Captured by the Crucified: The Practical Theology of Austin Farrer. Edited by David Hein and E. H. Henderson. New York: T & T Clark, 2004. 221 pp. $32.95 (paper). Some unfortunate accident prevented this book from being reviewed when it first appeared in 2004 to mark the centenary of Austin Farrer s birth in 1904. Still, tbe good fortune is now mine, as I can speak of some excellent work done by editors and contributors alike in providing an effective overview of the more practical dimensions of Farrer's theology, in its application for individual Christian living. Given the surviving sermons (discussed here by O. C. Edwards), that might sound a relatively easy task, but the aim is rather more ambitious: to indicate the relevance of the complete corpus of Farrer's writings, including the most abstract. Although Farrer was bora in die same year as Michael Ramsey, and like him moved from non-Conformity to Anglo-Catholicism, as a thinker he is much harder to categorize. Indeed, it is the very range of his interests that has prevented him from exercising quite the same degree of influence. In an academic world of increasing specialization, Farrer always refused finn pigeonholes for himself. Although capable of writing within the patterns of conventional biblical scholarship (as in his influential article "On Dispensing with Q"), his preference was to explore the uses of symbol and image in Scripture. Yet, although such an approach might well have led to a rather mnimalist account of the reliability of die text (even the Lords Prayer may not be from Christ himself), he was always insistent that the authors built securely upon the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. Again, although the content of his heaviest tomes might seem to place him squarely in the conventional categories of the philosophv of religion, the subtlety of his discussion precludes him from being identified with any one particular school. The rationality of belief is not a question of simple knock-down arguments, but rather a matter of engaging with a complex way of reading the world and what confirmatory signs it might offer. This present collection opens with an essay from its on Iv British contributor. Ann Loades helpfully provides the English thought context of the time. With so many of our contemporaries assuming that the role of women in theology is something quite new. Loades rightly underlines the earlier prominence of such figures as Iris Murdoch, Dorothy L. Savers, Evelyn Underbill, and Helen Wadell, and Farrer's interaction with them. Thereafter, there seems no obvious right order in which the essays must be read. …


This paper provides an overview of the evolution of constitutional law, giving meaning to the changes in the concept of constitution as compared to the changes in content, the renewal of the theories and the reassessment of their roles. Then, the article studies the process of constitutionalization of the family in Europe and Latin America, citing related texts and characterizing it in general terms. The paper further evaluates the regulation of the institution of Human Rights in International Law and the impact of the jurisprudence of supranational bodies of justice of both regions in the creation of the ius commune familiar .


The impact of complex wireless networks on the blockchain has not been well considered since the blockchain system is primarily designed in wired communication environments with enough communication resources. However, deploying blockchain systems in IoT sensors is often accompanied by complex network structures. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the impact of complex wireless networks on blockchain performance under three classic models: nearest neighbor coupled network, Watts–Strogatz model, and Erdos-Renyi model. We set different transmission rates and network sizes to simulate complex wireless environments and demonstrate the relationship between these parameters and throughput, stale block rate, and average block propagation delay. To better assist the deployment of wireless blockchains, we utilize a Graph Neural Network (GNN) to evaluate the proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain performance under various network topologies quickly.


All My Children (1970–2011) ABC. Creative Horizons/ABC. Allen RC (1985) Speaking of Soap Operas. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. Another World (1964–1999) NBC. Procter & Gamble. As the World Turns (1956–2010) CBS. Procter & Gamble/TeleNext. Brunsdon C (2000) The Feminist, the Housewife, and the Soap Opera. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Guiding Light (1952–2009) CBS. Procter & Gamble/TeleNext. Hayward J (2015) Consuming Pleasures: Active Audiences and Serial Fictions from Dickens to Soap Operas. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. Nochimson M (1992) No End to Her: Soap Opera and the Female Subject. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. One Life to Live (1968–2012) ABC. Creative Horizons/ABC.


The fuel consumption measure is inaccurate and no real-time with the three-scale mete in the special vehicles, so the real-time fuel measurement system is developed with the technologies of ultrasonic sensing, single-chip microcontroller, BDS positioning and wireless communication. An ultrasonic oil level sensor is stuck on the bottom of each tank to detect the remaining oil of tanks accurately. It can avoid destroying the existing equipment structure. BDS positioning module is applied to monitor the location of vehicle. This technology is China complete autonomy. The special wireless transmission module and special network node are set up for transmitting the data of fuel consumption and position. It can guarantee the transmission secure and confidential. And a fuel consumption detection algorithm is studied with BDS measuring distance. The prototype is tested in four different road conditions. The error rate of oil detection on a highway with good conditions is 3.92%. And the measured fuel consumption value is close to the manufacturer's nominal value. The analysis of experimental data shows that the design of the detection system is reasonable and the fuel consumption detection algorithm is correct and reliable, and real-time fuel detection and positioning for the special vehicles can be realized.


NCGIA Research Initiative 13 addressed human-computer interaction and related issues in the design and implementation of user interfaces for GISs and other geographical software packages. Its goals and outcomes, reviewed in this report, were 1) to investigate ways for people to interact with computers when solving problems concerning geographic space and spatial phenomena; 2) in particular, to model some of the ways in which factors such as disciplinary background and training, problem domain, culture, natural language, and individual differences, influence human-computer interaction involving geographic information; 3) to establish criteria and methods for the design of GIS user interfaces, and user interfaces for other geographic software; and 4) to develop and test prototypes of GIS interfaces and interface development tools.


A new method to distinguish oesophageal from tracheal intubation using an end‐tidal carbon dioxide detector was evaluated. In a prospective study on 50 healthy adult patients, the end‐tidal carbon dioxide detector was reliably used to detect initial oesophageal intubation in 22 cases, and then to confirm tracheal intubation in all 50 patients. We conclude from this study that the end‐tidal carbon dioxide detector is a reliable, rapid and easy method for the detection of oesophageal intubation.


Aerosol particle components can mix and interact with oxidants and organic compounds present in the atmosphere. How these chemical components interact and how the interactions affect the Earth’s climate, particle toxicity and human health is largely unknown. In the case of trace metals, the main focus so far has been the determination of the total amount while much less attention has been directed towards the metal speciation. Aqueous phase processing of aerosol can lead to substantial modifications of aerosol chemical and physical properties [1] by promoting the formation of metal-organic ligand complexes in atmospheric aqueous phases, like fog/cloud droplets and deliquescent aerosol. Such process can increase the solubility of metals, therefore their bioavailability [2], and affect their capability to generate reactive oxygen species.

We investigated the formation of metal-organic ligand complexes, especially those involving small dicarboxylic acids, in urban aerosol collected in the city centre of Padua (Italy), in the Po Valley. We assessed the effects of metal-ligand complexes formation on the solubility and solubilisation kinetic of metals from the particles to aqueous solutions simulating fog/cloud water. We found that solubilisation kinetics of many metals depended on the chemical form in which they were present in the aerosol and they were influenced by the environmental conditions during the campaign. Changes in oxidative potential (OP) and cytotoxicity of particles due to the formation of metal-ligand complexes were investigated by performing acellular and cellular in vitro tests, respectively. Preliminary results showed that metals and their complexed forms are both characterized by different OP and cellular toxicity.

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Object oriented design of operating systems has evolved from pure protection considerations to a more general methodology of design as exemplified in Intel's iAPX-432 machine. This paper compares and contrasts, from an architectural point of view, eight major object oriented operating systems. Five different architectural aspects have been chosen as a basis for this analysis. These aspects include: uniformity of the object approach, object type extensibility, the process concept, the domain concept, and object implementation techniques.


on this topic, the authors show an awareness of the problems of the man on ^' tr job who may have a queue of people to see in limited time. All aspects of interviewing are discussed, how to put people at ease, hotf p explain the intricacies of services to people in distress and to people who will$ 0 comprehend unless the explanation is given in everyday language. The authors' points are so concisely phrased that occasionally one wofl^ j, whether the reader will give them sufficient weight. It is remarked that: "People 3 " seldom interested in the problems of administration, and explanations tend to so^ ̂ like attempts to justify the inconvenience caused". The reader might also not real1 ^ how widespread is the tendency for interviewers who have set things off on 1


Conclusions The administration of p-amino benzoic acid, the calcium double salt of benzyl succinic and p-amino benzoic acids, or sodium p-amino benzoate prior to a test dose of epinephrine during cyclopropane anesthesia reduced the incidence of ventricular fibrillation. The intracardiac injection of procaine at the time when ventricular fibrillation developed effected a return to normal in a number of cases. Ventricular fibrillation was not ameliorated by the intracardiac injection of the other three p-amino benzoic acid derivatives. The authors wish to express their appreciation for the helpful suggestions of Dr. Arthur C. DeGraff.


