J ust a few months after our book. The Nongraded Elementary School, ' was published in 1959, Bob Anderson and I could have been "on the road" every day, responding to requests to market the ideas it contained. We inno cently believed, as did most people in terested in educational improvement, that ideas alone were sufficient. By the time the optimism of "The Education Decade," launched with Sputnik in 1957, had sputtered with escalation of the Vietnam War and then faded into "The Dismal Decade" of the 1970s, many of us had lost our innocence regarding educational change. For me, successive studies of the socalled curriculum reform movement2 began the process of disillusionment. Concepts such as "the structure of knowledge and the disciplines" and "learning by discovery" inherent in the rhetoric of reform had been voiced artic ulately by Bruner in The Process of Education,* the book educators of the time most preferred to be seen with. But such concepts are not readily built into the didactics and textbooks of conven tional teaching practices. Our observa tions in the late 1960s4 suggested that little of the new in any area of reform had found its way through school and classroom doors—and removed what lit tle of our innocence remained. What happened—or failed to hap pen—in the period of high optimism and effort between 1957 and 1967 has been sufficiently documented and ana lyzed 5 to provide useful insights into how to and how not to seek change. Ideas developed, refined, and packaged remote from their intended targets do not necessarily flourish in the culture of a school. 6 Bcnham has insightfully pointed out how potentially powerful reforms failed simply because they re quired that teachers transcend many of the most firmly established conventions and regularities of the classroom.


ABSTRACT We examine the effects of HIV-infection on school attendance in Zimbabwe using recent nationally representative data of 11,673 children aged 6–18 years. We employ a non-linear multivariate decomposition approach to examine how HIV affects gender gaps in school attendance. We find gaps in school attendance between HIV-positive boys and girls and between HIV-negative and positive girls. About 44% of the attendance gap in both cohorts is attributed to differences in observable characteristics. About 56% of this gap is attributed to differences in the effects of these characteristics. The results indicate that HIV mainly affects girls' school attendance.


We show the compatibility between the moderate or nearby cycle functor for regular holonomic $\mathcal{D}$-modules, as defined by Beilinson, Kashiwara and Malgrange, and the Hermitian duality functor, as defined by Kashiwara.


AIM: The purpose of this study was to attain floating norms for the MMBP-Wits and 𝛽 angle in adult Chennai population that can aid in proper diagnosis and treatment planning of different cases. Methods: Lateral cephalograms were acquired from 100 subjects (50 males and 50 females; mean age: 18-25 years) with pleasant profile and well-balanced and a near-ideal occlusion. Land mark identification and tracings were carried out manually on 0.003' thickness acetate film. The ANB angle, the 𝛽-angle, the MMBP-Wits were measured. Four Other angular cephalometric parameters which included the SN/PP, SN/MP, SNA, and NSB angles were also measured. Multiple regression models were used to quantify the correlation of the ANB angle, MMBP-Wits and 𝛽 angle with each other and also with four other angular cephalometric parameters mentioned above. RESULTS: All the three cephalometric parameters of antero-posterior maxillary-mandibular relationship had considerable association with the explanatory variables with 𝑅2 range from 0.183 to 0.212 for the ANB angle and the MMBP-Wits, respectively. The ANB angle was considerably related with all the explanatory variables. In particular, the NSBa, SNA, and SN/MP angles were certainly associated with the ANB angle, whereas the SN/PP angle was inversely associated. On the contrary, both the 𝛽 angle and MMBP-Wits were considerably associated with SNA and SN/MP angles. These explanatory variables showed positive and inverse association with the MMBP-Wits and the 𝛽 angle. CONCLUSION: (i) The ANB angle is prone to have considerably more geometrical distortion as compared to the MMBP-Wits and the 𝛽 angle. (ii) Floating norms have been given to individualize the reference values for both the MMBP-Wits and 𝛽 angle.


Anomaly detection is an open and challenging problem that aims to detect anomaly in future samples. In this study, we explore a simple but effective solution that utilizes multi-level feature combination in a student-teacher network to improve the prediction result. Our approach combines low-level, middle-level, and high-level features extracted from ResNet18 to capture a range of features from different layers of the network. Through the use of a student-teacher network, we select the best possible generated features from ResNet18 to enhance the prediction performance. Our results demonstrate that combining features from different levels of the network enhances the model's ability to learn and recognize anomalous patterns, and thus improves the accuracy of anomaly detection. Our proposed student-teacher network with ResNet18 backbone achieves a prediction score of 92.80% and 96.90% for Image AUC and Pixel AUC respectively.


Subject's demand as criteria of value is popularly accepted by a majority of Chinese philosophical scholars. However, that the criteria are not scientific for subject's demand is not always reasonable. This paper argues that scientific criteria of value should be based on the interrelation of subject and object.


are glad to make use of our pages. During the year Lieut.-Col. John Maitland, I.M.S., of the Madras Medical College, retired from the service and resigned the Associate Editorship for Madras. He had for many years been a strong supporter of the Gazette, and hud contributed many articles, both signed and editorial. His place has been taken as Associate Editor for Madras by Captain J. W. Cornwall, l.M.S., Director of the Coonoor Pasteur Institute. During the year Brigade-Surgeon Lieut.-Col.


In most federal states, the quest for component littoral states' hegemony over vast mineral deposits within their territories is not necessarily novel and has been a source of political activism and litigation in many jurisdictions. The Supreme Court was confronted with the same issue for the first time in Attorney General of Federation v Attorney General Abia State & 35 ors on the ownership of the offshore seabed between the Federal Government and eight (8) states (Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo and Rivers) which are located on the coast (Here in after referred to as the littoral states). The court however reaffirmed the federal government sovereignty and jurisdictional control over the vast resources located in the offshore and adjacent continental shelf of the littoral states. In what follows therefore, our findings is that this judgment has deep-seated implications for municipal maritime laws, international law, seaward boundary, revenue allocation, inter-governmental relationship, national peace and security. It also raises some important issues on true federalism. The Court has given its verdict but the ghost of the argument has refused to rest and as the philosophical pendulum swings to and fro, we hope to argue that the veritable alternative hinges on the broad shoulder of political doctrine solution. The objective of this paper is to critically examine the jurisprudence behind the determination of the ownership of the Nigerian Offshore Seabed between the central government and the littoral states by the Nigerian apex court in order to consider whether the clamour for resource control is justified. In pursuits of this aim the paper employs the dialectical methodology in the sense that it examines the Nigerian legislation vis-a-vis other international jurisprudence on the issue at stake. It equally employs the philosophical tool of critical analysis in considering the various arguments forming parts of the facts in issue here. It is equally prescriptive as it recommends equity in the distribution of oil wealth through resource control as a panacea for solving the crisis. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA /* Style Definitions */
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World is in the grip of serious energy crisis and it has many worst consequences on all sectors of an economy. Pakistan, facing many issues nowadays, is also struggling with its energy crisis. There is a strong desire and need to improve this situation for the quality living standards, prosperous present and bright future. To achieve the target of energy conservation there must be an improved, renovated energy generating system by public authorities and energy saving techniques by the citizens. The main purpose of the study was to find out impact of promoting energy security through precautions and renovating energy generating system on the socio-economic conditions of household . The data was collected from 300 respondents in urban areas of district Nowshera. The results show that the attitude of majority i.e. 93% respondents towards energy security is positive and they use energy saving techniques in their households. 83% of the total respondents consume electricity for luxuries also, while 53% prefer to use precautions to save energy. 86% respondents replied that energy crisis has worse effects on their socio-economic life and 100% respondents agreed that improved energy generating system in Pakistan will lead to improve the overall development of the country.


Efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in metastatic gastric/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma is inconsistent. Whether the efficacy of ICIs is comparable across different subgroups remains unknown.


In the times of knowledge-based economy,the investment of human capital can enhance prominently an enterprise's competitiveness.However,after fulfilling the investment,the loss of labor caused by default will severely influence an enterprise's investment profitability and market forces.The paper insists that the occurrence of default risk has closed ties with an enterprise's unsound incentives.Through the innovation and reformation of an enterprise's existing incentives and paying due attention to emotional incentive,an enterprise could reduce default risk.


The influence on the adrenocortical function of high‐dose topical glucocorticoids inhaled via conventional devices and via a Nebuhaler®, was studied in ten children with asthma. In patients treated with dosages of beclomethasone dipropionate or budesonide, in excess of 2100 μg/1.73 m2 body surface, the 24‐h urinary excretion of free cortisol increased when the inhaler device was changed from a conventional one to a Nebuhaler. This suggests a decreased systemic influence of the inhaled glucocorticoids when these were administered via a Nebuhaler.


Influence of nitrogen-potassium and nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium fertilizers on the productivity, maintenance of dry mater, nitrates, common yield of starch and quality tastes of new middle-early sorts of potatoes was established.


And α- keto acid or a salt thereof, oxygen, amides are formed by reacting decarboxylation condensation reaction with an amine or its salt including the nitrogen covalently bonded to the selected atom from oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur. Amide bond is formed between the nitrogen of the α- carbon and amine keto acid. α- keto acid can be formed by using a novel sulfur reagents.


The results of the present work showed an antimicrobial broad spectrum for the variabiline and its enanthiomers against the Gram (+) microorganisms Micrococcus luteus , Staphylococcus aureus y Bacillus subtilis and the microorganisms Gram (-) Pseudomonas sp , Enterobacter aerogenes and Escherichia coli . There was no activity against Aspergillus tamari , Aspergillus niger y Penicillium sp fungi at the assayed concentrations. The antitumor activity was observed at 2.5 I¼ g/mL while the inhibitorial concentration was determined at 18.0 I¼ g/mL. Bioassay in the brine shrimp Artemia salina showed a lethal concentration LC 50 of 272.0 I¼ g/mL.


