After a brief review of relevant literature, this paper uses survey data collect by JETRO (various years) to examine the extent of labor and energy cost differentials between Japan and major Asian hosts to Japan's manufacturing multinational enterprises (MNEs) in recent years. The comparisons reveal large differences in nominal labor costs, but these differences are often offset by similarly large differences in labor productivity. In other words, differences in productivity adjusted labor costs are generally rather modest, suggesting that they exert only a limited influence on location decisions by most of Japan's manufacturing MNEs. Differences in resource (energy and water) costs are also relatively small, again suggesting that these differences, as well as related differences in the stringency of environmental policy, are also likely to exert a modest influence on location choice. The fact that labor costs and resource costs account for much smaller shares of total costs or output than costs of materials and parts, for example, is another reason to expect that energy and labor-cost differentials exert only a mild influence on location decisions in most cases. This conclusion is broadly consistent with the previous literature on location choice by MNEs, which usually indicates that demand-side factors such as host market size, as well as agglomeration-related reductions in transaction costs, are of more consequence for location choice than resource or labor costs.


Effects of environmental conditions on the mycelial growth,sporulation,conidial germination of Collectotrichum gloeosporioides were studied,and its lethal temperature was detected.The results showed that the temperature ranging from 10 ℃ to 35 ℃ was available for the mycelial growth,and 15 ℃ to 35 ℃was available for sporu lation and germination spores of Collectotrichum gloeosporioides.This pathogen could possess the ability to grow and germination spores from pH 3 to pH 10,while the optimum of mycelial growth was pH 4 and the optimum of sporulation was from pH 4 to pH 5,but C100-2-5 was lower than ck and C0.25-1-2 on sporulation under different temperature and pH.The lethal temperature for spore 47 ℃,15 min or 50 ℃,5 min,mycelial of ck was 60 ℃,20 min,mycelial of C0.25-1-2 was 60 ℃,20 min,mycelial of C100-2-5 was 60 ℃,20 min,while 65 ℃,5 min the three kinds of mycelial cannot grow.


In recent years, e-cigarettes, as a new form of smoking, have gradually spread among young people, and there are also cases of teenagers smoking e-cigarettes on campus. In this study, our group mainly studied how non-traditional marketing methods of ecigarettes affect the cognitive judgment of some teenagers on the harm degree of ecigarettes, and proposed that this non-traditional marketing method would mislead the cognition degree of e-cigarettes harm degree of teenagers to some extent as the research hypothesis. In order to explore this issue, our group adopted the form of anonymous questionnaires and interviews with experts, and concluded that the unconventional marketing methods of e-cigarettes vendors would mislead teenagers about e-cigarettes to some extent, which is mainly reflected in the lack of understanding of the dangers of e-cigarettes and the tendency of willingness to try. In a society where the number of young people smoking e-cigarettes is increasing every year, only when the causes of the problem are identified can effective solutions be found. Our team's investigation and research attempts to help solve this problem


Combined experimental and theoretical efforts to conceptually understand the structure directing forces in intergrowth structures have led to the discovery of the new ternary phase Ca4Ag2+xGe4–x (x = 0.5), obtained from high-temperature reaction of the elements. It crystallizes in a new structure type according to single-crystal diffraction methods: monoclinic space group C2/m–i10 with a = 10.7516(2) A, b = 4.5475(1) A, c = 18.7773(4) A, β = 93.69(2)°, V = 916.17(3) A3, Z = 4. The compound corresponds to the n = 2 member of the homologous series Ca2+nAg2+xGe2+n–x, that are built up by linear intergrowths of slabs cut from the CaGe (CrB-type) and the CaAg1+xGe1–x (KHg2 or TiNiSi-type) structures, and may be partitioned in Ag-rich and Ag-free domains. Instead of the predicted Zr2CoSi2-type (C2/m–i5), a simultaneous doubling of the size of the two building blocks is observed with the dimerization of the (Ge2) pairs into Ag-substituted tetramers (AgxGe4–x) due to valence electron shortage. However, the Ag/Ge ...


In the reliability evaluation of power electronic systems, one of the challenges is to model the thermal profiles across multiple time scales, i.e., from switching cycles at nano-or micro-seconds to annual or even longer-time mission profiles. Without consideration of the dissimilarity of thermal behaviors under different time scales, a single thermal model usually leads to either considerable modeling errors or heavy computational burden. Based on the frequency response of thermal impedances, this paper proposes a novel and simplified thermal model to analyze mission profiles with multiple time scales. It enables a computational-efficient thermal stress analysis for power semiconductors, including the thermal coupling in device packages. The theoretical results are verified by experimental testing.


The experience of Ethiopia with its multiculturalism is very important for many states. The ethnopo-litical situation in Ethiopia is and always was very sophisticated. According to the Constitution of 1994 the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) consists of nine states as the constituent members of the federation. In the Ethiopian Constitution Article 39 not only admits the right to self-determination but provides for secession and describes the related procedures. The Ethiopians lack strong and universal civil identity. Separatist and isolationist trends are gaining momentum in some regions, leading to the strengthening of ethnic nationalism and disintegrating ethnocultural processes. In the opinion of the author, the soundest nationality policy in this setting is to maintain cultural diversity of the Ethiopian population, simultaneously encouraging the process of ethno-cultural integration in order to create an all-Ethiopian identity. The federal character of Ethiopia with its state structure is an important form of ethnoterritorial self-determination. At he same time, in a multiethnic country, where it is impossible to form a state for each ethnos, exterritorial ethnocultural autonomy acquires a great importance as a form of self-determination. The future of Ethiopia as a federation and its political stability depend heavily on the relations between the Amhara, Tigray and Oromo and on effectiveness of the governments's attempts to involve numerous ethnic minorities in the federalization process and realize the constitutional principle of equality of all peoples.


Linear photoconductive power switches high-speed switching in photoconductors photoconductive switch-controlled inductive pulsed-power system photoconductive switching using diamond and zinc selenide optically activated opening of copper-doped gallium arsenide switches laser diode arrays for activation of optical switches innovative switching technology the GaAs MESFET as an optically activated switch optically activated travelling wave generators high-voltage lateral switches from silicon or gallium arsenide diagnostic techniques for optically activated solid-state switches III-V-based optoelectronic devices for high-power switching.


The widths and the shifts of the most important absorption and emission lines observed in the visible, deep-red, and near-infrared spectral domains in the well-known Pr3+-doped LiYF4 laser crystal were measured from 12 to 300 K. The investigated absorption lines are those usually used for laser pumping and are located around 444, 469, and 479 nm, and also around 595 nm. The investigated emission lines are those peaking around 480, 523, 546, 604, 607, 640, 698, 721, 907, and 915 nm. Most of the results are interpreted and successfully described by using the existing linear and quadratic electron–phonon coupling theories. The shape and the temperature evolution of the emission lines occurring around 910 nm are also clearly assigned to a series of spin-allowed and spin-forbidden anti-Stokes emission transitions originating from the thermalization of several emitting energy levels.


As a part of the Flat-Plate Solar Array Project (FSA), a field-test program was developed to obtain solar photovoltaic (PV) module performance and endurance data. These data are used to identify the specific characteristics of module designs under various environmental conditions. The information obtained from field testing is useful to all participants in the National Photovoltaics Program, from the research planner to the life-cycle cost analyst.


The vector and coordinate transformation method are applied to establish the constrain equations of the key points. Based on the existing data of suspension, applying the software CATIA, 3-D suspension model was established. The kinematic performance simulation of double-wishbone suspension model was calculated by setting the rational wheel-hop range. Based on the software MATLAB, the kinematics performance variation curves of the wheel alignment parameters were obtained, the variation laws were analyzed and the reasonableness of data were valuated.


The patient was a 25-year-old male, who sustained a head injury and was found to have an asymptomatic arachnoid cyst of the middle cranial fossa and a frontal subdural space. Complete communication between the subdural space and the subarachnoid space was recognized on CT performed 5 days after the injury, but not on CT 35 days after the injury. No hemorrhage was found in the subdural space on follow-up CT. Operation was performed 42 days after the injury. It was found that the subdural space contained xanthochromic fluid and that the capsule of the hygroma was very similar histologically to that of chronic subdural hematoma in adults. In this case, tear of the arachnoid membrane and accumulation of CSF in the subdural space were considered to have been essential for the formation of chronic subdural hygroma. It was thought that adults with brain atrophy and infants with craniocerebral disproportion, like those with arachnoid cyst, tend to have their arachnoid membrane torn by minor head injury and that this tends to form chronic subdural hygroma. It was reported that chronic subdural hygroma might be transformed into chronic subdural hematoma. Tearing of the arachnoid membrane might be one important factor in the development of chronic subdural hematoma.


In ubiquitous environments, users are exposed to public spaces and places where they are supposed to interact and provide also private information. In order to enhance user acceptance of such ubiquitous appliances they have to be designed to consider trust and trustworthiness already in the design phase. We focus on regarding trust in early phases and provide tools for designers by describing trust issues through patterns which are made available through design repositories. Such patterns help designers of ubiquitous applications to create designs quicker based on the availability of already proven solutions they can rely on.


