Of the roughly 300 Play for Today dramas, a dozen have a non-white writer or director and/or deal with the experiences of black and Asian communities in urban England. These dramas are a tiny proportion of the overall body of work but nevertheless offer bold, often uncompromising representations of race, class and generational divisions in 1970s and early 1980s British culture. Focusing on space – in both the physical and cultural sense – this article explores the ways in which the use of location filming, in conjunction with the use of the studio in these dramas, allowed for a greater range of stories to be told, while offering new insights into the social and historical experiences of black and Asian communities. The 'journey narratives' of these plays expand the physical and cultural geography of the dramas and temporally connect a complex set of historical experiences, not previously seen on British television.


The changes in the pore structure and adsorption properties of sepiolite from Goles resulting from treatment with 4MHCl for various periods of time were investigated. The BET method specific surface areas, pore volumes and f – plots were determined by nitrogen adsorption. The surface area progressively increased during the 70 hours of acid treatment, when a maximum was attained. The differences in the adsorption properties of the original and the acid treated sepiolite were evaluated by comparison of adsorption isotherms obtained with benzene, n-hexane, methanol and isooctane. The enhanced adsorption of isooctane was of great interest, since the sorption of this compound on natural sepiolites is generally very limited. The results suggest that chemical treatment of sepiolite with 4MHCl for 70 h produces an adsorbent of optimal porosity and other adsorption properties.


A novel two-dimensional fan-beam lens is presented. The principle of operation of the lens is based on Gaussian optics. The focal point of the circular interface between the dielectric and air is coincident with a focal point of a hyperbolic reflector, while the feeding source is located in the other focal point. The ray tracing method along with physical optics and full wave finite element method (Ansys HFSS) are used to simulate the structure and study the effect of the feed blockage. The two-dimensional lens is implemented in a parallel-plates waveguide and a technique for matching the feeding structure is proposed. Measurement results are presented and confirm the predicted performance.


Understanding the transport properties of microorganisms and self-propelled particles in porous media has important implications for human health as well as microbial ecology. In free space, most microswimmers perform diffusive random walks as a result of the interplay of self-propulsion and orientation decorrelation mechanisms such as run-and-tumble dynamics or rotational diffusion. In an unstructured porous medium, collisions with the microstructure result in a decrease in the effective spatial diffusivity of the particles from its free-space value. Here, we analyze this problem for a simple model system consisting of non-interacting point particles performing run-and-tumble dynamics through a two-dimensional disordered medium composed of a random distribution of circular obstacles, in the absence of Brownian diffusion or hydrodynamic interactions. The particles are assumed to collide with the obstacles as hard spheres and subsequently slide on the obstacle surface with no frictional resistance while maintaining their orientation, until they either escape or tumble. We show that the variations in the long-time diffusivity can be described by a universal dimensionless hindrance function $f(\phi,\mathrm{Pe})$ of the obstacle area fraction $\phi$ and P\'eclet number $\mathrm{Pe}$, or ratio of the swimmer run length to the obstacle size. We analytically derive an asymptotic expression for the hindrance function valid for dilute media ($\mathrm{Pe}\,\phi\ll 1$), and its extension to denser media is obtained using stochastic simulations.


We propose a method to improve the ability of reinforcement-learned policies to adapt to unknown dynamics of the agent at test time. Our method learns an embedding space to distill system identification information into a form that is both useful for policy specialization, and easy to estimate.


Simple Summary It is estimated that 73% of advanced non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) will become malnourished and develop cachexia which is considered as an independent prognostic factor. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the association between nutritional assessments and (i) immunotherapy efficacy, (ii) tolerance, and (iii) survival in patients with an advanced NSCLC stage of lung cancer treated with immunotherapy. In total, 67% of the 120 patients analysed were not malnourished, 20% presented with moderate malnutrition, and 13% presented with severe malnutrition. There was no significant link between the nutritional status and the toxicity of immunotherapy. However, severe malnutrition was significantly associated with treatment efficacy and with a lower survival rate. Malnutrition appears to have a negative impact in the case of immunotherapy, in contrast to a high body mass index, which seems to be protective. In addition to confirming the benefits of early and appropriate nutritional management, research must also focus on catabolism and the uncontrolled inflammatory mechanisms. Abstract Malnutrition is associated with a greater risk of morbidity and mortality and lower tolerance to chemotherapy. Our purpose was to study the association between nutritional status and the efficiency and tolerance of immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Nutritional and oncological data were reported at 2 months (M2) and 4 months (M4) after the initiation of immunotherapy (M0). The influence of nutritional status at M0 was estimated with the efficacy and toxicity of immunotherapy at M2 to M4. In total, 127 patients were included in the study, and nutritional status was estimated at M0 for 120 patients: 67% were not malnourished, 20% presented with moderate malnutrition, and 13% presented with severe malnutrition. There was no significant link between the nutritional status at M0 and the toxicity of immunotherapy at M2 and M4. However, severe malnutrition was significantly associated with treatment efficacy at M2 (p = 0.04) and with a lower survival rate with an HR (Hazard Ratio) = 2.32–95% C.I: 1.13–4.75 (p = 0.02). Furthermore, a monthly decrease of 1% of the weight had an HR = 1.17–95% C.I: 1.13–1.21 (p = 0.0001). Severe malnutrition and weight loss are independent factors associated with lower survival. Studies integrating the systemic detection of sarcopenia with a closer nutritional follow-up could highlight an improvement in survival.


Joyce/Shakespeare: how should one translate the connection that the silent slash is meant to represent? To which preposition or conjunction does the symbol give voice? Shakespeare in Joyce? Shakespeare through Joyce? Joyce through Shakespeare? Joyce versus Shakespeare? Joyce after Shakespeare? Joyce and Shakespeare? Joyce beside Shakespeare? Joyce despite Shakespeare? Joyce's Shakespeare? The impression is that any of them, and others as well, would validly direct the critic or reader to equally plausible and fertile perspectives.


Stochastic computing has been recently proposed for the hardware implementation of both low-density parity-check (LDPC) decoders and turbo decoders, which facilitate near-optimal error correction capabilities in wireless communication applications. Previous contributions have demonstrated that stochastic LDPC decoders offer an attractive tradeoff between their error correction capabilities, hardware performance, and timing-error tolerance. Motivated by this, we propose a pair of stochastic turbo decoder (STD) designs having significantly enhanced timing-error tolerance and significantly reduced processing latency. Moreover, we characterize the tradeoffs between chip area, energy efficiency, latency, throughput, and error correction capabilities of both the timing-error-tolerant STD and of the reduced-latency STD. We demonstrate that our proposed timing-error-tolerant STD operated at 1.20 V, with a clock period of 2.2 ns and in the presence of a three-standard deviation power supply variation of 7%, exhibits an unimpaired performance, compared with the state-of-the-art STD, operated at 1.20 V and 4 ns and with no power supply variations. This corresponds processing throughput improvement by a factor of 2.42 and energy consumption reduction by a factor of 4. Finally, we demonstrate that our proposed reduced-latency STD has a processing latency that is an order of magnitude lower than that of the state-of-the-art STD. This is despite reducing the chip area by a factor of 4, increasing the processing throughput by a factor of 65, while consuming only 0.005 times the energy of the state-of-the-art STD, when using binary phase-shift keying for communication over an additive white Gaussian noise channel having Eb/N0 = 3 dB.


The invention discloses an automatic storage and discharge device for a dam. The automatic storage and discharge device comprises a plurality of dam piers which are arranged on the top surface of the dam; storage and discharge plates which are perpendicular to the top surface of the dam when standing still are arranged among the dam piers; the tops of the storage and discharge plates are articulated with the dam piers; a plate returning device is connected between the storage and discharge plates and the dam; the dam piers are layered in the vertical direction; the storage and discharge plates are connected among all layers of dam piers; when the water flow is normal, the storage and discharge plates are in the standing state and perpendicular to the top surface of the dam under the joint action of the plate returning device and a safety pin to ensure the slow water storage work in the dam; and when the flood peak arrives and the water level exceeds the warning state, the powerful impact must greatly exceeds the bearing capacity of the plate returning device and the safety pin, thus the storage and discharge plates can be naturally opened under the water pressure to realize the automatic discharge of the flood peak. Since multiple layers of storage and discharge devices are arranged, the automatic storage and discharge device is suitable for various large, medium and small reservoirs and can ensure safe and efficient flood discharge.


CD8 dendritic cells (DCs) represent a functionally distinct DC subset in vivo, which plays a critical role in initiating various cellular immune responses. However, the committed precursor of CD8 DCs remains to be identified. We reported here that murine splenic CD8 CD11c lineage phenotype (Lin) cells could differentiate into CD8 DCs in vivo after intravenous transplantation. Immunohistochemistry staining showed that donorderived DCs mainly located in T-cell areas of the spleen. Functionally, these CD8 CD11c Lin cell–derived DCs were capable of stimulating allogenic T-cell response, as well as secreting bioactive interleukin 12 p70 and interferon . Freshly isolated CD8 CD11c Lin cells expressed CC chemokine receptor (CCR)2, CCR5, and CCR7 messenger RNA, whereas CD8 DCs derived from CD8 CD11c Lin cells further obtained the expression of CCR6 and macrophagederived chemokine. Flow cytometry analysis showed that CD8 CD11c Lin cells were identified in bone marrow and lymph nodes. Moreover, transplanted splenic CD8 CD11c Lin cells could also home to thymus and lymph nodes and were capable of developing into CD8 DCs in these locations.However,CD8 CD11c Lin cells failed to differentiate into CD8 DCs, T cells, natural killer cells, or other myeloid lineage cells in irradiated chimeras. Taken together, all these findings suggest that CD8 CD11c Lin cells are a committed precursor of CD8 DCs. (Blood. 2002;100: 569-577)


In general, expert system applications to real cases involve making decisions, i.e. selecting a suitable action among a set of possible alternative actions. A well‐known standard method for modelling decision problems is the so‐called multi‐attribute utility theory (MAUT), a method in which the alternatives are viewed in terms of their attributes. A set of attributes are identified and a specific value and a suitable relative importance weight are assigned to each attribute. However, it is not easy for the expert to quantify the relative importance weight of an attribute: this assignment entails a certain abstraction activity from the expert and, as is well known, experts have difficulty in providing their knowledge in abstract and general terms. In order to overcome this difficulty we propose a method for automatically inferring relative importance weights from a set of specific action sequences. An action sequence is a list in chronological order of the actions executed by the expert when facing specific cases of decision problems. Providing action sequences requires no other effort but remembering specific episodes, and this task is much easier for experts than having to directly provide precise numbers expressing relative importance weights. Moreover in many cases action sequences are already stored in suitable records. Consider, for example, the list of medical tests executed on a given patient, a list included in the patient clinical record stored in the clinical database of a hospital. On the basis of these considerations the proposed method should be useful for designers of expert systems which face problems of choosing the right action among a set of alternative actions.


