The present invention discloses a slide module and an electronic device having the sliding module, the slide module comprises a first member, a second member, at least one elastic member, the slide plate, rotary plate and connecting rod, the sliding plate is fixed on the first member, and slidably fitted in the rotary plate, the rotary plate is rotatably connected to the second member, the resilient member is connected to one end of the rotating plate, and the other end connected to the sliding plate, the first member is a side of a fixing block, a sliding slot defines the fixed block, one end of the link is slidably connected to the inner chute and the other end of the link rotatably connected to the second member relative to the first sliding plate and the first member two member slide, the link that the first drive member rotating relative to the second plate member is inclined lifting. The sliding module of the electronic device having the sliding module has a better view and easy to operate.


Best Practices of Parent-Teacher Communication for First-Year Teachers The purpose of this project was to develop a handbook containing the best practices in parent-teacher communication for first-year teachers (or any other person seeking further knowledge on this subject). According to The MetLife Survey of The American Teacher (2004-2005), new teachers reported the greatest challenge they face is communicating with parents. They also included it was the area in which they were the least prepared. The literature review covers research dating back nearly 30 years on practices veteran teachers and practitioners used for improving parent-teacher communication. The content of the handbook covers (a) the initial meeting; (b) building relationships; (c) encouraging on-going communication; (d) ways of communicating; (e) parent-teacher conferences; and (f) encountering difficult parents.


We treat the effect of rf structure of a linac beam on cumulative beam breakup in the presence of external focusing. Starting with the difference equations of Helm and Loew, we derive two forms of an exact analytic solution for coasting beams: as a sum of products of Gegenbauer polynomials involving external focusing and rf structure, and as an integral involving these same parameters. The continuous-beam limit of Neil, Hall, and Cooper is obtained as the bunch separation goes to zero. An explicit solution is presented for the steady state, including modulation of the incoming displacement, showing both stable and unstable behavior with distance. Asymptotic amplitude expressions are derived for the transient solution, which can lead to even larger beam displacements. Approximate solutions also are obtained for accelerated and decelerated beams. Comparison with numerical simulations are presented.


The effects of surfactant systems with different capacities of reducing IFT in different wetting media on residual oil after water flooding were researched by using micro-visualization displacement experiment.The results show that in water-wet medium,the surfactant may start residual oil by forming successive oil stream and water-in-oil emulsion,which is the main residual oil migration mode for initial and later stages of displacement;in oil-wet medium,the surfactant may also start residual oil by forming water-in-oil emulsion,but the main residual oil migration mode for initial stage of displacement is thin oil belt along pore wall and water-in-oil emulsion,whereas that for later stage of it is oil-in-water emulsion.Meanwhile,in these two wetting media,the start-up and migration effects of surfactant on residual oil enhance with IFT reducing.


We calculate the perpendicular electrical conductivity in twisted three-dimensional graphite (rotationally-stacked graphite pieces) by using the effective continuum model and the recursive Green's function method. In the low twist angle regime ( 𝜃 ≲ 2 ◦ ) , the conductivity shows a non-monotonous dependence with a peak and dip structure as a function of the twist angle. By analyzing the momentum-resolved conductance and the local density of states, this behavior is attributed to the Fano resonance between continuum states of bulk graphite and interface-localized states, which is a remnant of the flat band in the magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene. We also apply the formulation to the high-angle regime near the commensurate angle 𝜃 ≈ 21 . 8 ◦ , and reproduce the conductance peak observed in the experiment.


(57) [summary] lactic acid origin, for example stabilized solid enzyme by corn steep liquor (CSL), in particular phytase composition, and a method of manufacturing the same. Preferred compositions further starch and disaccharides, for example, comprise lactose or trehalose.


Foreword. Introduction: The "Wisdom of Practice" in the Challenging Context of Standards and High-Stakes Testing. Elizabeth Anne Yeager. "I'm Not Saying These Are Going To Be Easy": Wise Practice in an Urban Elementary School. Keith C. Barton. How She Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Test...Sort Of. Andrea S. Libresco. Voices of Florida Elementary School Teachers: Their Conceptions of Wise Social Studies Practice. Diane Yendol-Hoppey, Jennifer Jacobs, and Keith Tilford. A Good Teacher in Texas: Conversations about Wisdom in Middle School Social Studies Practice. Mary Lee Webeck, Cinthia S. Salinas, and Sherry L. Field. The Impact of Accountability Reform on the "Wise Practice" of Secondary History Teachers: The Virginia Experience. Stephanie D. van Hover and Walter F. Heinecke. More Journey Than End: A Case Study of Ambitious Teaching. S.G. Grant. Wise Practice in an Innovative Public School. Diana Hess. Wise Practice in High School Social Studies: The Case of Joe Gotchy. Bruce Larson. Engaging Pedagogy in an Advanced Placement European History Classroom. John K. Lee. A Journey Toward Wiser Practice in the Teaching of American History. Timothy Kelly and Bruce VanSledright. Index. About the Authors.


The rotation–vibrational states of H+3 are calculated, using the Meyer–Botschwina–Burton interaction potential surface. The Schrodinger equation of the three particle system is expressed in hyperspherical coordinates, and the wave functions are expanded in hyperspherical harmonics. All states are computed up to a total angular momentum of J=4 and an energy of less than 10 000 cm−1. The mean difference between the calculated and experimental transition energies is less than 0.5 cm−1. We expect a numerical uncertainty of less than 0.01 cm−1 in our computed term values for the given potential surface.


Introduction: Raman analysis is a concept that has been explored for many years [1-2]. Wang et al. first hypothesized on the usefulness of in situ Raman analysis for planetary landers [3] and later Jolliff et al. [4] among others. However, the applicability of a remote Raman system on planetary landers has only been investigated in the last few years [2], [5-8]. A proof-of-concept study conducted by Lucey et al. [5] showed that mineral spectra could be detected up to a distance of 10 meters. Initial tests of the system were conducted on earlier systems and equipment including preliminary calibration methods [6-8], however, the system is only now being refined through advancements in available equipment and analysis. Landers and rovers have become increasingly important to solar system exploration, and we are designing and analyzing a remote Raman system to assess its applicability on a planetary mission. First, in order to design a flight instrument, the quantitative Raman efficiency of natural surfaces must be understood. While some Raman cross-sections on a per molecule basis are available [9-10] for compounds like benzene, the number is limited and the relationship to measured Raman efficiency of a rock surface is complex and has not been studied theoretically. The remote Raman efficiency is a dimensionless quantity that we define here as the ratio of the irradiance (W/cm2) of the incident laser light to the Raman irradiance emitted from a surface. The irradiance of the surface is calculated from the measured absolute radiance of the Raman signal using an absolutely calibrated spectrometer and the spectral bandwidth of the spectrometer, and we assume isotropic scattering. Equipment: Modern Raman systems use a laser as the excitation source, and our system employs a pulsed 532 nm ULTRA CFR Big Sky Nd:YAG Laser with 8 ns pulse width, repetition rate of 20 Hz, and 35 mJ/pulse power. We use mirrors to align the laser beam with the optic axis of the telescope in order to minimize the angle difference. The 5" telescope is an f/15 Meade ETX-125 Maksutov-Cassegrain. Light is transmitted through a series of lenses and a holographic notch filter mounted at the back of the telescope. The holographic notch filter is designed to reject reflected laser light from the collected spectra. The beam is further transmitted by a fiber optic that collects the light at the end of the optical system and redirects it to the spectrometer. This optical interface (lenses and fiber optic) is necessary in order to increase the amount of signal received by the spectrometer, which functions at an f/2.2 level. The spectrometer we employed is a HoloSpec f/2.2 with a 50micrometer slit and an intensified CCD detector. Data was acquired in CW mode and collected in a dark room to decrease background noise. Data was acquired approximately 10 meters distance from the sample. Samples: Rocks and minerals were acquired from Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc., Rochester, NY. The following were analyzed: milky quartz (University Rock-Forming Mineral Collection 45-0355 #46) from Fremont County, CO (Figure 1); dolomite marble (Ward's Collection of Classic North American Rocks 45-7250 #73) from Essex Count, NJ; dacite (457250 #26) from the Helena area, MT; rhyolite (457250 #11) from Castle Rock, CO; anorthosite (457250 #32) from Elizabethtown, NY; basalt (45-7250 #36) from Helena, MT; hornblende andesite (45-7250 #27) from Mineral County, NV; obsidian (45-7250 #8) from Lake County, OR; pumice (45-7250 #9) from Millard County, UT; epidote (45-0355 #31) from Calumet, CO; and micaceous hematite (45-0355 #71) from Republic, MI. We used a benzene sample in a glass container for wavelength calibration. One second integration time was used for the very Raman-active benzene sample, while rock samples were integrated for times between 30 seconds and 10 minutes in order to obtain a high SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio).


Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the serum homocysteine level and correlate it with lipid profile in chronic renal failure patients. Study Design: Cross-sectional study Methods: Total 150 individuals comprising of male & female age group of 18-70 years were studied between Dec 2012- Jan 2014. They are divided into 3 groups: 50 diagnosed were of chronic renal failure without dialysis in group I, 50 diagnosed case of chronic renal failure on dialysis from 3 month or more in group II and 50 healthy individuals as control in group III. Results: It was observed that serum homocysteine level were significantly increased on both the chronic renal failure patient either in dialysis or without dialysis condition but it was noted that serum homocysteine level were more elevated in patients of renal failure on dialysis compared to without dialysis renal patients.


