In order to determine the variation of seed proteins that may occur in the crop as a result of genetic modification, accurate and replicable methodology for protein extraction, isolation, and characterization is essential. Modern proteomic tools are being used to study the expression of proteins to examine alterations in protein profiles caused by genetic mutations and environmental stress [2-10]. Proteome analysis is performed using a variety of methods including structural proteomics such as high throughput (HT) X-ray crystallography and HT nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy; expressional or analytical proteomics such as gel based electrophoresis (IDE, 2DE, 2DIGE), gel-free (LC-MS/MS or multidimensional protein identification technology (Mud PIT), protein chips, DNA chips, mass spectrometry (MS), micro sequencing; and functional or interaction proteomics such as HT functional assays, ligand chips, yeast 2-hybrid, deletion analysis, and motif analysis [11-14]. In this mini review, we discuss some of the expression analysis methodology that we've applied to study soybean seed proteins. Because the extraction of soybean seed proteins for accurate 2-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE) is challenging, we initially optimized protein extraction techniques by comparing different methods. Extraction of protein suitable for 2D-PAGE is sample-dependent and is achieved by optimizing the concentration of chaotropic agents, detergents, reducing agents, buffers, enzymes and ampholytes. Also helpful in this regard are advances in immobile pH gradient (IPG) technology and the development of electrophoretic instruments have improved the reproducibility of protein separation. The availability of commercial IPG strips in linear and nonlinear gradients with multiple narrow pH ranges [15], allows effective protein separation for various downstream analyses. We compared four different solubilization methods (urea/thiourea, urea, modified trichloroacetic acid (TCA)/ acetone and phenol) for extraction of proteins from soybean seeds for subsequent analysis by 2D-PAGE [16]. Our study demonstrated that the modified TCA/acetone method with urea/thiourea solubilization resolved more protein spots than the urea or phenol extractions. Using the phenol/urea method, resolution of proteins was generally poor and spots diffuse in the high molecular weight region of the gel, particularly when separating the proteins at pH 4.0 to 7.0. Moreover, while overall protein separation was similar in the TCA/acetone and urea/thiourea methods, low molecular weight proteins were more consistently resolved with the TCA/acetone method. In addition, characterization of low abundant proteins is a challenge because they are often masked by highly abundant proteins. Recently, Boschetti and Righetti [17] published a review of plant proteomic methods to isolate


All work in the field of American Indian studies should in some way be decolonizing, and this paper is no exception. The research and information presented disprove the stereotypes of all Native men being warriors while all Native women simply prepare food and tend crops. The women discussed in this paper fit neither stereotype, which challenges many people's views of Native people. Having their views challenged forces people to rethink the stereotypes they place on Native people. This paper will assist in breaking down the stereotypes of Native people and their cultures by disproving the idea that all Native men and women fit into one cliched image.


To determine the impact of two varying doses of dexmedetomidine (DEX) on the onset and duration of neuromuscular blockade of rocuronium (ROC) under the condition of sevoflurane anesthesia. Eighty-one patients, American Society of Anesthesiologists Class I–II, were stochastically allocated to control group (group C) and two DEX groups (group D1 and group D2). In group D1 and group D2, DEX (0.5 and 1.0 µg/kg, respectively) was administrated 10 min before induction of general anesthesia. In group C, equivalent saline was infused by the same way. We monitored heart rate (HR), blood pressure, and train-of-four (TOF) values of all subjects in the period of anesthesia. We recorded times to reach TOF value 0 (T0, from injection of ROC to disappearance of all four twitches) as the onset time and TOF value 25% (T25, ratio of fourth twitch to first twitch,) as clinical duration of neuromuscular blockade. A total of 81 patients were randomized, 75 of whom accepted treatment, including group D1 (n = 25), D2 (n = 25), and C (n = 25). T0 time of three groups was found to be similar. The duration of action for ROC in group D2 was 62.76 ± 6.33 min, which was much longer than that in group D1 and group C, which were 42.64 ± 3.92 and 42.56 ± 4.04 min (p < 0.05), respectively. At T2 (after DEX administration) and T4 time point (10 min after trachea intubation), compared with group C, the changes of heart rate (HR) and blood pressure in DEX groups (group D1 and group D2) show greatly differences. Otherwise, there were no obvious differences among different groups at the other monitoring point-in-time. DEX infusion in general anesthesia has no obvious effect on the onset of ROC, but it is capable of prolonging its clinical effect time, which can provide reference for rational application of DEX and ROC in general anesthesia.


Well drilling is accompanied by the formation of significant volumes of water that contain mechanical and biological impurities. The purpose of the work is to investigate the possibility of regulating the biological properties of drilling and other types of water that using the technologies of electrical processing (electrooxidation). The analysis of methods and technologies for the disinfection of aqueous solutions and emulsions is carried out. The process of electrooxidation of bacteria in contact with the surface of the electrode plates is considered. The determination of the electrokinetic charge of the surface of particles (bacteria) is carried out, which must be taken into account when calculating the processes and equipment for the electrooxidation of bacteria in technological aqueous solutions such as emulsions. The processes of electrooxidation of aqueous emulsions such as Ukrinol and Triethanolamine which are widely used in cutting, grinding, etc., are considered. Physical and mathematical models of disinfection processes at different values of electric current and surface area of oxidizing electrodes are studied. The factors influencing the disinfection process have been determined. Conceptual approaches to the creation of electrooxidizing devices for the disinfection of emulsions directly in the channels through which aqueous technological solutions move are proposed. Aspects of practical application of electrooxidation technology are considered.


We propose and experimentally demonstrate a monocycle ultra-wideband (UWB) generator adaptable to an optical network where dynamic capacity assignment is implemented. It is based on two-tap microwave photonic filter by using phase inversion in a Mach-Zehnder modulator which provides negative coefficients in the equivalent microwave photonic filter. The insertion of a variable delay line in the system permits to compensate the effects of the chromatic dispersion over the generated UWB pulse.


Objective: This work aimed to study the modeling, binding site, and immunogenicity analysis of genes encoding L-asparaginase from Arthrospira platensis NIES 39.
Methods: Physicochemical characteristic of the gene was analyzed using ProtParam. I-TASSER, PROCHECK, ProSA, and ProQ were used to build the L-asparaginase model. The enzyme's binding site was achieved based on the SiteMap and COACH analysis. Immunogenicity analysis was based on MHC II binding epitopes on the immune epitope database with further epitope prediction, such as NN-align, SMM aligns, Combinatorial library, and Net MHCIIpan.
Results: The result showed that the protein had an aliphatic index of 94.46. It was dominated by strand, helix, and coil groups. The best template for building the model was the malonate-bound human L-asparaginase protein. The amino acid at 173,191,193, 201, 204, 205, 223, and 225 positions served as binding sites. The best substrate for A. platensis NIES 39 asparaginase was L-asparagine. There is no substantial evidence that the protein is highly allergenic.
Conclusion: In conclusion, this is the first report on the character of ASNase from microalgae A. platensis where the enzyme has the potential to be applied for health applications because of its low allergenicity.


This paper describes the basic technological aspects of Digital Image Differencing technique in study of morphological properties with special reference to Coronal Mass Ejections. The former step deals with two images taken from SOHO satellite. The images are taken with a time interval. Then these two images are processed to get pure CME by using Digital Image Differencing. The enhancement procedures are applied to image data in order to effectively display. It involves techniques for increasing the visual distinction between features in a scene. The objective of the information extraction operations is to study Morphological properties of CMEs.


The combination of imaging and therapy has opened the very promising Theranostics domain with magnetic hyperthermia being a very promising domain. However, imaging systems should not interact with the magnetic field. In this work we have tested the recent C-series of SensL SiPM with 3mm pixel size, 4×4 arrays, coupled to different scintillators and irradiated with various gamma energies. The evaluation of the SiPM arrays shows that 1x1mm pixel size can be clearly resolved at PET energies for GAGG:Ce and CsI:Na and 1.5×1.5mm in SPECT imaging for CsI:Na. The best energy resolution was measured equal to 10.5% under 511keV irradiation for the 2×2mm GAGG:Ce; 16% under 511keV irradiation for the 1×1mm GAGG:Ce and 22% under 120keV irradiation for the 1×1mm CsI:Na. In addition, measurements with position sensitive photomultipliers have been carried out, to evaluate the effect of the magnetic field on the imaging performance of the system. While the effect of the magnetic field outside the coil is small, optimal images will be obtained if the imaging system is placed inside the coil, something that can be achieved only by using SiPMs.


The method of distribution functions—governed by Kirkwood integral equations—is applied to anisotropic fluids of the nematic type. It is shown how to obtain the self‐consistent‐field theory of Maier and Saupe (assuming their anisotropic dispersion force) with the help of some approximations. When the repulsive forces are included an additional term is present in lnρ(1)(θ)[ρ(1)(θ) ≡ orientational distribution function]; estimating this term we conclude that the repulsive force cannot be neglected if l/d〉2 (l and d=molecular length and diameter) and the molecules are not too flexible. Also, the first few terms of Onsager's virial expansion for the free energy are derived.


Background: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the association between cognitive function and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality during 10 years of the follow-up. Methods: 7087 participants were assessed in the baseline survey of the Health Alcohol Psychosocial Factors in Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) study in 2006–2008. During 10 years of follow-up, all-cause and CVD mortality risk were evaluated. Results: During 10 years of follow-up, 768 (23%) men and 403 (11%) women died (239 and 107 from CVD). After adjustment for sociodemographic, biological, lifestyle factors, and illnesses, a decrease per 1 standard deviation in different cognitive function scores increased risk for all-cause mortality (by 13%–24% in men, and 17%–33% in women) and CVD mortality (by 19%–32% in men, and 69%–91% in women). Kaplan-Meier survival curves for all-cause and CVD mortality, according to tertiles of cognitive function, revealed that the lowest cognitive function (1st tertile) predicts shorter survival compared to second and third tertiles (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The findings of this follow-up study suggest that older participants with lower cognitive functions have an increased risk for all-cause and CVD mortality compared to older participants with a higher level of cognitive function.


