ALDEN, PERCY. The British child and the state (2). Chaut. 60: 83-202. (0. 'io.) ANDREWS, BENJAMIN R. The schools of household and industrial artsTeachers College. Col. Univ. Q. 12:397-407. (S. 'IO.) BATTEN, S. Z. Methods of training for social service. Relig. Educa. 5: 390-98. (0. 'io.) BENNETT, CHARLES A. Visiting manual training schools in Europe-VI. Man. Train. Mag. I2:28-46. (0. 'io.) BICKNELL, PERCY F. A child of the Orient in the turmoil of London. Dial 49:226-27. (I 0. 'o.) BJ6RKMAN, EDWIN. William James: builder of American ideals. R. of Rs. 42:463-67. (0. 'IO.) BLAIR, R. The relation of science to industry and commerce. School W. 12: 390-9I. (0. 'Io.) BOTKIN, ALICE SINCLAIR. The relation of outside subjects to major subjects in the high school. Educa. 3I:103-7. (0. 'IO.) BOURNE, HENRY E. Reminiscences of an English teacher. Dial 49:232-33. (i 0. 'IO.) BROWN, DAISY R. Young people's ideas of the value of Bible study. Pedagog. Sem. 17:370-86. (S. 'io.) BROWNSON, CARLETON L. The relations between colleges and secondary schools: tendencies and possibilities. School R. I8:548-59. (0. 'IO.) CALDWELL, OTIS W. Natural history in the grades: Seventh and eighth grades. El. School T. 11:49-62. (0. 'IO.) Abbreviations.-Chau., Chautauquan; Col. Univ. Q., Columbia University Quarterly; Educa., Education; Educa. R., Educational Review; El. School T., Elementary School Teacher; Geographical T., Geographical Teacher; Journ. of Educa., Journal of Education; Journ. of Educa. Psychol., Journal of Educational Psychology; Liv. Age, Living Age; Man. Train. Mag., Manual Training Magazine; Pedagog. Sem., Pedagogical Seminary; Pop. Sci. Mo., Popular Science Monthly; Primary Educa., Primary Education; Psychol. Clinic, Psychological Clinic; R. of Rs., Review of Reviews; Relig. Educa., Religious Education; School R., School Review; School W., School World; Teach. College Rec., Teachers College Record.


Abstract. Little is known about which cell types act as the origin of odontogenic stem cells and how these stem cells differentiate to become functional. In the present study 3‐day‐old guinea‐pigs were injected with tritiated thymidine, killed at intervals and their molars studied. The odontogenic cells were found to originate from the stem cells which by autoradiography were shown to be slow cycling and lightly labelled. As they differentiated they became heavily labelled and were designated transit 'dividing cells'. With further differentiation the cells were unlabelled and were designated 'simple transit cells'.


Detecting and handling routing loops is a critical issue in the design of anonymous peer-to-peer content sharing networks (apCSNs). A principal requirement of such a scheme is that it should not leak any message forwarding information that can undermine the user anonymity of the resulting apCSN. A number of loop handling schemes have been developed in apCSNs such as Freenet and GNUnet. However, they all leak certain level of message forwarding information, which can be exploited to undermine or compromise the user anonymity. In this paper we develop a new loop handling scheme named Reroute-on-Loop (ROL) that will not leak any message forwarding information. Using the Thynix simulator developed by the Freenet project, we show that overall ROL only has minor performance impacts on message path lengths compared to the current loop handling scheme of Freenet on various network topologies, ranging from small-world topologies to random topologies. For example, the average routing path lengths of ROL are only increased by less than 1 hop compared to those with the current loop handling scheme of Freenet on small-world network topologies. Our performance studies confirm that ROL is a practical scheme, and can be deployed on Freenet and similar apCSN systems.


Afield experiment was conducted at the experimental field of the department of field crops, Agri.of college ,Univ.of Baghdad-Abu Graib during 2013-2014 and 2014-2015season,to study the effect of foliar application stages and concentrationsof leaf fertilizer on growth and grain yield of oat and it components .Factorial experiment in randomized complete block design with three replication was conducted .The first treatment was foliar application stages at the beginning the vegetative growth and beginning the flowering ,while the second treatment the concentrations of leaf fertilizer which consist (N,P,K,S,Fe,Cu,B,Mg,Mn,Zn) with concentrations (1000,2000,3000)mgL -1 in addition control treatment (foliar with water ). The results showed that the treatment at the beginning the vegetative growth gave the highest plant height 112.80 cm and 114.80 cm and tillers numbers 287.15 and 320.07 tiller m -2 while the treatment at the beginning the flowering gave high of weight 1000 grain 43.73 gm and 45.92 gm ,high number of panicle in plant was 446.1 and 462,40 panicle in plant and high number of grain was 60.50 a number of tillers, number of panicle, number of grain and gran yield .We conclude from this studythatthe concentration of 3000 mg L -1 at the beginning of flowering gave the best results for oat crop .


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Endocrine disruption and the feminization of male barbel Barbus barbus was examined during a 4-year investigation in the River Jihlava (Danube basin, Czech Republic) that consisted of temporal monitoring of sexual status in 993 tagged barbel and histological verification of sex change in 149 dissected specimens. In 343 recaptured barbel, six specimens had altered (protandric) gamete production, which is a rather exceptional phenomenon (2.8% of the total number of recaptured original tagged males) and does not explain the unbalanced (biased) sexual and size structure of barbel populations that is often observed. Histological gonadal examination revealed intersexuality to be sporadic (2.0%) and more frequent (14.8%) in river stretches of relatively lower and greater organic pollution loads, respectively. The screening of vitellogenin (Vtg) in blood plasma revealed elevated, strongly fluctuating concentrations in males, unrelated to fish size or age, which reached a median of 0.190 μg ml−1 in the moderately polluted stretches, whereas a significantly higher value of 0.732 μg ml−1 was observed in strongly polluted stream stretches. These levels were apparently a result of elevated levels of ambient xenoestrogens.


The value of subsea oil and gas currently recovered from U.S. waters approaches $33 billion annually. In terms of value and strategic importance, petroleum resources will likely continue to dominate the economic activities in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. However, the future prospects for offshore oil and gas development are changing. New emphasis is being placed on exploration in deepwater (> 400 m) and in the ice-plagued regions of the Arctic. Resource development in these frontier areas requires technological advancements and greater investment risks for the offshore industry. This translates into huge investments that will require immense commercial discoveries of recoverable oil in order to return a profit to investors.


This1 paper proposes a new vehicle positioning method based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). Vehicles obtain two data from different position: the GPS coordinated from the GPS receiver as well as the accurate physical location gained by RFID communication. And the error of GPS can be calculated by the two data, then inaccurate GPS coordinates of adjacent Vehicles can be corrected using the GPS error. The vehicle can be served as a base station, and the adjacent vehicles can take advantage of the GPS error from base station to calculate accurate position. But with the distance between vehicles is increasing, vehicles position accuracy is increase. For the sake of reducing the loss of accuracy caused by SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio) dropping, kalman filter well be used to correcte the offset error.


This paper analyzes relations between China's export restrictions and rare earth prices in recent years.China has decreased the rates of Value Added Tax (VAT) rebates on rare earths raw materals (ores, metals and compounds) since 2004. It has also increased the rates of export duties on the same items since 2006. It appears that China has taken such measures to restrict outflows of rare earth raw materials, and these measures have been taken several times in recent years. Rare earth prices generally soared for the last several years. For example, price of dysprosium, one of the rare earth elements, has increased by about six times between June 2003 and June 2008.We analyzed relations between China's measures for export restrictions and prices of ten rare earth metals between June 2003 and June 2008 by using regression models. The findings of this analysis are as follows.(1) There is a strong tendency in which rare earth metal prices increase significantly soon after enforcement of an export restriction by China.(2) As China repeats measures for export restrictions, length of time between enforcement of such a measure and occurance of price increase has become shorter.This paper also mentions the possibility that demand for rare earths will be less price elastic in the near future. It is highly probable that growing needs to tackle global warming will require people to buy a greater number of eco-frindly products including hybrid vehicles. In such a situation, demand for rare earths, which are raw materials for essential parts of such products, would increase substantially. In addition, manufacturers of such products would have no choice other than procuring certain amount of rare earths regardless of their prices, since there is few alternative raw materials for these products. Under such circumstances, demand for rare earths would be less price elastic, and thus, rare earth prices in the future are likely to be more volatile.


Gonadal maturation of Pacific bluefin tuna (PBT) Thunnus orientalis reared in a net cage at Amami Island was investigated. The investigation was carried out during the period from 2 to 4 years old. Histological observation of the gonad indicated that male PBT reached sexual maturation at 2 or 3 years old, while female PBT started to spawn from 4 years old. The gonad-somatic index was high in July, with the highest values of ca. 3% for 4-year-old female and male PBT. The maturation of PBT might be promoted by the elevation of water temperature and/or the elongation of day length.


In 1933,Huang Suchu donated a certain amount of money to establish Wenzhou Normal College,which could be regarded as the origin of Wenzhou University.Huang Suchu's donation had contributed enormously to the education cause in Wenzhou since then.Huang Suchu's education ideas includes: attaching importance to elementary education,to normal education and to higher education.Combining with local characteristics,Wenzhou University put forward its own school-running conception on the basis of succeeding Huang's education idea.And Wenzhou University's attemptation has achieved good effects.


