Biometric pattern recognition is a very active field of scientific and engineering research, whose goal is automatic, reliable, rapid determination of personal identity by analysis, encoding, and matching of discriminative personal characteristics. These technologies thus draw upon the sciences of biology, signal processing, computer vision, sensors, information theory, statistics, pattern recognition, and decision theory. Governments around the world have begun to deploy biometric technologies for purposes ranging from airport security and military applications, to national ID and entitlements distribution. The flagship of all these is the Unique IDentification Authority of India (UIDAI), which in 2010 launched its Aadhaar program to enroll the biometric identifying data such as iris patterns of all 1.2 billion citizens, to enable fairer access to Government benefits and services. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that its purpose is: "To give the poor an identity." India currently spends about $60 billion annually on social programs, subsidies, and welfare benefits, but more than half of this never actually reaches the poor. According to Srikanth Nadhamuni, who is the director of UIDAI Mission Convergence: "It is siphoned away by corrupt officials and middlemen." One goal of UIDAI is to provide entitlements directly to each person. But only one in 12 persons has a bank card. Only 4.2% have passports. Hundreds of millions have no official ID, and many have multiple IDs. Some States within India have many more names on their food ration lists than the number of persons who live there. Many subsidized commodities (such as kerosene) flood the black market because bogus benefits cards abound. Widespread fraud prevents fair distribution of entitlements.1 The solution for reliable identification of the entire population is to acquire biometric data (iris patterns, see Figure 1, and fingerprints) of every person, stored centrally, linked to a unique 12-digit 'Aadhaar' number issued to them that they use to Figure 1. Complex texture of a darkly pigmented iris when it is imaged in the near-IR band (NIR, 700–900nm).


Attacks of chronic paroxysmal hemicrania are prevented by the continuous administration of indomethacin. Sumatriptan, an agonist of 5‐HT1‐like receptors, has proven effective in the treatment of cluster headache attacks. There are clear clinical similarities between chronic paroxysmal hemicrania and cluster headache. A natural consequence of these considerations would be to establish whether chronic paroxysmal hemicrania also responds similarly to sumatriptan. Since hemicrania continua is another unilateral headache responsive to indomethacin, it would be meaningful to also include hemicrania continua in such a study. Sumatriptan, 6 mg subcutaneous, was tried in an open fashion in 7 patients (6 women and 1 man) with chronic paroxysmal hemicrania and 7 patients (5 women and 2 men) with hemicrania continua. In chronic paroxysmal hemicrania, the mean interval between the last three attacks prior to sumatriptan treatment (40 ± 23 minutes) was not statistically different from the mean interval between the three attacks subsequent to sumatriptan treatment of an attack (32 ± 20 minutes). In none of the patients did the mean duration of the "test attack" decrease as compared to the attacks antedating the test attach (25 ± 11 minutes and 19 ± 9 minutes, respectively) (P=0.027, Wilcoxon). In 2 patients with chronic paroxysmal hemicrania, placebo (saline) administration did not lead to any change in the interval between attacks.


Yonggang Zhang Sports Department, College of Mobile, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications,Chongqing,401520 E-Mailbox:firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract:In the past few months, the sudden outbreak of new coronary pneumonia disrupted our normal study and life. However, in order not to affect the progress of students' learning, various schools have carried out online education and carried out non-stop teaching. Online teaching has become the norm in recent months. This teaching method has caught teachers, students, and parents a little bit off guard. However, as time goes by, everyone is becoming more and more familiar with this method. There are still some problems in teaching. This article analyzes the teaching characteristics of online physical education during the prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic, as well as the teaching principles of online physical education and the current status of online physical education. The online teaching strategy puts forward several aspects and directions for online physical education to be improved in the future.


Routine medical services must be maintained during conflict situations, Margaret Mungherera, president of the World Medical Association, has said.

Mungherera, a psychiatrist in Uganda, told a conference on healthcare in dangerous situations organised in London by the International Committee of the Red Cross that one of the most important factors for a country's recovery after a conflict was the maintenance of routine medical services such as primary healthcare and maternal healthcare.

"In Uganda the routine health services have been so disrupted that we are still struggling even 10 years after the conflict has ended," she said.

"You can see the difference between areas where there was armed conflict and areas where there wasn't. Family planning services and …


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Gastric impaction associated with large colon volvulus (LCV) was identified in seven horses. Right dorsal displacement of the large colon and suspected nephrosplenic entrapment was identified in 2 of the 7 horses as well as LCV with concurrent gastric impaction. All horses underwent surgery for LCV and none survived. Five horses died or were subjected to euthanasia intraoperatively or in recovery. One horse was subjected to euthanasia post operatively due to persistent gastric reflux, following resolution of the gastric impaction. One horse was subjected to euthanasia post operatively due to a suspected gastric rupture, which was confirmed on post mortem examination. It is hypothesised that a large mass in the cranial abdomen, such as a gastric impaction may disrupt the normal anatomical large colon alignment or may cause colonic motility or microbiota alterations, and thus increase the risk of large colon displacement and volvulus.


By analyzing the measured corrugation data, the cause of rail corrugation was discussed theoretically. Then, the vehicle-track coupling model was used to study the stick-slip characteristics of wheel-rail system. Finally, the cause of rail corrugation was explained by combining modal analysis and wheel-rail stick-slip relation. The transverse stick-slip curve on the inner rail-inner wheel of the leading wheelset presents a negative slope characteristic, which makes the inner wheel easy to slide on the inner rail surface and aggravates the wear of inner rail; there are also negative slope sections of the stick-slip curve on the outer rail-outer wheel of the trailing wheelset, but the adhesion coefficient is relatively large, indicating that the outer wheel will not slide obviously and the wear is relatively small. Meantime, with the increase of line curve radius, the negative slope phenomenon of stick-slip curves on the inner and outer rail sides shows a decreasing trend, which illustrates that the sliding wear of wheel is gradually reduced, and thus the occurrence probability of rail corrugation decreases. Combined with modal analysis, it can be seen that the coupling action of wheel discs bending vibration and inner rail bending-torsional vibration is the main cause of rail corrugation under the condition of wheel-rail system with stick-slip negative slope.


Bradykinin (BK) is an inflammatory agent that could be involved in causing ureter contraction during stone passage. Rho-Kinase play a key role in the control of the electro- and pharmaco-mechanical coupling in the rat ureter via modulation of calcium influx through L-type voltage-gated calcium channels and modulation of MLCP activity (Borysova et al., 2011). Moreover, the level of Rho- kinases have been substantially increased in the obstructed rabbit ureter, and the contractile responses induced by various factors were effectively inhibited by the selective blocker of Rho-kinase (Y-27632) (Turna et al., 2007). Measurement of the force of contractions together with confocal imaging were done after loading strips of the rat ureter with calcium indicator.


In this work, the electronic spectra of dimethylamino-benzylideneimine were investigated. The result shows that charge transfer from a donor located at the end of molecule to an acceptor at the other end of the conjugated molecule 3 in theground state occurs, the absorption wave-length of 3 shifts from 315 nm to 405 nm comparing with 1 . No charge transfer for compounds 4, 5, 6 are observed in the ground state, but the electron transfer occurs obviously in the excited state, this make the intensity of fluorescence decrease strongly. The fluorescence quenching of compound 1 by MMA also is observed, it indicates that an electron transfer occursbetween 1 and MMA. The fluorescence of 1 decreases after addition of acrylic acid owing to the hydrolysis of Schiff bases.


Precipitation of calcium carbonate is widespread in microbial communities (biofilms, microbial mats, etc.) and plays an important role in the nucleation and formation of stromatolites, onkolites and oolites. Here we report carbonate precipitation under laboratory conditions in defined spherical microbial communities. These microbial communities represent a symbiosis of cyanobacteria, diatoms and heterotrophic bacteria. Calcification structures always reflect the shape of microbial aggregates resulting from the formation of coalescent grains in chains. Position of the single carbonate crystals follows the spherical arrangement of the filamentous cyanobacteria and results in hollow spheres. The structure of the spherical biofilm determines the form of the carbonate layer. Tiny calcite scleres, deposited by spherical microbial communities in concentric arrangement are observed continuously, documented and described in the laboratory cultures. They may represent the precursors of oolites and are the first reproducible laboratory system generating ooids without a hard nucleus within an otherwise laminated microbial mat community.


high pressures present below the surfaces of the major planets with a density low enough to explain their mean densities. As these planets cooled, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen must have combined with part of the hydrogen. Of the hydrogen compounds of carbon, only methane, the most volatile, would be expected to show in the atmospheres. Ammonia is more easily condensed, so that while it is abundant on Jupiter it is scarcely detectable on the outer planets. All free oxygen must have combined with hydrogen, and the resulting ice must have fallen below the clouds. The spectra of the atmospheres of the major planets are, in fact, almost exactly what might have been anticipated from our theories of cosmogony and our knowledge of physical chemistry.


To understand a complex system (e.g., an economy, an ecosystem, the global climate system), scientists often rely on models. Models simplify reality by focusing on certain parts of a system, and the relationships between them, while ignoring, by necessity, others. Advocates of complexity theory often boldly claim (partly by virtue of greater realism) that they can improve upon the standard neoclassical economic framework. A much weaker claim supports the promotion of this new class of models or any class of models: even if the complexity framework makes less accurate predictions than the neoclassical approach, the complexity framework can be of use because its models differ.


Notes about the silkworm in Chinese folklore. Two legends about the silkworm (Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758) in Chinese folklore are presented: one about its origin, the other about cats as protectors of silkworms and sericulture.


