[Objective] The aim was to discuss the release law of NH3 from paper mill sludge.[Method] With NaClO,KMnO4,H2O2 and CuSO4 as treating agents,the release law of NH3 from paper mill sludge was studied by sodium hypochloritesalicylic acid spectrophotometry and the effect of the 4 treating agents were compared.[Result] The release law of NH3 from each treatment were all first increased and then decreased.The NH3 released from drying sludge was more than that from wet sludge.The NH3 release amount was decreased with the increment of CuSO4 amount,while that of the other 3 oxidation treating agents was opposite,that was the NH3 release amount was increased with the increment of the treating agents amount and the total effect of the 3 oxidation treating agents was better than that of CuSO4.The order of the effect was NaClO KMnO4 H2O2 CuSO4.The treating method of accelerated degrading sludge could increase the NH3 release amount.[Conclusion] The research provided the theoretical reference for the treatment,disposal and resource utilization of paper mill sludge.


The experiments are pursued on both synthetic in data sets are real. The synthetic data sets which we used for our experiments were generated using the procedure. We refer to readers to it for more details to the generation of large data sets. We report experimental results on two synthetic more data sets in this data set; the average transaction of size and its average maximal potentially frequent item set its size are set, while the number of process in the large dataset is set. It is a sparse of dataset. The frequent item sets are short and also numerous data sets to cluster. The second synthetic data set we used is. The average transaction size and average maximal potentially frequent item set size of set to 30 and 32 respectively. There exist exponentially numerous frequent item data sets in this data set when the support based on threshold goes down. There are also pretty long frequent item sets as well as a large number of short frequent item sets in it. It process of contains abundant mixtures of short and long frequent data item sets.


A research program in high power electric propulsion has been initiated with the primary goal being the experimental verification of the magnetic wave acceleration of a compact toroid plasmoid usually referred to as a Field Reversed Configuration. Based on previous laboratory results, multi-Newton thrust at high Isp (10 - 30,000 sec) can be produced by the rapid acceleration of a compact plasmoid driven by an externally applied propagating magnetic field accelerator. This paper includes a description of the concept, and the basic theory of operation including 2 D numerical calculations. A description of the experimental apparatus that has been constructed with results from initial operation of the magnets will also be presented.


In this project we aim to develop 4 different methods in order to estimate the real market price of 380 properties owned by Midtown Realty Group in Miami, Florida. We used the ordinary least squares, generalized method of moments, artificial neural networks and fuzzy inference systems. The comparison between the 4 models was made using the root mean squared errors (RMSE) with an interesting result showing that the best method to estimate housing price given our data set is the artificial neural network using the correct network architecture. Some further work is proposed in order to make more comparison between the models and define the best model for housing price.


Positron emission tomography (PET) using the radiopharmaceutical F-2-deoxy-Dglucose (FDG), a D-glucose analog, has been shown by numerous studies to predict prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.1–6 The study by Pastorino et al.7 reported in this issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology confirms the utility of FDG-PET in predicting prognosis in patients with primary lung cancer and provides new information about FDG-PET in a computed tomography (CT) screening program. This study, initiated in Italy in 2000 and comprising a population of 1035 at high risk for lung cancer, evaluated whether the standardized uptake value (SUV) was predictive of long-term survival in 11 patients who had primary lung cancers at initial CT and in 27 patients with lung cancers detected by annual CT screening. Pastorino et al. reported that the SUV correlated highly with survival in the 34 patients with lung cancer: the 5-year survival was 100% for SUV 2.5, 60% for SUV 2.5 and 8, and 20% for SUV 8. Interestingly, although all cases with a SUV 2.5 were stage I, only half of stage I tumors had a SUV 2.5. In addition, 15% of the patients with a SUV 8 and poor prognosis were stage I. The results of this study, arguably the best data available on the use of PET in a CT screening program, are interesting and suggest that metabolic assessment of biologic behavior may improve the clinical management of patients with lung cancers detected by screening and address the issue of potential over diagnosis of lung cancer and over treatment in screening trials. Specifically, as stated by the authors, FDG-PET could reduce the risk of unnecessary treatment, such as lobectomy for indolent disease, or could result in the implementation of targeted systemic therapy for patients with a high risk of early metastatic disease, potentially including those with early stage disease and a high SUV. Pertaining to the evaluation of nodules detected on CT screening, this study indicates that FDG-PET has a useful diagnostic role and is effective in reducing the number of patients undergoing interventional procedures to establish the diagnosis. In this regard, FDG-PET imaging was performed in 68 patients with nodules 7 mm in diameter, and the yield in distinguishing malignant from benign nodules was high (sensitivity 94%, specificity 82%, accuracy 88%, positive predictive value 84%, and negative predictive value 93%). The potential importance of FDG-PET in improving diagnostic accuracy is emphasized by the large number of benign, noncalcified nodules that are detected by CT in screening trials. For instance, after five annual CT examinations in a prospective screening trial for lung cancer, 3356 noncalcified lung nodules were identified, whereas only 68 lung cancers were diagnosed.8 Furthermore, the potential reduction in over treatment because of the incorporation of FDG-PET imaging into the management algorithm of patients with nodules is important because, despite stringent criteria restricting the performance of a biopsy of a lung nodule, it has been reported that 8% of biopsied nodules detected by a CT screening trial are benign.9 It is essential to emphasize that the results reported by Pastorino et al. are in contrast to the experience of Lindell et al., where the poor sensitivity of FDG-PET in diagnosing lung cancer in nodules detected on screening CT raised questions about its usefulness in


You are in the serene cardiac intensive care pod where real‐time analytics are displayed (rather than the de rigueur vital signs) and deep learning (in the form of recurrent neural network) are now routinely used for personalized intensive care unit decision support and to mitigate the stress of families and physicians/ nurses. There is no longer formal lengthy AM rounds as communication among team members is now continuous. The old electronic record and computers are all no longer omnipresent, and patient information is displayed on the video wall only upon activation or automatically in the case of sudden changes. The conversations are recorded with a tiny microphone on your shirt and analyzed with natural language processing (NLP) in order to capture key information onto the electronic record. You receive notifications about recent advances in diagnostics and therapy that pertain to your patients, and you read these new notifications and answer questions to gain points for individualized continuing medical education (as board examinations have been eliminated finally).


A comparison between cattle colour terminology found in the Khoikhoi languages and that found in South African Bantu languages brings noticeable similarities to light, leading to the assumption that both the cattle and the terms used to describe their characteristic features were acquired by the South Eastern Bantu-speakers through contact with Khoikhoi pastoralists. In this article we investigate the possibility that these terminological similarities are the result of mutual relatedness to a single progenitor set of terms, rather than of borrowing that took place in a restricted geographical area. To this end, three hypotheses are proposed, respectively termed the East African link-hypothesis, the Northern Botswana link-hypothesis and the Sudan link-hypothesis. We argue that the latter, pointing to a common Nilotic proto-source, represents the most plausible explanation for the origin of cattle colour terminology shared by amongst others, the South African Bantu and Khoikhoi languages.


Abstract The search for renewable energy sources is a global concern that strengthens the expansion of the biodiesel industry. In view of the environmental and economic problems of the conventional purification process of this biofuel, there is a need to explore alternative methods of purification. In this way, this manuscript evaluated the use of passion fruit seed meal as an alternative for biodiesel purification. In the adsorption tests, with a concentration of the biosorbent equal to 40 g L−1, at 45 °C, for 90 min, there was a removal of 72.2% of free glycerol and reduction in the content of glycerol to values below the maximum limit imposed by the legislation. Furthermore, through the characterization of the meal and the adsorption equilibrium data, it was possible to propose the mechanism involved in the adsorption process corresponds to hydrogen interactions between the glycerol and the oxygenated groups of the biosorbent. In the membrane separation process, the free glycerol removals obtained with the meal functionalized membrane were three times higher than those with the commercial membrane. Thus, the passion fruit seed meal can be a promising alternative for biodiesel purification, bringing economic and environmental advantages due to the reduction in the generation of effluents. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT


Abstract : Results are based on normal impact of caliber .30 armor piercing ammunition upon plate, 1/2 in and lighter, shock test data not being available. Heavier plate was tested only with caliber .50 A.P., with the exception of two 1 in plates which were tested with 37 mm. M39 solid shot. Laminations of any considerable extent are a primary cause of spalling in plate of passable ballistic limit. Carbides (or any other segregates which may be revealed by a Murakami etch) in definite chains in grain boundaries produce spalling. Martensitic structure invariably caused spalling, while a fairly uniform troostitosorbitic structure was found in the majority of high ballistic nonspalling plate. Eliminating all plate with laminations, bad carbide conditions and nonuniform nital structure, Brinell hardnesses from 418 to as high as 444 were found to produce the highest ballistic plate which did not spall under the caliber .30 A.P. tests to which they were subjected. Macro segregations in the form of banding (in the absence of elongated nonmetallic inclusions) were found in both high and low ballistic plate. (Author)


Hi-tech development zone is an important carrier of the spatial convergence and spillover of hi-tech enterprises. After over 10-year development,national hi-tech development zone become the base of hi-tech enterprises and pioneer of regional and urban hi-tech industries. There are already many literatures about hi-tech development zones and science parks from the perspective of enterprise agglomeration,industry chain and industries cluster,but there are little about spatial expansion of hi-tech development zones. With Nanjing Hi-Tech Development Zone as an example,this paper makes a systematic analysis on the spatial spillover of the enterprises through case studies. Then it provides suggestions on the future development of the zone from the angle of interaction among the city,enterprises,and development zone.


