Reactions of Ln(OTf)3(Ln = Ce, Nd) or [U(OTf)3(dme)2](OTf = OSO2CF3, dme = dimethoxyethane) with 2 mol equivalents of 2,2':6',2"-terpyridine (terpy) in pyridine or acetonitrile led to the quantitative formation of the bis(terpy) complexes which crystallized as the discrete cation-anion pairs [M(OTf)2(terpy)2(py)][OTf] x 0.5py from pyridine or neutral derivatives [M(OTf)3(terpy)2] x nMeCN from acetonitrile (M = Ce, Nd, U). The crystal structures of these complexes show the differences in the M-O bond lengths to follow the variation of the ionic radii of the metals, while the U-N(terpy) and U-N(py) bonds are shorter than those expected from a purely ionic bonding model. The better affinity of terpy for U(III) over Ce(III) and Nd(III) was evidenced by the thermodynamic parameters (K, DeltaH, DeltaS) corresponding to the equilibrium between the bis- and tris(terpy) complexes in acetonitrile. Hydrolysis of the bis(terpy) compounds followed different courses; whereas the aquo compound [Ce(OTf)2(terpy)2(H2O)][OTf] crystallized readily from pyridine, the uranium complexes [UX2(terpy)2(py)]X (X = I, OTf) were oxidized into the tri- and tetranuclear mu-oxo U(IV) compounds [{UI(terpy)2(mu-O)}2{UI2(terpy)}]I4 x 2MeCN x H2O and [{U(OTf)(terpy)2(mu-O)(mu-OTf)U(terpy)}2(mu-OTf)2(mu-O)][OTf]4 x py x MeCN. The crystal structures of these first examples of uranium(IV) compounds with terpy ligands show the almost linear arrangement of the metal atoms.


Urban Agriculture as an Entrepreneurship Opportunity :Its Opportunities and Challenges 1Saeid Eisazadeh, 2Asadollah Naghdi and 3Asiye Nemati ABSTRACT Urban agriculture is a system which can use natural resources of a city to provide food needs of citizens, to keep quality of city environment, to prevent natural resources and to create new occupation opportunities to provide sustainable developmentlack of employment opportunity in industry and services is a motivation for millions of people in developing countries driving their live hoods from agriculture. Urban agriculture as a novel idea in cities can be considered as a kind of entrepreneurship. So, occupation and entrepreneurship in this section could be important issue for policy makers. Present research is a library one which is based on gathering information and available data, reviewing previous researches and reconstructing them in a new from in order to introduce challenges and opportunities in urban agriculture sector.


The Smart Grid (SG), which incorporates two-way communications and offers intelligent control and convenient interaction is in the booming developments. The implement of the Power Fiber to the Home (PFTTH) technology and systems makes the optical fiber core network in smart grid outstanding in both delay and reliability. However, the Quality-of-Service (QoS) of the peripheral networks becomes a major bottleneck in network performances. This paper takes the heterogeneous characteristics of the SG traffic into consideration and proposes a prioritization mechanism for the communication networks in SG, named as Graded Erosion Queuing Model (GEQM). The GEQM can ensures that the high-priority data can be serviced first, while the medium priority data would not be interfered too much. And the simulation analysis shows that the performance of high priority messages can get a reliable guarantee, and most of the lower priority levels of messages can get an acceptable performance.


Because of the shortage of the method of selection of partners in networked manufacturing, this article presents a new method of selecting partners in networked manufacturing, which is based on BP neural network. Firstly, it sets up an index system of selecting partners in networked manufacturing, and then designs the back propagation (BP) neural network model according to the index system, and it uses the neural network toolbox (NNT) based on MATLAB to make network compute. Finally, this article presents a typical example.


Background : Transfusion of blood and blood components remains the main stay of treatment for hematological and co morbid conditions. They also serve the purpose of saving life during accidental emergency circumstances. Aims and Objectives HIV and HbsAg among the voluntary blood donors in a tertiary care hospital (SBV UNIVERSITY) and to f association with age, gender, and alcohol consumption. study) included 100 voluntary blood donors with inclusion and exclusion criteria with a standard protocol. Blood grouping was perfor med in the blood samples obtained through this voluntary blood donation and were screened for HbsAg and HIV serology using ELISA. Data analysis was done by SPSS software. 100 voluntary blood donor studied, 92 were male donor donors, 65 were in the age group of 16 be non alcoholics. Only 22 of the voluntary blood donors gave history of alcoh blood donors, 31 had O +ve blood group and 29 had B +ve blood group. 81 of the voluntary blood donors had Rh +ve blood group while only 19 had Rh positive for HbsAg while there were no donors who were found to be sero were found to be male with age group of 16 one was an a lcoholic. During the course of the present study, HbsAg positive donors were found to be distributed among different blood groups. Hence an analysis was done. It was found that of the 4 HbsAg positive donors, 2 belonged to 'B' blood group, 1 belonged to 'O group. Conclusion : This study emphasizes the importance of donor screening among voluntary donors in all blood banks of hospitals. Significant association was found betwe significantly high in Rh +ve blood groups. The study also show alcohol consumption has no impact on HbsAg positivity.


Background Herbal remedies predate written history and continue to be used more frequently than conventional pharmaceutical medications. The novel dry extract BNO 1011 is based on a combination of five herbs that is used to treat acute and chronic rhinosinusitis. We evaluated the pharmacologic effects of the novel dry extract BNO 1011 on human respiratory epithelial cultures specifically addressing electrolyte transport and cilia beat frequency (CBF). Methods Well-differentiated human bronchial epithelial cultures grown at an air–liquid interface were treated on the apical or basolateral surface with varying concentrations of dry extract BNO 1011. Changes in transepithelial sodium and chloride transport were determined in Ussing chambers under voltage-clamped conditions. Changes in CBF were determined using the Sissons-Ammons Video Analysis system (Ammons Engineering, Mt. Morris, MI). Results When applied to the apical surface, dry extract BNO 1011 activated forskolin-stimulated chloride secretion and ciliary beat in a dose-dependent fashion. Basolateral application of dry extract BNO 1011 did not alter the measured physiological properties. Conclusion Apical application of dry extract BNO 1011 stimulates both chloride secretion and CBF and therefore may augment mucociliary clearance.


This study aims to analyze the control of generic drug stock at XYZ Pharmacy in 2017. The data used are primary data and secondary data. Methods of data collection conducted in this research are observation, interview, and documentation. For the planning of generic drug procurement, in this research is done analysis of investment value to know which generic drug which belongs to group A, B, and C. Then do Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) calculation to know economic order quantity and Reorder Point (ROP) to know the point of re-ordering the generic drugs of the 2017 period. The result of analysis shows the analysis of ABC investment there are drugs that enter into group A as many as 11 kinds of drugs or 16,42% from all generic drug, absorb 70,41% investment, group B as many as 15 drug type or 22,39% from all generic drug, absorbing 20.09% investment. While group C counted 41 types of drugs or 61.19% of all generic drugs the drug items absorbed only 9.49% investment. EOQ and ROP calculations are also obtained for the period of 2017. The existence of these calculations is useful to help pharmacies in the procurement of generic drugs so that there is a balance between service levels and costs. Keywords: inventory, generic drugs, ABC analysis, Economic Order Quantity,  Reorder Point


Financial auditing is an important measure for reinforcing the construction of the management team of the Party and the government, an important means to fight corruption, and one of the important forms of exercising financial monitoring of the leading officials. The financial auditing in higher learning institutions has recently begun and many problems exist. The paper proposes some useful solutions to solving the problems, such as using auditing mandate and setting up an auditing unit, to ensure smooth operation of the financial auditing.


In the current health sector paradigm, we aim to deliver a patient-centered care through an interprofessional approach that works on teamwork and co-ordination. Co-operative learning refers to a teaching methodology wherein the groups of students learn mutually and eventually all the participants are benefited. In this method, the students interact with each other in small groups and in the process come out with answers and arrive at the consensus. Regardless of the multiple benefits that are being attributed to co-operative learning, it is quite surprising that this method has not been widely employed as a teaching-learning strategy in the field of undergraduate medical education. This calls for the need to identify the bottlenecks and then come out with feasible solutions to overcome the same. In conclusion, co-operative learning in medical education delivery is an effective strategy to ensure acquisition of knowledge in a student-centered approach and for the promotion of interpersonal skills. It is the right time that medical institutions explore the possibility of employment of co-operative learning within their settings and employ them appropriately to benefit the students as well as prepare them for team working.


A review is given of the results of experimental studies of interactions between high-energy particles ( Eo 20GeV) and nuclei. It is emphasized that experiment shows a very weak dependence of many of the important parameters of multiple production on the number of nucleons in the nucleus. Observed phenomena can be understood either within the framework of the hydrodynamic (classical) approach or within the framework of the quantum-mechanical, field-theoretical approach (parton model). Suggestions are outlined for further studies that might throw light on the mechanism of space-time development of the interaction processes. The references cover the period up to May 1, 1976.


BACKGROUND
Chronic heart failure is an increasingly common problem in Australia and most management occurs in the outpatient setting.

OBJECTIVE
To review the options available in the management of chronic heart failure.

DISCUSSION
Appropriate management can dramatically improve the prognosis, symptoms and quality of life of chronic heart failure patients.


