Background The current study aimed to investigate the determinants of high double product (DP) by evaluating the association between resting DP, which is calculated as systolic blood pressure (SBP) multiplied by heart rate (HR), and blood test results and lifestyle factors. Methods This research included 973 participants in the baseline survey of the KOBE study, which included a cohort of urban residents. The possible DP determinants were identified by examining the association between lifestyle factors and laboratory findings and DP by analyzing covariance adjusted for sex and age. Logistic regression analysis was performed with high DP (SBP × HR ≥ 9145 mmHg beats/min or quintile according to sex) as outcome and DP determinants as independent variables. Results Age, hematocrit, and gamma-glutamyl transferase (log) level were positively associated with a high DP in both men and women. In addition, a high DP was positively associated with Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance score in women alone. Meanwhile, the amount of exercise was negatively associated with a high DP in men alone. Conclusions High DP values at rest were associated with insulin resistance, gamma-glutamyl transferase, and the amount of exercise in participants without underlying disease. Supplementary information The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1265/ehpm.23-00002.


Summary The software reuse has been gathering the attention of the software industry due to its potential to revamp the software development process. The systematic use of the software reuse is practical and the industrial user data shows that it improves the productivity and quality of the software. However there are issues which have been limiting the wide spread use of software reuse. These relate to software component representation, its storage and retrieval. Understanding and codifying the characteristics of components is essential to the effective management and development of component-based software systems. This paper presents a new characterization scheme for reusable software component based on information retrieval theory. Different organizations of the extracted keywords that represent the semantic feature of the software component are evaluated. This approach allows using uncontrolled vocabulary and automatic indexing of software components that are stored a reusable component library. It could be beneficial for improving the productivity of reuse repository manager by easy identification and retrieval of desired software components.


In this paper we report significant enhancement of the bulk refractometric sensitivity of long period fiber grating (LPFG) based sensors with deposition of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) over the surface of the LPFG. Anomalous change in refractive index (RI) of GNPs with change in surrounding RI (SRI) has been used to enhance the sensitivity of the sensor. It has been shown both experimentally and theoretically that the GNPs acts like a sensitivity amplification layer for LPFG based sensors. These high sensitive sensors will be very useful in case of chemical or bio-chemical sensing.


The author addresses the problem of free will as a prerequisite for the moral, and, consequently, legal responsibility of a person as a legal entity and concentrates on its formulation in analytic philosophy. The latter proceeds from the contradiction between a person's free will and the determinism of objective processes. The peculiarity of this formulation of the problem of free will stems from the characteristic features of analytic philosophy: its anti-historicism, anti-metaphysics, scientism, logicism, naturalism of common sense, and value neutrality. Considering the grounds on which a person can be deemed free, we come to the conclusion that these grounds are extremely problematic in the light of both competing analytic theories, i.e. compatibilism and incompatibilism. While the former, in the spirit of D. Hume, is forced to look for means to describe a person's free actions as necessary elements in the chain of a regular sequence of events, the latter faces the problem of substantiating indeterminism, clarifying its types and the level of implementation of unconditioned processes that make the action free. The development of an analytical understanding of free will leads to the paradoxical conclusion that the latter is a condition for including an individual into the crime–punishment chain of legal determination. In other words, a person must be free to get in the zone of action of a certain type of causal dependence. The logicism of the analytical type of philosophizing makes such conclusions unacceptable, which further problematizes free will. The author comes to the conclusion that the analytical approach to the problem of free will immanently contains its denial or formalization and is, therefore, alien to the traditional socio-legal discourse based on the assumption of unshakable, a priori grounds for a legal person's free will. In the final part of the article, the author explains why the analytical formulation is inapplicable to the problem of freedom for social philosophy of the value type, but relevant for reflective social philosophy.


Agriculture enterprise management' comprehensive quality evaluation, is the important content for transformation of agricultural and talent cultivation. This paper through the expert investigation method, a wide range of questionnaire investigation, establishing agriculture enterprise management' comprehensive quality evaluation system, and using the method of fuzzy mathematics evaluation for agriculture enterprise management' quality, working for the professional information construction personnel training to provide feedback.


of these proteins is the NDPK3 activity. The NDPK (EC 188.8.131.52) enzymes were first described in yeast (9) and in pigeon breast muscle (10). However, the NDPK activity is not essential for the ability of nm23-H1 to suppress tumor metastasis or for the differentiation inhibitory properties of the nm23 genes in myeloid cells (1 1—13). It has been postulated that the phosphorylation status of nm23 may be important for the various biological effects ascribed to nm23 expres sion. Phosphorylation of the serine 44 residue in nm23-Hl might affect interaction with other proteins ( 11), raising the possibility that the identification of putative interacting proteins might provide a clue for the mechanisms of nm23 function. The nm23-H2 has also been reported to function as a transcription factor for the c-myc promoter (14); however, an excessive amount of relatively pure nm23-H2 was required in band-shift experiments, and purified recombinant nm23-H2 was significantly less transcriptionally active in vitro than partially purified nm23-H2 (15). Accordingly, the significance of this specific function needs further assessment. By differential screening of a cDNA library from CML-BC primary cells, DR-nm23, a cDNA clone highly homologous to nm23-H1 and -H2, has recently been isolated (16). Expression of DR-nm23 was high in primitive hematopoietic progenitor cells and declined during myeloid differentiation (16). Overexpression of the DR-nm23 cDNA in 32Dcl3, a myeloid precursor cell line, inhibited differentiation induced by granulocyte colony stimulating factor and caused apoptosis (16). To study the mechanism(s) associated with the preferential expression of DR-nm23 in myeloid progenitor cells, we have isolated and characterized both the 5'-flanking region and the DR-nm23 gene. We report here the structure of the gene, its ability to encode for a functional DR-nm23 protein of the expected size in transfected cells, and its chromosomal location. In addition, we have identified the transcription initiation site(s) and delineated the promoter activity of DR-nm23 5'-flanking region.


The article provides an overview on the most important innovations of the new Hungarian Code of Civil Procedure. It presents a renewed system of allocation of cases, the split structure of the procedural phases, the modifications in connection of the representation, the new regulation on the illegaly obtained evidence, the solutions for incapacity to prove, the remedies and collective redress. Finally, the manuscript goes on with the question of electronization and try to evaluate the modest practical experience of these innovations so far.


The article proposes an empirical and discursive understanding of design as engaging and intensifying uneven power relations. By affiliating with the ontological turn in anthropology, such re-defined reading of design acknowledges design's complicity with extractive capitalism while aiming to open up possibilities to think design otherwise. In recent years, inspired by the resurgence of materialism, abstract notions of design as mediating practice between human and environment have gained popularity. Yet, these more-than-human-centred design theories tend to obscure the material and immaterial infrastructures that still shape human and nonhuman realities. By utilising the example of sand's transformation into land and tracing its journey across sites, actors and continents, the infrastructures of planetary transformation – as well as what eludes them – are investigated. Turning matter into medium emphasises thresholds and ruptures in the human-material relationship and thus transcends both a socially constructed and material reading of reality. Through a historical and empirical relocation of the current more-than-human-centred design discourse, the research presented in this article aims to support the establishment of a critical anthropology of design.


Tables, figures and illustrations..Preface and acknowledgements..Abbreviations..Introduction..1 Christian foundations, 1788-1850..2 The European discovery of Aboriginal religions..3 The mission age, 1788-1910..4 Believing in Australia, 1851-1900..5 Women and the feminisation of religious culture, 1900-1945..6 Religion, ethnicity and post-war migration..7 Sects and secularisation in the New Age, 1960-1995..Appendix: Tables of religious affiliations for censuses of population and housing, 1901-91..Endnotes..Select bibliography..Index


This empirical study shows that trade unions in China do not play a significant role in affecting industrial labor income. Inactive trade unions, moreover, contribute to the deterioration of income inequality because of the existence of administrative monopoly power. China's dual market structure (i.e., the coexistence of an administrative monopoly sector and nonadministrative monopoly sector), as well as the trade unions' administrativization and bureaucratization, are main reasons that trade unions do not effectively improve China's income distribution problem. Thus, in order to optimize the structure of income distribution, trade unions in China should start a reform of de-administrativization, reconstruction of the function of workers' rights protection, and strengthening the independence of the grassroots trade union organizations.


Currently only limited information is available as to why dominant IgA isotype responses are supported by mucosal T cells in effector tissues. To address this issue directly, γδ and αβ T cells were isolated from the submandibular gland (SMG) of mice as an example of mucosal effector tissues. Freshly isolated CD3+ T cells from this tissue contained relatively high numbers of activated cells [approximately 10% interleukin‐2 receptor (IL‐2R)+ cells and 15% of cells in cycle stages S and G2 + M], of which 25% and 75% were γδ and αβ T cells, respectively. The cytokine‐specific quantitative reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction and enzyme‐linked immunospot analyses revealed that, although both γδ and αβ T cells were capable of producing an array of Th1 or Th2 cytokines following stimulation via the T cell receptor‐CD3 complex, these mucosal T cells were mainly committed to IL‐5 and IL‐6 expression in vivo (Th2 type). Both freshly isolated γδ and αβ T cells expressed mRNA and contained IL‐5 and IL‐6 spot‐forming cells (SFC); however, only the latter exhibited high mRNA levels and SFC for a Th1 cytokine (interferon‐γ). Taken together, the results show that freshly isolated CD3+ T cells from SMG contain activated γδ and αβ T cells which are programmed to produce IL‐5 and IL‐6. Thus, SMG, an example of an IgA effector tissue, can be characterized as a Th2‐dominant site. However, although both γδ and αβ T cells express cytokine profiles consistent with a Th2 phenotype, only the latter subset with a CD4+CD8− phenotype provided effective help for mucosal B cell responses in vitro.