In many sub-Saharan African nations, commercializing smallholder agriculture has recently been seen as a strategy for attaining equitable growth and eliminating poverty in a sustainable manner. Despite the distinction made between market participation and market orientation, their respective impacts on farm income have not been given enough attention in the literature. In this paper, their respective determinants are analysed and each of them is linked to smallholder farmers' income. The survey was conducted in and around four irrigation schemes in KwaZulu-Natal. Using a sample of 332 farmers, the study estimated the output participation index/market orientation index and employed the two-limit Tobit and OLS regression models. The findings show that socioeconomic, institutional and production factors influence market orientation and participation differently. In addition, market participation is more important in explaining farmers' income compared to market orientation. Moreover, farmers had a higher rate of market participation index (83%) while their market orientation index was very low (38%). Market orientation is, therefore, not a pre-condition for market participation. In smallholder agriculture, market participation is a function, mainly, of marketed surplus. These realities are valid for smallholder agriculture and in sharp contrast with commercial agriculture. Engaging smallholder farmers more in market participation rather than market orientation would be a better strategy to improve their access to markets and eventually enhance their income. Market orientation will then become the unintended outcome of continuous engagement of farmers with the market.


Objective To assess the role of acoustic densitometry (AD) technique in tissue characterization of normal femoral artery and atherosclerotic plaque. Methods In 59 patients with coronary artery disease and 30 normal persons,we detected the normal arterial wall and different types of atherosclerotic plaques with AD technique. Results The AD value was of nosignificant difference between normal persons and CAD patients in blood flow, intima and adventitia in femoral artery.The AD values of fatty sites of athrosclerotic plaque (24.71±3.19dB)differed from that of fibrous (35 75±5 14dB) and calcified (44.26±4.78dB)ones. Conclusion AD technique is feasible in detecting the atherosclerotic plaque and provides an objective on\|line assessment of plaque composition. [


The black-hole binary V404 Cyg entered the outburst phase in June 2015 after 26 years of X-ray quiescence. We observed the entire outburst with the Swift satellite and performed time-resolved spectroscopy of its most active phase, obtaining over a thousand spectra with exposures of few tens of seconds. In this contribution I will present the results of the spectral modeling on behalf of a larger team. We find that the spectra can be fitted with an absorbed powerlaw model, which most of the time required the presence of a partial covering. An iron line and reflection features appears in 10-20% of the spectra together with the signature of high column densities. None of the spectra showed the unambiguous presence of soft disk-blackbody emission. The results can be explained assuming that the inner part of the accretion flow is inflated into a slim/thick disk that both hides the innermost (and brightest) regions of the flow, and produces a cold, clumpy, high-density outflow that introduces the high-absorption and fast spectral variability observed. The largest flares produced by the source might have been solely caused by the occasional unveiling of the bright central parts of the accretion flow. We argue that the black hole in V404 Cyg likely accreted continuously at Eddington/superEddington rates, while being partly or completely obscured by the inflated disk and its outflow. V404 Cyg thus seems analogous to the ultra-luminous X-ray sources, where similar physical processes are though to occur, but only viewed at lower inclination angles.


This article is second part of the previously mentioned research report that has dealt with combustion products of brown coal combustion in small furnaces [8]. The model apparatus was constructed for simulation of brown coal combustion in a small domestic furnace. Three samples of brown coal pellets with different amounts of additive and different grain size were combusted and studied. Calcium dihydroxide was used as additive. Temperatures within furnace and of exhaust gases as well as emissions of CO2, CO, SO2, NO, O2 and of gaseous hydrocarbons were measured during combustion. Moreover, for the determination of selected heavy metals (Cr, * Ing., Katedra analytické chemie a zkoušení materiálu, VŠB-TU Ostrava ** Ing., CSc., Katedra tepelné techniky, VŠB-TU Ostrava *** Ing., Výzkumný ústav pro hnědé uhlí a.s., Budovatelů 2830, Most **** Prof. Ing., CSc., Katedra analytické chemie a zkoušení materiálu, VŠB-TU Ostrava ***** Katedra tepelné techniky, VŠB-TU Ostrava ****** Ing., Katedra tepelné techniky, VŠB-TU Ostrava ******* RNDr., Ph.D., Vysokoškolský ústav chemie materiálů, VŠB-TU Ostrava


Shock response spectrum (SRS), calculated according to shock loading signal, is the primary metric for assessing the shock resistance ability of shipborne equipment. Nevertheless, the measured shock acceleration signal contains a trend term error that severely distorts the low frequency of the SRS. The accuracy of present correction methods cannot be assured due to a lack of reference. A discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and low-frequency oscillator combination method is proposed for correcting shock signals in this paper. The optimal wavelet parameters can be selected according to a low-frequency spectrum baseline fitted by the measured relative displacement to reject low-frequency trend term errors. Shock machine test results show that the average difference between the low-frequency spectrum baseline and uncorrected SRS is reduced from 89.8% to 3.2%, while the SRS slope rolled off to 5.8 dB/oct after imposing the proposed correction. The corrected SRS can faithfully show the actual shock loading characteristics of shipborne equipment in shock tests.


Agilbert born in 610 into a Neustrian family influenced by Columbanus, went to southern Ireland where he studied scripture and was ordained bishop. He was a missionary bishop in Wessex c.648-60, when he returned to Francia. He headed the Roman delegation at the synod of Whitby in 664 and ordained Wilfrid priest. Before becoming bishop of Paris in 668, he was also instrumental in Wilfrid's consecration as bishop, and may have been responsible for Wilfrid's involvement in the return of the Merovingian royal, Dagobert II, from Ireland to Francia in 676. This paper gives a context for Agilbert's reported activities and associations in Ireland, England and Francia and concludes that these are plausible within the pluralistic christianity of the seventh century.


This paper investigates a novel variable-speed generation system. A new integrated power circuit with voltage clamp protection and self-excitation function is presented. Conventionally, due to the large internal impedance of a generator, oscillations are produced by the resonances of the filter in armature currents which may cause unstable behavior of the generation system. In this paper, an active damping control algorithm cooperated with matrix converter (MC) instantaneous value synthesizing modulation strategy is proposed to suppress oscillations of MC input currents effectively. In addition, a closed-loop voltage control scheme with MC constant transfer ratio and hybrid excitation synchronous generator excitation current regulation is studied. At last, the feasibility of the overall system and schemes has been verified by the experimental results.


Concerning the problem that the performance of direction-of-arrival(DOA) estimation using multiple signal classification(MUSIC) algorithm is decline seriously in the presence of array element position errors,this paper puts forward a scheme of DOA estimation in the presence of array element position errors,combining with particle swarm optimization(PSO) algorithm.In this scheme,firstly,the target functions are fitted in the principle of MUSIC algorithm,next,the functions are optimized using PSO algorithm and then the error matrix is corrected,and finally,the DOA estimation is performed using MUSIC algorithm.By comparing the simulation results with various parameters setting,a group that is of best estimation performance is selected as the key parameters setting for POS algorithm,and the DOA estimation performance of MUSIC algorithm before and after being standardized is contrasted in this paper.Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can improve the angular resolution of MUSIC algorithm greatly.


Abstract The construction and operation of a simple mechanical grab, suitable for sampling dense beds of aquatic macrophytes, is described. The technique has several advantages over the diver‐quadrat method. Both methods have been used in vegetation surveys of the Rotorua lakes where plant densities attain the maximum recorded for freshwater lakes. The results indicate marked variations in weed density over short distances, and thus both methods require a large number of samples for an accurate determination of biomass.


Reliabilities of high-k stacked gate dielectrics are discussed from the viewpoint of the impact of initial traps in high-k layer. TDDB reliability can be explained by the generated subordinate carrier injection (GSCI) model. While initial traps increase the leakage current, they do not degrade the TDDB reliability. In contrast, the BTI reliability is strongly degraded by initial traps.


Categorizing Korean IS practitioners into junior specialists, mid-level specialists, senior specialists, and generalists following the results of existing researches, this paper shows that Korean IS recruiters require their applicants to possess higher level of "product-orientation" than t...


We address the classical capacity of a quantum bosonic memory channel with additive noise, subject to an input energy constraint. The memory is modeled by correlated noise emerging from a Gauss-Markov process. Under reasonable assumptions, we show that the optimal modulation results from a "quantum water-filling" solution above a certain input energy threshold, similar to the optimal modulation for parallel classical Gaussian channels. We also derive analytically the optimal multimode input state above this threshold, which enables us to compute the capacity of this memory channel in the limit of an infinite number of modes. The method can also be applied to a more general noise environment which is constructed by a stationary Gauss process. The extension of our results to the case of broadband bosonic channels with colored Gaussian noise should also be straightforward.


The article analyzes Nikolai Gumilev's African Diary (1913) as a combination of poetry, prose and 'facts' whose interplay turns these 'travel notes' into both a work of fiction and a historical essay. The African Diary is a series of travel notes by the 'wandering poet'; its four chapters serve as a sort of introduction to the main part which abruptly stops before the actual African journey begins. Gumilev scholars have long struggled with the dilemma of whether to treat the African Diary as a purely historical document in an essayistic form or a fictional travelogue in the tradition of Nikolai Karamzin's Letters of a Russian Traveler or Alexander Pushkin's A Journey to Arzrum. This article portrays the African Diary as a fabula underlying the lyrical plot of Gumilev's poetry.


In the African socio-cultural mentality and practices, males are predominantly superior to women. This has become almost the culture of the people, which has also permeated into the mainstreams of almost all the activities of the people. No doubt, this affects the development of the human society. In religion, the story is not even better. The women are still seen as secondary to men, while the men are the primary constituents of the society. This is typical of every African society especially in Nigeria. Politically, the women are not well accepted as capable of delivering much in the political space. However, there is a huge cry by women and few men to change the scenario. Agitations are on the increase to produce a society that should place men and women on the same level of relevance and acceptability. Regrettably, much has not been achieved on this. This paper is out to find a fundamental cause of this perennial disregard for women. It is found that religion among other factors play a dominant role in perpetuating gender inequality in Africa. In doing that, the researcher uses the Christian religion as a research field. The Old Testament-a part of the religion"s scripture is considered for study. It was discovered that the Old Testament where God was reflected in patriarchal imagination provides references of denigration, disregard and profuse expression of exploitation of women.