Reading Recovery is a short-term early intervention designed to help the lowest-achieving readers in first grade reach average levels of classroom performance in literacy. Students identified to receive Reading Recovery meet individually with a specially trained Reading Recovery teacher every school day for 30-minute lessons over a period of 12 to 20 weeks. The purpose of these lessons is to support rapid acceleration of each child's literacy learning. In 2010, The Ohio State University received a Scaling Up What Works grant from the U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund to expand the use of Reading Recovery across the country. The award was intended to fund the training of 3,675 new Reading Recovery teachers in U.S. schools, thereby expanding service to an additional 88,200 students. The Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) was contracted to conduct an independent evaluation of the i3 scale-up of Reading Recovery over the course of five years. The evaluation includes parallel rigorous experimental and quasi-experimental designs for estimating program impacts, coupled with a largescale mixed-methods study of program implementation. This report presents the findings of the second year of the evaluation. The primary goals of this evaluation are: a) to provide experimental evidence of the impacts of Reading Recovery on student learning under this scale-up effort ; b) to assess the success of the scale-up in meeting the i3 grant's expansion goals; and c) to document the implementation of the scale-up and fidelity to program standards. This document is the second in a series of three reports based on our external evaluation of the Reading Recovery i3 Scale-Up. This report presents results from the impact and implementation studies conducted over the 2012-2013 school year—the third year of the scale-up effort and the second full year of the evaluation. In order to estimate the impacts of the program, a sample of first graders who had been selected to receive Reading Recovery were randomly assigned to a treatment group that received Reading Recovery immediately, or to a control group that did not receive Reading Recovery until the treatment group had exited the intervention. The reading achievement of students in this sample was assessed using a standardized assessment of reading achievement—the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS). The data for the implementation study include extensive interviews and surveys with Reading Recovery teachers, teacher leaders, site coordinators, University Training Center directors, members of the i3 project leadership team at The Ohio State University, and principals and first-grade teachers in schools involved in the scale-up. Case studies were also conducted in nine i3 scale-up schools to observe how Reading Recovery operates in different contexts. Disciplines Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Other Education Comments View on the CPRE website. This report is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_researchreports/2 Author(s) Henry May, Heather Goldsworthy, Michael Armijo, Abigail M. Gray, Philip M Sirinides, Toscha J. Blalock, Helen Anderson-Clark, Andrew J. Schiera, Horatio Blackman, Jessica Gillespie, and Cecile Sam This report is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/cpre_researchreports/2 Evaluation of the i3 Scale-up of Reading Recovery Year Two Report, 2012-13 December 2014 RR-79 CONSORTIUM FOR POLICY RESEARCH IN EDUCATION A COLLABORATIVE PUBLICATION BETWEEN Henry May Heather Goldsworthy Michael Armijo Abigail Gray Philip Sirinides Toscha J. Blalock Helen Anderson-Clark Andrew J. Schiera Horatio Blackman Jessica Gillespie Cecile Sam


The infection rates of Opisthorchis sinensis cyst in fishes declined in general in Xiangfan areas from 1985 to 2006, of which ecological environment changed are main reason.


Four successive crises have shaken the euro following the discovery of the scale of Greek deficits. From agreements to summits, Europe's leaders are trying to save the euro area. Yet the future of the euro and hence Europe can only be sketched out by taking into account: financial excesses, political incompetence, institutional failures, lags between political and economic time horizons, as well as competing pressures from markets and public opinion.


Formulary committees, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), pharmacists, and physicians face increased scrutiny of their relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers under a final fraud policy statement from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).


Disclosed is a method of treatment or prevention of frailty in an elderly patient, particularly having an age of 60 or older. The method provides the concomitant parenteral administration of a combination of an anabolic steroid and a vitamin D compound. A preferred combination comprises nandrolone decanoate and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). The invention, in a further preference, provides a booster therapy to support frail elderly that have undergone hospitalization or surgery to retain independence and regain their regular physical and mental activities.


According to growing evidence, the level of internal control of function in agroecosystems is substantially determined by the amount of plant and animal diversification present. Biodiversity in agroecosystems provides a number of ecological functions in addition to food production, including as nutrient recycling, microclimate management, local hydrological process regulation, suppression of undesired species, and noxious chemical detoxification. The importance of biodiversity in crop protection, soil fertility and human health is examined in detail in this paper. It is suggested that the sustainability of biodiversity-mediated renewal processes and ecological services is dependent on the preservation of biological integrity and variety in agroecosystems. Agroecosystem management and design strategies that improve functional biodiversity in agricultural fields are discussed.


The ultra-shallow NiGe/p+-Ge/n-Ge Schottky junctions with dopant segregation have been fabricated using Indium spin-on dopant and thermal diffusion, followed by NiGe growth with microwave annealing technique. The total junction depth of the NiGe/p+-Ge/n-Ge Schottky junction was scaled down to 9 nm, containing 6-nm-thick NiGe and 3-nm-thick p+-Ge region. It is found that the junction leakage current is sufficiently suppressed with the dopant segregation process compared with that of direct NiGe/n-Ge Schottky junction, which is attributed to the increase of effective SBH for electrons in the NiGe/p+-Ge/n-Ge junction.


ABSTRACT The preparation of Baculovirus anticarsia dispersions as well as three alternative procedures to obtain a dry preparation of this biological control agent have been investigated. A stable dispersion containing well defined hydrophillc polyhedral particles of 1.6 μm in diameter, presenting a surface area of 2.9 2 m2 g−1 and an isoelectric point between pH 3 and 4 was finally obtained.


The modern approaches to the therapy of increased intracranial pressure at the patients with acute cerebral insufficient are described in the article. The effective method of correction of increased intracranial pressure by joint usage of solutions polyatomic alcohols – Rheosorbilactum, Sorbilactum. Efficiency of the method is evaluated at the patients of №4 Site Clinical Hospital.


As the preamble to the Model Code of Judicial Conduct indicates, traditional notions of judicial ethics operate within a rule of law paradigm, which posits that the "three I's" of judicial ethics—independence, impartiality, and integrity—enable judges to uphold the law. In recent decades, however, social science, public opinion, and political commentary suggest that appointed judges abuse their independence by disregarding the law and issuing rulings in accord with their biases and other extralegal impulses, while elected judges disregard the law and issue rulings popular with voters, all of which calls the future of the three I's and judicial ethics itself into question. The time has come to rethink the role of judicial ethics in light of a new legal culture paradigm that better accommodates changing conceptions of the judicial role. Author. Charles G. Geyh is the John F. Kimberling Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. His work on judicial independence, accountability, selection, administration and ethics has appeared in over seventy books, articles, book chapters, reports, and other publications. Geyh received his B.A. in political science from the University of Wisconsin in 1980 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1983, after which he clerked for the Honorable Thomas A. Clark on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Geyh also worked as an associate at the Washington D.C. law firm of Covington & Burling and served as counsel to the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, before beginning his teaching career in 1991. He joined the faculty at Indiana University in 1998, has served as the law school's Associate Dean for research, and is the recipient of three faculty fellowships, three Trustees teaching awards, and the Wallace teaching award.