Plant raw materials are widely used for the prevention and treatment providing of many diseases. The interest is the in-depth research of the flowers, leaves, and herb of Tagetes lucida. Therefore, the study aimed to determine the content of primary metabolites, namely amino acids in the raw materials of this plant. The amino acids composition and content in flowers, leaves, and herb were determined by the GC/MS method. The results of the study revealed that the raw material of Tagetes lucida contains more bound and less free amino acids. Free and bound L-proline, L-isoleucine were present in all the analyzed samples in the greatest amount (1.909 mg/g and 20.999 mg/g, 0.804 mg/g and 18.908 mg/g in the flowers; 2.721 mg/g and 18.973 mg/g, 3.459 mg/g and 28.518 mg/g in the leaves; 6.436 mg/g and 18.817 mg/g, 0.245 mg/g and 0.222 mg/g in the herb). Another free amino acid with a high content in flowers (1.321 mg/g) and herb (0.825 mg/g) of Tagetes lucida was L-aspartic acid. In addition, high content of L-phenylalanine in bound form was found in the leaves (11.843 mg/g) of the study plant. These amino acids to be considered distinguishing markers of the Tagetes lucida. This research contributes to already known information of Tagetes lucida use as herbal medicine, nutraceutical, and food reinforcement.


In this paper, we use the mean shift procedure to determine the number of components in a mixture model and to detect their modes of each mixture component. Next, we have adopted the Gaussian mixture model to represent the probability distribution of feature vectors. A deterministic annealing expectation maximization algorithm is used to estimate the parameters of the GMM. The experimental results show that the mean shift part of the proposed algorithm is efficient to determine the number of components and modes of each component in mixture models. And it shows that the DAEM part provides a global optimal solution for the parameter estimation in a mixture model.


Significance Infertility is a global problem that afflicts 15% of couples, and in 50% of cases, the attributing factor is linked to men. Among these infertile men, 18% specifically exhibit decreased motility of sperm (asthenozoospermia). Sperm motility is dependent on the formation and functioning of the flagellum, a modified cilium used for locomotion. Cilia are present in almost every cell of vertebrates and are essential for proper organ functioning. Defects in cilia formation lead to severe syndromic diseases, termed ciliopathies, affecting numerous tissues (e.g., polycystic kidney disease), wherein male infertility is often comorbid. Advances in mouse genetics implicate several genes responsible for ciliopathies observed in humans. Here, we identify a nonsyndromic flagellum protein, TCTE1, that is required for sperm motility in mice. Flagella and cilia are critical cellular organelles that provide a means for cells to sense and progress through their environment. The central component of flagella and cilia is the axoneme, which comprises the "9+2" microtubule arrangement, dynein arms, radial spokes, and the nexin-dynein regulatory complex (N-DRC). Failure to properly assemble components of the axoneme leads to defective flagella and in humans leads to a collection of diseases referred to as ciliopathies. Ciliopathies can manifest as severe syndromic diseases that affect lung and kidney function, central nervous system development, bone formation, visceral organ organization, and reproduction. T-Complex-Associated–Testis-Expressed 1 (TCTE1) is an evolutionarily conserved axonemal protein present from Chlamydomonas (DRC5) to mammals that localizes to the N-DRC. Here, we show that mouse TCTE1 is testis-enriched in its expression, with its mRNA appearing in early round spermatids and protein localized to the flagellum. TCTE1 is 498 aa in length with a leucine rich repeat domain at the C terminus and is present in eukaryotes containing a flagellum. Knockout of Tcte1 results in male sterility because Tcte1-null spermatozoa show aberrant motility. Although the axoneme is structurally normal in Tcte1 mutant spermatozoa, Tcte1-null sperm demonstrate a significant decrease of ATP, which is used by dynein motors to generate the bending force of the flagellum. These data provide a link to defining the molecular intricacies required for axoneme function, sperm motility, and male fertility.


Planning languages and spreadsheet systems are very popular, and the number of new users is increasing dramatically. On larger computers, IFPS, System W, and FCS-EPS are among the most widely used systems; while on personal computers, Multiplan and 1-2-3 enjoy great popularity. Currently, such languages operate mainly as simulators, evaluating specific cases. In this paper, we propose methodology which is useful in designing an optimization capability for these languages. This capability permits the user to designate certain model variables as decisions, constraints, and the objective. Upper and lower limits on the decisions and constraints are also specified. The optimization interface then diagnoses the problem as linear or nonlinear, computes first partial derivatives needed by the solution algorithms, and invokes the appropriate "solver." Information regarding the optimal solution is obtained using the reporting and graphics capabilities of the planning language. Sensitivity analysis and "what if" features permit easy modification of the problem for further analysis.

These ideas have been implemented in a system called IFPS/OPTIMUM, which provides an optimization capability to users of the widely-used planning language IFPS. A simple IFPS/OPTIMUM example is presented, and two applications are described.

Endowing planning languages with an optimization capability promises to increase dramatically the use of optimization. There are already hundreds of thousands of users of planning languages and spreadsheet systems, most of whom are unfamiliar with optimization models or methods. Making optimization a natural extension of systems they understand and find very useful holds great promise, both for applications and for teaching optimization concepts.


On the northern margin of the Firth of Forth, opposite Edinburgh, a line of steep craggy slope sweeps round from behind the village of Burntisland to the shore about half a mile eastward. The highest and most precipitous portion rises to a height of 631 feet; and the space between its base and the shore is so short that when seen from a short distance, the hill seems to shoot almost directly out of the sea. Hence these heights form conspicuous landmarks all over the Lothians. Their scarred fronts and verdurous slopes bear all the characteristic features of the minor hills in the lowlands of Scotland — a union of brown mouldering crag, often steep and bold, with soft green hollows, and with shelving sides that are either cumbered with ruins from the cliff overhead, or dotted with bushes of golden gorse. Such scenery is to a geological eye eminently 'trappean;' it at once suggests beds of greenstone, basalt, and ash, with the other concomitants of ancient volcanic eruptions. And truly amid all the rich development of volcanic phenomena in these Lowlands, the rocks of the Burntisland shore deserve to stand up as conspicuous landmarks. They have been laid bare by rains and frosts and the waves of the Firth along some miles of the coast-line, where they can be studied, bed after bed, in the minutest detail. I know of no such section in any other part of the kingdom.


The title compound, C21H42N6, was prepared by the reaction of 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine with dipropylamine. The structure of the molecule is tripodal.


[ANGLES] The Railway transport of conventional lines in Czech Republic has nearly two centuries
of history. The Eastern European countries have always been characterized for having
a very dense network of railway infrastructure and the Czech Republic is no less. Given
its geographical location is a key country for the connection between the Balkans and
Central and Northern European countries. (...) As a result, the objectives for this minor thesis are to analyze the main lines of the
Czech Railway network, identify critical sections and to offer a solution to them.
Providing technical information of all the machinery available and assigning, once all
income and expenses have been assessed; an economic indicator as a reference to
make a decision about potential investment regarding these works.


Abstract In recent decades the traditional model of policy making, which strongly relies on expert advice, came under pressure and calls for increased public participation in decision making became louder. Advocates of the latter expect that this will contribute to a democratisation of decision making processes. This article presents a comparative analysis of organised public involvement in processes leading to the regulation of embryonic stem cell research in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. My analysis shows that the articulation of public views was closely related to the form in which public engagements were structured. An open structure attracted knowledgeable publics capable of articulating views and concerns which were considerably different from those identified by experts. This public was primarily concerned about the long-term social and cultural impacts, whereas experts assessing the new developments tended to focus on benefits and risks. The discussion of these more inclusive legislative processes suggests that the expectations regarding democratisation should be tempered.


We construct an infinite family of hyperbolic 3-manifolds whose fundamental groups are cyclically presented. We prove that these 3-manifolds are cyclic branched coverings of S3 over the 2-bridge knot b(17,4). Finally, we compute thehomology groups and discuss the spines of our manifolds which correspond to some group presentations.


Navigation is one of the most basic and widely studied problems in the field of autonomous robots. The scientific community assumes the navigation task as a combination of three fundamental robotics skills, which can be summarized in i) self-localization; ii) path-planning; and iii) map building. Traditionally, these problems have been addressed using a geometric world model, that is, a 2D or 3D map representation of the environment. This tendency is now changing, and the scientific community is experiencing an increasing interest in socalled semantic solutions, which integrate semantic knowledge and geometrical information. In addition, new generation of robots should be able to work also taking into account social conventions, which is commonly named social navigation. This paper describes the ongoing work of a new proposal for a navigation paradigm where the semantic knowledge of the robot's surroundings and different social rules are used in conjunction with the geometric representation of the environment. The proposal uses CORTEX, an agent-based Robotics Cognitive Architecture which provides a set of different agents in the deliberative-reactive spectrum. This paper introduces three cases of use that will be tested in two different social robots within the NAVLOC project.


