The debate on Bourdieu's relationship with neoclassical economic theory has become more apparent especially with the advancement of the neoliberalization process. In this debate, the question was whether the conceptual framework developed by Bourdieu (which is based on the notions of "habitus", "field" and "different types of capital") consisted of a simple extension of the neo-classical economic theory in social theory or rather a radical critique of it. Thus, some saw him as one of the representatives of "economic imperialism" in the discipline of sociology; while others considered his work as a "counterhegemonic project" against the neoclassical theory. Unlike the majority of favorable and unfavorable parts of the debate, in this article, it is proposed to consider the same issue by situating it in its historical and social context. In order to do this, we refer mainly to the Bourdieu's anthropological field studies on Algeria and on "the bank and its customers" in the late 1950s and early 1960s and also to his empirical exploration about the commercialization of individual house market during the 1980s. As a result, we would like to present that Bourdieu's approach not only shares its epistemological framework with neoclassical theory, but that this affinity in no way decreases its capacity of criticism, but rather, enhances it.


The utility model discloses a multifunctional sleeve cap of a gas pipe for medical purpose.The multifunctional sleeve cap of a gas pipe comprises a straight sleeve cap sleeved on the sleeve of the gaspipe for medical purpose, and an oxygen pipe pore and a sputum aspirator pore are provided on the sleeve cap; moveable seal stoppers are provided on the oxygen pipe pore and the sputum aspirator poreon the sleeve cap.According to the utility model, a sleeve cap is added on the existing sleeve of a gas pipe for medical purpose, therefore, an oxygen pipe and a sputum aspirator can be inserted intothe trachea of a human body through the oxygen pipe pore and the sputum aspirator pore on the sleeve cap respectively, and the sputum aspirating operation can be performed without moving a sterilizedpledget and a pipe for oxygen inhalation.Furthermore, because of the oxygen pipe pore and the sputum aspirator pore provided on a sleeve cap, humidification liquid in a infusion bottle for humidification can be infused into the trachea through one of the pores for a continuous humidification.


Monolithic perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells using MoOx hole selective contact silicon cell as bottom structure shows a power conversion efficiency of 5.7%. A thin (15nm in thickness) MoOx contact to n-type Si was used instead of a standard p+ emitter to collect holes and the SiOx/n+ poly-Si structure was applied on the rear of the device for direct tunneling of electrons and blocking holes. With this bottom silicon structure, ~14% of devices were manufactured. With this bottom carrier selective silicon cell, tin oxide, and subsequent perovskite structure were deposited to fabricate monolithic tandem solar cells. Monolithic tandem structure without ITO interlayer was also compared to confirm the role of MoOx in tandem cells and this tandem structure shows the power conversion efficiency of 4%. Through this experiment, we have confirmed that the MoOx layer play roles as a passivation layer, hole collecting material, and recombination layer at the same time in the tandem structure.


MM10 sucroseblood agar(MM10SB agar), N2Cagar,Schaedler agar(SH agar), andmitis salivarius agar(MSagar) were tested fortheir ability torecover humandental plaque flora bya continuous anaerobic procedure andbya conventional anaerobic method.MM10 SB agar yielded higher recoveryof bacteria fromplaque samples asdetermined bytheenumeration ofcolony-formingunits (CFU). TheCFU on N2Cagar,SH agar,andMS agarwere lower than MM10 SBagarwhenthecontinuous anaerobic procedure was used. Thesuperior performance ofMM10 SB agar was muchmore apparent whenusedforthe cultivation ofdental plaque flora bytheconventional anaerobic method. Under theseconditions thecountswere consistently higher on MM10 SB agar as compared totheothermediatested. However, thedifferential countsof Streptococcus sanguis andS.mutansfromcarious plaque samples were in general comparable on allculture media. Deletion ofblood fromMM10 SBagar didnotlower counts. Theelimination ofdithiothreitol fromthis mediumresulted ina significantly lower recoveryofbacteria fromtheplaque samples when cultured bytheconventional anaerobic method. Thestorage ofMM10 SBagar forvarying periods oftimeunderaerobic conditions didnotseem toaffect its performance. Thesefindings suggestthatMM10 SB agar isan ideal culture mediumfortheisolation, nonselective enumeration, anddifferential countsofbacteria present innormalanddisease-associated plaques.


Pd/GC electrodes were prepared by the electrochemical deposition of palladium on glassy carbon (GC) using PdSO 4 or PdCl 2 salts. As-prepared GC-supported Pd nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). XPS spectra revealed that the depositing palladium salt anion influences the oxidation state of the deposited Pd, while AFM images showed its effect on Pd nanoparticle size and coverage. The deposition from the PdCl 2 salt solution resulted in smaller palladium nanoparticles, but much higher GC surface coverage than from PdSO 4 . The activity of Pd/GC electrodes towards oxygen reduction was examined in acid and alkaline media using the rotation-disc electrode. Among the different Pd/GC electrodes, the one prepared using PdCl 2 salt with the full Pd coverage has shown the best ORR activity. The ORR occurs through a 4e-series reaction mechanism like on polycrystalline palladium but exceeds its activity concerning the initial potential.


Silicon carbide (SiC) Metal-Semiconductor Field Effects Transistors (MESFET) have been mostly employed in microwave and broadband radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers. This paper investigates an alternative use in high efficiency, class-E RF power amplifiers in the VHF range. Both simulation and experimental results are shown and demonstrate excellent agreement. A maximum drain dc to RF efficiency of 87% was predicted and 86.8 % achieved. The SiC MESFETs used in this project appear to offer significant advantages, particularly for space applications, over gallium arsenide (GaAs) transistors, which are inherently low voltage devices and more difficult to operate in class-E due to the high drain peak voltage occurring in this class of operation.


Lestari Kiki Supriyatno. The Influence of Student Perceptions about Teacher
Teaching Skills and Learning Motivation to Learning Outcomes in
Introduction of Accounting Subject in XI Class at SMKN 3 JAKARTA. Faculty
of Economic, Universitas Negeri Jakarta. 2018

This research aims to know the influence of student perceptions about teacher teaching
skills and learning motivation to learning outcomes. Research using the survey method
with correlation approach. The population is affordable in this study are students of
class XI SMK Negeri 3 Jakarta, amounting to 95 students. The sampling
technique using proportional random sampling so that the sample obtained 76
students. The variable data of the learning outcomes is secondary data obtained
from final test scores. While the variable data student perceptions about teacher
teaching skills and learning motivation derived from the questionnaire by using
Likert scale. From the analysis requirements test performed, the data stated
normal and linear distributed with multiple regression equation Ŷ = 56,209 +
0,090


This audio documentary focuses on the journey of those suffering from depression. Starting to accept it as a disease was a first step by identifying the symptoms. Then going through the process of treatment of medication and a support system.Towards the end I identify some of the specific factors that may make those suffering not to admit, including and mainly the stereotype that depression has to do with low faith. A belief, in Egypt, thought to be a taboo. Although there is no specific reason or claim that people can't accept depression, it is important to identify that it is never easy.


PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, VOLUMES I AND II, 4TH EDITION

edited by K.F. Swaiman, S. Ashwal, and D.M. Ferriero, 1050 pp., Mosby Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2006, 2006, $399

Pediatric Neurology: Principles and Practice and its predecessor, The Practice of Pediatric Neurology , have been the gold standard reference for this subspecialty for over 30 years. The original text was edited by Drs. Swaiman and Wright, and then in 1989 Dr. Swaiman edited it under the current title. For the third edition, Dr. Ashwal became co-editor, and in this fourth edition they are joined by Dr. Ferriero. Her inclusion adds further expertise relating to burgeoning field of neonatal neurology. These three editors …


Transport phenomena are found in many problems in many engineering and industrial sectors. We analyzed a Lattice Boltzmann method with Two-Relaxation Time (LTRT) collision operators for simulation of pollutant moving through the medium as a two-dimensional (2D) transport problem in a rectangular region model. This model consists of a 2D rectangular region with 54 length (x), 27 width (y), and it has isotropic homogeneous medium. Initially, the concentration is zero and is distributed evenly throughout the region of interest. A concentration of 1 is maintained at 9 < y < 18, whereas the concentration of zero is maintained at 0 < y < 9 and 18 < y < 27. A specific discharge (Darcy velocity) of 1.006 is assumed. A diffusion coefficient of 0.8333 is distributed uniformly with a uniform porosity of 0.35. A computer program is written in MATLAB to compute the concentration of pollutant at any specified place and time. The program shows that LTRT solution with quadratic equilibrium distribution functions (EDFs) and relaxation time τa=1.0 are in good agreement result with other numerical solutions methods such as 3DLEWASTE (Hybrid Three-dimensional Lagrangian-Eulerian Finite Element Model of Waste Transport Through Saturated-Unsaturated Media) obtained by Yeh and 3DFEMWATER-LHS (Three-dimensional Finite Element Model of Water Flow Through Saturated-Unsaturated Media with Latin Hypercube Sampling) obtained by Hardyanto.


We propose a novel space deformation method based on domain-decomposition to animate character skin. The method supports smoothness and local controllability of deformations, and can achieve interactive interpolating rates. Given a character, we partition it into multiple domains according to skinning weights, and attach each to a linear system, without seam artifacts. Examples are presented for articulated deformable characters with localized changes in deformation of each near-rigid body part. An application example is provided by usage in deformation energies, known to offer preservation of shape and volumetric features.