Conventional computers excel in logic and accurate scientific calculations but make hard work of open ended problems that human brains handle easily. Even von Neumann—the mathematician and polymath who first developed the programming architecture that forms the basis of today's computers—was already looking to the brain for future developments before his death in 1957 [1]. Neuromorphic computing uses approaches that better mimic the working of the human brain. Recent developments in nanotechnology are now providing structures with very accommodating properties for neuromorphic approaches. This special issue, with guest editors James K Gimzewski and Dominique Vuillaume, is devoted to research at the serendipitous interface between the two disciplines. 'Synaptic electronics', looks at artificial devices with connections that demonstrate behaviour similar to synapses in the nervous system allowing a new and more powerful approach to computing. Synapses and connecting neurons respond differently to incident signals depending on the history of signals previously experienced, ultimately leading to short term and long term memory behaviour. The basic characteristics of a synapse can be replicated with around ten simple transistors. However with the human brain having around 1011 neurons and 1015 synapses, artificial neurons and synapses from basic transistors are unlikely to accommodate the scalability required. The discovery of nanoscale elements that function as 'memristors' has provided a key tool for the implementation of synaptic connections [2]. Leon Chua first developed the concept of the 'The memristor—the missing circuit element' in 1971 [3]. In this special issue he presents a tutorial describing how memristor research has fed into our understanding of synaptic behaviour and how they can be applied in information processing [4]. He also describes, 'The new principle of local activity, which uncovers a minuscule life-enabling "Goldilocks zone", dubbed the edge of chaos, where complex phenomena, including creativity and intelligence, may emerge'. Also in this issue R Stanley Williams and colleagues report results from simulations that demonstrate the potential for using Mott transistors as building blocks for scalable neuristor-based integrated circuits without transistors [5]. The scalability of neural chip designs is also tackled in the design reported by Narayan Srinivasa and colleagues in the US [6]. Meanwhile Carsten Timm and Massimiliano Di Ventra describe simulations of a molecular transistor in which electrons strongly coupled to a vibrational mode lead to a Franck–Condon (FC) blockade that mimics the spiking action potentials in synaptic memory behaviour [7]. The 'atomic switches' used to demonstrate synaptic behaviour by a collaboration of researchers in California and Japan also come under further scrutiny in this issue. James K Gimzewski and colleagues consider the difference between the behaviour of an atomic switch in isolation and in a network [8]. As the authors point out, 'The work presented represents steps in a unified approach of experimentation and theory of complex systems to make atomic switch networks a uniquely scalable platform for neuromorphic computing'. Researchers in Germany [9] and Sweden [10] also report on theoretical approaches to modelling networks of memristive elements and complementary resistive switches for synaptic devices. As Vincent Derycke and colleagues in France point out, 'Actual experimental demonstrations of neural network type circuits based on non-conventional/non-CMOS memory devices and displaying function learning capabilities remain very scarce'. They describe how their work using carbon nanotubes provides a rare demonstration of actual function learning with synapses based on nanoscale building blocks [11]. However, this is far from the only experimental work reported in this issue, others include: short-term memory of TiO2-based electrochemical capacitors [12]; a neuromorphic circuit composed of a nanoscale 1-kbit resistive random-access memory (RRAM) cross-point array of synapses and complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) neuron circuits [13]; a WO3−x-based nanoionics device from Masakazu Aono's group with a wide scale of reprogrammable memorization functions [14]; a new spike-timing dependent plasticity scheme based on a MOS transistor as a selector and a RRAM as a variable resistance device [15]; a new hybrid memristor-CMOS neuromorphic circuit [16]; and a photo-assisted atomic switch [17]. Synaptic electronics evidently has many emerging facets, and Duygu Kuzum, Shimeng Yu, and H-S Philip Wong in the US provide a review of the field, including the materials, devices and applications [18]. In embracing the expertise acquired over thousands of years of evolution, biomimetics and bio-inspired design is a common, smart approach to technological innovation. Yet in successfully mimicking the physiological mechanisms of the human mind synaptic electronics research has a potential impact that is arguably unprecedented. That the quirks and eccentricities recently unearthed in the behaviour of nanomaterials should lend themselves so accommodatingly to emulating synaptic functions promises some very exciting developments in the field, as the articles in this special issue emphasize. References [1] von Neumann J (ed) 2012 The Computer and the Brain 3rd edn (Yale: Yale University Press) [2] Strukov D B, Snider G S, Stewart D R and Williams R S 2008 The missing memristor found Nature 453 80–3 [3] Chua L O 1971 Memristor—the missing circuit element IEEE Trans. Circuit Theory 18 507–19 [4] Chua L O 2013 Memristor, Hodgkin–Huxley, and Edge of Chaos Nanotechnology 24 383001 [5] Pickett M D and Williams R S 2013 Phase transitions enable computational universality in neuristor-based cellular automata Nanotechnology 24 384002 [6] Cruz-Albrecht J M, Derosier T and Srinivasa N 2013 Scalable neural chip with synaptic electronics using CMOS integrated memristors Nanotechnology 24 384011 [7] Timm C and Di Ventra M 2013 Molecular neuron based on the Franck–Condon blockade Nanotechnology 24 384001 [8] Sillin H O, Aguilera R, Shieh H-H, Avizienis A V, Aono M, Stieg A Z and Gimzewski J K 2013 A theoretical and experimental study of neuromorphic atomic switch networks for reservoir computing Nanotechnology 24 384004 [9] Linn E, Menzel S, Ferch S and Waser R 2013 Compact modeling of CRS devices based on ECM cells for memory, logic and neuromorphic applications Nanotechnology 24 384008 [10] Konkoli Z and Wendin G 2013 A generic simulator for large networks of memristive elements Nanotechnology 24 384007 [11] Gacem K, Retrouvey J-M, Chabi D, Filoramo A, Zhao W, Klein J-O and Derycke V 2013 Neuromorphic function learning with carbon nanotube-based synapses Nanotechnology 24 384013 [12] Lim H, Kim I, Kim J-S, Hwang C S and Jeong D S 2013 Short-term memory of TiO2-based electrochemical capacitors: empirical analysis with adoption of a sliding threshold Nanotechnology 24 384005 [13] Park S, Noh J, Choo M-L, Sheri A M, Chang M, Kim Y-B, Kim C J, Jeon M, Lee B-G, Lee B H and Hwang H 2013 Nanoscale RRAM-based synaptic electronics: toward a neuromorphic computing device Nanotechnology 24 384009 [14] Yang R, Terabe K, Yao Y, Tsuruoka T, Hasegawa T, Gimzewski J K and Aono M 2013 Synaptic plasticity and memory functions achieved in WO3−x-based nanoionics device by using principle of atomic switch operation Nanotechnology 24 384002 [15] Ambrogio S, Balatti S, Nardi F, Facchinetti S and Ielmini D 2013 Spike-timing dependent plasticity in a transistor-selected resistive switching memory Nanotechnology 24 384012 [16] Indiveria G, Linares-Barranco B, Legenstein R, Deligeorgis G and Prodromakise T 2013 Integration of nanoscale memristor synapses in neuromorphic computing architectures Nanotechnology 24 384010 [17] Hino T, Hasegawa T, Tanaka H, Tsuruoka T, Terabe K, Ogawa T and Aono M 2013 Volatile and nonvolatile selective switching of a photo-assited initialized atomic switch Nanotechnology 24 384006 [18] Kuzum D, Yu S and Wong H-S P 2013 Synaptic electronics: materials, devices and applications Nanotechnology 24 382001


The electric liquid(auto-leveling) system was designed specially for keeping the platform oftrolley(auto-leveling) during working(process.) The system has some advantages such as simple(principle,)stable and reliable control property,high efficiency and low cost.Using this system can shorten the leveling time,improve the leveling precision and can avoid the tip accident of trolley.It can be widely applied in different kinds of leveling system.


Soil pollution influences the composition (amount, structure) and the properties (ratio) of humic and fulvic acids as key components of soil organic matter (SOM). Consequently, crop production and soil mdices are affected. The assessment of soil quality and vulnerability therefore requires: (1) determination of the main criteria for the assessment of changes in soils due to pollution; (2) studies of interaction between SOM and heavy as well as radioactive metals; (3) development of new methods and techniques for soil remediation and decreasing soil toxicity. The proposed approach is based on theoretical and practical work of the Russian Soil School. The results will be implemented for remediation of soils contaminated by the Chemobyl blast.


FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: there is described pharmaceutical preparation or beverage/foodstuff which can inhibit production of adipocytokine, in particular adipocytokine which can induce insulin resistance. The pharmaceutical preparation or beverage/foodstuff contains as an active component a compound chosen from the group consisting of 4-methylcholest-7-ene-3-ole, 4-methylergost-7-ene-3-ole and 4-methylstigmast-7-ene-3-ole or a herbal extract of Liliaceae family, an organic solvent or hot water, containing at least 0.001 wt % of the compound. EFFECT: prevention or simplification of the disease cases associated with insulin resistance. 7 cl, 4 ex, 3 tbl


What explains individual preferences for fiscal policies to respond to the ongoing Eurozone economic crisis? To what extent are such preferences affected by the specific content of fiscal consolidation policies, European Union (EU) support for such policies, or the their potential consequences for the euro? To address these questions we present results of two experiments and other austerity support questions, embedded in a late 2015 survey of a crisis-hit country, Spain. In the experiments we randomize whether the EU or related actors endorse a given austerity policy, and the content of that policy. In the second experiment we randomize whether tax increases or risks of breaking promises to the EU are made salient. We find that individuals are more supportive of austerity when spending cuts as opposed to tax increases are made salient, but that endorsement by the EU and other external actors has no effect. However, we also find that individuals are generally supportive of social spending, and become less so when tax increases as well as potential concerns about breaking fiscal commitments to the EU are made salient. The results have implications for our understanding of the EU as an endorser and general intuitions about why austerity is supported.


Internet has produced enormous effect to thinking way,work and study style,habits and customs and communication.In daily teaching,the teacher should make use of network advantage actively,sufficiently,guides students to distinguish what is useful or healthy and what is useless or harmful,makes use of the network to gain healthy,useful information sufficiently.By the fact or that teachers actively in teaching process,let students know Internet's effect and usage step by step.


This thesis investigates how modern individuals relate to themselves and others in the service of shaping their ethical conduct and governing themselves. It considers the use of online social networking sites (SNSs) as one particular practice through which people manage their day-to-day conduct and understandings of self. Current research on the use of SNSs has conceptualised them as tools for communication, information-sharing and self-presentation. This thesis suggests a different way of thinking about these sites as tools for self-formation. A Foucaultian genealogical, historical and problematising approach is applied in order to explore processes of subjectivation and historical backgrounds involved in the use of SNSs. This is complimented with an ANT-based understanding of the role that technologies play in shaping human action.

Drawing new connections between three factors will show how they contribute to the ways in which people become selves today. These factors are, one, the psychologisation and rationalisation of modern life that lead people to confess and talk about themselves in order to improve and perfect themselves, two, the transparency or publicness of modern life that incites people to reveal themselves constantly to a public audience and, three, the techno-social hybrid character of Western societies. This thesis will show how some older practices of self-formation have been translated into the context of modern technologised societies and how the care of self has been reinvigorated and combined with the notion of baring self in public.

This thesis contributes a different way of thinking about self and the internet that does not seek to define what the modern self is and how it is staged online but rather accounts for the multiple, contingent and historically conditioned processes of subjectivation through which individuals relate to themselves and others in the service of governing their daily conduct.


