A wireless body area network (WBAN) is a wireless network of wearable computing devices and intelligent physiological sensors. The intelligent physiological sensors collect and process sensitive data from the patient body. The security, reliability, and trustworthiness of sensitive data collected and processed by intelligent physiological sensors are critical due to its unique application domain. Moreover, consistent and reliable data gathering along with its transmission also plays a vital role in WBANs. Trust management (in BANs) has been found as a useful tool to improve cooperation among sensor nodes, security as well as reliability. The paper recommends a novel and efficient, lightweight trust assessment scheme (ETAS) suitable for health application domains and does not rely purely on any encryption technique. The primary purpose is to develop an exciting comprehensive, novel trust estimation framework for BANs to enhance reliability, dependability, security by isolating compromised (hotspot) nodes with great resource efficiency. ETAS incorporates several exclusive (unique) features like efficient trust evaluator, secure and attack resistant, along with competent trust aggregator function to achieve comprehensive trust score. The trust evaluator function is a multi-trust (communication trust, data trust, and energy trust) strategy to deal with severe internal security threats such as badmouthing attack, ballot-stuffing attack, sybil attack, traitor attack, etc. with less resource consumption. Moreover, ETAS incorporates both the success rate and misbehavior component during trust evaluation. The success rate record the number of successful/unsuccessful interactions among sensor nodes in terms of packet send/receive. The misbehavior component keeps records of current and past misbehavior of sensor nodes for effective decision making. Moreover, ETAS focus on the frequency of interaction among biomedical sensor nodes within a specified period to analyze their behavior for efficient trust decisions. Furthermore, ETAS incorporates temperature, data trust as well as the trust score of biomedical sensors to identify hotspot nodes in BSN. ETAS offers full flexibility to adjust the trust threshold, trust domain, reward, and punishment term according to system and application requirements. ETAS's efficiency is validated through several outcomes (MATLAB R2019a) along with theoretical analysis in terms of energy consumption, attack detection, mitigation, trust computation cost, and packet delivery ratio.


20 Abstract: 182 words 21 Running Head: Receptor dynamics and noise perform signal estimation 22 23 C.M. Marcoux designed and carried out all in vitro experiments and analysis and 24


Among the love stories of Tang Dynasty,man-ghost love was very popular.Compared with the same stories in the Six Dynasties,it formed a distinctive paradigm with a new plot structure and narratives.As far as the deep cultural psychology is concerned,the rise of such stories in that era reveals the love illusion of those intellectual who were down and out.


In deal with the disturbances in the production of steelmaking and continuous casting,the manual scheduling responses slowly and gives un-optimal results.After examining various patterns of manual adjustment of schedule against the disturbances,we propose a non-linear programming model for online dynamic scheduling,in which the required ad-justment is realized by changing the constraints.The model is solved by converting it into a linear programming model. This method has been applied to a large steel plant;resulting in an efficient reduction of the dynamic scheduling time and the redundant waiting time for molten steel,and an improvement of the load ratio of facilities.


This article describes theory and experiments in the case of propagation of sound in the presence of an impedance discontinuity and a curved surface (or sound‐speed gradients). The theory is based on a residue series, or creeping wave, solution developed for the propagation of sound in a stratified medium under conditions favorable to the formation of a shadow zone. The creeping wave solutions on each side of the impedance discontinuity are coupled heuristically by assuming a virtual source above discontinuity. The theory is compared to controlled measurements made indoors above a curved surface having an impedance jump (hard to soft). The measurements were made using a point source driven by frequencies in the range between 0.3 and 10 kHz. The theory is also compared to measurements made outdoors above a flat ground having a mixed path (asphalt to grass) in the presence of realistic gradients. Pure tones in the frequency range between 0.5 and 5 kHz were generated from a point source and the resulting sou...


Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) in musicians is one of the biggest problems they face almost daily in their professional work. This study aims to determine whether there is a difference in MPA among Music majors students in Spain and if there is a variation depending on the study center to which they belong. This research, which can be considered as the first in Spain with these characteristics, analyses the differences in both MPA and its relationship with other psychological constructs (optimism, self-efficacy, achievement motivation and sensitivity to reward and punishment). The sample consists of 482 students from five centers, obtained from a sample availability criteria. For the evaluation of the different psychological constructs has been used a questionnaire ad hoc specially designed for measuring anxiety and the other constructs mentioned above. After the quantitative treatment of the data, it is found that MPA is present in these Spanish music students. In addition to the MPA, statistically significant differences (p<0.05) in the different constructs were found.


Mitral valvotomy has now become a standard surgical procedure, and in recent years a number of reports of the results have appeared in the literature (Baker et al., 1952; Bailey et al., 1952; Logan and Turner, 1953; Sellors et al., 1953; Douglas and HiU, 1954; Wood, 1954). The object of the following communication is to present clinical details, investigations, and operative findings in 75 patients submitted to mitral valvotomy between December, 1950, and September, 1954, and to analyse the results in 56 of them who have been followed up for periods ranging from six months to three years. Particular emphasis has been paid to the problem of accurate diagnosis of mitral valve disease, and to the association between important symptoms and physical signs, in the assessment of the severity of the stenosis. We also report the clinical findings in 10 patients with severe mitral incompetence associated with stenosis who were submitted to operations for repair of the mitral valve. The indications for valvotomy are discussed later. The results of valvotomy have been examined critically in the light of the pre-operative picture. It will be realized that this series represents a highly selected group of patients who were considered suitable for mitral valvotomy or valve repair, and the symptoms, and physical findings must not be taken as necessarily representing the findings in all cases of mitral disease.


A physiological disorder, called tipburn, commonly occurs in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), particularly in greenhouse cultivation and in hot seasons, and reduces its marketability. Calcium (Ca) deficiency is the main cause of tipburn injury. In the present study, we investigated the effect of exogenous spermidine (Spd) on the occurrence of tipburn in hydroponically cultivated head lettuce (var. capitata L.) and elucidated the role of Ca ions (Ca2+) in its prevention with respect to absorption and transport. Ca deficiency in the nutrient solution resulted in reduced uptake of Ca2+ in lettuce roots, thereby resulting in Ca deficiency in leaves, leading to leaf senescence and tipburn. An application of exogenous Spd promoted Ca2+ uptake in lettuce roots under Ca deficiency and promoted Ca2+ transportation to leaves, especially to inner leaves, thus delaying leaf senescence and reducing the incidence of tipburn. The results indicated that application of exogenous Spd is an effective method to decrease tipburn in lettuce caused by Ca deficiency. Additional key words: calcium deficiency, leaf senescence delay, spermidine, tipburn index, tipburn prevention


Background: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic, that occurs in many part of the world,
most countries in Southeast Asia declared as endemic areas of leptospirosis.
Indonesia is a country with high case fatality rate of leptospirosis reaching 7.1%,
with a range between 2.5 - 16, 45%, in patients aged over 50 years the mortality
rate can reach 56%. Klaten district includes one of the distribution of
leptospirosis. Data in 2008 showed that 21 were positively infected by leptospires
of 66 people under investigation. In 2010 there were 5 deaths from 15 cases were
found. Cases continue to rise in 2011 and expanded in several villages and
districts, especially areas that are near the area of rice fields and streams.
Objective: Knowing the distribution pattern of leptospirosis and risk factors in
Klaten.
Research methods: An observational study, design with a combination of
ecological and case-control study. Implemented in Klaten in 2011. Subjects were
residents who are diagnosed of leptospirosis or infected by Leptospira. Diagnosis
is confirmed by a doctor based on clinical criteria of WHO-1982 and diagnostic
test equipment (leptotek or MAT). Samples were taken of 210 people consisting
of 105 cases and 105 controls. Analysis of data used is average nearest neighbor,
Mc. Nemar and Conditional logistic regression(CI: 95%).
Results: The pattern of distribution of leptospirosis in Klaten clustered at
coordinates 454 230, 9.15211 UTM zone 49S, a radius of 423.86 meters. Risk
factors for leptospirosis in Klaten is house sanitation (OR = 7.89, 95% CI: 2.68 to
23.21, p = 0.000), exposure from works (OR = 3.77, 95% CI: 1.49 to 9 , 54, p =
0.005) and the presence of rat (OR = 3.58, 95% CI: 1.35 to 9.49, p = 0.010).
Conclusion: Characteristics of cluster formation region is close to the rice field
area, a densely populated residential houses at a distance is very close (less than
20 meters). The most dominant risk factor is a house sanitation and presence of
rat.


There are many more urban children now, and hundreds of millions of them live in the kind of deep poverty that is a challenge to life, health and future prospects. The critical environmental health problems that are part of urban poverty, and that affect children in particular and disproportionate ways, have not gone away. Although cities, with their economies of scale and more prosperous economic bases, have long been considered better off than rural areas in terms of provision for child health and survival, this urban advantage has declined in some areas and is increasingly being called into question. (2) In the absence of effective, responsive local governance, poor urban areas are some of the world's most life- and health-threatening environments for children. In other words, 12 years on, it would be more than reasonable to devote another issue of the journal to the on-going crisis in environmental health for urban children. The fact that we have not done so in no way implies a lack of urgency in this area. Some of the papers do describe effective responses to this concern ‐ specifically the descriptions of UNICEF initiatives in the Philippines and Brazil. But our primary emphasis is different this time.


3 Abstract: In the pursuit of novel drugs, natural products, especially those from herbal medicines are being investigated in more detail. Plant extracts are complex samples and whilst screening of crude samples is of some use, reliable screening data can only be obtained from purified material. This study describes the novel application of automated preparative-HPLC combined with a rapid off-line bacterial bioassay, using the tetrazolium salt, XTT reaction as an indicator of bacterial metabolism. This approach facilitated the identification of bioactive fractions from Quercus baloot that were active against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. This is the first report of bioactivity associated with Q. baloot.


