In the current business world, organizational performance depends on identifying, attracting, acquiring and maintaining customers in the highly intensive competitive environment. This study identifies how organizational performance can be enhanced through customer relationship marketing capabilities. Population of this research was Airtel Telecommunication Company in the South-western part of Nigeria. Population of this research consists mainly of customers of Airtel Telecommunication Company in the South-western part of Nigeria. The data collection was done through the distribution of online and offline questionnaires on organizational performance and competition intensity. Logistic regression analysis test was used for further analysis. Findings revealed that good relationship with their customers, help the organizations to enhance their profitability and get the competitive advantage in the market place. This paper will enable organizations (especially organizations in the telecommunications sector) to understand and use their customers relation marketing capabilities in a good way.

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In recent time, along with the advances and new inventions in science and technology, fraud people and identity thieves are also becoming smarter by finding new ways to fool the authorization and authentication process. So, there is a strong need of efficient face recognition process or computer systems capable of recognizing faces of authenticated persons. One way to make face recognition efficient is by extracting features of faces. This paper is to compare the relative efficiency of Lip Extraction and Eye extraction feature for face recognition in biometric devices. Importance of this paper is to bring to the light which Feature Extraction method provides better results under various conditions. For recognition experiments, I used face images of persons from different sets of YALE database. In my dataset, there are total 132 images consisting of 11 persons & 12 face images of each person.


The utility model discloses a mini ultrasonic wave humidifier, comprising a box body (1), a box body cover board (2), a left side board (3), a right side board (4) and a box body base (5); the mini ultrasonic wave humidifier is characterized in that: a water inlet chamber (6), an atomizing chamber (7) and a control integration circuit system (8) are arranged in the box body (1), an air blower (9) at the outer side surface of the water inlet chamber (6) is attached to the inner side surface of the box body (1), and an ultrasonic wave transducer device (10) and a water level protective switch (11) are arranged in the atomizing chamber (7). The mini ultrasonic wave humidifier is small and light, can be switched on at any time, and can carry out humidification at any time, therefore, the mini ultrasonic wave humidifier is safe and reliable.


The invention relates to a reinforced product, usable in particular for reinforcing a rubber finished article, comprising one or more wire (s) reinforcing textile (s) or metal (s), said one or more thread (s) being covered with a sheath comprising a thermoplastic polymer composition (s) lead (s) wheel (s) themselves being flooded (s) in said rubber composition coating rubber, characterized in that the gum of is a coating composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler and a sulfur vulcanizing system, wherein the ratio of the amounts, in phr (parts by weight per hundred parts by weight elastomer), sulfur and reinforcing filler is less than 0.08.


Wildlife Society Bulletin 2004, 32(3):983–986 Peer refereed The description of natural mineral licks used by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) has been well documented (Weeks 1978,Kennedy et al. 1995). Jones and Hanson (1985) suggested that oil, gas, and artesian well sites may function as artificial mineral sources for ungulates. However, little information is available characterizing the chemical properties or use of gas-well seepage by whitetailed deer (Jones and Hanson 1985). While conducting a white-tailed deer movement-ecology study in the central Appalachians of West Virginia during summer 2001, we observed unusual movements to a gas well by numerous deer, and here we describe our observations.


In this paper, exact analytical forms of the normal surface in anisotropic media are obtained. Both the permittivity and permeability tensors are supposed to be anisotropic, becoming simultaneously diagonal in the principal system of coordinates. Sufficient conditions for the existence of two, one or no optical axes are established. As a special case, the pseudo-isotropic medium is introduced, for which the birefringence completely vanishes while the crystal is still non-isotropic. Such a medium exhibits a zero-reflection coefficient for any polarization, incidence angle and wavelength, according to some constraints discussed here.


Modeling studies are conducted to investigate the plasma flow, heat transfer and energy conversion characteristics of low and medium power arcjet thrusters with hydrogen as the propellant. In order to better treat the conjugate heat transfer between the gas flow region and the solid wall region, the anode is included in the computational domain. A code based on finite difference Roe-type scheme is developed to solve the set of governing equations. Modeling results are found to compare favorably with available experimental data for three arcjet thrusters with different power levels. The axial variations of the enthalpy flux, kinetic energy flux, directed kinetic-energy flux and total enthalpy flux are used to investigate the energy conversion process inside the thruster nozzle. The effects of power on the flow, heat transfer, and energy conversion processes within three thrusters are discussed. Nomenclature Bθ = magnetic induction intensity B r = magnetic induction intensity vector et = total energy per unit volume E = electric field E r = electric field vector h = specific enthalpy I = arc current Isp = specific impulse j = current density j r = current density vector kB = Boltzmann constant m& = the mass flow rate m = the normalized mass flow rate p = gas static pressure R = gas constant T = gas temperature U r = the velocity vector 1 Graduate Student, School of Astronautics, email@example.com. 2 Associate Professor, School of Astronautics, email@example.com. 3 Professor, Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory, email@example.com. The 32nd International Electric Propulsion Conference, Wiesbaden, Germany September 11 – 15, 2011 2 v = radial velocity γ = specific-heat ratio κ = thermal conductivity μ = viscosity μ0 = the magnetic permeability ρ = gas density σ = electric conductivity γ = specific heat ratio τ = shear stress


Abstract Starting from operators for which the local uniqueness to the characteristic Cauchy problem does not hold, we show that some perturbations of them do have this property of uniqueness.


This paper focuses on developing a torque and stator temperature prediction model for permanent magnet synchronous motors using neural networks. The model can predict torque and four other temperature parameters at the permanent magnet surface, stator's yoke, tooth, and winding. The motor's torque and temperatures are predicted without installing any additional sensors into it. Using the training dataset with Levenberg-Marquardt optimization and Bayesian regularization algorithms, the predicted model has the best performance with the least mean square error and the best $R^{2}$ values. Also, the prediction of testing data shows that the estimated model follows closely with actual values. This is true for all the five output parameters.


Erosion, sedimentation, sea level rise, tsunami, sea water pollution, coral reef and mangrove forest destruction are problems, that have to be considered during planning, development and management of the coastal, sea and marine tourism activity. Alternative technology such as natural and man made coastal and sea protections (revetment, bulkhead, sea wall, jetty, groin, breakwater, submerged artificial reef, oil boom, oil skimmer) and information technology can be used and applied for this purpose.


RONALD J. S U R Z is vice president of marketing for Clenwood Tmst Co., a Chicago-based oversight manager of alternative investment strategies. H e is also president of Peformance Presentation Consulting Alliance, Inc., in Wheaton, Illinois, which consults with money managers on perjirmance presentation standards, and he serves as a member of the Alaska Pension Investment Advisory Council. Mr. Surz started his career at A.G. Becker in 1971. H e wrote much ofthe software that is still in use today at SEI. After leaving SEI he co-funded Becker, Burke Associates with two partners. Mr. Surz earned his M.B.A. infinancefrom the University of Chicago and an M.S. in applied mathematiafrom the University of Illinois.


Negeri van Oranje by Wahyuningtyas and Diary Buruh Migran by Arsya Kirana is a literature work that shows the main character's struggle in a foreign country. Based on both novel, this research is aim for (1) describing the nationalism of the main character on novel titled Negeri Van Oranje by Wahyuningtyas and novel titled  Diary Buruh Migran by Arsya Kirana, and also (2) describing the impact of the character of nationalism on other figures inside novel titled Negeri Van Oranje by Wahyuningtyas and novel titled Diary Buruh Migran by Arsya Kirana. This research using descriptive approach with qualitative type. Analysis result shows there is an existence five sub values of national characterism, pervade social care, hard work, high curiosity, care for living, and loves the motherland. One of them is care for living not founded on novel titled Diary Buruh Migran by Arsya Kirana, that's create a primacy for novel titled Negeri van Oranje by Wahyuningtyas. Overall, character of nationalism has an impact on other characters in the story, which involve cognitive components, affective components, and conative components.


We present an $m$-adic Newton iteration with quadratic convergence for lexicographic Gr\"obner basis of zero dimensional ideals in two variables. We rely on a structural result about the syzygies in such a basis due to Conca and Valla, that allowed them to explicitly describe these Gr\"obner bases by affine parameters; our Newton iteration works directly with these parameters.


It is well known that human error is the key contributor in most marine accidents. Nevertheless, human error is not the cause of accidents or mishaps in the new view on human errors; it is the deeper trouble of the MMEM (Man-Machine-Environment-Management) system. The key point for human error analysis is to find out the connection between human error and the features of system elements, that is the contexts of human error (Operating environment, Organization influence, etc). For this reason, this paper shows an approach for mining the human factors data which influence the occurrence of human error. This approach bases on the data collected on HFACS (Human Factor Analysis and Classification System) Model. It can be used for analysis of human factors and risk management of marine industry.


Introduction. The article investigates the issue of the exchange of captives between Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Truce of Deulino conclusion on December 1 (11), 1618. This truce marked the end of the Time of Troubles in the Moscow State and established peaceful relations between Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for 14 years. The author analyzes the circumstances of the exchange of captives, and also highlights main problems arising in the course of implementing the agreements.

Materials. The study uses unpublished documents of the Ambassadorial Prikaz: record lists, petitions, lists of contract records stored in the form of columns and books in the Russian State Archive of Ancient Documents in funds No. 79 "Relations with Poland" and No. 141 "Prikaz Affairs of Old Years".

