The results on magnetic field assisted enhancement in number density of metastable krypton (Kr*) atoms in an atomic beam generated from radio frequency (RF) discharge plasma of krypton gas, have been presented in the present paper. We observed that by applying a low external magnetic field perpendicular to the beam path after the discharge tube, the number density of Kr* atoms in the atomic beam gets enhanced. At ~1 Gauss of applied magnetic field, we observed nearly two-fold enhancement from ~1.5×10 to ~3×10 cm in number density of Kr* atoms in the atomic beam. This enhancement in number density is attributed to applied field assisted alignment of the path of electrons and Kr-ions along the atomic beam direction. The alignment of electrons and Kr-ions along the atomic beam direction results in increase in number density of Kr* atoms due to occurrence of more electron-ion recombination events in the beam path.


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This paper presents a parametric study on the removal of cyanide from wastewaters using protonated date palm tree powder as a sorbent. The effect of process parameters such as pH, sorbent dose, initial sorbate concentration and temperature on the performance of adsorption was studied. The optimal pH was found to be 7.0. The removal efficiency increased with increase in sorbent dose due to the availability of more surface sites. At optimal pH of 7.0 and sorbent dose of 6.0 g/L, 82% cyanide removal was attained at an initial cyanide concentration of 100 mg/L. The sorption rate increased with increase in temperature confirming the endothermic nature of the process. Kinetic experiments indicated that the sorptive removal of cyanide ions by protonated biomass followed pseudo second order model. Higher values of R² (> 0.99) were obtained for the pseudo-second order model. The kinetic constants were evaluated at different initial cyanide concentrations. The sorption mechanism was identified as chemisorption and the applicability of intra particle diffusion model was verified.


The present paper included three studies aimed at adapting the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis, 1980), a measure of general cognitive and emotional empathy, in order to assess empathy expressed within a romantic relationship. The factorial structure of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index for Couples was examined. Results supported the use of the two-factor measure (dyadic perspective taking and dyadic empathic concern) in three independent samples (individuals in heterosexual relationships, individuals in same-sex relationships, and partners of heterosexual couples). The IRIC also demonstrated good convergent, discriminant, concurrent, predictive, and incremental validity, as well as adequate internal consistency and stability over 18 months.


Zaozi grape was used as trial material which was planted in large plastic house four year ago.The test was conducted to re- search the effect of two plant hormone on bearing and seedless rate of Zaozi Grape by the method of single and mixed using GA_3 and 6-BA by immersing cluster into their solution before flowering and at full bloom.The result showed that Zaozi grape was susceptible to the two kind of plant Hormone.And the treatment of mixed medicament (25mg/L GA_3+25mg/L 6-BA)before flowering had been screened whose means of bearing rate,seedless rate、berry weight and cluster weight were 34.56%,95.1%g、4.02g and 195.12g,and which were increased 3.45%,89.97%、0.6g and 16.99g compared with the control respectively.This treatment achieved seedless de- mand elementarily and increased berry commodity value.It can be used in the practice.


The dimribmion of the immediave eazly gene c-fos expression in the mouse central nervous system after subcutaneous injection of Bay K 8644 was observed immunohlstochemlcally. Half an after after injection,cfos proecein(FOS) was expzessed in the piriform cortex,sensorimotor cortex,caudate Imtamen,thalamic paraventriculsr nucleus and striate cortex, etc. Intense FOS immunoreactlve (FOS-ir) cells were seen during 2~4 h after injection. The ;results suggested that the distribution of FOS-ir cells aftel subcutaneous injection of Bay K 86LL4 was coincident with that of L-type calcium chentmls ;.rt the different areas of tee CNS. After Bay K 8644 injection, mice appeared seizure-like behavior. The percentage of cells double-labelled by FOS and CaBP immunoreactivities in the observed regions was about 60. 2~72. 8% in CaBP-ir cells. It suggested that most CaBP-ir cells may have L-type calcium channels.


This two-pronged pilot program was designed to decrease inmate recidivism while involving victims of criminal offenses to participate in reconciliation with the offenders and their victims. This program uses solution-focused (SF) and restorative justice (RJ) approaches. Even though SF and RJ approaches originated from two different fields, they both offer man useful tools to achieve the goals of this pilot project. This program is designed to offer both offenders and their victims the opportunity to forge better relationships with a better future whenever possible. The result is a self-directed healing process that restores the dignity of both victims and offenders, and others who may have suffered harm from the criminal behaviors. This process bypasses the involvement of lawyers, judges, and juries, thus focusing on repairing the harm after wrongdoing occurs, away from the criminal justice system that is built on blame and retribution.


Writing in 1965, Susan Sontag identified what she considered to be the 'new sensibility' of modern culture. Rooted in the experiences of contemporary life brought on by new technologies, the accelerated production of commodities, and the speed of everything from travel to image production, she recognized that this sensibility was increasingly rendering the 'Matthew Arnold idea of culture' obsolete and weakening the very idea of 'high' and 'low' art categories (p. 302). Since the 1960s this shift in aesthetic and political perspective has become more pronounced; and the acknowledgement of this shift would, from the 1970s, come to form part of what is understood to be post-modern. While it was once unheard of for artists working in elite aesthetic modes to draw upon popular sources, under the more relaxed cultural attitude of postmodernism, this has become more commonplace and now constitutes a core element of many contemporary performances.

In this paper, I consider the uses and influences of popular forms in two examples of postmodern theatre making: the Australian feminist arts collective Brown Council and the British theatre company Forced Entertainment. My argument considers connections to the popular beyond representation, and takes into account risk to the human body, issues of appropriation and human agency, and the ways these practices often elect to distort the popular forms they draw upon as a mode of capitalist critique. As well as demonstrating the fundamental role the popular now plays in such practices, the paper aims to highlight some of the wider possibilities – social, political and aesthetic – of postmodernism's embracing of popular culture.


Breeding bird censuses from 132 homogeneous sites representing a variety of habitats throughout North America are analyzed and a bird species diversity model based on environmental characteristics and sampling procedures is presented. Bivariate regression models relate the number of bird species detected in a site (NSPECIES) to plot size, latitude, and the number of bird pairs encountered during censusing. These models consistently overestimate NSPECIES in desert shrublands, grasslands, tundra, and scrub and underestimate NSPECIES in forested habitats, which indicates that the effects of the environmental and methodological variables on NSPECIES vary with respect to habitat. The expansion method of regression analysis is used to generate a multivariate model that accounts for this spatial variation in the influence of the independent variables on NSPECIES. With the exception of temperate wetlands, which have the third highest mean value for NSPECIES of nine habitat groups, forested sites and woodlands hav...


We propose an effective strategy to engineer a unique kind of porous carbon cuboid with tightly anchored cobalt/cobalt oxide nanoparticles (PCC–CoOx) that exhibit outstanding electrochemical performance for many key aspects of lithium-ion battery electrodes. The host carbon cuboid features an ultra-polar surface reflected by its high hydrophilicity and rich surface defects due to high heteroatom doping (N-/O-doping both higher than 10 atom%) as well as hierarchical pore systems. We loaded the porous carbon cuboid with cobalt/cobalt oxide nanoparticles through an impregnation process followed by calcination treatment. The resulting PCC–CoOx anode exhibits superior rate capability (195 mA h g−1 at 20 A g−1) and excellent cycling stability (580 mA h g−1 after 2000 cycles at 1 A g−1 with only 0.0067% capacity loss per cycle). Impressively, even after an ultra-long cycle life exceeding 10000 cycles at 5 A g−1, the battery can recover to 1050 mA h g−1 at 0.1 A g−1, perhaps the best performance demonstrated so far for lithium storage in cobalt oxide-based electrodes. This study provides a new perspective to engineer long-life, high-power metal oxide-based electrodes for lithium-ion batteries through controlling the surface chemistry of carbon host materials.


The manufacturing of metal castings produces objects with extraneous features due to the nature of the process. These features, called runners and risers, are removed by a hazardous manual process ...


The present magnetoencephalography (MEG) study tested the hypothesis of a phase synchronization (functional coupling) of cortical alpha rhythms (about 6–12 Hz) within a "speech" cortical neural network comprising bilateral primary auditory cortex and Wernicke's areas, during dichotic listening (DL) of consonant‐vowel (CV) syllables. Dichotic stimulation was done with the CV‐syllable pairs /da/‐/ba/ (true DL, yielded by stimuli having high spectral overlap) and /da/‐/ka/ (sham DL, obtained with stimuli having poor spectral overlap). Whole‐head MEG activity (165 sensors) was recorded from 10 healthy right‐handed non‐musicians showing right ear advantage in a speech DL task. Functional coupling of alpha rhythms was defined as the spectral coherence at the following bands: alpha 1 (about 6–8 Hz), alpha 2 (about 8–10 Hz), and alpha 3 (about 10–12) with respect to the peak of individual alpha frequency. Results showed an inverse pattern of functional coupling: during DL of speech sounds, spectral coherence of the high‐band alpha rhythms increased between left auditory and Wernicke's areas with respect to sham DL, whereas it decreased between left and right auditory areas. The increase of functional coupling within the left hemisphere would underlie the processing of the syllable presented to the right ear, which arrives to the left auditory cortex without the interference of the other syllable presented to the left ear. Conversely, the decrease of inter‐hemispherical coupling of the high‐band alpha might be due to the fact that the two auditory cortices do not receive the same information from the ears during DL. These results suggest that functional coupling of alpha rhythms can constitute a neural substrate for the lateralization of auditory stimuli during DL. Hum Brain Mapp 2008. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


A peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading market allows participants to trade their energy with each other directly. In this market, a pricing mechanism can regulate the trading price between traders and a scoring criterion could encourage participants good behaviors. This paper proposes a P2P energy trading model, including a blockchain framework to secure traders information and execute transactions, a two-level pricing mechanism to determine the trading price for each transaction and a credit rating system to improve the quality of the P2P market. The design of these methods to achieve their respective functions and the creation of blockchain are discussed in this paper. The results of a case study demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed P2P trading model.


