The issues of energy policy can only be fully understood through the application of fundamental economic principles: this basic premise is confirmed throughout "An Economic Analysis of World Energy Problems." The book presents the relevant principles of economic analysis and demonstrates their applicability to questions of policy appraisal and to specific energy policy decisions.The author formulates a general theoretic methodology for the economic analysis of energy-related issues; he therefore avoids introducing data that are overly restricted or limited in scope and stresses policy questions that are likely to be of continuing interest. The book concentrates on the kinds of problems--and potential solutions--that will be of pressing concern for as far as can be seen into the energy future, and the general economic principles that will remain appropriate to an analysis of the problems.This general economic approach allows the author to integrate a great variety of specific matters related to energy. Among the subjects featured in the book are the following: An analysis of the various energy industries as economic entities, including the use of capital investment for exploration and fuel extraction; A consideration, not only of the industries that supply energy, but also of the industries that supply the machinery and equipment, mechanical and electrical, that consume energy; A similarly inclusive consideration of both the countries that supply energy (especially those in OPEC) and the countries that consume it (including Western Europe and the U.S.); Discussions of spatial economics and exhaustion that are not available elsewhere in the literature on energy; A delineation of the considerable impact of transportation costs on the delivered price of energy.Other subjects treated include supply regulation, oil and gas price controls, taxation and land law, conservation, and environmental legislation.


ABSTRACT Using data from Ireland's national longitudinal study of children, this paper employs a capabilities approach to disability to understand how individual characteristics as well as home and school environmental factors at age 9 relate to academic and socio-emotional outcomes of students with special educational needs (SEN) at age 17. Results suggest that young people with SEN register both lower average scores and make less academic progress between the age of 9 and their national lower secondary examination, with the exception of young people with a physical SEN. Both home and school environmental factors at 9 years have long-term associations with the academic outcomes of young people with SEN, after controlling for individual characteristics and prior academic achievement. Home and school environmental factors had less consistent associations with the socio-emotional outcomes of young people with SEN. By using rigorous nationally representative longitudinal data, this paper offers a more holistic understanding of the development of young people with SEN. The paper also provides important evidence that a more inclusive approach for supporting students with additional needs, their parents, and their schools is needed.


An eighteenth-century canopy of state, made for John Hobart, second earl of Buckinghamshire and used on his embassy to the court of Catherine the Great, was converted into a state bed for a newly created grand apartment at Blickling Hall, Norfolk. It is a very rare survival in situ and reveals how such outward accoutrements of diplomatic service could be adapted to demonstrate an aristocrat's status and pedigree of service to the monarch, and be displayed in an architectural setting to promote personal success and family lineage.


A dedicated study about magnetic sensing techniques based on anisotropic magnetoresistive sensors has revealed to be a suitable technology for low-frequency space applications like the eLISA mission. Low noise magnetic measurements at the sub-millihertz frequencies have been carried out using different noise reduction techniques in the signal conditioning circuit, where conventional techniques reversing the sensor bridge excitation do not reduce the potential 1/ f noise of the magnetoresistors, and alternative methods are necessary. In addition, a low-frequency noise analysis of the signal conditioning circuits has been performed in order to identify and minimize the different main contributions from the overall noise. The results for chip-scale magnetoresistances exhibit similar noise along the eLISA bandwidth (0.1 mHz − 1 Hz) than the bulky fluxgate magnetometers used in its precursor mission LISA Pathfinder.


Constructed wetlands (CWs) are regarded as a risk mitigation strategy for alleviating the risks associated with agricultural runoff that contains pesticides. We investigated the partitioning pattern of wastewater-borne chlorpyrifos, a widely used organophosphorus pesticide, in non-vegetated and vegetated CWs. Removal rates of chlorpyrifos calculated from inflow and outflow concentrations ranged from 87.65% to 96.57%. The average removal rate was significantly higher and more stable in vegetated CWs than in non-vegetated CWs. As determined using a mass-balance method, outflows, macrophytes, substrate micro-degradation, and "other" accounted for 5.23%, 22.7%, 15.96%, and 56.11%, respectively, of the chlorpyrifos in the vegetated system. Of all Iris pseudoacorus organs examined, the rhizome was dominant in biomass and gathered the largest amount of chlorpyrifos. Except for the uptake of chlorpyrifos by plants, the primary difference between vegetated and non-vegetated CWs was that there was a relatively low potential for chlorpyrifos micro-degradation and volatilization and photolysis in vegetated CWs than in non-vegetated CWs. Identification of this partitioning pattern elucidates the mechanisms underlying chlorpyrifos removal from wastewater in CWs.


In order to solve the problem of inadequate university funds at present,We should make the financial work keep pace with reform,take efficient and beneficial measures,streng then management,try to develop new ways of creating,gathering and utilizing funds,change the old manage ment system of the single source of educational funds,and establish a socializing and diversifying system of raising funds which relies mainly on government allocation together with other multi-channels.


The general dispersion relation of obliquely propagating magneto-sonic (MS) waves for the inhomogeneous and anisotropic plasmas is analyzed including the effect of wave-particle interaction. The numerical analysis is performed without expanding both the plasma dispersion and the modified Bessel functions to highlight the effects of density inhomogeneity and the temperature anisotropy. The obtained results are compared with the recent work [Naim et al., Phys. Plasmas 22, 062117 (2015)], where only drift mode near the magnetosonic frequency is investigated. In our paper, we additionally analyzed two related modes depicting that the drift effect leads to an asymmetric behavior in the dispersion properties of drift MS waves. The possible application to the solar coronal heating problem has also been discussed.


In recent years, discussions in social sciences and postcolonial studies have identified cosmopolitanism and post-nationalism as two major notions that seek to surpass the nation-state. As a framing device for the paradigm of globalization, certain components of the post-national thesis have indeed proved influential in explaining the gradual erosion of the old certainties of nation-state, but do not adequately explain how the nation-state itself is accommodating globalization to preserve, and thereby strengthen, its hegemony. Interestingly, the ascendancy of such ideas has been accompanied by the gradual dislodging of materialist critiques of capitalist expansion (read: globalization) in the postcolonial world. One can discern a certain disquiet that prevails behind the sophistications and subtleties through which the contemporary moment of globalization is being theorized. In postcolonial India, the two 'cultural systems', nationalism and globalization, have an enduring influence, and it would be theoretically significant to trace their mutual effects in the context of the music video genre, particularly the procedures through which ideas of patriotism get articulated. Leela Fernandes (2000: 612) probed the post-national thesis by examining 'the ways in which "globality" is invented through the deployment of nationalist narratives', while pointing out to the 'hybrid' relationship between the national and the global, and the place of gender in such configurations. In addition, Arvind Rajagopal (1998: 16) noted that the national and the global were increasingly being shaped by Hindu themes and idioms, which coincided with the expansion of state-run television thereby creating a single mediated visual regime from the late 1980s. Indeed, for Rajagopal, the confluence of several forces such as economic liberalization facilitated the rise of right-wing politics in India. For Rajagopal, therefore, [the] visual regime was largely shaped in a struggle between the Hindu Right and its secular opponents, where, it is fair to say, the Hindu Right gained most ground. It was from this reformulated political consensus that advertising culture drew its fundamental understandings of the mode of signifying relations between the diverse classes and communities that comprise Indian society. Through advertisements we can see the reflected and changing shape of an increasingly Hinduized public.


An important component of the Swachh Bharat Mission is the construction of community sanitary complexes (CSCs) to address the unmet need for sanitation for households. The success, however, critically hinges on the operational management of CSCs. We examine the functioning status of CSCs in rural areas of five Indian states. Furthermore, we study the association between alternative management arrangements with the functioning and maintenance status of the CSCs. A principal component analysis-based CSC functioning index is created based on the maintenance indicators and sanitary items to identify better-performing CSCs. The mixed-effects logistic regression analysis was applied to examine the association between management arrangement for maintenance and CSC functioning index. Four in every five CSCs were directly managed by the Gram Panchayat. Over 90% of the CSCs have running water supply but electricity connection and lighting arrangement were available in 66.1 and 55.1% CSCs, respectively. The econometric analysis finds that CSCs managed by worship area groups or those managed by village CSC user-groups have better CSC maintenance status. The cleaning frequency of the CSC has a significant association with CSC functioning status. The operational management of CSCs is an area for further policy attention for sustained community sanitation efforts.


The co-evolution of differential evolution algorithm is proposed to solve the problem of medium-long term optimal operation of cascade reservoirs in power market.The algorithm draws lessons from ecology of the relationship between the individual living environment and population competition.The evolutionary model of fitness evolution considers the evolution of the external environment and internal links of population competition in proposed algorithm.The practical example shows that this method is reasonable and reliable,and improves the accuracy and computational efficiency,which provides a new way to solve optimal operation of high-dimensional and complex cascaded reservoirs in power market.


This research describes about governments' synergy in their attempt toboost the upgrading of pottery in Kasongan using local economicdevelopment programs. This synergy can be seen from the craftmenshippolicy in which the public and the private sector such as individuals,universities, and banks are involved as a (joint venture) to enhance theupgrading in the effort of gaining the global market. The upgrading conceptis a part of Global Value Chain analysis as a method in examining theadded value gained from the product distribution in the global market. Theresult of this research shows that kasongan's pottery industry center iscapable in performing three upgrading processes, which are designupgrading, labor upgrading using labor development, and also marketingupgrading by develop some galleries. It is can be seen from the absent of thesynergy among the governments, privates, and public.


