Aimed at those who are interested in mentoring, offers a perspective on the mentoring experience from the potential mentor's view‐point and attempts to write from the "inside" of the relationship. Addresses the mentor's concerns about the role by drawing on the authors' personal experiences and debates mentoring within the context of modern organizational life. Criticizes a heavily "skills focused" approach to mentoring and argues that it is a holistic and significant personal relationship that flourishes despite management's attempts to control and measure it.


Abstract:Over the past 50 years, a large body of work has demonstrated that during childhood and adolescence peers are strong socialization agents influencing youth development across a wide array of behavioral domains. In this report, we highlight how this long-standing research focus on peer influence may benefit from undertaking new directions that have been largely neglected in prior work. Specifically, we propose and discuss five main issues that we believe future peer influence studies should aim to address: (1) extending the examination of peer influence to multiple potential sources of socialization beyond close friends; (2) examining peer influence effects over shorter time frames and in real time; (3) testing indirect forms of peer influence; (4) extending the conceptualization and measurement of peer influence susceptibility; and (5) examining positive and adaptive forms of peer influence. The integration of recent theoretical and methodological advances from other disciplines will enable peer influence researchers to answer these and other exciting questions to better elucidate how and when peers are more likely to influence youth development.


A temperature evolution equation for compressible ferrofluids is derived using basic laws of thermodynamics of moving electromagnetic media. Along with the compressibility the change in kinetic energy is also included in the laws of thermodynamics to make the equation suitable for studying convective instabilities and fully developed turbulence in compressible ferrofluids as is shown by an order of magnitude analysis. The derived equation is found to be consistent with the total energy conservation when the forcing and dissipative effects are neglected. One can indeed recover the previously derived temperature evolution equations under suitable limits. In hydrodynamic limit, the equation is reduced to the temperature evolution of a neutral compressible fluid and can be potentially important for studying astrophysical turbulence.


For isolated utterances, speech synthesis quality has improved immensely thanks to the use of sequence-to-sequence models. However, these models are generally trained on read speech and fail to generalise to unseen speaking styles. Recently, more research is focused on the synthesis of expressive and conversational speech. Conversational speech contains many prosodic phenomena that are not present in read speech. We would like to learn these prosodic patterns from data, but unfortunately, many large conversational corpora are unsuitable for speech synthesis due to low audio quality. We investigate whether a data mixing strategy can improve conversational prosody for a target voice based on monologue data from audiobooks by adding real conversational data from podcasts. We filter the podcast data to create a set of 26k question and answer pairs. We evaluate two FastPitch models: one trained on 20 hours of monologue speech from a single speaker, and another trained on 5 hours of monologue speech from that speaker plus 15 hours of questions and answers spoken by nearly 15k speakers. Results from three listening tests show that the second model generates more preferred question prosody.


For the current 5G era, the deployment of small cells in residential and commercial areas plays an imperious preamble in improving network coverage and the quality of service (QoS). Major technical problems associated with the mass deployment of small cells, such as femtocells are interference management and QoS provisioning. These are important for service-providing operators because the system capacity and achievable data rates mainly depend on interference. Future generation wireless networks will use autonomous and distributed architecture for ameliorating the efficacy and flexibility of communication systems. In this paper, we propose a game theory-based model along with dynamic channel allocation and self-optimizing power control scheme for resolving priority-based access exposure by applying the concept of primary and secondary users. It is expected that the consumers will experience better QoS with reduced interference levels, and the service-providing operators will be able to increase their revenue, while ensuring optimal price for the consumers. We assimilated extensive numerical results to demonstrate the efficacy of our proposed model.


The timing of Harriet Harman's intervention on media ownership yesterday was interesting. It came just after the House of Lords closed their call for evidence on media plurality (the deadline was last week) and one day before the Queens Speech which will set out the legislative programme for the next Parliamentary term.


This essay uses the recent revisionary histories of Australian Anglo-Catholicism by Colin Holden to revisit the antinomies of conservatism and radicalism in traditions (theological and political). In particular, it highlights the radical ironies contained within "retro-radicalism" of Anglo-Catholicism whereby the renewal of tradition requires both the recognition of its own plural and conflictual history and an active engagement with contemporary challenges. By developing a peripheral vision of the peculiar and contingent stories of provincial and regional traditions of one reform movement within Australian Anglicanism, Holden's histories offer a rich and complex vision of recurring global themes of centre and periphery: of empire and colony, imperialism and nationalism, race and culture, city and country, church and state. It is concluded that the future of Anglo-Catholicism, after the fact of its historic decline, must perforce lie in a rediscovery of its radical kernel: namely, of a sacramental connecting of ritual and art to the politics of socialism and associative democracy, and in both keys reaffirming a theology of the Trinitarian God.


Bilsk is the largest fortified settlement of the Early Iron Age in Europe. The defensive line of the site consists of a rampart and the moat of more than 30 km length surrounding the area of ca. 5 thousand hectares. Over the years of the exploration of this archaeological site the idea of the time of settlement of certain parts of the archaeological complex, the origin and peculiarities of the creation of grand defensive structures was gradually formed. A special role in the process of their formation and use was played by the Eastern fortification, the fortified walls of which existed for more than two centuries. Recent exploration of its rampart and moat taking into account the results obtained last years suggest the creation of strong defencive system on the place of unfortified settlements and offered new vision of the appearance of fortified walls.
The analysis of excavation materials of different years allows us to state that the territories occupied by unfortified settlements in the pre-fortress period were much larger and went beyond the future line of wood-earth fortifications. For more than a century and a half in the western part of the settlement complex there were no defencive structures. Only open settlements are known, which appeared in the last third of the 8th century BC. The situation changed in the second half of 6th century BC when the eastern part of the complex was occupied by the population with other traditions. Probably at the beginning of the third quarter of the 6th century BC the founders of the settlement, located in the eastern part of the watershed plateau, surrounded the most important part of the village with a wooden fence (a wall of logs, or mud). A similar wall defended the settlements within the modern Western settlement. The defensive line of the Great Fortress was later planned according to the same principle. We believe that such a light fence, without additional engineering structures, had no defensive significance but determined its own social space of settlements, which housed the estates of local tribal leaders, the most important public buildings and other facilities. Probably belonging to the different tribal groups prompted the inhabitants of the two settlements to strengthen the system of defence and surround the perimeter of each of them with an earthen rampart. The settlements gradually turned into a kind of residence of the local elite. We can assume that in the last third of the 5th century BC or at the beginning of the last quarter of this century, most likely, in the unstable situation in the region, the single strong defensive line in the form of an earthen rampart with a wooden wall on the ridge and a moat in front of them was created. The rampart and moat of the Great Fortress probably delineated the boundaries of the centre of the tribal union. The representatives of different ethnic groups and different social groups lived in this large area. The created defensive line with a length of 35 km was relevant until the middle of the 5th century BC until the time of the appearance of the settlement within the Western settlement. In the Eastern settlement life continues for another century and a half, until the endof the 4th century BC.


This paper develops and tests the anticipation hypothesis as applied to a bidding firm's returns and the returns of its rivals. Our results provide strong support for anticipation and the transfer of subsequent bidding information throughout a bidder's industry. First, the abnormal returns of bidding firms are significantly related to the degree of surprise surrounding a bid announcement. Second, at the time of an initial industry bid announcement, rival firms that will also become bidders in the near future experience significant and differential price adjustments in comparison to rivals who will not bid. Third, these price adjustments are significantly and positively related to the abnormal returns earned by the initial industry bidder. Our results hold after controlling for variables typically associated with acquiring firm returns. Less anticipated bidding activity is, on average, a wealth creating activity. Moreover, the magnitude of the anticipation effect is large enough to alter some well known results. For example, the literature documents that bidders in stock acquisitions earn significantly negative returns. The same result is found in the literature for bidders seeking publicly traded targets. We find that bidders in less anticipated acquisitions earn significantly positive abnormal returns in stock acquisitions and insignificant returns in acquisitions of public targets. Thus, the magnitude of the anticipation effect is larger than that associated with either form of payment or organizational form of the target.


A scheme is presented for the teleportation of an unknown atomic state between two separated cavities. The scheme involves two interaction-detection cycles and uses resonantly coupled atoms with an additional ground state not coupled to the cavity field. Remarkably, the damping of one basis state is balanced by that of the other basis state and the state with photon loss in the first interaction-detection cycle is eliminated by the second cycle. Therefore, the fidelity of teleportation is independent of the teleported state and insensitive to the atomic spontaneous emission, cavity decay, and detection inefficiency, which is obviously in contrast to the original scheme by Bose et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 5158 (1999).


Insecurity in terms of sustainability of the planet is increasingly evident in society, causing companies incorporate social aspects into their business models in order to fit social requirements. The objective of this study is to identify the relation between the elements constituents of organizational culture and social responsibility of companies socially responsible, that take part in the Social Responsibility Prize, held by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, in the year of 2011, with base year 2010, as well as identify the relation between the content of elements constituents of organizational culture and the respective financial investments in social practices. To summarize, to analyze the consistency between the practice and what is said. This research classifies itself as qualitative regarding the form of approach of the researching problem, as exploratory according to its objectives and as documentary research referring to technical procedures utilized. Besides the analysis of the content of the elements constituents of organizational culture, it is also used the econometric analysis. Among the 171 companies that take part the section restricted itself to 19 companies that compose the category of large companies and that contained the vision, the mission and the valuers of organization disposable in your homepages. The results of this study indicate that the social practices done by the researched companies materialize effectively as corporate social responsibility, once that they are inserted in the organizational culture. Furthermore, it was possible to conclude that what is inside the organizational strategies of the companies, in study, is little effectuated in it's investments.


