Abstract. To date, non-destruction testing (NDT) method is the most popular method to assess the condition of road pavement. Among all evaluation procedures of the NDT method, load-deflection backcalculation analysis is one that is developed widely to understand the structural behavior of road pavement. On one side, the use of this analysis is greatly beneficial for presenting the layer characteristic accurately. However, the analysis requires specialist expertise. To overcome this, deflection bowl parameter application could become one alternative. The parameters are very easy to use; however, the intention of the parameters so far is only as an indication of the condition of the structural layer of the road pavement. Therefore, the parameters have to be used with careful consideration. In this study, the parameters were evaluated to determine the optimal usage of the parameters against different structures of road pavements. The results showed that a simplification of the number of parameters and a reformulation of the parameters were required by taking into account the ease of use in practice, the accuracy of subgrade modulus determination and the possibility to evaluate pavement structures with a layer number less than four.


PURPOSE: A keyboard is provided to save power by arranging piezoelectric and thermoelements to the key board so as to generate an electric power from the keyboard when a user strikes keys of the keyboard. CONSTITUTION: A printed circuit board(12) having a key contact(12a) is attached to the bottom surface of a keyboard housing(32), and a rubber pad(14) is attached onto the top surface of the keyboard housing. A movable rod(18) is arranged to be movable in a vertical direction through a guide(26a) of a support board(26) having both ends coupled to the inner side wall of the keyboard housing. A key cap(28) is coupled to the movable rod. A piezo-electric element(16) is arranged at an edge of a protrusion(14a) of the rubber pad, and a piezo-electric element(22) is coupled to the outer periphery of the movable rod. The lead line from both piezoelectric elements is connected to an end of a backflow prevention diode. The other end of the backflow prevention diode is connected to an end of a resistor, and the other end of the resistor is connected to an end of a voltage-current converter. The other end of the voltage-current converter is connected to a charging section so as to thereby charge the electric power generated from both piezo-electric elements.


This article reports an experiment in which 35 senior executives from private and public sector businesses volunteered to be governors in English secondary schools. The research monitored and evaluated their progress over one year. These governors' skills, objectivity and appreciation of the governance/management distinction were found to be valued by heads and chairs of governing bodies. Many of these governors accepted significant posts of responsibility during the year of their governorships, including chairmanships of subcommittees and one of the whole governing body. They were found to contribute so significantly because of their seniority, their personal qualities and skills, the quality time they committed to governorship and the effective way they managed their time despite the difficulties. The article concludes with implications of these findings for the future of business representation on school governing bodies.


To the Editor: In his interesting paper on crossed association,' Dr. Louis describes the delay of 2,000 years between the observation of hemiparesis after contralateral head trauma and the development of the unifying concept that one hemisphere controls the movement of the other side of the body. He shows that clear clinical descriptions of crossed association are found in Hippocratic writings. By contrast, the pathophysiologic concept that focal hemispheric disease produces sensorimotor symptoms on the other side of the body was not articulated until Morgagni's report of 1703. Dr. Louis attributes this delay to the empirical development of clinicopathologic correlation, the discovery of the pyramidal decussation, and the postmortem focus on brain pathology rather than skull pathology. Another explanation for this delay is that the concept of crossed association, or any other concept of cerebral localization, had no meaning within the prevailing biological theories of antiquity. Hippocratic and Galenic theory did not predict a direct causal relationship between normal brain function and movement. As a result, ancient medical writers did not causally connect head trauma and weakness, despite the clarity of their observations. Unlike modern neuroscientists, who directly connect structure and function, Hippocratic writers explained sensation and movement by a complex interaction between spirits, humors, qualities, and the metaphysical SOUL2 These various entities were not exclusively located in the nervous system, nor were any of them focally localizable in the brain. Galen, whose pathophysiologic principles dominated medicine until the 17th century, thought that the metaphysical soul resided in the brain. He explained movement by the action of a psychic spirit contained in the ventricles and flowing through hollow nerves to the musc l e ~ . ~ ~ ~ The unifying concept of crossed association requires not only a collection of consistent clinical observations but also the development of a theory that connects them. Modern Cartesian neurophysiology, in which discrete and separable functions can be localized in the nervous system, replaced the more metaphysical Galenic ventricular theory in the 17th century. The mechanical concept of neurologic function introduced by Descartes allowed unifying theories of cerebral localization, including crossed association, to be de~eloped .~


3 INTRODUCTION 3 Capability Maturity Model Integration 4 UTEP's Software Development Paradigm Shift 4 UTEP's Technology Platform 5 Impact of the Software Development Decision on UTEP's Capability Levels 5 AFFECTS ON THE ENGINEERING PROCESS AREA 6 Requirements Development 6 Technical Solution 7 Product Integration 9 Verification 10 Validation 10 AFFECTS ON THE SUPPORT PROCESS AREA 11 Configuration Management 11 Process and Product Quality Assurance 12


I. FIDUCIARY DUTIES OF DIRECTORSUnder Delaware corporate law, directors of a corporation are required to perform their duties to the corporation with due care, loyalty, and in good faith. Due care requires that the directors make informed decisions, which therefore requires directors to be sufficiently knowledgeable in the subject matter for which such decisions must be made. 3 The duty of loyalty requires that directors take actions in the best interest of the corporation. The directors must go about their actions in good faith. If such actions are taken in bad faith, directors' decisions could face scrutiny and potential liability.In the current corporate climate, because intellectual property assets tend to comprise a high percentage of a company's value (especially for technology companies), the management of these assets could very well fall within the ambit of directors' fiduciary duties.If a director or a board of directors fails to adequately manage a corporation's intellectual property assets, they could be deemed to have breached their fiduciary duty to the corporation. Under the business judgment rule, courts will defer to a board's decision as long as the directors fulfilled their duties to the corporation and their decision was made with a rational basis. If a director fails to act in good faith or acts on an uninformed basis, he or she could face scrutiny. In addition, directors could face scrutiny for wasting valuable corporate assets. A court may find directors breached their duty by not properly managing the corporation's assets, amounting to waste. However, as this article discusses further, the threshold for improper management to be considered wasting a corporate asset is significant.Directors also face additional duties under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Intellectual property may need to be accounted for under the Sarbanes-Oxley disclosure rules, and the mismanagement of corporate assets by directors could lead, in exceptional cases, to charges of securities fraud and 10(b) and 10b-5 violations.II. BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND THE BUSINESS JUDGMENT RULEGenerally, because courts believe boards, with the knowledge and tools they have at their disposal, are better equipped to run their companies than the courts themselves, they will defer to the judgment of directors in business decisions.4 However, if the board makes a decision in bad faith, on an uninformed basis, or if there is no rational business basis for its decision-making, courts may be unwilling to defer to the board's judgment. 5In the intellectual property context, this raises questions as to the extent to which a board needs to manage such assets, and whether it may defer to the expertise of intellectual property counsel. Directors have different duties depending on whether they are actively engaging in buying and selling assets or overseeing the management of the corporation's assets.A. Board Action - MironWhen a board is determining whether to buy or sell material assets, it will not meet its fiduciary duties unless it is well-informed on the matter. To stay well-informed, directors must perform due diligence with respect to the relevant assets. Although, a board of directors may want to consult with an expert, the board should make its own decision as to whether or not to buy or sell material assets. A plaintiff shareholder may be able to overcome the business judgment rule by showing that the process of arriving at a decision was done in bad faith or on an uninformed basis.For example, a shareholder class action lawsuit was filed by ContentGuard Holdings ("ContentGuard") against ContentGuard directors and its majority shareholders, Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft"), Xerox Corporation ("Xerox"), and Time Warner, Inc. ("Time Warner").6 The majority shareholders (some of whom had members on the ContentGuard board of directors) tried to obtain extremely broad and valuable intellectual property licenses from ContentGuard at nominal value. …


This study investigated the effect of bovine serum albumin (BSA), charcoal:dextran stripped fetal bovine serum (CDS FBS), and heat-inactivated FBS (HI FBS) in maturation medium on their ability to support in vitro oocyte maturation, cumulus cell-oocyte gap junctional communication, and development of bovine embryos. Charcoal:dextran treatment of FBS removes lipophilic chemicals, certain steroid hormones, and certain growth factors; however, HI FBS have a lot-to-lot variation in steroid hormones level that can affect the reproducibility of experimental findings. Oocytes were cultured in TCM-199 supplemented with either 8% (w/v) BSA, 10% (v/v) CDS FBS, or 10% (v/v) HI FBS and 1µg mL−1 oestradiol-17β, 10µg mL−1 FSH, 10ng mL−1 epidermal growth factor, 0.6mM cysteine, 0.2mM sodium pyruvate, and followed by IVF, and the zygotes were cultured in SOF-BE1 medium. The developmental ability and quality of bovine embryos were determined by assessing their cell number, lipid content, mitochondrial activity, gene expression, immunocytochemistry, and cryo-tolerance. The differences in embryo development between experimental groups were analysed by 1-way ANOVA. The Duncan's multiple range tests were used to test the differences between the treatments. The level of statistical significance was set at P<0.05. We have shown that CDS FBS significantly improved (P<0.05) the percentage of MII oocytes compared with that in the BSA supplemented group (77.2±1.0% v. 69.3%±2.3%, respectively). Moreover, CDS FBS had a higher significant (P<0.05) effect on the rate of blastocyst formation compared with HI FBS and BSA (45.2±0.7% v. 37.4±1.5% and 31.1±3.9%, respectively; 6 replicates were performed). Culture of oocytes with CDS FBS increased (P<0.05) the expression of gap junction proteins, CX37 and CX43, at both transcriptional and translation levels as determined by quantitative RT-PCR and immunofluorescence analysis, respectively. We also found that CDS FBS significantly increased total cell number and decreased the apoptotic index in Day-8 blastocysts compared with the BSA group. Furthermore, the beneficial effects of CDS FBS on embryos were associated with significantly reduced intracellular lipid content and increased mitochondrial activity in both oocytes and blastocysts as identified by Nile red and MitoTracker Green staining, respectively. Taken together, these data suggest that supplementation of maturation medium with CDS FBS, as an alternative to HI FBS, affected cumulus cell-oocyte gap junctional communication, and subsequently improved in vitro developmental competence of bovine oocytes and embryos.
Research was supported by the Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (IPET) through Agri-Bio industry Technology Development Program, funded by Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) (grant numbers: 117029-3 and 315017-5).


The Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Lithuania provides several ways to defend the infringed rights. One of them is to hear the civil case by summary trial. Judicial proceedings of civil cases in summary trial are performed following simplified procedural requirements; the court plays an active role during such procedure, and hearing of such cases usually takes less time than procedure by litigation. Actions of bailiff can be complained using summary proceeding. Procedure of submission of complaints for bailiff's actions is regulated by articles 510-513 of the Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Lithuania. Noncomprehensive legal regulation brings a lot of problems to judicial practice. In this article the authors analyse subjects of a plaint for bailiff's actions as well as objects of the plaint. In Lithuania, bailiff's activity is divided into functions that bailiff performs and services that he provides. A bailiff performs his functions executing legal executive documents, by the order of court fixing actual circumstances or passing and handing over documents to persons and entities situated in Lithuania, performing other functions provided in legal acts. A bailiff provides services saving (administrating) property in execution process, fixing actual circumstances in absence of court order, passing and handing over documents to persons and entities situated in Lithuania in absence of court order, providing legal consultancy, selling movable pro- perty at pawn at an auction, mediating in execution of obligations. The authors of the article draw the conclusion that only bailiff's actions performed as a function of bailiff can be complained by the procedure provided in the article 510 of the Civil Process Code. The Civil Process Code does not provide with a range of subjects that can submit a plaint for bailiff's actions. A plaint for bailiff's actions can be submitted by a person directly participating in execution process whose rights or legal interests are infringed by a bailiff performing or non-performing procedural actions during an execution of judicial decision. Such a person may be an executor, a debtor, a provider of gage, a person participating in auction, an employer of the debtor executing bailiff's order concerning attachment of earning etc. A plaint can be submitted only for procedural actions performed by bailiff or rejection to perform procedural actions. On the ground of judicial practice, the authors make a conclusion that any form of execution of bailiff's procedural action can be complained. The Civil Process Code provides that it is possible to complain a rejection to perform procedural actions. Rejection to perform procedural actions shall be considered not inactivity but an active operation. Insufficiently clear regulation of territorial and dispositional jurisdiction of complaints for bailiff's actions as well as period for submission of the plaint aggravate a defence of infringed rights. The authors analyse the Civil Procedure Code, Instruction of execution of judicial decision, and judicial practice, regulating territorial jurisdiction. It is concluded in the article that following the principles of dispositional jurisdiction cases for plaints for bailiff's actions shall be heard by courts of common law. However procedure of execution of nonpecuniary administrative cases should be controlled by administrative courts and within this category of cases plaints for bailiff's actions should be accredited to them. In practice, there arises a problem how to detect a moment until which a complaint for bailiff actions can be submitted. After evaluation of legal regulation and judicial practice it is concluded in the article that a complaint can be submitted before the execution actions are completed. In that cases, infringed rights can be defended by submitting a plaint for litigation trial.


The article cites investigation results regarding the multi-layer settlement of Chechkino 4 located in the subtaiga zone of the Low Tobol basin. The basic complex of the findings as well as the investigated construction refer to the Tchetkovo stage of the Barkhatovo culture of the late Bronze Age. Apart from this, subject to obtaining from the pits, being a minor complex of the Baitovo culture findings of the early Iron Age, together with single pottery fragments of the Aeneolithic Age and Mediaeval Age.


There have been 86 patients with pectus excavatum under our monitoring. Among them there were 34 (39,6 %) girls and 52 (60,4 %) boys. 86 children, who were under our care, had 90 operative interventions. Although diagnosed pathologic ECG peculiarities in the presence of pectus excavatum before the surgery are not due to the hemodynamic disorder of cardiac function. Significantly, the gradual normalization of ECG parameters in children of the second group was noticed in 34 (89, 5 %) cases upon the expiry of 3 years after operative intervention.


The Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison) has constructed a first-of-a-kind water hammer events simulator for use at its training center. The Learning Center, Con Edison`s central training facility, intends to use the simulator as an educational tool to demonstrate the various mechanisms of the water hammer phenomenon to power plant designers, engineers and operators. The water hammer phenomenon has been studied extensively for the past 15 years for the nuclear industry. However, the acknowledge of the various water hammer mechanisms and the measures to prevent or mitigate water hammer have not been widely disseminated among the operators of fossil-fueled power plants. Con Edison personnel who operate the various generation stations and the New York City steam distribution systems are expected to benefit from the new simulator. Knowledge gained from interacting with the simulator will be very important in helping the Con Edison prevent, mitigate, or accommodate water hammer at its facilities. The water hammer simulator was fabricated in Con Edison`s central machine shop. Details of the design and construction of the simulator were finalized in consultation with Creare, Inc., an engineering research firm, located in Hanover, New Hampshire. The simulator seeks to recreate the essential featuresmore » of water hammer in steam mines following the buildup of cold (subcooled) water by condensation and steam-water interaction. This paper describes the fabrication, design, testing, and operation of the Con Edison water hammer simulator. A discussion of how Con Edison plans to use the facility at The Learning Center is included.« less


Renfrew in 1966 hypothesized that the "persistent open syllable" (misarticulation or omission of syllable final consonants) was symptomatic of a unique articulation disorder resistant to convention...


Obesity is one of the largest contributing factors to the four big killers namely heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes. Reduction in body fat and weight has been shown to improve a person's resistance to a myriad of health complications. Even though a healthy and sustainable diet is an ideal way to lose weight research from has shown that when calories are equated being in a hypocaloric state gives all the benefits of a perfect diet. Using the user's data we aim to help the user maintain their diet and make smarter choices. This paper aims to compare different algorithms to find out which algorithm gives the best result.


The treatment of nitrogen and phosphor waste water by using inner loop fluidized bed reactor are studied.Performances of removal N and wiping off P are attained by controlling volumetric gas time and concentration of dissolved oxygen.The removal efficiencies of COD,TN and TP can reach up to 92%,80% and 93% when the influent of COD,TN and TP reached 352~1 048 mg/L,46.9~ 76.4 mg/L,5.8~14.4 mg/L respectively.The targets of the treated waste water can achieve to the waste water discharge standard Ⅱ in China.


Background: The treatment of hypertension usually requires the use of at least two antihypertensive agents to achieve control. The combination of amlodipine plus valsartan has been shown to be effective in treating hypertensive patients with an excellent safety and tolerability profile. Data on its efficacy and safety in Filipino patients is lacking. Methods: This was a multi-center, observational, postmarketing surveillance (PMS) study, involving about 367 centers in the Philippines. Amlodipine/valsartan 5/80 mg, 5/160 mg or 10/160 mg daily was prescribed to the study patients for 12 weeks. Study visits were conducted every four weeks, during which assessments of blood pressure (BP), compliance and presence of adverse events were made. Patients and physicians also completed a global assessment of efficacy, tolerability and compliance at the end of the study. Results: A total of 1,677 patients were included in the analysis. The study population was middle aged (mean age 53.5 ± 11.7 years) and 54.4% were females. Mean BP at the baseline visit was 160.9 ± 16.4/99.3 ± 9.4 mm Hg. Amlodipine/valsartan effectively reduced the BP from baseline by 34.35 ± 16.60/19.35 ± 10.44 mm Hg (p<0.001). At the end of the study, 95.29% of patients had a BP <140/90 mm Hg. Only 111 (5.57%) of patients reported an adverse event, of which headache and dizziness/ lightheadedness were the most common. Conclusions: The fixed dose combination of amlodipine plus valsartan is effective and safe in the treatment of hypertensive Filipino patients.


Using Solidworks and Simulink simulation platform, the virtual simulation system of manipulator is built, which improves the design efficiency of manipulator control system. Firstly, the 3D model of the manipulator is established in Solidworks, and the industrial six degree of freedom manipulator is taken as the research object, the Solidworks model is introduced into Simulink, and the joint simulation control system of the manipulator is built by the SimMechanics module in MATLAB/SIMULINK, and the model of the manipulator is added in the motion simulation platform. The kinematic and dynamic analysis of the manipulator is carried out by adding the terminal pose signal and the joint signal (angle function and torque value).


In romanian legislation, the necessity of a proper and concise counciling of consumers regarding the rights they have before and after signing a contract with view to obtain a real right or any other right of temporary usage over one or more imobiliary goods is explicitly reglemented. The contract for obtaining the right of temporary usage "timeshare" of imobiliary goods can come in the form of a standard contract or of a group of contracts made for a duration of 3 years minimum, with the payment of a global price, by means of which the consumer obtains, directly or indirectly, the right of usage over one or more imobiliary goods, in exchange for a global price, for a duration of time, predetermined or not, that can not be shorter than one week.


