A careful reading of two translated versions of Jane Eyre,one rendered with the foreignizing method and the other with the domesticating method,demonstrates that they are both "hybrid" in truth.Hybridity universally shows itself in translated texts.Thus,hybrid translations are natural and,if all things considered,necessary.


The entry describes the key functions of library's Technical Services (TS) component: Acquisitions, Cataloging, and Materials Processing. It traces the history and the major developments that affected the evolution of TS. The entry highlights the progression of cataloging-related standards and the way technology impacts the current workflow


The ATML family of standards have now been published through the IEEE and are beginning to be implemented in the test industry. This paper explores two of these ATML standards, the IEEE Std 1671.6 ATML Test Station Description and the IEEE Std 1671.5 ATML Test Adapter Description. These standards describe a test station and test adapter in an electronic format adhering to the XML standard. A description of the standards will be provided along with some suggestions on applications that could benefit from their incorporation. Some of the applications that will be explored are: test diagram generation, test station capability comparisons, test adapter fabrication, resource management and path allocation. In addition the ATML WireLists schema will be discussed, which is associated with the ATML Test Station and Test Adapter standards. This paper hopes to encourage the use of these standards by providing some guidance and resource materials to assist in their implementations.


Summary: The authors argue that the five forces framework for industry analysis developed by Michael Porter provide a useful strategic management tool for analysing the current developments of the Hungarian MTPL-market. Moreover, the comprehensive analysis of the market forces provides such an insight into the market mechanisms that helps developing successful strategies for the market players of the MTPL-industry. In this first part of the paper, the authors provide an overall description of the methodology, the analysed market and describe its main characteristics using the five forces model of Porter. The analysis provides both theoretical and data-based overview of the five forces: rivalry among existing competitors, threat of new entrants, threat of substitute services and the bargaining power of buyers and suppliers. The results give a plausible explanation for the recent developments of the Hungarian MTPL-market which has been characterized by extreme price competition between (currently) 15 market players and definitely unusual intense rivalry – close to that of the microeconomic perfect competition. We will also analyse the changes in the forces that could shape the future of the industry: due to new regulatory environment, the structure of the MTPL-industry is expected to change significantly thus providing a case for supporting the argument that the five forces are not static, and a dynamic view of the Porter-model for this market can help to develop successful strategies and/or avoid strategic pitfalls.


Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) has been recognized as the viral agent of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and is associated with 2 lymphoproliferative disorders: primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) and multicentric Castleman disease (MCD). In addition, HHV-8 has been recently found to be associated with solid lymphomas that display an anaplastic large cell morphology.


We consider the universal sector of a d > 2 ?> dimensional large-N strongly interacting holographic CFT on a black hole spacetime background B. When our CFTd is coupled to dynamical Einstein–Hilbert gravity with Newton constant Gd, the combined system can be shown to satisfy a version of the thermodynamic generalized second law (GSL) at leading order in Gd. The quantity S CFT + A ( H B , perturbed ) 4 G d ?> is non-decreasing, where A ( H B , perturbed ) ?> is the (time-dependent) area of the new event horizon in the coupled theory. Our SCFT is the notion of (coarse-grained) CFT entropy outside the black hole given by causal holographic information—a quantity in turn defined in the AdS d + 1 ?> dual by the renormalized area A ren ( H bulk ) ?> of a corresponding bulk causal horizon. A corollary is that the fine-grained GSL must hold for finite processes taken as a whole, though local decreases of the fine-grained generalized entropy are not obviously forbidden. Another corollary, given by setting G d = 0 , ?> states that no finite process taken as a whole can increase the renormalized free energy F = E out − TS CFT − &OHgr; J , ?> with T , &OHgr; ?> constants set by H B . ?> This latter corollary constitutes a 2nd law for appropriate non-compact AdS event horizons.


The Base of the article serves the particularities a cooperation when mastering and use IT, are considered main particularities, is touched aspects, connected with her (its) shaping.


Objective:To analyze the sequences of RhoxF1 protein,construct the bait plasmid of RhoxF1 in yeast two-hybrid system and test its self-activation acitivity.Method:Conserved domains were analyzed and the homology between mouse Rhox5 protein and human RhoxF1 protein was compared by bioinformatics method.PCR was used to amplify RhoxF1 gene and the fragment was inserted into the PMD 18-T vector.After verified,the fragment was subcloned into pGBKT7 vector.After that,the 1 plasmid was transformed into the yeast strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae AH109 and its toxicity and transcriptional activation was tested by both the phenotype assay and β galactosidase assays.Result:Several conserved DNA binding sites were found and the homology between Rhox5 and RhoxF1 amounted up to 30%.The bait plasmid pGBKT7-RhoxF1 was constructed correctly.Activity test of β-galactosidase revealed that pGBKT7-RhoxF1 couldn't be self-activated.Conclusion:Human RhoxF1 protein has the high homogeneous characteristics with mouse Rhox5 protein.In addition,pGBKT7-RhoxF1,as a bait plasmid of the yeast two-hybrid system,can be used to screen the protein interacting with RhoxF1.


This study was done to examine the relationship between employees' empowerment, their commitment to organization and their turnover intention of private banks working in KPK province of Pakistan. Data were collected from 691 employees of Officer Grade I, II and Officer Grade III of private banks of KPK. SPSS software was used for data operation. The results of correlation showed a significant positive relationship between employees' empowerment and their commitment to organization while a significant negative relationship between employees' empowerment and turnover intention was noted. The results of simple regression also showed a significant positive impact of employees' empowerment on employees' commitment to their organization and a negative impact on turnover intention was noted. Both analyses also revealed a significant negative relationship between employees' commitment to organization and their turnover intention. Keywords-Employees' empowerment; Employees' Commitment; Turnover Intention; Private Banks; Pakistan


The reliability function for a parallel system of two identical components is derived from a stress-strength model, where failure of one component increases the stress on the surviving component of the system. The Maximum Likelihood Estimators of parameters and their asymptotic distribution are obtained. Further the Maximum Likelihood Estimator and Bayes Estimator of reliability function are obtained using the data from a life-testing experiment. Computation of estimators is illustrated through simulation study.


Cop-width and flip-width are new families of graph parameters introduced by Toru\'nczyk (2023) that generalise treewidth, degeneracy, generalised colouring numbers, clique-width and twin-width. In this paper, we bound the cop-width and flip-width of a graph by its strong colouring numbers. In particular, we show that for every $r\in \mathbb{N}$, every graph $G$ has $\text{copwidth}_r(G)\leq \text{scol}_{4r}(G)$. This implies that every class of graphs with linear strong colouring numbers has linear cop-width and linear flip-width. We use this result to deduce improved bounds for cop-width and flip-width for various sparse graph classes.


Commenting is an important fundamental functionality offered with video streaming service. Users exchange commentaries and report problems about th e video content through commenting. Tribler is, however, still lacking of the function al ty of commenting. CommentCast is a fully distributed commenting system in Tribler based on the BuddyCast protocol stack. In this thesis, we improve the original design of CommentCast by augmenting different protocols working cooperatively to supply a fast, bandwidth-e ffici nt and reliable commenting service. Then, we elaborate the protocol focusing on f ast dissemination. By comparing with gossip algorithm and flooding algorithm, we decide to use LightFlood [14], an algorithm combining pure flooding and spann ingtree broadcasting, to disseminate comments. Our experiments show that LightFlood is a very fast and cost-effective dissemination algorithm. In order to study the knowledge of user commenting and evaluate our design , we collected the comment history of movie section of Verycd.com, a website providin g P2P download resources. Since the movie section of Verycd.com has a simila r context as Tribler, we take the collected comment history as a real workload for simulation of CommentCast. Finally, we investigate the performance of the push protocol of CommentCast by simulating the algorithm working under the real-world workload. Our simulation shows that the CommentCast is able to spread comments rapidly to a large number of users. At the same time, the bandwidth consumption is also realistic based on today's network infrastructure.


Objective To study clinical value of totally mini-invasive technique,ie subfascial endoscopic perforator surgery(SEPS) and endovenous laser treatment(EVLT),for chronic venous insufficiency(CVI) of lower limbs. Methods Twenty-six patients with 36 extremities confirmed CVI were treated by SEPS and EVLT. Results The varicose veins disappeared,and incisions primarily healed in all cases.All ulcers healed within one to four weeks.The average postoperative hospital stay was eight days.All the patients did well in walking,and without recurrence. Conclusion The combination therapy of SEPS and EVLT is safe and effective in the treatment of CVI of lower limbs with minimal injury and few complications.


The problem of climate change seems to be a tragedy of the commons: despite the global benefits of reducing green-house gas emissions, no individual has any incentive to reduce his or her own emissions. Yet many people are making efforts to reduce emissions and putting pressure on businesses and governments to do the same. Although the size of these efforts is unclear, their very existence might seem puzzling. The efforts are consistent, however, with some theoretical and empirical evidence about the extent of cooperation in other social dilemmas. This evidence does not imply that greenhouse-gas emissions will be reduced to desirable levels, but it does suggest that the potential for voluntary cooperation should not be ignored. It also suggests that cooperation can be promoted by (i) allowing cooperators to punish defectors without withdrawing their own cooperation; (ii) publicly emphasizing the social benefits and extent of cooperation and the social norms that require it; and (iii) improving the quantity and timeliness of public information about cooperation and defection.


