Public Offering, known as Initial Public Offer (IPO), as a means of fund raising with investment model, which is used as a means of expanding the business or to strengthen the company's finances without relying on debt to other parties. On a broad scale, as in the consideration of the formation of Capital Market Law No. 8 of 1995, that capital market has a strategic position to support the achievement of the national development objectives of creating a fair and prosperous society through one of the capital market activities namely the Public Offering of shares as a source of financing business field and investment means for the community. The law has been covering and regulating all capital market activities to create legal certainty for all parties involved in the capital market, through the obligation to apply full disclousure principle for companies conducting their public offerings that have implications to the IPO's legality. Procedures and legal aspects in the application of the full disclousure principle will be explained in this paper, and expected to be an useful knowledge for anyone who needs information about IPO. Keywords : Capital Market, Initial Public Offer (IPO), duediligent, Full disclousure.


The four kinds of maintenance on machinery and technologies of fault diagnosis adopted by coalmines at present are simply introduced.The approaches to improve the maintainability of machinery in coalmines are also discussed.


According to the principles of norm of concrete organizing design,it points out that the general calculating methods of steel-concrete twisted component capacity is overlay measures,introduces the methods and formula on calculating steel-concrete twisted component capacity.Combined with the practical example,it brings forward the steel design and methods as well as its using scopes which is for the designer's reference.


Edge computing is an important paradigm in enhancing the system performance and minimizing the over burden caused at the cloud by bringing down its service to the user edge. This further reduces the overhead in the communication causing enhancement in the entire process carried out at the edge. The article is a detailed survey of current state-of-the-art load balancing techniques at edge including optimization-based, traffic load-based, heterogeneous, multi-access, joint-load, heuristic, security, allocation, distributed load and the dynamic load-based techniques. Elaborative discussion and analysis are made by considering the utilized methodology, implementation tool, and evaluation metrics. Towards the end, current research gaps and future directions in this area of research has been identified.


For partially polarized three-dimensional electromagnetic fields, the polarization state is usually expressed in terms of nine generalized Stokes parameters, the coefficients of the nine Gell-Mann matrices in the expansion of the coherency matrix. We consider fully polarized fields, for which the Jones vector for the polarization state can be expressed in terms of five real parameters. Relationships between these five parameters and the nine generalized Stokes parameters are derived. For partially polarized three-dimensional fields there are four additional parameters that describe the partial polarization, two that specify the degree of polarization, and two that specify its orientation.


INTRODUCTION
In response to the call to develop strategies to engage women and providers in shared decision making, this article outlines a framework and process used to create an Internet-based decision aid about birth choices after previous cesarean. Recognizing the potential benefits of mobile health information technology, a paper-based decision aid was transformed into a secure, interactive Web site to meet the diverse needs of women and providers in this often challenging health care decision.

METHODS
An iterative and participatory research approach was used, engaging targeted users (pregnant women and pregnancy care providers) in the design and development process.

RESULTS
Women recommended that features and functions of the decision aid should include individualized information, trustworthy evidence, a secure and private site, quizzes to check knowledge, and a way to share values and preferences with their providers. Providers recommended individualized information for women, a process for women to share and document values and preferences with providers, and balanced, straightforward and complete information about the risks and benefits of each option.

DISCUSSION
There is great potential for direct linkage between Internet-based decision aids and the electronic medical record. Work is currently underway to integrate and evaluate the Internet-based decision aid within busy practice settings to support shared decision making. This article is part of a special series of articles that address midwifery innovations in clinical practice, education, interprofessional collaboration, health policy, and global health.


We present high-speed photometric observations of the eclipsing dwarf nova IP Pegasi (IP Peg) taken with the triple-beam camera ULTRACAM mounted on the William Herschel Telescope. The primary eclipse in this system was observed twice in 2004, and then a further 16 times over a 3 week period in 2005. Our observations were simultaneous in the Sloan u', g' and r' bands. By phase-folding and averaging our data, we make the first significant detection of the white dwarf ingress in this system and find the phase width phi of the white dwarf eclipse to be 0.0935 +/- 0.0003, significantly higher than the previous best value of 0.0863 < phi < 0.0918. The mass ratio is found to be q = M-2/M-1 = 0.48 +/- 0.01, consistent with previous measurements, but we find the inclination to be 83 degrees.8 +/- 0 degrees.5, significantly higher than previously reported. We find the radius of the white dwarf to be 0.0063 +/- 0.0003 R-circle dot, implying a white dwarf mass of 1.16 +/- 0.02 M-circle dot. The donor mass is 0.55 +/- 0.02 M-circle dot. The white dwarf temperature is more difficult to determine, since the white dwarf is seen to vary significantly in flux, even between consecutive eclipses. This is seen particularly in the u' band, and is probably the result of absorption by disc material. Our best estimate of the temperature is 10 000-15 000 K, which is much lower than would be expected for a cataclysmic variable star with this period, and implies a mean accretion rate of < 5 x 10(-11) M(circle dot)yr(-1), more than 40 times lower than the expected rate.


The full length ORF of AtPUB18was cloned fromArabidopsis thaliana by RT-PCR.Informatic analysis manifested that AtPUB18shared similarity of 74.9%and identity of 63.5% with AtPUB19using VectorNTI and MEGA5.0;A 1 974bp promoter fragment of AtPUB18was fused with GUSgene to generate transgenic A.thaliana.The expression level of AtPUB18was elevated after drought and cold treatment by histochemical GUSassay.AtPUB18was fused with green fluorescent protein(GFP)gene to generate a transient expression vector.AtPUB18-GFP fusion protein was expressed in A.thalianaprotoplasts and observed using confocal microscope.The result showed that AtPUB18-GFP fusion protein distributed in nucleus and cytosol;AtPUB18was fused with maltose binding protein(MBP)gene to generated AtPUB18-MBP fusion protein in E.coli for ubiquitin ligase activity assay.The result indicated that AtPUB18had ubiquitin ligase activity with the presence of wheat E1and human E2.Our studies implied that AtPUB18 was a functional E3ligase and localized in nucleus and cytosol,and might be involved in the response to abiotic stress in A.thaliana.


Some unsafety factors in non-coal surface mine are mentioned in this paper with the connection of safety production license application,the actual conditions on mine safety production are analysed too,in the end,some advices are given out to improve the safety of the technology and the management on mine ?


As NATO has returned its focus to collective defence since 2014, very short, short-range and
medium-range surface-based air defence has become a desirable capability. Germany, which
has been recalibrating the Bundeswehr to resume participation in conventional military
conflicts, is in the process of re-creating air defence capabilities. In 2018–2019, the German
Defence Ministry is expected to take decisions regarding two crucial air defence programmes:
the NNbS and the TLVS.


Lizards are a diverse reptile group with an ancient and global evolutionary history. Fossil lizards first appeared in North America during the Mesozoic. Many lizard lineages have inhabited North America throughout geologic time, including several lineages that are extinct, others that no longer occur on the continent, and many groups that are still there today. Lizards are currently found in a diverse range of habitats and in regions across the continent, including islands and human-modified habitats. The modern lizard biota of North America contains diverse biogeographic and phylogenetic components along with the evolution of many distinctive behaviours, morphologies, and ecologies, including the evolution of venom, repeated limb loss, and ecological specialisations. Some lizards have been introduced to North America from elsewhere in the world or the continent, posing a potential problem for native biodiversity.


Macrodystrophia lipomatosa is a rare congenital anomaly causing localized or generalized gigantism. Characterized by an abnormal excessive growth of mesenchymal elements in particularly fibro-adipose tissue, bone, tendon, nerves and vessels. We report our experience in surgical management of a case with Macrodystrophia lipomatosa involving the second toe of the left foot. A through clinical and radiological assessment followed by surgical second ray amputation and soft tissue debulking of the left foot. On the literature review, we found that this disorder in not common in this age group and most of the prosed treatments are suggestive of solo soft tissue debulking. In this report we describe more details about the surgical technique in term of complete resection of the diseased toe and metatarsal resection rather than multiple soft tissue debulking procedures.


Monte Carlo simulations have been employed to identify the morphologies of symmetrical AB diblock copolymer melts under the confinement of nanocylindrical tubes. The effects of (i) the incommensurability between the diameter of the tube and the lamellae period in the bulk and (ii) the preference of the tube surface for one of the segments have been investigated. Lamellae normal to the tube axis and circular lamellae have been observed under the conditions investigated, in agreement with experiment and density functional calculations. Furthermore, porous lamellar (mesh) morphologies, lamellae parallel to the tube axis as well as single and double helixes have been identified.


Predictions from machine learning models can reflect bias in the data on which they are trained. Gender bias has been shown to be prevalent in natural language processing models. The research into identifying and mitigating gender bias in these models predominantly considers gender as binary, male and female, neglecting the fluidity and continuity of gender as a variable. In this paper, we present an approach to evaluate gender bias in a prediction task, which recognises the non-binary nature of gender. We gender-neutralise a random subset of existing real-world hate speech data. We extend the existing template approach for measuring gender bias to include test examples that are gender-neutral. Measuring the bias across a selection of hate speech datasets we show that the bias for the gender-neutral data is closer to that seen for test instances that identify as male than those that identify as female.


Because protein is a primary element responsible for biological or biochemical roles in living bodies, protein function is the core and basis...