Quantization, at least in some formulations, involves replacing some algebra of observables by a (more non-commutative) deformed algebra. In view of the fundamental role played by K-theory in non-commutative geometry and topology, it is of interest to ask to what extent K-theory remains \rigid" under this process. We show that some positive results can be obtained using ideas of Gabber, Gillet-Thomason, and Suslin. From this we derive that the algebraic K-theory with nite coeecients of a deformation quantization of the functions on a compact symplectic manifold, forgetting the topology, recovers the topological K-theory of the manifold. Notation. If A is a ring, K (A) will denote its (connective) K-theory spectrum , the spectrum associated to the innnite loop space K 0 (A) BGL(A) + , where BGL(A) + is the result of applying the Quillen +-construction to the classifying space of the innnite general linear group over A. By deenition, the (algebraic) K-groups K i (A) of A are (at least in positive degrees) the homo-topy groups of K (A), and the K-groups of A with nite coeecients Z=(m), K i (A; Z=(m)), are deened (at least in positive degrees) to be the homotopy groups of S(Z=(m)) ^ K (A), where S(Z=(m)) is the Z=(m) Moore spectrum. (This is almost, but not quite, the deenition of Browder in 1]; for an explanation of the diierence between the two deenitions, see 11], pp. 285{286.) In the one case below where confusion might be possible between algebraic and topological K-groups, we denote these by K alg j and K top j , respectively.


A novel cognitive architecture is presented, which is aimed at understanding and producing natural language utterances intended as single dialogue moves between a humanoid robot and the user. The presented system is part of a wider robotic architecture already proposed by some of the authors, and is devoted to the implementation of all the robot actions related to listening and speaking. The dialogue is managed according to the well known Speech Act Theory. The architecture relies on the Construction Grammar Theory for providing the robot with its linguistic competency. A suitable domain ontology coupled with a linguistic source are used to code the agent's symbolic knowledge and lexicon for both understanding and production tasks. The whole architecture has been implemented for the Italian, and is presented as the support for creative tasks such as open-ended dialogues with humans, entertaining, and tutoring.


The Chinese economy has been growing rapidly despite an underdeveloped supply chain network. Most Chinese manufacturing companies do not yet rely on supply chain systems, but the environment is becoming increasingly competitive and many enterprises will find it difficult to survive if they do not make their sourcing, production and distribution more efficient. That makes the supply chain management market potential enormous. There is necessity to integrating various components this field. This study will focus on the integrating the whole logistics chain, which includes: digitized labeling, intelligent loading-and-unloading robots, automatic warehousing, logistics information management platforms, Internet-based SCM network, and last but not the least, adoption of advanced SCM concepts by the management personnel of this complex system.


In the present work, the AA7020-Ti ANSYS software was used to computationally si local constituent response including the interfac tendency of debonding and particle fracture was


Two types of conducting polymers: poly(alkylthiophenes) and polyaniline were subjected to the structural investigations using X-ray diffraction and synchrotron radiation scattering. Also, the computer modeling were performed in order to obtain the interpretation of diffraction data, and to get some information on the molecular conformation of the polymers studied.


Introduction: Aging of the population is a growing problem of the contemporary developed countries, including Slovenia. Ever greater number of the aged people live in homes for the elderly. Due to various gerontological and pathological conditions, their nonverbal communication is found to be prevalent over the verbal one. The study was designed to determine the forms and nature of nonverbal communication among the residents and their caregivers. Methods: 267 elderly residents and the same number of their caregivers were included in the study. The nonverbal expressions (facial expressions and head movements, hand and body movements and verbal expressions) were registered by a check list. The data collected were analysed using the analysis of variance for repeated measures (for dependent samples). Results: In both groups, there was a statistically significant difference between the use of facial expression and head movements and verbal expressions as compared to body and hand movements (p < 0.001). Equally statistically significant was the difference in the extent of communication between female and male elderly residents (p < 0.001). Similar results apply to the elders aged 81 years or more who, again, communicated less frequently than younger residents (p < 0.001). Some differences exist also among their various caregivers, but these are statistically insignificant. Conclusion: The results show that the residents of the homes for the elderly as well as their caregivers use all three modes of nonverbal communication to similar extent. Their overall verbal and nonverbal interaction is replete with mutual respect, acceptance, and trust. ČLANKI


The use of DISAL (methyl dinitrosalicylate) glycosyl donors in efficient Lewis acid-promoted glycosylations is reported. N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine monosaccharide acceptors are successfully glycosylated at O-6 or O-4 using benzyl- and benzoyl-protected DISAL donors in CH2Cl2 or nitromethane in the presence of LiClO4. The resultant disaccharides are isolated in yields ranging from 35 to 93%. Other Lewis acids such as FeCl3, TMSOTf, or BF3·Et2O also prove efficient for glycosylation of the secondary alcohol cyclohexanol. However, for the synthesis of disaccharides, the mild activation by LiClO4 gives higher yields. This approach is extended to efficient solid-phase glycosylation of a D-glucosamine derivative anchored by the 2-amino group through a Backbone Amide Linker (BAL) to a polystyrene support.


We would like to understand cohomology with coefficients in some constant abelian group, like Z/lnZ. But in order to get étale cohomology off the ground, one has to carry out various dévissage arguments, and so we are quickly forced to pass to a larger class of sheaves that behave well under the basic operations; e.g. higher pushforwards, extension by 0, etc. This is the class of so-called constructible sheaves, which are built from constant sheaves. Given a scheme S and a set Σ, one can construct the constant étale sheaf ΣS , which is the sheafification of the presheaf Σpre defined by Γ(U,Σpre) = Σ. Equivalently, ΣS(U) := {locally constant functions U → Σ}. Note that if U has finitely many connected components {Ui}i=1, then Σ(U) = ∏n i=1 Σ. We will often abuse notation and simply write Σ or ΣS to denote the constant sheaf on S associated to Σ. Note that constant sheaves are representable by étale S-schemes: ΣS is represented by S × Σ := qσ∈ΣSσ, since for any étale S-scheme U , HomS(U, S × Σ) = {partitions U = qσ∈ΣUσ | Uσ ⊂ U is open} = {locally constant functions U→ Σ}. A locally constant sheaf F ∈ Ét(S) is a sheaf that is constant locally for the étale topology. That is, there is an étale cover {Ui → S} such that each F |Ui is constant. If the associated set for each Ui is finite, then we say that F is locally constant constructible (lcc).


PURPOSE: A nock having multiple curved rotation grooves is provided to maintain the stable aviation of arrows since an air hole is formed on a contact part between a string and the nock so that the air inside a shaft can connect to the outside of the shaft. CONSTITUTION: A nock(110) comprises a fitting unit(112), a main body(111), and multiple concave rotation grooves(113). The fitting unit is inserted into and coupled with a shaft. The main body is stepped from the fitting unit. The main body is formed of a body portion(111a) and a wing portion(111b). The multiple concave rotation grooves are formed on the outer circumference of the body portion.


Abstract In this investigation low molecular weight aldehydes from automobile exhaust gases were collected in bisulfite solution and analyzed directly by GLC after liberation of the compounds with sodium carbonate solution. A special collection device was developed for this purpose. Laboratory studies on the efficiency of collection of propion aldehyde, valeraldehyde and acrolein were made in laboratory setup. Reproducibility and recovery were excellent. Data on the concentration of these compounds in automobile exhaust gases collected from an Iraqi Reem bus running on diesel fuel are presented.


The invention discloses an impact friction test device which comprises a mechanical part and a measuring system part. The mechanical part comprises an impact force measuring part and a friction force measuring part, wherein the impact force measuring part is used for measuring the impact force between an aircraft tire and a coating test plate and comprises a fixed plate, slideways, a slideway fixing plate and a force cell arranged between the fixed plate and the slideway fixing plate; the friction force measuring part is used for measuring the friction force between the aircraft tire and the coating test plate and comprises a sensor fixing plate and a force cell placed on the sensor fixing plate. The slideways of the device can move freely when a coating bears friction force, small friction force exists between the slideways, and the device has certain guiding significance in research of the friction coefficient between the aircraft tire and the coating.


The high consumption of foods and beverages rich in flavonoids has been associated with lower risk of chronic degenerative diseases such as atherosclerosis and cancer due to both their direct antioxidant removal of free radicals, for their ability to act as an antioxidant indirectly by activating different pathways signaling against oxidative stress. Euterpe oleracea Mart. or acai palm is a native of the Amazon regions whose fruit is rich in flavonoids, especially anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins (cyanidin-3-glucoside and cyanidin-3-rutinosideo). Several recent studies have highlighted the antioxidant properties, pro-apoptotic, antiproliferative and pro-longevity of acai, both in vitro and in animal models. In this work, Caenorhabditis elegans was used as a model organism to test the in vivo antioxidant activities of different extracts of acai that could be exploited to enhance innate defenses to oxidative stress and longevity. Through the pH differential method, it was found that the amount of anthocyanins present in acai freeze-dried extract of two (AL-1 and AL-2) showed around 19.2 to 34.7 mg of anthocyanins monomericas/100g extract. To test whether treatment with extracts of freeze-dried acai (AL-1 and AL-2) increase resistance to oxidative stress, wild-type animals were treated for 48 hours of larval stage L1 to L4 with 100 and 200 mg / ml extract acai and then subjected to stress caused by tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-Booher). Animals treated with 200 mg / ml do not develop and remain in L1. Since wild animals treated with 100 mg / ml of AL-1 AL-2 and were more resistant to oxidative stress caused by 5 mM t-Booher than untreated animals. On the other hand, treatment of wild-type animals with 100 mg / ml of AL-1 for 168 hours did not increase the resistance to heat stress at 35 ° C. Continuous treatment with 100 mg / ml of AL-1 did not increase the longevity of wild-type animals. Despite having a higher resistance to stress, the animals treated with 100mg/ml of the extract of acai for 48 hours did not show a significant difference to the biochemical markers (catalase activity) and indicators of resistance (total sulfhydryl and protein carbonyl) in relation to the control group. To verify that the increased resistance to oxidative stress promoted by treatment with acai extract depends on signaling pathways p38/SKN-1 and DAF-16, tests of resistance to oxidative stress were repeated using deletion mutants of sek-1 (ku7 ), the p38 MAPKK, skn-1 (RNAi) and daf-16 (mgDf46). Apparently, treatment with 100 mg / ml AL-1 did not increase oxidative stress resistance mutants of sek-1 and daf-16, suggesting that this increase depends on the activation of SEK-1 and DAF-16. On the other hand, no significant induction of nuclear localization in treated animals containing reporter gene DAF-16:: GFP. These data suggest that the increased resistance to oxidative stress induced by treatment with acai extract possibly depends on p38 MAPK and DAF-16, but occurs without activation of the nuclear localization of DAF-16.