The bioimpedance analysis is a technique used with a small alternating current to determine the impedance that is the human body's opposition to the electric current. The bioelectrical impedance analysis equipment, which currently exists, is not prepared to be used in under-ten children, since they do not have the necessary formulas to perform the calculations, which is why in this project it is demonstrated by making use of electronic circuits and microcontrollers, that it is possible to make an analysis of electric impedance in under-ten children, thanks to the development of a device through which it is possible to estimate the impedance of the human body and with this it was possible to find the percentage of body fat, in addition to parameters such as lean mass (mass that is not fat), fat mass, total water and body mass index.


The paper introduces the development of material for the thermal power unit,the development characteristics of welding technology and welding quality control.The part of material development includes six stages,i.e.normal carbon steel,low alloy heat resistant steel,9Cr1Mo steel,T91/P91 steel,T92/P92 steel,new heat-resistant austenitic steel.The technology development consists of five characteristics.Firstly,the amount of welding work increases continuously and welding management steps to professional management mode gradually.Secondly,new steel emerges one after another.Along with the increase of the scale,the pressure and the temperature of the generating unit,all kinds of new steel emerge as the times requires.Thirdly,more attention is paid to the welding quality process control.Fourthly,new equipment and new technology emerge in endlessly.Fifthly,welding management becomes more and more standardized and institutionalized.In the part of quality control,the welding quality control measures are put forward from five aspects,i.e.the personnel,the equipment,the material,the method and the environment.


In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the need to rethink the status of space and time which Kant considered to be a priori forms of sensibility was prompted by the emergence of new approaches to the methodology of scientific cognition. In neo-Kantian interpretation these cognitive forms acquire a special epistemological status, manifesting themselves in theoretical research as "pre-given" foundations of knowledge. It seems necessary to conduct a comparative analysis of two interconnected neo-Kantian concepts, of Hermann Cohen and Ivan Lapshin. Studying Kant's philosophy since his student days, Lapshin gradually came to the conclusion that the need to clarify and develop Kant's transcendental method was dictated by the development of scientific knowledge. Indeed, the works of the Russian neo-Kantian contain echoes and polemical adjustments of Cohen's spatio-temporal ideas. Our study has revealed common epistemological attitudes in Cohen and Lapshin: the wish to improve elements of Kantian philosophy, adjusting them to prove the possibility of scientific-theoretical cognition and of overcoming psychologism and developing the logicistic approach to the critique of cognition. Each of the two authors developed their own "mechanism" of reducing space and time to a range of intellectual procedures for the construction of the object of knowledge. In Cohen's account space and time pre-establish the language of observation and found all scientific-theoretical work. Lapshin, on the other hand, in discussing the formal and substantive features of these categories (the introduction of "axioms" of time, the need to specify the concepts of time and space through other categories), notes that their use in scientific judgment implies an epistemological givenness of the concept of the object. This I see as a variant of solving one and the same epistemological task. I submit that Lapshin worked out an independent concept of space and time as cognitive forms that are congruent with the spirit of European neo-Kantianism and contemporary science.


The applicability of the concept of transfer functions for bituminous concrete has been examined in this study by treating the test specimen as a dynamic system in which the input is the applied force and the output is the resulting displacement. The transfer function was derived from the frequency spectrum of the material using a simple curve fitting technique, and the spectrum itself was obtained from a series of sinusoidal load tests of varying frequencies. The scope of the study included dynamic and static testing of specimens of asphaltic concrete of two different compositions, cut along three mutually perpendicular directions from laboratory compacted beams with all testing being carried out at three different temperatures. The following primary conclusions may be stated as a result of this study: 1. The viscoelastic or time-dependent characteristics of a bituminous concrete can be represented by its transfer function which is unique for the material at a given temperature. 2. The roots of the denominator of the transfer function of the asphaltic concrete tested were observed to be real and distinct which indicates that bituminous concrete behaves as an overdamped system. 3. Temperature is the one single factor which most affects the transfer function for an asphaltic concrete material. Increase in temperature increases the value of the constant A in the transfer function equation. 4. The transfer function is observed to be a powerful tool in predicting the displacement under an applied load, dynamic or static. By treating the static load as a step function of time, the static load displacement was calculated by means of the transfer function derived experimentally from the dynamic test, and compared with the measured static load displacement value. Excellent agreement was noted between the calculated and measured values of the displacements. This validates the concept that the transfer function represents a material property which is independent of the type of input. 5. By the use of the transfer function and without assuming any spring-dashpot model, it is possible to represent the time-dependent behavior of asphaltic concrete by a fourth order linear differential equation with constant coefficients. The coefficients can be computed from the roots of the denominator and numerator of the transfer function.


Aimming at the detection of infrared small target under complicated background,the paper proposes a kind of degenerate decision tree arithmetic.Through picking up infrared character,grad contrast,distribution of gray level in the neighborhood,etc,it utilizes complementarities fully between each infrared character,attaining high detection ratio and lower false alarm rates.Simulation result indicates that it can detect infrared target with high efficiency.


Five retention systems were studied to compare increases in fiber flocculation. Fiber flocculation, filler retention, and drainage efficiency were measured in a pilot-scale flow loop with industrial-like furnishes. Fiber flocculation was evaluated with an image analysis technique that is not sensitive to the presence of filler. The five systems showed significantly different effects on fiber flocculation. Models were used to optimized the flocculation and retention performance of each system, and drainage efficiency was also considered. The operating costs and flocculation increases of the systems were compared at specific levels of filler retention. A relatively expensive microparticle system had the lowest tendency to flocculate fibers. A polyelectrolyte system was cost-effective by comparison, but the fiber flocculation of this system was seriously impaired when drainage imposed its own conditions, and the operating cost would be expected to double to become comparable to that of a microparticle system.


We initiate the recently proposed ww-ensemble one-particle reduced density matrix functional theory (ww-RDMFT) by deriving the first functional approximations and illustrate how excitation energies can be calculated in practice. For this endeavour, we first study the symmetric Hubbard dimer, constituting the building block of the Hubbard model, for which we execute the Levy-Lieb constrained search. Second, due to the particular suitability of ww-RDMFT for describing Bose-Einstein condensates, we demonstrate three conceptually different approaches for deriving the universal functional in a homogeneous Bose gas for arbitrary pair interaction in the Bogoliubov regime. Remarkably, in both systems the gradient of the functional is found to diverge repulsively at the boundary of the functional's domain, extending the recently discovered Bose-Einstein condensation force to excited states. Our findings highlight the physical relevance of the generalized exclusion principle for fermionic and bosonic mixed states and the curse of universality in functional theories.


AbstractSatellite observations of the earth's radiation budget (ERB) are a critical component of the climate observing system. Recent observations have been made from sun-synchronous orbits, which provide excellent spatial coverage with global measurements twice daily but do not resolve the full diurnal cycle. Previous investigations show that significant errors can occur in time-averaged energy budgets from sun-synchronous orbits if diurnal variations are ignored. However, the impact of incomplete diurnal sampling on top-of-atmosphere (TOA) flux variability and trends has received less attention. A total of 68 months of 3-hourly tropical outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) and reflected shortwave radiation (RSW) fluxes from the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) synoptic (SYN) data product is used to examine the impact of incomplete diurnal sampling on TOA flux variability. Tropical OLR and RSW interannual variability and trends derived from sun-synchronous time sampling consistent with t...


DWI SEPTININGSIH, The Correlation Between Promotion With Customer Satisfaction Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) KCP Cipayung On Citizen Association 04 Setu Village, Cipayung Sub-Distric In Jakarta. Study program of commerce education, Faculty of economics, State university of jakarta.
This research was conducted in RW 04 Setu Village, Cipayung Sub-District in Jakarta, for five months, starting from February 2016 to Juny 2016. The purpose of this study is to determine correlation between Promotion With Customer Satisfaction Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) KCP Cipayung On Citizen Association 04 Setu Village, Cipayung Sub-Distric In Jakarta. The research method used is survey method with the correlational approach, population used are all Citizen District 04 Setu Village, Cipayung Sub-District in Jakarta who become customers and satisfied at Bank Rakyat Indonesia ( BRI ) KCP Cipayung. The sampling technique used technique of purposive sampling as many as 67 people. The resulting regression equation is Ŷ = 40.96 + 0.70 X. Test requirements analysis that estimates the error normality test regression of Y on X with test Liliefors produce Lcount = 0,0895, while Ltable for n = 67 at 0,05 significant level is 0,1083. Because Lcount Ftable which, 43,67 > 3,99, meaning that the regression equation is significant. Correlation coefficient of Pearson Product moment generating rxy = 0,634, then performed the test significance correlation coefficient using t test and the resulting tcount > ttable, tcount = 6,608 and ttable = 1,67. It can conclude that the correlation coefficient rxy = 0,634 is positive and significant. The coefficient of determination obtain for is 40,18% which show that 40,18% of the variant of customer satisfaction is determined by promotion.


A Gaussian membership function to model image information in spatial domain has been proposed in this paper. We introduce a new contrast intensification operator which involves a parameter t for enhancement of color images. By minimizing the fuzzy entropy of the image information, the parameter t is calculated globally. A visible improvement in the image quality for human contrast perception is observed, also demonstrated here by the reduction in 'index of fuzziness' and 'entropy' of the output image.