TDR (time domain reflectometry) measurement techniques for IC package characterization have been reported extensively and standardized by JEDEC, (Publication #123, JC-15 Committee, 1995). In addition, several techniques utilizing differential TDR measurements have been reported in (D.A. Smolyansky, High Density Interconnect Magazine, 2001). In this paper, we present a novel technique for computing self and mutual inductance and capacitance. This technique is based on applying computational procedures as described in the JEDEC publication to even and odd mode TDR measurements of the device under test, such as connector or IC package.


Content Management System (CMS) is one of the recent upcoming concepts due to its efficient and explicit use in the real world applications. The demand for growth in its diversity has been documented by many researchers. Due to the limitation of traditional database management system (DBMS), which enforces limits on the type of data items need to be stored, CMS becomes the cost-effective alternative in the scope of information management. In this ever increasing data scenario we need a framework for managing and publishing all types of data with appropriate data analytics and natural language processing. Nowadays the information, especially in the Internet, consists of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data. Therefore it is unwise to think only about the use of DBMS, rather its alternative framework must be used, keeping the objectives same. The main reason for proposing a new architectural model for a content management system is that there are several important characteristics that CMSs should have to provide opportunity to specific optimizations [1]. Our "Next Generation CMS model" includes functionalities like multi-language, copyright, multichannel publishing, natural language processing, garbage collection management which are not included in the traditional ones.


In this paper, we describe the objectives and the planned realization of the project DDC Deutsch. This project is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and devoted to the production of a German version of the 22nd edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification. The reasons for the project and the expected benefit are also discussed.


The effect of adding annual doses of 14 000 kg ha−1 of urban compost to a soil is compared with the addition of 500 kg ha−1 of a 15–15–15 compound NPK fertiliser. Two rotation cycles of sorghum/wheat were carried out during the experiment, and the crop yields were not significantly affected by treatments. It is observed that compost added in the proportion used does not cause any statistically significant change in the initial level of available phosphorus in the soil, but causes an increase of the potassium potential.

Soil total contents of copper and zinc as well as available levels of both metals show noticeable increases, but other metals are scarcely affected by the addition of compost. The results suggest that larger doses could be an important cause of pollution of the soil with heavy metals.


The paper gives the methods of the heating system quality regulation as well as its calcualtion.This technique can regualte the whole heating system and is proved practical.


LOMC includes Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA), Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) and Letter of Map Revision based on Fill (LOMR-F).


Optical interference noise was measured with two multilongitudinal mode semiconductor lasers. The results show that optical interference may seriously degrade the performance of a subcarrier multiplexing (SCM) system which uses multiple optical sources. It is shown that under worst-case conditions even a single video channel cannot be transmitted. Therefore, steps need to be taken to minimize or avoid the interference, such as separating the laser wavelengths, for example.<<ETX>>


Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films can be bonded directly by oxygen plasma irradiation and heat press at low temperatures of 100–160 °C. The irradiated films were kept in the atmosphere for six years, yet they can be bonded tightly. The irradiated surface is extremely active just after the irradiation, and it is considerably active after five years. Dry- and wet-peel tests suggest hydrogen bonding and chemical bonding. The films are bonded by these two elements at lower press temperatures, while by the pure chemical bonding at higher temperatures. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) results on the non-irradiated, irradiated and bonded samples indicate that OH and COOH groups are created at the surface, they are responsible for the both bondings. Dehydrated condensation reaction is proposed for the chemical bonding. The hydrogen bonding is broken by water penetration, causing smaller peel strength under the wet-peel test. Cross-linking layer may be the origin for the long lifetime.


A/D converter is very important in industry measure and control. Most producers provide a series of products to fit consumers′every kind of needs. TLC1549 is a kind of 10 b resolution A/D converter is produced by Texas Instruments.It has characteristics of high speed and high function,the transform precision is fit for ordinary industry measurement and control requirement.This paper introduces the characteristic,functions and work modes of TLC1549.And it offers a part of application and the typical interface between TLC1549 and 8051 single chip system.


The location of the position of a sound source that appears as directly above the midline of S's head was measured under conditions of erect, 30°, and 60° left body tilt, and 30° and 60° right body tilt. Results showed that with increase in body tilt the apparent auditory midline is progressively displaced in a direction opposite the tilt of the body. This finding was compared with studies on visual and tactual-kinesthetic modes of localization.


Proposals for papers are invited on the theme 'Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité: the Concept of Rights in Modern and Contemporary France'. Papers may discuss 'Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité' as a unified concept or deal with one of its three components individually. Conference participants are invited to explore how the concepts of freedom, equality and fraternity have been expressed, represented and put into practice in France. Proposals are therefore encouraged from the wide range of disciplines to be found within the ASMCF taking either an historical or contemporary approach. The suggestions for topics listed below are far from exhaustive and proposals treating others within the general theme are warmly welcomed. 'Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité': the role of this concept in the formation and shaping of nationhood and national identity, political ideologies, political opinion, social movements, or the notion of the exception française. Representations of the national identity derived from this concept in film, literature, music and the visual arts. Liberté: freedom of expression; freedom of the individual; sexual freedom; political freedom; freedom 'from' unemployment, poverty, hunger etc; limitations to these freedoms, censorship, political repression; liberation struggles and their representations in contemporary culture. Egalité: ideological understandings of equality; critiques of traditional notions of equality; equality and feminism; race and equality; social equality; globalisation and equality.


Abstract A recent result of the first two authors has bridged the gap between the Timantype pointwise estimate and the norm estimate for polynomial approximation in C[– 1, 1]. Here we show that, when considering the second order modulus of smoothness, the aforementioned result holds with polynomials that preserve monotonicity, convexity and the values of the function at the end points of the interval [–1, 1]. This yields a generalization of results by Telyakovskii, Gopengauz, DeVore, Yu and the third author. Moreover, the construction here does not depend on the construction for the non-constrained approximation by polynomials.


It is shown how one can choose suitable combinations of Siberian Snakes and betatron phase advances to optimize the ability of a ring to accelerate a polarized beam with little reduction of polarization. In an analysis of HERA‐p, these methods have lead to a 14‐fold increase of the vertical beam emittance for which polarization could be preserved. This is not only impressive as a result, but also the methods which lead to this result are very interesting. They contain detailed spin‐orbit tracking and the application of the Froissart‐Stora Formula for higher order spin‐orbit resonances, for which an algorithm of determining resonance strength has been found.


A radio image that covers the Hubble deep field and flanking fields has been made using the VLA for 50 hr at a frequency of 8.4 GHz, a resolution of 6'', and a 4.3 σ detection level of 12.2 μJy. All six radio sources detected in the deep field are identified with galaxies brighter than I = 24 mag, based on a radio/optical coincidence better than 1''. In the flanking fields 8 of 12 sources are identified with galaxies 19 to 25 mag. The identifications are preferentially with red elliptical galaxies and early-type spiral galaxies. Several galaxies show distortions that suggest interaction.


A generalized scattering matrix method is presented for spin-dependent electron transport in a quantum waveguide under the modulations of local magnetic field and/or spin-orbit interaction (SOI). All the required Hamiltonian matrices are expressed in terms of a common basis spanned by the products of the transverse spatial eigenstates and the spin eigenstates of the leads. In the formulation we have included an additional SOI term caused by an in-plane electric potential modulation and have assumed a free choice of magnetic vector potential. Thus the method can easily be applied to two-dimensional electron gas systems with complex geometrical structure, SOI strength profile, distributions of electric potential and magnetic field, etc. The method is numerically stable and can be used to treat accurately spin-dependent, multisubband, electron scattering processes. As an application, the method has been implemented for a Rashba SOI wire subject to a local magnetic field generated by a single ferromagnetic metal stripe on top. In the absence of the magnetic field, the conductance of electrons passing through the SOI region shows a series of Fano-resonance type dips in the vicinity of the onsets of subbands (with the subband index n >= 2). When the local magnetic field is present, the degeneracy of SOI-induced bound states is removed, leading to splittings of these conductance dips. At two split conductance dips originated from the same degenerate dip, a remarkable difference is found in the spatial distribution of spin-projected probability and in the spatial distribution of local spin polarization. It is seen that for a Rashba wire a Hall-like spin accumulation appears at the conductance dips at zero magnetic field. However, in the presence of a local magnetic field a separation of opposite spins along the transport direction is observed in the Rashba wire. In contrast, the zitterbewegung oscillations can show up, when the conductance is at a plateau, and disappear, when the conductance is at a Fano-resonance type dip, regardless the presence of the local magnetic field. (Less)


Ultra-fast toxic metal removal using a hybrid and nanostructured vaterite–poly(ethyleneimine) (NV–PEI) is reported. Especially for Pb2+, an extremely high and fast adsorption capacity without precedents is observed. Within a 3 min contact time (CT), 97–100% of Pb2+ contaminant in water samples at pH 6, with a large concentration range (from 2 to 1000 ppm) and using a dosage of 0.5 g NV–PEI per L, has been removed. The maximum adsorption capacity (qmax) calculated for a 1500 ppm Pb2+ initial concentration was 2762 mg of Pb2+ per g NV–PEI. In addition to the excellent Pb2+ removal, this material is cheap, easy to synthesize, biocompatible, and biodegradable, which makes it superior to others reported to date and an attractive alternative for the treatment of industrial wastewaters.


Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is an abundant eicosanoid in bone that has been implicated in a number of pathological states associated with bone loss. Interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) is a cytokine that plays a critical role in bone remodeling and appears to act as a downstream effector of most bone‐resorbing agents. In light of the evidence that PGE2 induces IL‐6 in the bone environment, this study was designed to investigate whether PGE2 regulated IL‐6 expression by osteoblasts. Here we demonstrate that PGE2 is a potent inducer of IL‐6 production by fetal rat osteoblasts and synergizes with lipopolysaccharide to enhance IL‐6. We show that PGE2 stimulates the activity of the IL‐6 promoter in osteoblasts, suggesting that PGE2 controls IL‐6 gene expression at least at the transcriptional level. Moreover, we show that PGE2‐mediated IL‐6 induction is prevented by the cAMP antagonist, Rp‐cAMP, and the protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitors, KT5720 and H89. Thus, our data indicate that PGE2 involves the cAMP–PKA signaling pathway to regulate IL‐6 gene expression in osteoblasts.


On 5 August 1913, four days after Ernest Jones left Budapest after two months of analysis with Sandor Ferenczi, the latter wrote to Freud: 'I miss him very much. We have become intimate friends; I grew to love and treasure him; it was a pleasure to have such an intelligent, fine, and respectable pupil' (p. 20). Fifteen years later, however, in a letter to Freud of 17 February 1929, the tone was totally different: '[Jones] pursues the politics of threat and brutality' (p. 142), he said. What happened to these two in these 15 years? Part of the answer can be found in this newly published correspondence between the two. This collection of letters is not only an important primary source in the growing literature about the history of psychoanalysis, but also provides us with a very emotional story of the analyst and his analysand, who became friends and colleagues before becoming bitter rivals. It should be noted, however, that this story is mainly narrated from the point of view of Ferenczi, as only three letters from Jones to Ferenczi have survived.


The antigenic structure of 13 nephroblastomas was compared to that of differentiating nephrogenic mesenchyme of the foetal kidney by immunodiffusion and the fluorescent antibody technique using absorbed antisera against tumour, foetal kidney and postnatal kidney.


Researchers usually focus on developing and designing power amplifiers with high efficiency but ignore to keep the balance between input and output of circuit parameters which can be serious in fabrication process as small error in large elements can consume very small corresponding elements. The objective of this research is to design a power amplifier with balanced input and output. The designed power amplifier with balanced parameters is operated at 2.4 GHz band. This circuit consists of input part, output part, and bias circuit (Vgs at -3.8 V, Vdd at 12V). The result of PAE was 45.408 %, S-parameter S1, 1 = -20.648 dBm, S2, 2 = -18.993 dBm while maintaining difference between elements maximally four times.


I recently came upon an extraordinary book review, probably the most extraordinary review F ve seen in years in a proper professional journal. I mention it because it's a review of Murray Murphey's most extraordinary book. There are, of course, lots of reviewers who don't really understand the book they're reviewing. But most of them think they do understand, and most of those who suspect they don't do their damnedest to escape exposure. Mark Hamilton Lytle simply admits from the start that he is in over his head. He's got to fill perhaps 600 words without embarrassing himself. At one point he hits upon the expedient of reproducing verbatim the eight premises that inform Murray's argument; and as those eight premises sit there, neatly numbered, on the august pages of the Journal of American History, taking up fully a fourth of the review, it is impossible not to imagine Lytle congratulating himself on this inspired ploy. Indeed, as he approaches the conclusion of his assignment, it is impossible not to imagine him heaving a sigh of relief to be so near the end of his ordeal. Nonetheless, Lytle is an honest man. Once safely arrived at his summation, he admits openly what he has already implied. "This book is not beach reading," he confides. "It will appeal only to those historians with a taste for metaphysics. Sadly, this reviewer is not one of them." Of course, it would please me profoundly to say that / polished Murray's book off at the beach last summer. But the truth is, I probably don't understand


Based on Dictionary of Modern Chinese,Standard Dictionary of Modern Chinese blazes many new trails.As for the Chinese characters included,the state standards concerned are carried out completely and the development of its meaning is clearer.It has a reasonable treatment with the words that are homonym and homograph simultaneously.The amplification and reduction and division of the senses of an entry comforms to the present pragmatic reality.The explanations of the word are more accurate.


The objective of this work was to evaluate the potential per se of male-sterile and fertility-restorer lines of sweet sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor ), as well as to detail the heterosis manifested for some traits  directly or indirectly related to ethanol production, accumulation rate, and  predictability. Evaluations were performed for 20 genotypes, of which 4 are fertility-restorer lines (R), 3 are male-sterile lines (A), and 12 are experimental hybrids (H) resulting from the partial diallel cross between lines A and R, besides a commercial hybrid CV198 used as a check, in four harvest seasons. The experiments were carried out in the municipalities of Lavras and Sete Lagoas, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The measured traits were plant height, green mass production, juice extraction, total soluble solids content, and megagrams of Brix per hectare. The male-sterile A1 and the fertility-restorer R1 and R3 lines show the best potential per se, considering all traits and their accumulation rate and predictability over harvest times. Heterosis is significant for all traits. The H 11 , H 13 , H 14 , H 21 , H 22 , and H 33  hybrids are promising because of their better performance per se and higher heterosis.


Summary Human gastric juice contains small amounts of vitamin B12 or its equivalent as assayed by L. lactis. Crystalline vitamin B12 was added to gastric juice and the solutions were incubated at pH 2, 3 and 7; there were no observed changes in the absorption spectra or in the microbiological activity over a 22-hour period. Again, crystalline vitamin B12 was added to gastric juice, and after incubation at pH 2 and 7 at 37°, much of the vitamin B12 was recovered. No evidence was found for a chemical reaction between vitamin B12 and the intrinsic factor which results in a gross structural change in vitamin B12. A possible reaction between vitamin B12 and the intrinsic factor in which there was a very small structural change of the large vitamin B12 molecule, and which could produce as little as 5 μg of orally active product is being investigated. A concentrate prepared from beef muscle having vitamin B12-like microbiological activity was found to be hematopoietically active when administered by the parenteral route to pernicious anemia patients; thus, the extrinsic factor acts like vitamin B12. These results support the previously derived hypothesis that the effect of the intrinsic factor is due to its ability to promote the absorption of the small amounts of vitamin B12 or its equivalent which occur in natural foods. The mechanism of this enhancement is being studied further.


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Pueraria lobata (kudzu or generally known as Ge-Gen) is not only a nutrient-rich
raw materials, but also commonly been used as Chinese precious herbal medicinal
materials. It contained puerarin, daidzein, daidzin and some other isoflavones. The loss
of the isoflavonoids during the food processing such as high temperature processing is a
major concern in the food industry. Thus, the encapsulation of the isoflavonoids, in this
case, puerarin, is performed by the combination of gum Arabic and maltodextrin. The
objectives of this study were i) to study the effect of the combination of gum arabic and
maltodextrin on the encapsulation of kudzu flavonoid and ii) to produce instant soup
powder with the sensory attribute which are comparable to the boiled soup but with higher
nutrient retention. The kudzu was extracted using water and encapsulated using different
percentage and ratio of gum Arabic and maltodextrin. The highest percentage of
flavonoids encapsulated (3.722 ± 0.0023 % in vacuum drying and 3.883 ± 0.0078% in
freeze drying) was using 30% encapsulant with the 1:2 gum Arabic to maltodextrin
(p<0.05). In DPPH analysis, the scavenging activity for vacuum dried sample and freeze
dried sample was 76.66 ± 0.3366 % and 79.48 ± 0.0078 % respectively (p>0.05). Puerarin
content was verified by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Physicochemical
tests (moisture content, water activity and water solubility test) were conducted
(p>0.05). From the hedonic test, the sample sensory attributes showed no significant
different (p>0.05) with the control which is the boiled soup. However, in the QDA test,
the kudzu aroma and kudzu flavor showed a significant difference between the control
and the sample (p<0.05).
Keywords: kudzu, Pueraria lobata, encapsulation, puerarin


Objectives To investigate the temporal trends in the prevalence and causes of visual impairment (VI) in South India. Design Population-based cross-sectional studies conducted during the years 2011–2012 and 2017 using identical study methods and in geographical locations are compared. The L V Prasad Eye Institute established services in Khammam and not in Warangal district after the 2011–2012 study. Setting Khammam and Warangal districts in Telangana, India. Participants In total, 5357 participants aged ≥40 years were examined from two districts in the 2011–2012 study and 4923 participants were examined in the 2017 study. Main outcome measures Age-adjusted and gender-adjusted temporal trends in the prevalence and causes of VI. Blindness and moderate VI (MVI) were defined as presenting visual acuity worse than 6/60 and 6/18–6/60 in the better eye, respectively. VI included MVI and blindness. Results Nearly 2500 participants were examined in each location in both the 2011–2012 and 2017 studies. In Khammam district, overall VI declined by 2.5% from 15.5% to 13.0% (p<0.001). While there was no significant change in MVI (p=0.566), blindness declined by 3.0% from 5.4% to 2.4% (p<0.001). In Warangal district, the overall VI remained unchanged (p=0.60). While MVI increased by 3% from 9.3% to 12.3% (p=0.001), blindness declined by 3.5% from 6.5% to 3.0% (p<0.001). While MVI due to cataract increased in both districts, there was a significant decline in MVI due to refractive errors in Khammam. Conclusion There was a significant decline in VI in Khammam district but not in Warangal district. The differential trends in prevalence and causes of VI can be explained by the availability and uptake of eye care services in these two districts.


gastric carcinomas The we have ob-tained recently identify a subgroup of carcinomas that shows high levels of instability for different markers (3, 6) and maintains a gastric type differentiation with MUC5AC ex-pression.Together with the results of Biemer-Huttmann et al. (1) on colorectal cancer, our data on gastric cancer suggest that there is a consistent parallel between genetic instability and MUC5AC expression. This is particularly interesting in colorectal tumours because MUC5AC is not expressed in the normal colon mucosa. Further studies should be undertaken to clarify the mechanisms underlying the widespread association of MUC5AC and MSI in tumors of the digestive tract.


