Social Cognitive Theory proposes educational perspectives believed to facilitate the learning process. Social learning focuses on the interactive function of person, behavior, and environment. The mechanism for learning and attitude development is claimed to be influenced by modeling and reinforcement. Computer instruction is a technology that has the capability of incorporating both modeling and reinforcement. Interactive Video Instruction (IVI) is a branch of computer instruction comprised of video and computer components. A traditional mode for computer instruction is on an individual basis. An alternative mode of instruction through group presentation is sometimes employed in the educational arena, however, limited research supports its effectiveness, especially in nursing education. Thus, the following research question was posed: Are there differences in learning and attitude towards the instructional media when an IVI program is utilized by an individual nursing student, small group of nursing students, and a larger group of nursing students? A Pretest-Posttest Control-Group Design was employed. A non-probability, convenience sampling Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. method was utilized and included students from baccalaureate nursing schools. The IVI program was presented in the respective schools to nursing students who were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups. Mode of instruction for the program in each school was on an individual, small group, and larger group basis. A test of Intravenous (I. V.) Therapy content was administered before and after the program to measure cognitive learning. Similarly, an attitude survey was distributed before and after the program to assess attitude towards the instructional media. Extraneous variables were controlled statistically by comparing pretest scores through ANOVA. Posttest scores were grouped according to the specific mode of instruction and sample means for each mode were computed. One way ANOVA with post hoc Scheffe test was used to test the hypothesis. Findings revealed no significant difference in learning and attitude towards the instructional media when utilizing three modes of instruction. Therefore, group learning was at least as effective a mode as individualized learning, which has implications for issues of cost effectiveness. In addition, the majority of students indicated a generally positive reaction to IVI as an instructional strategy. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.


Intussusception is the telescoping or invagination of one segment of the bowel into its adjacent portion. It is common among children however it's rare in adults, being seen in approximately only 5% of cases. In adults, it is the underlying cause of about 5% of bowel obstructions. More than half of these intussusceptions in adults are secondary to a neoplasm. Burkitt's lymphoma is an uncommon cause of intussusception, in adults, less than 20 cases have been reported in the literature. Double intussusceptions due to Burkitt's lymphoma are extremely rare. We present a case of a 20-year-old woman who presented symptoms of intestinal obstruction and was diagnosed with double ileoileal intussusception at Abdominal computed tomography and laparotomy exploration. The pathology of the lead points turned out to be Burkitt's lymphoma. This case details a rare cause of intussusception secondary to Burkitt's lymphoma. In infants, this is often treated with air enema reduction, but in adult populations, intussusceptions are normally associated with a lead point, therefore surgical management is essential. Hereby we present to you a second reported case in the literature of adult double intussusception due to Burkitt's lymphoma. This report contains interesting diagnostic imaging, operative details, and specimen photographs.


The quest for unconventional solutions of funding sources and fostering of educational projects can be performed through observation of current projects or the ones already implemented by other institutions. Competing never meant guarantee of obtaining resources, but it is a different opportunity of diverse fundraising sources commonly used. Certainly the universities need to overcome inertia to ensure its sustainability and survival, but before that they need to do their homework in various sectors.


The cracks in massive concrete structures are mainly caused by the thermal stress and thermal strain due to hydration heat of cement.Layered construction can reduce the temperature obviously,but it can more obviously reduce temperature if placing some vertical steel tubes with some form in massive concrete structures before construction.The thermal field and thermal stress field were studied when massive concrete structures were placed on vertical steel tubes which form was like a plum blossom during layered construction period by ANSYS finite element calculation software.And compared with the data of not placing vertical steel tubes,the steel tubes' specific effect of reducing temperature was obtained,and some suggestions were listed for the reference in practical projects.


Abstract The Novallas Bronze may be considered one of the most important epigraphic finds in recent years in Spain. It is a fragment of a public document datable to the last decades of the 1st c. BCE, composed in the Celtiberian language but written in the Latin alphabet. The Novallas Bronze is not only one of the latest inscriptions composed in this language – over half a century later than the famous inscriptions from Contrebia Belaisca – but also the longest Celtiberian document written in the Latin alphabet known thus far. This paper offers a complete publication of this exceptional document, as well as an analysis of the principal developments that the artifact illuminates and the consequent implications for the transformations that the Celtiberian people underwent during the transition from Republic to Empire, with particular focus on the process of Latinization.


2D Detection with gray level images is popularly employed in current surface inspection systems of steel strips, which lead to high false detection rate because of interference of pseudo-defects, such as iron oxide, water stains, and grease. Therefore, an online detection technique of 3D defects based on photometric stereo was developed in this paper. The acquired 3D information is utilized to distinguish real 3D defects from pseudo-defects, which can significant improve the performance of surface inspection system. The designed inspection system was equipped with lasers and linear CCD camera to scan the moving surface of steel strips, referred as the photometric stereo laser scanning system. Samples of hot and cold-rolled steels, with pseudo and real defects such as roll imprints, cracks and scratches on surface, were scanned and showed obvious distinguishment.


The characteristics of interdecadal variability of precipitation in April and May and the associated atmospheric circulation,as well as the relationship with mid-West Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature(SST) on decadal scale over South China are analyzed by using observational station data,NOAA SST data,and NCEP reanalysis data for the period 1951-2005.The results show that both the April and May precipitation over South China exhibit a notable decadal change in the early 1970s,which experienced a notable low to high transition.The variability of April precipitation has asignificant negative correlation with the Mid-West Pacific Ocean SST from July to November in the preceding year,and precipitation in May has a remarkable negative correlation with SST in the Mid-West Pacific Ocean from February to May in the same year.In the decadal period of lower(higher) rainfall in April and May,the Mid-West Pacific Ocean SST is warmer(colder) in the previous time period;the sea level pressure is significantly lower(higher) in southern Asian continent and the African continent at the same period,and the North Pacific Ocean sea level pressure is higher(lower);there appears an anomalous anticyclonic(cyclonic) circulation over South China,accompanied by a significant southerly(northerly) wind anomalies in the northern boundary of South China,causing a strengthened(weakened) of the anomalous water vapor output in the northern boundary of South China.Meanwhile,the middle and upper troposphere air temperature in the mainland of China is significantly warmer(colder),the East Asian jet stream is obviously northward(southward),the western Pacific subtropical high is weaker(stronger) and eastward(westward),so the water vapor transport to South China is weakened(enhanced),which emerges an anomalous divergence(convergence) of water vapor over South China,resulting in a decrease(an increase) of April and May precipitation over South China.


Electric vehicles (EVs) are complex electromechanical systems described by nonlinear models and therefore their control design and analysis is not an easy task. In the present work, fuzzy logic controllers (FLCs) are used and examined via extensive simulations. A main weakness of the FLC approach is how to ensure system stability, and the main contribution of the paper is that a nonlinear model-based analysis is performed to cover this gap. Particularly, it is proven that for the entire EV system, the input-to-state stability (ISS) property holds true with respect to arbitrary external inputs, namely the external mechanical torque on the car wheels and the internal battery voltage. Furthermore, it is shown that the system is ISS and its states converge to the equilibrium regardless from the way the controlled-inputs are constructed. This decisively enhances the overall design approach since it is proven that FLCs applied on the EV, simultaneously guarantee system stability.


The sensitivity of the hemadsorption-negative plaque test for the infectivity assay of dengue virus type 2 was compared with those of other methods such as conventional plaque test, intracranial inoculation technique of suckling or weanling mice and intrathoracical inocu- lation technique of Aedes aegypti. The results indicated that the infectivity of the virus can be rapidly and reliably assayed by this method and the sensitivity of the method is higher than that of suckling or weanling mice intracranial inoculation technique, although about 5-fold less sensitive than that of intrathoracical inoculation technique of Aedes aegypti. Physicochemical, biochemical and growth characteristices of mouse brain passaged dengue viruses have been extensively studied. However, many problems still remain un- clear, especially on the pathogenicity of the virus and the pathogenesis of dengue hemorrha- gic fever. One of the main reasons of the slow progress in these fields might be due to the lack of adequate virus growth system and rapid assay method of the infectivity of the virus in tissue culture. Various assay methods of the virus in tissue culture system have been repor- ted (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 14, 16) previously, but they, in general, take long incubation peri- ods to obtain the results and are less susceptible than 2 to 3-day-old suckling mouse intra- cranial inoculation method.


Illustrating the superiority of practical ontology and the modernity of practice, professor Zhang Yuneng analyzes the basic issues of esthetics in his practical esthetic theories. While this author emphasizes the importance of practical ontology in the development of practical esthetics, he also points out that practical esthetics should face new challenges.


The detection of threats from a distance within a complex background is a valuable and often lifesaving utility. Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) allows for the detection of threat materials in convoluted environmental scenes, where the target of interest is typically low in concentration and co-located with interferrants and varying substrates. The ideal HSI sensor is able to automatically assess scenes in near real-time and at a safe standoff distance to avoid risk of harm to the operator and equipment. Unfortunately, many current generation HSI sensors have limitations that hinder the ability to effectively handle these situations. These systems often have an inefficient area search rate, do not provide near real-time measurements, or require the user to be in close proximity to the material in question. ChemImage Sensor Systems (CISS) has developed a wide-field, portable shortwave infrared hyperspectral imaging (SWIR HSI) sensor called VeroVision™ Threat Detector capable of detecting threat materials (i.e. explosives, narcotics) at standoff distances for a variety of applications. The portable HSI sensor has been designed to analyze complex scenes at near real-time speeds. The sensor utilizes SWIR absorbance spectroscopy to provide molecular discrimination of the target area at standoff distances from 1 to 20+ meters. The sensor has a custom developed software package that provides the operator the ability to adapt its spectral library to incorporate new threat materials or change the type of target of interest. This paper will provide an overview of VeroVision as well as a discussion on how it may be effectively applied to room and vehicle clearing applications.