The research allowed the authors to identify various types of adverse, destructive and erosion processes in the canyon of the Smotrych River. Now the ecological situation within the Smotrytsya canyon is quite difficult. The main factor in the deterioration of the situation is anthropogenic and man-made load: quarrying, garbage accumulation, unauthorized agriculture on the slopes of the canyon.
Within the Smotric canyon, natural water and wind erosion are manifested, which in most cases are combined and the processes of destruction as a result of their action are intensified. Studies of erosion processes in the canyon of the Smotrich River have revealed a great variety of their manifestations.
Karst processes are a typical manifestation of water erosion in the study area. Among the surface forms of karst, microforms (crates of various types) predominate. Individual karst funnels are less common. We discovered a karst cave located near Bilanivska embankment. Its area is 6 m2. The walls are covered with cracks, dominated by horizontal, less vertical, but they are larger. Turfed, covered type of karst can be found on the section where the river Smotrich encircles the Old Town in the direction of the village. Poodles.
Lateral erosion is due to slope processes and erosion of the riverbed. It causes the migration of the riverbed, watercourse, the formation of river meanders, widens the river valley. Within the Smotric canyon, this type of erosion occurs in places where the shoreline is formed of clay soil. Inflows and outflows of water masses during the season also change the structure of the soil.
Wind deflation and weathering within the canyon are manifested in those areas where rock remains and leads to the formation of various forms, are evidence of long-term wind erosion. Over the centuries, these forms can change, collapse.
Linear erosion includes slope processes under the influence of anthropogenic activity and temporary water flows, which form furrows, ravines, ravines. Bilanivska embankment is characterized by the development of a system of ravines that descend to the river floodplain as a result of temporary water flows, during heavy rainfall, heavy rains, melting snow. They are small, but descend to the river. There are ravines as a result of concentrated storm currents, which are formed during heavy rainfall
Transport erosion occurs throughout the study area. The result of such erosion is narrow and wide paths, dirt and hard roads made of limestone and artificially covered and filled with rubble.
Zoogenic (pasture) erosion is quite common in Smotrich canyon. Grazing of cattle (cows), horses or small animals (goats, sheep) is carried out everywhere. The lack of special pastures, the inability to keep animals in a tethered way, leads to the fact that animals graze on the slopes of the canyon, in the coastal zone, in parks, and goats graze even on steep terraces.
During the last few years, the recreational service in the form of walks along the riverbed on the BRDM-2 vehicle has been causing a destructive impact on the ecosystem of the Smotrich River.
Summarizing the results of our research, we should point out other negative impacts from tourism activities using military equipment: gradual destruction of the river bottom, acceleration of erosion processes on rocky and silty slopes, increasing turbidity, changing water circulation in the river, changing gorge, near Novoplan the bridge actually washes its supports, introduces fuel and lubricants into the water and with the wheels of the car feces of large animals, the noise scares away birds that nest in the coastal zone of the river.
Key words: unfavorable geographical processes, ecological condition, Smotrich canyon, Smotrich river, erosion, pollution, sewage, landscape complexes, anthropogenization.


Being well recognized in repair, rehabilitation and maintenance of concrete structures, polymer modified concretes are new high-performance materials. The present study was focused on the availability and use of polymer-modified concrete under local conditions in Pakistan. Various polymer compositions with subsidiary chemicals were prepared in the laboratory, and their feasibility in the repair of structures was experimentally verified. The results demonstrated that the tensile strength of the polymer-modified concrete, made with altered PVA emulsion, was three times more than the ordinary concrete. Polymer-modified concrete with altered PVA emulsion showed excellent bonding with old concrete. Furthermore, the above combination was highly cost efficient when compared to the use of PVA emulsion


Diagnostic techniques to identify vulnerable plaques are rapidly evolving.Intravascular ultrasound(IVUS)has the ability to detect and localize plaque as well as quantitate plaque burden.The ability of IVUS to detect vulnerable plaques before rupture is currently being evaluated by novel techniques.Initially,IVUS was shown to be able to characterize plaque broadly as calcified or fibrofatty but was limited in its ability to more precisely detect lipid-rich plaques,necrotic cores,and thrombus.Recent advances in new applications of IVUS,such as integrated backscatter,wavelet analysis,and virtual histology,have focused on evaluating and mathematically transforming the radiofrequency signal from ultrasound waves into a color-coded representation of plaque characteristics such as lipid,fibrous tissue,calcification,and necrotic core.In addition,elastography evaluates local tissue by utilizing mechanical properties of deformation made by luminal pressure.So intravascular elastography may be an ideal technology in evaluating lipid pool and identifying areas of high strain.


Studies using a questionnaire and direct observation were designed to explore the correlation between sex and territorial space on airplanes. Subjects were observed in the coach section of airplanes to determine whether men or women used the common armrest more, when seated in mixed-sex arrangement. Other subjects responded to an interview questionnaire at a major airport. Results indicate that men, with or without control for size, had a much greater tendency to use the common armrest. Also those subjects accustomed to using the armrest felt angrier when denied this space.


Evaluation parameters of quality at a production and realization of wares it is suggested to express dimensionless indexes. Dependences are offered for determination of expenses on the improvement of quality. Using of dimensionless indexes of quality is considered for realization of products.


Radon therapy using radon gas is performed in several countries. The main indications of this therapy are for pain-related diseases. Although several clinical studies have been reported, the mechanism underlying radon's beneficial effects is still unknown. We have demonstrated that low-dose Xor γ-irradiation activates antioxidant functions and inhibits several kinds of oxidative damage in mice. We have also proved that radon inhalation has similar effects to Xor γ-irradiation in mice. Therefore, we attempted to examine whether radon inhalation has mitigating effects on neuropathic pain. Results show that radon inhalation has preventive and curative effects on chronic constriction injury (CCI)-induced neuropathic pain in mice and that these are due to the activation of antioxidant functions. Moreover, we compared the mitigating effects of radon and pregabalin on CCI-induced neuropathic pain in mice. The results showed that the alleviating effects of radon inhalation at a concentration of 1000 Bq/ m3 for 24 hours were of the same level as those achieved by treatment with pregabalin at 1.4 mg/kg body weight. The combined effects of radon and pregabalin (3mg/kg body weight) were almost equivalent to treatment with pregabalin at 4.1mg/kg body weight. These findings suggested that this combined action results in an additive effect and that activation of antioxidant functions by radon inhalation contributes to mitigating effects. Although radon exposure systems for veterinary care were developed, there are no reports on the application of radon therapy to veterinary neuropathic pain. Radon therapy can be useful in Chapter 1


The proportion of Malaysian age above 60 years old is expected to be more than doubled from 7% of the total population in 2000 to 16% in 2020 (Department of Statistics,2010). The similar finding was reported by Mafauzy, M. (2000) indicating that between 1990 and 2020, the aged population is expected to increase by 210%, an increase from 1.05 million in 1990 to 3.26 million in 2020. By 2040, one fifth of Malaysian are expected to be in the more than 60-years old bracket. With the longer life expectancy, better health facilities as well as improved economics condition will encourage more people to venture into bridge employment. Opportunities from various angle of bridge employment;  whether it is to fulfill one financial needs, or as a stepping stone for full-time retirement or even to fill gap of experienced worker in the economy , study on effects of bridge employment is worth researching. 101 samples were collected out of 15 questionnaires distributed in the area of Kota Kinabalu for this preliminary study. This study found a significant relationship between retirement planning and bridge employment. At the same time, this study also proved a significant moderating effect of job satisfaction on retirement planning and bridge employment. Keywords : Bridge Employment, Retirement Planning, Job Satisfaction


The current situation in the world associated with the coronavirus pandemic has affected all areas of human life; made adjustments to urban planning theory and practice. The article examines the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on the living conditions of the urban population and the application of methods for reorganizing urban and office spaces in these conditions. The study is due to the severity and scale of the impact of the pandemic on urban development. The necessity of developing new ideas for organizing and improving the quality of the urban planning and architectural environment, increasing the comfort of the population, and overcoming or minimizing global and regional changes in society is identified. The activities for the transformation of urban and the spaces of large cities are presented. The idea of the organization of office buildings is studied


The present invention processes the signals included in the reception module and the multiple frequency bands to an electronic device operating in response to multiple frequency bands, it amplifies the signal received through the antenna, the antenna and distributed in accordance with the multiple frequency bands It comprises a circuit part, and the application can be another example embodiment.


ABSTRACT Laws and regulatory guidelines dealing with assisted reproductive technology in Australia and elsewhere typically operate on the principle that the physical and psychological well-being of the person who might be created using the technology must be an active consideration. An ethical/legal problem arises when future persons are protected at the expense of existing persons. This occurs when women, who create and gestate these future persons, are socially, legally and medically positioned as transgenerational vectors of harm, and are subject to pressure to act for the benefit of people who do not yet and may never come to exist. This paper explores the way women are understood, in science and law, as subject to situational and environmental harms as well as constituting a (prenatal) environment for the perpetuation of those harms. Finally, recognising that harm is itself actively gendered, this paper also explores how gendered assumptions are smuggled into legal explanations of disease and its causes and how this might impact regulatory responses.


A compound of formula I ** ** in Formula X is O or NH; R1 is a) C1-7 alkyl or C1-7 alkoxy, each optionally substituted with 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents seleccionadosindependientemente the group consisting of halogen, cyano, hydroxy and C1-7 alkoxy, b) cycloalkyl C3- 7 oheterociclilo, each optionally substituted with 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents independently selected theGroup consisting of halogen, cyano, hydroxy, C1-7 alkyl and C1-7 alkoxy; R2 is hydrogen or C1-7 which may optionally be substituted with 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents seleccionadosindependientemente the group consisting of halogen, cyano and C1-7 alkyl; R3 is hydrogen or C1-7 which may optionally be substituted with 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents seleccionadosindependientemente the group consisting of halogen, cyano, hydroxy and C1-7 alkyl; R4 is C1-7 alkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl or heteroaryl, each optionally substituted with 1, 2, 3 or 4sustituyentes independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, hydroxy, oxo, alkoxy C1 C1-7y -7, or R3 and R4, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form heterocyclyl optionally substituted with 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents independently selected from the group consisting dehalogeno, cyano, hydroxy, alkyl C1-7, C1-7 alkoxy and oxo; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. wherein "heterocyclyl" refers to a saturated monocyclic monovalent 3 to 7 membered or parcialmenteinsaturado containing one, two or three heteroatoms in the ring selected from N, oo S, and wherein "heteroaryl" refers to a monocyclic aromatic ring of 5 to 6 members or a bicyclic ring of 9 to 10miembros which can comprise 1, 2 or 3 atoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and / or sulfur.