The idea of demonetization may be new to the 20th century's generation in India, but it is not new to the country. India has faced the effects of demonetization in 1946 and 1978 both of which were done with the motive of curbing black money. The motives behind demonetization have been elaborated a bit to include the battle against the circulation of counterfeit money, combat against the financing of terrorism and an aim to become a cashless economy to the existing one of exposing black money. We as an economy have a vague understanding of the motives, but we
seldom know the depth of the problems our country is facing with the issues as mentioned above. It is imperative to study the depth to which such problems have grown in our country to be aware and spread the awareness regarding the same. Knowledge of the problems would give us the
drive to be a part of finding the solution and take active participation in all the measures that are initiated to combat the same problems. This paper aims to study in detail, the motives that drove the idea of demonetization into action and the views for and against the same


....................................................................................... i Declaration.................................................................................... iii Preface.......................................................................................... iv Acknowledgements.......................................................................... v Table of contents............................................................................. vi Publications and scientific presentations................................................. ix Scholarships and awards................................................................... xi List of tables and figures................................................................... xii Abbreviations................................................................................. xiv List of Third party copyright material................................................... xvi Chapter 1 Alzheimer's disease and Epilepsy: a review of the literature on this bidirectional relationship............................................................. 1 1.1 Alzheimer's disease....................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Incidence and prevalence............................................................ 1 1.1.2 Pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease................................... 2 1.1.3 Current treatment of Alzheimer's disease.......................................... 6 1.1.4 Animal models in Alzheimer's research........................................... 7 1.2 Epilepsy.................................................................................... 8 1.2.1 Epidemiology of epilepsy............................................................ 8 1.2.2 Classification and causes of epilepsy............................................... 9 1.2.3 Antiepileptic drugs in the treatment of epilepsy.................................. 10 1.2.4 Animal models used in the study of epilepsy..................................... 13 1.3 Epilepsy in Alzheimer's Disease....................................................... 13 1.4 Research aims........................................................................... 18 Chapter 2 Exploring the effects of three antiepileptic drugs on a novel Alzheimer's disease-acquired epilepsy model.......................................... 20 2.


Until a few years ago it was not given any definitive therapeutic solution to the Trapezio-methacarpal joint osteoarthritis (TMCJ OA). The first surgical solutions were simple and consisted of removal of the trapeze (trapezectomy). Afterwards, it came some procedures based in ligamentents reconstruction and tendon interposition (LRTI); these, use different neighbourhood tendons trying to improve the length and strength of the thumb that diminish with trapezectomy. Nowadays, there are exists numerous and specific surgical techniques for the treatment TMCJ OA; the choice of one or the other technique is determined, among other factors, by the patient's age, tasks performed by the hand in daily activities, radiographic stage of disease and the surgeon's experience on each particular technique. In our daily clinical practice we see frequently active patients (women between 50 and 60 years of age) with Eaton and Litler grade III of TMCJ OA, whose OA affect only the TMCJ, being healthy the other four peritrapezium joints. Consequently, we do not feel comfortable performing trapezectomy on these patients, and therefore we decided the total arthroplasties, that respect the healthy joints and gets more strength for the thumb. There are numerous models of prostheses, the first to be used were these of De la Caffinière, in 1973, they allowed preserve mobility, grip strength and clamp, and they prevented the shortening of the first metacarpal, with a more quickly recovery than trapezectomy. As they were cemented and constrained, they had some disadvantages like loosening, dislocations, and as any other prosthesis, mechanical failure with time. The TMCJ total arthroplasty of Arpe® type, was designed in 1991 by J.J. Comtet and the author described it as a spherical prosthesis (ball and socket), direct, uncemented and not constrained. The primary intraosseous fixation is ensured by an anatomical design of the components and the press-fit effect. The secondary fixation is achieved by the coating of hydroxyapatite of the cup and the metacarpal shaft. This type of arthroplasty seem to us be the most evolved of all by the features and changes made in the classic De la Caffinere to allow a long survival. This prosthesis, from our point of view, was Annals of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation "Tips, Trics and Long-Term Results of the Treatment of Trapezometacarpal Joint Osteoarthritis with Total Arthroplasty". Ann Orthop Trauma Rehabil. 2017; 1(1):114. the one that met most of the rules that could require a good arthroplasty for TMCJ, and therefore we started to put it in 1999. Our aim in this paper is to expose the indications for surgery, detailed surgical technique and long-term results of these prostheses.


FIELD: gasification. SUBSTANCE: gasification reactor, cooling tube and convection boiler with chamber are placed in reservoir under pressure ( autoclave ). Device changing direction of uncleaned gas coming out of cooling tube is positioned above this tube in boiler chamber. Device to discharge uncleaned gas is located in area between gasification reactor and convection boiler. Gasification reactor rests against supporting points in reservoir in lower part of it. Convection heating surfaces extend from cooling tube and boiler chamber. Cooling tube and boiler chamber in its lower area above device to discharge uncleaned gas are anchored on unloading members having passages for uncleaned gas and rest against reservoir under pressure ( autoclave ). Clearance to inject cold gas is located between gasification reactor and cooling tube and separates cooling tube and gasification reactor. Clearance to inject cold gas has additional section to equalize thermal expansion. EFFECT: high productivity of apparatus for gasification with considerably improved relation between space of structure and productivity. 14 cl, 7 dwg


Destination marketing organisations (DMOs) have long been structured and their strategies influenced by traditional distribution processes and passive customers. Now things have changed, with the customer taking over the process and rendering the previously normal processes redundant. DMOs need to get away from promoting the destination to a mass market and relying on an outdated distribution system, and instead engage the customer to ensure they effectively promote and provide the experience they are wanting. This will require a major change in the role, the structure and the skills of destination marketing organisations.


The purpose of this study is to identify the determinants of the export performance of the most preferred trade exhibitions for SMEs. And the results...


1. Abstract For many years researchers have been interested in modeling the transport of pollutants, which could endanger the ecosystem and peoples' health if released to a water course. In most cases, interest is focused on forecasting the peak concentration that would occur at particular locations, the arrival time of the peak and the occurrence and duration of dangerous pollutant levels. In this work, estimations of flow profiles are obtained as a first instance, in order to understand wave routing. The equation of advection-diffusion is considered to represent mass transport in flowing water and a 1D model of the channel and is presented for a given geometry and flow characteristics. By solving the model, the pollutant peak and level concentration over the whole cross-section of the channel are estimated. As expected, different temporal concentration profiles of the transported pollutant in the water course are obtained, which depend upon the duration and form of the substance released, its flow rate and the diffusion coefficient. Afterwards, a sensitivity analysis is pursued, thus observing the behavior of the system when the values of the channel roughness, slope, width and pollutant inflow rate are modified. The proposed model is solved by means of the optimization software GAMS, using the finite differences method. This strategy proves to be resource and time-efficient, and allows obtaining flow and concentration profiles for multiple feasible scenarios, and will be used as starting point for determining critical distances in the case of a natural or accidental pollutant release, where the substance concentration may result detrimental for the wellbeing of the ecosystem and surrounding human population.


We report on optoelectronic multiple chip modules, consisting of vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL), photodetector and 1.2 micrometer CMOS electronic circuit. The hybrid integrated components operate at a date rate of 155 Mb/s, which could be used in optical interconnects for multiple computers.


Objective:To investigate the expression of BDNF after traumatic brain injury and postmortem stability Methods:105 healthy SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups:normal group,sham operation group,traumatic brain injury group and postmortem stability group.The model of brain injury were established by weight-drop impact(traumatic brain injury group and postmortem stability group).After that,the regulation of BDNF expression in each group was detected by immunohistochemistry technique,and evaluated with image analysis technique and statistic system.Results:0.5 hour after impact,the BDNF positive neurons increased in each traumatic brain injury group compared with normal group and sham group.6 hour after injury,The BDNF positive neurons reached the peak number.Then,the BDNF positive cells reduced to normal after 24 hours.but there was no significant difference in BDNF expression among each subgroups of postmortem stability group(P0.05).Conclusion:There is dependability between the BDNF expression after traumatic brain injury and brain injury time,and postmortem stability is nice at-20℃.


Preface. Acknowledgements. Bioseparations. Sedimentation, Centrifugation, and Filtration. Membrane Separations. Precipitation, Crystallization, and Extraction. Principles of Liquid Chromatography. Liquid Chromatography Scale-Up. Principles of Gradient Elution Chromatography. Principles of Bioseparations for Biopharmaceuticals and Recombinant Protein Products. Affinity Chromatography: Bridge Between Molecular Biology, Combinatorial Methods, and Separations Science. Author Index. Subject Index.


Alzheimer's disease (Promotion) PC helped conclusion is a quickly developing area of neuroimaging with critical clinical application potential. The assessment of models' protection from commotion and varieties in imaging conventions, along with post-handling and tuning methods, are essential errands that should be tended to in this unique situation assuming fruitful clinical applications are to be accomplished. In this review, we analyzed the exactness and between-associate robustness of Random Forest classifiers prepared utilizing different underlying X-ray measures, with and without neuroanatomical imperatives, in the detection and expectation of Promotion. Dementia of the most incessant sort is Alzheimer's disease (Promotion). Its determination and detection of movement have both been entirely investigated. In any case, clinical practice is seldom fundamentally affected by research studies, generally for the accompanying reasons: (1) most of studies depend principally on one methodology, especially neuroimaging; (2) conclusion and movement detection are commonly concentrated on independently as two free issues; and (3) ebb and flow studies are basically cantered around upgrading the exhibition of complicated AI models, disregarding their make sense of capacity.


Abstract The cerebral vasospasm is still considered the most devastating complication for the patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of intra-arterial nimodipine administration in cerebral vasospasm diminutions and outcome of the patients.


The structure and the technological property of the termination sealing board for the supporting pillar were analyzed. The method for determining the developed shape and size of the complicated bending part blank was discussed. The structure and working principle of a bi_directional bending die were introduced. And the points for attention in design and manufacture of the die were listed.


The Jahani Salt Diapir (JSD), with an area of 54 km(2), is an active diapir in the Simply Folded Belt of the Zagros Orogeny, in the south of Iran. Most of the available studies on this diapir are f ...


