The human monoamine-form phenol sulfotransferase (PST), SULT1A3, has a unique 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (Dopa)/tyrosine-sulfating activity that is stereospecific for their d-form enantiomers and can be stimulated dramatically by Mn2+. This activity is not present in the simple phenol-form PST, SULT1A1, which is otherwise >93% identical to SULT1A3 in amino acid sequence. The majority of the differences between these two proteins reside in two variable regions of their sequences. Through the characterization of chimeric PSTs where these two regions were exchanged between them, it was demonstrated that variable Region II of SULT1A3 is required for the stereospecificity of its Dopa/tyrosine-sulfating activity, whereas variable Region I of SULT1A3 is required for the stimulation by Mn2+ of this activity. Further studies using point-mutated SULT1A3s mutated at amino acid residues in these two regions and deletional mutants missing residues 84–86 and 84–90 implicate residue Glu-146 (in variable Region II of SULT1A3), as well as the presence of residues 84–90 of variable Region I, in the stereospecificity in the absence of Mn2+. Residue Asp-86 (in variable Region I of SULT1A3), on the other hand, is critical in the Mn2+ stimulation of the Dopa/tyrosine-sulfating activity of SULT1A3. A model is proposed, with reference to the reported x-ray crystal structure of SULT1A3, to explain how the normal role of SULT1A3 in dopamine regulation may be subverted in the presence of Mn2+. These studies could be relevant in understanding the stereoselective action of SULT1A3 on chiral drugs.


Energy efficiency optimization is the main driving force for ship emission mitigation. The challenge that is faced by owners today is to optimally combine some of these measures in order to obtain a fuel efficient and environmentally friendly ship at the lower investment cost as possible in the present economical down turn and reinforced environmental regulation. In that perspective, BG Group and Bureau Veritas have engaged a revolutionary new LNG ship design research. Current designs are already highly efficient, with the hull form optimized for a certain operating profile, along with various energy saving features, coupled to TDFE (Tri-Fuel Diesel-Electric) or 2-stroke propulsion plants.


We study the diphoton excesses near 750 GeV recently reported by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations within the context of a phenomenologically interesting intersecting/magnetized D-brane model on a toroidal orientifold. It is shown that the model contains a Standard Model singlet scalar as well as vector-like quarks and leptons. In addition, it is shown that the singlet scalar has Yukawa couplings with vector-like quarks and leptons such that it may be produced in proton-proton collisions via gluon fusion as well as decay to diphotons through loops involving the vector-like quarks. Moreover, the required vector-like quarks and leptons may appear in complete SU(5) multiplets so that gauge coupling unification may be maintained. Finally, it is shown that the diphoton signal may be accommodated within the model.


Even before the development of magnetic resonance imaging, scientists and engineers repeatedly predicted that, despite the theoretical potential of high eld, physical and engineering challenges would prevent the practical realization of gains in signal to noise. Many of the arguments used to disparage high eld MRI can be divided into issues of uniform excitation, image distortion, and patient safety. In the former category lies challenges such as RF penetration limitations, dielectric resonances, coil self-resonance, coil-sample interactions, and RF power requirements, which may prevent uniform B1 can best be studied with numerical modeling techniques. Within the second category are e ects such as chemical shift artifact, susceptibility distortions, and contrast convergence that can be well studied through analytic techniques and methodical manipulation of imaging parameters. In the category of safety belong RF power deposition and magnetohydrodynamic e ects. In this thesis, issues of static eld safety will be exhaustively explored and investigation of image contrast and quality will be undertaken to assess the potential of the 8 Tesla system for human neuroimaging. This thesis will speci cally examine the theoretical risk of cardiac arrhythmia from induced currents and demonstrate the negligible cardiac, cognitive, and physiological bioe ects through animal and human studies. The extent of signal to noise ratio enhancement possible at 8 Tesla will be assessed and harnessed to obtain high resolution whole brain images. In the end, experimental results and analysis


Corresponding ways and skills in translating English practical writing is one of important parts in English writing and translation.The principle of equality should be obeyed when we do the translation.Combined with the skills of corresponding,paraphrase,etc,E-C translation and C-E translation of practical writing can be realized up to semantic equality and stylistic equality.


Corynespora cassicola, Curvularia sp., Curvularia lunata, Fusarium oxysporum, F. monilifonne, Monilia sp. and Trichoderma harzianum were isolated from Parthenium infested soil of Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. Spore suspension as well as culture filtrates of F. oxysporum and F. monilifonne were highly pathogenic to the weed and its seed germination and their pre-emergence and post-emergence applications at 5% level resulted in complete inhibition of seed germination and 100% wilt incidence, respectively. T. harzianum was highly pathogenic to the Parthenium seeds only but not to the established weed.


Objective:To critically appraise the topic, questioning whether administering antiviral medication in case of Ramsay Hunt syndrome improves the restoration of facial nerve function.Methods:We reviewed the literature on this subject and calculated the odds ratios for the different treatment modalitie


Global Software Development (GSD) is getting fame in the software industry gradually. However, in GSD, multiple and diverse stakeholders are involved in the development of complex software systems. GSD introduces several challenges, i.e. physical distance, time zone, culture difference, language barriers. As requirements play a significant role in any software development. The greatest challenge in GSD environment is to maintain a consistent view of the system even if the requirements change. But at the same time single change in the requirement might affect several other modules. In GSD different people use terms and have different ways of expressing the concepts for which people at remote sites are unable to get uniformity regarding the semantics of the terms. In a global environment requires effective communication and coordination. However, to overcome inconsistencies and ambiguities among the team members and to make the team members aware of the consistent view, a shared and common understanding is required. In this paper an approach beneficial to software industry has been proposed, focusing on changing requirements in a Global Software Development environment. A case study has been used for the evaluation of the proposed approach. Therefore, Requirements change management process has been improved by applying the approach of the case study. The proposed approach is beneficial to the software development organizations where frequent changes occur. It guided the software industry to provide the common understandings to all the development teams residing in remote locations.


Ab initio Hartee--Fock (HF) and multiconfiguration Hartee--Fock (MCHF) calculations have been carried out to characterize the reactants, transition state, and products of the electrophilic addition of O(/sup 3/P) to the ..pi.. bond of ethylene. The results show that the diradical product CH/sub 2/CH/sub 2/O is stable with respect to the reactants. The transition state has C/sub s/ symmetry, not C/sub 2v/, with the oxygen atom localized on one of the two double-bond C atoms.


With the Spanish government now implementing direct rule of Catalonia from Madrid, despite the Catalan parliament making a declaration of independence, what lies ahead for both Catalonia and Spain? Luis Moreno explains that the results of the new Catalan elections that have been proposed for 21 December could be key to determining the outcome of the crisis, but other factors such as the response of the pro-independence parties, or the potential for a major constitutional reform, will also be crucial in the weeks and months ahead.


Analyzing data from Caucasians participating in a multicentered population‐based case‐control study of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and HLA type in the US, we found persons with the A2 antigen to have a significantly lower risk than those with other antigens at the A locus [odds ratio (OR), 0.46; 95% confidence interval (C1), 0.21–0.96]. The protective association was stronger among presumptive homozygotes for A2. Similar results were obtained when cases were compared with US Caucasians typed either as part of the Collaborative Transplant Study, or by the 9th International Histocompatibility Workshop. These results are supported by a statistical summary of odds ratios for A2 from a number of previous studies in non‐Chinese (summary OR, 0.69; 95% C1, 0.54–0.88). The odds ratio for patients with squamous‐cell carcinomas was 0.56; among 7 patients with undifferentiated tumors the OR was 0.14. Results from in vitro studies of immune response to Epstein‐Barr virus have found that the HLA‐A2 antigen efficiently presents the EBV gene product LMP‐2, which has been detected in NPC tumor cells. This offers a rationale for the observed protective association between the HLA‐A2 antigen and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.


We present the first results from our high-precision infrared (IR) astrometry program at the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope. We measure parallaxes for 83 ultracool dwarfs (spectral types M6–T9) in 49 systems, with a median uncertainty of 1.1 mas (2.3%) and as good as 0.7 mas (0.8%). We provide the first parallaxes for 48 objects in 29 systems, and for another 27 objects in 17 systems, we significantly improve upon published results, with a median (best) improvement of 1.7 times (5 times). Three systems show astrometric perturbations indicative of orbital motion; two are known binaries (2MASS J0518−2828AB and 2MASS J1404−3159AB) and one is spectrally peculiar (SDSS J0805+4812). In addition, we present here a large set of Keck adaptive optics imaging that more than triples the number of binaries with L6–T5 components that have both multi-band photometry and distances. Our data enable an unprecedented look at the photometric properties of brown dwarfs as they cool through the L/T transition. Going from ≈L8 to ≈T4.5, flux in the Y and J bands increases by ≈0.7 mag and ≈0.5 mag, respectively (the Y- and J-band "bumps"), while flux in the H, K, and L′ bands declines monotonically. This wavelength dependence is consistent with cloud clearing over a narrow range of temperature, since condensate opacity is expected to dominate at 1.0–1.3 μm. Interestingly, despite more than doubling the near-IR census of L/T transition objects, we find a conspicuous paucity of objects on the color–magnitude diagram just blueward of the late-L/early-T sequence. This "L/T gap" occurs at (J − H)MKO = 0.1–0.3 mag, (J − K)MKO = 0.0–0.4 mag, and implies that the last phases of cloud evolution occur rapidly. Finally, we provide a comprehensive update to the absolute magnitudes of ultracool dwarfs as a function of spectral type using a combined sample of 314 objects.