Porter, Bernard. 2006. Empire and Superempire: Britain, America and the World. New Haven:Yale University Press. $30.00hc. 224pp.Doolan, Andy. 2005. Fugitive Empire: Locating Early American Imperialism. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. $60.00hc. $20.00sc. 280pp.Boehmer, Elleke. 2002. Empire, The National, and the Postcolonial 1890-1920: Resistance in Interaction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. $95.00hc. $29.95sc. 250pp.Muthu, Sankar. 2003. Enlightenment Against Empire. Princeton: Princeton University Press. $80.00hc. $22.95sc. 379pp.Yet another "Treaty," this time with Mesopotamia, another vast Arab country coolly annexed by Britain after the world war, under the guise of a "mandate." The Treaty-in actual fact a charter of conquest-for what Mr. Churchill calls the "provisionally independent state of Irak" has been negotiated over the heads of the inhabitants, and Baghdad ... is in a state of "acute tension" in consequence. (Poblacht na hEireann, 15 June 1922)Over fifty years ago in The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt tied the historical disasters of the second World War, the Nazi genocides, and the rise of police regimes in the Soviet bloc to European imperialism through her account of "the decline of the nation-state" (1973 [1951/58]). Here Arendt traces the paradoxical configuration of the political in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, caught between the irreconcilable demands of the nation-state and economic expansion through imperialism, a configuration that would give rise not only to fascism and Soviet authoritarianism, but also to the current hegemonic position of the Western democracies-meaning principaUy the US. Notwithstanding the problems in Arendt s approach, her text is worth recading here because it is radically historical in recognizing the ways in which the history she narrates redraws the parameters of both the future she inhabits and the futures she anticipates (Tsao 2004). In The Origins of Totalitarianism, Arendt figures historical destruction as itself powerfully productive or inventive, in the sense that the ruptures she charts wdl themselves persist or remain operative but in transformed and even unrecognizable ways: in the erosion of the substantive legal freedoms of the nation-state and the marginalization of its formal democratic mechanisms by the concentration of economic power; in the subordination of national sovereignty to global flows of capital which are themselves guaranteed by nonnegotiable supranational institutions; in the rejection by the most heavily armed states of claims to juridical universalism through assertions of "national security"; and in the persistence of "tribal nationalism" and the fantasies of "race-thinking" (1973, 227, 158).For much of the last fifty years this gesture has been unusual within public discourse in both Britain and the US. Indeed, the very phenomena which Arendt had connected to imperialism-the second World War, Nazism, the regimes of the Soviet bloc, the undermining of formal juridico-political institutions-have been widely understood as marking precisely what separates us from imperialism: it was the war "against fascism" (within British public discourse) and the hot and cold wars "to defend freedom" (for the US) which at once redefined Britain as an imperially-innocent medium-sized nation, and simultaneously elevated the US into the stern but fair global single-parent, replete with soft-spoken demeanor and big stick. Subsequently, the extension of American global power has not only found its justification in the victims of Stalin, but after 1967 has also been conducted in the name of the six million Jewish victims of Hitler's Final Solution (Novick 1999). And once the languages of revolution and liberation-taken up in the West in the 1960s as an echo of the battle for decolonization across the developing world-were marginalized in the 1970s, then the shibboleth of empire could be redirected back at the coUapsing Soviet Union, whose disastrous adventure in Afghanistan allowed Ronald Reagan to cast it DarthVader-like as the "evil empire. …


We consider a dynamic general equilibrium asset pricing model with heterogeneous agents and asymmetric information. We show how agents' different methods of gathering information affect their chances of survival in the market depending upon the nature of the information and the level of noise in the economy. Copyright 2003, Wiley-Blackwell.


We investigated the electrical properties and conduction mechanism of heavily B+-implanted type IIa diamond with respect to the implantation and postannealing temperatures. The B atoms were shallowly implanted with a flat concentration of 3.5 × 1019 cm−3 at RT and 900 °C; these samples were finally annealed at 1150 °C, 1300 °C and 1450 °C. We consequently confirmed p-type conductivity and typical ionization energy of acceptor B in a wide measured temperature range. The doping efficiency progressed remarkably well and attained 78% and the Hall mobility at RT was realized to be 108 cm2V−1s−1 for the RT-implanted sample followed by annealing at 1300 °C. On the other hand, hot B+ implantation at 900 °C slightly degraded the electrical properties. The higher-temperature annealing at 1450 °C after B+ ion implantation promoted hopping conduction fairly well at a lower measured temperature range below around RT. We systematically investigated the hopping conduction mechanism based on theoretical relations.


Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a group of various clinical symptoms, including acute myocardial ischemia. When administered for coronary artery instability, one of the targets for statins is to reduce inflammation factor-like c-reactive protein (CRP). Increased levels of CRP are related to ischemic heart disease. Therefore, a meta-analysis was assessed to compare atorvastatin vs. rosuvastatin as the most effective for reducing CRP of a patient with acute coronary syndromeMethods: We searched PubMed and Cochrane databases until October 23th 2020. Search terms included acute coronary syndrome, C-reactive protein or CRP, rosuvastatin, atorvastatin, randomized, random, and randomization. We excluded study populations with acute kidney injury/dyslipidemia/metabolic syndrome. All analyses in our study were carried out using Review Manager version 5.3 (RevMan Cochrane, London, UK).Result: We have found four eligible studies (487 patients) were included. Funnel plots and p-Egger were inspected to assess publication bias. The pooled analysis demonstrated the benefit of atorvastatin or rosuvastatin over therapy for all studies. The result shown (WMD: 2.41; P=0.06; 95% CI: -0.07 – 4.90) on the forest plot.Conclusion: Our meta-analysis clarifies that atorvastatin, compared to rosuvastatin, or vice versa, is not statistically significant in reducing CRP in acute coronary syndrome patients.


Repetition Strain Injury (RSI) is usually caused or aggravated by poor work processes and unsuitable working conditions - that involve repetitive or forceful movements or the maintenance of constrained or awkward postures. The condition is characterized by discomfort and persistent pain. There are three essential steps to eliminate or control hazards In workplace. Case and Demographic Characteristics for Work-related Injuries and illnesses Involving Days Away From Work, 2002. U.S' was examined. Causes of press operators' RSI were carpal tunnel syndrome(CTS), tendonitis, low back pain, and occupational stress. Recommendations for improvement of productivity are redesign of working conditions, exercise, prevent of RSI and avoiding stress.


Weightlessness decreases astronaut's orthostatic tolerance. A training method for increasing orthostatic tolerance was designed and its effects were studied. Nine healthy male volunteers aged 19~20 were selected as the test subjects. They were divided into two groups: group A(5men) received both physical training (physical exercise 2h/ day for 6 weeks) and body position change training (head-down and head-up tilts, 4 serieses a week for 6 weeks), while group B (4men) received physical training only. Before and after training, orthostatic tolerance tests were made in the two groups.The results indicated that the orthostatic tolerance was not changed in group B (P0.05),while the orthostatic tolerance was enhanced significantly in group A (P0.05). During standing in head-up position after training, regulating ability of cardiovascular system in group A was better than that in group B. It is possible that training of body position change enhanced reflex regulating ability of the cardiovascular system and thus improved the adaptability to orthostasis.


This chapter covers Phase 1 (1947–89) or what is termed as the first layer of institutional change. In this stage, the norm of secrecy was securely 'locked in' as an institution. At the same time, a counter-narrative of ideas on 'openness' emerged on the fringes of policy discourse, albeit in a nascent form. The state pushed for secrecy; yet, 'openness' was demanded by some technocratic elements within the state and Members of Parliament (MP) from opposition parties, who demanded greater openness regarding the internal affairs of states. These nascent ideas created pulls and pressures and deepened the ideational churning on openness and transparency within the state. The process of ideational churning can be likened with an 'institutional cropping' where the seeds of norm of 'openness' were in the process of being planted on the policy periphery.


"Engineering Drawing" is a technical basic course with strong theory and practice required for mechanical engineering and related majors. The purpose of "Engineering Drawing" course is to learn the theory and method of reading and drawing engineering drawings, train students' ability of space thinking, and make students master the technology of reading and drawing engineering drawings. First, the characteristics of "Engineering Drawing" are analyzed, such as the combination of theory and practice, the requirement for students to have a good spatial imagination, more contents and less hours, etc. Secondly, the problems existing in the course teaching of "Engineering Drawing" are summarized, such as: the students feel that the course is difficult to study because of their little engineering experience, and the teaching method is too single, which leads to bad teaching effect, the course contents are many but the course hours are few, the teaching effect is difficult to guarantee and so on. Finally, some measures are put forward to improve the teaching effect of "Engineering Drawing" from the aspects of optimizing teaching contents, reforming teaching methods, using multimedia and other intuitive teaching methods, refining teaching contents according to the specialty, and adopting new comprehensive assessment system.


For the first time, a new method which depends on the pressure produced by solvent itself, was adopted to synthesize a series of bridged metallotetraphenylporphyrin polymers-[M(TPP)L]n(M= Fe(Ⅲ), Co(Ⅱ), Mn(Ⅲ), Ni(Ⅱ) and Cu(Ⅱ); L=pyrazine, imidazole, bipyridine). These compounds were characterized by the methods of UV, photovoltaics, and IR spectroscopy. In solid UV reflecting and photovoltaics spectra, the Soret band of the polymer is dramatically blue-shifted. For the monomer - Co(TPP) (pyz)2 of unidentate pyrazine, the IR spectra showed a strong absorption at 1598 cm-1, while only an extremely weak absorption at near 1 600 cm-1 for polymer [Co(TPP) (pyz)]n. The strong absorption of the monomer at 3 482, 3 423. 2 921, 2 854, 1 004, 792 and 611 cm-1 almost disappeared in the polymer, indicating an increase in the symmetry of the polymer compared with the monomer; while the bands at 1 644, 1 353 and 1070 cm-1 belonging to the monomer shifted 13, 25 and 15 cm-1 towards higher field in polymer, respectively. The behavior is concerned with a high proportion of symmetrically bridged pyrazine, which testified that the order of the whole molecule and the interaction between porphyrin macrocycles wereintensified after the metalloporphyrin linked with the axial ligand. All of these proved that we have synthesized the target products through this new method successfully. In addition,it was observed that the time for which the reactants polymerized varied considerably, depending on both the metal, was in the order of Co (Ⅱ)<Fe (Ⅲ)<Ni (Ⅱ)<Cu (Ⅱ)<Mn(Ⅲ), and the ligand, in the order of bipyridine<pyrazine<imidazole.