The effects of the co-application of molybdenum (Mo) and zinc (Zn) on winter wheat grain yield, leaf photosynthetic efficiency, and antioxidant activity were investigated using pot culture experiments with sandy soil. Four treatments were investigated, including a control (CK), 0.15 mg Mo/kg soil (Mo), 1 mg Zn/kg soil (Zn), and 0.15 mg Mo/kg + 1 mg Zn/kg soil (Mo + Zn). The results showed that the soil application of Mo and Mo + Zn increased the winter wheat grain yield, spike number, and thousand kernel weight, coupled with significant enhancement in nitrate reductase activity, chlorophyll a and chlorophyll a + b contents, as well as the photosynthetic rate of the leaves, which were also positively correlated with grain yield. Furthermore, the co-utilization of Zn and Mo + Zn significantly increased the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, and peroxidase in the leaves. The overall results indicate that the co-application of Mo and Zn can increase winter wheat grain yield by improving the leaf photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant ability.


We report the synthesis of rare-earth manganese-oxide-based nanotubes. The pore wetting technique was used to obtain structures of nominal composition La0.325Pr0.300Ca0.375MnO3 with 800 nm external diameter, 4000 nm length, and wall thickness below 100 nm exhibiting magnetic and magnetoresistive behavior below 200 K, including nonvolatile memory. Walls are found to be formed by small crystals of approximately 20 nm. Structures obtained using different diameter of pores, as small as 100 nm, have a similar aspect ratio. Results show the realization of nanotubes of manganites exhibiting intrinsic phase separation.


In the 15-days aged embryos the main part (70%) of primitive erythroid cells are diploid and capable to proliferate, what is testified by the hyperdiploid and tetraploid populations' presence (an approximate correspondence to the S and G2 phases of mitosis). A difference between the hemoglobin content in primitive erythroid cells and the primitive erythrocytes of the 15and 25-days aged pig embryos is not significant. Anyway, these cells contain much more hemoglobin (p<0.01) comparably to the yolk sac erythroid cells' non-differentiated precursors. We did not reveal any difference in the hemoglobin content in diand tetraploid cells of the 15-days aged pig embryo. In the investigation it was revealed, that the 25-days embryo has simultaneous functioning of two centers of hemopoiesis – the yolk sac and the liver, as well as the primitive erythroid cells long time persistence (up to 55 days of embryonal development) in the pig's fetus blood.


Background: Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer related deaths among both men and women. Non-small cell lung carcinomas comprises the majority (about 75%) of lung cancers, has proven difficult to treat due to poorly understood pathological mechanism. Recent advances in cell signalling pathways that control cell survival have identified genetic and regulatory aberrations that suppress cell death, promote cell division and induce tumorogenesis. One such discovery is that of epidermal growth factor receptor. Overexpression of EGFR has been reported and implicated in pathogenesis of many human malignancies including Nonsmall cell carcinoma of lung. Aims And Objectives; To study EGFR expression by immunohistochemistry in diagnosed cases of Nonsmall cell carcinomas of lung at our institute. To determine the value of EGFR test by IHC in predicting response to targeted therapy and clinical outcome. Materials and Methods: A retrospective and prospective study of bronchial biopsies diagnosed as Non-small cell carcinomafor a duration of two yearswith their expression to EGFR immunohistochemistry marker at our institute and these patients response to the targeted therapy. Results: Out of twenty nine(29) cases of lung malignancies majority were Non -small cell carcinomastwenty seven cases (27), of which adenocarcinomas were seventeen (17) cases topped the list, followed by squamous cell carcinomas (5) cases, malignant epithelial lesions (3) cases and poorly differentiated carcinomas(2) cases. Small cell carcinomas were two (2) cases. Fifteen cases of non-small cell carcinomas cases showed EGFR mutations and twelve patients were started on the targeted therapy of Gefitinib and Erlonitib. All twelve of them showed good response to chemotherapy. Conclusions: Most of the Non-small cell carcinomas of lung have EGFR mutations especially all adenocarcinomas in non-smokers. The clinical outcome of patients could be predicted. There is significant response to targeted chemotherapy.


We perform a theoretical and experimental study of extreme nondegenerate two-photon stimulated emission in bulk GaAs. We calculate two-photon gain coefficient for various photon energies. A three beam experiment is conducted to observe two-photon gain.


The remnant left liver after right hepatectomy tends to rotate spontaneously into the right subphrenic space. This rotation might induce venous outflow impairment. The aim of this study was to assess immediate venous outflow in the left hepatic vein by intraoperative Doppler ultrasound (US) according to the position of the remnant liver.


This research introduces a recent telluric logging methodology in the field of mineral prospecting for the detecting of deep conductors, not intersecting with well. This method is characterized by its big deep penetration, compared with the conventional surface geoelectrical methods and through boreholes. The proposed telluric method consists of measuring two telluric fields. The first one is horizontal and obtained at the surface using a reference line (EEW & ENS). The second one is vertical (EV) and obtained in the well between two mobile electrodes M and N. The ratio between the horizontal and vertical telluric fields (EV/EEW & EVOENS) is of interest in this research work. The application of this method at the Rouez Mine in France permits a location of several conductors not intersecting with the studied well No. 32. The presence of these conductors is approved by morphological and lithological description. The well-known macroanisotropy phenomenon is demonstrated in the studied area, where it has been found that longitudinal resistivity ρEW, obtained according to the reference line of EW direction is less than transverse resistivity ρNS, obtained according to the reference line of NS direction. A wide telluric anomaly at the depth of 140 m has been detected, which could be related to an equivalent conductor sphere. The horizontal distance between this conductor and well No. 32 is estimated to be 70 m. The new telluric configuration is important in mining prospecting, since its application decreases considerably the well number needed for the detecting of spreaded conductors and gives rapidly an idea about the distribution of the conductors in the plan. More tests at the theoretical and practical levels are still needed to make this configuration adapted and easily used in geophysical prospecting.


The amount of data generated on the Web is increasing day by day, but it is not always accessible and usable: developers have to go through numerous steps from obtaining the data to building applications on top of it. The mission of SpazioDati is to eliminate these steps from the development process. SpazioDati pulls the data from various disparate data sources together in one big knowledge graph, Dandelion, and provides a set of APIs over it. In this paper we provide an overview of the data curation and data access platform we develop at SpazioDati.


non-alder site, respectively. The mass (W/V) of nutrients in fine roots was strongly dependent upon the availability of nutrien ts in the peat. Fine root content had a strong positive relationship with peat available P and exchangeable K contents suggesting tha t P and K may be limiting nutrients for black spruce in this peat soil.


The teaching of Ideological and Political Theory is the effective way to educate collegian in ideology and politics. Vocational colleges have implemented the reform of the personnel training pattern recently. The work- study combination training mode injects new energy to the ideological and political education of vocational college students,and it also leads to the new challenge and new round research of the ideological and political education of vocational college students. This paper analyzes the present problems which exist in the ideological and political course teaching of the higher vocational colleges,and discusses on how to carry out the ideological and political course teaching reform under the model of work- integrated learning.


Abstract (E)-8-Acetoxy-6-methyl-6-octen-2-one, a key intermediate for the male-produced sex pheromones of the Mexican and Caribbean fruit fly, was synthesized stereospecifically in five steps with an overall yield of 50%.


The Aristotelian concept of capacity has been experiencing a renaissance since the beginning of the last century. The concept of  – discussed in this paper – is the object of investigation of historians, philologists and of philosophers or those who search for theoretical inspirations in Ancient thought. At beginning of the XXth century the Aristotelian capacity (or potentiality), being one of the basic concepts of Metaphysics, 'returned' to philosophy: Martin Heidegger and Nikolai Hartmann, among the first researchers in the twentieth century paid attention to this concept and its role in thought of Ancient philosopher.1 Works devoted to  on the ground of philology and history of concepts appeared almost parallel.2 Interests in this question have remained nearly constant among researchers up to now. In this paper I will not consider all problems connected with the status and role of this concept. I will show, in a synthetic way, a brief characteristic of the capacity and will focus on the practical, usually overlooked, sense of it. It allows to sketch the connection between the practical and theoretical parts of Aristotelian philosophy. I will, therefore, consider two books of Metaphysics – delta and theta – in which the concept is put in a systematic way. Being aware of the complexity of the relation between of the theoretical and practical aspects of the system of The Stagirite, I will show the practical meaning of capacity only on the basis of definitional


The world today is faced with the issue of global warming that within the
next few years the earth will experience a significant increase in temperature.
Greening material is an alternative to the use of greening response in land that is
not used as a wall, and a roof garden that has existed in Japan. Research has been
done greening material RECAT group (Research Collaboration in Agroindustrial
Technology) for Hargobinangun with agroekowisata program. Research has been
running from 2011 which in turn will lead to the commercial industry. Stages that
must be passed is scale up to increase the scale of production while maintaining
the quality of the laboratory scale and commercial scale. This study aims to
determine the critical point greening material production process, design the
aquarium proliferation pilot plant scale to scale up production of greening
material with dimensional analysis method, and compare the quality of the
product of laboratory scale and product pilot plant scale.
The flow of the study began with the identification of critical points of
production processes based decision tree. Then design a pilot plant scale to collect
data based on observations of laboratory scale variables and previous research.
The data is used to design a pilot plant scale by dimensional analysis method and
the similarity principle. The results of these methods is the design of variable size
scale pilot plant to be created. Pilot plant used for the production made in order to
compare the quality of the product both scales is the rate of photosynthesis.
Comparing both product quality scale test that is statistically different from the
two independent samples t test.
Critical point of the production process moss greening material lies in the
proliferation process. Results proliferation size aquarium pilot plant scale is length
53.33 cm, width 26.67 cm, height 33.33 cm and diameter air stone is 2 cm.
Aquarium water volume proliferation pilot plant scale is 29.63 liters. Comparison
of average yield rate of photosynthesis between laboratory scale and pilot plant
scale is significantly different. It shows that the standard variables existing
proliferation process is not yet a standard optimum test that results scale pilot
plant photosynthesis greater results.


