The emergence of knowledge-based companies increased the importance of intangible assets, assets that were considered the most competitive advantages of companies. So, in this paper I tried to answer the following question: Which is the Romanian accounting reality about the intangible assets recognition, evaluation and reporting? What can we do that traditional financial statements do not become mostly useless for their end users?


The 49th annual meeting of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine was subtitled Quality of Life-Defining It, Measirririg It. Dihnncing It. The conventional mixture of free papers, posters and instructional courses was on offer to delegates representing a range of disciplines. Within the context of its quality of life theme there were two long general sessions on outcomes that matter. Having defined a consensus view that clear thinking on the parts of both patients and families on one hand and those offering treatment on the other are required, a further consensus was obtained that the current state of the art on how desired outcomes are to be achieved is far from perfect. The challenges for both practice and research to improve qualify of life for disabled children and adults provided lively and critical discussion with little of the defensiveness that has traditionally been seen, although now decreasingly, by British therapy professionals. Complementing this review and analysis of clinical processes was Phillipe Evrard's Mac Keith Press basic science lecture given on Migrational Disorders: Causes of I Cerebral Palsy and Learning Disorders. The cohelation of neuropathological and other modem investigational findings with functional disabilties as illustrated by Eviard must hopefully be a basis for future therapeutic approaches. The specifics of investigation and treatment were also presented in the two award lectures. The Patricia Miller award lecture by Diane Damiano was on Muscle Response to Heavy Resistance Exercise in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy while Ian Corry received the Richmond Cerebral Palsy Center Award for the paper previously given at the meeting in 1994 on Botulinum toxin A in the Hemiplegic Upper Limb. The free papers were drawn from a wide range of subjects but as ever the focus was upon physical and orthopaedic management techniques and to a lesser degree on followup studies of developmentally vulnerable infants and on aspects of neural tube disorders. There was little on linguistic or sensory disorders. Papers which this reviewer enjoyed either because of their content or novelty included * 3 I F. c\ ocrc,


To investigate the clinical characteristics of essential hypertension (EH) and altitude-related hypertension (ARH) hospitalized in Qinghai, and to provide the relevant information for the prevention and treatment of ARH.

 A total of 1,987 hypertensive patients from 3.0 to 4.5 km altitude areas, and hospitalized in Qinghai Cardio-Cerebrovascular Hospital were enrolled. Among them, 165 patients with elevated blood pressure (BP) (systolic BP ≥140 and/or diastolic BP ≥90 mm Hg) at high altitude and normal BP or BP reduction >20/10 mm Hg 2 weeks after arriving at Xining (altitude 2.26 km) were defined as ARH.

 Compared with EH, ARH patients at higher altitude had earlier onset age (48.0 ± 11.5 vs. 54.4 ± 9.8 years, P < 0.001), higher percentage of male patients (77.6% vs. 55.3%, P < 0.001), higher diastolic BP (115.8 ± 18.5 vs. 108.6 ± 15.4 mm Hg, P < 0.001), and lower systolic BP (165.9 ± 21.3 vs. 178.9 ± 24.4 mm Hg, P < 0.001). Erythrocytes, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and uric acid levels were higher in ARH patients than in EH patients (P < 0.05). Echocardiography showed that the right atrial and ventricular diameters were larger in ARH than EH (P < 0.05). The proportion of pulmonary artery hypertension in ARH was higher than EH (9.1% vs. 4.9%, P = 0.020), but there was no significant difference in the target organ damage and clinical complications of hypertension between the 2 groups. Logistic regression analysis showed that male, Han nationality, high-altitude living, elevated hemoglobin and uric acid, and obesity were associated with the occurrence of ARH.

 ARH is prevalent in young and middle-aged men, and is associated with Han nationality, elevated hemoglobin, uric acid, and obesity.


Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was developed as a new modality in the surgical diagnosis of lymph node metastases. Dyes and radioisotopes are the major tracers for the detection of sentinel lymph nodes (SLN). However, dyes tend to infiltrate excessively into the interstitium due to their small molecular size (less than several nanometers), resulting in difficulties in maintaining a clear surgical field, whereas radioisotopes are available only in a limited number of hospitals. Fluorescent nanoparticles are suitable candidates as SLN tracers in solving these problems, because we can choose a suitable particle size and near-infrared fluorescence wavelengths. However, the use of nanoparticles involves safety issues and many attempts have been made to produce insulating coats to obviate these issues. In addition, the preparation of a uniform insulating layer is important to decrease quality variations in an SLN tracer. We succeeded in coating fluorescent polystyrene nanoparticles of 40-nm size with a uniform silica layer of 13-nm thickness by the modified Stober method. The popliteal lymph node could be visualized using silica-coated nanoparticles injected into the rat foot. The application of silica-coated fluorescent nanoparticles was demonstrated for SLN mapping in an animal model. Together, the chemical, optical, and in vivo data presented in this study demonstrate the potential role of silica-coated fluorescent nanoparticles for imaging in medical treatments.


Abstract Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a disorder of lipoprotein metabolism with dermatological and rhematological manifestations. Tendinous xanthomata (TX) are a hallmark of this disease. They are associated with recurrent tendinitis and tendon damage, an aspect of the clinical presentation, which is not well-known among dermatologists. We report two cases of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, where the patients started developing tendinous xanthomata early in their life, with progressive increase in the number and size of lesions. However, they presented late, only when the recurrent attacks of tendinitis became severe. We present these cases to highlight the rheumatologic features, which may be the first symptom of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.


The changes in clinical practice following a randomised controlled trial of early discharge for inguinal hernia and varicose veins are reviewed. A significant reduction in mean length of stay was recorded in the study area between 1970 (the year before the start of the study) and 1975 (two complete years after the study). This change was not found in two adjacent health districts.


Football had been played for centuries in Great Britain but did not make a perfect transition to European North America. The sport took on different meanings within colonial society. The game developed as an informal one played by young people. This chapter shows that the link between football and childhood had lasting impacts on the development of the sport in the United States. Unlike baseball, which by the 1850s had moved beyond its childish origins, football remained a kid's game throughout the nineteenth century. The expansion of educational facilities meant that boys took the game with them to schools and colleges. Initially, football at these institutions emphasized a kicking form of the game, but the influence of rugby-style rules led to a shift toward carrying the ball. A desire for intercollegiate competition encouraged the development of a common version of the game, one that became known as intercollegiate football.


New universality appears for the baryon Isgur--Wise form factor in the large $N_c$ limit. It is found that the semileptonic $\Lambda_b \rightarrow \Lambda_c$ and $\Sigma_b^{(*)} \rightarrow \Sigma^{(*)}_c$ decays are described by the same form factor, which can be calculated analytically. In the exact chiral $SU(3)$ limit, the same form factor is applicable to semileptonic $\Omega_b^{(*)} \rightarrow \Omega^{(*)}_c$ decays.


PURPOSE: A laparoscopy trocar is provided to prevent gas leakage by blocking gas using a sealing member. CONSTITUTION: A trocar module(10) forms an abdominal cavity on a human body. A cannular part(20) supports and maintains the abdominal cavity. A sealing body hole(31) is formed on a sealing body for receiving the trocar module. A guide surface(36) guides the trocar module to the sealing body hole. A sealing module(30) suppresses gas leakage. A gas supply part injects gas into the abdominal cavity. The gas supply part comprises a main connection pipe(73) for injecting the gas.


This paper addresses two puzzles about corporate debt: the " credit spread puzzle " – why yield spreads between corporate bonds and treasuries are high and volatile – and the " under-leverage puzzle " – why firms use debt conservatively despite seemingly large tax benefits and low costs of financial distress. I propose a unified explanation for both puzzles: investors demand high risk premia for holding defaultable claims, including corporate bonds and levered firms, because (i) defaults tend to concentrate in bad times when marginal utility is high; (ii) default losses are also higher during such times. I study these comovements in a structural model, which endogenizes firms' financing and default decisions in an economy with business-cycle variation in expected growth rates and economic uncertainty. These dynamics coupled with recursive preferences generate countercyclical variation in risk prices, default probabilities, and default losses. The credit risk premia in my calibrated model are large enough to account for most of the high spreads and low leverage ratios. Relative to a standard structural model without business-cycle variation, the average spread between Baa and Aaa-rated bonds rises from 48 bp to around 100 bp, while the average optimal leverage ratio of a Baa-rated firm drops from 67% to 42%, both close to the U.S. data.


We propose knockout switch-based multistage interconnection networks (KSMINs) for fast packet switching, combining the well-known knockout switch and the concept of multistage interconnection networks. The main objective is to reduce the severe pin requirements of large knockout switches through a phased address filtering. We present an approximate Markov-chain model of KSMINs to study the performance of KSMINs with different numbers of address-filtering phases. The model is shown to be accurate within 5% for all the cases considered and within 20% for the meaningful cases of the buffer sizes /spl ges/4. For the (256/spl times/256) KSMIN, two-phase address filtering based on the (16/spl times/16) knockout switches is shown to perform very closely to the single-stage knockout switch for a reduced hardware cost. >


To find the solution to large dense systems have always been a very time consuming problem, this thesis tries to accelerate this problem by implementing an highly pipelined conjugate gradient method on an FPGA, it has been used to solve dense systems of linear equations and has been tested and compared to a software version of the algorithm. The FPGA where capable of utilizing 90 % of the available memory bandwidth, in addition it is shown that the FPGA implemented Conjugate Gradient Method can be 30x faster compared to a custom made Conjugate Gradient method in software.