Don Blankenship directed $3 million of his personal funds to the end of electing Brent Benjamin to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. (1) His apparent aim was to influence the result in an appeal of a case that would cost his company $50 million. (2) His apparent aim, then, was to use money to bring about a particular judicial result. In a sense, there is nothing at all unusual about Blankenship's behavior. Some spend more than $3 million to bring about a particular judicial result--think about the money Microsoft spent defending itself against antitrust charges, estimated to be over $13 million. (3) Some spend less than $3 million to bring about a particular judicial result--think about the two Pennsylvania juvenile detention centers found to have bribed Juvenile Court Judges Mark A. Ciavarella and Michael T. Conahan by paying them more than $2.6 million to steer juvenile detainees to the centers. (4) In these two cases, the spending behavior is perfectly unambiguous from both a legal and a moral perspective. Microsoft's behavior (spending $13 million on lawyers) is unambiguously legal and ethical. The juvenile detention centers' behavior (spending $2.6 million to bribe two judges) is unambiguously illegal and unethical. Blankenship's behavior, by contrast, is more ambiguous. While there is nothing illegal or even unethical about his spending $3 million to persuade voters to elect Benjamin to the state Supreme Court of Appeals--indeed, the behavior is constitutionally protected (5)--when Justice Benjamin refused to recuse himself from Blankenship's case, this whole sequence of free (or $3 million) speech was cast into a very different light. The contribution drew into doubt the practical independence of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals from those who would use this particular kind of speech to influence it. (6) "Practical independence": obviously, Justice Benjamin was formally independent of Blankenship. Blankenship didn't hire him. He had no power to fire him. Benjamin received his salary from the state. Nothing Blankenship could do would change the size of that salary, or the speed with which it grew. In a strictly formal sense, Benjamin was an independent judge whose decision in this matter could not be controlled by the litigant Blankenship. But no one who is genuinely concerned about independence--or maybe better, improper dependence--would limit considerations to formal independence alone. (7) A concern about improper dependence is also a concern about informal or effective dependence. (8) When civil rights activists in the South charged that judges were not independent, for example, no one thought the concern was that the KKK had the right to fire federal judges. The concern instead was that a system of informal, extragovernmental influence would make it impossible for judges to decide cases "on the merits." (9) A system of influence, that is, that could undermine the integrity of the bench. And so too here. No one believes that every campaign contribution would tend to corrupt the judicial process. If campaigns were cheap, if contributions were small, if contributors were many or unknown--in any of those cases, the fact that money was contributed to a judge's campaign could not lead anyone reasonably to believe that the contribution would effect any particular result. In these cases, money would be benign, and the raising of money in these cases should not undermine trust in the institution of the judiciary, at least for any reasonable soul. But to suggest that a reasonable soul should discount the effect of money in cases like Blankenship's is to invite an exercise of, as Professor Charles Black put it, "the sovereign prerogative[] of philosophers--that of laughter." (10) For all of us recognize the pattern from which this case emerges--a pattern spreading across state judiciaries, (11) and completely infecting federal and state legislative elections (12)--and more of us are recognizing the fear this pattern invites. …


Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) known as a set of behavioral and neurocognitive problems that are identified by challenges in difficulties interacting and communicating with others, as well as heightened repetitive and/or restrictive behaviors. Elevated immune reaction and enhancements in pro-inflammatory cytokines have been discovered in the brains of those who have ASD. A recent article associated autism with abnormalities in mitochondrial respiratory control. Based on various studies, mitochondrial dysfunction is caused by oxidative stress, inadequate nutrition, insufficiency of vitamins, compromised immune system, contact with harmful environmental substances, and modified calcium signaling. Polyphenols found in our diet are active compounds that have the potential to prevent and treat various chronic illnesses including, neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental problems. This is mainly due to their ability to regulate crucial pathways that cause inflammation and oxidation in the body. The application of polyphenols may result in a reduction of neuroinflammation, facilitating an improvement in the manifestations of ASD. This review focused on the preclinical and clinical studies that documented the beneficial impacts of diet related for the modulation of ASD.


Currently, digital learning platforms are being implemented in Danish elementary schools. These platforms are developed with a dual aim of both supporting teachers' planning and classroom teaching. This paper investigates and discusses the opportunities of using the documentational approach to study Danish mathematics teachers' use of these platforms for classroom teaching and preliminary findings here of in the context of an ongoing PhD project.


Jonathan D. Bellman holds degrees from UCSB, the University of Illinois, and Stanford University, and has taught at the University of Northern Colorado since 1993. His research specialties include nineteenth-century transcultural musical styles and the music of Frédéric Chopin. His most recent book is Chopin's Polish Ballade: Op. 38 as Narrative of National Martyrdom (Oxford University Press, 2010); he is currently writing a volume titled Transcultural Music and its Discontents (also with OUP), which will offer a reception history of exoticism and propose some models for transcultural musical analysis.


The assumption in documents N3095 and N3113 seems to be that a proposed alignment of the text in clause 26.1 of 10646 with Unicode would be the reflection of a new misunderstanding. However, the Unicode specification, including the canonical decomposition of Hangul precomposed syllable characters have been fixed for many years now. Indeed, the decompositions and equivalences are now stabilised and cannot be changed. Thus many of the suggestions in N3095 and N3113 cannot be carried through. Indeed, I would suggest not carrying through any of the suggestions in N3095 and N3113. Furthermore, I would argue that the only Hangul Jamos to be encoded in a new version of 10646 (or an amendment) are single-letter Jamos that are not already encoded. No more multi-letter Jamos, and many of the existing ones should not be used. The lack of canonical decompositions for multi-letter Hangul Jamos unfortunately leads to multiple possible spellings, which are not canonically equivalent, of exactly the same words (written in Hangul). Since new canonical decompositions cannot be added (to Unicode) for the existing multi-letter Hangul Jamos, a usage recommendation should be made instead. I would recommend the following one: Only the multi-letter Jamos that are used in the decompositions of precomposed Hangul syllable characters should be used (and then preferred over using the individual letters of the multi-letter Jamos); in all other cases, use just the single letter Jamos; and then of course allow canonical equivalents (precomposed Hangul syllables) to that. That rule can be refined, if desired. For decompositions and equivalences, in particular the arithmetic decomposition of precomposed Hangul syllable characters, a reference to the Unicode standard should be made. In order to clarify the conjoining behaviour of Hangul Jamo and Hangul precomposed syllables, I suggest that the following text replacement is done. This clarifies "conjoining" in terms of conditional combining behaviour. This avoids explaining "conjoining" in isolation, and instead relates it to the notion of "combining". The same formulation can be used for the Unicode standard (without any factual change, just a change in exposition).


Background and purpose: Previous studies showed urate crystals in atherosclerotic plaques, suggesting that uric acid is involved in plaque formation, but whether it affects the formation of coronary collateral circulation (CCC) is unknown. This single-center retrospective study was conducted to investigate whether serum uric acid (SUA) level has an association with the CCC in patients with coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO). Methods: The final analysis included a total of 94 patients with CTO (defined as 100% stenosis in at least one of the left anterior descending artery, circumflex artery and right coronary artery with thrombolysis in myocardial infarction [TIMI] grade 0 of forward flow) for more than 3 months (66.03 ± 10.10 years of age; 54 men and 40 women). In the analysis, patients were divided into four groups of equal size based on the SUA level on admission (n = 32, 31, 31 for low, mid, and high SUA groups). Multivariate logistic regression was conducted to identify risk factors that were associated with poor CCC (as defined by Rentrop level ≤ 1). Results: The rate of poor CCC was 44.5% in the low SUA group, 54.8% in the mid-SUA group, and 77.4% in the high SUA group, respectively (P < 0.05 for all three pairwise comparisons). In multivariate regression analysis that treated SUA as a continuous variable, poorer CCC was associated with higher SUA (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 1.011, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.005–1.017, P < 0.05). In comparison to the patients with lowest SUA in the regression analysis that treated SUA as a categorical variable, there was a statistically non-significant trend for increased risk of poor CCC (OR 2.277, 95% CI: 0.753–6.884) in the patient with mid-level SUA. The risk of poor CCC was significantly elevated in the patients with high SUA (OR 6.243, 95% CI: 1.872–20.828). Conclusions: Elevated SUA level was associated with poor CCC in patients with CTO.


Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu Tampere University of Applied Sciences Degree Programme in Laboratory Sciences KIERO, ESSI: Analysis of OVOCs by Online TD-GC-MS: Development and Validation of a Method Bachelor's thesis 59 pages, appendices 8 pages December 2014 Oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) are emitted into the atmosphere from anthropogenic and biogenic sources. These compounds contribute to the ozone formation in the troposphere. Ozone is toxic to humans and plants. Knowing the sources and concentrations of OVOCs is essential for the development of air quality control strategies. This thesis was conducted in the air quality group's organic laboratory of the Finnish Meteorological Institute during the spring and the summer of 2014. The purpose of this thesis was to develop an analysing method for OVOCs by online TD-GC-MS. The objective was to be able to utilise the method in urban and background air measurements which are going to be used in tracing concentration changes of OVOCs, determining sources for these compounds and influences to different air chemistry subareas. Online TD-GC-MS was used in the method development. A gas cooler and ozone removal inlet were also used. The parameters used in the validation process were as follows: background concentration, limit of detection and quantitation, repeatability, uncertainty, testing of the gas cooler and ozone removal inlet recovery and testing of the permeation oven for the calibration. Different calibration methods were also tested. These calibration methods were injection of stock solution into gas flow, tube standard and gas standard. Functionality of the developed analysing method was tested by outdoor air measurements. Most of the validation tests were made by injection of stock solution into gas flow technique which was observed to be a bad option for calibration and sampling. Results suggested that gas standard is the best option to be used in calibrations. Gas cooler and ozone removal inlet had quite good recovery results and those apparatus can be used with TD-GC-MS. The recovery of the gas cooler was not as good as ozone removal inlet's so gas cooler has to be tested more in the future. Outdoor air measurements were successful considering the circumstances. Concentration changes of the OVOCs were observed in the outdoor air measurements. Even though the results of the validation were not perfect, the outdoor air measurements proved that the developed method was suitable for OVOC measurements. In the future tests of validation have to be performed again with calibration gas.


Through image and text, John Darwell raises questions about the nature of employment in this area and the effect it has on both the individual and the community. His work records the continued decline in the labour market and a gradual disillusionment with the consumer boom of the Eighties, from ship repairers working on job-to-job contracts to shopkeepers looking for the increasingly scarce customer and from council estates standing alongside coal depots to private houses overlooking the more "scenic" areas of dockland less than a mile away. John Darwell has worked on a number of projects concerning the changing face of industry and the inevitable social consequences.


Freshwater turtles seem to consistently exhibit high rates of annual survivorship as adults (Iverson, 1991a), but patterns of survivorship are less consistent or less well known for juveniles. Several studies have shown that juvenile survivorship during the first several years of life was lower than in adults: Kinosternon flavescens in Iowa (Iverson, 1991b); K. subrubrum from South Carolina (Frazer et al., 1991a); and Chrysemys picta from Virginia (Mitchell, 1988), New York (Zweifel, 1989), and Michigan (Frazer et al., 1991b). Detailed data on juvenile survivorship are generally lacking for populations of other freshwater turtles. Even in the well-studied emydid Trachemys scripta, Frazer et al. (1990) reported only limited and inconclusive data for survivorship in juveniles. Iverson (1991b) has argued that at least among the kinosternids, a Type III survivorship curve best approximates the observed survivorship data, rather than the Type II curve (constant mortality) usually advocated for turtle species generally. I studied the annual survivorship of 103 juvenile T. scripta for up to 7 yr of age, obtaining high recapture rates during sampling in each of eight consecutive years. I followed longer-term survivorship of these individuals marked as juveniles by sampling again 9 yr later, and developed conclusions as to how these data address the type of survivorship curve typical of


As undergraduate students engage with disability studies coursework, they learn about sociocultural concepts that address issues of ableism, normalcy, equity, and inclusion of disabled people in all facets of society. A transformational ideological change in how students view disability often occurs during these courses. To further explore this phenomenon, I completed a study on the capstone course for a DS minor program at a mid-sized public university. Two research questions asked: 1) How do undergraduate students make sense of and understand disability while completing a DS course? and 2) Which pedagogical decisions made by course instructors promote undergraduate students' development of new understandings of disability? A review of the scholarship on DS pedagogy in postsecondary contexts and the transformative learning theory (Mezirow, 1990) concept of critical reflection situated how these students' perspectives shift over a semester. The weekly reflection assignment of 69 students over two semesters were coded with qualitative methods. Findings include themes related to the process of reflection unearthing realizations and identifying both problems and solutions, connecting to moral obligation. The findings explore connections to the process of reflection while the students were within the liminal space of understanding course content that contrasted their prior assumptions about disability. I discuss implications for postsecondary educational pedagogical methods to understand and utilize the liminal space while teaching DS courses.


[Objective] To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of intravesical instillation of THP after transurethral resection of bladder cancer(TURBT).[Methods] From Nov.1999 to Oct.2003,a total of 63 patients were treated with intravesical instillation of THP after TURBT,the patients were followed up by cystscopy for 12~53 months.[Results] The non-recurrence rates at 1,2 and 3 years were 89.8%,83.1% and 76.3%,respectively.The side effect rate was 28.57%.[Conclusions] Our findings demonstrated that short-term(1 year),30 minutes instillation intensive intravesical instillation of THP 30 mg/50 mL(600 μg/mL) after TURBT was a safe and effective therapy.


Nearly 16,000 persons in the broadcasting industry today belong to the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists. From a start, 28 years ago, with a few hundred members, AFTRA has grown to become the most common—representing talent working for the smallest stations and the largest networks—and perhaps the most powerful union associated with the broadcasting industry. Every few years AFTRA contracts relating to wages and working conditions are renegotiated. Some of these contracts cover only certain employees of a single station, while others may affect the entire industry. The way in which such contracts are negotiated are of interest to the entire industry. Of particular interest to broadcast management (and to members of AFTRA as well) is the precise manner by which AFTRA negotiators determine what demands they wish to make and then decide to accept or not accept a particular contract. The following article describes and analyzes the factors involved in preparing demands for, and resolving dif...


Abstract Higher Education plays an influential role in societal transformation towards sustainability. An understanding of the application of sustainability learning from degree programs in a graduate's professional practice can serve as an important feedback loop for developing and advancing sustainability in higher education. A knowledge gap exists between graduate learning outcomes and employability skills, with little exploration of the methods to collect evidence of such relationships. This paper presents the results of a study to measure the uptake and application of sustainability attributes by graduates, post degree-completion. The study developed and trialled a graduate attribute assessment tool informed by the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). The results demonstrate that the graduates sampled understood what was required for them to act sustainably and showed preparedness to act appropriately. However, these actions were moderated by the influence of key stakeholders and work-place contexts.


Wireless is a key component in most of today's network infrastructures. Yet, it is highly susceptible to network attacks because wireless communication and infrastructure, such as Access Point(AP) and clients, can be easily discovered and targeted. Particularly,the static nature of the wireless AP topology and its configuration offers a significant advantage to adversaries to identify network targets and plan devastating attacks such as denial of service or eavesdropping. This is critically important in hostile military environment in which soldiers depend on wireless infrastructure for communication and coordination. In this paper, we present formal foundations for two wireless agility techniques: (1) Random Range Mutation (RNM) that allows for periodic changes of AP coverage range randomly, and (2) Random Topology Mutation (RTM) that allows for random motion and placement of APs in the wireless infrastructure. The goal of these techniques is to proactively defend against targeted attacks (e.g.,DoS and eavesdropping) by forcing the wireless clients to change their AP association randomly. We apply Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) and Answer Set Programming (ASP) based constraint solving methods that allow for optimizing wireless AP mutation while maintaining service requirements including coverage, security and energy properties under incomplete information about the adversary strategies. Our evaluation validates the feasibility,scalability, and effectiveness of the formal methods based technical approaches.


The development of granite reservoirs with high dip fractures has many difficulties, such as a high decline rate, early water breakthrough, and numerous economic losses. Gas injection is usually used to maintain the formation pressure to increase single well productivity, and could be carried out in fractured reservoirs to enhance oil recovery. When injecting associated gas, it meets the environmental protection requirements of the local government to further eliminate the flare, implementing the concept of green and low-carbon development. In this study, both laboratory tests and reservoir simulation have been done to study the feasibility and the benefit of associated gas injection in the research target. For physical stimulation, it mainly includes experiments such as associated gas injection expansion, slim tube, long core displacement, and relative permeability. Through these experiments, the changes in the recovery factor after depletion development and gas displacement are systematically described and the key controls are revealed for improving the recovery ratio of fractured basement reservoirs. For the simulation part, the embedded discrete fracture model processor combining commercial reservoir simulators is fully integrated into the research. A 3D model with complex natural fractures is built to perform the associated gas injection performance of the fractured granite reservoir. Complex dynamic behaviors of natural fractures can be captured, which can maintain the accuracy of DFNs and keep the efficiency offered by structured gridding. Depletion development and gas injection development strategy are optimized in this research. The result shows that oil recovery by using gas injection is increased by 16.8% compared with depletion development by natural energy.


Kim, K.M., Suh, Y.C., Lee, I.C., Choi, C.G. and Kim, K.H., 2019. Changes in permeability and benthic environment of coastal sediment based on calcium salt supplier. In: Lee, J.L.; Yoon, J.-S.; Cho, W.C.; Muin, M., and Lee, J. (eds.), The 3rd International Water Safety Symposium. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 91, pp. 311-315. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.This study aims at the remediation of anaerobic coastal sediment using a calcium supplying material. For the calcium supplying material, granulated coal ash (GCA) was developed using coal fly ash. We hypothesized that calcium ions supplied from GCA can improve the water flow conditions such as the shear frictional force or pore plugging. A change in turbidity of the clay suspension in varying ionic solutions confirmed that sodium ions from coastal sediment disperse the clay particles, whereas calcium ions released from GCA aggregate the clay particles following the electrical double layer theory. These electrical phenomena affect the change in permeability of a cohesive sediment, and GCA increases the permeability coefficient of the cohesive sediment by 3.5 times compared to the control case. According to the results of the sediment incubation experiment, the calcium concentration in the pore water statistically increased (p<0.05), whereas the sodium concentration statistically decreased (p<0.05), resulting in favorable conditions for pore water flows. The ORP increased from -25.9 to 46.9 mV by the activated pore water flows, resulting in aerobic conditions. From these results, we concluded that GCA, a calcium supplier, generates pore water flows, remediating anaerobic cohesive sediment.