A propylene polymerization production process optimal soft-measurement meter based on genetic algorithm optimized BP neural network comprises a propylene polymerization production process, a site intelligent meter, a control station, a DCS databank used for storing data, an optimal soft measurement model based on genetic algorithm optimized BP neural network, and a melting index soft-measurement value indicator. The site intelligent meter and the control station are connected with the propylene polymerization production process and the DCS databank; the optimal soft-measurement model is connected with the DCS databank and the soft-measurement value indicator. The optimal soft measurement model based on genetic algorithm optimized BP neural network comprises a data pre-processing module, an ICA dependent-component analysis module, a BP neural network modeling module and a genetic algorithm optimized BP neural network module. The invention also provides a soft measurement method adopting the soft measurement meter. The invention can realize on-line measurement and on-line automatic parameter optimization, with quick calculation, automatic model updating, strong anti-interference capability and high accuracy.


Power-match control of hydraulic power systems means to continuously control the output power of the hydraulic pump so as to match the power of the load actuator. In the previous two reports of this study, we investigated the dynamic performance of pressure-match control and flow-rate-match control, employing an electrohydraulic power-match system driven by the differential-PWM method. The results showed that the system could be well controlled by each method. This system differs from the conventional type in that each control variable of pressure, flow rate or power of the load actuator can be controlled without using any control valves such as a load sensing valve or a flow control valve. In this report, a control algorithm for power-match control is developed and its applicability is tested in physical models of an injection molding machine. The performance of the applied system is investigated by experiment and computer simulation. It is verified that the system has good control performance.


The experiment was carried out in Bebedouro County, State of Sao Paulo, in the period of 3/10 until 7/26/2000, in order to study the effect of acaricides on Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes, 1939) (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in citrus. The products tested and dosages in g AI/100L of water were: Check; Flufenoxuron + Propargite (2.5 + 36 e 3.0 + 36); Flufenoxuron + Dicofol (2.5 + 36 e 3.0 + 36); Flufenoxuron + Clorfenapyr (2.5+ 6.0; 2.5 + 7.5 e 3.0 + 7.5); Hexythiazox + Propargite (0.75 + 36), Flufenoxuron (5.0) and Hexythiazox (1.5). All of the acaricides induced significant reductions to the population of B. phoenicis up to 60 days after the application. Flufenoxuron + Dicofol (2.5 e 3.0 + 36.0 g A.I./100L); Flufenoxuron + Chlofenapyr (2.5 e 3.0 + 7.5 g A.I./100L) and Hexythiazox + Propargite (0.75 + 36 g A.I./100L) were efficient up to 120 days after the application for the control of the leprosis mite B. phoenicis in citrus orchard.


Doug Campos-Outcalt, M.D., M.P.A., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson. While preparing a presentation for a health promotion conference, I noticed that I was using numerous religious metaphors. Subsequent conversations and exploration of the prevention literature have convinced me that the convergence of religion and prevention is not a chance occurrence and has significance for the future of the discipline.


Several new kinds of asymmetry porphyrins and metalloporphyrins modified by pyridine derivatives were synthesized and characterized by ~1H NMR,elementary analysis,MS,IR,UV-Vis spectra etc.Moreover,the results of molecular simulation are consistented with that of spectra analysis.The nonlinear optical properties of porphyrins and metalloporphyrins were studied by Z-scan experiment.Using ns-laser pulse,strong nonlinear absorption is observed at 532 nm.The experimental results show that the effects of different positions of the substituent and different metals on the nonlinear refractivity of the porphyrins are evident.


Silicon Photo-Multipliers (SiPMs) are semiconductor-based photo-detectors with performances similar to the traditional Photo-Multiplier Tubes (PMTs). An increasing number of experiments dedicated to particle detection in colliders, accelerators, astrophysics, neutrino and rare-event physics involving scintillators are using SiPMs as photodetectors. They are gradually substituting PMTs in many applications, especially where low voltages are required and high magnetic field is present. Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., one of leading producers of photo-detectors, in the last year introduced the S14160 series of SiPMs with improved performances. In this work, a characterization of these devices will be presented in terms of breakdown voltages, pulse shape, dark current and gain. Particular attention has been dedicated to the analysis of the parameters as function of temperature.


Large-eddy simulation (LES) has been successfully used by the atmospheric community to generate fine resolution fields of turbulent refractivity. These fields can be directly used for the wave propagation problem in the megahertz range but not for the waves of higher frequencies. Numerical computation of these high frequency waves require very fine grid resolution, which is beyond the capabilities of the existing supercomputers. For this reason the physicists, working in Electromagnetic (EM) wave propagation modeling, prefer to artificially generate the refractive index fluctuations using a given spectra. This makes the turbulent spectra very important for the wave propagation modeling, which needs to be modeled for spatial scales ranging from large resolvable scales to the scales in the dissipation range, beyond the LES cut-off. In the present work and to our knowledge for the first time, the results obtained from the LES of a moist convective boundary layer, are used to estimate all the key parameters defining the refractive index spectra. Propagation of EM waves in a turbulent medium is solely characterized by these parameters. These parameters are the refractive index structure function parameter C2 n, the inner scale l0 and the outer scale L0 of the turbulent field. These parameters are estimated for the waves in visible frequency range, at different altitudes. The results are then used to study the intensity variance of the scattered waves.


This thesis aims to study the production of pussy, by means of which we can get to know the nutritional value of the (LupinusmutabilisSweet) chocho or tarwi, to know the qualities and characteristics of the legume and in this way to carry out the exportation of peeled Towards Spain. This Andean grain, is characterized by the content of protein, fat, carbohydrates, minerals and fiber which determines its value and importance in human food. Because of these qualities, puff is known as Andean soy. In Ecuador, Andean grain production occurs in the Sierra region, mainly in the provinces of Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Cotopaxi, Imbabura and Carchi, highlighting the province of Chimborazo as the largest producer. Therefore, the objective of this thesis is to introduce the consumption of pussy in the European continent based specifically on the Spanish market.


The objective of this study was to assess the performance of various marketing channels for sweet potato value added products. The study used cross sectional design. It used individual interviews, focused group discussions; review of relevant practical documents and discussions with key informants. Data collected were summarized using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) and Excel. Moreover the study adopted Structure- Conduct- Performance (S-C-P) model to analyze the performance of sweet potato value added products marketing system. Furthermore, the study employed gross margin analysis to measure profitability of various market channels. Regarding sweet potato prices, it was found to vary from one node to another. The analysis revealed that there is no market transparency in the sweet potatoes value added products marketing system due to poor coordination on prices information, grades and quality and standard weights of the product in question. Furthermore, bulkiness and perishability affected post-harvest system of the products which acts as barriers. Other serious challenges facing the subsector were lack of improved seeds (33.1%), low capital (26.8%), unpredictable weather (20.6%) and pests attack (13.9%). The sub-sector seems not to perform efficiently and hence there is poor economic performance due to poor production, lack of market information, low prices, and poor quality of both the sector and the product.


Data analytics and data mining techniques are increasingly being used to assist managers, business leaders, and policymakers in their decision-making. These techniques help them distill the useful information hidden in their ever-growing databases that are distributed across various data stores. Another area in which these techniques are utilized is the education domain, wherein data analytics can be leveraged to predict students' academic performance. Teachers will therefore be better informed in providing their students with additional support if required. Learning Management Systems (LMS) captures student online learning data and are extensively used by researchers to gather data-driven insights on students' overall academic performance. This study aims to predict students' academic performance with the LMS data from an online training course using various machine learning algorithms. The study further highlights that selection of features by using feature selection methods will enable early prediction of student academic performance. Early predictions can benefit those students who are considered to be at risk of failing a course with targeted early interventions to help improve their performance throughout the course.


Technical textiles are one of the fastest emergent sectors of textile industries worldwide. Medical textiles and healthcare textiles are the most important development areas within technical textiles. A rapid advancement in the health care and hygiene sector together with an increase in health consciousness has made medical textiles an important field. In order to protect people against harmful pathogens, an antimicrobial textile has been developed and as a result, finishes began to evolve in recent years. A critical problem regarding healthcare and hygiene products chemical based synthetic antimicrobial finishes or coatings for infection control. To provide the potential solution and to avoid such critical problem, seaweeds may be used. Seaweeds are plant-like organisms that commonly live attached to rocks in the coastal areas. Seaweeds of brown, green and red colour contain major pigments such as chlorophyll, carotenoids, phycobiliproteins, beta carotene and lutein; these are used for the extraction of natural dyes in textiles. Marine macroalgae (seaweeds) is rich in bioactive compounds that could potentially be exploited as functional ingredients with potential medicinal, health care or pharmaceutical activities for both human and animal health applications. The present review discusses the research potential of different bioactive compounds and its salient features that are mainly responsible for the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties present in seaweeds and their applications in the area of medical textiles.


This word was devoted to the stability in various conditions of materials used in the active layer of organic solar cells. The main goals of this work were first to provide deeper understanding about complex mechanisms occurring in the active layer and second to investigate interfacial degradation pathways involving the active layer. A first part was dedicated to the photo and thermal stability of the polymer blend materials which constitute the active layer of the solar cells. A second section focused on the role of the third component of the active layer which can be undesired residual additives coming from the processing or the desired insertion of a stabilizer additive. A third part concerned the delamination issue which takes place at the active layer / hole transporting layer interface. Finally, a last section was devoted to the energy level alignment between the C60 molecules and various electron transporting substrates. The photo and thermal stability of the active layer / electron transporting layer interface was also studied in this section.