Owing to their exceptional electrical, optical and mechanical properties, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are highly attractive and widely applied in the fields of material, chemistry, physics, etc. Recently, CNT-based composites films have attracted more and more attention. In this work, composite films composed by patterned CNTs (PCNTs) and vanadium oxide (VOx) were prepared by combining two techniques of spin-coating and spray-coating. Results reveal that VOx– PCNT composite films with different CNT patterns, including stripe, square, and parallelogram CNT shapes, were successfully prepared. The as-prepared VOx–PCNT composite films exhibit different electrical and optical properties. Particularly, under the same CNT quantity, the VOx–PCNT composite films containing higher dispersion of CNTs exhibit lower resistance (R). A low R of 343 kΩ was measured at room temperature from the composite film with a stripe CNTs' pattern and a high dispersion of 33.3%. Moreover, UV-vis measurements indicate that the order for the optical absorption of the composite films is: stripe < square < parallelogram, revealing the increase of the absorption with the increase of the CNTs' dispersion. Furthermore, after CNTs' addition, the infrared absorption similarly increases, while the optical band gap decreases. These suggest that both the electrical and optical properties of VOx films can be rationally adjusted by changing the deposited CNTs' patterns. Thus, we describe a new route to the control of the optical and electrical properties of metal oxides by the CNTs' pattern.


Versatility with the Adjustable TheraSnore allows you to have the control to make adjustments for comfort and effectiveness while the patient is in your office. It is available in three different arch sizes and designed from a material that is easy to customize to your patients' comfort.


ABSTRACT Humans are witnessing extreme events such as droughts, floods, heat waves, wildfires, and emergence of novel diseases causing unprecedented changes to our planet. These rapid changes coupled with a transparent world that enjoys access to information mean that today's population is more aware and attentive about the progress of climate change. The purpose of this study is to discover attitudes towards new gained consciousness and the term Eco-anxiety. The American Psychological Association (APA) defines eco-anxiety as a 'chronic fear of environmental doom'. To investigate this phenomenon, we use Q-methodology to analyse discourses on the topic. Thirty-nine people from four different stakeholder groups were surveyed. Five distinct discourses were generated covering the connection between environmental awareness and psychological well-being, coming to terms with emotional response to climate change, importance of climate change, awareness about eco-anxiety leading to a more positive outlook, and disbelief that eco-anxiety and climate change can affect mental well-being.


In this study, graphite nanosheets were prepared by powdering expanded graphite with sonication in aqueous alcoholic solution. A facile process for the synthesis of expanded graphite filled polythiophene (PTh/EG) conducting composites was developed. The nanocomposites were fabricated via chemical polymerization of thiophene monomer in the presence of expanded graphite nanosheets in various proportions. Nanocomposites were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrical conductivity measurements. . SEM observations from cross-sections of EGwere performed to understand the microstructure occurrence during interpenetration.Electrical conductivity of PTh/EG was notably enhanced by the introduction of EG. The composite exhibited good electrical conductivity of 125 Scm-1 when the EG content was 0.5 wt %.  CV is the most commonly used technique for evaluation of electrochemical properties of a film on the electrode surface.The composites also showed excellent electrochemical reversibility at the scan rate of 50 mVs-1 and maximum reversible electrochemical response was almost unchanged even up to 100 cycles. The stability of oxidation and reduction peaks of nanocomposites in cyclic voltammetry up to 100 cycles show that obtained nanocomposites are very appropriate to be used in rechargeable batteries


Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are one of the technological innovations that provide convenience for every human being, especially in the context of business and economic opportunities. Features such as anonymity, decentralization, and its online scope are undeniably a double-edged knife phenomenon. On the one hand, it makes things easier, but on the other hand, it has the potential to become a platform for criminal acts such as money laundering, personal data violations, and copyright plagiarism. So that the urgency of special regulations should be considered, but with a progressive nature and paradigm so that NFT innovation does not die just because the law does not adjust to the times. Progressive law is a solution and answer to the phenomena that occur, where the legal paradigm and its enforcement must be in accordance with the moral system, the times, and the values that live in society to achieve substantive justice. Practical breakthroughs such as utilizing the latest technology can be developed to assist the law enforcement process in cyberspace.


With an aging society in the speed,more and more people accept,the leisure tourism and "the crowd" spawned tourism "sunrise industry".And with the overall level of China's national economy,the level of medical care is improved greatly,and the arrival of aging,lots of people in tourism,out of tourism products is always the healthy development of the senior tourism relationship between key problems of domestic demands and elderly health development of tourism market,therefore,based on the analysis of the development of tourism the paper analyzes the elderly health status of the tourist products supply and demand,and puts forward the corresponding elderly health tourism product development and marketing strategy.


RICHARD L SIMPSON BRENDA SMITH MYLES University of Kansas In their 1992 article, Simpson and Sasso argued that the indiscriminate inclusion of all students with autism in general education was neither beneficial nor progressive. They noted that most full-inclusion efforts have been "justified by references to the 'moral and just thing to do* rather than scientifically established benefits" (p. 1). Moreover, they argued that


The papers simple explained the complex environment of the Engineering,the mainly control procedure of culvert construction in here,the reason of defect,the construction process adopted.The measurement adopted in the concrete construction quality control which is under this condition was introduced emphatically.


Beginning in 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is expanding the definition of "primarily health-related." Under the new definition, Medicare Advantage Plans allow beneficiaries supplemental benefits if they compensate for physical impairments, diminish the impact of injuries or health conditions, and/or reduce avoidable emergency department utilization. At the discretion of the plan, this could expand the scope of permitted services to include things such as nonskilled in-home workers, portable wheelchair ramps, and other assistive devices.


In two recent papers an account was given of the determination of the mobility of ions of the alkali metals in various gases. It was shown that in argon, krypton, xenon and nitrogen the experimental results could be represented with considerable accuracy by the relation K = A/√ρ (D - 1)·(1 + m /M)½ cm./sec./unit electrostatic field, (1) where K is the speed of an ion of mass M in a gas of molecular weight m , density ρ and dielectric constant D, at a pressure of 760 mm. of mercury and a temperature of 20°C. For a given gas A is a constant; it changes slightly from one gas to another, the extreme values being 0·48 for nitrogen and 0·56 for xenon. The equation is very similar to one deduced by Langevin using a simple atomic model. In his equation A depends upon the "size" and polarizability of the gas molecules, but for the particular case of a highly polarizable gas it approaches a limiting value of 0·51. The experimental facts summarized above suggest that in the more polarizable gases the "size" of the ions has little influence on their mobility. This view was confirmed by further experiments in nitrogen which showed that the mobility of even large clustered ions like (Na+, NH3) and (Na+, 2NH3) is also given by the same relation which holds for the simple alkali ions.


The impact of union behavior on the economy has received fresh theoretical attention lately, but virtually all the work to date has been conducted in a comparative static context. The research reported in this paper seeks to break new ground in this field by placing the unionized labor market squarely in the framework of a dynamic (Solow-Swan) growth model. The analysis works from first principles, relating the microeconomic decision-making procedure of an interventionist trade union to the growth of the capital stock, and the intertemporal flavor of the model is enriched by the presence of two-period-lived individuals. The precise dynamics of the interaction between union optimization and capital accumulation are unfolded. Copyright 1990 by The Economic Society of Australia.


We report the 75As-NMR study on a single crystal of the hole-doped iron-pnictide superconductor Ba0.72K0.28Fe2As2 (Tc=31.5 K). We find that the Fe antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations are anisotropic and are weaker compared to underdoped copper-oxides or cobalt-oxide superconductors. The spin lattice relaxation rate 1/T1 decreases below Tc with no coherence peak and shows a stepwise variation at low temperatures, which is indicative of multiple superconducting gaps, as in the electron-doped Pr(La)FeAsO1- xFx. Furthermore, no evidence was obtained for a microscopic coexistence of a long-range magnetic order and superconductivity.


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One of the objective of e-procurement is reducing opportunities for corruption in public procurement processess. This research examined the impact of monopoly of power, information asymmetry and transparency and accountability to the intent-to-adopt e-procurement.This study collected the perceptions of 118 procurement officers of all Echelon I of Finance Ministry and analysed using regression approach. The finding suggest that the intent-to-adopt e-procurement has a significant relationship with information asymmetry and transparency and accountability.


Physical filtration technique has been widely used throughout the world as a control for cyanobacteria. However, few studies have addressed the time and strength of the filtration making it a challenge to provide effective support for the filtration of cyanobacteria. Therefore, it is urgent to study the control feedback effect of cyanobacteria after physical filtration with different control intensities. In this study, through laboratory simulation experiments, the growth feedback rule of Microcystis aeruginosa, a dominant species of cyanobacteria in Lake Tai Basin, was systematically studied following different intensity physical filtration at various growth stages. Based on the results, the optimal control period and control intensity of cyanobacteria were proposed. The results showed that the growth of Microcystis aeruginosa conforms to the Logistic growth model. Physical filtration in the early and late stages of the Logistic start period was effective in inhibiting Microcystis aeruginosa, while filtration and inhibition in the early and middle stages of Logistic accelerated period were not effective. The growth of Microcystis aeruginosa was affected by different control intensity at different stages and can be effectively inhibited by 20-40% controlled intensity filtration in the early and late stages of the Logistic start period. If cost and environmental benefits are considered, we recommend the implementation of physical filtration at a minimum of 20% control intensity at the beginning of the Logistic start period.

