AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. NATURAL HISTORY SECTION. Chicago, Ill., Augtst 5-12, 1868. In his paper "On the Geology of the Mississippi Delta, and the Rock-salt Deposit of Petite Anse," Professor E. W. HILGARD stated that this deposit was discovered in 1862, and the entire supply during the war, of the western half of the Confederate Government, was derived from this source. The deposit was, at least, thirty-eight feet thick, and extends over a surface of one hundred and forty-four acres, and is found in some places above the present sea-level. The salt was remarkably pure and free from gypsum, though the latter occurred fifteen miles distant. In describing the geology of the delta, the author thought its progress seaward was not so much due to a deposit of sediment as to the upheaval of the bottom of the Gulf. Professor W. P. BLAKE, of California, read an abstract of a paper " Upon the Gradual Desiccation of the Surface of the Western portion of North America." He called attention to some of the principal facts, leaving details to a future paper. The principal evidences of a gradual desiccation are found in the interior lake system of the Great Basin in Nevada, where the chain of lakes, between the Sierra Nevada and the Humboldt Mountains, the Truckee, Humboldt, and Carson Lakes, give unequivocal evidence of drying up. Formerly these lakes were united in one, so as to form a vast sheet of water, an inland sea which extended over many degrees of latitude and longitude. This lake has left ancient shores and beaches along the sides of the mountains, the former presence of the water being made known in some places by extensive deposits of travertiu, which coats the rocks and hides them from view. The Great Salt Lake, also, gives evidence of a gradual wasting away. Its shores are bordered by broad regions of lacustrine deposits. The lakes of the valley of Mexico are also drying up, and there is evidence of change within the historic period. The Tulare lakes in California do not cover near as much surface as formerly, and an extensive region at the head of the California Gulf has dried up. In all the instances mentioned the water-lines and beaches are horizontal, and show that there has not been any local elevation or disturbance. Nor is it probable that any continental elevation has been instrumental in effecting the change. The cause appears to be cosmical. Professor J. S. NEWBERRY, of New York, presented an abstract of a paper on " The Surface Geology of the Basin of the Great Lakes and the Upper Mississippi Valley." He hoped to give some information which would aid in working out the great problem of the drift. A map was drawn showing the region under discussion. The drift formation has been investigated most generally from the top downwards. This product of the glacial period in this region has not received sufficient attention.


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Although the method of symmetrical components is commonly used in investigating unbalanced operation of electrical machines and power systems, its application in the analysis of transient behaviour of electrical machines can be advantageous. The main advantage lies in the ease with which different fault conditions can be analysed. In this paper, the differential equations describing an induction machine are developed in terms of the symmetrical components of the instantaneous values of transient voltages and currents. The developed model enables investigation of various fault conditions when the machine is operating as a motor or a generator.


The purpose of this study was to determine whether pH and time has any influence on the degradation behavior of composite restoration by analyzing the leached monomers of dental composites qualitatively and quantitatively after storage in acetate buffer solution as a function of time using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) / mass spectrometer. Materials and Methods:Three commercial composite restorative resin materials (Z-250, Heliomolar and Aeliteflo) with different matrix structure and filler composition were studied. Thirty specimens (7mm thick) of each material were prepared. The cured materials were stored in acetate buffer solution at different pH (4, 7) for 1, 7 and 45days. As a reference, samples of unpolymerized composite materials of each product were treated with methanol (10mg/ml). Identification of the various compounds was achieved by comparison of their mass spectra with those of reference compound, with literature data. and by their fragmentation patterns. Data were analysed statistically using ANOVA and Duncan's test. Results:1. Amounts of leached TEGDMA in Aeliteflo were significantly larger than those of UDMA in Z-250 and Heliomolar at experimental conditions of different storage time and pH variation (p0.05).


A variety of voltage transformer technical problems emerging,a new Electronic Voltage Transformer(EVT) method is proposed by detecting micro-current in a coupling resistor in this paper.The new type of EVT principle is analyzed,the equivalent circuit model for the voltage transformer primary side is also established,and the error formula is presented.The high-voltage resistance and the distributed capacitance characteristics,which have influence to the EVT precision,are analyzed,an improved scheme is proposed.A prototype of 10 kV EVT is developed.The accuracy test results show that the EVT can meet the standard of IEC 600447 with accuracy of 0.2.


One means of controlling sand production from weak sand intervals is to treat the formation with chemicals that will add cementitious materials between sand grains. This study deals with possible treatment failures that can result from poor displacement patterns of the chemicals injected into a formation. Successive injection of a series of flushes are normally required to consolidate a formation. Mathematical model studies were made of fluid fronts, considering such variables as (1) flush volumes to blend fronts, (2) viscosity of the flush fluids, and (3) different perforation lengths. Results of the studies should be particularly useful in successful consolidation of longer perforated intervals. For instance, results showed that failure to treat successfully a long uniform formation interval with one type of consolidation technique could be caused by excessive flushing of the plastic solution injected into the sand; this flushing occurs adjacent to the wellbore near the top and bottom of the perforated interval. A method is given for estimating the volume of fluid flushing these critical zones.


This paper shows a new technical solution called OPEN ARCHITECTURE for the hybrid positioning and force robot control on six degrees-of-freedom (DOF) in a PLC multi-microprocessor system interfaced with PC in order to obtain high performances. Through the development of this method the system becomes open to new command and control functions: compliance and comprehensive actions. Mainly this architecture allows for real-time control having two information sources: dynamic force and static position measurements resulting from interaction between the work-piece and the environment. The implementation of the OAH open architecture Control System for robots with compliant wrist allows for the control of the hibrid position and force in Cartezian coordonates through real time processing of the Jacobine matrix obtained out of the forward kinematics using the Denevit-Hartenberg method and calculating the Jacobine inverted matrix for control in closed loop. The obtained results prove a significant reduction of the execution time for the real time control of robot's position in Cartesian coordinates.


Abstract Enterovirus and human parechovirus (HPeV) are RNA viruses belonging to the family Picornaviridae that frequently infect infants. These infections show a wide variety of clinical manifestations, from mild to severe. However, there are no known early clinical markers for diagnosis and prediction of disease severity. The aim of this study was to examine the clinical utility of urinary beta 2-microglobulin (&bgr;2MG) for the early detection and prognosis of infantile enterovirus and HPeV infections. This retrospective study included 108 full-term infants younger than 60 days of age, including 15 with enterovirus or HPeV-3 (enterovirus/HPeV-3), 22 with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and 24 with bacterial infections. Laboratory data and clinical characteristics were compared among these 3 groups. Of the 15 patients with enterovirus/HPeV-3, 6 were treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG subgroup) because of severe clinical conditions. Urinary &bgr;2MG to creatinine ratio (&bgr;2MG/Cr) was significantly higher in the enterovirus/HPeV-3 group compared to bacterial and RSV infection groups (both P < .001). In the enterovirus/HPeV-3 group, mean peak urinary &bgr;2MG/Cr was observed on day 1 or 2. Urinary &bgr;2MG/Cr values were significantly higher in the IVIG subgroup than the non-IVIG subgroup (P < .001). Increased urinary &bgr;2MG/Cr in early-stage infection may be a useful clinical marker for the detection and prediction of infantile enterovirus and HPeV infection severity.


The article mainly introduces the socket communication mechanicsm and also presents the step and method of SOCKET programing which is based on TCP connection with JAVA language . In order to explain the SOCKET based network programing with java ,the authors implement a client program has been implemented .


This paper presents four lanthanide coordination polymers, [Ln2(BDC)3(H2O)]n
(Ln = La, 1; Ln = Eu, 2; Ln = Tb, 3; BDC = 1,2-benzenedicarboxylate) and [Yb4(BDC)6(H2O)2]n
(4) prepared by the hydrothermal technique. They are all 2-D infinite structures with BDC anions connecting adjacent metal ions. In complex 1, La(III) ions are eight- and nine-coordinated, and all La(III) ions are coplanar in the 2-D structure. In complexes 2 and 3, Eu(III) and Tb(III) ions are also eight- and nine-coordinated, but they are distributed in a wave-like 2-D network. In complex 4, the Yb(III) ions have four different coordination numbers (6, 7, 8 and 9), which are rarely found in one lanthanide complex. Both the coordination numbers and the arrangement of Ln atoms in these coordination polymers show the lanthanide contraction. In the four complexes, all the oxygen atoms of BDC take part in coordination with Ln(III) ions, adopting tetra-, penta- and hexadentate coordination modes for the phthalate anions. The luminescent properties of complex 2 have been investigated and the results for the explanation of the chemical environment of the Eu(III) ion are consistent with the X-ray analysis.


Knol khol (Brassica oleracea var. Gongylodes L.) is one of the important cruciferous vegetable crops of state of Jammu & Kashmir, India. It is mainly a cool season crop but grows well even throughout the year. It is traditionally grown extensively in Kashmir valley. However, over a period of time its popularity and acceptability has increased manifold across Jammu region of the state also. Due to this reason its cultivation has extended to all the nooks and corners of the state. In Jammu province, it is cultivated in 2712ha area with production of 55118 MT (Anonymous, 2017).There is a tremendous scope of knol khol production in Jammu region particularly in the Mid hills of International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 8 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com

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RTG and RMG are two major types of yard cranes used in large-scale container terminals.Based on a specific project,this paper makes a comparison between the two typical plans for yard handling technology from both the equipment themselves and associated aspects such as power supply and civil infrastructure.The comprehensive system-wide technical and economic indices are considered in plan selection.


