The baby is screaming again. My baby. I hoist her off the narrow hotel bed again and try to cradle her as I rock my torso back and forth in an uncomfortable straight-backed chair. This baby does not cradle. She doesn't know how to cuddle, to be soothed in anyone's arms. She howls and arches away, squirms and flops, a sixteen-pound fish out of water. I'm not used to holding babies, and she's not used to being held, but when I try to put her down, she wails. My arms feel chafed, raw, and my wrists ache from the hours of straining to hang onto her. Huge tears pool in her eyes. These tears could break my heart. These screams could break my eardrums. God, I'm weary. Sometimes it startles me how beautiful this baby is despite the rash that inflames her face, the nick in the corner of her eye where her fingernail caught the skin, sores and scars up and down her arms from her incessant scratching. The beauty of her bright eyes and even features surprises me again and again, as does the sheer power of her small lungs. She has barely rested them in the two days since she was placed in my arms. Outside the window, many floors below, China is an abstraction. I am too lost in the foreign country of parenthood to focus on the birthplace of this baby. Despite Chinese language classes, when I go outside, indistinct words swirl around me, a womb-like roar. In contrast to the stifling heat out there, the hotel is cool and quiet, guards stationed at the doors of the lobby, marble-floored and thick-carpeted. My friend Sara used to write to me about squat toilets without stalls, Chinese women gaping openly at tampons and pale pubic hair. She told me about rats falling into her bathwater and people blowing their noses on bus floors. She described visiting a zoo containing nothing but a snake, some goldfish, and a housecat.


The clamp is similar in its construction to an artery forceps without the grooves. At the tip of each blade there is attached a small cannula with a smooth bore. At the inner edge of each cannula four small pin points are attached, and on the outer surface of the cannula four grooves are cut. When the clamp is closed, the pins of one cannula lie in the grooves of the other. The pins are bent outward and therefore the cannulas have a pyramidal form, so that each pin can lie snugly in its groove. At the beginning of the operation, both halves of the clamp are separated. The vein is pushed through one cannula and its wall is hooked on the pins. The same is done with the artery and the other half of the clamp. Then both halves of the clamp are united and clamped. I believe that when we deal with small blood vessels it is easier to hook the walls on the pins than to turn them back like a cuff as is done in Crile's cannula. When the clamp is closed, both blood vessels are connected with the endothelial surfaces. I have performed several operations on dogs, uniting the femoral or cervical vein of one dog to the femoral artery of another. The transfusion was kept up for over half an hour, until the donor was practically exsanguinated. There was no clotting, leakage, or any other defect in the clamp.


In litigation procedure, besides examining and determining the validity of evidence, the parties and trier of facts need to determine whether the evidence is objective and has related to the facts examined, that is, to determine the force of the evidence. This article analyses the relationship between validity of evidence and its force, the necessity to examine and determine the force of forensic appraisal conclusions from the aspect of litigation, by using evidence law, procedural law and theory of forensic science.


Under the governing equations of Hyperbolic Heat Transfer thermal disturbances travel with a finite speed of propagation and are visible as sharp discontinuities in the solution profiles. Due to the well-known Gibbs phenomenon, the numerical solution of hyperbolic heat transfer problems by high order numerical methods such as pseudospectral methods will feature non-physical numerical oscillations. For pseudospectral methods, postprocessing methods have been developed to lessen or even eliminate the effects of the Gibbs phenomenon. The most powerful postprocessing methods require that the exact location of the discontinuities be known. Due to the reflection and interaction of thermal waves, the solutions of multi-dimensional hyperbolic heat transfer problems often have very complex features which make accurately locating discontinuities difficult or even impossible. The application of an edge detection free postprocessing method which is effective for this type of problem is discussed. ∗This work was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0609747 †Department of Mathematics, Marshall University, One John Marshall Drive, Huntington, WV 25755. e-mail: email@example.com


The pectinid species from North and Northeast Brazil were studied. The sampling was conducted through draggings performed by the oceanography commissions MAR-15, GEOMAR II and III and COLMAR Project, and manual collections on several beaches of those geographic regions. A total of 186 lots were examined and 13 pectinid species were identified: Argopecten noronhensis, Argopecten gibbus, Chlamys benedicti (=C. munda), Chlamys muscosus, Chlamys ornata, Chlamys sentis, Chlamys tehuelchus, Cyclopecten nanus, Cyclopecten strigillatus, Leptopecten bavayi, Lyropecten nodosus, Pectenchazaliei and Pecten ziczac. The distribution of Chlamys muscosus, Chlamys tehuelchus, Chlamys ornata, Chlamys sentis and Cyclopecten strigillatus had their limits extended to Northern Brazil, namely Para and Amapa States. Chlamys tehuelchus and Chlamys muscosus were reported for the first time at Northeast Brazil, namely Pernambuco State. The enhancement of the number of occurrence reports for new species throughout the Brazilian coast, specially the North and Northeast, is probably due to the scarcity of studies on faunistic composition on the continental shelf, including molluscs


Physical activity significantly extends the lives of men who have survived cancer, according to the results of a new study.


Prehistoric man left drawings of himself pierced by arrows. This means he was as aware of blood as he was of his own limbs. The flint implements he used as tools and weapons distinguished him from other creatures and contributed to the violence of his era. As he hunted food and fought enemies, he observed bleeding and the properties of blood. A cut, received or inflicted, yielded a vivid red color. If the cut was shallow, there was little blood. But if the cut was deep, a red torrent flowing from the stricken victim quickly led to death, with shed blood congealed and darkening in the sun. Fatal hemorrhage was commonplace. Nonetheless, the sight must have been fearful and possibly existential as life flowed red out of the body of an enemy or a wounded animal. It is no wonder, then, that at the dawn of recorded history, blood was already celebrated in religious rites and rituals as a life-giving force. The cultural expressions of primitive and ancient societies, although separated by time or space, can be strikingly similar. Whether these expressions emerged independently or were diffused about the world by unknown voyagers will probably always remain clouded in mystery. Nonetheless, there is a common thread in the ancient rituals that celebrate blood as a mystical vital principle. In Leviticus 17:11, "the life of the flesh is in the blood," and the Chinese Neiching (ca. 1000 BC) claims the blood contains the soul. PreColumbian North American Indians bled their bodies "of its greatest power" as self-punishment, Egyptians took blood baths as a recuperative measure, and Romans drank the blood of fallen gladiators in an effort to cure epilepsy. The Romans also practiced a ceremony called taurobolium—a blood bath for spiritual restoration. A citizen seeking spiritual rebirth descended into a pit, or fossa sanguinis. Above him on a platform, a priest sacrificed a bull, and the animal's blood cascaded down in a shower upon the beneficiary. Then, in a powerful visual image, the subject emerged up from the other end of the pit, covered with blood and reborn. The legend of Medea and Aeson taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses and quoted in Bulfinch's Mythology 5 also ascribed rejuvenating powers to blood. Jason asked Medea to "take some years off his life and add them to those of his father Aeson."Medea, however, pursued an alternative course. She prepared a cauldron with the blood of a sacrificed black sheep. To this, she added magic herbs, hoarfrost gathered by moonlight, the entrails of a wolf, and many other things "without a name." The boiling cauldron was stirred with a withered olive branch, which became green and full of leaves and young olives when it was withdrawn. Seeing that all was ready, Medea cut the throat of the old man and let out all his blood, and poured into his mouth and into his wound the juices of her cauldron. As soon as he had imbibed them, his hair and beard laid by their whiteness and assumed the blackness of youth; his paleness and emaciation were gone; his veins were full of blood, his limbs of vigour and robustness. Aeson is amazed at himself and remembers that such as he now is, he was in his youthful days, 40 years before.


This study develops a model in which a multinational firm creates a brand that generates income in multiple countries. Many firms attempt to develop a brand, but only one firm succeeds. The firm that creates the brand earns positive residual profits. The industry as a whole does not, as the residual profits are competed away by firms trying to create the brand. There is a unique allocation of taxable income among countries that is distributionally neutral at the industry level. This allocation can be achieved using the comparable profit method, but not by using other methods such as the residual profit-split method or formulary apportionment methods based on relative sales or residual profits. The message of the study is that any analysis of the taxation of residual profits is incomplete if it does not consider all the investments, including failed investments, associated with the creation of those residual profits.


The undergraduate thesis stage plays a vital role in realizing talent cultivation goals, serving as an indispensable requirement for students to graduate and be awarded their bachelor's degrees. Moreover, it provides crucial support for meeting graduation requirements. This article presents a comprehensive approach to process management for undergraduate thesis (design) based on the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) concept. The OBE concept emphasizes enhancing students' goal achievement abilities by strengthening the monitoring of task completion quality and evaluating goal attainment at each stage. The approach encompasses four key stages: topic selection, guidance process, evaluation methods, and thesis defense. Lastly, the effectiveness of this approach will be discussed. It has been observed that the implementation of the OBE concept has yielded favorable outcomes in practical work.


We report the discovery from WASP-South of a new Jupiter-like extrasolar planet, WASP-16b, which transits its solar analog host star every 3.12 days. Analysis of the transit photometry and radial velocity spectroscopic data leads to a planet with Rp = 1.008 ± 0.071 RJup and Mp = 0.855 ± 0.059 MJup, orbiting a host star with R* = 0.946 ± 0.054 R☉ and M* = 1.022 ± 0.101 M☉. Comparison of the high resolution stellar spectrum with synthetic spectra and stellar evolution models indicates the host star is a near-solar metallicity ([Fe/H] =0.01 ± 0.10) solar analog (Teff = 5700 ± 150 K and log g = 4.5 ± 0.2) of intermediate age (τ = 2.3+5.8−2.2 Gyr).