Today, there is a comprehensive body of knowledge regarding project scheduling theory and techniques. Developmental research is ongoing, however empirical research demonstrating the value of good scheduling practices is minimal. So, after almost 50 years of development, untold investments in research, tools development, and training and continued spending on planning and scheduling services, it is important to question whether or not the investment has paid off. The objective of this article is to empirically measure the effect that project scheduling practices have on process plant project success. The article identifies the practices that drive project success. It looks at how your project scheduling process uses the tools and resources available to the project's best advantage. An almost exact version of this article was published as manuscript PS.05 in the 2005 AACE International Transactions.


Proteomic analysis is a powerful tool used to investigate protein profiles of cells, biopsies and fluids, explore protein-based mechanisms of human diseases, identify novel biomarkers for diagnosis...


Abstract Objective Conflict of interest with pharmaceutical companies is one of the most contentious issues in infectious diseases. However, there is a lack of whole picture of detailed payments in Japan. Study Design and Setting This retrospective study assessed financial relationships between pharmaceutical companies and all infectious disease specialists board-certified by the Japanese Association for Infectious Disease, using publicly disclosed payment data from 92 pharmaceutical companies. Descriptive analyses were conducted for the payments. Payment trends were examined by the generalized estimating equations. Results Of 1614 board-certified infection disease specialists, 1,055 (65.4%) received a total of $17,784,070 payments, corresponding to 21,680 instances between 2016 and 2019. The mean (SD) and median (IQR) were $16,857 ($45,010) and $3,183 ($938-$11,250) in payments. All board executive members of Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases received higher payments averaging $163,792. There were no significant changes in payments per specialist (annual change rate: -1.4% [95% CI: -4.7- 2.3%], p=0.48) and prevalence of specialists with payments (annual change rate: -1.4% [95% CI: -3.1-0.2%], p=0.093) over the four years. Conclusion There were substantial financial relationships between pharmaceutical companies and board-certified infectious disease specialists in Japan. Such personal payments must be restricted to a certain level to avoid potential conflict of interest.


This study explored educational cost using a multidimensional scaling approach. Undergraduates rated how similar 11 items on task value and cost were with one another. Results show that cost has two dimensions, each consisting of two clusters. In one dimension, cost is separated from task value components; in the other, cost is clustered with task value components. Findings imply nuances of cost in the context of goal theory, motivation, and emotion.


This study presents the experimental results of one‐dimensional unsaturated water infiltration under two conditions: vertical columns of homogeneous soil and vertical columns of two‐layered soil. The purpose was to more accurately identify the movement of the wetting front under both conditions. The results showed that air pressure buildup was more pronounced in soil columns of two layers than in soil columns of one homogenous layer. Water content in the top layer of a closed two‐layer column was greater than the corresponding height in a homogeneous one‐layer column. Flow conditions and pressure buildup in the bottom layer retarded the wetting front at the interface until pressure reached a maximum value in the bottom layer. An analytical model was developed that predicts the cumulative infiltration into the top layer as well as the travel time of the wetting front.


Disposal of radioactive waste from the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) will utilize a Disposable Solid Waste Cask (DSWC) for the transport and burial of irradiated stainless steel and inconel materials. Retrievability coupled with the desire for minimal facilities and labor costs at the disposal site identified the need for the DSWC. Design requirements for this system were patterned after Type B packages as outlined in 10 CFR 71 with a few exceptions based on site and payload requirements. A summary of the design basis, supporting analytical methods and fabrication practices developed to deploy the DSWC is provided in this paper.


Selenium is a widely distributed element generally found in low concentrations in the environment. Anthropogenic activities contribute to elevated content of selenium in aquatic ecosystems, while its accumulation, especially in floodplain systems, is under-investigated. The physico-chemical water properties, selenium concentration in water, sediment and biota as well as the composition and abundance of phytoplankton and periphytic algae were investigated in July 2016, in the Danube River, Sakadas Lake and the channel located near the farm Eblin (Kopacki Rit floodplain). In the conditions of high water level more comparable concentrations of nutrients were found between river and lake water (total nitrogen: 7.57 - 9.31 mg/L, total phosphorus: 2.77 to 2.82 mg/L, nitrates: 5.87 - 6.77 mg N/L). Low selenium content in water and sediment was found in all localities, with the highest concentration in the river sediment (0.256 ± 0.012 mg/kg). Higher selenium concentrations were found in plankton samples (Danube River: 0.385 ± 0.013 mg/kg, Sakadas Lake: 0.332 ± 0.098 mg/kg). At all localities the diatoms dominated in phytoplankton, while cryptophytes, green algae and cyanobacteria were abundant in the lake and the channel. Selenium concentration in metaphyton, macrophytes (white water-lily, yellow pond-lily, fringed water-lily, common frogbit, common reed, cattail) and periphyton on different substrates varied considerably, while the lowest value was recorded in cattail leaves (0.014 ± 0.004 mg/kg), and the highest in metaphyton (0.277 ± 0.012 mg/kg). The variations in selenium content in different components of aquatic systems indicate the importance of investigating the distribution of selenium in water biotopes.


1. The impact of a doctor's interpersonal skills on health outcomes and patient satisfaction is well documented. The question arises, however, as to who can best judge the performance of doctors with regard to their interpersonal skills—patients or other professionals? How do the ratings of physicians and patients compare in respect of the assessment of doctors' interpersonal skills? 2. The importance of educational feedback to students and trainees is consistently emphasized. You are asked for a short overview of good practice in this area. 3. Early clinical contact for medical students has been introduced in many curricula and there is a good theoretical basis for this curriculum innovation. You are asked whether there is any evidence of a change in student attitude that results from the approach. 4. Increasingly, both institutions and individuals publicize their activities through a website. Where can you Ž nd advice on what to do to increase the chances that people will visit your site, and how will you know that they have done so? 5. There is a widespread view that dealing with patients in the clinical context provides a powerful learning experience for students. Rotation through a range of clinical disciplines is a routine part of medical training in many curricula. In your own medical school, students rate differently the value of their experience in the range of attachments. You are asked what are likely to have been factors in uencing the students' perception of the effectiveness of the various clinical rotations—supervision of students by staff, the patient mix, experience in the attachments or the number of students in any one attachment? 6. Articles on the use of computers in education and on elearning have featured regularly in Medical Teacher. Historically, the most common instructional strategy has been for students to work individually using a computer learning package or the Internet.You are asked whether it is likely that small-group learning in this context is likely to enhance student achievement when compared with individual learning. 7. Posters continue to be widely used as a communication tool at scientiŽ c and educational meetings. At the AMEE annual meeting a prize is given for the "best" poster exhibited. A colleague in your institution comes to you for advice as to the preparation of a poster. 8. Researchers have reported that women are disadvantaged in the computer classroom. Concern has also been expressed that on-line learning may not be suitable for the learning styles of female students. What evidence is there as to how women will compare with male students with regard to on-line learning? 9. Increasing attention has been focused on doctor–patient communication skills. It has been suggested that employing checklists in the evaluation of communication skills would be an important step towards improving the quality of training. Is there a validated checklist available that can be used for this purpose?


This is a descriptive study that took place in a public maternity in Fortaleza Ce, with objective to characterize the prematureness among newly born (RN) interned in the Unidade Neonatal due to the premature amniorrexe. It was analyzed 37 newborns along with their mothers. From the newborns it was analyzed: prematureness degree, Apgar and reanimation need; and from their mothers: gestational age, pre natal care, birth and gestational pathologies. It was found that 35,1% of the babies are premature and 29,7% had a 0-6 Agar during the first minute of life, needing reanimation. As for the gestational age, 35,1% presented membrane ruptures before the 37th week of birth, 5,4% did not go through pre natal care, 67,5% attended from 2 to 5 appointments and 27,1% attended to 6 or more, 16,2% of the mothers presented Gestational Specific Highblood Pressure Disease (GSHPD) and 51,3% of the mothers went through normal delivery. It was concluded that the prematureness was high, being a main cause of newborn morbid/mortality and that it also brings clinical and obstetric complications for the mothers. The GSHPD still represents a risk to pregnancy. More studies on the subject are needed in order to acknowledged the real magnitude of the problem.


RNA is complementary to the DNA sequence from which it is transcribed. Therefore, interactions between DNA and RNA provide a simple mechanism of genetic self-detection within nuclei. Imprinted RNAs could enable alleles of maternal and paternal origin to detect whether they are the same (homozygous) or different (heterozygous), and thereby provide strategic information about expected relatedness to siblings.


V iruses are among the most common causes of human illness, producing an estimated four times as many illnesses as bacteria. These ill nesses may include common cold, chickenpox, measles, mumps, influenza, bronchitis, hepatitis, gastroenteri tis, poliomyelitis, rabies, and various diseases due to herpesvirus. A staggering 90 percent of the U.S . popula tion is affected each year by an upper respiratory infec tion, the common cold, or influenza, 1 all accounting for about 61 million patient visits annually. 2 Fortunately, most of the upper respiratory infec t ions are selflimiting, but influenza can cause substantial mortality, particularly in the elderly. In the 1918-19 worldwide epidemic, 500 million people developed illness and 20 million died from influenza. 3 Other serious viral dis eases include herpes encephalitis, neonatal herpes, dis semina ted va r ice l l a zos te r v i rus i n f e c t i o n s , and bronchiolitis. Because no vaccines are currently availa ble to control most of these illnesses, the need to develop effective and safe antiviral drugs for prevention and treatment is obvious. Coming decades promise to be an era of antivirale. Ant iv i ra l therapy owes its s ignif icant progress to knowledge about molecular virology and genetic engi neering. The new antivirale are designed to cause spe cific inhibit ion of virus-cell function to maximize efficacy and minimize effect on host-cell function to


We introduce a scheme for overlaying an analogue phase signal on digitally modulated symbol sequences. The scheme applies phase rotations to generic PSK or QAM constellations that are rotationally invariant by multiples of an angle, and uses phase signatures to spread the phase signal over a block of symbols in order to resolve any ambiguity in the rotated constellations. A near maximumlikelihood estimator for reconstructing the analog signal is derived as well as conditions for the design of the signature sequences. The proposed scheme may be used as an alternative to quantisation and digital transmission in control channels of mobile or WLAN standards, where one or more phase references have to be provided to the terminals and where other existing digitally-modulated control information can serve as host. Analysis and simulations show that the analogue overlaying scheme can offer better performance than a digital scheme with the same spectral efficiency for the host signal, in terms of both mean square error of the reconstructed phase information and bit error rate of the underlying digital stream.


