Japan has a vast history of earthquake and tsunami disasters that Japan had to cope with, the country can be defined as a disaster society. The most recent disaster, The Great East Japan Earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0, resulted in a tsunami which had a devastating effect on the coastal regions of Tohoku. However, these crisis situations also offer a potential for implementing innovative concepts and strategies regarding disaster recovery. Japan copes with high volumes of precipitation and a rapid aging and declining population. Furthermore, as a result of the shutdown of almost all the nuclear energy plants after the tsunami there is a need for other (renewable) energy sources. It is important to take this trauma into account where most of the people want to recover what was lost. This causes a friction between the urge to develop new areas and recover what was there before, which results in defining the concept of Traditional Urban Recovery (TUR). There is a need for change from Traditional Urban Recovery to a new concept, Modern Urban Renewal (MUR). MUR in the context of Japan is defined as a combination of multiple concepts and topics that are systematically integrated together and strengthened by the community providing balance between water and land. These include four topics: physical living quality, environment, energy, and tsunami resilience. This research project is using the Dynamic Adaptation Policy Pathway (DAPP) approach as guiding method in order to shift from TUR towards MUR or learn how to directly implement MUR after a disaster. In order to strengthen this approach a set of supplementing methods is chosen. One of the supplementing methods used is the multidisciplinary approach. There are many problems in a disaster society such as in Japan which cannot be fully addressed by one scientific discipline. To resolve problems of a disaster society, contributions from many disciplines are needed, with inputs that should preferably be balanced and integrated. Actions that are developed to generate pathways and strategies are derived from the process analysis and spatial analysis. After defining the current situation of Yuriage the developed actions can be added to the pathway map. There are two phases that the strategy will go through: adaptation and resilience. The first phase starts from the current situation of Yuriage where some hard engineered solutions have been applied. the adaptation phase provides a foundation for the shift towards more resilient solutions. In phase two the transition from adaptive solutions towards resilient solutions is supported. Most of the hard engineered solutions are replaced by natural processes. However, in some cases the civil constructions and nature based solutions strengthened each other and were therefore combined to increase resilience. The hypothesis is that following a pathway for each of the four themes from adaptive actions to resilient actions Modern Urban Renewal is reached. The strategy is tested on its performance by translating the pathways in a design proposal for the coastal village Yuriage. The design can be divided into four sections: the coast, the harbor, the housing area, and the energy hub. By using the DAPP approach a set of steps is developed that can be followed in order to reach MUR faster in case of a new disaster situation.


The paper gives a brief analysis of the cooperative motive between MICE and tourism industry from the perspective of constructing their strategic alliance by employing the quantitative study approach to analyze the different motives between contracted alliance and stocked alliance,alliance in different industrial chains and alliance in different types of organizations.


A gait training method that can adjust the target load for a trainee is required to meet various demands for training. In this paper, a leg load increase training method using a soft gait-assistive suit is proposed. The soft gait-assistive suit is a power assistive device that helps a trainee walk by actuating a pneumatic artificial rubber muscle (PARM) attached to the trainee's leg. In the proposed leg load increase training, an external force acting as a load is applied to the trainee's leg using the suit so that the muscle activity increases throughout the gait cycle. We focused on the trainee's joint torque trajectories during walking, and the PARMs are actuated to increase them. The effectiveness of the proposed training method was verified by gait experiments on two trainees using a treadmill. The leg electromyogram (EMG) of the trainee wearing the gait-assistive suit was measured, and its change caused by the applied load was observed. From the experimental results, we confirmed that the proposed training method increased the load of the hip extension and flexion of the two trainees, and the load of ankle dorsiflexion of one trainee.


Abstract : The definition of fog, as used in this article, has been broadened to: 'a collection of minute droplets suspended in air.' Two ways in which fog can be formed, either by condensation of vapor or by mechanical dispersion of a liquid are described, and three important applications of fog, as a tool for preventing frost damage, fighting against harmful insects, and livestock sanitation are discussed. (Author)


Role playing is an extremely valuable method in language learning. It encourages thinking and creativity, lets students develop and practice new language and behavioral skills in a relatively nonthreatening setting, and can create the motivation and involvement for learning to occur. This paper sets out to discuss it's theoretical basis, importance, and applications in detail.


Some primary websites which provided the remote sense image download service, both domestic and foreign, had been searched and analyzed. And an brief introduction was given about the specific character of data on each of the websites so as to offer convenience to image users.


Objective To observe the efficacy, safety and tolerability of long-term entecavir (ETV) treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Methods Total of 63 patients were enrolled in three prospective ETV clinical trials (ETV-012, ETV-023 and ETV-056) and subsequent clinical trial (ETV-050). Efficacy and safety in these patients for up to 4 to 8 years were observed, respectively. Results Among the 63 cases, three patients lost to follow-up after 2 years, one patient turned to another center for treatment after 2.5 years; the other 59 patients received long-term treatment or follow-up of 4 to 8 years (mean 6.16 ± 1.39 years, median 7 years), 68.3% patients (43/63) were treated for 7-8 years. After treatment for 7-8 years, 85.7% LAM n ive patients and 54.5% LAM-treated patients maintained virological response. The rate of HBeAg negative and serological conversion were 36.1% and 22.2% in 36 patients with HBV DNA sustained response for 7-8 years, respectively. There were 6 patients who achieved the HBeAg seroconversion and/or completed HBV DNA suppression, 1 patient achieved the HBsAg serocoversation; and there was no recurrence after withdrawal of ETV therapy. There were no drug-attributed adverse events or hepatocellular carcinoma in all patients. The emergence of drug resistance occured in 13 (20.6%) patients, mostly in patients treated with LAM. Conclusions Long-term ETV treatment was effective, with a low resistance rate and was well tolerated; there were no evidence for the occurrence of cancers in those patients.


The paper represents external prestressing structures, includes the characteristic and developments, load-carrying ability analysis approaches, external prestressing strengthening techniques. Then the prospects of external prestressing techniques in bridge engineering are indicated.


Measurement error arising from vibration interference is recognized as the primary obstacle limiting the accuracy and stability of laser interference absolute gravimeters. The present work addresses this issue by proposing a global search optimization algorithm that determines the optimal absolute value of gravity based on the measured time– displacement coordinates of a falling body and the signal obtained from the passive vibration isolation system of the inertial reference corner cube in a laser interference absolute gravimeter. Results of numerical calculations conducted under vibration interference conditions with added white noise resulting in a signal-to-noise ratio of 40 dB demonstrate the following. 1. The accuracy and standard deviation of the gravimeter obtained using the proposed algorithm are −0.04 μGal (1μGal= 1× 10−8 ms−2) and 0.24 μGal, respectively, while those values obtained by the standard leastsquares solution are 10.19 and 154.11 μGal, respectively. 2. The test results indicate that the average response of the reference value of acceleration due to gravity superimposed by a disturbance of 1.00 μGal is 1.01 μGal using the proposed algorithm and 0.87 μGal using the standard least-squares solution.


Luminescent materials with long afterglow are kinds of energy storage materials that can absorb both UV and visible light from the sun and gradually release this energy in the dark at a certain wavelength. Silicates therefore are suitable hosts for phosphors because of their high physical and chemical stability. [1-4]In this study, Mn 4+ doped and Pr 3+,4+ , Nd 3+ co-doped MgAl2Si2O8-based phosphors were first of all synthesized by solid state reaction at about 1300 o C. They were characterized by (TG), (DTA), (XRD), photoluminescence (PL) and (SEM). The phosphors had a triclinic crystal system. The luminescence mechanism of the phosphors, which showed broad red emission bands in the range of 610-715 nm and had a different maximum intensity when activated by UV illumination, was discussed. Such a red emission can be attributed to the intrinsic d-d transitions of Mn 4+ . Under UV excitation at 258 nm, MgAl2Si2O8:Mn 4+ ,Pr 3+,4+ and MgAl2Si2O8:Mn 4+ ,Nd 3+


Iris pigment epithelial (IPE) cysts are a subset of iris cysts that arise from the IPE. They are spontaneously erupting epithelial-lined cavities that are found in various anatomic locations of the iris, including the iris pupillary margin, midzone, periphery, and free floating in the vitreous or anterior chamber. We report the case of an asymptomatic 13-year-old boy with an incidental finding of a dislodged anterior chamber cyst diagnosed on routine examination. Modern multimodal image analysis of the cyst including anterior segment optical coherence tomography and ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) was utilized to characterize the microstructural anatomy of the lesion. The patient was managed conservatively without complications. Cysts of the IPE typically do not affect vision or ocular health and can be monitored and observed after ascertaining no associated malignancy. Initial diagnostic investigation can include UBM and anterior segment optical coherence tomography. Intervention should be reserved only for cases where the cyst growth leads to obstruction of the visual axis and/or other secondary complications.


lassifications of prokaryotes based on phylogeny were once considered unattainable. The organisms lack a fossil record, too many microbial generations have already passed, and the horizontal spread of extrachromosomal (plasmid-borne) genes has a disordering impact on their genomes. Prokaryotes were grouped pragmatically (e.g., by their clinical effects) rather than by their evolutionary relationships. However, modern nucleic-acid sequencing techniques recently have allowed quantitative tapping of the enormous information content of the prokaryote genome. Although only a small portion of the total genome has been analyzed, it allows the construction of the first true phylogenetic trees (dendrograms) for prokaryotes. In this article, we describe how analysis of prokaryotic biochemical pathways can further refine the branching order within these trees. The leader of the recent, declared "revolution" in prokaryotic classification is Carl Woese and his many collaborators (Fox et al. 1980, Woese 1987). Much of the work has analyzed ribosomal RNA genes, especially those of the 16S subunit. Surprisingly, the lateral transfer of plasmid-


This is a story of life in the East End of London. It is both the author's own tale and the social history of a community possessing a greater heritage than the characterful criminals, cheeky barrow-boys and jellied eels so often offered up as representative of the area.