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One of our current projects required a series of N-(3-butenyl)-N-(2-nitrophenyl) amide derivatives as precursors for a new synthesis of 2,3,4,5-tetrahydrolH-l,5-benzodiazepines.' Two other approaches to these targets-alkylation of 2-nitroacetanilide with a homoallylic iodide and nucleophilic aromatic substitution of 2-fluoro1-nitrobenzene with a 3-butenylamine derivative followed by N-acylation-failed to give adequate yields of the desired products. We, therefore, sought a direct approach whereby we could install the entire pre-fabricated amide side chain onto the aromatic ring by reaction of an N-(3-butenyl)benzamide anion with 2-fluoro-lnitrobenzene. Buchwald and co-workers2 have recently reported a general method for the amidation of aromatic halides by primary and secondary carboxamides using a copper(1) iodide/Nfldimethyl1 ,Zdiamine catalyst system. Beyond this, however, there exist relatively few protocols for substituting amides onto aromatic rings.3 Though sulfonamides have been added to activated aromatic substrates by nucleophilic aromatic substitution: this method has not been extended to benzamides since N-(2-nitrophenyl)benzamides are available by nitration of N-phenylbenzamides5 or by N-benzoylation of 2-nitroanilines.6 The syntheses of our required targets, specifically l e and lf , do not readily lend themselves to these earlier approaches. Thus, we have explored the nucleophilic substitution of 2and 4-fluoro-1 -nitrobenzene by primary and secondary benzamides and primary benzenesulfonamides, and report here a procedure for accomplishing this transformation. The results of our study are summarized in the Scheme. The amide derivatives were deprotonated at 40°C for 2 hours using 1.1 equivalents of NaH in anhydrous DMF. Best results


In this paper, we analyze the progressive effects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use in terms of regional productivity based on regional economic data. To consider as many factors as possible, we used the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) as the main indicator of productivity. Each Regional TFP index was calculated following the example of Caves-Christensen-Diewert to compare not only differences among prefectures but also time series. The indices showed the progress of ICT use are as follows: the ratio of enterprises in the region using fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) services (enterprise FTTH use), the ratio of enterprises in the region using a network among enterprises (enterprise network use), the regional average of the amount that indicates whether or not enterprises in the region employ a Chief Information Officer (CIO) (CIO establishment), the ratio of enterprises in the region using a telework system (enterprise telework use), the ratio of establishing local public networks in the region (local public network rate), and the ratio of classrooms in the region connected to a LAN (local area network) (LAN classroom rate). First, we estimated TFP employing the panel instrument variable method, using the panel fixed effect and random effect models, due to the possibility of endogeneity. Second, we employed a two-step system GMM to take into consideration endogeneity, autocorrelation and reverse causality of dependant and explanatory variables. The results indicate that increased use of ICT has a positive effect on regional productivity. In addition, these results show that not only enterprise ICT use (enterprise FTTH use, enterprise network use, CIO establishment and enterprise telework use) but also, through enterprise ICT use, regional informationalization (local public network rate, LAN classroom rate) can have a positive effect on the productivity of regional economies in Japan. We conclude that a positive attitude toward an informationalized society can have a positive effect on productivity at the prefectural level.JEL classification: O11, O18, O33, O47, E23


Nowadays, many computer agencies offers to the companies operating in the maritime field as ship owners, ship operators and charterers, various services related to the processing of meteorological information. However the use of competent meteorological advisory company did not relieves the master and navigating officers from responsibility concerning the safety of the ship, lives of crew members and condition of the cargo. This paper discusses the companies, software and internet sites, which presents a great amount of meteorological information to the ship business. The obtained meteorological information can be used on board of the ship for: voyage planning by masters; planning the duration of the voyage and calculation of the fuel coast by ship owners; raising a claim by charterers concerning the insufficient speed of the vessel as agreed in charter party, or for any other calculation and predictions relating shipping. Some of these services are free of charge while the others required regular payment. On board of the modern vessel, using new satellite technologies, it is a matter of minutes to obtain the required meteorological information.


Anemia is a wide spread condition world-wide associated with increased loss of quality of life, organ failure and mortality. Its causes are multifactorial including iron deficiency, heart and renal failure, COPD, malignancies, various infectious and inflammatory diseases, and blood loss such as occurs in trauma and GI bleeding. The underlying reason why anemia is considered to be life threatening and responsible for organ injury and loss of quality of life is due to the limitation in oxygen delivery to the tissues caused by a reduction in the number of oxygen carrying red blood cells. Anemia can result in shortness of breath, renal and cerebral dysfunction, increased cardiac stress, reduced exercise capacity and physiological reserve. If not corrected adequately it can result in organ failure and even in mortality. The World Health Organization for defining anemia is Hb levels being lower than 13 g/dL for men and 12 g/dL for women. Under such a definition it must be considered that a significant portion of hospitalized patients are anemic either pre-existing or being caused by standard clinical procedures. Often unrecognized in-hospital anemia can be a main contributor organ dysfunction in surgical and intensive care patients (1). Such iatrogenic anemia can be caused by hemodilution due to the routine administration of non-oxygen carrying crystalloids solutions, often in large amounts resulting in a reduced number of circulating oxygen carrying red blood cells.


The cDNA of the beta-1,3-glucan recognition protein in small abalone Haliotis diversicolor(saβgrp) was cloned.It was originally identified from an expressed sequence tag(EST) fragment in a normalized cDNA li-brary.Its 5' cDNA end was obtained by 5' rapid amplification of cDNA end(RACE) techniques and its complete sequence was confirmed by head to toe PCR.The full length cDNA of saβgrp was of 1459 bp,consisting of a 5'-terminal UTR of 387 bp,an open reading frame of 987 bp,and a 3'-terminal UTR of 85 bp.The deduced protein was composed of 328 amino acids,with an estimated molecular weight of 36.9 kDa and a predicted pI of 5.90.Dif-ferent from other reported GRPs that contain a signal peptide,the putative saβGRP does not contain a signal peptide and thus belongs to non-secretary proteins.Real time quantitative PCR analysis revealed that after Vibrio Para-haemolyticus injection,the expression level of saβgrp in hepatopancreases at 24 h was most significantly higher than that of the control group(P0.01),while at 48 hour post-injection,it was significantly higher than that of the control group(P0.05).


And silicon, And aluminum, Iron, cobalt, and at least one fourth period element selected from the group consisting of nickel and zinc, At least one basic element selected from the group consisting of alkali metal elements, alkaline earth metal elements and rare earth elements, , Said the total molar amount of silicon and said aluminum and said fourth period elements and the basic elements, respectively, from 42 to 90 mol%, 3-38 mol%, 0.5 to 20 mol%, 2 silica-containing material in the range of to 38 mol%.


The electrochemical properties of PAN-PVDF-PEGME blend polymer electrolyte system are investigated and the physical properties are also measured with varying the content of PEGME. This PEGME partially reduces the crystallinity of PVDF. The ionic conductivities of the polymer electrolytes are about , which may be applicable to a constituent of lithium secondary battery. From the temperature dependence of ionic conductivity, it is suggested that the ionic conductivity increases with the PEGME content due to the fomation of effective ion-conducting path. The cation transference number reaches its maximum value for the electrolytes (SPE 2) with 10 wt% PEGME and then decreases for further increase of PEGME contnet. The electrochemically stable range of SPE 1 (without PEGME) is about 4.3 V, but SPE 2-4 (PAN-PVDF-PEGME system) is about 4.6 V. When these polymer electrolyte are used as electrolyte in rechargeable battery and the cell performances are tested, the discharge capacity increses with the amount of PEGME. Therefore, PEGME increases the ionic conductivity, extends the electrochemical stable range, and finally improves the discharge capacity of cell adopting the electrolyte system.


In this paper, an idea to solve nonlinear equations is presented. During the solution of any problem with Newton's Method, it might happen that some of the unknowns satisfy the convergence criteria where the others fail. The convergence happens only when all variables reach to the convergence limit. A method to reduce the dimension of the overall system by excluding some of the unknowns that satisfy an intermediate tolerance is introduced. In this approach, a smaller system is solved in less amount of time and already established local solutions are preserved and kept as constants while the other variables that belong to the "set" will be relaxed. To realize the idea, an algorithm is given that utilizes applications of pointers to reduce and evaluate the sets. Matrix-free Newton-Krylov Techniques are used on a test problem and it is shown that proposed idea improves the overall convergence.


Trajectory optimization is a popular method of generating high-level plans for legged locomotion tasks, but convergence, and the quality of the solutions achieved, are dependent on the guess trajectory used to initialize the solver. Because the results are locally optimal at best, finding a good solution to a poorly-defined problem necessitates an unbiased initialization technique that facilitates broad exploration of the solution space over multiple attempts, but the problem is unlikely to solve at all if the guess is too far from feasible. In this paper, we attempt to navigate this trade-off between randomness and reliability using 'silly walks': stochastically-generated gaits that satisfy some of the problem's feasibility constraints. We present a simple method of generating these motions, and compare the performance of this type of guess to various random sampling approaches. Through tests on a pendulum, hopper and quadrupedal model, we demonstrate that the silly walk offers a favourable balance of reliability, convergence time and solution diversity for legged locomotion problems.


E-Health, broadly defined as the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in health, can make a world of difference in all developed and developing countries. Most notable attribute of e-Health is that it is enabling the transformation of the health system from one that is narrowly focused on curing diseases in hospitals by health professionals, to a system focused on keeping citizens healthy by providing them with information to take care of their health whenever the need arises, and wherever they may be. Hospitals and hospital associations need to be aware of, prepare for, and properly manage, this transformation. It will change, forever, the role of hospitals in the business of producing health. It will make them more efficient, improve quality and strengthen processes. But it will also remove them as the centre piece of the health-care system, and give hospitals a more forward-looking and progressive role. Public health service run by Government is overburdened and collapsing. Large geographical size, increase population density, lack of transport, inaccessibility, illiteracy, poverty, poor nutritional status, low budget for health, lack of funds and coordination and diversity in food habit and life style are various challenges that have triggered down trend in health services. The present paper discusses the challenges and opportunities in ICT implementation in health care specific to Indian scenario.