Otitis Media (OM) is the most commonly diagnosed childhood illness that affects thousands of children per year [1]. Dysfunction of the Eustachian Tube (ET), which is a collapsible tube that connects the Middle Ear (ME) to the Nasopharynx (NP), is the primary etiology ofOM. In healthy adults, periodic openings of the ET due to contraction' of the tensor veli palatini (TVPM) and levator veli palatini (LVPM) muscles, equalize ME pressure and/or drain ME fluid [2]. However, patients with cleft palate syndrome have a 100% incidence rate of OM due to ET dysfunction. The overall goal of this study is to develop fluid-structure interaction computational models of ET function in both healthy adult and cleft palate subjects and compare model results to identify the mechanisms responsible for dysfunction in cleft palates. The effects of tissue morphology were investigated by creating decoupled fmite element models (FEM) of both healthy adult and cleft palate ETs. Results indicate that ET function in healthy adults is highly sensitive to TVPM forces. However, in cleft patients, ET function was relatively insensitive to TVPM and LVPM forces. We conclude that the altered tissue morphology in cleft palates plays a vital role in ET dysfunction. Experimental data suggests a strong coupling between the amount ofmuscle force generated and the amount of flow through the lumen. We developed coupled fluid,. structure interaction (FSI) models to simulate dynamic flow phenomena during ET opening in oq,e healthy adult and one cleft palate patient. Results indicate that although ET opening phenomena was very sensitive to the relative timings of muscle contractions in the adult subject, the cleft palate patient showed very little sensitivity to muscle timing.


For most of the 1950s the most eagerly canvassed of all ''solutions&dquo; to the problems of East-West relations was a meeting between the leaders of the two blocs, a meeting &dquo;at the summit&dquo;. Indeed controversy over the need for, and desirability of, a &dquo;summit&dquo; meeting exactly spanned the whole decade from Churchill's first call for a &dquo;parley at the summit&dquo; in his election speech of February 15, 1950, to the ignominous cOllŒ3!pse of the second &dquo;Summit&dquo; conference at Paris in May, 1960. The controversy was essentially &dquo;North Atlantic&dquo; in character, the greatest degree of scepticism as to the purpose and advantage of &dquo;summit&dquo; meetings coming from America, the greatest enthusiasm from Britain. After 1960 the controversy was virtually stilled. Even in the height of last year's Cuban crisis, the agitation in Britain for a new 'summit' conference was very half hearted, and did not survive the ismmediate peak of the crisis. Now rumors of new &dquo;summits&dquo; are again beginning to burgeon, though so far they seem to have aroused little response in Moscow. Before the onset of new elections in Britain cause the leaders of the two parties to begin outdoing one another in demands for yet another round of competitive &dquo;summitry&dquo;, it is worth while to cast a backward look at the past controversies, to weigh the merits of the arguments used by both sides, and perhaps to achieve a little balance as to the usefulness, desirability and prospects of success of &dquo;meetings at the summit&dquo; as such.


Techniques are described for implementing the requirements of Resolution 612 of the International Telecommunication Union that oceanographic radar systems, a Morse-coded call sign for station identification send at least every 20 minutes.


Abstract Twohundred and thirteen institutionalized geriatric glaucoma patients aged 64–99 years (mean 83,1 ± 6,9 years), at the Koskela Municipal Hospital were examined ophthalmologically and analyzed for blood pressure (BP). The mean systolic BP, measured in 208 patients, was 146 ± 25 mmHg and diastolic 82± 13 mmHg. Thirty‐eight of 208 patients (18%) had low BP (≤120 mmHg) and 38 had high BP (> 160 mmHg). The intraocular pressure (IOP) correlated significantly with the systolic BP, the correlation being highly significant in patients with BP >160 mmHg.


In the quest for high-current high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cables suitable for application to high-field magnets, the Roebel cable made from (RE)-Ba2Cu3O7−δ (RE for rare earth: Y, Sm, Gd, Dy or a mixture of them) coated conductors is identified as meeting the requirements for high-current capability, compactness, transposition and good mechanical properties. In accelerator high-field magnets, Roebel cables will be operated in liquid helium at 4.2 K or lower temperatures. Previous papers have reported on the electrical characterization of Roebel cables at 77 K, but measurements at 4.2 K have not been published yet. This paper summarizes the results of the critical current measurements performed at CERN on (RE)-Ba2Cu3O7−δ Roebel cables at 4.2 K and in external fields of up to 9.6 T.


A 58-yr-old woman is described in whom light and electron microscopic studies of bone marrow revealed the typical features of type I dyserythropoietic anemia. This form of anemia may be first diagnosed late in life, and caution should be exerted to avoid its confusion with preleukemia or erythroleukemia.


COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted the healthcare and economy on a global scale. It is widely recognized that mass testing is an efficient way to contain the infection spread as well as the development of informed policies for disease management. However, the current COVID-19 worldwide infection rates increased demand in the rapid and reliable screening of SARS-CoV-2 infection. We compared the performance of qRT-PCR in direct heat-inactivated, heat-inactivated/pelleted samples against RNA in a group of 74 subjects (44 positive and 30 negative). In addition, we compared the sensitivity of heat-inactivated/pelleted in another group of 196 COVID-19 positive samples. Our study suggests that swab sample heat-inactivation and pelleting show higher accuracy for SARS-CoV-2 detection PCR assay compared to heat-inactivation only (89% vs 83% of the detection in RNA). The accuracy of detection using direct samples varied depending on the sample transport and storage media as well as the viral titer. Our study suggests that purified RNA provides more accurate results, however, direct qRT-PCR may help to significantly increase testing capacity. Switching to the direct sample testing is justified if the number of tests is doubled at least.


The internet and technological advances mean children are spending more and more time in front of screens and are increasingly engaged in online rather than in-person interactions. Digital interactions are different to those that take place in the physical world. Public indoor playgrounds
 have been found to be beneficial for children and communication and interactions in public indoor playgrounds can be effective in supporting the rearing of children. This is the premise of Professor Seiki Tagawa's latest research, in which he and his team in the Department of Community Development,
 Tokai University, Japan, are exploring how these playgrounds can help support parents and improve community development. Tagawa believes in the potential of public indoor playgrounds that are tailored to the circumstances of different countries to help improve the environment for families
 struggling with child rearing and marginalised children. There is also potential to link these playgrounds with social work service to help address more difficult challenges. Tagawa's research is based on questionnaire surveys of local governments and thorough observational surveys in the
 field to verify the most effective kinds of playgrounds, identify operational problems and assess maintenance costs. Beyond fun playground equipment, comprehensive design is important. So far, Tagawa has confirmed links between playgrounds and effective social work.


The present research was conducted in the context of my dissertation defense. In the present study, an optimization model is developed in GAMS. It is a mathematical program, that minimizes the total cost of a power supplier, in order to meet its demand.
In the introductory chapter lies a brief introduction of the modern energy sector. In particular, the energy sectors of the developed and developing world economies are presented and compared. Through this comparison, the noticeable differences between the two are distinguished, and the typical examples of China, the European Union and the United States are presented.
The second chapter presents the structure and operation of an electrical system, as well as its division into two main parts. The first is an electrical system that consists of producing, transporting and distributing electricity to the final consumer. Therefore, these individual parts are analyzed and presented, giving importance to the special need of electricity, in relation to other products, which is the constant balancing of production and demand. There is also a reference to the gradual load reduction, and the pre-existing and modern methods of electricity storage.
The other main part of an electricity system is the electricity market and its whole structure. Therefore the organizational and legislative framework of such a market is presented, as well as some basic organizations and regulations, that are the foundations of its proper functioning.
The third chapter constitutes the literature review in which emphasis is placed on day ahead electricity spot markets (SM), as well as demand response (DR) programs. As far as the SM is concerned, there is a brief review of the available products in some of the largest European energy markets, such as those in Hungary (HUPX) and Germany (EPEX Spot). In terms of DR, a brief classification based on recent research articles is initially presented. Further emphasis is placed on the relevant techno-economic costs of DR integration, their operation, and the different degree of interest and participation of certain categories of consumers.
The fourth chapter consists of the presentation of the problem, and the creation of the optimization model. The problem concerns the optimal management of an electricity providers energy portfolio, in order to fully meet the demand. This provider has three tools at its disposal: the production of energy from a natural gas power plant, the purchase of natural products by SM, and the reduction of cargo by a portion of consumers. The developed model is based on a pre-existing model, which is available to the public through the GAMS library. Specifically, two new models are created which are an evolution of the original.

The fifth chapter presents, compares and analyzes, the results between the original model and the two new developed. Specifically, the second of the two new models is the final, while the first is the transition from the original. The final model developed achieves a significant economic optimization, approximately 9% in the expenses of the provider compared to the original.
The last chapter constitutes the conclusions of the research and suggests the possible future research that would be worthwhile.


Recent detailed bathymetric maps of Barrow Strait enabled a reconsideration of the Tertiary fluvial erosion model used to account for the physiography of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Five disti...