The global economy is changing and national governments throughout the world are finding it increasingly difficult to fund projects catering for ever more diverging social needs. The idea that the private sector can play an important part in the financing, creation and operation of public services and built assets has thereby gained ground. Varying forms of partnership solution between the public and private sectors have emerged based on the assumption that both sectors have unique skills and characteristics providing each with advantages in undertaking certain tasks. These so called public private partnership projects (PPPs) are being realized in many areas within the public sector. In some respects the PPPs that generate construction work constitute a new challenge to the construction sector. Novel ways of conducting work are imposed on the actors in the form of risks and responsibilities that previously would have been taken by the public sector. This paper discusses research conducted within the research project 'developing an effective model to support construction companies entering the public private partnership projects market'. This research project aims at creating a body of knowledge to support the Swedish construction sector in its exploitation of the potential of PPP. Conclusions are drawn that emphasize the need of more thorough research of the design and construction phases of the projects, in particular how the team's efforts can be focused on innovation.


Double metal cyanide catalyst (DMC) containing a) one or more double metal cyanide compounds, b) one or more ligands different organic complex c), and c) one or more complex ligands formed by introduction of a glycidyl ether in catalyst.


INTRODUCTION: After open heart surgery (OHS) using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), abnormalities in the circulating thyroid hormone levels are found in the absence of primary thyroid disease; this is collectively called the sick euthyroid syndrome (SES).
AIMS ANDOBJECTIVES: To study thyroid function test in patients planned for cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study included a total of 150 patients, of any age, either sex, planned for cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass (like Valve replacement, CABG, myxoma excision, congenital Heart Diseases like ASD, VSD, TOF). To assess the levels of thyroid hormone, TSH, TT3 and TT4 were measured. The blood samples were collected at regular intervals: preoperatively, on 2nd postoperative day and on 7th postoperative day.
CONCLUSION: In our study the levels of thyroid hormone (TT4 and TT3) decreased significantly after cardiopulmonary bypass.

Keywords: Open Heart Surgery (OHS), Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB), Sick Euthyroid Syndrome (SES)


In the last 20 years the Ethiopian education system has rapidly expanded, leading to a 500% increase in primary school enrolment. The Ministry of Education (MoE) has sought to address a perceived decline in educational quality through nationally-mandated programmes for school improvement and teachers' professional development. Such programmes – imported on the advice of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Department for International Development (DfID) and other development partners – are implemented "mechanistically", without adaptation for societal or organisational cultural contexts. This article reviews empirical research from the last decade, including "grey" literature, in the school improvement (SI) and school effectiveness research (SER) traditions to draw implications for primary school principals in Ethiopia.


A new method is proposed in order to estimate slowly varying frequencies of complex exponentials. The method is based on computing a suboptimal signal subspace projection matrix, using some columns of the estimated data covariance matrix, and employing this suboptimal matrix to obtain a minimum-norm vector in the noise subspace. Using that suboptimal vector, the frequencies can be estimated. The proposed algorithm is very fast and compares advantageously with the algorithms based on the rank-one updating of the data covariance matrix, which are considered a good choice, given their performance/computational burden ratio. This good performance is shown by simulations.<<ETX>>


The use of combinations of drugs in the treatment of cancer in man has materially increased our therapeutic enthusiasm, induced a sense of optimism, and opened our minds to innovation. It may even be that, in acute lymphoblastic leukemia in childhood and in neuroblastoma in infants, this therapeutic approach has significantly prolonged survival in patients with inoperable cancer. It is obvious that possession of several subcurative agents is preferable to having but one; the point under consideration is their optimal use. Should they be used simultaneously or singly? If they are used simultaneously what is the proper dosage? How frequently should they be given? If used singly, should they be used sequentially in a prescribed "treatment package" or should the


Theo C. M. Bakker Beat Mundwiler Universitat Bern, Zoologisches Institut, Abt. Verhaltensokologie, Wohlenstrasse 50a, CH-3032 Hinterkappelen, Switzerland Under laboratory conditions, female three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) show a mating preference for intensely red-colored males. We verified this female choice in the field by observing a freshwater stickleback population in its natural habitat. During the egg collection phase, individual courting males were localized with the aid of a dummy of a ripe female, caught and photographed under standardized conditions, and released. After males had stopped collecting eggs, we counted the number of eggs in the nests. The more intense a male's red breeding coloration, the more eggs he received. Simultaneous female choice experiments in the laboratory suggested that ripe females of this population preferred redder males. Breeding activities of the males in the field were clustered and seem to be synchronized within clusters. At one of the breeding sites, more intense red males were in better physical condition, but this was not the case at another site. Although several synchronized breeding cycles were observed, the majority of males seem to complete only one breeding cycle.


Objective To evaluated the efficacy of combined surgery of corneal perforation repair,traumatic cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in children.Methods Simultaneous corneal perforation repair,traumatic cataract extraction and posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation were performed in 16 children.The followed-up period was over 1 year.Results The postoperative vision were better than 0.5 in 62.5% cases .100% patients were relieved from blindness.81.25% patients were relieved from visual handicap.Conclusion Combined surgery sould be performed early in traumatic cataract in children.


Despite the impressive results of arbitrary image-guided style transfer methods, text-driven image stylization has recently been proposed for transferring a natural image into the stylized one according to textual descriptions of the target style provided by the user. Unlike previous image-to-image transfer approaches, text-guided stylization progress provides users with a more precise and intuitive way to express the desired style. However, the huge discrepancy between cross-modal inputs/outputs makes it challenging to conduct text-driven image stylization in a typical feed-forward CNN pipeline. In this paper, we present DiffStyler on the basis of diffusion models. The cross-modal style information can be easily integrated as guidance during the diffusion progress step-by-step. In particular, we use a dual diffusion processing architecture to control the balance between the content and style of the diffused results. Furthermore, we propose a content image-based learnable noise on which the reverse denoising process is based, enabling the stylization results to better preserve the structure information of the content image. We validate the proposed DiffStyler beyond the baseline methods through extensive qualitative and quantitative experiments.


Transaction cost is a latent cost that can't be totally eliminated in the business of colleges and universities. Different kinds of business activities may induce this cost at different degree. Because of its latent specialty and unquantitiveness, it is ignored by people for a long time. So the manager can't master real cost in business of colleges and universities. We try to analyze the forms, specialties and negative effect of the cost, find the relationship with the other costs, and get an effective outlet to lessen the cost for the whole business in colleges and universities.


Objective: The aim of this study was to study the prevalence of depression among patients with arrhythmia, and to investigate if there was any gender difference in the study population regarding de ...


Antimicrobial peptides from milk-source lactic acid bacteria are wide bacteriostatic,high stable and harmless to organism.So their applications have attracted many researchers'attentions.Controlling the postacidification of milk and microbial proliferation by antimicrobial peptides were studied in this article.Results indicated that adding antimicrobial peptides of milk-source lactic acid bacteria to fresh milk could effectively suppress microbial proliferation under condition of 4 ℃ and 25 ℃,moreover,the structure and the sensory quality of milk are nice.The results suggest that these antimicrobial peptides have large-scale prospect in storage and preservation of fresh milk.


we report for the first time the passive mode locking of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser using quadratic spatial solitons generated by second order cascading.


China's construction boom is unprecedented in history, and the market for windows is larger in China than anywhere else in the world. In 2008, the journal Xiaofei Ribao ("Consumption Daily") estimated Chinese demand for windows and doors to be 500 to 600 million m 2 annually over the next ten years (Abele 2008). 1 Whether this demand is met with energy-efficient or conventional windows will make a dramatic difference regarding heating and cooling energy consumption. Chinese experts and policy makers recognize this and have included window energy performance requirements in national, regional and local design standards. In the case of windows, however, these standards and other market transformation policies require a reliable energy rating system in order to be effective – a system that establishes standardized procedures and a transparent rating process with independent oversight while enabling easy specification and inspection of window energy properties. China is currently pilottesting a window energy labeling program for this purpose. If successful, this program will not only help address a vast energy-efficiency challenge, it will also be the first example of such a windows labeling program being implemented in the developing world.


The research is financed by the Egyptian Government through the Nile Sector bilateral cooperation project Abstract With expanding water demand due to rapid socio-economic growth and shrinking supplies due to pollution and climate change impact, there is an increasing strain on the water resources of the Awash river basin. Furthermore, flow alterations due to the existing and the ongoing water resources infrastructure projects may adversely impact the natural life cycle of aquatic ecosystems in the river basin. In order to manage these consequences, compensation releases or allocation of environmental flows may be mandatory and calls for the establishment of environmental flows framework in Ethiopia. In this study, the environmental flows at selected five existing and proposed dam sites in the Awash river basin were investigated using six worldwide used hydrology-based methods, viz.: Desktop Reserve Model (DRM), Global Environmental Flow Calculator (GEFC), Tennant, Tessman, 7Q 10 and Q 95 . The environmental flow volumes from the six methods were compared on mean annual, monthly average and monthly basis and it is found that the predictions from the DRM and GEFC are more reliable than the others. Comparative results indicate that minimum annual average flow rates of 4.4 m 3 /s (15 % of Mean Annual Flow (MAF)), 10.5 m 3 /s (19 % of MAF), 16.4 m 3 /s (22 % of MAF), 2.5 m 3 /s (17 % of MAF) and 24.2 m 3 /s (26 % of MAF) are required at the immediate downstream reaches of Melka kuntre, Koka, Awash Compensation, Kesem and Tendaho dams respectively. Accordingly, the annual average environmental flow throughout the basin varies from 15-26 % of the natural MAF. Although preliminary, being the first attempt in the Awash river basin, this study is expected to stimulate dialogue among experts and decision makers in Ethiopia. Keywords: EFR, EFA, Tennant, Tessman, Q 95 , 7Q 10 , DRM, GEFC Software, Awash DOI : 10.7176/JEES/9-11-08 Publication date: November 30 th 2019


