The article views the peculiarities of applying the special tax regimes in the agricultural productionof the EAEC member-countries, the main challenges and trends in the development of tax policy, theanalysis of the main types of taxes and tax rates for agricultural producers has been conducted. It is indicatedthat under current conditions some changes are taking place in the processes of development andimplementation of legislation in respect of taxes due to the harmonization of taxation. The measures topromote the agricultural commodity producers' activity have been identified.The study showed that the full unification of basic tax rates in the states - members of the EAEC isnot observed yet, because the size of tax rates and collection depends on the level of economic development,as well as the fiscal policy pursued by each of the states and the course of reforms in this area.The functioning of the economic mechanism in the field of taxation and the results of the comparativeanalysis of the tax system of the agricultural commodity producers of the EAEC countries allow us to offerto take the path of unification based on the experience of each of the EAEC participating country in thedevelopment of inter-state tax system. Solving these problems will contribute to the production growthand diversification of the EAEC economies.Key words: agroindustrial complex, governmental support, special tax regime, agricultural landplots, budget, EAEC countries.


Many operational and diagnostic features integrated into circuit chip. GaAs-based integrated circuit designed to serve as optoelectronic interface in phased-array antenna. Intended function to receive digital control signals transmitted on optical fiber and to convert signals to electronic control signals, which then applied to monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC). Also used in reception of high-rate optical digital communications within computers, between computers, and in signal-distribution systems in aircraft, automobiles, and ships. Interface circuit represents significant improvement over preexisting interface circuits in that its clock-signal-recovery subcircuit requires little or no preamble for immediate synchronization.


Keywords: daily mobilities ; spatio-temporal practices ; household survey ; mobile profiles ; time-geography Reference EPFL-CONF-147268 Record created on 2010-03-15, modified on 2016-08-08


Studying the areas where minority languages can be strengthened through their use and promotion as functional languages is crucial right now. The purpose of the current research is to examine the institution of media in multilingual communities. Multilingual, multicultural, and multiethnic populations can be found in Jammu and Kashmir, a union territory of India, particularly in the region of Kashmir division. In addition to the linguistic diversity, there are two non-indigenous languages—Urdu and English serving various practical domains at present. This essay aims to provide a thorough explanation of how media is crucial in forming the linguistic repertoire of Kashmiri multilingual society. And to what extent does the media influence Kashmiri society's shift in linguistic preferences and cultural paradigms? The statistical analysis of the data demonstrates the perceptual shift in the direction of language preferences by three different age groups in favour of three languages: English, Urdu, and Kashmiri. This demonstrates how Urdu and English are progressively replacing native languages in the media, especially among young people in Srinagar.


Nowadays, improving the efficiency of power plants by utilizing secondary energy resources is gaining more attention in the energy sector. In this paper, the combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT-420T) was considered, where exhaust heat from the main and auxiliary equipment is utilized, and sent to a water supply system through a closed-circuit heat exchanger, as a result, the heat transferred ( Q 6.4 MW) is rejected into the environment through a cooling tower. Moreover, an effective modelling method for utilizing heat in a closed cycle, using a steam compressing heat pump unit (HPU) is proposed. In addition, a calculation of the effectiveness of utilizing secondary energy resources depending on the number of HPU stages. In addition, the calculation of the effectiveness of the use of secondary energy resources depending on the number of stages of HPU was carried out. Several options of the model were discussed in this work, such as, two-, three-, and four-stage HPU and the coefficient of performance was calculated. Moreover, the work of these compressors for each option of the model was discussed in this work. Finally, the economic benefits of using of a multi-stage HPU instead of a traditional one-stage HPU during the annual operation of the CCGT-420T was discussed.


The following sketch on the teaching of nature-study in the common or elementary schools of the United States is a summary of the various efforts of the schools during the past to direct the attention of children to, a study of their nature environment in such a way as to render the results educative. It includes studies known at different periods as natural history, natural science, object-lessons, lessons on common things, naturestudy, elementary science, and frequently as one of the specialized sciences, botany or zo6logy. The aim in the study has been to get the various reasons offered, by the advocates of this work, for introducing it into the common schools; the aim or purpose of the study as stated at different periods and stages of its existence; the ways in which it was taught; the various modifications which it has undergone; the degree of success or failure attending the teaching, as evidenced by the praise or criticisms of the times; and the bearing which this past experience may have upon giving direction to our present-day outlook into the teaching of naturestudy. The paper also touches, in a very general way, upon the attitude of the people, during these several stages, toward elementary education as a whole in so far as it gives some insight into those phases of aim and procedure which have influenced the nature-study movement. In following the evolution of aim in the teaching of naturestudy it may aid the story, if we sketch briefly the general condition of the people and their attitude toward elementary


Discussion sessions of conference paper presentations are spontaneous and unpredictable, in contrast to the prepared lecture that precedes them. These can be challenging, especially for novice presenters whose worst fear is to fail to understand the second meaning of a question or comment, and who know it is not only the quality of the research that is judged but also their prestige and worth. Additionally, spoken academic genres have traditionally been explored by focusing on the transcription of speech and disregarding the multimodal nature of spoken discourse. This study offers a comprehensive account of the design of a multimodal corpus of discussion sessions, where audio, video, transcriptions and annotations are time-synchronised. This multilayer analysis provides examples (not only of linguistic utterances of rhetorical moves and multimodal evaluation, but also of how they are actually expressed paralinguistically and kinetically), which can be used in the classroom and to design learning-teaching materials.


By understanding blood as a fluid tissue moving along a cylindrical structure with a mucous wall (Taylorian movement of a fluid inside another) we can explain with a deterministic mathematical model the physiopathological changes and the diversity of effects they have on the cardiovascular system. Moreover, by reducing the hologram paradigm from an universal scale to a microscopical and molecular scale, we can understand, speculatively at this moment, the healing processes as a holographic result, the healthy cells from the periphery of the affected area containing all the information which is necessary for the reproduction through self-similarity of the destroyed cells.


A few closely spaced receiver ionospheric drift records for an equatorial station in the Indian zone (Thumba, 0.6°S dip) are subjected to various methods of analysis proposed by different workers from time to time. It is shown that the modified time delay method of Bamgboye et al. offers a good substitute for the full correlation analysis for an equatorial station like Thumba when a complete knowledge of the ground diffraction pattern is to be derived from the time shifts alone. The methods proposed by Putter and Banerji are not applicable to an equatorial station owing to the extreme elongation of the irregularities in the magnetic north-south direction. The variant 2 method results for both V and Vc show a close correspondence with those of the full correlation analysis even for regions of extreme anisotropy like Thumba.


Wastewater from a typical poultry processing plant in the southeastern U.S.A. was treated on site with a pilot-scale anaerobic packed-bed reactor. The reactor had a working volume of 3.2 m 3 , was filled with 15-cm diameter polyethylene random-pack media, and was operated at 35 ° C with a retention time of 21 hours and at a loading rate of 2.8 kgCOD/m 3 d −1 . Under these conditions, treatment efficiencies were sufficient to meet typical surcharge-free municipal discharge requirements, with effluent soluble COD of 440 mg/L, soluble BOD 5 of 190 mg/L, fats, oil and grease (FOG) of 10 mg/L, and total suspended solids of 140 mg/L. Results from pilot operation are compared to those of previous laboratory-scale studies, where similar results were obtained with less than half of the hydraulic retention time. Differences in treatment on pilot vs. laboratory scale were largely due to differences in wastewater variability and reactor operation. Recommendations for future studies to reduce the costs of treatment, including emphasis on types of low-cost packing, amounts of packing media, and heating requirements are presented.


In the article there are described suppositions of an institute organization reforming. Typical of post-classical universities, entrepreneurial mission realization requires inventing of specific units, which help to administer the processes of interconnection with government and business, and forming of multi-channel financial backing. There are briefly reviewed organizational structures, traditionally typical of Russian institutes, as well as the opportunities of restructuring of institute managerial organizational structures using modern organization models.


In the period from 9 to 11 July 2015, in a luxury hotel Di-vani Palace Acropolis, in the vicinity of one of the most visited parts of Athens and Greece (Acropolis), was held scientific conference " 13 International Conference on Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare " (ICIMTH). This year ICIMTH represents 13 th Annual Conference in this series of scientific events, which is gathering scientists from all continents as well from the Greece from several important fields of Biomedical and Health Informatics. The Conference has a major focus on the applications of Biomedical Infor-matics starting with Clinical Informatics, Health Informatics to Public Health Informatics as well as on ICT applications in the Healthcare. Considering that, Management and Organizational Issues play an important role in the implementation phase of Biomedical Informatics into the Healthcare systems, so topics related to the above mentioned were more than welcomed. Conference covered the field of Biomed-ical Informatics in a very broad framework, including many technologies, such as Imaging, Sensors, Biomedical Equipment and Pharmacotechnology. Participants of the Conference were able to participate with presentations of full papers and posters at several scientific sessions and panels, workshops and tutorials related to the aspects of Biomedical Informatics as described in the Conference title. The major focus of the Conference was placed on the implementation of Biomedical Informatics Applications in the whole spectrum–from Clinical Informatics, Health Informatics to Public Health Infor-matics as applied in the domain of healthcare. Considering that Health management and Organization of healthcare depends of the quality of collected, processed, analyzed and in-which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


The films of Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/ Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) aesthetically intervene in photography and cinema's historical complicities with settler colonialism. This article explores how Hopinka's filmmaking practice undisciplines vision as it has been constructed and sustained by settler visual regimes. Situating close readings and his broader practice within Indigenous concepts and contexts, this article accounts for the ethical and political dimensions of Hopinka's poetic approach. In analyzing the significance of Hopinka's audiovisual methods, Ruíz introduces the architectural concept of "desire lines" to encompass Hopinka's contributions to undisciplining vision, both on and off-screen. Selected films in this essay include: wawa (2014), Jáaji Approx. (2015), I'll Remember You as You Were, not as What You'll Become (2016), Dislocation Blues (2017), and maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore (2020). The postscript introduces the COUSIN collective, a collaboration between Hopinka and fellow Indigenous filmmakers Alexandra Lazarowich, Adam Khalil, and Adam Piron.


