A radiographic image photographing method and a radiographic image photographing apparatus are provided. The radiation image photographing method using the radiographic image photographing apparatus includes: displaying a parameter value of the radiographic image photographing apparatus for a predetermined part of a target object and a preview image corresponding to the parameter value; changing the parameter value or the preview image based on a user's input; and changing the preview image according to the changed parameter value, or the parameter value according to the changed preview image.


The resonance tunnel diodes (RTDs) based on twobarrier heterostructures are still intensively investigated, first, as one of model structures of rapidly progressing nanoelectronics, and second, because they offer unique promise for applications in microwave technology and superhigh-speed digital devices [1]. In particular, it is shown that RTDs can be used as elements with negative differential conduction (NDC) at frequencies as high as 1 THz [2] and they preserve their nonlinear properties at frequencies as high as 10 THz [3]. The most widespread method applied to analyzing the current flow in an RTD is the dc measurement of its current‐voltage characteristics (CVCs). The CVC is


Abstract : The Eight-queens, the Mutilated Checkerboard of Golomb, Instant Insanity, and the various figures that can be built out of the seven Soma pieces are all examples of space-filling puzzles. Such puzzles may be described in terms of sets and groups. Puzzle solution is then seen to be a special case of finding an exact cover for a set. The latter can be solved by backtrack algorithms. Certain well-known combinatorics-reducing counting arguments applicable to the puzzles are formalized relative to the exact cover problem. Then the special group structure of the space-filling puzzles is used to choose specific counting arguments and to pick representatives for symmetrically equivalent solutions. (Author)


The general relationship of awareness to learning efficiency was investigated in a 2 × 2 factorial design with 20 Ss in each of four groups. Classical conditioning of meaning and verbal operant conditioning procedures were studied under two sets of instructions: one stated vague experimental purposes and the other, exact purposes. Ss' awareness of experimental procedures and purposes was measured Results indicated that with both classical and operant conditioning change in meaning occurred without awareness by Ss. A classical conditioning explanation of change in meaning was supported, but an operant conditioning explanation of change in terms of response frequency was not strengthened.


In case of wireless access networks significantly changes the way we live and work, bringing us closer anywhere at any time. Security, privacy, accountability, and efficiency issues are of most concern in such networks. because of need and importance, little research has been conducted on designing accountable and privacy-preserving authentication schemes for wireless access networks, and this motivates us to develop an authentication framework, namely APEA using Attribute Based Encryption, that defines new form of APEA while Existing version of APEA integrates a key management protocol, where key transfer mechanism is more complicated , time consuming and less secure In our proposed approach attribute based encryption does is that, it effectively binds the access-control policy to the data and the users(clients) instead of having a server mediating access to files. An effective approach to simultaneously achieve the four goals without involving any trusted third party. However, with the requirement of wireless area network security solution, this paper presents the various techniques on WAN authentication with certain constraints and analyzes their strengths and weaknesses.


With the roaring of the Long March 4 on the morning of October 21 2003, the CBERS-02 was placed into the predetermined orbit and so far two satellites have been launched under the joint effort of two largest developing countries, China and Brazil.


Introduction: External beam radiation therapy is a treatment modality for a group of malignancies clustered under one diagnostic heading as head and neck tumors. These tumors can be found in the oral cavity, larynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, nose, cervical esophagus, nose, lips and paranasal sinuses. The external beam radiation therapy relies on ionizing radiation to destroy the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of the malignant cells leading to their death. This study aimed at examining the side effects of ionizing radiation on salivary glands post radiation therapy of head and neck tumors.
Methods: A literature search using Google search engine, Science Direct and Medline was conducted to find publications detailing the side effects of ionizing radiation on the salivary glands and the consequential effects on the quality of life of people previously treated for head and neck tumors using external radiation beam therapy.
Results: Ionizing radiation causes structural and physiological alteration of the salivary glands resulting in reduced functional capacity and reduced saliva flow rates. People previously treated for head and neck tumors suffer from dry mouth, dental caries, oral candidiasis, mouth pain and sleeping problems.
Conclusion: People treated for head and neck tumors with ionizing radiation suffer from dry mouth, dental caries, and malnutrition among other associated health problems.


46 Purves, D. W., Lichstein, J. W., Strigul, N. & Pacala, S. W. (2008) Predicting and understanding forest dynamics using a simple tractable model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 105, 17018-17022. Ricklefs, R. E. (2008) Disintegration of the ecological community. American Naturalist, 172, 741-750. Ricklefs, R. E. (2009) A brief response to Brooker et al.'s comment. American Naturalist, 174, 928-931. Vellend, M. (2010) Conceptual synthesis in community ecology. Quarterly Review of Biology, in press. Robert P. Freckleton Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.shef.ac.uk/aps/staff/acadstaff/ freckleton.html


The paper we present pGBbBShift. This algorithm permits to code any Region of Interest (ROI) in a perceptual way, i.e. the presented algorithm introduces some characteristics of the Human Visual System. Furthermore, it introduces features of chromatic induction to the GBbBShift method when bitplanes of ROI and background areas are coded. Thus, the included features balance visual importance of some pixels regardless their numerical importance, namely we avoid to use Information Theory criteria. Visual criteria are applied using the CIWaM, which is contrast band-pass ?lter that predicts color perception. pGBbBShift is compared against classical ROI algorithms, such as the MaxShift method of JPEG2000 and results show that there is no perceptual difference. pGBbBShift method is an open algorithm that can be applied in any wavelet based image coder such as JPEG2000, SPIHT or SPECK. Finally, we applied pGBbBShift to Hi-SET coder and we obtain the best results when the overall visual image quality is assessed


For more than a decade, our group has been developing the methods and systems required to have spatial control over material placement and structure creation, leading to, for example, the realisation of complex three-dimensional (3D) devices that integrate electronics and thus intelligence within mechanical structures as well as 3D spatially complex bioactive, implantable, tissue engineered constructs. There are myriad issues associated with combining multiple materials to create functional products, ranging from the deposition and processing of different materials to the combined performance of the materials in the resulting product. Stereolithography (SL) has been the primary technology focus of this work because it offers high quality surface finish, dimensional accuracy, and a variety of material options that includes implantable materials. Moreover, SL builds in essentially ambient, minimally controlled environmental conditions that provide easy access to the build chamber and enable straightforward conversion of existing single material SL systems to multiple material and hybrid manufacturing systems. This paper describes the development of multiple material and multiple technology (hybrid) stereolithography systems capable of manufacturing multiple material structures with mechanical, electrical, and biochemical functionality.


as shown in area E of figure 1 to paragraph (e) of this AD for pitting, corrosion, or a crack. Remove any surface rust with a wire brush or steel wool. (2) If there is a crack, pitting, or corrosion, before further flight, replace the mast with an airworthy mast. (3) Within 10 days, report any findings of a crack, pitting, or corrosion to the address listed in paragraph (g)(1) of this AD. Include the number of hours TIS and calendar time since the last overhaul and inspection of the mast and the restricted category type of the helicopter. A federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information displays a current valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number for this information collection is 2120–0056. Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to be approximately 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, completing and reviewing the collection of information. All responses to this collection of information are mandatory. Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden and suggestions for reducing the burden should be directed to the FAA at: 800 (2) For operations conducted under a 14 CFR part 119 operating certificate or under 14 CFR part 91, subpart K, we suggest that you notify your principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager of the local flight standards district office or certificate holding district office before operating any aircraft complying with this AD through an AMOC. SUMMARY: In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1823 (2008), which, among other things, terminated sanctions against Rwanda concerning ''arms and related materiel'' imposed in 1994 pursuant to UNSCR 918. This rule includes conforming changes in the EAR related to the termination of the United Nations embargo on ''arms and related materiel'' against Rwanda, including the removal of machetes from the Commerce Control List (CCL). Further, BIS amends Part 746 (Embargoes and Other Special Controls) of the EAR to require a license to export or reexport certain items to countries subject to United Nations Security Council arms embargoes. A presumptive …


Abstract From a yearlong qualitative study, I propose an explanation for the growing frustration amongst educators and students who find their imaginings for a social justice education largely unmet, if not deliberately crushed, in the public school classroom. I argue that competing conceptions of social justice manifest as public performances as well as innocuous behind‐the‐scene interactions inextricably entrenched within neoliberal demands. To illustrate, I use Scott's (1990) concept of public and hidden transcripts to examine how students and their teacher, in the face of authority, act out institutional demands, yet offstage in more private quarters, furtively reclaim their personal notions of what justice work entails. As found, teachers and students simultaneously embody two conflicting approaches in their work in classrooms: those bent on social justice with concerns over issues of equity, diversity, and community activism, and those of neoliberal school cultures that foster competition, evidence‐based practices, and rugged individualism. As teachers and students keenly assess the degree of surveillance and the consequences for noncompliance, both these approaches coexist and are articulated differentially according to perceptions of space. As found, and perhaps unsurprisingly, it becomes their performative stealth in the hidden corners of the institution that allows for individual notions of freedom and resistance to grow.


