The present study is structured around rese arch involving three different perspectives from distinct institutions, which dialogue among each other and complement each other. Those stu dies aim to present shared contributions about dimensions linked to the practices of teacher education and research developed in diverse contexts, with dialogues between plural methodologies and data. From the results, contributions are highlighted in order to face the contemporary challenges of education. More specifically, we call attention for the ways in which such experiences have incorporated sensibilities to cultural diversity, searching for possible ways to contextualize strategies and teacher education practices towards changes that promote multicultural sensitivities in their development.


CORDEIRO, Guilherme L. Synthesis and processing of reduced graphene oxide: Approaches in the development of supported electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation. 2018. 121 p. Tese (Doutorado em Tecnologia Nuclear) – Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares – IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo. In the last decade, the adoption of policies aimed at developing new technologies for clean energy production has been a broad consensus among environment experts. From this perspective, low-temperature fuel cells (60–120 oC) would appear to be promising systems to provide continuous and low-carbon power supply. As an alternative fuel, ethanol would be an appealing option due to renewability and mass production scalability. Nevertheless, the sluggish kinetics of ethanol electro-oxidation represents a major roadblock for the development of direct ethanol fuel cells. Platinum has been the most commonly used catalyst because of the highest energy adsorption and exchange current density. Optimizing reaction kinetics by tuning catalyst utilization has been applied to achieve improved performance on platinum-based catalysts. In this context, reduced graphene oxide sheets were developed to stabilize and support platinum nanoparticles, as well as to enhance the electrochemically active surface area. A conventional wet chemical methodology for synthesizing and processing graphene oxide from graphite was improved for assembling bi and/or tridimensional nanostructures with relevant microstructural features to electrocatalysis. The approach for reducing mass-transport resistances was based on a three-step design strategy aimed at the controlled introduction of defects, in situ cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactant functionalization/intercalation and a manufacturing perspective on graphene dispersions from a basic solution thermodynamics theory. The unique nanoarchitecture provided a high density of active sites, which incurred in a mass current value increased by about 2.5 and 5.4 times compared to platinum supported on state-of-the-art carbon black and restacked graphene, respectively.


The effect of biodiesel content on homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine performance has been investigated both experimentally and by computer simulation. Combustion experiments were performed in a single cylinder HCCI engine using blends of soy biodiesel in ultra low sulfur diesel, with concentrations ranging from 0 to 50 vol% and equivalence ratios ( ) from 0.38 to 0.48. Data from the engine tests included combustion analysis and exhaust composition analysis with standard gaseous emissions equipment. The engine utilized a custom port fuel injection strategy to provide highly premixed charges of fuel and air, making it possible to compare the results with single zone chemical kinetics simulations that were performed using CHEMKIN III, with a reaction set including 670 species and over 3000 reactions. The reaction mechanism incorporated equations for the combustion of a paraffinic fuel, n-heptane, and an oxygenated component, methyl butanoate, as well as reactions for the formation of NOx. The zero-dimensional model did a reasonably good job of predicting the HCCI combustion event, correctly predicting intake temperature effects on the phasing of both low temperature heat release (LTHR) and the main combustion event. It also did a good job of predicting the magnitude of LTHR. Differences betweenmore » the simulation and experimental data included the dependence on biodiesel concentration and the duration of both LTHR and the main combustion event. The probable reasons for these differences are the changing derived cetane number (DCN) of the model fuel blend with biodiesel concentration, and the inability of the model to account for stratification of temperature and . The simulation also showed that concentrations of intermediate species produced during LTHR are dependent on the magnitude of LTHR, but otherwise the addition of biodiesel has no discernable effect.« less


William Morris and Robert Blatchford were amongst the reformers at the end of the nineteenth century who fought relentlessly for the advent of socialism in England. Convinced of men's perfectibility once their country was rid of the environmental misery that capitalism had brought in its wake, and had recovered its architectural and natural beauty, they believed in Utopia as an effective means of propaganda for the workers. This article underlines the heavy debt of Blatchford's The Sorcery Shop to Morris's News From Nowhere and the common roots of their socialist faith.


A power system fault diagnosis method based on DS evidence theory is proposed, which can deal with uncertainty brought by unknown. After constructing frame of discernment, DS evidences are expressed based on Bayesian method, and a combined belief function is obtained in terms of Dempster Rule, in accordance with which, the fault elements are recognized. The algorithm is realized by programming based on Matlab, and three typical fault conditions which are single fault with protection and circuit breaker working normally, single fault with misoperation of protection and refuse of circuit breaker, multiple faults with misoperation and refuse of protection and circuit breaker are analyzed. The testing results demonstrate that this method can recognize the fault elements efficiently.


The advantage of the built-in network equipments is a physical volume small,the price cheapness,which can extensive application collect in the long range data, the long range control, automatically report to the police. system. This text is mainly introducing how equipments by 51 machines+ the 8019 AS net card+ the TCP/ IP agreement.


Lyapunov exponent (LE) is a mathematical-based analysis tool to assess the stability of dynamical systems and this can be done by two approaches: model-free approach and model-based approach. In this paper, the model-based approach is employed as an indicator of stability for the stability analysis of power systems. The maximum Lyapunov exponent (MLE) is used to investigate the effects of increasing load on the stability and stability region of the power system where the positive (negative) value of MLE means instability (stability). Also, LEs are used to assess the effect of the presence of renewable energy on the stability of power systems. Simulation results are presented on the single-machine system and fixed-speed induction generator (FSIG) wind turbine system which show the disadvantages of increasing load or adding renewable energy sources on the system stability.


In 1935 a Gaeltacht Colony was created in the townland of Rath Cairn, Co Meath,
when twenty-seven Irish speaking families, comprising 182 individuals, arrived at
their new homes on fully equipped farms. After Fianna Fail had achieved an
overall majority in the wake of the 1933 election, they turned to resolving the
overcrowding and poverty in the west of Ireland. In the immediate post
independent period the newly formed Irish state was anxious to establish an
identity separate from the previous colonial power and language was one way to
do it. By combining the land and language question, Fianna Fail dealt with both
of the significant political issues of the time. This new development in migration,
established by Fianna Fail, recognised that a huge political credibility would be
achieved if they were to alleviate the congestion on farms in the western counties
and spread the Irish language. Within the context of the wider land reform
policies they perceived that migration was the most effective method of approach
and they implemented a suggestion made some four years previously in the
Gaeltacht Commission Report of 1927. This was ground breaking social
engineering and against some opposition, fertile grasslands of the midlands were
acquired and the land divided into small farms which would become the first
Gaeltacht colony. Despite the expense and attention to detail the project, as this
thesis will show, was fundamentally flawed.


* Thussu, Daya K. (ed.) (2009). International Communication: A Reader. New York: Routledge. pp. 590. * Cheung, Chi-Kim (ed.) (2009). Media Education in Asia. New York: Springer, pp. 239. International communication has become a significant component of the curriculum for journalism and mass communication programs today. One main challenge that instructors face when teaching international communication courses is how to select and [Dresent appropriate reading materials for students. This is particularly crucial to the success of a graduate class. The other concern is how to anchor the current occurrences in internationalized media and global communication onto a historical context. It is not easy, either, to categorize and frame the tremendous and relevant scholarship in the arena of international communication through a systematic approach when introducing, assigning, and discussing these readings with students. To meet increasing needs in class materials, Daya K. Thussu's edited volume, International Communication: A Reader, undoubtedly provides a wealth of resources. First, a bit of background. The exchange of trading information in a global setting occurred as early as the fifteenth century. Nevertheless, it may be safe to say "international communication" as an emerging discipline was not formally recognized until the 1960s. At the 1965 annual convention held at Syracuse University, the American Association for Education in Journalism (AEJ) approved the formation of an International Communication Division (ICR 1 (1, 1966): 1, see http://userpages.umbc.edu/~hase gawa/aejmc-icd/history. html). In 1968, the oldest specialized degree program in this field in the United States was institutionalized in the School of International Service at American University, where the first M. A. degree in international communication was also offered as of 1970. Since then, international communication has become a rapidly expanding field that draws increasing attention from the worldwide academic community. The International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), founded in 1957 with the support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), established the International Communication Section in 1978, listed among its then twelve sections. UNESCO subsequently sponsored and published a series of key reports and documents. Besides what is now AEJMC and IAMCR, two other leading organizations, International Communication Association and National Communication Association, also have international or global communication divisions devoted to scholarship in this area of interest. The above brief historical account seems to indicate that education and research on international communication have their own histories and do not take place only today. However, the subject of international communication has become more significant today than any time before, as the advance of new communication technologies and the inevitable globalization of media and cultural industries have "further strengthened the international dimension of the study of media, culture and communication" (Thussu, p. 1). Offering diverse perspectives, Thussu's comprehensive and highly informative edited volume of twentyseven readings brings together influential works from prominent scholars in mass media, tele-information, political science, sociology, anthropology, and international studies. As the editor suggests, all selected scholarship is organized in a way to mirror "the growing internationalization of the field," while categorizing "key aspects of global communication" and representing a clear "range of jierspectives" (p. 1). Thussu logically divides this collection into six parts, including infrastructure, theoretical terrains, global media systems, dominant and alternative discourses, communication and power, and cultures of global communication. These key readings offer a panorama of international communication, as they have shaped the advancement of scholarship in this discipline. …


Objective To explore the effects of allicin on proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells(VSMCs) in rabbits induced by homocysteine(Hcy) and the possible underling mechanisms.Methods The primary VSMCs cultured by attachment-block in vitro were induced by Hcy to establish cell proliferating model and divided into six groups: control,Hcy stimulation(Hcy 1 mmol/L),high(Allicin 10 μg/ml+ Hcy 1 mmol/L),middle(Allicin 5 μg/ml+ Hcy 1 mmol/L),low dose allicin(Allicin 2.5 μg/ml+ Hcy 1 mmol/L),folic acid(folic acid 5 mmol/L+ Hcy 1 mmol/L) groups.Activity of cell proliferation was measured by MTT colorimetric method.The PCNA expression was detected by immunocytochemical technique.The method of Real-time PCR was used to observe the mRNA expression of c-myc.Results After Hcy stimulation,the activity of cell proliferation,the expressions of c-myc mRNA and PCNA were obviously higher than those of control group(P0.01).The activity of cell proliferation,the expressions of c-myc mRNA and PCNA were lower in high,middle and low dose allicin groups than those of Hcy stimulation group,presenting dose dependent(P0.01or P0.05),the better effect in high and middle dose allicin groups than folic acid group(P0.01 or P0.05).Conclusions Allicin could obviously inhibit the VSMCs proliferation induced by Hcy,and the mechanism may be related to down-regulating the expression of c-myc gene.


