THIS report is the result of the work done by the author during his tenure of the Rhodesian research fellowship from April 1925 until April 1929. It is divided into three parts, the first of which is concerned with the epidemiology of the disease.Researches on Blackwater Fever in Southern Rhodesia.By Dr. G. R. Ross. No. 6 of the Memoir Series of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.) Pp. vi + 262. (London: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1932.) Paper, 8s.; cloth, 10s. 6d.


The present study makes a comparison of the development of karstic processes and their landform expression in two representative high mountain areas on the Balkan Peninsula: Durmitor (Dinaric chain, Montenegro) and Pirin (Rhodope massif, Bulgaria). Main accent is put on epikarst and its features. On the background of many similarities: strong glaciation in the Pleistocene, pronounced cirques and arêtes, preserved moraine deposits, rough present-day topography, some obvious differences are observed. These are mostly derived by the differences in carbonate bedrock (limestone in Durmitor and marble in Pirin), and climate (damp to the west and drier to the east). The tectonic setting is also important. Such a comparison has not been done so far. It would contribute to obtain a better regional outlook on the processes in the high mountain karstic areas in Southeastern Europe. Keywords— high mountain karst; Northern Pirin; Balkan Peninsula


The development of an ultrasonic stone propulsion system marks a significant advance in the treatment of kidney stones. This video explains how the system, which is still in development, is used to facilitate stone passage.


Six pine trees (Pinus densiflora S. et Z.) at the Euilimji Lake Park in Jecheon were collected to investigate tree ages, growth decline pattern and the years of death. Tree-ring measurement was carried out using the Lintab with a resolution of 0.01mm. Tree age were 80-176 years. Cross-dating between the tree-ring series of each tree and the local chronology from Worak Mountain resulted that four and two trees died in 1998 and 1999, respectively. Three dead trees had only formed earlywood in the outermost tree ring and the others had incomplete latewood. Therefore, it was proven that the former trees died between spring and early summer, whereas the later ones died during late summer and/or autumn. The simultaneous deaths of trees suggest the insect damage and/or drought may be the crucial reason of the death, but frequent reaction woods, which were formed by leaning stem, and scars formed by physical damage may also contribute to the death.


What harms are there in labelling (or rather often mislabelling) more than a quarter of our troops as mentally ill? The harms are numerous and potentially quite dangerous. . .


This article is an update for the year 2010-2011 of a synthesis article on national case laws on antitrust and automobile distribution: See: Joseph Vogel, Competition law and the automobile…


A method of attitude determination, which makes use of measurements of the polarization of the magnetic field of low-frequency (LF) radio signals, is presented and evaluated. This approach offers advantages relative to existing accelerometer-based systems in high-acceleration, cost-constrained environments such as small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles. Flight test results are presented which demonstrate that LF polarization measurements can be used to obtain a significantly more accurate result than traditional approaches.


The Mekong Delta is the largest granary in the country, providing food not only for the region, but also for national food security and exports. However,  household food security in the region is not yet guaranteed, a large number of households are unable to afford enough food. In order to provide a practical basis for  ensuring household food security in the Mekong Delta, the questionnaire for data collection on 300 respondents was used. Exploratory factor and  multivariate linear analysis were used for the data analysis. The results revealed that there are seven groups of factors influencing food security by the decreasing order including (1) market, traffic and mechanization, (2) farm land size and manpower of the household, (3) storage, (4) four houses linking, (5) state policies, (6)production planning and customs, and household food distribution, (7) natural conditions.


Ozone measurement based on the optical absorption of visible light at 603 nm using polymer optical fibres is investigated and tested. Comparisons with a commercial UV based sensor demonstrate the ability of the visible based sensor to measure high concentrations over a range 27--127 mg/litre. A resolution of 5 mg/litre is also demonstrated for this sensor.


Despite a variety of reports to the contrary it was felt by the Christchurch Orthopaedic group that the "wait" on the orthopaedic waiting list has been escalating rapidly to the point that a routine operation is now in the order of approximately 3 years from the time of GP referral. A review of the time taken for GP referrals to be assessed by an Orthopaedic Surgeon was undertaken. The waiting lists from October 98 to May 02 were analysed, in addition to the operation outputs from the Burwood Hospital elective theatre records over the same period. Time taken from referral to be seen, time taken from been placed on the waiting list to receive an operation and volume of elective procedures were evaluated. A breakdown was made of those removed from the list vs those operated on. A major reduction in the waiting list over the last three years was secondary to 1/3 of the people on the list (1177) been "culled". This was initiated in January 1999 and completed by January 2001. Since January 1999, 2538 patients had received their operations. The waiting list had dropped from 3303 to a low of 1164. It has since climbed to 2036. That waiting longer than 12 months for surgery, initially 64%, had dropped to 29% and has climbed back up to 40%. The figures have climbed dramatically since the waiting list initiative for arthroplasty was discontinued. The culling of the list has been responsible for removal of 1/3 of people off the original list without having an operation and has given a false sense of success in reducing the waiting list to various political interests. The criteria set for culling people assessed as requiring an operation has been set arbitrarily There is twice the number of patients waiting to see an orthopaedic surgeon than 2 years ago of which a proportion are requiring reassessment to be deemed eligible for an operation that they have already been assessed as requiring. The waiting list initiative was effective as an addition to the regular DHB lists in maintaining the lists at a manageable level. Even if all those culled represented a group that no longer required their operation the current list cannot be considered to have such a group as they have all been recently reviewed and are in genuine need. There is an apparent lack of concern and denial over the current escalation in the numbers on the waiting list, and no plan instituted to address it.


A large midwestern university has developed a program that places graduate students in middle school classrooms to enhance the graduate students' communication skills with diverse audiences, develop pedagogical knowledge, and provide a foundation for effective future K-12 engagement. After observing and co-teaching, participants develop and implement a standardsand inquiry-based lesson that brings their graduate research theme into the classroom. To provide insights into impacts on graduate students, qualitative methods were used to identify emergent themes in narratives written by graduate student participants. Major themes included new awareness of challenges in effective teaching for diverse audiences, insight into effective strategies for communicating research to teachers and students, and experiences that support future professional responsibilities. These results suggest that this type of engagement program is an effective approach to meeting several outcomes for graduate education, in addition to its value for teachers, K-12 students and college-community relationships.


According to commitments made by Romania (and by NBR) in the negotiating process to Chapter 11 - Economic and Monetary Union on the acquisition, transfer and implementation into national legislation of the acquis for banking, the NBR Statute was harmonized with the provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Community, the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and the European Central Bank , and the other Community provisions on central bank activity in the Member States of the European Union. The draft law on the Statute of the NBR was adopted by the Senate (on June 8, 2004) and the Chamber of Deputies and promulgated by Decree no. 532/26.06.2004, materialized into Law nr. 312/28.06.2004 on the NBR Statute. The new law was published in Romanian Official Gazette and entered into force on July 31, 2004, when Law no. 101/1998 on the Statute of the NBR, with further amendments and completions, was repealed.


ArF deep UV exposure suitable, being of the available negative-type pattern forming a high resolution removal of the cause of resolution degradation as the remaining resist film to line the swelling or pattern according to the penetration of the developing solution in the in including a wavelength of 193nm excimer laser It provides a radiation composition. γ- a hydroxy carboxylic acid containing the generated acid and the polymer of an acrylate ester having the ester portion to be formed in the radiation-composition.


Using various PMD statistics, and including higher-order terms, the performance of a PMD compensator with a fixed differential group delay (DGD) is evaluated. It is shown that the so-called Maxwellian case is the worst case both without and with compensation. Therefore, the optimization of a PMD compensator can be carried out with the Maxwellian case only.


Gerbillus allenbyi Thomas is a seed-eating rodent species that occurs in sandy habitats in Israel (Abramsky, 1980; Zahavi and Wahrman, 1957). The species' distribution range was initially reported to be limited to the coastal sand dunes (Zahavi and Wahrman, 1957). Ritte et al (1976) found the species in Holot Agur, an area 70 km south of the previous known geographical distribution range. Recently the species was also found in Mishor Rotem (Abramsky and Brand, in preparation). Most studies in gerbilline species have addressed the animals' taxonomy, distribution, diet, and general biology (e.g., Wassif et al.f 1969; Wahrman and Zahavi, 1955; Zahavi and Wahrman, 1957; Fetter, 1956, 1957; Harrison, 1972; Tchernov, 1975; Bernard, 1969, 1970). However, few investigations of the population biology of any gerbilline species have been undertaken. Indeed, I am not familiar with even one detailed study conducted in northern Africa or (and) the Middle East. The present study was designed to investigate the population biology and demography of G. allenbyi in the coastal sand dunes of northern Israel. The study was initiated in January 1979 and lasted 15 months. Other aspects of this study were reported elsewhere (Abramsky and Sellah, 1982).


The problem in this study is that the learning media used in SMA Negeri 1 Rumbia are textbooks and worksheets while the use of LCD projectors and multimedia are rarely used. For example multimedia from Microsoft poer point that looks still simple and there are still shortcomings in terms of appearance and display design. From these problems the researchers conducted research to develop interactive learning media based on aurora 3D presentation. This research is a research and development (R&D) using ADDIE research model which has five stages in its development procedures, namely stage 1) Analysis, 2) Planning, 3) Development, 4) Implementation (Implementation), 5) Evaluation (Evaluation). The learning media was assessed as feasible by 2 media experts and 1 material expert. after the revision of learning media can be tested on a small group in class X IPS SMA Negeri 1 Rumbia, amounting to 28 students. The results of the assessment of learning media experts obtained a percentage of 93% with a very decent category. and The results of expert assessment of learning materials obtained a percentage of 94% with a very decent category. While the students' response to Aurora 3D Presentation as Interactive Learning Media shows a percentage of 90% with a very decent category. So it can be concluded that Aurora 3D Presentation as an Interactive Learning Media developed can be used in the learning process.