Anthropologists who have observed election campaigns (for example: Bailey 1963; Cohen 1965; Geertz 1965; Maye^r 1966; Deshen 1970, 1972; Curtis 1971; Epstein et al. 1971; Rosen 1972; Aronoff 1974)1 have contributed valuable insights into the structure, culture, and dynamics of change in the studied communities. Their research has also illuminated the strategies and idioms employed by the politicians competing for votes. Although most of these findings about particular communities or certain candidates reflect society at large, anthropologists have generally refrained from making specific deductions about voting behaviour. They tended to leave such analyses to sociologists and political scientists who collect data by more formal methods,either through representative samples or inclusive statistical surveys. Through the situational analysis2 of the election campaign in one urban Israeli Arab community (during the 1973 national and municipal elections), I shall attempt to identify processes of change in the modes of political behaviour and in the political integration of Arabs in Israel. During twenty-five years (since 1948) of co-existence of a Jewish majority and an Arab minority in Israel, both sectors have undergone immense demographic, economic, social, and cultural changes, as well as psychological and conceptual readjustments. For eighteen months (June 1972-December 1973) I did field work in a suburb of an Israeli city which I shall call Mixedtown,3 one of the main Arab centres during the British Mandate in Palestine. Of the more than 100,000 Arabs who resided there before the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, less than 10,000 remain. Most of them now live in a particular suburb. Mixedtown as a whole has had an influx of Jewish immigrants from various Middle Eastern, Balkan, and East European countries since 1948. The predominantly Arab suburb has also been settled by Jews so that, at the time of research, the two populations in this suburb were more or less equal. In its main social characteristics, the Arab community of Mixedtown is probably similar to other Arab communities in mixed towns in Israel. (Excluding Jerusalem, there are five towns where Jewish and Arab societies live side by side.) The Arab society of the suburb, composed of the Moslem community (about two-thirds) and various Christian communities, is structured mainly on individuals and fractions of families that had remained in 1948 and on migrants from other Arab communities in Israel. Except for a minority of professionals, clerks, traders, and craftsmen, most of the residents are either skilled or unskilled labourers. Descriptions of election campaigns in the Arab sector, with particular


Memoryless processes hold many theoretical and practical advantages. They are easy to describe, analyze, store and encrypt. They can also be seen as the essence of a family of regression processes, or as an innovation process triggering a dynamic system. The Gram-Schmidt procedure suggests a linear sequential method of whitening (decorrelating) any stochastic process. Applied on a Gaussian process, memorylessness (that is, statistical independence) is guaranteed. It is not clear however, how to sequentially construct a memoryless process from a non-Gaussian process. In this paper we present a non-linear sequential method to generate a memoryless process from any given Markov process under varying objectives and constraints. We differentiate between lossless and lossy methods, closed form and algorithmic solutions and discuss the properties and uniqueness of our suggested methods.


Within the evolvability landscape of protein engineering approaches, the vast majority of mutations
yield neutral, deleterious, or destabilizing effects. It has been demonstrated that stabilizing mutations are usually achieved by random mutagenesis, making the identification of improved protein variants an
exhaustive and inefficient process. Herein we present a semi-rational combinatorial approach supported
by docking simulations and Residue Interaction Networks (RINs) to design smaller and smarter libraries
of mutants. Lipase B from Pseudozyma antarctica (CalB) was selected as an industrially relevant model
system. Since CalB displays very low activity towards bulky substrates, the main goal of this project was
to develop CalB variants with enhanced synthetic activity towards aromatic substrates like cinnamic and
salicylic acid. We used this combined approach to uncover the importance of residues in the CalB
active-site cavity and their contribution to the synthetic reaction (Docking), in addition to calculating
the energetic contributions upon site-directed mutagenesis (RINs). As a result, we improved the synthetic
activity of CalB from 2% to more than 70% of the total substrate-product conversion ratio. This
strategy allowed us to obtain more than 5 CalB variants with enhanced activity toward two bulky substrates
after only two rounds of directed evolution. The sequential incorporation of favorable mutations
increased our chances of selecting improved CalB variants and reduced screening effort. The use of a
'bottom-up' strategy such as the RINs allowed us to further understand the effects of mutations
throughout the protein structure, a powerful tool for protein engineering purposes.


Abstract : Stress distribution near the tip of a constant velocity crack is determined by means of nonlocal theory of elasticity. The maximum stress is finite and it allows one to utilize the maximum stress hypothesis to determine the terminal velocity of running cracks. (Author)


The rapidly communication technology development within the society correlates with the presence of change in a variety of life aspects including the computer-based interaction process having certain consequence. Internet technology serves as the social network media in cyberspace or virtual reality. Virtual reality apparently transforms the sociology subject matter from the real society into virtual society. The sociological studies shift from the conventional analysis units such as individual, household, community, and group to "mobile hybrid" side of virtual reality unit. For example, the one studying diaspora of minority ethnic through the study in their website, understanding the cultural transformation of internet mania community through their representation in cyberspace (virtual reality). Keywords : realitas virtual, transformasi, realitas sosiologi


The isopiestic molalities and water activities for the systems (NaCl-H2O),(CaCl2-H2O) and (NaCl-CaCl2-H2O) were measured at 308.15 K by the isopiestic method in the ranges of 0.5666-5.9265 mol kg-1,0.3943-5.5573 mol kg-1,and 0.6524-16.6631 mol kg-1,respectively.The osmotic coefficients and the saturated vapor pressures were calculated for the (NaCl-CaCl2-H2O) system.The change behaviors of the osmotic coefficients and the saturated vapor pressure for the ternary system versus the changes of ion strengths were demonstrated.Pitzer's single electrolyte parameters β(0),β(1),Cφ for NaCl and CaCl2 are 0.3181,1.5346,-0.0014 and 0.07972,0.3067,0.00075 with standard deviations of 0.00072 and 0.0049,and Pitzer's mixing ion-interaction parameters of θNa,Ca,ψ Na,Ca,Cl corresponding to 0.06821,-0.0076 with standard deviations of 0.0063 and 0.0064 for the system (NaCl-CaCl2-H2O) were obtained by using multivariant linear regression method.The osmotic coefficient values determined experimentally and these calculated by using Pitzer model with the parameters fitted are in good agreement.The thermodynamic data obtained in this study is essential to construct the complex thermodynamic model for the type of containing sodium and calcium seawater and brine system.


Two-alternative forced-choice reaction times (RTs) were measured and psychometric functions constructed for ten contrast increments at seven pedestal contrasts ranging from 0% to 4.8%. Two sine gratings at 2 cycles deg−1 differing only in contrast were presented on a computer screen, and the subject's task was to indicate as quickly as possible whether the stimulus with higher contrast appeared to the left or to the right of a fixation point. There were 100 trials per stimulus pair from which the percentage of correct responses and the median correct RTs were calculated. As the contrast increment increased, the percentage of correct responses increased and RTs decreased reaching a minimum with large increments. However, RTs continued to decrease even when performance reached 100% correct. Contrast increment thresholds calculated at 82% correct level formed a classical dipper-shaped function when plotted as a function of pedestal contrast. Response variability, reflected in standard errors of increment thresholds, was greater at high pedestal contrasts. When RTs corresponding to threshold increments were interpolated and plotted against pedestal contrast, the functions were also dipper-shaped. Discriminative RTs were on average faster at low and slower at high pedestal contrasts compared to detection. These findings show that equalising the percentage of correct responses did not equalise RTs, and that processing time increased with pedestal contrast. The increase of both increment thresholds and RTs with pedestal contrast may be due to an increase in signal-dependent noise which increases response variability and slows down the decision process.


Summer habitat relationships of the pyrenean gray partridge (Perdix peridix hispaniensis) were studied in the northern Pyrenees Mountains (France). Six available habitat types were defined, and those selected or avoided were identified. The only habitat type significantly (P < 0.05) selected was at intermediate altitudes, on fairly steep south-exposed slopes, with a moderate cover of woody plants. Two habitat types were significantly avoided. One occurred at low altitudes on mowed plateaus colonized by low woody plants, and the other was at high altitudes on slopes free of low woody plants. We suggest applications of the work in a model that should lead to valid habitat recommendations for restoring partridge populations.


Zhang, L. (2002). Country Report: China. Paper presented in 20th Regional Workshop on the Capacity Building for Trainers of NFE Facilitators in Asia and the Pacific, 3-12 December, Yangon, Myanmar. Abstract This article is about the preservation of traditional indigenous skills of woodcarving at Bungamati in Nepal in the context of the socio-economic environment for preservation of such skills. The ethnographic study also attempted to examine the awareness of the practitioners of woodcarving about the threats to their traditional occupation and how they tried to cope with these. The conceptual framework of the study was derived from the theme of different forms of capital assets for people cultural capital related to identity, pride and aesthetic values of possessing a traditional skill; economic capital reflected in the skill as the source of livelihood and an occupation; human capital embodied in acquiring and possessing an occupational skill; and social capital related to community solidarity, identity and sustainability of livelihood and well-being of the community.