This paper addresses the Physics of Failure approach as a complement to the traditional design of reliability growth tests to determine the test duration in view of the test items' cumulative damage model. This approach is to improve what was a pure mathematical model which does not address the life and use operational profile of the item subject to reliability growth. The paper emphasizes the Physics of Failure, PoF, rationale where the failure rates of the failure modes are a function of applied stress types, levels, and their durations. During its life, a product/item experiences cumulative damage introduced by the environmental and operational stresses in its actual use. This damage reduces its designed strength to a lower level and the comparison of that strength or the requirement to the actual stresses yields product reliability at the end of a specified time period. The goal of a reliability growth test is to, through product improvements during test, achieve this required reliability. The paper explains how the reliability growth test is de signed with regards to the product expected life, and how to best simulate the life environments in the test. Reliability data analysis is also addressed in this paper where failure occurrence times are mapped to the product life, a new approach to the data organization, which eliminates dependence of the test results on the test sequence or the initial test time. The methodology for the test duration and environments planning explained in this paper does not demand knowledge of initial product reliability. In that manner the PoF test design bridges the gap between the pure mathematics and the technical properties of the tested items and the underlying laws of the physics of failure.


The sIL16 cDNA was amplified by PCR,and then the fragment was inserted into an expression vector pET28a(+) under T7 promoter control and constructed recombinant plasmid pETsIL16.pETsIL16 was transformed to E.coli BL21(DE3) and the protein was expressed after IPTG induction at low temperature.It was purified by Ni2+ affinity chromatography column,and incubating with Jurkat cells to access its function to IL2R expression on the surface of the cells. An obvious expression band about 18kD can be detected in the recombinant protein by SDSPAGE.The purity efficiency was up to 90 percent.And the recombinant product upregulated the IL2R expression on surface of the Jurkat cells about 18.54 percent.


ECFA taking effect from jounary 1st of 2010 is an important phase achievement of economic relationship between mainland and taiwang.This paper analysis two main factors about ECFA's latter development.first one is international economics's recovery speed,the second one is fluctuation of mainland's outer demand.In long run,ECFA should benefit resource allocation efficiency in three regions including mailand,taiwang and hongkong,raise the importantance of unitive markets' intergration.


INTRODUCTION: To examine the relationship between county-level obstetrician-gynecologist (GYN) and primary care physician (PCP) densities and gynecologic cancer outcomes and whether county socioeconomic factors affect cancer prognosis. METHODS: An analysis of gynecologic cancers (uterine, ovarian, cervical) in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database was performed from 2005 to 2018. County-level demographics were abstracted from SEER, population density from the U.S. Census, and physician density (GYN and PCP per 100,000 females) from the Area Health Resources File. PCP included family, internal, and general medicine physicians. Backward stepwise regression models were used. RESULTS: Final analysis included 120,000 patients from the SEER database comprised of those with cervical (14.4%), uterine (60.2%), and ovarian cancers (25.4%). Initial analysis included 620 U.S. counties (41% metropolitan, 59% nonmetropolitan). Mean GYN density was 12 per 100,000 females and mean PCP density was 99 per 100,000 females. Multivariate analysis for cancer stage by primary site showed that GYN density was inversely correlated with cancer stage at diagnosis (P=.001). Analysis also showed that percent Black population was positively correlated with cancer stage (P=.001), whereas household income was negatively correlated with cancer stage (P=.01). Multivariate analysis for 5-year survival by cancer stage showed no correlation with GYN or PCP density. We found that educational attainment (P=.01) and population size (P=.001) were positively correlated with 5-year survival (P=.01). CONCLUSION: Lower GYN density was associated with more advanced cancer stage at time of diagnosis across the United States. Nonmetropolitan county status was also associated with worse cancer outcomes. Targeting GYN physician supply in lower-density counties may help improve population-based gynecologic cancer care.


: The first observation of the D 0 → π + π − µ + µ − and D 0 → K + K − µ + µ − decays is reported using a sample of proton-proton collisions collected by LHCb at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, and corresponding to 2 fb 1 of integrated luminosity. The corresponding branching fractions are measured using as normalization the decay D 0 → Kπ + [ µ + µ ] ρ 0 /ω , where the two muons are consistent with coming from the decay of a ρ 0 or ω meson. The results are B ( D 0 → π + πµ + µ ) = (9 . 64 ± 0 . 48 ± 0 . 51 ± 0 . 97) × 10 7 and B ( D 0 → K + Kµ + µ ) = (1 . 54 ± 0 . 27 ± 0 . 09 ± 0 . 16) × 10 7 , where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and due to the limited knowledge of the normalization branching fraction. The dependence of the branching fraction on the dimuon mass is also investigated. The first observation of the D 0 → π þ π − μ þ μ − and D 0 → K þ K − μ þ μ − decays is reported using a sample of proton-proton collisions collected by LHCb at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, and corresponding to 2 fb − 1 of integrated luminosity. The corresponding branching fractions are measured using as normalization the decay D 0 → K − π þ ½ μ þ μ − (cid:2) ρ 0 = ω , where the two muons are consistent with coming from the decay of a ρ 0 or ω meson. The results are B ð D 0 → π þ π − μ þ μ − Þ ¼ ð 9 . 64 (cid:3) 0 . 48 (cid:3) 0 . 51 (cid:3) 0 . 97 Þ × 10 − 7 and B ð D 0 → K þ K − μ þ μ − Þ ¼ ð 1 . 54 (cid:3) 0 . 27 (cid:3) 0 . 09 (cid:3) 0 . 16 Þ × 10 − 7 , where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and due to the limited knowledge of the normalization branching fraction. The dependence of the branching fraction on the dimuon mass is also investigated.


Avalanches are recurrent phenomena. They generate in a variety of nivo-meteorological conditions. There are two main procedures to reduce the avalanche risk, considering apart structural works that should be designed after accurate mapping and complementary studies. The first is temporal prediction, so elaboration and diffusion of avalanche hazard bulletins. These bulletins are very useful for managers of the mountain areas, like ski resort safety responsibles, roads and other infrastructure managers, civil security and emergency managers and mountain users like alpinists and cross country skiers. The second is spatial prediction, based on mapping. People often feel defenceles with respect to avalanches, for instance when a large one impacts against a building or another infrastructure. As a result, legislation about land use planning, similar to the one existing in other European countries, forbidding building inside avalanche areas, is needed in Spain in order to protect the non-informed population. The application of this legislation should be based on good hazard maps. About the climate change, in IPCC 3rd Evaluation Report, several probable climate change scenarios at global scale are presented. In all of them it is concluded that, likely, minimum temperatures will increase, there will be less cold days, freezing days and cold waves in most continental zones. This will produce the 0oC isotherm elevation towards higher altitudes, so the elevation of the continuous snow cover limit during winters. About global scale precipitation, it can not be concluded whether there will be a positive increase of extreme storm events, so it can not be concluded that there will be a variation of extreme avalanches. About future risk, in the case of the best possible scenario, with a slight increase of temperatures (2-4oC) and no increase of storms, most probably large magnitude avalanches, reaching valley bottoms and possibly affecting buildings and infrastructures, will continue generating as nowadays. Forest with protection function will probably continue to deteriorate, increasing starting zones of avalanches and producing an increase of the magnitude of some extreme avalanches. Hence the need of good forest management practices. The reduction of future avalanche risk should be based, then, on a good legislation (and good hazard maps), a good forest management and a good lad use planning.


Efficiency is the core competitiveness of insurers.In this paper we examine the key factors that influence the efficiency of insures,and the results show that the structure of insurance company's property-rights dominated by state-owners makes incentive,restraint and distribution function of property rights can not effectively play its due role,leading to a corresponding loss of efficiency,and insurers with better corporate governance tend to be more efficiency.


Portable instruments detecting both nonvolatile and volatile organic surface contaminants in real time developed. Instruments easy to use: operate under ordinary ambient atmospheric conditions, without need to use messy liquid solvents or install and remove witness plates, and without need to cut specimens from surfaces to be inspected. Principle of detection involves sweeping pure, activated gas across surface spot inspected, then monitoring light emitted at wavelengths characteristic of excited molecules formed by chemical reactions between activated gas and contaminants. Gas activated by dc discharge, radio-frequency induction, microwave radiation, laser beam, hot filaments, or any other suitable means that excites some of gas molecules.


Growth and development of children at the aged 1-5 is an action that requires maximum attention. Because at the age 1-5 it refers to a faster and most critical phase of child development, usually known as the golden money phase. This phase is esensial, because form the privasity and characteristic beginning from this, WHO (2014). rowth and development disputes are a serious problem for both developed and advance countries around the world, and growth is assessed by body weight, height, and head cycle, development is assessed by motor, social, emotional, speech and cognitive capacity. According to the World Health Organization (2020) it was discovered that 149 million children suffered stunting, 45 million children were weaker/seriously wasted and over 38 million obesity/weighted. On the other hand, the WHO also stated that child mortality in the age of < 5 increased by 45% due to lack of nutrition. According to data by the Ministry of Health of Timor-Leste, (2018) children aged 1-5 years of age suffering from malnutrition were 1.521, men 734 and women 787. In this research, quantitative discretive aproach cross sectional Type of saturate sampling has a total of 29 people. Data collection techniques are used by a questionary with questions closed. To know the factors that influence the growth and development disturbances of children aged 1-5 years old at the Liquica Internal Health Centre, Liquica Municipality. Based on the results of 29 respondents, the majority of child nutrition factors were 15 people (51.7%), the majority of child stimulations were 14 people (48.3%) and the majority of child growth and development disabilities were 15 people (51.7%). Statistics test using Spearman Rank Corelation nutrition for children with growth and development disabilities with the value of P-Value = 0.001 with the value of r = 0.573 * * and the correlation test of the factors of stimulation and growth and development disabilities with the value of P-Value = 0.003 with the value of r = 0.527*, resulting in evidence that the correlation is sufficiently strong.