How is the attempt of the European Community (EC) to create a single market going to affect the developing countries? This article argues that the net direction effect of EC-92 may be rather small: the trade creation and trade diversion effects brought about by the program may cancel each other out, with few repercussions for the developing countries as a group. The expected changes in trade flows arising from relatively small changes in nominal prices and aggregate incomes, the changes in market structure, the removal of internal barriers, and a predicted 5 percent increase in EC output may be important to European policy-makers, but they are rather remote from the developing countries. The threat of EC-92 to the developing countries lies elsewhere: from diversion of investment from those countries to the EC and from the resurrection of protectionism by the EC, especially in the form of nontariff barriers, toward the outside world.


The reaction of 2,3-indolinediones (isatins) with stabilized organometallic reagents were investigated in aqueous media. The reaction between isatins and a variety of stabilized α-bromonitroalkanes undergo modified Henry reaction conditions to construct the 3-substituted 3- hydroxyindolin-2-ones in the presence of Zinc metal, THF: H2O (9: 1) as solvent and ammonium chloride as an additive.


Since the beginning of 20th,China vocal orention has witnessed the complex and tortuous development process from struggle between different views to compatibility among diversities.The key problem is the view about folk-styled singing and western-styled singing and the relationship letween them.


AIM:To investigate the relationship between the periodontal disease and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus(NIDDM) through a clinical questionnaire and to investigate the effect of periodontal therapy on blood sugar level of NIDDM diabetics with periodontitis.METHODS:120 inpatients during January to March 2003 were enlisted.They were divided into the group of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (63 NIDDM) and the control group (57 non-NIDDM).Same clinical questionnaires were completed.Prevalence rate of periodontal disease and status of periodontal tissue was compared in two groups.26 patients with unfavorable control of NIDDM were selected from 63 NIDDM.The percentage of bleeding on probing,probing depth and glycosylated hemoglobin level were studied at baseline,four weeks and eight weeks after non-surgical treatment.RESULTS:Prevalence rate of periodontal disease in the NIDDM groups (50.05%) was far more than that in the control groups (33.25%).The difference was significant after statistical analysis ( P 0.01).Status of periodontal tissue in the NIDDM group was worse than that in the control group ( P 0.01) .The percentage of bleeding on probing and probing depth were significantly reduced in all patients after treatment. The mean glycosylated hemoglobin level were significantly decreased.CONCLSUION:There was significant association between periodontal disease and NIDDM.Control of the periodontal inflammation can improve metabolism and the effect of therapy to some extent in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. [


Objective To explore the clinical mechanism of shuxuening injection in the treatment of senile ischemic cerebrovascular disease, and to study its efficacy prospectively. Methods Seventy-eight cases of elderly patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease in our hospital were selected and randomly divided into the observation group and the control group, with 39 cases in each group. The control group was given conventional treatment, while the observation group received shuxuening injection on the basis of conventional treatment. The total efficiency and the indices of blood before and after treatment of two groups were compared. Results The total effective rate was 94.9% in the observation group and 71.8% in the control group. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P0. 01). After treatment, plasma viscosity, whole blood viscosity, erythrocyte deformation index and erythrocyte aggregation index of the observation group decreased more obviously, and the difference compared with the control group was statistically significant (P0.01). Conclusions Shuxuening injection is effective for elderly patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease, as it can significantly improve the indices of blood of elderly patients with cerebral infarction. It is safe, reliable, and worthy of clinical application.


A sulphite pulp was oxidized with oxidized with dichromate in oxalic acid to introduce primarily aldehyde groups into the fibers. Compared to unmodified pulps, this method results in greater wet strength, which can be further enhanced by hert treatment, Addition of a high molecular weight carbony] containing additives, such as dialdehyde starch, was found tol have a synergistic effect on the wet strength. Although acetal and hemiacetal bonds may contribute to this wet strength, an additional crosslinking reaction has been postulated to more satisfactorily explain the experimental observations. An aldol condensation type reaction between adjacent carbony] groups has thus been suggested as a primary reaction in the development of wet strength in pulp systems containing aldehyde groups. Confirmation of this theory, however, awaits model compound studies.


Pointing to the metaphor of cosmos as an ordering system of the body, Mark analyses Crawley's photographs in terms of focus, frame, coloration, and identity. Biographical notes on artist and critic. 1 bibl. ref.


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In 2015, the water crisis affecting the São Paulo Metropolitan Region reached its peak. The Federal Government published an Ordinance stablishing good practices in the management and use of water and electricity. This work aimed to verify if the management actions performed at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo were effective for water consumption reduction. It was analyzed secondary data of the monthly water consumption at campuses and Rectory, from 2014 to 2016. Statistical analyses were carried out comparing the water consumption between the periods pre- and post-intervention, which occurred in February 2015. The results show that the intervention reduced per capita water consumption by 33% in 2015 and 35% in 2016, saving up more than 65,000 m3 of water. These management actions were effective, and helped the academic population to achieve a more efficiently use of water and financial resources, becoming more sustainable.


ABSTRACT This study solved a practical problem in a case in the sheet metal industry using machine learning and deep learning algorithms. The problem in the case company was related to detecting the minimum gaps between components, which were produced after the punching operation of a metal sheet. Due to the narrow gaps between the components, an automated sheer machine could not grip the rest of the sheet skeleton properly after the punching operation. This resulted in some of the scraped sheet on the worktable being left behind, which needed a human operator to intervene. This caused an extra trigger to the production line that resulted in a break in production. To solve this critical problem, the relevant images of the components and the gaps between them were analyzed using machine learning and deep learning techniques. The outcome of this study contributed to eliminating the production bottleneck by optimizing the gaps between the punched components. This optimization process facilitated the easy and safe movement of the gripper machine and contributed to minimizing the sheet waste.


We document the loss of all but the youngest member of a troop of six howler monkeys due to probable jaguar predation during a 7‐month period in 1988. The formation of Guri Lake resulted in forest fragmentation which forced monkeys into new and unfamiliar areas and altered the balance of predator and prey populations, and may thus have contributed indirectly to the success of the jaguar. The selection of defoliated (dead) trees for sleeping sites by the howlers may have directly increased the risk of predation. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


An optical element is a seal of vacuum container.It is broken by the atmosphere pressure many times.For analysing the cause of the fracture,some fracturing experiments are tested.The experimental results show that the growing micro-cracks in the grinding surface are the reason for the fracture.It is a brittle fracture so typically.Due to the material of the optical element is brittle,so any element structure should be as simple as possible if it is a force structural parts,and the load-bearing surface must be a polished surface.


Recently, the number of tracheal resection has increased. We have performed 3 tracheal resections for primary tracheal cancer: 1 for mucoepidermoid carcinoma, and 2 for adenoid cystic carcinoma. A 72-year-old male with adenoid cystic carcinoma had a resection of a cervical tracheal segment and reconstruction with a heavy Marlex-mesh roll. Two years and six months later, the patient died of pulmonary metastasis.A 42-year-old male with mucoepidermoid carcinoma had a lower tracheal segmental resection; 12 years after the operation the patient is alive and well.A 65-year-old female complained of dry cough for 3 months; a history of dyspnea was also elicited. Tomograph and CT showed a tumor in her middle thoracic trachea. A diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma was made by bronchoscopic biopsy.Median sternotomy was carried out and 2.5cm of the trachea was resected under high frequent jet ventilation with end-to-end anastomosis by monofilament suture material (4-0 PDS, 17 interrupted sutures). The patient is alive and well 5 years after the operation.


The goal of this paper is to stablish a comparative study about autism by different etiologyque perspectives. The affective theory suggest that autism appear with an innate inhability to form the affective contanct with people. The cognitive formulation found that autistic children have severe and specific difficulty creating and handling meterepresentation. On the other hand, the interactionist view analyzes the difficulties in the interactive proccess. Perspectives and ŭnplications are discussed and more lines of research are suggested.


This study is examined the harmful effects of two groups of children, one group exposed to domestic violence situations and another not exposed. The paper reports how children exposed domestic violence are seriously affected, and presents possible solutions with the help of social work and preventive ways employing practical data. Hierarchical Regression Analysis was used and the outcomes were applied to regression analysis. The significant difference and degree of influence between children in domestic violence situations and those not in such situations are presented as follows: aggressive behavior18%> depression anxiety14.4%> juvenile delinquency9.6%. Based on these results, intervention to protect children exposed to domestic violence, using micro, mezzo, macro approaches can be suggested. These include group social work, family therapy, participation of school and community, and administrative policy to help repair the harmful effects of children involved in domestic violence.


Backgrounds: Hemodinamic factors are known to play an important role in initiation, growth and rupture of intracerebral aneurysms. Thorough knowledge of hemodynamic parameters in cerebral arteries and aneurysms are very useful in understanding of pathophysiology and clinical evaluation of cerebral aneurysms. We describe a methodology of computational analysis of hemodinamics in a patient specific aneurysms models. Aneurysms are segmented from CT angiography images. Method: A total of 6 cerebral aneurysms models were developed from CT angiography images. A computational fluid dynamics analyses were accomplished under realistic flow conditions. We selected only patients with multiple intracerebral aneurysms and conducted hemodynamic studies in un-ruptured aneurysms. We tried to evaluate the rupture risks for these aneurysms. In our series were five middle cerebral artery aneurysm and one basilar artery aneurysm. Results: We succeed to set up a methodology in patient specific aneurysms models hemodynamic study. Computational analyses of hemodynamic factors were performed for each of these 6 aneurysms models. The results were then processed to determine the average pressure on the arterial wall and inside the aneurysm, stream lines and region of greater impact of hemodynamic forces. Conclusions: Wall shear stress plays an important role in initiation, growth and rupture of cerebral aneurysms. In vivo measurements of WSS values had become most popularly in last decade. Aneurysm geometry influences the characteristics of flow conditions.


