Objective To evaluate the curative effect and safety of olanzapine and promethazine on mouth involuntary movements induced by antipsychotic drugs among elder patients. Methods Clinical Global Impression(CGI) and the Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale(TESS) were used to divide the 80 cases of mouth involuntary movements induced by antipsychotic drugs into two groups randomly. Olanzapine and promethazine tablets were used respectively. The curative effect and side effects were observed for 2 weeks and 1 year after treatment. Results After 2 weeks of treatment,the difference between the olanzapine group and promethazine group was of statistical significance. Olanzapine had better curative effect than promethazine. After one-year follow-up,the difference between the two groups was still of statistical significance. The olanzapine group showed better compliance. Conclusion Olanzapine is more effective than promethazine in the treatment of mouth involuntary movements induced by antipsychotic drugs among older patients.


OBJECTIVE
The dysregulation of proliferation and apoptosis plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of hormone-induced osteonecrosis of femoral head (ONFH). The research aimed to explore the regulatory role of miR-146a in dexamethasone (DEX)-induced proliferation and apoptosis change in MC3T3-E1 cells from murine osteoblastic.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
In this study, MC3T3-E1 was co-cultured with 10-7 DEX for 6 h, then RT-PCR was employed to test the expression level of miR-146a and Bcl2. CCK8 assay and flow cytometry were adopted to verify miR-146a could regulate proliferation and apoptosis. After transfected MC3T3-E1 with mimics and inhibitor, RT-PCR and Western blot was used to detect Bcl2 expression level.

RESULTS
In DEX treated MC3T3-E1 cells showed higher MiR-146a expression level and lower Bcl2 expression level. MiR-146a could inhibit proliferation and promotes apoptosis in murine osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells. Additionally, Bcl2 gene is regulated by MiR-146a.

CONCLUSIONS
The MiR-146a expression level increased, while Bcl2 has low expression level in dexamethasone treated MC3T3-E1 cells. MiR-146a regulates proliferation and apoptosis of mouse bone cells. The low expression level of Bcl2 in DEX treated MC3T3-E1 cells is caused by increased MiR-146a level.


AIM: To investigate the relationship between p 16 gene and the development and occurrence of colorectal cancer. METHODS:Using ABC immunohistochemistry methods, we investigated the expression of p 16 gene in 31 cases of colon cancer, 22 of rectal cancer and 28 of normal colorectal tissue. RESULTS:The positive staining rate was 75%(21/28) in normal colorectal tissue and 35.7%(19/53) in colorectal cancer( P 0.01). The expression of p 16 gene was reduced with the cancer′s malignant degree ( P 0.05). CONCLUSION:The mutation and loss of p 16 gene was closely related to the occurence and development of colorectal cancer ( r =-0.3383 P 0.05). p 16 gene plays an important role in the estimation of differential degree of cancer′s malignant and prognosis.


Aim  To infer phylogenetic relationships among Antirrhinum species and to reconstruct the historical distribution of observed sequence polymorphism through estimates of haplotype clades and lineage divergence.


Introduction:
Most of the patients who are at an advanced or final stage of an illness usually comes from middle to low economic level. Right now, nasopharyngeal carcinoma management in Dr. Zainoel Abidin General Hospital Banda Aceh only has chemotherapy to treat patients. Actually patients need to also undergo radiotherapy treatment which unavailable in our hospital yet, so we will refer it to another hospital located in North Sumatera or Jakarta. Therefore, the Acehnese government is preparing to build an oncology center which includes radiotherapy, so that we can treat our patients here.
Objective:
The purpose of this research is to report management of NPC in Dr. Zainoel Abidin General Hospital Banda Aceh from January 2016 to October 2018.
Method:
Data was taken from medical records of patients diagnosed with NPC from January 2016 to October 2018. 73 patients was diagnosed with NPC and underwent chemotherapy.
Result:
There were 73 patients NPC, 44 (60.3%) patients are male (60.3%) and 29 patients are female (39.7%). The youngest patient is 13 years old and the oldest is 79 years old. Most common average age are between36-65 years old. The highest number is from Banda Aceh 10 patients. WHO histopathology classification reported that 26 (35.6%) patients with type I and type III as well, and 21 (28.8%) patients with type II. While 30 (41,1%) patients underwent chemotherapy for 6 cycles, 43 (58.9%) patients dropped out due to lack of living cost, long distance from hospital, or worsen of general condition.
Conclusion:
It was reported 73 patients NPC, 44 (60.3%) male and 29 (39.7%) female. The youngest 13 years old and the oldest 79 years old. Most common average age between 36-65 years old. The highest number was from Banda Aceh 10 patients, WHO histopathology classification reported 26 (35.6%) patients with type I and type III as well, and 21 (28.8%) patients with type II. While 30 (41.1%) patients underwent chemotherapy 6 cycles, 43 (58.9%) patients dropped out due to lack of the cost of. This study reported 4 (13.3%) patients who survived after underwent chemotherapy full dose with average range of 19-26 months.


This paper deals with the convergence properties of the nonconforming quadrilateral Wilson element for a class of nonlinear parabolic integro-di?erential problems in two space dimensions. Optimal L2 and Sh error estimates for the continuous time Galerkin approximations are derived. It is also shown for rectangular meshes that the gradient of the Wilson element solution possesses superconvergence.


On the improvement of mechanisms of legal regulation of trade associated with the use of the Internet and Internet technologies.


Fatty acids are synthesized by an extramitochondrial system, which is responsible for the complete synthesis of palmitate from acetyl-CoA in the cytosol. In the rat, the pathway is well represented in adipose tissue and liver, whereas in humans adipose tissue may not be an important site, and liver has only low activity. In most mammals, glucose is the primary substrate for lipogenesis, but in ruminants it is acetate, the main fuel molecule produced by the diet. Critical diseases of the pathway have not been reported in humans. However, inhibition of lipogenesis occurs in type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, and variations in its activity may affect the nature and extent of obesity


The utility model belongs to the field of packaging cases, and particularly relates to a measuring device for corrugated papers. The measuring device for the corrugated papers comprises a platform. A support seat is arranged on the upper surface of the platform. A count roll which rotates along with the corrugated papers is arranged on the supporting seat. The measuring device for the corrugated papers is characterized in that an encoder is arranged on the end portion of the count roll. A controller which is used for calculating is connected with the encoder. A displayer which is used for displaying various sates is connected with the controller. The measuring device for the corrugated paper can measure the lengths of feeding plates in real time, accuracy of the lengths of the feeding plates at each time is ensured. In addition, automation is adopted on the measuring device for the corrugated papers, and labor force of workers is saved.


In this paper, we present a multi-agent system that uses both visual and range sensors information to achieve a safe and efficient behavior-based navigation. The system uses a topological map of an indoor office-like environment and it is based on fuzzy behaviors, providing to the robot the ability to find doors in rooms. The system is formed by distributed agents that can establish communication among themselves. We use both reactive and deliberative agents and we have carried out a modular design of the system to facilitate its posterior expansion by adding new skills or new agents. Also, the use of a multi-agent system allows us to achieve a more robust performance of the robot. Regarding the behaviors, they have been designed using fuzzy rules to set the appropriate relationship between the input data and the control values to apply to the robot actuators. The system has been implemented in a Nomad 200 mobile robot and has been validated in numerous tests in a read office-like environment


Due to severe performance penalties associated with synchronous repli cation, there is an increasing interest in asynchronous replica management protocols in which data base transactions are executed locally, and the effects of these transactions are incorporated asynchr o ously on remote database copies. However, the asynchronous protocols currently in use either do not gu arantee consistency and serializability as needed by transactional semantics or they impose restrictions on placement of data and on which data objects can be updated. In this paper we investigate an epidemic up date rotocol that guarantees consistency and serializability in spite of a write-anywhere capabi lity. We conducted experiments on a detailed simulation of a distributed, replicated database to evalua te this protocol. Our results establish that this epidemic approach is indeed a viable alternative to traditiona l eager update protocols for a distributed database environment where consistency and full serializability ar e needed.


The complement system is composed of a complex group of soluble proteins that have important roles in the immune response against foreign cells such as xenografted tissue cells. Activation of complement pathways results in the formation of the membrane attack complex (MAC). Several cell surface regulators known as membrane complement regulatory proteins (mCRPs) prevent the formation of MAC. For blocking the formation of MAC in the xenotransplanted cells, we tried to overexpress mCRPs in the endothelial cells to prevent the hyperacute rejection (HAR), because one of the major obstacles to xenotransplantation of vascularized organs was reported to be HAR. For this purpose, we isolated human MCP (membrane cofactor protein, CD46) (1.5 kb) and DAF (decay-accelerating factor, CD55) (1.1 kb) promoter regions from human genomic DNA isolated from the human embryonic kidney cell line HEK293, and cloned into pGL3 plasmid for luciferase reporter assay. We also inserted other known endothelial cell-specific promoters, such as Flk-1 (fetal liver kinase-1) and ICAM-2 (intercellular adhesion molecule-2), thrombomodulin promoters, into pGL3 vector to compare their promoter activities. We transfected the plasmids into several endothelial cell lines such as bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC), human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC), and mouse pancreatic microvascular endothelial cells (MS1). We also used two epithelial cell lines, human embryonic kidney epithelial cells (HEK293) and human epidermal keratinocytes (HaCaT). The endothelial specific expression of the promoters were compared with those of SV40, CMV, and EF-2a (elongation factor) promoters which are generally used in mammalian gene expression. Luciferase assays showed that among the endothelial cell-specific promoters, the 1.1 kb DAF promoter was the strongest, followed by the Flk-1 promoter. The promoter activity of 1.1 kb DAF was about 2-fold that of the Flk-1 promoter. Moreover, the 1.1 kb DAF and Flk-1 promoters were chosen as the best endothelial specific promoters, as both showed about 5 times more luciferase activity in the endothelial cells compared to that in the epithelial cell lines. We also found that the 5′-flanking region between −1126 and −968 of the 1.1 kb DAF promoter was very important for the endothelial-specific strong gene expression. On the 0.2 kb region of DAF promoter, we could detect several conserved nucleotide sequences interacting with the specific transcription factors, such as GATA-1, USF, CdxA, SRY, Sox-5, and Sp1. Interestingly, deletion of the GATA-1 motif between −1113 and −1104 reduced the promoter activity of the DAF promoter by about 25%. We conclude that the 1.1 kb DAF promoter is a suitable candidate promoter for strong endothelial cell-specific expression of mCRP genes.