Controlled thermonuclear fusion environments require electronic systems that can withstand both high radiation doses and elevated temperatures. This study investigates the response of power transistors and low voltage logic circuits to these two constraints.


Anderson (1980) and Harris's (2000) examinations of the history of workplace learning and training in the United States highlight issues of power and control in the determination of what training is provided to workers. This paper reviews these two texts and considers the implications of a constructivist paradigm in addressing the dilemmas of power and control in the determination of workplace training that are raised by these two authors.


Many vertebrate motor and sensory systems "decussate" or cross the midline to the opposite side of the body. The successful crossing of millions of axons during development requires a complex of tightly controlled regulatory processes. Because these processes have evolved in many distinct systems and organisms, it seems reasonable to presume that decussation confers a significant functional advantage—yet if this is so, the nature of this advantage is not understood. In this article, we examine constraints imposed by topology on the ways that a three‐dimensional processor and environment can be wired together in a continuous, somatotopic, way. We show that as the number of wiring connections grows, decussated arrangements become overwhelmingly more robust against wiring errors than seemingly simpler same‐sided wiring schemes. These results provide a predictive approach for understanding how 3D networks must be wired if they are to be robust, and therefore have implications both for future large‐scale computational networks and for complex biomedical devices. Anat Rec, 291:1278–1292, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


However, they can be successfully treated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).Praisefor Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the Overcoming series ...


We present a field theoretical model of anomalous transport in Weyl semimetals. We calculate the chiral magnetic and chiral vortical effect in the electric, axial (valley), and energy current. Our findings coincide with the results of a recent analysis using kinetic theory in the bulk of the material. We point out that the kinetic currents have to be identified with the covariant currents in quantum field theory. These currents are anomalous and the CME appears as anomalous charge creation/annihilation at the edges of the Weyl semimetal. We discuss a possible simultaneous experimental test of the chiral magnetic and the chiral vortical effect sensitive to the temperature dependence induced by the gravitational contribution to the axial anomaly.


We examined the communities of bacteria and fungi associated with the cloaca of adult House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) to investigate whether microbes could be transferred during copulation and thus represent a cost to mating. The levels of microbes in the cloacae of the male and female of eight breeding pairs were significantly correlated. The levels of microbes on the rim of the cloacal protuberance, which comes into direct contact with another bird during copulation, were similar to those inside the cloaca. These findings are consistent with microbes being transferred during copulation. Females could also receive non-cloacal pathogens during copulation, given that two of five males sacrificed had microbes within their testes, which could be incorporated into the ejaculate. Undeveloped eggs were screened for the presence of microbes, although only a low proportion (18%) was contaminated. It seems unlikely that micro1 Received 16 March 1999. Accepted 1 March 2000. 2 Current address: Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, U.K., e-mail: i.r.stewart@sheffield. ac.uk bial contamination is a general cause of egg failure in this species.


The use of Gasket or sealing ring is one of the most important and just less than a perfect method to prevent leakage of fluids both during the static and dynamic condition. Moreover, the subject of using natural or organic materials has gained prime importance amongst both designers and researchers to reduce environmental impact. This study focuses on the design and Analysis of gasket material which has a combination of Latex and Natural Fibres. Significant areas where gaskets are used have thermal and pressure force as a boundary condition, which demands the need for various sealing ring material. The model of Gaskets is prepared as per standards in SOLIDWORKS 2016 Comparison based on equivalent stress, deformation, thermal expansion, thermal stress and strain are done between Silicon rubber and natural composite materials in ANSYS workbench 18.2. The model was analysed between three materials which are Silicon rubber, Latex and Banana fibres, Latex and Coconut coir. Mathematical interpolation is used to obtain various mechanical properties of the natural Fibre using volume fraction. The critical properties considered for the Analysis are young's modulus, the thermal expansion coefficient of the Natural Fibres


Nakh Kashmiri or Chinese sand pear is the most important cultivar of Pyrus pyrifolia group considering its yield potential as well as its consumer acceptability. But due to excessive vigour there is problem of reduced flower bud development, light penetration and increased incidence of insect pests and diseases. In order to stimulate flower bud formation in pear, it is imperative to control vigour of plants. Root pruning, trunk incision and pruning are considered the major growth controlling strategies which were tested in the present study. In addition, application of growth regulators (paclobutrazol and ethephon) were tested for their efficiency in controlling tree vigour and flower induction. The study was conducted on twenty-year-old Chinese Sandy pear trees. Plants treated with root pruning + paclobutrazol showed better results with minimum trunk growth, leaf area, nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium contents and maximum carbohydrate content (shoots and leaves), flower intensity.


In 1980s a part of scholars put forward the theory about "aesthetic ideology". In fact, literature and art are not ideology, because ideology refers to the idea or thought with the conscious system of class, but the literature and art works do not always have such idea or thought, still more are not what thinking system. Essentially, they are a kind of aesthetic feeling. They only have ideological forming character.


Environmental protection in the twenty‐first century is more important than ever. Despite this, urbanization has led to an increase in the worldwide push for environmental sustainability and reducing pollution from human activities in the air, water, soil, etc. Pursuing a better quality of life has led humanity to use more of the planet's finite resources. This analysis focused on demographics such as age, gender, occupation, degree of education, and socio‐economic status. This study focuses on the people of Andhra Pradesh, India, to gauge their familiarity with and outlook on climate change and other worldwide environmental concerns. People's judgments of the efficacy of individual action in coping with the adverse effects of environmental and climatic changes and the most visible changes in these areas are assessed. The results of this research will be used to shape future communication and public awareness campaigns, whether they are aimed at spreading specific ideas or policies. Thus, it is seen as more vital to examine the possibility of strengthening communication capabilities and public outreach than to determine whether or not common knowledge is accurate.


Nurse Coaches and Changing the Health of Our Nation Susan Luck, RN, MA, HNC, CN, is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Miami, a national speaker, director of the Integrative Nursing Institute, and the founder of the Earthrose Institute, an organization dedicated to educating women on nutrition, environmental health, and breast cancer prevention. (Altern Ther Health Med. 2010;16(5):78-80.)


This article is made specifically in the warehouse area in the process of inventory management and materials in a service business where the operating headquarters is located in the city of Bogota. It comes in the results of the inventory of materials inventory conducted a reliability of 60%, with a difference of 35% to exposing the inventory policy of the company, which corresponds to 95% accuracy.

To identify the reasons why such material differences occur, a visual inspection of the warehouse and interview staff that is part of this area is carried out, resulting in a general inconsistencies that lead to propose a methodology based on processes evaluation activities and determine action plans that will determine the monitoring and progress in percentage and periods determined by the Coordinator.

Finally, it is intended to be made and different management indicators for evaluating process in order to control the various operations that affect physical inventory taking and thus their level of reliability.


CONTEXT
- Immunomarkers with diagnostic, therapeutic, or prognostic values have been increasingly used to maximize the benefits of clinical management of patients with neoplastic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, biliary tract, and pancreas.

OBJECTIVES
- To review the characteristics of immunomarkers that are commonly used in surgical pathology practice for neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, biliary tract, and pancreas, and to summarize the clinical usefulness of immunomarkers that have been discovered in recent years in these fields.

DATA SOURCES
- Data sources include literature review, authors' research data, and personal practice experience.

CONCLUSIONS
- Immunohistochemistry is an indispensable tool for the accurate diagnosis of neoplastic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, biliary tract, and pancreas. Useful immunomarkers are available to help distinguish malignant neoplasms from benign conditions, determine organ origins, and subclassify neoplasms that are morphologically and biologically heterogeneous. Specific immunomarkers are also available to help guide patient treatment and assess disease aggressiveness, which are keys to the success of personalized medicine. Pathologists will continue to play a critical role in the discovery, validation, and application of new biomarkers, which will ultimately improve patient care.