The present invention relates to a low-velocity low-rotation and the vertical axis turbine and a two-way stacked vertical axis turbine having the same that can extract the valid energy from, arm coupled to the composite blade unit, the composite blade unit, the rotation axis arm is connected, and the rotational axis to provide a vertical axis turbine comprising a support for supporting, composite blade unit here, and cassettes coupled to the arm, a centrifugal rotating shaft rotatably coupled to the cassette and a first blade rotatably coupled to the distal rotating shaft , the first center of the centrifugal force corresponds to the device and, a second blade coupled to the cassette, the first blade distal rotary shaft by the force generated by the centrifugal force corresponds to the device in response to the centrifugal force during the rotation of the rotating shaft coupled to a blade itself rotating.


Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 (GLP‐1) receptor agonists delay gastric and bowel emptying. A similar inhibitory effect of GLP‐1 on gallbladder motility has been suggested, possibly leading to an increased risk of cholecystitis related to incretin‐based medications, which include GLP‐1 antagonists. Our objective was to review evidence in EudraVigilance, the European spontaneous reporting database and the scientific literature on this issue.


Different countries and different nationalities have different cultures. There are differences between them as each culture has its characteristics. Therefore, as their different value, aesthetic taste, region and custom, different cultures assign different meanings to words. According to Tytler, the translation of cultural terms should follow the three principles of translation and adopt reasonable translation methods: retention method, transference translation method, transliteration method, hybrid method, approximation method, interpretation method and implication presentation method, to overcome the translation barriers caused by cultural differences and achieve the translation effect of functional equivalence proposed by Nida.


Abstract The refractive index profile of PZT thin film perovskite/pyrochlore stacks was studied with a J. A. Woollam spectral ellipsometer. Evidence was found that self-polarization is determined by the interaction of perovskite sublayer with the bottom platinum electrode.


The structure and results of electric trauma treatment in 502 patients were studied by authors. The obtained data testify about efficacy of active surgical tactics in this group of patients.


The physical mechanism of low‐cloud feedbacks is examined by using perturbed‐parameter ensemble experiments in a unified scheme of boundary layer turbulence and shallow convection, named Cloud Layers Unified by Binormals (CLUBB) coupled to Community Atmosphere Model version 5 (CAM5). The shortwave cloud feedbacks in CAM5‐CLUBB are positive in the most stable tropical regime, which is related to the weaker turbulence in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) in a warmer climate that is possibly triggered by the strengthened stability of the cloud layer. The positive feedback between low cloud cover (LCC), cloud top radiative cooling, and PBL turbulent mixing may further enhance the decrease in LCC. The stronger inversion stability of PBL partly counters the decrease in LCC, and a recently developed index, the estimated cloud‐top entrainment index, is a better predictor for LCC changes than conventional stability indices. The relative strength of shallow convection increases in the warmer climate, but its effect on low‐cloud feedback is complicated by the unified treatment of shallow convection and PBL turbulence in CLUBB. Stronger shallow convection means more convective drying but also less PBL turbulence and less LCC in the present climate, which leads to less reduction in LCC. The parameters related to dynamic turbulent structure and double Gaussian closure in CLUBB are the most influential parameters on low‐cloud feedbacks. Our results suggest that a unified treatment of shallow convection and turbulence may give rise to the predominate role of the PBL turbulent mixing in determining low‐cloud feedback.


The contributions of vortex stretching, dilatation, baroclinic torque and viscous diffusion to Reynolds-averaged enstrophy transport in turbulent swirl flames were experimentally measured using tomographic particle image velocimetry and $\text{CH}_{2}\text{O}$ planar laser induced fluorescence at jet Reynolds numbers of 26 000–51 000. The mean baroclinic torque was determined by subtracting the other terms in the enstrophy transport equation from the mean Lagrangian derivative. Enstrophy production from baroclinic torque was found to be significant relative to the other transport terms across all conditions studies. This result contrasts with direct numerical simulations of flames in homogeneous isotropic turbulence, which show a decreasing relative significance of baroclinic torque with increasing turbulence intensity (e.g. Bobbitt, Lapointe & Blanquart, Phys. Fluids, vol. 28 (1), 2016, 015101). Hence, the significance of baroclinic enstrophy production in flames is not determined entirely by the local turbulence and flame properties, but also depends on the configuration-specific pressure field.


Background and objectives Schema therapy (ST) has become a mainstream therapy for the treatment of psychopathology and has been validated through a series of large scale, international randomized control trials. Among other things, schema therapy emphasizes the meeting of core emotional needs in children by primary caregivers as these unmet needs continue to adversely affect their lives into adulthood. An early intervention parenting program has been developed to help parents meet these core emotional needs in order to prevent the development of psychopathology in the first place. The program, Good Enough Parenting, is equally focused on reducing problems and strengthening parenting practices, regardless of where the child is on the "disordered to well-being continuum". This study aims to explore "patient experience" by users of this program. Best clinical research guidelines advocate that participants should be used as collaborators rather than pure recipients; this process should predate large scale trials. Design An exploratory qualitative study with 55 parent-participants of Good Enough Parenting was conducted. Methods One-to-one interviews were conducted with participants, using critical incident technique and guided by semi-structured interview schedule, to explore their experiences with the program. Transcripts were then analyzed using thematic analysis. Results Coding showed a high degree of inter-rater reliability (kappa value of 0.78). The themes that emerged were Cultivating Awareness of Parents' Own Schemas, Cultivating Intentionality, Working through Developmental Issues, Responses to Challenges at Home, Performing Multiple Roles, and the Learning Process. Participants overwhelmingly reported satisfaction within these key themes. Conclusions The results support the development of the program and the choice of "participant reported outcome measures" for use in subsequent randomized controlled trials.


Civil Aeronautics Administration. Two new policies of the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) which were determined during the past summer—marking of all CAA aircraft with fluorescent paint, and use of Greenwich Mean Time for all domestic air traffic control operationshave been implemented.


There are different approaches used to reduce reading skills deficits. One such approach, which belongs to the group of visual adaptations, is to change the font used in the texts. The main research goal is to assess the level of reading success in people with dyslexia (reading difficulties) by using a specialized Cyrillic font - Dyslexic FZF. The research was conducted on 24 persons with dyslexia from North Macedonia and obtained data about oral reading fluency and reading lists of meaningful and meaningless words with the Dyslexic FZF font and the font Times New Roman. The data of the two consecutive readings were compared. Results suggest that when using the new dyslexia typeface, Dyslexic FZF, participants were able to read more words per minute than with the Times New Roman font. A statistically significant difference in the results occurs in the errors made while reading.


In this article, we aim at determining how to achieve acceptable pedagogical effectiveness at the ludic level. It is a question of identifying the mechanisms which will be useful to effectively exploit the serious game while preserving the balance of its educational and playful qualities. Here, we present an architecture for the evaluation of the effectiveness of a serious game based on the separation of the components of the game according to three distinct axes so that teachers can use a structured and categorized assessment methodology to successfully use serious games during a learning activity.


Objective: To investigate the effect of contrast agent dose on renal function in patients with coronary heart diseases after PCI within seven days. Methods: A total of 265 patients with coronary heart diseases were performed angiogram and( or) PCI,these patients were divided into two groups: low-dose group( 150 m L) and high-dose group( 150 m L). Comparing glomerulus filtration rate difference( △GFR) of both groups before and after injection of contrast agents and influence factors,analyzing correlation between contrast agent dose and △GFR; all patients were divided into two groups by GFR( 60 m L / min ~ 90 m L / min group and 90 m L / min group). Investigating effects of dose of contrast agents on renal function in patients with coronary heart disease after PCI within the first seven days. Results: Multivariate linear regression analysis indicates that low-density lipoprotein had influence on △GFR( P 0. 05),contrast agents dose has significant influence on △GFR( P 0. 01); the correlation coefficient of contrast agents dose and △GFR was r = 0. 32( P 0. 05). Correlation coefficient between contrast agents dose and GFR 90 m L / min group,GFR 60 m L / min ~90 m L / min group △GFR are 0. 312 and 0. 334( P 0. 05) respectively. Conclusions: The dose of contrast agents shows positive relationship with △GFR,with lower level of GFR,influence of contrast agents on GFR tends to be greater.


The so-called Macedonian kausia was originally identical with a cap often called a chitrali still worn today by men in Afghanistan, Pakistan and, above all, in Nuristan. No kausia is mentioned in Greek literature before 325/24 B.C. No depiction of the cap can be securely dated earlier than that time. The kausia came to the Mediterranean as a campaign hat worn by Alexander and veterans of his campaigns in India. Descendants of the people from whom the cap was taken may well survive in Asia today.


Through contact with solar panel suppliers, a roof is dimensioned and built as a groundfor educational interactions for solar panel installers. Its construction consists of foursubsystems, where ea ...


1Research Institute for Computational Sciences (RICS), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan 2Research Center for Integrated Science (RCIS), Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan 3Creative Research Initiative "Sousei" (CRIS), Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan 4Department of Chemistry, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8550, Japan


The theme of the final work is the event management: Case of Alka Sinj. The purpose of this final work is to present the event management in theory and on the Alka Sinj. The specificity of Alka Sinj organization is that it is at the same time a local, national and European manifestation. Organized by Alka Sinj the Knight's alka society compiles the plan and presents it to the city authorities. The aim of the final work is to define the concept of event management, whereby the most important steps will be highlighted when organizing an important event. Each segment is in its own way essential. It can be emphasized that the organization is ahead of the planning and are systematically pursuing further steps. The aim of the paper is to present the process of organization on the example oft he Alka SInj.