This assessment examines the DRAFT Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) submitted by Mozambique for consideration at the 10 th Participants Committee meeting of the FCPF in Berlin, Germany (17-19 October 2011). 1 This assessment focuses on how the R-PP addresses illegality, corruption and law enforcement issues and what type of system is proposed to monitor and assess governance and social and environmental impacts (non-carbon monitoring)


This bachelor's thesis deals with the course of musical career of a well known pianist, composer, and educator, Pavel Větrovec. The thesis is mainly based on interviews with this significant figure of Czech and Czechoslovak musical scene and the text is accompanied by a rich photographic material.
The work records Větrovec's musical development since early childhood to the present when, however, he suppresses his work activities significantly, compared to earlier times. The thesis is divided into six chapters which are presented in a chronological order.
Větrovec's first experience in orchestral play was followed by military service and his first employment, namely in Dům kultury in Usti nad Labem. A substantial career advancement follows, namely his move to Prague and an engagement in the Semafor theatre. After hard beginnings at the Prague musical scene, Pavel Větrovec gains valuable contacts, joins various musical projects, and gradually enters collaboration with a number of Czech musical scene personalities. His educational work at The Prague Conservatoire is remembered as well.


Deformations of single-story and three-story RC frames subjected to different fire exposure casesare extensively investigated. Simulation results show that: (a)fire-spread has great impact on structuraldeformations at high temperature,and in general the lateral displacements of beam-column joints of framesunder fire-spread condition are less than those of frames in total fire;(b)the influences of firc intervals onadjacent and non-adjacent intervals are,respectively,great and negligible;and(c)the horizontal displace-ment of side beam-column joint of single-story frame subjected to asymmetric fire may be larger than thatof frame in total fire.


This study considers the seasonal and annual analysis of aerosol optical depth (AOD) in three most populated countries of Asia namely: China, India and Indonesia. These countries are having increasing rates of population, industrialization, transportation etc., due to which aerosol loading in these nations is becoming a subject of great concern. This study is done using data from two satellite sensors i.e. MODIS (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) and MISR (Multi-angle Imaging Spectrometer). Level-3 monthly data sets have been used in the study for last ten years. The present work discusses both annual and seasonal variation of AOD in three most populated countries of Asia i.e. China, India and Indonesia. Seasons referred here are winter (December-February), premonsoon (March-May), monsoon (June-September) and postmonsoon (October-November). Annual and seasonal average aerosol optical depths have been quantified along with the relative AOD variation in the three countries.


In order to determine the relationship between factor VIII related antigen (VIIIRAg) and factor VIII clotting antigen (VIIICAg), a technique has been developed which involves preincubation of plasma and sera samples with I125 anti VIIICAg antibodies, prior to Immunoelectrophoresis against anti VIIIRAg. Autoradiography of the VIIIRAg immunoprecipitin line indicates the presence or absence of anti-VIIICAg associated with the factor VIII complex. In normal citrated plasma, the presence of 125I radioactivity associated with the precipitin arc suggests that VIIIRAg and VIIICAg are associated. The lack of radioactivity associated with VIIIRAg in serum suggests complete dissociation of VIIIRAg and VIIICAg. This pattern was also seen in recalcified normal plasma and in purified factor VIII concentrates which had previously been incubated with purified thrombin, the radioactivity in the latter case being concentration dependent, with complete dissociation of VIIIRAg and VIIICAg at levels >0.1 u/ml thrombin. This result suggests that the dissociation of VIIIRAg and VIIICAg in serum may be due to the action of thrombin in the clotting process. In VIIICAg positive (CRM+ve) plasma samples, radioactivity was associated with the top of the VIIIRAg rocket only, which is similar to that seen for heparinised normal plasma. Reduction of radioactivity occurred with increasing ionic strength when high molar NaCI was incubated with normal citrated plasma. This technique is useful in studying the relationship between VIIIRAg and VIIICAg, and in the identification of CRM+ve haemophilia.


This study examines the interorganizational strategy process as documented by two case ecologies within the emerging domain of electric mobility. We argue that interorganizational strategy-making oscillates between meta- and firm-level and unfolds within constructed strategic arenas through an ongoing negotiation between dispersed actors. We report findings about strategic activity that seems to compensate for the absence of hierarchical structures and authorities as present in collaborative arrangements. Our study also points towards the salient roles of individuals in building common strategies by linking actors that are spread across ecologies, as well as giving "voice and face" to interorganizational endeavors.


Biological phosphorus‐removal processes incorporate a sequence of anaerobic and aerobic contact tanks to select for phosphorus‐storing bacteria and provide them with necessary substrates. Acetate consumption and phosphorus release during anaerobic contacting is followed by phosphorus uptake and storage during aerobic contacting. Bench‐scale studies were conducted in this research to examine the transient effects of longer anaerobic contact time, longer aerobic contact time, and decreased influent chemical oxygen demand (COD) feed concentration on phosphorus release, phosphorus uptake rate, and net phosphorus removal in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) system enriched for biological phosphorus removal. Batch tests were also performed with sludge from a continuous‐flow anaerobic–anoxic–aerobic biological phosphorus‐removal system to determine the effect of increased anaerobic contact time on phosphorus release and uptake. Both systems were fed a complex synthetic feed, but the SBR system was fed only acetate as its carbon source during the transient effects study. During steady‐state operation of the SBR, the ratio of acetate COD consumed to phosphorus removed averaged 16.5:1, and the molar ratio of acetate used to phosphorus released in the anaerobic period was 0.75:1. In all cases when anaerobic contacting occurred without acetate consumption, phosphorus release rates were lower than normal. Only 40 to 60% of the phosphorus released under acetate‐deficient conditions was taken up under subsequent aeration. Transient effects of longer aeration time and lower influent feed acetate concentration in the SBR experiments resulted in lower phosphorus release and a significant decrease in phosphorus‐removal efficiency in the SBR cycle following the transient change.


In this paper we present a methodology from which researchers may be able to estimate the effects of development programs from a single post-treatment survey. In our methodology we create a retrospective panel data set based on discrete, "unforgettable" events in the history of surveyed households. Our application of the methodology, to households in Guatemalan villages gaining access to a microfinance program in different years, examines historical dwelling improvements: the construction of cement block walls to replace adobe walls, cement floors to replace dirt floors, tiled roofs to replace corrugated iron roofs, and land purchases. We carry out estimations using villageand year-level fixed effects to analyze the timing of these home improvements relative to the timing of microfinance access and treatment. Our paper presents a series of tests, diagnostics, and corrections within this methodology to account for supply-side endogeneity in the rollout of a program and important types of demand-side endogeneity in the uptake of a treatment. In our estimations using this methodology we find microfinance to exhibit modest increases in the probability of some dwelling improvements. The authors wish to thank Alessandra Cassar, Philip Fanchon, Adam Gorski, Michael Jonas, Dean Karlan, Ted Miguel, Elizabeth Sadoulet, and Karina Vargas for helpful input and assistance related to this research. Grant funding from BASIS/USAID, the McCarthy Foundation, and the Jesuit Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.


Among the various domains of IoT, one domain that is highly emerging in recent years is the application of IoT in green buildings. With the advent of IoT, the concept of green buildings has taken an even broader perspective. Incorporating intelligence into the current building management systems could revolutionize the buildings in terms of energy efficiency. The chapter explores some sound benefits of integrating IoT into a green building. It offers insight into the various technologies used in green construction, followed by some IoT-based architectures. Some machine learning algorithms that can be used to boost the efficiency of IoT devices are also discussed. Finally, the chapter dives into the future of IoT-enabled green buildings, and explores the challenges in achieving zero-energy buildings, while addressing the questions it raises. It focuses on how a green building, together with the internet of things, may lead to zero-energy buildings, thus carving our path towards a secure and energy-efficient future.


Attempts to develop GaAs MOS devices on an empirical basis have proven both expensive and unsuccessful. Recently a relatively small expenditure has produced knowledge for GaAs and other 3-5 semiconductors which can let us 1) understand why this has occurred, 2) use more "scientific" engineering to direct future work and 3) make systematic connections between MOS and MESFET technologies. Intrinsic (dangling bond) surface states on the surfaces of most 3-5's are moved out of the band gap by atomic rearrangement at the surface and defect states are produced in the vicinity of the interface. The deep defect levels at the GaAs-oxide interface plus the instability of the GaAs oxide explain the MOS difficulties. The defect level depth also explains the Schottky barrier height on n-GaAs and the success of MESFET's. In contrast, for InP, the proximity of the interface levels to the CBM and oxide stability explain the encouraging MOS results (as well as the failure of MESFET's). Methods of "scientifically" engineering GaAs and InP interfaces to optimize device performance will be discussed.


In this comment we show that the energy eigenvalue equations and the wave functions given by a previous article on the solutions of the Dirac equation with Pöschl–Teller potential must be corrected.


We study the ellipticity of contour lines in the sky maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as well as other measures of elongation. The sensitivity of the elongation on the resolution of the CMB maps, which depends on the pixelization and the beam profile of the detector, is investigated. It is shown that the current experimental accuracy does not allow one to discriminate between cosmological models which differ in curvature by ΔΩtot = 0.05. Analytical expressions are given for the case that the statistical properties of the CMB are those of two-dimensional Gaussian random fields.