M o l e c u l a r d y n a m i c s s i m u l a t i o n s o f 1 i q u i d w a t e r u s i n q a r i g i d m o l e c u l a r m o d e 1 p r o v i d e s t a t i s t i c a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t h e f o r c e s a c t i n g o n t h e i n t e r n a l d e q r e e s o f f r e e d o m . T h i s d e t e r m i n e s t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n o f t h e i n t e r n a l o s c i l l a t o r s , f r o m w h i c h f u n d a m e n t a l s p e c t r a c a n b e d e r i v e d . I t t u r n s o u t t h a t t h e s p e c t r a a r e d e t e r m i n e d by t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f f o r c e s , c a u s i n g a s h i f t a n d a n i n h o m o q e n e o u s b r o a d e n i n q d u e t o a n h a r m o n i c i t y o f t h e o s c i l l a t o r s . T h i s b r o a d e n i n g a n d s h i f t a r e r e l a t e d t o t h e n u m b e r a n d s t r e n g t h o f t h e h y d r o q e n b o n d s i n w h i c h t h e m o l e c u l e p a r t i c i p a t e s a s a h y d r o q e n b o n d i n g d o n o r . F u r t h e r c a u s e s o f s p e c t r a l p e r t u r b a t i o n ( h o m o q e n e o u s b r o a d e n i n q , i n t e r m o l e c u l a r c o u p l i n q , m o d u l a t i o n b y r o t a t i o n s 1 m o t i o n ) a r r n e g l i q e a b l e . T e m p e r a t u r e d e p e n d e n c e o f s i m u l a t e d s p e c t r a p r o d u c e a n i s o s b e s t i c p o i n t , a s o b s e r v e d e x p e r i m e n t a l l y , i n d i c a t i n q t h e v a l i d i t y o f a t w o s t a t e d e s c r i p t i o n . Article published online by EDP Sciences and available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1984703 C7-32 JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE


In Port wine, isomers of glycerol and acetaldehyde acetals have been found at total contents ranging from 9.4 to 175.3 mg/L. During oxidative aging, the concentrations of the 5-hydroxy-2-methyl-1,3-dioxane and 4-hydroxymethyl-2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane isomers increased with time showing a linear correlation (r > 0.95). The flavor threshold for the mixture of the four isomers was evaluated in wine at 100 mg/L. Thus, it is expected that they contribute to "old Port wine" aroma in wines older than 30 years. Experiments with model solutions and wine clearly demonstrated that SO(2) combines with acetaldehyde and blocks the acetalization reaction.


Chemical agents are extensively used in all countries of the world in1960s, for controlling the agricultural pest and pathogens, it became apparent that agricultural chemicals were responsible for causing environmental pollution, they were present in the food chain, they were capable of inducing pest resistance, development of disease resistance, toxic hazards to man, plants, domestic animals and wild life, as a result they are regarded as ecologically unacceptable. Therefore, from the last two decades, scientists are looking for environmentally and toxicologically safe and more effective methods to control plant pathogens /pests and they increased social pressure to replace them gradually with biopesticides which are safe to humans and non-target to other beneficial organisms and cheaper than the chemicals. The isolates of the biocontrol agents are formulated by using different organic and inorganic carriers either through solid or liquid fermentation. They are applied as a seed treatment, bio-priming, seedling dip, soil application, foliar spray, fruit spray, sucker treatment and sett treatment.

 Key words: Biopesticides, eco-friendly, management, pathogen/disease.


The invention provides a work vehicle and an information display device of the work vehicle. Two switches are used for performing verification on the starting of a generator in high precision. A verification information comparison device which forms input verification information through operation times of a first switch and operation times of a second switch and compares the input verification information with a piece of pre-set storage verification information is provided. An electric power control device which permits power supply to the start motor when the comparison is determined to be consistent is provided. A setting information display device permits switches and displays one of the operations of multiple set pictures on the screen, and does not change the set information corresponding to a set picture displayed by the display erroneously. A set picture display device through short-pressing a display switching switch to switch the set pictures and converts the display mode and a set information change device are provided. The set information change device, through long-pressing the display switching switch, permits processing of changing of set information corresponding to the set picture and information change mode to be performed. A set information processing section is provided, which, after changing the set information under an information change mode, through long-pressing the display switching switch to store the set information and return to the conversion display mode.


Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a disorder characterized by sinopulmonary disease arising from ciliary motion defects in respiratory epithelia. An essential first step in the diagnostic evaluation of PCD is the use of high-speed videomicroscopy to analyze ciliary beat patterns in nasal epithelia biopsies. This includes a quantitative assessment of ciliary beat frequency (CBF, where CBF of < 11 Hz is referred to further diagnosis), followed by a visual examination of ciliary beat patterns to detect the presence of dyskinetic motions, such as stiff, incomplete, wavy and others. Both procedures lack standardized protocols, hence CBF is often counted manually by observing the ciliary image frames in slow motion, while a manual examination of beat patterns is subjective, cumbersome, and error-prone. We are building automated image analysis methods to address this problem. To this end, we report the use of image velocities for measuring CBF and demonstrate the effectiveness of the differential image velocity invariants, curl and deformation, in deconvolving the various motion defects.


Abstract The effects of annealing temperature and time in 5083 Al alloy deformed at cryogenic temperature were investigated and compared with alloys deformed at room temperature. It was found that mechanical properties of deformed and annealed alloys were mainly influenced by the volume fraction of recrystallized grains. The formation of a bimodal microstructure, consisting of equiaxed grains and elongated subgrains, seems to be responsible for the good combination of uniform elongation and tensile strength. Additionally, the small variation of hardness for annealing temperatures of 300 – 400 °C indicates that mechanical properties of 5083 Al alloy deformed and annealed are significantly influenced by the volume fraction of recrystallized grains rather than by the coarsening of recrystallized grains.


A communication method, system and components are provided that includes use of traffic predictions determined by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). Preferably, the invention is implemented by predicting traffic in a wireless local area network (WLAN), between a WTRU and a WLAN access point (AP) that begins by determining a traffic level at the WTRU. Traffic prediction information is sent by the WTRU to the AP where it is used in conjunction with the generation of commands sent to WTRUs to control the manner of access by WTRUs to the WLAN via the AP. WTRUs receive instructions as to admission and are preferably configured to receive and implement instructions to adjust the contention window used by the WTRU to transmit data.


The paper analyzes the legislation of the Provisional Government of Russia of 1917 which ensured the democratization of the Zemstvo electoral system by introducing general, equal, direct elections by secret ballot. According to the transitional legislation of 1917, elections of county and provincial councillors were held according to the proportional electoral system. As a result of the elections, the provincial and county zemstvos were Ukrainized and democratized by involving peasants' representatives. However, given voters' low political culture and lack of political experience, this electoral system proved ineffective. Participation in the elections of mainly one public organization - the Peasants' Union, which received the right to elect provincial councillors, led to a decrease in the zemstvo governors' professional training level, which was one of the reasons for the zemstvo self-government decline.
Elections of volost councillors on the resolution of county zemstvos representatives' congresses could be held under both majority and proportional electoral systems, which indicates the expansion of suffrage. On the territory of the Left Bank of Ukraine, the elections of volost councillors were held under the majority electoral system, which was quite justified, as voters were not ready for elections on the basis of the proportional system. Holding the volost elections showed a number of shortcomings, which, objectively, included insufficient level of election commissions' preparation and, as a result, violations of the law. The low level of voters' political and legal culture did not allow to ensure the proper conduct of the election campaign. Opposition by anti-democratic and anti-Ukrainian forces in the process of holding zemstvo elections led to absenteeism among voters.


Objective To observe the clinical effect of esomeprazole in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).Methods We divided 86 cases of GERD randomly into treatment group(n=43) and control group(n=43).Both groups were given conventional treatment,and esomeprazole 40 mg,orally,once a day was added to the treatment group,while the same dosage of placebo was added to the control group for 4 weeks.After 4 -week treatment,we compared the effects of the two groups in heartburn,regurgitation and reflux esophagitis.Results In the treatment group,33 cases showed a significant effect,6 cases showed an effect and 4 cages showed no effect ,while in the control group 8,3 and 32 cases showed a significant effect,an effect and no effect,respectively,with a significant difference between the two groups(P0.05).The symptoms of the treatment group such as heartburn,regurgitation and reflux esophagitis were significantly improved ,and no severe side effects were observed in both groups.Conclusion Esomeprazole is safe and effective in the treatment of GERD,and it can remarkably improve the symptoms of GERD.


Background: There is mixed evidence for an association between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and emotion recognition deficits. We sought to assess the bidirectionality of this association using phenotypic and genetic data in a large community sample. Methods: Analyses were conducted in three stages. First, we examined the bidirectional association between autistic traits at age 8 years and emotion recognition task (ERT) responses at age 24 years (Study 1; N=3,562); and between Diagnostic Analysis of Non-Verbal Accuracy (DANVA) emotion recognition responses at age 8 years and autistic traits at age 10 years (Study 2; N=9,071). Next, we used genetic analyses (Study 3) to examine the association between polygenic risk scores for ASD and these phenotypes. The genetic correlation between ASD and ERT responses at age 24 was also estimated. Analyses were conducted in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Results: Autistic traits at age 8 years were negatively associated with later total correct responses on ERT in Study 1 (b=- 0.18; 95% CI: -0.27 to -0.09). We also found evidence of an association in Study 2 ( b =-0.04; 95% CI: -0.05 to -0.03). We found the opposite association i.e., positive, between the ASD polygenic risk score and ERT ( b =0.40; 95% CI: 0.10 to 0.70); however, this association varied across different p-value thresholds so should be interpreted with caution. We did not find evidence of a genetic correlation between ASD and ERT. Conclusion: We found an observational association between poorer emotion recognition and increased autistic traits. Our genetic analyses revealed an association between ASD polygenic risk and the ERT outcome, which may suggest a shared genetic aetiology between these or a potential causal pathway. Our results may inform interventions targeting emotion recognition.


Displacement experiments of the gas-oil system are performed on long core scale models by varying the petrophysical properties and flowing conditions. Experiments are conducted in situations where capillary, gravity and viscous forces are comparable. From oil production history and picture analysis, the threshold for the stability is determined. The experimental findings are comparable to the results of a gradient percolation theory. The effect of destabilized front velocity on relative permeability and residual saturation is investigated. The relative permeabilities determined by using analytical and numerical approaches indicate that higher displacement velocity leads to a higher gas relative permeability and lower oil relative permeability. The remaining oil saturation is found to be much higher for displacement velocity above the stabilized criterion. Displacement morphology including the average remaining oil saturation is then described using dimensionless groups expressed as Bond and capillary number. Experimentally determined remaining oil saturation shows a direct and inverse relation to the capillary and Bond number respectively. Hence, a combined dimensionless group has been proposed to generalize the estimation of remaining and residual oil saturations under the range of dimensionless numbers studied here.