In quantum cryptography the encoded pure quantum states are sent through a quantum communication channel. An eavesdropper can not measure the sent qubit, since the result of the measurement is one of the single quantum system's eigenstates. The best eavesdropping attacks for quantum cryptography use the cloning machines. In this paper, we show an effective method to compute the fidelity of quantum cloning based attacks in quantum cryptography, using Delaunay tessellation. We extend our method to study the fidelity of optimal cloning of mixed states in quantum cryptography.


Access to literature in different periods and contexts imply different meanings , so that the copy of materiality requires natural modes of apprehension work.Thus, this study turns to the visualization of three different editions of d'O menino poeta [The poet boy], by Henriqueta Lisboa, aiming to shed some light on the contributions from the proposed typographic to the construction of meaning by the reader, which contemplates the different conceptions of childhood, of reading and of the underlying child reader.


When tourism industry is developed to a certain stage in a tourist destination,tourism industry will become an independent system that promotes the development of urbanization and achieve mutual background,interaction and influence with urbanization system.The paper,with the help of coupling theory in physics,analyzes the functional mechanism of coordinative development between tourism industry system and urbanization system,constructs the coupling evaluation model and index system of the two systems and quantitatively studies the interactive relationship between the two systems.The paper makes an empirical analysis of the coupling coordinative development relationship between the two systems,with Xi'an as an example.Results show that the urbanized comprehensive evaluation functional value and tourism industry in Xi'an presented rising trend from 2000 to 2009,with coupling degree experiencing rapid changes from 2000 to 2005 and slow changes from 2003 to 2009.Coupling coordinative degree presented rapid upward trend,achieving the transition from the imbalance stage from 2000 to 2005 to coordinative stage from 2006 to 2009.


Formal definitions are one example of "decontextualized" language use, in which reliance on background knowledge shared with the interlocutor is minimized, and use of conversational devices is avoided. Definitions of English nouns by 137 secondto fifth-grade children, about half of whom were non-native English speakers, were analyzed to assess the children's tendency to use the formal definitional genre, their sophistication in using it, and their tendency to rely on conversational devices during the testing session. Seventy of the children were also tested in French, a second language for most of them. Both the tendency to use formal definitions and the sophistication of the definitions offered were found to increase from second to fifth grade, to be affected by proficiency in the language being tested, and to be related to school achievement as reflected in standardized test scores. Use of conversational devices during the testing session was negatively related to achievement and to language proficiency. The developments in sophistication of formal definitions ob3erved and the relationships to school achievement found suggest that performing well on the task of giving formal definitions requires skill in the use of decontextualized language, that such skill is independent of lexical or syntactic knowledge, and that the decontextualized skills may be crucial to success in classroom discourse and in literacy. (Author/MSE) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS' FORMAL DEFINITIONS: AN ORAL LANGUAGE CORRELATE OF SCHOOL LITERACY Catherine E. Snow, Herlinda Cancino, Paulina Gonzalez and Elizabeth Shriberg Harvard Graduate School of Education


Using a plasma membrane-cortex preparation (wherein the nucleus and> 90% of the total cell protein are removed), progesterone stimulated tyrosine kinase activity that stimulated phospholipase C. Although it has been known for over 20 yr that progesterone acts at the plasma membrane of Xenopus oocytes to induce oocyte maturation, this is the first report that progesterone stimulates this tyrosine kinase activity that is associated with the oocyte plasma membrane and cortex. A tyrosine kinase inhibitor (tyrphostin B46) inhibited steroid stimulation of tyrosine kinase and phospholipase C (PLC) activities, but did not block lipase C stimulation by G protein activators. A fusion protein that contains tandem N- and C-terminal SH2 domains of PLCγ also blocked progesterone stimulation of PLC (a fusion protein with the SH2 domain from Shc was ineffective). Lowering the Ca2+ concentration in the medium inhibited progesterone, but not guanosine 5′-O-(3-thiotriphosphate), stimulation of PLC, and the effects of proges...


SfA gene encoding α-amylase was amplified from the genomic DNA of Saccharomycopsis fibuligera CICIM Y1037 and inserted into pPIC9K,an expression vector of Pichia pastoris,to produce a recombinant pPIC9KSfA plasmid.P.pastoris GS115 was selected as an expression host.A transformant with a relatively high amylase activity was designated as P.pastoris GS115 / pPIC9K-SfA LZ08 and selected for further analysis.The molecular weight of the purified recombinant SfA was approximately 61 kDa,which was determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.The optimum pH and temperature were 4.5 and 45 ℃,respectively.Therefore,SfA is possibly an acid-resistant amylase.SfA was then kept stable at 55 ℃ and pH 4.5 for 4 h in the presence of 5 mmol / L Ca2 +,and retained more than 80% of its activity.Results of high-performance liquid chromatography revealed that corn starch was hydrolyzed by SfA to form malt oligosaccharides and some glucose molecules.Maltose and maltotriose were the main products that accounted for up to 37% and 39% of the hydrolysates,respectively.Therefore,the recombinant SfA gene could be potentially applied in maltotriose and malto oligosaccharide syrup production.


A series of 8-substituted 6,7-benzochromanones has been prepared by cyclization of the corresponding 3-(1-X-2-naphthy1oxy)propionic acids (X = CH3, 0CH3, Br, NO2) with polyphosphoric acid. Direct cyclization of the related 3-(1-X-2-naphthyloxy)propionitriles (X = CH3, OCH3, Br, NO2) with sulphuric acid was successful only with X = Br, NO2. An improved synthesis of 1-methoxy-2-naphthol is reported.


University of Minnesota M.A. thesis. May 2014. Major: Family Social Science. Advisor: Sharon M. Danes, PhD. 1 computer file (PDF); vii, 61 pages, appendices p. 51-61.


OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the transverse dimension of the dentoalveolar and skeletal widths in both unilateral (UMLIA) and bilateral (BMLIA) maxillary lateral incisor agenesis groups.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study sample consisted of 59 patients (34 females and 25 males) divided into three groups as UMLIA group (16 patients; 14.94 ± 1.37 years), BMLIA group (21 patients; 14.46 ± 1.53 years) and control group (22 patients; 15.28 ± 1.70 years) without tooth agenesis. Transversal measurements (maxillary and mandibular intercanine, interpremolar, intermolar, intercanine alveolar, interpremolar alveolar, intermolar alveolar widths) were done on dental casts. Craniofacial skeletal measurements were done with posteroanterior cephalometric radiographs. Statistical testing was performed with the one-way variance analysis, Kruskal-Wallis and post hoc tests.

RESULTS
UMLIA and BMLIA groups had statistically significantly narrower skeletal apical base of the maxilla, maxillary intercanine and intercanine alveolar widths compared with the control group (P < .05). Moreover, UMLIA and BMLIA groups had statistically significantly similar dental, alveolar and skeletal features (P > .05).

CONCLUSIONS
The UMLIA and BMLIA groups showed statistically significantly smaller values for maxillary intercanine, maxillary intercanine alveolar and skeletal maxillary widths compared with the control group.

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE
This study provides information the transverse dimension of the dental, alveolar and skeletal widths with maxillary lateral incisor agenesis patients. Knowledge of transverse dimension of the dental, alveolar and skeletal widths with maxillary lateral incisor agenesis patients is important for diagnosis and treatment planning.


A thorough, systematic study into the effect that structurally related impurities have on both the process and product quality during the crystallization of an active pharmaceutical ingredient is presented. The presence of acetanilide and metacetamol influences the crystallization and product quality of paracetamol. Where high concentrations of either impurity were present in the crystallization feed, product recovery decreased by up to 15%. Acetanilide is included in the final product through adsorption onto the particle surface in concentrations up to 0.79 mol%, which can be reduced to acceptable levels through product reslurrying. The presence of metacetamol results in much higher concentrations—up to 6.78 mol% in the final product, of which approximately 1 mol% is incorporated into the crystal lattice, resulting in the perturbation of the unit-cell dimensions. The incidental crystallization and subsequent isolation of metastable Form II paracetamol increased product purity in the presence of a low metacetamol concentration. This metastable product converts to stable paracetamol Form I through reslurrying, offering an efficient metacetamol impurity rejection route. The morphology of the product is modified consistently by both impurities. An elongation of the normal prismatic shape is observed, which in the extreme case of high metacetamol contamination results in the isolation of fine, fragile needles. This problematic morphology is also improved by a reslurrying of the crystallization product to give a more equilateral shape. This systematic study of the influence of acetanilide and metacetamol on the crystallization of paracetamol builds a well-rounded picture of the concomitant impact of impurities on the principal quality attributes of a crystallization product.


Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is considered a human rights violation and is practiced all over the world. It has been used as a basis for seeking asylum in various countries, including in the USA since 1996, and the precedent‐setting matter of Kissindja. Clinicians in the USA and elsewhere who perform asylum evaluations may be called upon to evaluate women who seek asylum based on their FGM/C status or risk. In this manuscript, we provide expert‐informed best practices to conduct asylum evaluations based specifically on FGM/C. We review evidence‐based history taking, physical examination unique to the population of women and girls affected by FGM/C, and consider the evaluation in the context of trauma‐informed care.


The presence of micrometastatic disease will ultimately determine the breast cancer-specific mortality of patients treated according to current guidelines. Minimal residual disease (i.e., occult tumor, not detected by conventional tests) may exist in two forms: a dormant form of only micrometastasis and a more aggressive "awakened" form where CTCs (circulating tumor cells) are actively disseminating. The hypothesis is that patients with CTCs have a more advanced or aggressive disease (that the cancer has "awoken" and there is active dissemination), whereas those patients with only micrometastasis have "dormant" disease and, although at risk of future relapse, may not do so for many years. This case study shows how determining the presence of both CTCs and bone marrow micrometastasis could be used to monitor disease activity and determine treatment changes before the appearance of metastatic disease. Presented is the case of a 53-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with a T2N1M0 invasive ductal breast cancer. She had been treated with partial mastectomy, axillary dissection, local radiotherapy, and adjuvant chemotherapy. As the cancer was estrogen receptor-positive, she was taking tamoxifen. Two years into treatment, she was assessed for minimal residual disease and was found to be positive for CTCs and bone marrow micrometastasis. Her treatment was changed to letrozole and differing bisphosphonates. The minimal residual disease was finally eliminated, and at 16 years post-initial treatment, there was no evidence of relapse. The detection of minimal residual disease can be used to monitor treatment effect and change therapy in order to maintain the asymptomatic status of the patient and prevent disease progression.


