We investigate the non-perturbative stability of asymptotically anti-de Sitter gravity coupled to tachyonic scalar fields with mass near the Breitenlohner-Freedman bound. Such scalars are characterized by power-law radial decay near the AdS boundary, and typical boundary conditions are "Dirichlet" (fix the slower fall-off mode) or "Neumann" (fix the faster fall-off mode). More generally though, these "designer gravity" theories admit a large class of boundary conditions defined by a functional relation between the two modes. While previous stability proofs have considered boundary conditions that are deformations of the Neumann theory, the goal of this paper is to analyze stability in designer gravity with boundary conditions that are irrelevant deformations of the Dirichlet theory. We obtain a lower bound on the energy using spinor charge methods and show that for the most interesting class of such boundary conditions, the theory is always stable. We argue that the deformed theory flows to a new fixed point in the ultraviolet, which is just the Neumann theory. We also derive a corresponding "effective potential" that implies stability if it has a global minimum.


KUMBAR VOJTĚCH, SKŘIVANEK ANTONIN. 2015. Temperature Dependence Viscosity and Density of Diff erent Biodiesel Blends. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 63(4): 1147–1151. The main goal of this paper is to assess the eff ect of rapeseed oil methyl ester (RME) concentration in diesel fuel on its viscosity and density behaviour. The density and dynamic viscosity were observed at various mixing ratios of RME and diesel fuel. All measurements were performed at constant temperature of 40 °C. Increasing ratio of RME in diesel fuel was refl ected in increased density value and dynamic viscosity of the blend. In case of pure RME, pure diesel fuel, and a blend of both (B30), temperature dependence of dynamic viscosity and density was examined. Temperature range in the experiment was −10 °C to 80 °C. Considerable temperature dependence of dynamic viscosity and density was found and demonstrated for all three samples. This fi nding is in accordance with theoretical assumptions and reference data. Mathematical models were developed and tested. Temperature dependence of dynamic viscosity was modeled using a polynomial 3rd polynomial degree. Correlation coeffi cients R −0.796, −0.948, and −0.974 between measured and calculated values were found. Temperature dependence of density was modeled using a 2nd polynomial degree. Correlation coeffi cients R −0.994, −0.979, and −0.976 between measured and calculated values were acquired. The proposed models can be used for fl ow behaviour prediction of RME, diesel fuel, and their blends.


In this paper we present our first participation at RepLab Campaign. Our work is focused in two contributions. The first one is the use of an IR method to address Polarity and Filtering tasks. These two tasks can be seen as the same problem: to find the most relevant class to annotate a given tweet. For that, we applied a classical IR approach, using the tweet content as query against an index with the models of the classes used to annotate tweets. To model these classes we propose the use of the Kullback Leibler Divergence (KLD), in order to extract their most representative terminology. Different data and ways to model these data (through KLD) are also proposed. The second contribution is related to the Topic Detection task. Instead a clustering based technique; we propose the application of Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) to represent the contents in a lattice structure. To extract topics from the lattice, we applied a FCA concept: stability. According to the results, our IR based approach has been proven as very satisfactory for the Polarity task, while for the Filtering task, it seems to be less suitable. On the other hand FCA modelling has been demonstrated as a promising methodology for Topic Detection, achieving high successful results.


In this article, I argue that rights-based claims deriving from the experience of disability have to be understood from the perspective of relational forms of personhood grounded in the developmental and embodied specificities of impairment. I draw on an anthropological tradition of the critique of individualism and development of models of relational personhood grounded in the analysis of kinship-based social systems, with a particular focus on the work of Marilyn Strathern. I focus on the substantive contexts of care, therapy and cure as sites of contestation between activists and parents, which expose a dialectical relationship between rights and personhood with implications for an understanding of agency. I also consider these as moments in the unfolding lives of those diagnosed with a disability.


The French Lieutenant's Woman,a novel by John Fowles,British writer,describes people's inner feeling of anxiety,loss and depression in seeking for freedom in a ridiculous,ugly and cold Victorian society.Charles,hero of the novel,is a Victorian noble youth.He is not only very capable of adapting to the living environment of his controlling era,but also born with free will.Burdened with the shackles of the era,heart full of resentment and discontent,Charles is in a very awkward historic situation.After Charles met with Sarah,who yearned for freedom,his born but suppressed will for freedom was touched,ignited and eventually burn,and finally he takes the road of Sarah.At this point,Charles completed,under the constraints of the Victorian era,his spirit transformation from self-awareness,self-reflection to self-conquer and self-saving,and exceeded his time.


Using the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 1999 data, this study investigates the relationship between 8th graders' mathematics and science achievement and their self-perceptions. For within-country data, there is generally a positive relationship between students' achievement and three measures of their self-perception: how much they like the two subjects, their self-perceived competence in the subjects and their perceived easiness of the subjects. However, on a between-country analysis (the unit of analysis being the country) the findings are the opposite, i.e. there is a negative relationship between self-perceptions and achievement. These findings are consistent with the findings from a previous study based on TIMSS 1995 data, even though the sample of countries is different and an additional measure of self-perception is applied. Among several possible explanations, the author suggests that this pattern may reflect high academic standards in high performing countries and low academic standards in low performing countries.


This paper presents the strategic marketing changes a small, family-owned Champagne firm has experienced. The strategic and managerial decisions have a strong connection to personal preferences and ...


The accident statistics for the construction industry remain high when compared to other industries. This is not surprising given the fragmented nature of this industry and the involvement of multiple stakeholders in a project. Poor communication on health and safety (H&S) related issues has been identified as a major cause of incidents/accidents and is recognized as a key challenge to construction practitioners. Such communication typically gets diluted as it goes down the chain of command from top management to the project team. The aim of this paper is to report on the actual implementation and administration of H&S communication of a Malaysian construction company targeted at both internal and external stakeholders. The intrinsic case study approach is adopted to provide an in-depth analysis of the H&S communication model. The types of H&S communication, challenges and communication channels of this construction company is discussed. This paper will be of interest to construction practitioners including project managers, contractors, subcontractors and property developers.


A course of medical education for the MD degree ordinarily consists of a minimum of four years of study. Students recommended for the Doctor of Medicine degree must be of good moral character, they must have completed an entire academic course of instruction as matriculated medical students, they must have passed all required subjects or the equivalent and have received satisfactory grades in the work of the full academic course, and they must have discharged all current indebtedness to the university. The school requires that students take the USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 (CS and CK) examinations. All students must take and pass the school's Comprehensive Clinical Examination (CCX) prior to graduation.


The paper introduces data envelopment analysis(DEA) into Activity based Management(ABM) and gives applicable quantitative method to evaluate resources utilization efficiency of activities.The DEA model can identify and provide the following information:(1) the DEA efficiencies of resources' utilization of activities;(2) the projection in efficient production frontier of Decision Making Unit(DMU) and activity improvement information;(3) the overall resource utilization efficiency and variable resource utilization efficiency.Also,the paper demonstrates the application of DEA method in activity analysis of a company. The results prove the objectivity,accuracy and practicability of activity analysis method based on DEA.


A variety of groups that function on the fringes of both religion and psychotherapy have been evident in the U.S. since the 1960s, with perhaps their greatest presence noted in the 1970s. There were as many as 3000 cult-type organizations identified in that period. Many of these groups created havoc with their followers' lives and the lives of the followers' families. The authors examined the cults in the late 1970s and early 1980s, comparing their activities and requirements to those of "standard" religions and sects. The present article looks at the changes in the two decades since then, noting modifications in the cults' target populations as well as the increases in many kinds of violence in some of the groups.


This paper aims to clarify certain aspects of the relations between birth-death processes, measures solving a Stieltjes moment problem, and sets of parameters defining polynomial sequences that are orthogonal with respect to such a measure. Besides giving an overview of the basic features of these relations, revealed to a large extent by Karlin and McGregor, we investigate a duality concept for birth-death processes introduced by Karlin and McGregor and its interpretation in the context of shell polynomials and the corresponding orthogonal polynomials. This interpretation leads to increased insight in duality, while it suggests a modification of the concept of similarity for birth-death processes.


AIM: To study the therapeutic effect of pulmonary surfactant (PS) on airway remodeling in rats with allergic asthma and to investigate the possible mechanism. METHODS: Sixty rats were randomly divided into three groups: control (20), asthmatic (20) and therapeutic group (20). After incubating with different stimulus, lung tissue sections were stained with HE. The airway internal perimeter, wall area, external perimeter were measured by image analysis system and percentage of muscle shortening (PMS) was calculated. The expression and distribution of endothelium growth factor (EGF) in small airway of rats were detected using immunohistochemistry technique. RESULTS: ① The degree of airway remodeling in therapeutic group decreased significantly than that in asthmatic group, but compared with control group it was not statistically significant. ② Responsiveness of airway smooth muscle to adenosine (represented by PMS) in asthmatic group increased 24% compared with that in control group, but PMS decreased 15% in therapeutic group compared with that in asthmatic group. PMS to acetylcholine in asthmatic group increased 25% compared with that in control group, but PMS decreased 16% in therapeutic group compared with that in asthmatic group. ③ In the asthmatic group, the expression and distribution of EGF increased significantly than that in controls (P0.01), but decreased significantly in therapeutic group compared with that in asthmatic group (P0.01). CONCLUSION: Exogenous PS can effectively prevent airway remodeling in rats with allergic asthma, possibly by downregulating the synthesis and release of EGF.