One of the features of web-scale discovery tools is the ability to limit searches by facets or filters, metadata elements that are common across a result set, as an aid to the user for narrowing results. How much are they used, and in what circumstances? In this panel discussion three Ex Libris customers will talk about the way their interfaces record facet use and how they are used.

Angela Sidman (Yale University) will discuss Yale's decision to pre-limit the article search results in their Blacklight discovery interface and what analytics tell us about how users interact with this default search setting.
Nicole Trujillo (University of Colorado) will discuss Boulder's implementation of Google Tag Manager and how both GTM and OBI inform facet usage in different ways.
Ken Varnum (University of Michigan) will discuss facet use in U-M's Library Search application, focusing on two search types: the article discovery tool, powered by the Summon API, and the Blacklight-powered catalog.

Attendees will learn how these three libraries' facet usage differs, and what facet usage can tell us about user preferences.


Accessible online at: www.karger.com/journals/pne At a recent meeting, pediatric neurosurgeons assessed the state of the art of our subspeciality. More than one of the participants described the lack of basic research in pediatric problems, evidenced by the lack of basic science papers in the pediatric neurosurgical literature. These comments misrepresent what is in fact the case. Considering the size of our subspeciality, there is an amazing amount of productive basic science research underway. Recently, Children's Memorial Institute for Education and Research hosted a seminar on the molecular biology of pediatric brain tumors. Pediatric neurosurgeons from 14 pediatric neurosurgical centers presented papers. The papers spanned the field from animal models, through cell cycle, apoptosis, cell surface receptors to immune therapy. There are also numerous pediatric neurosurgical centers working on the genetics of congenital malformations, the mechanisms of neurulation, cortical development, neuronal pathway development and of course hydrocephalus. Most of these efforts result in manuscripts more suited to basic science journals. This leads to the misconception that there is little basic research in pediatric neurosurgery. In fact, research, both clinical and basic, is alive and well. It is my perception that basic research is amazingly abundant in pediatric neurosurgery considering the size of our subspeciality. We are slightly more numerous than the number of neurosurgeons that separated from general surgery to form the American Board of Neurosurgery. It is important to point out that this is not the time to rest. Never, in recent history, has there been more pressures directed at impeding the development of the neurosurgeon scientist. Managed care and the drive for clinical productivity will continue to have a negative effect on the development of the next generation of surgeon scientists. Those in leadership in societies and academic centers must resist and create incentives, financial and protected time, to preserve the pediatric neurosurgeon scientist.


We show that thermal-stability and the associated switching field in well segregated, nanoscale granular materials is explained by grain boundary and interface effects. Grain boundaries pose a fundamental limit on scaling rooted in their chemical and morphological structure, while exchange interactions across interfaces cause the switching to deviate from the expected coherent Stoner-Wohlfarth behaviour. Measurements and simulations of CoCrPt-systems show a clear shift in applied field angle behaviour, arising from exchange-coupling between magnetic-phases, while the quantitative switching field can only be explained by a transition layer surrounding the grains. These results are potentially significant for Heat-Assisted-Magnetic Recording and Bit-Patterned-Media Recording.


The effective factors of milling force and the machined surface roughness are focused on when high speed milling TC4.The experimental results show that the cutting parameters and the tool wear have remarkably effect on the cutting force,the machined surface roughness is better when the cutting speed is within 200~350 m/min.


A method of fabricating an integrated circuit, said method comprising: Providing a semiconductor wafer having an active chip surface containing front side and a rear side opposite the front side, on which a metallization layer is deposited, and the front side being coupled to a first carrier; Forming a first trench in the semiconductor wafer, which extends from the front to the rear, wherein forming a first trench attaching the metallization layer to an adhesive carrier, the decoupling of the front side of the first carrier by cutting along an inclined line so that a diameter of the front side of the semiconductor wafer is greater than a diameter of the back, and the sawing of the front side of the semiconductor wafer, comprising through a portion of the semiconductor wafer to the rear side to define cutting marks on the front side; and Cutting a second trench in the back of the semiconductor wafer to the second trench communicates with the first trench, whereby the integrated circuit of the ...


It was the social and economic reforms of the nineteenth century that proved to be the origin of delegated legislation on the scale to which we have...


Background: Studies regarding peri-implantitis have been so far focused on decontamination procedures, without considering that implant-abutment junction faces the same bacterial challenges. As a matter of fact, microorganisms of partially edentulous patients can be transferred to the peri-implant sulcus and therefore increase the risk of disease. Opportunistic pathogens resistant even in extreme hostile conditions such as P. aeruginosa and E. faecalis, found in different sites of the oral cavity and in root canal following treatment failure, could have the ability to colonize the internal implant portions, a fact still not demonstrated in vivo. Aim/Hypothesis: To verify whether different dental implant parts can be contaminated by opportunistic pathogens in a periimplant patient population. Material and methods: A cross-sectional study was performed following the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki of patients previously treated with dental implants. Patients were recruited between September 2012 and July 2013 at the University of Valencia (Spain). Samples for microbiological analysis were obtained from 3 types of sites in the following order: (1) the peri-implant sulcus (PIS) of each implant, (2) the gingival sulcus (GS) of the neighboring teeth (3) and the connection's inner portion and the abutment surface of each implant. Prior to subgingival plaque sampling, supragingival plaque was eliminated from implants and teeth using a curette or cotton roll, without penetrating the gingival sulcus. Cotton rolls were used for relative isolation and the sampling sites were dried with an air pistol. The paper tips were inserted in the peri-implant or periodontal sulci for 30 seconds. To obtain samples from the inner part of the connections, prostheses and abutments were carefully removed, trying to avoid contamination. Oral, tongue and pharynx swabs were also collected. Quantitative real-time PCR was carried out for total bacterial counts of Enterococcus faecalis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Statistical analyses (2-way ANOVA with the General Linear Model) was used to detect any difference between groups. Results: One hundred and eighty sites were investigated. Fifty-two implants in 38 patients showed signs of peri-implant disease. No bacteria was found in the gingival sulci of neighboring teeth group (38 sites). E. faecalis was detected in the peri-implant sulcular fluid (3 of 52 sites; 1.77 9 105 cells) and (3 of 52 sites; 3.87 9 104 cells). On the other hand, P. aeruginosa counts were identified only on swabs (1 of 38 sites) and represent the highest bacterial numbers (3.5 9 106 cells). Statistical analyses (2-way ANOVA with the General Linear Model) demonstrated no significant difference for location, species, and the interaction between location 9 species (P > 0.05). Conclusion and clinical implications: It has been demonstrated in this study that antibiotic-resistant nosocomial bacteria can contaminate the inner parts of implants connection. This conclusion should lead to further studies investigating not only the extraand intra-oral cleaning procedures but also prosthesis removal and peri-implant sulcus decontamination at each follow-up especially in patients prone to peri-implantitis.


This study focuses on DALI lighting control interface and DALI cabling. DALI interface circuit will be designed and presented. DALI wiring is typically made by using a standard PVC (polyvinyl chloride) insulated electrical cable. Electrical characteristics of such a cable will be defined to fully understand the frequency dependent behaviour of the cable. The self-inductance, mutual inductance and resistance of the cable will be resolved by using a numerical method called volume fillet. PVC material data, like the relative permeability and the loss tangent, will be resolved by using the results of material science studies. A lumped model presentation for the cable will be created. Time dependent simulations for the interface and the cable will be executed using Spice. The usability of the lumped model will be issued. The lumped model can be extended to a distributed model. Neither of these models can handle the frequency dependence on the electrical characteristics. There are some options how to improve the model.


Abstrcat Generally,it is partial to study such a historic cultural heritage as the Qi Great Wall just in military perspective. The partiality is caused, to a greater extent, by the stereotype thinking of Confucianist concepts. Actually, by comparative study of zuo zhuanandguanzi, the emerging of Qi in The Spring and Autumn Period, is not only a military victory, even more an economic one; building the Qi Great Wall is not only the demand of political struggle, still more the demand of economic competition; the Qi Great Wall serves not only as a military defence, but as a strong weapon for the Qi business prosperity.


Abstract Although it is now fairly well established that defects in amorphous chalcogenide semiconductors are normally charged (D+ and D−), it is demonstrated that neutral defects D0, generated by the reverse reaction of 2D0 → D+ + D−, can be important for a.c. conduction. The contribution to [sgrave](ω, T) from correlated barrier hopping of single polarons exceeds that of bipolarons at high temperatures (T). An expression for [sgrave](ω, T), which includes terms due to electrons hopping between D0 and D+ and holes between D0 and D−, as well as two electrons hopping between D− and D+ (bipolarons), is able to account for all the features observed in chalcogenide glass semiconductors. Effects on the a.c. conductivity of the addition of impurities to chalcogenides are also discussed in terms of the present model. The energy levels and densities of charged defects are estimated for given materials, and these are supported by values deduced from photoluminescence, drift mobility and d.c. conductivity studies.