Results. The Truce of Deulino provided the solution of two urgent issues: transfer of seven border cities and their uezds with subsequent delimitation of the border and exchange of captives. Over the course of time, the first agreements were reached only partly. Admittedly, castles smoothly passed to the Polish-Lithuanian possession, but because of mutual claims the border at the Trubchevsk-Novgorod-Seversk-Bryansk and the Vitebsk-Toropets lines became the part of the Treaty of Polyanovka (1634), which put an end to the Smolensk war. There were problems with the exchange of captives as well, which occurred more than three months later. However, the only culprit here was the Polish-Lithuanian side.


Thermoluminescence (TL) studies have been carried out in KBr, KI, and in different compositions of KBrxI1–x mixed crystals as a function of X-irradiation time. The TL glow peaks have been analysed and the trap depths and frequency factors have been calculated for different compositions. The complex TL peaks observed in these crystals were isolated by using thermal cleaning technique. The various glow peaks observed in these crystals were attributed to native impurities, first stage and second stage colour centers and the results have been discussed.


of Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science COMPARISON OF CONVENTIONAL CULTURE METHODS AND THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION FOR THE DETECTION OF Shigella spp. ON TOMATO SURFACES By Benjamin Ray Warren August 2003 Chair: Mickey E. Parish Cochair: Keith R. Schneider Department: Food Science and Human Nutrition Isolation of Shigella spp. from food is very difficult due to the lack of appropriate selective media and the fastidious nature of Shigellae. Nucleic acid-based detection methods such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have recently been developed for the detection of Shigella spp. with greater specificity and sensitivity than conventional culture methods. In this study, artificially inoculated S. boydii UI02 or S. sonnei UI05 was recovered from tomato surfaces using a phosphate buffer rinse and vigorous shaking/hand manipulation. Detection of inocula was evaluated by enrichment protocols of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (1998) Bacteriological Analytical Manual (FDA BAM), the Compendium of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Food (CMMEF), enrichment in Enterobacteriaceae Enrichment (EE) broth supplemented with 1.0 μg/ml novobiocin and incubated at 42oC), and FTA filtration/ nested PCR. Conventional culture enrichments were repeated using enrichments supplemented with


Abstract One of the major high-latitude circulation systems in the Southern Hemisphere is the Southern Annular Mode (SAM). Its effect on the Somali Jet (SMJ), which connects the Southern and Northern hemispheres, cannot be ignored. The present reported results show that time series of both the Southern Annular Mode Index (SAMI) during the preceding winter and the summertime Somali Jet intensity Index (SMJI) display a significant increasing trend and have similar interdecadal variation. The latter was rather strong around 1960, then became weaker up to the mid-1980s, before starting to strengthen again. The lead-lag correlations of monthly mean SAMI with the following summertime SMJI showed significant positive correlations in November, December, and January. There are thus connections across two seasons between the SAM and the SMJ. The influence of the winter SAM on the summer SMJ was explored via analyses of SST anomalies in the Southern Indian Ocean. During strong (weak) SAM/SMJ years, the SST east of Madagascar is colder (warmer) while the SST west of Australia is warmer (colder), corresponding to the positive (negative) Southern Indian Ocean Dipole-like (SIODL) event. Subsequently, the SIODL excites an anticyclone located over the Arabian Sea in summer through air-sea coupling from winter to summer, which causes an increase in the summer SMJ intensity. The anticyclone/high branch of the SAM over the Southern Hemisphere subtropics and the cyclone/low over the east coast of Madagascar play an important role in the formation of Southern Indian Ocean "bridge" from winter to summer.


This study synthesized 43 domestic related empirical articles using the meta-analytic technology.The main findings are as below.First,the influence of ambiguity is larger than that of tackiness.Second,the characteristics of recipient and network are the most important influencing factors of knowledge transfer.Third,the influence of knowledge distance is anything more than a simple linear relationship,and it is more complicated.Fourth,the effect sizes of influence factors are different between inter-organization knowledge transfer and intra-organization knowledge transfer.At the same time,these conclusions also showed that the study on the influence factors of knowledge transfer is gradually become mature,but the future study on the relationship between knowledge distance,network characteristics and knowledge transfer and on the comparison between domestic research and foreign research is necessary.


Esoteric knowledge and psychological method are the underlying ideas of this encyclopaedic book. The wide range of subjects covered includes the idea of esotericism, the problem of superman, Christianity and the New Testament, symbolism of the tarot, systems of yoga, the fourth dimension, relativity, space and time, dreams, hypnotism, experimental mysticism and sex in its relation to the evolution of man towards superman.


The article deals with the utilization of group technology inside new software. This software aids the multivariant manufacturing process plans creation and consequently it supported the processing of information in several versions. It can be used for optimization according to the selected criteria, for the generation of technological documentation and NC programs on the basis of hybrid approach. NC program, as one of process plans form, can be for individual parts generated automatically on the basis of group representative that is created as 3D model in CAD/CAM system. The output of CAM module – CL data – is imported into new software application as the basis of NC program. System was called Individual Application system – IAS.


The chromatographic behavior of five myorelaxant drugs has been studied under the conditions used for salting-out thin-layer chromatography (SOTLC) on cellulose and alumina. For this purpose, aqueous ammonium sulfate solutions of different concentration were used as mobile phases. It was established that hRF values always decreased in parallel to increasing salt concentrations. When cellulose was used as adsorbent, a linear relationship was observed between the RM values and the ammonium sulfate content of the mobile phase. Regression data of the plots obtained were used to determine the lipophilicity parameters RM0 and C0. Lipophilicity determined in this way correlated with calculated log P values.


Network protection includes of the strategies and procedures implemented in this paper to avoid and monitor intrusion attempts, infringement, manipulation or violation of a computer system and services accessed by the network. Network protection applies to the different countermeasures put in place to secure or flow through the network and data collected on or through it. Protection for web applications is the method of securing websites and internet resources from multiple security attacks that target weaknesses in an application. Security for web apps is a data management division that primarily deals with the security of websites, web applications and web services. Risks to cyber security include a broad range of allegedly criminal practices on the web. For years, computer security risks against utility assets were identified, cyber-attacks arising from the exploitation of data device weaknesses by unauthorized access users This study is a cyber infrastructure assault, vulnerability and vulnerabilities, including hardware and software devices, networks, business networks, intranets, and cyber intrusion usage. Only big organisations are at risk of cyber-attacks, a widespread misunderstanding. Even then, the targeting of small and medium sized enterprises has seen a large improvement. This is since less-sophisticated cyber defence mechanisms appear to be used by these smaller organisations. As many as 50% of all cyber-attacks hit small companies, wasting $200,000 on average, sufficient to get out of business for less-established entities. an enterprise-grade protection device and awareness of the various forms of cyber threats facing corporations in 2025 to safeguard company from hacking attacks. fight cyber threats successfully and decrease the exposure of enterprise.


The microscopic theory of elasticity was reconsidered in detail in an ordered alloy system following the line of reasoning pursued by the present author


The invention relates to a new compound with a structural formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound can be obtained by extracting and separating the dried complete herb of Erigeron breviscapus (Vant.) Hand.-Mazz. The compound has the effects of resisting inflammatory response, resisting platelet aggregation, resisting thrombus and expanding blood vessels, and can be used for preparing medicaments for treating heart cerebrovascular diseases.


Results of the CRASH-2 trial suggest that tranexamic acid reduces mortality without increasing risk of thrombosis in adult patients with traumatic


Last year output rose nearly S per cent, the fastest rate of growth since 1973. But domestic demand rose even more rapidly and has continued to outpace supply this year. Consequently, the current account of the balance of payments has moved into deficit. One feature of the present boom, which distinguishes it from its predecessors, is that it is private sector demand which is the driving force — the direct contribution of the public sector has been far less marked, even minimal. In this Forecast Release we examine the behaviour of private spending and contrast the present boom with previous experience. We conclude that there are sound theoretical reasons why UK private saving should be reduced for a shoe period and that, if the reduction is temporary, the government's apparently relaxed attitude to the current account deficit is justified.


We consider codes defined by a system of sparse polynomial parity check equations in F /sub 2/[x/sub 1/,...,x/sub n/]. We suggest that, defined in the right way, such codes admit an encoding comparable in efficiency with their linear counterparts (LDPC codes), and are suitable for iterative decoding.


Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are often characterized by the presence of antineuronal antibodies in patient serum or cerebrospinal fluid. The detection of antineuronal antibodies has proven to be a useful tool in PNS diagnosis and the search for an underlying tumor. Here, we describe three patients with autoantibodies to several epitopes of the axon initial segment protein tripartite motif 46 (TRIM46). We show that anti‐TRIM46 antibodies are easy to detect in routine immunohistochemistry screening and can be confirmed by western blotting and cell‐based assay. Anti‐TRIM46 antibodies can occur in patients with diverse neurological syndromes and are associated with small‐cell lung carcinoma.


The thermodynamics of the Pd/H system have been described in terms of a concentration dependent excess chemical potential μß, Figure 1, which determines the deviations of the system from an ideal thermodynamic solution [11. The initial linear dependence of μ^ on the interstitial concentration c indicates an attractive — interaction resulting in a condensation reaction caused by long range elastic interactions involving image forces at free surfaces [2


Impact drill is an important tool which is often used in the process of construction or decoration, mainly to complete the drilling on the cement wall or a brick wall. Impact drill will produce large amounts of dust and dirt in the use process which can bring great influence for the environment, also for construction personnel. This will also bring a lot of inconvenience for us. It is becoming important to avoid and reduce the impact. The problems in the process of the use become a need to study the problem. Here will study a method which can be a very good solution to this problem, it will bring great convenience to construction personnel.


Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention,the malaria health education to students in Suinin County. Methods The students from one primary school and one middle school were investigated with questionnaire before and after health education. Results The total accurate score of malaria control knowledge of the students from the primary school was 82.03% after the education,being increased of 48.16% compared with the score before the education.The total accurate score of the students from the middle school was 86.07% after the education,being increased of 47.70% compared with the score before the education.The aware score of malaria control knowledge of the students from the primary school was 84.26% after the education,being increased of 59.43% compared with the score before the education.The aware score of the students from the middle school was 89.82% after the education,being increased of 63.63% compared with the score before the education There were significant differences before and after the education(all P values 0.01).Conclusions Malaria health education is very effective after GFATM.


Gangue samples have been macerated in hydrochloride acid,and the rare earth elements(REE),Fe,Al and Ti were dissolved selectively.After that the rare earth elements are separated by coprecipitation method of ferric hydroxide,and then they are quantitatively separated with iron by precipitation process of oxalate.The results of experiment show that the extraction ratio of the rare earth elements is 88.25%~92.86%,and the purity of rare earth oxide is 99.00%.The method is characterized by its simple application and high enrichment ratio.


In order to study fracture property of RCC and cracking condition of induced joint,three point banding beam fracture tests of RCC have been carried out in this paper. Some parameters and typical curves of fracture property are obtained, such as tensile strength, compressive strength, fracture toughness, fracture energy, curve of load vs. load point deflection, and curve of load vs. crack jaw opening. According to the relation of fracture toughness and stress intensity factor, the cracking similarity condition of induced joint in structural model is established. Through nonlinear cracking calculation of three point bending beam, the curve of load vs. load point deflection is used to deduce the tensile strain softening curve. Furthermore, the tensile strength of material is modified on 3-D condition. Finally, the cracking calculating condition in numerical calculation of induced joint is established, which is based on the ficititious crack model. These fracture property parameters and cracking conditions are adopted in the structural model test and the numerical calculation of the Sichuan Shapai RCC arch dam, the highest one in the world at present. These results are the base references for researching cracking and destructive mechanism of the high RCC arch dam.


One important problem in Q-gruops theory is to classify particular dasses of Q-groups. In this note we will classify the supersolvable Q-groups


Multioutlet hydrants as joint network infrastructure remain briefly addressed in the literature. Studies have always been limited to the individual treatment of the hydraulic components but not as a whole element. This study presents the main problems in the field of multioutlet hydrants within hydraulic infrastructure for pressure irrigation networks in Mediterranean agriculture. First, a field study with interviews was carried out in 30 water users associations (WUAs) between 2010 and 2018. Following this study, a laboratory test methodology was proposed to characterize this type of hydrant. Subsequently, four laboratory tests were performed on 12 multioutlet hydrants with different and common configurations found in irrigation networks: (i) head losses produced, (ii) global measurement precision in the multioutlet hydrant, (iii) blockage analysis in meters in vertical orientation, and (iv) hydrant behavior in response to hydraulic transients. The tests show that a horizontal configuration of the measuring elements with fewer than ten outlets and a suitable dimensioning of elements improve element maneuverability, instrument metrology, and irrigation emission uniformity. Finally, the importance of adequate design, dimensioning, and maintenance of the multioutlet hydrant devices is evidenced as a key point for the adequate management of collective pressure irrigation networks.


Objective To study protective effect of Vitamin C and Verapamil in the testicular ischemia reperfusion injury following testicular torsion.Methods Adult male SD rats were built testicular torsion and reperfusion model.Vitamin C group,Verapamil group,Vitamin C and Verapamil group and NS group were injected 15 minutes before torsion repair individually.All the rats were killed after 24 hour.To examine SOD,MDA,GSH-PX in the torsion testicular.Testicular's pathological change was observed with HE stain.Results SOD,GSH-PX levels increase significantly in the medicine group and NS group(P0.01).MDA level decreases significantly(P0.01).Conclusions Vitamin C and Verapamil can protect the function of testicular germ cell after testicular torsion reperfusion.


[Objective]To To study how artesunate and dihydroartemisinin inhibited leukaemia cell line K562,on the molecular level,the gene chip was used to detect the expression panel of genes of leukaemia cell line K562 treated by artesunate.[Methods] K562 cells were treated with artesunate and dihydroartemisinin for 24h,and then studied changes under invert microscope;The morphology changes of the nucleons were observed by Hoechst33342/PI staining;The cell cycle state were examined by flow cytometry analysis;determinating inhibitory rate of drugs to K562 cells by MTT.Total RNA samples obtained by TRIzol and were reverse transcribed to the cDNA.cDNA samples were hybridized to our gene chips.Hybridization signal were collected and analyzed following scanning by Gene Pix 4100A.[Results] The numbers of drift cells were increased and the density of cells was decreased by under invert microscope after K562 cells were treated artesunate for 24h.Morphology changes of cell apoptosis such as karyopyknosis and conglomeration were observed by Hoechst33342/PI staining.Flow cytometric analysisshowed that cells were arrested in G2 phase,drugs could obviously inhibit proliferation of K562.There were 16 differentially expressed genes identified.up-regulation of p21,chk1 and down-regulation of cyclinB1,cyclinE1,E2F1,DNA-PK,hTERT,bcl-2,VEGF,jnk in the artesunate-treated K562 cells,up-regulation of chk1 and down-regulation of PCNA,cyclinB1,cyclinD1,cyclinE1,cdk4,cdk2,E2F1,DNA-PK,DNA-TopoI,MCL-1,jnk,VEGF in the dihydroartemisinin-treated K562 cells.[Conclusions] Inhibition of leukaemia cell line K562 by artesunate and dihydroartemisinin;Artesunate exert its anti-cancer effect by altering the expression of these genes involved in cell cycle;and inducing apoptosis.


This volume brings together a large number of sources with which to illustrate the problem of religious violence in relation to the history of Christianity in the Roman Empire and post-Roman world. The sources are presented in both the original languages and in new English translation and are accompanied by introductions, comments, and short bibliographies. Thematically, Dirk Rohmann focuses on the ways in which Christians were subjected to violence by their pagan surroundings, on the development and scope of the very Christian ideas of martyrdom and of persecution, on how Christians thought about the nature of God and of holy wars, as well as on the problem of violence within the world of early monasticism and asceticism. Drawing on the amount of texts extant from the first to seventh centuries, this book will be of interest to both students and academics in the areas of ancient and early medieval history, classics, and religious studies.


Since the 2002–2003 academic year, the number of students attending and number of charter schools has grown. Yet, unknown are the comparative performance of charter schools as well as any factors, such as the market-based theory of competition, which may contribute to differences. Using geographic information systems and hierarchical linear modeling, this study examined the achievement scores of 13 charter schools and 172 traditional public schools in the Chicago Public Schools System between academic years 2002–2003 and 2004–2005. The results include significantly positive comparative performance from charter schools but fail to find competition as a contributing factor.


Beketskaja T.V., Umarova A.B., Zhelezova С.В. INFLUENCE OF WOOD VEGETATION ON PROPERTIES OF SOILS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF MODELLING SOIL OF THE SOIL HOSPITAL OF THE MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY). This work deals with the relationship between woody vegetation and soils in mixed stands with the aligned initial conditions. It contains the results of studying the impact of nine wood species on soil conditions at different depths. We analyzed the dynamics of the basic physical and chemical properties of soil, which allows identifying the dominant soil-forming processes. Vitality of trees and rate of stem diameter growth characterize the status of standing forest and condition of trees development.


Landscape evolution over the last 8000 years in three areas located along Tuscany, Latium, and Campania coasts (central Tyrrhenian) has been deduced through a morphological, stratigraphical, and historical approach considering the physical evolution and human activity. Between 8000 and 6000 yr BP, the Sea Level Rise (SLR) dominated and, near the river mouths, inlets occurred. In the Tuscany area, Mt. Argentario was an island and to SE of the Ansedonia promontory a lagoon occurred. The areas were covered by a dense forest and the human influence was negligible. Between 6000 and 4000 yr BP, humans organized settlements and activities, and a general coastline progradation occurred. A tombolo linked Mt. Argentario to the mainland. In the Tiber and Campania areas, coastal lakes and a strand plain developed. Between 4000 and 3000 yr BP, near Mt. Argentario, two tombolos enclosed a wide lagoon. At the SE of the Ansedonia promontory, the lagoon split into smaller water bodies. In the Tiber and Campania areas, delta cusps developed. The anthropogenic presence was widespread and forests decreased. During the last 3000 years, anthropic forcing increased when the Etruscans and Romans changed the territory through towns, salt pans, and ports. After the Roman period, natural forcing returned to dominate until the birth of the Italian State and technological evolution.


A method for modifying tooth traces (crowning) of helical gears finished in form grinding is described. Three kinds of additional motion in grinding process, (a) the approaching motion between the grinding wheel and work axes, (b) the additional Screw motion of the work gear, and (c) the shifting motion of the grinding wheel. are introduced for crowning of helical gears. Equations for calculating the tooth profiles of the crowned helical gears ground with these additional motions are derived. The shapes of the tooth surfaces of the crowned helical gears are illustrated using the contour lines which indicate the distance from the theoretical involute tooth surface. From the results of numerical calculation, it is shown that use of the approaching motion between the grinding wheel and work axes is the most practical method of crowning because it produces both tooth surfaces at the same time, accomplishing suitable profile modification at the tooth ends where the contact between the meshing teeth starts.


This seven-part essay studies the question of the subject from the crisis of metaphysics in modern times, starting from Nietzsche and leading to the tragic conception of existence. The tragic is irremovable because there is no instauration without violence; it is all that exists in the exact extent that points to a splintered totality. This is the modern idea of the subject, which since Descartes shows a deep fissure in its constitution and which reaches up to contemporary authors. From Heidegger to Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy, the subject is that singularity that allows the appropriation of an otherness. This is a critique of such an approach.