Energy utilization is pitfall for a wireless sensor network. Because of energy utilization, lifetime of wireless sensor network is decreased. Since Sensors have the limited Power supplies, so defeating this limitation, plenty of algorithms are implemented to elongate the lifetime of the network. Lots of energy efficiency algorithms are employed to defeat the usual issues of Wireless sensor network. The paper suggests various algorithms and their approaches which can improve all the bounds corresponding to delay which detent the time of the delivery, Packet delivery ratio which conveys the fall of the packets and the throughput. And also compares the suggested algorithm based on their approaches.


Sjogren's Syndrome is a systemic autoimmune disease that mainly affects the exocrine glands.1The most common clinical symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome are dry mouth and eyes. Vaginal dryness and dyspareunia may be seen in the disease, as the female genital mucosa is also affected.2To compare the results by using the female sexual function scale in patients with Sjögren's Syndrome with and without depression, anxiety, and fibromyalgia and to evaluate the patients in terms of sexual dysfunction.Twenty-five female patients diagnosed with Sjögren's Syndrome, according to the 2016 ACR-EULAR criteria, followed in the Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Clinic of Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, were included in the study after their consent was obtained. Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Female Sexual Function Scale were administered simultaneously to the patients. The presence of fibromyalgia was evaluated according to the 2016 Modified ACR diagnostic criteria. The relationship between depression, anxiety scale scores, the presence of fibromyalgia, and female sexual function was investigated.The mean age of the patients was 49±8.1 years, and the median duration of the disease was four years. 15 (60%) patients were primary school graduates, 2 (8%) patients were secondary school graduates, 4 (16%) patients were high school graduates, and 4 (16%) patients were university graduates. 11 (44%) of the patients were in menopause. Sexual dysfunction was found in 21 (84%) patients diagnosed with Sjögren's Syndrome. There was no statistically significant difference in sexual function scale scores between those with and without menopause. No statistical difference was found in disease duration, age, and scale scores in the presence of fibromyalgia. Sexual dysfunction was more pronounced in those with depression and anxiety (p=0.003; p=0.045, respectively) (Table 1).Table 1.Comparison of depression and anxiety and sexual function scale scoresSjogren PatientsDepression(+)Depression(-)pAnxiety(+)Anxiety(-)pFemale Sexual Dysfunction scoreMedian (IQR)17.7 (8.6)24.4 (7.1)0.00318.4 (6.9)23.7 (6.2)0.045Desire score1.8 (1.8)3.0 (1.8)0.1072.1 (1.8)2.7 (2.1)0.319Arousal score2.2 (2.3)3.6 (1.8)0.0112.7 (2.1)3.6 (2.0)0.089Lubrication score3.4 (1.3)4.2 (1.5)0.0663.6 (1.0)3.9 (1.6)0.378Orgasm score2.8 (2.1)4.0 (1.2)0.0012.8 (1.9)4.0 (1.4)0.052Satisfaction score2.8 (3.0)4.4 (1.2)0.0333.0 (2.7)4.6 (1.5)0.101Pain score3.8 (3.3)4.2 (4.8)0.2444.0 (3.3)3.6 (4.8)0.932Depression and anxiety cause lower sexual function scores in female patients diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome. The effect of fibromyalgia has not been demonstrated, but due to the limited number of patients, studies with a larger population will be more enlightening.[1]Priori R, Minniti A, Derme M, Antonazzo B, Brancatisano F, Ghirini S, et al. Quality of sexual life in women with primary Sjögren Syndrome. J Rheumatol. 2015 Aug;42(8):1427-31. doi:10.3899/jrheum.141475[2]Piccioni MG, Merlino L, Deroma M, Del Prete F, Tabacco S, Monti M, Benedetti Panici P. The impact of primary Sjogren's syndrome on female sexual function. Minerva Ginecol. 2020 Feb;72(1):50-54. DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4784.20.04494-9.None declared


The paper presents the inspection and testing platform scheme for work safety,which is a B/S or C/S hybrid structure based on the Windows Server 2003 with SP2.The system realizes the integrative functions of inspection and testing,including task distribution,apparatus outfit,approval of syllabus,check of original records,report preparation,equipment query,archive query,and announcement release,etc.Besides,a contract management system is built.In conclusion,the study realizes the reports' automatic editing and information intelligence and promotes the information technology of safety production and equipment management.


The coupled dynamics of flexible vehicle-track systems has been analysed with an aircraft in ground runs. The aircraft is modelled as a combination of lumped and continuous members with the wings idealised as variable section beams. The track is treated as a beam resting on an elastic subgrade. Suspension behaviour is assumed to be linear and the track unevenness a non-homogeneous random process. Closed form expressions for second order response statistics have been developed for a general description of vehicle forward motion.


A recently developed natural gas heating system for extruders and injection moulding units, the most important machines in plastics processing, offers decisive advantages. Clear savings on energy costs, high available power densities, a high heating-element service life, the prospects of high application temperatures, etc. This newly developed technology has a modular structure and is based on established standards (i.e. performance profiles, PLC control, etc.) with the result that it can be used both for newly purchased machines and replacement investments.


Metastasis is one of the major complications of malignant tumors that leads to morbidity and mortality. Metastatic tumors to the oral cavity are very rare, and true incidence is still unknown. However, they are of great clinical significance as they can represent as the first and the only manifestation of dissemination in most of the cases. The most common sources of metastasis in the oral cavity are the breast, kidney, lung, prostate and Gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Thyroid carcinoma though is the most common type of endocrinal malignancy but rarely metastasizes to the oral region. Follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is the second most common type of thyroid cancer after papillary thyroid carcinoma. It affects the jawbones more often than the soft tissues. To our knowledge, till present, literature has reported 44 cases of metastatic FTC to jawbones with mandibular predominance. With the increasing incidence of these tumors during the past few years, it has become of great concern to diagnose them at an early stage so that further complications can be eradicated. Here, we present a rare case of metastatic FTC occurring in the mandible of a 55 year old male along with a systematic review of the literature.


In this paper, we specified a method that generalizes a number of fixed point results for single and multi-valued mappings in the structure of extended b-metric spaces. Our results extend several existing ones including the results of Aleksic et al. for single-valued mappings and the results of Nadler and Miculescu et al. for multi-valued mappings. Moreover, an example is given at the end to show the superiority of our results.


Abstract Choridal melanoma (CM) is a common ocular malignancy. We present here a case of a 62-year-old female with a CM with incidental diagnosis of pulmonary metastasis. The diagnosis of CM with incidental metastasis to lungs is rare and presents a therapeutic challenge to the physician in an otherwise healthy individual. The role of herbal medicine should be investigated further for the treatment of metastasis in CM.


A major assumption in many machine learning algorithms is that the training data and testing data have the same distribution.However,in many real-world applications,this assumption may not hold.Transfer learning addresses this problem and utilizes plenty of labeded data in a source domain to solve related but different problems in a target domain.This paper proposed a parameter-transfer learning method based on KMM(Kernel Mean Matching) algorithm.First,we weighed each source instance using KMM and then applied the reweighted instances to the learning method based on parameters.We applied this method to the localization of wireless network.Experiment results have demonstrated that the proposed method outperforms the methods based on instances or parameters,especially when the target training data are relatively few.


Cover: The cover image, by Toshiaki Tanaka, Kaoru Goto, and Mitsuyoshi Iino, is based on the Review Article Diverse Functions and Signal Transduction of the Exocyst Complex in Tumor Cells, DOI 10.1002/jcp.25619.


The prolonged antimalarial therapy with the marketed drug has developed multi-resistant strains of Plasmodium parasites that emerge as a consequential global problem. Therefore, designing new antimalarial agents is an exclusive solution to overcome the alarming situation.

The integrated computational perspectives, such as pharmacophore mapping, 3D-QSAR and docking studies have been applied to improve the activity of the imidazo-quinoline scaffold. The best hypothesis AARRR_1 (Survival score 5.4609) obtained through pharmacophore mapping revealed that imidazo-quinoline scaffold is found to be vital for antimalarial activity. The significant CoMFA (q2 = 0.728, r2 = 0.909) and CoMSIA (q2 = 0.633, r2 = 0.729) models, developed by using molecular field analysis with the PLS method, showed good predictive ability with r2pred values of 0.9127 and 0.7726, respectively. Docking studies were performed using Schrodinger and GOLD software with the Plasmodium falciparum purine nucleoside phosphorylase enzyme (PDB ID-5ZNC) and results indicated that the imidazo-quinoline moiety facilitates the interaction with Tyr 160.

In addition, some compounds are screened from the ZINC database based on structural requirements to verify the relevance of the research. Finally, designed molecules and ZINC database compounds were screened through the ADMET tool to evaluate pharmacokinetic and drug-likeness parameters.

Thus, these exhaustive studies suggested that established models have good predictability and would help in the optimization of newly designed molecules that may lead to potent antimalarial activity for getting rid of resistance issues.

Significant results have been obtained


This paper presents a new control design for VSC transmission systems with special attention to unbalanced ac network conditions. The proposed control strategy contains a main controller and an auxiliary controller. The main controller is implemented in the positive dq frame using decoupling control without involving positive/negative sequence decomposition. The auxiliary controller is implemented in the negative sequence dq frame using cross coupling control of negative sequence current. Simulation results using SIMULINK power system blockset (PSB) show good performance of the proposed control strategy for a 300 MW, 300 kV dc VSC Transmission system during both balanced conditions and unbalanced conditions which may be caused by solid single-phase to ground fault.