Abstract : The case of a function of time is considered which is periodic with known period. A classical analysis of variance, based on a pattern involving d observations in each of the r.c cells formed by crossing r rows with c columns is studied. Periodic time functions with a fixed period and a stationary joint distribution are also considered.


The objective of this study was to assess the economic outcomes of three space allowances (6, 12, and 24 m2 per animal) for outdoor feedlots-finished beef cattle. Simulations considered confinement systems with a static capacity of 5,000 animals per cycle and two 86-day cycles per year. Performance data were obtained from 1,350 uncastrated bovine males. An increase in space allowance elevated the fixed cost per animal. Fixed and variable costs represented 3% and 93% of the total operating cost, respectively. For variable costs, around 70% was used for purchasing cattle and 17% for purchasing feed. The operating profit per animal increased as space allowance increased (R$ 80.90, R$ 102.00, and R$ 109.00 for 6, 12, and 24 m2 per animal, respectively). The three feedlot systems recovered the initial investment and had a positive net present value. In addition, the internal rates of return were 22%, 27%, and 25%, and the probabilities of financial loss were 33%, 29%, and 26% for pen sizes of 6, 12, and 24 m2 per animal, respectively. Therefore, larger space allowances improve profitability and reduce the risk of financial loss.


We study the WKB dispersion equation in non-uniform optical wave-guide.There are three methods given in this paper;(1)method of Airy function;(2)method of connection formula;and(3) method of phase shift.At last we make some re-marks.


Post-Mao gender discourse readjusts a politicized vision of gender based on Maoist ethics. While rejecting revolutionary concepts of sex equality, contemporary Chinese women embrace a notion of femininity through the revision of a traditional conception of womanhood as well as the construction of new role models. Women poets participate in this construction process with a fresh, powerful voice to express their gender consciousness. In their efforts to (re-)define womanhood, they present by poetic means radically gendered perspectives.


The effects of resilient isolators and viscoelastic damping materials on reducing heavyweight floor impact sounds in reinforced concrete structures were investigated using FEM simulations and field measurements. Dynamic properties of the materials were also measured with beam transfer function method to predict vibration characteristics and impedance of the floor structures; results showed that damping materials had larger loss factor and dynamic elastic modulus than resilient isolators. From the field measurement, it was found that the natural frequency of the floor structure increased and its vibration acceleration level decreased by the use of damping materials (heavyweight impact sound levels also decreased below 80 Hz), whereas the sound levels in the structure increased with the same range with the use of resilient isolators.


TraffLab's Alternative Anti-Trafficking Action Plan (the "Alternative Plan") provides a
labor-based alternative approach to the new Israeli national plan to address human trafficking
2019-2024, published by the Ministry of Justice in January 2019. The Alternative Plan outlines
the directions we believe need to be taken in order to address the structural problems that
underlie serious phenomena that we are witnessing in the Israeli labor market today, and that
we do not believe the accepted approach to combating human trafficking addresses. The
Alternative Plan as a whole reflects a vision, an ambitious action plan for a possible future,
which on the one hand is firmly rooted in the legal situation in Israel, and on the other seeks
to offer new thinking in the field to locate and identify human trafficking engines. The program
has three parts: prevention, enforcement, and partnership, all of which reflect the need to
address the root causes of severe forms of labor market exploitation. Each section contains a
number of short chapters which focus on different aspects of the immigration regime and
labor market regulation in Israel, that create structural vulnerability to human trafficking, and
offers concrete policy proposals for change. Along with more familiar elements for
practitioners in the field -such as aspects of tied visas, debt and recruitment fees, and bilateral
agreements - the Alternative Plan includes a discussion of many other aspects including,
among others, discussions on how employment structures - private bureaus, manpower
agencies, and construction agencies – and exclusion from protective legislation and lack of
workers' rights enforcement create vulnerability to exploitation and human trafficking, as well
on the need for a comprehensive reform of the victim identification system in Israel. The
program also addresses the potential role of labor unions in representing and supporting
workers in sectors prone to trafficking, and the responsibilities of corporations for human
trafficking down their supply chains.

The Alternative Plan is a collaboration by TraffLab researchers: Post-Doctoral Fellows
Yahel Kurlander and Assaf S. Bondy, Doctoral Fellow Hanny Ben-Israel, Research Fellows
Tamar Barkay, Avinoam Cohen, Yuval Livnat and Tamar Megiddo, Visiting Researchers Maayan
Niezna and Shahar Shoham, and PI Hila Shamir. Editors: Hila Shamir and Maayan Niezna.
The Alternative Plan is currently available in Hebrew. An English version is planned to be released by July of 2021.


Practice is the hardcore of Marx's practical materialism,and also the footstone of Marxist historical materialism.If we want to introduce this concept into aesthetics so as to establish a kind of aesthetics that takes Marxist practical materialism and its practice concept as the philosophical foundation and main viewpoint,most important is adhering to Marxist practice concept.It is under the specific historical circumstance or condition,Marx's practice concept shapes.Its birth can be considered as an intermediate link,both "critically transforming" Hegel's speculative philosophy and "actively abrogating" Feuerbach's philosophy.Marx's comprehension and interpretation of the connotation of the practice concept also undergoes a process of development from spiritualism through materialism to dialectical materialism.On the one hand,Marx sees Feuerbach's more accurateness than Hegel,that is,the principle of perceptual objectivity in materialism;and on the other hand,he also sees Hegel's more brilliance than Feuerbach,that is,human's action of objectivity,or,in detail,human's subjective,active function of creating the objective world by way of awareness and practice.It is on a basis of inheriting Hegel's labor view of spiritualism and Feuerbach's humanistic view of materialism that Marx creates scientific practice concept of dialectical materialism.The basic difference between Marx's practice concept and other middle class's practice concept of philosophy should be made clearly.First,Marx's practice concept is characteristic of direct realistic significance.Secondly,Marx's practice concept is characteristic of pervasiveness.Thus,a summary of Marx's practice concept can further be made as follows:(1) practice is a "revolutionary" action;(2) practice is an action of the "critical awareness";(3) practice is a dialectic process of movement and development.Based on all these,it is inappropriate to mix Marxism with ontology and phenomenology.


The temperature-dependence problem of power transistors under the static and switching condition has been addressed. A novel development of the MOS-bipolar hybrid module concept facilitates the neutralization of the thermal delays in the turn-off, and simultaneously provides usually low on-resistance with rugged dV/dt. A technique previously used to restore the nearly constant current (high output slope resistance) of intensively static self-heated MOSFETs has been extended to MOS-bipolar hybrid power devices.


Formula (I) [Formula 1] A inhibitors of HBV replication, including the stereochemically isomeric forms, salts, hydrates and solvates, wherein, R1, R2, R3 and R4 have the meanings defined herein , inhibitors of HBV replication of formula (I). The present invention relates to a method for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and in HBV treatment alone, or also relates to its use in combination with other HBV inhibitors.


This meeting is a safe space for all who identify as women to discuss all aspects of their Buddhist recovery, using a variety of Buddhist-based ...


Distribution companies face great challenges to organize their fleet efficiently. In this work, a study of capacitated vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pickup and delivery between two depots with several nodes spread in between is taken up. The purpose of this study is to develop a heuristic procedure for the above mentioned problem and analyse the results. The problem consists of two depots with 25 nodes spread in between them. A heuristic method called linear sweep algorithm have been developed to solve the problem. The objectives of this work were to minimize the number of vehicles used and maximize the utilization of vehicle capacity. The proposed heuristic was able to achieve both the objectives and hence found to be useful for solving the above problem in different scenarios.


The constructive features of ultrasonic fault detection apparatus of the stereo type are examined. Determined depth resolution ability of ultrasonic stereoapparatus.


STUDY OBJECTIVES
To examine the association between multiple measures of socioeconomic status (SES) and objectively measured obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a Canadian pediatric population.

METHODS
Cross-sectional study of 188 children (4-17 years, mean age 9.3±3.5) prospectively recruited from two hospital sleep clinics in Canada, using multivariable-adjusted linear and logistic regression of five measures of SES including parental education, income, social class, geographic location, and perceived SES based on the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status was assessed in relation to four polysomnographic OSA variables including apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), apnea index (AI), mean oxygen saturation level, and oxygen desaturation index.

RESULTS
Overall, low household-level SES appeared to be associated with both frequency (AI≥1) and severity (AHI≥5) of OSA in children, with maternal education showing the most consistent and significant associations. Specifically, children with mothers reporting less than high school education had nearly three times the odds of having OSA after controlling factors including BMI (Odds ratio [OR] 2.96 [95% CI: 1.05, 8.37]), compared to university-educated participants. Consistent associations were also observed for geographic location with less frequency and severity of OSA among non-urban children. Perceived SES was minimally inversely associated with our outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS
This cross-sectional, multi-center study demonstrated that SES factors are linked to the occurrence and severity of OSA in children. Results indicated the need to incorporate the screening of SES in the diagnostic process of pediatric OSA to provide more targeted intervention and patient-centered care.


What is the place of philosophy in the study of education? What is its significance for policy and practice? This paper begins by considering the policy and institutional context of the philosophy of education in the UK and by tracing its recent history. It examines both the place of philosophy in Education (as a field of study) and the status and character of the philosophy of education in relation to the 'parent' discipline of philosophy. Rival accounts of the nature of the philosophy of education are outlined, in such a way as to acknowledge the importance of conceptual analytical approaches, but also to stress the value of a wider, more inclusive characterization. In the light of these, examples are offered to illustrate the role the subject must have in the understanding and improvement of educational policy and practice. Reference is primarily to the UK context, but the manner in which fundamental questions are addressed makes clear their much wider relevance and importance.