This aim of this research was to study marketing chain of sheeps from farmer, trader and satay seller and to study cost of marketing at each of instituted marketing and the revenue of farmer, trader and satay seller in Sleman regency, Yogyakarta. The research was conducted using a survey method. The respondents from sheep farmer, sheep trader and satay seller were 107, 37 and 64, respectively. Data were analyzed descriptively. The cost efficiency of marketing system was analyzed for marketing cost, margin, farmer's share, market competition and profitability. The result showed that the most efficient of the distribution of the sheep marketing was from sheep, farmer, sheep trader and consumer. Margin analyzed showed that male sheep contributed larger margin than female sheep (19.78: 19.14%). The farmer share for sheep marketing revealed that female sheep contributed 80.85% while male sheep 80.21%. Coefficiency of market competition showed that sheep farmer had higher coefficiency competition than sheep trader both to female and male. Sheep farmer had higher net profit margin (NPM) level but had lower operating ratio level. Satay seller had lower NPM and higher operating ratio level. Key words : sheep, marketing, efficiency of marketing


The tensile, creep and stress-rupture properties at high temperature of a cast nickel-base superalloy K46 without cobalt, as comparison with superalloy K412, were investigated. The results show that the tensile and stress-rupture strength at high temperature of alloy K46 are higher than that of alloy K412, but the cost of the former is lower than the latter. At 950℃, the alloy K46, usually being worked under 800℃, has enough strength and ductility to safety use. It is found that the creep curves of alloy K46 consist mainly of a longer steady-state creep stage and an accelerated creep stage, which occupies the most creep strain. It is thought that the creep deformation mechanism of alloy K46 is controlled by the dislocation climb around the γ′particles. It is observed that the tensile, creep and stress-rupture fracture process have the intergranular characteristics.


Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations can provide the position of compact radio sources with an accuracy of order 50 micro-arcseconds. This is sufficient to measure the trigonometric parallax and proper motions of any object within 500 pc of the Sun to better than a few percent. Because they are magnetically active, young stars are often associated with compact radio emission detectable using VLBI techniques. Here we will show how VLBI observations have already constrained the distance to the most often studied nearby regions of star-formation (Taurus, Ophiuchus, Orion, etc.) and have started to provide information on their internal structure and kinematics. We will then briefly describe a large project (called The Gould's Belt Distance Survey) designed to provide a detailed view of star-formation in the Solar neighborhood using VLBI observations.


The augurs (augures) formed one of the four major priestly colleges (quattuor amplissima collegia) in Rome.

Keywords:

classical civilization;
religious history;
Roman history


The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is proposing placing more emphasis on "real world evidence" when it develops guidance on health technologies, as well as considering additional factors such as the severity of a condition or whether a treatment can reduce health inequalities.

NICE has launched a public consultation that sets out the case for changing the methods it uses to develop guidance on drugs, medical devices, and diagnostics.1 The review was first announced in July 2019 but has been delayed because of covid-19.2

The consultation document says that there should be no change to the general preference for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to inform estimates of treatment effects but that there should be "an emphasis on the role of a comprehensive evidence base, including non-RCTs and real world evidence." Real world evidence includes evidence from observational studies, patient registries, electronic health records, and other sources beyond RCTs.

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Abstract The article focuses on the late Pasolini's complex investigations of jouissance and revolt by combining an analysis of Porcile (both the 1969 film and the homonymous theatrical piece) with the essay 'Il cinema impopolare', as well as by drawing on Lacan's psychoanalytic theory, with a particular emphasis on his interpretation of the tragedy Antigone. The article argues that Porcile illustrates that complicity with power is embedded at such a deep level in the human psyche so as to be constitutive of eros and subjectivity. While jouissance alone fails to inaugurate a dimension beyond the sway of power, I also suggest that Pasolini's conceptual torsions in the essay 'Il cinema impopolare' provide a modality of suspension of all libidinal investment in the law and its transgression, thus undermining their connivance.


Background: An observational study was done on asymptomatic bacteriurea (ASB) in pregnant females attending OPD'S in Era's Lucknow Medical College & Hospital, Lucknow (ELMC&H) from December 2013 to November 2014. Objective: This study was to investigate the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriurea (ASB) in pregnant females, to determine the uropathogens responsible for ASB and to know the importance of antibiotic and its resistant pattern for safe motherhood and newborn health. Materials and Methods: Urine samples were collected from pregnant women at 16th week of gestation (Group A, n=150) and between 32 and 34 week (Group B, n=150). Cultures were performed using standard microbiological technique. ASB was determined as presence of >10 5 cfu/mL in culture of urine sample. Results: The prevalence of ASB among pregnant females was 15.33% at 16 th week of gestation and 8% in women between 32 to 34 th week of gestation, thus the occurrence of ASB was 7.2%. The most common bacterial isolate was Escherichia coli (42.85%). Conclusion: The study shows necessity of regular urine culture to detect asymptomatic bacteriurea in all the three trimesters to avoid the complications and treated, if positive.


PURPOSE: A graphene oxide reducing agent containing a reducing agent with a halogen element, a method for manufacturing a reduced graphene oxide, and the use of the reduced graphene oxide are provided to control the reducing degree and the electric characteristic of a graphene oxide. CONSTITUTION: A graphene oxide reducing agent includes a reducing agent with a halogen element and acid. The acidity of the acid is weaker than that of the reducing agent with the halogen element. The reducing agent with the halogen element is capable of being HI. The acid is capable of being selected from a group including acetic acid, formic acid, and benzoic acid. The graphene oxide reducing agent is reacted with graphene oxide in order to obtain reduced graphene oxide.


Bed load transport in Muddy Creek, Wyoming, a sand-bedded meandering river with equilibrium bottom topography, was found to consist of a zone of maximum sediment flux that shifted across the channel from near the inside bank in the upstream part of the bend toward the pool at the minimum radius of curvature. Significant net cross-stream transport continued even through the crossings between the bends. The downstream bed load transport field for the bend which was studied in greatest detail was the same as that computed from bed form migration measurements and can be predicted from appropriate boundary shear stress data and the Yalin bed load equation. The zone of maximum bed load transport followed an outward-shifting region of maximum boundary shear stress, although in the downstream end of the bend the sediment transport maximum tended to stay closer to the centerline than the boundary shear stress maximum due to particle size influences. Net cross-stream transport varied with particle size and was effected by three major processes: topographically-induced, near-bed, cross-stream flow; trough wise flow along obliquely oriented bed forms; and rolling or avalanching of particles on bed form lee faces plus rolling or mass sliding on a steep cross-stream point bar side slope. Coarse particles were carried outward over the top of the point bar by a near-bed cross-stream flow that was induced by downstream shoaling. These particles then rolled and slid on the point bar side slope and eventually were carried toward the outer bank by troughwise transport along oblique dunes. In the upstream part of the bend, fine particles were carried inward by the channel curvature-induced, near-bed flow and by troughwise transport along lee faces of oblique bed forms. Fine particles and coarse particles crossed paths on top of the point bar, where weak troughwise flow moved just the finer particles toward the convex bank, and on the point bar face, where coarse particles rolled against the secondary circu- lation that was carrying the finer particles. Net cross-stream bed load transport was toward the pool and was on average about 10% of the downstream bed load transport. The Engelund equation predicts reasonably well the general pattern of net cross-stream transport through the meander, but it does not account for the substantial troughwise transport caused by oblique bedforms at several locations in the bend. Our observations suggest that equilibrium bed topography occurs when there is net outward transport into the outward shifting zone of maximum boundary shear stress.


By pot experiment, fertilizer efficiency of different kinds of ecological breeding padding was compared. The results showed that after application of different kinds of ecological breeding padding, content of soil organic matter(SOM), available nitrogen, available phosphorus, available potassium and activities of acid phosphatase, catalase, proteinase significantly increased, plant height and biomass of lettuce increased by 32.05%~48.78% and 32.97%~92.56% respectively compared with control treatment(CK). Meanwhile, after application of different kinds of ecological breeding padding, the quality of lettuce significantly enhanced, the content of vitamin C(VC) and soluble protein increased by 2.7~5.93 times and 23.64% ~46.67%, respectively. Different kinds of ecological breeding padding had different effects on lettuce, ecological chicken and duck breeding padding with high nutrient content had the maximal yield-improving effects, ecological pig breeding padding had better effect on SOM. At the same time, nutrient utilization rate of padding that had shorter hours of use was higher.


Tomato seed is a by-product of tomato processing.Tomato seed oil contains a variety of unsaturated fatty acid,tocopherols,phytosterol,and other active substance and is a high quality resource of edible vegetable oil.Tomato seed oil had the effects of antioxidant activity,regulating cardiovascular diseases,increasing immune,and other functional activity.It became the research hotspot in the field of functional vegetable oil in recent years.By introducing the physicochemical of tomato seed oil,this paper mainly analyzed the extraction methods,summarized the influence factors on tomato seed oil extraction and biological activities of tomato seed oil.Furthermore,the development prospect of tomato seed oil was prospected.