The article examines the essence of foreign-exchange reserves, their role in the modern
global world. Values, qualitative composition, structure of official stocks of gold and foreign currencies in different countries of the world. Different approaches of finding waуs to improve the efficiencу of using foreign-exchange reserves bу central banks are considered. The waуs of using the experience of the countries of the world in Ukraine
are offered. The objective necessitу of reforming the mechanism of the stabilization function of foreign-exchange reserves was analуzed and the statistical data of foreign-exchange reserves of the leading countries of the world was researched


In general, slow solar wind from the streamer belt forms a high plasma β equatorial plasma sheet around the heliospheric current sheet (HCS) crossing, namely, the heliospheric plasma sheet (HPS). Current Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations show that the HCS crossings near the Sun could be full or partial current sheet (PCS) crossings, and they share some common features but also have different properties. In this work, using the PSP observations from encounters 4–10, we identify streamer belt solar wind from enhancements in plasma β, and we further use electron pitch angle distributions to separate it into HPS solar wind around the full HCS crossings and PCS solar wind in the vicinity of PCS crossings. Based on our analysis, we find that the PCS solar wind has different characteristics as compared with HPS solar wind: (a) the PCS solar wind could be non-pressure-balanced structures rather than magnetic holes, and the total pressure enhancement mainly results from the less reduced magnetic pressure; (b) some of the PCS solar wind is mirror-unstable; and (c) the PCS solar wind is dominated by very low helium abundance but varied alpha–proton differential speed. We suggest that the PCS solar wind could originate from coronal loops deep inside the streamer belt, and it is pristine solar wind that still actively interacts with ambient solar wind; thus, it is valuable for further investigations of the heating and acceleration of slow solar wind.


The growing consumption of resources in a linear economy, the associated negative impact of anthropogenic factors, and the incredibly large volumes of waste determine an increasing number of arguments for turning to a circular economy. The principles of the circular economy are designed to ensure sustainable consumption and production processes. There is a lack of empirical research on the possibility of changing the linear economy model to the model of circular economy in the Altai Krai. This paper analyzes the possibility of transiting to a circular economy based on waste circulation in the Altai Krai. The authors discuss barriers and opportunities for such a change. The main conclusions point to the lack of sufficient conditions for a change from a linear to a circular economy in the region.


Let k be a positive integer and k≥2.Let F be a family of meromorphic functions in the unit disc.Let a_1,a_2,b_1,b_2,c be distinct complex numbers such that a_1≠a_2 and b_1≠b_2.If for each f∈F satisfy E_f(a_i)=E_(f~((k)))(b_i),i=1,2 and the zeros of f(z)-c are of multiplicity at least k,then there exist positive number M,such that for every f∈F,we have(1-|z|~2)|f′(z)|1+|f(z)~2|≤M,where M only depends on a_1,a_2,b_1,b_2 and c.


RGB-thermal (RGBT) tracking has received extensive attention as a research hotspot, benefiting from the complementarity of visible (RGB) and thermal (T) modalities, which can better handle tracking tasks in harsh environments. Existing studies typically deploy the same structure to extract features of heterogeneous modalities with different properties, which may be difficult to simultaneously search for mining strategies suitable for each modality, resulting in insufficient feature representation. With the success of transformer, how to jointly consider the heterogeneity and global mining to facilitate better integration of heterogeneous modalities is also a crucial issue worth exploring. To solve these problems, we propose a unique differential reinforcement and global collaboration network for RGBT tracking, which includes a parallel backbone, modal differential reinforcement (MDR), and global mining collaboration module (GMCM). Specifically, MDR introduces raw data to control adaptive differential reinforcement for both the modalities via a modality-sharing augmentation unit and a modality-aware gating unit. The data-driven design makes it easier for the two modalities to search for the respective appropriate mining strategies, further effectively enhancing the respective feature representations. GMCM first mines intra-modal and cross-modal global information separately, and then performs an adaptive ensemble operation to balance the two. This operation learns intra-modal and cross-modal global weights in RGB and T modalities to better integrate heterogeneous modalities based on heterogeneity and global cues. Extensive experiments on three datasets demonstrate that the performance of the proposed network is comparable to state-of-the-art RGBT trackers.


The hypocrisy of democracy is to help autocratic rulers to stay in power because it benefits their own country. This thesis examines how the United States of America justified their cooperation with the Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi during the period of 1953-1979, until he was overthrown by his own people. This case-study doesn´t make general conclusions about the US foreign policy towards other countries except Iran.

The theoretical starting point for the empirical analysis is the political dilemma of dirty hands. With the analytical instrument, constructed with a normative analysis about the concept of dirty hands, it´s possible to discover which ethical discipline the American presidents had to uphold to justify their actions.

There are three different aspects of their cooperation which are lifted in this thesis. The first one is about the circumstances that made them begin their cooperation, the second regards the features of the cooperation. The last aspect is the fact that the presidents had to accept the Shah´s disrespect to the human rights so they could continue their collaboration.

In conclusion if the presidents uphold a consequentialistic standpoint, they can morally justify their cooperation with an autocratic state, in this case Iran.


Seed viability in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) is usually high once hard seed has been broken through scarification, germination values of around 90.% are common. However, when seed lots of similar high germination are sown, field emergence may vary considerably among lots. We therefore investigated whether seed vigour differences exist among seed lots ofT. pratense cv. Grasslands Pawera. Six seed lots with germinations ranging from 88 92 % were subjected to accelerated ageing (AA), controlled deterioration (CD) and conductivity vigour tests, and differing responses were recorded; for example seed lot germination after CD (16 % seed moisture content, 24 hours at 45 oC) ranged from 48 78 %. Similar differences in seed lot response were recorded in the other tests used, and so 'high' and 'low' vigour lots could be differentiated. Vigour test results and standard germination were correlated with field emergence following three spring and three autumn sowings at the same site. Stress vigour tests (CD and AA) were more closely related to field emergence than standard germination, and were good predictors of plant population. Conductivity vigour tests were not significantly correlated with field emergence. Low vigour seed lots produced smaller, slower growing seedlings following autumn field sowing. The implications for establishment and dry matter production are being further investigated Additional keywords: seed vigour,field emergence, establishment, vigour testing.


Reproductive activity of the tropical Australian skink, Leiolopisma rhomboidalis, a diurnal inhabitant of the rain forest sub- strate, was investigated over a twelve-month period between 1959-1960. The climatic conditions of the area were investigated as a possible influence on reproductive activity and were found to exhibit slight variation in temperature and day length. Although rainfall occurred in every month during the study, there was a wet and dry season. The skinks fed on the common invertebrates of the area including, in order of preference, orthopterans, beetles, and lepidopterans and their larvae. Such prey items were available at all times of the year, based on stomach contents. No data are available for hatchlings or very young individuals. Cannibalism on the young was also noted. Data based on presence of sperm, weight and tubular diameter of testis, suggests that the males are capable of reproductive activity at all times of the year, and such activity underwent no seasonal variation during the year of study. The females, based on presence of oviducal eggs and condition of secondary follicles, exhibited more seasonal variation in their reproduc- tive activity than the males. During the winter months, between June and August, they demonstrated a reduction in their reproductive activity, the exact cause of which is unknown, although lack of suf- ficient moisture for optimum egg development or to provide suitable food for the hatchlings are suggested as possible external causes.


This paper describes one new species of the genus Chudania from Yunnan Province, China. The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University. Chudania lijiangensis Li et Chen, sp. nov. (Figs.1~7) Body length (incl. tegm.): ♂ 5.2 mm~5.5 mm, ♀ 6.1 mm~6.5mm. This species is similar to Chudania kunmingana Zhang et Yang in appearance and colour pattern, but can be distinguished from the latter by the basal half of clavus of forewing pale along the claval suture, subgenital plate without spine shaped process, pygofer side with a short, tapered appendage, aedeagal process near base with a spine shaped short process. Holotype ♂, paratypes 9♂♂, 15♀♀, Lijiang (26.45°N, 100.15°E), Yunnan Province, 10 Ⅷ 2000, coll. Li Zizhong and Chen Xiangsheng.


The article sum up the study course of maintenance training system. Have discribed virtual reality and simulation technology and the step of how to develop the maintenance training system using EON STUDIO,also give resolvent of some complex problem,such as interaction,virtual assembly etc. Offer tech support to development of virtual maintenance.


The 3-dB bandwidth of the modulators was measured to greater than 3 GHz, and the time response was measured to 200 ps. By using short mode-locked pulses, the 3-dB bandwidth of the devices used as differential detectors was measured to be greater than 4 GHz and the risetime to be approximately 100 ps.<<ETX>>


Albumin has been considered a "sacrificial plasma antioxidant" due to the high reactivity of the protein sulfhydryl groups with oxidants such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and hypochlorous acid (HOCl). Based on its large quantity and high turnover. It is considered as one of the most important plasma antioxidants for protecting key cellular and regulatory proteins. Since hemodialysis patients have lower overall levels of albumin and possible protein modifications due to uremic toxins, we investigated whether modifications by various uremic toxins would affect the susceptibility of albumin to an oxidative challenge. We incubated bovine serum albumin in the presence of carboxymethyllysine (CML) (10 μmol/L–1 mmol/L), methyl glyoxal (50 μmol/L–5 mmol/L), p-cresol (100 μmol/L–10 mmol/L) or hippuric acid (200 μmol/L–20 mmol/L) for 16 hours at 37°C and then subsequently added 0.5 mmol/L–1 mmol of H2O2/HOCl. We measured the extent of protein modification by the loss of protein sulfhydryl groups, dityrosine formation and the formation of advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP). Incubation of albumin with the uremic toxins caused a loss of protein sulfhydryl groups and an increase in dityrosines and AOPP. The presence of uremic toxins had no effect on the loss of protein sulfhydryl groups after addition of H2O2/HOCl; however, low levels of CML, p-cresol and methyl glyoxal inhibited the formation of AOPP and dityrosines. We suggest that uremic toxins may possibly play a role in mediating free radical initiated protein damage.


