Academic libraries are being reinvented: buildings, collections, personnel, organizations, a new generation of computerization - even who and where their clients are is changing. This collection of essays is by library "recreators". Richard De Genarro talks about "The Library as a State of Mind"; Clifford Lynch reveals how he is "Recomputerizing Libraries"; James Rettig describes "Buildings That Help, Not Hinder"; Esther Grassian defines "Librarian Teachers"; Ilene Rockman shares strategies for "Reaching the Remote User"; Joseph Boisse characterizes "The Truly Diverse Clientele"; and others address a spectrum of issues ranging from academic to electronic collections.


We use historical data about breathlessness in British coal miners and recent data about diabetes in Germany to illustrate a method for deriving the age-specific incidence from aggregated current status data, i.e. age-specific prevalence data. The method is centered on a differential equation, and special focus is put on maximum likelihood (ML) estimation of confidence intervals.


Photoinduced surface relief grating (SRG) formation on azopolymer films is discussed precisely using a fluid mechanics model which takes depth dependence of photoinduced driving force and velocity distribution in the film surface into account. Formulation for the SRG dynamics is derived analytically as a function of film thickness and interference wave number. The film thickness dependence of diffraction efficiency, which is observed experimentally, agrees well with the theoretical value in the entire range of film thickness. The dependence of SRG driving force on interference wave number is also discussed in terms of the experimental data using proposed model.


Scheduling in semiconductor manufacturing system is an important task for the industries faced with a large amount of resource competitions. Effective scheduling can improve the overall system performance and customer satisfaction. In this paper, a scheduling method with the core of bottleneck equipment control is designed referring to Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR) theory. In order to identify the main-bottleneck, the relative load which takes the feature of reentrance into consideration is applied. For the avoidance of local blocking, the management of sub-bottleneck is presented. As both releasing and dispatching are taken into account, a scheduling method based on the compound priority is formed. Finally, HP-24 semiconductor wafer fabrication is used as an example to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


This paper puts forward a real-time energy management model for the community Energy Internet (CEI) based on the demand side response. The community Energy Internet consists of CHP system and PV prosumers considering automatic demand response abilities. Firstly, the structure and trading mode of the CEI are introduced. Secondly, the energy management optimization model is proposed considering the stochastic characteristics of the parameters in the CEI, and the objectives consider the costs of all periods and the CVaR value in the future periods. Thirdly, a multi-scenario determination method based on probability distribution of prediction error is also proposed. In the end, the validity of the proposed model is verified from the aspects of optimizing system net load characteristic and prosumers' costs, etc., through the case study.


The cross sections for the processes: A (z A -1)+ (1s)+H(1s)→A z A + +e+H, were calculated in the classical binary-encounter approximation (BEA,), where the H + and e in H are assumed to separately collide with the ion, and in the plane-wave Born approximation (PWBA), where the contributions due to the stripping reactions by H + and e in the scattering amplitude.are superposed. The cross sections are evaluated for the processes which produce H(1s)(σ A ) and those which produce excited and ionized H(σ A ) in the final state. For ions with Z A ≥6, the BEA total cross sections, scaled with respect to Z A , agree with those (σ A +σ B ) calculated in the PWBA to within a factor of 1.1 at relative velocities less than 1.5 a.u. and within a factor of 1.5 up to 10 a.u. In the PWBA approximation, the average excitation energy for atomic hydrogen is introduced in order to evaluate σ B , while the cross section becomes independent of this energy at sufficiently high incident energies. In the BEA, such an average exc...


The paper discusses the activities of Mirislav Zanović, the leader of the pro-French political faction in the Bay of Kotor at the end of the 18th and the first years of the 19th century. This research indicates that the first reliable data on his pro-French orientation date back to the end of 1793. At that time, the general providor of Dalmatia, Alvize Marin, was warned about individuals in Boka, who were suspected of feeling sympathy towards the Revolution and its ideas. In October 1795, Mirislav tried to launch a rebellion, motivated by the ideas of brotherhood and freedom. This revolt was aimed at liberating certain areas on the border from Ottoman servitude. It was quelled, while Mirislav was kept in prison for some time, in Venice. He was released after the French conquered the city and sent to Budva to propagate the ideas of the Revolution and work to win over the local population.
The paper also discusses its position during the first Austrian (1797–1805), Russian (1806–1807) and French (1807–1813) rule in Boka. Although the Austrian authorities harbored suspicion of Mirislav, he managed to survive thanks to the influence of his father, Count Antun Zanović, who was appointed manager of Budva. Mirislav found himself in the most difficult position during the Russian rule, when he spent some time in prison. He reached the peak of his rise in the political life of Boka during the French rule, when he was appointed to certain administrative positions in Budva. After France lost all illusions about the possibility of the survival of its government in Boka, Mirislav, thanks to good relations with Bishop Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, changed sides in 1813, denying any support to France. In the years that followed, Mirislav was relegated to the background. He spent a short time in prison in Dubrovnik, after which he was released, but was placed under surveillance by the Austrian authorities for the rest of his life.


Abstract The benefits of lean manufacturing are evident in factories across the world. With a view to achieve performance improvement both the developed and developing countries are practicing lean. In this study nine garment manufacturing companies were selected as sample. A field survey with a semi-structured questionnaire, interviews and site visits were conducted to get necessary lean information from the respondent. These companies were selected purposively to ensure the best possible scenario of lean practices in Bangladesh.  The focus of this study is to investigate the improvement of manufacturing performance through lean practice in the Bangladeshi garment industry. The findings indicate that the selected companies have adopted a wide variety of lean tools and techniques and gained many performance improvements. Findings also identified the business challenges that drive the companies to practice lean as well as the areas where changes have been made. It concludes with suggestions for further work.


This paper analyze the traditional mutation operator of GAs in design idea of mutation operator,and show that the design idea has some disadvantages. That is, the design idea of mutation operator that is stochastically independent and occurs with fixed probability is not perfect. then, mutation operator based on information entropy is presented to take the place of the traditional one. The function of mutation operator based on information entropy to prevent premature convergence is also discussed. Using new mutation operator to solve the typical function optimization problem, the experimental results show that the new GAs can converge quickly and prevent the premature convergence effectively. This shows that the design idea is validity.


The method of ploidy level determination depends on the equipment, expertise of the lab or farm staff, and on the material studied (fish species, specimens' age and size, etc.). The combination of some simple techniques can be very helpful for fast, reliable and inexpensive assessment of effects of genome manipulations. Among indirect methods the nucleoli quantification seems to be the most convenient one, except that it is limited to species possessing one locus of nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) (rainbow trout as an example). Species with multilocus NORs (like brook trout) need another method, for instance sizing of erythrocytes nuclei. These techniques can be useful for identification of products resulting from new approaches in biotechnology applied to fish culture, as polyploidisation or hybridisation, for characteristics of transformation levels of organisms found in the wild or those produced due to experimental treatments.


To cite this article: du Pré MF, Samsom JN. Adaptive T‐cell responses regulating oral tolerance to protein antigen. Allergy 2011; 66: 478–490.


We present a catalog (status 2022 July 1) of triple and higher-order systems identified containing exoplanets based on data from the literature, including various analyses. We explore statistical properties of the systems with a focus on both the stars and the planets. So far, about 30 triple systems and one to three quadruple systems, including (mildly) controversial cases, have been found. The total number of planets is close to 40. All planet-hosting triple-star systems are highly hierarchic, consisting of a quasi-binary complemented by a distant stellar component, which is in orbit about the common center of mass. Furthermore, the quadruple systems are in fact pairs of close binaries ("double–doubles"), with one binary harboring a planet. For the different types of star–planet systems, we introduce a template for the classifications of planetary orbital configurations in correspondence to the hierarchy of the system and the planetary host. The data show that almost all stars are main-sequence stars, as expected. However, the stellar primaries tend to be more massive (i.e., corresponding to spectral types A, F, and G) than expected from single-star statistics, a finding also valid for stellar secondaries but less pronounced. Tertiary stellar components are almost exclusively low-mass stars of spectral type M. Almost all planets have been discovered based on either the Radial Velocity method or the Transit method. Both gas giants (the dominant type) and terrestrial planets (including super-Earths) have been identified. We anticipate the expansion of this database in the light of future planetary search missions.


A nine-month study conducted on a general medical ward of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Danville, Illinois, was designed to investigate several aspects of the pharmacist's clinical roles. The pharmacist detected and evaluated suspected adverse drug reactions (SADR) and deviations from medication administration procedures (DMAP) and maintained a log of all questions and contributions to the patient's therapy. A SADR was defined as any unintended or undesired effect of a drug. A DMAP was defined as a change from the physician's order as written on the chart. The pharmacist collected demographic data and maintained medication records on all patients. If a SADR or DMAP was detected by the pharmacist, he evaluated the event and completed the appropriate records describing the event. Eighty-six SADR were detected in 60 (35.5 percent) of the 169 hospitalized patients in the 9-month study. Discontinuation of the drug, additional treatment or hospitalization, and/or a change in the administration of the drug was required in 66 (76.7 percent of the 86 SADR. Patients experiencing SADR received a higher average number of drugs and had a longer average duration of hospitalization than the patients without SADR. Ten DMAP were detected in 4504 doses in the 6-month study, resulting in a 0.2 percent deviation rate. The wrong dose was the type of DMAP in 50 percent of the cases. There were 276 questions and contributions to patient care encountered by the pharmacist in the 5-month study. The majority were classified as therapeutic. In conclusion, the clinical pharmacist can and should be utilized in both research and service functions in the clinical setting.