ABSTRACT Maritime traffic is increasing in Arctic seas in the context of climate change. The rapid melting of sea ice led to the widespread belief that traffic was set to expand rapidly, challenging Canadian and Russian-claimed sovereignties over their respective Arctic passage, and underlining the risk posed by such a traffic in a risky but fragile environment. If projections on potential traffic for the medium term are probably exaggerated, the increasing traffic nevertheless challenges the adequacy of the regulatory framework.


We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies performing sclerotherapy for treatment of venous malformations (VMs) of the face, head and neck. It is our hope that data from this study could be used to better inform providers and patients regarding the benefits and risks of percutaneous sclerotherapy for treatment of face, head and neck VMs. We searched PubMed, MEDLINE, and EMBASE from 2000–2018 for studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of percutaneous sclerotherapy of neck, face and head VMs. Two independent reviewers selected studies and abstracted data. The primary outcomes were complete and partial resolution of the VM. Data were analyzed using random-effects meta-analysis. Thirty-seven studies reporting on 2,067 patients were included. The overall rate of complete cure following percutaneous sclerotherapy with any agent was 64.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 57.4–72.0%). Sodium tetradecyl sulfate had the lowest complete cure rate at 55.5% (95% CI, 36.1–74.9%) while pingyangmycin had the highest cure rate at 82.9% (95% CI, 71.1–94.7%). Overall patient satisfaction rates were 91.0% (95% CI, 86.1–95.9%). Overall quality of life improvement was 78.9% (95% CI, 67.0–90.8%). Overall permanent morbidity/mortality was 0.8% (95% CI, 0.3–1.3%) with no cases of mortality. Our systematic review and meta-analysis of 37 studies and over 2,000 patients found that percutaneous sclerotherapy is a very safe and effective treatment modality for treatment of VMs of the head, neck and face.


The Helios PFIB DualBeam features FEI's most recent advances in Plasma Focused Ion Beam and field emission SEM (FESEM) technologies and their combined use. FEI's first plasma based DualBeam is designed for high throughput, large volume processing, combined with extreme high resolution imaging in both 2D and 3D. For large scale cross-sectioning, large volume 3D data collection or large scale patterning, the Helios PFIB DualBeam provides the highest quality of data in the shortest time.


This paper discusses a temperature-dependent characterization of deep reactive ion-etched 10 k$\Omega$ cm high-resistive silicon (DRIE HR-Si), 3D printed alumina (A$l_{2}O_{3}$) and milled Rogers RT/Duroid® 6010.2LM. The characterization is performed by measuring high-Q photonic crystal resonator samples in W-band and the measurements are taken from 30$^{\circ}C$ to 115$^{\circ}C$. HR-Si is the material with the lowest losses at room temperature. However, its losses increase with temperature and become higher than 3D printed alumina at 75°C, reducing the radar cross-section and maximum readout range of chipless wireless RFID tags integrating several of these resonators. These results demonstrate that, while HR-Si performance is higher for the usual temperatures achieved in an indoor localization scenario, 3D printed alumina is more suitable if a temperature-stable response is needed or if the tags need to operate at high temperatures, such as in case of fire.


Advisory committee members: Alastair Cormack, Alexis Clare, Matthew Hall. Dissertation completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering at the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University


Hedge-cutting head for cutting a fouling (13) at a predetermined height above a base surface (14) having a cutter (24), characterized in that a guillotine knife cutting unit (23) in the working direction (A) the cutter (24) downstream and adjacent in a common housing (32) is arranged, and in that associated with the cutting unit (24) and in the working direction (A) in front of the guillotine knife cutting unit (23) feeding means (25) are arranged.


Fiscal decentralization is said to offer a number of benefits for public sector governance, including growth, accountability and responsiveness of government officials to local demands and needs. However, there has been debate about the effects of fiscal decentralization on macroeconomic performance and growth. In this paper, we examine both sides of the arguments and posit that while there are many benefits to be gained from fiscal decentralization, its impacts on economic growth is constrained by a number of factors that are based on the contexts of the societies/economies involved. Hence the positive impact of fiscal decentralization on growth depends on the context and the society/economy.


BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a laminated barrier film which is used as a packaging material or the like to block external gases or water vapor. The present invention provides a laminated barrier film comprising at least one layered product in which a graphene layer and a parylene layer are laminated. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, it has excellent barrier properties including a graphene layer and a parylene layer, and is excellent in mechanical properties such as strength and dimensional stability.


Aiming at the problem that the traditional inverse solution optimization method is not comprehensive and does not consider the robot structure and actual working conditions, an inverse solution multi-objective optimization method is proposed. This method comprehensively considers the structural size and working state of the welding robot, establishes the stiffness performance evaluation index, optimizes the performance index of the subsequent connecting rod movement area caused by joint rotation, and selects the optimal inverse solution combined with the principle of "minimum joint displacement." Compared with the traditional method, this method is more comprehensive. It makes the variation range of the rear three small joints of the welding robot larger than the front three large joints, which reduces the power consumption. In addition, it also improves the stiffness of the welding robot at the trajectory point, which ensures the reliability of the welding robot. On this basis, for linear and arc welds, the position interpolation of cartesian space line and arc trajectory based on the S-shaped acceleration and deceleration curve and the posture interpolation of spherical linear interpolation based on unit quaternion are realized. MATLAB simulation results show that the combination of the inverse optimization method and the interpolation method makes the end trajectory, velocity, acceleration, posture curve, and joint displacement curve of the welding robot continuous, smooth, and without mutation.


This study examines the relationship between world assumptions and trauma history in predicting symptoms of dissociation. It was proposed that cognitions related to the safety and benevolence of the world, as well as self-worth, would be related to the presence of dissociative symptoms, the latter of which were theorized to defend against threats to one's sense of safety, meaningfulness, and self-worth. Undergraduates from a midwestern university completed the Multiscale Dissociation Inventory, World Assumptions Scale, and Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire. Consistent with the hypotheses, world assumptions were related to the extent of trauma exposure and interpersonal trauma exposure in the sample but were not significantly related to non-interpersonal trauma exposure. World assumptions acted as a significant partial mediator of the relationship between trauma exposure and dissociation, and this relationship held when interpersonal trauma exposure specifically was considered. The factor structures of dissociation and world assumptions were also examined using principal component analysis, with the benevolence and self-worth factors of the World Assumptions Scale showing the strongest relationships with trauma exposure and dissociation. Clinical implications are discussed.


There are investigations suggesting that circular RNAs (circRNAs) may play a critical role in tumor progression, and that their identification could serve as novel biomarkers to improve cancer diagnosis. In this study, we proposed to investigate the landscape of circRNAs in lung squamous cell carcinomas (LSCCs) and to identify those that can aid in lung cancer (LC) diagnosis. The circRNA expression landscape and its functional assessments were profiled in five surgical LSCCs along with five paired adjacent normal tissues via next-generation sequencing (RNAseq) and bioinformatics technology. Correlations were explored between expression levels of validated circRNAs and clinical features of participants. ROC curves and AUC were constructed to evaluate the diagnostic values. Among 256 co-differentially expressed circRNAs (co-DE circRNAs) in LSCCs with paired samples, there were 15 significantly co-upregulated and 93 significantly co-downregulated DE circRNAs. The GO function prediction analyses showed that protein binding, intracellular, and metabolic process were the top three functions of circRNA parental genes. Adherens junctions, lysine degradation, and ErbB signaling pathway were the three most enriched pathways according to KEGG pathway assessment. Of five predicted co-DE circRNAs, including circLIFR, circBRAF, circPTPRM, circEPB41L2, and circPVT1, four co-DE circRNAs except circPVT1 were identified by qRT-PCR with Sanger sequencing in 86 samples (43 surgical LCs with 43 paired adjacent normal tissues). Futhermore, circLIFR, circBRAF, circPTPRM, and circEPB41L2 were significantly associated with pathological subtypes, which had a statistical discrepancy regarding LSCCs discriminated from lung adenocarcinomas. CircLIFR and circEPB41L2 were also negatively correlated with blood SCC. ROC curves showed that circLIFR exhibited the highest AUC value (0.871) in LCs with corresponding high sensitivity and specificity (0.744 and 0.884), and circEPB41L2 had the highest AUC value (0.947) in LSCCs with higher sensitivity (0.867) and specificity (0.947). Combination of these four co-DE circRNAs did not present a high AUC value (AUC: 0.871 in LCs; 0.937 in LSCCs), without corresponding increase in sensitivity (0.767 in LCs, 0.933 in LSCCs) and specificity (0.837 in LCs, 0.867 in LSCCs). This study highlights downregulated four circRNAs (circLIFR, circBRAF, circPTPRM, and circEPB41L2) that might be promising diagnostic biomarkers for LCs, with circEPB41L2 being the best diagnostic biomarker for LSCCs.


This note is about a novel, thermodynamically consistent formulation for small strains continuum electro-chemo-mechanics applied to all solid state batteries, which are claimed to be the next-generation battery system in view of their safety accompanied by high energy densities. The response of a cell, made of a lithium metal foil, a solid electrolyte, and a porous LiCoO2 cathode, has been investigated in terms of quantities of interest such as the electric potential, the lithium concentrations profiles, displacements, and stresses. The plating and stripping of the lithium has been considered together with the volumetric evolution of the porous cathode. Together they contribute to the outbreak of mechanical stresses, which may influence the life cycle of a battery.