The instinct of the mind, the purpose of nature, betrays itself in the use we make of the signal narrations of history. Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts. No anchor, no cable, no fences avail to keep a fact a fact. Emerson


This paper presents the development of an inverse model that may be used to estimate the source term parameters for a polluting gas released into the atmosphere from a point above the ground. The model uses measured pollution concentrations at observation sites on the ground as well as meteorological data such as wind speed and cloud cover. The inverse model is formulated as a leastsquares minimisation problem coupled with the solution of an advection-dispersion equation. The minimisation problem where the pollutants are released instantaneously is well-posed and the source term is calculated with reasonable accuracy. However, the problem with a non-steady extended release source is ill-posed; consequently, its solution is extremely sensitive to errors in the measurement data. Tikhonov's regularisation, which stabilises the solution process, is used to overcome the ill-posedness of this problem and the regularisation parameter is estimated using the properties of the non-linear L-curve, and Wahhba's leaving-out-one lemma. Finally, the accuracy of the model is examined by imposing normally-distributed relative noise into concentration data generated by the forward model.


In order to utilize the Fly Ash residue after the extraction of alumina in the Zhungeer coalfield,and improve the comprehensive utilization ratio of fly Ash,chemical composition,mineral composition,morphology and active charactaristics have been studied by analysis of density,fineness,XRF,chemistry,Crystal Phase and morphology,Rock and Minera analysis.The results show that the residue has high-grindibility,and the pulverized fine ash of the residue has a little density and bulk density than the fly ash and the ash increased in specific surface area.Basis component of the residue was SiO2,90%,Al2O3 was 85%~90%,CaO and Fe2O31%.The granularity of the residue has been centralized in 0.02 mm,and a few was in 0.02~0.2 mm.The residue was mostly composed of amorphous about 85%~90%,and the crystalloids held 10%~15%,and they were mostly quartz,and a small quantity of corundum,feldspar and isinglass.The surface of the residue grain showed poriferous and lax structure.SEM analysis show that morphology of the residue was mostly anomalistic vitreous body that the surface was coarse,poriferous and of lax structure,and therefore it was differ ent from fly ash.


Experiments have been performed on Ni/n-Si(111) Schottky diodes fabricated by the thermal vacuum deposition of nickel on n/n+ Si epitaxial wafers at approximately 10-5 torr pressure. (I - V) and (C - V) characteristics have been measured at different frequencies in the range 10 KHz-1 MHz. Hydrogenation effects on the diode characteristics have been reported from (I - V) and (C - V) studies. It has been found that hydrogen lowers the work function of nickel and also generates the interfacial traps at the Si- SiO2 interface. These results are found in agreement with the results based on transient capacitance response and (C - V) studies. Slight passivation of deep donor states responding the low frequency test signal has also been observed after hydrogenating the diode. Interface states parameters have been extracted from (C - V) characteristics using the metal-interfacial layer semiconductor (MIS) structure model.


. Two experiments were carried out to study the effect of n-3 HUFA levels in rotifers on survival, growth, activity and fatty acid composition of gilthead bream, Sparus aurata (L.), larvae. From the third to the 15th day after hatching, gilthead bream larvae received one of the three kinds of rotifers containing different percentages of n–3 HUFA. Moisture, crude lipid, saponifiable matter and fatty acid composition of total lipids of rotifers and larvae were determined.

A good correlation was found between larval growth and n–3 HUFA levels in rotifers. Larval survival was also significantly improved by the elevation of the n–3 HUFA levels in rotifers. A high occurrence of hydrops was registered in larvae fed with EFA-deficient rotifers. The n–3 HUFA levels in the larvae were increased by the elevation of n–3 HUFA contents in rotifers. However, n–9 fatty acids in the larvae remained almost constant, regardless of the different 18:1n–9 contents in rotifers. Therefore, the ratio of oleic acid to n–3 HUFA, known to be an indicator of the EFA deficiency in fish, was reduced by the elevation of the n–3 HUFA levels in rotifers.


SUMMARY
The germination of imbibed seeds of Arenaria serpyllifolia L., Veronica arvensis L. and Cerastium holosteoides Fr. is inhibited under two layers of Tilia×europaea L. leaves. The ecological significance of this phenomenon is discussed.


ABSTRACT
Elly Desiyana Irawati / A 510120070. ROLE OF PARENTS ATTENTION ANDThis study is aimed to determine the contribution of the role of parent's
attention and independent learning toward student achievement of their students high
class in SDN Guworejo 3 school years 2015/2016. This research belongs to
descriptive qualitative research used statistic analytic method. The subjects were
students in grade 4, 5 and 6 of SDN Guworejo 3 total 81 students. The data obtained
by using sampling sistematis technique on 40 students. The data obtained by using
questionnaire, documentation and interviews. The data were analyzed by using
multiple linier regression, t test, F test, Coefficient of Determination, SR and SE
which firstly proceeded by prerequisite analysis of normality and linearity test. The
results based on multiple linier regression obtained that Y = 10,987 + 0,411X1
+
0,345X
2
. The data analysis result showed significant level 5% gained: (1)parent's
attention has high influence toward student's achievement. The result based on t test,known that tcount > ttable
, is 2,024 and 2,763 > <significance value of 0.05 is 0.009
with the relative contribution of 57% and the effective contribution of 20.7 %. (2)Independence of learning has influence toward student achievement. Based on t test
known that that tcount > ttable
, is 2,024 and 2,253 > Ftable
is 10.430 > < significance value of 3.23 and 0.05 is 0.000. Based on the coefficient determination calculation known that the influence of parent's attention and independence of learning together on student achievement contributed 36.1 %, while 63.9 % is
influenced by other variables which are not examined.
Keywords: Parent's attention, Independent learning, and student achievement.


TPS6652 Background: Few studies have assessed the financial impact of cancer diagnosis (dx) in diverse patients (pts) and caregivers (cgs) using objective and standard financial measures. S1417CD, led by the SWOG Cancer Research Network, is the first prospective cohort study assessing financial outcomes to be conducted in the NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP). We present our experience with design and accrual. Methods: Pts age ≥ 18 within 120 days of mCRC dx were considered eligible and asked to identify a caregiver (cg) who could participate concurrently. The primary endpoint is incidence of treatment-related financial hardship, defined as ≥ 1 of the following: debt accrual, selling/refinancing home, ≥ 20% income decline, or borrowing money. Measures include 1) pt and cg surveys (baseline (BL), 3, 6, 9 and 12 months (mo)) assessing out-of-pocket spending, financial impacts, cg burden, and quality of life and 2) pt credit reports (BL, 6, and 12 mo). Linkage to records from TransUnion, a national credit agency, required pt social security number (SSN) and processes for batched credit report transfer via secure web portal. The accrual goal was n = 374 pts in 3 years. The study activated on Apr 1, 2016 and closed on Feb 1, 2019 after reaching its accrual goal. A total of 380 pts (median age 59.7 years) and 155 cgs enrolled (41% cg participation). Enrollment steadily increased during the study period; 56% enrolled in the last 12 mo. Credit data were not obtainable for 76 (20%) pts due to early death, lack of credit, or inability to match records. S1417CD, the first cooperative group led study assessing financial outcomes in the community setting, completed enrollment faster than anticipated. Required SSN collection was not a barrier to enrollment, which improved as sites became familiar with data security measures. Robust accrual to S1417CD demonstrates pts' and cgs' desire to improve understanding of financial toxicity and its solutions. Follow-up will conclude in 12 mo with results to follow. SWOG plans to launch a randomized study (S1912) assessing the impact of financial navigation on household finances, using credit data for primary endpoint assessment. Clinical Trials Registry Identifier NCI-2015-01885. Clinical trial information: NCT02728804.


Epistemological beliefs are beliefs about knowledge and learning. In a physics class, for example, some students might believe learning consists of memorizing facts and formulas provided by the teacher, whereas others might believe it entails applying and modifying their conceptualizations of phenomena. This article explores, in the context of a debate about velocity from the author's high school physics class, how a perspective of students as having epistemological beliefs might influence a teacher's perceptions of students and intentions for instruction. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


Stocks are generally considered to be a good hedge against inflation because of their tendency to move together. This paper examines long term relationship between inflation and stock returns in BRICS markets using panel data for the period from March 2000 to September 2013. Correlation results reveal a significant negative relationship between stock index and inflation rate for Russia and a significantly positive relationship for India & China. ADF, PP and KPSS unit root tests indicate non-stationary characteristic of the data. Further we find no long term co-integrating relationship between stock index values and inflation rates using Pedroni panel co integration test. These findings have important implications for policy makers, regulators and investment community at large. There may seem to be short term contemporaneous relationship between inflation and equity returns but in the long run they do not seem to be significantly integrated. Changes in inflation may bring some short run movement in stock return but certainly equity does not seem to be a good hedge against inflation in long run at least in emerging BRICS markets.


The effects of flooding (3 days) and recovery (3 days) on leaf gas exchange parameters (stomatal conductance, net photosynthetic assimilation rate, and leaf transpi- ration rate) were studied in five, 1- year-old gerbera ( Gerbera jamesonii Bolus) cultivars under greenhouse conditions. Flooding reduced the measured parameters in all cultivars, which had not recovered 3 days after flooding ceased. A more detailed study was conducted with the 'Beauty' cultivar, in which leaf water potential ( Ψw); root hydraulic resistance (Rh); and hormonal concentrations of ABA, IAA, and CK were measured in leaves and roots. Plants were flooded for 2 days, then allowed to recover for 4 days. After 2 days of flooding, Ψw had decreased and Rh had increased. Leaf ABA content increased and IAA and CK content decreased from the start of flooding and did not change during recovery. In roots a transient increase in root ABA levels occurred during flooding and a sharp decrease was measured during recovery, which was related to root death. Similar patterns were observed in root CK concentrations. The IAA concentration in roots remained constant throughout the experiment. The results suggest that ABA and CK may act as signals of flooding stress. Also, the marked intolerance of gerbera to flooding could be a serious barrier to its culture under anaerobic conditions, and hence careful irrigation management is required. Chemical names used: abscisic acid (ABA); indoleacetic acid (IAA); cytokinin (CK).