Based on the principle of Brushless Doublyfed Machines (BDFM),the machines' state equations were utilized to construct the simulation model of BDFM with the simulation block of Sfunction in the MATLAB/SIMULINK. The simulation results validate the analyses of the principle and the simulation systems of BDFM.


A cover part for an electronic device, an electronic device and a method. The cover structure (2) for an electronic device provides a cavity (3) into which an electronic part of the electronic device (1) may be arranged. The cover structure (2) includes an enclosing structure (5), which is tubular in shape and at least one end (6a, 6b) of which enclosing structure (5) is open, the end (6a, 6b) including a receiving structure (7a, 7b) for fitting an end element (8a, 8b), which closes the end, into the enclosing structure (5).


®MOST OF US have had the experience of entering a room of people and almost instantly feeling comfortable and at ease; at other times and places, we may have felt uncomfortable or uncertain. These types of feelings arise from many aspects of the environment —but the most important is the people sharing the space with us. As social creatures, humans relate to one another in environments that are created through our interactions with each other. Because these environments are created through our communication and interaction, they may be called verbal environments. With a renewed interest among educators in children's self-perceptions and the development of social interaction skills, the concept of the verbal environment, formulated by Kostelnik, Stein, and Whiren (1988) more than 20 years ago, is worth revisiting. According to Kostelnik and her colleagues, Stein and Whiren, Adult participants in the early childhood setting create the verbal environment. Its components include words and silence —how much adults say, what they say, how they speak, to whom they talk, and how well they listen. The manner in which these elements are enacted dictates children's estimations of self-worth. (1988, 29) A positive verbal environment is


At the recent 30th Annual PsyPAG Conference in Glasgow, I was fortunate enough to be awarded the organisation's Rising Researcher Award. As part of this award, I was invited to present work that myself and colleagues have been doing at the University of Lincoln on the social psychology of social and political orientations. In this article, I review some of the key theories currently used in this area, before describing some data that we've collected prior to the 2015 British General Election. I then conclude the article by outlining some potential avenues for further research.


In recent years several European countries have experienced a significant decrease in turnout, even as the level of campaign professionalisation has been increasing. Since scholars have recognised mobilisation as a key aspect in determining turnout, this article aims to disentangle the effects of mobilisation on electoral participation. It will do this by focussing on the 2013 Parliamentary Election in Austria, which saw the lowest turnout rate ever recorded in that country. The data used are taken from the Austrian National Election Study Rolling Cross-Section Panel 2013. This data source allows for the dynamic analysis of campaign effects through LOWESS estimations of the daily means of the measures of interest. Moreover, its panel structure permits us to take under control the individual likelihood to turn out before the elections whilst studying the effects of various forms of party contact on self-reported turnout. The findings show that only personal forms of party contact significantly increase electoral participation. Furthermore, these forms are more effective in increasing the turnout among low-propensity voters. Overall, one of the main contributions of the work is to provide differentiated estimations of the effects of various forms of party contact on turnout, computed on the same sample and concerning the same electoral context.


As the cybersecurity risks in automotives grow due to vehicles increasing connectivity, enhancing the cybersecurity cognition of automotive networks has become an urgent requirement in industry. While modern microcontrollers offer ARM's based Trustzone feature to secure critical applications, secure intra-vehicular protocols are required to design next generation vehicles. With standard security solutions not being practical to vehicles due to resource constraints and compatibility issues, in this work we present a lightweight technique to enable both a virtual trusted channel and a normal untrusted channel over the same physical CAN-bus network, which we call TrustNet. The goal of TrustNet is to secure CAN-bus sensitive communications by protecting against masquerade and replay attacks with minimum overhead and full legacy support, and at the same time to provide normal-world communications.


1. A disposable needleless injector with a housing (10) in which or on which, respectively, at least in places by at least one mechanical spring energy, at least one, at least periodically refillable unit active substance ( 100) cylinder-piston, at least one piston-actuating plunger (60) and at least one trigger unit (80), wherein the spring energy store (50) comprises at least one prestressed spring element, and wherein, at least one ca st plunger (60) positioned between the control piston spring-loaded (50) and the piston (111) of the block (100) of the cylinder-piston! - which is under the influence of a spring plunger (60) the piston control has at least one, at least in some places a moving transversely to the traction rod (61) which via the support portion (65) creates a support strained spring power (50) on at least one support surface (37) of the housing (10),! - wherein the trigger unit (80) constitutes or has a trigger element (82) which upon actuation releases a sail or promotes exhaust support portion (65) from the support surface (37). ! 2. The disposable injector according to claim 1, characterized in that the traction rod (61) together with the bearing portion (65) forms a traction hook (62) which in the locked position, grasps journalled edge (36) of the housing. ! 3. The disposable injector according to claim 2, characterized in that the housing (10) or a trigger unit (80) is disposed a safety element (95) which prevents the starting block or hooks (62) in the locked position. ! four.


Teaching of reaching brought a monumental implication to teaching and learning. This qualitative-narrative research aimed to determine the narratives of Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology Elementary Laboratory School. Results showed that teachers were challenged by unresponsive learners, lack of parental support, and lack of reading materials. Meanwhile, they provided their learners with remedial reading activities. They advised that teachers must be passionate and compassionate in handling learners to enhance their reading skills.


Novel C3b/C4b CR-like polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides vectors, host cells, selective binding agents, and methods for producing C3b/C4b CR-like polypeptides. Also provided for are methods for the treatment, diagnosis, amelioration, or prevention of diseases with C3b/C4b CR-like polypeptides.


In handwritten document images, segmenting text lines is a very challenging task due to various reasons like variability in intra baseline skew and inter line distance between text lines. So far, no work is reported in the literature for the straightening of handwritten Telugu languages. Telugu is one of the most popular languages of India that is spoken by more than 80 million people especially in South India. Telugu characters are mostly compound characters and that is way the straightening task of Telugu document is more challenging tasks than European languages. This paper introduces a novel approach for segmenting and straightening text lines of handwritten Telugu documents based on smearing and regression approach (SRA). This method initially performs preprocessing and estimates parameters by dividing into connected components of Telugu script. A horizontal and vertical run length-smearing algorithm is used in this paper to shape text lines. To identify text lines more precisely cubic polynomial regression is used between vertical midpoints of two blocks of compound handwritten Telugu characters. A simple logic is derived on this to achieve final process. We tested the proposed algorithm with three different kind of 1000 handwritten documents. The performance of proposed method is evaluated by using matchScore, detection rate, recognition accuracy and F-measure. The experimental results indicates the efficiency of the proposed method over the existing methods.


The icaA and icaD genes are found in bacterial cells. The icaA and icaD genes allow a bacterium to produce biofilm. Biofilms are an important virulence determinant in bacteria because biofilm formation significantly increases resistance to antibiotics and promotes host defenses. The ability of biofilm production can be determined by two phenotypic methods and genotypic methods of some adhesion factors (icaA and icaD). The phenotypic methods included the Congo-red agar (CRA) and Microtiter plate (Mtp). The results showed that 58 (69%) from 84 isolates were positive for producing biofilm on (CRA) plates and the 55 (65%) from 84 isolates were positive for adhesion and biofilm formation by (Mtp) on the O.D. 490nm. The extraction of DNA is subjected to use for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) which is used to amplify specific genes. The production of viscous layer of Staphylococcus epidermidis was investigated by using Molecular analysis (PCR) monoplex to amplify the virulence factor (icaA, icaD) genes (adhesion factors) with the amplicon sizes 188 bp and 198 bp, respectively. The results of the genes icaA and icaD represented as sixty for (46) 54.8% and thirty (30) 35.7%, respectively. The conclusion to these study detection to icaA and icaD genesis important virulence factor.


Abstract This study examined the use of three dietary supplements- two commercial feeding stimulants and natural zooplankton-to improve survival of intensively cultured smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu, fry fed a commercial dry diet (BioKyowa B400; BK). The four treatments were BK, BK and a supplemental solution of krill hydrolysate (BK-KH), BK and Revolution (BK-REV), and BK and frozen zooplankton collected from a nearby pond (BK-ZP). At the end of the 30-day culture interval, differences in treatment means for total length and mortalities that were not accounted for were not statistically different (NS, P > 0.05). Survival was 17% for BK-KH and 19.8% for BK-REV treatments (NS), and they were significantly lower than the 44.7 and 41.6% survival for BK-ZP and BK treatments, respectively. Viability is the percent of live fish without apparent deformities at the end of the 30-day culture interval. For BK-ZP and BK treatments, viability was 36.1 and 29.6%, respectively. These values were not significantly different from each other, but both were significantly higher (P > 0.05) than viability of the BK-KH (16.1%) and the BK-REV (16.3%) treatments. Compared with previous research at this facility and published data of others, the study demonstrated improved survival and viability for intensive culture of smallmouth bass in the first 30 days on a formulated diet. Diet costs among the four treatments ranged from 4 to 13¢ per viable fry, with the lowest cost for BK-fed alone.