Video deblurring models exploit consecutive frames to remove blurs from camera shakes and object motions. In order to utilize neighboring sharp patches, typical methods rely mainly on homography or optical flows to spatially align neighboring blurry frames. However, such explicit approaches are less effective in the presence of fast motions with large pixel displacements. In this work, we propose a novel implicit method to learn spatial correspondence among blurry frames in the feature space. To construct distant pixel correspondences, our model builds a correlation volume pyramid among all the pixel-pairs between neigh-boring frames. To enhance the features of the reference frame, we design a correlative aggregation module that maximizes the pixel-pair correlations with its neighbors based on the volume pyramid. Finally, we feed the aggregated features into a reconstruction module to obtain the restored frame. We design a generative adversarial paradigm to optimize the model progressively. Our proposed method is evaluated on the widely-adopted DVD dataset, along with a newly collected High-Frame-Rate (1000 fps) Dataset for Video Deblurring (HFR-DVD). Quantitative and qualitative experiments show that our model performs favorably on both datasets against previous state-of-the-art methods, confirming the benefit of modeling all-range spatial correspondence for video deblurring.


By utilizing a chemical oscillating reaction as a periodical driving source, the fluorescence in a responsive polymer system is autonomously regulated based on the reversible formation of dynamic covalent bonds.


International communication is becoming more and more frequent Language development is perfection Language is the tool of communication English has become an international language Now,the economy power of the U S A is becoming stronger and stronger,but the difference between part of American vocabulary and part of British Vocabulary is the disadvantage of people's communication This paper will analyze and research the difference between the two,so as to solve the bonds to people's communication


Operators of storage- and handling facilities for light volatile hydrocarbons have been subjected to considerable conditions to reduce hydrocarbon emissions. Presentation of some of the technologies used to fulfil this legislation. The Ministry of Environment has promoted various different plant combinations for air purification


This paper describes an approach that analyses point cloud information from a stereo camera to enable a vision guided robotic platform to perform 3D object tracking and contour following. The process uses a combination of 2D image processing, as well depth analysis to analyse and identify a target object as its position and orientation, or contour changed along the x, y and z axes. PID controllers were used to react to these variations and actuate the manipulator robot, effectively following the target object or surface contour. For object tracking, the VGR system was able to track a specified target amongst identical objects, even when it was partially occluded. Similarly, contour following experiments demonstrated the robot's ability to keep a set distance, whilst remaining orthogonal to the surface of the object. Hence, the experiments demonstrated the robustness of this approach. However, it is important to note that the algorithm does rely on consistent and accurate information from the stereo camera.


An incremental spatiotemporal learning scheme is proposed for online modeling of distributed parameter systems (DPSs). A novel incremental learning method is developed to recursively update the spatial basis functions and the corresponding temporal model based on the Karhunen–Loève decomposition for time-space separation. The time-space synthesis continually evolves by adding new increment data with more updated information and revising the existing parameters of the dynamic system. In this way, the spatiotemporal structure is inherited and updated efficiently as output data increases over time. The adaptive nature of this evolving structure makes it promising for online modeling of DPSs under streaming data environment. The proposed incremental modeling scheme is evaluated on the classical benchmark of a catalytic rod problem. The simulation results demonstrate the viability and efficiency of the proposed method for online modeling of DPSs.


Teaching relaxation and approved exercises are an important part of the physical therapist's contribution to preparation for labor and delivery.


An angular rate sensor (20) includes a drive mass (36) flexibly coupled to a substrate (22). A sense mass (42) is suspended above the substrate (22) is and flexibly connected to the drive mass (36) via flexible support elements (44). A quadrature compensation electrode (24) is associated with the drive mass (36) and a sense electrode (28) is associated with the sense mass (42). The drive mass (36) and the sense mass (42) oscillate together relative to a sense axis (50) in response to quadrature error. The quadrature error produces a signal error component (78) between the quadrature compensation electrode (24) and the drive mass (36) and a signal error component (76) between the sense electrode (28) and the sense mass (42). The compensation and sense electrodes (24, 28) are coupled in reverse polarity so that the signal error component (78) substantially cancels the signal error component (76).


The RCN claims the Department of Health (DH) is ditching its Improving Working Lives (IWL) policy, despite its success in increasing staff satisfaction and flexible working across the NHS.


The government's efforts of the Special Region of Yogyakarta (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta/DIY) government for self-sufficiency in meat certainly have obstacles, one of which is the productivity of livestock development which is hampered by parasitic diseases such as Fascioliasis. Fascioliasis is a disease caused by F. hepatica or F. gigantica. To find out the relationship between risk factors for Fascioliasis disease in a spatial region, it can use spatial modeling by integrating remote sensing technology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Spatial modeling can be used to determine the correlation between risk factors and can also be integrated with secondary data to obtain more comprehensive information. The method used in this study is a combination of various quantitative methods consisting of data processing based on remote sensing and GIS for risk factor analysis. Besides, some variables are not obtained quantitatively, namely livestock management variables obtained by structured interviews with livestock owners and veterinary experts. In general, DIY has a moderate risk level for Fascioliasis parasites. Although there are common levels of risk, the conditions of vulnerability and vulnerability of the constituents may differ, which implies different livestock management strategies.


1. The localization, properties and specificity of a β-glucosidase from Blaberus craniifer have been investigated.2. The enzyme is localized mainly in the cecal complex of the alimentary canal.3. Evidence is presented which suggests that all the β-glucosides hydrolyzed are hydrolyzed by the same enzyme and that the β-galactosides are hydrolyzed by another protein or series of active sites.4. The data also suggest that some specificity of the enzyme is directed toward the aglycone moiety of the β-glucoside.5. Based on inhibition of the enzyme by heavy metals and specific -SH inhibitors and the reversal of -SH inhibition by cysteine, it is suggested the enzyme is an -SH enzme.6. No effects of toluene were noted and the effects of monovalent cations were less than 10%.7. The Km, Vmax and Ki values for various glucosides are presented.


The character recognition problem is considered as a generalization of the discrimination problem. Two issues that are of trivial importance in the two category problem become central to the n-category problem. Not all of the available information is relevant to each of the discriminations that have to be made. A few of the discriminations are much more difficult than all of the others. The analysis consists mainly of studying which character pairs are difficult to separate. After dealing with these it is relatively easy and expedient to separate the others by a few functions of the observations which are less than optimal for a particular pairwise discrimination but which serve to make many pairwise discriminations adequately. Assuming a particular physieal mechanism and a specific character set of 36 characters, decisions are made on the choice of blocksize in the scanning area, the procedure for positioning characters within the scanning area, the choice of twelve linear functions of the blackness in a...


To evaluate the prognostic impact of tumour size on survival outcomes in upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) treated with radical nephroureterectomy (RNU).


The transition to two-level system of vocational training (bachelor's and master's degrees) makes it necessary to review the scientific and research activities of students from the perspective of competence-based approach. The article deals with the formation of methodological competency of bachelors and masters in the process of scientific and research activity.


Meyendorff was the first to attempt an account of Palamas and Palamite theology based on a thorough investigation of the sources, both edited and unedited. On its publication in 1959, his Introduction was widely acclaimed. Two Western scholars who welcomed it warmly were Eric Mascall and Louis Bouyer, but a reaction set in the 1970s. This chapter follows the debate initiated by the Dominican journal Istina and continued in the pages of St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly and the Eastern Churches Review, and shows how behind it lay the Roman Catholic struggle between conservatives and progressives after the Second Vatican Council. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how Meyendorff abandoned the much-criticized dichotomies of his Introduction but did not alter his fundamental perspective.


When the fuel cell operating time, thereby suppressing the pressure drop caused by the current sweep defining a wrong decision, such as the presence or absence of a hydrogen leak or a cross leak, and improve the judgment accuracy of the hydrogen leak, etc.. In order to realize this, for the intermittent in operation for performing the power supply to the power consumption device from the storage means in the art a fuel cell system in the low load of the fuel cell system date the development of such fuel cell tissue, suppression of deterioration of such a fuel cell if there is a current sweep is performed, the art based on the hydrogen consumed by the current sweep is corrected hydrogen pressure in an anode of a fuel cell and, on the basis of the hydrogen pressure after art correction, hydrogen leakage or pressure drop due to pressure drop It performs the determination of the cross-leak by. For example, it is possible by integrating the drop rate of the hydrogen pressure in the anode drops by a power generation during the current sweep, the output hydrogen pressure drop min by developing the art, and the art reflects the hydrogen pressure drop time.


Introduction: Heart failure (HF) has been singled out as a staggering clinical and public health problem, associated with significant mortality, morbidity, and healthcare expenditures. Heart failure patients often experience a loss of productivity and quality of life.1 This pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary, outpatient HF clinic during 6 months period. Our goal was to determine whether an intensive intervention at a HF clinic improves patient's functional status (New York Heart Association (NYHA) class), echocardiographic parameters, and levels of NT-proBNP. Patients with optimal drug therapy at the start and at the end of the study were also evaluated.


Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) is commonly prescribed in patients treated with antithrombotic therapy, assuming it will reduce bleeding risk irrespective of the risk of bleeding. Although PPI may reduce the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding in those treated with an oral anticoagulant, PPI may increase INR by accelerating warfarin absorption, thereby increasing the risk of bleeding. We aimed to assess the impact of PPI use on outcomes and quality of anticoagulant control in AF patients treated with OAC.