Abstract Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the relationship between academic language registers and school success in the German-speaking education system. However, we still know very little about the actual effects that academic language has on the academic performance of students, for instance, in how far the extent to which academic language is used in subject tasks actually makes these tasks more difficult. It is therefore highly vital that any operationalization of difficulty-inducing linguistic features of tasks is made on solid theoretical and empirical grounds. The purpose of this article is thus to present the linguistic foundation used in an interdisciplinary empirical study in which 1.346 7th and 8th graders solved a set of subject-oriented tasks from Maths, Physics, German, PE and Music, while the degree of linguistic demands in the tasks was systematically varied. First, the theoretical and empirical research on linguistic difficulty from a range of research discourses is discussed. The findings are merged into a model of linguistic demands. Its operationalization is then illustrated in three linguistically varied versions of the subject-specific tasks. Finally, an outlook on preliminary results of the empirical study is given, which indicate that the categories used in the model actually do produce differences in subject-task difficulty, even though there are a number of effects that need further investigation.


The researh about 'The Effect of Addition of Various Concentration of Probiotic Starter on Feed to the Development of Local Chicken Gallus domesticus' has been done. The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of addition of various concentration of probiotic starter on body weight gain, feed conversion and appearance of local chicken Gallus domesticus. MRSA medium (Man Rogosa Sharpe Agar) is used to cultivate of pure culture probiotic isolate. The grown isolates diluted and made a starter for local chicken's feed. The feed consist of mixture of soft corn and bran and added with various concentration of probiotic i.e 10 7 cfu/ml, 10 9 cfu/ml, 10 11 cfu/ml and without probiotic. This research is use completely randomized design with 4 treatments, each treatment consist of 11 local chicken. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results showed that administration of probiotic on feed gives no significantly different effect (P > 0.05) on body weight gain and feed conversion of chicken. Probiotic affect the appearance of local chicken. The concentration probiotic of 10 9 cfu/ml gives the highest body weight gain and the lowest feed conversion of local chicken.


The electromagnetic and thermal response of composites subjected to magnetic fields is simulated by solving Maxwell and heat transfer equations simultaneously. The developed analysis accounts for the anisotropic nature of the electrical and thermal properties in three dimensions. A finite-element code is developed to predict the response of composite structures subjected to transient magnetic fields. The analysis has been validated against a closed-form solution and applied to simulate the induction heating process of composite cylinders. The developed analysis can be applied to the design of modern electrical weapons and used to simulate composite manufacturing processes such as induction cure.


Acute aortic dissection is a life threatening condition that remains a challenge to diagnose and treat. 67% patients was presented with Acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) and often accompanied with some complications.

 A 40-year-old male with risk factor hypertension was presented with sudden sharp tearing-like chest pain and radiating to the back 3 hours before admission. He had transient decrease of consciousness and waken up spontaneously. He was compos mentis, with normal JVP, normal heart sound, no pulsus deficit, hypotension, cold acral and oliguria. He got fluid rehydration and the BP was stabilized. Haemoglobin was normal with increase D-Dimer. The ECG was normal and chest radiography revealed cardiomegaly and widening mediastinum. From eyeballing echocardiogram showed moderate pericardial effusion without right atrial and right ventricle collapse. A CT scan angiography was performed and revealed an Aortic Dissection Stanford A Debakey I.

 The development of an evidence-based strategy to rule out aortic dissection in patients presenting chest pain would be useful to diagnose patients with chest pain. Rapid diagnosis of dissection is most likely when CT is a part of the diagnostic testing. Hypotension and shock occurred in > 25% of patients with type ATAAD and in this patient was associated transient loss of consciousness. This patient was in impending rupture condition. The definitive treatment for this patient was emergency aortic repair surgery. We was succeded to stabilize the patient then referred to a cardiothoracic surgeon in 24 hours later.


This article investigates the notion of the "creative worker" in the context of the cultural and creative industries. It examines the positive aspects of creative employment, such as autonomy, self-expression, and a dynamic workplace. Nevertheless, it highlights the paradoxical nature of creative work, in which employees frequently confront precarious and exploitative conditions. The article discusses the disparities creative workers face, including the prevalence of insecure and project-based contracts, mental health issues, and gender, ethnicity, and class disparities. Using empirical evidence and scholarly debates, this article challenges the notion of a meritocratic creative economy and raises concerns about the systemic barriers marginalised groups encounter. It provides a comprehensive examination of the realities and complexities of working in the creative industries.


ABSTRACT The effect of donor–acceptor (D-A) substituent and chain length on the electrical polarisabilities and first hyper polarisability of cis and trans biphenyl oligomeric compounds have been investigated using density functional theory-based hybrid functional CAM-B3LYP with 6-311G (2d,2p) basis set. Our extensive computational study reveals that both average polarisability and first hyper polarisability of the studied compounds increase with the increasing ethylene spacer chain length. Again the substitution of donor (NMe2) and acceptor (C≡N) at the para position of the phenyl rings to each oligomer shows order of magnitude increase of both αav and βav value compared to the unsubstituted one. This increased αav and βav values have been explained due to increasing charge transfer contribution resulting from decreasing optical energy gap (ΔE = S1 − S0) upon D-A substitution. It is also observed that the charge transfer contribution to first hyperpolarisability (βCT) is more than the polarisability (αCT) for the studied molecules. The electronic spatial extent () which is a measure of electron density volume around the molecule is found to play a major role along with the intramolecular charge transfer character to explain the non-linear variation of first hyperpolarisability (βav) as a function of ethylene spacer chain length (n) and D-A substitution. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


Background and Objectives: Testicular torsion is an emergency. Thus, early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are fundamental to avoid irreversible testicular damage. The present study aimed to throw more light on the histological alterations in adult albino rat's ipsilateral testis after unilateral testicular torsion and detorsion (T/D) and to demonstrate the effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) injection on these alterations.Materials and Methods: Twenty seven adult healthy male albino rats were divided into 3 main equal groups: Group I (Control group), Group II (T/D): the rats were surgically operated to perform T/D and Group III (T/D+MSCs): the animals were injected with MSCs in tail vein at the end of the surgery. All rats were sacrificed ten weeks from the start of the experiment and testis specimens were processed to be examined by light and electron microscope. Blood specimens were taken to measure serum testosterone level.Results: Degenerative changes were observed in spermatogenic and Sertoli cells of T/D group and were associated with statistical significant reduction in serum testosterone level, height of germinal epithelium, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and vimentin immunoexpression. These changes were observed to be reduced in T/D+MSCs group.Conclusions: MSCs treatment could protect the spermatogenic and Sertoli cells from degenerative changes in testis after T/D in adult albino rats. Hence, MSCs therapy could be considered as a promising therapeutic tool to preserve spermatogenesis in cases of testicular T/D and should be more studied either on experimental animals or human.


Optimized solution can't be found in the global scope based on the present searching strategy of focused crawler.A focused crawler method based on genetic algorithm is proposed through the analysis and study of genetic algorithm.This method introduces the PageRank algorithm combined with text contents,computes the page topic similarity with vector space model algorithm,and judges the importance of web page according to web link structure and topic similarity.At the same time,the genetic factors are selected on basis of the importance of web page.The system sets fitness function to select pages relevant with topic.Compared to focused crawler,the topic crawler based on genetic algorithms could obtain the web pages which have strong correlation with subjects,and improve the importance of access web pages,and satisfy user's demand for searching topic webs they're interested in.So in a certain extent,the above problems are solved.


Coupled‐states (CS) and close‐coupling (CC) calculations for collisions of NO(X 2Π) with Ar are reported, based on the potential surface of Nielson, Parker, and Pack [J. Chem. Phys. 66, 1396 (1977)]. The CS approximation is shown to be accurate and was used to generate converged cross sections at total energies of 0.035, 0.0555, and 0.0708 eV. Comparison with CS cross sections, obtained by neglecting the spin and electronic orbital angular momentum of the molecule, indicate that this neglect can introduce substantial error. At low J, the calculated cross sections are unaffected by inclusion of the spin‐rotation coupling terms in the molecular Hamiltonian. Both for transitions within the Ω=1/2 spin‐orbit manifold and for Ω=1/2→3/2 transitions we find good qualitative agreement with the relative J→J′ cross sections, summed over the Λ doublets, determined experimentally by Joswig and Andresen [J. Chem. Phys. 77, 2204 (1982), and to be published]. In particular the Ω=1/2→3/2 cross sections are about an order ...


Domino CMOS logic finds a wide variety of applications due to their high speed and low device count. However, this type of logic has the drawback of low noise immunity especially when compared to complementary CMOS logic. This is due to the leakage current and charge sharing. So, a PMOS keeper must be used in order to compensate for this leakage. However, the use of a keeper in the conventional domino circuit degrades the speed of the circuit or results in an erroneous output due to the contention current. In this paper, a novel technique that acts to speed up the operation of domino logic and to improve its noise immunity using a weak keeper is proposed. In this technique, a well designed NMOS transistor will be connected to the dynamic node in order to draw the contention current during the evaluation phase. The term "well designed" will be illustrated through the paper. A modification to the proposed technique will also be presented in which the precharge device need not be increased in size. Simulation will be carried out for the 0.13 µm technology with VDD=1.2 V for the case of AND gate with two inputs. Simulation results show that the speed improves by a factor of approximately 33% and the noise margin increases from only 100 mV to 600 mV in case the dynamic node is to be at logic "0" for the same transistor aspect ratios at the cost of adding only one NMOS transistor and increasing the size of the precharge device, or instead connecting two serially connected NMOS transistors to the dynamic node and keeping the size of the precharge device the same.