gold coinage, it has to be minted and impressed with the form of the dragon-slayer before it begins its national service. Read educated for minted and you have a very pretty parallel, and parable. Nowadays we have learned to see that while the costly process is going on other forces may intervene to flaw or destroy the product during manufacture. It is of no use, as Sir George Newman has taught us, to give the choicest intellectual food to a child that is too physically ill to assimilate it. We seek for the causes which disable one-sixth of our primary school children after death has taken a heavy toll, to find ourselves surprised-that so many survive the unfit conditions


Background: We have reported that arterial micro-calcification (AMC) of vascular access has a negative impact on access patency and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Because AMC is diagnosed by histologic examination, it cannot be commonly performed. Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is quite common and known risk factors of cardiovascular mortality in HD patients. It can be easily detected by noninvasive computed tomography. Therefore we evaluated which CAC may predict AMC in nondiabetic HD patients, because we excluded impact of diabetes mellitus on CAC and AMC. Methods: Forty non diabetic incident HD patients who received vascular access operation were included in this study. The AMC was diagnosed by pathologic examination of arterial specimen by von Kossa stain, which was acquired during the operation. All patients underwent a multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) imaging procedure and coronary artery calcium score (CACS) was calculated. Patients were classified into two groups, according to the CACS, as low (<100), in 23 patients, and high (≥100), in 17 patients. We compared CACS between the patients with and without AMC. Results:Mean age was 63.4±16.5 years and the male gender was 24 (60.0%). The incidence of AMC was 35.0% (n=14). The mean CACS was 185.9±299.4 (0-1421.7), and the median value was 54.1. Patients with high CACS group were older than low CACS group(74.1±9.7 211vs 55.5±16.1, p<0.05). High CACS showed higher incidence of AMC compared to low CACS group (58.8% vs 17.4%, p<0.05). By binary logistic regression, high CACS was independently associated with positive AMC (OR 8.381, 95% CI 1.725-40.732, p<0.05). Conclusions: The present study suggests that CAC predicts AMC of vascular access in nondiabetic HD patients.


Objective: to describe the frequency and distribution of different types ofrefractive errors in a child population attending school in Bogota DC. Metho,lology: cross-sectional study including children attending a school in Bogota DC up to the second grade level, whose parents and guardians signed the informed consent. This assessment was delivered by ophthalmology residents and optometrists of Hospital de San Jose, aided by an auto refractometer in order to find the prevalen ce of refractive errors. Results: 109 boys/girls aged between 4 and 9 years were tested, most of them were aged between 6 and 7 years. The most common spherical refractive error found was astigmatism (15.1 %), followed by hypermetropia (13.8%) and myopia (2.3 % ). Amblyopia was suspected ( corrected visual acuity lower than 20/40) in 2 1.5% of the study population. 11 % presented strabismus with 9 cases of exotropia and 3 of endotropia. Conclusions: a high percentage of children with impaired visual acuity were identified. Very few of them had received a previous ophthalmologic or optometric assessment despite its obligatory status in the country. It is emphasized that governmental visual heath programs must be fulfilled in Bogota DC and the rest of the country.


Shoreline displacement in the Lake Superior basin was followed, independently of morphological data, by studying sediments of small lake basins at different elevations in the vicinity of Sault Ste. Marie, Wawa, and Marathon, Ontario. Emergence of small lakes, resulting from water level changes in the main basin, is documented in bottom sediments, and can be dated by radiocarbon and pollen analyses. The new stratigraphical findings were correlated with the earlier established morphological shorelines, and thus the Late Wisconsinan and Holocene history of lake levels was worked out.High post-Main Algonquin glacial lakes formed the highest shorelines along the east shore from Sault Ste. Marie up to Alona Bay between approximately 11 000 and over 10 100 B.P. Contemporaneously a series of Post-Duluth glacial lakes occupied the western Superior basin, subsequent to Glacial Lake Duluth. As the ice retreated to the north shore at 9500 B.P., Lake Minong came into existence. Its level was apparently controlled by a...


The invention discloses a multi-core program determinacy replay-facing memory competition recording device and a control method thereof, and relates to a memory competition recording device, in order to solve the problem that a memory competition recording method is high in cost. The memory competition recording device is a multi-core processor system based on a Cache coherence protocol, and records the memory competition when a multi-core program operates, wherein the recording method records an indirect dependency represented by present instructions of processor cores of both rival parties when the competition occurs, instead of directly recording the dependency corresponding to the memory competition, so as to record a memory competition log composed of the indirect dependencies for each thread; the indirect dependencies of the memory competition are recorded to store a segment timestamp with a smaller size for each instruction without storing an instruction count value corresponding to the memory operation instruction for each memory block. Meanwhile, the reduction of the memory competition log is realized by using a segmentation method, and the consumption of hardware resources is greatly reduced. The invention is used for multi-core program debugging, intrusion detection and fault tolerance.


Objective To compare the efficacy of topical ethyl chloride spray and subcutaneous 1% lidocaine injection in reducing pain from one rod system implant insertion. Materials and Methods Eighty-four women undergoing one rod implant insertion during February 2014 to December 2015 were enrolled and randomly allocated to ethyl chloride spray and 1% lidocaine injection groups. After skin was sterilized, the assigned anesthetic method was administered before insertion of one rod implant according to the standard procedure. Pain during anesthetic administration, implant insertion, 20 min after insertion, and overall pain were evaluated, using a 100-mm visual analogue scale (VAS) . Patient and doctor satisfaction were measured using a five-point Likert scale. Results All basis clinical characteristics between two groups did not differ. There was no significant difference in VAS during and 20 min after implant insertion between 2 anesthetic groups (P > 0.05) .VAS during anesthetic administration and overall pain in ethyl chloride spray group (1.89 ± 1.25 and 1.84 ± 0.74) were significant lower than lidocaine injection group (3.87 ± 1.81 and 3.23 ± 1.99) , P < 0.01 . Patient and doctor satisfaction scores were significant higher in ethyl chloride spray group (P < 0.05) . Conclusion Ethyl chloride spray can be used as anesthetic option for one rod system implant insertion. It provides comparable analgesic effect to lidocaine injection but with less pain from anesthetic administration.


The climate resilient community cluster village was established by a Non-Government Organization named "ActionAid Bangladesh" to ensure safe community living for the inhabitants of a vulnerable ecological zone of Bangladesh situated in the Jamuna river basin of Bangladesh. The experience was that local people had their houses destroyed by a flood almost every year with a far-reaching threat to livelihood and solemnity of women. It was, therefore, essential to facilitate the community in building multi-hazard resilient houses to make them self-protective from climatic hazards like a windy storm, flooding etc. Moreover, as the poor usually had no savings or insurance, there was additional need to make provision for livelihood sustenance. Therefore, it is important to provide for some flood free land, for instance, to grow vegetables and fruits or pond for fish culture, both self-consumption and selling in the market. The program started with a threadbare discussion with the vulnerable communities in a participatory manner where the program staffs had discussed with the community groups, to generate the basic analysis of vulnerabilities and its link to climate change. The community itself analysed the vulnerability faced by them. The result was building of climate resilient community cluster village housing for ten families whose dwellings were devastated almost annually by the flood. A social and economic feasibility analysis was carried out to determine to scale up of these types of adaptations to similar ecological zones of the country and elsewhere.


The present invention relates to a residential Ethernet stream transmission method and apparatus, a data frame was transmitted to the residential Ethernet network (Residential Ethernet Network) monocycle traffic system (Mono-cycle traffic model) having a bandwidth in which the plurality of bandwidth the traffic transmitted to the multi-cycle method (multi-cycle traffic model) is characterized in that to increase the usability. Therefore, according to the present invention, as making it possible to transfer a transport stream from the residential Ethernet network with multi-cycle traffic way, it is possible to reduce the waste of bandwidth, it is possible to reduce the transmission overhead, can further enhance the usability. Residential, Ethernet, stream, multi-cycle, traffic, bandwidth, link capacity


DURING the past several years individuals engaged in marketing research have borrowed heavily from the clinical psychologist's battery of "projective-test" and "depth-interview" techniques to measure consumer motives.1 But some researchers have raised serious objections to the use of these "new" techniques.2 They point out that these techniques were developed to obtain intensive information from a single individual over a long period of time and that it is difficult and perhaps impossible to get such data from typical consumers on the basis of doorstep interviews.


This paper presents experimental results pertaining to the diagnosis of complete, partial and intermittent faults in various components of the engine emissions control system. The instrumentation used in the study permitted simultaneous and essentially continuous analysis of the exhaust gases and of engine variables. Tests were conducted using a section of the EPA urban driving cycle (I/M 240), simulated by means of a throttle/dynamometer controller. Various faults were induced in the engine control system (e.g., vacuum leaks, misfire, miscalibrated injectors) in an attempt to approximate realistic fault conditions and their effects on the exhaust emissions during the I/M 240 cycle were quantified. The paper also proposes procedures capable of isolating the defective component(s) using model-based fault detection strategies in conjunction with a set of logical rules, representing a compilation of available diagnostic and design experience. The overall aim of this study is to provide a useful framework for the design of diagnostic instruments that will help in the improvement of the quality of high volume emissions inspection lanes and to provide accurate and reliable diagnostic information. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 875443.


The first American animation film was produced in the early 20 th century. After the starting,preliminary development and twice phases of prosperity,America formed a powerful and unique animation film market. During the hundred years of development,America animation film formed a distinctive style,which are mainly featured films with vivid plots and distinctive theme. This script mode is gradually referenced by world film making industry. This article,starting from the discussion and analysis of the outline and theme of the animation film Rapunzel,researches and explores the construction of American animation film stories.