Transforming relational tables to build a data set takes most of the time in a machine learning (ML) project centered around a relational database. The explanation is simple: a relational database has a collection of tables that are joined and aggregated with complex relational queries, and whose columns are transformed with complex SQL expressions, in order to build the required data set. In general, such data is wide, gathering many ML variables together. Such complicated data pre-processing results in a large set of SQL queries that are independently developed from each other for different ML models. The database grows with important tables and views that are absent in the original ER diagram. More importantly, similar SQL queries tend to be written multiple times, creating problems in database evolution, disk space utilization and software maintenance. In this paper, we go in opposite direction from a physical level (tables) to a logical level (entities) representation, providing a unifying diagram of both levels. Specifically, we propose minimal, but powerful, extensions to an ER diagram in UML notation to represent most common database transformations. Our "transformation" ER diagram helps analytic users understanding complex transformations, consolidating columns representing analytic variables into fewer tables (i.e. eliminating redundant tables), reusing existing SQL queries (i.e. avoid forking new queries) and explaining data provenance (where data originated from).


Understanding the molecular basis of human disease is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and recent explosion in genetic and genomic datasets are finally putting it within reach. In the last ten years, genome-wide association studies have identified thousands of genetic variants associated with disease. However, the majority of these variants fall outside genes making interpreting their role in disease difficult. In parallel, the ENCODE and Roadmap Epigenomics consortia have produced high resolution annotations of the genome which identify large portions with potential regulatory function. We develop methods to interpret genome-wide association studies using these annotations to generate hypotheses about how associated variants contribute to disease mechanism. In particular, we go beyond the usual stringent p-value threshold to investigate variants with small individual effect sizes which current methods do not have power to detect. Evaluating our methods on the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 7 Disease studies, we find associated variants are enriched in a variety of functional categories even after controlling for various biases. We also find an unprecedented number of variants contribute to this enrichment, supporting our hypothesis that the architecture of these diseases involves combinatorial interaction of many variants with small individual effect sizes. Thesis supervisor: Manolis Kellis Title: Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science


Abstract : On September 15, 1993, the Deputy Secretary of Defense approved DMRD 918, 'Defense Information Infrastructure'. The objective of this DMRD is to establish an information infrastructure which provides a seamless, transparent, and protected end-to-end information transfer capability for DOD users. The paper Defense information Infrastructure: Rational for Defense Management Report Decision 918, September 1992 provides the underlying assumption, principles and strategy which provided the basis for the concept of the approved DRMD. This paper describes the overall Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) and its role in support of joint operations. It defines those sub-elements of the Infrastructure for which the Defense information Systems Agency would have management responsibility (as en-in the development of the original DMRD), including a description of how the DISA could operate and finance theses functions. It outlines a potential sequence of actions to implement the information infrastructure that better support our joint and combined forces. The paper may be useful to anyone who has an interest in the genesis of the DMRD, especially as a baseline document from which informed discussion of the DMRD may proceed


The crystallization of small-scale Au-based metallic glass samples was investigated by fast differential scanning calorimetry. Rapid cooling and heating makes possible in-situ probing of glass formation from the supercooled liquid state or direct transition from the glassy state to the equilibrium liquid and, thereby, the determination of a critical cooling (Φc ∼ 600 Ks−1) and heating rate (Φh ∼ 6 × 103 Ks−1) for crystallization. Crystallization kinetics was studied in the whole supercooled liquid region by linear heating and isothermal calorimetry. We show that the temperature dependence of crystal growth is reflected in a "Kissinger plot" for Au49Ag5.5Pd2.3Cu26.9Si16.3 and compares well with a model for crystal growth in a glassy system. Linear heating and isothermal measurements after heating the glass show that its crystallization is always growth-controlled up to its temperature of melting. In contrast, for a low degree of direct undercooling from the equilibrium liquid isothermal crystallization is ...


Abstract In this paper, we examine the Soviet notion of volitional preparation through the lens used by the prominent sport psychologist Avksenty Cezarevich Puni (1898–1986). First, we provide an English translation of Puni's theoretical and practical tutorial on volitional preparation in sport. Then, we discuss how Puni's model was grounded in the socio‐political and cultural particularities of his era and suggest some ways it might be used to stimulate future research and theorizing on the development of mental toughness. Finally, we offer some possible applications of the model for practitioners in preparing athletes for the rigors of competition


Line scan test system includes a confocal slit aperture filter to remove the side lobes, to improve the resolution in the scanning direction. Position detectors associated with the slit opening filter, monitors and correcting the position of the irradiation line image for slit opening, to keep the fluctuation of the image located within acceptable limits. Each detector measures the line position, then using that line position signal, optical, mechanical in collecting path of the feedback loop, and to adjust the electronic component. Feedback loop, in order to improve stability, may be utilized in the execution time calibration process, or during the test.


'Don't judge a book by its cover' is a well-known dictum, inviting us to be cautious when making any kind of aesthetic evaluation. Nowadays, it is the composer's website which serves the role of the proverbial book cover and has the potential to communicate a good deal about the artist's creative persona. And yet John Lely's humble website is a testament to how sometimes judging the book cover, especially when that cover is well crafted, can actually tell us the exact details of its content: its adherence to angular geometric fidelity, straightforward colour palette, balance of form and minimal presentation all parallel his work as a composer. Lely's most recent album, Meander Selection, is his music's fourth appearance on Another Timbre and the second album solely dedicated to his compositions. Unlike the first CD, which presents one of his most famous pieces, The Harmonics of Real Strings (2006) – where a fluid and translucent sonority comes alive with the simple action of lightly pressing a finger against the cello's string and moving it closer to the bridge over the span of approximately quarter of an hour – this latest release is more of a portrait CD, consisting of Lely's compositions written in the past ten years. The selection of diverse works will no doubt inspire listeners to pursue an even closer examination of all aspects of Lely's music. But what is his music all about? It is precisely the long-standing preoccupation with probing the limits and exhausting the potential of minimal material which drives many of Lely's sonic findings forward: '[w]hen I'm composing I'm learning, asking questions and testing limits. I appreciate the effect of compositional constraints because they reveal something new, either about the material or about myself.' True to this statement, which suggests an enthusiastic infatuation with experimental discovery, drawing on the word's more scientific connotation and not on its hackneyed everyday use among those wanting to distance themselves from the mainstream music, a purity of tone, colour and structure emanates from all the pieces on this album, not least because of the nuanced performance of Apartment House. The choice of performers hardly seems surprising given the ensemble's close affiliation with the label. But even more important is Lely's affinity with the musicians: he has described the group as a 'formative and ongoing collaboration'. The chemical agent keeping all the pieces on this CD bound together and making Lely's music instantly recognisable is a profound sense of persistence. It permeates everything from rhythm and harmony to register and texture. Karnaugh Quartet is a perfect illustration of this persistence: tense, rhythmically charged and abrupt chords formed by the string quartet are repeated 12 times before one of the instruments switches a note and thus produces a minor change in the overall harmony. This process lasts around 13 minutes with all instruments participating one after another: there is no variation in texture or timbre, just changes of colour in harmony. Or take Stopping at the Sheer Edge Will Never Abolish Space, where for the entire 15-minute duration of the music we hear a constantly pulsating D in different string instruments, which perseveres relentlessly while melodies and harmonies grow entwined around the tone. The addition to this album of an electronic track, Pale Signal, which projects a sedative and intimate texture similar to that of snow crunching, is particularly commendable, given Lely's deep involvement with improvisation using both acoustic and electronic instruments. A more subtle persistence is found in Doubles, which presents a meditative soundscape of sparse chords. The sonorities suggest an expansive ocean whose vastness and sublimity cannot be adequately comprehended. This appearance of size is achieved by using a pedal note in the cello which doesn't change throughout and prevents any musical change from happening. The epitome and collective image of Lely's style is the album's namesake work, Meander Selection, which can produce a serene effect on the listener with its pure sonorities, lack of rhythmic variation and sparse chords. The sequence of chords repeats, yet occasionally one of them hangs up in the air, allowing us to take a breath and keep on listening in stillness. A sense of harmonic direction unravels itself and flickers in the distance, only to disappear soon after right in front of us.


1. C. Cordeiro and D. P. Agrawal, "Employing Dynamic Segmentation for Effective C-located Coexistence between Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11 WLANs," IEEE GlobeCom, Nov. 17-21, 2002. 2. Nitin Auluck and Dharma P. Agrawal, "Reliability Driven, Non-Preemptive Real Time Scheduling of Periodic Tasks on Heterogeneous Systems," IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS 2002), Nov. 4-6, 2002. 3. D. R. Radhakrishnan, D. Lal, J. Caffery, and D. P. Agrawal, "Performance Comparison of Smart Antenna Techniques for Spatial Multiplexing in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks," 5th IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, Oct. 27-30, 2002. 4. D. Lal, R. Toshniwal, R. Radhakrishnan, D. P. Agrawal, and J. Caffery, "A Novel MAC Layer Protocol for Space Division Multiple Access in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks," International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks, Oct. 14 16, 2002. 5. C. Cordeiro, S. Das, and D. P. Agrawal, "COPAS: Dynamic Contention-Balancing to Enhance the Performance of TCP over Multi-hop Wireless Networks," International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks, Oct. 14 16, 2002. 6. Sonali Bhargava and Dharma P. Agrawal, "Generic and Scalable security schemes for Ad Hoc Networks," MILCOM, Oct. 7-10, 2002. 7. Sarjoun Doumit and Dharma P. Agrawal, "Self-Organizing & Energy-Efficient Networks Of Sensors," MILCOM, Oct. 7-10, 2002. 8. Hang Chen, Q-A. Zeng, and Dharma P. Agrawal, "A Novel Analytical Modeling for Optimal Channel Partitioning in the Next Generation Integrated Wireless and Mobile Networks," won Best Paper Award, ACM MSWiM Workshop, Sept. 28, 2002. 9. Carlos Cordeiro and Dharma P. Agrawal, "Mitigating the Effects of Intermittent Interference on Bluetooth Ad Hoc Networks," 13th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Sept. 15-18, 2002. 10. D. Lal, R. Gupta, and D. P. Agrawal, "Throughput Enhancement in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks with Spatial ChannelsA MAC Layer Perspective," Seventh IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), July 1 4, 2002. 11. Carlos Cordeiro and Dharma P. Agrawal, "Enhancing Performance of the Bluetooth Wireless Channel Through Dynamic Segmentation," 20th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks (SBRC), May 20-24, 2002 12. Hrishikesh Gossain, Siddesh Kamat, and Dharma P Agrawal, "A framework for handling multicast source movement in mobile-IP," IEEE ICC, April 28-May 2, 2002. 13. A. Manjeshwar and D. P. Agrawal, "APTEEN: A Hybrid Protocol for Efficient Routing and Comprehensive Information Retrieval in Wireless Sensor Networks," 2nd International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing Issues in Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing, April 15-19, 2002. 14. Sachin Abhyankar and Dharma P Agrawal, "Distributed Mobility-Aware Route Selection for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks," 21st IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC) April 3-5, 2002.