In the literature on risk and offender rehabilitation, forensic patients' accounts of their past concerns, daily dangers and future hazards are barely visible. The risk experiences of mentally ill offenders and ambiguities surrounding what constitutes an everyday life are often not acknowledged. Instead, the lives of forensic patients are described primarily in terms of expert discourses in which assessments are made of the potential harm they pose to themselves and others. This paper presents the case for qualitative research within a sociocultural theory framework that systematically addresses what forensic patients regard as risks as they move through forensic systems. Appropriate examples of research from multidisciplinary, critical and clinical research are reviewed. A sociocultural framework, as expounded by risk theorists such as Lupton (1999a), is compared with recent social constructionist accounts of risk experiences (Bradley & Morss, 2002) and realist risk positions built on expert - patient an...


Recent work on the evolution of utility has brought the blunt instrument of kin selection closer to the cluttered scalpel kit of social science. The concept of diminishing marginal utility can help streamline the latter. Reconciling ultimate causes with proximate inclinations, however, will be easier for the case of assistance from grandparents than assistance to them.


The present developmental status of low pressure me thanol synthesis technology at home and outland has been introduced, the cons-tructual type, process flow and application characteristic of isothermic cold tube type of low pressure methanol synthesis converter have been discussed, and the productive application example of this converter has been summarized.


In this paper, an integrated CAD system built around the database COSMIC is briefly introduced, then the COSMIC interface is described in some details. COSMIC is a multi-user, multi-base system, able to take into account multi-level circuit representations, such as functional, logical, symbolic or layout descriptions, as well as connectivity notions at both logical and geometric levels. It also includes protection and security facilities, management of propagation of changes through the design, and mechanisms of communication between databases that allow a team of designers to work in parallel on the same circuit.


Plants biostimulants (PBs) have been shown to play multiple roles in plant growth and to improve crop tolerance to abiotic stresses such as salinity. The present investigation was undertaken for the first time to study the effect of PBs - a plant-derived protein hydrolysate (PH), a root activator (RA) and a root stimulator (RS) - on Portulaca oleracea L. tolerance to salt stress. For this purpose, a Tunisian P. oleracea cultivar was cultivated in pots under a greenhouse. Plants were treated with a factorial combination of three nutrient solutions (non-salt control, 50 and 100 mM NaCl) and three PBs were applied to roots. Growth and physiological parameters were then determined. Main results showed that salt stress decreased shoot and root dry biomass, chlorophyll and carotenoid contents while it increased the content in total soluble sugars, proline and relative water contents. However, root application of the three PBs induced some significant differences in the agronomical and physiological responses between PB treated and untreated plants when subjected to sodium chloride salinity from 50 and 100 mM NaCl. Overall, the present study proves that the root application of these PBs increases the performance of P. oleracea plants under salinity conditions. Therefore, PBs can be used to improve the salt-stress tolerance of vegetable crops by increasing their physiological responses to abiotic stress Portulaca oleracea L.; plant; salinity; biostimulant; growth; physiology


The paper deals with probabilistic fractal tree (f.t.) model - a special case of discrete hierarchically organized system, when any its subsystems of level j is a structure consisting of k (branching number) identical subsystems of level j - 1, j = 1,...,n. One may use such systems for describing various physical developing processes that are often hierarchical in nature. For definiteness, the failure problem is considered. It is assumed that the elements of the system have random strength. Given an initial external load, the failure process starts from the lowest level 0 and propagates from level to level due to subsystem failures and load redistribution. When the process involves level n (the system as a whole), this is regarded as system collapse. The particular but important case of a system with statistically uniform elements under the condition of equal load sharing law is treated here for arbitrary branching number k ≥ 2. The aim of this paper is to find the distribution of system strength as a function of the element strength distribution and to study its behaviour when n becomes large. It is shown that the problem has no non-trivial threshold value for system strength.


ABSTRACT The right to die is an issue is predicated on larger cultural understandings of autonomy. Autonomy, in turn, is centered around assumptions of choice, that individuals are able to make health-related decisions based on a rational calculation. In such a way, a medically assisted death is differentiated from suicide. Through an ethnographic study of right-to-die activists in North America and Australia and how they understand ideals of "good deaths," this article will complicate this view by examining the ethical subject constructed by such activism that reveals autonomy to be a useful guiding fiction that mask larger ethical relationships.


This article uses an institutional framework to study how state socialist ideology influenced organization structure, governance modes, and administrative practices in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). An in-depth analysis of one organization, the Staatliche Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen (Meissen) was undertaken, employing qualitative field research methods. Our study shows how state socialism, as a complete institutional environment, imposes structures and practices on organizations. The methods that Meissen employed to buffer its technical core against the demands of the institutional environment are explored. Administrative practices' role in rationalizing and legitimating state ideology are highlighted; we further show that those structures and practices most influenced by state ideology were the first ones to be discarded when the regime was overthrown.


This paper describes the results of an interview study conducted at ten industrial sites. The interview focused on the work practices of software engineers engaged in maintaining large scale systems. Five 'truths' emerged from this study. First, software maintenance engineers are experts in the systems they are maintaining. Second, source code is the primary source of information about systems. Third, the documentation is used, but not necessarily trusted. Fourth, maintenance control systems are important repositories of information about systems. Finally, reproduction of problems and/or problem scenarios is essential to problem solutions. These truths confirm much of the conventional wisdom in the field. However, in fleshing them out, details were elaborated, and additionally new knowledge was acquired. These results are discussed with respect to tool design.


Abstract : Improved small-crack stress intensity factors are important for accurate fatigue crack growth prediction. This report presents accurate small-crack stress intensity factor distributions for the American Society for Testing Materials middle tension test specimen, derived in three dimensions utilising the advanced finite element method code StressCheck for a parametric study of a range of small crack sizes and shapes. This information was not readily available in reference books. The results have been presented in tabulated normalised form for future reference and clearly show the influence of the specimen notch on the variation of stress intensity factors.


The advent of autonomous vehicles is indeed a potential field of research in today's situation. Connected Vehicles (CV) have received a lot of attention in the last decade, which has resulted in CV as a Service (CVaaS). With the advent of taxi services, there is a need for or demand for robust, seamless, and secure information transmission between the vehicles connected to a vehicular network. Thus, the concept of vehicular networking is transformed into novel concept of autonomous and connected vehicles. These autonomous vehicles will serve as a better experience by providing instant information from the vehicles via congestion reduction. The significant drawback faced by the invention of autonomous vehicles is the malicious floor of intruders, who tend to mislead the communication between the vehicles resulting in the compromised smart devices. To address these concerns, the best methodology that will protect and secure the control system of the autonomous vehicle in real time is blockchain. This research work proposes a blockchain framework in order to address the security challenges in autonomous vehicles. This research work enhances the security of smart vehicles thereby preventing intruders from accessing the vehicular network. To validate the suggested technique, money security criteria such as changing stored user ratings, probabilistic authentication scenarios, smart device compromise, and bogus user requests were employed. The observed findings have been documented and analysed, revealing an 82% success rate.


An exasperated corporation executive recently summed up what was, to him, the paramount problem of any business: It's full of people. Organization Development, born in industry, has done much good in that setting, but it often multiplies the problems of a health care system rather than solving them. Herè are some of the reasons — many of them people.


Abstract The sensitivity of various species and life stages of Alaskan freshwater and anadromous fishes to benzene and the water-soluble fraction of Prudhoe Bay crude oil was determined with 96-hour toxicity tests. Freshwater juveniles of the six salmonid species tested had similar sensitivities. Median tolerance limits (TLm's) of these salmonids for crude oil ranged from 2.7 to 4.4 mg/liter; TLm's of benzene ranged from 11.7 to 14.7 μl/liter. Threespine sticklebacks and, to a lesser extent, slimy sculpins were more tolerant than salmonids and had larger TLm's: Threespine sticklebacks had a crude-oil TLm of 10.4 mg/liter and a benzene TLm of 24.8 μl/liter; slimy sculpins had a crude-oil TLm of 6.44 mg/liter and a benzene TLm of 15.4 μl/liter. Eggs of pink salmon and coho salmon were quite tolerant to crude oil (TLm > 12 mg/liter) and benzene (TLm = 339–542 μl/liter). Emergent fry were the most sensitive freshwater stage (crude-oil TLm = 8.0 mg/liter; benzene TLm = 12.3–17.1 μl/liter). Out-migrant salmonid...


In the article,numerical simulation will be used to analyze temperature field and temperature stress in big pier with ANSYS.Then,in order to seek the crackle mechanism of the big pier in case of environmental temperature changing suddenly,the impaction produced by environmental temperature on big pier temperature field and temperature stress of the environmental temperature will be studied in detail.Summarize the universal law of temperature field and temperature stress changing in similar large-scale concrete,and propose the protection scheme and suggestion.