Adrian louis de bonnieres, duke de guines (1735-1806) was the descendant of an honourable family from the province of artois, who - because he married into the montmorency family and obtained the protection of choiseul and mane-antoinette experienced social ascent in the latter half of the 18th century. That resulted in rapid promotion in the army (lieutenant general, member of the comite de la guerre and the conseil de la guerre} and in an entry into diplomatic circles (as a plenipotentiary minister in berlin in 1769 and ambassador in london from 1770 to 1776). But that success was somehow limited (he never became a minister or a marshal of france). His successful life was also tarnished by several scandals (legal proceedings against his secretary tort de la sonde). Nonetheless he was a real gentleman, being refined, elegant and popular with women. He even became one of the most prominent figures at the court of france under louis xvi. He was also famous for his musical sensibility: mozart wrote a concerto for him. He also took an interest in the research for coal in the artois area. But towards the end of his life he had to emigrate because he was faced with the hostility of robespierre. He came back to france under the consulate and died in dire circumstances.


Foreword "Rodney Wilson" 1. Introduction 2. Characteristics of the GCC Economies 3. Is the GCC an Optimal Currency Area? 4. Policy Prerequisites for a GCC Monetary Union 5. The Potential Costs of a GCC Monetary Union 6. The Potential Benefits of a GCC Monetary Union 7. Prospects for a GCC Monetary Union -- A Preliminary Balance Sheet 8. Future Issues and Controversies


Microperoxidase-11(MP-11) is immobilized on a glassy carbon electrode(GCE) modified with multiwall carbon nanotubes by physical adsorption method.It was found that MP-11 on the modified electrode takes place a quasi-reversible two electron redox reaction with a formal potential(E0') of-298mV and ΔEP is 39mV in phosphate buffer solution(PBS)(pH7.12).The MP-11on the modified electrode can catalyze the reduction O2 and H2O2.The catalytic process of O2 and H2O2 are diffusion-controlled process.The detection limit of H2O2 is 0.35mmol/L at the signal to noise ratio of three.It is obvious that bioactivity of MP-11on the modified electrode with MWCNTs is kept.The modified electrode can be used in the biofuell cell and biosensor in the future.


Toxic doses of tetracycline were injected intravenously in adult female rats to study the morphologic and cytochemical alterations produced in the liver. Fifty percent of the animals treated died within 48 hours; those surviving were sacrificed at 3, 7, 10 or 14 days later. Histologic sections of the livers from all animals were studied utilizing a specific fluorescence technique to determine tetracycline uptake and storage, and with histochemical procedures for alkaline phosphatase and succinic dehydrogenase activity.


When, several years ago, I joined the gym I now go to, I kept imag ining a short, stout Walter Benjamin in a black suit jacket sweat ing profusely on the treadmill next to me. This wasn't the WB who had been snatched up and translated into an afterlife of often tortured aca demic discourse. It wasn't the WB of a dense thesis that flunked him out of graduate school, nor of the incomparable essays. Nor yet was this the WB of hashish writings so lovely they can make you wonder if all his writing, all his thinking, aspired to that state, the state of poetry, and to ask, further, if it wasn't the poetic, not to say stoned, immediacy ofWB's best prose that left his censorious buddy, Theodore Adorno, in the dialectical dust. WB on the treadmill, half soft flesh, half shimmering cartoon mi rage, was a WB who had put the pen down, a WB of the very last days, on his last legs, hauling a bulging briefcase over a mountain with the Gestapo on his trail. This was a WB who had come back to burn off calories if he could, and to retroactively repair a cardiac arrhythmia. He had a mountain on his mind, one he had lacked the fortitude to scale more than once in the fall of 1940, so that when guards on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees told him he would have to go back to Nazi-occu pied France, he chose suicide rather than another climb. I was drawn to everything pertaining to his last days, not least of all the particulars of Weimar heartache. It turned out that "soldiers heart"


Extramedullary leukemic infiltration rarely occurs in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. An eight-year-old boy presented with a mass lesion of the left parotid gland with several palpable lymph nodes in the ipsilateral neck. The patient did not have any previous medical history. Given the suspicion of a lymphoma, an excisional biopsy of the parotid mass was performed. The preliminary pathologic result indicated myeloid sarcoma. The patient subsequently underwent bone marrow biopsy, and was finally diagnosed as acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Here we report a case of leukemic infiltration of the parotid gland as an extramedullary manifestation preceding the clinical onset of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg 2010;53:585-8 Key WordsZZLeukemic infiltration·Parotid gland·Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.


Air pollution is the leading environmental concern in Macao. The temporal variations of particulate matter (PM) and black carbon (BC) mass concentrations and the size-resolved PM2.5 chemical compositions, including trace elements and carbonaceous species, were measured in Macao during a near-road summer campaign. The average concentra- tions for PM10, PM2.5 and BC at a roadside measurement site were 37.8 μg m -3 , 31.4 μg m -3 and 5.6 μg m -3 , respectively. Results showed that local emissions contributed at least 35% to PM2.5 mass in Macao. Higher BC concentrations were observed in the daytime than at night, consistent with the diurnal variations of traffic flow. Factor analysis classified trace elements into three categories, representing crustal sources (Mg, Si, Al, Na, Fe, Ca and K), road traffic sources (Cu and Co) and secondary inorganic particle formation (S). Crustal elements and road traffic elements were enriched in the size ranges of >1.0 μm and <0.2 μm, respectively. The unimodal distribution pattern with a peak at <0.2 μm for organic carbon (OC) was probably due to secondary organic aerosol formation, whereas about 70% of elemental carbon (EC) was in the size range of 0.2-1.0 μm. Secondary organic aerosols were found to be a strong contributor to PM in the size ranges of <0.2 μm and 1.0-2.5 μm.


A massively parallel architecture for quadratic digital filters is introduced. It is obtained by using matrix and vector decomposition forms and consists of a set of parallel one-dimensional IIR (infinite-impulse-response) filters in cascade with square-in add-out types of operations. This architecture exhibits great modularity and regularity as well as flexibility and generality. The data throughput delay, cost (which is proportional to chip area), and roundoff error effects of the proposed structure are derived, and comparisons with other already available implementations are made. >


The cytology of the human skeletons in the stone age is not yet well known in the scientific world.The materials with which we have carried out our study had been collected in the shell-moundsat YOSHIKO (Province Mikawa) and NARUMI (Province Owari), which are wellknown as neolithic cemeteries in Japan. In the first place, we studied the bone-marrow of human flat bones from NARUMI as well as a boar's skull bone which was excavated together with the human skeletons at YOSHIKO. Here we describe only the result of our studies as a preliminary report :


(57) Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of dehydrated potato pieces. In particular, the present invention, the texture of potato chips is hot air puffing, to a method for improving per chewy and mouth. This is because, in the present invention, the potato pieces to be dried object, a separation step, a pre-drying, by the processing of the final drying step performed, by performing the swelling of the potato chips in pre-drying step or final drying step It is achieved.


Objective: To observation on Pingwei Anzhong decoction in treating peptic ulcer.Methods:62 patients with peptic ulcer were divided into four groups based on their different syndrome: deficiency cold in spleen and stomach syndrome, disharmony between liver and stomach syndrome, blood stasis obstructing collaterals syndrome and deficiency Yin in spleen and stomach syndrome. They were treated with Pingwei decoction, Famotidine,and Amoxycillin respectively, with their therapeutic effect compared. Results: The healing rate in groups treated by Pingwei decoction was 61.29%. Conclusion:The therapeutic effect of Pingwei decoction is significantly better than that of Famotidine or Amoxycillin on treating peptic ulcer.


The impact of mask corner rounding on the quality of pattern reproduction for deep submicron devices is investigated. Of particular interest is the resolution of very small OPC (optical proximity correction) features (serifs) used to reduce line end shortening of the photoresist. Mask rounding was simulated and compared to SEM images of the chrome written with different tools. The effect was investigated for two types of SRAM cells, based on design features such as line ends, inside and outside corners, staircases, and contact holes.


Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are widely used in cell therapy due to their convenience, multiline differentiation potential, reproducible protocols, and biological properties. The potential of MSCs to impregnate magnetic microcapsules and their possible influence on cell function and ability to response to magnetic field have been explored. Interestingly, the cells suspended in media show much higher ability in internalization of microcapsules, then MSCs adhere into the surface. There is no significant effect of microcapsules on cell toxicity compared with other cell line‐capsule internalization reported in literature. Due to internalization of magnetic capsules by the cells, such cell engineering platform is responsive to external magnetic field, which allows to manipulate MSC migration. Magnetically sorted MSCs are capable to differentiation as confirmed by their conversion to adipogenic and osteogenic cells using standard protocols. There is a minor effect of capsule internalization on cell adhesion, though MSCs are still able to form spheroid made by dozen of thousand MSCs. This work demonstrates the potential of use of microcapsule impregnated MSCs to carry internalized micron‐sized vesicles and being navigated with external magnetic signaling.


We presented results of research aimed on findings influence of social psychological training (realized with students of Constantine the Philosopher Universityfuture teachers within their undergraduate preparation) on the choice of intrapersonal and interpersonal features. After socialpsychological training using Interpersonal Check List (ICL) we found out shift of behavior to more adaptive forms in categories, which are characterized by extroversive friendly behavior, willingness to cooperation, conformity regard to social situation, responsible and regardful behavior. Using State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) we found out the cut down of state anxiety and of trait anxiety. The report was processed within grants KEGA 3/5269/07 and VEGA 1/3675/06. Keywords—Intrapersonal and interpersonal features, social psychological training, social competences.


