The use of composable abstractions allows the application of new and established algorithms to a wide range of problems while automatically inheriting the benefits of well-known performance optimisations. This work highlights the composition of the PETSc DMPlex domain topology abstraction with the Firedrake automated finite element system to create a PDE solving environment that combines expressiveness, flexibility and high performance. We describe how Firedrake utilises DMPlex to provide the indirection maps required for finite element assembly, while supporting various mesh input formats and runtime domain decomposition. In particular, we describe how DMPlex and its accompanying data structures allow the generic creation of user-defined discretisations, while utilising data layout optimisations that improve cache coherency and ensure overlapped communication during assembly computation.


Introduction: Transsphenoidal resection of pituitary tumours presents challenges for an anaesthesiologist due to haemodynamic fluctuations caused by intense nociceptive stimuli during different surgical stages. This relatively short procedure requires a smooth and rapid emergence for spontaneous airway control and assessment of surgical outcomes. Therefore, the chosen anaesthetic agent should provide effective haemodynamic control and facilitate rapid recovery. Alpha-2 agonists such as dexmedetomidine and clonidine are known to centrally decrease noradrenaline release, thus reducing sympathetic outflow. This could be particularly beneficial in minimising haemodynamic fluctuations during such surgeries. Aim: To compare the effects of preoperative clonidine and perioperative dexmedetomidine in attenuating haemodynamic responses and blood loss in patients undergoing elective Transnasal Transsphenoidal resection (TNTS) of pituitary tumours. Materials and Methods: A randomised, double-blinded study was conducted in the Department of Neuroanesthesiology at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, over a period of one year, from February 2022 to January 2023. Sixty patients of either sex, aged 18-65 years with ASA I or II, scheduled for elective TNTS pituitary surgery, were enrolled and divided into group A and group B. Group A received clonidine tablets (3 mcg/kg) 180 minutes prior to surgery, while group B received intravenous (i.v.) infusion of dexmedetomidine (1 mcg/kg/min) over 10 minutes before induction, followed by 0.5-0.7 mcg/kg/hr. Group A received a placebo of 0.9% Normal Saline (NS) (50 mL). Heart Rate (HR), Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP), Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP), and Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) were recorded at baseline, intubation, nasal pack insertion, endoscope insertion, and at various time intervals. Data obtained were analysed using unpaired sample t-test for independent groups, and Chi-square test was used for categorical data. A probability value of 0.05 was considered significant for both statistical tests. Results: The mean age of participants was 42±11 years for group A and 43±12 years for group B, with a male: female ratio of 66.6% to 33.3% in group A and 70% to 30% in group B, respectively. The mean Body Mass Index (BMI) was 26.4±3.2 in group A and 25.2±1.7 in group B. HR, SBP, and MAP decreased at various stages in group B compared to group A, and these differences were statistically significant (p-value <0.05). The study also found that the total consumption of propofol was significantly less in group B (220±38) compared to group A (282±140). Similarly, total fentanyl consumption was significantly lower in group B (5.83±1.60) than in group A (16.6±23.9). Although not statistically significant, total blood loss was also lower in group B (115±63) compared to group A (156±108). Conclusion: Intraoperative infusion of i.v. dexmedetomidine provides a reasonable choice compared to orally administered clonidine for transsphenoidal pituitary tumour resection, considering its favorable effects on haemodynamic stability and anaesthetic requirements.


Sun Pharma. Glenmark. Cadila. Orchid. Lupin. Aurobindo. Wockhardt. If you haven't heard of these generic companies, chances are good that you will in 2006. These newcomers are bound to become household names. This is the contention of Tommy Erdei, CFA, executive director, Healthcare, at ABN AMRO Corporate Finance.


Considered in this paper is the modified Camassa-Holm equation with cubic nonlinearity, which is integrable and admits the single peaked solitons and multi-peakon solutions. The short-wave limit of this equation is known as the short-pulse equation. The main investigation is the Cauchy problem of the modified Camassa-Holm equation with qualitative properties of its solutions. It is firstly shown that the equation is locally well-posed in a range of the Besov spaces. The blow-up scenario and the lower bound of the maximal time of existence are then determined. A blow-up mechanism for solutions with certain initial profiles is described in detail and nonexistence of the smooth traveling wave solutions is also demonstrated. In addition, the persistence properties of the strong solutions for the equation are obtained.


Law enforcement against criminal acts of domestic violence in the jurisdiction of the Central Kuantan Sector Police takes preventive measures, namely seeking peace or mediation to the parties by providing input and solutions to problematic parties and socializing law number 23 of 2004 concerning the elimination of domestic violence. domestic violence and repressive actions such as investigation, investigation, arrest, detention, search, confiscation, and submission of case files. Inhibiting Factors in Law Enforcement of Domestic Violence in the Police Legal Area of Central Kuantan Sector, namely Legislation Factors, Law Enforcement Factors, Facilities and Infrastructure Factors.


Fan-out embedded wafer level ball grid array (eWLB) is a very promising packaging technology with many advantages in comparison to standard Ball Grid Array Packages and leadframe based packages because of smaller size, better electrical and thermal performance, higher package interconnect density and system integration possibilities at low packaging cost. It was successfully developed for medium and large-size package. However, there is strong need to develop extra large eWLB for system integration. Compared with large eWLB, there are many challenges for extra large eWLB development. Wafer or panel level warpage, package level reliability, and board level reliability are ones of the most challenging issues. In this paper, finite element modeling was used to create design rules and optimize test vehicles based on the correlation done for medium, large-size eWLB. Two test vehicles were indentified for process development and reliability test. Recent progress in the extra large eWLB development is introduced in this paper, the results show that the design rule and process capability are reliable and ready for extra large molded embedded wafer level package for system integration needs.


We introduce the class of problems NP( \RAJ accepted by polynomial time (nondetermirustic) conjunctive random-access Turing machines (C-RATs) such machines crash when the oracle answers 'no' (the oracle is always the input structure). We show that NPc-RAT consists of all monotone problems in NP and we logically characterize this complexity class in two ways the first involves an extension of first-order logic using an operator corresponding to some problem (an approach initiated by Immerman), the second involves a restricted version of existential second-order logic (in the style of Fagin). In both logics, symbols belonging to the problem vocabulary are only allowed to occur positively. We also show that NPC.RXT possesses complete problems via monotone projection translations It had previously been shown that certain complete problems for NP (via logspace reductions) are unlikely to be complete for NP via monotone projection translations


Context: Diabetes mellitus is not a solitary sickness yet is a gathering of metabolic issue influencing countless on the planet. It is essentially described by incessant hyperglycemia because of deformities in insulin discharge or insulin activity. It is predicated that the quantity of diabetes individual on the planet could reach up to 366 million by the year 2030. Even though the instances of diabetes are expanding step by step, aside from insulin and oral hypoglycemic medications, no other method for treatment has been effectively grown up until now. Objective: In the present study, an initiative is tried to delineate the usefulness of prediction of activity spectra for substances (PASS) online software and molecular docking technique for providing new molecular ways of predicting new antidiabetic drug targets of potential phytoconstituents. Materials and Methods: In the study, important phytoconstituents having reported in vitro and in vivo antidiabetic activities have been reviewed. Among them, few phytoconstituents were selected for presenting to PASS online software. Pa and Pi value was predicted for these phytoconstituents on different antidiabetic target sites. Based on PASS prediction, five phytoconstituents were selected for molecular docking study using AutoDock Vina 4.0. Three target sites which were dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4), glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), and α glucosidase were selected for prediction of probable affinities of these 5 selected phytoconstituents. Result and Discussion: Among these five constituents, diosmin showed best binding affinity with DPP-4, GLP-1, and α glucosidase that was −10.2 kcal/mol, −8.3 kcal/mol, and −9.7kcal/mol, followed by kaempferol. Results of the present study can be utilized for designing of further in vitro and in vivo antidiabetic studies for these phytoconstituents. Conclusion: This study suggested the usefulness of these software in predicting the probable antidiabetic targets sites of potential antidiabetic phytoconstituents.


The activity of responding to learning in the classroom is one of the indicators of the success of the learning process. One aspect that is very influential on students' ability to respond during learning is self-confidence. This study aims to develop and validate a student confidence instrument in responding to learning that can be used by counselors / counseling teachers in schools and researchers in the field of counseling. The instrument developed can measure students' level of confidence in responding. This research and development study was conducted in 2015 at SMA Negeri 8 Padang. The aspects of self-confidence measured in the instrument include: believing in themselves in responding, thinking positively in responding, having an internal locus of control in responding, and daring to accept and face the rejection of others in responding based on the theory of Fatimah (2008); Lauster (2012); Goel and Agarwal (2012). The validity test uses product moment correlation with an overall item validity value of 0.441. The reliability test used the Croncbach Alpha formula with a coefficient value of 0.705. The results of this data analysis mean that the self-confidence instrument in responding can be declared valid and reliable. So that the instrument of student confidence in responding to the developed can be used by school counselors / counseling teachers and counseling researchers to be able to measure the level of student confidence in responding to learning in the classroom.


The invention discloses an anti-creep device for a locomotive. The anti-creep device comprises a support skeleton, anti-creep toothed plates, a sawtooth anti-skid moving platen, a support rib plate, a reinforcing rib plate and a mounting box, wherein the support skeleton and the anti-creep toothed plates are connected through the support rib plate, the reinforcing rib plate is arranged between the layers of the anti-creep toothed plates, the support skeleton and the mounting box are connected through a bolt, and the mounting box is connected with the chassis of the locomotive through a bolt. When two locomotives collide in a high speed, the anti-creep toothed plates are meshed with one another to provide stable interlocking between the colliding locomotives, so that collision load is directly transferred to energy absorption devices on the locomotives. Therefore, the energy absorption devices absorb a majority of impact energy, so that the safety of drivers and passengers and the integrity of main structures of locomotives are protected to the maximum extent.