In recent years there has been renewed interest in geriatric nephrology. Very recently an American Society of Nephrology committee designed a geriatric nephrology curriculum in an attempt to prepare the next generation of nephrologists for comprehensive care of the older population with kidney disease. Moreover, in the last three editions of the ASN annual Renal Week programme a two day course on geriatric nephrology was included. Over time, there has been an increased emphasis on the blending of nephrology and geriatrics subspecialties, which has culminated in the publication of more nephrology-related research articles designated solely to the elderly and the very elderly. A fellowship course at the American Society of Nephrology meeting in geriatric nephrology is now offered and the faculties at some universities have dual fellowships in these areas. In Italy, a research group was set up three years ago in the setting of the Italian Society of Nephrology and detailed congresses were sold out in Trento (2009 and 2011) and in San Giovanni Rotondo (2010 and 2012: the proceedings of both these two meetings are published in a special number of the Journal of Nephrology ). Nowadays it is quite clear that the clinical nephrologist will increasingly encounter an older population of patients with unique care issues. These will range from controversies over the diagnosis and treatment of specific disease entities and the increased number of complicating comorbidities to competing issues of quality of life versus aggressive care options. Thus, nephrologists in many parts of the world will face epidemiologic, research and clinical challenges that did not exist in the past. There are at least two main factors that may account for this concern. First, the spectacular increase in the incidence of new patients with ESRD over the age of 65; this segment of our population is the fastest growing group of patients requiring Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Research Institute "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia Italy Filippo Aucella, Antonio Cicchella The role of the nephrologist in the care of geriatric patients EDITORIAL


EngiMath is a 3 ECTS online course in engineering mathematics, in seven different languages, and it is the main and practical output of the ERASMUS+ project entitled "Mathematics online learning model in engineering education" in which the authors were participating. The course is integrated with Learning Management Systems such as Moodle and it is compatible with other platforms using Learning Tools Interoperability. Once the project is finished, authors undertake, with the support of the Institute of Education Sciences at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTECH (UPC), an innovation project, EngiMath@UPC, with three practical objectives: a) to incorporate EngiMath into the teaching activity of the widest as possible range of students at UPC, b) to gather students and faculty feedback regarding the tracking of materials and their performance in the student training process, and c) to statistically analyze the data collected in order to validate and adjust the follow-up of the materials. In connection with the above mentioned objective b) a training course addressed to the math professors has been prepared at UPC. The paper introduces, on the one hand, the EngiMath course as an online open educational resource for the academic community benefit, and on the other hand, analyzes the valuable feedback given by the training activity participants. Details on the online course implementation as well as main conclusions will be presented and discussed throughout the document.


The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in running gait joint kinetics within high level triathletes, middle distance runners and sprinters. Fifteen high level athletes (five athletes from each discipline group) ran at their typical race pace along a 55m indoor track. Kinematic and ground reaction force data were captured and average joint angles, velocities, moments and powers calculated for the lower limb. Group average curves with 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Differences in running velocity, ground reaction forces and hip joint kinematics and kinetics were observed. It was suggested that differences reflected potential training adaptations and/or coaching strategies specific to each discipline group. Observed differences may provide valuable insight into potential areas for performance enhancement.


This volume is a collection of papers presented at the conference I generi letterari nell'età dei Flavi. Canoni, trasformazioni, ricezione, held in Turin, September 2013. As is inevitably the case with collective books in which studies delivered at meetings of researchers are published, the volume suffers from a certain imbalance; papers on the epic genre practically equal in number those devoted to other genres (literary history, encyclopaedism, oratory, epigram and occasional poetry). As Federica Bessone and Marco Fucecchi point out in the Introduction, the aim of this book is not to offer theoretical redefinitions of the concept of 'genre' but to show the complex interrelations that the Flavian poets establish between the genres consecrated by their predecessors. Many of the contributions herein give ample space to immanent literary history. This is logical, in the sense that literary self-consciousness is a prototypical feature of the Flavian authors. They proudly recognise the scope of their innovations and their ability to confer the status of high literature on the new genres that they create or recreate; and, above all, they are aware of their mastery in putting polyeideia and uarietas into practice. All this means that, in the Flavian age, the boundaries between genres are blurred to an unprecedented extent. Yet it is also the reason why Flavian authors adopt a constant self-positioning towards previous and contemporary Greek and Roman production and, hence, through their explicit or oblique literary statements, that they are reliable spokespersons of an immanent approach to the history of Greco-Roman literature.


Background: Invasion and metastasis in tumors are considered as two most important reasons for the reduction of treatment efficiency, as well as an increase in the mortality rate among the patients. According to the evidence, HOX transcript antisense RNA (HOTAIR) accounts for one of the main IncRNAs associated with the development and expansion of gastric cancer (GC). Objectives: This research investigates the impact of HOTAIR suppression on the expression and translation of the ZEB1 marker in GC. Methods: The knockdown HOTAIR was in the AGS cell line using small interfering RNA targeting against HOTAIR (si-HOTAIR). The impact of HOTAIR expression on the cell proliferation was previously evaluated by the MTT assay. The expression of the zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) gene in transfected cell lines was quantified compared to the control samples using the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was also used to assess the HOTAIR suppression impact on the ZEB1 protein. Results: The findings revealed that a decrease in the HOTAIR expression could cause a reduction in the proliferation and growth of cancer cells (Fold changes = 0/28, P-value < 0.01). According to the impact of changes in the HOTAIR expression levels on the ZEB1 expression, the ZEB1 expression level was directly correlated with HOTAIR so that a decrease in the HOTAIR expression led to a significant decline in the ZEB1 expression level (P-value < 0.05). At the protein level, the effect of the knockdown of HOTAIR expression on the reduction of ZEB1 protein was also observed. Conclusions: Our findings showed a significant association between the HOTAIR and ZEB1 expression levels. Overall, the HOTAIR-ZEB1 axis plays a vital role in the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process in human GC and represents a new therapeutic strategy for future GC treatment.


A recent result (see [Canad. J. Math., 44 (1992), pp. 924–940]) has bridged the gap between the Timan-type pointwise estimate and the norm estimate for polynomial approximation in $C[ - 1,1]$. Here, the authors show that for $f \in C^{(s)} [ - 1,1]$ the function and its derivatives of order j, $0 \leq j \leq s$, can be simultaneously approximated by polynomials of degree n and their derivatives in the appropriate manner.


O n February 21, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in three Clean Water Act cases, Carabell v. Of the trio, Carabell and Rapanos are the more portentous. They raise the single most contentious issue under the Clean Water Act: the extent to which the act's Section 404 dredge and fill permit program applies to wetlands. Wetlands generate an especially stark clash of opposing interests. Landowners perceive the potential for large profits to be earned by wetlands development, while environmentalists perceive the potential for significant environmental harms resulting from their destruction. In each case, the Sixth Circuit upheld the Army Corps of Engineers' determination that certain wetlands constituted "navigable waters," within the meaning of the CWA. The Corps relied on its regulation defining the act's geographic reach as extending to wetlands "adja-cent" to traditional navigable waters; i.e., waters that are, have been, or could have been made navigable in fact.The Carabell wetlands are separated by a dirt berm from a ditch that is hydrologically connected to traditional navigable waters. The Rapanos wetlands are hydrologically connected by surface water through a series of ditches and drains to a navigable waterbody about 20 miles away. The cases raise two questions: whether the Corps reasonably construed "navigable waters/ and whether, assuming that the Corps's construction was reasonable, such an assertion of legislative authority is within Congress's Commerce Gause authority. Neither side can be confident of the outcome because both the relevant statutory language and Supreme Court precedent offer so many conflicting signals. The CWA uses the term "navigable waters" to describe its geographic reach, but then defines that term to mean "wa-ters of the United States." The former strongly suggests that the waters must be "navigable," which wetlands most certainly are not, but the latter omits any reference to navigability. Moreover, the CWN s overall structure and purpose -"restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters"-strongly suggest that Congress was not confining the statute's reach to waters that are navigable in any traditional sense of that word. The Supreme Court's precedent only compounds the confusion. In 1985, the Court unanimously ruled in United States v.Riverside Bayview Homes that the Corps can validly construe navigable waters to reach wetlands that are not themselves navigable but that are "adjacent" to traditional navigable waters based on a groundwater hydrologic connection between the two. Relying on the CWA:s structure and purpose, …


The consumers in the Indian society are vastly influenced by religion, societal values, belief system, and rootedness in the core tradition. These core values are strongly embedded in their sub conscious mind and sub-culture. Keeping in mind of the need of each set of customers, several FMCG brands are cautious about launching of their brands in India. The cosmetics and personal care industry is one of the fastest growing consumer products sectors in India. The buying behaviour of the consumers is greatly influenced by the culture and its apparent homogeneity of preferences. Not many studies were undertaken by the researchers on the influence of cultural values and its impact of the consumer preferences and behaviour in India. The aims and objectives of the present study are to determine the importance of the cultural values that contribute, shape the consumer behaviour in the Indian context for the select brands of toothpaste and body soap.


To analyze the geologic factors of coal and gas outbursts in Maanshan Coal Mine,point out that faults and folds structures,coal thickness and its changes,conditions of hydrogeology and mining depth are main geologic factors of coal and gas outbursts.


This paper proposed a deep learning model for automatic evaluation of academic engagement based on video data analysis. A coding system based on the BROMP standard for behavioral, emotional, and cognitive states was defined to code typical videos in an autonomous learning environment. Then after the key points of human skeletons were extracted from these videos using pose estimation technology, deep learning methods were used to realize the effective recognition and judgment of motion and emotions. Based on this, an analysis and evaluation of learners' learning states was accomplished, and a prototype of academic engagement evaluation system was successfully established eventually.


