Spectrum analyzer has a wide application in the field of signal analysis. A real- time spectrum analyzer based on data acquisition card(PCI- 6221) by using LabWindows /CVI virtual instrumentation platform was proposed. Multi- thread technique was applied to develop the signal sampling program,the display of signals,the filter,analyzing the spectrum and database management. Testing result proves that the real- time spectrum analyst can satisfy the performance requirement of universal oscilloscopes. Compared with the traditional spectrum analyzer,the design development costs low and the man- machine interface is more flexible and convenient.


With the fast development of socio-economic in rapidly urbanized region,more attention has been focused on the property of natural resources and environmental benefits.In this regard,ecological property,which is considered as one of the most significant resource and wealth in a country,has being concerned gradually in recent years.Dynamics of land use/cover at a wide range of scales throughout the world will inevitably result in various effects on the structure and function of ecological systems,with ecological property changing obviously and profoundly.With those reasons discussed above,the assessment of ecological property should be paid more attention,which will be useful for the sustainable development in rapidly urbanized region.In this paper,based on the theory of geography and ecology,with the aid of remote sensing data sources and GIS technology,we attempted to quantify the spatial and temporal dynamics of ecological property in Dongguan city,which experienced the fastest socio-economic development in Guangdong Province in the past two decades.The results showed that ecological property in Dongguan city changed prominently since 1988,with high and low values of property transforming frequently.The number of towns with per unit area ecological property decrease increased obviously,and most of these towns are located in the rapid economic developed areas of central and northern Dongguan.Per capita ecological property also decreased obviously with the lowest value in 1996.


In this paper, we proposed an improved CMPSI (Consumer Moving Path Similarity Index) algorithm to apply the consumer characteristics of shopping malls and beacon data. The proposed algorithm is a standardized index for defining the standardized similarity considering shopping route and stay time in each beacon area and combining them with similarity considering the definition. The improved CMPSI proposed in this paper is expected to be used as important information for marketing activities to increase profit by combining with consumer purchase information by using beacon service and to apply to other major offline shopping mall area.


The unharmoniousnes ukhuwah islamiyah show the intolerant attitude between Muslims. This intolerant attitude arises because it is too fanatical towards the mazhab of thought and closes itself to know the other mazhab. Therefore it is necessary knowledge of other mazhab. Lack of knowledge about other mazhab will result in a lack of tolerance for other mazhab. Because it will arise claim that the mazhab he embraced is the most correct mazhab. The jurisprudence between the mazhab can take them to armed conflicts that threaten the unity of Muslims because they are too fanatical about their mazhab without wanting to know the other mazhab. Until now the means used by society or the claimant of science in understanding various mazhab with the use of books tend to be thick that is by using the method of reading and understanding. This method is less effective considering the elements in society not only from the intellect but from various circles which need effective ways to understand and know the teachings of the various mazhab. Technology and information is used to convey all kinds of information in an interesting and easy to understand. Various technologies continue to be developed in all aspects of life ranging from household, industry, education and even weapons systems by various circles. Therefore, this field of initiative, offered a media of learning of fiqh based on technology and information called ABFI (Application of  Leraning Fiqh Ikhtilaf), this application contains about knowledge from various mazhab about fiqhiyah study. ABFI (Application of  Learning Fiqh Ikhtilaf) will be an Android-based app so that people can easily use this application. It is hoped that through this application the community can learn fiqh flexibly and the society is more open to open their horizons of knowledge about the jurisprudence of various mazhab besides what they already understand and believe.


Input data (ID) representative of a model are stored in a computer installation (ST) in memory cells (DF1). The data-processing equipment operates with a program which is directed, by means of first signals (i1) generated by one or more first activations of terminal members (TER'), to generate, with the aid of the said input data, representations of the surface of the body in the form of contours of a number of vertical sections extending through the centre axis of the body. The contours are presented one at a time on the screen of the computer installation. By means of second signals (i2), the said program is directed to simulate on the cross-sections/contours concerned an alteration or extension attributable to a variant of the model. With third signals (i3), the program is directed to store in memory cells (DF2) data attributable to the variant simulated by means of the altered or extended vertical sections. The latter data form or are utilized to generate output data (UD) from the installation (ST). It is proposed that Figure 6 should accompany the abstract.


Leptopilina boulardi (Barbotin et al.), a larval parasitoid of Drosophila spp., possesses a stalked egg, eucoiliform first- and second-stage larvae, and hymenopteriform third-, fourth-, and fifth-stage larvae, followed by a pupal and pharate adult stage. Host age at oviposition significantly affects parasitoid development, whereas host development is in turn affected by the presence of the parasitoid larva and host age when parasitized. The fact that, regardless of sex, adults from hosts parasitized within a 2-h period emerge over 5 days suggests that a density-independent component influences development time.


Proteins play vital roles in the proper functioning of all biological systems. It has become a consensus in the field of biochemistry that protein function, structure and dynamics are closely related, among which the dynamics holds the key to understand how protein structure ultimately determines its biological functions. This dissertation tries to thoroughly investigate protein conformation dynamics and local hydration dynamics at the most fundamental level with state-of-the-art femtosecond lasers and molecular biology techniques. Conformational fluctuations occur on many timescales, yet it is the ultrafast dynamics that are still not well understood. Using a single intrinsic tryptophan as the local optical probe, we strived to develop optical techniques that would allow one to see in real time ultrafast protein conformational dynamics. We choose horse heart cytochrome c (Cyt c) as a model system to investigate the local environmental conformational changes in the vicinity of both the tryptophan and heme. By utilizing ultrafast transient absorption to observe the absorption change of the ground-state of heme or tryptophan due to environmental response of the protein after perturbation, also


Compulsive sexual behaviors (CSB) are relatively common and associated with significant personal and social dysfunction. The underlying neurobiology is still poorly understood. The present study examines brain volumes and resting state functional connectivity in CSB compared with matched healthy volunteers (HV).


Levodopa is considered one of the most important medication for Parkinson symptoms control, it also first line agent for elderly and patients who symptoms don't control with other agents. However, it has several drug and nutrition interactions. A few case of levodopa enteral nutrition has been reported. J Pharm Care 2017; 5(3-4): 79-80. jpc.tums.ac.ir ► Please cite this paper as: Shahbazi F, Hosseini E, Karimpour H. Levodopa-benserazide Interaction with Enteral Nutrition: A Case Report. J Pharm Care 2017; 5(3-4): 79-80.


Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) is a technology for nondestructive characterization of the composition of materials based on the interaction of visible– infrared light (electromagnetic energy) with matter. There is potential for use of DRS to increase efficiencies and reduce costs in both large-area applications (soil survey, watershed management, pedo-transfer functions, soil quality indicators) and site-specific management problems (precision agriculture, farm advisory services, process studies). In particular, the ability to rapidly characterize large numbers of samples with DRS opens up new possibilities for risk-based approaches to soil evaluations that explicitly consider uncertainty in predictions and interpretations of soil properties. Over the next few years, developments can be expected toward cheaper and more portable spectrometers, coupled with more flexible software and easier calibration methods. The technology should be increasingly used in a wide range of soil studies and surveys, and spectrometers are likely to become standard equipment in soil laboratories. Soil spectral libraries will likely form the basis for a new generation of expert systems and probabilistic advisory systems for predicting soil properties and responses to soil management. DRS can also be used for characterization of organic resource quality for soil management. * Correct Citations: Shepherd KD, Walsh MG 2004. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for rapid soil analysis. In: Encyclopedia of Soil Science, edited By Rattan Lal.


A range of possible consumer price indices 2.2 As noted in Chapter 1, compilers have to take into account the needs of users in deciding on the group of households and range of co nsumption goods and services covered by a CPI. As the prices of different goods and serv ic s do not all change at the same rate, or even all move in the same direction, changing the c overage of the index will change the value of the index. Thus, there can be no unique CPI and a range of possible CPIs could be defined.


Abstract In this study a new technique for the evaluation of ohmic voltage drop (IR) during electrochemical polarisation measurements in thin phase layers of electrolytes as applied to a particular experimental arrangement is described. Four methods of IR evaluation are compared, one theoretical and three experimental.


The phase transition of chemically synthesized MoS2 nanocrystals (NCs) from the metallic 1T to the semiconducting 2H phase has been investigated in detail. The metallic 1T phase NCs were prepared by the Li+ intercalation–deintercalation exfoliation techniques followed by prolonged sonication. The effect of ex situ thermal annealing on MoS2 polymorphs and their transformation from the 1T to 2H phase has been extensively monitored by the X-ray photoelectron, Raman, and optical absorption spectroscopy techniques. Electrical conductivity measurements have also been carried out to probe the phase transition of the synthesized NCs. The temperature-dependent (10–350 K) electrical charge transport properties of variable-sized NCs have been investigated to probe the scaling of conductivity and activation energy with size, which are yet to be reported experimentally. The charge transport mechanisms through the NC assembly for different temperature regions have been modeled and it is observed that the electron trans...