Based on the IUPAC and trivial naming rules for carotenoids,this article outlined names of typical aryl isoprenoids derived from the aromatic carotenoids in the geosphere.


Introduction: Total hip arthroplasty after McMurray's osteotomy increases the operative difficulties and decreases the chances of better outcome. With the advent of modular femoral stems, minute changes can be done to individual joints, which allow intraoperative flexibility and better post-operative outcome. Thus, it should be considered as an option for complicated cases. Case Report: We report a case of a 35-year-old female with chief complain of pain in the left hip while walking for the past 2 years. The patient also had difficulty in squatting and sitting cross legged. History of fracture in the left hip at 4 years of age for which McMurray's osteotomy was done. The patient was operated with total hip arthroplasty using modular Sivash range of motion (S-ROM) stem. Conclusion: Modular S-ROM total hip arthroplasty is a good option for treatment in cases with previous osteotomy in femur.


An elastic polymeric support, in its selected areas, the aforementioned properties are maintained even after the desired electrical properties, has biocompatibility and / or dielectric properties, elastic deformation of the frequent product describes the preparation method of nanometer-sized particles product composed of an elastic polymeric support that deposits are present in the metal or some other compound making region (24) of the polymer element (20), such as; the invention also relates to the functionalized elastomer products obtained by the aforementioned method.


Inflammation and oxidative stress play prominent roles in the pathogenesis of many degenerative diseases of the retina, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy (DR), retinal vein occlusion, and retinitis pigmentosa [...].


The physiological active ingredients,extraction and separation and health function of Myristica fragrans Houtt.are summarized and discussed respectively,which provides theoretical evidence for future research and development of Myristica fragrans Houtt.in food and medicine industries.


Based on remote sensing and GIS technology,the TM images of 1988,1995,2000 and 2003 were used to evaluate the landscape spatial changes of Nanjing during the past fifteen years.The results showed that the regional landscape in Nanjing were changed significantly.The natural and semi-natural landscape such as cultivated land decreased quickly while the area of city,town,village,industry and mine enlarged obviously.Landscape diversity and spatial diversity were enhanced,and the self-similarity of landscape patches was increased.Through analysis we found that the population,the urbanization level and the proportion of primary industry added value to gross domestic product are main factors of man induced driving forces for Nanjing landscape diversity evolvement.


Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently a much discussed topic evoking many expectations and fears. For a realistic assessment of the opportunities and risks of AI, basic understanding of what makes AI applications different from other computer programs is necessary. How and what AI concepts can be introduced in primary and secondary education depends on the age and the computer science background of the students. In the talk, a sample of topics and methods for introducing AI in school is presented - covering machine learning as well as automated reasoning, offering unplugged material for students without background in computer science as well as possibilities for more formal introduction of AI algorithms and AI programming. In the second part of the talk, learning analytics and intelligent tutor systems are introduced as applications of AI methods to support students and teachers. While learning analytics is mainly behavioristic with focus on applying machine learning to prediction of students' performance, intelligent tutor systems are based on cognitive and constructivist principles with focus on AI methods for individualized diagnosis of misconceptions and feedback generation.


The twentieth century, the century of cinema, psychoanalysis and class conflicts, is characterised by a syntactical disintegration of the relationship which the individual establishes between himself and the society he lives in. This condition is particularly evident in places such as Austria-Hungary, where the process of disintegration not only can be understood intellectually, but is manifested physically and territorially. Karl Kraus, author and editor of the review "Die Fackel", uses quotations in his satirical writings as a weapon against the political and moral corruption of fin de siècle Vienna: he shows how any word used outside its own context can produce a different meaning or retrieve a primary meaning, one that is normally lost in the praxis of communication. With his use of quotation, Kraus can destroy and recreate worlds; employing the technique of montage he distinguishes signifier from signified. The birth of psychoanalysis, the fragmentation of the Self, the separation between instinct and the bourgeois ethic, all belong to the same communicative horizon, characterised by the loss of a unitary vision of Man and World. An analysis of Kraus' position in defence of instinctuality, and a study of his relationship with Sigmund Freud, explain further the Viennese writer's attitude towards this fragmentation, and his desire to show the truth which lies in the origin of things.


The unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic has created havoc in most areas of human lives. Anxiety disorders are most prevalent and disabling psychiatric disorders and the incidence is increased in this scenario. Homeopathy is an established system of medicine with evidence base on effectiveness in mental health issues. There is a dearth of literature concerning the potential utility of Homoeopathy in the management of psychological issues during this pandemic. This overview is aimed to find out the commonly prevalent anxiety disorders and to assess the usefulness of homoeopathic medicines in the management of anxiety through selective literature search of articles and available research studies in homoeopathy on anxiety. In conclusion, mental health is a critical concern in a pandemic's scenario and Homoeopathy can be a safe and effective alternative or adjunctive to the conventional system in the management of anxiety disorders during this chaotic situation.


The motivation mechanism is based on certain organizational and economic approaches . Its goal is to raise the people's feelings deliberately, give them the opportunity to think actively, to show their abilities and inclinations, and to enrich themselves spiritually. It should take into account not only the state of socio-economic development, but also the financial growth of the economic entities of the country, a certain administrative unit, the mentality of the people, national characteristics as well as the possibility of their change. The methodological, theoretical, normative and generalized approaches of labor motivation at the small agribusiness enterprises have been outlined in the work. At the enterprise level we have taken into account the features of the industry, the organization and rate of labor, the level of material remuneration and the staff expectations. Another requirement for the motivation mechanism is the ability to change the key factors of influence according to the situation quickly. We have substantiated the problem of the formation and regulation system of the effective management motivation and its practical application in agribusiness. It has been proved that the support of the motivation mechanisms for productive and efficient labor in order to have an awareness of being the owners and masters of the production means and ensuring the personal interest of the agribusiness workers is very important. The desired results can be achieved only by combining the moral, material, industrial, social, and psychological stimuli.


Abstract Damping hysteresis observed with changing temperature and strain-amplitude below ∼40°c end a marked reduction of strain-amplitude-dependent damping in this region when a biasing tensile stress is present, is consistent with the suggestion that an antiferromagnetic domain structure exists in chromium below ∼40°c.


......................................................................................................................................ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..................................................................................................................v LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................................................viii LIST OF FIGURES............................................................................................................................ix 1. CHAPTER 1 LODGEPOLE PINE DWARF MISTLETOE: BIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, AND INTERACTIONS WITH WILDFIRE..................................................................................................1 1.


This article describes a small-scale quantitative study that explored levels of satisfaction within a sample of student teachers at two points in time. A first questionnaire was completed during students' final year at an English university and comprised of questions relating to their satisfaction with school experience. A second was conducted mid-way through their subsequent Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) year, asking similar questions to the first, but applicable to their NQT school. Data indicated that a notable proportion of NQTs had considered leaving the teaching profession since they had qualified. Significantly, it was possible to identify these individuals from the rest of the student cohort by examining their responses from the first questionnaire. This indicates that teachers in danger of leaving the teaching profession at an early stage in their post-qualification career could potentially be recognised during their university training. Finally, issues surrounding the overt labelling of students as being a 'leaving risk' are discussed.


Examined from different angles,the same audio-visual work will present us different properties.Proceeding from the properties of audio-visual works,and using the legal system of the Western countries for reference,this paper suggests that all of the directors,script-writers,authors of the musical work who specifically create for audio-visual work should be considered as co-authors of the audio-visual works,and they can enjoy the original copyrights.To promote the creation of audio-visual works and the development of related industry,we should follow the principle of autonomy of priority when establishing the ownership of copyright;at the same time,the"presumptive transfer"system should be implemented where there is no contract or explicit agreement between producers and authors,copyrights shall be transferred to the producers of the audio-visual works.


INTRODUCTION
Headache cephalalgia is the condition in which individuals feel pain in different parts of the head. It is one of the most common disorders believed to be amenable to self-treatment. The pharmacist can provide significant support to patients.


Nowadays, carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) composites is widely used in the aerospace industry due to its excellent mechanical properties. In laser cutting process, high powers are used to cut materials then material melts and burns leaving edges with a high quality finish. To fulfill the high demand of cutting quality, a set of laser cutting parameters of CFRP material are studied. The objective of this experiment is to obtain an optimum laser cutting parameter thus minimizing the cutting defects particularly on kerf width at the top and bottom surfaces. The analysis of process parameter was carried out using DOE, Design Expert 6.0.8. Cutting speed, pulse duration, pulse repetition rate and pulse energy were analyzed at two levels. By the optimizing the parameter setting, significant improvement in cutting quality has been achieved.


simulation and exaggeration and of detecting genuine injury take a very prominent place in this branch of the author's work ; the practitioner who has studied the cases here described will be all the more able to meet the difficulties attached to them when they arise. Kopke's volume on injuries of the nose is now several years old, but full of information on the subject. With the other works for reference and with Mr. Barnett's work for application to litigation, the. specialist's library on the subject, uiav be considered complete. The English work in question is well printed, easy to read, and altogether acceptable. Diaidas Grant.