In this article ,the writer classifies and discasses the problems arising from the Great Chinese dictionary that concern the citation for the book "Dialect" by Yangxiong and analy- ses the factors that cause these mistakes.


In the present study, I adopt theoretical aspects from the Minimalist framework (Chomsky 1995), namely the theory of Economy, Merge Operation and Feature Checking, to account for the acquisition of functional categories in early child grammar. I focus on the acquisition of functional categories associated with Mandarin nominal expressions, namely Determiner Phrase (DP), Number Phrase (NumbP) and Classifier Phrase (ClP), by carrying out longitudinal studies of two Mandarin speaking children, one monolingual and the other bilingual. Based on the data from two corpora (starting from the onset of the one-word stage to the later multi-word stage), clear developmental sequences, which I categorize in terms of six phenomenological phases, for the acquisition of functional categories associated with Mandarin nominal expressions are identified. Interpretations of the developmental sequences, leading to proposals for the incremental development of phrase structure representations, together with tentative rationalizations for why the developmental sequences proceed as they do are provided. As a result of my analysis of the two corpora, I demonstrate that at least one functional head (namely head D) was already manifested in the child's grammar from the middle of the one-word stage onwards. Both head Numb and head Cl are instantiated from the second half of the two-word stage (MLU 1.5 - 2.0). However, while instantiated early in child Mandarin, the grammatical features of these functional heads appear to be under-specified, i.e., they do not contain all the grammatical features of those in adult Mandarin. For instance, at least the specifier- and complement-feature of the head D and the complement-feature of the head Cl are still missing during the second half of the two-word stage. The grammatical features of functional heads in Mandarin nominal expressions are found to be instantiated incrementally in the child's grammar during the course of development. Overall, the findings of the present study provide strong support for the Weak Continuity perspective regarding children's grammatical competence during the earliest stage of syntactic development.


Because gas turbines driving gas-field generators and compressors sometimes operate on heavily contaminated, unsweetened gas, Woodward Governor Co. has developed gas-turbine controls that ensure steady performance in such conditions for periods up to 30,000 hr between major turbine overhauls. The 3103 fuel-metering valve, designed for 5000-50,000 hp engines, combines a self-cleaning feature with hardened parts to resist erosion. Operating in conjunction with electronic control systems, the valve and its TM55 electrohydraluic activator can schedule flow for acceleration and deceleration as well as control engine parameters such as shaft speed, torque, and gas temperatures and pressures.


National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) is a manufacturer of electric vehicles. New facilities are to be developed where an electric car is to be fully assembled. Due to quality assurance car bodie ...


Objective: To study the medial attachment point of the posterior renal fascia(PPF) and the medial border of the posterior pararenal space. Methods: Sixty four cases with retroperitoneal inflammation were reviewed retrospectively,of which 29 cases were proved by surgery and pathology, 35 cases were proved by clinical and laboratory findings. Emphasis was placed on the medial attachment of the PPF and the medial border of the posterior pararenal space. Results:(1) Above the superior pole of kidney, the PPF attached to the fascia of the ipsilateral quadratus lumborum muscle. (2) 90.62%(58 cases) manifested the insertion site of the left PPF transation from the quadratus lumborum muscle fascia to the psoas fascia at the inferior pole of kidney or the infraconal space. (3) 95.31%(61 cases) manifested the insertion site of the right PPF transation from the quadratus lumborum muscle fascia to the psoas fascia at the level of the inferior pole of kidney or the infraconal space. (4) The insertion site of the left PPF was not always the same as the right. (5) The medial border of the posterior pararenal space was the quadratus lumborum muscle or the quadratus lumborum muscle and the partial psoas. Conclusions:The insertion site of the left and right PPF is variable. The alteration of the medial border of the posterior pararenal space is coincident with the changes of the insertion site of the PPF.


Disc (T, T ') valve from various parts of a valve (V) gate and / or seat, in particular unavalvula single or double seat for controlling the flow of beverage, food, pharmaceutical obiotecnologicos with at least one seal (R, R ') ring placed in a groove (N) annular valve disc quecomprende a ring (17) elastic sealing with shaped cross section approximately C and at least one zone (31) seal external, which is placed on a hoop (16, 16 ') stable support formaque fits positively into the inside ring (17) sealing, in which the rim (16, 16') deapoyo is arranged a zone (33) of elastic recovery inserted operatively between a cavity (25) andthe zone (31) external sealing, characterized in that the area (33) of recovery is adjacent to lazona (31) formed external sealing ring (17) sealing from its material in one piece with the ring (17) sealing.


According to the characteristics of the selective laser sintering(SLS) machine,design and development ideas of the molding implementation machinery for a new type of SLS machine are discussed.Some key technologies,which are adopted during design and development of the molding implementation machinery are introduced.Testing results showed that the new selective laser sintering machine better meet the design requirements.


1. Blood from twenty-two species containing hemocyanin as respiratory pigment has been subjected to a detailed ultracentrifugal study.2. Sedimentation constants have been determined throughout the pH-stability ranges.3. In some cases sedimentation equilibrium measurements have been carried out. From these data molecular weight values were obtained and correlated with the sedimentation constants.4. The various hemocyanins are perfectly homogeneous with regard to molecular weight both at the isoelectric point and in the regions where reversible dissociation or association occurs.5. The stability range for the components of highest molecular weight always comprises the isoelectric point.6. Except at extremely low and high pH values the dissociation reactions are reversible.7. The molecular weights of the different hemocyanins and their reversible dissociation products show a relationship of simple multiples.8. Species belonging to the same order have similar pH-stability diagrams. Each species has a characte...


Welcome to issue 19(3) of the Journal of Agricultural & Food Information! The issue opens with a Commodity of the Quarter column by Alexandra Hauser on peanuts (groundnuts) which, we learn, are really legumes—not nuts—and have been cultivated since the late Neolithic and early Bronze Ages! Peer-reviewed contributions include a mixture of offerings from the information science and extension realms. In the lead article, Maayan Zhitomirsky-Geffet and Chaim Z. Mograbi present a methodology for building an agricultural ontology by individuals with no professional training in ontology construction. In their study, domain experts and non-experts successfully collaborated in creating an ontology for crop-pest control through a user-friendly, graphical tool. Their approach may serve as a model for the creation of ontologies in other fields. Next, Ahmed S. F. Ahmed, Sai Vanga, and Vijaya Raghavan highlight global publication trends in biochar research, based on data collected from the Web of Science. Their bibliometric analysis documents an exponential increase in published articles, reflecting growing interest in biochar as an agricultural soil amendment and an approach to carbon sequestration. The impact of information on decision-making is the focus of a field experiment conducted by Julius Okello, Carl Johan Lagerkvist, Penina Muoki, Simon Heck, and Gordon Prain in Kenya. The authors investigated consumers' willingness to purchase and consume biofortified foods and show that positive information can help overcome negative perceptions and misconceptions and promote acceptance of foods such as orange-fleshed sweetpotato that can help combat micronutrient deficiencies. The final three articles examine farmers' information needs and preferred sources of information to inform extension practice. Juliana Iwuchukwu, John Eke, and Charles Udoye surveyed crayfish farmers in Nigeria, most of whom have no contact with extension and limited to no access to agricultural information. The authors document a need for adaptation strategies with respect to the effects of climate change on aquatic animals and training in modern methods of harvesting, processing, packaging and marketing to promote development of the crayfish industry. Mohammed Sanusi, Abiodun Omokhudu, and Florence Adeloye assessed Nigerian date farmers


We study the collective response of synthetic hair sensors to changes in the airflow direction. Specifically, we examine whether an array of isotropic sensors, which are unable to detect the direct...


Results of ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) of deuterium-tritium (D-T) divertor plasmas of JET in ITER-relevant scenarios and in ITER-like configuration are presented. Hmode experiments have been performed in D-T plasmas with up to 95% of tritium in scenarios such as the second harmonic heating of tritium (2 ωCT), (D)-minority heating in T (ωCD) and He3-minority in DT mixtures. Relevant to the initial non-active campaign of ITER, ëinvertedí minority schemes (Z/M of the minority species being higher than that of the majority) such as He3 and D-minority in H plasmas including T-minority in D plasmas have also been studied in L-mode. In the latter schemes requiring operation at lower frequencies, the coupled power capability is lower (see below) and the H-mode threshold power is higher.


This study is done to find out the equation for reservoir induced seismicity. The mechanism and histories of reservoir induced seismicity are studied first to find out the factors affecting reservoir induced seismicity. A questionnaire survey is done to get an opinion of an expert on the effect of all the factors affecting reservoir induced seismicity. The results obtained from this questionnaire survey is used to find out the respective weightages of the factors by analytical hierarchy process. In the second part of the study, seismic details of 20 seismic and aseismic dams are found out in a questionnaire survey format. These details along with the weights found out in the first part of the study is used to find out the equation for reservoir induced seismicity by regression analysis. keywords: Reservoir induced seismicity, Analytical hierarchy process, Regression Analysis.


This research was developed with the purpose to study the social and affective development, tackling the problematic of the deficiencies of this development that show the students of basic education of the Educational Centre Integral Reform in Latacunga city, which recurrent aggressions situations between classmates have been identified , lack of values and suitable norms of behaviour, fault of skills for the socialisation between pairs, which deduces has generated affectations to level of the academic performance of the students, as these attitudes and behaviours affect the school climate, the attention and the motivation of the student to learn. The methodology used for the development of the research has a quantitative approach, we have applied the bibliographic design by looking for the scientific information and to collect datas, the level reached is exploratory and the techniques employed has been the survey to educational, authorities and students of the institution. The beneficiaries of the research were the students, educational authorities and parents of family of the sixth and seventh year of basic education of the Educational Centre Integral Reform "cerit" in Latacunga canton, province of Cotopaxi. The contribution generated by this research bases in the compilation of scientific foundations and theorists that have allowed to aim the importance that it consider like fundamental axis of education learning process to the social and affective development of the students, as well as the datas collected have made possible to diagnose the deficiencies in the actuality regarding this development in the population studied. The results obtained of the development of this research allow to identify that exists a deficient knowledge of the social and affective development and the fault of application of strategies to strengthen it. Key words: social Development-affective, learning, academic performance.