Introduction: Io's atmospheric interaction with the Jovian plasma torus produces an intense UV-V aurora. Galileo images of Io in eclipse showed red, green, and blue glows from electron impact of both atomic and molecular species in Io's atmosphere. Two 12-minute exposures of Io's auroral spectrum from 1700–6000Å were taken with HST/STIS on August 7, 1999 during Io's eclipse [1]. We attempt to constrain the Pele-type volcanic activity by comparision of the observed and simulated spectra. Furthermore, the simulation spectra's sensitivity to inclusion of direct excitation of SO and the upstream electron temperature is examined. Model: Io's eclipse MUV spectrum from ~2400 to 6000 Å is simulated with our Monte Carlo electron transport code previously applied to simulating Io's [OI] 6300 Å and [SII] 6716 Å aurora [2,3]. The code can compute both the electron and excited neutral dynamics. The electron guided center motion is simulated in pre-computed magnetic and electric fields [4]. During each timestep, the representative electrons move along the magnetic field lines and drift due to the electric field. After each move step the electrons collide probabilistically with the local neutral gas. Neutral gas dynamics and chemistry were included through the use of a pre-computed atmospheric model. The atmospheric model discussed in [3] is improved by having Peletype plumes include an S2 concentration of 15%. Also, the appropriate plumes for August, 1999 are active [7]. Figure 1 shows a schematic of the model. Finally, since the SO2 MUV and S2 emission is not forbidden, we assume the excited molecular state spontaneously decays at the electron-neutral interaction position. SO2 MUV Spectrum: In order to simulate Io's MUV spectrum, we use Ajello's [8] experimental cross section and spectral data for electron impact of SO2 which produced SO band emission (MUV1) and SO2 band emission (MUV2). The emitted photon wavelength is determined from an approximate spectrum generated by linear interpolation between two laboratory spectra at energies bracketing the electron energy. Since the threshold for MUV2 emission is 5.3eV and the lowest incident electron energy we have spectral data for is 8eV, we assume that the MUV2 emission spectrum does not change significantly for incident electrons below 8eV. For a given MUV excitation event the wavelength of the emitted photon is chosen via acceptance/rejection on the appropriate spectrum given the incident electron energy. S2 Spectrum: Intense band emission from the S2 B 3 Σ ← X Σ transition emits from 2800–6400Å [9]. Unfortunately there is a lack of laboratory spectra and cross sections for electron excitation of S2. We thus pre-compute the resultant spectra from each upper state vibrational level, v′, using the spectroscopic constants in [9] and the Frank-Condon factors obtained from Langhoff [10]. These spectra are then used to generate a photon wavelength for each excitation event, given v′. The probability for an excitation event to excite to a given v′ is assumed to be proportional to the FranckCondon factors. To determine the overall excitation rate to the B Σ state we use Garrett et al.'s [11] theoretical cross section versus electron energy. The resultant simulation spectrum is similar to that measured in a gas discharge [9]. Surface Reflection: Photoabsorption and scattering in Io's atmosphere can be neglected (maximum optical depth of ~0.1). However, it is important to account for the reflection of incident light off Io's frost-covered surface; the reflectivity of Io varies from ~0.05 to ~0.7 in the UV-V range [12] which affects the magnitude and shape of the spectrum. For each emission event, the spatially resolved reflected intensity is computed by "emitting" many (~10) tracer photons towards Io with random orientations inside Io's solid angle as seen by the emitting particle. The number of tracer photons to hit a 1°×1° surface element is recorded and the contribution to the surface element brightness is computed assuming a Lambert surface.


In the present letter, the authors report on the realization of all-optical format conversion by using the cascaded sum- and difference-frequency generation in a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide and the active mode locking in a reflective-semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based fiber ring laser. Tunable format conversions from nonreturn-to-zero pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS) signal to return-to-zero PRBS idler at 10 and 20Gbit∕s are observed in the experiment.


This paper presents a local search algorithm based on variable depth search, called the k-opt local search, for the maximum clique problem. The k-opt local search performs add and drop moves, each of which can be interpreted as 1-opt move, to search a k-opt neighborhood solution at each iteration until no better k-opt neighborhood solution can be found. To evaluate our k-opt local search algorithm, we repeatedly apply the local search for each of DIMACS benchmark graphs and compare with the state-of-the-art metaheuristics such as the genetic local search and the iterated local search reported previously. The computational results show that in spite of the absence of major metaheuristic components, the k-opt local search is capable of finding better (at least the same) solutions on average than those obtained by these metaheuristics for all the graphs.


In this paper, Bofang Zhu presents the method for computing the temperature loads, the method for the control of thermal stresses and the principles for design of joints for RCC arch dams.


Upon diagnosis Rheumatoid Patients declare that the feeling that prevails is fear. Fear over the unknown over their health condition, their professional future, and their personal and social life. The person experiences a vicious cycle. Loss of control leads to anxiety which triggers pain which enhances psychological distress, thus the person feels completely helpless.The Self-Management education workshop is offered as a complementary aid, next to the arranged medical plan and the medications prescribed. The primary goal of the Workshop is for patients to accept their new reality which is, living with RMD. Further on, grounds for change are set. Patients within the program are taught in great detail how to engage new healthy, daily activities, such as appropriate exercise, appropriate use of medications, healthier nutrition, communicating effectively their fatigue, anxiety and psychological distress to family and friends. Patients are also taught, how to communicate to health professionals their condition, seek for information so as to evaluate new treatments, and demand the right for shared decision over their treatment. Moreover they receive information about the Cyprus League of people with Rheumatism, the social and psychological help provided, practicalities that concerns them, availability of Doctors, and new medications. Information, provides a strong Know-how, to deal with everyday problems. Such achievement enhances the confidence that a new well-being could be within the persons reach.Participants meet for two hours once a week, for five weeks. Two trained leaders conduct the workshop, one being a health professional and one patient. Participants are to the maximum 15. Major rules of a therapeutic group apply, such as empathy, confidentiality, respect in every sharing, time keeping, simple language. All activities are Interactive. Discussions, questions and answers, brain storming, action-planning exercises and feedback, role playing, problem-solving techniques, and decision making. Moreover, symptom management activities are included, such as exercise, relaxation, communication, healthy eating, medication management, and managing sleep and fatigue. During the workshop, participants experience rapport, and trust thus they are motivated to manage the challenges associated with their condition.Participants demonstrated significant improvements in exercise, ability to do social and household activities, less depression, less fear and frustration about their health, reduction in symptoms like pain, improve mobility, increase energy, and boost confidence in their ability to manage their condition. Results of every workshop are scientifically documented.Self-Management workshops are often described by new coming participants as "render of last hope". The structure and the facilitators create a safe environment for the patient to release the pain, seek knowledge, express the despair, set all the nightmares free. Acceptance, Respect, Rapport, Trust, knowledge aid the participants to experience the rebirth of hope. Self-Management workshops, are designed to complement clinical treatment and when delivered with empathy, lead RMD patients to physical and psychological well-being.[1]Private practice, Self-Management education workshops at the Cyprus League of people with Rheumatism.None declared


It is a commonplace to say that Webster cannot construct plays-to agree with George Rylands, who directed the 1945 revival of The Duchess of Malfi, that "Webster could handle a scene but he could not compass a plot.'' Even though our notion of "plot"' with regard to the Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists has changed after the important work of Maynard Mack and Bernard Beckerman, who, among others, have illuminated the multiple, analogical nature of Shakespeare's dramatic construction, it remains acceptable to speak of the "unplotted undulations" of Webster's drama.2 As John Russell Brown points out in his edition of The Duchess of Malfi, "the structure of the play is yet to be vindicated."3 Compounding the problem of dramatic construction is one of moral interpretation. Some critics like to see the play as a cautionary tale against marrying an inferior; other critics and directors invariably treat it as melodrama with a heroic martyr at its center. Webster himself included a subplot in The Duchess of Malfi which, though it has received little serious critical attention, may have been intended as an interpretive key to certain aspects of the main plot. An examination of the function of the subplot in The Duchess of Malfi illuminates both Webster's dramatic construction and his moral emphasis in the play. The adventures of the Cardinal's mistress that form the Julia subplot were pure invention on Webster's part. Gunnar Boklund tells us that Webster did not borrow the subplot from any source, used as he was to borrowing.4 Nor is the subplot strictly "necessary" to the main plot, a fact which has led some critics to dismiss it as "a mere excrescence on the play."5 Yet the structural significance of the


THE CREATION AND FORMATIVE EVALUATION OF AN ATTACHMENTBASED PARENTING EDUCATION WEBSITE April Steed Marriage, Family, and Human Development Program School of Family Life Master of Science While there are numerous websites discussing attachment parenting in infancy, there are currently no interactive research-based websites devoted to attachment parenting throughout early childhood. To fill this need the author developed the Foundations of Parenting website (http://www.foundationsofparenting.org). Evaluation, a tool so far under-utilized by parenting education websites, is necessary for both quality control and improving websites. Thus, in addition to development of the website, the author also formatively evaluated the Foundations of Parenting program by using website-utilization tools and visitor feedback through an online survey to analyze utilization and visitor satisfaction. The website was well-used (674 unique visitors and 189 return visitors with a visitor page depth of 6.7 pages over a 23 day period) for a newly-created website, as can be seen by an examination of traffic rankings of small websites at www.alexa.com. The quantitative survey items assessed the usefulness of the website, the attractiveness of the website, ease of use of the website, whether the website met the participants needs, how interesting the content was, whether the website led them to reconsider former attitudes and made them aware of new things, and whether the participant had decided to do things differently due to the website. A MANOVA procedure was used to identify distinctions in these items in association with selected demographic variables, while the open-ended questions invited the survey participants to elaborate on their quantitative answers. The majority of survey participants, 75 percent, agreed or strongly agreed with the above quantitative survey items, and 87.6 percent felt that the website was useful or very useful. Thus, a large majority of users indicated that the website was useful, attractive, easy to use, interesting, helped them reconsider former attitudes, helped them become aware of new things, and influenced them to decide to do something differently. MANOVA analyses revealed website ratings varied only by ethnicity. Reports compiled by SuperStats tracked the amount of website usage as well as visitor pathways through the website, visitor page depth, the amount of time spent on the website, which pages were most popular, as well as the page depth of the most popular pages. These reports revealed that users tended to search for information they were looking for and leave instead of reading through website content from beginning to end. Participants provided helpful suggestions and feedback to improve the website. Implications of this feedback for website improvement and ideas for further research are discussed. ACKNOWLDEGEMENTS First and foremost I would like to thank Stephen Duncan, my committee chair and my mentor, for his support guidance. He gave me his help whenever I needed it, often dropping other work in the process. Without his help this final copy would not be possible. I would also like to thank my family, whose support and encouragement helped me to complete these work. Finally, the advice from my fellow graduate students proved invaluable time and again as we worked through the small details of our theses together. Table of


Buprenorphine,one kind of new drugs,is abused in recent years.In this review,some determination and extraction methods for buprenorphine are introduced.The relative merits of liquid-liquid extraction,solid phase extraction,hydrolysis and derivatization methods are compared.The analytical methods such as TLC,GC,GC/MS and LC,LC/MS are discussed.