Violence against women is a serious public problem and requires effective and efficient handling. This study aims to analyze the policy output analysis in handling women victims of violence in DP2KBP3A, Kediri Regency. One of the Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD) that oversees the handling of women victims of violence in Kediri Regency is DP2KBP3A Kediri Regency. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach, this research finds that the output of policies in handling women victims of violence in DP2KBP3A Kediri Regency has been effective in achieving its goals, because in evaluating program outputs, namely access, coverage, frequency, bias, service accuracy, accountability and the suitability of the program with the needs has been effective in its implementation. However, DP2KBP3A Kediri Regency still has obstacles, namely the lack of human resources, especially in financial management and the absence of a safe house shelter (House Protection) for handling women victims of violence.


With 2D IR and polarization-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy we observe a strong slowing-down of the hydrogen-bond and orientational dynamics of water near hydrophobic groups that scales with solute concentration and the size of the hydrophobic group.


SME Strategic Business Network seen as Learning Organizations : Some hypotheses based on a longitudinal analysis of Business Networks in the Swedish Wood Manufacturing Industry


The task scheduling is an important issue of grid workflow. This paper based on several existing scheduling algorithms, aims at the task characteristics of the grid workflow, and presents a heuristic scheduling algorithm and verifies the algorithm.


The business idea is to create a center of commercialization and sales of innovative consumer products for the welfare of people who have problems with the lack of oxygen. Considering the problem that exists today for the welfare of the people on the planet caused by the different emissions of toxic gases in the air and other reasons.


Alcoholics often eat nothing for days at a time, and when they do eat, their diet tends to be high in carbohydrate and low in vitamins. The alcohol adds still more carbohydrate, setting the stage for thiamine deficiency. Although nutritional diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems develop in a relatively small proportion of alcoholics, the number of patients thus affected is large, simply because alcoholism is so prevalent.


In bipartite consensus tracking (BCT) tasks for nonlinear multiagent systems (MASs), stochastic disturbances and actuator faults are regarded as essential factors that hamper effective controller formulation and tracking precision improvement. To address these difficulties, we design an improved finite-time performance function (FTPF) for a fuzzy fault-tolerant distributed cooperative control scheme to achieve finite-time robust precision BCT tasks for nonlinear MASs. The parameter selection range of the improved FTPF is relaxed, which renders systems to achieve better transient performance. Benefitting from the stochastic Lyapunov stability theory, it is shown that all signals of systems are semiglobal uniformly ultimately bounded in probability, and bipartite consensus errors can satisfy the arbitrary precision with probability in the predefined time. Finally, to verify its effectiveness, the proposed control scheme is applied to BCT tasks of a group of vehicles, which manifests anticipated control performance under various uncertainties.


The aim of this work is to analyse the radio properties of the massive and dynamical disturbed clusters Abell 1451 and Zwcl 0634.1+4750, especially focusing on the possible presence of diffuse emission. We present new GMRT 320 MHz and JVLA 1.5 GHz observations of these two clusters. We found that both Abell 1451 and Zwcl 0634.1+4750 host a radio halo with a typical spectrum ($\alpha\sim1-1.3$). Similarly to a few other cases reported in the recent literature, these radio halos are significantly fainter in radio luminosity with respect to the current radio power-mass correlations and they are smaller than classical giant radio halos. These underluminous sources might contribute to shed light on the complex mechanisms of formation and evolution of radio halos. Furthermore, we detected a candidate radio relic at large distance from the cluster center in Abell 1451 and a peculiar head tail radio galaxy in Zwcl 0634.1+4750, which might be interacting with a shock front.


The purpose of this study is to promote the status of environmental education and environmental awareness among employees in company levels. To achieve the study purpose we measured the infrastructure of companies (e.g., re-education programs and social contribution activities) and how these enhance environmental awareness to the employees. The survey was conducted by questioning 100 company employees. The questionnaire was composed of two parts : 1) environmental pollution and 2) nature conservation. The Chi-square test and one-way ANOVA was applied to compare groups. The results can be summarized as follows : First, the environmental education for employees in companies is insufficient; however, environmental education should be necessary and the employees provided with environmental education by their companies appeared to be highly satisfied (p<0.05) than groups without appropriate environmental education. Second, volunteer workers for participating environmental education programs and events are rare; however, employees who participated in volunteer efforts scored the highest in environmental awareness. Third, those that participated in environmental education programs and volunteer works


The present invention relates to equipment equipped with a mechanical (4) for making tablets, the machine includes at least one chamber (6). Equipment of the present invention, the gas released into the chamber, including means for moving the gas around the chamber.


A modified analytical Shear lag model is used for the evaluation of the interfacial shear and peeling stresses in a cracked bi-material element composed of two elastic plates from Alumina and Aluminium. The plates are bonded together by an interfacial zero thickness adhesive material and subjected to thermal loading. The "peeling" stress can be determined from the interfacial shear stress and is proportional to deflections of the thinner plate of the structure. The interface is assumed to exhibit brittle failure at a critical shear stress value. The analytical solution and results for the length of the debonding and intact zones and interfacial shear and peeling stresses considering given material properties and thermal loading are discussed and illustrated in figures for two different adhesives. KeywordsAdhesively Bonded Cracked Bi-material Structure, Thermal Loading, Interfacial Thermal Stresses.


Phorboxazole A and phorboxazole B are two potent cytostatic polyketides isolated from Phorbas marine sponge found in the Indian Ocean. Because of their excellent cytostatic activity and unprecedented structure phorboxazoles have been a very attractive target for synthetic chemists and eleven total syntheses have been reported.
A novel and efficient synthesis of the C20-C32 core fragment of phorboxazoles has been developed. Key steps were: an enantioselective aldol reaction, a diastereoselective crotylation and, a diastereoselective oxy-Michael reaction. The synthesis was 7 steps long with an overall yield of 31%. A stereodivergent oxy-Michael reaction was further investigated in a computational study and analogue study.


Organisations have implemented business intelligence (BI) applications to realise a variety of organisational benefits. However, a majority of BI application implementation projects are unsuccessful. One of the main reasons for the failure is end user resistance to adopt BI applications that their organisation chose. Therefore, it is important to understand how to facilitate individual adoption of BI application. Based on a survey collected among enterprise resource planning (ERP) system users in large to medium sized organisations, this study finds individual intention to adopt a BI application is positively influenced by their motivation to learn the BI application. In addition, the results show that the users' motivation to learn a BI application is influenced by the relative advantage of the application and situational constraints, such as requisite skills/resources and organisational learning climate. These findings provide some practical implications that can help organisations to promote the adoption rate.


Reports a study of the pattern of communication between library staff at two Nigerian university libraries: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) and Jos University (UNIJOS). Presents profiles of each library and discuss es the formal communication channels that exist at the two university libraries and which are instrumental in administrative decision making by ensuring that supervisors and decision makers get the right information needed. These include: library academic boards; library consultative committees; librarians' committees; sectional meetings; social services committees; staff general meetings; and departmental meetings. The degree to which informal information communication channels play an important role was deter mined by means of a questionnaire survey, which considered: length of ser vice ; gender distribution; number of people supervised; knowledge of library goals. Results indicated that the communication channels most frequently used in the two libraries were communication through heads of units, fol lowed by communication through the university librarian's office and staff general meetings. Further study of the process of communication via heads of units revealed that, while memo and face to face prevailed at ATBU, face to face was the main method of choice at UNIJOS. Notes the importance of the grapevine and gossip as means of communication and reports that it is unconsciously but consistently employed in both libraries. Presents a model for intraorganizational communication in university libraries, based on the findings of the study.


A 62-year-old man was incidentally found to have a massive splenomegaly during his admission for a right-sided pneumonia. A contrast-enhanced CT of the neck, thorax, abdomen and pelvis revealed a massive splenomegaly that measured 26 cm in the craniocaudal span, with no hepatomegaly, lymphadenopathy or suspicious mass. Thalassaemia screen was negative and peripheral blood film did not show any abnormal cells or spherocytes. A bone marrow examination was normal as well. Liver cirrhosis, though less likely the cause of massive splenomegaly, was excluded by a normal transient elastography.

Full blood count showed microcytic hypochromic anaemia with haemoglobin of 94 g/L. He reported neither gastrointestinal symptoms nor weight loss. Upper gastrointestinal …


Effects of nitrogen sources and rates on the dynamic of chlorophyll, plant height, leaf area index, yield and cost of yield of flue-cured tobacco were studied.Results indicated that whatever the nitrogen source was, content of chlorophyll in tobacco leaf increased as the nitrogen rates increased.Increment of chlorophyll in tobacco with ammonium nitrogen application was better than that of nitrate nitrogen. Though plant height and leaf area index of tobacco could be increased by both nitrate and ammonium nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen application was better than that of nitrate nitrogen.Irrigated and dry land tobacco had the highest yield under ammonium nitrogen application with 180 and 150 kg/hm2 treatment. And cost of dry land tobacco was highest under the 75 kg/hm2 treatment with both of nitrate and ammonium nitrogen. Cost of yield under ammonium nitrogen treatment was more than that of nitrate nitrogen in dry land tobacco by 0.34×104 yuan/hm2.