Perforations of the eardrum membrane impair the function of the hearing apparatus and in their chronic forms require corrective surgical treatment. The surgical treatment usually employed is myringoplasty, which is performed using a free graft of biological or synthetic material. A new biological material, a biopolymer, obtained from the polymerized sugars of sugar-cane molasses, developed at the UFRPE and UFPE, was used as a free graft in 10 ears with chronic perforations and compared with a homologous fascia graft used in the perforation of the contralateral ear of rodents, each animal being its own control. In this study 10 Chinchilla laniger male rodents from a single supplier, with an average weight of 500 g and no signs of infection were used. The animals were operated on in the microsurgery unit and continued their growth in the experimental bioterium of UFPE's Center of Experimental Surgery. Under intramuscular general anesthesia with Ketamine, 25 mg/kg of weight, the external ears were examined by means of otomicroscopy and the motility function of the eardrum membrane was assessed using tympanometry curves classified as types A, B and C, obtained preoperatively with an tympanometry (make, MAICO, model, MA630). Following the tympanometry examination, asepsis and antisepsis was carried out using a povidona iodine solution in the external auditory conduits, followed by instillation and aspiration of sterile saline solution. The eardrum membranes were perforated by electrocautery, using a 0.3-mm circular loop. Four weeks after the perforations the ears were treated under general anesthesia with ketamine in accordance with the principles of asepsis and antisepsis. The epithelialized edges of the perforations were removed and a biopolymer membrane graft was placed on the bloody surface and a homologous fascia graft of the same size was likewise placed on the contralateral ear. A fragment of Gelfoam was placed on the external auditory conduits to secure the grafts. The ears were examined on a weekly basis by means of otoscopy and in the eighth week tympanometry curves were obtained, applying the same criteria adopted preoperatively. The tympanometry curves obtained from all the animals preoperatively were type A. By means of otoscopy it was found that the perforations were closed in nine of the ears treated with the biopolymer graft and in eight of those treated with the homologous fascia graft. The postoperative tympanometry curves were type A in eight of the ears treated with the biopolymer graft and in seven of those treated with the homologous fascia graft. In two ears, one treated with the biopolymer graft and the other with the homologous fascia graft, the curve pattern obtained was type C. Fisher's Exact test applied to the results obtained revealed no statistically significant differences between the two models. The biopolymer membrane proved to be similar to the homologous fascia as a free graft in the treatment of chronic perforations of the eardrum membrane of the Chinchilla laniger.


Abstract : Many cancer centers today focus on providing comprehensive, multidisciplinary care that involves family and friends in the treatments and support services for cancer patients. Wagner's Chronic Care Model is one such model that can be used to provide this system of care to cancer patients. This study examines the historical, developmental, and current aspects of Naval Medical Center San Diego's cancer center, and it uses Wagner's Chronic Care Model to comparatively evaluate it. Their cancer center demonstrates a model that streamlines processes and is capable of increasing quality and access to care through the use of a patient/family-centered model that provides comprehensive, multiservice cancer care and allows more patients to receive primary and supplementary cancer services within a single location.


Paeonia anomala L. is a valuable and sought-after medicinal plant for treating therapeutic pathologies. The natural habitat of P. anomala in the Republic of Kazakhstan is located in the mountainous areas of the East Kazakhstan region. P. anomala is listed in the Red Book of Kazakhstan as a rare species with limited distribution. In this regard, we studied a strategy for preserving the biological diversity of P. anomala wild population. In particular, the ecological, phytocenotic, and floristic characteristics of five P. anomala populations in East Kazakhstan were explored. The anatomical, morphological, and genetic variability of the species in various habitats was evaluated. Overall, the condition of the P. anomala population in the study region can be considered satisfactory. The floristic composition of P. anomala plant communities recorded 130 species belonging to 35 families and 101 genera. The northern slopes of mountains and shrub-grass communities with leached chernozem with high contents of N-NO3 and P2O5 appeared to be optimal for P. anomala growth. Asteraceae (13%), Rosaceae (13%), Poaceae (10%), and Ranunculaceae (9%) are the major families of P. anomala flora and plant communities. The Eurasian (54%), Asian (24%), and Holarctic (15%) groups were recognized as dominant in the chronological spectrum. Amplification with iPBS primers resulted in the generation of 505 fragments, 257 of which were polymorphic. Our research results indicate that the genetic differentiation of the Kazakhstan populations is not quite as high and may indicate their long-term existence within one large population. A separate branch is formed by the P5 population, which is located separately from other populations, confirming its genetic isolation. The analysis of genetic diversity iPBS markers suggests the existence of a large, unified P. anomala population in Kazakhstan Altai.


Nutrition education using booklet media with and without counseling on parental knowledge, amount and frequency of consumption of vegetables and fruits of preschool children in urban areasBackground: Consumption of vegetables and fruit in preschool children in Indonesia is still less than recommended. Nutrition education through booklets and counseling media will clarify information and understanding of parents about the importance of consuming vegetables and fruit in preschool children, resulting in parental feeding behavior to increase the amount and frequency of consumption of vegetables and fruits in preschool children. Purpose: This study aims to determine the effect of nutrition education using booklet media with counseling and without counseling on parental knowledge, amount, and frequency of consumption of vegetables and fruits of preschool children in urban areas. Methods: This type of research was a quasi-experimental research design with pre and post-test with the control group. The selection of respondents used purposive sampling to select the sub-districts that had the percentage of excess nutrition in Yogyakarta, namely the Danurejan District, and simple random sampling to choose children and preschools (kindergarten). The number of respondents was 56 people consisting of 28 experimental and 28 controls from 4 kindergartens. Nutrition education in the experimental group gave booklets and counseling, once for 30-60 minutes and at each respondent's home. The control group was only assigned a booklet without counseling. The instruments used consisted of booklets, knowledge questionnaires, and SQ-FFQ. The statistical tests used were paired t-test, Wilcoxon, Mann Whitney, independent t-test, and Pearson. Results: This study showed increased parental knowledge before and after nutrition education in the experimental group (p<0.05). In addition, the amount and frequency of consumption of vegetables and fruits of preschool children in the experimental group increased between before and after being given nutrition education (p<0.05). Knowledge, amount, and frequency of consumption of vegetables and fruit also showed differences between the experimental and control groups (p<0.05). Conclusions: Nutrition education using booklets and counseling media affects parents' knowledge and the amount and frequency of consuming vegetables and fruit in preschool children compared to using only booklets without counseling.


Keyboard input device includes a key input section, a mode switching member, a keyboard backlight and the keyboard backlight emission control section. Key input section in a variety of character input mode input characters via the keyboard. Mode switching means to switch more character input mode. Keyboard backlight was placed under surface of the input portion of the keyboard, and is illuminated in multiple colors. Keyboard backlight light emission control section changes the light emission color in accordance with the keyboard backlight to switch the character input mode. The present invention also discloses a portable radio telephone.


Electric vehicles start to take an essential place in our lives to support the sustainability and energy efficiency. In order to train the required workforce, a team of engineering students is assigned to develop an in-house electric vehicle in a university in Turkey. The resultant electric vehicle participates in an electric vehicle efficiency challenge to compete against other teams. This study summarizes the details of two important components of an electric vehicle, the battery management system and wireless communication. The study also covers the complete circuitry of the designed vehicle for the hope to help the interested audience to demonstrate a high quality work on vehicle design.


Background: The incidence of acute burn injuries in pregnant women is very low. Burn injuries during pregnancy are often associated with a high rate of fetal and maternal mortality and morbidity. There is a paucity of published data on the specific problems of burns in pregnancy, despite the high mortality for both the mother and the fetus. Aims and Objectives: This study we aimed to review the cases of acute burn during pregnancy and evaluate the outcome of these patients in West Bengal, India. Materials and Methods: This was hospital based retrospective study conducted at SSKM Hospital in collaboration with Dept of Plastic Surgery, West Bengal, India from April 2019 to March 2022. Total 141 pregnant women with thermal injuries were included in the study. Template was generated and analysis was done on SPSS software. Results: Among 141 pregnant women with thermal injuries maximum were in the age group of 21-25 years (39.7%). Mean Age of the patients were 16.75 years. Accidental Burn was 114 (80.9%). Maximum burn was during 2nd trimester 83 (58.9%). IUFD was present in 4 (2.8%) of burn mothers, septicemia was present in 23 (16.3%) and maternal death was present in 22 (15.6%) of the burn mothers. Maximum maternal deaths 6 (4.3%) was found in 74%TBSA cases. Almost 90 to 100% maternal deaths were found in 70% to 100% TBSA cases. maximum deaths were in the age group of 18.20 years. Maternal deaths in accidental burn was 18 (12.8%) and suicidal burn was 4 (2.8%). Conclusions: Maternal mortality is correlated to the percentage of the total burned area and inhalation injury. Burns in pregnant women have a profound effect on the fetal wellbeing, with a high rate of mortality especially in the first trimester.


The IBM Cell Broadband Engine (BE) is a multi-core processor with a PowerPC host processor (PPE) and 8 synergic processor engines (SPEs). The Cell BE architecture is designed to improve upon conventional processors in terms of memory latency, bandwidth and power computation. In this paper, we discuss the parallelization, implementation and performance of a video surveillance application on the IBM Cell BE. We report the Video surveillance application's performance measured on a computer with one Cell processor and with varying numbers of synergic processor engines enabled. These results were compared to the results obtained on the Cell's single PPE with all 8 SPEs disabled. The results indicate that our video surveillance application performs approximately 16 times faster on the Cell BE than modern RISC processors by processing input data from five separate surveillance video streams in parallel.