Introduction: Basketball is a sport with a high heterogeneity anthropometric as playing position. Point guard is usually the lowest player but also the fastest. Guard is similar to point guard, faster and more agile than the others. Small forward has an intermediate height between the inside and outside players and it combines height with velocity. And center (pivot) has a physical role, it has the highest and more muscle mass. The aim of this study is to describe the kinanthropometric profile of male cadet "Valencia Basket Club". Material and Methods: A total of 20 male cadet basketball players were evaluated (15.35±0.59 years old). An anthropometrist level 1 took anthropometric measures according to the methodology of the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK). Body composition was calculated according to the kinanthropometry consensus of the Kinanthropometry Spanish Group (GREC), somatotype with Heath-Carter's method and adiposemuscular and cardiovascular risk index. Results: Differences in values of weight, height, skinfold and body composition from variables of sample and position were observed. Lower values were from point guard position and higher values were from center position. An increasing trend of these parameters was established in the following order: point guard, guard, small forward and center. Conclusions: The Valencia Basket Club cadet player overall somatotype is balance ectomorph. To know kinanthropometric profile may be beneficial to develop specific training and nutrition plans as well as to see evolution and characteristics for optimal performance


Significance Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD) mediated by the E3 ubiquitin ligase Hrd1 controls ER stress through clearance of misfolded proteins. However, the physiological roles—in particular, the cell- and organ-specific functions of Hrd1 ERAD—remain undefined. Here we demonstrate that Hrd1 ERAD governs a critical checkpoint of B-cell immunity via controlling the activation-induced apoptosis of B cells. At the molecular level, Hrd1 functions as an ubiquitin ligase for the death receptor CD95/Fas. Given the fact of the ubiquitous roles of Fas in cell death and the ubiquitous expression of the antiapoptotic ubiquitin ligase Hrd1, Hrd1-mediated Fas degradation is likely a common biological mechanism in regulating Fas-induced cell death. Humoral immunity involves multiple checkpoints during B-cell development, maturation, and activation. The cell death receptor CD95/Fas-mediated apoptosis plays a critical role in eliminating the unwanted activation of B cells by self-reactive antigens and in maintaining B-cell homeostasis through activation-induced B-cell death (AICD). The molecular mechanisms controlling AICD remain largely undefined. Herein, we show that the E3 ubiquitin ligase Hrd1 protected B cells from activation-induced cell death by degrading the death receptor Fas. Hrd1-null B cells exhibited high Fas expression during activation and rapidly underwent Fas-mediated apoptosis, which could be largely inhibited by FasL neutralization. Fas mutation in Hrd1 KO mice abrogated the increase in B-cell AICD. We identified Hrd1 as the first E3 ubiquitin ligase of the death receptor Fas and Hrd1-mediated Fas destruction as a molecular mechanism in regulating B-cell immunity.


This thesis deals with the crime of murder from the legal and criminological point of view, which implies a systematic work. The first part of the thesis, dealing with criminal law aspects, describes the previous legislation, but the emphasis is put on the current regulation, its division of the facts according to the circumstances of the offender's conduct. Other crimes directed against human life are briefly presented for completeness of the interpretation of crimes against life. In connection with this comparison, I have given more attention to the issue of euthanasia in the thesis, which is in many ways connected with the crime of murder in terms of current legislation and the development of insight into this issue is very interesting in the Czech Republic and other EU countries. The topic of the thesis is criminal and criminological aspects, so in the first part of the thesis I focused on individual aspects of the crime of murder in terms of its conceptual features, ie object, subject, objective side and subjective side and forms of crime in terms of developmental stages and criminal cooperation. Other circumstances that affect the assessment of the offender's conduct are related to the crime of murder, and the legal classification of the offender's conduct derives from them. In particular, they are errors and circumstances excluding illegality. The conclusion of the first part is to evaluate the current state of legislation in the area of deliberate killing, which was used by comparison with other European legal systems, namely countries with the Czech Republic neighboring. The second part, dealing with the criminological aspects of the murder crime, focuses on the perpetrators of the crime of murder, the causes of his actions, the manifestations of crime and the victims of crime. Criminology also deals with social control, ie crime prevention and repressive measures in the form of punishment for harmful conduct. In the case of preventive measures, practical examples are used for the theoretical explanation; in the treatise on repressive measures, the space was devoted mainly to the functions of individual punishments and to the evaluation of their effectiveness. For the purposes of this part of the thesis, the sources were mainly criminological researches, practical cases and statistical data published by the Czech Police.


The Bologna Declaration did not come out of the blue. It was, as you know, preceded by the 1998 Sorbonne Declaration, which in turn built on the 1997 Lisbon Recognition Convention. Today, rather than discussing recognition of exams and degrees, I shall take the Lisbon Convention as a starting point to talk about recognition of human values. The parties to this convention are conscious of the fact that the right to education is a human right, and that higher education is a cultural and scientific asset for both individuals and society. The great diversity of education systems in the European region reflects its cultural, social, political, religious, and economic diversity, an exceptional asset that should be fully respected. In this way, the Lisbon Convention clearly underlines the social and cultural dimensions of higher education in Europe. Since 1997, the convention has been ratified by thirty-two states and signed by another eleven. The ratification certainly is a manifestation of the public responsibility for higher education, a responsibility that is fundamental to educational systems in European countries. The social dimension was introduced in the Bologna Process


: In Hong Kong, media literacy education is not a new initiative. It has been developed for more than twenty years, and a major survey was conducted in 2003 to look at the reasons for, and the possibilities and challenges arising from, the development and implementation of media literacy education in Hong Kong schools (Author 2004). Now with the changes in society, the rapid advances in technology, and a universal cry for education reform, are these reasons, possibilities and challenges different? This study revisits some of the above questions to see what changes there are and the reasons behind the changes. The results indicate that the increasing significance of education reform has the most effect on the development of media literacy education in Hong Kong schools.


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The oil resource,hydrocarbon accumulation period,hydrocarbon accumulation process and hydrocarbon accumulation model for Gucheng oil field in Biyang depression were studied using the data of the seismic,geological well measurement,DST,fluid inclusion of reservoir and analysis of petroleum geochemistry.The results show that the source rocks of the upper member and lower member of Eh3 southeast depression provide oil and gas to respective formations,along southwest that is tectonic uplift direction in Gucheng oil field.There are two periods of hydrocarbon accumulation.One key period is in the end of liaozhuang group.At the end of Eh1,the source rock of the lower member of Eh3 southeast depression reached the peak of hydrocarbon generation,and hydrocarbon migrated from southeast depression into structural nose of Gucheng oil field along deltatic sand body,can form a certain scale of fossil oil accumulation.At the end of liaozhuang group,fossil oil accumulation suffered from some degree of destruction due to tectonic uplift and fault activity,and that the source rock of the upper member of Eh3 southeast depression reached the peak of hydrocarbon.Large mature hydrocarbon crossed fault along delta sand body,forming convergent stepladder type of hydrocarbon accumulation model.


The aims of this investigation were to compile evidence on substance-use-and-misuse (SUM) and to identify factors related to potential-doping-behaviour (PDB) in rugby union. The subjects were 105 rugby athletes (all males; 23.4 ± 4.1 years; 99% respondents). The variables included socio-demographic factors, SUM-data, sport-factors, knowledge-on-doping (KD), and PDB. Data showed high alcohol consumption, with more than 30% of the athletes binge drinking at least once per week. Approximately 52% of the subjects used dietary-supplementation (DS) and 23% reported PDB, whereas 55% believed that doping is present in rugby. Forward conditional logistic regression revealed that less rugby experience (OR:1.286; 95%CI:1.058–1.563; p < 0.05), less smoking (OR:2.034; 95%CI:1.100–3.760; p < 0.05), higher DS usage (OR:5.543; 95%CI:1.666–18.444; p < 0.01), and a stronger belief that doping is present in rugby (OR:0.305; 95%CI:0.066–0.638; p < 0.01) were significant predictors of PDB. The high PDB and alcohol consumption warrant a serious intervention on these problems in rugby.


An objective of the present paper is to study the surface crystallization of optical fibers made of quartz glass during the drawing process. Calculations based on the rates of fiber cooling and the crystallization process reveal formation of a cristobalite layer on the surface about 6 nm thick. The infrared reflection spectra of the quartz fibers, their pictures obtained with an electron microscope, and the thermal treatment results confirm the occurrence of a cristobalite layer on the fiber surface.


Perioperative hemodilution which includes acute normovolemic hemodilution(ANH)and acute hypervolemic hemodilution(AHH)can improve microcirculation perfusion,reduce the need for homologous blood transfusion and the accompanying incidence of tansfusion adverse reaction,which is a good blood conservation method,however,different approaches have different indications and limitations.It′s necessary to choose the right approach to get the best effect according to patients′ conditions.Here is to compare and analyze ANH and AHH on safety,effectiveness and influence to anesthesia.


As the new model and techlogogy of interdisciplines, knowledge managem ent is stimulating a series changes in the research ranges, logical system, basi c, concepts as well as the theory of management. With the experience of the dev eloped countries combined with China's reality, the level of modem management and the knowledge services of the medical libraries should be improved and enriche d constantly by the progression of science and techlogogy of the medicine. There are conditions for offering the most effective and beneficial knowledge service s to all the users who have the knowledge requirements. With the modernization of management, the digitalization of the medical libraries, the role and status of the medical libraries will also be promoted, the sustainable development of the medical libraries therefore will surely be realized.