Angle-resolved electron distribution curves have been measured for two different excitation energies on heteroepitaxial C 60 (111) films. At ħω=29 eV, the limited k∥ resolution together with broadening induced by vibronic excitations results in a weak dependence of the peak positions and line shapes of the photoemission features on the emission angle. We demonstrate that at the low photon energy of ħω=8.1 eV the k∥ resolution becomes sufficient to resolve two bands in the feature derived from the highest-occupied molecular orbital which show a dispersion of the order of 400 meV


Day summarizes an interesting contrast made earlier by Fried between a top-down, teacher focus on learning and one more concerned to give learners ownership of their own learning and exploration. For example he contrasts: 'Then I wanted students to be . . . able to accept, understand, practice, and adopt the suggestions I made on how to make their papers more literate' with 'Now I want students to be . . . reflecting upon and assessing their own and others' thoughts; ready to change their minds if it seems to make sense to do so.'


The variation in levels of major glucosinolates, myrosinase activity and the banding pattern of myrosinase isoenzymes has been investigated in three cultivars of English white cabbage. Differences were found both between cultivars and within cabbage heads. An attempt has been made to correlate these results with the differences in the distribution and structure of myrosin cells examined by light and electron microscopy. Myrosin cells were found to be similar in both distribution and structure in the three cultivars but to show variation within the cabbage heads.


It has been determined in the article, that the development of dual content of professional training of future engineers-teachers majoring in computing is possible only under such condition as realization of the dual approach to the this content development. In solution of this problem it is necessary to consider not only the complexity of the reflection of study material of psychological and pedagogical disciplines in the field of technical sciences for the formation of corresponding professional competences, but also the complexity of considering psychological processes and mechanisms of mastering this educational material on the basis of specific (engineering and pedagogical) activity.


The (I-V) characteristic pattern of the corona discharge case is very different from the pattern of ordinary electric circuits, so it is interesting to investigate. Several previous studies involved the concept of Maxwell's equations on several physical case models such as coaxial cylinder, electrohydrodynamic, and the electric wind. In this study, we use a capacitance calculation model for positive dc corona discharge in air, especially in calculating the (I-V) current-voltage characteristics of an electrode configuration model, often referred to as capacitively coupled plasma (CCP). The configuration model comprises active and passive electrodes, with the active electrode in the form of a pentagonal with the sharp end (in the middle) facing downwards in an upright position. The passive electrode under the active electrode has a large rectangular shape in a lying place. This configuration model is named The Chisel Eye and Midpoint-Plane (CEM-P). The analytical calculation of the (I-V) characteristics uses the geometric properties of the active electrode, which will produce a large corona current flow at the pointed electrode. These properties in analytical calculation manifest with the emergence of the corona flow multiplication factor at the sharp active electrode's integration boundary condition called the shape sharpness factor k. The Python GUI Programming simulation program makes graphic simulations, Standard Deviation (SD), t-tests, and calculating the factor k (fitting curve value) between numerical calculations and research data. The values of the SD, the t-tests, and the Percentage of tangent points meet the requirements for a high level of accuracy for the four CEM-P configuration models of the (I-V) characteristics simulation graph with the graph has a relatively large percentage of tangent points values (82.35% – 94.44%).


X-ray computed tomography (X-CT) plays an important role in non-destructive quality inspection and process evaluation in metal additive manufacturing, as several types of defects such as keyhole and lack of fusion pores can be observed in these 3D images as local changes in material density. Segmentation of these defects often relies on threshold methods applied to the reconstructed attenuation values of the 3D image voxels. However, the segmentation accuracy is affected by unavoidable X-CT reconstruction features such as partial volume effects, voxel noise and imaging artefacts. These effects create false positives, difficulties in threshold value selection and unclear or jagged defect edges. In this paper, we present a new X-CT defect segmentation method based on preprocessing the X-CT image with a 3D total variation denoising method. By comparing the changes in the histogram, threshold selection can be significantly better, and the resulting segmentation is of much higher quality. We derive the optimal algorithm parameter settings and demonstrate robustness for deviating settings. The technique is presented on simulated data sets, compared between low- and high-quality X-CT scans, and evaluated with optical microscopy after destructive tests.


The repetitive actions and decisions, taken by the rules in an inadequate way, gave rise to multiple marches in protest, against what was stated and / or dictated by the presidents, from last periods, however from the presidency of the former president Sixto Duran Ballen, with the creation of a law that protected the banking interests, the economy of the country deteriorated, soon the excessive increases of the fuels, and products of first consumption, created the social instability. Until the government of Jamil Mahuad, who gives as shocking news, the bank crisis of 1999, which consisted iof the freezing all the investors´ money of the private banks and other financial institutions, which caused a disaster at the national level, several families lost all their money, which they claimed to be the fruits of years of work, consequently to this event, there was the large number of citizens to other countries, recognized as the massive migration. The local press has played an important role in making communicative, addressing the different events in the city, in this case of the bank holiday of 1999, among its pages were published notes with different opinions according to each newspaper, was taken in tells the main newspapers of the city of Riobamba, where he tackled news, cartoons, editorials.


What you need to know In a rare Federal Court proceeding involving alleged misuse of market power, the Federal Court held that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) failed to…


Mylan received approval from FDA to market its desvenlafaxine extended-release tablets, the generic version of Pristiq (Pfizer), for major depressive disorder. Plus, 2 other manufacturers recently received approval for their generic versions of Pristiq.


Automatic human lip tracking is one of the key components tomany facial image analysis tasks, such as, lip-reading and emotion from lips. It has been a classical hard image analysis problem over decades. In this paper, we propose an indirect lip tracking strategy: `lipless tracking'. It is based on the observation that many of us don't have clear lips and some even don't have visible lips. The strategy is to select and localize stable lip features around the mouth for tracking. For this purpose deformable contour-segments are modelled based on lip features and tracking is done using dynamic programming and Viterbi Algorithm. The strength of proposed algorithm is demonstrated in emotion estimation domain. Finally, real-time video experiments performed on private and publicity available data set (MMI face database) have shown the robustness of our proposed lipless tracking technique.


Three-pass method utilizes ERS data to create DDMs in Taiwan. Some basic theoretic aspects are firstly analyzed. It verifies that INSAR can provide a DDM with an accuracy of a few millimeters, if INSAR can creates a DEM with an accuracy of a few meters. Comparing with the precise displacements determined using GPS shows that t he mean difference of the displacement values estimated by D-INSAR and the ones determined by GPS is about 6cm. It indicates that three-pass method and ERS data processed properly can detect height surface deformation in urban area in Taiwan.


Background: Persons living with HIV (PLWH) have greater risks for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) than uninfected persons. However, data are sparse regarding HIV-specific factors ass...


Intensive measurements of aerosol chemical composition were performed with an Aerodyne High Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS) at the Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research (CESAR) in Cabauw, NL, in November 2011 and from May to July 2012. Additionally, an Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) was measuring from July 2012 to June 2013 as a part of the ACTRIS project. The CESAR site is a rural station representative for North-West Europe. Depending on prevailing wind direction, the condition can be either of maritime or continental character. The site is also influenced by local pollution or plumes from the surrounding cities.


There is a sequence in Exotica, the latest film by 35-year-old Canadian film-maker Atom Egoyan, that makes me think of Andrew Wyeth. There is a long shot of an extended grassy field. In the distance, a number of people appear on the horizon, walking in unison. They are looking for something. As in Wyeth's "Christina's World," there is a surreal combination of beauty and dread. Are they on a ramble, these people, looking at flora and fauna? Or are they looking for something else? Not until well into the film, as we continually return to this particular sequence, will we receive an answer to these questions.


One significant aspect of the Traditional Medicine Practice Act (2000) Act 575 is to ensure the registration of Traditional Medicine Practitioners in the Ghanaian jurisdiction that comes within its ambit. This is made clear by the preamble to the law, which states in part, that the law is to establish a Council to regulate the practice of traditional medicine, to register practitioners and license practices, to regulate the preparation and sale of herbal medicine and to provide for related matters. Thus the letter and spirit of the law are clear without ambiguity. The Traditional Medicine Practice Council established by Act 575 now regulates Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices in Ghana. This commentary provides or the capacity of Act 575 and the practice of CAM in Ghana.


The notion of reproducible research has received considerable attention in recent years from physical scientists, life scientists, social and behavioural scientists, and computational scientists. Some readers will be familiar with the criterion of replicability as a tenet of good execution of the scientific method, in which sound scientific experiments or studies are those that can be recreated elsewhere leading to new data, and in which sound scientific claims are those that are confirmed by the new data in a replicated study. For example, if a researcher conducts a scientific study by surveying 5000 people selected at random, that study and claims arising from it are replicable if another researcher can make the same claim based on new data that come from a random survey of 5000 different people. Likewise, claims can be disproven in a replication, if the new researcher finds different results arising from


The purpose of this descriptive study was to assess home health care nurses' exposure to bloodborne pathogens, evaluate Medicare Certified Home Healthcare Agency (MCHHA) and hospice organization practices related to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Bloodborne Pathogens Standard and the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, and link the two to recommend safety improvements. This study evaluated the experiences of 355 home health care nurses and 30 MCHHA and hospice employers in one mid-Atlantic state regarding bloodborne pathogen programs and practices and blood and sharps contact. An index was developed to evaluate employer compliance with OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. Employer policies and nurse practice related to the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard did not meet all requirements despite identified risk. Thirty-eight home health care nurses from 12 of the 30 employers reported needlestick injuries within the past year, yet employers reported only 18 nurse needlestick...


