T HE REPUTATION and integrity of the late great geneticist, N. W. Timof6effRessovsky [N. V. Timofeev-Resovsky, 19001981], have been recently attacked by certain German and Soviet scientists, writers, or journalists. These persons have attempted to incriminate him as a chief supporter of Nazi theories of race and genetic deterioration as well as a supporter of Nazi eugenic policies. In the West the most active accuser has been Benno Muller-Hill, a molecular geneticist who is a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne [K6ln], in West Germany. He has recently been joined by Karl Heinz Roth (1986), a physician and historian of Hamburg, who contributed to a book entitled Der Griff nach der Bevdlkerung an article entitled "Schoner neuer Mensch," in which he traced the roots of Nazi eugenic policies to American and British investigators of genetic mutation and population genetics, but he especially singled out Timof6eff as the principal German scientific supporter of Nazi eugenic policies. His arguments have been severely criticized and rebutted by Bentley Glass, in a review of the book containing the article (Glass, 1989). In the Soviet Union, the attack upon Timof6eff-Ressovsky was launched by the journalists A. Kuzmin and V. Bondarenko, who are adherents or members of an ultranationalistic, racist society known as "Memory." The writer Daniil Granin (1987), in his narrative Zubr [The Bison], while pretending to follow Gorbachev's new principle of "openness" [glasnost] and to call in question the unjust attitude of those in power toward Timofeeff during the regimes of Stalin, Khrushchev, and Brezhnev, actually managed to clear those political powers of guilt in the matter. He produced a highly distorted picture of Timof6eff. Even the title of his narrative is ambiguous, for the nearly extinct European bison (aurochs) means in colloquial Russian a person who stubbornly follows obsolete principles, a fossil. Like Khrushchev's minions, who swayed the destinies of prisoners, Granin would permit amnesty, but not rehabilitation, for TimofeeffRessovsky. Granin accused Timofeeff of staying in Germany when ordered to return to the USSR and of refusing to collect documents that would have proved his non-involvement either in framing the racist theory of the Nazis or in carrying out experimentation upon human beings who had been doomed to death. According to the opinion of Kuzmin and Bondarenko, it was Granin's duty to have unmasked Timofeeff's services to the Nazis, in order to prove that he did not deserve amnesty.


We estimate the ${B}_{d}$-B${\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}}_{d}$ and ${B}_{s}$-B${\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}}_{s}$ mixing effects using computed production cross sections for ${B}_{q}$B${\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}}_{q}$, ${B}_{q}$B${\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}}_{q}^{\mathrm{*}}$+c.c., ${B}_{q}^{\mathrm{*}}$B${\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}}_{q}^{\mathrm{*}}$ (q=d,s) in the region from \ensuremath{\Upsilon}(4S) to \ensuremath{\Upsilon}(7S). It is shown that the mixing signal of same-sign leptons will peak at \ensuremath{\Upsilon}(5S) under the assumption of standard model estimates, and if the total integrated luminosity of 1000 ${\mathrm{pb}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}1}$ is achieved, it will be observable.


ABSTRACT Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)-based glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) hybrid copolymers of P(GMA-MAPOSS) are prepared by methacrylisobutyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (MAPOSS) and GMA via free radical polymerization used as coatings. Their morphologies and particle size distributions in CHCl3 solution are characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). The effect of MAPOSS content on surface wettability, transparency and permeability of casted films, the adhesive strength, and thermostability of hybrid copolymers are further characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), static contact angle (SCA), UV-Vis, mercury porosimeter, mechanical testing, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermogravimetry (TGA). Compared with the homogeneous surface of PGMA film, the surface of P(GMA-MAPOSS) film exhibits heterogeneous morphology due to the bulky volume of MAPOSS tending to agglomerate onto the film surface. This micro-rough structure helps to enhance the surface hydrophobicity (100–112° water SCA). While the surface of cured P(GMA-MAPOSS) film obtains a very homogeneous micro-rough morphology without any agglomeration due to the restricted movements of MAPOSS by 250 nm core-shell particles in CHCl3 solution. Therefore, the cured P(GMA-MAPOSS) film provides with superior luminousness (>98%), strong adhesive strength (748.2 Pa), and high thermostability (Tg = 115°C). Particularly, the chemically involved MAPOSS into PGMA can effectually improve the permeability of traditional epoxy resin. It is believed that the POSS-based GMA hybrid copolymers P(GMA-MAPOSS) will have great potential applications as transparent and permeable coatings.