Application of a numeric simulation model AGAMIX developed in the Bl Freiberg during the solution of a research task dealing with the changing of Lobodice underground as storage from town gas to natural gas. The calculations are evaluated and there are made conclusions describing the suitability of the gas storage conversion the method of finishing the off-take, with the method of filling and washing out and an operational utilization as a natural gas storage


Two sets of digital tone generators are provided for a musical instrument. The members of the first set of generators create data which represent discrete amplitudes of a musical waveshape corresponding in the time domain to be true musical frequencies played by the musician. The members of the second set of generators create data which represent discrete amplitudes of a different waveshape corresponding in the time domain to frequencies which in general are note selected as true musical frequencies. Provision is made for multiplying the data created by selecting pairs of digital tone generators, one from each of the two sets. The resulting modulated data is converted into analog signals in a form suitable for a conventional sound system.


The Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC) has promulgated a new standard, SRCC-OG300, for the rating and certification of solar hot-water systems (SHWS). This paper explains and exemplifies the rating process being used by SRCC. Standard performance indices are computed using a component simulation model (TRNSYS). There are two paths available: 1) component test, where all component models and the system model have been well validated and the component inputs are well defined, producing a "literal" simulation model; and 2) system test, where some components are not well modeled, the system model not validated, or the component inputs not well known, producing a "calibrated" simulation model. Component modeling assumptions and key uncertainties are discussed. The process is instantiated by an integral collector storage system rated using the system test path.


Most systems for automatic design operate on a restricted set of geometries (macros) which are limited by predefine interrelations. In this paper we propose a new general approach for modeling constraints on the topology and geometry of the constituent components, using a new formulation called QSR or Qualitative Spatial Reasoning. QSR is based on the hypothesis that important changes occur at points of tangency, and we show how this information alone can be used to preserve positional and directional information, as well as shape attributes such as aspect ratio. The model allows for incremental refinement of the geometric aspects of design by specifying further constraints on the specific geometry of the interconnected parts and their sub-components. We show how this can be used to maintain a solution space, from which a specific instance is chosen and displayed to the user for visual verification of the incomplete design. The same instance also sewes as a template for interactive design detailing. Kaywords: Geometric modeling, computer-aideddesign, spatial reasoning.


Recently, Learning-based image compression has reached comparable performance with traditional image codecs(such as JPEG, BPG, WebP). However, computational complexity and rate flexibility are still two major challenges for its practical deployment. To tackle these problems, this paper proposes two universal modules named Energy-based Channel Gating(ECG) and Bit-rate Modulator(BM), which can be directly embedded into existing end-to-end image compression models. ECG uses dynamic pruning to reduce FLOPs for more than 50% in convolution layers, and a BM pair can modulate the latent representation to control the bit-rate in a channel-wise manner. By implementing these two modules, existing learning-based image codecs can obtain ability to output arbitrary bit-rate with a single model and reduced computation.


creasing the involvement of patients with their physicians in determining their medical regimens. Speedling and Rose state, "informed and empowered patients need to participate with their physicians in exploring options for overcoming disease and establishing the conditions for maximizing health consistent with their own sociocultural frame of reference."' Eracker and Politser echo this sentiment, "As medical decisions become technically more complex and are associated with greater costs to the patient, physicians have been increasingly motivated to incorporate patient preferences in these critical decisions."2


To what extent gait function will be affected after a stroke depends much on the extent of neurological brain lesion and its location in the brain. Gait in stroke survivors is characterized with certain degree of gait asymmetry, weak or absent forward propulsion on the impaired side, delayed and reduced as well as less coordinated responses to external perturbations. We have recently developed an admittance-controlled Balance Assessment Robot (BAR-TM) that was used in the present research case report in long-term symmetry, push-off and perturbation training with a stroke survivor. Results show that throughout the training selected patient considerably improved gait symmetry, push-off and the timing as well as the response strategy to perturbations.


Strongylatoses are the most common diseases of the ungulates globally and in Ukraine, caused by extremely pathogenic helminths that provoke diseases with noticeable clinical signs and high mortality rate. The humid climate of Western Ukraine's mountainous regions, the lack of veterinary specialists in the highlands, and the resistance of larval forms and helminth eggs to the environmental conditions contribute to the spread of strongyles among sheep. In sheep invasion by the Bunostomum trigonocephalum nematode, the main clinical manifestations were characterized by depression, tachycardia, tachypnea, anemia, cachexia, and recurrent diarrhea. The following signs represent characteristic pathological changes: edema of subcutaneous tissue in the neck and chest area, anemia of the mucous membranes, congestive hyperemia and pulmonary edema, serous lymphadenitis and hydropericarditis, dystrophic changes in the liver and kidney, and catarrhal enteritis. Histologically, an inflammatory reaction and edema with thickening of the interstitial lung tissue in the areas of mass accumulation of Bunostomum trigonocephalum larvae and cellular infiltration were discovered in the alveoli and bronchi. Edema of the mucous membrane plate was detected in the jejunum and the proliferation of lymphocytes, histiocytes, plasma cells and macrophages, dystrophic and necrobiotic changes in endocrinocytes with pyknosis and lysis of the nuclei. Circulatory disorders with dystrophy and diffuse necrosis of hepatocytes were found in the liver, and hyaline-drop dystrophy of the nephrothelium of the nephron cortical tubules was found in the kidney.


Dishwasher (100, 200, 300, 400), in particular domestic dishwasher, with a rinsing container (110, 210, 310, 410) having an interior (120, 220, 320, 420) is limited, wherein the washing container (110, 210, 310, 410), a washing compartment (115, 215, 315, 415) comprises, wherein, in the washing compartment (115, 215, 315, 415) has an air passage opening (131, 231, 331, 431) is arranged, through which air from the interior (120, 220, 320, 420) can flow out, characterized, that at the air passage opening (131, 331) a check valve (260, 350) is arranged, wherein a semi-permeable membrane to the check valve (260, 350) (140, 240, 340, 440) is arranged.


We consider Poisson hail models and characterize up to boundaries the collection of critical moments which guarantee stability. In particular, we treat the case of infinite speed of propagation.


By using proper hypothesis, a three-dimensional radiation and convection coupling heat transfer problem was simplified into a one-dimensional heat transfer problem, and the real-time temperature field and infrared intensity variation of the target were also calculated and simulated with finite-difference techniques. Based on these, the max-lock- range of infrared detection system was calculated by the different infrared intensity between background and target, and its directional diagram was drawn. The influence of stealthy coatings on the lock-range of the target was also analyzed. The max-lock-range in 3~5μm reduced from 7km to 5.5km,and the max-lock-range in 8~12μm reduced from 13km to 7.5km.