The numerical modeling of Raman polarization attraction and amplification process in the telecommunication band around 1550nm are presented. The possibility of achieving both polarization pulling and amplification in a Polarization Division Multiplexing transmission system by exploiting the polarization dependence of stimulated Raman scattering is investigated. The acceptable crosstalk and Raman gain for Polarization Division Multiplexing transmission systems were achieved for some attraction/amplification block parameters. The interest in multifunction optical phenomena or multifunction optical devices should be stimulated in the near future. For example, the stimulated Raman scattering effect can be used for a combination of polarization controlling and optical amplification. The stimulated Raman scattering is an optical phenomenon that recently has had commercial interest because of its potential technologies in engineering. Stimulated Raman scattering has become important in the application of optical amplification for several important reasons as compared to other amplifications [1]. Additionally, stimulated Raman scattering can be used to achieve the polarization attraction effect [2, 3]. In real fibers the input states of polarization (SOPs) are not preserved because of the random birefringence (polarization mode dispersion). The uncontrolled SOPs variable can dramatically affect the performance of telecommunication systems. This phenomenon is very important, especially for a Polarization Division Multiplexing (PDM) transmission system. In this system two independently modulated data channels with the same wavelength but orthogonal SOPs are simultaneously transmitted in a single optical fiber. Two orthogonally polarized signals are transmitted to double the data throughput. At the receiver end, two polarization channels are separated by a polarization beam splitter and detected independently. The SOP for an output optical signal should be linear +45 [4]. For this SOP value, the demultiplexing process is correct and crosstalk between polarization channels is neglected. However, separating the two polarization channels with an acceptable crosstalk (less than –20dB) at the receiving end is not trivial, because the polarization states of the two channels change rapidly with time [5]. This problem can be solved by means of the polarization attraction effect. Polarization pulling, which is based on the stimulated Raman scattering effect, can be implemented for the polarization stabilization in a PDM transmission system. In the present paper the possibility of achieving both polarization pulling and amplification in a PDM transmission system is investigated by exploiting the polarization dependence of stimulated Raman scattering. The conceptual diagram of a polarization attraction/ amplification block scheme for a PDM transmission system is shown in Fig. 1. Optical data streams TX1 and TX2 with orthogonal SOPs (LH – linear horizontal, LV – linear vertical) are generated at the same wavelength and then multiplexed through a polarization beam combiner (PBC). During signal transmission over an optical fiber transmission link (FOL), the signal SOP evolves into an arbitrary polarization at point A in Fig. 1. The attraction/amplification block (AAB) followed by a polarization beam splitter (PBS) is used for polarization pulling and output signal amplification. The output signal SOP should be linear +45 at point B. Next, the two polarization channels are separated by PBS. Fig. 1. Diagram of proposed polarization DEMUX using stimulated Raman scattering effect. TX1, TX2 – transmitters, LH – linear horizontal polarization, LV – linear vertical polarization, PBC – polarization beam combiner, FOL – optical fiber transmission link, AAB attraction/amplification block, LP – Raman laser pump, PC – polarization controller, FO – optical fiber link for Raman amplification, S – splitter, PBS – polarization beam splitter, RX1, RX2 – receivers. Polarization pulling and signal amplification using Raman scattering for a Polarization Division Multiplexing transmission system


This article challenges Mr.Cheng Fangji's exposition on the nature of the beauty of calligraphy by putting forward that calligraphy is an art with art qualities,that as an artistic beauty calligraphy has the essential properties of artistic beauty.The real nature of the beauty of calligraphy lies in the form which pleases the eye and the content which pleases the mind.


The performance of the machine learning-based arc fault diagnosis method is significantly influenced by the effectiveness of features. This article proposes the use of the feature selection (FS) method to optimize the feature quality and classification result for arc fault diagnosis. An experimental system is constructed to generate arc fault current signals under various conditions. The limitations of the predetermined threshold-based methods in time, frequency, and time–frequency domains are outlined, and the dependence/redundancy issues present in the feature dataset are analyzed. To mitigate the impact of these issues, a light gradient boosting machine (LightGBM)-based FS method, which establishes the feature importance evaluation criterion for the selected optimal feature subset based on permutation importance (PI), is proposed in this article. The fitness proportionate sharing-based feature clustering (FPS-FC) method searches for potential feature clusters and selects a feature subset with low redundancy to accommodate unlabeled data. Finally, both the proposed FS methods are compared with six popular supervised/unsupervised methods using two classifiers across seven datasets. The results validate the effectiveness of the LightGBM-based and FPS-FC-based FS methods in enhancing the performance of arc fault diagnosis. In addition, a designed case on Raspberry Pi verifies the feasibility of the proposed methods in real-world applications.


In this study, a new approach for faster determination of quality in hay bale and haylage was aimed. To this end, the relationships between bale densities, dry matter (DM), pH content and penetrometer values in hay bale and haylage were investigated. The mixture of caramba (Lolium multiform cv Caramba) and berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L) was used as forage material. It was harvested by using two different harvesting methods and stored as dry hay and haylage. The penetrometer values were measured at four different points on bales. It was obtained that the pH content decreased with increase in bale density (R = 0.86) and with decrease in DM content (R = 0.86). The values measured at vertical-middle point gave higher correlation with density and pH contents.


Summary Antibiotic production in streptomycetes generally occurs in a growth phase-dependent and developmentally co-ordinated manner, and is subject to pathway-specific and pleiotropic control. Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) produces at least four chemically distinct antibiotics, including actinorhodin (Act) and undecylprodigiosin (Red). afsB mutants of S. coelicolor are deficient in the production of both compounds and in the synthesis of a diffusible g - butyrolactone, SCB1, that can elicit precocious Act and Red production. Clones encoding the principal and essential s factor ( s HrdB ) of S. coelicolor restored Act and Red production in the afsB mutant BH5. A highly conserved glycine (G) at position 243 of s HrdB was shown to be replaced by aspartate (D) in BH5. Replacement of G243 by D in the afsB 1 strain M145 reproduced the afsB phenotype. The antibiotic deficiency correlated with reduced transcription of act II-ORF4 and redD , pathway-specific regulatory genes for Act and Red production respectively. Exogenous addition of SCB1 to the G-243D mutants failed to restore Act and Red synthesis, indicating that loss of antibiotic production was not a result of the deficiency in SCB1 synthesis. The G-243D substitution, which lies in the highly conserved 1.2 region of undefined function, had no effect on growth rate or morphological differentiation, and appears specifically to affect antibiotic production.


This paper presents a successful experience in the field of intercultural education that promotes ICT and media: the ICTime project. In the project were involved teams from four European countries (Portugal - the coordinator country, Latvia, Poland and Romania as members). The project was held during a period of three years, from October 2006 to September 2009. The activities realized in this project were diverse, ranging from investigations and development of good practices to European contests and seminars. The main results of the project consist in developing good practices regarding the integration of ICT and media in the intercultural education. Materials, methodological and pedagogical strategies of using digital media in intercultural education developed in the context of the project were made available during the organized courses and on the project web site, represent the base of the integration of intercultural and media education.


Objective To investigate the constitution and diversity of Acaridida community in storaged Chinese traditional medicines.Methods The swatches of 501 kinds of Chinese traditional medicines were collected,and the Acarid mites were separated,identified and counted respectively,then the statistics methods were used to analyze the community diversity.Results 49 species of the Acarid mites were found in the aggregate,belonging to 25 genera,7 families.The average breeding density of the mites was 77.69/g,and the species richness index was 3.3,the diversity index was 5.88,the evenness index was 1.51.Conclusions The constitution of Acaridida community in storaged Chinese traditional medicines takes on diversification in Huainan region,and the polluted situation can′t be neglected. Different species of mites vary in aspects of breeding conditions and diet.


At the end of the XIX century and during the first half of the XX century, Henryk Hoyer and Zygmunt Grodzinski, two eminent Polish researchers, were carring out research on the lymphatic circulatory and blood circulatory systems. Later, these investigations were continued by their students and followers until 1966. Embryos from all groups of vertebrates were used for investigation and on that basis, models of the lymphatic and blood circulatory systems were proposed.


Trazodone (Molipaxin - Roussel) is a triazolopyridine derivative which has been used extensively on the continent of Europe to treat anxiety and depression, and is now available in Britain.


The invention discloses a device for processing a valve core, which comprises a lathe, wherein a rod clamping device is arranged on the lathe, and the device further comprises a tool apron, a stamping and locking device and a hydraulic tailstock, wherein the tool apron and the hydraulic tailstock are arranged on a guide rail at the right part of the lathe in a sliding manner, and the stamping and locking device is arranged at the right end of the rod clamping device on the lathe. The method for processing the valve core comprises the following steps: firstly clamping a rod, drilling a circular blank hole at the end part of the rod, well cutting an annular groove at the front end, cutting a fixed groove at the tail end, clamping the stamping and locking device in the fixed groove, using the hydraulic tailstock to punch the circular blank hole into a hexagonal inner hole, further processing a thread, and finally cutting off the well processed valve core. The method has the advantages that the positioning is performed only once, the size precision of the valve core is improved, the valve core after processing simultaneously has no process holes, the service life of the valve core is prolonged, the air leakage problem is difficult to occur, a worker can simultaneously operate multiple machines, and the labor cost is also saved.


Initial geostress is very important for the design and the construction of rock engineering.There are several methods based on finite element theory used to calculate geostress.According to measured geostress data obtained from Xiluodu Hydropower Station,the back analysis of initial geostress was conducted by means of neural network with the elastic finite element and the elastoplastic finite element.The results from back analysis of initial geostress with elastic and elastoplastic finite element calculations were compared.It indicated that the results from two schemes are very approximate,and they may simulate the regularities of distribution in the real geostress field.By further analysis,under natural condition,rock distortion is almost elastic except for little yield zone in surface.So in the low-mid geostress region,the result from elastic finite element calculation can reach the requirement of initial geostress back analysis.


We re-write the character formulae of
Adler and the first author in a form amenable to
explicit computations in p-adic harmonic analysis, and
use them to prove the stability of character sums for a
modification of Reeder's conjectural positive-depth,
unramified, toral supercuspidal L-packets.


Zearalenone (ZEA) is an estrogenic mycotoxin mainly produced by Fusarium graminerum, a species which colonizes a wide variety of cereals, including wheat, barley and processed products. A survey of ZEA contamination was conducted on 141 dried confectioneries, 59 breads and rice cakes, 135 noodles and 101 other products, for a total of 432 commercial samples. Samples were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) after immunoaffinity clean-up and was confirmed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LCMS/MS). The limits of detection and quantification were 2.0 and 6.0 μg/kg, respectively. The recovery ranged from 80.2% to 98.4% in the cereal based product. ZEA was detected in 38 samples (8.8% incidence), including 3 snack, 2 biscuit and 33 other cereal products. The ZEA contamination levels were in the range of 5.38-53.76 μg/kg. Finally, LC-MS/MS analysis of the contaminated samples was conducted to confirm the detected ZEA, and all 38 samples showing ZEA by HPLC-FLD were confirmed by LC-MS/MS.