Fast light‐induced degradation of amorphous silicon p‐i‐n solar cells has been investigated by replacing cw illumination by light pulses of the same average intensity. This method allows us to evaluate the long‐term device performance with exposure times of the order of minutes and avoids complication due to cell temperature increase.


The paper revisits the ever enduring question of whether â"money matters". The study uses the Sims' (1972) methodology over the quarterly time-series data spanning fifty years post World War II for the U.S. economy. The results indicate bi-directional causality between money and income. When we apply Granger Causality tests we find that income Granger causes money. The causality disappears when we add interest rates. Next when we use an Error Correction Model the results of the traditional Granger causality tests hold true in the bivariate system. But, we observe bi-causality under longer lag specifications, and when extra variables are added.


In order to reveal the characteristics during lane-changing,to resolve the question of quantitative research,we organize a large-scale traffic surveys: driver of private cars,taxis,city buses,city tram,city bus,and suburban bus.We adopt digital camera and manual matching survey methods to obtain driver's lane-changing behavior in decision-making and stages,employing statistical analysis to study the two monitoring points distribution characteristic of lane-changing and results given,and revealing the process of behavior changes of perspective in lane-changing.The results can be applied to install and layout auxiliary equipment.


Finite-length constraints are applied to the feedforward, feedback, and transmit filters for a minimum-mean-square-error decision-feedback equalizer (MMSE-DFE), and the structure and performance of the finite-length MMSE-DFE are derived using a combination of estimation-theoretic and information-theoretic principles. The theory of finite-length MMSE-DFE that is derived parallels and extends results that were previously known only in the infinite-length case. Canonical finite-length transmitter/receiver combinations for the combination of equalization and coding are thereby established.<<ETX>>


For skin by the patient to maximize the treatment effect in view of the difference, by measuring the impedance of the skin area that is in close contact when the procedure is started with respect to the high-intensity focused ultrasonic wave-generating device which can adjust the output of the high-intensity focused ultrasound. According to one embodiment of the invention, embedded in the body portion, a body portion, and focused ultrasound converter for investigating high-intensity focused ultrasound to the body outside, it is provided in the body portion, for measuring the impedance of the treated area skin and skin impedance measuring section, by feeding back the measured values from the skin impedance measuring unit, and provides a high-intensity focused ultrasound generating device to a control unit for controlling output of focused ultrasound transformation.


Abstract For a non-negative separable random field Z(t),
$t\in \mathbb{R}^d$
 , satisfying some mild assumptions, we show that
$ H_Z^\delta =\lim_{{T} \to \infty} ({1}/{T^d}) \mathbb{E}\{{\sup_{ t\in [0,T]^d \cap \delta \mathbb{Z}^d } Z(t) }\} <\infty$
 for
$\delta \ge 0$
 , where
$0 \mathbb{Z}^d\,:\!=\,\mathbb{R}^d$
 , and prove that
$H_Z^0$
 can be approximated by
$H_Z^\delta$
 if
$\delta$
 tends to 0. These results extend the classical findings for Pickands constants
$H_{Z}^\delta$
 , defined for
$Z(t)= \exp( \sqrt{ 2} B_\alpha (t)- \lvert {t} \rvert^{2\alpha })$
 ,
$t\in \mathbb{R}$
 , with
$B_\alpha$
 a standard fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter
$\alpha \in (0,1]$
 . The continuity of
$H_{Z}^\delta$
 at
$\delta=0$
 is additionally shown for two particular extensions of Pickands constants.


To investigate the prevalence, etiology and the severity of subclinical mastitis (SCM) in Awassi ewes from the northern Jordan region, milk samples from 278 lactating ewes were aseptically collected for bacterial culture and somatic cell counts (SCC) tests. Milk samples were collected from April to June of 2013. The prevalence rate of SCM was 66.9%.  Staphylococci were the most prevalent bacteria, representing 69.2% of the isolates. Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CNS) comprised 56.9% of the Staphylococci group, while Staphylococcus aureus comprised 43.1%.  Mannheimia haemolytica (6.2%) and coliforms (6.1%) were the second most bacterial organisms isolated.  Staphylococcus aureus increased SCC the most (77.7%) among culture-positive samples.  Most of the Mannhiemia haemolytica samples (75%) and CNS samples (50%) induced modest increase in SCC (250*103-1*106cells/ml).  Subclinical mastitis appears to be a significant health issues for Awassi lambs in northern Jordan.


We would like to acknowledge the financial support from the European Investment Bank under the EIB-Universities Research Action Programme and Dr K. Wondemu's contribution to the original project from which this data is drawn. Any errors remain those of the authors. The findings, interpretations and conclusions presented in this article are entirely those of the authors and should not be attributed in any manner to the European Investment Bank.


Dieter De Bruyn & Kris Van Heuckelom: Introduction: Seven Decades of Schulzology New Combinations: Literature Karen Underhill: Ecstasy and Heresy: Martin Buber, Bruno Schulz, and Jewish Modernity Andrea Meyer-Fraatz: Exposing and Concealing Jewish Origin: Bruno Schulz and Boleslaw Lesmian Slawomir Jacek Zurek: As One Kabbalist to Another... On Arnold Slucki's Mystical Visions of the World in the Poem 'Bruno Schulz' Dieter De Bruyn: "The Lie Always Rises to the Surface like Oil". Toward a Metafictional Reading of Karol Irzykowski's Paluba and Bruno Schulz's Fiction Anna Sliwa: "I Drew a Plan of an Imaginary City". The Phenomenon of the City in Bruno Schulz and Miron Bialoszewski Alfred Gall: Mythopoetic Traditions and Inserted Treatises: Bruno Schulz and Danilo Kis Dorota Wojda: Bruno Schulz and the Magical Realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude New Combinations: Art Marta Skwara: "A (Wo)man on a Sofa" in Bruno Schulz's Art and Writings. Schulz as a "Painterly" and "Writerly" Artist Ariko Kato: The Early Graphic Works of Bruno Schulz and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs: Schulz as a Modernist Jan Zielinski: Zuloaga (Rilke?) Schulz Esther Sanchez-Pardo: Bruno Schulz and Djuna Barnes: Border-crossing and Artistic Practice Daniel Watt: Bruno Schulz's Incomparable Realities: From Literature to Theatricality Further Fragmentations Mieczyslaw Dabrowski: Aesthetics of Melancholy in Bruno Schulz's Writings Jerzy Jarzebski: Bruno Schulz and Seductive Discourse Shlomit Gorin: Thinking About Absurdity with Bruno Schulz: Paradox and Potential Marta Suchanska-Drazynska: Jewish Mysticism - A Source of Similarities Between Bruno Schulz's Writings and Psychoanalysis Jorg Schulte: The Clepsydra of Empedocles and the Phenomena of Breath and Wind in Bruno Schulz's Fiction Thomas Anessi: The Great Heresy of the Varsovian Center Oksana Weretiuk: The Ukrainian Reception of Bruno Schulz's Writings: Paradox or Norm? Ultimate Reintegrations Michal Pawel Markowski: Text and Theater. The Ironic Imagination of Bruno Schulz Theodosia Robertson: Bruno Schulz's Intimate Communication: From the "True Viewer" of Xiega balwochwalcza to the "True Reader" of 'Ksiega' Alfred Sproede: Bruno Schulz: Between Avant-Garde and Hasidic Redemption Janis Augsburger: Poetical Fluidization and Intellectual Eclecticism in Bruno Schulz's Writings Index


friends of Emerson is Charles Steamrns Wheeler. Very little has been written about him although from 1836 to 1842 he worked closely with Emerson on numerous editorial jobs, was foreign correspondent to the Dial, caused Alfred Tennyson to break his nine-year silence in 1842, and probably gave Thoreau the inspiration for going to Walden. Wheeler was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts, three and a half miles from Concord, in 1816. With Thoreau he attended Phineas Alien's Concord Academy and entered Harvard, with Thoreau as his roommate, in 1833. At Harvard he made an excellent scholastic record, graduating with second honors in 1837. Among his student friends were Samuel Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, Jones Very, John Weiss, and Thoreau. Conscientious, indefatigable, and badly in need of money, Wheeler performed numerous jobs outside his curricular duties. During his last two years at Harvard he earned six hundred dollars by teaching, copying, editing, and index-making. He helped Jared Sparks with several volumes of the Library of American Biography, and his editorial work led to his close association with Emerson.1 When in 1838 Jones Very suffered a nervous collapse and had to be taken to an asylum, Wheeler took his place as Tutor in Greek.2 At first he had much difficulty in managing the students. They broke out the windows to his room and were disorderly in numerous ways. Wheeler's friends thought that his trouble was caused by his having to take over the Greek class so


The increase in the need for residential land will encourage changes in land use functions. Monitoring the development of urban settlements in Kudus Regency, specifically in the Districts of Bae, Jati, Kaliwungu and Kota needs to be carried out so as not to cause a transfer of land use functions that deviate from the applicable RTRW. Monitoring can be done by modeling. The modeling of urban settlement development is then combined with GIS to support the spatial analysis. This study aims to determine the changes in land use function for urban settlements in 2010-2020 with the overlay identity method, apply the CA-Marcov method in predicting land use for urban settlements in 2030 and find the value of modeling conformity with the RTRW map and its development pattern using the average nearest neighbor. The data used are WordView images in 2010 and 2015, SPOT-7 images in 2020 and the RTRW Map of Kab. Holy year 2012-2032. The results showed that the development of urban settlements in 2010-2015 was 162,375 Ha, while in 2015-2020 it was 55,978 Ha. During 2010 to 2020, the food crop agricultural area changed its function into urban settlements amounting to 126,927 Ha. The area of land for urban settlements as a result of the prediction of land use in 2030 is 3323,285 Ha, where the agricultural area for food crops is the largest land converted into urban settlements of 321,803 Ha. The value of the suitability of the predicted use of 2030 with the RTRW map is 71.42%. The pattern of urban settlement development in 2030 is random.