The dosimetric characteristics were experimentally evaluated for electron beams from the prototype linac developed for radiotherapy units. This paper focuses on the electron beam output and energy variations as a function of electron gun heater current. The electron energy was derived from its mean and most probable energies measured by film dosimetry. The electron beam output at the maximum electron energy was measured with the plane parallel ionization chamber in water using TRS-398 dosimetry protocol. The mean energy and the most probable energy of the electron beam were 6.54∼3.31 MeV and 5.94∼2.80 MeV at electron gun current of 2.02∼2.50 A respectively. The output dose rate for an electron beam of mean energy 6.54 MeV was 5.41 Gy/min ±1.5% at the reference depth in water.


Foregut-derived cysts are uncommon lesions, particularly when located below the diaphragm. When so encountered, they enter into the differential diagnosis of upper retroperitoneal masses. We report a case of such a lesion presenting as a pancreatic mass and review the current literature on this topic.


We report near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) studies of 300‐nm-wide ZnO nanopatterns fabricated by micromolding in capillary technique using a sol-gel route. Atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy show that the patterns are continuous with uniform linewidths. Simultaneous topography and optical signal collected in NSOM scans exhibit nanoscale photoluminescence intensity distribution in the ZnO nanopatterns. The nanoscale spectral mapping shows very broad defect-induced green-yellow-red luminescence bands, at room temperature, when excited with a 514.5‐nm Ar-ion laser. Our analyses demonstrate that spatially resolved ZnO luminescence features with an optical resolution of ⩽300nm can be obtained with NSOM while operating in collection mode, and underscore the need to couple nanoscale physical characterization with functional properties at the same scale.


Abstract Raman scattering was studied in model relaxor ferroelectrics PbSc1/2Ta1/2O3PST) and PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3(PMN) (both single crystals) and in related low-permittivity materials SrAl1/2Ta1/2O3 (SAT), SrAl1/2Nb1/2O3 (SAN) and BaMg1/3Ta2/3O3 (BMT) (all ceramics). A comparative analysis of the Raman spectra suggests that these complex perovskites consist of nanoscale clusters with the 1:1 B-site order, irrespective of (1:1 or 1:2) B cations stoichiometric composition. This result is in agreement with the recent microstructure studies of both PST and PMN, by direct methods. The low-permittivity compounds reveal the basic static spectrum corresponding to 1:1 or 1:2 composition, which is modified in relaxors by dynamic effects in the course of evolution to the ferroelectric state. PST and PMN clearly show such dynamic effects as mode broadening and a central peak.


In this paper infinite families of linear binary nested completely
regular codes are constructed. They have covering radius $\rho$
equal to $3$ or $4,$ and are $1/2^i$th parts, for
$i\in\{1,\ldots,u\}$ of binary (respectively, extended binary)
Hamming codes of length $n=2^m-1$ (respectively, $2^m$), where
$m=2u$. In the usual way, i.e., as coset graphs, infinite families
of embedded distance-regular coset graphs of diameter $D$ equal
to $3$ or $4$ are constructed. This gives antipodal covers of some
distance-regular and distance-transitive graphs. In some cases, the constructed codes are
also completely transitive and the corresponding coset
graphs are distance-transitive.


In this research project, the criteria for hiring fresh graduates from Malaysian Universities among Public Listed Companies in Malaysia will be studied. The scope of this study is limited to fresh marketing and human resource graduates from Malaysian Universities and companies listed in Bursa Malaysia. Effective approaches to learning are promoted where students are actively involved in developing their knowledge through surveys for companies.


Escherichia coli. This bacterium is normally detected in the stool but can often move from the anus to the urethra and into the bladder, causing infection. Children are at
increased risk of developing a UTI, as they can have difficulty wiping the anal area and washing their hands after a bowel movement. Girls younger than four years
of age are at highest risk.


The Brauer-Manin obstruction can be used to explain the failure of the local-global principle for many algebraic varieties. In 1999, Skorobogatov gave the first example of a variety whose failure to satisfy that principle is not explained by the Brauer-Manin obstruction. He did so by applying the Brauer-Manin obstruction to étale covers of the variety, thus defining a finer obstruction. In 2010, Poonen gave the first example of failure of the local-global principle that cannot be explained by Skorobogatov's étale Brauer-Manin obstruction. Further obstructions such as the étale homotopy obstruction and the descent obstruction are unfortunately equivalent to the étale Brauer-Manin obstruction. However, Poonen's construction was not accompanied by a definition of a new, finer obstruction. In this paper we present an approach for a finer obstruction by applying the Brauer-Manin obstruction to each piece of every stratification of the variety. We prove that this obstruction is necessary and sufficient, over imaginary quadratic fields and totally real fields unconditionally, and over all number fields conditionally on the section conjecture. We then discuss the behavior of the étale homotopy obstruction in fibrations of varieties and use that discussion and other techniques to further analyze Poonen's example in light of our general results.


Computer system (300), the physical location of the defect memory cell in the memory cell array, the memory IC (integrated circuit) die on the enlarged image, automatically from the label information of the defect memory cells produced by the inspection station determined to display. Label information includes sector labels, I / O labels, column labels, and any combination of row label. Memory IC die is composed of a plurality of sectors, the sector label corresponding to the sector having a defect memory cell whose position has been located therein. Sector is composed of a plurality of I / O area, I / O labels, in a sector having a sector label, defines the I / O region having a defect memory cell whose position has been located therein. I / O area is composed of a plurality of horizontal conductive structure and the vertical conductive structure. In I / O region having an I / O labels, column labels indicates the vertical conductive structure coupled to the defect memory cell, row label indicates the horizontal conductive structure coupled to the defect memory cell. Computer system (300) accepts a label information, the first enlarged image of the memory IC die sectors are highlighted corresponding to the sector labels, and / or highlighting the I / O area corresponding to the I / O Labels second enlarged image of the sector corresponding to the sector labels that are, and / or correspond to I / O labels horizontal conductive structures corresponding to the vertical conducting structures and / or rows label is highlighted corresponding to the column labels any combination of the third enlarged image of the I / O region, in the GUI of the computer system (300) (graphical user interface) (310), to automatically determine the display.


This paper aims at investigating the more subtle ways of linguistic sexism in Egyptian print media. The paper examines three types of indirect sexism: collocations, transitivity, and presupposition and visibility, in Al-Ahram newspaper Headline and Front Page report coverage of June 30 th , 2013 events. The paper has shown that it is not just the androcentric nature of the Arabic language that posed structural limitations that led to the linguistic invisibility of women as shown in a previous study (Nayef, 2014a). Such obscuration of women here is also induced by the masculine supremacy beliefs in the patriarchal culture. The paper investigated how the reporters used certain lexical items in collocation with female participants in the political activities during that period. These collocations were either negative in meaning or used in a negative context, creating a negative image of women in both cases. The study has pointed out that even in events where women were key 'Actors', they were represented as 'Goals' rather than 'Actors'. It was also shown that the male reporters reproduced the culturally accepted division of public and private spheres, the presupposed role of women and men and the stereotypical characteristics assigned to members of the two genders.


This paper discusses the design of robust control to overcome disturbance attenuation in a dynamic system linear time invariant (LTI). Unlike the usual method in designing robust control, robust control in this paper is designed using dynamic game approach. Besides the design of the control, in this paper also discussed the small end of the parameters as the level of interference suppression. Further presented numerical example of robust control design via frequency domain approach and dynamic game.


Using the self-selection framework developed by Stiglitz (1982, 1987) and Stern (1982) the paper deals with the problems of the characterisation of an optimal mixed tax system (nonlinear income tax and linear commodity taxes), of the e¢cient level of public goods and of the desirability of in-kind transfers under the assumption of endogenous wages.


The emergence o f antimicrobial resistance among pathogenic and commensal bacteria has become a serious problem worldwide and an understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which it emerges and spreads is crucial in designing intervention strategies to reduce its progression. In this study, the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli and Salmonella isolates from food animals were determined. Thirty E. coli and three Salmonella enterica isolates were characterized for the molecular basis of aminoglycoside and chloramphenicol resistance. A total of 235 (82.5%) and 16 (5.6%) of 285 samples were positive for E. coli and Salmonella isolates, respectively. The isolation rate for E. coli was 72.7%, 84.7% and 90.5% in samples from cattle, chickens and pigs, respectively and ranged from 0.0% in cattle and chickens to 13.8% in pigs for Salmonella. Three Salmonella serotypes were identified, with Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Saintpaul (S. Saintpaul) being the predominant serotype (64.3%) followed by S. Heidelberg and S. Braenderup. Among the E. coli isolates, resistance was found in 65.5% and multidrug-resistance (resistance to > 2 antimicrobials) in 37.9% of the isolates. Resistance was more frequently observed in chicken isolates. The most common resistances were to ampicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline, sulphamethoxazole/trimethoprim or kanamycin (42.5-11.9%). Resistances to kanamycin, sulphamethoxazole/trimethoprim, and tetracycline were significantly lower in isolates from cattle (2.5-7.5%) than from the other species (12.0-40.0%) (p < 0.01). Resistance to streptomycin was significantly higher in cattle and chicken than in pigs while resistance to ampicillin was higher in pigs (p = 0.001). Chloramphenicol resistance varied from 2.0% in chickens to 9.5% in pigs. Similar antimicrobial resistance rates were observed among the faecal (29.9%) and carcass swab (33.1%) E. coli isolates from both cattle and pigs. Forty resistance patterns were recorded. For Salmonella, resistance to at least ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin or tetracycline was observed in 37.5% and multidrug resistance in 12.5% of the Salmonella isolates belonging to serotypes Saintpaul and