A bibliographyy of materials relating to Quakerism in Scotland, prepared for PhD research and subsequently published in an extend form in A Social history of Quakers in Scotland, 1800 - 2000 (Edwin Mellen Press, 2007: ISBN 0-7734-5452-7)


We suggest in Fig. 5 that arginase is common to the two cycles. Although the remaining steps of the two cycles are shown separately in this figure, there seems to be no objection to the assumption that the enzymes catalysing the remaining steps are common to the two cycles, provided that in physiological conditions these enzymes, as is the case with arginase, are likely to be far from the point of saturation. Thus provided that the enzymes of the partial systems that have been investigated in the last ten years are capable of transforming simple derivatives ofornithine and citrulline corresponding to our OX, OY, etc., this scheme provides a way of reconciling the whole body ofwork up to date on the mechanisms of urea synthesis.


This paper introduces an optimized control plan for ball mill powder making, in which, the ball mill is running in the steady state and the steady state control mode is realized in three levels, i.e.: fuzzy circuit control, decoupling coefficient control and target optimization. Our tests show that the optimized control plan ensures the powder making system can be running steadily and reliably with a distinct effect of energy saving.


AIM
I set out to determine how often families, when invited, have further questions at the end of a general paediatric consultation and to determine the nature of such questions.

RESULTS
Over a 2 1/2 -y period, there were 64 further questions arising from a total of 477 consultations (13%).

CONCLUSIONS
Inviting questions is worthwhile; two-thirds of the responses provided evidence that there had been suboptimal communication during the consultation.


Karen Sullivan continues her focus on violence in teen relationships with a look at the hard facts of abusive relationships, the impact on young women, and what we might be able to do about it in schools


To investigate prospective key genes and pathways associated with the pathogenesis and prognosis of stroke types along with subtypes. Human genes using genome assembly build 38 patch release 13 with known gene symbols through NCBI gene database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene) were fetched. PubMed advanced queries were constructed using stroke-related keywords and associations were calculated using Normalized pointwise mutual information (nPMI) between each gene symbol and queries. Genes related with stroke risk within their types and subtypes were investigated in order to discover genetic markers to predict individuals who are at the risk of developing stroke with their subtypes. A total of 2,785 (9.4%) genes were found to be linked to the risk of stroke. Based on stroke types, 1,287 (46.2%) and 376 (13.5%) genes were found to be related with IS and HS respectively. Further stratification of IS based on TOAST classification, 86 (6.6%) genes were confined to Large artery atherosclerosis; 131 (10.1%) and 130 (10%) genes were related with the risk of small vessel disease and Cardioembolism subtypes of IS. Besides, a prognostic panel of 9 genes signature consisting of CYP4A11, ALOX5P, NOTCH, NINJ2, FGB, MTHFR, PDE4D, HDAC9, and ZHFX3 can be treated as a diagnostic marker to predict individuals who are at the risk of developing stroke with their subtypes.


It is important to study the mixture dielectric constant for proper design of an insulation system. All electrical equipment depends somehow on an insulation system to maintain current flow in the proper channels. A high percentage of failures in electrical apparatus is caused by electrical insulation failure, so the study of mixture dielectric properties has extreme importance to the electrical industry. A series of experiments have been conducted to investigate the dielectric properties of silicone fluids. Results of varying the test frequency, temperature, and compositional effects using various mixture proportions are used here. The measured results were employed to arrive at a unified method of calculating the dielectric properties and verified with the existing literature.


Objectives:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of brief motivational intervention (BMI) in reducing alcohol use and related problems among binge drinkers randomly selected from a census of 20 year-old French speaking Swiss men and to test the hypothesis that BMI contributes to maintain low-risk drinking among non-bingers.
Methods:
Randomized controlled trial comparing the impact of BMI on weekly alcohol use, frequency of binge drinking and occurrence of alcohol-related problems. Setting: Army recruitment center. Participants: A random sample of 622 men were asked to participate, 178 either refused, or missed appointment, or had to follow military assessment procedures instead, resulting in 418 men randomized into BMI or control conditions, 88.7% completing the 6-month follow-up assessment. Intervention: A single face-to-face BMI session exploring alcohol use and related problems in order to stimulate behaviour change perspective in a non-judgmental, empathic manner based on the principles of motivational interviewing (MI). Main outcome measures: Weekly alcohol use, binge drinking frequency and the occurrence of 12 alcohol-related consequences.
Results:
Among binge drinkers, we observed a 20% change in drinking induced by BMI, with a reduction in weekly drinking of 1.5 drink in the BMI group, compared to an increase of 0.8 drink per week in the control group (incidence rate ratio 0.8, 95% confidence interval 0,66 to 0,98, p = 0.03). BMI did not influence the frequency of binge drinking and the occurrence of 12 possible alcohol-related consequences. However, BMI induced a reduction in the alcohol use of participants who, after drinking over the past 12 months, experienced alcohol-related consequences, i.e., hangover (-20%), missed a class (-53%), got behind at school (-54%), argued with friends (-38%), engaged in unplanned sex (-45%) or did not use protection when having sex (-64%). BMI did not reduce weekly drinking in those who experienced the six other problems screened. Among non-bingers, BMI did not contribute to maintain low-risk drinking.
Conclusions:
At army conscription, BMI reduced alcohol use in binge drinkers, particularly in those who recently experienced alcohol-related adverse consequences. No preventive effect of BMI was observed among non-bingers. BMI is an interesting preventive option in young binge drinkers, particularly in countries with mandatory army recruitment.


In this study, the minimisation of the power losses because of undesired sideband radiations in time-modulated planar arrays is dealt with. A closed-form expression for evaluating the total power wasted in the sideband radiations is obtained and exploited to design a new procedure based on a particle swarm optimiser for the synthesis of the pulse sequences devoted to control the array time modulation. A set of representative results is reported and analysed to assess the effectiveness of the proposed approach.


The paper focuses on the comparison between Czech financial law
and French financial law with regard to the discipline of
public finance. The principal objective of the paper is to
analyze main characteristics of the discipline of the financial
law in the Czech Republic and in France and to present their
differences. For this reason, the analytical, comparative and
descriptive methods were used to write this paper and to fulfil
its objective. A descriptive method is used for a presentation
of French and Czech conception of the financial law, or rather
the conception of public finance. Afterwards, the comparative
method is applied for a comparison and an emphasis on
differences in French and Czech financial law. Owing to the
analytical method is possible to gain required results
concerned to global distinctions between French and Czech
system of the financial law. As for results, it is necessary to
mention the accomplished analysis of comparison of financial
law in the Czech Republic and in France. In the paper, there
are presented crucial differences between Czech and French
financial law.


This work reviews the current situation of earthquake‐triggered landslide studies in Spain both from the point of view of regional assessment and site‐specific cases. Regional assessments have been undertaken in areas of the Betic Cordillera (South and Southeast Spain): Alcoy Basin, Lorca Basin, Granada Basin and Sierra Nevada Range; and Central Pyrenees (North Spain and Andorra). Specific studies are very scarce, outstanding those related to the Guevejar landslide (Granada) –triggered by 1755 Lisbon and 1884 Arenas del Rey earthquakes, and to a remarkable rock‐slide triggered by 2005 La Paca earthquake (Murcia). Future research lines are appointed, as well as potential applications on Civil Protection and Seismic Hazard Assessment.


The crystal structure of Pt(en) (mal) (OH) 2 H 2 O has been determined from three-dimensional X-ray data collected by Syntex P3/R3 four circle diffractometer. The crystal is triclinic with space group P1, α =8.4526(15)?, b=6.0947 (8)?, c=10.1854 (15)?, α = 106.48°(I), β= 103.65°(I), γ= 79.12° (I), and Z = 2. The crystal structure has been solved by Patterson method and refined by block least square refinement for positional parameters and anisotropic tempreture factors of nonhydrogen atoms. The final R factor is 0.055.The result of crystal structure analysis shows that the platinum atom is inovolved in a d 2 sp 3 hybridization and an octahedral configuration.


PALSEA is a PAGES/IMAGES working group that aims to extract information about ice sheet response to temperature change by examining the history of sea during past interglacials. As reef-building corals are one of the primary archives of past sea levels, the U-series coral dating community is well represented in this group. During workshop discussions, it became clear that further progress on the sea level problem requires engaging the coral dating community in a cooperative standardization effort.


Abstract
 One out of every five combatants carrying a machine gun in Iraq is not a soldier, but an employee. Many, particular those in military service, may consider the men and women working for private military firms to be performing a radically different function than their military counterparts, but, 'Iraqi citizens do not distinguish between employees of Blackwater and the U.S. military. All they see is Americans with guns.' In this article, I will investigate the normative and economic implications of using these private security personnel in contingency operations such as the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. In order to accomplish this task, I will investigate the frequently mentioned economic justifications in favor of outsourcing as well as the less frequently investigated normative considerations against particular acts of outsourcing. This analysis will be used to defend a normative principle that can help determine if a particular act of outsourcing is morally problematic. Finally, I will argue that the continued use of mercenaries harms the professional soldiers fighting along side them by undermining the profession of arms. The continued use of private military contractors will turn all those who fight, even professional soldiers, into mercenaries.


The rescuer vehicle is an effective equipment for rush repair when faults of running assemble were suddenly happen. A structural analysis had been conducted with respecting to the frame of the rescuer vehicle by ANSYS in this paper. The frame beam is a key part of the vehicle. After the discrete model,that through ANSYS platform,has been exerted the restrictions and loads,the analysis and calculation about strength and rigidity of vehicle frame can be done and the structural analysis result for frame beam was available,which presented references for the lighten-optimization design in the future.