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This paper addresses the modification of the existing dynamic arc model for lightning arc simulation application. The modified dynamic arc model combines the static and the dynamic arc equations that are already established in the literature to reproduce an arc fault involving a lightning-struck tree and a nearby power distribution line during rainfall. The results of experimental studies regarding arc creation between a tree and a nearby power line with artificial rainfall were obtained. A complete model of this phenomenon is reproduced using the electromagnetic transient program (ATP/EMTP) and the existing static and dynamic arc equations. The essential reason for modifying this model is graphically shown with a comparison of the dynamic arc and the modified dynamic arc models. The performance of the arc phenomenon was examined using a typical Finnish distribution network design. By means of simulation using the modified dynamic arc, developed within the ATP/EMTP software with its Transient Analysis Control System features, the lightning arc performance of the MV/LV network under the influence of nearby trees and the network characteristics is analyzed. It is expected that such a model can be included in the existing ATP/EMTP software packages for simulating power system transients. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Impact bombardment and global contraction due to planetary cooling have both shaped the surface of Mercury over very long time scales. Landforms associated with these processes, i.e., impact craters and thrust fault‐related escarpments, and their mutual geologic relationships were analyzed to gain insight into the temporal relationships between the two. We assess stratigraphic relationships of ~6000 thrust fault‐related landforms with all 20 km diameter and larger craters to statistically evaluate the timing and rate of contraction on Mercury. Geometric probabilities were computed for thrust faults crosscutting craters of different degradation stages that correspond to different time‐stratigraphic systems, which allow determination of the onset and time derivative of global contraction. Results show that this process had begun after the late heavy bombardment of the inner solar system and likely gradually slowed toward the present. Implications arise for thermal history models as well as slip rates and quake recurrence intervals along thrust faults on Mercury.


A new flow injection on-line analyzer based on diphenylcarbazide( DPC) colorimetry was developed for the determination of hexavalent chromium in seawater samples and the optimal condition was designed. The analyzer realized full automation analysis by combining photoelectric detection,digital signal processing and automatic control technology. The method was proven to be rapid sampling frequency( 60 h- 1),width linear range [( 0. 004 ~1.00) mg / L],the lower quantification limit( 2. 17 μg / L),higher precision( RSD 7. 62%),and high spiked recoveries within 92. 0% ~ 100. 8% were attained. The convenient,speedy,sensitive,reliable,economic and environmental analyzer was proved applicable for on-line monitoring and detection of chromium( VI) in such complicated samples as seawater,surface water and wastewater.


inantly acoustic solar oscillations, has revolutionized the understanding of the physics of the interior of the Sun. By the same token, we have long been promised a similar leap in understanding when observations of oscillations of solar-like stars (asteroseismology) became possible. Large-amplitude oscillations in what we would classically call variable stars have been observed since the discovery by the English amateur astronomer, John Goodricke, in 1784 of variability in δ Cephei and η Aquilae (Goodricke 1786); but the levels of the oscillations predicted for solar-like stars are small and hence challenging to detect. Cepheid stars can vary in brightness by a magnitude but, by comparison, the intensity oscillations of the Sun are at the micro-magnitude level. The solar-like oscillations are driven by turbulent fluctuations in the outer convection zones of suitable stars. These set up global resonant modes inside the star. Advances in the techniques for stabilizing the response of spectrometers have meant that in very recent years we have seen ground-based observations of radial velocity oscillations of several stars that are broadly similar to the Sun. Although these observations are difficult to interpret because of the significant effects of the observing window on the measured spectrum, nevertheless it was felt that clear detections had been made. To provide cleaner spectra, measurements from a suitable instrument in space, above the Earth's atmosphere and with a largely unimpeded view of the target star, was a natural step. Such observations from a microsatellite naturally seek intensity fluctuations rather than radial velocity measurements because intensity measurements are much simpler to make; and, from space, scintillation due to the Earth's atmosphere does not contaminate the data. The first satellite, MOST (Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars), dedicated to the observations of stellar oscillations was launched in June 2003 and its first results were published in July 2004 (Matthews et al. 2004). Their initial target was Procyon (α Canis Minoris), an F5 subgiant (visual magnitude 0.38), a prominent feature of the winter sky in the northern hemisphere seen to the east of the constellation of Orion. Matthews et al. say: "The bright star Procyon has been considered one of the best candidates for asteroseismology on the basis of models and previous reports of p modes detected in groundbased spectroscopy." However, they report no oscillations detected in intensity. So are the results flawed or do they point to the limitations of our understanding of stellar oscillations?


Abstract Grobner's Lie Series and the Exponential Formula provide different explicit formulas for the flow generated by a finite-dimensional polynomial vector field. The present paper gives (1) a generalization of the Lie series in case of non-commuting variables called Exponential Substituition, (2) a structural understanding of the three formulas and their mutual relationships in terms of rooted trees, and (3) as a byproduct new results on the enumeration, coding, and statistics of different kinds of rooted trees.


Malignant mesothelioma is a highly fatal malignancy that may become more prevalent in the Asia–Pacific region over the next decades. We review clinical aspects of this disease, including presentation, diagnosis, staging and management. A small proportion of patients will be suitable for aggressive trimodality therapy (extra‐pleural pneumonectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy) with the aim of cure or achieving prolonged palliation. However, most patients will present with advanced disease and so are only suitable for palliation. We review palliative therapy with an emphasis on the practical aspects of chemotherapy as well as palliative procedures such as pleurodesis. The future direction of clinical research in mesothelioma is discussed.


The different segregation and lattice structure in the sample edge layer (SEL) of Mg–Gd–TM (TM: solute element, mainly Ni or Ag) alloys prepared by ion thinner have been investigated in this study. The result displays that the polycrystalline phase, Mg2GdNi9, is found in the SEL zone of Mg–Gd–Ni alloys, and the single‐crystalline phase, MgGdAg2, is found in the SEL zone of Mg–Gd–Ag alloys. The investigation of different lattice structures contributes to the distinguishment and analysis of the illusionary phases in the SEL zone of Mg–Gd–TM ternary alloys by electron microscopy sampling.


The electricity subsidy for the Punjab farmers, particularly since 1997-98 when it was extended as totally free, continues to be a debatable issue. A part of the electricity cost was recovered from the farmers on the per unit basis of consumption upto late 1970s. It was changed to horsepower of the motor irrespective of the consumption for the convenience (economy) in collection of the amount, upto 199697. There was also an occasional recovery in small amounts during 2002-2005 and 2010-11. Thus the electricity subsidy for agriculture was a small amount to begin with but assumed gigantic proportion over time as its consumption increased. The number of electric tubewells has increased, the area under rice, which means that major irrigation requirement has increased, while the water table has gone down, which means more power is needed to draw out the same quantity of water and the cost of electricity supply has also increased. All these issues are inter-related; and, the free electricity to the farm sector is often quoted as the main precursor to the increase in the rice area, over-exploitation of groundwater and as an obstacle to diversification. The main theme of the paper is to analyse comprehensively the extent and impact of electricity subsidy on the farm economy and the possibilities of restructuring the incentives to contain the electricity subsidy for moving towards achieving the long term goals of efficiency and resource conservation.


Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. The underlying pathology can be both inflammatory and degenerative. It affects over 400,000 Americans per year and usually strikes in the prime of life. The disease can result in serious and debilitating impairment of physical, emotional, and cognitive functions that limit patients' overall status, halt their hopes and dreams, and alter their quality of life. To slow disease progression, administration of disease-modifying treatments early in the course of disease is thought to offer the best option for patients to achieve safe and effective management of this lifelong condition. This strategy, along with symptomatic management, encompasses the newest philosophy of comprehensive MS care. From an evidence-based understanding of MS, the role of the MS nurse has been transformed from a supportive, educative role to that of a highly skilled, knowledgeable and specialized professional. The nurse is a lynchpin in a multidisciplinary team dedicated to a patient's continuing care. In addition, the role of the MS nurse has evolved to incorporate supervising MS clinical trials, monitoring patients, implementing protocols, evaluating outcomes, and ultimately contributing to evidence-based practice. Although it is important that patients receive the appropriate therapy that may slow disease progression and manage symptoms, the individualized support provided by the MS nurse is essential to the sustained use of long-term treatments. Industry-supported nurse-administered patient assistance support programs, such as the Betaseron Education, Training and Assistance Nurse/BETAPLUSTM, MS Lifelines, Shared Solutions, and Avonex Services, employ nurses who offer valuable emotional, educational, and technical support to MS patients, ensuring that their needs are met throughout the course of therapy. These MS nurse specialist programs impart knowledge about self-administration of injections and facilitate self-management to reduce adverse events and promote sustained adherence. Regular contact with patients, a consistent level of care, a trusting relationship, and a greater understanding of prescribed treatment have resulted in increased adherence to complex protocols. As the specialty of MS nursing continues to evolve within the MS healthcare team, the MS nurse will continue to have a profound influence on treatment and improving quality of life in patients with MS.


The scheme of evaluation for the positioning repeatability in variable axes numerical control machine tools(VNCMT) is studied. It refers to relevant items regarding the positioning accuracy of conventional NC machines taking into consideration characters of VNCMT. The positioning repeatability of machine model BKX I is evaluated as a typical case. The results indicate that the error of positioning repeatability is not in excess of 20 μm, and a coupling among all kinds of errors in VNCMT exists. These trials may offer a reference for further study of similar kinds of machine tools.