The system of local government in both Ireland and Wales has recently been subject to major reform. This study considers the extent to which the recent changes to the remit, powers and institutional structures of local government in these two countries have facilitated local councils' efforts to meet the objectives of sustainable development.


The authors determined the chemicalcomposition of ground waters in the Matsushiro area from September 1966. In this paper, we show the time change in the chemical composition of ground waters taken from September 1966 to February 1967, and discuss the origin of the ground waters. From the investigation it was found that the change in the chemical composition has a relation to the occurrence of the Matsushiro swarm earthquakes.


Introduction: The Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector is now the world's 3rd largest exporter. RMG provides a steady flow of employment for approximately 4,000,000 workers, the majority of whom are women. This remarkable progress, however, has been hampered by a lack of factory safety and industrial mishaps, which characterize health risks. Methods: With a population of 200 employees, this was a quantitative study. Interviews with informants were conducted using an interview guideline, and observations were carried out around the workplace using a checklist instrument. The information gathered was used to create a detailed picture of the scenario. This research aims to investigate health hazards of the garment industrial workers and their effects on workers' health. Results: The majority of garment workers were between the ages of 15 – 20 years old. 93.6% of respondents worked for 8 - 9 hours each day on average, and 79.2% put in an extra 2-4 hours of work. 66% had no accident in the previous year, while 24.7 % experienced a small cut, abrasion, or injury. Moreover, most respondents were unconcerned about physical or environmental pollution, while 68% were concerned about noise pollution. Due to the direct link to health risks, employees suffered from headaches, general weakness, and eyestrain. Conclusion: Workers' headaches and eyestrain were caused by an insufficient lighting and ventilation system and noise pollution. Backaches, joint pain, and chest pain were caused by long working hours and a dirty workplace. Industrial health hazards should be minimized by the proper implementation of labor laws by the government.
Keywords: hazard, illness, ready-made garment, ready-made garment worker, safety


Investigation was made on the simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in a submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) fed with synthetic wastewater under total nitrogen (TN) volumetric loading of 0.17 kg/(m3·d) and 0.36 kg/(m3·d) with different carbon-nitrogen (C/N) ratio.The sludge and hydraulic retention time (SRT and HRT) were 50 d and 6 h respectively.The result showed that:(1) for the TN volumetric loading of 0.17 kg/(m3·d) in influent,removal rate of NH+4-N and TN is 81.2% and 83.6% respectively under C/N ratio of 15 and DO of 1.0 mg/L;(2) for the TN volumetric loading of 0.36 kg/(m3·d),76.5% and 52.8% removal rate can be achieved respectively for NH+4-N and TN under C/N ratio of 10 and DO of 1.5 mg/L.


Ice-Cream has occasionally been proved to be the carrier of disease, and therefore a study of the ingredients used, the processes of manufacture and the bacterial content of the final product is an important branch of modern hygiene.


This essay will argue that much of the enforcement psychology already worked out by the airlines can be applied easily to student safety in labs.


The objective of this study was to analyze the maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), the velocity of VO2max (vVO2max) and the calculation of the percentage of the VO2max supported during a race of athletes (sVO2max) of athletes who participated in the street race of 10 km 22 de Agosto, utilizing it to predict the performance and to relate it to the respective time and place of the individual in the race. 7 individuals were analyzed, all of them were athletes that had participated in the race with the average age of 28,42 ± 9,07 years old and average weight of 63 ± 7,07 kg, that fulfilled the Ribilsk & Kochodorian test race of 3200 meters to estimate the VO2max, having obtained an average of 64,24 ± 6,12 ml/kg.min. The vVo2max average was 18.35 ± 1.75 km / h, the average speed of the race was 16.78 ± 1.70 km / h, the average speed of the test was 18.33 ± 2.04 km / h, and sVO2max was 91.61 ± 7.05%. The results show a decrease of the VO2max proportionally in relation to the time increase of the race, existing also a high correlation between the pace level of the race and the pace level of the test (0,90). The race was performed with an average of 91.61% of the VO2max, being these values near to those found by Peronnet & Thibauld, mentioned by Tubino & Moreira (1987). We can conclude that the VO2max can be good to predict performance in the 10 km race, however other variables, such as the anaerobic threshold, should be considered in the attempt to explain some changes of the performance especially in heterogeneous groups. Considering these results, new researches should be developed for a greater validity in the predictor of the distance performance studied.


Electromagnetic Field Theory is often perceived as one of the most difficult subjects of electrical engineering. Difficulties arise from a very complex mathematical background. Necessity of some simplifications and idealisations of analysed objects takes place. The investigation of real live electromagnetic systems, where phenomenological interpretation of obtained results is the most important, requires some modern numerical methods placed in user-friendly operational environment. The Finite Element Method (FEM) gives very versatile and powerful solution of that problem. However, despite its advantages, its usage is relatively expensive and difficult especially for slightly experienced users. Progress in the software development enabled a significant simplification of the user interface in packages and made FEM very attractive for every PC user.


The article tells the story of the development of a Sentencing Information System for the High Court in Scotland from its genesis as an exploratory research project to its final implementation in the court. The article uses Actor Network Theory to understand how the database was assembled through the social practices of academic researchers, government officials, judges and court officers. It offers a corrective to theories which exaggerate the de-humanizing effect of information technology and argues that an Actor Network Theory approach is not incompatible with an understanding of how institutionally located power operates through social practices.


The genus Paraxantia Liu Kang, 2009 previously included 10 species, which are endemic to south of China. Herein we describe one new species: P. hakka sp. nov. from Guangdong Province, China. Illustrations of male stridulatory files of most Paraxantia species are provided. The distribution of the new species is discussed and mapped. All types are deposited in Insect Collection of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (IZCAS).


We report elastic integral, differential and momentum transfer cross sections for low-energy electron collisions with the two isomers of C4H10, butane and isobutane. We employ the Schwinger multichannel method with pseudopotentials at the static-exchange-polarization approximation, and cover energies from 1 eV to 20 eV. We investigate the influence of polarization on the isomer effect comparing the cross sections of these isomers and concluded that polarization has a small influence in that effect. We also compare our computed elastic cross sections with available total cross sections. Total ionization cross sections by electron impact are computed using the binary-encounter-Bethe (BEB) model and the results compared with available experimental data. The ionization cross sections for butane and isobutane are similar, showing that they also have a small isomer effect in the ionization process.


BACKGROUND
Vibration to the head or neck excites vestibular and neck muscle spindle afferents. Can such vibrations improve the sensitivity of the subjective visual horizontal (SVH) test to chronic unilateral deficit of the vestibular system?

DESIGN
Controlled experimental study.

SETTING
Tertiary referral center.

PATIENTS AND CONTROLS
Thirteen healthy subjects and 23 patients with chronic unilateral vestibular deficits after vestibular neurectomy or neurolabyrinthitis. Results of head-impulse test showed unilateral loss of function of all 3 semicircular canals in 14 patients and loss of anterior and lateral semicircular canals in 9 patients.

INTERVENTION
Unilateral vibration (92 Hz; 0.6-mm amplitude) applied to sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) or mastoid bone.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE
Results of SVH test (in degrees).

RESULTS
Without vibration, 13 of 23 patients and all healthy subjects had SVH of less than 3 degrees (sensitivity, 43%; specificity, 100%). During vibration to the ipsilesional SCM, SVH increased to greater than 3 degrees in 21 of 23 patients but in only 1 of 13 healthy subjects (sensitivity, 91%; specificity, 92%). The patient group had significantly greater SVH shifts to the ipsilesional side than did healthy subjects in response to SCM and mastoid bone vibration on either side. The SVH shift during vibration to the ipsilesional SCM was significantly greater than that during vibration to the contralesional muscle (P<.001) or to the mastoid bone on either side (P<.05). The vibration-induced SVH shift was significantly greater in those patients with loss of 3 semicircular canals than in those with loss of 2 (P<.01).

CONCLUSIONS
The sensitivity of the SVH test to chronic unilateral vestibular deficits can be improved by applying vibration to the SCM. The magnitude of vibratory SVH shift is related to the extent of unilateral deficit of the otolithic organs, vertical canals, or both.


As the core of enterprise Human Resource Strategy, Talent scale controlling can convert operating strategy and target to appropriate Talent scale. It combines Talent management with business need and realizes superior Talent scale by applying validity control means,thereby realizing enterprise strategy target. Therefore, it is important for thorough Reformation, existing and development to validly control Talent scale of large state-owned enterprise.


Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have very stringent mechanisms of DNA repair compared to other somatic cells or terminally differentiated cells either by suppressing DNA damage or by elimination through apoptosis. ESCs are isolated from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst stage during embryonic development and iPSCs are reprogrammed from somatic cells that are formed using forced expression of stem cell master regulatory genes (Oct4, Nanog, Sox-2, c-Myc and/ Lin28, Klf-4) and exhibit very similar gene expression to ESCs. Both ESCs and iPSCs are pluripotent, have unlimited self- renewal capability and can differentiate into all 3 germ layers (ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm) of the body. To date, pluripotent stem cells can be differentiated into many cells types including neurons, microglia, cardiomyocytes, kidney cells, pancreatic β cells, skeletal muscle cells, lung cells, liver cells and hematopoietic cells. Due to these properties, ESCs and iPSCs show promising outcomes in modelling diseases in a dish, regenerative medicine, drug discovery, personalised treatments and cell therapy.