This study investigated the effects of partially replacing barley grains with sugar beet pulp (SBP), with and without roasted canola seed (RCS) on ruminal pH, ruminal volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations, ruminal histomorphometric characteristics, and performance in finishing lambs fed a high concentrate diet. Twenty-four Arabian male lambs (23.7 ± 2.5 kg bodyweight, 118 ± 10 days in age) were used for 99 days in a completely randomised design with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement. Lambs were fed with a high concentrate diet containing (1) 68% barley (B) (2) barley plus 7% RCS (B + RCS) (3) 36% SBP, (4) SBP plus 7% RCS (SBP + RCS). Ruminal fluid pH and VFA concentrations were determined at 0, 2, 4 and 8 h post-feeding 1 day before slaughter day. Tissue samples were collected for histomorphometric study at slaughter day. Average daily gain of the lambs was not affected by partial replacement of barley with SBP, however it was improved by RCS inclusion (P < 0.05). Diets with RCS had significantly lower (P < 0.05) neutral detergent fibre and acid detergent fibre digestibility values than diets without RCS (P < 0.05). Both SBP and RCS increased ruminal pH, molar proportions of acetate, isobutyrate but decreased molar proportion of propionate in rumen content (P < 0.05). The height, width, epithelial thickness and tunica muscularis of rumen papilla and reticulum folds were increased by SBP (P < 0.05). Density of reticulum folds were higher in lambs fed by higher SBP (P < 0.05). Inclusion of RCS significantly increased papillae height and thickness of epithelium (P < 0.05). In conclusion, partially replacing barley with SBP as well as RCS inclusion prevented a drop in the ruminal pH, and improved the morphology of the rumen-reticulum in finishing lambs fed a high concentrate diet.


Steve Tesich appears as just one of many contemporary authors (Wenders, Rich, Rabe) who explore cultural practices that make violence, war and cruelty inevitable. The purpose of this essay is to explore the consequences of such cultural practice within Western culture (especially in America) in which the crippling of human potentials goes on and on unchecked and to examine if it is possible for Western culture to return to the teaching of Socrates and Pelagius – the teaching based on complete self-knowledge and the belief in and affirmation of the goodness of man. The question posed by all the authors I examine is whether it is possible for one to realize his or her American Dream and, at the same time, remain loyal to one's inner self. "Nowhere else the eyes so busy, so used to working overtime. Nowhere else is vision harnessed like this, to the service of seduction. Nowhere else, therefore, so many longings and needs because nowhere else has vision become so addicted. .... The camera set-ups are predetermined so that millions will take the pictures which will confirm the picture that already exists." Wim Wenders, The American Dream "Because to be young, gifted, and dead is to be finally embraced by your culture and your country. You can come home again. Just don't forget to be dead. You know how your father gets when you come home alive. The 'look' is dead. But deliciously, delightfully dead. Dead in a life-affirming way." Steve Tesich, Arts and Leisure Received August 9, 2004


NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is expected to remain stationary for several days for engineering analysis following an onboard fault-protection action on Feb. 27.


This paper through Comparative analysis of Newmark and Rungekutta method for a complex dynamic model can provide a theory basis for the selection of numerical integration method to solve complex dynamic equation. The comparative analysis on the solving precision and solving time by Newmark method and Rungekutta method for calculating a same complex dynamic equation is carried out. The results indicate that the response results become stable with integration step continues reducing under 0.1.


After the first communication of Lua3csch in 1924 about encephalitis following cowpoxvaccination, some 60 or 80 cases have been seen in various countries. In &echo-Slowakia Luckmh has mentioned 7 cases, in Holland van Bouwdijk Ba8tircan8e2) in Ju ly 1925 reported 36 cases, in England Tzcrnbull and McIntoaha) gave a dwcription of 10 caws and Wiwnkott and Qibbs mentioned 1 case, and even in Greece one case was mentioned, in which, however, the diagnosis was probably wrong. Some cases were also seen in Germany, in Switzerland and in France. It looks as if this encephalitis only has occurred during the very last years; only Warechauefl) has told of a child, tha t fell ill ten days after being vaccinated with severe cerebral symptoms, several years ago and who recovered without presenting any sequela. This case was then regarded as an intoxication probably not due to the vaccination, but as it was very like the cases of encephalitis, we know of now, Warschauer thinks it has been of the same nature. In any case this kind of encephalitis seems formerly to have been extremely rare. As to the clinical symptoms, there is some difference between the descriptions of Luck8chLS6) and those of the Dutch and English authors. The first author saw so great a resemblance with encephalitis lethargica, that at first he thought of an incidental outbreak of thie diseam shortly after vaccination. Only after the occurrence of more cases he became mre of the etiological importance of the latter. In Holland however, where van Bouwdijk Bastiaavwel) "), Brwwer3) , Prakkenll) and others


In this paper, we propose a novel all-optical tuning temporal differentiator (DIFF) based on a programmable optical nonvolatile phase-change material Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) and a Microring Resonator (MRR). Simulations realize 0.42-1.86 order differentiation of Gaussian optical pulse. Compared with the traditional electro-optic (EO) and thermo-optic (TO) tuning designs, our structure can effectively reduce the chip area and power consumption.


Invasive herbivores can cause widespread dieback of naïve native hosts in the invaded range. Some consume leaves, some bore through wood, whereas others, such as piercing‐sucking insects, alter plant resource allocation through changes to source‐sink dynamics and depletion of long‐term stores. Invasive sap‐sucking herbivores that target cells critical to resource transport and storage may have particularly large effects. Herbivory by two exotic hemipterans, hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae Annand (Adelgidae), and elongate hemlock scale (EHS), Fiorinia externa Ferris (Diaspididae), have very different effects on eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière (Pinaceae). Although these insects differ in both timing and feeding site on their hemlock host, the reasons for their differential effects are poorly understood. Here, using potted seedlings in a common garden, we examined the effects of these two herbivores on resource uptake and allocation immediately after an initial attack. We labeled the plants with a single pulse of 13CO2 and a supply of 15NH415NO3 every third day to obtain a whole‐plant perspective on resource uptake and allocation. After 10 weeks of controlled infestation, plants were measured and divided into tissue types (needles, branches, main stem, and roots). In each tissue we quantified biomass, 13C, 15N, total carbon (C), nitrogen (N), protein, and starch pools. Hemlock woolly adelgid feeding decreased new needle biomass by 34%, increased 13C allocation to roots and main stems by 130%, and increased 15N allocation to old foliage by 18%. Hemlock woolly adelgid infestation also resulted in increased starch storage in old branches over new needles, and marginally increased protein content plant‐wide. Elongate hemlock scale infestation resulted in a different growth pattern, with a 27% increase in biomass allocation to the main stem. Elongate hemlock scale also caused a 23% increase in N allocation to roots and main stem. Increases in resource allocation to main stem and belowground may indicate herbivore‐induced changes to storage patterns, or compensatory increased fine root growth to facilitate nutrient and water uptake. These resource allocation effects likely underlie the rapid and dramatic decline of hemlock in response to HWA feeding, and the considerably milder effects of EHS feeding.


In the technological development of batteries and fuel cells, the relationship between material development and device development is always problematic. There is strong demand for new devices for batteries and fuel cells. The technological roadmap prepared by the Japanese government also points to the path of development, and systematic development is in progress worldwide. Batteries, fuel cells, and capacitors are devices based on an electrochemical reaction, and this electrochemical reaction determines the properties of the device. For example, the capacity, voltage, and output of batteries are determined by electrochemical properties such as electrochemical potential and conductivity. Limitation characteristics of the new device can be predicted from the electrochemical reaction; thus, deep understanding of electrochemical reactions is necessary for development. At present, a good example is the new electrochemical devices (metal-air, etc.), for which we have high expectations. On the other hand, since electrochemical devices are composed of a combination of materials with different functions such as electrodes and electrolytes, deep understanding of materials becomes necessary in order to find the optimum combination. In other words, whether the optimum properties expected for the device are actualized or not is determined by the limits of the materials. Not only the type of material, but also the state, composition, size (ranging from bulk to nano), and even shape have a significant impact. Furthermore, unpredicted materials are sometimes discovered. As revealed by the fact that lithium batteries with expected high battery potentials and high energy densities were only actualized after the development of intercalation materials such as oxide positive electrodes and carbon negative electrodes, and electrolytes that can withstand high potentials, new materials promote innovative devices. It also indicates that new devices can only be created from new materials. There are two routes for the development of new devices: 1) material driven—the appearance of new materials with properties different from existing materials promotes the development of new devices, and 2) electrochemical reaction driven—the development of new materials to actualize device properties predicted from electrochemical reactions. There is an unbreakable tie between material development and device development, but it is unclear as to which takes initiative for development. There is no answer to this question, and there is no clear and quick pathway from material development to electrochemical device construction. In fact, there should be many different pathways. From diverse research directionalities, pathways to various devices split, leading to diverse research topics and manners of progress in technological development. This is a special issue for the 55th "Battery Symposium in Japan", held in the fall of 2014. As the importance of electrochemical devices and their materials has increased in recent years, this special issue is quite timely. At the "Battery Symposium in Japan" approximately 35 years ago, research presentations were limited to devices such as lead acid batteries, molten carbonate fuel cells, and manganese dry cells. The types of materials used were also limited. Reviewing the research topics of this special issue, I was surprised by the diversity of devices along with the development of these materials, such as how and where these diversities have spread. In the future, with the appearance of materials from beyond the existing knowledge in addition to devices that can be developed by combining existing knowledge, new devices may become available. This introduces challenges for new science and technology beyond the range of existing knowledge on electrochemistry and materials. This is an extremely interesting time. In this special issue, I hope you discover many research topics with potential such as those discussed above. Ryoji KANNO Former Editor in Chief, Electrochemistry The Committee of Battery Technology, The Electrochemical Society of Japan, Vice Chairman Electrochemistry, 83(10)


This paper quantitatively analyzes different types of image changes according to the characteristics of each algorithm, and put forward different optimal algorithms for different types of pictures. Firstly, four classical matching algorithms are selected and compared for scale, photometric and rotational robustness. In order to solve the limitation of the robustness of single algorithm, three improved algorithms are proposed. Based on the combination of SURF and ORB algorithms and one or more feature point screening, the improved algorithm is used to improve accuracy. Secondly, the improved algorithm is tested by using images with multiple types of changes at the same time. It is concluded that the improved algorithm has strong robustness and can effectively improve image matching accuracy. Finally, the simulation result shows that the selection of the optimal algorithm according to the features of the picture maximizes the advantages of different algorithms to meet the quantity of matching points and the matching accuracy.