The invention relates to a sheet thickness of 0.5 to 9 mm grain structure primarily recrystallized aluminum base alloy comprising 2.8 to 3.2% by weight of Cu, 0.5 to 0.8% by weight of Li, 0.1 to 0.3% by weight of Ag, 0.2 to 0.7% by weight of Mg, 0.2 to 0.6% by weight of Mn, 0.01 to 0.15 % by weight of Ti, a Zn amount of less than 0.2% by weight, an amount of Fe and Si less than or equal to 0.1% by weight each, and unavoidable impurities at a content less or equal to 0 , 05 wt% each and 0.15% by weight in total, said sheet being obtained by a process including casting, homogenization, hot rolling, and optionally cold rolling, solution treatment, quenching and tempering. The sheets according to the invention are advantageous in particular for the manufacture of aircraft fuselage panels for.


In this paper we introduce the notion of Smarandache commutative loop (S-commutative loop) and S-strongly commutative loop. We prove a S-commutative loop is not in general a commutative loop.


Earlier data on gamma -ray-induced reactions of nitrite ion in water have been extended and refined. Revised values of the yield of H/sub 2/O/sub 2/ produced in the irradiation of these solutions are in better agreement with expectation than were the older values. The reaction of H atoms with the product NO/sub 2/- is shown to account for the differences in conclusions between the two studies. (auth)


The Planck constant ($\hbar$) plays a pivotal role in quantum physics. Historically, it has been proposed as postulate, part of a genius empirical relationship $E=\hbar \omega$ in order to explain the intensity spectrum of the blackbody radiation for which classical electrodynamic theory led to an unacceptable prediction: The ultraviolet catastrophe. While the usefulness of the Planck constant in various fields of physics is undisputed, its derivation (or lack of) remains unsatisfactory from a fundamental point of view. In this paper, the analysis of the blackbody problem is performed with a series expansion of the electromagnetic field in terms of TE, TM modes in a metallic cavity with small losses, that leads to developing the electromagnetic fields in a \textit{complete set of orthonormal functions}. This expansion, based on coupled power theory, maintains both space and time together enabling modeling of the blackbody's evolution toward equilibrium. Reaching equilibrium with a multimodal waveguide analysis brings into consideration the coupling between modes in addition to absorption and emission of radiation. The properties of the modes, such as spectral broadening, losses and lifetime, then progressively become independent of frequency and explains how equilibrium is allowed in good conductor metallic cavities. Based on the free electron relaxation time in gold, a value of $\hbar = 1.02 \times 10^{-34}$ J$\cdot$s for the reduced Planck constant is found and the uncertainty principle is also emerging from this \textit{a priori} classical study. The Planck constant is then obtained no longer as an ad hoc addition but as a natural consequence of the analysis taking boundary conditions into account as into optical resonators. That analysis based on finite-spacetime paradigm, also shine new light on the notion of decoherence in classical optics and electrodynamics.


Abstract : Over fifty percent of outpatient clinic visits at Fort Sam Houston are for musculoskeletal injuries. The purpose of this project was to examine high injury cause data, implement interventions, and evaluate their effectiveness in reducing musculoskeletal clinic visits and profiles. Two consecutive, ten-week 91B10 classes (n = 175 and 344 respectively) were tracked for unit reports of new and accumulated profiles, APFT scores, and Troop Medical Clinic reports of clinic visits and profiles. The first class conducted physical training using traditional methods (pre-RT). The second class used a running template (RT) emphasizing state-of-the-art knowledge on progressive training with a shorter initial running distance, a gradual buildup of distance, increased use of interval training, decreased use of distance runs, and strict adherence to the template. Results revealed fewer new profiles for the RT group (pre-RT = 43.11%, RT = 25.66%, c2 = 15.01, p 0.05). Musculoskeletal clinic visits decreased by 36.5% (3.5 to 2.2 per 100 soldiers) representing a cost savings of $1679 per week for one battalion. New musculoskeletal profiles were reduced by 48.6% (3.9 to 2.0 per 100 soldiers) representing a savings of 612 limited duty days per week for one battalion. The running template was successful in reducing musculoskeletal clinic visits and profiles while maintaining physical readiness. Similar programs are recommended for MT sites across the Army.


In this work, we have analyzed how two Chemistry's teachers developed a planned teaching sequence starting from a STS perspective in their classrooms, trying to identify obstacles and difficulties in engaging this pedagogical practice and taking into account this perspective for science teaching. Lessons were video recorded, transcribed and data were analyzed considering the discursive dynamic established between the teacher and the students. Data analysis showed that possible obstacles to developing didactic activities cannot be associated only with the teacher's practice and experience, but also can be related to aspects, such as: the lack of technical information about the theme studied; continuous improvement related to the technological artifacts; themes requiring a more complex scientific understanding; difficulties in properly putting together scientific concepts and technology implicated with relevant social problems; and difficulty with appropriate didactical sources to approach these specific subjects in science classrooms.


Should developing countries duplicate the systems in developed countries and pursue radical reforms? Both positive and negative answers to this question lack adequate recognition of the dilemma between pursuing constitutional democracy and seeking development strategy according to comparative advantages.This article firstly deals with the causes of the dilemma concerning the influences on policies by industrial groups in developing countries according to group action theory.Then,it analyzes the relationships between constitutional system and development strategy of a country in the light of dynamic evolution of world market system.Finally,a conclusion is drawn that,during the on-going world market system,the developing countries imitating systems can hardly avoid the trend of violating the development strategy according to comparative advantages,which makes it more difficult to catch up with developed economies.On the contrary,the developing countries who don not imitate systems are more likely to develop economies according to comparative advantages and facilitate their economic growth.


This study analysed chat logs obtained for seven offenders who committed 145 child sexual abuse (CSA) live streaming offences against 74 victims. The study found that offenders accessed victims online or by forming relationships with Filipino locals during trips to the Philippines, which would then move online and lead to CSA live streaming. A facilitator was involved in approximately 35 percent of offences. Facilitators were often female family members of victims (eg mothers and sisters). Some facilitators appeared to have experienced child sexual abuse as well. Although some offenders intentionally targeted children, it was also common for offenders to receive unsolicited offers of CSA live streaming from facilitators and victims. This suggests that some CSA live streaming offenders are 'opportunistic', and may be responsive to situational crime prevention and primary prevention measures such as messaging campaigns and online warning messages posted on specific sites where victims are targeted.


In this paper, a high-voltage high-speed floating voltage level shifter with sub-nanosecond delay used for half-bridge GaN driver is proposed. The proposed level shifter is based on the cross-coupled structure. By eliminating a high-impedance node and introducing a pull-up module, the voltage transition can be sped up. The proposed level shifter is designed in 0.18-µm CMOS technology, and the simulation results show it can work with maximum 30-V supply voltage. A conduction delay of 681.4 ps and a turn-off delay of 519.9 ps are achieved respectively. The rising and falling time are 295 ps and 178 ps, respectively.


Simple Summary Around 80% of children treated for childhood cancer become long-term survivors. Although chemotherapy and radiotherapy improve survival of these patients, they cause a low-grade chronic inflammation (inflamm-aging) which induces premature aging processes and vital organ failure, a condition known as frailty. Understanding frailty's biological and molecular mechanisms and identifying inflamm-aging key biomarkers in childhood cancer survivors could be useful to facilitate the screening of comorbidities and to understand whether treatments, used to counteract inflamm-aging, may prevent side effects. Abstract Anti-cancer treatments improve survival in children with cancer. A total of 80% of children treated for childhood cancer achieve 5-year survival, becoming long-term survivors. However, they undergo several chronic late effects related to treatments. In childhood cancer survivors a chronic low-grade inflammation, known as inflamm-aging, is responsible for frailty, a condition characterized by vital organ failure and by premature aging processes. Inflamm-aging is closely related to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which induce inflammation, accumulation of senescent cells, DNA mutations, and the production of reactive oxygen species. All these conditions are responsible for the onset of secondary diseases, such as osteoporosis, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and infertility. Considering that the pathobiology of frailty among childhood cancer survivors is still unknown, investigations are needed to better understand frailty's biological and molecular processes and to identify inflamm-aging key biomarkers in order to facilitate the screening of comorbidities and to clarify whether treatments, normally used to modulate inflamm-aging, may be beneficial. This review offers an overview of the possible biological mechanisms involved in the development of inflamm-aging, focusing our attention on immune system alteration, oxidative stress, cellular senescence, and therapeutic strategies.


e15151 Background: To evaluate the clinico-pathological characteristics of patients undergoing adjuvant surgery during post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (PC-RPLND).

METHODS
From 2004 to 2010, 85 patients underwent PC-RPLND by a single surgeon (SD). A bilateral template approach was utilized with nerve sparing technique whenever feasible. The clinico-pathologic and outcome of patients who underwent removal of any organ or structure during PC-RPLND were reviewed.

RESULTS
Of 85 patients undergoing PC-RPLND, 28 (33%) required adjuvant procedures. Thirteen (15%) required vascular procedures including cavotomy/ caval resection in 6, aortic resection in 8, common iliac vessels resection in 4 and renal vessels resection/reimplant in 2. Twelve patients (14%) required adjuvant nephrectomy (10/12 left sided). There was 1 ureteral resection with appendiceal substitution, 1 partial duodenectomy, 2 cholecystectomy, 2 thoracotomies, 4 liver resection/ biopsy, and 1 neck dissection. There were 8 early complications (28%) including vocal cord paralysis, brachial plexus injury, lower extremities compartment syndrome, thigh numbness, UGI bleeding, retroperitoneal hematoma and alcohol withdrawal. No peri-operative death was reported. Retroperitoneal pathology revealed mature teratoma in 11 (39%), fibrosis in 8 (28%) and viable germ cell tumor (GCT) in 9 (32%) patients. 75%, 82% and 66% of patients with fibrosis, teratoma and viable GCT had no evidence of recurrence in mean follow up of 18 months.