Convex relaxations, such as the `1-norm for sparsity [1] or the nuclear norm for rank [2], have become toolbox staples in signal processing and machine learning. Despite this, standard elementwise convex distances (e.g., ‖x0 − x1‖pp with p ≥ 1) do not account for underlying geometry in the support when comparing two signals, meaning that they are extremely sensitive to errors/mismatches in the support. The optimal transport (OT) distance [3], [4] (a.k.a. earth mover's distance [5] or Wasserstein distance) is a powerful framework that compares signals by measuring the minimal "effort" required to "push" signal mass across a geodesic support from one signal configuration to another:


The Tubarao Aquifer (Parana basin), despite the low productivity, is a significant public and private source of groundwater for the Metropolitan Region of Campinas and for the municipalities located between Sorocaba and Campinas (Sao Paulo State). Hydrogeological studies carried out in the 1990's showed the occurrence of potentiometric surface drawdown due to intensive pumping of wells, indicating the need to evaluate its productivity potential. Thus, this study aimed at characterizing the geometry of the aquifer located between the municipalities of Capivari and Indaiatuba (SP). Lithostratigraphic cross sections from east to west were prepared and analyzed based on 1262 pieces of data from wells. Correlations between these cross sections and geologic, potentiometric, and sandstone thickness maps, as well as structural contour maps of the top of the crystalline basement, provide a three-dimensional view of the lithological bodies, which helps in the location and construction of new wells, serves as the basis for stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental studies and improves the utilization of groundwater. The results showed that the most productive regions are usually located where the wells cross great thickness of sandstone (up to 200 to 300 m depth). These regions are: 1 - central region of Capivari Municipality; 2 - northeast and central-northwest regions of Elias Fausto Municipality; 3 - central-northeast region of Monte Mor Municipality. In the latter, the significant lateral continuity of sandstones, which are overlaid by shales and mudstones, locally causes the aquifer confinement.


The aim of this paper is to present and compare two modeling methods of the inter-turn short circuit fault in the stator winding of a cage induction machine. The first method is a Coupled Magnetic Circuit Method (CMCM) and the second method is a Permeance Network Method (PNM) which allows taking into account the saturation effect on the fault signature. The simulation results show that by proper modeling of induction machine it is possible to detect the effect of inter-turn short circuit faults on the machine line currents. The effect of saturation on the machine line current signature is discussed. The detailed equations describing the performance of the machine in the two cases of modeling under inter-turns short circuit faults are presented. Simulation results are compared for both healthy and faulty cases.


Illiteracy elimination is conducted under the fundamental,functional and cultural stages considering the development and contents of world illiteracy elimination.Based on the review of the previous practices,a new idea of "developmental illiteracy elimination" is proposed.Detailed explanations are made on the new idea considering the evaluation standard,the subject of illiteracy elimination and the practices,showing that illiteracy elimination is an essential,dynamic and lifelong task for all people.


1. Introduction 2. EU Encounters Norden 3. EU Encounters Post-Soviet North I: A New Theoretical Approach 4. EU Encounters Post-Soviet North II: EU Views 5. New Semi-Insiders I: Estonia 6. New Semi-Insiders II: Latvia 7. New Semi-Insiders III: Lithuania 8. From Close Outsiders to Semi-Outsiders? Russia and its Northwestern Regions 9. Future Prospects of EU-Led Wider Northern Europe


The relationships among the inclusion upward float rate,diameter of argon bubbles and diameter and density of inclusion particles with or without establishment of the gas curtain in the tundish in the process of argon bubbling are analyzed.The results show that the influence of the diameter of the gas bubbles on the upward float rate of the inclusions is apparent,whereas the effect of density of the inclusions on the float rate is of little significance.Results of industrial experiments show that tundish bottom gas bubbling is very useful for large size inclusion removal in the liquid steel,but it's not so apparent for removal of the medium and small size inclusions.


We report for the first time the creation of 2.45 and 2.8 V aqueous manganese dioxide (MnO2)|zinc (Zn) batteries without the use of expensive ion-selective membranes separating the anodes and cathodes. This new high-voltage aqueous battery (HiVAB) is able to charge and discharge 20–100% of MnO2's theoretical capacity (308 mAh/g) repeatedly for many cycles, thereby establishing this new MnO2|Zn battery as the forerunner for the possible replacement of lithium-ion batteries for applications where cost, safety, and energy density characteristics are considered paramount.


No systematic comparison has been conducted in Fiji using all suitable surveys of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity prevalence after standardizing methodology and definitions.


The main problems in environmental education of institutions of higher learning in our country lag behind international trend,without a set of regular and nonprofessional environmental educational system and lack of sufficient propaganda.


In practice,the dilemma between entrepreneurial orientation and legitimacy makes it a topic worth exploring that how to overcome"legitimacy threshold",in the process of entrepreneurial orientation and business growth.Starting from the legitimacy research,this paper presents and explains how strategic legitimacy and conforming legitimacy work on between entrepreneurial orientation and new venture growth.The empirical study confirms the effect of strategic legitimacy plays to solve the market and customer acceptance prejudice caused by proactiveness and innovativeness,and form the view of legitimacy,open the black box of entrepreneurial orientation and new venture growth.Also,conforming legitimacy provides a good market acceptance and recognition environment for the implement of entrepreneurial orientation.


A fastening device for fixing at least one cable, wherein the fastening means comprises a clip for receiving and / or securing the cable (1), wherein said clamp (1) designed such that the clip can be at least partially surrounds the cable and a force-locking and / or form-locking manner to clamp the cable, wherein the fastening means having a fastening element (2), the fixing element comprises a guide element (21) and the holding element (22), wherein the guide element (21) is mechanically connected to a clamp (1), the holding element (22) is designed such that the retaining element enables the fastening means arranged in a fixed position, wherein the guide element (21) disposed in the seat (12) in the clamp (1), the circumferential surface of the support at least partially surrounding the clamp (1).


In the present study, the ablation of a pintle injector on a 500N GOX/GCH4 rocket engine under different working conditions is studied experimentally and numerically. The temperature of the pintle tip and the combustion gas in the head zone was measured in a series of experiments by the thermocouples. Moreover, a three-dimensional model was established to simulate combustion and heat transfer concurrently and analyze the ablation state of the pintle injectors. The obtained results indicate that under a low chamber pressure (pc=0.25 MPa) and an increasing O/F ratio from 0.8 to 2, the tip temperature declines first, and then rises. At the designed working condition (pc=1.05 MPa and O/F = 3.2), the pintle tip suffered serious ablation, and the microstructure analysis indicates that the ablation failure of the stainless steel pintle tip originates from chromium precipitation. This phenomenon is especially more pronounced when the temperature exceeds 1273 K, which makes the structure fragile and vulnerable. This article helps to provide an understanding of the ablation failure of the pintle injectors, and the established model is capable of giving a prediction on the ablation status of the pintle tips consistent with the experiment.


A communication headset (10), comprising: a bracket lug (12); a communication base unit (14); a hinge unit (16), which is pivotably connected to the bracket lug base communication unit (14) (12), and allowing the ear holder (12) relative to the base communication unit (14) is rotated between an open position and a closed position; activation switch (18) which automatically activate the communication base unit (14) in the open position and the closed position of the automatic substantially closing the communication unit (14).


This paper focuses on the discussion of certain loci of enunciation that literary critics maintain in a subaltern position by locating them outside the literary field.  The article approaches this theme through the concepts of the right to literature, by Antonio Candido, the subaltern's (im)possibility of enunciation, as proposed by Gayatri Spivak, the right to narrate, by Homi Bhabha, and, finally, the notion of escrevivencia , by Conceicao Evaristo.


This paper analyses cross-border spillovers of monetary policy by examining two countries that were in the eye of the storm during the euro area sovereign debt crisis, namely Ireland and Portugal. The research provides insight as to how banking and sovereign stress affect the inward transmission of foreign monetary policy to two economies that share many characteristics, but that also have many distinct features. In particular, our research addresses the question of whether a banking system in distress reacts more or less to monetary policy changes in other major economies. The empirical analysis indicates that international spillovers are present for US and UK monetary policy for both Ireland and Portugal, but there is heterogeneity in the transmission mechanisms by which they affect credit growth in the two economies.


All-trans-retinoic acid stimulates dendritic growth in hippocampal neurons within minutes by activating mitogen-activated protein kinase and mTOR and increasing dendritic translation of calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II α and the α-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate receptor subunit GluR1. Hippocampal neurons express RARα in dendrites, and knocking down RARα prevents all-trans-retinoic acid effects on dendritic growth. Here we show, by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis of immunoaffinity isolates of hippocampal neurons, that RARα partners with many RNA-binding proteins and translation factors conveyed in dendritic RNA transport granules, including the purine-rich element-binding protein, Pur α. The interaction of RARα with Pur α, an RNA-binding protein required for dendritic RNA transport, and other RNA-binding proteins was confirmed by tandem affinity purification. Confocal microscopy confirmed localization of neuronal RARα in dendritic RNA granules with Pur α and FMRP (the fragile × mental retardation protein). Hippocampal RARα also associates with mRNA, e.g. encoding GluR1 and calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II α. Consistent with a granule function of conveying translationally silenced mRNA, RARα inhibits translation initiation, independent of 7-methylguanylate cap or poly(A) tail, and prompts mRNA redistribution to silencing ribonucleoprotein particles. These data afford a mechanism for rapid stimulation of dendritic growth by all-trans-retinoic acid and reveal that the ligand-dependent transcription factor RARα also regulates translation.