Water swelling and drying shrinkage due to moisture change is the expansive soil's characteristic which is similar to the thermal effect of material.Stress is generated by the swell-shrinking deformation constraints and the concept of moisture change stress is put forward.The moisture change stress is adopted to calculate swell-shrinking deformation based on the thermal stress and elasticity theory.A theoretical model which could calculate the moisture change stress resulted from moisture change is established.The mechanism of cracking is the different rates of water loss in different depths which caused the uneven shrinkage deformation.The critical value of moisture change for initial cracking is presented,which is consistent with measured result.The initial depth of expansive soil cracks is put forward by proposed model.The relationship between the depth of initial cracking and soil parameters such as deformation modulus,swell-shrinking characteristics,etc.are discussed in detail.


To develop effective behaviour change support systems, persuasive technology can be used. The persuasive systems design model offers a framework to identify and operationalize such elements. In this pilot study, we evaluate the questionnaire developed to measure perceived persuasiveness of information technology. We analyzed verbatim user-test transcripts, and performed expert-assessments of the Nurse Antibiotic Information App (NAIA). These data were compared to questionnaire results on this app. Expert-assessment identified task support, perceived persuasiveness, unobtrusiveness, credibility, perceived effort and perceived effectiveness (as defined in the Persuasive Systems Design model) as being present within the NAIA. These constructs also scored satisfactory in the questionnaire. User-test transcripts are in line with questionnaire results. Given the consistent results in this pilot study, our approach seems promising for evaluating the questionnaire and will be applied to other settings and websites/applications


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This letter reports the electrical and field-emissionproperties of Au-decorated boron nitride nanotubes (Au-BNNTs). The insulating BNNTs become metallic after Au coating as the Au coverage exceeds a critical value. The Au decoration modifies the work function of the BNNTs and, as a consequence, the field-emissioncurrent densities of Au-BNNTs are significantly enhanced. Correspondingly, the turn-on field of the Au-BNNTs is reduced to one third and the emission current density is increased by four orders in contrast to pure BNNTs. The experimental results demonstrate that such Au-BNNTs are promising electron field emitters.


Autonomy is a liberal value par excellence. As is well recognized by now, those for whom it was developed for most of its history did not include women, nonwhites, or colonized people. This raises the question of whether the major problem with autonomy is to reinterpret the boundaries of its applicability so that it can embrace such excluded groups or whether autonomy itself needs reevaluation. If, for instance, autonomy is associated with independence and self-sufficiency, the "self-made man" of popular iconography, that is hardly an ideal that should be sought by everyone. Who would care for children, cultivate friendships or social solidarity, or involve themselves with those in need? Marilyn Friedman shows effectively how the concept of autonomy assuredly need not be tied to the popular images of rugged individualism. One can autonomously choose to be a person who recognizes the fundamental interdependence of human beings in societies and who is deeply involved with the concerns of others. "There are cultural supports for economic competition, ruthless aggression, and selfish indifference to others," she notes (43). Although the ideal of autonomy does not preclude these, it does not call for them. Rather, "autonomy requires exploring what one cares deeply about and striving to act accordingly" (43). Friedman characterizes autonomy in more detail as follows: "Autonomy is . . . self-determination. . . . For choices and actions to be autonomous, the choosing and acting self as the particular self she is must play a role in determining them" (4). The acts must partly result from her own wants and values, reflectively reaffirmed even in the face of some obstacles (13) and be "relatively unimpeded by conditions such as coercion, deception, and manipulation" (14). Autonomy is a matter of degree. Autonomy, to Friedman, "does not require humanly impossible self-creation" (8). "It is a concept about a certain sort of humanly possible causation" (8). It "occurs so long as a whole self . . . plays a role in partly determining her own behavior" (8). There can certainly be problems with deciding how much of "a" role and how minimal the "partly" can be for the behavior to still count as autonomous, but since to Friedman there are degrees of autonomy, these are problems we must live with. She argues, against various critics, for a content-neutral conception of autonomy, and on this view, "avoiding or abandoning close personal relationships is in no sense required by autonomy. Nor is it for any reason a better way for any individual to strive for autonomy" (103). Friedman's intention in this book is to revise liberalism, not reject it (76), and she argues that autonomy ought to be seen as a core value for women and other previously excluded groups as well as for the privileged of autonomy's history. Without addressing any of the recent literature attacking or defending com-


In this article, we describe the process of developing a first and second edition of a professional, commercial,on-line course in introductory psychology. We review some of the advantages and disadvantages of on-line pedagogy and outline some of the contiguities and disparities between the original conception of the course and its actual development and execution. The article also outlines some potentially useful recommendations for other authors who are interested in using the Internet as a tool for developing and presenting similar pedagogical material.


Expeditionary science facilitates hands-on science activities in the context of multi-day wilderness expeditions. Little research has investigated the outcomes of expeditionary science. This study retrospectively surveyed participants of an expeditionary science program, CLIMBE, to identify their perceptions of how the experience may have influenced their current environmental action. The majority of respondents rated CLIMBE as influential on their environmental action. Learning about the environment and being immersed in nature were the most frequently described influential program components. Respondents indicated that CLIMBE influenced environmental actions such as conserving water and pursuing education and volunteer efforts related to the environment. This study contributes to our understanding of how expeditionary science may influence environmental action. The findings may be useful to environmental educators in the ongoing development of educational programming related to influencing environmental action.


This article investigates theoretical grounds of general education systems management in Russia and abroad as well as the practice of applicability of organization sociology to education. Special attention is paid to comprehensive analysis of management models of modern schools


Abstract A method is presented based on energy balance to derive the Melnikov criterion for a forced oscillator with one degree of freedom. An integration scheme is also discussed for numerically calculating the criterion when the integrals involved cannot be evaluated analytically. The example of the forced pendulum with constant torque is considered and results from a numerical Melnikov are compared with those obtained by other methods, including homoclinic tangency following.


Relativistic light-front bound-state equations for mesons and baryons can be constructed in the chiral limit from the supercharges of a superconformal algebra which connect baryon and meson spectra. Quark masses break the conformal invariance, but the basic underlying supersymmetric mechanism, which transforms meson and baryon wave functions into each other, still holds and gives remarkable connections across the entire spectrum of light and heavy-light hadrons. As a result, we also briefly examine the consequences of extending the supersymmetric relations to double-heavy mesons and baryons.


Portal vein thrombosis in a 23-year-old woman treated with Ovosiston for 3 years is reported. The patient presented with splenomegaly and had experienced acute abdominal pain 2 months earlier. The liver was greatly reduced in size leuko- and thrombopenia were noted and angiography showed a prehepatic blockage of the portal vein. The patient was treated with prednisone which improved the symptoms of hemorrhagic diathesis and has been under regular supervision. Portal vein thrombosis should be considered in the diagnosis of abdominal symptoms in women treated with oral contraceptives.


Discloses the use of thermal energy can be stored and monitor dialyzer and related methods thereto. Related methods are also disclosed and can be stored prior to use in disinfection and / or used cleaning event disinfecting and / or cleaning fluid thereto, and a dialysis monitor. For example, the stored thermal energy can be used for rapid thermal sterilization fluid path, quick start preparation process fluid and continue to be used as a backup power may be prepared treating fluid once the externally supplied electric power is interrupted.


A 42 year old nulliparous woman was referred to the colposcopy clinic in August 1991 with a polypoidal growth on the cervix. She was asymptomatic and at colposcopy there was no evidence of CIN. A punch biopsy showed extensive deposition of hyaline material with a mild background acute inflammatory response. A small diathermy loop excision of the cervix was performed. This showed active chronic inflammation and an area of necrotic amorphous stroma, but no features of CIN or malignancy. A diagnosis of chronic cervicitis was made and the woman was seen for follow up after three months. Again no suspicious colposcopic features were identified, however, yellow granulation tissue was present at the previous biopsy site. A repeat biopsy showed inflammed ulcerated cervical tissue again consistent with reaction at the site of recent biopsy. At follow up six months later, the cervix looked scarred but there were no adverse colposcopic features. Because of the scarred appearance of the cervix, arrangements were made for yearly follow up. At the first annual visit, colposcopic assessment of the cervix was satisfactory and cervical smears showed no atypical cells. Therefore, the woman was discharged back to her GP for annual smears. However, she failed to attend her appointments and was lost to follow up. Subsequently, the woman was referred back to the colposcopy clinic in October 2000 with an irregular-looking cervix and a smear showing dyskaryosis of an unspecified grade. At colposcopy, the cervix looked abnormal with changes suggestive of high grade CIN; there was also a possibility of extension into the vagina. Multiple punch biopsies of the cervix revealed a large area of fibrinous exudate and inflammatory cells with a few fragments of proliferating inflammed squamous epithelium. There was no evidence of underlying CIN or malignancy. In view of the obscure underlying pathological process, she underwent a further diathermy loop excision and vaginal biopsy under a general anaesthetic. This also confirmed the presence of marked inflammatory changes in the cervix and in the upper part of the vagina but no evidence of malignancy or CIN. The cervix was inflammed and scarred from previous biopsies with areas of granulation tissue predominantly on the posterior vaginal wall. The surface epithelium was ulcerated and there was extensive deposition of amorphous eosinophilic material in the stroma that did not stain for either fibrin or amyloid. Because of the peculiar histological features, the slides were sent to the regional centre for a second opinion. Histologically, there appeared to be a chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate passing into and surrounding large areas of amorphous material. This in part had the staining characteristics of fibrin, but also showed areas where the material appeared hyaline. The material did not stain tinctorially for amyloid and immunohistochemical staining for light chain markers was negative in the hyalinised areas. There was also no definite evidence of light chain restriction in the plasma cells present. It was not possible to fully define the nature of the deposited material histologically but some staining of the hyalinised areas was seen for IgG. Because of the coexistence of the hyaline and fibrin, the immunohistochemical findings and the overall pattern, the underlying pathological condition was thought to be indistinguishable from ligneous cervicitis. There was also a marked distortion and extension of the squamous epithelium into the underlying subepithelial layer, but no evidence of invasive carcinoma or CIN (Fig. 1). The woman was reviewed in the colposcopy clinic where the underlying condition was explained to her. She denied any past history of inflammatory disease of the eyes or the presence of chronic lesions elsewhere. Similarly, there was no family history of inflammatory eye diseases. At the last follow up, the woman was asymptomatic with no evidence of recurrent cervical disease and annual assessment is now in progress.