Tock is an embedded operating system that supports more than 20 microcontroller models and has a growing community of developers. Currently, those developers need to test each supported board individually for every biannual software release. Our hardware CI system aims to streamline the testing process and allow for real time automated testing by creating a top level system to manage many individual test harnesses. Our design is scalable, configurable, and modular. Anyone can now instantiate a new test harness, configure what should be tested on the chosen board, and connect it to our larger test network to trigger true hardware tests on every change of the codebase. "Tock is an embedded operating system designed for running multiple concurrent, mutually distrustful applications on Cortex-M and RISC-V based embedded platforms. Tock's design centers around protection, both from potentially malicious applications and from device drivers". 1 It is an open source software used for lightweight applications such as sensor networks and wearables. It currently supports more than 20 microcontroller units (MCU), and the growth to support different MCU is highly anticipated.


Renewable energy offers convenient energy solution to the population live in isolated areas. The residents can utilize the locally available energy resources for fulfilling their need for electricity. The availability of electricity in the darkness of night facilitates higher productivity irrespective of gender. In this paper, design of a solar PV-diesel mini-grid system has been presented for a locality in Char Parbotipur (25.75°N 89.66°E). This island is situated 20 km north-east from Kurigram district, Bangladesh and surrounded by Brahmaputra river and Dudhkumar river, far from the national grid. Very few residents use stand-alone Solar Home Systems (SHS) and diesel generators. Diesel generators have environmental concern which can be minimized by using hybrid renewable energy systems. This paper aims at designing an optimal energy system consisting solar PV having diesel generator for fulfilling the load demand. The proposed energy system can generate electricity at a cost of $0.461/kWh for a load of 115 kWh/day. Sensitivity analysis is presented to understand the effect of diesel price and solar irradiation on the cost of electricity and net present cost of the system. Comparison between the proposed hybrid renewable energy system and an energy system comprising diesel generator only are also presented to understand the effect of solar PV integration with diesel generators for environmental benefits.


The agricultural characters and tuber qualities of color potato resources introduced from International Potato Center(CIP) were evaluated.The results showed that the introduced resources had good growth,good adaptability,nice shape and various color flesh.The 36 clones in 50 germplasms had color flesh,including 9 full red flesh clones and 5 full purple flesh clones.The clone G06-10 had dark purple skin and flesh,which was a good resource for high pigment content potato breeding.Especially,the clone G0-5 had white skin and red flesh,which had no reports about this kind of potato variety and it was suitable for potato pigment genetic research.


Despite intensive research on distributed processor interconnection architectures, relatively little work has been done on the performance analysis of such systems. The reason for this, besides the complexity of the behavior of such systems, is that Queueing Theory cannot easily handle systems consisting of many tightly interacting components. An alternate approach, based upon statistical mechanics, is used. We analyze interconnection structures such as crossbar, linear array, binary tree and ring.


Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG) has to date been explicitly oriented to modelling the grammar of the individual speaker, with the Contextual Component being seen as supportive. If FDG is re-interpreted as dialogic, the Contextual Component emerges as being shared by all interactants in the dialogue and as playing a central role in interaction. A dialogic FDG is proposed to provide a basis for understanding the role of interpersonal alignment in conversation as well as reflecting developments in psycholinguistics. It is applied to the analysis of eight extracts from a dialogue transcription in Eggins and Slade (2005).


The stroke a of a first lift stage of a valve needle 12 against the bias of a first spring (8, Figs. 1 and 3) is limited by the base of a recess in a bush 15 through which a second spring 9 additionally acts for the remainder of the full stroke b which is limited by abutment of shoulders on the bush and its guide. To eliminate the effect of temperature changes on the stroke a the annular gap (20. Fig. 2) for fuel flow between the needle 12 and its bore is about 2mm, the needle has a central blind bore (12a) and the bush 15 may be formed in two parts 15a, 15b of different co-efficients of thermal expansion with the surface 15c of the pant 15b limiting the stroke.


We present a complete geometry processing pipeline for multiple 3D scans alignment, composed by a fast, automated feature-based coarse alignment and an efficient global registration, with the aim to enable high-quality and high-throughput cultural heritage digitization. Salient features of our pipeline consist in the capability to provide low-latency, on-the-fly coarse alignment regardless to the number of scans, the capacity to handle interruptions of a continuous acquisition path, as well as an improved implementation of a robust state-of-the-art global alignment technique.


The Paper argues that the understanding and respect for human nature should are fully embodied in the modern education management and that we should adopt the person-based idea to reduce the problems existing in education management and to comply with the new trend as well.


Camptothecin was isolated in 1966, but its use was hampered by its poor water solubility. After the new action target of camptothecin was revealed during 1980s, scientists renewed research interest on it. The introduction of certain functional group to the camptothecin nucleus is one of the most fruitful research field during recent years. This article presents the semisynthesis and general total synthesis of several camptothecin derivatives with high potency.


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Globalisation The term globalisation is generally used to describe an increasing internationalisation of markets for goods and services, the means of production, financial systems, competition, corporations, technology and industries. It also means the growing interdependence and integration of various economies around the globe. Geographical and social limitations are surmounted, resulting in greater connectedness and de-territorialisation. Globalisation can be seen as an opportunity, but also as a threat. In order to profit from it, one has to be open, as well as willing to adapt and change.


Chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR‐T cells) have been successfully used in treatments of hematological tumors, however, their anti‐tumor activity in solid tumor treatments was limited. As IL‐12 increases T‐cell immune functions, we designed carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) specific CAR‐T (CEA‐CAR‐T) cells and, for the first time, used them in combination with recombinant human IL‐12 (rhIL‐12) to treat several types of solid tumors.


This paper discusses the primary systems detection technique for the OFDM system to share the spectrum among several radio systems such as UWB and other narrow band systems. In the iterative detection scheme, the received signals are assumed to be sum of the sinusoidal signals, and the coefficients of the sinusoidal signal to be minimized the error function by using Newton method. The detected amplitude is compared with the threshold value to detect usage of the primary systems. And frequency band of the primary systems also can be detected. However the calculation amounts are increased since iterative procedures are utilized. In this paper, the number of iterations for Newton method and the sine signal detection is considered to reduce the calculation amounts. The error of the coefficients estimation, miss-Detection Error Rate (DER) and False Alarm Rate (FAR) are evaluated and the performances are compared with the conventional technique using FFT.


AIM: This study explores the lived experiences of adolescent learners with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) from a low to middle-income context when they transition from primary to secondary school. An understanding of the insider perspective of this school transition process sought to illuminate the factors that facilitate or hinder learners' primary to secondary school transition. METHOD: An interpretive phenomenological research design was used. Four participants were purposively selected. The data collection method included semi-structured face to face interviews. Data were analysed inductively using Burnard's Framework. Four themes emanated from the data including: changes in functioning; personal resources; enabling external support structures and gaps in support structures. RESULTS: For learners with TBI, there are factors that facilitate a positive primary to secondary school transition including them drawing on personal resources and the support that they receive from enabling external support structures. Barriers to the school transition following a TBI, include the changes in physical, mental, and social functions that impact on adolescents' ability to fulfil their learner role as well as gaps in the provision of support within the multi systems within the learners' environment. CONCLUSION: Members of the multidisciplinary team, should adopt a learner-centred approach for interventions that seeks to prepare and support learners with TBI for their primary to secondary school transition. Planning the primary to secondary school transition should seek to prepare the learner, and those in the learner's context.


Thank you very much for downloading deceptive images toward a redefinition of american judaism. As you may know, people have look hundreds times for their favorite books like this deceptive images toward a redefinition of american judaism, but end up in harmful downloads. Rather than reading a good book with a cup of coffee in the afternoon, instead they cope with some infectious bugs inside their desktop computer.


EIA are needed to avoid adverse impacts and to ensure long term benefits which lead to sustainable development. There are several techniques to conduct an EIA. Among these techniques include checklists, Matrices and overlay. DRASTIC index is considered an important methodology for studying groundwater vulnerability. In this research study, a simple matrix technique was adopted to investigate the Environmental Impacts of Akaider dumpsite on the surrounding environment. Nine environmental parameters (Groundwater, surface water, air, soil, land use, industry, public health, heritage and historical sites and socio-economic situation) were studies to see the impact of the dumpsite on their quality. It was found that the dumpsite might pose a major threat to these parameters. Also, DRASTIC index was used to investigate groundwater vulnerability to contamination in the area. It was found that the dumpsite is located within a moderate vulnerability zone. This means that groundwater in the underlying groundwater basins in not completely save and might be contaminated in the future.