In this paper,R-stability,P-stability and dispersive property of two-stage diagonally-implicit Runge-Kutta-Nystrm(DIRKN) methods for stiff second-order ordinary differential equations are discussed.The R-stable regions are obtained,and some R-stable two-stage DIRKN methods of order three and dispersive order four are constructed.It is shown that the P-stable two-stage DIRKN methods of order three do not exist.The two-stage DIRKN methods of order three and dispersive orders six and eight are constructed,but are not R-stable.These extend the corresponding results of the two-stage singly DIRKN methods in some references.


Vesuvius At Home is a 14-minute experimental film that de-contextualizes Pompeii as a site of personal mythology and memory. Pompeii is the fulcrum of the "self" where the past and memories are unearthed. The text, on which the film circumnavigates and branches is a VHS tape of my third-grade class staging The Fall of Pompeii. With us, the children, acting as its inhabitants, we performed our lives and our deaths. Acting as archaeologists, we uncovered our artifacts and bones. Now, as the filmmaker, I use the camera to re-examine processes of memory, preservation, and the construction of self. This film presents the original VHS footage and my two cinematic interpretations: mysteries crafted in the (Emily) Dickinson-ian mode, and the Vesuvius in an artist's mind whose doors haunt open for those willing to look at the world differently. Pompeii is unique in that it is a landscape of a civilization preserved for two millennia as the result of cataclysmic destruction. Not until the invention of photography and cinema could a means of preservation be approached on a human scale. It precisely on this scale that the future of Pompeii lies. Since its discovery, each archaeological (and non-archaeological) dig paradoxically exposed Pompeii to entropy. Thousands of feet, bodies, and fingerprints erode the stonework. The economic power plays of the mafia destroy buildings outright and scorch the earth itself. Life will destroy the site's preservation. In the near future, all that will remain are mediated images of the site 3D scans, x-rays, holograms, photographs, and films. Pompeii will


Reduced mixing of deep pools attributable to river regulation and downstream flow suppression can lead to an increase in the magnitude, frequency and duration of thermal stratification in riverine pools over summer. This study monitored hourly temperature profiles with five thermistor loggers in a 15 m deep natural pool over 12 months from May 2005. Detailed bathymetric and topographic survey data and HEC‐RAS hydraulic modelling of layer Richardson numbers were used to extend thermistor observations of flow‐related stratification breakdown in this single deep pool to a 20 km long pool‐riffle dominated river reach below the dam. Reach‐wide breakdown of persistent thermal stratification in deep pools over spring and summer was likely to be achieved by a flow rate of 3000 ML day−1. This flow rate approximates the long‐term mean annual natural flow (2860 ML day−1) and the 16th flow duration percentile (mean daily flows equalled or exceeded for 16% of time), indicating that thermal stratification of the deepest pools in the Shoalhaven River is a common, natural phenomenon not solely attributable to river regulation. Should reasonably consistent hydraulic geometry relationships exist between low salinity rivers in similar climatic, hydrologic and geomorphic settings, then we suggest that the mean annual natural flow is likely to achieve widespread breakdown of thermal stratification across lengthy reaches of similar pool‐riffle sequence rivers elsewhere. Hourly mean wind speeds of up to 65 km h−1 recorded at an automated weather station 25 km from the study site were found to suppress of the degree of thermal stratification in the study pool but did not achieve deep mixing of persistent seasonal thermoclines. Large, rapid and sustained air temperature decreases associated with the passage of cold fronts across southeastern Australia in summer were found to be more effective than wind and achieved mixing to depths of at least 4.2 m. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Suppose p is a homogeneous polynomial over a field K. Let p(D) be the differential operator defined by replacing each occurrence of xj in p by xj , defined formally in case K is not a subset of C. (The classical example is p(x1 , ..., xn)= j xj , for which p(D) is the Laplacian { .) In this paper we solve the equation p(D) q=0 for homogeneous polynomials q over K, under the restriction that K be an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0. (This restriction is mild, considering that the ``natural'' field is C.) Our Main Theorem and its proof are the natural extensions of work by Sylvester, Clifford, Rosanes, Gundelfinger, Cartan, Maass and Helgason. The novelties in the presentation are the generalization of the base field and the removal of some restrictions on p. The proofs require only undergraduate mathematics and Hilbert's Nullstellensatz. A fringe benefit of the proof of the Main Theorem is an Expansion Theorem for homogeneous polynomials over R and C. This theorem is trivial for linear forms, goes back at least to Gauss for p=x1+x 2 2+x 2 3 , and has also been studied by Maass and Helgason.


Odontogenic Keratocyst (OKC) is an odontogenic cyst and because of its ability in growth and creation tumoral lesions is placed in odontogenic tumor (OKT). Present study is a case report of a 22 year old man presenting with a symptomatic swelling on the gingiva between the mandibular right premolars and canine. On radiographic examination had seen a completely radiolucent unilacular well-defined corticated scalloped lesion with teeth movement, without cortical perforation. The lesion was successfully treated by complete enucleation. The aim of the study is to report a case of odontogenic keratocyst that was different from routine (clinical and radiographic findings). For this reason all cysts should be considered and evaluated exactly.


At present,the employment competition is more and more fierce day by day,and how to timely and accurately master the effective employment information has become a required course for each university student.This paper analyzes the present situation of university students' employment and the reasons of difficult employment,expounds the main contents of university students' employment information,puts forward some methods for collecting effective employment information,discusses the basic principles of and main channels for collecting employmernt information,and discusses the problem of how to use the employment information to correctly guide university students' employment.


The English versions of Kung fu novels of Jin Yong are a new field that many translators intend to attempt in recent years.The paper mainly discusses the selection and selecting intentions of translation strategies in translating the Kung fu novels.Through the research,the author found that translators often choose the naturalized translation strategies.The paper aims at finding the principles and factors of influencing the current English versions of Kung fu works so as to better help the spread of these works.


The Reader is a film adapted by Stephen Daldry from the novel of the same name, the film tells the hobbling lifetime story of a man and a woman, they bear historical yoke, gently destroyed each other's lives. In this paper, the humanity and dignity story of The reader has been analyzed from the film ideological content and character features in literature and film,, the method of close reading has been used to show its artistic charm. The reader not only has reflection and criticism of the war, morality, ethics, love, betrayal, redemption and human nature, but also contains very complex emotion, and the guilt of the historical need to face by the world. The research on the content and style of The reader is of great importance in literary value and practice.


This paper presents the principle to enhance the spatial 2D resolution of spatial 2D resolution and the possibility of available limitation of maximum resolution. The paper also reports on image signal processing for 2D high definition pictures and the hanging-up piezoelectric bimorph construction designed to improve both horizontal and vertical resolution respectively by one time. The regenerated signal can be compatible with current TV mode.


Based on the present situation of carbon emissions in Yangtze Delta, this paper builds a nonlinear dynamic system model by using the nonlinear least-square method and regression analysis method. In ad- dition, we discusses and evolutionary analyzes on the total carbon emissions in Yangtze Delta by using the dynamic system model. Finally, we predict the long-term total carbon emissions evolution trend in this area.


. The current study was conducted in the apiary of the College of Agriculture & Forestry/ University of Mosul during the year results that showed the highest mean amount of bee venom for the interaction reading 0.1207 mg/colony in the treatment of milking bee population of 10 frames (TMV2) during the period from 7-12/8/2021 compared with the lowest mean interaction of 0.0067 mg/colony which was recorded during the period from 16-21/10/2021 for the same treatment. However, the highest mean interaction for the treatment of milking bee venom population was 5 frames (TMV1) during the period from 21-26/8/2021 which was 0.0810 mg /colony compared with the lowest mean of 0.0023 mg/colony during the period from 16-21/10/2021 for the same treatment. As for the treatments general mean, the highest mean was recorded in the TMV2 treatment which amounted to 0.0644 mg/colony compared with the lowest general mean of zero mg/colony in the TCM2 treatment. As for the milking treatment of TMV1,the highest mean was recorded 0.0305 mg/colony in the TMV1 treatment compared with the lowest average of zero mg/colony in the TCM1 treatment. As for the process effect of the bee venom milking on daily mortality of workers, the daily mortality was increased by 3.47 worker/day in TMV2 which recorded a mean of 6.99 worker/day compared with the TCM2 treatment which, in turn, recorded a mean of 3.52 worker/day. As for the treatments with a bee population of five frames, the daily mortality of workers was increased by 3.2 worker/day in the treatment of TMV1 treatment which recorded the lowest mean of 5.78 worker/day compared with the TCM1 treatment which recorded a mean of 2.58 worker/day. Regarding the general mean of the fat content, the statistical analysis did not show any significant differences between the two treatments TMV2 and TCM2 whose means reached 21.10 and 20.93 % respectively. As for the treatments with fat content of five frames, the highest mean was recorded in a treatment TMV1 amounting to 17.50 % compared with the lowest mean which was 15.38 % recorded in TCM1 treatment. As for the Nitrogen content in treatments with a bee population of 10 frames, the highest mean was recorded in the TMV2 treatment which amounted to 9.37 % compared with the lowest mean in the TCM2 treatment which amounted to 8.11 %.The statistical analysis did not show any significant differences for the effect of milking bee venom in the Nitrogen content for the treatments with a bee population of five frames, and the highest mean was recorded in the TMV1 treatment which amounted to 7.7 7 % compared with the lowest mean of 7.75 % which was recorded in the TCM1 treatment. As for the acidity (pH) in workers abdomen, the statistical analysis did not show any significant differences for the effect of milking bee venom in the acidity (pH) in workers abdomen for the treatments with a bee population of ten frames.