- Object tracking is one of the vital fields of computer vision that detects the moving object from a video sequence. Object detection is used to detect the object present in the video and to find the exact location of that object. The object tracking can be applied in various fields that include video surveillance, robot vision, traffic monitoring, automated civil or military surveillance system, traffic monitoring, human-computer interaction, vehicle navigation, biomedical image analysis, medical imaging and much more. The object tracking algorithm requires tracking the object in each frame of the video. A common approach is to use the background subtraction, which eliminates the common static background, resulting into foreground region showing the presence of the desired object. Block matching technique is the most popular technique for computing the motion vectors between the two frames of video sequences and different searching techniques are available to compute motion vectors between frames. Still, there is a scope for improvement in modifying or developing a new shape pattern for block matching motion estimation to find out and track the object in the video. This paper presents the several object detection and tracking methods and how block matching can be used to track object from a video.


With technological advancements and developments of Terahertz (THz) radiation and associated components are attracting researchers over the globe and gaining momentum due to its benefits over wireless media for various applications of identification, sensing, tracking in a wide variety of fields. THz waveguides can act as a key component for THz communication systems for wireless applications. The proposed dielectric stripe based THz Waveguide is planned for 3 THz and constructed using high-density polyethylene (HDPE), Graphene, Aluminum Gallium Arsenide (AlGaAs) and Gallium Arsenide (GaAs). A stripe is introduced between high-density polyethylene and distributed Bragg reflector. A monolayer of Graphene 2.5 nm thickness is sandwiched between two layers of high-density polyethylene. The characterization is done based on the materials used in building the components of a waveguide, which includes - GaAs, HDPE, and Monolayer graphene, AlGaAs.


The orifice ring gap has a great influence on the performance of centrifugal pump, but there are few researches on the key parameters related to the orifice ring gap. In this paper, the 3D dimensional chain model of radial runout of the outer cylindrical surface of the impeller orifice ring end relative to the reference of the pump shaft is established. The key parameters are optimized through the calculation and analysis of the 3D dimensional model, and the qualified rate of radial runout is improved. An optimized solution is provided to ensure the size of orifice ring gap.


Wine Spectator recently reported that people are drinking less wine and that the global recession appears to have accelerated this disappointing trend. The effect of the recession was confirmed by Wine of the Month Club; this indicates that it is a myth that people drink more in an economic downturn - on the contrary, economic downturns act to drive people away from drink.


On the basis of earthquake focal mechanisms, the state of stress along the central Denali fault, Alaska system changed after the 2002 earthquake sequence. Before the earthquake sequence, the maximum stress (σ1) was at a 60° angle with the Denali fault west of the point of its maximum curvature, fault‐normal between the fault apex and the Totschunda strand, and at 50° with respect to the Totschunda fault. In the epicentral region, the post‐event σ1 has rotated counter‐clockwise. Along the rest of the rupture zone the sense of rotation is clockwise. The σ1 direction became nearly fault‐normal along the Totschunda strand. Along the central part of the rupture, σ1 is over‐rotated with σ3 being nearly vertical, promoting reverse aftershocks. This could be an indication of dynamic overshoot.


Medical difficulties related to otolaryngology that occurred during the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1803–1806) are highlighted. These difficulties included ear and face frostbite, upper respiratory infections, temporal vessel laceration from an air gun accident, neck scrofula, and a pediatric neck mass. The custom of Clatsop Indian head flattening is also described. These descriptions also aim to illustrate the state of otolaryngology during the early 19th century in America.


As an important factor in enterprise operation and development, knowledge worker is getting more and more attention. Research on knowledge worker has become the focus of scholars in recent years. This paper collects and analyzes the documents on it through literature analysis, and summarizes the focus and the basic content of these documents.


Scholars in Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns of Qing dynasty regarded researching classics and history as their life responsibilities.They not only did scholarly research but also studied calligraphy.Firstly,their respect for the ancients arising from their academic research influenced their aesthetic taste,which resulted in their worship of ancient calligraphers.Secondly,they respected classics but not were constrained by them,and emphasized their own characteristics based on tradition.In summary,"although born to be the descendants of the ancients,we are not their slaves." This is the aesthetic opinion on calligraphy of the scholars of the time.


Across Europe and beyond, there is a sense that we are in the midst of a fundamental shift or change unlike anything we have experienced before and we did not see enough of it coming. As a consequence, HRD and learning and development professionals risk joining the growing ranks of those who have been left behind. Schwab (2016) refers to what he sees as a "profound shift" (p. 1) as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where a confluence of technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics and the internet of things provide a capability for transformation for generations to come but much disruption, unpredictability and future surprises.


In recent years the blast furnace technology has made great progress and got great achievement.Stepping in the 21th century the steel output produced by the electric arc furnace(EAF)will be increased.Along with it the direct reduction iron(DRI)will be raised.At the same time,special attention will be paid to the smelting reduction and its production will increase gradually.Although these will be true,the blast furnace routine will still occupy the dominant position for a long time. The blast furnace technology will continuously be developed along the way of decreasing cost,lowering coke rate,lengthening the campaign life and improving environmental protection.


Nowadays, having skills to solve problems using logical-mathematical reasoning is very important for the development of science and technology. According to the results of tests like the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the National Plan for Learning Assessment (PLANEA), students in Mexico have a poor command in this type of reasoning, since they know the concepts but they do not know how to apply them. To help in solving this problem, this research presents the assessment of a serious game (which contains multiple-choice problems) to strengthen the logical-mathematical reasoning with the implementation of a system based on fuzzy logic. To achieve the above, two exams which were similar in ability level and time limit were designed and maximum time to answer. Afterward, the first test was applied and then the 33 high-school students were provided with the game, which they used for two weeks and finally the second test was applied. The results from the tests were analyzed based on the duration and the levels reached during the use of the game, it was discovered that most of the students can do linear procedures, but they find it difficult to do multiple procedures. Also, it was identified that those students that used the game or moved to the next level improved their performance, unlike those who did not use it.


The incidence of food borne illness in NZ is currently making headlines as levels of illness due to the bacterium Campylobacter reach epidemic proportions. Cases of Campylobacteriosis in NZ are estimated at 115,000 per annum with one recorded death per year due to acute effects of this disease (Baker et al, 2006) and remain at the highest incidence in the developed world (ESR figures) The whole of the food chain, from farm to fork is currently under scrutiny to investigate both sources of contamination and cross contamination risks.

The aim of the current study was to investigate whether potentially pathogenic organisms that could cause food-borne disease are present, and at what frequency, on supermarket shopping baskets, trolleys and checkout surfaces. The study also conducted a survey of current sanitation procedures with the aim of verifying their efficacy by monitoring surfaces for soil levels (including microorganisms) using ATP technology. The use of ATP detection technology is widely recognised in the food industry as a tool to validate cleaning procedures.


A bi-level programming model is proposed by using the methods of equilibrium theory and variational inequality. The upper level model accounts for that the environmental protection agency can promote environmental benefit at possibly lower incentive and supervision costs. The lower level model describes the competitive behavior of the decision-makers under different incentive and supervision strategies, and a closed loop supply chain network equilibrium model in competitive environments is formulated. Finally, a numerical example tested on the proposed algorithm illustrates the validity of the model along with the discussion. The result provides a theoretic support for the environmental protection agency to make effective policies.


Abstract A novel method for synthesizing aldonophenylhydrazono-lactones is described, utilizing cuprammonia ion (Cu(NH3)4 2+) as catalyst, ammonium hydroxide as base and 95% alcohol as solvent. Compared with previous method[6], it shortens the reaction time, increases the yield and widens the reaction range.


As noted in my Presidential Address at the 70th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association,1 cardiovascular disease and stroke remain the No. 1 and No. 3 causes of death, respectively, of all Americans.2 This is due in part to a gap that exists between effective interventions in clinical trials to improve patient care and outcomes and daily practice of healthcare professionals as well as daily behavior of patients and the public.3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 To increase its contribution to the AHA's mission, which is to reduce morbidity and mortality due to heart disease and stroke, the AHA research program continues to support talented researchers who are advancing our knowledge about genetics, as well as meritorious behavioral and clinical research reviewed through the Behavioral Science, Epidemiology, and Prevention Study Group created 5 years ago. The AHA has recently undergone dramatic changes in organizational structure and processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness in meeting its mission. These changes have led to the development of more highly focused efforts in communications, public advocacy, fund-raising, and education to leverage AHA's resources as the leading nongovernment agency fighting heart disease and stroke.