I found Dalen's 1 article on US physician manpower needs in the January 8, 1996, issue of theArchivesto be extremely informative. In addressing the issues relative to generalists and specialists and medical care in rural and other underserved areas, Dalen makes many valid observations. He also points out the complexity of the issues relative to the proper balance of service activities in training programs and the overall impact of international graduates on health care in the United States. One particular area that he discussed is extremely important to the provision of health care in this country and that is the question of access. Somehow we have lost sight of the fact that there are approximately 38 million people in the United States who do not have health care insurance. It should also be kept in mind that the uninsured or underinsured population continues to increase with a downsizing of


Introduction. I. Capita Selecta from Vector Analysis. Scalar product, gradient, curl and divergence. Theorem of Stokes, theorem of Gauss and Green's theorem. II. One-Dimensional Discrete Spectral Analysis. The delta pulse and discrete functions. Fourier series of periodic time functions. Fourier integral of transients. Relationship between the discrete property and periodicity. Sampling and aliasing in time and frequency. Matrix formulations. Decomposition of a broad band experiment into monochromatic simulations. III. Multi-Dimensional Discrete Spectral Analysis. Basic theory. Spatial aliasing. Two-dimensional spectral analysis and plane wave decomposition. Extensions to three dimensions. IV. Vibrations. Basic concepts. Free vibrations. Forced vibrations. Coupled systems. From vibrations to waves. V. Acoustic Waves. Derivation of the acoustic wave equation. One-way versions of the acoustic wave equation. Plane waves. Spherical waves. Cylindrical waves. Principle of numerical modeling with the acoustic wave equation. VI. Elastic Waves. Compressional waves in homogeneous isotropic solids. Shear waves in homogeneous isotropic solids. Derivation of the elastic wave equation. One-way versions of the elastic wave equation. Principle of numerical modeling with the elastic wave equation. VII. Boundary Conditions. Reflection and transmission coefficients for acoustic boundaries. Reflection in terms of convolution. The fluid-solid boundary. Reflection and transmission coefficients for elastic boundaries. Summary. VIII. Kirchhoff and Rayleigh Integrals. Derivation of the Kirchhoff integral for homogeneous media. Derivation of the Rayleigh integrals for homogeneous media. Rayleigh integrals in terms of convolution. Transformation of Rayleigh integrals to the wave number domain. Kirchhoff and Rayleigh integrals for inhomogeneous fluid-like media. Rayleigh integrals as one-way versions of the Kirchhoff integral. Discrete version of the Kirchhoff integral. Discrete versions of the Rayleigh integrals. Summary. IX. Directivity Properties of Wave Fields. Fraunhofer approximations in terms of the Fourier integral. Directivity patterns. Far field expressions of scattered wave fields. Summary. X. Forward and Inverse Problems. Principle of one-way forward wave field extrapolation. Principle of one-way inverse wave field extrapolation. Principle of two-way techniques. Example. Summary. (Each chapter includes an introduction and references). Appendices. Subject Index.


On Days 13 and 14 of gestation in the rabbit, injections of cortisone acetate interrupt pregnancy by causing resorption of conceptuses (Robson & Sharaf, 1952). In the later stages of pregnancy, glucocorticoids administered to the mother have a shortening effect on gestation which is independent of a lethal effect on fetuses (Adams & Wagner, 1969). Large doses of glucocorticoids injected into the mother are known to induce premature delivery in sheep (Fylling, 1971), cows (Adams & Wagner, 1970) and goats (van Rensburg, 1970). Detailed investigations of the physiological significance of glucocorticoids in the termination of pregnancy in sheep and goats have revealed no consistent change in the plasma levels of maternal corticosteroids with advanc-ing gestation (Paterson & Harrison, 1967; Thorburn, Nicol, Bassett, Shutt & Cox, 1972; Paterson & Linzell, 1971) whereas in the fetuses of both species there is a marked increase in corticosteroid levels immediately before the onset of labour (Thorburn et al., 1972). This fetal corticosteroid has been shown to initiate changes in the plasma levels of maternal hormones (Liggins, Grieves, Kendall & Knox, 1972; Thorburn et al., 1972); progesterone falls, oestrogen rises and there is an increase in release of prostaglandin F (PGF) from the uterus. The aim of the present study was to observe the effect on the length of pregnancy in the rabbit of a glucocorticoid administered into either a maternal or a fetal site. Rabbit pregnancies were dated from Day 0 of an observed mating and were divided into three groups. In Group A (twenty-one animals) and Group (nineteen animals), a laparotomy was performed within 10 days of term. Either dexamethasone phosphate (Group A) or an equivalent


Received: 1 August 2019 Accepted: 21 April 2020 TC Winston, a Category 5 cyclone made landfall over Viti Levu, Fiji in 2016, causing massive destruction. It caused 44 deaths and destroyed the livelihood of approximately 60% of Fiji's population. Fatalities and loss would have been reduced if people were proactive. Socio-cultural factors influence community disaster response. This research aims to analyze how indigenous knowledge, kinship networks and attitude influenced community disaster response during TC Winston. The study was done in Burenitu village, in Ra province. The research was conducted through a literature review, questionnaire survey, interviews and observations. Procrastination hindered preparedness activities. Indigenous knowledge of cyclone prediction, food preservation and traditional cyclone shelter construction exists among the older generation. It is no longer practised due to reliance on modern weather forecasting, dependency on external relief assistance and reliance on western type of building for evacuation. There is a knowledge gap between the young and old. Loss of indigenous knowledge is inevitable if it is not passed on to the younger generation. Kinship network involved sharing of food and clothes, caring for vulnerable people, evacuation, distributing relief supplies and rehabilitation. In conclusion, the use of indigenous knowledge and kinship networks assisted in community disaster response. Procrastination was a hindrance but was curbed by continuous motivation.


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In spite of their interest to understand the low-temperature behavior of biodiesel, data on the crystallization behavior of fatty acid esters mixtures are scarce. To overcome this limitation, the melting points of seven binary mixtures of saturated and unsaturated fatty acid ethyl esters with ethyl stearate were measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and are here reported. The Predictive UNIQUAC model, developed for the prediction of cloud points of diesels and previously applied to fatty acid methyl esters, is shown to produce an excellent prediction of the experimental data measured in this work. It is shown that, alternatively, a simple ideal solution is able to describe the melting points with identical accuracy to the Predictive UNIQUAC model and may prove to be able to describe cloud points of real biodiesel.


Landscape classification tackles issues related to the representation and analysis of continuous and variable ecological data. In this study, a methodology is created in order to define topo-climatic landscapes (TCL) in the north-west of Catalonia (north-east of the Iberian Peninsula). TCLs relate the ecological behaviour of a landscape in terms of topography, physiognomy and climate, which compound the main drivers of an ecosystem. Selected variables are derived from different sources such as remote sensing and climatic atlas. The proposed methodology combines unsupervised interative cluster classification with a supervised fuzzy classification. As a result, 28 TCLs have been found for the study area which may be differentiated in terms of vegetation physiognomy and vegetation altitudinal range type. Furthermore a hierarchy among TCLs is set, enabling the merging of clusters and allowing for changes of scale. Through the topo-climatic landscape map, managers may identify patches with similar environmental conditions and asses at the same time the uncertainty involved.


Introduction of the Writer of the Yemeni Treatise on Attar: Syedi Abdulqadir bin Al Qazi al Hafiz Syedi Habibullah al Walid (d.1263 A.H, Pune, India) was a descendent of the Ismaili Musta'alavi Du'aat from the notable clan of "Aal al Walid"[1]. When the seat of the Ismaili Musta'alavi Dawah [2] was transferred to Gujrat, India, in the year 946 (A.H), seven prominent Ulama of high repute from his family managed the office of the Dawah in Yemen, one after the other as Wali al Yemen. [3] Learned writer of "As-Sirah-ar-Radiyah" wrote about him that Syedi Abdulqadir Ibn al Mafsuh al Qazi Habibullah al Hafiz was a learned person of exemplary manners. He was one of the Hudud of Syedna Tayyab Zainuddin. He was appointed as his Naeb in Yaman, as he was a season diplomat and scholar of high repute. He stayed in Hiraz. He served Al Dawat al Hadiyah in the best possible manner. The learned Shaikh transferred his seat from Shibam[4], the highest peak of Yaman and abode of Syedna Idris Imaduddin to Haraz [5]range of mountains. As "Naeb al Dai al Fatemi" in Yemen he administered the affairs of the Dawah, from the era of 45 Dai, Syedna Tayyab Zainuddin (d.1252 [A.H], Surat, India) [6] to the beginning era of the 47 Dai, Syedna Abdulqadir Najmuddin (d.1302 [A.H],Surat, India) [7].


Since 1997, successive governments have undertaken fundamental reforms to the criminal justice system in England and Wales. Many of the policy reforms enacted during this period have had principles of managerialism and marketisation of criminal justice services at their core, which have at times appeared counter-intuitive to parallel objectives which emphasise 'localism' and efforts to promote community justice. This article identifies the core concepts of local and community justice and examines their inter-relationship and (ir)reconcilability with competing trends of managerialism and marketisation since the election of the Labour Government in 1997. The prospects for local and community justice since the election of the Coalition government in 2010 are considered. The article concludes by arguing that the justice marketisation trend, of which Transforming Rehabilitation (MoJ, 2013b) is a prime example, is the continuation of a specific operating model, which advocates of local justice should undoubtedly be skeptical.


– Work is devoted to the research of the influence of cavitational treatment on the process of nitrogen dissolution in sunflower oil. The team researched the possibility of using of low-frequency vibrocavitational device for the increase of concentration of dissolved nitrogen.


The current economic crisis and the financial scandals of the early XXI century led to the discrediting and compromising the accounting and auditing profession. The assumption of efficient growth and development of a company is an introduction of corporate governance and protection of the interests of creditors. In order to regain public confidence in financial reporting, it is necessary to examine the role of accounting and auditing profession and align it with international standards. It is necessary to take into account The OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, which are accepted by all international financial and accounting organizations, with the aim of rehabilitation of confidence in the audit. Taking into account The OECD Principles, it becomes necessary for accounting and auditing practices to be directed towards the fulfillment of the basic role of protecting the interests of stakeholders and providing information for the functioning of the administration.


In recent years,the tourism undergraduate education of our country appears discomfiture and bemusement for that the culture talent is difficult to coalescent.Now it is more and more difficult to enroll.The culture model of applied tourism talents is availability approach to achieve break through for our tour specialty higher education.The article brings forward availability maneuver and analyzes the question which lies in culture the applied tourism talents in the newly-built universities of minority areas.