Almost eight decades ago Mihail Manoilescu (1938) argued that strong state corporatism would overcome other institutional arrangements like liberalism and communism, because of higher capacities for policy enforcement invested on the state by labor and capital forces, and more efficient policies pursued by the state in collaboration with hierarchical and strong interest groups. Although considered to be extinct after the WWII, corporatism was revealed in its best known contemporary forms: state and societal, in a multitude of researches and papers (Schmitter and Lechmbruch 1979; Lechmbruch and Schmitter 1982; Cawson 1985; Pekkarinen et all. 1992; Royo 2002; Iankova 2002; Streeck 1992). Between the '30s and the '50s it was commonly associated with autocratic regimes, especially with the fascist regimes in Germany, Italy and Spain. The end of the WWII seemed to bring the end of an ideology that reached a high level of representation in the interwar period. The success of liberalism and communism in the WWII was supposed to represent the end of corporatism. However, corporatism had never ceased to exist under various forms in post WWII countries like Austria, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Netherlands. Although present in these democratic countries, in a context of liberal reforms' pressures, corporatism found new greenfields in Eastern Europe after 1989. Economic reforms in East Central Europe under the direct observation and influence of liberal-orientation IMF and World Bank have created the premises of pluralist behavior of interest group politics. Post-communist transition's policies of collective bargaining and social agreements between government, trade unions and employers' associations have instead revealed neocorporatist (segmental rather than national) instances of interest politics.Several questions are raised concerning the interaction between unions, employers and the state in post-communism, like what type of relationship is developed by the interaction between unions, employers and the state? what is the role of neocorporatist institutions in fighting the economic crisis? do these two interest groups act like regular civil society organization? My paper will try to address these questions.


What does AWWA mean to me? At this time last year, as a master's student fresh off of his first semester of graduate school, I wouldn't have been able to tell you what those initials stood for. One year, two conferences, and a Fresh Ideas Poster Contest later, I can credit AWWA with spearheading my transition from full‐time student to water industry professional.


Webster's dictionary defines an oath as (a): a solemn, usually formal calling upon God to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says. (b): a solemn attestation of the truth or inviolability of one's words . Within all human societies, members of religious, political and professional groups have taken oaths since time immemorial. The oath of Hippocrates' has been solemnly taken by all physicians upon the undertaking of their medical professionaJ duties. Even today, most graduating medical classes take this oath all around the world as a well established medicaJ tradition. Other oaths have been proposed; the oath of a Hindu physician,, the oath of Maimonides/ and more recently, the Geneva oath' adopted by the World Medical Association. We present some of these oaths in greater detail and analyze them from a Islamic point of view. It will be clear that neither the traditionaJ Hippocratic oath nor the contemporary Geneva oath are acceptable as the oath of a muslim physician.


This study evaluated the yield of testing NP vs BAL specimens using a multiplex PCR respiratory viral panel (RVP).

 A retrospective chart review was conducted on all patients from 10/2017-3/2021 who had both an NP swab and BAL tested by RVP within a 4-week period.

 There were 477 cases where patients had both an NP and BAL specimen tested by RVP. Results were NP-/BAL- for 361 (76%) cases, NP+/BAL+ for 58 (12%), NP-/BAL+ for 40 (8%), and NP+/BAL- for 18 (4%). For NP+/BAL+, NP-/BAL+, and NP+/BAL-, respectively, rhinovirus was detected in 23 (40%), 3 (8%), and 16 (89%) cases (p< 0.001); influenza A or B in 9 (16%), 7 (18%), and 0 (0%) (ns); adenovirus in 3 (5%), 10 (25%), and 2 (11%) (p< 0.05); metapneumovirus in 9 (16%), 8 (20%), 2 (11%) (ns); RSV in 8 (14%), 6 (15%), and 1 (6%) (ns); and, parainfluenza in 7 (12%), 6 (15%), and 1 (6%) (ns), respectively. Average ages were 48, 48, and 48 years; numbers of males were 34 (58%), 28 (70%), and 11 (61%); immunocompromised were 56 (97%), 37 (92%), and 17 (94%); and, 16 (28%), 10 (25%), and 6 (33%) had an active malignancy, respectively (all ns). Average symptom durations prior to presentation were 7.0, 13.1, and 9.6 days (ns); pulmonary exams were abnormal in 35 (60%), 24 (60%), and 5 (28%) cases (p< 0.05); shortness of breath (SOB) was present in 40 (69%), 25 (62%), and 8 (44%) (ns); lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) symptoms were absent in 1 (2%), 12 (30%), and 8 (45%) cases (p< 0.01); when spirometry values were available, they were reduced in 28/31 (90%), 15/19 (79%), and 3/8 (37%) cases (p< 0.05); and, mean SpO2 levels were 91.5%, 93.9%, and 93.7% (ns), respectively. Mean temperatures were 99.0F, 99.0F, and 99.1F (ns); chills, sweats, and malaise were present in 27 (47%), 13 (33%), and 3 (17%) cases (p< 0.05); GI symptoms were present in 20 (34%), 5 (13%), and 10 (56%) cases (p< 0.05); and, acute kidney injury was present in 38 (66%), 13 (33%), and 6 (33%) cases (p< 0.05), respectively.

 Most (88%) RVP test results were concordant between NP and BAL. There were significant differences between cases of NP+/BAL+, NP-/BAL+, and NP+/BAL-. Rhinovirus and GI symptoms were more common for NP+/BAL- vs NP-/BAL+. Conversely, pulmonary exams were more often abnormal and spirometry values reduced for NP-/BAL+ vs NP+/BAL-.

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This paper investigated hotel employees' perceptions and their acceptance to hotel information systems (HISs). Using a technology acceptance model (TAM) as a theoretical background, the social influence, task-technology fit (TTF), and personal innovativeness in information technology (PIIT) on HIS users' normal daily routine usage are further explored. Structural equation modeling (SEM) technique was employed to investigate the strength of the hypothesized relationships among the constructs of social influence, TTF, PIIT, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and behavioral intention to use. Results provided empirical support for an extended TAM and confirmed its robustness in predicting users' behavioral intention to use HISs. Additionally, the paper presented a progressive theory and a practical contribution to increase the acceptance in order to provide useful suggestions for hotel managers and HIS practitioners.


In this paper we consider two ways of the jumping robot can execute acceleration that differ from each other in terms of the sequence of stages. The robot consists of the body and the acceleration module. In the first case the acceleration module is first positioned as required relative to the surface and then the robot accelerates. In the second case positioning and acceleration occur simultaneously. A mathematical model of robot motion during acceleration is developed, as well as a model of contact interaction with the surface, a classification of acceleration modes is proposed and conditions under which they are observed are formulated.As a result of the numerical simulation, two acceleration modes are established under varying control and geometric parameters of the robot, as well as the properties of the supporting surface. During both modes the robot makes contact with the surface at two supporting points, but in one mode these points are fixed, while in the other they glide over the surface. The diagrams of the acceleration modes are constructed.


Placenta accreta (placenta accreta spectrum/PAS) is a general term defining abnormal trophoblast invasion into the myometrium, the uterine serous membrane, and adjacent organs. This article presents the new FIGO classification of PAS, highlights current diagnostic methods and delivery options for patients with placenta accreta. A clinical case of pregnancy management in a patient with monochorionic diamniotic twins and placenta accreta is described. A variant of conservative organ-preserving delivery technique using tourniquet hemostasis and metroplasty is introduced. Key words: placenta accreta, placenta previa, bleeding, monochorionic diamniotic twins, cesarean section, tourniquet hemostasis


In view of the effect of antithrombin III on essential hypertension, we investigated the 5' untranslated exon 1 length (I/D) polymorphism and intron 5'-DdeI RFLP of the human antithrombin Ⅲ gene in the Korean patients with essential hypertension. There were no significant differences in the allele, genotype and haplotype frequencies of these polymorphisms between normotensive and essential hypertensive subjects. The significant linkage disequilibrium was however, detected between I/D polymorphism and Dde I RFLP. The I/D polymorphism was also significantly associated with BMI, total cholesterol (TC) and HDLcholesterol levels, while DdeI polymorphism with age and BMI. Therefore, our results suggest that the significant association between the genetic polymorphisms in the antithrombin Ⅲ gene and variable cardiovascular risk factors may reflect the potential role of human antithrombin Ⅲ gene in cardiovascular function.


Inconsequences and neglected areas abound in the exploration history of hydrocarbons, both spatially and temporally, and as a result of geologic/technical and economic/political factors. Inorganic hydrocarbons, deep-Earth gas, continental sources and natural coal gasification — are these so rarely considered because of scientific inhibition? Might not vast new areas be opened up to exploration if the rigid beliefs of prospectors on the influence of effusiva and depth of burial could be modified? Our understanding of regional tectonic units is limited but may provide vital clues as to potential for as yet unsuspected exploitable deposits. The essence of a successful outcome will be in the development of an intelligent and organised approach, and an unbiased attitude.


Self-efficacy owned by teachers carrying out geography teaching is significant at every phase of teaching process. For that reason, for the aim if the geography teaching self-efficacy scale are presented in details. Totally 164 teachers of social science and geography that are working in Ordu province are prepared evaluation tool in determining the geography teaching self-efficacy of teachers; item creation, content validity (taking the suggestions of authorities)pretrial and finally validity and reliability evaluation stages are followed. Statistical calculations of the obtained data are analyzed with SPSS Packet program. By doing the studies of required validity and reliability a scale containing four sub dimensions of using (application) proficiency of geography knowledge, orientation proficiency of teaching process, effective teaching proficiency and proficiency in geographical skills is obtained Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient is obtained as α = 0.92, A 5-point Likert type scale with 45 items is prepared ready to use.