Over the last decades, new governance mechanisms such as partnerships have been increasingly accepted as instruments for sustainable development. This article contributes to an improved understanding of the contributions of partnerships, and their interactions with and consequences for intergovernmental regimes. It answers the question to what extent the roles of international intersectoral partnerships in biodiversity governance can be assessed using a positive, negative, or utilitarian qualification. To answer this question, the article develops and applies a methodology to analyze the governance functions that partnerships fulfill, and the institutional interaction (in terms of content, discourses, and rules) between the partnerships and intergovernmental regimes. Two case studies are analyzed: the Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP), and the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), which works on biodiversity hotspots. Contrary to most partnerships, these conservation partnerships do not use the market as a steering mechanism for sustainable development, but focus on enhancing international policy processes. The article concludes that the partnerships reinvent biodiversity policy and politics, which is necessary to improve the effectiveness of the biodiversity governance system, and that they complement intergovernmental regimes, albeit with varying effectiveness. Recommendations are developed for governments to strategically enhance public–private interaction.


We present the first results on E region field‐aligned irregularities (FAIs) observed using a 53 MHz radar experiment conducted from Ionosphere Field Station, Haringhata (geographic latitude 22.93°N; geographic longitude 88.5°E; magnetic dip angle 35.2°N) of University of Calcutta, a location just on the Tropic of Cancer and below the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly. Results show that the E region FAI echoes, which occur with signal intensity as high as 35 dB above noise, are mostly confined to altitudes of 90–120 km with daytime FAI being confined to 100 km. The FAI echoes are often found to occur in the form of descending echoing region that includes continuous, quasi periodic and discrete patches of echoes. The FAI echoes display large day‐to‐day variations and tend to occur more during the morning (06–09 IST) and evening (18–21 IST) with relative less occurrence during the noon and midnight. Doppler spectra are type‐2 in nature with mean Doppler velocity in the range of −100–120 m s−1 and spectral width limited to 100 m s−1. While these characteristics are very similar to those of off‐equatorial low latitudes and mid‐latitudes, comparison of these results with those concurrently observed at Gadanki reveals remarkable difference in the echo occurrence, day‐to‐day variability and Doppler velocity, in spite of the small difference in ionospheric pierce points between these two stations. These results are discussed and the prospective of these observations in understanding the E region FAI over a convective active meteorological region is outlined.


Abstract The author states the occurrence of harvest mouse (Micromys minutus (Pallas, 1771)) and hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus, 1758)) in the East Slovakia based on summer nests from field margins, hedgerows, and woodland edges. A total of 791 (551 M. minutus and 240 M. avellanarius) nests from 71 localities were observed over the years 2013–2021. The total elevation range of these sites was between 110 – 560 m a.s.l., with different ratio recorded for both species. For M. minutus 15 plant species and for M. avellanarius 16 plant species were confirmed, with different dominance of their use. A statistically significant difference was confirmed by Mann-Whitney U test comparing both species for two common plants i.e., Prunus spinosa L. (U = 866.0, p = 0.012) and Rubus plicatus Weihe & Nees (U = 1103.0, p ˂ 0.0001). Moreover, Spearman's correlations confirmed significant relationships between the positions of nests and plant height. At the same time, 12 individuals of M. minutus and 8 individuals of M. avellanarius were confirmed dead or escaping directly from their nests. Analysis of the composition of the leaves in the M. avellanarius nests showed the following proportions. Leaves of the three species R. plicatus (66.2%), Carpinus betulus L. (14.5%), and P. spinosa (8.3%) were most common in mixed nests. For foliar nests, a ratio of two dominant species, R. plicatus (50.0%) and C. betulus (41.6%), was recorded. Finally, for the layered nests, a ratio of two dominant species, R. plicatus (50.0%) and C. betulus (33.3%) was recorded. The obtained data help spreading knowledge of both species in the territory of Slovakia.


The proposed Temporal Exper and Tropical Systems (TEMPEST) satellite miss science needs related to cloud and precipitation constellation of five CubeSats with identica millimeter-wave radiometers spaced 5-10 minut This CubeSat constellation will directly ob evolution of clouds to study the conditions transition of clouds to precipitation. The TEM wave radiometers will penetrate into the cloud t changes as the cloud begins to precipitate or inside the storm. TEMPEST provides obse millimeter-wave frequencies from 90 to 183 GH compact instrument that is well suited for architecture and fits well within the NASA Initiative capabilities. Index Terms — high electron mobility tran indium phosphide (InP), low-noise amplif millimeter-wave integrated circuits (MMICs), ra


Clinical Question
Who should receive human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination?

Bottom Line
Catch-up vaccination is now recommended for all persons through age 26 years. For persons aged 27 through 45 years, clinicians and patients should now jointly decide whether HPV vaccination is appropriate. Routine HPV vaccination at age 11 or 12 years (or as early as age 9 years) continues to be recommended.


Text values are valuable information in relational database systems for analysis and machine learning (ML) tasks. Since ML techniques depend on numerical input representations, word embeddings are increasingly utilized to convert symbolic representations such as text into meaningful numbers. However, those models do not incorporate the context-specific semantics of text values in the database. To significantly improve the representation of text values occurring in DBMS, we propose a novel retrofitting approach called Retro which considers both, the semantics of the word embedding and the relational schema. Based on this, we developed RetroLive, an interactive system, that allows exploring how the retrofitted embeddings improve the performance for various ML and integration tasks. Moreover, the demo includes several interactive visualizations to explore the characteristics of the adapted vectors and their connection to the relational database.


The current study investigated the effect of stimulus meaningfulness on the formation of equivalence classes in a conditional discrimination training task. Nonsense syllables rated as high or low in meaningfulness (m) on the Glaze (1928) and Krueger (1934) rating scales were presented in a matching-to-sample task. Thirteen participants were trained to produce B1 and C1 given the sample A1, B2 and C2 given A2, and B3 and C3 given A3. Participants' performances during training and the emergence of a derived set of responses during testing (B1-C1, B2-C2, B3-C3) were analyzed as a function of m of stimuli within the relations. Training performances were predicted by m of the stimuli, with less error overall associated with low m configurations, and less error where sample and comparison items matched in terms of m (both high or both low).


This paper presents a novel real-time strategy for active power sharing in a fuel-cell-powered charging station for advanced technology batteries. This control scheme can adjust the charging currents according to the estimated state-of-charge which is obtained by estimating the battery open-circuit voltage with current correction and linearly fitting between the open-circuit voltage and the state-of-charge. Both DC and pulse current charging strategies are investigated to coordinate the active power distribution among batteries. The DC charging controller is designed and implemented in MATLAB/Simulink for both system simulation and experimental tests. Simulation and experimental results are also given.


'Democracy' has been frequently praised by the Chinese political leadership, while liberal democratic institutions have remained conspicuously absent under CPC one-party rule. This study explores t ...


lower extremities. Histopathological findings showed a subepidermal blister with eosinophilic infiltrates in the upper dermis (Fig. 1g). Direct immunofluorescence revealed linear deposition of immunoglobulin G (Fig. 1h) and C3 at the basement membrane zone. Laboratory tests showed an elevated serum level of anti-BP180 NC16a antibody, and the chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay index value was 49.9 (cut-off value, 9.0). A definitive diagnosis of LPP was made. After initiation of treatment with oral prednisolone (30 mg/day, 0.5 mg/kg per day), the skin and mucosal lesions rapidly improved. The dose of prednisolone was tapered to 10 mg/day without relapse. The diagnosis of LPP is made by the combination of the typical clinical features and the demonstration of autoantibodies binding to the dermal–epidermal junction. The development of LPP has been reported to be associated with medication and/or pre-existing medical conditions. Pembrolizumab, an anti-programmed death 1 (PD-1) monoclonal antibody, has been demonstrated to be effective and safe for the treatment of advanced urothelial carcinoma. Pembrolizumab blocks the PD-1/programmed death ligand 1 pathway, which induces an antitumor response in the host immune system. This blocking pathway can simultaneously cause unique immune-related adverse events due to T-cell activation and proliferation. There have been only a few reports of LPP associated with anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies, pembrolizumab and nivolumab. In our case, a good therapeutic response of pembrolizumab was not observed, unlike previous cases of LPP induced by anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies. The situation of T-cell responses in LPP still remains unclear. Pembrolizumab may be an important cofactor, but not the direct trigger of LPP. Further case accumulation is needed to clarify the precise underlying mechanisms.


Objective:To establish a method for determining the content of dexamethasone acetate in Compound Urea and Dexamethasone Cream by HPLC and raise its quality control standard. Methods:WELCHROM C18 (5 μm,4.6 mm×250 mm) column was used with methanol-water (70∶30) as its mobile phase; flow-rate was 1.0 mL/min; column temperature was 28 ℃; the detection wavelength was 240 nm. Results:The linear range of dexamethasone acetate was 0.01203~0.1203 mg/mL (r=0.9999),the average recovery was 99.83%,RSD=0.95% (n=6); the content of dexamethasone acetate in Compound Urea and Dexamethasone Cream was 98.2%~104.8%.Conclusions:This determination method of dexamethasone acetate is stable and reliable,and can be used for quality control of Compound Urea and Dexamethasone Cream.


The thermal conductivity (k) of four fruit juices (peach, raspberry, cherry and plum) was measured using a coaxial-cylinder (steady-state) technique. Measurements were made in the temperature range from 20 to 120C and a range of concentration between 9.8 and 60.0°Brix. The total uncertainties of the k and temperature measurements were less than 2% and 0.03C, respectively. The reliability and accuracy of the experimental methodology for fruit juices was confirmed with measurements on pure water. The experimental and calculated values of k of pure water showed excellent agreement within their experimental uncertainty. The effect of temperature and concentration on the k of peach, raspberry, cherry and plum juices was evaluated. The predictive capability of various polynomial models was established.