The 21st century sign by the development of science and technology rapidly. In this century, all information can be accessed easily any time and anywhere. Physics learning in the 21st century should be able to take advantage fully of technology development. Unfortunately, the using of technology in physics learning activities was not going well. In fact, the printed teaching materials still used in learning. These teaching materials can only be used by students during Physics learning activities in the classroom. This cause the learning objectives have not reach fully. Module is one of teaching materials that can help student to study independently. Therefore it is necessary to develop module that is integrated with technology. The purpose of this study is to describe the physics learning condition include performance, graduation standard, learning difficulties and student characteristic. This research is descriptive qualitative research by processing data using descriptive statistic. The sample of this research were students and teachers form two senior high school in Padang. The data collected using questionnaires and interview sheet. The result of this research is development of electronic module using inquiry-based learning model for physic learning in 21st century needs to be done.


Educating 16 and 17-year-olds about voting and citizenship takes time, says Andrew Mycock, and the Scottish referendum was a divisive introduction to politics for some of them. Nor is it mere coincidence that 18 is the voting age in 27 of the 28 EU member states.


4.0. The purpose of the present section is to expand the statement of stem vowels and to list the types of phoneme sequences which occur as verb stems. Those sequences which exhibit equivalent thematic consonant alternations will then be grouped together into stem classes. A verb stem is defined as any phoneme or phoneme sequence preceded by P and followed by F. 4.1. Before proceeding with the listing of stem types and classes it will be convenient to extend the analysis of stem vowels. It was suggested in 3.1 that stem vowels a, o, e, u might be analyzed as vowel a plus a following vowel, i.e. a + a = , a + i = e, a + u = o, a + o = u. There is considerable support for this analysis of stem vowels. A sample of approximately nine hundred verbs shows that less than 4 per cent have stem vowels o, u, e, and slightly more than 6 per cent have stem vowel a, while 90 per cent are divided almost equally between a and overriding i. The regular alternation of a + a = a was noted in 2.2.1. It is now seen that stem vowel a is replaced by a when


In the year 2012, the authors introduced the concept of ρ-continuity and almost ρ-continuity between a topological space and a non empty set where ρ ∈ {L,M,R, S}. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concepts of contra ρ-continuity and almost contra ρ-continuity between a topological space and a non empty set. AMS Subject Classification: 32A12, 54C05, 54C60, 26E25


During the years with low or abundant fructification in oak stands, acorns production is affectedby various lepidopterans species like: rusty oak moth Cydia amplana Hb. This species is widespread inEurope and in our country is encountered in oak forest in thinning stands or isolated trees. In one acorngrows one larva but it can be spotted together with larvae of Balaninus glandium Marsh., the damagebeing very high by destroying the fructification organs. The purpose of this research was the monitoringof Cydia amplana Hb. frequency attack in the 2011-2012 on acorn. Therefore in 2011 in Măgura cantonfrom all the acorns analyzed 3.6% of them were attacked by Cydia amplana In the Giurtelec canton of 763acorns analyzed, 35 were attacked by Cydia amplana Hb. (representing 4.6% of the total acorn analyzed).In Cehei canton from three monitoring points were analyzed 913 acorns. In 2012 in the Măgura cantonfrom all the acorns analyzed 41 were attacked by Cydia amplana Hb. In the Giurtelec canton 45 acornswere attacked by Cydia amplana (representing 5.9% of total acorns analyzed). In Cehei canton 91 of theacorns harvested were attacked by Cydia amplana Hb. (representing 10% of total acorn analyzed).


Travel and tourism has many positive benefits, including that it is for many countries, the main source of job creation and revenue (Pender and Sharpley, 2005). Tourism provides around 6 to 7% of the world's jobs and millions more indirectly via the multiplier effect in other sectors from construction to agriculture or telecommunications. Also tourism accounts for 30% of the world's exports of services (US$ 1 trillion a year) and 45% of the total export of services in developing countries (World Tourism Organization, 2010). In 2012, the tourism industry reached an historical point with one billion international arrivals in one year for the first time according to World Tourism Barometer (2013). Taking in considerations these facts, the paper presents the evolution of the international tourism in the world analyzing the trends and the economic implication.


Video analytics will drive a wide range of applications with great potential to impact society. A geographically distributed architecture of public clouds and edges that extend down to the cameras is the only feasible approach to meeting the strict real-time requirements of large-scale live video analytics.


This article discusses how performing masculinity in intimate relationships is related to the material dimensions of love. Drawing upon ethnographic fieldwork among middle-class young men and women in the Jordanian capital of Amman, I argue that to understand the continuing significance of the material aspects of marriage, it is important to pay attention to local notions of practical and transactional forms of love. Contributing to emerging scholarship on "caring" Arab masculinities, this article shows how material forms of care are integral to local relationship dynamics. Yet, in the context of the current economic situation in Jordan, the resources of many young men are limited, and they find themselves in a difficult position, both as compassionate partners and as manly men. Hence, they negotiate the entanglements of love and money by associating "true love" with their female partner's willingness to compromise on the material requirements of marriage.


Nano-particles of cobalt ferrite have been prepared using co-precipitation method with NaOH as precipitators.X-ray diffraction,transmission electron microscope and Raman analysis confirm the formation of single-phase cobalt ferrite nano-particles.The crystal constants are between 0.830 nm and 0.840 nm,and the grain sizes are between 9.0 nm and 65.0 nm,depending on pH values of the suspensions.Magnetic measurements show that the coercivity of CoFe2O4 nano-particles increases with the increasing of grain size,the coercivity of CoFe2O4 nano-particles of 9.0 nm and 65.0 nm are 0.283 2 T and 0.467 4 T,respectively,while the saturation magnetization shows much dependence on the distribution of Co2+ and Fe3+ surface ion.


SummaryA placebo-controlled study was carried out in 10 patients with reversible airways obstruction to evaluate the speed of action, peak and duration of bronchodilator effect, and effect on heart rate of rimiterol hydrobromide compared with the effects of fenoterol hydrobromide. Both drugs were administered, on successive days, in a dose of 400 μg by inhalation from pressurized aerosols, as was placebo (propellant only). A pressure-volume technique was used which permits repeated measurements of airway resistance with minimum fatigue for the patient. The study clearly demonstrated the difficulties of comparing two bronchodilator aerosols in patients with reversible airways obstruction. Although the differences in airway resistance after placebo inhalation were not significant in themselves, the changes did influence the statistical significance of the changes seen after the active drugs. The results, nevertheless, indicated that both rimiterol and fenoterol produced a comparable and rapid broncho-dilata...


A simple self-balance-type capacitance-to-dc-voltage (CV) converter is proposed for the measurement of small capacitance. The balancing loop operates so as to drive the capacitor to be measured and the ac-dc converter, which is used to detect the signal corresponding to the capacitance, with an arbitrary constant voltage. Therefore, good conversion linearity can be expected. Using a prototype system, very good conversion linearity has been obtained in measuring small capacitance. The error has been estimated as less than ±0.1 percent when measuring a capacitance smaller than 100 pF. Also, a dispersion of less than ±0.001 pF and a temperature coefficient of less than +50 ppm/°C have been observed. These results show that the converter is convenient to operate in capacitive sensor applications.


The process of European Union(EU) rail market liberalisation is now at a tipping point, with the fourth railway package approved by the European Parliament and Commission and the Member States that have to embed its mandates and provisions into their national legislation. To a large extent, this has already been achieved. The railway package is structured in two main pillars – market pillar and technical pillar – with specific objectives. My paper will focus on the market pillar, particularly on the new challenges that the liberalisation of the EU passenger rail market will generate on public service contracts in effect as of 2023. The establishment of the single European railway area requires common rules on the award of public service contracts in this sector, while taking into account the specific circumstances of each Member State. Public service contracts for public passenger transport services by rail should be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure. Procedures for competitive tendering of public service contracts should be open to all operators, should be fair and should respect the principles of transparency and non-discrimination. This paper will analyse the new legal challenges that public service contracts in railway transport will encounter and what their impact will be on the process of liberalisation or the EU passenger rail market.


Citation: Asano N, Hampel U, Garreis F, et al. Differentiation patterns of immortalized human meibomian gland epithelial cells in three-dimensional culture. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018;59:1343–1353. https:// doi.org/10.1167/iovs.17-23266 PURPOSE. To establish a simplified three-dimensional (3D) meibomian gland culture model using a meibomian gland epithelial cell (HMGEC) line that might be a useful tool to gain deeper insights into meibomian gland dysfunction. For this purpose, 3D differentiation patterns and growth characteristics of HMGECs were studied on various membranes/scaffolds as well as in hanging drops.


Functional dependency is an important semantic representation both in relational databases and XML documents.Analyzed functional dependency,partial functional dependency and transferrer functional dependency in XML documents,and presented XML the second and the third normal format,then put forward two related normalization algorithms,which is lossless join and preserve functional dependency.At last,terminability and time complexity of the algorithms were analyzed.