We have studied for a new type of Spar-Buoy boring derrick, which required to cope with two exceeding conditions, namely (1) increasing loaded weight of boring machine parts and materials for increasing boring depth, and (2) a increasing current velocity to about 4 knots.We have studied two models, (1) double float type, and (2) larger diameter of float for increasing buoyancy, in order to utilizeparts and materials of the existing spar-Buoy boring derrick for economical choice.We have performed numerical analysis and model experiments for two type model, and prototypes were designed and put to practical use.


This paper deals with the estimation of the output gap. We use uni- and bivariate unobserved components models in order to decompose the observed German GDP-series into trend, cycle and seasonal components. The results show that using the ifo business assessment variable as an indicator for the cycle the estimation of the output gap is much more precise and out-of-sample forecasts exhibit smaller prediction errors.


A system for calculating a design specification of an administering device which administers a substance to be administered into a target region using a high-energy substance as a power source, wherein: a target administering device for which the design specification is to be calculated is identified; substance information relating to a certain substance to be administered, which is to be administered by the target administering device, is acquired; region information is acquired, relating to a certain target region into which the certain substance to be administered is to be administered; and distribution information relating to the distribution state of the certain substance to be administered, in which the form of the certain substance to be administered in the certain target region when the substance to be administered has been administered is assumed, is acquired. Furthermore, on the basis of the various types of acquired information, design specification information relating to the configuration of the target administering device is calculated, including energy information relating to a high-energy substance to be used to administer the certain substance to be administered. By this means, the design specification information relating to the configuration of an administering device can be calculated, improving the convenience of the administering device.


Extinction is a process that occurs regularly throughout time. New species arise while others peter out and disappear. Often we do not know the reason why species become extinct. But in one case, that of the Australian Gastric Brooding Frog Rheobatrachus silus (Figure 1), we do. This species was only discovered in 1978, but by 1983 no more could be found in the wild. Humans had interfered with their habitat and hastened the demise of this species. This species would not have gone to extinction when it did if it were not for human interference.


Sanitation is the management and dumping of solid wastes and liquid waste in and around populations and families. The most hazardous waste product is human faeces, therefore it should focus on sanitation programs. The safe disposal of human faeces is essential for the health of families and the community as a whole. But promotion health is not the only benefit of sanitation . A cross-sectional study was carried out to aim assessment of sanitation methods utilization among South Tayba Citizens, in El-Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan. Building on community. A total of (260) households were selected, were participated (100%) response rate, among the total participants 52 (20%) were male whereas 208 (80%) were females, filled a self-administered questionnaire that was selected through a clustered sampling technique, and a systematic random sampling technique used to select sample size determined from each cluster (block). Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version (22.0) software. Chi-square (X2-test) was used to verify the possible association between different variables (dependent and independent). The findings showed that the majority of households (95.8%) have latrines, (10%) of citizens defecate in the open, (69.9%) of them have primitive pit latrines, (24.1%) ventilated improved pit, and (6%) of the septic tank. (96.2%) uses the sanitation methods. only (8.5%) of citizens have excellent knowledge of the hazards of sanitation methods and only (13.1%) of citizens have excellent knowledge of the importance of sanitation methods. (48.5%) of citizens wash their hands after defecation, (36.5%) of households have soap for handwashing.


Late-20th-century critical and historical work on the late-Victorian period has furnished a vocabulary for discussing gender and sexuality. These popular terms include categories such as homo/hetero, patriarchal/feminist, and masculine/effeminate. This collection exploits this framework - while refining and resisting it in places - to show how certain Victorians imagined difference in ways that continue to challenge in the late 1990s. One essay, for example, traces the remarkable feminist appropriation of male-identified fields of study, such as classical philology. Others address the validation of male bodies as objects of desire in writing, painting, and emergent modernist choreography. The writings shed light on the diverse interests served by a range of cultural practitioners and on the complex ways in which the late Victorians invented themselves as modern subjects.


1542589 Background and Objectives: Students are the main part and backbone of any educational systems and universities. Due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 in 2019, it is necessary for teachers and students to use electronic tools and the Internet more than before. This has both advantages and disadvantages. As an advantage of these tools, the students can access more resources and literature from the Internet. In addition, they can listen to a lecture more and more and they do not need to go to their colleges or schools. Also, they can save time and money. On the other hand, one disadvantage can be unnecessary usage of the Internet under the pressure of studying and participating in e-learning classes, which makes it more difficult for parents to control their children. The phenomenon of excessive and unnecessary use of the Internet and cyberspace can lead to mental and educational dysfunctions of students, which is known as Internet addiction. Internet addiction was firstly studied by Young in 1988. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between improper use of the Internet and the study program of students of Mazandaran Technical and Vocational University during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: The research was a survey. Among about 13,500 undergraduate students of Mazandaran Technical and Vocational University in the academic year 2020-2021, 550 students were selected based on random selection. Yang ' (1998) standard questionnaire was used for eliciting the participants' information with regard to the Internet use and a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect the required data for the students' study programs. The formal validity and reliability of the Internet use and students' study program were 0.88 and 0.91, respectively. In this study, in order to investigate the relationship between independent and dependent variables, in addition to conventional statistical methods, the information sharing measurement method (Mutual Information) was used. This method not only examined the degree of linear dependence between two random variables but also measured the nonlinear dependence. This method has many applications in information theory. Results: The results showed that the total variable of the Internet use had an inverse and significant relationship with the students' study program (Pearson coefficient = -0.35). All five components of the Internet use (the effect of the Internet on work latency, preference for the Internet over work, the degree of Internet dependence, others protesting against the extreme use of the Internet and taking refuge in the Internet due to circumstances) had an inverse and significant relationship with students who enjoyed a study program. These four components could explain 17% of the variance of the students' study program. In measuring the dependence between the variables of the Internet use and study program, students were close to each other with two methods of measuring information sharing and other methods, despite minor differences. Conclusions: It seems that the dependence on and improper use of the Internet are related to the result of students' conscious or unconscious work. The result shows that among the components of the Internet use, the effect of the Internet on work latency has the strongest relationship with the students' study program. The component of others' protest against the extreme use of the Internet due to the influence of the protest of family and others on the students' study program shows a direct and positive relationship. However, with the indirect impact of other dimensions of the Internet use, the direct and positive effect on the variable of students' study program


Evidence suggests that treadmill (TM) HIT can be safe and effective as a rehabilitation tool in persons with stroke. However, translation to overground walking can be limited and no studies have tested overground (OG) HIT. PURPOSE: To compare training speeds and HR responses for TM HIT and OG HIT in persons with chronic stroke. METHODS: Ten subjects (mean ± SD) 59.8 ± 6.8 years old and 2.4 ± 1.7 years post stroke with comfortable gait speed of 0.41 ± 0.35 m/s and fast gait speed of 0.56 ± 0.56 m/s participated and passed a symptom-limited GXT. Subjects performed 12 sessions of HIT over 4 weeks, alternating short and long interval HIT sessions. Both HIT protocols included 10 minutes of overground HIT (OG1), then 20 minutes of treadmill HIT, followed by another 10 minutes of overground HIT (OG2). Short interval HIT involved 30s bursts at maximum safe speed and 3060s rest periods. Long interval HIT involved 4-min bursts at ~90% of peak heart rate (HRpeak) from the GXT and 3-min recovery periods at ~70% HRpeak. Variables recorded included gait training speeds and mean and max heart rate. OG1 and OG2 data were combined to control for warm up and cardiovascular drift effects. Mixed effects models were used to compare TM and OG exercise responses, while accounting for repeated measures from the same participant. RESULTS: All participants completed 12 sessions and no serious adverse events occurred. With the short interval protocol, OG HIT elicited significantly slower gait training speeds than TM HIT (0.75 vs. 0.90 m/s, p<0.0001), with lower mean HR (78.4 vs 82.9 %HRpeak, p<0.0001) and max HR (89.2 vs. 97.0 %HRpeak, p<0.0001). With the long interval protocol, OG HIT elicited significantly faster gait training speeds than TM HIT (0.66 vs. 0.51 m/s, p<0.0001) with similar mean HR (81.2 vs 81.9 %HRpeak, p=0.10) and lower max HR (92.7 vs. 95.8 %HRpeak, p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: OG HIT appears to be reasonably feasible and safe in chronic stroke. Mean OG HIT speeds were 34% and 18% faster than baseline fastest gait speed for short and long interval HIT, respectively. For short interval HIT, it may be optimal to combine the task specificity of overground training with the higher speeds and intensity of treadmill training. For long interval HIT, treadmill training does not appear to provide the same intensity benefit and overground training alone may be superior.


▪ Abstract Modern helicopter aerodynamics is challenging because the flow field generated by a helicopter is extremely complicated and difficult to measure, model, and predict; moreover, experiments are expensive and difficult to conduct. In this article we discuss the basic principles of modern helicopter aerodynamics. Many sophisticated experimental and computational techniques have been employed in an effort to predict performance parameters. Of particular interest is the structure of the rotor wake, which is highly three-dimensional and unsteady, and the rotor-blade pressure distribution, which is significantly affected by the strength and position of the wake. We describe the various modern methods of computation and experiment which span the range from vortex techniques to full three-dimensional Navier-Stokes computations, and from classical probe methods to laser velocimetry techniques. Typical results for the structure of the wake and the blade pressure distribution in both hover and forward fligh...