Another topic discussed in my President's Address …


The homeostasis of the periodontium involves complex multifactorial relationships, in which sex steroid hormones play an important role. Estrogens modulate all periodontal tissues during periods of hormone fluctuation [1-3] both in men and women. These effects are primarily seen as gingival manifestation [4]. Despite the lack of influence of steroid hormones on gingival sulcus microbiota [5], they can modulate inflammation and healing processes in periodontal tissue by an impact on blood vessels [6] and immune system [7]. Currently there is no doubt that the prevalence of gingival diseases increases with sex steroid hormone levels, even when oral hygiene remained unchanged during puberty [1], pregnancy [2] and menopause [3]. It is also confirmed that periodontium does not exhibit clinically obvious changes during the menstrual cycle [5] and oral contraceptives [8]. The pleiotropic and tissue-specific effects of estrogen are determined by different expression of specific estrogen receptor (ER) subtypes (ESR1 and ESR2) and their co-regulators. Moreover, there is a complex interaction between both receptors in which ESR2 may function as an antagonist of ESR1 [9]. This relationship was detected especially in bone metabolism examination.


tance solely. due to modification of the surface of the epicuticle. They reported that this ~treatment caused the wool to have a harsh handle but no appreciable loss in weight, change in mechanical properties, change in rate of Allworden sac formation or modification of the surface (scanning electron microscopy). Air and airchlorine corona treatments appear to be methods of increasing resistance to felting shrinkage without disrupting the epicuticle [12]. Even though after this treatment the handle is sometimes harsher [10J and the fiber appears to be somewhat yellowed E13], there is no appreciable weight loss as shown by no change in solubility in aqueous acid, base [10, 11] or organic solvents E13], no change in the surface as shown py scanning electron microscopy EIOI or in mechanical strength [10, 11], and the fibers still give a positive Allworden reaction [12]. The reaction appears to be restricted mainly to the surface laver of keratin [5, 10J, .although Makinson [8~ has reported evidence for deeper penetration. Based on published work on corona treatment evidence similar to that of Leeder and Bradbury E6] for potassium 1-butoxide treatment, it follows that corona treatment may be a second method of increasing shrink-resistance which is due


Israel Ba'al Shem Τον ('Master of the Good Name'), the legendary founder of Hasidism (1 700-1 760),2 left hardly any writings behind him. One of the few pieces in our possession is an epistle addressed to his brother-in-law, Rabbi Gershon of Kutov, who had emigrated to the Holy Land in 1746 and settled in Jerusalem.3 In writing this epistle, the Besht wished to share with Rabbi Gershon a mystical experience, 'the ascent of the soul,' which he had performed on New Year's Day, 5507 (1746).4 The Besht used a certain technique 'adjuration'5 which enabled his soul to separate from his body during the course of prayer. While his body remained on earth, his soul ascended to Heaven and met the Messiah. The epistle, containing details of this event, was originally dictated by the Besht to his disciple, Rabbi Aryeh Leib "the


Objective To observe the effect of Shedanzhuifeng pills on the hemorrheology of rats model of liver-qi stagnation and cold coagulation blood stasis.Methods The rats model of liver-qi stagnation and cold coagulation blood stasis was constructed by subcutaneous injection of 0.1% epinephrine with ice water bath method,The influence of Shedanzhuifeng pills on blood viscosity,hematocrit,erythrocyte aggregation index,rigidity index,deformation index,index of electrophoresis were observe.Results Shedanzhuifeng pills can lower the whole blood viscosity,whole blood reduced viscosity,erythrocyte aggregation index,and stiffness index in the blood stasis rats model.Conclusion Shedanzhuifeng pills can significantly improve the blood hemorheology index in rats model of liver-qi stagnation,cold coagulation blood stasis.It mainly works through its influence on erythrocyte aggregation.


In this paper, conventional page-oriented holographic storage requires a special setup starting with a spatial light modulator converting the incoming data stream into arrays of dark and bright pixels each representing a bit. Coherent light from a laser illuminates this page composer and interferes with a reference beam from the same laser in the photosensitive medium. Microholographic data storage /2/ has been suggested therefore to combine the holographic potential of high capacity with the mature compact disc and DVD technology. A microholographic write-system uses two counterpropagating strongly focussed laser beams generating a microscopic reflection grating in a photopolymer disc. Phase-conjugation may be useful to eliminate distortions occuring when a laser beam is focussed through upper grating layers to read a layer deeper inside the volume


Spain has applied for readmission to CERN. The Director General, Herwig Schopper, and the President of the CERN Council, Sir Alec Merrison, have been authorized to negotiate the conditions for Spain's readmission. Spain had been a member nation from 1961 to 1968, when it resigned, saying it could not afford its share of the CERN budget, which was increasing linearly to support the construction of the Super Proton Synchrotron. The CERN budget is now flat (corrected for inflation) for the next four years while LEP is being constructed. (LEP is the acronym for the Large Electron–Positron colliding‐beam device).


The nano-particles are nano-rods and a method of manufacturing the polymer is disclosed included. The method containing the nanoparticles according to the invention is a polymer nano-rods and a production step of depositing (a) a porous anodized aluminum film one surface of an inorganic material; (B) a step of growing a nanorod by material such as an inorganic material in which the aluminum deposited in the mold; Step (c) growing a gold (Au) on the nanorod nanorods; (D) a step of polymerizing the conductive polymer nano-rods containing the nano-particles in a porous anodized aluminum molds; (E) removing the template by using the etching solution in the porous anodized aluminum molds; And (f) obtaining a gold nano-rods attached to the one dissolved inorganic materials in nitric acid terminus grown to the deposition and nanorods; It relates to a process for preparing a polymer nano-rods containing nanoparticles including. Nanorods, the polymer-nanoparticle complex, an electrochemical vapor deposition method


Objective To explore the relationship of the change of neuron specific enolase(NSE) with neuronal apoptosis in SD rats after spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage(SAH).Methods Eighty-two SD rats were randomly divided into three groups: experimental group(n=36),control group(n=36) and blank group(n=10).After the establishment of SAH rats models by injecting aorta blood via chiasmatic cistern,NSE level was detected with ELISA technique and the neuronal apoptosis in the hippocampus was detected with TUNEL in 1,6,12,24 and 72 hours.Results The NSE level and number of NSE began to increase in 6 hours,reached the peak in 24 hours,and began to decrease in 48 hours in experimental group.There were significant differences in NSE level and number of NSE in experimental group compared with control group and blank group in 6,12,24,48 and 72 hours(P0.01).NSE level was positively correlated with the number of neuronal apoptosis(r=0.823,P0.01).Conclusion NSE is a sensitive marker for brain injury after SSAH,and the degree of brain injury can be detected with TUNEL.


The conductivity of a concentrated suspension of charged spherical particles at an arbitrary level of surface potential is estimated. The cell model proposed by Kuwabara is adopted to simulate the present many-body problem by taking the effect of double-layer polarization into account. Several interesting results are found which cannot be observed if the corresponding linearized model is considered. For example, if φr has a medium value, (K*/K∞) has a local minimum as κa varies, φr, K*, K∞, κ, and a being respectively the scaled surface potential, the effective conductivity, the effective conductivity for an infinitely dilute dispersion, the reciprocal Debye length, and the radius of a particle. For both κa → 0 and κa → ∞, (K*/K∞) decreases with the increase in the volume fraction of the dispersed phase, and the reverse is true for a medium κa. For a fixed κa, the variation of (K*/K∞) as a function of φr may have a local minimum as α (=valence of counterions/valence of co-ions) varies. For a fixed φr, the...


We review the recent research activities on monolithically integrable optical single sideband transmitter schemes for inter-datacenter applications, including monolithic integration of laser with modulator, optical injection-locked laser, and dual modulation of laser and electro-absorption modulator.


Understanding body composition, how it changes with age and any associated health implications is important to the health care and nutritional support of older populations (1) . The aim of this research was to obtain measured anthropometric data for those adults aged 65 + years who participated in the National Adult Nutrition Survey (NANS) (2) . Anthropometric measurements were performed by trained fieldworkers on consenting participants aged 65 + years. Height was assessed using a Leicester portable height measure (Chasmores Ltd, UK) and waist to hip ratio calculated using tape measurements of waist and hip circumference. Weight and body composition were determined using a Tanita 1 weighing scale that is based on bio-electrical impedance analysis (3) .


Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is characterised by an excessive heart rate increase upon standing and orthostatic intolerance. Previous studies indicate autoimmune involvement mediated via G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) as a possible aetiology.

 To test if serum from POTS patients and controls activates selected GPCRs and if the activation associates with the severity of symptoms.

 A total of 34 POTS patients (age 28.9 [9.9] years; 29 women) and a population-based control group of 25 healthy subjects (age 30.7 [8.6] years; 21 women) were included. The subjects performed an active standing test and completed the orthostatic hypotension questionnaire (OHQ) including ten items related to orthostatic intolerance. The OHQ composite score was calculated (range 0–10).
 Sera were analysed by a FRET-based reporter system (Tango GeneBLAzer, Thermo Fischer) based on a beta-arrestin-linked transcription factor driving transgenic betalactamase transcription. HEK293M-cells over-expressing one of the GPCRs, adrenergic alpha-1 (ADRA1), adrenergic beta-2 (ADRB2), muscarinic type-2 (CHRM2) and opioid-receptor-like 1 (OPRL1) receptor were plated in 96-well optical plates and allowed to re-attach during 48 hrs. The cells were treated with 10% sera diluted in RPMI for 5 hours, followed by addition of the FRET-substrate, incubation for 60 min and quantification analysis in a CLARIOStar multi-purpose plate reader.
 Quantification of the activation of the GPCRs was log-transformed and related to the OHQ composite and individual scores in age-adjusted linear regression models. OHQ scores were compared according to the median of sera activation, using independent samples t-test.