ABSTRACT Since the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is frequently over-expressed in prostate cancer (PCa) several PSMA-targeting molecules are under development to detect and treat metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). This theranostic approach uses the same or very similar molecule to first identify patients expressing the target molecule with an isotope applicable for imaging and second to treat these patients with beta- or alpha particle emitting isotopes. Since the ligand bound to PSMA is internalized, this results in a high contrast for imaging and a high dose for endoradiotherapy. We used a small molecule inhibitor of PSMA ((S)-2-(3-((S)-1-carboxy-5-(3-(4-[131I]¬iodophenyl)ureido)¬pentyl)ureido)¬pentanedioic¬acid; MIP-1095) for therapy in men with mCRPC. Dosimetry estimates for I-131-MIP-1095 revealed that the highest absorbed doses were delivered to the salivary glands (3.8 mSv/MBq, liver (1.7 mSv/MBq) and kidneys (1.4 mSv/MBq). The absorbed dose calculated for the red marrow was 0.37 mSv/MBq. PSA values decreased by >50% in 60.7% of the men treated. 84.6 % of men with bone pain showed complete or moderate reduction in pain. Hematological toxicities were mild. 25% of men treated had a transient slight to moderate dry mouth. No adverse effects on renal function were observed. In order to increase the therapeutic flexibilty we designed a novel theranostic PSMA ligand coupled to DOTA which allows coupling to Ga-68 for diagnostic use or to Lu-177 or Ac-225 for therapy. For both beta (Lu-177) and alpha (Ac-225) therapy promising results were found in the first patients with dramatic decreases in tumor marker levels and symptomatic improvement.


This paper discusses the performance of three blade vertical axis wind turbine. 2D computational flow analysis is carried out for different rotational speeds of the blades in a plane normal to wind turbine axis. It is implied that turbine blades have infinite aspect ratio. The selection is done based on the lift and drags generated by the various NACA series airfoil (NACA 0012, NACA 0015, NACA 0018, and NACA 0021) at a different angle of attacks, among them NACA 0015 airfoil is found to be most suitable one. A triangular meshed geometry is created and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation is carried out. The computational analysis is performed at various speeds of VAWT blade rotation where the position of the airfoil is made with respect to the wind. Torques generated at different blade positions in a VAWT and the forces by the turbine over one full complete cycle were studied.


In the task of formation control, there are many autonomous agents with detection and communication capabilities, with positions defined in different reference coordinates. Through a consensus algorithm, agents reach a common understanding of information shared locally through a communication topology, allowing UAVs to move while following a reference trajectory and maintaining the desired geometric configuration. Motivated by the fact that the communication topology is essential for the task of coordinating multi-agent systems, in this article we investigate the influence and characteristics of the fixed communication network topology on the distributed consensus performance, considering four communication network models. The simulations are performed using a multi-agent software-in-the-loop simulation platform in a ROS/Gazebo architecture for the control and three-dimensional simulation of UAVs and Matlab/Simulink for the implementation and execution of the formation control algorithm based on consensus distributed with a leader-follower approach. We performed simulations for different parameters of the considered network topology models, using the same trajectory and formation shape. We present the results of simulation tests, visually and quantitatively evaluating the performance of the distributed consensus, and relating this performance to the communication network models considered in this work and the metrics extracted from these randomly generated communication topologies.


Interactions between species in groups are often ignored in studies of the effects of anthropogenic change on species' persistence, and yet, given their global ubiquity, mixed-species groups have the potential to be models for community ecology. In this paper we examine the impacts of rural community activities that are pervasive in tropical regions on mixed-species flocks of birds in a unique coastal tropical dry forest ecosystem, with the aim of advancing both our understanding of mixed-species associations and how best to conserve them. We examined the effects of small-scale clearing of trees and livestock grazing on mixed flocks in two vegetation types in the highly threatened Tumbesian region of Ecuador. Because the fitness benefits of flocking come from a reduced risk of predation or enhanced feeding efficiencies, or both, habitat degradation could lead to changes in the benefits of flocking and thus flock characteristics. We predicted that, in more disturbed vegetation, flocks would have fewer spec...


To enhance the fracture toughness of brittle lead titanate zirconate (PZT) ceramics, PZT nanocomposites with 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 vol% MgO were fabricated by means of a conventional industrial fabrication method. Through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observation, indentation tests and D–E hysteresis measurement, the properties of PZT/MgO nanocomposites are characterized. With the increase of additional MgO, the fracture mode of PZT/MgO nanocomposites gradually changes from intergranular to transgranular fracture and the fracture toughness is fairly enhanced. The electric coercive fields of PZT/MgO nanocomposites decrease gradually while the piezoelectric constant d33 hardly changes except that of PZT-1.0 vol% MgO which decreases about 13% compared with the monolithic PZT.


In a 2009 contribution dealingwith early lexical evidence, Miguel Civil sought to trace explanatory texts which predated the genre of cuneiform commentaries of first millennium bc Babylonia and Assyria. Faint traces of related texts reach back as far as Fāra and Ebla in the late Early Dynastic period. Ebla, in particular, presents an interesting case in point. Eblaite scholars in the 24 century bc did not just limit themselves to producing copies of written lore that had been imported fromMesopotamia; they engaged with that imported knowledge by compiling


Background: Hemophagocytic lympho-histiocytosis (HLH) is fatal condition characterised by aggressive immune activation, dysregulation and up regulation of inflammatory cytokines leading to uncontrolled activation of T-cells, defective granule mediated cytotoxicity. HLH is classified into primary and secondary HLH.Methods: This is retrospective study of case-records of children who fulfilled criteria of HLH-2004 guidelines from November 2016 to November 2020.Results: Total number of patients with HLH was 33, excluding 4 cases of primary HLH, 29 cases met the inclusion criteria. 19 (65.5%) were children less than 5 years of age at the time of diagnosis. Six (20.7%) children were between 6 to 10 years and the rest 4 (13.8%) ten years. Average age at presentation was 4.93 years. Male to female ratio was 0.8 to 1. Fever was the chief complaint present in 29 (100%) of cases. Laboratory parameters showed anaemia, thrombocytopenia, hyper-ferritinemia and hypertriglyceridemia in all 29 (100%) cases. CRP elevated in 28 (96.6%) cases. Infections found in 29 (100%) of cases, bacteria in 19 (65.5%), viral in 10 (34.5%). Mortality seen in 11 (37.9%) cases. Average time of diagnosis from admission was 5.6 days. 4 children out of 11 had dengue as cause for secondary HLH and 4 had bacterial sepsis one each CMV, scrub typhus and SLE. Following factors affected the outcome by multivariate analysis, coagulopathy, elevated liver enzymes, bone marrow biopsy and immunosuppressive therapy.Conclusions: HLH should be considered in differential diagnosis of children with sepsis.  High index of suspicion for HLH with early initiation of treatment should be considered for better outcome.


Radiocarbon dating of archaeological reindeer (Rangifer tarandus L.) remains has been conducted in order to chart its presence through the Late Glacial in southern Jura and northern French Alps. About twenty dates have been successfully obtained, suggesting that reindeer is continuously attested between ca 14500 and 12100 BP (ca 15500-12100 CAL BC) in the sites settled up to 1200 m. These results are then discussed in relation with other palaeoenvironmental regional data. A critical analysis of faunal spectra from different chronocultural contexts is conducted in a comparative perspective. The late occurence of reindeer in various regions of France and in northern areas is debated.


At present,a critical problem for raising the education quality of the universities in our country is to promote teachers' professional development.Facing the new challenge and new circumstances of reform of Chinese college English,we all know it is essential that how to strengthen self-professional development of English teachers and reinforce the training of college teachers and how to train English teachers in professional ways.For these reasons,in this paper,three parts have be discussed,namely connotation,direction and solutions of teachers' professional development.


The viability of preserved canine kidneys was experimentally examined by means of enzyme histochemical techniques. Kidneys were removed from intact mongrel adult maledogs, perfused with the medium (RPMI, # 1640, pH 7. 4-7. 5) at 3-5C, °and preserved for up to 120 hours with continuous pulsatile flow with systolic pressure of 40 to 60mmHg and at pulse rate of 60 beats per minute. Specimens were obtained by biopsy at 0, 48th and 120th hour after the onset of the perfusion. Prefixed, frozen or non-frozen thick sections were incubated for the demonstration of alkaline phosphatase (ALPase), Mgt-activated adenosine triphosphatase (Mg2+-ATPase), and K+-dependent p-nitrophenylphosphatase (K+-NPPase) activities employing the lead citrate method (Mayahara, H. et al. 1967, 1980), then processed for light and electron microscopy. By light microscopy, ALPase revealed the positive activity in the brush border of the proximal tubule cells, Mg2+-ATPase in the basal region of the proximal and distal tubule cells, and K+-NPPase in the basal region of the distal and collecting tubule cells, respectively. By electron microscopy, reaction products representing ALPase and Mg2+-ATPase activities were found primarily in the apical plasma menbrane, while the product for K+-NPPase activity was localized along the cytoplasmic surface of the baso-lateral membrane. K+-NPPase gradually decreased in activity during the course of the preservation. ALPase and Mg2+-ATPase, on the other hand, did not show significant changes in activity. K+-NPPase activity appeared to be weakened before the occurrence of the morphological changes such as shortening of the infoldings of tubule cells. K+-NPPase histochemistry seems to be useful as a probe to estimate the viability of preserved kidneys in situ. .