This article explains the dilemmas facing Japan and the United States in undertaking immigration policy reform. For the Japanese, the main dilemma is how to confront the inevitable consequences of a rapidly aging population and declining workforce on Japan's ability to maintain its competitive edge in the global market and to sustain its social security system without increasing immigration, which is still viewed by many as socially disruptive. The U.S. immigration dilemma is of a totally different nature, since it is about a broken migration system that continues to produce half a million undocumented migrants every year. On one hand, granting amnesty or an easy path to regularization to millions already in the country via irregular means is widely seen to be unfair and a strategy that will only undermine the established procedures for legal admissions. On the other hand, mass expatriation is not an option since labor shortages are still experienced by many American industries even at the height of unemployment. Moreover, the continued employment of Mexican migrants is important to Mexico's economic development, which in the end is the key to solving the U.S. dilemma.


Wrestling belongs to a group of sports with high complexity of movements and the variability of conditions of their ap plication. During a fight a wide range of grappling techniques performed in various ways can be observed. The precision of movements performed depends on the coordination levels of a competitor. Therefore, it is one of the most significant and indispensable elements in the training process of wrestlers. An adequate emphasis on coordination training, including the development of the predominant CMAs, is an absolute must at all stages of wrestlers' training [1-10]. Coordination complexity is an essential criterion of classifying training means when assessing the volume of loads in combat sports [7,11,12]. In wrestling it is noticeable when means at various levels of difficulty are applied. These include exercises where different muscle groups are engaged. Such exercises are performed in non-standard conditions, sometimes with various accessories or pieces of apparatus as well as during a non-standard fight. The following factors influence the coordination complexity of exercises in wrestling: levels of activity and the number of participants, time limit, size of the exercise surface, difficulty of a motor task including acrobatic elements, a fight against a stronger opponent or several op po nents as well as wrestling games and plays with elements of team games. Despite its theoretical and practical importance, the classification of coordination training loads has not been sufficiently investigated as yet [7,11,13]. It is borne out by the fact that there are no precise rules of classifying training means in terms of volume, intensity and coordination complexity [7,11, 12]. The lack of the classification of coordination training loads may result in an incorrect planning of a training cycle and ineffective training of an athlete [11]. The aim of the study was to assess coordination training means applied in a 6-month training cycle of Greco-Roman wrestlers.


Objective To understand HIV seroconversion rate and its associated factors among men who have sex with men,so as to provide the evidence for evaluating the effect and developing the comprehensive strategy for AIDS prevention and control among men who have sex with men.Methods MSM with HIV and Syphilis negative recruited were interviewed with the structured questionnaire and blood sample test for HIV and Syphilis antibody were taken after six months.HIV seroconversion rate and its influencing factors were analyzed by multivariate Logistic regression.Results A total of 214 MSM participated in the follow-up study.The average age was 25.6±220.127.116.11% of them had anal sex with men.The number of partners was 2(median).The rate of condom use in the last time and in recent six months was 76.2% and 52.4% respectively.HIV seroconversion rate was 12.5(9.1~15.7)/100 person-year.Syphilis incidence was 17.8(13.1~23.5)/100 person-year.The result of multivariate analysis indicated that education level(OR=0.27,95% CI:0.13~0.59) and Syphilis positive(OR=9.23,95% CI:2.42~35.18) were independent factors of HIV seroconversion rate.Conclusions HIV seroconversion rate is high and the rate of condom use is low among men who have sex with men.AIDS epidemic among men who have sex with men is serious.


Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) are energy carriers with a significant high energy density, easy implementation, a low operating temperature, and a convenient methanol fuel storage, rendering them a reasonable alternative for portable applications. However, there are several substantial barriers to the widespread use of DMFCs that must be addressed. Noble metal-based catalysts have long been regarded as outstanding electrocatalysts for fuel cells, but their high cost and low durability have kept them from becoming widely used. Nickel-based electrocatalysts are possible replacements for expensive noble metal catalysts owing to their low price, high durability, and remarkable surface oxidation properties. Herein, we develop an incredibly active and remarkably stable electrocatalyst for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) via a simple hydrothermal method coupled with nitridation to prepare highly porous Ni3N nanosheets arrays supported by nickel foam (NF) substrate.  The in situ growth of highly porous nanosheets on NF (NSAs/NF) exposes more active sites and allows fast charge/mass transfer, creating synergistic effects between Ni3N and NF. As a result, the strong interaction between Ni3N and NF prevents leaching and renders the catalyst highly stable for over 20 h with a 72.58% retention rate, making it among the best retention rates reported recently for comparable Ni-based catalysts. Based on these findings, nickel nitride appears to be an excellent electrocatalyst for fuel cell applications.


The apparatus has been devised to assist in threading radium ovoids. The operation can be performed from behind a lead screen using long handled forceps, the operator's hands receiving minimal irradiation.


Objective: The aim of this study was to understand how the prolonged use of cockpit automation is affecting pilots' manual flying skills. Background: There is an ongoing concern about a potential deterioration of manual flying skills among pilots who assume a supervisory role while cockpit automation systems carry out tasks that were once performed by human pilots. Method: We asked 16 airline pilots to fly routine and nonroutine flight scenarios in a Boeing 747-400 simulator while we systematically varied the level of automation that they used, graded their performance, and probed them about what they were thinking about as they flew. Results: We found pilots' instrument scanning and manual control skills to be mostly intact, even when pilots reported that they were infrequently practiced. However, when pilots were asked to manually perform the cognitive tasks needed for manual flight (e.g., tracking the aircraft's position without the use of a map display, deciding which navigational steps come next, recognizing instrument system failures), we observed more frequent and significant problems. Furthermore, performance on these cognitive tasks was associated with measures of how often pilots engaged in task-unrelated thought when cockpit automation was used. Conclusion: We found that while pilots' instrument scanning and aircraft control skills are reasonably well retained when automation is used, the retention of cognitive skills needed for manual flying may depend on the degree to which pilots remain actively engaged in supervising the automation.


A community is a based on networks; patterns of community include communities based on cultural identity, communities of interest and communities of place. Social policy has built on the idea of community to promote a model of solidarity where people can be integrated into the networks and included socially. The 'political community' becomes the focus both of collective action and of moral responsibility.


N TEACHING the pronunciation of a foreign language one of the I most difficult errors to correct is that of phonetic substitution which does not result in semantic confusion. This mispronunciation results in much of the so-called "foreign accent," i e . , a strangeness which is easy for a native speaker to note as being different, but which does not confuse his understanding of what the foreigner is saying. Such a sound is the variety of postvocalic 1 used by Spanish speakers in words like meal, bill, sale, tell, shall, doll, cool, full, bowl, call, mile, towel, soil, mule, milk, film, cold, colt. The Spanish speaker will substitute his so-called "clear" 1 in all of these words with a resulting sound peculiar to American ears but not strange enough to be confused with any other sound in the language. There is no confusion between tell as the Spanish speaker pronounces it and as a native speaker of English pronounces itnone of the sort of confusion that occurs when a foreigner substitutes his /i/ vowel for the English /I/ making such words as bit sound somewhat like beat. Naturally in teaching pronunciation it is essential to concentrate first on the phonemic distinctions such as /i/ and /I/, /s/ and /z/, and so forth. For advanced students, however, who desire to speak English with as little foreign flavor as possible, it is important to overcome the non-phonemic peculiarities of speech. In the formulation of pronunciation exercises, the phonetic differences between Spanish and English postvocalic I must be considered first. Spanish 1 is produced with the tip and blade of the tongue spread out against the upper gum with a good deal of muscular pressure. The English postvocalic 1 is made with the tip of the tongue against the upper gum, the middle of the tongue rather low, and with very little pressure. Moreover, the transition from the preceding vowel to the 1 tends to be slower than in Spanish. In classroom drill, therefore, articulatory position, tongue pressure, and transition speed need to be emphasized. A typical set of exercises could proceed as follows: (1) The teacher pronounces the word eel very slowly diphthongizing the vowel even to the point of making two separate syllables:


The spread of HIV and AIDS in subSaharan Africa has far exceeded the worst projections, according to speakers at the 11th international conference on AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases in Africa. In 13 countries the prevalence of HIV infection is more than 10% and in some it is as high as 30% At the conference in Lusaka, Zambia, last week, the epidemic was described as an unprecedented threat to the region's economic development.