 The COOL-AF registry was a nationwide prospective observational study enrolling AF patients from 27 hospitals in Thailand between 2014 and 2017. The registry aimed to evaluate antithrombotic patterns, quality of OAC control, and clinical outcomes. Clinical information of patients was collected every six months and until three years. Patients treated with oral anticoagulants (either warfarin or non-vitamin K antagonist OAC (NOAC)) were included in the present analysis. Patients receiving any PPI type and dosage at the registry entry were counted as PPI users. Poor anticoagulant control was defined as time to therapeutic range (TTR) less than 65%. The association between PPI use and outcomes, including GI bleeding, overall bleeding, all-cause mortality, and ischemic stroke or systemic embolization, were assessed in the Cox model adjusted for age, prior GI bleeding, chronic alcohol use, chronic kidney disease, liver disease, smoking, and baseline anemia. Subgroup analyses were performed in patients at high bleeding risk (HAS-BLED score ≥ 3), and in patients concomitantly treated with antiplatelet.

 Of 3,402 patients in the registry, 2568 (75.5%) were treated with OAC at baseline. The prevalence of females was 43.4%, with a mean age of 68.4 years. The majority of patients (91.1%) received warfarin. The incidence of major bleeding was 2.11 (1.79–2.48) per 100 person-years. PPI was used at baseline in 707 patients (20.8%). Compared with their counterpart, PPI was more frequently used in high-bleeding risk patients (27.3% vs. 18.1%, p < 0.001) and in those with concomitant antiplatelet therapy (37.5% vs. 17.1%, p < 0.001).
 The mean TTR was similar between PPI and non-PPI users (52.5% vs. 53.8%, p 0.37). PPI use was not associated with poor anticoagulant control (adjusted OR 1.12, 95% 0.89-1.40). The risk of GI bleeding in PPI users was similar to non-user (adjusted HR 1.01, 95%CI 0.59-1.75). The risk of all-cause mortality, ischemic stroke or systemic embolization, and overall bleeding was not different between PPI and non-PPI users. There was no significant interaction between PPI use and bleeding risk or concomitant antiplatelet therapy on adverse outcomes.

 PPI use has no impact on major outcomes, including bleeding in AF patients treated with OAC. The practice of concomitant prescribing of PPI in patients treated with OAC is needed to be re-examined, given the potentially high impact of health care costs.PPI use and outcomes


Based on a compilation of historical data of drought disasters in Yan'an Area during Ming Dynasty(1368-1644),the temporal change,level and reason of drought disasters were analyzed.The results showed that during 277 years of Ming Dynasty,the drought disasters happened 91 times in Yan'an Area,with average once every 3 years.The drought disaster happened 17,30,29 and 15 times for mild,middle,great and serious levels,respectively.The high frequency of both great and serious drought disasters was the outstanding feature of the climate during Ming Dynasty in Yan'an Area,and indicated the climate was arid as a whole.The distribution of drought disasters in Yan'an Area during the Ming Dynasty could be divided into four stages: from 1368 to 1420 with low frequency of drought disasters(the first stage);from 1421 to 1520 with high frequency of drought disasters(the second stage);from 1521 to 1617 with low frequency of drought disasters(the third stage);from 1618 to 1644 with high frequency of drought disasters(the forth stage).The significant dynamics of frequency of drought disasters among the four stages indicated that the climate in the second and fourth stages were obviously drier with decreased precipitation.In the second and fourth stages,there were two sub-stages of extremely dry climate(1480-1499,1626-1641),in which the precipitation was 200 mm less than that in nowadays.


The first wall in the HL-2A tokamak consists of the graphite components,the divertor plates made of Cu and the internal surface of the vacuum vessel made of AISI 304L stainless steel.The weight of the graphite components is 44kg,the cover area is 2.8m~2,and the cover fraction is 2.2%. The preconditioning of the graphite components in the HL-2A tokamak is very important,because the graphite components have experienced various experiments and have been exposed in air for a long time.We describe the experimental results for EK98,SMF-800 graphite,CFC material used in ASDEX,CFC material made in China,and the preconditioning of the graphite components of the HL-2A tokamak and its effects.


The article features the results of two initial stages of the Infomat-E project. The project is to provide access to information to people with sight and hearing dysfunctions through a hardware-software solution. So far, a number of analyses have been conducted within the project with respect to the method in which the contents of information is presented as well as interaction with the devices that present this information. These included the analysis of suitable colours, font sizes, ergonomic layout of screen menu bars, and ergonomic keyboards - to make them most convenient for people with sight and hearing dysfunctions. There were also analyses conducted how written texts are understood, especially in the case of the deaf. The project assumes integration of elements which were results of separate research projects. Within the project, the following will be used: speech synthesis, speech analysis, presentation of ideas with the use of the sign language. The project will result in the Infomat-E system which will present information in kiosks specially designed to suit the needs of people with sight and hearing dysfunctions. The article features the results of the conducted analytical works which lay at the basis of the technical concept of the system. This concept is presented in the article too.


The sequence of φCh1 contains an open reading frame (int1) in the central part of its genome that belongs to the λ integrase family of site‐specific recombinases. Sequence similarities to known integrases include the highly conserved tetrad R‐H‐R‐Y. The flanking sequences of int1 contain several direct repeats of 30 bp in length (IR‐L and IR‐R), which are orientated in an inverted direction. Here, we show that a recombination active region exists in the genome of φCh1: the number of those repeats, non‐homologous regions within the repeat clusters IR‐L and IR‐R and the orientation of the int1 gene vary in a given virus population. Within this study, we identified circular intermediates, composed of the int1 gene and the inwards orientated repeat regions IR‐L and IR‐R, which could be involved in the recombination process itself. IR‐L and IR‐R are embedded within ORF34 and ORF36 respectively. As a consequence of the inversion within this region of φCh1, the C‐terminal parts of the proteins encoded by ORF34 and 36 are exchanged. Both proteins, expressed in Escherichia coli, interact with specific antisera against whole virus particles, indicating that they could be parts of φCh1 virions. Expression of the protein(s) in Natrialba magadii could be detected 98 h after inoculation, which is similar to other structural proteins of φCh1. Taken together, the data show that the genome of φCh1 contains an invertible region that codes for a recombinase and structural proteins. Inversion of this segment results in a variation of these structural proteins.


The possibility that individuals might have expensive tastes is the basis of arguments for and against various theories of how social resources should be allocated. Expensive tastes play a role, for example, in Dworkin's advocacy of equality of resources rather than welfare, in Rawls's account of primary goods, in Scanlon's argument for an objective criterion of well-being, and in Arneson's favoring of equality of opportunity for welfare rather than equality of welfare. Much of the argument about whether expensive tastes should be treated distinctively concerns whether or not individuals choose to have such tastes. If individuals are simply born with different tastes, or perhaps if they develop them through socialization when young, it is suggested, individuals should not be seen as responsible for their expensive tastes. However, it is argued that individuals should not be com pensated for expensive tastes that they have freely chosen — or would hypothetically have chosen — to cultivate.


This report describes the characteristic engineering properties and behaviour of the cohesive soils of, or derived from, the Kannaviou, Melange and Mamonia Complex Formations which occur in close proximity to the Troodos ophiolite in the Paphos region of SW Cyprus. The investigation was concentrated in two study areas centred on the villages of Phiti (Area 1) and Statos (Area 2), respectively,located in the landslide-prone highlands adjacent to the updomed Troodos Massif.
An extensive geotechnical and mineralogical database of over 3000 discrete test data has been established derived from samples collected from surface outcrops, trial pit excavations and borehole drilling programmes in each study area. Geological and detailed landslide mapping was undertaken in each study area resulting in the preparation of two 1:10 000 scale engineering geology maps. The maps show that major slope stability problems occur where weak, sheared montmorillonitic clays and Melange deposits crop out on steep slopes in areas of high relief; with landslide development exacerbated by high winter rainfalls, permeable chalk and limestone caprocks, earthquake shocks and active erosion associated with continued uplift of Troodos.Limited analyses of slope angles and residual shear strength data indicate that limiting slope angles for shallow mass movements in the Kannaviou and Melange clays are c. 8.5 degrees and 11 degrees, respectively. Deep-seated slope failures are shown to be largely associated with faults.
The report suggests a number of practical guidelines for engineering development and future investigations both in SW Cyprus and in similar ophiolite terrains elsewhere.


In recent years, the development model of university teaching modules has always been a hot topic for domestic and foreign universities. The complementary innovative teaching model based on projects and teaching is a new type of practical teaching mode explored by a small number of institutions of higher learning. Dealing with the relationship between scientific research projects and teaching modules, using the resources of scientific research projects, translating into practical teaching content, improving the quality of practical teaching, cultivating more young teachers and students' scientific research capabilities, and further advancing the research progress of scientific research projects. Through the exchange of scientific research projects and practical teaching modules for export and entrance, training young teachers and students to master comprehensive analysis and problem-solving skills in engineering projects is a new mode of training for high-level institutions at home and abroad.


As choosing a combined SO2/NOx removal technology, there are many factors, which all have fuzzy character. Therefore the comprehensive fuzzy evaluation is the best method. In this paper a two-stage fuzzy mathematics model is presented to evaluate the comprehensive performance of combined SO2/NOX removal technology by determining factor set, evaluation set, evaluation matrix and weighting set. This evaluation model takes all factors into account while emphasizing key points by choosing the two arithmetic operators max-product and add-product. Eight kinds of important combined SO2/NOX removal technology, including activated carbon, CuO, NOXSO, SNAP, WSA-SNOX, SNRB, Parsons flue gas process and electron-beam method, are evaluated and the evaluated result is presented. In the situation as the paper assumed, WSA-SNOX technology is the best.


The neuropeptides P-endorphin and substance P are known to have several physiological roles, for example a modulatory effect on respiratory control mechanisms. There are some studies describing the correlation between increased P-endorphin release and perinatal asphyxia or respiratory disturbances in newborn infants (1,2). There are also some results concerning the correlation of altered levels of P-endorphin or substance P and sudden infant death syndrome (3, 4, 5) . Our study was designed to determine the plasma concentration pattern of these neuropeptides during the first year of life in full-term and preterm infants. Developmental norms are needed to contrast these levels with those in different disorders.