In present times, agrarian receipts are becoming increasingly popular among small agricultural producers. In parallel, the issues related to the improvement of the legal framework for their functioning and circulation, the incompleteness of the process of registration of property rights and lease agreements for land plots in the State Register of property rights to immovable property, low awareness of farmers with the mechanisms of circulation of these financial instruments appear to be relevant. The study is aimed at theoretical substantiating the problems, achievements and prospects associated with the functioning and circulation of agrarian receipts, as well as developing practical recommendations for improving this process. The study was carried out according to the general methodological scheme of the system approach. In the course of the study, the methods of comparative analysis, statistics-economic, abstract-logical, graphic, and some other methods were used. It is determined that the functioning of the five-year project «Agrarian Receipts in Ukraine», initiated by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), provided a powerful basis for the successful use of agrarian receipts. The peculiarities of functioning and circulation of agrarian receipts in agriculture of Ukraine are substantiated. A comparative analysis of the use of agrarian receipts and other credit instruments by agricultural producers is carried out. Problems are identified and advantages associated with the use of agrarian receipts are outlined. It is proved that agrarian receipts are an effective instrument for attracting relatively cheap credit resources by small and medium-sized agricultural producers. Registration of agrarian receipts speeds up the procedure for obtaining a loan; does not require additional collateral, since the collateral is the future crop; can be repaid by the products for which the loan was provided. It is determined that the improvement requires a mechanism of functioning of agrarian receipts in terms of increasing the period of their use, expanding the list of entities that can issue agrarian receipts, changing the collateral for agrarian receipt. Further research will be aimed at developing new and improving existing financial instruments of rural development.


In this paper,the author takes Antaibao coal mine during the period of over anticline mining,transportation and dump equipment for the study.Based on available information and data of equipment,combined with on-site practical and theoretical calculation of the mine through the anticline equipment needed during the model analyzed in detail to determine the type of major equipment such as trucks and the number of normal production for the mine to provide guidance.


This paper proposes a novel approach to efficiently creating multiple semisupervised models of obstacles for life time learning applied to autonomous robot navigation. While previous techniques, which used predefined models of obstacles and terrain, have had success in constrained environments, this paper provides a framework to improve upon this naive technique in obstacle-rich environments.


User Orientation in Central Government AdministrationA description of the user orientation programme of the
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This paper has a marked practical aspect. We wish to encourage and facilitate the use of Q methodology amongst psychologists interested in qualitative research. The paper duly answers a number of pertinent 'how to do Q' questions. Yet our primary intention is not to produce an exhaustive 'how to do Q' guide. In discussing issues of theory, method and interpretation in Q methodology, the main aim of the paper is rather to address some of the more common misunderstandings and misrepresentations that constitute obstacles to the use of one of the very first 'alternative' methods to have been developed in the context of psychology. In addressing such obstacles, the paper hopes to bring 'Why do Q?' questions to the fore. In so doing, Q methodology will also be 'positioned' in relation to a number of other qualitative research methods, each of which currently enjoys a degree of prominence within the psychological discipline.


Current study aims to develop an ICT adoption model based on the perceived awareness, perceived usefulness and intention to use ICT. Researcher has measured the opinions of the telecom users towards ICT using a well-structured questionnaire, distributed to 1080 telecom users equally from rural and urban areas of the North and Central India. It was found from the study that the ICT is useful for acquiring information, entertainment, safety and security, maintaining e-repository, managing digital money & payments and for skill or knowledge enhancement. ICT adoption model developed in the study suggests that perceived awareness and perceived usefulness both are significant predictors of the intention to use ICT. Further, the model shows that the area and generation gap both are significant predictors of the ICT adoption. The study is limited to telecom users only and geographical area of the survey is limited to North and Central India.


Using a microscopic model of the collision of fast nuclei based on the equations of motion of classical mechanics with a potential effective NN interaction, we study the dynamics and the time evolution of the formation of complex nuclear fragments in the reaction Ne+U (400 MeV/nucleon). The results are compared with experiment and it is shown that certain observed characteristics for moderate and heavy fragments depend strongly on the nucleus-nucleus interaction dynamics parametrized in the effective NN potential model, and the they can be used to relate the experimental data and the parameters of a possible nuclear-matter compression region appearing in the calculations.


The pH–rate contstant profile for hydrolysis of benzaldehyde disalicyl acetal in either 50% dioxan–H2O (v/v) or in H2O at 25° is bell-shaped and reveals a maximum enhancement of kobs in comparison with the dimethyl ester of 2·7 × 109.


Introduction: Several countries prioritize patient safety in their health policies. In Portugal, following the implementation of the National Plan for Patient Safety (NPPS) 2015–2020, the research team of the National School of Public Health (NSPH) carried out extensive work to continue improving aspects of the previous Plan. This work was focused on identifying the strengths and weaknesses of NPPS 2015–2020 and aspects related to its applicability and main challenges and opportunities for the implementation of the NPPS 2021–2026. Methods: Methodological dynamic process was based on the most relevant international and national guidelines and the feedback from key patient safety stakeholders. We developed a cross-sectional mixed-methods study from January to August 2021. We used documentation and periodical reports from National Health Service (NHS) healthcare institutions as secondary sources of information. For primary data collection, we used an online survey (applied to elements in the different quality and safety structures of hospitals and primary care units), interviews, and focus groups to collect information from patient safety experts. Results and Discussion: Strengthening safety culture, patient safety training, communication, leadership involvement, patient and family engagement, and monitorization process is considered essential. We also identified local limitations such as the lack of resources and protected time for the healthcare professionals and lack of leadership involvement on patient safety strategies for dedicating to patient safety actions. Most of the patient safety stakeholders agreed that the safety and health of clinical teams and new modalities of healthcare (such as telemedicine, home hospitalization, home care) should be a priority for patient safety strategies. Conclusions: In our study, we used a robust methodology with a participatory process involving different stakeholders. An alignment between local, regional, and national levels in terms of measuring indicators, the definition of priorities, and actions and activities to improve patient safety is recommended. Reinforced partnerships and alignment between the institution's mission, and safety priorities will be crucial to enhance patient safety. Additionally, this work highlights the added value for health systems achieved through strong partnerships between public administration and academic institutions to improve healthcare quality and patient safety.


Post-pyloric feeding has been shown to be beneficial compared to gastric feeding in terms of calories delivered, length of intensive care unit stay and possibly rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia and mortality. It has often been disregarded as taking too long or requiring expensive equipment, but we have established a rapid, safe, cheap and reliable technique for inserting post-pyloric feeding tubes.


The soil acidified by the acid precipitation is expected to cause water stress to trees. In this work, AE measurement of 2 years old seedlings of sugi (Cryptomeria Japonica D. Don) planted in soil acidified artificially was performed, and the characteristics of generated AE are discussed. There was no AE signals detected during night, cloudy or rainy day when the intensity of solar radiation was low. The AE generation from a healthy seedling in the control was concentrated at the start of solar radiation when the initiation of transpiration stream caused the cavitation in the xylem. For the seedlings under the condition of water stress caused by transplanting or soil acidification, the AE generation had a low concentration at the start of solar radiation, and it was spread over the period of the sunshine.


Bite Yu Finga! takes culinary explorers far beyond the restrictive parameters of western European–derived fine dining. This engaging ethnography traces the path of national cuisine formation in the young post-colonial country of Belize. With captivating anecdotes and solid data, Lyra Spang describes the important role of tourism in driving culinary innovation in Belize and the powerful influence of cultural politics on the process of deciding whose food is considered Belizean. Spang champions gastronationalism as a patriotic imperative, calling for further research on culinary innovation and development in post-colonial nations. She challenges the Belizean tourism industry to embrace a creative, diverse and inclusive cuisine that fairly represents the country.


The invention discloses a method and a system for switching web pages, as well as a digital television processing unit. In the embodiment of the invention, the method comprises the following steps: analyzing page navigation data to obtain the switching logic among all the pages in the page content through acquiring the page navigation data corresponding to the page content; and switching the pages under the control of a user's keying signal according to the switching logic among the pages. By downloading the page navigation data which include the logical relations among a plurality of pages in the page content to be browsed, and combining the user's shortcut key operation, the page can be switched directly, thereby realizing real and pure page navigation. Since a user does not need to move the focal point, the user can directly switch the page through the shortcut key, the operation of which is easy, time-saving and rapid. In the meanwhile, since the application developer does not need to add buttons to realize the links, thereby further reducing the workload of the application development.


Nasal angiomyolipomas are exceedingly rare and usually present as small tumors in middleaged or old men. Their histology is similar to that of the renal counterpart, but they differ in the absence of epithelioid cells, the lack of HMB-45 immunoexpression and no association with tuberous sclerosis. A case of angiomyolipoma occurring in the right nasal cavity was presented in a 44-year-old male patient. The mass was removed by an endoscopic approach. A well-circumscribed, 1.3 cm-sized, ovoid mass was composed of yellowish gray, solid, soft tissue. Histologically, it consisted of bundles of smooth muscles, mature fat cells and thick-walled blood vessels. Nests of seromucous glands were admixed within the mass. Neither epithelioid nor pleomorphic cells were found, and HMB-45-positive cells were not detected. No recurrence has been detected for 2 months after the operation.


The aim of the present study is to contribute to the empirical literature on the consequences of Business Failure (BF), resorting to qualitative methods in order to better understand the aftermath of BF. Semi-structured interviews were used in order to collect data, which were later transcribed and analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Evidence gathered based on the experience of six entrepreneurs (three from the north of Europe and three from the south) showed that previous failure impacted individuals strongly. Such an impact appears to be shaped by the individual's experience and age, and their perception of blame for the failure. However, for these particular individuals, it does not seem to be affected by the size of the project or the amount of financial loss. An array of moderator costs was identified, ranging from antecedents to institutions that were present in the individual's lives. The outcomes are directly relatable to the failed experience by the individual. It was also found that the failure had a significant effect on the individual's career path.