In this note we equate the analytic Ray-Singer and the intersection Reidemeister torsions on compact spaces with a specific type of wedge singularities, which arise by turning the disc cross-sections in the tubular neighborhood of an embedded submanifold of even co-dimension into cones. Our result is related to a similar equation, in a setting disjoint from ours, which was previously obtained by Albin, Rochon and Sher.


Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate post-COVID-19 antibody titers in patients who received convalescent plasma (CP) in addition to standard-of-care treatment. Materials and Methods: Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who received CP in addition to standard care were retrospectively investigated. Patients who received CP with a recorded total COVID-19 antibody test result after treatment were included. From among hospitalized COVID-19 patients who received only standard care with a recorded total COVID-19 antibody test result, a control group matched for age, gender, and comorbidities was formed. Total COVID-19 antibody index levels were compared. Results: Thirty-three CP recipients were enrolled in the study. The control group consisted of 34 age-, gender-, and comorbidity-matched standard-care patients. Median total COVID-19 antibody index levels were significantly reduced in the CP group. Conclusion: Although CP therapy may have benefits for disease outcome, its potential ability to hamper long-term immunity may be a problem.


The aim of this study was to assess the role of nuchal translucency (NT) in the prediction of unbalanced translocation in offspring of couples in which one of the parents is a balanced translocation carrier.


Funding information the starting Grants of Tianjin University, Grant/Award Number: 001; Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City; National Natural Science Foundation of China; Tianjin University Abstract Luminogens that exhibit stimulus-responsive room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) have attracted significant attention for their applications in a wide range of fields such as data storage, sensors, and bio-imaging. However, very few such materials are known, partly because of the unclear internal mechanism. In this review, we summarize recent advances in the field of stimulusresponsive RTP in purely organic luminogens, focusing on their unique emission behaviors and internal mechanisms governing the phenomena. We also attempt to identify the relationship between the mechanism, luminogens, and possible applications.


A 3-dB bandwidth of 20 GHz has been demonstrated for a compressively strained multiquantum well InGaAsP-InP DPB laser operating at 1.3 /spl mu/m. The laser displayed superior static performance including very low threshold current (/spl sim/8 mA), high external quantum efficiency (0.44 mW/mA), high CW output power (>60 mW) and high temperature operation.<<ETX>>


The Kitab al-Luma' is a fourteenth-century treatise on bida' — that is, on innovation in behaviour or practice which is unacceptable from a religious point of view. As bida' manuals go, it is a rather odd work. The standard and much-cited manual on bida' was put together in the Mamluk lands in the early fourteenth century by Ibn al-Hajj al-' AbdarT. Al-TurkumanT's treatise was also written in the Mamluk lands at the very beginning of the fourteenth century. However, although alTurkumanrs text is bulky enough (520 pages in this edition), it lacks the comprehensiveness of Ibn al-Hajj's dour survey of every aspect of human life from a rigorist Muslim's point of view. AlTurkumam has instead chosen to concentrate on a relatively restricted range of issues. Unacceptable innovations can be classed under four main headings. First, there are the misdeeds of Futuwwa, mystical and other brotherhoods. Hitherto modern studies of Futuwwa have tended to concentrate on the improving mystical or craft aspects of Futuwwa. Ibn al-Turkuman! presents the adherents of its lodges in a much more sinister light, stressing their homosexual overtones and hinting at their involvement in gangsterism. The Kitab al-Luma' is also one of the very few sources on hunting lodges and the nefarious activities of the archers. However, Labib's introduction (in German) makes the lodges of the shuttar seem even more interesting than they actually were by anachronistically equipping the huntsmen with arquebuses rather than with crossbows. Secondly, alTurkumanT attacks the " uppity" attitudes and encroachments of the Christians and Jews in the Mamluk Sultanate. Like Ibn al-Hajj, he also attacked certain Muslims for participating in the annual festivals of the Christians. Thirdly, al-TurkumanT deals with women and domestic life. Women who had become Sufis were particularly tiresome in his eyes. Fourthly, he warns against errors which can arise when reading the Qur'an and praying in the mosque. Various minor pleasures are noticed and denounced en passant, among them chess, laughing and joking, and wearing extravagant costumes. As with Ibn al-Hajj's treatise, the great value of the Kitab al-Luma' lies in the light it sheds on details of social life in Egypt and Syria in the fourteenth century. In the second volume, Labib has provided the text of the Kitab al-Luma' with a plethora of indexes to Qur'anic citations, hadtths, stories, people's names and technical terms and objects.


In the title compound, C12H10N2O2, the dihedral angle between the benzene and furan rings is 52.54 (7)°. In the crystal, intermolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and C—H⋯π interactions link the molecules.


Autonomy is a very important topic in the current research on mobile robotics (R. Arkin, 2001). Meanwhile, there is not only interest in the autonomy of a single robot, but also in the autonomy of robot swarms. Experiences made at Ilmenau Technical University during several robotic projects (T. Pfutzenreuter, 2003), (M. Eichhorn, 2004), (T. Glotzbach, 2003) showed that a problem arises concerning the meaning of 'autonomy'. Since there is no clear definition about what a robot has to achieve to be called 'autonomous', this term is used in very different situations. This paper gives an overview of the different aspects of 'autonomy' of robots and robot swarms. Adapted from experiments accomplished in simulation, a suggestion is made for a possible definition of the term 'autonomy' that can be used as a basis for discussions.


One of the typical old brick masonry buildings and its surrounding area of the Patan Durbar Square area, one of the seven monument zones of the Kathmandu World Heritage site were selected to determine the mechanical material properties. Three testing methods elastic wave tomography at existing walls of the buildings, shear and compression loadings on the wallets made from bricks collected from old buildings, and micro-tremor measurements of the ground and ambient vibration measurements of the building were carried out. The first two tests were to find the properties of brick elements and walls such as, density, modulus of elasticity, Poisson's ratio, shear modulus, shear wave velocity etc. and to verify the results each others. The third test was to determine the dynamic properties of the building and the surrounding ground such as natural frequencies of the building vibration, damping and fundamental frequency of the ground.


Al-muhsinin Al-islami boarding school is one of the educational institutions under the supervision of the Ministry of religion. The material contained in the Arabic language learning curriculum in sets them down. As nahwu science, neuroscience, science of tasawwuf and more. As for the lesson of the translations is one of the lessons of the curriculum the cottage it self in order to enhance the students in understanding the Arabic especially the books of turast. Almuhsinin boarding schools implement learning method in translation in Arabic. Students learn books of the turast defined by the method (Qowaid-Wa tarjamah) or methods and rules translations. The type of research used researchers to find the problem is with the way research studies field with a discussion of qualitative analysis deskriktif. To get the necessary data, the authors use a method of observation, Interview and documentation, and for managing the data so as to achieve a perfect conclusion, the author uses descriptive analysis methods, Miles & Huberman through the 3 stages of the analysis process, namely the reduction of the Data, the presentation of the Data and Conclusions of withdrawal or verfikasi.


When analyzing the bridges with seismic isolated lead supports by means of elastic response spectrum,engineers need to determine combined damping ratio for implementation of equivalent linear analysis.The corresponding formula provisions are available in seismic codes in U.S.A and Japan,and also scholars from Taiwan district propose simplified analysis methods for regular bridges,nevertheless as of now this issue is less studied at home.On the basis of investigating multinational codes and scholars' theses,this paper draws a conclusion on determination methods for combined damping ration of seismic isolated bridges at present,and briefly introduces development of current study,laying a foundation for further expansion of deeper study on this issue.


Mites caused of mange in mammals and humans and of scabies in humans have a very host range.The question as to whether these mites might be divided into different species or whether they are monospecific,has been the subject of an ongoing debate.A generally accepted answer has not yet been gound.DNA molecular markers were generally used to clarify the taxonomic status.


Liver metastases of colorectal origin are a common pathology, and the most frequent indication for liver resection. Associated chronic liver pathology may potentially increase the difficulty of a liver resection. Hereby, it is presented the case of a 67-year-old woman with a liver metastasis of rectal cancer origin with concomitant polycystic liver disease. An atypical liver resection was performed with intraoperative ultrasound guidance. Liver tumors developed on a polycystic liver are rarely described. For these particular cases, the diagnosis is challenging, but liver resection can be safely performed with the intraoperative ultrasound guidance.


An internal Fire Probabilistic Safety Assessment (FPSA) study was conducted in the control room of the TRIGA PUSPATI (RTP) research reactor. This study aims to determine the likelihood of a fire occurring in the control room of RTP and the probability of fire occurring after an accident loss of instrumentation and control (LOIC) to the core damage frequency (CDF) value. The quantification results of the CDF are compared between LOIC with fire-induced (LOIC-F) and without fire-induced (LOIC). A methodical strategy to identify potential fire hazards that includes the precise identification of the design area, the size of any opening compartments, the location of electrical cabinets and fire suppression systems, as well as the placement of any safety-related equipment was applied. Included is Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), which determines failure modes and designates repercussions for each scenario. This research will contribute on providing essential information on status of fire in RTP's control room as an insight of identifying any risk of fire scenario that may occur including investigation of current fire protection system sufficiency. In addition, a core damage end state of consequences of fire after an LOIC is also presented. The result of this research can be beneficial and creating awareness to the management as well as reactor operators in case of fire in the control room of RTP.