Because of the weather, Cantonese formed a custom of having soup before and after meals. Therefore, the soup kinds are various, and so are the methods for soup-cooking, which can be divided into several ones as boiling, stewed, simmered, braise, soaking in soup, blanch and so on. Guangdong soup dishes have developed a school of its own in Chinese special dish kinds.


Teacher education has long been a major mission of Christian colleges. Many Christian as well as public universities have teacher education programs accredited by CAEP, a national organization. Self-study for improvement is important. CAEP promises high standards, but when examined more closely, the CAEP system works at cross-purposes with teacher education that supports teaching as Christian vocation. In an era dominated by techne, as represented in the work of Ellul and Postman, CAEP replaces human and spiritual values with those of efficiency and technique, and ignores teaching as a moral calling. Christian colleges need a better accreditation system.


The Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE), the first NASA spaceborne atmospheric lidar yielded data on atmospheric aerosols and surface reflectance. The IR 1064 nm channel did not have a sufficiently strong Rayleigh backscatter to enable calibration off the molecular atmosphere as did the 532 nm and 355 nm channels, so surface returns were considered for calibrating the IR channel. The uses of LITE surface returns have been investigated with related laser altimeter measurements from the Race Track playa in Death Valley, CA examined by these authors in preparation for the LITE mission. The LITE surface returns from Rodgers dry lake are compared with the previous measurements. Two approaches of calibrating the IR channel are considered. First, the reflected signal variance is determined for calibration of the 1064 mn channel surface returns off the playa. This requires that the ratio of the reflectance between the green and IR channels be known from an additional data source. Passive reflectance measurements were made of the playa to establish this ratio with a non-backscatter geometry which adds to the uncertainties of the result. The second approach is to calibrate using the absolute value of the 1064 nm backscatter reflectance. This can be inferred from passive measurements and modeling of the playa angular reflectance characteristics. The effects of errors introduced by the lidar system, correlative optical depth measurements and surface reflectance measurements and modeling are considered to obtain the 1064 nm channel final calibration error margin using both reflectance calibration approaches. The basic lidar relationships are reviewed, and the error dependencies in the lidar equation are discussed as they apply to the LITE surface returns.


In order to study the enhancement effect of electromagnetic field in the metal cavity with slot, asquare cavity is selected in this paper as the test object. The corresponding coupling model of electromag-netic enhancement effect is established with the numerical calculation software CST, where the relation-ships among the slot shape, slot size, electric field direction, and the enhancement effect at slot center andcavity center are analyzed. Moreover, a new experimental platform based on GTEM chamber is developedso that the numerical results are validated, and the coupling mechanism is verified. The results indicatethat when the slot area is fixed, the rectangle slot, compared with square and circular ones, has more re-markable enhancement effects. Furthermore, the bigger the ratio of length to width, the stronger the effect,which is decided by the electric field component perpendicular to the long side of slot. Also, the thicknessof cavity wall is an important factor to the enhancement effect, and the peak value of electric field aroundthe slot displays exponential attenuation. Finally, the coupling mechanism of slot centers is different to thatat the cavity center.


Abstract On-board prediction of automobile active suspension power consumption is considered important in securing fast engine response and avoiding potential vehicle hesitation or surge. In this study the problem is considered within the context of a broad-bandwidth hydraulic active suspension design, with the following main objectives: (a) power consumption prediction feasibility assessment, (b) examination of predictor design options, and (c) achievable prediction accuracy assessment. In this part I the first two objectives are pursued based on a detailed, non-linear, mathematical system model. The power consumption signal is found to be non-stationary, but stationarily is shown to be possible to impose through a moving-average transformation. Predictor design options are then considered: first, the wheel vertical acceleration is shown to be ineffective as a prediction leading indicator; second, the relative merits of time/step-recursive and time-recursive predictor realizations are examined, and the latter are shown to be presently preferable from the point of view of computational complexity, error propagation, and predictor stability; third, indirect (standard) vs. direct predictor types are considered, and a direct predictor is developed based on a novel estimator characterised by features important for on-board implementation.


With an analysis of Hemingway's short novel Hills Like White Elephants,the article aims to reveal the characteristics of his short stories: hiding the theme and omitting the development of the character's feelings.


Laboratories are like theatres, according to Robert Crease, author of this intriguing and richly detailed early history of the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). Both laboratories and theatres are sites with various facilities for diŒerent groups of people to come `to stage and witness special kinds of actions ' for their respective communities or audiences. The emphasis on staging and witnessing, however, does not make Crease, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, into a postmodernist when it comes to understanding how science works. Rather he sees himself steering a middle course between those who view science as an objective pursuit and the constructivists who see it as purely a product of social negotiations. This he has tried to achieve by focusing on Brookhaven as an `experimental community ' . In many respects, Brookhaven was a unique institution in the history of American science. Best known for its pivotal role in the development of particle accelerators and nuclear reactors, the laboratory opened in 1946± 7 on Long Island, New York. It was the ® rst national laboratory to engage in mostly unclassi® ed, civilian, basic research, although in the McCarthy period scientists had to go through security investigations. The lab was modelled after a university, complete with a tenure system and disciplinary departments, including physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine. The impetus for the lab came from scienti® c leaders on the east coast, people such as I. I. Rabi of Columbia who felt that western and midwestern institutions, especially the University of California and the University of Chicago, had taken unfair advantages of their wartime positions to lure scientists away from the east. To pool their resources, about a dozen northeastern universities formed what eventually became the Associated Universities Inc. (AUI) to seek federal support for a regional nuclear research centre where reactors and accelerators would be built. They gained approval and ® nancing ® rst from the wartime Manhattan Project and later from its successor the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The AUI managed the lab under contract with the AEC until 1997 when the Department of Energy (DOE), successor to the AEC, ® red the AUI in the aftermath of a much-publicized radioactive leak from the spent fuel pool of a reactor. A new partnership between Crease's own university and Battelle now manages the lab for the DOE. Almost from the beginning, a perception of Brookhaven as a dangerous nuclear facility dogged the lab's community relations. Crease blames these di culties on both the public' s exaggerated fear and the scientist's lack of eŒective outreach. Sensational reports by the media certainly did not help. When, for example, a young lab physicist died in a tra c accident in 1960 after being hit by a truck carrying spent reactor fuel, the New York Times headline was `Atomic Scientist Killed by Radioactive Waste ' (p. 103). While Crease never loses sight of the world outside of the lab, his focus is on what went on inside itÐ scientists (both residents and visitors), engineers, administrators, accelerators, reactors, and the interactions among all of them as a community in conducting experiments. Crease delights in technical details about the construction of reactors and accelerators and the designs of experiments. He also exhibits a connoisseur's taste for good stories about personalities and the workings of the lab. As o cial historian and archivist of the lab (he splits his time between SUNY and BNL), he draws knowingly from Brookhaven's records and the large number of interviews he and others conducted over the years. The evocative concept of an `experimental community ' is thus illustrated but unfortunately never fully developed as an analytical tool in explaining how science works. Neither does the book take a comparative approach, although it does touch on what Crease calls `performance rivalry ' , involving both


Objective To investigate in clinical and laboratory studies the outcomes of Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia treated by Azithromycin alone, Azithromycin plus Tanreqing or Yanhuning. Methods Forty-nine children with Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia were randomized into 3 groups to receive 5~10 mg·kg~(-1)·d~(-1) Azithromycin alone, or Azithromycin plus 0.5 mg·kg~(-1)·d~(-1) Tanreqing, or Azithromycin plus 8~10 mg·kg~(-1)·d~(-1) Yanhuning given intravenous- ly for a total of 7 days. Thirty healthy rabbits was randomized and treated according to the same protocol of clinical study. The size of inhibition zones were measured by biological methods. Results The treatment efficacy of the three scenarios appeared significantly different (P0.05). Conclusion Azithromycin may be more synergistic combined with Tanreqing than with Yanhuning in treatment of Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia.


ABSTRACT This article describes the differences between ostrich (non-strategic) managers and strategists. It also provides a "Quick Test" to determine the extent to which one is an ostrich manager and discusses options for moving from ostrich manager to strategist. In addition, the article reminds us that ostrich managers hide from the present and fail to contemplate the future while strategists seek to understand the present and use it as a foundation for confronting and/or inventing the future. INTRODUCTION One of the most important roles a manager can play is that of strategist. However, many people in authority function as ostrich managers rather than strategists, thereby limiting their own effectiveness as well as the effectiveness of their organizations. By choosing to positively impact the strategic management of an organization, its leaders can help determine the organization's future as well as its influence on the history and future of the world (Pryor, White, and Toombs, 2007, 1998). Yet ostrich managers choose not to have such positive impact. METHODOLOGY The authors developed a survey entitled Ostrich Manager Quick Test (Chart 1) for managers who wish to assess themselves and determine the extent to which they are ostrich managers or strategists. In an attempt to test construct validity and convergent validity, this survey was administered online to graduate Business students who are currently working or have worked in management, supervisory and/or team leader positions. Sixty-eight out of 113 (60%) responded to the survey. The students were able to respond anonymously. The results of the survey are presented in Table 1. WHAT IS AN "OSTRICH MANAGER"? The term "ostrich manager" comes from the common belief that an ostrich will bury its head in the sand to protect itself when faced with a threat. In reality, when confronted with a perceived threat, an ostrich will flatten its head to the ground until the threat is gone. By feigning death, the ostrich hopes to avoid a predator's attack. As a result of this behavior, ostriches have achieved notoriety for "burying their heads in the sand" in response to real or perceived environmental threats. This is a very simple strategy - ignore the threat and maybe it will go away. This strategy promotes the concept of "out of sight, out of mind." However, many times the threat does not go away, and this can make the situation worse. By "burying its head in the sand" an ostrich reduces the possibility for success of other potential responses such as fight or flight (Smith & Grosso, 2008). Some human beings also tend to avoid situations that are perceived as discomforting or threatening. Sometimes they even pretend that these situations do not exist. Since these human beings are replicating ostrich behavior, we have named people exhibiting the behavior associated with this phenomenon as ostrich managers. While it is not productive for any employee within an organization to exhibit this behavior, it is especially detrimental when a manager has this mindset because of the sphere of influence that a manager typically has. The managers at the top of the hierarchy represent the greatest danger. Unfortunately, in some organizations many managers at all levels seem to have an ostrich mentality. Kipp (2004, pp 63-64) suggests that "some (ostrich) leaders have disempowering charisma . . . and absorb only the positive projections around them, seeing the world as they wish it to be and resisting both messages and messengers to the contrary." Similar to an ostrich avoiding a threat by "burying its head," an ostrich manager avoids the truth or reality because it is perceived as threatening or discomforting (Figure 1). Whether this threat or discomfort comes from a dysfunctional relationship with another person, some bit of information, an employee's idea, or another actual or perceived situation, the ostrich manager reacts or responds by ignoring the threat, putting it aside, or pretending that it does not exist. …