Abstract In Japanese, direct combination of verbs or adjectives by coordination (with to 'and') or juxtaposition (with its empty counterpart) can form a NP, if the conjuncts are antonymous to each other; the coordinator to 'and' can combine
 only NPs elsewhere. We claim that this is because there is a phonetically empty nominalizer that can nominalize each conjunct, and that the new nominal construction has been gradually developing in the history of Japanese. An acceptability-rating experiment targeting 400 participants shows
 that the younger speakers were likely to judge this construction more acceptable than the older ones, that this tendency is slightly weaker in the Nominative condition than in the Genitive condition, and that the coordination condition was significantly worse than the juxtaposition condition.


Over the past 20 years there have been significant changes to the levels of participation in the senior secondary years of schooling in Australia. The percentage of students remaining to the final year of schooling rose from 35 per cent in 1980 to just over 73 per cent in 2001 (following a peak of 77 per cent in 1992). Since the Finn review of post compulsory education and training in 1992 there has been a push in educational policy to encourage young people to complete Year 12 or its vocational equivalent. Recent research has shown that those who obtain a Year 12 qualification or its vocational equivalent are more likely to continue their involvement in education and training, gain employment-related skills and generally fare better in the labour market compared to those who do not complete Year 12 or its equivalent.


Two algorithms for sequential parameter identification when the measurement errors are not statistically described are introduced. These are the projection estimate algorithm and the central estimate algorithm. Their convergence properties are illustrated, and a comparison with existing algorithms is performed. In practical applications it seems that the best choice for sequential parameter identification is the algorithm that gives the projection estimate. It is computationally lighter than the algorithm that computes the central estimate, and requires only the knowledge of the relative weights of the measurement errors and not their actual values.<<ETX>>


We extend Painlevé IV model by adding quadratic terms to its Hamiltonian obtaining two classes of models (coalescence and deformation) that interpolate between Painlevé IV and II equations for special limits of the underlying parameters. We derive the underlying Bäcklund transformations, symmetry structure and requirements to satisfy Painlevé property.


This chapter explores how far one can go accounting for the moral responsibility implications of several unusual mental conditions using a parsimonious quality-of-will account that relies on the way we talk about moral responsibility in more mundane situations. By contrasting situations involving epistemic irrationality versus cognitive impairment, it becomes clear that the presence of those often (but not always) excuses actions performed by unusual agents. The discussion turns to situations involving unusual motivational states, which are more problematic for quality-of-will accounts, and sketches a way for quality-of-will accounts to approach them. Of some of these mental conditions, there is no particular reason to think that they excuse, once we ignore whether the condition is currently regarded as a disorder by psychiatrists.


We show that Landau damping presents the most practically-relevant limit to the achievable plasmonic enhancement inside the narrow gaps of plasmonic dimers and other similarly-shaped plasmonic nanoantennas.


The matter concerning the decomposition of logistics system global criterion onto the local function of a supply chain typical link has been considered. The approach to definition of a supply chain typical link configuration which provides material flow moving has been offered. The qualitative characteristics of interrelation between elements of a typical link has been offered.


MACIEK TATARCZUCH,* KATE BURBURY, LOUISE CREATI, ELCHANAN H. JANUSZEWICZ, JOHN F. SEYMOUR Department of Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (PMCC), East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Cardiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Conflict of interest: Nothing to report. *Correspondence to: Maciek Tatarczuch, Department of Haematology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (PMCC), 2 St Andrews Pl, East Melbourne VIC 3002, Australia. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Received for publication: 11 September 2015; Accepted: 14 September 2015 Published online: 16 September 2015 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/ajh.24194


The Bohai Sea is located in the east of the Bohai Bay Cenozoic rift basin, and has been characterized by intense tectonic activities since Quaternary time. Many major earthquakes of M≥7 had occurred in this area in history. Although a great number of detailed studies on the land part of the basin have been made, little has been done on the research of the Quaternary sediments in the Bohai Sea area. The isopach map of Quaternary system for this area has not been compiled so far. Basing on the previous studies, we used the data of the thickness of Neogene - Quaternary system, and the thickness of the Guantao and Minghuazhen Groups of Neogene to compile the isopach map of the Quaternary system with the help of GIS and image processing. This map shows that the Quaternary system is generally 300~600m thick, and locally 800~1000m thick in the studied area. The isopach in the western and eastern parts of the Bohai Sea exhibits NW- and NE-trending belt-like shape, respectively.


If N = 2k ≥ 16 then there exist exactly ⌊(k − 1)/2⌋ pairwise nonequivalent Z4linear Hadamard (N, 2N,N/2)-codes and ⌊(k + 1)/2⌋ pairwise nonequivalent Z4linear extended perfect (N, 2N/2N, 4)-codes. A recurrent construction of Z4-linear Hadamard codes is given.


We study the bounds on the anomalous contributions to the γγH and ZγH vertices that can be obtained via the process eγ → eH . We consider the representative cases of an intermediate Higgs mass production of mH = 120 GeV and for a center of mass energy of √ S = 500 GeV and √ S = 1500 GeV. We use a model independent analysis based on SU(2)×U(1) invariant operators of dim = 6 added to the Standard Model lagrangian. We find that this process provides an excelent way to put strong constraints both in the sector of CP-even and CP-odd anomalous couplings contribution to the γγH and ZγH vertices.


The aims of research for  (1) discuss the results of characterization analysis on the character of Wisanggeni in short story titled "Honor cerita pendek" analytically, and (2) to describe Wisanggeni characterization dramatically. The short story of Hasta Indriyana will be analyzed descriptively qualitatively. The research steps include: (1) reading short story "Honor cerita pendek", (2) analyzing characterization of Wisanggeni figure in the short story, then (3) describing character analytically and dramatically. Based on the results of the analysis, it can be seen that Hasta Indriyana created characterization of Wisanggeni with the technique of depiction of figures analytically and dramatically.


A A sensor closure, a pressure sensor received in the sensor closure, a tube extending from the sensor closure to be connected to connected to and fluid source and a pressure sensor, an electronic circuit board which is electrically connected to the pressure sensor and holding the electronic circuit board, a pressure transducer assembly comprising a electronics closure body that is secured to the sensor closure. Electronics closure includes an external housing that is produced by a thermally conductive material, and a heat transfer plate which is produced by thermally conductive material. The heat transfer plate, the heat generating element in physical contact with and of the electronic circuit board, and in physical contact with the outer housing, the heat from the heat generating elements to be able to be dissipated through the external housing. This arrangement, even when the sensor is heated, allowing the circuit board remains low temperature.


In a recent article (this Review, 63 [June, 1969]), Bruce Russett attempts to answer the title question by using two-variable regression analysis to estimate the "trade-off" relationships between the defense spending proportion of Gross National Product (GNP) and the other nondefense expenditure proportions of GNP for the 1939–68 period. This paper contends that Russett's method of analysis is misleading because it does not permit the detection of possible subperiod shifts in the trade-off relationships. The results of a multiple regression, dummy variable analysis indicate that significant shifts in both the sign and the numerical values of the trade-off relationships occurred between the three war periods and the peacetime period. Two attempts to identify the reasons for the shifts produced mixed results, but our tentative conclusion is that the shifts are related to subperiod differences in the unemployment rate and the methods of financing defense expenditures.


The mythology "Ten suns take turn to reign." of the Chu nationality has greatly influenced the society of the Yao (谣) nationality and caused the Dog's supernatural mythology of Yao. Its influence concentrates on two respects: First, the Chu (楚) nationality created the image of God of the sun in order to defend Chu's dignity and resist the influence of alien cultures. While Yao, out of the same purpose, created Dog's supernatural image. The mythologies of Yao and Chu represent a kind national spirit. Second, Qu Yuan (屈原) and Pan Hu (盘瓠) , whose characters are greatly affected by God of the sun culture and Dog's supernatural culture respectively, are the outstanding representatives of Chu and Yao. The formation of national character relies on mythologies.


The path analysis shows that motivation has significantly direct and indirect effects to communication. Motivation does not have significant effects to performance but have indirect effects through job satisfaction. This is because motivation has significant direct effects to job satisfaction. Communication has direct and indirect effects to performance. The indirect effect is through job satisfaction. Job satisfaction has significant direct effects to performance. The T-test results show that the effects of independent variables (motivation and communication) have significant positive effects to job satisfaction with p-value of 0.00. This value is less than alpha value (5%). Coefficient determination (R 2 ) is of 0.741. This means that motivation and communication can explain the diversity of job satisfaction as high as 74.1% and the rest, which is of 25.9%, explains by other factors that are not used in this research. Independent variables (motivation, communication and job satisfaction) have significant positive effects to performance with p-value of 0.00. The coefficient determination (R 2 ) is of 0.574. This means that motivation, communication, and job satisfaction can explain performance as high as 57.4% and the rest, which is of 42.6%, explains by other factors.


The provision, design, management and protection of urban green spaces are at the top of the agenda of 'sustainability' and 'liveability' of human settlements for improving the quality of local environments. Quality of urban green spaces is a key factor in making cities attractive and viable places to live in. Urban green spaces play an important role in improving the liveability of towns and cities. The present paper considers urban green spaces as an important contribution to a sustainable development of cities. From this perspective, this paper aims to investigate and compare the present state and availability of urban green spaces in various European cities. The results of a multidimensional factor analysis and a spider model applied to a database gathered by means of extensive survey questionnaires show interesting links and patterns between and in European cities. Factor analysis shows that the availability of 'urban green' is relatively high in metropoles and big cities, whereas the availebility of natural green' is relatively high in medium sized and small cities. On the other hand, spider models show that the availability of green spaces per inhabitant is higher in small and medium-sized cities than in metropoles and big cities. This comparative framework shows that the conditions in terms of the green space available to the inhabitants are more problematic for metropoles and big cities.