We derive asymptotic properties of an estimator for supply and demand models extended with additional moments relating consumer demographics to the characteristics of purchased products. We clarify the structure of a practical sampling scheme in which the extended estimator is consistent, asymptotically normal, and more efficient than the original estimator. We provide conditions guaranteeing the asymptotic theorems hold for the random coefficient logit model of demand with oligopolistic suppliers. Extensive simulation studies demonstrate significant benefits of the additional moments in estimating the random coefficient logit model.


The Preschool version of the Colorado Individual Performance Profile was designed to provide professionals working with preschool aged children with educationally significant hearing losses an evaluation/ assessment tool that was multipurpose. The Pre-CIPP, in its present form, is an evolving model, adapting and changing according to the input of parents, professionals, and children


The Light Duty Inter-Laboratory Correlation Exercise has conducted testing at 9 test laboratories in the EU, Korea and Japan in order to demonstrate the practicality, robustness, repeatability and reproducibility of the particle emissions measurement techniques proposed by the Particle Measurement Programme (PMP). The exercise involved testing 16 light duty vehicles including 6 diesels equipped with wall-flow Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs), 6 conventional diesel vehicles, 3 direct injection petrol engined vehicles and one conventional, multi-point injection petrolengined vehicle. A DPF equipped Peugeot 407 was tested at all participating laboratories to allow the inter-laboratory reproducibility of measurements to be assessed. The DPF equipped vehicles tested included 2 light goods vehicle derivatives (a Mercedes Vito and a Mazda Bongo). Vehicles were tested over multiple repeats of the EU regulatory Type 1 emissions test. Measurements of solid particle number emissions, particulate mass and regulated gaseous emissions were taken over each test. In addition to particle number measurements made with a Golden System circulated between laboratories, particle number measurements were made with several alternative systems to compare the performance of different measurement systems. The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national.


Let T be a tree and e an edge in T . If C is a component of T \e and both C and its complement are infinite we say that C is a half-tree. The main result of this paper is that if G is a closed subgroup of the automorphism group of T and G leaves no non-trivial subtree invariant and fixes no end of T then the subgroup generated by the pointwise stabilizers of half-trees is topologically simple. This result is used to derive analogues of recent results of Caprace and De Medts [3] and it is also applied in the study of the full automorphism group of a locally finite primitive graph with infinitely many ends. Running title: NORMAL SUBGROUPS OF GROUPS ACTING ON TREES Science Institute,University of Iceland, IS-107 Reykjavík, Iceland. e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LB, England. e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. The second author wishes to thank the ERASMUS programme for support.


Variations in the spectrum of a ground-penetrating radar signal record characteristics of the material through which the signal has propagated. One measure of this rich source of information is frequency dependent attenuation. These data can help measure variations in clay fraction, the total volumetric water content, or identify the location of groundwater contaminants.


Pork loins with normal muscle quality and either commercial or reduced levels of microbial contamination were stored for different intervals in 2.5 l of carbon dioxide (CO2)/kg of meat at −1.5C to determine the changes which occur in flavor during prolonged anoxic storage. Flavor amplitude deteriorated progressively during storage and was slightly inappropriate, unbalanced, and unblended after six weeks of storage in samples with commercial contamination. As storage was prolonged, these inappropriate notes progressively increased in both incidence and intensity in samples with commercial contamination. These inappropriate notes coincided with lactic acid bacteria attaining maximum numbers. In samples with reduced contamination, these inappropriate notes were not perceived in any sample during 24 weeks of storage. If the storage life of commercial pork is to be extended beyond six weeks, early off-flavor development must be prevented by substantially improving the initial hygienic quality of the product.


Summary Recently, numerous discussions about the importance of informal teaching in Lithuania have emerged. Nonetheless, various researches and the practical situation reveal the poor variety of out-of-class activities for children and provides for non-formal teaching activities that dissatisfy schoolchildren needs. The objectives of this research were to disclose the theoretical background of the non-formal teaching in the positive socialization, to determine what are the exact preconditions of a successful establishment of the nonformal teaching process for children, and to point out the improvement possibilities of non-formal teaching. Scholars emphasize the importance of non-formal teaching for creativeness and the important activities that influence the values and a positive socialization of a person. To organize qualitative leisure time activities of children and their motivation, participation are essential pedagogical issues in Lithuania and other countries. The objective of the present research was to expose the importance of non-formal education for the positive socialization of children. The conclusion of the research: When speaking about the conception of non-formal education, it is important to acknowledge that the informal teaching is oriented on the development of professional skills and improving personality. The nonformal education provides a young person with a possibility of expressing himself in a field where he or she is capable to improve individual potency, find appealing ways of spending leisure time, to acquire new competencies. The examined references and the undertaken study revealed that positive personality establishment is highly influenced by family, the culture of school, the informal peer, (the pattern) of adults and friends behaviour, where the informal education takes a place in such formation too. Well organized informal teaching of children and teenagers is an essential condition for socialization of a new peer and most effective crime prevention. – Both parties of respondents (herein, teachers and parents) equally agree on a fact that the process o informal teaching positively influences a child's personality development. The majority of the respondents confirm that during participation in the informal teaching process, social, personal and educational competencies are developed. – Questioned parents and teachers approve that during the participation in such informal teaching activities such students' (children) capabilities as self-sufficiency, self-confidence, responsibility and attentiveness are developed. According to the opinion of the respondents, the activity of informal teaching fosters their busyness, motivates them to take a part in their favourite activity, helps pupils to positively socialize in a society and expose children personal skills. – Concerning the problems arisen in the informal teaching, both parties claimed there is shortage of kids' clubs, they also mentioned the financing difficulties and deficiency of desirable kids' clubs. Key words: non-formal education, non-formal education of children, positive socialization.


Multimedia semantic research is one of the most important issues in multimedia analyzing and multimedia information service field.This issue originated from multimedia data's capture becomes an important bottleneck in multimedia applications.Multimedia semantic model is a summary and abstraction of multimedia processing,and focuses on all semantic problems existing in the lifecycle of multimedia data.The theme introduced the research developments of multimedia semantic models in content description,semantic representation and retrieval models.


Toxic element pollution is an ecological concern in the regions where mining, industry and agriculture are developing. Anthropogenic impact on the environment results in the reduction of the population of honey bees worldwide with varying degrees of morbidity and mortality. Bees exposed to contaminants produce polluted products through various sources, in-cluding foraging activities on contaminated plants. Th erefore, monitoring of honey bee products in terms of toxic elements is very important for food safety and for preventing potential future ecological problems. Th e data presented in this review are useful for bee health protection and improving the quality and safety of honey production chain.


Equipment maintenance services are not usually considered as a user service. These services are, however, important for user satisfaction as equipment malfunctions cause frustration and can result in loss of information. During the past two years, the Academic Computer Center at Washburn University has developed maintenance laboratory facilities and a maintenance staff of one full-time person. The impetus to do this came from the realization that acquiring off-campus maintenance was becoming increasingly costly with little or no control over the quality and timeliness of the maintenance services procured off-campus. Also, there was no program of preventative maintenance which let to equipment failure during classes with the associated frustration of both faculty and students. The growth in the population of microcomputers and terminals connected to a minicomputer required that some program be developed to maintain the computing equipment and build and maintain data communications networks.
This paper will point out that maintenance, while often not considered a user service, is in fact an increasingly important user service as the user community expands and users come to look upon access to a computer as a basic service. The paper will discuss what maintenance services are provided at Washburn and the policies which govern the access to these services. It will also cover the benefits and problems associated with doing your own maintenance and how some strategies for getting maximum benefit from the resources which are allocated for maintenance activities.


Central poststroke pain(CPSP) refers to pain resulting from a primary lesion or dysfunction of the central nervous system after a stroke.CPSP may occur in the absence of weakness and spontaneous pain may be continuous or intermittent accompanied with allodynia.Patients with CPSP were in painful status and normal life were be affected.The article reviewed several aspects of CPSP for further understanding.


zymes.2,3~4~10~13~15,19~21~2z Indeed, some investigators have felt that a unified concept of the inhibition of enzyme by antibody can not be attained, because of the wide variety of properties of different enzymes. Nevertheless, it seems possible that analysis of the essential differences between enzyme properties and their effect on antigen-antibody reaction will lead to a residuum of factors common to all enzyme-antibody systems. The relevant differences between different enzyme systems would consist in the size of the substrate molecule and in the turnover number of different enzymes. Differences in the turnover number of enzymes lead to the investigation of different enzyme-antibody systems at vastly different ranges of molecular concentration of antigen and antibody. A generalization of the mechanism of the interaction between enzyme and antibody would be most easily achieved if antigens were chosen for study which allow a variation in one or the other of the factors mentioned. In addition to the variables which depend on enzymes, variables which depend on antibodies must be considered. Differences between antibodies to the same antigen introduce variability into the reaction between enzyme and antibody. Hence the consequences of antibody-heterogeneity have to be assessed with one and the same enzymes. This can be most easily achieved by the fractionation of antibody and by a comparison of inhibitory capacity of the resulting fractions. Because ribonuclease allows variation in the molecular weight of the substrate, we have selected the interaction of this enzyme with its antibody for investigation. Ribonuclease can act either on a macromolecule, nucleic acid, or on a molecule of relatively small molecular weight, cyclic cytidylic acid, (molecular weight 306). In can catalyse either a hydrolytic reaction or bring about an esterification. This second reaction can lead to the synthesis of a dimer (FIGURE l), or to the formation of an ester with any of several alcohols added to the reaction mixture. The reaction can, therefore,


We provide the first evidence of free-space subwavelength focusing without evanescent fields using a photonic nano-structure. Hot-spots smaller than half of the wavelength were observed at distances of tens of wavelengths from the structure.