Journal of Heredity 2014:105(4):566–571 doi:10.1093/jhered/esu016 Advance Access publication March 11, 2014 Brief Communications 567 adult or juvenile life (Duvernell et al. 2008; Able et al. 2012). Estuarine habitat along the Atlantic coast of the United States exhibits a dramatic transition in mean sea surface temperature from about 10 °C in the north to about 23°C in the south. Fundulus heteroclitus inhabits this transitional zone, and its ability to adapt to these temperature fluctuations has been suggested to be in part the result of variation in the metabolic enzyme lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) expressed principally in muscle tissue. LDH in Fundulus has been one of the most well-studied latitudinal clines in evolutionary biology and has been cited to have temperature-dependent kinetic characteristics that associate with differences in swimming performance, metabolism, developmental rates, as well as survivorship at high temperatures (Powers et al. 1991). The gene that codes for LDH has 2 allozyme alleles distinguished by a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP, Powell et al. 1992). These allozyme alleles vary in frequency in a clinal fashion along the coast, where populations of F. heteroclitus in Maine are fixed for 1 allele, whereas those in Georgia are fixed for the other allele (Powers and Place 1978). A field survey of LDH alleles in Long Island indicated higher southern allele frequencies in populations near a warm water outflow from a nuclear power plant (Mitton 1973). Although these studies point to selection as a major driver of the LDH cline in Fundulus (Brown and Chapman 1991; Powers et al. 1991; Crawford and Powers 1992), it remains a possibility that neutral fixation of LDH and historical population differentiation played a role in the observed clinal pattern (Hilbish 1996; Strand et al. 2012). Powers and Place (1978) originally described the LDH cline in F. heteroclitus from samples collected in 1970–1972. Between 1970–1972 and 2008–2009, estuarine water temperatures have risen an average of 0.6 °C and 2.2 °C during summer and winter months, respectively (Figure 1; see also Maul et al. 2001; Nixon et al. 2004; Allen et al. 2008), and the distribution and abundance of several nearshore species have shifted northward (e.g., Jones et al. 2009, 2010; Nye et al. 2009). Given the strong evidence that LDH plays a role in thermal tolerance, we re-examined the LDH cline to test for microevolutionary response to warming estuaries. Although the original 1970–1972 survey utilized allozyme technology, we estimated allele frequencies of 2010 fishes at a SNP that determines electrophoretic differences at LDH (see Powell et al. 1992). We predicted that a range-wide response to increasing estuarine temperatures would shift the midpoint of the historical cline toward northern latitudes.


Borehole instabilities can be encountered at any stage in the life o f a well, including drilling, completion and stimulation, flow tests, production, and depletion. Borehole instabilities are the main cause o f drilling difficulties, resulting in substantial expenditures, expensive loss o f time, sometimes even in the loss o f part o f or even whole boreholes. One o f the most prominent features o f rock formations is the presence o f joints and fractures at all scales. Many petroleum reservoirs are situated in fractured porous formations. When boreholes are drilled in such formations, wellbore stability has been a major concern. In order to accurately predict the wellbore behavior in fractured porous media, the matrix and fracture deformations as well as fluid flow in both pores and fractures need to be fully-coupled. This study was carried out to analyze the stability o f boreholes in naturally fractured reservoirs. The analytical method is applied to solve wellbore problems in elastic and plastic media, the closed-form solutions are given to validate the numerical solutions. The naturally fractured reservoir was treated as a dual-porosity medium consisting o f the primary rock matrix system and the fractured system. The fracture and matrix systems in the fractured reservoir are distinctly different in both porosity and permeability. The global flow occurs primarily through the high-permeability, lowporosity fracture system surrounding the matrix rock blocks. The matrix blocks contain the majority o f the reservoir storage volume and act as local source to the fracture system. The fractures are interconnected and provide the main fluid flow path to the wells. Assuming the matrix and fractures in the fractured medium to be 'separate and overlapping', and applying the double effective law. the dual-porosity formulations that couple matrix and fracture deformations and flu id flow in the matrix and fracture systems for the fractured porous formations were presented. To overcome the solution difficulties in the most general case, the numerical method was applied to solve the dual-porosity formulations. The finite element solution and a windows-based pseudo-three-dimensional finite element software for any directional


Public disorder can become manifest in many forms: political, industrial, environmental, racial, sporting, festive and various eclectic combinations. In accommodating protest and dissent, the policing of public disorder can adopt a variety of responses ranging on the spectrum from militaristic deployment and tactics to conciliatory and consensual strategies. The increasing sophistication and professionalism of certain forms of protest have necessitated a corresponding, non-confrontational reply from policing. This paper explores the policing policy and strategies adopted in two contemporary British case-studies: a protracted environmental protest against a freeway extension in Devon and a two-and-a-half year industrial picket by former Liverpool dockers.


ABSTRACT
Pertiwi, Putri Hana, 2018, analysis of factors that influence the purchase
decision of nutritional shake herbalife products in the nutritional home of the city
of Mojokerto. Final project / Script, Marketing Management Study Program,
Faculty of Economics, Majapahit Islamic University (UNIM)
Lecturer I
: Eny Setyariningsing, SE., MM
Lecturer II
: Budi Utami, SE., MM

This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the purchase decision of
Herbalife Nutritional Shake products. The data used are primary and secondary
data. The sample studied was 83 respondents. The number of variables studied
were 28 variables. The data processed using factor analysis of 26 variables can
be further analyzed. There are 2 variables released because the MSA value is
<0.5. Data obtained from respondents were processed using SPSS 24.0 For
Windows.
The results showed that the results of the 26 variables were analyzed by factor
analysis models which were factors influencing the purchase decision of
Herbalife Nutritional Shake products. These factors consist of 6 factors, namely,
environmental factors with a total eigenvalue of 9,800, social factors with total
eigenvalues 3,106, personal factors with total eigenvalue of 1.606, psychological
factors with total eigenvalue of 1.326, marketing factors with total eigenvalue of
1.222, location factors with total eigenvalue 1,105.
The dominant factor that influences the purchase decision of Herbalife Nutritional
Shake products at nutrisis house in Mojokerto City is an environmental factor
consisting of promotion, distribution, subculture, age and life cycle, lifestyle,
personality, perception, and knowledge variables with a variance percentage
value of 37,693%
Keywords: Analyze Factors, Purchase Decision


In the controllability study of complex networks,there are basically two core issues:The minimal number of inputs and the minimal number of controlled nodes needed to achieve full control.Liu and Barabasi applied the modern control theory to the investigation of network structural controllability of linear dynamical systems and proposed a method to calculate the minimal number of inputs.This solves the computable problem of the complex network structural controllability.As to undirected or weighted networks in real networks,the paper introduces the concept of node control capacity for them.By using the method of adding inputs or edges,we propose algorithms to identify the minimal set of driver nodes as well as the approximately minimal set of controlled nodes to ensure the full control of network.


The present invention is a thermal insulating and flame-retardant sheets, and in particular, heat-insulating property and flame retardancy is excellent, and deformation and unbroken architectural insulation and flame resistance sheet (1) relates to a method of manufacturing the same that are used as piping, ventilation holes and building interior and exterior materials. The present invention includes a first laminating step (S100) of forming the first sheet (11) laminated to the aluminum film (3) in the lower portion of the PET film (2) and; A first laminating step (S100) the first sheet 11, a pressure roller pressing the drying step (S200) to (6) to supply pressure and supplying it to the heat in a dry (7) dry heat to the formed through and; A second laminating step of laminating the net shape of the glass fiber yarn (4) a pressure-drying step (S200) to the aluminum film 3, the lower portion of the coarse first sheet 11 forming the second sheet (12) (S300) and; Second third laminating step of laminating the laminating step (S300) of the second sheet 12 of glass fiber yarns (4) of foam rubber sheet 5 in the lower portion of the manufactured through forming a heat-insulating and flame retardant sheet 1 ( S400), and; The third lamination step (S400) for the insulation and flame retardant sheet 1, the pressing roller 6 is supplied to the pressure-drying step (S500) for pressing and supplying it to the heat by drying (7) Dry heat as prepared in the .; It made a pressurized drying process (S500) and the rough-retardant insulation sheet (1) to the cooling step (S600) for cooling the cooling unit (9).


Brucite, Mg(OH)2, is an uncommon mineral primarily known to mineral collectors, and to specialists studying contact metamorphic and ultramafic rocks. It is an environmentally friendly flame-retardant and is in commercial demand; it also represents a potential ore source for the metal, magnesium, which is itself in great demand. The present brucite market for flame-retardants is less than 50 000 tonnes annually, but it is increasing exponentially. Brucite has the advantage of not containing CO2; hence none is released during calcination, a positive feature in today's society concerned with climate change. This review paper summarises the topic for scientists studying the thermodynamic properties of brucite, geologists studying its contact meta-morphic characteristics, exploration geologists and potential end-users. Given the demand for the mineral and metal, high-grade brucite deposits may become hot exploration targets within the next few years. SOMMAIRE
 La brucite, Mg(OH)2, est un mineral plutot rare connu surtout des collectionneurs de mineraux et des specialistes du metamorphisme de contact et des roches ultramafiques. La brucite est un materiau ignifuge ecologique qui est en demande commercialement; il represente aussi une source potentielle de magnesium metallique, pour lequel existe une forte demande. La demande actuelle de brucite comme materiau ignifuge est de moins de 50 000 tonnes annuellement, mais elle croit exponentiellement. La brucite a l'avantage de ne pas contenir de CO2; et donc, aucun CO2 n'est produit lors de sa calcination, caracteristique tres appreciee en ces temps d'inquietudes en regard des changements climatiques. Notre article de synthese presente un resume de la question a l'intention des scientifiques interesses par les proprietes thermodynamique de la brucite, aux geologues interesses par ses caracteristiques de mineral de metamorphisme de contact, ainsi qu'aux geologues en general et aux utilisateurs. Etant donne la demande de brucite comme mineral et comme source de metal, les bons gisements de brucite pourraient constituer des cibles d'exploration dans un avenir rapproche.


Prior elicitation will always be imprecise, unless the prior is selected from some convenience family of priors. In addition, it is likely that elicited prior information will be incompatible. Possible approaches to resolving the problems associated with imprecise/and or incompatible prior information are illustrated in the binomial case.


Addition of glutamine to parenteral nutrition in surgical infants remains controversial. The aim of this trial was to determine whether glutamine supplementation of parenteral nutrition in infants requiring surgery would reduce the time to full enteral feeding and/or decrease the incidence of sepsis and septicaemia.