This book embodies a complete 'ready to use' programme, designed to teach listening skills in foundation and primary mainstream classrooms (target population age 3–11years). The programme is presented as a six-week block of individual sessions. However, use of the activities could be very easily extended by being taken at a different pace or by being incorporated into ongoing classroom practice, e.g. one game into every circle time. It would also be suitable for older students who need support. The package offered could easily be followed exactly as suggested, or it could be used as a basis for a more flexible approach. It caters for users, operating at several levels of awareness. Distinctive features of this work include:


Purpose: To pursue the analysis of hybrid and combined frame possible usage for overlaps of buildings and structures for civil and industrial purposes, including on transport, to expand beam structure nomenclature, to develop innovative structural solution of hybrid beam with material low consumption but with frame increased reliability and durability. Methods: Analysis of the advantages of known hybrid frames, of materials, used for their projection; metal composite beam calculation using existing engineering techniques in accordance with STO 38276489.003-2017 "Strengthening of steel structures with composite materials. Projection and techniques of work production" and numerical calculation methods involving calculation software programs. Results: New workouts for beams with the use of steel concrete and composite materials for projected and strengthened structures are presented. Innovative frame of metal composite beam has been developed — steel beam strengthened with external reinforcement system of composite material, protected by a useful model patent, its static and structural calculation has been performed using SCAD computing complex; stress-strain state has been analyzed, the analysis of steel consumption reduction for a metal composite beam and of its other advantages in comparison with steel and reinforced concrete beam traditional solutions has been carried out. Practical significance: The advantages of hybrid and combined structures are revealed, the decrease in material capacity for a metal composite beam strengthened by boroplastics in comparison with a steel one is revealed. The proposed structural solution of a beam can be used in overlaps and coverings for buildings and structures, transport buildings, especially, in aggressive environment conditions as well as during major repairs and reconstruction of industrial and civil purpose facilities.


Abstract. We define a BV-structure on the Hochschild-cohomology of a unital, associative algebra A with a symmetric, invariant and non-degenerate inner product. The induced Gerstenhaber algebra is the one described in Gerstenhaber's original paper on Hochschild-cohomology. We also prove the corresponding theorem in the homotopy case, namely we define the BV-structure on the Hochschild-cohomology of a unital A∞-algebra with a symmetric and non-degenerate ∞-inner product.


Volunteered geographic information (VGI) has great potential to reveal spatial and temporal dynamics of geographic phenomena. However, a variety of potential biases in VGI are recognized, many of which root from volunteer data contribution activities. Examining patterns in volunteer data contribution activities helps understand the biases. Using eBird as a case study, this study investigates spatial and temporal patterns in data contribution activities of eBird contributors. eBird sampling efforts are biased in space and time. Most sampling efforts are concentrated in areas of denser populations and/or better accessibility, with the most intensively sampled areas being in proximity to big cities in developed regions of the world. Reported bird species are also spatially biased towards areas where more sampling efforts occur. Temporally, eBird sampling efforts and reported bird species are increasing over the years, with significant monthly fluctuations and notably more data reported on weekends. Such trends are driven by the expansion of eBird and characteristics of bird species and observers. The fitness of use of VGI should be assessed in the context of applications by examining spatial, temporal and other biases. Action may need to be taken to account for the biases so that robust inferences can be made from VGI observations.


The theoretical analysis of the effect of space charge upon the "shot noise" in a planar diode shows that for practically all operating conditions, the tube noise is equivalent to the thermal resistance noise of the plate resistance at 0.644 times the cathode temperature. Noise in diodes of other than planar shapes is discussed and it is concluded that the same relation holds. It is shown that transit time produces the same high frequency modification for both the thermal and shot tube noise, and that the tube noise is decreased by transit time.


Reconstructing new software system from legacy one is a complex and essential process. To benefit from the new technologies quality and advantages we proposed a model-based approach relies on developing separate models capturing various aspects such as tasks, presentation and dialog structures and behaviors. To do so, the software artefacts must be analyzed and corresponding models need to be created. The extraction process is based on the understanding of the legacy system behavior and structure. However, this direct models construction implies parsing and code analyzing of different user interfaces. The resulting models contain all information presented at a higher abstraction level. In this paper we compare the models generated to conclude the best solution for abstract model representation of the legacy graphical user interfaces.


Historically locally advanced cancer of the cervix has been treated with radiotherapy and brachytherapy and it was not until 1999 that the use of concurrent chemotherapy was formalized due to excellent results in terms of rate of overall and disease-free survival. Box technique in radiotherapy is the most widely known providing excellent results, with some variations as oblique fields, but greatly increasing irradiation potentially healthy tissue, leading to the higher proportion of own side effects of each treatment. Therefore present a radiant treatment planning mode Dynamic Conformal Arc for cervical carcinoma.Treatment with dynamic conformal arc achieves better conformation of tumor and area to be treated, avoiding unnecessary doses to organs at risk (OAR), compared to conventional four fields irradiation technique (box technique), further significantly reduces the treatment time.Dynamic Conformal Arc (DAT) technique in the pelvis reduces irradiation dose in the organs at risk, making a good coverage of the clinical area to be treated, further decreasing the side effects. It could be considered as an alternative to conventional treatment of 4 fields or to the impossibility of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).


Objective
To investigate the safety and efficacy of iris hook in the phacoemulsification on eyes with small pupil.

Methods
Thirty eyes of 30 patients with small pupil and cataract underwent phacoemulsification combined with foldable intraocular lens implantation were enrolled in this study. Iris hooks were applied to dilate the pupil in the operation. The patients were followed up for 1 to 6 months.

Results
During the postoperative follow-up examination, the visual acuities of 26 patients were improved compared with preoperative levels with normal intraocular pressure (IOP) and visual acuity of 4 patients remained unchanged because of fundus diseases. The surgical complications included corneal edema, anterior chamber fibrin exudation and posterior capsular rupture.

Conclusion
Application of iris hooks in the phacoemulsification operation of eyes with small pupil is safe and convenient. It can reduce the risk of surgery, improve the visual acuity and achieve better surgical effect.

Key words:
Hook, iris; Phacoemulsification; Cataract; pupil, small


The APEC conference in 2001 aroused people's intense popular interest in Tang Dress. However, because of its delicate material, single design and consumer's interest in seeking novelty, it soon became less and less popular. To keep its sustained development, we must undertake some innovation, designing new style dress with national characteristics and modern time flavor to suit consumers of different age and consumption level.


Cardiac arrest has high morbidity and mortality and is hard to be accepted by family members.It is related to a series of economy and social problems.Resuscitation science is aimed to study the epidemiology,pathophysiology,mechanisms,and management of the sudden states of illnesses or injuries which result in impending or actual cessation of oxygen delivery.After 40 years research,the current hot issues in this area included cell injury,the role of automatic external defibrillation and mild therapeutic hypothermia.Research on these focuses will improve survival rate after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.


LCT (LIME Concolic Tester) is an open source concolic testing tool for sequential Java programs. In concolic testing the behavior of the tested program is explored by executing it both concretely and symbolically at the same time. LCT instruments the bytecode of the program under test to enable symbolic execution and collects constraints on input values that can be used to guide the testing to previously unexplored execution paths. The tool also supports distributing the test generation and execution to multiple processes that can be run on a single workstation or even on a network of workstations. This paper describes the architecture behind LCT and demonstrates through benchmarks how the distributed nature of the tool makes testing more scalable.


In many applications where operations based on computing signal or image derivatives are applied, impulsive noise in the signal or image can result in serious errors. Noise elimination is a main concern in Signal and Image Processing. Wavelets introduce new classes of basis functions for Time-Frequency signal analysis and have properties particularly suited to the transient (impulse like) components. Due to its Time-Frequency localization one can detect and remove impulsive noises. The conventional linear filters, which consist of convolving the signal with a constant matrix to obtain a linear combination of neighborhood values may produce poor feature localization resulting in incomplete noise suppression. The linear filters consider any low frequency structure to be noise, but they fail to efficiently remove impulsive noises. To mitigate this problem novel non-linear filter using wavelet transform is proposed. The proposed non-linear algorithm recognizes high-amplitude, high-frequency and low-amplitude, low-frequency structures as signals. This recursive nonlinear filter is composed of conditional rules, which are applied independently, in any order. It identifies noisy items by inspection of their surrounding neighborhood, and replaces their values with most conservative ones out of their neighbors' values. The simulation was performed using MATLAB 5.1. The results are presented with various parameters like percentage of image spoiled, percentage of noise removed, Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) in dB and execution time in sec. The performance of the proposed algorithm is compared with the conventional median filter.


In the context of the development of the digital economy, the role of the company's information transparency is being intensifyed. Despite purely financial information, investors increasingly take into account the disclosure of non-financial information in the annual accounts. The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the relationship between the quality of non-financial information disclosure by Russian companies and their investment attractiveness. To achieve this goal, we use a modern methodology of text analysis by creating a unique dictionary and index characterizing the quality of disclosure of non-financial information. The construction of the panel regression allowed us to empirically confirm the link between the quality non-financial information and different indicators of investment attractiveness of Russian companies.


Outcome Based Education (OBE) is a well established method of teaching/learning in modern engineering education. Continual Quality Improvement (CQI) is at the heart of OBE system that ensures the curriculum, Course Outcomes (CO), Program Outcomes (PO) and Program Educational Objectives (PEO) are periodically updated so that the program is well aligned with the expectations from engineers in professional world. To implement such an effective and ever-updating system successfully, the importance of an automated outcomes evaluation method is undeniable. To this aim, an effective automated outcomes evaluation algorithm with different methods of calculating CO attainment is proposed in this paper. Since Microsoft (MS) Excel is the most commonly used platform for record keeping and grading, the proposed algorithm is implemented in MS Excel. The academics of the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), East West University (EWU) are currently using the beta version of the tool wherein the algorithm is implemented.