Notch antenna is most probably used for HF communication on high performance aircraft but in fact its first use was for VHF telemetry and command on aircraft and missiles. These early antennas were all short, narrow-band devices; the self-resonant notch which is physically practical in the VHF and UHF bands is the main topic of this chapter.


"Jar, polychrome vase (red and brown on cream); unique designs covering all exterior of vase. Signature R. Huma, Tewa, Polacca, AZ. Good [condition]"-- Description from the Museum catalog.


It has become increasingly apparent in recent years that it is not satisfactory to use deterministic mathematical models to design those aspects of a building whose performance, in reality, depend upon probabilistic factors. Their analysis can be more accurately tackled by using probabilistic and statistical techniques or, alternatively, by using computer simulation methods. However, the ability to predict the performance of possible design solutions probabilistically is of only limited value if the acceptable level of performance of each probabilistic aspect of a building is chosen in a subjective manner. In this paper, therefore, a rational method is proposed to aid the choice of acceptable levels of performance for probabilistic aspects of a building.


In order to transmit the data of water quality,a multi-serial-port transceiver system is established,which adopts a new 1T cyclical MCU STC10F04EX as a core component,employs the two common pins of multiplexers 4052 to connect to UART(RxD and TxD),and extends the UART of the MCU through time-sharing mode so as to form 4 serial ports.One serial port is connected to a wireless transceiving module,the others communicates with three external equipments monitoring water quality.The MCU gets the monitoring data from those serial devices and transmits through the wireless module.The transmission distance is up to 3 000 m.A computer far away from the scene receives data and analyzes it.This method is simple and reliable for UART expansion and long-distance data transfer.The transceiver can simultaneously connect multiple serial equipments,and makes up for a shortage of computer serial port.The characteristics of this transceiver is different from that of multi-serial-port card.The transceiver has been demonstrated successfully in water monitoring system with multi-sensors.


In this paper, as in the work of Luk and Strain ["Strichartz estimates and moment bounds for the Vlasov-Maxwell system I. The 2-D and 212-D cases," preprint arXiv:1406.0168], by using the moment estimate and inhomogeneous Strichartz estimates, we prove the global existence of the solution of the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell-Chern-Simons system, which admits noncompact momentum support initial data.


Titanium and its alloys have been employed in bone plates/screws, which must be removed after recovery. Conduction of bone occurs on the surface of Ti alloys that reside in the body for a long period. This can lead to re-fracture of cured bone in removal operations. On the other hand, bone has been reported not to be formed on the surface of Zr alloys. The purpose of this study was to synthesize Zr-containing TiO2 film on commercial purity titanium (CP-Ti) by chemical-hydrothermal treatment. In addition, apatite formation on the films in Hanks' solution and bone conduction in the tibiae of rats were also investigated. CP-Ti substrates were chemically treated with H2O2/HNO3 aqueous solutions at 353 K for 20 min. The substrates were hydrothermally treated with ZrOCl2/NH3/hydroxy acid aqueous solutions in a Teflon-lined autoclave at 453 K for 12 h. The hydroxy acid was selected to be C3H6O3 (lactic acid), C4H6O6 (tartaric acid) or C6H8O7 (citric acid). In the hydrothermal treatment without hydroxy acid, the surface product was anatase-type TiO2. In contrast, when hydroxy acid was added the surface of Ti was covered homogeneously with a Zr-containing TiO2 film. Some of the Zr (OH)4 sol in the solution is thought to have dissolved into the solution by coordinate bonding with hydroxy acid carboxyl groups, leading to incorporation of Zr as ZrO2 into the TiO2. The product films suppressed the apatite precipitation in the Hanks' solution soaking. In animal test, the small amount of ZrO2 effectively suppressed the bone conduction.


In order to solve continuous printing and printing across multiple pages in electronic medical record,a special print control method in electronic medical record based on.NET is proposed and implemented.An electronic medical record editor inherited from RichTextBox control and added print function for clinical work is acheived.Print position of current record is located by the last position data saved in a database.And the key problem of printing across multiple pages is realized by logic data paging and physical printing across pages.The result shows the method can satisfy the need of hospital clinical work.


Lower limb lymphedema (LLL) is one of the major complications after lymph node dissection or radiotherapy for gynecologic cancer. It′s mainly due to the injury of lymphatic vessels by surgery or radiotherapy, and hinders the lymphatic drainage pathway and causes large amounts of lymph fluid to enter the interstitial space, which leads to LLL, If the treatment is not timely, edema will be further aggravated and affect the quality of life of patients. Therefore, the early assessment of cancer patients is particularly important. Improving the treatment method and early prevention are helpful to reduce the incidence of LLL.This article reviews the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of lymphedema associated with gynecological malignancy.

Key words:
Lymphedema; Treatmeat; Malignancy


We demonstrate the solvent-free, high-resolution direct printing of molecular organic semiconductors for use in low cost optoelectronic applications. In this method, called organic vapor jet printing, hot inert carrier gas picks up the molecular organic vapor and expands it through a microscopic nozzle, resulting in physisorption of the molecules onto a cooled substrate. Pattern resolution and printing speed are determined by the nozzle shape, nozzle-to-substrate distance, downstream pressure, and molecular mass of the carrier gas. Quantitative models are developed using a combination of scaling analysis, direct simulation Monte Carlo modeling, and printing experiments. Pattern resolutions of up to 1000dpi and local deposition rates exceeding 2300A∕s are achieved. Pentacene channel thin film transistors are printed at a local deposition rate of 700A∕s at both low and atmospheric pressures, resulting in a field-effect mobility of 0.25cm2∕Vs and a current on/off ratio of 7×105 for devices grown at a backgro...


In this paper, a method to incorporate neural networks in the circuit modeling of a dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) array is presented. The neural networks are used to capture the coupling effect between elements of the DRA array at different element spacing to develop a fully adjustable circuit model. The result is a design environment that allows for accurate real-time simulations of DRA arrays that can be used to optimize DRA array.


In Argentina, the Monte ecoregion extends for more than 2,000 km from NW Argentina to borealPatagonia, and includes many salt-pans and barren flatlands colonized by the monophyleticLiolaemus anomalus group that includes seven species. Some of their external morphologicalcharacteristics and behaviors are very unusual for the genus, and this has led to a complextaxonomic history. The group is very poorly known except for a recent paper with descriptionsof three species and morphological-based phylogenetic hypotheses. Of the four recognizedspecies, two are threatened and one is vulnerable, and while the conservation status of thethree recently described species is unknown, they are suspected to also be under some degreeof threat. We reviewed all georeferenced localities known to produce a distribution map, andsequenced two mitochondrial and four nuclear genes, for representatives of all species. Weinferred a time-calibrated species tree showing that the evolutionary history of this clade occurredentirely during the Pleistocene, with most of the divergences very recent. The climaticand geomorphological changes driving this divergence started during the Great PatagonianGlaciation, initially separating the two northwestern-most distributed species (L. pipanaco +L. pseudoanomalus) from the rest. Given the very recent evolutionary history of the group andtheir unique and conserved morphology, incongruent topologies among datasets are expected; adetailed genome-wide dataset will be needed to fully assess and resolve their speciation history.


Occurrence of three earthquakes in the Indian stable continental region (SCR) during 1993 –2001 has triggered many questions on their nature of recurrence, characteristic size and mechanisms. Seismogenic sources in Killari and Kachchh may be considered as represent ative examples of two distinctive classes of SCR earthquakes, the former originating on discrete faults in the unrifted part of the crust, and the latter associated with larger structures in an ancient rift. Seismic-hazard evaluation in these regions must take into account the inherent characteristics of these causative structures, which are reflected in their respective seismic productivities. While the Killari-type earthquakes are of moderate size (M ~ 6) and repeat over intervals of several tens of thousands of years, the Kachchh-type earthquakes are larger (M > 7), and may have much shorter recurrence intervals. The observation that multiple sources related to unexposed seismogenic structures with unknown seismic histories exist in the Kachchh region, calls for concerted efforts to study this important seismogenic zone in SCR India. FIVE damaging earthquakes occurred in India during the last ten years, causing substantial loss of life and damage to property. These earthquakes occurred at Uttarkashi (1991 , mb 6.5); Killari (1993, Mw 6.2); Jabalpur (1997, Mw 5.8); Chamoli (1999, mb 6.3) and Bhuj (2001, Mw 7.7) (Figure 1). What is noteworthy about this sequence of eart hquakes is that three out of these five events occurred in peninsular India, a part of the stable continental region (SCR), cha racterized by slow deformation and low seismic productivity 1


The catalytic hydrogenation of the model object anthracene was presented in the article. The selection of conditions for the proceeding of the process was conducted. Hydrogenation process was carried out using nanocatalysts β-FeOOH, Fe(OA)3 and Fe3O4 in the ratio of 1 % in the presence of hydrogen. The effect of initial hydrogen pressure on the yield of the products during the reaction was detected. The most effective additive for the catalytic hydrogenation of the model object anthracene was determined.


