Rye, is widely supposed to have been so dissatisfied with the"phoniness" of most adults that he was rebelling against the adult world. Actually, the reverse is the case. Because Holden lacked confidence that he would be successful in the realms of"love and work,"the two quintessentially adult realms, Holden kept finding fault with the adult world. It is , therefore, inappropriate to view him as a rebel.


We propose a novel spectroscopic technique that allows determining the defect density distributions within metal-electrode-sandwiched dielectric based on J-V and C-V characteristics. The technique relies on determining "sensitivity regions" corresponding to the energy-spatial coordinates of defects affecting J-V and C-V curves. This technique is then demonstrated on RuOx/SrTiOx/RuOx metal-insulator-metal structures for DRAM capacitor applications.


1. Nietzsche's 1 influence in the twentieth century was based mostly on his doctrines ("Lehren"). After a hundred years of research, the sense and coherence of these doctrines are not yet clear. Therefore, Nietzsche's philosophy is regarded by now as incurably contradictory or ambivalent. Contradiction and ambivalence have become the trademark of Nietzsche's philosophy. Nietzsche's doctrines of the death of God or of Nihilism, of the Will to Power, of the Overman, and the Eternal Recurrence of the Same, are among the most powerful doctrines European philosophy has hitherto produced. They include a critique of metaphysics more severe than any before, a critique of morals more severe than any before, and a critique of logic more radical than any before. Together, as Nietzsche himself claimed more and more insistently, they make the sharpest of cuts into Occidental thinking from Plato onward. Each of these doctrines seemed to be in itself easily understandable. In their outlines they have been understood like this: 1.1. According to Nietzsche's doctrine of "the death of God" or "nihilism," the supreme values of European thinking—in particular, the values of an absolute Truth, Goodness, and Beauty, the unity of which has been thought in the theologico-philosophical concept of God—have lost their value. If this God does not mean anything anymore, as one dared more and more to admit in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, "Existence" on the whole has lost its "sense and goal" (KSA 12, 5 [71]). Nietzsche's doctrine of the death of God or Nihilism has left a "desert" 2 into which (as critics have objected) 3 "postmodern arbitrariness" subsequently settled. 1.2. According to Nietzsche's doctrine of the Will to Power, the law of the more powerful alone prevails; every living thing endeavors to overpower others, and ought to do so. Law and morality, according to that doctrine, are means of Wills to Power, too–namely, those of the weaker ones, the "ones who came off badly" ("Schlechtweggekommenen"), who could in this way overcome the stronger ones. Law and morality, as critics say, have thus lost their legitimacy. 1.3. According to Nietzsche's doctrine of the Overman, strong individuals ought to rule the mass of weak ones. This doctrine particularly recommended Nietzsche's philosophy to racism, and remains politically dangerous, as critics object.


Introduction: Presently, cancers have become one of the most signifi cant problems as a disease that oft en results in thousands of deaths. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) cancer has been ranked second in malignant tumors group. BCC symptoms most oft en appear among women than men and are connected with the white race. Th e risk increases with age, especially in the sixth and seventh decade of life. Th e cancer occurs on the parts of body that are exposed to the sunlight, most oft en on the face. BCC tumor grows slowly and is characterize by local malignancy and rarely metastasis. Th e BCC problem is oft en underestimated, because this type of cancer is not life endangered but aft er wide excision, neglected changes can lead to many deformations. For this reason BCC causes body, skin defects that seriously aff ect the quality of life. Diagnosis of BCC is mainly determined on histopathological examinations of pathological tissues. BCC treatment is usually carried out by the surgical removal of the pathological tissues. Unfortunately the tumor is not removed in it is entirety, what leads to the cancer recurred. Th e reason for this is the diffi culty in evaluating the change margin. Currently in BCC diagnosis molecular biology methods is being introduced more and more oft en as well as histopathological methods. Following though the changes at the molecular level, very oft en precedes the changes that can be estimated at the histopathological level. Metalloproteinases (MMPs) are used as markers to diff erentiate cancerous and healthy tissue. Histopathological diagnosis complemented by molecular studies will enhance the diagnosis of BCC that will greatly increase the eff ectiveness of evaluation the change margin and will lead to better eff ectiveness of treatment. Objective: Th e aim of the study is to determine and compare the expression of mRNA transcripts for collagen type I, III, IV and metalloproteinases MMP-2, MMP-9 in skin biopsies taken from patients with BCC of the skin and healthy skin biopsies taken from tumor margin, from the same patients. Material and Methods: Th e study was performed in biopsies of tumor tissue of basal skin obtained from patients from Clinical Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital in Cracow. Th e biopsies of healthy tissues from the margin of the tumor taken from the same group of patients has become the group of control. Th e material has been obtained by surgery, during surgery that led to tumor removed from 85 patients. Th e presence of the tumor and its type has been identifi ed by the


Studies have linked decreases in bone-mineral density (BMD) to both treated and untreated HIV infection. Now, a substudy of ACTG 5202 provides a


Safe and Well visits are carried out by fire services across the country, however the effectiveness of these interventions is rarely reviewed. There are two ways of evaluating the effectiveness of the intervention; one is to look for changing patterns in incident data that may be attributed to S&W visits, and the other is to assess the impact at a customer level. To date, studies undertaken in this field have tended to focus on assessing the impact of visits based on changes in incident numbers. The challenge with this method is that it is difficult to directly attribute any change in incident numbers to S&W interventions due to the huge number of additional, unmeasured variables that may have affected the number of incidents at any given time. Therefore, for this study, it was decided that a more informative evaluation would measure customers' self-reported changes in their behaviour resulting from the visit. To supplement this, we also used staff feedback via focus groups on perceptions of the impact of visits and likelihood of behaviour change.


Migraine is a common familial disease. Its etiology is involved with multiple genetic and environmental factors. Recent studies found that migraine was related with ion channel genes, neurotransmitters genes, vasoactive substances genes and estrogen receptor gene. However, it has not drawn a consistent conclusion. This review describes the current gene research of common migraine.


Complement-fixing antibodies to the heat-inactivated keratinase II of Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. granulosum were detectable in sera from approximately 40% of the Hartley strai


Bacillus subtilis cells grown under phosphate starvation induce teichuronic acid (TUA) synthesis while simultaneously repressing teichoic acid synthesis (TA). The turnover rates of TA‐containing and TUA‐containing walls are similar, indicating that autolysin function is similar and suggesting that modulation of autolytic function may be similar. In this study, it is demonstrated, utilizing fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)–dextran to probe the wall pH, that a low pH exists in the wall matrix. A second probe, cationized ferritin (CF), was used to observe cell surface protonation. Suspensions of B. subtilis cells containing either TA or TUA were aggregated with CF only after the addition of a protonmotive force‐dissipating agent. Respiring B. subtilis TUA‐containing cells labelled with FITC–dextran exhibited little fluorescence. Conversely, fluorescence intensities exhibited by cells de‐energized with nitrogen gas were significantly greater. The effects of protonmotive force on autolytic activity were studied by adding cell wall protein extract containing concentrated autolysin to exponentially growing TA‐containing and TUA‐containing B. subtilis cells. Both TUA‐containing and TA‐containing cells were lysed only after the addition of sodium azide. These data suggest that during normal growth the wall of TUA‐containing B. subtilis cells is protonated, and protonmotive force influences autolytic regulation in both TUA‐containing and TA‐containing B. subtilis cells.


We present the wireless infrastructure deployment (WIND) tool to generate wireless network topologies automatically. The heuristic tool considers the nodes to be deployed, their characteristics and abstract deployment scenarios as input and generates topologies satisfying node QoS requirements. WIND does this by recursively constructing complex network elements out of simpler elements while satisfying the constraints.


In a climate of fiscal austerity, Australia's neo-liberal government is continuing to fund and implement an expensive National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). This article presents a demographic, funding and policy context for the introduction of the NDIS. Its success, we argue, must be situated in the context of development of a post-industrial workforce, and owes a lot to its embrace of social investment, marketisation of welfare services, and cash for care. We then look at two tensions unfolding during the scheme's implementation: increasing demand for care work alongside a shortage of care workers, and the market-driven reform of the Australian vocational education and training system. The changes to vocational education, we conclude, have produced more problems than they solved. Since they anticipate key aspects of the NDIS, they raise questions about the intent and future of Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme.


Many decades of selection for increased egg output per bird and for efficient feed conversion have resulted in stocks capable of remarkable levels of performance. In the search for new ways to achi...


This paper discusses the velocity structure of the crust (P-wave) and the upper mantle (S-wave)along the region of the Manzhouli-Suifenhe Geotransect, which has been obtained from the data of seismic sounding and surface wave dispersion. The results indicate that the Geotransect may be separated into three velocity blocks of Erguna-Daxinganling, Songliao-Zhangguangcailing and Jiamusi-Xingkai. The crust of the Geotransect is divided into three layers by P-wave velocity and its thickness is 29-38 km. The mean P-wave velocity of the crust is 6.32 km/s. Low velocity layer of upper mantle differs greatly in depth in the traverse. The low velocity layer of upper mantle of the Songliao basin is the shallowest. Shallow shocks are relatively few and weak and the foci lie in the middle and upper crust, and deep focus earthquakes are fairly frequent and strong with the foci located at depths of 400-600 km.


