about news work—its constraints and opportunities. These beliefs, in turn, bear on participant reporting,^ depth reporting/ precision journalism,"̂ journalistic specialization^ and other much-debated contemporary newsroom developments. In light of all this, educators and prospective employers need to investigate student beliefs about the newsroom and its setting. The present study was an initial step in developing related measures. Data were collected in two quite different academic units—the rather traditional School of Journalism at Ohio University and the Department of Communication at Toledo University, with rather limited offerings in more specialized journalism activities such as editorial, publicaffairs and magazine feature writing. While results may not apply clearly elsewhere, the instruments and concepts used here can help other schools assess their own "products." Work was guided by two recent theoretic developments—Grunig's information systems theory^ and the distinction between neutral and participant perspectives suggested by Johnstone, Slawski and Bowman. 10 The latter distinction stems from a nationwide survey of more than 1,300 working journalists.** That research, as well as case studies of two prominent American newspapers,'^ indicate that beliefs—and the journalists who hold them—fall empirically into at least two distinct if not homogenous clusters: 1. A neutral school. Proponents of this viewpoint see news as emerging naturally from events. Responsible journalism is said to


B meson decays involving b {yields} u transitions are sensitive to the unitarity triangle angle {alpha} (or {phi}{sub 2}). The BABAR and Belle experiments have studied B-meson decays to {pi}{pi}, {rho}{pi} and {rho}{rho} final states. It is possible to combine these measurements to constrain {alpha} with a precision of {Omicron}(10{sup o}) and a central value of approximately 100 degrees. These results are consistent with Standard Model expectations.


Professor Rubin's characteristically carefully researched and thoughful study in the January issue of this Journal is troubling in the somewhat pessimistic tone of its concluding paragraphs. Thus—"the supporters of such a rule must consider whether its cost is not too heavy for the international order to bear. . . . It is distressing to find the ICJ itself playing a role in this evolution" (p. 30).


We introduce an interactive procedural-style debugging approach for answer-set programs that avoids the negative aspects of non-declarative debugging of ASP. It is based on an intuitive computation model that allows a user to follow his or her intuition by stepwise determining which applicable rules are considered to be supporting rules. Moreover, we define the notion of a breakpoint for answer-set programs that allows to start stepwise debugging of a program Π from an answer set of a subprogram of Π .


Summary A system is described that allows the introduction of large volumes of water samples in capillary GC. Water elimination is carried out in the solvent split mode in a PTV injector with a packed liner. Two ways of separating water and analytes, i.e. evaporative and non-evaporative (solid-phase extraction), are compared. Sampling in the solid-phase extraction mode is favorable both in terms of recovery as well as with regard to sampling time. Quantitative recovery is obtained for priority pollutants ranging in volatility from dimethylphenol to phenanthrene. Losses occur for more volatile compounds, but even for these compounds the repeatability of the recoveries remains acceptable. With the system described here, water samples up to at least 1 mi of water can be directly analyzed. The detection limits are in the sub-ppb range.


Grain legumes are second in importance to human and animal diets after cereals and occupy an important place in the world's food and nutrition economy. Being the primary source of high quality dietary protein, grain legumes are important in alleviating protein deficiency and malnutrition prevailing among poor people in developing countries, as well International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 12 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com


ABSTRACT:I argue that many contemporary Israeli films and TV shows imagine an operation of "world reduction"—an entry into social spaces that entails neutralizing social forces. The article gives three examples for this operation: in the TV show Fauda and in the films In Between and The Band's Visit. I argue that the resulting juxtaposition of different social spaces in each film or TV show is an allegory of the coexistence of different social forms under Israeli capitalism: welfare state, neoliberalism, and absolute precarity. For example, I argue that traditional Arab-Israeli social spaces stand for the welfare state in In Between, while Tel Aviv allegorizes neoliberal social form. The article argues that these three forms coexist in Israel, as a result of the uneven neoliberalization of Israel/Palestine. By indirectly imagining these spaces, the films and TV shows try to unconsciously imagine the overcoming of their antagonisms and this of capitalism itself.


This paper reports dielectric recovery properties of residual CO2/C2F6 gas arcs in a nozzle under free recovery condition, which was realized by operation of insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) connected in parallel to arcing electrodes. The recovery properties were measured by adjusting the application timings of the quasi transient recovery voltage (TRV) with a peak value of 4.5 kV with a rate of rise of recovery voltage (RRRV) of 1.8 kV/μs. After a specified delay time td from initiation of arc decaying, re‐ignition occurred when the post‐arc phase had an insufficient dielectric strength for the quasi‐TRV. Experimental results showed that the arc proved to be fluctuated more by minor addition of C2F6 to CO2, although the C2F6 mixing hardly influenced averaged re‐ignition voltage. On the other hand, the probability of successful interruption was greatly improved by mixing C2F6 to CO2. © 2021 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.