149 10 to 19 hours, 13.9% 4 to 9 hours, 5.4% 1 to 4 hours, and 1.5% less than one hour. The majority of respondents (63.9%) used ICD-10 routinely; the DSM-5 was sometimes used by 35.6% of participants. When inquired about the main purpose of use of classification systems, the ICD-10 ranked first with respect to assigning diagnoses for administrative purposes (81.7%) and clinical practice (74.3%), whereas the DSM-5 ranked first for teaching and education (66.4%) and research (56%). Most ECPs were interested (47.0%) or very interested (41.6%) in classification systems, with only very few (0.5%) not at all interested. ECPs were very interested (55.0%) or interested (36.1%) in the ICD11, and very interested (38.1%) or interested (48.5%) in the DSM-5. Many ECPs reported their wish and availability to be involved in the implementation of and training for the ICD-11, and suggested the use of technology (e.g., smartphone apps, videos and webinars) for these purposes. These findings document the important role of ECPs in assigning psychiatric diagnosis in routine clinical practice worldwide. When developing the ICD-11 CDDG, the importance of clinical utility has been emphasized as a core principle, and field studies conducted in 13 countries in clinical settings reported that clinicians considered the clinical utility of ICD-11 to be high. While the Global Clinical Practice Network, through Internet-based field studies, allowed mental health and primary care professionals worldwide to contribute to the development of the ICD-11, there was little involvement of ECPs. The WHO is now working with its Member States, health professionals, academic centers, and professional organizations such as the WPA on ICD-11 implementation and training. Based on the findings of this survey, the WPA Secretary for Education will convene a new Task Force with members from the WPA ECPs Section and the International Federation of Medical Student Associations, who will advise on the key strategic implementation steps in enabling competent use of ICD-11 classification. With the launch of the new WPA learning management system in the WPA website, online training and discussion forums can be conducted and disseminated to ECPs working in any part of the world. We hope that voicing the views of ECPs will raise awareness of their critical role in clinical practice, and support them in utilizing current and future psychiatric classification systems across the world.


By comprising: an anode part (6), which anode body of a capacitor element (4) is formed on the element end surface; a cathode part (8), which is formed on the element end surface of the cathode body of the capacitor element; anode terminal (10) or comprising the the anode terminal of the anode terminal member (anode plate 62); a cathode terminal (14) or a member comprising a cathode terminal of the cathode terminal (cathode web 64); an anode current collector connected to the anode portion and the anode terminal or the anode terminal plate member (12); and a cathode current collector plate (16) connected to the cathode or the cathode terminal portion and the cathode terminal member, thereby achieving low impedance, firmly connected structure of the capacitor, and the connection process be simplified. Further, the end face shape of the anode or the cathode portion by portion as the identification information, thereby discriminating the anode side or cathode side.


Market processes, in competitive conditions, cause the development of particular areas with different intensity. Market forces interact in the direction of the concentration of development processes in the most attractive locations, which results in disparities in socio-economic development in the area. The aim of this article is to analyze the structural changes of socio-economic growth centers of Podkarpackie Voivodeship which are different scale centres of economic activity of the region, from the centres of regional importance to small units having local significance. The analysis reflects the development of the potential, functions and the spatial distribution of growth centres in the years 1980–2014. In the analyzed period reduces the number of centers the number of employed people in them. The importance of centres of industial development is on the decline. Correspondingly, the importance of centres with a developing services sector is increasing. The spatial structure of the Podkarpacki region are noticeable progressive processes of concentration of economic activity in the central city of Rzeszow.


Japan's Northeast Earthquake triggered the tsunami and the meltdown of the nuclear reactors,leaving Japan with heavy casualties and economic loss.The calamity and loss was worse than the Kobe Earthquake in 1995,affecting almost all the trades and most parts of the country.Since the nuclear crisis hasn't been settled yet and the post-disaster reconstruction has just been started,it's impossible to offer a conclusively accurate evaluation of the economic loss caused by the massive earthquake now,which posed a severe challenge and ordeal to Japan's economic recovery.


Instead, a number of other terms were used such as task, work or function (Polatajko, 2001). The term used most frequently to describe our practice for much of our history was activity. It was used as a substitute for the term occupation in almost every circumstance, except in our title. The advantage of the term activity was that its meaning was rarely confused with work or vocation. The disadvantage was that it was often associated with keeping busy or busy work (Polatajko, 2001) and was devoid of any concepts of purposefulness or meaningfulness. Further, the term activity was "... overly broad (e.g., volcanic activity, intestinal activity) ..." (Nelson, 1996, p. 778) and therefore was considered to add little clarity to the understanding of what we do. During the latter part of the last millennium the term occupation was reintroduced as a defining concept for the profession (American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA], 1995; CAOT, 1997). Unfortunately, the reintroduction of the term occupation was not paralleled by a specification of its use; rather all manner of human activity, regardless of degree of complexity, was referred to as an occupation, for example: accountancy (Hagedorn, 2000), report writing (Law et al., 1996), and tea-drinking (Hannam, 1997). Indeed, Nelson (1997) argued for the exclusive use of the term occupation, calling for a ban on the use of the term activity. This was not only a radical solution for our language dilemma, but also an unworkable one. Describing everything our clients do, including cutting their food, makes communication with our clients, colleagues and the public very difficult, if not nonsensical. No one term, be it function, task, work, activity, or occupation, is enough for our profession to discuss and understand human occupation. Our interest in human occupation addresses numerous levels ranging from movement at a single joint, to integration into the workplace. Using one A t the end of the last century Canadian occupational therapy claimed occupation as its core concept and the enablement of occupation as its primary goal (Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists [CAOT], 1997). In the call for papers for this special issue on occupation I noted that with this action we took on the responsibility for building the body of knowledge in occupation and its enablement. A first step in meeting this responsibility is to clarify the language used to discuss and understand the phenomenon of human occupation. There are numerous scholarly reasons for doing this, and, more importantly, numerous practical reasons. Picture this situation: You walk into a client's room at mealtime, introduce yourself and say: "I'm your occupational therapist and ..." Before you can explain what you do, the client interjects, "I'm in no condition to think about going back to work just yet. I can't do anything; I can't even cut my own food." You respond with your familiar refrain: "Occupational therapists have a wide view of occupation. We consider everything people do to be an occupation; cutting your food is an occupation". The client looks puzzled.


Inclusive measurements of pion double‐charge‐exchange in 3He[1] and 4He[2] in the Δ(1232) resonance region suggest the dominance of a two‐step sequential single‐charge‐exchange mechanism involving quasi‐free nucleons. To investigate this reaction mechanism, we have observed protons in coincidence with the outgoing pion in π++4He→π−+4p at Tπ+=240 MeV. Pions were detected in a magnetic spectrometer at θπ−=32°, while protons were detected in a close‐packed array of plastic scintillator telescopes covering θp=67.5°–157.5° on the same side of the beam as the spectrometer, and θp=22.5°–157.5° on the opposite side. We will present preliminary results for the distributions in energy and angle of the coincident protons.


The Mill Los Angeles team of 3D artists relished the opportunity to work on the latest commercial for Swedish pension company AMF. Filip Engstrom directed the spot, which features a host of fully CG, photo-real insects. The star of the ad is a caterpillar who becomes forlorn until he transforms into a butterfly.


Cooperating achievements of regional geochemical survey,the grading of soil in southwest Guizhou is conducted by geochemistry,the study demonstrates that the cadmium content from overlay like as soil in southwest Guizhou exceeds standard and gives rise to soil contamination evaluated mostly by second-and third-grade soil geochemical standard and locally by first-grade soil geochemical evaluation standard.


The article reveals the organizational and legal aspects of rental relations in the institutions of the penitentiary system. It contains recommendations on the application of the federal accounting standard for public sector organizations "Rent", discloses the procedure for accounting for operating and financial leases, determining the amounts of obligations to pay rent. Institutions of the penal correction system of Russia are non-profit public institutions, i.e. represent the state institutions in charge of execution of the state functions to ensure the implementation of laws of the Russian Federation of powers of public authorities, financial activities which are performed at the expense of the corresponding budget based on budget estimates. A PIS institution can be either a tenant or a landlord. If the institution of the UIS acts as a tenant, then it is enough for it to perform all the necessary procedures from the placement


A search for a heavy neutral resonance X is performed in the X→WW→eνμν decay channel using pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb⁻¹, collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The resonance can be either a heavy scalar Higgs boson or other heavy resonances with different spins. Two scenarios are considered for the heavy Higgs boson hypotheses with different decay widths in both the gluon-gluon fusion and the vector boson fusion production modes, namely a narrow-width approximation and a large width assumption. Several hypotheses are used for the interpretation to search for other resonances, like two Higgs doublet models, Georgi-Machacek model, heavy vector triplet model in the quark-antiquark annihilation mode, a bulk Randall-Sundrum graviton model with a spin-2 Graviton with a curvature scale parameter of either 1 or 0.5 and a spin-2 signal in the vector-boson fusion mode. Three orthogonal event categories are defined in the analysis: two vector-boson fusion categories which are optimised for the signals produced in the vector-boson fusion mode with one jet or at least two jets and one quasi-inclusive gluon-gluon fusion category where the vector boson fusion phase spaces defined by the two vector-boson fusion categories are excluded. No significant excess of events beyond the Standard Model background prediction is found in the mass range between 200 GeV and up to 5 TeV. Upper limits are set on the product of the production cross section of the resonance and the X→WW branching fraction. For heavy Higgs boson signals, values above 6.4 pb and 1.3 pb at 200 GeV and above 0.008 pb and 0.005 pb at 4 TeV are excluded at 95% confidence level for the gluon-gluon fusion and the vector-boson fusion production modes, respectively. For signals predicted by the heavy vector triplet model, mass values below 1.3 TeV are excluded. Similarly, for signals predicted by the bulk Randall-Sundrum graviton model, mass values below 1.1 TeV and 850 GeV are excluded for the curvature scale parameter of 1 and 0.5, respectively.