In our daily life, Android Smart Phone users are increasing day by day. Many users of Android Phone use to play games for the sake of entertainment. The Color Card Game is a very famous game in sub-continent in which 4 players use to play at a time. The cards game is one of the most popular game in all over the world. Cards game can be played by different rules and regulations. Most famous one version is the Rang (color card). It is very popular in subcontinent. It's a four player card game which enables the players to enhance their mathematical calculation & run-time decision making capabilities by making them to win only if they've demonstrated practical skills. During the game, eldest hand makes trumps after the first five cards have been dealt, and trick-play is typically stopped after one party has won seven tricks. A special bonus is awarded if one party wins the first seven tricks, or even all tricks. We are providing a platform where a player will be virtually connected and can play this game with friends with help of Internet or blue tooth.


Abstract We applied in vitro techniques in culturing glochidia of the thick-shelled river mussel Unio crassus, seriously threatened European species. Glochidia were freshly isolated from a gravid female. The sterile phase of the cultures was terminated at different time points to assess the optimal length of this phase. We imitated the process of juvenile excision from a fish host by diluting the culture with water at regular time intervals. The metamorphosed juveniles that survived until the end of the experiment and started growing their shells were observed for 24–27 days from the start of the culture in samples diluted for the first time between days 13 and 17. Long-lasting cultures usually became infected and died, whereas in those that were terminated too early, glochidia were unable to develop further in clean water. The transfer of juveniles from an artificial medium to pure water should be done gradually, through a series of dilutions, so that the larvae have the opportunity to feed on the diluted medium after metamorphosis. Only individuals with an active foot capable of operating outside the shell were ready to inhabit water and forage on solid food from the external environment.


As one of many design variables, the role of dimension tolerances is to restrict the amount of size variation in a manufactured feature while ensuring functionality. In this study, a nonlinear integer model has been modeled to allocate the optimal tolerance to each individual feature at a minimum manufacturing cost. While a normal distribution determines statistically worst tolerances with its symmetrical property in many previous tolerance allocation studies, a asymmetrical distribution is more realistic because its mean is not always coincident with a process center. A nonlinear integer model is modeled to allocate the optimal tolerance to a feature based on a beta distribution at a minimum total cost. The total cost as a function of tolerances is defined by machining cost and quality loss. After the convexity of manufacturing cost is checked by the Hessian matrix, the model is solved by the Complex Method. Finally, a numerical example is presented demonstrating successful model implementation for a nonlinear design case.


s: International Congress FIRB 2003 project: nanosized Cancer polymarker Biochip 207 pREdICTIoN of pRoTEIN AdSoRpTIoN oN SElf-ASSEmblEd moNolAyERS of fUNCTIoNAlIzEd AlkANETHIolS oN gold ElECTRodE fRom molECUlAR dyNAmICS SImUlATIoNS dEan cErin1, radovan toth1, vladiMir FrEcEr1,2 1Laboratory of Molecular, Biostructural and nanomaterial Modeling, Consortium of AREA Science park of Trieste, AREA Science park, Trieste Italy 2Cancer Research Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava Slovakia A conductometric immunosensor for simultaneous detection of multiple cancer markers in blood samples transduces antigen-antibody binding events directly into changes in capacitance measured by an array of electrodes on the biochip. Changes in the response capacitance signal depend on the mass and type of adsorbed macromolecules on the electrode's surface. They reflect specific binding of cancer markers onto antibodies immobilized on the gold electrodes, which are coated typically with functionalized alkanethiol linkers. At the same time, the signal changes include the amount of simultaneous non-specific adsorption of biomolecules from the untreated blood sample on the surface of the sensing electrode. Thus, in the signal, the number of antigen-antibody complexes formed (indicating the analyte concentration within the sample) is blurred by the non-specific adsorption of macromolecules that occurs mainly at the free surface of the alkanethiol thin film coating the gold electrode. This adsorption is to a larger extent controlled by the surface hydrophobicity and structure of the self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of functionalized alkanethiol linkers, which are used for covalent immobilization of monoclonal antibodies on gold electrodes. Thus, selection of the linker type and preparation of the SAM, which forms the interface between the sample components and the electrode material, is an important part of the biosensor development. Computer simulations on the models of SAMs can help to select suitable types of linkers and predict the physicochemical characteristics of the SAM surfaces by connecting the chemical structure of the linker molecules to the properties of the thin film surface. We have used molecular dynamics simulations of SAMs composed of six types of alkanethiol linkers of variable structure containing different functional groups and their mixtures to characterize the coating film surfaces in terms of film thickness, linker chains order and packing, mean surface hydrophobicity, permeability to water and inter-linker cohesion energy. Our computational predictions indicate that the composition of the mixtures of alkanethiol linkers and the presence of hydrophilic fragments located close to the terminal function group of the chain, such as ethylene glycol or isopropanol, can significantly reduce the surface hydrophobicity of the thin film and consequently decrease the interfering non-specific adsorption of biomacromolecules.


Derivatives of 3-substituted pyrroles were spread at the air−water interface. Stable films could be obtained for pyrroles with side chains containing more than 10 carbons. 3-Hexadecanoylpyrrole could not be polymerized as a monolayer whereas the alkyl derivatives could be polymerized successfully without having additional monomer in the subphase. The monolayers could be transferred onto hydrophobic substrates with transfer ratios close to unity. The polymers formed were soluble in chloroform and tetrahydrofuran. Molecular-weight averages obtained by gel permeation chromatography ranged from 3500 to 6000 when polymerized on ammonium peroxydisulfate and 5000 to 15000 when polymerized on ferric chloride subphase solutions. 1H NMR indicates that the polymerization is highly regular, leading to a constitutionally ordered 2,5-poly(3-alkylpyrrole).


As customer churn has become a critical business issue for most mobile telecommunications providers, predictive modeling based on knowledge discovery of data mining is an approach being used to facilitate customer retention more effectively and proactively. This paper reports a preliminary study of applying data mining to solve a real-world customer attrition problem. It uses customer information to make predictions about the likelihood of churn. The target rate is very small, around 0.5% monthly churn rate. Nevertheless, by scrutinizing data to extract a large number of independent variables and by using a large training data set, the predictive model delivers excellent performance in field test. Issues in the practical application of data mining are also discussed.


Simple Summary The protective effect of niacin on growth performance and gut health of weaned piglets and the underlying mechanism remains unclear despite it being a common additive in pig diets. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of niacin on growth performance, intestinal morphology, intestinal mucosal immunity, and colonic microbiota in weaned piglets. Our results show that niacin supplementation significantly improved the growth performance in piglets as compared with those given a niacin receptor antagonist. Niacin also significantly improved the relative abundance of beneficial bacteria in the colon and alleviate the inflammatory response in the intestinal mucosa as compared with control piglets and those given a niacin receptor antagonist. These results provide new insight into the beneficial effects of niacin on growth performance and gut health in weaned piglets. Abstract This study aimed to investigate the effects of niacin on growth performance, intestinal morphology, intestinal mucosal immunity, and colonic microbiota in weaned piglets. A total of 96 weaned piglets (Duroc × (Landrace × Yorkshire), 21-d old, 6.65 ± 0.02 kg body weight (BW)) were randomly allocated into 3 treatment groups (8 replicate pens per treatment, each pen containing 4 males; n = 32/treatment) for 14 d. Piglets were fed a control diet (CON) or the CON diet supplemented with 20.4 mg/kg niacin (NA) or an antagonist for the niacin receptor GPR109A (MPN). The results showed that NA or MPN had no effect on ADG, ADFI, G/F or diarrhea incidence compared with the CON diet. However, compared with piglets in the NA group, piglets in the MPN group had lower ADG (p = 0.042) and G/F (p = 0.055). In comparison with the control and MPN group, niacin supplementation increased the villus height and the ratio of villus height to crypt depth (p < 0.05), while decreasing the crypt depth in the duodenum (p < 0.05). Proteomics analysis of cytokines showed that niacin supplementation increased the expression of duodenal transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), jejunal interleukin-10 (IL-10) and ileal interleukin-6 (IL-6) (p < 0.05), and reduced the expression of ileal interleukin-8 (IL-8) (p < 0.05) compared with the control diet. Piglets in the MPN group had significantly increased expression of ileal IL-6, and jejunal IL-8 and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) (p < 0.05) compared with those in the control group. Piglets in the MPN group had lower jejunal IL-10 level and higher jejunal IL-8 level than those in the NA group (p < 0.05). The mRNA abundance of duodenal IL-8 and ileal granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) genes were increased (p < 0.05), and that of ileal IL-10 transcript was decreased (p < 0.05) in the MPN group compared with both the control and NA groups. Additionally, niacin increased the relative abundance of Dorea in the colon as compared with the control and MPN group (p < 0.05), while decreasing that of Peptococcus compared with the control group (p < 0.05) and increasing that of Lactobacillus compared with MPN supplementation (p < 0.05). Collectively, the results indicated that niacin supplementation efficiently ensured intestinal morphology and attenuated intestinal inflammation of weaned piglets. The protective effects of niacin on gut health may be associated with increased Lactobacillus and Dorea abundance and butyrate content and decreased abundances of Peptococcus.