The phenomenon of successive contracts (fr. Chaines de contrats) raises in author's law two types of problems: those general and common to all types of successive contracts and those due to the particularities of author's contract, the base of successive contracts in author's law, which implies various legal obligations of successive execution related mainly to exploitation of author's work. In order to solve these problems we propose to qualify successive contracts in author's law with reference to nominate contracts of Code civil. We have identified four types of successive contracts in author's law. The first two types have for its bases author's contracts that we consider centred on exploitation of author's work (e. G. Publishing contract) and that we have principally qualified as translative contract of service and subsidiary as licence / lease. Successive contracts that can be created on the bases of this type of author's contract are the following: 1) subcontracts on rights of exploitation or 2) transfers of author's contract. The next two types of successive contracts are constructed on the bases of author's contracts that we consider centred on transfer of rights of exploitation (e. G. Audiovisual production contract) and that we have qualified as assignment / contract of sale of rights. They are composed of 3) assignments of rights and/or 4) licences of rights. Thus, applying common contract law, special law of nominate contracts of Code civil and general theory of contract allows to obtain predictable and convenient solutions.


The present study aimed at investigating individual differences of task-dependent hemispheric superiority is perceptual, matching (physical and facial) of face stimuli. The result was interpreted as indicating hemispheric advantage of latent left-handers in facial matching


Abstract. The scientific-methodical provision of an assessment of quality of training of students of technical colleges with a method of express testing registered in FIPS (Rospatant) (the certificate on the state registration of the computer program No. 2011617140 from 13.09.2011 ) is created. The implemented program works at Windows OS. As the operating program language of graphic programming of LabView is used. The set of various functions facilitating work with the equipment is integrated into this system. The created program passed approbation, Kazan state power university and E.K. Zavoysky Kazan physics and technology institute (KFTI KASNZ RAHN) is successfully use it in educational process. The idea is directed on promoting and improving the quality and prestige of training in a higher educational institution, formations of knowledge, abilities and skills through introduction of nonconventional approaches in training promotion.


A highly repetitive component of rat DNA which could not yet be enriched by density gradient centrifugation was isolated with the help of the restriction nuclease Sau3AI. This nuclease converted the bulk of the DNA to small fragments and left a repetitive DNA component as large fragments which were subsequently purified by gel filtration and electrophoresis. This DNA component which was termed rat satellite DNA I is composed of tandemly repeated 370 bp blocks. According to sequence analysis the 370 bp repeats consist of alternating 92 and 93 bp units with homologous but not identical sequences. Methylation of CpG residues was correlated to the rate of cleavage by restriction nucleases. Significant homologies exist between the sequences of rat satellite DNA I and satellite DNAs of several other organisms. The divergence of the sequence of rat satellite DNA I was discussed with respect to evolutionary considerations. INTRODUCTION Highly repeated DNA sequences have been found in the genomes of most, if not all eukaryotic organisms. Because of their ubiquity they have attracted considerable interest, although their functional significance is still unknown (reviews 1-4). The highly repeated DNA components of the rat genome have not been characterized in detail yet. On the basis of renaturation kinetics (e.g. 5) 8-10 % of the rat genome was determined to be highly repetitive. Conventional density gradient centrifugation, however, has failed to separate satellite DNA fractions, but separable components have been seen in alkaline CsCl gradients (6), in neutral CsCl gradients after DNA restriction (7) and in CsCl-netropsin density gradients (8). The analysis of rat DNA with restriction nucleases and gel electrophoresis has revealed a series of sharp bands indicating the presence of repetitive C Information Retrieval Umited I Falconberg Court London WI V 5FG England 417 Nucleic Acids Research DNA components (9,10). In previous experiments we mapped on a repetitive DNA component the cleavage sites for EcoRI and HindIII (11). These results were recently confirmed by Fuke and Busch (12) and extended to include the HaeIII and HinfI sites. Moreover in fractionation experiments these authors found most of the DNA component to occur in the nucleolar fraction (13). In the course of our studies on the domain structure of chromatin in rat liver nuclei (14) we isolated a soluble chromatin fraction which contained this highly repetitive DNA in essentially pure form (11,15). In the present paper we report on the isolation of this DNA component by a different method and on its nucleotide sequence. Although highly repetitive DNA components have usually been called satellite DNAs only when they could be separated by centrifugation techniques it seems justified to use for this thoroughly characterized DNA component-which resembles closely other satellite DNAs the designation rat satellite DNA I. This term which has also the advantage of brevity will be used throughout the paper. MATERIALS AND METHODS Restriction nucleases. HindIII restriction nuclease was prepared according to (16 and H. Smith, pers. communication). Sau3AI (17) and HinfI were gifts of R.E. Streeck, Sau96I (18) was a gift of W. Hbrz. HphI was purchased from New England Biolabs Inc., Beverly MA. Other enzymes and chemicals were as described previously (11). Digestions with restriction nucleases were carried out in buffer A (65 mM NaCl, 60 mM KCl, 0.15 mM spermine, 0.5 mM spermidine, 0.2 mM EDTA, 0.2 mM EGTA, 5 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, 15 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4) in the presence of 7 mM MgCl2. The activity of restriction nucleases was assayed by digestions of XDNA (a gift from U. Hanggi). One unit is defined as the amount required to degrade to completion 1 gg of ADNA in 1 h at 370 in a total assay mixture of 0.02 ml. Isolation of DNA. DNA was isolated from purified liver nuclei (19) of 150-300g mrale Sprague Dawley albino rats. Nuclei containing the equivalent of 1000 A260 units DNA were incubated


Introduction. What is Software Deployment and Update Management? Deployment and Update Management Program Overview. Deployment and Update Management Goals and Strategies. Deployment and Update Management Policies. Deployment and Update Management Infrastructure and Facilities. The Software Deployment Process. The Update Management Process. Access Tasks. Identify Tasks. Evaluate and Plan Tasks. Change Management Tasks. Deploy Tasks. Update Testing. Technologies and Resources.


Firms that we're able to develop competitive advantages in CSR using proactive environmental and social strategies, achieve superior social and economic performance. However, the big challenge is to recognize the factors that are shaping organizational strategies towards CSR. In particular, we attempt to answer, how leadership styles influences CSR based strategies, and how these strategies inurn affect social and environmental performance. For this, we proposed a theoretical framework that explained different leadership styles (Transformational, Ethical, and Servant) that have a different effect on corporate social and environmental performance through adopting CSR strategies targeted to different stakeholders. We also explored, which stakeholder targeted CSR leads to better social or environmental performance. For this, we modified Shaukat et. al. (2016) model to incorporate different leadership styles. We used Spiller's (2000) manifestation of Stakeholder theory to classify CSR into (i) community, (ii) environment, (iii) employees, (iv) customers, (v) suppliers, (vi) shareholders dimensions. Empirical validity was established by conducting a survey using a close-ended questionnaire. Data was collected from 289employees of various firms and analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and structured equation modeling. The results suggested that Ethical and Transformational leadership have a significant and positive effect on Customers and Employees directed CSR. Ethical, Servant and Transformational leadership also seem to positively and significantly affect Environment, Shareholders, and Suppliers directed CSR respectively. However, Ethical and Servant leadership negatively and significantly affect Shareholders, and Customers directed CSR respectively. Among CSR activities, Community, Environment, Shareholders, and Suppliers directed CSR have a positive and significant effect on both social and Environmental Performance. Interestingly, Employees directed CSR have a significant negative effect on both social and Environmental Performance, moreover, customer directed CSR also inversely impact Environmental Performance.


de Haas-van Alphen measurements made on the organic metal {beta}{sup ''}-(BEDT-TTF){sub 2}SF{sub 5}CH{sub 2}CF{sub 2}SO{sub 3} reveal the existence of an ideal two-dimensional (2D) Fermi surface, but rather than having the conventional sawtooth wave form that is normally observed in all other 2D electron gases, instead, an ''inverse sawtooth'' wave form is observed, which is to be expected when the chemical potential is pinned at a constant value. While this proves the existence of the theoretically predicted quasi-one-dimensional band, it further implies that this band has an exceptionally large density of states. (c) 2000 The American Physical Society.


This study aims to explain the influence of the participative budget (X1), information asymmetry (X2), and budget emphasis (X3) through the possibility of budgetary slack (Y). The populations in this study are all the employers at Region Water Utility Company (PDAM) Malang city and regency. The total population is 872 respondents, while the samples taken in amount of 65 respondents. Sample collecting in this study used a purposive sampling This sampling technique used to determine the samples. The data were analyzed by using double regression and hypothesis test. The result of this study showed that participative budget, information asymmetry, and budget emphasis give a positive and significant influence on the budgetary slack.