The CMOS MEMS capacitive transducer is integrated on the same chip for the point-of-care (PoC) applications. A low-noise sensing system using the sub-sampling technique to suppress the interface noise is presented. The biomarker is vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The proposed sensing system converts the capacitance variations caused by the VEGF concentration at the transducer into digital codes with a low-power SAR-assisted time-to-digital converter (TDC). CMOS MEMS interdigitated electrodes are adopted as the transducer. Post-process etching and Au plating are applied on the surface of the electrodes. Experimental results show that a capacitive resolution of 28.3 fF and a sensing range of VEGF concentration from 1 to 1000 pg/ml are achieved. The power consumption of the sensing front-end is 18 μW and overall sensing system is merely 60.65 μW. The FOM of the proposed low-power VEGF sensing system is 587.8 pJ/conv.-step.


This article examines my three-year journey developing a personal pedagogy of teacher education. As an autobiographical self-study, nodal moments are revealed that raise and reflect the tensions I experienced and the challenges I encountered. These included developing an awareness of my incomplete understandings of key components of teacher education, particularly the importance of fostering critical reflection. Acknowledgement of the benefits and complexities of first facilitating and later assessing reflective practice followed next. My transformation from a confident school-board resource teacher to an uncertain teacher educator, who reiteratively questions her practices as she comes to understand and teach to promote conceptual change, resonates with the uncertain terrain of teacher education. I explore the implications of this self-study by discussing the need for support, suggesting that teacher educators, particularly part-time instructors, be provided with opportunities to examine their teacher education beliefs. I recommend self-study groups as vehicles for this support.


This IMF Departmental Paper presents the key areas in which countries of the Middle East, North Africa, and the Caucasus and Central Asia (MECA) can enhance governance and fight corruption to achieve their economic policy goals. It draws on advances that have already taken hold in the region.


Background and Objectives: A process for monitoring the prescribing of common pregnancy category D or X medications in women of childbearing age (ages 12 to 50) was developed and implemented by clinical pharmacists within a residency clinic. The project goals were to determine 1) if providers value the monitoring of their prescribing practices, 2) if they value the process used by the clinic, and 3) if providers report changing prescribing practices or note increased awareness when prescribing pregnancy category D or X medications in women of childbearing age as a result of the monitoring process.
METHODS: An electronic survey was distributed to the 43 providers currently practicing in the clinic. Survey questions covered topics including value of monitoring prescribing practices for pregnancy category D or X medications in women of childbearing age, value of the specific monitoring process used at the clinic, frequency of consideration of pregnancy status and contraception use when prescribing medication, and suggestions for improvement on the monitoring process.
RESULTS: The response rate was 81.4% (n=35). Results showed all responders valued the monitoring of their prescribing of pregnancy category D or X medications and the monitoring process used by the clinic. Providers reported the monitoring process increased how often they thought about a patient's pregnancy status and contraception use when prescribing medications.
CONCLUSIONS: The monitoring process is valued by providers and impacts prescribing practices. It is a quality process that could be implemented by clinical pharmacists in other primacy care practices to enhance the safe prescribing of medications for women of childbearing age.

Type: Original Research


The invention discloses a preparation method for poly aluminum chloride. The preparation steps are as follows: aluminum ash is added with alkaline substance and roasted to be modified under 300DEG C to 550DEG C; acid solution catalyst, the concentration of which is 16 to 18 percent, is heated to 60DEG C to 90DEG C in a reaction kettle, the aluminum ash which is modified by roasting is then poured into the reaction kettle for acid-leaching reaction, and the reaction time is 1 to 2 hours; hydrogen peroxide, the concentration of which is 55 to 65 percent, and calcium aluminate powder, the concentration of which is 20 to 30 percent, are then added into the reaction kettle for oxidation reaction, the reaction time is 0.5 to 1 hour, so that poly aluminum chloride reaction liquid is obtained, the reaction liquid is filter-pressed, and filtrate is directly spray-dried, so that the solid poly aluminum chloride product is obtained. Compared with the prior art, the preparation method has the following advantages: the aluminum dissolution rate can reach more than 90 percent after the aluminum ash is modified by roasting, energy consumption in the process of roasting can be effectively reduced, the production cost is reduced, and moreover, the production process is simple and convenient.


It is a method for producing a liquid station with an expensive plant fiber digestion enzyme preparation or the enzyme enhancing plant fiber digestion using the liquid culture medium without the need of using gene recombinant strain described. Also, disclosed is a method for preparing a dry soup liquid product and industrial alcohol (ethanol) Using the liquid station. It did not receive the liquid that is all or part of the surface containing the grains covered with at least the shell of culture medium, the liquid culture medium and pre-treatment of the surface containing the beans and / or potatoes covered with a sheath (e.g., seswae or breakage) amaranth and / or a method for manufacturing a liquid station comprising a rake step of culturing the Aspergillus (culture raw material) at least one liquid culture medium selected from a liquid culture medium containing quinoa liquid by controlling the amount of the culture material in the liquid culture medium amylase per at least in the stations, acid α- amylase and method for manufacturing a liquid station that production and accumulation of the plant fiber digestion enzymes at the same time; A method for producing a dried liquid using the liquid culture medium product station, said method characterized in that the drying station the liquid produced by the above-mentioned method; And a method using a liquid station for producing ethanol by a fermentation process. Liquid station, Aspergillus, fermentation, plant fiber degradation enzymes


Accounting assessment is a process with tax implications on accounting figures. In fact, when it comes to evaluation, we need to clarify exactly what is being refered to: it s about the individual assessment of an asset or liability, or about the global assessment of a business. So, in a narrower approach, in accounting we are particularly interested in the individual assessment of assets and liabilities. In the evaluation, the concept of value is the primary element, accounting, especially along with the application of the principle of economic prevalence over the juridic, managed to convey the best measure those interested, information about how to create, to mesure and how to comunicate to business partners the value. The tax implication that arise after the evaluation of the individual elements of the asset, influence the result of the exercise by including the expenditure in the total expenses generated by the evaluation. The main asset elements, which following the evaluation generate tax implications are the tangible fixed asset, financial and stocks. Based on this consideration, one of the main objectives of this paper is to highlight the tax implications arising from the evaluation of financial instruments that generate tax liabilities.


Windborne debris during a hurricane may cause damage to building facades, resulting in significant economic losses and injury or death. Recent building codes have adopted variations of the large-wind-missile impact test in order to certify roof/wall components for hurricane resistance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of commonly used Florida wall and roof assemblies under enhanced large-wind-missile impact testing, beyond the basic test specified in the Florida Building Code. Relevant standards specify similar enhanced standards for essential facilities and shelters. Based on a thorough literature review, a list of wall and roof assemblies that had not been tested before was selected. Wall assemblies included wood and metal framing systems and concrete panels. Roof assemblies included metal framing systems and concrete panels. A comprehensive list of wall and roof assemblies that passed the enhanced test was developed. Assemblies that should be avoided in the construction of essential facilities were also noted.


Toxoplasma gondii nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase (NTPDase) 1 was crystallized in an intermediate tetrameric conformation. The crystal structure is similar to that of T. gondii NTPDase3 and represents an inactive conformation as the activating disulfide bridge is not reduced and the active site cleft between the two domains of each monomer is open. However, the arrangement of the monomers within the tetramer differs from that of the inactive form of NTPDase3 and may represent an intermediate conformation on the path of the closure motion of the tetramer induced upon activation. Proteins 2013; 81:1271–1276. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


In this paper, we measured the electrical and optical characteristics of an electrodeless fluorescent lamp system as product of the inside and outside of the country and compared the measured data. Output current wave of domestic 150W is unstable than it's of Endura 150W. But the former of spend time after discharge and output current value is small than the latter. And optical characteristics(brightness. flux, color rendering index, efficiency) value of the former is a little small than the latter. In conclusion, if we improve a little more quality then we must secure the superiority in competition.


On the basis of the general expression of rectangle waveguide mode-spectrogram,the equivalent network is analyzed in the paper,and the linear fraction transformation method for detecting the multi-mode transmission in rectangle waveguide is introduced.Examples and experimental data are also given.The experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretic results.The results indicate that the operating frequency of the standard 3cm waveguide is able to reach 16GHz with the dominant mode transmission in specific conditions.


(2S,4S)-4-Isopropyl-N-tosyl-1,3-oxazolidines (3a-e) having methyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, o-bromophenyl, or o-formylphenyl group at the 2-position of the ring were synthesized, and these products were confirmed to consist of one isomer by 1 H-nmr spectral analyses in spite of a newly created asymmetric center at the 2-position. The absolute configurations of 3a-e were determined by difference nuclear Overhauser effect studies


The learning experience of 150 third‐year medical students in the specific area of paediatric oncology during a 6‐week required paediatric clerkship, was assessed.


An emergency medicine course using a fully computerised human patient simulator is outlined under the following headings: program structure; program evaluation; results; and discussion. (non-author abstract)


There were many offshoots of old Kiso River in the Nobi plain. Most of the areas along the offshoots of old Kiso River have been developed as farmland, industrial land, housing land, etc. Those developed lands will have the possibility of potential risks of flood due to the lower ground and liquefaction due to the existences of loose sandy layer as well as shallow underground water. The findings are shown from the historical viewpoint in this paper.