This research paper explores the role of small- and medium-sized entreprises in the economy of different countries, with a particular focus on Azerbaijan. The purpose of the research is to support and intensify the development of small- and medium-sized businesses in the country by determining the effectiveness of programs held by the government to encourage greater SMEs activity, as well as presenting successful examples from international practices in order to adopt them to Azerbaijan's conditions. In the current period, the improvement of the entrepreneurship culture and enhancing the scope of small- and medium-sized businesses are important for the future economic growth, employment and income of the country's population.


In this paper, the concept of constraint factor (CF) is proposed and introduced into the construction of hysteretic operator (HO). The parameters of HO are computed by the normalization and least square methods. And then, based on the constructed HO, the input space is expanded from 1-dimension to 2-dimension. The mapping between the new input and output spaces is comprised of one-to-one and multiple-to-one mappings which can be identified using neural networks. Finally, in the experiment, a neural network is employed to model hysteresis for the magnetostrictive actuator. The experimental results approve the proposed approach.


Department of Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospitals in Durham, North Carolina and Lexington, Kentucky and The Duke Medical Center, Durham and The University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington. Supported by a grant from Johnson & Johnson. Intraoperative blood flow, pressure and venous oxygen saturation measurements provide physiologic information important to the understanding of the vascular system and the effects of operative surgery. 1. 2, Blood flow rates in the range of 25 to 50 ml/min reflect the probability of graft or endarterectomy failure.3 Blood flows less than 25 ml/min practically assure early thrombosis in graft and endarterectomy surgery. 3, 4


This chapter describes how the implementation of the 1996 welfare reform and the 1998 Workforce Investment Acts affected community colleges' willingness and capacity to provide access to postsecondary education and training for Latinos and other low-income populations


It has been suggested that divaricate plants are an anachronism in contemporary New Zealand, because of the extinction of browsing birds (moa) that may have influenced their evolution, and because the divaricate form is not an effective defence against introduced browsing mammals. This article infers the relative susceptibilities of divaricate, broadleaved and conifer species to ungulate browsing, by measuring tree diameter distributions in a forest remnant fenced in the late 1970s after a century of unimpeded access by livestock. The 26 ha remnant, at Pehiri in the eastern North Island, spans a range of landforms from river flats (favoured by podocarps and divaricates) to hillslopes where broadleaved species predominate. The commonest broadleaved species (Alectryon excelsus, Melicytus ramiflorus , Hedycarya arborea) had empty or under-represented diameter classes in the 5 to 20 cm range, consistent with reduced regeneration during the century of unrestricted browsing. In contrast, the diameter distributions of the common divaricates Elaeocarpus hookerianus, Myrsine divaricata and Melicope simplex were well-described by power functions, suggesting more-or-less continuous regeneration; this was also true of the commonest conifer, Dacrycarpus dacrydioides. Our results suggest the divaricate growth form is welladapted to contemporary New Zealand environments: as well as possibly enabling plants to cope with certain physical environments, it deters browsing by least some of the mammalian herbivores introduced since European settlement. As browsing mammals were clearly not involved in the origin of the divaricate growth form in prehistoric New Zealand, its current function in resisting ungulate browsing may be viewed as an example of exaptation.


The mode of inheritance of leaf colour (purple, green, whitish), petal colour, and wavy nature of leaf was studied in rai (B. juncea) varietal crosses. The purple colour of leaf was found to be epistatic, to either or both pairs of duplicate factors present for green colour. The non-presence of these three pairs of factors led to the development of whitish colouration of leaf. The differences between yellow and white corolla were found to be digenic giving a ratio of 12 yellow:3 pale yellow:1 whitish, indicating the presence of an epistatic factor for yellow colour. Wavy nature of leaf was monogenically dominant over simple leaf.


This paper assesses the modern automobile vehicle repair and maintenance practices in the micro, small and medium scale garages in Ghana. In the study, the various vehicle repair and maintenance practices were investigated using a questionnaire administered on vehicle repair garages in the country. In addition, some amount of data was generated through personal observations and informal discussions. The survey revealed that a large number of the auto-mechanics in the garages in the country have considerable years of auto repair working experience, but lack the ability to inspect and repair modern automobile vehicles due to low educational and technical levels. The auto mechanics also lack the ability to identify and use modern diagnostic equipments, manufacturers' manuals, computers and internet which have characterized modern vehicle repairs, in their repair practices. They also lack adequate tools, equipments and other logistical supports. To enhance modern vehicle repair practices in the country, training institutions and organizations such as the universities, polytechnics, the Ghana Institution of Engineers, Gratis Foundation, National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), the government and so on, should extend assistance particularly in the form of education, training and equipments to these local garages. This is to enable them remain in business and prevent garage closures due to their inability to repair modern automobile vehicles.


Forcefree control can realize the flexible motion of industrial articulated robot arms without any change of the built-in controller. In this paper, the forcefree control was extended to realize flexible motion emulating operational circumstance free of inertia, friction and gravity through the independent compensation of inertia, friction and gravity. The property of the forcefree control with independent compensation was also investigated by experimental study of an actual industrial articulated robot arm, where the external force was measured with a force sensor which was attached to the tip of the robot arm.