With the progressing petroleum exploration in rift lacustrine basin, the traditional scheme of sequence stratigraphy is not applicable for the delicate phase of exploration. Besides, crucial parameters, such as the boundary fault activities, the sedimentary source and the paleoclimate, control the development of stratigraphy in rift lacustrine basin, which leads to the regular and rapid changes of the short term base level cycle, the accommodation space and the strata stacking patterns. Therefore, a question that petroleum geologists face is how to effectively use high-resolution sequence stratigraphy theory to predict stratigraphic and lithologic reservoirs in rift lacustrine basi n. The high-resolution sequence stratigraphy focuses on the scales of observation that typically fall below the resolution of seismic data, commonly referred to as of 4th-order or lower rank. Therefore, logging curve pattern and core-based analyses are significant for recognizing characteristics of these scales and provide the basis for the high resolution sequence stratigraphy. This paper presents a case study of Shahejie formation, Gaol iu area, Northeast Bohai Bay Basin, where the crucial parameters are involved. Based on the seismic data, wells, log and cores, the features of every 4th-order sequence were recognized, and the isochronal sequence stratigraphic framework for the Shahejie formation was built. Then, the corresponding relationship among the lithologic facies, logging facies, and seismic facies of Shahejie formation were established through cores observation, well-seismic calibration and geological-geophysical modeling. Furthermore, the spatial and temporal distribution of microfacies and sedimentary source were carried out by means of logging analysis and seismic attribute extraction. Besides, combined with the tectonic evolution stages and the distribution of microfacies, the high-quality sandbodies were predicted. The results show that twelve 4th-order sequences are recognized, ten kinds of microfacies are figured out and six types of trap are predicted. This paper also gives an example about the use of high-resolution sequence stratigraphy in rift lacustrine basin.


disabilities that come with it—the legs and hands that no longer work, the bones that become osteoporotic, the joints that become locked, the muscles that become spastic…There is an awful lot we leave out—how a productive member of society can become too disabled to work or take care of her children. We don't discuss the tremendous personal losses—families, friends, jobs—that RSD wreaks… " 1 So wrote Linda Lang, author, RSDSA board member, and a woman who has suffered with RSD for nearly 20 years. Linda is not alone—hundreds of thousands of individuals who are currently suffering with the burning, sharp, aching pain and the potential disability of RSD, now known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 (CRPS), understand the losses that accompany the horrific pain. Although measuring pain is subjective, the losses are measurable, and often substantial. One prospective study of 829 patients with CRPS in the Netherlands reported that the syndrome is a major cause of disability because only one in five patients was fully able to resume prior activities. 2 A recent web-based epidemiological survey of CRPS conducted by RSDSA, in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, corroborated the findings of Dr. Veldman et al that CRPS results in a high incidence of disability from work, continuing intense pain, sleep disturbance, and suicidal ideation. 3 CRPS can be a very difficult syndrome to treat, especially if treatment is offered piecemeal rather than in an interdisciplinary fashion as recommended. Our goal in writing these guidelines is to make sure that those individuals suffering with CRPS receive the proper diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Through education, we hope to minimize patient losses as much as we possibly can. Dr. Norman Harden, the contributing authors, and our review editors have attempted to write these guidelines based chiefly on evidence-based medicine. We dedicate these guidelines to people with CRPS, their families and support people, and the medical professionals who accept the challenge of treating this poorly understood, perplexing syndrome.


We give a characterization of a generalized Whittaker model of a degenerate principal series representation of GL(n, R) as the kernel of some differential operators. By this characterization, we give examples on GL(4, R). We obtain the dimensions of the generalized Whittaker models and give their basis in terms of hypergeometric functions of one and two variables.


Recent attempts to provide a theoretical framework for macroeconomics have focused on the nature of wage-employment agreements between firms and workers. Workers are in general unable to purchase insurance against future income fluctuations on grounds of, for example, moral hazard, and consequently firms may find it profitable to offer workers a contract that provides them with partial insurance as well as employment compensation. The seminal papers are those of Azariadis (1975) and Baily (1974) (henceforth A-B) and a useful survey is provided by Azariadis (1981). In their model, hiring decisions must be made before uncertainty about product market conditions is resolved. If firms are risk-neutral and severance payments to the unemployed are disallowed, then the optimal contract entails a state-invariant real wage and the possibility of (ex post) involuntary unemployment. While this model provides important insights, it has been criticized on a number of grounds. First, Akerlof and Miyazaki (1980) and Pissarides (1981) have pointed out that unemployment can occur in the simple A-B model only when the marginal revenue product of labour falls below the reservation wage so that unemployment would also occur in a Walrasian model; and that, in general, the level of unemployment will be less than would be experienced in spot markets (although it does provide a clue to the involuntary nature of that unemployment). Second, the ad hoc exclusion of payments by the firm to the unemployed can be criticized. If these are allowed, then the optimal contract involves a "topping-up" of the reservation wage to provide complete income (rather than wage) stabilization and the ex post efficient level of employment will be sustained. These criticisms have prompted a number of authors to examine the implications of assuming asymmetric information about the state of nature. An early example of this literature is provided by Calvo and Phelps (1977), who note that, under an A-B contract, because there is a tendency to overemployment in bad states, there will be an incentive for firms to misrepresent the state of nature and lay off more workers than previously agreed, but that this incentive may be attenuated by making the wage schedule contingent on the level of employment that is assumed to be observed by workers. The properties of these contracts usually depend on the precise assumptions of the model. However, in some versions unemployment may be greater than would occur in the Walrasian model. Hart (1983), for instance, considers a model in which severance payments are allowed but firms as well as workers are risk-averse. Then the optimal contract will involve lower wages in bad states of nature in order to spread risk, but the only way this information can be conveyed to workers is by lowering the level of employment. The papers by Grossman and Hart (1981) and by Azariadis, Chari, Green and Kahn, and Grossman and Hart in the symposium in the Quarterly Journal of Economics


Given that the number of people with developmental disabilities is continuously increasing in Korea, we need to pay attention to the lives of parents who rear the children with developmental disabilities. Accordingly, this study examined the effects of parenting stress on the quality of life in parents of children with developmental disabilities, and moderating effects of information application in the process. This study conducted a survey to 194 parents who rear such children in Chungnam and Chungbuk provinces. This study utilized PASW Statistics 18.0 for analysis, and the study results are as follows. First, it was found that parenting stress was more than average level, and information application was somewhat lower than average level. Quality of life was found to be lower than average level, and the level of relationship with neighborhood and emotional condition was relatively lower than other sub-factors. Second, influential factors of life quality were parenting stress, disability degree, information application, residential area, and disability type. Third, information application was found to have moderating effects on the relationship between parenting stress and quality of life. Based on such empirical analysis results, this study suggested concrete and comprehensive working strategies to improve quality of life in parents of children with developmental disabilities.


Abstract This paper describes experimental studies of the multiple scattering of 14 different heavy ions with 1≤Z 1≤18 in the energy range 300–1000 keV, transmitted through thin (500 A−1500 A) polycrystalline gold films. The experimental data are compared with calculations of the multiple scattering using the Thomas-Fermi potential. Rather large deviations from theoretical predictions are found, in contrast to the case for lighter targets.


Red tide is one of the resistances of off the shore eco-environment of my country;we must study thr technique of harmful algae detection in a deepgoing way,because it has so much significance for forecasting red tide and bring it under control.The article summarize Research on technique and automatic analysis system of harmful algae carrying by ship.Comparing with the analysis means in existence,this system can improve realtime and veracity of detection greatly and relief working intensity of detection.The system can work successfully.


ABSTRACT A live blog has become an increasingly popular journalistic genre for covering events in motion. Even though it has been embraced by digital media users, little is known about motivating factors that drive readers to consume this format for delivering news. Hence, this study makes a valuable contribution to the still developing research about the live blog by employing uses and gratifications approach and surveying 339 Internet users, the majority of whom were undergraduate students, to understand what motivates them to read live blogs. The study results suggest that contemporary gratifications – immediacy and convenience – along with information seeking, were the main motivating factors of live-blog consumption. Furthermore, frequency of reading online news and immediacy were identified as the key predictors of the live-blog use, signaling that digital media consumers have an increasing need to acquire live reports about major events.


The texture, color, and chemical characteristics of 10 white table-grape varieties were compared: Delizia del Vaprio, Matilde, Moscato di Terracina, Pansé precoce, Pizzutello bianco, Regina, Regina dei vigneti, Sublima seedless, Sultanina (or Thompson Seedless), and Vincere. Consumer acceptability of table grapes depends on such factors as visual attributes, chemical constituents, nutritive values, mechanical properties, and, obviously, sensory attributes, which are affected by the cultivar. Notable differences among the studied varieties were found in CIRG (color index of red grapes), solid soluble content, malic acid, hydroxycinnamic acid, and the amount of total polyphenols. However, the mechanical parameters of berries, as determined by texture profile analysis, and berry skin characteristics, evaluated by puncture testing, were the most important properties for the differentiation of varieties. In particular, PCA analysis indicated that hardness, gumminess, chewiness, break skin force, break skin energy, and Young's modulus of elasticity of skin were the best indices with which to characterize the varieties. These results may help viticulture and postharvest professionals recognize the behavior of each variety and thus better respond to the consumer market.


Here, we evaluate if microfabricated 3D pyrolytic carbon electrodes are suitable for application in sub-retinal photovoltaic prosthesis. This is done by measuring the charge storage capacity (CSC) and the maximum injectable charge, which indicate if the electrodes allow accumulation of sufficiently high charges in the charge cycle and are able to provide sufficiently fast discharge to stimulate neurons, respectively. The CSC was determined to 10.9 mC/cm 2 for carbon pillars and 6.4 mC/cm 2 for planar carbon electrodes. These values are comparable with values obtained for state-of-the-art electrode materials applied for retinal stimulation such as iridium oxide (IrO x ). The maximum injectable charge was determined from cyclic voltammograms (CV) with values of 1.0 and 1.7 mC/cm 2 for planar and pillar carbon electrodes, respectively. The measured contact resistance between carbon and n+doped Si confirms that pyrolytic carbon is a possible candidate for integration as a 3D electrode material on photovoltaic silicon retinal implants. The elemental composition of the fabricated pyrolytic carbon pillars was analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The analysis showed that the Al 2 O 3 passivated sample with fabricated pyrolytic carbon pillars only contained aluminum, oxygen and carbon, indicating a successful pyrolysis process without any unwanted elements. The study shows promising potential for pyrolytic carbon as a material for 3D electrodes in retinal, photovoltaic implants.


This study examines motives that lie behind personal philanthropy and explores how donors are different from nondonors, and why donors give the amounts they do. It then suggests a general model of individual donating behavior consisting of five predictor variables.