Methods for continuous measurements of CO2 are of interest, e.g., in emission control, green house application, control of air quality in houses and automobiles. We give an overview on the status of techniques based upon the use of alkali carbonates for solid state electrochemical sensors, and we present new results which aim at estimating their performance and long-term stability in different environments. These results concern the sensitivity, the response times and their dependence on temperature and partial pressure of O2 and CO2, as well as the mechanism of gas interaction processes at the electrodes. A brief comparison is given of characteristic properties of these solid electrolyte sensors and of presently available other sensors operating with different transducer principles.


This invention relates to positioning a mobile terminal device at the request of a user and indicating location on a map base that is downloaded to a mobile terminal device. Particularly, the invention relates to downloading a map where the location of the mobile terminal device that requested the service is marked. Furthermore, the invention relates to downloading a map indicating the location of a mobile terminal device to another mobile terminal device. The invention also relates to downloading a map indicating the location of a second mobile terminal device designated by the mobile terminal device that requested the service to a third mobile terminal device.


To increase the consumption level of red beans, measures were investigated to suppress their rough texture and odor, which considerably affect their taste. The effects of kneading time and addition of secondary ingredients on the roughness and odor of red bean paste were studied. By extending the kneading time, some of the bean particles collapsed, making the starch grain leak out. This reduced the mean and median particle sizes and diminished the roughness according to sensory evaluation. Although cooking did not damage the bean particles, it decreased the particle concentration. The addition of butter and heavy cream minimized the rough texture. Furthermore, the addition of secondary ingredients other than sugar changed the quality and odor intensity according to the electronic


This volume arose out of a 2012 conference called 'Rags and Riches: Dress and Dress Accessories in Social Context' at the University of Reading, which was designed to bring together archaeologists and dress historians to discuss methodology surrounding the interpretation of dress evidence. The resulting volume, however, as the authors say (p. viii), is more narrowly defined. Although the authors' Introduction discusses dress in general, all but one (Standley) of the eight papers in the volume focus on dress accessories, rather than clothing or any other aspect of appearance. This is both the strength and the weakness of the volume. Its strength lies in its stated aim of moving beyondwhat the editors justifiably describe as the limited typological focus of most traditional work on dress accessories in archaeology, to look at the broader meaning of such objects in terms of identity and social dynamics. This is a clear desideratum of the field and is to be heartily welcomed, as is the fact that the contributions to the volume genuinely live up to this aim. The claims made in the Introduction for the significance of dress, based especially on work that has been done on clothing and garments, are slightly at odds with the different nature of the jewellery and dress accessories under discussion. Similarly, those archaeologists working on dress iconography or textile studies, for example, might baulk at the assumption made by the editors in their Introduction that jewellery and similar items represent the totality of dress evidence in archaeology. Nonetheless, the contributors themselves do not make this assumption in their papers, and the wide chronological focus of the volume—from the Middle Bronze Age to the Early Modern period—coupled with the geographic focus on Britain (although two papers look at the Roman northwest more generally), affords the opportunity to compare methodologies of similar material across a meaningful spectrum.


Myres shares a section of correspondence from Bell about the use of addendums and suggests a different route for Bennett's fragments.


Using Yates's example of stuttering, this commentary expands upon limits to integration as well as a possibility for rapprochement which Yates overlooked. It also addresses the nature of the compromise inherent in attempts at reconciling psychoanalytic and behaviour therapy.


Four years after the publication of the Insaniyat double number (14 and 15 in 2001), the editorial committee has thought it useful to reopen its columns to a variety of research studies with an aim to enable researchers to make their work known. This group of 27 texts informs the reader about the diversity of Algerian scientific production made up mainly of post graduate thesis recently defended. The anthropological approach noticeable in a number of works will be probably more and more so be...


The title for this issue reflects the always changing but historically constant struggle between working people and the power of capital. This struggle has evolved over time in different Latin American and Caribbean countries when governments have been open to direct elections. In some cases this has allowed popular and revolutionary organizations to experiment with strategies other than armed struggle and forge a democratic (electoral) path to radical change. In this same period, global capital has morphed again in its structure and hemispheric strategy of movement and accumulation. Globalism integrates capital in ways that import substitution and export-oriented industrialization did not. The acquisition of formerly national firms or state-owned companies puts workers in conflict with new types of management and even under new laws. Since the 1980s denationalization has often required significant legislative change in the regulation of foreign capital in the domestic economy and the rights of labor. The relationship between global capital and democratic resistance is the focal point for contemporary confrontation. Latin American popular organizations are adapting to this new context in two ways. The first is to challenge the aggressive strategy unleashed on the domestic economy and the public sector by neoliberal reforms, and the second is to exercise the dubious newfound power of the left in democratic states where left alliances have won the presidency and/or the legislature. In this latter context these governments are forced to manage the social impacts of neoliberalism rather than repudiate the economic model altogether. In the case of privatization and trade, neoliberal economic policy has opened the domestic industrial sector to foreign investment in or complete acquisition of Latin American industries. This investment has provided both wider markets and offshore production zones for multinational companies in an ever-changing global system that remains anchored in the economies of rich Northern countries. As for democratic change, the ability of poor people and industrial workers to challenge the conditions under which they produce global commodities remains elusive. But the success of scheduled elections and the relative peace in rural areas have lent a veneer of legitimacy and national consensus to the radical restructuring of global capital. Globalism in Latin America has general and specific (domestic) features that are discussed in six of the articles in this issue. Two contributors, Matthew Flynn and Mahrukh Doctor, give us broad, even provocative insights into the dynamics of state economic policy in the context of the changing character of U.S. foreign policy, Brazilian hemispheric power, and economic imperatives.


Purpose: Delays are common in construction projects. The term "project delay" refers to a project's completion date later than anticipated. Lack of performance by contractors or project managers in resolving issues can result in project delays. The factors that cause project delays must be considered to reduce delays. This study aims to examine the elements contributing to Batam island's pile foundation construction delays.
Findings: The factor of delays is an important key of the analysis to prevent delays in future projects
Design/methodology/approach: This research uses a case study at Batam Island. The analysis is done with SPSS 26 program.
Research limitations/implications: Analysis of delay caused by pile foundation in Batam island.
Practical implications: Analysis of the delay caused by a project according to the result of the questionnaire.
Originality/value: Original Paper
Paper type: A Case Study


Abstract: The germinal center (GC) reaction in T cell dependent antibody responses is crucial for the generation of B cell memory and plays a critical role in B cell lymphomagenesis. To gain insight into the physiology of this reaction, we identified the transcriptional changes that occur in B cells during the GC‐transit (naïve B cells → CD77+ centroblasts (CBs) → CD77− centrocytes (CCs) → memory B cells) by DNA microarray experiments and the subsequent data analysis employing unsupervised and supervised hierarchical clustering. The naïve B cell is characterized by a nonproliferative, anti‐apoptotic phenotype and the expression of various chemokine and cytokine receptors. The transition from naïve B cells to CBs is associated with (1) the up‐regulation of genes associated with cellular proliferation, DNA‐repair, and chromatin remodeling; (2) the acquisition of a pro‐apoptotic phenotype; (3) the down‐regulation of cytokine, chemokine, and adhesion receptors expressed in the naïve cells; and (4) the expression of a distinct adhesion repertoire. The CB and the CC revealed surprisingly few gene expression differences, suggesting that the CC is heterogeneous in its cellular composition. The CB/CC to memory B cell transition shows a general reversion to the profile characteristic for the naïve B cells, with the exception of the up‐regulation of several surface receptors, including CD27, CD80, and IL‐2Rβ, and the simultaneous expression of both anti‐ and pro‐apoptotic genes. These gene expression profiles of the normal B cell subpopulations are being used to identify the signals occurring during GC development, the cellular derivation of various types of B cell malignancies, and the genes deregulated in GC‐derived tumors.


As pairwise constraints are usually easier to access than label information, pairwise constraint propagation attracts more and more attention in semi-supervised learning. Most existing pairwise constraint propagation methods are based on canonical graph propagation model, which heavily depends on the edge weights in the graph and cannot preserve local and global consistency simultaneously. In order to address this drawback, we cast cross-view pairwise constraint propagation into a problem of low rank matrix completion and propose a Matrix Completion method for cross-view Pairwise Constraint Propagation(MCPCP). With low rank requirement and graph regularization, our MCPCP can preserve local and global consistency simultaneously. We develop an algorithm based on alternating direction method of multipliers(ADMM) to solve the optimization problem. Finally, the effectiveness of MCPCP is demonstrated in cross-view multimedia retrieval.


In this work, we provide a refinement of the selective CLT result of Tian and Taylor (2015), which allows for selective inference in non-parametric settings by adjusting for the asymptotic Gaussian limit for selection. Under some regularity assumptions on the density of the randomization, including heavier tails than Gaussian satisfied by e.g. logistic distribution, we prove the selective CLT holds without any assumptions on the underlying parameter, allowing for rare selection events. We also show a selective CLT result for Gaussian randomization, though the quantitative results are qualitatively different for the Gaussian randomization as compared to the heavier tailed results. Furthermore, we propose a bootstrap version of this test statistic, which is provably asymptotically pivotal uniformly across a family of non-parametric distributions. This result can be interpreted as resolving the impossibility results of Leeb and Potscher (2006). We describe several sampling methods involving the projected Langevin Monte Carlo to compute the bootstrapped test statistic and the corresponding confidence intervals valid after selection. The applications of our work include valid inferential and sampling tools after running various model selection algorithms including their combinations into multiple views/queries framework. We also present a way to do data carving, providing more powerful tests than classical data splitting by reusing the information in the data from the first stage.