Customer lossing problems are concerned by telecom operators as market becoming more competitive.Based on data mining technology,Bayesian networks classifier is used in the analysis of the problems.During the process of Bayesian networks modeling,K2 and MCMC algorithms are utilized together.Effective variables are distilled through topology of networks,and churn rules are drawn based on CPT(condition probability table),then high probability churn customer groups are obtained.Considering loss function in classifier,different criterions and their class effects are provided.In contrast with other algorithm,such as decision tree and ANN(artificial neural networks),Bayesian networks can be modeled without over-sampling,when churn rate is relatively low.


Plastic packaging is widely used in food industry to protect and maintain food freshness. However, plastic packaging also contributes to solid waste problem and can become the contamination area of microbial activities which in turn affecting the shelf-life of the food product and may causing food-borne illness towards consumer. Thus, the demands on biodegradable polymer as plastic packaging has grown widely especially among the food industry. The employment of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) can improve physical properties of biopolymer as well as promoting antimicrobial properties on the plastic packaging. The aim of this study is to synthesize of AgNPs by utilising acetylated starch (AS) as reducing agent with different parameters via microwave irradiation method. The effect of different ratio of acetylated starch and microwave time-varying exposure is evaluated. The synthesized silver nanoparticles were characterized via UV-VIS spectroscopy (UV-VIS), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) analysis. The absorbance peak emerges at 420nm on UV-VIS shows that silver nanoparticles is successfully produced. 15 minutes microwave time exposure and 1:1 ratio is identified as the optimum condition to produce silver nanoparticles. The peak emerges on FTIR spectra shows the involvement of starch in reduction process in synthesizing AgNPs. The XRD results shows the amorphous structure of starch and crystalline peak of silver appear in 2Θ regions 37.4°, 43.4°, 63.1° and 75.7°. In conclusion, the significant outcome from the study is the AgNPs were successfully synthesized via microwave irradiation method and be a function of time varying exposure and acetylated starch ratio.


Speech processing has started to find increasing application in many fields including instrumentation and process control. Microprocessors can provide a handy, compact and low-cost solution to speech synthesis problems provided they are fast and have an instruction set designed for signal processing applications. Bit-slice architecture can be an alternative to such dedicated processors, however because of the difficulties of having to write the complicated micro-code and of having higher component count, it has not found the favour of speech researchers. Recently, Texas Instruments have come up with an extremely fast microcomputer (TMS 320) which can be utilized effectively in many speech processing and other real-time applications. Some features of TMS 320 are also highlighted in this paper with reference to the bandwidth reduction that it may offer for digital transmission and storage of speech signal.


OBJECTIVE
To determine whether reverse transcriptase (RT) in situ polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can facilitate the diagnosis of nontuberculous ("atypical") mycobacterial (NTM) cervical adenitis.

DESIGN
Retrospective review of 12 patients with neck masses clinically diagnosed as NTM cervical adenitis.

SETTING
University medical center caring for both ambulatory and hospitalized children.

PATIENTS
Twelve pediatric patients (all younger than 9 years) with cervicofacial masses.

INTERVENTION
Surgical excision of the presenting mass.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Reverse transcriptase in situ PCR was used to detect mycobacterial RNA in excised tissue. All specimens were also cultured and stained for acid-fast bacilli.

RESULTS
Reverse transcriptase in situ PCR was positive for NTM in 7 of 12 cases.

CONCLUSIONS
Infection with NTM may be an extremely indolent process, and the success of RT in situ PCR depends on the presence of mycobacterial nucleic acids. Even in cases in which the findings of RT in situ PCR were positive, infected cells were few in number. Because of the sparsity of infection in the positive cases, NTM may be even more rare in the negative cases, ie, those in which mycobacterial nucleic acids do not exist and cannot be detected by any means, including RT in situ PCR. Although RT in situ PCR, cultures, stains for acid-fast bacilli, and tuberculin tests using purified protein derivative are all helpful in diagnosing NTM cervical adenitis, when nucleic acids are present RT in situ PCR is the simplest, most reliable, and quickest to perform and the results are easiest to interpret.


A kind of primary hepatocellular carcinoma and portal vein tumor thrombus compound Chinese medicine preparation for the treatment, according to group assignment amount for each skullcap, astragalus, turmeric, Puhuang, Ligustrum lucidum, leeches, Coix, barbata, white Oldenlandia, bamboo Bupleurum, Artemisia, Citrus aurantium, 13 were prepared licorice flavor ingredients, the formulation by inhibiting hepatoma proliferation, development and transfer, actively prevent the generation PVTT formed, and is formed PVTT after its ablation to achieve aggressive treatment of liver cancer. The preparation process to preserve some medicine Natural Ingredients flour qualities, in addition to heavy metals and maximum pesticide residues, as well as the formulation of liver pain relief.


In this work, the epitaxy of SrTiO3 and BaTiO3 perovskites on the (001)-oriented silicon substrate by molecular beam epitaxy is investigated. The heterostructures are studied by means of various structural and electrical characterization techniques. In this study especially, the authors reveal experimentally by nanobeam electron diffraction analysis the critical thickness prior relaxation of BaTiO3 grown on an SrTiO3/Si pseudosubstrate. They also propose to use a strain mediated superlattice composed of stacked [BaTiO3/SrTiO3] bilayers to prevent misfit dislocation formation. Using this approach, they could demonstrate high quality and dislocation free BaTiO3 ferroelectric layers integrated on silicon as confirmed by piezo-force microscopy techniques.In this work, the epitaxy of SrTiO3 and BaTiO3 perovskites on the (001)-oriented silicon substrate by molecular beam epitaxy is investigated. The heterostructures are studied by means of various structural and electrical characterization techniques. In this study especially, the authors reveal experimentally by nanobeam electron diffraction analysis the critical thickness prior relaxation of BaTiO3 grown on an SrTiO3/Si pseudosubstrate. They also propose to use a strain mediated superlattice composed of stacked [BaTiO3/SrTiO3] bilayers to prevent misfit dislocation formation. Using this approach, they could demonstrate high quality and dislocation free BaTiO3 ferroelectric layers integrated on silicon as confirmed by piezo-force microscopy techniques.


The present invention relates to a blade (1) A method for manufacturing a turbine (1) of the tip segment offset casting core comprising a lumen for forming various (19a-19e) of the core element (31), the the core element comprises a leading edge cavity of said core (31a), the core of the central cavity (31b, 31c, 31d) and a trailing edge core cavity (31e), characterized in that the inner core (31e) adjacent to the rear edge of the chamber a central cavity within the core (31d of) a core having a leading edge facing the cavity (31a) an expansion portion (34) extends.


In 1980, toward the end of his career, the historian William Appleman Williams published a short book entitled Empire as a Way of Life. In it, Williams distilled the history of U.S. foreign relations into a unified interpretation that highlighted imperialism's central place in American politics and culture since the time of conquest. It was the final work of one of American history's most important, if also most controversial, thinkers. Yet, for nearly two decades after 1983, in my unscientific study of the library of a major northeastern research


Studies at a local community (α) level have shown that biodiversity positively affects ecosystem functioning due to niche-based deterministic processes like resource partitioning. Extending to a metacommunity (β) level, we hypothesize that β diversity also positively affects metacommunity functioning. We further hypothesize that the β diversity effect is stronger (more positive) when β diversity is increased by deterministic/non-random assembly processes. To test the hypotheses, we collected bacterioplankton along a transect of 6 stations in the southern East China Sea in 14 cruises. All 6 stations within a cruise were regarded as a metacommunity. For any pairs of the 6 stations, the Bray-Curtis index and summed bacterial biomass were calculated to represent β diversity and metacommunity functioning, respectively. We also calculated deviation of observed mean pairwise phylogenetic similarities among species from random to represent the deterministic influences of assembly processes. We found that bacterial β diversity generally positively affects metacommunity functioning; however, the β diversity effect varied among cruises. Cross-cruise comparison indicates that the β diversity effect increased with the deterministic assembly processes selecting for phylogenetically dissimilar species. This study extends the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research to a metacommunity level, complementing the current framework by considering community assembly in natural environments.


We examined regional cerebral blood flow response in a patient with gray matter heterotopia located beneath the sensorimotor cortex during a finger tapping task. We found regional cerebral blood flow was specifically increased during contralateral finger tapping. This indicated the possibility of functional differentiation of the ectopic neurons despite incomplete migration.


Current viewing resistor (CVR) based measurement of a high frequency switching cell is presented. The drain current of the low-side GaN HEMT switch was measured at 100 kHz switching frequency for a maximum load current of 8 A and a dc input of 80 V. To analyze the results, both simulations and experiments were used. The parasitic elements of the PCB layout (i.e. calculated using the Ansys-Q3D Extractor software) were included in the simulation model. This paper explains the consequences of mounting CVRs in the common-source path of transistors compared to a circuit without a CVR. Simulation results are found to be in very good agreement with measurements. Hence, the simulation model can be used to estimate the current waveforms when it is not desirable to resort to intrusive measurement methods.


The present invention provides a metal catecholate backbone and methods of use, including gas separation, gas storage, catalysis, adjustable conductor, ultra capacitors, and sensors.


A study of thermodynamic parameters enthalpy and entropy change during glass/crystal phase transformation of GeySe94-yIn6 (y = 10, 15 and 20) glasses have been carried out by Differential Scanning Calorimetery (DSC) under non-isothermal conditions. DSC scans have been recorded at heating rate 20K/min. Specific heat measurements are required to study the variation of enthalpy and entropy during glass/crystal phase transformation. DSC scans have been used for specific heat measurements. As ∆Hgc and ∆Sgc both are the criteria of glass stability; the stability of GeySe94-yIn6 (y = 10, 15 and 20) glasses has been accounted for the values of ∆Hgc and ∆Sgc during glass/crystal phase transformation.