The six strains of the Pichia species, once c]assified in the genus Petasospora, were examined for their 18S (pesitions 1451-1618, 168 bases) and 26S (positions 1611-1835, 225 bases and 493-622, 130 bases) rRNA partiat base seq"encings. In the 18S rRNA partial base sequencings, the type species of the genus Petasospora (Petasospora rhodanensis) was found to be c]osety retated to Piehia anomala (iHdnsenula anomala, type species ofgenus Hbnsenula) with base differences of two, but net to Pichia memhranat:theiens,


In recent years, there has been much discussion over how to improve governance systems broadly. In the process, certain myths have developed that continue to be accepted, despite a lack of robust supporting evidence. These myths include the beliefs that: 1. The structure of the board always tells you something about the quality of the board; 2. CEOs in the U.S. are overpaid; 3. Pay for performance does not exist in CEO compensation contracts; 4. Companies are prepared to replace the CEO if needed; 5. Regulation improves corporate governance; 6. The voting recommendations of proxy advisory firms are correct; 7. Best practices are the solution to bad governance. We examine each of these myths in closer detail and explain why they are false. So long as these myths are accepted by practitioners and the public, how can we expect managerial behavior and firm performance to improve? Read the attached Closer Look and let us know what you think! Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance and Leadership: The Closer Look series is a collection of short case studies through which we explore topics, issues, and controversies in corporate governance. In each study, we take a targeted look at a specific issue that is relevant to the current debate on governance and explain why it is so important. Larcker and Tayan are co-authors of the book Corporate Governance Matters, and A Real Look at Real World Corporate Governance.


The paper uses finite element analysis software ANSYS,simulating and analysing the experimental process of Carbon Fiber Reinforce Plastic strengthen brick masonry wall.By simulating three different strengthening methods,stress analysis on brick masonry and CFRP are carried out,calculating and comparing their shearing capacity towards the brick masonry wall,an ideal strengthening method has been made.The result from the finite element analysis shows that paste CFRP could effectively improve the shearing capacity of brick masonry wall,and paste CFRP in vertical and transverse could more effectively control the strip of CFRP than only paste transverse CFRP.


Objective To explore the clinical efficacy of atropine and naloxone micropump continuous injection in the treatment of 25 cases of severe acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning with respiratory failure.Methods 50 cases of organophosphorus pesticide poisoning patients with respiratory failure double-blind randomly divided into treatment group and control group,each with 25 cases.Treatment group was given atropine plus naloxone microinfusion pump injection at the basis of conventional therapy,the control group was only with interval intravenous atropine injection.Two groups of patients were maintain atropine status of 7-10 d or longer,at the same time with gastric lavage,pralidoxime chloride and mechanical ventilation when necessary.Observed two groups of patients with atropine total drug administration,time of atropine,treatment time,respiratory failure occurred and mortality.Results Time of atropine,time of respiratory failure occurrence,mortality,inadequate dose of atropine and rebound the incidence in treatment was decreased significantly compared with the control group (P0.05 or 0.01).Conclusion Micropump injected atropine and naloxone treatment feature with fast,adequate,constant and effective and easy administration,it can shorten the time of atropine,reduce mortality,inadequate dose of atropine and incidence of rebound,combined with naloxone can effectively control the occurrence of respiratory failure.


About the Author. Preface. One: Date-Based Decision-Making. Engaged Students. Two: Designing Course-Based. Assessment Activities. Measures you Already Have. Measures You Can Create. Student Satisfaction Measures. Specific Methods for Course-Based Assessment. Three: Using Data Enhance Innovation in Course Redesign. What is innovation in course redesign? Getting Innovative. Four: Rethinking Teaching and Learning. Student-Centered Teaching. Student Engagement. Transfer of Learning. The "Guide on the Side." Active Learning. Applying Rubrics to Enhance Learning. Conclusion. Five: Embedding Assessment Activities in Meaningful Ways. Outline Your Teaching Goals. Review Current Teaching and In-Class Activities. Consider Adapting Existing Activities. Create New Methods to Assess Student Learning. The Importance of Embedding Activities. Six: Planning The Course. Student Learning Outcomes and Other Data Sources. Teaching and Learning Activities. Grading Policies and Process. Enjoyment of Teaching. Seven: Closing the Feedback Loop. Collecting Informal Feedback. Embedded Assessment Items. Closing the Feedback Loop. Eight: Moving from Course-Level Decision-Making to Departmental Curriculum Planning. Mission Statement. Development of Student Learning Outcomes. Determining When Specific Outcomes Should Be Met. Sharing Objectives with Students. Collecting Information on Specific Objectives. Identifying Other Sources of Data. Using Data to Make Departmental Curricular Decisions. Conclusion. Nine: Creating a Culture of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment. Benefits of a Culture of Assessment. Possible Obstacles to Building a Culture of Assessment. Transforming an Institution's Culture. Accreditation Issues. Characteristics of an Institutional Culture of Assessment. Conclusion. Suggested Reading. Bibliography.