 Serum ADRA1 activation associated with the OHQ composite score (beta 0.77 OHQ points per SD of activity; p=0.009), whereas there were no significant associations among controls (p=0.953). The association between ADRA1 and total OHQ was significant also after adjusting for heart rate and systolic blood pressure at 3 min (p=0.024). The OHQ composite score was higher in with above median serum ADRA1 activation (Figure 1).
 ADRA1 activation associated with a higher score for vision problems (p<0.001) and symptoms during prolonged standing (p=0.037) and walking for short (p=0.042) or long periods (p=0.001).
 The activity of ARB2, CHRM2 and OPRL1 did not associate with OHQ composite score in neither POTS patients nor controls.
 Figure 1. OHQ according to ADRA1 activation

 Activating serum proteins for the adrenergic alpha-1 receptor are associated with the severity of orthostatic symptoms in POTS patients, partly independent of the orthostatic hemodynamic response. Serum activity against alpha1 receptors is related particularly to symptoms of disturbed vision and symptoms during walking or prolonged standing. Serum activity against the adrenergic alpha 1 receptor may be a one factor underlying the orthostatic symptoms in POTS.

 The Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation, The Swedish Heart and Lung Association, Solidex, ALF funds, Crafoord Foundation, Ernhold Lundströms Foundation.


In Indonesia, the existence of the political party is form of freedom of association and  freedom of assembly , which is existence  derivative of freedom of thought and freedom of expression . Therefore, the freedom of association is deemed as  various forms political activity in the political party, which is in accordance with the laws and is protected through the Indonesian Constitution. Reform era has been give away room for political freedom and freedom of expression for comprehensively growth for the political party marked with more and more the amount the political party formed. In 1999, 48 the political parties participated in the first election in the reform era. In the next election period, in 2004, it was 24 contestants participated in the election. In 2009 then, there were 44 the political parties participating in political elections. Finally,  in 2014,  15 of the political parties came along the election. The function of the political parties can be seen in Article 11 of the Law No. 2 of 1999 concerning The Political Party. In terms of the political education for the community, Article 31 of the Law No. 2 of 1999 concerning The Political Party emphasises on the issue. Keywords : Political Party; Indonesian Constitutional System


Cognitive Radio (CR) is an emerging and fascinating wireless technology for the opportunistic use of under spectrum that promises to change the future technological trends forever if employed in a proper way. For communication the most prevailing job that cognitive radio performs is to enthusiastically search for the portions of the frequency band in the radio spectrum. Hence at every node of the Cognitive radio, network is reinvigorated by a spectrum analyser. This paper includes, introduction of a filter bank, a contrivance in CR systems for spectrum sensing. Numerous aspects of spectrum analyser methods are discussed. Wherein Thomson's Multi-taper method, is been accepted as the pre-eminent spectrum analyser in CR system for the detection of spectrum.


Computational methods are described for analyzing a time series into two new time series, these comprising one having systematic quality and stationary autocorrelation, and the other having the properties of random noise. The methods are illustrated by application to seismic records. When a spike signal is expected in a certain interval of record, a significance test for the reality of an observed spike signal is applied.

It is shown that seismic records obtained many kilometers from the source have a remarkably stationary autocorrelation over considerable intervals of time. The random noise level is also high. After analysis, in one case a spike signal due to the reflection of a compressional wave from the Mohorovicic discontinuity was probably found, although it was not distinguishable among other similar pulses in the record.


The goal of natural family planning is to determine the fertile days of the woman. The physiological signs primarily basal temperature and cervical mucus are observed for this purpose. Following expert instructions the woman can plot her basal temperature and observations of the mucus on a graph which can be used to determine the beginning and end of the fertile period. Depending upon whether or not pregnancy is desired the couple may then abstain from sexual intercourse during the fertile period. The observation of both the temperature and mucus requires considerable care. The temperature must be measured after a complete rest of at least an hour. A sample of the mucus is obtained on a finger from the mouth of the cervix and evaluated for color and consistency. The Pearl index for the intrinsic effectiveness of natural family planning lies between .1 and .2. In practice however uncertainties in determining the fertile period and difficulties in maintaining sexual abstinence raise the Pearl index to an effective level of between .26 and .8. Thus the effectiveness of natural family planning is potentially on the same order of magnitude as hormonal contraception. In order to achieve the same degree of security however both partners must be willing to live with natural family planning. The couple needs instruction and advice before the method is put into use and the necessary rules of natural family planning must be scrupulously observed.


South East Queensland (SEQ) is Australia's fastest growing region. The Council of Mayors (SEQ) has identified the strategic potential of medium density development in creating greater diversity and affordability in housing markets, as well as promoting a more compact and sustainable urban form. However, the construction of infill buildings at 4-8 storey scale can present significant challenges in terms of achieving sustainable, liveable outcomes within existing site and financial constraints, as well as integration into extant surrounding neighbourhoods. This paper reports on a design research project commissioned by the Council of Mayors (SEQ) that investigated design strategies for improving the liveability and sustainability of medium density infill development, and sought to provide an evidence base for the benefits and costs of incorporating such strategies. Current market developments representative of a status quo were analysed to provide a benchmark and ensure the strategies are feasible within the constraints of market-led delivery. A series of alternative design models were formulated employing simple but effective changes to current market development approaches to improve liveability and sustainability. Cost-benefit evaluation of construction and life-cycle expenditure against a benchmark was undertaken, revealing the increase in construction costs was negligible, and a reduction in energy consumption of nearly 15% was possible. Further design benefits included enhanced quality of space/liveability, alongside improved shared spaces and impact on the public realm and neighbours. Potential adjustments to current planning and building codes are proposed to provide necessary flexibility. More broadly, the research shows the value of a holistic, design-led process of testing, refining and reinventing development parameters. Background South East Queensland (SEQ) had a population of 4.6 million in 2011 projected to increase to 6.6 million in 2031, a rate of growth higher than that of Melbourne and Sydney1. The SEQ Regional Plan forecasts demand for an additional 754,000 new dwellings between 2006 and 2031, and anticipates at least 374,000 will be delivered through infill development (DIP 2009). This is a total increase on 2006 housing stock of almost 70%, with almost 50% is to be delivered as infill development. To address this significant population increase and change in housing delivery, the Council of Mayors (SEQ), an independent organisation representing the interests of 12 local governments in SEQ, established the Liveable Compact Cities Project (LCCP) as a research and advocacy initiative. The LCCP investigated the impact of state and local government policy settings on the cost and supply of medium density dwellings, how government processes interacting with medium density delivery could be made more efficient while improving the quality of urban outcomes, and how the market might be influenced to increase housing choice and affordability (Council of Mayors SEQ 2011). The LCCP found that "...there is a mismatch between demand and supply in South East Queensland, with significant supply side reform needed to meet the increase in underlying demand and to provide the diversity of housing types required." (Council of Mayors SEQ 2011) An increasing proportion of the population is now seeking semi-detached, attached or apartment dwellings due to affordability pressures and the prioritising of locational and amenity advantages over living in a free standing house. Demographic trends in SEQ (particularly ageing of the population and an increase in couple households with no children) are also likely to increase demand for smaller housing options. However, the development industry identifies investors as the primary target market for medium density development, and pursuing the emerging market sector of owner-occupiers is still perceived as risky. 1 Author's calculation based on Queensland Treasury (2011), DTPLI (2014), DPI (2013) State of Australian Cities Conference 2015 Research context Affordable apartment development operates within tight financial constraints due to higher square metre construction costs for medium density dwellings than detached dwellings. Balancing project viability with the aspiration for highly sustainable and liveable outcomes is a difficult challenge. This is well appreciated by local council planning departments in SEQ, who have expressed concern at the quality of many applications they receive, and echoed by consumer concerns. Community forums undertaken by the LLCP suggested that the primary detractions of medium density housing are perceived proximity to neighbours, reduced living space and body corporate costs (Council of Mayors SEQ 2011). In the context of increasing medium density infill supply, the quality of development outcomes will have a huge impact on the ongoing liveability and sustainability of our cities through the nature of dwelling uses and the cost of operation. For instance, in Queensland, electricity consumption by the residential sector is growing twice as fast as overall consumption, and carbon emissions from residential buildings are projected to increase by 78% by 2050 under business as usual conditions (DERM 2009). The life cycle cost benefits of sustainable design, and its link to occupant comfort and wellbeing, are now well established amongst the research community (Milligan 2010, QUT 2009-15, Kennedy 2015, Rowe 1996). The advantages of sustainable design are also recognised by housing consumers in SEQ. The LCCP community forums found that natural light and ventilation are highly valued and most prospective purchasers were prepared to pay an up-front premium for sustainability features. However, there is a prevalent view in the SEQ development industry that sustainable design adds 5% to the construction costs, which most consumers are unwilling to pay despite their stated preferences (Council of Mayors SEQ 2011). Research aims and method In response to these differing views around affordable development and the financial challenges involved, this research sought to evaluate the costs and benefits of improving the sustainability and liveability of typical medium-density infill outcomes in SEQ, while still maintaining project viability. It seeks to identify simple but effective design strategies that can be readily adopted by government and industry as general guidelines for future affordable medium-density infill supply. The project uses the integrative processes of design research as the theoretical basis for its enquiry. This speculative mode of inquiry involves 'investigations in which architects use the creation of projects ... as the central constituent in a process' (Fraser 2013). Through a projective and spatial engagement with 'real world' issues and sites, design research provides unique insights for affecting transformative change in response into the urban challenges we face. The focus of this research was to investigate the influence of passive design elements (such as natural lighting, orientation and cross-ventilation) which cannot be quantified as readily as 'active' design add-ons (such as insulation, advanced glazing and renewable energy generation) and have been less studied in the specific context of medium density housing. The design research specifically examines developments of 4-8 stories, which was identified by The Council of Mayors (SEQ) as an under-researched development category that has the greatest need for design guidance in the development market. This scale of development also occupies a type of 'sweet-spot' in current building regulations: it is above the scale required to have fire-isolated stairs, but below a height where stair pressurisation and full sprinkler systems are needed. Fire services can attract significant construction costs and impact heavily on project viability. The research was undertaken in three stages, which are reflected in the structure of this paper. The first section briefly summarises the findings of case study analysis of typical market infill redevelopment in SEQ. A 'benchmark' project was selected against which the cost and benefits of proposed design enhancements could be compared. The second section outlines two alternative design models produced for the same site and location as the benchmark project. This ensured that the proposals operated within the same basic planning restrictions and yield expectations. The designs were developed in sufficient detail to show that the approach was workable and enable construction costing and environmental assessments to be carried out. The third section examines the costs and benefits of the design alternatives compared to the benchmark project. The paper concludes with a discussion of current planning and building controls that support or impede the viability of delivering more sustainable and liveable infill outcomes. State of Australian Cities Conference 2015 Case study analysis of status quo market development Location To give the research contextual focus and 'real-world' conditions, a case study area was adopted and analysed. The suburb of Cleveland, roughly 25km southeast of Brisbane, was chosen for a number of reasons including:  its rapid population growth  recent master-planning and re-zoning for allotments to change to medium-density zoning (Redland City Council 2010)  a significant amount of development activity occurring at a fast pace  its direct train line to Brisbane but location on the periphery  its transition from seaside town into Regional Activity Centre  being indicative of many medium density development areas in SEQ. Design characteristics of status quo developments The research team reviewed a broad range of medium density infill developments in Cleveland. Based on this preliminary examination, and in consultation with The Council of Mayors (SEQ), three representative case studies were selected for detailed analysis