We report results of the first muon-spin rotation measurements performed on the low carrier density ferromagnet EuB6. The ferromagnetic state is reached via two magnetic transitions at Tm=15.5 K and T c=12.6 K. Two distinct components are resolved in the muon data, one oscillatory and one non-oscillatory, which arise from different types of magnetic environment, and we have followed the temperature dependence of these components in detail. These results provide evidence for magnetic phase separation and can be interpreted in terms of the gradual coalescing of magnetic polarons.


RNA splicing and processing provide important means of genetic control to diversify gene function, and fine‐tune protein production. RNA regulation is a critical step in the expression of most genes, and its misregulation often results in human disease. Rbfox1 is a RNA binding protein that regulates alternative splicing and RNA stability, and plays an important role in regulating alternative splicing (AS) in neurons, skeletal muscle, and the heart. Recently, Rbfox1 was identified as a critical regulator of Mef2 splicing to protect the heart from failure. However, its role in protecting the heart from failing is likely not limited to Mef2 splicing. To begin to study the role of Rbfox1 in heart failure, we generated cardiomyocyte specific Rbfox1 gene‐deletion mice (cRbfox1−/−). Cardiomyocyte specific deletion of Rbfox1 was confirmed by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. cRbfox1−/− mice showed mild hypertrophy and depressed cardiac function under homeostatic conditions, which did not deteriorate with age. Pressure overload by trans‐aortic constriction (TAC) caused exaggerated cardiac hypertrophy and accelerated heart failure in cRbfox1−/− compared to wildtype mice. Since Rbfox1 is a known RNA binding protein, we performed RNA sequencing and found significant changes in calcium regulated genes. We measured calcium dynamics and noted a significantly delayed Calcium reuptake into the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum, which is likely caused by decreased SERCA2a expression on Western blot. In conclusion, Rbfox1 is important to maintain cardiac function by regulating calcium signaling. We are currently unraveling the mechanisms via which Rbfox1 regulates Serca2a function.


In 1937, Ronald Coase wrote a brilliant essay on the nature of the firm [1]. Coase was writing at a time when the Soviet Union was rising to become a significant industrial power. At the same time, many free-market economies were afflicted by a severe and painful depression. This contrast led to an intensive debate on the relative merits of decentralized, price-based allocation versus top-down planning. In the midst of this debate, Coase made an important observation: even in free-market economies, a great deal of top-down planning does in fact take place. This is because firms form an integral part of free-market economies and, within firms, allocation is by planning. In other words, free-market economies blend both planning (within firms) and decentralized production coordinated by prices. The question Coase asked is this: if prices and free markets are so efficient, then why do firms even exist? Couldn't the associated within-firm planning be done more efficiently by the market? We'll use the following imports:


Semi-arid grassland in northern China faces degradation and desertification problems, with fertilizer application appearing to be a potential solution by improving soil fertility and plant fields or biodiversity. In this study, mineral and organic fertilizers were used in a semi-arid natural grassland in Hebei Province for three years. The plant characteristics, biomass and species diversity index were assessed and analyzed. In the years 2016 and 2017, mineral fertilizers (RC) significantly increased the total aboveground biomass and the aboveground biomass, natural height, density and coverage of Leymus chinensis compared with organic fertilizers (RO), especially at a moderate application rate (RC2). Leymus chinensis was first divided into its own group and then separated into four groups via cluster tree analysis. The importance values of Leymus chinensis showed continuous increases in mineral fertilizer treatments, but not for organic fertilizers. Margalef's species richness indexes increased significantly (to 2.09) in the organic treatment (RO1) when compared with RC2. Thus, it was concluded that mineral fertilizers could enhance the position of Leymus chinensis in the natural grassland, while organic fertilizers could promote species biodiversity. This study also provides recommendations regarding the use of fertilizers for the purposes of increasing plant biomass and biodiversity in semi-arid grasslands of northern China.


A holistic approach is utmost beneficial to all patients at the end of their life. But at very same time, it is also relevant for patients with advanced incurable illness, like lung cancer particularly where suffering goes beyond disease. Approach of cure sometimes, treat often and comfort always must be followed in managing these cancer patients. Knowledge of the spectrum of expected symptoms is very important in order to optimize patient care. This article focuses on the symptomatic management of advanced lung cancer patients.


Abstract In many fields of industry frequency inverter drive is used to generate rotation when, due to a given technology or production process, modifying the speed of the engine is necessary. In this article we introduce a model built by us, through which we present the frequency inverter drive's principles of utilization from different fields of industry and by using industrial automation devices. Through this model one can be familiarized with the 4 methods created by us that can be controlled through a complex yet easy to understand and user-friendly HMI


In order to save storage space and improve transport efficiency result from huge of data in manage system of real-time monitor data,the piecewise linear interpolation method was adopted.The farthest piecewise linear interpolation was put forward which achieves satisfactory compressing ratio and good speed.The remarkable test result indicates that the new method is efficient to the RTDMS.


Background Early introduction and international collaboration of patient advocates is essential in the investigation of safe treatment of DCIS. This diagnosis has increased since the introduction of screening. The treatment of low risk DCIS has been the subject of debate, controversy, anxiety and cost to women and health services globally. There has been much "public" as well as "professional" discussion leading to considerable distress. Some surgeons have concerns about carrying out unnecessary surgery on patients with low risk DCIS, but this is current best practice due to lack of credible evidence that monitoring can be safe. Some women feel their "lives were saved" whilst others feel "mutilated" by "unnecessary" surgery. These women cannot know the true harm or benefit of the treatment which they receive without evidence from clinical trials and biological/molecular research. Aims · To provide evidence of the value of patient involvement. · To encourage recruitment in "difficult to recruit studies" by educating the public, patients and clinicians. · To assist in the design of effective information tools. · To increase liaison between advocates internationally to understand differences in culture, health services, and patient expectation. Methods The PRECISION team includes 2 patient advocates from each of the DCIS randomized trials (LORIS in the UK, LORD in the Netherlands and COMET in the US). Our group will liaise with other groups involved in the wider efforts around DCIS. We will take part in media interviews and public debates to raise awareness and the need for evidence to change practice to reduce overtreatment of low riskDCIS. We will work with our researcher colleagues in each PRECISION work project, join the PRECISION steering group, and liaise together via regular calls. Importantly, we will encourage awareness amongst clinicians to emphasize that patients wish to be informed about available trials, and that not to do so is denying patient choice. Results An increase in interest and recruitment can be measured and the influence of early involvement of patient advocates can be demonstrated so that the model can be used in other trials. The biology is intricate, scientific and exciting but it is crucial that the outcome is available and understood by all women and their physicians worldwide. The results will be promoted by patient advocates through publications, social media and patient groups. Advocates will appear as co-authors on scientific publications. CONCLUSIONS With the increase in international clinical trials, there is a need for further understanding of the differences in practice and patient need in different hospitals - as well as in different countries. We will show the value of our collaboration by demonstrating the results of patient advocate involvement in the PRECISION program. * The PRECISION Team is a Cancer Research UK Grand Challenge Award 2017 winning team and will be jointly funded by Cancer Research UK and the Dutch Cancer Society. Citation Format: Verschuur E, Collyar D, Oirsouw Mv, Pinto D, Stobart H, Wilcox M, On Behalf of the PRECISION Project. Patient advocates are partners in global breast research: Value is recognised by early advocate involvement in the PREvent ductal carcinoma in situ invasive overtreatment now (PRECISION) study and related trials [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2017 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P5-17-02.


Transcription is recruited by noradrenaline in the hippocampus. Epigenetic mechanisms are recruited by hippocampal noradrenergic receptor activation. Epigenetic regulation by noradrenaline offers a novel mechanism for long‐term potentiation


An infinite dam with discrete inputs arriving at times 0 = T0 < T1 <…< Tn <… is considered, where {Tn;n = 0,1,2,…} forms a renewal process. There is a random release from the dam during the interrenewal times which depends on the content as well as on the length of the time after the last input. A relation is derived that connects the content distribution at any time t to that when t is a renewal point. This relation is used to obtain the content distribution in the limiting case and in the transient case. The probability of emptiness is obtained and an integral equation is derived for the probability of first emptiness in a special case.


We consider the dynamics of a fluid thread near pinch-off, in the limit that inertial effects can be neglected. There exists an infinite hierarchy of similarity solutions corresponding to pinch-off. Only one of the similarity solutions (the "ground state") is stable, all other solutions are linearly unstable to perturbations, and thus cannot be observed. Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions are calculated analytically.


Quantifying above-ground biomass changes, ΔAGB, is key for understanding carbon dynamics. National Forest Inventories, NFIs, aims at providing precise estimates of ΔAGB relying on model-assisted estimators that incorporate auxiliary information to reduce uncertainty. Poststratification estimators, PS, are commonly used for this task. Recently proposed endogenous poststratification, EPS, methods have the potential to improve the precision of PS estimates of ΔAGB. Using the state of Oregon, USA, as a testing area, we developed a formal comparison between three EPS methods, traditional PS estimators used in the region, and the Horvitz-Thompson, HT, estimator. Results showed that gains in performance with respect to the HT estimator were 9.71% to 19.22% larger for EPS than for PS. Furthermore, EPS methods easily accommodated a large number of auxiliary variables, and the inclusion of independent predictions of ΔAGB as an additional auxiliary variable resulted in further gains in performance.