Chesterton at Notre Dame / Rufus William Rauch -- Chesterton as peeping Thomi / Ralph M. McInerny -- Father Brown, Sherlock Holmes, and the mystery of man Frederick J. Crosson -- Chesterton on Dickens / Lawrence J. Clipper -- Chesterton in all seasons / Frank J. Sheed -- G.K.C. as poet / Rufus William Rauch -- On collecting Chesterton / John Bennet Shaw.


We investigate the rotational energy transfer of H35Cl (v=1) in collisions with thermal HCl at 298 K. Rotationally state‐selective excitation of v=1 over J=1–6 is achieved by stimulated Raman pumping, and the rotational relaxation from the initially pumped level is monitored via 2+1 resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) through the E 1Σ+–X 1Σ+0–1 band. The ions are detected in a time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer in order to ensure that only relaxation of H35Cl is observed. We present empirical correction factors for determining relative rotational populations from the REMPI spectral line intensities and extract the rate constants for rotational energy transfer from the time‐dependent populations using numerical techniques. The excellent sensitivity of the REMPI technique makes it possible to monitor the relaxation on very short collisional time scales (<0.1 hard sphere collision) and thereby enables us to determine the rate constants for both single quantum and multiquanta rotational transitio...


Metazoan replication-dependent histone pre-mRNAs undergo a unique 3′-cleavage reaction which does not result in mRNA polyadenylation. Although the cleavage site is defined by histone-specific factors (hairpin binding protein, a 100-kDa zinc-finger protein and the U7 snRNP), a large complex consisting of cleavage/polyadenylation specificity factor, two subunits of cleavage stimulation factor and symplekin acts as the effector of RNA cleavage. Here, we report that yet another protein involved in cleavage/polyadenylation, mammalian cleavage factor I 68-kDa subunit (CF Im68), participates in histone RNA 3′-end processing. CF Im68 was found in a highly purified U7 snRNP preparation. Its interaction with the U7 snRNP depends on the N-terminus of the U7 snRNP protein Lsm11, known to be important for histone RNA processing. In vivo, both depletion and overexpression of CF Im68 cause significant decreases in processing efficiency. In vitro 3′-end processing is slightly stimulated by the addition of low amounts of CF Im68, but inhibited by high amounts or by anti-CF Im68 antibody. Finally, immunoprecipitation of CF Im68 results in a strong enrichment of histone pre-mRNAs. In contrast, the small CF Im subunit, CF Im25, does not appear to be involved in histone RNA processing.


Purpose: To determine the efficacy and toxicity of docetaxel in patients with mullerian carcinoma resis- tant to paclitaxel. Patients and Methods: Thirty-two patients with epi- thelial ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or pri- mary peritoneal cancer who failed paclitaxel-based chemotherapy received either 100 or 75 mg/m 2 of docetaxel every 3 weeks. Resistance to paclitaxel was defined as either progression of disease during treat- ment, failure to achieve regression of disease after at least four courses, or rapid recurrence (within 6 months) after completion of therapy. Results: Eighteen patients were treated on a formal protocol and fourteen with the commercially available docetaxel. Thirty were assessable for response. Toxici- ties were thoroughly evaluated in the 18 patients on protocol. Twenty-seven patients (85%) had epithelial ovarian cancer. The overall response rate was 23% (one complete and six partial responses), with a me- dian survival time of 44 weeks (9.5 months). Nine patients had stable disease and 14 progressive dis- ease. Among 19 patients who progressed during prior paclitaxel treatment, two (11%) responded to do- cetaxel, compared with five (45%) of 11 patients in other paclitaxel-resistance categories. The responders had a median taxane-free interval (ie, the time be- tween the last paclitaxel and first docetaxel treatment) of 73 weeks, compared with 19 weeks for the nonre- sponder group. Toxic effects were as expected. Conclusion: Docetaxel is an active chemotherapeutic agent in patients with mullerian carcinoma previously treated with paclitaxel-based chemotherapy, espe- cially in the patients who had a long taxane-free inter- val after a previous short response to paclitaxel. J Clin Oncol 18:2733-2739. © 2000 by American Society of Clinical Oncology.


Objective To analyze the causes and epidemiological characteristics of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis(AHC) outbreaks in Baoan District of Shenzhen city in 2010 so as to formulate better preventive strategies.Methods The epidemiological data of AHC outbreaks in Baoan District of Shenzhen City were collected and then conducted descriptive analysis.Results There were 15 AHC outbreaks occurred in Baoan District of Shenzhen City in 2010,54,231 individuals were involved in the outbreaks,and totally 1,556 individuals suffered from AHC,including 1,047 male patients and 509 female patients.There was no severe case and death case.Time distribution showed that the outbreaks peaked in August and September.Population distribution showed that the incidence rate of male was higher than that of female,991 individuals in factories and 565 ones in schools suffered from AHC,accounting for 63.7% and 36.3% of the total,respectively.Regional distribution showed that most of the incidence cases occurred in Guanlan Street,and the frequency of the outbreaks occurred in Xinan Street was the highest,followed by Xixiang Street.Conclusions The incidence of AHC showed a significant seasonal peak in Baoan District of Shenzhen City,and no statistically significant difference was found in population distribution.After implementing comprehensive countermeasures in Baoan District,the effectiveness of AHC control is significant.The key point of prevention and control work in future should focus on August and September.The main mode of transmission is non-homologous and linked transmission,and hence,teachers and parents should pay more attention to the health habits and personal hygiene habits of children and adolescent,timely cleaning and disinfection of toys,doors and windows,and other daily necessities so as to avoid the daily contact and disease transmission.


The dependence of sulfur redox behavior and its diffusivity on temperature and composition was studied in mixed alkali silicate melts by means of square wave voltammetry (SWV) at different frequencies in a temperature range of 1000℃ to 1400℃. The voltammograms showed two reduction peaks at high frequency but only one peak at low frequency. Irrespective of K₂O/(Na₂O+K₂O), each peak potential due to reduction of S?? to S⁴? and S⁴? to S? moved toward a negative direction with temperature decrease, and the peak current showed a strong dependence on frequency at a constant temperature. However, the compositional dependence of the peak potential showed an inconsistent behavior with an increase of K₂O. The mixed alkali effect was not observed in sulfur diffusion. This inconsistency of both peak potential and diffusion for compositional dependence may be derived from the strong volatilization of sulfur in melts.


Acknowledgments This paper could not possibly have happened without the insights, wisdom, and nudges from Rose Colby. As always, Susan Patrick has been a collaborative and incredibly supportive partner in advancing competency education. I would also like to thank the many people who dedicated time to share their experiences, including Also, I want to thank all the educators who hosted me during school visits. Many of the insights included in this paper were gained during quick conversations in classrooms and hallways with principals, teachers, and students. CompetencyWorks is a collaborative initiative drawing on the knowledge of its partners and advisory board. The International Association for K–12 Online Learning (iNACOL) is the lead organization with project management facilitated by MetisNet. We are deeply grateful for the leadership and support from the partner organizations American Youth Policy Forum, Jobs for the Future, and the National Governors Association. Their vision and creative partnership have been instrumental in the development of CompetencyWorks.


T he effects of cognitive function on audition and speech understanding continue to fascinate the hearing community. One attribute of cognitive function is working memory capacity, which describes a person's ability to keep relevant information in mind while performing a task. Many studies have examined the effects of working memory on the auditory performance of people listening in environments with signal degradation (e.g., steady-state background noise, modulated background noise, or accented speech), using different amplification technologies (e.g., hearing aids, cochlear implants, or noise-reduction algorithms), or possessing certain characteristics (e.g., musical training, older versus younger age, or target speech in the listener's second language). While there are numerous models for working memory, Jerker Rönnberg (Int J Audiol 2003;42[suppl 1]:S68-S76) and colleagues (Front Syst Neurosci 2013;7:31) proposed the Ease of Language Understanding model to explain the complex cognitive processes and the multimodal sensory binding processes involved in speech understanding. In the model, speech understanding is accomplished by a fast episodic buffer and a slow language-processing loop. The fast episodic buffer matches phonological information received by the listener with existing language representations stored in the long-term memory to derive the meaning of the information. This episodic buffer is generally rapid and automatic, and it is most effective in optimal listening conditions. The slow language-processing loop, on the other hand, is elicited in challenging listening situations. In such suboptimal conditions, the listener may be presented with mismatches between the auditory input and the mental lexicon stored in the long-term memory, requiring a conscious effort to summon higher-level executive-processing functions and decode the lexicon.


ABSTRACT Since 2011, almost four million refugees were welcomed in Turkey. This paper aims to explore how these people are included/excluded from the society through the construction of the self/the other. The paper argues that studying the media representations of these refugees in Turkish print media reveal the wider politics of nationalism in the country. To study the wider politics of nationalism, I collected newspaper articles from pro-government and anti-government papers from 2014 to 2018. This data not only reveals the inclusion/exclusion of these people from the definitions of 'nation' but also reveals the tension between AKP and Kemalist ideologies in Turkey. The paper discusses these discourses through 'secular' and 'humanitarian' nationalisms.