We confirmed that micro dielectric barrier discharge plasma improved the growth and immunity of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer seedlings. The growth rate of the ginseng seedlings was compared by height and weight monitoring. The length and weight of the aerial part of the 3 min. Plasma treated ginseng increased by 25% and 54%, respectively, compared to the untreated ginseng. The difference between the initial root weight before planting in the soil and the root weight 5 weeks after planting in the soil increased by 28% and 22% for the 3 and 10 min. Plasma treated ginseng, respectively. Chlorophyll and total phenolic contents were increased 62% and 56%, respectively in the aerial part of the plasma-treated ginseng seedlings compared to the untreated controls. Radical scavenging activity was also increased by 18% in the 3 min plasma treated ginseng seedlings. The plasma treatment increased the expression level of chlorophyll metabolism-related and auxin response factor genes in ginseng and might be the result of ginseng growth development by enhancing plant growth hormone. Increasing disease resistance through induced systemic resistance can ultimately improve crop productivity by strengthening the immune system. We demonstrated this by comparing the transcription patterns of genes involved in the pathogenic defense mechanisms of ginseng. The expression of the pathogen-associated PgPR2, PgPR5, PgPR10 and PgCAT genes improved significantly and rapidly in the plasma treated ginseng seedlings. In particular, mRNA expression levels of the PgPR2 and PgPR5 genes were significantly increased 5- and 3-fold, respectively, in the 10 min plasma treated seedlings. An increased expression level of abscisic acid signaling related genes (PgABF and PgPYL) means an increased resistance to stress, which in turn, could affect the enhanced antioxidant activity. Our results suggest that plasma can enhance the growth and increase the immunity of ginseng seedlings especially by improving its resistance to pathogens. Effective control of diseases using plasma technology could be one of the biggest factors that increase the yield of perennial medicinal plants such as ginseng.


In this paper the principle of the predictive filtering method was deduced,and the method was applied in the prediction of satellite attitude states and the result was compared with that of classic Kalman filter.Experiment shows that for different attitude angles the predictive method can lead to anticipated estimations,which overcomes the error of estimation model of classic Kalman filter and the linearization error of the Extended Kalman Filter(EKF).


The influence of Zn and Si atoms on AlGaInAs compositionally graded buffers (CGBs) was studied using the approaches of optical microscopy, reciprocal space mapping, Raman spectroscopy and cathodoluminescence imaging. CGBs with Zn or Si doping could achieve good relaxation of about 90%, while Si but not Zn doping significantly impacted the tilt angle. Ribbon-like scratches along the 〈1–10〉 direction were observed in samples with Si doping. Sharp increases in threading dislocation density (TDD) and dislocation pile-up were observed along the scratches. In contrast, CGBs with Zn doping featured smooth surfaces and lower TDDs, contributing to improved chip performance. Based on these results, we conclude that Si atoms decrease the glide length of misfit dislocation segments and cause dislocation nucleation multiplication and dislocation pile-up and eventually increase surface roughness and TDD, while Zn could serve as a surface surfactant medium.


From mycelia of Asp. niger and Asp. awamori aurasperones A, B and C along with related two yellow pigments have been isolated. Aurasperone A, C32H26010, is obtained in yellow prisms; m. p. 207°C; [α]D-136°; gives the diacetate and the dimethyl ether and is assumed to be a dimeric 2-methyl-5-hydroxy-6, 8-dimethoxy-4H-naphtho [2, 3-b] pyran-4-one (IV). Aurasperone B, [α]D+46.3°, is the main yellow metabolite, m. p. 186°C, and affords aurasperone A on hydrochloric acid-treatment. It has molecular formula C32H30012 and is supposed to have the structure (V). The other yellow pigments have been found to be also congeners of aurasperone A.


We combine space-time coding and transmit beam- forming over quasi-static block fading MISO channels, using quantized channel feedback. Our goal is to preserve diversity and besides, to provide additional array gain (SNR gain) compared to conventional space-time codes. In practice, the transmitter channel state information is degraded by bandwidth limitation and noise in the feedback link. The imperfect and impaired feedback leads to drastic performance degradation unless the system is robustly designed against low-resolution and erroneous feedback information. Therefore, combining coding and beam- forming must be optimized for low-rate and erroneous feedback conditions. In this work, the combining is performed using a class of constellation sets inspired from orthogonal designs and precoded STBCs which is called partly precoded orthogonal designs (PPODs). PPODs provide full-diversity with any feedback rate, any number of transmit antennas, and any amount of feedback error. The attractive property of our scheme is that it converges to conventional space-time coding with low-rate and highly erroneous feedback and to pure beamforming with high rate and error-free feedback. Moreover, our scheme shows desirable robustness against design mismatch with respect to feedback channel specifications.


In this article, we study so‐called rooted packings of rooted graphs. This concept is a mutual generalization of the concepts of a vertex packing and an edge packing of a graph. A rooted graph is a pair (G,T) , where G is a graph and T⊆V(G) . Two rooted graphs (G,T) and (H,S) are isomorphic if there is an isomorphism of the graphs G and H such that S is the image of T in this isomorphism. A rooted graph (H,S) is a rooted subgraph of a rooted graph (G,T) if H is a subgraph of G and S⊆T . By a rooted (H,S) ‐packing into a rooted graph (G,T) we mean a collection (H1,S1),(H2,S2),...,(Hp,Sp) of rooted subgraphs of (G,T) isomorphic to (H,S) such that the sets of edges E(H1),E(H2),...,E(Hp) are pairwise disjoint and the sets S1,S2,...,Sp are pairwise disjoint. In this article, we concentrate on studying maximum (H,S) ‐packings when H is a star. We give a complete classification with respect to the computational complexity status of the problems of finding a maximum (H,S) ‐packing of a rooted graph when H is a star. The most interesting polynomial case is the case when H is the 2‐edge star and S contains the center of the star only. We prove a min–max theorem for (H,S) ‐packings in this case.


Models for fire interval distributions in ecological communities are proposed, based on an understanding of the processes that influence the probability of fire, especially changes to the amount and condition of the fuel. The models represent changes in the probability of fire as a function of time since last fire. Despite considerable differences in the probability distributions of fire intervals, the models generate very similar age distributions when the mean fire interval is the same. Therefore, fitting the theoretical distributions to observed landscape age structure is unlikely to allow discrimination between different models. Previously, the most commonly used models of fire intervals have been based on the Weibull probability distribution. We believe that this is unnecessarily restrictive, and a broader range of models should be considered. The models may be based on an a priori understanding of the ecosystem being studied. They should assist interpretation of observed or inferred fire interval distributions.


The supplement telomerase activator TA-65 (purified from Astragalus membranaceus) has been shown to retard cellular senescence, boost the aging immune system, and retard age-related symptoms. Lengthened telomeres retard aging, but because cancers often maintain longevity by lengthening telomeres, dietary telomerase activator might possibly increase tumorigenesis. This study investigated whether oral TA-65 effects the timing of onset and/or the incidence of skin cancers induced by UVB-irradiation and whether that possible effect is different if the oral supplementation is begun only after tumors are first detected clinically or if supplementation is begun before initiation of tumors as well as during and after the inciting UVB exposure. Three groups of ten Skh:1 hairless, nonpigmented mice exposed to UVB for twenty weeks were given (1) no supplementation, (2) TA-65 supplementation starting when the first UV-induced skin cancers were clinically observed, after which the UV exposure was terminated, and (3) TA-65 supplementation before, during, and after UV exposure (as more tumors subsequently appeared). Except for two time points when Group 3 had borderline or statistically more tumors ≥ 2mm per mouse, overall, there was no statistically significant difference in the time of onset, the incidence, or the tumor load of skin cancers with TA-65 with either timing, confirming the safety of this anti-aging supplement in this model of the most frequent human malignancy.


It is a great honor to speak at this wonderful memorial service and fundraising event that brings us all together during the December holiday season. I feel so fortunate to be part of the Institute of Palliative Care at San Diego Hospice as a fellow in training. I would like to share with you what it has meant to me to be a fellow in hospice and palliative medicine, and how my training has changed the way I will practice medicine. In preparing my remarks, and reflecting on the title of this event, ''Light up a Life,'' this phrase occurred to me:


According to the Stoics, ordinary unified bodies—animals, plants, and inanimate natural bodies—each have a single cause of unity and being: pneuma. Pneuma itself has no distinct cause of unity; on the contrary, it acts as a cause of unity and being for itself. In this paper, I show how pneuma is supposed to be able to unify itself and other bodies in virtue of its characteristic tensile motion (τονικὴ κίνησις). Thus, we will see how the Stoics could have hoped to account for corporeal unity by positing another body (pneuma) apparently itself in need of unification.


The literature on technology acceptance and emotions is reviewed in a bid to investigate the human aspects of CRM systems evaluation. Specifically it is argued that taking into account more intricate human dimensions in system evaluation might lead to a more comprehensive realisation of benefits for an organisation. A research agenda is scoped and presented alongside a conceptual, behaviours based evaluation framework for CRM systems. The intention is to add value to CRM evaluation exercises by providing organisations with a way of considering employee alignment with CRM IS in a bid to realise business benefits.


Coastal lagoons are shallow coastal water bodies separated from the ocean by a barrier and they support a range of natural services that are highly valued by society, including but not limited to fisheries productivity, storm protection, and tourism. Songkhla lagoon is the largest lagoonal water resource in Thailand and Southeast Asia. The lagoon is a combined freshwater and estuarine complex of high productivity which represents an extraordinary combination of environmental resources believed to be unique in the region. Climate change, as a response to increased greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere, is now a widely accepted phenomenon. Sea level rise, temperature, precipitation, and storminess are expected to change significantly with global climate change and to impact coastal lagoons. The nature and magnitude of these impacts are still not very clear. The general objective of the research is to determine the climate change impacts on mixing and circulation at Songkhla lagoon, Thailand. To archive this objective the lagoon was be modeled with Delft 3D, a model developed by Deltares. After the verification with the available data for the region, different scenarios were created to represent the possible changes in mean sea level and riverflow due to global warming. Then, these results were compared to the current conditions to determine the main changes in mixing and circulation in this coastal lagoon. The results suggest an increase in water velocities of the inlet in future scenarios and a decrease of flushing time. Salinity and stratification showed more complex changes in futures scenarios.