At the end of 1998, 22.5 million people out of the …


1. Getting Development Right Eva Paus PART I: TRANSFORMING THE STRUCTURE OF PRODUCTION 2. Structural Change, Economic Convergence And Industrialization Dani Rodrik 3. Still Blowin' In The Wind: Industrial Policy, Distorted Prices And Implicit Reciprocity Mario Cimoli, Gabriel Porcile, Elisa Calza 4. Social Policy And The Challenges Of The Post-Adjustment Era Thandika Mkandawire PART II: DEMOCRATIZING DEVELOPMENT 5. Inequality Of Opportunity, Income Inequality And Economic Mobility: Some International Comparisons Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Paolo Brunori, Vito Peragine 6. Does Globalization Help To Overcome The 'Challenge Of Development?' Political Actors And Economic Rents In Central America And The Dominican Republic Diego Sanchez-Ancochea 7. From Authoritarianism to People Power in the Middle East and North Africa: Implications for Economic Inclusion and Equity Eva Bellin PART III: MAKING THE ENVIRONMENT COUNT 8. The Macro And Mesoeconomics Of The Green Economy Jose Antonio Ocampo 9. Environmental Sustainability And Poverty Eradication In Developing Countries Edward Barbier 10. Environment As An Element Of Development. The Growing Role Of Energy Efficiency And Environmental Protection In Chinese Economic Policy Deborah Seligsohn


A new non-centrosymmetric K2Ca3IJCO3)4 crystal (P212121, a = 7.3905(2) Å, b = 8.8156(3) Å, c = 16.4817(5) Å) was synthesized in a multi-anvil press at a pressure of 3 GPa and temperature of 975 °C. The compound is homeotypic to A3B2IJBO3)4 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba; B = REE, Y, Bi) orthoborates with the Pnma symmetry, but is characterized by the non-centrosymmetric arrangement of (CO3) anions within the Pnma-pseudosymmetric cation sublattice. K2Ca3IJCO3)4 represents a pure carbonate member of the extended M5IJXO3)4 (X = B, C, B/C) structural type, which also includes A3B2IJBO3)4 orthoborates as well as recently synthesized mixed orthoborate–carbonates of Ba and Sr. Crystallochemical considerations suggest that cation-substituted (REE, Cs, Sr, and Ba) derivatives of K2Ca3IJCO3)4 can probably be synthesized at significantly lower pressures than 3 GPa, which is required to stabilize the compound itself.


sure data/weight transfer of the batsmen whilst playing a series of shadow strokes to realistic projected video footage. Only 25% of the batsmen had preparatory feet movement (trigger movements) whilst anticipating a shot. When asked to take up guard 62.5% of the batsmen requested middle and leg, with 25% choosing leg and only 12.5% taking guard on middle stump. Bat angle during the backswing varied between the subjects, only 12.5% of subjects stuck to the 'coaching literature' back lift above the stumps whilst 87.5% had a back lift ranging from 1 slip to the extremes of gully. Throughout the front-foot drive and forward defensive stroke the majority of batsmen consistently distributed their weight towards the front foot during the stance phase and whilst playing the shot.


Through to our country active duty 36 alpine skiing athletes body Composition's survey,and has carried on crosswise and the longitudinal contrastive analysis to the measurement result,discovered that our country alpine skiing athlete body ingredient characteristic body is quite strong,the sufficient solidity is high,the nutritional status is good,the muscle weight is in the medium level,on about the lower limb the myodynamia is balanced.


Meniscal tear is the most common knee pathology. There are benefits to repairing and preserving the meniscus with regards to function and chondroprotection. Historically, reported failure rates have been unclear and are potentially due to technical aspects of the repair. Providing even compression across a meniscal tear provides the best stability. This, along with a good blood supply leads to the successful healing of the meniscus. Our technique utilizes an inside-out approach, achieving circumferential compression across the meniscal tear, thus providing better stability and low failure rates.


Objective: To investigate the feasibility of electrical isolation of pulmonary veins (PVs) with radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) and the importance of continuous transmural linear lesion. Methods: 14 dogs with experimental AF was divided into complete isolation group and incomplete isolation group. Epicardial circumferential radiofrequency ablation around PVs were performed after AF models were established. Results: Duration of AF was significantlly reduced after ablation than before operation in complete isolation group(152.7s vs 426.3s, P 0.01). AF duration were significantly shorten after ablation compared to that of the incomplete isolation group(152.7s vs 367.3s, P 0.01) . There were no significant change in sinoatrial node and atrioventricular conduction function. Conclusion: Pulmonary veins isolation is an feasible treatment for AF. Ablation linear for the treatment of AF can be simplified if continuous and transmural lesion were produced.


We introduce the relative cancellation property for commutative BCKalgebras and we study the problem of embedding of commutative BCK-algebras into Abelian lattice ordered groups. We show that if a BCK-algebra is not directed upwards, then we cannot use the method of Wyler and Baer. Anyway, supposing either union property or unitary extendibility, we can present the embedding of such a BCK-algebra into the positive cone of an Abelian lattice ordered group with universal property. Finally, some interesting examples are presented.


Hybrid AC/DC distribution network (HADDN) will be the development trend of smart grid. This paper presents an optimal operation method for hybrid AC/DC distribution network to achieve safe and economic operation, in the case of uncertain renewable energy (RES) output and load demand. The proposed model is formulated based on a novel two-stage robust model. The first stage of the model optimizes the work states of the on-load tap changers (OLTC), capacitor banks (CBs) and energy storages (ESs) at one cycle. The second stage of the model optimizes the AC/DC converter stations (CSs) output to suppress the overvoltage problem and further reduce the operating cost by using corrective control policy. Furthermore, this paper adopts an ambiguity set to represent uncertainties of RESs and load demand, which makes the model less conservative and also shortens the model solving time. Then, the proposed model can be converted into the mixed integer second-order cone programming (MISCOP) problem, which can be solved by the delayed column-and-constraint generation algorithm. Finally, case study shows that this method can effectively realize safe and economic operation of the HADDN, which is obviously superior to other mainstream methods in reducing operation cost and restraining overvoltage problem.


We report infrared absorption spectra of explosion nanodiamonds and compare these with spectra of a-C:H films prepared by laser ablation. Similarities between these spectra are discussed. In particular, we find that a feature near 1620 cm in nanodiamond particle spectra can be associated with the presence of C=C groups. This is supported by the observation of bands arising from CH2. We suggest that these groups are created by surface reconstruction on these extremely small particles that tends to de-emphasize tetrahedral bonding in the surface layer.


The research of stem cells transplantation has become one of hot topics of treatment of liver diseases.The basic research lay emphasis on the study combined with the differentiation inducers,and the clinical research on the seed cell from marrow or cord blood.The origin,differentiation inducer of stem cells,varieties,outcome and influencing factors of liver diseases treated by stem cells transplantation were analyzed.And it′s discovered that the key point for hepatic stem cells transplantation result is to optimize the origin of stem cells and to reinforce the certainty of directed differentiation.


Background. Nursing is considered one of the most stressful occupational groups. Work-related stress is a major health risk for workers worldwide. Therefore, it is critical to continually monitor nurses' stress levels based on important aspects of nurses' work identified as stressors. Methods. A total of 331 nurses participated. The cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument was carried out based on six of the seven steps proposed: forward translation of ENSS, comparison of the two translated versions, blind back translation, comparison of the two back-translated versions of ENSS, pilot testing of the prefinal version of ENSS, and full-psychometric testing of the prefinal version of the translated instrument. The reliability of the scales was estimated using Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega internal consistency coefficients. Results. The results indicate that each of the distinguished subscales is unique, but at the same time, they are all related to each other as different dimensions of stress. Conclusions. The Polish version of the ENSS tool is a valid and reliable tool for assessing the level of stress experienced by nurses.


With the course of the time and the introduction of new and effective technology, they were added to the market young industries with a new production concept and Organization that without a doubt became in very ambitious competitors for the company Tecnoplast of the Ecuador Co. Ltda. Starting from the year 2002 with the new law of free trade the standards of service, quality and operation of the companies gave a turn of 180o pressing to the organization to improve their processes and the answer to this was renewed their park of machines with high technology, acquisitions that allow to obtain products with better finishes. It is important to consider the impact that will cause the treaty of free trade, with this study the strengths and merits of Tecnoplast of the Ecuador they have been identified to take advantage of them after the obtaining of new clients and fidelity of the existent ones; and their weaknesses for little by little go eradicating. At the present time, the production of TECNOPLAST is divided in diverse products and lines: pharmacist, cosmetic, nutritious, agroquimica, lubricant, paintings and domestic articles, this credits them a fan of very diverse products that allows they to intrude in different market segments.


Two series of copolymers containing varying percentages of strongly electron-donating 3-hexyloxythiophene units (3HOT), namely the random poly(3-hexylthiophene-co-3-hexyloxythiophene)s (P3HT-co-3HOTs) and the semi-random poly(3-hexylthiophene–thiophene–3-hexyloxythiophene–diketopyrrolopyrrole)s (P3HTT-HOT-DPPs), were synthesized via Stille polymerization. The influence of 3HOT content on UV–vis absorption, HOMO energy levels, polymer crystallinity, and polymer:PC61BM solar cell performance, especially the open-circuit voltage (Voc), was investigated. Importantly, introduction of the strong donor 3HOT results in regularly decreased band gaps and broadened absorption compared to the corresponding parent polymers, regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and semi-random poly(3-hexylthiophene–thiophene–diketopyrrolopyrrole) (P3HTT-DPP). The HOMO energies of both random P3HT-co-3HOT and semi-random P3HTT-HOT-DPP copolymers increase significantly with 3HOT incorporation, from −5.2 eV to around −4.95 eV with h...


EDITOR—Henderson et al's paper looking at how breast feeding and bottle feeding are represented in the British media raises no surprises.1 Perhaps this is the time for health authorities to consider working with the media to create and implement a social marketing initiative, using positive health messages, in soap operas …


In this paper, we develop new results concerning the risk-sensitive dual control problem for output feedback nonlinear systems, with unknown time-varying parameters. A dynamic programming equation solution is given to an optimal risk-sensitive dual control problem penalizing outputs, rather than the states, for a reasonably general class of nonlinear signal models. This equation, in contrast to earlier formulations in the literature, clearly shows the dual aspects of the risk-sensitive controller regarding control and estimation. The extensive computational burden for solving this equation motivates our study of risk-sensitive versions for one-step horizon cost indices and suboptimal risk-sensitive dual control. The idea of a more generalized optimal risk-sensitive dual controller is briefly introduced.