A fluxgate magnetometer for high magnetic fields (<100 /spl mu/T) is presented. The material of the core was ferrite, and relatively high sensitivity and linearity characteristics have been achieved. which simplified the signal processing circuit. This instrument has been used in industrial and field applications.


The main objective of this study was to determine the phytochemical composition from the dried galls of Quercus infectoria, using methanolic extraction and report the main functional components by using infrared (IR) technique. The phytochemical compound screened by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method. Twelve bioactive phytochemical compounds were identified in the methanolic extract of Q. infectoria. The identification of phytochemical compounds is based on the peak area, retention time molecular weight, and molecular formula. GC-MS analysis of Q. infectoria revealed the existence of the Cis-p-mentha -1(7),8-dien-2-ol, 3-Nonynoic acid, Urea, N,N´-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-, 3-Trifluoroacetoxypentadecane, Pterin -6-carboxylic acid, 2,2-Difluoroheptacosanoic acid, y-Sitosterol, Spirost-8-en-11-one, 3-hydroxy-, (3s,5α,14s,20s,22s,25R)-, Curan,16,17-didehydro-,(20xi.)-, 17.alfa.21s-28,30-Bisnorhopane, Ethyl iso-allocholate, Milbemycin B,6,28-anhydro-15-chloro-25-isopropyl-13-dehydro-5-. The Fourier transform-infrared (FTIR) analysis of Q. infectoria proved the presence of alkenes, aliphatic fluoro compounds, nitro compounds, alkanes, hydrogen bonded alcohols, and phenols.

 Key words: Quercus infectoria, Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis, phytochemicals.


The 2022 Luding Ms 6.8 earthquake has drawn attention to the Xianshuihe fault zone. Historically, there was an M 73/4 earthquake in this region in 1786. Because the surface rupture of this historic earthquake was not obvious, there is still much debate over the extent of the surface rupture, which is critical for comprehending tectonic activity and assessing seismic risk for the Xianshuihe fault (XSHF). In particular, the seismogenic structure of this earthquake was connected by three active left-lateral strike-slip faults—the Anninghe fault (ANHF), Daliangshan fault (DLSF), and XSHF—where a large earthquake could cause multi-fault rupture. Given these criteria, we report the results of a series of trenches excavated in the vicinity of the epicenter at the northern section of the DLSF, the northern section of the ANHF, the Zheduotang section, and the Selaha section of the XSHF. We find that 1) three palaeoseismic events have been revealed on the northern section of the ANHF: BE1, ∼1003 AD; BE2, 1000–1182 AD; and BE3, 1536 AD as M 7 earthquakes, and 2) two palaeoseismic events have occurred on the Selaha fault during the last 500 years. The first event corresponds to the AD 1725 Kangding M 7 earthquake, and the latest event may be the AD 1786 M 73/4 earthquake. 3) Three palaeoseismic events occurred on Zheduotang: ZD1, 1215 BC∼315 AD; ZD2, 830 BC∼705 AD; and ZD3, the 1955 AD Kangding M 71/2 earthquake. 4) The 1786 Kangding M 73/4 earthquake was probably a multi-fault rupture event, as evidenced by the trenching profile evidence, nearby offset geomorphic features, and historical earthquake data. Not only the Moxi fault, a seismogenic structure, but also the southern end of the Selaha fault to the north and the Shimian fault (DLSF) to the south simultaneously broke during this earthquake.


At the present times, many companies are engaged in the development and implementation of customized solutions for secure communication and traffic encryption. One such device comprising multiple subsystems is being developed at the Vlatacom Institute. One of its main subsystems is the routing system that supports GRE tunneling. The GRE tunneling solution should be absolutely safe and implemented on low-cost hardware. This paper presents an implementation of GRE tunnel support on low-cost routing system on module (SoM) which is under development.


Due to the implementation of Public Law 94-142 in 1975 (The Education Act for all Handicapped) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504, the individual needs of exceptional bilingual students have received much needed attention (Ortiz & Ramirez, 1988). As a result, a process for providing special education to meet the individual needs of each student with disabilities was started. Since then, more than 4 million students have been identified as having some type of disability (Ortiz & Ramirez, 1988).


The paper presents the results of long-term studies of the structural and functional organization of the vegetation of the coastal zone of the salt lake Kurinka (Koybalskay steppe, Khakasia). It is shown that the structure of coastal vegetation changes due to abnormal weather conditions of the year. As a result of a prolonged drought and a decrease in the area of the lake surface, the dominant Phragmites australis fell out from the coastal zone, and community Bolboschoenus maritimus was formed. The restoration of a stable typical community was noted, when a favorable weather conditions in subsequent years were established.


The purpose of this note is to make a brief analysis of the physical principles upon which two methods for relating the mass of an object to fundamental physical constants are based. The two methods are, namely, the watt balance method, and a still untested experimental technique based upon a superconductor electromechanical oscillator. We show that both these methods are governed by similar equations.


A series of octa-substituted metal phthalocyanines [MPc(OC5H11)8] (M = Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pc = phthalocyaninato, (OC5H11)8 = iso-pentoxy) were obtained from condensation of iso-pentoxy phthalonitrile in the presence of DBU in n-pentanol. The compounds were characterized using elemental analysis, IR, and UV/Vis spectra. The crystal structures of all compounds except M = Zn were determined by X-ray diffraction methods. It was found that the distortion of Pc skeleton come of not only the intra-molecular steric congestion of bulky substituents, but also the slipped overlaps of the closest molecules. The relations of some bond lengths of the Pc's skeleton to the substituents and central metal atom, as well as the spectroscopic properties are discussed.


This position paper presents an overview of key insights on IT governance. The core concepts discussed in this paper are informed by ISO 38500, which is the internationally recognized standard that provides governing bodies and those who advise and assist them with guidance on how to effectively govern IT and meet compliance with their external regulatory obligations and internal policies. This standard, along with insights from pertinent academic and practitioner literature and subject matter experts, have informed the development of IVI's IT-CMF Governance (GOV) Critical Capability.


Lab Sci 2014; 44: 208–212. 16 Smith KJ, Skelton HG III, Frissman DM, et al. Verrucous lesions secondary to DNA viruses in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus associated with increased factor Xllla-positive dermal dendritic cells. The Military Medical Consortium of Applied Retroviral Research Washington, D.C. J Am Acad Dermatol 1992; 27: 943–950. 17 El Hayderi L, Rubben A, Nickels AF. The alpha-herpesviridae in dermatology: herpes simplex virus types I and II. Hautarzt 2017; 68(Suppl 1): 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00105-0163919-7. 18 Bernhard JD, Berman RS, Silvestri DL. Maculopapularism. Am J Dermatopathol 1986; 8: 173–174. Paraneoplastic arthritis in a patient with S ezary syndrome S ezary syndrome (SS) is a leukemic form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) characterized by erythroderma, generalized lymphadenopathy, and malignant T cells called S ezary cells in the peripheral blood. We here report a case of SS with polyarthritis. A 62-year-old Japanese woman was admitted to our hospital with erythroderma and polyarthritis of hands and wrists (Fig. 1a, b). Five years prior to admission, she developed hyperkeratotic erythematous plaques on the trunk and extremities, which were initially treated with topical steroids without


This chapter provides the rationale for the study and illustrates the objective and structure of the report. It describes traditional lending technologies and related credit-risk mitigation techniques. It comments on their limitations for financing young and small firms and for sustaining long-term investment and growth. It discusses how financing instruments alternative to straight debt alter the traditional risk-sharing mechanism and proposes a categorization of these instruments across the risk/return spectrum, i.e. by differing degrees of risk and return.
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Aiming at the propagation characteristics of electromagnetic waves in loss media,a modified alternative direction implicit finite difference time domain(ADI-FDTD)method is proposed to solve the problem.The modified method can improve the disadvantage of the traditional ADI-FDTD method,which improves the computational effeciency on the cost of accuracy.The unconditional stability of the algorithm is proved,while the numerical dispersion is also analyzed.The algorithm is validated effectively,and it could also improve computational accuracy,which has been proved by examples comparison.The algorithm is applied to analyze the scattering of a metal sphere in air,on the bottom of ground and sea.The simulation shows that the amplitude and oscillation of the scattering increase in the loss media.


Ultrasonic relaxation spectra due to the rotational isomerism of 1,2-dibromoethane and 1,2-dibromopropane in n-hexane and diisobutyl phthalate have been measured as a function of solution viscosity. The rate constant of the rotational isomerism was determined by analysis of the frequency dependence of the ultrasonic absorption or sound velocity. The reaction rate constants of the rotational isomerism increased with decreasing solution viscosity. The viscosity dependence of the rate constant for 1,2-dibromoethane solutions is well interpreted in terms of Kramers' model. For 1,2-dibromopropane, the pre-exponential factors predicted by Kramers' model are in agreement with experimental results in the low-viscosity region, while in the high-viscosity region deviation from Kramers' theory was found in the pre-exponential factor. The deviation is considered to be due to the strong interaction between 1,2-dibromopropane and diisobutyl phthalate.