Acute cerebral infarction refers to local ischemic necrosis or softening of the brain tissue caused by the blood supply disturbance,ischemia,hypoxia.Its morbidity,mortality,and the incidence of complications and recurrence rates in the elderly are very high in China.Statins can be used for the treatment and prevention of acute cerebral infarction.This paper reviewed the research progress on its action mechanism.


Many authors have presented various types of wide ratio pole changing windings. Some have done that using the principles of pole amplitude modulation (PAM) technique and others have resorted to the use of phase modulating (PM) technique. It has been reported that difficulties arise for wide ratio phase modulated windings when one of the pole numbers is triplen. This paper presents a novel wide ratio phase modulated winding which includes a triplen pole number.


This study investigates design of two kinds of JFET by experiment based on a standard 0.18µm BCD platform, satisfying the 60V on-state application. Meanwhile a range of pinch-off voltage (VP) from -IV to −6V is achieved and off-state breakdown voltage (BVoFF) reaches 107V even extending to 117V. By utilizing the P-type buried layer (PBL), maximum output current fabricated realizes 1.45mA without sacrificing BVoFF and VP. What's more, drain induced barrier lowering (DIBL) effect is analyzed with different applied voltages. Considering yield, BV OFF and V p of both structures are measured from different dies to illustrate its stability of layout design.


Objective To investigate the curative effect and prognostic factors of late course accelerated hyperfractionated three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy(LCAH-3DCRT) in patients with esophageal carcinoma.Methods The clinical data of 67 cases of esophageal carcinoma treated by LCAH-3DCRT were analyzed retrospectively.The clinical data included survival rate,adverse reaction,causes of death and prognostic factors.Results The median time of follow-up was 16 months.The 1-,2-,3-,and 4-year survival rates were 67.6%,50.9%,45.8%,35.9%,respectively.The median survival time was 28 months.The 1-,2-,3-,and 4-year survival rates of Ⅰ~Ⅲ esophageal carcinoma patients were 76.9%,63.6%,57.3%,and 44.9%,respectively.Single factor analysis showed that surival rates were affected by tumor site,tumor length,and TNM staging.Cox regression multivariate analysis showed that tumor site,tumor length,and TNM staging were independent prognostic factors,while gender and age were not ralated to prognosis.The main causes of death were local failure or recurrence,lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis.Conclusions Local control and survival rates of esophageal carcinoma patients treated by LCAH-3DCRT are higher than those with conventional treatment.Tumor site,tumor length and TNM staging are independent prognostic factors.


One kind of French press coffee maker, including Sheng cup, plunger and tolerance spoon. The filled cup comprises a generally cylindrical sidewall of the bottom wall and extending upwardly. The plunger includes a piston rod connected to the rod. Sheng axially movable on the piston cup. Receiving spoon comprises a spoon, and the peripheral edge of the base and upwardly extending arms connected to the base.


We use the CSIRO-Mk3.6 coupled climate model to examine the impact of anthropogenic aerosols (AAs) and long-lived greenhouse gases (GHGs) on aspects of the global ocean circulation. Focusing on the second half of the twentieth century, we compare multiple ten member ensembles of historical climate change, which are forced by different combinations of forcing agents; these different simulations enable us to separately diagnose the effects of changes in AAs and GHGs. We also compare ten member 21st century ensembles driven by Representative Concentration Pathways 4.5 (RCP4.5) and 8.5 (RCP8.5). To a large degree the pattern of change in the oceans due to the impact of AAs is similar to the effect of increasing GHGs, but of opposite sign. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (and associated North Atlantic Deep Water formation) strengthens in response to historical changes in AAs but weakens in response to increasing GHGs. Similarly, the Indonesian Throughflow strengthens in response to AAs, and weakens in response to increasing GHGs. The Drake Passage Transport, however, shows a small weakening (strengthening) due to historical changes in AAs (GHGs) in the ensemble mean. The change in the Drake Passage Transport is much clearer in the 21st century, in which it increases strongly in response to increasing GHGs and decreasing AAs in both RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. The results suggests that without the influence of AAs, changes in ocean circulation would have already followed a path much more like one dominated by increasing GHGs. Considering that the AA levels are expected to decrease during the next few decades, the effects of increasing GHGs on ocean circulation will be amplified accordingly.


Objectives: Determining tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance range as measured before the operation in the patients to whom total knee prosthesis will be applied due to mid to advanced level of osteoarthritic and seeing the post-operative variations in tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance and evaluating whether it has any impact on the patellofemoral instability that might develop after the operation.46 knees planned to be applied total knee prosthesis due to mid-advanced level of osteoarthritic were examined. Methods: In the preoperative and postoperative magnetic resonance images MRI routinely taken, tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance was measured. Later it was examined whether there was correlation between these preoperative and postoperative tibial tubercle-trochlear groove measurements and the data recorded before operation. Results: Preoperative tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance was found to be 8.83±3.54, postoperative tibial tubercle-trochlear groovedistance was found to be 8.30±3.89 and preoperative-postoperative tibial tubercle-trochlear groove variation was found to be 0,52±3,64 (p=0,337). In the patients whose alignment was 10 degrees or less, Pre-Op tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance was measured as 8.74±3.18 and in the patients whose alignment was more than 10 degrees, it was measured as 8.89±3,83 ( p=0.888). In the patients whose alignment was 10 degrees or less, Post-Op tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance was measured as 8.00±2.85 and in the patients whose alignment was more than 10 degrees, it was measured as 8.52±4.52 (p=0.661). In the patients whose alignment was 10 degrees or less, tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance variation was measured as 0.74± 3.25 and in the patients whose alignment was more than 10 degrees, it was measured as 0.37± 3.95 (p=0.741). Coclusion: As a result, although tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance was observed with a great variation in the osteoarthritic knees at stage 3-4, it was nonetheless measured within normal limits and Post-Op variation was not meaningful. Since this is the first study in the literature on the measurement of tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance in the total knee prosthesis applications, we hope that it would shed some light on similar studies to be conducted in the future.


Objective: To assess the clinical value of digital infrared thermal imaging (DITI) as an indicator for successful lumbar epidural block in patients with lumbar radiculopathy. Method: Ten patients having lumbar radiculopathy with low back pain and unilateral radicular leg pain participated in this study. The DITI was taken before and 20 minutes after lumbar epidural block. Visual analog scale (VAS) and straight leg raising (SLR) test were done before taking DITI. Temperatures were measured over 39 sectors of both lower extremities. Temperature differences of the affected and the sound side were compared between before and after lumbar epidural block. Correlation between the temperature differences and two variables, the VAS and SLR were assessed. Results: There were the relative increase of temperature in DITI after lumbar epidural block, especially in posterior part of sector 7, posterior upper lateral thigh, sector 8, posterior upper middle thigh, sector 14, medial popliteal area, sector 15, posterior upper lateral calf, and sector 18, posterior middle medial calf. In posterior 15th sectors, the relative increase of temperature had a positive correlation with improvement of VAS score, and in 18th sector, it is positively correlated with improvement of SLR. Conclusion: It seems that the relative increase of temperature differences after lumbar epidural block is positively correlated with improvement of VAS and SLR in specific sectors, posterior 15th and 18th each. DITI may be useful as an objective indicator of successful lumbar epidural block. (J Korean Acad Rehab Med 2008; 32: 89-94)


Introduction: Obesity is associated with increased risk of chronic diseases. An increasing of physical activity can prevent the obesity and improve the daily life quality in older adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of modified Thai Yoga on metabolic intensity and energy expenditure in obese older adult Thai women. Material and methods: Twenty-six participants, aged 56-75 years old, were divided into two groups: non-obese group (NB) and obese group (OB) defined by their body mass index. After 12 sessions of familiarization, the participants performed the modified Thai Yoga exercise program for 60 minutes. Energy expenditure and metabolic variables were measured via open circuit calorimetry. Results: At the exercise phase, the mean percentage of maximum heart rate for the OB and NB groups were OB: 57.43±6.32 % and 59.89±7.94%, respectively. The mean oxygen consumption for the OB group was 7.52±1.09 ml/min/kg as compared to the NB group which was 8.44±0.90 ml/min/kg. The mean metabolic equivalent (MET) for the OB group was 2.15±0.31 MET as compared to 2.41±0.26 MET for the NB group. Total energy expenditure for the OB and NB groups were 3531.32±483.47 kcal/day and 3090.82±387.99 kcal/day, respectively. The mean of activity energy expenditure for the OB group was 1509.65±498.72 kcal/day and 1393.39±367.41 kcal/day for the NB group. The difference between all parameters measured from OB and NB groups were significant (p<0.05). Conclusions: These results demonstrated that this modified Thai Yoga program provides a well-tolerated light intensity exercise stimulus and could be prescribed as an exercise program for obese older adults. yoga, obesity, aged women, energy expenditure, metabolic equivalent email: email@example.com The research was financed from the authors' own resources Rehabilitation Advances in Rehabilitation/Postępy Rehabilitacji (3), 47–54, 2019 A – preparing concepts B – formulating methods C – conducting research D – processing results E – interpretation and

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Teeth and palatal rugae being resistant to various insult are being used as tool in forensic odontology for sex determination. The aims of our study was to compare rugae patterns, sexual dimorphism and accuracy in both the sexes using width of molars and canine, inter canine width and MCI. 50 subjects each males and females were included. Alginate impression taken and study models prepared. Various patterns of rugae, MD and BL width of maxillary molars and MD width of canines, Intercanine distance and MCI was measured and tabulated. Males showed straight, converging and forwardly directed rugae while females showed curved, diverging and backwardly directed. MD and BL of molars and MD of canines were more in males.  Highest percentage of sexual dimorphism was shown by MD of right molar and left canine. Highest percentage of accuracy was seen in BL width of left molar and left canine. Accuracy of 96% was obtained by measuring intercanine width and 63% by measuring MCI. We concluded that rugae pattern and dentition can be used as tool for personal identification and sex determination.