Introduction. Diseases of the cardiovascular system, which are an additional unfavourable factor for the development and progression of occupational sensorineural hearing loss (OSNHS), should be taken into account when carrying out therapeutic and preventive measures among workers of noise professions. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) in the comorbid course of OSNHS and arterial hypertension (AH). Materials and methods. Two groups of OSNHS patients in combination with AH were examined. Group 1 (128 people) received only basic drug therapy, in group 2 (126 people), TES was carried out along with basic therapy. The dynamics of treatment was assessed by daily monitoring of blood pressure (DMBP), audiological parameters, and indicators of the quality of life according to the SF-36 questionnaire. Results. As a result of treatment, in group 2 of patients receiving TES, there was a more pronounced positive dynamics of DMBP indicators and normalization of the daily blood pressure profile, an increase in the adaptive capabilities of the body from the level of "functional overstrain" to "sufficient, satisfactory adaptation" was found. TES contributed to the improvement of hearing, which was confirmed by the data of tonal threshold audiometry and optoacoustic emission, and indicators of quality of life according to the SF-36 questionnaire. Limitations. The study is limited to the study of the effectiveness of the use of TES in patients with mild and moderate OSNHS on the background of stage 1-2 AH with mild and moderate arterial hypertension. Conclusion. The results obtained give grounds to recommend the TPP methodology in a complex of therapeutic and preventive measures for OSNHS patients in combination with AH to ensure the most adequate therapy and effective prevention aimed at preserving health and longevity.


The absorption of electrons by a polycrystalline gold target depends on the energy, the angle of incidence, and the spin polarization of the primary electrons. The latter dependence is due to the spin‐orbit coupling of electrons in elastic scattering. The anisotropy in the diffuse scattering determines the gross features of the angular behavior of the spin dependent absorption which can exceed 1.5% of the primary beam intensity. Therefore a polycrystalline gold target is a simple and efficient detector for electron spin polarization.


The European project QAIST-"Quality Assurance for Solar thermal heating and cooling technologies", funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe program and by the participating countries, gathers 15 participating organizations including the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation ESTIF and major testing and research institutes in Europe. The objective of the project is to enhance the competitiveness of the European Solar thermal industry and further increase consumer confidence through improved standards and certification schemes, harmonization in testing and certification and a wide dissemination of the quality concept throughout Europe. Global harmonization in collector standards and certification is also on the QAIST agenda and has taken a large step forward through CEN/ISO cooperation and a strong European representation in the new IEA SH&C task 43.


Objective: To explore the effect of dexamethasone on the expression of NGF in the lung and the visceral sensory afferent system (C_ 7-T_ 5 spinal ganglia and the corresponding dorsal horn of the spinal cord) of asthmatic guinea pigs. Methods: The alterations of NGF expression were observed by means of immunohistochemistry and Western blot in the lung, C_ 7-T_ 5 spinal ganglia and the corresponding dorsal horn of the spinal cord of all guinea pigs. Results: The expression of NGF in the lung, C_ 7-T_ 5 spinal ganglia and the corresponding dorsal horn of the spinal cord of asthmatic guinea pigs was much higher than that of the control groups and the expression of NGF of the dexamethasone group was much lower than that of the asthmatic group. Conclusion: The present results indicate that the over-expression of NGF might be involved in the pathogenesis of the bronchial asthma, and inhibition of the expression of NGF by dexamethasone may be one of the mechanisms in the treatment of asthma.


Placebo is the second-best remedy in Homoeopathy. In the day-to-day practice certain situation arise which lead us to prescribe placebo. Beginning from the case taking when the patient is taking some medicines, to the end of the treatment when homoeopathic aggravation occurs, in all that time physician requires placebo. In the middle of the treatment process placebo is needed during homoeopathic aggravation, improvement of the case. Certain disease conditions like Artificial Chronic Disease, Pseudo Chronic Disease, Mental diseases of emotional origin, Indisposition, Hypochondriac patients demand placebo. In randomized controlled trails with homoeopathic medicines the value of placebo is unquestionable.


A growing number of scientists now argue that cactus pears can make an important contribution to economic development in arid and sub-arid lands. But others highlight instances where alien Opuntia have become serious weeds. This paper demonstrates the importance of bringing these two literatures into dialogue by exploring the complex and rather ambivalent consequences an introduced Opuntia had for Madagascar's arid deep south. While the plant came to play a key role in local agro-pastoral economies, it also appears to have become invasive and difficult for people with limited resources to control. It is possible that by the early twentieth century it was threatening local bio-diversity. The paper argues that future policy recommendations regarding Opuntia introductions need to be informed by research that takes account of both the benefits and the risks, as well as the social and cultural values which shape how local communities perceive risk and evaluate costs. Further research is required into the conditions under which cactus pears become invasive. In particular, better understandings should be developed of the impact of alien Opuntia species upon patterns of vegetation sequence in highly specialised arid land plant communities under specific social management systems, particularly swidden fallow cycles of different lengths.


Abstract In 1794, the Leipzig publisher Friedrich August Leo placed an announcement in the January edition of Journal fur Fabrik, Manufaktur und Handlung informing readers of his intention, following the Easter Book Fair, to commence publication of a Magazin fur Freunde des guten Geschmacks der bildenden und mechanischen Kunste, Manufakturen und Gewerbe. Leo outlined the content of the Magazin at some length and identified its usefulness to 'every friend, who observes with pleasure the progress of the fine and mechanical arts, the improvement of manufactures and industries, and the refinement, simplification and elevation of taste in the diverse products of the same; likewise it will not be without use for all fine and mechanical artists, manufacturers and traders'.1


The invention belongs to the technical field of medical health-care tool, and particularly relates to a health-care straw plaited futon. A manufacturing process of the health-care straw plaited futon comprises the following steps of raw material selection, traditional Chinese medicine manufacturing and futon cushion plaiting. The health-care straw plaited futon has the beneficial effects that the manufacturing of the health-care straw plaited futon is simple; the use is convenient the heath care and disease curing efficiencies are realized, so that the guarantee is brought to the health of people.


Each day we are more and more aware of the importance of the child's social development, to which teachers in kindergarten can have a major impact. I believe, that these are activities of dancing and moving, those that lead children to various interactions and influence on mutual confidence and cooperation – the social integration of children.

In the first part of the thesis I have identified and described the socialization process and the factors that have a major impact on children's social development. I have also described the importance of pre-school children in acquiring social experience and the importance of coevals and other adults in the child's social development, through a variety of movement games of confidence and cooperation. I have also described the importance of movement activities for motor development in pre-school age children, to whom teachers can have a great impact with the implementation of various activities and games.

In the empirical work I have conducted fifteen parts. Games of confidence and cooperation among children, which have an impact on social relations within the group. With these games I have tried to reach better mutual relations in the group, which should be based on respect, understanding, acceptance and equality of each other.


Electrochemical gradients established across biological membranes are fundamental in the bioenergetics of all forms of life. In bacteria, the proton motive force (PMF), the electrochemical potential associated to protons, powers an impressive array of fundamental processes, from ATP production to motility. While far from equilibrium, it has classically been considered homeostatic in time and space. Yet, recent experiments have revealed rich temporal dynamics at the single cell level and functional spatial dynamics at the scale of multicellular communities. Lateral segregation of supramolecular respiratory complexes begs the question of whether spatial heterogeneity of the PMF exists even at the single cell level. By using a light-activated proton pump as a spatially and temporally modulatable source, and the bacterial flagellar motor as a local electro-mechanical gauge, we both perturb and probe the PMF on single cells. Using global perturbations, we resolve temporal dynamics on the ms time scale and observe an asymmetrical capacitive response of the cell. Using localized perturbations, we find that the PMF is rapidly homogenized along the entire cell, faster than proton diffusion can allow. Instead, the electrical response can be explained in terms of electrotonic potential spread, as found in passive neurons and described by cable theory. This implies a global coupling between PMF sources and consumers in the bacterial membrane, excluding a sustained spatial heterogeneity while allowing for fast temporal dynamics. Significance Storing energy in the form of a proton gradient across a membrane is a fundamental feature of living systems. In mitochondria, spatial compartmentalization separates electrically distinct regions. In bacteria, it is unclear how this energy reservoir, the proton motive force, behaves at the single cell level: can it be heterogeneous in space as in mitochondria? How fast can it change in time? Using a light-driven proton pump and the flagellar motor as a local electro-mechanical gauge, we find that the bacterial proton motive force can change in a few tens of milliseconds, and that it is instantaneously homogenized along the membrane. This electrophysiological response is surprisingly similar to electrotonic voltage spread in passive neurons.


As Elissa Foster (2008) notes in her increasingly relevant and still vibrant essay "Commitment, Communication, and Contending with Heteronormativity," relationship scholars—particularly in interpersonal communication studies—are still uncertain about how to proceed in ways that generatively draw from reflexive epistemological stances, especially when it comes to ways of understanding, marking, measuring, or otherwise acknowledging sexuality. This coyness is reflected in the subject index of the most recent SAGE Handbook of Interpersonal Communication, where sex, sexuality, sexual orientation, sexual identity, or any other ostensibly sex-oriented word is notably absent (see Knapp & Daly, 2011). Diamond (in press) echoes these frustrations, noting that studies about sexuality—in terms of both identity and physical expression—are often removed from relational contexts and instead artificially placed into two areas of inquiry: studies of relationships and studies of human sexuality. Those two areas of study are largely interdisciplinary and, as such, are likely to find scholars working amid a tension between promoting themselves to their more traditionally recognized discipline (e.g., communication, psychology, sociology) and engaging larger transdisciplinary discussions about relationships and sexuality (Manning, Vlasis, Dirr, Shandy, Emerson, & De Paz, 2008). As this brief overview suggests, those who are interested in studying relationships and sexuality together face at least three challenges: (1) uncertainty about how to proceed on what many still consider new terrain; (2) scholarship paths that separate sex and sexuality from relationships; and (3) tensions that often accompany interor multidisciplinary work.