The objective of this study was to investigate whether isometric resistance exercise (IRE) can attenuate musculoskeletal atrophy during unloading and accelerate its recovery during reloading. Twenty-six female Fischer 344 rats, aged 16 weeks, had their hindlimbs suspended for 3 weeks (unloading) ; 12 of these rats were allowed subsequent cage activity (reloading) for 3 weeks with or without IRE. IRE (stationary support on a cylindrical grid inclined 60 or 80 degrees) was done for 30 min/day, 6 days/week, with an additional load of 30% or 50% body mass attached to the tail during the unloading and reloading periods. The tibial bone and hindlimb skeletal muscles from four experimental and two age-matched control groups were evaluated with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, mechanical testing, and muscle mass measurement. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured in the whole tibia and in 7 regions divided equally along the long axis of the epiphysis from proximal (R1) to distal (R7). After unloading, fat-free dry mass (FFDM), bone mineral content (BMC), and BMD of the whole tibia decreased by 8%, 10%, and 6%, respectively. FFDM and BMC, but not BMD, returned to the levels of age-matched controls during reloading. Unloading-induced decreases in BMD were observed in the regions from the proximal epiphysis to the diaphysis (R1 to R4) and the distal epiphysis (R7). The rate of decrease in BMD was regionally specific and was particularly pronounced (12%) in the most proximal region (R1). These findings indicate regional variations in responses of BMD to skeletal unloading. The BMD in R2 to R4 remained less than that in age-matched control after reloading. No significant changes were observed in maximum breaking load, energy, and deformation after unloading and reloading. Hindlimb-unloading induced loss of mass in the soleus (38%), plantaris (14%), gastrocnemius (25%), tibialis anterior (8%), extensor digitorum longus ( 8%), and rectos lemons (17%) muscles, but the mass of muscles, except for the soleus muscle, recovered during reloading. IRE ameliorated the loss of mass in the soleus and gastrocnemius muscles during unloading but did not promote the recovery of mass in any muscles during reloading. Moreover, IRE showed no effect on bone responses after unloading and reloading. This lack of beneficial effects of IRE on osteopenia may be due, in part, to insufficient exerciseinduced load. We concluded that 1) regional analysis of BMD can be used to assess local bone metabolism, 2) the response of BMD to altered loading conditions does not necessarily depend on the response of muscle mass, 3) recovery from osteopenia progresses more slowly than that from sarcopenia, and a longer time than the unloading period is required to restore BMD. Further studies are needed to develop more effective countermeasures against osteopenia and sarcopenia. (Jpn. J. Phys, Fitness Sports Med. 2003, 52:119130) key word: Unloading, Reloading, Bone mineral density, Mechanical properties, Exercise 1)東 京 慈 恵 会 医 科 大 学 リハ ビ リテ ー シ ョンDivision of Physical Fitness , Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 医 学 講 座 体 力 医 学 研 究 室Jikei Umversity School of medicine 〒182-8570東 京 都 調 布 市 国 領 町8-3-1 2)宇 都 宮 大 学 教 育 学 部 FacultyofEducation , Usunomjya University 〒321-8505栃 木 県 宇 都 宮 市 峰 町350 3)共 立 薬 科 大 学 薬 物 治 療 学 講 座Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Therapeutics , Kyoriisu Collegeof 〒105-8512東 京 都 港 区 芝 公 園1-5-30 Pharmacy 4)東 京都 立 保 健 科 学 大 学 Tokyo Metropolitan University of Health Science 〒116-8551東 京 都 荒 川 区 東 尾 久7-2-10 120 山内,益 子,木 村,宮 野,米 本


Heating from land surface and intensity of local circulation can affect transport of moisture and cumulous clouds. Various researches on understanding the effect of topography to the transport of moisture and cumulous clouds (e.g. Kimura and Kuwagata (1995)) have been carried out, however, the effect of land surface conditions are still poorly understood. In this study, an advanced land surface process model called Simple Biosphere model including Urban Canopy (SiBUC; Tanaka et al. (1998)) is coupled into a mesoscale numerical atmospheric model. The Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS; Xue et al. (1995)), which has been developed by the Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, Unversity of Oklahoma is used as the mesoscale numerical model. During the intensified field campaign of the Lake Biwa Project 2001, well developed local circulation is observed in the Lake Biwa Basin in Japan (the location is shown in Figure. 1) on a typical summer sunny day (14th August 2001). This case is simulated by the original ARPS (with simple land surface model) and the ARPS coupled with the SiBUC model (ARPS-SiBUC). The effects of urban area and subgrid scale land use to the intensity of local circulation within the Lake Biwa Basin are also discussed by the comparison of the simulated values with observed values. In the Lake Biwa Project, surface flux data have been observed at three regular flux measurement sites, named paddy field, lake and forest sites, respectively (the locations are shown in Figure. 1). During the intensified field campaign of the Lake Biwa Project, radiosonde observations were carried out near the paddy field site. We can also obtain Upper air, surface observation and AMeDAS data.


Under sonication in aqueous ethanol, a zinc–copper couple induces the conjugated addition of epoxyalkyl groups to electron deficient alkenes in synthetically useful yields, provided that the two reducible functionalities are sufficiently far apart; 3,4-epoxyalkylhalides have been found to form cyclopropane adducts.


AIM
This study was designed to determine the associations between insurance status and clinical outcomes among patients with hyperglycemic crisis.

METHODS
Overall, 1,668 patients with hyperglycemic crisis were recruited from the Chongqing Medical University Medical Data Science Academy's big data platform. In-hospital mortality, length of stay, and complications (i.e., hypoglycemia, hypokalemia, pulmonary infection, multiple systemic organ failure, acute kidney injury, and deep venous thrombosis) were assessed. Propensity score matching analysis was used to reduce the confounding bias, and univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to estimate the effect of insurance status on mortality in patients with hyperglycemic crisis.

RESULTS
After matching one uninsured patient to two insured patients with a caliper of 0.02, the uninsured group suffered a higher burden of in-hospital mortality than the insured group (16.9% vs. 9.8%); the insured status (odds ratio [OR] = 0.216, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.079-0.587) was a potential protect factor for in-hospital mortality of patients with hyperglycemic crisis in the multivariate logistic regression analysis.

CONCLUSIONS
Insurance status is associated with the outcomes of hospitalization for hyperglycemic crisis; uninsured patients with hyperglycemic crisis face a higher risk of mortality in China. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.


Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) has become a widely used cloud computing service, serving as a foundational web infrastructure for many organizations. Nevertheless, the growing problem of reachability issues poses significant threats to the security and reliability of VPC networks, potentially resulting in critical security concerns such as data breaches and service outages. Although there has been substantial progress in recent reachability analysis, existing methods lack validation of correctness. Moreover, current analyses are tailored for One-to-One reachability where both the source and the destination are fixed, and fail to efficiently answer One-to-Multi reachability queries, which involve computing all reachable destinations for a given source node. To address the above challenges, we propose VeriReach, the first formally verified algorithm that provides comprehensive and efficient reachability analysis in large-scale VPC networks. The reachability analysis result of VeriReach is proved to be equivalent to the original reachability semantics of the VPC networks, ensuring its correctness (i.e., soundness and completeness). The fine-grained formalization of VeriReach and its fully mechanized correctness proofs are carried out in Isabelle/HOL theorem prover with 282 lemmas/theorems and $\sim 4,900{\mathrm{LoC}}$. We further implement VeriReach in C++ and the evaluations indicate that VeriReach is more efficient and scalable than MonoSAT, the state-of-the-art SMT solver, when applied to large-scale VPC networks for reachability analysis.


Since at least the 1960s, scholars have argued that public ceremonies serve important practical functions for groups and social movements: bolstering internal cohesion; expressing messages about power, group identity, etc.; and fortifying intergroup ties. This article analyzes ethnographic data on the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA), the very successful and powerful labor union that represents prison officers in California. Specifically, it examines two public gatherings that the CCPOA purportedly organizes on behalf of crime victims. During these events, the CCPOA manufactures affinity with its main allies, punitive crime victims' groups which the union helped create, and communicates to various audiences that prison officers and crime victims have a natural affinity and are natural allies. By demonstrating that the CCPOA uses these events to fabricate (make "real") ties between itself and crime victims, this article contributes to our understanding of the practical uses of public ceremonies.


The temperature dependence of a theoretical model of the stability of FCC solid argon due to Niebel and Venables (see Rare Gas Solids, vol.1, London: Academic Press (1976)) is explored. The results are compared with recent vapour pressure measurements near the triple point of Bricheno and Venables (see ibid., vol.9, p.4095 (1976)). It is shown that, although there is a temperature dependence of the model in the required sense, the magnitude of the temperature dependence is too small by a factor of about two to account for the experimental observations. The possibility of a further anharmonic effect which favours HCP at high temperatures needs to be explored.


Background. In recent decades Russian and foreign specialists in literature studies have shown a significant interest in the analysis of intermedial interactions in fiction. A great number of controversial theoretic questions still remain unresolved. The aim of our investigation is to study the phenomenon of art interactions in modernist literature, to single out certain types of intermedial interactions and to analyze several examples of such found in the short stories written by Virginia Woolf, an English writer and ideological leader of modernism. Materials and methods. This article dwells upon intermedial interactions at a level of form, that is adoption of peculiar properties of genre and composition as well as means of artistic expression of other arts, such as music, painting, cinema and theatre, found in Virginia Woolf's short stories ( «An Unwritten Novel», «A Haunted House», «The Searchlight», «Monday or Tuesday» ). Conclusions. In order to put into practice her artistic method and achieve her objectives that were to recreate human's inner world, peculiarities of consciousness, process of thinking, functioning of memory as well as to reflect human's complex perception of the outworld, Virginia Woolf carried out trailblazing experiments with form, technique and artistical devices, tried possibilities of intermedial interactions means of which became an important trait of her artistic method.


Searching for information is an important part of our daily life. People are searching for information about jobs, recipes, enter-tainment, places and much more. Many information systems try to support the users in finding the most relevant information to their information need by providing pre-built categories as filter mechanism. However, in most of the systems this support is designed in a very static way and does not consider the dynamic content of the documents in their collections. In this paper we introduce FacetX, an application for the dynamic generation of filter facets for advanced information filtering of search results.