The WiFi backscatter communications offer ultralow power and ubiquitous connections for IoT systems. Caused by the intermittent-nature of the WiFi traffics, state-of-the-art WiFi backscatter communications are not reliable for backscatter link or simple for the tag to do the adaptive transmission. In order to build reliable WiFi backscatter communications, we present GuardRider, a WiFi backscatter system that enables backscatter communications to improve the quality of service (QoS). The key contribution of GuardRider is an optimization algorithm of designing RS codes to follow the statistical knowledge of WiFi traffics and adjust backscatter transmission. With GuardRider, the reliable baskscatter link is guaranteed and a backscatter tag is able to adaptively transmit information without heavily listening to the excitation channel, by taking QoS into account. We built a hardware prototype of GuardRider using a customized tag with FPGA implementation. Both the simulations and field experiments verify that GuardRider could achieve notably gains in bit error rate and frame error rate, which are a hundredfold reduction in simulations and around 99% in filed experiments. Our system is able to achieve around 700 kbps throughput.


The author, on the basis of various historical, ethnographic, and geographical sources, analyzes the formation of the Kara Darya River and its tributaries, the physical and chemical composition of its water, and the historical terminology of the river that plays an important role in irrigated agriculture in the Fergana Valley.


Much of the detailed knowledge about the structure of nuclei near the line of beta stability was obtained in studies of transfer and inelastic scattering reactions using lightion beams and stable or long-lived targets. As radioactive beams are becoming available at a number of facilities around the world, including the CARIBU facility at Argonne, such studies can now be extended to nuclei away from the line of β-stability, vastly expanding the range of accessible isotopes. To achieve this goal, measurements have to be done in inverse kinematics, resulting in a conventional detection scheme in large-area detectors and a loss of the effective experimental resolution. The HELIOS spectrometer is based on a new concept, that is especially well suited for such studies by reducing the resolution problem, providing ready particle identification, and high detection efficiency with moderate Si detector area. In this talk, I will discuss the HELIOS concept and present results from the first series of experiments.


Submitted for the MAR12 Meeting of The American Physical Society Positive and Negative Coulomb Drag in a 1D Quantum Circuit DOMINIQUE LAROCHE, Mcgill University and Sandia National Laboratories, GUILLAUME GERVAIS, Mcgill University , MIKE LILLY, JOHN RENO, Sandia National Laboratories — We report Coulomb drag measurements between tunable vertically-coupled quantum wires. The wires are fabricated in a GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum well heterostructure with a 15 nm barrier separating the quantum wells. The Coulomb drag signal is mapped out versus the number of subbands occupied in each wire, and regions of both positive and negative drag are observed (D. Laroche et. al. Nature Nanotechnology, doi:10.1038/nnano.2011.182). The observation of negative Coulomb drag at a high one-dimensional electronic density is not predicted by the usual momentum-transfer model for Coulomb drag and shows that the existing picture of the drag effect in one-dimension is incomplete. In order to clarify the origin of this negative signal, temperature dependencies of the Coulomb drag are presented both in the positive and in the negative drag regimes. Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. Dominique Laroche Mcgill University and Sandia National Laboratories Date submitted: 10 Nov 2011 Electronic form version 1.4


This second book devoted on advances and applications of Dezert-Smarandache Theory (DSmT) for information fusion collects recent papers from different researchers working in engineering and mathematics. Part 1 of this book presents the current state-of-the-art on theoretical investigations while, Part 2 presents several applications of this new theory. Some ideas in this book are still under current development or improvements, but we think it is important to propose them in order to share ideas and motivate new debates with people interested in new reasoning methods and information fusion. So, we hope that this second volume on DSmT will continue to stir up some interests to researchers and engineers working in data fusion and in artificial intelligence.


We experimentally compare the performance of BPSK-based dual- and single-carrier coherent solutions at 40 Gb/s over low-dispersion fiber. We show that the single-carrier solution is more tolerant to cross-nonlinearities induced by 10 Gb/s neighbors.


A new method for the determination of aromatic amines,including benzidine,aniline,p-toluidine,p-nitroaniline,and α-naphthylamme,in wastewater was developed by high performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry.The chromatographic separation was carried on a Kromasil C18 column by using methanol-5 mmol/L ammonium formate buffer(pH=3.0) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 1 mL/min with a gradient elution mode and split sampling.The mass spectrometric quantitative analysis based on selective ionic measurement + by electro-spray ionization in positive mode.The calibration curves for the above aromatic amines were linear within the range of 7.03~281.30 μg/L,10.65~213.10 μg/L,11.91~238.20 μg/L,12.39~247.90 μg/L and 14.55~291.10 μg/L,respectively.The average recoveries were 92.7%~101.4% for the spiked samples.The detection limits(S/N=2) varied from 1.7 μg/L to 3.2 μg/L.The results show that the method has high sensitivity,simple pretreatment and wide linear range.It can be used as a fast and sensitive analysis method for the above aromatic amines in wastewater samples.


1 Professor Conway, whom I consulted on this point, suggests that since Laomedon was a builder of Troy as well as a breaker of contracts, it is perhaps not fanciful to see in the epithet in both VIII. 18 and VII. 105 an appropriate reference to the task which they had come to Latium to carry out—to found a new city. enlightening observations could be multiplied. The brilliant and, if I may be allowed to say so, complete elucidation of Virgil's view of the Tiber basin (11. 31. 80), his exposition of the geography of Evander's city, his analysis of Virgil's use of Fate, are perhaps the most notable of many delightful studies, all of which are substantial additions to our knowledge of the poet. Dr. Warde Fowler leaves his readers hungry for more. He has begun a task, which it will be difficult to leave off; for even now we eagerly await ' Observations on Book X.,' not to add Book XII. I venture rather profanely to misquote his own quotation: ' We live in hope.'


Two theoretical extensions to the Hackman and Oldham (1976) job characteristics model of work motivation describe: (1) the relationship between job scope and psychological response as curvilinear, ...


In this exemplary volume, edited by noted Soviet historian Lewis Siegelbaum, the seemingly narrow topic of automobility in the Eastern Bloc becomes a window into aspects of history as varied as factory production, Communist Party politics, urban planning, and the domestic lives of women. Like most edited volumes, there are stronger and weaker chapters, but taken as a whole the collection is much more than just a sum of its parts. The everyday experiences of European socialism really come alive in these pages as the singular attention on the car allows the era's larger social, economic, and political issues to be highlighted and interrogated in multiple, convincing ways. Disciplines Architectural History and Criticism | Architecture Comments This book review is from Technology and Culture 54 (2013): 213–214, doi:10.1353/tech.2013.0002. Posted with permission. This book review is available at Iowa State University Digital Repository: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/arch_pubs/13 The Socialist Car: Automobility in the Eastern Bloc ed. by Lewis H. Siegelbaum (review) Kimberly Elman Zarecor Technology and Culture, Volume 54, Number 1, January 2013, pp. 213-214 (Article) Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: 10.1353/tech.2013.0002 For additional information about this article Access provided by Iowa State University (8 Sep 2014 14:00 GMT) http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/tech/summary/v054/54.1.zarecor.html B O O K R E V I E W S 213 The Socialist Car: Automobility in the Eastern Bloc. Edited by Lewis H. Siegelbaum. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2011.


Lymph node actinomycosis is still a rarely diagnosed, insufficiently investigated disease. The lymphatic nodes of the neck and head are most frequently affected. As in actinomycosis of other localization, identifications of the stage and form of the process development according to the particular classification enables a complete characterization of the process, with an optimum treatment and prognosis of its course. A complex examination of the patients, including clinical, microbiological, pathomorphological, cytological, radiological and immunological investigations is necessary for diagnosis of lymph node actinomycosis. Early diagnosis and early rational treatment (conservative, surgical) make prognosis in lymph node actinomycosis quite favourable at present. The paper introduces detailed information on results of the complex diagnostics and combined treatment of 161 patients with lymph node actinomycosis.


The Sungacha river valley was laid in clay-loamy sediments of the Lake Khanka. Its meanders are dominantly steep with a complex configuration. The development of the Sungacha riverbed (activation or deceleration of the riverbed deformations) in the recent past was affected by fluctuations in the water level of the Lake Khanka. The Sungacha channel runoff, rate of bank erosion and riverbank deformations were rosen with increase of water level in the lake. By reducing of the water level the channel runoff was decreasing and deformations were slowing. Today, however, banks erosion and riverbed deformations ceased almost throughout the river except for the river mouth. Reducing the rate of riverbed deformations had begun in the second half of the XX century as a result of reducing the channel runoff due to increased water intake for agriculture and the growth of the sand bar in the Sungacha river mouth. However the possibility of the channel deformations growth is maintained due to both natural reasons (increase in water content of the rivers on the Khanka plain), and the weakening of anthropogenic impact on the lake and the rivers.


Microscopic real-time observation of the solution growth interface of SiC using Fe–Si solvent at 1673 K was successfully performed to understand the interface morphology at the initial stage of solution growth. The growth interface was composed of a number of domains with step–terrace structures originating from either spiral growth of 4H-SiC or two-dimensional island growth of other polytypes. The validity of the measurements of the step structures by bright-field and interference images was confirmed by ex-situ atomic force microscopy. In addition, the encounter between a spiral growth domain and steps from another spiral growth domain was observed, and it was found that a certain step height is needed to stop spiral growth by covering the spiral center.


The encoding of a source whose probability distribution varies arbitrarily from letter to letter is considered. The problem is formulated as a two-person statistical game. The exponential rate of growth with block length of the minimum number of codewords needed to achieve a specified fidelity with respect to a single-letter distortion measure is determined. The rate distortion function of a source whose statistics are entirely unknown is obtained as a special case. The dependence of the results on the rules under which the game is played also is studied. The analysis is based on a refinement of the usual random coding argument for sources which sheds new light on the significance of the term that decays at a doubly exponential rate with block length.