Cooperative innovation is the important guiding ideology of the universities.This paper,taking Guilin University of Technology as an example,discusses the local university how to establish the interaction mechanism of coordination with the local economic and social needs,promotes the characteristic development of university,in order to provide a theoretical basis for the construction and development of universities.


as a highly important and pertinent contribution to our understanding of traditional Malay literature as a whole and the shaping and formulation of principles of Malay literary criticism and philology alike. In five succinct chapters the author introduces his theme and discusses ' Delivery and consumption' of traditional Malay literature,' Oral and written composition and conceptual art ' , ' Three hours from three minutes', and ' Schematic composition in written literature '. Sweeney strongly emphasizes the aural nature of traditional Malay literature by enlarging upon the manifold links between its oral and written components which in presentation and composition cannot and should not be differentiated. He points out that not only oral but also written texts were to be recited and chanted and also that the socially acceptable form of consumption was aural rather than visual. Regarding composition Sweeney takes up suggestions by Lord and Propp concerning morphological and formulaic analysis and comes to propose a concept of schematic composition ' for the writer and teller of traditional Malay literature relied upon schemata at every level of composition, from building his plot to choosing the actual words used ' (p. 39). In elaborating on this concept Sweeney is indebted to Gombrich's ' study of the psychology of pictorial representation' (loc. cit.) which also emphasizes the relevance of pre-shaped schemata in the process of artistic creation. This is exemplified by describing the actual process of schematic composition in the Malay shadow-play where a puppeteer is able to enlarge a three minute plot into a three hour piece during performance. The relevance of this process for the writing of texts is described in Sweeney's final chapter. Here the author stresses especially the fact that a traditional Malay writer, too, composed his work schematically and was not so much interested in originality as in diversity in presenting clearly prescribed morphemic patterns by way of equally detailed and set formulae which conformed with the listener's level of expectation (and thus complied with the normative aesthetics of traditional Malay culture and society). The book abounds with terse statements of fundamental importance to our knowledge of traditional Malay literature, and by approaching his topic from a Malay (though not less theoretical and conceptual) view, Sweeney adds many new dimensions to our general view. Yet, by doing so, he raises almost as many new questions as he is attempting to answer old ones. For example, Sweeney states emphatically ' that the very concept of "literary criticism" was alien to traditional Malay society ' (p. 3). If what Sweeney means is literary criticism as understood in the West today, nobody will take exception. But does not the highly normative approach of traditional Malay society towards its own literature, which did not allow for major deviations from a set pattern of motifemes and formulae, suggest its own kind of literary critical standards? According to Sweeney originality was frowned upon and diversity took preference. Quite apart from the fact that the very introduction of the ayair seems to suggest originality and a rather more complex relationship between oral and written Malay literature than the equation between the two appears to indicate, the relationship between originality and diversity and the distinction made in this book, call for further study. Sweeney attributes the decline of palace literature (i.e. written traditional literature) in the latter part of the nineteenth century to ' constant civil strife ' (p. 6). While one cannot deny the importance of this statement, the need still remains to explain the reasons for the proliferation of other types of written literature during the same period and at the expense of the literature of the palaces. Sweeney's analysis and conclusion focus mainly on (oral) folktales, the Panji-stories and the literary romances. Only in a brief excursion does he deal with historical texts and their inherent elements of schematic composition. A more detailed treatment by the same author of this and other genres of traditional Malay literature which were beyond the scope of this ' preliminary ' study with its ' modest aims' (p. 74) as Sweeney writes rather too modestly, will be highly welcome. Authors and audiences in traditional Malay literature is a slim volume. Its contents, however, will occupy students of Malay for a long time. s. v. KBATZ


Our present frame of reference for studying the development of stuttering, and for the treatment and prevention of s tut ter ing, takes into consideration characteristics of the child, environmental variables, and the way in which these factors interact. Clinical experience has shown that no specific characteristic of a child, for example, a language deficit or problem of speech motor control, will by itself result in stuttering, nor will environmental stress alone cause stuttering. Case studies reveal that differing patterns of both subject variables and environmental factors contribute to increased disfluency and/or stuttering in children. In this article, we will show how we use these two categories of contributing factors as a frame of reference in differential evaluation and therapy. The evaluation process will be described and treatment strategies will be discussed, indicating how each takes into account a child's specific needs. The major emphasis will be on developmental intervention with preschool children followed by a brief consideration of elementary school age children who display varying degrees of stuttering behavior and awareness that speech is difficult. The diagram in Figure 1 represents an overview of the differential evaluation and therapy process applied in dealing with young children. The first decision to be made concerns the level of initial evaluation. Based on information gained from a telephone interview with the parents, a child is referred either for a screening evaluation or an indepth speech and language evaluation. During initial contacts, approximately 50 percent of parents we have seen expressed concern about a perceived disfluency difference that had existed for less than a year, and reported no other concern about speech and language development or behavioral characteristics (for example, auditory, attentional, motor, and social).


Colorless crystals of the title compound, C29H24NO5P, were synthesized by the reaction of triphenylphosphine, an iron porphyrin complex and 4-nitrobenzyl 2-diazo-3-oxobutanoate at 353 K. All bond distances and angles are within normal ranges and there are no notable interactions between neighboring molecules.


The purpose of this work is to optimize fluidized bed geometries to enhance mixing performance using computational fluid dynamics coupled with the robust design method. A geometry of 0.2 m width and 2 m height was selected for fluidizing uniform size polyethylene particles. Gas distributor type, vessel shape, number of inner tubes, and vibration strength were used as controlled parameters and each parameter has three levels. Standard deviation of solid particle temperatures was selected as the response variable to monitor the mixing performance. It was found that vibration has little influence on the mixing and gas distributor shape was the most important factor on mixing performance.


Under the Francoist dictatorship, the Female Section of FET y de las JONS (SF) was the main instrument used by the regime to impose its gender policy. The power and the influence of the female organization was not consistent over the dictatorship. From the 1950s * Este estudio se enmarca dentro del proyecto de investigación HAR201232539, «Discursos e identidades de género en las culturas políticas de la derecha española, 1875-1975», financiado por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Rosario Ruiz Franco El canto del cisne de la Sección Femenina de FET... 122 Ayer 102/2016 (2): 121-143 onwards there was a growing distance between the real social situation and the guidelines of falangism. Different actions were undertaken in order to ease the lack of understanding between SF and the Spanish women, actions that want beyond the legal initiatives in other areas and the promotion of meetings as the International Woman Year. But these actions were only attempts to survive in a difficult context for the SF during the last years of franquism. The objective of this study is to analyse these processes and strategies and the role of the SF.


This article studies the relationships and interactions between fundamental human rights and natural law school. The objectives of this paper are circumscribed to the way fundamental human rights, by their nature, can be integrated within the doctrine of natural law or to the contrary, may be related to various branches of legal positivism. In specialized literature, it was pointed out that fundamental human rights constitute genuine natural rights which have the same natural law recognized attributes: immutability, non-alienable nature et. al. However, in the context of contemporary changes within the European Union, generated by cultural differences which are becoming ever more significant, the question rises of whether those rights are in fact a creation of legal positivism. Within the paperthere are several doctrine opinions described, as well as some arguments for reconsidering the placement of fundamental rights within the sphere of legal positivism. Using the comparative method, the study analyzes the common points and the points of divergence between fundamental rights and the doctrines of natural law and legal positivism, seen through the prism of the general theory of systems, legal culture, legal colonialism and legal ethnocentrism.


Integrated semiconductor memory having normal memory cells arranged at intersections of word lines and bit lines, decoders for selecting a word line as a function of applicable word line address signals decoders for selecting a bit line as a function of applicable bit line address signals, external reading and evaluator circuits associated with the bit lines of the normal memory cells and connected on an output side thereof with data lines whereat data content is to be output, and redundant memory cells, additionally, by at least one programmable redundant decoder for replacing a defective memory cell, includes external redundant reading and evaluator circuits triggerable by the at least one programmable redundant decoder and associated with the redundant memory cells, the external redundant reading and evaluator circuits being connectible on the input side with the redundant memory cells and on the output side with the data lines, and a redundant control circuit associated with each of the external redundant reading and evaluator circuits, the redundant control circuit being connected to and between the respective associated external redundant reading and evaluator circuit and the data lines and, as a function of a redundant selection signal which is output by the redundant decoder, enabling the data content of a redundant memory cell present at the output of an external redundant reading and evaluator circuit to be transmitted to a selected data line.


Finding the method to maximize the potential of current stress reducing and system efficiency increasing is one of the most interesting and significant topics when TPS control is utilized in DAB. Correct classification of different operating models is an essential basic work, and the TPS method with bidirectional power flow is classified into 12 models on the basis of voltage decoupling of primary and secondary H-bridges in this paper. The transmission power and current stress expressions are fully derived with arbitrary combination of three phase-shift control freedoms for the whole operating range. A 2-dimensional ergodicity method is proposed in this paper to find the best combination of the two inner phase-shift ratios, which is expected to achieve the minimized current stress and increased system efficiency. The theoretical optimized results for different power and voltage conversion ratio is given in the paper with comparison of SPS control. Experiments are implemented on laboratory prototype, the current stress expressions and the effectiveness of ergodicity method are proved by experimental results.