The patient's adherence to the antipsychotic medication regimen is a critical issue in the treatment of schizophrenia, because non-adherence is one of the main causes of relapse. 'Objective' factors including lack of insight and uncomfortable adverse effects are reported to contribute to non-adherence. It is also important to explore the 'subjective' meaning of taking antipsychotic medication from the patient's point of view, as medical anthropology has revealed the importance of subjective meaning of illness for the individual. In the current study, 11 schizophrenic and schizo-affective patients were interviewed to elicit the participants' subjective opinions about their medicines. The narratives contained negative and positive aspects of taking medicine from the patient's perspective. Antipsychotics are viewed as an unwelcome reminder of the stigmatized condition and as a threat to social life by potentially damaging the brain or creating drug dependency. On the other hand, patients recognized that antipsychotics effectively reduced uncomfortable symptoms, facilitated sound sleep, or stabilized the condition. Many patients do not take their medications; even the patients who accepted and adhered to the medication regimen expressed anxiety, worry, and reluctance to take medications. However, adherent patients tried to make sense of taking antipsychotics by covering negative meanings with positive ones. It is clinically important to explore subjective meaning of taking antipsychotic medication from the patient's perspectives.


A photonic approach to linearly chirped microwave waveform generation with an extended temporal duration is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The linearly chirped microwave waveform generation is realized based on spectral-shaping and wavelength-to-time mapping, in which a Fabry-Perot (FP) interferometer with a linearly increasing or decreasing free spectral range is used to as a spectral shaper, and the wavelength-to-time mapping is realized using a recirculating dispersive loop with a large equivalent dispersion coefficient realized by allowing the spectrally shaped optical pulse to travel in the dispersive loop multiple times. The generation of two linearly chirped microwave waveforms at two different frequency bands with two temporal durations of 25 and 42 ns and a time-bandwidth product (TBWP) of 210 is experimentally demonstrated.


The Oxford Parent Infant Project's Baby Watching groups aim to increase parental sensitive care-giving and encourage mind-mindedness towards babies. In this article, clinical vignettes demonstrate the concept of bodily mentalisation and illustrate the combined use of Watch, Wait and Wonder and Video Interaction Guidance in parent–infant groups. Seeing positive visual images of themselves and experiencing multiple benign relationships in the Baby Watching group can empower parents to become more attuned to their babies.


SUMMARY. Very little attention has been paid to the needs of prisoners' children, in spite of the large numbers involved. Whilst to some extent this is due to the hidden nature of the problem, it is also influenced significantly by the fact that the justice system - based on concepts of acquitting the innocent and punishing the guilty - cannot afford to accept publicly that many tens of thousands of children are punished more by the sentence than is their imprisoned parent. Often the prisoner's child may also suffer more than the victim of the parent's crime. Media attention to the sentencing of a mother by Judge Pickles brought into the open a subject which is mostly hidden or ignored. This article explores the issues and argues for a new approach


It is intended to follow up the cases considered to be definite, suspicious, or doubtful glaucoma, together with a random sample of those in whom no glaucoma was found, as a long-term project in the glaucoma clinic conducted by one of us (J. P. F. L.) at the Oxford Eye Hospital. Iris colour was recorded in each patient in the survey. The results are shown in Table VI. These suggest that the colour distribution is similar in the two groups-that is, the total sample and the cases of glaucoma, although there are fewer brown eyes in the latter. This is not a significant finding, because most of our brown-eyed persons happened to be in the younger age-groups.


Branched chain aminotransferase (EC 184.108.40.206) is the first enzyme involved in the catabolic pathway of branched chain amino acids. Its activity is much lower in sheep than in rats (Papet et al., 1988). In order to investigate the biochemical basis of such a difference, we recently cloned the cDNA corresponding to the sheep mitochondrial branched chain aminotransferase gene BCAT2 (Faure et al., 1998). Human BCAT2 has previously been mapped to chromosome 19 using somatic cell hybrids (Bledsoe et al., 1997). The 929-bp cDNA fragment of sheep BCAT2 reveals 85, 81 and 80% identity with human, rat and mouse sequences, respectively. The BCAT2 sequence homology among sheep, cattle and goat, which are evolutionarily closer species, is likely higher than 95% as reported for milk proteins (Vilotte et al., 1992; Provot et al., 1989). The sheep probe has been used to assign BCAT2 to sheep chromosome band 14q24 and to cattle and goat chromosome bands 18q24 by in situ hybridization. Materials and methods


Efficient capitalization of energy resources is a top priority and is the concern of specialists in all areas of activity, taking into account the current energy policies in the world. Although the technological race to optimize renewable energy solutions has engendered many countries, however, a concern to reduce energy consumption - under climate change - must become a necessity. To this end, the article highlights the importance of recovering the lost energy and exemplifies the capitalization of this energy potential to an industrial consumer. Following the experimental research, based on the analysis of the lost energy recovery solutions, the optimal solution was established. The analysis of energy consumption before and after installation of the optimal system indicates reductions in energy consumption with positive effects both on the environment and on the costs of the economic operator.


The balanced scorecard (BSC) has been a popular management innovation in health care. Implementing an innovation like the BSC can change the professional subcultures of a hospital. The purpose of this paper is to measure subcultures to establish the level of change during the implementation of a management innovation in a single Chinese public hospital.,Four surveys were administered to the staff of a single hospital, and a 100,000-word research diary was compiled from observation of the research process. A longitudinal case study design was administered from 2006 to 2009. The competing values tool was administered twice to assess organizational cultural change.,There was a change in the culture of different professional groups. The group with the strongest dominating culture type, which relies on cohesion, morale and employee participation in decision-making, shows the most positive change in cultural types during the BSC implementation process. Management innovations such as the BSC can create more balance in each professional group.,The successful implementation of a management innovation in a hospital requires the managers to consider meeting the demand of medical professional groups and achieve desired culture type change, which in turn may help to achieve the expected results.,This paper provides support to the finding that groups with a dominant group culture are more receptive to change and implementing a management innovation can influence professional group's culture. It also provides evidence that the implementation of BSC can create more balance in each professional group's culture. Although these findings come from health care, it may have relevance to other contexts in China.


Microbump bonding (MBB) method ensures the micro-order direct bonding between the integrated circuit (IC) electrode and circuit substrate electrode. MBB consists of three elements: an IC chip with bumps, a circuit substrate, and a bonding adhesive. The binding force of the applied adhesive achieves electrical connections between the bumps on the IC chip and the electrodes on the substrate. Stress analysis is performed to estimate the contact force that the adhesive imposes to drag together the bumps of the IC and the electrodes of the substrate. The elastic model is adopted herein to determine the stress characteristics of the MBB structure. Two bumps, gold bumps and compliant bumps, are used. As well known, the compliant bumps generally have a low Young's modulus and high coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). The stresses of the MBB structures with gold bumps or compliant bumps are determined and compared at various environmental temperatures. The stress analysis results are used to identify the appropriate bump for the given MBB structure. Both analytical and experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of using the compliant bumps to achieve a high compressive stress and low as well as stable connection resistance at various environmental temperatures.


The Riemann hypothesis, which states that the nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function all lie on a certain line in the complex plane, is one of the most important unresolved problems in mathematics. We propose here an approach to finding a physical system to study the Riemann zeros, which is based on applying a time-periodic driving field. This driving allows us to tune the quasienergies of the system (the analog of the eigenenergies for static systems), so that they are directly governed by the zeta function. We further show by numerical simulations that this allows the Riemann zeros to be measured in currently accessible cold- atom experiments.


The study purpose is to investigate the effect of Bar Model Visualization Technique on the word problem solving skills of elementary level students in mathematics. Following were the objectives of the study (i) to investigate the effect of Bar Model Visualization Technique on addition word problems-solving skills; (ii) to investigate the effect of Bar Model Visualization Technique on subtraction word problems solving skills; (iii) to investigate the effect of Bar Model Visualization Technique on multiplication word problems solving skills; (iv) to investigate the effect of Bar Model Visualization Technique on division word problems solving skills. The null hypotheses were designed to test the objectives as (i) there is no significant effect of Bar Model Visualization Technique on addition word problem solving skills; (ii) there is no significant effect of Bar Model Visualization Technique on subtraction word problem solving skills; (iii) there is no significant effect of Bar Model Visualization Technique on multiplication word problem solving skills; (iv) there is no significant effect of Bar Model Visualization Technique on division word problem solving skills. The nature of the study was experimental. Pre-test and post-test equivalent group design was used as a tool for data collection in this study. Sample of the study was 40 students (Male & Female) of Government Primary School No.2 Bab-e-Jadeed District Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The sample students were divided on the basis of pretest scores by applying paired random technique in to experimental group and control group. Data were analyzed by mean, SD and t-test.  It was concluded that the concepts of Bar Model Visualization Technique had significant effect on addition word problems and subtraction word problems but it has not significant effect on multiplication word problems neither division word problems. The results of the study show that Bar Model Visualization Technique had significant effect on Mathematical word problem solving skills and also the learner take interest in the subject. It provides alternative method for teacher to teach mathematics subject.


Purpose. Ankylosing diseases of the temporomandibular joint (ADTMJ) in children – bone ankylosis and secondary deforming osteoarthrosis (SDOA) lead to an increase in the coronoid process (CP) on average by 1.5 times. The slice computed tomography (SCT) allows fully determining the changes occurring in the bone structures of the joint with its ankylosing diseases. The purpose of the work was to determine the parameters coronoid process, which affects the limitation of mouth opening, and indications for its resection in the ADTMJ, based on the treatment of SCT data. Material and Methods. The subject of the study were 33 SCT in children aged 6 to 14 years with ADTMJ and without lesions of TMJ. Anthropometric measurements of CP in children of the three groups were performed according to the proposed modified scheme of Levandoski panographic analysis. Conclusion. The proposed scheme of anthropometric measurements of SCT allows us to mathematically substantiate the stage of hyperplasia coronoid process in children and to determine the necessity of its surgical correction. © 2018 OMF Publishing, LLC. This is an open access article under the CC BY licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Article history: Paper received 6 February 2018 Accepted 25 February 2018 Available online 30 March 2018


We theoretically investigated dispersion tolerance of an optical duobinary transmitter employed a Mach-Zehnder modulator and an optical filter. Compared to the optical transmitter based on a Mach-Zehnder modulator and an optical delay interferometer by optimizing the applied voltage for improving the dispersion tolerance, the demonstrated duobinary transmitter provides improved receiver sensitivity and higher dispersion tolerance while maintaining narrow spectral bandwidth.