I shall attempt to answer these two questions by an analytical and objective presentation of the Arab attitude toward political Zionism. The words "political Zionism" are used advisedly. By political Zionism the Arab understands an attempt to set up in Palestine a Jewish state which shall be, to use Weizmann's words, "as Jewish as England is English or America is American." In this imperium in imperio, the Arabs will be forced either to "trek along" (Zangwill) or to be "hewers of wood and drawers of water." In this Judenstat, a Jewish majority is a sine qua non. This is not the spiritual and cultural Zionism of Ahad Haam or Judah


Summary form only given. In this paper, the influence of cross-sectional shapes on the absorption characteristics is investigated by directly solving the wave-propagation equations in the double-clad fiber (DCF). The mode-coupling caused by nonuniform absorption of the doped core is considered. The effective absorption depends on both direct absorption and coupling effects between the eigenmodes. Finally, a characteristic absorption parameter is proposed to compare the effects of the cross-sectional shape of the inner cladding on absorption characteristics of DCFs.


The literature review is devoted to structural and functional disorders of the thymus. Current conceptions on histogenesis and morphological classification of these neoplasms have been presented. Epidemiology, clinical manifistations, diagnosis and treatment of thymomas and carcinoids of the thymus have been described in detail. Various treatment modalities and their effects have been analyzed.


This paper proposes a new way of developing non-parametric models of power curves, using artificial intelligence tools. Here, nine models are developed, one being parametric and eight non-parametric, to emulate the behavior dictated by the power curve of the wind farms under study. Also, a comparison between the power curve models based on ANNs and those based on Fuzzy logic is proposed. For this, some of the power curve models based on artificial neural networks (ANNs) are used and based on fuzzy inference systems (FISs) created and evaluated in [1] and later published in [2], as well as two new FISs with the proposed new heuristic. In order to do so, an initial "pre-training" is proposed, resulting from the characteristics derived from the expert's inference followed by a transformation of a Fuzzy Mamdani system into a Fuzzy Sugeno system. The results showed the new models of pre-trained FIS have a better precision when compared relation to ANN models and FIS models, although the presented values by the error indicators are comparable. The comparative study is carried out in two wind farms located in northeastern Brazil, and the proposed approach becomes a very relevant alternative for the improvement of power curve approximation based on a Fuzzy Inference System.


Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and rise of new nation-states in 1991, the Muslim republics of Central Asia and the southern Caucasus have witnessed the arrival of Islamic banking and finance to the region. The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has been a catalyst for the increased spread of finance projects in the region that are compliant with Islamic principles like no usury or riba. This paper examines the important role of the IDB and other Islamic banking and financial institutions in promoting socio-economic development across the region. Moreover, a majority of the Central Asian and southern Caucasian republics view Islamic banking and finance as important tools with which to channel the energies of radical Islamic opposition groups. Despite moderate success in the region, the IDB has confronted significant obstacles in trying to propose Islamic finance to these governments because of a strong Soviet legacy and volatile politics. Although the Muslim republics remain influenced by elements from their Soviet past, including a command economy and one-party political system, Islamic banking and finance has grown in the last decade to become a significant force for positive change.


The right to vote and hold public office has been obtained by women after a long and arduous struggle extending over a century. Today, the recognition of this right is embodied in the constitutions of almost all the coun tries which are members of the United Nations. In practice, however, not only is this right abridged in many ways, but also many obstacles are encountered by women as a result of tradition and prejudice, social and economic backwardness, and the general reluctance of men to share power generously with women. The gap between recognition and achievement is still very wide, even in countries which are economically advanced, politically stable, and socially progressive. Even so, it is gratifying to know that, undeterred by this essential deprivation of greater opportunity to hold power, women have made and are still making their contributions in diverse areas of human enterprise and activity, as leaders and initi ators of movements for political and social emancipation, human welfare, and world peace. The struggle for political power, not for power itself, but to enable mankind to build a new social order in peace and freedom, has just begun, and the future of the world depends on how effectively women can organize to meet this challenge.


We show that the Mathieu groups $M_{22}$ and $M_{11}$ can act on the supersingular $K3$ surface with Artin invariant 1 in characteristic 11 as symplectic automorphisms. More generally we show that all maximal subgroups of the Mathieu group $M_{23}$ with three orbits on 24 letters act on a supersingular $K3$ surface with Artin invariant 1 in a suitable characteristic.


In order to investigate regional variations in the onset of sweating in association with those in the secretory capacity of sweat glands , the regression line obtained from the plots of the local sweat rate against the central drive for sweating were compared among the different skin areas of the upper body surface . The subject maintained a relaxed sitting position in a climate chamber, while the room temperature was elevated stepwise by 2-3•Ž at intervals of 30-50 min from 35•Ž to 45•Ž, the humidity being kept at 40% . At each step of the room temperature, local sweat rate was measured after the equibration of 20min or more. Herein, the central drive for sweating was expressed by 0.9Tre+0.1Ts, and the slope and the x intercept of the regression line were regarded as the sweating capacity per increase in central drive for sweating in •Ž and the onset temperature, respectively. A general trend was noted that the lower the sweating capacity of the sweat glands at a skin area, the higher was the onset temperature of sweating there. In the axillary and the forehead areas in some subjects, however, the onset temperature was by far low despite less sweating capacity than those in other areas. The regression line from each skin area did not converge by the extrapolation to a point below the abscissa. This suggests that the capacity of reabsorption of water by the duct is variable possibly in proportion to the secretory capacity of the sweat glands at the skin area. The peculiar pattern of thermal sweating on the axillary and the forehead areas suggests that the reabsorptive capacity of the sweat glands on these areas may be extremely low. •k Jpn. J. Biometeor. 18 (2): 72-79, 1981•l


The comparative evaluation of treatments for depression in patients with opioid addiction using sulpiride and phenotropil was made. The duration of treatment was 6 weeks. By the end of the study the almost complete disappearance of unmotivated fear, anxiety, reduced background mood was noted. The combination of amitriptyline with sulpiride made it possible to reduce the doses of antidepressants to a minimum while maintaining the reduction of emotional disorders and beneficial influence on behavior. The application of sulpiride and phenotropil in the comprehensive treatment for depression in patients with drug addiction leads to depression reduction, normalization of behavioral disorders and the whole nervous system.


Categorical perception of color has conventionally been demonstrated as bringing advantage to the discrimination of equally spaced colors that belong to different lexical categories. The perceptual expansion of distance between categorically separable pairs and compression of that between categorically identical pairs have widely been demonstrated by quicker and more reliable detection of a unicolor image from lexically discrete backgrounds than term-sharing ones. Meanwhile, categorical effects that enhance performance in within-category condition have not been documented. The current study, however, found that comparing the degree of color contrasts inside two bicolor images is significantly faster and more accurate if the contrasting colors belonged to a single color term. This within-category advantage suggests that nondiscrete variation of hue inside one color category aids contrast judgment task while discrete lexical boundary impairs it. Consonant with the previous studies which document left-hemisphere dominance in categorical perception, the novel example of categorical effect was expressed only in the right visual field. Furthermore, significantly shorter reaction time was required for males than for females to make contrast judgment for a low contrast stimulus, but not for a high contrast target, suggesting possible gender difference in perceiving color contrast.


The level of temperature plays an important role in the survival of the microorganisms, the different species of molds must grow and develop at any temperature their environment is. However, high temperature for a certain period will cause the death of microorganisms. In this study the objective is to investigate the interrelations of drying heat (55 o C for 30 minutes) used in tablets manufacture on the survival of different fungal spores (Aspergillus flavus and Penicillium spp.) at different contamination levels (10 2 , 10 4 and 10 6 ) (spores/g) within the prepared tablets. The results showed that the drying heat caused the inactivation of about 32% of Aspergillus flavus spores and 36.6 % of Penicillium spp. spores within the granules. In addition, the level of inactivation decrease with increasing the contamination level, especially with 10 6 (spores/g) which may be related to the possibility of mutation that lead


Abstract Supplier scorecards are a tool used by manufacturers to track supplier performance. We investigate the effectiveness of two manufacturer approaches for incentivizing desirable performance based on scorecard evaluations: the absolute and relative approaches. Under the absolute approach, the manufacturer incentivizes the supplier to achieve a prespecified targeted score. Under the relative approach, the manufacturer incentivizes suppliers based on scorecard rankings of suppliers in the supply base. We consider a two-period supplier–manufacturer contractual agreement where the manufacturer evaluates and reviews supplier performance (acceptable or unacceptable) during each period. The per-period supplier performance for each period is determined by its binary effort decision (high or low). We derive the optimal targeted score and reward scheme resulting in the highest supplier performance under the absolute and relative approaches, respectively, then characterise the conditions under which each approach is preferable for the manufacturer. We test these analytical model findings by conducting a human-subject experiment that varies both the reward and incentive approach. We observe that subjects overprovide effort versus the analytical model benchmark under both approaches. Another observation is that subjects overexert effort under the relative versus the absolute approach, indicating that the competition involved in the relative approach motivates greater effort.


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Samples of human serum albumin (HSA) obtained as a result of heat denaturation followed by refolding controlled by a cooling of the protein solution were studied by several methods: chromatographic measurements, kinetic of the reaction with a water soluble free radical and by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. In this context the interaction of this protein with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was also investigated. Reversed phase thin layer chromatography (RP-TLC) showed changes in lipophylicity of HSA, which are related with the existence of different ensembles of conformers. The UV-Vis absorption spectra had shown the broadening of absorption band of the protein and a hyperchrom effect in the presence of SDS; β-CD reduces the effect of SDS on protein UV-Vis spectra.Kinetic measurements related to the reaction of HSA with a water soluble DPPH type free radical provided evidence that reactivity of the HSA denaturated conformers is higher compared with the natural conformer. The affinity of SDS to the albumins surface and the effect of β-CD on the SDS/protein aggregates were also evident by changes in the EPR spectra of the spin probe CAT16.