Background and Objectives:Determining the presence of viable myocardium has prognostic and therapeutic implications in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of dobutamine echocardiography (DE to detect viable myocardium and predict the late improvement of regional left ventricular dysfunction after AMI. Methods:Twenty-five patients (male 24, mean age 57±9.6 with AMI underwent DE (dobutamine:0, 5, 10 and 20 μ gm/kg/min in 4.8±2.2 days after infarction. Revascu- larization of infarct related artery was performed in 20 patients (percutaneous coronary angioplasty 18, coronary artery bypass graft surgery 2. A follow-up 2D-echocardiography was performed at 7.1±2.3 months after AMI. Results:1 Improvement of regional wall motion abnormality (RWMA was observed in 12 patients during DE(DE (+ group). Thirteen patients showed no improvement of RWMA(DE (- group). 2 In follow-up 2D-echocardiography, 10 patients showed improvement of RWMA among DE (+ group (positive predictive value=83.3%. Two patients showed improvement of RWMA among DE (- group (negative predictive value=84.6%. Sensitivity and specificity of DE in predictiong late recovery of RWMA were 83.3% and 84.6% each. DE performed in the early stage of AMI seems to be useful in prediction of late recovery of regional left ventricular dysfunction. (Korean Circulation J 1998;28(9 :1473-1479


Based on hundreds Chinese literatures related with Telemedicine in Chinese Journal Full-text Database from1994to2003,using different skills supported by the search engine,the different search results have been achieved by year,by content and fields.Statistics of the literatures have been made into graphs.The fluctuation of Chinese telemedicine literatures has been compared with the searching result from MEDLINE database.The discussion has given on the factors which impacted on the fluctuation of the statistics graphs,the forecast of the development of telemedicine and the quantity of literatures has been given briefly.


A simple non.equilibrium thermodynamics is developed and a particular example is studied. The theory is formulated to describe a viscoelastic fluid, capable of finite deformation, which need not be locally in or near a state of thermodynamic equilibrium. This fluid may support shear stresses only when away from local thermodynamic equilibrium _ A notion of time-temperature superposition is contained in the formulation of the constitutive equations. Conservation of energy is obeyed and the second law of thermudynamics is satisfied as a consequence of simple requirements on the constitutive relations. In an adiabatic isochoric motion the temperature increases when work is done on the material and decreases when the material does work. For given volume and temperature, e ntropy decrea ses whe n the mate rial is deformed from equ il ibrium . It is s hown in what general way viscos it y depends upon te mperature . For infinites imal s train, the special form of the stress-s train relations are derived in order to de termine how t.e mpe rature and t ime-t e mperature supe rpos ition e nte r in thi s case.


Conditions requiring emergency surgery and trauma care are still common in emergency systems and require immediate evaluation and timely resolution even during a pandemic as is currently happening with COVID-19, a scenario that threatens to affect their capacity to provide care5,8. In these cases, certain measures must be taken for the special care of health care workers and their patients, who are often admitted in critical condition and require an immediate surgical intervention that does not allow for any delay. For this purpose, an algorithm should be developed with recommendations which include a checklist to guide surgeons working in emergency and trauma systems about the issues to consider for the appropriate management and treatment of these conditions and for preparation of perioperative environments during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ultimate goal is to maintain adequate care with the necessary and required protection in each case5,8,11, raising awareness of the importance of preserving capacity to respond to these conditions that routinely occur in our community.


American bullfrog (Rana castesbeiana) saxiphilin (RcSxph) is a high-affinity 'toxin sponge' protein thought to prevent intoxication by saxitoxin (STX), a lethal bis-guanidinium neurotoxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) by blocking voltage-gated sodium channels (NaVs). How specific RcSxph interactions contribute to STX binding has not been defined and whether other organisms have similar proteins is unclear. Here, we use mutagenesis, ligand binding, and structural studies to define the energetic basis of Sxph:STX recognition. The resultant STX 'recognition code' enabled engineering of RcSxph to improve its ability to rescue NaVs from STX and facilitated discovery of ten new frog and toad Sxphs. Definition of the STX binding code and Sxph family expansion among diverse Anurans separated by ∼140 million years of evolution provides a molecular basis for understanding the roles of toxin sponge proteins in toxin resistance and for developing novel proteins to sense or neutralize STX and related PSP toxins. Teaser A conserved STX recognition motif from frog and toad saxiphilins defines molecular principles of paralytic toxin binding.


Abstract The effect of heal treatment on the evolution of reactivity of a highly porous pure synthetic char was studied with the aid of Raman scattering measurements. Two sets of experiments were carried out. A) Samples were oxidized in air at 600°C without heat treatment and Raman spectra were measured as a function of conversion. B) Samples were heat-treated in the range 900-1400 °C, in nitrogen, then characterized by micro-Raman spectroscopy, in the range 800-1800 cm−1, and then oxidized by air at 500 °C and by CO2 at 900 °C in a thermogravimetric balance. In all Raman scattering measurements the G and D bands were dominant and a weak "1180 cm−1" band was apparent. The following conclusions can be drawn from results of experiments A and B respectively: A) Throughout reaction with oxygen the most significant changes in reactivity and Raman features occur in the conversion range 0- 30%. This is consistent with previous measurements of thermal resistivity and intrinsic reaction rate. B) Heal treatment up to 900 °C at time duration up to 300 minutes did not show any effect on reactivity. Decrease in reactivity was apparent at and beyond 1200 °C. The characteristics of each of the three Raman bands showed clear correlation with reactivity changes both in air and CO2. These were attributed to morphological (dimensions and ordering) changes in the rearrangement of the carbon network structure, as previously suggested. Interpretation of these changes and their effect on reactivity is proposed.


A breakthrough in molecular biology — discovery of the fused BCR-ABL gene that drives cell proliferation in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) — led


North east India is rich in medicinal plant diversity. Manipur, a state of north-eastern India, which falls in the Indo-burma border is known for its ecologically distinctive and rich biodiversity, having many endemic flora and fauna and rich cultural diversity. Herbs and spices form a very important part of Manipuri cuisine, specially for the Meitei community. The Meitei community typically raise vegetables in their kitchen garden therefore their cuisine is very much seasonal. In this article 14 herbs and vegetables are included for study. Some of the herbs are- Mayang-ton (lemon basil), Mukthrubi (Chamelon plant), Phakpai ( Polygonum posumber ) etc. Further many large varieties of vegetables that are used in daily meals are found in and around the region and not seen elsewhere. Some of them are Yongchak (tree bean), Sougri ( Hibiscus Cannabinus ), Yeli (water caltrop) etc. These herbs and vegetables are used in day to day life but people are mostly unaware of the various health benefit of them. Now it's high time to make the general masses aware about the benefits of their own traditional cuisine. Redefining them through Ayurvedic perspective will enable in knowing the medicinal action on Dosha and will help in promoting the knowledge to local people and physician to use these local herbs and vegetables appropriately and wisely on different disease treatment and prevention.


Objectives: To assess the prevalence of selected cardiovascular risk factors and their association with various anthropometric measures in a sample of women using family practice clinics at the Jordan University Hospital.
Methods: Hospital records of 280 Jordanian women aged 25 years and over attending family practice clinics were reviewed. Information on anthropometric measures (BMI, waist circumference, waist/hip and waist/height ratios) and selected cardiovascular risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia) were collected. Prevalence of risk factors and anthropometric measures were assessed. Association between cardiovascular risk factors and anthropometric indices were investigated.
Results: 27% and 22.5% of the study sample had hypertension and diabetes, respectively;
40%- 60% had an abnormal lipid profile. The prevalence of obesity using BMI, waist circumference, waist/hip and waist/height ratios were 43.6%, 74.3%, 64.6% and 86.1%, respectively.
Larger values of BMI were found to be significantly (p≤0.05) associated with diabetes and hypercholesterolemia. The prevalence of almost all cardiovascular risk factors increased with larger waist circumference. Waist/height ratio was significantly associated with diabetes, low HDL, hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia, whereas waist/hip ratio showed a significant association with diabetes only. It was also observed that waist circumference was the only index found to be associated with hypertension while none of the indices showed a significant association with raised S.LDL.
Conclusion: Abdominal obesity indices were found to be better markers for cardiovascular risk morbidity than the BMI.
Assessment of these indices should be incorporated within the routine practice of family medicine clinics.


In this paper the author gives a methodological discussion on the problem of how to control a complex real ecosystem to make it satiafy the predetermined requirements. The main contents of this paper are: (1) The essential characteristics of a complex ecosystem from the control point of view, and (2) a possible scheme for the control of a real complex ecosystem without using clearly expressed mathematical models.


SINR duality is shown in a multi-input single-output (MISO) interference channel (IFC) and its dual SIMO with linear transmit (Tx) beamformers (BF). While uplink (UL) downlink (DL) duality for the SINR balancing (max min SINR) beamforming problem under the sum power constraint is well-established between the Broadcast channel (BC) and its (easier to solve) UL Multiple Access (MAC) dual channel, such duality does not at first seem relevant for the IFC. We show that SINR duality under the sum power constraint nevertheless holds in the MISO IFC leading to BF design through similar considerations as the BC-MAC case. We next impose further per-Tx power constraints meaningful for the IFC structure and show continued existence of SINR duality in the MISO IFC and the corresponding UL SIMO dual channel, but this time with a different UL noise. The beamformers, Tx powers and noise variances are found through an iterative algorithm.


The Scops Owl is a regular nesting species in the coastal areas of Croatia, but during the second half of the 20'th century its populations declined considerably. There are no data available about the size of the population breeding on the island of Solta, thus we count them them acorrding to calling individuals, berween 21 and 30 May 2008. The surveys were made in 8 settlements, between 21.00-23.00h each night. In total, 13 birds were heard calling at six localities: Maslinica, Donje Selo, area 2 km west of Donje Selo, Srednje Selo, Grohote, Rogac and Gornje Selo.


Given a convex polytope P with n edges in \(\Bbb R\) 3 , we present a relatively simple algorithm that preprocesses P in O(n) time, such that, given any two points \(s,t \in \partial P\) , and a parameter 0 < \(\varepsilon \le\) 1, it computes, in O(log n) /ɛ 1.5 + 1/ ɛ 3 ) time, a distance Δ P (s,t) , such that d P (s,t)\(\leq\)Δ P (s,t)\(\leq\) (1+ɛ )d P (s,t) , where d P (s,t) is the length of the shortest path between s and t on \(\partial{P}\) . The algorithm also produces a polygonal path with O (1/ɛ 1.5 ) segments that avoids the interior of P and has length Δ P (s,t) .