The invention especially relates to a dry mica tape for a motor coil of a large generating set and a preparation process thereof, belonging to the field of insulation technology. The dry mica tape is prepared from high-thermal-conductivity mica paper, heat-conducting powder or heat-conducting fiber, HTG glass cloth and a high-thermal-conductivity adhesive. The prepared dry mica tape has good thermal conductivity, high electric strength and low thickness, can greatly reduce insulation thickness when used for bundling coils, is favorable for increasing the specific power of a motor and improves the efficiency of the motor.


Abstract. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) connects aquatic and
terrestrial ecosystems, plays an important role in carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles, and
supports aquatic food webs. Understanding DOM chemical composition and
reactivity is key for predicting its ecological role, but characterization is difficult as natural DOM is comprised of a large but unknown number of
distinct molecules. Photochemistry is one of the environmental processes
responsible for changing the molecular composition of DOM, and DOM
composition also defines its susceptibility to photochemical alteration.
Reliably differentiating the photosensitivity of DOM from different sources
can improve our knowledge of how DOM composition is shaped by photochemical
alteration and aid research into photochemistry's role in various DOM
transformation processes. Here we describe an approach for measuring and
comparing DOM photosensitivity consistently, based on the kinetics of changes in DOM fluorescence during 20 h photodegradation experiments. We identify several methodological choices that affect photosensitivity measurements and offer guidelines for adopting our methods, including the use of reference material, precise control of conditions affecting photon dose, leveraging actinometry to estimate photon dose instead of expressing results as a function of exposure time, and frequent (every 20 min) fluorescence and absorbance measurements during exposure to artificial sunlight. We then show that our approach can generate photosensitivity metrics across several sources of DOM, including freshwater wetlands, a stream, an estuary, and Sargassum sp. leachate and observed differences in these metrics that may help identify or explain differences in their composition. Finally, we offer an example of applying our approach to compare DOM photosensitivity in two adjacent freshwater wetlands as seasonal hydrologic changes alter their DOM sources.


The potato-ploidy was identified from the creeping rootstock,foot tip and foot tip of tissue culture respectively.These issue rootstocks were treated by Colchicine,8-Hydroxyquinoline,saturated 1,4-dichlorobenzene and ice-water for 12 h,fixed by improved Cacnoy for 24 h,later dispelled for 10~15 min,stained by Carbol fuchsin 15~20 min,the results showed that the method that creeping rootstock was better material,it could be treated better by 1,4-dichlorobenzene.When there had many germplasm resources need to identify but rare material was better.


Purpose - This study presents the direction of technology management from the viewpoint of humanity. With the research question of Where should technology management go in the digital technology era?
Design/Methodology/Approach - As a theoretical study, this study reviewed previous studies. Humanity technology management was presented as a new perspective through research on existing technology management research results, limitations of technology management, and technology philosophy.
Findings - The direction of humanity technology management discovered through theoretical research is as follows: empathy, emotion, AI ethics, customizing diverse culture, and agile corporate culture.
Research Implications - The contribution of this study is to suggest the direction of humanity technology management in perspective of business management and philosophy of technology. However, there is a limit to not taking into account issues in a wider field.


There are some basic principles of international Environmental Law and some of them are now customary international law. These principles should implement in the domestic legal system for the sake of environmental interest. But there is a problem of the countries like Bangladesh to implement these principles because of inadequate national legal mechanism. In this arena the judiciary of these countries can play an important role by incorporating these principles with the harmonious explanation of the existing legal framework. However it is important to mention here that Bangladesh is also trying to adopt such principles by either amending its constitution or by enacting new national legislation regarding environmental protection. So this paper seeks to analyze briefly various principles of international environmental law and the application of the principles of International Environmental Law in the domestic legal system of Bangladesh. In some extent this paper has tried to describe the environmental synopsis of Bangladesh. As little of the study suggests, the main purpose is to expose what are the legal stipulations as regards the principles of International Environmental Law in the national law of Bangladesh and also in some cases this paper has taken initiative to compare with other south Asian Countries regarding implementation of environmental principles in the domestic legal system. An attempt has been taken by this paper to examine the role of the Judiciary relating to the implementation of such principles.


To define the kinetics of decreases in DPG due to low pH, fetal erythrocytes (FE) of 10 nl term newborns (cord blood) and erythrocytes or 7 healthy adults (AE)were suspended in PBS, 1% BSA, 10 mM glucose, pH 7.40, 7.20 or 7.00 at 37°C. The following were determined at 0, 1, or 2, and 4 hrs: pHe, pHi, DPG, Psn(pH 7.40), Psn(in vivo), and methemoglobin. No hemolysis, crenation or significant changes in methb occurred.At pH 7.00, DPG fell by 1 to 2 hrs, with similar rates of decline for both AE and FE. By 1-2 hrs (pH 7.00), P50's were higher than those at time 0, reflecting primarily the Bohr effect. By 4 hrs, had decreased due to further drops in DPG's. Studies of 2 AE and FE samples at pH 7.20 had intermediate results. We conclude that exposure to 1 to 2 hrs of acidosis is associated with significant decreases in DPG levels. Although DPG regulates oxygen affinity of hb A and does not bind well to hb F, the effect on hb A (even though not the predominant hb) is sufficient to limit the Bohr induced increase in P50 due to acidosis. In addition, the early drop in DPG with acidosis means that DPG's may be a marker for acidosis occurring in utero or during labor and delivery.


Purpose of the study: This paper is intended to understand the investment pattern for formal workers in Indonesia. Thus, it is also aimed to provide a specific form of variable construction of productive financial management for workers.
Methodology: This study followed qualitative research by emphasizing the active interaction of the subject and the object of researchers in the form of a discussion to determine the ideas or basic reference model of productive financial management, specifically and focus on each individual form in which the organization is located. The data were gathered using in-depth interviews with respondents in the category of civil servants, state-owned and private employees with lower, middle, and upper-level segregation of interests and reasons for making investment decisions.
Main Findings: The findings showed that the investment decision making for formal sector workers are motivated by benefits and financial security in the future. Their investment decision also considers the income received by individuals in each type of institution. Lastly, technology contributes to change investors' economic behaviour. The ease of getting information strengthens the motivation of formal sector workers in productive financial management.
Applications of this study: This study provides an investment decision model for formal workers that can be considered ways to enhance the individual understanding of investment.
Novelty/Originality of this study: This study aims to contribute to this growing area of research by exploring investment patterns for formal workers then propose a financial management model for workers.


Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) ages 15–24 have been identified as a population vulnerable to HIV. Less than half of AGYW living with HIV know their HIV status and treatment uptake and viral suppression rates among adolescents and young people especially females are extremely low globally. AGYW are at risk of acquiring HIV predominantly through sexual transmission from HIV-positive male partners. To stop AGYW from acquiring HIV one strategy is to prevent HIV among their male sexual partners and reduce the infectiousness of those partners who are HIV-positive. However little is known globally about the characteristics of AGYW's sexual partners which constrains efforts to reach them with HIV services and thus limits efforts to ultimately reduce HIV prevalence among them. The United States President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the Determined Resilient Empowered AIDS-free Mentored and Safe Initiative has called on U.S. Government missions overseas to address this knowledge gap through studies to characterize male sexual partners. USAID/Mozambique asked MEASURE Evaluation to undertake a study that would provide insights into the characteristics of men who have recently engaged in sexual activity with AGYW the relationship dynamics and factors that influence men's engagement with HIV and AIDS prevention and care services. This study had three research questions: 1) Who are the sexual partners of AGYW? 2) Is sexual risk-taking behavior (i.e. multiple recent sexual partners and unprotected sex) among AGYW and their male partners associated with certain sexual partner characteristics (e.g. age education employment income or other factors)? 3) To what extent are male sexual partners of AGYW using/willing to use different types of HIV and AIDS services?


Conceptual modelling is thought (by academics at least) to be a key activity of Business Systems Analysis. For decades, comprehensive research has been conducted on related topics such as data modelling, process modelling, meta modelling, model quality, and the like. Related empirical studies of modelling in practice, however, have often focused on experiments, limited case studies, and interviews. Recent comprehensive data on the actual practice of modelling appears to be rare. This study attempts to fill this void by analysing the actual popularity of modelling in Australian practice. The presented results have been derived from a web-based survey that was conducted in collaboration with the Australian Computer Society (ACS) during 2002.


In this article, the accelerated over-relaxation (AOR) method is generalized for solving the saddle point problem or the augmented system. The successive over-relaxation (SOR)-like method is the special case of the generalized AOR (GAOR) method. The connection between the parameters and the eigenvalues of the iteration matrix of the GAOR method is given. Therefore, a necessary and sufficient condition for the convergence of the GAOR method is derived. Numerical examples are also given to show that the GAOR method is better than the SOR-like method in certain cases.


SUMMARY

To summarize briefly, the study results showed that neither CACM nor LAFTA have had a significant trade diversion effect on the trade of other Latin American countries, but that both communities have had a statistically significant effect on member country trade. The results showed that the GTC of CACM has increased progressively throughout the integration period 1961–67. On the other hand, while the LAFTA countries showed a persistent growth in GTC from 1963 through 1966, the GTC process was brought to a halt in 1967, presumably as a result of the delay by the member countries in negotiating the second phase of the Common Schedule.