Immunoprecipitation methods were used to analyze sera and cerebrospinal fluids from patients with multiple sclerosis for measles virus-specific antibodies. The sera contained antibodies against all virus antigens except the matrix polypeptide. Of the nine cerebrospinal fluids investigated, two contained undetectable levels of measles-specific antibodies, four contained antibodies against the nucleocapsid and another internal antigen, and three contained antibodies against the surface antigens as well as the internal antigens.


The first Robot was born in America in 1962, from then on people were hoping to manufacture an Intelligent Robots. People endowed the Robots with the Artificial Intelligence before the Intelligent Science come into the world, the Robots can only achieve vague control and simulation control. People are needed to break through in the Intelligent Science in order to achieve precise control due to the infinite possibilities. Talking with others is a process of language flowing, at least the Chinese Alphabet can be located in the fingers. The 15 consonant passwords will be only discussed in the paper.


This study is aimed at investigating (1) whether differences exist in allocating the grant of ratio share and growth, society support, and financial support budgets within the incumbent local government budget before and during the process of regional election; (2) whether differences exist in allocating the grant, society support, and financial support budget during the regional election process between the incumbent and non incumbent candidates. This study uses census in which the data in this study is a secondary data obtained from the Election Commission of the Republic of Indonesia to determine the number of regions that have conducted the elections in 2011 and 2012, including incumbent and non-incumbent candidates. Object observed is grant expenditures, social assistance, and financial assistance in the budget fiscal year 2009-20112. Data analysis using descriptive statistics. The results of this study were (1) to prove empirically there is a difference ratio and the ratio of the proportion of growth allocated to regional grant expenditures incumbent before and during the election, (2) demonstrate empirically there are differences in the growth rate and the ratio of the proportion of grants allocated between local and regional nonincumbent incumbent upon election. With the increase in grant funding both the growth rate and the ratio of proportions, it should be assumed that the incumbent utilize Revenue and Expenditure (Budget) particularly in view of the re-nomination of grants for local office in the election.


The invention concerns detachable whip antennae with capacitive load wherein the load does not need to contribute to the antenna mechanical strength. To achieve this, the entire load (3) is inserted in the conductor strand (2f-21-33-32-2n) of a radiating segment of the antenna, the mechanical strength being provided by a hollow plastic insulating tube (20) reinforced with glass fibres, which acts as support for the conductor strand and as housing for the load and said load consists of a metal enclosure (33) wherein penetrates the insulated part of an electric cable (32). The invention is particularly applicable to whip antennae designed for mobile stations.


The short service life of bridges exerts a negative influence on the operation. The service life of European and American bridges and maintenance is illustrated in this paper. A lot experience has been accumulated which also provide enough data to understand the problem. Some examples are listed in the paper. These data and analysis are of important reference value to understand the bridges in service and the actual service life at present in China.


This study of left-behind wives was based upon 0.95‰ sample data of the 2000 National Demographic Census.We find population mobility has changed the status of left-behind women in family life.There are about 13.024 million left-behind women all over the country.They are more densely distributed in the countryside than in towns and cities.In the absence of their husbands,wives left behind tend to assume more duties and responsibilities for the family.


Game activity is fundamental for children's cognitive and social development. During recent years, technology development has led to changes in several areas, including the ludic one. However, while in the literature, there are plenty of studies that report the importance of technology-based games in rehabilitation program, little attention has been paid to their role as pure entertainment. In contrast, the market does not provide videogames that are engaging, accessible, and inclusive. In this context, a survey was distributed to families who have a child with neuromotor limitations to investigate how these children deal with play, in particular with videogames, and what the requirements are for accessible and inclusive videogames. FightTheStroke distributed the questionnaire to families with a child with neuromotor impairments in April 2020. Fifty-six families responded to the survey. The answers revealed that children generally manifest positive feelings when playing with videogames, especially with cooperative ones, even if they are not fully accessible. The survey also collected user needs and suggestions from families about the design of videogames for neuromotor-impaired children. Guidelines derived from the survey are reported for the development of entertaining, inclusive, and accessible videogames, playable by children with neuromotor disabilities.


A spectrophotometric determination employing the technique of formation of diethylstilbestrol-complex was investigated.Diethylstilbestrol-complex is produced by reaction of diethylstilbestrol with Cu (II) ions under the existence of pyridine, and is extracted by chloroform as the purified substance showing maximum absorption at 335mμ.The absortion at 335mμ against the reagent blank obeyed Beer's law over the range of concentration of 8-32μg/ml of diethylstilbestrol. Its molar extinction coefficient is 8×103.The composition of the complex was identified by means of continuous variation method as 1; 2:2 (Cu: diethylstilbestrol: pyridine).


Palladium membranes were prepared on an a-alumina support by metal-organic compound chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) method from palladium(Ⅱ) acetate precursor. Permeation properties of hydrogen and helium gas were studied as a function of the number of times of deposition of palladium on the peeling off phenomenon of palladium, which is common in electroless plated membrane, was observed. Silica was introduced into the pores to prevent the palladium grain from peeling off. The palladium-silica conjugated membrane does not show the peeling off phenomenon and can withstand the high temperature up to 800℃ which is the upper limit of our apparatus. The separation factor for hydrogen gas over carbon dioxide gas was improved with the increase of number of times of silica coating by sacrificing the H2 permeation and finally increased to four times. The improvement on the separation of hydrogen gas over carbon dioxide for palladium-silica conjugated membrane was evaluated and a model of permeation pattern (palladium and silica) was proposed. This model suggests that the separation factor for hydrogen over carbon dioxide could be improved by introducing silica layer because the silica layer fills the pores and reduces the gas permeation without sacrificing the hydrogen permeation through the palladium region. These results indicate that the introduction of silica into the palladium grain is a promising means to improve the hydrogen separation performance of palladium based composite membranes.


Abstract Paddy fields in the Aceh Besar region in 2018 produced 155,420 tons of rice production in 2018 (Aceh Bulog). Compared with the previous production reduced due to the number of conversion of paddy fields. So, the authors conducted a study of the factors that influence the convertion of paddy fields in Aceh Besar district from 1998 to 2017. Based in the theoretical basis independent factors will be examined, namely the yield factor of total paddy production  with the ratio of population to the length of the district road. The model used is multiple linear regression model with ordinary least square (OLS) method. The data used in the study are secondary data obtained from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) and other relevant sources. Keywords : Conversion, Paddy Fields, Aceh Besar


Image alignment is an important step in the fingerprint recognition process. In order to obtain that Euclidean motion, its rotation and both translational components need to be determined. We propose a novel method to obtain this information by extracting the fingerprints' longitudinal axes from their orientation fields. A model-based approach allows to additionally fix a horizontal axis, thereby defining an intrinsic coordinate system. We evaluated the robustness of this method on the NIST Special Database 4.


It has been said that there are four methods of approach to learning : 1. Studying the thing itself; 2. Studying a picture of the thing ; 3. Hearing about it ; 4. Reading about it. Within the last few years Freeman, McCluskey, James, Weber and others have made extended investigations regarding the value of pictures in teaching. Only incidentally have they considered the relative effi ciency of learning by lecture and reading the material. The writer is not informed of any comparisons having been made between learning by reading and by hearing material read. A number of investigators have attempted to determine whether the visual or auditory method of presentation gives a better result in the recall of the material presented. Hawkins1 presented words visually and orally. The object of the experiment was to determine which was the stronger, auditory or visual memory. His results show that in the primary and grammar schools students recall more from auditorially pre sented material, while in the high school and college the visual method has an advantage. Whitehead2 presented nonsense syllables visually and orally to adults. He found the visual method superior in memorizing but ma terial memorized orally was retained slightly better. Calkins3 experi mented with college students. Words were presented visually and orally. She found a superiority in favor of the visual method. Pohlmann4 studied the effect of visual, auditory, visual-auditory and visual-auditory-motor presentations of objects, words, non-sense syllables and numbers, on school children from 9 to 14 years of age. He found that auditory presentation is better than visual with significant material, but that visual presentation is better with nonsense material. The studies referred to above make use of nonsense material, num bers, and words. The present study differs from them in that it makes use of context material. Several studies have been made, however, of learning by lecture and by reading.