Commercial fresh Mozzarella cheese is made by direct acidification and stored dry or in water without salting. The cheese has a shelf life of ~6 wk, but usually develops off flavor and looses textural integrity by 4 wk, potentially due to the lack of salt that allows outgrowth of undesirable bacteria. We hypothesized that low salt promotes unwanted bacterial survival in fresh Mozzarella cheese thereby altering its quality and safety. To study the impact of salt on the microbial and sensory quality and the ability of pathogen-related bacteria to survive during refrigerated storage, we made fresh mozzarella cheese with high (2%) and low (0.5%) salt. Both cheeses were stored dry and the low salt cheese also in 0.5% brine of which one part was used for sensory evaluation and the rest for microbial studies. Consumers preferred the 1% salt dry cheese to the other cheeses (P < 0.05), but found no off flavors at 14 d storage in any cheese and also preferred a salad-style serving (cheese served with a cherry tomato marinated in balsamic vinegar) to fresh cheese. Descriptive panelists perceived higher levels (P < 0.05) of bitter, umami, brothy, and salty attributes in 1% salt dry cheese. Coliforms and psychrophiles were not detected in cheeses or brine over 9 wks. Standard plate counts remained at 100–300 cfu/gm up to 2 wks, but increased by 1,000–10,000-fold (P < 0.05) between 4 and 6 wks in all cheeses independent of salting, and coincides with the observed reduction in cheese quality. This showed that 2% salt was insufficient to control bacterial growth, and that slow-growing, coldand salt-tolerant bacteria may survive and spoil fresh mozzarella cheese. E. coli and Enterococcus faecalis added to the 3 cheeses also increased by 100-fold (P < 0.05) over 90 d of storage. Interestingly, E. coli added to the cheese brine first grew in the brine by 100-fold (P < 0.05) before attaching to the cubes, whereas Ent. faecalis attached to the curd within 24 h and grew only in the cubes. These observations suggest that incident bacteria may survive and attach to curd by different mechanisms in fresh mozzarella cheese that need to be collectively addressed to reduce pathogen survival and spoilage.


The traditional local governance system is as old as the history of humanity but only recently it has entered into the broad academic discourse due to different societal setting exist in different societies. The author tries to argue that due to the presence of illiteracy, poverty, inaccessibility of communication facilities, the so called tribal elites are governing the society as according to their own will and at the same devoid of traditional customary laws. Therefore, the author tries to address the issues and at the same time provide the suggestive measures for reform in order to have a better governance at the Village council (Dorbar) system in the State of Meghalaya.


"Chama",as a dance form of a religious ceremony,has spread over Inner Mongolia,Hebei,Liaoning,Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces.The Chama art has developed for more than 800 years since the 13th Century when it was introduced into the Mongolian areas.It is a rare and wonderful flower in religious art of China.Today when the protection of intangible cultural heritage project is developing prosperously,this artistic form,which plays an important role and has scientific research value,has become a target that many scholars concern about and discuss.By giving a brief summary and some commentaries on the history of Chama art research,this paper tries to lay a foundation for further studies on this art form.


"We study how three interrelated phenomena-excess stock returns and risk relation, risk aversion, and asymmetric volatility movement-change over business cycles. Using an asymmetric generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity in mean model and a Markov switching model, we find that excess stock return increases and asymmetric volatility movement is weakened during boom periods. This suggests that investors become more risk-averse during boom periods (i.e., procyclical risk aversion), which we confirm using a calibration of a simple equilibrium model". ("JEL "C32, E32, G12) Copyright (c) 2007 Western Economic Association International.


A Glasgow general practitioner who admitted falsifying research data was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council last week.

But an allegation that his actions had endangered the safety of patients was found not proved, and he has been allowed to remain on the medical register subject to certain conditions.

Dr Chaman Lal Anand, aged 70, was ordered to take no part in clinical trials for 12 months. He was also censured for …


TUMOR MARKERS IN BREAST CANCER: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW The study aimed to describe which tumor markers are used in the context of Breast Cancer (CM). This was a systematic literature review, carried out in the second half of 2021. Data were collected in Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo), Pubmed, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS). Articles published between 2015 and 2021, in Portuguese, English, Spanish and German, containing the keywords "Breast cancer" and "Tumor markers" in the title, abstract or subject were included. Duplicates, Literature Reviews, articles unavailable in full or which, upon reading the title, abstract or text, showed that they were not related to the present study were excluded. Initially, 601 articles were obtained and, after applying the described criteria, 4 papers were selected. In the present review, markers such as Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) and CA 27.29 were described; MicroRNA-143 and the ERK5 and MAP3K7 genes; Estrogen Receptors (ER), Progesterone Receptor (RP) plus Her-2; BRCA gene. The results revealed a weak association between CTC and CA 27.29, it was noticed that the expression of microRNA-143 by tumor cells is inversely proportional to the ERK5 and MAP3K7 genes, and that the negative expression of RE and RP, with the super expression of Her-2, suggest increased cell growth. Furthermore, the low expression of BRCA1 may be an unfavorable prognosis for patients with CM. There is a wide variety of tumor markers expressed in MC, so knowing their characteristics and associations is of fundamental importance for the follow-up and evaluation of patients with this neoplasm