Objective
To compare the learning outcome of PBL and Sandwich and traditional teaching methods applied in experimental acupuncture-moxibustion and tuina science.

Methods
The questionnaire surveys were used to evaluate these three methods applied in the course of experimental acupuncture science. The evaluation involved three aspects: score of research-based teaching, outcome of learning, and participation of students in course. The survey subjects 44 students who majored in acupuncture-moxibustion and tuina in Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This study was exencuted from November 2014 to May 2015. Among the 10 chapters, 2 chapters that were featured by strong exploration were selected to implement PBL and Sandwich teaching respectively, and the rest were carried out in traditional teaching. One-way ANOVA was used to test the significant difference among groups.

Results
In terms of the conformity of research-based course scores, PBL (85.5 ±9.3) and Sandwich teachings (88.8±11.1) were higher than that of traditional teaching (73.7±13.9) (all P<0.05). Regarding with knowledge expansion, the scores of PBL (84.4 ±12.0) and Sandwich teaching (85.3 ±12.7) were higher than traditional teaching (72.7± 18.4) (all P<0.05) . About "ability" , PBL (84.2± 12.5) and Sandwich teaching (86.5 ± 12.4) were also higher than traditional teaching (65.9 ± 12.2) (all P<0.05). Concerning with student participation , score from PBL group (83.2± 9.7) and Sandwich teaching group (87.0± 11.0) were higher than traditional teaching group (63.4 ±13.0) (all P<0.05) . However, it is interesting that the the score from traditional teaching (83.1 ±13.5) was higher than that from PBL group (76.9 ±13.6) (t=-2.15, P=0.03) in terms of the "basic knowledge" .

Conclusions
In experimental acupuncture-moxibustion and tuina science, PBL and Sandwich teaching gain many advantages over traditional teaching, but the latter still cannot be completely replaced.

Key words:
Traditional teaching; Problem-based learning; Sandwich teaching; Teaching method; Comparison


In this paper we prove some new results concerning a complete
abstract second-order differential equation with general Robin
boundary conditions. The study is developped in UMD spaces and uses
the celebrated Dore-Venni Theorem. We prove existence, uniqueness
and maximal regularity of the strict solution. This work completes
previous one [3] by authors; see also [11].


Variation in quality traits may occur between the different muscles within a carcass and also within a muscle. This study examined inter- and intramuscular variation and the resulting effect on measurements (pH, conductivity and colour) taken within 24 h post mortem. The effect of shackling on these quality prediction measurements was also determined. Finally the inherent variability of quality attributes within porcine M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LTL) was examined at 4 days post mortem. Significant intermuscular variation was detected at 24 h post mortem, with higher pH and conductivity values recorded in the M. semimembranosus (SM) than in the LTL. pH and conductivity measurements in both muscle types were correlated (r = 0.46–0.88, P < 0.05) at 45 min and 3 h post mortem. CIE L* and a* values, % reflectance and Japanese pork colour scores were significantly (P < 0.001) different in the neck region (M. biventer cervicis and M. splenius) than on the surface of the SM and M. gluteus medius. An intramuscular effect was not observed in either SM or LTL muscles. Shackling did not introduce a significant variation between sides for pH, conductivity and colour measurements taken up to 24 h post mortem. At 4 days post mortem it was determined that the water-holding capacity, tenderness (Warner–Bratzler Shear force) and composition of the LTL are not dependent on sampling location within the muscle. These results suggest that meat quality measurements are uniform throughout the LTL (loin) and that a significant relationship exists between the LTL and SM muscles. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry


Objective. To present our 30-year experience with type 1 diabetes in adults treated at Theptarin hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. Methodology. A retrospective study was conducted on medical records of patients with type 1 diabetes in Theptarin hospital between 1983 and 2013. Clinical characteristics, glycemic control, and complications were retrieved and compared between patients who developed complications and those who have remained free of complications. Results. There were 129 T1DM patients who attended our hospital during the three decades. Two patients died from sepsis and leukemia. Only 70 patients are still active on follow-up (median time of follow-up 11.1 years, range 0.3-29.2 years). In the active follow-up cohort,  the  mean age of onset was 25.3(12.4) years and duration of diabetes was 14.4(10.0) years. The  mean HbA 1c and LDL were 7.9(1.4%) and 99(30) mg/dl respectively. Optimal glycemic control (HbA 1c ≤ 7%), LDL control (LDL≤ 100 mg/dl), and target blood pressure (BP ≤ 130/80 mmHg) were achieved in 31%, 54%, and 97% of patients respectively. The optimal combined target values for glucose, LDL, and blood pressure were achieved in only 17% of patients. The cumulative incidence of retinopathy, nephropathy, and cardiovascular disease were 17%, 19%, and 0.4%, respectively. Only longer duration of diabetes was associated with increased risk of development of microvascular complications. Conclusions. Despite advancement in the treatment of diabetes, optimal glycemic control has not been achieved in most adult patients with T1DM. Microvascular complications have been observed in about one fifth of patients. Intensive therapy should be implemented as early as possible in order to ameliorate long-term complications of diabetes


1. A certain type of matrix has been brought into prominence by P. A. M. Dirac in his theory of the wave mechanics of an electron. C. G. Darwin has commented on the very unsymmetrical form of Dirac's equations, and on the fact that although they are invariant for Lorentz transformations they are not constructed in tensor form. The invariance seems to be of a kind undiscoverable by the usual methods of the tensor calculus and "it is rather disconcerting that apparently something has slipped through the net." In order to throw light on this the following theory of the matrices has been developed; it has several points of interest independently of the application to wave-mechanics. The matrix theory leads to a very simple derivation of the first order wave equation, equivalent to Dirac's but expressed in symmetrical form. It leads also to a wave equation which we can identify as relating to a system containing electrons with opposite spin. This symmetrical method appears to be advantageous in deducing general properties such as the angular momentum of an electron and the conservation of the supposed charge-current vector. 2. Four-Point Matrices .—We consider matrices and tensors in four dimensions. The axes are grouped in pairs in three ways denoted by α = 12, 34 β = 13, 42 γ = 14, 23.


Software engineering education at higher education has to play at least two roles as showing software engineering researches the right direction along with which they must carry out their works in a non-trivial way. Today's gap forces us to do this role which is thought beyond education. The other role is educating students whatever useful technology for their developing systems. The author's experiences show that playing these two roles brings great advantages.


We review the Pyramid Scheme, the only class of models known to be consistent with phenomenology, coupling unification, and the Cosmological SUSY Breaking (CSB) relation m3/2∼Λ1/4 between the gravitino mass and the cosmological constant (c.c.). These models are Terascale effective field theories, which have a super‐Poincare invariant, discrete R symmetric limit. R breaking terms come from diagrams in which a gravitino is exchanged with the horizon, and satisfy peculiar selection rules, which solve the μ problem, the strong CP problem, and the problem of low dimension operators in the theory, which violate B and L. The model predicts large Dirac and Majorana masses for gauginos, which make these states heavier than corresponding squarks and sleptons by a factor of roughly 4παi . Gluinos are too heavy to be seen at the 14 TeV LHC, and the NLSP is a right handed slepton (the three sleptons are quite degenerate), which decays promptly into a gravitino and a lepton.


Red sandalwood sample was subjected to ICP-mass spectrometer analysis for the determination of minor elements. The ash of the sample was also analysed for the presence of major elements. The minor elements present include Cu (281.256), Ba (3722.064), Sr (6365.482), Rb (45.285), Ce (49.863), Zn (375.433) and Pb (80.944) all in ppt. The major elements detected are Cd, Fe, Mn and Ni. Optical absorption spectrum indicates that Fe(III) and Ni(II) are in tetragonal distortion with octahedral geo-metry. ESR (electron spin resonance) spectral analysis also confirms Fe(III) in tetragonal distortion, and the g-values observed for Fe(III) are 6.52, 2.63 and 1.92 and for Mn(II) is 1.99. NIR spectrum is due to carbonate overtones and harmonics and water fundamentals.


The seminar at UKhIN discussed The molecular structure of organic coal substances in the light of the latest research data. Modern concepts of coal structure. There were five papers on the agenda: (1) analysis of the poly-amantane model of coal structure; (2) macromolecular structure of coals; (3) use of physical techniques to study the molecular structure of natural coals; (4) laboratory model studies of the catagenetic transformations in natural organic deposits; (5) possible nitrogen-containing structural forms in the organic substance of hard coals.


In response to the requirement to provide large quantities of petroleum products for forces ashore, from tankers offshore without port facilities, the Naval Sea Systems Command has developed and demonstrated the Offshore Petroleum Discharge System (OPDS). OPDS is capable of delivering 1.2 million gallons of product per day from a tanker moored four miles offshore. The system is largely off-the-shelf commercial technology carried on, and installed by, the tanker with some support from resources in the operating area. This paper reviews the system, its performance, and plans for production.


Hydropower industry is closely linked to both water management and renewable energy production. It can provide the necessary cutting edge to the efforts of ensuring sufficient supply of water as well as energy. Besides hydropower projects serve the purpose of water conservation, lzarl'esting for lea11 period, as major irrigatio11 sources and saviour of the critical aiulfertile layer of soil. Author of this article sees a11 important role in hydropower projects towards a larger socio-economic, economic develop111e11t and water resource managemellt.


We use a general model for the development of retinotopic projections between manifolds of different geometries to investigate oneand two-dimensional Euclidean manifolds. The generation of retinotopic projections between two strings turns out to be very similar to the case of discrete linear chains analyzed previously by Häussler and v. d. Malsburg. We show that both for strings and for planes the retinotopic states correspond to stationary solutions of the Häussler equations.