This paper proposes a method to detect photon counts from a commercial off-the-shelf SPAD array. Experiments show that using this method the sensitivity of a VLC receiver that incorporates this SPAD array approaches the limit set by Poisson noise.


This dissertation describes the catalytic upgrading of phenolic compounds over ceriabased materials. The work was motivated by the need to find alternative industrial uses for the light rare earth elements (e.g. cerium) as part of the Critical Materials Institute. Cerium is typically encountered in the +3 or +4 oxidation state and its dioxide is the most technologically advanced cerium compound. Cerium dioxide (ceria) is best known for its ability to release and store oxygen, thereby acting as an oxygen buffer in many catalytic systems. The oxygen storage and release capability has been exploited in three-way catalysis and is one of the most industrialized uses of cerium. Traditionally, ceria has been explored for small molecule (e.g. CO) oxidation catalysis, while its utility as a catalyst for organic oxidations has been gaining attention. The unique oxygen-activating property of ceria has delayed its study as a catalyst component for reductive transformations. Phenolics represent an interesting class of oxygenates for transformation over ceria-based materials. The chemistry of hydroxyl-containing compounds over ceria is well-studied and is often preceded by reactive adsorption to form activated intermediates. The economic importance of phenolics as precursors for nylon production and the oxygenate-activating ability of ceriabased materials provide a good starting point for determining alternative industrial uses for cerium. Furthermore, phenolics can be derived from renewable resources, an industrial sector that is expected to see large growth during the current century. Identifying active, selective, and environmentally friendly catalytic systems that convert biorenewable compounds into commodity chemicals is thus critical for ushering in the biorefinery era. The catalytic systems described here demonstrate ceria-based materials are active for the reductive transformation of phenolics using molecular hydrogen and aliphatic alcohols.


Most of the space plasma is dusty. It contains charged grains and, the coupling of the grains to the magnetic field determines the nature of wave propagation in the medium. The plasma-dust collision can causes not only damping of the high frequency wave s but also assist the excitation and propagation of low frequency fluctuations in the medium. The refore, it should be anticipated that the plasma–dust collision, in the presence of shear flows may open new channels through which free shear energy (if it is available in the plasma) can flow to aves. The large scale structures in space such as clumps and filaments often provide motivation t o investigate the behaviour of a dusty medium. Since the propagation of low frequency fluctuations in a collisional medium can become unstable in the presence of shear flow, it is likely that such w aves, when unstable, can provide the right conditions for formation of clumps. We carry out compa rative study of known hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic shear driven instabilities in dus ty plasma by comparing their maximum growth rate and the parameter window in which they operate.


Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) is one of the most favorable alternatives to hexane for oil extraction. Compared to hexane and other solvents such as ethanol, IPA is less flammable and less toxic and is free of restrictive governmental regulations. Thus, the effects of collets versus flake with hexane and IPA as extraction solvents at various alcohol concentrations (88, 93, 95 and 97% IPA levels) were examined. Cottonseed meats were flaked and cooked before they were processed using a Hivex expander. The solvent extractions were carried out using a seven-stage countercurrent laboratory extraction unit. Extractability of collets with 95% IPA was better than that of flakes. The residual oil content and solvent hold-up of the collets were 1.6 and 33.0% compared 4.5; and 53.2% for the flakes, respectively. The aqueous IPA extraction proceeded more slowly and showed a lower oil carrying capacity than that of hexane. The residual oil content of the cottonseed collets extracted with hexane was 1.2% while the solvents containing 97, 93, and 88% IPA resulted in 1.5, 1.9, and 2.4%, respectively. Reduction in water content improved the extraction efficiency of IPA.


Background : Vitamin C has been reported to have a role in the decrease of airway hyperresponsiveness in animal models. This data is based on some metabolic actions of vitamin C, such as promotion of histamine degradation, producing more than in cyclooxygenase pathway, decrease of smooth muscle contraction, and acting as reducing agent of oxidant. It has been also known that heavy smokers have lower blood levels of vitamin C than nonsmokers and this deficiency in heavy smokers have been explained by several mechanisms, such as increased oxidation by oxidants and free radicals, increased biosynthesis of catecholamine and serotonin released by nicotine, and inadequate dietary intake. In this study, We attempted to assess effect of vitamin C on bronchial hyperresponsiveness in heavy smokers who have bronchial hyperresponsiveness and role of vitamin C on bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Method: To assess acute effect of vitamin C on airway hyperresponsiveness, blood sample for vitamin C level and spirometry, methacholine challenge test were done in 17 smokers and 8 nonsmokers, and one hour after oral administration of vitamin C 3 g, blood sample for vitamin C level and spirometry, methacholine challenge test were repeated. To assess chronic effect of vitamin C on airway hyperresponsiveness, after daily administration of vitamin C 1 g for one week in 17 smokers, blood sample for vitamin C level and spirometry, methacholine challenge test were done. To assess role of vitamin C, after oral administration of vitamin C 3 g plus indomethacin 100 mg in 12 of 15 smokers who were reactive to methacholine challenge test, spirometry and methacholine challenge test were done and after oral intake of indomethacin 100 mg in 12 smokers who were reactive to methacholine challenge test, spirometry and methacholine challenge test were repeated. Result: There were no significant differences in whole blood vitamin C levels between smokers( mg/dL) and nonsmcikers( mg/dL) (p>0.05). Fifteen of the 17 smokers(88.2%) were reactive to methacholine challenge test and 10 of the 15 smokers who were reactive to methacholine challenge test were less than 8 mg/dL in , and 7 of the 8 nonsmokers(87.5%) were nonreactive to methacholine challenge test There were significant decrease in bronchial responsiveness after oral administration of vitamin C 3 g in 13 of the 15 smokers who were reactive to methacholine challenge test This significant decrease persisted with maintenance daily administration of 1 g for one week. were not correlated to vitamin C levels in smokers. After oral administration of indomethacin 100 mg, significant reduction of bronchial responsiveness that occured after oral administration of vitamin C 3 g in smokers were attenuated. Conclusion: Although there were no significant differences in whole blood vitamin C levels between smokers and nonsmokers. heavy smokers have significant increase in bronchial responsiveness than nonsmokers. This bronchial hyperresponsiveness of heavy smokers can be attenuated by vitamin C supplement. Disappearance of vitamin C effect by indomethacin supplement may suggest that vitamin C exert its effect via alteration of arachidonic acid metabolism.


In this paper we deal with an Overlapping Generations Model with production under three diverse assumptions about agents rationality; rational, adaptive and myopic expectations. We determine a uniqueness condition for stationary steady states in the model with perfect foresight which rests on the second derivatives of the production and utility functions. Such condition results to be more restrictive than the one developed for the model with myopic expectations which, due to the correspondence among steady states of the three models, could be considered as an alternative. Further, we completely develop the analysis of the model under adaptive expectations. We derive stability conditions and determine the bifurcation diagram in all the three cases. From the comparison it results that stability conditions for the case with rational expectations are less restrictive than for both adap- tive and myopic ones. We notice that, differently from what happens in the OLG model of pure exchange, the adaptive expectations do not improve local stability performances of the model with respect to myopic expectations; this is due to the fact that in our two-dimensional model a Neimark-Hopf bifurcation could arise, cutting off part of the parameter space which results to be stable in the myopic case.


Although most mutationscausing ADPKD inEuropeanpopulations have beenmappedtothePKD1 locusonchromosome 16,someofthemappeartobe unlinked tothislocus. To evaluate the incidence ofunlinked mutations inSpain we havetyped31Spanishfamilies from different geographical sites forsixclosely linkedDNA polymorphic markerloci flankingPKD1 detectedby probes D16S85,D16S21,D16S259,D16S125, D16S246, andD16S80.Multilocus linkage analysis indicated thatin26families the disease resulted fromPKD1 mutations, whereasinthreefamilies itresulted from mutations ina locusotherthanPKD1. Thetwootherfamilies werenotinformative. UsingtheHOMOG test,theincidenceofthePKD1 linkedmutations in Spainis85%.Multipoint linkage analysis


Given a metric continuum X, Fn(X) denotes the hyperspace of nonempty subsets of X with at most n elements. In this paper we show the following result. Suppose that X is a metric compactification of [0,∞), Y is a continuum and Fn(X) is homemorphic to Fn(Y ). Then: (a) if n 6= 3, then X is homeomorphic to Y , (b) if n = 3 and the remainder of X is an ANR, then X is homeomorphic to Y . The question if the result in (a) is valid for n = 3 remains open.


The  article  analyzes  the  historical  experience  and  the  basic  stages of development  of  the  North  American  Arctic  states  in  the  twentieth  century. With the new data, and based on the historical method, the article reveals changing relationships of these states to the Arctic in their successive temporary development during the second half of XX – beginning of XXI centuries. The article features the evolution  of  the  position  of  the  authorities  in  Ottawa  and  Washington to the region in the context of developing and conducting them in the national interests and security policy. The conclusion is that the policy of the US government and Canada to coordinate their  actions  in  the  region  under  the  pretext  of  defending  national  interests and to counter  external  threats,  has  some  historical  positive  outcome,  along with some  well-known  commitments.  Security  Policy  in  these  countries  limits the competence of the state threats to their territorial integrity, which does not give the  government  the  authority  to  undue  interference  in  areas  that  are  governed by market forces and civil society. In the light of the impending changes caused by the election of D. Trump, this circumstance should be exploited for excluding the very possibility of military conflict from the political process the Arctic countries.