The configurator is a family of software systems that typically provides the customer with an interface to show the product range, enables customer-driven product configuration and may allow the ordering of configured product. In this paper, the author explains how a product configurator can help with demand management. A configurator can be an important driver for change in the supply chain infrastructure because it contains key information on customer preferences. It can also provide important data source - data can be mined from it on customer ordering behaviour, which may inform future strategy and be used for forecasting and supply chain management.


Investment and construction project from the perspective of systems engineering and using existing terminology systems engineering construction, formed from the studied model of organizational and technological modules ( OTM ) - potentials , representing a collection of process groups , united by a common organizational approach, process sequence , functional purpose , as well as other organizational, technological and managerial factors . The impact of these factors on the final figure will be provided throughout the project life cycle. The assessment of this impact - a key link in the task of monitoring the desired end point of the object construction - its security and comfort of life of people. Call this integral component of organizational and technological potential of the object. Significant difference from the building techniques used in the evaluation of the final index integral approach to the factors shaping it. To study the model of integral organizational and technological capabilities are introduced the following notation : PI - integral (integral) capacity (potential), represents a generic parameter that characterizes the achievement of the required endpoints construction.


In order to obtain maximum information from magnetic and gravity anomaly maps, application of an edge detection method is necessary. In this regard two commonly used methods are derivative filters and local phase filters. In this paper, a MATLAB code is expanded to combine an analytic signal filter and a tilt angle filter as a new edge detection filter called ASTA filter. This method was demonstrated on synthetic magnetic data from 3 models and also on real magnetic and gravity data from southwest England. Findings show that the boundaries of a causative body are enhanced more accurately using this new filter, compared with other edge detection filters. The source code in MATLAB format is available from the authors on request.


Lactoferrin (Lf), an iron‐binding protein in human milk, plays an important role in intestinal epithelial cell proliferation, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unknown. We have shown that the Lf receptor (LfR) mediates Lf endocytosis by Caco‐2 cells via a clathrin‐mediated pathway. The Ras‐dependent extracellular signal‐regulated mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade is an important pathway transmitting extracellular signals that stimulate cell proliferation. We hypothesized that Lf stimulates proliferation of intestinal epithelial cells by activating Ras‐MAPK and that LfR is involved. Mouse crypt cells were isolated from d 10 pups. Confocal microscopy showed that LfR is expressed and localized at the plasma membrane of crypt cells, specifically binding iron‐free Lf (apo‐Lf) and iron‐saturated Lf (holo‐Lf). BrdU assay showed that Lf stimulates cell proliferation and that apo‐Lf has stronger effect than holo‐Lf. Both LfR antibody blocking and MEK inhibitor (U0126) treatment inhibited stimulation of crypt cell proliferation by apo‐Lf but not holo‐Lf. Western blot showed that apo‐Lf but not holo‐Lf initiates MAPK signaling by ERK‐phosphorylation. Further, both MEK inhibitor and LfR antibody blocking inhibited activation of MAPK signaling by apo‐Lf. Thus, apo‐Lf but not holo‐Lf stimulates intestinal proliferation via initiating MAPK signaling and LfR mediates this process.


Kefir is made from a kefir seed starter consisting of L kefiri, genus Leuconostoc, Lactococcus, and Acetobacter that grow side by side. The addition of butterfly pea flowers extract to kefir can improve functional properties and sensory. The aim of this study was to investigate the physical characteristic, chemical characteristics, microorganisms, antioxidant activity, and organoleptic properties of cow's milk kefir with the addition of butterfly pea flowers during storage at refrigerator temperature (1‒4°C). The research analysis used a completely randomized design with a 3x3 factorial pattern with three repetitions. The first factor was the addition of butterfly pea flowers (0%, 3%, and 6%), and the second factor was storage time (0, 3, and 6 days). The physical, chemical, antioxidant activity, and microorganism characteristics were tested using two-factor ANOVA and further tested by the Duncan test. Data on organoleptic properties were analyzed by the nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis and then verified using the Mann-Whitney test. The results showed that during storage the kefir increased the pH value and TAT value and decreased the viscosity and fat content. The inhibition of DPPH and the antioxidant capacity of the addition of butterfly pea flowers extract increased and decreased with the length of storage. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and the yeast did not change. Sensory hedonic test panelists prefer the color and aroma of kefir with the addition of telang flower extract. Sensory test of hedonic quality with the best characteristics, namely the addition of 6% butterfly pea flowers extract.

Keywords: butterfly pea extract, kefir, storage organoleptic


A 5-V 256K /spl times/ 1 bit NMOS dynamic RAM with page-nibble mode is designed and fabricated using 2-/spl mu/m design rules and folded bit-line configuration. Molybdenum disilicided polysilicon is used as the second-level gate to reduce the word-line signal delay. A large 98 /spl mu/m/SUP 2/ cell with Hi-C structure stores the signal charge of 210 fC and provides this memory with wide operating margin. The device is immune to voltage bumping and uses laser programmable redundancy. Typical RAS/CAS access times are 80 ns/40 ns. An average operating current of 50 mA with 80 mA peak at 230 ns cycle time and standby current of 2 mA are achieved.


Introduction There is an urgent need to find a drug, combination of drugs or a vaccine to eradicate the SARCoV-2 virus and thus present a cure for COVID-19, the planet threatening disease. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease induced by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) [1]. It is said to be a mutant of SARS-CoV-1, the virus that causes SARS. It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and since then has resulted in an ongoing pandemic [2]. As of 14 October 2020, 38.1 million cases have been reported across 188 countries and territories, but the WHO estimates that around 800 million people in total may have been infected, with the mortality being 1.08 million people with more than 26.4 million persons recovered [3]. A person can be symptomatic or asymptomatic showing symptoms of fever, cough, fatigue, shortness of breath or breathing difficulties, loss of smell and taste, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), cytokine storm, multi-organ failure, septic shock, and blood clots. The virus may incubate from one to fourteen days [4&5].


Familial adult myoclonus epilepsy (FAME) is a genetic condition characterized by the occurrence of cortical tremor, myoclonus, and epilepsy. To date, there is neither a curative nor a preventive treatment for FAME. Clinical management is essentially symptomatic and based on antiseizure medications (ASMs). The choice of the correct therapeutic option is limited to ASMs that have both an antiseizure and an antimyoclonic effect, such as valproate, levetiracetam, benzodiazepines, and perampanel. However, these medications control seizures well while having a limited effect on myoclonus and cortical tremor. In addition, many ASMs, including sodium channel blockers and gabapentin, are contraindicated in this condition. The ideal therapeutic option would be a precision treatment able to revert the genetic defect underlying it. Nevertheless, this does not seem to be an option that will be available soon.


A secondary structure has been predicted for the protein kinase C2 regulatory domain found in homologous form in synaptotagmin, some phospholipases, and some GTP activated proteins. The proposed structure is built from seven consecutive beta strands followed by a terminal alpha helix. Considerations of overall surface exposure of individual secondary structural elements suggest that these are packed into a 2‐sheet beta sandwich structure, with one of only three of the many possible folds being preferred. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Canadian Standards Association standard CAN3-S157-M83 (R2002), Strength design in aluminum, requires that the zone affected by welding be taken to extend a distance of 25 mm each side from the centre of the weld. The objective of this investigation was to develop an equation to determine the width of the zone affected by welding adja- cent to a weld for a given set of parameters. One hundred and twelve weldment specimens were fabricated using five alloys, seven material thicknesses, and different heat fluxes. Hardness was measured in the zone affected by welding to determine the width and hardness gradient. The investigation has determined that the width of the zone affected by welding depends on several parameters. The heat flux has the greatest influence on the width of the zone affected by welding. Factors such as plate thickness, thermal conductivity, and multipass welding also have an effect on the width of the zone affected by welding. It is concluded based on this investigation that the width of the zone affected by welding can be reduced substantially in welded connections fabricated using properly selected weldable aluminum al- loys and thicknesses and an automatic process mode with a low and uniform heat flux.


Machine Learning (ML) methods have been widely used in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS). In particular, many botnet detection methods are based on ML. However, due to the fast-evolving nature of network security threats, it is necessary to frequently retrain the ML tools with up-to-date data, especially because data labeling takes a long time and requires a lot of effort, making it difficult to generate training data. We propose transfer learning as a more effective approach for botnet detection, as it can learn from well curated source data and transfer the knowledge to a target problem domain not seen before. We devise an approach that is effective regardless whether or not the data from the target domain is labeled. More specifically, we train a neural network with the Recurrrent Variation Autoencoder (RVAE) structure on the source data, and use RVAE to compute anomaly scores for data records from the target domain. In an evaluation of this transfer learning framework, we use CTU-13 dataset as a source domain and a fresh set of network monitoring data as a target domain. Tests show that the proposed transfer learning method is able to detect botnets better than semi-supervised learning method that was trained on the target domain data. The area under Receiver Operating Characteristic is 0.810 for transfer learning, and 0.779 for directly using RVAE on the target domain data.