Gribaldi G, Nurlaili N. 2019.  Morphological changes in some rice varieties through giving nitrogen fertilization in tidal land. In : Herlinda S et al. ( Eds. ), Prosiding Seminar Nasional Lahan Suboptimal 2019, Palembang 4-5 September 2019. pp. 353-359.  Palembang: Unsri Press. The increasing of rice production on suboptimal lands especially tidal land every year continues to be improved, one of which is through the use of alternative varieties and the provision of sufficient inputs. This study aims to determine the morphological changes of several rice varieties through the provision of N fertilizer in Tidal Land. The experimental design used in this study was a split plot design with three replications. Main plot: Application of nitrogen (N) fertilizer, namely N1= fertilizing at a dose of 90 kg N/ha; N2= fertilizing with a dose of 135 kg N/ha. Subplot: rice variety (V), V1= Inpari 30, V2 = Inpari 3, V3= Inpari 33, V4= Inpari 43, and V5= Hipa 5 Cepa. The result showed that varieties and N fertilization had an effect on the growth of several rice varieties, at the age of 42 HST in tidal land, the Hipa 5 Cepa variety tended to have better growth, at the age of 42 HST in tidal land, and treatment with doses of nitrogen fertilizer 90 kg/ha produces the best growth in some rice varieties, age 42 HST in tidal land. Keywords:  N fertilization, rice varieties, tidal land


Effective thermal conductivity of three-phase composites, consisting of matrix and two kinds of spherical inclusions, has been derived as an explicit form by extending modified Eshelby model (MEM) for two-phase composites. The present results are compared with those by differential effective medium model (DEMM), which are also compared with the experimental results of two- and three-phase composites in the literatures to be validated. For two-phase composites, the results by MEM are better than those by DEMM for the inclusion volume fraction smaller than 0.5. Comparisons between the results by two models and experimental results have been made for three-phase composite, resulting in that MEM predicts better than DEMM for smaller volume fraction of the inclusion having larger inclusion-to-matrix thermal conductivity ratio, but DEMM predicts better as its volume fraction increases. It has been observed through parametric study that its volume fraction is the critical factor affecting the deviation of predictions by the two models. The results by them show a good agreement with the three-phase composite proposed by Molina et al..


Universal index for Sasang typology using Cloninger's biopsychological theory Han CHAE.Eun Sang JEON.Su Hye LIM.Soo Jin LEE School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, 50612 South Korea, Graduate School of Health Services, Medipol University, Istanbul, 34810 Turkey, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University, Istanbul, 34116, Turkey, Department of Psychology, Kyungsung University, Busan, 48434 South Korea Introduction Cloninger's Novelty-Seeking (NS) and Harm-Avoidance (HA) were found to be the biopsychological characteristic of Sasang typology, and the So-Yang type has high NS and low HA however the So-Eum type as contrary. The purpose of this study was to show the clinical usefulness of these measures as objective clinical index of Sasang typology in foreign countries lacking validated measures. Methods The Sasang type of 103 university students was diagnosed using Questionnaire for Sasang Constitution Classification (QSCC) II and clinical specialist, and biopsychological and physical features with NS, HA, Sasang Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) and BMI. These measures were normalized to make a noble index of 'NS(100-HA)', and the correlation among these were examined with Pearson's correlation. The differences of biopsychological and physical features between Sasang type groups were attested with ANCOVA, and the comparison of clinical usefulness of SPQ and NS(100-HA) were examined with discriminant analysis. Results SPQ and BMI were clinically useful for Sasang typology as shown in previous studies, and the substitution of SPQ with normalized NS(100-HA) was found acceptable. The NS(100-HA) is significantly correlated with SPQ (r=0.466, p<0.01), however not with BMI (r=0.079, ns). The SPQ and NS(100-HA) scores were found to be distinctive between Sasang type groups, and these were found to predict Sasang type of participants with similar correctness. Discussion and Conclusion The current study reviewed the theoretical backgrounds and confirmed the clinical usefulness of Cloninger's biopsychological theory in Sasang typology. These might provide foundations for integrative medicine and cross-cultural biopsychology of the East and West.