This paper presents a neighbor-search technique to be used in a GPU-based particle simulation framework. Neighbor searching is usually the most computationally expensive step in particle simulations. The usual approach is to subdivide the simulation space to speed up neighbor search. Here, we present a grid-based neighbor-search technique designed to work on programmable graphics hardware.


The heat capacity of Ag2SO4 has been measured from 14 to 300°K and the entropy of the salt determined by graphical integration. By coupling this value with the entropy of solution and the entropy of silver ion, the entropy of sulfate ion in aqueous solution has been evaluated.


'The Liverpool poets'' approach to poetry differs from that of other poets in that they consistently give the impression of being real people getting to grips with real and pressing situations. According to Edward LucieSmith 'The Liverpool poets' feel a 'real sympathy for their environment' and are more interested in life than in literature. This is the quality that sets them apart from the other post-modern poets. Like the French Symbolists, Baudelaire and Rimbaud, 'The Liverpool poets' believe that the effect that a poem produces is more important than the poem itself; a poem should be considered as an 'agent' (that conveys the poet's message), rather than as an 'object'.


Among the problems related to CTBT a very important role belongs to the calibration of the regional travel times (regional kinematic calibration). The success in solving this task would significantly improve the accuracy of the weak seismic event location by the system. The methods that are applied to perform this kind of calibration are assumed in the present paper. All these methods can be broken into two principal groups: methods for direct calibration and those utilizing the velocity model of the media that is to be developed in an intermediate stage. Direct methods are used to construct the time correction surfaces making use of previously learned seismological experience (regional travel time tables) or directly employing the experimental data. The first approach represents the try to perform the task through the linear combination of regional travel time tables (godographs) and their errors. Another technique is a kind of spatial interpolation of the regional observations for given station. Indirect methods solve the calibration problem in two steps. Initially the 3-D velocity model of the media is being produced by the inversion of the observations. Afterwards the field of travel times is generated on the base of the velocity model. Methods inside the group differ depending upon what way is chosen for the reverse kinematic problem solution. Currently the velocity models are being built by "try-and-drop" technique or by tomographic inversion. The tomographic P-models developed till now do not possess the horizontal resolution enough to be successfully applied in a regional scale. The main reason of poor lateral resolution for the uppermost mantle comes from low amount and uneven distribution of regional P-wave observations used to produce the global tomographic models. The reliability of 3-D model constructed by "try-and-drop" method is unknown but its using is still reasonable unless enough data for the area to be calibrated have been collected. Some investigators make the attempts to supplement the basic data by newly collected regional P-observations; others try to employ the S-models constructed on the base of the surface wave or the channel wave observations. The "try-and-drop" technique can be assumed as the attempt to compensate the lack of data by experience and intuition of the scientist. The success of the efforts is defined by the availability of the regional P-wave observations and by proper choosing the method corresponding to the volume and geographic distribution of the data set. When and where the collected data density and geometry reach the definite threshold the seismic tomography will be able to resolve the problem of regional kinematic calibration in a comprehensive and optimal in given sense manner. In a meanwhile the composition of data availability, data distribution, geologic and tectonic complexity, and knowledge about the region define some role for each of calibration methods assumed. OBJECTIVE The quantitative target of the CTBT seismic monitoring is expressed by the requisite upper bound area of the 90% error ellipse around the detected seismic event. This area must be not more than 1000 km. Nevertheless the first evaluation of the IMS effectiveness revealed that the real results rarely fit 1000 km requirement especially for the weak events that are mostly detected by the regional stations (within 2000 km circle around the event). Currently several methods to perform the regional kinematic calibration are being developed and the task of their classification rises. Such classification is aimed at better understanding the limitation of the methods and outlining the relevant areas of their application. RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHED All the methods related to the problem could be divided into two main parts. The first group constructs travel time corrections directly from observational data. The second group is characterized by two-stage way of solving the problem: the velocity model of the media is the result of the first step in which the reverse kinematic problem is being solved. Methods for direct estimation of the regional travel times Let us call direct that methods which aimed at producing the travel time corrections directly from experimental observations passing over the building the intermediate velocity model of the media. Depending upon the scale of the region the next types of corrections can be recognized. Bulk corrections are those independent upon the azimuth and distance. They reflect features of crust and upper mantle underlying the seismic station. Regional corrections are expressed by the regional travel time tables or godographs that are constructed for regions of the homogeneous tectonic structure of the upper layers of the Earth. Usually such godographs are calculated and utilized for a regional seismic network; their usage is helpful, but often it is impossible to track back a source of their appearance. We also put to this category the corrections developed for the relatively small areas when these areas are assumed to be homogenous. An example can be extracted from the history of nuclear explosion monitoring. The testing areas of the nuclear test sites were studied carefully enough to develop separate time corrections for them (Pahute Mesa and Yucca Flat inside Nevada Test Site of USA, Balapan and Degelen at the Semipalatinsk Test Site of former USSR, Mururoa and Fangataufa at the Pacific Test Site of France). Continuos correction fields (point corrections, Source-Specific Station Corrections) are produced by different techniques of a spatial interpolation of experimental observations or regional travel time tables. The correction for new event inside the area covered by the correction surface is defined by the vertical projection of hypocenter to the surface. The third type of corrections seems to be one of the highest importance for the monitoring the CTBT. Currently inside this group two main methods are being developed. The first (Proportional Godograph Method) is based on the knowledge of the travel time tables for the homogenous regions composing the complex terrain. The second approach is grounded on the direct using of the experimental data to construct the correction surface. The Kriging method is the most developed representative of the latter approach. The Proportional Godograph Method According to approach proposed by I. Bondar et. al., 1998, given a seismic ray intersects several homogeneous regions having their own travel time tables, the estimation for the total travel time is expressed as a weighted travel time table with the weights being proportional to the lengths of particular surface projections of the ray inside each region. This estimation works good for a head wave model when seismic wave velocities are independent upon the depth and the travel in the crust is taken into account. Nevertheless the authors suggested this formulae for the real media since the shape of the experimental travel time distances plots for regional distances is close to linear. The Proportional Godograph Method (PGM) is very attractive to application for the kinematic calibration at least because it allows usage the many years experience of seismological observations expressed in regional travel time tables. The calibration of some territory by this method includes the next steps. 1. Defining the homogenous regions composing the calibrated area; 2. Collecting all available information on the 1-D models (in time and velocity domains) related to given regions; data analysis and choosing the single model for each elementary province; 3. Regionalization that is positioning the borderlines between the elementary provinces; 4. The correction surface calculations; 5. An evaluation of corrections on the ground of the calibration events relocation. The example of PGM application is described in the paper of Yang et. al., 1999. The method was used for the waves Pg, Pn, Sn, and Lg for the IMS American stations. The reliable correction evaluation was made using 21 calibration events of known coordinates with the accuracy not worse than 2 km. The calculated epicenters uptrend takes place with 9.7 km median improvement for the events with enhanced epicenters and 4.7 km median deterioration for epicenters shifted out of the true event. The special attention was paid for two earthquakes located inside the Nevada Test Site. The corrections have worked out positively for both cases: the resulted deviation from the true epicenter is as small as 7-8 km. The good news is that the error ellipse area decreased from 1760 to 910 km. The negative effect is that the error ellipse coverage (the percentage of calibration events covered by the ellipse) went back from 84% to 74%. We can suggest that the underestimation of the modeling error is responsible for the both effects: the deviation of individual travel time tables from the median characterizes the scatter of mean for different populations rather than the general population scatter. PGM is already in use for IMS calibration while its methodical error is still to be studied. We have investigated PGM by mean of Pn raytracing (program code "beam87" written by V. Cerveny, 1985). The case of compound media consisted of high-speed "platform", low-speed "tectonically-active" regions, and transmission zone between two regions was assumed. Separately we studied the PGM behavior for the different sharpness of the border between two regions [Vasiliev, 2000]. The PGM appears to be biased and sensitive to the epicenter distance and the distance between the source and media-dividing border. The biases vary from -0.3 s to +0.6s. We investigated the influence of the regionalization error i.e. the error of location the borderline between different regions. PGM transfers this kind of error proportionally. For the border with transmission zone of 100 km width and distance event border of 700 km each 100 km in error of border positioning causes PGM bias


Environmental and growth factors are important variables that affect the transpiration rate of plants. However, it is not easy to use all these factors for estimating the transpiration rate. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are useful tools for obtaining meaningful results from complex non-linear data. The objective of this study was to compare the transpiration rate estimated by the Penman-Monteith equation (P-M) and that by an ANN, and finally to analyze the estimation accuracy by the ANN according to data collection period. growth


This paper summarizes the results of the dynamical systems analysis of nearly four hundred continuous-time recurrent neural network (CTRNN) single-leg locomotion controllers evolved under conditions where sensory information was unreliable and in which the body the controller was embedded in could change its physical properties. The general principles underlying the operation of all the resulting mixed pattern generators (MPGs) are discussed. Several MPG operational features are explained and verified. Finally, discussion is made of future extensions of this research.


The present investigation was carried out to estimate the efficacy of different elicitors on rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee) and coccinellid predators under field conditions at Puthuthamaraipatty village and AC&RI, Madurai. Among the different elicitors tested, Methyl salicylate @ 10 mM conc. recorded the lowest per cent leaf damage of 3.38 and 4.16 in field trial I and field trial II respectively. The per cent reduction of leaf damage over untreated check in field trial I was 74.37 and 75.08 in field trial II, followed by salicylic acid @ 10 mM conc. with 68.12 and 68.79 in field trial I and field trial II. Methyl salicylate @ 10 mM conc. attracted more population of coccinellids, 0.99/sweep and 1.15/sweep in field trial I and field trial II, respectively, followed by salicylic acid @ 10 mM conc. which recorded the mean coccinellid population of 0.83/sweep in field trial I and 0.93/sweep in field trial II.