AbstractIn view of the growing medicinal importance of chromene and its derivatives, the single crystal X-ray diffraction studywas carried out for the potential active 4,6-dimethyl-9-phenyl-8,12-dioxa-4,6-diazatetracyclo [8.8.0.02,7.013,18]octadeca-2(7),13,15,17-tetraene-3,5,11-trione-2-ethoxyphenyl (2E)-but-2-enoate (C 18 H 20 N 2 O 5 ). In the title compound are twomolecules exist in the asymmetric unit. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2 1 /c with unit cell dimensiona=14.608(3) A, b=12.845(3) and c= 17.781(4) [alpha & gamma=90 o beta=91.233(5) o ]. Both pyran and pyran ring of thechromene moiety adopts sofa conformation in the molecule A & B. The crystal structure is stabilized by intramolecularC-H...O hydrogen bond interaction.Keywords: Pyran; Chromene; Sofa Conformation; Single Crystal Structure; X-ray Diffraction (XRD) 1. Introduction The chromene moiety regularly appears as a principalstructural component in various biologically importantorganic compounds such as flavonoids, natural alka-loids, tocopherols and anthocyanins


JEFFREY OXFORD. Reyes Calderon's Lola MacHor Series. A Conservative Feminist Approach to Modern Spain. Eastbourne, UK: Academic Press. 2015. 162 pp. ISBN 978-1-84519-646-2.This book is a thorough analysis of the five novels that make up the series about the Spanish examining magistrate Lola MacHor so far. Oxford looks closely at many a feature in Reyes Calderon's crime fiction, which includes Lola herself, her husband Jaime, a scientist who gives her a hand with his experience in research, and Iturri, a former colleague now working, conveniently, for the Interpol. Oxford covers the five novels in detail and offers a minute summary of each of them, both as an appendix and as part of the descriptive analysis developed in the main body of the book. Chapters four and five, exploring issues relating to criminality and social criticism, are especially relevant, substantial and informative, and give readers a good insight into Calderon's novels and into MacHor's private and professional life.I could agree with Oxford that Lola is a good exponent of contemporary Spanish female characters in crime fiction written by female writers. But while it is true that MacHor has reached the highest rank female characters get to, she is not the only one to have a family or to try to reconcile work and motherhood - not in Spanish crime fiction and not in the now popular Nordic noir novels. What is more difficult to accept is that Lola MacHor constitutes a paradigm of post-Franco women, or that her development 'parallels the typical Spanish female woman of her age' (3). The fact that she has a large family and is clearly against abortion might voice her own way of thinking, but it does not represent a significant number of women in Spain today. Moreover, 'post-Franco' is no longer a tag in use to refer to cultural chronology - it is now 40 years since the dictator passed away and he is just a historical reference for most contemporary Spaniards, even for those who would belong to MacHor's generation.I prefer the description given of Lola as a character who 'grows professionally throughout the novels, moving from law professor in Pamplona to Supreme Court justice in Madrid, setting her own path and developing as an individual. In her journey, she becomes more affected by a globalized society but manages to retain what she considers positive, traditional traits' (61) In fact, this is a good summary of how MacHor progresses in the series, becomes empowered and reaches subjectivity. …


Intelligent vehicles heavily rely on robust and accurate self-localization. Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) are not reliable in urban environments due to multipath and shadowing effects. Vision-based localization offers a promising alternative. We present a high-precision six degrees of freedom self-localization method using multiple cameras covering the surrounding environment. First, a point feature map is created using images from a previous pass of the area to map. Thereafter, the map is used for high-precision localization in real-time. While localization, a rough prior estimate of the current pose is used to shrink the search space for feature matching by projecting mapped landmarks into current images. Then, stored observations of the projected landmarks are matched to actual observations and the egopose is estimated by back-projection error minimization. Thereby, our map structure provides mapped landmarks efficiently towards localization with multiple cameras. In real-world experiments we show that our approach provides reliable localization results while passing the mapped area in arbitrary orientation.


Abstract : Thermal battery technology for ordnance fuzing is reviewed. Most present thermal batteries use the Ca/LiCl-KCl eutectic/CaCrO4 system. This system is highly reliable when properly fabricated, but is subject to electrical short circuiting from CaLi2 formed during operation and is capacity and rate limited by anodic film formation. Proposed replacement electrochemical systems use lithium or its alloys as anodes to eliminate these difficulties, but the high chemical reactivity of lithium causes storage and handling problems. Anodes of calcium alloys might eliminate short circuiting and increase electrical output above that of the Ca/LiCl-KCl eutectic/CaCrO4 system without causing the handling and storage difficulties of the lithium systems. The calcium alloy anode should be researched to determine its capabilities in practical batteries.


Introduction Contextual Factors in Psychotherapy with Asian Americans by George K. Hong Transference and Empathy Transference by Jean Lau Chin Empathy by MaryAnna Domokos-Cheng Ham Case Discussions A. Robert: A Case of Biracial Identity Confusion Mr. Chan: Synthesizing Eastern and Western Psychotherapeutic Approaches Kai-Ming: A Case of Somatic Delusions Anna: Bridging Generations and Cultures Conclusion by Joan Huser Liem Suggestions for Further Use of the Monograph Annotated Bibliography Index


Many issues need to be considered when proposing a syllabus for a successful ESP course. The preset paper was meant to share the experience of developing an ESP course for first-year dental students. The authors expect it to be useful for students and novel teachers facing a similar task. A brief concise literature review is presented to later share the experience of English teachers at the Faculty of Dentistry in the University of Los Andes. Teaching ESP is not just a challenge for the teacher, but also a chance to learn about language teaching, the language itself and new academic and scientific communities. Keywords : ESP, course design, Dental students.


Objective:Devastating stroke can produce irreversible brain damage of massive proportions. In those patients, continuation of aggressive medical or surgical care may be futile and may unnecessarily prolong the suffering of families. Therefore, it is essential for clinicians to be aware of key clinical and radiologic features predictive of poor outcome. There has not been a critical review of the data used to make decisions of withdrawal of care in patients with severe strokes. Data Source:Literature review. Data Synthesis:Although in many instances the studies that validate these prognosticators represent class III or class IV evidence, there are several clinico-radiologic profiles that have consistently been predictive of mortality or dependency after cerebrovascular catastrophes. Conclusions:Inconclusiveness remains in the determination of futility of care after major stroke. However, predictors of dismal outcome after several types of stroke have been identified and are relevant information in regard to withdrawal of care.


In the framework of the topcolor-assisted Technicolor(TC2) model, the neutral top-pion (Пt0) production processes at hadron colliders(Tevatron and LHC), pp(p)→Пt0Пt0 and pp(p)→bПt0, are studied. The results show that the cross sections of these two processes at Tevatron are too small to observeПt0. The cross sections can be significantly enhanced at LHC, butПt0 is also not observable viaПt0Пt0 production at LHC. The cross section of bПt0 production reaches the level of a few hundred fb even a few pb at LHC and 104-105 events can be produced each year. Furthermore, Due to the existence of the flavor-changing couplingПt0tc,Пt0 can be experimentally detected via the decay modeПt0→tc with the clean background. Therefore, the enough distinguishedПt0 events would be obtained via the bПt0 production at LHC future experiments. Our study can provide the valuable theoretical information for probing neutral top-pion and testing TC2 model at LHC.


This paper describes the field relationships, petrography, and geochemistry of a suite of lamprophyric hypabyssal rocks and breccias, as well as their xenoliths and epi- and pyroclastic inclusions, respectively. Three brecciated units were identified, each characterized by a specific assemblage of clastic material and sill-like lamprophyric intrusives. Fourteen samples of igneous rock free of contamination by clastic inclusions and two of globules within a camptonite sill were analyzed. The results indicate a complicated sequence of events involving several episodes of explosive lamprophyric intrusion of more than one magma generation, to produce the Greenview lamprophyric breccia vent


We present 850 m imaging polarimetry of the W51A massive star forming region performed with SCUBA on the JCMT. From the polarimetry we infer the column-averaged magnetic eld direction, projected onto the plane of the sky. We nd that the magnetic eld geometry in the region is complicated. We compare the eld geometry with 6 cm and CS J =7 6 emission and determine that the magnetic eld must be relatively weak and plays a passive role, allowing itself to be shaped by pressure forces and dynamics in the ionised and neutral gases. Comparisons are drawn between our data and 1.3 mm BIMA interferometric polarimetry data, from which we conclude that the magnetic eld must increase in importance as we move to smaller scales and closer to sites of active star formation.


The structural mismatches between China's financial and economic systems call for the restructuring of China's existing financial service system. Authors hold that the restructuring shall mainly head for the private economy, rather than for small and medium businesses. The state-owned commercial banks are the necessary members in the prospective financial service system, where they have an important role to play. When developing private banking businesses, the dual track strategies of " transformation" and "construction" shall be practiced, though one can not constitute a substitute to another, nor can one go without the other.


The invention relates to a overcurrent protection device for use in over-voltage protection devices with additional mechanical trigger, preferably designed as a firing pin. According to the invention a first functional unit, the mechanical shutter comprising a first fusible element on. A second functional unit, designed as an overload protection, has a second fuse element. Each functional unit is arranged in a housing, wherein the respective housing side, opposite end caps are located and the fusible conductor are located inside the housing, respectively, and are electrically connected to the end caps. The first and the second function unit are electrically connected in parallel, this parallel circuit is connected to the surge protection device in series. The functional units form a common mechanical bond, each housing by a separate housing, or both from a common elastic jacket or another, however, the elastic body are surrounded.