Background: There is a increase in prevalence and burden of myopia in India, hence extent of myopia awareness among Indian parents is required to prepare future public health initiatives and interventions. Hence a survey was conducted. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the level of myopia awareness among a group of parents based in Vidarbha region of India. Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey, 150 parents with at least one child under the age of 16 years participated in the study. Age, gender, educational qualification and number of children were asked, the amount of time a child spends on his device, the acceptable distance between the eyes and device screen, the preventive measures of myopia and awareness of symptoms of myopia in their children were collected via a written questionnaire. Results: Eighty-three participants (55.33%) thought that the safe distance between device screen and eyes was less than 30cms. Fifteen 10% (15/150) participants were aware that outdoor activity and natural light has a preventive effect on myopia and onset and progression.


X-band rrdcrostrip bipolar varactor-tuned oscillator integrated with an FET amplifier is presented. Wide temperature operation (– 55 to 71 "C), constant fdgh power (0.5 W), low post-tuning drift (0.75 MHx) for S-percent tuning range, and exceptionally low SSB phase noise (– 125 dBc/Hz with GaAs hyperabrrrpt or – 132 dBe/Hz with sificon abrupt tuning diode at l-MHz modulation frequency) is reported. Extremely fimear freqoency-voltage characteristic is achieved with the GaAs hyperdmupt tuning diode for this oscillator without the need for complex Ihm&wiAng circrdtry. Cmcrdt synthesis teehrdques and noise estimation criteria are presented whieb correlate with the experimental rcardts.


On 23rd July 2018 during an intense heat wave, two large fires broke out in Attika, a region in the central-southern part of Greece. Attika Regional Authorities declared a state of emergency and the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism was activated to oversee and manage the effects of this event. Subsequently, burn area delineation maps were produced as a way to evaluate the damage caused by these fires. For example, for July 26th maps, which is near the fire episode's end, approximately 41 Km2 were burned during this event. A side effect of these fires are the large emission of aerosol pollutants (smoke) and other gases generated during the burning process much of which can be very detrimental to human health. In this work and as part of an international collaborative validation effort on air quality methodologies; a WRF -Chem and source generation model was tasked to model the amount of gases and particles emitted during this event. Here in, we present a model perspective of the evolution and transport characteristics of aerosols particles and other gases (CO, NOx) generated during this intensive period of burning over Attika Greece.


Indoor air quality of museum is very important because of protection cultural properties. In our study, we measured air pollutants(NOx, NH₃, SO₂, O₃, CO, CO₂, TSP), temperature and humidity to evaluate IAQ of national central museum. Carbon dioxide and TSP concentration of indoor were higher than outdoor. Temperature, Humidity and TSP had large deviation wheather air conditioning operate or not. Gas phase pollutants except CO₂ of indoor were lower than outdoor, but concentration of SO₂ was high at storage. CO₂ and TSP were influenced by the number of spectators.


If HISTORY I s the narrative of humankind on earth, geology is a longer tale—that of the foundations that allowed or succored human existence. Unfortunately we hear little about it. Blame its length or the boring technicalities of some of its chapters, but geology is perhaps the most excerpted tale ever told. In grade school we hear of the rise and fall of dinosaurs, the swamp vegetation that turned to coal and diamonds under the pressure of time, and the volcanic formation of mountain ranges, but we never get the whole picture and the science of geology is rarely applied to our own backyards. John McPhee has changed that. The land—the landscape, the people, the history, and the geol ogy—is the basis for this extended essay. McPhee shows in startling detail the hidden richness of the most barren plains by relating the events that produced the rocks he stands on and holds in his hands. Shunting the reader back and forth across the eons and shifting his perspective from that of the geology expert, to the freshly graduated schoolmarm, to the geologist raised on this landscape, he builds up his essay layer by layer like strata of accumulating sediment. McPhee follows a few pages of geology, with a couple of stories about the Love family ranch, an overview of life on these plains four million years ago, adds quotes from the master geologist telling of his personal experience with the geology of this land which in less skilled hands would have produced a shattered unfocused piece. Yet the closures and beginnings set up a natural cycle. From the opening paragraph he lays down the layers of his narrative. "This is about high-country geology and a Rocky Mountain geologist. I raise that semaphore here at the start so no one will feel misled by an opening passage in which


This volume describes in considerable detail the structural features of the Italian economy. It is based on the results of a major three-year project analysing the Italian economy, and its primary focus is on the role of state and private economic agents. Italy has a huge and interventionist governmental economic policy: the state spends over 50% of National Income. Professor Padoa Schioppa Kastoris argues that much of this state action and regulation is irrational and counter-efficient. She then argues that the Italian economy is also characterized by a large and efficient `black market', and that much of the private sector already evades the command and control imposed by the state. Since de facto deregulation therefore exists to a large extent in the Italian economy, Professor Padoa Schioppa Kastoris calls for legal deregulation and privatization. She argues that a decrease in, and an altered character of, state action will enable the Italian economy to achieve higher rates of growth, and to reconcile the goals of efficiency and public interest. The book reflects a blend of theoretical and empirical work: although much data on the Italian economy is given in the book, the analysis is not technical.


This paper is articulated in three parts. At first, we outline the central perspective of book Jesus of Nazareth (2007), written by J. Ratzinger-Bendict XVI, according the permanet question about the historical Jesus and the Christ of the faith. The central thesis of the book is that the Jesus of the Gospels is the real and historical one. In the second part, after a short mention of the question's research and contemporary issues, we show the main problems and solutions. In the third part, we come back to the theologian - pope proposal, in the light of his precedent apport of the book Introduction to Christendon (1968) and his developpment about faith and reason in the Regensburg's Lecture (2006). Finally, we propose a methodological conclusion about Jesus before and after Paschal event, according the calcedonian dogmatic principle: to distinguish without to separate.


The importance of the edible oil consumes outcomes of the content of lipids and glycerides with high biological value. The best report ω6/ω3 is 5:1.The research implies the study of the corn and palm oils, coconut, ground nuts and olive oils for establishing the content of fat saturated and non saturate acids as well as the best nutritional report saturated/nonsaturared fat acids. The experimental component of the paper aims to compare the quantities of vegetal oil obtained from vegetables and fruits with the vegetal oil obtained from primary oleaginous materials as well as the content of saturated and non saturated fat acids which are influencing the quality of the nutritional value of the edible oils.(Blec, N.,2005). Depending on the extraction efficiency of the oil obtained from vegetables and fruits it will be established the production effectiveness of these products as finite goods. The research team will estimate if the nutritional value of the oils extracted of vegetables and fruits can constitute a transfer of technological innovation towards the industrial production process of these types of primary materials, specifying the achievement conditions.


The tensile and creep deformation of a series of high lead solders with 2% to 10% tin over a temperature range of 0 degrees C to 100 degrees C is discussed. The yield strength is strongly influenced by the precipitation of the tin phase, which depends on temperature and tin content. The creep rupture behavior follows the Monkman-Grant relationship. It is found that the mechanical behavior during thermal cycling tests depends on cycle frequency and temperature range in a manner determined by the evolution of the precipitate microstructure. The tensile and creep test results reported are for simple, controlled thermal histories, which are not necessarily representative of cyclic conditions. It is apparent that the microstructure must be taken into account in evaluating the results of any plastic deformation experiments.<<ETX>>


In recent years, the number of vehicles has increased dramatically in Europe, USA and Japan. This causes a high traffic density and makes new security features a crucial point in order to keep the ...


stock repurchase is an important means of capital operation on China's securities market and plays unique roles in the improvement of the deformed stock ownership structure of China' s listed companies and in the establishment of scientific . Due to the lack of define accurately of effect of market of stock repurchase, which results in the failure of stock repurchase. Therefore , it is necessary to study profoundly the effect of market of stock repurchase so as to provide strategy guidance for the capital operation of China's listed companies.


Amphetamines and their analogues have undergone a cycle of popularity as recreational drugs in Japan. The current wave of popularity began in the early 1990s and spread throughout the country. More recently, not only 3,4methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) but also other designer amphetamines analogues, including pmethoxyamphetamine (PMA), 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylthiophenethylamine (2C-T-2), etc., have been extensively and increasingly abused, mainly among juveniles. This minireview presents an update on the amphetamines and their analogues by focusing on clandestine tablets encountered in Japan recently.