Objective To explore the method and effect of surgical treatment on grade Ⅲ collateral ligament injuries caused by military training.Methods Sixteen cases of grade Ⅲ collateral ligament injuries caused by military training were involved in the present study.Injuries to insertion of collateral ligament was repaired with suture anchor,fresh rupture of medial collateral ligament parenchyma was sutured directly,old rupture of medial collateral ligament parenchyma was repaired by direct suture and strengthening with autologous semitendinosus-gracilis tendon graft,while both fresh and old rupture of lateral collateral ligament parenchyma was reconstructed with autologous semitendinosus-gracilis tendon graft.Knee function was assessed 1 year after operation by Lysholm scores and compared with that before the operation.Results All the 16 patients were followed-up for 12 to 33 months with a mean of 20.5 months.The Lysholm knee scores of 1 year after peration(92.45±4.03) was significantly higher than that before operation(56.45±11.03,P < 0.05).Conclusions For the grade Ⅲ collateral ligament injuries caused by military training,the treatment principle was early diagnosis and early operation,and different surgical methods should be used according to the injury types for the sake of obtaining best therapeutic effects.


In December 2012, the Obama administration announced that it would not renew its agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. If the administration follows through on this announcement, it will bring to a close a program that has provoked its share of controversy. Debate over the constitutionality of the federal-local agreements authorized under section 287(g) has raised a range of structural questions about the nature of American federalism.


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the impact on schistosomiasis of biennial treatment with praziquantel (PZQ) among school-age children in Burkina Faso, the first country that achieved full national coverage with treatment of more than 90% of the school-age population.

METHODS
A cohort of 1727 schoolchildren (6-14 years old) was monitored at yearly intervals through a longitudinal survey. Additional groups of schoolchildren were monitored in cross-sectional surveys. Parasitological examinations for Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni were performed, and prevalence and intensity of infection before and after treatment were analysed.

FINDINGS
Data from the longitudinal cohort show that a single round of PZQ treatment significantly reduced prevalence of S. haematobium infection by 87% (from 59.6% to 7.7%) and intensity of infection by 92.8% (from 94.2 to 6.8 eggs/10 ml of urine) 2 years post-treatment. The impact on infection was also confirmed by a cross-sectional survey 2 years post-treatment. Importantly, the proportion of school-age children with heavy S. haematobium infection decreased from around 25% before treatment to around 2-3% 2 years post-treatment. Cross-sectional comparison of S. haematobium infection in 7-year-old children in their first year at school, who received treatment through community-based drug delivery, also showed significant reduction in both prevalence (65.9%) and intensity of S. haematobium infection (78.4%) 2 years after single treatment. A significant reduction in S. mansoni infection was also achieved.

CONCLUSION
Significant and sustained reduction in S. haematobium infection was achieved by biennial treatment in school-age children in Burkina Faso. This may provide a cost-effective treatment strategy for similar national schistosomiasis control programmes in sub-Saharan Africa.


The invention discloses a reflection-type Sagnac interference fiber current sensor. The sensor comprises: a broadband light source, a fiber polarizer, a fiber polarization analyzer, a lithium niobate multifunctional integration device, a fiber loop device, a polarization-maintaining transmission cable, a quarter wave plate, a sensing fiber, a photoelectric detector and a signal processing unit. The lithium niobate multifunctional integration device, which is formed by two polarization beam splitters, is a Mach-Zehnder phase adjusting system. The structure can realize passive bias and can realize active modulation. By using the sensor of the invention, technical difficulty of an active modulation scheme of the interference fiber current sensor can be substantially reduced. Simultaneously, unification of an optical path structure of the two schemes: the passive bias of the fiber current sensor and the active modulation can be realized.


The partnership phenomenon has received considerable attention as an alternative management strategy for public agencies. The growing use of partnerships has created a need to understand key elements of partnership success and failure, how partnerships address park and recreation management paradoxes, and guidelines for best practices (Mowen & Kerstetter, 2006). National Park Service (NPS) employees participated in a Internet survey (n=5,398) examining partnership attitudes and behaviors. Analysis revealed that the majority of NPS employees are currently engaged in partnerships (60 percent) and reported that their past experience was rewarding and productive (60 percent).


General geomorphometry is concerned with the geometric form of the continuous land surface and can be useful for identifying topographic "signatures." Hypsometry has found numerous applications in several subfields of geomorphology, but has not been used extensively in published periglacial work. Hypsometric analysis was applied in this study to several unglaciated and glaciated locales in Alaska's Yukon‐Tanana Upland and Indian River Upland physiographic sections, extensive areas of eastern Beringia in which cryoplanation landforms are ubiquitous. Never‐glaciated terrain in this region has a hypsometric signature distinctly different from that of glaciated areas within sample areas ranging in size from 0.25 to 100 km2. Cryoplanated terrain exhibits a distinctive convex‐upward hypsometric signature, a reflection of a greater proportion of the reference solid (land mass) remaining intact than in typical mature fluvial or glaciated terrain. Because the elevational position of cryoplanation terraces is slightly below and parallel with snowline position it is, in effect, climatically determined from above, and localized planar surfaces develop near that level. Comparison with terrain in the southwestern USA demonstrates that substantial differences also exist between the hypsometry of upland periglacial terrain in eastern Beringia and that of inselbergs and pediments in warm‐desert geomorphic landscapes, casting doubt on a suggestion that cryoplanation terraces and cryopediments in high‐latitude mountains could be inherited from past intervals of subtropical desert conditions We conclude that characteristic periglacial erosional topography exists in unglaciated areas of Beringia and can be detected and described quantitatively through objective methods.


DSCs are based on a dye-adsorbed porous TiO2 layer as a photo electrode [1]. Under the illumination, dye molecules are excited and electrons are produced. The injected electrons in the conduction band of TiO2 may recombine with the electrolyte. To obtain high performance DSCs, it is essential to retard the recombination. The charge recombination can be reduced by forming core-shell structure. In this work, we investigated the core-shell structure with Al2O3 and MgO coating layer on the porous TiO2 layer. We confirmed the photovoltaic properties by I-V characteristics. The current and the efficiency was improved. In addition to, Through decrease in the width of EIS arc, which is the sum of the interfacial charge transfer resistances of both electrodes, we can be indicated that the block effect.


Relations between Japan and India two ancient civilisations and two vibrant democracies have been built on practice of Buddhist religion, cultural similarities and historical linkages. However, the defence and strategic complementarities that have developed in the last one decade have been because of changing regional dynamics and the lacklustre performance of the regional security organisations. References has been made that the China factor plays prominently in the development of the relationship which is one of the main factor but not the only factor in the ties. The rise of China and its effect on the bilateral relationship between India and Japan need to be evaluated from a rational perspective. India and Japan have explored new complementarities given the increasing liberalised trade and investment between the two countries and the need for Japan to diversify its investment and trade portfolio. The cause for security cooperation between the two is to maintain balance of power in the region and create adequate cooperative measures so that China enmeshes itself into regional security obligations without structurally changing the status quo both in the Indian Ocean, South China Sea and East China Sea. This article addresses the evolving power matrix from the point of view of Japan and how it strengthens security cooperation with India for a peaceful and stable region.


Objectives: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is one of the most common autoimmune diseases, mainly affecting women during the fourth decade of life. During pregnancy, the presence of anti-Ro/SSa and anti-La/SSb antibodies increases the risk of congenital heart block (CHB). Foetal and pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women with pSS compared with the general population are difficult to evaluate because of confounding factors including age and body mass index (BMI). Method: The aim of this case–control study was to analyse the impact of pSS in pregnant women on foetal and pregnancy outcomes. Results: We enrolled 19 women with pSS (54 pregnancies) matched by age and BMI to 216 controls. Patients with pSS delivered significantly earlier (38 weeks + 3 days vs. 39 weeks + 2 days) and experienced more spontaneous abortions [< 22 weeks of gestation (WG)] than the controls [n = 16/54 (30.0%) vs. n = 1/216 (0.4%); p < 0.00001]. Preterm delivery (≤ 37+6 WG) was significantly higher in the pSS group than in the control group (29% vs. 12%, p = 0.04). pSS activity significantly affected the birthweight percentile, which was lower in pregnancies occurring after the diagnosis of pSS than in those occurring before (32.43 ± 21.57 vs. 60.46 ± 27.37; p = 0.008). No case of CHB was observed. Conclusions: pSS is responsible for an increased risk of spontaneous abortion. The duration of pregnancy is lower in patients with than without pSS, with more premature deliveries. Pregnancies that occur after the onset of the disease result in lower birthweight percentile children than when pSS is not clinically overt.


Thisfinal article presents a summary ofthefindings in thefourpreceding substantive studies, placing them in the context of the theoretical formulations underlying the work. It then discusses some of the issues involved in attempts to do research on the effects of experience and change.


The emergence of network interconnection technology promotes collaboration and the sending of large amounts of data into the network. In fact, we are at a time when entities are forced to share their data in a collaborative working environment and mutualisation. Data exchanged through collaborative networks is constantly growing. As part of a virtual organization, as in the case of distributed networks or digital universities, actors often have to exchange large data in the form of images, sounds and videos. This plethora of large data creates slowdowns within the network and dramatically slows the flow. Data compression is a mandatory solution. This article proposes to provide a solution on compression and data transmission techniques. The compression technique consists of using a polynomial formula to compress the data to the maximum before its transmission. This makes it possible to send large amounts of data faster, to gain bandwidth and to increase the fluidity of transmissions. So the knots will be less loaded.


The purpose of this study is to assess feasibility of digital mapping with IKONOS and Alternative System satellite images of Im spatial resolution. Mapping experiments for these images were conducted with technical analysis on positional accuracy, describable features, and possible mapping scale. Regarding Alternative System and IKONOS CARTERRA Precision images which were provided with rectified image type, head-up digitizing method was applied to generate digital map. Test results show that Alternative System image is available fer 2-dimensional revision of 1/10,000 topographic map, and IKONOS CARTERRA Precision image for 1/5,000 map. Digital photogrammetric workstation was used for stereoplotting of IKONOS CARTERRA Geo stereo images. IKONOS CARTERRA Geo with precise RPC is presumed to be possible for l/5,000 digital mapping in support of ensile survey.