As a novel material developed in recent years, Mn:YAP photorefractive crystal is a promising material for holographic recording and data storaga The structure, spectral properties and current photorerractive models of Mn:YAP crystals are summarized, and the advantages and disadvantages are analyzed The investigating direction are conceived


One of the classical uid models to describe plasma dynamics is so-called`two-uid' model, where electrons and ions are regarded as two compressible uids. It is well-known that in many circumstances, two streams of charged steady uids with diierent constant speeds are linearly unstable. It is shown in this article that they are indeed nonlinearly unstable in a dynamical setting.


Germinated Altex and Westar (Brassica napus) and Candle and Tobin (B. campestris) cultivars of Canola were screened for phytase activity. On the basis of this preliminary screening, 7-day germinated Altex seedlings were selected as a source for isolation and characterization of phytase. Partial purification of a crude extract (FI) by acetone precipitation resulted in an 8-fold increase in phytase activity. Ion-exchange chromatography of the partially purified preparation (FII) yielded two fractions (FIIIA and FIIIB) both of which demonstrated phytase and phosphatase activities. Further purification by gel filtration chromatography resulted in two fractions (FIVA1 and FIVA2) from fraction FIIIA and two fractions (FIVB1 and FIVB2) from fraction FIIIB. Fraction FIVB1 demonstrated both phytase and phosphatase activities, FIVA2 and FIVB2 demonstrated phosphatase activity but no phytase activity and FIVA1 showed phytase but no phosphatase activity. Fraction FIVB1, which showed highest phytase activity (5.3 IU/mg protein), had the following characteristics: temperature optimum of 50°C, pH optimum of 5.2, Km of 0.36 mM and relative activity for pyrophosphate 232 times higher than for phytate.


The frequencies of concrete beam strengthened with fiber-reinforced polymer have been studied by using finite element method. Based on Mindlin shear deformation theory, the mass matrix and the stiffness matrix of concrete beam, adhesive element and composite laminates have been constructed. By typical numerical results, the natural frequencies of free vibration for concrete beam reinforced with FRP have been achieved and the method used in this paper will provide a reference for study dynamic characteristics of concrete structures strengthened by FRP.


This research aims at presenting the Shari'a rule on the supplementary loan in its original form and the new form of murabaha, , and t awarruq , using a descriptive and analytical approach. The research concluded that the traditional form of supplementary loan should be prohibited. However, providing the client with murabaha -based finance, which is separate from the original form of financing, to purchase commodities is permissible, if the conditions of the Shari'a are applied, since they depend on the legality of the sale. In addition, the research concluded that t awarruq is permitted by the Shari'a provided that it meets the conditions of a true sale as defined by the Shari'a . Finally, the research reached the conclusion that both organized and reverse t awarruq in addition to inah should be prohibited since they involve collusion between the client and the Islamic bank to collect an amount of cash currently and pay more than this amount in the future, which is considered to be usury, or riba . Keywords: Islamic Finance, Alternative, Supplementary loans.


Does job satisfaction of street-level bureaucrats depend on intrinsic public service motivation (PSM) or extrinsic performance-contingent pay? Which factor exerts a more substantial impact on job satisfaction? Drawing on a data set of 220 frontline public service workers in Hong Kong, this study examines the nuanced relationship among PSM, performance-contingent pay, and job satisfaction. The findings show that both PSM and performance-contingent pay elevate the job satisfaction of street-level bureaucrats through a shared mediator-perceived job control. Furthermore, PSM, as an intrinsic motivator, exerts a stronger impact on job satisfaction than performance-contingent pay.