Purpose: To study the anticancer effect of licoflavanone against human nasopharyngeal HKI carcinoma, and the mechanism involved.
Methods: The 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was used to determine the effect of licoflavanone on cell viability, while DAPI staining and western blotting were used to study its proapoptotic effect. Morphological examination was performed under phase contrast microscopy. Transwell chamber assays were used to study cell migration and invasion. The expression levels of mTOR/PI3K/AKT signal pathway-related proteins were assayed by Western blotting.
Results: Licoflavanone markedly suppressed the proliferation of nasopharyngeal HK1 cancer cells in a concentration-reliant pattern (p < 0.01). The anticancer effects of licoflavanone were mediated via induction of pro-apoptotic effects and blocking of mTOR/PI3K/AKT signal pathway. Licoflavanone enhanced the activities of caspase-3, caspase-8, caspase-9 and cleaved caspase-3, as well as Bax and Bad. Moreover, licoflavanone blocked the migration and invasion of HK1 nasopharyngeal cancer cells.
Conclusion: Licoflavanone exerts potent anticancer effects on human nasopharyngeal cancer cells via caspase activation, inhibition of cell migration and cell invasion, and down-regulation of m-TOR/PI3K/AKT signal pathway. Therefore, licoflavanone may be a useful lead drug for the development of a treatment strategy for nasopharyngeal cancer.


The first question addressed in this analysis was, To what extent do hospitals in Miami-Dade County share the burden of providing care to the uninsured? A subsidiary question was, What sources of revenue are accessed by Miami-Dade County hospitals? These questions were raised during a discussion of hospital-specific financial information prepared by the Florida Hospital Association (FHA) for 1997. (The data are reproduced in Table A.3 in the Appendix.).1 This information included ownership, total patient revenue, total operating costs, bad debt, charity care provided, funds received to support the provision of charity care, and the estimated costs associated with uncompensated care delivered by each hospital. The table prepared by the FHA showed that all the hospitals had some level of uncompensated care (charity care plus bad debt), but JMH was the sole hospital to receive surtax revenues that offset some of the cost of the uncompensated care it delivered.


The synthesis and characterisation of ortho hydroxy acetophenone tris (hydroxymethyl) methylamine (OHAPT) and resacetophenone tris (hydroxymethyI) methylamine (RPT) are described for the first time. The metal to ligand ratio in these complexes is found to be 1:2 in the mixed solvent (30% aqueous DMF) used. Stability constants of these complexes are PI = 1.0 X 108 ; 4.0 X lOs and fil = 14.6 X 108 ; 8.1 X 106 for Cd·OHAPT and Cd-RPT complexes respectively. The stability constant order of these complexes is discussed based on the electron density on the donor, azomethine nitrogen and oxygen atoms.


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A modified (G'/G)- expansion method is proposed to construct hyperbolic, trigonometric and rational function solutions of nonlinear evolution equations which can be thought of as the generalization of the (G'/G)- expansion method given recently by M.Wang et al . To illustrate the validity and advantages of this method, the (1+1)-dimensional Hirota-Ramani equation and the (2+1)-dimensional Breaking soliton equation are considered and more general traveling wave solutions are obtained. It is shown that the proposed method provides a more general powerful mathematical tool for solving nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics.


This paper presents a new control method designed to improve vehicle drivability on downhill grades. Vehicles normally gain speed when traveling downhill regardless of the driver's desire not to accelerate. Drivers often shift into a lower gear to reduce the vehicle speed. With the control method described here, the shifting operation is executed automatically by using a driver's mental model to infer the intention to decelerate. The driver's mental model is identified by applying Interactive Dichotomizer 3 to obtain the inductive relationship between the vehicle operating data and the driver's intention. An examination was made of the timing difference between automated shifting and manual shifting by the driver. The results indicate that an automatic gear shift performed by the controller should be finished before the driver forms an intention to shift gears. The results of this study verify the effectiveness of factoring the inference of the driver's intentions into powertrain control systems.


A classic piece of computer music by Charles Dodge is studied by making an approximate regeneration using the phasebashed packet synthesis technique. The result is availableas part of the Pd Repertory Project.


Recently, an increasing number of inter-app attacks such as confused deputy attacks, data leakage attacks and collusion attacks spring up. However, there is no perfect defense method against them. As we all know, developers play an important role in android security, but their weak consciousness about the security may lead to inter-app attacks. Therefore, considered for developers, it is important to investigate and try to defend against such attacks in android. This paper presents typical inter-app attacks in android and proposes AutoPatchDroid, an automatic framework to find the vulnerable code in apps and patch them automatically. We firstly find the vulnerable paths from sources to sinks, sources to execution exit points, execution entry points to sinks and execution entry points to execution exit points in the application using static analysis. Then we locate the vulnerable code pieces and insert the patch code to guard against such attacks. AutoPatchDroid prevent inter-app attacks in the application level rather than modifying the kernel or framework. We use DroidBench and IccRE to evaluate our framework, and find that AutoPatchDroid could effectively secure the apps. The runtime overhead introduced by AutoPatchDroid is 1.105% on average.


Aqua-fitness as the type of the health-improving motor activity in the water environment, has become very popular now. And if earlier, in the years of its emergence and development it was focused only on women, now men are engaged by various techniques in the water environment with a great interest. Special men Aqua-Ty program which includes a big arsenal of exercises in the water environment has been developed and approved. The purpose of this study justification of the technique of health-improving orientation for men in the water environment. The technique and the standard lesson " Aqua-Tai" is presented in the article with elements of the single combats. Article contains the results of the comparative characteristic of the performance level by the results of the fitness test.


: F430 is a unique enzymatic cofactor in the production and oxidation of methane by strictly anaerobic bacteria. The key enzyme methyl coenzyme M reductase (MCR) contains a hydroporphinoid nickel complex with a characteristic absorption maximum at around 430 nm in its active site. Herein, the three‐step semisynthesis of a hybrid NiII‐containing corrinoid that partly resembles F430 in its structural and spectroscopic features from vitamin B12 is presented. A key step of the route is the simultaneous demetalation and ring closure reaction of a 5,6‐secocobalamin to metal‐free 5,6‐dihy-droxy‐5,6‐dihydrohydrogenobalamin with cobaltocene and KCN under reductive conditions. Studies on the coordination chemistry of the novel compound support an earlier hypothesis why nature carefully selected a corphin over a corrin ligand in F430 for challenging nickel‐catalyzed biochemical reactions. Cofactor-F430-type Abstract: F430 is a unique enzymatic cofactor in the production and oxidation of methane by strictly anaerobic bacteria. The key enzyme methyl coenzyme M reductase (MCR) contains a hydroporphinoid nickel complex with a characteristic absorption maximum at around 430 nm in its active site. Herein, the three-step semi-synthesis of a hybrid Ni II -containing corrinoid from vitamin B 12 is presented, that partly resembles structural and spectroscopic features of F430. Key step of the route is the simultaneous demetallation and ring closure reaction of a 5,6-secocobalamin to metal-free 5,6-dihydroxy-5,6-dihydro-hydrogenobalamin with cobaltocene and KCN under reductive conditions. Studies on the coordination chemistry of the novel compound support the earlier hypothesis why nature carefully selected a corphin over a corrin ligand in F430 for challenging Ni-catalysed biochemical reactions.


Tubes of a heat exchanger in a chemical plant leaked frequently, and such tubes will be replaced in one or two years. Therefore, it is necessary to find the leak causes and put in place preventive measures. In this paper, analysis methods such as macroscopic examination, the chemical composition test, metallurgical structure analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observation, energy spectrum (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of corrosion products and condensate water analysis are described that were conducted to analyze the leak causes of the heat exchanger tubes. After analyzing operating parameters (temperature, pressure) and the structure of the bottom area of the heat exchanger, it was found that the heat exchanger tubes inlet was operating in the vapor dew point zone. The results indicate that process parameters (temperature, pressure) were not properly selected and there were substantial SO42− in the process of production. As a result of that dew point corrosion in the form of pitting corrosion and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) which caused the leak occurred on heat exchanger tubes. Finally, relevant preventive measures were recommended according to the analysis results.Copyright © 2014 by ASME


Considering its contribution to the promotion of media diversity and democracy, noncommercial local radio is gradually being recognized and funded as third tier media by an increasing number of European countries. After 30 years of campaigning for institutional support and funding, community media have finally found their place in European media policy (Jiménez and Scifo, 2010). Despite these promising policy and regulatory developments in Europe, many national states fail to provide a sustainable basis for a mature local radio sector. As Cammaerts (2009) notes, community radio is under threat, experiencing difficulties in establishing itself between the state-controlled broadcasting system and the market. In Flanders (in the north of Belgium), for example, local radio is facing structural handicaps to economic viability and to securing its future due to a lack of cohesive radio policy. A number of conflicts explain some of the current limitations on the sector's development. Although these conflicts are to some extent unexpected consequences of the legal framework, they have increased ruinous competition in the market and have negatively affected the economic performance of local radio in Flanders. In brief, the sector suffers from overcrowded airwaves, limited geographical coverage and inadequate funding, but policy makers become stuck in path dependency (Evens and Hauttekeete, 2009). Whereas local radio in Flanders has developed following a market model, policy analysis of similar European countries shows that government can act more proactively in local broadcasting and implement innovative approaches that fully support the development of local and non-commercial radio (Peissl and Tremetzberger, 2010). In this article, policy options for the support of a sustainable local radio sector in Flanders are explored. The focus is on how policy makers can be inspired by the implementation of local radio development strategies in three neighbouring regions. More specifically, the article discusses the options available to policy makers in supporting local radio, and what lessons they can learn from experiences in other countries in boosting the


This chapter posits that it was a fortunate series of strong historical, religious, political, social, and geographical currents and events that moved the Jesuits of the Middle West and Marquette University to be so egalitarian, when such behavior was very much out of step with most of the rest of higher education and the greater American society. The first and most compelling event was the arrival of Dutch and Belgian Jesuits into the American West. The Marquette Jesuits may have had opinions but they did not publicly express them, or at least there is no surviving record of such opinions. The Bennett Law was repealed in 1891. Jewish students could and did participate fully in Marquette student life. The clear indication of the articles was that Jewish students were fully and completely a part of Marquette University life. Keywords: American West; Bennett Law; Jewish students; Marquette Jesuits; Marquette University; Middle West


*Cover image shows the 2005 annual maximum composite of the Coral Reef Watch twice-weekly 50 km satellite Coral Bleaching Alert Area product. Intensive thermal stress in the Caribbean region during the 2005 boreal summer caused a record-breaking mass coral bleaching event.