The main goal of this paper is the application of the Strain Energy Density (SED) criterion and the Theory of Critical Distances (TCD), both of them in combination with the Equivalent Material Concept (EMC), to predict the fracture loads of aluminum alloy Al7075-T651 Compact Tension (CT) specimens containing U-shaped notches. For this purpose, 45 fracture tests were performed combining two rolling orientations (transverse and longitudinal) and 6 notch radii, which cover from crack-type defects (0 mm) up to 2 mm-notch radius. Crack-type specimens are used to define the fracture properties of the material and the rest of the tests are used to check and compare the experimental fracture loads with the loads predicted using the different aforementioned criteria: SED, EMC-SED and EMC-TCD. The theoretical results of the fracture load predictions for the virtual brittle material obtained employing the EMC are in good agreement with the experimental results reported for real samples.


ABSTRACT This article considers the challenges faced by social workers struggling to act ethically in what we characterise as the 'unethical climate' of neoliberalism. We offer a brief account of the current context, including the increasing managerialism and marketisation of welfare services, exacerbated by cuts in welfare provision following the 2008 financial crisis. We discuss the concepts of 'ethical resistance' and 'ethics work'. We illustrate this with three case examples drawn from accounts given by social workers in Canada and England in the context of two research studies. These accounts feature social workers struggling to be ethically good and to do what they consider to be the right actions in difficult circumstances. We interpret their accounts of their actions largely in terms of everyday ethical resistance to organisational pressures of regulation of practice and rationing of resources. We conclude that everyday ethical resistance is not enough to 'make good' the unethical climate, but is an important precursor to social and political resistance.


The concept of gaslighting applied in this paper is derived from the paper titled "Gaslighting Citizens" by Eric Beerbohm and Ryan Davis 1 . The paper aims to apply the model of political gaslighting adopted in the aforementioned paper and apply it to the Indian political model and explore how this phenomena plays a fundamental role in the increasing communal tensions in the country, thereby highlighting the universality of the concept as well as underscoring the cardinal defect in the exercise and reception of political expression in India. The basis of this paper is further concretized by the high levels of polarization and partisanship in both the nationin the States it takes a political stance and in India it arises out of the differences between communities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 18-05-2020 Date of Acceptance: 03-06-2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


In the field of gold exploration, low sensitivity and poor reproducibility are the main problems that hinder the application of LIBS technology. In this paper, an experimental system for lateral...


During operation of an agile virtual enterprise with independent enterprise units, the data transfer between units occurs in many formats so data is not easily shared. Two methods of realizing multi enterprise query, namely the unition mapped database method and the map dictionary method were suggested, and the advantages and disadvantages were analyzed. Classification of enterprise product data models was used to propose a method to exchange model data between two enterprises in the mapping dictionary method. The multi enterprise query process was implemented in a Windows NT environment. The implementation of multi enterprise query technology gives a powerful support tool for other application systems of an agile virtual enterprise.


Based on the methods of analytic process of system theory,the paper discussed the structure of product system of brand with the features of fashion industry in considering.The hierarchy and the identity of the product system were weighted.The brands′ image and product mix were analyzed.Taking the brands of Maoren Garments Co.,Ltd as case study,the research analyzed the product system of the company and figured out how the company kept its dynamic balance between renovation and continuity.


As early as the birth of Seiberg Witten invariants [W1], the positive scalar curvature metrics on four dimensional manifolds have played a very important role. It was Witten [W] who first noticed that assuming b2 > 1 then one could easily derive the vanishing result of Seiberg Witten Invariants for those manifolds which carried the positive scalar curvature (psc) metrics. Combined with Taubes' nonvanishing result [T2] for symplectic four manifolds, one could easily conclude that if a symplectic four manifold carries some psc metric, then its b2 must be equal to one. In addition the same vanishing result was used by P. Kronheimer and T. Mrowka [K.M.] in proving the Thom conjecture, and by C.H. Taubes in his "more constraints of symplectic forms on CP " [T3]. Furthermore R. Friedman and J. Morgan [FM] systematically discussed which kind of Kahler manifold can carry the psc metrics. Based on surface classification theory, Friedman and Morgan could argue that the Kahler surfaces carrying psc metrics are either rational, rational ruled or irrational ruled. Recently, the same vanishing result has been used by Taubes [T4] to show that CP 2 has a unique symplectic structure. At this point it is interesting to ask about the possibilities of classifying symplectic four manifolds carrying psc metrics. One of the purposes of this paper is to address this possibility. Another goal of this paper is to address the question raised by Gompf [Gom] which states that:


This paper makes new choice of the moral education environmentization and conclude basic principle and explore the basic pattern of moral education.


OBJECTIVE
Our purpose was to examine the efficacy of a topical long-term treatment with boric acid versus an oral long-term treatment (itraconazole) in the cure and prevention of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis.

STUDY DESIGN
A prospective, nonrandomized study of patients affected by recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis was undertaken. In 3 years we recruited 22 consecutive patients who underwent therapy with itraconazole (group 1) or boric acid (group 2). Women were followed up for 1 year, with clinic and microbiologic controls after 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after the first visit.

RESULTS
During the treatment, the positive culture results (15.1% vs 12.1%) and the signs and symptoms (33.3% vs. 24.2%) were similar within the 2 groups, with no significant statistical difference. With the withdrawal, after 6 months relapses were common in the 2 groups (54.5%).

CONCLUSIONS
Boric acid seems to be a valid and promising therapy both in the cure of the vaginal infection and in the prevention of relapses of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis, but its efficacy ends with the suspension of the therapy.


Systems and methods are described that facilitate in the wireless network to provide power control for intervening access point, such as a relay node. May also be provided to the parameters serving access point associated with the intervening access point communication, the serving access point may generate, at least in part on the basis of power control values, and the associated commands on the parameters. Parameters are the load, the signal for arbitration access point may comprise a ratio similar parameters, and so on related to (SINR) and / or an intervening access point and / or communication between one or more of the UE-to-interference-and have. In addition, the end-to-end there is a power control can be provided, wherein the intervening access points communicate with each other and report the SINR for the serving access point, the serving access point to control downlink transmission power.


In this article, we do a research on the chiral shift process of the isolated alpha alanine molecule using the basis set of 6-31+g(d,p), which is based on density functional theory B3LYP. Furthermore, the chiral transition path reaction potential en- ergy surface of ibuprofen molecule is drawn by looking for the extreme value point structure including the transition state and intermediate. Finally, the geometry and electronic structure properties of extreme value point are also analyzed. The results show that there are two achieve reaction paths of ibuprofen from S-type to R-type. Path 1 consists of three transition states and two intermediate states. Path 2 includes four transition states and three intermediate states. On the reaction path, the greatest barrier which is from the transfer of hydrogen in chiral carbon to oxygen in carboxyl, is 73.54 Kcal/mol. The researchprovides a theoretical reference to further realize some important application value over the chiral transition reaction control of point chiral molecule.


Abstract I model changes in cyclotron line energy with luminosity, considering the effect of polar cap dimensions and changes in beam pattern as well as shock height. Cyclotron lines are calculated by a superposition of a large number of cyclotron lines formed in different heights of an accretion column. Cyclotron line energy has been observed to change with luminosity in a number of accreting X-ray pulsars. In X0115+63 and V0332+53, the fundamental cyclotron line energy has been observed to decrease with increasing luminosity. This phenomenon has been interpreted as a change in shock height with luminosity. However, the rate of the change seems to be very different, in which the line energy in V0332+53 seems to vary slowly with luminosity compared with that in X0115+63. I found that the changes in the cyclotron line energies with luminosity can be explained by changes in beam pattern and the size of a polar cap rather than a shock height.


The pharmacokinetics and distribution of a single 5-μg dietary dose of radiolabeled [113Sn]tributyltin (TBT) and [203Hg]methylmercury (MeHg) were studied over 154 days in the snow crab, using in vivo gamma counting and whole-body autoradiography. Experiment was done under conditions typical of those encountered in the cold natural habitat of this crustacean. Retention efficiency was high for both compounds (80−100%), and two kinetic pools could be distinguished. Elimination of the first pool proceeded within 20−80 days, but it accounted for 27−62% of the assimilated TBT, compared to 8−11% for MeHg. Biological half-life of the second pool was 33−187 days for TBT and 520−650 days for MeHg. Autoradiographic and dissection data revealed a less homogeneous distribution of the radiolabel and much higher radioactivity in gut lumen for TBT compared to MeHg. This suggests that the larger size of the first pool in the case of TBT resulted from metabolization in the hepatopancreas and fecal elimination of the metabo...


This study aims to produce electrolyte and non-electrolyte textbooks oriented to critical thinking skills through a problem based learning model that will measure the level of feasibility, response to students and their level of effectiveness. This research refers to the research and development model recommended by Borg & Gal. Data on feasibility rate and response of students are obtained in the form of quantitative data which is converted by the percentage scale of product quality according to the Likert scale. The effectiveness of the book is measured using the average value of N-Gain. The conclusions of this study are textbooks for electrolyte and non-electrolyte solutions with feasibility rate of 95.11% criteria "very high", the response rate of students in the early field test 86.92% and the main field test 87.11% in "very high" category, level book effectiveness with the N-Gain average of 0.62 in "medium" category.


In this paper, a method combining skin color with motion information to detect and segment gesture in complex background is proposed. We put in RGB information of a pixel, judge the output and obtain the information that belongs to the skin area. Suppose that the hand motion is the master motion and by twice clustering, we can localize the hand. Experiment result shows this method is adaptive and robust, and can be adopted in many other research regions.