A method and a system of user interest advertisement service of a user setting method using a user terminal are provided to generate the user preferable interest advertisement information, using user advertisement schedule displayed on a user terminal, to generate specific advertisement exposure information, and to transmit the information to an advertisement server, so that a user sets the interest advertisement directly, and various shapes of advertisement are outputted while broadcasting. A user advertisement schedule is received from an advertisement server and then displayed(S301-S307). When at least one advertisement is selected after using the displayed advertisement schedule, user preferable interest advertisement information is generated and is transmitted to the advertisement server(S315). The stored advertisement of an advertiser is searched, withdrawn, and displayed on TV by using the user preferable interest advertisement information(S317-S319). Advertisement exposure information with at least one of advertisement information, advertisement time, an advertisement method, and user information, is transmitted to the advertisement server by checking the displayed advertisement. The advertisement server calculates, accumulates, and settles advertisement points respectively by using the received advertisement exposure information(S321).


The inequalities of Petty and Zhang are affine isoperimetric‐type inequalities providing sharp bounds for Volnn−1(K)Voln(Π∘K)$\text{\rm Vol}^{n-1}_{n}(K)\text{\rm Vol}_n(\Pi ^\circ K)$ , where ΠK$\Pi K$ is a projection body of a convex body K$K$ . In this paper, we present a number of generalizations of Zhang's inequality to the setting of arbitrary measures. In addition, we introduce extensions of the projection body operator Π$\Pi$ to the setting of arbitrary measures and functions, while providing associated inequalities for this operator; in particular, Zhang‐type inequalities. Throughout, we apply shown results to the standard Gaussian measure. Under a certain restriction on K$K$ , we use our results to obtain a reverse isoperimetric inequality for the measure of ∂K$\partial K$ .


Construction industry has quite actively embraced the principles of knowledge management in the last two decades. With sustainability becoming critical for everything we do today, knowledge management has been gaining prominence as a vehicle to manage organisational knowledge and help the organisation achieve sustainability in its operations. Knowledge mapping is a technique used to show people in an organisation or within a network/supply chain where to go when they need expertise. This paper examines the knowledge mapping techniques prevalently used in the construction sector in the UK. The paper also presents results of interviews of 18 professionals from the construction sector, involved in the knowledge management and also presents results of their evaluation of these tools on the criterion of robustness, cost, user friendliness, dynamism, training, impact and adaptability. In the end this paper proposes a knowledge mapping model that can be used by organisations to map their knowledge.


In general this research is intended to build knowledge about the extent to which the attention of parents, emotional intelligence, motivation to learn effect student learning outcomes. Therefore, the authors make the title of research is "The Effect of Parents Attention, Emotional Intelligence and Learning Motivation of Learning Outcomes Learners Educate High School 4 Sampit at 2016/2017. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of parents' attention, emotional intelligence and motivation to learn the outcomes of learners in SMA Negeri 4 Sampit at 2016/2017. The method used in this research is multiple linear regression analysis with 76 samples. The results showed that the attention of parents, emotional intelligence, and motivation to learn partially and simultaneously have a positive and significant impact on learning outcomes of learners.


SUMMARY. Therapy of osteoporosis at patients with existence of diabetes 2 types in a postmenopause O. Tretyak, L. Shchekaturova.In lecture presented modern data about reasonable choice of pathogenetically substantiated therapy osteoporosis in postmenopausal women with concomitant diabetes types 2.


BACKGROUND
Firefighters may encounter uncontrolled exposure to carcinogens in their working environment.

AIMS
To determine the incidence of, and mortality from, cancer in a cohort of ~2200 serving firefighters.

METHODS
Service medical records were scrutinized for reports of malignancies. Age at recruitment and diagnosis was calculated, and annual incidence and mortality rates per 100000 population were derived and compared with age-matched male Scottish populations.

RESULTS
Overall mean annual cancer incidence and mortality rates were lower in the firefighters (86.5 versus 123.7, P < 0.01, 95% confidence interval [CI] -290.3 to -209.7 and 20.4 versus 59.9, P < 0.001, 95% CI -57.5 to -22.5, respectively). The incidences of melanoma and kidney cancer were higher (13.6 versus 7.7, P < 0.001 95% CI 3.0 to 8.8 and 9.1 versus 4.4, P < 0.01, 95% CI 2.4 to 6.7) as was mortality from kidney cancer (6.5 versus 1.9, P < 0.01, 95% CI 2.8 to 6.4). Testicular cancer occurred more frequently than expected (9.1 versus 8.1), but did not reach statistical significance. Large bowel (9.1 versus 13.8), lung cancer (6.8 versus 20.4) and lymphoma (9.1 versus 11.0) all had a lower than expected incidence. This was significant regarding large bowel (P < 0.01, 95% CI -7.7 to -1.7) and lung (P < 0.001, 95% CI -7.7 to 1.0). Mortality was also lower--large bowel 4.5 versus 6.0, lung 4.5 versus 16.8 and lymphoma 2.3 versus 3.3, but this did not reach significance. Mean age and length of service at diagnosis were 43 years (range 28-54) and 19 years (range 2-31), respectively.