This paper reviews and compares 11 studies that have estimated external costs of fossil electricity generation by benefits transfer. These studies include 13 countries and most of these countries are developing countries. The impact pathway approach is applied to estimate the environmental impact arising from fossil fuel-fired power plant's air emission and the related damages on human health. The estimated damages are used to value the monetary external costs from fossil fuel electricity generation. The estimated external costs in the 13 countries vary from 0.51 to 213.5 USD (2005) per MW h due to differences in fossil fuel quality, location, technology, and efficiency of power plants and additionally differences in assumptions, monetization values, and impact estimations. Accounting for these externalities can indicate the actual costs of fossil energy. The results can be applied by policy makers to take measures to avoid additional costs and to apply newer and cleaner energy sources. The described methods in the selected studies for estimating the external costs with respect to incomplete local data can be applied as a useful example for other developing countries.


Objective:To determine the content of isojacareubin in Hypericum japonicum Thunb.,a new RP- HPLC method was developed.Methods:Diamonsil C_(18) column(200 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm)was used with acetonitrile -methanol-water-phosphoric acid (45:15:50:0.05)as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 1.0 mL·min~(-1).The absorbance was monitored at 254 nm and column temperature was the room temperature.Results:The calibration curve was linear in the range of 5.01 -80.2 μg·mL~(-1) (r=0.9999)for isojacareubin.The average recovery was 97.5 % (n=9).Conclusion:The method is simple,rapid,accurate and reliable,which may be used for the determi- nation of isojacareubin in Hypericum japonicum Thunb..


The Neocomian was a major regressive event in the Yarsomov Trough that prograded from east to west and downlapped onto the Bazhenov Shale, the major source rock interval. This general Neocomian regression was punctuated and disrupted by a series of type 1 unconformities and the concomitant deposition of lowstand depositional systems. These systems consist of a series of detached fans, unconfined lowstand wedges, and confined incised-valleys. These sand-prone lowstand depositional systems are the primary reservoirs and provided the conduits for the migration of hydrocarbons. Ineffective seals at the upper contacts of the detached fans and lowstand wedges limited trapping of hydrocarbons in the more distal depositional systems. Depositional rates were high, and sediments were dispersed by a variety of mass-movement processes, causing rapid deposition on the subaqueous basin slope and floor. The fans are grouped into two major process types: gravity and slump. The best reservoirs are tentacular, non-channelized basin floor fans deposited as high density sediment gravity flows. Fans deposited by slump processes are characterized tentacular sands with limited reservoir continuity. Both fan types and potential seals can be predicted ahead-of-the-drill by applying seismic and depositional sequence analysis technologies, thus significantly reducing exploration risk.


The production of vegetable soybean has been developing in Northeast China,even in the countrywide.To investigate the effect of fertilizer on quality formation and to discuss the different features between vegetable-type and grain-type soybeans,two grain-type soybean cultivars Shennong 8 and Tiefeng 29,and four vegetable soybean cultivars Shennongyin 108,Shennongyin 122,Shennongyin 132,and Shennongyin 133 were adopted,three diammonium phosphate fertilizer treatment of 0 kg·hm-2(T1),150 kg·hm-2(T2),and 300 kg·hm-2(T3)were used.The dynamic change of protein,fat,total content of protein and fat,soluable sugar in soybean seed were determined.Results showed that Tiefeng 29 and Shennongyin 133 had the best quality among grain-type and vegetable-type soybeans,respectively.Compared with T1,T2 could increase the seed protein content,while T3 could decrease it.The treatments of T2 and T3 could increase the seed fat content,protein and fat content and soluble sugar content.The fat accumulation in vegetable soybean seeds showed typical"S"curve.Under the same fertilizer level,the protein content and soluble sugar content of vegetable soybean was higher than that of grain-type soybean,while fat content of vegetable soybean was lower than that of grain-type soybean.The content of protein showed a negative correlation with the application amount of diammonium phosphate,while the content of fat showed a positive correlation,the total protein and fat contents had a significant positive correlation and the soluble sugar contents showed a positive correlation.


The present invention relates to an information processing system, a control method for an information processing apparatus, an information processing apparatus, information processing apparatus control program and a computer-readable recording medium. , In the information processing apparatus of an information processing system formed by connecting each multi-dimensional information processing apparatus in the following control: the position of the same dimension to the dimension of the transmission destination of the data sent and the device compares the results of the comparison is, the position where the device is a position before one information processing apparatus, the changed virtual channel data belongs.


On 1 June 1988 a sample of twenty juvenile prawns referable to Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards was obtained from Gora Bari Creek, Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan, by Miss Safia Khanum for the study of their gut contents. There were seven males and thirteen females measuring 15 to 27 mm in carapace length, including rostrum. The sample was first washed using running tapwater, then preserved in 59lo formaline for 24 hours, and later transferred to 70 % alcohol. After three days when the prawns were being weighed and measured a pearl-like object was observed. Pearl-like objects from crustaceans have been recorded earlier also. The earliest reference is that of a 'lobster pearl' from the chela of a cooked lobster, which was discovered in July 1907; Herrick (1910: 294) has given a detailed account of this pearl from Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837. Herrick in 1911 also noted, in a footnote, that Calman informed him (in litt., 14 January 1911) about a similar specimen which was received from a fishmonger in London several years ago, embedded in the abdominal muscles of Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787). A compilation of such information has been dealt with by Balss (1941) who also cited references of the occurrence of 'Dermoid cystes' in the eyes of caridean prawns Acanthephyra sp. and Lebbeus polaris (Sabine, 1821), the latter have, however, not been considered as 'true pearls'


This article explores the multiple senses of yi or change in the Yi Jing or Book of Change, as a conception that denotes nothing but interality. By looking at the text interalogically, it tries to reveal that the underlying magnitude of the book is its focus on change as a study of interality (jianxing 间性), rather than Being, which thus became the foundation or point of departure of early Chinese thought. Cet essai explore les sens multiples du Yi ou les changements du Yi Jing ou Livre du changement comme conception qui n'exprime rien d'autre que l'interalite (interality). Une analyse interalogique du texte tend a reveler que la magnitude sous-jacente du livre tient a sa focalisation sur le changement en tant qu'etude de l'interalite (interality - jianxing间性), plutot que de l'Etre, ce qui par consequent devient le fondement ou point de depart de la pensee chinoise ancienne.


During early placentation, trophoblast cell columns help anchor the developing embryo into the uterine wall. Although proximally continuous with villous cytotrophoblast (CTB), distally these cells differentiate into invasive extravillous trophoblast (EVT). In the absence of normal EVT differentiation, pregnancies can terminate early or be complicated by fetal growth restriction. We previously reported that ΔNp63, a p53 family member, is highly expressed in CTB but is lost when these cells further differentiate into EVT. We now further explore the downstream targets of p63 during EVT differentiation using both primary CTB and the JEG3 human trophoblast. Using gene microarrays, we identified HTRA4 as one such p63 target: HTRA4 is a member of the high temperature requirement A family of serine proteases, and have been shown to regulate trophoblast fusogenic activity and invasion. p63‐overexpressing JEG3 cells showed decreased expression of HTRA4, and decreased cell migration; conversely, down‐regulation of p63 increased HTRA4 expression and restored cell migration. In primary human trophoblast, isolated from early placental tissues, we found that HTRA4 is expressed at low levels in p63‐high EGFR+/HLAG‐ CTBs, and at high levels in p63‐low EGFR‐/HLAG+ EVTs. Taken together, these data indicate that EVT differentiation is accompanied by loss of p63 and gain of HTRA4. Our data reveal a potentially novel p63‐HTRA4 axis, involved in trophoblast migration and invasion.


The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of using Collaborative Strategic Reading Strategy (CSRS) on developing the speaking skills of EFL university students. The design of the study was a pre-post quasi experimental design. Instrument was a pre-post speaking test. Participants were fifty EFL freshman university students divided into two equivalent groups: control group (25 students), and experimental one (25 students). The two groups were pre-tested in the dependent variable (speaking skills). The experiment lasted for three months. During this period, the experimental group was taught using the collaborative strategic reading strategy while the control group was taught using the regular method. At the end of the experiment, the two groups were post tested. Significant differences were found between the mean scores of the experimental and the control group students' in favor of the experimental group. Also, significant differences were found between the mean scores of the pre and post test of experimental group students' in favor of the post test. It was concluded that collaborative strategic reading strategy developed the speaking skills of EFL freshman university students.


Introduction: Diet-related cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality. Over-consumption of fructose, widely used in soft drinks, results in adverse metabolic effects, including insulin re...