Leadership is the function that takes a person apart from the rest and is able to make sound decisions for the group, team or organization that precedes, inspiring the rest of those involved in that group to achieve a common goal. For this reason, it is said that leadership involves more than one person, who runs (the leader) and those who support (subordinates) and allow it to develop its position efficiently.
At present, members of the Association of the Visually Handicapped of the Province of Loja, are affected by the lack of opportunities that are denied social environment, this brings consequences multiple problems affecting the daily life and the partners and therefore of their family, but especially for improvement.
There is an important factor that affects the lack of opportunity and discrimination and prejudice produced by the company, which makes people blind and self limitations in family interaction.
Thus, this research was framed in the wonderful world of leadership and the role that we play as Social Workers and which will have to penetrate the work of Visually Impaired Association of the Province of Loja, same as it is fully regularized with Ministerial Agreement N-069, this has been
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working for about 12 years for people with visual impairments, this first was formed as pre-association, from there its leaders have been planning and developing activities that benefit members.
At the Association we have found that the leadership exercised effective leadership and that there is full cooperation on the part of its members, through this participation, they have been able to achieve some success as authorized by Municipal Ordinance for the installation and operation of kiosks at strategic sites in the city in order to generate employment and occupation for people with disabilities, and to expend the same cards SIMERT and increased profits by selling these from 5% to 15%, this was a Lojano management before the council. This action benefits to members and people with distinctive capabilities in general.
Another important achievement for the Association is the project called "Copying Our Future" aimed at generating employment and occupation for members of the association.
Perhaps the most significant achievement for the life of the Association has been the financing of the Project for Education and Economic and Social Inclusion for People with Visual Impairment in the Province of Loja first and second stage, achieving blind Literacy cantons: bald, Espindola, Sozoranga, Avocado and Loja (San Lucas) and the insert to family
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production processes as an alternative to access to employment and occupation.
With all these important actions of the Association leaders have managed to position your organization in the collective citizen, generating welfare to its members and seeking an advance positive, as you say them, no more begging, no more hurt, if more honest work for try to achieve a breakthrough for our Association and especially to our beloved Loja.
To achieve all these achievements have had to strengthen the leadership skills to direct, guide and strengthen the collective effort towards continuous innovation and adaptation of new social circumstances.
Among the objectives we have set, these have been met and have allowed some way contribute to strengthening the Visually Impaired Association of the Province of Loja, through the Design of Organizational Strengthening Plan, considering effective leadership within of the leadership.
In the field of research and methodology, the study on its quantity and quality also was oriented to the implementation of twenty surveys , corresponding to one hundred percent of the members of the Association of the Visually Handicapped of the Province of Loja , in this study data
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obtained concrete, real and updated elements that explain the level of leadership of the leaders of this Association , factor in the socio - organizational same as: within the organization do not maintain a good working relationship because the lack of interest of the members in the activities carried out within the institution , also the leadership does not care about creating a harmonious environment in which to engage its partners . Another factor in organizational development is the inadequate attention given by the association , the provision of quality services are not , they are made with little affection and almost no teamwork .
The leadership does not exercise good leadership, because no efforts are made to train professionals in various branches of the members of the association. Internally there is little motivation, aptitude and ability to influence others, made weak leadership exists in this institution.
Another important factor regarding the leadership, because she is not trained enough to assume their rightful role.
Under these circumstances, all the investigative process the majority of the members of the organization are committed to collaborate in all activities, and the development and implementation of socio-building plan - organization, that through this seeking training and improve their living conditions.
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Then we can say that for us as future social workers, this process has been very significant for the achievement of our goals, and we see that in life nothing is impossible, and we had the opportunity to link classroom learning with professional practice and most especially we achieved all the objectives in this research work.


This paper describes photonic technologies for millimeter-wave generation and distribution. External modulation would be useful for stable and high-quality radio-over-fiber signal generation, where frequency stability and spurious suppression are very important for radio services such as mobile communications, radio locations etc. This paper provides outline of radio-over-fiber signal generation techniques. Precise and high-speed lightwave optical modulation would play important roles for suppression of undesired spectrum components. Photonic harmonic generation would be useful for very high-frequency signals. Reciprocating optical modulators consisting of optical modulators and fiber Bragg gratings can provide optical modulation by sub-THz signals.


In Peru, the Last Planner System (LPS) is widely implemented by contractors during structural work. However, during the finishing phase, its efficacy is reduced, as teams deal with high levels of variability, uncertainty within supply chains, and unpredictable production capacities among subcontractors. The work structuring is frequently based on a one-week takt on successive floors, and pull planning during the structural work becomes push planning during the finishing phase, as teams impel subcontractors to meet deadlines. All this implies that improved work structuring is needed to enhance the flow of operations during the finishing phase. To meet this need, we designed a case study in two stages. First, we used direct field observation of a Peruvian building project to describe the current state of the work structuring in the finishing phase. Value Stream Mapping (VSM) was used to identify the productive stream, focusing on the identification of wastes. Second, we applied some Lean techniques during the finishing phase in a large communityhousing complex. Our conclusion is that assigning the tasks in sufficient detail and modeling the production units according to the project's complexity can improve the flow of the finishing stage. The use of flowlines is also recommended.


In spite of a history of iconoclasm and theological reservations about the place of arts (especially the visual arts) in Protestant worship, we have witnessed in recent years an increasing interest in and even demand for the incorporation of art in liturgy. However, since congregational leaders and worship planners need to do more than respond to needs or (worse yet) current trends, this article offers theological reflection on the positive role and function of the arts within a Protestant theological framework, but also counsels caution. The addition of art forms to worship can be renewing and inspiring, but without careful theological reflection and attention to both tradition and history, we risk misunderstandings or regrettable mistakes. By proceeding thoughtfully and faithfully, the worship life of congregations can be deeply enhanced by inclusion of the arts, since worship itself is a form of art that should be approached with great care and love.


Mineralization of organic pollutants by semiconductor-photocatalysis is an emerging technique but recovery of the photocatalyst nanoparticles is a hindrance for putting this technology into practice. Magnetic separation is feasible if a magnetic core is implanted in the photocatalyst particle. An iron oxide core, because of the conduction and valence band potentials, promotes electron–hole recombination in the core/shell photocatalyst and thus suppresses the photocatalytic activity. Here we present for the first time, the synthesis of magnetically recoverable bactericidal CuFe2O4-encapsulated Ag-deposited ZnO nanosheets for enhanced photocatalytic mineralization of dyes; the CB edge of the CuFe2O4 core does not induce charge carrier recombination. The nanosheets were obtained by a two-step synthesis of a hydrothermal method followed by photodeposition. High resolution scanning and transmission electron microscopies, selected area electron and X-ray diffractometries, vibrating sample magnetometry, and energy dispersive X-ray, Raman, solid state electrochemical impedance, UV visible diffuse reflectance, photoluminescence and time-correlated single photon counting lifetime spectroscopies show encapsulation of CuFe2O4 in Ag-deposited ZnO nanosheets. The synthesized composite nanosheets show enhanced photocatalytic activity. The synthesized nanosheets are a trifunctional material. The photocatalyst is photostable, reusable and magnetically separable. Furthermore, it exhibits excellent bactericidal activity.


Uni-versity — Anisotropic lattice QCD results for the penta-quark(5Q) Θ + in J P = 3 / 2 ± channel are presented for a high-precision mass measurement using a large number of gauge configurations as N conf = 1000. The standard Wilson gauge action at β = 5 . 75 with the renormalized anisotropy as a s /a t = 4, and O ( a ) improved Wilson (clover) quark action with κ = 0 . 1210(0 . 0010)0 . 1240 are employed on a 12 3 × 96 lattice. Several Rarita-Schwinger interpolating fields with isospin I = 0 are examined such as (a) the NK ∗ -type, (b) the (color-)fused NK ∗ -type, (c) a diquark-type. The chiral extrapolation leads to only massive states as m 5 Q > 2 GeV. The analysis with the hybrid BC(HBC) is performed to investigate whether these states are compact 5Q resonances or not. No localized 5Q resonance states are found.


Kong Yunming v Director of Social Welfare is a landmark victory for the protection of constitutional social welfare right in Hong Kong. In this unanimous decision of the Court of Final Appeal, the seven-year residence requirement for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) imposed by the Department of Social Welfare was ruled unconstitutional. This case shows a shift in the approach of the court in the adjudication of social welfare right under the Basic Law of Hong Kong. The Court is more willing to question the justification provided by the government on public policy and resource allocation and requires the government to take seriously its constitutional duty to protect the right to social welfare of the marginalised poor. Nonetheless, the decision is very controversial not only because of the recent Mainland China-Hong Kong social tension, but also because of the potential wide implications of the case on future public expenditure on CSSA and the validity of similar social welfare benefits with the seven-year residence requirement. It also opens to question the legitimacy of the court in overruling government policy choices on resource allocation. This article seeks to provide some clarifications of the legal issues involved and to make a preliminary analysis of the implications of the case on future law and policy for social welfare.


with pus near the surface and subcutaneous diseased glands, stitches and drainage tubes are dispensed with. All sinuses and suppurating cavities are to be cleansed by means of scraper and lint, and drainage maintained until deep parts are healed. The visible abscess is often a subcutaneous reservoir of pus, the source of which (a degenerate gland) is not subcutaneous, but sub-fascial or sub-muscular. Mere incision of an abscess in the neck, without further search for eradication of diseased gland structure, the cause of the abscess, is to be condemned. As soon as it has been determined that the enlargement of a gland is no longer temporary but permanent, these means for its removal ought to be undertaken at once, in preference to waiting for softening. In Teale's experience, in the majority of instances of scrofulous neck there was no indication of constitutional weakness or taint. The origin of the ailment was often clear and defined—bad drains in many instances, scarlet fever, mumps, etc.—health in the individual being restored after the elimination of the septic matter, Mr. Teale concludes by remarking that it is possible to get to the root of the trouble by one or two operations, and that in most instances disease of the cervical glands is a local disease, and curable by local measures. Mr. Knight Treves holds that time for nature to arrest the progress of the disease should be given, after which the operation should be done, when tearing or lacerating the gland is to be avoided. No drainage tubes are used, the wound closed, and pressure externally applied. Ugly scars are due to diseased tissue left at the operation. Mr. Godlee would operate when it was clear that disease had not gone beyond the limits which the knife could reach. Howard Marsh condemned the removal of glands in their early stage of disease. He thought a free incision desirable. Inflammatory products ought to be removed. A careful dissection was better than scraping. Cummins noted a case of acute phthisis, following removal of glands. He recommended early incision, Milburn inclined to think that the disease was not purely local, nor always the result of local irritation. Barlow referred to the uselessness of drug treatment in this condition. The result arising from peripheral irritation, he thought it advisable to improve the peripheral mucous membrane by removing hypertrophied tonsils, ablating disease in the naso-pharynx, and instituting hygiene of mouth, gums, &c. By removing these the glands often subsided (a point long ago insisted on by the reporter). Dr. Barlow objected to the use of the scraper, as by it tubercular absorption might take place. Win. Robertmn.