Today, with progress and developments have been done in motor cars, cars have been produced with high speed and acceleration. But this increasing in speed and acceleration, have caused many concerns about tragic driving accidents and events. Until now, many models have presented about prevention of accidents, in order to reduce these concerns. In this paper, we are going to design a multi agent model with BDI architecture to decrease road accidents. The proposed multi agent model, has been designed for automotive brake system. To cover the uncertainty of the proposed model and its language variables, the fuzzy mechanism has been used to implement it. It' shown using the multi agent approach, efficiency, flexibility and validity of such systems can be improved considerably.


historic materials. tive application were passed on from craftsman to craftsman. The basic ingredients, lime and water, were readily available in every community. Additives used were commonly available and often varied from place to place. As the popularity of limewash waned in the U.S. and modern paints began to be used widely, experience with limewash recipes and their application began to fade. Today, instead of every community having someone knowledgeable in limewash, experienced craftsmen are spread thinly across the country. The waning popularity of limewash did not result solely from the rise in popularity of modern paints; other factors were the increased cost of labor and creation of more durable, inexpensive materials that did not need a finish for protection.


Critical thinking skills (CTS) is one of the required competencies in the 21st century. Using technology in this era is a common thing including in education. One of the learning methods assisted by technology is blended learning. In this study, the effectiveness of blended learning on students' CTS will be analyzed. The method used in this study was a literature review. There were view steps to investigate the effectiveness of blended learning on students' CTS namely providing the definition of blended learning, finding information about essential elements in blended learning, then synthesizing some previous studies on the implementation of the method to improve students' CTS and connecting the studies with blended learning. Based on the literature review result, the implementation of blended learning in Mathematics had the potential to improve students' CTS. This study could provide an overview of the problems and opportunities to implement blended learning in schools.


This study investigated the association between serum calcium levels and the prevalence of T2D using a cross‐sectional study and Mendelian randomization analysis.


Like baseball, immunity is a team effort. Various innate/adaptive humoral/cellular components work in unison to clear infections. Determining the importance of each baseball player/immune element to winning/clearing is more difficult than meets the eye. Just as mathematical modeling of individual contributions ("sabermetrics") revolutionized baseball, "immunometrics" will change our concept of immunity. Measles virus (MV) is a highly transmissible negative-stranded RNA virus that remains a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality (1). Mortality results from MV infection itself or secondary bacterial infections facilitated by MV-mediated immunosuppression. Following the introduction of effective vaccines during the 1960s, worldwide annual MV mortality decreased from more than 2.8 million to less than 150,000. Vaccine efficacy, in conjunction with the apparent absence of an animal reservoir, potentially makes MV the second human pathogen (after smallpox) to be eradicated by medical intervention (2). MV infection elicits neutralizing antibodies (Abs) that correlate with lifelong measles protection (3). However, the clearance of MV from infected individuals was thought to be caused principally by CD8+ T-cell activity. Infectious MV is detected in the blood by 7 d after exposure and is cleared within 2 wk, coincident with the appearance of T-cell responses (Fig. 1) (4⇓–6). In both humans and monkeys, MV RNA can persist in the blood for months (7, 8), which may be related to MV-mediated immunosuppression, and, ironically, immunological memory as well. In PNAS, modeling MV immunity enables …


Social media is the most effective communication media for sharing information in industrial revolution 4.0 era. Almost everyone has a smart phone, connected to the internet that can be used to access social media easily anywhere and anytime. However, this research analyzes the issue of HIV/AIDS on social media. It is expected that the issue of HIV/AIDS on social media can help preventing and reducing the infection of HIV/AIDS in reality. This research uses descriptive qualitative research methods. The study was conducted by taking visual data and literal data of popular social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter. The research results show that there are five classification of posts on social media both Facebook and Twitter. On Twitter, they are: government posts (59 posts), news agencies (220 posts), netizen posts (347 posts), netizen share news (81 posts), and others (113 posts). On Facebook, they are: government posts (0 post), news agencies (0 post), netizen posts (0 post), netizen share news (4 post), and others (0 post). From this result, Twitter is more effective to share information related to HIV/AIDS.


We sought to determine whether changes in the expression of early response genes (GADD153, p21 and c‐Jun) are indicators of chemotherapy response in gastric cancer. Three human gastric cancer cell lines were exposed to 5‐fluorouracil or cisplatin in vitro. Xenografts of TMK‐1 cells in nude mice were also treated with 5‐fluorouracil or cisplatin in vivo. For each of these treatments, we tested for a correlation between early gene expression levels and inhibition ratios derived at a later time. A 5‐fluorouracil derivative, S‐1, and cisplatin were administered to 12 patients with advanced gastric cancer for 3 weeks. Gene expression levels were measured using biopsy specimens obtained by endoscopy soon after initiation of chemotherapy. There was a significant correlation between expression levels of these genes at 24 h and inhibition ratios at 72 h in vitro. Cut‐off values determined from receiver‐operating characteristic curves were 1.3 for GADD153, 1.8 for p21 and 2.1 for c‐Jun There was also a significant correlation between gene expression levels at 2 days and inhibition ratios at 21 days in vivo. Cut‐off values were 1.8 for GADD153, 1.9 for p21 and 2.2 for c‐Jun. Levels of early response gene expression in patients showing progressive disease were significantly lower than those in patients with partial response. Changes in the expression of the three early response genes soon after drug administration could improve predictions of the final outcome of chemotherapy in gastric cancer. (Cancer Sci 2007; 98: 707–715)


The structures of [ Ag·(Ag2S)n] + (n = 3,4) cluster were studied by using the methods of ab initio molecular orbital restrict Hartree - Fock (RHF) and density functional theory (DFT) . It was found that the clusters with cyclic structure are most stable. The corresponding stable geometries and electronic structures were obtained. These two kinds of clusters can act as the deep trap of free electron of sulfur sensitive center.


Looks like my home broadband has finally given up the ghost; which means work is going to be hampered until at least Saturday - easiest


The welding performance of multikilowatt lasers is strongly affected by laser cavity and workpiece processing optics. Some of these effects for multikilowatt lasers to 25 kW are compared for several unstable resonator cavity optic magnifications and various focus head configurations. Weld penetrations to two inches and performance to 125 inches per minute per kilowatt are considered. Specifically, laser welding performance as a function of depth of penetration for various parameters are shown and weld bead characteristics are illustrated. A comparison of results with magnifications ranging from two to four shows that, for constant power and speed, performance improves with increased magnification. The advantages, disadvantages and other pertinent processing characteristics of various focusing optical configurations are discussed.The welding performance of multikilowatt lasers is strongly affected by laser cavity and workpiece processing optics. Some of these effects for multikilowatt lasers to 25 kW are compared for several unstable resonator cavity optic magnifications and various focus head configurations. Weld penetrations to two inches and performance to 125 inches per minute per kilowatt are considered. Specifically, laser welding performance as a function of depth of penetration for various parameters are shown and weld bead characteristics are illustrated. A comparison of results with magnifications ranging from two to four shows that, for constant power and speed, performance improves with increased magnification. The advantages, disadvantages and other pertinent processing characteristics of various focusing optical configurations are discussed.


Men who have a West African heritage are being encouraged to have their blood pressure checked as part of a campaign by nurses in south London.