The limited energy source indicates the necessity of efficient energy consumption in every field of life. Especially, the prompt growth in aviation sector makes this issue more important. In this study, effects of power settings on several thermodynamic indicators regarding low by-pass turbofan engine (LBP-TFE) are investigated. For this aim, the energy and exergy analyses are implemented to the system of turbofan engine for eighteen operating points. According to performance analysis, thrust value of the LBP-TFE changes from 10.77 kN to 71.8 kN throughout RPM values. According to exergetic findings, relative exergy losses from Fan outlet decreases from 52.34 % to 30.58 % whereas exergy efficiency of the LBP-TFE increases from 10.9 % to 30.1 %. Considering improved exergy efficiency, it changes 25.03 % and 41.03 % at the same RPM intervals. As for environmental assessments, environmental effect factor (EEF) of LBP-TFE diminishes from 5.8 to 1.32 while ecological effect factor decreases from 9.16 to 3.31. Finally, specific irreversibility production of LBP-TFE decreases from 0.4811 MW/kN and 0.2716 MW/kN. Considering these outcomes, behaviour of the investigated metrics regarding main components is different from each other. Therefore, the results of these parameters calculated for the whole engine could help understanding optimum running point in terms of exergetic and environmental sustainability.


In the spring of 1904,Li De-gao,whose hometown was Anhui,founded "Anhui and Hunan Public School" in Changsha.It moved to Wuhu before long,and changed its name to "Anhui Public School".Li De-gao invited a group of well-known revolutionaries and some progressive students in Japan to give lectures.The school had a great influence on the revolution in Anhui,such as spreading revolutionary ideas,upbringing revolutionary strength,and building up revolutionary organizations and so on.People praised this school as the source of revolution in Zhongjiang area.


This paper explores architectural support for interface ensembles comprising pens, paper, and PCs. We show how the event-based approach common to GUIs can apply to augmented paper, and describe additions to address paper's distinguishing characteristics. Most notably, we introduce techniques for integrating interactive and batched input handling, coordinating interactions across devices, and rapidly debugging applications that integrate paper and computation. To understand the developer experience of this architecture, we deployed the toolkit to 17 teams at another university for six weeks. Static analysis of the participants' code provided insight into the appropriateness of events for paper (e.g., programmers relied on debugging output to track event flow). We also distilled usage patterns, revealing that programmers composed simple gesture handlers from ink measurements. This desire for informal interactions inspired us to include abstractions for recognition. This study has implications beyond paper ' designers of graphical tools can provide visualizations for event flow, and examine API usage to inform toolkit revisions.


Under rather restrictive assumptions about ambient noise field and its sources, it has been demonstrated theoretically by a number of authors that one can retrieve the exact acoustic Green's function (GF) of an inhomogeneous medium from the noise cross‐correlation function (NCCF). These assumptions are rarely valid for ambient noise in the ocean. In this paper, asymptotic approaches are used to investigate the information content of two‐point correlation functions of ambient noise and their possible use for passive remote sensing of the environment under more general conditions, when there exists no simple, exact, local relation between NCCF and deterministic GFs. For noise sources distributed on a surface or in a volume of a moving or motionless, inhomogeneous fluid, a relation is established between contributions of ray arrivals to NCCF and GFs. A similar relation is derived for contributions to NCCF and GFs due to adiabatic normal modes in a horizontally inhomogeneous waveguide. The impact of nonunifor...


Lidocaine transfer across the water/1,2-dichloroethane and the water/nitrobenzene interfaces has been investigated by chronopotentiometry with linear current scanning and cyclic voltammetry. The irreversible hydrolysis occurring in the phase transfer of dicaine at the water/nitrobenzene interface is discussed.


About the author Publisher acknowledgements Preface to the first edition by Leonard Gartside Preface to the seventh edition by Shirley Taylor Introduction Part 1 Communication: An Overview 1. The importance of building relationships 2. Sentence construction matters Part 2 Business Writing Basics 3. 21st century business language 4. Structuring messages logically 5. Presentation matters Part 3 Electronic Communication 6. Email etiquette 7. Writing online: websites, blogs and social networking 8. Customer care online Part 4 Routine Business Transactions 9. Enquiries and replies 10. Quotations, estimates and tenders 11. Orders and their fulfilment 12. Invoicing and settlement of accounts 13. Letters requesting payment 14. Credit and status enquiries 15. A typical business transaction (correspondence and documents) Part 5 General Business Correspondence 16. Internal correspondence 17. Secretarial and administrative correspondence 18. Meetings documentation 19. Personnel 20. Reports and proposals Part 6 Creative and Persuasive documents 21. Complaints and adjustments 22. Goodwill messages 23. Notices, advertisements, information sheets and handouts 24. Circulars 25. Sales letters and voluntary offers 26. Publicity material 27. Business plans Appendix 1 Spoken and written forms of address Appendix 2 The A-Z of alternative words Appendix 3 How to write reports in plain English Index


Trailing edge flaps located outboard on wind turbine blades have recently shown considerable potential in the alleviation of turbine lifetime dynamic loads. The concept of the free-floating flap is specifically interesting for wind turbines, on account of its modularity and enhanced control authority. Such a flap is free to rotate about its axis; camberline control of the free-floating flap allows for aeroelastic control of blade loads. This paper describes the design of a scaled wind turbine blade instrumented with free-floating flaps, intended for use in wind tunnel experiments. The nature of the flap introduces a coupled form of flutter due to the aeroelastic coupling of flap rigid-body and blade out-of-plane modes; for maximal control authority it is desired to operate close to the flutter limit. Analytical and numerical methods are used to perform a flutter analysis of the turbine blade. It is shown that the potential flow aeroelastic model can be recast as a continuous-time Linear-Parameter-Varying (LPV) state space model of a low order, for which formal controller design methodologies are readily available.


We evaluated the reagents dichlorofluorescin (DCFH) and hydroethidine (HE) for use in flow cytometric analysis of the respiratory burst of alveolar macrophages and monocytes. DCFH and HE are non‐fluorescent precursors which can be oxidized intracellularly to the fluorescent compounds dichlorofluorescein and ethidium.


There has been very little work on the impact of rainfall on migration from Mexico or even elsewhere. We use satellite data from NASA to examine the effect of the lagged level of rainfall relative to an area's historical average, on migration from small Mexican communities to the United States. Controlling for the level of education, proportion married, and historic migration levels, we find higher levels of rainfall significantly reduce Mexican migration to the United States and a 20 percentage point higher-than-normal level of rainfall leads to a predicted 10.3 percent decrease in migration.


Qualitative coalitional games (QCGs) were introduced as abstract formal models of goal-oriented cooperative systems. A QCG is a game in which each agent is assumed to have some goal to achieve, and in which agents must typically cooperate with others in order to satisfy their goals. In this paper, we show how it is possible to reason about QCGs using Coalition Logic (CL), a formalism intended to facilitate reasoning about coalitional powers in game-like multiagent systems. We introduce a correspondence relation between QCGs and interpretations for CL, which defines the circumstances under which a CL interpretation correctly characterises a QCG. The complexity of deciding correspondence between QCGs and interpretations for CL is shown to vary from being tractable up to Πp 2-complete, depending on the representation chosen for the QCG and interpretation. We then show how various properties and solution concepts of QCGs can be characterised as CL formula schemes. The ideas are illustrated via a detailed worked example, in which we demonstrate how a model checker can be deployed to investigate whether a particular system has the properties in question.


Pain and damage to tissue structure is frequently observed after surgical procedures. Management of postoperative pain has always been remained a challenge to surgeons because of its detrimental effect on patient's satisfaction, early mobilization and regaining of functionality. Objective: To compare the analgesic efficacy of diclofenac suppository with injection tramadol 100 mg for postoperative pain relief after abdominal surgeries. Methods: This Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial was conducted upon a sample of 98 patients, aged 12 to 60 years and undergoing abdominal surgery (elective and emergency) divided into two groups (Group A: Diclofenac Suppositories 100 mg, and Group B: Injection Tramadol 100 mg), of 49 patients each. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used for measuring the severity of pain at 0, 1, 6, 12, 18 and 24 hours, following surgeries. Results: The mean age of the sample stood at 31 (SD ± 03) years, with most of the sample comprising of males (72.45%). Postoperative pain was experienced by patients in both groups, with group A reporting less severe pain than group B but no statistical difference was found between the severity. Conclusion: After careful consideration, it may be concluded that both agents, namely Diclofenac Suppositories 100 mg, and Injection Tramadol 100 mg are efficacious at managing the postoperative pain hence both may be used interchangeably or in conjunction among patients undergoing abdominal surgeries.


In this paper we present an exposure assessment for a low profile distributed antenna fitted within an archway for a walk-through countersurveillance application. A numerical electromagnetic model, based on the method-of-moments, is used to develop a simple distributed structure antenna with optimum return loss factor in the frequency band of interest. An exposure assessment is then made using the FDTD method to determine the full-body and local specific absorption rate. The results are validated indirectly using measurements on representative systems.