Introduction: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common complication of mitral valve disease, but the prognostic significance of PH after mitral valve surgery (MVS) is unclear. Hypothesis: Post-operative PH after mitral valve repair or replacement is associated with worse survival. Methods: Retrospective study at a single, tertiary medical center (1995-2015) using echo database. Patients with moderate-severe or severe regurgitation and/or stenosis who had 1) preoperative transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) within 6 months of MVS; 2) post-operative TTE at least 30 days after MVS; 3) right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) measurement on both TTEs. The primary endpoint of the study was survival after post-op TTE. Non-parametric Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate distribution of time to death related to severity of pre-op and post-op RVSP. Cox proportional hazards modeling was used to evaluate the relationship between post-op RVSP and survival with adjustment for co-variates including pre-op RVSP. Results: 259 patients met inclusion criteria. Median time to post-operative TTE from MVS was 244 (IQR 86, 421) days. The mean RVSP was 47.2 (16) mm Hg. Following MVS, a statistically significant decrease in the post-operative compared with pre-operative RVSP was observed for the overall cohort (mean RVSP 39.1 [14.0] mm Hg), specifically in patients with baseline RVSP ≥35 mm Hg, but 53 (20.5%) patients had post-op RVSP >50 mm Hg. PH after MVS was significantly associated with lower survival in follow-up in the unadjusted log-rank test for trend (Figure). Post-op RVSP, but not pre-op RVSP, was significantly associated with mortality in the Cox proportional hazards model with adjustment for age, race, comorbidities, mitral stenosis, and if performed, mitral replacement size (RVSP >50mm Hg vs. RVSP ≥35 mm Hg: HR 2.214, 95% CI 1.316, 3.724, p=0.0027). Conclusion: Post-operative PH is significantly associated with lower survival after mitral valve surgery.


Impedance adjustment circuit generates code configured to generate an enable signal generator, and responsive to the enable signal using an external resistor that is connected to the electrode impedance adjustment code configured to generate the enable signal in response to the chip select signal section, and a connection control unit configured to control the code generator and the connection of the electrode in response to the enable signal. Impedance, the die (Die)


A highly sensitive and broadband method of obtaining the permeability of magnetic film without limitations in sample size was developed based on the high frequency impedance of microstrip meander probe and magnetic film. The probe (5.6 mm × 5 mm, 2 turns) was scanned in the vicinity of a CoNbZr thin film (50 × 50 mm, 0.1 μm thick), and the permeability was optimized by Newton-Raphson method in a frequency range of 10 MHz - 8 GHz. The measured values roughly corresponded to theoretical values based on the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation and eddy current generation. The proposed method shows promise for measuring the permeability of wafer-sized samples in-line because it is not restricted by size limitations.


METHODS for the quantitative concentration of urinary gonadotropic substances, being of primary importance in the determination of the rate of excretion of such substances, have attracted considerable attention in the past few years. Particularly interest has been attached to the application of such methods to the urines of normal individuals which, because they contain very small amounts of active material, must be concentrated into proportionally small volumes of nontoxic extract in order to be suitable for all animal assay. Several years ago, on the basis of experiments with the urines of post-menopausal and ovariectomized women, we (I) suggested that tannic acid is an effective precipitant for urinary gonadotropin. That the precipitation is quantitative was determined by comparing the yields obtained by this method with those by assay of the raw urine or of alcohol precipitates thereof. The alcohol precipitation is generally assumed to be and probably is quantitative but, as is well known, extracts pr...


Using a plurality of sub-carrier method for transmitting multi-dimensional constellation is also includes the step of dividing the data packet and the step for dividing the carrier into a plurality of subcarrier groups into a plurality of sub-packets. Method, a first sub-carrier group of the plurality of sub-carrier group of the plurality of sub-packets allocating a first sub-packet, and a second sub-carrier group of the plurality of sub-carrier group of the plurality of subpackets second sub further comprises the step of assigning to the packet. In addition, the method comprising: transmitting a plurality of subpackets to a receiver, based on the quality of the transmission of the first subpacket of a plurality of sub-packets determining whether to continue using the first subcarrier group, and a plurality of sub-packets based on the quality of the transmission of the second sub-packets of a step of determining whether the first continue using the second subcarrier group.


Model prediction control techniqu e is the representative of advanced process control techniques and the technique h as the following characteristics:the output variation of controlled plant and the deviation between controlled variants and standard values in future time c ould be predicted beforehand by the application of prediction models,and the pr ediction could be used as the evidence for the determination of control function s;online optimized strategy of rolling limited time intervals could be adopted ;closed cycle op-timization formed by means of feedback information.The appli cation practice indicated that DMC and DMO had the advantages of low investment and quick working effects and their application could increase economic profits by3%~6%.(Tran.by YUE Yang)


Unsteady hydromagnetic convective flow of a viscous incompressible electrically conducting heat generating/absorbing fluid within a parallel plate rotating channel in a uniform porous medium under slip boundary conditions is investigated. Exact
solution of the governing equations for fully developed flow is obtained in closed form. Expressions for skin friction due to
primary and secondary flows and Nusselt number at the plate c = 1are also derived. Asymptotic behavior of the solution for the
fluid velocity is analyzed for large values of frequency parameter u to gain some physical insight into the flow pattern. The numerical values of the primary and secondary velocities and fluid temperature are displayed graphically versus channel width variable c for various values of pertinent flow parameters whereas numerical values of skin frictions due to primary and
secondary flows and Nusselt number at the plate c =1 are presented in tabular form for different values of pertinent flow
parameters.


A novel approach for coherent detection with double-side vertically illuminated photodetectors is presented. Signal and local oscillator (LO) are injected collinearly from opposite sides of the photodetector chip. As a result, no optical combiners are required and the concept inherently provides angular selective detection, as the relative angle between signal and LO has a strong influence on the generated RF power. These properties can be exploited for developing compact, solid-state receiver modules in single-channel and arrayed configurations for different sensing and imaging applications, e.g., coherent light detection and ranging (LiDAR).


A Dosiersteuersystem for an exhaust system of an engine comprising: a tank containing a reducing agent solution having urea; an injection device designed to inject the reducing agent solution in an exhaust gas flow upstream of an SCR device; a first and second NOx sensor arranged to detect NOx emissions in the exhaust gas flow upstream and downstream of the SCR device; and a control module. The control module is arranged in signal communication with the first and second NOx sensor and operatively connected to the injection device, wherein the control module is operable to set an original dosage level and dosage of the reducing agent solution, which is injected from the injector, based on one of , is reduced signals received from the first and second NOx sensors taking place determination that occurred under a defined level of the conversion efficiency, a reduction of a conversion efficiency of the SCR device.


The oxidation of steroidal alkenes by potassium permanganate and metal salts in the solid phase gives epoxides with a stereochemistry that can differ from that obtained by the use of per-acids.


The results from a series of balloon flights beginning in 1961 and ending in 1965 are presented. Measurements of the cosmic-ray intensity were made using a dE/dx and E detector sensitive to energies from 15 to 80 Mev/nucleon. Proton and helium intensities at 85 Mev/nucleon are presented for the five-year period covered by the balloon flight series. The behavior of the proton to helium ratio as a function of time is discussed within the framework of Parker's model for the solar modulation of cosmic rays. In 1965 a modified version of the dE/dx and E detector with an extended energy range was flown for the first time. A cosmic-ray helium spectrum from 60 to 500 Mev/nucleon measured by this detector is presented. The change in proton and helium intensities as a function of particle velocity in this energy region from 1963 to 1965 is examined and compared with the results predicted by the various special cases of Parker's model.


Postoperative atrial fibrillation as risk factor for late arrhythmia and cardiovascular death : a six-year follow-up after coronary artery bypass surgery


Pretensioned spherical reticulated mega-structure is studied in this paper. The cable arrangements and support styles of the main structure are first introduced. The static stabilities including the buckling mode and ultimate load of the pretensioned spherical reticulated mega-structure are then investigated by the ANSYS software. The influences of the key parameters such as the rise-span ratio, height of the 3D trussed beams, and the pretension value of cables on the structural stability are studied. And the optimal cable pretension values of the structures with different cable arrangement styles and different rise-span ratios are also obtained.


The paper raises the problem of the influence of chemical pollution with subthreshold doses of Cd and Pb in the trace element composition of hair and nails among 13 year-old adolescents. The presence of hyper-(Cd, Pb) and hypomicroelementoses (Zn, Fe) was detected. It has been found that the chemical pollution of the environment results in increase of heart rate, mode amplitude (АМо) and tension index and decrease of variation amplitude of RR-intervals. This indicates that the central regulatory mechanisms of the heart are in tension and the sympathetic tone predominates. At the same time the blood pressure increases. Correlation and factor analysis showed high significance of higher content of Pb and Cu in the activation of humoral channels, and Cd, in the activation of the sympathetic channel in the cardiac rhythm regulation. The activity of an autonomous circuit of heart rate regulation depends significantly on the level of essential elements – Zn, Fe and Cu. According to the authors, the microelement composition of hair and nails can be used in screening researches as the early marker of functional disorder of the blood circulatory system and environmental trouble.