CONCLUSIONS
These results are generally consistent with other studies of firefighters. The most common tumours were generally those associated with young and middle-aged men.


In the era of the 4th industrial revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) has made a great breakthrough owing to network activation, information revolution, and innovative deep learning techniques. Recently, artificial intelligence is expanding the area of its application into the field of arts. In ...


The genus Laurencia(Rhodomelaceae), a complex group, has 285 species and infraspecific names. Identification and taxonomy of these taxa, mainly has been based on flexible morphological characters which have led to a complicated taxonomy in this group. Nowadays, taxonomical study of this group has changed a lot by using reproductive characters, anatomical differences and modern molecular studies. In this study, the samples have been collected from some areas of the Persian Gulf coasts and islands of Hormozgan province (southern Iran). Afterward, their anatomical, reproductive and chemical properties have been examined. The outcomes revealed that, the Folin-Ciocalteau method can be utilized as a taxonomical character in ultimate identification and the confirmation among species and varieties of this genus. It became clear that, there is a meaningful difference between two samples which were under study due to measuring the amount of polyphenols and finally, L. obtusa var. mollissima was separated from type variety of L. obtusa.


We consider the problem of variable separation for the classical integrable Hamiltonian systems possessing gl(n)-valued Lax matrices satisfying quadratic Poisson brackets of Freidel and Maillet [Phys. Lett. B 262(2-3), 278 (1991)] with spectral-parameter dependent a-b-c-d tensors. We formulate, in terms of the corresponding a-b-c-d tensors, a sufficient condition that guarantees that the separating functions A(u), B(u) of Sklyanin [Commun. Math. Phys. 150(1), 181 (1992)], Scott [e-print arXiv:hep-th 940303 (1994)], and Gekhtman [Commun. Math. Phys. 167, 593 (1995)] produce canonical coordinates. We consider an important subcase of a-b-c-d algebras, namely, the case of classical reflection equation algebras [E. Sklyanin, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 21(10), 2357 (1988)], and formulate, in terms of the corresponding r-s-matrices, the analogous sufficient condition that guarantees the canonicity of the constructed coordinates. For the case s = 0, we recover our previous results on the variable separation for quadratic Sklyanin brackets [B. Dubrovin and T. Skrypnyk, J. Math. Phys. 60, 093506 (2019)]. We consider an example of gl(n) ⊗ gl(n)-valued trigonometric a-b-c-d tensors that satisfy the considered condition and find a class of Lax matrices for them for which the obtained set of canonical coordinates is complete.


Since the early 1970s, educational gerontology has been active in both researching and advocating continuing education for older persons. However, very little has been states in this growing body of literature about how education in the later years relates to the process of aging itself, that area of inquiry which has traditionally been researched and reported by the much older body of literature known as social gerontology. In this essay, two longstanding social gerontological theories are analyzed for the ways they explain interest and participation in adult education on the part of older persons. While neither the activity nor the disengagement theory is explicit in articulating a relationship between the aging process and the need to learn, both do so implicitly. Implications from these social theories for educational program development are made as are recommendations for examining the present practice of educators and health professionals.


This work provides a motion estimation method which takes into account two difficulties: real time constraint and deformable objects. Developed methods deal with crowd images. For this purpose, three techniques were chosen, each of them belonging to a specific class of method such as block matching (matching technique), optical flow (differential technique) and Gabor filter (frequential technique). Attempts to improve both the speed and the performance of each algorithm resulted in a very efficient optical flow technique suitable for various applications in the field of crowd monitoring and traffic management. For the covering abstract, see IRRD 490001.


The effects of stress and temperature on the nonlinear creep behavior of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) nanocomposites reinforced with montmorillonite-layered silicate (MLS) nanoclay and compatibilized with an amorphous maleated ethylene copolymer (amEP) is investigated. To study the effect of stress on the creep resistance of these materials, creep tests were conducted at different stress levels (10, 25, and 50% yield stress). The effect of temperature was examined by analyzing the creep and recovery of the films at temperatures in the range of −100 to 25°C. The individual creep compliance curves for each stress level and temperature were fitted to both the Burgers model and the Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts (KWW) function. The results indicate that modification of the polyethylene results in a suppression of relaxation times but the temperature trends are reversed below the β transition temperature. Filled systems exhibited a distribution in relaxation times whose trend matched the relaxation time trends in both Burger and KWW models. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 50:1633–1645, 2010. © 2010 Society of Plastics Engineers


The concept of Biomimicry and magnetic levitation have opened new area and possibility in the field of research. In the present study, biological behavior based design structure with magnetic levitation technology has been applied in the proposed underwater vehicle design. The bio-propelled balance plan on the vehicles has been made and animated based on the idea of magnetic levitation. The fish shaped vehicle design is proposed to produce the optimal movements in different modes and to provide smooth, balanced and high speed traveling facility to the passengers. Some animations of the underwater vehicle have been shown here. This paper is expected to provide a good basis for the understanding of magnetic levitation based optimized design of underwater vehicle using the concepts of Biomimicry.


