The community mental health team where i worked as a community psychiatric nurse (cpn) a few years ago had a referral from a gp for a woman in her thirties with anxiety and depression. when i went to assess this patient i discovered that she was the daughter of a previous patient of mine - her mother having had chronic schizophrenia. nina, the new patient, had been offered a wide range of treatments in the past but had never spoken about growing up with a mother who had schizophrenia.


The problem of generating relevant accounting information that reflects the risks of agribusiness and its application for management decisions is presented. Maintaining sustainable development dynamics requires the construction of such a risk management system that could timely and adequately respond to the challenges presented to the agricultural sector. In this paper, directions for the adaptation of accounting in the risk management system are developed, and guidelines for organizing accounting in the adaptation process are given.


A novel unsymmetrical porphyrin meso-5-(p-octanoyloxyphenyl)-10,15,20-triPhenylporphyrin (OPTPPH2) and relative transition metal complexes (DPTPPM, M = Zn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Mn) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, UV-Vis spectra, mass spectra, 1H NMR, infrared spectra, Raman spectra, and cyclic voltammetry. In dimethylformamide (DMF), 0.1 mol·L−1 tetrabutylammonium perchlorate (TBAP), these compounds exhibit two or three one-electron reversible redox reactions. Quantum yields of the S1•S0 fluorescence are measured at room temperature. These studies will contribute to further choice and application of the liquid crystals.


Co-based melts embedded by glass flux in a crucible can be undercooled nearly as strong as samples processed containerlessly by electromagnetic levitation. This allows to measure magnetic susceptibility on undercooled melts while combining the Faraday method with undercooling technique. The magnetic susceptibility of Co and Co-based alloys will be analysed as a function of temperature from superheated to undercooled state. This will be performed by measuring the change of magnetic force F Z on a sample in a constant magnetic field H 0 and an additional gradient field by means of a Faraday balance. When liquid Co-based alloys are undercooled the magnetisation steeply rises if temperature approaches the Curie temperature. The magnetisation is measured for some Co-based alloys in liquid state as function of alloy system and its concentration. The results show that the magnetic susceptibility of the liquid undercooled samples follows a Curie-Weiss behaviour, from which Curie temperature is inferred.


Pétrola Lake is a terminal lake located in the discharge zone of an endorheic basin. Terminal lakes may be responsible for a significant amount of recharge from evaporated saline water, increasing the salinity of the shallow groundwater. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the interaction between groundwater and saline water from Pétrola Lake in order to improve the knowledge of groundwater recharge processes by density-driven flow (DDF) in terminal lakes. To achieve this goal, hydrochemical (chloride concentration) and stable isotope (δ18O and δDH2O) data were used. The isotopic composition of 190 groundwater and surface water samples collected between September 2008 and July 2015 provide a regression line (δDH2O = 5.0·δ18O – 14.3‰, R2 = 0.95) consistent with dominant evaporation processes. In the basin, groundwater recharge is mainly produced by Atlantic-derived precipitation. In the lake, isotope data suggested that the loss of water occurred at humidity values between 60% and 75%. The saline boundary layer is formed at elevated salt concentrations. Leakage from the lake to the underlying aquifer would take place with salinities from 1.24 g/cm3 by means of the DDF. This study contributes to better understand the role of DDF in terminal lakes.


Rhabdochona rotundicaudatum n.sp. is described from hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus (Kirtland, 1841)), and a redescription of R. cascadilla Wigdor, 1918 from common shiner (Notropis cornutus Mitchill, 1817) is provided. Rhabdochona rotundicaudatum n.sp. most closely resembles Rhabdochona cascadilla, but is distinguished by the size and form of the right spicule and the form of the tail in both sexes. Rhabdochona rotundicaudatum n.sp. has a rounded tail tip whereas R. cascadilla has a pointed tail tip. Females of both species produce ovoidal eggs without filaments or floats. No other Rhabdochona species from North America have both a rounded tail tip and smooth eggs. Adult R. rotundicaudatum n.sp. were also recovered from a mayfly (Ephemeroptera). The occurrence of an adult spirurid nematode in an invertebrate is rare; adult spirurids are normally found only in vertebrate (definitive) hosts.


Source attribution and source sensitivity techniques are valuable tools for air quality planners to understand air quality model results and to design effective emissions control strategies. The author presents an innovative approach that adds to the extensive existing literature on these methods. However, as described below, it is not clear in the manuscript how this method differs from existing sensitivity methods and source attribution approaches. It is also unclear how this method would be used in an air quality planning context, so I recommend revisions to the manuscript to more clearly explain this path-integral method (PIM) and to illustrate its use in the air quality planning


The present work has the purpose of determining the force systems in α (horizontal force, M/F ratios) of the T and L shaped loops for the same vertical dimension (7mm), as well as for the same inter-bracket distance (13 mm). With five different pre-activation bends and two metallic alloys (stainless steel and titanium-molibdenum alloy TMA) with a section of 0,017"x 0,025" INTRODUCTION When the orthodontic device is activated, the clinician has control over three variables that determine the success of tooth movement. The first variable is the moment-force ratio (M/F); the second concerns the magnitude of the moment and the employed force, and the third, their constancy (Burstone, 2003). It is important that, when using an orthodontic appliance, the professional determines the force system it generates, it means have the notion of the magnitude of the forces and moments developed during its activation (Kuhlberg, 2003). The possibility to quantify, as well as to control M/F ratios in the brackets are the key for a controlled and predictable dental movement (Viecilli, 2006). Two hundred loops were submitted to the mechanical essay for each pre-activation ten loops were used (5), metallic alloy (stainless steel and titanium-molibdenum alloy TMA) and geometry (T and L shaped loops). The moment and horizontal force intensities were quantified using the OrthoMeasure Moment apparatus (Braun, 2002), the testing table and a digital comparator. The values were registered every 0,5mm of activation, with an initial activation of 1 mm and a final activation of 6mm. The data was statistically analysed using the ANOVA methodology for a significance level of 5%. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The results allowed us to conclude that there are statistically significant average differences according to the pre-activation in all kinds of loops [TMA L (fig.1), and T (fig. 2), steel L and T] at strength and ratio M/F levels. Fig. 1 L loop Fig. 2 ~T loop Porto/Portugal, 22-27 July 2012 2 As to what concerns force, L loops registered higher values than T loops (fig. 3) and the influence from pre-activation of force localization was confirmed. Also for M/F ratios, T loops registered higher values than L loops. In the absence of pre-activations, the TMA loops presented higher values than steel loops, the maximum registered level being inferior to the vertical dimension of the loop (fig. 4). In the loops without pre-activation, an augmentation on the M/F ratio was demonstrated through an activation augmentation, an opposite was assessed in pre-activated loops. Activacao (mm) 6,0 5,5 5,0 4,5 4,0 3,5 3,0 2,5 2,0 1,5 1,0 9 5 % C I F o rc a ( g ) 400


The present invention relates to electro-mechanical rubbing friction shock absorbers used in the washing machine to rotate about a horizontal axis washing drum. Electromechanical friction Friction shock absorbers (10, 11) has at least one cylindrical friction shock absorber piston (26); Surrounding the shock absorber piston 26, the piston 26 and the operation moves to enable expansion and contraction along the axis (X) and at least one shock absorber body 18 which supports the piston 26 from the end of; containing that the sliding surface (39, 40) via the shock absorber is provided in the gap (34, 3S) formed in the body 18 surrounds the piston 26 the body is moved in the working axis (X), such as 18 at least one brake shoe 23, a brake shoe (23) inside the retainer level 37. the shock absorber 26 is positioned on the outside surface along the working axis (X), the brake shoe 23 is fixed with the at least one friction member 30, and the shock absorber piston (26) and does not contact to support the shock absorber body 18 at least 1 to prevent the friction member 30 to be displaced from the body 18 It characterized in that it comprises a lock ring (36). According to the electro-mechanical friction shock absorber of the present invention, the dynamics of the drum washing machine is a full real-time control in accordance with the amount, load imbalance, the spin speed and momentum of the drum as a result of these parameters of the laundry drum according thereto.


This paper presentsan analysisof increased diversity in geneticprogramming. A selectionstrategy basedon geneticlineagesis usedto increasegeneticdiversity. A geneticlineageis definedasthe path fr om an individual to individuals which werecreatedfr om its genetic material. The method is applied to thr eeproblem domains: Artificial Ant, Even-5-Parity and symbolic regressionof the Binomial-3 function. Weexaminehow increaseddiversity affectsproblemsdiffer ently and draw conclusionsabout the typesof diversity which are more important for each problem. Results indicate that diversity in the Ant problem helpsto overcomedeception, while elitism in combination with diversity is lik ely to benefit the Parity and regressionproblems.


Growing-season prescribed fire effects on nest success, nest survival, poult survival, and nest and ground-roost site selection of eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) were investigated on 2 southwestern Georgia sites of predominantly pine and pine-hardwood forests—the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center and Silver Lake Wildlife Management Area. Of 52 nests 11.5% were lost to fire, and nest survival rates indicated those nests would have likely been successful otherwise. However, 75% of affected females renested, thus mitigating negative fire effects. Fire had a minimal impact (4%) on poult survival. Nests had less canopy cover and greater woody ground cover and minimum vegetation height, and ground-roosts were located farther from mature pine stands than random sites. Rotating, small-scale, growing-season fires should promote habitat improvement while offsetting nest losses. Maintaining open areas within and around Southeastern U.S. pine and pine-hardwood forests should enhance understory growth for nest and ground-roost cover. INDEX WORDS: eastern wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo silvestris, Mayfield daily nest survival, nest success, poult survival, nest site selection, ground-roost site selection, growing-season prescribed fire EFFECTS OF GROWING-SEASON PRESCRIBED FIRE ON EASTERN WILD TURKEY (MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO SILVESTRIS) NEST SUCCESS AND POULT SURVIVAL IN SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA


Research-and-development activity related to development of high-performance grain combine equipped with axial and rotatory trashing and separating device have been analyzed. Experience of working on it was used at development of TORUM-740 combine.