A lot of research is now going on to extract the context of the show to provide additional information related to the TV show. One major method to extract the context from TV is to recognize the texts from the videos which is also known as video Optical Character Recognition (VOCR). The problem of VOCR from the TV shows of a multiligual country like India is more difficult. In India still more than 90\% TV viewers are using RF Cable as input to TV and nearly 90% channels have multilingual texts in the TV shows. Thus the video quality is poor in compare to the modern digital TV signals as well as different text scripts are present in a single video frame. These made the problem of Indian TV context recognition more challenging. So this paper is concerned about the construction of a video corpus of text rich Indian TV shows. The proposed database contains more than 100 videos each of nearly 10 min duration containing text in the video frame. A statistical analysis of the corpus is also presented in the paper which can be used to identify the genre of TV show. The analysis also revealed that distribution of numerals, special characters, uppercase and lower case character can be used to classify a news video frame. This corpus is useful for a wide variety of research problems namely, (i) localization of the text regions from a video frame, (ii) recognition of texts from a video frame, (iii) extraction of context from video, and (iv) performance evaluation of a video OCR system.


In order to study the effect of anti-HABs agents on Penaeus chinensis, the toxicity experiments on clay, Ca(ClO)2, FeCl3, and AlCl3 to Penaeus chinensis are carried out. The results show that: (1) the clay isn't toxic to Penaeus chinensis; (2) Ca(ClO)2 has no toxicity to Penaeus chinensis at low levels, but has acute and chronic toxicity at high levels; (3) Penaeus chinensis can accumulate Fe and Al. The toxic effect needs further study.


The nanohardness and microhardness testing of crystalline materials with different types of interatomic bonds and different crystal structures was performed with Berkovich indenter. The plasticity characteristics for crystalline materials with different types of interatomic bonds and different crystalline structures were determined by microindentation and by nanoindentation. The relation between these characteristics and parameters of material (Meyer hardness, Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio) was assigned. Plasticity characteristic may be used for characterization of mechanical behavior of materials which are brittle at standard mechanical tests and for coatings.


This research represents a conceptual shift in the process of introducing flexibility into power system frequency stability-related protection. The existing underfrequency load shedding (UFLS) solution, although robust and fast, has often proved to be incapable of adjusting to different operating conditions. It triggers upon detection of frequency threshold violations, and functions by interrupting the electricity supply to a certain number of consumers, both of which values are decided upon beforehand. Consequently, it often does not comply with its main purpose, i.e., bringing frequency decay to a halt. Instead, the power imbalance is often reversed, resulting in equally undesirable frequency overshoots. Researchers have sought a solution to this shortcoming either by increasing the amount of available information (by means of wide-area communication) or through complex changes to all involved protection relays. In this research, we retain the existing concept of UFLS that performs so well for fast-occurring frequency events. The flexible rebalancing of power is achieved by a small and specialized group of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) with machine learning functionalities. These IEDs interrupt consumers only when the need to do so is detected with a high degree of certainty. Their small number assures the fine-tuning of power rebalancing and, at the same time, poses no serious threat to system stability in cases of malfunction.


The utility model pertains to a scaffold designed for building construction. The utility model is a cantilever lifting scaffold which takes use of building beams as supports. The scaffold comprises a fixing device and a work platform. The vertical hack-lever is plugged into a hack-lever sleeve; the transverse hack-lever and the side hack-lever are permanently fixed to the vertical hack-level; the middle transverse hack-level and the middle side hack-lever are permanently connected to the hack-level sleeve; and finally a cuboid frame with three level planums is formed. The scaffold is arranged on the level planums. The scaffold is clamped on the building beam and fixed by a fastening piece; the cantilever is fixed on the clamp; one end of the suspending oblique lever is connected to the cantilever by the sleeve seat; the suspending rail is connected to the two neighboring cantilevers through the sleeve seat. Because the utility model is not constrained by the strength of the wall and the span of building columns, the smallest interval between the working face and the stressed point can be ensured. Therefore, the utility model can be applied extensively for various buildings.


The 3D seismic data allow that mature oil fields be reevaluated in order to improve the characterization of faults that affect the flow of hydrocarbons. The use of seismic attributes and filtering allows an improvement in the identification and enhancement of these fractures on seismic data. In this study, we used two different filters: the dip-steered median filter to remove random noise and increase the lateral continuity of reflections, and the fault-enhancement filter used to enhance the discontinuities of the reflections. After filtering, similarity and curvature attributes were applied in order to identify the distribution of fractures along the data. The use of these attributes and filters contributed greatly to the identification and enhancement of the continuity of the fractures. RESUMO : Com o advento da sismica 3D, campos de petroleo maduros podem ser reavaliados melhorando a caracterizacao das falhas que influenciam o fluxo de hidrocarbonetos. A utilizacao de filtragens e atributos sismicos possibilita uma melhora na identificacao e no realce dessas fraturas no dado sismico. No presente trabalho foram utilizados dois tipos de filtros, sendo o dip-steered median filter, com a finalidade de retirar os ruidos aleatorios e aumentar a continuidade lateral das reflexoes, e o fault-enhancement filter para realcar as descontinuidades das reflexoes. Apos a etapa de filtragem foram aplicados os atributos de similaridade e curvatura, para se identificar a distribuicao das falhas. O uso dos atributos e filtragens colaborou fortemente para a identificacao e o realce da continuidade das fraturas. Palavras-chave: reservatorio fraturado; interpretacao sismica e atributos sismicos


With the development of science and technology and the improvement of living standards, people are paying more and more attention to sports and health. However, the foot joints are very important joints in the human body and are one of the most vulnerable parts in sports. Foot joint sprain is a common clinical disease in orthopedics, accounting for the first place of joint ligament sprain. If the treatment is not timely or appropriate, it often leaves pain and joint instability, followed by osteoarthritis. The rate of repeated injuries after the first injury is very high. Due to the rapid development of visual sensing technology, computer technology, and image processing technology, Internet big data has been widely used in food, medical treatment, construction, chemical industry, electronics, packaging, automobile, and other fields. This article mainly studies the characteristics and rehabilitation methods of athletes' ankle injuries based on Internet big data. Based on Internet big data, this paper studies the function and structural stability of the foot joints and analyzes the causes of gymnast foot joint injuries. On this basis, this paper puts forward the treatment method of ankle joint injury. In this paper, 20 male competitive bodybuilders with ankle joint injury on one side were randomly divided into experimental group and control group. The experimental group received proprioception recovery training, and the control group received normal functional recovery training. Experimental results show that the proprioception training of foot joint can improve the dynamic balance ability of gymnasts and effectively prevent the occurrence of foot joint injury. In this paper, the stability of the anterior and posterior foot joints was measured by comparing the control group with the experimental group. After 6 weeks of proprioception training, there was no significant difference between the static balance ability of one foot and the healthy part of the injured side foot joints (

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In order to study the effects of water on reaction kinetic for gas explosion in shock tube,by using numerical analysis method of reaction kinetics,a mathematical model was built for the shock wave-induced gas explosion. And the model was used to have numerical simulations and contrastive analyses to the effects of H2 O on the variation tendencies of explosion temperature,shock wave velocity,mole fractions of reactants,radicals and main catastrophic gases.The results show that:in certain scope,along with initial gaseous mixture in H2 O elevation,explosion temperature,shock wave velocity,and the mole fractions of O radical /H radical /CO /NO /NO2 decrease successively;on the contrary,the mole fractions of CO2 increase in turn. That is to say,within a certain range,with the H2 O increasing,the gas explosion intension decreasing,the resultant of CO2 being promoted,the resultants of CO /NO /NO2 being inhibited,and the inhibiting effects to the H radical and O radical are more obvious especially.


We exploit US states' staggered adoption of Universal Demand (UD) laws to study how the risk of shareholder lawsuits affects opportunistic insider trading. UD laws, which make it harder for shareholders to bring derivative lawsuits (DLs) against directors and officers (D&O), lead to significantly more profitable insider trades, especially sales. Our difference-in-differences estimates suggest that after UD laws, D&O avoid an additional abnormal loss of about 2.3% ($49,000) over the three months following a sale. This effect is greater in firms with higher information asymmetry or lower institutional monitoring. Greater profitability of insider trades after UD laws comes from more opportunistic and riskier timing of trades. For instance, after UD laws, insiders make more profitable trades - both sales and purchases - before quarterly earnings announcements. Our findings suggest that a decrease in litigation threat emboldens insiders to trade more opportunistically and with riskier timing to achieve greater profitability.


