Exploring Lukes' Gospel is the second book in the Personality Type and Scripture Series. As such it follows closely the model of its predecessor Personality Type and Scripture: Exploring Mark's Gospel (Francis, 1997). The basic tenet of the book is the application of Jungian personality type theory to the study of scripture, speciŽ cally Luke's Gospel. On this occasion Leslie J. Francis has teamed up with Peter Atkins for this particular volume. These authors have written widely in various areas of theology. Here they provide 'two independent voices' throughout the text, with each author taking the lead role alternatively, working in blocks of five throughout the 51 chapters. The Series provides a rationale for the understanding of individual differences in the perceptions of the importance of the scriptures using Jung's theory of psychological type. As such it can be seen as part of an initiative within Christian churches in the areas of education, management and pastoral care that have employed personality type theory to aid community building, self-knowledge and spiritual growth. Moreover, the Series supports and extends this work in two important ways. First, it aids individuals during personal study to transcend the limited focus of their own psychological type. Second, it helps preachers understand that different psychological types may hear and respond differently to the same reading. Exploring Luke's Gospel examines texts from Luke's Gospel using the theoretical guidance of a commonly used measure of Jungian personality type, the Myers— Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). This theory distinguishes between the four functions of sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking. 'Our aim in this book has been to take the 51 gospel passages from Luke included in year B of the Revised Common Lectionary and to interrogate each passage from the distinctive perspectives of the four psychological types. For all 51 gospel passages we have followed the same disciplined pattern of exploring the four functions in the same Ž xed order: sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking' (p. 11). This is achieved by answering the questions: 'How does this passage feed the sense perceptions and establish contact with the reality of the situation? How does this feed the imagination and spark off new ideas? What does this passage say about human values and interpersonal relationships? What does this passage do to stimulate the intellect and to challenge the roots of faith?' (Foreword). Based on this methodology, the authors outline the differences between the psychological types in the perceived importance attached to each of the passages in Luke's gospels. The format of the book is straightforward: the reader is brie y introduced to the aims of the book and a synopsis of the Mental Health, Religion & Culture Volume 5, Number 1, 2002


In article factors of origin of the new scientific directions are analyzed, stages of their formation, a role of scientific elite in development of the new scientific directions, scientific different age groups, especially young and scientific middle age are considered. The role of professional mobility as mechanism of formation of personnel resources of the new scientific directions is shown. Ways of increase of efficiency of the Russian science are outlined.


The histopathologic changes characteristic of psoriasis might be related to suppressed apoptosis. One of the actions of psoralen ultraviolet A (PUVA) in psoriasis could be exerted through induction of apoptosis of keratinocytes and lymphocytes; however, its exact molecular mechanism is still confusing.


Hypotheses were generated regarding the relationship among communication openness, satisfaction, and length of employment in Japanese organizations. A questionnaire was administered to employees of Japanese organizations in the Tokyo area. The data revealed that upward, downward, and lateral communication openness were associated positively with both relational and organizational satisfaction. Length of employment also was associated with downward and lateral communication openness and with both relational and organizational satisfaction. The relationships between length of employment and satisfaction differed for employees in large and small‐to‐moderate sized organizations. Lateral communication openness was associated positively with satisfaction variables and there was a relatively small association between length of employment and satisfaction.


C hildren's A lgorithm ic Sense-m aking through V erbalization H ajim e Shirouzu (shirouzu@ sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp) School of Com puter and Cognitive Sciences, Chukyo U niversity Toyota, A ichi 470-0393 JA PA N Introduction A nalysis This paper dem onstrates the effectiveness of children's ow n verbalization on their conceptual understanding of w hy they do w hat they do to solve a sim ple arithm etic problem . The problem w as solvable by the interaction w ith the external resources, and the externalized answ ers could be described verbally as they w ere seen. V erbalization, how ever, in its essence, could include talker's ow n interpretation or explanation of the externalized records (Pine & M esser, 2000; Shirouzu, M iyake & M asukaw a, 2001). I conducted a sm all-case learning experim ent, asking six sixth-graders in a class to cut out the 3/4 of 2/3 of the origam i paper's area. They w ere of roughly sam e perform ance on the m ath and had already m astered the fractional m ultiplication. Initially, all of them m anipulated the paper directly to solve the task. Y et, gradually guided by a teacher-experim enter, through m ultiple collections of the solutions and explicit com parisons am ong them , four students actively w orked out w hy the answ er w as equal to the one-half of the w hole and finally verbalized its algorithm ic solution (2/3X 3/4=1/2). Six m onths later, these students described the task by m entioning its algorithm ic aspect as devising various w ays to m ake the one-half area, but the rem aining tw o could not do so even though they also gave explicit consent to the algorithm ic solution proposed at the end of the lesson. I hypothesize that the key to the individual differences is in their verbalization on how they interpreted ow n externalized solutions, differences or sim ilarities am ong peers' solutions, and the task itself. O verall, the perform ance of this class appears to be quite high. Everyone solved the given task actively and correctly. N ew er interpretations w ere frequently m ade and easily shared under one voice. H idden by such seem ingly one voice, how ever, crucial differences in their understanding occurred through chances of verbalizing their ow n interpretations. If a student replied to the question about the sam eness of the answ ers as, "They are the sam e not in form but in area," instead of only as, "D ifferent," I coded that he verbalized m ore than w hat w as seen actually. W hen the others only consented to such interpretation, I defined that they did not take initiative of explicit verbalization. In this w ay I coded w hat child m entioned w hat interpretation. A lthough space prevents m e from describing the entire shifting-process of interpretation, the interpretations they m ade and articulated in the lesson appeared in their reports in the follow -up inquiry clearly. Child 1, for exam ple, answ ered to w hy all the solutions w ere the sam e as, If I m ultiply these tw o fractions, w e can see the answ er in the fram e of the w hole, w hich equals one-half. So, all of these are equal to the one-half of original. In the follow ing-up, he tied his experience of using origam i to the fractional m ultiplication. O n the other hand, Child 2 consented vigorously to Child 1's explanation above, but answ ered to the inquiry, I rem em bered tw o-thirds and three- fourths, w hich reveals his rem em brance of fragm ental facts. Child 3 explained her solving step of the second try as, "If a part of the rest (1/4 of 2/3) of m y first answ er is com bined w ith this area (1/3), I can get three folded rectangles. This (the answ er, 3/4 of 2/3) has also the three rectangles. So if I folded the paper into the half of six parts, the three-sixths, I thought that I could m ake the 3/4 of 2/3." Even though this early reference to the one-half-ness could not be shared am ong others, she w as explainable at the end of the lesson w hy the answ er w as one-half based on her diagram m atic understanding, w hich could be also recognized in her follow ing-up report. The result im plies that the students w ho verbalized their interpretations could produce durable abstract understanding. This proposes a protest to the lecture style instruction in w hich a teacher delivered w ell-structured explanations and students are only silent. Instead, w e have to m ake careful analyses on each student's talk and trigger finer interactions to prom ote the externalization of their ow n explanations, ultim ately to let them deepen their learning by them selves. Learning Setting The data com e from a 6th grade classroom in a rem ote branch school of Japan, w hich had six students (2 girls, 4 boys) as a w hole. I visited there tw ice as a teacher-experim enter to conduct a lesson and m ake a follow -up inquiry, both of w hich w ere recorded by videotape for analyses. There w ere three intended phases in the lesson, to m ake students solve the problem and explain their solving steps, to have them reflect upon the differences or sim ilarities am ong solutions, and to ask them w hy the goal area w as constant as one-half. For the first phase, I prepared sheets of origam i paper, a pencil, and a pair of scissors, and then asked them a problem . Every tim e the student presented his answ er, I accepted it and m ade him explain to all how he m ade it w ith visualizing solving processes by extra origam i papers. For the second phase, I let the students com pare each tw o solutions chosen from w hat they had m ade. For the third phase, I asked w hat w as com m on am ong all answ ers and w hy it w as. Six m onths later from the lesson, I visited the class again w ith the inquiry: "Please w rite dow n anything that you rem em ber about w hat happened at the last lesson." R eferences Pine, K . J., & M esser, D . J. (2000). The effect of explaining another's actions on children's im plicit theories of balance. Cognition and Instruction,18, 35-51. Shirouzu, H ., M iyake, N ., & M asukaw a, H . (2001). Cognitively active externalization for situated reflection. Subm itted to Cognitive Science


In this paper, a decentralized control strategy is considered for load-following control of an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant with CO2 capture without flaring the syngas. The control strategy considered is gas turbine (GT) lead with gasifier follow. In this strategy, the GT controls the power load by manipulating its firing rate while the slurry feed flow to the gasifier is manipulated to control the syngas pressure at the GT inlet. However, the syngas pressure control is an integrating process with significant timedelay. In this work, a modified proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control is considered for syngas pressure control given that conventional PID controllers show poor control performance for integrating processes with large time delays. The conventional PID control is augmented with an internal feedback loop. The P-controller used in this internal loop converts the integrating process to an open-loop stable process. The resulting secondorder plus time delay model uses a PID controller where the tuning parameters are found by minimizing the integral time-weighted absolute error (ITAE) for disturbance rejection. A plant model with single integrator and time delay is identified by a P-control method. When a ramp change is introduced in the set-point of the load controller, the performance ofmore » both the load and pressure controllers with the modified PID control strategy is found to be superior to that using a traditional PID controller. Key« less


Abstract A recent revival of interest in the empires of the medieval western Savannah and Sahel has generated new insights into slavery, ethnicity, race, and gender in precolonial West Africa. New histories of medieval West Africa also expand the spatial frame through which the relationship between the region's polities and the broader world can be understood. This essay offers a survey of that literature.