Osteoarthritis is a disease that is often found in the elderly. The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis shows that adults in the 60-64 year age group are 22%, while men with the same age group are found to have 23% of right knee osteoarthritis while the left knee is 16.3%. While osteoarthritis in women, the right knee is 24% and the left knee is 24.7%. The incidence of knee osteoarthritis in Indonesia is around 30%, namely at the age of 40-60 years, and 60% at the age of more than 61 years. The partner of this service activity is the Healthy Gymnastics Community RW 6 Pabelan, Kartasura District, Sukoharjo Regency in preventing osteoarthritis and knowing the understanding of the education. The educational method provided by the lecture method is delivered with poster media. To measure the level of understanding and knowledge, pre-test and post-test were carried out on 8 respondents with the pre-test results obtained that 1 person (12.5%) had knowledge in the good category, 7 people (87.5%) had sufficient knowledge. and the post-test results obtained 2 people (25%) have knowledge in the sufficient category, 6 people (75%) have knowledge in the good category. Participants were enthusiastic in participating in this activity and there was an increase in understanding by the Healthy Gymnastics Community RW 6 Pabelan, Kartasura District, Sukoharjo Regency about prevention management in osteoarthritis.


Abstract The Baid formation (Ad Darb locality, Tihamat Asir. SW Saudi Arabia) is Oligocene in age. The sediments have been deposited in one of a series of several alkaline continental lakes that once flanked the early Red Sea Rift. So far seven specimens of cichlid fish have been discovered there. They represent at least three different species. One species from endo‐and exoskeletal characteristics can be assigned to the basal grade of cichlids, today represented mainly in Madagascar and India. The other two species seem to belong to two different clades within the African assemblage that today comprises more than 1000 species.


In calculations involving triangular quantum wells the Fang-Howard variational wave function is widely used because of its simplicity, although it can lead to substantial errors. This can also occur in transport calculations, where the scattering rate, being proportional to the integral of the fourth power of the wave function, depends strongly on the shape of the wave function. A new set of one-parameter wave functions is introduced and the relaxation time is evaluated for short range scatterers. The improved wave function leads up to about 22 per cent increase in the scattering rate, and to a comparable decrease in the relaxatioii time. PACS numbers: 72.20.Dp, 73.20.Dx


There is a substantial body of literature on music education in urban settings; however, few resources are available to music educators working in other increasingly diverse school districts across the United States. This article offers a discussion of language barriers and miscommunications between music teachers and students whose cultural backgrounds differ. Through an understanding of the ways cultural differences might lead to miscommunications and frustrations, music educators can begin to better serve the students who are often made invisible in our suburban as well as urban school districts. Included are samples of words and phrases commonly used by students and misunderstood by teachers. The article also suggests ways in which teachers can help students better navigate school music programs.


Application of neutron dosimetry for assessment of fuel distribution throughout the Three Mile Island-2 (TMI-2) reactor-core region and the primary-coolant system is advanced. Neutron dosimetry in the reactor cavity, i.e. the cavity between the pressure vessel and the biological shield, could provide data for the assessment of the core fuel distribution. A more immediate task entails locating and quantifying the amount of fuel debris in the ex-core primary coolant system; in the range of 1 to 1000 kg. Solid-state track-recorder (SSTR) neutron dosimetry is considered for such exploratory scoping experiments at TMI-2. The sensitivity of mica-/sup 235/U (asymptotically thick) SSTR has been ascertained for such environments. It has been demonstrated that the SSTR method has adequate sensitivity to properly respond and detect fuel quantities of the order of 1 kg in the ex-core primary coolant system. 21 figures.


In this paper the short-circuit fault inter-turn on the stator of an induction motor is analysed by an online diagnostic method. For the diagnostic method it is proposed the motor square current signature analysis (MSCSA). This method uses the results of spectral analysis of the instantaneous square stator current. The effects of stator square current spectrum are described and the related frequencies determined. This method is similar to the instantaneous power signature analysis, however has the advantage of just require one current sensor. Several simulation and experimental results are presented in order to illustrate the characteristics of the proposed method.


The crucial but very confidential fact is brought into evidence that – as Kolmogorov himself repeatedly claimed – the mathematical theory of probabilities cannot be applied to physical, factual probabilistic situations because the factual concept of probability distribution is not defined : it is nowhere specified how to construct factually for a given physical random phenomenon, the specific numerical distribution of probabilities to be asserted on the universe of outcomes generated by that phenomenon; nor is it known what significance to associate to the assertion of mere 'existence' of such a factual distribution of numerically defined probabilities. An algorithm of semantic integration of this factual numerically defined distribution of probabilities is then constructed. This algorithm, developed inside a general method of relativized conceptualization, involves a sort of "quantification" of the factual concept of probability. The mentioned result, while it solves Kolmogorov's aporia, fully organizes the general classical concept of probability, from both a factual and a syntactic standpoint. In particular, it appears that, while "randomness" can be considered to be a natural fact, the concepts of 'random phenomenon' and 'probabilistic situation' are factual-conceptual artifacts. As for quantum mechanical 'probabilities', it comes out – surprisingly – that, in general, they cannot be defined factually in an effective


ranges. The limits of detection (LOD) and limits of quantitation (LOQ) for these compounds were 0.21-79.55 and 0.72-294.23 ng/mL, respectively. The average recoveries were in the range of 93.75-104.16% with RSD value less than 6.56%. Therefore, this method could be an alternative assay for the determination of 22 amino acids in Isatidis Radix due to its rapidness, sensitivity, less sample and solvent consumption.


The article considers ethnographic self-descriptions as a cultural form in which indigenous authors conceptualise their culture in the shifting social contexts. Ethnographic selfdescriptions present (a) the transformation of the oral-discursive practices of indigenous culture into text; (b) the interpretation of the scientific versions of culture by indigenous authors. The author focuses on how Sámi culture is conceptualized in the text and as the written text by Sámi authors, taking into account the scientific descriptions of their culture and non-discursive cultural forms (such as ethnographic collections). In the texts of indigenous authors, anthropological versions of culture become a source for reproducing some patterns of culture's conceptualization as relevant to a particular tradition in social sciences. Thus, ethnographic self-descriptions are interpreted in terms of intertextuality with an emphasis on relations between oral and written discourse, academic and indigenous discourse, discursive and non-discursive practices. Texts as a part of cultural reality or as elements of social events have causal effects which contribute to changes in the perception of Sámi culture and in the ways it is represented in the indigenous perspective, i.e., texts participate in the reproduction, creation and modification of numerous discourses on the Kola Sámi culture. In the ethnographic self-description of many Kola Sámi, 'culture' can be recontextualized by actors. Moreover, positions and identity of the observer (the author) and the observed (indigenous people) are partly connected, which implies a change in the epistemological status of the indigenous discourse. The processual approach to the cultural conceptualization and the focus on indigenous insights presented in the ethnographic self-descriptions constitute the methodological basis for examining some contemporary cultural trends of the Kola Sámi (Russia). The author analyses the published texts of the contemporary Kola Sámi authors, who are not professional anthropologists.


In order to achieve further precise control of electrodeposition processes, their reaction mechanisms should be well understood in molecular level. We have studied anodic reaction at the solid-liquid interface using DFT calculation to investigate the reaction mechanism of reducing agents in the electroless deposition process [1]. The next step is to elucidate cathodic part of the reaction mechanism; for example, it is necessary to understand deposition mechanism of Si in ionic liquid, involving impurity incorporation [2]. It is also important to elucidate the influence of coordinates on the deposition rate [3]. In this paper, we newly developed the theoretical model of the cathodic reaction. The objective of the present work is to understand the effect of coordinates on the Au deposition process. To achieve this, cathodic reaction of Au complex, which involves both complex dissociation and Au deposition, was modeled to be analyzed with DFT. Thiosulfate ion, S2O3 , was chosen as a coordinate of Au complex, which was strong candidate for the alternative to cyanide ion, CN. Furthermore, the reaction of Au complex with S2O3 2was compared with the case of CN. Cathodic reaction of Au deposition was modeled and calculated as follows; First, Au complexes, which are [Au(S2O3)2] 3and [Au(CN)2] , were adsorbed 0.5 nm above the Au(111) surface. The 0.5 nm distance is approximate maximum between the complex and metal surface, in which water molecule cannot enter. In this adsorption model, Au(111) surface was negatively charged by adding one electron, which would be accepted by Au during the deposition. Second, sufficient numbers of water molecules as TIP4P model were settled above the Au(111) surface of the adsorption system using Monte-Carlo simulation. Then, the distance between Au in complex and metal surface was gradually decreased so that the complex dissociated and Au deposited on the surface. The exchange-correlation functional used in DFT calculation was B3LYP. As basis sets, cc-pVDZ was assigned to S, O, N, C, and LANL2DZ was assigned to Au. The Au(111) surface was modeled as 2 layered cluster model which was consisted of 18 Au atoms. Figure 1 shows energy profiles of the cathodic reaction of [Au(S2O3)2] 3and [Au(CN)2] . In this figure, the barrier of [Au(S2O3)2] 3is much lower than that of [Au(CN)2] , which corresponds to the result of potential sweep methods. This agreement shows the capability of our model in this time to reproduce the experimental behavior of Au complexes. Further detailed analyses indicated that the lower energy barrier of [Au(S2O3)2] 3was caused by chemical characteristic of S in S2O3 ; since S atom has larger outermost orbital, it exhibits high electron donation behavior to neighboring atoms. Such a tendency of S atom could stabilize the Au cation with highly positive potential during the cleavage of Au-S bond of [Au(S2O3)2] . As described above, this study shows details about the mechanism of Au deposition. The theoretical model constructed in this study is expected to be utilized for analysis on other important cathodic reaction, such as deposition of Si in ionic liquid.