The exploration of phosphorescent materials based on transition metal‐ligand chromophoric complexes represents an important area of research in molecular materials. The knowledge and fundamental understanding of their photophysical properties offer a possible fine‐tuning of their electronic absorption and luminescence properties. The strong propensity of d8 transition metal compounds to form non‐covalent metal···metal interactions facilitates supramolecular assembly and the formation of supramolecular nanostructures with interesting photophysical properties. The introduction of supramolecular assembly with hierarchical complexity involving non‐covalent interactions could lead to research dimensions of unlimited possibilities and opportunities. This article briefly summarizes the latest progress on the use of d8 metal‐ligand chromophores as chemosensors, as exemplified by alkynylplatinum(II) complexes with emphasis on supramolecular assembly involving non‐covalent interactions, and the recent advances in the utilization of d8 metal‐ligand phosphors, as exemplified by alkynylgold(III) system, for the exploration and development of phosphorescent OLEDs.


Using data mining technology to analyze the application characteristics and laws of the meridian points in the treatment of post-stroke disorder with acupuncture and moxibustion in modern times.On the basis of the collection of the modern literatures about the treatment of post-stroke disorder with acupuncture and moxibustion,the database of acupuncture-moxibustion prescription was established.The relevance rule method in the data mining technology was mainly adopted to analyze the application characteristics and laws of the meridian points in the treatment of post-stroke disorder with acupuncture and moxibustion.Totally,682prescription of acupuncture and moxibustion were collected,including 253acupoints and 5395application frequency.The selected acupoints were distributed in the fourteen meridians and 76.5%(4128/5395)of them were on the four limbs and 13.8%(744/5395)were on the head and neck.The total application frequency of the yangmeridians accounted for 74.7%(4029/5395)and the specific acupoints for 83.8%(4522/5395).It was indicated that in the treatment of post-stroke disorder with acupuncture and moxibustion,the acupoint selection was basically along the involved meridians,which was focused on the local affected areas and combined with the distal acupoints.The acupoints of the yang meridians were the first option,distributed mainly on the four limbs.The combination of yangming meridian and shaoyang meridian was the most common.The specific acupoints were the major components of the prescription,especially the crossing acupoints and the specific acupoints located below the elbows and knee joints.


Responding to Silvia Stoller's comments on "Domination and Dialogue in Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception" (Sullivan 1997), I argue that while phenomenology has much to offer feminism, feminists should be wary of Merleau-Ponty's notion of projective intentionality because of the ethical solipsism that it tends to involve. I also take the opportunity to clarify the concept of hypothetical construction introduced in the earlier paper, in particular the transformative relationship that it has to pre-reflective experience.


Human reliability analysis (HRA) has become a necessary part of probability safety analysis (PSA). Analysis for human error initiating event (category B human error events), as an important part of HRA, were not ever formally reported. This paper expounds the definition and classification of category B human error events. A basic analysis procedure and method , which has been used in the HRA of a nuclear power plant, is established. Category B human error events of WANO 940 operating events and of a domestic nuclear power plant operating events are analyzed statistically and sought for their reasons. On the basis of the above the measures of prevention and reduction of category B human error events are set forth .


Reintegration of displaced people is one of Afghanistan's most pervasive issues. Recent returns from neighboring countries since the beginning of 2016 expected to exceed 1 million by mid 2017, whilst conditions internally continue to generate record level internal displacement, with current estimates placing the total caseload at approximately 1.3 million. Concurrently, Afghanistan is facing the prospect of reintegrating potentially in excess of 100,000 unsuccessful asylum seekers, as the first forced deportations from Europe commence. The displaced are predominantly drawn to the relative safety and economic opportunities of urban areas. The traditional response to an influx of the displaced has been one of exclusion to encourage return to place of origin, undermining the selfreliance and potential contributions of these groups to Afghanistan's cities. The following article details how through an approach of evidence based advocacy, acknowledging the concerns of local decision makers and hosting areas, development actors were able to positively influence the discourse and secure a durable solution for a high profile settlement of more than 19,000 protracted internally displaced people and returnees.


Mouse embryos (4\p=n-\8cells) were cultured for 48 h in vitro in medium containing 1,4,6-androstatriene-3,17-dione (ATD). The inhibition of embryo development by ATD was overcome by oestradiol-17\g=b\but not by oestradiol-17\g=a\. Culture with ATD for the first and second 24 h led to normal numbers of blastocysts. The results show that preimplantation mouse embryos contain the enzymic machinery for synthesis of oestrogen.


As the deepening contradictions between the urban water and water shortages, Urban requires urban sewage treatment systems to improve the efficiency of treatment; it requires the level of the assessment of urban sewage treatment system higher. We commonly used in urban sewage treatment system evaluation model for the Analytical Hierarchy Process model and input-output model, respectively, from two different perspectives to assess the urban sewage treatment system. However, both of two models are flawed. This paper attempts to examine the lack of two assessment models, and make two the models to be amended by the perspective of energy conversion.


Due to their tantalizing prospect of heat‐electricity interconversion, hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites have sparked considerable research interests recently. Nevertheless, understanding their complex interplay between the macroscopic properties, nonintuitive transport processes, and basic chemical structures still remains far from completion, although it plays a fundamental role in systematic materials development. On the basis of multiscale first‐principles calculations, this understanding is herein advanced by establishing a comprehensive picture consisting of atomic and charge dynamics. It is unveiled that the ultralow room‐temperature lattice thermal conductivity (≈0.20 W m−1 K−1) of hybrid perovskites is critical to their decent thermoelectric figure of merit (≈0.34), and such phonon‐glass behavior stems from not only the inherent softness but also the strong anharmonicity. It is identified that the 3D electrostatic interaction and hydrogen‐bonded networks between the PbI3− cage and embedded cations result in the strongly coupled motions of inorganic framework and cation, giving rise to their high degree of anharmonicity. Furthermore, such coupled motions bring about low‐frequency optical vibrational modes, which leads to the dominant role of electron scattering with optical phonons in charge transport. It is expected that these new atomistic‐level insights offer a standing point where the performance of thermoelectric perovskites can be further enhanced.


The purpose of this study was to present the efficient theme design model to reinforce immersion. For this purpose, several methods were suggested as follows; the first, co-working system with all design partitioners. the second, Meaning messenger's continuance participation. the third, road map of all design process. the fourth, practical usage of collective Intelligence and collective emotion. the fifth, evaluation table for choosing the theme. the sixth, efficiency of using regional theme motif. Finally, those tools were implemented and verified by the case study. Results of this study were as follows; Those tools had increased the credibility for their achievement and improved idea suggestion through the theming designing process within every partitioners. Also, those tools sustained the identity of embodying theme to all design parts. In additionally, satisfaction between design partitioners was remarkable.


Isothermal compression tests were conducted on 6061 aluminum alloy using a Gleeble-3500 thermal simulator under constant strain rates and at deformation temperatures ranging from 623 to 773K, up to a 60% height reduction of the sample. The high temperature deformation behavior of 6061 aluminum alloy was characterized based on an analysis of the stress-strain curves. A set of constitutive equations for 6061 aluminum alloy were proposed by employing an Arrhenius-type equation. Material constants, A, n and activation energy Q were found to be functions of strain. The equations revealed the dependence of flow stress on strain, strain rate and temperature. In order to evaluate the accuracy of the deformation constitutive equations, the mean errors of flow stress between the experimental data and predicted results were plotted. The results showed that the predicted data agreed well with the experimental stress-strain curves.


In July to August 1998, An acute, heat, septicemic infectious disease of pigs enzootically arose in middle counties of northern Jiangsu. During 40 days, 13, 472 pigs raised by 8, 871 farmers who dwelled in 462 villages were infected, and 6, 132 pigs succumbed to the disease. Based on the epizootoology, sighs, gross lesions and microbiological diagnostic results, the disease mentioned above was diagnosed as streptococcosis caused by a member from Lancefield serogroup Q. The serogroup of the isolate was determined at Chinese Control Institute of Veterinary Biological Products and Pharmaceuties.


Aiming at the existing problems in modular design, which are pattern's simplicity of the module and how to connect the form design of module with construction, the project reexamines the generating mechanism of architecture modular design. By applying the method of digital information technology, the research contains three aspects: the optimization design method of module unit, the optimization design method of group combination, as well as the constructive feasibility of optimal design. Firstly, utilizing the parametric programming tools, the research combines shape grammar and constructing logic to transform entity module into information module. By adjusting parameters, the probability and adaptability of the module form's generating can be extended; Secondly, on the basis of utilizing algorithm logic to realize the diversity of the modules combination, by applying the method of space syntax analysis and 3D virtual reality technology, the research obtains the optimal solutions to the modular space combination from the perspective of quantitative; Finally, by applying Kangaroo, SAT2000, Revit information model, the constructive feasibility of optimal design is verified, which  forms a feedback to the design. Based on digital information technology, the project proposes a modular design method to update and optimize form generating and space operation mode of the existing modular design and promotes the transformation from design to construction, meanwhile to provide guidance for practical applications.


With the potential for connecting billions of WiFi devices to low-power Bluetooth/FSK devices, WiFi-Bluetooth cross-technology communication (CTC) has drawn significant interests from academia and industry. However, state-of-the-art CTC solutions either are limited to one-way communication, or require multiple chips with hardware modifications. We present a novel solution, Unify, that eliminates both of these undesirable features. By just updating firmware, Unify transforms BLE/FSK SoCs (Systems-on-a-Chip) into WiFi SoCs. It enables bidirectional communication between BLE/FSK devices and unmodified WiFi APs/devices, and is compatible with products of all major WiFi chip vendors. Unify is a single-chip solution and requires no hardware modifications. Thanks to their high integration, Unify devices are smaller, cheaper and consume significantly less power than both off-the-shelf WiFi chips and prior WiFi-FSK CTC solutions.