The synthesis and screening of tetrazole‐substituted biaryl acid analogs 7a–l as bacterial peptide deformylase (PDF) enzyme inhibitors is reported. The compounds 7e (IC50 value = 5.50 μM) and 7g (IC50 value = 7.25 μM) showed good PDF inhibition activity. The compounds 7e (MIC range = 10.75–11.66 μg/mL) and 7g (MIC range = 8.91–12.83 μg/mL) also showed potent antibacterial activity when compared with the standard ciprofloxacin (MIC range = 25–50 μg/mL). Thus, the active derivatives were not only potent PDF enzyme inhibitors but also efficient antibacterial agents. In order to gain more insight into the binding mode of the compounds with the PDF enzyme, the most active compounds 7e and 7g, the moderately active compound 7k, and the least active compound 7h were docked against the PDF enzyme of Escherichia coli. The docking study of the most active compounds 7e and 7g against the PDF enzyme exhibited good binding properties. Hence, we believe our synthesized compounds 7a–l could serve as reservoir for bacterial PDF inhibitor development.


In this chapter, the reader is taken through a "big picture" view of learning management systems, with an emphasis on systems that are used in higher education. Included in this view is a description of common features found in learning management systems and the advantages and limitations of these systems. Also included is the report of a large research study identifying the features used most commonly by students and which of these features are the most and least valued. In addition, the reader is presented with specific resources and options for evaluating, selecting and deploying learning management systems. The chapter concludes with a series of brief profiles of the leading learning management vendors and systems.


Abstract The one-particle distribution of grains in topological classes and normalized areas is obtained from a computer simulation based on the master equation of normal grain growth in two dimensions. The 'collision' term is formulated in the 'gas' approximation. Comparison with physical experiment is provided.


We based our study on original longitudinal survey data gathered from employees and entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom. We recruited 1,388 respondents from among 3,525 employees selected randomly from a representative database of the British working age population.Our analysis revealed that, generally, stress is a significant problem for social entrepreneurs. When trying to achieve commercial goals and give back to the community at the same time, these
entrepreneurs are likely to overload themselves with too many responsibilities and, consequently,
deplete their personal resources.


A portable, positive construction zone barrier is described. The barrier is suitable for use at sites where work will take as little as several hours. It is constructed from used cars and thrie-beam guardrail. Two full-scale vehicular crash tests of the portable barrier are described that demonstrate its adequacy in terms of impact performance. The barrier can be used in construction zones where conventional positive barriers have been impractical.


With emphasis on the importance of public policy, this article reviews and assesses the reasons for rapid economic growth in the developing economies of Asia during the past five decades and discusses challenges for the future.


An extended discussion of the deuteron-induced reactions concerning full parametrization procedure as well as consideration of the theoretical models associated to the deuteron interaction process is carried out. The key role of direct interactions, i.e., breakup, stripping and pick-up processes is stressed out by comparison of the available experimental data with theoretical and evaluation predictions.


Abstract: This chapter gives an overview of some editing tools for ontology construction. At the present time, the development of a project like the one of building an ontology demands the use of a software tool. Therefore, it is given a synopsis of the tools that the authors consider more relevant. This way, if you are starting out on an ontology project, the first reaction is to find a suitable ontology editor. Furthermore, the authors hope that by reading this chapter, it will be possible to choose an editing tool for ontology construction according to the project goals. The tools have been described following a list of features. The authors believe that the following features are pertinent: collaborative ontology edition, versioning, graphical tree view, OWL editor and many others (see annex 2). Keywords : knowledge base; meta model; data sharing; data modeling; knowledge representation; knowledge based system; knowledge sharing; semantic data model; data semantics; ontologies; xml.


This paper deals with the calculation of magnetic field in a superconducting piece that is submitted to a uniform sinusoidal magnetic field. This 3-D problem is set into equation and solved by means of a stochastic method developed for 3-D eddy current computations. Two different kinds of motion are applied for the Monte-Carlo methods: random walk or Brownian motion. A magnetic vector H formulation is used to solve this problem and a power law E(J) = Ec(J/Jc)n, with critical current density Jc(B) and exponent n(B) is used to represent the behaviour of the superconducting material. AC losses and magnetic field distributions obtained by the stochastic method will be presented and compared with those of a classical finite elements method.
The main goal of this paper is to highlight the possibilities of stochastic methods compared to other widely used methods of resolution, especially in case of very complex time dependent problem.


SD Negeri 18 Tanah Abang is one of the elementary schools located in Tanjung Dalam Village. In line with the rapid development of technology, there are demands on educational institutions or others to provide fast, precise, and accurate information. In processing the data, SD Negeri 18 Tanah Abang has not used a computerized system, therefore the research conducted by the author aims to create an Academic Information System so that it can help and facilitate data processing.


It is a mobile, operated with liquid fuel heating apparatus provided with: a combustion chamber (2) having a combustion air inlet (3), wherein the combustion chamber comprises a to the combustion air inlet (3) adjoining the expansion section (20) whose cross-section with increasing expands distance from the combustion air inlet (3) and is converted in the operation in the combustion air with fuel in a flaming combustion; a fuel supply which is arranged such that fuel is supplied in the expansion section (20); and an air guiding device (6) which is adapted in such a manner initiate the combustion air with a extending in the circumferential direction flow component in the expansion section (20), that in the expansion section (20) an axial recirculation zone (RB) forming, in the gas against a the main flow direction (H) in the direction of the combustion air inlet (3) to flow. The combustion chamber (2) is fluidically in a primary combustion zone (PZ) and a secondary combustion zone (SZ) is divided. The primary combustion zone (PZ) has the widened portion (20) and the recirculation area (RB). The secondary combustion zone (SZ) is provided in such a secondary combustion air inlet (23), (SZ) that sets in the secondary combustion zone a higher combustion air ratio λ as in the primary combustion zone (PZ).


Polymers are a class of materials widely used in different fields of applications. With imminent applications of polymers, the study of radiation induced changes in polymers has become an obvious scientific demand. The bombardment by ion beam radiations has become one of the most promising techniques in present day polymer research. When the polymers are irradiated, a variety of physical and chemical changes takes place due to energy deposition of the radiation in the polymer matrix. Scissoring, cross-linking, recombination, radical decomposition, etc. are some of the interesting changes that are obvious in polymers. The modification in polymer properties by irradiation depends mainly on the nature of radiation and the type of polymer used.Polymer electrolytes are obtained by modifying polymers by doping, complexing, or other chemical processes. In general, they suffer from low conductivity due to high crystallinity of the matrix. The effect of radiation on polymer electrolyte is expected to alter their crystalline nature vis-a-vis electrical properties. This review article shall elaborate modifications in the physical and chemical properties of polymer electrolytes and their composites. The variations in properties have been explored on PEO based polymer electrolyte and correlated with the parameters responsible for such changes. Also a comparison with different types of the polymers irradiated with a wide range of ion beams has been established.


ARNOLD GOLDBERG: The Problem of Perversion-The View from Self Psychology. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT 1995, 204 pp., $25.00, ISBN 0 300 060 300. Without excessive reliance on jargon, Goldberg articulates a model of the problem of perversion. Treatment, based largely on interpreting selfobject failures and narcissistic injuries aims to desexualize, integrate splits in and reconstruct the patient's self. Goldberg defines perversion as a narcissistic disturbance in which "a split in the ego or self . . . allows for a disavowal of reality, and . . . a structural vulnerability allows for the appearance of sexualization following an injury or disappointment." The vertical split in the ego allows one part of the self to believe in one reality (and thus act out) and another part to believe another reality and thus experience guilt or shame. In perversion, the acting out by the disavowed part of the self is sexual. Goldberg believes that the sexualization is exhibited by the disavowed part of the self in an individual with structural defects in both idealization and grandiosity. "The failure of the idealized selfobject probably leads to the propensity for the start of sexualization and along with the associated failure of the mirroring selfobject, gives the perversion its particular form and content." (pp. 179-180). Goldberg then discusses three categories of perversions. These include: (1) dehumanization and rage; (2) lovesickness or erotomania, and (3) homosexuality as a compensatory structure. Goldberg makes an important distinction between the rage manifested in perversion and healthy aggression in normal sexuality. When one's grandiosity is damaged, "the rage that follows is not one of besting an opponent but rather one of vengeance ... (and) is aimed at restoring a previously intact state" (p. 110). Goldberg believes that in such perversions, both sexuality and rage substitute for other affects and shore up a fragile self-structure. The need is for a sustaining selfobject but the need is met in a regressive, archaic manner that reflects earlier thwarted attempts. In contrast, in erotomania or lovesickness, Goldberg believes that the purpose of the sexuality is to induce a feeling of vitality in the self rather than to stop a regression. The experience of falling in love meets both idealizing and mirroring selfobject needs and temporarily fills a sense of hollowness, depletion or empty depression I found Goldberg's conceptualization of lovesickness and sadistic sexual behavior to be more useful than his chapter on homosexuality as a compensatory structure. However, as Goldberg, himself, states: "perversions look different to different people and may even change their status from normal to deviant according to the interpreter" (p. 18). Goldberg views homosexuality as a compensatory structure or solution to an underlying self-deficit reflecting early problems with mirroring selfobjects leading to the pursuit of an idealized compensatory selfobject. He discusses three cases (two with ego-dystonic and one with egosyntonic homosexuality). …


Amylase(AMY),esterase(EST),superoxide dismutase(SOD) and peroxidase(POD) isozymes were analyzed by non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the activities of ACP and POD were determined from the process of Manglietia patungensis seed store and germination.The results showed:the isozyme activities all had different degrees of changes in their corresponding control metabolisms.Among them,EST and SOD,with the passage of time,enhanced their expressions and the seed continually had some new enzyme(EST and SOD) synthesis in the process of germination.Such changes promoted the germination process.In the process of seed germination,early expression of AMY was in high-intensity with a few more,only later to the lower level of expression.This indicated that AMY may play an important role on initialing the process of seed germination and controlling the speed of seed germination.POD enzyme in the late of germination,not only the expression of enzyme increased,but the type of expression also increased.This was correlated with the changes EST and AMY.ACP and POD activities of seed which stored at room temperature was the lowest and was increased with the development trend of seed germination in general,which confirmed isozyme electrophoresis results.The results on isozyme patterns during M.patungensis seed store and germination showed that the regular variations in increase or decline of the activities of EST,AMY,SOD and POD isozymes would be as a reference label of the seed germination stages.


Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest and fast growing sector in telecommunication. A study on one of the Human resource practice training and development of telecom industry in Saudi Arabia is taken in consideration in this paper. The main objective of this paper is to know about training its need and its importance for growing the effectiveness of the organization. Training and development is the main concern area for the organization effectiveness. Training is the essence of the organization in today's era. It plays a vital role in effectiveness of organization. Training is usually conducted when a new employee introduce to an organization or in other situations like updating of technology in company, promotion of an employee, or grooming, enhancing skills in present employees etc. It is a continuous process in every company it may be on the job or off the job. Training is beneficial in two ways to employers and employee as well. When an employee is trained well as per the need of the organization it directly effects to the performance and it results to the productivity of the organization. Proper training and trained employees results in quality manpower of the company. This study reveals the importance of the training need and methods of training in telecom sector in Saudi Arabia.


Bullying is defined as repeated aggressive behavior (Kowalski & Limber, 2007; Olweus, 1993, and as such has been recognized as a significant social issue. Furthermore, we know that the incidence of bullying behaviors increases with the students' age (Cassidy, Jackson & Brown, 2009; Green-Forde, 2014; Kowalski & Limber, 2007). Cyber bullying, electronic/ online bullying, or online social cruelty is, according to Kowalski & Limber (2007), a relatively new kind of bullying through email, instant messaging, chat room exchanges, digital messages etc. (Kowalski et al, 2012). The goal of this paper is to give an overview of epidemiological studies and effective cyberbullying prevention aimed at children and adolescents. Some authors state that a student is cyberbullied if it happens two or three times a month, while others suggest that a frequency of once or twice a month is sufficient for the existence of the phenomenon (Olweus, 2012a; Hinduja & Patchin, 2012; Menesini, 2012; Kowalski & Limber, 2007). This difference between these threshold is what accounts for the discrepancies found in the data and results of various studies. Thus, we may talk about 4,5% to 24% of cyberbullied children, as in various international studies. Croatian data are similar, with 4,9 % to 29% of cyberbullied students, depending of the definition (Child Protection Center Zagreb, 2013; Zadravec et al., 2014.; Pregrad et al., 2011). The physical and psychological health, and academic performance in the context of bullying and cyberbullying are sometimes similar (Kowalski & Limber, 2013). Social cognitive theory and media effects model are a theoretical framework used to identify main categories which could explain cyberbullying, noting the following: individual factors, family, school, peers and media (Felson, 1996). Cyberbullying behaviors are connected to perception problems, hyperactivity, anger, aggression, problems of behavior control, low sociability, feeling of revenge and feeling unsecure at school (Sourander et al., 2010; Nixon, 2014). School-based intervention/ prevention programs for traditional bullying are often successful and could be used in modified forms for cyberbullying prevention programs (Ttofi & Farrington, 2011 in Slonje, Smith & Frisen, 2013). In Croatia, several preventive programs are being implemented, aimed at bullying in schools, designed for implementation in local communities and financed by local governments or the national administration (Zadravec et al., 2014). These cyberbullying programs are still not, though they should be, part of some broader anti-bullying programs. The aim of conducting effective preventive programs, including cyberbullying interventions, is to decrease bullying and cyberbullying in schools and improve the school climate. The goal is also to reduce students' hyperactivity, anger, aggression and problems of behavior control and initiate better self-efficacy.


Michigan's tobacco control program has been greatly challenged by an unsupportive political climate, a state budget deficit, and inadequate program funding. Despite these barriers, the program has benefited from strong tobacco control experience and leadership, a supportive network of tobacco control partners, and recent local clean indoor air efforts. It is hoped that the new Governor and Legislature will provide more support for tobacco control, helping Michigan's program to progress in its efforts. Program Strengths & Challenges Partners identified the following strengths and challenges of Michigan's tobacco control program: • Partners described the Tobacco Section staff as very dedicated, knowledgeable, and committed to tobacco control and a major strength of Michigan's program. • The statewide coalition, Tobacco Free Michigan Action Coalition, and its members were viewed as strengths. • A few partners identified local coalitions and their grassroots efforts as positive characteristics of Michigan's tobacco control program. • The lack of tobacco control program funding was the most significant challenge for the program. • Michigan's political climate was a challenge. In particular, many partners felt the lack of support by the previous Engler Administration impeded the program tremendously.


The article is devoted to one of the effective technologies for processing solid transparent materials—thermoplasmonic laser-induced backside wet etching (TP LIBWE). This technology involves aqueous solutions of metal precursors as a working medium. The dependence of the efficiency of sapphire TP LIBWE micromachining on the parameters of laser action is studied with the aqueous solution of the AgNO3 precursor as a working media. The near-optimal range of laser intensities from the point of the etching speed and quality is found. Utilizing the optoacoustic methods, high-speed video, and an optical integrating sphere, the initial stage of the TP LIBWE process is studied in detail. A four-stage model of the TP LIBWE beginning process is proposed, which explains the effects from the beginning of Ag nanoparticle formation in the region of laser exposure to the transition of the TP LIBWE process to a stationary laser microstructuring mode. It is shown that effective microstructuring occurs due to the appearance on the sapphire surface of a thin modified layer in the region of laser action. This thin modified layer is an amorphous Al2O3 with numerous plasmonic Ag nanoparticles inside it and at the sapphire/liquid interface.


A February 2014 iteration of Facebook's software upgraded the number of options for gender identification from 2 to 58. Drawing on critical theoretical approaches to technology, queer theory, and insights from science and technology studies, this iteration is situated within a 10-year history of software and user modifications that pivot around gender. I argue that the gender binary has regulated Facebook's design strategy while the co-existence of binary and non-binary affordances has enabled the company to serve both users and advertising clients simultaneously. Three findings are revealed: (1) an original programming decision to store three values for gender in Facebook's database became an important fissure for non-binary possibilities, (2) gender became increasingly valuable over time, and (3) in the deep level of the database, non-binary users are reconfigured into a binary system. This analysis also exposes Facebook's focus on authenticity as an insincere yet highly marketable regulatory regime.


Intracellular recordings from identifiable neurones in the leech segmental ganglion in high (20 mM) magnesium Ringer solution showed that (S)-3-allyl-2-methyl-4-oxocyclopent-2-enyl (1 R)-trans-chrysanthemate, (S)-bioallethrin, induced three phases of activity: (1) hyperexcitability; (2) repeated depolarisations accompanied by trains of action potentials; and (3) block of action potentials. A linear relation between log (time to onset) of both depolarisations and block and the log (applied dose) was observed over the range 3.44 × 10−7–1.10 × 10−3M. (S)-Bioallethrin was toxic to leeches at similar concentrations to those effective on isolated ganglia. The possible role of repeated depolarisations in the poisoning process is discussed.


[Objective] The physiological response of P.trifoliata seedling to stress was researched.[Method] The physiological indicator of P.trifoliata seedling with one old year under the stress of cold,drought or NaCl was measured.[Result] The activity of SOD in P.trifoliata seedling leaf was greatly increased on the 10th day after cold stress treatment and there was same variation trend in the activity of SOD in P.trifoliata seedling leaf under the treatment of drought and NaCl stress,which was increased firstly on the 10th day after treatment and then decreased.The activity of POD was increased firstly and then decreased in all of treatments and the variation value was always higher than that of CK.The variation trend of the activity of CAT was same as that of POD,which response time was later under the condition of cold and drought stress.The content of proline kept an increasing trend under three stresses and the content of praline would be gradually raised with the treatments' time-prolonging.The content of soluble protein would be rapidly and greatly was increased under cold stress and was relatively stable under the treatment of drought and NaCl.[Conclusion] The theoretical basis of P.trifoliata cultivation and resistance breeding was provided through the exploration of the variation principle of several enzymes and its related compound P.trifoliata leaf under different stress.


Price hike has always been a substantial concern for people all over the world. The crisis gets more conspicuous, and people find themselves more confounded when even the bare minimum of expenses still exceeds the amount they can get to earn. This tension tends to invite chaos in society as the number of people affected increases. Bangladesh is currently undergoing a formidable wave of price hikes. People have been expressing mixed reactions on social media regarding this issue. Hence, understanding the overall public sentiment can be crucial for policymaking and preventing chaos in society. This study utilizes social media comments for analyzing underlying sentiments. Data were collected from the Facebook pages of some popular Bangladeshi media for this purpose, and thereby a specialized dataset was constructed. The dataset contains 2000 public comments annotated with three polarity values- positive, negative, and neutral. A hybrid LSTM-ANN deep architecture has been exploited in this research. The model outperforms other state-of- the-art models in terms of less trainable parameters along with an F1-score of 88.47%.


The project involved several experiments in order to assess the repeatability of the measurements obtained by a laser scanner. Considering that the use of targets is the only way to accurately register point clouds acquired from different positions of the scanner to a common reference system, several algorithms for the automated and precise determination of the centre of a target were developed. These algorithms were tested and the results were compared both to those of other methods, mentioned in the literature, and to those that are produced by commercial software. The results have confirmed the reliability and accuracy of the proposed methods. Furthermore, in order to increase the degree of automation and the robustness of the original algorithms several improvements have been made and additional algorithms were created so as to automatically detect numerous targets from a single scan and, more importantly, to automatically match targets that appear in scans acquired from different positions. Finally, the algorithms and methods developed were implemented to detect motion caused by deformation in controlled conditions.