A derivative of 11, 15-O-dialkyl prostaglandin E of formula (I) where R ** ** formula is halogen and a bond or a double bond, or R is oxo and one double bond, and R1 and R2 are each each independently, C 1-4 alkyl, R3 is C1-10 alkyl, C2-10 alkenyl, C2-10 alkynyl or C1-10 alkyl, C2-10 alkenyl or alkynyl phenyl substituted C2-10 , phenoxy, C3-7cycloalkyl or C3-7 cycloalkyloxy of where the phenyl and the cycloalkyl may be substituted with 1 to 3 groups from alkyl of C1- 4, C1-4alkoxy, halogen, trihalomethyl or nitro, or non-toxic salts thereof or cyclodextrin clathrates thereof,


Case Report A 68-year-old Hindoo male, who had been under treatment for years for hypertension, was seen in a state of left ventricular failure in February, 1953. On examination, he was found to be orthopnceic and pale, with a markedly displaced and heaving apex beat and a loud systolic murmur over the precordium. The blood pressure was 176/112 mm. His electrocardiogram (Fig. 1), showed left ventricular strain with digitalis defect.


The ramification problem in Artificial Intelligence is concerned with the indirect effects of an action. It has been shown in previous work that the ramification problem can be solved with the use of integrity constraints and actions representation. In this paper we begin with a quick review of the existing Description Logic Languages, and then we describe a Temporal Extension of Description Logics, able to represent integrity constraints, temporalized actions and non persistent effects. We describe a thorough solution to the ramification problem in Temporal Settings expressed in Temporal Description Logics. The solution also deals with the hard case, in which the effects of an action change the belief about the past.


By expanding ecology idea and studying the environment of human settlements of high-tech park, this paper points out the construction of high-tech park should persist in ecology design idea of people foremost, so that it can develop healthy and benignly, be suitable for existence and development in future.


The purpose of this research is to develop learning media that can improve students' Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) on the topic "circular motion". Therefore, its design is a research and development (R&D) study with 4D model (Define, Design, Develop, and Disseminate). Experts were involved to validate the products that had been developed, which are teaching props and Student Worksheets (SWS), through a validation questionnaire. The collected data were then analyzed descriptively and qualitatively. The results showed that the total average of all aspects of the assessment was 81.8 which was included in the "very good" category. Based on this result, it can be concluded that the products developed, namely learning media for "circular motion" material, is suitable for use in the learning process to improve students' higher order thinking skills


Motorcycles are systems with complex dynamic behaviour that can become unstable under certain driving conditions. Avoiding such instabilities from the design stage is not trivial since they depend on various interrelated parameters, one of which is aerodynamics. Aerodynamic forces in a vehicle can be essentially described by its longitudinal (drag) and vertical (lift) components together with its point of application on the vehicle, known as centre of pressure (CoP). Several studies had shown that aerodynamic forces have an influence on stability. Several authors explain that drag influences stability through four mechanisms: dampening lateral motion, and changing weight distribution, tire cornering stiffness, and rake geometry. It is well known that in motorsport performance needs to be enhanced continuously and aerodynamics can be used to this end. Changing the CoP position and the addition of lift force certainly affect the four mechanisms described by (Meijaard, 2006), but their effect on stability had not been described in the literature. Therefore the aim of this research is to extend on (Meijaard, 2006) research, by analysing the influence of CoP position and aerodynamic lift in motorcycle stability in straight line and steady cornering. To this end, we perform a stability analysis on a motorcycle with variable CoP and lift. We consider the CoP ahead, aligned, and behind the motorcycle centre of mass, and in cornering we consider it on both sides of the symmetry plane of the motorcycle to account for rider lateral displacement. The result contributes to the understanding of motorcycle aerodynamics providing new insights into how to use aerodynamics to enhance stability.


For hyperspectral image classification, feature extraction is a crucial pre-process for avoiding the Hughes phenomena. Some feature extraction methods such as linear discriminant analysis (LDA), nonparametric weighted feature extraction (NWFE), and their kernel versions, generalized discriminant analysis (GDA) and kernel nonparametric weighted feature extraction method (KNWFE) have been shown that they can improve the classification performance. However, for GDA and KNWFE, it is hard to find the suitable kernel parameters. Hence, although they have been published about 14 or 6 years, respectively, researchers rarely implement them for dealing with hyperspectral image classification problem. An automatic kernel parameter selection method (APS) was proposed to predetermine the appropriate radial basis function (RBF) kernel for support vector machine (SVM) and GDA. In this study, APS was applied to find the suitable RBF kernel function for KNWFE. From the experiment results on PAVIA data set, the classification performance of KNWFE still outperforms those of GDA [10] and SVM [10]. The most important of this research, the kernel parameters of GDA and KNWFE based on RBF kernel can be "automatically" determined and the researcher can implement them directly without tuning the kernel parameter.


The D0 and CDF experiments are in the process of upgrading their detectors to cope with the high luminosities projected for the remainder of Tevatron Run II. We discuss the expected Tevatron environment through 2009, the detector challenges due to increasing luminosity in this period, and the solutions undertaken by the two experiments to mitigate detector problems and maximize physics results.


In an alkalescent medium,the chemiluminescence signal resulted from oxidation of luminol by hydrogen peroxide was enhanced by theophylline.A new method for analysis of trace theophylline via flow injection chemiluminescence determination was established.A linear relationship between chemiluminescence signal and theophylline concentration was found in the range of 2.0×10-7~8.0×10-7 mol/L and 2.0×10-6~8.0×10-6 mol/L,and the detection limit was 1.0×10-7 mol/L.The relative standard deviation did not exceed 2.5% for 11 continuous determinations of theophylline with a concentration of 4×10-6 mol/L.The said method is simple,rapid and accurate,and is being applied in the determination of sustained-release tablet.


New scientific approaches of paintings have led to new insights into the artist's creative process, and the way he may have solved problems during designing and painting. In the course of the previous century a number of techniques have been developed, each in its own way providing art-historians and conservators of museums with tools enabling them to look behind the surface of paintings. The different varnish and paint layers, pigments, colours, underdrawings, canvases, panels, and stretchers can be studied, revealing details invisible to the naked eye. In this way art-historians and, depending on the presentation of data, the public as well, are able to look, so to say, over the shoulder of the artist. Of course sometimes the dataset obtained is merely interesting, not more than that. Sometimes, however, difficult arthistorical problems come to a solution. Under certain circumstances this may have a tremendous impact. In this respect one may think of false attributions and forgeries being discovered, often involving great amounts of money. Reputations might be damaged, artistic value could vanish. Modern scientific methods of investigating paintings, although they may reveal invaluable data, are not as common in every modern country. The Netherlands have to travel a long journey before reaching appropriate standards. This paper is concerned with a Dutchman that has achieved a tremendous progress in this field mainly abroad.


A series Zn_(1-x)Mg_xO(x=0~0.16) films grown on Si(100) substrate were prepared by RF magnetron sputtering and annealed at different temperature.The UV emission peaks of free exciton(and assisted phonon replicas) and electron-hole plasma(E-H) were found in the photoluminescence(PL) from the Zn_(1-x)Mg_xO films,where the E-H has a five-time super-linear enhanced lasing effect.The blue shift of the UV peaks in the photoluminescence spectra is found to be associated with increasing Mg content in Zn_(1-x)Mg_xO films,and the peaks intensity is also reinforced significantly as increasing the annealing temperature.The minimum lasing threshold of the samples is 40kW/cm~2.


The popularity of mobile devices has driven the occurrence of ultra-dense wireless networks (UDNs) to accommodate high volumes of data therein generated by mobile users (MUs) running various mobile applications, such as virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) and online gaming. Since many such mobile applications are computation-intensive, mobile edge computing (MEC), a promising computing paradigm that can provide on-demand computation resources (i.e., virtual machines (VMs)), is considered to adopt for allowing MUs to offload their computation tasks to EgSvrs in the proximity. Previous works have developed many schemes to schedule computation tasks to be offloaded to edge servers (EgSvrs). However, these developed schemes are centralized, which are vulnerable to congested coordination operations, and have no trustworthiness guarantee as well. In this paper, we propose to design a decentralized coordination scheme to orchestrate MUs and EgSvrs for scheduling computation tasks to their right VMs by taking advantage of blockchain technology. Specifically, we develop an efficient task-VM matching algorithm that jointly considers task execution time and energy consumption. Particularly, we prove the stability of the task-VM matching achieved by the developed matching algorithm. Besides, we further implement the developed task-VM matching algorithm on the blockchain by developing a smart matching contract to perform task-VM matching on the blockchain without trusted third parties. Extensive simulation results demonstrate that our decentralized coordination scheme can improve the performance significantly and converge to a stable state very quickly.


Ontology is broadly applied in various fields for creating trust‐based data access control models. In the case of the medical field, utilizing ontology is highly recommended for securing the medical report and patient information. Here, ontology is integrated with the grid computing system for achieving better authentication and security in the healthcare system. Various ontology based data access control models are designed by different authors for achieving enhanced user authorization and security. Security is still found to be a major issue in the existing techniques. To overcome this issue, the proposed work developed a medical ontology with three tier secure access control. The proposed method is processed in three layers. In the first layer, job scheduling for user is achieved. Job scheduling is carried out by scheduler using a deadline priority based scheduling algorithm. Users are scheduled with a different job based on their priority level such as low, medium, and high. In the second layer, role based policy is developed for finding and eliminating the accessing of unauthorized users. The third layer is used for securing medical database. Medical database is secured from various through encrypting the data using XOR cryptography algorithm. The proposed architecture is validated using some of the metrics such as turnaround time, tardiness, actual time delay, and throughput. The turnaround time, tardiness, and actual‐time delay attains for the proposed architecture are 64.60, 4.90, and 1.52 seconds, respectively. Then, the throughput value reaches for 25 bits length of encryption is 0.88 Mbps. The simulation analysis reveals that the proposed architecture reduces the waiting time of users and improves medical data security.