Revisions for HepA concern homelessness, HIV, and vaccine catch-up. MenB booster is advised for those still at increased risk 1 year after completing a primary series.


Abstract Intraoperative evaluation of blood flow using ICG angiography revealed no significant abnormality. However, the anastomotic stenosis was revealed by postoperative CT angiography; more precise intraoperative evaluation methods need to be developed.


We read with great interest the article by Figueroa-Parra et al illustrating whether patients with rheumatic diseases are at higher risk of the coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).1 In this study, the authors mentioned the potential benefit of antimalarial drugs for patients with rheumatic diseases in the context of covid-19 pandemic. At present, that is the really pivotal question, whether the antimalarial drugs could reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with rheumatic diseases.


The utility model discloses a film type carbonating tank comprising a mixing tank, wherein the upper part of the side wall of the mixing tank is provided with a first through hole, and the mixing tank is connected with a pipeline by the first through hole and is also connected with a gas inputting device; and a material inputting pipe and a material outputting pipe are respectively communicated with the mixing tank by a through hole at the bottom of the mixing tank, and the top of the material inputting pipe in the mixing tank is fixedly provided with a plurality of disks. When a material passes through the curved surfaces of the disks, the detention time of the material in the mixing tank is prolonged, and meanwhile, a film is formed, so that CO2 molecules filled into the tank are mixed with the material, and the carbonating process of the material is finished.


: This paper deals with the difficulties that face Arabic phraseology when the established criteria of phraseology as defined by Gries (2008) are applied. The paper focuses especially on the number of elements involved in a phraseme and here we introduce the concept of one-word + zero-element phrasemes in Arabic.


With the end of Moore's Law, database architects are turning to hardware accelerators to offload computationally intensive tasks from the CPU. In this paper, we show that accelerators can facilitate far more than just computation: they enable algorithms and data structures that lavishly expand computation in order to optimize for disparate cost metrics. We introduce the Pliops Extreme Data Processor (XDP), a novel storage engine implemented from the ground up using customized hardware. At its core, XDP consists of an accelerated hash table to index the data in storage using less memory and fewer storage accesses for queries than the best alternative. XDP also employs an accelerated compressor, a capacitor, and a lock-free RAID sub-system to minimize storage space and recovery time while minimizing performance penalties. As a result, XDP overcomes cost contentions that have so far been inescapable


The spiritual character of church discipline This article focuses on the meaning of the words "the spiritual character of church discipline" used in the Church Order of Dordrecht in 1619 and since then in the church orders of churches with an affinity for the Church Order of Dordt. The conclusion is that the aim, way of implementation and climate of church discipline combined with other considerations in reformed church government all help to clarify the spiritual character of church discipline. At the basis of it the spiritual character of this kind of discipline is determined by the spiritual discipline of the Word and Spirit of God. In this regard inner convictions and not physical force or a technical application of church order measures must determine the acts of church discipline. Steps which should also be spiritual in nature. Church discipline should be in obedience to the Head of the church, Jesus Christ. He governs the church through His Word.


The present invention provides a capsule preparation method thereof having a function of blood lipids in the capsule at a low temperature freeze-drying technology to produce natto freeze-dried powder as main raw materials, health food and the traditional raw material Polygonum multiflorum extract, Alisma extract prepared from, wherein the preparation steps were: choice of materials, sieving, formulation, mixing, loading the bladder, polishing, packing, packaging, storage, and product testing, using the method ingredients capsule is obtained saponins and total anthraquinone, and capsule preparation per 100 grams of total saponins content ≥350mg, the total content of anthraquinone is 100-180mg; function tests by animal and human tasting test proved that the capsule has an auxiliary function of hypolipidemic health care .


The impact of long-range dependent (LRD) traffic on the buffer management schemes for WDM packet switches is studied by simulation. The different priority strategies are compared. The principles of efficient strategy design are also presented.


We are developing a system (MuTTI Munich Type Theory Implementation) with dependent types which can be used for the development of provably correct programs in Type Theory. Inspired by Coquand's pattern matching for dependent types [Coq92] as implemented in the ALF system [Alf94] and its successors, we define a total language as a subset of a partial one. Hence, we are faced with the problem of verifying termination. We restrict ourselves to structural recursion, where by structural recursion we mean that the only termination orderings we consider are lexical products of the natural structural ordering on a strictly positive datatype. We also allow mutual recursion. A further restriction is that smaller terms are only generated by primitive operators like case-analysis, projection and application. In the type-theoretic context this is sufficient, since general terminating recursion can be represented by adding additional (computationally irrelevant) parameters. We are not sure whether structural recursive without the afore mentioned restriction is actually decidable. Abel implemented a termination checker for a simply typed sublanguage of MuTTI (called foetus), this system allows mutual recursive definitions on general strict positive datatypes and returns a lexical ordering on the arguments of the function if one exists. In the work we want to present here, we show that from foetus output we can actually conclude that the function terminates. We define a semantic interpretation of each type and formally define the structural ordering on semantic values of possibly different types. A central result is that the structural ordering is wellfounded at each type. A general soundness theorem allows us to conclude that each term accepted by the foetus system actually terminates. Our approach is related to the work by Telford & Turner, who are interested in a total functional programming language (ESFP). In a recent (unpublished) article [TTu98b] they present also a termination analysis based


DW, an active, well-adjusted 10-year-old boy of normal intelligence with spastic left hemiplegic cerebral palsy, had developed severe internal rotation of his left leg from femoral anteversion. His spasticity had thus far been managed conservatively, with braces and exercises. The orthopedic surgeon who had provided care for the past two years felt that continued conservative measures could not reverse or arrest the rotational deformity and that a left femoral derotational osteotomy with appropriate muscle and tendon releases was indicated. Surgery would place the leg in a more straightforward or neutral position, providing an immediate cosmetic benefit. More importantly, the surgeon believed that without corrective therapy DW would begin to exhibit a declining functional efficiency of the leg, manifested by increased energy expenditure for daily activities and increased fatigue. Furthermore, the derotational osteotomy would improve the mechanical function of the leg and delay the onset of degenerative changes of the hip and knee, which would otherwise begin to develop over the next 20 to 30 years. In addition to causing perioperative pain, surgery would require three to six weeks of hospitalization and an additional three to five months of rehabilitation before the child could return to his current level of function. If the operation was deferred for more than a year, the surgeon


Systematic measurements have been done for the polarization of a vertical cavity surface emitting (SE) laser. The light outputs of the tested devices were linearly polarized and the direction was along the specified crystal orientation. The polarization selectivity is discussed.


The paper deals with the issue of impaired hand-writing, particularly dysgraphia, and the recognition and the processing of attributes extraction. Several machine learning methods, such as random forest, support vector machine and adaptive boosting were used for this purpose. There has been 52 extracted handwriting attributes (e.g., velocity, acceleration, jerk, duration, pen lifts, etc.) from 78 handwriting samples. Only subjects aged 10–13 (inclusive 10 and 13) were included. Principal component analysis was then used in order to visualize attributes from handwriting, in two-dimensional space.


Standard quantum mechanics is viewed as a limit of a cut system with artificially restricted dimension of a Hilbert space. Exact spectrum of cut momentum and coordinate operators is derived and the limiting transition to the infinite dimensional Hilbert space is studied in detail. The difference between systems with discrete and continuous energy spectra is emphasized. In particular a new scaling law, characteristic for nonlocalized, states is found. Some applications for supersymmetric quantum mechanics are briefly outlined.


e13036 Background: The combination of the CDK4/6 inhibitors(CDK4/6i) and endocrine therapy has improved overall survival(OS) in patients(pts) with endocrine sensitive or resistant disease. Only 43 pts of black race were included in the first line trials making interpretation of results in this group difficult. The goal of this retrospective analysis of a real world database was to look at the clinical utilization and prognostic impact of CDK4/6i among pts of white and black race who have hormone receptor positive (HR+ve)/HER2-ve metastatic breast cancer(MBC). Methods: For this analysis, we utilized a federated network of de-identified health data representing approximately 64 million pt lives available through the TriNetX Platform. We identified 5400pts with information on race who had HR+ve/HER2-ve MBC diagnosed between 2015 and 2020. OS was computed using the Kaplan Meier product limit method. Propensity score matching was performed on all comparisons of survival, matching patients from two cohorts on secondary malignancy location (as noted in ICD-10 diagnosis coding)and age group. Results: 4182 white pts and 1199 black pts were identified, and 1,194 pts in each group remained after matching. Mean age at diagnosis was 57.2 and 58.3 yrs among white and black pts respectively. OS among pts of white and black race was significantly different (HR 1.4, 95%CI 1.12-1.70, p < 0.0001), and 2-yr OS was 87.8% and 82.6% respectively. 599(20%) pts of white race and 148(18%) pts of black race received CDK4/6i therapy. The rate of uptake of use CDK4/6i was initially similar in 2015 however by 2020 some differences were observed with rate of uptake being 190 per 1000 and 264 per 1000 among pts of black and white race respectively. Pts of each race appeared to have a similar prevalence of CDK4/6i per line of treatment. OS among pts who received CDK4/6i and were of white and black race was not significantly different(HR 0.94, 95% CI 0.65- 1.38, p = 0.80), and 2-year OS was 69.9% and 69.5% respectively. Conclusions: Overall the proportional use of CDK4/6i was similar among pts of black and white and race. Although initial uptake appears to have been consistent between Black and White pts, further attention is necessary to assess potential disparities in use as time progresses. The use of CDK4/6i in the setting of HR+ve/HER2-ve MBC diminishes the differences in outcome between the two races.