Neurologists have, rightly or wrongly, had a reputation for being 'brainy' doctors. When I qualified in 1982, it was always the gold medallist who wanted to become a neurologist – a daunting prospect for mere mortals like myself. However, my decision to become a neurologist, after meandering through general practice and gastroenterology, pivoted on a chance remark by one of my mentors (who was considered one of the best clinical neurologists of his era) that 'there is room for cloth cap neurologists like us.'


Within variation, three major iron smelting furnaces were used in the Iron Age of sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from the natural draught driven tall shaft to the forced draught powered low shaft and bowl furnaces. These furnace types are, however, mostly known from the ethnographic context. Often, archaeologists are confronted with remnants from the smelting process, forcing them to speculate on the anatomy of the extant furnaces. The presence of multiple fused tuyeres has been used to identify natural draught furnaces in the archaeological record. However, working back from smelting remains such as slag to the furnace type using physical and chemical evidence has generally proved to be 'undoable'. Thus, when randomly selected, the chances are high that one cannot separate bowl furnace slags from those that formed in their tall or low shaft counterparts. This observation is hardly unexpected; analogous thermodynamics and thermo-chemical reactions governed bloomery smelting irrespective of furnace type. Rehren et al. (2007) have labelled this phenomenon the 'tyranny of system driven constraints'. In this study, we argue that the hierarchical use of statistical methods may add another layer of evidence which, when coupled to archaeological indicators, may be useful in correlating slag chemistry to furnace types used in antiquity.


This study employs Knowledge Building pedagogy and Knowledge Forum technology to advance reading literacies in a third-grade elementary reading class in Taiwan. We hypothesized that sustained engagement in idea-centered discussions surrounding reading materials would lead to higher levels of reading comprehension (i.e., interpretation, and integration). Using a quasi-experiment design, we collected: (a) students' online Knowledge Building behaviors, (b) group reading discussions, and (c) students' reading comprehension assessment. Our findings reveal that the experimental group (Knowledge Building) outperformed the control group (direct instruction) on the comprehension assessment. Additionally, we found that the Knowledge Building intervention supported the development of students' higher-level reading comprehension.


Polar molecules, in strong-field seeking states, can be transported and focused by an alternating sequence of electric field gradients that focus in one transverse direction while defocusing in the other. We show by calculation and numerical simulation, how one may greatly improve the alternating gradient transport and focusing of molecules. We use a new optimized multipole lens design, a FODO lattice beam transport line, and lenses to match the beam transport line to the beam source and the final focus. We derive analytic expressions for the potentials, fields, and gradients that may be used to design these lenses. We describe a simple lens optimization procedure and derive the equations of motion for tracking molecules through a beam transport line. As an example, we model a straight beamline that transports a 560 m/s jet-source beam of methyl fluoride molecules 15 m from its source and focuses it to 2 mm diameter. We calculate the beam transport line acceptance and transmission, for a beam with velocity spread, and estimate the transmitted intensity for specified source conditions. Possible applications are discussed.


ABSTRACT The community is on one of these social media Fandom ID formed in april 2015, consists of the internet users who often keep a journal (blogging) about football that can be received and read by followers Fandom id. The main goal of peneltian to describe the management of twitter as a communication media on the community of fandom. Study of the theory used is a social media management consists of planning, activation, and surveillance as well as optimization. Methods a descriptive qualitative approach uses, the type of data used the data of the secondary data and prime. The technique of determination of the informants using purposive sampling, data collection is done with the interview and documentation. As for the data analysis technique used to use descriptive qualitative analysis. Based on the results of the analysis of the obtained conclusions that the management of Twitter as a communication medoa basically covers three things, namely planning, activation and monitoring, and optimization. The planning undertaken fandom hold meetings and evaluation every day and make a strategy of what to do to enable the target readership (traffic). Activation and subsequent supervision of fandom can accept Disclaimer and remove a twitt judged unsuitable, fandom had already ruled the football field could therefore filter which should be shared and which ones are unnecessary. Additional activation and supervision after the last optimization. optmalisasi covers all processes where Besides doing a meeting and evaluation of the fandom do editing that can be viewed from google trend of what is being discussed and many become trending on twitter at that moment. In conclusion the management of twitter as a communication medium in fandom id quite effective because its spread through twitter a very real time and easy to read at any time by the followers (follower) of fandom. Management via the medium of twitter can also invite the follower to keep active and participate to discuss what is currently crowded discussed. In addition this fandom is always accountable management of content produced by displaying the name of the name of the Manager. Keywords: Media, Community, Twitter, Planning, Monitoring, Optimisation Of Activation.


Interstellar ultraviolet absorption lines provide crucial information about the properties of galactic outflows. In this paper, we augment our previous analysis of the systematic properties of starburst-driven galactic outflows by expanding our sample to include a rare population of starbursts with exceptionally high outflow velocities. In principle, these could be a qualitatively different phenomenon from more typical outflows. However, we find that instead these starbursts lie on, or along the extrapolation of, the trends defined by the more typical systems studied previously by us. We exploit the wide dynamic range provided by this new sample to determine scaling relations of outflow velocity with galaxy stellar mass (M*), circular velocity, star formation rate (SFR), SFR/M*, and SFR/area. We argue that these results can be accommodated within the general interpretational framework we previously advocated, in which a population of ambient interstellar or circumgalactic clouds is accelerated by the combined forces of gravity and the momentum flux from the starburst. We show that this simple physical picture is consistent with both the strong cosmological evolution of galactic outflows in typical star-forming galaxies and the paucity of such galaxies with spectra showing inflows. We also present simple parameterizations of these results that can be implemented in theoretical models and numerical simulations of galaxy evolution.


A new feature scale model has been developed for the hydrogen plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition (PACVD) of copper from Copper(II) bis-hexafluoroacetylacetonate, CufHfa)2. PACVD of CufHfa)2 enables low temperature deposition and conformal coverage to be achieved. Copper is formed via a surface reaction between dissociatively adsorbed precursor and the atomic hydrogen that is produced in the plasma by the dissociation of molecular hydrogen. Our feature model shows that the transport of CufHfa)2 and atomic hydrogen into irenches/vias is restricted by the feature walls, which reduces gap fill. Also, ii predicts conservatively that the concentration of Cu(Hfa)2 is essentially constant and that the formation of voids is due largely to the variation in the concentration of atomic hydrogen. Using a variable diffusion, free boundary model that we have applied to copper PACVD, we show that gap fill can be very good and that voidless via fill can be achieved under proper conditions. These conditions are sensitive to the pressure and the angle of the walls, and they insure high diffusion rates of atomic hydrogen from the reactor space through the mouth of the feature and low recombination rates to molecular hydrogen along the feature walls. Furthermore, increasing the slope of the feature walls increases the effective diffusion rate of atomic hydrogen, which improves the gap fill markedly. A favorable agreement between the variable diffusion model calculations and experiments also is demonstrated.


Since Chongqing was determined for the test site of balancing urban and rural development,the urban and rural incomes increased greatly,the income gap between urban and rural residents decreased from 3.59:1 in 2007 to 3.12:1 in 2011.Chongqing's experience shows three system innovation:(1) the opening was in an important location,a new kind of opening relationship between rural and urban areas was established;(2) to implement"the big cake and large scale"strategy,Chongqing built a new distribution relationship between urban and rural areas;(3) Chongqing established the "4 in 1"system of urban and rural coordination,the new equal relationship between urban and rural areas was set up.As time goes on,the contradiction between efficiency and fairness is becoming more and more prominent.The inner drive mechanism of rural economy has not established.It is very urgent for transforming urban and rural economic growth mode.


The article generally introduces the construction of the public training base which is undertaken in the way of school-enterprise operation with the combination of internship,training,and social services by the department of internet technology in Liaoning Provincial College of Communications.Nevertheless,it also makes an exploration and research of the problems of training base of vocational institutions in the aspects of the construction,management,and others,which could be learnt as a reference for public training base of vocational institutions.


The Hexagonal split-ring resonators (HSRR) are one of the prime elements of metamaterial and patch antenna design in the millimetre-wave range. Even though it's widely used there is no particular mathematic model is available for it. This analysis presents the mathematical nature of the relation between split widths, resonance frequencies; reflection (s11) and mutual coupling (s12) by identifying tend of the data with the aid of machine learning algorithms. The predicted relation will help to design efficient metamaterial, antennas and related appliances.


Interview with Hildebrando Cabellos conducted by Richard Oulahan. Cabellos was the Secretary of Defense of the oil union in Piura, Peru. In the interview, Cabellos discusses the history of the petroleum industry in Peru and the process of its nationalization and the subsequent development of unionization within the industry. There are also testimonies from other union officials discussing the various problems within the company.