War memory is the main subject of this special issue, and it is perhaps fitting that it is being published on the centenary of the beginning of the First World War and of modern warfare, which have forever changed the ways in which individuals, society and politics process war memory. War memory is the main subject of this special issue, and it is perhaps fitting that it is being published on the centenary of the beginning of the First World War and of modern warfare, which have forever changed the ways in which individuals, society and politics process war memory.


This study was carried out to investigate the effect of temperature (15~40℃) and the spraying plant growth regulators (GA 4+7 +BA and prohexadione-calcium) during full blooming on pollen germination and pollen tube growth of the commercial apple cultivars ('Fuji' and 'Tsugaru') and apple cultivars bred in Korea ('Chukwang', 'Gamhong', 'Hongan', 'Honggeum', 'Hongro', 'Hwahong', 'Hongso', 'Summer dream' and 'Sunhong'). Pollen germination and pollen tube growth were increased with increasing temperature from 15 to 25℃, but high temperature over 30℃ inhibit those. The apple cultivar bred in Korea that shows the highest value on pollen germination and pollen tube growth at over 30℃ was 'Sunhong'. The spraying GA 4+7 +BA increased pollen germination and pollen tube growth than control, but that effect was not show at 40℃. The spraying prohexadione-calcium was not affect to pollen germination and pollen tube growth. In conclusion, if the air temperature during full bloom of apple tree rises about 30~35℃, the spraying GA 4+7 +BA after artificial pollination will be good to increasing fruit set.


The vectorial extension of the Ribaucour transformation for the Lame equations of orthogonal conjugate nets in multidimensions is given. We show that the composition of two vectorial Ribaucour transformations with appropriate transformation data is again a vectorial Ribaucour transformation, from which follows the permutability of the vectorial Ribaucour transformations. Finally, as an example we apply the vectorial Ribaucour transformation to the Cartesian background.


When students are able to visualize data in real time they can think at higher levels of analysis and evaluation because the data arrive immediately. A kinetics laboratory was modified to include real-time visualization. On the basis of completion of laboratory questions, quiz, and an end-of-semester assessment, students demonstrated they could connect several disparate concepts related to kinetics.


In this paper, we have proposed and fabricated a new push-pull type SPDT switch implemented in a single structure with torsion bars actuated by the combination of electromagnetic and electrostatic forces for low power and low voltage operation. The proposed switch is actuated by using large electromagnetic force at low voltage to change its state and is held to maintain its state by electrostatic force to reduce static power consumption. From the prototype, actuation voltage is measured as 4.3V and required energy is below 15.4/spl mu/J per each switching. Also, we have successfully carried out a lifetime test over more than 166 million cycles without significant degradation of switch characteristics.


Randomized trials have shown that adenosine diphosphate receptor–blocker drugs such as clopidogrel, which inhibit platelets, prevent adverse cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with acute coronary syndromes. To determine whether smoking status is associated with the efficacy of antiplatelet drugs, researchers undertook a meta-analysis of six studies (74,000 patients with established CV disease, of whom …


The vector equation x'(t) = A(i)x(t) + ('C(t, s)D(x(s))x(s) ds + F(t) is considered in which A is not necessarily a stable matrix, but A(f) + G{t, t)D(0) is stable where G is an antiderivative of C with respect to t. Stability and boundedness results are then obtained. We also point out that boundedness results of Levin for the scalar equation u'(t) = - f'0 a(t-s)g(u(s)) ds can be extended to a vector system x'(i) = - /{, H(t, s)x{s) ds. 1. Introduction. We consider the equation x'(t) = A(t)x(t) + f'c(t, s)D(x(s))x(s) ds + F(t) (1) •'o in which A, C, and D are n X n matrices, while x and F are n-vectors. In particular, A and F are continuous for 0 < t < oo, C is continuous for 0 < s < t < oo and D is defined in a neighborhood of zero and continuous at x = 0. Let G(t, s) be an n X n matrix with


The article considers standardized pavilions of Sub-Saharan African countries at the 2015 Milan Universal Exposition from the standpoint of differentiation from the existing common image. Uniform perception of a group of countries seriously undermines the attraction of each member both for visitors and investors. Analyzed were both exterior and interior of expositions the only opportunity to showcase country's uniqueness as well as memorial stamps of participant nations and national days' celebrations at the EXPO. Declared by countries on the EXPO's site values and participation reasons are compared with the realities discovered on site. Assessment is provided to employed exhibiting and positioning strategies; successful and less so differentiation attempts are reviewed.


According to the invention, the change of the level of 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is taken as a detection index and a cAMP-depending type protein kinase A active analysis method is used for determining the biological activity of liraglutide. Rat insulinoma cells RIN-m5F are cultivated and a diluted liraglutide comparison product solution and a diluted test solution are added; a kit is used for detecting the change of the level of the cAMP in stimulated cells; a super-sensitive chemiluminiscence detection module of a multifunctional enzyme linked immunosorbent assay is used for reading a relative chemiluminiscence unit (RLU) and statistical software is used for fitting experimental data; the biological activity of a product to be detected is calculated by a formula. The method can be used for simply, conveniently, rapidly and accurately detecting the change of the biological activity of the liraglutide; the accuracy and the repeatability accord with the requirements of a biological activity determination method of biological products.


The difficulty and high cost in seeking proper health care is already a social problem that people pay attention to. Therefore establishing excellent quality and highly efficient method of cost accounting and achieving scientific management of medical equipments is a important task which hospital management level must face up to squarely now. In order to effectively resolve the problems in two-level cost accounting,our hospital implement three-level (hospital level, department level and person level) cost accounting so that our hospital achieve scientific management of medical equipments and get perfect result.


A renormalization-group analysis combined with bosonization is performed for fermions interacting with repulsive long-range interaction of the form V(R)\ensuremath{\simeq}1/${\mathit{R}}^{(1\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}\mathrm{^})}$, 0^\ensuremath{\le}1; we find that in any dimension the system is a non-Fermi liquid with a quasiparticle weight which vanishes like ${\mathit{w}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\epsilon}}\mathrm{^}/4}$ when w\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0. For \ensuremath{\epsilon}^\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0 a marginal Fermi liquid is obtained. A nonperturbative solution is obtained using the bosonization method in d\ensuremath{\ge}1 dimensions. Within the same formalism we investigate also the electron-phonon interaction in dimensions d=3-\ensuremath{\epsilon}. When the coupling constant is imaginary, one obtains a time-dependent potential similar to what is obtained for fermions coupled to transversed U(1) gauge bosons. A non-Fermi-liquid behavior is found for d\ensuremath{\le}3.


An experiment has been proposed to study the mechanism of vacancy migration in divalent doped alkali halide crystals. Polarized impurity- vacancy dipoles are obtained through rapid cooling of the sample in the presence ofstatic electric field. Switching off the electric field at such a low temperature keeps the polarized dipoles in the frozen-in condition. Now, an alternating electric field is applied in a direction perpendicular to the direction of static electric field. The frequency of the alternating electric field is varied continuously and the required condition of maximum loss is detected experimentally. Proposed experiment has the potentiality to be used as a very sensitive and accurate tool for such studies.


Collaborative Working Environments (CWE) are widely used for effective collaboration among users. A CWE includes various tools and methodologies to support analysis of coordinating activities. Users within a CWE widely utilize textual means of collaboration and communication. An effective analysis of this textual collaboration can help in improving overall quality of collaborating activities and monitoring of the CWE. In textual analysis text is analyzed within certain context. Existing semi-automated techniques which are based on lexical, syntactic, semantic and other analysis approaches can be utilized with addition of customized automated classifier to cater needs of analyzing coordinating activities in collaborative working within a specific context. In proposed framework, natural language processing, opinion mining, lexicon based approaches will serve as processors of the framework.


The averaging theory of first order is applied to study a generalized Yang–Mills system with two parameters. Two main results are proved. First, we provide sufficient conditions on the two parameters of the generalized system to guarantee the existence of continuous families of isolated periodic orbits parameterized by the energy, and these families are given up to first order in a small parameter. Second, we prove that for the nonintegrable classical Yang–Mills Hamiltonian systems, in the sense of Liouville–Arnold, which have the isolated periodic orbits found with averaging theory, cannot exist in any second first integral of class C1. This is important because most of the results about integrability deals with analytic or meromorphic integrals of motion.