The feasibility of high specific impulse and high payload propulsor with D-3 He fusion fuel has been investigated. The comparisons of tradeoff relation have been made of their payloads at the takeoff time and fly mission durations among chemical fuel rocket, fission fuel rocket and fusion fuel rocket. Based on the power balance relation the basic benefit of D-3 He fusion fuel rocket and the benefit of propulsion u-nit for space flight by using D-3He fusion reaction have been analyzed. Besides the abundant 3He resources in the lunar regolith, the resources on the other planets in the universe, such as Venus, Mercury and Mars are also taken into investigation numerically.


In this article the emerging requirements that are driving the fifth generation of mobile cellular networks are discussed and the technologies that will most likely be used to satisfy those requirements are identified. Proposals for 5G are at an early stage, but there is an expectation that the early 2020s will see the first deployments.
The requirements for 5G are increased download speeds, the need to deal with increased cell density, increased bandwidth efficiency and availability of new bandwidth. It is likely that 5G will play a role in the emerging Internet of Things, potentially resulting in enormous increase in the number of attached devices.
To meet the expected requirements 5G is likely to make use of spectrum in the millimetre range, beam-forming antenna arrays, massive Multi-Input Multi-Output, and fundamental changes to base station design. In this paper the key drivers for 5G are discussed including the very large numbers of devices in cells, the need to make available new spectrum, energy efficient ways of implementing base station capabilities, standards developments so far and 5G related issues for Australia.


The suggestion that analytic isomorphism should be rejected applies especially to the domain of speech perception because (1) the guiding assumption that solving the lack of invariance problem is the key to explaining speech perception is a form of analytic isomorphism, and (2) after nearly half a century of research there is virtually no empirical evidence of isomorphism between perceptual experience and lower-level processing units. A problem with some work in cognitive science is that the empirical data are too highly leveraged theoretically. Pessoa, Thompson and Noë's target article provides terrific relief from such work, for its significance lies precisely in its deflationary theoretical interpretation of the empirical findings it cites. There is empirical evidence for neural filling-in, but its importance is doubly qualified. For one thing, neural filling-in cannot be promoted to a methodological principle. Empirical isomorphism does not imply analytic isomorphism. Moreover, even in cases where there is neural filling-in or isomorphism between neural activity and perceptual experience more generally, it becomes less significant once we see that perception is not ( just) a matter of what the brain is doing, but of what the animal is doing as well. Put differently, if we do not care (as much) about representations, a fortiori, we do not care about whether they are isomorphic to the subject's experience. Still, the central methodological moral of "finding out about filling in" is not, I think, that we should downgrade the status of filling-in as a theoretical category, but that we should reject analytic isomorphism. For as Pessoa et al. point out, analytic isomorphism states a criterion of adequacy not just for explanations of vision, but for cognitive neuroscientific explanations more generally. By way of reinforcing this claim, I would like to suggest that their criticism of analytic isomorphism is especially applicable to the domain of speech perception. Indeed, I will suggest that rejecting analytic isomorphism provides the key to progress in explaining speech perception.1 The particular form that analytic isomorphism takes in speech perception research is the assumption that the goal of a theory of speech perception is to solve "the lack of invariance problem." With a few recent and notable exceptions,2 solving the lack of invariance problem has been taken to be a criterion of adequacy for explanations of speech perception for nearly fifty years. "Lack of invariance" refers to the widely recognized fact that there is no one-to-one correspondence between units of acoustic structure and perceived phonemes. A single consonant sound, for example, may be realized acoustically in a variety of ways depending on the surrounding phonetic context. This lack of invariance only becomes a problem, however, if one assumes that there must be an isomorphic mapping between the subject's perceptual experience and underlying physical structure. And this is just what has been assumed. Thus, identifying an initial stage of processing in which processing units are structurally isomorphic (e.g., segmented, linearly concatenated) to perceived phonemes is taken to be a criterion of adequacy for an explanation of speech perception. Although these processing units are not always explicitly identified in neural terms (sometimes they are identified in acoustic or articulatory terms), it is the doctrine of analytic isomorphism that underwrites the goal of solving the lack of invariance problem, for the latter assumes that there must be isomorphism between the subject's perceptual experience and lower-level processing units (called "invariants"). As it is put in one well-known article, "invariant gestures3 of some description there must be, for they are required, not merely for our particular theory of speech perception, but for any adequate theory [emphasis in original]" (Liberman & Mattingley 1985, p. 3). The difficulty is that speech perception research guided by the framework of analytic isomorphism, has made little progress. Put bluntly, by the standards embodied in analytic isomorphism, there are no adequate theories of speech perception. Despite nearly half a century of searching, virtually no empirical invariants have been found. Only one theory has identified even a candidate for an invariant property, but it has done so for only one class of consonants, and it is present only about 85% of the time (Stevens & Blumstein 1981). Thus, is seems that analytic isomorphism, as embodied in the goal of solving the lack of invariance problem, will have to be rejected before progress in explaining speech perception will be made. Pessoa et al. caution against inferring analytic isomorphism from the evidence of particular cases of empirical isomorphism (e.g., cases of neural filling in). But in the domain of speech perception, analytic isomorphism survives despite the virtual absence of empirical confirmation. This suggests that in speech perception, at least, analytic isomorphism functions not merely as a methodological principle, but as dogma. If so, it is likely to prove Commentary/Pessoa et al.: Perceptual completion 748 BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES (1998) 21:6 more difficult to eradicate. A personal-level, activity-based approach, however, such as the one favored by Pessoa et al. for vision, may well be the place for speech perception research to start.


The plane Poiseuille flow with unequal wall temperatures of an incompressible fluid having temperature dependent viscosity in the presence of transverse magnetic field is studied. The coupled differential equations of momentum and energy are solved numerically by RKF45 (Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg fourth-fifth) method. Numerical results for the dimensionless velocity profiles, the temperature profiles and the heat transfer coefficient are presented and discussed graphically for various parameters. The study provides quantitative information of interest; in general, it is observed that the maximum velocity does not occur in the middle of the channel but moves towards the upper wall as the magnetic field increases. The temperature and heat transfer coefficient increases with the increasing value of magnetic field and EPr.


The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2013 National Conference and Exhibition playing this weekend in Orlando, Florida, presents a robust airing of data and developments from the pediatric front. For attendees who missed these sessions onsite, or if you are unable to attend the conference in person, here are highlights from Saturday's exciting program.


Abstract Case: A 40-year-old African female patient was referred to our center for investigation of an asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism. The laboratory results showed an important elevation...


Color imetric aluminum methods, appearing in various editions of Standard Methods? have not been satisfactory. None has had the desired accuracy and reproducibility, and all have been subject to interference from iron, chromium, metaphosphate, fluoride, and other ions often present in water supplies. Historically, a gravimetric method did not appear until the sixth edition of Standard Methods. An im-


Indium Oxide/p-Silicon (In2O3/p-Si) heterojunction photodiodes were successfully fabricated via standard photolithography and thermal oxidationtechnique using a cost-effective etching-free route as compared to other conventional deposition and plasma etching methods. XRD spectra revealedhighly-oriented (111) growth similar to the substrate orientation. SEM images of the photodiodes showed the dominant surface morphology of theformed In2O3. I-V curve obtained from the device resulted to a non-linear diode behavior with a turn-on voltage of approximately 0.8V under non-illuminated conditions. A 0.5mA I-V shift from the reverse bias region of the illuminated device showed a probable photocurrent generation along thewavefunction. Photocurrent spectroscopy and reponsivity measurements of the device resulted to similar characteristics with the commercially availableSi photodiodes.


The flow around a sphere at various heights above a plane boundry has been investigated. The flow was visualized by the smoke wire method in the wind tunnel. This report only covers the introduction of the research, the literature review which will state all the theory and equation needed to solve the problem statement and the method that will be use to complete this study. At the end of this study which will be continued later in Projek Sarjana Muda II, it is expected that at every different height will give different reading and pressure distribution around model. Behavior of the flow and vortices were observed during flow visualization. The surface pressure distribution on the sphere and the plane were determined by integrating the surface pressure of the sphere. The drag lift coefficients of the sphere are defined as empirical equations using dimensionless quantities. To validate this flow pattern we must use combination of numerical method using Ansys CFX and calculations of the results. The results expect that as the Reynolds Number increase the Drag number is also increase for both experimental and simulation.


Wood is a natural material with properties that are strongly influenced by anatomical characteristics, so studies that aim to correlate properties through empirical equations in search of simplification to obtain the values of their characteristics are essential. In this context, this work aims to generate multiple regression models to estimate the properties of shrinkage and compression parallel and normal to the grain of Brazilian tropical woods as a function of the values of porosity, density, and for both properties, with porosity being obtained by mercury intrusion porosimetry. As a result, the radial (RRT) and total tangential (RTT) shrinkage could be estimated through porosity. However, it was not possible to estimate them considering only density as an independent variable. All the models that were used were able to accurately estimate the modulus of resistance and modulus of elasticity values (fc,0, Ec,0, fc,90, and Ec,90).


Winkler's method is the most popular procedure for determination of dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration in water samples. However, this method requires a relatively large sample volume of 200 mL for accurate DO determination. Many alternative methods have been proposed for measuring DO concentrations in small sample volumes, but most such methods have problems of either, low accuracy, high cost, complicated instrumentation or lengthy analysis times. In this paper, a simple modification to the Winkler's method is proposed for measurement of DO concentrations in samples of 1 mL volume. The proposed method is accurate, low cost, simple and quick. DO concentrations were measured in 33 samples by both the conventional Winkler's method (WM) and the proposed method (PM). For 23 of the 33 samples analyzed, the hypothesis that the population means of the measurements are equal (μ1 = μ2) could not be rejected at 95 percent confidence level and for 19 samples, the hypothesis that the population variances of the measurements are equal (σ21 = σ22)could not be rejected at 95 percent confidence interval. It was thus concluded that in most cases, DO measurements by WM and PM give comparable results both in terms of accuracy and precision.