This paper sheds light on the American election from the side of one candidate its name Hillary Clinton she was candidate for American election in 2016. We chose this candidate because it is a female and also the mind of this candidate will be different from her opponent. Also Clinton is considered as the most effective woman in the American politics. In this paper we will talk about critical discourse analysis and what is meant by critical discourse analysis and how it works and analyses the politician's discourse. The model used in this paper is Van Dijk's model of critical discourse analysis. Discourse analysis is the main point of this paper and we will focus on how critical discourse analysis works in politics. The objectives of this paper- (1) what are the ideologies that are used in this discourse; (2) Clinton used her power in a perfect way; (3) Hers is the female speech different from male speech. The result shows that any new admiration first thing do they are want to run the race for the presidency should underestimate the previous leader so Clinton starts expressing her negative rejection to the previous government for some points. The result shows that she shows herself as a great leader and the successful one. She talks about Iran and the fears for attacking Israel and also fears from Hezbollah for striking Israel. Clinton's speech is not completely different from male speech because they used same the ideology, lexical words and exaggeration.


Objectives To evaluate the influencing factors of medical treatment selection of patients.Methods A series of surveys with self-made questionnaire were conducted.Results In all the influencing factors of medical treatment selection of patients,the proportions sorted by descending order were: quality of medical care,reasonable medical expenses,medical ethics,convenience of traffic and the service attitude.Conclusions Many aspects such as level of medical technology,medical ethics,quality of service,technical equipment and the hospital environment should be improved to attract patients.


Sir: Rhabdomyolysis after intravenous heroin abuse has been reported in heroin-addicted patients.1–10 However, the occurrence of this condition in first-time users is uncommon. Primary care physicians, especially those who work in hospitals, may see such presentations from time to time. We report a case of rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuria with neurologic complication in a first-time user of intravenous heroin.

Rhabdomyolysis often may present no symptoms, even in conscious patients, and serious complications can be limited by preventive measures if it is recognized early.10 Evaluation of creatine kinase activity should be considered in all cases of intoxication admitted to the hospital in light of the high incidence of rhabdomyolysis found in such cases.5,10 The actual incidence of rhabdomyolysis is difficult to identify from the current literature, as most of the literature on the subject consists of case reports. One prospective study10 of hospital admissions due to self-poisoning from various drugs revealed the incidence of rhabdomyolysis to be 7%. In that study, 1 case was secondary to heroin intoxication. Prolonged limb compression may lead to massive rhabdomyolysis with serious complications including hyperkalemia, hypocalcemia, and acute renal failure. Reported neurologic lesions include myelopathy, plexus neuropathy, and single or multiple mononeuropathies.5,7,11

Case report. Mr. A, a 36-year-old white married man, was found stuporous in his truck, with contracted pupils, and was brought by emergency medical service to the hospital in June 2000. He had a history of many years of cocaine, cannabis, and alcohol abuse. On the day of admission, he had used intravenous heroin for the first time and lost consciousness in his truck. His first-time use of heroin was ascertained from the history obtained by the primary care physician and the psychiatrist. After receiving intravenous naloxone in the emergency room, the patient regained consciousness. He complained of numbness and inability to move his right upper extremity. Mr. A's family history revealed that his father had hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and myocardial infarction. His mother suffered from depression, and his sister had undergone carotid endarterectomy at 36 years of age. The patient had no significant medical or surgical history.

Physical examination revealed weakness of the right upper extremity and a linear erythematous area on the patient's back on the right side. No sensory deficits or any other abnormalities were noted in the physical examination. Laboratory data revealed an elevated white blood cell count of 25,300/μL, lymphocyte count of 6000/μL, elevated potassium level of 6.4 mmol/L, glucose level of 35 mg/dL, creatinine level of 1.8 mg/dL, uric acid level of 10.3 mg/dL, elevated creatine kinase level of 4810 U/L, lactic dehydrogenase level of 326 U/L, cholesterol level of 257 mg/dL, creatine kinase–MB fraction of 64 U/L, and troponin level of 0.4 ng/mL.

Mr. A's toxicology results were positive for alcohol, cocaine, opiates, and cannabis. A second serum chemistry after 16 hours showed a creatine kinase level of 17,671 U/L, lactic dehydrogenase level of 935 U/L, calcium level of 8.1 mg/dL, and phosphorous level of 2.3 mg/dL. The patient's creatine kinase–MB fraction was 125 U/L, and his troponin level was 0.30 ng/mL. Results of a second troponin measurement after 3 hours were within normal range. Urinalysis was positive for blood (+++), 6 to 10 white cells, 3 to 5 red cells, many bacteria, and 3 to 5 coarse granular casts. The patient's urine specific gravity was 1030. Results of a urine culture were negative. The patient's myoglobin level was elevated at 675 μg/L, and his serum homocysteine level was elevated at 19 μmol/L. A chest x-ray revealed borderline cardiomegaly with bilateral lower lobe infiltrates. An electrocardiogram (ECG) showed sinus tachycardia on admission with a ventricular rate of 130 bpm, and a second ECG after 16 hours showed sinus bradycardia with sinus arrhythmia, with a ventricular rate of 58 bpm. Results of a noncontrast computed tomographic scan of the patient's head were normal.

A diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis was made. The patient was treated with IV hydration, sodium polystyrene sulfonate, levofloxacin, and tapering doses of enoxaparin sodium. At this point, the patient was afebrile and started improving. He was able to move all extremities, even though right upper extremity weakness persisted. His white blood cell count decreased to 17,900/μL after 24 hours, and his serum potassium and creatine levels returned to normal range. The patient signed out against medical advice on the third day, and hence further follow-up was unavailable.

This case illustrates the significance of creatine kinase evaluation in patients with a history of substance abuse, particularly heroin. Even though rhabdomyolysis is a known complication of intravenous heroin abuse, it is not described much in the psychiatric literature. In this condition, which is a result of skeletal muscle injury, intracellular contents from myocytes leak into the plasma. Severe rhabdomyolysis may result from prolonged limb compression with serious complications of hyperkalemia, hypocalcemia, myoglobinuria, and acute renal failure. Fivefold or greater increase in serum creatine kinase in patients without apparent cardiac or brain injury is generally considered diagnostic of rhabdomyolysis.8,12 Our patient had evidence of very high creatine kinase levels, high myoglobin levels, high potassium levels, and low calcium levels, all supporting the diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis.

The mechanism and etiologies of rhabdomyolysis include excessive physical exertion, muscle ischemia, direct muscle injury, infection, drugs and toxins, potassium depletion, acute immune disorders, endocrinologic disorders, and other miscellaneous causes.13 Drugs causing muscle ischemia and rhabdomyolysis include opiates, ethanol, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and cyclic antidepressants.6 The mechanisms of rhabdomyolysis in heroin addicts include local compression with muscle ischemia produced by prolonged immobilization (most common), direct myotonic effects of heroin, skeletal muscle vasoconstriction, and immunologic reaction.1,2,4–6,8 Though the only neurologic lesion in our patient was a monoparesis, many other types of neurologic complications including myelopathy, plexus neuropathy, mononeuropathy, unilateral or bilateral weakness or paralysis and distal paresthesia, leukoencephalopathy, spinal cord vasculitis, polyradiculoneuropathy, Brown-Sequard syndrome, and neurogenic bladder have been described in the literature.8

Rhabdomyolysis may occur in drug-addicted patients with or without muscle swelling or limb compression. Awareness of this complication, a high index of suspicion, and routine screening of creatine kinase will assist in the diagnosis and prompt treatment of this condition, thus reducing the morbidity and mortality.


Competitive performance ability is the on-the-spot performance of basketball players' comprehensive use of technical and tactical, physical, and psychological abilities. Because basketball players' competitive performance includes many evaluation contents and influencing factors, it is difficult to comprehensively and objectively use a single qualitative analysis or quantitative statistics for evaluation and measurement. Based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and intelligent fuzzy comprehensive evaluation, this research establishes a hybrid model, which is applied to evaluate the performance of basketball players. Based on the actual needs, this research uses the relevant theories in the discipline of sports training, with abundant empirical data materials, combined with the specific practice of basketball players' training and competition, starting from the concept of clear sports intelligence, to further determine the indicators of the basketball players' sports intelligence evaluation system and weights, construct a set of evaluation system about basketball players, and use this as a standard to evaluate and judge the current situation of basketball players' sports intelligence.


1. Kabelo Thusang, MD*,†
2. Chineyere Onyearugbulem, MD*,†
3. Jennifer Chao, MD*,†
4. Davor Skaricic, MD*,†

1. *Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Kings County Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

2. †State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

A previously healthy 6-year-old boy presents to the emergency department with a 5-day history of fever, sore throat, and worsening cough. One day before presentation he was found to be difficult to arouse. On the day of hospital admission he is restless and minimally responsive to his mother's commands.

On physical examination his vital signs are normal. He is minimally responsive, does not follow commands, and opens his eyes to noxious stimuli. His neck is supple, with no neck stiffness, and his pupils are 3 mm, symmetrical, and reactive to light. He is uncooperative for a funduscopic examination, and extraocular muscle movements are full and intact, without nystagmus. There is no facial asymmetry, his tongue is midline, and his palate elevates symmetrically with a strong gag response. His power is greater than 3/5 in all muscle groups, with normal tone and bulk. Deep tendon reflexes are 2+ throughout. Toes are down going to plantar stimulation bilaterally.