The purpose of this study was to: (a) identify teaching and service quality and customer royalty of extension education swimming program in Taipei Physical Education College; (b) compare the differences among selected demographic characteristics on teaching and service quality and customer royalty; (c) investigate the information sources, cogitating factors of participation and progression of customers; and (d) analyze the relationship between customer royalty and teaching and service quality. "Taipei Physical Education College Extension Education Swimming Customer Behavior Questionnaire" was utilized for data collection in this study. The sample was 250 customers randomly selected from population of Extension Education Swimming Program in Taipei Physical Education College. From the 236 surveys returned, 221 was coded. Data was computed by descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, and Pearson Produce-Moment Correlation. The main conclusions were following: (a) Teaching quality was highly satisfied by customers of swimming program; (b) Whole service quality was received moderate high evaluation by customers. But the facilities and cleaning and sanitation could be improved; (c) Customers had high royalty toward extension education swimming program in Taipei Physical Education College; (d) Females and non-student gave lower evaluation for service quality than males and students; (e) The main information sources by customers were friend/relative told, poster around campus and advertising mail; (f) The important cogitating factors of participation were near by school and traffic convenience; (g) Most of customers felt progression after class; and (h) Customer royalty and teaching and service quality was correlated significantly.


Based on Chinese dual labor market and market choice,this article has put forward an inflection supply model,an upward inflection curve of labor supply in dual labor market.On the one hand,laborers have more advantages in secondary labor markets than in major labor markets,one the other hand,"Lewis inflection point"has not appeared ahead of time,and the peasant-workers shortage is a normal fluctuation of peasant workers supply within this model.


To resolve the problem of peak fuzzy, SNR losing and correlated peak depressing in acquisition, investigates the characteristics of M Code is investigated and the correlation functions are optimized and assembled. Based on comparing three optimizing layouts, the United Acquisition algorithm is proposed. The simulation results suggest: the United Acquisition algorithm can efficiently change correlated multi-peaks to single peak, steadily accomplish the acquisition. The performance of this new algorithm is better than the that of Sideband Processing Acquisition algorithm in that no SNR losing in the acquisition process, much more suitble to be used in the low SNR condition; the correlated peak becomes more narrower and sharper, Pd(Probability of Detection) improve by 5%~10%.


Yancheng coastal wetland such as intertidal zone and lakes,is not only the original natural ecological landscape of primitive simplicity,but also is a vast,multifarious wetland eco-system.The elk,the red-crowned crand,the Chinese sturgeon,etc.the world-class,national treasure rare animals can be found in this wetland,and it has a strange,beautiful,quiet,wild distinct regional characteristics.It is and ideal place for tourism,vacation and leisure.The rich tourism resources are to be developed rationally and scientifically in oredr to pormote the rapid development of local tourism.


The environmental education applied within indigenous schools, flowing from categories of fundamental rights overseen in the current Brazilian Constitution, deserves a great deal of reflection and attention by Brazilian educators. Besides promoting the specific elements proper to schools, they should be aware of the root principle of an environmental education shared by indigenous peoples, being the grounds for other equally relevant sub-principles which demand the involvement of the whole community: the promotion of interculturality, transversality and flexible approaches to environmental education in indigenous schools' syllabuses, undertaken by children and young natives who require a methodology which is more tuned to their social dynamic and, above all, linked to the natural world. This quality of environmental education upholds a view of the sentiment of fraternity, which we should share equally with present and future generations.


FIELD: electrical engineering. SUBSTANCE: voltage is fed in between the electrodes spaced apart through a fixed distance to make induced current melt and evaporate a thin metal wire. The latter is arranged in the electrode gap at such distance whereat the discharge cannot occur spontaneously without the wire while conditions for the avalanche breakdown of the discharge gap are developed. Note here that the discharge channel is arranged in the magnetic field perpendicular thereto, the field direction increasing the charged particles escape from the discharge gap to decrease the heating of electrodes required for their evaporation which is required for the self-maintained arc discharge. EFFECT: prevention of the self-maintained arc discharge and killing of the glow discharge. 1 dwg


INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE:Postoperative opioid prescribing is associated with a 6% new persistent use rate in previously opioid naive patients and accounts for significant supply available for div...


The utility model relates to the field of machine tool manufacturing and discloses a high-precision numerical control forming plane grinder, which comprises a grinder body, and is characterized in that an upright post and a numerical control system are arranged on one side of the grinder body, an X shaft worktable and a Y shaft worktable are mounted on the grinder body, the Y shaft worktable is mounted on the grinder body through a numerical control transmission device, and a Z shaft numerical control device is mounted on the upright post, and a grinding wheel main shaft is connected to the Z shaft numerical control device. Particularly, the X shaft worktable and the Y shaft worktable are connected by adopting a numerical control transmission mode, namely, the X shaft worktable is connected with the Y shaft worktable by adopting a guide rail guiding structure in an X shaft direction, a precision screw rod and a servo motor are adopted to be in transmission connection with the X shaft worktable, and the servo motor is numerically controlled to be connected with the numerical control system. The grinder solves the problems that a common grinder is unable to finish processing special workpieces such as stepped special shaped combination surfaces, multi-curved surfaces, multi-inclined surfaces, circular arc combination surfaces and the like, and can be widely applied to various mechanical processing fields such as mould manufacturing industry, IT manufacturing industry, tool manufacturing industry, aerospace industry, automobile industry and the like.


Database semantics enables all the stored information to describe the related enterprise accurately.It involves the design and integrity of database system.Therelational database is strict in theory,so the research on database semantics is mainlymade on relational database.With an assumption of having the universal relation,this paper discusses thedesign and integrity of database in the following aspects:data dependency,schemadecomposition,join operation.In addition,it discusses database semantics in the caseof multiple relations.


Virtually every physician I know readily acknowledges that the practice of medicine has become fraught with mounting stressors-from unreasonable regulatory expectations to unrelenting financial concerns. Most of the time we adapt to and cope reasonably well with the stresses of our profession (see "The Cost of Caring: Who Heals the Healer?," January 1996, page 15), although we do occasionally succumb to moments of frustration, despair, anger, or even rage.


The investigations performed in May 2012 on a group made up of 15 shepherd individuals, (9 adults and 6 young from 2 sheepfolds), concerning the incidence and intensity of parasitism in some teniosis, emphasized their high prevalence, of 80.8% in adult dogs from the sheepfold 1 and 75.0% from the sheepfold 2, and 66.6% in young dogs from the sheepfold 2. The share of the oncosphere copro-eliminations in shepherd dogs teniosis from both sheepfolds emphasized average and massive levels in adult dogs (50.0% in sheepfold 1 and 33.3% and 66.6%, respectively, in sheepfold 2), and in young dogs low and massive levels (50.0% sheepfold 2). The incidence of the cerebro-spinal cenuriosis in young sheep during previous year exhibited values of 24% in sheepfolds 1 and 10.2%, in sheepfold 2, and anatomo-clinical picture is dominated by serious locomotory disorders (42.8%) and nervous disorders (28.5%).


On the basis of a model developed successfully for the mobility analysis of ZnSiP2 it is shown that in the p-type semiconductors ZnSiAs2 and CdSiAs2 the nonpolar optical mode (NPO) scattering in first order of the phonon wave vector is the dominant lattice scattering mechanism. The published mobility curves μ(T) of other A2B4C semiconductors do not allow any conclusion on the lattice scattering. A mobility analysis is performed for ZnSiAs2; for CdSiAs2 only a more qualitative discussion is given because of the absence of experimental phonon data.