Several spectral techniques were used to study the interactions of hydroxyl aromatics and aromatic hydrocarbons with poly(acrylic acid)-salt mixtures and filter paper. The results revealed hydrogen bonding of the model hydroxyl aromatics and aromatic hydrocarbons to the support materials. The individual phosphors acted as hydrogen donors, hydrogen accepting species, or as both hydrogen donors and hydrogen acceptors. Infrared data showed a net increase or decrease in the inter- and intramolecular hydrogen bonding network of the solid supports with the addition of phosphors, suggesting specific geometric requirements for adsorption of the phosphor. Diffuse reflectance spectra and luminescence emission spectra indicated that room-temperature phosphorescence was emitted by the neutral hydroxyl aromatics adsorbed on the solid surfaces. 23 references, 3 figures, 4 tables.


The purpose of this
study is to compare the levels of IL-6, 8 in tear fluids of people exposed to
mustard gas in the war between Iraq and Iran who had the chronic dry-eye
symptoms compared to the normal group. In this study, 25 of the patients who
were exposed to mustard gas and had chronic dry eye symptoms were compared to
25 patients as control group, consisting of 25 people who had common chronic
dry eye symptoms with blepharitis and 25 healthy people as normal group. The
levels of IL-6 and IL-8 in tear fluid of people of these three groups were
assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The results for levels
of IL-6 (P = 0.002) and IL-8 (P = 0.001) in tear fluid of patients in
comparison with normal group show a significant increase. The differences were
considered statistically significant at P


The article focuses on two ideas: first, there is the question of the lack of efficiency and pragmatism felt by all the beneficiaries of the educational system and, as a result, there is a depreciation of the expected social effect. Second, the modern means of education (mass media, the internet),which is becoming more solid, requires a change of educational convection involving the collaboration of several factors responsible for the success of training the younger generation and determining the conscious motivation of a continuous modern education.


The pressure and the temperature derivatives of the bulk, shear, and Young's moduli and of the Poisson's ratio of some 3‐5 and 2‐6 polycrystalline semiconducting compounds have been calculated from Hill's approximation. The third‐order elastic constants and the pressure derivatives of the second‐order elastic constants of the corresponding single‐crystal compounds have been employed in these calculations. Since the single‐crystal input data are experimental, we would expect the present polycrystalline calculations to correspond to experimental measurements.


Different pupils, different responses responding to pupil differences - some possible teaching tactics responding to pupil differences - some possible classroom strategies putting the ideas to use.


Large scale hydrological observations in the eight estuaries of the Pearl River were simultaneously carried out in February,2011.Analysis of the field data showed that:(1) the eight estuaries in descendant order of runoff were:Modaomen,Humen,Hongqimen,Jiaomen,Yamen,Hutiaomen,Jitimen and Hengmen;(2) during tide waves going into the estuaries,Modaomen and Jitimen reached their top water level first,Humen and Jiaomen the last,and their time difference about 1 to 2 hours;the runoff was strong and tide was weak in Modaomen;the flood velocity in Modaomen was smaller than those in other estuaries,but ebb velocity the contrary;(3) the eight estuaries in descendant order of average salinity were:Humen,Yamen,Modaomen,Hutiaomen,Hengmen,Jiaomen,Hongqimen and Jitimen;(4) Humen,Yamen and Jitimen were of strong salinity mixing type;Modaomen belonged to strong salinity mixing type during spring tide,but high-degree stratification type during neap tide.other four estuaries belonged to moderate-degree mixing type,which were characterized by high salinity at bottom layer and low at surface layer,strong mixing during spring tide and weak mixing during neap tide.


Fifty A × C 9935 strain inbred rat litters were examined near term; 88/315 fetuses (27.9%) showed renal malformations (renal agenesis and hydronephrosis). Unilateral renal agenesis occurred more often on the right side (11.5%) than the left (3.6%), especially in males. Renal agenesis was always associated with absence or hypoplasia of a uterine horn or vas deferens and epididymis on the corresponding side. However, the ovaries or testes were present and intact. Hydronephrosis was seen more often on the left side (11.4%) than the right (3.5%). There was no significant sex difference in the frequency of renal agenesis and hydronephrosis. In hydronephrosis the ureteropelvic junction was patent, and hydroureter always accompanied moderate hydronephrosis. Atresia near the vesicoureteral junction was considered as a cause of hydronephrosis. There was a close morphogenetic relation between renal agenesis and hydronephrosis.


Gastric cancer (GC) is the third leading cause of cancer‐related death worldwide. Circular RNA circHIAT1 has been proved to play an antitumor role. We aimed to explore the function and mechanism of circHIAT1 in GC. MKN28 and MKN45 cells were transfected with PLCDH‐circHIAT1, miR‐21 mimic, and relative control. Cell viability and apoptosis were examined through Cell Counting Kit‐8 and flow cytometry, respectively. CircHIAT1 expression and other relative factors were tested through quantitative reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis, respectively. Our findings demonstrated that circHIAT1 was lowly expressed in GC tissues. After transfection with PLCDH‐circHIAT1 in MKN28 and MKN45 cells, cell viability was decreased, while the expression levels of p53 and p21 were raised, as well as apoptosis. Besides this, the epithelial‐mesenchymal transition process was inhibited by PLCDH‐circHIAT1 transfection. Mechanistically, miR‐21 expression was upregulated in GC tissues and could be negatively regulated by circHIAT1. Further experiments showed that the addition of miR‐21 mimic reversed the growth inhibition effects of circHIAT1 overexpression. Moreover, circHIAT1 inhibited the activation of phosphatase and tensin homolog/phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase/protein kinase B and extracellular signal‐regulated kinase signal pathways via downregulating miR‐21. CircHIAT1 functioned as a tumor inhibitor in GC cells through downregulating miR‐21, and could be a novel target for GC treatment.


Intracellular localization of RNA is important in regulating various cellular functions. Here, we determined the intracellular localization of the ammonium transporter (AtAMT1;4) mRNA in the sperm cells of Arabidopsis pollen by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The AFM probe was modified with cone-shaped dendron molecules, and an oligonucleotide complementary to the mRNA was attached to the apex. This configuration allowed facile detection of the mRNA within a sectioned pollen cell at the single-molecule level by measuring the mRNA–oligonucleotide interaction force. The AtAMT1;4 mRNA was largely localized in the nucleus rather than the cytosol of the sperm cells.


Methods for the determination of magnesium and aluminium, present as impurities, in A.R. alkali halides have been developed. Both ions were separated by co-precipitation in the form of their hydroxides, and improved spectrophotometric methods were used for their quantitative analysis.

These and other methods have been used to follow the purification of KCl by re-crystallization from aqueous solutions, and some illustrative observations are reported.


The present paper reports the development of the refrigeration system that is applied to 70MW class superconducting generators (SCG). The main subject in developing the refrigeration system for verification tests on site was to develop technology for removing impurities in helium gas, which largely affects its reliability, and to further improve the reliability and efficiency of its main components as screw compressors, turbo expanders, and a low temperature adsorber. Thus this paper deals with its planning and performance testing as well as automatic control in different modes of operation (such as cool-down, steady-state and heat run) and also the reliability analysis. It was verified that the developed refrigeration system demonstrated a higher reliability of 14, 637 hours (MTBF), larger than 10, 000 hours. The total operation time at steady state has reached 9, 320 hours with no failures in the entire testing period.


The river basins and water management systems are characterized by a high degree of complexity. In order to find the best operation rules of the reservoirs during floods all other time consuming data processing (like flood wave propagation) should be simplified at maximum. For this purpose, the Genetic Programming (GP) approach was used. The GP transfer functions derived for flood propagation provide an excellent agreement with the floods propagation based on Saint Venant equations, but without time and other resources consuming. The synthetic floods of the ungauged tributaries keeping the same probability of exceedance along the main river were derived using regionalization studies. The proposed approach was tested for Sitna and Miletin river, two main tributaries of Jijia river.


Part 1: The Discipline, 1 Going global, 2 Enterprise culture, 3 Genres and genealogies, 4 Problems, Part 2: Time 1 The Past: cultural history/cultural memory, 2 The Present, 3 The Future: policies and prophesies, Part 3: Space 1 Thinking globalisation, 2 The regional, national and local, Part 4: Media and the Public Sphere, 1 Television, 2 Popular music, 3 The internet and technoculture, Part 5: Identity, 1 Debating identity, 2 Multiculturalism, 3 Race, Part 6: Sexuality and Gender, 1 Feminism's aftermath: gender today, 2 Queer culture, Part 7: Value, 1 Culture high and low, 2 The nature of culture


Acupuncture anesthesia belongs to the traditional Chinese medicine anesthesia method.During the thyroid benign tumor operation,acupuncture anesthesia can not only enhance the analgesic effect of local anesthesia,but also avoid the disadvantage of slow recovery after general anesthesia.Acupuncture anesthesia is worthy of promotion as a good anesthesia method for thyroid benign tumor operation.During the operation,the manipulation should be gentle,local flap infiltration should be even and strong traction should be avoided.Timely communication with the patient ensures a good effect.