Student Research Committee, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran PhytoPharmacology Interest Group (PPIG), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran Faculty of Pharmacy, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Contacto | Contact: Roodabeh BAHRAMSOLTANI E-mail address: email@example.com


The present invention is to provide a lesser amount may be used to obtain excellent properties saccharification using glucoamylase compositions and the formulation methods saccharified solution saccharifying enzyme composition. Saccharifying enzyme composition to the lignocellulosic biomass saccharification process as a matrix. Saccharifying enzyme composition comprising: free endoglucanase cellulose binding domain, containing two cellobiohydrolase and a cellulose binding domain containing β- glucosidase cellulose binding domain. FERMBP-11508 20110905


This paper deals with the task of developing a robotic framework for analyzing Simultaneous Localization and Landmark Mapping (SLAM) algorithms using the Robotic Operating System (ROS). The robot capability to navigate in a mapped or unmapped indoor environment according to the identified landmarks. The Beagle bone single board computer (SBC) which runs the ROS platform reads the inputs using the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor, process the data and feeds the outputs signals to the motor controller of the autonomous mobile robot. The LiDAR sensor sends the data to the SBC as a binary data stream. The main purpose of the robot development is to the analysis of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms and identify their performance to apply to an autonomous outdoor grass cutting robot. For this research, a probabilistic robotics approach is used. It represents describing uncertainty using the calculus of probability theory. These probabilistic robotics algorithms represent information by probability distributions over a whole space of possible hypothesis. These probability algorithms enable to accommodate all the sources of uncertainty. SLAM algorithms are probabilistic algorithms. In this research, FastSLAM, and tinySLAM algorithms are usedand the aim is to test the accuracy of these algorithms when identifying landmarks of an unknown environment using ROS. For the localization and mapping of the robot, ROS Navigation Stack is used because the developed autonomous robot has a differential wheel and Navigation Stack is specially designed for these types of robots. It holds all the information of the sensors attached to the robot using Transform Frames (TF) software library. This software library manages the transform tree which has information about each sensor attached to the robot. Also, this robot has a 3D model in which real-time shows the motion and the scanned map of the environment. Real-time visualization is envisaged by using Robot Visualization (RViz) tool in the ROS. After scanning the area, the map of the scanned environment can be plotted and test the accuracy of the maps. Usually, the data that comes from LiDAR sensor is saved in ROS bag files in binary format.


ZDENEK SUDA, By Way of Introduction. CATHERINE AUDARD, Citizenship and Moral Individuality. JOHN CROWLEY, Liberal Values, Liberal Guilt, and the Distaste for Politics. ROBERT GRANT, Liberalism, Value, and Social Cohesion. SANDRA PRALONG, The Value of Liberalism. THOMAS SCHEFFER, Communitarianism in Practice: The Threat to Individual Rights from the Institutionalist Interpretation of the German Basic Law. MARION GRAFIN DONHOFF, The Limits and the Crisis of Liberal Polities. KARL ACHAM, Social and Cultural Problems in Contemporary Europe: On Recent Challenges to Liberal Ideas. MICHEL GIRARD, Two Dilemmas of Liberalism: Historical Exhaustion and Internal Division in a World of Globalization. BEDRICH LOWENSTEIN, German Difficulties with Liberalism: A Historical Outline. JIRI MUSIL, The Burdens of the Past. ZDENEK SUDA, Liberalism in Central Europe after 1989. STEPHEN HOLMES, Can Weak-State Liberalism Survive? ILJA SRUBAR, Neo-Liberalism, Post-Communist Transformation, and Civil Society. ALLISON STANGER, Constitutional Transformation in Post-Communist Central Europe: A Liberal Revolution? SVETOZAR PEJOVICH, Law, Tradition, and Liberalism in Practice: Quo Vadis, East Central Europe?


Conformal mechanics, the simplest conformal field theory, is reformulated as a d=1 nonlinear sigma model on the group SO(1,2). Its action and equation of motion are shown to have a simple representation in terms of corresponding Cartan forms. The equation of motion amounts to certain algebraic relations between these forms which define a class of geodesics on SO(1,2). The authors' geometric approach demonstrates deep analogies between the d=1 conformal mechanics and the d=2 Liouville theory. It is equally applicable to more complicated cases of superconformal mechanics and can be used to deduce the equations of the latter in a manifestly invariant superfield form.


Fast and quantitative analysis of cellular activity, signaling and responses to external stimuli is a crucial capability and it has been the goal of several projects focusing on patch clamp measurements [l-3]. To provide the maximum functionality and measurement options, we have developed a patch clamp array device that incorporates on-chip electronics, mechanical, optical and microfluidic coupling as well as cell localization through fluid flow. The preliminary design, which integrated microfluidics, electrodes and optical access, was fabricated and tested. In addition, new designs which further combine mechanical actuation, on-chip electronics and various electrode materials with the previous designs are currently being fabricated.


The authors describe a synchronous digital transmission system using the network node interface (NNI) that compiles with CCITT recommendations G.707, G.708, and G.709. To offer device independence for function enhancement and to permit a flexible network, the recommendations are implemented as modules A, B, C, and ADP. Module A is a fiberoptic line terminating multiplexer and a generator. Module B is a CV-11 cross-connect system with NNI. Module C converts the existing lower speed interfaces to NNI. ADP converts NNI to the 100-Mb/s existing interface to make use of the existing facilities. The specifications of each module are given, and field trials are discussed.<<ETX>>


Background: Now a days Medical profession is a very challenging profession. Many factors play a role in the outcome of the students when they complete their MBBS course. Aim and Objective: This study was done to know the life style determinants of medical student. Materials and Methods: This study was done on 140 medical students of V Semester medical students of age 19-21 years. The students were given a common questionnaire to answer in yes or no option. Results:From the study it was noticed that 74% of male and 52% of female students were taking junk food and only 18% of male and 29% of female were taking green leafy vegetables and only 14% of male and 31% of female were taking fruits daily .Though 76% of male and 72% of female had knowledge about healthy diet only 24% of male and 22% of female students were practicing healthy diet. Around 48% of male and 40% of female students were satisfied with their dietary habits and 32% of male and 30% of female were skipping their diet regularly.58% of male and 63% of female were hostellers and 42% of male and 37% of female were dayscholars.50% of male and 52% of female own a vehicle and 22% of male and 28% of female own a laptop.82% of male and 35% of female were engaged in physical activities. Time spent in usage of mobiles for male students was 4 hours and females was3 hours respectively. Total sleep time per day for male and female student was 6 hours. Conclusion: This study shows us that there are different factors in the medical life that has to be monitored for better outcome of the performance of medical students.


The war against international terrorism and its sponsors is a war unlike any we have ever known. There is no battlefield, no clash of armies. It is a war fought in the shadows and recesses of the world. Terrorism breeds among the hopeless and the alienated, in societies where democracy and economic opportunity are out of reach for most people. Military power alone will not end this scourge of mankind. Victory will require extensive international cooperation in the intelligence, economic, diplomatic, law enforcement and humanitarian fields. It will require a seamless network of cooperation between America and her allies (Hagel, 2003).

 Key words: Israel, foreign policy, constructivism, sovereignty.


Nontandem terminal chromosome duplications derived from N . crassu translocation T(Z+VZ)NMIOS give rise mitotically to some daughter nuclei which have become euploid by loss of one or the other of the two duplicated segments. Loss of the segment in normal sequence occurs as often as loss of the translocated segment. This is in contrast to all of several other Neurospora duplications that have been studied, where loss of the segment in normal sequence is absent or rare.-T(NMlO3) has the distal two thirds of linkage group IR exchanged with the right tip of VI. Crosses to normal sequence produce a class of morphologically distinct progeny with IR chromosome duplications. For a few days after germination, test crosses of these progeny are barren (make perithecia but few or no spores, as observed commonly with Neurospora duplications). Growing duplication cultures become fertile by accumulating nuclei which have been reduced to either normal sequence (by loss of the segment in translocation sequence) or translocation sequence (by loss of the segment in normal sequence). Both types usually appear within the first week of growth. Naturally formed mixtures or heterokaryons of NMI03 duplication nuclei and their reduced euploid products have been studied by plating and by progeny testing. Determination of nuclear type is based on culture morphology, expression of genetic markers, and crossing behavior. Within the limits of testing, loss is found to begin precisely at the interchange points. The unique finding of frequent breakdown of normalsequence linkage group I chromosomes is not dependent 011 the strain from which the chromosome was derived. Many different strains were tested, and for each one evidence was found that nuclei reduced to translocation sequence had been produced from duplication nuclei by loss of the segment in normal sequence. MANY chromosome rearrangements have been detected in this laboratory by crossing mutagenized cultures to testers of normal chromosome sequence (Normal testers). Strains with rearranged chromosomes usually produce 20% to 50% aborted (white) ascospores in such crosses, in contrast to isosequential crosses, where 90% or more of ascospores are viable and black. The strain studied here, NMIO3, produced 25% white spores, which is typical of several different types of duplication-producing rearrangements ( PERKINS 1974). When progeny from NMI03 X Normal were tested, up to one third showed markedly reduced This research was supported by Public Health Service Research Grant AI-01462. Genetics 85: 439-460 March, 1977.


According to analyzing the optimum path planning of the arc welding robot.This paper presents a new gene insertion greedy genetic algorithm to optimize the global path planning of the arc welding robot.The algorithm can be used in the multi-joint arc welding robot and also be used in the robot off-line programming.


In this paper, we have presented an efficient non-blocking coordinated check pointing algorithm for distributed systems. It produces a consistent set of checkpoints, without the overhead of taking temporary checkpoints; the algorithm also makes sure that only few processes are required to take checkpoints in its any execution; it uses very few control messages and the participating processes are interrupted fewer number of times when compared to some noted related works. The two most important criteria are non-blocking and minimum number of checkpoints. Cao-Singhal showed in their algorithm that it is impossible to design minimum process non-blocking algorithm but it is not desirable in mobile environment that underlying computation will be blocked whenever a check pointing algorithm invoked. If the check pointing scheme is blocking then the performance of the system will be highly affected by the frequent initiation of check pointing algorithm. We must try to minimize the blocking time while keeping the number of checkpoints minimum. So, the proposed scheme concentrate to minimize this overhead by combining coordinated check pointing with minimum blocking time.


We designed a novel fiber structure to support few modes (LP modes) that feature a circular ring shaped core. This fiber design supports four LP modes (LP01, LP02, LP31 and LP11) and the behavior all these modes is studied by varying temperature from 20oC to 80oC. The dispersion and confinement loss have also been analyzed at different temperatures. The results show that the designed fiber can support four modes over the entire range of C band. The proposed novel fiber targets application in multi channels spatial division multiplexing (SDM) where we consider multi input and multi output processing system for network connection system.