Teresa McGervey, Technical Information Specialist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.

In September 2007, the Ruth H. Hooker Library at the Naval Research Laboratory requested installation of Metalib. This presentation describes the process (past, present, and future) to make Metalib available to NRL personnel. The philosophy and work behind making Metalib comfortable for users is discussed. Following that are some comments about who has been using Metalib, what their reactions have been to it, and how to get more people to use it. The conclusion looks at Metalib's current status and its future at NRL.


Three new species of the genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 are described from Nepal: T. buddha sp. n. based on worker and gyne from Nagarjun Forest, T. kathmanduensis sp. n. based on workers and gyne from Kirtipur, and T. pathibharaensis sp. n. based on workers from Taplejung. A key to the worker caste of all known Nepalese species of the genus is provided.


OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical characters of nosocomial infections in children patients with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation(alloHSCT) during the early stage of transplantation.METHODS The clinical characters of infections in the early stage after transplantation were analyzed retrospectively in 60 children cases from Jan 2000 to Aug 2006.RESULTS The incidence rate of nosocomial infection in the early stage of transplantation was 90.00%.Nosocomial infection occurred mainly in patients were the respiratory tract(64.82%),oral cavity,intestinal tract,blood,and skin.No infection focus was seen in 8 cases.The main pathogens of the early stage were microbes,and fungal infection was 13.0%.The patients complicated with acute graft-versus-host disease had higher infection rate.All the patients were given the antibiotic treatment after the ending of regimen,the time was(1.3±2.4)d.CONCLUSIONS There is a higher incidence of nosocomial infection in children patients in early stage after alloHSCT.The pathogens are mainly Gram-negative bacteria.There is a higher incidence of fungal infection too.A reasonable antibiotics and preventing the fungal infection are good to control nosocomial infection in children malignancies.


A masterpiece is each of four pieces in the short stories of Men, Animals,Tigers by Qian Zhong-shu,of which esp .Commemoration is the most perfect and refined one,With the delicate and copious psychological account in the style of lyrics,Mr.Qian narrates elegantly a modern extramarital affairs against the specific background which still shows its artistic grace,and elegant aesthetic style and strong cultural connotation.


It provides a novel polyfluorene derivative, without mixing and adjusting a plurality of fluorene-based compound, provides a polyfluorene derivative that emits close to white or white with the use of a single polyfluorene derivatives. Polyfluorene derivative having a carboxylic acid chains or ester chain in the 9-position, novel polyfluorene derivative having amphiphilic ester chain in the 9-position, processes for their preparation, fluorescent material consisting of the polyfluorene derivative, and an amount of parents fluorescent material that emits white light having amphiphilic unit.


Syndrome factors and their combinations based on syndromes are the important links of construction of syndrome differentiation system,in which the theory of prescriptions corresponding to syndromes plays a key role.The basic requirements of good clinical eff icacy are'syndrome factors'seen as the basic connotation of'syndromes'in prescriptions corresponding to syndromes,keeping the compatibility of effect classical prescriptions,emphasizing further detailed formula indication and dynamic evolution,and increasing the conformity of prescription and syndrome.These are also the basis of construction of syndrome differentiation system.Method of evidence-based medicine should be used for reference in clinical research design,and reverse thinking of conjecturing syndrome based on prescription be used for guidance in the constructing process.


Spectrum sharing systems such as cognitive radios must both strive to avoid interference and be tolerant to interference. While pilot symbol assisted systems have previously been shown to have detection and synchronization adversely affected by narrowband interference, the impact of wideband interference has received little attention. This paper shows both analytically and by computer simulation that wideband interference prevents correct pilot symbol assisted detection and synchronization for SIRs of 0 dB and less. An asymptotically optimal detector is derived for pilot symbols in the presence of Gaussian distributed wideband interference. Simulation results are presented to demonstrate that robust detection can be achieved for SIRs as low as −60 dB using a low complexity implementation for a typical OFDM system.


Leg lengthening is the wonderful treatment for the patient who has discrepancy in leg lengths, and many patients hope its treatment, we tried to lengthen the leg with seven cases.casesex male 4, female 3age in operation 8-44disease poliomyelitis 4hip joint tuberculosis 2coxitis infantile 1Conclusion(1) Leg lengthening may be tried in adult.(2) Leg lengthening was tried in both femur and tibia.(3) The bone should be gradually lengthened.(4) As seeing the callus of "sudare" type, we did not do the bone transplantation.(5) Achilles' tendon lengthening should be done.


A new Hamiltonian formulation for the fully nonlinear water-wave problem over variable bathymetry is derived, using an exact, vertical series expansion of the velocity potential, in conjunction with Luke's variational principle. The obtained Euler-Lagrange equations contain infinite series and can rederive various existing model equations upon truncation. In this paper, the infinite series are summed up, resulting in two exact Hamiltonian equations for the free-surface elevation and the free-surface potential, coupled with a time-independent horizontal system of equations. The Dirichlet to Neumann operator is given by a simple and versatile representation, which is valid for any smooth fluid domain, not necessarily periodic in the horizontal direction(s), without limitations on the steepness and deformation of the seabed and the free surface. An efficient numerical scheme is presented and applied to the case of one horizontal dimension, establishing the ability of the new formulation to simulate strongly nonlinear and dispersive wave-bottom interactions by comparison with experimental measurements.


A suite of alkaline lamprophyre dikes emplaced in centers I and II rocks of the Coldwell alkaline complex is composed of camptonites with calcite ocelli, camptonites with quartz macrocrysts, amphibole camptonites, monchiquites, and sannaites. The camptonites are characterized by phenocrysts of olivine, aluminian pyroxene, kaersutite, and titanian ferropargasite set in a matrix of magnesian hastingsite, augite, plagioclase, biotite, magnetite, sphene, and minor nepheline. Quartz macrocrysts occur as corroded euhedral single crystals. Monchiquites are petrographically similar to the camptonites but are characterized by the presence of an isotropic groundmass. Sannaites contain aluminian and chromian diopside phenocrysts set in a matrix of ferroan pargasite, aluminian diopside, biotite, albitized plagioclase, and epidotized alkali feldspar.Major-element compositions indicate the ocellar camptonites, amphibole camptonites, and monchiquites have affinities with alkali olivine basalt and that monchiquites and c...


The utility model provides a loading and unloading device of a light-emitting diode (LED) wire welding machine, which comprises loading material boxes, a material suction device, material receiving grooves, a sheet passing device, a material collection device and collected material boxes, wherein the sheet passing device comprises a sheet loading device, a welding position and a sheet pushing device, the material suction device takes materials from the loading material boxes and places the materials into the material receiving grooved, the sheet loading device transfers the materials from the material receiving grooves to the welding position to complete wire welding, the sheet pushing device delivers the welded materials again, the material collection device delivers the welded materials to the collected material boxes, the loading material boxes or the collected material boxes are one or many in quantity and distributed vertically. The loading and unloading device has the advantages that as the loading material boxes and the collected material boxes are many in quantity and distributed vertically, the lower part of the material box at the lowest end moves up and down under the drive of an air cylinder, the materials box, the material-containing boxes and the empty boxes can be delivered to a material taking position and a material collection position under the drive of the air cylinder after the material boxes are emptied or fully loaded, waiting time is not needed to be wasted during replacing the material boxes, and thus the production efficiency is improved.


In this paper are a new formula for the Planck length ℓpℓ and a new
formula for the Avogadro number NA. Also 9 Mathematical formulas that
connect dimensionless physical constants. The 6 dimensionless physical
constants are the Proton to Electron Mass Ratio μ,the Fine-structure
constant α,the ratio Ν1 of electric force to gravitational force between
electron and proton,the Avogadro number NA,the Gravitational coupling
constant αG for the electron and the gravitational coupling constant
αG(p) of proton.


Aiming to characterize the seismic behavior of old masonry buildings in Lisbon some experimental tests were performed within the scope of a Portuguese national research project, the called Seismic Vulnerability of Old Masonry Buildings (www.severes.org). In this paper the diagonal compression tests, triplet tests and compression tests performed are described and the results obtained presented. Depending on the type of tests carried out, different dimensions of masonry specimens were adopted and, for all of the tests, two different types of mortar, hydraulic and air lime mortar were considered. Based on the results obtained it was possible to assess different masonry characteristics, namely: i) shear strength of masonry via diagonal compression test, ii) initial shear strength and coefficient of friction by performing triplet test, and iii) compressive strength and Young modulus of elasticity through compression test. Moreover, for all tests, load-displacement diagrams and expected collapse mechanism are presented.


Concrete is a non-recyclable material, and aggregate is one of the significant components. As the construction industry is getting better, the necessity for aggregates also gets wider. Previous study suggests that recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) can be used as a sustainable alternative to regular aggregates in concrete paving mixtures. The focus of this research is to generate a mathematical model to forecast concrete flexure strength using certain percentages of RCA substituted natural aggregates and the age of concrete. To develop the mathematical model of the flexure strength of concrete pavement containing RCA, the researcher used two-input parameters to meet one output parameter. RCA used in this study is dilapidated concrete from the Barangay roads of Nueva Ecija Province, Philippines. Before the concrete mix, the researcher also did the L.A. abrasion to test the abrasiveness of the RCA and investigate the development of flexure strength of the specimen at the age of the 7th, 21st, and 28th days. The results show that the concrete mixture with 50% RCA gained the highest flexure strength among the four design mixtures on its 28th day. Furthermore, the derived model from ANN for predicting flexure strength is compared to the performance of the model using multiple linear regression and on the actual performance of the design mixture.