In this paper, we present a machine learning framework for accelerating CFD simulations by super-resolving coarse resolution simulation into fine resolution simulation using convolutional neural network. The basic idea behind our framework is to exploit the similarities between coarse and fine resolution simulations by learning end-to-end mapping between them and this is done by training an (graph) convolutional neural network model on input-output pairs where inputs and outputs are coarse resolution simulations and fine resolution simulations respectively. We test our model on different shapes and geometries and present our result. We also show that our framework can super-resolve by a factor of 2, 3 and 4. Finally, we will discuss how we can extend our work to predict super-resolved simulations in time and other future projects.


(57) Abstract: coloring sunscreen emulsion is disclosed, which, when either drying and / or rubbed after painted The sunscreen emulsion to the skin, the color substantially to use a blend of water-soluble dye or a water-soluble dye disappears. Coloration of the sunscreen, by providing a more complete and uniform coating of the sunscreen to the skin, the user, so that may be more effectively protected against sunburn. The sunscreen emulsion contains: a) a least one water-soluble dye, the dye gives a color other than white to the sunscreen emulsion, the sunscreen agent emulsions when was either and / or rubbed dried after painting the skin, the color is to substantially disappear; b) an amount effective to protect against sun actinic at least one sunscreen active agent; c) at least one emulsifier; d) colored emulsion is sufficient water to form; e) optionally, one or more emollients, humectants , dryness agents, waterproofing agents, preservatives, antioxidants, as well as chelating agents and fragrances, any other type of substance that can be undesirable, such as cosmetically, efficacy by their presence.


The Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (MEL) is developing technologies for multi-robot collaboration in remote environments with the Toshiba Mechanical Systems Laboratory (TMSL). Human operators' delayed visual perception due to the communication delay over the network seriously affects the collaboration performance in the multi-operator-multi-robot tele-manipulation. We have built an experimental tele-manipulation test bed connecting the MEL and the TMSL to study the time-delayed remote tele-collaboration between two places. In the test bed, one operator controls her master robot nearby two slave robots in the work site and another from a distance. A local online graphics simulator without time delay is developed to cope with the communication delay and several multi-robot coordinated control strategies are devised to avoid the collision. To verify the validity of this simulator assisted approach, we demonstrated a maintenance work on a plant mock-up in the TMSL by two different slave robots and two distant operators in the MEL and TMSL respectively through an ISDN.


Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) flakes have been widely used due to their excellent physical and chemical properties. Here, thermal-induced wrinkles of thin h-BN flakes deposited on silicon dioxide substrate were investigated through a combination of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Raman spectroscopy. The experimental results indicated that the wrinkles did not occur at relatively low annealing temperatures and were detected at temperatures as high as 500 °C or even 600 °C. When repeatedly annealed at high temperatures, the number and positions of the wrinkles also changed. From the Raman spectra, the wrinkles were caused by the fact that the h-BN contraction rate was faster than that of the substrate at the cooling stage due to the interfacial sliding between the flake and the substrate and the h-BN flake of 7 nm thickness recovered to the original length at 150 °C. Further cooling introduced the compressive stress and then the wrinkles appeared. Moreover, it was found that if there was a crack in the h-BN flake, the wrinkle always appeared at the crack. Our findings appeal the mechanism of thermal-induced wrinkles of h-BN flakes and help us to research their applications as substrate materials in electronic devices in a high-temperature environment.


Intrinsic reaction coordinate (IRC) calculations of the torsional potentials of C2H6, CH3CD3, and C2D6 have been carried out at the MP2/6-31++G** level. The C2H6 potential was corrected at the coupled-cluster single double (triple) [CCSD(T)] level with extrapolation to the complete basis set limit (CBS). For CH3CD3 and C2D6, the MP2 potentials were scaled by 0.862 to approximate CCSD(T)/CBS results. The IRC potential for the D3h→D3d relaxation in C2H6 was fit to a two-term Fourier series containing V3 and V6 coefficients for which the barrier height, V3, was set to the CCSD(T)/CBS value (941 cm−1), and V6 was optimized at 6.7 cm−1. Sixfold torsional potentials were constructed from the CCSD(T)/CBS profiles and the resulting eigenvalues were used to calculate the Δn(ν4)=2 transitions, which are compared with experimental assignments. Comparisons are also made with observed IR transitions. Our best estimate of the rotational barrier is 941 cm−1. This value, as well as other high-level ab initio results, is ...


This article discusses the authors fieldwork on festivals, some of which took place in northern Lombardy. Sense of place is a central argument, integrally tied to diverse critical perspectives on forms of temporality, embodiment, identity, and relational thinking that can arise in festivals.


SUMMARY MESSAGE: Garlic has consistently been shown to be superior to placebo in reducing blood pressure; however, the effect on lipids is conflicting and further studies are required. The large variation in garlic products commercially available makes it difficult to determine the true effect of garlic on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Garlic has been shown to significantly reduce the severity of symptoms associated with the common cold and the duration of illness, but further evidence is required to validate these findings.


Silicon oxynitride (SiO x N y ) thin films were deposited on silicon substrates by ion-assisted deposition. Variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE) was used to optically characterize thedeposited film properties, such as layer thickness and composition, film surface and interface qualities, as well as the refractive index spectrum in the wavelength range 320-820 nm


We consider distributed optimization with smooth convex objective functions defined on an undirected connected graph. Inspired by mirror descent mehod and RLC circuits, we propose a novel distributed mirror descent method. Compared with mirror-prox method, our algorithm achieves the same <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathcal {O}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>(<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$1/k$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) iteration complexity with only half the computation cost per iteration. We further extend our results to cases where a) gradients are corrupted by stochastic noise, and b) objective function is composed of both smooth and non-smooth terms. We demonstrate our theoretical results via numerical experiments.


OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between IL-1 genotype and gastric cancer by systematically reviewing the risk of the original studies in the Chinese population.METHODS:Searching databases such as the MEDLINE,Embase,Cancerlit,AACR(American association for cancer research),CBMdisc,CNKI,WANFANG DATA etc,yielded 16 case-control studies that reported on the association between IL-1B-31 C,IL-1B-511 T,or IL-1 RN variable number tandem repeat polymorphisms and gastric cancer risk.Summary odds ratios(OR),95% confidence intervals(95%CI) and overall effect P value were calculated in the random-effects model by using the Der Simonian-Laird method with RevMan 4.2.2 software.RESULTS:Sixteen studies,which included 2 099 gastric cancer cases and 2 371 controls,met the inclusion criteria and were included in the Meta-analysis.By pooling all the studies identified,the summary odds ratio(OR) of gastric cancer risk associated with IL-1B-31C,-511T and IL-1 RN was(0.98(95%CI:0.72-1.34),P=0.89),(1.45(95%CI:1.00-2.09),P=0.05) and(1.61(95%CI:0.97-2.67),P=0.07),respectively.CONCLUSION:In this systematic review,IL-1B-31 and IL-1 RN genetic polymorphisms are not associated with an increased risk of developing gastric cancer in the chinese population,but IL-1B-511 genetic polymorphism is associated with the susceptibility of gastric cancer.


This paper presents the new design of a CMOS current comparator with ultra low input impedance, which especially benefits on enhancing the accuracy of pulse-width-modulation (PWM). The proposed design reduces the input impedance by utilizing common-gate structure as input stage. A novel low power with high performance low current comparator is proposed in this paper which comprises of low input impedance using a simple biasing method. The further use of a commonsource feedback structure also enables extremely reduction of the input impedance. In addition, the proposed design can be applied to perform precise comparison between two terminals with varied currents since the input impedances are well designed to be balanced. The experiment results demonstrate competitive performance. With input current of 25MHz square wave, the input impedance and of comparator are merely 57.2Ω while the average power consumption is about 9.08mW under the implementation of TSMC 0.35μm CMOS process with 3.3V power supply.


During the last decades, plant die-off has been reported worldwide as a result of increased frequency and intensity of extreme drought events. From a niche perspective, a species performance should decrease as the climatic conditions defining a drought event differ from those characterizing the species climatic niche (the average conditions experienced by the species). Species distribution models (SDMs) can potentially be used to test the link between species performance and their climatic niche by means of climatic suitability indexes. We studied the remaining green canopy of 18 woody species co-occurring in a Mediterranean shrubland from the central Iberian Peninsula that experienced a severe die-off following an extreme drought event. We found that the suitability of the climatic conditions estimated by SDMs strongly declined for all species during the extreme drought event. Species die-off was significantly explained by the decrease in climatic suitability during the event, estimated as the ratio between the historic and the extreme event climatic suitability. Species with high occupancy levels across the landscape exhibited higher die-off likely because (1) these species have short life-span and mortality would be compensated by later high recruitment or (2) populations of rare species may have experienced local adaptation to drier conditions. Our results indicate that extreme drought events can have a negative effect, even in shrubland communities living in arid environments. Also, we develop a new approach that connects population-level responses to species climatic niches through SDMs, and it can be applied to predict community responses to strong climatic variability, such as drought events.


This paper presents an electromyographic (EMG) signal integrated multi-finger robot hand control for massage applications. This research explores the feasible application of multi-finger robot hands except for the use as prostheses and grasping applications. The forearm EMG of a person who is massaged by the human hands is recorded and analyzed statistically. First, the root mean square (RMS) of the raw data is computed as the discrimination between normal and contracted states of the muscle. Then the EMG signal at contracted state is further divided into painful and comfortable groups based on the impulse factor which is defined to estimate the sharpness of waveform variations. As a consequence, two discriminative values of the EMG signal are generated to distinguish painful and comfortable feelings. Based on the relationship between the human feeling and the massage force, we get an appropriate range of input commands of the robot hand for massage applications. A grasp-kneading massage is performed on the human shoulder to verify the proposed process. As a result, an effective and comfortable massage using the multi-finger robot hand is realized.