This paper presents reliable synthesis of germanium nanowires by the vapor-liquid-solid method using copper as an alternative catalyst to gold, the most commonly used metal. The morphological study showed long range single-crystalline germanium nanowires with diamond structure and diameters ranging from 20 nm to 80 nm and lengths in tenths of a micrometer, which was much larger than the cross-section. In an investigation of electronic properties, devices built from a thin film of nanowires were studied and the semiconductor behavior of the samples confirmed, with variable range hopping identified as the main transport mechanism. Additionally, metal-nanowire contact behavior - ohmic or with Schottky barrier - was found to depend on the metal used in the device. Therefore, the possibility of controlling current-voltage behavior combined with the good crystalline quality of the nanowires renders these nanostructures an attractive option for future electronic and optoelectronic applications.


Episodic supply shortages of metals and unsettling predictions of potential supply constraints in the future have led to a series of recent criticality evaluations. This study applies a consistent criticality methodology to the United States, Australia, and to the global level for both 2008 and 2012. It is the first time that criticality assessments are presented for Australia, a country that contrasts with the United States in terms of its mineral deposits and metal use characteristics. We use the Yale criticality methodology, which measures Supply Risk (SR), Environmental Implications (EI), and Vulnerability to Supply Restriction (VSR) to derive criticality assessments for five major metals (Al, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn) and for indium (In). We find only modest changes in SR between 2008 and 2012 at both country and global levels; these changes are due to revisions in resource estimates. At the country level, Australia's VSR for Ni, Cu, and Zn is 23%–33% lower than that for the United States, largely because of Australia's abundant domestic resources. At the global level, SR is much higher for In, Ni, Cu, and Zn than for Al and Fe as a consequence of SR's longer time horizon and anticipated supply/demand constraints. The results emphasize the dynamic nature of criticality and its variance between countries and among metals.


We show that an Artin algebra Λ having at most three radical layers of infinite projective dimension has finite finitistic dimension, generalizing the known result for algebras with a vanishing radical cube.


Background: Dental fear in children has a devastating effect on their behavior which includes them to have a predetermined notion that the dental treatment would be of a painful experience. Aims and Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of dental fear and its association with dental caries and gingival disease in 6-12-year-old school children in Puducherry. Materials and Methods: A total of 400 school children (200 boys) and (200 girls) were selected randomly between 6 and 12 years age group. Children completed a modified questionnaire from dental fear survey questionnaire and undertook an oral examination using decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) Index and Loe and Silness gingival index (GI). Results: Prevalence of low to moderate "general dental fear" was 46%, and while that of high dental fear was 72%. The mean DMFT (1.82 ± 1.74) and GI (1.02 ± 0.54) of boys was not significantly different from the DMFT (1.96 ± 81) and GI (0.95 ± 0.55) of girls (P > 0.05). Spearman's correlation test demonstrated negative correlation between age and dental fear (r = −0.523; P = 0.005). Conclusion: No significant alteration was found between male and female children regarding DMFT and gingival scores. Dental fear scores decreased with increasing age. No association was found between dental fear and DMFT and GI scores.


Objectives: Our aim was to evaluate cardiovascular health who applied to our clinic for erectile dysfunction. These patients neither had any history of cardiovascular disease nor used medical or surgical treatment for atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Material and Methods: 100 male patients had been included for this study that were applied to our clinic for erectile dysfunction and planned to be started sildenafil sitrate. As a diagnosis criteria we used the first 5 questions of International Index for Erectile Function and the patients whose score was below 21, were included to our study. We performed blood chemistry, profile of hormones and penile doppler ultrasonography to all patients. The patients had been performed holter monitorisation. Electrocardiography, ecocardiography, myocard perfusion sintigraphy with talium and coronary angiography were performed to the patients according to neccessity who had ST segment depression seems to be ischemia. Results: Mean ages of patients were 50.0±13.0 (22-76). Further investigations were performed to 40 patients who had ST depression seems to be ischemia according to the results of Holter Monitorisation. According to the results of these investigations 3 patients were (3%) transferred for coronary bypass operation. 25 patients (25%) have been diagnosed as atherosclerotic coronary artery disease and medical treatment was started to these patients. Conculation: ED patients with no history of symptomatic cardiovascular disease may have atherosclerotic coronary artery disease with significiant rates. Therefore, ED may be an early predictor for cardiovascular disease in many patients and we believe that these patients should be investigated carefully about cardiovascular diseases. ©2007, Firat University, Medical Faculty


This paper describes a method of adaptive control optimization developed for circular sawing to produce a specified surface finish quality in a production environment. It is possible to develop the relationship between the workpiece feed-rate and acoustic emission (AE) count-rate, which is used for the automatic control of workpiece feed-rate, by a single cutting test. This is done for the workpiece immediately before operation by adaptive control optimization, with the workpiece feed-rate and AE count-rate chosen as control variable and process variable, respectively. A multiple-regression equation based on AE count-rate and specific gravity for softwoods is effective for adaptive control optimization of circular sawing in order to produce the required surface finish quality


In any virtual environment, the challenge is to provide efficient services with respect to limited resources and energy. These limitations do make the environment particularly vulnerable to many possible attacks from adversaries. Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) is considered a severely destructive attack wherein intruders attack the virtual environment resources and force it to lose its power and fail early. There are various intrusion detection approaches available worldwide, but they require communications and calculations which waste the network"s limited resources. In this paper, we propose a new intrusion detection model that is suitable for identifying and thereby defending against DDOS attacks. The concept of energy prediction to anticipate the energy consumption of the network in order to detect intruders based on the each individual resource"s excessive usage of power is discussed. The paper also includes implementations which show that our energy based intrusion detection approach can effectively detect intruders based on energy consumption rate.


Jncorpor:lling literature circles in EFL curricula provides practical teaching-learning strategies that work for secondary schools as \veil as colleges or 1,1ni vcrsi tics. This paper presents a three-step frameworkpre-reading, discussion, :ind project nntl evaluation for teachers to design liternturc-relatcd activities as well as help foreign langu,1ge students nchi(}ve a true personal encounter with texts, nnd interpret, nppreciate. anti gnin satisfaction fron1 them. The pupcr concludes with n discussion on son1e teaching strategics that encourage the use of learners' prior experience and cultural backgrounds. Introduction EFL students who learn Englis·h as a major study subject are often unfamiliar with critical ways of reading, questioning and analyzing texts. They are not encouraged to learn about the world at large since the traditional education system places the highest premiun1 on memorizing linguistic aspects of English. They are used to responding to the receptive skills in the English language such as listening and reading and do well in written skills tests, ,vhich mostly focus on grammar, vocabulary and reading comprehension. However, with the global shift in the role of English, English education in EFL situations has been experiencing new phases with the recognition of the irnportance of communicative language teaching and the cultural orientation of the target language, Literature circles where students read and talk about literature can n1eet new challenges in EFL teaching since EFL learners will have the following benefits. First, students learn about the various uses of English and will eventually be able to use it by themselves by grasping the characteristics of literary language. By reading aloud, discussing and responding to the text, students have more opportunities to practice the target language in a practical sense. According to Marquardt ( 1968), the study of literature in the target language is the best approach to a total 1nastery of the language. Second, literature models a wide range of communicative strategies. Through diverse scenes from literature, students encounter various communicative


This study examines some of the psychological and behavioral effects of a 12-hour compressed shift schedule on coal miners in two organizations in Western Canada. It suggests that young, married compressed shift workers are more satisfied with their family relationship. They spend less of their leisure time with spouses when working shifts, and do not spend any more time with them on their days off. They have less time available for many leisure activities on their workdays. The extra time on days off is not reallocated to the leisure activities they were unable to do on their workdays. Some extra leisure time on days off may be spent on personal hobbies. There is no suggestion that the compressed shift schedule has any negative effect on the individual's health.


In this article, improvement of the memory effects and adjacent channel interference introduced by the nonlinearity of the power amplifier in the both Code division multiple access (CDMA) and Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing based (OFDM) transmitters is evaluated through Feedforward linearization method. For CDMA system, more than 17.27 dB increasing in OIP3 is and at least 25 dB improvement in adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) is obtained. For OFDM system, achieved improvement through Feedforward linearization method is at least 39.03 dB in third output intercept point (OIP3 ), more than 26.6 dB in ACPR and 5.44 dB in peak-to- average ratio. It is observed that the designed Feedforward circuit can efficiently improve the nonlinearity caused by memory effects and saturation of the power amplifiers of CDMA cellular mobile telephony and OFDM wireless local area network (WLAN) transmitters.


The effect of exercise (EXR) on food intake (FI), subjective appetite and net energy balance was investigated in normal weight (NW), overweight (OW) and obese (OB) boys. Each boy received in random order either a non-caloric sweetened control (CON) or glucose (GLU) drink after either EXR or sedentary activity. Normal weight and OW/OB boys exercised at their ventilation threshold (VeT) in experiment 1 and NW boys exercised at 25% above their VeT in experiment 2. Overweight/OB boys ate significantly more total food than NW boys but not when adjusted for body weight. Food intake was lower after the GLU drink. Although EXR increased average appetite it did not affect FI. However, net energy balance was reduced by EXR in OW/OB boys, but not in NW boys. Thus, while EXR increases subjective appetite, apparent intake compensation occurred only in NW, but not in OW/OB boys, resulting in reduced net energy balance in OW/OB boys.