The utility model relates to a coke reactivity and after-reaction strength test control system which is characterized by comprising a mass detection system, a computer testing and controlling system, a temperature controller, a thermoelectric couple and a gas distribution control cabinet, wherein the mass detection system is respectively connected with the computer testing and controlling system and a reactor; the computer testing and controlling system is connected with the temperature controller which is connected with the thermoelectric couple and a bisecting heating furnace; and the computer testing and controlling system is also connected with the gas distribution control cabinet. The system can be used for measuring the coke loss weight inside the reactor in real time, controls the temperature in the reactor through the bisecting heating furnace by the computer testing and controlling system in real time to lead coke to completely react according to the coke loss weight, and is more accurate in prediction of the thermal property of the coke, pollution-free and convenient for operation.


The title compound, C32H56N2, was synthesized by the reaction of terephthalaldehyde and dodecan-1-amine. The imines adopt trans conformations, with the two halves of the molecule related to each other by a centre of symmetry.


Aspartate-Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity by Ethanol Involves Tetrahydrobiopterin Among the neurotransmitter systems in the central nervous system, the glutamatergic system, particularly its N-methylD-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, is known to exhibit special sensitivity to ethanol [4]. However, chronic alcohol treatment enhances NMDA receptor-dependent neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity [1]. Czapski et al. [3] report that the inhibitory effect of ethanol on NMDA-NOS activity in hippocampal slices is not due to an alteration of NMDA receptor binding or an increase in lipid peroxidation, but to a change in binding of tetrahydrobiopterin to the NOS protein.


Ill-defined hands close to the origin were also found to possess acetylcholinesterase activity. This was corroborated by the use of specific substrates. acetyland 1)utyrylthiocholine (method derived from Koelle. 1 !6 1 ) . Kesterase. detected after elimination of other esterases by E600 ( G X 1 0 5 Jil) and PC'MK ( I O W M ) , sometimes appeared as a doiihlet. I'laninietry of the stained gel scans showed that cholinesterases (hot h types) contributed 45-55% of the total amount of dye deposited; the remainder was contrihuted by arylesterases (ca 359: , ) . carhoxylesterases (cn Iz0A)) and P-esterases (ca Xy)). Esterase 'zymogranis' obtained usiiig extracts of new-born rat brains differed markedly from the adult: carboxylesterase was virtnally absent. and the two arylesterases migrated more slowly (M,. values were 44.3 and 1 0 0 . 0 compared with 51.02 and 116 fouiid in the adult). I h t a will be presented showing species differences in the electrophoretic distribution of brain esterases. I t i s concluded that rat hrain 'zyniograins' reveal the preseiice of five different esterases. some of which are apparently present as 'isozpies'.


This study analyzed the effect of insecurity on socioeconomic development in Osun state Nigeria, from 20018 to 2019. Based on the incidents of farmers and herders conflicts with the major interest in the experience in Osun state, Nigeria. Through the application of frustration – aggression theory of John Dollard (1939). The study delved into thorough investigation of the causes, the effects of conflict and to look inward the issue of security standard of the state with the interest of providing information on the outbreak of the conflicts in Osun state. The researcher employed a descriptive method in carrying out the findings, a random sampling through the distribution of questionnaire to 65respondents; the data obtained from survewere analyzed through the uses of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. More so, the use of secondary data such as books, relevant articles, news papers and government publications in Nigeria was used, after conducted the data analysis, it was found that the conflicts between farmers and herders are stimulated by multi – causal factors due to limited resources to satisfy greater needs, reprisal attack, and shortage of pasture land couple with climate change among others. From the findings, it was revealed that farmers – herdsmen conflicts poseda disintegrated consequence on the state which affect socioeconomic development in the state. It was also revealed that trans-movement of Fulani pastorialist-herders from far north to the Osun state, Nigeria because of desertification. Therefore, the study recommended that the government at all level should constitute a forum to seeks for previous peaceful coexistence and trace for adoption.


Objective To find the best extraction technology of total cantharidin.Methods With the total cantharidin content as an indicator,the hydrochloric acid PH value,ultrasonic power and time,and chloroform consumption were selected by orthogonal design.Results With 10ml chloroform and 10ml hydrochloric acid(pH=1) as solvent,ultrasonic extraction with 400 W,40 kHz for 15min,the total cantharidin content was the highest.Conclusion This extraction technology has good reproducibility.


Based on the data of residents' income and consumption from Sichuan Statistical Yearbook and China Statistical Yearbook from 2014 to 2018, this paper makes a descriptive analysis on the current situation of residents' consumption in Sichuan Province from three aspects: income expenditure comparison, Engel coefficient and the proportion of each consumption spending. Based on the income and consumption data of urban and rural residents in Sichuan Province, the consumption structure of urban and rural residents in Sichuan Province is analysed from two aspects of marginal propensity to consume and income elasticity of demand by using the results of ELES model. At last, the paper puts forward relevant suggestions from four aspects: exploring ways to increase residents' income, reducing residents' housing cost, strengthening infrastructure construction and improving rural medical insurance coverage.


A multi-specific antibody that specifically binds to at least two different epitopes, is provided. A structural variant of a natural antibody (antibody analogs) are also provided. In addition, a multi-specific antibodies and antibody analogs having the biological activity of the predetermined range is provided. The agonist and antagonist antibodies and multi-specific antibody agonists and antagonists analogs are provided. The therapeutic and / or diagnostic agent and a multi-junction-specific antibodies and antibody analogs also are provided, which is multiplexed such agent is the lack of multi-specific antibody and compared with the antibody analogs agent and bonding in order to increase the in vivo half-life specific the antibodies and antibody analogs. In addition, the compositions are provided comprising a multi-specific antibodies and methods of antibody analogs and multi-specific antibodies and antibody analogs. A multi-specific antibody, and treatment of antibody analogs, research and diagnostic purposes are also provided.


This paper presents the method of three-phase fault arc small sample phase selection based on Gramian Angular Summation Fields (GASF) and Swin-Transformer. This method builds the low voltage three-phase arc fault data acquisition platform, collect each phase fault signal and establish the data set. To capture the correlation features of fault information and spatial information, the experimental data were transformed into two-dimensional images using GASF. Using the hierarchical construction method of Swin-Transformer, the attention computation of the model is concentrated on each divided attention map to reduce the memory footprint and the operation amount. This model was trained and tested for the dataset using the GASF feature graph. The results show that the accuracy is 98.75% in low voltage three-phase fault.


A contribution to the Journal by Conrad P. Straub, San. Engr., U.S. Public Health Service, Roy J. Morton, Leader, Radioactive Waste Disposal Research and Development Section, and Oliver R. Placak, Senior Scientist, U.S. Public Health Service, all serving with the Health Physics Div., Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge, Tenn. The work described in this report was performed under Contract No. W-7405Eng-26 for the Atomic Energy Commission.


We present a dependence model based on which an efficient slicing algorithm is applied to compute forward slices for impact analysis and for regression test selection. The dependence model not only captures control and data dependence relationships, but also depicts dependence between components and their execution contexts. The model is constructed in a hierarchical fashion, from inter-statement to inter-component level, where at each level detailed dependence relationships are analyzed, then summarized information is published for the next level of composition. With this model, our slicing algorithm identifies all the affected elements that can be utilized to effectively select regression test cases. The analysis shows that our approach is more efficient than the existing approaches in terms of the execution time and the space requirements. And the promising results of regression testing obtained from the case study demonstrate the great potential of our technique in effective maintenance of complex component-based systems.


This study investigated the production of Β-Galactosidase (Β-gal) by Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis Bb12 and Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus ATCC 11842 in whey and the effect of four different extraction methods i.e. sonication, acetone-toluene, SDS-chloroform and lysozyme-EDTA treatment on enzyme activity from these organisms. Both organisms were grown in deproteinised whey containing yeast extract (3.0 g/L), peptone (5.0 g/L) and glucose (10.0 g/L) for 18 h, at 37°C for B. animalis ssp. lactis Bb12 and at 45°C for L. delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus ATCC 11842. The optimum intracelluar β-gal activity on 15 mM o-nitrophenyl Β-D-galactopyranoside (ONPG) assay was at pH 6.8 for both organisms irrespective of the method of extraction used. Also, the effect of temperature on enzyme activity was studied at various temperatures (30, 35, 40, 45, and 50°C). At35°C and 40°C, B. animalis ssp. lactis Bb12 exhibited more intracellular β-gal activity extracted by sonication than other temperatures and methods. However, L. delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus ATCC 11842 showed more intracellular β-gal activity at 35°C and 45°C when extracted by lysozyme-EDTA treatment. Among the four methods used for β-gal extraction, sonication gave the best result (6.80 Unit/mL) for B. animalis ssp. lactis Bb12 while lysozyme-EDTA treatment was found to be the best (7.77 Unit/mL) for L. delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus ATCC 11842.


The surface temperature field model of hot filament chemical vapor deposition (HF CVD) diamond films on WC–Co alloys was constructed and calculated by taking into account the influences of both thermal source properties and physical properties of substrates. Under the certain conditions of some parameters, the effects of the influence factors such as the maximum specific heat flux (qm), the heat conductivity coefficient (λ) of the substrate and the substrate height (h) on the surface temperature field were exhibited quickly and clearly by the computer modeling. The theoretical calculating data are close to the experimental results. It is found that the influences of the thermal source parameter, the substrate height, and the heat conductivity coefficient of the substrate materials on the surface temperature field of diamond films on WC–Co alloys are almost equally important.