In construction industry, architects need to have a deep knowledge of the uniform
building by law and the local council requirements before designing a building or a
house. The process of applying his or her knowledge in terms of building by law
interpretation is critical during the design stage. Due to enormous amount of bylaws
involved, architects may design with some non-compliance to the by-laws.
This mistake will be costly especially if it causes the building plan to be rejected by
the municipal council or the fire department. The mistake will probably cause a
significant delay in the completion of project thus leading to penalty and other
costs. Viewing from the point of the approval authority, the personnel involved in
approving building plans is also prone to make mistake in approving building plans
that have non-compliance to the by-laws. Such mistake may cause great harm to
occupants of the building and the responsible authority may be accountable for any
mishap caused by the non-compliance. Hence the proposed system discussed in this
paper intends to eliminate any errors in interpreting as well as checking for bylaws
non-compliance directly from a CAD file submitted by an architect. This
system directly reads in the building design CAD file before checking it's attributes
and specifications against the building by-laws and will report any non-compliance
to the user.


Many of us sympathise with a woman who is trapped in a life with an abusive partner who breaks her spirit by beating, bullying and terrorising her (or her children) behind closed doors. However, if such a woman kills her partner while he's asleep, in a desperate attempt to make the abuse stop, would we consider that justified?


It is estimated that up to a third of the power consumption of compressed air networks is lost due to undetected leaks. Current methods of detecting and locating these air leaks involve manual labor using handheld devices that can detect the ultrasonic sound generated by the escaping air. In addition, the extra energy costs caused by the air leaks are concealed in the total cost of energy, reducing the sense of needing to find a solution. Therefore, there is limited commitment to actively detect and repair these air leaks. In order to address this issue, we propose a solution that requires no manual labor in the localization process, by fitting existing factory vehicles with an enclosure containing all the required sensors: a laser scanner for SLAM localization and an ultrasonic microphone array. By combining SLAM techniques with our ultrasonic microphone array on a robot, we are able to locate leaks in a large environment with high precision in 3D. By automating this process we aim to encourage the industry to proactively search for air leaks to reduce the amount of energy loss at a fraction of the cost of current methods.


The properties of different Czech fluidized fly ashes FFA (class C fly ash according to ASTM C618 12a with high content of CaO in the form of anhydrite primarily) and emisions of SO2 in flue gas during the firing of FFA are discussed. The decomposition of anhydrite CaSO4 was observed during the soaking time at 1200 °C during the firing of dry pressed bodies based on pure fluidized fly ash. The effect od fluidized fly ashes admixtures on the properties of ceramic bodies is as fluxing agent and the source of CaO for the creation of anorthite in the fired ceramic body. The properties of domestic fluidized fly ashes in connection with their utilization in ceramic technology are described.


Time-series observations of the O vi 1032 A spectral line intensity provided by the UltraViolet Coronagraph Spectrometer (UVCS) telescope aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft have been analyzed to establish the rotational charac- teristics of the equatorial solar corona as a function of height and time during solar cycle 23. Overall, the coronal rotation period is observed to vary considerably from 1996 to 2006, with episodes of sudden acceleration and deceleration. On average, the rotation period in the equatorial corona tends to increase radially by ∼0. 2d ays/Rfrom 1.6 to 3.0 R� . An anticorrelation throughout the solar cycle is observed between the radial gradients in the inner corona ( 2.4 R� ), where the field lines open up. Around the equator, the extended corona is found to rotate faster than the underlying photosphere, but its rotation rate is comparable to that estimated within the subphotospheric layers in the outer 5% of the Sun. Moreover, a striking significant positive correlation (r = 0.629 at the 0.99 Rlevel) has been discovered between the variations in the residual rotation rates of the coronal and subphotospheric equatorial plasma, at least down to 0.95 R� . This correlation suggests that the observed variations in the coronal rotation rate reflect the dynamic changes inferred within the near-surface shear layer, where the tracer structures responsible for the observed coronal emission are thus most probably anchored. These results raise the possibility that the plasma in the upper layers of the solar convection zone, at least around the equa- tor, may be tightly connected to the plasma in the extended corona and that the deeper layers in the Sun might thus directly influence the dynamic evolution of the solar wind.


I.The medicinal preparations based on the modification natural compounds frequently exceeded the native substances in the activity. In this connection investigation into the chemistry and pharmacological properties of bioactive natural substances has become an important direction in the modern bioorganic and medicinal chemistry. The renewed interest in Stevioside reflects the general trends observed in medicine were remedies of the natural origin are finding an increasing application. Stevioside 3, an ent-kaurene glycoside extracted from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (Compositae), is used not only as a food additive for sweetening purposes but for anti-hypertensive, anti-hyperglycemia, anti-inflammatory and suppressed the tumor-promoting effects. Thus, stevioside analogues would be of interest to exploit its potential activities and to establish structure activity relationships. Twenty-two novel steviolbioside analogues and their related steviol and isosteviol dimers are prepared using aliphatic alkylamines and alkyldiamines by the activated esters method (PyBOP coupling). The structures of these compounds were established using spectroscopic analysis including IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, FABMS, and LC/MS/MS(ESI). The results obtained, however, strongly confirm the influence of amine nucleophilicity, basicity, the steric hiderance and reaction termerature somewhat influenced the formation of steviolbioside carboxamides. Glycoside sugars did not seem to perturb the coupling reactions of carboxamides. The cytotoxicities of all of the synthesized compounds to cancer cell lines and human embryo lung cells are examined. These results suggest that the cytotoxic effect on cancer cells involves many different structural domains of the compounds. The antibacterial activities of these synthesized compounds were also detected using modified microplate antibiotic susceptibility testing method (MMAST) with both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The results indicated that compound 2t is more-potent antibacterial effect than penicillin G on Bacillus subtilis (BCRC 10029). Prior to this study, the available information on dimerization and glycodic moiety of SAR indicated that molecular recognition involved specific receptor interactions. We propose that the various chain lengths can change the binding of ligands to their respective receptors and thereby improve biological activities. II.Cantharidin is found in Mylabris caraganae and various other insects and has an extremely high potency with antitumor properties, causes leukocytosis and inhibition of protein phosphatase activity. However, it is rarely employed to the therapeutic treatment owing to the irritation and vesication side effects and as toxic properties. In our previous studies, a series of N-thiazolyl and thiadiazolyl cantharidinimides were prepared starting from cantharidin with various amines in triethylamine by heating to ca. 200 oC, and the analogues with better solubility showed cytotoxicity against human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines, which encouraged us to prepare cantharidinimide derivatives. This present study, the aliphartic cantharidinimide 3a—3c is synthesized and the cytotoxicity of aliphartic, aryl, and pyridyl of twenty-one derivatives and cantharidin is investigated against Hep G2 and HL-60 cell lines. Cytotoxicity tests shows that Cantharidin 1 is more toxic and exhibits greater cytotoxicity, while synthesized cantharidinimides is less toxic but also exhibits inhibitory effects. It can be suspected that the decrease with the inductive electron negative effect of the N-substituted group will decrease the yield and increase the cytotoxicity. The results suggest that the presence of a nitropyridyl or nitrophenyl moiety display strong inhibitory effects on both cell lines as did cantharidin.


Despite different pathways and approaches to housing and public provision, considerations of East Asian developmental regimes have tended to categorise Japan and South Korea as different versions of a similar type of welfare regime. This paper addresses the roles housing systems and policies have played in these two societies in both the global context of neo-liberalisation and the regional context of developmental states. In the last decade Japanese and Korean governments have reacted strongly to shifts in global conditions, but ostensibly in contradictory ways. While Japan has deregulated or dissolved housing subsidy frameworks and marketised housing practices, Korea has embarked on a programme of public housing construction and increasingly applied market adjustment measures. This paper evaluates these transformations, and the implications for understanding divergence and the developing role of housing in East Asian contexts.


MRI in Practice. Third edition. Edited by C. Westbrook, C. Kaut Roth and J. Talbot. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, 2005. ISBN 9781405127875. 410 pages. Price paperback: USD 59.95, GBP 32.50


The Fe/Cu composite coating was coated on Q235A steel by laser cladding process. The effect of Cu on the microstructure and properties of laser cladded iron-based alloy coating was investigated. It was found that α-Fe phase existed accompanied by the M7C3 with an orthorhombic crystal structure and M23C6 in the cladded coating. The TEM observation showed that the high density dislocations existed in the martensite. The distribution direction of the dislocations existed on the boundary from cladded substrate to cladded coating. The particles of e-Cu were precipitated dispersedly from the supersaturated α-Fe solid solution along the M7C3 when the cladded coating was aged. They played the role of anchoring dislocation. The wear resistance of coating increased greatly after the aging treatment.


Modular Multilevel Converters (MMC) have become state of the art in many demanding application fields, because of several essential advantages. Main drivers of further progress are improved semiconductors (Si and SiC), advanced submodule topologies and new control schemes. Fully electronic fault management and reduced capacitor size and footprint of the converters are essential future requirements. These issues enforce new control concepts with very fast response under transient and fault conditions. An advanced multivariable control concept meeting these requirements is presented. Extensive simulation results of the transient behaviour are given.