Variations in both the behavior of wildlife and the scale at which the environment most influences the space use of wild animals (i.e., scale of effect) are critical, but often overlooked in habitat selection modeling. Ecologists have proposed that biological responses happening over longer time frames are influenced by environmental variables at larger spatial scales, but this has rarely been empirically tested. Here, we hypothesized that long-term patterns of behavior (i.e. lasting multiple weeks to months) would be associated with larger scales of effect than more sporadic behaviors. We predicted site use by 43 radio-telemetered timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) exhibiting four distinct, time-varying behaviors (foraging, digestion, ecdysis, and gestation) using remotely-sensed environmental variables related to forest structure and landscape topography. Among sites used by snakes, warmer temperatures and higher levels of forest disturbance were predictive of behaviors dependent on thermoregulation including gestation and ecdysis while more moderate temperatures and drier, more oak-dominated sites were predictive of foraging. Long-term behaviors were associated with larger spatial scales, supporting our hypothesis that the scale at which habitat selection occurs is linked to the temporal scale of relevant behaviors. Management recommendations based on single-scale models of habitat use that do not account for fine-scale variations in behavior may obscure the importance of potentially limiting habitat features needed for infrequent behaviors that are critically important for growth and reproduction of this and related species.


In order to solve the difficulties in the construction caused by the broad whole rang of the bridge decks and the deflection of the machinery, in this paper the characteristics for the pavement construction of highway bridge decks are discussed. The technology of joining construction is introduced in detail. The technology contains the processing and installation of reinforcing steel bar, the installation of moulding board, concrete pouring and other procedures. The attentive proceedings of controlling the smoothness of bridge decks are explained primarily in order to earn a good effect.


Let ~ be a polytope in R d , = ~ \Z d be its trace on the group Z d and let T(f ) be a Toeplitz operator, with a positive symbol f 2 L 1 (T d ), defined on the Hardy space H 2 (). With some additional assumptions on f , a purely algebraic inverse formula ofT(f ) is given. The geometric properties of the operators are highlighted when is inflated to get = with = 2 m chosen sufficiently large. A localization result for the inverse operator is obtained. When we are sufficiently close to a (d k)-dimensional face of the inflated polytope, the localized inversion formula is reduced to those operators reflecting this proximity. Subsequently an analogue of the strong Szeg ˝ o limit theorem is stated; a d + 1 order asymptotics formula of the trace of the inverse is given that connects each operator of the sum with some geometric measures of our polytope (volume, area,:::). Furthermore, the results of Thorsen and Doktorski are retrieved with the help of the Ehrart lattice enumerator formula.


Abstract Farming suffers from a crisis based on lack of profitability. This situation is more relevant in small farms. Farmers have implemented local breeding programmes that have shown good results in terms of biodiversity preservation, increase of technological innovation and improvements in farm's viability. The objective of this study is to compare technological characteristics among groups of farms, according to their breeding programmes and the viability of dairy sheep system. Furthermore, the role of technologies by means of a canonical discriminant model was analysed. The information from 157 dairy sheep farms in Castilla La Mancha, Spain was used. Technologies were grouped in six technological areas: Management, animal feeding, animal health and biosecurity, land use, milking equipment and dairy, reproduction and genetic. Four canonical discriminant models have been used to classify farms according to technological indicators [Model 1], structural [Model 2], productive [Model 3] and a global model including all the variables (18) [Model 4], by considering the genetic programme and their viability. Afterwards, the relationship among the discriminated groups was analysed using cluster analysis. The canonical model built according to the set of technologies classified a 69.43% of farms [Model 1]. Therefore, the farms that implement a breeding programme (BP) increase the likelihood of viability. First, BP requires higher levels of technological innovation in management and genetics-reproduction. Then, such advances should be implemented in milking equipment and animal health and biosecurity. To conclude, BP is a key factor in the success of technological adoption. Highlights Technology adoption plays a strategical role in sheep production systems. Breeding program promotes higher global technological level. Likelihood of viability in dairy sheep farms increases with implementation of a breeding program.


The dietary protein requirements of juvenile barbless carp, Cyprinus pellegrini, were determined. Five isoenergetic diets containing graded levels of protein (29%, 34%, 39%, 44%, 49%) were fed to triplicate groups of fish (12.4 g) for 10 weeks in a recirculating rearing system maintained at 18-22°C. Weight gain significantly increased as the dietary protein level increased to 44%, then slightly declined. Specific growth rate (SGR) significantly increased as the dietary protein level increased to 39%, then reached a plateau. In contrast, the feed conversion ratio decreased as the dietary protein level increased to 39%. The highest feed intake and protein efficiency ratio were obtained in fish fed the 34% diet. Broken-line regression analysis shows that the optimum dietary protein level for the maximum SGR is 39.3±1.7%, while second-order polynomial regression analysis shows that the maximum SGR occurs at 43.6% and that the minimum protein requirement is 34.7-37.3%. Together, these results indicate that the optimum range of protein for juvenile C. pellegrini is 37.3-43.6%.


Objective To report the development and testing of a device for the noninvasive diagnosis of vesico‐ureteric reflux (VUR) which avoids the need for urethral catheterization (currently required to reliably determine the presence of VUR), and which thus avoids the anxiety of parents and patients that causes many families to refuse such evaluation.


In Previous paper, an experimental equation for prediction of thermal diffusivity of white muscled fish meat paste products was suggested. In this paper, another experimental equation for red muscled fish meat paste products was derived. The thermal diffusivities of products with water contents of 44.74 to and lipid contents of 0.35 to could be deduced as following equations ; The experimental equation derived from these equations was ; The errors of the thermal diffusivities of red muscled fish meat paste products predicted with this equation were less than compared with those measured. A new experimental equation for products of white and red muscled fish meat paste could be discribed as follow ; The errors of the thermal diffusivities predicted with this equation were less than compared with those measured.


Santa Barbara County occupies more than 2,700 square miles, most of which is sparsely populated and mountainous. The county is situated among a series of transverse mountain ranges, the only ranges


By analysing the wafer, the electrodes, etc. according to the energy limit theory and the ANSYS finite element simulation, in this paper the author has designed the integrated quartz crystal resonator and oscillator circuit, and has carried on the experimental comparison on the stability of the integrated resonators, which have different structure, different electrode material and thickness. The experimental results show that the frequency stability of quartz crystal resonator is not only related with the electrode material and thickness, but also related with the structure. Under the same condition, resonator of asymmetric structure has better frequency stability, and the stability of Au-electrode was better than others, and its magnitude could reach 10 10. With the increase of the electrode thickness, the resonator oscillator stability will be improved.


The 5 GeV test-beam at the DESY, Hamburg, site has been used to produce particle hits on a set-up of six equally-spaced planes of Mimosa 26 sensors for different plane geometries (e.g. plane separations) and environments (magnetic eld strengths) for the ATLAS group. This is the DATURA pixel set-up, referred to as EUDET. The data extracted has been used to develop a new algorithm which takes the hit data and reconstructs the original trajectory of the test-beam particles, and then uses this tted track to align the EUDET planes. This procedure can be used to calibrate devices under test which can be placed in EUDET, along the test-beam trajectory. Track reconstruction was carried out using General Broken Lines, and track alignment using Millepede II: both pieces of software were developed at DESY. Using this new algorithm (iterative alignment), the e ects that di erent magnetic elds and plane geometries have on alignment and track parameters have been studied. The long-term e ects of this study will be the development of new tracktting and alignment algorithms which can be used to calibrate and align future detectors. In ATLAS, the detectors to be calibrated will be the pixel and strip detectors. These applications will come in the near future, in detector development for the high-luminosity LHC upgrade.


To manage communication in global software development (GSD) is a challenging and critical task. While practitioners show great interest and attention in social computing. Adoption of social computing is still a hot area of research in GSD. The adoption of social computing and identification of motivators for adopting social computing in the context of GSD is provided in this research paper. To deal with the research objectives we applied the systematic literature review (SLR) and a questionnaire survey of 38 software industry experts of Pakistan. Firstly, by using simple SLR approach we identified motivators in the context of social computing. Secondly, a survey of the questionnaire was established by using SLR. From the findings of this research, we identified the key factors for the adoption of social computing in GSD projects and these factors may include effective coordination and communication information spreading and expert's feedback. The results (t=.552, p=.5863) indicate that there is no major difference between the findings of SLR and questionnaire survey. So, the need is to develop the policies and strategies of social computing for the adoption of social computing in GSD projects.


Prevelance of pressure ulcer is reported as %8-11 among the hospitalized patients. Pressure ulcers are caused by mechanical pressure, traction and friction on the skin and underlying tissue. Old age, poor nourishment, moist skin, infection and metabolic disorders (such as diabet,


Introduction and Goals: Being the first cameras with optical zoom on a planetary rover [1,2], the Mars2020 Mastcam-Zs present new challenges in deriving robust camera models for multispectral analysis and 3D stereo processing. In contrast to the heritage CAHVOR model, this approach uses the photogrammetric Zheng's method [3] for discrete camera states in concert with affine corrections that generalize the camera models for all of the multispectral filters, focus, and zoom positions that will be used for science and operations on Mars. The greater ease of obtaining and processing the calibration data for this photogrammetric method complements the standard CAHVOR method [4] by first providing an independent validation on the derived camera parameters and second by its flexibility in applying first-order corrections accounting for the changes in focal-length and pointing introduced by changing focus position and filter number. A new algorithm of converting between the CAHVOR and photogrammetric camera models is also developed in this research. Finally, many commercial computer vision tools define their camera parameters in a photogrammetric manner, making both independently derived and converted models key in expanding the usability and impact of Mastcam-Z's data [5,6]. Method Summary: This method includes three interdependent datasets and processes: (1) images of a fixed dot-target (see Figure 1) at various focus, filter, and zoom camera states to determine the relative affine transformations; (2) images of a dot-target in many positions when the focus, filter, and zoom are fixed to one or a few reference camera states at which the camera's intrinsic camera model is solved [5]; and (3) stereo pairs at the reference camera state(s) to calculate the extrinsic parameters including the baseline translation and toe-in rotation of the stereo-camera system. The photogrammetric method uses images of a dot-target in various positions to solve the camera parameters in a single least-squares bundle-adjustment. In steps 2 and 3, the focal-lengths, principal-points, and distortion patterns of both cameras are solved with the relative offset and rotation between the cameras. The functions used are from OpenCV, the open-source computer vision software library [6] as well as JOANNEUM RESEARCH [7]. The coordinate systems of these solutions are centered on the left camera, with Y and X aligned with the image's rows and columns, and Z pointing through the principal point. To transform this camera-centered reference frame to another, at least one dot-target placement must be known in the rover's reference frame. The tests for this calibration differs from CAHVOR, in which the location of each dot-target placement must be surveyed. Besides the calibration procedure, the mathematical expressions of CAHVOR and photogrammetric camera models are sufficiently similar for comparison (though their distortion models are not equivalent) [4,5]. The Mastcam-Zs are geometrically calibrated at seven discrete focal-lengths, the shortest and longest focal-lengths of which are 26mm and 110mm (Table 1). Table 1. Photogrammetric calibration results for Mastcam-Z focal-lengths 26mm and 110mm