Dual mode injection locking to a DFB laser is proposed. The optical injection power is much stronger than that of the lasers for a wide locking range. The method enables the DFB to achieve the optical mixing and locking together. A Stokes and the pump were used as the dual mode by generating stimulated Brillouin scattering. RF mixing gain of 20 dB was observed when the Stokes mixes with a direct modulating RF signal on the DFB.


It is well known that models in which money is used as a medium of exchange to lubricate trading, frictions display multiplicity of equilibria. I show that the amount of activity varies as the value of money differs across these equilibria when production opportunities involve random fixed costs. When money has high value, trade is more profitable; therefore, there will be more agents engaged in trade relative to equilibria in which money has lower value. The higher-activity equilibria display higher production not only because more is produced and exchanged per transaction but also because more transactions occur per period. This Diamond-style result is obtained without increasing returns in the matching technology. Copyright 1999 by Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and the Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association.


Abstract- Transformers, one of the most important components of the power systems, play a significant role in facilitating transfer of power to end users. Power transformer is essential equipment of electrical network. Therefore, there is a great interest is taken and researches are held in its physical state. Frequency Response Analysis (FRA) is nowadays an appreciated preventive technique used for transformer core fault diagnosis and maintenance in order to detect winding deformation and core fault. But, in spite of the advantages of FRA, a systematic diagnosis procedure has not been still developed due to the physical meaning of the Frequency Response is not really obtained. We have developed a three phase magnetic core model that provides the relations among the Frequency Response and the different parts inside the three phase transformer. The different case study and experiment results are discussed which are obtained by sweep frequency response analysis (SFRA).


A computer network is an interconnected collection of autonomous computers. A distributed system consists of a collection of concurrent, autonomous, descentralized and loosely coupled components. Linda is a high-level parallel programming language intended for distributed programming. It consists of a reduced set of primitives which can be embedded in any sequential language to transform it in a parallel one. This work describes a Linda kernel developed for a 3B Computer Network at ESLAI.


In this article we make an attempt to consider the issue of location by analyzing how Chekhov implies the words "estate" and "homestead" in his play "The Cherry Orchard". It turns out that the word "estate" is not only placed in the dominant position in paratext when author indicates the place, but it is also frequently used in characters' lines, while the word "homestead" is implied just once, viz in author's notes that opens the second act; furthermore, the word is used as an adverbial and is followed by "road"-locus, so that characters never use the word "homestead" when they speak of the "estate". Concurrently, the article discusses the considered-many-times-before question about the estate's belonging. As it appears in the first and second acts of the play, the estate — in accordance with the paratextual notes — belongs to Ranevskaya, and nobody attributes its belonging to anybody else but to the Gayev family. At the same time, while pretending to be total, the first paratextual note is broken by the fact that in the third and fourth acts of the play events take place in the estate that doesn't legally belong to Ranevskaya anymore. However, it doesn't mean that the initial paratextual note is declined in the second part of the comedy. The initial note continues to be a true when it comes to the "estate", since in its verbalized position it never becomes "Lopakhin's estate" — no matter whose point of view is explicated, and some irony sounds in the words of the new owner when he calls himself "the new landlord". Then, from all points of view, the "Lyubov Andreyevna's estate" retains its status even after its transition on to the new owner. Thus, a closer look at the nominations of location in the Chekhov's comedy makes it possible to comprehend at a deeper level some aspects of poetics of "The Cherry Orchard", at least the aspects related to the interconnection between literary space, the sequence of events, and characters system.


Load forecasting and analysis play a crucial role in electric power management and market planning of the grid system. In this paper, a hybrid approach using data mining methods is proposed for short term load forecasting. The approach uses the AFTER (Aggregated Forecast through Exponential Reweighting) algorithm to combine k-means clustering-Naive Bayes classification model and ARIMA (Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average) model forecasts to form a hybrid model for load forecasting from the supply side. The error in the forecast from the hybrid model is also corrected and reduced using the neural network. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed method a case study has been put through where load forecast is performed using actual load data from AEGCL (Assam Electricity Grid Corporation Limited), Assam. Load forecast is done for the first week of December 2012 and 2018 using training data set from January to November 2012 and 2018 respectively. The error of the forecast load is measured using MAPE (Mean Absolute Percentage Error) to test the accuracy of the proposed method. The hybrid model forecast with the neural network error model extensively improves prediction accuracy of the load forecast from the supply side when compared to individual forecast models considered.


Introduction The HF-CGM study is a proof-of-principle study to investigate whether cardiogoniometry (CGM), a three-dimensional electrocardiographic method, can differentiate between pacing modes in patients with cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT). Methods At a tertiary cardiology centre, CGM recordings were performed using four pacing modes: no pacing; right ventricular (RV) pacing; left ventricular (LV) pacing and biventricular (BIV) pacing. Three orthogonal CGM planes orientated to the long axis (XY), the frontal plane (YZ) and the short axis (XZ) of the heart were constructed (see figure), and the direction of the QRS axis was calculated for each pacing mode in each plane. During BIV pacing, the direction of CGM QRS axis was compared between patients with optimal and non-optimal 12-lead ECG pacing variables. Optimally paced 12-lead ECG variables were defined as an R/S ratio greater than or equal to 1 in V1 and/or R/S ratio less than or equal to 1 in lead I. Results Eleven participants (aged 77.4±11.5; 63.6% male, LVEF 31±6%) were consecutively recruited. Only QRS axis measured in the XY plane could distinguish between LV and BIV pacing vs. no pacing (p=0.005 and p=0.001 respectively). Mean QRS axis and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for each pacing mode is shown in the table. Mean QRS axis in the XY plane with pacing off and during RV pacing was leftwards and basal; LV pacing was apical; and BIV pacing was rightwards and basal. There was a marked difference in the direction of QRS axis between patients with optimal vs. non-optimal paced QRS morphology in the XY plane (rightwards and basal vs inconsistent). Abstract 8 Table 1 XY plane YZ plane XZ plane No pacing −23 (95% CI: −35 to 11) 147 (95% CI: 117 to 177) −8 (95% CI: −45 to 29) RV pacing −52 (95% CI: −66 to −40) 144 (95% CI: 136 to 152) −10 (95% CI: −23 to 4) LV pacing 148 (95% CI: 88 to −152) −24 (95% CI: −166 to 113) 74 (95% CI: 7 to 157) BIV pacing −130 (95% CI: 161 to −62) 150 (95% CI: 29 to −88) −91 (95% CI: 102 to 71)Abstract 8 Figure 1 Cardiac CT sections taken in the same approximate sections as the CGM planes – XY plane (panel A), YZ plane (panel B), XZ plane (panel C). Green shading represents the right ventricle; yellow shading represents the left ventricle. Conclusions CGM recorded in the XY plane can accurately detect differences between ventricular pacing sites. Further studies are needed to determine whether CGM has clinical utility in optimising patients undergoing CRT.


The model of transient axially symmetric wave propagation in a circular elastic bar is studied by using the elastic wave propagation theory and the methods of integral transform. The numerical results of the model of longitudinal impact wave velocity are shown using a method of numerical analysis. This theoretical formula and methods of analysis is used in an experimental system to measure the dynamic characteristic of microstructure. Curves of the wave peak emulation of Davies bar are obtained by using theoretical formulation.


Introduction In the early 1950's, it was predicted that the demand for computers would not exceed ten machines world wide. The time span from that false start to today's ubiquitous micro processor has been a short three decades. As early computers were placed in business data processing environments (usually accounting), it rapidly became clear that not only was the forecast incorrect, but businesses needed specially trained personnel to manage and operate the computers and data processing equipment. Training was limited and what was available for data processing personnel was technical and not manager-oriented. As data processing moved from the traditional unit record configuration to a MIS, DSS, and DBMS environment, management began to realize that control of the important information resource was often in the hands of lower-level technicians who had little understanding or appreciation of long-term organizational goals and the need for strategic management information. Worse yet, managers had minimum understanding of how computers could be used and managed. The gaps in managerial computer literacy often meant that management at all levels abdicated its responsibilities to technicians. The immediate reaction was one of imposing control. While control solved the immediate problem, it did not solve the problem of management inadequacy. To combat the lack of management expertise and to improve the level of professionalism, ACM, DMPA, and IEEE devised reconnnended curricula for information processing. While it is not clear how successful these attempts have been, they have been directed at solving the problem.


Digital histopathology is based on the analysis of digitized biopsy slides. Prostate cancer is an usual disease among men. Process of analyzing histopathology images and manually determining the Gleason grades by expert pathologists takes a lot of time. Therefore, development of a system based on machine learning can provide an accurate method for grading prostate cancer. But development of these systems are difficult because they need significant amounts of pixel level annotated data. Since the pathologists' clinical reports often contain only slide-level labels, this type of data is rarely available. Therefore, the development of methods that can learn using only slide-level labels and do not require manual pixel level annotation would be a considerable advance in this field. In this paper, we design a weakly supervised convolutional neural network for Gleason grading in tissue microarrays, without using pixel level annotations. We explored different pre-trained models as a backbone of our models, namely ResNet-50, VGG-19 and MobileNet. We used class-wise data augmentation method to face the imbalance problem in our dataset. The best network architecture was ResNet-50 as backbone. In the test cohort, ResNet-50 as backbone with class-wise data augmentation achieved an accuracy of 80% for the Gleason grades.