A combined particulate filter and hydrocarbon trap for use in collecting particulate matter and trapping hydrocarbons present in exhaust gas wherein the particulate filter comprises a porous substrate having both inlet and outlet surfaces which are separated from each other by the porous substrate wherein either or both of the inlet and outlet surfaces are coated with a wash coat comprising a hydrocarbon adsorbent material, wherein the hydrocarbon adsorbent material is one or a combination of molecular sieves and wherein the hydrocarbon adsorbent comprises both Ag and Pd, both Ag and Pt or all three of Ag, Pt and Pd.


Master/worker is a commonly used parallel/distributed programming paradigm. Many applications are developed following such paradigm. This paradigm can be easily implemented using message passing programming libraries (MPI), but moreover, the multicore features of current nodes can be exploited at the node level by applying thread parallelism (OpenMP). In this way Master/Worker applications are implemented as hybrid applications. However, reaching the expected performance indexes is not so easy, because there are several parameters (number of nodes, number of threads per node, data distribution, ...) that must be tuned for each particular application or even during the execution of the application to reach a successful performance. So, a performance model for hybrid Master/Worker applications has been developed and is presented in this paper. This model can be applied during the execution of a Master/Worker application to determine dynamically the adequate configuration of the system and/or application to reach the best possible performance.


I argue that ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the tumor most commonly diagnosed by breast mammography, cannot be confidently classified as cancer, that is, as pathological. This is because there may not be dysfunction present in DCIS—as I argue based on its high prevalence and the small amount of risk it conveys—and thus DCIS may not count as a disease by dysfunction-requiring approaches, such as Boorse's biostatistical theory and Wakefield's harmful dysfunction account. Patients should decide about treatment for DCIS based on the risks it poses and the risks and benefits of treatment, not on its disease status.


Patient: Male, 43-year-old Final Diagnosis: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Symptoms: Acute kidney injury • anorexia • dyspnea • epistaxis • heart murmur • hepatosplenomegaly • murmur • weakness • weight loss Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Bone marrow biopsy • CT scan • echocardiography • plasmapharesis • renal biopsy • ultrasonography Specialty: Hematology • General and Internal Medicine • Nephrology • Pathology • Rheumatology Objective: Rare coexistence of disease or pathology Background: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare clinical syndrome characterized by dysregulated immune system activation and hyperinflammation. Primary HLH is inherited and almost exclusively seen in childhood, while secondary HLH is mainly seen in adults and has a wide variety of triggering factors, including infection, malignancy, autoimmune disease, and immunosuppression. Due to nonspecific presentation, the differential diagnosis for HLH is equally wide. We present a case of secondary HLH involving undiagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus and bacteremia. Case Report: A 43-year-old man with a history of discoid lupus presented with 1 month of weakness, epistaxis, shortness of breath, anorexia, and weight loss. He took no medications and did not follow with a primary care physician. Workup revealed leukopenia and thrombocytopenia, severely elevated ferritin, severe acute kidney injury, class II lupus nephritis on renal biopsy, hemophagocytic histiocytes on bone marrow biopsy, and other findings of end-organ damage. Blood cultures grew methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). Diagnosis of HLH occurred on the third day of admission. Our patient improved rapidly on high-dose corticosteroids, hydroxychloroquine, anakinra, tocilizumab, and low-dose etoposide as well as concomitant antibiotic therapy. Conclusions: Despite having a diagnosis of discoid lupus, our patient was not established with a primary care physician and did not take any medications. This resulted in unknown smoldering systemic lupus erythematosus, which, possibly in conjunction with bacteremia, triggered a nearly fatal disease. We discuss the importance of primary care in disease management, the differentiation of sHLH from other diagnoses, HLH treatment, and the laboratory evaluation of sHLH.


Background and Aims: This study aimed for a comparative evaluation of transaortic coeliac plexus rhizolysis with bilateral splanchnic nerve radio frequency ablation for decrease in visual analogue scale(VAS) score and oral morphine requirements, in patients having upper gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies with intractable pain. Methods: Patients were randomly allocated in two group of 30 eackGroup 1 received bilateral splanchnic nerve radio-frequency ablation(SRF group) and group 2 had trans-aortic coeliac plexus rhizolysis (CPR group). Study was conducted over a period of 18 months. Following data were collected:VAS score, oral morphine requirement , adverse effects, and improvement in the quality of life. Results: Total of 33 patients (17 in SRF and 16 in CPR group) completed full 6 months follow-up Other patients were followed up until their demise. At the end of 6 months VAS score was reduced to 2.13±1.48 (cm) and 3.28±1.4 (cm) in SRF and CPR groups respectively and mean morphine consumption was 13.4 ± 15.3 mg/day and 26.11 ± 23.5 mg/day in SRF group and CPR group respectively.. Conclusion: In upper GI cancer patients with severe intractable abdominal pain, interventional approach along with pharmacological management provides better analgesic efficacy . Both the techniques (bilateral splanchnic nerve RFA and trans-aortic coeliac plexus rhizolysis) were effective for the relief of severe intractable abdominal pain in upper GI malignancies.


This study is the first to study the lasting effects of innovation on firm profitability in Vietnam. Using a unique panel dataset for the period 2005-2015, our results show that innovators achieve higher profit in comparison with non-innovating firms. The positive effects of innovation on firm profitability are observed not only in the short term but also in the longer term. The benefits of innovation for firm profitability can be seen in higher export probability, better productivity, better access to formal credit, and the ability to secure government support, but only after innovation.


In magnetic skyrmion crystals (SkXs), the quality of skyrmion ordering affects the motion under electric current and temperature gradient. However, the crystalline nature itself remains an open issue. We report the observation of skyrmion polycrystallization in FeGe1−xSix as a function of x by Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. With increasing x, the SkX changes from single crystalline to polycrystalline, concomitantly with the formation of the interfaces referred to as domain boundaries. In situ observations have revealed that the domain boundary formation competes the tendency to accommodate the differences between orientations of the SkX.


Modern higher education (including pharmaceutical) is inextricably linked with the use of new information and communication technologies in the educational process. In the current conditions, the question arose about the implementation of educational programs in accordance with the federal state educational programs of higher education with the help of mixed (hybrid) training, which involves a combination of traditional (full-time) and distance learning. One of the forms of e-learning used as part of hybrid learning is Learning Management Systems (LMS), created on the basis of Internet technologies. LMS MOODLE is most often used in Russian universities. At Kursk State Medical University, the LMS MOODLE system has been actively used for many years as a platform for distance learning in the organization of continuing medical education courses. At the Faculty of Pharmacy, LMS MOODLE was used in organizing and conducting training practices in botany. To organize and conduct practical training in the LMS MOODLE system, a training course «Educational field practice in botany» was created. For each day, separate sections were organized, in which the necessary information for students was placed. In general, the following LMS MOODLE elements were used to create a training course on educational practice: «SCORM Package», «Test», «Task», «Hyperlink», «File», «Folder», «Forum», «Chat». Analysis of the use of LMS MOODLE showed that this system can be used quite successfully for the organization of the educational process as an element of e-learning and allows you to control the assimilation of educational material.


As the matter of fact,private standard has coercive power,but lack of equivalence and may become the tools of the large retailers who build market admittance threshold and implement trade discrimination.This makes the private standards may trigger problems in anti-monopoly law.At present,the private standard's international coordinating confronts with the dilemma,and this will prompt the countries' domestic antitrust laws to make corresponding countermeasures.The antitrust laws applicable mechanism of foreign fiction becomes the connection point of the private standard anti-monopoly law control.Abusing antitrust law analysis on private standard is consistent with abusing anti-monopoly law on dominant market position in thinking mode.Meanwhile,attention should be paid to technology regulation problem of the private standard,and we shall be vigilant of the intellectual property factors that may influence market competition.


We present a generalized test case generation method, called the G method. Although inspired by the W method, the G method, in contrast, allows for test case suite generation even in the absence of characterization sets for the specification models. Instead, the G method relies on knowledge about the index of certain equivalences induced at the implementation models. We show that the W method can be derived from the G method as a particular case. Moreover, we discuss some naturally occurring infinite classes of FSM models over which the G method generates test suites that are exponentially more compact than those produced by the W method.