Undergone a great change of the Soviet Union collapse,Russia carried out a series of reforms for political stability and economic recovery.The final goal of the reforms is to resume its great power's position in the world and revitalize Russia.In this background,Russia strengthened military reforms.In the respect of the army information construction,Russia adopted a series of measures for a response to the opportunity and challenge brought about by the information age and prepared for winning a information war.


The aim of the present study was to evaluate the utility of pullulan acetate microparticles (PAMs), chitosan micropaticles (CMs), and dipalmitoylphosphatidyl‐serine‐liposomes (PS‐Lip) as oral carriers for delivery to the intestinal Peyer's patches (PPs). To monitor PP delivery after oral administration, PAMs, CMs, and PS‐Lip were radiolabeled with 99mTc. Radiolabeling efficiencies of the particles were 95±2.5% (PAMs), 87±4.3% (CMs), and 77.2±5.8% (PS‐Lip). In delivery studies to the PPs, the percentage of PS‐Lip taken up to the PPs was 3.8 × 10−3±0.3% of the administered dose with PS‐Lip group showed significantly high uptake compared to the PAM and CM groups. These results suggest that PS‐Lip may be used as a potential system for developing an oral delivery carrier. Drug Dev. Res. 67:884–889, 2006. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Comparing globin genes and their flanking sequences across many species has allowed globin gene evolution to be reconstructed in great detail. Marsupial globin sequences have proved to be of exceptional significance. A previous finding of a β(beta)-like ω(omega) gene in the α(alpha) cluster in the tammar wallaby suggested that the α and β cluster evolved via genome duplication and loss rather than tandem duplication. To confirm and extend this important finding we isolated and sequenced BACs containing the α and β loci from the distantly related Australian marsupial Sminthopsis macroura. We report that the α gene lies in the same BAC as the β-like ω gene, implying that the α-ω juxtaposition is likely to be conserved in all marsupials. The LUC7L gene was found 3′ of the S. macroura α locus, a gene order shared with humans but not mouse, chicken or fugu. Sequencing a BAC contig that contained the S. macroura β globin and Ε globin loci showed that the globin cluster is flanked by olfactory genes, demonstrating a gene arrangement conserved for over 180 MY. Analysis of the region 5′ to the S. macroura epsilon (Ε) globin gene revealed a region similar to the eutherian LCR, containing sequences and potential transcription factor binding sites with homology to eutherian hypersensitive sites 1 to 5. FISH mapping of BACs containing S. macroura α and β globin genes located the β globin cluster on chromosome 3q and the α locus close to the centromere on 1q, resolving contradictory map locations obtained by previous radioactive in situ hybridization.


Various natural contamination components distributed on the surface of high-voltage insulators play important roles on the flashover hazard. Under the low humidity condition, the flashover voltage could be affected considerably by the sucrose contaminations. Molecular dynamics simulations have been carried out in order to reveal the microscopic mechanisms for the sucrose-involved flashover uptake. It is found that the diffusion of ions decreases significantly and thus the conductivity of aqueous medium is lowered apparently. In the presence of sucrose, the contact ion pairs formed between Na+ and Cl- ions are enhanced because both ions are less coordinated to water molecules. The influence of the external electric fields on the diffusion and conductivity were investigated as well. It is suggested that the sucrose contamination might lead to the uneven electric fields on the insulator surface.


Background: A retrospective study was performed to study the effect of polycythemia on the severity of coronary artery occlusions and echocardiographic characteristics among acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients in Yemen. Methods: Tow hundred and four (204) ACS patients in Yemen who underwent coronary angiography were reviewed from January 2014 to December 2014. Results: The mean age of Polycythemia ACS patients was significantly lower than normal hemoglobin patients (54.59 years vs. 57.08 years; p p p ust; p


The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the new area-wide traffic calming project "Community Zone", especially in the ability of improvement in safety and quality on living environment. With detailed accident data, vehicle speed survey, and questionnaire survey, we show the advantage and problems of this project. We found that the number of accident will be reduced by this project. But, in order to make it more attractive project, we have to find new measure for treating with bicycle and narrow streets.


Acknowledgements Limits of Reference and Abstraction in American Poetry W. S. Graham's Elegies and St Ives Repetition and Innovation in Contemporary poetry 'Powder on a Little table': Berrigan's Sonnets and 60s Poems sequel lines Poetry and Performance Graham and the 1940s The White Room in the New York Schoolhouse Innovative Poetry in English Pound and Postmodern British Poets Oppositional Englishness: National Identity in Basil Bunting's 'Briggflatts' Pound and Contemporary Poetry Thomas A. Clark, Nationality, Modernism Sequential Meaning in Ezra Pound's 'Cathay' T.S. Eliot and W.S. Graham


The time-domain electromagnetic (EM) reciprocity theorem and the Cagniard–DeHoop technique are applied to analyze the pulsed EM coupling between a horizontal small loop antenna and a finite transmission line above the perfect ground. It is demonstrated that this approach yields closed-form analytical formulas describing the impact of transmission, EM propagation, and reception on the exciting pulse signature. Moreover, approximate expressions applying to relatively short transmission lines are given and discussed, thus revealing similarities with the loop-to-loop EM coupling. Numerical results are presented and validated using an alternative analytical solution and an EM computational tool.


Chromium triiodide (CrI3) monolayers have attracted much attention among the first two-dimensional materials discovered experimentally in both electronics and spintronics due to their potential applications. By means of density functional theory, we perform investigations of the electronic structures and magnetic properties of CrI3 monolayer doped with 3 d transition-metal (TM) atoms, which is also called CrXI6 monolayer with X changed from Sc to Fe. It is shown that the electron properties of the CrXI6 system can be tuned from semiconductor to metal/half-metal, which depend on the types of TM atoms. In addition, the CrXI6 system improves ferromagnetic (FM) stabilities, enhancement of magnetic moments, and FM-to-antiferromagnetic transition. These findings enrich the potential application perspectives of CrI3 monolayer in spintronics.


Certain antibiotics have been shown to produce neuromuscular block, both in experimental animals and in humaps. Intraperitoneal administration of neomycin has been followed by respiratory insufficiency or apnoea; streptomycin has caused neuromuscular block in experimental animals and in interccstal nerve preparations of human and is strongly incriminated in causing the muscular weakness and visual difficulty as also post-operative paralysis by neuromuscular blockage (Fisk, 1961, Bush, 1961). Polymyxin B is also reported to exhibit blocking action on the muscle end plate (Sabawala and Dillon, 1959). The following communication deals with the effect of certain antifungal antibiotics on the neuromuscular junction as studied by the rat phrenic nerve diaphragm preparations.


In The Walled City , Esther David tells the story of three generations f women from the Bene Israel. The author, who belongs to this Ind ian Jewish community, lives in city of Ahmedabad, which was fortified in the fifteenth cen tury. Esther David animates a constant dialogue between Jewish and Indian tradition, self and other , masculine and feminine, between the universal and the particular. Esther David's books, in particular The Walled City , emphasize that the meeting of cultures, in all its complexity, is an asset that does not threaten identity but reveal s the otherness of self and others.


To achieve real-time image acquisition and processing,the method of image acquisition and processing by using USB camera is discussed on the basis of Lab VIEW software platform and NI-IMAQ Vision function toolkit. This method includes how to construct software platform quickly,capture the single image,deal with image common processing(grey scale,binary and enhancement processing),and obtain continuous video image acquisition and compression. Compared with other image acquisition and processing means,this method has incomparable advantages. This method has cost low,and high program efficiency relative to other languages' implementation methods,and can satisfy the requirements of general industrial,medical and civil use.


The spin dependence of L2,3 absorption in 5d atoms oriented in a ferromagnetic matrix contains information on the spin density of the empty d‐projected states of the absorbing atom. Spin‐dependent absorption spectroscopy using circularly polarized synchrotron radiation was applied to study the polarization of the Pt atoms in the binary alloy Co50Pt50 and Pt/Co layered structures, which are promising candidates for magneto‐optical recording. The spin‐dependent absorption signals for vapor‐deposited 250(4 A Co+18 A Pt) and 250(6 A Co+18 A Pt) multilayers indicate a ferromagnetic coupling on Pt and Co atoms with a significant Pt polarization. This is reduced on average by about 60% with respect to the Pt polarization in the Co50Pt50 alloy. The experimental results are discussed on the basis of spin‐polarized band‐structure calculations.


Environmental and sustainability education offer meaningful insights and instructive guidance for social-ecological systems. While some of the underlying concepts may be contested and even controversial, we submit that the overarching themes can contribute to healthy, balanced, and resilient individuals, organizations, and communities. Our study investigates student participation in a multidimensional Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program focused on building basic and applied research skill sets anchored in sustainable energy knowledge, and introduces use of a conceptual structure for evaluating outcomes: the Motivation, Core Competency, Research Skills and Sustainability (MCRS) Framework. We focus specifically on student motivation to pursue graduate education and sustainability careers. This is accomplished through an exploratory, multi-strand, case-oriented study, utilizing mixed methods to analyze qualitative and quantitative evaluation data. The literature foundations for the study include undergraduate research experiences and graduate education, learning contexts, and key sustainability education competencies. Findings suggest that the program impacted the desire of participants to attend graduate school and aided in their development of clarity around future sustainability-related career paths. Research concentrates on a group of undergraduates in a STEM-related sustainable energy program as part of an important approach which can be applicable to other programs in differing fields and contexts. Understanding learner motivations with respect to designated competencies and skills is a positive step in creating education systems supportive of equitable and sustainable societies. Expanded use of the MCRS Framework into a logic model for integrated problem solving and evaluating performance outcomes can provide direction for informed planning and decision making toward improved policies, programs, and projects now and into the future.