This paper examines squatting phenomenon and informal squat groups in nowadays society. The Ministry of Justice in Great Britain is declaring that in these days Eastern European immigrants squats are settled in about a half of London city area. It is also known that majority of these squatters are from Poland and Lithuania. This article presents reasons why individuals prefer to leave Lithuania and to live in London's squats. Also, this article focuses on analysis of informal squat groups in London. The empirical data for this research was collected in November 2011, in London squats. Relevance and novelty of this subject is related to the microanalysis of squat groups' formation and development under the influence of contextual environments. The way of self-organisation, living and acting in the informal squat group, as well as the impact of external environment on the group were the main subjects in this research. The research defines dual environments, encouraging the Lithuanians to leave Lithuania and to squat: "pushing away", related with the unfavourable socioeconomical conditions in Lithuania and "attracting", related with the attraction of culture and/or social networks. The research also revealed that development of informal squat groups is related to the process of dynamic cyclic development replicated and "pulsating" in time. Keywords: Group of squatters; group development cycle; self-organisation; squatter community


Motivated by our observation that motion information is the key to good anomaly detection performance in video, we propose a temporal augmented network to learn a motion-aware feature. This feature alone can achieve competitive performance with previous state-of-the-art methods, and when combined with them, can achieve significant performance improvements. Furthermore, we incorporate temporal context into the Multiple Instance Learning (MIL) ranking model by using an attention block. The learned attention weights can help to differentiate between anomalous and normal video segments better. With the proposed motion-aware feature and the temporal MIL ranking model, we outperform previous approaches by a large margin on both anomaly detection and anomalous action recognition tasks in the UCF Crime dataset.


This paper presents evidence for the use of the 'commenda' contract as a means of investment and accumulating entrepreneurial capital in the Bages region of Catalonia during the later thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This use of a 'land commenda' in eastern Iberia is at present known only to a few specialists, but it might have been more widespread and deserves further study. The land commenda helped fuel the commercial boom in Catalonia in the decades around 1300. It was often utilized by smaller investors and modest entrepreneurs, and helped mobilize capital from a broad spectrum of Catalans. The chronology of land commenda use suggests that as interest rates declined in the later fourteenth century, and as new instruments were developed, smaller investors' savings were left underutilized. Introduction: The Significance of the 'Land Commenda' in Catalonia, c. 1280-1350 This article aims to highlight the significance of a type of investment instrument which I term the 'land commenda'.1 This is a version of the well-studied 'commenda' contract which is usually associated with Italian maritime commerce in the period before 1350.2 Briefly stated, a commenda is a fi1 Note that this term was not used by contemporaries, who merely called it a 'commenda'. But the term is used here in order to highlight the relatively unknown and novel use of this instrument by people who were engaged in purely land-based commerce. As noted below, this usage has been known to Catalan and Valencian economic historians for some time. 2 A spate of works by John Pryor in the late 1970s and early 1980s did much to shape current


This paper discusses the work-family conflict that forms the central construct of the work-family literature, and is defined as the experience of mutually incompatible pressures that stem from work and family domains. Juggling myriad responsibilities within the areas of work and family - two of the most important life domains for most adults - has become increasingly difficult. Consequently, the level of experienced conflict has been rising steadily in the last three decades and has a detrimental effect on the individual, family, organizations, and society at large. On the basis of construct definition, the purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the antecedents and outcomes of the work-family conflict. The authors first analyze two categories of antecedents - individual differences and job/family characteristics. Furthermore, outcomes are classified as variables related to well-being, attitudes, and behaviors. By having a clearer understanding of what causes conflict between work and family roles and by being aware of the detrimental effects that conflict has on individuals and organizations, HR professionals, managers, and representatives of other institutions can work together toward developing initiatives for the better integration of work and family roles.


Abstract This paper reports on usability evaluation that was carried out to evaluate the LRM-based prototype interface, presented in Part 1. A combination of focus group, Wizard of Oz method, and think-aloud protocol was used. The study was conducted in May 2019 with seven Slovenian catalogers from Maribor Public Library. Although participants had some difficulties understanding the LRM model, the user interface proved to be quite easy to use, quick to understand, and transparent. The functionality of the proposed prototype proved to be adequate, since the catalogers successfully and independently completed all the tasks without major problems and errors.


We present an MCNP analysis of optimal gamma-detector shielding materials and their thicknesses for 14 MeV D-T neutron generator for detection of light elements by prompt gamma ray neutron activation analysis. Tungsten seems to be the best choice for the primary neutron-beam shielding of a minimum thickness, but copper and iron represent an economically acceptable alternative. To shield the gamma detector against gamma rays produced from neutron interactions in the laboratory walls another shielding made from lead is necessary.


Recent research efforts have demonstrated the promising potential of building cost-effective media streaming systems on top of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. A P2P media streaming architecture can reach large size and streaming capacity that are difficult to achieve in conventional server-based streaming services. Hybrid streaming systems that combine the use of dedicated streaming servers and P2P networks were proposed to build on the advantages of both paradigms. However, the dynamics of such systems and the impact of various factors on system behaviors are not totally clear. In this paper, we present an analytical framework to quantitatively study the features of a hybrid media streaming model. Based on this framework, we derive an equation to describe the capacity growth of a single-file streaming system. We then extend the analysis to multi-file scenarios by solving an optimization problem. We also show that the system model achieves optimal allocation of server bandwidth among different media objects. The unpredictable departure/failure of peers is a critical factor that affects performance of P2P systems. To model peer failures in our system, we propose the concept of peer lifespan. The original equation is enhanced with coefficients generated from the distribution of peer lifespan. Results from large-scale simulations support our analysis.


Air transport business in Indonesia is undergoing rapid changed, the cxmqrition is rery high rehreen the national air transport companies. The research used descriptire statistics and Kruskal - Wallis test, The results showed that PT.Garuda Indonesia Airlines passenger the most widely journetj in order business (52.4%) with m;erage inromes above 10 million rupiah (78.2%), PT. lion Air passenger journetj fur the purpose official. task (27.1%) due to lower prices (32.4%). PT. Batavia Air passenger journetj fur the purpose of school I studies (40.7%) due to ease of getting tickets (36.5% ), PT. Mandala Air passenger journey fur the social and family purposes (21.5%) with arerage inromes are lower than 2 million (14 % ), and PT. Sriwijaya Air passenger journey fur social purpose return home, and otkrs . (91.7%) and reasons fur choosing the airline because the provided services (28.2%).


The paper describes the method of cutting parameters optimization for the case of turning a sintered powder materials, which are based on nickel. During the cutting process the temperature, cutting force, tool wear and surface roughness Ra measurements were made. The test results are presented in the form of graphs, photos and tables.


Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases. However,
the aetiology of AD is still unclear and there is currently no cure. In order to develop new
therapeutic strategies more basic research into the underlying mechanisms leading to
cognitive impairment is needed. This thesis uses the Tg2576 mouse model to examine the
effects of amyloid pathology on hippocampal network activity and memory, and to assess the
therapeutic effects of exercise as a lifestyle intervention against amyloid-induced cognitive
decline.
The hippocampal network is made up of different structural sub-regions, dentate gyrus (DG),
CA1 and CA3, each of which plays a different role in memory encoding and retrieval. An
analysis of c-fos expression was carried out followed by structural equation modelling to
assess neural activity in each sub-region when Tg2576 and wild-type control mice explored a
novel or familiar spatial environment. In young transgenic mice there was a reduction in DG
engagement when encoding spatial novelty compared to controls. In aged mice deficits in
DG engagement were seen in both genotypes. The influence of amyloid-induced
hippocampal network alterations on cognition was assessed on a novel task designed to test
configural integration of cues relating to episodic memory. An analysis of c-fos expression
in normal mice revealed that this task was also DG dependent. Marked deficits in episodiclike
memory were seen in older transgenic mice, however, in contrast to hippocampal
activity, no deficits were reported in young transgenic mice compared to wild-types.
In the second section of this thesis the hypothesis that long-term voluntary exercise can reduce cognitive decline was tested. Exercise improved cognition in transgenic, but not wildtype
mice, in tests of working and reference spatial memory. In addition, a deficit in
configural memory for episodic information was reversed in transgenic mice by exercise.
The effect of exercise on amyloid levels and DG neurogenesis was assessed, as these are
putative molecular substrates which may be altered by exercise leading to improved
cognition. However, exercise did not significantly influence either of these measures.
These data indicate sub-region specific changes in hippocampus network activity in the
Tg2756 model of amyloid pathology, which may underlie deficits in spatial and episodic-like
memory. Furthermore, prolonged exercise reduced cognitive decline in this model, and may
be a useful therapeutic intervention to prevent or delay the onset of AD in at-risk patients.
However, the precise molecular mechanisms by which exercise exerts its beneficial effect on
memory remain to be established.


Objective Gastric cancer, the major cause of carcinoma death, is one of the most common malignant tumors in the world, which has a very poor prognosis. To evaluate the significance of transforming growth factor βreceptor (TβRⅠ、Ⅱ) protein and Smad 4 mRNA in pathogenisis and development of gastric cancer. Methods The TβRⅠ、Ⅱ protein and Smad 4 mRNA were detected respectively by immunohistochemistry and hybridization in situ (cDNA-mRNA) in 67 gastric cancer tissues and 24 normal gastric mucosa. Results About TβRⅠ、Ⅱ protein and Smad 4 mRNA, there was a significantly lower positive rate in gastric carcinoma (73.13%, 49.25% and 44.78%, respectively) than that in normal gastric mucosa (they are all 95.83%), (P<0.05). Expression of TβR Ⅱ protein and Smad 4 mRNA in gastric cancer tissues show a strong relationship with the, but there shows no relationship between expression of T3R I protein and clinicopathologocal factors. There exist a negative correlation of the positive expression between TβR Ⅱ and Smad 4 (P<0.05). Conclusion TβR Ⅱ protein and Smad 4 mRNA are involved in the gastric carcinoma cells proliferation and malignant transformation.


Two girls who presented with primary amenorrhoea are described. Both of them were found to have the coeliac syndrome. On withdrawal of gluten from the diet, normal menstruation was quickly established.