Objective: The aim of this article was to investigate expression of nm23 protein and correlation with the prognosis of breast cancer in stage I.Methods: Expression of nm23 protein in 112 primary breast cancer patients was detected by means of immunohisto chemical assays.Results:In the 112 cases,nm23 protein was lowly expressed in 50 cases(44.64%)and highly expressed in 62 cases(55.36%).It was found that the 15 year disease free survival(DFS)to be significantly better in patients with high nm23 expression compared with low nm23 expression(P0.05).And in the patients whose axillary lymph nodes were negative,expression level of nm23 protein was significantly correlated with 15 year DFS(P0.01).Conclusion:In breast cancer of stage I,the expression level of nm23 protein may play a part role in the distant diagnosis.Moreover,it advised that we should emphasize the therapy of the patients with low nm23 expression whose axillary lymph node are negative in order to increase the therapeutic level of stage I breast cancer.


This paper is devoted to the recognition of typical material and to the designation of lectotypes and paralectotypes among the palaearctic Heteroptera Lygaeidae; some holotypes are also indicated. This second part concerns the taxa of the species-group named by Geza Horvath, and whose typical material was not yet recognized. The necessary comments are provided in the text.


Costa's writing on dirty paper model is a power-limited system with two independent noises where one is known by transmitter.This paper proposes a wideband WDP system based on opportunistic PPM in which each pulse is sent when the noise-known is maximum in corresponding symbol period and either correlation demodulator or largest amplitude detector is used in receiver.The simulation results indicate that the system can communicate reliably in low SNR.


The splat is the fundamental unit of thermally sprayed coatings,which has been one of the hottest issues for decades.In order to study the splat formation,an experiment was designed and conducted,in which a millimeter-size nickel metal droplet fell freely and impacted on aluminum and stainless steel substrate.The microstructural characteristics of the splat and the heat conduction and solidification processes during the flattening process have been studied numerically and experimentally.The effect of the droplet temperature,impact velocity as well as the substrate temperature was investigated.The phenomenon of substrate melting was observed after the spreading of nickel droplet,which became more pronounced when the initial substrate temperature increased.Increasing the impact velocity of droplet resulted in a decrease in the interfacial temperature between droplet and substrate.


As an important dimensional parameter,wheel center is always measured manually,therefore a high precision measurement method based on stereo vision is proposed in this paper.The edge grouped algorithm and ellipse fitting algorithm are applied to extract the circle shape of the steel ring,then the subsection stereo matching algorithm is used to acquire the 3D coordinate of interest points in the circle shape.Finally through the 3D plane fitting algorithm,coordinate transformation algorithm and circle fitting algorithm,the 3D coordinate of the wheel center is calculated.Measurement experiment results show that the method can acquire the 3D coordinate of the wheel center efficiently,thus lay a foundation for other vehicle parameter measurement.


ABSTRACT Given the growing body of evidence on the general decline of kelp beds worldwide, it is crucial to understand the physiological responses of kelp gametophyte stages to environmental parameters. We investigated the physiological responses to light and temperature of gametophytes from two populations of Laminaria digitata in contrasting environments along the French coast of the English Channel. Gametophytes of both populations were highly tolerant of high light through an efficient down-regulation of photosynthesis triggered by the activation of the xanthophyll cycle. Temperature increases promoted photosynthesis and photosystem II showed high resistance to short-term exposure to high temperatures currently encountered in the field. Gametophytes from the two sites displayed some differences in their pigment content and photosynthetic characteristics, but low replication and difference in time of sampling precluded tests of potential local adaptation to the light conditions at each site, as observed in previously published results on adult sporophytes. Gametophytes of L. digitata appeared to be resistant to irradiation and temperature conditions currently experienced in the field, confirming their role in persistence of kelp species under stressful environmental conditions.


changing -of -human -capital -to property rights means to give workers the ownership of their right, benefit and responsibility, so that they can participate the income allotment and undertake the risk with equality. Carrying out the changing -of -human-capital-to-property-rights can not only promote the innovation on property right system, allotment system, employment system and social security system; but also optimize the collocation of the whole social human capital; then finally increase the economic efficiency of business.


AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
This study examined the coping styles used by sexual minority men who have experienced intimate partner violence, including sexual, emotional and physical victimisation, as well as physical injury.

BACKGROUND
Although sexual minority men experience intimate partner violence at least as often as do heterosexuals, there is currently limited knowledge of intimate partner violence in this community or resources for sexual minority men who experience intimate partner violence.

DESIGN
Cross-sectional design.

METHOD
Sexual minority men (N = 89) were recruited as part of a national online survey and completed questionnaires assessing lifetime experiences of intimate partner violence as well as various coping strategies. In terms of intimate partner violence, 34·8% of participants reported having been targets of sexual abuse, 38·2% targets of physical abuse, 69·7% targets of psychological abuse and 28·1% had experienced an injury as a result of intimate partner violence during their lifetime.

RESULTS
Canonical correlation analyses found that intimate partner violence victimisation explained 32·5% of the variance in adaptive and 31·4% of the variance in maladaptive coping behaviours. In the adaptive coping canonical correlation, standardised loadings suggested that sexual minority men who experienced intimate partner violence resulting in injury were more likely to use religious coping, but less likely to use planning coping. In the maladaptive coping canonical correlation, sexual minority men who had been targets of intimate partner sexual victimisation and intimate partner violence resulting in injury tended to engage in increased behavioural disengagement coping.

CONCLUSION
This study revealed several coping behaviours that are more or less likely as the severity of different forms of intimate partner violence increases.

RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
The identification of these coping styles could be applied to the development and modification of evidence-based interventions to foster effective and discourage ineffective coping styles, thereby improving outcomes for sexual minority men who experience intimate partner violence.


The Belgian part of the North Sea (BPNS) has been targeted to investigate the marine ecosystem over the past 100 years. Main objectives include: (1) Increase in knowledge on natural variability of sediment processes; (2) Establish historic baselines, to set environmental targets; (3) Quantification of ecosystem changes, on the medium- to long-term; (4) Demonstration of human impact, with case studies relating seabed and water column changes to both naturally- and anthropogenically-induced sediment dynamics; (5) Assessing climate change scenarios and their effect on seabed processes; and (6) Recommendations of more sustainable exploitation strategies of non-living seabed resources.


Co0.8Fe2.2O4 nano ferrite has been synthesized by sol gel auto-combustion method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Mossbauer spectroscopy were used to characterize the synthesized as burnt and thermally annealed (600 oC for 3 hours) samples. Both XRD and Mossbauer measurements confirm the formation of spinel phase with Scherrer's grain diameter (Ds) ≈ 37 nm. Presence of α-Fe and, Fe2O3 was also observed. Thermal annealing induced decrease of ρxrd (from 5267.9 to 5262.7 Kg/m3) for the annealed samples is ascribable to the fact that, increase of unit cell volume overtakes the increase in mass of the unit cell. Comparison of dry gel and thermally annealed sample shows that in dry gel, B site is more populated with Fe ions, whereas thermal annealing leads to migration of Co from A to B site with simultaneous migration of Fe from B to A site, thus dropping the Neel magnetic moment. Bond angle values clearly reveal that thermal annealing leads to strengthening of B-O-B interaction with simultaneous wreaking of A-O-B, and, A-O-A interaction.


Jets physics in heavy ion reactions is an important new area of active research at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that paves the way for novel tests of QCD multi-parton dynamics in dense nuclear matter. At present, perturbative QCD calculations of hard probes in elementary nucleon-nucleon reactions can be consistently combined with the effects of the nuclear medium up to next-to-leading order (NLO). While such accuracy is desirable but not necessary for leading particle tomography, it is absolutely essential fo r the new jet observables. With this motivation, we present fi rst results and predictions at NLO for the recent LHC lead-lead (Pb+Pb) run at a center-of-mass energy of 2.76 TeV per nucleon-nucleon pair. Specifically, we focus on the suppression for the singl e and double inclusive jet cross sections. Our analysis incl udes not only final-state inelastic parton interactions in the QGP, b ut also initial-state cold nuclear matter effects and an estimate of the non-perturbative hadronization corrections. We demonstrate how an enhanced di-jet asymmetry in central Pb+Pb reactions at the LHC, recently measured by the ATLAS and CMS experiments, can be derived from these results. We show quantitatively that a significant fraction of this enhancement may be related to t he ambiguity in the separation between the jet and soft background medium and point to a suite of measurements that can help build a consistent picture of parton shower modification in heavy ion collisions at the LHC.


An experimental study has been performed on heat and mass transfer in a falling film absorber with a strong lithium bromide solution in small-sized household absorption chiller/heater. Components were concentrically arranged in a cylindrical form: from the center, low temperature generator, absorber and evaporator. This arrangement of helical-typed heat exchangers allows to make the machine much more compact than conventional one. Experimental measurements were conducted with a helical absorber and the obtained data were compared with data in the literatures. The comparison revealed that the helical absorber tube provides a similar performance to existing tube bundle absorber in heat and mass transfer. As a result, the heat and mass transfer characteristics of helical type absorber showed the possibility of the reduction in size and weight of small capacity absorption chiller/heater.


Abstract An analytic linearized continuously stratified model which explains low-frequency response of wide deep estuaries to non-local forcing is developed. The dynamic model used for the coastal ocean is similar to that of McCreay with the effects of vertical friction and vertical and horizontal diffusion included. The response in the estuary, to lowest order, is governed by the free-wave equations. In the present study, the channel is not assumed to be narrow when compared to the local internal Rossby deformation radii. Therefore, rotation is included in the dynamics in the estuary which allows the propagation or energy up-channel as a Kelvin wave. Once obtained, the oceanic solution is matched to that in the estuary using the Green's-function matching technique of Buchwald. The results show that the response in the estuary is geostrophically controlled by the flow on die continental shelf. Additionally, the adjustment is strongest in the entrance and consists primarily of the first baroclinic mode. A ...