Ward's recent volume on the entwining of belief and perception, while not being an explicitly theological monograph, nonetheless evinces a subtle texture that displays his continuing fidelity to certain aspects of Radical Orthodoxy's vision. (Ward, Graham 2013. Unbelievable: Why We Believe and Why We Don't. London and New York: I. B. Tauris; ISBN: 971780767352) This can be seen in its interdisciplinary focus and its rejection of dualistic philosophies (including the supposed divisions between the sacred and the secular, nature and grace, transcendence and immanence, visibility and invisibility). He argues for the ultimate 'fittingness' between mind and world, thereby rejecting any representationalist account of this relation. Viewing the practices of belief within a re-telling of evolutionary history and phenomenological accounts of perception, Ward seeks to show the pervasiveness of dispositional beliefs within all worldly interactions. Consequentially, 'belief' cannot therefore be relegated to an epiphenomenal or lesser form of knowing, since all seeing is a seeing-as, with the result being that it is imbued with the valences of affect and valuation. Religious faith then is simply a deepening of the logic that is already present within ordinary modes of finite engagement, and therefore should not be seen as an 'unnatural' intervention within the realm of human culture. Overall then, this work can be summarized as an apologetic for the rationality of belief in our 'secularized' societies, and furthermore, for the constitutive role of belief and faith for sensibility as such.


Herein, we describe a lattice-matching algorithm, adopted from the unimodular matrix coincident-site lattice approach, that can be used for determining the low-energy orientation(s) for a macromolecular chain (polymer, polypeptide) that adsorbs directly onto a well-defined periodic surface, such as an exposed inorganic crystal surface or an oriented organic film. The program, CHASM (for chain alignment on the surface of materials), utilizes transformation (S), rotation (R), and deformation (D) matrix operations to generate angular-dependent lattice overlap patterns for the two components. From the coincidence pattern generated from lattice overlap at a given angle of rotation, CHASM determines either the periodicity (N') or a dislocation energy parameter (P), both of which are measurements of the stability of a given interface. In this report, we benchmark the CHASM algorithm against STM and X-ray diffraction data obtained for oriented polyethers, polyamides, poly(caprolactone), and lysozyme adsorbed onto...


Diffractive optics such as holographic optical elements (HOEs) can provide transparent and narrow band components with arbitrary incident and diffracted angles for near‐to‐eye commercial electronic products for augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and smart glass applications. In this paper, we will summarize the operational parameters and general optical geometries relevant for near‐to‐eye displays, the holographic substrates available for these applications, and their performance characteristics and ease of manufacture. We will compare the holographic substrates available in terms of fabrication, manufacturability, and end‐user performance characteristics. Luminit is currently emplacing the manufacturing capacity to serve this market, and this paper will discuss the capabilities and limitations of this unique facility.


The halal food market is currently worth an estimated 16% of the total global food industry with Asia, Africa and Europe accounting for 63%, 24% and 10% respectively. A growing Muslim population, as well as growing economic development and disposable income in Muslim countries, are considered to be the main drivers of halal growth, while halal has become the world's biggest brand (in Farouk, 2013). Worldwide the number of Muslims has been calculated as 1.62 billion, representing 23.4% of an estimated 2010 world population of 6.9 billion. Europe's Muslim population is currently estimated at 44.1 million Muslims, ca. 2.7 % of its total population and is younger and growing faster, as a whole, at a rate of 1.8% per year (in van der Spiegel, 2012).


The Decision of the CCPCC about the Major Issues of Rural Reform and Development has started a new land revolution which will be of great significance to the development of China's agricultural modernization.Based on the theory of multiple streams and the analysis of the internal mechanism of the policy,this paper proves the rationality for the policy to be set the agenda,and reveals the lessons that can be drawn from the experience of making public policies so as to perfect the processes and frameworks of public decision-making.


What happened? In legal cases, one of the pressing questions is always "What happened?", and the authoritative version of the event is constructed during the judicial process of negotiations and questioning. Such an officially established version of the event can form the basis for the judge or intermediary party to evaluate the behavior of the concerned parties either as normal, that is, according to the norms, or as deviant, transgressing the rules of social order or law, but it can also b...


'By 1990-according to present plans-nearly three million people will be living in New Towns in England and Wales. Typical newcomers to New Towns are young marrieds, cut off from their families and friends, open to new approaches-and yet home· centred and drawn largely from sections of the community long alienated from the churches.' So runs the publishers' blurb on this report.* It was concern in respect of the problems created by centralised planning of New Towns and for the establishment of evangelical witness therein, expressed at the National Assembly of Evangelicals in October 1968, that led to the formation of this study group. It could be argued that Evangelicals as a body were twenty-five years late in facing the situation. New Towns were being planned from the War onwards, and over half a million people and their dependants have migrated to them. By nature of their general conservative approach, Evangelicals as a whole are slow to respond to changes in society. But many New Towns still face considerable expansion and others, notably the biggest of all planned for Central Lancashire, are yet at the drawing-board stage. So, 'better late than never' may be the verdict, if an Evangelical strategy can now emerge. The report, however, apparently needs to argue the case for long-term planning with a section of the Evangelical constituency who see it as inconsistent with a genuinely spiritual attitude-a reminder here of how diverse is the approach to spirituality among Evangelicals. Mention of an Evangelical strategy poses the fundamental problem for Anglican Evangelicals, but more of that later. Considerable factual and practical help is now available in the report for those involved in New Towns, or new housing areas in old towns or cities. Some of the findings are already common knowledge. 'The newcomers


Within the context of Robotic Minimally Invasive Surgery (R-MIS), we propose a novel linear model predictive controller formulation for the coordination of multiple autonomous robotic arms. The controller is synthesized by formulating a linear approximation of non-linear constraints, which allows the controller to be both computationally faster and better performing due to the increased prediction horizon allowed within the real-time control requirements for the proposed surgical application. The solution is validated under the expected constraints of a surgical scenario in which multiple laparoscopic tools must move and coordinate in a shared environment.


In the perspective of ontology,the mathematical realism has experienced complex historical evolution.The Platonism and Neo-Kantianism once attracted many mathematicians.After the middle of the 20th century,the physicalism about mathematical reality put forward by Quine and Putnam and Godel's Neo-Platonism have a lot of followers.At the end of the 20th century,Maddy and Dummitt express their understandings with regard to mathematical reality.The diversiform theoretical insights,variations and complicated interactions met with in dealing with mathematical realism problems reveal the difficulty in doing so.


Objective: All surgeons should inform the patients about complications and also their clinic's complication rates of cochlear implantation (CI). We aimed to review the complications of CI in 1,148 pediatric and adult patients. Methods: It is a retrospective case review study enrolled in a tertiary referral center in Istanbul where CI was mostly performed. A total of 1,148 pediatric and adult CIs (unilateral or bilateral CI and revision surgery) performed by the same experienced surgeon in our institution were examined. Complications were noted as major and minor. Results: The mean age of first CI of 702 children and 157 adult patients was 10.2 years (1–75 years). The overall complication rate was 13.68%, comprising 8.28% of minor and 5.4% of major complications. Swelling (wound seroma or hematoma) was the most common minor complication. The most common cause of major complications was related to implanted devices. Despite the high rates of minor complications in children, there was no statistically significant difference between children and adults (p = 0,194). Conclusions: Our clinic has a low major complication rate. Surgeons should be aware of postoperative complications, apply appropriate procedures, and inform patients about their surgical complication rates.


The main topics and approaches touched on in this paper focus on the combination of software engineering with artificial intelligence into the CASE environment, and building a CASE environment model based on representation. There are two points we emphasize: (1) requirements analysis as a crucial phase, and (2) mapping most software-intermediate products into kernel representation forms based on a representational schema, which gives the developer the opportunity to generate these products automatically. At present, we have finished the preliminary work and have applied these techniques to a prototype system to support the development of large-scale mechanical CAD software.<<ETX>>


On the basis of communication-closed layers of a distributed program, the author suggests the use of a communication-closed layer as the syndicate unit for dynamically detecting and recovering from violations of safety properties as defined by the static portions of the specifications. A fault-tolerant layer is composed of several communication-closed layers known as alternate layers, each of which would provide the same consensus function; thus, if a layer violates some safety property, it is known exactly where to perform a rollback and switch an alternate layer. An approach called the intermediate processes scheme is also presented. The intermediate buffer processes are utilized to provide both the asynchronous computation among application processes and error recovery for their dedicating application process. The intermediate regional testers were utilized to form a hierarchy of distributed software systems and to detect most of the consensus errors within regions.<<ETX>>


Objective:
To assess quality of communication in acute neurological emergencies and define domains for improvement
Background:
Communication is of central concern in healthcare. However, evidence shows it is often poorly addressed during rapid health changes and clinical uncertainty. Acute neurological emergencies pose an inherently unique challenge as patients often cannot communicate, and families have no time to process the neurological debilitation or comfortably express patients' wishes about quality of life. Also, multiple providers involved may convey different sentiments behind their assessment of neurological recovery, which may affect families' medical decisions and lead to therapeutic nihilism. While emerging critical care studies have addressed communication gaps and strategies to improve them, no similar studies exist for acute neurological emergencies.
Methods:
ONGOING IRB-approved prospective observational study in a 22-bed Neuro ICU. All admitted patients and involved clinical providers were screened for inclusion. A neutral observer directly observed provider-family discussions. After each encounter, all participants completed surveys consisting of Likert-scale and open-ended questions to assess satisfaction, understanding of treatment options, impact on healthcare decisions, and ways to improve communication. Results were only seen by study staff to analyze concordance. A difference of ≥2 points was considered disagreement and ≤1 point was considered agreement
Results:Currently, five patients have been enrolled. Preliminary results show agreement between all participants for satisfaction and understanding of treatment options. Some disagreement was noted for impact on healthcare decisions. Characteristics of good communication included opportunities to ask questions, demeanour, and explaining radiographic images. Domains needing improvement included explanations of medical circumstances and the need for a private room
Conclusions:
While definitive conclusions are limited by small sample size and discussions occurring only on weekdays, we observed general satisfaction with communication. Further enrollment will elucidate any areas of improvement and the impact of communication on healthcare decisions Disclosure: Dr. Dixon has nothing to disclose. Dr. Canzona has nothing to disclose. Dr. Hyde has nothing to disclose. Dr. Guzik has nothing to disclose. Dr. Wolfe has nothing to disclose. Dr. Wilson has nothing to disclose. Dr. Bushnell has nothing to disclose. Dr. Sarwal has nothing to disclose.