The invention relates to green near infrared reflection pigment and belongs to the technical field of inorganic metal oxide pigment. The pigment comprises polynary metal oxides containing chromium, cobalt, zinc, titanium and the like. A preparation method is a solid phase synthesis method, the reaction temperature is 1200 DEG C, and the synthesis time is 3 hours. The pigment has a spinel structure. The green near infrared reflection pigment has the green color in the visible light wave band, wherein the reflectivity near the wavelength being 680nm to 700nm is smaller than 12 percent; and the reflectivity in the wave band range being 750nm to 1200nm is about 60 percent. Compared with the universal market sold green pigment, the pigment has lower brightness L value and higher solar reflectivity, the spectral reflection curves of green vegetation are similar, and wide application prospects are realized in the fields of target camouflage, color energy saving coatings and the like.


THE exhibitions of Contemporary Swiss and Japanese art that have just opened at the Museum du Jeu du Paume and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs of the Louvre show the national character of the paintings in these two countries. The Swiss exhibition was organized under the direction of Andre Dezarrois, Conservateur, of the Jeu du Paume, the museum of foreign contemporary schools. Ten years ago the museum showed an exhibition of Swiss art from the 15th century to the 19th. The present exhibition of about 250 paintings and sculptures continues from that point, starting' with Hodler who died in 1918 and who is considered the father of the contemporary school. It also includes the work of Cuno Amiet under whom the younger artist Lautenberg studied. Although certain of the artists, principally those who have worked here, Darel, Barthe, Gimmi, Domenjoz and Holy lean toward France, and others like Hugin, Fritz Pauli, Berger tend toward the modern German school, there is a distinct national character to the painting a...


In this paper, we propose two novel and simple designs for photonic-crystal-fiber-based polarization filters, which consist of a gold rod and gold ring at the center. The performance characteristics of both the designs are analyzed by using the finite element method. Surface plasmon resonance is induced through the coupling mechanism when the phase-matching condition is achieved. Bandwidth performance of the gold rod model is evaluated by varying the diameter of the two small air holes near the fiber core, whereas the same is done for the gold ring model by varying the thickness of the gold ring. From the simulation results, it can be inferred that the proposed filter structure achieved high bandwidth up to 1000 nm over the communication bands.


Aim: To evaluate the effect of postpartum perineal trauma to the frequencies of perineal pain, of urinary incontinence, and of dyspareunia.Material-Methods: This cross sectional study was done between April 1 and July 31 2005 in Eskisehir. Study group was occurred from 1500 women. The women's first deliveries are vaginal, only one fetus, vertex presentation, term, and normal childbirth weight. Prepared in accordance with the literature a questionnaire was applied with face to face method.Results: Urinary incontinence, perineal pain, and dyspareunia frequencies were higher in women with perineal trauma than women without perineal trauma in their first childbirth (for each one p<0.05). Conclusion: This study has shown that the effect of postpartum perineal trauma urinary incontinence, perineal pain and dyspareunia frequencies increases.


The articles consider the main approaches for improving the personalization of education in higher education institutions using adaptive educational systems based on information technology. The advantages and efficiency of the adaptive educational system with the use of modern information technologies are emphasized. The general scheme of construction of adaptive mobile educational environment by means of Internet technologies is developed, which has a certain functional structure - a set of functional algorithms that provide user interaction with the system that determines the use and role in the system and internal logic of data blocks. Listening to the functional requirements for creating an adaptive mobile educational environment, 4 main types of users (roles) of systems are identified and previous members of the system are analyzed. The system of distribution of users which is constructed on the principle of hierarchical structure is offered. It is likely that the GRPC communication protocol is required to ensure the highest communication speed for synchronous HTTP requests between servers. Pay attention to the development of server parts of the adaptive mobile educational environment on the correct deployment of services, with each request by ensuring the security of data access control system through service authentication and authorization. The administrative part of the adaptive mobile educational environment is described, the service of which should be as much as possible protected from external attacks. Of particular importance is the servers that deploy the most similar data. Find more data from the server part of the mobile educational environment for creating relational databases based on MS SQL Server, as well as a documentary database based on MongoDB. Considering the capabilities of the hosting environment, a generalized scheme of deployment of backend services of adaptive mobile environment is built. As a result of designing the internal structure of systems, there are basics of relatively known and prescribed algorithms, which indicate that the infrastructure scheme is based on three main algorithms, namely: the algorithm of authentication and authorization; algorithms for interaction with the file system (storage and retrieval of medical data); algorithms for downloading and analyzing completed tasks.


The Public Work Department had a very important role in the urbanization process in the state of Perak. It was founded in 1872 and the new organization was introduced. The role and involvement of British officers were becoming wider to meet the need in administrative and professional fields such as engineering and architecture. The research was carried out by using qualitative methods of collecting the data and information on the role of the Public Work Department in the networking system development in the state of Perak. The approaches of document analysis, such as the Federated Malay States Government Gazette, Federated Malay States Annual Report of Railways and Perak Secretariat, which obtained from the National Archived of Malaysia has been emphasized in collecting the data. The writing and research on Perak development also been referred to as strengthening the finding of the study. The finding shows that there were various plans and development, implementation was carried out after the establishment of the Public Work Department in Perak. The plan and implementation involve the matters relating to the construction, infrastructure facilities of railways connection and roads. Among them was the construction of the first railway link which connects Taiping and Port Weld. The construction of the railway network was increasing throughout the state until the 1930's. Therefore, the Public Works Department has played a major role in ensuring that the implementation of the communication system is well structured and successful.


Teak ( Tectona grandis L.) is one of tropical native herbs from Indonesia, which tubers development has been focused and the leaves become wastes. Nowadays, the teak leaves compound has been investigated alike its phenolic compound for coloring agent, mosquito larvicidal, and organic fertilizer composite. This research aimed to analyze the effect of citric acid addition to the teak leaves extraction process and the impact of teak leaves extract proportion to the physical, chemical, and organoleptic syrup characteristics. This research consisted of 2 main steps. The first was citric acid addition (2%, 3%, 4%, 5% and 6%) on extraction process and the second was teak leaves extract addition on syrup production. The Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 4 levels of factors (30%, 40%, 50%, and 60%) and 3 replications were applied to analyze the parameter. The citric acid addition gave very significant effect (p>0.01) on pH, antioxidant, and color (L), while it gave not significant effect on color (a and b) and anthocyanin of teak leaves extract. The result showed that the effect of teak leaves extract addition was very significant (p>0.01) on the pH, color (L and a), viscosity, and sugar content of syrup. While it was also significant (p>0.05) on anthocyanin content and insignificant on color (b) of syrup. The best treatment was proved by 50% addition of teak leaves with the value of pH (3.86), viscosity (1.57), sugar content (23), color (L= 31.3; a=2.66; b=-0.4), anthocyanin (0.05), and antioxidant (0.728).


State of health of the people is determined not only by medical actions, but also by compliance with hygienic standards and principles of a healthy lifestyles. The starting-point in formation of a healthy lifestyle is the hygienic nurturing of the children. The article defines the essence of valueological activities, gives information about a methodical ensuring of hygienic nurturing of the pupils developed by us. The structure of formation of the positive hygienic behavior of the primary school children was presented. It reflects the goals, objectives and content of the methodical ensuring of hygienic nurturing for juniors, as well as content of the methodical ensuring of hygienic maintenance for parents of juniors. The influence of sport activities on the development and the physical health of the child was reviewed. Analyzed the results of monitoring the level of hygienic knowledge, skills and ability of primary school students against a background of hygienic education. Reflected the degree of influence of hygienic knowledge on formation hygienic skills and ability of primary school students. The effectiveness of educational work to change of mental performance of primary school students was assessed against a background of hygienic nurturing. The coefficient of efficiency of mental activity of school students was calculated in the learning process. It was concluded that our methodical ensuring hygienic education for primary school children and their parents affects on functionality of the central nervous system in the early stages of fatigue formation.


This paper describes a study of the generation of a plughole vortex and its consequences in a drainpipe during drainage of water from a stationary rectangular tank. The critical and minimum depths of water above the inlet of the drainpipe, where a surface dip starts to develop for drainpipes of various diameters, were examined parametrically. This study explored the following naturally occurring phenomena arising from a plughole vortex. (i) A plughole vortex initially causes a surface dip to develop towards the inlet of the drainpipe and as the surface dip approaches the inlet of the drainpipe it creates a droplet-shaped air bubble. (ii) A unique bubble transformation, i.e. from a droplet-shaped to a donut-shaped bubble ring, occurs just after the separation of the droplet-shaped air bubble from the surface dip. (iii) The donut-shaped bubble ring flows with the drain water and initially causes bubbly flow in the drainpipe. (iv) As the water head above the inlet of the drainpipe decreases, the droplet-shaped bubble size increases, and consequently, the bubble ring size increases and causes slug flow in the drainpipe. (v) As the slugs combine, the flow of the draining water eventually becomes annular flow in the drainpipe. Sounds, such as that of instantaneous fizz and bubble sink draining, were observed to be produced as a result of the bubble formation process. Temporal changes in the shape and size of the air bubbles were studied. Within the range of 0.45–0.6, the ratio of the bubble diameter to the bubble length was found to be linearly proportional to the ratio of the water depth to the diameter of the drainpipe. Several drainage cases were simulated numerically to observe the physics of these naturally occurring phenomena. The shapes and sizes of the vortices induced by plugholes have been visualised and analysed using the vortex core method.