According to the present invention is a chemically stabilized inorganic filler is a ionomer polymer is prepared containing the above-mentioned ionomer polymer is shown in a reduced degradation. Ionomers of this invention are useful in membranes and electrochemical cells. Ionomer, an inorganic filler, the membrane, the electrochemical cell, fluorinated


The cooperative education is an effective self supporting subsidization form in the mixed subsidization system of American college student. According to the actual situation of the higher teacher training education in our country, it is necessary and workable to carry out the programs of cooperative education. The article discussed the tentative idea of the cooperative education programs of higher teacher training in our country the reformation of running a school and the development of the subsidization patterns to college students.


This paper presents a novel and innovative pedagogical approach for teaching software quality assurance in the undergraduate computer science curriculum. The approach is based on students contributing programming problems to an open source web-based system that is used for student practice and instructor assessment of assignments. WeBWorK, and some of the latest web-based systems, use a mechanism based on unit testing to account for variation in the way in which the same problem can be answered in an accurate manner, making such systems highly appealing for education. Tackling open-ended programming problems within WeBWorK therefore requires students to write a code fragment that is then checked for semantic correctness. Given that WeBWorK is open source, the teaching approach that we have evolved revolves around students creating their own problems for other students to practice with. This requires students to construct comprehensive unit tests that can assure both the usability and accuracy of their work prior to deployment. The paper describes this approach, gives examples of student work, presents findings from the experience of using the approach in the classroom, and discusses broader lessons and reasons for integrating software quality assurance practices into the computer science curriculum.


This paper studies convergence analysis of an adaptive finite element algorithm for numerical estimation of some unknown distributed flux in a stationary heat conduction system, namely recovering the unknown Neumann data on interior inaccessible boundary using Dirichlet measurement data on outer accessible boundary. Besides global upper and lower bounds established in [23], a posteriori local upper bounds and quasi-orthogonality results concerning the discretization errors of the state and adjoint variables are derived. Convergence and quasi-optimality of the proposed adaptive algorithm are rigorously proved. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the quasi-optimality of the proposed adaptive method. AMS subject classifications: 65N21, 65N50, 65N30


A method is described using optical alignment of azobenzene groups to prepare liquid crystalline anisotropic gels. We demonstrate that anisotropic gels with uniform liquid crystal orientation can be obtained by performing thermal polymerization of a homogeneous mixture composed of a nonreactive nematic liquid crystal BL006 and a reactive nonmesogenic diacrylate monomer bearing azobenzene groups while the mixture is exposed to linearly polarized light. Infrared dichroism measurements show that this liquid crystal orientation is recoverable upon repeated cycles of heating the sample into the isotropic phase followed by cooling it to the nematic phase. In this method, the optical alignment of azobenzene monomer and, as a result, of liquid crystal molecules before and during the polymerization replaces the surface alignment or electric and magnetic fields, which are usually used to prepare anisotropic gels. Anisotropic gels were obtained from two diacrylate monomers that lead to networks having azobenzene groups as part of main chain and side groups.


By taking advantage of my long lasting research activity on the conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics I reconsider some of the basic problems which have been at the centre of the recent debate on this theory. Specific attention is given to topics like quantum nonlocality, the impossibility of faster than light communication and the so-called measurement or macro-objectification problem. A large part of the paper deals with the dynamical reduction program and discusses its merits and achievements, as well as its limitations. The above considerations lead me in a natural way to express my personal views on the present status of the foundational studies.


This study concerns virtual environments for training in operational conditions. The principal developed idea is that these environments are heterogeneous and open multiagent systems. The MASCARET model is proposed to organize the interactions between agents and to give them reactive, cognitive and social abilities to simulate the physical and social environment. The physical environment represents, in a realistic way, the phenomena that learners and teachers have to take into account. The social environment is simulated by agents executing collaborative and adaptive tasks. They realize, in team, procedures that they have to adapt to the environment. Users participate to the training environment through their avatar. To validate our model, the SECUREVI application for fire-fighters training is developed.


INTRODUCTION The main electronic activity of MATRA DEFENSE is the development and production of pilot and guidance equipments for air to air missiles. In the mid 80's MATRA DEFENSE qualified a double sided Surface Mount Technology in order to reduce the size and cost of the electronic equipments. This technology is based on polyimide multilayer ( 10 to 14 layers) printed circuit with 2 sheets of Copper / Invar/ Copper. Components are packaged in Leadless Ceramic Chip Carriers and vapor phase is used for the soldering process. In 1990 MATRA DEFENSE started an R&D programme on MCM. We decided not to build the substrate in house, but to concentrate our efforts on the design and the assembly technology for MCM. The two first modules developed were memory modules ( SRAM and EEPROM ) but these modules were nevers build in series because they didn't fit our needs in terms of size and production cost in comparison with the monolithic components. Our first real application was a complex MCM standard module for using in different applications to be produced in "large" series.


The scope of this thesis was shown visualization of microorganisms in water from an artistic desire and present the viewers with an opportunity to discover an invisible world, which is offering a possibility to see the combination of art and science. This included my observation of real microorganisms under a microscope in biology lab. I found the beauty within the details of this miniature world and shown by design work. The purpose of this study was to combine biology and art, traveling in the real and imaginary world, researching, exploring, and then showing microorganisms using multiple approaches within digital media. This interdisciplinary research method helped us to think about the beauty of science, the perfect vehicle to capture thoughts and images of this 'moment in time,' which was the outcome that this paper wants to convey.


The STERNA European project funded by the eContentplus program in the topic of Digital libraries stands for Semantic Thematic European Reference Network Architecture. The system is based on a previous project called RNA for Reference Network Architecture which objectives were to set up a distributed knowledge management system based on RDF (Resources Description Framework) and SKOS (Simple Knowledge Management Structure), both W3C standards (http://www.rnaproject.org/).


Purpose
This study aims to investigate the effects of workplace cyberbullying on creativity directly and through psychological distress. Furthermore, this study proposes that psychological capital (PsyCap) buffers the harmful effects of workplace cyberbullying on psychological distress and creativity.

Design/methodology/approach
The data were collected in two waves from 329 nurses working in four large public hospitals located in a metropolitan city of Pakistan. The data were analyzed through PROCESS (Model 8) using SPSS.

Findings
The results demonstrate that cyberbullying negatively affects creativity through increased psychological distress. The findings also explicate that PsyCap moderates the effects of cyberbullying on psychological distress such that the link was weak (vs strong) for those (victims) who had high (vs low) PsyCap.

Practical implications
This study recommends management to develop and promote PsyCap among employees because these positive resources help them to regulate their emotions and cognition to overcome negative consequences of cyberbullying and other workplace stressors.

Originality/value
Psychological distress as an underlying mechanism between cyberbullying and creativity as well as buffering effect of PsyCap is the novelty of the study.


There are few research achievements about deformation and damage mechanism for double-arch tunnel with thickness-changing curved middle-wall at home and aboard.Based on the geological feature and characteristic of support design of Baziling branch fork tunnel which belongs to Shanghai-Chengdu expressway,ABAQUS code is applied to simulate the whole process of double-arch tunnel to study the stability of rock mass and support.It can be concluded that the stresses of rock mass above the curved middle-wall have changed greatly during excavation.The thicker the curved middle-wall,the smaller the maximum compressive stress of surrounding rock,so does the plastic zone of surrounding rock mass.With thicker curved middle-wall,the compressive stress of curved intermediate-wall becomes smaller.Comparison between the numerical results and field measurements shows that,the variation of deformation and stress of rock mass and support obtained by simulation was in good agreement with that by field monitoing.


Background: Screw loosening is one of the most common problems associated with implant-supported prostheses. The type and material of the abutment play an important role in the esthetic appearance of implant-supported restorations. Metal abutments create an unaesthetic grayish halo in the gingival margin of the implant due to the reflection of light from the surface of titanium abutment. Zirconia is highly popular for the fabrication of abutments due to its optimal color, along with the quality of light transmission and its resistance. The present study aimed to evaluate the torque loss in titanium and one- and two-piece zirconia abutments under cyclic loading. Methods: In general, 24 abutments in three groups (n=8) of one- and two-piece zirconia abutments, and titanium abutments were evaluated in this experimental study. The abutments were attached to the analog of fixtures with 30 N/cm torque and the samples were subjected to loads applied to the center of abutments at 30° angle. After cyclic loading, the removal torque value was measured for each abutment and its numerical mean was calculated as well. Finally, the groups were compared using SPSS16 via ANOVA and Games-Howell tests at a 0.05 level of significance. Results: The mean removal torque value was 23.925, 23.913, and 22.538 N/cm in titanium and two- and one-piece zirconia abutments, respectively, with no statistically significant difference in between (P>0.05). Conclusions: The highest mean removal torque value belonged to prefabricated titanium abutments while the lowest value was related to one-piece zirconia abutments.


Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common, important healthcare priority and improving patient outcome relies on early diagnosis. Colonoscopy and computed tomographic colonography (CTC) are commonly-used diagnostic tests. Although colonoscopists are highly regulated and must be accredited, no analogous process exists for CTC. There are currently no universally accepted radiologist performance indicators for CTC, and lack of regulatory oversight may lead to variability in quality and lower neoplasia detection rates. This study aims to determine whether a structured educational training and feedback programme can improve radiologist interpretation accuracy. Methods: NHS England CTC reporting radiologists will be cluster randomised to either an intervention (one-day individualised training and assessment with feedback) or control (assessment with no training or feedback) arm. Each cluster represents radiologists reporting CTC in a single NHS site. Both the intervention and control arm will undertake four CTC assessments at baseline, 1-month (after training; intervention arm or enrolment; control arm) , 6- and 12 months to assess their detection of colorectal cancer (CRC) and 6mm+ polyps. The primary outcome will be difference in sensitivity at the 1-month test between arms. Secondary outcomes will include sensitivity at 6 and 12 months and radiologist characteristics associated with improved performance. Multilevel logistic regression will be used to analyse per-polyp and per-case sensitivity. Local ethical and Health Research Authority approval have been obtained. Discussion: Lack of infrastructure to ensure that CTC radiologists can report adequately and lack of consensus regarding appropriate quality metrics may lead to variability in performance. Our provision of a structured education programme with feedback will evaluate the impact of individualised training and identify the factors related to improved radiologist performance in CTC reporting. An improvement in performance could lead to increased neoplasia detection and better patient outcome. Registration: Clinical Trials (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02892721); available from: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02892721. NIHR Clinical Research Network (CPMS ID 32293).