Studies employing multiple methods of cognitive assessment have often found low convergent validity, especially between endorsement (e.g., a checklist or questionnaire) and production e.g., think aloud or thought listing) methods. These results raise serious questions about the construct validity of measures receiving extensive use in cognitive behavior therapy research and practice. Five possible explanations for low convergent validity of cognitive assessments are elaborated: unreliability of production measures due to insufficient aggregation, noncomparable stimulus sampling across measures, use of different judges on each measure to make subjective ratings, invalidity of endorsement measures resulting from the nomothetic assumption that the same cognitions apply equally well to everyone, and invalidity resulting from arbitrary decisions about response formats during test construction. Suggestions regarding how these explanations might be tested are described, and in the case of the last explanation an original study illustrating such a research strategy is presented.


Needs may be defined in terms of impairment, disability, or in terms of interventions. The fact that a need is defined does not mean that it can be met. For example, some needs may remain unmet because other problems take priority, because an effective method is not available locally, or because the person in need refuses treatment. A need may exist, as defined by a professional, even if the intervention is refused by a patient. Further, a needs assessment is not intended to endorse the status quo. It is important to define need in terms of the care/agent/setting required, not those already in place. At the same time, a proper needs assessment process should not lead to the imposition of expert solution upon patients. A professionally defined need remain unmet, and have to be replaced by one acceptable to the patients. The specification of an intervention, if accepted by the user following negotiation, leads to the choice of a key worker to provide the care (Mangen & Brewin, 1991). In addition, it is important to distinguish need from demand, provision and utilisation (Figure 1 from Stevens & Gabbay, 1991).


The objective of this thesis was to examine various aspects of behavioural regulation of nest construction in Vespine wasps. This was achieved by examining nest structure principally in colonies of Dolichovespula sylvestris and Dolichovespula norwegica at various developmental stages. Some aspects of nest construction behaviour were also examined in Vespula vulgaris. The construction of the envelope requires a large investment in the time and resources of the colony. As the principal function of envelope is nest insulation, the amount constructed should reflect the requirement of the colony for thermoregulation. The thickness and number of layers of envelope constructed in nests of D. sylvestris and D. norwegica was found to increase with colony development, reaching a peak near the end of the lifecycle and when production of reproductives is at a maximum. Spradbery (1973) and Edwards (1980) claimed that small Vespine nests have proportionally thicker envelopes than large nests. The findings of this project did not agree with this claim and envelope thickness was found to increase linearly with nest diameter. This resulted from the allocation of a constant proportion of material to comb and envelope construction through colony development. The increase in envelope thickness is achieved by adding additional layers, while maintaining a constant gap between them. As the principal function of the envelope is insulation, temperature may act as a cue regulating its construction. Potter (1964) found evidence that the rate of foraging for pulp in V. vulgaris was affected by nest temperature. He did not, however, determine if this pulp was used in the construction of comb or envelope. A heated nest box and entrance trap were therefore developed to determine if environmental factors, such as temperature, affect the rate at which envelope is constructed. The nest box was successful in maintaining a colony of D. sylvestris transferred from the field. It was also capable of maintaining a range of temperatures selected by the experimenter of up to 35


The relief and geological structure of Carpathian Biosphere Reserve represent the features of the geological and geomorphological structure of the four geomorphological regions of the Ukrainian Carpathians. The block mid-mountains of the Polonynsko-Chornohirsky Carpathians (Chornohora, Svydovets, and Uholsko-Shyrokoluzhansky massifs) and the folded mid-mountains of Marmarosy crystal massif (Marmarosy and Kuziy-Trybushansky massifs) are well protected within the reserve.
The analysis of the morphostructure and morphosculpture of the reserve is carried out taking into account the longitudinal (NW–SE) and transverse divisions of the Ukrainian
The analysis of the morphostructure and morphosculpture of the reserve is carried out taking into account the longitudinal (NW–SE) and transverse divisions of the Ukrainian Carpathians. The longitudinal division is associated with morphostructures of higher orders, such as second and third. The transverse division is associated with the fourth and fifth orders of morphostructures.
In the analysis of morphosculpture of the reserve, the types characterized for all regions of Flysch and Crystal Carpathians are allocated. All mountain massifs and ridges could be characterized by an asymmetrical structure, such as steep northeastern slopes and acclivous southwestern slopes. The relic morphosculpture is represented by: 1) fragments of denudation surfaces of different ages such as Polonynska, Pidpolonynska, and riparian; 2) ancient glacial and extra glacial landforms; 3) areas of ancient longitudinal valleys. River valleys with a complex of different age terraces represent inherited morphosculpture.
Modern morphodynamic processes are represented by height (tier) differentiation. The processes of sheet erosion, deflation, and rill erosion play an important role in the relief modeling for the tiers of strongly dissected mid-mountain relief. The lower tier of the terraced and non-terraced bottoms of the valleys are associated with the processes of leaching and erosion as well as a significant accumulation of erosion products and mudflows. Stabilized and active displacements are the most recorded among the gravitational processes and block motions.
Key words: Carpathian Biosphere Reserve; Ukrainian Carpathians; relief; morphostructure; morphosculpture.


Technology trend analysis systems use data mining to process vast amounts of papers, patents and news articles to analyze and predict the life cycles of technologies, products and other kinds of entities. Some systems can also extract relations between entities such as technologies, authors and products. In order to establish precise relations between entities, entity disambiguation has to be performed. In this study, we focused on author disambiguation in the context of technology trend analysis. We used Random Forests and SVM to learn a pair wise similarity function to decide whether two articles were written by the same author or not. Besides comparing common features such as article titles and author affiliations we also studied features that were built from the analyses that were made by KISTI's InSciTe system. For training and evaluation a corpus containing 24, 750 pair wise article similarities was manually constructed using data from InSciTe. Using this corpus, Random Forests outperformed SVM and reached an accuracy value of 98.31%. Only using the newly introduced features, an accuracy of 94.79% was achieved, proving their usefulness.


The stability of open-pit mine walls and other geotechnical infrastructure is a function of geometry, material properties and groundwater conditions (pore pressure distribution). A portion of failures are attributed to the effect of pore water pressures within the mine wall slopes. The objective of this research was to investigate the interaction between the increments/decrements of stresses that occur during the lithostatic unloading/excavation of the pit and the increments/decrements of pore water pressures. This interaction can be described by the theory of linear poroelasticity, which incorporates the coupling between changes in fluid pressure and changes in stress in porous media. The results of this thesis are displayed in the form of contour charts and graphs.


The importance of environmental literacy as well as environmental issues has long been recognized and became a major area of research in the twenty-first century. Environmental literacy, environmental awareness, and environmental sustainability are interwoven concepts. Environmental literacy is defined as the awareness and concern about the environment and its associated problems, as well as the knowledge, skills and motivation to work towards solutions of current problems and the prevention of new ones (NAAEE, 2004).


U.S. Customs administration plays an important role in the structure and efficiency of international logistics. The Customs Modernization and Informed Compliance Act was passed in December 1993 with the objective of improving the efficiency of the U.S. customs process. The principle logistics benefits for the trade community and the means by which they are to be accomplished include faster clearance and lower transaction costs via increased automation and remote entry, and decreased congestion at ports of entry via a reduction in the number and complexity of formal entries. These gains are offset somewhat because some traditional Customs responsibilities have been shifted to importers of record. This will increase their compliance costs and penalty risk exposure. The key changes presented in the act and potential implications for the parties involved in the importing process are described.


Abstract : The mass-sensitivities, vapor sensitivities, and vapor detection limits of flexural plate wave (FPW) and surface acoustic wave (SAW) vapor sensors are compared both theoretically and experimentally. FPW devices offer high mass sensitivity at much lower operating frequency. Mass sensitivity increases as membranes thickness decreases; frequency decreases at the same time. This scaling law is in contrast to SAW devices where mass sensitivity increases as frequency increases. FPW devices with sorbent polymer films respond to vapors in a manner similar to SAW devices coated with the same polymer. The FPW vapor sensor, however, offers lower absolute noise levels and hence lower vapor detection limits. It is also demonstrated experimentally that FPW devices can monitor changes in polymer films as the polymer undergoes the glass transition. Plots of frequency vs. temperature show a discontinuity in slope at the static glass transition.


By means of 3D coupled molecular dynamics/Lattice Boltzmann simulations, we analyze
the destabilization process of a granular bed of spherical particles inclined above its angle
of repose and immersed in a viscous fluid [1]. Extensive simulations were performed for
different values of the packing fraction and slope angle. We study the evolution of
macroscopic observables such as shear strain, packing fraction and excess pore pressure.
We then analyze the contact network anisotropy. Two regimes are evidenced as in
experiments [2,3]: a loose regime where the slope fails spontaneously and a dense regime
where the failure is delayed as a result of negative excess pore pressure built up in
reaction to the dilation of the bed. The two regimes belong to the packing fractions below
and above 0.59, respectively. We focus in more detail on the creep-like deformation of the
inclined bed in the dense regime. The time evolution of the packing fraction and shear
strain scale with a characteristic time obtained from a model based on the balance of
granular stresses in the presence of a pore excess pressure and the relation of the latter
with dilatancy controlled by Darcian drag forces. The cumulative shear strain at failure is
found to be around 0.2, close to the experimental value [2], irrespective of the initial
packing fraction and inclination angle. In the same way, the time and packing fraction at
failure are correctly predicted by the model. A noticeable finding is that the network
deforms by distortion at nearly constant connectivity. The contact network anisotropy
grows with shear strain, and slope failure is triggered when the anisotropy levels off. The
anisotropy thus appears as an internal variable, reflecting the distortion of the contact
network. The independence of the internal friction angle with respect to the initial packing
fraction and its dependence on the slope angle were studied and shown to be a
consequence of slope stabilization by the cohesive-like effect of negative excess pore
pressure. It is also interesting to note that the transition from stable equilibrium to inertial
flow in the presence of a fluid is accompanied by large fluctuations. As soon as the
capacity of volume change by distortion is nearly exhausted, slope instability is triggered
by the fluctuations and amplified by lubrication forces as the avalanches proceeds.