The bioactive lysophospholipid sphingosine‐1‐phosphate (S1P) is best known for its activity as T‐cell‐active chemoattractant regulating the egress of T cells from the lymph node and, consequently, the availability of T cells for migration into peripheral tissues. This physiological role of S1P is exploited by the drug fingolimod, a first‐line therapy for multiple sclerosis, which "detains" T cells in the lymph nodes. In recent year, it has been elucidated that S1P exerts regulatory functions far beyond T‐cell egress from the lymph node. Thus, it additionally regulates, among others, homing of several immune cell populations into peripheral tissues under inflammatory conditions. In addition, evidence, mostly derived from mouse models, has accumulated that S1P may be involved in the pathogenesis of several inflammatory skin disorder and that S1P receptor modulators applied topically are effective in treating skin diseases. These recent developments highlight the pharmacological modulation of the S1P/S1P receptor system as a potential new therapeutic strategy for a plethora of inflammatory skin diseases. The impact of S1P receptor modulation on inflammatory skin diseases next requires testing in human patients.


OBJECTIVES
The objective of this study was to assess the quality of pain control and outcomes in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) over a period of 96 hours preimplementation of a cardiac enhanced recovery after surgery (C-ERAS) protocol compared with postimplementation.

DESIGN
Single-center, retrospective cohort study.

SETTING
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital.

PARTICIPANTS
Patients ≥18 years of age who underwent CABG surgery and received perioperative pain management pre- and post-C-ERAS protocol implementation at admission to Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital.

INTERVENTIONS
A hospital C-ERAS protocol that included a multimodal analgesia approach to postoperative pain management.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS
The primary outcome was the amount of opioid used measured in morphine milligram equivalents (MME) within 96 hours postoperatively. A total of 146 charts were reviewed, with 133 included (66 pre-C-ERAS and 67 post-C-ERAS). There was a significant reduction in median MMEs 96 hours postoperatively post-C-ERAS (98 [52-135] v 211 [130-290], p < 0.001). Additionally, a significant reduction in median MMEs was observed post-C-ERAS before (65 [43-100] v 129 [95-165], p < 0.001) and after (10 [0-40] v 68 [21-141], p < 0.001) chest tube removal and for the entire prescription at discharge (0 [0-109] v 90 [0-210], p = 0.005).

CONCLUSIONS
Implementing a C-ERAS protocol within a CABG surgery patient population reduced the amount of MME.


Aortopulmonary window with subaortic stenosis and ventricular septal defect is an uncommon congenital cardiac malformation that is repaired using cardiopulmonary bypass. The authors describe a 3-year-old patient on whom we performed surgery through a minimal right vertical infra-axillary thoracotomy. This minimally invasive surgery is likely to be applicable in a few cases.


Abstract The effects of inorganic and/or organic (glucose+AAs) inputs on phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria were assessed, using a microcosm approach, in two contrasting marine environments: an open ocean oligotrophic site (North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre) and a highly productive coastal embayment (Ría de Vigo, NW Spain). Overall, changes in microbial plankton biomass were smaller than those of metabolic rates. The largest increases in primary production, bacterial production and community respiration were measured in response to mixed ( ) nutrient additions in both sites. Primary production responded to additions only in oligotrophic waters. The distinct autotrophic responses to nutrient additions measured in these environments were related to the different initial composition of phytoplankton populations and, presumably, also to differences in grazing pressures in both marine ecosystems. Heterotrophic bacteria were limited by organic substrates in both ecosystems, although mixed additions further enhanced bacterial growth in the subtropical gyre. The differences detected in bacterial responses to nutrient additions may be related to differences in nutrient limitations and to the prevalence of different relationships between components of the microbial food web (e.g. coupling between heterotrophic bacteria and phytoplankton and predation pressure) in both environments. We found a more relevant role of inorganic nutrients in controlling the efficiency of bacterial growth in oligotrophic regions as compared with highly productive systems. Our results suggest that organic matter inputs into both ecosystems might result in a tendency towards heterotrophy and in increases in bacterial growth efficiency.


Beta-FeOOH (akaganeite) particles are usually precipitated by slow or forced hydrolysis of FeCl3 solutions. Alpha-Fe2O3 particles can also be formed in dependence on FeCl3 concentration. In the present work we focused on the on the formation of beta-FeOOH by forced hydrolysis of 0.1 or 0.01 M FeCl3 solutions containing different contents of HCl. The presence of alfa-FeOOH, beta-FeOOH and alpha-Fe2O3 phases was observed, whereas exact phase composition depended on the concentration of HCl and time of Fe3+ hydrolysis. Size and shape of the particles were monitored by electron microscopy. beta-FeOOH particles, used in the investigation of their thermal decomposition in air, were prepared by a forced hydrolysis of the 0.1 M FeCl3 + 5x10-3 M HCl solution, whereas sulfated beta-FeOOH particles were prepared by forced hydrolysis of the 0.1 M FeCl3 solution containing 5x10-3 M quinine hydrogen sulfate (QHS). Beta-FeOOH particles, as well as sulfated beta-FeOOH particles, were thermally treated up to 600 oC. The samples were characterized using DTA, XRD, FT-IR and TEM. Beta-FeOOH particles showed a cigar-type morphology, whereas the bundles of beta-FeOOH needles were obtained in the presence of QHS. Heating of beta-FeOOH particles at 300 oC and above yielded alpha-Fe2O3 particles. Specific adsorption of sulfate groups showed a strong effect on the thermal decomposition of beta-FeOOH particles. Upon heating of sulfated particles between 300 and 500 oC the formation of an amorphous phase and a small fraction of alpha-Fe2O3 were observed. Needle-like morphology of amorphous particles in these samples was preserved. At 600 oC, alpha-Fe2O3 particles were obtained ; however, they were much smaller than those obtained by heating a pure beta-FeOOH.


The asymmetric unit of title compound, C7H6N2O4, contains two molecules, one of which has a disordered nitro group with an occupancy ratio of 0.517 (9):0.483 (9) for the O atoms. Both molecules contain an intramolecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond. In the crystal, both molecules form inversion dimers linked by pairs of N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, resulting in R 2 2(8) ring motifs. The dimers are connected by further N—H⋯O links and weak C—H⋯O interactions, resulting in a layered motif.


Summary Using an in vitro CRF assay employing cultured rat adenohypophyseal cells from adrenalectomized female donors and ACTH measurement by radioimmunoassay, the distribution of corticotrophinreleasing factor (CRF) activity and immunoreactive ACTH within the hypothalamic-neurohypophyseal complex and cerebral cortex was compared in various mammalian species (rat, sheep, pig, dog, cattle and man). For all species studied the highest concentration of CRF activity was always in the hypophyseal stalk. ACTH concentration was higher in the pars nervosa of the posterior pituitary lobe than in the stalk or hypothalamic median eminence in rat, sheep, cattle, and man, whereas in the pig and dog ACTH concentration was higher in the stalk than in the pars nervosa or median eminence.


Provided to control access to resources, such as sites, articles, data, information, payment identification system device or actions privileges. The system comprises one or more items (100,202,310), each containing an electronic tag (102,204,306); reading means (106); and a data system (108). Electronic tag (102,204,306) stored by the reading means (106) for reading the identification data from the data processing system (108) (104). Identification system further comprises means for registration to one or more electronic tags (102,204,306) registered identification data (212, 312) set. When at least one article (100,202,310) of the user (200, 300) with an electronic identification tag registration data having receiving (212,312) a (102,204,306), the user (200, 300) They are allowed to access the resource.


The spittlebug Mahanarva spectabilis (Distant, 1909) is considered the main and most limiting pest of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.), and has caused economic losses to Brazilian farmers. In this study, we evaluated the insecticidal effects of aqueous extracts of garlic, rue, cinnamon, lemongrass, clove, star anise, eucalyptus, tobacco, and thyme on M. spectabilis nymphs. The results indicated that the tobacco extract was the most effective among all extracts, as it reached a mortality of 76%. The next most effective was star anise extract and cinnamon extract was the least effective. In the second stage of tests, we evaluated the insecticidal potential of five concentrations of tobacco extract. The values of LD50 and LD90 calculated for aqueous tobacco extract were, respectively, 11.5% and 33.3% 24 h after application, and 9.2% and 29.5% 48 h after application. We also evaluated different methods of extraction, through comparative tests, and the methods of infusion and decoction proved to be equivalent to those of the method of extraction by ultrasound. We conclude that among the nine aqueous plant extracts tested, tobacco extract was the only one recommended against M. spectabilis, as it showed insecticidal activity, with better results at a concentration of 25%, and with extraction by infusion and decoction.


Nowadays, the mode of "one building for all services" has been adopted by general China's local governments and many Government Service Centers (GSC) were established, this shows the sinicization of one-stop government. The establishment of China's GSC is the outcome of the reform of administrative approval, the establishment of service-oriented government and the e-Government. Its main target is to realize one-stop approval. By analyzing the condition of the reality and perusing the ideal, this thesis discusses the perspectives of one-stop government as well as the case of the GSC of the People's Government of Jilin Province and explores some barriers to the ideal of one-stop approval in local governments of China.