Access to Earth Observation (EO) products remains difficult for end-users. To address this, we developed the Prod-Trees platform[2], a semantically enabled search engine for EO products. Users guide their search through a number of ontologies related to EO domain. To facilitate users in finding terms that fit better to their needs, we created mappings between these ontologies. In this paper, we present Pythia, an ontology matching system that utilizes and combines various matching techniques [1,3,4] to create mappings between two ontologies. Pythia is a combination of a string-based technique utilizing Apache Lucene's features, a language-based technique based on WordNet, and a graph-based technique that uses the structure of the ontology and the mappings produced by the two previous techniques. The system supports SKOS ontologies. Therefore, the mappings are also expressed in SKOS using the defined properties for matching concepts: skos:exactMatch, skos:relatedMatch, skos:broadMatch, and skos:narrowMatch. Based on these, we create four different types of mappings. A terminological matcher is responsible for implementing the stringand language-based techniques, both applied on the concepts labels (skos:prefLabel, skos:altLabel and skos:hiddenLabel). The mappings created by this component can either be skos:exactMatch or skos:relatedMatch. The string-based technique uses Lucene for indexing and searching. With Lucene, one can create documents and add fields of a specific type to these documents. When searching the documents, the user can specify which field he wants to search. Taking advantage of Lucene capabilities, the terminological matcher indexes the target ontology. A new document is created for each concept and each available property of the concept is added as a new field. String normalization functions are applied to the field and unnecessary stop words are removed. When searching for concepts similar to concept A (from the source ontology), the prefLabel, altLabel, and hiddenLabel fields of the indexed ontology are searched using the prefLabel of concept A. The search results fetched back, are ranked according to the string similarity of the compared strings (e.g., skos:prefLabel of A and the prefLabel field of a document). This is feasible due to the string similarity functions implemented in Lucene. Also, since each field is indexed, only the index of the specified field is searched, and not all the concepts. Lucene returns multiple related results. If the two strings are the same, a skos:exactMatch is created between A and the corresponding concept from the


The concept of the medical home is well out of the primary care nursery -- out in the big wide world, where who knows what might befall it. It is constrained by NCQA rules, liable to be mugged by referral specialties after some of the money it's supposed to carry, and exposed to any number of community-acquired diseases.


Detailed electromyographic and electrodiagnostic studies were made on sciatic nerve–anterior tibialis muscle preparations in rat in vivo for the first time to confirm the neuromuscular junctional (NMJ) blocking action of Cleistanthus collinus leaf extract (CCLE) and the transient reversal of NMJ blockade by neostigmine. A sublethal dose of 175 mg dry leaf powder/kg body weight of rat caused NMJ blockade confirmed by a decremental response in nerve evoked compound muscle action potentials (NCMAPs). The study suggests the action of the toxic plant extract on acetylcholine (ACh) receptor sites. Muscle evoked compound muscle action potentials (MCMAPs) showed negligible decremental response suggesting the action at the NMJ level only and not on muscle excitation and contractility. The CCLE poisoning revealed a specific diagnostic EMG pattern which might be of help to clinicians in diagnosing Cleistanthus poisoning. The studies confirm that the leaf extract contains a proven and promising new NMJ blocker.


Abstract: Solvability criteria of negative Pell equations x − dy = −1 have previously been established via calculating the length for the period of the simple continued fraction of √ d and checking the existence of a primitive Pythagorean triple for d. However, when d 1, such criteria usually require a lengthy calculation. In this note, we establish a novel approach to construct integers d such that x− dy = −1 is solvable in integers x and y, where d = d(un, un+1,m) can be expressed as rational functions of un and un+1 and fourth-degree polynomials of m, and un satisfies a recurrence relation: u0 = u1 = 1 and un+2 = 3un+1 − un for n ∈ N ∪ {0}. Our main


Graphene oxide (GO) is reduced and surface functionalized by 9, 10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide (DOPO) simultaneously. This functional reduced graphene oxide (F-rGO) with better thermal stability can be used as nano-filler to improve flame retardancy, mechanical properties and thermal conductivity of mesogenic epoxy (EO). Due to the presence of oriented structure, EO is an intrinsic high thermal conductive polymer compared with common polymer. After filled with F-rGO, the ordered domains in EO matrix are connected by F-rGO. As a result, thermal conductivity coefficient of F-rGO/EO composite is increased by 30.8% compared with pure EO. DMA result indicates that E' of F-rGO/EO is 26.7% higher than that of EO. Due to the stable structure for F-rGO, F-rGO/EO is self-extinguishing. The total heat release (THR) of F-rGO/EO-15 is 24.1 kJ/g, which is 5.6 kJ/g lower than that of EO.


Explanatory Note for PSA Panel : This paper is written for a panel on the Child Tr ust Fund (CTF). Since the paper makes no mention of the CTF some readers might naturally be puzzled. The relationship is as follows. I take as a premise that the CTF fits into a broader politics of ownership which aims to establish a var iant of what Rawls calls 'property-owning democracy'. The paper explains why an active, repub lican form of citizenship might be an essential complement to the economic arrangements o f a property-owning democracy. The paper is an attempt to identify the conception of political citizenship that is the appropriate complement to a conception of economic citizenship centred on policies such as the CTF.


Purpose: Chronic wounds are impaired in their healing processes and often require a tissue boost to restart healing progression. Dressings of all forms have been used extensively for decades and a variety of dressings was specifically designed for chronic wounds. A dressing based on a hydropolymer gel matrix with a semi-permeable polyurethane backing is thought to provide an optimal balanced wound moisture environment and could hence positively affect the biochemical composition of exudate. However, the mechanism behind the technology is described sparsely. Patients and Methods: We herein report in vitro data to support the mode of action of the hydropolymer gel dressing concerning fluid management, protease binding and thermal insulation. Moreover, a non-interventional prospective study examined the use of the unique hydropolymer gel dressing on pain levels. Results: Data demonstrated a possible tissue boost by retaining as well as providing fluid, depending on the exudate amount, and by binding proinflammatory proteases. The dressing was further able to stabilize growth factors and provide thermal insulation, thereby positively supporting keratinocyte proliferation and migration in vitro. Furthermore, a significant reduction of the pain level after application could be observed clinically. Conclusion: Together, these factors provide a beneficial environment for wound healing and restarting stagnating wounds (or providing optimal conditions for acute wounds). In addition, the dressing appeared to be a good choice for painful wounds.


A description is given of the AMPS (autonomously managed power system) program, which is developing a photovoltaic-based power system suitable for long-term space missions, particularly the US Space Station. The AMPS test facility is discussed, and the role of artificial intelligence is examined.


The presence of electrical conductance anisotropy in pressed pellets of solid electrolytes with a layered structure is shown using FeH(SO{sub 4}){sub 2}4H{sub 2}O as an example. Texturing in these samples is studied using the direct pole figure method. It is shown that the difference in conductivity measured parallel and perpendicular to the pressing direction is determined by a change in the averaged path of the proton transfer. Conductivity of FeH(SO{sub 4}){sub 2} {center_dot} 4H{sub 2}O crystals along the b axis is estimated. It is (7.7 {plus_minus}0.9) x 10{sup {minus}5}S/cm.


Alambusha (Biophytum sensitivum) belonging to the family oxalidaceae, commonly known as Mukkutti, is mostly found in marshy regions of south India, abundantly seen during rainy season. It is known as the "Small Tree Plant" with sensitive leaflets and bright yellow circular small flowers resembles like a tree in its texture and looks. The phytochemistry of B.sensitivum showed a wide range of chemical compounds, such as, two biflavones, three flavonoids and two acids. The plant is described in Ayurvedic classics, by Nighantu Acharyas, as Krimighna herb. The plant, is traditionally believed to exhibit antioxidants, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor activity, radioprotection, immune-modulation, antibacterial, wound-healing, hypoglycemic actions. B.sensitivum has been used as traditional medicine for several purposes such as expectorant, stimulant, and tonic. It is recommended to be used in the treatment of stomach ache, asthma, treating insomnia, convulsions, cramps, chest complaints, inflammations, wound infections, tumors, and remedying chronic skin diseases. In the present review, all the available sources regarding the plant B. sensitivum was highlighted in a bird eye view


Accurate monitoring of fruit quantity in apple orchards will allow growers to manage their orchards more efficiently, leading to higher yields. In addition, the rapid and accurate inspection of fruit in the orchard is also one of the basic technologies needed for smart agriculture. This paper proposes a real-time method for apple tracking and yield estimation. UAV carrying RGB camera is used as an inspection platform, which analyzes the video in real time during the inspection. The algorithm is built according to the Tracking-by-Detecting framework, where YOLOV5 target detection model is used to obtain apples' exact position. Meanwhile, the apples' position in next frame is estimated according to the optical flow calculated from FlowNet2 model. Then, the predicted position and detected position is matched by the Hungarian algorithm. A dataset close to the actual situation in the orchard is constructed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. To improve the detection accuracy of apple under actual scene, the data enhancement strategy of random occlusion and mosaic enhancement is used for model training. As a result, the accuracy of apple detection achieved by the algorithm in this paper is 85.5%, which is 11% higher than previous studies. Besides, it can keep well tracking of detected apples even under the influence of complex occlusion or other factors, and achieve an accuracy of 90.39% in apple yield estimation. More importantly, this algorithm can reach a speed of 20FPS on the experimental platform, which meets the real-time requirements of UAV inspection.


The process for evaluating the resuscitation science has evolved considerably over the past 2 decades. The current process, which incorporates the use of the GRADE methodology, culminated in the 2015 CoSTR publication, which in turn will inform the international resuscitation councils' guideline development processes. Over the next few years, the process will continue to evolve as ILCOR moves toward a more continuous evaluation of the resuscitation science.