CONCLUSIONS
A significant number of patients undergoing PC-RPLND require adjuvant surgery including vascular procedures and nephrectomy. The excellent outcomes associated with low operative morbidity/ mortality validates such aggressive surgical approaches performed by experienced surgeons.


We investigate blow-up solutions of the equation $\Deltau$ = $f(u)$ in a bounded smooth domain $\Omega \subset R^N$. Under appropriate growth conditions on $f(t)$ as $t$ goes to infinity we show how the mean curvature of the boundary $\partial\Omega$ appears in the second order term of the asymptotic expansion of the solution $u(x)$ as $x$ goes to $\partial\Omega$.


Covalent functionalization of two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) enables the manipulation of optical and electronic properties in hybrid structures and enhances their versatility for various potential applications. Herein, exfoliated few-layer TiS2...


NETs serve to ensnare and kill microbial pathogens. However, NETs can at the same time contribute to tissue damage and excessive inflammation. Nicotine is a major toxic agent and has been associated with exacerbated inflammatory diseases. The current study aimed at investigating the role of nicotine, the addictive component of tobacco and electronic cigarettes, on triggering NET formation. We report that nicotine induces neutrophils to release NETs in a dose‐dependent manner. Nicotine‐induced NET formation is mediated via nicotine acetylcholine receptors, depends on Akt and PAD4 activation, but is Nox2‐independent, as demonstrated by pharmacological inhibition of Nox2 and by use of Nox2‐deficient mouse neutrophils. These findings demonstrate that nicotine induces NETs, which may in turn contribute to smoking‐related diseases.


Over last two decades, South Asia has witnessed a rapid increase in population, industrialization, and energy demands. Consequently, 2-6 fold increase in the emission of particulate matter (PM) and trace gases were reported. Air pollution in South Asia has more adverse impact and is linked to nearly 1 million premature deaths and around 10 million tonnes of crop loss in a year. So, monitoring of trace gases and PM concentrations over urban centers has received significant attention among scientists, policymakers, health regulatory agencies, and the media. Particularly over the Indian region, this becomes significant, as the observation of trace gases and PM concentrations with fairly good temporal and spatial resolutions is limited. Concerns about air quality and transport pathways on a regional scale also place more stringent demand on observations and modeling effort. Quantifying the source contribution (regional emission due to various anthropogenic activities such as city traffic density vs. long-range transport due to meteorological influence) of trace gases and PM over different temporal and spatial scales has been receiving significant attention. In view of this, measurement of trace gases and PM in concurrence with meteorological variables (wind speed and direction) is of paramount importance.


In this paper,the Lie symmetry and its conserved quantities of Vacco mechanical system is studied.The differential equations and the determining equations of Lie symmetry for the system are given.A theorem asserting that the Lie symmetry for the system leads to the Hojman conserved quantity is presented.An example is finally given to illustrate the application of the result of this paper.


Building energy efficiency plays a vital role in solving conflicts between energy resource supply and social economic development and accelerating the development of circular economy. On the basis of "Regulations for Energy Efficiency of Civil Buildings in Hebei Province", combined with Climate Consultant, the paper analyzes the meteorological data of dwellings in Eastern Hebei Province, obtains suitable for dwellings climate policy and valid time in the region. Through above analysis, the paper concludes the passive strategy suitable for dwelling construction so as to provide viable architectural design and energy-saving strategies for the application of energy-saving technologies, planning and construction in Eastern Hebei Province.


Charles Baudelaire's predication of his aesthetic on the wellknown "deux postulations simultanées" toward God and Satan (and, implicitly, other polar dualisms locked in a violent struggle for ascendancy in the poet's soul) makes his work particularly apt for the deployment of irony. In one of his most notorious poems, "À celle qui est trop gaie," which was censored from Les Fleurs du mal during the infamous trial of 1857, the poetlover's simultaneous experience of conflicting, although not mutually exclusive, feelings of love and hate, in response to a woman's excessive beauty and gaiety, creates an oxymoronic ironic tension so intense and intolerable that it precipitates a mad, dizzying plunge into violence. Another ironic tension exists between the poem's virtual sadistic phantasm and the actual person, Madame Sabatier, who inspired it, providing an extraordinary instance of text and context that are reciprocally elucidating.


A failed bolt from Air Turbine Starter (ATS) was forwarded to the laboratory for analysis to ascertain the cause of failure. Analysis showed that the ATS bolt had fractured at the shank region by stress corrosion cracking. Semiquantitative chemical analysis carried out on the bolt surface indicated presence of substantial quantity of sodium and chlorine. The source of these corrosive elements could be traced to the etchant that was used to engrave the identification number on the shank of the bolts.


Emorfazone, a non-steroidal analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug, was clinicallyevaluated by the double-blind controlled study.The clinical usefulness of Emorfazone on oral inflammatory disease at a daily dose of 600 mg was compared with that of aspirin at a daily dose of 1, 500 mg according to the preliminary study.The results were as follows:1. Out of the total 192 cases, 186 were needed on safeness study and 178 on usefulness study.2. The rate of subjective improvement and the efficacy rate judged by the doctor were not significantly different between the drugs at any phases.3. The frequency of side effects was 11.1%(10 cases) in Emorfazone and 10.4%(10 cases) in aspirin. Almost all cases were accompanied with slight gastrointestinal disorder.4. The rates of final over-all improvement and usefulness were 67.1%, 62.4% respectively in the E group and 63.7%, 55.9% respectively in the A group. There was no significantdifference between the two drugs.These results suggest that Emorfazone is a useful drug for the treatment of oral inflammatory diseases.


Based on the thunderstorm data in 7 observational stations from 1971 to 2008 and lightning monitoring data from lightning location system from 2006 to 2009 in Qingdao,the temporal and spatial distributions characteristics of thunderstorm were analyzed.The distribution characteristics of lightning in this region were also analyzed for a large scale petrochemical project as an example.The results indicate that thunderstorm days increase from the southeast to the northwest of Qingdao.Seasonal variations of thunderstorm are obvious,and most thunderstorms appear in July and August.According to the lightning location data,the distributions of current intensity of lightning and the accumulative probability of lightning current near the place of petrochemical project are obtained using a relative analysis software,and the corresponding current intensity values of lightning are also obtained.It is found that the largest value in this region is 41.68 kA.Lightning density Ng calculated by lightning data from lightning location system is more objective than that calculated by artificial observational data.The results could provide parameters for thunderstorm and lightning disaster assessment.


Real surround viewing conditions in watching the color display devices such as TV and PC monitor are quite different from the standard viewing conditions. Human visual system is adapted chromatically under the different viewing conditions in luminance levels and chromaticity of illuminants. Accordingly, the reproduced colors of the same chromaticity will appear as quite different color. Therefore, it is necessary that the displayed colors are reproduced to be appeared as the original colors in the standard viewing conditions. In this paper, we propose a chromatic adaptation model for the variations of the surround illuminants' chromaticity under the same luminance conditions. In proposed chromatic adaptation model, we calculate each gain of L, M, and S as nonlinear functions according to the chromaticity of the surround illuminants. And the optimal coefficients are obtained from the corresponding colors data of the Breneman's experiments. The proposed chromatic adaptation model is compared with the conventional chromatic adaptation models. In the experimental results, the proposed model has very good performance in the whole range of luminance levels. We also experimentally confirmed that the reproduced corresponding colors using the proposed chromatic adaptation are appeared as the original colors when the real surround viewing conditions are different from the standard viewing conditions.


The threshold voltage (VT) instability of metal-insulator-semiconductor high electron mobility transistors (MIS-HEMTs) is investigated. In the enhancement-mode AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMT fabricated by fluorine plasma implantation technique featuring Al2O3 gate dielectric, a hysteresis of 0.6 V in transfer characteristics is observed by quasi-static I -V (current-voltage) measurement, in which the gate bias is swept at a low rate (0.7 V/s). Pulsed transfer characteristics measurement, however, unveils much larger hysteresis under the same gate voltage swing. The VT-instability is attributed to the traps located at the dielectric/III-nitride interface as well as in the bulk of gate dielectric. It is proposed that pulsed measurement can count for the effect of fast traps (shallow traps) while the quasi-static measurement can only reflect slow traps (deep traps), and is more accurate for VT-instability evaluation. In addition, the existence of bulk traps is implied by a slow time-dependent shift of VT under large gate bias. (© 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Summary
Young adult CBA mice developed lethal infections with Coxsackie B-3 virus when immunosuppressed with cyclophosphamide. In the immunosuppressed mice high titres of virus and severe lesions were found in target organs, including the heart and pancreas, as well as persistent viraemia. Immunosuppressed animals showed transient production of IgM but no IgG virus neutralizing antibody; levels of interferon in peripheral blood were higher than in controls. Immunosuppressed mice could be passively protected by administration of serum antibody after infection. The results suggest that circulating antibody plays a critical role in limiting infection of young adult mice by Coxsackie B-3 virus.


What is optimal dose, power density and timing for low level laser therapy in tendon injuries? A review of in vitro and in vivo trials


Algorithms for modeling static vowel shapes using a half-sample delay Kelly-Lochbaum model are described, so that the total tract length is no longer limited to an integer multiple of the segment length, but can take on any continuous value. Fractional-delay filters are used for modeling lengthening of lips, lowering of the larynx and lengthening of an intermediate segment. A realistic vowel shape with no losses is modeled as a test case. It has 44 cylindrical segments and operates at a sampling frequency of 44.1 KHz.