Downsampling technique for intraframe coding is a new scenario for low bit rate coding. In the existing methods of downsampling technique, the alternate entire row or column of pixels are downsampling, Which leads to more loss image quality during interpolation. Checkerboard pattern technique is proposed in downsampling process. Here we remove alternate pixel value same as chess board. Interpolation is a process of generating a value of a pixel based on its neighbors. We use adaptive weighted interpolation technique. JPEG-LS technique is to provide effective lossless and near lossless compression in upsampling and downsampling process. LOCO-I algorithm is used in JPEG-LS. By using this technique, the image quality is


The ecology study results of bacteria isolated from the wild animals that were obtained by hunting are presented in the article. The research results confirmed the identity of some bacteria types in the wild mammal and bird organisms.


At a time when distrust of corporate management is at an all-time high and the media are increasing their focus on corporate governance, Standard & Poor's has published a study that examines the transparency and disclosure (T&D) practices of major public companies around the globe. This article describes how the Standard & Poor's T&D study was conducted and what the finding reveal, addressing such questions as: Which companies provide the most extensive disclosure in their basic corporate filings? Which companies disclose above and beyond what the law requires? Are there significant differences among the T&D practices of various regions and within regions? What is the significance of the T&D rankings? How can T&D be improved? Standard & Poor's T&D rankings have a wide distribution across countries and regions and reveal some interesting findings about practices within and among the different countries and regions. For U.S. companies, there are significant differences in the amount of disclosure provided in annual reports. T&D rankings based on annual reports for the U.S. companies studies are correlated to the determinants of expected returns, such as market risk, size, and the price-to-book ratio.


Filling machine for filling foodstuffs, particularly beverages, in composite packages open on top, carried in rotation, and for the closure thereof, with a transport packet, a sterilization unit, a unit of drying, a filling unit and a locking unit, characterized by the fact that have been placed fixedly on a turntable (1) a plurality of groups formed as a line drawing and consisting of a sterilization unit, a drying unit and a filling unit, the processing lines run substantially in a radial direction relative to the axis of rotation (R) of the turntable (1) and the transport direction of the composite packages (P ) on the turntable (1) runs radially to the rotation axis (R) of the turntable (1).


This paper explores faith-based constructions of mobility and spatial hierarchies among African migrants in Guangzhou, China. The city hosts a diverse population of foreign Christians: investors and professionals are increasingly joined by migrants from the global periphery. The religious needs of the former group have been accommodated through government approval of a non-denominational church for foreigners. By contrast, Pentecostal churches catering mainly to Africans operate in anonymous hotels and office buildings under informal agreements with law-enforcement officers. These churches are forced to relocate or shut down when their presence becomes too conspicuous. The analysis is based on in-depth interviews, participant observation, and video recordings of sermons in one such church, with a predominately Nigerian congregation. The marginality of the churches is mirrored by the daily lives of the church-goers: many are undocumented immigrants who restrain their movements within and between urban areas to avoid police interception. The Church leadership encourages members to exercise spatial discipline, which underscores their marginality in the urban environment. However, the Church also presents an alternative geography in which the migrants take center stage: First, Africans are given responsibility for evangelizing the Gospel, as Europeans are seen to have abandoned their mission. Second, China is presented as a pivotal battlefield for Christianity. Third, Guangzhou is heralded for its potential to deliver divine promises of prosperity. The geographical imagery of the mission theology assigns meaning to the migration experience, but simultaneously reinforces the distrust and ethnic isolation created by everyday experiences of spatial marginalization.


Drug delivery through electroporation could be highly beneficial for the treatment of different types of diseased tissues within the human body. In this work, a mathematical model of reversible tissue electroporation is presented for injecting drug into the diseased cells. The model emphasizes the tissue boundary where the drug is injected as a point source. Drug loss from the tissue boundaries through extracellular space is studied. Multiple pulses are applied to deliver a sufficient amount of drug into the targeted cells. The set of differential equations that model the physical circumstances are solved numerically. This model obtains a mass transfer coefficient in terms of pore fraction coefficient and drug permeability. It controls the drug transport from extracellular to intracellular space. The drug penetration throughout the tissue is captured for the application of different pulses. The boundary effects on drug concentration are highlighted in this study. The advocated model is able to perform homogeneous drug transport into the cells so that the affected tissue is treated completely. This model can be applied to optimize clinical experiments by avoiding the lengthy and costly in vivo and in vitro experiments.


The poetry of the eminent Bulgarian writer Penco Slavejkov (1866-1912) is interesting both for its content and for its language. On the one hand Slavejkov introduced new literary themes and genres in Bulgarian literature, and so became a champion of Western styles and ideas. On the other he employed in his poems national themes and genres which are connected with the history and folklore of Bulgaria. His language also gives a dualistic overlook: he is the creator of many neologisms, and at the same time he used colloquial language, including Turcisms and Graecisms, archaisms and dialectal words to an extent unequalled by other Bulgarian


In order to improve the estimation accuracy of the state of charge (SOC) of electric vehicle, a second-order RC equivalent circuit model considering the battery capacity time-variation is proposed. Combining the nonlinear characteristics of lithium iron phosphate battery and the second- order RC equivalent circuit model, the state space equation of lithium iron phosphate battery is established. Based on the limited estimation accuracy of the extended Kalman filtering algorithm for nonlinear state equations, a central difference Kalman filtering algorithm is proposed. The simulation results show that the central difference Kalman filtering algorithm is better than the extended Kalman filter algorithm in the same condition for the estimation accuracy of SOC.


AIMS
To compare the performance of four sequence-based and one microarray methods for DNA methylation profiling.

METHODS
DNA from two cell lines were profiled by reduced representation bisulfite sequencing, methyl capture sequencing (SS-Meth Seq), NimbleGen SeqCapEpi CpGiant(Nimblegen MethSeq), methylated DNA immunoprecipitation (MeDIP) and the Human Methylation 450 Bead Chip (Meth450K).

RESULTS & CONCLUSION
Despite differences in genome-wide coverage, high correlation and concordance were observed between different methods. Significant overlap of differentially methylated regions was identified between sequenced-based platforms. MeDIP provided the best coverage for the whole genome and gene body regions, while RRBS and Nimblegen MethSeq were superior for CpGs in CpG islands and promoters. Methylation analyses can be achieved by any of the five methods but understanding their differences may better address the research question being posed.


EAST(Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) is maked up of vacuum vessel, the superconducting poloidal field, toroidal field, the thermal shields, the cryostate and the main support. The main support structure of the EAST superconducting Tokamak (8 pillars) is used for supporting the weight about 340 tons of vacuum vessel, the superconducting poloidal field, toroidal field, the thermal shields, the cryostate etc. Strain and stress landed on the main support therefore affect its horizontal height and stability. While horizontal height and stability of apparatus affect its safety and stability when it is running, it needs something to test its strain and stress so as to adjust it timely. Based on the theoretic value and direction of strain of main support, a measure system of strain is exploited by using resistance strain gauge and the data acquire, through analysis and comparison, and with a software——Visual Basic The system has the advantages of low cost and good pertinency compared with the data acquire system sold in market.


This paper analyzes the present situation of e-commerce in China, introduces DOI technology, As the trend of e-commerce network bring insecurity, and probes into the application mode of DOI in e-commerce including the establishment of a national DOI registration agency about e-commerce and corresponding metadata database, the information contents provided by manufacturers in making DOI registration, and the procedures of manufacturers' DOI registration, and tries to put forward some new ideas for establishing the integrity mechanism by using DOI.


PT. Panca Mitra Multi Perdana is a company engaged in the export-import field. The production division is a division with a large workload and generally has the highest employee turnover compared to other divisions. Employee turnover can be suppressed by increasing perceived organizational support. This is because perceived good organizational support is directly proportional to organizational commitment and employee performance. This study aims to determine the effect of perceived organizational support on organizational commitment and employee performance on production division employees at PT. Panca Mitra Multi Perdana, located in Situbondo. This research uses causal quantitative research. The sample in this study amounted to 100 employees of the production division at PT. Panca Mitra Multi Perdana, located in Situbondo. Samples were selected using the purposive sampling method. Research data were analyzed using the Partial Least Square (PLS) method. The results showed that perceived organizational support had a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment with an R-Square value of 0.9123 (91.23%). Perceived organizational support has a positive and significant effect on employee performance with an R-Square value of 0.8997 (89.97%).


Introduction: Metabolic syndrome is associated with insulin resistance (IR) and low concentrations of adiponectin, an adipocytokine that improves insulin sensitivity and has anti-inflammatory and anti-atherogenic properties. An increase in circulating adiponectin may, therefore, have beneficial effects in terms of reduction of cardiovascular risk. We aimed to establish whether short-term (twoweek) lifestyle intervention alters serum concentrations of adiponectin, and whether there are changes in adiponectin during oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Material and methods: We measured adiponectin levels during 75.0 gram OGTT before and after two weeks of a hospital-based lifestyle modification programme that consisted of hypocaloric diet and moderate exercise in 16 severely obese, non-diabetic subjects (4 males), aged 42.0±14.18 years, BMI 42.65±7.82 kg/m 2


The invention relates to a preparation method of fluorescence carbon quantum dots. The preparation method comprises the following steps: a first step, collecting plant leaves, washing the leaves and drying the leaves in the air; a second step, burning the clean leaves to obtain a black solid; a third step, grinding the black solid into a powder, and dispersing the powder in a solvent to obtain a well dispersed suspension through magnetic stirring and ultrasonic treatment; a fourth step, centrifuging the suspension or carrying on a separating process using a filter membrane, removing precipitation to obtain a clear solution; and a fifth step, removing the solvent in the clear solution, then obtaining the solid of the fluorescence carbon quantum dots. According to the invention, a variety of the plant leaves can be employed as raw materials, sources of the raw materials are wide and preparation processes of the method are simple and easy.