Twenty-first century learning environments entail integration of technology into the educational settings. This study focused on organizational culture, technology acceptance and attitude as push and pull factors in the adoption of e-learning technologies in a university setting. The study is a descriptive-correlational research. The respondents of the study are faculty members from universities in the Philippines. The study utilized the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (Cameron and Quinn, 2005), Technology Acceptance Questionnaire (Davis, 1986) and Technology Infusion model. The results of the study reveal that hierarchical culture is the dominant culture that exists in higher educational institution. Teachers' technology acceptance is strongly related in the adoption of e-learning. Linear regression revealed that four out of six dimensions of organizational culture influences adoption of technology and all constructs of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), as well as attitude and behavior predicts actual adoption of e-learning technologies in an educational setting. Results suggests that empowerment and active involvement of faculty is a key factor in adopting technology in an educational environment. Thus, teachers are both designers of learning environment and organizational culture.


A minifold is a smooth projective $n$-dimensional variety such that its bounded derived category of coherent sheaves $\D^b(X)$ admits a semi-orthogonal decomposition into an exceptional collection of $n+1$ exceptional objects. In this paper we classify minifolds of dimension $n \leq 4$. We conjecture that the derived category of fake projective spaces have a similar semi-orthogonal decomposition into a collection of $n+1$ exceptional objects and a category with vanishing Hochschild homology. We prove this for fake projective planes with non-abelian automorphism group. We construct new examples of phantom categories with both Hochschild homology and Grothendieck group vanishing.


Abstract The siege of Lucknow during the 1857 Indian Revolt lasted for over four months. In this article, the multiple ways in which the British women who survived it adapted their feminine subjectivities to the material realities of the siege are examined. In the early nineteenth century, British women came to play an increasingly important ideological role in Britain's imperial project in India, often moving to India with their husbands in order to recreate in the colony the civilized and civilizing ideal of English domesticity. Their symbolic role was heightened further when the Revolt broke out in May 1857, and large numbers of British women and children were killed in Meerut, Delhi, Seetapore, and Cawnpore. The British women who were besieged at Lucknow were aware of their role as national symbols of domesticity, civilization, and endangered empire, but they were also confronted with material conditions that threatened to undermine their own claims to occupy such a symbolic role. Through the examination of the published journals and memoirs of six women survivors of the siege, it is argued that these women developed a number of imaginative and narrative strategies through which they were able, quite successfully, to negotiate the tensions between the material and ideological aspects of their existence during the siege. At the same time, these mark their narrative projects in ways that sharply distinguish them from the journals and memoirs of British women in India before the Revolt and signal a profound change in the way British women in India imagined their relationship to the material, as well as ideological, project of empire.


This study takes into consideration some aspects of the activity of spies in the Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy and Veneto soon after 1848. These informers reported to the government on the political sentiments of urban populations. In so doing, they portrayed the image of an intensely sociable environment, depending upon a wide variety of public places frequented by a significant part of the local citizens without rigid class distinction. The entire urban population appeared to have been interested in politics and showed a clear awareness of its being a political subject in its own right, regardless of any loyalty owed to the sovereign. Spies became interpreters of this specific urban culture. Though they often expressed sympathy for the view points and political culture of the Austrian authorities, their reports, on the whole, went in the opposite direction, giving strength and consistency to the culture of the rising civil society.


The globalisation processes changed in a short period of time the framework of the world economy competitiveness and bring new opportunities and challenges. In this new scenario, the European enter ...


In recent years, pulsed firing technology has gained increasing importance in the ceramic industry for optimizing firing quality while saving energy through the use of PLC technology. To satisfy ever more stringent environmental regulations, including the German Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control (TA Luft) and the Federal Immission Control Act (BImschg), the further improvement of proven systems currently in use is absolutely essential. Pulsed fan burners with automatic combustion-air adjustment are the development engineers' response to the need for flexibly automated turbulences in the combustion atmosphere that comply with statutory emission standards. In addition, energy savings of some 20 % can be achieved with this technology compared to the older pulsed combustion systems.


The focus of this paper is acoustic feedback neutralization during online operation of single-channel active noise control (ANC) systems. Invasive techniques, in which additional auxiliary noise is injected, for online feedback path modeling and neutralization (FBPMN) comprise of three adaptive filters: 1) ANC filter, 2) Linear prediction filter, and 3) Feedback path modeling filter. In the existing methods, for online FBPMN, auxiliary noise with fixed variance is injected in all operating conditions, thus degrades the NRP of ANC systems at steady-state. In this paper a gain scheduling scheme is proposed to vary the auxiliary-noise-power (ANP). In proposed scheme the ANP is varied based on the convergence of both FBPMN filter and linear prediction filter. Simulation results show that proposed scheme can better achieve the conflicting requirements of fast convergence of FBPMN filter, and reduced steady-state residual error power at error microphone, compared to existing methods.


In a number of pulsed power applications requiring operation at high repetition rates and high average power levels, magnetic pulse compression networks may be considered as alternatives to high pressure gas discharge switches. Magnetic pulse compression networks are typically passive circuits which take advantage of the nonlinear characteristics of inductors wound upon cores consisting of ferro- or ferri-magnetic material to effect large changes in the impedances of the circuit. As a result, these nonlinear inductors, often referred to as magnetic switches, can effectively mirror the operation of high power switching devices. Since magnetic switches are passive devices, they do not suffer from many of the limitations associated with discharge switching devices. The performance of a magnetic pulse compression network is, to a large extent, determined by that of each individual magnetic switch. In order to maximize the efficiency of the compression network, it is necessary to recognize the physical parameters which can significantly influence the electrical performance of a practical magnetic switch. In this paper, the performance criteria of a magnetic switch functioning in a Melville-type line is defined, i.e., in general, "what makes a good magnetic switch." In addition, relationships are derived between the physical layout of a magnetic switch and its overall electrical performance. In particular, the relationship between geometry of the magnetic switch core and that of the electrical current paths which surround the core are discussed.


Objective To investigate the focuses and difficulties of public knowledge and skills of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation(CPR) by CPR training for the families of high-risk patients with sudden cardiac death(SCD).Methods Family members of high risk patients of SCD who were hospitalized in Xuanwu Hospital and Fuwai Hospital were enrolled to receive CPR training.Then their CPR knowledge was tested immediately after CPR training.Results Of all the family members who participated in the CPR training and test,98.4% of the trainees passed the test in terms of CPR knowledge,but only 34.3% of the trainee passed CPR skill test.The rest(65.7%) family members needed repeated guidance to fulfill the skills standards.Conclusion There is a disparities between CPR knowledge and skill for the public.CPR skill training is still the focus and difficulties of the public.


We demonstrated the electrical evolution of the AlO, AlN, and AlON and the nitrogen (N) effect on negative fixed charges, which is responsible for the reduced positive charge traps of Al2O3 passivation films in crystalline Si solar cells. The AlO and AlN deposited by RF sputtering system were served as reference samples, and the AlON prepared by a nitrogen plasma exposure was served as controlled sample. The electrical properties of these samples were demonstrated through high-low (HL) capacitance-voltage (C-V) of metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) and photo-induced current transient spectroscopy (PICTS) to investigate interface and bulk defect states in the insulating films. 1MHz C-V curves of AlO, AlN, and AlON films, in which flatband voltage shifts (VFB) are around −0.55, −2.8 and 3.6 V, respectively. It reveals that the positive shift takes place as compared to the others and negative fixed charges are dominant in the AlON film. It was observed that defect states were decreased in the AlON film, and especially the defect state of 0.42 eV approximately disappeared. From the HL C-V measurement, the positive interface state was reduced in density from 2.15 × 1012 to 1.26 × 1010 cm−2. It is suggested that the dominant negative fixed charges in the AlON film result from the nitrogen effect and that nitrogen atoms in the AlON film take positive charge traps to be passivated.


Digital and network society learning happens in new, timeless and borderless spaces. Such society members are always connected and online, sharing and co-creating knowledge, and their learning needs serve as the biggest driving forces for higher education curriculum change. Open online learning methodology seems to be the best-suited way to implement this change, in order to meet the needs of digital and network society. This research aims to investigate why and when open online learning is relevant for digital and network society and how open online learning supports curriculum change in higher education to meet the learning needs of digital and network society members. Theoretical research findings are discussed to: a) define the characteristics of digital and networked society, b) identify emerging ways of learning of a digital and networked society, and explain why open online learning is best suited for their needs, c) discuss the gap between the new ways of learning and higher education curricula and how open online learning is relevant for its change. Empirical research is based on global experts' semi-structured interviews. The results of the research demonstrate that open online learning should serve as a solution for curriculum change in higher education to respond to digital and network society learning needs. Higher education curricula should change to ensure better flexibility, recognition of nonformal learning in formal curricula, better collaboration and exchange of people with diverse cultural and social experiences. Assessment and recognition of prior learning in the formal curricula of universities could be one of realistic scenarios for faster adaptation and introduction of more diversified learning paths. The research findings support the need to change the pedagogical approach from teacher-centred into a learner centred, small-group orientated, multidimensional model of teaching, which raise further challenges and research dilemmas for academic community, in order to integrate important elements of change into university practices.


On August 19, 2004, the New York Stock Exchange rang the bell for the birth of a company that was to change the way the world obtained information. Appropriately for a new infant, its exchange code was GOOG. Its initial public offering was at US$85 a share; the price at close that day was $100.34. Two years later, Google ranked at 353 in Fortune's top 500 companies; in 2010 it stood at 101. With a market capitalisation now around US$180 billion, it will undoubtedly be in the top 100 when the Fortune 2011 list is published. It is now third to Apple and Microsoft as a technology company and is the world's best-known brand. All thanks to a Persian mathematician working in Baghdad 1200 years ago, whose name, Al-Khwarizmi, translated into medieval Latin as Algorismus gives us the modern term algorithm, meaning 'decimal number system'. Google's algorithms work at lightning speed in its powerful computers to trawl the internet for terms that match the query, and then present them in a ranked order. The company published an explanation of the system as its patented 'PigeonRank' as a spoof on April Fool's Day 2002 (www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html), but it is nevertheless a fairly accurate metaphor of how it works.