Let K be a commutative ring with identity and N the free nilpotent K-algebra on a nonempty set X. Then N is a group with respect to the circle composition. We prove that the subgroup generated by X is relatively free in a suitable class of groups, depending on the choice of K. Moreover, we get unique representations of the elements in terms of basic commutators. In particular, if K is of characteristic 0 the subgroup generated by X is freely generated by X as a nilpotent group.


Under international ius ad bellum norms the use of force is always illegal, except when qualified as one of two exceptions: when authorized by a legitimate right of self-defence and when authorized by a relevant UN Security Council Resolution. The Iraq invasion of 2003 has been rationalized as lawful and authorized by a material breach of UNSC Resolution 1441. It is submitted that a breach of that Resolution is insufficient legal grounds for invasion. The Resolution is not explicit enough to warrant such construction and cannot claim to lift or abolish an existing state of cease-fire. It was for the UN not for individual states to decide whether Iraq had failed to fulfill its obligations to such an extent as to warrant punitive military action. The UN refused to take such action. The other argument presented in favour of the invasion's legality was preventive self-defence. Not only was that argument irrelevant, it was also an exercise in convolution - it asserted that legally under certain circumstances pre-emptive self-defence is the same as preventive self-defence. It clearly is not. The self-defence argument rested on two conclusions, subsequently proved false - the alleged weapons of mass destruction arsenal in the possession of Iraq and the alleged links between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. The invasion wasn't lawful under either of those two arguments. International law does need to adapt to new threats such as terrorist activity and cruel regimes, but not at the cost of making the whole system of ius ad bellum obsolete and dysfunctional.


Dr. Iain Alasdair MacMillan Beaton. who died at Rawalpindi, India, on 9th January, 1942, of enteric fever, in his 28th year, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Beaton, 10 Hertford Avenue, Glasgow, W.2. He graduated B.Sc.Glas. 1934 ; M.B., Ch.B. 1937 ; D.P.H.Glas. 1941. After graduation he held House appointments in the Western Infirmary, and later was Medical Officer of the County Hospital, Cleland. He joined the Indian Medical Service, and at the time of his death held the rank of Lieutenant.


Abstract Gas exchange characteristics were investigated in the showy sunflower (Helianthus laetiflora) and in the common sunflower (H. annuus) to determine the importance of stomatal control of photosynthesis under glasshouse conditions. Leaf net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (gs), and intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) were measured on a leaf‐area basis of pot‐grown plants in the glasshouse by a portable photosynthesis measuring system. In response to gradually increasing light, Pn showed a sharp increase and then remained steady for both sunflower species, whereas the response of Ci was the inverse, first decreasing with increasing light before later becoming steady. In the common sunflower, gs increased and then remained constant with increasing light (similar to Pn), whereas in the showy sunflower, gs remained relatively constant except for slight fluctuations evident at the lowest light levels. The responses of Pn and gs to Ci were similar to the light responses in both sunflower species. Similar changes in the diurnal response of Pn and Ci were observed in both sunflowers, both species increased (for Pn) or decreased (for Ci) during the day. In the showy sunflower, gs hardly changed during the day, whereas in the common sunflower it increased and then decreased. Obvious positive correlations between Pn and gs were observed in the common sunflower, more so than in the showy sunflower. The limitation of stomata to photosynthesis (Ls) was greater in the common sunflower but the values of Ls were high in both species. It is suggested that stomatal control plays a role in both species but that there was a more obvious stomatal limitation to photosynthesis in the common sunflower under unstressed conditions. The difference in photosynthetic characteristics may correlate with different physiological specialisations in the two species.


This paper describes the development of a high-performance application for representing twodimensional and three-dimensional results of numerical calculations in graphical form. Two visualization modules developed on the basis of different methods for translating a three-dimensional model into a twodimensional image are compared. Vulcan technologies and rasterization and Ray Tracing algorithms are used for model visualization, and comparative analyses of the operation of two applications in different conditions are performed. The developed visualization modules can be used to display the results of numerical mathematical modeling on three-dimensional grids.


The invention discloses a copper-based sodium-rich layered oxide material as well as a preparation method and an application thereof. The chemical general formula of the material is as follows: Na0.76+aCubFecMndMeO2+delta; the space group of the material is P63/mmc; M specifically refers to one or more of Li , Ni , Mg , Mn , Zn , Co , Ca , Ba , Sr , Al , B , Cr , Co , V , Zr , Ti , Sn , V , Mo , Mo , Ru , Nb , Si , Sb , Nb , Mo and Te ; a, b, c, d, e, delta, x and m are in the charge balance: (0.76+a)+2b+3c+xd+me=2(2+delta), b+c+d+e=1, and x is larger than 3 and smaller than or equal to 4.


With the development of terminal equipment system based on information technology, simulation training becomes popular in the military field because of its convenience, efficiency, scalability, etc. However, it is hard for both the existing simulation training system simulation module and the actual equipment module to match properly. It is for people to operate one vie the other. This paper is about how to build the high level architecture (HLA) of simulation system and design data exchange gateway vie VMF, data packet transmission standard, to make simulation training close to the real equipment and improve the effectiveness of training.


A control device for a rail lifting mechanism to pass fishplates on a railway line automatically comprises an induction device used for detecting the fishplates, a distance measuring device used for measuring the traveling distance, and a controller, wherein the controller receives a detection signal of the induction device, sends a distance measuring actuating signal to the distance measuring device, receives a distance signal fed back by the distance measuring device, compares with built-in distance data, and then outputs an actuating signal to the rail lifting mechanism; the induction device is mounted to a detection trolley or the rail lifting mechanism; and the distance measuring device is mounted to the detection trolley or a main vehicle rack. The control device provides two fishplate detecting modes including a detection trolley detecting mode and a rail lifting mechanism detecting mode; both the detecting modes enable the rail lifting mechanism to pass the fishplates automatically when a rail lifting state is maintained in a screen cleaning operation process without manual intervention; and further, the defects that a steel rail falls off from rail lifting tongs and the like caused by limitation of the prior art are overcome, and the safety and the reliability for screen cleaning operation of a screen scarifier are improved.


Third Wave of Coffee is the last era of coffee development (for now), where coffee entrepreneurs began to create a special appreciation for coffee. In this era, consumers began to realize that coffee is not just a commodity to consume, but coffee has become an important part of every consumer's life. This research was conducted to determine changes in experiential marketing in grab-and-go coffee shops. Regular consumers are more influenced by experience quality created by coffee shops, where product quality and service quality are considered less important. Experience quality plays a major role in adding value to the product, further encouraging consumers to re-visit a coffee shop. The analysis technique uses PLS 3.0 with 170 respondents. The results showed that product quality and service quality affect the satisfaction. While experience quality has no effect. Satisfaction has an effect on repurchase intention on grab-and-go coffee.

Keywords : product quality, service quality, experience quality, satisfaction, repurchase intention.


The modern DFEMA analysis technique is applied to shift failure mode analysis of heavy vehicle transmission,and some optimization measures to improve the shift performance of the modular,multi-gear,high torque heavy vehicle transmission shift system are put forward,including the design of the error-proofing structure of shifting fork and pneumatic booster,the optimization for seal,and optimal control measures for the length of engagement of the shift gear tooth cone.The technical supports of promoting the reliability of transmission shift and the safety of driver are also provided.


IN A COUNTRY not yet highly industrialized, labor unions in South Vietnam are small by Western standards. But in terms of percent of work-force organized and their influence on legislation and politics, they do not lag far behind their counterparts in the United States and Europe. Membership reached 550,000 three years ago. It has declined somewhat since then because of a number of political and warrelated factors, but still totals about 450,000 active members. The largest organization is the Vietnamese Confederation of Labor, known as the CVT from its French name, La Confederation Vietnamienne du Travail. There are five federations and several small unions in the CVT, and about 350,000 members. Five independent federations and unions account for the other 100,000 organized workers in the country. The health of these unions provides one indication that the South Vietnamese government has not been suppressing the institutions of a free society to the extent claimed by its critics, including the US media. In their voluminous coverage of Vietnamese affairs during the past 15 years, most American newspapers have virtually ignored the trade unions, perhaps because they do not fit into the stereotype of an authoritarian society. In fact, unions have played a significant role in Vietnamese politics since the 1940s. The story of their development provides a fresh perspective on the political history of South Vietnam.


ABSTRACT: Purpose: This study examined the prevalence of voice disorders in university teaching faculty as well as demographic and behavioral variables linked with voice disorders in past research. Method: One hundred participants completed a survey. Results: Of the 100 participants, 45 reported vocal difficulties that were substantial enough to interfere with normal communication. Symptoms were consistent with vocal overuse, including increased effort, hoarseness, decreased loudness, and vocal discomfort. Demographic and health/behavioral risk factors (e.g., age, gender, allergies, acid reflux, use of tobacco/alcohol) had little apparent effect on the prevalence of a voice disorder. A comparison with past data suggested that this sample of university faculty had a higher than average prevalence of voice disorder, although it was lower than levels reported for kindergarten through high school teachers. Conclusion: Voice disorder is a considerable problem among university teaching faulty members. The demographic and behavioral factors associated with voice disorder in past studies were not significantly related to voice disorder in the present study. The results suggest that the demands of teaching, and not other demographic and behavioral factors, underlie voice disorder for the faculty participants.