Abstract : This report summarizes the research results of this task which were published in eleven refereed journal articles. The seven basic topics are: (1) Effects of coronal holes on properties of SEP events (Kahler et al., 2013, 2014); (2) Size distributions and scaling laws of solar flares and SEP events (Cliver et al., 2012; Kahler, 2013); (3) SEP event timescales and associated CME properties (Kahler, 2013); (4) Comparison of the intensities and energies of gradual SEP events with the dynamical properties of associated CMEs (Kahler and Vourlidas, 2013); (5) The roles of interacting CMEs and solar wind streams in SEP events (Kahler and Vourlidas, 2014a,b); (6) The cosmogenic nuclide event of 775 AD (Cliver et al., 2014) ; and (7) Abundance enhancements and CME associations of Fe-rich impulsive SEP events (et al., 2014a,b) .


A field trial was conducted at the experimental farm of the Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, to determine the growth and yield response of cucumber (cv. Poinsett) to timing of fertilizer application. Fertilizer (20:10:10), at the rate of 150 kg N ha-1, was applied at: planting, 3 weeks after planting (WAP) and 6 WAP. Similarly, split applications were given at planting + 3 WAP, at planting + 6 WAP and at 3 WAP + 6 WAP. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with seven treatments (six fertilizer application treatments plus a non fertilizer control) and four replications. Means were separated using Duncan's Multiple Range Test at the 5% level of significance. In general, plants that were fertilized performed better than control plants in terms of vegetative growth and yield. A split application at 3 WAP + 6 WAP performed the best in terms of vegetative growth and fruit yield. Fertilizer applied once-over at 6 WAP was the least beneficia...


It is now widely accepted that improvement of efficacy and efficiency of our health services necessitates, among other things, a realignment of functions or roles of health workers. Considerable time has been devoted to thought and discussion of the roles of various members of the health team, and physician and nurse are often at the centre of controversy. There seems to be little doubt that these two members can in cooperation arrive at a more effective use of their respective skills and time in working to meet the health care needs of people. Many factors point to the necessity for nursing to take broader responsibility in the health field.
 The School of Nursing at McGill University responded to this imperative by establishing a nurse internship of two months following upon the baccalaureate degree program. Experience for the plan is found in four ambulatory care centres and places are provided for sixteen interns. At the present time there is a nurse coordinator from the School in each area who is responsible for the planning and for a considerable amount of teaching


This pilot study was done to determine the feasibility and accuracy of University of Florida/National Cancer Institute (UF/NCI) phantoms and Monte Carlo (MC) retrospective dosimetry and had two aims: (1) to determine the anatomic accuracy of UF/NCI phantoms by comparing 3D organ doses in National Wilms Tumor Study (NWTS) patient‐matched UF/NCI phantoms to organ doses in corresponding patient‐matched CT scans and (2) to compare infield and out‐of‐field organ dosimetry using two dosimetry methods—standard radiation therapy (RT) treatment planning systems (TPS) and MC dosimetry in these two anatomic models.


This research was aimed to develop a natural borojo pulp energy drink, the same which is highly energetic, nutritious and has no side effects or dependencies, evaluating for these two types of commercial sugars present in the daily diet. A completely randomized block design with three replicates for each treatment was used. Levels in this study were: Factor A. Percentages borojo pulp (12%, 17% and 22%) diluted in water and Block kg B. Types of commercial sugar (158 g of white and brown sugar by dilution kg ). A bromatological analysis after packaging the treatments was performed for this purpose 54 experimental units of 365 ml were used for a total of 6 treatments and organoleptic evaluation was performed with 30 untrained judges where they rated the product according to the attribute of their choice . The best result with respect to bromatological variables was the T3 with: pH = 3.42, = 0.34% acidity, ° Brix = 15.6 Kcal = 58. While in the sensory analysis, the formulation of the energy drink that achieved the greatest acceptance of the panelists was the T5 (17% Borojo and 158 g of white sugar). In the microbiological results done for the best treatment T5, there was no presence of microorganisms. Therefore, the study made for the borojo pulp makes it consider as a drink with great potential for an energy drink.


2007;133:155-161 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Howard Trombley, Frank P. Ittleman, Christopher Terrien, III, Andrew Stanley and Alan Joseph D. Schmoker, Kenneth J. McPartland, Erika K. Fellinger, Jon Boyum, Lucy nonatherosclerotic thoracic aortic aneurysms Matrix metalloproteinase and tissue inhibitor expression in atherosclerotic and http://jtcs.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/133/1/155 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is


ABSTRACT This paper investigates changes in the spatial structure and explores the link between the initial shape and other characteristics of city-regions of Poland and heterogeneity in the changes of urban structure. Shifting attention to the former socialist country offers an opportunity to illuminate the link between a rapid and systemic political–economic transition and the development of city-regions. The results suggest that increasing polycentricity is not the main trend in Poland, and show that the context and initial stage of spatial structure indeed matter in shaping trajectories of urban change. Irrespective of the systemic transition, the spatial structure of city-regions is relatively slow to change.


Abstract. The easy and accurate nondestructive examination technique is demanded today. The NDE uses the magnetostriction of the materials to evaluate the materials. In general, materials are magnetized to engage in the NDE test. In this study, we measured the leakage magnetic flux density of crack tip vicinity without magnetizing or demagnetizing the material. We used the stainless steel for the test specimen since it is widely used and it has both ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic properties. We found the leakage magnetic flux densities increased in crack tip neighborhood as the load to the ferromagnetic material was increased. The stress intensity factor and the leakage magnetic flux density have the linear relationship. The leakage magnetic flux density increased similarly for non-ferromagnetic material in crack tip neighborhood. We confirmed that we could detect and evaluate the strain of the defect by measuring the stress-generated magnetic signal of the material with the low magnetic field tesla meter. Our new NDE technique would be very effective to the defect evaluation without costly manners.


An acyclic derivative of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine, (R,S)-1-[1-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-3-azidopropyl]thymine (2), has been synthesized by a path involving Michael-type addition. Related thymidine analogues lacking the C(3')-C(4') bond were similarly obtained. The method provides a versatile new route to nucleoside analogues. The new compounds were found to be essentially inactive against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2) in vitro when tested up to 100 microM.


Background: Better understanding of the macronutrients consumption and relationships between food group and total and central body fat among children is necessary for the effective prevention and management of obesity in youth. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate macronutrients and food group intake and the associations between the portion size of food groups and anthropometric indices including waist circumference (WC) and body fat percentage (BF%) among schoolchildren in Babol, North of Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 205 boys and girls aged 7-11 from the urban and rural areas of Babol. The data on food consisted of a 24-hourrecall and food frequency questionnaire obtained via interviewing the children and their mothers. Waist circumference and body fat was measured based on the standard protocols. Dietary analysis and other data analysis were performed using the Nutritionist IV and SPSS -18. Results: The top sources of energy for schoolchildren were carbohydrate and fat with about 63% and 23% of total energy, respectively. In contrast to boys, girls who consumed more cereals, meat and dairies had the lower central and total adiposity. There was no association between obesity and fruit, oil and vegetable consumption. Besides, the low consumption of vegetables and dairy products and the high intake of cereals and oils was found in both genders. Conclusion: According to higher consumption of macronutrients like as carbohydrate and protein and lower intake of dairy products, vegetables and fruits which had different association with central obesity in these students, recommended food groups intake should be highlighted to promote the importance of age appropriate portion sizes and frequency of eating and provide guidance for the students and parents.


We investigated that effect of glyphosate on chlorophyll and enzyme activity of duckweed (Lemna minor) in the study. The experiment consisted of two stages. Firs stage, L. minor was collected fresh water and drainage water of agriculture land in Erzurum. At second stage, L. minor plants has been acclimated before glyphosate treatment for 2 weeks and these plant sample were exposure with different concentrations of glyphosate (0.48, 2.4, 4.8 and 19.2 gL) in laboratory conditions. NH3 N, NO3 N, NO2 N and PO4 P concentrations in water sample and starch content (%) of the plant, Chl-a and Chl-b concentration differences at p<0.05 were considered as statistically significant. Catalyze enzyme activity exhibited to change depending on glyphosate treatment. Chlorophyll-a and chlorophyll-b were determined the highest mean 0.006 mgL and 0.011 mgL in the control group on 14. day, respectively. The lowest mean for both of them were found 0.000001 mgL at 19.2 gL concentrations glyphosate exposure on 14. day. Starch accumulation was calculated to be the highest value (11.18%) at concentrations of 19.2 gL and the lowest value (11.15%) at 0.48 gL concentrations. According to results of the present study, L. minor was found as a natural purification method for the removal of glyphosate. Nevertheless, both histopathology disorder and enzyme activity should be investigated together to understand the effect of glyphosate on duckweed.