Languages are far more complex than they need to be for one-to-one communication. This paper attempts to answer the question as to why that should be. The answer, it is suggested, lies in the evolution of story-telling, legend and myth as culturally-important means of expression. Myth may not mark the dawn of protoor rudimentary language, or even the beginnings of full language, but its existence accounts at least in part for the evolution of linguistic complexity. Language co-evolved with mythology in symbolic frameworks which extended, to the limits of cognition, the capacity for verbal expression.


The present paper examines the discussion between Luther and Karlstadt on the syntax of verba testamenti with a particular reference to Luther's epistle to Karlstadt. The analysis uncovers the hermeneutical and grammatical concepts by which their argumentation concerning the interpretation of the Lord's Supper was conditioned.


In this paper, we confirm a conjecture of Broughan, concerning the closure of the set of Fibonacci numbers in the full topology over Z.


Abstract After decades of increasing efforts toward creating multicultural education in the United States, criticism and hostility from white conservatives has created a climate of backlash against the variety of efforts designed to create equity in the classroom. Both Freirean and feminist pedagogies advocate a more just society and personal empowerment by promoting inquiry into individual and collective experiences. As an evolving teaching methodology that is influenced by those who practice it, feminist pedagogy is an essential tool both to deconstruct and to make meaning of the current manifestations of inequality in U.S. society. It provides educators with the means to help students integrate emotional responses to social injustices with cognitive learning. Given the current climate, feminist pedagogy is essential to promoting critical thinking and reflection that leads to transformative learning, student empowerment, and collective action.


Magnetic recording Co-P thin films were prepared by electroless deposition.The influence of amorphous nonmagnetic Ni-P underlayer on Co-P thin film growth and properties was studied.The results indicated that,the amorphous nonmagnetic Ni-P underlayer didn't have an obvious effect on the structure and texture of the Co-P thin f lms.However,it can improve the uniformity,consistency and magnetic properties of the Co-P thin films,and refine the grains.When recorded pulse signals,the Co-P magnetic recording thin films with Ni-P underlayer have a uniform and steady output and good signal to noise ratio compared with that deposited directly on aluminium substrates.


Proper disposal of the large-quantity waste cigarette butts (WCBs) is of great importance for alleviating marine and land pollution, but it has been challenged by their complex compositions and tox...


In this paper,a new kind of BP neural network (NN) which can converge quickly,i.e.LMBP NN,is proposed.Levenberg-Marquardt optimization method is used for obtaining BP weight adjustment,combining L-M algorithm with standard BP network.A new time sequence prediction method based on LMBP NN is also presented,and its application in fault prediction for inertial device is discussed.Simulation experiment indicates that this method is effective in fault prediction.


Speed is the single element of road safety that, with management, can drive down the number of deaths and serious injuries sufficiently to allow a chance to deliver the global road safety targets within the existing time frames and budgets. Speed is the toxic element contributing to both crash occurrence and severity. The laws of physics apply globally. Research shows predictable reductions in death and injury relating to speed reduction, with benefits all road users. A focus on speed management is consistent with the successful Safe System approach. Language: en


India is still a backward and developing country. It is no surprise then that in a country such as ours depression is one of the most prevalent and common " mental health illnesses" that people suffer from along with " anxiety" . Depression is a common mental disorder with over 280 million people of all ages, an estimated 3.8 per cent of the population suffering from it globally, as per the World Health Organization, It is thus expected that in the next ten years, depression will put more burden on nations than any other disease, as per World Bank.Jatropha curcas (Linnaeus) is a plant which belongs to family '' Euphorbiaceae and genus Jatropha'' . This plant is native of America and is widely distributed, is also located in India, Africa, Asia and Europe where it grows in arid, tropical and sub-tropical environments. Its name derives from the Greek words "Jatros" (doctor) and "trophe" (food) which translates its medicinal traditional use.1 Such medicinal use is reported in diverse consumption of different parts of J. curcas, some of them through infusions for various conditions such as fever, burn, rheumatism, allergies, diarrhea, antidepressant intestinal cramping, healing , headach, sleeping.


Over the past five years, almost every application of engineering has tried to implement an artificial neural network to improve performance in one way or another. The study of real neurons in the human brain on the other hand, which paved the way for such applications, has been ongoing for well over five decades. While significant progress has been made, artificial neurons fall well short of the capabilities of real neurons in some key areas, such as the ability to perform lifelong learning. This limitation can be traced back to fundamental differences in network architecture and overall implementation. To remedy this, attention must first be directed back to the foundational science behind how the human brain acquires, stores, uses, and selectively removes specific memory or knowledge. Next, novel architectural concepts and implementation strategies to address the aforementioned limitations must be developed. Here, this will be done through careful considerations of all aspects within the repetitive regime. The human brain, by design, is very reliant on continual lifelong learning to solve problems. Control strategies used today, artificial neural networks, and even combinations of both are unable to optimally engage in this fundamental process. This paper attempts to bridge the gap and push toward enhanced lifelong learning control strategies for future use.


The patient with repeated attacks of gastrointestinal allergy usually recognizes the relationship between his offending allergen and the onset of symptoms. Since symptoms and signs seldom warrant surgical intervention, the bowel probably is not often visualized during such attacks. In instances of negative abdominal exploration, in which it is suspected that gastrointestinal allergy may be the correct diagnosis, the gross appearance throughout the bowel is that of a mild edema, if any change at all is noted. In an intestinal resection recently performed by us for presumed regional enteritis, the diagnosis on histological examination proved to be gastrointestinal allergy. The occurrence of striking localized changes in the gross appearence of the bowel, as the result of an allergic response, is probably rare, and the possibility of such an occurrence is surely not widely recognized. REPORT OF CASE A. E., male, aged 26, was admitted to the University hospital on July


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the social divisions in maternal employment patterns post‐childbirth, recorded by earlier studies have persisted for a later cohort of mothers that had a pregnancy in the early 2000s, in the context of an expansion of childcare and other improvements in reconciliation measures.Design/methodology/approach – Longitudinal data from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study are analysed using logistic regression.Findings – It was found that mothers are more likely to be employed, and employed full‐time, when their child is aged three if they were employed during the pregnancy and resumed employment within nine months of the birth. The mothers' occupational class, ethnicity, household composition and the working hours of a partner also have independent associations with the probability of maternal employment once the child is aged three.Research limitations/implications – The authors would expect these results to be modified – but not overturned – in a different...


Abstrak. The purpose of this research is to find out the role of teachers in implementing assertive discipline in senior high school students. The implementation of this research is to find information about how the role of teachers in applying assertive discipline in managing the classroom in English learning. Furthermore, this research is a descriptive research and the data were obtained from 2 English teachers in Man 1 Solok Selatan. To collect data, the researcher used observation checklist, and field notes, as instruments in this study. Based on the results of data analysis, the researcher concluded that English teachers who teach in classes X and XI, Man 1 Solok Selatan apply assertive discipline well, as evidenced by the existence of reference indicators about the role of teachers in applying assertive discipline. Teachers who teach English in classes X and XI, have fulfilled 14 sub indicators.


WHEREAS, on January 13, 2017, I issued Proclamation 17-01, proclaiming a state of emergency in Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Klickitat, Kittitas, King, Lewis, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Pierce, Skamania, Snohomish, Stevens, Spokane, Thurston, Walla Walla, Whitman, Yakima counties for a severe winter storm producing extensive snowfall and ice causing hazardous driving conditions and extended road closures on mountain passes and roadways throughout the lowlands and high elevations; and


Measurements of the neutral atmosphere and their relationship to electrodynamic conditions in the mesosphere have been of interest for many years. Inflatable falling sphere measurements along with electrodynamic measurements were obtained in conjunction with the occurrence of PMSE and NLC during the DROPPS/MIDAS Campaign conducted in July 1999 from Andenes Rocket Range, Norway. The inflatable failing sphere measurements in conjunction with a PMSE event on 5-6 July and with a NLC event on 14 July are used to infer thermal advection and its influence on the clouds' maintenance. Hodograph analysis, an early tropospheric tool used by analyst and forecasters, will be used to determine the magnitude and direction of thermal advection from measured wind data. Analysis of the wind structure through the use of hodographs and some assumptions can determine thermal advection, wind shear, and possible vertical motion. Changes in the temperature structure between allied observations were subtle which may be explained by advection. Because of meteorological instabilities in the mesosphere it is possible that hodograph analysis may not fully work. It is our intention to show that such analysis has value and has a place in the mesosphere.


A revision of the Asian genus Triadica is presented, with three species accepted, T. cochinchinensis, T. sebifera, and T. rotundifolia. For the latter species a new combination is proposed. One new synonym is included, as well as a key to and complete synonymy of all taxa, and a note on the validity of the name Croton macrocarpus.