12.00 1024x768 Over the past two decades, under the general framework of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures ("SPS Agreement") of the World Trade Organization ("WTO"), countries have devised and revised their food safety laws in an uncoordinated fashion. As a result, a fragmented global food safety governance now stands in contrast to an increasingly globalized food supply chain. Nevertheless, the latest wave of updates of food safety regimes in the United States, the European Union, and China points to several nodes of convergence. This paper elaborates on these converging themes, including their boundaries, and explores the policy implications. It suggests that these unifying themes are areas ripe for international cooperation, a roadmap for other countries' legal update, a best practice to be diffused for enhanced global food safety, and a call for additional civil society participation. Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE -->


Thirty-two years of annual adult grasshopper survey data collected in Saskatchewan were quantified and used to examine the trends in grasshopper numbers and selected weather variables. Interrelationships between 4 species of grasshoppers, Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabr.), M. bivittatus (Say), M. packardii (Scudder) and Camnula pellucida (Scudder), heat units, and precipitation were investigated by quantifying the average annual trends and the average distribution patterns.

Density ratings of grasshoppers were most highly autocorrelated with the previous years' ratings, the degree of correlation decaying rapidly and becoming nonsignificant after 3 yr. Correlations between precipitation and density ratings were negative for up to a lag of 3 yr. Positive correlations were found between heat units and density ratings and also between heat-precipitation ratios and density ratings. Maximum correlation coefficients tended to occur with the previous years' weather but the response of individual species was different.

The distribution of grasshoppers, heat units, and precipitation were related. Higher populations occurred in the area where the average heat accumulation was above 1600°D50 and average precipitation was < 10 in. (250 mm). Probabilities of exceeding the 32-yr mean were calculated for 38 districts in the province for Apr.–July and Aug.–Sept. heat-precipitation ratios, and for combined grasshopper density ratings above 3.0/8.36 m2. The correlation between these probabilities was high.

A damage index was developed to associate grasshopper density with the heat-precipitation ratio based on variable penetration of grasshoppers into the crop.


WORDS are interesting things. Often we use them and know their meaning in their context and yet cannot define them with meticulous accuracy. We know that dictionary definitions are often inadequate. They are accurate enough in a literal sense; still they do not and cannot include all connotations. There seems to be a "halo" or an "aura" of meaning surrounding many words. Take the two words, "hard" and "difficult," which are generally regarded as synonyms. But to say "This task is hard" seems to have a different meaning from "This task is difficult." "Hard" seems to be more emotionally toned than "difficult." "Difficult" is a controlled word; it specifies a considered judgment. But a task that is hard is much harder than a task that is merely difficult. Perhaps the other meaning of "hard" influences its feeling tone. A "hard" task is like rock, impenetrable; or perhaps the softer vowels in "difficult" make a difficult task less arduous. Meaning seems to be a complex associative thing as well as a matter of simple signification.


Although the pathogenesis of lipomatous pseudohypertrophy (LiPH) of the pancreas is not clear, findings of previous 10 cases support the hypothesis that hepatic disorders are closely linked to this condition [1–3]. The first case dates back to 1953 and was published by Robson et al. [4]. They described the lesion as an abundance of mature adipose tissue with widely separated fibrous septae investing remnants of pancreas parenchyma. The pathogenesis of this disorder remained unknown; however, over the following decades more and more evidences were collected that LiPH may be caused by liver disorders [5]. Sasaki reported a patient with chronic hepatitis B and such a lesion, and Kuroda et al. [6,7] confirmed these findings. In both cases, there was no evidence for obesity but both patients suffered form liver cirrhosis. Most published cases come from Japan. Bralet et al., on the other hand, found that LiPH was associated with a squamous cancer of the pancreas in a patient without liver disease and the disorder has been reported in association with chronic pulmonary disease by Siegler et al. [8,9] In another case, the disease caused obstruction of the bile duct and required surgical treatment by a hepaticojejunostomy. LiPH also has been reported in the submandibular gland [10]. A case from Russia suggested a congenital disorder associated with this obscure lesion [11]. LiPH can grow to gigantic masses; histology of the pancreas reveals almost complete replacement of the acinar cells by adipocytes with preservation of the islets. Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is not a typical feature of this obscure disorder. Although closely linked to liver cirrhosis, thus far not a single case of LiPH associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) or liver transplantation (LT) has been reported. Our patient was a 32-year-old male who was diagnosed with PSC 2001. His presenting symptoms included weight loss, watery diarrhea, pruritus, and scleral icterus. His family history included a father diagnosed with PSC who underwent LT. Liver biopsy in 2001 showed chronic hepatitis with bridging fibrosis and early cirrhosis and typical features of PSC. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) findings for the patient at the time of diagnosis revealed diffuse areas of narrowing and dilation of the biliary tree. During the following years, multiple biliary stents were placed. He had at least one documented episode of cholangitis with sepsis. He developed significant ascites, which was treated with routine paracentesis and continued to have abdominal pain. In February 2007, the patient underwent routine ERCP with removal of his biliary stents. New stents could not be placed because of a tight ductal stricture. A few days after his procedure, he was admitted for increased abdominal pain and multiple loose, light-colored stools. Upon admission, laboratory values included mildly elevated liver enzymes (AST 61 IU/ml, ALT 108 IU/ml), a total serum bilirubin of 8.1 mg/dl and alkaline phosphatase of 357 IU/ml. Also serum amylase was mildly elevated with 141 mg/dl. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen were performed revealing typical features of the PSC and in addition an intramesenteric lipomatous mass emanating from the pancreatic head (Fig. 1a and b). This mass had been present on MRI studies 5 years prior with size unchanged, measuring 18 cm at the greatest diameter. Despite the mass effect that the tumor exerted on the head and distal body of the pancreas, there was no pancreatic ductal dilation noted. The patient was evaluated and listed for LT with a model for end stage liver disease (MELD) score of 17; biopsy of the mass was planned to be performed during LT. Few days later while still hospitalized, a cadaveric graft became available. On exploration of the abdominal cavity, the intramesenteric lipomatous mass was found and a wedge resection was performed prior to hepatectomy. Histology showed mature adipose tissue with admixed with benign pancreatic elements (Fig. 2a and b). The final pathology was LiPH of the pancreas. Resection of the mass did not occur during the operation because its location originating from the pancreatic head would have required a Whipple procedure. Following the confirmation that the


Background/Aim. Neuropathy represents the most frequent complication in the patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Symmetric distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSP), which represents the most frequent type of diabetic neuropathy, is present in 30% of hospitalized diabetic patients. The aim of our study was to compare the effects of physical therapy (PT) and alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) supplementation on pain reduction and quality of life improvement in the DSP patients. Methods. The study was performed on 60 adult patients with DM type 2 and DSP. The patients were randomly divided into 2 groups: group A (n = 30) was treated by PT and group B (n = 30) was treated by ALA. The study lasted 6 months during which 3 diagnostictherapeutic cycles were performed. To asses their pain before and after every of 3 cycles, we used visual analog scale (VAS). We also evaluated quality of life before the 1st and after the 3rd cycle with the European Quality of Life Questionnaire (EQ-5D-3L). To analyze results between groups we used mixed between-within subjects ANOVA and statistical significance was set on p < 0.05. Results. Pain intensity showed statistically significant influence of both PT and ALA (? = 0.028; p < 0.001). A statistically significant difference between the effects of those two therapy modalities was observed (F = 4.78; p < 0.05): PT reduced pain to the greater extent than ALA. A statistically significant improvement was found in the domain of pain/discomfort both in the group A (? = 0.54, p < 0.001) and group B (? = 0.57, p < 0.001), as well as anxiety/depression (group A: ? = 0.32, p = 0.008; group B: ? = 0.22, p < 0.019) and EQ-VAS (both groups, p < 0.05). Conclusion. Our research showed that physical therapy had a greater influence in pain reduction than alpha-lipoic acid in the patients with DSP.


This thesis estimates the macroeconomic effect of Somali piracy through the measurement and analysis of the costs that the phenomenon imposes on container shipping. Piracy incidents in the wider area of the Gulf of Aden have been intensified over the last years and are creating and levying immense costs that are a heavy burden on Governments, the Shipping Industry and World Trade, which consequently, are also levied onto the markets' consumers – this is especially the case because the area of Somali piracy activity covers the busy sea trade route between Europe and Asia; the Suez Canal.

This research has calculated the cost of Somali piracy per container per year that passes through the High Risk Area (HRA) to be 29 US Dollars – a total cost of 3.4 billion US Dollars per year spread over 116.4 million containers. By treating this cost as a tariff equivalent on container shipping and by using the Global Simulation Model (GSIM) developed by J. Francois and H. K. Hall (2003) we have estimated its effect on welfare, prices, output and bilateral trade of a sample of 10 countries and the Rest of the World (ROW). We find that in terms of welfare countries experience a loss of nearly 77 billion US Dollars. In terms of prices, we find that piracy leads to an average increase of 1.4 percent and in terms of output an average decrease of 0.9 percent. World trade is heavily affected. We estimate that there is a reduction to world trade of roughly 80 billion US Dollars annually. Looking at country-specific effects, we find that in terms of welfare as well as value of trade, China and the European Union are the most affected and Brazil and Australia the least in absolute values. Countries inside or in the wider area affected by piracy, such as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and India are fundamentally affected taking their trade sizes into consideration.

Overall we reached the conclusion that Somali Piracy indeed has a significant economic effect on container shipping trade and that it is becoming apparent in different ways. Moreover, we ran a hypothetical scenario of a 30% decrease in the cost of Somali Piracy per TEU to show the benefits that can be derived if the international community engages the phenomenon appropriately. A 30% hypothetical reduction in Somali piracy activities – either by addressing the cause of piracy in Somaliland or by effectively combating piracy at sea – can lead to welfare gains of 25 billion US Dollars and a world trade value increase of 26 billion US Dollars.