Mit Hilfe eines fur ZnSiP2 entwickelten Modells zur Beweglichkeitsanalyse wird gezeigt, das auch in den Verbindungen p-ZnSiAs2 und p-CdSiAs2 die nichtpolar-optische Deformationspotentialstreuung in erster Ordnung des Phononenwellenvektors der dominierende Gitterstreumechanismus ist. Die veroffentlichten Beweglichkeitskurven μ(T) anderer A2B4C-Halbleiter lassen keine eindeutigen Aussagen uber die Gitterstreuung zu. Fur ZnSiAs2 wird eine Beweglichkeitsanalyse durchgefuhrt. Da fur CdSiAs2 keine experimentellen Phononendaten bekannt sind, wird die Beweglichkeit dieser Verbindung nur halbquantitativ diskutiert.


A flight demonstration of an electrodynamic tether (EDT) on the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) is planned by JAXA. This demonstration plan is called the Konotori Integrated Tether Experiment (KITE). KITE is the first step toward the development of active debris removal (ADR) systems using EDTs. EDTs have many advantages that make them promising candidates for deorbit propulsion systems for ADR, including the absence of consumables, low electric power requirements, the absence of thrust vectoring, and easy attachment to debris. The primary objective of KITE is to demonstrate the key EDT technologies for ADR. KITE mission will be conducted prior to re-entry of the HTV-6. A 700-m-length bare tether, which is deployed from the HTV body toward the zenith, collects electrons from the ambient space plasma, and a field emission cathode on the HTV emits 10-mA-level electrons into the plasma. This collector–emitter combination can provide complete propellant-free deorbit propulsion for ADR.


We have recently studied in detail two unusual structural phenomena, giving rise to interesting materials properties, in some pure silica (SiO 2) polymorphs having zeolitic structures. The first is an extension of our earlier work on the observation of strong negative thermal expansivity (thermal contraction) in a wide variety of zeolitic materials (1). These studies have now been extended to single crystal diffraction analysis, using synchrotron radiation, on microcrystals of around 4000 cubic micron size. We shall present results on two pure silica zeolites, ITQ-4 (IFR) and ferrierite (FER), which show an overall volume contraction over a wide temperature range. In the case of IFR this is shown to be related to distortions of particular secondary building units, rather than changes in individual bond lengths and angles (2). The second phenomenon is the remarkable imposition of polar guest (template) ordering in IFR, mediated by ordering of fluoride ions within small cages of the IFR framework. This represents a novel way of designing non-linear optical materials using chemical control at the synthesis stage (3). References (1) P. Lightfoot et al., J. Mater. Chem., 11, 212 (2001) (2) L. A. Villaescusa et al., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 123, 5453 (2001) (3)I. Bull et al., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 122, 7128 (2000)


Recently, the e-commerce sites market in Japan is growing. Many companies in e-commerce sites compete for customers each other. Therefore, e-commerce managers need to find good customers who may benefit before these customers purchase at rivals. Some preceding studies discuss which visits lead to purchase. However, it is unclear when a customer visits. In our approach, we predict the day a customer will purchase. As a result, we found some customers who tend to purchase on the day after they viewed many product pages. We also found that product page viewing before purchasing may be one of good predictors. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v2i6.1816


The article, based on the short lists of drama contests Russia and Germany, examines the forms of performativity of modern drama and post-drama theater.


Every struggle of the ulama/kyai must have obstacles, obstacles and challenges, although relatively different but in principle the same, namely amar ma'rûf nahy munkar. KH. Munawar bin Kyai Badriyah bin Kyai Sarbian the originator and initiator of Islamic syi'ar broadcasters in the past Grinting era (1965s) known as Grinting is a black of culture, the village was left behind after being made aware of the importance of education, especially religious education in the 20s years later now different, advanced, high achievers and religious. It even became the village with the best educational participation rate. Through a qualitative approach with a narrative model and historical, descriptive, and literature methods. Success in spreading the mission of Islamic boarding school with its three teaching materials, namely reading the Qur'an, understanding tajwid and having good morals contributed to the millennial era, including in initiating Jam'iyah, and madrasa education.


The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) was tasked with assessing the validity of an alternate opinion that surfaced during the investigation of recurrent failures at the Space Shuttle T-0 umbilical interface. The most visible problem occurred during the Space Transportation System (STS)-112 launch when pyrotechnics used to separate Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) Hold-Down Post (HDP) frangible nuts failed to fire. Subsequent investigations recommended several improvements to the Ground Support Equipment (GSE) and processing changes were implemented, including replacement of ground-half cables and connectors between flights, along with wiring modifications to make critical circuits quad-redundant across the interface. The alternate opinions maintained that insufficient data existed to exonerate the design, that additional data needed to be gathered under launch conditions, and that the interface should be further modified to ensure additional margin existed to preclude failure. The results of the assessment are contained in this report.


Content analysis is presented as a research technique that social work researchers and practitioners can use to study developments and trends in social work practice, the status of social work knowledge building, the redirection of relevant policies, and accountability procedures in social service agencies. Methodological issues such as developing categories, defining the unit of analysis, sampling, and determining reliability and validity, are described and evaluated. It is concluded that content analysis provides a common basis for researchers and practitioners to document the processes and outcomes of the profession.


In the field of the Artificial Neural Networks, multi-chip architecture can be effectively used to implement very large networks. The availability of large neural electronic systems can represent a really useful tool to deeply and effectively investigate on innovative, "bio-inspired", computational paradigms. In this paper, the authors present a technique to reduce the I/O analogue pins of about 87%, previously applied from the authors to Cellular Neural Networks, well suited for neuromorphic neural networks.


An overview of Graphic Organizers and their role and impacts on student learning in public school education environments is presented. Also presented is a brief overview of the current research pertaining to Graphic Organizers, their role in helping children analyze and synthesize information, and their relation- ship in helping children organize information despite "ability level" or developmental understanding. Further analyzed are ways specific academic skills are impacted through the use of Graphic Organizers in accordance with learning styles and age related behavioral processes. Also presented are implications for classrooms and applications that include roles and impacts on certain groups including students, teachers, and administra- tors. Solutions are offered to help professionals develop the most effective programs through consistent, research based method- ologies and philosophies. Abstract


Background and objectives: Plants of genus Clinopodium have been used in different cultures as traditional medicines.Due to theimportance of medicinal properties of the genus Clinopodium, C. umbrosum was selected for phytochemical analysis along with evaluation of its antioxidant property. Methods: The aerial parts of C. umbrosum were extracted with petroleum ether, chloroform, and methanol. Later, the methanol extract was fractionated via solid phase extraction and reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. Consequently, structure of the isolated compound was analyzed through spectral analysis of 1D and 2D NMR data. Besides, the essential oil of C. umbrosum achieved through hydrodistillation was analyzed via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Additionally, the antioxidant property of C. umbrosum methanol extracttogether with its phenolics and flavonoids content were assessed. Results: Structure elucidation of the purified compound revealed presence of a caffeic acid derivative in C. umbrosum methanol extract. GC-MS analysis of the essential oil showed limonene, acetophenone, palmitic acid and phytol as the most frequent components of the essential oil. Moreover, the RC50 value for free radical scavenging activity of  the methanol extract was determined as 38.52 µg/mL and values for the total phenolics and flavonoids contact were calculated as 5.14 g gallic acid equivalent and 4.25 g quercetin equivalent per 100 g of dried plant material, respectively.  Conclusion: Overall, the present study was the first report on the phytochemical analysis of C. umbrosum whichrevealed presence of rosmarinic acid as the main component of the methanol extract with prominent antioxidant activity.


An infrared dual-band image fusion system is designed and implemented, which uses high performance TMS320C6414 DSP to process image and FPGA device to realize Link port to transport image data with LVDS signal. Requirements of image processing performance and image data communication of image fusion are met. On the basis of hardware, the system supervising software is developed, which can real-time supervise system status, manage and assign system sources, and provide a reliable, high-powered and convenient workbench for image processing algorithm.


Simulation results are presented for intensity-modulated, direct-detection fiber optic communication systems using multilevel signaling. Specifically, we investigate the potential of 4-ary amplitude shift keying and compare the performance to simulated results for both binary and duobinary signaling schemes.


An experimental study on the entrainment behavior of a single turbulent free jet in a duct with a single side wall opening is presented in this paper. Entrainment opening area, diffusor angle of the duct and pressure drop of the entrained air mass flow are varied in order to investigate the influence on the entrained air mass flow. Entrainment increases non-linearly with increasing entrainment opening area. Maximum entrainment is found for small duct diffusor angles, increasing with larger opening areas. Entrainment decreases linearly using small entrainment opening areas and non-linearly using larger entrainment opening areas for higher diffusor angles whereupon a different wall attachment behavior of the jet can be observed using particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurement results. For given entrainment air flow resistances entrainment rates increase with nozzle Reynolds number.


The chromosome number was more or less variably decreased in different pollen mother cells. Most of regenerated plants were mixoploids. Some had higher frequency of homolgous chromosome pairing because double doses of rye genome had inhibited the effect of Ph gene. There was obvious different of chromosome pairing among regenerted plants. The difference was related to numerical chromosome change. Meiosis in a regenerant was analysed with Giemsa-C banding technique. Partial rye chromosomes did not pair homologously or only very loosely paired. There was moderate level of wheat-wheat homolohgous partial pairing.