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This paper presents the probabilistic modelling of the mean wave direction derived from directional spectral analysis of waves recorded by directional buoys. The analysis is performed on the mean wave direction in terms of the climatic season, the sea state severity and the period of the dominant waves. The usefulness of the von Mises theoretical models to describe the empirical kernel density estimates is examined. It is observed that the single von Mises theoretical model results are useful to fit the observed distribution only for moderate and severe sea states while the mixture of two von Mises distributions enhances significantly the degree of fitness.


In this thesis are analysed the factors affecting seamless warp-knitted coat size with the two main influential factors of takedown density and Jacquard stitch researched and the researched data are analyzed by using SPSS.It indicates that using the same Jacquard stitch,the density of the finished fabric in vertical and horizontal direction will increase,with the takedown density increases the size of the finished fabric will be smaller;using the same takedown density,with the fabric stitch changing from dense to dilute,the density of the finished fabric will get smaller and smaller,that is the vertical size will become bigger.The finished fabric doesn't have a certain variation in transverse direction with change of fabric stitch.The research is of signaficance for the rapid as correct determing of the knitting process of seam less warp knitted coat.


In their effort to increase labour market participation, several EU welfare states are currently confronted with the problem of an 'off-register NEET generation', that is, a significant group of unemployed youngsters who do not register with the public employment service (PES) or withdraw early. Their behaviour is puzzling as they risk a penalty in the form of a reduction or a loss of benefits. Combining insights from non-compliance theory and non-take-up theory, this article argues that this withdrawal cannot be fully explained by the calculations of risks, costs and benefits that these youngsters make, nor by problematic attitudes. At least as important are the factors at the organisational level which prevent the youngsters from taking up their rights. An alternative activation approach based on private non-profit social work practice, namely integrated guidance, is proposed in order to improve participation in PES services. The findings are based on a study of nine pilots involving hard-to-reach young unemployed people in Belgium. A triangulation of quantitative and qualitative methods was used to collect and analyse the data.


Recommender systems are widely used online
to help users find other products, items etc that they
may be interested in based on what is known about that
user in their profile.
Often however user profiles may be short on information
and thus when there is not sufficient knowledge
on a user it is difficult for a recommender system to
make quality recommendations. This problem is often
referred to as the cold-start problem.
Here we investigate whether association rules can
be used as a source of information to expand a user
profile and thus avoid this problem, leading to improved
recommendations to users. Our pilot study shows that
indeed it is possible to use association rules to improve
the performance of a recommender system. This we
believe can lead to further work in utilising appropriate
association rules to lessen the impact of the cold-start
problem.


Background: India has shown a sharp rise in the number of suicidal poisoning in the past few years and organo-phosphorus compounds are the most commonly implicated. This is a prospective study done to assess if troponins can be used as a prognostic marker in patients with organophosphate poisoning.Methods: Author conducted a prospective study on 50 patients to measure the level of troponin T and CK-MB on admission and Day 3 in patients with OP poisoning. This was then correlated to the severity of poisoning and also studied for its association with outcomes like respiratory failure or death. The primary endpoints were death and respiratory failure while secondary endpoint was the length of ICU stay.Results: With 0.1 ng/ml taken as the cut off for Troponin- T, and 40 U/L for CK-MB, positive cardiac enzymes were seen only in 10% of the patients, but all the patients in this group developed res-piratory failure. The mean Troponin T and CK-MB levels (0.1142±0.06 ng/ml and 39.14±8.23 U/L) were higher for patients who died when compared to the survivors. A similar picture was seen in patients with respiratory failure (Troponin T 0.0895±0.01 ng/ml and 34.65±11.66 U/L) as compared to those without respiratory failure.Conclusions: The level of cardiac enzymes correlated well with the severity of poisoning, days of ICU stay and outcome, thus suggesting its use as a prognostic indicator of organophosphorus poisoning.


Based on first‐principles calculations, we study the noncollinear magnetism in the post‐perovskites (pPv) phase of NaNiF 3 and CaRhO 3 crystals. We find that the magnetic canting is one of the most promising properties of pPv systems, which is allowed by symmetry in all the pPv crystals ABX3 with a magnetically active B‐site. In the pPv phase of NaNiF 3 , which has a Cz antiferromagnetic ground state with a Fy ferromagnetic canting, we obtain a magnetic canting amplitude of about 0.1 μB atom −1 , which is much larger than in the one obtained in CaRhO 3 (canting amplitude of 0.04 μB ). We also computed the exchange constants ( Jij ), the single‐ion anisotropy (SIA) parameters and the anti‐symmetric magnetic coupling described by the Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya (DM) interaction in order to scrutinize the origin of the magnetic canting. We find that the canting in NaNiF 3 is mainly due to the DM interaction, while in CaRhO 3 , both DM and SIA contribute to the magnetic canting. Our calculations thus confirm the noncollinear magnetic ground‐state solution experimentally observed in both compounds and the calculated magnetic exchange interactions also confirm the quasi‐2D magnetic behavior reported in pPv.


There`s no prohibition in Islam  for a wife to  become a career woman. On the contrary, Islam encourages all Muslims including women to work and  to be career women as long as their works are  in accordance with their natures. There are many ways that can be performed by a career woman to help creating a happy family. A career woman as a wife, she must always keep allegiance to her husband. She must be able to convince her husband that she is a good wife, her life and all what she does is only devoted to her family. As a mother, a career woman must consistently take care and educate her children. As a social member, she must actively participate in social activities. All her activities must be done in balance without neglecting the one for the others. Keywords: career woman, Islam,  happy family


Simple Summary Head and neck cancer remains a significant burden on patients and global health systems. Traditional approaches to therapy have included surgery, and more recently radiation and chemotherapies. Targeted immunotherapies are making significant inroads into improved outcomes, but only for small subsets of patients. Our ability to develop a wider range of targeted therapies rests on our understanding of the molecular pathways involved in carcinogenesis. This review paper summaries our current knowledge of the molecular pathways and druggable targets in head and neck oncology. Abstract Head and neck cancers are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms, affecting an ever increasing global population. Despite advances in diagnostic technology and surgical approaches to manage these conditions, survival rates have only marginally improved and this has occurred mainly in developed countries. Some improvements in survival, however, have been a result of new management and treatment approaches made possible because of our ever-increasing understanding of the molecular pathways triggered in head and neck oncogenesis, and the growing understanding of the abundant heterogeneity of this group of cancers. Some important pathways are common to other solid tumours, but their impact on reducing the burden of head and neck disease has been less than impressive. Other less known and little-explored pathways may hold the key to the development of potential druggable targets. The extensive work carried out over the last decade, mostly utilising next generation sequencing has opened up the development of many novel approaches to head and neck cancer treatment. This paper explores our current understanding of the molecular pathways of this group of tumours and outlines associated druggable targets which are deployed as therapeutic approaches in head and neck oncology with the ultimate aim of improving patient outcomes and controlling the personal and economic burden of head and neck cancer.


The article deals with professional competences, which should master future teachers in the Republic of Poland; it analyses the groups of professional competences
according to the standard of professional competences of the teachers of the modern Polish school; it describes the basic competences of the Polish school teacher, highlighting by the national and the Polish scientists; it focuses on sociocultural competence of future teachers and the need of information technology education of teachers of all directions of training; the article deals with the problem of raising the professional competence of future teachers.


The permeant states of various solvents in poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) film were evaluated using low temperature differential scanning calorirnetry (DSC) on both vapor and liquid penetrants. Water, cyclohexane, benzene, toluene, and m‐xylene may be present in the freezable and nonfreezable state. At low sorption levels, solvents sorbed in PDMS were in the nonfreezable state until a threshold value was reached. Beyond that, the increased solvent sorption values all occurred in a freezable state. The partition pattern between the freezable and nonfreezable states for a vapor penetrant showed an identical trend with that for the liquid penetrant. The maximum nonfreezable amount of solvent in PDMS depended on the solvent's chemical compatibility with the membrane but not on the sorption temperature. Compared with that at 10°C, the higher solvent solubility at 25°C was due to the increase in the freezable solvent content without any change in the maximum nonfreezable content. The permeant states for equilib...


Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher risk of falls and fractures due to muscle weakness and painful joints of the lower extremities. Evaluation of muscle functions is important to predict falls and fractures. The aim was to investigate the relationships of muscle functions with falls and fractures in RA patients.


Objective. Monitoring of the organization of meals and hygienic assessment of the quality of school menus in educational institutions of the Samara region. Materials and methods. Data on the organization and quality of meals in 57 secondary educational institutions of the Samara region were obtained through a sanitary and hygienic description and examination of schools, as well as a questionnaire survey of employees responsible for food. To assess the quality of school rations, an analysis of the nutritional structure was carried out, the coefficient of provision with nutrients and products was calculated, as well as the healthy eating index. Results. There were cases of realization of food and beverages prohibited for children in canteens, low coverage with two meals (10% in grades 1–9 and 3% in grades 10–11), and isolated cases of short duration of breaks for meals (15 minutes). The diet was characterized by an increased energy value (M = 1789.64 ± 138.19 kcal) and a greater excess of carbohydrates (M = 291.99 ± 12.51) due to the predominance of cereals and pasta in the meal structure. The Healthy Eating Index for students was satisfactory, owing to low consumption of fruits, dairy and seafood, and the presence of refined grains in the diet. Conclusion. The identified problems in the organization of school meals increase the likelihood of the development of alimentarydependent diseases among students. From a practical point of view, the appointment and proper hygienic training of personnel responsible for food in educational instituitons is required. Key words: school meals, nutritional value, nutritional structure, healthy eating index For citation: Sazonova O.V., Gavryushin M.Yu., Berezhnova O.V., Borodina L.M., Gorbachev D.O., Frolova O.V., Tupikova D.S. Analysis of school meals in the context of the implementation of modern federal legislation (experience of the Samara region). Vopr. det. dietol. (Pediatric Nutrition). 2020; 18(6): 5–11. (In Russian). DOI: 10.20953/1727-5784-2020-6-5-11


Multiplier performs one of the frequently encountered arithmetic operations especially in digital signal processing. Though many multipliers have been designed in the past yet new multipliers are designed to reduce the area and power to get the optimum result. In this paper MultiPrecision multiplier is designed which partitions the input operands into smaller precisions according to the operation requirement. Inputs operands schedulers classifies according to the precision and then groups them into pattern and are sent to MultiPrecision multiplier. This MultiPrecision multiplier has input interface unit which distributes the data among the processing elements. Voltage controlled oscillator generates the required frequency for the operation thus scaling down the frequency according to the requirement. This method is designed using Verilog HDL and synthesized using Xilinx Software. The proposed method would be changing the architecture of MultiPrecision multiplier with LFSR technique thus reducing the area to 20% and power by 30%.