The impacts of the secular education system on the Muslims are very alarming. It has been creating doubts, errors, fantasies, disconnections and confusions in the mind of the Muslims and most importantly the youth. This pathetic scenario metamorphoses and it has been causing the youths too greatly in losing their self-identity as Muslims. The inability to learn and experience the uniqueness of the educational pedagogy of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has failed many people woefully to see the beauty of Islam in its holistic approach with regards to its educational pedagogy. Different pedagogical theories that have been formulated by the secular educationists carried out the notion of different belief systems from the west and its Eurocentric ideology. However, having studied the life and teachings of a man who has been considered as the best exemplary and the modest for the entire humanity by the Muslim and non-Muslims alike. It has been clearly noted that there are varieties of ways and teaching methods applied by the Prophet (PBUH) to educate the old and the young in different ways, nature, time, techniques or different patterns. This study is aimed to revisiting or unraveling different methods used by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to nurture and educate his companions, family, friends and foes alike. This study is carried out through exploratory research to revisiting different teaching methods and techniques of the Prophet (PBUH) from different sources such as Hadith, Sunnah and the Seerah of the Prophet (PBUH). The researchers tried to gain further insights in different aspects with includes strategies, applications, stages and processes, etc. The researcher initially started with general overview about of the teaching methods and the techniques exercised by Prophet (PBUH), in his holistic methods of teaching and learning. This has been used as a tool to identify some critical related issues that could pave ways to different area of focuses for the furtherance study. Amongst the instruments used in this study includes documents analysis, journals, books, university record and report, interviewing Islamic educators and observation. A critical analysis is also used to shed more light on those different teaching methods used by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and its relevance to different techniques in the pedagogical education.


Calculating of structure strength of FOPS(Fallingobject Protective Structure) of the land scraper is carried out with ANSYS/LS-DYNA.Stress、strain and displacement are obtained under impact loading,and analyzed in detail.That can provide exact data of structure strength for the optimum design of the engineering vehicle FOPS.


This study is aimed to the synthesis of new azo dyes starting with 4-Aminoantipyrine. The thermodynamic behavior of the dyes adsorption on a new kind of activated carbon prepared from (Asphalt : Polymer) mixtures are studied. The research involved the selection of the optimum conditions for the adsorption process by studying the factors affecting it such as the effect of adsorbent dose, contact time, initial concentration and temperature, the work also included the fitting of two models of isotherm equations (Freundlich, Langmuir isotherms) on experimental data of adsorption models under consideration. This study was carried at different temperature and at range of concentrations. The constants of these isotherms were used to describe the nature of the studied systems and the type of interaction between dye and carbon surface. Depending on the results obtained from adsorption study at different temperature, the values of thermodynamic functions of adsorption were calculated at different concentration, using the equilibrium constant which obtained from the ratio between the concentration of the adsorbed and the free dye in solution. The above results showed that, the adsorption of these dyes are of physical nature and the experiential data were better obeyed Langmuir isotherm. The study also involved employing four kinetic models on the experimental data; pseudo first order, pseudo second order, Elovich and intraparticle diffusion equations. The results of this study showed that, the adsorption system under investigation obeyed the Pseudo second order model and the intraparticle diffusion is not the only mechanism controlling the adsorption systems under study.


Robotic exoskeleton technologies are applied in the medical field to help patients with impaired mobility to recover their motor functions. Relevant literature shows that usability and cognitive workload may influence the patients' likelihood to benefit from the use of rehabilitative exoskeletons. Following the PRISMA method, the present study aimed to systematically review the assessment methods of usability and cognitive workload in the use of exoskeletal devices for motor rehabilitation. The literature search was conducted in the Scopus and Web of Science bibliographical databases, using 16 keywords that were combined into one search query. A final sample of 23 articles was included in the review, from which 18 distinct assessment methods were identified. Of them, 15 aimed to assess usability, whereas 3 aimed to assess cognitive workload in the use of rehabilitative exoskeletons. Some of the identified methods (e.g., SUS, QUEST, SWAT, and NASA-TLX) showed good psychometric properties and were therefore proven to be appropriate to assess usability and cognitive workload while performing exoskeleton-based rehabilitation. The current study may contribute to the development of guidelines and analytical tools for exoskeletons' usability and exoskeleton-related patients' cognitive workload in the domain of medical rehabilitation.


Perceived learning in MIS depends on gaining knowledge from MIS concepts and by using MIS application tools. MIS education in undergraduate curriculum of a business school needs to foster both concepts and applications dimensions of learning. There is also a need to understand the implications of these two dimensions in MIS education. This study explores these two dimensions of MIS education in undergraduate business by devising a framework and using the framework to incorporate a research model which is then estimated by using survey data. The results show that concepts as well as applications are essential in undergraduate MIS education in a business school.


In this study, cross section of 235 U(d,n) 238 Np, 235 U(d,2n) 235 Np , 235 U(d,3n) 234 Np , 238 U(d,2n) 238 Np and 238 U(d,4n) 236 Np reactions are calculated by using TALYS 1.6 computer code in the energy range from 5 to 35 MeV. In the calculations, 3 microscopic (level density model based on Goriely Skyrme HFB, Hilaire combinatorial level density model based on Skyrme HFB, level density model based on temperature dependent Gogny HFB) 3 macroscopic (back-shifted Fermi gas model, constant temperature model, generalized superfluid model) level density models are used as an optional inputs and their effects on the reaction cross section are investigated. Theoretical predictions are compared with the experimental data taken from EXFOR library.


nutrients and competition in the growth and biomass allocation of Agrostis capillaris and Ranunculus acris – Manuscript under revision. Influences of elevated ozone and carbon dioxide in growth responses of lowland hay meadow mesocosms – Environmental Pollution, in press. reproductive development of meadow species in mesocosms exposed to elevated O 3 and CO 2 – Environmental Pollution, in press. and visible injuries of four Centaurea jacea L. ecotypes exposed to elevated ozone and carbon dioxide – Environmental and Experimental Botany, in press. Abstract The main aim of my thesis project was to assess the impact of elevated ozone (O 3) and carbon dioxide (CO 2) on the growth, competition and community of meadow plants in northern Europe. The thesis project consisted of three separate O 3 and CO 2 exposure experiments that were conducted as open-top-chamber (OTC) studies at Jokioinen, SW Finland, and a smaller-scale experiment with different availabilities of resources in greenhouses in Helsinki. The OTC experiments included a competition experiment with two-and three-wise interactions, a mesocosm-scale meadow community with a large number of species, and a pot experiment that assessed intraspecific differences of Centaurea jacea ecotypes. The studied lowland hay meadow proved to be an O 3-sensitive biotope, as the O 3 concentrations used (40-50 ppb) were moderate, and yet, six out of nine species (Campanula rotundifolia, Centaurea jacea, Fragaria vesca, Ranunculus acris, Trifolium medium, Vicia cracca) showed either significant reductions in biomass or reproductive development, visible O 3 injury or any two as a response to elevated O 3. The plant species and ecotypes exhibited large intra-and interspecific variation in their response to O 3 , but O 3 and CO 2 concentrations did not cause changes in their interspecific competition or in community composition. However, the largest O 3-induced growth reductions were seen in the least abundant species (C. rotundifolia and F. vesca), which may indicate O 3-induced suppression of weak competitors. The overall effects of CO 2 were relatively small and mainly restricted to individual species and several measured variables. Based on the present studies, most of the deleterious effects of tropospheric O 3 are not diminished by a moderate increase in CO 2 under low N availability, and variation exists between different species and variables. The present study indicates that the growth of several herb species decreases with increasing atmospheric O 3 concentrations, and that these changes may pose a threat to the biodiversity …


Establish valve stem leakage flow channel model, apply the CFD numerical simulation the internal flow field and noise. Research shows that it is no effect on the valve inlet and outlet flow field when the valve stem leakage. It is no effect on the valve body flow field and the greatest influence the balance cavity flow field. Changing the flow direction of the balance cavity and produce left vortex, it break left vortex of right part. New tremendous noise sources appear the balance cavity and improve the noise of surrounding areas.


1. The sweetener composition comprising at least one amplifier sweetness of rebaudioside A composition and a polyol that improves the taste of sweet, where: rebaudioside A composition comprises rebaudioside A and other steviol glycosides; ! purity rebaudioside A composition is from about 50% to about 99.5% rebaudioside A by weight of the dry matter; ! rebaudioside A comprises rebaudioside A polymorph of anhydrous, solvated polymorph rebaudioside A, rebaudioside A amorphous or a combination thereof; ! rebaudioside A composition and said polyol is contained in the sweetener composition in a weight ratio ranging from about 1:50 to about 1: 800; and! at least one sweetness enhancer comprises at least one sulphamate chemical formula: ! wherein R1 and R2 independently include hydrogen, alkoxy, aryloxy, nitro, acyl, cyano, thioester, thioether or a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl or heterocyclic group; ! wherein R3 comprises any alkali or alkaline earth metal, hydrogen or a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl or heterocyclic group; ! where both groups R1 and R2 may form part of a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl or heterocyclic group; ! wherein the two groups R2 and R3 may form part of a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl or heterocyclic group; and! wherein said functional groups or moieties R1, R2 and R3 may be optionally substituted with one or more moieties, including hydrogen, hydroxy,


In recent years,according to the demand of strategy target of development,we,SINOPEC,have made more effort of "going abroad",and speeded up the promotion of process of international operation.Different political social system,ideology,view of value and culture would certainly affect the ideology of the employee abroad.We analyzed the difficult points of political and ideological work of employee in institutions abroad;presented exploratively the policy of strengthening political and ideological work of employee in institutions abroad in terms of core function of political and ideological work.


This paper proposes a practicable navigation method for multiple mobile robots in a realistic environment. In the past, many navigation methods have been developed, however, they were often limited to a single robot or sometimes assumed robots with special mobility such as holonomic ones. From the viewpoint of practical applications it is indispensable that the number of robots is arbitrary, general shape and mobility of them are allowed. In this study, a deadlock-free navigation for non-holonomic mobile robots in a practical environment is given. In the proposed scheme, states of the environment and robots are feedback in real-time and global path planning is cyclically executed. It enables an adaptation to a changing environment and a reliable deadlock-free navigation of multiple robots. The real-time online path planning is performed by an efficient A* search in Configuration Spaces representing the robots and environment. The proposed method is tested by several simulations which represent typical complicated navigation situations. As a result, the effectiveness of the methods is verified.