ABSTRACT The current economic crisis in the predominantly poor countries of Sub-Saharan Africa has increasingly raised doubts about the aptness of development theory, the relevance of foreign politico-economic ideologies and the prudence and effectuality of post-independence policies in these countries. In this paper, the author acknowledges the pragmatism of a human-focused economic strategy. He stresses the urgency for an entrepreneurial revolution—the means of creating a climate congenial and sensitive to the overriding human want for expression, creativity and involvement as well as for the maximum exploitation and development of available resources—to achieve rapid economic recovery, growth and development. While experiences in the Ghanaian political economy are examined in some detail, the practical implications of this approach for Ghana are also analysed.


Palladium catalysts supported on montmorillonite K10, with the merits of easy preparation, the need of less amount of Pd and good reusability, showed remarkable catalytic activities and selectivities for the catalytic hydrodebromination of aromatic bromides. The catalysts were prepared by using amine as the adsorbent and Mont K10 as the supporter. High polar solvents and bases are beneficial to the catalytic hydrodebromination.


The radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has gained a lot of recent interests because it has been widely recognised as a foundation technology for the 'Internet of things'. In current multi-reader RFID systems, readers work with fairly less cooperation and are responsible to retrieve data from different number of tags individually, which results in large reading time of obtaining all tag data. In this paper, a fast tag reading problem in multi-reader RFID systems with the goal of obtaining all tag data by using minimum reading time is studied. A distributed load-balancing algorithm based on diffusion method is proposed to solve the problem by migrating tags from highly loaded reader to lightly loaded reader. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of proposed algorithm.


Let G be a compact Lie group acting transitively on Riemannian manifolds Mi and let π:M1 → M2 be a G-equivariant Riemannian submersion. We show that a smooth differential form ϕ on M2 has finite Fourier series on M2 if and only if the pull back π*ϕ has finite Fourier series on M1.


Technology transfer is an important function in the technology development cycle, and organisations can benefit extensively if a competent technology strategy is developed and implemented. The objective of this paper is to examine the approaches, processes, mechanism, barriers, and other aspects of intra-firm technology between two subsidiaries of a marine mining company. Subsidiary A of the marine mining company is primarily reliant on research and development as a key driver of technology development and continuous business improvement; an optimal technology transfer process is thus crucial. Using a case study methodology, the analysis sheds light on the current process to transfer technology, and major barriers to and elements of success.


I analyzed the situation of modern higher education in P.R.China,and proposed that a unique teaching mode for landscape architecture was needed in local colleges and universities.The teaching mode should combine and reflect local characteristics of society,economy,and culture,which can enhance competitive strength of local colleges and universities.


Dynamics of a class of horizontal setback buildings with flexible floor diaphragms has been studied by developing a "separable model." A rectangular plan building, with flexible floor diaphragms, is a particular case of the horizontal setback building. The mass and stiffness matrices have been written in terms of direct products of matrices. The separable buildings have two types of natural modes of vibration: (a) those which involve in-plane floor deformation, and (b) those in which the floors do not undergo in-plane deformation. Further, spatially uniform ground motion does not excite the modes involving in-plane floor deformation. Therefore, the problems associated with diaphragm flexibility, e.g., stress concentration at the re-entrant corners, are avoided in separable buildings. General conditions for a building to be separable have been obtained. In simplistic terms, these conditions imply that (a) all wings of the building should have identical value of lateral stiffness per unit plan area divided ...


The article describes the main aspects of psychology of sex differences and sex-role approach. The definition of "gender" concept is given. Within the frames of the article authors single out psychoanalysis theories, social learning theories and cognitive development theories as those explaining sex-role behavior differences. The principal aspects of gender social construction theory are described. Gender identity concept and its difference from sex and sex-role identity are examined. Bipolar, multipolar and androgynous approaches to the study of gender identity are compared. Authors present the typology of gender identity based on the multipolar approach.


The authors describe the development and proliferation of a complete process training program that was implemented at Intel during process transfers. Since 1983, ten programs have been developed, with each successive program refined on the basis of experience. The process training program is now the primary means of knowledge transfer from technology development to manufacturing. Its design includes a slide/tape or video section, a study session, and a lecture class; learning is facilitated and enhanced with visual aids, including three-dimensional models generated with advanced computer-aided tools. Pre- and post-test results indicate that knowledge has at least doubled for most groups. The program has been well received at Intel and is used at both its domestic and international sites, where more than 4000 employees have been trained.<<ETX>>


The invention discloses a high-voltage distribution PT ring main unit comprising a unit body and a device disposed in the unit body. The device comprises a disconnector. A locking device used for locking the disconnector to prevent switching on when a unit door is opened is disposed inside the unit body. The unit body is composed of unit body boards. Through the locking device, misoperation can be prevented effectively, accidents can be reduced and safety of unit operators can be guaranteed; the unit body is assembled with nuts and screws, so that production labor of the ring main unit is reduced, a frame is good in verticality and parallelism, assembly precision is high, and the cost is low.


PURPOSE: A food waste processor with double screw structure and a food waste processing method using the same therefor are provided to treat food waste with high efficiency and low power by reducing the drying time of the food waste. CONSTITUTION: A food waste processor with double screw structure includes a power part delivering rotation power to a screw and a food waste processing part. The food waste processing part includes the following: an inlet(10) receiving food waste; a first screw housing(30) discharging moisture to a moisture discharge hole and compressing and dehydrating the received food waste towards a partition(33) by a first rotation screw(31); and a second screw housing(40) dehydrating and compressing the food waste and separated from the first screw housing by the partition.


The pressure to change processes and practices in health care is unrelenting. It seems like every week there is a new rule or requirement from federal, state, local, or institutional powers or an updated clinical practice recommendation from an authoritative body. Furthermore, because patients with every type of health care problem are eventually seen in the emergency department (ED), we commonly receive requests to "do just this one thing" for patients with ____ (fill in the blank). In isolation, the individual process and/or practice changes may not be a big deal but when multiplied by the number of different conditions and types of patients seen in the ED, things can get out of hand quickly. For already harried emergency nurses, even remembering the most recent documentation requirements can be a challenge, never mind actually completing them on every chart during a busy shift. As advanced practice nurses (APNs), we are frequently tasked with the implementation of a change. Therefore, we are in a key position to advocate for appropriate change and also in a key position to challenge and to renegotiate inappropriate requests. Remember that the mission of emergency care is first and foremost to evaluate patients for life-, limb-, and vision-threatening conditions and to intervene as indicated. Anything that compromises


Social work educators are challenged to create educational environments that are conducive to learning. PBL offers a structured and innovative learning experience different from a traditional theor...


Several researchers have found inverse relationships between mating success of males and degree of parasitism. Whether such mating biases result from female choice of parasite-resistant males as mates, or from parasite-mediated reductions in male competitiveness for access to females, has stimulated considerable discussion.This study is the first attempt to examine an effect of parasites on mating success of male odonates


Summary If we pose the question: what is going to have to be done to improve the status, scope and quality of practice teaching? then the short answer must lie in the development and resourcing of practice teaching as a specialist educational task. This statement has major implications: practice teaching needs to be firmly rooted in principles of adult learning; it needs to be carried out … according to educational criteria, with the defining of learning objectives, the explicit use of students' experience, the planning of appropriate teaching programmes, and the use of evaluative techniques developed in the field of education. All this is acknowledged on the principles on which CSS was built, but has been very slow to gain acceptance on CQSW courses. Much will need to be done over the next few years to win a real commitment from agencies throughout the social services, and to fight for the resources without which implementation of the practice learning requirements of the new award will be impossible. Ne...


Background and Objectives. The effectiveness of a continuous infusion of extrapleural bupivacaine for relief of postoperative pain was assessed in patients undergoing posterolateral thoracotomy under general anesthesia by comparing morphine requirements. Methods. Bupivacaine 0.25% was infused at a rate of 5 mL/h through an unkinkable extrapleural catheter that was sited under direct vision at operation. Results. Mean (± SD) 24-hour requirements for morphine from a patient-controlled analgesia device were 39 ± 15 mg for the treated group and 69 ± 26 mg in the control group (P < .006). Patients in the treated group recorded significantly smaller visual analog scores for pain both at rest (P < .005) and on movement (P < .03) compared to the control group. There were no adverse effects associated with the use of extrapleural bupivacaine in this study. Conclusions. Continuous extrapleural infusion of bupivacaine through unkinkable catheters sited during thoracotomy resulted in decreased intravenous patient-controlled analgesia use and decreased verbal categoric pain scores at rest and during movement.


Abstract : Heat transfer, flow field, and oil flow tests were conducted on a 0.0175 scale model of the space shuttle orbiter. The tests were conducted at Mach 8. The objective of the tests was to determine the aerodynamic heating distribution on the orbiter SILTS tail configuration and to obtain flow field total pressure and total temperature measurements at the location of the leading edge of the vertical tail. The tests were conducted at free-stream Reynolds numbers ranging from 0.5 to 3.7 million per ft. The model angle of attack was varied from -5 to 5 deg and from 30 to 40 degrees.