Duality theorems were given recently for a mathematical program with a nonlinear nondifferentiable objective function. Here we point out that the converse dual theorem holds without the usually stated restrictions and assumptions.


This paper took 25 cities in the Changjiang River Delta Economic Circle as the research project,using weighted principal components TOPSIS Method,from two aspects of its development potential and external support potential to measure the 2007- 2013 development potential of tourism industry. Then,the pattern of evolution for development potential of tourism industry was analyzed by applying the spatial correlation analysis method to seek for the spatial mechanism impacting on the development potential of tourism industry. The results showed that: Development potential of regional tourism industry as a whole stable between 0. 692 and 0. 791,but regional and individual difference was obvious. The development potential of the tourism industry had significant spatial correlation,and constantly strengthened the agglomeration effect. District gradually formed relatively stable structure of tourism industry development.


Many attempts have been made to derive closedform algebraic expressions for the tensile strength of paper in terms of its microstructure. Although a number of reviewers have examined and compared some of these models, there has been a lack of a comprehensive review. Previous reviews, for example, have largely ignored the work of Kane as well as Allan and Neogi. Furthermore, the attempts to compare these models have resulted in conflicting conclusions. The present article aims to provide a comprehensive and critical discussion of all of the important closed-form network models for the tensile strength of paper.


Two novel pyrazolino [60] fullerenes 2a – 2b have been prepared by 1, 3 dipolar cycloaddition reaction of nitrile imines, generated in situ from hydrazones 1a – 1b, to C60. All the synthesized compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and mass spectral analysis. Charge-transfer interactions in the ground state between the indole ring and the fullerene cage has been monitored by photophysical and electrochemical studies. Electrochemical properties of the new dyads 2a-b showed better electron affinity with respect to C60. Steady state absorption and emission spectra studied as a function of dielectric constant of the medium, showed efficient electron transfer from indole to fullerene moiety in polar solvents such as CH2Cl2. Fluorescence lifetimes of the dyads 2a and 2b studied by nanosecond flash photolysis showed faster fluorescence decay of the dyads as compared by reference compound N-Methylpyrrolidino[60]fullerene.


The deposition of polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) latices onto polyester and cotton fibers in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was studied. The deposition rates were obtained as functions of pH and SDS concentration by immersing the fiber in latex dispersion without agitation. The results are considered in terms of an electrostatic and van der Waals interaction (heterocoagulation theory). The de position onto polyester fiber at an SDS concentration below critical micell concen tration is influenced by the electrostatic and van der Waals interaction, and at an SDS concentration above critical micell concentration, steric repulsions caused by the sur factant that is adsorbed seem to influence the deposition. No deposition was observed on cotton fibers, even at low SDS concentrations below critical micell concentration. This suggests the presence of steric effects at the surface of cotton fibers.


ABSTRACT As defined at http://www.esperanto.net, "Esperanto's purpose is not to replace any other language, but to supplement them: Esperanto would be used as a neutral language when speaking with someone who doesn't know one's own language." The theme of this pre-conference was the concept of people who speak different languages communicating on an equal footing. Publishers, vendors, and librarians are often at odds with each other for a variety of reasons. The presenters of this program seek a common ground on which the three sides can communicate more effectively and better understand one another.


In the field of plastic working of thermosetting plastics,fibroplastic tropism,disconnected leftover material and losing injected material have chief influence on cost.A technological process for plastic shells,injection and compression forming process with cold runner is introduced in this paper.The mould for realizing this forming process has been designed.The way to reduce costs is introduced emphatically in this paper.


In 1860 there were 204,000 people in the study area (Table 10).39 By 1900, the population had increased (by 86 per cent) to 380,000 and, by 1950, to 617,000 -about three times its 1860 level-despite the loss by net outmigration of perhaps 325,000 people to other areas in the interim. During 1860-1900 the counties showing the largest increases (111-61 per cent) in population (adjusted to 1860 county boundaries) were Russell, Carter, Sevier, Claiborne, Johnson, and Union; those showing the smallest increases (5882 per cent) were Hawkins, Jefferson, Greene, Lee, and Washington (Tenn.). There appears to have been a tendency for the more mountainous counties peripheral to the Great Valley to lead in population growth. Relative population growth during 1850-1900 was not significantly related to 1947 value added.40 39 When the first census was taken in 1790, there were already about 38,000 people in the area corresponding roughly to (but somewhat larger than) our present-day twenty counties. The earliest permanent settlements, already some two decades old, were in the Holston River valleys of today's Scott, Washington (Va.), Smyth, Hawkins, and Sullivan counties; in the Watauga River Valley of Carter County; and in the Nolichucky River Valley of Washington (Tenn.) County (Thomas P. Abernethy, From Frontier to Plantation in Tennessee [Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1932], pp. 6-7). Because of the more prolonged hostility of the Indians in the Clinch and Powell River valleys, permanent settlement of Lee, Russell, Claiborne, Hancock, and part of Scott counties lagged some twenty to twenty-five years behind. By 1820-50, the parts of the study area showing the most rapid rates of population growth were those Tennessee counties (Carter and Johnson) in which the Unaka Mountains were most important and those Virginia counties (Russell, Lee, and Scott) in which the Clinch and Powell valleys and (especially in terms of pre-1860 county boundaries) the Cumberland Mountains were located. During the years of settlement, the growth of population, of course, far exceeded the rate of natural increase because of the high rate of immigration. However, being in the main stream of early westward migration through Cumberland Gap, the study area as a whole probably began to experience net outmigration very early in the nineteenth century. According to my earliest estimates of migration, the area lost about 6 per cent of its population by net outmigration during 1840-50, with only four of that decade's fifteen counties showing net inmigration. Of these four counties, only two (Russell and Scott) showed substantial immigration (16 and 10 per cent), indicating that the more mountainous back country (lost to Wise, Dickenson, and Buchanan counties a decade later) was still "filling up."


The interest in attribute weighting, in clustering tasks, have been increasing in the last years. However, few attempts have been made to apply automated attribute weighting to categorical data clustering. Most of the existing approaches computes the weights based on the frequency of the mode category or according to the average distance of data objects from the mode of a cluster. In this paper, we adopt a different approach, investigating how to use the correlation among categorical attributes for measuring their relevancies in clustering tasks. As a result, we propose a correlation-based attribute weighting approach for categorical attributes.


This article discusses the problem of the correlation and diversity of language ability characteristics of advertising texts consumers and the variety of characteristics of these texts. A solution to solution to this problem is suggested: constructing a lingvo-personal typology of advertising texts consumers on the material of the linguistic experiment data.


In this paper, we focus on the multi-rate sampled-data based exponential stabilisation problem of delayed Lur'e systems. First, a merging time sequence is constructed from the sampling instants of multiple sensors to form the so-called analysis interval and the closed-loop system is represented by a system with multiple time-varying delays over the constructed analysis interval. Then, a useful estimation about the norm of the system state is established. On this basis, a stabilisation criterion is proposed by constructing a two-sided looped-functional. The proposed functional drops positive definite restrictions over the whole analysis interval . Therefore, it can reduce the conservatism of the derived criterion. And, the feasible solution of the multi-rate sampled-data controller gain can be provided by solving a set of LMIs. Finally, the given example shows the advantage of the main results.


Bile acids lithocholic acid (LCA) and ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) together with trametenolic acid (TMA) were used as starting materials for the preparation of new derivatives bearing a guanidine moiety in their side chain. The derivatives were synthesized through modification at the oxygenated carbon C-3/C-7 and at the carbonyl carbon C-24/C-21. The reactions showed yields ranging from 40 % to 96 %. The structures of all compounds obtained were identified on the basis of their spectral data (IR, MS, 1D- and 2D-NMR).

The activity of bile acids, trametenolic acid and derivatives was evaluated against the growth of S. aureus, B. subtilis and M. smegmatis. The derivative 3α-hydroxy-23-guanidino-5β-cholane showed the best activity, with MIC values of 12.5 μM against S. aureus, 5 μM against B. subtilis and 50 μM against M. smegmatis. The cytotoxic activity of bile acids, trametenolic acid and derivatives was also evaluated against HT-29 cell line.


Interactive lectures and groups are given in the article. Also there are given procedure of lectures and practical lessons on the chapter about fungi by using innovative methods (contrasting method, working in a group, writing an essay). Keywords: innovation, interactive lectures, fungi, apothecium, perithecium, cleistothecium.


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The technique for estimation of the pine and larch sawlog actual volumes when cutting them for export sawn timber is considered in the article. Research of the authors allow to determine actual resources of the sawn pine and larch wood in the Angaro-Yeniseisk region in practical conditions with high accuracy, to plan possibilities of its complex use more accurately and to regulate all production cycle, including streams for waste and their realization with increase of cumulative income and profitability.