(Editor's Note: In June of 1971, Professor Donald Atwell Zoll o f the Department o f Political Science, Arizona State University, attended the National Strategy Seminar at the Army War College. He was sent a copy o f the Spring/Summer issue o f Parameters, and on 1 November 1972 he wrote to the editor to say that after examining the Journal he was prompted to pen a brief article entitled "The Decline of Military Literature," and he submitted it for consideration for publication in Parameters. The article that follows is the one he submitted for consideration. It takes issue wi th the paucity o f military commentary and contains a number o f interesting challenges to the military professional, not the least o f which is that he start to write about the problems that are pertinent to his profession in order to preempt the civilian in academic circles who is producing quasi-military works. Professor Zoll cites six factors that account for this decline and he hopes his insights will contribute to a revival o f what he calls "military literature. " It is hoped that his article will stimulate our readers to meet his challenge head on, and


The problem of image formation in extreme ultraviolet lithography from the mask to the wafer is studied by physical modeling along with computer simulations. The reflective properties of multilayer mirrors and some of the demands that they impose upon the optical system design for accurate replication of mask patterns is discussed. Numerical aperture size effects in relation to the critical dimension at the wafer is presented along with several illustrative examples.


Using an aggregate dynamic macroeconomic model, we study the macroeconomic and financial stability under flexible inflation-targeting regime associated with intermediate monetary growth target. Central banks, using the inflation target as a communication and strong nominal anchoring device, should also take into account the movements of asset prices in their optimal interest rate rule. They might react to changes in asset prices without introducing asset prices into the description of their policy objectives. We show that, the more flexible the inflation-targeting framework of monetary policy is, the more likely the monetary authorities are able to stabilise the economy around the long-term equilibrium. Therefore, achieving price stability under inflation-targeting regime with low flexibility can generate dynamic instability and will not be able to stabilise effectively the fluctuations of output and inflation. A commitment to a long run growth rate of money supply corresponding to the inflation target can reinforce the credibility of the central bank and the role of inflation target as strong and credible nominal anchor for private inflation expectations and allows the system to be more stability prone.


My primary purpose in this review is to provide a detailed critique of the internal logic of Albert O. Hirschman's Exit, Voice, and Loyalty. Before doing this, however, I should like to consider briefly the phenomenon of which it is an exemplar: the 'in' book. For this raises some general questions of interest.


This paper describes an intelligent monitoring and advisory system for vessel safety. This system uses environmental information obtained from a number of sensors and proposes corrective action based on a rule-base derived from human expertise, experiments, and theoretical research. The architecture of the monitoring and advisory system is described. Capsizing modes of a ship at sea are explained, and the fuzzy expert system used in the decision-making process is detailed. Simulations of various sea conditions leading to capsize are presented, and the vessel response to the corrective action suggested by the advisory system is illustrated. >


Abstract : The purpose of this report is to provide a synopsis of the data system designed to measure, record, and process High Altitude Critical Atmospheric Turbulence (HICAT) data. The HICAT Project is to measure gust velocity components in the altitude range of 40 to 70 thousand feet in several world areas. The goal is a statistical definition of the 'roughness' of the atmosphere which can be applied to design requirements for advanced aircraft structures. A Pulse Code Modulation airborne system is described. Highly accurate sensors and components, including an inertial platform, are used aboard a WU-2 test aircraft in an attempt to resolve fine scale forces, accelerations and aircraft motions in the atmospheric gust field. The magnetic tapes and other pertinent information are sent to a data processing ground station for generation of a computer-compatible tape, processing, and detailed analysis. Power spectral functions of the gust components are of major interest. Output data are correlated with meteorological and geographical data associated with the test site.


Microplastics have been documented in a wide range of commercially available food products, and the presence of microplastics in tap water has received considerable attention in recent years. Although microplastics in drinking water pose a low concern for human health at current levels of exposure, there is a need to understand the potential pathways for human microplastic exposure. With the application of Rose Bengal staining, microplastics in 110 surface water-sourced tap water samples from urban sources in Hong Kong were qualified and morphologically characterized. A total of 224 items were identified in 86 (78.2%) samples with a mean concentration of 2.181 ± 0.165 n L−1. Fibrous and smaller (


Objective: Carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CR- Ab ) has emerged as a major nosocomial pathogen, but optimal treatment regimens are unknown. Our objectives were to determine the epidemiology and outcome of CR- Ab infections at a tertiary care hospital. Methods: CR- Ab isolates were collected from January to April 2013. MICs were determined and isolates were subjected to screening for carbapenemase production by Modified Hodge test (MHT), metallo-β-lactamase (MBLs) by EDTA disk synergy test and AmpC β-lactamase by AmpC disk test. 15 isolates were subjected to PCR for detection of resistant genes, bla OXA-23 , bla VIM and bla NDM . Treatment outcomes of infections were evaluated. Results: 51 CR- Ab isolates from tracheal aspirate (21), blood (15); tissue/wound/drainage (13) and urine samples (2) were collected. Colistin appeared to be the most effective agent with 98% in vitro activity. MHT showed 98% positivity, MBLs production was detected in 94.1% isolates and 64.7% were positive for AmpC β-lactamase production. All 15 isolates carried bla OXA-23 and bla VIM , of these 3 also carried bla NDM gene. Colistin containing combinations were more commonly used (68.3%). Colistin-noncarbapenem combination showed improved clinical response compared to colistin-carbapenem combination against Acinetobacter isolates carrying bla OXA-23 and bla VIM . Conclusion: A stringent infection control practice along with antimicrobial stewardship is needed to prevent emergence of Acinetobacter carrying multiple carbapenemase genes along with bla NDM . Various colistin combinations are preferentially used to treat CR- Ab infections. Identification of antimicrobial combinations with proven in vitro activity that encompass local susceptibility patterns as well as molecular mechanisms of resistance is needed to provide better outcome. Keywords : Acinetobacter baumannii , Carbapenem resistance, Carbapenemases, Colistin combination, metallo-β-lactamase, NDM


The last ten years have seen a large increase in the use of stainless steel in sheet form for many purposes, both industrial and domestic. The welded fabrication of stainless sheets and the subsequent finishing call for a special technique, and this article deals with a method of welding introduced to this country several years ago - namely, the argonarc process.


The characteristics of computer network system are compared with that of complex system.Computer network systems that have huge users and traffic including Interneu,WAN,MAN and LAN can be or close to be regarded as complex systems.In this paper,we analyze complex characteristics of computer network system,seriatim emphasis on the competition characteristics.In the end,the existing and feature of competition are validated by test.Test results show that competition has obvious rush hour and idle hour.It will be pointed out that resolving collision and realizing the cooperation is the key for improving the performance of computer network.


A sedimentary rock is a product of its provenance and transportational mechanisms as well as of its environment of deposition. As such, a sedimentary rock reflects the physical and chemical conditions under which the sediment was transported, deposited, and buried. The combined factors of size, energy, and water depth give an indication of the environments of deposition and these factors are represented directly or indirectly on the IES log (in the Gulf Coast, the "base line" corresponding to impervious beds is commonly shale, and peaks on the left correspond to pervious beds, commonly sandstone). Therefore, it is necessary to know graphically the environmental transitions and configurations as shown on the log. These transitions are of three general types. Type a appears to be the most common transition in Gulf Coast stratigraphy and exemplifies an abrupt change from one size fraction to another; therefore this transition indicates an abrupt environmental change or a local unconformable surface. Type b is a gradual transition from sandstone to shale or vice versa through an interbedded sequence of sandstone and shale. On a local scale this transition could be attributed to a gradual regressive or transgressive oscillation. Type c is the least common and most difficult to recognize. This transition suggests a gradual size change (i.e., graded bedding) and could appear at the top of a transgressive phase or the base of a regressive phase. Hence nine different combinations, with minor modifications, are possible in a sandstone-shale sequence and these are u ed to interpret the possible environments of deposition of the beds. End_of_Article - Last_Page 1827------------


The theoretical design concept as it exists today depends upon the reliable estimation of the environmental factors interacting with structure. This paper deals with the requirements for the oceanographical data as best we can determine them. It is concluded that the requirements for many data are not met at present. In view of the high cost of the offshore and coastal data collection, the coordinated efforts of oceanic data gathering and analysis should be undertaken.


1 Functionalism and the Physical My aim in this paper is to argue that besides the methodological use of functional structures as an useful descriptive approach to the mind there are strong reasons against functionalism, and that these reasons make plausible to defend some kind of psycho-physical identity. This perspective will entail important consequences with respect to subjective experience. Problems related with subjective experience have the appearance of unsolvability they have in the context of functionalism thanks to the absolute refusal of any version of the identity theory. Let us begin assuming the distinction introduced by Herbert Feigl (1958:10) between the Physical 1 and the Physical 2. On the one hand, the Physical 1 would be \practically synonymous with \scientiic", i.e., with being an essential part of the coherent and adequate descriptive and explanatory account of the spatio-temporal-causal world". According to Feigl, Physical 1 concepts and laws do not need to denote something directly observable but they must be introduced on the basis of the intersubjective observational languages of science and common life, perhaps with the help of postulates and correspondence rules. On the other hand, the Physical 2 designates all concepts and laws that


The present invention relates to a fasteners and more specifically to a fastener adapted to visually indicate tension, and method of making thereof.