The present invention discloses an image forming system and an image forming apparatus, which can raise convenience. A cloud print system (1) is provided with a printer (2A) and a printer (2B). The printer (2A) is provided with an identification information output controller(28) which provides a printer ID indentifying the printer (2A) for the printer (2A) through a user terminal (4). The printer (2B) is provided with an identification information obtaining controller (34) which obtains the printer ID of the printer (2A) from the printer (2A) through the user terminal (4), aprint job reception controller(22B) for acquiring a print job aiming at a printer marked with the printer ID from a cloud print server (5), and a printer controller (20B) printing according to the print job acquired from the cloud printer server (5).


Poly styrene (PS) Nano filter prepare by electrospinning technique for cleaning the dust water from dumps and maintain the properties of the resulting water. 18% con. of (PS + dimethyl forma amide DMF ) solution prepared for electrospinning pump on Aluminium surface for (10hr.), 4µm thickness filter resulted. Some test performed on this filter involve: morphology by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thickness by digital micrometre, contact angle by contact angle shape drop analyser. In addition that, some tests performed on the water sample after dumps separating from water by preparing nano filter, these tests involve: viscosity, surface tension, density, PH number, and weight of the sample, Results show the prepared filter have hydrophobic behavior and it has (108°) θ (contact angle), the prepared filter has nano structured with beads through its morphology.


According to services marketing theory, the servicescape modifies final consumer behaviour. This work proposes a conceptual model which analyses the relationship between servicescape and consumer emotions as a preliminary stage in consumer response to the purchase process. This study offers a new contribution by considering servicescape as an integrating concept in the model for the physical and social dimensions of the setting. The model is applied to cultural public services.


Gray, B. (2020). Endiandra inopinata B.Gray (Lauraceae), a new species from Queensland's Wet Tropics. Austrobaileya 10(4): 639–644. Endiandra inopinata B.Gray, a new species closely related to E. insignis F.M.Bailey but differing in floral and fruiting characteristics, is described and illustrated. The new species is restricted to the Mount Lewis and Mount Sorrow areas of the Wet Tropics rainforest of northeast Queensland.


Abstract In this paper, the treatment efficiency of a small-scale wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) with activated sludge was analysed in order to examine the impact of variations in the composition of incoming raw municipal wastewater. The characteristics of the wastewater were analysed with respect to COD, BOD5 and TSS values and loading during the two years, 2018 and 2019. The mixed liquid suspended solid (MLSS), sludge volume index (SVI), food to microorganism ratio (F/M), sludge age and hydraulic retention time (HRT) were used for evaluation of the performance of WWTP. Removal percentage is in the order of TSS > BOD5 > COD during 2018, while in 2019 is in the order BOD5 > TSS > COD. However, better values of removal efficiency for COD, BOD and TSS are obtained in 2019, which is connected to lower oscillation values of MLSS and SVI index. Biodegradability ratio of raw and treated wastewater, plant reliability factor (RF) and equivalent number of inhabitant (ENI) were determined. In addition, the economic cost of small-scale wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) with activated sludge was evaluated and discussed.


Extensive survey conducted in Jammu Division during 2005–06 indicated that inter district disease severity varied from 31.7 percent (Udhampur) to 75.18 percent (Jammu) and corresponding severity between 16.2 to 32.8 percent. In 2006, the incidence was comparatively low and ranged from 30.0 percent in Udhampur at stem elongation stage to 72.8 percent at maturity stage in Jammu with corresponding severity of 14.2 to 31.8 percent. Among the districts, the disease was rated as low in Udhampur followed by medium in Kathua and high in Jammu district


First Story Detection (FSD) systems aim to identify those news articles that discuss an event that was not reported before. Recent work on FSD has focussed almost exclusively on efficiently detecting documents that are dissimilar from their nearest neighbor. We propose a novel FSD approach that is more effective, by adapting a recently proposed method for news summarization based on 3-nearest neighbor clustering. We show that this approach is more effective than a baseline that uses dissimilarity of an individual document from its nearest neighbor.


Let cr(G) denote the crossing number of a graphG. The well-known Zarankiewicz's conjecture (ZC) asserted cr(Km,n) in 1954. In 1971, Harborth gave a conjecture (HC) on cr(Kx1,...,xn). HC on K1,m,n is verified if ZC is true by Ho et al. in 2021. In this paper, we showed the following results: If both m and n are even, then cr(K1,1,m,n) ≥ 1 2 (cr(Km+1,n+3) + cr(Km+3,n+1)−mn− 1 4 (m + n)); If both m and n are odd, then cr(K1,1,m,n) ≥ 1 2 (cr(K1,m+1,n+1) + cr(K2,m,n)− 1 4 (m+ 1)(n+ 1) + 1); If m is even and n is odd, then cr(K1,1,m,n) ≥ 1 4 (cr(Km+1,n+2) + cr(Km+3,n+2) + 2cr(K2,m,n) −m(n+ 1)− 1 4 (n+ 1)). The lower bounds in our result imply that if both m and n are even and ZC is true, then HC on K1,1,m,n holds; if at least one of m and n is odd and both ZC and HC on K2,m,n are true, then HC on K1,1,m,n holds.


To investigate the effects of bacillus on performance of layers and egg quality,three hundred and eighty-four health Roman brown layers were randomly assigned to six groups with eight replicates and eight layers with each repeat.Test groupⅠwas the control group and fed a basal diet.Test group Ⅱ~Ⅵ were separately fed the basal diet with 5、10、15、20 and 25mg/kg bacillus for 49 days.The number of active bacteria was 2.5×105、5×105、7.5×105、1×106 and 1.25×106 CFU/g for six groups.The results showed that adding bacillus to layer diet tended to improve the performance of layers.Compared with control group,the qualified laying rate of test group Ⅱ~Ⅵ was improved 11.47%(P0.05)、7.77%(P0.05)、11.30%(P0.05)、8.76%(P0.05)and 3.87%(P0.05),the rate of defective eggs was separately reduced 60.69%(P0.01)、37.23%(P0.05)、56.05%(P0.05)、46.33%(P0.05)and 20.48%(P0.05),FCR was reduced 3.17%(P0.05)、3.06%(P0.05)、1.36%(P0.05)、2.20%(P0.05)and 1.14%(P0.05).Compared with control group,the yolk ratio of test group Ⅱ~Ⅵ increased 4.0%(P0.05)、5.22%(P0.05)、1.66%(P0.05)、2.00%(P0.05)and 2.91%(P0.05),the crude fat content was increased 0.95%(P0.05)、1.94%(P0.05)、2.16%(P0.05)、2.51%(P0.05)and 2.32%(P0.05).It could be concluded that supplementation with 5 mg/kg bacillus to layer diets could improve laying perfomance and egg quality.


The implementation of sanctions to a producer, a number of franchisers, dealers and distributers of the most popular programme product called «1С: Accounting» caused the problem of software choice for conducting accounting for a great number of entities. The aim of the article is to analyze the possibilities of programme products (for conducting accounting) presented at the Ukrainian market, to determine the possibilities of their use when providing services on accounting outsourcing. The article deals with the Ukrainian segment of software market for conducting accounting. The paper analyzes the most popular programmes («1С: Accounting for Ukraine»; «Sail-Accounting»; «Clerk»; «SAP»; «IT-Enterprise: Accounting»; «ІС-PRO»), describes their functional possibilities, and compares them. This allowed to determine the possibilities of application of above-mentioned programme products while providing the accounting outsourcing services. The paper describes the peculiarities and substantiates the safety against cyber-attacks of using «cloud» services for conducting accounting, in particular, in the course of outsourcing of the present process at the enterprise. The prospects for the further study in the current direction is to determine the peculiarities of accounting representation of the software, which is provided under the terms of «cloud» technologies.


Coming of age: In literature it is characterized by a rite of passage that transforms boys into men, girls into women, often in highly stereotyped gender–specific ways. Although coming of age is a prevalent theme in much children's literature, it is a particularly powerful motif in the literature set in the American West. Because the West has traditionally been depicted as a place of hardship and danger, it has almost always served as a place of learning and change as well—key elements in portraying a young person's transition into the world of adults. As Kathleen Chamberlain observes, "The West is a moral landscape in which adolescents face and overcome both physical and ideological challenges" (9), and as a result, "the settlement of the West is not just the history of financial and technological growth. The stories also emphasize human growth, both personal and communal" (12). That sense of growth is at the heart of this study, particularly as it is portrayed in two stories published for children at the turn of the century: "The Captain's Daughter" by Gwendolen Overton (1903) and "Miles City and Return" by Willis Gibson (1905). The stories were selected as representative of the type of serialized "Western" fiction published in a weekly family magazine, The Youth's Companion—the longest-lived and most widely circulated periodical published in America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (1827–1929). "The Captain's Daughter" was written by a woman and contains a female protagonist; "Miles City and Return" was written by a man and contains male protagonists. Both stories express a central "coming of age" theme—a rite of passage that moves the protagonist from the world of childhood into the world of adults, with all its attendant rights, regulations, and responsibilities.


This paper describes Simulink model which provides engine protection & speed governing features of diesel engine generator. Engine protection system continuously monitor the parameters of oil pressure sensor, coolant temperature sensor, speed sensor & set the fault condition as 'Out of Range High' and 'Out of Range Low', when parameters are not in appropriate ranges. In order to keep constant engine speed under variable loads, self-tuned fuzzy PID controller is used for speed governing system. This controller uses 49 fuzzy rules to tune the PID coefficients (Kp, Kd, Ki) which are used to control the amount of fuel. Fuzzy PID controller handles uncertainties of engine & produce a better control performance.