Recommender systems are the software engines and approaches for providing suggestion of products to the user which might be most probably matched with the user's like/choice. Generally, Recommendation system gives suggestions on content like what items to buy, which music to listen or what online news to read. Depending on the users liking the items are suggested. In this paper we will be discussing about the research done in the Recommendation System its approaches and the techniques used. At the end we will go through the main challenges and the limitation of the system.


With the large-size asphalt macadam is used as cracking relief layer, a great deal of void in the extra large-size asphalt macadam can obstruct the extending path of crack tip, dissipate or absorb the stress and strain of vehicle load and the environmental temperature variety, reduce the stress centralization of asphalt overlay at joint of cement concrete pavement. The 3-D finite element method is used to analyze the cracking relief layer of asphalt concrete and extra large-size asphalt macadam, the load stress, thermal stress and coupling stress of the latter are less than the former. The investigations of testing highway and results of theoretic calculation indicate that the extra large-size asphalt macadam layer can prevents asphalt overlay from cracking effectively.


BACKGROUND:
Dermatological conditions account for upto 2% of consultations in general practice worldwide. Skin disease in developing countries have a serious impact on the quality of life. The pattern of drug use in a hospital setting need to be monitored to offer feedback to prescribers.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
To assess the prescribing pattern of drugs, their cost and adverse reactions in the outpatient department of dermatology of a tertiary care hospital.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
A cross-sectional study was done for a period of one year (between February 2016 to January 2017) at outpatient department of Medicine, Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences,
Kulasekharam, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. Data was collected by reviewing the OPD cards and prescription data. Average cost per prescription was calculated.
RESULTS:
171 prescriptions were evaluated during the study period. Female preponderance was higher in all age groups. The mean age group of study population using dermatological drugs was 38.67 years. Eczema was the commonest dermatological condition. Antifungals were the most commonly prescribed class of drugs. Average number of drug per prescription was 2.78 and only 40.67 % of drugs were prescribed by generic name .The percentage of antibiotics prescribed was 14.61% .The
total average cost per encounter per day was calculated to be Rs.280.01/-. Based on WHO causality assessment scale , 50% of ADRs were possible.
CONCLUSION:
This drug utilization study gives an perception to the prescriber regarding various issues related to prescribing pattern, cost analysis, prevalent disease pattern in the region and adverse reaction profile of drugs prescribed in dermatology department. A great majority of the drugs were prescribed in brand names. Drugs should be prescribed in their generic name to avoid confusion and to minimize the costs.


Genetic characteristics of CMS line Yuanfeng A rice were studied in preparation of breeding a low-photosensitive hybrid.The results showed that Yuanfeng A had the desirable flowering trait,disease resistance,grain quality and crossing ability.The genetic performances at the heading stage of the cross-combinations generated from it were similar to those from Bobai A.Whether the phenotype(photosensitivity) appears in their hybrid F_1 at heading stage or not depended on the work of the restorer line at different growth periods.The resultant hybrid showed strong heterosis,improved resistance and excellent grain quality.Therefore,Yuanfeng A was believed to be a potential candidate for breeding high quality three-line hybrid rice.


After completing this learning unit, you will be able to: • Identify types of catalogues; • Differentiate sources of information; • Argue the need for cataloging.


Traditional Black box software testing can be effective at exposing some classes of software failures. Security class failures, however, do not tend to manifest readily using these techniques. The problem is that many security failures occur in stressed environments, which appear in the field, but are often neglected during testing because of the difficulty to simulate these conditions. Software can only be considered secure if it behaves securely under all operating environments. Hostile environment testing must thus be a part of any overall testing strategy. This paper describes this necessity and a black box approach for creating such environments in order to expose security vulnerabilities.


This has been an extraordinary year for the Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (AABC)! The impact factor of the journal continues comparatively high due to the excellent papers published in previous years – such as several important contributions that discuss how to control the Dengue Virus (Silva and Oliveira 2009), unfortunately still a dangerous threat to mankind – and the contributions presented in the volume of the Escola Paulista de Medicina da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Nader 2009), just to mention a few. Furthermore, with this last issue of the year, the AABC had in 2011 the largest amount of papers ever published – 112 in over 1500 pages, which increases the scientific contribution of this periodical.


The slip phenomenon and the electrification occurring in the capillary flow of a linear low-density polyethylene melt were studied in this work using dies made up of stainless steel and brass, respectively. The experiments were carried out in a torque driven capillary rheometer at a temperature of 200 °C and spanned the different flow regimes observed in capillary flow, including stable and unstable conditions. Flow enhancement or slip was generated in the brass die, as compared to the stainless steel one, after an appropriate cleaning treatment. The melt exhibited electrostatic charge and sharkskin distortions were eliminated during the processing with the brass die in the stable flow regime prior to the stick-slip. Electrification and elimination of sharkskin distortions on the extrudates were observed when the slip velocity was a significant part of the whole average melt velocity (more than 50% in this work). The observations in this work point to a tribological origin for the electrification of the m...


Pediatric pancreatitis has received much attention during the past few years. Numerous reports have identified an increasing trend in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis in children and key differences in disease presentation and management between infants and older children. There is limited literature on acute pancreatitis, acute recurrent pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis in children. A brief review of acute idiopathic hemorrhagic pancreatitis is presented here.


The implications of the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal's ruling in Commonwealth of Australia v Griffiths and Anor, to the effect that an expert who gives incorrect evidence against a party is protected from civil suit by the 'witness immunity' rule are reviewed. It is argued that there is an urgent need to reconsider the sanctions that may be imposed on those whose forensic evidence falls short of the high standard expected in this increasingly important area of justice.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the functioning of very‐large‐scale integration (VLSI) interconnects and modeling of interconnects and evaluate different approaches of testing interconnects.Design/methodology/approach – In the past, on‐chip interconnect wires were not considered in circuit analysis except in high precision analysis. Wiring‐up of on‐chip devices takes place through various conductors produced during fabrication process. The shrinking size of metal‐oxide semiconductor field effect transistor devices is largely responsible for growth of VLSI circuits. With deep sub‐micron (DSM) technology, the interconnect geometry is scaled down for high wiring density. The complex geometry of interconnects and high operational frequency introduce wire parasitics and inter‐wire parasitics. These parasitics causes delay, power dissipation, and crosstalk that may affect the signal integrity in VLSI system. Accurate analysis, sophisticated design, and effective test methods are the requiremen...


In this paper, two conceptually different statistical distance metrics are defined and analyzed. First, the asymmetric acoustic distance measures how the acoustic property of one phoneme is close to that of another, and is defined here based on the Mahalanobis distance between two hidden Markov models. Second, the asymmetric phonemic distance measures how probable a phoneme is realized as another, based on the aligned phonemic canonical and surface transcriptions of speech corpora. These two mutually dependent distance measures are used to construct an abstract acoustic/phonemic distance plane which is helpful in quantitatively analyzing pronunciation variations. Besides, clear distinction and complicated correlation between these two distances were discussed, which is believed to be helpful in many application areas involving lexical design and acoustic modelling as well. Preliminary analysis were performed on LDC Hub-4NE Mandarin Broadcast News database, and possible application in pronunciation modelling was discussed.


The electro- and photo- catalytic generations of H2 and O2 from water have been explored as inexpensive ways of producing a carbon-neutral fuel. Though various metals have shown significant catalytic activity, however, efforts are still on to find out cheap, efficient and robust water soluble catalysts in this regards. In the present study we reported a soluble and inexpensive copper(II) complex of sodium 1,4-dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone-2-sulphonate (CuA2) as an electro-catalyst for water oxidation. Cyclic voltammetry measurements of CuA2 solutions at pH range 11.4 - 12.5 showed a large and irreversible current in the potential range between +1.3 and +1.7 V indicating a catalytic production of O2. The study showed that the turnover frequency of this process is 2927 s-1 at pH 11.90 which is the highest in magnitude in comparison to that of other copper(II) complexes reported earlier. The overpotential was observed as ~972 mV vs. standard hydrogen electrode.


Condominium belongs to the most controversial institutions of property law very often disputed, negated and even abolished in certain periods of its historical duration experienced its real renaissance in the 20th century. The revival of interest in condominium does not mean that its essence is understood and interpreted in the identical way in theory and contemporary practice of different countries. On the contrary, it could be said the different notional concepts characterize both the theoretical approach to this institution but also the legal practice. The elements which are the subject of the institution of condominium are analysed in detail in the paper, since the most important specificities of this form of property are connected primarily to its subject. According to the understanding of the subject of condominium in contemporary legislation and theory there are two concepts - unitary and dualist, depending what is considered to be the subject of this property form: building as a unit (unitary) or its parts (special and joint). The special and joint parts of buildings and lands are analysed in the context of the subject whereby the greatest attention is given to the apartment as the most important special part of the building. The very important aspects of condominium are mode of acquiring and termination of this form of property, as well as its legal nature. The concept of legal nature (condominium) stands in close relation to the understanding of its subject, namely with above mentioned dualist or unitary approach. After determining what the institution of condominium is in a theoretical sense, the paper presents the comparative overview of forms and regulation of this institution in developed western European countries transition countries and the conditions in Serbia and Montenegro. Each of the member states of the State union, Serbia and Montenegro, independently regulate this property issue. Since it is obvious that the existing status of this property institution in national legislation is unsatisfactory, the author also gave concrete proposals for its regulation. Solutions that would be adopted by the national legislator must be adjusted with modern solutions worldwide.