This paper examines the efficacy of SNS when putting into practice the theory and methods of Vernacular Religion, utilizing Sacred Trees research as its example. Vernacular Religion is something practical which aim to construct a reflexive ethnography focusing upon the synthesis and processes of various subjective viewpoints. This is feasible through the use of SNS. At the same time, the "noise" from SNS hinders thoughts which attempts to lead to institutional, linguistic or conceptual uniformity, and even acts as a constant reminder that the "something there in existence" is usually something in the vernacular. Moreover, the characteristics of images used in SNS are 'subjective' and "heterogeneous". These kinds of "irreproducible" images are of the "vernacular" in contrast to images supplied by the Association of Shinto Shrines or the marketplace, and can have a dynamic relationship with these images. From this standpoint, my practices also embody the theory of vernacular religion.


The estimation of the rates of false positive and negative reactions to the tuberculin tine test was considered when the true sensitivity of patients to tuberculin is unknown and must be estimated from the Mantoux test. It was demonstrated that correct estimates of the error rates of the tine test depend directly and critically on the opposite error rate of the Mantoux test. The exact relationship was derived, and its practical importance was shown to depend on the true prevalence of tuberculosis in the population investigated.


To the Editor: TLR9 is a member of the innate immunity Toll-like receptors (TLRs) family that recognizes bacterial unmethylated CpG DNA motifs. In experimental models of colitis, activation of TLR9 with artificial CpG ODN has proven beneficial. Also, TLR9 was reported to mediate interleukin 8 (IL8) production in colonic epithelial cell lines in response to DNA from pathogenic bacteria. Genetic studies have shown that polymorphisms in TLRs may participate in both Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). In particular, TLR9 ( 1237T/C) polymorphism has recently been implicated in the development of IBD. Recently, Ghadimi at al showed that TLR9 activation by commensal-origin bacteria DNA is important in the induction of IL-8 production. To our best knowledge, this is the first study designed to evaluate TLR9 gene expression from rectal biopsies in patients with UC. We quantified mRNA levels in rectal biopsy specimens from UC patients and healthy controls. Forty-nine rectal biopsies were obtained from a first cohort group that consisted of 38 UC patients (22 active and 16 remission) as well as 11 healthy controls. All individuals were assessed for TLR9 and IL-6 mRNA transcript levels relative to RPLP0 constitutive gene using real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using LNA TaqMan probes from Roche (Nutley, NJ) in combination with target gene-specific primers (primer sequences: TLR9 50-TGTGAAGCATG GTTCCCTGT-30, 50-GAGAGACAGCG GGTGCAG-30, IL6 50-GCCCAGCTAT GAACTCCTTCT-30, 50-GAAGGCAGC AGGCAACAC-30 RPLP0 50-ACAGGG CGACCTGGAAGT-30, 50-GGATCTGC TGCATCTGCTT-30). In order to confirm these findings, we also studied a second cohort group that consisted of 36 UC patients (27 active, 9 remission) and 22 healthy controls. Both cohorts were also assessed for TLR9 and IL-6 mRNA relative to RPLP0 as previously described. All results were calibrated to the same control sample performed in all experiments in both cohorts. Also, to solve a possible bias from housekeeping selection both b-actin (50-CCAACCGC GAGAAGATGA-30, 50-CCAGAGGCG TACAGGGATAG-30) and GAPDH (50AGCCACATCGCTCAGACAC-30, 50-G CCCAATACGACCAAATCC-30) were also assessed in the second cohort group. Analysis of the whole sample showed that TLR9 mRNA levels were found significantly increased in the UC active group when compared with healthy controls and patients with UC in remission and healthy controls (Fig. 1A). A good correlation was found between TLR9 with IL6 (r 1⁄4 0.603 P < 0.001) (Fig. 1B). Results from the


Abstract In this work, an explicit Model Predictive Control algorithm is devised and compared to classical control algorithms applied to a series resonant DC/DC converter circuit. In the first part, a model of the converter as a hybrid system is created and studied. In the second part, the predictive algorithm is applied and tested on the model. Finally, the designed control algorithm is compared to classical PI and sliding mode controllers.


This paper compares the effectiveness, efficiency and robustness of standard and non-standard monetary policy tools, such as the banks' refinancing interest rate, penalty interest rate on deposit facility holdings and minimum reserve requirements on attracted deposits. The assessment is performed on the basis of a numerically evaluated open economy general equilibrium model for macro-prudential analysis where optimal decisions by internationally linked banks are key determinants of international financial flows and wider economic outcomes. Banks differ in terms of balance sheet endowments and risk preferences and take decisions rationally and competitively. Default risk, borrowing and lending are endogenous results of individual decisions of private agents (banks and households), as well as systemic outcomes of market interaction.


In this article, I propose the label 'inter-national comics' as an alternative to 'international comics'. As it is currently understood, the notion of 'international comics' places a particular emphasis on the foreignness of works produced in other countries to the detriment of their reception by new readerships. Thus, the hyphenated 'inter-national comics' allows us to rethink the reciprocal relationship between the foreignness of a comic from another country and the locality of its new readership, bringing to the fore the exchange between nations that the hyphen emphasises. This 'inter-national' relationship, in addition, manifests formally within the very pages of certain works. This is the case of two world-renowned comics such as David B.'s Epileptic (2006) and Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido's Blacksad (2005), which I read here as spaces in which a veritable encounter between nations occurs.


The article provides a detailed description of the algorithm for solving optimization problems using the Microsoft Excel software product. The use of the corresponding software is illustrated by the example of solving two standard problems of transport logistics – transport and backpack problems. The order of forming the objective function and selecting constraints in each of the described tasks is considered.


On 15 December 2020, the Market Court agreed with the submission of the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority ("FCCA"), that the regional association of driving schools in Finland's most…


In the present study, methanolic extract of the Cucurbita pepo fruit plant was prepared and tested for the antioxidantactivity using DPPH. The results showed that the methanol extract works as an antioxidant and has been underwent to chemical analysis. The analysis showed that it contains most popular plant components except saponiens and steroids .The industrial dye Brilliant Blue was prepared with a concentration 1x10, irradiated in a photolysis cell in the presence of the methanolic abstract and TiO2 catalyst. The results showed that the absolute removal rate of dye was 50.85% in the absence of the catalyst and after two hours of irradiation with UV, while the absolute removal rate of dye was 98.39% with the presence of catalyst ,antioxidant methanol extract, of hexane, chloroform, ethylacetate, 1-butanol. To elucidatte the activity on the dye photo bleaching further extraction of methanolic extract with 0.1 g were added to the cell containing the dye with concentration 1x10 -4 and irradiated. It was noticed that the dye survived degradation with the presence of antioxidant and this shows the role of the extract protecting the dyes photo bleaching when exposed to UV light. The results showed that among the most effective extracts on the dye was ethyl acetate extract compared to other extracts compounds and then the effective compound was isolated characterized by IR, H-NMR, Mass spectra, the effective compound was suggested to be(1-(4-tertbutylphenyl)4-[4-[hydroxydiphenyl methyl] piperidin-1-yl] butyl)1butanol


Scientists sometimes come under attack for doing research or making public comment that is unwelcome by powerful groups. Understanding the standard methods used by attackers enables more effective resistance.


Severe late blight disease epidemics in western Turkey during the 1997 tomato growing season prompted an investigation into the genotypes and mating types of Phytophthora infestans populations. A western Turkey-wide survey was conducted from 1999 to 2000 in which isolates were collected from 25 different fields. Twenty-five isolates were amplified with 21 RAPD and 18 ISSR primers. The isolates were analyzed for mating type. Genetic variation ranged between 0.002 (M. Kemalpasa (5) and M. Kemalpasa (12)) and 0.290 (Uluabat (46) and Uluabat (39)). Cluster analysis formed two main groups, one of which contained US-1 (A1 mating type) and the other US-8 (A2 mating type). Analysis of RAPD marker data indicated that in clade I, US-1 and Ulubat (46) were closest, while US-8 and Y. Sehir (26) were closest in clade II. This study shows that the A2 mating type of Phytophthora infestans exists in Turkey.


In recent decades, Dhaka City, Bangladesh, has borne witness to an unprecedented surge in urbanization, manifesting in a proliferation of diverse architectural formations and infrastructural developments. This dynamic transformation has bestowed upon the cityscape a distinctive character, reflective of its evolving socio-economic fabric. However, this burgeoning urban milieu confronts a formidable challenge: its geographical location places it within a seismically active zone, thereby rendering it inherently vulnerable to potential seismic events. This research endeavor represents a concerted effort towards undertaking a rigorous and comprehensive examination of the seismic risk landscape pervading the extant built environment of Dhaka City. The focal point of this inquiry lies in an incisive exploration of the architectural facets that underpin the structural integrity of these edifices. Through the diligent elucidation of a meticulously designed methodology, which encompasses the judicious acquisition of pertinent data, a systematic evaluation of seismic vulnerability, and a rigorous quantification of associated risks, this study aspires to illuminate critical insights that hold profound relevance for an array of stakeholders. Notably, the ramifications of this research transcend the academic realm, resonating profoundly within the pragmatic spheres of urban planning, public policy formulation, and infrastructure development. Urban planners, policymakers, and stakeholders vested in the enduring welfare of Dhaka City stand to derive substantial benefits from the findings of this study. It is anticipated that the insights gleaned herein will serve as a bedrock upon which robust strategies and interventions may be formulated, all directed towards fortifying the seismic resilience of Dhaka City, thereby engendering a more secure and sustainable urban habitat for its denizens.