The Anthicidae of New Zealand are revised for the first time, and their taxonomic affinities are discussed. Twenty-six species have been found, eight of them undescribed, and eight new synonymies were discovered. Nine of these species are introduced, seven of them originating from Australia; the other two are cosmopolitan anthropogenic species. Members of genus Cotes are all restricted to New Zealand, as is the monotypic new genus Zealanthicus . The known seasonality, biological associations, and geographic distribution of the species are summarised, with maps indicating locality records. A key to their identification is given, and most species are illustrated. CHECKLIST OF TAXA Subfamily Anthicinae Genus Anthicus Paykull, 1798 (a) Anthicus sensu stricto hesperi King, 1869 kreusleri King, 1869 (b) australis -group gushi new species troilus Hinton, 1945 elegans Lea, 1895 (c) strictus -group glaber King, 1869 minor Broun, 1886 flavitarsis Broun, 1914 new synonymy otagensis new species (d) Subgenu s Omonadus Mulsant & Re y floralis (Linnaeus, 1758) fallax B roun, 1893 formicarius (Goeze, 1777) Genus Sapintus Casey, 1895 aucklandensis new species deitzi new species obscuricornis (Broun, 1880) new combination anthracinus (Broun, 1893) new synonymy pellucidipes (Broun, 1880) new combination Subfamily Lagrioidinae Genus Lagrioida Fairmaire & Germain, 1860 brouni Pascoe, 1876 Subfamily Lemodinae Genus Cotes Sharp, 1877 bullata Broun, 1923 crispi (Broun, 1880) punctata Broun, 1893 new synonymy gourlayi new species halliana Broun, 1923 optima Broun, 1893 proxima Broun, 1893 new synonymy proba Broun, 1881 dorsalis Broun, 1893 new synonymy rufa Broun, 1893 insignis Broun, 1912 new synonymy vestita Sharp, 1877 distincta Broun, 1893 new synonymy Genus Trichananca Blackburn, 1891 fulgida new species Zealanthicus new genus sulcatus new species Subfamily Macratriinae Genus Macratria Newman, 1838 aotearoa new species exilis Pascoe, 1877 verticalis Sharp, 1877 flavipes Broun, 1893 new synonymy


A fast sub-pixel edge detection method based on gray histogram and double threshold for the high resolution PCB image is proposed.The experimental results show that the positioning accuracy amounts to 0.066 pixels.This algorithm can accurately locate edge and compute more quickly than the traditional sub-pixel edge detection algorithms.The proposed algorithm can efficiently fulfill the requirements for high accuracy and real-time performance.


Within the article, forms of innovation structures are systematized, and those that exist in Ukraine are identified, their features, purpose and functions are clarified, activities and current state of their functioning are analyzed. It is proved that in the conditions of digital economy, domestic innovation structures are underdeveloped and do not fulfill their leading role at the present stage of innovative development of the country. To understand the importance of effective operation of innovation infrastructure, the main world models of innovation development are considered, and the directions of using the experience of their functioning for Ukraine are determined. The main indicators of innovation activity of Ukraine in the context of regions are analyzed. There is a significant differentiation of innovation indicators in the regional context. The cartographic analysis of innovative activity of regions is presented. The mechanism of definition and implementation of priority directions of innovative activity in the context of the digital economy development is offered.


(57) Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling repeti tive accesses to a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) row are disclosed. A method for monitoring and controlling repetitive accesses to a DRAM can include dividing a bank of the DRAM into a number of logical blocks, mapping each row of the bank to one of the logical blocks, monitoring accesses to the logical blocks, and controlling accesses to the logical blocks based on the monitoring. ABSTRACT


Carotenoids are more than 600 species in plant foods.It has many special functions,and is reich in many plant-derived foods.However,during the food processing,storing and consuming,carotenoids are degraded to aroma colorless substance,such as ionone,dihydroactinidiolide or oxoisophorone due to a variety of ways of oxidation.Those oxidative substance have different effects on the quality of foods.The paper systematically introduces the primary product of carotenoids oxidative degradation and the aroma characteristics.It also provides an overview on the species of carotenoids and the distributed situation in plant-derived foods,oxidative degradation pathway,mechanism,effects on the quality of plant-derived foods.Finally,both a review and a perspective of the study on carotenoids oxidative degradation and regulation or control are proposed briefly.


The paper connects the alternative theory published in AMEE'13 (D. Bittnerova: Alternative Method for Calculations of Volumes by Using Parameterizations of Surface Areas) and presents some applications of it in Euclidean space of dimension 2, especially for cycloids. According to that theory, we can calculate areas of figures respectively volumes of solids in En, if we know suitable descriptions of surface areas of computed figures, solids. Applying the alternative theory in E2, we obtain the corollary of Green's theorem for the curvilinear integral.


Rhythm is one major component that distinguishes poetry from prose, even in written forms. Being inherently based on rhyme, the indigenous sense and sound of oral poetry may be difficult to convey in written English. This study, therefore, investigated the prosody of Niyi Osundare"s "Harvestcall", a praise poem from his international award winning collection based on oral Yoruba Oriki structure but written in English, in order to determine how the blend of phonological features of the two different languages is achieved. A stylistic analysis was carried out on phonological features: stress and syllable counts to identify the rhythmic norm, patterns of the sound units, ensuing structure and the interaction between form and meaning. A Yoruba bard (Ewi expert), accompanied by Bata drums was also engaged to render the verse which was recorded on audio


This invention relates to the thermal treatment of lump or agglomerated material in a firing machine (1) with a travelling grate (2) on which the material is conveyed through the firing machine (1), a firing chamber (4) for generating the temperatures required for the thermal treatment, a cooling zone (5) in which cooling gases are passed through the thermally treated material, and a recuperation tube (7) through which the heated cooling gases are recirculated to the firing chamber (4). In the ceiling (8) of the firing chamber (4) a plurality of openings (9) is provided, through which the heated cooling gases from the recuperation tube (7) can enter into the firing chamber (4).


Abstract Using the measurements of the pyroelectric effect, the field induced polarization, the electroclinic coefficient and the static dielectric susceptibility has been determined in the chiral nematic phase close to the first order nematic-smectic C* (N*-C*) phase transition. The characteristics of the transition have been compared to those typical of the smectic A*-C* transition.


Abstract The minimum acidity required for the cleavage of the heme-protein link by Teale's acid butanone method was determined for several ferric protohemoproteins. The cleavage of the link occurs at pH values approximately 1 unit higher in the presence than in the absence of 0.1 m NaF for all the hemoproteins examined. Cytochrome c peroxidase was cleaved into the heme and apoenzyme by a modification of Teale's method. Apoenzyme could be recombined with heme to form a reconstituted holoenzyme with properties indistinguishable from those of the original cytochrome c peroxidase. Both apoenzymes and reconstituted holoenzymes were crystallized as large prisms which may be suitable for physical measurements of single crystals.


Interactive ray tracing has seen enormous progress in recent years. However, advanced rendering techniques requiring many million rays per second are still not feasible at interactive speed, and are only possible by means of highly parallel ray tracing. When using compute clusters, good load balancing is crucial in order to fully exploit the available computational power, and to not suffer from the overhead involved by synchronization barriers. In this paper, we present a novel GPU method to compute a cost map: a per-pixel cost estimate of the ray tracing rendering process. We show that the cost map is a powerful tool to improve load balancing in parallel ray tracing, and it can be used for adaptive task partitioning and enhanced dynamic load balancing. Its effectiveness has been proven in a parallel ray tracer implementation tailored for a cluster of workstations.


Sallust's account of Catiline's first speech contains a verbal echo of Cicero's First Catilinarian (BC 20.9 ~ Cat. 1.1). By raising the question of whether Catiline or Cicero counts as the author of the phrase, Sallust invites attention to the double nature of historiography as at once a literary representation of reality and a part of the historical processes it documents. Hearing Catiline as author points up the historicity of texts: the phrase itself changes meaning and significance as it is appropriated by a sequence of authors. An awareness of Cicero as source recalls the textuality of history: the struggles to control the meaning of actions and language staged through intertextuality overlap with actual political conflicts.