Phenylmethylenecyanoacetamide (1) was successfully transferred into polysubstituted pyrazole, pyridine and pyrimidine derivatives in a one-pot reaction step. Hydrazine hydrate (2a,b), cyanoacetamide (6a), cyanothioacetamide (6b), cyanoacetic acid hydrazide (6c), thiosemicarbazide (10), urea (14a), thiourea (14b) and 2-phenylenediamine (24) were selected as amine nucleophile reagents.


Manninger [3] made observations on the gradation of harmful insects during a long period. There was a connection between overproduction and dry and rainy periods that are related to the activity of the Sun. It has been shown that in the second half of the dry season there was gradation for droughtloving species, while at other times the gradation occurred in wet habitats for moisture-loving species. Richmond [4] suggests the sunspots affect the weather, which in turn affects the abundance of insects. However, Hemlock Looper (Lambdina fiscellaria Guenée) abundance in British Columbia was apparently not related to the sunspot cycle.


Geotechnical study for evaluating soil or rock permeability is a highly important parameter. Permeability values for rock formations are more difficult for determination than soil formation as it is an effect of the rock quality and its fracture values. In this research, the prediction of in situ permeability of limestone rock formations was predicted. The limestone rock permeability was evaluated using Lugeon tests (in-situ packer permeability). Different sites which spread all over the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia were chosen to conduct our study of predicting the in-situ permeability of limestone rock. Correlations were deducted between the values of insitu permeability of the limestone rock with the value of the rock quality designation (RQD) calculated during the execution of the boreholes of the study areas. The study was performed for different ranges of RQD values measured during drilling of the sites boreholes. The developed correlations are recommended for the onsite determination of the in-situ permeability of limestone rock only. For the other sedimentary formations of rock, more studies are needed for predicting the actual correlations related to each type. Keywords—Packer, permeability, rock, quality.


Flexible supercapacitors represent an attractive technology for the next generation of wearable consumer electronics as power sources but usually suffer from relatively low energy density. It is highly desired to construct high‐performance electrodes for the practical applications of supercapacitors. Here, inspired by the natural structure of the spider web, an elaborate design of binder is reported through a biosynthesis process to construct flexible electrodes with both excellent mechanical properties and electrochemical performance. Through this strategy, a spider‐web‐inspired 3D structural binder enables large ion‐accessible surface area and high packing density of active electrode material as well as efficient ion transport pathways. As a result, a high areal capacitance of 4.62 F cm‐2 and a high areal energy density of 0.18 mW h cm‐2 is achieved in the composite electrodes and symmetric supercapacitors, respectively, demonstrating a promising potential to construct flexible energy storage devices for diverse practical applications.


The growth of business-to-business auctions presents the quality-focused business organization with many opportunities and some serious challenges. In this context, the absence of a well-designed organizational e-business auction-based strategy has the potential to promote business practices which may erode organizational quality gains. This article presents a conceptual open system approach designed to improve the quality focus of business-to-business auctions practices. The open system approach advocated in this article is quality focused and supply-chain sensitive. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


The invention provides a test tube air drying device which comprises a box boy with a box cover arranged at the top end of the box body. The box body is divided into an air drying area and a control area, a heater is arranged on the bottom of the air drying area, an electric fan is arranged in the middle of the air drying area, an air inlet is formed in one side, close to the heater, in the air drying area, and a control circuit respectively and electrically connected with the heater and the electric fan is arranged in the control area. The test tube air drying device is characterized in that the box cover is provided with a plurality of ventilating pipes which stretch outwards and out of the box cover and are used for hanging or erecting test tubes, the ventilating pipes are communicated with the inner portion of the air drying area, and a plurality of ventilating holes are formed in the ventilating pipes. When the test tube air drying device is used, the test tubes are arranged on the ventilating pipes in upside down and sleeved modes, hot air or cold air generated in the air drying area is sent to the inner sides of the test tubes through the ventilating pipes and the ventilating holes, moisture in the test tubes is dried fast under the air flow with air speed and temperature adjustable, and no water stains can be left in the test tubes. The ventilating pipes arranged outwards and protruding out of the box cover enables the test tube air drying device to be suitable for the test tubes of multiple specifications, and applicability is strong.


In this paper we discuss the priorities to take into account during deployment of a collaborative situated system in the field of engineering. Following an explanation of the problem, we briefly describe the approaches used before presenting our approach and its application on a concrete situation.


This article analyses the construct validity of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme's Theory of Knowledge course in the light of claims that it is a course in critical thinking. After discussion around critical thinking – what it is and why it is valuable educationally – the article analyses the extent to which the course aims, assessment objectives and assessment instruments emphasise critical thinking. The article concludes with suggestions for improvement in the writing of the Theory of Knowledge guide so that it might place more emphasis on certain strands of critical thinking that are currently not developed in its structure.


The present study dearly demonstrates that neurofibromas and neurofibrosarcomas are devoid of cytosol receptor for steroid. These observations are in sharp contrast to the significant incidence of receptors in soft tissue and osseous sarcomas and raise doubts that steroids exert a direct effect on the growth of these tumors.


This study estimates community willingness to contribute for an ecotourism improvement project and its determinants in the Okwangwo Division of the Cross River National Park, Nigeria. Personal interviews were conducted with 150 households in three communities located in the proximity of the park. The study showed that the respondents were willing to contribute an average of about one percent of their mean annual income per year. Determinants of the respondents' willingness to contribute amount was estimated with the aid of the ordinary least squares and tobit models. The results showed that willingness to contribute were influenced by factors such as income, distance of respondents' residence to the park, post-high school education, occupation and membership of an environmental conservation group. The results generated from this study will contribute to the knowledge of sustainable management of ecotourism projects.


Summary The editorial boards with responsible reviewers in scientific journals might play a very important role and should be of a great help for authors. It is a reasonable hope that the journals with such reviewers might be very much respected as well as and highly evaluated without overestimation of the impact factor.


Introduction: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for about 80% of all cases of lung cancer. The treatment of choice for NSCLC is complete surgical resection. However, in advance stages with metastasis and/or aggressive local infiltrate chemotherapy becomes the only option. At high therapeutic doses, chemotherapy can cause significant side effects, and the development of resistance may arise if initial treatment doses of therapy become ineffective. In order to prevent serious side effects and resistance, low-dose combination regimens that offer comparable results to current high-dose regimens are needed. The combination of cisplatin and erlotinib has been shown to inhibit tumor growth more effectively than a single drug in NSCLC cells. However, the mechanism underlying this finding remains unclear. Autophagy has been suggested to play a critical role in cancer and chemotherapy, but there is ongoing controversy among its role (promotion vs. prevention of cancer). In this study, we examined whether the combination of low-dose cisplatin and erlotinib is able to induce higher levels of cancer cell death than each drug alone in both sensitive and erlotinib-resistant lung adenocarcinoma. In addition, we looked into the role of autophagy in cancer cells and its association with chemotherapy. Methods: Alamar blue assay was used to construct dose response curves in which IC 50 values of cisplatin and erlotinib were determined. Erlotinib-resistant PC9 (PC9/ER) cells were developed by culturing PC9 (EGFR overexpression adenocarcinoma) cells in media containing an erlotinib dose 1000 times the IC50 value over a two week period; PC9/ER cells were verified to be 26-fold more resistant than PC9 sensitive cancer cells. Baseline levels of autophagy of normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells, PC9, and PC9/ER were examined by Western blot with antibodies against LC3I/II. The IC 25 of each drug was chosen as the low-dose treatments (3 uM cisplatin and 10 nM erlotinib). Cells were treated accordingly: control, cisplatin, erlotinib, and combination. Cell death and autophagy levels were measured. Next, cells were pretreated in one day in advance with rapamycin and cell death and changes in autophagy were assessed. Results: At baseline, there were higher levels of LC3II in PC9/ER compared to PC9 and NHBE. Combined treatment of cisplatin and erlotinib was able to induce significantly more cell death than individual drugs at the same dose (p Conclusion: Our data is consistent for autophagy9s role in promoting cancer cell survival, work as a protective mechanism for cancer-resistant cells, and a critical mechanism in chemotherapy-induced cancer cell death. The combination of erlotinib and cisplatin offers synergistic killing properties in vitro and may be a potential regimen against resistant lung cancer. In addition, the combination treatment does not induce significant cytotoxic effects and death in NHBE cells indicating its safe dosing. We plan to further characterize autophagy with 3-methyladenine pretreatment, changes in apoptosis, and invasiveness of cancer cells. Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Second AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research; 2011 Sep 14-18; San Francisco, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2011;71(18 Suppl):Abstract nr C59.