Background and purpose: Systemic administration of N,N 0 -dodecane-1,12-diyl-bis-3-picolinium dibromide (bPiDDB), an antagonist of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) attenuated the nicotine-induced increase in dopamine levels in nucleus accumbens (NAcc). Experimental approach: Using in vivo microdialysis, we investigated the effects of local perfusion of the novel nAChR antagonist bPiDDB into the NAcc or ventral tegmental area (VTA) on increased extracellular dopamine in NAcc, induced by systemic nicotine. We also examined the concentration-dependent effects of bPiDDB on the acetylcholine (ACh)-evoked response of specific recombinant neuronal nAChR subtypes expressed in Xenopus oocytes, using electrophysiological methods. Key results: Nicotine (0.4 mg kg � 1 , s.c.) increased extracellular dopamine in NAcc, which was attenuated by intra-VTA perfusion of mecamylamine (100 mM). Intra-VTA perfusion of bPiDDB (1 and 10 mM) reduced nicotine-induced increases in extracellular dopamine in NAcc. In contrast, intra-NAcc perfusion of bPiDDB (1 or 10 mM) failed to alter the nicotine-induced increase in dopamine in NAcc. Intra-VTA perfusion of bPiDDB alone did not alter basal dopamine levels, compared to control, nor the increased dopamine in NAcc following amphetamine (0.5 mg kg � 1 , s.c.). Using Xenopus oocytes, bPiDDB (0.01–100 mM) inhibited the response to ACh on specific combinations of rat neuronal nAChR subunits, with highest potency at a3b4b3 and lowest potency at a6/3b2b3. Conclusions and implications: bPiDDB-Sensitive nAChRs involved in regulating nicotine-induced dopamine release are located in the VTA, rather than in the NAcc. As bPiDDB has properties different from the prototypical nAChR antagonist mecamylamine, further development may lead to novel nAChR antagonists for the treatment of tobacco dependence. British Journal of Pharmacology (2008) 153, 792–804; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707612; published online 3 December 2007


PURPOSE: A polymer cement-based composition for coating reinforcing steel is provided to prevent corrosion of reinforcing steel in cement concrete, and improve durability and impact resistance. CONSTITUTION: The polymer cement-based composition comprises 10-80% of cement, 10-70% of polymer dispersion and 10-60% of water. The corrosion of reinforcing steel is prevented by coating polymer cement slurry comprising 50-100% of a polymer/ cement ratio, 50-200% of a water/cement ratio, 0.01-0.15% (based on the solids of polymer) of antifoaming agent, on the surface of steel in a thickness of 100-500micrometer, and curing at 80deg.C or lower for 2-3days. The used polymer is one or more of fatty acid amide, polyethylene glycol, ester amide, organic phosphate ester, dimethyl polysiloxane, etc., and the polymer is one or more of styrene butadiene rubber latex(SBR), polyacrylic acid ester(PAE), ethylene vinyl acetate(EVA), styrene-butyl acrylate(St/BA), epoxy emulsion, etc.


The paper presents an analysis of Hungarian sentence articulation driven by discourse-semantic functions such as topic and focus, hence the information structure of the utterance. In this paper extensions of the standard LTAG framework are proposed to represent the information structure driven positions in simple sentences. The elementary trees are generated by the meta-grammar, using the XMG tool for grammar writing. The verbal fields will also be investigated in complex sentences with infinitival clausal complements. I will discuss challenging phenomena, such as scrambling of the different verbal fields, and verbal modifier climbing.


A broader utilization of wood can be achieved by eliminating its drawbacks such as low dimensional stability with changing moisture content and low durability against various bio-organisms. Heartwood formation is nature's solution that functions through biosynthesis and accumulation of some phenolic compounds in the cell walls, leading to more durable and stable wood. In this study, a natural flavonoid molecule, chrysin, was used to improve Scots pine wood properties. Hydrophobic chrysin was impregnated into wood after a pre-treatment. The chrysin modification reduced the water uptake of the wood cell walls by up to 33% and increased the dimensional stability of the Scots pine by up to 30%. Infrared spectroscopic analysis revealed the chemical characterization of the bio-inspired modification. In contrast to the many modification methods that establish covalent bonds between hydroxyl groups of wood polymers, chrysin was bulked into wood cell walls and stabilized by intermolecular interactions.


In double-blind placebo-controlled studies of 404 volunteers, amantadine hydrochloride was found to be 51% effective in preventing the development of artificially induced A2 influenza, and 73% to 92% effective in preventing the more severe form of A2 influenza. Milder disease was seen in those who developed A2 influenza in spite of amantadine therapy. Serological responses were also reduced. No significant difference was observed either between once- and twice-daily dosage or between 200 mg and 100 mg/day regimens. No benefit was observed when the start of medication was delayed until symptoms of influenza developed. Amantadine was ineffective against B influenza. No safety problem was evident in any subject.


This publication contains two papers and the accompanying discussions from a meeting held in October 1987 in Bochum Germany. The papers focus on population trends in West Germany especially fertility decline and population decrease and on the socioeconomic consequences of these trends. (ANNOTATION)


Abstract : The purpose of this work is to optimize the phase-difference polarization filter for use in extracting short-period regional data from seismic noise and signal coda. The phases to be extracted are the body waves Pn, Pg, Sn, and Sg, and the surface waves Lg and Rg. The data available for this work were from events with epicenters in northeastern China, and in Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan. The data used were recorded at the three-component short-period site of the Korean Seismic Research Station (KSRS). The polarizations filter yields signal-to-noise ratio gains to approximately 10 dB for regional compressional and shear waves (Pn, Pg, Sn, and Sg) and of approximately 8 dB for regional surface waves (Lg and Rg). Direct estimates of the detection capability for regional P and S (delta = 10 deg to 13 deg) made before and after polarization filtering show that the polarization filter yields detection improvements of approximately 0.6 m(b) units for these phases. Finally, the polarization filter can be used to separate mixed signals, to identify phases, and to extract regional phases from seismic noise.


* Corresponding author:Seyed Hossein Hosseinimehr E-mail:firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com Backgroundm: Scapulohumeral rhythm (SHR) has been established as the kinematic hallmark indicating motion of the shoulder joint. Numerous studies have investigated the effect of different factors on SHR. The purpose of the present study was to determine the scapular upward rotation and scapulohumeral rhythm ratio among frontal, sagittal, and scapular planes in different humeral abduction angles. Materials and Methods: In the curremnt experimental study, conducted at the University of Kurdistan in 2018, 35 healthy male individuals participated. Two inclinometers were used to measure humeral abduction and scapular upward rotation in scapular rest position, 45°, 90°, and 135° shoulder abduction in frontal, sagittal, and scapular planes. Participants performed humeral abduction with dominant shoulder in different planes. The scapular motility rhythm was calculated from the distribution of glenohumeral abduction rate on the upper scapular rotation from the rest position of the scapula to 45, 90 and 135 degrees of shoulder abduction at different levels. Results: No significant difference was found in scapular upward rotation (p=0.07) and scapulohumeral rhythm (p=0.48) among frontal, sagittal, and scapular planes in 45° humeral abduction, but the scapula had more upward rotation in 90° humeral abduction in frontal plane compared with sagittal plane (p<0.05). Also, the scapula had more upward rotation in 135° humeral abduction in frontal plane compared with scapular and sagittal planes (p<0.05). On the other hand, findings showed that scapulohumaral rhythm ratio from scapular rest position to 45°, 90°, and 135° humeral abduction in frontal plane was less compared with that of sagittal and scapular planes (p<0.05). On the other hand, findings showed that scapulohumaral rhythm ratio from scapular rest position to 90° humeral abduction in sagittal plane was more as compared with frontal plane while scapulohumaral rhythm ratio from scapular rest position to 135° humeral abduction in sagittal plane was more than those of the two other planes (p<0.05). Conclusion: It seems that there are significant differences in scapular upward rotation and scapulohumaral rhythm ratio among frontal, sagittal, and scapular planes. These findings can be useful in clinical assessments and future studies.


Using a narrow band‐gap fluorescent host material with a phosphorescent red dopant, highly efficient red phosphorescent OLEDs (PHOLEDs) exhibiting an ideal external quantum efficiency with a doping concentration of 1% were developed. The origin of such a low doping is revealed by the ideal Dexter doping condition study for efficient energy transfer in PHOLEDs. Besides this cause, the strong fluorescent host materials function very well in phosphorescent OLEDs. Singlet excitons generated by fluorescent host materials in phosphorescent OLEDs can produce dopant triplet excitons via the efficient Förster energy transfer mechanism.


Lakes are recognized as freshwater resources in rural and urban areas. In the last few decades, lakes situated vicinity of cities are rapidly degraded due to lack of maintenance and economic development. Lakes areas were encroached, converted into buildings and house plots because and people were not aware of the intrinsic value of lakes. Coimbatore is one of the tier II cities in India, it has several lakes in and around the city limits. In 2016, Coimbatore is one of the city selected under the smart city mission. Under the Smart City mission, Coimbatore city municipal corporation restores the water bodies. But, lakes around household activities and lake visitor's activities affect the lake quality and ecosystem. The main reason was the people were not aware about the intrinsic value of lakes. Therefore, this study estimates the total economic value of ecosystem services derived from major lakes in Coimbatore city. The total hectare of major 9 lakes was647.61 ha and its ecosystem services value was 608.36 crores/year. Kurichi lake has the highest catchment area, its ecosystem services value was 127 crores per year. The monetary value of lakes makes awareness about the significance of lakes ecosystem services and people are co-operate with lakes restoration activities.


Nowadays, electronic toll collection (ETC) is used extensively in many countries and places, but many drivers evade detection by covering, altering or otherwise obscuring their license plates. In order to detect vehicles attempting to evade paying tolls, this study aims to identify vehicles without requiring the license plate information. Unlike traditional vehicle license plate recognition, in this study vehicles are matched according to the vehicles' appearance information. The proposed system builds a complete vehicle model using the training database. In the experiments, we demonstrate the robustness of the proposed system for the highway ETC application.


Marking or tagging experiments have become importart in recent years to study the migration of fish, effect of artificiai liberation, and the population of fish in a certain water area. The two types of marking of fish by radioisotopes which were employed since 1954 are described. One is an abdominal insertion of a coated Co/sup 60/ pin, 0.1 to 1 mc to each individual of fish. The other is a radioisotope contamination of fish by either oral ingestion or muscular injection or uptake through gill. The radioisotope used was Zn/sup 65/, 0.1 mu c per individual of fish in average. The effetive half life of Zn/sup 65/ in fish is found to be 12 days. Dringing water contamination from the fish which had been liberated, and unexpected catch of radioactive fish by people are considered from standpoint of radiation public health. (auth)


Repeated mechanical stresses applied to the same region of the skin are thought to induce morphological changes known as wrinkle. However, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. To study the mechanisms, we examined effects of repeated mechanical stress on the dermal equivalent.