Ecological niche modeling (ENM) uses species' known occurrences and environmental variables to estimate potential geographic distributions. The potential distribution of a species can be updated and refined after new occurrences are collected; therefore, we developed an online application (Armadillo Mapper [AM]) that automatically updates the ecological niche model for the hairy long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus pilosus) with new observations and provides a revised potential distribution map. AM can be used by researchers and conservation practitioners without a deep knowledge of geographic information system (GIS) techniques and ENM. Here, we introduce this online application and demonstrate the use of our application with a new observation of D. pilosus. AM has the potential to be extended to other species and to bridge the gap between distributional knowledge synthesized in a computer lab and conservation efforts carried out in the field.


The accurate recovery of missing values in depth maps is an important problem in computer vision and image processing. In depth maps with large, irregular missing regions (i.e., sparse depth maps) inaccuracies arise when depth values of known pixels are used to recover depth near object edges and depth discontinuities (leakage). In order to overcome this problem, we propose an iterative region-based depth recovery method. In the proposed approach, the depth recovery problem is solved iteratively for each region of the segmented image in order to reduce the effect of leakage. Quantitative and qualitative experiments conducted on real data sets show promising results when comparing the proposed approach with state-of-the-art methods.


In this paper we will share the quantitative and qualitative results from our study of the impact of student-made videos on conceptual understanding in thermodynamics. We will also discuss the mechanics of assigning video production in a technical ChemE course. In its final iteration, students were tasked with watching and reviewing select videos from all three schools and all previous years as homework throughout the semester. In addition, students working in pairs generated two short videos providing metaphors to aid in understanding of two different thermodynamic concepts. Results include a large library of thermodynamics videos, suitable to act as "learning objects" for topic introduction or further study outside of class, enhanced student engagement, student demonstration of the capacity to engage in lifelong learning. By the draft paper due date, we will also be able to say whether or not it also resulted in a significant change in students' thermodynamics concept inventory scores. In previous years of the study, simply watching videos or generating a single video on a larger team did not improve student scores over control.


Usually to obtain expansive cements sulphoaluminate clinker or mix aluminate clinker with calcium sulphates (gypsum, hemihydrate, anhydrate) are used. This paper deals with the composition and properties of solid solution of calcium sulphoaluminoferrite. It was studied an influence of calcium sulphoaluminoferrite on structure and properties cement phases. For these cements ettringite is an important hydration product. The investigation of hydration and properties of sulphomineral cements shows that ettringite are formed thus providing expansion of cement stone. Study of the hydration processes of the calcium sulfoaluminoferrite mineral in gypsum solution showed that the hydration of fine mineral fractions (less than 28 μm) occurs during partial dissolution with crystallization of small ettringite crystals from solution. Sulphoaluminoferrite mineral is characterized by the growth of large prismatic ettringite crystals with their subsequent cleavage in fractions of 45–63 μm. Research showed that for expanding additives based on calcium sulfoaluminoferrite, a polyfraction composition combining only small fractions is preferable.


Abstract Israeli rule over the territories it occupied in the June 1967 war has been the subject of animated international debate in the past half century. This article explores the policy-making process behind Israel's immediate postwar propaganda and public diplomacy, or "hasbara" in Hebrew, intended to put before foreign audiences the necessity and legitimacy of the occupation. Based on unpublished archival sources, this paper will delineate and analyze the Israeli government's numerous difficulties in explaining the occupation, faced by media and other reports of Palestinian postwar hardship and resistance to Israeli rule, as well as the harsh measures enforcing Israeli military control and the beginning of Israeli settlement. It also demonstrates the problem of conflicting demands placed on the Israeli government by its domestic audience. It finally argues that the perceived dent to Israel's image so often discussed by its government and public, has much to say generally about the limits of any propaganda and public diplomacy.


Geographically, Soropia sub-district is located in Konawe district, Southeast Sulawesi, which consists of a large number of coastal areas which are transitional sites between land and sea. This condition has indirectly affected the shape of the area's character caused by the relocation carried out by the government in an effort to build a tourist area in Bokori Island to move the coastal settlements in Bajoe Village, Soropia Sub-District. This coastal settlement is a form of reflection of the marine culture inherent in the Bajo people. One of the coastal settlements in the Soropia sub-district is a settlement in Bajoe Village with a building orientation towards land orientation. Due to this issue, in Bajo Village and its surroundings, there are three different site orientations in Luni coastal area including water-based buildings, semi-water buildings that tread on water and land, and land-based buildings. In addition, there is also a diversity of house functions in this coastal area which provide the characteristics of Bajo tribe's coastal building identity in Bajo Village, Soropia Sub-District. To find out the diversity of the characteristics and identity of Bajo tribe's coastal settlements in Bajo Village, a review of the typology is carried out. The discussion of the typology of this settlement can be visualized through the function of the house which elaborates the function and form of the floor plan of the house. Through the results of the analysis, it is found 5 typologies of functions in the existence of the coastal area of Bajo Village, Soropia Sub-District. Other than that, it is also found that (1) residential function houses with an elongated floor plan, (2) residential + trade function houses with elongated floor plans, (3) residential function houses with combined floor plans, (4) residential & rental function houses with elongated floor plans, and (5) houses residential function with a wide floor plan. The diversity of the types of functions .........


The steady‐state performance of adaptive filters can vary significantly when they are implemented in finite precision arithmetic, which makes it vital to analyse their performance in a quantized environment. Such analyses can become difficult for adaptive algorithms with non‐linear update equations. This paper develops a feedback and energy‐conservation approach to the steady‐state analysis of quantized adaptive algorithms that bypasses some of the difficulties encountered by traditional approaches. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Abstract Diarrhea, defined as passing watery stool for three times or more per 24 h, may affect children's growth and development and possesses a high mortality rate, particularly among children under 5 years old. Those poor outcomes result from water and electrolyte imbalance and poor nutrition status in children suffering from diarrhea. Management of childhood diarrhea, aiming to prevent dehydration and malnutrition, encompasses those covered in LINTAS DIARE ("Lima Langkah Tuntaskan Diare") – guidance from the Ministry of Health of Indonesia to overcome childhood diarrhea in five steps. A concept of an Android-based application is designed in both English and Bahasa versions to guide parents as users in a home-based approach to recognize the dehydration status and danger signs of children with diarrhea. The application may also allow users to monitor water balance as well as management adequacy during the diarrhea period. Data such as child's birth date, weight, and height; stool's characteristics and frequency; and dehydration and warning signs are required to be input by users to allow the program to classify the dehydration status and suggest recommendation of actions. The advice provided is based on the LINTAS DIARE principles.


Energy considera t ions , together wi th the removal of the U.K. Government's sub.sidy on nitrogen fertilizer, have not shifted farmer emphasis from heavy rel iance on bag ni trogen. ADAS officials are s t i l l convinced tha t bag n i t rogen ra ther than legume n i t rogen i s the answer to increased product ion, even though U.K. farmers are now applying nitrogen at 20 times their pre-war rates for a mere doubl ing of s tock numbers over th i s per iod . Examples are given of farmers from different regions in Britain who are successful ly bas ing the i r enterpr ises on legumes ra ther than fertilizer nitrogen, Problems of herbage legume seed multiplication are discussed, along with the prejudice legumes suffer in terms of unpredic tabi l i ty , pers is tence , d i sease suscep t ib i l i ty , b loa t and oestrogenicity. There is clear need for a large research effort to be mounted in terms of biological nitrogen fixation in the U.K. The relevance to New Zealand agriculture-of a projected move of U.K. farmers away from fertilizer nitrogen is discussed in the light of the proposed Kapuni urea factory.


: The properties of intramuscular connective tissue of meat determine the perceived meat structure and tenderness. The aim of this study was to study the histological properties of intramuscular connective tissues in muscle (as red meat or dark colored muscle) and muscles (as white meat or light colored muscle) in the native chickens and the influence of sex on these properties. A total of 40 adult healthy native chickens of both sexes (20 female and 20 male) were used. After fixation in 10% buffered formalin solution, sections were prepared, using routine histological techniques. Tissue samples were stained by hematoxylin eosin for general observations and a variety of special techniques for determination of types of connective tissue fibers; (1) Van gieson's, (2) Verhoeff's, (3) Foot's method for reticulum. The conventional histological study revealed that the histology of intramuscular connective tissues was similar in the left and right sides of both dark and light colored muscles. Endomysium showed no histological difference between dark and light colored muscles in both sexes. Sex related differences were not observed for the all intramuscular connective tissues of light colored muscle. The perimysium and epimysium of leg muscle were affected by sex. Tenderness in the male broiler chickens was higher than the females. Light colored muscle than dark colored muscle was the most tender. cells, fibroblasts, ganglions, nerves, collagenous, elastic connective tissue fibers of muscle.


This paper explores the derivation of the constructions known as direct passives, indirect (or adverse) passives and causatives in Korean. In the...


The article presents the attempt of applying problem method in the classes of foreign language with the students of physical culture directions of training by the English teachers of the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University. The basic characteristics of this teaching method are considered; the examples from the textbook developed by the author of the article in collaboration with a colleague in the department are given.