Ecologists, landscape architects, and bridge and structural engineers do not work together often enough, and this paper illustrates the advantages of collaboration in the design of the next generation wildlife crossing. The process and details of collaboration are as unique as the solutions included in the award winning entry for the ARC International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition. This article illustrates the benefits of multidisciplinary collaboration, how ecological restoration was foundational to the design, and how all parties worked to develop a new and innovative highway crossing for wildlife.


As part of an extensive federally funded project, the authors directed teams of interviewers who questioned various levels of educational administrators, teachers, parents of handicapped children, support personnel, teacher-union leaders, and child advocates regarding critical aspects of the Individualized Education Program (IEP). The article synthesizes the impressions and insights gleaned from the interviews. Most respondents tended to view the IEP as a stable, fixed, potentially threatening product. The interview data suggested that if the IEP is to become an effective mechanism for improving the education for all handicapped children, it must be conceived of as a process and carried out as a process, not as a product alone.


Catch rates and sizes of blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, were compared in traps with 2.54 cm (1.0 inch), 3.81 cm (1.5 inches), and 5.08 cm (2.0 inches) square mesh, 2.54 by 5.08 cm rectangular mesh, and 3.81 cm hexagonal mesh. Catch of legal blue crabs by number was significantly greater in the traditional hexagonal mesh trap than in all other trap types. Sublegal catch by number was highest (34.1-63.3% of total) in the 2.54 cm and 3.81 cm square mesh and rectangular mesh traps and lowest in the 5.08 cm square mesh trap. The hexagonal mesh trap had significantly lower catch rates of sublegal blue crabs than all other trap types except the 5.08 cm square mesh. Mean size of blue crabs by trap type exhibited an inverse pattern to that shown by catch of sublegal crabs. The most effective trap to maximize legal catch and minimize sublegal catch was the 3.81 cm hexagonal mesh trap followed by the 5.08 cm square mesh trap.


We consider the gauge breaking of supergravity-based E/sub 8/ grand unified gauge group to E/sub 6/ in the zeroth order of supergravity at Planck mass scale M and E/sub 6/ to SO(10) at a scale xi, where xiis a small supergravity expansion parameter of the order of 10/sup -4/. Then surprisingly we find that the subsequent breaking of SO(10) to SU(5), SU(5) to G/sub std/(equivalentSU(2)/sub L/ x U(1)/sub Y/ x SU(3)/sub C/), and G/sub std/ to G/sub L//sub E/(equivalentSU(3)/sub C/ x U(1)/sub Q/) occur at scales xi2''M, xi2numberM, and xi2$M, respectively, with local supersymmetry breaking at the weak scale in the visible sector.


Aim: The aimof the clinical study was to compare the abutment shoulder position in relation to the free gingival margin on a customized CAD/CAM abutment in a digital design with a real intraoral situation following abutment delivery. Material and Method: 305 dental implants were evaluated in the study. Results: A statistical analysis revealedpositive correlation between the virtually designed shoulder and its actual position.  A decrease in the vertical dimension of the tissue occurred in 21.7 % of caseswhile an increase in this dimension was achieved in 34.4 % of cases. Conclusion: Within the limitations of this study it can be assumed that virtual designing of the abutment shoulder position gives intraorally average predictable results. As there was  areduction in tissue height in one sixth of the implants placed in the aesthetic region special care is needed in cases involving particular aesthetic demands.


The present invention provides a carrier substrate for field effect transistors. Epitaxial substrate for field effect transistors, not between the substrate and the operating layer, the nitride-based III-V semiconductor epitaxial crystal is provided that includes Ga, nitride-based III-V semiconductor epitaxial crystal is, (i) and includes (ii) and (iii). (I) Ga or the first buffer layer which includes Al, and contains the same, and the period also oxygen is small compensation impurity element is added to the high-resistance crystal layer and Ga in the periodic table, (ii) operation of the first buffer layer side stacked in claim containing Ga or Al 2 buffer layer, (iii) and provided between the resistance crystal layer with the operation layer, a high-purity epitaxial crystal layer containing a small amount of acceptor impurity may be of sufficient magnitude to maintain the no addition or depletion state. An epitaxial substrate for a field effect transistor


1 Correspondence to: Hanife Kahraman (PhD), Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Guidance and Psychological Counseling Program, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir 33040 Turkey. Email: email@example.com 2 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Letters, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir 33040 Turkey. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com 3 Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Measurement and Evaluation in Education Program, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir 33040 Turkey. Email: email@example.com Citation: Kahraman, H., Yilmaz Irmak, T., & Basokcu, T. O. (2017). Parenting Practices Scale: Its validity and reliability for parents of school-aged children. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 17, 745–769. http://dx.doi.org/10.12738/ estp.2017.3.0312 Abstract Parenting practices are a field in psychology in which numerous studies have been carried out. In western countries, attempts to define the concept operationally have led to the emergence of many scales claiming to test the concept. This study aims at developing a scale to evaluate the parenting practices of parents with schoolchildren and at carrying out the validity and reliability tests of the scale in question. In the study, 511 parents with schoolchildren between the ages of 6-13 participated. The initial scale consisted of 84 items. Explanatory factor analysis was applied in order to analyze the construct validity and factor structure of the scale, whereas principle component analysis and the varimax rotation technique were used as the factoring technique. Following analysis, 32 items were removed from the scale. The final version of the scale consists of six components (sub-dimensions) and 52 items that explain 40.1% of the variance. Afterwards, secondorder confirmatory factor analysis was applied, and model data fit was observed to be high. Cronbach alpha values of the scales' sub-dimensions were found to be between .65 and .79. Criterion validity of the scale was also tested during the study. To this end, the Parenting Practices Scale (PPS) and Parental AcceptanceRejection Questionnaire (PARQ) were used. The correlation between sub-dimensions and total score was analyzed in the study, in which 168 parents participated in total. The findings support the criterion validity of the scale. Moreover, the results prove that the developed scale has the ability to validly test existing differences among parents' parenting practices and the psychological structures leading to them.


The paper introduces the current situation of logistics development in Tibet from such aspects as logistics volume,infrastructure,etc,investigates the existing problems in transportation of freight transport enterprises,measures to promote logistics development and the policies which the enterprises are eager to obtain and proposes the quality demand of modern logistics development in Tibet.


This research was conducted to know the effect of fasting duration and giving water on feed comsumption, weigh gain, feed conversion ratio and the age at first laying. Two hundred fourty 1-day old female quails. Comersil feed that used from PT. comfeed BR 1 with protein content 20%. The research method factorial design. The treatment mens consisted of 2 factor combination. The first factor was fasting duration consist of A1 (12Hours), A2 (24 Hours), A3 (48 Hours). The second factor was giving water consist of B1 (Water), B2 (Sugar water). The data were analized by ANOVA and continued by Duncan's Multiple Range Test. The research showed that interachon of fasting and giving sugar water highly significant effect (P 0,05), A3b1 46,75±0,50- A1b1 43,00±2,71. The concussion was interaction of fasting duration and giving sugar water influenced on feed consumption,feed conversion and weigh gain ,but not on the age at first laying.


Then, if you have other more general views whichl yOul tlhink it might be of advantage for the practition6r to know, embody tllem in a private letter. To sum up, tlle demands made upon the radiologist by practitioniers aro very varied. Someio loolk Up)on hlim as guide, philosopher, and friend; otlhers regard hliim as a necessary evil, to be looked on with suspicioi and rigidly kept in his place. Botlh will ultimiately get tlle kilnd of serivico they deserve.-I am, etc.,


The Blasting Erosion Arc Machining (BEAM) process was applied to improve the machining efficiency of SiC/Al composites. A set of experiments were conducted on 20 vol% SiC/Al composites to find out the relationship between the parameters and machining performance. Results revealed that when the peak current was 500 A, the material removal rate (MRR) could be greater than 8,200 mm3/min and the tool wear ratio (TWR) was about 2%. Besides, the influence of polarity on the surface properties was also studied by using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and metalloscope. It disclosed that machining with a large peak current and a negative BEAM is suitable for bulk mass material removal, while the surface quality could be improved by applying the positive BEAM. Finally, a machined sample demonstrated the fesibility of BEAM for the machining of SiC/Al materials.Copyright © 2015 by ASME


This paper studies the formulation of two women detectives in Tana French's work, Cassie Maddox and Antoinette Conway, in the Dublin Murder Squad Series by exploring the hard-boiled fiction conventions which underlie the formulation of Tana French's two female detectives. The objective of this study is to determine how French innovates the hard-boiled fiction conventions in the formation of her women detective characters, Cassie Maddox and Antoinette Conway. By employing formula analysis as theorized by John G. Cawelti (1976), the results of this study show that French innovates the hard-boiled formula in four aspects. First, French innovates the hard-boiled formula by expanding the concept of marginality from economic class to gender and race. The second innovation is the substitution of the hard-boiled convention which emphasizes on masculine toughness with resistance to patriarchal control. Third, French re-established the relationship between the detective and the character femme fatale. Their similarity of female experiences and perspective with the femme fatale makes these women detectives not only reveal the femme fatale as a murderer, but also the motives and scenarios behind their acts. Finally, French also innovates the antithetical nature of the hard-boiled detective's presentation by offering a 'feminine' path to justice. These observations show that French's innovations on hard-boiled conventions on her women detectives are the extensions of the women investigators in the antecedent feminist revisions of the hard-boiled stories which are heavily influenced by the second-wave feminist values. However, Tana French also inserts her own commentary on the new variants of female character shaped by the new post-feminist discourse which separates her women detectives from those in the antecedent feminist hard-boiled revision series.