Zinc oxide (ZnO) the film is a new type of transparent conductive oxides (TCO) material; it has a green environmental application prospect and hopeful to be substitution of indium tin oxide, so it has been the research focus of TCO materials. The rare earth ion like Yb3+, and Ho3+, Er3+ shall be applied to satisfy the up-conversion function, and rare earth elements doped ZnO transparent conductive films will prepared. The play is to study the mechanism of up-conversion and energy transitions that the rare earth ions in the ZnO transparent conductive film. Through the theoretical analysis with the performance of the zinc oxide thin films explore optimization scheme, and aim to prepare out doped-ZnO and transparent conductive film that have both excellent photoelectric performance and up-conversion function. This new type of ZnO transparent conductive film with up-conversion function, it will have important theoretical significance in production of green environment materials and good application prospect in the field of sole cells, photoelectric detection luminescent device and so on.


Explosion-protected of offshore oil platform is very important for operators and production."5 NO WORKS" was put in practice by CNOOC to ensure the safe production.So,in the design/construction/production/modification we should pay attention to the explosion-protected of electrical equipments.


The public and political life in Transcarpathia became more active in the 1920s and 1930s, which gave impetus to national revival in all spheres of art, including painting. It was the time when the Transcarpathian School of Painting was born. Transcarpathian artists, along with writers and theatre workers, fulfilled an important social function – they contributed to the revival of national self-awareness of the Rusins in the region. The most prominent Transcarpathian artists of this period were I. Bokshay, A. Erdeli, A. Kotska, F. Manaylo, E. Kontratovich, V. Boretsky, G. Gluck, S. Sholes. They put a lot of effort to spread the artistic traditions of the region far beyond the borders of the homeland and had a profound understanding of the philosophy of life and society and deeply felt the unique nature of native landscapes. An important phenomenon in the 1930s was the pictorial techniques in decorative and applied arts. Works of art and achievements of the Rusin masters were exhibited in the region and beyond. In the interwar period, the artists of Transcarpathia were inclined to self-organisation and creative mutual exchange. The Rusinian artists created an art that could fully express the rich life of Carpathia, its incomparable landscapes and colours, which helped to develop professional skills of future co-founders of the Transcarpathian School of Painting, among whom were A. Kotska, E. Kontratovich, Z. Sholtes, A. Boretsky and Sh. Petki. Thus, Transcarpathia accumulated the best artists of the region, who concentrated their efforts to develop national art and raise it to the European level. They created a self-contained system of artistic education for local gifted youth.


In my tutorial at the Euro-conference in Model Theory and its Applications in Ravello, Italy in May 2002, I surveyed (among others) the construction of the Pfaffian closure of an o-minimal expansion of the real field. This note mentions an application of the o-minimality of the Pfaffian closure to the theory of o-minimal structures. I also describe the state of affairs (as I know it) concerning the model completeness conjecture for the Paffian closure and try to formulate an open question testing the limit of the Pfaffian closure's applicability. These notes are a continuation of [17], and I assume the reader is familiar with the latter; in particular, I continue to use notations and terminology introduced there. Here I discuss an application of the o-minimality of the Pfaffian closure to o-minimal expansions of the additive group of reals, and I try to describe two related open problems. The first of these problems is the "old" question whether the Pfaffian closure of an o-minimal expansion of the real field is model complete. One aspect of this question is to recognize those leaves of a given 1-form that have the Rolle property, which might also play a major role in understanding the foliation associated to a definable 1-form. The latter is the second topic I discuss, because it provides a way to test the limits of what is definable in the Pfaffian closure of an o-minimal structure. I thank Jean-Marie Lion and Sergei Starchenko for their very helpful comments made during the conference in Lisbon, and Chris Miller for Proposition 16 and numerous comments on earlier versions of these notes. Adding multiplication The application discussed here involves o-minimal expansions of the additive ordered group of real numbers. Theorem 1 (Peterzil et al. [14]). Let R be an o-minimal expansion of (R, <, +, 0). Then (R, · ) is o-minimal. Date: August 2003; Preprint. 1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 14P15, 03C64; Secondary 32S45, 58A17.


The focus of this paper is to examine the effects on coverage of Kyrgyzstan's health system reforms. The Kyrgyz Government has been implementing a complex set of reforms focusing on downsizing the inherited Soviet service delivery system and returning efficiency gains to increase the depth of coverage. We examine the results of these efforts based on a secondary review of ten studies, including findings from our own analysis of household surveys that capture expenditure and utilization patterns at the start of the 2001 financing reforms and again three years later. The ten studies evaluate different aspects of the Kyrgyz health system reform such as health care financing, restructuring, primary care, and trends in patient financial burden.
On the balance, the evidence suggests that the reforms have improved the depth of coverage: (i) over the same period of time, out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for hospitalization have increased three times as fast in control vs. reform regions, indicating some progress of the reforms in slowing the rate of growth in OOP spending and the resultant burden on households; (ii) utilization of health care services (both outpatient and inpatient) across socio-economic groups has become more equal; (iii) regional inequality in resource allocation has decreased. While the achievements are encouraging, the reforms took place in the context of declining public expenditures on health, leading to the overall increase in OOP spending across the country and all income groups. Outpatient drugs have been the fastest growing element in OOPs. Revision of drug pricing and access is an important next step in improving financial protection of the population when using health services.


A study of several nuclear reactor and fuel cycle options for developing nations was performed. All reactor choices were considered under a GNEP framework. Two advanced alternative reactor types, a nuclear battery-type reactor and a fuel reprocessing fast reactor were examined and compared with a conventional Generation III+ LWR reactor. The burn of nuclear fuel was simulated using ORIGEN 2.2 for each reactor type and the resulting information was used to compare the options in terms of waste produced, waste quality and repository impact. The ORIGEN data was also used to evaluate the economics of the fuel cycles using unit costs, discount rates and present value functions with the material balances. The comparison of the fuel cycles and reactors developed in this work provides a basis for the evaluation of subsidy programs and cost-benefit comparisons for various reactor parameters such as repository impact and proliferation risk versus economic considerations. (authors)


A 27-year-old asymptomatic woman was investigated for an abnormal finding in the cardiac contour on routine chest radiography. Echocardiography revealed a heterogeneous mass in the anterolateral left ventricular wall. Excision of the tumor disclosed an absence of communication between the residual cavity and the left ventricular endocardium. Histological features of the tumor indicated an intramural myxoma.


Context. Nowadays, thanks to advances in machine learning and the availability of vast amounts of data, computer software plays an increasingly important role in assisting or even fully automating tasks in our daily lives. As a consequence, however, we become increasingly vulnerable to programming errors. In particular, programming errors that do not cause failures can have serious consequences since code that produces an erroneous but plausible result gives no indication that something went wrong. In 2012, flawed code caused losses of billions of dollars for JP Morgan Chase & Co. [4]. In medical applications, programming errors are deadly [2]. It is thus paramount to develop methods and tools that can keep up with these developments and ensure that data science software behaves correctly and reliably.


Two measures of earthquakes, the seismic moment and the broadband radiated energy, show completely different scaling relations. For shallow earthquakes worldwide from January 1987 to December 1998, the frequency distribution of the seismic moment shows a clear kink between moderate and large earthquakes, as revealed by previous works. But the frequency distribution of the broadband radiated energy shows a single power law, a classical Gutenberg-Richter relation. This inconsistency raises a paradox in the self-organized criticality model of earthquakes.


A search is conducted in the dielectron channel for beyond th e S andard Model high mass neutral resonances, such as E6 motivatedZ′ states and the Randall-Sundrum Graviton. The data in this thesis was recorded by the ATLAS detector dur ing proton-proton collisions in 2011 at √ s= 7 TeV, provided by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Genev a, Switzerland. The dataset used constitutes a total integrat d luminosity of 2.12 fb−1 after data quality checks. The dielectron channel result is prese nt d and combined with the equivalent 1.21 fb −1 dimuon channel result for the Z′. Additionally these results are combined with the 2.12 fb −1 diphoton channel result for the RS Graviton. The greatest ex cess in the dielectron channel is observed at 580 GeV with a signifi cance of 1.34σ. Therefore as no significant excess is observed in data above the Standar d Model expectation, exclusion limits are set at 95% confidence level on the cross sectio n times branching ratio for various signal scenarios as a function of resonance mass. A c ombined lower mass limit of 1.96 TeV is set on the Z′ SSM, and 1.95 TeV for a Randall-Sundrum Graviton with k/ MPl = 0.10. These limits represent the world's highest observed m ass exclusion for the models considered, at the time of writing this thesis.


This paper considers cost sharing rules for the continuous knapsack problem. We assume a knapsack with a weight constraint to be filled with items of different weights chosen from a set of items. The cost of the knapsack needs to be shared among the individuals who approve or disapprove of certain items. Cost sharing rules are discussed and—using various axioms—characterization results are provided.


Microarrays have increasingly become a powerful tool for highthroughput gene expression studies and discovery of novel biomarker genes. Microarrays have been developed for a large number of organisms including plants. However, still the microarray resource is limited for several important plant species. Chickpea is a very important food legume crop. However, the genomic resources are very limited. Recently, the complete transcriptome of chickpea has been sequenced using next generation sequencing technologies [1,2] at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research under the Next Generation Challenge Program on Chickpea Genomics funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. The availability of transcriptome sequence in public domain has provided the opportunity to develop a high-throughput resource for studying the expression of all the transcripts in different biological contexts. The design of custom oligonucleotide probes have varied applications such as, performing gene expression analysis, miRNA profiling, comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), ChIP-on-chip and SNP analysis. In order to understand the function of different transcripts that would help functional genomics and breeding programs, a validated microarray design was developed jointly by the Genotypic Technology Pvt. Ltd. and the National Institute of Plant Genome Research.