The purpose of this study was to reveal the effects of ecological environment construction such as soil and water conservation and the Grain for Green Program on hydrological processes in different vegetation type areas on the Loess


IN VITRO and in vivo properties of the attenuated Cendehill strain of rubella virus have been described previously. This strain has been attenuated by serial propagation in primary rabbit kidney cells. It is characterized by the production of an early cytopathic effect in rabbit cultures, by the formation of distinct plaques in RK 13 cells, by loss of intranasal infectivity for the monkey, and by loss of immunogenicity for the rabbit after subcutaneous inoculation. 1,2 Preliminary clinical trials with the Cendehill strain at the 21st and 51st passage levels have been reported previously. 3-6 Although attenuated virus at the 21st passage failed to spread from vaccinated subjects to susceptible contacts, the trials with this passage level were discontinued because mild but typical symptoms of rubella were observed in one of the vaccinees. 4 We report here the results of several clinical trials in children and young adults, with the high-passage


As a result the waste not properly disposed reaches the water sources and therefore our water sources like rivers, lakes and reservoirs that are in close proximity of these urban centers are highly polluted. Most of our cities developed without a proper development plan. Consequently sewage systems of these cities are not well planned. Therefore wastes of homes and industries mixed with the catchment areas of water by the fault sewage system. In developing country like that of ours emphasis has been laid to treat the wastewater and reuse it using the minimum cost involvement. In this sewage treatment plant there is no energy consumption except pump. The studied Treatment plant based on the treatment of sewage using anaerobic as well as facultative decomposition of organic matter. This is a cost effective and energy efficient technology. During the study of the treatment plant it was observed that reduction of total suspended solid is about 82.78. %. In the out let a 71.93% Reduction was observed in the concentration of BOD and 73.19% reduction in the concentration of COD respectively. 83.49% reduction of the value nitrogen and 85.40% reduction in the concentration of phosphate observed, the concentration has decreased remarkably in the final stages of treatment during the course of study. By present study it is came out that after proper management of STP, higher removal efficiency may be achieved; predicted load removal efficiency is 80.94% for BOD, 81.14% for COD, and 91.68% for TSS, 88.12% for Orthophosphate and 90.80% for Nitrate.


Aimed at the structural parameters in the new optical Y-branch, this paper uses the Morris screening method and Sobol method in global sensitivity analysis to analyze the sensitivity of each parameter when the input optical field introduces an offset. The sensitivity parameters of the optical Y-branch are selected, and global sensitivity analysis of the sensitivity parameters is performed. The results of sensitivity analysis improve the parameter optimization process of the optical Y-branch. Finally, the optical Y-branch is optimized to obtain a small insertion loss, good uniformity, low wavelength-dependent loss, and polarization-dependent loss.


This study is done to evaluate how existence of shear-span ratio and shear reinforcing bar effects on shear performance from through shear experiment using PVA fiber reinforced ferroconcrete building. Ratio of shear-span was set 1, 1.7, and arrangement of shear reinforcing bar was set with KCI2012 regulation. In result, subject with less shear-span ratio, and shear reinforcing bar with arrangement of bar shows high stiffness. Subjects with high shear-span ratio show large difference depending on existence of shear reinforcing bar. Therefore, theoretical shear strength followed by CEB code underestimates experimental shear strength by 43.9%. Shear strength of the deep beam with headed bars is more affected by the bearing strength of head than the bond strength of bar.


Analyses of neighborhoods and their role in urban decline and revival, and mainstream sociological theories of crime, have focused attention on neighborhood crime and crime control patterns. Although much has been learned from such work, the effects of economic change on neighborhood social organization have not been taken into account. For example, poor local economic conditions and inadequate participation in the labor market can both cause and result from social disruption. The Vera Institute of Justice recently conducted a study of the effects of metropolitan labor markets and housing patterns on high-crime neighborhoods. Survey and ethnographic research among three Brooklyn, New York, neighborhoods indicated that persistent unemployment among adult residents limited the development of stable households and youth employment opportunities. The resulting lack of informal social controls contributed to the persistence of crime in some poor urban neighborhoods. Property crime, drug sales, and other illegal activities provided income to youths in neighborhoods where legitimate employment options were scarce or provided low wages and sporadic hours. Public policy on crime control in poor neighborhoods has concentrated on providing delinquents with vocational training. The results have not been encouraging, however. Community action programs, inspired by the Mobilization for Youth program, attempted more profound social reforms and met with varying degrees of success.


Michael C. Donaldson, Esq., Los Angeles Anthony Falzone, Lecturer, Executive Director, Fair Use Project, Stanford Law School Lewis Hyde, Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing, Kenyon College; Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University Mizuko Ito, Research Scientist, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California Henry Jenkins, Professor, Program Head, Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Madison, Associate Dean for Research, Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Pamela Samuelson, Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law and Information, University of California, Berkeley Rebecca Tushnet, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Georgetown University Jennifer Urban, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Director of the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, University of Southern California


Objectives The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the bonding ability of antibacterial bonding system to primary dentin was not different from the parental material which did not contain any antibacterial component. Methods Extracted human non-carious primary molars were ground to expose the coronal dentin, and then randomly divided into two experimental groups: treatment with Clearfil Protect Bond or with Clearfil SE Bond (Kuraray Medical Inc.). Composite-dentin sticks with a cross-sectional area of approximately 0.90 mm2 were prepared and subsequently subjected to microtensile bond strength (μTBS) and microshear bond strength (μSBS) tests. For the μTBS tests, specimens were attached to an Instron testing machine with a cyanoacrylate adhesive. For μSBS testing, the sticks were mechanically fixed to the μSBS testing apparatus. The bonds were stressed in shear or tension at a crosshead speed of 1mm/min until failure occurred. Resin-dentin interfaces produced by each system were examined using SEM. The data were analyzed with Mann-Whitney's U test. Results The μTBS and μSBS of Clearfil Protect Bond were 30.69±9.71 and 9.94±3.78 MPa, respectively. Clearfil SE Bond showed significantly greater values of 37.31±9.57 and 12.83±3.15 MPa, respectively. SEM analysis demonstrated similar micro-morphological features including the thickness of the hybrid layer for both materials. Conclusions It was showed that antibacterial self-etching system Clearfil Protect Bond showed lower bond strength values compared to primary dentin than that of to Clearfil SE Bond on primary dentin. (Eur J Dent 2008;2:11–17)


This paper is an attempt to make a conversation between theological education and Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory in the context of the information and technology era. From its emergence in the 1980s, MI theory has been usually applied to education for children or youth. Although it has not been actively applied to adult education, MI theory has strong implications for adult education as well as for theological education. Keeping this in mind, this paper focuses on theological education in terms of such key concepts as: 1) disciplinary understanding, 2) multi-modal teaching and learning methods, 3) Good Work, and 4) a transversal model of interdisciplinary conversation in MI theory. First, the concept of disciplinary understanding of MI theory awakens theological education to the importance of the contextual, performative, and intuitive nature of understanding. Second, the concept of multi-modal teaching and learning methods helps theological education employ various creative and alternative teaching and learning methods. Third, the concept of Good Work imbues theological education with the significance of the unity between the professional and ethical aspect in educating pastoral leadership. Fourth, a transversal model of interdisciplinary conversation provides theological education a fresh way of interdisciplinary dialogue that helps keep both the integrity and intelligence of theology and theological education together. Despite the significance of MI theory for theological education, this paper, however, does not accept the reductionist attitude that MI can provide all the answers to theological education. In this sense, the interdisciplinary dialogue between theology and other disciplines in this paper is made in a transversal manner.


Abstract
 This chapter provides a detailed methodological framework for modelling human population growth, and illustrates how mathematical models can be useful for predicting important information on human population size which, in turn, can contribute to global planning for the future. Specifically, this chapter describes the use of the exponential model to describe the world population, at least for early times between the years 1750 and 1900. Two different approaches are illustrated. The first approach is to try a more complicated model (the quadratic model) to describe our log-populations, where the complexity of the linear model will be increased by using polynomial models. We will discover that this added complexity lets us incorporate some desirable features over and above the exponential model. However, such an approach will have limitations when extrapolated far into the future. The second approach makes use of the difference equations. We will find that this second approach is very powerful, leading us to a detailed model that we can nevertheless understand quite well.


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In the past we have presented work on using nematic liquid crystal spatial light modulators (LC-SLMs) as wavefront correctors for adaptive optics (a summary of which is described in ref. 1 and references therein). For example, at the last OSA/ESO meeting on adaptive optics in Garching (1995) we described a high-quality LC-SLM which had 69-direct driven pixels which was custom designed for adaptive optics applications2. One of the fundamental problems of this device, and of nematic LC-SLMs in general, is that they are inherently polarization sensitive, i.e. they can only phase modulate linearly polarized light. The use of a polarizer, and the associated wastage of light, is unacceptable for many applications, especially astronomy. In this paper we describe an LC-SLM which has been custom designed for adaptive optics and which can phase modulate unpolarized light.


PurposeIn today's global business environment, international assignments have become integral part of employee's job profile. Adaptation to a different cultural environment plays a role in affecting employee's performance. In such a situation, cultural intelligence plays an important role. In order to sustain in a diverse work setting, a global organization entails managers who are sensitive to different cultural requirements. Factors affecting cultural intelligence have been a major area of study. However, studies relating short-term foreign trips and their role on four aspect of cultural intelligence are lacking. Therefore, present study was undertaken to know role of foreign visits in affecting cultural intelligence among professionals of diverse background.Design/methodology/approachThe present study is a primary study conducted for a sample of 120 respondents divided into two groups. One group comprised professionals having experience of foreign visits while other group comprised professionals who had not visited a foreign country. We use Levene's Test for equality of variances was applied to assess the difference of variation of cultural intelligence between two different groups of respondents.FindingsThe results revealed that short-term trips play a significant role in affecting metacognitive, cognitive and motivational components of cultural intelligence. However, behavior cultural intelligence is not affected by short-term trips significantly.Research limitations/implicationsOutcome of present research forms basis for future studies that can be conducted linking long-term trips and culture intelligence. This study is practically useful for improving cultural intelligence of professionals to enhance their success and effectiveness in international assignments.Originality/valueThe study adds novelty to the field of cultural intelligence as prior studies were lacking in relating role of short-term trips on four different components of cultural intelligence.