This article focuses on the use of semantic elements in  processes and procedures for storing and retrieving information  in digital repositories through Assisted Folksonomy and the Interactive Representation model.


Abstract Background: Recurrent vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) repair can be very difficult. Most gynecologists prefer the vaginal route because of the complexity of the abdominal approach. This articl...


This study aims to understand the awareness Irish millennials have with regard to their data privacy online and data protection laws. It also looks at deciphering millennial attitudes towards their data- are they concerned about their data privacy, do they indulge in risky behaviours online and are they willing to trade data for benefits on the internet. The study fulfilled the objectives by the way of a inductive, mono method qualitative design using semi structured interviews. The findings were analysed using thematic analysis.

The primary findings were that millennials had a surface level awareness of data privacy and data protection. They seem to have a nonchalant attitude towards data privacy yet displayed concern over their data online. They also indulged in risky behaviours despite their concerns. Millennials seemed to be willing to trade data for benefits, but showed resignation about certain exchanges, especially where money was concerned.


In dimensional X-ray CT (dXCT), the definition of a resolution describing parameter (metrological structural resolution) is not standardized conclusively yet. The instrument transfer function (ITF) is currently being discussed in national and international standardization bodies as one candidate for such a parameter. The ITF describes the wavelength-dependent transfer of a surface modulation - which is the main focus of dXCT - in contrast to the modulation transfer function (MTF), a well-known parameter which describes the grey-value amplitude transfer function after volume reconstruction without including a surface determination. In this article, a practical implementation of two differently sized new ITF reference standards is presented. Their idea is to use a height profile - with nearly constant spectral amplitude and bandwidth-limited - which is extended periodically. This profile is diamond-turned on the outer side of a tube and can be segmented to obtain identical pieces. One piece is calibrated pars pro toto with a high-resolution tactile scanner (HRTS) to obtain the reference ITF. Comparisons, CT parameter dependency tests and simulations highlight the benefit of this new type of standards for the determination of the ITF as a measure for resolution.


In this investigation, the performance of a fully-integrated ship power system with a pulsed power load is analyzed. There are particular loads in shipboard power systems such as electromagnetic guns, electromagnetic launch systems, and free electron lasers, which draw very high short time current in an intermittent fashion. In this research, the power system is thoroughly simulated to capture its transient and dynamic behaviors during the occurrence of a pulse-load. This simulation provides better understanding of the system performance and its stability under such severe conditions, and the results demonstrate the effect of different pulse-load characteristics, i.e. the magnitude and duration of the load, and the system topology, controllers and major parameters affect the stability of the system.


or other organs, on which they more especially act. At one time the number of poisons that act through the medium of the nerves was conceived to be very considerable. But the researches of the most eminent physiologists in recent times have tended greatly to curtail the number; and the experiments especially of Brodie, Magendie, and Barry are believed to have proved that a vast number of poisons really act only through the medium of the blood by venous absorption. Mr Morgan and Dr Addison in their conjunct inquiry undertake to demolish the whole theory of the action of poisons through the medium of the circulation,?to lessen materially the importance of the conclusions which Magendie and Barry have drawn from their experiments,?to modify essentially the received doctrine of the action of poisons through the nerves,?and to set up a new theory of their own,?namely, that all poisons produce their specific effects 011 the brain and general system through an impression on the sentient extremities of the nerves ?nly, and that when they appear to act through the medium of tile blood, they really act only through the sentient extremities ?f the nerves of the inner coat of the blood-vessels.


Introduction and Background Illiteracy is a major social dilemma facing countries in the developed and underdeveloped world. The problem has far-reaching implications as it threatens the economic and social vitality of a country. Within this globalized world, a country's competitiveness depends on the resources within that country and, in particular on its social and human capital. Indeed, the human capital indicators of a country, particularly, those based on literacy rates affect the country's labor productivity and (GDP) Gross Domestic Product (Coulombe, Tremblay & Marchland, 2004). Elish-Piper (2007) draws attention to the increasing expectations for adult literacy in the United States over the last century, particularly as it relates to one's status, employment and ultimate productivity. In an effort to address these challenges, the United States primarily through the Department of Education, administers various programs related to for combating societal problems such as illiteracy. One such publicly funded program is the Even Start Family Literacy Program. Administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Even Start Program, according to The Department of Education (2007), "offers grants to support local family literacy projects that integrate early childhood education, adult literacy, parenting education, and interactive parent and child activities for low income families" (¶ 2). The Department of Education offers considerable funding and supports the program's aims of improving parents' literacy/basic education while helping them engage fully in educating their children towards helping them attain their full potential as learners. Intended for a disadvantaged population, Even Start focuses on four key components: (a) early childhood education, (b) parenting education, (c) adult education, and (d) parent-child joint literacy activities, known as Parent and Child Together Time (PACT). McKee and Rhett (1995) indicate that "Even Start programs offer at-risk children and their families a chance to 'start even' with other families" (pp.155-156). They further catalog objectives of the Even Start Program as "three interrelated goals: (1)to help parents become full partners in the education of their children; (2) to assist children in reaching their full potential as learners; and (3) to provide literacy training for their parents" (McKee & Rhett, 1995, pp. 157-158).


For studying the business processes we must have economic knowledge. By applying formal models the business processes are easier to understand, studied and optimized.


Studies of offspring of depressed parents are reviewed. A program of research on young children of unipolar and bipolar depressed parents is described. Early manifestations or precursors of childhood depression are identified.


Medical History from the Earliest Times. A popular history of the healing art. By Edward Theodore Withington, M.A., M.B., Oxon. With two illustrations. (London: The Scientific Press, Limited, 428, Strand, W.C. 1894.) Mr. Withington has condensed into this moderate-sized volume a truly wonderful amount of information concerning the doctors of past ages, their methods and mistakes, and their solid and permanent contributions to the science of disease. The number of authorities whom the author has consulted in forming his compilation are too numerous to cite here ; but it may be said that the book gives an interesting and convenient account of all that is most notablein Hindu, Egyptian, classic, aud mediaeval medicine. The only fault that can be found, is that the shortness of the chapters gives a most undeserved aspect of desultoriness to the work. This, however, though it tends to conceal the amount of deep and careful research necessary to produce these brief chapters, will make the work more popular among readers of all classes who cannot fail to gain from it an amount of information that will surprise themselves concerning men whose services and sacrifices in the cause of medicine we do ill to forget.


Magnetic dipole emission (MDE) from interstellar magnetic nanoparticles is potentially an important Galactic foreground in the microwave frequencies, and its polarization level may pose great challenges for achieving reliable measurements of cosmic microwave background B-mode signal. To obtain realistic predictions for the polarization of MDE, we first compute the degree of alignment of big silicate grains incorporated with magnetic inclusions. We find that thermally rotating big grains with magnetic inclusions are weakly aligned and can achieve alignment saturation when the magnetic alignment rate becomes much faster than the rotational damping rate. We then compute the degree of alignment for free-flying magnetic nanoparticles, taking into account various interaction processes of grains with the ambient gas and radiation field, including neutral collisions, ion collisions, and infrared emission. We find that the rotational damping by infrared emission can significantly decrease the degree of alignment of small particles from the saturation level, whereas the excitation by ion collisions can enhance the alignment of ultrasmall particles. Using the computed degrees of alignment, we predict the polarization level of MDE from free-flying magnetic nanoparticles to be rather low. Such a polarization level is within the upper limits measured for anomalous microwave emission (AME), which indicates that MDE from free-flying iron particles may not be ruled out as a source of AME. We also quantify rotational emission from free-flying iron nanoparticles with permanent magnetic moments and find that its emissivity is about one order of magnitude lower than that from spinning polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.


In our continuing search for new insect control agents from plant sources, eight nagilacrones were isolated from Podocarpus nagi (Podocarpaceae). The effects of the four most abundant on the feeding and growth of larvae of the tobacco budworm, Heliorthis virescens (Lepidoprera: Noctuidae) were investigated. The growth rate and the pupation of H. virescens fed on diets containing nagilactone D [4] were lowered and mortality was occasionally observed


The objectives of this study are to build a mediation model and to assess the indirect effect of external marketing environment, market orientation, and marketing agglomeration partnership on marketing performance through product innovation. This qualitative study was conducted through library research to produce models. Later, this study quantitatively assesses survey data that were previously completed and refined by preparing questionnaires based on the dimensions that have been presented in each research variable definition. The produced research conceptual model is the output of this qualitative study, which is used as the foundation should the study proceeds to quantitative nature. Keywords—External Marketing Environment, Marketing Orientation, Marketing Performance, Product Innovation, Mediating


The antennas used in VHF and UHF pagers are electrically small loops, which are highly resonant devices that are resistant to detuning through user proximity. The antennas are often designed using a combination of computer simulation and experimental measurement techniques. However analytic formulae are also useful in suggesting prototype arrangements and in showing how the performance varies with geometry, matching and proximity induced losses. Philips have developed many world-leading techniques for designing VHF and UHF pager antennas. This paper summarises several previously unpublished results. The paper presents a simple formula for the efficiency of isolated air filled rectangular strip loops is presented. It discusses the effect of user proximity induced losses and mismatch. A simple method of mitigating the mismatch effects is outlined. Including PCB tracks in the loop can seriously degrade the antenna's performance. However for manufacturing reasons it is best for the trimmer capacitor to be mounted on the PCB. The paper discusses how this can be done and explains how, despite high loss tangents at UHF, ferrites can still enhance the loop's performance.