The application of mathematical modeling and computer simulation to the study of spaceflight cardiovascular changes is examined using a multicompartment representation model of the entire human cardiovascular system including its control elements. The model simulates the beat-to-beat dynamic responses of the cardiovascular system to orthostatic stresses. Simulation results pertaining to long-term space flight, the combined effect of +G(z) and blood volume loss, and the effect of anti-G suit inflation are discussed, including past results on the original version of the model which has been used in a number of analysis applications at NASA. New results pertain to analysis of cardiovascular changes in extended duration space flights and demonstrate the use of this model in evaluation of physiological factors that contribute to orthostatic intolerance following an exposure to weightlessness, in particular, blood volume loss and changes in the sensitivity of baroreceptors.


An emergent operation callback method and system are disclosed in the present invention, using to resolve the problem of no appointing special standard to the emergent operation callback in prior art. The present invention method comprises steps: A, user terminal initiates emergent operation request to a public safety joint point by IP multimedia subsystem; B, the public safety joint point initiates emergent operation callback to the IP multimedia subsystem, wherein comprising the user terminal callback user identification; C, the IP multimedia sending the emergent operation callback to the user terminal according to the callback user identification. An emergent operation callback system is also provided in the present invention. The present invention scheme is used for the public safety joint point sending emergent operation callback to the user terminal by the IP multimedia subsystem, and the user terminal can gain emergent help accurately and in time.


This work aims to highlight the importance and necessity of initial and continuing training of teachers to attend children with intellectual disabilities and global developmental disorders in schools, especially after law No. 13,146, of 06 July 2015, to ensure and promote, under conditions of equality, the rights of persons with disabilities, with a view to their social inclusion and citizenship.


A Parallel Genetic Algorithm is presented to solve the inverse scattering problem which is formulated as an optimal problem where the cost function to be minimized is the energy norm of the residual, i.e. the difference between the estimated and observed field, and the parameters are the unknown control points for using a spline curve to construct the shape of the object conductor. This approach is computationally heavy since the direct problem needs to be solved in every optimization iteration in order to compute an estimated field. Experiments demonstrate our PGA provides an efficient method for such a problem.


PurposeThis study explored the role of market mavens for young tourists and existential authenticity for young tourist co-creation experience. It determines intentions to revisit and intentions to recommend tourism service providers. The theoretical foundation of this study is based upon the macro-micro theory approach of service-dominant (S-D) logic and customer engagement, which explains the idea of tourist co-creation interactivity and value creation between the service provider and tourist.Design/methodology/approachThe positivist deductive approach, survey-based methodology was followed for this study. Data was collected from 349 young tourists who have traveled and contributed to travel services through collaboration and interaction with the service provider. The data were analyzed in SmartPLS, and structured equation modeling technique was used for hypothesis testing.FindingsIt was found that market mavens have a positive impact on young tourist's co-creation process, hence depicting intention to revisit and recommend the tourism service provider. Existential authenticity was also found having positive impact on tourist co-creation and intention to revisit and recommend the service provider. The results show that young tourists plan domestic trips in Pakistan and co-create with service providers.Research limitations/implicationsThis study theoretically and practically contributed in the literature and enhanced the literature concerning mainly the young tourists co-creation. It has also enhanced the knowledge about intentions to revisit and recommend with special focus on market mavens. Also, existential authenticity of the tourist spots was keenly considered in the underlying research.Originality/valueThis study highlights value-creation phenomenon in tourism for younger tourists. Their input is important in the form of creativity and innovation and by incorporating these young tourists in decision-making process. They ensure their ability to participate and design, resulting in loyalty towards service provider.


The thesis builds upon a critical discourse analysis and ethnographic methods such as interviews and participatory observation, in an effort to contribute with original research about how the Swedish counter radicalization project discursively constructs political engagement as "pro-violent" and "anti-democratic", and how these constructions impacts local political practices. The analysis reveals contradicting discourses within the core concepts used by the preventative project, and that these have various forms impacts within a variety of dimensions. Impacts mainly manifest themselves on the affective level, where the experience of the discursive construction raises profound questions regarding democracy, political legitimacy and democratic values.
The contradictory discourse also furthers a collapse in contextualization of contentious political engagement, resulting in a discrepancy between the preventative projects and its applicability within the lived experiences of political practices. Furthermore, the analysis reveals how the flawed contextualization within the preventative project impinges upon the affective dimensions of the contentious political identity, resulting in both a possibility of negative 'downward spirals of antagonism' as well as a possibility for re-ignited civic engagement in 'upward spirals of engagement'


Students in teachers' universities exposed a seris of questions in the test of Putonghua levels: spellingof syllables, pronunciation - changes of word phrases and tones of words, tones of phases, many unnormal aspectsin them should be sloved by teaching and studying. Only through generalizing the corresponing laws between native lanuages and Putonghua, strengthening the normal exercises of pronunciations and word phrases, forming athinking - habit of Putonghua on the base of normal pronunciaitons, can we abtain capabilities to use Putonghuafreely.


ABSTRACT The environmental crisis and more recently climate emergency have driven news media outlets to create editorial brands that specifically cover these topics. To make itself heard in a market for environmental news that is increasingly dominated by global media outlets, La Nación (Argentina) has leveraged its reporting on the topic by developing a novel editorial brand focused on environmental data journalism: "Proyecto Naturaleza." Through the lens of data journalism and collaborative journalism, this article relies on methods such as participant observation and in-depth interviews to understand the practices, norms, and routines adopted by La Nación to produce data journalism focused on environmental topics. The results indicate three specific pillars for such journalism: climate change, biodiversity, and audience participation. The team sets an agenda based on these topics in light of annual events or large celebrations, resulting in a calendar of proposed activities (the production of data stories or crowdsourcing actions). The data team holds meetings with different individuals and organizations from different sectors to identify distinct perspectives on environmental issues to discuss undertakings and collaborate as needed with these actors. La Nación also emphasizes involving audiences on a deeper level, transforming their traditional role as passive recipient into active participant.


Lupeol ( 1 ), epilupeol ( 2 ) and β-sitosterol ( 3 ) were isolated from the n-hexane and the carbon tetrachloride soluble fraction of a methanol extract of the leaves of Phoenix paludosa Roxb. The n-hexane, carbon tetrachloride and chloroform soluble materials from the concentrated methanol extract were subjected to antimicrobial screening and brine shrimp lethality bioassay. All of the partitionates showed insensitivity to microbial growth, while the n -hexane, chloroform and methanol soluble fractions showed significant cytotoxicity having LC 50 2.17 μg/ml, 2.77 μg/ml and 2.46 μg/ml, respectively. This is the first report of isolation of the compounds 1-3 and bioactivities of P. paludosa . Key words: Phoenix paludosa ; Aracaceae; Lupeol; Epi-Lupeol; β-sitosterol; Brine shrimp lethality bioassay; Antimicrobial. DOI: 10.3329/dujps.v8i1.5329 Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. 8(1): 7-10, 2009 (June)


In order to accomplish the strategic plan of COPEC Council of Researches in Education and Sciences, the engineering education research team has started to offer another Program: the International Engineering Educator Program. The goal is to improve the formation of the engineering educator providing her/him with all the competencies necessary to teach at the state of the art with the best available teaching technologies. As COPEC has already the IGIP National Monitoring Committee that provides the courses for engineering educators, and a large experience developing and implementing engineering programs, the engineering education research team has decided to develop and to offer a graduation level program for engineers dedicated to education. The curriculum follows the modular international engineering education curriculum that attends fully the education rules for the university level of formation in the country. It is a very dynamic and rich program, developed in modules, followed in several countries in the world. It follows the trend of global formation of professionals, mainly to attend the need of a prepared engineering educator to act in the several different cultural environments, which mobility has imposed as a fact of life for researchers and teachers at graduation level. New competencies of educators are needed such as: evaluation management; development competencies; communication skills; teamwork; ethics and intercultural competencies. This engineering education curriculum is a modular system which consists of: core modules (8 Credit Points), theory modules (4 CP) and practice modules (8 CP). Both the Register and the title provided by this Program recognized internationally are intended to improve the position, role and responsibility of engineering educators in society.


Abstract : The retention of 241Am by the whole body and tissues has been studied in male and female rats of four ages after intravenous injection of americium in the form of citrate. Significant variations of the metabolism of americium with age and sex have been demonstrated in kidney, liver, and bone. The concentration of americium by kidney and liver was positively correlated with age, while the concentration by bone was negatively correlated with age. The concentration of americium by kidney and bone was greater in male than in female rats, but the concentration by liver was greater in the female rats. The radiotoxicological implications of these results are discussed. (Author)


Banshelki Dam is the fresh water Dam of village Banshelki, near Udgir. It is the good source of biodiversity of aquatic animals in Udgir taluka. About 50 species of plankton, 36 species of crustaceans, are found in the Dam. A total of 100 species of fishes, 20 species of prawns/shrimps and 15 species of crabs are recorded from Dam. The Dam serves many species of aquatic birds during winter season. There are 05 species of amphibians and 15 species of reptiles and 6 species of mammals are found in the Dam. The fish production is fluctuating from year to year. The fish production was higher during 2018-19 and lowest was observed during 2019-2020. The highest crabs were observed to be 1 mt. during 2019-20. The minimum growth rate was observed in the year 2018-19.