The objective of this study was to compare the efficiency of three selected semen processing media: TRIS, TALP and HTF (Human Tubal Fluid) on sperm viability in post-preparation samples to improve flow cytometric analysis. Towards this aim, PI (Propidium Iodide) dye was used to evaluate sperm viability using flow cytometer. Two Cross breed (Karan Fries, KF) and Two Indian breed (Sahiwal, SW) bulls were used for different media optimization. The average sperm viability with TRIS, TALP & HTF media in cross breed (Karan fries) b u l l s was observed to be 92.09 ±1.93%, 82.61±2.71%, and 79.78±2.94% respectively, whereas, for Indian breeds (Sahiwal) it was 80.03±2.29%, 77.18±1.61 % and 71.32±2.51% respectively. The results revealed that viability of semen obtained from cross breed bulls (KF) is significantly higher in TRIS media (P<0.001) compared to TALP and HTF (P >0.05) whereas for Indian breed bulls (SW), viability of semen in TRIS and TALP is similar with no significant difference (P >0.05). When compared to HTF, semen of SW bull was found to have highest survivability in TRIS (80.03±2.29% vs 71.32±2.51% in TRIS and HTF respectively; P< 0.01). Hence, it can be concluded from the present study that overall TRIS medium is best suited for semen processing and flow cytometric analysis.


This scientific commentary refers to 'Medial temporal tau predicts memory decline in cognitively unimpaired elderly', by Kwan et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcac325).


Academic achievement is a learning process experienced by students and produces changes in the field of knowledge, comprehension, application, power analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Achievement will never be produced without any effort on either knowledge or skills. Muhammadiyah Leading Cadres Scholarship represents the ideals of Muhammadiyah in the field of education with the aim of making excellent students and actively participate in student activities oriented in Muhammadiyah without neglecting the main task of a student that's academic activities. This study examines efforts of the grantee to improve the academic achivement: Case Study of cadre in Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta (UMS) 2014. The problems of research are formulated as (1) How is the academic achievement of the grantee? (2) What effort does the grantee cadres to improve their academic achievement?

 This is a field research with a qualitative approach meaning that this research requires the writer to enter directly into the field of study, then interact directly with data resources to obtain valid and accurate data as needed. This study tooks place in UMS to the subject of scholarship student class of 2014. Technique of collecting data use interviews, observation, and documentation. Meanwhile data analysis is conducted by the inductive method that covers reducing the data, data presentation, and drawing conclusions.

 The results of this study indicate that the Muhammadiyah grantee students in the UMS 2014 academic year as many as 45 students who are divided into several faculties have a good academic achievement in average. Factors affecting students' academic achievement among cadre grantee is motivation, family and the college. The efforts done by cadre grantee are study hard, be good at allocating time and the role of the UMS advisor.


The importance of community empowerment and assistance in improving the quality of Human Resources, including infrastructure facilities to support business activities. MSMEs are a great opportunity to develop businesses, especially during the Covid 19 pandemic where there are many layoffs or a decrease in labor wages. Creative ideas, as well as expertise and skill, are very important in developing MSMEs. Chips are very practical because they are dry so they are more durable and easy to serve anytime. Chips are one type of snack product that is widely consumed and favored by the community so that it becomes a great opportunity in developing a taro chips business, one of which has great potential in earning income and improving the welfare of the people of Tambakan village, Blitar Regency. Through legality assistance activities, it is hoped that the community can start processing Home Industry Food Production Permits (PIRT). The legality of taro chips SMEs business actors can certainly increase their productivity because consumers feel safe with the products they consume so that it fosters consumer confidence which in turn can increase consumer purchasing power and is expected to be marketed outside the region. The taro chips product developed by partners that were previously only marketed in local villages with permits and existing brands is expected to continue to grow and increase the income of the local village community


The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas is the one of the most commercially important aquaculture species in the Japanese fisheries industry and is cultured in various Japanese coastal areas including Hokkaido. The Saroma Lake and the Akkeshi Bay with estuary, which face Ohotsuku Sea and Pacific Ocean, respectively, are major oyster production areas in Hokkaido with total annual production of about 700 tons a year. The seedling spat supplied from Miyagi known as Miyagi seedlings are widely used in Japanese oyster culturing. Therefore, when the catastrophic tsunami on March 11, 2011 damaged the Miyagi fisheries, many oyster culturing areas were heavily affected. Moreover, introduction of seedlings from geographically separated population have risks of invasion of diseases and alien organisms as hitchhiking species. Using seedlings that originated from local populations in each area is one of the approaches for decreasing some risks. For example, in the Akkeshi area, the artificial seedling spats collected from the locally protected adults are also used for aquaculture, which are marketed as the value-added oysters with shell "Kaki-Emon" and popular among consumers as local special products.


Estimate at Completion (EAC) for forecasting time of projects is considered as one of the important issues in project management. One of the main features of different projects is their dynamic procedure. This article provides a method based on ensemble of learning machines to estimate the time of projects. It also considers the main essential EVM features during the project progress. In this model, each learning machine conducts the project procedure dynamically. Then, an Ensemble is used to estimate the time of project based on k- nearest neighbor (KNN) algorithm. These learning machines are interacted with each other in the form of Selection policy in final results estimation. The main features of this method include higher reliability, generality, and noise robust features in comparison with individual models. Controlled system reliability, using stronger learning machines in Ensemble, and also the capability of this model to manage available weak estimator in Ensemble are another major features of it. Finally, a software code providing the connectivity to MSP has been created .


Article history Investigations were made in the present study to characterize the novel bioactive compounds present in pigment extracts of Fusarium species using TLC and FTIR based approach. Coloured pigments were biosynthesized in Potato dextrose broth (2%), glucose (2%), peptone (1%), KH2PO4 (0.5%), 28°C, pH-5.5, 8-days at 250 rpm. Pigments were recovered by solvent extraction method and purified by thin layer chromatography (TLC), yielding three major fractions viz., brown, pink and yellow in colour. Based on FTIR spectroscopy, for each Fusarium pigment extract, the fingerprint region was recorded, located between 500 and 4000 cm -1 and the specific functional groups which were involved have been identified. FTIR spectrum of the pigments indicates the presence of OH groups, lipid and methoxy derivatives (CH3), carbonyl groups (C=O) and complex chain expansion (n-Alkanes). TLC and FTIR technique shows high potential as a novel, accurate and easy-to-use differentiation method by identifying the functional groups and separation of colour compounds for Fusarium species isolated from a wide range of environmental sources. We hope that the intensive study on the pigmented compound from Fusarium species will lead to the discovery of novel pharmaceutical, insecticidal and bioherbicidal properties.


The international development community has been put on notice. The Center for Global Development asserts, 'For decades development agencies have disbursed billions of dollars ... Yet the shocking fact is that we have relatively little knowledge about the net impact of most of these programs' (Savedoff and Levine 2006; CGD 2006). The criticism is accompanied by a proposed minimum standard of knowledge: 'To determine what works.... It is necessary to collect data to estimate what would have happened without the program ... [only thus is it] ... possible to measure the impact that can be attributed to the specific program'. The criticism also contained a note of despair; and it called for an independent evaluation entity to ensure rigour in the evaluation of development programmes.


Abstract Over the past 25 years Hollywood filmmakers have gradually broken with tradition and now portray men and women in new ways. Female characters, no longer so exclusively focused on romance, have emerged as more complex, alienated, and violent. Through a systematic content analysis of the movies from the 1940s through 1989, the authors explore the shift in gender roles, showing how the images reflect the attitudes of a new Hollywood elite of filmmakers who have succeeded in replacing old myths with new.


This study is being aimed to determine the prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and sickle cell trait among blood donors. Blood donation from glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient and sickle cell trait (SCT) donors might alter the quality of the donated blood during processing, storage or in the recipient′s circulatory system. It has been proposed that several biochemical changes and depletion in the antioxidant defense system occur on storage of G6PD-deficient blood. Red blood cells collected from sickle cell trait donors frequently occlude white blood cells reduction filters; the main cause of this filtration failure is haemoglobin polymerization. A total of 314 blood donor samples were collected from prospective and healthy blood donors after proper screening. Glucose-6-Phosphate dehydrogenase was determined using two standard methods; methaemoglobin reduction test and fluorescent spots test; haemoglobin variants were determined using cellulose acetate electrophoresis at alkaline PH 8.6. Out of the 314 blood donors, 80 (25.5%) were G6PD deficient, 104 haemoglobin variants AS, AC and SC were 82 (78.8%), 21 (20.2%) and 1 (1.0%) respectively. Commercial blood donors had highest G6PD deficient and highest haemoglobin variants. Age group 25-34 had highest G6PD deficient prevalence while age group 15-24 had highest haemoglobin variants. Transfusion with G6PD-deficient blood carries a potential risk of hemolytic complications, especially if it is used for exchanged blood transfusion in neonates. On the other hand, the blood donated from SCT donors, apart from its undesired effects if transfused to sickle cell disease patients, also leads to WBC filtration failure.


Husserl's phenomenology focuses on "evidence" and the thing itself,or the presentation of the thing itself.To reduce this tension,Husserl initiated the transcendental turn in phenomenology,that is,from the self-presentation of things to the turn from the presentation of things to consciousness and finally to the self-presentation of consciousness.In this way,the evidence principle of phenomenology and its subjectivity principle combined to form one.In his later years,Husserl brought up genetic phenomenology and expected to give a genetic description of the internal time-consciousness to reduce the tension between evidence and subjectivity though he failed at this point.