This study aims to examine and analyze utilizing perpectives of Positive
Accounting Theory towards accounting conservatism in Indonesia. Plan bonus
hypothesis, debt covenant hypothesis, and political cost hypothesis are perspectives
which investigated in this reasearch. Plan bonus hypothesis proxied by managerial
ownership and public ownership, debt covenant hypothesis proxied by leverage, and
political cost hypothesis explained by firm size and proxied by natural logarithm of
sales. Another variable is cash flow which proxied by operating cash flow.
This research uses multiple regresion linear model as analysis tool for testing
hypotheses. Population of this research are manufacturing companies which listed in
Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI). The sample are manufacturing companies which
listing in BEI during 2003-2010 and comply sample criteria. Total sample are 602
companies.
The result of this reseach show that manajerial ownership, public ownership,
leverage, and firm size had no effect toward accounting conservatism. Based on this
research only operating cash flow which had significant and positive effect to
accounting conservatism.


This card is an abridged version of the full toolkit for busy professionals so that they can quickly identify and understand the information they need. Visit the website here: www.hiat.org.uk


Objective The teratogenicity of Vitamin AD guttate was investigated on the mice. Method The guttate Vitamin AD(3 3 mg·kg -1 body weight) was given to the copulatory mice on d3, d4 and d5 respectively after the day when observed the spermatic embolus in the vagina, and the mice were killed on the d18. Results Compared with normal control, three experimental groups all had malformation in the embryo appearance, skeleton and organ. Conclusion The teratogenicity due to the Vitamin AD guttate(3 3 mg·kg -1 body weight) was observed during the imbedding phase.


The article suggests the taking decision model with system models of expenses management process in construction under the standard SADT. This model is described by ordinary differential Kolmogorov equations. The article describes the taking decision algorithm and the model of resonance expenses management in construction.


Objective To observe the effects of short-term intensive treatment of insulin pump on blood sugar control and safety in patients with newly dianosed type 2 diabetes,and to investigate the changes of the function of B-cell. Methods Seventy-nine newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients were randomly divided into two groups. One group were treated with insulin pump in continuous subcutaneous insulin (BiAsp) infusion (CSⅡ group) (40 cases);Another group were repeatedly treated with premixed insulin (BiAsp30) in subcutaneous injection(39 cases),namely subcutaneous injections of insulin (MSⅡ group). The blood glucose,blood insulin and c-peptide, blood glucose target time, insulin dosage and hypoglycemia events were recorded. Results Both groups could effectively control blood sugar, but the blood glucose was controlled more quickly,and the levels of insulin and c-peptide were improved more obviously in CSⅡ group than those in MSⅡ group.The incidence of hypoglycemia in CSⅡ group was also significantly reduced. Conclusions Short-term intensive treatment with insulin pump can quickly and safely control blood sugar in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes,and improve the function of B-cell.


Graphitization of polymers is an effective way to synthesize nanocrystalline graphene on different substrates with tunable shape, thickness and properties [1]. The catalyst free synthesis results in crystallite sizes on the order of few nanometer, significantly smaller compared to commonly prepared polycrystalline graphene [2]. Even though this method provides the flexibility of graphitizing polymer films on different substrates, substrate free graphitization of freestanding polymer layers has not been studied yet. For the first time, we report on the thermally induced graphitization and domain growth of free standing nanocrystalline graphene thin films using in situ TEM techniques to study the different processes contributing to the graphene growth.


In another paper (Butterfield 2011), one of us argued that emergence and reduction are compatible, and presented four examples illustrating both. The main purpose of this paper is to develop this position for the example of phase transitions. We take it that emergence involves behaviour that is novel compared with what is expected: often, what is expected from a theory of the system's microscopic constituents. We take reduction as deduction, aided by appropriate definitions. Then the main idea of our reconciliation of emergence and reduction is that one makes the deduction after taking a limit of an appropriate parameter $N$. Thus our first main claim will be that in some situations, one can deduce a novel behaviour, by taking a limit $N\to\infty$. Our main illustration of this will be Lee-Yang theory. But on the other hand, this does not show that the $N=\infty$ limit is physically real. For our second main claim will be that in such situations, there is a logically weaker, yet still vivid, novel behaviour that occurs before the limit, i.e. for finite $N$. And it is this weaker behaviour which is physically real. Our main illustration of this will be the renormalization group description of cross-over phenomena.


The author reveals the pedagogical interference in gender upbringing of pre-school children, which is in organizing sex-role behavior according to the cultural norms of life. Influences and actions are the base of such interference, which are adequate to social roles of a boy and a girl, man and woman.


Novel nanocomposite hydrogels (NC gels) with a unique organic-inorganic (clay) network structure (see Figure) have been synthesized by in-situ free radical polymerization. The resulting NC gels exhibit high structural homogeneity, superior elongation with near-complete recovery, good swellability, and rapid deswelling in response to temperature changes.


There is no doubt, at the time of this writing, that social-emotional learning (SEL) is becoming a world-wide phenomenon (Durlak, Domitrovich, Weissberg, & Gullotta, 2015). Many readers may be more familiar with SEL by another name: Character Education, Prosocial Education, Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning, Social-Emotional Competence, Moral Education, Positive Youth Development, 'NonCognitive' Skills, 'Soft' Skills, and many more (Elias, Leverett, Duffell, Humphrey, Stepney, & Ferrito, 2015). What seems to be a matter of converging agreement is well expressed by the World Economic Forum (2016):A recent longitudinal analysis by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) across nine countries showed that having a balanced set of cognitive and social and emotional skills is crucial for children to better face the challenges of the 21st century; social and emotional skills in particular play an important role in improving children's chances of lifetime success [...] Some employers already recognize the benefits of social and emotional skills in the 21st-century workplace - including global internet giant Google. After examining employee surveys and performance reviews, Google found that its most effective managers were good coaches, took an active interest in their employees' lives and were skilled at listening to and sharing information [...] The resumes of successful candidates will need to include social and emotional proficiency. (p. 6)As we look ahead toward preparing students for adulthood and citizenship in a world beset by accelerating technological, vocational, educational and other changes, the attendant disruptions in current ways of working and being, and the pressures of persistent and growing inequities, one thing is clear: socialemotional competencies and character will become more and more important. These will never go out of style, and in fact will determine both the vector and effectiveness of how societal challenges are addressed and overcome. The words of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. express the situation we are facing and why social-emotional and character development must be an integral part of world-wide education for all children (King, 1987):As long as there is poverty I will never be rich [...] as long as diseases are rampant I can never be health [...] I can never by what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the way our world is made. We are interdependent. (p. 21)The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason but with no morals. (p. 41)The ultimate measure of people is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy. (p. 24)We were therefore excited to create a special issue of the IJEE on 'SEL Training, Intervention and Research Worldwide.' In the process of creating this special issue, we have noticed the following:1) There was a relatively low response to our call, suggesting that much of what is happening now in the SEL field is more focused on practice than on research and, as implied earlier, within networks that are not tapped by the traditional SEL community.2) The contextual factors influencing SEL implementation are so powerful that large-scale research projects are challenging. Hence, most of the studies we found, and included, are mixed-method or qualitative studies.3) It would appear that SEL competencies are valued across countries and cultures and the implementation challenges are more similar than different across diverse settings. Perhaps this has something to do with the fundamental nature of schooling as a social activity based in caring relationships that attempts to accomplish increasingly complex and nuanced tasks of socialization without substantially increased resource, time, preparation, or support. …


Abstract : Magnetic induction is calculated for several configurations of ferromagnetic spherical and prolate spheroidal bodies (hollow and solid) with internal and/or external infinitesimally thin spherical and spheroidal current bands, respectively. Magnetic induction is presented for ferromagnetic spherical and spheroidal bodies in a constant inducing field of arbitrary orientation. The ferromagnetic bodies are assumed to be linear and homogeneous. The reduction of the current band problem solutions to that of a current band in vacuum is shown when the permeability of the ferromagnetic body is allowed to approach that of vacuum. The application of the super-position principle to obtain a total magnetic field solution for the case of a ferromagnetic body (hollow or solid) surrounding and/or surrounded by a current band and immersed in a uniform inducing field of arbitrary direction, is discussed.


In this paper,processing parameters of sirospun 18.2 tex linen/cotton blended yarn are researched.The influences of parameters,such as space between two rovings,twist factor of formed yarn and specifications of travelers on formed yarn performances are tested and analyzed,on which the sirospun processing of linen/cotton blended yarn is optimized.


Presented in this paper are the design and experiments for a transformable Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) UAV. This work demonstrates shape-shifting transformation, building upon the conceptual designs put forth in [1] and [2], along with hardware prototyping and component testing from [3]. A deterministic model is presented to characterize the flight of the MIST-UAV in simulation. Experimental results from the platform demonstrate for the first time successful in-air transformation from multi-rotor, tail-sitter, and fixed-wing operation. Experiments also validated transformation repeatability, successfully testing multiple sequential transformations.


The main objective of the present work is to enhance the human right that all beings have to have access to education, especially in view of the inclusion of several that, unfortunately, cause distinction today such as social classes, gender, disabilities and others equivalent issues. Beginning with explanations that base education as a human and fundamental right, it continues with an approach on education and inclusion to then express the central ideas of the right to inclusion.