Background: Despite consensus within the evaluation community about what is distinctive about evaluation, confusion among stakeholders and other professions abounds. The evaluation literature describes how those in the social sciences continue to view evaluation as applied social science and part of what they already know how to do, with the implication that no additional training beyond the traditional social sciences is needed. Given the lack of broader understanding of the specialized role of evaluation, the field struggles with how best to communicate about evaluation to stakeholders and other professions.
Purpose: This paper addresses the need to clearly communicate what is distinctive about evaluation to stakeholders and other professions by offering a conceptual tool that can be used in dialogue with others. Specifically, we adapt a personnel evaluation framework to map out what is distinctive about what evaluators know and can do. We then compare this map with the knowledge and skill needed in a related profession (i.e., assessment) in order to reveal how the professions differ.
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Findings: We argue that using a conceptual tool such as the one presented in this paper with comparative case examples would clarify for outsiders the distinct work of evaluators. Additionally, we explain how this conceptual tool is flexible and could be extended by evaluation practitioners in a myriad of ways.
Keywords: evaluation knowledge; evaluation skill; profession; professionalization


The term "imaging", specifically in relation to the journal, is considered in its broadest sense. Image processing, image understanding and computer vision are all terms related to imaging acquisition, its processing and the extraction of relevant information from the scene to obtain the underlying knowledge. All tasks related to the above items are oriented toward specific applications in a broad range of areas and topics.[...]


HIV-1 protease cleavage site is critical for the design of HIV-1 protease inhibitors. Classification algorithms based on traditional machine learning are often used to deal with the prediction of HIV-1 protease cleavage sites. Unlike the classification algorithms of machine learning, the classification algorithms based on deep learning can extract the characteristics of the data well and get better performance. In this paper, HIV-1 protease cleavage site data is innovatively converted to One-hot data, and then two better classification models are proposed based on RNN and LSTM. At last, the experimental results are compared with the support vector machine algorithm and the random forest algorithm in traditional machine learning algorithm. The results show that the network structure based on deep learning designed in this paper can achieve higher accuracy than traditional algorithms after the HIV-1 protease cleavage site data is One-hot encoded, and the effects of RNN and LSTM are outstanding. Furthermore, the RNN-based classifier and LSTM-based classifier in this paper have much better Recall rate and F1-Measure than CNN and have high generalization ability.


Objective: To do a pilot study to understand the study habits of the post-graduation (PG) pharmacy practice students in India and their perspective on the use of a Learning Management System (LMS) in line with the current system of education to meet the industrial requirements in the Indian scenario. Materials and Method: The researchers administered an open labeled questionnaire to understand students study pattern, expectations from the use of a LMS to support their study goals. Consent was obtained from the students to use the data provided for deriving inferences for research purposes. Data was collected from all the students belonging to two premier private pharmacy colleges in Bangalore, India and converted to graphical representations using Microsoft excel to provide simple percentages. Results: The current trend in pharmacy education system shows that the PG students study/learn mostly during the internal and external examinations. This is a due to the pressure of doing well in the examination. This study also showed that the students learn mostly from discussions, seminars and examinations. It was observed that the students wanted a proper orientation program that will train them in the best way to complete the PG course and to know of the options that will be available for them once they have completed the course. 82% of the students were excited to have the support of LMS to provide them with a dashboard view of their performance in comparison with the rest of the class. This excitement can be related to the goal of the student to be competitive in the industry to get better opportunities if they can do well in their PG course. Conclusion: This pilot study should be considered as an eye opener, as it shows that the pharmacy practice PG student's needs continuous support in terms of online lectures, research support, practical training, etc. which is currently unavailable. This support can easily be provided with the use of LMS that will support the students round the clock with guaranteed benefits as shown from studies conducted around the world in pharmacy colleges.


The heat feedback of flame plumes is a main form of energy transfer and a significant contributor to fire growth and spread. The paper introduces the case of heptane pool fires in open spaces. A corresponding formula is proposed along with the simplified model of plume heat feedback based on the analysis of heat balance equations of pool fires. A hybrid CFD model of heptane pool fire simulation methodology is used to study the fire characteristic parameters and plume heat feedback effects in the combustion process of pool fires. The results suggest that plume heat radiation and convection effects cause about 53% and 37% of the total mass loss rate in the combustion process of 1m 2 heptane pool fire and thus that they play an important role on the occurrence and development of liquid fires.


I have never thought of myself as a researcher. The words "Outstanding Researcher Award" on the plaques the Association for Business Communication (ABC) and McGraw-Hill/Irwin awarded me this past year don't describe who I am and what I believe I do. Those words, in fact, cause me uncomfortableness, even embarrassment. I deliberately avoid describing myself as a researcher, let alone a "social scientist." It has taken me well over a decade of my academic life to figure out what I do, aside from teach. Simply put, I write, or write articles. More precisely, I struggle to find time to write, avoid writing more times than I care to admit because it's hard work, puzzle over how to "word and reword" (Rose, 1992) the organizational world I'm thinking about, and, more often than not, think and write badly. Not until the mid-1990s did I discover that what I am compelled to write are stories about communication problems I've stumbled across, the ways I've used to solve them, and the problems that still puzzle me. Telling stories feels authentic and enables me to continue writing, even though tenure and promotion are no longer rewards for my writing efforts. This article describes my experiences and beliefs about academic writing in general and, more specifically, writing business and managerial communication stories. I will tell you a story that explains why I think of myself as a storyteller rather than a researcher and the extraordinary effect this change of thinking has had on my attitude toward writing and my ability to write. Before explaining why I chose this approach, I break with storytelling tradition by revealing my goals for telling this story.


Evaluation of Quality of Life among Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study
Background: Urinary complications are prevalent among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and evaluating the usefulness of treatment requires a direct measurement of the health-related quality of life (QOL). Therefore, this study was carried out aiming to determine the QOL of patients with MS and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out using multi-stage random cluster sampling method on 603 patients with MS who referred to the neurology clinic of Kashani and Alzahra treatment centers affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. The diagnosis of MS was approved among these patients based on the 2010 Revised McDonald Diagnostic Criteria by a neuroscientist. Data were collected through interviews using the questionnaire standard International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), and the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MSQOL-54). Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tests. The significance level was considered to be less than 0.050.
Results: The prevalence of LUTS among patients with MS was 84.2%, the prevalence rate of mixed, irritative, and obstructive urinary symptoms was 52.2%, 25.5%, and 6.5%, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference in the combined dimensions of physical and mental health of QOL between the two groups with and without LUTS (P < 0.05). Moreover, logistic regression analysis revealed that there was a higher probability of a urinary tract problem among patients with MS and high EDSS score [0.67 (0.485-0.930), P = 0.02].
Conclusions: Due to the high prevalence rate of mixed LUTS among patients with MS and decrease in QOL, screening and attention to these symptoms are necessary in order to prevent secondary outcomes and improve QOL.
Keywords: Multiple sclerosis, urinary symptoms, quality of life


An upper bound for the number of Hamiltonian cycles of symmetric diagraphs is established first in this paper, which is tighter than the famous Minc's bound and the Br$\acute{e}$gman's bound. A transformation on graphs is proposed, so that counting the number of Hamiltonian cycles of an undirected graph can be done by counting the number of Hamiltonian cycles of its corresponding symmetric directed graph. In this way, an upper bound for the number of Hamiltonian cycles of undirected graphs is also obtained.


The dialectical opposition and interaction of the secular and the spiritual realms of life has deep roots in Christian thought. Jesus enjoined his challengers to "render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's" ( Matt 22:21). To his disciples he said, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit" ( John 3:6), and "except a man be born of … the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." ( John 3:5). St. Paul, in turn, contrasted "the inward man," who delights in "the law of God," with one who is "in the flesh," the law of whose "members" wars against "the law of the spirit" ( Rom 7:5-7, 22-23). He listed among the "spiritual gifts" implanted by God in followers of Christ the gifts of wisdom, of knowledge, of faith, of healing, of miracles, and of prophecy ( 1 Cor 12:1-7). The spiritually minded inner-directed follower of Christ fights against the materialism of the unredeemed age, the time-bound world, into which he was born. Four centuries later St. Augustine applied this concept to the society in which he lived, drawing a sharp contrast between the sinful and, indeed, Satanic character of the temporal "earthly city" and the purity of the eternal "city of God." For St. Augustine, both the church and the empire lived in an evil age, in hoc maligno saeculo , in which the true Christian, whether priest or layman, was, in effect, an alien. In Peter Brown's words, "For Augustine, this saeculum is a profoundly sinister thing. It is a penal existence … it wobbles up and down without rhyme or reason." In the City of God, on the other hand, Christian spirituality, for St. Augustine, was effectuated through the "vestiges" of the tri-une God implanted in human memory and imagination, human reason and understanding, and human desire and love.


............................................................................................................................. ii FORMULA INDEX ................................................................................................................ vi DECLARATION ............................................................................................................. i ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................... ii................................................................................................................... ii FORMULA INDEX ........................................................................................................ v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................ viii LIST OF SCHEMES .................................................................................................... xv LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................... xvi LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................... xix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS ...................................................... xxv CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................. 1 ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS: INTRODUCTION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ......................................................................................................... 1 1.