The author comments on the ASCO Top Five, a list of five commonly utilized practices in each oncology specialty for which there is no evidence to support their use.


salvage of the vessel near the mouth of the Waioli River at Hanalei Bay, Kaui'i, thus providing the wreck's location with pinpoint accuracy. And it was with such information that Johnston and his team worked against the seemingly overwhelming odds of ever finding anything remaining of the royal yacht and her contents, especially given that time, tides, tsunamis, and teredo worms – not to mention Hurricane Iniki – wreaked their collective havoc on the site. Careful investigation and planning paid off, however, and five survey seasons yielded not only a portion of the hull some 40 feet in length by ten feet in width, but also a remarkable collection of artifacts showcasing Crowninshield's investment in opulent curiosities and cutting edge technologies. Among these: clear glass deck lights, lavish interior furnishings, oak molding, anti-chafing gear (leather-encased standing rigging), and copper hull sheathing. More than a catalogue of artifacts or a glimpse into the eccentricities of George Crowninshield Jr., Johnston's tome is a primer on the mechanics of the underwater archaeology. It illumines the importance of imagination in the preparation, execution, and evaluation of field research and, among its many lessons: that exploration, survey, and excavation subsume only a small portion of what an archaeologist does; that field research will always pose more questions than can possibly be answered; that a sacrosanct hypothesis can be shattered at any moment (or in any season) by a serendipitous discovery; and, perhaps most importantly, that although archaeological research is designed and conducted by qualified professionals, project success is realised through the dedication and hard work of non-professional volunteers. Who should read Shipwrecked in Paradise? Maritime historians, nautical archaeologists, and armchair adventurers, especially those interested in what Napoleon's boots, Captain James Cook's entrails, and the first elephant in America have to do with Cleopatra's Barge, the ship whose story Johnston deems 'one of the most fascinating and bizarre in our nation's maritime heritage' (p. 1).


The project development objective of this second APL for Goias State Highway Management Project remains the same as that of the first APL, namely to increase the efficiency of the state road transport system within sustainable environmental and fiscal frameworks. This Indigenous Peoples Plan (IPP) reviews the country's legal and regulatory framework, decree no. 5.500 of 15 of October, 2001 and resolutions regarding indigenous populations, and its socioeconomic conditions, and draws the guidelines / safeguards to protect indigenous populations in and around the project, who may potentially suffer adverse impacts as a result of the project implementation. Recommendations suggest a participatory approach, which includes fostering public awareness and public consultations to ensure indigenous populations are included in the preparation, design, execution and evaluation of project activities; organize meetings with representatives of the indigenous communities, traditional (tradicionais) groups to inform them of project impacts, solicit their needs and preferences, and promote a participatory approach from the community to find solution to their grievances; when the design for a road have been selected a social assessment will be prepared in coordination with the National Indigenous Foundation (FUNAI) and Fundacao Palmares; and finally, ensure project benefits to indigenous communities are culturally appropriate and that their quality of life will be improve if not restored to pre-project standards.


Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are more common among nurses due to the tasks associated with their occupation. The aim of this study was to evaluate musculoskeletal disorders among nurses working at the Accident and Emergency Department, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi. Methods: A purposive, non-probability sampling technique was used in selecting 129 emergency nurses at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for the study. Online questionnaire was sent to the nurses via email and their responses were received via Smart Survey link. The data collected was analyzed with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 22. Results: Most of the respondents were between 29 years to 39 years of age. Females constituted 51.0% and 17.1% of the respondents had musculoskeletal disorders. The commonest anatomical region affected was lower back followed by upper back, neck and shoulder. Conclusion: Musculoskeletal disorders are common among nurses working at the Accident and Emergency Department of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.


Cable assemblies, a main body, strands, a tail part and a first cable having a cable end; anchor; And a bore, the sleeve having a first end and a second end. The first end is positioned generally adjacent the anchor, the second end is positioned remote from the anchor, the first cable end is positioned in the bore. The cured adhesive is positioned in the bore and holding the sleeve sikimyeo bonded to the cable with a rope insert at least partially positioned within the bore, the cured adhesive is at least one rope insert in a fixed position relative to the sleeve.


Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a by-product of aerobic metabolism and have been implicated in cancer, arthrosclerosis, diabetes and aging. Antioxidant enzymes, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), work to neutralize ROS and oxidative stress occurs when the antioxidant capacity of the cell is overwhelmed. Using a Drosophila mutant with defective cytoplasmic SOD function (cSOD n108 ), we are able to study the consequences of excess ROS on gene expression. Microarray experiments indicate gene expression changes associated with immune response, heat shock, detoxification, proteolysis, carbohydrate metabolism, lipid metabolism and behaviour. Behavioural and physiological assays investigated possible phenotypes predicted by changes in gene expression. We found that cSOD n108 mutants feed less yet demonstrate a remarkable resistance to starvation. In addition, cSOD n108 mutants show a reduced response to sucrose, odorants and decreased locomotor activity. These phenotypes correlate with observed gene expression changes and suggest a potentially altered energy metabolism in response to chronic oxidative stress.


OBJECTIVE To understand the drinking water quality and dynamics in the rural areas in Wuzhou. METHODS According to the types of drinking water and economic development in rural areas, 28 water sources were randomly selected. In March and August, 2009, the drinking water samples were collected, analyzed and assessed according to the standard protocol of drinking water quality test, the basic condition of the water supply was investigated in the same time. RESULTS The eligible rate of drinking water in the rural areas was 35.37%. Among all the monitoring indexes, the bacteria index ranked the lowest in terms of eligible rate, the eligible rate is 45.12%, the eligible rate of sensory index is 70.73%. CONCLUSION The rural drinking water sources in Wuzhou have a good quality. The bacteria contamination is a main influencing factor in the rural areas drinking water safety. It is need for clearing sector function, strengthen water disinfection work.


Motion blur retains some information about motion, based on which motion may be recovered from blurred images. This is a difficult problem, as the situations of motion blur can be quite complicated, such as they may be space-variant, nonlinear, and local. This paper addresses a very challenging problem: can we recover motion blindly from a single motion-blurred image? A major contribution of this paper is a new finding of an elegant motion blur constraint. Exhibiting a very similar mathematical form as the optical flow constraint, this linear constraint applies locally to pixels in the image. Therefore, a number of challenging problems can be addressed, including estimating global affine motion blur, estimating global rotational motion blur, estimating and segmenting multiple motion blur, and estimating nonparametric motion blur field. Extensive experiments on blur estimation and image deblurring on both synthesized and real data demonstrate the accuracy and general applicability of the proposed approach.


With the cities fast development, the combination between city and countryside will be a trend. Meanwhile, urban agriculture has been the trend of modern agriculture. Through defining the concept of urban agriculture, the paper analyses the sorts, features and function of urban agriculture.


Background  It has been speculated that oral hypoglycaemic agents that block K‐ATP channels could potentially increase blood pressure by blocking such channels in vascular myocytes. No information about this issue exists regarding nateglinide.


Contemporary Slovene literature from 1950 to the present has been deeply influenced, above all, by two major factors: first, its own tradition through a century-long development, and secondly, the socio-political position of literature immediately after the Second World War. As concerns tradition, it should be noted that the beginning of literature in the Slovene language coincided with the arrival of Protestantism in the sixteenth century; only sparse religious records are known from previous centuries. This literature remained within the framework of ecclesiastical needs until the late eighteenth century, similar to those found in Lithuania, Estonia or Finland. At the end of the eighteenth century, Slovene literature began to resemble the Central European literature typical of Croatia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland. This is not only evident in the same literary trends and genres, but above all in the fact that national ideology as well as social and moral ideas acquired a significant role in its concepts.


Abstract : Historically, some Southern Hemisphere Area V (130 degrees E to 170 degrees W) humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrated from Antarctic feeding sites to wintering sites off eastern Australia and the southwestern Pacific through New Zealand waters. During winter months, males appear to advertise their presence by producing lengthy, loud songs, and the presence of singing whales is a reliable indicator of a migratory route. This study describes the results of acoustic monitoring of New Zealand waters for the presence of singing humpback whales. A low-cost, off-the-shelf computer system and shareware was used.