Purpose – While the charity retail literature emphasizes the richness of human resource practices among charity retailers, it rarely makes the link between these practices and their interest for establishing charity retailers' brands. Simultaneously, while the retail branding literature increasingly emphasizes the central role of human resource practices for retail branding, it rarely explains how retailers should conduct such practices. The purpose of this study is to test the recent model proposed by Burt and Sparks in 2002 (the "fifth generation of retail branding") which proposes that a retail brand depends on the alignment between a retailer's substance (vision and culture) and its perceived image by customers.Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on an ethnographic study conducted within the Oxfam Trading Division, GB from October to December 2002.Findings – The study supports the Burt and Spark's model and makes explicit the practice of human resource for branding. The study demonstra...


A supply chain design problem involving a single supplier, multiple retailers, and some stochastic demand associated with each retailer was analyzed in the paper. A non-linear mixed integer model is presented to incorporate inventory control decisions into a typical facility location. A simulated annealing algorithm is developed for the model. Numerical application denotes the optimization method operated rapidly and the result is rational, so it provides scientific guidance for the supply chain design problem.


Background: Perceived inability to work predicts a negative outcome of rehabilitation. Objectives: To analyse self-rated inability to work, (SIW), before and after a rehabilitation programme in the primary care, and the risk factors for persistent SIW. Patients: Immigrant patients aged 20–45 years. Methods: Somatic status, ratings of psychosocial stressors and interviews about concepts of pain were performed. Anxiety about pain, depression, and SIW were evaluated before (SIW1) and after (SIW2) the programme consisting of conversations about pain, and daily exercise. Correlation statistics was done by non-parametric methods. The odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) as having SIW2 were calculated by logistic regression. Results: 49 men and 100 women with service-jobs, on the average 38 years, participated. All had pain from muscular structures in the shoulder, back and/or hip regions, 62% had a previous sick leave > 3 months, 54% had much psychosocial stress and 21% remained depressed. The frequencies of anxiety about pain decreased from 76% to 50%, and SIW from 75% to 60% (p < 0.001). The risks as having SIW2 were increased for participants on sick leave 3 months: OR 5.4 (95% CI 2.4–12.3), with persistent anxiety about pain, OR 3.6 (1.7–8.0) or much psychosocial stress: OR 3.4 (1.5–7.8). Conclusion: The frequency of SIW remained high despite a significant decrease. Preceding long sick leave, anxiety about the pain and psychosocial stress increased the risk of persistent SIW, implying the necessity of further improving the methods of reducing anxiety and the use of only short periods of sick leave in this category of patients.


In this paper, we argue that one of the reasons for the inconsistent findings regarding the relationships between peer monitoring, intrateam trust and team performance is that past research has neglected within-team dispersion. We introduce 'trust asymmetry' and 'monitoring consensus' as critical dispersion properties of trust and monitoring and hypothesize that these moderate the relationships between mean monitoring, mean trust and team performance. Findings from a cross-lagged panel study strongly support our hypotheses. A second crosssectional study largely replicates these findings and offers support for an integrative model involving mean and dispersion levels of both trust and monitoring.


A vortex beam is employed in multiple-plate compression to overcome the crystal damage threshold. 190-fs, 1030-nm pulses are compressed to 42 fs with a pulse energy 5.5 times higher than the Gaussian beam counterpart.


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In this paper, a procedure for the optimal design of rural drainage networks is presented and demonstrated. The suggested approach, exploring the potentialities offered by heuristic methods for the solution of complex optimization problems, is based on the use of a Genetic Algorithm (GA), coupled with a steady and uniform flow hydraulic module. In particular, this work has focused: on one hand, on the problems of a technical nature posed by the correct sizing of a drainage network; on the other hand, on the possibility to use a simple but nevertheless efficient GA to reach the minimal cost solution very quickly. The suitability of the approach is tested with reference to small and large scale drainage networks, already considered in the literature.


Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) together form a promising paradigm that enables the slicing of heterogeneous network resources for agile and efficient service customization. Among other techniques, virtual network function (VNF) mapping and scheduling are crucial to the deployment of SDN/NFV-enabled network services. In this paper, to enhance the performance of service provisioning, dynamic VNF mapping and scheduling are jointly investigated. Specifically, to achieve load balancing with QoS guarantee, we first formulate the VNF mapping and scheduling problem as a mixed integer linear programming (MILP). We then propose a two-stage online algorithm to address the NP-hardness of the MILP. In particular, when new service arrives, we map and schedule the VNFs on a service function chain (SFC) by greedily minimizing the waiting time of VNFs. If the delay requirement cannot be satisfied after the first stage, a delay-aware rescheduling scheme is triggered, in which selected existing VNFs are remapped and rescheduled. The proposed dynamic approach achieves flexible function placement and increases service acceptance ratio. Simulation results are provided to validate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.


The ESA gamma-ray observatory INTEGRAL, launched on 17 October 2002, continues to produce a wealth of discoveries and new results on compact high energy Galactic objects, nuclear gamma-ray line emission, diffuse line and continuum emission, cosmic background radiation, AGN, high energy transients and sky surveys. The observing programme, fully open to the scientific community at large, is built from the community's feedback to the Announcements of Opportunity, issued about once per year. The mission's technical status is healthy and INTEGRAL is continuing its scientific operations well beyond its 5-year technical design lifetime. This paper will briefly summarize the overall current status.


Cerebral demyelization was formed in a patient after levamisole therapy for occult tumor. This patient had no evidence of previous neurologic diseases. Levamisole was administered eight months before admission. Over a period of several days, double vision and weakness over left-side extremities were observed. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium enhancement demonstrated multiple enhancing inflammatory plaques. A meticulous systemic work -up including positron emission tomography (PET) was arranged but failed to uncover any systemic occult tumor or distant cerebral metastases. Multifocal inflammatory leukoencephalopathy (MIL) was impressed according to published literature. The patient's conditions were improved after the discontinuation of levamisole treatment and a short course of corticosteroid therapy. Despite simulation of drug-induced MIL newly formed lesions were observed in followed-up cerebral MRI four months after his discharge. Based on the aforementioned clinical manifestations, laboratory findings and correlated imaging studies, it is our proposal that levamisole could be a triggering factor in developing multiple sclerosis. It is therefore imperative for frontline clinicians to be aware of such malady and further avoidance in the susceptible.


In recent years there has been a huge increase of personal and enterprise services relying on the interconnection of embedded devices, often called Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications. Nowadays, components are interconnected through a custom and proprietary networking tier prohibiting their re-use across different applications. The closed design and use case specific architecture of current solutions excludes the sharing of many generic functions, or the reuse of solutions for the same application. ETSI recently founded a Technical Committee on M2M communication, which aims at defining a common architecture to achieve a fully horizontal view, where a common network and application infrastructure can connect different M2M domains and can be shared by different applications. The Release 1 of the functional architecture has been published in October 2011 and, at the same time, Intecs and other partners were demonstrating publicly its main functions by means of a working prototype, with several use cases of business and social interest.


Abstract We identified a novel abnormal hemoglobin variant caused by a frameshift mutation at nucleotide position 396 in exon 3 of the β-globin gene (HBB): NM_000518:c.396delG. This variant causes an emergence of alternative amino acid sequence starting at codon 133 and a new stop codon formed in the 3′ untranslated region (3′UTR) of the HBB gene at amino acid position 158. This β-globin gene variant was identified in a woman with a long history of hemolytic anemia. We named this variant Hb Ryazan after the proband's city of origin.


Usually manual human modeling is very complex.In order to improve the efficiency of 3D human modeling deformation,a fast human modeling algorithm is proposed.The generic models are deformed through extracting the contours feature points of the human body photo and Radial Basis Function(RBF) is adopted as deformation algorithm.After texture mapping,realistic and personalized 3D human models are produced.We select generic male and female human body models,and the realistic virtual human modeling of men and women are completed.The experiment results show that our algorithm is effectively feasible.


This article presents the evolution of the Spanish Academic Libraries Network (REBIUN), an association integrated into CRUE (Spanish University Presidents Conference). REBIUN represents and supports all Spanish academic and research libraries, and the organisation has recently drafted and approved a new Strategic Plan for 2003-2006 revising its mission and future vision.


The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has developed and field tested a coherent ultrawideband polarimetric random noise radar system that shows great promise in its ability to covertly estimate Doppler and image targets and terrain features. The system uses the technique of heterodyne correlation processing to preserve phase coherence, an essential ingredient in Doppler estimation and imaging applications. Prior work has been presented at past SPIE conferences on this topic. Some recent exciting developments have taken place that further underscore the utility of this system in operational scenarios. These include the accurate estimation of Doppler velocities, and achievement of theoretical slant-range and cross-range resolutions in SAR and ISAR imaging in an outdoor environment at approximately 200 meters range using a photonic delay line provided by SPAWAR. The experimental results are also supported by theoretical modeling and more controlled experimentation. This paper will summarize recent developments and discuss future research directions in this area.