Objective To investigated the effect of 1.8 GHz radiofrequency field radiation(RFR) on Hsp70,aB-crystallin expression and cell proliferate ability on cultured human lens epithelial cells(hLECs).Methods The hLECs were exposed and sham-exposed to 1.8 GHz microwave radiation for at four average specific absorption rates(SAR:1,2,3 and 4 W/kg) for 2 h,Hsp70 and aB-crystallin of hLECs were measured using RT-PCR and Western blot.Cell proliferation was evaluated by BrdU-Kit.Results No change of Hsp70 and aB-crystallin at mRNA level was found in all groups compared with sham-exposed group.At the level of protein,increase of Hsp70 were observed when SAR were 2,3,4 W/kg,but no differences were found in aB-crystallin.The cell proliferation rate decreased at SAR of 4 W/kg(P0.01).Conclusion RFR of mobile phone-type less than 3 W/kg for 2 h has no effect on cell proliferation,it may be related to the increased expression of Hsp70.


Database engines often consume significant power during query processing activities, motivating researchers to investigate the redesign of their internals to minimize these overheads. While the prior literature has dealt exclusively with average power considerations, our focus here is on peak power consumption. We begin by profiling the peak power behavior of a representative suite of popular commercial database engines in benchmark query processing environments, and demonstrate that their consumption can often be substantial. Then, we develop a pipeline-based model of query execution plans that lends itself to accurately estimating peak power consumption, suggesting its gainful employment in server design and capacity planning. More potently, given a space of competing plan choices, it could help identify plans with attractive tradeoffs between peak-power and time-efficiency considerations, and we present sample instances of such tradeoffs. Finally, we discuss extensions of our modeling approach to inductive pipelines and multi-query workloads.


The methods for testing catalysts have developed with the development of the FCC process. The microactivity test (MAT) is the most widely applied laboratory method for testing equilibrium and new sample catalysts. This paper presents a review of MAT characteristics, significance, and examples of Its use at INA.


Digital filtering of audio signals in professional mixing consoles requires low roundoff noise digital filter structures which are suitable for realizing very low pole frequencies. Without appropriate choice of the digital filter structure the effects of limited word length lead to high necessary internal word length of the signal processor. On the basis of a roundoff error analysis a new recursive digital filter structure is compared with already known filter structures, especially for very low cutoff frequencies


DC–DC converters with output-series cascaded submodules (SMs) are required for the medium-voltage direct current (MVDC) grid interface of photovoltaic (PV) systems. However, the mismatched power of PV arrays can cause an imbalance among the output voltages of SMs. In order to address this problem, in this paper, a multi-port cascaded DC–DC converter is established on the basis of a voltage balancer (VB) with a novel power feedforward voltage-balancing control strategy. The converter has multiple input terminals for the PV arrays and an output terminal connected to the MVDC grid. The differential power is regulated from one SM to another through the VB, ensuring that the SM output voltages are equalized. Simulation and experimental results suggest that the proposed converter has an excellent voltage-balancing capacity and dynamic performance.


Objective: Granulomatous lobular mastitis (GLM) is a rare and benign disorder of the breast, of unknown etiology. Differential diagnosis by radiological and clinical evaluation remains uncertain. There is no optimal treatment for this disorder. In this study, we aimed to analyze 17 cases with GLM retrospectively with the help of clinical and radiologic studies and to give detailed information about outcomes. Materials and Methods: A retrospective chart review of 17 consecutive patients with granulomatous lobular mastitis (GLM), who were treated in Kartal Education and Research Hospital between March, 2004 and January, 2011,was carried out in our study. Results: All the cases were women of childbearing age, who had given birth and breastfed at least once. The most common causes for admission were; breast mass in 12 patients (70.6%) and pain in 12 (70.6%) cases. Five (29.4%) cases developed a fistula and four (23.5%) had abscess requiring drainage. Mammography was used for 10 (58.8%) cases, 12 (70.6%) were examined by MRI and all the patients were evaluated with ultrasound. Five (29.4%) cases were suspicious for malignancy prior to biopsies. Diagnoses of sixteen (94.1%) cases were established with tru-cut biopsy. Fourteen (82.3%) cases underwent wide local excision (WLE) following antibiotic therapy and/or drainage and 3 (17.6%) cases with diffuse disease also underwent wide local excision following therapy with antibiotics and/or drainage and steroids (prednisolone 32 mg bid). Complete remission was observed in one patient with diffuse disease who was referred to our clinic with excisional biopsy after steroid therapy (prednisolone 32 mg bid). Relapse developed in two (11.7%) cases in the end of thirty-six months of median follow-up. Both patients were treated with steroids (prednisolone 32 mg bid). Conclusion: GLM is a benign disorder and has no widely accepted treatment. Wide local excision may be performed successfully in the management of GLM alone or following a steroid therapy in those patients with diffuse involvement.


1 This investigation was carried out under contract, recommended by the Committee on Medical Research, between the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the University of Chicago. The studies were planned in cooperation with the Panel on Clinical Testing of Antimalarials of the Board for the Coordination of Malarial Studies. This work was further aided by the participation of Army Medical Officers assigned to the project by the Surgeon General, U. S. Army. Through a cooperative arrangement between Professor Clay G. Huff and Dr. Frederick Coulston, Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, and the Malarial Research Unit, Department of Medicine, the former group bred Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquitoes, supervised their infection and the inoculation of volunteers, and determined the intensity of infection in the salivary glands of the mosquitoes. The latter group assumed the responsibility for clinical care of patients studied by both groups. The authors express their thanks to the Malaria Study Section of the National Institute of Health for editorial assistance and for arrangements in regard to the publication of this paper. They are also grateful to the Abbott Laboratories, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., E. R. Squibb and Sons, Eli Lilly and Company, Sharp and Dohme, Inc., and Wyeth, Inc., for contributing toward the publication costs. 2 Captain, M.C., A.U.S. produce clinical cure of relapses and delayed primary attacks of naturally acquired zivax malaria. The drug is well tolerated in doses as high as 1.5 grams a day for 14 to 28 days. In 157 cases of vivax malaria treated with paludrine in doses of 20 to 1,500 mgm. per day for 14 to 28 days, however, the effect on the relapse rate was no greater than that of quinacrine. We have studied the effect of paludrine against a standardized infection of a Southwest Pacific strain of vivax malaria in order to compare it with suppressive agents, and have attempted to determine whether or not it exhibits synergistic action with quinine or pentaquine.


This study aims to determine the training , conditions of competitive advantage and performance of employees in Sekretariat Balitbang Pertanian , to determine the effect of training on the competitive advantage of human resources , the effect of training on employee performance , and determine the implications of competitive advantage to the performance of employees in the Sekretariat Balitbang Pertanian . The method used is descriptive and verification . The sample used in this study were 130 employees Sekretariat Balitbang Pertanian . Data analysis using validity , reliability , and path analysis . The independent variable in this study is the training and competitive advantage while the dependent variable is the performance of the Sekretariat Balitbang Pertanian . The results showed training , competitive advantage and performance Sekretariat Balitbang Pertanian employees well . From the analysis of the results obtained training pathways affect the competitive advantage of human resources , training effect on employee performance , and competitive advantage implications on the performance of employees in the Sekretariat Balitbang Pertanian.


Gender-specific Differences in Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Cardiovascular diseases are a major reason for morbidity and mortality among women and men. Female gender is associated with a delay in time of about ten years of onset


Nanotechnology is an emerging technology that provides an extensive range of resources to resolve the health, energy and environmental issues. Nanomaterials hold promising potency to harvest solar energy by tuning their morphological, electronic, optical and surface properties. Meanwhile, these new materials and structures can be fabricated in a low cost and environmentally friendly manner. These materials have wide range of applications including photonics, drug delivery, photocatalysis and bio-medical applications. Different Nanoparticles have been widely studied in recent years because of their unique nanoscale properties, vastly different from those of bulk and have potential applications in various scientific fields.


A putative protease gene (aprE) from the thermophilic bacterium Coprothermobacter proteolyticus was cloned and expressed in Bacillus subtilis. The enzyme was determined to be a serine protease based on inhibition by PMSF. Biochemical characterization demonstrated that the enzyme had optimal activity under alkaline conditions (pH 8–10). In addition, the enzyme had an elevated optimum temperature (60°C). The protease was also stable in the presence of many surfactants and oxidant. Thus, the C. proteolyticus protease has potential applications in industries such as the detergent market.


In 1926 Abrikossoff' first described an unusual tumor which he called "myoblastenmyome" and presented five cases. Later he reported" another, a pea-sized nodule occurring on a vocal cord. The tumor is referred to in the English literature as "granular-cell myoblastoma," and numerous examples have now been reported. These tumors most commonly occur in the tongue and the subcutaneous tissues. Until recently, the theory that they were of striated-muscle origin was accepted, but Fust and Cusrerv " have presented evidence that they may possibly be of nerve origin. Ten cases of this tumor which have arisen in the vocal cords have been reported previously. The present case is a typical example of a benign granular cell myoblastoma of the vocal cord.


The medieval Welsh prose version of the story of Gereint (Erec) and Enid differs from its cognates in French and German by attributing the motive of jealousy to Gereint as the reason why he decides to test his wife's devotion. This theme of jealousy draws attention to an uneasiness in the text about Enid's noble status and the concept of gender. The story of Gereint and Enid, in common with the French Roman de Silence, finds itself demonstrating that both gender and class are constructed through a social performance that must be continually enacted.