Objective:To observe the relationship between Glucose-6-phosphate Deplrdrogenase(G6PD) disfigurement and toxoplasma(TOX) infection in newborn with pathological jaundice.Methods:To make use of the polymerase chain reaction(PCR) technology to carry out blood serum TOX test on 179 patients who had been diagnosed suffering from neonatal pathological jaundice.At the same time,the tests about G6PD,blood,bilirubin and so on were made and the makes were compared.Results:Among the 179 patients suffering from neonatal pathological jaundice,41 patients(22.9%) had been infected with TOX,24 patients(13.41%) G6PD disfigurement,18 patients(10.06%) G6PD disfigurement and TOX.Conclusion:There is remarkable relation between G6PD disfigurement and TOX infection.


We examine the price and variety of a sample of consumer goods at the barcode level in cities within China. Unlike the position in the United States, in China the prices of goods tend to be lower in larger cities. We explain that difference between the countries by the more uneven spatial distribution of manufacturers' sales and retailers in China, and we confirm the pro-competitive effect of city size on reducing markups there. In both countries, there is a greater variety of goods in larger cities, but that effect is more pronounced in China. Combining the lower prices and greater variety, the price indexes in China for the goods we study fall with city size by around seven times more than in the United States.


ABSTRACT. The urosylid genus Pseudoamphisiella was established by Song (1996) with hitherto only two known congeners. In the present work, the morphology and infraciliature of a new member, Pseudoamphisiella quadrinucleata n. sp., a form with conspicuous alveolar layer and four macronuclear nodules isolated from the coastal waters both near Hong Kong and near Guangzhou, South China were investigated using living observation and protargol silver impregnation methods. Pseudoamphisiella quadrinucleata differs from other two known forms mainly by the number of macronuclear nodules: constantly four vs. two in Pseudoamphisiella alveolata and 24–57 in Pseudoamphisiella lacazei. To support this, the sequence of the small subunit rDNA of P. quadrinucleata n. sp. showed 14 and 74 nucleotides in comparison with that of the two known congeners, respectively, which hence firmly supports the validity of the new species.


This thesis set out to explore the interdependencies between long-term investment decisions of the UK's power and gas industries. The interdependencies between these two network industries have been growing during the past two decades. Technical, commercial, and regulatory decisions made with narrow scope, without considering potential interaction between the two industries, might cause unwanted consequences or fail to take advantage of opportunities. Four complementary studies have been conducted to offer different lenses through which to view gas and power interdependencies: a literature review of research traditions in long-term investments in power and gas sectors, a case study that dissects the UK's gas-to-power supply chain segment-by-segment, an econometric study that test for cointegration between gas and power prices series, and a System Dynamics simulation model that allows for quantitative testing of uncertain scenarios. The findings of the more general studies have been able to inform the research methodology of subsequent, more specific studies.


A circuit technique is proposed for reducing the offset voltage due to feedthrough charges from the MOS switches in the CMOS autozeroed chopper-type comparators. However, unavoidable offset voltages are generated if many comparators of this kind are grouped in an array for parallel operation, as is the case for flash analog-to-digital (A/D) converters. Using a simple model to analyze the offset generation mechanism and characteristics, simple equations are derived that give the offset errors in terms of the array current and parasitic resistances in the power supply lines. These equations are useful for comparator array design.

CMOS autozeroed chopper-type comparators are used as high-speed comparators for such applications as flash A/D converters. These comparators have a relatively small offset error voltage due to their autozeroed operation. They occupy a small area and operate from a low power supply voltage because most of their logic circuitry is digital. However, the comparator offset voltages generated by the feedthrough charges from the MOS switches, which are used for the autozeroing (AZ), must often be reduced for implementation. The authors have developed a technique to reduce the offset voltages caused by the feedthrough charges from the AZ switches.


Abstract : The United States military has had difficulty in the past contending with what are today known as Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW). A number of explanations for this can be offered, but one reason which has not fully explored has been our failure to develop as operational art specifically for MOOTW. This paper argues for the need to create an operational art which is tailored to the unique needs of MOOTW. It discusses several components which should be included, and compares their application in MOOTW to that of conventional warfare. Areas explored include theater structure and organization, operational elements of warfare, operational design and principles of war.


The WMO RA VI Regional Climate Centre (RCC) is organized as a Network with dislocated functions. This is a challenge for communication among the contributing institutions. It therefore had been agreed to hold RCC Network Workshops/ Users Forums and RCC Coordination Meetings at least every four years. The latest RCC Users Forum and the Coordination Meeting have been held on 20-22 and 29 October 2020, respectively, both as virtual meetings, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This first time virtual event allowed for participation by up to 81 representatives from NMHSs and WMO, and identifies 36 activities to be implemented in order to improve RCC Network performance and services to its end users, the NMHSs in the Region. Keywords: Regional Climate Centre Network, RAVI, User Forum, climate services, network performance


This article shows results from a case study aimed to learn more about the experience of indigenous girls studying at universities in Chile, because they represent one of the groups who experience a high level of educational inequity. The study addresses the relationship among educational record, experience in universities and ethnic identities considering three Chilean indigenous people: Aimara, Mapuche and Rapa Nui.


The purpose of this paper is to make a map which enables a grasping of close sightseeing faculties from present position, which helps make traveling plans in sightseeing areas. Cartogram which represents time distance between faculties is useful for this purpose. In this paper, seven deforming methods are invented. Then, especially two methods are good for this purpose; "Local MDS & Global MDS" and "Represent time distance along paths". And using these maps which differ in the degree of deformation, three patterns of average map-read easiness change are observed.


This paper depicts the results of a simulation to exhibit the standards and emergent intelligence connected with artificial life. The Economic theory can be connected to artificial life with a specific end goal to analyze the hybrid model adaptive or intelligent behaviors. This research is concerned with the standards whereby an animated skillful for its assets,thus exhibits careful conduct. This approach necessarily requires the outline and trial of a scope of basic and complex computational agents. The created small scale specialists in a fungus world test bed are intended to explore artificial personalities for creatures and engineered operators, drawing on qualities found in the common personalities. Qualities, for example, level of basic leadership, its cost capacity and utility conduct (the microeconomic level), physiological and objective situated conduct are examined. Specialist practices can be investigated utilizing a wide range of measurements;for instance, metabolic action, rivalry and social association regarding environment and microeconomics.


Despite the constant churning of Earth's crust and interior, records of ancient environments still remain imbedded in the structure and composition of geologic and biologic formations. Mass spectrometry, with its ability to detect minute traces of elements, is an extremely useful tool for extracting paleorecords, researchers reported at the American Chemical Society meeting in Anaheim, Calif., in a symposium sponsored by the Division of Nuclear Chemistry & Technology. For example, the technique has been used to help date an ancient landslide in the Los Angeles Basin, to show that a proposed nuclear dump site near Yucca Mountain in Nevada may be unsuitable because of seismic activity, and to expose sea surface temperature history hidden in the layered skeletons of coral. L. Keith Fifield, a senior fellow in Australian National University's nuclear physics department, says dating landslide deposits may help determine the likelihood of their recurrence. During an ancient event known as the Blackhawk landslid...


The invention provides an air conditioning unit. In a unit case having the suction inlet port and the suction outlet port, a heat exchanger for dehumidifying air and a heat exchanger for heating air are arranged in an air passage from a suction inlet port to a suction outlet port, and a heat exchange area is partitioned into a suction-inlet-side heat exchange area and a suction-outlet-side heat exchange area by the heat exchanger for dehumidifying air and the heat exchanger for heating air, wherein the water generated in the heat exchange area is discharged to a bottom portion of the heat exchange area through a drainage passage provided with a projection or a narrowed portion as obstruction portions for catching a foreign matter such as lint so as not to flow onward.


T H E survey conducted by the Cambridge Department of Criminal Science 1 which found that 82 per cent, of the victims of sexual assaults were children under the age of 16 (the age of consent) shows that this problem is no minor one. These findings were further con firmed by the investigations of Nesta H. Wells, police surgeon in Manchester, who reported that 57 per cent, of such victims were under 13 years of age, 34 per cent, were under 8 years, and 20 per cent, were under 6 years. She concluded that " the number of little girls who are the victims of sexual assault is con siderable, especially if one adds that much larger number which must exist but which remains unknown to the police, largely because the parents fear publicity and the risk of in creasing psychological trauma in an already disturbed child." The term "paedophi le" should be reserved for the individual who has an abnormal and Perverse attraction to children. He is not at any time interested in adults as a source of gratifi cation. He must be distinguished from the depraved type for whom the defencelessness of the child has an appeal. With the latter the assault is often deliberate and planned, but he is just as likely to seek normal sexual relations if such are available. The true paedophile has rarely, if ever, experienced normal sexual intercourse. To judge by the figures in Table 1. he seeks boys rather than girls for his sexual satisfaction and it is therefore reasonable to assume that there is a large homosexual component in his behaviour. It has been said that paedophilics are afflicted with anxiety with regard to their sexual potency. Bromberg* suggests that ' like the rapist, the paedophilic is not a hypersexed individual, but one whose sexual im pulses are distorted by crippling anxiety." This is supported by the present series where of 68 true paedophilics at least 42 bad never °ad normal sexual intercourse. Possibly they


The current task of the Russian legislature in developing new procedures for dispute resolution using modern technologies is to apply the latest experience of advanced foreign countries in this sphere. The UK is undoubtedly one of these countries. The UK's experience in digitizing its own justice system and establishing an online court is the focus of this article. It analyzes the concept of online courts in the UK, various pilots in this field, as well as the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, which enshrined a number of provisions regarding online procedures; it identifies some shortcomings of the concept of online procedure and pilot projects. Purpose: based on the analysis of pilot projects reports, regulations and scientific sources to form an idea of the formation and development of online dispute resolution (ODR) procedure in courts and tribunals of Great Britain. Methods: theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic; empirical methods of comparison, description, interpretation. Such specific scientific methods as legal-dogmatic and interpretation of legal norms are used. The study reveals that, against the background of austerity, justice in England and Wales is changing significantly through the use of technologies, which begs the question: are the fundamental principles of due process being lost in the pursuit of modernization and efficiency? The attempt to digitize the UK's justice system involves the creation of an online court, the feature of which is mediation built into the procedure as part of dispute resolution. It is expected that the online court will become a mandatory forum for resolving cases within its jurisdiction and will initially deal with money disputes of up to £25,000. However, the issues of access to justice for all categories of citizens and the openness and transparency of justice have not yet been resolved.