The Surabaya city government received the Award as the most innovative city in Indonesia at the 2021 Innovative Government Award in the delivery of public services. In 2018, the Department of Population and Civil Registration of Surabaya City Government also received a Public Service Innovation Award for six in one public service innovation, including the processing of birth certificates, deaths, marriages, divorces, letters of moving in and out online. The researchers were interested in conducting best practice research on how to model the implementation of population administration and civil registration services in the Surabaya city government. The aim of the research was to identify the model for implementing population administration and civil registration services in the Surabaya city government. The research method used a qualitative case study approach. The first step was to identify the process of providing public services at the population and civil registration office of Surabaya city government based on facts in the field using observational data mining techniques for all public service delivery activities; in-depth interviews with leaders, 11 employees and society; collecting and analyzing public service delivery documents; as well as conducting focus group discussions to triangulate the previously obtained data. The second step was coding with data reduction, data display, and conclusion. The third step was to formulate the findings of the analysis to obtain a model for implementing population administration services in the Surabaya city government. The research findings showed that in the process of implementing population administration and civil registration services in the Surabaya city government, the use of technology is to provide easy, fast and precise public services. The conclusion of the study is that the implementation of easy, fast and appropriate public services must include technology.


Simultaneous transect counts of seabirds by pairs of experienced, ship-based observers were compared to estimate count precision, defined as the proportion of birds counted by both observers. Precision was low; at most 51 per cent for all birds combined, with values for different taxa ranging between 0 and 57 per cent. High abundance of birds and large body size (greater conspicuousness) tended to increase count precision, whereas ship-following behaviour decreased precision. Two main sources of imprecision were identified: failure to correctly categorize birds (in or out of the transect area, passing or following the ship) and failure to detect birds. Incorrect categorization could be avoided by adequate training. Biases caused by specific differences in detectability could be reduced by increasing vigilance and by making use of the best possible vantage. Calculation of values of observer precision permits an estimate of the reliability with which different species are detected.


Since the concept of circulas economy was introduced into China,it has gone through three phases in theory and practice.After the concept of circular economy was introduced by Chinese scholars in 1994,some advanced provinces and cities took the lead in developing circular economy.With the experiments and demonstrations made by State Bureau of Environmental Protection in 1999,an upsurge of circular economy came into being.Being put into national strategy in 2004,circular economy was practised all over the country.


AbstractIpsilateral knee synovitis and pain after femoral shaft fracture and osteosynthesis was studied in 73 patients — 11 females and 62 males. All had isolated closed fracture of the femoral shaft without direct injury to the knee. Synovitis was found in 12 patients (16.4%) and 9 patients (12.3%) had significant knee pain which retarded rehabilitation of the knee function. The synovitis and pain related to the severity of injury and surgical approach. Prevention of this condition should be studied to promote recovery of the patients.


In this paper, we first prove that a quadratic form from $\mathbb{S}^m$ to $\mathbb{S}^n$ is non-harmonic biharmonic if and only if it has constant energy density $(m+1)/2$. Then, we give a positive answer to an open problem concerning the structure of non-harmonic biharmonic quadratic forms. As a direct application, using classification results for harmonic quadratic forms, we infer classification results for non-harmonic biharmonic quadratic forms.


A terrain aided navigation method for an underwater glider is proposed using the vehicles ded-reckoned navigation solution, onboard altimeter and a local multibeam map. The algorithm is modified such to maintain the low power draw of the vehicle and is run offline using data collected from missions in 2010 and 2012 in Holyrood Arm, Newfoundland. The results show the algorithm is capable of maintaining a location estimate accurate to within the order of 100's of meters without requiring a surfacing event for a new GPS fix.


Purpose and Theory: The challenges for health care systems are evident in terms of healthy life expectancy, health equity, and costs. Currently, the most promising way to face these challenges seems to strengthen the PHC sector. It was the aim of this study to assess the access points towards the different levels of care in a country without gate-keeping function. Methods: The database used for this analysis was the Austrian Health Interview Survey 2006-07, with data from 15,474 people. Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics as well as multivariate logistic regression models. Findings: 78.8% of the participants consulted a GP, 67.4% a specialist, 18.6% visited an outpatient department, and 22.8% had a hospital stay at least once. Overall, 15.1% visited a specialist, 8.5% an outpatient department and 8.1% a hospital directly without GP consultation. One of the main reasons for direct specialist use was a preventive check-up visit. Discussion: The overall and direct access rates for specialists are high without reflecting that high utilisation in a higher healthy life expectancy or better health equity compared to EU countries with gate-keeping system. The findings point into the direction of a benefit through a structurally supported advocacy role for primary health care professionals.


Almost any medical practice is prone to ebbs and floods in cash flow. But when the decline in revenue becomes a downward spiral and you're strapped for cash, there is cause for major concern.


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The aim of the study was to examine the factors affecting longevity (as the number of years spent in race) in the Hungarian Thoroughbred horse population, and to investigate the total earnings won during lifetime and per start. The performance data was collected from 3,029 Thoroughbred horses (1,704 female, 1,674 male) born between 1996 and 2018 in Hungary with full known racing career. A multivariate generalized linear model was used to estimate the effect of sex of the horses, age at first start and the month of birth to longevity, expressed by the number of starts and years spent in race. Age of the horses at first start had a significant effect on the years spent in race, thereafter the model was dissected into age groups initiating a more accurate research. This showed that birth month also have a momentous effect on the examined traits in case of 2-year-old horses. Age of the horses at first start also affected the lifetime earnings. Sex of the horses had no effect on longevity in 2-year olds however, males are more likely to race because female horses tend to win less money.


In the 1990's,the film of homosexuality had been in fashion in the main land,HongKong and Taiwan.Such films as Farewell My Concubine,Wedding Feast and Happy Together,etc.obtained the awards on the international film festivals one after another.Many factors have decided the film of homosexuality which arised in China.These three films respectively represent different aesthetics styles at the beginning of the new century.The new wave of the film of homosexuality quietly arises again at home and abroad.


Social planning is on the road to becoming more professional and is taking its first steps towards developing mutual international understanding. This anthology presents the avenues being pursued in social planning in these respects in terms of training, practice and teaching, and illustrates their practical value in the areas of social work, youth work and the social integration of people with disabilities. Its contributions on social planning in Germany, Austria and Switzerland shed light on this subject on an international level, which reveals that this discipline, or rather the project of social planning, which is historically still in its infancy, differs significantly. For instance, in contrast to social planning being implemented on an almost nationwide level in Germany, it has only been established in individual regions in Austria and Switzerland, although social planning practices can be found without the term social planning being explicitly used to denote them. This book is recommended for all those who teach, practise or are interested in social planning.


Introduction Butterfly dream: "inside-outside"? Psychosocial implications of indeterminacy: wave versus particle? Cognitive shapeshifting? Betwixt and between: the liminal art? Being a particle versus Being a wave -and the alternation between Experience of "flying" versus "being stoned" Flow psychology and being "in the zone" From "in-the-box" to "out-of-the-box" Turtle of Lo Shu embodying traditional magic squares Creating one's own reality through aesthetics Challenge for both turtle and frog in encountering black swans? Insights from a carp ensuring complementarity of radically distinct perspectives? Human evolution: Homo conjugens and Homo undulans? References


Objective To establish a HPLC method for determination of 2,4-D butyl ester in blood and urine.Methods Compound was extracted from blood and urine using ethyl acetate.Separation was achieved on Zorbax SB-Aq column using methanol-water(60:40) as mobile phase.Results The calibration curve of 2,4-D butyl ester ranged from 0.10 μg/mL to 10.00 μg/mL in blood(r≥0.999 8) and 0.08 μg/mL to 8.00 μg/mL in urine(r≥0.999 5),respectively.The limits of detection for the analyte was 0.002 0 μg/mL and 0.001 8 μg/mL in blood and urine,respectively.The intra and inter day assay precision were no more than 4.5%.The mean recovery ranged from 94.5% to 104.5%.Conclusions The pre-treatment and HPLC analysis of 2,4-D butyl ester in blood and urine can be used for rapid diagnosis of 2,4-D butyl ester poisoning and forensic identification of 2,4-D butyl ester poisoning death.


Inhalation of partially ionized oxygen may have less adverse effects on lung functions than medical oxygen. Guinea pigs inhaled air, 100% molecular medical oxygen (O(2)mol), partially negatively (O(2)neg) or positively (O(2)posit) ionized oxygen during 17 and 60 h. After 17 h, dityrosines, markers of oxidative injury, in lung homogenate increased in O(2)neg and decreased in O(2)posit groups vs. controls. After 60 h, dityrosines rose after inhalation of O(2)mol and O(2)neg, but not in the O(2)posit group. Lysine-LPO products increased and lung wet/dry weight ratio decreased in O(2)mol and O(2)neg, and not in O(2)posit group. Relative neutrophil count in BALF was elevated in all oxygen-treated groups with lower numbers in O(2)posit vs.O(2)mol and O(2)neg groups. After 60 h, surfactant activity was better in O(2)posit vs. O(2)mol group. In conclusion, long-term inhalation of partially positively ionized oxygen is associated with less oxidative stress, milder lung inflammatory response, and better surfactant activity than molecular or negatively ionized oxygen.


Representations of cold are investigated in two Montreal novels, Alix Ohlin's Inside (2012) and Le froid modifie la trajectoire des poissons by Pierre Szalowski (2007). The concept of seasonal nordicity provides the context for considering Montreal, a major urban agglomeration in southern Canada, as a location of "North". Ohlin's novel depicts cold as multifaceted, at times perpetuating and contesting received interpretations of cold as negative and associated with death. Szalowski's cheerful portrayal of the 1998 Ice Storm in Montreal celebrates cold's power to unite a community. The effect of cold on the spatiality of the narratives, in particular Foucault's concept of heterotopias, is examined.