With more than 20 gold deposits (or gold ore spots)and favorite oreforming conditions,Xiaoban and its vicinity are a concentric area of gold deposit in middle part of Fujian.The main metallogenic and ore controlling factors for the gold deposit in the area are a favorite assemblage of metallogenic and ore controlling structures,the metamorphic rocks of Proterozoic Mayuan Group and the itermidiateacid magmatic activity in the early Yanshanian;and all these are also the important prospecting criteria.The main kind of gold deposit is magmatic hydrotermal type,and the altered fractured rock type predominated in gold mineralization.The targets of further gold ore exploration in the area are as follows:Xiaoban,Longmenchang,Yangmei,Xuzhou,Lingtouping and Gekeng.Particularly more attention may be paid to the minor scale gold deposits or gold ore spots situated in volcanic depression and to altered fractured rock type gold deposits like Xiaoban Shuangqishan in the Mayuan Group metamorphic rocks beneath the volcanic cover rock.


The article reveals the role of UNESCO and the international community in preserving cultural heritage, subject to destruction in places of armed conflicts. Particular attention is paid to the World Heritage Sites of Syria, most of which are destroyed during the military clashes. There are analyzed the extent of Syria's cultural potential losses and ways of cultural heritage preservation, including drawing of public attention to this problem.


The prevalence of impaired driving in Australia
 Regulatory approaches used to manage:
– Alcohol impaired driving
– Other drug impaired driving
 Key countermeasures
– Lower blood alcohol limits
– Random breath testing (RBT)
– Random drug testing (RDT)
 Ongoing challenges and future directions


The six values that commonly apply to medical ethics discussions are autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice, dignity and truthfulness. These values provide us with a useful framework for understanding conflicts, but do not give answers on how to handle a particular situation. This article discusses values and cultural relativism based on the premise that, when a person makes a value judgement, it entails the idea of that person forming his or her own judgements about value issues. In health care practice, this is an important consideration because personal value judgements may directly influence the ways in which patients are treated. As health care professionals, we are obligated to transcend cultural boundaries, never to intentionally cause harm, and always to avoid the perpetuation of suffering and injustice. When moral values are in conflict, the result may be an ethical dilemma or crisis. Sometimes, no good solution to a dilemma in medical ethics exists and, occasionally, the values of the medical conflict with the values of the individual patient, family or community.


Three different nanogels possessing anionic, cationic and amphoteric character were synthesized via conven-tional redox initiated free radical copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM), 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid sodium salt (AMPS) and (3-acrylamidopropyl) trimethylammonium chloride (APTAC). The negatively charged [NIPAM]:[AMPS] = 90:10 mol.%, positively charged [NIPAM]:[APTAC] = = 90:10 mol.%, and charge-balanced amphoteric nanogels [NIPAM]:[APTAC]:[AMPS] = 90:5:5 mol.% ab-breviated as NIPAM90-AMPS10, NIPAM90-APTAC10, and NIPAM90-APTAC5-AMPS5, respectively, were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, TGA, UV-Vis spectroscopy and DLS measurements. The temperature and salt responsive properties of nanogels in aqueous and aqueous-salt solutions were studied in the tempera-ture range of 25–60 °C and ionic strength (μ) of 0.001–1.0 M NaCl. Anionic NIPAM90-AMPS10 and cationic NIPAM90-APTAC10 nanogels, exhibit a pronounced polyelectrolyte effect in aqueous-salt solution due to screening of the negative or positive charges by low-molecular-weight salt. Whereas the charge-balanced amphoteric nanogel NIPAM90-APTAC5-AMPS5 exhibits an antipolyelectrolyte effect due to the screening of electrostatic attraction between opposite charges by low-molecular-weight salt. The difference between the temperature-dependent behaviors of anionic, cationic and amphoteric nanogels is explained by shrinking (polyelectrolyte effect) and expanding (antipolyelectrolyte effect) of macromolecular chains in aqueous-salt solutions.


From 40 soil samples collected in the Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Bahia, Goias and Tocantins states, Brazil, a collection of 230 monosporic isolates of Trichoderma spp. was established using TSM selective media. In order to select efficient isolates for biological control, dual culture tests were carried out on PDA media at 20 oC for Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and at 25 oC for Fusarium solani f.sp. phaseoli. From the whole collection, 50 isolates presented antagonism against F. solani and 111 isolates to S. sclerotiorum. The antagonism against both pathogens was found in only 10% of the isolates. Scanning electron microscopy assessments with seven in vitro selected isolates showed that not all promoted hyperparasitism on the pathogens, suggesting the existence of other mechanisms of antagonism, as antibiosis or competition.


Bisphenol-A dicyanate ester(BADCy) was synthesized by use a modified cyanogens halide-phenol method,which the main idea was to add a co-catalyst into the synthetic system to improve the stability of the active cyanogens ' intermediate and fulfill the high purity and high yield BADCy synthesize.The degree of cyanation,effectives of impurities and temperatures on the cyanate reactions were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR).High performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) and differential scanning calorimeter(DSC) was used to characterize the purity of synthesized monomer and its reactivity.The result shows that the effect of excess of cyanogens bromide on the degree of cyanation reaction and the excess of triethylamine on impurity contents has sufficiently lowed in the modified method.Temperatures of synthesis reaction can be elevated to 0 ℃~10 ℃.Thus the reaction time is shortened.High purity(99%) and high yield(95%) BADCy monomer has been obtained.


Temporal Talbot effect is the time domain counterpart of spatial self imaging phenomenon. When a periodic time signal is propagated through a first order dispersive medium, exact replicas of the signal are reproduced at specific distance along the direction of propagation. At other distances, the signal is self imaged with a higher repetition-rate than the original periodic sequence (Fractional Talbot effect). In this paper, the problem of propagation of an ideal periodic optical pulse sequence through a linear dispersive fiber is investigated in the joint time-frequency domain using an optimized representation [i.e. Wigner Ville-Multiresolution spectrograms providing an optimal resolution in both time and frequency domains with reduced cross-term interferences]. Based on these optimized representations, complete numerical simulations were carried out to analyze the evolution of the time-frequency distribution of a periodic signal propagating through a linear dispersive medium, thus providing a deeper insight into the physics of the temporal Talbot problem. Moreover, we have used an elegant ray-matrix approach to describe the signal propagation in phase space and we have showed that for the fractional temporal Talbot effect (repetition rate factor M), each newly generated individual temporal pulse has contributions only from every Mth spectral component of the train's discrete spectrum. This interpretation is in fact in very good agreement with the notion that the fractional temporal Talbot effect can be explained as a result of interference between consecutive, chirped TF patterns. Our numerical simulations have confirmed our heuristic descriptions of the Talbot phenomena.


The collision integrals required for the evaluation of transport properties for nonpolar-polar interactions have been calculated by considering the angle dependence of the dipole-induced interaction term in the interaction potential. The averaging of the angle dependence of the collision integrals has been done by following two procedures. The results show significant changes from the values obtained for the Lennard-Jones (12:6) potential for nonpolar-nonpolar interactions. The contribution Bnp(T), of the nonpolar-polar interactions to the second virial coefficient of nonpolar- polar mixture has been similarly evaluated. Comparison with some of the available experimental data has been made.


Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) is a control technique for finding the maximum power point generated by photovoltaic system. This paper presents the design and simulation of MPPT based on Fuzzy Logic Controller for photovoltaic system. Simulations are performed on R load and battery. Batteries are modelled in equivalent circuits using trembly model. PSIM is used as the main circuit and Simulink as the control circuit connected by SimCoupler. The results show that the power can reach maximum value in various irradiance and temperature conditions, both on R load and battery.


This thesis contributes to the information security of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Networks. It shows how to provide support for security audits to identify component-level vulnerabilities in SCADA networks. We have developed a novel process to assess the vulnerability of SCADA devices remotely. The process identifies the device in the network and its configuration, searches for its specifications using an online database, looks up vulnerabilities online, and finds software patches if any exist. Our process was validated by three case studies using industry-standard equipment that provide proof of concept demonstrations.


A number of specimens of different species of Indianmica,including Muscoveite,Lepidolite,biotite and Mahadevite have been studied by X-ray power technique,and relative intensities of the various parts of the various patterns have been reported.


Team formation problem for sports clubs has become one of the essential challenges to be competent economically and sportively. This challenge is getting insuperable due to technological improvements in data collection, increase in the number of players and different features of the problem in different time stages. The complexity of the problem could be hurdled by using systematic methods for giving reasonable decisions. The coaches of sports clubs identify the players whether they are going to be included in the squad or in the starting line-up of the team. The skills, the positions and their importance levels should be determined for this selection process. In this paper, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is shown to be suitable for sports team formation problem to weight the skills and positions. The steps of AHP are outlined for volleyball team formation problem and a real life application of this approach for a volleyball sport club is presented. We also discuss how to use these results for decision making of a team formation.


Six cases of schwannomas arc described, two of the nasal cavity, two of the tongue, one of the hard palate and one of the pharynx (piriform sinus). A short review of the literature is made on the schwannomas occurring in the sites of these cases. The general comments on the reported cases are as follows: (a) There was no relation between these schwannomas and von Recklinghausen's disease. (b) All patients were adults, 25 to 65 years old. Four were women and two were men. (c) In three out of the six cases the tumor was pedunculated. (d) Recurrence, metastasis or malignant degeneration did not occur after surgical removal in any of the six cases, as it was verified by a follow-up of 2 to 5 years.