Persistent or recurrent primary hyperparathyroidism after initi al parathyroid surgery occurs at rates of 1.5~10%. A single missed parathyroid adenoma accounts for the majority of persistent hyperparathyroidism, whereas metachronous parathyroid adenoma is a rare cause of recurrent hypercalcemia. We report a case of a 39-year-old female who presented with recurrent pancreatitis. She had symptoms of hyperparathyroidism such as hypercalcemia, hypophosphatemia, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis, and osteoporosis. She had a 2-cm firm neck mass under the right sub mandibular area. She was diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism 22 years ago. At that time, the right upper and lower parathyroid glands were removed after exploration of all parathyroid glands, and a right upper parathyroid adenoma was diagnosed. Now, she had a second surgery to remove the right submandibular mass with intraoperative PTH monitoring, which was diagnosed as a parathyroid adenoma in an ectopic supernumerary parathyroid gland. Because of hungry bone syndrome, she received calcium carbonate replacement therapy and has no evidence of recurrence. Here, we report a recurrent parathyroid adenoma in the undescended, supernumerary parathyroid gland after a long interval from the initial surgery. (J Korean Endocr Soc 24:260~264, 2009)


We show that the Segal topos of derived stacks over simplicial commutative $k$-algebras, which can be used to model natural phenomena, has a subobject classifier, something we regard as being a source from which dynamics is generated. This is done by considering the $\infty$-category associated to such a Segal topos, which turns out to be an $\infty$-topos. At this point we have the formalism of Higher topoi at our disposal to deal with Higher Category Theory concepts in a transparent manner.


This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the instructional leadership practice of strategic resourcing exercised by heads of community secondary schools and its contribution towards enhancing equity in education in Kigoma region, Tanzania. The study was informed by the Student-Centred Model of instructional leadership theory. Convergent design under the mixed method approach was used to collect, analyse, and report both qualitative and quantitative data. Purposive sampling and stratified simple random sampling techniques were used to obtain a sample of 312 respondents consisting of 144 Form IV students, 144 teachers, and 24 heads of schools from 24 secondary schools of 4 councils. The study draws from quantitative and qualitative data generated from a questionnaire, interview guide, focus group discussion guide and document analysis guide. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to test the hypothesis. Thematic analysis was used for analysing qualitative data. Findings revealed that heads of community secondary schools were effective in strategic resourcing to enhance equity in education. However, equity in education indicated by student attendance, providing academic support, completion of Form IV and performance in Form IV national examinations remained lower than the required standards. The study concluded that without addressing challenges including shortage of teachers, teaching and learning facilities, and overcrowded classrooms, heads of schools' effectiveness in strategic resourcing is doomed to fail to enhance equity in education to the expected levels. The study recommended that the Government in collaboration with intermediary educational authorities should find a solution to the challenges to allow the heads of schools to enhance equity in education in Kigoma region.


[Objective]To understand and grasp the vision status of primary and middle school students in the Huairou District of Beijing City,and provide a scientific basis for the development of students eyesight protection measures.[Methods]The vision monitoring data of physical examination,including 27 105 primary and middle school students of 38 schools in 2011,was analyzed.[Results]The detection rate of poor vision was 54.31%,among which the detection rate was 39.18% of primary school students,65.13% of junior secondary school students and 80.89% of high school students respectively.The poor vision detection rate increased with the growth of the school age.The poor vision detection rate of urban students was 61.00%,while that of rural students was 41.66%,the former was higher than the latter.The poor vision detection rate of boys was 49.31% and that of girls was 59.53%,the girls was higher than the boys.[Conclusion]The poor eyesight status of primary and middle school students is not optimistic in Huairou District.The detection rate is still at a high level,which should attract great attention from students,parents,schools and the whole society.It is urgent to adopt a comprehensive prevention and control measures to protect vision of students.


In this study, the mechanical characterization from the union bone-adhesive was tested, with a modification of the DCB (Double Cantiliver Beam) test, this modification measures the cohesive strength and the fracture toughness in the interface in front of failure mode I, assuming as the fully rigid substrate. The experimental design was a 2^2 factorial design; in dry and wet (water at 37°C) conditions, for 2hrs and 24 hrs cure adhesive; with no surface treatment (ST) and with surface treatment (using primer Syntac®); for two adhesive types added to the substrates, the first one is Chitosan based adhesive and the second is Adper Singlebond 3M®. The substrates were made of trabecular bone tissue from bovine femur. In order to calculate the toughness energy, the Planar Biaxial machine® was used, obtaining Force vs Displacement curves, and also a record of the process. As a principal result, for specimens in dry conditions with Chitosan based Adhesive for 24 hours with and without surface treatment the toughness was 16.96 ± 1.47 J/m^2 and 7.27±0.41 J/m^2 respectively. It means that the effect of the surface treatment with the primer is significantly. Also, comparing with the dental adhesive, there was no significantly difference of toughness, for treatment with Primer, toughness was 15.68 ± 0.75 J/m^2 and without ST 12.52 ± 2.49 J/m^2. In wet conditions, the dental adhesive didn't present adhesion and for base Chitosan adhesive with Primer the toughness was 3.18 ± 0.57 J/m^2 and without ST 1.56 ±0.84 J/m^2. It concludes that the best base Chitosan adhesive is the one with surface treatment with Primer Syntac® and 24 hours cured in both conditions.


Membrane properties are determined by their morphology, which may be symmetric (dense) or asymmetric (dense/porous). Two membrane types based on the poly[(4,4′-oxydiphenylene)pyromelliteimide] (symmetric dense and asymmetric dense/porous) were prepared for a comparative study of morphology, physical properties, and transport characteristics in the pervaporation of methanol/MTBE mixture over a wide range of concentrations including the azeotropic composition. The asymmetric membrane is a good example of improving the transport properties of the polyimide by creating structure composed of a thin dense top layer on the surface of sponge-like microporous substrate. It was found that the use of the asymmetric membrane allows increasing the total flux in separation of azeotropic mixture by 15 times as compared with the dense membrane.


The MS in Forensic Toxicology is a comprehensive, research-based, professional master's degree with emphasis on basic knowledge of analytical chemistry, physiology, and pharmacology, and problem formulation and solving skills as developed through thesis research. It can provide a pathway to gainful employment in positions requiring or desiring MS-level training. It also provides preparation for PhD programs in toxicology, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, etc.


As early as 1653 Rudbeck pointed out that the thoracic duct may divide in the thorax and send branches to the right side of the neck. Lee ('22) presented an excellent review of previous work with the thoracic duct and supplied evidence in cats of lymphatico-venous connections which were demonstrable after ligation of this vessel. Since biochemists had been unable to account for all of previously ingested fat from the cannulated thoracic duct (Munk, 1880 ; Bloor, '16), Lee suggested that collateral lymphatic vessels might be responsible for the disposal of the missing portion of the fat removed from the intestine. After unsuccessful attempts to recover the missing fraction of absorbed fat, Eckstein ('25) and Brockett, Spiers, and Himwicli ( '35) concluded that more attention should be directed to possible lymphatico-venous communications other than the left thoracic duct which was used for the collection of chyle in their experiments. Blalock and his associates ('37) were able to obtain complete lpmphatic blockage in only three of fiftv-two dogs, although they used a wide variety of methods to attain this end. Right lymphatic ducts containing chylous material were observed during studies on the adaptive value of absorption of fat into the lymphatics (,Johnson and Freeman, '38). In view of the paucity of information concerning the courses which lymph may follow in passing from the intestine to the blood stream in the dog, it was felt that routine anatomical study of this system would prove valuable in determining the adequacy of methods based on the collection of lymph from the left thoracic duct as a measure of total lymph transfer


In this paper various architectures of electromagnetic harvesting devices, realized in the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Brescia, is reported, estimating their usability for biomedical applications. Furthermore, this paper shows a first attempt of a new electromagnetic generator architecture. The proposed system is modelled and simulated showing promising results.


We report on the results of spectral analysis of the dipping source XB 1254-690 observed by the BeppoSAX satellite. We find that the X-ray dips are not present during the BeppoSAX observation, in line with recent RXTE results. The broadband (0.1-100 keV) energy spectrum is well fitted by a three-component model consisting of a multicolor disk blackbody with an inner disk temperature of ~0.85 keV, a Comptonized spectrum with an electron temperature of ~2 keV, and bremsstrahlung at a temperature of ~20 keV. Adopting a distance of 10 kpc and taking into account a spectral hardening factor of ~1.7 (because of electron scattering which modifies the blackbody spectrum emitted by the disk), we estimated that the inner disk radius is Rin 1/2 ~ 11 km, where i is the inclination angle of the system with respect to the line of sight. The Comptonized component could originate in a spherical corona or boundary layer, surrounding the neutron star, with optical depth ~19. The bremsstrahlung emission, contributing ~4% of the total luminosity, probably originates in an extended accretion disk corona with radius ~1010 cm. In this scenario, we calculated that the optical depth of this region is ~0.71 and its mean electron density is Ne ~ 2.7 × 1014 cm-3. This last component might also be present in other low-mass X-ray binaries, but, because of its low intrinsic luminosity, it is not easily observable. We also find an absorption edge at ~1.27 keV with an optical depth of ~0.15. Its energy could correspond to the L edge of Fe XVII or K edge of Ne X or neutral Mg.


We examine the question of how a population of independently noisy sensory neurons should be configured to optimize the encoding of a random stimulus into sequences of neural action potentials. For the case where firing rates are the same in all neurons, we consider the problem of optimizing the noise distribution for a known stimulus distribution, and the converse problem of optimizing the stimulus for a given noise distribution. This work is related to suprathreshold stochastic resonance (SSR). It is shown that, for a large number of neurons, the SSR model is equivalent to a single rate-coding neuron with multiplicative output noise.