Kinetic equations are derived for two kinds of gross variables of nematics in the isotropic phase, i.e., the independent components of orientational tensor order parameter and the transverse local momentum density, using Kawasaki's mode‐coupling theory. Based on them, the time correlation function and the relaxation rate for the critical fluctuations of the order parameter is obtained. The latter result explains why the conventional Landau–de Gennes theory is valid for the usual experiments like flow birefringence and light scattering. The sound attenuation coefficient due to the critical fluctuations of the order parameter is formulated by taking account of the mode‐coupling effects between the two kinds of gross variables. The result is compared with the available experimental data with good improvement upon previous conventional theory.


Fig. I Changes in serumn levels ofimmun and A, platelet count, antd ESR during treai .sulphasalazine. been reported in RA patients treated with chrysotherapy,'-2and selective IgA deficiency has been recorded in RA patients receiving not only gold or penicillamine' but also SASP.' Although the serum immunoglobulin levels returned to normal in our patient within three months, in some of those treated with gold therapy the immunodeficiency persisted and even required replacement therapy.' Since hypogammaglobulinaemia may be associated with infection and thrombocytopenia with haemorrhage, SASP therapy in RA may not be quite as safe as previously thought. Long term monitoring to detect and reverse these adverse reactions is clearly important with SASP treatment as it is with the other slow acting antirheumatic drugs.


COVID-19 pandemic required Grade 11 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) students to study modularized Oral Communication in Context. Focusing on their specialization, while comprehending this subject independently, brought them learning difficulties. Delving into their experiences, this study sought to examine their self-directed learning strategies through qualitative-phenomenological method. With purposive sampling, the researchers selected self-directed participants as qualified ones for one-shot in-depth interview. Employing Colaizzi's technique, the researchers analyzed and clustered responses into themes. Results revealed that students experienced subject learning difficulties, home learning environment distractions, concentration difficulties, independent learning adaptation, beneficial self-directed learning strategies, teacher's valuable role, and optimism for the sake of educational benefits. Their self-directed learning strategies encompassed self-preparatory strategies, learning environment-preparatory strategies, technological learning strategies, non-technological learning strategies, information overloadmanagement strategies, time-management, and persistence-regulatory strategies. These inspired the researchers to craft self-directed learning strategy toolbox as students' reference in overcoming the challenges. Further, this paper encouraged learning resource writers to ensure the contextualization of self-learning modules and teachers on the modification or delimitation of modular tasks. Finally, future researchers might also pursue a study on educational key players' perspectives on these findings and evaluation of the toolbox.


The sunflower is a species with numerous applications, presenting great potential for production in energy replaceable. Although there exist bibliographic citations on the hydric needs and cultivars behavior of sunflower, still information, mainly for the North East of Brazil, is scarce. The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth characteristics, development and production of sunflower cultivars under different water regimes. The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design in a factorial 3 x 4, comprising three cultivars (BRS Gira 26, Agrobel 962 and Embrapa 122 V-2000) and four irrigation levels (40, 60, 80 and 100% of the field capacity soil water content) with four repetitions. They were evaluated the characteristics: plant height, stem diameter, leaf area, early flowering, physiological maturity, shoot biomass, number achenes and weight of achenes. The replacement of water with 100% of the available water presented more plant height, stem diameter, leaf area, biomass and number and weight of achenes, standing out the Agrobel 962 for most of characteristics. Irrigation depth of 635,5; 603,7 and 546,2 mm, equivalent at 100% the capacity field, provide best answers the growth, development and production cultivars of sunflower BRS Gira 26, Agrobel 962 and Embrapa 122 V-2000, respectively. Crescimento, desenvolvimento e produção de três cultivares de girassol sob diferentes


This paper investigates the forming of sheet metal forming under cycling loading by considering the Bauschinger effect. Different proposed plasticity models which can handle this kind of deformation process have been reviewed in details. For instance, isotropic, kinematic and combined forms in the linear and non-linear cases including the well-known Yoshida and Chaboche's models have been studied. The ability of the best proposed model has been examined in the forming of reverse cup drawing and the obtained results have been compared with some other experimental results. The normalized axial stress, von-mises stress and the punch forces for both first and second stages have been calculated for different materials and thicknesses.


In this study we present data from three experiments that present robust, unambiguous evidence that Bangla conforms to the cross-linguistic avoidance of prominence on utterancefinal verbs in SOV languages.


Abstract Michelle DeMars reviews Emerging Strategies for Supporting Student Learning: A Practical Guide for Librarians and Educators; Elizabeth Parang reviews Shared Collections: Collaborative Stewardship.


We demonstrate a novel personalized, multifaceted entity-relation graph visualization. Since entities we are linked to are part of our lives (and profile) and help to understand who we are and what are we interested we enable users to explore entities they are linked to in a specific context. For that purpose, we adapt the typed entity-relation graph (profile) concept. In the context of an academic conference, we allow scholars to explore a graph of related entities and a word cloud representing the links, providing the user a comprehensive, compact and structured overview about the explored scholar. In this demonstration, the users, as case study are the participants of UMAP'20, will be asked to explore an entity relation graph (profile) of a given participant (who accepted that his profile be presented to others for the matter of this research), and then based on this process, to give feedback about each of the visualization elements and the overall experience. Based on the informative feedbacks elicited, we will be able to evaluate to what extent this visualization would help in giving comprehensive overview in the exploration of any given scholar profile.


Worker mobilisation during the Spanish transitional democratic process: discourses and representations about the assembly (1976–1978) The following work analyses trade union and journalistic discourses on the role played by worker's assemblies during the Spanish transitional process with the aim of understanding how their mobilisation was subjugated and subordinated by political organisations and trade unions who were in opposition to democratisation. The worker's assemblies were not anecdotal events, and the marginalisation of their meetings was partly the consequence of public discourses that delegitimised them. Moreover, these discourses contributed to the construction of a specific political culture which rejects worker 'radicalism'. Thus, workers were asked to reject their own democratic structures and accept the monopoly of social representation by the trade unions.


A novel photovoltaic power converter system is proposed, implementing a maximum power tracking technique. The three functions, regulating, inverting, and maximum-power-point tracking, needed for photovoltaic systems with battery backup, are integrated in a single cost-effective converter. This converter charges the battery, operates close to the maximum power point of the photovoltaic array and forms a DC-to-AC inverter for a complex power load. The step-down charger allows the combination of high-voltage PV arrays with low-voltage batteries. An analysis of estimated and practical measured efficiencies is presented.<<ETX>>


IIntroduction: Right ventricular (RV) failure is the primary cause of death in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Beneficial effects of sotatercept - an activin receptor type IIA-...


markdownabstractIn this thesis I studied COPD using several omics layers in attempt to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying the disease. I have identified several novel risk factors for COPD and its comorbidities, proposed regulatory pathways and highlighted the need for integration of the multi-omics data. Furthermore, I have discussed methodological challenges and ideas from which the future respiratory research could benefit.
Findings of this thesis require functional confirmation, but I am confident that it represents another important step on a path towards improved clinical care and prevention of COPD, based on precision medicine.


A 170 km tidal channel connects the lower Columbia River ports of Portland and Vancouver to the Pacific Ocean. An increasing incidence of low water levels during summer and fall sometimes limits the draft of ships using the channel and can delay transits. Reduced spring freshet water levels have also decreased shallow-water habitat for juvenile salmon. Records from Tongue Point (km-30, 1925-date), and Vancouver (km-175, 1902-date) were used to analyze historic changes. Mean water levels (MWL) at Vancouver have dropped ∼0.3–1.5  m since 1902, depending on flow. Lower low water (LLW) at the lowest river flows has decreased ∼0.4–0.5  m since 1940. Vancouver LLW has dropped more than MWL and higher high water (HHW), increasing tidal range. Tides in the Columbia and many other river ports are evolving because of a combination of changing ocean tides and local alterations, including both harbor development and river-flow modification. Assessments of climate change impacts on harbors need to consider both factors.


Based on reconsidering modern architecture in the twentieth century in its characteristics of massiness, constant and isolation, the author put forward the opinions that architecture should exist in a light and fadable way. it should bear sufficient correspondence to the environment in which it is located. Through analysis of related works and research on fade theories, such as "Defeated Architecture" of Kengo Kuma, "skin Architecture" of Herzog & de Meuron and "Architecture of Wind " of Toyo Ito etc., this paper summarizes four ways to achieve architectural fading, i.e. fade of form, fade of skin , fade of space and fade in region.


Studies in population genetics usually involves large numbers of samples and loci. Using multiplex PCR, amplifying simultaneously more than one locus in the same reaction, becomes a convenient, rapid, and easy tool when working with these large sample sizes. Many researchers have discussed the conditions that influence the PCR reaction and the difficulties of multiplexing. The development of SSR is difficult due to the cost and labor involved. Scots pine has a very large genome. Because the genome is not sequenced the SSR markers available are limited, but the SSR markers can be transferred from species in the same genus. Using primers developed on Pinus taeda and Pinus pinaster we developed an optimized protocol for SSR multiplex applications in Pinus sylvestris. A number of 300 primers were tested. From these tests 4 multiplex mixes emerged each containing 3 primers. The system was tested on 15 samples from forests in Romania. The conditions were optimized using the Type-it kit from Qiagen. This protocol can be used for population genetics studies that involve a large number of samples and loci, reducing the cost. It is an alternative to the florescent pre-labeled primers technique that can be pool mixed or multiplex, but with less cost.


The needs for increasing energy access, the depletion of fossil fuels, and the urgency of climate change mitigation push the technology shift towards renewable energy sources. In Thailand, fossil f ...


EDITOR,—N Mamode and colleagues' finding of an increased incidence of perioperative myocardial infarction in patients undergoing peripheral vascular surgery is important.1 The authors fail to point out, however, that these patients, in addition to having coronary artery disease, also have generalised vascular disease, which often affects the renal2 3 and carotid arteries. This may have important …