PURPOSE: To provide a polymeric substance having a specific structure, soluble in solvent, having polarity and exhibiting electrochromic color-development and discoloration. CONSTITUTION: The etherified vinyl alcohol polymer expressed by formula [R is residue of an electrically conductive polymer or copolymer exhibiting color-development or discoloration by oxidation and reduction; L, M and N are integers satisfying the formulas 1≤L≤(N-M) and 1≤M≤(N-L); N is integer of 10-12,000]. The polymer can be produced by reacting a halogen compound of the formula RX (X is halogen) with a vinyl alcohol polymer. The polymer has excellent color-developing and discoloration capabilities and high adhesive strength to electrode, etc. It can be formed to a film having large area and is useful as an highly practical and advantageous material for electrochromic display element. COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO&Japio


The microwave dielectric properties of rutile (Zn<inf>1/3</inf>B<inf>2/3</inf>) <inf>x</inf>(TiySn<inf>1-y</inf>)<inf>1-x</inf>O<inf>2</inf> (B=Nb5+,Ta5+, 0.05 ≤ x ≤ 0.35, y=0.2, 0.8) were investigated with structural characteristics. A single phase with tetragonal rutile (P4<inf>2</inf>/mnm, No.136, Z=2) structure was obtained through the entire range of compositions. With an increase of (Zn<inf>1/3</inf>B<inf>2/3</inf>)O<inf>2</inf> content, the dielectric constant (K) of sintered specimens with (Ti<inf>0.2</inf>Sn<inf>0.8</inf>)O<inf>2</inf> increased, while that of the specimens with (Ti<inf>0.8</inf>Sn<inf>0.2</inf>)O<inf>2</inf> decreased. The temperature coefficient of resonant frequency (TCF) of sintered specimens was dependent on oxygen octahedral distortion and/or cations bond valence of rutile structure. Quality factor (Qf) was dependent on (Zn<inf>1/3</inf>B<inf>2/3</inf>)O<inf>2</inf> content, and the specimens with (Ti<inf>0.2</inf>Sn<inf>0.8</inf>)O<inf>2</inf> showed larger Qf value than that with (Ti<inf>0.8</inf>Sn<inf>0.2</inf>)O<inf>2</inf> for the same content of (Zn<inf>1/3</inf>B<inf>2/3</inf>)O<inf>2</inf>.


Aquacopper(II) glycyl-β-alaninate (I) and aquacopper(II)-β-alanyl glycinate (2) were obtained from CuCO 3 and the appropriate dipeptide under reflux in water. 2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pna2 1 . The lattice constants (291 K) are: a=8.984(2), b=12.456(2), c=6.978(2)A. The dipeptide anion, acting as a tridentate ONN ligand, and one oxygen atom of the carboxylate group of a neighbouring molecule form the base of a square pyramid around Cu, with water in the apical position. Cu is found slightly above the base. The molecules are connected by bridging carboxylate groups to form chains which are linked by hydrogen bonds between the water molecule and the oxygen atom of the peptide group


In this paper a miniaturized, direction-sensitive spatial filtering velocimeter is presented. A common charge coupled device (CCD) has been used as spatial filter for one-component velocity measurements. The characteristics of this sensor are investigated and first application results presented.


RE-ENGINEERING OF MANAGEMENT OF PRODUCTION STOCKS
OF THE MAIN (AUXILIARY) PROCEEDINGS ON THE EXAMPLE
OF JSC "NAFTAN" ON THE BASIS OF METHODS OF LOGISTICS
O. MESHCHERYAKOVA; A. KRUGLOVA; Yu LAN


In the present work, the thermoluminescence (TL) properties and kinetics of beta‐irradiated porcelain used as an electrical insulator are investigated in great depth. Thermal annealing at 1100°C slightly changes the trap system, whereas heating over 500°C increases the visual TL intensity of the peaks. XRD, SEM‐EDS, AAS, and FTIR were used to confirm the structural, morphological, and chemical investigations of the materials. TL glow curve characteristics, repeatability, storage time properties, and dose response behavior of non‐annealed and annealed porcelain have all been well investigated. Within the confidence interval, the material has demonstrated to have excellent reusability. A linear response in the dose range of 0.1‐3 Gy was observed. TM‐Ts, initial rise, and computerized glow curve deconvolution methodologies were used to complete the kinetic study. The outcomes of the detailed investigations demonstrated that the sample was suitable for TL dosimetry potential uses.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved


F or today's nurse managers, regulatory readiness means having access to information that demonstrates the quality of nursing care provided in their units and to undertake and monitor quality improvement initiatives. This article is the first in a continuing series that addresses topics to help managers identify, interpret, and use data on the quality of nursing care. Forthcoming articles in the Regulatory Readiness column, with authors associated with the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI), will discuss topics fundamental to the interpretation and use of nursing quality indicators. To establish a common framework for the series, this article describes the design, content, and reports of NDNQI.