The author asserts that the organization of judicial system in each country is a result of a long evolution triggered by political, economic, social and cultural developments. The Polish Supreme Court was created in 1917, but its current shape is an outcome of changes initiated in 1990s, most notably the entrance into force of the new Polish Constitution in 1997.
The author analyses the notion of judicial power by juxtaposing a functional approach and a structural approach. Next, he remarks that the most important function of the Polish Supreme Court is to ensure the uniformity of jurisprudence by examining cassation complaints. Among other functions of the Supreme Court, the author enumerated examination of electoral protests, declaring the validity of elections of executive and legislative authorities, stating the validity of national referendums. The author emphasized that some specific duties of the Supreme Court are stipulated not only in the Constitution, but also in other legal acts. By presenting a wide range of attributes bestowed upon the Supreme Court, the author also invoked the duty of examining complaints against the excessive length of the proceedings, complaints for declaring a final judgment contrary to law, the appellate measures in disciplinary cases involving judges, prosecutors and legal advisors as well as appellate measures against the decisions of the National Judiciary Council. In addition to it, the author hinted at the Supreme Court's obligation to control acts adopted by the authorities of self-governing bodies of attorneys, notaries, legal advisors and bailiffs.
The author comes to the conclusion that the Supreme Court in Poland cannot be described as a typical cassation court. Although its principle role is to examine cassation complaints with a view to ensure uniformity of jurisprudence and its conformity with law, it also fulfils many other functions that are of great significance for the legal order in Poland.


Ethylene oxidation by Ag catalysts has been extensively investigated over the past few decades, but many key fundamental issues about this important catalytic system are still unresolved. This over...


Four new cases of Kawasaki Syndrome are presented. The Authors discuss the etiopathogenetic hypothesis, point out the usefulness of treatment with ASA + high dose intravenous gammaglobulins, underline the risk of cardiac complication.


In 1859, typhoid fever and cholera were killing thousands of Londoners each year. Yet the idea that Government should intervene was still seen by many as an unacceptable infringement of freedom. "We prefer to take our chance with cholera and the rest", declared The Times, "rather than be bullied into health" (Robert Lacey, Great Tales of English History, 2006: 175).


On the basis of delimitation of the connotations and their signals that Knowledge economy bears,this article focus on the present development and the constraints concerning the knowledge economy of China.Retional measures to overcome the constraints are proposed.


Typically a Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) is designed as a high resolution instrument for studying a very narrow spectral bandpass region.


A probabilistic assessment code, PRO-LOCA ver. 3.7 which was developed in an international co-operative research program, PARTRIDGE was evaluated by conducting sensitivity analysis. The effect of some variables such as simulation methods (adaptive sampling, iteration numbers, weld residual stress model), crack features(Poisson's arrival rate, maximum numbers of cracks, initial flaw size, fabrication flaws), operating and loading conditions(temperature, primary bending stress, earthquake strength and frequency), and inspection model(inspection intervals, detectable leak rate) on the failure probabilities of a surge line nozzle was investigated. The results of sensitivity analysis shows the remaining problems of the PRO-LOCA code such as the instability of adaptive sampling and unexpected trend of failure probabilities at an early stage.


Objective: It is often difficult to pinpoint the affected nerve root/roots from clinical symptoms and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) alone in patients with chronic cervical radiculopathy and multilevel degenerative changes. MRI often shows degenerativechanges at more than one level. Degenerative changes can occur in patients without symptoms and clinical diagnosis. Analysesof referred pain distribution from cervical nerve roots have shown only 50% correlation to the classical sensory dermatome. Surgical treatment of patients with cervical radiculopathy attributed to degenerative disease is associated with moderate outcomeresults. Our aim was to assess the diagnostic value of cervical selective nerve root blocks (SNRB) in our Trust in surgical decisionmaking. Methods: The data was collected retrospectively from electronic hospital records on CRIS, PACS and NOTIS on consecutivepatients who underwent cervical nerve root blocks for diagnostic purpose between 1st Jan 2011 and 31st December 2011. Results: Total of 50 patients had cervical SNRB for diagnostic reasons. It influenced surgical decision making in 84% (42) ofthese patients and not in 2% cases. 10% did not have any follow up after cervical SNRB. Decision in favour of surgery wasmade in 71.5% of these 42 patients. Conclusions: In chronic cervical brachialgia, cervical SNRB is extremely influential in surgical decision making, in bothwhether to operate and which levels scenario.


A new method to recognize ship target in SAR imagery using an Active Appearance Model (AAM) is proposed in this paper. The AAM can describe both shape and grey-level appearance of target which can present the SAR target more accurately.The application of AAM in SAR targets recognition was discussed in details. And the effectiveness of the method was demonstrated through the ship target classification of airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. The conclusion will help to direct the real SAR target recognition applications. Index Terms—SAR, AAM , ship recognition


Abstract Alloy 22 (UNS N06022) is a Ni-Cr-Mo-W alloy highly resistant to localized corrosion. Alloy 22 may be susceptible to crevice corrosion in pure chloride (Cl−) solutions under aggressive environmental conditions. The effect of the fluoride (F−) over the crevice corrosion induced by chloride ions is still not well established. The objective of the present work was to explore the crevice corrosion resistance of this alloy to different mixtures of fluorides and chlorides. Cyclic potentiodynamic polarization (CPP) tests were conducted in deaerated aqueous solutions of pure halide ions and in different mixtures of chloride and fluoride at 90°C and pH 6. The range of chloride concentration [Cl−] was 0.001 M ≤ [Cl−] ≤ 10 M and the range of fluoride to chloride molar concentration ratio [F−]/[Cl−] was 0.1 ≤ [F−]/[Cl−] ≤ 10. Results show that Alloy 22 was susceptible to crevice corrosion in all the pure chloride solutions but was not in the pure fluoride solutions. Fluoride ions showed an inhibitor behavior ...


Most comparisons of institutional and individual investor performance are limited to investor subgroups over different sample periods. We use a novel dataset of portfolio holdings and transactions to compare the stock picking talents of individual and institutional investors. Using the complete trading history of all stocks listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange over the 1999-2003 period, we find no evidence that institutions have superior information about the direction of future stock prices. The annualized risk-adjusted returns for individuals and institutions, at -0.08% and -0.45%, are not significant. Our results call into question the informational benefits of delegated portfolio management.


Fabrication technology of (ZrAl3+ZrB2)/Al composites by mixing salts reaction process using KBF4 and K2ZrF6 was studied in this paper. Phase identification and microstructure observation of the composites were performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Electron Probe Microanalyses (EPMA) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results show that ZrB2 phase is equiaxed or near equiaxed, which is hexangular and less 1μm in size. ZrAl3 phase is long strip-shaped. The in-situ reinforcements are distributed uniformly in the matrix and the interface is clean,without any other chemical products. The introduction of in-situ synthesized reinforcements improves the HRB value of the composites obviously.


Due to the asymptomatic properties of oral cancer, it can hardly be detected in the early stage and lead to metastasise effects. Terahertz (THz) radiation has outstanding potential in early cancer detection as a non-ionizing, non-invasive, and label-free method. Malignant tissue commonly has a higher water amount than normal tissue, which can be observed in the optical parameters. In-vivo and ex-vivo measurements based on frozen freshly excised tissue may cause tissue damage and requires complex conditions and expensive facilities. On the other hand, the technology of artificially cultured cells allows to thoroughly analyse the effect of various biological parameters with different concentrations and interactions. In this work, we have cultured artificial oral squamous cell carcinoma with stem cell lines and studied its electromagnetic properties in the frequency range of 0.2 to 1.5 THz. In comparison with the normal tissue, we observed a higher refractive index and absorption coefficient in line with the expectations. The reason is that cancerous cells degrade the contraction of normal cells causing more water content in tumour area. This study highlights the impact of oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) on the optical parameters of artificial skin tissue and can contribute in techniques that diagnose and detect tumours at the early stage.


This paper examines the effect of MgO addition on the structural and electrical characteristics of a ZnO varistor composition with few dopants. MgO acts as a grain-growth inhibitor. The electrical performances of the obtained varistors are improved.