Mengovirus double-stranded ribonucleic acid(dsRNA) was obtained on a semi-industrial scale frominfected cultures ofBHK-21cells growninsuspension. Yield oftheextraction andpurification operations was small(about 22mg from 1011 cells ina 100-liter culture). Physicochemical characterization ofthisdsRNA gavean estimated molecular weight close to4x 106, adensity of1.59(similar to thatofthepoliovirus dsRNA), anda thermal transition midpoint of94C.This product was a little more toxic forthemouse,bytheintravenous route, than polyriboinosinic -polyribocytidyli c acid(poly I:C)andstrictly comparable in this respect topoliovirus dsRNA.Theinterferon-inducing capacity inthemouse andtheantiviral activities inthemouse (infected withencephalomyocarditis, Semliki Forest, influenza, foot-and-mouth disease, andmurinehepatitis viruses) andintherabbit (Shopefibroma virus) oftheultraviolet light-inactivated product were practically identical, on a quantitative basis, withthoseofpoly I:C.Invitro andinvivoexperiments showedthedsRNAfromMengovirus tobe slightly butsignificantly more resistant thanpoly I:Ctotheinactivating effect of humanserum.


To study mechanisms of perception and cognition, neural measurements must be made during behavior. A goal of the Allen Brain Observatory is to map activity in distinct cortical cell classes during visual processing and behavior. Here we characterize learning and performance of five GCaMP6-expressing transgenic lines trained on a visual change detection task. We used automated training procedures to facilitate comparisons across mice. Training times varied, but most transgenic mice learned the task. Motivation levels also varied across mice. To compare mice in similar motivational states we subdivided sessions into over-, under-, and optimally motivated periods. When motivated, the pattern of perceptual decisions were highly correlated across transgenic lines, although overall d-prime was lower in one line labeling somatostatin inhibitory cells. These results provide important context for using these mice to map neural activity underlying perception and behavior.


The conveying capacity of a wet bottom ash system is influenced by both the condition of system components and operational procedures. Abrasive wear of pumps, educators, and spray nozzles can result in significant reductions in system capacity. Operation of ash transport educators for intervals longer than required to evacuate hoppers and purge discharge piping can further reduce overall capacity. Lastly, equipment outages can place additional constraints on system operation. This paper presents the development of a personal computer-based hydraulic model which simulates the interaction of all major bottom ash system components. The model permits the user to consider the effects on system performance of such factors as pump performance, transport educator nozzle and throat diameters, clinker grinder performance, and ash slurry density. The model provides for user specification of operational parameters including equipment out-of-service, ash conveyance cycle hopper sequence and duration, intercycle lag time, and water supply set pressures. A sample system analysis is presented illustrating application of the modeling technique to performance diagnosis of an existing system. Performance model applications for new plant design are discussed.


Abstract Magnetic micro-actuators and systems require tiny permanent magnets with dimensions of hundreds of micrometres. Such magnets need to have the highest possible energy density, which means Nd–Fe–B is the most appropriate material. Most bottom-up fabrication techniques are either too slow or too expensive; top-down techniques involving machining tend to result in surface damage and a loss of magnetic properties. Thus, PM is an attractive route. It is shown that use of very neodymium-rich Nd–Fe–B powders makes it possible to sinter 100 μm thick specimens to full density at temperatures as low as 800°C. These very thin magnets have coercivities of up to 1000 kA m−1 and are suitable for micro-actuator type applications.


Opisthorchiasis in Novosibirsk and the Novosibirsk region is registered annually. Significant differences in the indicators of the epidemic process in Novosibirsk were noted in comparison with those in the Russian Federation, where the maximum and minimum average long-term incidence rate is 6–10 times lower than in Novosibirsk. The urban population share accounts for more than 75% of cases in the structure of the incidence of opisthorchiasis in the Novosibirsk region. The incidence rate of people with opisthorchiasis in different districts of the city varies from 85.0 per 100 thousand people to 170.3 in 2005–2015, an increase in the incidence rate is observed in most administrative districts and in the whole city. The opisthorchids infection rate of domestic carnivores is 15%. Cats are infested more often than dogs – 18.1 and 10.7%, respectively. In two districts of the city, Kirovsky and Sovetsky ones, the level of infection of domestic carnivores and the incidence of people significantly exceed those in other areas. In 6 fish species of the Cyprinidae family (Leuciscus idus, L. leuciscus, Rutilus rutilus, Abramis brama, Leucaspius delineatus, Carassius carassius), caught in urban and suburban water bodies, 3 opisthorchid species were found, namely: Opisthorchis felineus (Rivolta, 1884), Metorchis bilis (Braun, 1890), and M. xanthosomus (Creplin, 1846). The first two ones are of epidemic importance, while the last one is of epizootic significance. The total invasion prevalence of commercial ide by opisthorchid larvae in the Ob River was 71.8%, of which O. felineus metacercariae accounted for 69.1%. The overall infection level in small aboriginal fish in the small rivers Nizhnyaya Yeltsovka, Inya and Tula is 45.8, 55.3, and 22.2%, respectively. Thus, favorable environmental conditions have developed in Novosibirsk for transformation of the natural focus of opisthorchiasis into an anthropic one.


Supervisory Committee Dr. Ted Riecken, Department of Curriculum & Instruction Co-Supervisor Dr. Lorna Williams, Department of Curriculum & Instruction Co-Supervisor Dr. Jennifer Thom, Department of Curriculum & Instruction Departmental Member Dr. Sandrina de Finney, School of Child & Youth Care Outside Member Educational institutions have not yet succeeded in their quest to formally educate Aboriginal students with success. In an effort to increase the graduation levels, many school districts have implemented mandates to hire more Aboriginal teachers and administrators. Through sharing her lived experience as an Indigenous elementary principal the researcher argues that although many bureaucratic organizations have formal policies to hire Aboriginal people into leadership positions, they still seek to maintain their power to keep the status quo in their organizations. This qualitative autoethnographic study acknowledges Indigenous ways of knowing through the sharing of stories and experience. The experiences will highlight emotional and cultural struggles that one can face when differing cultures and values emerge in a bureaucratic system based on colonialist viewpoints. Due to the vantage point of an insider, the researcher has traced her life from childhood and shared experiences and stories as a mixed-blood Mohawk woman and leader in the education system. Through an examination of signifying moments these stories depict a personal struggle for identity in her role as a female Mohawk principal in a school with a predominant Aboriginal student population. Chosen stories and incidents are recounted


Biomedicine is an impressively fast developing, interdisciplinary field of
research. To control the growing volumes of biomedical data, ontologies are
increasingly used as common organization structures. Biomedical ontologies
describe domain knowledge in a formal, computationally accessible way. They
serve as controlled vocabularies and background knowledge in applications
dealing with the integration, analysis and retrieval of heterogeneous types
of data. The development of biomedical ontologies, however, is hampered by
specific challenges. They include the lack of quality standards, resulting
in very heterogeneous resources, and the decentralized development of
biomedical ontologies, causing the increasing fragmentation of domain
knowledge across them.

In the first part of this thesis, a life cycle model for biomedical
ontologies is developed, which is intended to cope with these challenges.
It comprises the stages "requirements analysis", "design and
implementation", "evaluation", "documentation and release" and
"maintenance". For each stage, associated subtasks and activities are
specified. To promote quality standards for biomedical ontology
development, an emphasis is set on the evaluation stage. As part of it,
comprehensive evaluation procedures are specified, which allow to assess
the quality of ontologies on various levels. To tackle the issue of
knowledge fragmentation, the life cycle model is extended to also cover
ontology alignments. Ontology alignments specify mappings between related
elements of different ontologies. By making potential overlaps and
similarities between ontologies explicit, they support the integration of
ontologies and help reduce the fragmentation of knowledge.

In the second part of this thesis, the life cycle model for biomedical
ontologies and alignments is validated by means of five case studies. As a
result, they confirm that the model is effective. Four of the case studies
demonstrate that it is able to support the development of useful new
ontologies and alignments. The latter facilitate novel natural language
processing and bioinformatics applications, and in one case constitute the
basis of a task of the "BioNLP shared task 2013", an international
challenge on biomedical information extraction. The fifth case study shows
that the presented evaluation procedures are an effective means to check
and improve the quality of ontology alignments. Hence, they support the
crucial task of quality assurance of alignments, which are themselves
increasingly used as reference standards in evaluations of automatic
ontology alignment systems. Both, the presented life cycle model and the
ontologies and alignments that have resulted from its validation improve
information and knowledge management in biomedicine and thus promote
biomedical research.


Our paper is about the history of accountancy in Romania, in Transylvania. We develop this subject because we consider that is very important to know about the history of your own country, and from our point of view about the history of accounting, which is a very important component of nowadays life. This work paper presents the history of the accountancy trought the study of biography. So by describing the work of professor I.N. Evian, who was an important personality for the accounting history in Romania, we want to found historical elements that are not so able to see otherwise. The article wants to highlight the impact that the work of professor Evian had in the history of accounting in Romania. Also, by presenting the work of professor I.N. Evian in the context of the Academy of High Commercial and Industrial Studies from Cluj, we want to prove that this institution was the first form of higher education in Transylvania in the accountancy field.


Taguchi's philosophy has been applied for obtaining optimal parametric combinations to achieve desired weld bead geometry and dimensions related to heat effected zone. The philosophy and methodology proposed by Dr. Genichi Taguchi can be used for continuous improvement in products that is produced by submerged arc welding. Based on Taguchi's approach, the present study centers around adoption of L8 orthogonal array design and experiments have been accordingly conducted with two different levels of convenient process parameters e.g. welding current, arc voltage, welding speed and electrode stick out to obtain bead widths on the mild steel plates. Weld bead width measured for each experiment run. Finally an optimal parameter setting of weld bead width has been predicted.


In my 1991 paper, AAnti-Individualism and Privileged Access,@ I argued that externalism in the philosophy of mind is incompatible with the thesis that we have privileged , nonempirical access to the contents of our own thoughts. One of the most interesting responses to my argument has been that of Martin Davies (1998, 2000, and Chapter _ above) and Crispin Wright (2000 and Chapter _ above), who describe several types of cases to show that warrant for a premise does not always transmit to a known deductive consequence of that premise, and who contend that this fact under-mines my argument for incompatibilism. I will try to show here that the Davies/Wright point about transmission of warrant does not adversely affect my argument. Before discussing the Davies/Wright point, it will be useful to begin with first, a brief restatement of my argument and second, a general assessment of the dialectical situation regarding the argument and its critics.