A boundary element method is developed for the 3-D nonlinear water wave problems. Triangular panels are used that can represent general 3-D shapes easily and accurately. All the variables are linearly approximated on each panel. The nonlinear free surface conditions are satisfied by finite difference approximation. The finite difference calculation is carried out in a mesh system finer than that used for the boundary element calculation. A new condition for the downstream open boundary is proposed. After several pilot computations for accuracy analysis, the waves and forces of a submerged sphere and a submerged ship-like body are calculated. Through the comparisons of the results with the analytical solution and those of experiment, it is found that the method is accurate and efficient.


The European conference of the Czech Presidency of the EU
Council TOWARDS eENVIRONMENT streamlines a development of the
eEnvironment (Electronic access to environmental information an
important fundament for eDemocracy and environmental
protection) networks. Main topics for the conference include in
proceedings new results of: ICT research towards the
development of a Single Information Space in Europe for the
Environment (SISE); best practices of European Member States in
the implementation of the Shared Environmental Information
System (SEIS); cooperation and integration of the Global
Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative and
the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European
Community (INSPIRE) directive. They are focused on the future
Internet, the achievement of interoperability, the extension of
digital contents, the support of new ways of mobility and the
development of a cutting edge technical basis for integrating
information, etc.


The present invention relates to the use of the optical material on an unprecedented loss of light and improved adhesive varnish (adhesive varnish) of the values of haze compositions and methods of making the composition. Specifically, an adhesive varnish was prepared according to the method of the present invention, showing a high transmittance and a high viscosity can maintain a stable dispersion of the filler, thereby preventing yellowing. Further, the adhesive varnish according to the present invention can be applied to a silicon thin film having a diffusion sheet, a reflective sheet, a reflector, a light emitting diode (the LED), the light emitting diode package (LED PACKAGE), a chip on board (COB) and other field advantage.


One of the crucial differences between mathematical models of classical and quantum mechanics is the use of the tensor product of the state spaces of subsystems as the state space of the corresponding composite system. (To describe an ensemble of classical composite systems one uses random variables taking values in the Cartesian product of the state spaces of subsystems.) We show that, nevertheless, it is possible to establish a natural correspondence between the classical and quantum probabilistic descriptions of composite systems. Quantum averages for composite systems (including entangled) can be represented as averages with respect to classical random fields. It is essentially what Albert Einstein was dreamed of. Quantum mechanics is represented as classical statistical mechanics with infinite-dimensional phase space. While the mathematical construction is completely rigorous, its physical interpretation is a complicated problem (which will not be discussed in this paper).


Under the knowledge economic condition, teacher continuous education is full with care of humanism, but lack of it in the reality. This paper probes the positive meaning of carrying out the basic policy of humanist care in this education.


Planning in PPPPTK language by requiring that education and practice which can reach all planned teacher in Indonesia and finances all the activity. Execution absorpsion report of activity programs Linguistic PPPPTK one of the medium to be able to measure Concordance of allocation fund of the budget with rest of the budget and having done Workplan Tightly relationship. Intention of this writing is to know kesesuiaan of Cash flow (stream funds) for planning of white defrayal operational at colars language at PPPPTK period the year 2007. From this research writer allocation of budget which has been budgeted by PPPPTK language activity with rest of the budget office is operational although permeated carefully happened in-un-according to the hair thing does not have an effect on big to white because colars finance fund which more would in returns to the Nation so do on the contrary if lacking of fund hence Nation addition will give that fund education and training of the teacher still take place.


The trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur countries will increase deforestation in the Mercosur countries and Brazil, in particular, if ratified by member countries. We use a computable general equilibrium model to analyze how trade, land use, and agricultural production will change as a result of the agreement. We then use a statistical model to spatially allocate the predicted deforestation within the Brazilian Amazon. The models estimate that the agreement will cause additional deforestation in Brazil ranging from 56 to 173 thousand ha to accommodate increases in cropland area, depending on the level of governance, use of double-cropping techniques, and trade elasticity parameters. Most additional deforestation in Amazonia would be clustered near current deforestation hotspot areas. Some hotspots threaten the integrity of Indigenous lands and conservation units. Although a low deforestation scenario with gains in welfare is theoretically possible when high governance and multiple-cropping systems are in place, political challenges remain and cast doubt on Brazil's ability to rein on illegal deforestation.