A flocculant-producing strain was isolated from the activated sludge and identified as genus Diaphorobacter,which named as Diaphorobacter Z-052.The effect of initial pH,culture temperature and different ion on flocculant production was careful investigated.A highest flocculating activity was achieved at 93.2% by combinational the optimum culture conditions.Furthermore,the bioflocculant production by Diaphorobacter Z-052 treat active carbon,soil and yeast was study,95.1%,80.4% and 72.4% flocculating activity was observed at carbon,soil and yeast,respectively.


The quality of drinking water is close to people's life,which is the focus of people's attention. Testing standard in domestic currently includes "Standards for drinking water quality "( GB 5749-2006),"Drinking natural mineral water"( GB 8537-2008),"Bottled purified water for drinking"( GB 17323-1998),"Hygienic standard of bottled purified water for drinking"( GB 17324-2003),"The national food safety standards Packaged drinking water"( GB19298-2014),"Bottled natural cleaned water for drinking"( DB 44 /116-2000) and "Natural mountain spring water"( DBS 44 /001-2011). Test category,the main characteristics of the standard summary above,and limited amount index were discussed, the limited index problems was pointed out. The State shall establish inspection standards with comprehensive applicability and a wide range of specifications according to the market situation in drinking water industry.


Cognitive radios use idle slots in the already assigned licensed frequency bands for communication in such a way that it does not affect the service being offered to the existing user in that band. The aim of cognitive radio network is to improve the spectrum efficiency and to increase the overall channel utilization which is a scarce resource. Multimedia traffic is especially suited to such environment due to its less stringent constraints on the packet losses as compared to other data traffic. This paper suggests a cross layer design to differentiate different packet types based on their source on upper layers in a cognitive radio network. This approach is then used to evaluate the performance of video standards MPEG2 and MPEG4. Video standards and the suggested design are tested in the cognitive radio environment under mobility and non mobility conditions over multihops with varying traffic conditions. Results are gathered using simulations in network simulator. Our analysis indicates that MPEG4 is much more suited to cognitive radio networks as compared to MPEG2 for the tested conditions.


The purpose of evaluation is to know direct and indirect benefits of information
technlogy investment since the application is implemented. The value of the benefit is
seen fmm financial, business, and technology factors. The result of evaluation using
information economics method indicates ROI score is one that a good investment return.
A score got from information economics scorecard is 65, it means a good information
technology implementation on the company. Based on traditional cost benefit analysis,
ROI is 22,29%, in value linking the ROI is 40,70%, and in value acceleration the ROI is
44,66%. Information technology investment in the company is on B quadran, which is
means \"strategic\".


Electrolysis of water, particularly in conjunction with renewable energy sources, is potentially a cost-effective and environmentally friendly method of producing hydrogen at dispersed forecourt sites, such as automotive fueling stations. The primary feedstock for an electrolyzer is electricity, which could be produced by renewable sources such as wind or solar that do not produce carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions. However, state-of-the-art electrolyzer systems are not economically competitive for forecourt hydrogen production due to their high capital and operating costs, particularly the cost of the electricity used by the electrolyzer stack. In this project, Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC (GES) developed a low cost, high efficiency proton-exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis system for hydrogen production at moderate pressure (300 to 400 psig). The electrolyzer stack operates at differential pressure, with hydrogen produced at moderate pressure while oxygen is evolved at near-atmospheric pressure, reducing the cost of the water feed and oxygen handling subsystems. The project included basic research on catalysts and membranes to improve the efficiency of the electrolysis reaction as well as development of advanced materials and component fabrication methods to reduce the capital cost of the electrolyzer stack and system. The project culminated in delivery of a prototype electrolyzermore » module to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for testing at the National Wind Technology Center. Electrolysis cell efficiency of 72% (based on the lower heating value of hydrogen) was demonstrated using an advanced high-strength membrane developed in this project. This membrane would enable the electrolyzer system to exceed the DOE 2012 efficiency target of 69%. GES significantly reduced the capital cost of a PEM electrolyzer stack through development of low cost components and fabrication methods, including a 60% reduction in stack parts count. Economic analysis indicates that hydrogen could be produced for $3.79 per gge at an electricity cost of $0.05/kWh by the lower-cost PEM electrolyzer developed in this project, assuming high-volume production of large-scale electrolyzer systems.« less


Cyanobacteria, known as blue-green algae, blue-green bacteria, cyanoprokaryots, and cyanophytes, are oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryotes Cyanobacteria show considerable morphological diversity. They are morphologically, physiologically and metabolically very diverse group and have been the thrust area for investigation since long. The blue-green algae are considered to be thermophilic when part or all of their optimal growth temperature range is above 40°C. Only a few species of eucaryotic protists or animals tolerate higher temperatures. Hot springs and their drain ways provide the most abundant aquatic habitats for thermophilic blue-green algae. Therefore, The present investigation involves study of mat forming cyanobacterial flora from Lamazan hot springs located in west part of Hormozgan province. This thermal spring are inhabited by characteristic thermophilic organisms including cyanophyta. Cyanophyta are among the few organisms that can occupy high temperature aquatic environments including hot springs. In alkaline and neutral hot springs and streams flowing from them cyanophyta can form thick colourful mats that exhibit banding patterns. Sampling was done based on temperature gradients; physicochemical analysis of the water was performed due to a dramatic effect on species distribution, Samples collected at different temperature ranges and were divided into two parts, One part was fixed in 4% formaldehyde to minimize quantitative and qualitative changes in phytoplankton and the other part were kept in a refrigerator for provide the pure isolates. Taxonomic determination was carried out by morphometric study of the isolates with light microscopy, based on Desikachary, Prescott, Whitford and Schumacher, John et al. and Wehr et al. by prepared semi-permanent slides. The vegetative and reproductive characters used in the taxonomic determination were: shape, colour and size of the cell, colony, thallus and trichome; as well as their width and length; shape, size and colour of vegetative cells. As result of this study, Total of 23 thermophilic cyanobacterial species representing 2 orders, 6 families and 10 genera were recorded.


Category: Sports. Introduction/Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the rate of surgical site infection (SSI) and surgical irrigation and debridement (I&D) after primary Achilles tendon repair. Secondary objectives were to assess the potential effect(s) of medical comorbidities on cost and duration of treatment of SSI after Achilles tendon repair. Methods: De-identified patient insurance records within the government and private national insurance orthopaedic datasets were searched between 2005-2012. The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code was used to identify primary Achilles tendon repair and I&D. Subsequently, post-operative SSIs and comorbidities were examined by searching corresponding International Classification of Disease Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes. Results: 24,269 primary Achilles tendon repairs were identified. Overall, there was a significantly increased rate of SSI if a medical comorbidity was present at the time of surgery compared to those without a comorbidity (17.96% vs. 5.96%, p < 0.0001). Patients with diabetes and vascular complications had the highest SSI rate (OR 7.85, CI 6.25-9.86, p < 0.001), followed by peripheral vascular disease, diabetes with peripheral neuropathy, history of drug abuse, fluid and electrolyte abnormalities, obesity, and uncomplicated diabetes. There was higher rate of surgical I&D in patients with cardiac arrhythmias and uncomplicated hypertension. There was a significant increase in cost of SSI treatment ($6,004.09 vs. $4,184.62, p=0.006) and duration of treatment (8.41 days vs. 5.54 days, p < 0.001) if a medical comorbidity was present in Achilles tendon patients with SSI. Conclusion: An analysis of a large cohort of patients undergoing Achilles tendon reconstruction revealed that having certain medical comorbidities conferred a significantly greater risk for developing SSI, which increased both the cost of subsequent care and duration of treatment. Furthermore, with the advent of "value"/outcomes based care being linked to reimbursement, SSI is a one measure being used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and private insures to determine appropriate orthopaedic care. Thus, patients with modifiable risk factors should be referred for medical management prior to surgery or deferred to a non-operative treatment program to reduce the risk of SSI after Achilles tendon repair.


The alkylation of the ortho C-H bonds in benzamides and acrylamides containing an 8-aminoquinoline moiety as a bidentate directing group with unactivated alkyl halides using nickel complexes as catalysts is described. The reaction shows high functional group compatibility. In reactions of meta-substituted aromatic amides, the reaction proceeds in a highly selective manner at the less hindered C-H bond.


The article by Dr Kim et al . [1] was very interesting. This article provided the fi rst analysis in which two minimally invasive surgical techniques, laparoscopic living donor right hemihepatectomy (LLDRH) and robotic living donor right hemihepatectomy (RLDRH), were compared for living donor hepatectomy at a single center. The author found that RLDRH resulted in less intraoperative bleeding but had comparable postoperative outcomes to LLDRH. Moreover, donors with hilar structure anatomic variation were more likely to undergo RLDRH. In addition, the standardized procedures for RLDRH might help set up pure minimally invasive procedures and facilitate the safe implementation of laparoscopic approaches. Despite being inspiring and thought-provoking, we have the following comments:


The research project presented in the article maintains the tradition of complex analysis of enacted and under development conceptions and managerial decisions in the sphere of state youth policy taking into account the changes in the social life of Russia and the statement of innovative development direction by the leaders of the country.