The synthesis of novel aryl spiroketals, which contain a similar substitution pattern to that present in the antifungal agents the papulacandins, is described. Thus, spiroketal (7) was obtained from acid-catalysed cyclization of the keto alcohol (13), and spiroketal (8) was obtained from acid-catalysed cyclization of keto alcohols (12) and (19). Keto alcohols (12), (13) and (19) in turn were prepared by ortho-directed lithiation of amides (10), (11) and oxazoline (17) respectively, followed by reaction with δ-valerolactone. Substitution of the aromatic ring occurred at the sterically hindered position ortho to both the methoxy and ortho-directing metalation group. In an alternative approach to the synthesis of the desired spiroketals, two palladium(0)-catalysed coupling strategies were examined. The Stille coupling between the aryl stannane (24) and iodoglucal (25) resulted in a low yield of the aryl C-glycoside (21). Likewise, a low yield for the same coupled product (21) was achieved by a Suzuki coupling between the arylboronic acid (26) and iodoglucal (25).


Abstract In the population, the knowledge of the law is at best fragmentary. It takes law students years to handle the law properly. How is the law nonetheless able to govern people's lives? To find an explanation, this paper draws on neurobiology, developmental psychology, and the psychology of learning. Typically, the law reaches its addressees indirectly. The law is not followed, it is learned. There are two learning objects. In childhood, individuals acquire normative proficiency, i.e. the ability to handle normative expectations. This procedural knowledge is gradually filled with the declarative knowledge of individual normative expectations of legal origin. If the law changes, through secondary learning, individuals must acquire new normative expectations. To that end, some intermediary must translate the new rule into a more contextualized social mirror rule. If changes are fundamental, as after the fall of the iron curtain, individuals must also learn new ways to handle normative expectations.


BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Anagrelide is a drug effective in reducing platelet counts in Essential Thrombocythemia (ET) and Ph1-negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the real-life use of anagrelide in ET patients followed over 25 years at the Haematological Institutes belonging to "Ph1-negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Latium Group".

PATIENTS AND METHODS
Eligibility criteria were: diagnosis of ET and treatment with anagrelide. Data were collected through an ad hoc case report form.

RESULTS
150 patients received anagrelide for a median time of 7.4 years (0.1-23.2). Anagrelide was administered as first-line therapy in 34.7% of patients, as second-line in 52% and as third-line in 13.3%: 85.4% responded to therapy. Sixty-eight/136 evaluable patients reported side effects: palpitations, peripheral vasodilation, anaemia, diarrhoea and gastric distress. Fourteen thrombotic (arterial 10, venous 4) and 51 bleeding events (minor 48, major 3) occurred. Sixteen/150 (10.6%) patients developed secondary myelofibrosis and 3/150 (2%) an acute myeloid leukaemia.

CONCLUSIONS
In our experience, anagrelide is an effective drug in reducing platelet levels in a high percentage of ET patients. It is especially addressed to younger people. A careful assessment of the thrombotic risk and monitoring of cardiac function, at diagnosis and during follow-up, is mandatory.


This study proposes the concept of Analytic Hierarchy Processing (AHP) on the market of active substances used in treatment of HIV and checks the control factors and criteria interconnection and implements Random Forest forecasting model. The new method must help to improve the management decision-making process in the fields of healthcare government budget planning. It has become a prime concern for understanding and comparing of publicly available information with internal market data and the consequences of companies` and government`s actions in choosing the best approach for correct construction of to reduce HIV incidence in Russia. The paper develops the forecasting model of one of the parameters, which has a substantial role in decision-making process. The medication market data in this study represents the cumulative daily concluded contracts, used in treatment of HIV in Russia, the level of HIV incidence (yearly) and federal budget on healthcare (yearly). The proposed approach have more than 82% average accuracy at predicting the sum of medication contract prices at the 3-year time period. The received figures are effective in predicting the factors` behavior in future. It can be used for improved modulation of AHP and consequently, the overall accuracy of the model structure.


Exometabolomics is an approach to assess how microorganisms alter their environments through the depletion and secretion of chemical compounds. Comparisons of inoculated with uninoculated media can be used to provide direct biochemical observations on depleted and secreted metabolites which can be used to predict resource competition, cross-feeding and secondary metabolite production in microbial isolates and communities. This approach is most powerful when used with defined media that enable tracking of all depleted metabolites. However, microbial growth media have traditionally been developed for the isolation and growth of microorganisms but not metabolite utilization profiling through LC-MS/MS. Here, we describe the construction of a defined medium, the Northen Lab Defined Medium (NLDM), that not only supports the growth of diverse bacteria but is defined and therefore suited for exometabolomic experiments. Metabolites included in NLDM were selected based on their presence in R2A medium and soil, elemental stoichiometry requirements, as well as knowledge of metabolite usage by different bacteria. We found that NLDM supported the growth of 53 phylogenetically diverse soil bacterial isolates and all of its metabolites were trackable through LC–MS/MS analysis. These results demonstrate the viability and utility of the constructed NLDM medium for cultivating and characterizing diverse microbial isolates and communities. Originality-Significance Statement We build a defined medium based on the metabolite composition of R2A medium and soil, elemental stoichiometry requirements, and knowledge of metabolite usage by different bacteria. The newly formulated defined medium was evaluated on its ability to support the growth of soil isolates and its application for metabolite utilization profiling. We found that of 53 phylogenetically diverse soil bacterial isolates grew on the defined medium and all of its metabolites were trackable through LC–MS/MS analysis. This demonstrates the viability and utility of the constructed defined medium for cultivating and characterizing diverse microbial isolates and communities.


Agile software projects are characterized by iterative and incremental development, accommodation of changes and active customer participation. The process is driven by creating business value for the client, assuming that the client (i) is aware of it, and (ii) is capable to estimate the business value, associated with the separate features of the system to be implemented. This paper is focused on the complementary use of measurement techniques and concepts of real-option-analysis to assist clients in assessing and comparing alternative sets of requirements. Our overall objective is to provide systematic support to clients for the decision-making process on what to implement in each iteration. The design of our approach is justified by using empirical data, published earlier by other authors.


The enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) is a major autoantigen in insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). To study T‐cell reactivity towards GAD, peripheral blood leucocytes from seven patients with IDDM and five control subjects were stimulated in vitro with recombinant GAD. All diabetics studied were heterozygous for diabetes‐associated HLA alleles, i. e. HLA‐DRB1*03, *04‐DQBl*0302, *0201. A single IDDM subject (no. GAD65.05) revealed a strong response against GAD65. After stimulation, his T‐cell receptor β (TCRBV) usage was found to be oligoclonal. The sequence analysis of the putative peptide binding region of the T‐cell receptor (CDR3 region) of 37 GAD‐reactive T‐cell clones revealed no common CDR3 motif. The stimulation of GAD‐reactive T‐cells could be inhibited with anti‐class II monoclonal antibodies, indicating a class II restricted T‐cell response. In addition, GAD65‐responsive T‐cells revealed a Thl cytokine response pattern. The author's data suggest that GAD‐reactive T‐cells of Thl phenotype can be obtained after in vitro stimulation of peripheral blood leucocytes from an HLA‐DRBl*03/*04 heterozygous IDDM patient. The lack of a common CDR3 motif suggests the absence of an immunodominant T‐cell epitope in that patient, or may indicate receptor repertoire spreading of peripheral T‐lymphocytes.


This paper analyzes characteristics of environmental geotechnical engineering on Changsha subway line No.1,the paper explores main geotechnical engineering problems resulting from subway construction,puts forward effective control countermeasures in light of major environmental geotechnical engineering,with a view to ensure the subway construction safety operation,as well as to protect urban ecological environment balance.


*AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:-
1) Alteration in the level of Serum Sodium,Potassium and Chloride in hepatic encephalopathy.
2) Correlation of these levels with severity of hepatic encephalopathy due to various causes.
3) The role of Serum Sodium,Potassium and Chloride as a predictor for grading of severity of hepatic encephalopathy.
*STUDY-DESIGN:- Prospective observation study
(a) Inclusion criteria:-
All children with clinical and biochemical evidence of liver dysfunction having neuropsychiatric changes were
included.
(b) Exclusion criteria:-
Cases with meningioencephalitis and other cases of encephalopathy will be excluded.
* SETTING:-
Upgraded department of Paediatrics,PMCH,Patna.
*STUDY GROUP:- All children with hepatic encephalopathy, they were admitted in paediatrics ward of Patna Medical
College and Hospital,Patna,during the period of Jan 2018 to Dec-2019.
*PLAN FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS:-
Statistical analysis was done by using Descriptive Statistics,Standard Deviation,Standard Error of Mean and using SPSS
Software .


In this work, calcium carbonate derived from eggshell, in a form of eggshell powder (ESP) with an average particle size of 13.96 μm, was used as bio-reinforcing filler for poly (butylene succinate), (PBS). The effect of ESP content on mechanical, thermal, and morphological properties of ESP filled PBS was investigated. The ESP/PBS composites were prepared at various ESP contents of 10, 20, 30 and 40 wt.%. It was found that incorporation of ESP into PBS matrix resulted in an improvement of Youngs modulus but it resulted in a decrease of tensile stress at break, yield strength and impact strength of the composite. In addition, increasing ESP content did not significantly influence decomposition temperature and melting temperature of PBS matrix. On the other hand, with increasing ESP content, crystallization temperature of the composite decreased but degree of crystallinity increased. Fracture surface morphology of the PBS composites obtained from scanning electron microscope indicated agglomeration and poor distribution of ESP within the composite matrix. Partial adhesion between ESP surface and PBS matrix was observed as well.


We demonstrate a wavelength converter based on CW-triggered picosecond supercontinuum (SC), with significantly enhanced spectrum over 300-nm. While error-free operations are obtained for wavelength converted signals from 1510 to 1615 nm. © 2012 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (190.0190) Nonlinear optics; (320.6629) Supercontinuum generation; (230.7405) Wavelength conversion devices.