A blood glucose level, a complete blood cell count, and results of a basic metabolic panel are normal. A routine urine toxicology screen is negative, and acetaminophen and salicylate …


This work by Kalas is intended as a Lenten study for adults. Following a brief introduction Kalas provides his readers with seven short studies, one for each Sunday in Lent. Each study or reflection centers on a particular twentieth century role our author envisages for Jesus. The intent of Kalas is not to conjecture on how Jesus would adapt to 1997 technology but rather how he would relate to people in today's world. Each reflection follows the same format; an opening scripture reference followed by Kalas' thoughts on how Jesus would communicate God's message through contemporary roles (e. g., M. D., Ph. D., humorist). Kalas concludes each chapter with study questions and a suggestion on how to apply the lesson to the coming week. Kalas provides his readers with a unique approach to Lenten mediation. He offers helpful insight into the life of Jesus. Especially interesting to me were the studies on Jesus the humorist and Jesus the cosmic personality. By emphasizing the characteristics of Jesus that speak to our everyday lives and concerns, Kalas gives us a practical study. An unexpected benefit is how Kalas provides helpful background to the first century Jesus as he develops his picture of a modem day Jesus. The roles Kalas chooses for Jesus have clear gospel parallels (though our author's attempt to relate a news analyst to a prophet is suspect). One


In this manuscript the circuit implementation of two-dimensional Lozi ring-coupled map for the generator of chaotic signals is proposed. Used chaotic systems are multidimensional maps, that are characterized by a uniform distribution of the generated values, continuous bifurcation diagram, that makes it possible to apply them to information security systems. It is shown that the results of experiment and simulation are agreed.


The interview deals with the analysis of the current situation in the area of water protection zones often discussed today. The questions are answered by experts Ing. Jiři Novak of Vodarenska akciova spolecnost, a. s., Brno and Ing. Petra Oppeltova, Ph.D., from the Mendel University in Brno.


A pipe geophone has been deployed and calibrated at several sabo dams on gravel bed rivers located throughout the Japanese Alps. The principle of this surrogate bedload monitoring technique is based on the sound wave generated as a bedload particle collides on the pipe. The acoustic response, registered by a microphone located within the open space of the pipe, is amplified and recorded whenever a threshold is surpassed. The number of collisions is thence related to the bedload discharge recorded by a nearby automatic, Reid-type slot sampler. Results from two geophone-slot sampler systems on the gravel-bedded Nishi-takiga-tani and the Ashi-arai-tani mountain rivers show that calibration may readily be obtained for 5-min averaged data when bedload discharge is intermediate (0.01-0.1 kg/sm), but for low bedload discharges ( 0.1 kg/sm) the acoustic system becomes saturated. By utilizing a geophone recording system with 6 channels, each fourfold less sensitive than its predecessor, sensitivities in the range 1-1024 are obtained, such that the less sensitive channels do not become saturated even at very high bedload discharges. The relationship between the responses of channels of varying sensitivity allows calibration also during high floods on the Joganzi River, when bedload discharge is very elevated.


This study is designed to find out the relationship between public and private bank customers'service quality perceptions and their loyalty to their banks through the use of a research model. To serve this purpose, 250 public and 100 private bank customers are requested to fill out a 37-item questionnaire. Empirical results revealed that while responsiveness and reliability are perceived to be the most influential factors increasing loyalty to the public banks, empathy and reliability are reported in the private banks. Discussion of the results, implications to the bank managers are also presented.


The intersecting line is an important element in descriptive geometry,in which we usually use drawing method to find the solution.The author uses the analytical method in mathematics to find the function expression of the intersecting lines between plan and geometries,and the lines between geometries,which could be applied in NC machining.


A brief political history political institutions, processes, and actors the politics of stability economic and social policy foreign policy - in the giants shadow oil policy - a case study of Mexican development alternative visions of Mexican development.


The phonology of Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) still poses several problems, in particular as regards the so-called loaned phonemes, i.e. phonemes which appeared in Malay and Indonesian as a result of word-borrowing fom Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian and, in more recent times, from Dutch and other European languages. The language commonly designated as Bahasa Indonesia actually represents a large number of dialects and subdialects, not only territo rial and ethnic, but also social and stylistic ones. The situation is further complicated for the phonologist by the fact that the over whelming majority of Indonesian speakers are bilingual and speak Indonesian as a second language, with predictable consequences for their pronunciation. It is therefore not surprising that even a superficial inspection of an Indonesian dictionary will reveal an astonishing number of doublets and variants of words. But the alternation of phonemes and sound shifts in these doublets and variants can only be relevant for a description of the system of phonemes insofar as these phenomena represent a dialectally compact corpus, i.e. one freed from dialectal variation. Operating with a dia lectally mixed corpus necessarily leads to an over-representation of doublets and variants, which can only obscure phonological regulari ties, tendencies, and correspondences.1 It has become a tradition to regard North Sumatran Indonesian


This paper presents a unique MBSE approach to enterprise modelling using a combination of IDEF0 functional modelling method. This approach has been applied to the modelling of the engineering and administrative processes of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The developed model is named Materiel Seaworthiness Functional Master Set (MS FMS). Importantly, the MS FMS initiative is being driven from the top‐down by the Head of Navy Engineering, Rear Admiral Mick Uzzell AM, so that he can be assured that all organisational entities in the large and complex environment of Navy, Defence Groups and Industry are performing the right functions in a coordinated way to continuously deliver seaworthy materiel (i.e. ships, submarines and support items). To further the quest to balance effective delivery with efficient resource allocation, an analytical capability using the well established Multi‐attribute Value Analysis (MVA) method is being piloted, and is named the FMS Traffic Light System which aims to facilitate "what if" analysis, ascertain functional health status, and inform high‐level organisational resource allocation and strategic planning.


The diagnostic value of symptomatology hysterosalpinography laparoscopy and hysteroscopy was evaluated in 14 patients with primary infertility and 20 patients with secondary infertility. There was historical evidence for either tubal or uterine disease in 25 patients. Radiology revealed lesions in 14 patients. 5 patients with evidence of tubal disease had additional evidence of intrauterine pathology. Laparoscopy revealed 3 cases of tubal or uterine pathology in 9 patients with no previous suggestive history. Hysteroscopy revealed 9 adhesions 5 polyps 1 adhesions plus polyps and 1 septum in 16 patients judged radiologically normal. A protocol of investigation and management of cases of infertility utilizing hysterosalpingography as a screening tool is outlined.


According to the rule and framework of urbanization and eco-environment coupling,the system dynamic model of the coupling system between urbanization and eco-environment in Jiangsu province has been designed by means of SD method.Based on Jiangsu's serial statistical data from 1990 to 2003,the five scenarios of the coupling models during 2000-2015 have been simulated.The results show that: Firstly,for there exist complex,nonlinear and changeable characteristics of the coupling system between regional urbanization and eco-environment,in terms of SD merits,it is applicable for the SD to deal with the complexity resulted from regional urbanization and eco-environment coupling.The accuracy assessment with historical data covering 1990 to 2003 indicates the SD model is reliable to a certain extent,which can reveal some complex actions of the coupling system and evaluate the potential effects that urbanization intimidated eco-environment.Secondly,there exist significantly differences among the five development models,which show both comparative advantages and drawbacks.Thirdly,according to the characteristics and regional disparities of Jiangsu development and the general rule of world urbanization,it is revealed that only when either population urbanization model or society urbanization model to be adopted correspondingly can the sustainable development among population,economy,urbanization and eco-environment be realized.


Significance: Werz and co-workers reported novel π-helicene scaffolds based on all-s-cis all-Z oligoene chains. These oligoene chains are interesting because their structures resemble π-helicene with its π-system truncated to a minimum. The oligoene-based helicenes were synthesized from 1 by a domino process involving four carbopalladations and a Stille coupling. Comment: Attempts to synthesize oligoenebased helicenes enantioselectively were unsuccessful. The enantiomers were separated by preparative HPLC on a chiral column. Very large values for the specific optical rotation were obtained for the single enantiomers (1380° for 2b and 1490° for 2e). X-ray crystallography of 2b and 2f confirmed the screw-shaped topology of the structure of these oligoenes. The configuration of the enantiomers were assigned by comparing the experimental CD spectra with quantum chemical calculations. Br


Cycles of glaciation impose mechanical stresses on underlying bedrock as glaciers advance, erode, and retreat. Fracture initiation and propagation constitute rock mass damage and act as preparatory factors for slope failures; however, the mechanics of paraglacial rock slope damage remain poorly characterized. Using conceptual numerical models closely based on the Aletsch Glacier region of Switzerland, we explore how in situ stress changes associated with fluctuating ice thickness can drive progressive rock mass failure preparing future slope instabilities. Our simulations reveal that glacial cycles as purely mechanical loading and unloading phenomena produce relatively limited new damage. However, ice fluctuations can increase the criticality of fractures in adjacent slopes, which may in turn increase the efficacy of fatigue processes. Bedrock erosion during glaciation promotes significant new damage during first deglaciation. An already weakened rock slope is more susceptible to damage from glacier loading and unloading and may fail completely. We find that damage kinematics are controlled by discontinuity geometry and the relative position of the glacier; ice advance and retreat both generate damage. We correlate model results with mapped landslides around the Great Aletsch Glacier. Our result that most damage occurs during first deglaciation agrees with the relative age of the majority of identified landslides. The kinematics and dimensions of a slope failure produced in our models are also in good agreement with characteristics of instabilities observed in the field. Our results extend simplified assumptions of glacial debuttressing, demonstrating in detail how cycles of ice loading, erosion, and unloading drive paraglacial rock slope damage.


Cross polarized optical coherence tomography (OCT) offers enhanced contrast in certain pathological conditions. Traditional cross-polarized OCT systems require a defined input polarization and thus require several polarization controlling elements increasing the overall complexity of the system. Our proposed system requires a single quarter wave plate as a polarization controller thus simplifying the system significantly. The majority of cross-polarized OCT systems are spectrometer based, which suffers from slow speed and low signal to noise ratio. In this work, we present a swept source based cross-polarized OCT system that works for any input polarization state. The system was tested against known birefringent materials such as quarter wave plate. Furthermore, biological samples such as finger, nail and chicken breast were imaged to demonstrate the potential of our technique.