This compute proposal is set within the framework of the BMBF-funded project PALMOD, now in its 4rd and last year within its 1st Phase. In this compute project we use the comprehensive Community Earth System Model (CESM v1.2) to do time-slice ensemble climate simulations at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 19–23 kyr BP. One project goal is to evaluate how the use of uncertain parameters for the model physics as control variables and assimilation of available state-of-the-art paleoclimate proxies (homogenized within the framework of PALMOD) serves for climate reconstruction and, possibly, for constraining future climate projections. The model consists of components for the atmosphere, ocean, land and sea ice, which communicate with one another via a central coupler module. We use Finite Volume solvers, and from an earlier coarser grid in the project we have now moved into a regular horizontal grid of ∼ 2.0◦ for the atmosphere and land, and a displaced pole (centered at Greenland) ∼ 1.0◦ irregular grid for ocean and sea ice. The vertical representation of the atmosphere comprises 30 layers in a hybrid sigma-pressure system. The ocean has 60 vertical levels with thicknesses increasing with depth. Ensemble experiments are being carried out in LGM steady-state conditions for 400 years with the aim to reconstruct the LGM climate with CESMv1.2. For the first time a comprehensive isotope-enabled Earth System Model is aimed to be used for online assimilation of paleoclimate proxy records at the LGM. The resolution and ensemble requirements for sound estimation of the model climate sensitivity iCAM5::Fi1850C5CN iCESM1.2::Fi1850C5CN iCESM1.2::Bi1850C5CN


This paper is about binary choices with externalities. These are either-or situations,not choices of degree or quantity. An "externality" is present when you care about my choice or my choice affects yours. You may not care, but need to know-whether to pass on left or right when we meet. You may not need to know, but care---you will drive whether or not I drive--- but prefer that I keep off the road.You may both care and need to know. The literature of externalities has mostly to do with how much of a good or a bad should be produced,consumed,or allowed.HereI consider only the interdependence of choices to do or not to do, to join or not to join, to stay or to leave, to vote yes or no, to conform or not to conform to some agreement or rule or restriction. Players will accept hockey helmets (or not) by individual choice for several reasons. Chicago star Bobby Hull cites the simplest factor: "vanity." But many players honestly believe that helmets will cut their efficiency and put them at a disadvantage, and others fear the ridicule of opponents. The use of helmets will spread only through fear caused by injuries like Green's-or through a rule making them mandatory. . . One player summed up the feelings of many: "It's foolish not to wear a helmet. But I don't because the other guys don't. I know that' silly, but most of the players feel the same way. If the league made us do it, though, we'd all wear them and nobody would mind." Shortly after Teddy Green of the Bruins took a hockey stick in his brain, the player, Don Awrey, commented to a Newsweek(1969) reporter, "WhenI saw the way Teddy looked, it was an awful feeling . . . I'm going to start wearing a helmet now, and I don't care what anybody says." A voluntary helmet may be seen as cowardly,but nobody thinks a baseball player timid when he dons the batting helmet without which the league will not let him bat. Motorcycle helmets are not only worn regularly,but probably worn more gladly, in states that require them. When ever ascribed motives matter, the way a choice is organized or constrained will itself be a part of the "outcome" and affect the payoffs.


Abstract TOWN PLANNING To most South African land surveyors, and those in other of the technical professions in this country specially concerned with land, town planning is generally associated with, either planning what use shall be made of land by the community, or with "designing" the subdivision of land whose use has been so planned. So far as the town planning profession is concerned, in the main, it is within the municipal areas of cities and towns or their peripheries that it performs these two functions. There is room for only a relatively small number of members of the town planning profession to concern themselves to anything but a minor extent with the overall planning of land use for the community, such as is represented by a city's town planning scheme. Consequently, the great majority of town planners must, in the main, be engaged in the design function. The positive role of the town planning officials of a local authority is considerably restricted. They have little if any part in advising ...


Abstract: This chapter provides discussion of the formation, structure and properties of metakaolin geopolymers. While unlikely to see large-scale utilisation as a construction material due to issues related to high water demand and corresponding drying shrinkage, metakaolin geopolymers display properties that will be of use in some specific applications as well as providing a useful 'model system' through which geopolymer chemistry can be better understood.


A double-sampling single-OTA second-order ΔΣ modulator occupying a small silicon area of only 0.06 mm2 is presented. The modulator employs a feedforward architecture incorporating a novel two-path summer and a compensator design in a double-sampling single-OTA switched-capacitor circuit. A new inherently linear mismatch-insensitive three-level DAC is implemented to further reduce the quantization noise. Operating with a 1-V supply, the second-order modulator achieves an effective sampling frequency of 1.024 MHz when clocked at 512 kHz due to its double-sampling operation while consuming a power of 17 μW. The dynamic range achieved is 67.6 dB over a signal bandwidth of 16 kHz at an oversampling ratio of 32.


Aims: The research discusses how Taijiquan exercises affect human peripheral Blood T lymphocyte subgroups and NK cells. Methods: Firstly, select 100 elderly citizens, excluding those who have a long exercise history and those who suffer serious organic diseases. Among these 100 subjects, 30 are males with the average age of 61.6±3.8 years old and 70 females with the average age of 58.5±4.1 years old. Secondly, divide them into two groups, one of which is the experimental group and the other of blank group. People of the experimental group are expected to do Taijiquan exercise 4 times a week for 24 weeks in all . Results: The CD8 of the male subjects in the experimental group decreases sharply with very significant distinction(P<0.01), while the CD4/ CD8 ratio increases with significant distinction(P<0.05); for female ones, the activity of NK cells and the number of CD4 augment with significant distinction(P<0.05), while the CD8 decreases, leading to the increase of CD4/ CD8 ratio with very significant distinction(P<0.01). Conclusions: 24 weeks of " Health Qigong•Five-Animal Exercises" will contribute to strengthening natural immunity through improving the NK cell activity. Keywords-Taijiquan; T lymphocyte subgroups; NK cells; immunity A Chinese traditional sports event, Taijiquan is a kind of aperiodic aerobic exercise characterized by soft movements and flexible gestures. With the speed-up of people' life tempo and the coming of aging society, awareness has been raised among a remarkable number of individuals, especially the elderly, of the significance of Taijiquan exercises, for it functions well in building body, prolonging life and cultivating tastes as well as mind. This article is to probe into how 24 weeks of Taijiquan exercises affect elderly people's peripheral Blood T lymphocyte subgroups and NK cells and figure out how Taijiquan exercises function in helping build body and prolong life so as to provide scientific support for the popularization of Taijiquan. I. RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS A. Research Participants Firstly, select 100 elderly citizens who have no long exercise history and who do not suffer serious organic diseases from a community, including 30 male subjects with the average age of 61.6±3.8 years old and 70 female ones with the average age of 58.5±4.1 years old. Secondly, divide all the subjects into two groups, either of which includes 15 males and 35 females. Set one as the experimental group in which the subjects are expected to do Taijiquan exercises while the other one as the blank group in which people are supposed to do no fitness exercises.


A complete data set (age, weight, diet and recent donation history; venous blood cell count, serum ferritin and soluble transferrin receptor concentrations and transferrin saturation; HFE genotype) was obtained from 113 male and 122 female blood donors. Progressive iron depletion and deficiency — most apparent from serum concentrations of soluble transferrin receptor divided by the logarithm of ferritin concentrations (the TfR‐F index) — developed in men donating up to six times in 2 years, although the serum ferritin alone was also informative; however, no prediction could be made for those iron‐depleted individuals who will develop iron deficiency after donation. Iron stores in the groups of donors with 'low‐normal' haemoglobin (Hb) concentrations were indistinguishable from those in donors with higher Hb values, whereas donors failing the anaemia screen had reduced stores. This supports the UK policy of accepting donations from people whose Hb concentration is up to 0.5 g/dl below the recommended European threshold. Women eating red meat once a week sustained higher ferritin concentrations, and the iron status of first‐time women donors resembled that of men donating twice each year. Homozygosity for either HFE variant allowed greater iron retention in the face of regular donation, but among heterozygotes the findings were inconclusive.


When a patient presents with esthetic deficits, as a conservative dentist the goal is to treat these patients successfully by establishing proper tooth form, function and esthetics. To achieve this the dentist should choose a proper diagnostic tool that aids him in deciding the treatment plan and also for communicating to the patient. This clinical report presents conservative management of Pathologic migration of left maxillary central incisor with the help of diagnostic casts and mock preparation.


Twelve cases of non-union of long bone were treated with our new method utilizing massive auto-iliac bone graft.Three cases were female and nine male with a mean age at the time of surgery of 48.2 years (34 to 72). The mean length of follow up was two years (7 months to 5 years 2 months). The site of non-union was the clavicle in 3, humerus in 4, fore arm in 2, femur in 2 and tibia in 1.Eleven of 12 cases united solidly with the majority uniting within 5 months after surgery. In one fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus, the grafted bone was absorbed and the internal fixation device (spiral pin) broken. In one clavicular fracture, refracture occurred after removal of internal fixation but went on to achieve union after the second internal fixation.


A multiplier is one of the key hardware blocks in most digital and high performance systems such as FIR filters, digital signal processors and microprocessors etc. A system"s performance is generally determined by the performance of the multiplier because the multiplier is generally the slowest element in the whole system. Furthermore, it is generally the most area consuming. Hence, optimizing the speed and area of the multiplier is a major design issue. However, area and speed are usually conflicting constraints so that improving speed results mostly in larger areas. So here idea is to find out the best trade off solution among the both of them. The result of this work helps to make a proper choice among different adders in booth multiplier that is used in different digital applications according to requirements.


The hypothesis was offered some years ago (Greenwood, 1961) that critical bandwidth in man was an exponential function of distance on the basilar membrane. Integration of the function yielded directly a frequency‐position curve fitting Bekesy's data. Thus critical bandwidth in man was apparently proportional, and if distance was scaled in millimeters, numerically equal, to the derivative of the frequency‐position function. It was unlikely, however, that critical bandwidth would correspond to the same distance in species with cochleas of different sizes. Scale relations between frequency‐position functions of a few species, and between displacement envelopes in four species (Greenwood, 1962), suggested that critical bandwidth might correspond to scale‐related distances, implying changes among species in the constant of proportionality to the derivative of the frequency‐position function. Based on a 1‐mm distance in man, some unpublished calculations of scaled distances were made for other species. Subseque...