Nowadays the issues of labor costs are the most relevant in Russia. In the context of the spread of coronavirus infection, this issue became even more significant in healthcare. Even before the pandemic, our country was actively improving the legal framework in the field of healthcare as the basis for the formation of a competent system for the remuneration of medical workers. At the federal level, the decisions are being made to increase the level of wages of medical workers, as well as to determine the optimal structure of the wage fund. In addition, the underdevelopment of the regulatory system in the field of health is revealed. In these conditions, accounting serves as the main provider of information and a source for the analysis of the transformations taking place in medical institutions regarding wages. The authors examined the stages of development of legislation on the remuneration of medical workers and substantiated the need to clarify such concepts as analytical and synthetic accounting in order to calculate remuneration. In addition, the article discusses the features of wage accounting and its documenting in the healthcare system as one of the varieties of


Intraday electricity trading on the continuous intraday market of EPEX SPOT is particularly well suited for the rebalancing of energy production. We analyzed the volatility and dispersion of individual hourly contracts, taking into account the particularities of the market, due to which the standard volatility measure from financial time series cannot be applied. We used and analyzed five measures for price fluctuations, which turned out to be similarly well suited for electricity contracts, with small differences. We then identified fundamental drivers of price fluctuations: the relative share of wind in the overall mix increased dispersion. In addition, price dispersion was positively correlated with the traded volume as well as the absolute difference between the day-ahead auction price and the volume-weighted intraday price. We furthermore analyzed the timely structure of price fluctuations to identify forecast indicators for a contract's peak trading hour before maturity, finding that trading-related variables are more important to forecast price fluctuations than fundamental factors. With lagged realizations and additional external drivers, forecast regressions reached an adjusted R2 of 0.479 for volatility and around 0.3 for the dispersion measures.


The aims of the study were to (1) compare two generic health locus of control measures and (2) examine the relationship between locus of control and self-reported severity of vertiginous symptoms. One hundred and six patients attending a tertiary neuro-otology clinic completed a booklet of questionnaires at time-point one and then approximately 1 year later. The questionnaires examined symptoms of vertigo and dizziness and also included two measures of locus of control (the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale and the Recovery Locus of Control Scale). The patients scored higher on the 'chance' locus of control subscale than the 'internal' or 'professional others' subscales. Hierarchical multiple regression revealed that internal locus of control (measured on the Recovery Locus of Control Scale) was a significant predictor of change in self-reported severity of symptoms. The findings have important implications for information provision, as it is imperative to ensure that patients are aware that they can affect their recovery by remaining active and following rehabilitation exercises where necessary.


This work introduces a novel method for real-time measurement of the thermal conductivity and heat capacity of nanoliter-scale liquid samples. The device uses a micromachined thermal sensor composed of a microchannel and a thin-film probe. The method, based on the 3w technique, employs a multiparameter-fitting scheme to determine the thermal properties with numerical computation of heat transfer. The results demonstrate that the sensor can measure the thermal conductivity and heat capacity of 12 nl samples simultaneously. Furthermore, real-time thermal characterization of fluid samples flowing in a microchannel has been demonstrated, manifesting strong potential of the proposed technique as an in-situ probe in various microfluidic applications.


The Bose-Hubbard hamiltonian will be introduced and justified as an effective description of some relevant physical systems (dilute alkali gases in optical lattices, arrays of Josephson junctions). I will also show a mean field theory solution and the resulting phase diagram. Finally, I will describe in detail one of the more important experiments with an optical lattice of Rb atoms. 1. The Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian The Bose-Hubbard hamiltonian is an effective hamiltonian that resides on a lattice ([1], [2]). It is given by


The invention provides a method for treating and/or preventing a wide scope of vaginal and vulval infections, such as those caused by bacteria, parasites or yeasts, by administering gallic acid to a subject in need of treatment. A composition containing gallic acid for treating vaginal infections is also disclosed. It has been found that gallic acid is capable of selectively inhibiting the growth of Trichomonas vaginalis, a parasite that causes trichomonas vaginitis; Gardnerella vaginalis, a bacterium that causes bacterial vaginosis; and Candida albicans, a yeast that causes candidiasis and vulvitis; while not inhibiting the growth of Lactobacillus acidophilus, the dominant bacteria in a healthy vaginal ecosystem. Gallic acid is safe and cost-effective, and can be used alone or incorporated into different vaginal health products to treat and/or prevent vaginal infections.


Viscoelastic dissipation through stress relaxation decreases during the first weeks after birth in the piglet's lungs (J. Appl. Physiol. 73: 1297–1309, 1992). To characterize the mechanism of this ...


The potential energy surfaces associated with the triplet electronic state of the Ir(ppz)3 and Ir(ppy)3 cyclometalated complexes, respectively, are calculated using density functional theory [where...


The mangrove sediment from the Mae Klong River (MK) and Klong Khon Canal (KK) revealed the microplastics contamination in the Mae Klong Estuary environment. Microplastic analyses were analyzed by using ZnCl2 density separation and H2O2 digestion process. The average concentrations of microplastic was 580 and 1690 items kg-1 dry weight in the samples from MK and KK. MK sediment contained more coarse grain than KK sediment. The lower microplastic concentration in MK was mainly related to the runoff through the sea. In contrast, the abundant microplastic in KK was possibly caused by the low transportation energy of sediment in the tidal flat that associated with deposition of fine grain. In addition, the microplastics were mainly polyester fiber originating from laundry processes or transport from the vicinity. The contamination in mangrove sediment in this study may encourage communities and the government to be more aware of waste management.


The crisis of the 1980s was preceded in Peru by five years of economic stagnation which accentuated its effects. Gross investment fell sharply, as did industrial and farm production and construction. However, this fall was due mainly to activities connected with domestic demand, for activities responding to the international market did not have the same results.


The development of L-band array antenna with side lobe level (SLL) suppression is presented using binomial power distribution. The antenna which is fed using proximity coupling technique is intended to work at 1.27GHz for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) application. The array antenna is designed on 2 layers of FR4 epoxy dielectric substrates in which the thickness of each dielectric substrate is 0.8mm. It consists of five microstrip patches deployed on the top side of first layer of dielectric substrate. To show the potentiality in SLL suppression, an L-band array antenna with uniform power distribution is also characterized. From the result, it shows that the SLL of proposed array antenna is around 29dB at the frequency of 1.27GHz in which this is 14dB down from the SLL of array antenna with uniform power distribution. It proves that the array antenna designed by using binomial power distribution with Pascal coefficient is more effective for SAR application compared to the uniform power distribution.


1. A method of accessing accounts messages on the user device, the method comprising: providing a plurality of accounts at the user communications device, wherein the plurality of account records messages includes at least a first account and a second account messages record messages; receiving data input by the user with a choice of the first messaging account and the second messaging account, the first account is associated messages and second messages account for at building the first combined message window; and displaying a message box first combined in the form of a list of messages from both the first messaging account, as well as from the second soobscheniy.2 account. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first and second accounts messages are one of the following: e-mail account, the account text messages box input messages or social networking account Instant soobscheniy.3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of accounts messages includes account third and fourth messages accounting record messages, further comprising the step of displaying the second combined message window as the list of messages from both the third message account, so and from the fourth soobscheniy.4 account. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of providing an interface that provides the opportunity to select the first account posts and second posts account from the accounts list soobscheniy.5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first account MESSAGE


The Bormida river basin is a strongly polluted rural area in North West Italy. The contamination has been caused by a chemical plant operating locally from 1892 to 1997 with ensuing heavy consequences on agriculture, animal life and human health. In the last few years, there has been an attempt to remove hazardous waste and improve the conditions of the site. We have employed a method based on high-resolution visible and infrared satellite images, which is able to assess the environmental impact of water contamination, with the aim of monitoring river banks. This method quantifies the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) on crops located close to the river using remote-sensed data. In this way it is possible to assess the spatial and temporal progression of land contamination and thus to be able to have an understanding of how much the interventions aimed at improving the situation were effective. The results obtained show that it is possible to assess the influence of water pollution along the entire valley: consequences are clearly visible up to 60 km downstream because of the great amounts of pollutants having been discharged. This method has been tested using Quickbird imagery (spatial resolution ~ 2.4 m/pixel) and has been validated comparing the results with chemical measurements.


Harian Fajar is one of the companies engaged in the mass media, in conducting its activities are faced with tough competition today in the print media world. Activities are no less importance than the search and presentation of news are quality sales and promotional activities as well, this is due to the sale of the newspaper as a product of the company's print media would be a size that the product is accepted or not by the public. Research results by using the matrix approach allows the Harian Fajar exploit as fully as possible the strength factors that he has and simultaneously seeks to eliminate or at least reduce the negative impact of the various weaknesses. Harian Fajar has a potential market share in Makassar and Sumatra region in general. From the result of SWOT analysis obtained fthat the position of growth (growth) located in quadrant I, it means that Harian Fajar still has an opportunity. Thus suggested that improving customer service systems such as providing convenience for customers by providing a subscribe form on the website or certain places that have become corporate relations, facilitate customer complaint grievance procedures as an example to provide a special line to complaints some complaints for 24 hours.


Professor Adelman's virtuosic contributions to this subject over a decade or more have now been validated by the marketplace. Currently July, 1986 spot crude oil prices are $7.50 in the Middle East, less than $10 in the North Sea, and $1 1$12 in the United States. In real terms of 1958-1960, when U.S. import quotas were imposed and OPEC came into being, the Middle East price is once again about $2 per barrel. Again, as Adelman says, reserves and offtake doubled in the 1960s when real oil prices actually fell, but both have stagnated under high prices during 1974-1985. Now, with crude prices halved in under six months (Middle East spot crude prices are as much as 80 percent below their peak after the fall of the Shah), he invites us to consider a return to expansion. By 1995, OPEC and Mexico would have developed a production capacity of 70mbd, 75 percent of this in the Middle East.