The invention relates to the technical field of curing devices, in particular to a net cage type tobacco leaf vertical bulk curing device. The net cage type tobacco leaf vertical bulk curing device comprises a curing chamber with a frame. The frame is a metal frame, and the surface of the frame is provided with a plurality of strip-shaped holes. The curing room comprises a floor heating device arranged on the ground. The floor heating device is a water floor heating device and is connected with a heating device. The heating device is a liquefied petroleum gas fuel heating device. The floor heating device is arranged on the ground of the curing room and can not occupy the space in the curing room, space is saved, and tobacco leaves can be effectively cured. Heat in a floor heating pipe can be evenly given out in the curing room through a roundabout floor heating system, the temperature in the curing room is uniform, and curing efficiency is improved. With liquefied petroleum gas as fuel, the liquefied petroleum gas fuel heating device is environmentally friendly and clean and has the advantages of being clean, sanitary, safe, low in price, high in heating efficiency, convenient to use and the like.


The plants of genus Fagonia are used commonly as home remedy and their aqueous and alcoholic extracts as medicines for treatment of conditions like diabetes, fever, asthma, toothache, stomach pain and kidney problems. This genus is a rich source of triterpenes and saponins. Various researches have undertaken studies on the chemistry and biological activities of Fagonia species. Pharmacological studies of their aqueous extracts on animals have also shown cytotoxic, anti-cancer and some other important activities. To facilitate further studies on this genus, we highlight the comprehensive account of the medicinal and biological activities of various extracts obtained from different species.


This work mainly aimed at investigating quality of milk in cold chain. The effects of different storage condition on quality of milk were investigated by electronic time-temperature indicator (ETTI) and biochemical methods. The device would predict the remaining shelf life and alarm when abnormal condition. The remaining shelf life of milk has gotten by the nonisothermal conditions, whose difference of results between measurement and biochemical analysis was less than 0.5 days. The ETTI would appropriately indicate the remaining shelf life(RSL). It was better than the product date and significant to improve the cold chain for food.


The Boeing Active Flow Control (AFC) System (BAFCS) is a DARPA sponsored program to develop AFC technology to achieve a significant increase in payload for rotorcraft applications such as the V-22 tiltrotor vehicle. The program includes Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis, wind tunnel testing and development of smart material based AFC actuators. This paper will provide an overview of the program, concentrating on the development of the AFC actuators, and is an update of reference 1, 2. Introduction Active Flow Control (AFC) introduces small amplitude perturbations into the flow field to affect large scale flow effects by appropriately selecting the location and frequency of these disturbances (ref 3, 4). A typical AFC actuator is a Synthetic Jet (SJ) that has a vibrating surface or membrane under a hole or slit in the airfoil surface. When the membrane moves toward the airfoil surface, it expels the fluid from the cavity into the flow field, and when the membrane retracts, it sucks fluid from the flow field adjacent to the slit, The result is expelled vortices with positive momentum, but with a zero net mass flux, The system advantage over previous steady blowing is that only electrical connections are required to the SJ, This enables low power, highly distributed and redundant actuation systems that make this technology much more attractive than the previous generation of pulse or steady blowing systems. BAFCS Program Overview The objective of the BAFCS program is to develop and apply AFC technology to rotorcraft performance enhancement, concentrating on download reduction for the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft. The V-22 flow field is illustrated at the top left in figure 1 , and the normal (uncontrolled) download flow over the wing is illustrated at the top-leftcenter illustration, while the flow with AFC is schematically illustrated in the adjacent sketch. In the hover mode, the prop downwash results to >3000 lbs of download on the wings, versus the payload of about 5000 lbs for some long range V-22 missions, The download can be reduced by using AFC to counter the flow separation on the trailing — —-edge flap. This can result in a Tiltrotor Download Issue payload increase of over 1000 lbs, a greater than 20% increase for some missions. We are also quantifying the ability to reduce drag during forward flight, This shows significant promise based on preliminary low speed data, In Phase 1 of the BAFCS program as summarized in figure 1 , we concentrated on 1) 2D wind tunnel testing to prove the payload increase, 2) AFC actuator development and 3) assessment of the realizability (practicality) of — —-the actuation system for the V22. Figure 1 Boeing Active Flow Control System (BAFCS) In the present part of Phase II, the BAFCS program is identifying cruise mode benefits (i.e., drag reduction) via wind tunnel testing at the University of Tel Aviv (TAU) in Israel, demonstrating the download reduction in a 3D and unsteady flow environment (lower right illustration), and continuing the necessary AFC hardware development. Smart Structures and Materials 2001: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, Anna-Maria R. McGowan, Editor, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4332 (2001) © 2001 SPIE · 0277-786X/01/$15.00 317 BAFCS Team & Roles Figure 2 illustrates the key BAFCS team members and their major roles. The effort is sponsored by the Tactical Technology Office of DARPA, and administered by the Army Research Office. The BAFCS team members include Boeing Philadelphia who brings knowledge of the V-22 application and its flow characteristics. Prof. Israel Wygnanski of the University of Arizpna (UA) brings the fundamental knowledge of AFC and is performing the wind tunnel and 3D powered model testing at UA. Boeing Seattle and the UA are both doing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) t help understand AFC for the V22. Boeing Seattle is developing improved AFC actuators, both Synthetic Jet (SJ) and flipperons, concentrating on concepts that utilize piezoelectric polymer materials. Under BAFCS, Penn State University (PSU) and KTech Inc. are developing an improved electrostrictive polymer material that Seattle is also using in their actuation development. Each of these activities is described in the following sections. V22 Download Reduction Overview Two types of actuation have been studied during Figure 2 BAFCS Team & Primary Roles BAFCS, a synthetic jet (Siref 5) and a vibrating surface (ref 6) called a flipperon. As illustrated in the upper center of figure 1 , both are mounted toward the front of the trailing edge flapperon of the V-22 wing flap (it is called flapperon because they also provide the aileron roll function). The seal covers the gap between the flapperon and wing, particularly when the flapperon is at its furthest downward deflection of 70 deg during takeoff (hover) flight. The AFC controls vertical flow separation in this condition (the engine nacelles are essentially vertical during hover flight). The SJ are located within the flapperon, with the actuation slot near the leading edge. Packaging adequate actuation within the small flapperon is the principle challenge for the SJ actuation approach. An alternative actuation approach is by vibrating all or part of the seal, and is called a flipperon (to distinguish it from the flapperon). The flipperon serves to eject fluid momentum like the SJ, but it also physically interacts with the local flow field. One of the important advantages of the V-22 application is that the download flow velocity is on the order of Mach 0. 1 , which makes the required AFC actuation much easier than for other higher speed applications. The required AFC actuation velocity is usually on the order of the flow velocity, and development of higher velocity and momentum actuation is one of the key technology items needed for the development and application of AFC. AFC is characterized by two important variables, the nondimensional frequency of "blowing" F+= f *C I U where f is the blowing frequency (in Hz), C is the actuation to TB chord length, and U is the linear flow velocity. The values of F+ we are exploring are about 0,4 to 3, We are currently using about 85 Hz for the 0. 1 scale size model, and is likely < 40Hz for full scale. The other important parameter is the ratio of magnitudes of the AFC momentum to the prime flow momentum, This usually reduces to ci= (2h/L*(Uj/ U,)**2, where h= blowing slot width, Uj is the jet velocity, Lf is the total wing and flap chord, and U. is the linear flow velocity as above, With the present cJ.t on the order of I %, most of the benefits are achieved. 2D Wind Tunnel Testing The initial quantification of the V22 payload benefits came from 2D wind tunnel tests of a section of the wing, when mounted almost perpendicular to the flow as illustrated in figure 3 to simulate the hover flight condition, We constructed a hollow wing model to allow blowing through slits in the wing and flapperon. The total wing is a 1 1 in chord, 24 in long section of the V-22 geometry. To minimize tunnel blockage effects, the tunnel sidewalls were removed from a distance upstream corresponding to the height of the rotor above the wing as illustrated at the top in figure 3. The drag (download) during these tests is established by processing multiple pressure taps in the wing and flapperon. In the initial testing, the synthetic jet was simulated by alternatively sucking and blowing from a large Proc. SPIE Vol. 4332 318 external actuator connected to the internal cavities in the flapperon airfoil. The slits in the airfoil were about OO3 in wide for most of the airfoil length. The external actuator allowed changing the amplitude and frequency of the blowing for exploratory studies. The wide scope of --the types of download testing are illustrated in the lower left of figure 3. This has included both leading edge Kruger flap (with and w/o AFC) and the previously described TE AFC (flipperons, SJ and external simulated , SJ). The results show significant reductions in download by just the Kruger flap, but previously studies 12 — had shown this reduction did not to hold up in 3D testing. The results show up to 35% _____________ reduction in wing drag which corresponds to a payload increase of 1000 lbs with combinations of actuation. The plot at the lower right of figure 3 shows the lift vs drag during cruise flight, and shows that clean wing drag can be reduced in half with AFC. This data was taken at low Reynolds number due to wind tunnel speed limitations. Previous results have shown AFC is usually not sensitive to NR, so these results should be corroborated in higher speed wind tunnel testing planned at TAU. 3D Downoad Testing One of the key questions is the degree of flow control complexity needed to accommodate the time varying and 3D flowfield in the real V-22 application. We were able to obtain on extended loan from the NASA/Army rotorcraft organization at Ames Research Center (ARC) a set of 0. 1 scale size V-22 rotors. We then built a 0. 1 scale full 3D V-22 powered model ia also illustrated in figure 4, A unique characteristic of the test setup is the ability to accurately Sim ulated Synthetic Jet Rotor I Wing Spacing


Along with the advancement of neonatal medicine, "how small is too small?" for the neonate to survive and for the physician to intervene becomes important. On the basis of recent data on very small neonates in Japan, we present our approach to this subject. The overall mortality rate of neonates weighing less than 1,000 gm was 55% and their incidence of major neurological handicaps was 6.6%. There was a clear difference between mortality rates of neonates weighing above and below 700 gm, which were 34% and 80% respectively, but their morbidity rates were more or less the same. The current record of the smallest neonate to survive in Japan is 444 gm. Therefore "how small is too small?" in the 1980's in Japan will be around 700–1,000 gr for generalized socio‐medical agreement for active intervention and around 400–500 gm for individualized decision‐making for possible survival.