When most people think of American music of the 1950s, rock 'n' roll is usually what first comes to mind. it was in many ways the most characteristic music of the era. it divided and united cultural and political forces during a time when the civil rights movement was in its early ascendancy; its influence is vast. parents, the mass media, and political leaders (even president eisenhower) took notice of the effect of rock 'n' roll on teenagers. Teenagers succumbed to its sound and the unique beat as they navigated the racial and sexual politics of the time. rock 'n' roll not only inspired a rebellious spirit among teenagers, becoming a major feature of youth culture, but also helped erode longstanding prejudices against blacks. The music was making people dance across the color line—along with other dance crazes of the 1950s.1 For this reason, among others, rock 'n' roll is quintessentially the American music of the 1950s. Sociotechnical transformation dynamics associated with rock 'n' roll (the electric guitar being a prime example) indubitably played a major role; and then there were those legendary charismatic figures associated


We propose a motor unit number index (MUNIX) global sum score in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to estimate the loss of functional motor units.


His contribution on the nuts and bolts of media coveragecomes therefore from the same parentage as the campaign for a trade-union backed national newspaper. Beyond preparing the CliveJenkinses for the 1990s, MacShane seeks to raise the consciousness, as they say, on some of the planks of this wider debate. Remind journalists of their role as trade unionists is one piece of advice offered by MacShane. Trade-union officials are encouraged to contact the NUl's chapels (office branch organization) and even ask them to investigate complaints. With much of the problem sloppiness or enforced corner cutting due to small staffs and inadequately supervised trainees in newsrooms rather than the downright bias of individual journalists, the advice is to make the contact at whatever level before trouble starts. Not that MacShane believes he is offering a magic formula. 'Given the ideological framework of modern journalism, it is unlikely that an appeal to journalists as trade unionists will result in their displaying pro-worker partiality in the product they manufacture as it is that an appeal to car workers' solidarity would result in better made cars.' So why bother at all? Particularly as 'dealing with the media can mean doing unnatural things'? To the trade-union official, used to ameliorating the problems of the economic structure for his or her daily bread rather than building new political castles in the air, the question I suspect is easier to answer than for most. Armed with this book to sweep away the mysteries of the media, MacShane urges his readers to ensure no unnecessary barriers are put between their case and its public presentation. 'Newspapers and broadcasting stations are not neutral. They use people. But they can also be used.'


This article reports Year One of a two-year study to develop a model to accelerate compulsory basic education completiontoward Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Magelang, Indonesia. The study focuses on five issues: (1) profile of MDGs in Magelang, (2) achievement of MDGs, (3) problems in MDGs implementation, (4) model of compulsary basic education completion acceleration, and (5) effectiveness of the model proposed. As R&D undertaking, the data were collected through documentation and interviews with related authorities, including focused group discussion.The initial model underwent a limited test for necessary revision. The findings showed that the Local Government has implemented the compulsary education with relatively high gross and net enrolment rates of 96.80% and low dropouts and repeaters rates. In 2013-2014, many of the students were from outside Magelang. However, such achievements have not complied with MDGs. One possible cause of the problems was a top-down management system, resulting in low participation of the society members. In conclusion, Magelang Municipality has actually been highly committed to the completion of basic education in accordance with the strategic plans 2010-2014 of the National Education Ministry. A team was established to organize relevant activities to accelerate full implementation of the program. Recommended in Year One of the study were that (1) the Local Government's commitment to education be sustained, (2) the society members' participation be optimized in data inventories, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the program, and (3) the optimization of the society's participation be supported by Local Government, including the stakeholders.


Nano-particles,different iron content in the iron and nitrogen codoped TiO_2 were prepared by sol-gel method with C_(16)H_(36)O_4Ti as raw materials,and fluorescence spectrum was used to study the structural characterization. The catalyses in the ultraviolet irradiation effects on the degradation of malachite green was studied,the influence of different impure TiO_2,different iron codoped TiO_2,dosage of the activators and concentration of malachite green were compared.The results indicated that when the Fe/T molar ration of 0.9%and the dosage is 2 g/L,the photo catalytic degradation of malachite green is the best.The best concentration for degradation of malachite green is 50 mg/L,the rate in 150 min can reach 98.96%.And the fluorescence spectrum showed that the less fluorescence intensity,the better catalytic effect of the specimen.


Splenic cyst is a rare illness of the spleen, accidentally diagnosed via imaging examinations We divided the cysts into parasitic and non-parasitic (true and false). The true splenic cyst may be hereditary. Cysts usually required surgical treatment due to the possibility of complications developing — minimal invasive techniques are preferred to preserve the spleen. We present a patient with hereditary, familiar lymphangioma, which was diagnosed on the basis of pathological evaluation. Key word: splenic cyst, lymphangioma, familial


Introduction: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in the world, being characterized as a chronic, multifactorial inflammatory disease, whose pathophysiology is atherosclerosis. Considering the high heritability of the disease, several genetic polymorphisms have been investigated and associated with CAD and, among them, there are variants in the CD14, TLR4, NFKB1 and TNFα genes, which regulate cell signaling pathways of the innate immune system and inflammatory process in CAD. Objective: The main objective of this study is to verify the association beteween polymorphisms in the CD14 (rs2569190), TLR4 (rs4986790 and rs4986791), NFKB1 (rs28362491) and TNFα (rs1800629 and rs361525) genes and CAD. Methods: The sample group was composed of 707 adult individuals, recruited at the time when they were bought in for coronary angiography procedures at the Hemodynamic Center of the Hospital Bruno Born, City of Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul. The individuals were classified between cases and controls by a cardiologist, based on the following criteria: presence of stenosis, greater than 50% of the luminal diameter, in at least one of the coronary arteries. Peripheral blood samples were also collected for biochemical and molecular analyzes. DNA extraction was performed using the salting out method. The polymorphisms in the CD14, TLR4 e TNFα genes were genotyped by Taqman® allelic discrimination assays. The rs28362491 polymorphism in the NFKB1 gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results: We identified an association between the polymorphisms rs2569190, located in the CD14 gene, and rs28362491, located in the NFKB1 gene, and CAD. In addition, there were detected significant effects of TLR4 and TNFα gene polymorphisms on glycemic levels and TLR4, NFKB1 and TNFα gene polymorphisms on the lipid profile. Conclusion: Our findings suggest a role for the polymorphisms in CD14 and NFKB1 genes in CAD susceptibility in our sample, corroborating previous evidence of the envolviment of inflamotory process genes in this patology.


Executive Summary This report aims to provide a structured overview of the issues that need to be addressed in order to overhaul Spain's foreign policy strategy. It is directed at all those who play leading roles in the defence and projection abroad of Spain's values and interests. Its novelty lies in Spain's lack of a tradition in drawing up papers such as this, since the usual practice has been to focus on the short term and to disregard the need for both public doctrine and planning. Nevertheless, it comes at a time when a more strategic outlook has begun to emerge in other fields, while there is a growing awareness that Spanish foreign policy has lacked any clear strategic guidelines since the country's successful and full insertion in Europe and the world. The absence of clear guidelines has been aggravated during the crisis as a result of the declining resources available for foreign policy and of the public's disillusion with the role Spain might play in the globalisation process. Furthermore, the large-scale changes and uncertainties on the international and European scenes make an exercise of this nature even more advisable.


Introduction: Diabetic subjects are at an increased risk for developing Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), in part because of enhanced oxidation of low- density lipoproteins (LDL), which promotes atherogenesis. It is possible that increased atherogenecity of LDL during diabetes is associated with a preponderance of small dense (sd)-LDL subpopulation, that is more prone to oxidative modification than large buoyant (lb)-LDL. Materials and Methods: In this study, we have investigated the hypolipidemic and antioxidant properties of dietary tocotrienols (Tocomin) and Lovastatin in diabetic-hyperlipidemic rats. In order to induce experimental diabetes, 28 overnight fasted rats were injected with streptozotocin (STZ), (freshly dissolved in 10 mM citrate buffer, pH 4.5, 6.0 mg/100 g body wt) intraperitonially. Results: After 14 weeks of treatment with 6.0 mg Tocomin or 0.50 mg Lovastatin, diabetic control rats had a significant increase in plasma glucose and blood HbA1c, plasma TG, TC, VLDL-C, LDL-C, atherogenic non-HDL-C, while significant reduction in HDL-C, HDL2-C, HDL3-C. Tocomin and Lovastatin mediated a substantial decline in plasma and lipoprotein lipids without any significant change in plasma glucose, HbA1c and HDL-C, HDL2-C, HDL3-C, levels. Diabetes markedly increased the cholesterol and apoB content of sd-LDL including their percent share of LDL, which were significantly reduced in Tocomin or Lovastatin treated rats. Conclusion: In the present investigation we have shown that the treatment of chronic diabetic rats with Tocomin or Lovastatin mediated a decline in blood glucose and HbA1 levels close to normal values. These results imply that there is a significant association between improved glycemic control and Tocomin or Lovastatin. Although a detailed investigation is needed to elucidate the possible mechanism(s) involved, it is intriguing to postulate that both Tocomin and Lovastatin being potent antioxidants may have effectively protected the β -cells from total damage by STZ and/or glucotoxicity.


Of h-type indices available now, the g-index is an important one in that it not only keeps some advantages of the h-index but also counts citations from highly cited articles. However, the g-index ...


This paper describes a system for development and testing microgrid control and protection functions in a realistic controller-in-the-loop real-time simulation environment. The method presented in this paper utilizes high resolution time domain models for distributed energy resources and their primary controllers interfaced with supervisory microgrid controllers and protection relays either through communication or analog channels/digital contacts. This approach provides higher granularity for testing microgrid control function implementations as compared to pure simulation based approaches, particularly when using validated component models. It also offers significant cost savings compared to full-scale power-in-the loop laboratory test beds. The paper explains the basic real-time hardware-in-the-loop (RTHIL) setup and presents simulation results for several major use cases.