INTRODUCTION At this time, after inhalation exposure to actinide oxides, most dose calculations are performed using the simplest dissolution model of the human respiratory tract model proposed by ICRP 66. Without any knowledge of the specific dissolution parameters, these oxides are considered either as type M or type S compound. In the simplest model, once a fraction fr (M : fr=0.1, S : fr =0.001) has dissolved readily with a half life of about 10 minutes, the remaining dissolves at a constant rate ss (M : ss=0.005, S : ss =0.0001). Recently, we have developed new assays for experimental measurement of fr and ss in vivo and in vitro which were applied to different actinide oxides such as PuO2 and a (U, Pu)O2 (MOX) made according to a MIMAS process which contained 5 % Pu (1-2). These assays provide statistical variation of the dissolution parameters as standard deviation. The aims of this study were 1) to provide the most suitable dissolution parameters measured either in vivo or in vitro which could be used for dose calculation in human, 2) to perform dose calculation for the two oxides, PuO2 and MOX considering Pu only.


This dissertation describes investigations and findings in our efforts to improve an iridium catalyst system for formic acid disproportionation to generate methanol. First we studied whether or not a catalyst that was effective for thermal formic acid disproportionation catalysis could be used as an electrocatalyst for formic acid reduction. It was found that, under the conditions studied, this was not a viable option.We then studied the electronic effects of various ligand substituents, both electron-donating and electron-withdrawing, on the iridium complex for thermal formic acid disproportionation. It was found that the complex containing the unsubstituted ligand was the most selective and active for methanol generation.Our final investigation with this iridium complex was to study the effects of various Lewis acids as additives for the catalytic reaction. We found that the addition of Zn2+ to reaction mixtures resulted in both increased rate of methanol formation and increased selectivity for methanol. The last work described in this dissertation focuses on the measurement and application of hydricity, a vital thermodynamic property for hydrogenation catalysts. We described efforts to measure the hydricity values of iridium complexes in acetonitrile, as well as an attempt to apply a nickel complex with a hydricity value predicted to be effective for formic acid disproportionation.


Sjogren syndrome with various pulmonary symptoms and the common manifestations are diffuse parenchymal lung disease and tracheobronchial disease. Association with ILD-NSID, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension are rare. We experienced a case of ILD-NSIP accompanied with sjogren's syndrome and are treated further and we present the details of the case here in.


We study hadron properties near the deconfining transition in the quenched lattice QCD simulation. This paper focuses on the heavy quarkonium states, such as J/ψ meson. In order to treat heavy quarks at T<0, we adopt the O(a) improved Wilson action on anisotropic lattice. We discuss $c{\bar c}$ bound state observing the wave function and compare the meson correlators at above and below Tc. Although we find a large change of correlator near the Tc, the strong spatial correlation which is almost the same as confinement phase survives even T~1.5Tc.


A combination of food-producing technologies is required to support a large human population where there is a limited amount of arable land. Today integrated farming systems-combining agriculture, aquaculture, animal husbandry, and waste treatment technologiesare in use in South and Southeast Asia and China, as well as in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. In Hungary, for example, a tenyear cycle of land and water use is commonly practiced to convert marginal agricultural and waste lands into productive agricultural lands (Brown 1977, Muller 1978). For five years a combination of duck and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) farming in ponds produces about 4000 kg/ha/year of ducks and fish. During years six and seven, the ponds are drained and alfalfa is planted in the pond bottoms. Yields of alfalfa are approximately 8000kg/ha in the first year and 6000 kg/ha in the second. During years eight, nine, and ten, rice is planted, and harvests average 3000-3500 kg/ha/year. The tenyear cycle then begins anew with combined duck and fish farming.


Two types of location choices can be studied, location choice of production units by firms and location choice of individuals through migrations. We investigate the hypothesis that consumer-workers prefer places with high industrial production. We link the optimal location choice of Mexican Immigrants to a theoretical model of imperfect competition in a multi-location setting. The model yields a profit function incorporating a term closely connected to the market potential index introduced by Harris in 1954. We then implement the model empirically, comparing our measure of market potential with Harris'term. In order to estimate the worker's motion law, we use a Mexican Migration Project data (micro data). Our results show that market potential does matter for location choice. Moreover individual characteristics (like gender, level of education, marital status and others) have a robust influence. This results suggests that the forward linkages emphasized in Krugman (1991) are not the only main cause of agglomeration.


Two mechanisms for spreading of a tracer pulse in fissured media are discussed: channeling and diffusion in the rock matrix. Dispersion has traditionally been treated as a random mechanism, comparable to diffusion. It is not quite clear if this is applicable to such geologic media as sparsely fissured rock or other stratified media. In this paper, two other mechanisms for dispersion are treated. One is stratified flow; the other is due to interaction with a solid material. A very idealized case of stratified flow is treated. A case is modeled where the medium flows in parallel channels. Each channel is assumed to consist of the space between two parallel plates. The flow is laminar. The various channel widths are assumed to be randomly distributed with a lognormal frequency distribution. This is a distribution which has been found experimentally in fissured crystalline rock. For this case, it is shown that an equivalent dispersion coefficient will increase with the distance between injection and observation point. For this case the normal Fickian diffusion dispersion description is not applicable if the usual assumption is made that the dispersion coefficient is constant. There are several interaction mechanisms of interest between a solute and the solid material. The one treated here is the diffusion of the solute into the porous rock matrix and sorption of the inner surfaces of the matrix. This interaction will also lead to the spreading of a tracer front, in a similar way to what other dispersion mechanisms do. It is demonstrated that if the solid material has very long extension, the dispersion due to this mechanism is so large that a Fickian dispersion coefficient cannot be evaluated without explicitly accounting for this mechanism. Attempts to evaluate Fickian dispersion coefficients by the method of moments will give values which are entirely dependent on the observation accuracy of the tail.


Today, Google announced the release of their v2 machine learning system under an open source license. This is a big deal for a few reasons.


A company's approach to developing and implementing an integrated supply management technique and system is examined, and it is concluded that, in the medium to long term, savings should become quite evident and the use of supplier management techniques to ensure that manufacturers and suppliers become an extension of the business should surface.


Centella asiatica (L.) Urban is an important pharmacopoeial plant used not only in medicine but also in cosmetology. C. asiatica agitated shoot cultures were established to study the influence of ethephon, methyl jasmonate, L‐phenylalanine (Eth 50 µM, MeJa 50 µM, L‐Phe 2.4 g/L of medium, respectively; seven variants of the supplementation) on the accumulation of secondary metabolites: the main centellosides (asiaticoside and madecassoside) and selected phenolic acids, and flavonoids in the biomass. Microshoots were harvested two and six days after the supplementation. Secondary metabolites were analyzed in methanolic extracts by UPLC‐MS/MS (centellosides) and by HPLC‐DAD (phenolics). In comparison with the reference cultures, the concentrations of individual secondary metabolites increased as follows: centellosides up to 5.6‐fold (asiaticoside), phenolic acids up to 122‐fold (p‐coumaric acid) and flavonoids up to 22.4‐fold (kaempherol). The highest production increase of individual compounds was observed for different variants of supplementation. Variant C (50 µM MeJa), the most optimal for centellosides and flavonoid accumulation, was selected for the experiment with bioreactors. Bioreactor Plantform™, compared to RITA® system and agitated cultures, appeared to be the most advantageous for secondary metabolites production in C. asiatica shoot cultures. The phenolic acid, flavonoid, centelloside, and total secondary metabolite productivity in Plantform™ system is 1.8‐fold, 1.7‐fold, 2.8‐fold, 2.1‐fold, respectively, higher than in MeJa elicitated agitated cultures, and 4.3‐fold, 7.3‐fold, 12.2‐fold, 7.2‐fold, respectively, higher than in control agitated cultures.


From the quantity and investment points,this paper analyzed characteristics of the science and technology investment taking South Korea and Taiwan as an example during catch up stage.Then from finance and tax and financial angel,it analyzed the promotion of scientific and technological investment policy.How to construct a perfect technology investment and financing system,we should established the stable growth of fiscal expenditure on science and technology system,increase financial investment in science and technology innovation way,strengthen the financial direct input and the coordination of preferential tax indirectly,pay more attention to the human capital investment,and establish a Chinese-type risk investment and perfect multi-level financial system.