Mining software repositories (MSRs) such as source control repositories, bug repositories, deployment logs, and code repositories provide useful patterns for practitioners. Instead of using these repositories as record‐keeping ones, we need to transform them into active repositories that can guide the decision processes inside the company. By MSRs with several data mining algorithms, effective software fault prediction models can be built and error‐prone modules can be detected prior to the testing phase. We discuss numerous real‐world challenges in building accurate fault prediction models and present some solutions to these challenges. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


Evliya Celebi's visits to Dalmatia always started from the highlands of Bosnia, where he found several opportunities to sojourn over the years. From that "hinterland", he descended three times to the littoral, the first time as a companion to raiders who wreaked havoc in and laid waste to the area between Split and Zadar, and twice as a messenger to facilitate negotiations for a truce. An excellent opportunity for Evliya to visit Venetian Dalmatia arose soon after the Ottoman expedition returned to Livno, when the governor of Split sent a delegation bearing letters and gifts, as well as a number of formerly captured Muslims, in order to sue for a truce. Evliya noted that even on everyday objects such as coins, the Franks felt no inhibitions about placing the likenesses of not only their "accursed" rulers but also prophets like the "beloved" Jesus Christ. Keywords: Bosnia; Evliya Celebi; Franks; Jesus Christ; Ottoman; Venetian Dalmatia


The preparation of number derivatives of dibenzo[e.h]bicyclo[2.2.2] octane-2,3-dicarboximide by different routes has been described. One of them displays an expected activity on central nervous system.


Micro credit Bank Jatim is a program for the financing of productive (working capital
and investment). Bank Jatim as one of the banking institutions Local Owned Enterprises play
an active role in implementing and supporting the discretion of local government programs to
develop small entrepreneurs by providing micro-credit facilities. The purpose of this study was
to identify strategies SWOT, analysis SWOT and knowing of obstacles in the distribution of
Bank Jatim Branch HR Muhammad Surabaya. Data's collection was done by interviews, and
to get data's primary and secondary directly from the Bank of East Java by using an assessment
instrument in the form of observation, study of documentation and literature to study and
review the literature related to investigate the problem. Based on the research identification
strategies SWOT one of them is Strength, the type of micro-credit loans provide lower interest
rates. Weakness, type of micro credit offered today can't accommodate an overdraft.
Opportunity, Small and Medium Enterprises have a big market potential. Threats, Take over
loan from another bank.
Keyword : distribution strategy, micro credit


Many have proposed that free will would use quantum indeterminism. Strict adherence to the Born rule, which follows from the no-signal condition, seems to block this possibility. I propose here that if state collapse really does occur then there is a further form of indeterminism occurring in multipartite systems in that the basis upon which the collapse is to occur could be ambiguous. The choice of this basis is not covered by quantum mechanics nor subject to probability constraints and this provides a ground for a physical and eventually a mathematical model of free will.


The states of water in N-acylated, both aliphatic and aromatic, chitosan gels were investigated by DSC technique. The amounts of two states of water, freezable and nonfreezable water, were found to depend on the chemical and physical structure of the gels. The interaction between these hydrophobic gels and the dyes which have been designed and prepared to carry the ionic, hydrophilic, and hydrophobic nature was determined in detail. The dyes having OH, N(C4H9)2, and naphthalene nucleus show a remarkable increase of the equilibrium sorption to compare with that of methyl orange. The contribution of the electrostatic, hydrophobic, and hydrogen bonding interaction in the sorption was discussed. The predominant contribution of the hydrophobic interaction in the systems of butyl orange/N-octanoyl chitosan gels has been made clear by means of the temperature dependence of the sorption.


The Search for a Relational Home: An Intersubjective View of Therapeutic Action. By Chris Jaenicke. London/New York: Routledge, 2015. 100 pp.


The relation between an isotropic model and an anisotropic model in loop quantum cosmology is discussed in detail, comparing the strict symmetry reduction with a perturbative implementation of symmetry. While the latter cannot be done in a canonical manner, it allows one to consider the dynamics including the role of small non-symmetric degrees of freedom for the symmetric evolution. This serves as a model for the general situation of perturbative degrees of freedom in a background-independent quantization such as loop quantum gravity, and for the more complicated addition of perturbative inhomogeneities. While being crucial for cosmological phenomenology, it is shown that perturbative non-symmetric degrees of freedom do not allow definitive conclusions for the singularity issue and in such a situation could even lead to wrong claims.


The author analyzes the municipal institution in Mexico, in a context of new social actors. The situation he presents does not cease to be paradoxical. First, the ever-greater social complexity in which munici- pal action is carried out clashes with a traditional organizational struc- ture, not designed to deal with diversity. Second, this same structure obstructs the new needs appearing within the different areas of local administration, which point to a growing municipal-level interven- tion. Changes are foreseen in the transition of these town govern- ments, although their direction and objectives are unknown. Besides their validity for analyzing the municipalities along the Northern frontier, the findings presented here may be extended to the rest of Mexico.


Employees in both private and public sectors want their em ployers to find and remove their dissatisfactions by means of adequate and fair procedures and policies. An organization, public or private, should be a human-centered as well as a work-centered entity. A good human relations program results in good employee morale and eventually improved service for the public. Public employees of today are becoming members of organi zations and unions in order to back up their demands to management. Associations or unions represent employees in their relationships with management. Collective bargaining, an effective industrial relations system in private industry, is being adopted by public employees in both federal and local government. It also includes settlement of em ployee grievances in many jurisdictions. A limited research study was performed in an attempt to determine the grievance machinery under collective bargaining system in non-industrial western American cities with populations of 50, 000 to 100, 000. The data was gathered through a written questionnaire and it showed that the economic status of the cities and the variables related to union-management cooperation are not dependent upon each other.


The Tree-based Group Diffie-Hellman Protocol is a fairly good key management scheme for dynamic peer group communications. Through analyzing TGDH protocol, the authors have found out that a deficiency exists with its mode of communication. A lot of redundant messages are used to complete group re-keying so that more communication bandwidth will be consumed in TGDH. This paper aims to solve the deficiency and improve TGDH through designing a preparatory algorithm of finding a Key Association Set. A new re-keying protocol is also designed by using the algorithm. Theoretical analysis shows that our protocol effectively decreases the communication and storage overload of TGDH, with the communication bandwidth descending from O(nlogn) to O(n) and the key storage descending from O(n) to O(logn). The simulation result also shows the improved protocol has a better communication performance.


The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a fiber coated hotly-galvanized (zinc aluminum plated) plate, which comprises the following steps: panel pre-treatment, drying, adhesive spreading, electrostatic fiber coating, drying, inspection and warehousing. The product obtained by the method has high fireproof performance. The product obtained by the method has high fireproof performance. Tests prove that the fiber coated hotly-galvanized plate, which passed national building material fireproofing grade B-1 certification, is completely environmentally-friendly and pollution free. The fiber coated hotly-galvanized plate also passed environmental protection certification and can be used indoor directly. The fiber coated hotly-galvanized plate has high sound and light absorbing effect and offers a soft handfeel.


Taking AB-8 resin as sorbent and food-class alcohol as extraction solvent,the primary trials for producing tea polyphenols(TP) by resin static adsorption method were carried out with the device for producing tea polyphenols by the method of solvent extraction,the results showed the dry tea leaves were distilled with 60% alcohol,the pH value of the materiel was adjusted to 1.5 with vitriol after the alcohol recovery.After filtering,the filtrate was diluted to 9 times with water and its pH was adjusted to 1.5;resin AB-8 was added for static adsorbing;the saturation AB-8 which had adsorbed TP were leached with 5% of alcohol whose pH was 3;Desorption was conducted with 70% of alcohol;After the alcohol recovery by desorption,TP products were dried by spray.The catechins is occupied by 88.6% and the yield of product is 10.5%.


Objective To study the clinical outcome of tendon graft fixation in anterior cruciate ligament(ACL) reconstruction with cortical press-fit bolt(CPB).Methods The femoral end was fixed with Endobutton+CPB,ACL was reconstructed by fixing tibia with Rigidfix from January 2010 and December 2010 in 17 patients(14 males and 3 females) at the age of 28.6 years(range 15-49 years).The forward shift of tibia was measured with Rolimeter and the knee function was assessed using the Lysholm scoring system before and after operation.The patients received X-ray and MRI examination after operation.Results The patients were followed up for 6.9 months(range 3-13 months) during which no infection and complications of nerve and blood vessels occurred.X-ray showed that CPB was replaced by creeping fibers 3 months after operation.Significant differences were found in forward shift of tibia before and after operation(P0.01).However,no significant difference was observed in forward shift of tibia between the affected and healthy knees.The preoperative Lysholm score was 31.1±6.3 before operation and 85.2±6.9 after operation(P0.001).The total excellent and good rate was 88.2%.Conclusion CPB fixation can meet the physiological demand of ACL reconstruction with a good histocompatibility.


Evidence from the political career of Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya suggests that Africans took a constitutional rather than 'ornamental' view of the imperial monarchy. Far from accepting that majesty and aristocracy domesticated alien overrule, they expected the British monarchy to protect them against local colonial excess. Kenyatta's Gikuyu (Kikuyu) people had two grounds for this view. One was a sense of imperial history, in which land alienation in favour of white settlers was a form of oppression unthinkable in the days of Queen Victoria – a more equal past that the Crown ought to restore to them. The other was their projection on to the imperial stage of an indigenous sense of the reciprocal relations of advantage that should exist between wealthy patrons and loyal clients. Kenyatta's political strategy after the Second World War was conditioned by this Gikuyu constitutionalism.


Nature Conservation in Poland is regulated by an Act of 7th April, 1949. This law reflects modern ideas of conservation and was, in fact, developed from two international nature congresses in which Poland took part—Brunnen, 1947, and Fontainebleau, 1948. The act contains a clear statement which can hardly be bettered of the purpose of nature conservation.


The article offers a geographical perception of the relationship between social (anthropogenic) and geographical processes including their effects that becomes clearly evident in the case of natural disasters. In modern times, geographical processes are often overlooked as participants in the formation of landscapes. The article considers them from the viewpoint of their visibility in the social sphere, that is, from the viewpoint of the social memory of natural disasters as preserved in oral, written, and architectural accounts as well as other results of human actions in nature. We compare the social memory of natural disasters with the so-called "geographical memory" reflected in the impacts of geographical processes that are visible in the landscape, for example, in features of the relief. The geographical perception of the social and natural elements of the landscape or the imprint of social and geographical processes on the landscape, which can be viewed as a palimpsest, depends on the place and time of observation and on the size and frequency of events. Using selected examples we showed that a quantitative definition is possible of the impact of individual factors on the development of the landscape, which is important for the assessment of geographical processes and for decision-making related to the extent, rationality, and necessity of human interventions in nature. In this framework we also confirmed the importance of the geographical information systems for geography.