The infrared vibration‐rotation spectrum of the ν3 band of C35Cl4 was measured by using a tunable diode laser. Heavily congested Q‐branch spectrum was analyzed on the basis of the Stark effect, which extract transitions of tetrahedral species among various isotopic species. Low‐J lines were measured in a supercooled molecular jet, which supressed hot bands and high‐J rotational lines. The following constants of the ν3 band were determined: ν0=798.7489(4) cm−1, B3−B0=−0.39(5) MHz, α220=−3.33(6) MHz, and α224=−0.185(9) MHz. The Fermi resonance between the ν3 and ν1+ν4 states was analyzed with the aid of an empirical anharmonic force field.


A reflective display device, first adapted to be adjusted between that as is the strong absorption of light in the specific wavelength band which is absorbed weakly, and the second specific wavelength band and a third adapted to weakly absorbing light of a specific wavelength band, the first is disposed under the light absorbing layer and the first light absorbing layer, and configured to be adjustable between the second will be absorbed weakly to those that have strong absorption of a light in a specific wavelength band, and light in the third specific wavelength band a third weakly second light absorbing layer adapted to absorb and, disposed under the second light absorbing layer, and configured to be adjustable between that at least the third being the weaker absorption that is as strong absorption of light in the specific wavelength band the one disposed between the light absorbing layer and the first light absorbing layer, the second light absorbing layer and the third two light absorbing layer of the light absorbing layer Of including a reflector, at least one reflector is configured to reflect light within a wavelength band of a specific wavelength band, which is assigned to the light absorbing layer on the one or more reflectors strongly.


For new professionals who recently entered the field, there are many factors to consider when deciding what type of library one would like to work in. Examining several different criteria and prioritizing each of those points can be the difference between taking a long-lasting position and leaving as soon as the next job is available. Factors to consider when looking at potential jobs should include thorough understanding of the job description, organizational funding, personnel, and location.


It must not be neglected that the new cultural structure and cultural environment have influence on college students.With the help of studying the college pre\|reading service in the new cultural structure,We assure the current trend of serving readers exactly and refresh against the traditional pre\|reading service and expand the new service fields boldly.


Tobacco use is a significant hurdle to development gains worldwide. It is the leading cause of preventable death. Smoking-related illness costs billions of dollars each year, imposing a heavy economic toll on countries, both in terms of direct medical care for adults and lost productivity.In spite of these achievements, much more needs to be done to control this health scourge. Raising tobacco taxes to make these deadly products unaffordable is the most cost-effective measure to reduce tobacco use or to prevent its initiation among youth. The benefits of higher tobacco taxes and prices are obvious, as there are good health outcomes both for individuals and entire communities that result from reduced consumption of tobacco products.This fiscal measure also helps expand a country's tax base to mobilize additional revenue to fund vital health programmes and other essential public services.Looking ahead, increased tobacco taxation could represent an important revenue stream for helping finance the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the world.Tobacco control is fully aligned with the World Bank Group's twin goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030, and boosting shared prosperity by increasing the income of the bottom 40 percent of the world's population. It makes solid economic sense,given the high costs of tobacco-related ill health and premature death and disability of adults in their most productive years. Tobacco use also disproportionately affects the poorest people. More than 80 percent of the world's smokers live in low- and middle income countries, harming health, incomes, earning potential, labour productivity, and undermining human capital accumulation– a critical factor for sustainable economic growth and social development.The World Bank's Economics of Tobacco Toolkit helps researchers analyse the economics of tobacco policies in their countries, while other reports on the challenge posed by noncommunicable diseases in numerous regions and countries highlight the importance of tobacco control as a priority public policy intervention. World Bank teams, working with in country,regional and global partners, have provided technical assistance to design and implement tobacco taxation reforms intended to reduce tobacco use by raising prices for these products.The World Bank is committed to support the implementation of the global tobacco control effort outlined in this report,particularly tobacco taxation. Effective tobacco tax regimens that make tobacco products unaffordable represent a 21st century intervention to tackle the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases.


A detailed analysis of the global and local reactivity patterns of neutral and charged peroxides, including hydrogen peroxide (HOOH), peroxynitric acid (HOONO2), the peroxymonocarbonic ion (HOOCO2-), and the peroxymonosulfate ion (HOOSO3-) in the presence of a polar solvent (water) is presented. The polar solvent effects are included using an isodensity surface polarized continuum model (IPCM). The (1,2) hydrogen-shift reaction for these peroxides is studied. The transition states involved in the (1,2) hydrogen shift have been located and characterized at the B3LYP/6-311G** level of theory. The global analysis shows that, although the replacement of one hydrogen atom in HOOH by a neutral NO2 group enhances both the global softness and global electrophilicity, the substitution of one hydrogen atom by charged CO2- and SO3- groups results in a significant electrophilic deactivation of HOOCO2- and a moderate electrophilic activation of HOOSO3-. This result is observed in both the ground state and in some acti...


The invention relates to natural stone paint, which comprises components of the following weight percentage: 3 percent of deionized water, 4 percent of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose solution of 2 percent, 0.3 percent of F111 defoamer, 0.8 percent of film-forming additive, 0.1 percent of sterilization preservative, 0.2 percent of AMP-95 multi-functional additive, 15 percent of silicone acrylic emulsion, 76 percent of quartz sand (40-120-mesh) and 0.6 percent of thickener. The quartz sand of different particle sizes are used as fillers, the simulation effect of the stone paint can reach the ideal state due to the reasonable ratio, and the effects of true stones can be achieved. Since the silicone acrylic emulsion and the AMP-95 multi-functional additive are mixed, the produced coating has excellent weathering resistance, light resistance and paint powdering resistance and also good water and whitening resistance, reserve viscosity resistance and alkali and salt precipitation resistance; and the optimal dispersion of the pigments can be achieved, the colors of the pigments can be improved, and the gloss of a paint film can also be improved.


This paper develops a model to determine an optimal ordering policy for non-deteriorating items under inflation, permissible delay of payment and allowable shortage for future supply uncertainty for two suppliers. In this paper we have introduced the aspect of part payment. A part of the purchased cost is to be paid during the permissible delay period. In case of two suppliers, spectral theory is used to derive explicit expression for the transition probabilities of a four state continuous time Markov chain representing the status of the systems. These probabilities are used to compute the exact form of the average cost expression. We use concepts from renewal reward processes to develop average cost objective function. The effect of inflation and time value of money was investigated under the given sets of inflation and discount rates. Optimal solution is obtained using Newton Rapson method in R programming. Finally sensitivity analysis of the varying parameter on the optimal solution is done.


Originally passed in 1975, the Education for Handicapped Children Act (EHA or P.L. 94-142) provided an unprecedented legislative definition of parent involvement. Congress mandated that parents be included in the educational decision-making process concerning handicapped children. This paper summarizes parent involvement as defined by the EHA, reviews the literature on implementation of EHA's provision for parent involvement, and offers recommendations for principals' leadership in supporting parent involvement. Principals are advised to create a school climate conducive to parent involvement through parent induction programs and staff development. An 87-item bibliography is included. (LMI) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** Occasional Papers: School Leadership and Education Reform


In the last decades, Density Functional Theory (DFT) has emerged as a powerful tool to predict and understand the electronic properties of molecules, solids and liquids. However, in its simplest and widespread used formulation, DFT lacks an accurate description of many relevant physical quantities, including e.g. electron-electron interactions, dispersion forces and excitonic effects. The need of overcoming such limitations has triggered an intensive research effort, leading to the development of a plethora of distinct "beyond-DFT" approaches. Within this framework, our Summer School aims to overview some advanced techniques that have recently appeared in the spotlight of the electronic structure community.


Two schools of thought exist about the appropriate landscape treatment which should be used within the center island of roundabouts. Some believe that the central island not only provides an opportunity to create an attractive landscape but also allows the opportunity to block the drivers' view of vehicles along the portion of the roundabout opposing the entering approach. The entering drivers' attention should then be focused on 1) approaching vehicles from the left already in the roundabout's circular traffic stream, 2) making an entering right turn upon accepting a suitable gap, and 3) maintaining a low speed once within the circulatory roadway. Others suggest that the more visible all surrounding elements of the roundabout, the better able the driver should be to negotiate its configuration, exit at the appropriate location, and view surrounding pedestrians and bicyclists in the process. The results obtained in a simple before-and-after central island landscaping study conducted at the first arterial roundabout constructed in the state of Nebraska indicated that a landscape treatment with significant vertical dimension (three 7-ft high by 5-ft diameter Black Hill spruce trees) and partial cross-view blockage had a positive impact on operations. A statistically significant speed reduction resulted in approach vehicles from as far as 150 ft from the pedestrian crossings. Slower vehicular speeds would inherently reduce severity of pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular accidents (if they occurred), increasing safety. The standard deviation from the mean vehicle speeds of nearly all approaches were reduced in the after period (with trees) compared to the before period (grass only) which indicated that vehicle speeds were not only slower but more uniform. Data compared from the before and after conditions also proved that drivers entering the circulatory roadway accepted shorter gaps due to slower circulatory traffic which increased the effective capacity of the roundabout since more vehicles could occupy the circulatory roadway at once. The results of this study indicated that at least partial cross-view sight blockage had both positive operational and safety effects.


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The Objective of this study are to find out, analyze and prove empirically the influence of Audit Tenure, Firm Size (Public Accounting Firm), Auditor Expertise, Non Audit Services, Auditor Reputation to Audit Quality at the KAP (Public Accounting Firm) in Medan. This research is kind of causal research. The population in this study is auditor's which has working in the public accounting firm in Medan at least 1 year. The sampling technique used was saturated sampling method with the number of respondents as many as 99 Auditor's. The data were gathered by distributing questionnaires to each Public Accounting Firm in Medan. Method of analysis on this research by using multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that Tenure Audit and Auditor Reputation have significantly affect on audit quality and then the Size of the Firm, Auditor Skills and Non-Audit Services have no significant effect on the Audit Quality at the Public Accounting Firm in Medan.