METHODS Located Southeastern Brazil, Santa Catarina state has a littoral with a variety of coastal environments. Beaches, estuaries, bays, bights, barriers and other coastal environments are disposed along 538 km of coastline (about 7% of the Brazilian coast). Presently over 63% of the world's population and 70% of the population of the state of Santa Catarina lies on the coastal and littoral areas. According to , these areas make up a valuable natural resource for being extremely young from the geological stand point due to their fragility and to the incipient and underdeveloped vegetal coverage, being relatively not renewable at a human temporal scale. These factors contribuite to the potential of the anthropic actions, increasing and diversifying the degradation processes, which cause impacts as far as the geological, biological, and landscaping aspects are concerned. In this context we add the Santa Catarina coast, with a well cut fringe, where the crystalline outcropping in the form of headlands and rockyshores, are inserted between the distinct beaches as to the hydrodynamic, morphological, and sedimentological aspects. These characteristics, associated to the climatic amenties and to the balneability of the beaches in general, have added intense processes of occupation over the last two decades, causes, chiefly, by the expansion of the tourist industry. Brava Beach, object of the study, with an area of 4.32 Km and 11.8 Km of the perimeter, and between the southern latitudes of 26o55'59" and 26o57'28" and the western longitudes of 48o35' and 48o40'. Classified as a shoreline dominated by waves according to AGENDA 21 (1996)


This study uses parametric and non-parametric estimation techniques to examine whether the Mrs. Machlup wardrobe and the related Joneses hypothesis is relevance for explaining the international reserve accumulation behavior of the economies of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) namely Ghana, Nigeria, Gambia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. The parametric as well as the non-parametric estimation results indicate the existence of the Joneses effect. In other words, Mrs. Machlup wardrobe and the Joneses hypothesis is valid. It is recommended that member countries of WAMZ should therefore work harder to bring into being the monetary union and the common currency. This would promote the level of cooperation among member countries and help to reduce the opportunity cost associated with reserves accumulation.


Abstract A simple protocol for C2-gem-aryldifluoromethylation of quinoline N-oxides with potassium 2,2-difluoro-2-arylacetates has been developed, affording C2-gem-aryldifluoromethylated quinoline N-oxides bearing different functional groups in moderate to good yields. Moreover, experimental studies reveal that this reaction is likely to proceed through a radical pathway.


This research was performed to determine the production of lovastatin and its HMG-CoA reductase activity produced by fruit bodies and mycelial liquid cultures of domestic edible mushrooms (8 fungal strains). By deter-mining TLC analysis for the confirmation of the presence of lovastatin, all the extracts from fruit bodies and mycelial liquid culture showed same Rf value (0.46), whick was identical to that of the standard lovastatin. In order to extract lovastatin from fruit body, the mixture of water/acetonitrile/methanol was chosen as the most effective solvent. Extracts from fruit body and mycelial liquid culture of pleurotus ostreatus produced the high-est lovastatin 0.98 mg/g based on dry biomass, and 21.90 mg/L, respectively. In the inhibition rate of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase, the highest was obtained in P. ostreatus as 67.8% among fruit bodies, and the rates of mycelial liquid culture extracts from P. ostreatus and Laetiporus sulphureus were 37.2% and 29.1%, respectively. Unusually L. sulphureus showed high inhibition rate with low content of lovastatin due to the contribution of campesterol and gamma-sitosterol with hypocholesterolemic activity as metabolites.


ABSTRACT
 Purpose: This study aimed to develop an 'elementary school participation checklist' for children with developmental disorders requiring special needs education. Methods: A pilot version was used to survey 539 parents of elementary school students, including children who were suspected of having developmental disabilities. Thereafter, the results were factor-analyzed and a checklist was created. The results of 10 children with developmental disorders who are currently under special needs education were compared. Results: After excluding items with a factor loading of less than 0.5, a refined 15-item version checklist was created. The median total scores for elementary school students and children with developmental disorders were 22 and 33 points, respectively. Conclusion: Cronbach' s alpha coefficients for each of these separate factors were 0.7 and above, confirming construct validity and internal consistency. Further research of criterion-related validity will be necessary to investigate the use of this checklist as a scale.


Expressionism was so lively—personal identity and painting were more or less the same, and I tried to operate the same way. But I found I couldn't do anything that would be identical with my feelings. So I worked in such a way that I could say that it's not me.29 However "lively" the drama of self-exposure may be, "personal identity" cannot find its wholly legible cognate in a "painting."30 A stable, constant "personal identity" is a fiction stemming from a misunderstanding of temporality. Traces of many irretrievable "identities" (and "feelings") accrue on a canvas while "painting" it. In his poem, O'Hara speaks of the "scene of my selves."31 For Johns, the painting itself is that scene—with the caveat that the selves it records are "dead." He can, therefore, say regarding his work that "it's not [the present-tense] me" without denying his role in making the painting ("it's not me" does not contradict the fact that "it was me," or, more precisely, "many of me"). He remains an active agent without declaring himself a Jackson Pollock-like action painter. One must not confuse his desire to be able to say that a work "is not me" with a desire to exclude emotional content. Johns has always been willing to attribute affective ▲ Fig. 1. Jasper Johns, In Memory of My Feelings––Frank O'Hara. 1961. Oil on canvas with objects. 40-1/ 4 x 60 x 2-7/ 8 in. (102.2 x 152.4 x 7.3 cm) Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Partial Gift of Apollo Plastics Corporation, courtesty of Stefan T. Edlis and H. Gael Neeson. Photography © Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. © Jasper Johns/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. REED / jasper johns and hart crane 27 force to individual artworks, whether a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci or a ballet by Merce Cunningham.32 In Memory of My Feelings is a patently melancholy work. The predominant colors—blue and gray—convey sadness, and the mostly-bare patch in the upper-left hand corner suggests incompletion, or loss. He does not exclude feelings per se from the province of art; he asserts that the affect conveyed by a given work might or might not bear a relation to emotions that he himself is experiencing at the present moment or that he felt at a time in the past. In short, he holds that no artwork allows us transparent access to its creator's inner life. Such a tenet, though, does not preclude the existence of an inner life. Drawing on O'Hara, Johns could grant "my feelings" a place in his art without subscribing to naive ideas about self-expression.


A challenging question in Stochastic Periodic Inventory Routing Problem (SPIRP) is how to deal with
stochastic demand rates, while minimizing the costs (transportation, inventory, and storage) and finding the
best routing system. In this paper, we reformulate the SPIRP model to a safety stock-based SPIRP where the
inventory storage capacity at the retailers are considered as variables and retailer's demand rate is stochastic.
The supply chain planner needs to find the best routing system to replenish the retailers with the most optimum
level of inventory, while the service level is satisfied in a long term planning horizon. Four different policies
for storage capacity optimization are presented, evaluated, and compared in an illustrative example. The
impact of storage capacity limitation is considered based on the defined policies to measure their compatibility
for different situations.


The sedimentary sequence in a coastal pond on Cape Breton Island was examined by various analyses (pollen, plant macrofossils, diatoms, and rhizopods). The results allow for the reconstruction of d...


Everyone in this world faces stress in some or other area of life. In this modern world, man is making various kinds of adjustments in his social, psychological, economical, religious and political spheres , these adjustment problems have become manifold in the recent years due to multifactor causes such as individualization, urbanization, industrialization and many more. An individual does not feel satisfied with what he has and is always in search of what he does not possess. This constant lure to have more has led him to lead a life full of stresses and strains and so modern life is full of stresses and strains. Stress is a fact and part of life and is as old as life. It is all around us - at work, in our environment and in our personal lives. Teaching can be a stressful occupation. The daily interactions with students and coworkers and the incessant and fragmented demands of teaching often lead to overwhelming pressures and challenges, which may lead to stress. Where work stress is unrelenting....The study of Occupational Stress among teachers is of great significance. One's abilities are reflected through the performance and that performance is related to the mental stress..


In a scene image, moving or deleting an object makes the missing region at that location. This paper describes a novel method for mending visually inconspicuously the defect image with a missing region in the case that the background around the missing region is textural and the location of the missing region is known. The simplest solution for this problem is to insert an appropriate subimage (a patch) taken from a non-defect textural region into the missing location. In this case, however, the seam of the patch seems conspicuous because of the displacement in textural phase between the patch and the image around the patch, and because of the jump in gray level nearby the seam. In the method proposed here, first, a subimage as an optimum patch is selected from the non-defect textural region so that the displacement in textural pattern between the patch and the image around the missing region is minimum. Secondly, an appropriate seam line is computed using the dynamic programming algorithm so that the accumulation of gray level differences between the two on the seam is small. Experimental results for natural textures are shown in order to demonstrate this mending technique.


As the substance support for the Guandi faith,income and expenditure problem of funds for Guan Yu temple is an aspect of the Guandi faith study.The archives of Nanbu county have some files about Guan Yu temple in Nanbu county of the late Qing Dynasty,providing literature support for us to figure out and know this question.In the Late Qing Dynasty,the official support is the main source of Guan Yu temple's funds,which includ the nongovernmental contributions,confiscation and receipts from running Guan Yu temple.The expenditure is primarily on two aspects:worshiping Guandi and repairing Guan Yu temple.