The combustion characteristics of fuel are important to understand. Diesel engines can ruin by using fuel from diesel and biodiesel. The characteristics between biodiesel and diesel fuel are different. Diesel fuel has low viscosity, high volatility, low density, and cetane number is around 48. However, biodiesel has high density, low volatile, high viscosity and has higher cetane number than diesel fuel. Using biodiesel can reduce the particulate matter from the engine. This happened because biodiesel has high oxygen content and can reduce emissions. These are some advantages of using biodiesel in diesel engines. In this research, the simulation of the combustion characteristics were investigated by diesel-rk simulation. The fuels are diesel fuel and biodiesel made from soybean methyl ester (SME). In this simulation, pure diesel fuel (DF), SME100, SME20 (20%SME blends to 80%DF) and SME40 (40%SME blends to 60%DF) are investigated. The combustion was set up with 1500, 1800, and 2000 rpm. The results show that in all engine rotations, DF has higher Specific Fuel Consumption (SFC) than SME. Moreover, the NO2 emission from DF is lower than SME. However, the particulate matter in SME40 can reduce up to 16.1% compared to DF. Moreover, the higher the engine rotates, the emissions from NO2 and PM from SME20, SME40, and DF can be reduced. It can be confirmed that the higher rotation in the engine can decrease the emissions in the engine.  In addition, biodiesel can be replaced with diesel fuel and it is environmentally friendly.


ABSTRACT Partnering with community agencies to implement physical activity (PA) interventions within the care for individuals with serious mental illness is important for improving the translation of research into practice. As such, a case study was conducted to explore individual participant experiences (N= 5, 60% male) and contextual circumstances that may influence the acceptability and feasibility of a pilot one-on-one 6-week PA intervention, within the broader context of a university-community organisation partnership. Interviews were conducted with participants and key implementation stakeholders (i.e. a community organisation stakeholder and a PA programme trainer). Deductive thematic analysis was used to identify themes related to programme feasibility and acceptability. Insights pertaining to programme development and delivery were reported to understand feasibility. Programme participants and key implementation stakeholders also described trainers, the gym environment/external collaboration, and the one-on-one, tailored nature of the programme as being key aspects of programme acceptability. These findings provide support for a university-community agency collaboration in the context of a PA intervention for mental illness. Suggestions for future community-based research are provided.


[Objective] To evaluate the relationship between tumor and kidney damage. [Methods] Review and analysis clinical materials of tumors amalgamate kidney damage in 15 patients. [Results] Among 15 patients of this group, 10 were male and 5 were female. There are 6 cases were tumor taking place before the kidney damage, 8 cases were tumor and kidney damage occurred simultaneously, and 1 cases were tumor after kidney damage. The time of tumor shortest is 1 week, and longest is 21 years. The time of kidney damages shortest is 1 month, and longest is 24 years. Among of them, 4 were NS, 4 were CGN, and 8 were CRF. The symptom shows in various degree improvements after operation or chemotherapy in all patients. 12 cases with normal renal function and 3 cases with abnormal renal function in 15 patients. 8 survive and 2 die in operation group, 2 survive and 3 die in non-operation group. 10 cases in hemodialysis group, 8 survive and 2 die after stop treatment, 5 cases in non-hemodialysis group, 2 of benign tumor survive after operation, 3 of malignant tumor die, 2 of them only treated with chemistry and 1 of them refused treatment. [Conclusions] There has some relationship between tumor and kidney damage. The key of therapeutics is remove the tumor as soon as possible, chemotherapy or radiotherapy is also as soon as possible for patients who can't operating. To hemodialysis regularly will play a positive role for patient who while amalgamating CRF. For middle-aged and old tumor patients, the situation with kidney damages or not should notice at the same time and in the further. For kidney damage patient with immune inhibitor treatment regularly. It is necessary to checking regularly, and watch out for the emergence of the tumor.


The phenomena of incrsing intensity of atomic oxygen lines λ=5577Å and λ=6300Å during collition of Shumakher-Leve 9 comet with the Jupiter are considered. The corresponding physical mechanisms of generation of those glow are presented.


We propose a simple classical dynamical model of a thermoelectric (or thermochemical) heat engine based on a pair of ideal gas containers connected by two unequal scattering channels. The model is solved analytically and it is shown that a suitable combination of parameters can be chosen such that the engine operates at Carnot's efficiency.


This chapter studies the flow of funds and financial resilience of the banking industry in the Balkans in the face of the global financial crisis and the second great depression. After presenting the stylized facts in terms of standard variables like deposit potential, credit activity, capital adequacy, NPLs and basic profitability indicators in the last couple of years immediately preceding and following the beginning of the crisis, we go on to review the theoretical paradigms and empirical regularities found in (international) banking crises literature, only to make preliminary evaluation of robustness of the narrow banking model in the Balkans and effectiveness of deposit insurance schemes for the health of banking sectors and overall growth financing, and lastly but not least, in order to establish the likelihood, feasible channels and type of potentially systemic banking crisis occurrence after all in otherwise fairly narrowly organised banking industry of the region.


1.Some International Law Implications of the Oslo/Cairo Framework for the P.L.O./Israeli Peace Talks R. Falk. 2. The P.L.O.-Israeli Interim Arrangements and the Geneva Civilians Convention J. Quigley. 3. The West Bank and Gaza: Free and Fair Elections, Human Rights and the Transition to Democracy G.S. Goodwin-Gill. 4. International Human Rights Law: Prospects and Problems for Palestinian Women H. Charlesworth. 5. The Potential and Pitfalls of the Right to Self- Determination for Women C. Chinkin. 6. Self- Determination, Population Transfer and the Middle East Peace Accords C.J. Drew. 7. Domestic Application of International Human Rights Standards: Criminal Justice and Public Security Under Palestinian Self-Government S.P. Marks. 8. Economic and Social Rights: Issues of Implementation P. Hunt. 9. Natural Resources and Belligerent Occupation: Mutation Through Permanent Sovereignty I. Scobbie. 10. The Geneva Conventions and the Autonomous Territories in the Middle East H.-P. Gasser. Index.


Starting from the Eighties new forms of tourism have developed, characterised by shorter holidays, but with a more specific goal. Today tourists are driven by different interests and motivations, and they have at their disposal several ways to put into practice their idea of tourism. They look for new destinations and modes of travelling in line with the requirements of a post-modern society that is unrelentingly moving through a global space (Lemmi 2009, p. 12). For this reason international experts agree that tourism cannot be seen as a mass phenomenon, rather it should be addressed as post-tourism, where the offer has to be adapted to the demand. In this frame the sociologist John Urry (2002, p. 91) defines the figure of the post-tourist:


Despite increased attention to nutrition in recent years acute malnutrition remains a particularly neglected issue with no significant decline seen in the global number of cases in the past two decades. Today we launch 'Generation Nutrition' - a new campaign to turn this situation around. For the first time in history we have the knowledge and the means to prevent and treat acute malnutrition. By tackling this issue head-on we can contribute to further reductions in child deaths from preventable causes in the years to come and help to promote human and economic development. The Generation Nutrition campaign brings together a diverse and growing group of civil society organisations calling on governments and the international community to take urgent action to prioritise the fight against acute malnutrition and save the lives of millions of children under the age of five. We believe that with strong political will our goal of a world free of child deaths from acute malnutrition can be achieved within a generation. But we must act now. The Generation Nutrition launch report sets out a 10-point plan for addressing acute malnutrition as part of a broader commitment to tackling undernutrition as a whole.


Considerable attention has been devoted to a nonlinear waves propagation in various wave-guide structure due to their applications in photonic-microwave devices . In this communication, the dispersion characteristics of transverse magnetic polarized waves nonlinear guided waves propagating in a multilayer semiconductor superlattices waveguide surrounded by one side by a nonlinear magnetic cover have been investigated theoretically. The two sublattice uniaxial antiferromagnetic crystal is considered as a nonlinear magnetic medium where the permeability is treated as a function of the magnetic field. Nummerical results are demonstrated for a waveguiding system containing some number of layers of superlattices. We hope that our present work could lead to several extensions and promising applications in future technology.


This paper presents a new Fundamental Climate Data Record (FCDR) for the visible (VIS) channel of the Meteosat Visible and Infrared Imager (MVIRI), with pixel-level metrologically traceable uncertainties and error covariance estimates. MVIRI has flown onboard Meteosat First Generation (MFG) satellites between 1982 and 2017. It has served the weather forecasting community with measurements of "visible", "infra-red" and "water vapour" radiance in near real-time. The precision of the pre-launch sensor spectral response function (SRF) characterisation, particularly of the visible band of this sensor type, improved considerably with time, resulting in higher quality radiances towards the end of the MFG program. Despite these improvements, the correction of the degradation of this sensor has remained a challenging task and previous studies have found the SRF degradation to be faster in the blue than in the near-infrared part of the spectrum. With these limitations, the dataset cannot be immediately applied in climate science. In order to provide a data record that is suited for climate studies, the Horizon 2020 project "FIDelity and Uncertainty in Climate-data records from Earth Observation" (FIDUCEO) conducted (1) a thorough metrological uncertainty analysis for each instrument, and (2) a recalibration using enhanced input data such as reconstructed SRFs. In this paper, we present the metrological analysis, the recalibration results and the resulting consolidated FCDR. In the course of this study we were able to trace-back the remaining uncertainties in the calibrated MVIRI reflectances to underlying effects that have distinct physical root-causes and spatial/temporal correlation patterns. SEVIRI and SCIAMACHY reflectances have been used for a validation of the harmonised dataset. The resulting new FCDR is publicly available for climate studies and for the production of climate data records (CDRs) spanning about 35 years.