The most common group of Martian meteorites is one comprised of shergottites with relatively elevated LIL element abundances. These have been referred to as enriched shergottites, despite the fact that they do not exhibit light REE enrichment, yet they are thought be derived by partial melting of mantle source regions that are LIL-enriched


With the rapid development of the Internet, people's awareness of privacy protection is also gradually improved. Reversible data hiding of encrypted image is a technique that encrypts the original image and allows the embedding of secret data without knowing the original image information. This method can accurately extract the secret data and reconstruct the original image completely. In this paper, a reversible data hiding algorithm of encrypted image based on multi-predictor and quad-tree block encoding is proposed. First, the original image is divided into 8×8 non-overlapping blocks. Then, multi-predictor is used to predict each block to get the prediction error image, then block scrambling is used to encrypt it. Since the pixel values of the encrypted image are small integer closes to zero, the quad-tree block encoding method can be used to embed a large amount of data. Experimental results show that the embedding rate of this method is better than that of some new algorithms.


The present invention relates to a compound for an organic optoelectronic device, to an organic light-emitting diode including the compound, and to a display device including the organic light-emitting diode. The compound for an organic optoelectronic device expressed in chemical formula 1 is provided so that, due to the electrochemical and thermal stability thereof, an organic optoelectronic device having an excellent lifecycle and high luminous efficiency at a low driving voltage may be manufactured.


The index system of DPSIR model on water pollution in Yunnan province was built based on water pollution status and selection principles of index.The changing characteristics of all indexes with time are analyzed,which provided strong basis for assessing water environmental quality better in Yunnan province.


TGF-Pl is a potent inhibitor of hepatocyte DNA replication in culture.l.2 This finding and the report.that a hepatocellular carcinoma cell line was not sensitive to DNA synthesis inhibition by TGF-P3 have led to a large number of studies to assess the role of E F I , in normal and neoplastic liver growth and in the development of hepatic fibrosis. Here we present some of our studies on TGF-p during fetal, regenerative, and neoplastic growth in rat liver.


The traditional focus of research into prehistoric coastal settlement and subsistence systems is large shell middens. Such site-based analyses have formed the basis of many regional culture histories and yielded insights into associated economic activities. In many coastal regions, however, large shell middens may only form part of the archaeological record. Less conspicuous, but no less significant, are low-density shell scatters representing the results of more ephemeral discard activities. In this paper, such scatters from the Cooloola region, coastal SE Queensland, are examined. These scatters are located up to 12 km inland from the coast, and are largely the result ofAboriginal subsistence activities during the 18th and 19th centuries. Using a range of off-site recording techniques, I argue that such low-density faunal scatters have the potential to yield a wealth of information concerning pastforaging activities and mobility patterns.


The ultrasonic estimation of fetal weigh before delivery is of most significance for obstetrical clinic. Estimating fetal weight more accurately is crucial for prenatal care, obstetrical treatment, choosing appropriate delivery methods, monitoring fetal growth and reducing the risk of newborn complications. In this paper, we introduce a method which combines golden section and artificial neural network (ANN) to estimate the fetal weight. The golden section is employed to optimize the hidden layer node number of the back propagation (BP) neural network. The method greatly improves the accuracy of fetal weight estimation, and simultaneously avoids choosing the hidden layer node number with subjective experience. The estimation coincidence rate achieves 74.19%, and the mean absolute error is 185.83g.


The efficacy of combining gallopamil and iso-sorbide-5-mononitrate (IS-5-MN) was evaluated in 15 patients with "mixed" angina and documented coronary artery disease who participated in a 4-week, double-blind, double-dummy, crossover, placebo-controlled trial. After the first week of the placebo phase (single-blinded), all patients received in three different weeks IS-5-MN 20 mg three times daily, gallopamil 50 mg three times daily, and the same dosages of IS-5-MN and gallopamil three times daily. Exercise tolerance, and peak values of heart rate, systolic blood pressure, double product (DP/100), and ST-segment were evaluated with a treadmill test at the end of each phase. The improvement in exercise tolerance obtained by the combination of the two drugs was significantly greater (p < 0.01) than that achieved by IS-5-MN but not that by gallopamil monotherapy (NS). This effect was accompanied by significant (p < 0.05) reduction (-61%) in ST-segment and significant (p < 0.05) increment ( + 8%) in peak heart rate only after administration of the combination of the two drugs. The number of ST-depression (ST-) > 1 mm or ST-elevation (ST + ) episodes on 24-h Holter monitoring lasting ≥ 1 min were also noted in all patients at the end of each phase of the trial. Sixty-five (14 ST-, 51 ST + ) transient myocardial ischemic episodes were recorded on Holter monitoring during the placebo phase; 4 (ST-) during IS-5-MN phase (94% decrease p < 0.001); 9 (7 ST-, 2 ST+ ) during the gallopamil phase (84% decrease, p < 0.01); and 8 (5 ST- , 3 ST + ) during the combination phase (87% decrease p < 0.01). The effects obtained during the IS-5-MN phase were significantly greater (p < 0.05) than those observed during the gallopamil phase but not than those obtained during the combination phase (NS). Of the total transient myocardial ischemic episodes, 98% were painless and 88% were not preceded by an increase in heart rate. When compared with placebo, both IS-5-MN and gallopamil, alone and combined, improved exercise tolerance by 29% (p < 0.01), 33% (p < 0.01), and 38% (p < 0.001), respectively. Combining IS-5-MN and gallopamil was thus highly effective toward both painful demand and spontaneous silent ischemic events that occurred in patients with "mixed" angina and significantly better than either drug alone.


To improve the computation efficiency of optimally dispatching large-scale cluster electric vehicles (EVs) and to enhance the profit of a charging station (CS) for EVs, this study investigates the optimal dispatch of the CS based on a decentralized optimization method and a time-of-use (TOU) price strategy. With the application of the Lagrange relaxation method (LRM), a decentralized optimization model with its solution is proposed that converts the traditional centralized optimization model into certain sub-problems. The optimization model aims to maximize the profit of CS, but it comprehensively considers the charging preference of EV users, the operation constraints of the distribution network, and the TOU strategy adopted by the CS. To validate the proposed decentralized optimal dispatching method, a series of numerical simulations were conducted to demonstrate its effect on the computation efficiency and stability, the profit of the CS, and the peak-load shifting. The result indicates that the TOU strategy markedly increases the profit of the CS in comparison with the fixed electricity price mechanism, and the computation efficiency and stability are much better than those of the centralized optimization method. Although it does not compensate the load fluctuation completely, the proposed method with the TOU strategy is helpful for filling the valley of power use.


In this paper, a kind of random-nonlinear model is established and the MO series with the ME series are led by the compound-order filtering. This modelprovides a new method of the time series analysis in theory, opens a prospect for its application. We shall discuss the statistical properties of both MO series and ME series. Theorems of their distribution are proven by a series of recurrent equations, and numcrical algorithms of these distributions are determined. The correlation properties of MO series are analyzed, three kinds of asymptotic distribution of the ME series are considered, and the distribution of a high-dimmensional ME series is given. In the meanwhile, some application of these series and their corresponding filterings to the image processing are briefly introduced.


Methods from artificial intelligence (AI), in general, and machine learning, in particular, have kept conquering new territories in numerous areas of science. Most of the applications of these techniques are restricted to the classification of large data sets, but new scientific knowledge can seldom be inferred from these tools. Here we show that an AI-based amyloidogenecity predictor can strongly differentiate the border- and the internal hexamers of $\beta$-pleated sheets when screening all the Protein Data Bank-deposited homology-filtered protein structures. Our main result shows that more than 30\% of internal hexamers of $\beta$ sheets are predicted to be amyloidogenic, while just outside the border regions, only 3\% are predicted as such. This result may elucidate a general protection mechanism of proteins against turning into amyloids: if the borders of $\beta$-sheets were amyloidogenic, then the whole $\beta$ sheet could turn more easily into an insoluble amyloid-structure, characterized by periodically repeated parallel $\beta$-sheets. We also present that no analogous phenomenon exists on the borders of $\alpha$-helices or randomly chosen subsequences of the studied protein structures.


Recent evidence suggests that sickle cell trait (SCT), defined as the heterozygous inheritance of sickle hemoglobin, is associated with an increased risk of prevalent and incident chronic kidney disease (CKD).1,2 However, there is limited evidence as to whether SCT is associated with an increased risk of other relevant outcomes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD), CKD progression, end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), and death among those with established CKD.1 Determining risk for these outcomes is important since referrals for nephrology care, vascular access, and transplant are largely based on the probability of adverse outcomes. Another complicating aspect of the study of CKD and SCT is the concern that serum creatinine as a filtration marker may poorly reflect true GFR for patients with sickle cell anemia due to non-GFR determinants;3 however, the performance of creatinine in SCT is unknown. Among participants in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) study, a well-characterized cohort of individuals with hypertensionattributed CKD followed for a median of 10 years, we evaluated the accuracy and precision of GFR measured by 125I-iothalamate (mGFR) compared to creatinine-based GFR estimates


Abstract : In the general theory of relativity there are two different methods of deriving equations of motion from the field equations: on the one hand, the method of Einstein and Infeld and, on the other, the method of Fock. The difference between these two methods lies in certain differences in the views of these authors on the very essence of the general theory of relativity. Einstein and Infeld consider that all attempts to represent matter by the energy momentum tensor are unsatisfactory. . Therefore, they are concerned exclusively with field equations in empty space while representing matter as singularities of the field which must have some relation to the elementary particles of microphysics. Rock, on the contrary, considers that the general theory of relativity is a theory of gravitation alone which applies only to phenomena on an astronomical scale, and has no connection with microphysics, in which the gravitational field does not play an essential part. For this reason, Fock formulated a theory of 'finite masses' and introduced the energy momentum tensor into the field equations. In this paper we shall endeavor to show that these two views can be reconciled to a certain extent in the five dimensional 'unitary' theory of relativity. A new view on the whole problem is thus introduced.


Abstract This lecture is based on a number of papers published during last three years by V. A. Novikov, M. I. Vysotsky and myself (several of them were coauthored also by N. A. Nekrasov, A. N. Rozanov and V. P. Yurov). The list of this papers will be given at the end of the lecture. Further references may be found in them.