Introduction: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a disease with a high degree of clinical complexity, and depending on its severity, it can have high morbidity and mortality rates, resulting in substantial health-care costs, particularly at the hospital level. Materials and methods: A descriptive study was developed based on the medical records of a tertiary referral university hospital. The records that included an ICD 10 diagnosis of acute pancreatitis between January 2011 and December 2018 were reviewed. All patients over the age of 18, of both sexes, with an AP diagnosis who met at least two of the 2012 Atlanta criteria were included in the study. Results: 1 353 records were reviewed, of which 386 met the criteria for AP. There were 205 women (53%) and 181 males (47%) among them, and comorbidities were found in less than 10% of the participants. 38% of cases of pancreatitis occurred in people between 50 and 70 years of age. Regarding the etiology of AP, biliary origin was the most frequent with 200 cases (52%), followed by idiopathic (19.7%) and post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in 33 patients (8.5%). Conclusions: AP is a common condition that affects adults of all ages and results in a high number of emergency room visits. Previous data in Colombia was only available for individuals with severe pancreatitis, and nothing was known about the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of acute pancreatitis in the emergency room.


This paper traces the origins of the current dissatisfaction with the term physical education. A retrospective–comparative overview is given of the major conceptual trends and structural developments that have arisen since the academic status of physical education has been questioned. This quest starts in the United States in 1964, then moves to the Francophone sphere, on to Germany and Great Britain, and ends in the Low Countries. Four major conceptual trends are identified which are disciplinary, multi- or inter-disciplinary or cross-disciplinary in nature. In an attempt to integrate these divergent approaches, the concept of kinanthropology is presented as an epistemological claim and a common denominator for both the science and the professional applications concerned with humans in movement.


Autonomic computing (AC) is a promising approach to meet basic requirements in the design of wireless sensor networks (WSNs), and its principles can be applied to efficiently manage nodes operation and optimize network resources. Middleware for WSNs supports the implementation and basic operation of such networks. In this systematic literature review (SLR) we aim to provide an overview of existing WSN middleware systems that address autonomic properties. The main goal is to identify which development approaches of AC are used for designing WSN middleware system, which allow the self-management of WSN. Another goal is finding out which interactions and behavior can be automated in WSN components. We drew the following main conclusions from the SLR results: (i) the selected studies address WSN concerns according to the self- properties of AC, namely, self-configuration, self-healing, self-optimization, and self-protection; (ii) the selected studies use different approaches for managing the dynamic behavior of middleware systems for WSN, such as policy-based reasoning, context-based reasoning, feedback control loops, mobile agents, model transformations, and code generation. Finally, we identified a lack of comprehensive system architecture designs that support the autonomy of sensor networking.


LASIK and PRK are both safe and, over the long term, produce similar visual outcomes. A preference for one or the other can be based on both scientific evidence and personal opinions, and it is a complex decision that does not necessarily have a right or wrong answer. Physicians should fully inform patients of the pros and cons of both and respect the decision, suggested participants in a point-counterpoint debate.


This study aimed to investigate the effects of PBMT with a synergistic combination of lasers and light emitting diodes (LEDs) with three different wavelengths and three doses on cytochrome c oxidase activity in intact skeletal muscle, and also to determine the time-window between irradiation and increased activity on cytochrome c-oxidase in skeletal muscle fibers. Male Wistar rats (240 ± 20g) were divided into two groups (placebo and PBMT) where seven different experimental time-points were tested. Transcutaneous PBMT was irradiated at tibialis anterior muscles employing a cluster with 9 diodes (1 laser diode of 905nm, 4 LED diodes of 875nm, 4 LED diodes of 640nm – manufactured by Multi Radiance Medical™), with different doses (1, 3 and 10 J). Then muscles were removed at different experimental time-points (5, 10, 30 minutes, 1, 2, 12 and 24 hours) and the analyses of cytochrome c oxidase expression were performed by immunohistochemistry. PBMT with 10 J dose increased cytochrome c oxidase expression with significant difference (p<0.05) when compared to the placebo group at all time-points tested. The 3 J dose showed significant differences (p<0.05) when compared to the placebo group from 30 mins to 12 h time-points, and the 1J dose showed significant differences (p<0.05) when compared to the placebo group from 30 mins to 24 h. PBMT with the combination of super-pulsed laser, red and infrared LEDs can increase cytochrome c-oxidase activity in intact skeletal muscle mainly with 10 J dose fulfilling the time-response window from 5 minutes until 24 hours after irradiation.


The study on the correlation degree of adult students' learning motivation and enthusiasm of behaviour shows that it is needed to take measures to improve their enthusiasm of behaviour in learning English,since adult students can not transform the learning motivation into enthusiasm of behaviour.


The study was to determine the cultural beliefs and practices of the ethnic Filipinos. This is a qualitative study and the focus is the Aetas living in Central Philippines. The informants were the 9 prominent Aetas, 6 of them were Aeta women who have experienced pregnancy or pregnant during the time this study was conducted. The findings revealed that during pregnancy their most  beliefs and practices are observed by the Aetas.  Some of the traditional beliefs and practices of Aetas  have been influenced by many factors. They have also retained some of their traditional beliefs and practices on pregnancy, childbirth, marriage, death and burial despite the effects of the factors mentioned. All throughout the life stages of the Aetas in the rural communities, their old beliefs and practices had been influenced by modernization.  It simply shows that the Aetas , are also susceptible to accept changes that may affect their way of life. Their traditional cultural practices that deeply rooted in their beliefs were difficult to neglect since it has already been part of their tradition for years.


Abstract In the last issue of Landscapes, Andrew Fleming sought to rebut many of the arguments made in my recent book Ideas of Landscape. His argument rests on a number of confusions, summed up by his title, which incorrectly implies that my book urges the reader to 'bin your boots'. I enumerate and comment on some of these confusions in this short piece.


The measurement of spray distribution at air-sea interface is important to calculate the flux of air-sea.Based on the analysis of some methods of measuring the particle distribution,the optical device to measure spray is designed with marine in-situ application demand.And the calculation method of scattering signal is also given.The results show that this device can be used to measure sea spray.


Since the first report of the use of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for prostate cancer in 1990 it has been investigated as a primary and a salvage treatment, using either whole gland or focal approaches. Since 1990 advances in the transperineal approach to the prostate, coupled with photosensitizers which have a short drug‐light interval and minimal skin phototoxicity, have resulted in major advances in the field. This review will look at the work done to date, and the ongoing studies which help to define the place of PDT as a useful treatment modality for organ‐confined prostate cancer. Lasers Surg. Med. 43:768–775, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Field experiments were conducted during 2000-2003 to the evaluate sowing time and spacing to maximize the green
seed yield of 'ICCV 96029' and 'ICCV 96030' chickpea(Cicer arietinunl L.). In the field experiments 'ICCV 96029' and
'ICCV 96030' along with check variety 'PBG 1' were sown on 21 September, 1 October and 10 October during
2000-2003. Green grain and biomass yields were recorded after 75 days of sowing. In the years 2001 to 2003, an additional
spacing of 20 cm was also added. The genotypes 'ICCV 96029' and 'ICCV 96030' were early in flowering and poding
than the 'PBG 1'. After 75 days 'ICCV 96029' gave the highest mean green grain yield of 2 062 kgha in 1 October
sown while 'ICCV 96030' gave the highest mean green grain yield of 1 888 kglha in the 10 October sown crop. The
check variety 'PBG 1 ' did not bear the poding in 75 days. Narrow spacing of 20 cm gave significantly more green grain
yield than 30 cm spacing. In general short-duration genotypes gave more than 5 000 kgha biomass in 75 days irrespective
of genotype or sowing date. Both the genotypes possessed comparable good quality traits


Abstract Specification equations for monthly mean air temperature anomalies at 68 surface stations in Canada and Alaska are derived by applying a forward selection screening procedure to simultaneous monthly mean 500 mb height anomalies at 110 grid points in the Northern Hemisphere and the previous month's 1ocal temperature anomaly. For the annual average, these equations explain about 72% of the temperature variance (on dependent data) by means of only 4.3 variables, but with marked regional and seasonal differences. The average properties of the specification equations closely resemble those derived previously from the field of 700 mb heights. The 500 mb equation however, explain about 2% more of the temperature variance by means of 0.7 fewer terms in the equations. This small but consistent superiority is evident during each month of the year and for equations based on heights only, as well as those including previous local temperature. The superiority is produced by higher correlations of temperature ...


Starting from the principles of crisis management,the paper discusses some solutions based the analysis of the crisis that new undergraduate university is faced to promote the management.


The trend of progressive technology scaling makes the computing system more susceptible to soft errors. The most critical issue that soft error incurs is silent data corruption (SDC) since SDC occurs silently without any warnings to users. Estimating SDC probability of a program is the first and essential step towards designing protection mechanism. Prior work suffers from prediction inaccuracy since the proposed heuristic-based models fail to describe the semantic of fault propagation. We propose a novel approach SLOGAN which transfers the prediction of SDC probability into a graph regression task. A program is represented in the form of dynamic dependence graph. To capture the rich semantic of fault propagation, we apply structured graph attention network, which includes node-level, graph-level and layer-level self-attention. With the learned attention coefficients from node-level, graph-level, and layer-level self-attention, the importance of edges, nodes, and layers to the fault propagation can be fully considered. We generate the graph embedding by weighted aggregation of the embeddings of nodes and compute the SDC probability by the regression model. The experiment shows that SLOGAN achieves higher SDC accuracy than state-of-the-art methods with a low time cost.