The article deals with the influence of Scott's practicality and good sense on his religious ideas. In his ballads Christian motifs are interwoven with mysticism and folk superstitions. Religious doubts of his "poetical" period are replaced in his late works by his understanding of penitence as a sincere act bringing a true Christian to inner re -birth as the first apostles demanded.


we provide learning opportunities for students of varying abilities.&dquo; In order to investigate all phases of this question, the faculty of the high school was divided into three groups: one committee studied the aspects of this question which dealt with superior students; the second committee concerned itself with the learning patterns of the average student; and the third considered the slow learner. The purpose of this report is to summarize very briefly the results of the work done by the faculty committee on superior students. The work of the committee on superior students was directed along three lines: (1) a review and resum6 of current literature relating to the characteristics and identification of the gifted student; (2) an investigation of teaching practices and curricular patterns used by high schools to provide learning opportunities among superior students (This information was obtained both by a study of current literature on the subject and by an original survey by the committee of curriculum and teaching practices in certain selected high schools throughout the nation.); (3) an intensive and exhaustive study of the character of Ottawa Hills High School as revealed in its senior class of 1959. In this study, extensive information on the superior students' grades, school and work loads, test scores, and attitudes was obtained. This article is specifically concerned with the features of this project of national concern and interest; i.e., item two, regarding the study of current practices. A study of the most recent books and periodical articles reveals a rather general agreement as to the principles which should be regarded as desirable goals in the education of the superior student. The suggested


A conceptual ecosystem model illustrates principles of ecosystem management in wetlands. Wetlands are excellent systems for the development of ecosystem management principles because they are relatively simple ecosystems and respond quickly to changes in their environment. The model shows stressors and subsidies as the driving forces of wetland ecosystems. Ecosystem management focuses on wetland functions and uses the driving forces of ecosystems to achieve desired goals. Fire is an example of a wetland stressor that also acts as a subsidy. Fire accelerates, arrests, or redirects succession, favors certain species, mineralizes nutrients, and consumes biomass. Wetland management will evolve towards a greater emphasis on ecosystem manipulation to achieve specific wetland functions regardless of species· composition. Such types of ecological engineering depend on the preservation of wetland biodiversity and will re~ult in wetland ecosystems with new combinations of species. Citation: Lugo, Ariel E. 1995. Fire and wetland management. Pages 1-9 in Susan I. Cerulean and R. Todd Engstrom, eds. Fire in wetlands: a management perspective. Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, No. 19. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL "The literature on fire is a bit like the holy scripture; by careful selection of results, one can 'prove,' for example, that fire increases, decreases, or has no effect on nutrient availability, or that fires result in considerable or negligible loss of nutrient capital from ecosystems (N.L. Christensen 1987, p. 2)"


The invention discloses a bracket for screw rotation and nut movement mounting of an underneath type sink. The bracket comprises a pressing frame, a rack and adjusting devices, wherein the pressing frame is mounted outside the sink from bottom to top in a sleeve manner and propped against lower surfaces of edges of the sink, the rack is mounted on a cabinet, and a plurality of adjusting devices are arranged between the pressing frame and the rack. Each adjusting device comprises an adjusting screw, a moving nut, a fixed nut and two lock nuts, the moving nut and the fixed nut are arranged at two ends of the adjusting screw in a sleeving manner respectively, the adjusting screw is rotated to enable the moving nut and the fixed nut to move oppositely, the two lock nuts are arranged on inner sides of the moving nut and the fixed nut respectively, the screw is arranged at the lower end of the fixed nut and fixed on the rack by a nut, a pressing block is arranged between the upper end of the moving nut and the pressing frame, and the upper end of the moving nut and the lower end surface of the pressing block are in spherical fit. With the adoption of the structure, the bracket is convenient to mount and dismount, firm and reliable.


The two preputial glands of the ra t a rc elongated, flaskshaped, flattened organs of variable length ( 5 to 15 mm) which lie in the dermis of the prepuce. They are found on either side of the penis of the male and the clitoris of the female, and their ducts open onto the inner surface of the prepuce. Although Korenchevsky and Dennison ('36a) give a brief description of these glands, their detailed morphology, to oar knowledge, is not found in the literature. Several authors (Korenchevsky and Dennison, '36b ; Hamilton, '37 ; Nelson and Merckel, '37 ; Salmon, '38 ; Burdick and Gamon, '41 ; Noble and Collip, '41; et al.) have centered their attention almost exclusively on the responses of these glands to androgens and other hormones. The findings of these workers and others show that the female preputial glands respond readily to androgens but not to estrogens, and for this reason it has been suggested that these organs may be of value in the bioassay of androgens (Burdick and Gamon, '41). This paper reports the observations made upon the histology of the glands of normal and experimental animals. Attention has been focussed here on the mode of formation of the sebum prepuciale (or smegma) which follows a pattern quite unlike that described for the sebaceous glands of the skin. Since there is a growing interest in these organs among


The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety profile in terms of changes in renal function after co‐treatment with sacubitril/valsartan and empagliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).


This article deals with a site and its significance in a landscape during the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age. The discussion is based on an archaeological excavation of a stone setting and a ritual house on the Berg farm in Värmlandsnäs, Sweden. The interpretation of this site and its meaning is derived from the results of the excavation. The site must also be understood from its location in the landscape and its geographical relation to other ancient monuments.


This study is aimed at determining the contributions of self-efficacy and problem solving skills to the job performance of secretaries. The study also ascertained the relationship among self-efficacy, problem solving skills and job performance of the Secretaries. The study employed the descriptive research design. Ten (10) Secretaries were selected from thirty (30) government parastatals through simple random sampling techniques. Out of the 300 questionnaires distributed only 294 were returned. Three sets of instruments were used in collecting data, they are: General Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale (GPSS), Problem Solving Inventory (PSI) and Annual Performance Evaluation Report (APER) Form. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC), Multiple Regression, and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The result obtained indicated that the predictor variables (self-efficacy and problem solving skills) accounted for 61.1% of the variance in the job performance of Secretaries in the public service of Ogun State which implies that there is a significant combined contribution of self-efficacy and problem solving skills in the prediction of job performance of Secretaries in the public service of Ogun State. Also, there are significant and positive relationship among self-efficacy, problem solving skills and job performance.  The findings were discussed and it was recommended among others that there should be provision for in-service training for Secretaries in the public service which is expected to bring about improvement of their self-efficacy and problem solving skills. Keywords : Self-efficacy, Problem Solving Skills, Job Performance, Secretaries, Public Service


Massive sport, such as unmanned aerial vehicle performance, often needs fast and efficient calculation of formation morphing and individual path planning. This paper introduces a novel fast formation control method of a crowd. First, we get the agents' location in a 2D polygon with centroidal Voronoi tessellation and L-BFGS techniques. Then, we transform crowd formation shapes with a global shortest motion path pair assignment using earth mover's distance algorithm. Finally, the repulsing force between agents and obstacles is calculated based on the recursive velocity observer method control agents' motion. Extensive experimental results show the effectiveness and usefulness of our algorithm in 2D group formation transformation.


favour of the view put forward by Willems, and rejected by Mommsen, that the relator could stop the perrogatio at any point, and proceed to a division, could in fact enforce the closure of debate. The relator could certainly call for a division without debate. According to Mommsen's opinion, if he asked for speeches at all, he was bound to give every senator who had the right to speak, a chance of delivering himself. In that case it is hard to see any pertinence in Cicero's statement that many were asked to speak. It is just conceivable but not at all likely, that on the occasion of which Cicero writes, members were pressed to explain themselves at length, instead of giving a mere brief assent to some preceding speaker. Cicero would surely in such circumstances have added something to the ordinary word rogaba/ntur. The supposition that the consuls had a power of closing debate is consonant with the fact that they could exclude debate altogether, and also with the old theory, never entirely put out of sight, that the senators were persons whose advice the consuls might ask or not, as they pleased.


In the new era of large-scale astronomical surveys, automated methods of analysis and classification of bulk data are a fundamental tool for fast and efficient production of deliverables. This becomes ever more imminent as we enter the Gaia era. We investigate the potential detectability of eclipsing binaries with Gaia using a data set of all Kepler eclipsing binaries sampled with Gaia cadence and folded with the Kepler period. The performance of fitting methods is evaluated with comparison to real Kepler data parameters and a classification scheme is proposed for the potentially detectable sources based on the geometry of the light curve fits. The polynomial chain (polyfit) and two-Gaussian models are used for light curve fitting of the data set. Classification is performed with a combination of the t-SNE (t-distrubuted Stochastic Neighbor Embedding) and DBSCAN (Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise) algorithms. We find that approximately 68% of Kepler Eclipsing Binary sources are potentially detectable by Gaia when folded with the Kepler period and propose a classification scheme of the detectable sources based on the morphological type indicative of the light curve, with subclasses that reflect the properties of the fitted model (presence and visibility of eclipses, their width, depth, etc.).


We evaluated the availability of toluidine blue stain in body fluids, such as peritoneal and pleural fluid and urine. Nine hundreds specimens, i.e., 400 pleural and 400 peritoneal fluids and 100 urine samples, respectively, from Jan. 1995 to May 1996 were included. We obtained the result of high sensitivity and high specificity. In toluidine blue stained body fluid in comparison with Papanicolaou stained result. Additionally, we found the diagnostically important crystals in chylothorax and some urine samples, which can not be seen in routine Papanicolaou stain. We thought the toluidine blue stain in body fluid is one of very useful diagnostic methods.


9676 Background: Determining the primary origin of a skin metastasis is a challenging issue for surgical pathologists. Moreover, the patient personal history is often unknown to the pathologist. Ma...


This study aims to examine the relationship between the workplace environment and employees' satisfaction; to what extent can the workplace environment affect job satisfaction? The study used past research and interviewing an employee on job satisfaction and so was able to come up with reliable conclusions. The results showed a positive and strong correlation between workplace environment and job satisfaction. This study enhances the understanding of job satisfaction which can be used by managers to create a better workplace environment and boost employee performances.


The title compound, [Cu2I2(CH3CN)4], exhibits a centrosymmetric Cu2I2 core [Cu⋯Cu distance = 2.7482 (11) Å], the CuI atoms of which are further coordinated by four molecules of acetonitrile. The CuI atom has an overall distorted tetrahedral coordination environment evidenced by L—Cu—L angles (L = N or I) ranging from 100.47 (10) to 117.06 (2)°. The coordination geometries of the acetonitrile ligands deviate slightly from linearity as shown by Cu—N—C angles of 167.0 (2) and 172.7 (2)°. In the crystal, there are no significant hydrogen-bonding interactions present, so the crystal packing seems to be formed predominantly by van der Waals forces.