In order to verify the body oscillation of one-year old children while performing a dynamic and self-initiated task, three children were invited to stand on a force plate for 30 seconds in each trial and to perform the following task: Phase 1: children were told to keep the stand still position for the first 13 seconds; Phase 2: children reached and grasped a toy over the table at the left side and Phase 3: children brought the toy down to the chest. Mean sway amplitude in the medium-lateral direction was the dependent variable in each task phase. Toddlers were very unstable in phase 1 and always reached for the toy with both hands. Mean sway amplitude was larger in phase 3 compared with the other phases maybe because the reverse direction. The highest body oscillation of toddlers observed might represent a result of immaturity and lack of experience in balance tasks.


This 40-pages handbook intends to point out the main decisive aspects to have in mind when creating and designing a diversified agroforestry system : which marketing channels, which competencies, which working capacity and organization...
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FIELD: food industry, in particular, confectionery industry for preparation of new product with higher tastiness. SUBSTANCE: composition contains the following ingredients in ratio, kg per 1 t of product: granulated sugar, 100-110; sugar powder, 799-809; syrup, 50-62; finely-divided grass of origanum, 3.0-3.5; peppermint leaves, 3.7-4.0; leather bergenia leaves, 3.0-3.4; maral velvet antlers, 2.8-3.2; grits of maral velvet antlers, 15.0-15.3; natural honey, 18.0-19.0; food colorant, 0.15-0.17; vegetable oil, 0.2-0.3; talc, 1.0-1.2; beeswax, 0.18-0.24; water, the balance. Method for producing dragee involves preparation of dragee cores, their multiple treatment with sugar syrup, rolling in sugar powder and polishing of half-finished product. Dragee cores is carried out by treatment of preliminarily prepared sugar grit of 2-3 mm size with sugar syrup where added are honey, mixture of dry finely-divided leaves of peppermint, leather bergenia and origanum, powder-like maral velvet antlers and grits of maral velvet antlers to grow of cores mass up to 50-70% from mass of ready-made dragee. Then processing the cores is carried out by sugar syrup where added are food colorant, sugar powder, and talc for polishing the products. EFFECT: higher biological value. 3 cl


Internet of Things (IoT) promotes the awareness about our world and eases human life. In IoT, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications empowers machine-type-devices (MTDs) to cooperatively exchange information and perform actions. Current M2M communications primarily leverages cellular networks to provision reliable services. When a disruptive disaster destroys the local cellular infrastructure, unmanned aerial vehicle mounted base stations (UBS) can be deployed to assist rescue by facilitating M2M communications among the human portable/wearable MTDs (HMTDs). The UBS network access and resource allocation scheme is proposed to maximize the number of HMTDs to establish communications. We have validated the proposed scheme through extensive simulations.


The purpose of this study was to examine nurses' perception of the relationship between job satisfaction and quality of care they deliver, and barriers to a quality care. Data for this cross-sectional study was collected using a paper survey developed by the researcher. This 28-item questionnaire assessed nurses' perception of the relationship between job satisfaction and the quality of care they deliver, and factors that affect the delivery of a quality care and job satisfaction. The questionnaire was distributed to 47 nurses who work in direct patient care at a small Minnesota hospital. Analysis included descriptive and correlation. The research found that there is a positive correlation between nurses' job satisfaction and quality of care they deliver. The study also found that work-load, staff scheduling and stress to be the most significant factors that affect the delivery of a quality care. Moreover, pay/compensation, work environment and care quality are found to be the factors that affect nurses' job satisfaction most.


To investigate the possibility of reinforcing lake ice with wood and steel bars a number of tests were made on the covering of ice on a small lake. Totally 48 load tests were made on ice beams with and without reinforcement. At the same time extension tests of the bars were made. The bearing strength of the ice depends on its flexural tensile strength because ice, like concrete, has the weakness that tensile strength only is a fraction of the compression strength. The results show that reinforcement leads to higher resistance against cracking. Very small amounts of reinforcement are demanded. (TRRL)


What are the particular factors of the aeroplane of 1947, which have a special effect on landing gear technique? (i) Increase in the speed of take-off and landing. 1940: 65 to 90 m.p.h. 1947: up to 130 m.p.h. (ii) Increase in wing loading and the use of thin or laminar flow wing sections. 1940: 301b. sq.ft. 1947: more than 50 lb. sq. ft. (iii) Increase in physical dimensions and all-up-weight of the aircraft. 1940: 80,000 lb. 1947: 300,000 1b. (iv) Increase in operational altitude. 1940: 10,000 to 15,000 ft. 1947: 15,000 to 30,000 ft.


The size and shape of the nick of easy open end are key parameters in ensuring high packaging quality, but the present detection methods are still rather primitive. To solve this problem and realize automatic detection of easy open end in industrial production sites, an in-situ vision inspection system based on light-section principle is developed to measure the nick depth quickly and accurately, which utilizes self-developed image acquisition and processing software and uses an automatic blocking and threshold segmentation algorithm based on projection method. Experimental results show that the inspection system has realized the positioning accuracy of ±1mm in X and Y directions, and the depth of field in the system is 700μm. The vibration characteristics of the system is tested by using shaking table with vibration frequency of 6.7Hz and amplitude of 360μm to simulate production environment of easy open end, which verifies that the system can work in similar production environments.


Highly selective cross-coupling reactions promoted by lithium metal have been achieved between aminodichloromonosilanes R(Et2N)SiCl2 (R = Me, Et, Ph, Et2N) and 2 equiv of Me3SiCl (1) or (Et2N)Me2SiCl (2) and between aminochlorodisilanes (Et2N)nMe3-nSiSiMe(NEt2)Cl (n = 1, 2) and 1 equiv of 1, 2, or (Me2N)nR3-nSiCl (n = 1, R = Et; n = 2, R = Me, Et) in THF at room temperature to form the corresponding symmetrical and unsymmetrical diamino- to pentaaminotrisilanes in high yields, which are transformed into alkoxy and fluoro derivatives under mild conditions. A tetraaminotetrasilane has also been prepared by reductive homocoupling of (Et2N)Me2SiSiMe(NEt2)Cl and converted into the alkoxytetrasilane. Some special experimental procedures have been employed for the selective coupling reactions.


As of this Canada Day, refugees and the physicians who treat them have been set to travel a perilous road together. Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, announced on April 25, 2012, a drastic roll back of health coverage for refugees and refugee claimants. While


The results reached by the research confirm and point out that the expansion of industry's economic capacity and the transition to market mechanisms for the development of the economy cause a reduction in reserves of clean water, shallowing of mountain and trans-boundary rivers, the decline of fish stocks, and the emergence of a real threat of a water ecological crisis in the republic. The increasing water demand with stringent health standard and emerging contaminants caused that the traditional water/wastewater treatment technologies remain ineffective for providing adequate safe water. Now, nanotechnology-based multi-functional and highly efficient processes are providing affordable solutions to water/wastewater treatments that do not rely on large infrastructures or centralized systems. The present study is briefly discussed the availability and practice of different nano-materials (particles or fibers) for removal of bacteria, inorganic solutes, heavy metals, metal ions, complex organic compounds, natural organic matter, nitrate, and other pollutants found in surface water, ground water, and/or industrial water. Recently, nano-technology and nano-science are greatly developed and produced environmentally-safe, economical, and efficient materials for environmental engineering, these engineered nano-materials are promising for water treatment due to their unique physicochemical properties that enable the heavy metals scavenging with high adsorption capacity and selectivity even at very low concentrations. Efficient heavy metals removal from water was reached via the simple adsorption technique. The current review discussed the heavy metals were removed by using various Nano-materials like zeolite, polymers, chitosan, metal oxides, and metals under different conditions. The new studies focused on nano-materials functionalization in order to improve properties of separation, stability, and adsorption capacity. Different molecules such as biomolecules, polymers, inorganic materials were used in functionalization process. By providing the magnetic properties to the adsorbent, its separation becomes easier via magnetic separation techniques. This review provided precious information regarding the use of engineered nano-materials for the removal of toxic heavy metals that will guide the researchers intending to fabricate new nanomaterials for water/wastewater remediation. It should be noted, that all experiments are conducted at lab-scale for toxic metals in aqueous solutions and studies are needed to evaluate the process efficiency at pilot and large scale using real wastewater


����������� ���� ���� Rock mass classification systems constitute an integral part of empirical underground excavation design. One system that is commonly used to classify rock mass is the Rock Mass Rating, or RMR, system. The RMR system has evolved over time to better reflect the perceived influence of various rock mass factors on excavation stability. While the introduced modifications have enhanced the applicability of this classification system, there are still areas that cause potential ambiguity. The RMR system cannot deal with input data ambiguities, uncertainties, and vagueness. To deal with the uncertainty, a Fuzzy Rock Mass Rating (FRMR) has been developed. This study aims to describe the main concept of the fuzzy approach, which is implemented in the FRMR to classify rock mass. The FRMR considers the uncertainty associated with the input data (uncertain variables) used in rock mass classification. The Gol-e-Gohar (GEG) area 3 iron ore deposits in the south of Iran were chosen as the case study for investigating the applicability of FRMR. The results of this study show that the FRMR software tool can easily be used for rock mass classification, even if uncertain input parameters have been used. FRMR consists of three parts, each of which is suitable for certain conditions.


When studying the problem of time , we always care about the efficiency of time , which is particularly significant for China since we have lost too much time to develop in the history and we are now carrying out the strategy of spaning development. The Theory of Deng Xiaoping includes abundant thoughts about efficiency of time and this article from four aspects is going to make some researches into this valuable thought.