Environmental and climate-change studies as well as coastalzone management require constant monitoring of marine water quality. Chlorophyll concentration is an important parameter, since it can signify the risk of harmful algal blooms. As an index of carbon-consuming phytoplankton, it also plays a major part in ocean carbon-flux calculations and, hence, in climate research. Yellow-substance (also known as colored dissolved organic matter) observations reveal the dispersal of fresh water in the ocean, which can be used in coastal-pollution assessments (for example, if a river is a polluting source or if a waste-effluent outfall is located along the adjacent coast). Satellite remote sensing is one way of gathering water-quality data, but in regions where satellite spatial resolution is too low, shallow water and land borders can contaminate the image and in situ or airborne-mounted systems must be employed. Traditionally, multispectral narrow-band radiometers are used to measure optical properties of natural waters but these are costly. We have used low-cost standard digital cameras as simple threeband radiometers. Using a digital camera as an in situ optical instrument is a novel application of a known technique. Most existing remote-sensing algorithms for water-quality assessment use the visible spectrum. Light that wells up from below the surface contains information about water composition. It is captured by attaching a tube breaking the water surface to the camera lens.1, 2 Another approach is to use a waterproof camera3 or mount the camera in a waterproof housing.3 Remote-sensing algorithms for water-quality parameters are commonly based on band ratios of reflectance. A blue/green reflectance ratio decreases with increasing chlorophyll concentration in a negative-power fashion, while a red/blue reflectance ratio is proportional with yellow substance. An imaging camera's response to light in the red, green, and blue bands can be Figure 1. Nikon Coolpix 885 R ©.


In this paper we proposed an improved form of tollgate billing system. In our work, once the end user (motorist) comes to chargeable zone; the RSSI transceiver receives the signal that the vehicle has entered the chargeable zone particular LANE, then automatically the unique id of the motorist (Vehicle ID) has been read via onboard unit, which has been attached to every vehicle and collects the daily road pricing charge. In safety features , we included Adaptive Front-lighting System(AFS) and Vehicle Shutdown. The proposed work is implemented through hardware.


Since trade in coal between the United States and Canada was never restricted and since the prospects for U. S.-Mexican coal trade are small, an), effects of NAFTA will be indirect. Changes in gas and electricity trade might arise. The uncertainties are such that even the direction of the indirect impacts, is unclear. Thus, it would be folly to predict the magnitudes. NAFTA then may prove the smallest of many disruptive influences acting on coal markets.


An ultrathin planar metasurface with phase gradient for beam manipulation is proposed in this paper. Anomalous reflection phenomena are observed due to the phase gradient of the sub-wavelength resonant units. A deflection angle of 39.9° for the reflected beam at the operation frequency of 13 GHz is achieved, which is in good agreement with calculated value got from generalized Snell's Law of reflection. Simulation results show the specular reflectivity could be lower than −15 dB in a frequency range of 12 GHz-13.3 GHz. On this basis, a 2-dimensional meta-surface is designed, which has a pitch angle of 65°, azimuth angle of −45°, and a −10 dB reflectivity in 12 GHz-13.5 GHz.


Soft robots are a kind of intelligent systems, which can achieve predetermined functions independently through its own deformation or under environmental stimuli. Unlike traditional robots based on rigid materials, soft robots exhibit distinct advantages such as non-invasive, highly integrated and holistic functionalized properties. Actuators based on soft materials have been widely investigated and introduced into robotic systems. However, at present, most soft robots can only realize simple and basic deformation, such as bending, rotating, vibration, and reconfiguration performances. In this regard, robots that possess multi-functionality and permit flexible manipulation are highly desired, especially for their potential applications in artificial intelligence. To bridge this gap, novel materials and effective fabrication technologies are thus becoming increasingly important. As a well-known flexible 2D material, graphene has been successfully prepared by mechanical exfoliation in 2004. Afterwards, enormous works emerge extensively. Considerable studies have been focused on the controllable preparation of graphene and graphene-related materials, morphologies of which can be well tuned from micro to macro structures, such as quantum dots, nanosheets, nanoribbons, nanomeshes in microscopic and various macro-structures (fiber, ribbon, film, paper, foam)[1]. Graphene has many unique properties, i.e. excellent electrical/thermal conductivity, high optical transparency, and high mechanical strength. All of these physical properties can be further adjusted through doping, hybridizing and mixing with other chemical components, making graphene a superior material for robot design. For example, taking advantage of the good conductivity of graphene, electric-driven actuators with large deflection (> 1.0 cm–1) under low input voltage (≤ 5 V) were achieved[2]. Utilizing the good photothermal effect of graphene, Ying et al. successfully designed an optical-driven rolling and folding system[3]. Graphene oxide (GO), as one of the important graphene derivatives, features unique water adsorption property. Large amounts of oxygen-containing functional groups within GO layers make it possible to develop humidity-driven soft robots[4]. Actuations triggered by other stimulation signals, such as magnetism and pH, can be realized by hybridizing/mixing graphene with corresponding functional materials. Nowadays, research on the topic of soft robots based on graphene is still in its infancy. Graphene soft robots for commercialization and functionalized usage are still challenging. After the rapid progress of laser fabrication technique these years, laser fabrication becomes more developed and powerful. Especially, in the case of processing graphenerelated materials, no matter the surface/interface properties or the physical/chemical properties of graphene can be well controlled. Problems with respect to the modification, patterning, structuring and integration in manufacturing graphenebased soft robots can be overcome with the help of laser fabrication. According to different working principles, laser fabrication strategies can be divided into different categories, such as laser direct writing, two-beam laser interference, laser lithography, and spatial light modulation processing[5]. Choosing reasonable methods may provide more possibilities for broad applications of robots. For example, complex 3D structures are directly constructed by using a laser direct writing process. Taking advantages of the high precision and threedimensional processing ability of femtosecond laser fabrication, Qu et al. demonstrated the local reduction of nonplanar GO fiber (Figs. 1(a) and 1(b)) and produced a moisture responsive fiber robot[6]. Mask-free patterning capability is quite helpful to fabricate various predesigned 2D/3D structures. Following the deformation of materials, laser fabrication also enables 4D printing, making robots reconfigurable to adapt to the environment. For instance, a vivid spider robot that integrated a variety of light active actuators was produced by using a simple laser-scribing method (Figs. 1(c) and 1(d))[7]. In this process, GO was converted into reduced GO (RGO) with greatly improved photothermal conversion efficiencies. Laser with high energy density is used for cutting, welding or ablation process, thereby kirigami/origami robots are made, making soft robots easy-to-reach in daily life. In summary, soft robots are still at an early stage and have a long way to go. Laser fabrication of graphene materials reveals great potential for developing graphene-based soft robotics. Graphene with tunable thermal/electronic conductivities, hierarchical structures and controllable surface morphologies has been successfully realized via laser processing. Various graphene actuators have been made in response to different stimuli such as humidity, light, heat and electricity, which will benefit robots with more functionality. We deem that graphene-based soft robots that can be applied in a wide range of scientific and industrial fields will be highly anticipated in the near future.


Shodhana chikitsa has preventive as well as curative importance .In classical texts of Ayurveda Dinchrya and Rutucharya are priscribed.These chapters quote different Shodhana procedures. Indian population is suffering from seasonal diseases .Ayurveda as science of life was a part of culture of Indian lifestyle. Six seasons have been described in texts .Change in seasons cause different diseases .To avoid these diseases Ayurveda suggests lifestyle according to seasons called rutucharya. Six seasons are Vasant, Grishma, Varsha, Sharada, Hemanta and Shishir. For this every season Aahara (food habits) and Vihara (activities like travel, exercise) are suggested. Diseases arising due to seasonal weather are also explained with remedies.Ayurveda remedies are of two basic types Shodhana and Shamana. For prevention of diseases different Shodhana treatments are prescribed according to seasons. If an Ayurveda practitioner carryout these Shodhana treatments in healthy individuals they overcome seasonal diseases. Patients suffering from chronic allergic seasonal diseases can prevent these conditions by this seasonal Shodhana prescribed in rutucharya.Ayurveda treatment has this speciality of Rutucharya treatments.Rutuchrya chapters are there in Brihatrtayee that is Charak,Sushruta and Vagbhata .Compilation of these Rutucharya from all these Classical text will help practitioners.WHO has identified epidemics according to seasons. We can correlate seasonal detoxification according to Bruhadtrayee and epidemics of modern era.


We describe the current dissatisfactions with the paradigm that has recently guided experimental social psychology—testing of theory-derived hypotheses by means of laboratory manipulational experiments. The emerging variant of doing field experiments does not meet the criticisms. It is argued that an adequate new paradigm will be a more radical departure involving, on the creative side, deriving hypotheses from a systems theory of social and cognitive structures that takes into account multiple and bidirectional causality among social variables. On the critical side, its hypotheses testing will be done in multivariate correlational designs with naturally fluctuating variables. Some steps toward this new paradigm are described in the form of seven koan.


Biominerals are exquisite materials displaying a diversity of length scales and structural patterns. Formed by biological organisms, their physicochemical properties often show little correlation w...