The rapid development of technology-based industries and growth of the smartphone user base in India increases the likelihood of industry participants choosing India as a jurisdiction in which to challenge FRAND commitments. Samir R. Gandhi, Fadi Metanios, & Hemangini Dadwal (AZB & Partners)


A mesoscopic, extended Doi theory for flows of nematic liquid crystals (LCs) has been successfully applied by Rey to study extensional flow-induced, homogeneous phase transitions both for rod-like and disc-like molecular geometry. Rey analysed the two order parameters (eigenvalues) of the orientation tensor. Recently the authors generalized the flow-phase diagram (nematic concentration vs. flow rate) for rod-like nematics by analysing all tensor degrees of freedom, i.e. by coupling the three director (eigenvector) degrees of freedom. Here we record and discuss subtleties of the corresponding diagram for discotic LCs in uniaxial extension and uniaxial compression. We focus here on the induced stable orientation configurations. Uniaxial extension (an idealization of fibre flow) yields a low concentration region of unique oblate uniaxial states at every flow rate; a very small finite region of bi-stable oblate and biaxial states; and the predominant region, encompassing all concentrations above the pure I-N transition and all flow rates, where the only stable steady state is a biaxial pattern. Furthermore, whereas uniaxial states are 'unique', all biaxial states occur in a continuous family, corresponding to an arbitrary positioning of the director pair in the plane transverse to the flow axis of symmetry. Uniaxial compression (an idealization of film stretching flow) of discotic LCs exclusively yields stable prolate uniaxial patterns.


The Internet of things(IoT) is a revolutionary paradigm in Information technology. IoT interconnects the various objects to internet thus being considered as virtual objects. It is considered that the IoT is the next big 'thing' in internet. Internet uses the Internet protocol suite (IP/TCP) by which computer networks are interconnected in order to serve the users worldwide. Thus billions of objects which would be provided with a unique identifiers(UID's), will be outfitted using several actuators and sensors and connecting those to internet which can be accessed using technologies like real time services, RFID, embedded sensing etc. IoT aims at improving the quality of human life. It is necessary to transform the cities by improving transportation systems, infrastructure, providing waste management etc. Currently as the internet infrastructure is almost available everywhere, thus the embedded computing device can be exposed to the internet influence. Hence the real-time data can be analyzed and used to create desired outcomes. IoT has wide range of applications like Smart cities, Industrial automation, Smart home applications, healthcare, wearables, agriculture etc.


A Slow Loris was tested on a serial discrimination reversal problem, reaching an optimal level of performance after 9 reversals. Thus, the ability of the Prosimian Primate was roughly comparable to that of the more highly evolved Squirrel and Capuchin monkey.


Five different Kurdistan crude oils produced in various fields (namely Swara tuka, Miran, Khurmala, shiwashok and Tawki) were analyzed and evaluated. From each crude oil two types of different boiling ranges (300oC+ and 350oC+) fuel oils were produced. All crude oil samples and fuel oils were evaluated using ASTM standard methods of testing, and compared to Iraqi specification of fuel oils. The results showed that all fuel oils are within the Iraqi specification except that produced from Tawki crude oil, which are higher in sulfur content (4.28%w/w for 300oC+ and 5.0 %w/w for 350oC+ fuel oils). Elemental analysis done for all crude oil samples and fuel oils, showed the highest Vanadium content in Tawki crude oil with (10 ppm) and also the highest Vanadium content in fuel oils produced from Tawki crude oil with (36 ppm for 300oC+ and 40 ppm for 350oC+ fuel oils), other metal content of all crude oils and fuel oils are below these value.


. The article examines the features of using an interactive poster in the educational process of a modern secondary school. The idea that the study of humanitarian (philological) disciplines, in addition to basic competencies, can and should be developed in students and skills related to the information and communication sphere became the basis for the research. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to check the effectiveness of using an interactive poster during the study of foreign literature courses in secondary education institutions. Analysis of relevant services that can be used to create interactive posters (Glogster, Genial.ly, Smore.com, Picktochart) led to the choice of the Thinglink service. The selected service has the ability to combine images and interactive videos, pictures, music, text content and other tags. The article offers a method of creating an interactive poster designed for foreign literature lessons on the


The formation of conjugated double bonds in polyvinylchloride (PVC) films by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is analyzed using an in situ laser-monitoring technique we have developed to measure changes in transmittance of thin UV-irradiated PVC films. Conjugated polyenes of different lengths are produced by laser irradiation at 193 and 248-nm wavelengths. This technique promises to have broader applications in the study of polymer reaction mechanisms and kinetics.


An activist minority shareholder is trying to shake up the management of one of the industry`s oldest firms, New York City-based engineering-constructor Stone & Webster Inc., The shareholder has filed a lawsuit against the 105-year-old firm, claiming that it is understanding losses from construction activities and is using the voting rights of employee-owned stock to perpetuate current management to the detriment of all shareholders.


The following is an introduction to the special issue on dependable embedded systems. The motivation for this issue came from two large-scale research initiatives, namely the German DFG SPP 1500 "Dependable Embedded Systems" (coordinated by Jörg Henkel from KIT; see also: http://spp1500.itec.kit.edu) and the NSF "Variability Expedition" from theUSA (coordinated byRajesh Gupta from UC San Diego; see also: http://www.variability.org). Both research initiatives started around the same time and both address similar dependability problems. Since both initiatives have had various exchanges through joint colloquia etc., a special issue representing the newest research outcome of both appeared to be an interesting contribution to the international research community working on this topic.


The space cable plays an important role in signal transmission and power distribution in spacecraft, and is an important part of connecting the subsystems and units. The number and weight of the space cables of spacecraft are increasing with the increasingly complex payload function of the spacecraft, which leads to a large increase in the cost of the whole satellite. The copper-clad aluminum (CCA) wire is 40% lighter than copper wire, which was used by Chinese satellite before. Some Europe and America communication satellite manufacturer use copper-clad aluminum (CCA) wire in order to reduce the satellite weight. Based on the study of crimping technology of light-weight copper-clad aluminum and electrical connector terminal which made in china, the tensile strength, sealing, metallographic and contact resistance of the crimping joints were analyzed. It was found that the hardness of the connector terminal, the position of the observation hole, and the match of wire gauge and terminal directly affect the crimping joints quality.


Abstract This article discusses some of the results of the fieldwork which has been carried out since 1994 by Liverpool University at the site of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham (Mersa Matruh). In particular it concentrates on how the epigraphic and archaeological evidence recovered from this Ramesside fortress-town has produced new insights into Egypto-Libyan relations, and especially how Egypt operated its short-lived imperial administration of the Marmarican coast during the Late Bronze Age. Egyptian inscriptional evidence from the fortress names the specific Libyan groups against which it was directed, while adding to the debate regarding the areas of operation of these groups by locating itself within "Tjemeh-Land". Both inscriptional and archaeological evidence indicate that Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham was intended to be, and became, a major fortress-town like those known from Egypt's Nubian and Levantine empire. Evidence for food-processing and the production of linen cloth makes it clear that Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham was largely self-sufficient rather than being reliant on supplies from the Nile Valley. However, this self-sufficiency could only be maintained with the goodwill of local Libyan groups, suggesting some level of economic symbiosis between those groups and the fortress' garrison. On a wider level, the desire to protect Egyptian economic interests, in particular international maritime trade routes, was undoubtedly a major factor behind the construction of this (and other) fortresses on the Mediterranean coast during the reign of Ramesses II. Finds of significant quantities of foreign (Canaanite, Aegean, Cypriote) material at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham are a clear indicator of this role, while it is suggested that the Libyan groups against whom this trade route needed to be protected were not the 'local' Tjehenu and Tjemeh Libyans but the newly-appeared Meshwesh and Libu.


After getting to know the planting state of Henan tobacco and analyzing on the management mode and the situation encountered by China tobacco since entering the WTO,the result shows that poor management is the main reason for the problems appearing in the tobacco of Henan.In order to integrate with the international tobacco at WTO age and improve greatly the competitive capability,it's necessary to perform tobacco production on behalf of the interests of the tobacco planters,to adopt reasonable adopt reasonable tube cigarette mode to improve tobacco planters enthusiasm,make effective resources disposed rationally to find the proper localization during the time of WTO.


The aim of this article is to investigate the experiences of educators on the role of parents in the school governing bodies of rural schools. Apart from a literature review on the experiences of educators on the role of parents in the governance of rural schools, the article reports on a study in which empirical investigation based on quantitative research paradigm was used to collect data from educators. The literature findings revealed that the inclusion of parents in the school governing bodies is a critical component of education in South Africa. The study revealed that empirical findings elicited that educators would like parents to have a significant role to play in school governance. The study is concluded by the submission that it is essential for parents in the school governing bodies of rural schools to be given necessary training so that they can have a working knowledge of school governance activities.


Recently, various attempts have been made to generalize Goodman's well-known principle of individuation' so as to render it appropriate to non-atomic systems of individuals with respect to the ancestral of membership. As Schuldenfrei points out2, my own efforts in this direction3 were flawed in two respects: (1) by my previous criteria all atomic individuals were identified, and (2) contrary to Goodman's demands, the atoms of set theory failed to be identified with their singletons. The easiest correction of these errors would seem to be this: throughout the former Definition (8) of "ancestral base", let the word "ancestor" refer to the improper ancestral with respect to membership (which is reflective) rather than to the proper ancestral (which is irreflexive). The revised definition reads as follows:


The paper describes the pre-processing and subsequent segmentation of NMR images of growing tissue cultures. Images obtained by the NMR technique give three separately growing cultures. The aim of the work was to follow the speed of their development. Images obtained by means of the NMR device used are of very low resolution and contrast and there are no sharp edges between regions. Processing such images may prove to be quite di-cult. A suitable algorithm was found, which consists of the pre-processing of the image and subsequent multiphase level set segmentation. The proposed method segments the image based on the intensity of the regions sought, and is suitable for working with NMR images in which there are no sharp edges. The method is described by partial difierential equations that were transformed into corresponding difierence equations solved numerically. Processing the detected images and measuring the sequence of NMR data give a graph of the growth development of the tissue cultures examined in comparison with manual measurement of their content.