Development of high-quality and highly-uniform AlN/sapphire templates by using a NH3 pulsed-flow method enabled the fabrication of highly-uniform 270-nm AlGaN-based deep-ultraviolet light-emitting diodes with the external quantum efficiency of over 2%.


The energy consumption of a vehicle is closely related to the resistance it receives, and it is of great significance to study the drag reduction of a vehicle to promote energy conservation and emissions reductions. Boundary layer control drag reduction is mainly achieved by controlling the coherent structure in turbulence and reducing its burst intensity and frequency. It can be divided into an active control drag reduction and passive control drag reduction. In passive drag reduction, the advantages of the surface groove drag reduction are relatively obvious. In this paper, the large eddy simulation method is used to study the boundary layer flow with triangular groove and rectangular groove plates along the flow direction under subsonic flow, and to explore the influence of a surface micro-groove structure on the boundary layer flow. The simulation results show that the fluid inside the groove can be blocked by the triangular groove which can keep the low-velocity fluid at the bottom of the groove, and that it can increase the thickness of the viscous bottom layer as well as reduce the velocity gradient at the wall. The spanwise stress component of the Reynolds stress in the triangular groove boundary layer and the burst of turbulence on the wall are inhibited, and the spanwise flow in the boundary layer is blocked. In the subsonic range, about 10% shear force can be reduced because there are secondary vortices induced by the upper flow vortices at the top of the groove wall, and these secondary vortices can restrain the rising of the low-speed strip in the groove and reduce the burst of turbulence. The rectangular groove creates a weak blocking effect on the fluid inside the groove, which can only inhibit spanwise pulsation under subsonic speed. The wall shear stress cannot be reduced when the flow velocity is low, and it even increases.


In this research, we discuss the current trend on pet adoption in Indonesia and introduce a mobile application called e-dopt to encourage more pet adoption in Indonesia. Pet adoption mobile application is not yet popular in Indonesia, thus the benefit of conducting this research. Within this research, a mobile application to help the pet adoption process has been developed. The mobile application is developed on Android platform and the requirements are gathered by interviews, surveys, and research that have been conducted. The mobile application developed provides convenience for those who wants to adopt or give out pets and also allows businesses in pet product industry to use the mobile application as a sales channel.


A statistical thermodynamic model based on the lattice model proposed by Baskir et al. (1987) was employed to predict the solubilities of globular proteins such as ovalbumin and lysozyme at their isoelectric points in dextran solutions of different molecular weights. The model accounted for protein‐polysaccharide and polysaccharide‐solvent interactions as well as entropy of mixing, and it employed simplifying assumptions such as a linear homogeneous polysaccharide molecule and a spherical globular protein molecule of uniform surface properties. The protein‐polysaccharide interaction parameter χs, obtained by fitting the model to experimental data for one molecular weight of dextran, was found to be 0.132 and 0.115 for ovalbumin and lysozyme, respectively. Solubilities of ovalbumin and lysozyme in dextran solutions of different molecular weights exhibited a shallow maximum at intermediate dextran concentrations and compared well with model predictions. Protein solubility was found to be very sensitive to protein‐polysaccharide interactions and increase with more favorable protein‐polysaccharide interactions (larger χs), less favorable polysaccharide‐solvent interactions (larger χ), smaller size protein molecule, and lower molecular weight polysaccharide.


ABSTRACT Ad hoc network is a collection of wireless mobile nodes which dynamically form a temporary network without the use of any pre-existing network infrastructure or centralized administration. ...


The isolated perfused tail artery of the rat responds by constriction to 1·0 ng (‐)‐noradrenaline, and would be suitable for the assay of sympathomimetic amines. Electrical stimulation of this preparation is shown to activate solely postganglionic adrenergic nerve terminals. Tachyphyllaxis to angiotensin, vasopressin and bradykinin preclude the use of this preparation for their assay.


Brown rot of eggplant caused by Phytophthora capsici has not been reported so far in Korea. The wide distribution of the disease was found at the central Korea including Suweon. The symptom of the disease was characterized by water sealing lesions at first, the color gradually turn brown and a little sunken area on the fruit appearred at the final stage. Dense hyphae and short sporangiophores grew out from the lesions, and they produce abundant zoosporangia on them. The disease was identified from buck-eye rot caused by Phytophthora parasitica in that the cottony growth of hyphae and rare zoosporangia formation. The pathogen was isolated and indentified on the basis of the pathogenecity and morphology comparing with P. parasitica.


A surfactant selective electrode has been used to measure the binding of a series of anionic surfactants to bovine serum albumin (BSA). The measured variation of binding with pH and with surfactant type was consistent with previous studies using equilibrium dialysis. The electrode measurements, in unbuffered solution, agreed with the binding inferred from induced changes in solution pH.A comparison of the relative binding of different surfantants to BSA, as measured in the present and earlier work, does not support the conclusion of other workers that charge delocalisation in the benzene ring can lead to a dramatic enhancement in the binding to proteins of alkylaryl surfactants compared with that of ions with purely aliphatic chains.


Through particle-in-cell simulations and analytics, a host of interesting and novel wave effects in nonstationary plasma are examined. In particular, Langmuir waves serve as a model system to explore wave dynamics in plasmas undergoing compression, expansion, and charge recombination. The entire wave life-cycle is explored, including wave excitation, adiabatic evolution and action conservation, nonadiabatic evolution and resonant wave-particle effects, collisional dissipation, and potential laboratory applications of the aforementioned phenomenology.


The toxicity of some insecticides and their combinations to the fourth instar larvae of Nilaparvata lugens(Stl) were determined in the laboratory with the method of residual film. The results showed that the order of the toxicity of the eight insecticides and their combinations were as follows:chlorpyrifos imidacloprid pyridaben methomylnitenpyrambifenthrinacetamipridpymtrozine. The joint-toxicity of the five combinations were ranged from antagonistic action to synergism. Among them,the imidacloprid plus pyridaben(the volume ratio:1.5∶1) was the largest,while the pyridaben plus pymtrozine(the volume ratio:1.5∶1) was the lowest.


There exist many graph-based applications including bioinformatics, social science, link analysis, citation analysis, and collaborative work. All need to deal with a large data graph. Given a large data graph, in this paper, we study finding top-k answers for a graph pattern query (kGPM), and in particular, we focus on top-k cyclic graph queries where a graph query is cyclic and can be complex. The capability of supporting kGPM provides much more flexibility for a user to search graphs. And the problem itself is challenging. In this paper, we propose a new framework of processing kGPM with on-the-fly ranked lists based on spanning trees of the cyclic graph query. We observe a multidimensional representation for using multiple ranked lists to answer a given kGPM query. Under this representation, we propose a cost model to estimate the least number of tree answers to be consumed in each ranked list for a given kGPM query. This leads to a query optimization approach for kGPM processing, and a top-k algorithm to process kGPM with the optimal query plan. We conducted extensive performance studies using a synthetic dataset and a real dataset, and we confirm the efficiency of our proposed approach.


The theory that citric acid in human ejaculate inhibits the coagulation of the semen and therefore leads to greater mobility of the sperm cells is examined. On the basis of this assumption 52 men from infertile marriages were subjected to examinations of the quantity of the ejaculate its pH the mobility and count of sperm cells and the level of citric acid. In addition 7 other patients with necrospermia were similarly examined before and after treatment with testosterone (50 mg of Agovirin Spofa daily for 30 weeks). 12 normospermia males were a control group. Results showed lower levels of citric acid in normospermia than in pathologically effected ejaculates. Testosterone therapy in necrospermia led to the decrease in the level of citric acid by an average of 20%.


This report represents the first of several in a project funded by the Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). Mark Kojima served as the project liaison from Panasonic. The purpose of this effort was to review the current literature on human factors in the design of traffic management centers, interview personnel at several local traffic management centers, and identify topics that need further research.


This paper presents an improved self-balancing circuit with has high sensitivity.The circuit replaces 6 chips of CD40193 with one CPLD and replaces 2 chips of AD8582 with one AD8582 to get better performance,more flexibility,simpler circuit and less hardware costs than former circuit by optimizing regulating method and circuit structure.It replaces 2 chips of AD8582 with one AD8582 to offer balance reference voltage,so as to essentially guarantee circuit precision.The circult optimizes regulating initial value from fixed type to variable type,and regulating step from fixed type to dynamic variable type,improves sensitivity from ±40 mV to ±4 mV,and at last,adds balance flag.


An intermediate maintenance was carried out for Baogang No. 3 blast furnace during January to April, 2002, and the structure of cooling equipment for each part of the furnace was modified at the same time. After 2 years running, the furnace has proved to have a good cooling effect.


Using "scanning sample" methods for qualifying and quantifying behavioral acts of queens and workers belonging to fifteen colonies of Polistes canadensis canadensis, one hundred hours of observation were performed. A behavioral repertoire with twenty-eight acts was described, in which queens perform nineteen acts in the colony, while workers perform twenty-six, and seventeen common acts between the two castes occur. Among those acts, two were exclusive to queen's repertoire and nine to worker's. Chi-square test pointed significant differences between the repertoires of the two castes, where the queens remain longer in the nest and perform the intra-nidal tasks, related to the reproduction, while the workers perform more frequently tasks related to the maintenance of the colonies, such as the foraging, which demands higher risks and high energetic costs.


Currently the Brazilian economy is rooted in the service sector, through the quality to be treated as a competitive advantage and differential in the business. then the need arises, by the company in improving your quality process to its permanence and new achievements in the market. The satisfaction and quality is then formed on the customer's perspective to have their expectations and perceptions regarding the service purchased. Then comes the present study seeks to measure customer perceptions about the quality of service through the application of SERVQUAL in CNA English Final - Caruaru/PE. Presenting a critical analysis of the assessment of expectation and perception of it in order to investigate aspects and suggest proposals for continuous improvement. We conducted a descriptive quantitative and qualitative research, using the inductive method, being applied in October 2016. Based on the results, according to customer evaluation, it appears that the company serves its customers satisfactorily.