238U,of which abundance is almost 95%,is one of the most important isotopes of the spent nuclear fuel.The study of neutron-induced 238U fission is in favor of the cycle processing of the spent fuel.Based on the microscopic and phenomenological approach,the pre-neutron-emission mass distributions of neutron-induced 238U fission at incident energies from 0.9 to 60 MeV have been studied with the fission potential theory proposed in previous paper.The calculated results could well reproduce the experimental data,and are even better than that of the famous TALYS code at intermediate energies.The results can also reasonably predict the distributions at the vibrational resonances,and the deviation between the experimental and the theoretical data is also analyzed.


Beijing is the most ST intensive area in China. How the new technology is diffused in other regions of China reflects the role of Beiing in national innovation system and the absolving capacity f the regions. Based on the data of regions and ownerships of the company, we find that capability of firm, regional closeness, the degree of ST resources and finally the willingness of cooperation are the most important factors for technology diffusion.


Abstract Increased transport of nutrients such as glucose, across the placenta, has been linked to abnormal fetal growth and pregnancy complications in obese non-diabetic mothers (1); however, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We hypothesized that in placenta, the metabolic and nutrient sensor O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT), highly sensitive to glucose flux through the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP), responds to maternal obesogenic environment by increasing O-GlcNAc post-translational modification of nucleocytoplasmic proteins in the placenta altering fetal growth trajectories. Tissue biopsies were isolated from placentas collected at term from 26 non-diabetic mothers alongside routine biochemistry and anthropometric data (maternal fasting glucose, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), early pregnancy body weight (BMI) and birth weight). OGT and glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) protein expression as well as tissue levels of O-GlcNAcylation were determined by immunoblotting using specific antibodies. The BeWo choriocarcinoma cell line was also used as an in vitro model of trophoblast to test the effect of high glucose and GLUT1 silencing on the OGT activity by immunoblotting. Maternal BMI was positively correlated to birth weight centile (BWC) (p=0.0130, R2=0.231), maternal fasting glucose (p=0.0177, R2=0.221) and HbA1c levels (p= 0.0156, R2=0.229) as well as placental OGT protein expression (p=0.0294, R2=0.183). The latter was positively associated to the levels of protein O-GlcNAcylation (p=0.0023, R2=0.326). Interestingly, GLUT1 protein levels were positively correlated to BWC (p=0.0056, R2=0.279) and strongly correlated to protein O-GlcNAcylation (p<0.0001, R2=0.507), suggesting an increase in the placental flux of glucose. In agreement with findings in placenta biopsies, in BeWo cells total protein O-GlcNAcylation levels were altered by cell exposure to different glucose levels (5 mM vs 15 mM, p<0.01). This was prevented by downregulating OGT or GLUT1 expression (p<0.001) using gene silencing. In addition, OGT protein levels were negatively associated to AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation (p=0.0005, R2=0.402) in placenta biopsies identifying a novel cross-talk between two placental nutrient sensors, OGT and AMPK, previously shown in other tissues (2). Accordingly, the silencing of OGT promoted the activation of AMPK (p<0.01) and its downstream target acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) (p<0.01) in BeWo cells, as demonstrated by increased phosphorylation of residues Thr172 and Ser79 for AMPK and ACC respectively. Such obesity-associated cross talk between metabolic and nutrient sensors might disrupt multiple cellular pathways involved in fetal development and growth. References: (1) Acosta et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Feb;212(2):227. (2) Bullen et al. J Biol Chem. 2014 Apr 11;289(15):10592-606.


Klaus Iohannis (or Johannis? Spelling does matter, in this case): Sibiu mayor, ethnic German, known to keep order in a nice town, a Transylvanian. It should not come as a surprise that the Hungarian minority voted for him. And yet, the whole picture is more complex: Sherrill Stroschein disentangles the riddle behind the Hungarian ethnic vote in Romania. To find out more about the Romanian elections, come to our panel debate on Monday, 1 December.


The quest for performant networks has been a significant force that drives the advancements of deep learning in recent years. While rewarding, improving network design has never been an easy journey. The large design space combined with the tremendous cost required for network training poses a major obstacle to this endeavor. In this work, we propose a new approach to this problem, namely, predicting the performance of a network before training, based on its architecture. Specifically, we develop a unified way to encode individual layers into vectors and bring them together to form an integrated description via LSTM. Taking advantage of the recurrent network's strong expressive power, this method can reliably predict the performances of various network architectures. Our empirical studies showed that it not only achieved accurate predictions but also produced consistent rankings across datasets -- a key desideratum in performance prediction.


Continuous development and improvements in pneumatic conveying techniques have provided a greater performance capability in terms of material types and conditions handled, power economy, and wear resisting qualities. It is intended to summarize these developments and to provide a guide of performance capability measurements that the practical engineer may like to consider before finalizing his requirement specifications.


volume change in drying. However, none of these above-mentioned classifications are based on the cation exchange capacity, which is a significant factor in the swelling potential of clayey soils. This study aims at deriving a relationship between the cation exchange capacity (CEC) and the liquid limit (LL) of clay soils. The liquid limit and CEC are both factors that control the swelling characteristics of the soils. It is generally believed that there is a relationship between the cation exchange capacity and the liquid limit, but the exact nature of this relationship has not yet been determined. The cation exchange capacity of the soils varies according to the type of clay minerals; it increases with an increasing content of expansive clay minerals. The liquid limit value increases correspondingly and is known to be particularly high for montmorillonite saturated with Li or Na. Regression analyses were performed to express the relationship between CEC and LL by using data from the laboratory tests, and a best-fit relation was chosen. Finally, by using the obtained relationship, a new classification and swelling potential chart was proposed.


As hyperspectral imagery is becoming more available, it is necessary to evaluate its potential for crop monitoring
and precision agriculture applications. In this study, airborne hyperspectral imagery was examined for estimating grain sorghum
(Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) yield variability as compared with yield monitor data. Hyperspectral images containing
128 spectral bands in the visible to near-infrared region were acquired using an airborne hyperspectral imaging system from
two grain sorghum fields during the 2000 growing season, and yield data were collected from the two fields using a yield
monitor. The raw hyperspectral images were geometrically corrected, georeferenced, and resampled to 1 m resolution, and
the raw digital numbers were converted to reflectance. The calibrated image data were then aggregated into images with a
cell size of 9 m, close to the combine's effective cutting width. Correlation analysis showed that grain yield was significantly
related to the image data for all the bands except for a few in the transitional range from the red to the near-infrared region.
Principal component analysis indicated that the first few principal components of the hyperspectral images accounted for
99% of variability in the image data. Stepwise regression analysis based on the first ten principal components revealed that
five significant components explained 68% and 80% of the variability in grain yield for fields 1 and 2, respectively. Stepwise
regression analysis performed directly on the yield and hyperspectral data identified four optimum bands for field 1 and seven
for field 2. The best four-band combination accounted for 69% of the variability in yield for field 1, while the best seven-band
combination explained 82% of the variability for field 2. These results demonstrate that hyperspectral imagery can be a useful
remote sensing data source for crop yield estimation.


Introduction: Allergic contact dermatitis in Nepal is not an uncommon disorder. Patch testing is a well established method of diagnosing allergic contact dermatitis. Patients with contact dermatitis are well known to have impaired quality of life which often leads to frequent dermatological consultations. Objective: Lack of data from Nepal has prompted us to undertake this study with the aims to know the frequency of allergic contact dermatitis and the commonest contact allergens among the patients with Hand eczema attending the out-patient department of dermatology, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences and Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital. Material and Methods: A total of 256 patients were included in the study. Out of them 195 with hand eczema agreed to participate and undergo patch testing. The antigens used included the Indian standard series of patch test allergens approved by Contact and Occupational Dermatoses Forum of India. Results: Hundred and ten cases (56.4%) were patch test positive (PTP) at 48 as well as 96 hours to at least one allergen. PTP was seen more commonly in females. The most common allergen in females was nickel sulphate followed by cobalt chloride, gentamicin and mercapto mix while males were positive to potassium dichromate, followed by epoxy resin, fragrance mix and nickel sulphate. Conclusion: Patch testing has proved a useful tool for the detection of allergic contact dermatitis and for identification of contact allergens. When positive reactions correlate with environmental exposure the test usually assists the physician in establishing the cause of dermatitis, hence treating the patients and improving their quality of life. Nepal Journal of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, Vol.14(1) 2016, pp.14-17


The chapter discusses the preliminary evidence for the state of Vocational Education and Training (hereafter VET) for social entrepreneurship and organizations and especially for European Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). Drawing upon a European project, and gathering information from five countries; Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece and Italy, this study aims to demonstrate that educational programmes are encompassed among the necessary SSE support mechanisms in the EU's socio-economic framework. Moreover, this chapter shows that this connection between SSE and adult education is not coincidental, but is founded on the converging principles of these fields, as well as in their common belief in society's transformational potential. This evidence tends to fill a gap in the literature of European SSE given that it is a recent, under-researched subject in general and especially in linking it to VET. This is all the more important in view of ongoing crises (e.g. financial, COVID-19, environmental), which highlight that social economy perspectives can no longer abstain from the political agendas across the world.