The quality control of natural water, wastewater and other water is mainly based on the methods of sampling. In this case, the justifications for the measurements volume required for evaluating the monitored indicators with a given accuracy or for making the decisions about compliance / non-compliance of water according to the established maximum permissible concentration ( MPC ) with a given reliability are well known. However, the question about the frequency of these measurements remains open. The solution to the frequency of measurement problem given in this study is an important one because the water flow is greatly unsteady from season to season, during the month, and even in the weeks and days as a result of natural and man-made causes. This article first proposed a possible approach to the choice offrequency measurement based on the mathematical formalism of spectral analysis. An illustration of this approach as a working method of solving the above-mentioned problem is given. This calculated example along with the necessary measuring data can be generalized to analyze the changes in water pollutants of various nature (in the example, the calculation of the frequency of measurement allowed correctly identifying the weekly changes; similarly, it can be calculated for the case of the seasonal changes). Selecting the discredit interval is not an end in itself - it is necessary for solving the general problem of conformity assessment of MPC pollutants concentration. Therefore, the article is supplemented by justifying the classification of water while making a decision on its compliance to the requirements and taking into the account the degree of influence of exceeding the maximum permissible concentration, for example, due to the measurement error of estimated values of concentration. Keywords :  concentration control, the maximum allowable risk, frequency of measurements, spectrum analysis, frequency response function useful-ness, classes of water quality. (Russian) L.N. Aleksandrovskaya 1 , *O.M. Rozental' 2 1 Moscow aviation Institute (MAI), Volokolamskoe shosse, 4, Moscow, 125080, Russian Federation 2 Institute of water problems of RAS, ul. Gubkina, 3, Moscow, 125993, Russian Federation DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15826/analitika.2015.20.1.004


Among the anomalies of ophthalmology is the condition known as irido-dialysis from contusion. Anomalous, because, while well known to all ophthalmologists, described in all ophthalmic works of importance, and its discomforts fully recognized, no treatment is advised or even suggested. That treatment is unimportant in the lesser egrees of the trouble, "goes without saying;" but in cases where the separation of the periphery of the iris is one-fourth of its circumference, and the accommodation normal, as occasionally happens, the dazzling and monocular diplopia is extremely annoying. This is particularly the case when the detachment is situated at the inner, the outer, or the lower periphery. The segment of iris torn from its peripheral attachment becomes paralyzed, and later on, atrophied. Many years ago Critchett gave us the operation of iridodesis, which Stellwag, Wecker and others have modified, and the operation which I have found so successful is a yet further


3 infants aged 1–5 months reacted to penicillin treatment with hypoprothrombinemia, 2 of them with hemorrhages. In 1 case the bleeding complication was so serious that it probably helped to cause death.


The evolution towards cross-organizational collaboration and interaction patterns has led to the emergence of scalable, Web services-based composition infrastructures. The success of service-oriented architecture (SOA) was mainly influenced by the standardization of composition languages such as BPEL. However, compositions require humans to be in the loop and ways to interface with people in a service-oriented manner. In this paper, we discuss Human-Provided Services (HPS) enabling the seamless integration of human capabilities in SOA. In complex and large-scale environments, processes might span interactions among partially unknown participants residing in different organizational units. To address the problem of trusted selection of participants, we introduce a mining approach for the automatic inference of trust relations. Unlike a security-based view on trust, our approach relates to the emergence of trust across humans and services from a social perspective.


Election is an old political organization form. It is a political activity to vote popular will officer of country employments by voters according to legal system and fashion. Election system is the title of a series of rule that must be obeyed in election activity. Every country stipulate one s own election system in charter or usual practice of charter. There are special drafting law and judicial law about election in some countries.


BACKGROUND Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a recognized public health problem with the increasing burden of disability and death occurring globally. We wanted to assess the perceptions about traumatic brain injury and also find its overall awareness among preventive medicine residents. METHODS This cross-sectional study involved preventive medicine program residents of Aseer region. Participants were recruited from Oct 1 2019, to Sept 30 2019. After giving a brief explanation and taking voluntary consent, a 40 item self-reported questionnaire was administered to the participants. Data entry and statistical analysis were performed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS windows version 16.0 software. Descriptive statistics (means, standard deviations) were performed for the patient's age and overall awareness level. Three points Likert scale was used to assess the effects of brain injury, causes and preventive measures as reported by program residents. RESULTS The majority of respondents were less than thirty years of age (64.7 %) and residing in the R1 level (67.6 %). The number of male respondents was more than three times compared to female respondents. The majority of respondents had good awareness about preventive measures of brain injury (97.1 %) and causes of brain injury (67.6 %). A higher proportion of respondents were having poor awareness about the effect of brain injury (79.4 %). Overall awareness level regarding brain injury was observed to be 58.8 % among the residents. CONCLUSIONS This study projects the need to strengthen the awareness about TBIs in the preventive program residents. This will provide valuable feedback to the policymakers and the national prevention program managers. KEY WORDS Traumatic Brain Injury, Residents, Preventive Medicine Program


M manuscripts contain over twenty letters purportedly written by Plato. Thirteen of these letters form the fourth and last element in the ninth and last of the Tetralogies in the canon of Plato's works that was compiled by Thrasyllus, court astrologer to the Emperor Tiberius. Of these thirteen letters, by far the most substantial is the one that Thrasyllus placed seventh. It is equal in length to all the other twelve put together: that is to say, it is about the size of the Charmides, or of a typical tragedy. The Seventh Letter has an interest out of all proportion to its size. For it is unique among the purportedly Platonic letters in being often taken for genuine Plato; and if it is genuine, it gives us two things that we can get from none of Plato's dialogues. In the first place, the dialogues give us only the scrappiest of facts about Plato's life: he was present when Socrates was tried, offering to pay a fine on his behalf (Ap.   ;   –), but absent through illness when Socrates was executed (Phaedo   ). The Seventh Letter, by contrast, contains an ample narrative of Plato's political life from his coming of age in the late fifth century down almost to the time of his death in the middle of the fourth, and focused on his misadventures over the years in Syracuse. In the second place, the dialogues do not contain a single passage, not even a short one, where Plato speaks, in his own voice, to tell us of his philosophical beliefs. They leave us in a curious position: we have quite as much information about what philosophical thoughts Plato entertained as we have for


Objective measure techniques that provide reliable performance evaluation of speech coders is indispensable to designers, to end users when selecting telecommunication services and to providers in the designing stage of the telecommunications facilities. We introduce our objective measure technique that: (1) emulates several known features of perceptual processing of speech sounds by the human ear to map the speech power spectrum into an auditory power spectrum that is used to calculate the bark spectral distance per band (BSDB) between the input and the output coded speech signals; and (2) uses the abductive networks to estimate the speech quality from the BSDB. The results indicate that our proposed technique is reliable and robust in evaluating the coded speech quality and it is highly correlated to human responses across a wide range of quality levels and for a wide range of speech processing.


Objective : There are many treatments for Headache. We suggested the clinical effect and utilization of Rainbow Theraphy on functional headache. Methods : 1. Setting up of Groups : A Group is 29 people being used Herb remedy, acupuncture and Rainbow Theraphy, B Group is 23 people being used only Rainbow Theraphy. 2. Operation of Rainbow Theraphy : By using RP-UM103(Umax Medical, Korea), we regulated ki and stimulated important acupuncture's spots of headache. 3. We examined improvement of headache by giving marks about symptoms - occipital pain, Pressure, dyspepsia, anxiety, fatigue, attention deficiency - through interviewing before treatment and after 3 weeks' treatments. Results and Conclusions : 1. There was a significantly effect of Rainbow Theraphy on functional headache in both A Group and B Group. 2. In subjective appraisee of groups, A group is more effective than B group. 3. In doctor's last appraisee of groups, A group is more significantly improvement than B group.


Peter Styles, Member for Sanderson Minister for Business Social Media secrets exposed as part of October Business Month 11 October 2015 There is no escaping the grip of social media in the modern business environment which is why its secrets are being exposed as part of October Business Month (OBM). Day 12 of the 21st annual OBM will host a forum designed to educate Northern Territory businesses on how they can capitalise on the powerful opportunities social media offers. "There is no denying the emergence of social media in its various forms has dramatically changed the business landscape," said Minister for Business Peter Styles. "Those who don't keep up with the new wave of social media risk sinking in a competitive environment where using it as a business tool is no longer an option but a necessity. "Participants at tomorrow's forum will hear from some of Australia's social media marketing experts on how to use it as a tool to generate sales." The How To Use Social Media For Business event is free will be held at Char Restaurant from 5.15pm. This year's OBM themes include; Leadership, Finance, Marketing, Social Media, Business technology and Women in leadership. To find out how to take part in OBM visit the website at www.obm.nt.gov.au or follow OBM on facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter.


Studies of the 1987 division and 'privatisation' of the Japan National Railways Public Corporation (JNR) show increased internal and allocative efficiency. However, ten years after the winding up of JNR, the policy debate over the future of the former government railway is dominated not by these factors, nor even by the growing threat of intermodal competition, but by what appears to be essentially a book-keeping problem in the national budget accounts; the method of writing off the remains of the deficits accumulated by JNR in its loss-making years, from fiscal 1964 to 1986. The lack of decision concerning the disposal of the debt remaining on the books of the JNR Settlement Corporation is threatening the partly privatised successors of JNR with additional taxation, debt, or both. The solution of this problem is seen as essential to the completion of the 1987 restructuring of the Japanese government railways, and as an indicator of progress in the reform and deregulation not only of transport, but of the Japanese political economy as a whole. (A)


digitata L.) TUBER POWDER PREPARATION SONIA. N. S, JESSYKUTTY. P. C. & SREEKALA. G. S. Research Scholar, Department of Plantation Crops an d Spices, College of Agriculture Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala, I ndia Professor & Head, Department of Plantation Crops an d Spices, College of Agriculture Vellayani Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala, I ndia Assistant Professor, Department of Plantation Crops and Spices, College of Agriculture Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala, I ndia ABSTRACT


A simple two-node axisymmetric shell element with shallowly curved meridian assumptions and the inclusion of shear deformation and rotary inertia is presented. The principal developments include: (a) consistent resolution of the membrane and shear related excessive stiffening (locking) via anisoparametric interpolations of the displacement variables; (b) further upgrading of strain energy by means of a shear relaxation (correction) parameter. The resulting element possesses an improved condition of the stiffness matrix, increased efficiency in explicit time integration and enhanced accuracy in coarse discretizations. Comprehensive vibration examples are carried out to assess the element performance. The numerical results demonstrate a wide applicability range with respect to element slenderness and curvature properties.