The IR absorption spectra of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have been measured in gas phase for temperatures up to 920 K. The band positions clearly depend on the vibrational content of the molecules, which is interpreted as an anharmonic effect. From the laboratory data, we have deduced that position of the interstellar 3.3 μm band is consistent with the carriers being free PAHs at high temperatures.


Web accessibility for people with Cognitive Disabilities has generated increasing interest in the professional web development, scholarly and advocacy communities in recent years, although there is little acknowledged agreement on how to proceed. This article conducts a review of the current understanding of experts in the field as exemplified by Web design guidelines. It provides current Web design recommendations that have achieved a high degree of agreement as well as four recommendations for implementation. Twenty existing Web design guidelines from Web accessibility experts, government and advocacy organizations were identified in an extensive literature review. Those disabilities specifically addressed by these guidelines included: cognitive disabilities (9), cognitive impairments (2), learning disabilities (4), dyslexia (3), aphasia (1), and mental retardation or intellectual disabilities (1). The authors of the Guidelines came from Australia (1), the United Kingdom (7), and the United States (12). The 20 guidelines contained 187 separate design recommendations which were combined due to duplications and organized for analysis. The top recommendations included: 1) Use pictures, graphics, icons and symbols along with text (75% agreement), 2) Use clear and simple text (70% agreement), 3) Use consistent navigation and design on every page (60% agreement), and 4) Use headings, titles, and prompts (50% agreement).


We consider inverse boundary value problems for the Navier–Stokes equations and the isotropic Lamé system in two dimensions. The question of global uniqueness for these inverse problems, without any smallness assumptions on unknown coefficients, has been a longstanding open problem for the Navier–Stokes equations and the isotropic Lamé system in two dimensions. We prove the global uniqueness for both inverse boundary value problems. Our methodology is the same for both systems. The key is the construction of complex geometric optics solutions after decoupling the systems into weakly coupling systems.


This study aims to determine the effect of human resources and facilities on employee performance at Bank Sumut Syariah Medan Ringroad Branch. The sample population in this study was 30 employees of Bank Sumut Syariah Medan Ringroad Branch, while the data collection technique used a questionnaire (questionnaire). Data analysis techniques collect normality test, linearity test and multiple linear regression analysis and hypothesis testing, namely partial test (t-test), simultaneous test (F-test), and the coefficient of determination. Based on the results of data analysis using the SPSS 16.0 program, the research hypothesis that uses multiple linear regression testing. This means that if the constant, which means that if the variables X1 and X2 are equal to zero, then Y. X1 regression coefficient value indicates if X1 has increased by 100% it will increase learning outcomes. X2 regression coefficient value indicates if X2 has increased by 100% it will increase human resources. The results of the hypothesis test using the facility t-test obtained the value of tcount ttable, with a probability. The results of the hypothesis test of human resources t-test obtained that the value of tcount ttable with a probability. The results of the simultaneous test (F test) obtained a significant. If we compare the value of Fcount with Ftable, the result. The result of the coefficient of determination (R2) shows that the Rsquare meaning that human resources and facilities are able to explain the performance of employees at Bank Sumut Syariah Medan Ringroad Branch.


Abstract Three leading research databases—PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus—each offer unique ways of indexing citations and interpreting an article's impact. Identifying the approach each takes to citation analysis and marking their distinctions has implications for not only scholars but information professionals engaged with medical reference.


This paper is an upgrade to previous attempt from Hindustan institute of science and technology intended to demonstrate the techniques used by Team manojava in response to the challenge levied by the IARC MISSION -8. In this paper, we have explained the techniques adopted for successful performance to counter the mission challenge. Here we will come across autonomous stabilization of the drone and a swarm of drones, how they interact with one another, controlling them without electronic devices, here we did choose a voice command control system, possibility of manipulating autonomous swarm stabilization to human control for focusing the display over the boxes for critical code as explained in the mission-8 rules of IARC. Here the object tracking is done in a different manner apart from general on-board Image processing, we are transmitting the video to the nearby laptop and processing the object tracking there and required commands are sent back by means of custom built wireless network system. One of the primary concentration of our work is over lidar, in generating data in degrees around the drone on top and bottom with magnetometer and gyroscope. Which defines it as one of the best obstacle avoidance system in performance of avoiding both stationary and moving aerial obstacles system with pointed rotary lidar. The navigation is based on the data that is generated by the lidar and programmed intelligence, since the arena is a bounded environment the was no additional focus in boundary awareness which will be accomplishesd as boundary obstacle. The custom built control system works on parallel processing to make problem free and to minimize the program overall run time Introduction: The demonstration of mission is made possible with the stabilized formation of drones and autonomous environment sensing and response of individual drone, interactive with the human based on voice command and image recognition features. A statement of the problem: with the keen understanding over the mission arena and its requirements. The formation is preprogrammed to collect the sensitive data of the mission and to perform the required activity on a minimum commands transfer. The designed system primarily focuses on controlling the multiple aerial robots apart from leaving them to their autonomous performance. The system was designed and simplified to make single person multiple robots interaction to achieve the task with the supporting feature of swarm stabilization. Autonomous Swarm behavior is quantized and will only be performed on command by the participating member of the team. • It is mentioned that the aerial robot has to identify the environment • To avoid obstacles in its path • It has to pass commands from one drone to another drone basing on swarm interaction • It has to pass the live video of the boxes, environment by means of fpv • One has to communicate only through non-vocal commands • The propellers are to be enclosed for safety • A kill switch to terminate the drone at any instant • Has to survive at least 8 minutes Conceptual solution to solve the problem Here, first we start with the drone hardware. Our drones are custom build quad family, they are equipped with 750 Kv motors and 11 inch propellers, battery 0f 6500mah 3s Lipo battery, each motor produces 1500gms of thrust while we utilize 500gms thrust for a normal mission stabilizing 1600-1800 gms of the drone. This particular designed drone consists of multiple microcontrollers which communicates with each other via an i2c and spi communication busses each assigned to a specific task as follows. Autonomous flight without human interference was being developed since 2017, and simulating swarm interactions. Autonomous systems consist of a basic flight controller to auto stabilize pitch, roll, yaw when there is no command. This is further Linked with secondary microcontroller which is equipped with Mems three axis accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, barometer, gps and processed lidar data to make it semi-autonomous with preprogrammed conditions. Mission planner is the third microcontroller which is equipped with gps, processed lidar data which runs mission 8 rules primarily to avoid obstacles and stabilize in position and trajectory formation as per voice commands. Fourth microcontroller deals with a mini TTL camera and transfers it to the ground station, processed visual data from ground station is sent back to the mission planner to make human worn helmet trackable and to shoot lasers at command Swarm algorithms and its networking are being processed by a separate microcontroller which receives data from mission planner to position other drones and to manipulate their position on command and also transfer data that received from another drone to the mission planner. Here the swarm stabilization involves with a predefined pattern involving gps coordinates which were auto generated according to the master drone position by swarm algorithm where each drone can be independently controlled as an exception for pre-auto generated position commands once the new position is defined its error from auto generated coordinates will be considered as an offsets and will be lined up for further swarm positions Obstacle avoidance is achieved by placing two pointed lidars on top and bottom of the drone which spins at 5hz-10hz continuously tracking the width of the drone in the trajectory suitable for passing through, also to support preprogrammed intelligence in parallel processing to avoid wanted interference by the killer drones. Video focus by each drone will be voice commanded to master drone by a team participant which transfers in swarm algorithm to all other drones and controls independently. Boundary awareness is not much focused since this operation is in a bounded walled room where the walls will be treated as an obstacle. Each drone is equipped with an FPV cam to transmit video simultaneously to team participant, whereas the master drone is equipped with two cams one for image processing and another for FPV. This mission planner is connected with a small microcontroller with a receiver which is virtually linked up with a kill switch, which terminates all functions and processes in case of safety. Figure of control system architecture The flight control system architecture remains same as previous attempt even after some modifications but the processing strategy and algorithms undergone various changes. Yearly Milestones Stabilizing of quad copter achieved after months Stabilizing of single quadcopter involved Arduino with mpu6050 as primary flight controller where it took a ton of time to stabilize with the proper PID tuning, this is taken from open source flight controller YMFC by Joop Brokking. It works as simple as reading pwm readings from the receiver using interrupts, reads Accel gyro values to measure pitch, roll involving simple complimentary for sensor fusion between gyroscope pitch, roll and accelerometer pitch, roll. Up next we added barometer to hold its altitude. Altitude hold function is simple, we used to measure the change in current altitude and actual altitude and then multiplied by proportional constant. Thus we obtained an altitude hold. But it used to oscillate due to minimum sensitivity (30cm) to Baro sensor. However, we managed the code to run at 250 Hz frequency. Then the ultrasonic sensor was added to the code, but it extended the time period of the code. So there we started to use multiple microcontrollers for multiple tasks, ultrasonic was connected to another micro controller where these two microcontrollers communicated threw the i2c communication finally with little delay in terrain change response the drone was hovered with minute oscillations A team of two, has involved in creating Algorithms and programming self-stabilized drone and perform some semi-autonomous tasks like autonomous navigation to virtual gps points. Who in further with team contributed to swarm stabilization and autonomous intelligence Navigating it to virtual gps coordinates however, with some errors Swarm algorithms, construction and demonstration were still lagging behind the requirement by the time of writing of this journal. Voice commands with basic configuration were implemented. And the further improved version development is under progress. Here we have used 15 commands structured control system. Start, stop, names of four drones, left, right, forward, backward, Ing. And their combination to control all four set of drones. Here even one drone collects commands it will transfer those to all remaining drones with their name thus swarm communication is demonstrated In addition to the development of the previous version 30 command control system was implemented for much more precise control over individual drone and swarm of drones Lidar designing and utilization over one requirement. Reality under construction and testing. Two lidars of around 20 gms each were mounted on top and bottom with angular frequency of 5 Hz linked with a magnetometer and a gyroscope to store data in north east south west coordinates with a resolution of app 6 degrees. Which is used to identify the obstacle and to plan the escape trajectory Processing the lidar data within the swarm navigation is still a challenging task with few exceptional cases. How ever with some additional burden on the control person it is a possible approach. Figure of lidar system:


........................................................................................................ii General Audience Abstract..................................................................................iii Acknowledgements...........................................................................................iv List of Figures..................................................................................................vi List of Tables..................................................................................................ix Chapter One Literature review: Biology, ecology, and risk assessment of brown marmorated stink bug in soybean systems....................................................................................1 Chapter Two Relationship of brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, infestations in tree borders to subsequent patterns of movement into soybean fields.............................22 Chapter Three A new visual sampling method for assessing Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) numbers in soybean fields........................................................34 Chapter Four Using CLIMEX to assess potential risk for brown marmorated stink bug in Virginia....54 Chapter Five Summary..............................................................................................68


In 1973, Gustavo Gili published the Spanish version of Planning and Design for Leisure, by Georges Candilis. In the Introduction, the author emphasised that "from the moment we admit that mass leisure is in the process of becoming a crucial phenomenon of contemporary civilisation, we have the duty ¼ to clarify its true meaning, its content, its varied and multiple aspects, as well as the growing and preponderant role it is called to have in our society". From the disciplinary point of view, the situation demanded "a new architecture: the architecture of leisure".
For Candilis, one of the founders of Team 10, tourism projects associated with the emerging welfare and mass consumer society represented the opportunity to test new urban planning and housing models which, as an alternative to the practices inherited from modernity, reclaimed denser patterns of territorial occupation and more diversified formulas of living. Many of the principles expressed by Candilis had already been announced by Jose Antonio Coderch, also a member of Team 10, in the unbuilt project of the Torre Valentina holiday complex, presented in 1959 at the last CIAM. The difference was now in the scale of the interventions. Responding to the democratic ideal of "leisure for the greatest number", there is an evolution in the traditional forms of tourism exploration, with the hotel giving way to the holiday mega-structure and the city of leisure. In Portugal, the protagonist of this transition would be Francisco Conceicao Silva, "the architect of tourism".
Keywords: Team 10, Georges Candilis, Architecture and Urbanism, Mass Tourism, Conceicao Silva


Objective:To investigate the effects of autoimmune regulator(Aire) to promiscuous genes expression in medullary thymic epithelial cells(mTECs).Methods:Highly purified mTECs of C57BL/6 mice were primarily cultured. pEGFPC3/Aire plasmid was transfected with liposome. The RT-PCR assay was used to investigate the mRNA expression level of Aire and three common promiscuous genes in mTECs.Results:(1)After nine days of culture, the purity of thymic epithelial cells could be about 85%,when higher efficiency of transfection with pEGFPC3/Aire into mTECs was achieved. (2)The expression levels of Aire and promiscuous genes in mTECs descended gradually and disappeared at the 11th day of culture. (3)Only at the earlier period of culture could Aire promote promiscuous genes expression to a short term. (4)Co-culture with thymocytes could prolong the promiscuous genes expression time in Aire-mTECs.Conclusion:(1)There is obvious promotion of Aire to promiscuous genes expression in mTECs. (2)Thymocytes are important for upstream activating signals to Aire and promiscuous genes.


This contribution summarises progress in the modelling and simulation in aircraft flight performance. In recent years there has been increasing interest in modelling the aircraft system as a whole, with particular emphasis on multi-disciplinarity.


Summary Previous studies on the prevalence of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) have largely been restricted to specific hospital departments. We identified common drug combinations and potential drug-drug interactions (pDDIs) in an entire hospital population throughout 1 year. Frequently administered drug combinations involved analgesics, cardiovascular medicines and gastrointestinal medicines. The prevalence of pDDIs among newly hospitalised patients was 2.6%. The most common pDDIs were ibuprofen – paracetamol, pantoprazole – paracetamol and morphine – paracetamol. Critical pDDIs were rare and only accounted for 0.4% of pDDIs.


ABSTRACT Driven by increasing cultural diversity and growing inequities in health and social outcomes, cross-cultural competence has become a fundamental dimension of effective and ethical social work practice. It has assumed a prominent discourse in social work education, scholarship, professional practice, codes of ethics, and organizational policy; however, how one defines, acquires, applies, and evaluates cultural competencies continue to be issues of debate. Grounded in a postmodern epistemic frame, an integrated model of critical cultural consciousness for working across differences in social work is proposed and implications for micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice are discussed.


An apparatus using a silica Bourdon gage is described for the measurement of vapor pressures or dissociation pressures with an accuracy of 0.1 mm and 0.1 deg C up to maximum pressures of atmospheric or beyond and maximum temperatures of 650 to 1250 deg C. The method is applicable to corrosive substances, to substances whose vapor pressure is sensitive to slight changes in composition, and to substances difficult to purify of volatile contaminants which affect the vapor pressure. (auth)


Despite its commitment to person-in-environment, social work practice has done little to develop concepts, principles, and skills for work with people-environment transactions. This article examines particular concepts as a first step in the development of principles and skills for intervening in these transactions.


Objective Net zero energy buildings with acceptable indoor environment Methods Designing, monitoring, simulating and controlling building systems to achieve the objectives by using various technologies that use little energy and have low environmental impact. Results It is possible to reduce net energy use to zero with careful design and operation. Computer tools are great for helping to achieve the goals.


Contemporary toy is characterized by accelerating social, cultural and technological change. An attractive action figure can grab consumers' attention, influence the latent consuming preference and evoke their pleasure. However, traditional design of action figure is always dependant on designer's opinion, subjective experience and preference. It could be a selling risk in the marketing in terms of new action figure. Therefore, how to objectively extract the appeal information of action figure is an important topic for aiding designers to develop an action figure of satisfying consumers. This study explores the task of action figure appeal to consumer psychological perception. A series of investigation is conducted to collect the action figure appeals including the abstract psychological perceptions and concrete factor/feature descriptions by means of the existing action figures based on the procedure of Evaluation Grid Method. Then, the Quantification Theory Type I is used to establish the relationship between the abstract consumer psychological perceptions and the concrete action figure appeal factors. The results show that the action figure appeals can be objectively and systematically extracted, and provide designers with useful design information to develop a particular action figure for satisfying consumers.


Constitutional Myths By Ray Raphael The New Press, 2013 Conservative politicians and judges justify many of their stands by making claims about what the "founding fathers" intended when they created the U.S. Constitution. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, has claimed that "the whole purpose" of our constitution is "to prevent change." But an examination of how the Constitution was created casts doubt on claims about "strict constructionism," "original intent," "limited government," and other right-wing mantras.


Ameloblastic fibro-odontoma (AFO) is a benign mixed tumor of odontogenic origin. It generally occurs in children and teenagers; however, cases occurring in the elderly have also been reported. Generally, the tumor is asymptomatic and is discovered accidently on a radiograph taken for an unerupted tooth, but examples of large tumors causing jaw swelling have been reported in literature. This article presents a case of AFO causing jaw expansion with pain and lymphadenopathy in a 17-year-old male. As the final diagnosis is always confirmed by histopathology, this case is a unique one diagnosed by clinical and radiographic findings as an odontoma and suggesting the differentiation of an AFO to odontoma.


Two methods for capturing the letter naming skills of kindergarteners (N=35) were compared in power to predict Gates-McGinitie vocabulary and comprehension one year later. Traditionally, the predictor is the number of letters named correctly. The experimental method obtained a predictor set of factor scores obtained from quali tatively scored letter name responses. Both methods turned out essentially the same correlation coefficients.


Connecticut is unique in that the taxi and livery industries are regulated on a statewide level rather than the local level which is the more typical method of regulating these industries.  In order to receive a permit to operate either a taxi company or a livery company the applicant must show proof of  "public convenience and necessity".  The rationale for such regulation is that if entry restrictions were loosened the result would be excessive entry with deteriorating service levels and quality.  On the other hand, some would argue that such a system unfairly benefits existing providers at the expense of potential entrants.  Transportation network companies have been operating outside of this regulatory framework claiming that they are something other than taxis or livery services.  They have defined themselves as technology companies providing technology to facilitate rides from independent contractors. The rise of transportation network companies (TNCs) has been a disruptive force in the taxi and livery industries across many states and countries.  The TNCs would argue that they are providing better service at better prices than traditional service providers.  The taxi and livery industries tend to see TNCs as unregulated transportation service providers which put the public at risk.  The purpose of this paper is to investigate what role, if any, TNCs should play in the transportation market and how they should be regulated.


OBJECTIVE To investigate the protective effect of CMC on the liver and brain in mice damaged by D-galactose. METHODS Animals were divided into four groups: control group;D-galactose treated animals;control+CMC group;D-galactose+CMC group.Protein carbonyl and SOD,CAT,MDA of the liver and brain were detected. RESULTS D-galactose induced protein carbonyl of brain and liver,CMC decreased it.CMC increased the activity of SOD and CAT and decreased the MDA content. CONCLUSION CMC might play a protective effect on the oxidative protein damage of brain and liver in mice.