The first polarization lidar was developed in Manila in early 1997 and it has been operating regularly to the present time. The regular observations aim to monitor and characterize the urban air of Manila and to study tropical clouds as well. The fixed, vertically pointing lidar transmits 150mJ, 532 nm polarized pulses at 20Hz. The backscatter that is collected by the 27.9 cm, 0.358 mrad telescope is transmitted through a narrow bandpass filter and polarizing beamsplitter, to a two-channel receiver with PMTs operated in analog mode. Lidar signals are averaged for 2 minutes by an 8-bit digitizing storage oscilloscope and transferred to a PC. In this paper, combined measurements on suspended aerosols and boundary layer with lidar and filter-sampling of particles will be presented. These measurements, together with the meteorological data from radiosonde soundings of the weather bureau, on particular cold and hot months will be analyzed and compared. Measurements on an episodic event such as New Year's celebrations will also be discussed. The discussions in this paper will focus on the following: a) characterization of suspended aerosols and boundary layer by lidar depolarization ratio and extinction coefficient measurements and by filter-sampling method, and b) seasonal and diurnal changes of the above items.


The invention discloses electronic equipment process control method, a system and electronic equipment. The method comprises the steps of acquiring the permission form of a current foreground run program of the electronic equipment; determining a background run program depended by the current foreground run program according to the permission table corresponding to the current foreground run program; and stopping at least one of other background run programs except the determining background run program. According to the method, the background program related to the current foreground run program can be preserved, the operation of the current foreground run program of the electronic equipment can be guaranteed to the greatest extent, and the parts of the background run program irrelevant to the current foreground run program can be partially or fully closed, so that the requirements on system hardware can be reduced when the electronic equipment is operating, the energy consumption of the electronic equipment can be reduced, and the duration of the flight of the electronic equipment can be prolonged.


In this paper, efficient direct and iterative methods are described for solving a large random sparse non-symmetric linear system. Such systems of linear equations of huge order arise in several applications such as physics, mechanics, signal processing and other applications of real life problems. For this reason, we try to develop direct and iterative methods for solving such systems of linear equations. The suggested direct method is based on the sparse LU-decomposition method (DSLU). The developed iterative methods include a Semi-iterative Method (SM), a Splitting-based Iterative Method (SIM) and a preconditioned GMRES method. We consider two types of preconditioners based on Incomplete LU-decomposition (ILU). We test and compare the numerical implementations of these methods on four numerical examples to demonstrate their efficiency. Results show that the proposed ILU preconditioners in GMRES reduce largely number of iterations and give very accurate solutions.


In this paper we consider the problem of adaptive control for Markov Decision Processes. We give the explicit form for a class of adaptive policies that possess optimal increase rate properties for the total expected finite horizon reward, under sufficient assumptions of finite state-action spaces and irreducibility of the transition law. A main feature of the proposed policies is that the choice of actions, at each state and time period, is based on indices that are inflations of the right-hand side of the estimated average reward optimality equations.


The distributional effect of public expenditure on education depends primarily on the distribution of pupils and students, the field of education attended and the duration of education. Public school expenditures continue to be of comparatively high importance to households in the lower third of the income distribution. Expenditures on higher education have a very differentiated effect on income distribution. Due to specific household constellations, they are likely to benefit mainly young people from households in the middle and upper third of the Austrian income distribution.


The causes and side effect of water percussion are analyzed. Introduction is given to various water percussion-proof equipments and their working principle.


Field and laboratory observations were made on resting, copulatory, and ovipositional orientation to gravity of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens). While at rest more than 50% of the moths oriented geonegatively within 30° of the vertical. Less than 2% oriented geopositively. During copulation all females oriented geonegatively, unless on a horizontal surface. As end-to-end copulation is the rule, males assumed a position in the direction opposite the females. During oviposition, females commonly oriented geonegatively, but occasional geopositive orientations occurred. Thigmotaxis was thought to be partly responsible for orientation in the preferred oviposition stances.

It was concluded that the gravitational force is sufficiently strong to maintain both sexes in geonegative positions while resting. For the male, copulation is a strong stimulus, completely obscuring gravitational orientation, while for the female it is a weak stimulus causing no deviation from standard orientation. Ovipositional behavior is a strong stimulus to the female, so occasional deviations from standard orientation occur.


A small study of patients undergoing bariatric surgery suggests that weekly warfarin doses can change by as much as 20% postoperatively.


Octo-Tiger is a code for modeling three-dimensional self-gravitating astrophysical fluids. It was particularly designed for the study of dynamical mass transfer between interacting binary stars. Octo-Tiger is parallelized for distributed systems using the asynchronous many-task runtime system, the C++ standard library for parallelism and concurrency (HPX) and utilizes CUDA for its gravity solver. Recently, we have remodeled Octo-Tiger's hydro solver to use a three-dimensional reconstruction scheme. In addition, we have ported the hydro solver to GPU using CUDA kernels. We present scaling results for the new hydro kernels on ORNL's Summit machine using a Sedov-Taylor blast wave problem. We also compare Octo-Tiger's new hydro scheme with its old hydro scheme, using a rotating star as a test problem.


Provided is a structure for mounting a connector on an end of an optical fiber, wherein heat generated at the end of the optical fiber when high NA light is propagated through the optical fiber can be effectively and rapidly radiated to thereby suppress the deterioration of the optical fiber. The optical fiber (10) on an end of which a connector is mounted by the connector mounting structure is comprised of a bare optical fiber (1) consisting of a core (1A) and a cladding (1B) and a resin layer (2) with which the bare optical fiber (1) is coated, and the resin layer (2) and the cladding (1B) are removed from the front end of the optical fiber to form an exposed core portion (11). The connector is provided with an optical fiber holding means (34) which has an optical fiber insertion hole (33) provided with an optical fiber holding structure (32) with a bellows-like inner surface (31). A terminal end (2A) of the resin layer (2) adjacent to the exposed core portion (11) at said end of the optical fiber is arranged in the optical fiber holding structure (32) and projections (31A) of the bellows-like inner surface (31) of the optical fiber holding structure (32) thrust into the resin layer (2) to hold the optical fiber.


It will hardly have escaped even the most myopic observer of international relations that we all have to become familiar with the East Asian region. This new engine of growth in the global economy is transforming the patterns of economic, military and even cultural dimensions of global power. Long gone are the days when a specialist on British foreign policy was considered an international relations authority, while someone who studied Chinese foreign policy was a mere area studies expert.


The aim of this paper is to investigate on the closed loop welding controller of a rapid manufacturing shaped metal deposition (SMD) process. SMD was developed and patented by Rolls-Royce in order to produce mechanical parts directly from a CAD model. The paper describes a deep investigation upon the welding dynamics and parameters in order to develop an SMD automatic controller. An SMD plant has been set up as described in the paper, and some experimental work pieces have been produced. On the basis of the experiences acquired, some basic control laws have been carried out, and a closed loop controller has been implemented, using image processing and a video feedback control. The experimental results reported confirm the validity of the proposed strategy.


The Little or no existence of sport complexes focused to the recreation within adifferent and innovative environment in the Metropolitan District of Quito is considered an opportunity for setting up a beach sport complex called "ARENA DEPORTES". The company will be incorporated as a Limited Liability Company whose initial investment is $ $ 517.332, which will be 50% from partner contributions and the remaining 50% from funding. The company's target is the economically active population of Quito and the villages of Cumbaya and Tumbaco, home of 891.173 inhabitants. The 53% of those inhabitants are male and the 47% female with and age range from 15 to 54 respectively. It is predicted that the company will attend to a 5% market previously reported. The beach sport complex will have the capacity to accommodate 45.600 athletes. The competitive advantage of the company is its infrastructure because the business will have the necessary equipment, so the users could enjoy their sport practice in a safe, completely sanitized and friendly to the environment place. ARENA DEPORTES offers a soccer and two volleyball courts, each one of them filled with sand from the beach. Inside the ARENA complex the customers will count with a morning, evening and night schedule, a parking area, snack bar, table tennis, soccer and volleyball tournaments, dressing rooms with bathrooms, rental of advertising in the facilities. Also, the facilities will be rented for various events (social, business, etc...), showers of hot water (from solar water heaters), with soap dispensers, shampoo, anti-bacterial gel, for complete personal hygiene and lockers. ARENA DEPORTES not only offers a place to exercises, but a place with different and welcoming atmosphere, which will cause the customer live the different experience.


PURPOSE: A composition, a kit, and a method for preparing a 2-hydroxyl product or a 4-hydroxyl product from atorvastatin, are provided to cheaply, efficiently, and selectively produce a large amount of the 2-hydroxyl products or the 4-hydroxyl products, and to develop a novel drug using an atorvastatin metabolite. CONSTITUTION: A composition for preparing a 2-hydroxyl product or a 4-hydroxyl product from atorvastatin contains one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of wild type CYP102A1, mutant CYP102A1, and a chimera of mutant CYP102A1. A method for preparing the 2-hydroxyl product or the 4-hydroxyl product from atorvastatin comprises a step of reacting the enzymes with atorvastatin. A kit for preparing the 2-hydroxyl product or the 4-hydroxyl product from atorvastatin contains the enzymes and an NADPH-generation system.


Background Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) appear to play a role in the pathogenesis of allergic disease. However, little is known whether the nasal exposure to SE affects the development of allergic rhinitis (AR).


The results of 89 GHz VLBI observations of 3C 84 at five epochs between 1981 and 1985 are reported. The observations are interpreted in terms of a slowly evolving core-halo model. The observational results pertaining to evolution of the flare, the compact core, the 1984 flare, the jet, and hot spot are discussed. The core is identified with the nucleus of NGC 1275. 19 references.