Point-and-Click Expression Builders, for instance limits and type consistency.
Structured English, for more complex restrictions and logical inferences.
Entity Life History or State Transition Diagrams, for both basic and more advanced state transition rules.
Data Model or Class Model extensions, for basic property rules.

No matter how the rules are captured, there should be a single, unified conceptual representation "inside" of the man-machine boundary. "Inside" here means transparent to the specifiers, but visible to analysis tools (e.g., for conflict analysis) and to rule engines or business logic servers (for run-time processing).
Inside, there may be still other representations. For processing and performance reasons, there might be many physical representations of the rules, optimized for particular tools or hardware/software environments.
The result is actually three layers of representation: external, conceptual, and internal. This is strongly reminiscent of the old ANSI/SPARC three-schema architecture for data. This should not be surprising since rules simply build on terms and facts, which can be ultimately represented by data.
 Where is this research now? A new, more concise representation scheme is under development. One focus of this scheme is a formal expression of how non-atomic rule types are derived from atomic ones. This would allow reduction of rules to a common base of fundamental rule types, in order to support automatic analysis of conflict and overlap in systematic fashion.
This is opening exciting new avenues of research, and significant opportunities for those interested in getting involved.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess such processing of personal data for identification purposes from the point of view of the principle of data minimisation, as set out in the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and examine whether the processing of personal data for these purposes can be considered proportionate, i.e. whether it is performed for the purposes defined and only as much as is necessary.

Design/methodology/approach
In this paper, the authors discuss and present the relevant legal regulation and examine the goals and implementation of such regulation in Lithuania. This paper also examines the conditions for the lawful processing of personal data and their application for the above-mentioned purposes.

Findings
This paper addresses the problem that, on the one hand, financial institutions must comply with the objectives of collecting as much personal data as possible under the AML Directive (this practice is supported by the supervisory authority, the Bank of Lithuania), and, on the other hand, they must comply with the principle of data minimisation established by the GDPR.

Originality/value
Financial institutions process large amounts of personal data. These data are processed for different purposes. One of the purposes of processing personal data is (or may be) related to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. In implementing the Know Your Customer principle and the relevant legal framework derived from the EU AML Directive, financial institutions collect various data, including projected account turnovers, account holders' relatives involved in politics, etc.


In China,high proportion of wrong or improper arrest becomes the acutest problem in formal arrest procedure which is mainly attributed to the failure of criminal investigation agency to satisfy arrest requirements and the "object tendency" of the status of the suspect in the proceedings.Conferring arrest power to judges may not achieve the aim of making formal arrest in compliance with due process.Prosecutors should,in determining whether a formal arrest be made,play a key role and the suspect and his/her counsel should also be given opportunity to defend his/her case.Where a no-arrest determination is made it should be justified in two different aspects and the criminal investigation agency should bear more burden to prove without doubt that the arrest requirements are fully satisfied so as due process is complied with.In this way the chance of wrong or improper arrest may be diminished and the purpose to further reform the prosecution as well as the trial procedure may also be effected.


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Gonozyme a nonculture enzyme immunoassay for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhea antigen from urogenital swab specimens was introduced into the US in 1982 and modified to improve specificity in 1983. The original Gonozyme assay was compared to culture in several independent studies. Populations with different disease prevalences were examined using study designs that varied considerably. The sensitivity and specificity of Gonozyme as compared to culture were sufficiently high in symptomatic male populations to indicate that Gonozyme was an acceptable diagnostic test but sensitivity and specificity for female specimens were not as high. Clinical evaluations comparing the modified Gonozyme to culture were conducted on specimens from 410 males 1245 high risk females and 1234 low risk females at 8 geographically dispersed sites in the US. A single specimen was collected from each patient and processed for culture and Gonozyme. Culture plates were incubated for 48 hours before being reported as negative. Gonozyme tests were done within 5 days of collection. In males the sensitivity and specificity of Gonozyme as compared to culture were both 100% at 3 of the 4 clinics. At the 4th the sensitivity and specificity were 93.1% and 98.8% respectively giving Gonozyme an overall sensitivity and specificity of 98.0% and 99.4%. 2 males with positive Gonozyme and negative culture results also had urethral smears demonstrating intracellular gram-negative diplococci and were thus considered to have gonococcal infection. The sensitivity and specificity of Gonozyme with regard to gonococcal infections thus rose to 98.0% and 100.0% respectively. The high-risk female group was studied at 5 sites. The overall sensitivity and specificity to Gonozyme as compared to culture were 84.0% and 96.9% respectively. Sensitivity ranged from 80.5% to 90.7% and specificity from 95.8% to 99.2%. The overall sensitivity and specificity of Gonozyme in the low-risk female population studied at 4 cliniaal sites were 90.5% and 98.0% respecitively. Sensitivity ranged from 83.3% to 100.0% and specificity from 97.3% to 98.8%. Statistical tests demonstrated that the specificity of the modified Gonozyme as compared to the original had improved without an adverse effect on the sensitivity. Although Gonozyme specimens cannot be used for beta-lactamase testing or for confirmatory tests the test offers advantages to clinics and physicians offices in which laboratory services are unavailable and transport conditions are uncertain.


Review(s) of: Julie McLeod and Lyn Yates, Making Modern Lives: Subjectivity, Schooling and Social Change, New York: State University of New York Press, 2006, ISBN 0791467686.


Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) have become one of the essential structuring tools available to professional advisers. They can offer some real opportunities for taxpayers wishing to restructure their existing wealth accumulation and asset holding structures. However, there are numerous pitfalls and traps to consider. This article is intended to highlight many of the opportunities, without understating the care required when involving SMSFs in a structuring exercise. The article discusses 'special purpose entities' (in this context, companies or unit trusts specifically established or restructured to fall within the exemption for certain investment assets provided by reg 13.22C of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994 (Cth)), non-arm's length income derived by complying superannuation funds, limited recourse borrowing arrangements for the purpose of acquiring assets, geared unit trusts for involving SMSFs in property acquisitions and in-specie distributions, including tax and stamp duty aspects.


A root-locus plotting machine built from inexpensive com ponents is described. The device is primarily for demon strational use but may be used for design as well. The plotting board, mounted vertically on a dolly (which houses the auxiliary equipment) measures three by four feet. This makes the device useful even in large classrooms. A worked-out example is included.


The passive integrated transponder tag has been an important tool for estimating smoltto-adult return rates of Snake River anadromous fish. In 1998, we initiated an effort to increase the precision of these estimates for Snake River wild steelhead trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Important wild steelhead trout production streams in the Salmon River and Clearwater River drainages were identified where juveniles were not currently being tagged by other research activities. A subset of these streams was selected for collection and tagging based on juvenile steelhead trout densities, accessibility, and relative contribution to basin-wide smolt production. This report covers tagging efforts in 2001, smolt detections at the four main smolt collector dams in 2002, and adult detections at Lower Granite dam for spawn years 2002 and 2003 through April 22, 2003. During the summer of 2001, we tagged 6,792 wild steelhead trout juveniles. In 2002, the four main smolt collector dams detected 748 (11%) of the juveniles we tagged in summer 2001 and 336 of the juveniles we tagged in previous years. This project's tagging efforts resulted in 26 adult detections in spawn year 2002 and 33 adult detections for spawn year 2003 through April 22, 2003.


Dear Sir, the uremic state is associated with a complex _derangement of primary hemostasis (1), The risk of bleeding is further increased by the use of heparin during hemodialysis, Spontaneous hemorrhage in patients on chronic maintenance hemodialysis has been observed at several sites including the subdural space, pleura, pericardium, rectus abdominis, retroperitoneal space, perirenal space, liver capsule, mediastinum (2), parathyroid (3), ovarian cyst (4), joints (5) and anterior chamber of the eye (6), In this letter we report a patient who had the unusual complication of recurrent subcutaneous hematoma formation while on chronic hemodialysis. To the best of our knowledge only one such patient has been reported so far (7). .A 45-year-old male who developed end-stage renal failure as a consequence of chronic glomerulonephritis was initiated on maintenance hemodialysis in April, 1987. Investigations revealed hemoglobin 10 g/dl, total leucocyte count 8,400/mm3 . Predialysis serum chemical values were: creatinine 8.2 mg/dl, blood urea 120 mg/dl, uric acid 8.0 mg/dl, albumin 3.6 g/dl, globulin 2.7 g/dl, calcium 9.4 mg/dl, inorganic phosphorus 8.7 mg/dl and alkaline phosphatase 10 KingArmstrong Units (normal value 3-13). Chest skiagram revealed moderate cardiomegaly and electro-cardiogram showed features of left ventricular hypertrophy. In May 1987, he developed evidence of pericardial effusion, which was confirmed by echocardiography. The pericarditis resolved over the next two weeks with continued hemodialysis using a low-dose heparin schedule (50 units/kg at the start of dialysis and 1000 units after 3 hours). After the resolution of pericarditis, a protocol of heparin, i.e. 100 units/kg at the beginning of dialysis and 50 units/kg after 3 hours was employed during hemodialysis. In july, 1987, the patient noticed several nodular swellings over the chest and abdomen. Examination revealed multiple subcuThe International Journal of Artificial Organs / Vol. 11 / no. 5, 1988/ pp. 405-406


This paper hinges on the distinction between "maximizing profit" and "making profit." It recounts from Adam Smith the ethical basis for profit making, and observes in Augustin Cournot why the maximization assumption was introduced. Several introductory texts are examined to observe how profit maximization is presented. The veracity of the assumption is challenged by considering: owner/ managers who focus on utility rather than profit, corporate maximization of shareholder wealth, corporate managers who pursue personal benefits, and evidence of "corporate social responsibility." Milton Friedman's 1970 New York Times Magazine essay, "The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits" is used to support that the ethical justification for the market system does not rest on maximizing profit, and that individuals often have moral latitude to pursue non-pecuniary business goals alongside seeking profit. Teaching that all firms maximize profit poorly educates students concerning how many firms actually behave and it reinforces a pecuniary value.