The chapter presents an alignment framework and an associated representation framework for information systems (IS) architecture management. The alignment framewfork supports identification of high-level longer-term principles for evolution of IS architectures. The fundamental idea of the alignment framework is to generate alternative future IS architectures by grouping IS-architecture phenomena into IS-architecture areas in different ways. The representation framework supports the creation of IS-architecture models that can support IS-architecture alignment and other IS-architecture management tasks. In addition, the representation framework is a conceptual model for thinking about IS-architectures. Together, the alignment and representation frameworks constitute an early theory of IS architectures and IS-architecture work. They are part of a comprehensive methodology that results from several years of case and theory studies, tool development, industrial projects and consulting.


The invention relates to a novel permanent magnetic synchronous motor, which is mainly applied to high-energy-consumption industries such as iron and steel, electrical power, petrochemical engineering, machinery and the like. The novel permanent magnetic synchronous motor mainly comprises a stator and a rotor assembly, wherein the rotor assembly comprises a rotating shaft, an inner lining sleeve is fixedly connected in the middle part of the rotating shaft through a flat key, the outer side of the inner lining sleeve is fixedly connected with permanent magnet steel and a rotor block, the rotor block is divided into a plurality of blocks which are fixedly connected with the inner lining sleeve through fastening connecting elements, gaps are arranged between the rotor block cutting blocks divided by the rotor block, permanent magnetic steel is fixedly embedded in the gaps, the permanent magnetic steel can be set into four blocks, six blocks or eight blocks according to the step number of the motor, and the fastening connecting elements can adopt screw bolts and splayed pins. The novel permanent magnetic synchronous motor uses permanent magnets for replacing electric magnetic excitation magnetic poles, realizes the brushless structure, reduces the size of a rotor, omits a magnetic excitation DC power supply, and greatly improves the efficiency of the motor, and the power factor of the novel permanent magnetic synchronous motor is greatly higher than the power factor of an asynchronous motor.


At the heart of any method for computational fluid dynamics lies the question of how the simulated fluid should be discretized. Traditionally, a fixed Eulerian mesh is often employed for this purpose, which in modern schemes may also be adaptively refined during a calculation. Particle-based methods on the other hand discretize the mass instead of the volume, yielding an approximately Lagrangian approach. It is also possible to achieve Lagrangian behavior in mesh-based methods if the mesh is allowed to move with the flow. However, such approaches have often been fraught with substantial problems related to the development of irregularity in the mesh topology. Here we describe a novel scheme that eliminates these weaknesses. It is based on a moving unstructured mesh defined by the Voronoi tessellation of a set of discrete points. The mesh is used to solve the hyperbolic conservation laws of ideal hydrodynamics with a finite volume approach, based on a second-order Godunov scheme with an exact Riemann solver. A particularly powerful feature of the approach is that the mesh-generating points can in principle be moved arbitrarily. If they are given the velocity of the local flow, a highly accurate Lagrangian formulation of continuum hydrodynamics is obtained that is free of mesh distortion problems, while it is at the same time fully Galilean-invariant, unlike ordinary Eulerian codes. We describe the formulation and implementation of our new Voronoi-based hydrodynamics, and we discuss a number of illustrative test problems that highlight its performance in practical applications.


The present invention arose at idle when the abnormal operation, such as that relating to the incoming output apparatus of the air circuit breaker, more particularly to a disconnect (Disconnect), test (Test), connect (Connect) located in the take-off, superphosphate mouth occurs to the circuit breaker body and it is to be accurately stopped at the predetermined position, to a lead-output device for the air circuit breaker so as to prevent damage to the breaker and cradle. Incoming output apparatus of the air circuit breaker in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the air circuit breaker including a worm wheel which is provided on one side of the drive shaft, the drive shaft is through installed at the first and second side plate of the cradle, said cradle accommodating the circuit breaker main body of the lead in the output device, the first, second and third plate, which is installed to be spaced apart from each other in the first side plate; A main shaft to which the first, is disposed rotatably on the second plate, a portion of the outer peripheral surface portion of the worm gear to rotate the worm wheel is formed; An inner clutch which is provided at the front end portion of the main shaft; The first being rotatably installed in the third plate, the front shaft coupled to the main shaft in the same axial line; Is provided slidably in said front shaft, the outer clutch which can be engaged or separated in the inner clutch; is configured to include a.


【Objective】 To investigate the relationship between nitrogen concentration in the subtending leaf of cotton boll and fiber quality indices,and to provide theoretical basis for monitoring nitrogen status in fiber quality formation of bolls with different anthesis dates.【Method】 Field experiments were carried out in Nanjing(118o50'E,32o02'N) and Xuzhou(117°11'E,34°15'N),representing different ecological conditions in the middle lower reaches of Yangtze River Valley and the Yellow River Valley in China.Two cotton cultivars and three nitrogen application levels were applied.The three N levels were 0,240 and 480 kgN·ha-1,representing low,medium and high nitrogen level,respectively,and the two cultivars were KC-1 and AC-33B with different fiber quality indices.Responses of LMA(leaf mass per unit leaf area) and nitrogen concentration(NM,nitrogen content per unit leaf mass;NA,nitrogen content per unit leaf area) in the subtending leaf of cotton boll to nitrogen application levels were studied,and the relationships between nitrogen concentration and fiber quality indices were firstly groped.【Result】(1) NA in the subtending leaf of cotton boll contained both the information of LMA and NM,possessed the special sensitive characteristic in response to nitrogen application levels and anthesis dates.It can reflect the increasing trends with anthesis date postponing and significant difference in nitrogen treatments.(2) With the average values of NA increasing,the changing trends of pivotal quality indices(length,strength,micronaire and uniformity) of cotton fiber according with the curve of parabola with peak value.(3) With anthesis date,postponing,the difference of NA between low-nitrogen and medium-nitrogen treatments enlarged gradually,on the contrary,the difference between high-nitrogen and medium-nitrogen treatments diminished gradually,fiber strength and micronaire also showed similartrends between corresponding nitrogen treatments.【Conclusion】 NA in the subtending leaf of cotton boll is tightly related to fiber quality indices formation.As the corresponding relationships between NA and fiber indices are not affected by cotton varieties and ecological sites,it is proposed that NA in the subtending leaf of cotton boll could be used as a practical physiologic index for timely monitoring nitrogen status for fiber quality in the future.


The current methodological approach for developing sustainable biofuel processes and supply chains is flawed. Life cycle principles are often retrospectively incorporated in the design phase resulting in incremental environmental improvement rather than selection of fuel pathways that minimize environmental impacts across the life cycle. Further, designing sustainable biofuel supply chains requires joint consideration of economic, environmental, and social factors that span multiple spatial and temporal scales. However, traditional life cycle assessment (LCA) ignores economic aspects and the role of ecological goods and services in supply chains, and hence is limited in its ability for guiding decision-making among alternatives—often resulting in sub-optimal solutions. Simultaneously incorporating economic and environment objectives in the design and optimization of emerging biofuel supply chains requires a radical new paradigm. This work discusses key research opportunities and challenges in the design of emerging biofuel supply chains and provides a high-level overview of the current "state of the art" in environmental sustainability assessment of biofuel production. Additionally, a bibliometric analysis of over 20,000 biofuel research articles from 2000-to-present is performed to identify active topical areas of research in the biofuel literature, quantify the relative strength of connections between various biofuels research domains, and determine any potential research gaps.


establishment, development, and structure of nests; feeding and foraging; population dynamics; social structure within colonies; castes; parasites, predators, and commensals; economic importance; and social wasp evolution. Spradbery's review of the literature is world wide, but the book is slanted toward the British vespoid fauna. This probably explains the scant attention to the Masaridae which do not occur in the British Isles. For his British audience Spradbery offers charts showing flight periods of their species, and tables showing nesting habits of eumenids and prey of the social wasps. An appendix includes, among other things, a section on the taxonomy of the British fauna, including keys for identification, and distribution maps for each species.


In this paper,we introduced infeasible-interior-point algorithm in section 1.In section 2,we presented a modified algorithm for Kojima-Megiddo-Mizuno,this new algorithm is convergent with.Then we proved the convergence of this new algorithm.The most significant difference between this new algorithm and other algorithms is in that we can proved the primal-dual programming convergence even if there is a solution of LP.In the last section,we compared this new algorithm with the algorithm of Ye's central-path algorithm,the result shows that this new algorithm is better than Ye's central-path algorithm.


The invention belongs to the technical field of medicine, and discloses a pharmaceutical composition with effects of supplying calcium and zinc. The pharmaceutical composition contains calcium gluconate, zinc gluconate, L-lysine hydrochloride and L-lactic acid, wherein the content of impurity valine in the L-lysine hydrochloride is smaller than or equal to 0.20%; and the content of impurity DL-lactic acid in the L-lactic acid is smaller than or equal to 0.50%. Researches show that the impurity tyrosine content in the L-lysine hydrochloride and the impurity DL-lactic acid content in the L-lactic acid directly affect the quality of calcium gluconate zinc preparation.