It is the contention of this paper that the Coase theorem has yet to be formulated and proved in a rigorou s manner. The paper addresses the problem of strategic coalitional be havior when more than two agents are involved in the externality. It is shown that there are examples for which nonefficient allocations a re stable in the sense of Aumann-Maschler bargaining sets, thereby vi tiating the Coase theorem. Hence a proper formulation of the Coase th eorem must exclude bargaining-set stability. Copyright 1987 by The Review of Economic Studies Limited.


Before giving the proof, we have a few remarks. The underlying set theory is the axiomatic theory BG of sets and classes of Bernays and Godel [1]. The formula ψ in (*) is supposed to have only set variables. However, if for any class C we let j(C) = U aeonJ(C Π Va), then (*) holds also for formulas having free class variables ("normal formulas" of [1].) Incidentally, "j is an elementary embedding of the universe" is expressible in the language of BG (viz.: j is an ε-isomorphism and VC1vC2[^7(iC1,iQ = j(^(C19 Q ) ] where j^7 are the Gδdel operations).


Background: COVID-19 has emerged and rapidly spread worldwide due to the high infectivity of the novel coronavirus. A new regimen consisting of a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin has been under evaluation for efficacy and side effects, especially cardiotoxicity.

Case summary: A 58-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 pneumonia. His initial ECG showed sinus tachycardia. He was started on combination therapy of azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine. After the second dose of hydroxychloroquine and initial dose of azithromycin, his ECG showed complete left-bundle branch block (LBBB). The treatment was stopped, and the patient had no cardiac symptoms. On Day 8 of admission, his repeat ECG showed an absence of LBBB.

Discussion: The cumulative dose of hydroxychloroquine observed in patients treated for malaria or systemic diseases is cardiotoxic, and few cases of LBBB, have been reported. It is, however, not known whether the use of azithromycin in association with a small dose of hydroxychloroquine induces transient LBBB.


In the normal production, each company or organization with limited resources, both limited in number or capacity of raw materials, machinery and equipment, space, labor, working hours, capital and consumer demand. With this limitation the company needs to plan a strategy that can optimize the results to be achieved, such as maximum profit or minimum cost. The purpose of scientific writing is to find the optimal combination of products and also the maximum profit that can be obtained by Aldi Cottage Donuts. The author conducted a survey directly to the company Aldi Cottage Donuts to get the necessary data. Variables used in scientific writing is donut flavor beans (X1), the taste of cheese (X2), taste of chocolate (X3), and taste sprinkle (X4).. From the calculation, the authors collect and analyze data on the production of four types of products in March 2008. From the result, obtained by combination of four types of donut donut taste that is by producing as many as 1375 fruits nuts, donuts taste as many as 305 pieces of cheese, a chocolate donut as much as 2000 pieces, and sprinkles donut taste of fruit in 1333. Maximum level of profits derived by an enterprise is Rp.1 Cottage Donuts Aldi. 732 820, - each a one-time production.


In this paper we report on full C-band tunable, 10 Gbit/s capability, directly modulated micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) for next generation converged mobile fronthaul and backhaul applications, where the MEMS-VCSEL is used at the remote side of a wavelength routed WDM-PON system. To be compliant with the current ITU-T G.metro standardization, we also evaluate the transmission performance with the outof-band pilot tone modulation. The results show that bit error rates below 10 were achieved over up to 30 km SSMF, both without and with the imprinted pilot tone, while the power penalty provoked by this pilot tone was less than 1.4 dB within 20 km transmission distance.


The degree of 137 Cs root uptake into tropical fruits, vegetables and native foliage from coral atoll soils in the Marshall Islands has been quantified using soil-to-plant transfer factors. Transfer factor values for different plants on Bikini Island (Bikini Atoll) range between 0.2 and 144 and, in general, are considerably higher than those observed in continental soils. In this paper we will attempt to summarize available data on soil-to-plant transfer factors and examine some of the fundamental processes controlling the mobility and availability of Cs in coral atoll soils.


Homes without machines of pig-iron and parlourmaids the mechanical tailor laundry work house cleaning the bathroom from roasting spit to trained lightning machines in the kitchen kitchen gadgetry the domestic mystique


On the Euclidean domains of classical signal processing, linking of signal samples to underlying coordinate structures is straightforward. While graph adjacency matrices totally define the quantitative associations among the underlying graph vertices, a major problem in graph signal processing is the lack of explicit association of vertices with an underlying coordinate structure. To make this link, we propose an operation, called the vertex multiplication (VM), which is defined for graphs and can operate on graph signals. VM, which generalizes the coordinate multiplication (CM) operation in time series signals, can be interpreted as an operator that assigns a coordinate structure to a graph. By using the graph domain extension of differentiation and graph Fourier transform (GFT), VM is defined such that it shows Fourier duality that differentiation and CM operations are duals of each other under Fourier transformation (FT). Numerical examples and applications are also presented.


This paper summarized the sources of the bullwhip effect and the effect to supply chain. This article argues that VMI basing on Information-Integrated is the effective approach to decrease the bullwhip effect and reduce the inventory cost in the supply chain effectively.


The aim of this dissertation is to provide an empirically driven, theoretically informed investigation of how speakers of Gitksan, a Tsimshianic language spoken in the northwest coast of Canada, express knowledge about the world around them. There are three main goals that motivate this investigation, summarized below: (1) (i.) To provide the first detailed description of the evidential and modal system in Gitksan. (ii.) To provide a formal semantic and pragmatic account of this system that adequately explains the meanings of the modals and evidentials, as well as how they are used in discourse. (iii.) To identify and examine the specific properties the Gitksan evidential/modal system brings to bear on current theories of semantics and pragmatics, as well as the consequences this analysis has on the study of modality and evidentiality cross-linguistically. In addition to documenting the evidential and modal meanings in Gitksan, I test and work through a variety of theoretical tools from the literature designed to investigate evidentiality and modality in a language. This begins by determining what level of meaning the individual evidentials in Gitksan operate on. The current state of research into the connection between evidentiality and epistemic modality has identified two different types of evidentials defined by the level of meaning they operate on: propositional and illocutionary evidentials. These two types correspond to a distinction between modal evidentials and non-modal evidentials respectively. I show that Gitksan has both modal


Figure 1: Three examples of PHYRE tasks (left) and one example solution (right). Black objects are static; objects with any other color are dynamic and subject to gravity. The tasks describe a terminal goal state that can be achieved by placing additional object(s) in the world and running the simulator. The task in the left-most pane requires placement of two balls to be solved, whereas the others can be solved with one ball. The right-most pane illustrates a solution (red ball) and the solution dynamics. I. Introduction On August 15, 2019, Facebook published PHYRE: A New Benchmark for Physical Reasoning (Figure 1). 1


We would like to comment on the recent article by Sensoy et al. [1], which reports management of two patients with mechanical tricuspid valve thrombosis. We appreciate this report, as it emphasizes the importance of thrombolysis as a first-line treatment strategy in patients with prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT). However, we feel that there remain some drawbacks to be addressed regarding the thrombolytic therapy protocol used in this report.


The invention relates to a composite core aluminum plastic board and a making method thereof. The composite core aluminum plastic board of two layers of an aluminum board and a layer of a core material between the two layers of the aluminum board, the core material is formed by using two layers of a thermoplastic sheet and a layer of lightweight thermoplastic composite sheet between the two layers of the thermoplastic sheet, and each two of above layers are combined through a high-molecular bonding film. The making method comprises the following steps: preheating the thermoplastic sheets, the lightweight thermoplastic composite sheet, the high-molecular bonding films and the aluminum boards, introducing a pre-pressing roller and a hot pressing roller layer by layer for pressing to make a continuous aluminum plastic board, and cooling the press-molded continuous aluminum plastic board to obtain the composite core aluminum plastic board. Compared with aluminum plastic boards in the prior art, the composite core aluminum plastic board has the advantages of light weight, large design flexibility and the like while excellent mechanical performances are maintained.


The introduction of the zoning system into Nigeria political space was to aid the smooth rotation of key political positions across the country. This policy is to achieve fairness, peace and equitable distribution of resource. Its adverse effect on the economy is thus something to worry about. Therefore, the study examines the effect of democratic zoning system on the economy of Nigeria, with special reference to Niger state. Employing descriptive statistics and multiple regressions. The results revealed that the elements of democratic zoning vis-a-vis; peace, equity, unity and justice has a positive and significant effect on the growth of the Nigeria economy. The authors thus recommends the government at both levels should focus on providing simultaneous development projects to pave way for peace and unity, zoning system should be incorporated into the Nigeria constitution, unbiased and equitable distribution of resources across the economy. DOI:  10.15408/etk.v17i1.6592


The paper focuses on the history , research and future directions of non-directive play therapy . According to the history of play therapy , the first person to advocate studying the play of children in order to understand and educate them was Henry Rousseau. The history of play therapy is discussed with further details. Few studies have been done that empirically support the effectiveness of nondirective play therapy and there have been no investigations of therapeutic processes. From a behavioral perspective , it is understood that non-contingent attention in the form of attention, the absence of demands and the environmental richness of the playroom will enhance the relationship between the child and the therapist , which in turn is essential for a therapeutic experience. Play therapy remains in great need of empirically based evaluations. Single case experimental designs, prolonging the treatment phase and incorporating new measures , just to name a few, are examples of suggestions for future directions. These suggestions are discussed in detail. Non-Directive Pl ay Therapy 3


Due to the increase in the amount of data handled and evolving data center architectures, there is a growing demand to use high-performance optical transceivers within and between the data centers. We propose a new heterogeneous packaging platform for optical transceivers that can handle higher data rates addressing cost, performance, and form-factor requirements. In this paper, the proof of concept is demonstrated by developing a passive optical engine package with a size of 11mmx11mm integrating electronic and photonic chips. To realize this, a fan-out wafer-level packaging method is employed that can provide high-speed electrical interconnects and integrated photonic chip with suspended optical couplers. By employing this platform, discrete chiplets can be optimized independently and integrated into small-form-factor packages that are otherwise not possible with monolithic integration and provide a clear differentiation compared to other approaches currently in the industry.