Ar+ ions were implanted into Ge samples with (100), (110), (111) and (112) orientations at 15 K with fluences ranging from 1 × 1011 to 1 × 1014 cm−2. The Rutherford backscattering (RBS) technique in the channelling orientation was used to study the damage build-up in situ. Implantation and RBS measurements were performed without changing the target temperature. The samples were mounted on a four axis goniometer cooled by a close cycle He cryostat. The implantations were performed with the surface being tilted 7° off the ion beam direction to prevent channelling effects. After each 300 keV Ar+ implantation, RBS analysis performed with 1.4 MeV He+ ions. The damage efficiency per ion was found to be Pa =4.5 × 10−14 cm−2. There is no significant difference in the values found for the four different orientations. This, together with the high value (5 times higher than that found in Si), gives rise to the assumption of amorphous pocket formation per incident ion, i.e. direct impact amorphisation, already at low implantation fluences. At higher fluences, when collision cascades overlap, there is a growth of the already amorphised regions. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In Parkinson's disease, the dopaminergic neurones in the substantia nigra undergo degeneration. While the exact mechanism for the degeneration is not completely understood, neuronal apoptosis and neuroinflammation are thought to be key contributors. We have recently established that MMP‐3 plays crucial roles in dopaminergic cell death and microglial activation.


The microdialysis technique is an invasive, expensive and a new real-time continuous in vivo sampling technique. The microdialysis technique with high sensitivity, good selectivity of modern analytical techniques combined with truly online real-time in vivo determination of the endogenous substances and drugs, which can effectively shorten the sampling time and increase the sample stability, can save time and cost savings and improve time resolution to accurately observe the rapid changes that are a major breakthrough in vivo drug analysis. When considering the need for on-line coupled with analysis of microdialysis, the probe recovery, perfusion rate, relative molecular weight analytes, such as the impact on the recovery of the probe, as well as analysis requires sample volume, analytes concentration range, the methods of the sample and related factors limit of quantification, analysis speed and others. In the recent years, the microdialysis technique is applied in all the fields such as the brain, blood, skin and others. But however, this technology itself also has some limitations such as the determination of oil-water partition coefficient greater drug determination, low levels content of drugs determination, the probes implanted reproducibility and other problems. In this review, we would like to focus on the microdialysis technique principles, its advantages and limitations, the each type of the microdialysis probes, the microdialysis technique quantitative factors, the application on the brain, blood, eye, pharmacokinetic, distribution study and others, and the microdialysis technique on-line coupled to the modern analysis technology.


Cloud computing technology providing services rather than a product that permits users to use applications without installation of applications and access their files, application on any personal computer, laptop, tab and mobile devices within the internet or intranet connection. Whereby the software, shared resources and information are provided as a utility network. The Cloud may share data in flexible manner across multiple users. Cloud computing are an internet based sharing service. It has some benefits as avoidance of capital expenditure on personal maintenance, Hardware, software and relief of online burden data storage in a network. Many users can continuously access service from the remote locations. Cloud arises some issues in data security, privacy, integrity, dynamic updates. On the user side every time it is not possible to check their data consistency of stored data on cloud storage. The cloud server stores large amount of data which does not offer guarantees on data integrity and consistency. This problem is solved by a public auditing method, which ensure the integrity and to reduce online burden on cloud data storage. So that user can resort to Third-Party Auditor (TPA) to audit the data by using the ring signatures for data security. The preserving identity privacy of the signer on each block from the TPA means, the group is pre-defined before sharing data is created in the cloud. The membership of each user in the group is not changed during the data sharing stage. The original user is responsible for who is able to share his data before outsourcing data to the cloud. The TPA audits the integrity of shared data across dynamic groups of users in the cloud. Keywords— cloud computing, privacy policy, preserving, public auditing, shared data, ring signature


For us to meet the demands of fifth generation technologies, device‐to‐device (D2D) communication is foreseen to be an important part of fifth generation networks. Device‐to‐device communication brings significant improvement in user's throughput, battery life, communication delay, and resource usage. Device‐to‐device links share the same resource with the cellular links that results in interference between cellular users and D2D user equipments. This interference can be managed by suitable resource allocation algorithms. The selection of D2D or cellular communication mode is also a hot research issue. Many research works are available in literature on the aforementioned issues regarding D2D communication, but there is no survey available in the literature. To facilitate the researchers, we present a detailed and systematic survey on resource allocation, interference management, and mode selection in D2D communication in this paper. Initially, the taxonomy based overview of D2D communication is provided, and the classification of the works is outlined. Then, the works regarding mode selection are reviewed in detail. Furthermore, interference management schemes to handle the interference caused by the underlying nature are also surveyed. Then, the available literature on resource allocation schemes in D2D perspective are presented. Finally, some open research problems are identified that deserve further research.


A method of contactless identification is proposed for steel ladles to eliminate manual inputs that negatively affect the monitoring system of ladles. It is an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) method based on the principle of radio data transmission between the sensor and a moving object (in our case, a ladle), which is equipped with a so-called transponder (RFID tag). The RFID tag was part of the ladle; it was placed on its shell, reaching a temperature often exceeding 250 °C. The temperature limit for using an RFID transponder is 120 °C. For this reason, thermal insulation protection was made for the RFID transponder. Its design was preceded by simulations of temperature fields using numerical methods. The aim was to compare the resulting values obtained from numerical simulations with the actually measured temperatures and, on this basis, to subsequently perform a numerical simulation for conditions that are not operationally measurable.


Our current official classification of personality disorders is fundamentally flawed by its assumption that personality disorder is composed of multiple discrete categorical disorders. The current list of clusters and categories are highly redundant and overlapping. Systematic diagnosis of so many categories is not feasible in clinical practice and unjustifiable in psychometric research. Predictive power of categorical diagnoses is weak and inconsistent. (Cloninger, 2000,106–107)


The influence of a filler on melt-mixed conducting polymer blends of poly(3-octylthiophene) (POT) has been examined with respect to their morphology, rheology, conductivity and acid-base properties. The matrix polymers used were low density polyethylene (LDPE), poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and the filler was non-conducting aluminum borate whiskers. These blends show two-phase behavior when examined by scanning electron microscopy. It was found that the adhesion at the polymer-filler interface in combination with the viscosity ratios between the polymers exerts a considerable influence on the morphology and hence on the conductivity. For the PE/POT blends, addition of whiskers changed the morphology and increased the conductivity by several orders of magnitude. The conductivity of blends with PVC was almost unchanged while the conductivity of PMMA blends slightly decreased upon addition of whiskers. The interactions between whiskers and the polymers used decreased in the ...


The Sama of the southern Philippines are reconstructing the nature of Islamic knowledge, the ways one knows Islam, and the constitution of religious authority. Mass education has played a major role in shaping these Islamic discourses. This article examines the ways the Sama construct their understandings of Islam and the ways mass education in the Philippines has shaped modern Islamic discourses and laid the foundation for the reception of international Islamist teachings. [Philippines, Sama, Islam, education, Islamic mysticism, Islamic reform].


An important place among the advantages of cutting tools for broaching, in addition to high efficiency, is held by the high resistance due to the structure in which the forming elements duplicate partially or completely. An important advantage of the broach tool is also its capacity for multiple re-sharpening, allowing recovering the parameters of cutting of a conventionally worn tool up to the characteristics of a new one, within the tolerances range. Due to these qualities, cases where the broach is used for years in plants especially in the case of a small-scale production, are quite common. In these circumstances, its intelligent maintenance, implying regular monitoring of tool condition, proper storage, timely re-sharpening is of great importance. Information support for tool operation with a long service life is impossible without the development and continuous implementation of special organizational methods, which is the most important task of the tool part and engineering technological services of the enterprise. This article describes the experience in the creation, development, practical use of the monitoring system, using the example of angular broaches. This system allowed systematization of all information on machined parts, planning measures for re-sharpening, predicting the remaining life of broaches, determine the economic effect obtained from the operation of each tool item. The introduction of monitoring has become a driving factor in the development of a series of measures for improvement of examination, storage and maintenance of the broach tools. In addition, the monitoring system provided valuable statistical material used for quality management purposes, timely provision of plants with broach tools. All of the above mentioned ultimately allowed us to obtain a significant economic effect, and statistical information became the basis for scientific research conducted at the enterprise.


Many water resources problems require careful balancing of fiscal, technical, and social objectives. Informed negotiation and balancing of objectives can be greatly aided through the use of evolutionary multiobjective optimization (EMO) algorithms, which can evolve entire tradeoff (or Pareto) surfaces within a single run. The primary difficulty in using these methods lies in the large number of parameters that must be specified to ensure that these algorithms effectively quantify design tradeoffs. This technical note addresses this difficulty by introducing a multipopulation design methodology that automates parameter specification for the nondominated sorted genetic algorithm‐II (NSGA‐II). The NSGA‐II design methodology is successfully demonstrated on a multiobjective long‐term groundwater monitoring application. Using this methodology, multiobjective optimization problems can now be solved automatically with only a few simple user inputs.


Multi-station turntable, widely used in industrial automation field, has become an indispensable device in the automation assembly line. The positioning accuracy of traditional mechanical turntable is largely affected by the machining accuracy of Geneva wheel, Ratchet and Cam. The positioning accuracy level has a crucial influence on processing and assembly accuracy, and production efficiency. This paper presents a measuring method to measure positioning accuracy by eddy current sensor. To achieve the positioning accuracy the writer measures the distance between the probe and the measuring block in the circumferential tangent direction. When the turntable turns to a station, the sensor probe is manually adjusted to align it with the measuring block. In this way, the positioning accuracy can be measured conveniently and directly.