The Biga Peninsula in northwest Turkey contains high-pressure metabasic eclogite that occur in two localities; as lenses within a 2 km long, 500 m thick quartz-phengite schist slice that is in turn found in the greenschist-facies metasedimentary rocks of the Çamlıca metamorphics, in Çamlıca area, and in two north-south elongated eclogites occurring as a tectonic slice between Kazdağ Massif and Çetmi Group, in Çetmi area. The P-T conditions under which these two exposures of eclogites formed are important to quantify the tectonic processes of subduction, exhumation and emplacement that high-pressure rocks of the Biga Peninsula record. New geochemical data suggest that both protoliths were N-type MORB basalt with high TiO2 and K2O–Na2O content and Nb/Y ratios. Most eclogite samples have tholeiitic signatures volcanic arc settings. ∑REE abundances range from 47.55 to 107.4 ppm. Europium anomalies are slightly variable (Eu/Eu* = 0.9–1.1) and trace element contents are similar to typical MORB based on tectonic discrimination diagrams. All eclogite protoliths were probably derived from depleted mantle source, modified by fluids within the subduction zone. The high-P mineral assemblage in eclogites from both regions is omphacite + garnet + glaucophane + phengite + epidote + zoisite + quartz. The inclusions in garnet are glaucophane, quartz, phengite, Ca-amphibole and rutile. P-T conditions are similar to each other and constrained at 550–700 °C and 16–24 kbar. Geochemical data and mineral chemistry indicate that the eclogites in the Biga Peninsula represent oceanic crust processed at significant depths (50–80 km) within the subduction channel and were juxtaposed with greenschist facies as a tectonic slice in the accretionary complex at higher structural levels.


This paper describes a new approach to assessing the uncertainty of flood forecasts based on quantile regression methods. Since I am not familiar with the hydrology literature, I found it initially strange to be doing forecast evaluation by conditioning observed levels s(t) on predicted levels, ŝ(t). (I'm used to generating forecasts conditional on prior observables.) But having once overcome this disciplinary obstacle, and realized that this was really a forecast evaluation exercise, it began to make more sense.


In this chapter we discuss the magnetoelectric property of BhFe40 9 which is widely seen as a byproduct during BiFeOa synthesis but seldom in majority phase. This is ascertained by undertaking magnetodielectric and ferroelectric measurements. A pronounced anomaly in dielectric constant (c) and an inverseS-shape anomaly in the loss tangent (tan8) are observed near the ~eel temperature (TN ""' 260 K) of this frustrated antiferromagnet. This feature shifts to higher temperature with the application of magnetic field. These anomalies are indicative of substantial coupling between the electric and magnetic orders in this compound.


State funding of trial courts mainly results from the court reform movement and local government's fiscal stress in the United States.It is not a monolithic concept but a manifold system,and varies in practice according to the scope of assumption and the method of funding.Most states funding systems would strengthen the state Supreme Court's administrative power at the same time.Since the reform is based on the model of hierarchy,the financial system after sate funding falls into the dilemma of bureaucracy.Funding systems of American State trial courts illuminates China's reform that funding entity should shift up,but the central government should not burden all,the provincial finance also should be responsible for the court's funds,and China's systems must cope with the bureaucratic problem.


Interpersonal communication is a dynamic, complex process, and is conditioned by many factors, among which one of the most important roles is played by the personality of interaction partners. The article presents results of research on the influence of extraversion and emotional intelligence on selected aspects of communication when the process is mediated by the Internet. The study involved young adults (N = 51) aged 21–27 (M = 24.27; SD = 1.65; Md = 24), mostly women (Nk = 26; K/M = 1.08), who responded to the invitation to the study published on Facebook. The survey was conducted in the period from December 2019 to February 2020, through Messenger and GoogleForms to collect the results in personality questionnaires. On the basis of the correlation coefficients obtained, it can be assumed that the level of extraversion (r = .397, p = .002; r = 414, p < .001 and the level of emotional intelligence (r = .331, p = .009; r = .411, p < .001) may be responsible for the expression of emotions and productivity of the speech in an intermediary conversation. Due to the results of the conducted research, we put forward a thesis that the mediation of contact with another person thanks to the currently developed systems of smileys, does not lead to impoverishment of the emotional layer of the message.


This paper examines the influence of empowerment on job satisfaction in five-star hotels in Jordan. The influence of empowerment on job satisfaction remains a relatively unexplored area. A 52-item questionnaire, measuring empowerment and job satisfaction, was distributed to 332 employees in 12 five-star hotels in Jordan with a 56% response rate. Principal components analysis determined the factor structure and regression analysis determined the influence of empowerment on job satisfaction. The results revealed both structural and psychological empowerment have significant individual influences on job satisfaction, but more significant when structural and psychological empowerment are combined. Most of previous studies were conducted in western economies and little in the Middle East generally and Jordan in particular. This research contributes to the literature by including both dimensions of empowerment where previous scholars used only one.


In this paper,we study the constructions of a group-graded A-bialgebra(Hopf algebra),and we get two kinds of new group-graded A-bialgebra(Hopf algebra) from a given group-graded A-bialgebra(Hopf algebra) and a bicharacter on the group.


A hybrid 2D-3D CFD model is developed for studying water wave loads acting on a pile in a pile group. In the hybrid model approach, a one-way link is established between a model for the farfield and another for studying the (local) fluid-structure interaction phenomenon. For this study, the farfield is considered as a 2D incompressible Navier-Stokes multiphase solver for proper reproduction of phase-focused waves produced in physical experiments. The near-field model is a multiphase 3D CFD model that utilizes compressible Navier-Stokes equations to enhance simulation of entrapped air compressibility effects during breaking wave impact on structures. Both models use the Volume-Of-Fluid (VOF) method to capture the air-water interface. An overlap zone is introduced to both models, in which fluid kinematics and surface elevation are sampled from the far-field model and introduced via a relaxation function to the overlap zone in the near-field model. In the 3D model, the use of a relaxation approach provides absorption for reflected waves from the structure. Further, a procedure is outlined to achieve/enhance the 3D model convergence. This is necessary in case of development of artificial high velocities at water-air interface at the end of a short overlap (relaxation) zone for wave inlet (or near the boundary if only a wave inlet boundary condition is considered). The model system is developed using the OpenFOAM® framework. The overlap zone is implemented as an extension to the waves2Foam toolbox (Jacobsen et al., 2012).


Carbohydrates having sulfate groups such as glycosaminoglycans and chemically synthesized sucrose sulfate show interesting and important biological activities. We adapted CE with indirect UV detection technique to the determination of sulfate ester in sulfated carbohydrates, which were previously hydrolyzed with HCl. The liberated sulfate ion was analyzed using a background electrolyte consisting of triethanolamine-buffered chromate with hexamethonium bromide. Sulfate contents of glucose 3-sulfate and sucrose octasulfate used as a model were in good agreement with theoretical values (accuracy, 95.9-96.7 and 97.4-101.9%, respectively), and relative standard deviation values run-to-run were 0.977 and 1.90%, respectively. We applied the method to the determination of the sulfate contents of some glycosaminoglycan samples and showed that the contents were in good agreement with those calculated from sulfur content.


This paper intends to introduce the progress of clinical research on acupuncture and moxibustion for abatement of fever in recent ten years,and to search the best treatment.Acupuncture and moxibustion have a reliable effect on abatement of fever,and it is worth clinical application.However,at present,acupuncture and moxibustion for abatement of fever in the acupuncture point prescription rule,criteria of therapeutic effect,effect of single acupuncture point,mechanism researches and others still need to be further summarized and improved.


, © Prasher This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and redistribution in any medium, provided that the original author and source are credited. This time I took a mature coconut. I took a chip of its fleshy endosperm using a simple blade and saw totally different type of cells under the foldscope. In green coconut (in my previous post), the cells were large in size and polygonal in shape, whereas in mature coconut they seemed to be somewhat elongated and polygonal. I could also see dark spherical fat globules here and there. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES


In Scotland, the debate on the future of the BBC, and Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) more generally, has taken a specific form shaped by a longstanding demands for greater autonomy. Philip Schlesinger, Professor in Cultural Policy at the University of Glasgow and Visiting Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at the LSE, argues that the Scottish debate about the future of the BBC, has been – and will be – shaped by wider constitutional questions, current politics and changes in industrial


Prediction of selenium (Se) mass distribution and Se speciation in wetlands is desired for a comprehensive assessment of the capability of vegetated wetlands to remove Se from agricultural drainage waters prior to impoundment in evaporation basins. A mathematical model was developed to describe Se transformations and transport in Tulare Lake Drainage District's pilot flow-through wetland cells in California having dimensions of 15 m width and 76 m length. In the model, the wetland cell is subdivided into five subcells and each subcell consists of 10 internal compartments and Se can be transferred between the compartments by physical and chemical processes. Physical processes include water movement, plant litter drop, and physical material breakdown. Chemical processes include Se reduction from selenate (SeVI) to selenite (SeIV), and further reduction to elemental selenium (Se0) and organic Se (Se-II). In the chemical processes, the Se transformation reaction was assumed to obey first-order kinetics and th...