The internationalization of economic history is everywhere except in the publication outputs. Using a new dataset of publications in the top four economic history journals, we investigate this puzzle and attempt to explain why relatively few papers on and from developing countries are published in top journals despite the growing internationalization of economic history more broadly. We find little evidence to suggest that this is due to a bias against papers on developing country topics and by developing country authors. Developing country papers and authors also do not perform worse in citation analyses. Authors from developing countries, it seems, are less productive, or discouraged from submitting their papers to top quality journals, choosing instead local journals. This journal aims to reduce this disparity.


The effect of Bose-Einstein condensation, achieved recently for alkaline gases in magnetic traps, should lead to a strong enhancement of non-linear harmonic generation. A nearly resonant light imposed on the gas of two-level atoms excites the intra-atomic transitions and causes generation of various harmonics. Normally, in the thermal state of the gas, a contribution of the inter-atomic interaction to the non-linear harmonic generation is negligible. However, if a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) is present, the inter-particle interaction cannot be ignored. Considering second harmonic generation, we show that, in the presence of the BEC, the intensity of the second harmonic is proportional to (aN n)/sup 2/, where N and n are the total number and the effective density of the condensed atoms, respectively, and a stands for the scattering length describing the process of scattering of two excited atoms by each other so that, after the collision, one excited atom enters the condensate. We consider the interaction between light, represented by the electric field E, and the atomic Bose field /spl Psi/ as well as the two body interaction treated within the scattering length approximation.


The Afrikaanderwijk is a neighborhood in Rotterdam, and can be described as a neighborhood with a weak social organization. Social ties between the inhabitants are frail due to lack of communication and the variety of ethnicity has made segregation evident. The absence of social cohesion among neighbors also disrupts their willingness to intervene on behalf of the common good. Phenomenons like social control and keeping the neighborhood clean are not common in this neighboorhood. It is therefore desirable to focus on the ability of self regulation: if inhabitants are willing to solve problems in the neighborhood by themselves, without intervention of formal authorities such as the police, the livability of the neighborhood will grow and so will the social cohesion. Thus the assignment in this project was formulated as follows: Develop a product or product/service combination that will strengthen the social organization of the Afrikaanderwijk.


We obtain a complete description of divergent Palais-Smale sequences for the prescribed Ricci curvature functional on compact homogeneous spaces. As an application, we prove the existence of saddle points on generalized Wallach spaces and several types of generalized flag manifolds. We also describe the image of the Ricci map in some of our examples.


Neuromedin B (NMB) (Minamino et al., 1983), a ten residue (GNLWATGHFM-NH2, Figure 1) neuropeptide, belongs to the ranatensin subfamily of bombesin-like peptides (Erspamer, 1980) which exhibits a wide range of biological responses in the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract including thermoregulation (Marki et al., 1981), stimulation of the secretion of gastrointestinal hormones (Ghatei et al., 1982), regulation of smooth muscle contraction (Erspamer, 1988), the ability to function as a growth factor in small cell lung cancer cells and murine 3T3 cells (Corps et al., 1985; Cuttitta et al., 1985; Moody et al., 1985). Its mechanism of action involves the initial binding to the three cell surface receptors (OhkiHamazaki, 2000) with different pharmacological profile: the neuromedin B receptor (NMB-R or bb1) (Wada et al., 1991), the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRP-R, or bb2) (Corjay et al., 1991), and bombesin receptor subtype 3 (BRS-3, or bb3) (Gorbulev et al., 1992). NMB binds to NMB-R with highest affinity, GRP-R with lower affinity and BRS-3 with lowest affinity (Mantey et al., 1997).


Conditions exist for an explosive reaction whenever a mixture is formed from two or more gases which are thermodynamically unstable toward their gaseous reaction products. Reaction under these conditions may be triggered by a localized electric discharge or thermally by elevation of the gas temperature above the adiabatic combustion temperature of the gas mixture. Once initiated, the flame propagates in a manner determined in part by the size, shape, and position of the vessel, the partial pressure of the reactants, the initial temperature, the heat capacity and chemical nature of any diluent, and the specific chemical characteristics of the reactants. The systems which were studied in this investigation involved the oxidant, fluorine with the chlorofluorocarbons, Freon-114, Freon-114A, and trichloroheptafluorobutane and fluorine with the fluorocarbon, perfluorodimethylcyclohexane. 11 figs.


Emission spectrographic analysis by the AC arc powder method was examined in order to find a simple method for the determination of mercury in brine purification mud.The volatilization rate of mercury which depends on the sample composition, could be regulated in a good level by using graphite powder as the diluent.The most suitable carrier which gives the highest sensitivity was found to be Ag2O.From the experimental results above mentioned, a recommendable operating condition is as follows;the sample is mixed with a suitable amount of graphite powder and Ag2O, put into a carbon neck electrode, and then excited by an AC arc of 30 volts and 7 amperes for 20 seconds.The use of Hg I 2536.5A/Ge I 2533.2A line pair as the analytical lines is satisfactory.The concentration of Hg to which the present method is applicable is 0.05-1.5%.This method seems to be suitable for routine analysis in a manufactory.


With the maturing of Web services, businesses can effectively provide value-added services to one another through a program-to-program interface. Not only can this expand business opportunities, but also it helps provide convenient services to customers. In addition, a service brokering system can effectively achieve this, providing match-and-rank decision support to customers. Motivated by our earlier study on the complexity of integrated tourist services, we present an e-travel insurance quotation system (ETQS) in this paper. The ETQS offers travel insurance premium quotations as a value-added service to online air ticket sales. We illustrate the applicability of our approach, together with some details of the processes integration through Web services.


Currently, in order to ensure the required fault-proof level of technological processes in agricultural production, the following strategies among the main ones: afterfailure, planned systematic and a mixed electrical equipment maintenance and repair strategy. The pervasion of information technology in this segment was not widespread. Application of information technologies in conjunction with implementation of risk-oriented strategy is one of the promising directions of electrical equipment maintenance optimization, yet requires adaptation to sectoral characteristics of agricultural production. The article describes the problem of determining the optimal conditions for adjusting the frequency of maintenance and repair of electrical equipment on the basis of risk-oriented approach. To solve this problem, the equation of annual costs for maintenance and repair of electrical equipment was drawn up taking into account the parameter of its failure risk. The relationship between the change of relative risk and the service frequency was established; based on it, the ranges of frequency adjustment of maintenance and ongoing repair were determined.


1. Indo-European bias and South Asian kinship, p. 315. – 2. The word ʿbrotherʾ in South Asia, p. 319. – 3. Hierarchy and history: the changing relationship between the priests of Jagannatha and the kings of Odisha, p. 321. – Codaganga Anantavarman ( r. 1088–1142 ), p. 322. – Anangabhima Deva III ( r. 1211–1238 ), p. 323. – Narasimha Deva I ( r. 1238–1264 ), p. 324. – The Suryavamsa dynasty ( 1434–1560 ), p. 325. – 1568: After the collapse of the empire, p. 325. – 4. The structure of non-brotherhood, p. 326.


Siloxane coatings were deposited onto Vycor™ glass and silicon substrates from a tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) precursor using the PlasmaStream™ atmospheric plasma jet system. The TEOS precursor was nebulized into He/O2 plasma and the coating growth rate was controlled by the number of passes of the jet over the ceramic substrates. The system process parameters were systematically varied to study their influence on the coating properties. The chemical properties, surface roughness, and morphology of the 1–200 nm thick coatings were studied as a function of both applied plasma power and TEOS flow rate. The deposited coatings were examined using ellipsometry, contact angle measurement, optical profilometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).


Sparse point responses with sculptured axial curves are implemented in the interferenceless coded aperture correlation holography (I-COACH) system to extend, and even to engineer, the depth of field of imaging systems in various ways.


In Tunisia, Citrus sinensis culture is spread especially in Cap Bon region in the North East. It is represented by a large number of varieties. AFLP (Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism) markers were used in order to study genetic diversity. Thirty accessions representing the majority of orange germplasm were collected from Cap Bon region. AFLP products were analyzed by capillary electrophoresis on an automated ABI Prism 3130 DNA sequencer. Using GeneMapper, AFLP bands were scored, across all genotypes, for presence (1) or absence (0) and transformed into 0/1 binary matrix. A total of 330 of polymorphic markers were revealed using 3 AFLP primer combinations. These markers expressed a high level of polymorphism allowing the distinction of all accessions. Resolving power (Rp) showed a high rate of collective Rp (97.75) with an average of 32.58. The Polymorphism Information Content (PIC) ranged from 0.16 to 0.22 with an average of 0.18 per primer pair. Genetic similarities were estimated basing on Nei and Li's (1972) formula. The similarity coefficient between cultivars ranged from 0.15 to 0.96 with an average of 0.76. Most of the accessions showed a high degree of genetic similarity. Additionally, the relationship of the cultivars was also estimated using principal coordinate analysis (PCoA); the first three principal axes explained 94.56 of the total variation. Bioinformatic tools were very useful for investigating the genetic diversity of orange genotypes. Results of this study showed that AFLP markers can be useful tool for investigating the genetic diversity of orange genotypes.


The complex additive formulation YS-1 for t he special compound for tra nsparent LLDPE film was developed by means of post-modification of additive form ulation. YS-1 was the complex additive of o rganic nucleating agent and non-organ ic nucleating agent. The prepared additive system was characterized by odourless and high density. The haze of the LLDPE fil m modified by YS-1 was less than 11% , and the tensile strength and elongation a t break of the modified film were all increased. It was also found in the prepara tion of the additive system that the particle size and its distribution of the n ucleating agent were the key factors having effects on the trans parency of the film.