The Queensland Social Survey (QSS) gathers information from the Queensland adult population on important societal issues such as domestic and family violence, Australia's culture and social cohesion. The QSS results are used for monitoring and evaluation purposes by the Queensland Government.


This article reports on the in situ observations of deformation behavior of a metallic glass under a wedge-like cylindrical indenter. The experimental observations for various indenter radii provide information on both macroscopic and microscopic details of the deformation. The deformation zones developed under indenters with different radii that were found to be self-similar and in agreement with the predictions of continuum finite-element simulation with pressure-dependent yielding. There are two types of shear bands being identified beneath the indenter. A set of primary bands is identified as evolving with the process zone front and presents an included angle of 78–80°. The other set of bands evolves at a later stage of loading within the originally formed ones but with a consistently higher included angle of around 87°. Despite the richness of the shear-band details, the macroscopic trends, the force-indentation depth response, and the extent of deformation zones are well captured for this constrained deformation mode by the continuum models that address the onset of yielding only.


The large-scale renewable resource recycling area with buildings,spatial,functional and complex characteristics,resulting in a fire district fire protection design, safe evacuation, automatic alarm and fire fighting equipment selection and other aspects of difficulties highlighted.Currently, large-scale construction of renewable resource recycling ever-accelerating pace, expanding. In this paper, the design of large renewable resource recycling Fire universality problem exists, according to its characteristics, discuss countermeasures, proposes to strengthen the major renewable resource recycling sources such as fire safetydesign management, and effectivelyeliminate congenital fire hazard.


OBJECTIVE To observe the in vivo activity of Ranti-HER,a fully human monoclonal antibody,and combined with the doxorubicin or CPT-11 in established human tumor xenografts in nude mice,and to investigate whether EGFR expression is correlated with this activity. METHODS The overall receptor of EGF was quantified by flow cytometry. The anti-tumor effects of RantiHER were evaluated using established,s / c human carcinoma xenografts in nude mice,and the relative growth rate of tumor was used to assess the anti-tumor activity. RESULTS A431 cells showed highly expression of EGFR by flow cytometry,SW620 showed negative expression,and EGFR were expressed positively in HT29 and SW948 cells,but both of them were showed low expression. RantiHER( 0. 25- 1. 0 mg) could inhibit the tumor growth in human A431 epidermoid carcinoma xenografts and dose-effect relationship was observed; Ranti-HER( 1. 0 mg) could also inhibit the tumor growth in human SW948 colon carcinoma xenografts,but no anti-tumor effects of Ranti-HER 1. 0 mg were observed in human HT29 and SW620 colon carcinoma xenografts. Therapeutic enhancement was observed in the A431 xenografts after treatment with Ranti-HER combined with doxorubicin. For another combination regimens,RantiHER and CPT-11 proved to be significantly more efficacious than Ranti-HER monotherpy in SW948 xenografts. CONCLUSION Antitumor activity of Ranti-HER are observed in xenografts in athymic nude mice,and the activity of Ranti-HER is correlated with the EGFR expression; synergistic effects are observed when Ranti-HER is combined with chemicals compared to Ranti-HER monotherapy.


Abstract The morphological ontogeny of Limnozetes solhoyorum sp. nov. from Norway is described and illustrated. This species is most similar to L. guyi Behan-Pelletier, 1989 as adult, but differs from it mainly by the sculpture of notogaster, shorter prodorsal seta in and notogastral setae, especially p1, and the distribution of posterior notogastral setae. The tritonymph of L. solhoyorum differs from that of L. guyi by shorter gastronotal setae c3, dm, dp, lm and lp. In the deutonymph, tritonymph and adult of both species, setae d and l' from genu IV are absent.


Antigen-presenting cells (APC) possess multiple cell surface receptors that recognize common microbe-associated antigens as well as immune complexes and inert particles. Upon encountering such antigens these receptors must cooperate to achieve phagocytosis and trigger signaling cascades that initiate the innate immune response. While the stimuli initiating these signaling cascades are diverse, recent data have revealed that their effects in APC and particularly in dendritic cells (DC), all have something in common: downstream activation of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT). NFAT is a family of transcription factors that has emerged as a key mediator of the initiation of immune responses by APCs, and specifically of IL-2 production by DC as reviewed (1). Intriguingly NFAT activation now seems to be the shared endpoint of several signaling pathways that all begin with uptake of particulate antigens.

Notably, the NFAT family members appeared at the origin of vertebrates whereas nearly all the other signaling pathways, including NFκB pathway, are very ancient and present in all invertebrate's species. NFAT signaling plays essential roles in vertebrate organogenesis and development but also in the formation of adaptive immunity. In addition, G. R. Crabtree has suggested that "NFAT may have contributed to the evolutionary adaptation of innate immunity: e.g., minimize the costs of inflammation by collaboration with adaptive immunity" (2). It is likely that the ability of DC to link innate with adaptive immunity might be the result of DC's ability to couple phagocytic functions to NFAT activation, leading to extensive gene reprograming.

This is the latest in a series of new hypothesis to better understand of the true complexity of the process of pathogen sensing, uptake, and response in APC and in particular in DC. But as is so often the case, with new hypotheses and knowledge has come new questions: how can such diverse stimuli all converge on similar pathways of immune activation? How do APCs integrate signaling from multiple immune uptake receptors? And how can we explain the difference in APC responses to soluble and particulate antigens?

In this article we will review the recent steps forward in our understanding of the intricate cross-talk between pathways of phagocytosis and immune signaling in APC, and the evidence that NFAT activation is a unique hallmark of this process.


This article presents a theoretical approach to the concept interpretation "worldview" which expresses human knowledge about environment. The difference between conceptual and linguistic worldviews has been determined. Associative meaning represents the conceptual worldview. Vocabulary definitions reflect the linguistic worldview. To identify main peculiarities in conceptual and linguistic worldviews the lexical item 'CLIENT' was selected according to criteria: contextual conditioning, frequency, information, presence in dictionaries and encyclopedias of different areas, expressing relevant concepts nowadays. 915 respondents took part in the experiment. Obtained results (1,600 reactions) have been processed using statistical methods. The application of modeling allowed creating the associative field structure defining core and periphery. Items representing essential features of the concept form the core; secondary features of the subject form the periphery. The core and periphery combine associative meaning of the item. Comparison of lexical and associative meanings has been made according to algorithm: defining main components in the lexeme structure using structural-semantic principle; calculation of core reactions because the lexicon core of the native speaker reflects the actual worldview; establishment total number of core reactions that are connected with vocabulary; determination the level of lexical and associative meanings' approximation. The economic lexical item 'CLIENT' is on the edge of incomplete coincidence according to association and lexical meanings. This fact allows arguing that the conceptual worldview is more dynamic than linguistic. Changes in reality are reflected in core reactions of the associative field only with time being reflected in the lexical meaning.


Many people, young or old, adult or children live with life-threatening health conditions and deal with frequent visits to the doctor's office or a healthcare facility for blood tests. Blood tests are one of the key processes that aid in examining people's health. Although people with certain illness can check certain blood properties at home without professional help, most people require going to a place where their blood may be analyzed in a laboratory environment to examine the state of their illness. Frequent visitation to a medical clinic for blood tests is exhausting and expensive. This periodical process leads the patients to being depressed and, over time, careless about their health. In this study, we introduce a wireless system, Non-Invasive Real-Time Blood Observation System (NIRT-BOS). NIRT-BOS will be able to read blood properties via body sensors and report the results online and, depending on the patient's wishes, off line. NIRT-BOS will offer continuous blood data collection capabilities with the ability to detect a problem and signal a warning in real time. We are developing NIRT-BOS based on life experiences of people with chronic illnesses such as Diabetes, Heart, Kidney or Liver Diseases. The main purpose of this study is to help the frequent visitation struggles of people who live with certain health conditions and, most importantly, to be able to give them a sense of security, independence, and, to some degree, give them the peace of mind which comes from being free from the worry of their illnesses.


We introduce and study the Split Common Null Point Problem (SCNPP) for set-valued maximal monotone mappings in Hilbert spaces. This problem generalizes our Split Variational Inequality Problem (SVIP) [Y. Censor, A. Gibali and S. Reich, Algorithms for the split variational inequality problem, Numerical Algorithms 59 (2012), 301{ 323]. The SCNPP with only two set-valued mappings entails nding a zero of a maximal monotone mapping in one space, the image of which


A maximum entropy closure for Galerkin principal orthogonal decomposition (POD) models of fluid flow systems is developed to examine the triadic interactions between energetic modes, by extension of a previous theoretical treatment of triadic interactions in an incompressible flow system. This closure maximises a relative entropy associated with the uncertainty in the system, subject to constraints arising from conservation of mass, energy and power balance, to infer the probability density function for the mode amplitudes. The framework is applied to the cylinder wake in the oscillatory regime (Re = 100), with important implications for the triadic structure and power balance (energy cascade) in the system. Introduction In this work, the MaxEnt method of Jaynes [1] is used to predict the asymptotic state of a low-order Galerkin model of a cylinder wake. The closure maximises a relative entropy associated with the uncertainty in the system, subject to constraints. Several models using constraints arising from conservation of mass and energy have been developed (see [2, 3]). The model presented here also takes into account energy transfers by triadic interactions between the modes, using a theoretical model of these interactions in an incompressible flow system [4].