Theoretical foundation of antiradon ventilation effectiveness rising at uranium mines is given. A number of aerodynamic nozzles which help to raise range and aerodynamical qualities of ventilation stream to carry radon from purifying bottoms out is suggested


Since the beginning of time the human being by nature has had the need to find, demonstrate and validate the different mechanisms that fulfill the purpose of facilitating, simplifying and automating the different manual and rudimentary processes that are part of the individual's daily life. ; Thus, throughout the evolution of the human being, the universal right to improve the quality of life has been fulfilled and, therefore, the direct application of techniques and methods that help to pursue and obtain the proposed objectives.
Among the most relevant aspects in the history of human evolution is the emergence of computer science as the catapult into a fully digital era, a cycle in which the constant evolution of multiple work scenarios prevails with the convergence of various disciplines, in such a way that the process of change is applied in most of the daily aspects that have a direct relationship with one or several people in general.
For this reason it is intended to provide a document with high academic content through a case study in which the behavior of a control system of entry and exit of the members of the association of craftsmen with the name of "COSMOPOLITA" is highlighted. "Located in the Canton Ventanas of the Province of Los Rios Ecuador.


Wastewater generated from industries is widely reused for irrigation in agricultural fields. The purpose of this study was to examine the wastewater generated from textile industries and study the impact of the wastewater irrigation on crops. The microbial load, physico-chemical characteristics and the heavy metals in wastewater was found to be on higher side and predominant presence of iron (Fe), copper (Cu) and chromium (Cr) poised a major concern. Pesticide residues were found to exceed the quality goal of 0.1ug/L. On examining the vegetables produced by the plants, Lagenaria siceraria and Abelmoschus esculentus confirmed accumulation of heavy metal, pesticide residue and microbial contamination, indicating a possibility of recycling the toxicants and microbes through the wastewater. Overall assessment indicated a potential risk of heavy metal, microorganisms and pesticides on agriculture and human health.


Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) recordings are the hemodynamic signals that come from the latent neural sources and physiological noise that are spatially and temporally mixed across the brain. The purpose of this work was to extract the temporal characteristics and the spatial activation patterns of human brains captured by independent component analysis (ICA). Both of the raw and filtered fNIRS datasets are processed with ICA. In particular the temporal components and spatial activity maps identified by ICA for a right finger tapping task were investigated in detail.


when concurrently with the rupture there is huemorrhage, severe symptoms may be produced, more or less identical with those described. e. A few remarks are necessary concerning some other varieties of pain which may be referred to the hypogastrium or pelvic region. Thus in hysterical women, presence of pain in the hypogastric region is frequently associated with distension of the bladder and retention of urine. These pains are of frequent occurrence. In women suffering from chronic disease of the uterus, the patient often complains of what are called beariing-down pains. They more frequently occur in women who have lost flesh and who are in a bad state of health, and in whom the uterus is diseased. Diseases of the uterus involving enlargement of the organ more particularly cause it. So also hypertrophy of the cervix with prolapsus of this part of the uterus, an affection the maximum intensity of which is witnessed in washerwomen. In most cases, where bearing-down pains are present, there is partial or complete prolapsus of the uterus or of its cervix. The bearing-down sensation is also present in cases where tumours of the uterus, pregnancy, polypi, or fibroid tumours, cancer, etc., exist. It may be due to prolapsus of the bladder. The presence of pains of the latter variety generally points out the necessity for exploration of the uterus from the vagina.


A tunneling bounce driving the decay of a metastable vacuum must respect an integral constraint dictated by simple scaling arguments that is very useful to determine key properties of the bounce. After illustrating how this works in a simple toy model, the Standard Model Higgs potential is considered, including quartic coupling running and gravitational corrections as sources of scale invariance breaking. This approach clarifies the existence of the bounce and leads to simple and accurate analytical results in an expansion in the breaking parameters. Using the so-called tunneling-potential approach (generalized for nonminimal coupling to gravity) the integral constraint and the tunneling action are extended to second order in perturbations.


This paper examines how corporate governance reform of banks relates to systemic risk. Although there has been substantial emphasis on the importance of corporate governance of banks, it is not entirely clear how this enterprise relates to the goal of financial stability. The first part of the paper differentiates between kinds of risk that arise from the structure of the firm, such as shareholder ownership, limited liability and the separation between control and ownership, and kinds of risk that arise from interactions at the systemic level. It highlights why the risk-taking of banks presents, in many respects, a special case not only because of the structure of their business but also because of recent innovation in the financial sector. It then analyzes how these different kinds of risk are related to each other, showing how firm-level sources of risk are much easier for corporate governance and regulation to address than risk arising at the systemic level. Then, with particular emphasis on recent reforms in the European Union, the paper analyzes policy proposals, including those related to strengthening risk management, altering board remuneration, reformulating board duties and altering the limited liability structure of the firm. The paper concludes that corporate governance reforms have a necessary yet often limited role in the regulation of systemic risk and then relates this discussion to the current state of affairs in the European Union.


We describe the case of a 54‐year‐old male with recurrent chest pain, ST segment elevation, and bradycardia. Coronary vasospasm was confirmed by acetylcholine challenge. After failing medical therapy, stenting of an extensive segment of the right coronary artery has been clinically successful after 24‐months follow‐up. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


The history and values of the chiropractic profession are part of the complementary and alternate medicine model. Chiropractic care in pregnancy is used for relief of back pain, turning breech presenting fetuses, and treatment of colic, breastfeeding and constipation issues in the neonate.


that of the provision of grants to men on discharge, itself continually strengthening the ties between soldiers and their commanders. Chapter v, on the officers, is perhaps the least successful, concentrating more on the generals and staff officers than on the centurions, whom Professor Smith does not consider to have been officers at all (p. 62), though he rightly notes that by the close of his period many centurions must have risen to hold posts which under the Principate were soon reserved for equestrians; note, however, that Caesar regularly allows the equation 'tribuni et centuriones' = 'officers', and it was common form for at least the primi ordines to serve on councils of war: it may be permissible to refer also to my Roman Britain and the Roman Army (1953), in which both categories of officer are discussed in some detail. In the brief final chapter Professor Smith rightly stresses, not merely that the Augustan system embodied the lessons learnt in the period under review, but that the years between Actium and 13 B.C. were of crucial importance: too many writers have tended to assume that the Augustan system sprang to life fully developed within a year or two of 31 B.C. Yet here too the officer-class receives less attention than it deserves: the centurionate and in particular the primipilares did in fact provide precisely that professional officer-class whose growth Professor Smith claims that Augustus aimed at preventing. It was only full-time professional generals who had to be eliminated.


from its presupposition of a concept of being. Claiming to stand in the tradition of Gilson and Maritain and borrowing from S. Jaki, Haffner treats various areas of the reason–faith relation with frequent reference to Fides et Ratio. After an initial chapter defining a conceptual realism with a brief explanation of analogy and causality, the author cites Old and New Testament passages indicating respect for reason and its capacity to know God. Similar witnesses are discovered among the Fathers and the Scholastic Doctors. A fifth chapter traces the breakdown of the medieval synthesis, starting with Ockham and continuing by way of Descartes into the Enlightenment and beyond to fideism, traditionalism, existentialism and nihilism with praise for Newman, K. Adam, Gilson and Chesterton. The sixth chapter, the most interesting, touches upon the influence of the natural sciences upon man's conception of reason with special attention to cosmology and evolution. Then a whole medley of proofs for God's existence is summarily offered; Haffner seems to prefer the proof from contingency but also offers others, ranging from Thomas's five ways to the witness of the Scriptures to prophecies fulfilled, the history of the Catholic Church, and Christianity's positive influence upon the advance of culture. The eighth chapter considers the relation of faith and reason, the former stimulating the latter even while preserving it from error in its fallen condition. The conclusion treats the relation of faith and love in so far as faith, though relying on the motives of credibility to justify its assent, goes beyond reason in trusting the God who reveals truths about Himself. Haffner attempts a revival of traditional Thomistic theology, but it is unclear why reason is a mystery. Reason seems to rely on the clarity deriving from a concept of being and basic principles. In such a vision the mystery is associated rather with faith whose propositions surpass human reason, which nonetheless affirms and proclaims them as meaningful. JOHN M. MCDERMOTT SJ Pontifical College Josephinum BOOK REVIEWS 201


The aim of the study was to describe clinicopathologic characteristics, survival outcomes and the factors associated with recurrence in patients diagnosed with synchronous primary endometrial and epithelial ovarian cancers.


In this paper, it is first proposed that genetic algorithm and Taguchi method can be employed in the optimal design of DC-DC converter with LC snubber. The purpose of this optimal design is to lower the spike voltage dsp V across power switch and hence reduce the manufacturing cost. For the first step, we investigate the circuit parameters which will affect ds V and subsequently converge the range of circuit parameter value by means of genetic algorithm, and conduct the optimal design of prototype converter with Taguchi method. Compared with spike voltage dsp V of non-optimal design circuit, the effect of optimal design is revealed. In suppressing spike voltage, the dsp V measured from optimal design circuit is 115V, and is actually 28.1% reduced. Therefore, using genetic algorithm and Taguchi method in the optimal design of converter with LC snubber is a more economic, practical and efficient circuit design, which meanwhile can be easily applied to other electronic circuits and accomplishes the optimal design of various quality characteristics.