The invention discloses an active element array substrate, which comprises a substrate, a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data wires, a plurality of scanning signal transmission lines and a plurality of pixel units. The scanning lines are positioned on the substrate. The data wires and the scanning lines are arranged alternately. The scanning signal transmission lines and the scanning lines are arranged alternately, and each scanning signal transmission line is connected with one of the scanning lines through a node. The pixel units are electrically connected with corresponding scanning lines and data wires and comprise active elements and pixel electrodes. The active elements have grids, sources and drains. The pixel electrodes are electrically connected with the drains; in the pixel units which are not in adjacent connection with the node, grid-drain capacitance of each active element is Cgd1, while in the pixel units which are in adjacent connection with the node, the grid-drain capacitance of part of the active elements is Cgd2 and that of the other active elements is Cgd1, and Cgd1 is not equal to Cgd2.


e13551 Background: PDAC is a leading cause of cancer death that is often diagnosed at an advanced stage. Population-based administrative data can be a valuable resource for studying the diagnostic interval, defined as the time from the first related healthcare encounter to cancer diagnosis. The objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic interval in a cohort of patients with PDAC using an empirical approach. Methods: This is a retrospective, cohort study of patients diagnosed with PDAC from 2007 – 2015 in Alberta, Canada. We used the Alberta Cancer Registry, physician billing claims, hospital discharge and emergency room visits to identify and categorize cancer-related healthcare encounters before diagnosis. We used statistical control charts to define the lookback period for each encounter category and used these lookback periods to identify the earliest encounter that represented the start of the diagnostic interval (index contact date). The end of the interval was the diagnosis date. Quantile regression was used to determine factors associated with the diagnostic interval. Results: We identified 3,142 patients with PDAC. Median age of diagnosis was 71 (IQR 61-80). We identified an index contact date and thus a diagnostic interval in 96.5% of patients. The median diagnostic interval length was 76 days (IQR 21-191; 90th percentile 276 days). A higher Elixhauser comorbidity score (+18.57 days/ 1 point increase, 95% CI 16.07-21.07, p<0.001) and stage 3 disease compared to stage 2 disease (+22.55 days, 95% CI 5.02-40.08, p=0.01) were associated with a longer diagnostic interval. Conclusions: In this cohort of patients with PDAC, there was a wide range in the diagnostic interval with 10% of patients having a diagnostic interval of approximately 9 months. Diagnostic interval research using administrative databases can understand variations in diagnosis times and can inform early detection efforts by identifying where and in whom delays may occur.


During the past decades, nanomaterials such as noblemetal, lanthanide-doped, magnetic, luminescent SiO2, [9,10] and semiconductor nanomaterials have been extensively investigated and used in the development of sensitive and selective detection and imaging in biological and medical fields. Owing to their novel optical properties, semiconductor nanocrystals are of great interest to many fields such as field-effect transistors, waveguides, nanolasers, photovoltaics, electronics, and biolabels. Specific applications, for example, biolabels, require these nanocrystals to be not only highly luminescent but also water-soluble. Up to now, lots of facile methods have been developed for the preparation of semiconductor nanoparticles and nanorods; however, most of them are mainly based on the decomposition of organometallic precursors in hydrophobic solvents. Also, these as-prepared nanocrystals are hydrophobic, which is inconvenient for bioapplications. It is still a challenge to synthesize monodisperse semiconductor nanorods by using common inorganic salts such as nitrates as precursors. Furthermore, the surface modification of hydrophobic nanocrystals is another challenge. In this work, we have developed a facile strategy for the preparation of CdS and ZnS:Mn nanorods with nitrates as precursors. By simply modifying the solvothermal conditions, the sizes of the as-prepared nanorods were desirably tuned. Then, the hydrophobic short nanorods were encapsulated to form amphiphilic polymer coated nanospheres with a facile ultrasonication strategy. With an abundance of carboxylic acid groups in the polymer coating on the outer face, these colloidal nanospheres are water-soluble and bioconjugatable. These luminescent nanospheres were also used as biolabels in cell fluorescence imaging, as reported herein. The synthesis was conducted in oleylamine with nitrates as precursors. At 160 8C, colloidal CdS and ZnS nanorods were grown in an oleylamine solution of nitrates (1 mmol) and thioacetamide (1.2 mmol). Figure 1 shows the TEM images of the semiconductor nanorods prepared in oleylamine by solvothermal processing for 12 h (or 24 h) at 160 8C.


Considered new integral form of the heat equation for different single and multidimensional models of the objects used as samples for measurement of thermophysical properties.. Presents the results of research on the adequacy of the obtained equations. Shows the use of these equations for the problems of measuring thermal units.


The present invention is to provide a control method for the ion pump transformerless power supply controlling apparatus 1 to a different to the output voltage to output an improved structure for the ion pump power control unit using a power source control circuit and a power supply control apparatus. For the ion pump power supply control device according to the invention of the second high-voltage having a direct current power source and a different voltage voltage of the direct current power source and the first high pressure in the first high-voltage AC power input from the input unit, the input unit is an AC power input characterized in that it comprises of a DC power supply of any one is disposed between the output section, the input and output unit for outputting at the output of the first high voltage of the DC power and the second high-voltage direct-current power supply switch is switched such that either the output of the portion of the . In this way, the life of the first high-voltage direct-current power supply and the second high-pressure ion pump so as to apply a direct current power to the ion pump, not only to improve the exhaust performance of the ion pump of the having a different voltage by using the power supply control device the can be extended.


The negative charges of dextran-sulfate (DS) used for low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) apheresis initiate the intrinsic coagulation pathway in which plasma kallikrein acts on the high-molecular-weight kininogen to produce large amounts of bradykinin. This study was undertaken to assess whether bradykinin generated during DS LDL apheresis has any physiologic effects in vivo. The plasma levels of bradykinin, prostaglandins and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) were compared, when either of two anticoagulants, heparin or nafamostat mesilate (NM), was used during DS LDL apheresis. Although anticoagulative action by NM depends on the inhibition of thrombin activity, this substance also inhibits the activity of plasma kallikrein. During apheresis using heparin, the plasma levels of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) increased significantly (5.6 ± 1.2 (mean ± SE, n=4) pg/ml before apheresis and 33.4 ± 13.2 after apheresis, p < 0.05) in association with an increase in bradykinin levels (17.9 ± 2.6 pg/ml before apheresis and 470 ± 135 after apheresis, p < 0.01). Interestingly, these changes were suppressed during apheresis using NM. There were no appreciable changes in cGMP during DS LDL apheresis with either of the anticoagulants. This finding suggests that bradykinin generated during apheresis has some pathophysiological effects via activation of the prostaglandin system. Our results support the view that in patients taking angiotensin-convertingenzyme inhibitors, the anaphylactoid reaction occurring during apheresis may be caused by an excessive rise in the bradykinin levels.


Several authors have recently pointed out that under certain conditions, a language can have both le5-headed and right-headed compounding pa8erns. As contemporary Italian N-N compounds seem to encompass this phenomenon, the present article aims to examine parameters that determine or indicate the head position in these cases. Our hypotheses are based on a qualitative sample drawn from the Gradit dictionary and are further verified by a quantitative study about "mirror compounds" (radiogiornale vs. giornale radio) on the ItWac corpus. Ie position of the head in N-N compounds is claimed to show a strong correlation with "tight" and "loose" orthography. In conclusion, possible explanations of this phenomenon as well as open questions for future research are suggested.


Abstract: In Indonesia the lemongrass plant is the herbaceous plant species called Cymbopogon winterianus. This plant is often used for flavoring food kitchen, disinfectant, mosquito repellent and can be used as a perfume (essential oils). The essential oil has physical characteristics, such as color, taste, odor and specific gravity. The aim of this study was to determine yield of the essential oil of lemongrass plant by extraction method with variations of solvent ratio (n-hexane, ethanol, and acetone). Initially the lemongrass was dried for a few minutes. The lemongrass dried was reduced about 1/2 cm. The lemongrass 250 grams was wrapped with filter paper and extracted for 12 hours with the ratio 1:2 (sample:solvent) using different types of solvents (n-hexane, ethanol, and acetone) at the boiling point of each solvent. For the purification process, separating the solvent from essential oils used simple distillation. From the results of the study was concluded that the alcohol produces greater yields of essential oil (31.96 %) in the liquid phase than the acetone (46.24 %) in the liquid phase and n hexane (1.3 %) in the solid phase. Keywords: lemongrass, aromatic lemongrass oil, extraction, sokletasi, yield


Both Ge3Sb2Te5Se and (GeTe)2.38(Sb2Te3)(Sb2)1.23 crystallize in the trigonal space group Rm and exhibit layered structures with 33R stacking sequences. Whereas Ge3Sb2Te5Se (Z = 3, a = 4.1278(12) A, c = 61.06(2) A, R1(obs) = 0.0427) exhibits atom sites with mixed occupancies in an otherwise long-range ordered structure isostructural to that of Ge3Sb2Te6, (GeTe)2.38(Sb2Te3)(Sb2)1.23 (a = 4.2437(5) A, c = 63.090(6) A, R1(obs) = 0.0385) is characterized by stacking disorder. Its average structure formally corresponds to a superposition of Ge3Sb2Te6 and (GeTe)(Sb2Te3)(Sb2)2 whereas the real structure may contain various building blocks. A microfocused synchrotron beam enabled the structure elucidation using fragmented crystals with overall very pronounced mosaicity and probably inhomogeneities present. Selecting very small well crystallized parts of low-quality macroscopic crystals yielded datasets that were suitable for precise structure refinements.