ABSTRACT Despite having a well-documented history about community colleges across the United States, relatively few discussions have covered state-level governance structures. To understand the typology of state community college governance structures, it must first be recognized that community college governance is characterized as a complex web of relationships and arrangements that have evolved over time. There is a myriad of ways in which states can structure their higher education systems. Changes, emerging issues, and taxonomies that currently exist in the literature are becoming out-of-date and less precise. The purpose of this study was to develop a national landscape of state-level community college governance structures and to provide an updated categorization of state-level community college governance structures. This study identified common themes, patterns, and emerging developments regarding state-level community college governance. The results of this study about state-level community college governance structures is beneficial for state-level community college governance leaders across the country to stay current and informed on changes and trends, and an opportunity to gain a better understanding about other states' power-structures, governance, and administration over community colleges.


YEKUANA KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY T HE PRESENT PAPER is concerned mainly with the kinship system of the Yekuwna Indians. The data were collected from a Makiritare Indian. Although the Makiritare are but one Yekuina subgroup out of several, and although we were told by our informant that he phonetics of the kin terms may vary considerably from one group to another, we are sure that hese facts are of no structural importance with respect to the system as such. The Yekuina tribes belong to the Cariban linguistic stock. They occupy a large area between the Parigua and the upper Orinoco where they live in scattered settlements with some concentration along the rivers Parigua, Caura, and the headwaters ofthe Orinoco. Subsistence is based on hunting and brand-tillage riculture, supplemented by fishing and gathering. Bitter manioc is the staple crop, followed by maize, but pineapples and tobacco are also grown. The dog is the only domestic animal. Both men and women fish. The men hunt, clear the land, plant the crops, and also weave and make baskets, coiled pottery, and dugout canoes. Intertribal trade is important. A settlement i cludes a single large communal dwelling, oval in shape, with a conical thatched roof and walls of wattle-and-daub. Individual families occupy apartments along the walls, the center of the hut being reserved for communal dinners and as a bachelors' room.2 Of the twenty-one fundamental kinship terms listed below nineteen are always used in address and two only in reference. The latter efer to "husband" and "wife" who, because of a strong avoidance taboo are not supposed to address each other in public. No teknonyms are employed, and personal names are only known of a few individuals. A number of terms such as those for sisters and younger brother are always used with the diminutive suffix /-ka/, which to omit is considered tobe very rude. All kinship terms appear to be elementary terms and most of them are highly classificatory with regard to their range of application. Only two terms of address are denotive, not counting the referential forms for "husband" and "wife."


Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in Indian women. Acute coronary syndromes (ACS), including unstable angina (UA), non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), represent a large portion of the clinical presentation of coronary artery disease (CAD) in Indians. Despite the importance of CAD for women, there is persistent perception that CAD is a man's disease. We have been interested in coronary artery disease in women and thereafter we observed interesting data about STEMI in women, particularly highlighting the incidence, risk factors, interventional procedure with immediate and long-term outcome. Methods: We studied clinical and angiographic profiles of 100 women admitted with STEMI who underwent coronary angiography and angioplasty over a period of 5 years at Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, India. The objectives were to examine the distribution of risk factor and coronary angiographic patterns of CAD in women presenting with STEMI. Results: It was observed that myocardial infarction is most commonly involving women between the age 50 to 80 years. Diabetes mellitus and Hypertension were found to be most common risk factors involved in development of myocardial infarction in obese females. Most common presentation of STEMI was inferior wall MI. Most common coronary angiography finding was multi vessel disease. Conclusion: The clinical presentation of myocardial infarction in women varies from mild chest discomfort to severe unstable angina. Primary angioplasty is the gold standard treatment for such patients. Data about gender as an independent prognostic factor for death is conflicting. Women usually present at a later age with atypical symptoms and have higher rates of comorbidity, which translates to a worse prognosis post-ACS than men. As this study is based on experience at single centre, various biases may be possible.


Part 1 Introduction: the legal context of reparation and mediation in Scotland the SACRO reparation and mediation project the types of cases dealt with by the project the development of the SACRO reparation and mediation project outline of procedure and practice the evaluation. Part 2 Analysis of cases referred to and accepted by the project: cases referred to and accepted by the project characteristics of case referrals to and accepted for reparational mediation relationship between victim and accused type of offence characteristics of victims and accused in cases accepted by the project financial loss to victims summary. Part 3 Progress of cases through the project: cases referred back after an approach to the victim cases withdrawn before an agreement was made cases referred back after contact with the accused cases where an agreement was reached between victim and accused termination for breach of the agreement completed agreements completed agreements components of agreements throughput of cases summary. Part 4 The comparison group: characteristics of the comparison group outcomes and disposals of comparison groups cases interviews with victims in the comparison group the comparison and caseload cases summary. Part 5 The views of victims and accused: methods and response rates participating victims participating accused victims and accused who refused to participate summary. Part 6 The procurators fiscal: sample and methods the limits of reparation and mediation identifying cases for referral the potential impact of reparation and mediation evaluation of the effectiveness of reparation and mediation reparation and mediation and other alternatives opinions of organizational features associated with reparation and mediation potential development of reparation and mediation the wider impact of reparation and mediation summary. Part 7 The volunteer scheme: recruitment background details of volunteer mediators the interviews undertaking medication monitoring the agreement problems in practice volunteers' evaluation of the impact of reparationand mediation summary.


This study aimed to reveal the natural history, curative effect and possible re-infection risk factors of human cystic echinococcosis (CE) through long-term follow-up of treated and untreated CE cases in Hobukesar, Xingjiang, Northwest China. Follow-up studies about CE were carried out twice in Hobukesar from August 2005 to October 2008. Ultrasound scan was primary diagnostic method. Among 24 patients confirmed CE, 22 patients were treated (including surgery in 19 cases and chemotherapy in 3 cases). Two recurrent cases and one re-infective case were found during the studies. The type (WHO classification) of one of the recurrent cases transformed from CE4 to CE3. Ultrasound was required to differentiate primary, recurrent and re-infective cases during epidemiological investigation and follow-up of CE. Most patients did not change their habits was one of the possible causes of re-infection. One recurrent case suggested that biological status of CE4 was not inactive prompted by WHO.


Er3+ doped SrMoO4 (SrMoO4:Er3+) and Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped SrMoO4 (SrMoO4:Er3+/Yb3+) particles were successfully synthesized by a cyclic microwave-assisted metathetic (MAM) route followed by heat treatment. The microstructures exhibited well-defined and homogeneous morphology with particles sizes of 100500 nm. With excitation at 980 nm, SrMoO4:Er3+ and SrMoO4:Er3+/Yb3+ particles exhibited a strong 525-nm emission band and a weak 550-nm emission band in the green region and a weak 655-nm emission band in the red region. The Raman spectra of SrMoO4:Er3+ and SrMoO4:Er3+/Yb3+ particles indicated the detection of additional strong peaks at both higher frequencies (564, 524, 456, and 403 cm-1) and lower frequencies (294, 251, and 220 cm-1).


Freezing behavior of liquid monolayers adsorbed in extremely narrow tubes is studied by a lattice model that can be mapped to the Ising magnet. The model assumes an m ×∞ square net with cylindrical geometry with m cells in the circular direction, each cell being occupied by a molecule with q orientations. First we examine how the freezing behavior of the model monolayer varies with increasing m , i.e., increasing the pore diameter. It is shown that the behavior in two dimensions ( m →∞) is nearly achieved with small values of m ( m ∼8). Second we study an extended model that has anisotropic intermolecular interaction. When the anisotropic interaction energies are those with which the corresponding Ising model has antiferromangetic interactions in the axial direction and ferromagnetic interactions in the circular direction, a semiordered phase appears in a temperature regime between those of solid and liquid states.


Let E be an arithmetic expression involving n variables, each of which appears just once, and the possible operations of addition, multiplication, and division. Although other cases are considered, when these three operations take unit time the restructuring algorithms presented in this paper yield evaluation times no greater than 2.88 log2n + 1 and 2.08 log2n for general expressions and division-free expressions, respectively. The coefficients are precisely given by 2/log2&agr; ≈ 2.88 and 1/log2&bgr; ≈ 2.08, where &agr; and &bgr; are the positive real roots of the equations z2 = z + 1 and z4 = 2z + 1, respectively. While these times were known to be of order log2n, the best previously known coefficients were 4 and 2.15 for the two cases. The authors conjecture that the present coefficients are the best possible, since they have exhibited expressions which seem to require these times within an additive constant. The paper also gives upper bounds to the restructuring time of a given expression E and to the number of processors required for its parallel evaluation. It is shown that at most O(n1.44) and O(n1.82) operations are needed for restructuring general expressions and division-free expression, respectively. It is pointed out that, since the order of the compiling time is greater than n log n, the numbers of required processors exhibit the same rate of growth in n as the corresponding compiling times.