83 delegates from 16 European countries, from FAO and UNESCO. The XV Congress was in 1971 in Gainesville (USA). It was the fi rst Congress organized outside of Europe, in North America and it became the World Congress. There were 681 delegates from 57 countries at that Congress. It was the time for radical reorganization of the Union. There were departments, subject, project, working groups and others. The XVIII Congress was in 1986 in Ljubljana (Yugoslavia), there were 2,247 registered participants from 73 countries, including 1876 reports. The XXIV IUFRO World Congress «Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research» was held in 2014 in Salt Lake City (USA). 2,492 scientists, experts and nearly 700 students from 100 countries participating attended it.


With the deepening of China's reform of its political and economic system and the speeding up of its urbanization course, urban communities are playing a more and more important role in the social development and modernization construction. The construction of urban communities has become a strategic problem concerning China' s social development. As a pilot construction community, Nanjing Drum-tower District offers a good example for the operation mechanism and mode of community constructions in other places of China in the construction of its community with distinct characteristics.


Ever since the mid-1980s, at the very least, we have been reading and hearing a litany of laments for the demise of the "public intellectual," and more particularly for the failure of historians to fill that role: as advocates, critics, and explicators to the general public. It is commonly stated that the intensified production of specialized scholarship, written primarily for the edification and approval by fellow members of the guild, has occurred at the expense of civic responsibility and public outreach. Recent biographies of Henry Steele Commager (1902-98) and Max Lerner (1902-92), who were exact contemporaries, richly illuminate both the possibilities and the perils of the generalist historian as scholar, teacher, and cicerone to policymakers as well as the public at large. Commager taught American history at New York University, Columbia, and Barnard until he moved to Amherst College in 1957. For forty-some years his name was familiar to students because of the widely used textbook that he co-authored with Samuel Eliot Morison, The Growth of the American Republic, first published in one volume in 1930. He achieved equally broad visibility as a peripatetic lecturer, essayist, and writer of opinion pieces for many different newspapers and journals of opinion. As historian Neil Jumonville observes, by publishing articles in the New York Times Magazine and the Saturday Review, the The New York Review of Books and Harper's, the Nation and the New Republic, Commager "exercised the advocacy that he pared from his historical scholarship" and engaged in "reformist partisanship." Jumonville quite properly insists that "these generalist articles from a public intellectual share an equal place in his permanent legacy" (p. 50). In the decade following World War II,


HR Bootis is a neglected binary that is found to be a solar-type (G2V) extreme mass ratio binary (EMRB). It was discovered by Hanley & Shapley in 1940. Surprisingly, little has been published in the intervening years. In 1999 it was characterized by a 0.31587 day orbital period. Since that time it has been observed by various observers who have determined ∼20 timings of minimum light over the past ∼15,000 orbits. Our observations in 2012 represent the first precision curves in the BVRcIc Johnson–Cousins wavelength bands. The light curves have rather low amplitudes, averaging some 0.5 magnitudes, yet they exhibit total eclipses, which is typical of the rare group of solar-type EMRBs. An improved linear ephemeris was computed along with a quadratic ephemeris showing a decaying orbit, which indicates magnetic breaking may be occurring. The light curve solution reveals that HR Boo is a contact system with a somewhat low 21% Roche-lobe fill-out but a mass ratio of q = 4.09 (0.2444), which defines it as an EMRB. Two spots, both hot, were allowed to iterate to fit the light curve asymmetries. Their radii are 32° and 16°. Both are high-latitude polar spots indicative of strong magnetic activity. The shallow contact yet nearly equal component temperatures makes it an unusual addition to this group.


We investigate the nature of Allee thresholds and basins of attraction in a predation model with double Allee effect in the prey and a competition behaviour in the predator. From a mathematical perspective, this implies to find and characterise the corresponding basin boundaries in phase space. This is typically a major challenge since the objects that act as boundaries between 2 different basins are invariant manifolds of the system, which may also undergo topological changes at bifurcations. For this goal, we make an extensive use of analytical tools from dynamical systems theory and numerical bifurcation analysis and determine the full bifurcation diagram. Local bifurcations include saddle‐node, transcritical and Hopf bifurcations, while global phenomena include homoclinic bifurcations, heteroclinic connections, and heteroclinic cycles. We identify the Allee threshold to be either a limit cycle, a homoclinic orbit, or the stable manifold of an equilibrium. This strategy based on bifurcation and invariant manifold analysis allows us to identify the mathematical mechanisms that produce rearrangements of separatrices in phase space. In this way, we give a full geometrical explanation of how the Allee threshold and basins of attraction undergo critical transitions. This approach is complemented with a study of the dynamics near infinity. In this way, we determine the conditions such that the basins of attraction are bounded or unbounded sets in phase space. All in all, these results allow us to show a complete description of phase portraits, extinction thresholds, and basins of attraction of our model under variation of parameters.


Since the 1980s, neoliberal policies have been diffused around the world by international institutions established to support a very different world order. This article examines the repurposing of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to become the world's leading promoter of free markets. Social scientists commonly point to two modes of global-level institutional change: formal and fundamental transformations, like renegotiated treaties, or informal and incremental changes of a modest nature. The case of the IMF fits neither of these molds: it underwent a major transformation but without change in its formal foundations. Relying on archival material and interviews, the authors show that fundamental-yet-informal change was effected through a process of norm substitution—the alteration of everyday assumptions about the appropriateness of a set of activities. This transformation was led by the United States and rested on three pillars: mobilization of resources and allies, normalization of new practices, and symbolic work to stabilize the new modus operandi. This account denaturalizes neoliberal globalization and illuminates the clandestine politics behind its rise.


The invention discloses a Chinese medicinal mosquito coil and a preparation method thereof. The Chinese medicinal mosquito coil consists of the following components in part by weight: 70 to 80 parts of dry paint, 20 to 25 parts of virgate wormwood herb, 3 to 6 parts of lilac daphne flower bud, 1 to 3 parts of Chinese asafetida, 15 to 25 parts of elm bark, 1 to 3 parts of sandal wood, 35 to 40 parts of camphorwood, 1 to 3 parts of peppermint, 1 to 3 parts of honeysuckle, and 0.5 to 1.5 parts of musk. The Chinese medicinal mosquito coil has a strong expelling and killing effect on mosquitoes, and does not have any adverse effects on a human body.


We discuss two technical issues related to the gap equation in high-density QCD: (i) how to obtain the asymptotic solution with well controlled approximations, and (ii) the renormalization of four-quark operators in the high-density effective field theory.


Anti-monopoly law is the law and regulation related to the evaluation,prevention and stopping of monopoly.It should not only reflect the basic value of social order,i.e.,freedom and justice,but also needs to combine domestic economic environment so as to stress its central value.Anti-monopoly law in China has two values.First,protecting equal rights for competition participants is the basic value for safeguarding freedom competition and improving economic benefits.Second,taking the protection of consumer rights as the ultimate value of anti-monopoly law is the fundamental objective of the value of the law.Only when the law meets the requirements of the people can it be worthwhile.Meanwhile,in order to make anti-monopoly law as "economic constitution",we need to establish a complete anti-monopoly system.And the matching regulation system should give concrete judicial guarantee for market competitors and consumers with the two values.


Reconstructive heart valve surgery has become more common as surgeons make a concerted effort to perform more valve repair than valve replacement operations, and as evidence continues to accrue on the benefits of valve repair. Formitralvalve(MV)repairsurgeryinparticular,manytechniques have evolved over the last two decades. Most repair techniques have been developed to address the most common form of MV pathologic disease in developed countries, ie, degenerative MV disease, with its typical features of excess leaflet tissue, leaflet prolapse, and chordae elongation and/or rupture. We started performing the majority of our MV repair operations through a minimal invasive right lateral mini-thoracotomyin1996.Oneofthelimitationsofthisapproachisthe technical difficulty in obtaining precise neo-chordae length when using Gore-Tex (W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc, Flagstaff, AZ) sutures to correct anterior mitral leaflet prolapse. We therefore developed the "Loop technique" in 2000 as a method to reproducibly construct anterior leaflet neo-chordae through a small incision. 1 We subsequently noted that the Loop technique could also be used to correct posterior and bileaflet prolapse, and that it could be also applied through a median sternotomy. The main principle of the Loop technique is to restore native leaflet anatomy by implanting normal length mitral chordae substitutes without the excision of any leaflet tissue. The mitral chordae substitutes consist of loops of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE; Gore-Tex, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc)sutures.Gore-Texsutureshavebeenusedformanyyears in conventional MV repair surgery with excellent long-term durability. When compared with native chordae, PTFE seems to provide nearly equivalent biomechanical properties in terms of flexibility, durability, and strength. We have found that the results of the Loop technique do not depend on the surgical approach and that it is easily applicable via a full sternotomy, through minimally invasive surgery with or without videoscopic guidance, or through a robotic-assisted approach. Since the minimally invasive approach is our technique of choice for MV surgery, however, the descriptions in this article are made predominantly from the viewpoint of a minimally invasive procedure. 2 We attempt to preciselydescribetheLeipzigLooptechniqueusingtheexample of a patient with isolated A1-A2 prolapse.


The aim of this research is to understand the strategies being currently adopted and those which can be adopted to increase operating efficiency in an organisation. The research includes the background and SWOT analysis of the organisation to better understand the business environment. The scope of the research signifies the areas that have been investigated in the research to answer the question asked in the aim. These areas include relative advantage, customer analysis and management of human resources. These areas are explained in detail in the literature review which gives useful insight into the business strategies of the organisation. After the literature review, information regarding the method adopted to conduct the research and why it is adopted is discussed. A results section shows all the information obtained and graphs prepared from conducting the surveys and interviews. These are further analysed in detail in the discussion that follows.