participants in the excellent plenary session, form the backdrop for our activities. Electric utilities throughout the world are in a transition mode, whether publicly or privately owned. They must be flexible, innovative, and aggressive in their marketing, planning, and operations as we move into the twenty-first century. They must also have the appropriate personnel, analysis tools, and automation so that they can react appropriately to the rapidly changing playing field on which they find themselves. There is no doubt that the utilities are striving to provide quality, stable, and reliable electric power supply in an effective and efficient manner. However, they are, and wit1 be, under many conflicting pressures. On one hand, the utility finds itself bound by the regulatory environment in which it must operate. Regulatory policies and commission decisions are not always established to allow sound power engineering, planning, or operating decisions, but these are the conditions under which we must operate! Next, the competitive world in which we (as engineers) must operate has now reached beyond the suppliers of consumer products, systems, commodities, and services to the electric utilities themselves. The traditional, vertically structured electric utility, or tomorrow's structure, whatever form is takes, must be flexible, innovative, and aggressive as it strives to stay afloat in the turbulent competitive sea. Couple these driving factors with the operating restraints on the utilities, and we see some utilities restructuring, as well as down-sizing, in order to be able to stay in business. When I look at the electric utility generation, transmission, and distribution portions of the business, I consider one of these areas, the generation business, to be an area of reasonable competitive freedom. The other two l consider as basic monopolies. I would term the transmission area more or less a natural monopoly, and the distribution area a geographic monopoly. The generators of power today, which include utilities, nonutility generators (NUGs), and exempt wholesale generators (EWGs), must operate in a dynamic and highly competitive market. This basic competition, as well as the need to transfer the power to the purchaser, has brought the subject of transmission open access to a head on many of the continents of the world. Third-party transmission access considerations have really been underway in North America for many decades; consider wheeling power from a supplier to a purchaser over a third-party's transmission. However, several United States regulatory decisions have created the high interest and hot debates on transmission access today. The 1992 United States Energy Policy Act (EPA), which introduced the EWGs, basically opened Pandora's box. , Partly due to the EPA and partly due to the pressures of our economy, the electric utility industry in North America is changing. Utilities are evaluating the roles they can effectively and efficiently perform with their present structure, and some have already decided to separate the previous integrated elements. As companies restructure, new players, new business opportunities, and combinations of segments of former vertically structured utilities will emerge to compete in a given area. The fact that the 1992 law gave the U.S. Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC) greater authority to order utilities to provide transmission access, as well as establishing several new added standards for state regulators to consider under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), has instigated changes that will greatly affect future electric utility operations, planning, and organization structure in North America. Since several regions of the world have already struggled with transmission open access (TOA), the thought was to gather some of those that had gonejhrough a similar, more or less parallel experience, and listen and try to learn from that experience, in this topic of very high interest in North America. Without further delay, I would like to proceed to the mainhechnical portions of the program and introduce the technical paper for your consideration and discussion. The following panel session speakers address the issues surrounding transmission open access: lgnacio Perez-Arriaga, Universidad Pontifica Comillas,


During the last decade, the notion of Linguistic Imperialism has raised an important debate in the academic circles, with all the various issues it involves. Nevertheless, the opinions of those who actually speak English are very rarely taken into consideration. Furthermore, the different consequences that the notion of Linguistic Imperialism has, and all the various issues mentioned in the scholarly debate, do not seem to reach far beyond the academic spheres. In this article the perceptions of Linguistic Imperialism by speakers of English as a Second and Foreign Language are analysed, in order to find out whether they are aware of the various aspects that speaking English implies, according to the scholars. It is claimed that many changes should be considered in order to avoid the discrimination caused by English as an International Language. This implies, among other things, a better defence of Linguistic Human Rights and a revision of many principles which are being applied in the ELT profession.


Design courses embedded in service-learning are rapidly emerging within the curricula of many engineering programs. The learning outcomes service-learning courses seek to promote are well aligned with the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology criteria 2000 (EC 2000) 1 . The Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program integrates engineering design with meeting the needs of the local community through a multi-disciplinary service-learning curricular structure. The EPICS courses can be counted for a wide range of courses in several disciplines, including capstone design in electrical and computer engineering and computer science. The approaches of EPICS to conceptualize and measure specific professional skills for program evaluation purposes are discussed. These include: social-responsibility, awareness of ethical issues, teamwork, and communication competence. Specifically, the theoretical framework used for scale construction, preliminary results, and evidence of the scales' psychometric properties are provided. The aim of this paper is to provide information regarding the use of self-report measures to assess program outcomes.


Hemangiomas are benign vascular tumours that mainly affect children and young adults, and the female sex predominates. The location of the lower extremities is common, but find them on the feet is exceptional, with only a few cases reported in the literature. This tumor is characterized by its clinical latency and long-term evolution. The therapeutic indication is discussed depending on the type, the localization and if there is a persistent pain, an increase of the volume of the tumor or a functional deficit. The purpose of this work is to review the current literature based on articles found in the main medical databases.


In this paper, we propose a novel method for human action recognition based on sparse coding with a pyramid matching. Spatio-temporal interest points (STIPs) are firstly detected by a newly developed detector named spatio-temporal steerable detector (STSD). To effectively capture the distribution of STIPs in the video sequence, we propose to project the STIPs onto the three orthogonal planes (TOP), and we employ a sparse coding algorithm combined with the spatial pyramid matching to encode the layout of STIPs. Therefore the structure of an action are sufficiently encoded, obtaining a informative holistic descriptor for action representation. Extensive experiments have been conducted on KTH and HMDB51 datasets. Our method achieves the state-of-the-art performance for action recognition showing the effectiveness of the proposed methods for human action representation.


Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease and good self-efficacy encourages patients to carry out diabetes management in a comprehensive and consistent manner towards quality of life. The purpose of this community service activity is to provide "SeDia" (Healthy Diabetes) education and training based on structured supportive education in an effort to increase self-efficacy in people with diabetes.
Method: In this study using a Community Based Research (CBR) approach, education and training on DM material, diabetic foot exercises and the introduction of mobile phone-based applications to social health partner, DM patients and families in Pantenan, Panceng, Gresik are carried out. Final evaluation of the PKM program by comparing pre-test and post-test scores on knowledge of the DKQ-24 Questionnaire (Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire). The analysis used was univariate and bivariate analysis using SPSS.
Results: There were 41 participants with an average age of 49 years and consisting of 14 social worker (34.1%), 16 DM patients (39%) and 11 families (26.9%) who participated in this activity. The measurement results on the level of knowledge p = 0.000 (p <0.05) so that there is a significant difference between before and after being given education and training in terms of increasing knowledge.
Conclusion: Education and training on the five pillars of DM, simulation/practice of diabetic foot exercises and the introduction of mobile phone-based applications can increase the knowledge of social health, DM patients and their families to be able to carry out good self-efficacy.


IntroductionSentinel Lymphnode Biopsy (SLNB) is generally excepted as a minimal invasive technique to stage the axilla in clinically node negative breast cancer patients. Though the reported clinically overt axillary recurrences after negative SLNB is low (0-2,8%), these false negative results after SLNB remain a concern in the treatment of pN0(slnb) breast cancer patients. In this respect many have investigated factors that may influence the risk of developing an axillary recurrence, either to explain the unexpected low incidence or to try to identify subgroups of patients with higher risk of developing an axillary recurrence. Downside to many of these studies is the single-centre study design, mostly presenting small numbers of patients with relatively short follow-up making it difficult to extrapolate the results to the every-day practice.We conducted this multicentre cohort study to identify prognostic factors for developing axillary recurrences after negative SLNB.Patients and MethodsProspectively collected data from seven large volume hospitals in the Netherlands were analyzed. Patients underwent surgery including SLNB between January 2000 and December 2002. Pathological work-up of the sentinel node, local and systemic treatment, and follow-up were performed according to Dutch National guidelines. Statistical analysis was performed to test homogeneity between the institutes. Multivariate analysis was performed to identify prognostic factors. A p-value of 0,2mm) and underwent Axillary Lymphnode Dissection (ALND). In the remaining 1028 patients, 986 (61,7%) were SLN negative and 42 (2,6%) patients were found to have isolated tumor cells (i.e. metastases Citation Information: Cancer Res 2009;69(24 Suppl):Abstract nr 1006.


This paper examines the role of absence in Sasha Sokolov's second novel, Between Dog and Wolf. It argues that the gap is as essential to the constitution of Sokolov's text as the duality that captures it. Through the interplay between the negative and the positive, the absent and the double, the text transforms the gap into a potential space. In this space, disintegration becomes aesthetic play, and an unintegrated existential experience, ungraspable by cognition, finds an articulation and a form. (For a plot synopsis of Between Dog and Wolf, please consult the introduction to this issue of CASS.)


When integrated into the transportation system infrastructure, and in vehicles themselves, Intelligent Transportation Systems, or ITS, help monitor and manage traffic flow, reduce congestion, provide alternate routes to travelers, enhance productivity, and save lives, time, and money. Here is the first comprehensive treatment of techniques to leverage ITS in support of security and safety for surface transportation infrastructure. Case studies of current ITS approaches to security issues such as freight security, disaster and evacuation response, HAZMAT incidents, rail security, and ITS Wide Area Alerts show the reader how to design, model, and implement a variety of projects.


This paper presents a current-mode Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) in a battery voltage monitoring (BVM) IC for electric vehicles (EVs). In the BVM system, multiple cascaded BVM ICs are required to communicate with the MCU, which places big challenges to the design of the bus interface circuits. A current-mode SPI interface of the BVM IC is presented in this paper to form a daisy-chain bus configuration between the cascaded BVM ICs and the MCU, which can avoid the issues of isolated communication, and reduce the required I/O ports of the MCU extensively. The BVM IC is fabricated in a 0.5?m BCD process. Measurement results show that the presented SPI interface achieves a date rate up to 1Mbps, while consumes 3mA in the operation mode.


Athlete engagement is a positive state of mind capturing athletes' feelings of enthusiasm, confidence, vigour, and dedication toward their sport (Lonsdale, Hodge, & Jackson, 2007). This study examined whether athletes with different perfectionism profiles differed across these engagement characteristics and tested whether those differences were moderated by coach autonomy support. A sample of 191 male youth club basketball and football players (Mage = 16.59, SD = 0.67) completed measures of athlete engagement, sport perfectionism, and coach autonomy support. Latent profile analysis was used to categorize participants according to their standings across perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns. A 3-class model was adopted with groups representing non-perfectionistic athletes, moderately perfectionistic athletes, and highly perfectionistic athletes. Multiple regression was then used to test for class differences and moderation effects (see Hayes & Montoya, 2017). Across each engagement characteristic, highly perfectionistic athletes reported higher levels in comparison to moderately perfectionistic athletes regardless of levels of coach autonomy support. On vigour and dedication, though, class differences involving non-perfectionistic athletes were moderated by coach autonomy support. For both characteristics, non-perfectionistic athletes reported lower levels than highly perfectionistic athletes when coach autonomy support was low. However, non-perfectionistic athletes and highly perfectionistic athletes did not differ across vigour and dedication when coach autonomy support was moderate-to-high. In discussion, we compare the adopted 3-class model with those produced in past research, address issues surrounding perfectionism functionality, and speculate as to why fostering autonomy support may have the greatest impact on engagement among athletes low, but not high, in perfectionism.