A quantitative categorization of total storage proteins profile of 6 isolates of Aspergillus flavus was performed by sodium dodecyl sulphate- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). This technique was used to explore the level of genetic discrepancy in A .  flavus isolates . Total soluble proteins were resolved on 10% resolving gel. A total of 27 polypeptide bands were obtained among which 20 bands were present in all isolates but other 7 bands of molecular weight (127.38, 110.14, 109.74, 97.62, 93.83, 74.98 and 59.03 KDa) showed variation. Dendrogram based on electrophoretic data clustered the varieties mainly into two groups. In conclusion, electrophoretic bands (SDS-PAGE) of storage proteins can provide a potent tool to estimate genetic variation and relation among isolates. The specific bands of seed storage protein profiles may be used as markers for identification of the varieties.


In this paper, the properties of single-stage full-bridge converters are compared to those of single-stage forward converters. It is shown that, although both types of converters share similar properties, there are significant and surprising differences that have not been previously reported with respect to operating modes, DC bus voltage reduction techniques, and soft-switching. These differences are discussed in the paper, and conclusions about the properties of single-stage full-bridge converters are made based on results obtained from experimental prototypes


The effect of laser pulse width on Rb2 predissociation is probed. The relative yields of Rb excited state fragments with different pulse widths are compared experimentally. Reproducible dissociation channels are observed.


The unexpected 2014 and 2015 Ontake (Japan) and Calbuco (Chile) eruptions proved that improving volcanic eruption prediction is still a great challenge. Decreases of seismic velocities of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano inferred from seismic noise correlations have been shown to precede eruptions. However, seismic velocities are strongly influenced by rainfall and subsequent pore pressure perturbations. Here we increase the detection of precursory seismic velocity changes to an eruption by removing the effects of pore pressure changes. During 2011–2013, the volcano exhibits a low eruptive activity during which we observe seismic velocity variations well correlated with rainfall episodes. We estimated the transfer function between fluid pressure and seismic velocity changes. We use these results to correct seismic velocity change time series for pore pressure changes, due to rainfall and found a preeruptive velocity drop (0.15%) associated with the 21 June 2014 eruption that was undetected before correction.


This chapter seeks to further determine Tarantino's place in the history of film aesthetics, and his relationship to classical, contemporary and art cinema. It analyzes how the films relate to the extrinsic norms of the film genres they rework, how they produce their own intrinsic norms and how they ultimately play with the two. It foregrounds the various functions of these devices, that can be dramatic, narrative and/or metafictional. It progresses from a general overview of the Tarantino style by focusing on the body of his work, before studying a certain number of signature devices, and finally some of the specific color schemes and devices utilized in each film.


One of the basic features of a safety function is the safety integrity level. This feature also affects the technical solution of the system that implements the safety function. One of the parameters that affect the safety integrity of a safety-relevant system is its recovery to the original state after a failure has occurred. The method of recovery a safety-relevant system after the occurrence of a failure to its original state depends not only on its technical solution, but also on the method of its operation. The paper deals with the influence of various methods of recovery on the safety integrity of the safety function, which is implemented by an electronic safety-relevant system with a 2oo3 architecture.


This paper describes the basic working principles and characteristic of statistic transmission system in detail,analyzes the characteristic of the hydrostatic transmission system.


In this paper, a new algorithm for blind reconstruction of generator polynomial for narrow-sense Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) codes is proposed. The proposed algorithm uses the property that the number of valid codewords is differed with respect to the dimension of code. Furthermore, by following the channel cross-over probability of binary symmetric channel (BSC), the probability that a received codewords is the valid codewords of a BCH code is calculated and used in proposed algorithm. Through the hypothesis test which use the number of valid codewords, the BCH code used at the transmitter is distinguished at the receiver and then the generator polynomial can be reconstructed. Simulation results confirm that the proposed algorithm has much better recognition performance than the previous method.


By structural equation model,the text analyzes entrepreneur's main perceptions in financing decision-making process. In both debt and equity financing decision-making processes,the perceived availability of capital and perceived effect on development are given attention to. However,the contents of them are different significantly in different processes. Moreover,in debt financing decision-making process,perceived cost-risk and perceived financing chance are considered seriously. In equity financing decision-making process,perceived control and perceived risk control are considered seriously.


A transmission scheme of orthogonally multiplexing pilots in frequency domain with single carrier data signal is proposed in this paper. In this scheme, information-bearing data symbols are modulated in time domain using a simple precode linear transformation, and multiplexed with pilot symbols in frequency domain. The proposed single carrier transmitter has lower complexity and the transmitted signal has lower peak to average power ratio (PAPR) than that of OFDM. In addition, same channel estimation algorithms for OFDM can be applied to the proposed single carrier transmission system due to the similar orthogonal multiplexing of pilot and data symbols in frequency domain. Equalizers based on MMSE and zero-forcing criteria are also presented. Receiver performance is analyzed and compared with OFDM using numerical examples.


In clause the problem of maintenance of a realizability of the financial plan of the enterprise under condition of not negativity of balance by an accrueing result on the periods is considered


This article surveys principles for the design and development of microcomputer-based instructional software. A set of design guidelines based upon existing research are outlined. Three approaches to authoring software are examined: general purpose programming languages, author languages, and authoring systems. The tradeoffs in using these three approaches are outlined. The implications of research in automated instructional development systems and intelligent tutoring systems are discussed.


We study fast inversion of the Paillier encryption function. Especially, we focus only on key generation, and do not modify the Paillier encryption function. We propose three key generation algorithms based on the speeding-up techniques for the RSA encryption function. By using our algorithms, the size of the private CRT exponent is half of that of Paillier-CRT. The first algorithm employs the extended Euclidean algorithm. The second algorithm employs factoring algorithms, and can construct the private CRT exponent with low Hamming weight. The third algorithm is a variant of the second one, and has some advantage such as compression of the private CRT exponent and no requirement for factoring algorithms. We also propose the settings of the parameters for these algorithms and analyze the security of the Paillier encryption function by these algorithms against known attacks. Finally, we give experimental results of our algorithms.


Over the past decades, literature has been focusing increasingly on performance management. A great deal of studies have pointed out that performance management has evolved from mere financial measurements to a multitude of indicators, and that the subject being measured can range from micro-level (an organisation), meso-level (industry) to macro-level (regional or national) performance. The authors will research which academic literature has focused on the performance measurement and management of the meso-level and how that is translated in practice, with special attention for the port industry. In practice, the authors observe that mostly so-called 'observatories' are responsible for monitoring the performance of infrastructure industries. Within this context the authors will examine the cooperative efforts of the past 20 years between universities and the European port industry. Based on this analysis, research and policy recommendations will be made on industry performance management, with specific consideration for port industry performance management.


The HOGLEX demand system (Tran Van Hoa [10, 111) is integrable and completely general in the sense that it encompasses all other well-known demand systems in the literature on consumer behavior (Laitinen et al. [71). The studies to data have been based on conventional OLS or MLE methods and panel aggregate data. The paper elaborates on important subsets of the HOGLEX demand system and, using household expenditure unit records from two major ASEAN countries (i.e., Thailand and the Philippines), estimated by the Bayesian method of these subsets for a number of socio-demographic cohorts. We also estimate the models with measurement error in total expenditures and compare the results with those without measurement errors.


Detailed studies aiming to explore the main ideas lying behind early kinetic theories are rather scarce. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the development of two basic issues present in the early formulations of the kinetic theory of gases, namely, the hipothesis of the molecular character of gases and the speculations about the nature of heat. Modern kinetic theory articulates a mechanical model of a given physical system with probabilistic arguments. A brief sketch of the origin and the historical evolution of those very different components of the theory is carried out.


Smid B., L. Valicek, A. Sab6: Morphogenesis of Aujeszky's Disease Virus in Pig Lung Macrophage Cultures. Acta vet. Brno, 59, 1981: ·79-87. A virulent strain of Aujeszky's disease virus replicated in vitro in pig lung macro phages (PLM) from colostrum-deprived piglets aged 14, 23 and 45 days. The infecting dose was 5 PFU/cell. Core-like particles and nucleocapsids were observed in the nucleus 4 and 8 hours after infection, respectively. Single virions in the extra cellular space were first observed 10 hours after infection. At later stages of infection the nucleus contained numerous nucleocapsids, frequently arranged in crystalline arrays, and the cytoplasm showed numerous virions both in tubules of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum and in lysosomes. At the same time numerous virions were present also in the extracellular space, but only few of them showed a large amount of electron dense material between the nucleocapsid and the envelope.


We report the development of ultra-stable aqueous colloidal dispersion of magnetite nanocrystals produced by aqueous 'coprecipitation method'. Magnetic nanofluids were prepared by dispersing the Fe3O4 NPs in water medium in the presence of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH). The synthesized nanocrystals were characterized by XRD, TG-DTA, XPS and TEM for evaluating the phase, crystal structure and morphology. FTIR spectroscopy was used to shed light onto the nature of the interactions between TMAH and Fe3O4 NPs. The TMAH peptized nanofluids was clear translucent colloidal dispersion found to contain spheroidal nanoparticles of average size 13 nm with very narrow size distribution similar to TEM size. High-resolution microscopy indicated that all the NPs are indeed single crystals with truncated octahedral shape. Lattice fringes belonging to predominant (111), (220) and (311) planes could be identified. The Ms values estimated are 64.68 and 57.92 emu g−1 at room temperature for NPs before and after peptization respectively and they are superparamagnetic. The key colloidal properties such as charge, hydrodynamic size, photon counts, dispersion stability and surface chemistry have been analyzed and compared with a dispersion of aqueous precipitated magnetite. The TMA suspensions are stable over a year without any loss due to precipitation. Photon scattering experiments have indicated the presence of very small NP clusters of 28 nm in aqueous suspensions. The lower extent of agglomeration in TMA promotes the one-shell clusters of primary nanoparticles, a fact which can forecast the stability of the ferrofluid. The change in surface charge of the magnetic fluid from −44 to +49 mV while varying the pH indicated the PZC at pH 5.98. The dynamic processes were investigated during the photon scattering experiment against time, temperature and concentration. The stability of the ferrofluid against time, temperature and concentration indicates the great potentials in biotechnology, selective catalysis and other industrial applications.