The problem of the unsteady hybrid nanofluid flow and heat transfer along a stretching/shrinking curved surface with mass suction is studied. By using the similarity transformation, the partial differential equations are transformed into a set of ordinary differential equations. The transformed equations are then solved numerically using the boundary value problem solver (bvp4c) in Matlab software. The effects of several parameters on the skin friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number as well as the velocity and temperature profiles are presented and discussed. It is found that dual solutions exist for a certain range of the stretching/shrinking, suction and curvature parameters. The critical values of these parameters decrease with the increasing of the copper (Cu) nanoparticle volume fractions. A temporal stability analysis is performed to determine the stability of the dual solutions over the long run, and it is reveals that only one of them is stable while the other is unstable.


Copper matrix materials were designed to form in-situ composites by laser cladding processing by using the copper alloy metallurgical characteristics such as liquid separation of melt to improve the wear resistance of aluminum alloy. The design of materials was optimized and verified by laser cladding. The optimum copper matrix cladding material is Cu-16Ni-6Fe-8Co-7Mo-4Cr-3Si. Its laser clad in situ composite contains a lot of in situ spherical hard particles acting as reinforced phases in the composite. The laser clad composite coating had excellent wear resistance even superior to that of QZ5 iron matrix alloy, an alloy used in the automobile engine valve seat ring.


Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This FYI RFC outlines the major issues an institution should consider in the decision and implementation of a campus connection to the Internet. In order to provide clarity to the reader, some specific information has been detailed. In doing so, the document has been directed toward U.S. academic institutions that have not yet connected to the Internet. However, the issues for which specific information has been provided can be generalized for any organization that wishes to participate in the worldwide Internet community. It will be necessary for those organizations to obtain the correct and detailed information from their local or national IP service providers. In addition, this document may be used as an evaluation checklist for organizations that are currently connected. Readers are expected to have general familiarity with networking concepts and terminology.


Birefringent ND:YVO4 pumped by diode laser with fundamental wavelength of 1064 nm was used to pump nonlinear KTP crystal. Quartz crystals having natural birefringent property namely quarter and half waveplates were conducted in conjunction with the bulk of KTP to enhance the nonlinear beam. The result showed that half waveplate have electrical to optical conversion efficiency of 15.6 mW/A as compared to quarter waveplate is only 8.74 mW/A. The threshold current for SHG is found 5.3 A with half waveplate and 5.9 A with quarter waveplate. The high performance shown by half waveplate is realized due to the good mode matching after converting the polarization state.


The high cost of organic solvents together with stricter environmental regulations and higher safety standards for medical and food industries emphasize the need for the development of new and clean technologies for the processing of food products. Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), using carbon dioxide as a solvent, may be a viable alternative to the use of chemical solvents. The objectives of the project were to test the viability of extracting olive oil fromdried olives with sc-CO2 by employing a laboratory- scale supercritical extractor; determine the composition of the extracted oil by means of a suitable analytical method; optimize the yield of extract by determining the optimumprocess conditions (temperature, pressure, time) with a statistical experimental design and surface response analysis and obtain a product which is free of harmful solvents and ready for human consumption without any subsequent refining, finally.


Sakuramoto, K., Kitahara, T., and Sugiyama, H. 1997. Relationship between temperature and fluctuations in sandfish catch (Arctoscopus japonicus) in the coastal waters oV Akita Prefecture. ‐ ICES Journal of Marine Science, 54: 1‐12. The sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus) catch in the coastal water oV Akita Prefecture have fluctuated greatly over the period 1962‐1990. The diVerence between the maximum and minimum catches over those years is more than 200 times. The aim of this paper was to investigate the relationships between water temperature and the fluctuations of the catch. Using the fuzzy logic approach, the water temperatures measured in the diVerent points oV the Prefecture were summarized as an index which would indicate the variation of water temperatures. In this study, the sensitivity tests showed that the index inferred using the water temperatures observed in 100‐150 and 200‐300 m depth at 9 and 65 km oV the coast with time lags 1, 2, 3 and 4 years could explain the fluctuation of sandfish catch. That is, large changes in catch can be simply explained by the fluctuation of water temperatures. ? 1997 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea


1. A method of manufacturing an absorption panel solar collectors of the metal strip, in particular of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, wherein the strip by applying the method of coating rolls highly selective varnish coating having a very high absorption properties for sunlight and ensures very low thermal radiation, wherein the highly selective coating is applied in use, at least one varnishing roller, wherein the functional layer is applied several when used in lacquering rollers. ! 2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the thickness of individual layers of functional layers comprise from 0.0005 to 0.02 mm. ! 3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a layer of a substance that enhances bonding strength, or primary layer which is preferably applied in the pretreatment. ! 4. A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the deposited layers comprise functional particles, particularly nanoparticles, metal particles, metal oxide particles and / or pigments. ! 5. A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a layer or several layers applied on zolgelievuyu basis. ! 6. A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the applied coating has at least partially elastic properties. ! 7. Absorption panel solar collector made of a metal strip according to the method of claims 1-6, wherein the panel has a highly selective absorption deposited by applying the method of coating a roll coating to improve the absorption properties, characterized in that the coating consists of highly selective multiple layer


Let μ be the self‐similar measure for a linear function system Sjx=ρx+bj (j=1,2,…,m) on the real line with the probability weight {pj}j=1m . Under the condition that {Sj}j=1m satisfies the finite type condition, the Lq‐spectrum τ(q) of μ is shown to be differentiable on (0,∞); as an application, μ is exact dimensional and satisfies the multifractal formalism.


We present our deep learning based plant identification system in the LifeCLEF 2015. The approach is based on a simple deep convolutional network called PCANet and does not require large amounts of data due to using principal component analysis to learn the weights. After learning multistage filter banks, a simple binary hashing is applied to the filtered data, and features are pooled from block histograms. A multiclass linear support vector machine is then trained and the system is evaluated using the plant task datasets of LifeCLEF 2014 and 2015. As announced by the organizers, our submission achieved an overall inverse rank score of 0.153 in the image-based and an inverse rank score of 0.162 in the observation-based task of LifeCLEF 2015, as well as an inverse rank score of 0.51 for the LeafScan dataset of LifeCLEF 2014.


Objective To evaluate comprehensive MRI findings of lateral epicondylitis of elbow.Methods 23 cases of clinical diagnosed lateral epicondylitis including 24 elbows underwent MRI examination.The injury of the common extensor tendon was graded as mild,moderate or severe,and associated injuries were observed,such as lateral ulnar collateral ligament,radial collateral ligament,medial collateral ligament,the common extensor muscle,bone,joint effusion,biceps tendon.The injury of the ligament was graded as mild,moderate and severe too.Spearman's rank correlative analysis was performed to compare the injury of the common extensor tendon with that of lateral ulnar collateral ligament,correlations were considered significant at P﹤0.05.Results Mild injury of common extensor tendon were detected in 10 elbows,7 elbows with moderate injury,and 7 with severe injury.22 elbows were associated with injury of lateral ulnar collateral ligament in which 9 ligaments with mild injury,6 with moderate injury,7 with severe injury.8 injuries in radial collateral ligament,3 in medial collateral ligament,7 in extensor,5 in bone,6 with joint effusion 1 in biceps tendon and 7 in anconeus muscle were simultaneously detected.Spearman's rank correlation analysis showed positive correlation between the injury of the common extensor tendon and the injury of lateral ulnar collateral ligament(rs = 0.852,P﹤0.01).Conclusion The injury of the common extensor is not a single lesion of epicondylitis,mostly accompanied with other changes,and the more severe the CET injury,the more severe the LUCL injury,which play an important role in guiding how to treat lateral epicondylitis.


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Summary The daily urine amino N excretion of 4 monkeys was followed before and after whole body irradiation with doses in the lower lethal range. In 2 non-survivors, there was little change in the daily quantity excreted until terminally. In 2 survivors given the same food intakes as in the irradiated study and sham irradiated, the daily urine amino N excretion during the first week differed but slightly from the values after irradiation, but in the second week more amino N was excreted after irradiation in one animal and less in the other. It would appear that amino aciduria in primates irradiated with doses in the lower lethal range is inseparable from the natural response of the overall protein metabolism associated with any injury.


Contamination of environment in a river basin Terek by Opisthorchis spp. eggs is established. The samples of drainage, soil, water of reservoirs were contam-inated by Opisthorchis spp. eggs respectively at 37,7; 6,2 and 1,9 %. The highest contamination of soil by Opisthorchis spp. eggs is marked about toilets


The formulations and numerical methods for two-dimensional eddy-current problems in which conductors with eddy currents are connected by external circuits are reviewed. A general formulation valid for arbitrary circuit connections is obtained using the loop-current method. >


Sometime in 1930, Leo Zippin showed that there exists a complete Moore space that contains a conditionally compact point set whose closure is not compact. It is the object of this paper to show that if the hypothesis of the continuum is true then there exists a separable, complete Moore space which contains such a point set and, furthermore, satisfies R. Lβ Moore's Axioms 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Theorem 1, concerning the existence of certain subsets of the Cartesian plane, is fundamental to the construction of this example and its proof constitutes a major portion of this paper.


The author points out several important characteristics of Italian Petrarchists' poetical style, such as their use of precious stones and contrasting colours in metaphors, and their search for literary ways of creating a visual image of a beautiful lady while developing the motif of portrait. The author concludes that these facts indicate a new understanding of beauty in the 16th century.