The UK is one of those countries that first introduced entrepreneurship education.The universities in the UK adopt pragmatic approaches of entrepreneurship practice education,opportunity-oriented entrepreneurship education courses with rich features,and differentiation in specialized talent cultivation models.Based on the experience of UK universities,China's universities should provide pragmatic and effective entrepreneurship practice education to their undergraduates,promote reform on opportunity-oriented entrepreneurship education programs,introduce specialized entrepreneurship education in different levels of degree courses,and design talent cultivation models and course systems with more global perspective.


Background: In Japan, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) became covered by the National Health Insurance (NHI) in 2019. While the usefulness of rTMS for TRD has been established, the cost-effectiveness of rTMS versus antidepressants has not been thoroughly analyzed in Japan. This study aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of rTMS for TRD under the NHI system. Methods: Cost-effectiveness of rTMS versus antidepressants was analyzed using a microsimulation model to compare the direct costs and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) in patients with moderate to severe depression who had failed one or more antidepressants over their lifetime. Model inputs of clinical parameters and the utility were derived from published literature. Cost parameters were estimated from the Japanese Claim Database. In addition, the robustness of the analysis results was evaluated using sensitivity analysis and scenario analysis. Results: The analysis estimated that rTMS increased effectiveness by 0.101QALYs and total cost by {yen}94,370 ($689) compared with antidepressant medications. As a result, the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of rTMS was estimated to be {yen}935,984 ($6,832)/QALY. In the sensitivity and scenario analyses, ICER did not exceed {yen}5 million ($36,496)/QALY as the reference value of the Japanese public cost-effectiveness evaluation system. Limitations: For the portion of the rTMS for which data were not available under the NHI system in Japan, foreign data and estimates were extrapolated. Conclusions: rTMS showed the potential to be a cost-effective treatment strategy for TRD compared with antidepressants under the NHI system in Japan.


The resonant-wavelength trimming of integrated-optic microring filters using oxygen plasma treatment is demonstrated. By adjusting treatment parameters, the resonant wavelength can be effectively tuned in the range of 8.9 nm.


So !ong ago as 1913, in a post-mortem investigation upon the blood of a fatal case of haemorrhagic disease Whipple' found complete absence of prothrombin. For many years this observation was neglected, but with greater understanding of the mechanism of blood coagulation and with the recent development of methods of prothrombin estimation by the use of venous and capillary blood (Quick: Warner,3 Kato4 and others), it has been confirmed by several workers (Brinkhous" et al. and others) and has been extended in that some degree of hypoprothrombinaemia has been shown to be the rule in the new-born infant. When this becomes extreme, blood clotting is abnormally slow and persistent liaemorrhage results. Cure of this prothrombin deficiency by administration of vitamin K or vitamin K-analogues to the child and its prevention by giving the preparation to the labouring mother have both been clearly demonstrated (Shettles" a! al., Macpherson' et d.), but the possible origin of the condition has been given scant attention. Some years before the importance of prothrombin in relation to certain of the haemorrhagic states was recognized, Kugelmasss reported the successful prophylaxis of haemorrhagic disease of the new-born by careful supervision of the diet during one pregnancy and the recurrence of the condition after the next pregnancy in which such supervision had been refused. More recently, Kato and P ~ n c h e r , ~ though they made no direct study of the dietary habit of their patients, drew attention to the fact that most of them were from families of a low social stratum. Most investigators, however, have been influenced by the elucidation of the circumstances which promote prothrombin deficiency experimentally


Many concurrent variables appear to influence people when they interact anonymously, either face-to-face (F2F) or in computer-mediated communications (CMC).This paper presents the results of a small exploratory research, conducted in a medical company in Italy, to investigate how the use of pseudonyms influences CMC behaviours.The study involved 32 newly hired or about-to-be hired graduates. Outcomes from this study show that, in the given organizational context, the use of pseudonyms in CMC produced more exchanges, higher verbosity and greater group collaboration.


A study on the occurrence and abundance of fruit bats (Pteropodidae) was done in two conservation areas in North Cotabato, Philippines: Portion of the Mt. Apo National Park ; Balabag, Kidapawan City and Cotabato Provincial Forest and Ecotourism Park (CPFEP), Amas, Kidapawan City. Seven species were recorded in CPFEP and six were noted in Balabag area identified from 449 individuals captured. Two species (Eonycteris spelaea and Rousettus amplexicaudatus) were unique to CPFEP while one (Ptenochirus minor) was found only in Balabag area. A total of eight species were recorded when accounting the species found in two areas in which, three are endemic to the country namely Haplonycteris fischeri, Ptenochirus jagori, and P. minor. Of these endemics, the first two were noted in CPFEP while all were found in Balabag area. More than half of the bats captured were Cynopterus brachyotis hence, considered as the most common species. Remarkable finding was the presence of Megaerops wetmorei, a threatened species, to have found in a new altitudinal record. Considering the importance of fruit bats in regenerating forest, urgent conservation measures are highly recommended.


Reinforced concrete hollow block, as a kind of construction material of saving cropland and energy, and protecting the environment, is a hot point in civil engineering. Based on the experiments of reinforced concrete hollow block wall under horizontal-low-cyclic loading with constant vertical loading, an inquiry is made into the damage mode, cracks distribution, ultimate capacity, ductility features, effect of steel snd construction method of engineering ect, which provides scientific references for aseismic properties of this building.


FIELD: optics. SUBSTANCE: sheet has retro-reflecting part and electroluminescent device. Retro-reflecting part has light-transmitting retro-reflector whose rear surface mounts plurality of prismatic bosses and backing film shaped by stamping and provided with packing projections partially connected to rear surface of retro-reflector and forming sealed cells. Retro-reflecting sheet has in addition light-transmitting contact layer that fills up depressions formed in stamping on rear surface of backing film and is connected to rear surface of the latter and to light-transmitting surface of electroluminescent device. Retro-reflectance of sheet is high enough to ensure its vision at night even in absence of external light source. EFFECT: enhanced retro-reflectance and brightness. 7 cl, 2 dwg, 1 tbl


We demonstrate a simple scheme to generate chemical surface nanostructures. Electron-beam writing is used to locally modify the terminal nitro functionality in self-assembled monolayers of 4′-nitro-1,1′-biphenyl-4-thiol to amino groups, while the underlying aromatic layer is dehydrogenated and cross linked. Using low energy electron proximity printing and conventional electron-beam lithography with a beam energy of 2.5 keV and doses from 2500 to 50 000 μC/cm2, templates of reactive amino sites with lateral dimensions down to ∼20 nm could be fabricated. The templates were used for the surface immobilization of fluorinated carboxylic acid anhydrides and rhodamine dyes. The molecular structures were then imaged and analyzed by atomic force and scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy.


The two-temperature model has been widely used to predict the electron and phonon temperature distributions in ultra-short laser processing of metals. This paper extends the use of existing two-temperature model to high electron temperatures by using full-run quantum treatments, including the electron heat capacity, electron relaxation time and electron conductivity . A dual-hyperbolic two temperature model is solved numerically using an accurate and stabile forward-difference scheme, in which one kind of artificial viscosities and adaptive time steps method are introduced. This model predicts the damage thresholds more accurately compared with published experimental results.


The purpose of this paper is to address two questions: One, in what way have decentralised governments promoted civil society in our country ? Second, under the aegis of decentralisation, to what extent has the civil society promoted an integrative and cohesive social system for augmenting the welfare of the people? It is intended here to answer these questions in the field context by drawing from the studies carried out by the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore. These studies were not specifically focused on civil society as such. However, the information collected have been fruitfully used here for developing a view as to how far the local governments have supported civil society and how far the latter have promoted an integrative and cohesive social system for advancing the well-being of the people.


By registering and bidding in a CCAG auction, bidders (whether present in person, by telephone, by agent, by written or telephone absentee bid instruction, or through the internet) agree to be bound by the following Conditions of Sale, which may be supplemented or amended at any time. If a bid is placed by an entity, the person executing the bid on the entity's behalf agrees to personally guarantee payment for any successful bid.


Since the collision of India with Eurasia at about 45 Ma in the mid-Eocene, roughly north-south intracontinental convergence has occurred at about 5 cma −1 . This convergence has been accommodated principally by lithospheric thickening in a widening zone between a western transpressive sinistral megashear from the Makran to Baikal and an eastern dextral megashear from Sumatra to the Tanlu Fault System. Several lines of evidence indicate that underthrusting of the Indian Shield beneath Tibet cannot account for more than a trivail portion of the convergence and numerous data sets show that lateral extrusion or escape was not a major factor in accommodating the India/Eurasia convergence. Balancing shows that there has been a maximum eastwards extrusion of the convergent zone of about 250 km, and that up to 1,000 km of shortening has occurred in the Himalayas


In the present work the micromorphological character of achene epidermis were studied with forty two species and one variety belonging to eighteen series and four sections of China Fimbristylis .The results had showed that surface features including the cell shape of exocarp and ornamentation of fruit epidermis may provide new proof for classification between species and subspecies.But,we found variability both at sectional and serial level too high to for delimitation.In addtion,the morphology of sculptures also support the view of Fimbristylis nigrobrunnea and F.eragrostis were regarded as independent species respectively. The fruit coat sculpture of Fimbristylis were divided into four types.as follows;(1) Tuberculate reticulate type;(2) reticulate type;(3) tuberculate type;(4) ridge tuberculate type.The first and third types respectively consists of two subtypes according to muri curve or straight.