Based on application and theoretical analysis,this paper presents the measures taken in waterway surveying both with RTK GPS (real time kinematic global positioning system) and total station and main problems in the process.It shows how to coordinate surveying instruments,surveyors and environment,which not only ensures accuracy in surveying and charting,but also increases the work efficiency and economic benefit.It comes to a beneficial conclusion.


The present invention a) at least a portion of the active ingredient is mixed with a hydrophilic polymer of the amount of native protein and 0.5-10% corresponding to at least 50% by weight of the active ingredients and, b) wherein a) the mixture obtained in step 60 % granulated under an alcohol is present and is dried until it has a moisture content of about 3%, c) and then sizing the resulting granules, and mixed with standard formulation excipients, especially stabilizers, lubricants, flavors and sweeteners, d) the c the method of comprising the biometric adhesive (bioadhesive) a sustained release (sustained-release) pharmaceutical dosage forms (pharmaceutical dosage form);) by tabletting the mixture obtained in step to obtain a purified biological adhesive sustained-release relate to. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical forms show a long-lasting adhesion to the mucosa.


A market with defaultable bonds where the bond dynamics is in a Heath-Jarrow-Morton setting and the forward rates are driven by an infinite number of Levy factors is considered. The setting includes rating migrations driven by a Markov chain. All basic types of recovery are investigated. We formulate necessary and sufficient conditions (generalized HJM conditions) under which the market is arbitrage free. Connections with consistency conditions are discussed.


Electrical and mechanical equipment to strengthen the security management of the foundation is to strengthen the work of the local coal mine production safety an urgent requirement.Our country's local small coal mines accounted for 90% of the total number of mine about a total output accounted for one-third of the total output,but the small coal mine safety production conditions are poor,backward production technology,equipment management in place,backward technology management,security investment is not adequate,Rules and regulations are not sound,electrical and mechanical equipment management irregularities,mechanical and electrical production safety situation is very grim,serious electrical and mechanical equipment related to the implementation of the system and do a good job of equipment management,should be taken very seriously.


"Olhe, um terrorista!" yelled the construction worker as I passed. I was living in Salvador, Brazil, where eighty percent of the population identifies as something other than white. Though not sharing the same ancestry as my neighbors, I never, as a moreno (brown-skinned person), stood out to them as different. Yet to the man who pointed me out that day, I did. He apparently had been watching the news: another round of Arab men arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack. It was a small moment, an aberration amidst the abundance of hospitality I was enjoying in a country not my own. Born in Sri Lanka and raised in the United States, I chose to move to Brazil mainly for personal enrichment—to study and practice liberation theology in a land regarded as one of its homes. With so varied and privileged a background, I saw myself as something of a supra-cultural globetrotter, immune to other peoples' limitations of cultural and national identity. Whenever crossing what others referred to as borders, I rarely ceased to feel centered. Yet that day—the day I was labeled a terrorist—I suffered something of the migrant's anguish, the de-centering humiliation that typically accompanies the border crosser.


In [3] we investigated a class of Navier-Stokes systems which is motivated by models for electrorheological fluids. We obtained an existence result for a weak solution under mild monotonicity assumptions for the viscosity tensor. In this article, we continue the analysis of suchsystems, but with various notions of quasimonotonicity instead ofclassical pointwise monotonicity assumptions. Moreover we allow the external force to be of a more general form.


The adsorption of copper(II), zinc(II), nickel(II) and chromium(VI) ions from aqueous solutions onto an activated carbon produced from peanut shell was studied as a function of the concentration of the ions and the pH value. The amounts of Cu(II), Zn(II) and Ni(II) ions adsorbed increased with increasing equilibrium pH of the solution, while the uptake of Cr(VI) ions decreased. For Cr(VI) ions, maximum uptakes were found at a pH below the point of zero charge of the adsorbent (pHpzc). The amount of metal cation adsorbed at a given equilibrium concentration increased in the order Ni(II) < Zn(II) < Cu(II). This metal ion uptake order may be explained from a consideration of the combined effects of the electronegativity of the metal ion and the first stability constant of the corresponding metal hydroxide. The activated carbon produced from peanut shell was an effective and economic adsorbent for the removal of metal cations at pH ≥ pHpzc and anions at pH ≤ pHpzc.


The effect of an active medium on the mode structure of a hollow waveguide resonator is investigated. A coupled-mode approach is employed. The field propagation through the resonator is described by a propagation matrix; thus, the solution is found by solving the generally nonlinear eigenvalue problem of the matrix for complete resonator round-trip. This has been performed numerically using an appropriate iteration procedure. The method was applied to duel-case I resonators. It was found that thermally induced refractive index profiles and, in the case of larger guide cross sections, the gain properties can also alter the mode structure significantly. These alterations influence the power gain coefficient as well as the conditions for single-transverse-mode operation. >


The aim of this work was to develop and study a fast "one-pot" procedure for the production of glycyrrhetinic acid (GLA) from the roots of licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.) using subcritical water (SBW). Technique requires no use expensive and toxic organic solvents. For the first time the new method was used for the production of glycyrrhetinic acid (aglycone of glycyrrhizic acid) by "one-pot" technique. HPLC was used to determine the quantitative compositions of the obtained products. It has been shown that variation of only one parameter of the process (temperature) allows alteration of composition of the products obtained by new "one-pot" technique. The "one-pot" procedure developed for the production of GLA in SBW is faster (12 folds) than conventional methods that use expensive and toxic organic solvents. The proposed procedure has the excellent potential for the future development of the fast and low cost technologies for the production of GLA and its derivatives in the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic industries.


6-Aryl-2-(β-D-glucopyranosyl)-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1,3,4-oxadiazolo[3,2-b]-1,2,4,6-thiatriazine-1,1-dioxides 4 have been conveniently prepared from 6-aryl-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1,3,4-oxadiazolo[3,2-b]-1,2,4,6-thiatriazine-1,1-dioxides 2 by reaction of β-D-1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-acetylglucopyranose and iodine. Thiatriazines 2 are synthesized by reported method from 2-amino-5-aryl-1,3,4-oxadiazole with chlorosulfonyl isocyanate (CSI) and diisopropyl ethylamine (DIEA). All the compounds have been tested in vitro for their antifungal activity against the two fungal species Cephalosporium saccharii and Colletotrichum falcatum.


Brief details are given of the prototype equipment used to explode propane-oxygen mixtures in loess soil. The results obtained are described and compared with those obtained with electrical discharges and vibroflotation. The proposed method is the most advantageous from an economic point of view and the easiest to use. (TRRL)


This paper presents a low-power low-noise amplifier for neural recording applications. A single-stage current-reuse telescopic topology is proposed to achieve high DC gain and improve the noise efficiency factor (NEF) while allowing the amplifier to be scaled for high bandwidth sensing applications and/or to achieve lower thermal noise floor. The design is fabricated in a standard 0.18μm CMOS process and occupies an active area of 0.16mm2. Experimental measurements show a 430nW power consumption from a 1.2V supply, a thermal noise floor of 63.8nV/√Hz and a corresponding NEF of 1.5.


ABSTRACTBackground: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury cause great disability for athlete. Recent focus of ACL injury management is on prevention by identifying the risk factors. Most of basketball injury mechanism is non-contact, related to landing process with small knee flexion angle. Muscle activation and its ratio, which control movement pattern in sagittal plane, are said to play a role in dynamic movement such as landing.Aims: The purpose of this study is to analyze the correlation between muscles activation and their activation ratio of quadriceps, hamstring, tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius with knee flexion angle of basketball athlete while performing double-leg landing task.Material and methods: This study was an observational analytic, cross sectional study. Study subjects was basketball athletes age 16 – 25 years in Surabaya. Measurements of knee flexion angle done with digital measurements of reflective marker, and muscle activation was measured with sEMG while performing double-leg landing task.Result: There was no significant correlation between maximum knee flexion angle and muscle activation of quadriceps (p=0,562), hamstring (p=0,918), tibialis anterior (p=0,394) and gastrocnemius (p=0,419). There was also no significant correlation between maximum knee flexion angle and the muscle activation ratio of quadriceps-hamstring (p=0,347), quadriceps-tibialis (p=0,139), quadriceps-gastrocnemius (p=0,626), hamstring-tibialis anterior (p=0,365), hamstring-gastrocnemius (p=0,867), and tibialis anterior-gastrocnemius (p=0,109).Conclusions: There was no correlation between muscle activation and muscle activation ratio of quadriceps, hamstring, tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius with maximum knee flexion angle in basketball athlete while performing double-leg landing task.


We aim to examine the relative importance of human activity‐related and natural variables in shaping spatial patterns of alien bird species richness at the continental scale for Australia. We examine the drivers shaping establishment of alien birds in Australia in the framework of the human activity hypothesis and the biotic acceptance hypothesis (the "rich get richer" model of biotic invasion), and directly compare our results to Europe.


Determining if traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD). This constitutes a research priority for the Veterans Administration (VA) with implications for screening policy and prevention.