The budget is a set of all planned revenues and expenditures of individuals and corporations, institutions, the state... for a certain time frame, usually per year. We will put emphasis on the government budget. In a situation where exactly these planned revenues are at a lower level compared to planned expenditures, a government budget deficit occurs. The big problem of the modern states is the chronic budget deficit. It arises in a situation where a negative gap between public revenues and expenditures appears every year for a long period of time. The so-called tax revenues have a huge importance in the public revenues of the budgets of modern states. In the paper itself, we will pay attention to tax revenues. We will show an empirical presentation of the trends in the structure of these revenues in countries with different levels of income per capita, we will analyze the impact of tax revenues on the level of the budget deficit. The structure of tax revenues largely depends on the level of development of that country's economy.


Pore fluid pressures that develop within soil masses as a result of both mechanical and physico-chemical effects influence the magnitude of the intergranular or effective stresses. The intergranular stresses control, in many cases, soil behavior in shear and compression. The physical significance of pore water pressure in a cohesive soil is examined in terms of several components which combine to give the total pressure. An analysis of fluid pressures at various points within a soil mass based on a condition of no flow at equilibrium shows that changes in any one component of the total pressure from point to point are offset by changes in other components.


Mobile devices have seen an extensive amount of development in recent years, but one question is still looming and nobody seems to have the answer: what is 'standard' for the mobile platform? Many companies have already written their own in-house operating systems for the devices they manufacture such as Symbian or iPhone OS. However, with the existence of so many closed-source operating systems, no rational company would want to disclose their secrets and lose their edge on the competition. This presents a problem where software developers can't write their code to be generalized. The Android team hopes to solve this on two levels. Firstly, it seeks to arrive at a common open-source operating system that any mobile device can run on. Secondly, it seeks to make developing applications for these mobile phones more general and hardware-agnostic. I. Falling back on the traditional open-source method COMMONLY, the problem that most any computing platform will have is interoperability, and one of the worst places to run into this problem is in a situation where the user has little to no control over what operating system they use. Eventually, software developers will label one platform obsolete and refuse to develop for it any more. So how can an expandable, compatible operating system that can be used on many architectures be created? Android OS attempts to solve this problem by building on existing technologies like Linux and applying them to the mobile device. Android OS is free to use, improvable, and designed with multiple hardware implementations. Best of all, it is open source, so any necessary changes that need to be made can be performed as low as the kernel level. Android OS is already catching the public eye since it carries the Google namesake, but still has yet to reach its full potential. II. Humble beginnings Four years ago, almost nobody had heard of Android, Inc., the small mobile software developer that Google acquired in July 2005. The acquirement shed little light as to exactly what Google was up to, only that Google was interested in the people working at Android [?]. The startup company consisted of a few notable people, one of them being Andy Rubin, who contributed in making the T-Mobile Sidekick. Rubin would soon become the leader of the Android project at Google. When news of Google's acquirement of a mobile software company hit the mainstream media, speculations were rampant; talk of a "GPhone" handset was on many Internet news outlets. In a few years the formation of the Open Handset Alliance removed some of the fog surrounding Google's actions, and showed that the "GPhone" was really just Google trying to enter the operating systems market for mobile devices [?]. Android OS became the first product created by the Open Handset Alliance, which consisted of many major technology vendors besides Google. Today, Android happily hums along as an open-source project. At the time of this writing, the HTC Dream is the only Android-enabled mobile phone on the market except for the mobile phone offered to Android developers.


We show that the standard Dirac phase factor is not the only solution of the usual gauge transformation equations. The full form of a general gauge function (that connects systems that move in different sets of scalar and vector potentials), apart from Dirac phases (spatial or temporal integrals over potentials), also contains terms of classical fields that act nonlocally (in spacetime) on the local solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. As a result, the phases of wavefunctions in the Schrödinger picture are affected nonlocally by spatially and temporally remote magnetic and electric fields, in specific ways that are fully explored. These contributions go beyond the usual Aharonov–Bohm effects (magnetic or electric). (i) Application to cases of particles passing through full static magnetic or electric fields leads to cancellations of Aharonov–Bohm phases at the observation point; these cancellations are linked to behaviors at the semiclassical level (i.e. the old Werner and Brill experimental observations, or their 'electric analogs'—or to more recent reports of Batelaan and Tonomura) but are shown to be far more general (true not only for narrow wavepackets but also for completely delocalized (spread-out) quantum states). By using these cancellations, certain previously unnoticed sign-errors in the literature are corrected. (ii) Application to time-dependent situations provides a remedy for erroneous results in the literature (concerning an uncritical use of Dirac phase factors) and leads to phases that contain an Aharonov–Bohm part and a field-nonlocal part: their competition is shown to recover relativistic causality in earlier 'paradoxes' (such as the van Kampen thought-experiment), while a more general consideration indicates that the temporal nonlocalities found here demonstrate in part a causal propagation of phases of quantum mechanical wavefunctions in the Schrödinger picture. This may open a new and direct way to address time-dependent double-slit experiments and the associated causal issues.


Chickpea or Gram (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the major sources of protein for agrarian population
of Indian sub-continent. Importance of chickpea in ensuring nutritional security and sustainable
agricultural production is well recognized. Chickpea is used in different forms like whole seeds,
parched, green immature seeds as salad, curry, leafy vegetables, boiled or as flour to make large
number of sweet and salty snacks etc. Chickpea seeds are rich in essential amino acids and dietary
fiber. The blend of chickpea and cereals flour forms a complete vegetarian diet in terms of fulfilling
requirement of essential amino acids. Chickpea cultivation is known in different parts of the world
covering Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America and Australia. Gram or chickpea ranks first
in acreage (8.94 m ha) and production (8.49 m t) and contributed about 47% to the total pulses
production in India during 2012-13. Large portion of total chickpea acreage remain rainfed (66%)
during 2007-08. Dramatic shift in chickpea cultivation has been seen from northern (long and cooler
environment) to central and southern India (comparatively shorter and warm environments) during
post Green Revolution period. More than 150 varieties of both desi (small and brown seeds) and
kabuli (large and white seeds) chickpea possessing resistance/tolerance to major diseases have
been released for cultivation in different parts of the country. In recent years more emphasis was
given for the development of kabuli chickpea varieties which has pave the dividends in terms of
development of high yielding kabuli varieties possessing large/extra large seeds like PKV kabuli 4-1,
Shubhra, Ujjawal, Phule G 0517, Dhawal, MNK 1 etc. Issues relating to research, quality seed supply,
input use, biotic and abiotic stresses management, procurement and market, socio-economic, safe
storage have been discussed in present article. Implementable integrated crop management
technologies have also been mentioned besides perspectives. Ample scope exist for enhancing
productivity and bringing more area through popularization of chickpea cultivation in late sown
situations e.g. rice fallow or as intercrop with companion crops.


Objective:To observe the effect of integrated care on constipation after stroke.Methods:A total of 60 patients were included in observation,randomly divided into two groups,each 30 cases.All patients received the same basic treatment,on the basis treatment,the control group taking phenolphthalein tablets 0.2 g,once a day,before bedtime.The observation group accepted integrated care.To observe the main clinical symptom before and after treatment the change points.Results:① After treatment,symptom scores were significantly decreased compared with before treatment,P0.05,showed that the treatment was effective.The observation group symptom score after treatment was significantly lower than the control group,P0.01.②In the observation group,6 cases were cured,11 cases markedly effective,8 cases effective,the total effective rate was 83.3%;In the control group,recovered 2 cases,8 cases were markedly effective 9 cases effective,total effective rate was 63.3%,by Ridit analysis,u=2.0795,P=0.0376,P0.05,prompt the observation group was effective than the control group.Conclusion:Integrate nursing is easy,effective,and no obvious side effects and should be introduced.


This paper presents the first results of an attempt to model the soil salinity and waterlogging in the Baheira Province (Egypt). Fieldwork and multitemporal image classification were used to detect the areas subjected to salinity and waterlogging. Two sources of salinity could be distinguished: a lack of irrigation water and the infiltration of saline water from the drainage channels. Both phenomena could be simulated in a GIS, based upon the distances to the channel and the microtopography of the area.


A case of severe idiopathic nonimmune fetal hydrops spontaneously resolved after delivery with only basic supportive therapy. This case emphasizes that natural occurrences occasionally are responsible for successes attributed to invasive intrauterine treatments.


The spread and disintegration of thin liquid sheets, produced by the normal impact of a transient liquid jet on either a flat plate or the tip of a pin, was photographed. Sheet velocity and maximum diameter were measured from photographs. Jets impacting on a plate spread into a smooth sheet with fingers around the edges whose number and length increased with jet velocity. After impacting on a pin the spreading liquid sheet punctured, creating holes that grew until the entire sheet had disintegrated. Simple analytical models were developed to describe spreading of liquid sheets.


Abstract Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate is a popular nonlinear optical crystal used for second harmonic generation efficiency improvement in pump lasers. Due to molecular chirality and zwitterionic structure, amino acids are used to enhance various properties of ADP crystal. The single crystals of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP) added with different concentrations (0.3 wt.%, 0.4 wt.% and 0.5 wt.%) of amino acids (L-alanine and L-arginine) impurities were grown using slow evaporation solution growth (SESG) technique at room temperature. To study the structural properties, powder XRD study was carried out which revealed that all the grown crystals have tetragonal structural symmetry. The presence of various functional groups was confirmed using FT-IR spectroscopy. The thermal spectra (TGA/DTA/DSC) were recorded for all grown samples to determine their decomposition. Also kinetic and thermodynamic parameters were determined from the thermal study.