The latest developments in the marine systems intended for processing & transportation of the liquid hydrocarbons are driven by the challenges of the Russian Arctic (Prirazlomnoye, Varandei-Sea) fields, offshore fields in coastal waters of Timan-Pechora province and ObTaz region, as well as the Northern Caspian Sea. In view of the unique technologies and equipment of marine transportation & technological systems (including transport vessels, platforms, berths, terminals), long life cycles, harsh operating environments (Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Sea of Okhotsk), considerable volumes of hydrocarbons to be processed, shipped and stored, the special risk assessment and safety analysis shall be comprehensive and address the full life cycle of these facilities. The paper presents the results of risk assessment and risk management analysis performed as part of the environmental impact studies of offshore processing and transportation systems designed for the shelf of the Arctic seas. Methodical approaches used for these purposes are analyzed the case which, case studies of technical solutions and management decisions are given. It should be noted that in spite of overall improvement in the safety levels of offshore operations achieved over the last 10-20 years, the major accidents are still frequent and the safety barriers for efficient risk management and control remain to be an urgent issue.


The invention relates to electronic technologies, and discloses a screen display method and a screen display device. According to the invention, the screen display method comprises the steps of turning on a front-facing camera to detect a human face when a first preset condition is detected to be satisfied if a screen stays at a screen-off status; and turning on the screen and displaying images shot by the front-facing camera if the human face is continuously detected within a preset period of time. Compared with the prior art, the internally arranged front-facing camera is turned on to detect the human face if the first preset condition for turning on the front-facing camera is detected to be satisfied when the screen stays at the screen-off status, and the startup process is simple and efficient; and the screen is turned on and the human face images shot by the front-facing camera are displayed when the human face is continuously detected within the preset period of time, and the displayed human face images are clear. Meanwhile, the screen can be used as a mirror, and no additional hardware is required, thereby saving the cost, and being excellent in user experience.


ABSTRACT Objective: to translate, culturally adapt and validate the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness scale into Brazilian Portuguese. Method: a methodological study carried out at the Clinical Hospital of Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil, through the following stages: translation, synthesis, evaluation by the experts' committee, back-translation, consensus, semantic evaluation and pre-test. A sample of 188 adult patients was reached. Data collection took place between August and December 2020. Concurrent criterion validity was analyzed by comparing the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness scale with the Glasgow Coma Scale by means of Spearman's and Pearson's correlation coefficients; and predictive validity analysis was performed with Cox Regression, Sensitivity and Specificity and Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve. The Cronbach's alpha, weighted Kappa and Intraclass Correlation coefficients were also adopted for interobserver reliability. Results: Spearman's test for the motor and eye response items, respectively, resulted in 0.81 and 0.96, and Pearson's test for the total score was 0.97. A relative risk of 0.80, 95.5% specificity, 51.6% sensitivity and accuracy of 0.80 (95% CI: 0.688-0,905, p<0.001) were obtained. Cronbach's alpha was 0.94, weighted Kappa varied from 0.89 to 1.0, and ICC resulted in 0.99. Conclusion: the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness scale (Brazilian version), maintained four domains and the 20 items from the original scale, making it appropriate for use in Brazil and contributing to the assessment of the level of consciousness and prognosis of adult patients in severe conditions.


The purpose of this article is to highlight and discuss the strategies used to diffuse and manage a primary ELT innovation in Greece, strategies that proved essential for developing stakeholders' acceptance and ownership of the innovation, thereby facilitating its further development and sustainability. The PEAP Programme, launched in 2010, involved the introduction of EFL in the first and second grades of public primary schools in Greece. The extent of its impact and acceptance by teachers and other stakeholders was unexpected given the fact that the project was developed and implemented within a context of social and political instability and massive public sector and economic reform. The strategies reported in this article have implications for the successful management and implementation of primary EFL innovations in Europe and elsewhere


Glyposhate is among the most widely used herbicides in Brazil and worldwide and has a broad spectrum of control, low toxicity, non-selective, and systemic action. In Brazil, it has been increasingly consumed after its release to be used in plants with tolerance to the product; however, excessive use has contributed to select resistant or tolerant weed species. Our goal was to evaluate the efficiency of weed control by using glyphosate in a growth chamber at different doses, periods of applications, and weed species. The experimental design was completely randomized – factorial scheme 7 x 5 – by assessing seven doses of glyphosate: 0; 720; 960; 1200; 1440; 1680, and 1920 g ha-1 i.a., in five weeds: black picket, bitter grass, bull herb, viola string, and ragged, with five repetitions. The weeds were sowed in polyethylene pots with three plants per pot. Assessments of dry biomass were conducted after 7, 14, and 21 days of application (DAA) with the treatment of glyphosate in scores from 0 to 100%. We concluded that the herbicide was efficient at controlling the black picket and bitter grass species as 100% of the weed plants 14 DAA died with the doses of 720 g ha-1 i.a. Doses of glyphosate required to reach indices of control above 915 were 1680 g ha-1 i.a. for ragged, 960 g ha-1 i.a. for bull herb, and 1440 g ha-1 i.a. for viola string at 21 DAA – since these are considered hard to control. It is recommended to apply 1440 g ha-1 i.a. of glyphosate for an effective control over 80% of all invasive plants assessed at 21 DAA,.


This paper deals with the stress singularity induced at the interface corner between the viscoelastic thin film and the rigid substrate subjected to uniform temperature change. The viscoelastic film has been assumed to be thermorheologically simple. The time-domain boundary element method; has been employed to investigate the behavior of interface stresses. The order of the free-edge singularity has been obtained numerically for a given viscoelastic model. It is shown that the free-edge stress intensity factor is relaxed with time, while the order of the singularity increases with time for the viscoelastic model considered.


Levels parking apparatus for a vehicle exterior rear view mirror that rotates a mirror head to a parking position, having the following features: a mirror, a mirror head which is hinged to the mirror that the mirror head can rotate from an operating position into a parking position in which the outer portion of the mirror head is positioned closer to the vehicle, the articulated connection comprises a pin and an oblong opening in the mirror head, allowing the mirror head to move transversely to the longitudinal axis of the bolt, a force acting between the mirror base and the mirror head lock, which passes out of a locked position in which the mirror head is held with respect to the mirror base in a decoupled position, so that the mirror head may rotate with respect to the mirror base, a spring which acts against the mirror head and presses it against the detent to thereby hold the mirror head in the locked position, a role within the mirror base, one attached to the mirror inclined ...


Support vector machine (SVM) is an effective algorithm in pattern recognition. But usually, standard SVM requires solving a quadratic program (QP) problem. In majority situations, most implementations of SVM are approximate solution to the QP problem. As the approximate solutions cannot achieve the expected performance of SRM theory, it is necessary to research ensemble methods for SVM. Recently, in order to augment the diversities of individual classifiers of SVM, many researchers use random partition with the whole training to form sub-training sets. Therefore the performance of aggregated SVM, which was trained on those subsets, was improved. We proposed the ensemble method based on different implementations of SVM, because they have large diversities by their different implementing methods. The experiment results showed that this method is effectively to improve the aggregated learner's performance.


The ILRS AC at DGFI-TUM contributes to all ILRS Analysis Standing Committee (ASC) routine station coordinate and Earth orientation parameter products named "v170" (daily-shifted 7-day looseconstrained solution) and "v70" (weekly-shifted 7-day loose-constrained solution). These solutions are based on the analysis of SLR observations to the spherical geodetic satellites LAGEOS-1/-2 and Etalon-1/2 downloaded from the Eurolas Data Center (EDC). The EDC is, in addition to the ILRS AC, also hosted at DGFI-TUM together with the ILRS Operation Center under the supervision of M.Sc. Christian Schwatke. Moreover, DGFI-TUM provides reduced-dynamic orbit solutions of the prior mentioned satellites in the SP3c file format with a 60 second and 120 second temporal resolution, respectively.


We study epitaxial NdNiO3 thin films on NdGaO3(001) single-crystal substrates grown using a pulsed-laser deposition method. The films show a clear first-order metal-insulator transition (MIT) at TMI∼240 K, which is significantly higher than TMI∼190 K in bulk NdNiO3. The x-ray reciprocal space map shows in-plane tensile and out-of-plane compressive strain, stabilizing the more distorted NdNiO3 thin films with the higher transition temperature. Hard x-ray photoemission shows changes across the MIT and the bandwidth-controlled charge-transfer gap opens due to the reduced p-d hybridization in the low-temperature insulating phase.


Background: Phosphorus is considered as the second most important plant nutrient because of its significant role in various biochemical activities such as photosynthesis, respiration, root growth, energy storage, cell division etc. Phosphorus is required in greater amounts for pulse crops because of high demand in energy transfer molecules used in nitrogen fixation. Application of proper dose of phosphorus fertilizer is very crucial in deciding the productivity of the groundnut. The bioavailability of the phosphorus fertilizers mainly depends on the soil properties viz., pH, organic carbon, amount of Fe and Al oxides, CaCO3 and microbial load in the soil. In this context, the present study was designed to know the growth and yield parameter of groundnut by using appropriate combination of microbial culture with different levels of phosphorus at central dry zone of Karnataka.
Methods: Field experiments were carried out for three consecutive years during 2018, 2019 and 2020 at Zonal Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station, Babbur farm, Hiriyur, Karnataka, India to study and understand the efficiency of DGRC culture (microbial culture) with different levels of phosphorus on groundnut under kharif season. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replication and ten treatments consisting of seed treatment with DGRC culture inoculants @ 20g/ kg groundnut seed (cv. TMV-2) with different doses of phosphorus (20 kg, 40 kg and 60 kg/ha).
Result: Three years pooled results indicated that there was a significant response of pod yield (2457 kg/ha) and higher economics like gross return (Rs. 1,15,138/ ha), net return (Rs. 73,115/ha) and B:C ratio (2.76) were also profitable with the application of 40 kg/ha of P + DGRC culture as compared to other treatments. Furthermore, higher nutrient uptake viz., N (99.60 kg/ha), P2O5 (16.68 kg/ha) and K2O (58.86 kg/ha) were recorded in application of 40 kg/ha of P+DGRC culture.