A 58-year-old man presented with dyspnea 3 months after undergoing mitral valve repair. An echocardiogram revealed an intact mitral annuloplasty ring, severe mitral regurgitation, and an unexpected thin linear echodensity in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) (Fig. 1). The patient reported having no permanent pacemaker or defibrillator. A chest radiograph and nongated chest computed tomogram (CT) partially revealed the abnormality but did not further define the echocardiographic finding. Cardiac CT with contrast medium and electrocardiographic (ECG) gating was then performed. The results confirmed that a thin linear metallic structure overlay the right ventricle (RV), coursing from its entry into the RV through the RVOT and below the pulmonary valve (Figs. 2 and and3).3). The finding was a temporary epicardial pacing wire—which, after having been cut and retained after surgery, had migrated through the RV wall and into the RVOT. The patient was referred for surgical repair of the mitral valve and extraction of the wire.

Fig. 1 Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardio-gram (parasternal short-axis view) at the level of the aortic valve (AV) shows a thin linear echodensity (arrow) traversing the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT).

Fig. 2 Cardiac computed tomography (oblique coronal view) shows an epicardial wire (large arrow) entering the right ventricle (RV) at the level of the RV outflow tract (RVOT) and coursing beneath the pulmonary valve (PV).

Fig. 3 Cardiac computed tomography (oblique sagittal view) shows the extracardiac and intracardiac portions of the epicardial wire and its point of entry (arrow) through the right ventricle (RV).


In mid-2016, the streets of cities around the world were populated by digital wayfarers taking part in the augmented reality (AR) game, Pokémon GO. The game popularized the digital overlay technique of AR, in which real-time pedestrian movement is integrated with mobile location-based functionality and network information. In the years that followed, playing Pokémon GO gradually became a mundane activity, fitting into the everyday routines of millions of people across the globe. It is at this juncture – when the gameplay became a habitual and unremarkable practice – that the research discussed here began. Through ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Badalona in Spain in 2018–2019, this article explores how sedimented and mundane media – those that are already embedded in daily life routines and typical scenarios of use – can become possible conduits for informal care, wellbeing and social change through playful inclusion and connection.


Rechargeable lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries have attracted extensive attention as next-generation energy storage devices, owing to their high theoretical energy density, environmental benignancy, and cost effectiveness. However, the commercial application of Li–S batteries is limited because of the severe polysulfide shuttle effect, the insulating nature of sulfur, and fast capacity decay. To address these obstacles, we report for the first time a facile synthesis of an amorphous cobalt boride (Co2B)@graphene material as a novel sulfur host, which provides high specific capacity and cycling performance. Endowed by the unique "synergistic effect" of Co and B interaction with polysulfides and the high electrical conductivity of graphene, the cobalt boride (Co2B)@graphene composite shows a specific capacity of 1487 mA h g−1 at 0.1C and delivers an outstanding cycling performance with a capacity of 758 mA h g−1 for the 450th cycle at 1C, representing a 0.029% fading rate per cycle.


The genesis of language signs, speech signs and poetic signs is motivated in different ways: language motivation is a natural, compulsory link between the signifier and the signified; 2) speech motivation means equalisingthe signifier and the signified; 3) poetic motivation stems from the context and points to the motivated links within a poetic text: these links can be sound-motivated and speech-motivated A common feature of all the afore-mentioned types of motivation is their origin which is the material quality of the sign: 1) Language motivation is not based on sounds abstract units of the language sign. On the contrary, all authors mention the acoustic, articulatory and auditive properties as vehicles of motivated links. Sounds as non-material units inevitably suggest the arbitrariness of the language sign. 2) Speech motivation is clearly material, because speech is by definition a physical materialisation of the language. 3) Poetic motivation is also material, because it is based on the sound content or speech realisation. 1) Language motivation points to a link between the sound composition of a language sign and the outside world. 2) Speech motivation displays a cause-effect relationship between thoughts and feelings on the one hand, and speech realisation on the other. 3) Poetic motivation rejects any possible relationship with the outside world; the onomatopoeia does not seem to be its basic form; it is realised exclusively within a poetic text. That is why it is essentially related to the syntactic theory of poetry. Sound metaphor is a fundamental principle of building up a poem. Speech is a man's image and an image of the poetic syntax. Speech metaphor is equally present in everyday speech and in a poem. Iconicity as a principle of poetic composition is also present in affective expressions of everyday speech. Stylistic procedures establish a bridge between everyday speech and poetry. Speech motivation and poetic motivation - differ from the language motivation in that they both include the whole instead of isolated elements. Speech is always whole, global, even in its minute details. Even the smallest part of speech always contains a global speech form - the values of the spoken language. Sound and speech links that are realised within a poetic text not only point to motivated links within a text, but they affirm the text as a whole by establishing those relationships. Sound and speech metaphors clearly testify that there are no poetic words but only a poetic syntax. Sound metaphor is the establishing of material, motivated relations among various contents; speech metaphor is iconic, motivated representation of the content.


According to Bertrand Russell, theoretical science attempts to understand the world; practical science to change it (Russell, 1945).1 Psychology as a science has always been characterized by both theoretical and applied approaches, though representatives of the two branches have not always fully acknowledged their unity. Accepting Russell's distinction, however, it seems clear that if practical science is to change the world, that change must be based on the understanding which is the province of theoretical science. Therefore, it follows that applications are founded on the developments of theoretical science, together with the procedures worked out by practical science. In this context, "applications" can be seen as deriving from correct interpretations and understanding of the basic scientific work, while "misapplications" issue from incorrect interpretation of theoretical science and/or from improperly formulated methods of applying scientific knowledge to a given area. By considering them, the applications and the misapplications, together, it is hoped that a more complete current picture can emerge of the practical aspects of the science of psychology. The Psychology Section has been traditionally more concerned with presentations of the "state of the art" in theoretical and experimental (non-applied) areas of psychology; the emphasis here on applications represents a departure. However, for scientists to turn away from the applications of their work is to ignore both the truth of the implications of their own findings, and the value to be gained for future experimentation of information gained from applying theories and procedures to practical, or at least, observable, problems. Without wishing to engage here the continuing issue of the role of value in science, we can nevertheless acknowledge the current wide applications of psychology in many areas of life. As scientists in this field, it is strongly indicated that we examine the adequacy of these applications, relating both to the underlying scientific knowledge and to the individual and social effects of the applications. Psychology as a discipline stretches from the biological on the one hand, to the social on the other. Therefore, the theoretical and experimental work on which psychological applications rest comes not only from psychology itself, but also from related disciplines: e.g., biology, sociology, physics. This essentially interdisciplinary nature of our field makes it particularly necessary to evaluate applications of work, both in terms of accuracy of derivation from psychological work, and also in terms of the relationship of the psychological work to that in the related science. Perhaps that is why study of psychological applications can be complicated and why it is particularly relevant in our current world. Boring has indicated that a result of the biological point of view is to make psychology practical. He says, "For something to be practical is for it to have a use in the business of life, and the science of living is the one great applied science" (1929, p. 513).2 This orientation has helped to guide the selection of particular areas of psychology for our examination of applications and misapplications. The three


The invention relates to a method and a device for determining the amount of fuel in the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, respectively. The fuel tank has a main storage reservoir provided with a filling level meter for determining the fuel respectively disposed therein, and a residual amount reservoir which has a substantially smaller volume in comparison with the main storage reservoir and which is closed in itself and supplied by a pump from the main storage reservoir with fuel becomes. After emptying of the main storage container each then still located in the reservoir residual fuel quantity is calculated as a difference from a defined volume of the reservoir (12) and the summed over time fuel consumption.


This paper describes a polar substorm-particle event observed with the magnetic field and trapped particle detectors on Explorer 26 during the worldwide magnetic storm of April 17–18, 1965. The event occurred between 0600 and 0830 UT on April 18 within the main phase of the magnetic storm. During this time the satellite was near apogee (L ≃ 5) and at a local time of ∼1300 hours. Nearly coincident with the polar substorm, the satellite records show that the local magnetic field decreased by about 40 γ, while the proton flux (100–345 kev) increased by more than a factor of 10. About twenty minutes later the electron flux (10–1000 kev) started to increase. Both the field and particles show large fluctuations that are inveresly correlated. Some of the possible explanations of the event and the limitations imposed by the observations are discussed.


Herbert Putnam's selection as librarian of Congress in March 1899, was not threatened by political spoilsmen, as most library historians have contended. Rather, careful analysis of primary source materials demonstrates that the events leading up to Putnam's appointment were complex and contained no major villains. The problems which the American Library Association encountered in securing the position for Putnam can be traced to misunderstanding rather than behind-the-scenes political machinations.


Novel structure of split ring resonators is proposed. New SRRs show resonant behaviour at low frequencies and have relatively small dimensions. Views and characteristics of the structure are presented. Proposed resonators can be used for compact filters and in metamaterial techniques.


Previous studies on the effects of genetic polymorphisms on the serum cholesterol response to dietary treatments were often inconsistent and frequently involved small numbers of subjects.


Supplement to the course APM 542 Version 1 This is an introduction to the concepts of observability, controllability and control of systems of Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs), which are finite-dimensional models for evolution processes. Since this is an introduction, we describe only linear systems, for which the theory is well developed. For nonlinear systems there seems to be no general theory, as each class of problems needs a specialized treatment.


Fish is the lowest vertebrate which possesses the adaptive and innate immunity and the latter plays an important role in resisting foreign microorganisms.This review is briefly summarized on the non-specific immunity antigen identification and the important function of non-speci-fic cytotoxic cells,phagocytic cell,lysozyme,antimicrobial peptide,complement,interferon,natural antibody,interleukin,and transferrin involved in pathogen invades.