This article focuses on the mental illness of Clifford W. Beers, who pioneered mental hospital reform in the United States in the early decades of the twentieth century, and the encouragement Beers received from William James in this endeavor. It argues that James supported Beers because he personally identified with the younger man's struggles with mental illness and with the high value that he placed on the vital importance of the rational mind in regaining one's sanity.


Abstract : The February 1972 agreement between Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong and U.S. President Richard Nixon to normalize diplomatic relations fundamentally and dramatically altered the nature of U.S.-Sino relations and strategically changed the nature of China's role in the community of nations, The skillful, painstaking and at times brilliant diplomatic work of Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai that resulted in the opening to the West was perhaps Zhou's most remarkable diplomatic achievement in a long career marked by many diplomatic coups. The opening to the West laid the groundwork for China to reenter the international world order after a period of intense isolation. It also established the basis for China to be taken seriously as a player on the international scene. It was Zhou's finest hour. This paper suggests that classic European balance-of-power or ideologically driven visions modeled after Chinese revolutionary thought do not fully explain Zhou's strategy in managing China's approach to the West. A balance-of-power strategy may be a construct to explain the one significant result of the negotiations -- China building an alliance with the United States against the Soviet Union -- but it does not explain Zhou's grand strategy. Zhou's statecraft was not driven simply by a desire to create a new power balance against Moscow. Rather, Zhou's strategy was to attempt to reintegrate China in the international system by normalizing relations with the Western superpower on conditions that were acceptable to Chinese political interests at a time when China's leadership was fractured and the nation in disarray. Zhou's strategy reveals that he was a daring practitioner of realist diplomacy who viewed negotiating with the West as the means to achieve some measure of domestic stability and the re-establishment of China's economic well-being after a period of tremendous internal turbulence that brought China to the brink of social dislocation and disaster.


We present XMM-Newton EPIC observations and spectro-imagery analysis of the merging galaxies cluster A3921 (z=0.094). From these spectro-imagery data, we have established that A3921 is an early merging cluster with a complex temperature map. The temperature of the main component is kT (cid:1) 4 . 45 ± 0 . 11 keV with an abundance of Ab (cid:1) 0 . 3 ± 0 . 04 solar when in the interacting region, the temperature increase up to kT (cid:1) 6 . 4 ± 0 . 6 keV in a filament like region.


The IRTF is a 3.0 meter, f/38, infrared optimized, cassegrain telescope operated under contract from NASA with the primary mission of providing ground-based support for NASA's planetary missions. We are currently in the design and construction phase of a 36 element, curvature-based, natural guide star, adaptive optics facility installation for the IRTF. System architecture will be modeled on the highly successful AO systems developed at the University of Hawaii. The system should achieve an AO efficiency, q >= 0.4. The Strehl ratio is expected to exceed 0.8 in the K band. We estimate a limiting guide star magnitude for full correction of mR equals 14.4.


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Purpose. Digitalization of higher education is a long-term trend that has gained a new impetus for further devel- opment due to the forced transition to distance learning during the pandemic COVID-19. The article analyzes the im- pact of digital transformation on the educational process in higher education institutions via teachers' and students' per- ception; explores the experience of mass distance learning provision in Ukraine's higher education system due to COVID-19. Methodology. The research study is based on the survey results conducted by the authors in November- December 2020 among teachers and students of sixty-five Ukrainian institutions of higher education. The authors have also explored the current state of the educational process provision in the sector of higher education in Ukraine, the EU and the world under the conditions of the pandemic; have identified problem areas in the work of higher education inst i- tutions during quarantine and social isolation conditions, as well as challenges in each structural integral. Results. The authors have specified the transformational changes experienced by the global higher education system under the im- pact of the pandemic, which bring to higher education institutions a huge number of serious challenges and will signifi- cantly change the global higher education system in the future. Originality. The paper investigates students' attitudes towards distance learning as a three-level unity with emotional, cognitive and behavioral aspects and draws a general conclusion that, in general, distance learning is both a field of opportunity and a possible source of individual and inst i- tutional risks. Practical value. The article determines the directions of e-learning in the entire system of distance learn- ing in the national system of higher education in the pandemic and after it. This article was prepared within the framework of the research project "Potential of higher education in conditions of the pandemic: global, European, national dimensions" of the National Research Fund of Ukraine.


We have developed a single-shot Raman spectroscopy experiment to study at the molecular level the initiation mechanisms that can lead to sustained detonation of a triaminotrinitrobenzene-based explosive. Shocks up to 30 GPa were generated using a two-stage laser-driven flyer plate generator. The samples were confined by an optical window and shock pressure was maintained for at least 30 ns. Photon Doppler Velocimetry measurements were performed at the explosive/window interface to determine the shock pressure profile. Raman spectra were recorded as a function of shock pressure and the shifts of the principal modes were compared to static high-pressure measurements performed in a diamond anvil cell. Our shock data indicate the role of temperature effects. Our Raman spectra also show a progressive extinction of the signal which disappears around 9 GPa. High-speed photography images reveal a simultaneous progressive darkening of the sample surface up to total opacity at 9 GPa. Reflectivity measurements under...


USARSim began as a human-robot interaction (HRI) research tool but has since found use in a much wider community and for purposes we had never envisioned. This paper describes a six year HRI research program at the University of Pittsburgh using the simulation. Our original work involved teleoperated control of single robots and primitive simulations. In the most recent experiment teams of operators were controlling 24 robot teams in a high fidelity environment. In between we developed and tested measures of coordination demand, tried out news ways for managing video generated by teams, and investigated scaling effects as operators controlled increasing numbers of robots. This paper provides a brief chronology of this research summarizing their designs and findings.


Hemiplegia affects a significant portion of the human population. It is a condition that causes motor impairment and severely reduces the patient's quality of life. This paper presents an automatic system for identifying the hemiplegia type (right or left part of the body is affected). The proposed system utilizes the data taken from patients and healthy subjects using the accelerometer sensor from the RehaGait mobile gait analysis system. The collected data undergo a pre-processing procedure followed by a feature extraction stage. The extracted features are then sent to a neural network trained by the Levenberg-Marquardt backpropagation (LM-BP) algorithm. The experimental part of this research involved creating a custom-created dataset containing entries taken from ten healthy and twenty non-healthy subjects. The data were taken from seven different sensors placed in specific areas of the subjects' bodies. These sensors can capture a three-dimensional (3D) signal using the accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyroscope device types. The proposed system used the signals taken from the accelerometers, which were split into 2-sec windows. The proposed system achieved a classification accuracy of 95.12% and was compared with fourteen commonly used machine learning approaches.


Objective To investigate high risky factors causing postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). Methods A retrospective study of matched case-control was performed among 15,238 deliveries in Peking University Third Hospital between January 1990 to December 2002.A total of 319 pregnant women with PPH were identified and matched to 638 pregnant women without PPH.Multivariate regression was performed for the statistical analysis. Results PPH occurred in 310 of the 15,238 deliveries,with an incidence of 2 09%.The following are risky factors causing PPH in the order: placenta accreta or increta,placenta previa,big birth (weight≥4 000 g),severe pregnancy induced hypertension,having more than twice of previous abortion history,placental abruption. The sequence of increased risk at PPH in women who succeed in vaginal delivery were: placenta accreta or placenta increta,big birth (weight≥4 000 g),pregnancy induced hypertension,third stage longer than 10 minutes,having more than twice of previous abortion history. Conclusions Controlling fetal weight and avoiding previous abortion can minimize the risky factors of placenta previa and placenta accreta or increta,and thus produce the incidence of PPH.


Review of Secret Feminist Agenda, Season 4
By Andi Schwartz and Morgan Bimm
The Secret Feminist Agenda podcast was first encountered by then-graduate student Andi Schwartz as assigned 'reading' in a Queer Pedagogies seminar. The seminar was part of a student-run initiative facilitated by co-reviewer, Morgan Bimm, who started the seminar series as a critical response to a lack of teaching resources available to graduate students. The podcast's aims and sensibilities spoke to our experiences and values both then, as first-generation university students and now, as emerging feminist media scholars.
Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Dr. Hannah McGregor, an Assistant Professor of publishing at Simon Fraser University. Secret Feminist Agenda is McGregor's second podcast, which she began in 2017 with the aim of bridging academia and feminism and forging connections between feminists.[1] In addition to producing the Secret Feminist Agenda podcast, podcasting has become an integral part of McGregor's pedagogy[2] and research; she co-founded the SSHRC-funded Amplify Podcast Network to develop guidelines for peer reviewing podcasts. The original goals of the podcast, bridging academia and feminism and forging connects with feminists, remain the driving force behind season four, which is further organized around the principle of "keeping it local."
Season four consists of 30 episodes, half of which offer long-form interviews with feminists in academia, art, sex therapy, podcasting, Canadian literature, comedy, and more, which effectively highlight the various forms that feminism can take and offer a window into feminist friendships and community. While the theme "keeping it local" was challenged by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (interviews could no longer be conducted in person), the podcast consistently succeeded in prompting listeners to think about space and place as they relate to feminism and community.
In our review, we were struck by the following three themes: 1) critiquing the expert(ise); 2) the spaces and places of feminist thought; and 3) the politics and affects of community space.