Starting from the classical sociological notion of the definition of the situation and the idea of variable rationality, the article develops the Model of Frame Selection (MFS) as a general theory of action. This model explains how an actor defines a situation (frame selection), which program of action he activates (script selection) and which action he is willing to perform (action selection). The MFS assumes that each of these selections can be governed by one of two distinct modes of information processing: A reflecting-calculating mode in which an actor shows the forward-looking maximizing behavior assumed by rational choice theory, or an automatic-spontaneous mode in which he will select without any prior reflection a mentally strongly accessible alternative. Relying on insights gained in cognitive social psychology, the MFS also specifies the conditions under which one or the other mode prevails. How the MFS can be applied to explain behavior and guide the analysis of social mechanisms is demonstrated.


Modern web frameworks and backend-as-a-service providers make it possible for real-time updates to a NoSQL data model to be reflected in the user interfaces of multiple subscribing end-user applications. However, it remains difficult for users to dynamically discover and instantly make use of the data provided by the plethora of REST APIs in existence across various cloud providers today. This paper presents a reference architecture built on the idea of a scalable NoSQL database that allows multiple subscribers to receive instant notifications of database changes through the use of a "livequery". By keeping one WebSocket connection open between each client web browser and an Object Synchronization Server, this paper shows how data from multiple disparate REST APIs can be organized and transmitted to interested clients via the database. An example is given featuring a collaborative rich-text editor that makes use of a Named-Entity Recognition microservice.


The response surface methodology was employed to optimize the synthesis conditions of seleno-Sargassum fusiforme (Harv.) Setch. polysaccharide. Three independent variables (reaction time, reaction temperature, and ratio of Na2SeO3 to SFPSI) were tested. Furthermore, the characterization and antioxidant activity of Se-SFPSI in vivo were investigated. The result showed that the actual experimental Se content of Se-SFPSI was 3.352 mg/g at the optimum reaction conditions of reaction time 8 h, reaction temperature 71°C, and ratio of Na2SeO3 to SFPSIB 1.0 g/g. A series of experiments showed that the characterization of Se-SFPSIB was significantly different from that of SFPSIB. Additionally, antioxidant activity assay indicated that the Se-SFPSIB could increase catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity of mice bearing tumor S180 in blood, heart, and liver while decreasing malondialdehyde (MDA) levels. It can be concluded that selenylation is a feasible approach to obtain seleno-polysaccharide which was utilized as highly biological medicine or functional food.


The problem of Russia's economic security has been for many years remains a vital, both in terms of existence and development of Russia as a sovereign unitary state, and in the aspect of scientific research into new interdisciplinary areas.


The evaporite deposits examined in this study are located in the central part of middle Dalmatia, Croatia. In this region, Upper Permian evaporite sediments were deposited under favourable conditions onto the Variscan basement around the northern margins of Gondwana. These sediments can be subdivided into three members, a lower evaporite unit (an anhydrite member), a middle evaporite unit (a gypsum member), and an upper unit (a clastic member), and are mainly comprised of secondary gypsum that formed via the hydration of precursor anhydrite rocks. The middle evaporite unit comprises beds of gypsum as well as early diagenetic dolomites that contain gypsum sequences, extending up to 60 m maximum thickness, and overlying clastic sequences that themselves are up to 20 m thick. These Upper Permian evaporite sediments contain horizontal, irregular, gypsum lithofacies that exhibit pronounced enterolithic and boudinage structures. The characteristics of these sediments are indicative of deposition in supratidal and sabkha settings (i.e., early diagenetic dolomites and evaporites) within a shallow epicontinental marine environment with highly varied coastlines, bays, and lagoons. The secondary gypsum seen within this Upper Permian middle evaporite unit displays alabastrine and porphyroblastic secondary textures and includes corroded anhydrite relics; associated minerals include muscovite, chlorite, potassium (K)-feldspar, quartz, and amphibole. The Upper Permian evaporite sediments discussed in this study are composed of irregular, locally brecciated secondary gypsum that probably formed as a result of multiple synsedimentary collapse of pre-existing soluble minerals and/or synsedimentary and post-sedimentary tectonics. quarry in Kosovo polje, Vranjkovići quarry near Vrlika, and the Slane Stine quarry near Sinj. The aim of this study is to highlight the depositional environments and phases of diagenetic evolution that led to the formation of these Upper Permian evaporites based on the results of petrographic and sedimentological investigations of beds within the sequences at these sites. The Upper Permian evaporites and adjacent sediments known from middle Dalmatia have been the subject of extensive geological investigations in the past (TIŠLJAR, 1992, ŠUŠNJARA et al., 1992, GABRIĆ et al., 2002). Previous studies have addressed the age of these sequences, their superposition and tectonic relationships with surrounding rocks, their mineralogy, petrology, and chemical composition, and have determined the conditions and environments of their deposition. The most comprehensive resource available regarding the geology of this area is the basic geological maps of the Republic of Croatia at a 1:100,000 scale, specifically the Knin, Drniš, and Sinj sheets (GRIMANI et al., 1962–1966; PAPEŠ et al., 1962– 1966; GRIMANI et al., 1975; IVANOVIĆ et al., 1977; IVANOVIĆ et al., 1978; RAIĆ et al., 1984). These deposits have also been extensively studied in order to calculate the extent of gypsum reserves as a mineral commodity; this research has generated detailed site data based on exploration drilling and core analyses (LUKŠIĆ et al., 2005). The Upper Permian evaporites and adjacent sediments known from middle Dalmatia were deposited above a Variscan basement in hypersaline marine and/or marine-marginal deposiArticle history: Manuscript received August 09, 2017 Revised manuscript accepted December 20, 2017 Available online February 28, 2018


Abstract Poly(imide-siloxane)s differing in their composition were prepared and characterized. The starting polymer (control) was the hyperbranched polyimide based on 4,4′-oxydiphthalic anhydride and 4,4′,4″-triaminotriphenylmethane. In the poly(imide-siloxane)s, 10 or 40–50 mol% of the 4,4′,4″-triaminotriphenylmethane was theoretically substituted for by amine-terminated siloxane dimer or oligomers. 1,3-Bis(3-aminopropyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane, bis(3-aminopropyl)-terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) with a theoretical number-average molar mass of 1000 g·mol−1 and bis(3-aminopropyl)-terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) with a theoretical number-average molar mass of 2500 g·mol−1 were used for this purpose. The thermo-mechanical properties and gas separation characteristics for hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane of these polymeric products were shown to be dependent on their composition.


Sign language is the language that utilized visual information. We used the sign language conversation video which we collected under two kinds of conditions of the sign language that restricted a non-manual signal by covering a face and movement this time and examined influence to give conversation in the being characteristic situation. From a result, we understood that many of outbreak factors of simultaneous utterance were cooperation strategic intervention and strategic intervention. However, only a person of the interviewer who did not have leadership understood that it was generated a lot by cooperation strategic intervention. It was confirmed that they tended to be going to get a right to speak by both together strategic intervention. Because a facial expression of a partner was not seen by the sign language that restricted a non-manual signal by influence to give conversation by a difference of a restriction condition, there was much number of outbreaks of same time utterance. In addition, an act to miss eyes when they got a right to speak was seen so that a facial expression was seen by the sign language that restricted a finger.


Synopsis Egg shells from a particular bird gave very high values for strength at the broad pole when tested by an impact method. Suitably prepared radial and tangential sections of these egg shells have been examined by polarised light and by histological staining techniques. It was shown that these shells contained flaws which consisted of abnormal crystals embedded in the normal crystalline structure. The flaws contained abnormal organic material.


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Insulin Resistance in T2DM

- Insulin resistance occur when there is a defect in insulin signalling

- PTP1B overactivity is evidence in insulin resistant tissue


The early stages of professional development for teachers have been the subject of considerable policy change throughout the UK in recent years. While there have always been some differences in approach between the four countries of the UK, there have been many similarities. The end of the 20th century saw the most significant devolution of power, including powers for education policy-making, from the UK government based in England to the three smaller countries of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
This article reports from a scoping study that compares policy on initial teacher education and early professional development in the four countries of the UK in the post-devolution context. While there is much evidence of similarities in attempting to define teaching through written statements in the form of competences or standards, there is also evidence that the particular national contexts have an influence. This is found when the more value-based aspects of teaching are examined and there is a variation in the ways in which the ethical dimensions of teaching are adumbrated in policy documents.


Unilateral tinnitus, vertigo and sensory neural hearing loss attributed to malocclusion have been reported. The background of these reports was explained and a physiological occlusal analysis and occlusal equilibration were described. The occlusal discrepancy between the habitual occlusal position and the muscular position caused unilateral tinnitus, vertigo, and sensory neural hearing loss and ear fullness. It is important to maintain the occlusal stability in the muscular position.