This chapter examines telephone consultations between genetic nurses and new mothers whose infants have been diagnosed with the hereditary condition G6PD deficiency. These consultations aim at informing the mothers about the condition and its management. We focus on interactions with so-called "knowledgeable mothers", in which participants' epistemic statuses (knowledgeable nurses vs. less knowledgeable mothers) and their related identities (e.g. expert – lay person) are challenged. We examine how the participants discursively negotiate each other's epistemic authority, while simultaneously constructing specific identities for themselves and others. We show that epistemic "struggles" become an integral part of achieving the aim of these consultations, namely that the mothers are able to manage the condition of their infants.


UNITED STATES ECONOMIC PENETRATION OF VENEZUELA AND ITS EFFECTS ON DIPLOMACY, 1895-1906. By Charles Carreras. (New York: Garland, 198Z Pp. 252, $44.00 cloth.) THE UNITED STATES AND SOMOZA, 1933-1956: A REVISIONIST LOOK. By Paul Coe Clark, Jr. (Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1992. Pp. 239. $4Z95 cloth.) THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S CARIBBEAN: THE PANAMA CANAL, THE MONROE DOCTRINE, AND THE LATIN AMERICAN CONTEXT. By Richard H. Collin. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. Pp. 598. $45.00 cloth.) THE RICH NEIGHBOR POLICY: ROCKEFELLER AND KAlSER IN BRAZIL. By Elizabeth Anne Cobbs. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1992. Pp. 273. $30.00 cloth.) PRIZE POSSESSION: THE UNITED STATES AND THE PANAMA CANAL, 19031979. By John Major. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Pp. 432. $49.95.) AN UNWANTED WAR: THE DIPLOMACY OF THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN OVER CUBA, 1895-1898. By John L. Offner. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992. Pp. 306. $39.95 cloth, $14.95 paper.) HAITI AND THE UNITED STATES: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT. By Brenda Gayle Plummer. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992. Pp. 303. $45.00 cloth, $18.50 paper.) AMERICAN POLICY IN NICARAGUA: THE LASTING LEGACY: By Henry L. Stimson, introduction by Paul H. Boeker. (New York: Markus Wiener, 1991. Pp. 268. $29.95 cloth, 14.95 paper. First published in 192Z) KENNEDY Y LOS TRUJILLO. By Bernardo Vega. (Santo Domingo, D.R.: Fundaci6n Cultural Dominicana, 1991. Pp. 423.) COLD WARRIORS AND COUPS D'ETAT: BRAZILIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS, 1945-1964. By W. Michael Weise (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1993. Pp. 262. $3Z50 cloth.)


OBJECTIVE: To use the Minimum Data Set (MDS) to derive a risk‐adjustment model for pressure ulcer development that may be used in assessing the quality of nursing home care.


The article is dedicated to a forgotten figure in the history of Ukrainian medieval studies – Viktor Solomonovych Reizhevsky (1907–1937). His life is examined within the framework of "intellectual history" and the study of "second-tier" scholars. The latter direction has gained considerable prominence in modern biographical research, drawing attention to "ordinary workers of science and scholarship." V. S. Reizhevsky came from a Jewish family that was fairly wealthy before the revolution. Reizhevsky's father was a doctor, and Victor Solomonovych himself received a good home education and matriculated at the Odesa Institute of People's Education (OINO). After a few years, due to the purely pedagogical nature of the curriculum at the OINO, Reizhevsky transferred to Leningrad University, where he was later arrested for participating in an "illegal" group. From then on, the rest of Reizhevsky's life was plagued by arrests. Because of this, his main scholarly works (on the history of France, Florence, and the reign of Ivan the Terrible) remained in manuscript. Together with his friends A. Bulanov and Yu. Ostrovsky (the latter arrested in Moscow in 1932), he was eventually sent into exile in the Urals. After his release in 1934, Reizhevsky returned to his "small homeland" of Odesa, where he dreamed of finding a "safe haven." However, this was not to be: in 1936, after the beginning of the "Great Terror," he was arrested again and taken to Moscow. The trial lasted six months; the scholar was sentenced to death. Thus, the fate of Victor Reizhevsky is a kind of "story without a moral" – due to repressions and persecution, he was unable to realize his creative potential. In Odesa, where he worked in the last years of his life, he did not leave behind an academic school, and so the Department of Medieval History had to be re-created anew after World War II.


As technology continues to advance at phenomenal speeds, the method of transferring a message continues to change. From ancient smoke signals to Twitter, the complicated process of communication continues to evolve. One aspect of that evolution is the ongoing development of new online social networking applications. This paper will use surveys to explore how technology affects LGBT individuals and how they may utilize online social networking applications for personal relationships. Special attention is given to defining personal relationships into three categories: friendship, dating, and causal sex "hooking up." It is my hypothesis that research may reveal a correlation between high users of online social networking applications and an increased sexual promiscuity among LGBT individuals. Furthermore, research may reveal a correlation between age and usage of online social networking applications within LGBT individuals.


The purpose of this paper is concern about a new campus ministry style in under the light of Missio Dei. A multi-religious situation, where student have their own several religious faiths, not just one Christian faith, gives a strong challenge to rethink campus ministry. The time of hostility and coercive evangelism against other religious persons has changed into deep inter-understanding and dialogue. Pagan are no longer an enemy, But persons all member have to serve in love. To revise the campus ministry, several major theological theme are necessary. The theology of Missio Dei has changed the concept of mission, and it also has affected campus ministry. Seen under the Missio Dei, the campus is a mission field, faculty and staff are instrument of God's mission. This paper summarizes recent theory of religious pluralism and ask what campus ministry is shown in the light of Missio Dei. The Missio Dei changed concept of mission and makes one able to rethink the church not as subject but as object in mission. Only God is the subject of mission. and the church is an instrument of God's mission, the university community is also an instrument of God's mission. So the campus should participate in God's mission with a variety of activities.


To evaluate possible variations over time (2006-2013) in trace element levels in livers from adult specimens of great egret from the São Paulo Metropolitan Region (SPMR), recent data and published data have been used. The elements Br, Cl, Co, Cs, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Rb, Se and Zn were determined by Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) and the toxic elements Cd and Hg by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS). The large inter annual variations observed for several elements showed the importance of expanding the time period for this analysis as the series is considered short (<10


XLIM (French research institute based at the University of Limoges) has just launched a new project which is called Michelson project and whose the concept has been patented. The objective is to measure an electromagnetic field in a selected location. This system is composed of a target, a receiving antenna, and a system of acquisition. The target is illuminated by the incident field which must be measured. This field is diffracted by this target in different directions and according to different polarizations. A receiving antenna is placed at a given place and recovers the diffracted field at this location. The purpose is to come back to the incident field which lights up the target from the voltage measured on the receiving antenna output. To obtain the incident field, a global transfer function of this system must be calculated before. One of many possible applications of this system is the measurement of high power which could be destructive for traditional receiving systems. Moreover this system doesn't disturb much the field in the zone of the measurement The first tests validating this concept have been realized with transient pulse signals in ultra wide band condition


This paper presents a calibration technique for mismatch-constrained digital-to-analog converters (DACs). The architecture is based on a fully flexible unit current cell assignment. The calibration is performed in a highly digital manner and does not require adjustment of on-chip analog voltages. The method significantly improves low-frequency linearity of the DAC with low hardware overhead and is ideally applicable to low-frequency calibration or dc-trimming DACs. This paper proposes multitude of algorithms that seek to assign the unit cells to minimize the residual error along with tradeoffs between achievable accuracy and calibration complexity in the algorithms. To validate the proposed calibration method, a prototype currentsteering DAC has been implemented in 90-nm/1.2 V CMOS technology. The implementation is highly regular, making it suitable for the restrictive design rules of deep sub micron process technologies. The experimental result shows that more than 3-b of linearity improvement is achieved by applying the proposed calibration technique, showing that substantial net area saving is possible in comparison with the brute-force sizing method.


The total mercury in soils was directly determined by gold amalgam trap-cold atomic absorption spectrophotometry.The method had a good linear relation in the range of 0.00-200 ng.The limit of detection was 0.005 mg kg-1(sample weight: 0.2 g).RSD of the samples was in the range of 0.995%-5.59% and recovery was from 88.8% to 103%.Compared with atomic fluorescence spectrophotometry,there was no significant differences between the results of this two methods in measuring total mercury.


p.4 Introduction p.7 1. Historical background p.9 a. Foundation and evolution of NATO b. End of the Cold War c. Cooperation between NATO and Russia 2. The Ukraine Crisis and the Russian Perspective p.19


As a core technology and an important research direction in the field of artificial intelligence research, artificial intelligence planning recognition has been widely used in many aspects of computer systems, and its application prospects and application value should not be underestimated. This paper systematically expounds the artificial intelligence planning recognition from the concept, classification, method, domestic and foreign research status and application fields of intelligent planning recognition. This paper provides a certain theoretical basis for the further research of artificial intelligence planning recognition planner.


A study was carried out on a new cholesterol reagent which was reported to be a saturated solution of ferrous sulfate in glacial acetic acid. This solution was shown to be unstable and it is suggested that the reactive state of the metal involved is that of the more stable trivalent ferric iron.


In the new situation,how to strengthen the supervision of the social security fund and give full play to the function of "immune system" of audit? This is a new topic which auditing organs are facing.In this paper,the significance of social security audit,the social insurance audit problems and the countermeasures we should take are analyzed.