In form, the scholarly podcast acts as a critique of the existing structures of academia. Through interviews with feminists like Dawn Serra and Khairani Barokka, the notion of expertise is critiqued alongside academia's role in perpetuating myths of excellence through citational and syllabi-building practices. Such critiques highlight the importance of DIY media, like podcasts, as spaces through which expertise can be critiqued and other points of view are circulated. Solo-recorded "minisodes" often engage with more personal or affective topics; though we debated the merits of these episodes, we came to the conclusion that introducing affect and the personal into scholarship is both an important feminist project and a vital challenge to existing ideas about academic rigour.[3]
Through interviews with feminists across fields, including sex therapy (Episode 4.2), comedy (Episode 4.6), podcasting (Episode 4.8), and art (Episode 4.4), the podcast demonstrates the many places and spaces in which feminist thought is fostered; indeed, that feminist thought and critique does not belong solely to the academy. The complexities of public intellectualism or public feminism are compellingly discussed in Episode 4.7: Trans Rights are Human Rights through the lens of cancelled and protested "gender identity debates" scheduled for public spaces across Canada. Campaigns to cancel these events are framed by some as an attack on 'free speech' and thus, perhaps, an attack on healthy public intellectual exchange, but these activist efforts are themselves an example of public modes of feminist thought. This and other discussions throughout season four of Secret Feminist Agenda highlight the multiple spaces of feminist thought and the multiple complexities of thinking feminism in public.
In the spirit of "keeping it local," season four offers rich discussions of the politics and affects of community space. A favourite example is episode 4.14 with Hilary Atleo of Iron Dog Books in Vancouver, which explores the connection between small business and housing costs as well as the power of systems to foster or destroy community and communal affinities. Episode 4.15, a minisode about World Obesity Day, further demonstrates the malleability of (virtual) space via political intervention, and how the political occupation of space can foster solidarities and positive, communal feelings. The COVID-19 pandemic hit Canada midway through the season, around episode 4.16 with Kai Cheng Thom, whose work frequently engages with notions of disposability, accountability, and harm within queer communities. The intersection of Thom's work and COVID-19 serves as an acute reminder of both the affective and material significance of community, and the potential devastation of losing it.

In addition to these themes, the podcast incites interesting questions about the feminist and scholarly potential of the podcasting form. McGregor and colleagues have developed podcast peer review guidelines as a mechanism for folding podcasts into the institutional understanding of rigour, and we further understand Secret Feminist Agenda as rigorous in its feminist politics of accessibility and the feminist practice of critique. Podcasts can be understood as a feminist medium in that they often feature grassroots and DIY production, have a wider reach than more sanctioned forms of scholarship, and have the capacity to bolster women's, feminized, and otherwise marginalized voices. The feminist and scholastic merits of podcasting were explicitly discussed in episode 4.20 with Stacey Copeland and minisode 4.21, "Introducing the Amplify Podcast Network." As Copeland and McGregor discuss, women's voices have long been interpreted as unintelligent and unauthoratitive. Podcasting, with its grassroots and DIY sensibilities, has the potential to instill confidence in women, feminized and otherwise marginalized folks through building a practice of speaking; McGregor notes how podcasting has bolstered her own confidence in both academic and non-academic spaces.[4]
Oriented toward low theory and feminist media scholarship, we are perhaps already primed to welcome podcasts into the scholarly fold. In our view, Secret Feminist Agenda is exemplary of the benefits wrought by bridging traditional academic knowledges with low theory, community, and collaborative practices. It is our hope that, as academia becomes better acquainted with podcasts, they retain their radical potential, rather than become another research output taxing already overburdened academics.
[1] McGregor started her first podcast, Witch, Please, as a collaboration with her friend and former colleague, Marcelle Kosman, in 2015.
[2] In a review of season two of SFA, Anna Poletti suggests that the work done through the podcast is more akin to teaching than research (Poletti, 2019).
[3] In a review of season two of SFA, Carla Rice noted that the minisodes are where the podcast "shines," writing with admiration of McGregor's ability to address these more affective topics from both a personal and "big picture" perspective (Rice, 2019).
[4] Similar arguments have been made by podcaster-academics, Raechel Tiffe and Melody Hoffman, who hosted the podcast, Feminist Killjoys, Phd, among others (Tiffe & Hoffman, 2017).


Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds represent valuable tools for biological studies and tissue engineering applications. They offer better biological environment that better mimic 3 D dynamic in vivo conditions compared with conventional bidimentional (2D) cell culture systems. The integration of cells within the scaffolds is, however, dependent on their properties. In the present study, porous scaffolds were prepared from poly lactide (PLA), poly lactide polyethylene glycol copolymer (PLA-PEG) and poly lactide-co-glycolide – polyethylene glycol copolymer (PLGA-PEG) using porogen leaching method with NaCl particles as porogen. The three scaffolds were prepared with identical conditions (concentration, dimensions, porogen weight fraction and particle size) in order to evaluate the impact of polymer composition and properties on scaffold characteristics (internal architecture and pores distribution), as well as fibroblasts integration and proliferation within the scaffold 3 D network. The impact of hydrophilicity, water uptake and protein adsorption are discussed. The data shows that amorphous polymers, which have glass transition temperature close to cell culture temperature, may be advantageous for scaffold construction and cell integration. This fact needs to be considered when interpreting data of cell interaction with scaffolds obtained using amorphous polymers developed for 3 D cell culture and tissue engineering applications. Graphical Abstract


3 Maaria Kortesniemi*, Carolyn M. Slupsky, Tarja Ollikka, Lassi Kauko, Ann R. Spevacek, Olli 4 Sjövall, Baoru Yang, Heikki Kallio 5 6 a Food Chemistry and Food Development, Department of Biochemistry, FI-20014 University of 7 Turku, Finland 8 b Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-5270, USA 9 c Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-5270, USA 10 d The Finnish Beekeepers' Association, FI-00130 Helsinki, Finland 11 e Environmental Office of Pyhäjärvi Region, FI-27800 Säkylä, Finland 12 f Environmental Health Services, City of Lohja, FI-08101 Lohja, Finland 13 14 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +358 23336813. E-mail address: firstname.lastname@example.com (M. Kortesniemi). 15 16 Abstract 17 The Finnish varietal honeys are valued specialty foods with unique characteristics, owing to their 18 botanical origin. H NMR metabolomics was applied to examine the compositional differences and 19 origin-related markers of naturally complex boreal honeys (buckwheat, clover, dandelion, heather, 20 Himalayan balsam, honeydew, linden, lingonberry, multifloral). Special focus was on the 21 metabolites in aqueous samples. Chloroform extracts of selected samples were also analyzed for 22 additional metabolic evidence. 23


This paper presents a new ordering criterion for successive interference cancelations (SIC) in MIMO flat fading channels and provides a performance comparison with the original ordering of V-BLAST. Furthermore, an efficient and stable Cholesky decomposition based detection algorithm is proposed to further reduce the computational complexity of existing fast algorithms for SIC in MIMO flat fading channels.


Concepts of the status, productivity and management of North American moose (Alces alces) have changed greatly during the past decade. The rapidity of the change is illustrated by the published record. TUFTS (1951) questioned, « Is the moose headed for extinc tion ? » and discussed the then current belief that moose populations had seriously declined across much of the continent. Five years later, PETERSON (1955: 217) stated, « It appears almost inevitable that the days of unlimited hunting for moose must soon pass from most of North America. » He also suggested (1955 : 216) that a kill of 12 to 25 per cent of the adult population is the highest that would permit the maintenance of the breeding population. Four years later, I showed (PIMLOTT, 1959a) that moose in N ewfoundland could sustain a kill of twice the magnitude suggested by Peterson. I also suggested (PIMLOTT, 1959b) that the North American moose kill could be very greatly increased-in spite of progressive liberalization of hunting regulations over much of Canada and a marked increase in annual kill. It is not realistic to assume that the status of the species has changed, within the decade, from threatened extinction to annual harvests of approximately 40,000 and potential harvests of two to three times that number. Although moose populations have increased in some areas since 1950, there is little doubt that the changed think ing about moose management is more the result of the increase in knowledge than of any other factor. I wish to acknowledge the assistance that I received in the preparation of this paper. Seve:ral state and pro vincial. Wildlife Departments, of the United States and Canada, respectively, provided me with background infor mation on moose, much of which was unpublished. I am


We report a measurement of the reaction γγ→K+K−π+π− in both tagged and untagged events at PEP. The cross section rises with invariant γγ mass to about 15 nb at 2 GeV and falls slowly at higher masses. We find clear evidence for the processes γγ→φπ+π− and γγ→K*0Kπ and we obtain upper limits (95% CL) of 1.5 and 5.7 nb in the mass range from 1.7 to 3.7 GeV for φρ0 and K*0K*0 production respectively.


The objectives of this research to analize the influence of Capital
Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Non Performing Loan (NPL), Debt to Equity Ratio (DER), Loan to Deposit Ratio (LDR), and Operation Efficiency (BOPO) to Return On Asset (ROA) and Return On Equity (ROE) wich is as a proxy of Earning.
The data used in this study are listed banking companies in Indonesia Stock Exchange-year period 2008-2010. After passing through the stage of purposive sampling, the sample is feasible to use as many as 25 banking companies listed on the Stock Exchange. The method used in this study is to use multiple regression analysis to test the hypothesis that the t test and F test. Before using multiple regression analysis, the assumptions of classical test done first. From the results of simultan hypothesis tests (F test) showed that the CAR, NPL, DER, LDR, and BOPO have a positive and significant impact on ROA while CAR, NPL, DER, LDR, and BOPO positive and significant effect on ROE. Based on the partial results of hypothesis testing (t test) on the banks listed on the Stock Exchange showed that the variable CAR, DER, LDR, and BOPO significant effect on ROA, while the NPL variable ROA is not significant in addition, CAR, NPL, DER, LDR and BOPO significant effect on ROE.


In order to satisfy the development request of agile manufacturing,make the traditional equipment realize rapid and flexible manufacturing,a flexible mould system was proposed in view of the traditional punch,its components and function structurewas introduced. To face researched object,design of automatically programmed system for the open numerical control punch was explained. The system design from realization of software system was introduced,and the satisfying dynamic simulation results were given.