We present a dense 3D correspondence finding method that enables spatio-temporally coherent reconstruction of surface animations from multi-view video data. Given as input a sequence of shape-from-silhouette volumes of a moving subject that were reconstructed for each time frame individually, our method establishes dense surface correspondences between subsequent shapes independently of surface discretization. This is achieved in two steps: first, we obtain sparse correspondences from robust optical features between adjacent frames. Second, we generate dense correspondences which serve as map between respective surfaces. By applying this procedure subsequently to all pairs of time steps we can trivially align one shape with all others. Thus, the original input can be reconstructed as a sequence of meshes with constant connectivity and small tangential distortion. We exemplify the performance and accuracy of our method using several synthetic and captured real-world sequences.


The trend of nusury stock market was analyzed in Datong river valley.Small nusury stock overproduction and its price is decrease.Big nusury stock shortage and its price is increase.Nusury stock industry development countermeasures were suggested.


Cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) has been widely used as insulation material in power cables. However, in order to ensure sufficient crosslinking degree of insulation, the content of peroxide initiator in the material component is excessively high in some cases, which leads to a large number of byproducts in the crosslinking process. Some of these crosslinking by-products cannot be removed through the degassing process, resulting in impurities and micropores in the cable insulation, and this may threaten the long-term operation of the cable. In order to reduce the content of peroxide initiator, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate (TMPTMA) was selected as a coagent for crosslinking. The thermal elongation results indicate that under the similar thermo-mechanical stability, DCP dosage can be reduced to from 2.0 phr to 1.6 phr by using 0.3 phr TMPTMA And by adding 0.5 phr TMPTMA, the DCP dosage can be reduced to 1.4 phr. The infrared spectroscopy results prove that TMPTMA have been grafted onto XLPE molecules during crosslinking. The electrical conductivity results show that after the introduction of TMPTMA, the conductivity of modified XLPE has been decreased significantly and the temperature dependence of conductivity of XLPE is obviously suppressed. Besides, the XLPE-TMPTMA materials exhibit evidently higher DC breakdown strength than XLPE.


The hybrid hiding encryption algorithm, as its name implies, embraces concepts from both steganography and cryptography. An improved micro-architecture field programmable gate array (FPGA) implementation of this algorithm is presented. This design overcomes the observed limitations of a previously-designed micro-architecture. These observed limitations are: no exploitation of the possibility of parallel bit replacement; the fact that the input plaintext was encrypted serially, which caused a dependency between the throughput and the nature of the used secret key. This dependency can be viewed by some as a vulnerability in the security of the implemented micro-architecture. The proposed modified micro-architecture is constructed using five basic modules: the message cache; the message alignment module; the key cache; the comparator; the encryption module. We provide comprehensive simulation and implementation results. These are: the timing diagrams; the post-implementation timing and routing reports; the floor plan. Moreover, a detailed comparison with other FPGA implementations is made available and discussed.


How does the collective granary (agadir) of the Atlas survive "modernity" when everywhere else in the Maghreb it has died out? Years of research in the Atlas (in 2000–2019, identifying 300 active, disused or ruined granaries) support the notion of there being a wider community, beyond blood ties, whose identity is affirmed by the collective institution of the sacred agadir. For on fixed dates each year all the tribes with an active granary bring their offerings or gifts to the southern zawaya, on the fringes of the Sahara, and thus renew their oaths of allegiance to the great regional saints. Over the past two decades we have been able to identify more than a hundred active granaries in the Central Atlas, the High Atlas and the Anti-Atlas, and have ourselves endeavored to restore them in an attempt to ensure the survival of this emblematic resource.


Purpose - This study aims to report and comment on the High Court judgment regarding The Inertia Partnership (TIP). Design/methodology/approach - The paper outlines the facts surrounding this decision and comments on the ruling. Findings - The court took a strong line on the link between the activities of TIP and offshore boiler rooms and the value to the achievement of FSA's statutory objectives that the firm message a compulsory winding-up order on public interest grounds would send to other firms and individuals who may become involved directly or indirectly with such potentially abusive sales techniques. Originality/value - The paper provides useful information for all those involved in management consultancy businesses.


Contents: Preface Evidence-based practice Theoretical background The nature of narrative Learning Knowledge and knowledge management Narrative in virtual worlds Narrative in organizations Narrative-based practice Appendices Bibliography Index.


Objectives To study the efect of MRP-1/CD9 antibody on embryo implantation.Method(1)8-cell embryos were cultured in medium with different concentration of MRP-1/CD9 antibody,and the rate of 8-cell embryos developing into blastocyst stage and hatching were investigated.(2)The number of implantation sites were observed on D8 after injection of MRP-1/CD9 antibody in uterine horns on D4.Results We found that(1)CD9 antibody significantly inhibited embryos developing from 8-cell to blastocyst stage(1∶400,P 0.05)and prevented the blastocysts from hatching from zona pellucida(1∶800,P 0.05)in a dose-dependent manner in vitro culture.(2)Intrauterine injection of CD9 antibody on D4 markedly increased the number of implanted embryos(8.33±0.15 vs 4.57±0.21).Conclusion MRP-1/CD9 might play roles in mediating embryo implantation.


An empirical relation between normalized radar cross sections (NRCS) and wind vectors, known as the geophysical model function (GMF), has been established for specific wavelengths, such as Ku-band and C-band, by using scatterometermeasured NRCS and buoy or model winds [1][2]. On the contrary, L-band NRCS dependence on wind fields has been investigated by using airborne and spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data [3][4]. However, because these spaceborne L-band SAR were operated with a constant off-nadir angle, their results don't cover the incidence angle dependency. The Phased-Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) onboard the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), can observe the Earth with various off-nadir angles and has a ScanSAR function that enabled us to investigate the incidence angle dependency. In this study, we investigate the comprehensive dependence of the L-band HH NRCS on wind fields by using the PALSAR-derived NRCS and co-located wind data to propose an L-band model function for PALSAR.


An algorithm for fast computation of 2D asymptotic Green's functions is presented. It is based on paraxial ray tracing and interpolation of ray-traced variables. It has been designed for migration/inversion and the velocity field is assumed to depend smoothly on model point coordinates. Sampling of ray field is performed along rays by a wavefront expansion method. A new ray density criterion is introduced. It is based on paraxial ray theory and controls precision of interpolation. Multivaluedness is taken into account and paraxial (dynamic) ray parameters are calculated allowing estimation of amplitudes. Traveltime and amplitude maps are calculated by interpolation of the discrete ray field sampling over a dense regular grid of points. Asymptotic Green's functions can be estimated by classical ray theory or by Maslov summation in the region of caustics. INTRODUCTION


Climate change in the Arctic triggered a series of discourses about the opening up of a previously unreachable region. The long-fantasized northern routes would be on the verge of becoming actual seaways as a consequence of the melting of sea ice. In reality, navigation remains difficult in the Arctic, transits are still very limited, as sea ice is still a major constraint. The passages have always intrigued though, provoking fascination as early as when the Vikings reached the western coast of Greenland, to the vivid reaction to the Russians planting a flag on the North Pole in 2007. With climate change, the Arctic is being scrutinized more than ever; hence, the numerous discourses about navigation in particular. In this article, we analyze the development of both the Northwest Passage (NWP) and the Northern Sea Route (NSR). We then investigate the recent trends in Arctic shipping in order to put those discourses into perspective and portray the current tendency.


Abstract Amidst the serious public health crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination became a key measure to combat the disease; however, vaccination refusal or hesitancy hinders the efforts to reach collective immunity. Such refusal is a right arising from patient autonomy and can be influenced by political factors, trust in governments, skepticism towards the pharmaceutical industry, and media exposure. Thus, knowledge of these aspects added to public health efforts is paramount to mitigate refusal and promote vaccination acceptance.


Objective To investigate the relationships between the expression of E-cadherin (E-cad) gene and the methylation of promoter CpG islands in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods Specimens of tumor tissue and corresponding adjacent liver tissue were collected from 36 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The expression of E-cad mRNA was detected with RT-PCR technique,and the methylation of CpG islands for E-cad gene was determined with methylation-special PCR both in tumor tissues and adjacent normal liver tissues. Results The levels of E-cad mRNA expression were significantly lower in the HCC tumor tissues than those in corresponding adjacent tissues (P0.001). E-cad mRNA expression was lower in stage Ⅲ~Ⅳ cases than that in stage Ⅰ~Ⅱ cases (P=0.025); lower in tumors 5 cm in diameter with that in smaller tumors (P=0.035); lower in well-encapsulated tumors than that in the poor-encapsulated tumors (P=0.001). The frequency of methylation of CpG islands for E-cad gene was higher in the HCC tumor tissues than that in the corresponding non-tumor tissues (P=0.035); and lower in well-encapsulated tumors than that in the poor-encapsulated tumors tissues (P=0.015). The level of E-cad mRNA expression was significantly lower in the tumors with E-cad methylation than that in the tumors with E-cad non-methylation (P0.001). Conclusion Decreased E-cad mRNA expression may be involved in the pathogenesis of HCC,which is associated with aberrant methylation of E-cad gene.