Intangible cultural heritage records the history and changes of Chinese traditional culture. It is a living fossil of regional economy, culture and politics. It is an indispensable part of the treasure house of Chinese cultural information. Using big data to build a digital platform for intangible cultural heritage collection, storage and sharing of relevant data resources are the prerequisites for the involvement of virtualreality technology in intangible cultural heritage


A detailed understanding of decadal to millennial-scale climate changes requires seasonal-scale (summer-winter) reconstructions of past precipitation and temperature fluctuations. Comparing seasonally resolved varve records with pollen-based sum of growing degree-days (GDD) reconstructions from Lake Nautajärvi, we examined the intra-annual nature of climate variability in central southern Finland during the Holocene. The organic varve record and the GDD reconstruction show roughly comparable trends supporting the interpretation that both proxies predominantly reflect summer temperatures in the study area. The records suggest low but rising early-Holocene (9500 to 8500 cal. yr BP) summer temperatures. The Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM) in the GDD record dates to about 7500 to 4500 cal. yr BP, but the organic varve record along with reconstructed changes in vegetation composition, notably a peak of Tilia pollen percentages, indicate that during the HTM there was a trend towards a more continental climate with maximum mid-summer temperatures reached at 6500 to 4500 cal. yr BP. Both records reflect the start of the post-HTM cooling at about 4500 cal. yr BP, simultaneously with an increase of the amount of catchment erosion and mineral matter influx into the lake, suggesting gradually colder and/or longer winters with high net accumulation of snow. The organic varve record and the GDD record start to diverge at 2000 cal. yr BP, possibly owing to the human influence on catchment processes. The reconstructed mid-Holocene summer temperature peak deviates from the regional climate model outputs, which suggest highest summer temperatures during the early Holocene.


Objective:To evaluate the influence of xingnaojing injection on oxygen metabolism and oxidative stress of patients with acute alcohol intoxication.Methods:A total of 180 cases of patients with acute alcohol intoxication were randomly divided into control group and observation group,each group had 90 cases,and 90 cases of healthy volunteers were included as normal control group.Patients in control group were treated with naloxone,and those in observation group were treated with combined with xingnaojing injection.Then the plasma levels of oxidative stress related indicators of all subjects were detected and compared,and oxygen metabolism and oxidative stress related indicators of control group and observation group before and after treatment were also been compared.Results:4,8hafter treatment,the oxygen metabolism related indicators such as SaO2,CaO2,DO2 and PaO2/FiO2 of observation group were all higher than control group,while the VO2 was lower than control group,(Pall0.05).The serum levels of H2O2,MDA and iNOS of patients with acute alcohol intoxication when they were drunk were significantly higher than the awake state and normal control group,while the SOD and GSH was lower than the awake state and normal control group(Pall0.05).4,8hafter treatment,the serum levels of H2O2,MDA and iNOS of observation group were all lower than control group,while the the SOD and GSH were higher than control group(Pall0.05).Conclusion:Xingnaojing injection can effectively improve the oxygen metabolism and oxidative stress related indicators,it is beneficial to the recovery of respiratory circulatory function,and promote patient awake soon.


Using many-body perturbation theory and density functional perturbation theory, we study the vibrational spectra of the internal stretch (IS) mode of CO on Pd(111) for the bridge and hollow adsorption structures that are experimentally identified at 0.5~ML coverage. Our theoretical treatment allows us to determine the temperature dependence of the IS vibrational spectra under thermal conditions as well as the time evolution of the non-equilibrium transient spectra induced by femtosecond laser pulses. Under thermal conditions (i.e., for equal electronic $T_e$ and phononic $T_l$ temperatures), the calculated lifetimes at 10-150~K are mostly due to nonadiabatic couplings (NC), i.e., first-order electronic excitations. As temperature increases, also the contribution of the second-order electron mediated phonon-phonon couplings (EMPPC) progressively increases from 25\% at low temperatures to 50\% at 300~K. Our calculations for the laser-induced non-equilibrium conditions comprise experimental absorbed fluences of 6-130~J/m$^2$. For fluences for which $T_e>$2000~K, the transient vibrational spectra are characterized by two different regimes that follow the distinct time-evolution of $T_e$ and $T_l$ and are respectively dominated by NC and EMPPC processes. At lower fluences, the initial fast regime becomes progressively negligible as $T_e$ decreases and only the steady second regime remains visible. Qualitatively, all these spectral properties are common to the both adsorption structures studied here.


The article considers issues of interpretation of symbolic images in the novels "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde and "The Man at the Mirror" by Uzbek writer Omon Mukhtor. Also, the conflict between good and evil, the struggle to express the meaning of «I» of «man», the inner spiritual and moral evolution is discussed in the article. Symbolism is used in order to reflect characters inner world.


The invention relates to a breaker with short circuit self-locking function, which is characterized in that: the breaker is provided with a short circuit self-locking mechanism. With the short circuit self-locking mechanism, the breaker cannot be closed directly after being opened due to short circuit until an operator is reminded of a short circuit accident, finds cause and solves the problem. The breaker adds short circuit self-locking function while keeping the functions of the prior breaker so as to overcome the defect of breaker burndown or fire caused by reclosing of the breaker after short circuit in the prior art.


The committee report states that the FORET stand simulation model should be regarded as analogous to a model of the economy-useful for speculation, not for prediction. We agree with the committee that FORET requires further validation prior to its use as a predictor of quantitative changes in forest biomass. In addition, the estimation of long-term air pollution effects requires model inputs for growth rate change for trees of all ages and for changes in mortality and reproduction success-data not available from FORAST. Given adequate model input and FORET validation, if these long-term growth effects were to be converted to projected regional yield losses and then to projected economic yield losses, exogenous inputs, some of which were derived from a model of the economy, would be required. In that sense, any assessment requiring a prediction of future biological responses, not to mention human market behavior, must, perforce, be speculative. The mandate to perform assessments within NAPAP requires the use of data and several models to display quantitative results, the range of uncertainty around those results when it can be estimated, the scientific uncertainty about the models and functions that were used, and the sensitivity to alternate scientific interpretations when multiple hypotheses exist. The FORET model is a candidate to provide one step in a chain of analyses that will eventually result in a quantitative assessment. Its shortcomings, along with the shortcomings of the other steps, are being evaluated, and improvement will be made where possible. *Robert E. Rosenthal, Acid Deposition Assessment Staff, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460.


Abstract 4587 The nuclear proto-oncogene c-myb plays crucial roles in the growth, survival and differentiation of hematopoietic cells. We previously reported that the c-Myb knock down (KD) mice exhibited anemia and thrombocytosis. To better understand the transcriptional regulatory program that accompanies the decrease of c-Myb , we performed a transcriptome analysis of megakaryocyte-erythrocyte lineage-restricted progenitors (MEPs). We found that CD9 expression was dramatically increased in the MEPs from c- Myb KD mice. CD9 belongs to a tetraspanin family and regulates cell motility and adhesion. Several reports described that CD9 is involved in platelet function by forming a complex with integrin family members including platelet fibrinogen receptor integrin aIIb-b III. To elucidate the functional contribution of CD9 to the thrombogenesis within the regulatory hierarchy mediated by c-Myb, we first examine the relation between c-Myb and CD9. We found the recruitment of c-Myb to the promoter region of CD9 by chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. A reporter assay showed that c-Myb represses CD9 promoter activity. These results indicate that CD9 is directly repressed by c-Myb. Since an agonistic antibody against CD9 stimulated megakaryocytic colony formation, we investigated the role of CD9 during megakaryopoiesis in vivo by using CD9 -null mice. Numbers of megakaryocytes and platelets, CFU-Meg, and ploidy were not different between wild-type and CD9 -null mice. However, proplatelet formation (PPF) was significantly impaired in CD9 -null megakaryocytes, and the size of proplatelets was smaller than those generated by wild-type megakaryocytes. Consistent with this result, the recovery phase of platelet counts were delayed in the CD9 -null mice after the bone marrow suppression with 5-fluorouracil, indicating the impaired platelet production. In CD9 -null mice, the proliferation of megakaryocytes was promoted and circulating megakaryocytes in the peripheral blood were increased, which might compensate the PPF impairment of CD9 -null megakaryocytes. Our study suggests that c-Myb suppresses CD9 expression under the steady state, while, in the stress megakaryopoiesis, CD9 is derepressed and acts to enhance platelet production. Elucidation of c-Myb-CD9 regulatory function seems to be important to understand the stress megakaryopoiesis. Disclosures: Ninomiya: Alexion: Research Funding.


This article examines Indonesia's role as a middle power in the Katowice Climate Change Conference or COP-24. To voice developing countries' interest, Indonesia has pursued three important negotiation points toward developed countries in order to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement namely financial support, technology transfer, and capacity building. To overcome tension between developed and developing countries, Indonesia has mobilized its middle power status particularly in the importance of developed countries to fulfil their commitments to developing countries. During the negotiation, Indonesian negotiators seek to use the middle power position symbolically as a negotiating power and become representatives of other developing countries to reach a negotiating agreement at COP24. This can be seen in Indonesia's ability to create a narrative of symbolic power in the form of language, and identity, which is able to convince developed countries to agree with Indonesia's demands. This article then contributes to the middle power literature by bringing the discussion of symbolic power into the discussion.


In this paper, a coupled interaction matrix is proposed to describe the interactions between line outages and the load shed at buses. The coupled interaction matrix is effectively estimated by the Expectation Maximization algorithm. A highly probabilistic coupled interaction model is further proposed to efficiently generate cascades with both line outages and the load shed based on the coupled interaction matrix and the distribution of initial outages. To mitigate cascading failures, critical links are identified based on the coupled interaction matrix by calculating a comprehensive severity index that considers the consequences of both line outages and the load shed. Simulation results on the IEEE 300-bus system verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The cascades generated from the coupled interaction model match the statistics of the original cascades very well. The identified critical links based on the comprehensive severity index enable a proper tradeoff between reducing line outages and reducing the load shed, leading to a better mitigation effect than only considering either line outages or the load shed.


The existing variational level set without re-initialization model is less sensitive to the margin-blurred and low-contrast image,and its segmentation results are not satisfying. To solve this proplem,this paper proposed a variational level set method of medical image segmentation based on kernel fuzzy clustering,First of all,it transformed the original image by kernel fuzzy C-means clustering,and then introduced the clustering results into the initial level set function to achieve the initial contour. Finally it used the Li model segmentation method to achieve the ultimate image segmentation. The experimental results show that the proposed method has good segmentation quality,strong adaptability,and less iteration times at the same time.