Here ruthenium polishing slurry disclosed include gwayo failures that can oxidize the ruthenium effective as an oxidizing agent. In order to adjust the selection ratio between the ruthenium film and the insulating layer, the slurry comprises a peha exponent (pH) of the amine-based modifier based compound. This slurry by the addition of amine compounds as well as ruthenium, has a high etch selectivity even for a tantalum oxide film, a silicon. Chemical mechanical polishing, CMP, slurry metallic ruthenium, abrasive


The Challenge Lab (CLab) is a neutral arena for triple helix stakeholders and an educational platform for master students to addresses complex challenges and system lockins. By the end of its third year, the CLab will have hosted nearly 100 students, producing 23 master thesis projects and 13 course projects. We present an evaluative case using the scheme proposed by Luederitz et al. (2016) for sustainability transition experiments which includes four main questions and a set of indicators for each question. We end with some general reflections on the evaluation method.


The utility model relates to a device for treating and recycling papermaking white water by using a ceramic film. The device comprises a feed liquid tank, a heat exchanger, a centrifugal pump, a film separating device, a cleaning tank, a backwash tank and the like. A method for treating and recycling the papermaking white water by using the ceramic film comprises the steps of delivering pretreated papermaking white water to an inorganic ceramic film separating system by using a pump through the heat exchanger to obtain clean water which can be used for all working sections of papermaking production, returning the treated thick water back to a film separating storage tank for further separation; then performing backwash on the inorganic ceramic film separating system, and returning the backwashed water back to the film separating storage tank, wherein the water for backwashing adopts filtered clean liquid; and finally cleaning the inorganic ceramic film separating system. The device for treating and recycling the papermaking white water by using the ceramic film is high in automation level, small in occupied area, less in one-time investment cost, simple to operate, low in operating cost, and applicable to transformation of the original equipment and technique, as well as to the building of new projects.


The recent breakthrough in high power GaN LED's efficiency makes the adoption of these tiny solid state light emitting devices into general lighting application earlier than expected before. However, heat management is still an important issue for these white high power GaN LEDs. So far, the most popular driving current for 1mm square die is about 350mA but there is a trend to increase the driving current up to 1A or even higher. In order not to degrade the LED performance at such a high current operation, it is very important to reduce the thermal resistance and keep the junction temperature below 60 degree centigrade. In the past, GaN flip chip, thin GaN LED, or GaN on SiC or GaN substrate are some typical structures used to make high power LEDs with low thermal resistance. However, all of these methods need very complicated chip process or using very expensive substrates and are difficult to meet general lighting dollar per lumen target. In this study, we proposed a cheaper way to make a high power LED die with lower thermal resistance. We will report how we can achieve the thermal resistance of high power GaN LED die less than 1°C/W.


The invention relates to a propellant acceleration of a self-propelled vehicle such as a missile or rocket, loaded with a propellant block secured laterally to the propeller body by means of a combustion inhibitor and having an elongation of between 2.5 and 6. the propellant block has an axial channel and at least 6 peripheral channels and is provided on its upstream side an armature secured to the body of the thruster. This armature cleaning a gap between the upstream face of the propellant block and the bottom of the propellant body, the axial channel and the peripheral channel opening into this free space by openings in the frame.


The present investigation has been conducted to study the tribological and
 adhesion properties of X10CrNi18-8 austenitic stainless steel (ASTM 301)
 coatings deposited on aluminum alloys such as AU4G by using the arc-spraying
 process. These coatings were made with and without a bond-coat layer, which is
 constituted by NiAl. The structure of the phases that are present in coatings
 was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy
 (SEM). The measurements of microhardness and tribological behavior at different
 loads were also performed on the surface of the coatings. Adherence test was
 also carried out using four-point bending tests. The SEM showed that the dense
 microstructures of coatings have a homogeneous lamellar morphology with the
 presence of porosities and unmelted particles. The main phase of coating
 corresponds to a solid solution as a face-centered cubic (fcc). The
 microhardness of coatings is nearly four times that of the two substrates of
 aluminum alloys. The four-point bending test results showed that the NiAl bond
 layer increases the critical interfacial fracture energy G
 IC, the force to share the multilayer is more important.


When liver regeneration is delayed or impaired, a dormant compartment of rescue cells is believed to be activated. After proliferation, these so called liver progenitor cells (LPCs) can differentiate towards a phenotype of hepatocytes and biliary epithelial cells (BECS), compensating for the liver cell loss. Preliminary results give rise to the hypothesis that liver progenitor cells need a support matrix such as fibrotic tissue for migration and anchor in order to differentiate towards hepatocytes, biliary cells (and possibly other cell types such as Kupffer cells and hepatic stellate cells) for restitution of the damaged liver.


A methodology regarding preparation and certification of the reference material for Benzo(a)pyrene in pepper oil was presented.Spiked pepper oil was packed in 100 bottles after homogenization and 10 of these 100 bottles were selected to test the homogeneity of the sample.Two batches of 10 samples from these 100 bottles were kept at 4 ℃ and 20 ℃,respectively.The stabilities of 20 bottles were analyzed e once a week for 8 consecutive weeks.Test results demonstrate the homogeneity and stability of that the pepper oil sample.Benzo(a)pyrene was determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry,based on isotope dilution.Uncertainty components,combined standard uncertainty and expanded uncertainty were also calculated,and the concentration of the sample was certified as (9.98 ± 0.914)μg/kg,k=2.The reference material is intended for use in the methodological validation and quality control for benzo(a)pyrene in edible vegetable oils


This paper describes how libraries in Southeast Asia, ie Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam contribute to social development in their countries. These cover improving literacies, enhancing access to information, libraries and library resources, building communities and strengthening rootedness, and preserving and promoting the countries' cultural and documentary heritage.


The external-electric-field efect and the doping eS'ect on a modulation-doped finite-length GaAs/Al"Ga& "As superlattice have been studied by solving the Schrodinger-Kohn-Sham equation and the Poisson equation self-consistently. In the heavy-doping case, the external electric field makes electrons sequentially tunnel through several potential barriers, and accumulates electrons near one side of the finite-length superlattice. The collective motion of the electrons results in high-and low-field domains in the superlattice. We have found that Wannier-Stark localization exists only in the high-field domain, and that the electronic states are not evenly spaced. The electric-field-induced (doping induced) depopulation (population) of subbands has been studied. We have also found oscillatory behavior of the calculated conductivity near the Fermi energy as a function of the external electric field.


High-spin states have been studied in Pr-135(59), populated through the Cd-116(Na-23,4n) reaction at 115 MeV, using the Gammasphere gamma-ray spectrometer. The negative-parity yrast band has been significantly extended to spin similar to 45 (h) over bar and excitation energy 21.5 MeV, showing evidence for several rotational alignments. The positive-parity yrast band of Ce-135(58), populated through the p4n channel of this reaction, was also populated to spin similar to 38 (h) over bar and excitation energy 18 MeV. Cranking calculations indicate that these nuclei are soft with respect to the triaxiality parameter gamma and that several competing nuclear shapes occur at high spin.


The lecture examines various aspects of the trend toward older age structures in the Netherlands and Australia looking in particular at how these evolved the fears expressed about their social consequences and the undesirability (and impossibility) of younging the population by means of the only three alternatives: raising birth rates encouraging the immigration of young people or speeding the demise of seriously ill older people. Given the undesirability of the alternatives and the corresponding necessity of ecological sustainability and the cessation of population growth the authors conclude that older age structures are to be welcomed rather than deplored. [The authors note that] as well as enabling movement toward demographic conditions suited to todays world (i.e. low mortality a stable age and sex structure and a zero growth rate) older age structures offer both the opportunity and the incentive to achieve more supportive conditions--not just for the elderly but for all age groups--by fostering environments that encourage and maximize the likelihood of independent activity social interaction and ecologically-sustainable life styles. (EXCERPT)


Acharya, Shanta. Rev. of Collected Poems: 1970-2005, by Keki N. Daruwalla. South Asian Review 28.2 (2007): 265-67. Print. Afzal-Khan, Fawzia. Rev. of Heir to a Silent Song: Two Rebel Women of Nepal, by Barbara Nimri. South Asian Review 23.1 (2002): 26367. Print. Alvi-Aziz, Hayat. Rev. of Shattering the Stereotypes, ed. Fawzia AfzalKhan. South Asian Review 27.2 (2006): 274-78. Print. -. Rev. of The Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India: A Divided Leviathan, by Aseema Sinha. South Asian Review 27.1 (2006): 27D-73. Print. Arora, Anupama. Rev. of Caste and Outcast, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji, ed. Gordon H. Chang. South Asian Review 23.1 (2002): 256-58. Print. August, Prateek. Rev. of Ancient to Modern: Religion, Power and Community in India, by Ishita Banerjee-Dube and Saurabh Dube. South Asian Review 30.1 (2009): 365-67. Print. Auvil, Elise. Rev. of Shalom India Housing Society, by Esther David. South Asian Review 31.2 (201 0): 137-38. Print. Banerjee, Bidisha. Rev. of gendered realities, human spaces: the writing ofshashi deshpande, by Jasbir Jain. South Asian Review 25.2 (2004): 231-33. Print. Basu, Lopamudra. Rev. of The Vine of Desire: A Novel, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. South Asian Review 23.1 (2002): 245-48. Print.