ABSTRACT Power Plants worldwide are considering conversion from heavy fuel oil to Orimulsion. As a demonstration of screening analysis, the consequences of hypothetical spill scenarios of these two fuels were evaluated and compared using spill modeling. The Spill Impact Model Application SIMAP was run in stochastic mode to determine probabilities and degrees of exposure. In stochastic mode, a large number of simulations are run for a given spill site and fuel release scenario, varying the spill date and time, and thus the environmental conditions, for each run. Outputs of the model were used to (1) generate probabilities that water surface, water column, and shoreline areas would be affected by a release from the given site; (2) determine the highest exposure concentration in time and for any possible environmental condition; and (3) evaluate cumulative exposure at each location around the spill site. The stochastic modeling approach provides an objective, quantitative method for comparing the consequence...


A new method for the determination of beryllium in aluminum alloy sample was established by pre-extraction with 7-(2'-Arsenazo acid-5'-carboxylic acid) phenylazo-8-hydroxyl-quinoline-5-sulfonic acid(H2L) and determination with graphite furnace-atomic absorption spectrometry. H2L was chosen as the extraction agent to separate Al3+ and Be2+. C18-solid phase extraction was employed for the separation and enrichment of beryllium in alloy samples. The optimum experimental conditions were as following,5.0% H2L(pH=3.0),flow rate of 1.5 mL/min. elution with 2.0 mL 50% (V/V) methanol/water solution. The linear range of the method was 0.05~16 μg/L,the recovery was between 92%~108% and the detection limit was 0.025 μg/L. The method has been applied to the determination of beryllium in certified reference material and the results obtained were in good agreement with certified values,giving the RSD of 2.3%(n=5).


Thirty patients with acute pancreatitis (10 classified as severe) were treated with glucagon at an initial dose of 1 mg. intravenously followed by 1‐1‐5 mg. every 4 hours.


This study presents a full-wave solution for arrays of cylindrical-rectangular microstrip antennas, with superstrate. It uses the method of moments (MoM), with full-domain basis functions. The same set of functions is used as testing-functions resulting in a Galerkin procedure. A numerical procedure is presented allowing an efficient and numerically stable evaluation of the elements of the MoM linear system. Results for input impedance are compared to those using HFSS for a flush-mounted geometry. Results for radiation pattern, mutual impedance, and coupling coefficient S 12 are also presented. And the effects of the superstrate on those parameters are evaluated.


The 12 cranial nerves are peripheral nerves except for the olfactory and optic nerves which are central nervous system tracts. Disorders of each nerve are discussed in turn, summarising the complex anatomy and many causes. The commonest single nerve disorders are anosmia due to head injury, eye movement disorders due to microvascular ischaemia of the oculomotor or abducens nerve, trigeminal neuralgia, and Bell's facial palsy. Multiple cranial nerves may be affected simultaneously by structural lesions at key locations such as skull foramina, and various inflammatory, neoplastic or infective causes.


Calvin followed his teacher's directions to "clean off his desk and get ready for science." Although Calvin's teacher characterized him as a disengaged student, he typically followed his teacher's directions. An African -American student, Calvin struggled in school; he was performing in the bottom third of his third grade class. Calvin attended an elementary school located in a large urban district; his classroom was 75% African American. All of the students qualified for free lunch. The original reason for my observation of Calvin was to monitor a student's engagement during science class. The teacher knew my goals and willingly invited me to her science classroom. It quickly became obvious that this was an area where she needed support. The students were curious about my unexplained presence in the back of their classroom; one student asked me who I was and why I was visiting. "I'm here to find out what science class is like," I replied. "Science? We never do science!" he proclaimed loudly enough to get his friends' attention, and they readily agreed. "You're doing science today," I countered. "We are? Oh man! I hate science!" he exclaimed. "You do? Why?" I inquired. "Science is boring!" he shouted. "What things have you learned in science this year?" I asked. "Nothing!" he said. However, his classmates were able to identify a few topics from science instruction. My own experiences as a former urban elementary school teacher had prepared me for the possibility that science instruction in school is often poor. During all of my varied experiences in other teachers' science classrooms, I had rarely seen hands-on learning. I understood, but did not agree with, the reasons why learning was not hands-on. In this school district, most science supplies had to be purchased by the teacher. Therefore, many science teachers were limited to students completing worksheets rather than having them participate in handson science activities. Marks (2000) identifies several studies that corroborate my experiences that "dispirited teachers and disengaged students ['put] in their time' ... In most of these classrooms, instruction followed the transmission model and induced passivity and boredom among students" (p. 156). Science Instruction The literature has a lot to tell us about the struggles in science instruction. When teachers run out of instructional time, it seems science is the first subject to be shortened or cut from the curriculum (Schoeneberger & Russell, 1986). Teachers also don't feel they have the time to plan active science lessons (Plummer & Barrow, 1 998) . Teachers do not feel they know enough science to teach it well; they believe that handson activities create classroom management problems (Sumrall, 1997); and they have little support from administrators and colleagues (Prather, 1997). Many researchers worry that disengaged science students are disproportionately African -American boys (Darling-Hammond, 2001; Haberman, 2003; Jackson, 1999; Kaplan & Maehr, 2000) . Instead of changing our schools and classrooms to become more engaging for these students, we insist that they fit into traditional schooling. The literature on quality science instruction is full of great implications for practice; implications that unanimously call for students' active engagement. Guthrie's (1998) Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) promotes engagement through exploration and questioning; he found that students' intrinsic motivation and reading achievement was improved by the process of CORI. Two examples of CORI offered by Guthrie were to have students explore an ant hill or grow grass from seeds, and then generate questions that they wanted to further investigate regarding the concept. Similarly, Hynd, Alvermann, and Qian (1993) found that students who viewed a demonstration in science class had higher conceptual understanding than students who did not see the demonstration. …


In this review, the present techniques of in vivo nutrition monitoring in dairy cow were introduced, and some present problems and the future direction in this aspect were also indicated as well.


A field experiment was conducted at Selakui, Dehradun during 2001 to 2004 to study the effect of in situ grown live mulching with legumes viz. sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea L.), dhaincha (Sesbania aculeata Pers.) and cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.], besides weed mulching at 30 and 45 days of maize (Zea mays L.) growth on moisture conservation, crop productivity and soil properties in maize–wheat (Triticum aestivum L. emend Fiori & Paol.) cropping system. Legume mulching accumulated 1.09–1.17 t/ha dry biomass and added 27.9–31.3 kg N/ha compared with 1.31 t/ha biomass and 10.3 kg N/ha with weed mulching at 30 days; which increased further by 68.5– 74.8% when applied at 45 days. Maize productivity was 5.6–8.8% higher with legume mulching at 30 days when compared with no mulching. Soil moisture content (0–15 and 15–30 cm depth) at maize harvest increased by a magnitude of 1.63–2.91% due to live mulching, and the effect of sunnhemp was relatively more pronounced than other materials. Wheat yields increased by 13.3–14.0% due to legume mulching in previous maize following enhanced soil moisture and nutrient conservation. Mulching with weed biomass was inferior to legume mulching in both the crops. Mulching at 45 days adversely affected maize growth and yield but was more beneficial to the following wheat due to addition of greater biomass and N. The yield performance of wheat was lower when mulching with cowpea stover was done at maize harvest or wheat sowing, as well as under minimum tillage compared with conventional tillage conditions. Wheat gave 2.5–3.0 folds more net returns than maize, and the net B: C ratio of the system was >1.0 with live mulching of sunnhemp and dhaincha. There was an improvement in organic C and total N, and a decrease in bulk density with a corresponding increase in infiltration rate due to mulching at the end of 3 cropping cycles. It was concluded that live mulching with legumes in maize was beneficial for improving soil moisture conservation, productivity, profitability and soil health in rainfed maize–wheat cropping system under Doon valley conditions.


Fatty acids composition was carried out on gas chromatography,and this paper compares and analyzes the fat nutritive value fortified and fatty acid composition of donkey meat and other livestock and poultry meat.The results show that fat content of donkey meat is 5.0%,which is the lowest in mutton,pork,beef and chicken,polyunsaturated fatty acids have the content of 13.9% in the fatty acids of donkey meat,which is much higher than the polyunsaturated fatty acids of other livestock and poultry meat.This indicates that the fatty acid is good for people nutritious need.


Adaptive optics and related techniques are now routinely used in the field of astronomical observations to compensate images for turbulence induced degradations and to retrieve the telescope diffraction limited resolution. However, for ground-to-ground applications, the effects of turbulence on both passive and active systems are more severe. The environmental constraints are also more important. Nevertheless, adaptive optics issues exist. The purpose of this paper is to review the evolutions of turbulence limitations according to the observing scenario. The turbulence anisoplanatism effects are emphasized. Furthermore, potential fields of application of adaptive optics and related techniques are presented.


The paper compares of different measurement methods for the motor speed and presents tow methods with high performance but low price to measure the speed of rotor with optical encoder modules.80C196MC MCU deals with the motor speed-position of BLDCM signals to control and adjust the speed of the motor.