Review of the Australian film 'Beautiful Kate'. Rachel Ward has written and directed a sensitive film, adapted from Newton Thornburg's eponymous novel, that makes an accessible and compelling story out of a scenario that might otherwise evoke moral indignation if not revulsion - namely, sibling incest.


A rapid, simple method of ELISA was applied for the determination of aflatoxin BI in cereals from Y oungnam districts. Antibodies obtained cross reacted with aflatoxin B2 and to a less extent with other aflatoxin BI analogs. Response range for a typical standard curve was between I and 100 ppb. Fewer interference by spiked methanol-PBSdimethylformamide extracts ofrice was evidenced. Contents of aflatoxin BI from rice (65) and barley (116) were determined by competitive direct enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay as follows. Three out of 65 rices samples were positive. Rice samples of R-IS, R-30, and R-59 represent the aflatoxin B1 levels of , respectively, and showed 4.6% aflatoxin BI contamination in rice samples. Meanwhile, four out of 116 barley samples were positive. VB-37 showed the highest aflatoxin Bllevels of and VB-35, VB-15 and VB-54 represent , respectively, and showed 3.4% aflatoxin B1 contamination in barley samples.


This paper introduces a novel scheme for image interpolation. The basic contribution of the proposed interpolation scheme lies in two aspects. Firstly, the missing pixels in the image to be interpolated are classified into smooth and non-smooth based on the local characteristic of the image. Secondly regularized version of B-spline i.e. penalized spline (P-spline) interpolation scheme is used for interpolating the missing pixel of the image. A weighted penalty is incorporated in P-spline interpolation which adaptively penalizes the classified image regions and gives proper emphasis to each individual missing pixel. The proposed interpolation scheme is tested for various natural and synthetic images. Experimental results reveal the supremacy of the suggested interpolation scheme compared with the other prevailing state of art interpolation methods.


The HN878 strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is regarded as "hypervirulent" due to its rapid growth and reduced survival of infected mice when compared with other clinical isolates. This property has been ascribed due to an early increase in type I IFNs and a failure to generate TH1-mediated immunity, induced by a response to an unusual cell wall phenolic glycolipid expressed by the HN878 isolate. We show, however, that although type I IFN does play an inhibitory role, this response was most apparent during the chronic disease stage and was common to all M. tuberculosis strains tested. In addition, we further demonstrate that the HN878 infection was associated with a potent TH1 response, characterized by the emergence of both CD4 and CD8 T cell subsets secreting IFN- (cid:1) . However, where HN878 differed to the other strains tested was a subsequent reduction in TH1 immunity, which was temporally associated with the rapid emergence of a CD4 (cid:2) CD25 (cid:2) FoxP3 (cid:2) CD223 (cid:2) IL-10 (cid:2) regulatory T cell population. This association may explain the paradoxical initial emergence of a TH1 response in these mice but their relatively short time of survival. The Journal of Immunology, 2007, 179: 522–531.


of a dissertation at the University of Miami. Dissertation supervised by Professor Blaine Fowers. No. of pages in text. (105) Self-Determination Theory (SDT) research on goal pursuit indicates that people with intrinsic goal pursuits experience greater well-being than those with extrinsic goal pursuits. Three nutriments have been suggested by SDT that facilitate intrinsic motivation: autonomy, competence and relatedness. These nutriments, considered social conditions by SDT, have been understudied. However, recent SDT research and the small literature on goal support in relationships suggest that social aspects of goal pursuit are quite relevant and warrant further investigation. This study examined interpersonal dimensions of goal pursuit including Goal Support, Shared Goals, Communal Strength and Generativity. This interpersonal cluster was examined in the context of "active involvement with others" in order to enrich our understanding of the link between goal pursuit and psychological well-being. This study was the first to explore these interpersonal dimensions of goal pursuit and well-being in the context of SDT. Correlations explored the relationships among the interpersonal dimensions and regression analyses were used to explore moderating effects the interpersonal dimensions had on the relationship between self-concordant (intrinsic/extrinsic) goal pursuit and well-being. Shared goal orientation was the only dimension to act as a moderator. Implications include continuing to identify the active role of others in one's goal pursuits and adding further understanding to the relationship between goal pursuit and well-being.


In recent years training has become one of the most common forms of psychological practice. As an organized system of special effects its composition containes and uses theoretical and academic knowledge, which are under intense psychological impact can not be replaced by any methods of oratorical skill. Method of group training – is a wide variety of methods of influence on the individual but they all use the principle of training impact factor for the group. A unique component of training increasingly becomes the methods of Milton Erickson. Being half-blind, color-blind, having survived two bouts of polio, he re-learned to walk and do a lot of things, when everything seemed hopeless. Classical education in the field of clinical hypnosis masterfully allowed him to create trance and use it in sessions.


Molecular dynamics simulations are used to study the processes of the Cu nanowire(CuNW) filling into the single wall carbon nanotubes(CNT).According to the formation of the configuration and the total energies of the systems,we find that the filling process can be divided into three parts:conformational adjustment,filling and adsorption,stable conformation.From the structure of CNT/CuNW, we find the thermostability of CNT/CuNW through the CuNW filling onto CNT is better than that of CNT/CuNW through the self-scrolling CNT onto CuNW at the high temperature.By calculating the radial distribution function of CuNW,we have found that the melting temperature of CuNW is increased because the higher thermostability of CNT.


We present a system for automatic, on-line visual inspection and print defect detection for variable data printing (VDP). This system can be used to automatically stop the printing process and alert the operator to problems. We lay out the components required for constructing a vision-based inspection system and show that our approach is novel for the high-speed detection of defects on variable data. When implemented in a high-speed digital printing press, the system allows a single skilled operator to monitor and maintain several presses, reducing the number of operators required to run a shop floor of presses as well as reduce wasted consumables when a defect goes undetected.


Existing video-audio understanding models are trained and evaluated in an intra-domain setting, facing performance degeneration in real-world applications where multiple domains and distribution shifts naturally exist. The key to video-audio domain generalization (VADG) lies in alleviating spurious correlations over multi-modal features. To achieve this goal, we resort to causal theory and attribute such correlation to confounders affecting both video-audio features and labels. We propose a DeVADG framework that conducts uni-modal and cross-modal deconfounding through back-door adjustment. DeVADG performs cross-modal disentanglement and obtains fine-grained confounders at both class-level and domain-level using half-sibling regression and unpaired domain transformation, which essentially identifies domain-variant factors and class-shared factors that cause spurious correlations between features and false labels. To promote VADG research, we collect a VADG-Action dataset for video-audio action recognition with over 5,000 video clips across four domains (e.g., cartoon and game) and ten action classes (e.g., cooking and riding). We conduct extensive experiments, i.e., multi-source DG, single-source DG, and qualitative analysis, validating the rationality of our causal analysis and the effectiveness of the DeVADG framework.


Control of malaria in East Africa is approaching a crisis with chloroquine failing as the first-line antimalarial in most places. Several African countries have already changed from chloroquine to sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine for firstline treatment of uncomplicated malaria but resistance to sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine has already emerged and is likely to spread. In this context it seems reasonable to consider affordable alternatives such as amodiaquine. (excerpt)


Abstract Each of our three contributors feels that the 1990s Kennett government massively changed the way that planning is performed within Victoria. Michael Buxton argues that the planning system we have had since this era is worse than the system it replaced. Trevor Budge then shows how the Kennett initiatives damaged the rural electorate's trust of conservative parties, driving regional Victoria closer towards alternative parties and independent members. Finally, Ray Boyle explains how the sacking of so many local government planners caused a huge loss of corporate memory within the sector. These are important lessons that all readers should at least consider.


"Parkour" is an extreme sport,walking on the street,is one free sport pattern that people go through any obstacles by their own forces or reach a certain destination.Parkour can be a larger excitation of human potential and a self-validation of courage.Starting from the developing forms of this sport,the author illustrated the market values of Parkour: According to its characteristics and developing forms,Parkour can be divided into body-building and entertainment value,athletic competition value and brand concept value.


A new way of thinking about intelligence has emerged. It conceptualises intelligence as a composite of four cognitive processes: Planning, Arousal Attention, Simultaneous and Successive Processes (PASS). This study reports an Oriya adaptation of the meas ures that assess the 4 cognitive processes. Three hundred and fifty children in Grades 1 to 11 were administered the Oriya adaptation. Means, standard deviation and devel opmental growth curves for the 8 tests ofPASSprocesses were obtained. Factor analyses were also obtained in order to determine if the 4 PASS factors can be replicated. Atten tion, Simultaneous and Successive factors emerged clearly whereas the status of Planning as an independent factor was unclear. In conclusion, the PASS processes were suggested to be universal across cultures. The Oriya adaptation can be used for cognitive assess ment of not only children but also perhaps of adults by using norms for Grade 11.


A method for controlling demonstration of an electronic manuscript comprises a step of receiving a control command from a first demonstration control device, a step of determining whether a second demonstration control device with control power exists or not at present, wherein the second demonstration control device with the control power refers to a demonstration control device with demonstration control power to the electronic manuscript at present, a step of executing the control command received from the first demonstration control device to control the demonstration of the electronic manuscript when the fact that the second demonstration control device does not exist at present is determined, and a step of not executing the control command received from the first demonstration control device when the fact that the second demonstration control device with the control power exists at present. According to the method for controlling the demonstration of the electronic manuscript, the purpose of multi-user control is achieved, and the electronic manuscript can be effectively controlled under the conditions of a plurality of users and a plurality of demonstration control devices.