For the Jordanian government, meeting the growing demand for goods and services on its own is very difficult, leading to the increased dependence on other sectors of society. This research is aimed at understanding the critical success factors of local public-private partnership projects, identifying the most vital risk factors affecting projects, and establishing a quantitative model for risk assessment. The model can assist public-private partnership contributors by transforming the basic risk assessment principles into a more facilitated and systematic arithmetical based approach. The results showed that the risk factors with the highest ranks (respectively) are transfer phase, organizational risks, financing phase, project management risks, and feasibility study phase. The research is ultimately aimed at developing a framework for the risk evaluation of public-private partnerships within the construction industry in Jordan.


A miniaturized metamaterial absorber (MA) with resistive 2.5‐dimensional (2.5‐D) meander lines (ML) and magnetic materials (MM) layer backed by a conducting ground, which exhibits good absorbing performance, is designed and experimentally demonstrated. The 2.5‐D layer is two pairs of ML are connected in series by the four vias cross dipole structure where resistive sheets are loaded on both sides. The MM substrate has both high permeability and permittivity for bandwidth expanding at low frequencies. The 2.5‐D layer and MM layer are separated by an air layer. In the positive resonance region of air layer, strong magnetic squeezing effect occurs. This results in significant magnetic field enhancement within the MM layer. Results indicate that an absorption at lower frequencies is significantly enhanced and is above 90% in 0.8 to 3.2 GHz at normal incidence and the relative bandwidth is 120%. A key feature of the proposed absorber is that its unit cell is only 0.019 λL × 0.019 λL, which exhibits satisfactory stability for different polarization states and incident angles. Experimental results are presented and compared to numerical simulations, showing a reasonable agreement. This work providing new ways for miniaturized high‐performance absorbing materials of wider bandwidth and stronger absorption.


Abstract Objectives Methionine is an indispensable sulfur-containing amino acid required for synthesizing protein as well as other critical nutrients. Methionine is the primary methyl donor for >50 transmethylation reactions to produce metabolites including creatine, phosphatidylcholine (PC), and methylated DNA. In piglets, because only one-third of methionine flux is incorporated into protein compared to transmethylation reactions (∼2/3), non-protein demands need to be considered when determining methionine requirement. Our objective was to quantify how much dietary methionine is required to maximize synthesis of protein as well as key transmethylated products. We hypothesized that more dietary methionine will be needed to maximize creatine synthesis, with lower levels required to maximize PC and protein synthesis. Methods Twenty surgically altered Yucatan miniature piglets (∼8 d old; ∼1.6 kg) were fed complete diets for 5 d and then randomized to 20 test diets with methionine intakes ranging from 20%-220% of requirement (0.05–0.55 g/kg/d). After 24 h of test diet, [3H-methyl]-methionine was infused for 6 h to measure methyl incorporation into creatine, PC, and methylated DNA, and then a3H-phenylalanine flooding dose was given to measure protein synthesis. Break-point analysis was used to identify the methionine required to maximize product synthesis. Results Plasma methionine increased above 0.3 g methionine/kg/d, reflecting the whole body requirement. Creatine synthesis maximized at ∼0.3 g methionine/kg/d, while muscle protein synthesis was maximized at 0.2 g methionine/kg/d, suggesting growth is prioritized when methionine is limiting. PC synthesis was low up to 0.35 g methionine/kg/d and increased linearly with higher intakes, suggesting PC synthesis was not maximized at 200% of requirement.3H-DNA did not change with dietary methionine, and plasma homocysteine was positively correlated with dietary methionine. Conclusions These data suggest that more methionine is required to accommodate demands for creatine and PC synthesis than that for protein synthesis. Therefore, methionine requirement estimates for infants, which rely on protein synthesis outcomes, are likely insufficient to achieve maximal synthesis of key methylated metabolites creatine and PC. Funding Sources NSERC.


This article examines the strategic legal activity of the environmental movement in the United Kingdom over the past twenty years. Environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have increasingly turned to the courts in pursuit of their policy goals, despite significant losses on substantive legal issues, difficulties gaining standing and high costs awarded against them under the "loser pays" system. This presents a puzzle: why does the movement continue to pursue legal action in the face of what activists claim is a hostile legal opportunity structure (LOS)? This study explores this seeming paradox using a single-country, cross-temporal comparative approach, an original dataset of legal cases taken by NGOs as well as qualitative case studies of strategic litigation. It highlights the agency the movement exhibits within opportunity structures and suggests that NGOs that use litigation are able to highlight the failings of the existing system and improve future access to justice for themselves and other groups.


Infection with Marek's disease virus (MDV) and subsequent tumor development failed to induce the expression of endogenous avian RNA tumor virus genome in Line‐151 and Line‐7 chickens which lacked such expression at 1 day of age. Titers of avian leukosis virus (ALV) group‐specific (gs) antigen detected by the COFAL test and expression of chick helper factor (chf) activity remained relatively constant in birds which expressed these genome functions at hatching time. Endogenous ALV belonging to the E‐subgroup was isolated from two of 50 birds; both were controls not exposed to MDV. There was no correlation between expression of ALV genome (gs or chf) at 1 day of age and the rate of tumor development subsequent to MDV infection. It was concluded that MDV infection can induce tumors without the participation of endogenous ALV genome.


The effect which transgenic agriculture has on sustained growth of modern agriculture is in dual nature.It brings some opportunities and becomes an inevitable choice for sustained growth of modern agriculture.But transgenic agriculture can also make it hide risk and crisis.Therefore,we must speed up the research for transgenic agricultural technology and application.At the same time,we should construct the safe guarantee system of sustained growth in transgenic agriculture.If it does well in two sides,transgenic agriculture can promote modern agriculture to develop well and promptly.


Behavioural symptoms and urinary tract infections (UTI) are among the most common problems faced by people with dementia. One of the key challenges in the management of these conditions is early detection and timely intervention in order to reduce distress and avoid unplanned hospital admissions. Using in-home sensing technologies and machine learning models for sensor data integration and analysis provides opportunities to detect and predict clinically significant events and changes in health status. We have developed an integrated platform to collect in-home sensor data and performed an observational study to apply machine learning models for agitation and UTI risk analysis. We collected a large dataset from 88 participants with a mean age of 82 and a standard deviation of 6.5 (47 females and 41 males) to evaluate a new deep learning model that utilises attention and rational mechanism. The proposed solution can process a large volume of data over a period of time and extract significant patterns in a time-series data (i.e. attention) and use the extracted features and patterns to train risk analysis models (i.e. rational). The proposed model can explain the predictions by indicating which time-steps and features are used in a long series of time-series data. The model provides a recall of 91\% and precision of 83\% in detecting the risk of agitation and UTIs. This model can be used for early detection of conditions such as UTIs and managing of neuropsychiatric symptoms such as agitation in association with initial treatment and early intervention approaches. In our study we have developed a set of clinical pathways for early interventions using the alerts generated by the proposed model and a clinical monitoring team has been set up to use the platform and respond to the alerts according to the created intervention plans.


This index presents a list of other ancient sources from Dead Sea Scrolls, pseudepigrapha, Josephus, Philo, Rabbinic literature and other classical sources that occur in this book. The book discusses the origins of the "new covenant in the land of Damascus" ("Damascus covenant") and of the Qumran community ("covenant of the community").Keywords: Damascus covenant; Dead Sea Scrolls; Josephus; Philo; pseudepigrapha; Rabbinic literature


Humans have always been inspired by the living, representing, simulating, and emulating it. Today we are witnessing the extension of life into a "Third Life"—the "First Life" being the biological life and the "Second Life" the life in the symbolic dimension—that expands Nature. This process is consistent with the progressive externalisation outside the body of human functions and activities, in the beginning of body parts, then of knowledge and memory, then of activities and labor, and finally of some narrow reasoning and autonomous action. In the future, increasingly human activities will be externalised, evolving into Third Life.


ABSTRACT The excellent properties of titanium pellet Z in the blast furnace hearth protection were determined by studying the composition, metallurgical properties and a over four years period of application practice of titanium-containing pellets(C&Z) and ores (J, G&D) in a domestic blast furnace. The reduction and softening-melting properties of titanium pellet Z were better than those of titanium lump ore G, D and J, and titanium pellet C. Under the condition of a titanium load of 7–8 kg TiO2/tHM, the fuel rate, pressure drop and slag ratio of the blast furnace using titanium pellet Z were better than that for the titanium-bearing resources. Using pellet Z had an obvious effect on the decrease of the hearth temperature and sustained stability. It was concluded that pellet Z was an excellent titanium-bearing burden for both laboratory research and industrial trial.


Tuberculosis, despite its prevention, remains an endemic affection in Morocco. Although rare, pseudo surgical forms and especially peritonitis are mainly due to delayed diagnosis. We report the case of a 30-year-old woman, admitted for peritonitis. The diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis was established during surgery with macroscopic observation of granulations, and confirmed after biopsy specimens by identification of a giant lymph node cell granuloma with caseous necrosis. Outcome was favorable after appropriate antibiotic therapy. This observation emphasizes the fact that peritonitis, although a rare complication of peritoneal tuberculosis, poses problems of positive and differential diagnosis. Even if treatment is based on antituberculous quadritherapy, surgery is sometimes necessary and should be decided in due time.


When stainless steel needles were inserted opposite each other in the stem near the unifoliolate buds of soybean plants and retained there for the whole experiment, leaf temperatures increased for two consecutive days. Following acupuncture, the mean temperature of the main vein in the first and second days increased 0.59 degree C and 0.48 degree C, respectively, while the temperature of mesophyll increased only 0.50 degree C and 0.47 degree C in the first and second days. These results are very consistent with studies on the human meridian system. This is our second report on experimental evidence that plants may have a meridian system as is known to exist in mammals.