Abstract Approximately 21 million Americans are employed in nighttime or rotating shiftwork, which is linked with numerous health risks, including reduced reproductive success. While there is a strong body of clinical evidence associating shift workers with deficits in fertility, very little is known about the mechanisms by which shiftwork produces reproductive dysfunction. One important feature of shiftwork is extensive exposure to light at night. Light is one of the strongest timing cues for the circadian system, where exposure to mistimed light (light at night) can disrupt timekeeping throughout the body, leading to a mistiming of physiological processes and resulting in disease development. Our goal is to determine if a light-based model of rotating shiftwork (shift-light), composed of an alternating 6 hour phase advance or delay every 4 days for 5-10 weeks, disrupts circadian rhythms in the reproductive hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis, leading to mis-timed tissue rhythms and reduced fertility. We hypothesize that shift-light disrupts wheel running behavior and underlying cellular circadian rhythms in the HPG axis, resulting in reduced reproductive function. Using the validated circadian Per2:luciferase reporter mice, we assessed wheel-running behavior and Per2:luciferase rhythms in tissue explants from males and females. Behavioral data revealed that both sexes adapt their wheel running to shift-light paradigm; however, females, but not males, displayed a significant deficit in their ability to entrain to phase advances following 4 shifts. This sex-specific disruption was supported by preliminary tissue explant Per2:luciferase rhythms, which suggest that shift-light alters tissue level circadian phase synchrony in female, but not male, HPG axis tissues. Importantly, females exhibited shortened estrous cycling during shift-light, suggesting the altered HPG axis synchrony could be directly impacting reproductive function. We are currently working to extend this work to determine how this desynchrony impacts hormone release, including luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone. Together, this work provides insight into how shiftwork may influence circadian rhythms in reproductive tissues and suggests that females may have increased vulnerability to reproductive deficits from shiftwork.


Based on solution to inverse problems,an optimization approach is proposed for the purpose of improving maneuverability of a driver-vehicle-road closed-loop system.The mapping relationship between the vehicle lateral displacement and the steering wheel angle as well as other responses can be found utilizing radial basis function(RBF) neural networks.One prescribed path is taken as input of the trained RBF neural network,then the steering wheel angle and other vehicle responses can be identified and the maneuverability index of the closed-loop system can be obtained and optimized.It can be seen that based on the inversion solution study,different vehicle configurations have the inherent ability to follow the same prescribed path,and therefore the optimal vehicle configuration has the best maneuverability among all vehicle configurations when they follow some typical path.


This TN reports on Work Package (WP) 2000 of the proposal, which is the Space System Analysis. The main purpose of this work package is a literature research and the description of the space segment. It fits within the overall research as the space system analysis part, highlighted in the overall structure of the research, depicted in Figure 1. In this figure, the second chapter documents upon the creation of the Theory of DSTs by exploration of the Innovation Theory and a Space Sector analysis. This theory will be used throughout the project but especially within the guidelines development part in TN02. The third chapter facilitates this research by providing a Spacecraft System Categorization which sets the technology search scope for the broadcast scan in TN02.


In order to explore appropriate maize cultivation techniques in Pu'er,taking Yunrui47,Yunyou105as test material, yield variation of different varieties under different planting density and different fertilization level were studied.The results showed that the yield of different varieties had significant difference,yield of Yunyou105was higher than Yunrui47under the same planting density and fertilization level,planting density of Yunyou105was 82500plants/hm2 and fertilizer level N,P2O5, K2O were 375kg/hm2,225kg/hm2,270kg/hm2 respectively,the yield was highest;Planting density of Yunrui47was 82500 plants/hm2 and fertilizer level N,P2O5,K2O were 375kg/hm2,225kg/hm2,270kg/hm2 respectively,the yield was significantly higher than other treatments.


Tetrahymena pyriformis W and Aspergillus flavus were used as test microorganisms for evaluating the quality of proteins in commercially prepared foods. The results were compared with those obtained from rat bioassays. There was no significant correlation between the microbiological and rat bioassay values for protein quality obtained for selected food samples under the bioassay conditions in this study. These results are contrary to reports indicating that A. flavus can be used to determine the quality of proteins in various cultivars of grains. Microbiological bioassays were conducted using defatted food products and partially purified proteins from these products. There was no apparent improvement in correlation between data obtained using microbiological assays and rat assays when purified proteins were used in place of unfractionated foods in microbiological assays. Variations among replicate analyses were greater when T. pyriformis W was used as the test organism than when A. flavus was used. Coefficients of correlation between microbiological data and rat% PER data were higher for single-point (S-P) analyses in growth media containing 0.3 mg N/ml than for the four-point slope-ratio (S-R) technique; and higher for the dye-reduction (TPTZ) technique than for direct microscopic count (DMC) for evaluating protein quality.


UKIP finished second in hundreds of seats in the UK's General Election, though only managed to claim one MP. The Finns Party, a UKIP-like populist party in Finland, are set to enter government. Mari Niemi, a keen observer of UK and Finnish politics, charts the assent of these two outsider parties seeking to simultaneously join and shake up the establishment.


In the upper Midwest of the North American Continent, lakes are resilient to water quality impairments based on watershed size, land use, morphology, and hydraulic residence time. Watershed size and the amount of runoff entering a lake influence water quality; however, studies3 have shown Lake Watershed land use plays a significant role that can protect or impair water quality. Since Lake Basin morphology is relatively constant, we will explore lake hydraulic residence time in more detail. Currently, lake hydraulic residence time is estimated based on apparent input and output; at times, excluding groundwater exchange. Physical measurement presents many challenges in understanding how hydraulic residence time varies depending on seen and unseen water source inputs/outputs. Determining how water cycles through lakes is challenging. The water budget of Midwestern wetlands, streams, and lakes is derived from various sources including precipitation, surface water and/or groundwater.4 Depending on the location of the water body and season evaporation can drastically influence water budgets. This paper is not about a comprehensive lake water budget, but relatively simple, coarse method to estimate the direction and possible rate of water flushing in a lake using stable isotopes of water.


It is a very desirable property of an identity-based signature to have a tight security reduction. According to our known knowledge, there are few results on designing identity-based signature schemes with tight security reduction. Inspired by the work of David Galindo et al. [13] and based on the signatures proposed by Sven Schäge [36, 37], we construct identity-based signatures which are existentially unforgeable under adaptively chosen message and identity attacks and whose security is also tightly related to Strong Diffie-Hellman assumption in the standard model.


Hydro-climatic risk assessments at the regional scale are of little use in the risk treatment decision-making process when they are only based on local or scientific knowledge and when they deal with a single risk at a time. Local and scientific knowledge can be combined in a multi-hazard risk assessment to contribute to sustainable rural development. The aim of this article was to develop a multi-hazard risk assessment at the regional scale which classifies communities according to the risk level, proposes risk treatment actions, and can be replicated in the agropastoral, semi-arid Tropics. The level of multi-hazard risk of 13 communities of Hodh Chargui (Mauritania) exposed to meteorological, hydrological, and agricultural drought, as well as heavy precipitations, was ascertained with an index composed of 48 indicators representing hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and adaptive capacity. Community meetings and visits to exposed items enabled specific indicators to be identified. Scientific knowledge was used to determine the hazard with Climate Hazards Group Infra-Red Precipitation with Station (CHIRPS) and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) datasets, Landsat images, and the method used to rank the communities. The northern communities are at greater risk of agricultural drought and those at the foot of the uplands are more at risk of heavy rains and consequent flash floods. The assessment proposes 12 types of actions to treat the risk in the six communities with severe and high multi-hazard risk.


The problem of reflection and transmission of sound wave through the two-layer medium containing a layer of bubble liquid is considered. A comparison of the reflection and transmission of wave coefficients with known experimental data is presented.


We consider a system comprising of a large number of mostly dormant wireless nodes, served by a single base station. Energy conservation is an important issue in such systems. Current power management schemes employ intermittent operation for enhancing the lifetimes of the nodes. In this paper we propose and analyze a class of energy aware protocols. We study average lifetime and cumulative backlog. We then provide approximate results for a particular scheme. We show via simulation that our system performs very favorably compared to a periodic wake-up scheme with geometric back-offs for collision avoidance.


Summary: The authors present a modified telescopic nailing technique for deformity and fracture treatment in children with osteogenesis imperfecta. Because a threaded portion of the solid nail component can be screwed into cancellous epiphyseal bone without additional arthrotomy, the morbidity associated with nailing is lower than the morbidity associated with conventional techniques.


Cancer is one of the causes of death in both developed and developing countries, cancer is increasing in developing countries due to increasing lifestyle, breast cancer is a cancer that causes death in women in the world, breast cancer is the highest contributor to mortality in women in the world, 43.3 per 100,000. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of family support to the quality of life of breast cancer patients. The research design used was observational analytic with cross sectional approach. The sampling technique used purposive sampling technique, the study sample amounted to 63 breast cancer patients. The results show that there is a relationship between family support and the quality of life of breast cancer patients with a p value of 0.032. shows there is a relationship between family support for the quality of life of patients with breast cancer. Suggestions that nurses can improve the quality of nursing services, and provide motivation to patients and families of breast cancer in carrying out breast cancer treatment.


tions of the "mutiny" were passed over, and the confrontation was removed from the public record. Hailed as the "Russian Cook," Krusenstern emerged with his reputation not just intact, but enhanced. In summary, Govor's account of the Russian visit to Nuku Hiva not only uses new material to explain and analyse (more fully than any previous author has accomplished) an important Pacific encounter, but it also shows how much the tensions brought about by the competing "authority" ofKrusenstern and Rezanov nearly wrecked the whole initiative and was therefore no mere footnote in the overall story of the expedition. The only quibble from this reviewer is that there are no maps in the book. Maps are a vital and necessary tool for understanding maritime history, and although Govor no doubt with good reason situates this study as one primarily of encounter, it is also important as a new look at the Krusenstem expedition itself. Thus a map of the overall route of the voyage, and at least two other maps, one of the Marquesas and another of Nuku Hiva itself, showing landing places and locations mentioned in the text, would have been useful.