Abstract— The neutral dopamine metabolite, 3‐methoxy4hydroxypenylethanol (MOPET) can be measured in the rat brain by a GLC method using a pentaflouropropionic derivative and electron capture detector. The identity of MOPET is verified by mass spectrographic analyses.


'Gangyu No.1'is a new tomato F1 hybrid developed by crossing GS619-54 as female parent and ZX1-53 as male parent.It is of unlimited growth type with strong growth vigor.The first inflorescence node sets on section 6-8.Its floral interval is 2-3 nodes.Its fruit is of flat round shape.The ripe fruits are of bright red color.The average fruit weight is 160 g.The soluble solids content is 5 %,VC content is 220 mg·kg-1.The total sugar is 4.0 % and the sugar acid ratio is 5.1.The malformation and cracking rate is 9.7 %.It has high commodity rate.Its fruit is hard and durable for storage and transportation.It is resistant to bacterial wilt and mid-resistant to virus disease.The average yield is about 112.5 t·hm-2.


William Faulkner,a representative of " Southern literature" of the United States,is one of the world 's most influential novelists of modernism.After his death,he has been highly thought of in the United States and many other countries,and the study on him has become a subject.This paper summarizes the research in China about Faulkner based on the number of related papers,the research objects and the research perspectives,and also points out the main problems that should be noted in future studies.


A monosultap degrading bacterium S 3 was isolated from the soil,which was identified as Plesiomonas sp.It can grow with monosultap as its sole nitrogen source. S 3 can use many substance as its carben and nitrogen source,and the optimal pH and temperature for the growth are 7 0 and 35 40 ℃ respectively.Further study shows that the strain S 3 may have no plasmid and it can convert monosultap to nereistoxin.


The primary objective of this study was to investigate the instrumental and terminal life values of community college faculty in Oregon using the Rokeach Value Survey. The sample used stratified (by teaching status, part-time, full-time, and teaching assignment) and proportional (by college) random sampling. The values were each used as dependent variable sets. A two-factor multivariate analysis of variance was performed on each dependent variable set, using faculty status and teaching assignment as independent variables. Other analyses were performed, also. Corclusions on the ranking of the dependent variables showed that although there were differences in faculty status, they appeared to be of minor importance, while teaching assignment showed greater variance. Values clarification, the differences in life values across teaching fields, and the influence of values on teaching are appropriate topics for in-service educational programs for faculty.


In recent years, one of the most popular Internet applications is web-based audio and video playback, where stored video is streamed from the server to a client on-demand. Rigid playback deadlines coupled with constraints on resources such as network bandwidth and client buffer make video delivery a challenging task [2]. These resources could be limited in such a way that it may not be possible to deliver full-quality video. In such a situation, it is desirable to minimize the degradation in the video quality while operating within the resource constraints [9]. Layered encoding is proposed to provide finer control on video quality: the video signal is split into layers and a subset of these layers is chosen such that the resource constraints are met [5]. However it is not a trivial task to select layers such that better but consistent quality playback is ensured when the network conditions are constantly varying. In our work, we address this layer selection problem in layered video delivery and show how smoother 1 quality video playback can be provided by utilizing the client buffer for prefetching. We first define smoothness criteria, design metrics for measuring it, and then develop off-line algorithms to maximize smoothness for the case where the network bandwidth is varying but known a priori. We then describe an adaptive algorithm for providing smoothed layered video delivery that doesn't assume any knowledge about future bandwidth availability. The results of our experiments for measuring and comparing the performance these schemes are then presented. We conclude the paper with a brief discussion on our future work.


With the develop of Internet business,the Trojan industry has recently appeared the trend of Group.It is a serious threat to the security of Internet users.This article first discusses the trend of the past two years,Trojan development of new trends and technology development,then discussed how to cut off the industrial chain,routine safety protection of computer user,Website security and the management of payment platform on the internet.


Marx's thoughts on economic globalization are contained in his philosophical views, his ideas on historical materialism and his theory of world history. His philosophical transformation broke with the idealist ontology of old philosophy and made philosophical studies connect with reality. His historical materialism starts with the material production activities of human beings in the real world, discloses the rules and trends of the development of human societies, and reveals the sources and trends of the formation and development of world history. His theory of world history throws light on the source, impetus and trends by which human societies transition from regional history to world history, and scientifically analyzes the position and role of capitalism in world history, furnishing an ideological weapon for understanding economic globalization. Marx's thoughts on economic globalization mainly reveal the nature and trends of economic globalization; he emphasizes that economic globalization is a result of the global expansion of capitalism.


Within the framework of the development of new uses for sulphur, aimed essentially at the utilization of local production surpluses, the sulphur bitumen binder is an application generating considerable interest. The different studies conducted in the laboratory and subsequently experimented in the field have made it possible to assess the properties given to coated materials by this binder. Furthermore, as a result of the evolution of the cost of bitumen and sulphur and the various savings made possible by the use of this technique, the process is taking on increasing economic importance. Although it has remained up to the present time mainly on an experimental scale, the production of sulphur bitumen coated materials has increased year by year. The point is now reached where this binder has good chances of being used on a large scale. (TRRL)


We are developing multilayer reference materials for shallow depth profiling in secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). In this report, the potential of boron-nitride (BN)/silicon (Si) multilayers as the reference materials for shallow depth profiling is shown from the standpoint of SIMS analyses.


An understanding of mortar behavior in a multi-axial stress state is important and necessary to determine its influence on the strength, deformation, and failure mode of masonry. When masonry is subjected to vertical loads, mechanical interactions between blocks and mortar at the joints induce lateral tension and compression stresses. This phenomenon may affect the capacity and the failure mode of masonry structures. An experimental and analytical research program, therefore, was designed with the objective to expand the knowledge on the behavior of mortar subjected to triaxial stresses. This article presents the results of that experiment program and an analysis of the mechanical behavior of mortar samples under triaxial tests. In addition to compressive strength values, elastic modulus and Poisson's ratio values were obtained and are presented. Meaningful differences were observed between the triaxial and uniaxial tests and these differences are also discussed. In addition, the tests results and observed mortar behavior under different levels of confinement are compared to those made by other researchers.


Reports a study of 214 Chinese Canadian consumers across eight product categories. This study shows that intracultural differences in consumer behavior are inadequately explained by the psychological construct of ethnic identification, and that additional explanatory power is achieved when incorporating the ethnic homogeneity of social ties. The results of the study support the proposition that the ethnic homogeneity of strong social ties exerts significant influence over an individual's consumption of ethnic products, and is a much more robust predictor variable than ethnic identification. Also calls for a more theory‐based measure for the construct ethnic identification.


The objective of this work was to verify the productivity of beetroot plants to the application of the homeopatic medicine Staphysagria in the centesimal scale. The experiments had been lead in the organic farm area of the West University of the Parana State - Unioeste, Nucleus of experimental stations Dr. Antonio Carlos dos Santos Pessoa in the city of Marechal Cândido Rondon. The treatments consisted on the applications of three homeopatics powers of Staphisagria (6CH, 12CH, 30CH), distilled water and alcohol 10% a control. The results show that the use of the Staphysagria medicine in powers 6CH and 12 CH presented significantly superior in the income of dry substance and cool substance in relation to the too much treatments.


Objective Analysis of correlation detection of Survivin,Psmd10 and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Methods 30 cases of adenocarcinoma patients in our hospital from 2010 June to 2012 June were pancreatic duct,were retrospectively analyzed,and the expression of immunohistochemical method was used to detect pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tissue in patients with Survivin,Psmd10. Results for the detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in 30 cases after the discovery,the expression of Survivin,Psmd and 10 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma,and the expression of Survivin in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma was positively correlated with the degree of differentiation,patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma of the gender,age and tumor location was not associated with 10; Psmd expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tumor differentiation was positively related,not related to gender,age,tumor location,tumor size; the expression of Survivin,in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Psmd l0 are relevant to the. Conclusion In clinic,and detect the occurrence of Survivin,Psmd10 and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma,in development with Survivin and Psmd10 had synergetic effect of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma,according to Psmd10 Survivin,suggests that the changes can do work on prognosis of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma,is worthy to be popularized in practice.


Twenty‐seven natural flashes of three thunderstorms which occurred during October 2012 in Southern France are acoustically reconstructed and analyzed in the [0.1 − 180]‐Hz frequency bandwidth and the [0.3 − 20]‐km distance range. A 50‐m triangular array of four recalibrated microphones sampled at 500 Hz has been used for the recording. A novel method of separation of return strokes from intracloud discharges within the acoustical signal is detailed and systematically applied. It shows the possibility to separate nearby cloud‐to‐ground (CG) events or nearby and distant CGs of the same flash. The separation method yields a total of 36 return stroke signals and spectra, along with some intracloud signals. The combination of reconstruction, separation, and frequency analysis provides new insights on the origin of thunder infrasound, showing unambiguously that thunder infrasound originate dominantly from return strokes. Apart from the higher amplitude of CGs, no clear difference between intracloud and CG spectra is observed. No sharp frequency peaks can be put into evidence. The spectral variability with distance is highlighted, especially for the total acoustic energy and the center frequency and bandwidth. A link between acoustic energy and impulse charge moment change is also found, though only by a small number of data.


The 110 is an ascertained but undeveloped block in Changchunling area. It is affluent in geological reserves, and has greatly development potentiality. This paper use the software of Petrel to establish three-dimensional fine modeling which include structural models, porosity models and permeability models. The model has the grid size of 20 × 20m in the plane. These provide the geological basis for the next program of enacting efficient development plan of 110 block. Index Terms - Changchunling oilfield, undeveloped block, geological modeling, structural model


The article is devoted to the analysis of language personality by ivan peresvetov one of the most famous publicist of the 16 th century.