Vendler, Helen. 2003. Coming of Age as a Poet. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. $22.95 hc. 202 pp.T. S. Eliot once remarked that the apparent purpose of Arthur Symons's Studies of Elizabethan Drama was to "expose" the reader to a "faithful record of the impressions, more numerous or more refined than our own, upon a mind more sensitive than our own." Such, one gathers, is also the purpose of Helen Vendler's Coming of Age of a Poet, a book whose thesis is really just a circular argument meant to display Vendler's sensations. I would say that impressionistic criticism works very well if you happen to be Walter Pater, less well if you happen to be Arthur Symons, and not at all well if you happen to be Helen Vendler.Three fourths of Coming of Age as a Poet collects the James Murray Brown lectures Vendler gave at the University of Aberdeen in May, 2000. In delivering then publishing these lectures, she has accepted the mantle of public intellectual. To be sure, saying something that is simultaneously comprehensible to the "public" and really worth listening to is difficult-especially since the rise of literary theory, which more often than not introduces jargon and modes of interpretation that tend to make the world of literary criticism all the more insular. Still, there is a splendid tradition of writers who fulfilled the role admirably, headed, to my mind, by W. H. Auden, who wrote in a time no less dedicated to new jargon and radical methods of inquiry than our own.Vendler's response to the challenge of speaking directly to Educated Joe Public is to deliver what are essentially Introduction to Literature lectures on canonical writers' most canonical works. There is really nothing here for those of us with advanced degrees; I suspect bright Junior and Senior English majors will not find their knowledge extended very much by what is said here. Educated Joe will likely say to himself, "I don't see what Rush and George are complaining about-English literature courses haven't changed much since I took them forty years ago."Vendler purposes to consider the first "perfect" poem that John Milton, John Keats, T S. Eliot, and Sylvia Plath ever wrote. Oddly, "perfect" doesn't mean flawless-at one point, she asks if there is anything "wrong" with one of her perfect poems and then answers that there is (133). It turns out, a perfect poem is that poem "which first succeeds in embodying a coherent, personal style" (1); it is characterized by "confidence, mastery, and above all ease." It is the poem for which "the poet comes of age as a poet to be reckoned with" (2). Such generalities can hardly be called criteria. They sound a lot like the abstractions of bad wine criticism. Her actual principle of selection is revealed when she adds that a perfect poem is "one that will become canonical within the poet's oeuvre: its imaginative powers are so characteristic and deep, and its characteristics so match them in ambition, that an anthologist or teacher is likely to choose it when illustrating the early work of an author" (2). It is bracing, in a way, to see such a bald endorsement of the canon, especially since so many of my colleagues seem to believe that a work's canonization automatically renders it ideologically suspect. Nonetheless, in this day and age it is astonishing that Vendler never even bothers to ask if her conception of the poet's "personality" is perhaps a product of the canon. …


The Federal Reserve switched from using a corridor operating system to using a floor operating system in late 2008. By design, a floor system eliminates the opportunity cost to a bank of holding reserves, allowing a central bank to use its balance sheet as an independent tool of monetary policy. Making the demand for bank reserves perfectly elastic is therefore a feature, not a bug, of a floor system. Some observers worry, however, that this feature may adversely affect asset allocation in bank portfolios such that banks underinvest in loans. If this is the case, broader money and credit creation may be less under the Fed's floor system than they would have been otherwise. This paper investigates this possibility by taking a close look at bank portfolios and assessing whether any changes since 2008 can be contributed to the Fed's floor system. The paper does find significant changes in bank portfolio allocations over the past decade and is able to trace much of the shift to the Fed's floor system.


That legislation has not deJ*1111111^^ stroyed the system, but it has I set off a cycle of wild gyra1 tions that leave even the stu1 dent aid experts let alone 1 ordinary parents and students 1 scrambling. 1 The metaphor of a mobile is 1 brought to mind by Bruce John1 stone's elegant introductory essay 1 to the volume Financing a College 1 Education, edited by Jacqueline 1 King. Johnstone has long been an 1 advocate of reforms that would 1 make the system more fair and ratioI nal. However, he has concluded that, 1 even if the current system is not quite I the one we deserve, it is hard to imagi ine another in the American context 1 that could so well balance all the competing claims on the dollars available for financing a college education. If you want to understand this delicate balance of forces, then King's book is for you. Apart from a largely cosmetic essay on institutional costs, the 13 essays all deal with how the student aid system meshes with the individual finances of students and their families.


Tunneling Josephson junctions of the superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) type have a history of more than 50 years, and theoretical estimates of the ultimate parameters of devices for receiving and processing signals based on them look very promising. In practice, in many cases, the actually achieved parameters turn out to be much worse than the theoretical ones, so for niobium SQUIDs the characteristic voltage Vc=IcRn at best reaches 200 µV, and according to theory it should be up to 2 mV. For Terahertz SIS mixers and oscillators, the main problems are a large specific capacitance, hysteresis, and leakage currents. These problems may be related to the morphology and crystal structure of superconductor films. In practice, films are granular, tunnel barriers are nonuniform, the effective area is about 10% of geometric area, leakage currents, parasitic capacitances occur.
The crystal structure determines fundamentally different properties of the same elements, for example, for carbon it is diamond, graphite, fullerenes, nanotubes. Important components of a promising superconducting technology are: the use of single-crystal substrates matched in lattice constant and orientation with the grown films, optimization of growth temperature conditions, controlled formation of an oxide or nitride tunnel barrier. One option is to use a Schottky barrier for the semiconductor interlayer instead of a dielectric or normal metal one. This review presents the results of studying films by X-ray diffraction diagnostics, atomic force microscopy, and electron microscopy, showing the main bottlenecks of the existing technology with the deposition of niobium, niobium nitride, and aluminum films on oxidized standard silicon substrates, as well as the results of quasi-epitaxial growth of films on single-crystal substrates at various temperature conditions. Reproducible manufacturing of high-quality tunnel junctions can be achieved by implementing atomically smooth surfaces of tunnel contacts, which will improve the signal and noise characteristics of superconducting devices for receiving and processing information.


Introduction: It is estimated that about 14% of people in India with visual impairment are suffering from refractive errors. The prevalence of childhood blindness in India is 0.17% and refractive errors alone are the major treatable cause (33.3%) of the blindness. Assessment of Visual acuity should not be the only criteria for detection of ametropia, as children have strong accomodation. Thus it is emphasizing the importance of refraction testing under cycloplegic drugs. Convergence insufficiency is prevalent in about 7.5% of population. Purpose: To study the association of asthenopia and convergence insufficiency with refractive error in children. Methods: 2130 ametropic children up to 16 yrs were screened for asthenopia and convergence insufficiency. Result: Ametropia was found in 40.24% of children .Myopia was prevalent in 47.41% children. Hypermetropia was detected in 15.49% children. Convergence insufficiency was observed in 34.14% of children and asthenopia was found in 82.19% ametropic children. Conclusion: The study reveals that, asthenopia and convergence insufficiency are found to be the most common ocular conditions associated   with ametropia.


The control principle,design scheme,hardware and software of pneumatic sequential control system based on LOGO! controller for food vacuum pressure impregnation equipment were comprehensively analyzed.The pneumatic sequential control system adopted inductance approach switches to finish the tank cover locating,closing,opening and shutting operation,and adopted LOGO! controller to run the single vacuum pressuring impregnation cycle including vacuum pumping,sugar sucking,pressuring,impregnating and sugar sucking procedures,so that carried out the whole processing procedures step by step automatically.The vacuum pressure impregnation equipment could finish impregnating sugar rapidly and uniformly,and be suitable for plenty of materials impregnating through adjusting each impregnating processing times.


To the Editor: The recent paper by Borella-Venturini et al. [1] gives us an opportunity to discuss the guidelines about tetanus vaccination in France and Europe. In France, the vaccination schedule was updated in 2013 to a 20-year-interval between booster shots of tetanus vaccine in adults [2]. However, the risk– benefit balance of these new guidelines needs to be carefully evaluated, following a case of tetanus in a 'vaccinated-as -recommended-patient'. A 50-year-old man came to the emergency unit of Brignoles, France, for abnormal movements. His left heel had been wounded by a rusty nail while walking in a field 15 days before. His last vaccination for tetanus was in 1999 at the age of 33, 17 years previously. The wound was cleaned 24 h later but became inflamed. Eight days after the injury, he felt cramps in the left leg. He then developed bilateral dyskinesia of upper and lower limbs and went to the emergency unit because of dysphagia and trismus with limitation of mouth-opening at 2 cm. Upon examination, the gag reflex was exacerbated. The wound on the left heel was almost completely healed. The cerebral CT scan was normal and no biological abnormality existed in standard blood analysis. Quick test for tetanus Ig was negative and the patient was subsequently referred to our centre for treatment. Injection of human tetanus immunoglobulin was performed (3000 IU, intramuscularly and around the wound). He was also treated with metronidazole 500 mg intravenously three times a day and given a booster of anti-tetanus vaccine. The patient was transferred in the intensive care unit for monitoring. He improved within 48 h with progressive disappearance of the trismus and the abnormal movements of the limbs. He was discharged from the hospital 2 days after returning from the intensive care unit to the infectious diseases ward. This case is in line with the results of Borella-Venturini et al. [1], which show that the proportion of unprotected individuals correlates with the time since the last vaccine dose, with 16·1% of unprotected individuals receiving the last dose more than 15 years before [1]. Our patient belonged to this group with a last vaccination booster shot performed 17 years earlier. European guidelines for tetanus vaccination in adults are highly heterogeneous, from Italy still recommending a decennial booster shot to the UK that does not vaccinate systematically after the age of 14. However, they do stress the need for prophylaxis in tetanus-prone wounds [3, 4]. Further cautious evaluation of national guidelines should help in harmonizing European Guidelines concerning the interval for anti-tetanus vaccine booster shots. Moreover, our case should remind French clinicians that preventive measures and diagnosis of tetanus should be invoked in the group of patients vaccinated more than 15 years ago.