Abstract Patients and caregivers of patients with cancer are met with an untold amount of information resources, not all of which are ethical, accurate, healthy, or are simply motivated by profit or agenda. One way information professionals and health care providers can help sift through this overwhelming amount of resources is to provide credible and accessible cancer resources founded in evidence-based research and medicine. One such organization is the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and their collection of Patient Resources.


showed elevated inflammatory parameters, and her chest X-ray revealed right pleural effusion. Gram-positive cocci were detected by fluid culture, and the diagnosis of empyema was confirmed. Although the administration of antibiotics and continuous chest fluid drainage had been started, she developed ARDS and finally died from respiratory failure. The autopsy revealed disruption of the pleura connected to the necrotic metastatic lesion in the right lung, indicating that empyema occurred subsequent to tumor necrosis induced by lenvatinib. We re-port this rare case with a pleural complication after the treatment with lenvatinib to HCC.


Reliability and life time of smart materials are crucial features for the development and design of actuator and sensor devices. Being widely used and exhibiting brittle failure characteristics, ceramic ferroelectrics are of particular interest in this field. Due to manifold interactions of the complex nonlinear constitutive behavior on the one hand and the damage evolution in terms of microcrack growth on the other, modeling and simulation are inevitable to investigate influence parameters on strength, reliability and life time. A condensed approach is used for the simulations considering just one characteristic point in the material, nonetheless accounting for polycrystalline grain interactions. On this basis, a model to predict the life time in terms of high cycle fatigue under electromechanical loading conditions is introduced. (© 2015 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


Abstract Considering the spatial instability of the world, it seems urgent and necessary to rethink the relationship between space and human beings. In this article, I would more precisely like to argue that the work of the French author Maylis de Kerangal is relevant to interrogate the ways we experiment with space, by highlighting new and critical ways of travel and movement. While M. de Kerangal exploits territories and spaces through precise descriptions, it is mainly the movements of the characters that come to life within her writings. By analyzing the novels Corniche Kennedy and Tangente vers l'Est, this article seeks to demonstrate that the movements of the protagonists (a group of teenagers in Corniche Kennedy, a young Russian soldier in Tangente vers l'Est), far from being insignificant, are in fact endowed with a utopian potential, i.e. a critical spatial power. This utopian potential plays on two levels: on the one hand, it invents new connections with space, both on an individual and a collective level. On the other hand, it criticizes and questions spatial characteristics of our contemporary world.


A method for preparing a porous titanate adsorbent from sheep manures comprises the following processing steps: taking fresh sheep manures, adjusting the moisture content to be 80-95%, placing the sheep manures in a stamping and homogenizing machine for stamping and homogenizing to obtain homogenized manure slurry, slowly dropwise adding titanium tetrachloride in the homogenized manure slurry under the condition of continuously stirring, heating to 80-95 DEG C after dropwise adding, performing heat-preservation stirring, cooling to the room temperature to obtain titaniferous manure glue, adding alkaline-earth metal carbonate powder in the titaniferous manure glue, stirring and mixing uniformly, heating to 90 DEG C, performing heat-preservation stirring and evaporation to dryness, drying at 105 DEG C to prepare titanium-alkaline-earth metal-manure xerogel, placing the titanium-alkali-earth metal-manure xerogel in an electric furnace, calcinating for 4-6 h in air at 650-1,000 DEG C, and naturally cooling to the room temperature in the electric furnace to obtain the porous titanate adsorbent. According to the method, the sheep manures are directly taken as an additive, and titanium tetrachloride and alkaline-earth metal carbonate are respectively taken as titanium and alkaline-earth metal sources, so that the low-cost and high-performance porous titanate heavy metal adsorbent material is prepared.


PURPOSE: To provide a container which is impervious to hydrocarbon vapors and liquid by having the container comprised of an outer shell of plastic material coated with a polyomegalactam thin layer on the surface in contact with hydrocarbon. CONSTITUTION: A surface of a fuel container or tank which is made of a plastic material in contact with hydrocarbon, more particularly of polyethylene is coated with a polyomegalactam thin layer whose thickness is generally 5 mm or less. It is thus possible to eliminate or reduce imperviousness and discharging or leakage of the hydrocarbon vapors from the container or tank without changing the mechanical-dynamic characteristics of said material, especially the shock- resistant characteristics at low temperature. Thus a container which is impervious to hydrocarbon vapor and liquid can be obtained.


The e-government project management consignment system to allow the public PMO has been introduced to resolve the quality management issue and the business risk, pointed out by the reorganized Software Industry Promotion Act. The additional regulation improvements are demanded because the public PMO system cannot settle down due to the different opinions among related parties: owner, operator and PMO. Therefore, to make balanced regulation improvements, the in-depth studies are necessary to analyze the fundamental causes of the disagreement between the related parties. This study analyses the each related party's cognitive structure to perform public PMO successfully and the fundamental reasons that cause the different opinions by applying the cognitive psychological Means-end chain theory, the laddering technique and the HVM, Hierarchical Value Map. In addition, this study analyses the regulations required for the related parties to obtain the expected benefits.


ABSTRACT Representing China's history is a narrative tradition of Anglophone Chinese literature, and it is usually considered an effective way for authors to participate in multicultural marketing. This study, however, expounds that Hong Liu's two novels on Chinese history, The Magpie Bridge and The Touch, featured with cultural translation, represent cosmopolitan literary practice beyond the frame of nation-state and ethnicity. Both address the Chinese in diaspora: their present lives are frequently linked with the past via specific Chinese symbols – the 'mirror' and the 'touch', which are endowed with English connotations through translation and reveal the intercultural aesthetic world Liu crafts. Analysis of intercultural symbolism, where different aesthetic traditions are treated equally, distinguishes her writing from the marketing of exoticism that subordinates the 'foreign', demonstrating her contribution to the discursive diversity of English-language literature by minority writers. In this sense, Liu's narrative performance of Chinese history engages in the negotiated process of transformation of Anglophone Chinese literary discourse and practices post-Eurocentric cosmopolitanism towards boundary-crossing world literature.


Quality is free when reaches zero defects, quality is measured various aspects. The rework is carried out when the product finish not up to the standard, which added additional expenditure. On other side if there is no chance for rework the cost of raw material and value added cost up to that non conformity is lost. This work shares a success story and reveals a systematic scientific approach to reach zero defects. The case study conducted in the leading supplier who focuses on climate and energy efficient solutions. The traditional powerful quality tools employed to focus, understanding and analyse the problem. The Decision support system preferred and adopted to solve the problem with affordable cost. The outcomes of this work measured in terms of modern Total Productive Maintenance style that is in terms of Productivity, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, Motivation and Morale (PQCDSM). The results in all the way found more significant.


Over 230 Canadian Army soldiers took their own lives during the Second World War. For many, soldiering seems to have exacerbated stresses and depressions. Their suicide notes and the testimony of family, officers, and bunkmates reveal that wartime disturbance was an important section of the complex array of reasons why. In attempts to explain the motivations for their tragic final actions, the instabilities brought by the Second World War and the stresses of military mobilization must be added to the many biological, social, psychological and circumstantial factors revealed by the proceedings of courts of inquiry. Major military risk factors include: access to firearms, suppression of individual agency, and disruption of the protective networks of friends and family. Some Canadians had a difficult time adjusting to military discipline and authority and were frustrated by their inability to succeed by the measures set by the army. Suicide motivations are complex and it may be too simplistic to say that the Second World War caused these deaths, however, it is not too far to say that the war was a factor in their final motivations. Some men, due to the social pressures and constructs of masculine duty, signed up for active service despite previously existing conditions which should have excused them. Revisiting these traumas can expose the difficulties that some Canadians experienced during mobilization for total war. Many brought deep personal pain with them as they entered military service and for some, the disruptions, frustrations, and anxieties of life in khaki were too great to bear. Like their better-known colleagues who died on the battlefield, they too are casualties of the Second World War.


In dealing with the phenomenon of the pneumatic hammer in aerostatic thrust bearings, the vibrant model of the one-single freedom system has been established to study the pneumatic hammer from the point of sympathetic vibration. It is found that the bearings show a tendency to result in the pneumatic hammer with the increase of air supply pressure, and the occurrence probability of the pneumatic hammer will be reduced when the gas film thickness is maintained within a certain range. Meanwhile, the existence of the pneumatic hammer, which is caused by sympathetic vibration, is experimentally verified, and it is found that gas bearings undergo certain disturbance, which causes the system to produce micro breadth vibration. Accordingly, the micro breadth vibration causes the gas film and thrust face to form flow/structure coupled to excite the pneumatic hammer. Therefore, it provides another path to study the pneumatic hammer and is of academic value.


This chapter talks about the astronomers that have solved some of the riddles of how much water Mars had and still has, a century and a half after William Huggins first proved that Mars had water. It highlights that Mars' water was no longer in the liquid state on the surface as the planet had become much dryer after billions of years. It also examines significant evidence that strongly suggests that Mars experienced a more recent epoch when water carved valleys and was formed from melting snow and ice that flowed slowly into and out of chains of lakes. The chapter describes one of Mars' lakes that appears to have been widespread both north and south of the Martian equator, containing more water than Lake Ontario. It discusses Mars' layered ice deposits at the north and south polar caps, in which a thin layer is deposited each Martian winter and then sublimates in Martian spring.