This study aims to determine efforts to increase student activity and learning outcomes in learning multiplication with integers using the problem-based learning model at SDN 060924, Medan Amplas District. This research is a classroom action research. The model used in this study is the Spiral model from Kemmis & Mc Taggart. This research was conducted in May 2023 at SDN 060924 Medan Amplas. In this study using a test instrument, namely multiple choice questions as many as 15 questions and non-tes, namely in the form of observation sheets, interviews, and documentation. There are several types of data collection techniques, namely tests, observations, and documentation. Based on the table about the development of student learning activities above, it shows an increase in student learning activities. In this case, the average increase in student learning activity in each aspect is 11,345% and all aspects of the activity reach the active criteria. Learning mathematics about integer material in cycles I, II and III that the application of problem based learning has in fact experienced an increase of 90% from the number of students who complete it in cycles I, II and III, the description of student learning activities regarding multiplication of integers increases greatly Good. It is known that the mastery of the mathematics learning results of class IV students on mixed arithmetic operations material reaches 90%, so that it meets the specified indicator of 70%. So in this case the researcher can be said to be successful and there is no need for further action in the next cycle. Observations from observers showed an increase in student activity in participating in learning.


The ASME Board on Nuclear Codes & Standards (BNCS) has a standing Task Group on Regulatory Endorsement (TG-RE) that is actively involved with obtaining endorsement of ASME Nuclear Codes and Standards (NC&S) used in the USA. However, all ASME NC&S that are required to be met by law in the USA must first be endorsed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), specifically in Title 10, Section 50.55a, "Codes and standards." Similarly, all Code Cases permitted by law to be used, as alternatives, must be approved for use in other United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) documents such as NRC Regulatory Guides endorsed in the NRC rules. The NRC uses a rulemaking process to amend Section 50.55a to endorse and approve new or updated NC&S, and thus controls and mandates the use of ASME NC&S in the USA. The rulemaking process is very structured and is not very flexible. This paper describes how the TG-RE is working to improve and expedite the process by which the NRC endorses our ASME NC&S. Because the NRC influences international regulatory action, this paper is written to inform the international nuclear engineering community about the process by which endorsement of NC&S occurs in the USA and what actions are being taken to improve that process.Copyright © 2008 by ASME


Rare-earth substitution has given a series of Pb-based 1:2:1:2 superconducting compounds (Pb,Cu)Sr{sub 2}(Ca,{ital R})Cu{sub 2}O{sub 7} ({ital R}=Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm). {ital T}{sub {ital c}}'s vary inversely with rare-earth ionic size from 72 K (Tm) to 60 K (Gd) and then remain constant for larger ions up to Nd. This behavior ({ital T}{sub {ital c}} decreasing for larger ions separating the two CuO{sub 2} superconducting sheets) is similar to the behavior of RBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 4}O{sub 8} (1:2:4) and {ital R}{sub 2}Ba{sub 4}Cu{sub 7}O{sub {ital y}} (2:4:7), but not {ital R}Ba{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7} (1:2:3). As prepared in air the samples were not superconductors; superconductivity was induced by annealing in oxygen under 100 bar of oxygen pressure at 940 {degree}C followed by fast cooling from 940 to 100 {degree}C (50 {degree}C/min). Lattice constants of the compounds correlate with the ionic radii of the rare-earth elements, as in the 1:2:3, 1:2:4, and 2:4:7 compounds.


The article introduces QA ideas of the cost of quality, total QC and Zero defect to explain °∞Quality is Foremost


The paper presents the results of preliminary research on the application of olivine moulding sands with hydrated sodium silicate containing 1.5 % wt. of binder to perform ecological casting cores in hot-box technology using a semi-automatic core shooter. The following parameters were used in the process of core shooting: initial shot pressure of 6 bar, shot time 3 s, the temperature of the core-box: 200, 250 and 300 °C and the core curing time: 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 s. The matrix of the moulding mixture was olivine sand, and the binder of the sandmix was commercial, unmodified hydrated sodium silicate with molar module SiO 2 /Na 2 O of 2.5. In one shot of the automatic core-shooter were formed three longitudinal specimens (cores) with a dimensions 22.2×22.2×180 mm. The samples obtained in this way were subjected to the assessment of the influence of the shooting parameters, i.e. shooting time, temperature and curing time in core-box, using the following criteria: core box fill rate, mechanical strength to bending R gU , apparent density, compaction degree and susceptibility to friability of sand grains after hardening. The results of trials on the use of olivine moulding sands with hydrated sodium silicate (olivine SSBS) in the process of core shooting made it possible to determine the conditions for further research on the improvement of inorganic hot-box process technology aimed at: reduction of the heating temperature and the curing time. It was found that correlation between the parameters of the shooting process and the bending strength of olivine moulding sands with sodium silicate is observed.


Objective To explore the effects of intraspinal block for labor analgesia on postpartum lumbago. Methods 200full-term primiparas of viginal delivery and the reexamination in postpartum 6-8weeks in our hospital from January 2011to October 2012were performed the retrospective analysis and divided into the analgesia group and non-analgeisia group according to whether adopting analgesia.The occurrence rates of lumbago were compared between the two groups.Results The occurrence rates,degree,duration of lumbago had no statistical difference between the two groups(P0.05).Conclusion Intralspinal labor analgesia does not increase the risk of postpartum lumbago.


Culex quinquefasciatus is the main vector of limfatic filariasis in Pekalongan City. Sterile Insect Tehnique could be an alternative vector control efforts to eliminate filariasis. The success of this technique is depend on the ability of laboratory-reared sterile males with the wild-type females. Indicator of SIT Aplication is determined by the value of the mating competitiveness and sterility to Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera:Culicidae). The design of the research is an experimental. Gamma irradiation on the pupae (age . 15 hours) with the  doses of 0 Gy, 60 Gy, 65 Gy,70 Gy, 75 Gy and 80 Gy in BATAN Jakarta.  Male mosquitoes which emerged from the pupa then matting with a normal female. This research observed the mean  of females laying eggs ,fecundity, fertility and  mating competitiveness. This experimental research was conducted in the laboratory and the data were analyzed by ANOVA.The result showed that irradiation at the trial doses had an effect on fertility of Culex quinquefasciatus, but not  had significant effect on  fecundity and mating competitiveness . A dose of 70 Gy is the optimum dose with a fertility rate of 1.8% (sterility 98.2%) and C indexs 0,568 can be recommended for futher  semi field assays. The number of sterile males were six times compared with the wild population to increase the chances of  mating with wild-type females.


.  Working on the computation of roots in Chinese compounds, this paper presents six major differences between the merger of roots in compound formation and the merger of elements in phrase structure formation: the existence of exocentric structures, the freedom of projectivity, the disappearance of subcategorization, the double licensing of formal features, the effect of Lexical Integrity in movement, and such an effect in pronominalization. All of these differences are accounted for by the hypothesis that roots do not have syntactic features. Moreover, this paper studies a case of merger level underspecification in languages that allow nouns and verbs to occur without any inflection: in the absence of a syntactic context, an isolated string of two elements can be ambiguous between the root-merger that eventually gives rise to a verb and the merger of a verb and its object that gives rise to a VP.


Abstract The present work describes studies about the influence of processing variables on the microstructure and properties of dual phase austempered ductile iron (ADI). The upper and lower critical temperatures of conventional ductile iron melt were determined. Heat treatments involving austenitising within the intercritical interval, followed by austempering, allowed microstructures to be obtained composed of different combinations of free ferrite and ausferrite. Mechanical and fracture toughness tests performed on samples with mixed structures showed interesting combinations of strength and toughness, in comparison with fully ferritic and fully ausferritic matrices, particularly when austempering was carried out at 350°C. The results of the critical crack size, expressed by the relationship (K IC/σYS)2, which indicates the relative toughness of the material, showed the best values for ferritic matrices with ∼20% ausferrite. This effect is attributed to the location of the ausferrite in the last to freeze regions (the weakest areas in the matrix) where it acted as a reinforcing phase.


Evaluation method of circuit-based reliability statistics can reflect system structure problem in certain extent and together with equipment reliability statistical can make more objective comprehensive on the statistical evaluation of transmission system reliability.Firstly,the definition of the circuit and determination method and the statistical evaluation index system which was based on the circuit and statistical calculation formula of concrete targets were proposed.Finally,the example shows that the statistical evaluation method proposed in this paper can reflect the transmission system grid construct influence of the reliability,thus provide more referential information for the transmission system planning and the operation management departments.


The 2012 JOBS act substantially reduced costs for early-stage entrepreneurs to obtain equity and debt financing from accredited investors without going through the compliance hurdles of a public offering. Using data on 6,485 crowdfinancing issues floated between 2013 and 2016 on a representative list of crowdfinancing platforms, we provide evidence that strongly suggests womenrun startups are less likely to be funded, and that female entrepreneurs carefully select into these opportunities on the extensive and intensive margins. On the extensive margin, female founders select into crowdfinancing platforms only if they are more certain to receive funding. Among viable projects, female-run projects are less likely to be completely funded, regardless of female ownership. On the intensive margin, women are not penalized for having large or risky projects, and do better than men when they use a crowdfinancing website that prominently displays a headshot of the entrepreneur. Further, women do worse in targeting sophisticated investors, or when they offer a high number of deliverables in their pitches. Overall, these findings show that women market their projects differently and to different investors, an indication that our results are likely driven by bias, rather than statistical discrimination.


The present invention relates to a method for recovering molybdenum compound from a molybdenum etchant, more specifically to directly recover the molybdenum compounds which can be used a method for processing at a high temperature in Fig. Ferro molybdenum raw materials without taking in order to recover the molybdenum in a simple manner It will be on the way in. Recovery process of the present invention includes the steps of preparing a molybdenum etchant molybdenum is dissolved in a hydrogen peroxide solution; The step of stirring while adding the CaO in the molybdenum etching solution; And the step of stopping the addition of CaO, when the CaO by the addition of a pH of molybdenum etching solution is 5 to 10 and recovering the precipitate produced by the addition of CaO; characterized by comprising a. Molybdenum, hydrogen peroxide, calcium oxide, pH, CaMoO4