The thrombelastograms in whole blood were investigated in 57 patients with liver and biliary tract deseases. These patients were acute hepatitis (6 patients), inactve chronic hepatitis (11), active chronic hepatitis (5), postnecrotic and portal cirrhosis (18), hepatoma (8), metastatic cancers of the liver (4) and pancreatic cancer with jaundice (5), who were diagnosed by histological findings, operation and autopsy, clinical observation and chemical liver function tests.The r-values in most of the patients were normal except of the several cases with liver cirrhosis or pancreatic carcinoma.The k-values in a part of the patients with liver cirrhosis were larger, and smaller in the case with metastatic carcinoma, while most of the patients were normal.The ma-values in the patients with liver cirrhosis decreased markedly. However, those in the other patients were normal except of the carcinomas of the liver or the pancreas increased or decreased.In the two patients with liver cirrhosis who were died of hepatoma after 5 years, the whole-blood-thrombelastogram (TEG) revealed that the ma-values in both of them in the former state were markedly reduced and in the latter state were shown normal.As the measurement of fibrinolysis by the whole-blood-TEG may not be established, we tried to take the values of f1 and f24 for the criteria of the measurement. The reduction rates (%) of the amplitude at one or 24 hours after the time of the ma-point were determined for the value as a f1 or as a f24.Mean value of the % f24 in the patients with liver cirrhosis markedly increased, but in the cancer of the pancreas the % f1 as well as the % f24 decreased. It may be possible that the fibrinolysis was accelerated in the liver cirrhosis but it was reduced in the cancer of the pancreas.We emphasize that the whole-blood-TEG is very useful not only for the examination method of coagulation and fibrinolysis in blood but also for the daily clinical diagnostic examination in liver and biliary tract diseases, especially in liver cirrhosis and hepatoma.


In recent years, hydraulic wind energy conversion systems have been introduced as a split-shaft drivetrain. This paper presents a methodology to electrically model and design split-shaft wind energy conversion systems based on a hydraulic transmission system. First, the principles of such systems and the efficiency of each part are explained in detail. Then, the electrical equivalent circuit of each element is obtained to help understand the system performance better. In the equivalent circuit, the performance of each mechanical and hydraulic element is explained with the equivalent electrical components. Then, the effects of necessary parameters on the performance and efficiency of the system are evaluated. Finally, A 1.5 MW hydraulic wind turbine is simulated to validate the electrical equivalent circuit. The result demonstrates that the equivalent circuit perfectly presents the performance of the split-shaft wind energy conversion system.


The propagation of electromagnetic waves along a coaxial line filled with three concentric dielectric annuli, one of which is a plasma possessing a nonuniform charge density, is considered. A variational technique is employed to find the dispersion curve for the lowestorder circularly symmetric slow wave which may propagate in the system.


We show that, over an arbitrary ring, the functions computed by polynomial-size algebraic formulas are also computed by polynomial-length algebraic straight-line programs which use only 3 registers (or 4 registers, depending on some definitions). We also show that polynomial-length products of 3 × 3 matrices compute precisely those functions that polynomial-size formulas compute (whereas, for general rings, polynomial-length 3-register straight-line programs compute strictly more functions than polynomial-size formulas). This can be viewed as an extension of the results of Barrington in [Ba1,Ba2] from the Boolean setting to the algebraic setting of an arbitrary ring.


Trimethylene dibromide reacted with potassium cyanide in ethyl alcohol, giving (a) γ-bromopropyl-cyanide, b.p. 88-93°/8 mm, and (b) trimethylene dicyanide, b.p. 118- 135°/8mm. The interaction of potassium phthalimide and γ-bromo-propyl-cyanide in ethyl alcohol gave γ-phthalimido-propyl-cyanide, m.p. 79-80°. In the presence of tri-ethanol- amine in ethyl alcohol the latter reacted with hydrogen sulfide, forming γ-phthalimido-n- butyro-thioamide, m.p. 182-184°. The condensation of γ-phthalimido-n-butyro-thioamide and α,γ-dichloro-acetone gave 2-γ-phthalimido-n-propyl-4-chloro-methyl-thiazole (m.p. 115- 116°), which reacted with diethylamine, forming 2-γ-phthalimido-n-propyl-4-N-diethyl- amino-methyl-thiazole, b.p. 204-208°/4mm. The hydrochloride of the latter melts at 82-83°. The action of hydrazine hydrate on 2-γ-phthalimido-n-propyl-4-N-diethyl-amino- methyl-thiazole in ethyl alcohol gave 2-γ-amino-n-propyl-4-N-diethylamino-methyl- thiazole, b.p. 138-139°/4 mm. It formed a dihydrate, which could be dehydrated by boiling with barium oxide.


The possibility is shown of using nickel-substituted forms of certain zeolites treated with an alkyl aluminium halide as catalysts for the liquid-phase dimerization of propylene.


The computerized tool for statecharts based modeling and simulation of reactive systems with timing constraints is described in the paper. GUI enables to draw and edit the statecharts, and to specify the required behavior of the system. Useful types of properties, such as state reachability, safety, and response, can be specified and verified. The model-checking algorithm for statecharts verification works without constructing the flat state-transition graph. If the required property does not hold in the system, the counter-example can be found without searching the whole state space.


In this paper, a correction method is introduced to make a more accurate calculation of winding eddy-current losses of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter transformer. The assumption that winding eddy-current losses of HVDC converter transformers follow the frequency with the exponent 2 proposed by IEC 61378-2 Std. is thought to be inappropriate and the skin effect should be taken into consideration. The frequency characteristic of winding eddy-current losses is proposed by analysing the distribution of magnetic flux in conductors, in which skin effect is taken into consideration. The correction method with a correction factor is then introduced to correct the assumption. To verify the validity of the correction method, a two-dimension axisymmetric finite element analysis of a HVDC converter transformer is conducted. The geometrical complexity of windings and electrical connection are fully taken into account, it is shown that the correction method shows a significant advantage. Influence of different methods is revealed by applying the actual non-sinusoidal load current and it is shown that the error of correction method is the least. At last, harmonic losses measurements are conducted on three coils to investigate the limits of the correction method.


Search Amazon.com using the keyword "leadership," and you are rewarded with a list of over 144,000 titles. There is no shortage of books and articles, many of them well written, with excellent ideas. So why is there still a constant cry for effective leadership in organizations? Often, the person in charge has personal blinders that prevent them from seeing or understanding how to implement the newest leadership idea or method. Either deliberately or subliminally, there is a disconnect from learning about leadership, and actually modelling and implementing what has been learned. Some current research in leadership theory can provide insight and tools to address this issue.


This paper analyzes the current state of Java in numerical computing and the different approaches to parallel computing in Java. Matrix-matrix multiplication is an important kernel in High Performance Computing since many algorithms use it. The problem is to optimize data transfer and computation to perform the multiplication. We review different approaches and issues related to the implementation of matrix-matrix multiplication. We implemented an algorithm in mpiJava that improve significantly others implementations of matrix-matrix multiplication in others approaches to parallel computing in Java.


In order to improve the flatness of cold rolled strips,a basic flatness target curve was set dependent on the flatness discrimination model in revamp of the 1250 6-H reversing cold mill.For purpose of avoiding influence coming from temperature,coil shape as well as geometric error of winder,series of correction curves were set in accordance with the rolling process and equipment condition in site.At the same time,additional manual curves were set which brought flexibility to flatness control.The applications show that the model of flatness target curve is capable of flatness controlled and is significant to obtain good flatness.Strip convexity is effectively controlled and is satisfying to following processing.


Introduction What characterizes the vocabulary of conversation? For example, how many words do speakers typically use? What distinguishes the lexis of casual conversation from more formal and less spontaneous forms of spoken language, and from written language? How many – and which – words do you need, to be able to take part in conversations in a second language? These are some of the main issues dealt with in this chapter. The point needs to be made, however, that the notion of vocabulary item is going to be stretched to include not only single words, but groups of words, and not only lexical items (such as those that would be included in a learner's vocabulary list) but items that have a grammatical or discoursal function. This expanded notion of lexis is in keeping with current thinking that views the boundaries between grammar and lexis, and between discourse and grammar, as fuzzy in the extreme. Nevertheless, for convenience, this chapter groups a variety of conversational phenomena under the general term vocabulary . Much of the evidence for the description that follows draws on the findings of corpus linguistics and so a brief outline of the principles and goals of this discipline is in order. A corpus (plural corpora ) is a collection of actually occurring texts (either spoken or written), stored and accessed by means of computers, and available for study and analysis by grammarians, lexicographers, teachers and language learners. Corpora can vary in size from fewer than a million words to several hundreds of millions (as is the case with both the COBUILD corpus and the British National Corpus (BNC)).


Thermal expansion of the low-temperature form of BaB{sub 2}O{sub 4} ({beta}-BaB{sub 2}O{sub 4}) crystal has been measured along the principal crystallographic directions over a temperature range of 9{degrees} to 874{degrees}C by means of high-temperature X-ray powder diffraction. This crystal belongs to the trigonal system and exhibits strongly anisotropic thermal expansions. The expansion along the c axis is from 12.720 to 13.214 {Angstrom} (1.2720 to 1.3214 nm), whereas it is from 12.531 to 12.578 {Angstrom} (1.2531 to 1.2578 nm) along the {alpha} axis. The expansions are nonlinear.


In our study, daily oral administration of high fat diet in a dose of 5 ml/kg for 6 weeks resulted in highly significant increase in serum total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides and VLDL, whereas there was a highly significant decrease in the level of serum HDL and antioxidant SOD as compared with the baseline levels. However daily oral administration of high fat diet in a dose of 5 ml/kg for 6 weeks did not result in any significant difference in BSL as expected, since this animal model is not used to induce hyperglycaemia. Serum nitric oxide levels, as compared to baseline levels, were not significantly altered.


The objective of this work was to determine the proximate composition, yield, the influence of frozen storage time on the quality, and the cut type x shelf life relation of rib, tenderloin and flitch cuts of tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) reared in a fish farm, during 180 days of cold storage. The cuts were stored in polyethylene bags and frozen at -25oC. Sensory, physicochemical and microbiological analyses were carried out. The pH, total volatile basic nitrogen, and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance values, as well as the results of the microbiological analyses, proved to be good indexes for freshness evaluation along the storage time. The cut rib was more susceptible to oxidation than the other cuts. However, the cuts remained appropriate for consumption during the experiment, under correct handling and good hygienic practices between harvest and storage.