"To Keystone or not to Keystone, that is the correction"... and indeed the question! Outside of highly constrained conditions, the vast majority of photographed imagery of the natural environment is taken non-square to the objects that they represent Consequently, those objects appearing at a distorted perspective may be computationally corrected via Keystone Correction. This disparity is frequently observed when considering imagery sourced from vehicle-mounted cameras, such as those levied in autonomous vehicle infrastructure or by streetscape collection initiatives such as Google Street View. As visual creatures, the lived environment proximal to roadways is filled with text- and numeric-based advertisements vying for our attention and, conveniently, this signage isn't placed perpendicular to a vehicle's forward-facing camera. Given the perspective distortion of the text and/or values contained therein, their automated detection and reading may benefit from Keystone correction. In this work, we address the yet-unanswered question: what benefit might we expect from Keystone correction preprocessing of images? We do not explicitly promote the use of Keystone correction but rather, evaluate its utility within a prediction pipeline. To this end, we leverage the Gas Prices of America (GPA) dataset containing multi-digit, multi-price values and the French Street Sign Names (FSNS) multi-word text dataset given their known geometry enabling the automation of image Keystone correction. We compare the outcomes of $\color{Magenta}{\text{Keystoned}}$ imagery versus $\color{Blue}{\text{non - Keystoned}}$ imagery along five axes: 1) predictive performance, 2) annotation correctness, 3) algorithmic computational complexity and empirical time estimation, 4) image scaling, and 5) degree of perspective transform. From our findings, we arrive at several recommendations on both the benefit & burden of Keystone correction to inform future research on extracting information in the wild.


This paper aims to determine the effect of liquidity, coupon, maturity and market interest rates on the market price of low rated bonds and the market price of high rated bond. This study conducted on banking companies issuing bonds in the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the period 2011-2015. Low rated bonds taken out of bonds that are rated between A- to CCC as many as 52 sample data, while the high-rated bonds taken out of bonds that are rated AAA and AA + as many as 124 sample data. The method used in this research is multiple linear regression analysis. The results of partial testing showed that liquidity, coupon and maturity of no significant impact on the market price of low rated bonds. The same results were obtained on a partial test in high rated bonds, the liquidity and maturities have no significant impact on the market price of the high rated bond. however, the coupons have a significant effect on the market price of high rated bond. Variable market interest rate can not be processed because the data is constant so as not to do regression testing.


Two stability bleed system relief valves were tested in a special dynamic test facility. These poppet valves are prototypes for a stability bleed system designed for use in a YF-12 flight inlet. One valve is unshielded, while the other has a special shield to eliminate the flow effect pressures on the piston. The tests determined the size of a damping orifice to be used during wind tunnel tests of the bleed system and verified an analog simulation of the valves. The effects of initial pressure level, pressure step size, and spring rate were investigated.


Taking Beijing as a typical example for modern city, this paper analyzes the regional environment, developing necessities and establishment mode of modern logistic centers in Beijing. Distribution service is one of the modern service industries to be developed vigorously in China in the next few years. In order to offer supportive services to other industries, the traditional transportation and warehousing center has gradually developed into the modern logistic center. And also, this paper elaborates several strategies to improve the core competitiveness of modern logistic centers, such as the innovation of import and export trade functions, the innovation of warehousing and distribution management module functions, the development of logistic financing value-added services, the development of logistic consulting and e-commerce value –added services and so on.


Background : the laboratories must offer the tests to aid doctors in their clinical practice, providing them with the information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of diseases. Objective : to describe the use of tests which have been at the doctors' disposal, as well as their positivity, at the laboratories of the "Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna" General Teaching Hospital during 2016 and the first four-month period of 2017. Methods : a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out at the aforementioned laboratories and period of time. The information from the lab registers and from the department of statistics was used. The origin of the patients, the tests ordered and their positivity were analyzed. The data were processed according to descriptive statistics. Results : the greater number of tests was performed at the central laboratory (41,2 %), particularly to inpatients (42,3 %). Out of a total of 39792 samples processed at the ultra-micro-analytic system (SUMA) laboratory, the screening for HIV represented 36,8 %, the total prostate-specific antigen was 26,1 % and the hepatitis B virus was 13 %. The positivity was lower in the cases of outpatients, while at the immunology laboratory it was high, mainly in the cases of circulating immune complexes (31,2 %), ANCA (28,1 %) and ANA (23 %). Conclusions : there was a high demand for lab tests. The positivity of the tests run on outpatients was reduced. The tests of the department of immunology had a higher positivity.


The objective of this paper is to propose an approximation of Average Run Length by deriving the explicit formula for Moving Average chart when observations are from Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial distribution so called ZINB MA chart. The new formula is simple and easy to implement and use by practitioners.


Motion mapping is an intuitive method of teleoperation with a low learning curve. Our previous study investigates the physical fatigue caused by teleoperating a robot to perform general-purpose assistive tasks and this fatigue affects the operator's performance. The results from that study indicate that physical fatigue happens more in the tasks which involve more precise manipulation and steady posture maintenance. In this paper, we investigate how teleoperation assistance in terms of shared autonomy can reduce the physical workload in robot teleoperation via motion mapping. Specifically, we conduct a user study to compare the muscle effort in teleoperating a mobile humanoid robot to (1) reach and grasp an individual object and (2) collect objects in a cluttered workspace with and without an autonomous grasping function that can be triggered manually by the teleoperator. We also compare the participants' task performance, subjective user experience, and change in attitude towards the usage of teleoperation assistance in the future based on their experience using the assistance function. Our results show that: (1) teleoperation assistance like autonomous grasping can effectively reduce the physical effort, task completion time and number of errors; (2) based on their experience performing the tasks with and without assistance, the teleoperators reported that they would prefer to use automated functions for future teleoperation interfaces.


Based on ZenithOptimedia data, the growth of advertisement bussines is increasing
in the world. Internet has become a media witch has a very big contribution in the
growth of a global advertisement shopping. The most interesting online advertising
program is Google AdWords. Google AdWords is Google's advertising system in
which advertisers bid on certain keywords in order for their clickable ads to appear
in Google's search results. The advertiser must consider the historical statistics of a
keyword before using it to advertise their clickable ads in Google AdWords. The
historical statistics is average monthly searches of keyword, competition among the
advertisers, and suggested bid from Google AdWords. Google prepares a tool called
Keyword Planner that can be used to analyze a keyword. It will give a keyword
statistics and also a lot of keyword ideas according to it's relevance. The advertiser
has to choose 10 – 20 keyword which have base historical statistics among the
keyword ideas, so it will lose a lot of time and complicate them. One way that can
help the advertiser in choosing the keywords is by using decision support system
which use Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method.
Analytical Hierarchy Process is a comprehensive and structurized decision taken
method. Analytical Hierarchy Process also spreadly used in multikriteria problem
solving. There are four base criteria which used in this method. There are keyword
specification, average monthly searches, competition among the advertisers, and
suggested bid from Google AdWords.
The result of this research shows that this decision support system is able in giving
a keyword rank based on the calculation result of keyword quality witvh is suitable
with Analytical Hierarchy Process method. The testing of alpha and beta system
shows that this system successfully built as expected.


THE amount of water which highly dignified plants contain, particularly as influenced by season and condition of growth, obviously bears a more or less important relation to physiological processes incident to growth, and most conspicuously to those which embrace the movement of sap. Studies relating to the mechanical movement of sap in early spring at once suggest the question as to how far this is correlated to greater hydration of the tissues at the time when this movement is strongest. It was with a view to exhibiting this relation more clearly, that determinations of moisture in a large number of woods, representing growth of one and also of ten years, collected at different seasons, were made in i874.1 The range of seasons was not as complete as could have been desired, and no attempt was made to formulate a general law applicable to this question. With a view to extension of data in this direction, additional estimates were undertaken in i882, and it is the object of the present paper to combine all the results thus obtained, together with such other facts


Applying the first and generalized second laws of thermodynamics for a realistic process of near critical black hole formation, we derive an entropy bound, which is identical to Bekenstein's one for radiation. Relying upon this bound, we derive an absolute minimum mass $\ensuremath{\sim}0.04\sqrt{{g}_{*}}{m}_{\mathrm{Pl}}$, where ${g}_{*}$ and ${m}_{\mathrm{Pl}}$ is the effective degrees of freedom for the initial temperature and the Planck mass, respectively. Since this minimum mass coincides with the lower bound on masses of which black holes can be regarded as classical against the Hawking evaporation, the thermodynamical argument will not prohibit the formation of the smallest classical black hole. For more general situations, we derive a minimum mass, which may depend on the initial value for entropy per particle. For primordial black holes, however, we show that this minimum mass can not be much greater than the Planck mass at any formation epoch of the Universe, as long as ${g}_{*}$ is within a reasonable range. We also derive a size-independent upper bound on the entropy density of a stiff fluid in terms of the energy density.


Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of oral melatonin and oral midazolam as premedication for intravenous (IV) sedation of pediatric dental patients. Materials and Methods: This crossover, double-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on 23 uncooperative 2–6-year-olds with definitely negative behaviors according to the Frankl's scale. Each child served as their own control. The children were randomly divided into two groups: group I received 0.5mg/kg of oral melatonin one hour before IV sedation, while group II received 0.5mg/kg of oral midazolam 30 minutes before IV sedation on their first visit. Every child received the other premedication on their second visit. The degree of sedation was judged according to the Houpt scale. Physiologic parameters including blood pressure (PB), heart rate (HR), and blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) and side effects including dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and sleepiness were assessed. The parents' and the operator's satisfaction rates were scored. Data were analyzed using paired t-test and Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results: There were significant differences in sedation scores between the two sessions (P<0.05). However, there were no significant differences in alterations of physiologic parameters between the two sessions (P>0.05). Nausea and vomiting were more common during the first two hours in the midazolam group (P=0.002). Tremors were more common in the melatonin group (P=0.013). Dizziness was more evident when melatonin was used (P<0.001). The clinician and the parents were more satisfied with the results of midazolam intake (P<0.05). Conclusions: Premedication with oral midazolam in pediatric patients is superior to that with melatonin with a higher parents' and operator's satisfaction.