Fish get crucial information for their survival from their acoustic environment. Therefore, changes in ambient noise as well as temperature over the year potentially impose great challenges for fishes, especially in freshwater habitats in temperate climates. Noise levels vary more in stagnant habitats such as lakes, backwaters, and streams than in large rivers. The spectral profiles change in stagnant habitats due to biotic noise sources in summer (e.g., stridulating insects), whereas in small streams spectral composition differs due to small changes in water volume, e.g., after snow melt. To investigate possible seasonal effects on fishes, we studied the hearing capabilities of a hearing specialist (Common carp) and a hearing nonspecialist (European perch) at two different temperatures (12 °C and 22 °C) using the AEP recording technique. In the carp the hearing sensitivity decreased up to 12 dB (mean decrease: 4 dB) at 12 °C, whereas no such change was observed in the perch. Latencies of auditor...


Inspection on the web is an important measures to ensure open business to promote democracy, honesty and profit. To develop inspection on the web, we must combine with practice of production and operation of the enterprise, starting from working process, responsibility division, team construction, make clear existing problems, outstand important points of supervision.


EDITORIALS 8 International Young Investigator Award 2014 Hugo Lagercrantz 9 Fever phobia 35 years later: did we fail? Nathalie Bertille, Edward Purssell, François Corrard, Elena Chiappini & Martin Chalumeau 11 What are evidence-based guidelines and what are they not? Matti Korppi 13 Diarrhoea risk study underlines the diffi culties in carrying out research in day care centre settings Margareta Söderström 15 Is there a link between viruses and necrotising enterocolitis? Masako Shimamura


Are represented the results of studies on the establishment of the optimum periods of the removal of the vegetable tops of potatoes, based on the data about the dynamics of the propagation of the flying generation rot and the periods of the tuber formation of seed fraction under the conditions of the northern wooded plain of West Siberia. Minimum defeat by the virus infection of potatoes with the early periods of the removal of vegetable tops (on August 13 to 20). With the interval in are 5th 7 days, with the second period of the angling of vegetable tops occurs the growth of infection on the plants to 2,3 2,8%, in 10 days the number of plants of those struck by viruses increases by 6,7. by 5,7%. The period of the angling of vegetable tops had a significant effect on the productivity of potatoes 41,4%. The conditions, which are folded in the period of the vegetation of potatoes also determined its productivity, the portion of the influence of factor medium 22,7%, interaction of factors type and medium 16,9%. With the removal of vegetable tops in potatoes on August 25 to 30, the productivity increases by 28,3 37,4%, in the comparison with the early periods, but in this case it occurs to the accumulation of virus infection in the concealed form on the sheet photosynthetic apparatus to 11,4-21,7% respectively.


The article presents a model range of an automated wastewater strainer developed on the basis of utility model "Device to perform primary wastewater treatment of suspended solids at sewage pumping stations". The device is aimed at efficient mechanical treatment of domestic, storm and industrial effluents at sewage pumping stations and other objects of the water disposal system. The operating parameters of the device are designed based on the gradation of daily flow rates, volumetric solids content and operating conditions. The verification calculation of structural elements for strength and stiffness was carried out taking into account dynamic loads. The parameters of the actuators were determined the selection of gear motors was made.


Abstract The digital revolution has transformed the communication landscape into a hybrid online-offline environment. Although increasing complexity does pose new challenges for practitioners and scholars, the literature also lacks theoretical and empirical analyses of managerial and organizational issues regarding online and offline integration within integrated marketing communication (IMC). This study aims to provide an initial contribution to this field from a business perspective. First, we provide a definition and empirical analysis of the key managerial and organizational issues and approaches adopted by senior managers to tackle the challenge of online and offline integration. Second, we propose a conceptual framework that offers a holistic view of implementation modalities of offline and online integration, as well as the achievable outcomes and barriers to such implementation.


The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for producing a three-dimensional object by successive layerwise solidification of a solidifiable by electromagnetic radiation material, in which an at least n-phase system is located in the so-called Vat with n ≧ 2, of which at least one phase, the build material and at least one other building material with the immiscible phase.


Occupational safety and health training can be a challenge. Workers in "high risk" industries can be particularly difficult to train, especially if they have been in their jobs for a long time and believe they, not the trainer, are the experts in how to do the work. For many of these industries, the law requires that workers be trained in the hazards associated with the work, but trainers often have difficulty in connecting with the workers or in convincing them to work safely for their own good and the good of their co-workers. This paper presents some options for trainers to develop training that is both interesting and effective. The author presents several examples of training needs and the solutions that were applied, and discusses the use of stories, both occupational and organizational, to capture the interest and the hearts of workers.


The literature on legitimacy has established that to form legitimacy judgments, individual evaluators process two perceptual inputs. On the one hand, they interpret the behavior of the organization under scrutiny and benchmark it to their personal sets of norms, values, and beliefs. On the other, they interpret the judgments of legitimacy awarding institutions though validity cues that these institutions express. Evaluators use these cues to form a legitimacy judgment about an entity. In this paper, we seek to add to the current knowledge of the legitimacy formation process by answering two questions: (1) what are the relative weights of validity cues in the legitimacy assessments of individual evaluators and (2) what is the moderating influence of independence and pro-environmental values on the effects of the validity cues on the legitimacy judgments. We test our hypotheses using hierarchical linear modeling on 4944 legitimacy assessments nested in 206 individuals. We find that validity cues indicating ...


The purpose of this study is to investigate the inhibitory effect of a glycoprotein (CTB glycoprotein, 75 kDa) isolated from Cudrania tricuspidata Bureau (CTB) on the di‐(2‐ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) induced expression of allergic‐inflammation‐related mediators in human mast cells. The changes on the levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK), transcription factor [nuclear factor (NF)‐κB], and allergic inflammatory mediators [cyclooxygenase (COX)‐2 and interleukin (IL)‐1β] were evaluated using Western blot and RT‐PCR. Our results showed that the CTB glycoprotein in the presence of DEHP inhibits the production of intracellular ROS, the phosphorylation of ERK1/2, and p38 MAPK in HMC‐1 cells. In addition, the CTB glycoprotein has suppressive effects on the transcriptional activation of NF‐κB, and on the expression levels of COX‐2 and IL‐1β in DEHP‐treated HMC‐1 cells. In conclusion, the CTB glycoprotein has a strong anti‐inflammatory effect on the activities of allergic inflammatory mediators indirectly caused by DEHP in HMC‐1 cells. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


In view of process selection for regeneration of waste lubricating oil,decision support system was introduced to the field of regeneration of waste lubricating oil. Theory framework of decision support system for regeneration of waste lubricating oil process was proposed. Decision support system for the regeneration of waste lubricating oil process selection was established,on the basis of database and model base. The system can provide users with good man-machine interface,a proper regeneration of waste lubricating oil process can be determined based on degree of contamination of lubricating oil and demand of regeneration.


Taking Me093399 type electromechanical integration teaching system as the research object,the paper develops real-time control system based on the Kingview for PC monitoring software.The system simulates the actual working conditions.It is simple to operate and practice.This paper introduces the structure of the system and network structure forms.The design and development process of Kingview monitoring system are studied importantly.


Since 2008, LNE-Cnam has been working on the development of metallic sealed cells for the water triple point, temperature 273.16 K. The objective is to perform calibrations of capsule-type standard platinum resistance thermometers employing adiabatic calorimetry techniques, in order to get the lowest possible level of measurement uncertainty. After the realization of a preliminary prototype, the full system composed of new cells and an adiabatic calorimeter has been significantly improved. New cells have been manufactured, an ameliorated calorimeter has been built and improved procedures have been set up to clean, fill and seal the cells. Despite a remaining discrepancy of about 0.8 mK between metallic and traditional water triple point cells, the reproducibility of metallic cells has been improved to 0.1 mK. This paper describes the new devices developed and the results obtained. This work has been developed within the frame of the European metrology research program (EMRP) joint research project 'SIB10 NOTED'. The EMRP is jointly funded by the EMRP participating countries within EURAMET and the European Union.


This case report suggests that magnetic resonance imaging with diffusion weighted imaging may help distinguish between tumour recurrence and radiation induced necrosis in patients previously treated for a brain tumour.


ABSTRACT In this article, we present an analysis of individual factors that influence how well a person can read and understand a text in an unfamiliar, but closely related language – the basis of the so-called teaching of intercomprehension. Our work analyzes these relations from two normally separate perspectives. The first perspective focuses on how individual linguistic profiles affect skills in receptive multilingualism, while the second examines the influence of personality traits on these abilities, an aspect that has not yet been studied in relation to receptive multilingualism. It also discusses the effect of a student's educational background, a major factor for success at school. 180 lower secondary students were asked to perform a task in receptive multilingualism; this task was followed by a psychometric personality test and questions designed to ascertain the linguistic background of the students, their attitude toward language learning, and their interest in the task. The results permit us to identify individual factors that exert more (and less) influence on the processes at work in receptive multilingualism, including personality traits (in particular extroversion and openness to new experiences) and attitudes toward language learning.