This paper proposes an adaptive robust fuzzy control scheme for path tracking of a wheeled mobile robot with uncertainties. The robot dynamics including the actuator dynamics is considered in this work. The presented controller is composed of a fuzzy basis function network (FBFN) to approximate an unknown nonlinear function of the robot complete dynamics, an adaptive robust input to overcome the uncertainties, and a stabilizing control input. Genetic algorithms are employed to optimize the fuzzy rules of FBFN. The stability and the convergence of the tracking errors are guaranteed using the Lyapunov stability theory. When the controller is designed, the different parameters for two actuator models in the dynamic equation are taken into account. The proposed control scheme does not require the accurate parameter values for the actuator parameters as well as the robot parameters. The validity and robustness of the proposed control scheme are demonstrated through computer simulations.


It meanders back and forth in its upper reaches and at the point where Greene's army crossed, it is about ten miles into Virginia. Mr. Cate believes that Nathanael Greene's three set-piece battles were "tactical draws, at best" (p. 91), but Guilford Courthouse was a tactical defeat although a strategic victory, Hobkirk's Hill an outright defeat, and only Eutaw Springs can be considered a tactical draw. None of Thomas "Sumter's men" (p. 149) were at the critical Battle of Cowpens, as Andrew Pickens, who commanded the militia there, stated in his well-known 28 August 1811 letter to Henry Lee, Jr.: "None of them were with us" (Draper MSS, 1VV107). Those are a few of the minor errors, but though annoying they do not detract from the author's purpose in bringing to the reader's attention the contributions made by soldiers of the Revolution, especially when most of the recent highly touted biographical kudos, with the exception of George Washington, have been reserved for well known civilian Rebels. Except for Ethan Allen, in one way or another they were first rate, even poor Horatio Gates, and four of them—Nathanael Greene, Daniel Morgan, John Paul Jones, and Benedict Arnold—were outstanding. Students of the Revolution, both scholars and buffs, will find nothing new or of interest, but the book can be recommended for the general reader with an interest in history, although the ridiculous price may well turn them away.


In his work on optimum loop synthesis, East makes a number of alterations to the quantitative feedback theory (QFT) method of controller synthesis as expressed by Horowitz. This paper examines some of these alterations and points out some significant errors.


The occurrence of upward moving kinks first found on ionograms at Thumba (Rastogi, 1970) has been confirmed to occur at another equatorial station, Kodaikanal. These kinks have been found in many records and they occur mostly during local summer months. The occurrence of the kink is shown to be closely associated with horizontal F-region drifts, occurrence of intermediate cusp between F l and F2 layers, bite-out effects of f0F2 and rise of h,F2i all being most pronounced around 10 hr. The upward movement of the kink is due to E x B drift, while its initiation is probably due to a sudden change in the electrostatic field of the equatorial electrojet. The study of the upward moving kink gives a direct measure of the height variation of the vertical upward drift of ionization over the magnetic equator.


Abstract : The autoignition of HMX under various conditions of initial pressure yields a family of curves similar to those encountered in rate of burning studies of propellents. From this a hypotheses that the two phenomena are coupled is developed. A description of current theories of thermal decomposition of explosives, autoignition techniques, and the polymorphs of HMX is presented. A new machine for sealing standard Pyrex melting point tubes under various conditions of initial pressure is described.


The aim of this paper is to explain the fact that certain properties of binary relations are frequently observed in natural language while others do not appear at all. Three features of binary relation are studied: (1) The ability to use the relation to indicate nameless elements. (2) The accuracy with which the vocabulary spanned by the relation can be used to approximate the actual terms to which a user of the language wishes to refer. (3) The ease with which the relation can be described by means of examples. It is argued that linear orderings are optimal according to the first criteria while asymmetric relations are optimal according to second. From among complete and asymmetric relations (tournaments) those which are transitive are optimal according to the third criterion. Copyright 1996 by The Econometric Society.


OBJECTIVE To evaluate the lung protective effect of infants by the removal of allogeneic leukocytes in priming fluid on cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB)in infants.METHODSTotal 60 patients under 1 year-old with ventricular septal defect(VSD)repair undergoing CPB were randomly divided into experimental group and control group.The experimental group used leukocyte-removed priming fluid,and the control group used packed whole blood priming solution.The plasma levels of neutrophil elastase(NE),tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α),interleukin-6(IL-6),interleukin-8(IL-8),oxygen index(OI),alveolar-arterial oxygen difference(P(A-a)O2),respiratory index(RI)of perioperation and mechanical ventilation supporting time postoperation were measured.RESULTSPost-operative mechanical ventilation supporting time,the level of NE,TNF-α,IL-6,IL-8,P(A-a)O2,RI were lower in experimental group than those in control group(P0.05,P0.01);and OI was higher in experimental group(P0.05).CONCLUSIONUsing leukocyte-removed priming fluid could reduce the releasel of NE,TNF-α,IL-6 and IL-8,improve pulmonary oxygenation function,and is helpful for post-opertive lung protection in infants.


Femtosecond laser pulses are more and more spread for the micro/nano-machining of various materials. Bragg gratings are known to be good written within optical fibers using the point-by-point or line-by-line technique. The objective of our work is to produce Bragg grating sensors within planar glass substrates. To this aim, the synthesis of an optical waveguide in a glass substrate is a key parameter. Among the physical techniques that are available one of them is the utilization of a femtosecond laser. In this paper, we report our achievements obtained with the so-called Femtoprint machine, a commercial device created to engineer materials. We show the parameters that were used to produce waveguides in planar substrates. We show the characterization set-up that was implemented and report the first experimental results that were obtained.


Aim. To analyze the results and features of early cardiac remodeling (CR) in children of preschool and school age after endovascular correction of atrial septal defect (ASD).Material and methods. A prospective study included 27 children with secondary ASD who underwent endovascular correction for one year (from the beginning of 2017 to the beginning of 2018). The patients were divided into two groups. The first (n=12) — children of preschool age (<8 years old), mean age 4,5 [3;6], and the second (n=15) — school age (818 years old), mean age 12 [9;14]. The following indicants were assessed during hospitalization: the success of the intervention, hospital complications, functional data characterizing CR according to echocardiography before and after the correction of the defect.Results. It was shown that all children successfully completed endovascular closure of ASD. Complications were not identified. We find several statistically significant changes in echocardiogram data before and after the intervention. In the preschool age group, the size of the right ventricle (RV) decreased from 1,66 to 1,45 cm (p=0,028), the right atrium (RA) decreased from 3,58 to 3,1 cm (p=0,003), and the longitudinal size of RV decreased from 3 to 2 cm (p=0,032) and basal size of RV — from 5,98 to 4,4 cm (p=0,005), the volume of RA decreased from 25,7 to 20,7 ml (p=0,005). In the group of school age, the size of the RV changed from 2,08 to 1,8 cm (p=0,038), the size of the RA — from 3,72 to 2,71 cm (p=0,007), the RV area in diastole — from 12,4 to 10,6 mm2. The gradient has changed from 2 to 1,54 mm Hg (p=0,043), the frontal size of the tricuspid valve (TV) decreased from 2,7 to 2,48 cm (p=0,010). The basal size of RV decreased from 3 to 2,6 cm (p=0,015), the median size — from 2,73 to 2,37 cm (p=0,017) and the longitudinal size — from 5,97 to 5,45 cm (p=0,007). No significant differences in CR among the groups were found.Conclusion. We made conclusion about the efficacy and safety of endovascular correction of ASD, which has a positive effect on early HR in children, both in early and in old age.


Gold mine of low grade with abundant reserves,when open mined,must promise a economical feeding content of gold so as to promise a stable and high capacity production.The present paper was about the quality control in terms of how to ensure the ore quality and avoid ore loss and leaning,which were realized by adopting the method of mathematical statistics.And meanwhile,it explored and optimized the blasting parameters such as the bench height,bench bottom burden,borehole pattern and unit explosive based on the rock nature and the types of mining facilities.Dramatically improved Blasting effect was achieved in terms of the efficient control of the ore loss and leaning,promising a year on year increasing economical benefit.


Abstract : This research provides a concept for enhancing nuclear warfare training in the Army National Training Center (NTC). A mission analysis, based on current doctrine and Army publications, determines the training requirements. Training functions are identified which are needed to satisfy the training requirements. Alternative concepts are developed which provide the training functions. Constraints are identified and measures for evaluating alternatives are selected. Concepts are evaluated and a recommended training system, consisting of hardware, software, and personnel is provided.


In the light of the local Lorentz transformations and the general Noether theorem, a new formulate of the general covariant angular momentum conservation law in Einstein-Cartan gravitation theory is obtained, which overcomes the critical difficulty in the other formulates that the conservation law depended on the coordinative choice.


A total of 511 sheep brought to Konet Abatt oir in Konya were examined for inlections with Sarcocys tis spp. using macroscopic and microscopic meth ods lor detection Irom January to April 2000. Macroscopic cysts ran· glng Irom 2 to 257 cysts per oesophageal muscle were lound in 19.76 % 01 the sheep. Microscopic cys ts were l ound In 92.95 % 01 the sheep wilh the use of tripsin method. Tt'lree types 01 microscopic cysts were detected with dif-ferences in their cyst walls morphologically. These microscopic cyst species were S.Qvicanis, s.ovifelis. S.srielicanis ..


This paper deals with the essence of competitive intelligence, its cost-effectiveness in the international market, structural and logical model of integration of competitive intelligence service in the enterprise management system


This paper introduces the definition of multi-output partially Bent functions and verifies it's existence. The Walsh spectrum and autocorrelation functions of multi-output partially Bent functions are discussed and some nice results are gotten. At last, the paper gives the cryptology properties of multi-output partially Bent functions, such as balance, correlation immunity, non-linearity and diffusibility.