Communication security and regulatory compliance have made the firewall a vital element for networked computers. They provide the protections between parties that only wish to communicate over an explicit set of channels, expressed through protocols, traveling over a network. These explicit set of channels are described and implemented in a firewall using a set of rules. The firewall implements the will of the organization through an ordered list of these rules, collectively referred to as a policy. In small test environments and networks, firewall policies may be easy to comprehend and understand; however, in real world organizations these devices and policies must be capable of handling large amounts of traffic traversing hundreds or thousands of rules in a particular policy. Added to that complexity is the tendency of a policy to grow substantially more complex over time and the result is often unintended mistakes in comprehending what is allowed, possibly leading to security breaches. Therefore, it is imperative that an organization is able to unerringly and deterministically reason about network traffic, while being presented with hundreds or thousands of rules. This work seeks to address this problem using a data structure, the Firewall Policy Diagram, in an effort to advance the state of large network behavior comprehension.


The isolation of nanocellulose from different agricultural residues is becoming an important research field due to its versatile applications. This work collects different production processes, including conditioning steps, pretreatments, bleaching processes and finally purification for the production of nanocellulose in its main types of morphologies: cellulose nanofiber (CNF) and cellulose nanocrystal (CNC). This review highlights the importance of agricultural wastes in the production of nanocellulose in order to reduce environmental impact, use of fossil resources, guarantee sustainable economic growth and close the circle of resource use. Finally, the possible applications of the nanocellulose obtained as a new source of raw material in various industrial fields are discussed.


ABSTRACT
This coursework has as object the study of the Judicial Precedents in Brazil and its adequacy to
the legal order. It aims to analyze the influence of judicial precedents, as well as the relation
between theory and judicial autonomy before the 2015's Code of Civil Procedure, based on the
understandings brought by the homeland doctrine and the legal provisions listed in the Brazilian
legal framework. Thus, from a documentary and bibliographical analysis, a historical panorama
is drawn, the determination of its fundamentals concepts and determinative arguments to the
attribution of mandatory of observation of its determinant motives, from an examination of the
legal security, isonomy, judge's impartiality, cost savings and judiciary's efficiency. Finally,
an analysis is made of the conflict between the judge's functional independence and the force
of judicial precedents. Confirming the hypothesis, it is possible to realize that there is not
mitigation of judicial autonomy in view of the mandatory force of judicial precedents. The true
intention of the insertion of the theory is encouraging the judge's creativity, as well as by
valuing the rationality and hermeneutics of decisions.


An apparatus has been developed for the precise measurement of the departure from a true cylinder of a 50 mm diameter bar. Four orthogonally disposed capacitance probes are mounted on a stage which can be moved along the rotating bar. The capacitance measurements use a novel technique employing sigma-delta modulation of the bridge arm voltage


Three major groups of psychological theories represent contemporary currents of thought as to the nature of the developing child. The psychoanalytic perspective sees the newborn as being in a state of original sin with growth directed toward overcoming this irrational condition. Learning theory views the child as neither good nor bad and emphasizes the importance of modifying the environment to produce desirable changes in behavior. Cognitive theory looks at the child as basically good and in need of affirmation and support in order to realize his full potential. Each of these approaches is analyzed as it relates to a Christian consideration of the developing child.


A case of successfully repaired sinus of Valsalva-right ventricular fistula in a young male is presented. Exertional palpitation and dyspnea, slight enlargement of heart, and the continuous machinery murmur maximally heard at the left 3rd intercostal space, were the chief clinical manifestations and signs. Diagnosis was suspected by the right heart catheterization and confirmed with the direct entrance of arterial catheter into the right ventricle from immediately above the aortic valve in retrograde aortography.Under the total cardiopulmonary bypass, using the pump oxygenator, aneurysm of Valsalva sinus was resected and sutured, and associated high IVSD was also closed. Postoperative course was uneventful.Brief summary of cases of this disease in Japan is also tabulated.


Background: This study investigated the level of fear of smoking- related harms for teenagers of different gender, different levels of smoking behaviour, and difference in smoking levels of friends and family members, as influenced by warning graphic images on cigarette packs. The study also compared levels of this fear in categories based on participants' perception (e.g., scarier or less scary images). Design and Methods: The sample group was 353 undergraduate students at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi in Bangkok, Thailand. Questionnaires containing 21 warning graphic images, aimed at measuring levels of fear of smoking-related harms, were conducted. Both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, such as independent and dependent ttest, were used to analyse the data. Results: The results showed that warning graphic images exhibiting patients suffering from cancers (e.g., lung cancer or laryngeal cancer) and images of damaged body parts were perceived as the scariest warning images. In contrast, images that did not illustrate serious disease suffered by smokers were perceived as the least scary images. The scariest images generated a significant higher level of fear of smoking-related harms than the least scary images. In addition, non-smoking participants were more sensitive to scary warning images than smoking participants. It was also found that the level of fear of smoking-related harms was significantly based on individual cognitive judgment, and it was not affected by the influence of social groups such as friends and family members. Conclusions: Developing effective warning graphic images could directly contribute to individuals' perceived health risks and danger associated with smoking. Significance for public health Tobacco utilization has been ranked as the third cause of death in the world. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control stipulated that cigarette packaging must have warning graphic labels illustrating health risks and potential health effects caused by smoking. An understanding of people's perceived health risks and dangers associated with smoking behaviour when seeing warning images on cigarette packs is crucial. This study concluded that the use of smoking warning images on cigarette packs is still necessary and should be continuously developed, to promote smoking cessation or to reduce new smoker rate, particularly among late-teenagers.


The mathematical theory of the motion of ions in the ion source has been applied to evaluate the ion beam transmission efficiency. In the absence of any repeller field, ions from a narrow horizontal strip of width equal to that of the exit slit are withdrawn. On the other hand, in the presence of a repeller field the ion withdrawal space consists of two star-shaped figures connected by a narrow canal. The dimensions of the star-shaped figures are comparable with the width of the entrance slit, which is about ten times the width of the exit slit. When the ion withdrawal space is a maximum, the transmission efficiency is a maximum. The repeller field for a maximum ion withdrawal space is about 032 per cent of the accelerating field. The mass discrimination for heavy ions due to a weak source magnetic field (a few hundred gauss) is negligible.


THE IMPACT ON ADA ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THE LOCK-OUT MODE OF A COMPUTERIZED PREREQUISITE CHECKING SYSTEM by Jon Alan Kangas, Ph.D. San Jose/Evergreen Community College District (SJ/ECCD) November 18, 1988 When a discipline enters a lock-ont mode in the SJ/ECCD, the computer prevents registration in the classes of that discipline unless the coaputer can verify that the student has a prerequisite or the student sees a counselor and has prerequisites verified through information not available to the coaputer. The ADA for the following seven disciplines was gathered for each semester before and after entering a lock-out aode: ART, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, ELECTRONICS, ENGLISH, ESL, LASER, and MATH. The percentage change for the first and second semester in the lock-out 'ode was calculated in relationship to the like semesters (FALL to FALL) one year previous. Discipline DISCIPLINE % Change in Iglu, of LO from 1 Yr. Previous ADA % Change in 2nd Sea, of LO DISTRICT ADA t Change in 1st Sem. [roil Yr, Previous of LO from 1 Yr. Previous ART 29.63 N/A 1.34 COMPUTER TECH -21.33 N/A 7.34 ELECTRONICS 1.14 N/A 7.34 ENGLISH -1.62 6.12 -1.91 ESL -15.32 1.92 1.43 LASER -25.83 N/A 1.34 MATH 6.00 N/A 1.34 ART increased in WSCH 29.63 from Fall '86-'87. The lock-out mode did not seek to hinder ART from a large increase in ADA. It should be noted that Art has 'any courses without prerequisites. COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, LASER, AND ELECTRONICS entered the lock-out mode together during the midst of a long term decline in the electronics industry in Silicon Valley. ADA before and after lock-out charged 21.33, -25.83, and 1.14, respectively. Having carefully enforced prerequisites even before the lock-out, it would appear that the long tern decline associated with economic conditions was more of an influence than entering the lock-out 'ode. The 1.14 increase in ELECTRONICS associated with entry into a loci-out aode was a teaporary increase in ADA in the n'ist of a long term decline. ENGLISH in the first semester of lock-out was down 7.62 from Fall '85-'86, paralleling a like decline in District ADA of 1.91. In the second semester of lock out, Spring '81, English was up 6.12% over Spring '86. These second semester increases were in spite of reductions in class size. ESL decreased 15.32% frog Spring '86-'87, but recovered with an increase of 1.92% during the second semester of the lock-out, from Fall '86 -'81. This was in the aidst of a tin when the ESL prograa was completely revised, class size reduced in ESL IA and 92, and the nutber of units reduced in sue courses. MATH increased 6% in ADA from Fall '86 -'81, with District ADA going up 1.34 %. The lock-out mode had little apparent impact on math. SUMMARY COMMENT; Three disciplines increased ADA during the first semester of lock out, four went down. The two disciplines for which data was available went down the first semester and recovered the second. Econokic conditions in three disciplines and severe prograk changes and class size reductions in another, along with entering a lock-out mode, were associated with declines. Our District has been above its ADA cap each year since the lock out was introduced. It appears at this point that it is possible to enforce prerequisites without sajor/perianent decline in ADA. A three-year phase in of the lock-out mode along with careful monitoring of the potential impact on program and strong recruiting efforts by the District have all !Ielped titigate the impact of the lock-out mode on overall ADA. (1_ THE IMPACT ON ADA ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THE LOCK-OUT MODE OF A COMPUTERIZED PREREQUISITE CHECKING SYSTEM By Jon Alan Kangas, Ph.D. District Dean of Academic Standards I. Background When a discipline enters a lock-out mode in the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, the computer prevents registration in the classes of that discipline unless it can find the prerequisite for the particular class. Disciplines were phased into the lock-out mode over three year, beginning Fall 1986. This report indicates the actual ADA associated with the implementation of a lock-out mode for the first seven disciplines entering a lock-out mode from Fall '86 Fall '87: Art Computer Technology (CT) Electronics (Elect) English (Engl) English as a Second Language (ESL) Laser Math II. Method A. The actual ADA generated for each discipline that has entered d lock-out mode was listed for each semester from Fall 1984 through the present. This was done for each college, the discipline as a whole, and the District total ADA. The District total ADA was divided by 10, 50 or 100 to provide numbers nearer those of the disciplines in order to make graphing easier. The first semester that a course entered a lock-out mode was noted, as was the second and subsequent semesters. B. The percent increase for the discipline was noted for the first semester of lock out, compared to tho semester one year previous, i.e., Fall semesters were compared to the previous Fall semesters and Spring semesters to Spring semesters. C. The data for A and B, above, were put into tables and graphs to show the percent impact in ADA after entering a lock-out mode. D. Comments follow indicating the meaning of the results and indicating other variables that may have interacted with the implementation of the lock-out mode. For example, reductions of class size 1English and ESL happened at the same time that the lock-out mode be an in these disciplines.