A finite volume method for the numerical solution of viscoelastic flows is presented in this paper. The flow of a differential upper-convected Maxwell (UCM) model fluid through an abrupt expansion has been chosen as a prototype example. The equations are solved using the finite volume method (FVM) in a staggered grid. Stable solutions are found for high Weissenberg number (We), further extending the range of simulations with the FVM. Numerical results show the viscoelasticity of polymer solutions is the main factor influencing sweep efficiency.


The formation of a charge-density-wave (CDW) superlattice in the blue molybdenum oxide bronze K/sub 0.30/MoO/sub 3/ is found to be extremely sensitive to electron-beam irradiation. Short exposure of the samples to an electron beam completely destroys the CDW superlattice whereas the underlying main lattice remains largely intact. The radiation damage in the CDW superlattice is believed to be electronic in origin.


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Tools that deriv e terrain attributes from digital elevation models are common i n geospatial softwa re . Their accessibility permits applying geomorphometric techniques to a wide range of applications . These tools however, can be considered "black box es " where the analysis and comparison of the internal workings of the technique are vague and cannot be as sessed. Selecting the most effective set of tools for a given task can thus be challenging. Th is work presents a method for select ing a n optimal set of terrain attributes that can help non - expert GIS users make the best use of ge omorphometry . The selection of terrain attributes aims to remov e redundancy between attributes and maximize the amount of information given on a surface. We derived 230 terrain attributes from an artificial surface using 11 software . This approach is twofold: a pre - selection based o n the ranking of attributes was first established using stepwise multicollinearity measures, followed by a final selection of attributes from a principal components analysis (PCA). The results show that using 13 independent terrain attributes can explain u p to 83% of the variance for that particular surface: t he combination of common attributes that are available in most GIS (i.e. aspect, basic curvatures, slope and a measure of rugosity) can explain 67% of the surface variance. The method proved efficient to reduce a high - dimensional list of terrain attributes to identify combinations of 13 attributes or less that can be used by non - expert GIS users. I. I NTRODUCTION Tools allowing g eographic i nformation s ystems (GIS) users to derive terrain attributes from d igital elevation models (DEM) are increasingl y available in GIS software. The se attributes can be used for a wide range of purposes , such as explanatory variables or indicators in biological and ecological studies ( 1 ) . The algorithms implemented by the dif ferent software are not always specified and can often le ave users with little choice of the appropriate algorithm and specific parameters to use . Since different algorithms can produce significantly different results ( 2 ) , and that few studies outside of t he field of geomorphometry report the methods used for the computation of terrain attributes ( 3 ) , comparison s between studies can be misleading . Users are left with a large number of options and without guidance are often tempted to select a random or sub - optimal set of terrain attributes for their study using the GIS they are familiar with . Using a random selection of terrain attributes or all the available attributes from a specific software might result in outcomes that are not representative of the obs erved phenomenon , failing to capture the key properties of a terrain . For instance, being all derivatives from a same surface (the DEM) , terrain attributes are likely to show a certain level of


Objective Investigate the causes and prevention of stent thrombosis after percutaneous coronary intervention( PCI). Methods Retrospective analysis was made on the cases of stent thrombosis. Results In the last 5 years,there were 4 cases of stent thrombosis in 497 PCI cases. Among them,one case of stent thrombosis happened within 30 min after PCI. After second PCI and anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy,the patient safely discharged. Conclusion Stent thrombosis is a serious postoperative complication of PCI in patients with coronary heart disease. Considering patient's specific conditions,personalized treatment can prevent stent thrombosis.


PURPOSE: To enhance improvement effect, also on the ground of high water- permeability including a gravel stratum, and heighten strength after improvement, specially, and enlarge an improvement diameter. CONSTITUTION: Through an injecting pipe 1 inserted into ground, from its tip section, the instantaneously bonding grout S of the solution type or the suspension type of a concreting time equal to or shorter than 60 seconds is injected and after that, from its injecting position or a tip side before the position, the reinforcing grout R of a suspension type with the concreting time longer than that of the instantaneous bonding grout S and with great homo/gel strength is injected. After that, from the injecting position of the reinforcing grout R or a tip side before the injecting position, the permeable grout L of a solution type with a concreting time longer than that of the instantaneous bonding grout S is injected. COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO&Japio


Based on studying anycast service and the application of ant colony algorithm in anycast routing,an anycast routing algorithm based on ant colony system principles to solve delay constrained problem is proposed in this paper.This algorithm uses the strategy of adjusting pheromone on best path and restarting algorithm,and can solve the problem that ant algorithm is easy to fall into local optimum solution.The results of simulation experiment show that the proposed algorithm is effective and feasible,and it can effectively find the best solution of the problem in condition of satisfying delay constraint.


A new energy saving and environmental protected non-calcined masonry cement with limestone and GGBS as the main raw materials was discussed.The additional gypsum and steel slag were to prepare the non-calcined masonry cement by grinding without burning.The study results indicated that the strength of the cement reduced with the content of limestone increased,and the mechanical properties could meet the requirements of GB / T 3183-2003 masonry cement if the content of limestone was 40%~60%.Steel slag could stimulate the hydration activity of this cement effectively and promote its hydration.The content of steel slag had a significant influence to cement strength,and its optimal additive amount was 8%.The law of compressive strength variation and pH value of cement was measured when limestone was substituted with different content of quartz.The results approved that the limestone could promote the early hydration of GGBS effectively and improve the early strength of cement.


The Mid-route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project is divided into four subsystems;i.e.crossing constructions,water conveyance channels,the Yellow River and Zhanghe River Crossing works and control projects,and then the risk factor identification system and the assessment structure model are established for the operations of all the subsystems with the relevant risk analysis methods based on various characteristics and failure mechanisms of their operations.Through the qualitative and quantitative calculations on the operation of the Mid-route Project,the risk grade classification for all the subsystems is realized.Furthermore,not only the relevant control methods and countermeasures for lowering the related risks are given on the basis of the risk analysis results,but some beneficial references are also provided for the safe operation and management of the project concerned.


Background. To evaluate the predictability of meniscal repairability based on well-defined image criteria to diagnose a repairable meniscal tear. Material and method. The series comprises 45 cases of injured menisci in 39 patients with a mean age of 40.5 ye-ars. Magnetic resonance imaging criteria were established in order to be able to define whether a meniscal injury is repairable pre-operatively. The injuries fulfilling all the criteria were considered to be repairable. Arthroscopy has been adopted as the «gold standard» for the definitive diagnosis of repairable injury and therefore the possibility to perform meniscal repair is established intraoperatively. MRI identified 13 of the 45 injured menisci as suturable and 32 as non-suturable. Fifteen meniscal sutures were carried out compared to 30 that were not sutured. Results. Sensitivity (66%), Specificity (90%) and Predictive Values: PPV (positive predictive values) = 77% and NPV (negative predictive values) = 84% were calculated. A statistical association test was done, obtaining a result of p < 0,001, which is a statistically significant value. Conclusions. According to the results obtained, MRI is not very sensitive in detecting whether or not a meniscus is actually suturable, because when it does show that a meniscus is suturable, the probability of error is small and these findings are statistically significant, which indicates that there is very little probability that the correct findings of the MRI (based on the imaging criteria) in favour of meniscal suturing are random. Objectif. Évaluer la prédictibilité de l'IRM selon des critères d'image bien définis pour diagnostiquer une ruptu-re du ménisque réparable. et méthode. La série comprend 45 cas de lésions de ménisques chez 39 patients d'une moyenne d'âge de 40,5 ans. On établit des critères d'image de magnétique pour définir une lésion méniscale comme répara-ble préopératoirement. Les lésions sont considérées réparables si elles répondent à tous les critères. L'arthroscopie est prise comme «gold standard» pour le diagnostic définitif de lésion réparable; les possibilités de réparation méniscale sont donc établies au cours de l'opération. L'IRM identifie comme suturables 13 des 45 ménisques atteints, et comme non suturables 32. Les sutures méniscales réalisées s'élèvent à 15, alors que 30 cas ne sont pas suturables.


Aim: to understand the stories of care and the implications of using foot reflexology in the elderly. Method: action research, in which foot reflexology sessions were conducted in elderly residents of a long-stay institution located within Paraiba. The production and analysis of the narratives were made from March to June 2012, through thematic oral story, which originated three themes: The pains of body and soul, Teas and massages, Care through the feet. Results: diffuse pain and sleep difficulties were the main complaints reported, for which the elderly used teas and massage as therapeutic resources. Besides alleviating the previously mentioned problems, the realization of reflexology provided well-being, relaxation, anxiety relief and improved quality of sleep. Final considerations: the integrative practices enable a comprehensive care to the elderly, since they are easy to apply and promote relaxation and well-being


Abstract : A new test channel has been designed and constructed to operate off the present high pressure air supply. The new facility is characterized by low turbulence, variable geometry (LTVG) supersonic operation (currently designed for Mach 3) at stagnation pressures from 50 to 150 psia. This facility provides a new and unique capability to study two- and three-dimensional supersonic turbulent boundary layers interacting with gradients and shock waves. A new and enhanced data acquisition for processing system has been installed in the Laboratory. It is based on the DEC VAX-750 which provides multi-channel high frequency, data acquisition and data processing capability for all of the Laboratory facilities. Keywords: Supersonic test, Channel.