Hungary underwent vast and radical changes during the turmoil of the 20th century, which have lead, among other things, to both the decline in the practice of traditional folk culture as well as subsequent waves of folklore revivals. These revivals have alternately stemmed from, and led to, research and documentation in the field of intangible cultural heritage both within and beyond the current borders of Hungary, reaching far into secluded rural areas where folk tradition has seamlessly persisted. These revival movements have become an integral part of Hungarian history and identity, and have borne a great influence upon the current forms in which these traditions are practiced and presented today. This research investigates how safeguarding efforts called into action as a way to ward off the destructive measures of modernization, globalization, and the Communist-era push for urbanization, have ignited a process of artistic legitimation of folk culture, influencing the form the singing of traditional folk songs take in contemporary urban Budapest. Taking the interdisciplinary approach of combining heritage studies with cultural theory the thesis aims to answer the research question: 'To what extent has the authentic practice of traditional Hungarian folk singing become a legitimized performing art in modern day urban Hungary?' In answering this question the thesis analyzes the contemporary field of folk singing. It demonstrates the emergence of authenticity as a field of restricted production and accordingly analyzes its boundaries, criteria for production and evaluation of its cultural product and the autonomy of this field. The analysis hopes to highlight certain specificities of the modern day performing art, which originate from the art forms heritage status. Key concepts investigated include authenticity definitions, safeguarding, artistic professionalization, field boundaries and the conventions of production and evaluation of traditional folk singing as a performing art. Literature on the most formative revival movement shaping current practices, the Tanchaz (Dance-house) movement, serves as a foundation for legitimation. Fourteen semi-structured interviews, with traditional Hungarian singers, revival artists, provide the backbone of the analysis of the modern day traditional folk singing field.


The continuing argument over the reality or not, of allegedly repressed memory is unhelpful to the worlds both of psychology and psychotherapy. It is inhibiting the use of even professionally practised regression therapy, a particularly powerful treatment for many neuroses. It is also confused by the issues of false memories and childhood


Microsurgical tumor resection represents the first-line treatment for symptomatic meningiomas, and extent of resection has been shown to be of prognostic importance. Assessment of tumor remnants with somatostatin receptor PET proves to be superior to intraoperative estimation with Simpson grading or MRI. However, prognostic relevance of postoperative PET for progression-free survival in meningiomas remains unclear.

 We conducted a prospective study including patients with surgically removed meningioma WHO grade 1 and collected clinical and imaging data. All patients received postoperative MRI and 68Gallium-DOTATATE/PET, and were followed regularly with MRI surveillance scans for detection of tumor recurrence/progression.

 We included 46 patients with 49 tumors. Mean age at diagnosis was 57.8 ± 1.7 years with a male-to-female ratio of 1:1.7. Local tumor progression occurred in 7/49 patients (14%) after a median follow-up of 52 months. Positive PET was associated with an increased risk for progression (*p = 0.015) and a lower progression-free survival (*p = 0.029) whereas MRI was not. 20/20 patients (100%) with negative PET findings remained recurrence-free. Location of recurrence/progression on MRI was adjacent to regions where postoperative PET indicated tumor remnants in all cases. Gross tumor volumes were higher on PET compared to MRI (*p = 0.032).

 Our data show that 68Ga-DOTATATE/PET is highly sensitive in revealing tumor remnants in patients with meningioma WHO grade 1. Negative PET findings were associated with a higher progression-free survival, thus improving surveillance. In patients with tumor remnants, additional PET can optimize adjuvant radiotherapy target planning of surgically resected meningiomas.


Science and technology have often been yoked to social and economic development of many countries in the world, including the less developed ones. In these the heavy injection of scarce resources to support science education programmes, has, disappointingly, raised only a little the level of scientific literacy among students and their communities; science education programmes do not appear to produce long-lasting scientific and technological literacy. This article articulates the problems of acquiring scientific literacy in non-Western contexts. Socicxultural studies collectively find that a people's locally and culturally acquired thought and belief system cannot be simply supplanted by Western scientific rationality leading to 'progress \ neither is it necessarily desirable for that to happen. For there to be meaningful adoption of scientific values and habits, there is a need for science education in developing countries to concern itself with the critical interrogation of the rationality of Western science relative to locally held world views. DOMINANCE AND NAIVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RATIONALITY OF SCIENCE


Intensive crop production and overuse of agrochemicals,including fertilizer and pesticides,has resulted in reduction of non-crop habitats,simplification of farm landscape,sharp decline of biodiversity,and decrease of the biological control capacities of arthropod natural enemies of insect pests in agroecosystem.Effective and rational utilization of flowering plants that provide food sources and shelters for natural enemies can strongly improve natural control function and may reduce application of chemical pesticides.This review presented the nutritional function of plant flowers for natural enemies,and the practical applications of flowering plants in agroecosystems such as orchards,vegetable gardens and food crops.Prospective in utilization of flowering plants and potential agricultural measures for maximizing natural control of insect pests in agroecosystem was also discussed.


The terrorist attacks in Norway in 2011 and New Zealand in 2019 have revealed that the far-right worldwide uses the memory of the Yugoslav wars for online mobilization. Scholars working on memory activism usually deal with the liberal, self-critical memory emerging from the bottom-up activism of human rights groups while neglecting the activism of the far-right. This article fills the gap by addressing the global circulation of two memes, Remove Kebab and Pepe the Frog, as examples of far-right memory activism. In order to address the transnational circulation of memes as memory activism, this article employs the concept of 'traveling memory' while relying on multimodal discourse analysis to unveil the processes of memetic transformation, imitation, iconization and narrativization. The analysis reveals an alternative memory of Yugoslav wars that depicts Serbia as the first case of 'white genocide' in Europe, reversing the roles of war criminals and victims while propagating violence and celebrating genocide. The article argues that memory studies can no longer ignore memory production of far-right communities and, at the same time, outlines the method for examining far-right digital memory activism, revealing a whole set of mnemonic practices developed among the anonymous fringe communities of the far-right.


The result of research shows that the influences of security, regulation, and payment system have a positive and significant influence to the customers' behavior because of the fluctuation of the customers behaviors who shop through internet media determined by how well is the level of security, regulation system and payment system applied in the transaction and through coefficient testing of partial determination can be concluded that variables which have dominant influence to the customers' behavior who shop with the internet is regulation variable. It can be seen from the value of determination coefficient of the product variable of 50.59 % which is larger than thedetermination coefficients of other of independent variables. Keywords: the influences of security, regulation, and payment system


The aim of this research whose title is "Towards a mature laicality" is to give a contribution to the "assertion" of the notion of laicality which has been prevailing since long time, the danger of its disgraceful loss of semantic meaning as well as a blameworthy death for inanition. To do that, there has been a revaluation of its contents (distinction of orders, freedom of conscience and equality) and distinctive features (relative/dynamic, positive and open) drawing, at the same time, on the most significant contributions, both doctrinal and jurisprudential, on the subject.
In order to do that, both the complex secular-state prospective and the ecclesiastic one have been taken into consideration thus becoming aware of the existence of confessional germs with the worldly determination of this notion (for example you may think about the etymological origin) and of secular traces but not of secularization on its canonistic-theological representation: in primis the establishment of mutual autonomy and independence between earthly civitas and heavenly civitas.
The results of such research have given the opportunity to realize that both Church and State though starting from different assumptions which are apparently and ontologically incompatible and though making use of distinct procedures, they are coming along converging lines and with synoptic stages towards a common end: the fosterage of man


In present paper, 7 species of Tulipa L. genus of the Surkhan State Natural
Reservoir flora were studied and analyzed in comparison with other areas of growth,
including Pomir-Oloy mountain-systems. The ecological features, types of area and
spreading peculiarities along observed area of the tulip species were listed. In result, the
identificater was build on the basis of obtained results on 7 tulip species that spread
Surkhan State Natural Reservour.


To evaluate the effectiveness of tongue cleaning plus mouthwash on the number of microorganisms caused pneumonia in bedridden elderly patients. Twelve bedridden elderly participated in this crossover design. The participants were randomly divided into three groups of tongue cleaning methods as follows: group 1, chlorhexidine gluconate (CHX); group 2, water (W); group 3, povidone iodine (PVP-I). The number of microorganisms caused aspiration pneumonia (total anaerobic bacteria, total aerobic bacteria, Streptococci, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and Candida spp. were measured on the dorsal of tongue surface at baseline, rapidly and at 3 hours after tongue cleaning. The percentage of the number of microorganisms reduction for tongue cleaned with CHX (> 60 % for all) were higher than PVP-I and W group, and trended to continue effect for 3 hours. The percentage of reduction for tongue cleaned plus CHX was significant differences in the number of total anaerobic bacteria, total aerobic bacteria, Streptococci, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa after cleaning and 3 hours after cleaning compared to W group. The effectiveness of tongue cleaning plus CHX to reduce the number of bacteria was no difference the tongue cleaning plus PVP-I. For the number of Candida spp., the CHX was significant differences in rapidly after cleaning but only the CHX group was significantly in 3 hours after cleaning compared to PVP-I and W. CHX might be recommended for clinical practice guideline of tongue cleaning in the bedridden elderly patients. Clinical article (J Int Dent Med Res 2020; 13(4): 1341-1348)


In this paper, we use the concept of practical stabilization of impulsive differential equations for controlling nonautonomous chaotic systems. Instead of controlling a chaotic system to a point as in the case of asymptotic stabilization, the aim of practical control is to stabilize a chaotic system into a small region of phase space. This method is useful to control a chaotic system into a prescribed region. We present the theory of controlling a nonautonomous chaotic system into a small region around the origin and illustrate the method on Duffing's oscillator.