We investigate the rotational evolution of young stars through Monte Carlo simulations. We simulate 280,000 stars, each of which is assigned a mass, a rotational period, and a mass accretion rate. The mass accretion rate depends on mass and time, following power-laws indices 1.4 and -1.5, respectively. A mass-dependent accretion threshold is defined below which a star is considered as diskless, which results in a distribution of disk lifetimes that matches observations. Stars are evolved at constant angular spin rate while accreting and at constant angular momentum when they become diskless. We recover the bimodal period distribution seen in several young clusters. The short period peak consists mostly of diskless stars and the long period one is mainly populated by accreting stars. Both distributions present a long tail towards long periods and a population of slowly rotating diskless stars is observed at all ages. We reproduce the observed correlations between disk fraction and spin rate, as well as between IR excess and rotational period. The period-mass relation we derive from the simulations exhibits the same global trend as observed in young clusters only if we release the disk locking assumption for the lowest mass stars. We find that the time evolution of median specific angular momentum follows a power law index of -0.65 for accreting stars and of -0.53 for diskless stars, a shallower slope that results from a wide distribution of disk lifetimes. Using observationally-documented distributions of disk lifetimes, mass accretion rates, and initial rotation periods, and evolving an initial population from 1 to 12 Myr, we reproduce the main characteristics of pre-main sequence angular momentum evolution, which supports the disk locking hypothesis. (abridged)


This article examines the attempt by the makers of the I965 'docudrama', La Bataille d'Alger, to depict and elucidate the experience of political violence, particularly torture, during the period I956-57, the apogee of the Franco-Algerian War. Over the past three years, the atrocities committed by the French in the name of 'pacification' have come under increasing scrutiny from historians, journalists, and film directors alike. Yet La Bataille d'Alger remains the most powerful and arguably the best-known work on the topic, in part because it challenges the same ontological certainties (the presence of the living, the absence of the dead) that practices such as abduction or 'disappearance' and clandestine execution bury. The film's objective, however, is antithetical to 'disappearance': this objective is to give voice to a history that simultaneously resists and demands articulation, and ultimately to reconstitute the fragmented or 'vanished' subject through narrative; to use cinema to summon the 'ghosts' of the past.


In continuation of a previous essay about how Pakistani Anglophone literature intervenes into the mainstream ecofeminist paradigm, in this essay I show how South Asian literature – specifically, Pakistani and Indian fiction – challenges the mainstream ecofeminist assumption of a symbolic woman–nature (land) connection where terms like fertile, barren, seed, rape, womb, virgin, etc. are used for both women and land, symbolically feminizing land, and naturalizing women. I argue that this woman–land connection cannot be merely regarded as symbolic because in the post/colonial South Asian societies that the selected texts present, women's bodies are actually treated as land, which in turn complicates the notion of women–land embodiment, allowing a deeper understanding of the cause of the twin oppression of women and land.


Background: Blindness is one of the most common problems in the world. Investigations tell us that,
annually, millions of child experience such these events and 25 percent of them end to a very serious
complications. Also, 10, 000 eyes get lost because of it's terrible effects, each year whereas, best surgeons,
can not do any thing about it and indeed it cost so expensive. So controlling this kinds of events and it's
complications, are so important step in community health services


In the era of big data, there is an urgent need to establish data trading markets for effectively releasing the tremendous value of the drastically explosive data. Data security and data pricing, however, are still widely regarded as major challenges in this respect, which motivate this research on the novel multi-blockchain based framework for data trading markets and their associated pricing mechanisms. In this context, data recording and trading are conducted separately within two separate blockchains: the data blockchain (DChain) and the value blockchain (VChain). This enables the establishment of two-layer data trading markets to manage initial data trading in the primary market and subsequent data resales in the secondary market. Moreover, pricing mechanisms are then proposed to protect these markets against strategic trading behaviors and balance the payoffs of both suppliers and users. Specifically, in regular data trading on VChain-S2D, two auction models are employed according to the demand scale, for dealing with users' strategic bidding. The incentive-compatible Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) model is deployed to the low-demand trading scenario, while the nearly incentive-compatible monopolistic price (MP) model is utilized for the high-demand trading scenario. With temporary data trading on VChain-D2S, a reverse auction mechanism namely two-stage obscure selection (TSOS) is designed to regulate both suppliers' quoting and users' valuation strategies. Furthermore, experiments are carried out to demonstrate the strength of this research in enhancing data security and trading efficiency.


An axial flow cyclone is a separator with high efficiency and low resistance. Researchers have extensively studied the structure and parameters that have the greatest influence on its performance. However, the influence of wall roughness on the performance of axial flow cyclones has been neglected for a long time. The wall roughness height can be changed by the manufacturing process and the effect of particles on the wall. Thus, in this study, the effects of roughness on an axial flow cyclone are investigated using a numerical simulation method. The Reynolds stress model and discrete phase model are used for gas and particle prediction and the simulation result were verified through experimentation. The results of the numerical simulation show that the roughness height has big influence on axial flow cyclones. The separation efficiency decreases and static pressure drop increases with increasing roughness height. This happens especially at high inlet velocity. The tangential velocity decreases, particularly near the inner surface of the cyclone, and axial velocity increases in the center of the pipe. The trends show that the degree of change reduced for all parameters with increasing roughness height.


A rigid body \mathcal{R} is moving in a Navier‐Stokes liquid \mathcal{L} that fills the whole space. We assume that all data with respect to a frame, \mathcal{F} , attached to \mathcal{R} , namely, the body force acting on \mathcal{L} , the boundary conditions on \mathcal{R} as well as the translational velocity, U , and the angular velocity, $\Omega$ , of \mathcal{R} are independent of time. We assume $\Omega$\neq 0 (the case $\Omega$=0 being already known) and take, without loss of generality, $\Omega$ parallel to the base vector e_{1} in \mathcal{F} . We show that, if the magnitude of these data is not "too large", there exists at least one steady motion of \mathcal{L} in \mathcal{F} , such that the velocity field and its gradient decay like (1+|x|)^{-1}(1+2{\rm Re} s(x))^{-1} and (1+|x|)^{-\frac{3}{2}}(1+2{\rm Re} s(x))^{-\frac{3}{2}}, respectively, where {\rm Re} is the Reynolds number and s(x) :=|x|+x_{1} is representative of the "wake" behind the body. This motion is unique in the (larger) class of motions having velocity field decaying like |x|^{-1} . Since {\rm Re} is proportional to |U\cdot e_{1}| , the above formulas show that the \mathcal{L} exhibits a wake behind \mathcal{R} if and only if U is not orthogonal to $\Omega$.


Alan Hodgkin. Chance and Design: Reminiscences of Science in Peace and War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xi + 412. ISBN 0-521-40099-6


The implementing of the second-phase of "National Demonstrative Higher Vocational School Construction" has brought new opportunities for higher technical and vocational colleges in China.The whole reviewing and selecting process of "National Backbone Higher Vocational School Construction" has fully reflected the sharp competition of policy resource contending.From Demonstrative to Backbone,the policy of National Demonstrative Higher Vocational School Con struction still has many defects such as goal deviating,belittling construction and attaching importance to the strong but overlooking the weak.The purpose and orientation of "National Demonstrative Higher Vocational School Construction" need to be defined and strengthened.Its sincere function as a bellwether to lead and help other higher technical and vocational colleges to develop well must be intensified.