T he process of knowledge formation and transmittal can be studied historically, at the level of societies and their cultures, or at the level of the individual and over the course of an individual's life. Take scientific knowledge, for example. The production of scientific knowledge by an individual is often associated with the concept of "creativity." According to social scientists, scientific knowledge production can qualify as creative if such knowledge is novel, is useful (e.g., it leads to theoretical advances in a discipline, or new technological applications), and has high impact. The concept of creativity, however, does not apply only to scientific inquiry, but also to human activities in many other domains such as, for the example, the arts. Whether similar or different types of creativity are involved in science and in the arts is a question that has generated a great deal of research. Two important aspects of creativity have been identified by research in psychology and cognitive science. First, creativity is usually the product of a gradual and complex process, rather than of a sudden leap of imagination. Second, there is a relationship between previous


In semantic Web, descriptive markup languages, such as resource description framework (RDF) and ontology Web language (OWL), were proposed to model the Web content in a machine-readable way. Since these ontology markup languages deals with hard semantics in the description and manipulation of crisp data. It is not able to represent uncertain information. The work described in this paper is about developing an extension of the current ontology representation which supports uncertain information modeling. The extension is called fuzzy ontology map (FOM) which is based on fuzzy theory and graph theory. FOM is a connection matrix which collects the membership value between classes in the ontology. We define a set of algorithms for inferring fuzzy relationship in the FOM


Combining with the migration of MiniGUI on T-Kernel,this paper analyzes how to support POSIX(Portable Operating System Interface)by T-Kernel and introduces an one-to-one model between task and thread to implement the real time POSIX thread library.Through running the MiniGUI application program,the library was tested and verified to satisfy the requirements of concurrent procedure.


Abstract Studies on the identification of necessary skills and attributes for construction management graduates present mixed findings, with industry (employers) representatives suggesting that education and training offered at universities of technology do not always address the needs of industry, whereas academia contends that construction management graduates are adequately prepared for industry. This paper reports on the findings of research which investigated the perceptions of industry and academia regarding the calibre of construction management graduates. Using a data triangulation and a KAP (Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions) approach, information was collected from a survey of 30 academics and 60 industry respondents. The findings indicate that "Trust and Honesty" was reported by both academia and industry as the most important skill and attribute for construction management graduates. "Acceptance of Responsibility" and "Problem Solving Skills" were second and third in importance for industry, whereas academia rated "Planning, Scheduling and Controlling Construction Operations and Activities" and "Numeracy". Least important were "Ability to Conduct Research" and "Marketing Skills". The findings suggest that there are significant differences between what industry and academia perceive as relevant and important regarding skills and desirable attributes. In order to narrow the gap, a meeting of the minds and inclusion of the experiential learning component of the co-operative education programmes is required.


Venlafaxine (Efexor) is probably not associated with a higher risk of suicide than citalopram, fluoxetine or dosulepin, even when prescribed for patients at higher risk, according to an analysis of the UK General Practice Research Database (BMJ, doi:10.1136/bmj.39041.445104.BE. Published 12 December 2006).


The mechanisms of CTL-mediated tumor regression in vivo remain to be fully understood. If CTL do mediate tumor regression in vivo by direct cytotoxicity, this may occur via two major effector mechanisms involving the secretion of perforin/granzymes and/or engagement of Fas by Fas ligand (FasL) expressed by the activated CTL. Although the perforin pathway has been considered the dominant player, it is unclear whether Fas-mediated cytotoxicity is additionally required for optimal tumor rejection. Previously, we produced H-2L d -restricted CTL reactive against the CMS4 sarcoma, which expresses a naturally occurring rejection Ag recognized by these CTL and harbors a cytokine (IFN- (cid:1) plus TNF)-inducible, Fas-responsive phenotype. The adoptive transfer of these CTL to syngeneic BALB/c mice with minimal (day 3 established) or extensive (day 10 established) experimental pulmonary metastases resulted in strong antitumor responses. Here we investigated whether a FasL-dependent CTL effector mechanism was important for optimal tumor regression in this adoptive immunotherapy model. The approach taken was to compare the therapeutic efficacy of wild-type to FasL-deficient ( gld ) CTL clones by adoptive transfer. In comparison with wild-type CTL, gld -CTL efficiently mediated tumor cytolysis and produced comparable amounts of IFN- (cid:1) , after tumor-specific stimulation, as in vitro assessments of Ag recognition. Moreover, gld -CTL mediated comparably potent antitumor effects in a minimal disease setting, but were significantly less effective under conditions of an extensive tumor burden. Overall, under conditions of extensive lung metastases, these data revealed for the first time an important role for a FasL-dependent CTL effector mechanism in optimal tumor regression. The Journal of Immunology, determined an two-sided t test, with p (cid:7) 0.05 considered statistically significant.


Recently, Professor Bochner gave in his graduate course at Princeton University an extension of a theorem due to Bochner-Hardy [2], which runs as follows: THEOREM A. Let K(t) be defined in (0, X ) with the following properties: (i) K(t)tqe L(O, mo) (ii) K/(t)tq e L(0, B) for any finite B > 0, (iii) I K(t) I 0 such that Ko(t)t" -+ 0 (t X ) and Ko(t)t" e L(O, co). Let f(t) be defined as above. If 1T (1.1) urn~~li ft) dt = 1 T-*c Tg I


Refractory ceramic material which is widely used in high temperature process without
physical and crystal changes. and it usually contains 25.4 � 41.9% of alumina. This research
aims to study sintering temperatures and alumina on its addition on clay ceramic on physical,
mechanical, and thermal properties of clay/alumina composites.
The clay was obtained from Central Sulawesi containing (weight%) 27.45% Al2O3


Technique for gauging coating thickness during prepreg processing of carbon fibers developed. Technique based on measurement of capacitance of cylindrical condenser through which bundle of prepregged fibers passed axially. Empirical results indicate capacitance linearly related to thickness of polymer coat on fibers in bundle. Capacitive transducer used successfully to measure thickness of polymer coats on several test bundles of fibers under static conditions.


It has been demonstrated that the use of resistive FSS embedded within standard pyramidal RAM has the capability to significantly improve the absorption bandwidth. The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the Nuffield Foundation.


There have been many attempts in the past to reduce the variety of steels produced without compromising the range of properties available. The objective in doing so is to reduce costs. These attempts have largely focused on experiments in which thermomechanical processing parameters are varied in order to obtain a range of properties without changing the chemical composition. We have approached this problem differently by examining a large database on hot-rolled steels, all with a final microstructure which is a mixture of ferrite and pearlite. Alloys like these form the bulk of all the steel production in the world. The database was used to create a neural network model in a Bayesian framework with inputs consisting of the chemical composition (C, Mn, Si, P, S, Cr, Ni, Mo, Ti, Nb, V, Al, N, B, Cu), the finish deformation temperature (T F ), and the coiling temperature (T C ); the output was either the ultimate tensile strength or tensile elongation to failure. The neural network model was then combined with a genetic algorithm to seek domains of input parameters which correspond to different target properties. The results revealed ambiguity in the inputs with respect to the required property, and the trends observed within these sets of inputs were found to be metallurgically meaningful.


It is to investigate the differences between the students of liberal arts and those of science when they learn biochemistry,and the effectiveness of exercise training is also studied.Students majoring in nursing in medical institute of Putian college were chosen as the subjects for the research,we compared the scores of the students who had supplementary learning materials with those without materials.The result showed that without any supplementary learning materials,the scores of the students in science are obviously higher than those of liberal arts.The survey also showed that students had a positive attitude on exercise training.Besides,there exist differences between students of liberal arts and those of science when they learn biochemistry.Finally,exercise-training can help them master the knowledge of biochemistry better.


We present preliminary testing results for single-cell accelerating structures intended for high-gradient testing at 110 GHz. The purpose of this work is to study the basic physics of ultrahigh vacuum RF breakdown in high-gradient RF accelerators. The accelerating structures consist of π-mode standing-wave cavities fed with the TM01 circular waveguide mode. We fabricated two structures one in copper and the other in CuAg alloy. Cold RF tests with quasi-optical excitation confirm the design RF performance of the structures. The structures will be powered with a MW gyrotron oscillator that produces microsecond pulses. One megawatt of RF power from the gyrotron may allow us to reach a peak accelerating gradient of 400 MeV/m.


The topic of the research presented in this paper is numerical calculation and analysis of the electric field and Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) distributions in the vicinity of dental amalgam exposed to the radiation of mobile phone at the frequencies corresponding to 3G and 4G mobile networks. This is carried out by numerical solving of the electromagnetic propagation equation. The results related to different tissues and organs placed in the vicinity of dental amalgam and exposed to radiation are presented and analysed. In order to obtain the most accurate results, the realistic 3D model of human jaw has been created. A comparative analysis of models with and without dental amalgam has been carried out, with aim to determine the impact of amalgam on biological tissues in its vicinity. According to the obtained results, the maximum values of electric field strength and SAR are higher in the presence of dental amalgam. In both cases, maximum values are out of bounds of safety limits.


The goal of this article is to describe a system of review of family photographs to enable patients to address important emotional issues related to their need for treatment. This technique will be applied to patients suffering from eating disorders. Specific themes of anorexia will be reviewed and related to visual themes present in the family photographs of anorexics. Images from the album of an anorexic patient will be reviewed to examine both the content of the images and the process through which the patient related to the images.