Objective To explore the association between CYP2E1 codon 1019 polymorphism and the risk on human lung cancer.MethodsData bases were searched to select the references consistent with the criteria.Meta-analysis was performed by review manager 4.2 for pool OR value(with 95%CI),the heterogeneity was examined,a funnel plot and Egger's linear regression method was constructed to check for publication bias,cumulative meta-analysis was also performed.Results A total of 11 case-control studies were collected including 1278 cases and 1568 controls.Compared with the wide-type homozygote c1/c1,the pooled OR value(with 95%CI) of c1c2、c2c2 and(c1c2+c2c2) were 0.74(0.63,0.87),0.90(0.63,1.28) and 0.73(0.63,0.86).Conclusion The c2 mutation on the codon 1019 of CYP2E1 gene was a protective factor.


This dissertation aims at the evaluation of the effectiveness of two crystallization modifiers with low toxicity when applied in two types of porous material, contaminated with two soluble salts. The tested modifiers were the citric acid and the phosphocitric acid which were applied by capillary absorption or by spray, in air-lime mortar or Globigerina limestone specimens saturated with saline 10 w% solutions of sodium chloride or sodium sulphate. A macroscopic analysis of the effect of the two modifiers was carried out, based on evaporation drying tests. The state-of-the-art research focused the characteristics of porous materials, water transport, soluble salts and crystallization modifiers. The experimental work included also characterization of the fresh mortar, hardened mortar and Globigerina limestone. Porosity, water vapour permeability, surface tension and evaporation of solutions, capillarity and drying behaviour are the main measured characteristics. This work allowed to know the main recent developments about crystallization modifiers and conclude about the influence on drying and the relevancy of the application technique of the citric and phosphocitric acids. Key-words: citric acid, crystallization inhibitors, crystallization modifiers, drying, phosphocitric acid, porous materials, sodium chloride, sodium sulphate, soluble salts.


Skeletal muscle glucose uptake is regulated by insulin and contractile activity. The diaphragm is constantly active and may rely on higher basal glucose uptake rates. We tested the hypothesis that glucose uptake by the rat diaphragm is not regulated by contractile activity. We used diaphragm bundles from adult Sprague‐Dawley rats to measure 3H‐glucose uptake under basal conditions, insulin (100 nM), or under the following activity protocols: (1) 0.1 train/s @ 40 Hz, 500 ms train duration for 20 min (parameters to increase glucose uptake in other muscles); (2) 40 Hz for 10 min; (3) 20 Hz for 10 min; and (4) 10 Hz for 10 min. Protocols 2–4 were done at 0.5 train/s and 500 ms train duration. We found that insulin increased glucose uptake 4‐fold over basal rates: 0.6±0.1 vs. 2.8±0.7 μmol/g/h basal and insulin respectively (p=0.01). Activity protocol #1 did not change glucose uptake: 1.1±0.12 vs. 1.1±0.15 μmol/g/h basal and activity respectively (p=0.5). Activity protocols #2–4 increased glucose significantly over the basal rates: #2: 1.6±0.2 vs. 2.1±0.2; #3: 2.2±0.11 vs. 3.4±0.3; #4: 1.9±0.3 vs. 2.7±0.2 μmol/g/h basal and activity respectively, (p≤0.01 for each comparison). In summary, glucose uptake in the rat diaphragm does not increase in response to an activity protocol used in other muscles. Most strenuous activity protocols increase glucose uptake, but not to the same extent as insulin. Supported by R01 EY012998 to FHA.


Audio visual speech recognition (AVSR) is a technique that uses image processing capabilities in lip reading to aid speech recognition systems in recognizing un-deterministic phones or giving preponderance among near probability decisions where as an lipreading is a technique of understanding speech by visually interpreting the movements of the lips, face and tongue with information provided by the context, language, and any residual hearing. This paper represents method of identifying redundant frames from audio visual data for audio visual speech recognition by low level analysis. Results presented in paper depict the necessity of distinct frame for feature extraction so that efficacy of the recognition system will be improved.


243 Dean Zoerink is professor in the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Administration at Western Illinois University. Diane Groff is an associate professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Get REAL & HEEL Breast Cancer Program. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, or (919) 962-0534. Editor's note: One additional research paper appears in this issue. Dawson, Knapp, and Farmer, in Camp War Buddies: Exploring the Therapeutic Benefits of Social Comparison in a Pediatric Oncology Camp assess the effect of attendance at a pediatric oncology camp designed to support the psychosocial needs of youth 8-18 years of age. Their study reveals that campers experienced significant improvements in self-esteem with emergent themes describing carryover impacts in daily lives of campers subsequent to the structured camping experience. This issue continues the important discussion on effective interventions by taking a closer look at physical fitnessand sport-based interventions and outcomes of collaborative programs. Physical activity is an umbrella term that encompasses exercise, sport, and bodily movements produced by the skeletal muscles resulting from energy expenditure. Documented outcomes of physical activity have included decreased pain, anxiety, and stress; reduced incidence of falls and symptoms of depression; and promotion of healthy lifestyles. Further, participation in physical activity acts like a nonpharmacological therapy because it reduces the effects of many health problems (Carter & VanAndel, 2011). Sports include a variety of individual and team competitions with adaptations that accommodate specific functional limitations (Shank & Coyle, 2002). Results of studies on sports participation suggest positive outcomes like improvements in the quality of social and family life, physical health, and personal enjoyment (Barletta & Loy, 2006; Zabriskie, Lundberg, & Groff, 2005).


The attempted synthesis of 2H-1,4-benzoxazine, which is unreported in the literature, gives a mixture of polymeric aldolization products. The major product, isolated in crystalline form, is formulated as the cyclic trimer 5.


This paper has two aims. The first is forecasting inflation in Iran using Macroeconomic variables data in Iran (Inflation rate, liquidity, GDP, prices of imported goods and exchange rates) , and the second is comparing the performance of forecasting vector auto regression (VAR), Bayesian VectorAutoregressive (BVAR), GARCH, time series and neural network models by which Iran's inflation is forecasted. The comparison of performance of forecasting models used to forecast Iran's inflation has been done based on the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of the models. Due to the annual values of Inflation, liquidity, GDP, prices of imported goods and exchange rates at free market to estimate different models in this paper and compare root mean square error and Mean Absolute Percentage Error of models by which inflation has been forecasted, neural network model had better performance than others models in forecasting Iran's inflation. Indeed root mean square error and Mean Absolute Percentage Error of neural network model have less value rather than root mean square error and Mean Absolute Percentage Error of other forecasting models.


It describes a system for treating exhaust gases from an engine. The system includes that exhaust gases are led from the engine through a spiral exhaust passage to the atmosphere, the plant comprises an exhaust duct that receives an exhaust stream, in which a liquid reducing agent has been injected, wherein the spiral outlet channel comprises a plurality of outlet channels, which in the exhaust gas stream parts separate smaller currents, with the smaller streams are introduced again in a common channel and together forming a single exhaust gas stream and wherein the alignment of the plurality of exhaust ports causes the single exhaust gas stream to have a spiral flow pattern.


As we know email is an effective tool for communication and it is the fastest way to send information from one place to another and it saves time and also cost. But the email is affected by attacks which include spam mails. Spam is unwanted email or it is bulk data that is flooding the internet with many duplication of similar message, in an attempt to force the email on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it. To address the growing of spam email on the internet the interest of spam filtering also grow accordingly. In this paper we review various spam detection technics. We are use the technics with feature selection algorithm and without feature selection algorithm and apply all the classifier of data mining tool. In this study we analyze the classifier algorithm using two different data mining tools those are WEKA and TANAGRA. Data mining is the discovery of knowledge from the large database and it is the technique of finding out new patterns in a huge data sets. Both data mining tool use different classification algorithms like K-Nearest Neighbor (K-NN), Naive Bayes (NB) and others. Then finally, the best classifier for email spam is identified based on the accuracy of the algorithm on each data mining tools. Keywords : Classifier, Feature selection, Spam E-mail. DOI : 10.7176/JIEA/9-2-01 Publication date : April 30 th 2019


administrators in implementing reading in the content areas. ■ Using the reference section of a library can be a dynamic or a frustrating experience. Students are frequently expected to find information without being properly prepared for the task. Haphazardly, they skim through sources, or they limit themselves to conventional encyclopedias. Students should be provided with a specific method that will increase their chances of having successful experiences finding information. The process method of locating information can be a useful procedure and an interesting activity for obtaining desired information. In this approach, students are expected to select problems and to solve them in a contractual format. The contract is a


Background  Atopic dermatitis (AD), a significant problem in Japan, has a major impact on health‐related quality of life (QOL). The development of steroid phobia in patients with AD may restrict the therapeutic options available to these patients. Tacrolimus ointment is a safe and effective nonsteroid treatment for AD. It may be an appropriate alternative for patients with AD and steroid phobia. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of AD on QOL and to investigate the effect of tacrolimus ointment on QOL in patients with steroid phobia.


On the base of Leeson Model the circuit design of a high frequency and low phase noise crystal oscillator was discussed,taking a 100 MHz oscillator as an example.The key circuit design,the output spectrum,the output voltage and the phase noise graphics could be obtained and optimized by the computer simulation.Finally,we worked out the real circuit and did some experiments,then got the measured phase noise graphics:-154.97 dBc/Hz@1kHz,-164.17 email@example.com found that this oscillator circuit had some advantages in the phase noise.