This interdisciplinary study analyzes the conception of race in a corpus of white supremacist (WS) discourse and the linguistic resources used to support it. To examine the conception of race in the corpus, we frst discuss a number of views within the philosophy of race. We then perform a quantitative analysis of race terms, including an analysis of word frequency, keyness, collocates, and n-grams, and a qualitative analysis of the data. The analysis demonstrates that WSs implicitly portray races as unequal through the semantic prosodies of racial terms. They also utilize explicit means by appealing to putative morally relevant biological differences between races. We conclude that WSs hold an essentialist conception of race. This study extends these insights to the classroom by offering practical suggestions for how teachers and learners might use similar materials to challenge everyday racial stereotypes and to identify racist ideology in other domains. Introduction With the presence of white supremacism in full view within public discourse, there is arguably an impetus on educators to help students investigate, take a critical eye to, and interrogate both widespread and individually held beliefs about race. This is no less the case for ESL and EFL teachers. The issue of immigration intersects with issues of race. Immigrant populations suffer stigmatization with respect to their language abilities and national origin, and many ESL learners are race minorities in their new countries. Thus, the populations which ESL teachers in particular are situated to help are often the very targets of white supremacist (WS) discourse. Moreover, in varying contexts, many EFL learners continue to encounter racist ideologies informed by the legacies of colonialism and white supremacy, and it is arguably the responsibility of EFL teachers to help learners unravel the ways that such ideologies affect the lives and thinking of learners. We proposed to take up the task of creating a small specialized corpus of WS ______________________ Pannell, J., Brod, A., & Horton R. H. (2018). The conception of race in white supremacist discourse: A critical corpus analysis with teaching implications. TESOL Working Paper Series, 16, 4061. Website: Hawaii Pacifc University http://www.hpu.edu * Email: email@example.com. Address: MP 411, 1188 Fort Street Mall, Honolulu, HI 96816, USA. TESOL Working Paper Series discourse in the form of opinion pieces from WS blogs and book samples in order to interpret some of the patterns which emerge from the data. We also proceeded in our research with the goal of developing suggestions for how well-selected WS texts can be used in the classroom to interrogate broader racist ideologies and to problematize conceptions of race. Conceptions of Race WSs believe that race is real. In particular, as we will see, WSs hold a race essentialist conception of race, which further implies a stance of race conservationism. However, it will be helpful to frst unpack the claim that race is real. This claim in fact invites quite a few serious questions. For example, what is race?; for race to be real, what needs to be true?; and why should anyone believe in the reality of race? In order to locate WS's essentialist conception of race, it is frst necessary to chart out some surrounding conceptual terrain. Our view is that in order to fully understand race realism (the view that race is real), race conservationism (the view that race talk should continue), or race essentialism (the view that all and only members of a race share an essence), it is equally important to understand what the conceptual alternatives are to these sets of beliefs, namely, race skepticism (the view that races do not exist), race eliminativism (the view that race talk should end), and race constructionism (the view that race is socially based or races are social kinds). We hope to make these concepts clear momentarily. We will work with the conceptual boundaries outlined by Mallon (2004, 2006, 2007) in our discussion as we will delve into the philosophy of race to make sense of these concepts. What is Race and What Must be True for Races to Exist? Anthony Appiah (1996) has formulated the most well-known and infuential view of race skepticism.1 Appiah frst appealed to two leading views of reference, the "ideational" view (e.g., Russell, 1911; Frege, 1948; Searle, 1958) and the "referential" view (e.g., Kripke, 1972; Putnam, 1975;. Soames, 2002). According to the ideational view, the meanings of certain words (kind terms and names), e.g., tiger, witch, or Santa Claus are each associated with a concept, description, or set of descriptions, e.g., "large, carnivorous feline predator with black stripes originating in Asia..." in the case of tiger. According to the ideational view, a word expresses a concept, while a concept determines a referent if a referent exists (see Figure 1).2 On the one hand, a person may grasp the concept expressed by a word which has a referent, such as when a person understands the meaning of the word tiger. On the other hand, a person may grasp a concept expressed by a word which does not determine a referent. This is the case even if a person believes that there is such a referent. For example, people may grasp the concepts expressed by witch and Santa Claus and believe that witches and Santa Claus exist even though the concepts expressed by these terms do not refer to anything in the real world. In contrast, the referential view holds that the meaning of a name or a kind term is just that to which the word directly refers rather than a concept or description. For example, the meaning of tiger is (the set of) all tigers in the world. The referential view is often paired with a causal-historical account of reference fxing. On this view, kind terms are initially used to directly refer to a kind of thing. If the kind term is successfully used to refer to a kind, the practice of using the term to refer to something is passed on to others in the same speech community and to their descendants. For example, someone once used the word mammoth


Beyond ICT4D: New Media Research in Uganda is a collection of ethnographic reports from diverse perspectives of those living at the other end of the African ICT pyramid. Crucially, these texts refocus on the so-called "ICT4D" debate away from the standard western lens, which depicts users in the developing world as passive receivers of Western technological development, towards Ugandans whose use and production of technologies entail innovations from the ground up. It is this 'other' everyday point of view that is too often missing in the ICT4D debate: valuable voices that put technologies, projects and organizations into their proper context. Conducted in 2009 by a group of five Masters in New Media (humanities) students from the University of Amsterdam under the supervision of Geert Lovink the research examines both the role and implementation of ICTs in Uganda, covering a wide range of subcultures and projects, including internet cafe usage, print media, NGOs and communities, software subcultures and civic new media. The book argues that now is the time to look beyond the technology layer and instead focus on the social implications and local consequences of digital media's widespread use. By recognizing the impact that ICTs have on society and identifying what functions currently and what needs to be improved, we can more effectively understand and develop these technologies in the future.


Provision of real-time passenger information (RTPI) increasingly is becoming a fundamental element of the service offered by transit agencies. RTPI changes how travelers perceive public transport services and can have a remarkable influence on travel choices and, consequently, system performance. Such consequences depend on the objectives pursued by the riders and the characteristics of the transit service. The existing knowledge about transit RTPI is extended by studying the decision-making process of bus passengers in the presence of multichannel descriptive and prescriptive real-time information. The use of different kinds of information, decision-making objectives, travel choices, and their associations (which define classes of travel choice behavior) was investigated by conducting a survey of passengers on Lothian Buses in Edinburgh, Scotland. Descriptive RTPI also was accessed before traveling and influenced decisions about route choice above all. The analysis demonstrated that RTPI was associated with more flexible behavior and that classes of behavior were well defined. Results emphasize the importance to transit agencies of providing RTPI that is tailored to customers. The development of models including the effects of RTPI is recommended to assess its impact on system performance.


Probiotic drug is a drug that contain probiotic
 bacteria. Probiotics is life microbial feed
supplement; which beneficially affect the host
animal by improving its intestinal microbial
balance. The probiotic bacteria produce antimicrobial substance; that can inihibit the
growth of pathogenic bacteria, that called bacteriocin. One of bacteriocin is nisin, which
exhibit antimicrobial activity against a wide range of Gram positive bacteria, and is
particularly affective against bacterial spores. Three sample of probiotic drug contained in
the marketplace, have been extracted to precipitate the bacteriocin. The extracts were then
analyzed by using TLC-bioautography methods with
n
-butanol, acetate acid and water as
mobile phase and
Staphylococcus aureus
ATCC 25923 as pathogenic bacteria. Of
inhibition zone diameter obtained, can be known whether in the the same concentration,
sample of probiotic drug have different antibacterial activity. There are different profile
biaoutogram from extraxted samples of probiotic drug. None of that extracted samples have
the same rf with nisin. All of etracted sample
 have microbial activity but smaller than nisin
activity against
Staphylococcus aureus
ATCC 25923 bacteria.


Using data compiled for the 50 states, this study examines state discretion in welfare programs by defining a set of programs that, in 1995, gave considerable discretion to the states and a set of programs that did not. It explores the effect of nonprofits on discretionary and non-discretionary programs. The study finds that the categorization of programs by degree of discretion is problematic at best, given different forms and avenues for discretion. It also finds that the nonprofit sector had its biggest impact on programs with the most mandates from the federal government.


Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education pertains to using information and communication technology to support, enhance, and optimize information delivery. The study sought to ascertain the ICT competencies of elementary teachers in District 2 of the SDO Malolos City. The study employed a descriptive-quantitative method. The standardized questionnaire was adopted from the National ICT Competency Standards for Teachers (NICS), which covered the four domains of the ICT framework in education. Data were analyzed using the mean Kruskal-Wallis Test and the Mann-Whitney U test to determine significant differences between teacher respondents' profile and their level of National ICT Competency Standards. Results showed that teachers have a high level of competencies in Technology Operations and Concepts, Social and Ethical, and Pedagogical Domains, but an average level in the Professional domain. Likewise, a significant difference was not established in their gender, age, educational attainment, position, number of ICT-related training, and years of using ICT in teaching but found in teachers' length of service. The findings suggest that teachers must increase their level of competence in the Professional Domain to become more proficient and effective in carrying out their duties and responsibilities. This can be accomplished through seminar workshops on professional growth and development, research, innovation, and collaboration. To maximize their ICT skills, a competency-based training program should be provided in District 2 of SDO City of Malolos schools.


Travelling wave ultrasonic motors have been known for more than ten years as alternative drives displaying particular properties. This survey presents the different designs currently used. The operating principles are explained in a clear way by visualizing the different shapes of travelling waves. Besides the discussion of rotatory motors, a way to apply the travelling wave principle for building up linear direct drives is shown.


The Banking industry is one of the basic instruments of economic growth. A strong banking sector is important for flourishing economy. The failure of the banking sector may have an adverse impact on other sectors. Non Performing Assets is one of the major concerns for SBI banks in India. The earning capacity and profitability of the banks are highly affected because of the existence of NPAs on industrial and personal loans in SBI Pune District. A high level of NPAs suggests that large number of credit defaults that affect the profitability and net-worth of SBI bank. The study is based on the secondary data retrieved from annual reports of the respective banks. In this paper made an attempt to analyze how efficiently the selected SBI bank managed their NPAs and to evaluate the impact of NPA on industrial and other sectors loans measure on Return on Assets.


The authors examined the capability of reflectance spectroscopy for drill core logging in the Yanzhuang magnetite-quartzite type iron deposit of Changli county, Hebei province. 261 rock samples were collected for chemical analysis and spectral measurement. The results show that the reflectance of iron ore is low, generally between 5%~20%. The absorption band of iron ion is in the range of 400~1100 nm. The content of iron shows significant negative exponent correlation with the average reflectance of 850~900 nm, and this provides a theoretical and technical basis for hyperspectral drill core logging in this kind of ore deposits.


Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate the level of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) samples of cyclosporin A (CsA)-treated patients and to compare the results with control groups. Methods: Fourteen renal transplant patients exhibiting severe CsA-induced gingival overgrowth, 10 patients with chronic gingivitis, and 10 subjects with clinically healthy periodontium were included in the study. In CsA-treated patients, GCF samples were harvested from sites exhibiting gingival overgrowth (CsA GO+) and sites not exhibiting gingival overgrowth (CsA GO-). The TGF-β1 levels in a total of 96 GCF samples from the 34 participants were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The results were expressed in terms of total amount (pg/2 sites) and concentration (ng/ml). Results: TGF-β1 total amounts in CsA GO+ and CsA GO− sites were similar and significantly higher than that of healthy sites (P <0.02 and P <0.01, respectively). The total amount of TGF-β1 ...