It has long been recognized that the mainspring of Bede's intellectual work throughout his life was pastoral. Recently it has become increasingly apparent that his dedication to the continuing demands of the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons was stimulated and informed by the ideas of Gregory the Great. What is less clear is the relationship between the great bulk of Bede's exegetical writings and his conception of the precise needs of those priests and monks whom he was seeking to prepare for pastoral responsibility. He had a certain amount of immediate personal experience of the range of technical problems involved in communicating the essentials of Christian doctrine and liturgy to an illiterate people who were ignorant of Latin.


The propagation of linear whistler waves is investigated in a very large quiescent collisionless discharge plasma in the parameter regime 0.05<ω /ωc<1, ωc/2π≃250 MHz, ωp/ωc≳10, where ωc and ωp are electron cyclotron and plasma frequency, respectively. Wave dispersion, damping, and polarization are determined from interferometer measurements. Group velocities are measured by propagating phase‐coherent wave bursts. Low frequency wave packets disperse into nose whistlers. The phase and amplitude distribution of antenna‐excited whistler waves is mapped along and across the magnetic field. The different directions of group and phase velocities are clearly demonstrated. Highly oblique whistlers are observed. In weakly nonuniform plasmas (ne/∇⊥ne≫λ∥) ray tracing is performed directly verifying the theoretical picture of ducting in density troughs. Perfectly ducted undamped whistlers are observed in field aligned troughs of width d≃λ∥. The profound effect of ray divergence from finite size antennas and of wave re...


The aim of the Hague Yearbook of International Law is to offer a platform for review of new developments in the field of international law. In addition, it devotes attention to developments in the international law institutions based in the international City of Peace and Justice, The Hague.


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One of the most important factors involved in preventive and interceptive dentistry is the preservation of the primary dentition until the normal time of exfoliation. In the absence of the primary second molar, mesial movement and migration of the permanent molar may occur prior to and during eruption.Even when the prognosis is in doubt, root canal treatment of the infected primary second molar allows the first permanent molar to erupt fully into its normal position after which the second molar can be removed and an appropriate space management technique initiated. followed pulpotomy and pulpectomy treatment of primary molars, with some possible deflection in the eruption path. Coil et al. (1985) described 41 nonvital root canal treatments of primary molars in 37 children and reported success to be 80%.Coll and Sadrian, in a retrospective study of pulpectomy outcomes, noted two parameters that were the highest predictors of success. Pretreatment pathologic root resorption, when evident, resulted in a 44.4% prevalence of enamel defects in underlying permanent teeth after their eruption. In the absence of pretreatment pathologic root resorption, the pulpectomy success rate was


Abstract We propose a new goal for constructing a Chinese phoneme‐to‐character automatic conversion system. Instead of trying to get the largest number of correct characters converted, this goal strives for extracting the correct events from a given sentence. We believe this objective is more fruitful in that the extracted events can be better utilized in other applications such as information retrieval, extraction and dialogue systems. Furthermore, it would motivate researchers to work on the more challenging problem of natural language understanding. An information map is proposed for knowledge representation. These maps give very concise summary of different aspects of an object. They also provide more convenient ways to implement semantic template matching.


We numerically investigate the influences of the time delay τ simultaneously existing in both the deterministic and fluctuating forces, the time delay τr existing only in the fluctuating force and the cross-correlation strength λ on the enhancement of the mean first-passage time (MFPT) as a function of the additive D and the multiplicative α noise intensities in a metastable system. The results indicate that both the multiplicative and additive noises can induce the noise-enhanced stability (NES) effect. An increase of λ can enhance or weaken the NES effect induced by the additive noise, depending on the value of τ. However, it weakens the NES effect induced by the multiplicative noise with a suppression of the effect of λ caused by increasing τ. The τ-induced critical behavior on both NES effects can be observed, i.e. an increase of τ can enhance or restrain the NES effects induced by the two kinds of noises. With an increase of λ and τ, MFPT versus D shows a transition from one peak to two peaks and finally one peak, implying the multiple NES effect caused by λ and τ. An increase of τr can enhance the NES effect induced by the additive noise and weaken the NES effect induced by the multiplicative noise.


The purpose of the present study was to compare motor skill acquisition between two learning environments; an environment in which learners determined the type of model or time of receiving it and one which was controlled by the researcher. Ninety male college aged participants were randomly divided into 5 groups; 4 groups of 15 participants and one of 30. Participants' conditions in terms of the type of model used (visual or auditory model) and control environment (external control, self control in selecting model, self control in time of receiving model) was different from other groups. Participants practiced 60 trails of a sequential timing task. The result indicated that auditory model led to better learning of the timing task than visual model. In addition, for both visual and auditory modeling, providing self-controlled conditions led to an enhanced performance in the overall and absolute timing error in retention test compared to externally controlled conditions, but in relative timing no significant difference was observed between self controlled and external controlled conditions.


Abstract: B ACKGROUND - Lichen planus is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis of unknown etiology. Its association with liver diseases, parti-cularly hepatitis C, has been widely approached since 1990, when serology for the detection of hepatitis C virus became available.O BJECTIVES - The objective of this study was to evaluate a possible causal relation between virus C infection and lichen planus.M ETHODS - Sixty-six patients with lichen planus seen at the Dermatology Department of Santa Casa de Misericorida de Sao Paulo from2000 to 2003 were included in the study group. The control group comprised volunteer blood donors of the Blood Bank of SantaCasa de Misericorida de Sao Paulo, from October 2001 to October 2002.R ESULTS - Five out of the 66 patients with lichen planus had a positive serology for HCV, representing 7.5% in comparison with 0.69%of the blood donors.C ONCLUSION - Our findings are consistent with those reported in the medical literature. However, further studies are necessary toimprove our knowledge on such a controversial relation.Keywords: Hepatitis C; Lichen planus; Hepacivirus


Corporate governance is an important topic in all kinds of companies and has attracted attention from government, company directors, stakeholders, and academic researchers. Appropriate development of the relationship between company and different stakeholders, which is addressed by corporate governance, is supposed to promote improvements in firm performance. Banks, as important financial institutions, play important roles in a country's economy. They deal with the relationship between management and different shareholders as well as depositors. There are different interpretations of the meaning of corporate governance.


Financial management maximise investors' return, seeking for stocks with increasing expected corporate value. Hidden information is included in vast accounting data and financial indices that are available in international financial markets. Methods of Econometrics and Artificial Intelligence- mainly in the field of Neural Networks- provide classifications of companies regarding their economic health. Radial Basis Function networks are examined in a hybrid form of Neural Network optimised with Genetic Algorithms and in a regular Neural Net form, to determine efficient methods of Financial Analysis. The regular Radial Basis Function network with 3 layers, Genetic Algorithms in all the layers and Cross Validation is superior to all the neuro-genetic forms of RBF in Financial Analysis.


Abstract (Title: Scient i fic Approach Application Anal y sis on Task in Indonesia Language Text Book for Seventh Grade Student s Based on Curriculum 2013). This research aims to: (1) know the steps of "Scientific Approach" which are reflected on the tasks based on complete steps, (2) know the steps of "Scientific Approach" which are reflected on the tasks based on the sequence steps. The research design used in this research is content analysis. The main  instrument in this research is human instrument. The research data is collected with "simak" method with tecqnique "baca" and "catat". The data analysis is done using distributional method with tecqnique "pemilahan" based on catagory. The research reveals two findings. First, based on the complete steps, there found complete and incomplete task step. Second, based on sequence steps, there are sequence task and not sequence task. Keyword: task, text book, scientific approach, Curriculum 2013


A rarely case with bilateral double middle choncaA 34-year-old female with bilateral double middle turbinates was presented by a rare case. As an interestingand a rare case, double middle turbinate may be a cause of allergic rhinitis symptoms. Endoscopic sinusexamination and coronal CT reveals turbinates and lateral nasal wall anomalies. We believe that detailedknowledge of anatomical anomalies in the sinonasal tract is critical for successful clinical management andimportant in allowing the surgeon to perform safe functional endoscopic sinus surgery and not to performneedless surgery to ostiomeatal complex