A novel electromagnetic bandgap meander-line (EBG-ML) slow-wave structure (SWS) is proposed for improvement of the interaction impedance and reduction of circuit attenuation by in-phase reflection of EBG for traveling-wave tube applications. With high on-axis interaction impedance, the EBG-ML SWS can interact with a low-current-density electron beam. The backward-wave mode of EBG-ML SWS can be suppressed by the transmission stopband of EBG. Particle-in-cell simulations are carried out for the proposed structure with a sheet beam source. The simulation results show that a 50% improved interaction impedance and a 20% reduced circuit attenuation of EBG-ML SWS can be achieved, in comparison with those of traditional ML SWS. With a small input signal, the RF efficiency of EBG-ML is improved by 137.5% over that of the ML SWS.


The Nursing Care Process is a tool of great importance for the nursing staff as it helps us identify the altered needs, correct, maintain and rehabilitate the patient by means of theoretical and practical knowledge, in order for the patient to recover his health status, this case study was applied in a 5-month-old boy diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia.

Bacterial pneumonia is one of the main causes of death in children less than 5 years old, causing an affectation to the pulmonary alveoli, which compromises the respiratory pattern. This pathology if not treated in a timely manner can cause complications such as a pleural effusion, empyema, atelectasis, etc.
Its diagnosis only occurs through clinical examinations. For the nursing staff it is very important to know about the care provided to these patients to reduce the number of children with respiratory problems in Ecuador.

We identified the basic needs of the human being based on the fourteen needs of Virginia Henderson since this model is the one that most couples the pediatric patients by their level of dependence; with the help of the taxonomies of NANDA, NIC and NOC, a timely nursing diagnosis could be made and thus create a care plan prioritizing their symptomatology.

The results obtained were satisfactory, decreased respiratory difficulty, improvement in airway patency, maintaining vital signs without alteration.


Trackways attributed to a xiphosurid (arthropod) maker are described for the first time from the Middle Jurassic Saltwick Formation, Ravenscar Group, of the Cleveland Basin, Yorkshire. The trackways are assigned to Kouphichnium aff. variabilis (Linck, 1949) and clearly demonstrate the heteropody and varied behaviour of the maker. Their occasional asymmetry indicates a slight rotation of the body relative to the direction of locomotion. The Saltwick Formation has generally been regarded as a coastal plain deposit, and the presence of xiphosurid tracks reinforces the suggestions of periodic marine influences.


Abstract : Legibility comparisons were made among four 5 x 7 dot fonts. The four symbol fonts were shown under nearly optimal viewing conditions to one group of operators and under degraded viewing conditions to a second group of operators. The results showed that no one symbol set was significantly superior in legibility to any of the other sets. It was concluded that new symbols designs are needed to improve the legibility of present 5 x 7 dot symbol sets.


An assembly line is a flow‐oriented production system where the productive units performing the operations, referred to as stations, are aligned in a serial manner. The assembly line balancing problem arises and has to be solved when an assembly line has to be configured or redesigned. The so‐called simple assembly line balancing problem (SALBP), a basic version of the general problem, has attracted attention of researchers and practitioners of operations research for almost half a century. There are four types of objective functions which are considered to this kind of problem. The versions of SALBP may be complemented by a secondary objective which consists of smoothing station loads. Many heuristics have been proposed for the assembly line balancing problem due to its computational complexity and difficulty in identifying an optimal solution and so many heuristic solutions are supposed to solve this problem. In this paper a differential evolution algorithm is developed to minimize workload smoothness i...


"1' HERE can be no strong canonical writing without the process .Iof literary influence, a process vexing to undergo and difficult to understand." So Harold Bloom near the beginning of his stimulating and salutary book The Western Canon.1 I would like here to encounter that difficulty of understanding via a discussion of the range and shifting focuses of what I prefer to call not "influence" with Bloom, but "intertextuality," which has recently been well defined as the "phenomenon by which, in literature, each new text enters into a network of relations with other, already written texts (recalling them, imitating them, parodying them, in short, presupposing them)."2 I would only qualify this, for the present purposes, by allowing that this network include texts which should not necessarily be perceived of as "written"; visual and oral intertextual networks will have an equal claim for attention in what follows. Indeed, it will be my thesis that intertextuality is a phenomenon whose workings may be observed in all media, and in all registers of expression. One of the great problems confronting any student of intertextuality is the fractured nature of the surviving network; the business of reconstructing lost models as a means of understanding the complexities of poetic composition and elucidating the alluding text is indeed difficult, and it is particularly difficult for the classicist, for whom so much has been lost. But we live with what we have, do with it what we can, and


Introduction: The baroreceptor‐heart rate (HR) reflex has prognostic value in cardiovascular medicine. However, it cannot be used in chronotropically incompetent or paced patients. In healthy subjects, the baroreceptor‐stroke volume (SV) reflex, with power spectral analysis of SV and blood pressure (BP) variations in the low‐frequency band, serves as an alternate measure of the baroreceptor‐cardiac reflex. This study examined the baroreceptor‐stroke volume (SV) reflex sensitivity in the supine and 60° upright positions in paced patients.


Plot size and number of replications were evaluated for watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.)) over a 3-year period. Four different methods were used, including plotting basic unit plots against changes in CVs, Hatheway's method for detecting a true difference as a percent of the mean with a 20% threshold, Bartlett's homogeneity of variance test, and computed least significant differences (LSDs). An initial evaluation was done in a trial with several varieties. Plotting CV against number of basic units using plots with different watermelon varieties suggests a plot size of '7 basic units (1 basic unit = 3.34 m 2 ). With a single variety and basic units of 6.69 m 2 for inside rows, the plot size was '4 basic units and for the outside row 5 basic units. With plot sizes of 2.23 m 2 , the number of basic units per plot was estimated at '5 basic units. Bartlett's test suggests larger basic unit plot sizes of 14 to 20 with a 3.34-m 2 basic unit size with multiple varieties. With a single variety, 4 to 8 basic unit plot sizes are required with 6.69-m 2 basic unit size. Results were unreliable with 2.23-m 2 plot sizes using Bartlett's test. Computed LSDs, which were 5% of the mean or less, could be achieved with plots sizes of 10 basic units and five replications with 3.34-m 2 basic unit plots and using multiple varieties. Other combina- tions meeting these criteria included 14 basic unit plots and two or three replications. With a 6.69-m 2 basic unit size, plots of 6 basic units and four replications would meet the 5% criteria. Finally, with the 2.23-m 2 basic unit size, a plot size of 8 basic units and three replications would result in an LSD of 5% of the mean. Results with Hatheway's method were similar to plots of basic units against CV. Hatheway's method also has an estimate of number of replications and with 3.34-m 2 basic unit, the 20% threshold of detecting true differences occurred with 10 to 14 basic units and four replications. For fruit size, firmness, and soluble solids, the basic unit plot sizes ranged from 5 to 7. Plot size estimates were larger with 6.69 m 2 compared with 2.23 m 2 for fruit characteristics.


The transferring chitinase gene to tobacoo by pollen tube pathway technique was reported Detection of PCR proved 4 resistant plants among 106 transgenic tobacoo plants and DNA dot proved 3 regenerated plants The availability of this method was confirmed


SUGIANTO, Strengthening of Religious Institution in Preventing Narcotic and Drugs Misuse. Under direction of DJUARA P.LUBIS and. CAROLINA NITIMIHARDJO Narcotic and drugs misuse issues are the complex problems if they are seen from their causal and consequential factors appeared by them in relation with physical, physicis, economic, spiritual and environmental security factors. This problem impact is seen as a serious issue, therefore it is required for a comprehensive effort and include all community elements. One of effors conducted is related with this problem is a preventive effort. A research was carried out at Subdistrict of Kebonlega which has characteristic as a sensitive area for narcotic and drugs misuse, such presence of public facilities as the Leuwi panjang's intercity and inter-provincial buses terminal. In other hand, it is located here the Banceuy's I A Class Special Narcotic and Drug Jail which can provide some contribution on this preventive effort. This research was performed in three phases from social mapping, identification of society developmental program, and society developmental review. Some preventive effort in this research is throughout implementation of religious institutional strengthening conducted by Mesjid Al-Hudda Family Board. This institutional existence as a social force for counteraction power in improving religious values and other social norms. Some instances that must be strengthened by religious institution in this investigation include human resources factor, institutional capacity factor in increasing its ability to develop networks and competency to collect institutional fund. Data collection are performed by making of primary and secondary data inventory. Meanwhile problem and demand analysis for religious institution are carried out with problematic tree analogy. And activities alternative formulation in this research are improvements for individual, institutional, and family institutional capacities. This research obyective is to improve community ability in preventing of narcotic and drugs misuse.


Despite improved algorithms and the availability of massively parallel computing resources, "high-fidelity" models are, in practice, often too computationally expensive for use in a design or analysis setting, which can preclude real-time and multi-query analyses (e.g., optimization, uncertainty quantification). The situation can be ameliorated through the help of reduced order models (ROMs): models constructed from high-fidelity simulations that retain the essential physics and dynamics of their corresponding full order models (FOMs), but have a much lower computational cost. A promising model reduction methodology that has gained prevalence during the past decade is the Least-Squares Petrov-Galerkin (LSPG) projection method. The LSPG method is a discrete-optimal method that performs projection at the fully discrete level of its corresponding FOM, i.e., after the FOM has been discretized in space and time. While LSPG projection does not necessarily guarantee a priori accuracy and stability for generic complex nonlinear problems (e.g., turbulent compressible flows), it has been computationally demonstrated to generate accurate and stable responses for several classes of problems on which Galerkin projection manifests instabilities.


Indication  The management of rectal prolapse in presence of high‐risk comorbidities can be challenging. We report the use of an anal plug as a noninvasive alternative in patients with contraindication of surgery.