Ab initio STO-3G and 6-31G minimized geometries of 5-oxo- (9), 6-oxo-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl cation (12) and 7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl cation (15) were obtained. The energy barriers for their Wagner-Meerwein rearrangements to the more stable 5-oxo- (11), 6-oxo-3-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl (13) and 3-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl (17) cations, respectively, have been evaluated and compared with those calculated for the rearrangement of the 5-oxo (18) and 6-oxobicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl cations (20). In agreement with experimental data, the 'true migratory aptitude' of an acyl group is higher than that of β-oxoalkyl group in competitive Wagner-Meerwein rearrangments that are 'energetically unbiased'. The ease of the acyl group 1,2-shift toward an electron-deficient center is related to the electron-donating ability of the carbonyl group due to favorable n(CO) ⟷ σ σ ⟷ p(C+) hyperconjugative interaction.


This paper is divided into two parts. The first one analyzes the functions of the company's archives, its context, and the situation in which they are. The second part is devoted to the legislation on company's archives, analyzing in depth the Spanish Royal Decree 1720/2007, which approves the regulation of development of the organic law 15/1999


This study titled When the spaces dominate A study of the school as disciplinary rooms is a study where the emphasis is on quality and where the results are based on observations. The purpose of the research was to analyse rooms and other artefacts in the school as seen from Foucault's analysis of power. He emphasised that power is expressed in human relationships. To understand how that power is used one can study the techniques adopted and resistance offered. We have studied two types of schools, firstly schools with n open architecture and secondly schools with a more confined architecture. In those schools, where there is an open architecture, there is a less visible disciplinary control than in those schools where the architecture is more confined. By rendering the techniques of power invisible you obtain a feeling of freedom while the disciplinary responsibility lies with he individual. That how looks and open and freely are in fact more controlled than the visible control.


Introduction . Currently, the following approaches are used for cancer treatment: surgical tumor removal, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy. The combination of different drugs may have additional advantages due to cumulative effect. Moreover, some additional effects like changes in PD–L1 and PD–L2 expression levels may be observed. Aim . The aim of this study was to determinate the influence of aranose, cisplatin or paclitaxel and their combination on the expression of mRNA level and proteins PD–L1 and PD–L2 in melanoma cell lines and to compare the results with the differentiation status and with the appearance of mutations in melanoma cells. Materials and methods . Melanoma cell lines used in this study were derived from surgical species of patients with disseminated melanoma. The mRNA expression level of PD–L1 and PD–L2 genes was measured by RQ-PCR. The expression of PD–L1 and PD–L2 proteins was measured by flow cytometry. The Pearson's correlation and median test were used for statistical analysis. Results . The expression level of PD–L2 gene was correlated with melanomas cell's differentiation status (Pearson's coefficient 0.937, p <0.15). The expression levels of PD–L1 gene and PD–L1 and PD–L2 proteins were not correlated with differentiation status of melanoma cells as well as TP53 mutations. In case of BRAF mutations the expression of PD–L2 was low detectable (p = 0.0117). It is worth noting that the TP53 mutations were associated with BRAF mutations (Pearson's coefficient 1, p <0.15). The exposure of cells to aranose led to increased PD–L1 gene expression (p = 0,23). Incubation with cisplatin in combination with paclitaxel also resulted in an increase in PD–L1 protein expression (p = 0.037). Cisplatin or paclitaxel had no effect on the expression of PD–L1 protein. The expression level of PD–L2 gene and protein decreased under the action of any of these two drugs: these data are statistically (p = 0.6). Conclusion. The tested drugs had no effect on the expression of PD–L1 and PD–L2 both at the protein level and at the mRNA level. It follows that the combination of anti-PD therapy and anticancer drugs, such as paclitaxel and aranose, will not potentially reduce the effectiveness of checkpoint therapy, and may have great prospects for future use in the creation of combined therapy protocols.


Abstract The diversity and distribution of aquatic benthic invertebrate communities of 17 lakes and 3 shallow ponds near Iqaluit and Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, were examined to assess patterns with respect to environmental gradients. Macroinvertebrates were collected using 500 µm mesh D-nets, and collected specimens were identified and enumerated; a total of 40 taxa were identified. Multivariate analyses (Redundancy Analysis) of relative abundance (%) data identified habitat (dominant substrate type), water chemistry, nutrients, and food/productivity (total phosphorus, total nitrogen, sulfate, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a), physical characteristics (maximum depth), catchment-related properties (lake elevation), and climate-related properties as significant environmental gradients influencing community composition. Ecosystem-scale lake characteristics had the greatest influence on benthic communities, followed by substrate type; however, there were substantive amounts of community variation influenced by the interaction between lake characteristics, substrate type, and regional differences. A number of environmental variables may have been significant due to differences in their values when comparing Rankin Inlet region sites versus Iqaluit region sites. The results agree with other studies indicating that benthic invertebrate communities are influenced by environmental gradients acting at different scales ranging from local, within-lake scales to large, regional scales.


Developments in the design and capabilities of cranes for the maritime and offshore industries are briefly reviewed. The types of cranes covered include shipboard cranes, offshore heavy-lift cranes, single-boom cranes and double-boom cranes. The most significant changes are those in the electrical area. It is noted that because most lifting processes are quite complicated, they do not lend themselves to total automation or robotization; semi-automation, however, is usually feasible.


For eliminating cumulative error in unknown area by the means of exemplar-based image inpainting,the spa-tial geometrical information of isophotes is introduced in the image inpainting algorithm of basing on MRF model ex-emplar.Priority function of algorithm for exemplar-based image inpainting is redefined and updating rule of confidence term is modified.The experimental results are given,which show that the garbage and small structure gaps due to the cumulative error can be avoided effectively and favourable textural and structural information can be preserved in the proposed method.


The strong absorption limit of the Blankenbecler-Goldberger amplitude for hadron-nucleus elastic scattering is studied by calculating the total cross section using the optical theorem, and comparing the results to values obtained in the Glauber model. It is shown that in spite of many defects, the Blankenbecler-Goldberger amplitude yields results not too far from those of Glauber. This is due to the fact that most of the elastic scattering is concentrated in the nuclear surface, and that the two multiple scattering expansions agree in low density regions.


The article discusses Agoncillo's philosophical foundation, and shows the influences and/or similarities of his philosophical views on history with those of Western philosophers of history from the positivists to the erudite historians, and the hermeneutes.


ABSTRACT:This article explores the seemingly compliant reception of old corporate films by former workers in a deindustrialized Portuguese town. The analysis identifies a particular, memory-focused mode of film reception among those workers, prompting joint consideration of convergent acquisitions from memory studies and film reception theory. This sheds light on the ways in which these workers reshape corporate film as their own relevant memory tool, the specific features of corporate film that support its memory value from a worker's point of view, and the workers' crafting, even so, of a lucid, class-bound relationship to the films as (corporate) discourse.


A field experiment was conducted during 2002 to 2004 to study the response of summer green manuring on rice-wheat crop yields and soil characteristics on a sandy loam soil. Green gram (Phaseolus aurus-Roxb), Sun hemp (Crotalaria juncea Lin) and Dhaincha (Sesbania-aculeata poir) crops were grown as summer green manures (SGM) during April to June. Fresh weight of organic matter added by Sunnhemp, Dhaincha and green gram was 32.65, 35.55 and 17.30t ha1 respectively. N supplying capacity of Sunnhemp, Dhaincha and Green gram was recorded to be 126.8, 120.5 and 79.6 kg ha−1 respectively, that of P supplying capacity 27.0, 31.4 and 17.3 kg ha−1 and that of K 130.3, 137.6 and 98.5 kg ha−1respectively. Sunnhemp, Dhaincha and Green gram added dry matter at the rate of 5.87, 5.71 and 3.94 t ha−1 to soil. Sun hemp and Dhaincha supplied treatments along with 120 kg nitrogen registered maximum yields of rice and wheat. Further, summer green manuring along with inorganic fertilizer decreased bulk density and pH of soil whereas, electrical conductivity, organic carbon and cation exchange capacity of soil increased. Translocation of NPK and micronutrients to rice and wheat grain also increased. Conclusively it emerged that seasonal summer fallow fields may be used for growing of summer green manures and higher yields of rice and wheat could be obtained.


The authors develop a linear predictive approach for high-resolution broadband-bearing estimation in low signal-to-noise ratio environments. The proposed technique is based on a space-time statistic called the steered covariance matrix (STCM). In broadband settings, the STCM has an advantage over cross-spectral density matrix in that it can be estimated with much greater statistical stability. The STCM is used in conjunction with linear predictive spectral estimation and dominant-mode enhancement to obtain a broadband spatial spectral estimate with lower mean-square bearing estimation error than both incoherent MUSIC and a dominant-mode STCM-based minimum variance method in low signal-to-noise ratio simulation experiments.<<ETX>>


From meeting of the division of particles and fields; Berkeley, California, USA (13 Aug 1973). Data are presented on diffraction dissociation in pi /sup -/p yields pi /sup -/p and pi /sup -/p yields pi /sup -/ pi /sup - / pi /sup +/p interactions at 205 GeV/c. Mass spectra and cross sections for pion dissociation and nuclear dissociation are presented. (LBS)


The European regulatory space has been expanding rapidly since the 1990s. The double movement towards a single market on the one hand and a Single European Regulatory Space on the other is evident almost everywhere. A new regulatory architecture is emerging and is expressed in the extension of regulatory capacities beyond the European Commission via two major forms of institutionalization: agencies and networks. This paper explores the politics and architecture of the institutionalization and administrative rationalization of the EU regulatory space and demonstrates (a) how agencies replace networks in a process that might best be called 'agencification'; (b) how agencies compete with networks and are often able to create, employ, and control them, creating what might best be called 'agencified networks'; and (c) how networking empowers agencies creating a new type of regulatory organization that might best be called a 'networked agency'.


Ventilation system for a fuel tank comprising a pump, an active liquid/vapor separator (LVS) that can be drained using the pump, in which a roll-over valve (ROV) that is normally open brings, by default, the internal volume of the LVS into communication with the pump and only blocks this communication when the level of fuel in the valve reaches a certain height or when the tank is tilted beyond a certain angle, or even overturned.