The ISO document of ISO/TC/190/SC3/WG11/N11 is a working draft of international standard (WD) dealing with analytical method for the determination of explosives and related compounds using high performance liquid chromatography. The scope of this WD covers the storage of samples, preparing test portion, extraction and instrumentation. The main purpose of this study was to improve the extraction conditions which were already adopted in the WD. For this purpose, mechanical shaking method could be corresponded up to 18 hours of ultrasonic bath extraction in the WD was tested. Methanol was also tested with the intention of being added as an extracting solvent other than acetonitrile in the WD. According to the results, 16 hours of mechanical shaking method showed statistically the same effectiveness as that of 18 hours of ultrasonic bath extraction. In case of extracting solvent, methanol also showed statistically the same extraction capability as acetonitrile for DNB, TNT, 2-A-DNT and 2,4-DNT. However, the recovery rate of TNB with methanol extraction was 40% higher than that of acetonitrile extraction. Through adding mechanical shaking method into committee draft (cf. the next stage draft of the WD during the process for making international standard), ISO standard of analyzing explosives and related compounds in soil would become more useful in dealing with huge number of field samples in the laboratory. In other aspect, adopting methanol as an alternative extracting solvent would be very effective in the terms of exchangeability with GC-ECD/MS method which is being developed by German experts.


The monastery of Santa Maria de Oia, located in the coast of Pontevedra's province, had since its foundation in the middle of twelfth Century a very close relation with the Portuguese territory. A considerable part of the monastery's patrimony was established in Portugal, more specifically in the Northwest frontier with Galicia and in the Estremadura region. The aim of this study is to reflect about the peripheral and frontier nature of both Oia's patrimony and the Portuguese territory in which it was situated, based on the relations between the monastery and the Portuguese Crown during the Reigns of Afonso Henriques, D. Dinis, Afonso IV and Joao I.


This paper models the rainfall rate in Durban (29° 97′S, 30°95′E), South Africa for four different rainfall classifications: drizzle, widespread, shower and thunderstorm. Twelve-months data obtained in 2009 via the Joss_Waldvogel disdrometer, gave a total of 729 independent rain events and 5,542,147 raindrops. The measured rain rate probability functions were compared with the Moupfouma model using 1-minute integration time. The maximum likelihood estimators were adopted for the parameters of two other statistical models, the lognormal and gamma models. The results show that gamma model had the closest performance for the various rain classifications under consideration.


For a wavelength converter based on a semiconductor optical amplifier and a delayed interferometer, the performance implications of the pulse width for a 10 Gb/s RZ input signal are studied experimentally and theoretically. As the pulse width increases, the wavelength converted signal exhibits an increasingly pronounced pattern effect and decrease in the Q-factor. This is caused by the gain/phase recovery time of the semiconductor optical amplifier. The experimental and theoretical results indicate that pulse widths of 15-25 ps are required in order to avoid a penalty in performance


The flow behaviour in a valveless micropump is analyzed using the Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) method. To accurately predict the working behavior of the micropump based on the fluid equations, structural equations and piezoelectric equations, the fluid-structure dynamic coupling effects should be taken into account. Accurate analysis of fluid-structure interaction of the micropump involves in electro mechanics, solid mechanics and fluid mechanics. Because of the complexity of the micropump, the analytic flow solution is impossible, and the full 3D numerical solution is extremely difficult. To overcome this, it is ideal to carry out 3D-FSI simulations to investigate the micropump in details.


T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia (T-LGLL) is a clonal proliferation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). T-LGLL mainly manifest in elderly and is associated with autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), B cell dyscrasias, non-hematologic cancers and immunodeficiency (e.g., hypogammaglobulinemia). LGL manifestations often resemble reactive immune processes leading to the dilemmas that LGLs act like CTL expansion during viral infections (for example EBV associated infectious mononucleosis).
 While studying a cohort of 246 adult patients with T-LGLL seen at Cleveland Clinic over the past 10 years, we encountered 15 cases of overt T-LGLL following transplantation of solid organs (SOT; n=8) and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT; n=7). Although early studies reported on the occurrence of LGL post-transplant, these studies focused on the analysis of oligoclonality skewed reactive CTL responses rather than frank T-LGLL. We aimed to characterize post-transplantation T-LGLL in SOT and HSCT simultaneously and compare them to a control group of 231 de novo T-LGLL (cases with no history of SOT or HSCT). To characterize an unambiguous "WHO-defined T-LGLL" we applied stringent and uniform criteria. All cases were diagnosed if 3 out of 4 criteria were fulfilled, including: 1) LGL count >500/µL in blood for more than 6 months; 2) abnormal CTLs expressing CD3, CD8 and CD57 by flow cytometry; 3) preferential usage of a TCR Vβ family by flow cytometry; 4) TCR gene rearrangement by PCR. In addition, targeted deep sequencing for STAT3 mutations was performed and charts of bone marrow biopsies were reviewed to exclude other possible conditions.
 Diagnosis was made 0.2-27 yrs post-transplantation (median: 4 yrs). At the time of T-LGLL diagnosis, relative lymphocytosis (15-91%), T lymphocytosis (49-99%) and elevated absolute LGL counts (>500 /µL; 93%) were also seen. Post-transplantation T-LGLL were significantly younger than de novo T-LGLL, (median age: 48 vs. 61 yr; P<.0001). Sixty% of post-transplantation T-LGLL patients were males. Fifteen% of patients had more cytogenetic abnormalities compared to de novo T-LGLL, had a lower absolute LGL count (median: 4.5 vs. 8.5 k/µL) and had less frequent neutropenia, thrombocytopenia and anemia (27 vs. 43%, 33 vs. 35% and 20% vs. 55%; P=.01). TCR Vb analysis identified clonal expansion of ≥1 of the Vb proteins in 60% (n=9) of the patients; the remaining 40% (n=6) of the cases had either a clonal process involving a Vb protein not tested in the panel (20%; n=3) or no clear expansion (20%; n=3). Signs of rejection were observed in 20% (n=3/15) and GvHD in 13% (n=2/15) of the patients. Post-transplantation, 27% of cases presented with neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count <1.5 x109/L; n=4), 33% with thrombocytopenia (platelet count <150 x109/L; n=5) and 25% with anemia (hemoglobin <10 g/dL; n=3). T-LGLL evolved in 10 patients (67%; 10/15) despite IST including cyclosporine (n=5), tacrolimus (n=4), mycophenolate mofetil (n=5), cyclophosphamide (n=1), anti-thymocyte globulin (n=1), and corticosteroids (n=6). Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly were seen in 13% (n=2) and 33% (n=5) of the patients. Other conditions observed were MGUS (20%; n=3) and RA (7%; n=1). Conventional cytogenetic showed normal karyotype in 89% (n=11, tested individuals 13/15). Somatic STAT3 mutations were identified in 2 patients. Sixty% of cases (n=9) were seropositive for EBV when tested at different time points after transplant. Similarly, 53% (n=8) were seropositive for CMV, of which, 5 were positive post-transplantation and 3 pre-/post-transplantation. The complexity of T-LGLL expansion post-transplantation might be due to several mechanisms including active viral infections, latent oncogenic viral reactivation and graft allo-antigenic stimulation. However, in our cohort graft rejection or GvHD was encountered in a few patients (2 allo-HSCT recipients). Autoimmune conditions were present in 50% of SOT recipients (n=4/ 8, including RA, ulcerative colitis, systemic lupus erythematosus). Some of our patients also had low immunoglobulin levels. Overt EBV (post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder) and CMV reactivation was diagnosed in only 27% (4/15) of the patients.
 In sum we report the long term follow up of a cohort of T-LGLL and emphasize the expansion of T-LGLL post-transplant highlighting the difficulty in assigning one unique origin of LGLL.

 Hill: Genentech: Consultancy, Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding; Celegene: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Kite: Consultancy, Honoraria; Abbvie: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Seattle Genetics: Consultancy, Honoraria; Amgen: Research Funding; Pharmacyclics: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Gilead: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; TG therapeutics: Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Consultancy, Honoraria. Majhail:Atara Bio: Consultancy; Mallinckrodt: Honoraria; Nkarta: Consultancy; Anthem, Inc.: Consultancy; Incyte: Consultancy. Sekeres:Syros: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Millenium: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Maciejewski:Alexion: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy.


We demonstrate passive integrated athermal (de)multiplexers showing near 0 pm/°C wavelength shift from 20 to 80 °C on 300 mm silicon photonics wafers. Wafer-scale data shows its high fabrication tolerance for next-generation optical transceiver systems.


In this paper, we introduce some spaces of double dierence sequences of fuzzy numbers defined by a sequence of modulus functions F = (fk;l). We also make an eort to study some topological properties and prove some inclusion relations between these spaces.


The measurement of water cut in crude oil is very important in crude oil quality estimate and its calculating.Introduced a kind of on-line crude oil water cut measurement system,which had the function of display and communication.It can works independently,it also can communicate with PC via RS485 network.The system is easy to use,while it has high measurement precision.Moreover,the system configuration block diagram and main procedure were also given.


NN-Dimethyl tertiary amines undergo oxidative dealkylation on anodic oxidation in aqueous alkaline solution at glassy-carbon electrode, and the major products are secondary amines and the appropriate aldehydes. On prolonged electrolysis the secondary amines produced undergo partial oxidative dealkylation to give primary amines and the appropriate aldehydes. The relative amount of dealkylation in unsymmetrical amines is predominantly governed by the acidity and the number of α-protons, but is also affected by the ease of oxidation of the radical R12NCHR2. Decarboxylation of the cation radical Me2N + CH2CO2– is involved in the anodic oxidation of NN-dimethylglycine.


Model compensation techniques using MFCC usually fail to achieve high recognition rates when SNR levels are low.To improve the performance of speaker recognition in low SNR conditions, a novel features called perceptual log area ratio(PLAR) was proposed, and PLAR is computationally efficient and yields a low-dimensional representation of speech, and these properties are found to be useful and robust to noise.Normalization compensation transformation based on the acoustic characteristic of frame likelihood probability output by Gaussian Mixture Model should be adopted for canceling the influence of variations in speech characteristics, noise and model mismatch.The theory analysis and experiment results show that in various noise conditions and low SNR, this novel method could improve the recognition ratio 12.2% and 14.9% compared with the MFCC-GMM recognizer.