Web service composition is an emerging trend in the field of service oriented architecture, where a new Web service is developed using existing Web services. Developing a composite Web service is a complex task. There are a number of reported techniques for modeling Web service compositions to specify the exact requirements, identify errors, and eliminate the conflicts in the development of a composite Web service at design level. In this paper, we study and classify various UML based approaches for modeling web service compositions. We also present a detailed analysis of all such approaches.


Linda Colley (1996) identified three key 'glues' for the British Union state created in 1707: extensive wars with France; a uniting sense of Protestantism; and a burgeoning commercial and military empire. This article explores how two key parts of this project – namely, 'unionism' and a collective sense of 'Britishness' – has become increasingly disconnected in different parts of the United Kingdom. In particular, it examines the extent to which, following Colley's historical argument, white and Protestant citizens remain more likely to identify with political Unionism and Britishness as compared to other ethnic and religious groups. The discussion includes an analysis of the degree to which 'feeling British' and 'valuing the Union' overlap, and whether a connected unionism can be discerned against trends which increasingly place emphasis on the sub-state nation as a key political community of attachment and identity.


The treatment of locally spread basal-cell skin cancer is very difficult and often complicated with local recurrence. Traditional techniques are sometimes insufficient for this pathology, especially for recurrent tumors. In the State Research Center for Laser Medicine photodynamic therapy had been used for treatment of 103 patients with locally spread basal-cell skin cancer, including 64 with recurrent tumors. Therapeutic effect has been achieved in all cases, including complete tumor resorption in 67% of patients. Presented paper contains analysis of immediate and long-term follow-up results.


The Guarani Aquifer System (GAS) is one of the most important hydrostratigraphic unit from South America, and groundwater is highly explored in the Sao Paulo State (BR). This current study aimed to characterize the hydrostratigraphic framework of GAS in the city of Araraquara, and evaluate the drawdown of water levels in the aquifer through the automated and continuous monitoring in an abandoned well located in the central region of the city. In the study area were recognized three geological formations: Piramboia, Botucatu and Serra Geral. Four Hydrofacies were characterized: A, B and C, representing the Piramboia Formation and D the Botucatu Formation. After 710 days it was observed a total drawdown of 4.98 m on the monitored well and the contribution of each well was estimated using the Cooper-Jacob equation. The calculated drawdown was 4.96 m using the historical average flow rates for each pumping well. Wells with maximum distance of 4200m had higher contribution to the drawdown.


The almond β-glucosidase, and the β-galactosidases from Escherichia coli, Kluyveromyces lactis, and Bacillus circulans were used to catalyze the stereoselective hydrolysis of diastereoisomeric mixtures of alkyl-β-D-glucopyranosides and alkyl-β-D-galactopyranosides which were derived from the cis- and trans-isomers of 2-(4-alkoxybenzyl)-1-cyclohexanols by the Koenigs-Knorr synthesis. Stereoselective preference of the enzymes towards the respective diastereoisomers of the glycosides were studied (both chiral alcohols and alkyl-O-glycosides were prepared). Higher stereoselectivity was achieved for the glycosides derived from trans-2-(4-alkoxybenzyl)-1-cyclohexanols. The practical significance of this research is in the biological screening of selected alkyl-O-glycosides (glycosidic juvenogens, i.e., biochemically activated hormonogen complexes), using the β-glycosidases studied, as modern systemic and environmentally safe pesticides. Chirality 11:451–458, 1999. © 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.


The invention provides a stainless steel degreasing agent, which comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 5 to 25 percent of organic solvent, 2 to 5 percent of corrosion inhibitor, 10 to 25 percent of surfactant, 5 to 10 percent of inorganic salt, 1 to 3 percent of defoaming agent and the balance of deionized water, wherein the organic solvent is bromohydrocarbon; the corrosion inhibitor is sodium benzoate, ammonium benzoate, triethanolamine, ethanolamine or benzotriazole; the surfactant is one or more of alkylphenol polyoxyethylene ether and fatty alcohol-polyoxyethylene ether; the inorganic salt is alkaline salt; and the defoaming agent is tributyl phosphate, organic silicon, oleic acid or sodium oleate. The stainless steel degreasing agent can replace the currently used ODS cleaning agents, can achieve the cleaning effect of the ODS cleaning agents, does not damage the surface of the stainless steel, has obvious cleaning effect, can clean a large number of products, and does not harm a human body; and the preparation method is simple, safe, and environment-friendly.


Our aim is to verify the applicability of the revised Gash analytical model to canopy interception loss of typical evergreen broadleaved forests in the Jinyun Mountains in Three Gorges Reservoir Area.The rainfall, throughfall and stemflow data were observed and collected by the rain gauges and data loggers,and the canopy interception loss was simulated with the revised Gash analytical model.A comparison in hourly cumulative rainfall and a rainfall event interception was conducted between the simulated and measured values based on meteorological data and forest survey data during April-Julyof2012.Inaddition,the effects of the model parameter on interception was analyzed with a sensitivity analysis method.The results indicated that the cumulative gross rainfall of 34 sampled events was 522.1mm and the mean rainfall intensity was 1.3mm/h.The measured through-fall,stemflow and canopy interception were 450.9mm,9.6mm and 61.6mm,respectively.Most of the rainfalls had a low rainfall intensity,low rainfall levels,and long duration.Through-fall,stem-flow and canopy interception were simulated by the revised Gash model were 446.1 mm,7.7 mm and 68.2 mm,respectively.The simulated interception loss was lower by10.8%thanthemeasuredones.Itwasindicatedthat the revised Gash analytic model could be used for estimating canopy interception of single field rainfall in the evergreen broadleaved forest in the Jinyun Mountains in Three Gorges Reservoir Area.The simulation with the revised Gash model was affected in the highest level by canopy density,in the middle level by mean rainfall intensity R,in the low level by canopy storage capacity,mean evaporation rate during rainfall E,but the simulation was not sensitive to trunk storage capacity and proportion of stem-flow in rainfall since these two parameters only had a small effect on total interception.


Lithium–manganese oxide based spinel is attractive as cathode materials in lithium ion batteries. A wide range of spinel solid solution can be directly sintered and result in different properties of identical compositions during the battery operation, making it extremely difficult to understand the intrinsic properties and evaluate the battery performance. In this work, a high-throughput computational framework combining ab initio calculations and a CALPHAD (Calculation of Phase Diagrams) approach is developed to systematically describe infinite composition–structure–property–performance relationships under sintered and battery states of spinel cathodes. Depending on composition and crystallography, various properties (physical, thermochemical, and electrochemical) relating key factors (cyclability, safety, and energy density) are quantitatively mapped. The overall performance is consequently evaluated and validated by key experiments. Finally, 4 V spinel cathodes with codoping of reasonable Li and vacanc...


It has previously been shown that synovial fluid (SF) mononuclear cells (MNC) from patients with reactive arthritis (ReA) and some patients with undifferentiated oligoarthritis (UOA) respond specifically to the triggering bacterium (specific responders). However, in some patients there is a response to two or more bacteria (non‐specific responders) and in a third group no response is found (non‐responders). We assessed whether the proportion of synovial MNC which were macrophage‐monocyte (MaMo) differed among the specific responder, non‐specific responder and non‐responder groups. There was no difference between the specific (33±9) and the non‐specific(32±26)groups; non‐responders had a higher percentage of MaMo (61.3±31%) although the difference was not significant. We also investigated whether the specificity of the response to antigen in ReA or UOA SF was altered by changing the T‐cell/MaMo ratio. In all five specific responders the immune response remained specific whatever the ratio tested. However, four of the five non‐specific responders, but none of the non‐responders, developed a specific response to one of the tested antigens by increasing the T cell/MaMo ratio. We conclude that in some patients with a non‐specific response, alteration of the T cell/MaMo ratio uncovers a specific response which may identify the triggering antigen.


In this study, a complete set of recirculating cooling water system and the required instruments were built in a semi-industrial-scale and a 50 g/h ozone generation plant and a chlorine system were designed for cooling water treatment. Both chlorination and ozonation treatment methods were studied and the results were analyzed during two 45-days periods. The concentrations of ozone and chlorine in recirculating water were constant at 0.1 mg/lit and 0.6 mg/lit, respectively. In ozone treatment, by increasing the concentration cycle to 33%, the total water consumption decreased by 26% while 11.5% higher energy efficiency achieved thanks to a better elimination of bio-films. In case of Carbon Steel, the corrosion rate reached to 0.012 mm/yr and 0.025 mm/yr for the ozonation and chlorination processes, respectively. Furthermore, consumptions of the anti-corrosion and anti-sedimentation materials in the ozone cooling water treatment were reduced about 60% without using any oxidant and non-oxidant biocides. No significant changes in sediment load were seen in ozonation compared to chlorination. The Chemical Oxygen Demand of the blow-down in ozonation method decreased to one-sixth of that in the chlorination method. Moreover, the soluble iron and water turbidity in the ozonation method were reduced by 97.5% and 70%, respectively. Although no anaerobic bacteria were seen in the cooling water at the proper concentration range of ozone and chlorine, the aerobic bacteria in chlorine and ozone treatment methods were 900 and 200 CFU/ml, respectively. The results showed that the payback time for the ozone treatment is about 2.6 years.


The article presents the results of investigation and treatment of 30 women with non-malignant deceases of cervix of the uterus, describes features of the content of estradiol in blood serum and epithelization of of incisional wound on the exocervics in patients who take combined peroral oral contraceptive.