The Nils Yngve Ohrn Symposium is part of the ICCMSE 2007 meeting in Corfu, Greece. This communication identifies the subject matter and organizers of the Symposium.


In the past, modular structures for software systems have rested upon several assumptions that may no longer characterize the changing world of dynamic computing. Important among these assumptions is that the decision to use or reuse a particular component is made at the time a client is developed. But the advent of a variety of modern software architectures like SOA, mobile/ubiquitous computing, grids, and AOSD emphasize deferring these decisions about component choice until run-time.
 The presumption of development-time choice has had deep influence on many of the characteristics of programming languages. We explore the impact of the change of implementation selection from development-time to run-time on programming language constructs and middleware, and conclude that there is a model for software that satisfies the needs of future, more dynamic environments in a way that can be achieved as a compatible extension of today's common object-oriented languages.


In this paper, an experimental analysis of electromagnetic radiation originating from the WLAN(Wireless Local Area Network) access point using different WLAN technologies (802.11a / g / n / ac) was performed. The measurement results, obtained in the lab topology of the WLAN for data download service, show that the electric field strength significantly depends on the deployed technology, as well as on used frequency band. Measured values indicate that the electric field strength is highest in the case of 802.11n technology in the 5GHz frequency at 5GHz, whereby all obtained values are below the prescribed reference levels.


We address the K Nearest Neighbors (KNN) problem in large binary datasets which is of major importance in several applied areas. The goal is to find the K nearest items in a dataset to a query point where both the query and the items lie in a Hamming space. We address this problem in its online setting, that is, data items are inserted sequentially into the dataset. We propose a data structure that partitions the feature space by exploiting the Hamming weights of the binary codes and their substrings. The proposed data accommodates efficient similarity search and fast insertion of new items. Empirical evaluations on large-scale datasets used in binary hashing techniques show significant speedup over the best known solutions.


In reading Yeats, the poetry's complex relations with facts, whether these are facts of the poet's private life or of the life of his times, are always critically relevant. Acknowledging this, and acknowledging the difficulty of understanding these relations with the necessary fullness, it is vital to add that the poetry itself is another fact in the matter, and that it too demands respect. (McDonald 2002:49)


Abstract Over the past two decades, the emphasis on paid work has become one of the defining features of social security policy in the UK. Lone mothers and their families have been one of the key groups affected. In this article we focus on the working and family lives of lone mothers and their children over time, drawing on material from a long-term qualitative research study, and setting this in the context of policy developments. We explore the long-term consequences of trying to sustain work, and manage low-income family life as children grow up and needs change over time. This highlights some of the tensions and limitations in family support and relationships when resources are limited. We reflect on the links between insecurity, legacies and the state.


The book of Mencius first appeared in the form of Zixue.Then through the Han and the Tang Dynasties,down to the Song Dynasty,it changed its position from Zixue to Zhuan to Jingxue and finally was accepted as Jingxue and was listed in the"Four Books".From the political level,the changing position can be interpreted as political demands of putting down heresy,worshiping Confucius and founding Taoism.In theoretical viewpoint,it shares a lot in common with those of later Confucianscius.


Before the amalgamation of Councils in the mid 1990s the title of 'City' was awarded under various criteria in the Local Government Act. A number of municipalities were actually titled 'Town' eg the Town of Camperdown and the Town of Kyabram. With the creation of larger geographic local government areas towns were absorbed within Shires. Most of the States larger regional urban areas were titled Cities. The Australian Bureau of Statistics simply refers to urban areas. However the concept of city or a town is not only a function of size or role it is also a state of mind or so international author, activist and commentator Charles Landry contends.


Solar ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation is known to trigger inflammation, oxidative stress and apoptotic responses through various signaling pathways, which eventually lead to skin cancer. The present study investigated whether liquiritin suppresses UVB-induced skin injury in viv and in vitr using SKH-1 hairless mice and HACAT cells, respectively. The animals were exposed to UVB irradiation (180 mJ/cm2) for 20 min, followed by liquiritin treatment. The findings indicated that UVB exposure resulted in the excessive release of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-1β, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, IL-18, IL-6 and cyclooxygenase (COX)2, which were dependent on the toll-like receptor (TLR)4/myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88)/nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway. Oxidative stress was also observed, evidenced by reduced antioxidants and elevated oxidants. Apoptosis, examined using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling and crystal violet staining, suggested that UVB irradiation caused cell death in viv and in vitro, which was closely associated with p38/c-Jun N-terminal kinase and caspase activity. Of note, liquiritin treatment in mice and cells exposed to UVB showed reduced inflammatory response, oxidative stress and apoptosis through inhibiting the activation of TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB mitogen-activated protein kinases and caspase pathways, and downregulating the release of oxidants. Overall, the data revealed that liquiritin may be a useful compound against UVB-induced skin injury.


As infrared thermography has a convenient feature that we can diagnose two-dimensional temperature fields nondestructively and simultaneously at every picture element, it has widely been applied to various engineering applications. Therefore, in this paper, the free surface temperature field was visualized and measured by sensing infrared energy emitted from the liquid-gas interface directly as electromagnetic waves. The heat transfer phenomena were also discussed by analyzing the temperature data statistically. Another aim is to confirm the applicability of infrared thermography to quantitative heat transfer measurement for a liquid-gas interface.


Objective: Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a telementoring program, utilizes lectures, case-based learning, and an "all teach–all learn" approach to increase primary care provider (PCP) knowledge/confidence in managing chronic health conditions. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Epilepsy and Comorbidities


More than 300 people were present to witness Assyrian church Metropolitan Mar Meelis Zaia AM unveil the plaque shortly after delivering a prayer. Speeches were also given by leaders of the community, local Liberal councillors and NSW Liberal MLC's as well as Australian Business Party President Joseph Adams. Members of the Assyrian community were brought to tears when John Savige and Dr Lindsay Grigg, the nephew's of the late Lt General Sir Stanley Savige and Captain Nicol MC spoke about their uncle's efforts which helped save more than 40,000 Assyrian refugees. The Catafalque party from the Australian Military was also present and the last post was played followed by a one minute silence. Assyrian levies veterans then laid wreaths in honor of their fallen brothers.


A TERMOPLASTICA multilayered film structure comprising at least one heat sealable EXTERNAL PLATE (A) and at least one sheet nucleus (B) .The film (A) having improved sealability TERMICO after irradiation (EJ.RAYO OF ELECTRON). The film (B) HAS IMPROVED contraction after irradiation. The sheet (A) is a linear polyethylene with a melt index of 2 to 20 g / 10 minutes, a density of 0.88 0.92 g / cm3, A molecular weight distribution (I10 / I2) 5 TO 8 A FRACTION POLYTHENE has a degree of branching less than or equal to 2 methyls / 1000 CARBUROS no more than UN15% BY WEIGHT AND ANOTHER FRACTION OF polyethylene has a degree of branching greater or equal to 25 methyls / 1000 CARBIDE NO MORE THAN 25% WEIGHT OF pOLYMER. The film (B) is a linear polyethylene having a melt index of 0.05 to 5 g / 10 minutes, a density of 0.88 A 0.94G / CM3 AND DISTRIBUTION OF MOLECULAR PEDSO (I10 / I2) from 8 to 30.


Abstract The imago and soldier castes of a new Neotermes species, N.costaseca, are described. It is only the third termite species known from the Pacific coastal desert of Peru. Neotermescostasecasp. n. is compared with the allopatric Neotermeschilensis from the arid central and southern coastal plain of Chile.


OBJECTIVE This study examined the relationships between the dimensions of the nurse manager (NM) practice environment (PE) and burnout. BACKGROUND NMs are critical to the success of their unit(s). Understanding the degree to which their PE characteristics impact their level of burnout is important to NM retention. METHOD A cross-sectional research design using a 71-item questionnaire was used to measure NM characteristics, hospital characteristics, NM PE, and burnout. There were 110 completed respondents across 22 hospitals in the United States. RESULTS Moderate inverse relationships exist between the NM PE and 2 of the 3 (work and personal) dimensions of burnout. NM age and tenure also showed an inverse relationship with burnout. CONCLUSIONS This study added evidence showing a statistically significant relationship between NM PE and the work and personal dimensions of burnout. These results also suggest the relationships NMs have with the patients on their unit(s) do not add to their level of burnout.


We analyze temporal variations in the intensities and the Doppler shifts of He i 584.33 A (chromosphere), O v 629.73 A (transition region), and Mg ix 368.07 A (corona) measured in and above chromospheric network near disk center with the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). There is significant correlation between the He i and O v modulations, with O v intensity leading He i intensity by 27.3 s ± 4.6 s but no significant time shift in the Doppler shift. Cross-correlation between the O v and Mg ix intensities reveals multiple maxima without correlation between their Doppler shifts. Wavelet power analysis gives evidence of intermittent chromospheric and transition-region oscillations with periodicities in the 250−450 s range and of coronal oscillations in the 110−300 s range. Wavelet phase difference analysis shows that the determined time shift between variations of the He i and O v intensities is dominated by waves with about 300 s periodicity. We interpret these results as giving evidence of compressive waves that propagate downward from the transition region to the chromosphere in the particular chromospheric network. We discuss different scenarios regarding origin and source localization of waves, and we speculate on their role in coronal heating above chromospheric network.