Objective To investigate the change in serum level of high sensitive C-reactive protein(hs-CRP) in acute cerebrovascular disease and explore its clinical significance.Methods Serum level of hs-CRP was measured in 168 patients with acute cerebrovascular disease at two different time points:acute and recovery period(with an interval of 14 days),and 165 healthy volunteers as normal control.The relationship among serum level of hs-CRP,NIHSS,size of cerebral infarction lesions,mortality rate and risk factors for cerebrovascular disease was analyzed.Results The hs-CRP levels in patients with acute cerebrovascular disease were significantly higher in both the acute and recovery period than those in normal control group(P0.01).There were positive relation between the hs-CRP levels and the NIHSS scores,size of cerebral infarction lesions and mortality rate respectively(P0.01).There was no significant difference of hs-CRP level between cerebrovascular infarction group and intracerebral hemorrhage group(P0.05).The levels of hs-CRP were positively correlated with the serum fasting blood glucose,systolic blood pressure,triglycerides,total cholesterol,low-density lipoprotein cholesterol respectively(P0.01),and which were negatively correlated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(P0.01).Conclusion Serum hs-CRP level is closely correlate with the onset,development and prognosis of acute cerebrovascular disease.It is also correlate with the risk factors for cerebrovascular disease.And it can be regarded as an important indication for condition judgement and prognosis assessment of patients with acute cerebrovascular disease.


The arc added glow discharge ion titanizing technique was introduced.Even titanizing layer was achieved on the surface of graphite anode using this technique.The corrosion resistance of titanizing was main discussed.The concentration of titanium in the diffusion layer was studied also.Using the XRD analyzed phases in the diffusion layer.


Globalization has brought in several changes in the economy especially in the business world. The big competition induces companies to differentiate themselves amongst the peer group and create benefits to the stakeholders associated with the organization. The thrust to differentiate business entities have been striving to redefine its business practices which have evolved new perspectives wherein the focus is not to generate only the financial profits but emphasis is on value creation. The paper tries to evaluate the value creating activities of the organizations for which scores have been assigned based on the impact of the variable as value driver .A detailed review of the literature has facilitated in developing a base valuation model for all the stakeholders of the organization considering the value drivers, this suggestive model serve as a base platform which can be amended as per the requirements of business entity.


The invention relates to low in sulfate, neutral, inert, finely divided fillers (SNIFF), a process for their preparation and their use.


This work delves into the investigation of the nonlinear dynamics pertaining to the (3+1)-dimensional Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation, which describes the propagation of long-wave with dissipation and dispersion in nonlinear media. The research entails an exploration of symmetry reductions using Lie group analysis, an analysis of the dynamical system's characteristics through bifurcation phase portraits, and a study of the perturbed dynamical system's dynamic behavior through chaos theory. Chaotic behavior is identified using various tools for detecting chaos, including the Lyapunov exponent, 3D phase portrait, Poincare map, time series analysis, and an exploration of the presence of multistability in the autonomous system under different initial conditions. Additionally, the research applies the unified Riccati equation expansion method to solve the considered equation analytically and constructs the general solutions of solitary wave solutions such as trigonometric function solutions, periodic and singular soliton solutions. These solutions come with their associated constraint conditions and are demonstrated through visual representations in the form of 2D, 3D, and density plots with carefully selected parameters. Furthermore, the stability analysis of the considered equation is also discussed and shown graphically. The results of this work are relevant and have applications in describing the propagation of long-wave with dissipation and dispersion in nonlinear media.


Abstract Participants (N = 78) studied a visualization of a route through a complex building and walked that route in the real building without further assistance. Erroneous turns on the route as well as indicators of uncertainty such as hesitations were assessed. Three types of route visualizations were compared: (1) an allocentric, map-based visualization with the route indicated in floor maps, (2) an ordered sequence of pictures of decision points shown from the egocentric perspective, and (3) an animation showing a virtual walk of the route from the egocentric perspective. In addition to the experimental variation, gender differences, differences in visual-spatial abilities and differences in self-reported wayfinding strategies were considered as predictor variables. Wayfinding performance did not differ between allocentric (map) and egocentric (decision point pictures and animation) visualizations. However, wayfinding performance was better with animated than with static egocentric visualizations. Individual differences in the ability to encode visual-spatial information from the visualization played a critical role for route learning. Self-reported sense of direction related to egocentric wayfinding strategies also predicted wayfinding performance. Gender differences were attributable to differences in visual-spatial abilities and egocentric wayfinding strategies. Interactions between visualizations and individual differences were not found. It is concluded that animations of virtual walks are suitable to convey route information in complex buildings. Successful acquisition of route knowledge from maps is possible but might depend on the comprehensibility of the structure of the building.


The literature has suggested that without the implementation of support procedures, placements of children with severe disabilities in full-inclusion classrooms are often unsuccessful. This study assessed whether a support person who taught young elementary school students to use self-management procedures and then faded involvement with them would be effective in increasing these students' appropriate performance on schoolwork tasks and reducing disruptive behavior in full inclusion classrooms. The percentage of time the children engaged in appropriate performance of schoolwork tasks and disruptive behavior was recorded during in-class periods. Data were collected over a 9-month period in a multiple baseline design during the academic year. The results showed that implementation of self-management resulted in high levels of appropriate performance of schoolwork activities, negligible levels of disruptive behavior, and complete elimination of time spent in time-out. Following the intervention, both appropriate schoolwork performance and disruptive behavior exhibited by the children with severe disabilities were within the range of the typical children in the classroom.


T T The valosin-containing protein (VCP) is a ubiquitously expressed protein involved in cellular proteostasis through regulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system, endolysosomal sorting, and autophagy. 1 Dominant missense mutations in the VCP gene disrupt these processes and lead to a multisystem proteinopathy characterized by inclusion body myopathy (IBM), Paget ' s disease of bone (PDB), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) (IBMPFD). 2 The condition is phenotypically heteroge-neous, even within families, and manifests with myopathy in 90% of patients, PDB in half of patients, and FTD in one third of cases. 3 More than half of all reported VCP mutations cluster within the protein ' s N -terminal domain responsible for binding interacting partners. 4 Cases of IBMPFD have been reported among several populations, 4 but none have yet been described in French Canadians. Herein, we report a French Canadian family with IBMPFD associated with a c.466G > A (p.Gly156Ser) mutation in VCP .


Legends and traditions concerning animals can be found in every genre of Muslim literature. An analysis of this material provides an interesting insight into the study of Muslim tradition and shows the change and development of older beliefs. A number of comprehensive studies dealing with traditions about animals from various angles have been published recently.) An animal which features in many traditions, but which has never been studied, is the rooster (dlk). In the following pages an attempt to analyze this material is made, pointing out the features of the rooster's image in Muslim literature.


: The course 'Vehicle Network and Information System Maintenance' is a core professional course in the field of new energy vehicle technology and automotive electronics technology, and is also an important technology in the automotive industry. Especially with the rapid development of new energy vehicle technology, the transmission of automotive information within the vehicle and the proportion of in vehicle network technology in automotive technology are becoming increasingly high. With the continuous emergence of new car network technologies, the traditional teaching of "Car Network and Information System Maintenance" mainly introduces the theory of car networks, and through theoretical explanations, students can understand car networks. Universities with good teaching conditions will have some experiments, but the experiments are all based on simple operations. Students can only use simple buttons, handles, etc. to simulate operations or use decoders to read messages. However, there is little involvement in how messages are packaged and transmitted in numerous car controllers. In order to cope with the rapid development of car network technology, it is urgent to solve these problems. This requires reform of the course "Car Network and Information System Maintenance", designing courses and practical training that are in line with the development of car network technology to make up for the shortcomings of traditional teaching.


The surface notches samples of axle steel are made by cutting with molybdenum thread and the theory stress concentration factors of different notches are obtained by finite element method.Then the S-N curves of smooth and notched samples are acquired through rotary bending tests and the parameter change rules are studied under different stress concentration factors.It shows that the S-N curves of notched samples are lower than smooth ones on the whole,and the slopes of the left curves on the S-N curves are different also.


Ahatract-An analysis is made of the boundary layer flow of Reiner-Philippoff fluids. This work is an extension of a previous analysis by Hansen and Na [A. G. Hansen and T. Y. Na, Similarity solutions of laminar, incompressible boundary layer equations of non-Newtonian fluids. ASME 67-WA/FE-2 presented at the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, November (1967)], where the existence of similar solutions of the boundary layer equations of a class of general non-Newtonian fluids were investigated. It was found that similarity solutions exist only for the case of flow over a 90" wedge and, being similar, the solution of the non-linear boundary layer equations can be reduced to the solution of non-linear ordinary differential equations. In this paper, the more general case of the boundary layer flow of Reiner-Philippoff fluids over other body shapes will be considered. A general formulation is given which makes it possible to solve the boundary layer equations for any body shape by a finite-difference technique. As an example, the classical solution of the boundary layer flow over a flat plate, known as the Blasius solution, will be considered. Numerical results are generated for a series of values of the parameters in the Reiner-Philippoff model.


High vocational education bears the mission of training the high quality technician for socialist market economy,it is very important that the students can grasp technical ability.The student's technical ability stems from the practice,so,practice is very important.In this text,the author finds some problems existed in accounting students' practice,and this kind of practice could not attach the purpose,through researching,the author puts forward the method of the imitating practice and intuitionistic practice to improve the students' ability and also increase the students' competitive ability in employment.