We examine whether rating agencies act defensively toward issuers with a higher likelihood of default. We find that agencies' qualitative soft rating adjustments are more accurate as issuers' default risk grows, as evidenced by the adjustments leading to lower type I and type II error rates and better prediction of default and default recovery losses. We also find that soft adjustments' relevance increases with issuers' default risk, as evidenced by the adjustments being more predictive of initial offering yields and leading to a greater market reaction to rating changes. Further, we find that the rating agencies assign better educated and more experienced analysts to higher-risk issuers, providing evidence of one mechanism used by the rating agencies to generate more accurate and relevant soft adjustments. Overall, our study suggests that as the likelihood of issuer default grows, the threat of reputational harm from discovered rating failures increasingly mitigates the rating agencies' strategic behavior incentivized by the issuer-pay model. This paper was accepted by Brian Bushee, accounting.


Objectives We aimed to determine (1) the proportion of women authors overall, in first (lead) and last (senior) author positions, (2) the proportion of women research participants and (3) the association between women in first and/or last author positions and the proportion of women research participants in original research articles and editorials/opinion pieces in four sport and exercise medicine/physiotherapy journals. Methods The journals evaluated were the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy in Sport and International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. We reviewed all original research articles and editorials/opinion pieces published in 2008, 2009, 2018 and 2019. For each, we aimed to determine the gender/sex of all authors (through gender pronouns, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, institutional profiles, personal websites, photographs and/or social media), and the gender/sex of study participants reported as 'female' or 'male' or 'women' or 'men' or 'girls' or 'boys'. Results We included 952 original studies and 219 editorials/opinion pieces. There were 5146 authors of original studies and 706 authors of editorials/opinion pieces. Compared with 2008/2009, the proportion of women as first and last authors was 3.6% (33.0% compared with 29.4%) and 4.8% (33.2% compared with 27.4%) higher respectively in 2018/2019. On average, the proportion of women participants in original studies remained largely unchanged over the 10-year period, only 10% of all participants were women in studies. Conclusion Women are strikingly under-represented in first and last author positions, as are women participants in sports and exercise medicine/physiotherapy journals.


Sulfate-reducing bacteria(SRB)were immobilized with PVA-(NH4)2SO4 method.Wastewater containing zinc was treated with immobilized beads with inner cohesive carbon source in contrast with free sludge to investigate removal efficiency of SO42-and Zn(II)as well as effluent COD,and content of Zn(II)within bead was analyzed by EDX.Results showed that removal efficiency of SO42-and Zn(II)with immobilized beads with inner cohesive carbon source was 55.7% and 98% respectively and effluent COD was less than 100mg/L.In repeated cyclic tests,Zn(II)concentration of treated water still satisfy Class II of discharge standard of wastewater.Removal efficiency of SO42-and Zn(II)with free sludge was 46.1% and 98.2% respectively,and COD was more than 1800mg/L.Removal efficiency of Zn(II)was only 60.4% in the second time test.Inner content of Zn(II)was 0.04364mg/g beads after fourth cycle of wastewater treatment.


Objectives: Dilated intercellular spaces (DIS) in the esophageal epithelium can be induced by acid and reduced by proton pump inhibitors (PPI), and are thus considered a marker of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Over the years, however, DIS have also been reported in esophagitis unrelated to GERD. Because DIS have never been formally measured in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), we aimed at detecting and measuring DIS in EoE before and after nutritional or pharmacological therapy. Methods: In 22 children with EoE, DIS were measured by morphometry and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), before and after treatment with topical steroids (n = 16) and/or exclusion diet (n = 13). A total of 30 children undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with biopsy for nonesophageal disorders acted as controls. Results: In controls, the mean (±standard deviation [SD]) number of esophageal eosinophils was 0.91 (±0.47) and the mean DIS values were 0.62 (±0.08) &mgr;m at morphometry and 0.33 (±0.24) &mgr;m at TEM. In patients with EoE, the mean (±SD) number of esophageal eosinophils decreased from 31.8 (±6.96) to 6.64 (±5.01) (P < 0.0001), and the mean DIS values decreased from 2.26 (±0.21) to 1.23 (±0.20) &mgr;m at morphometry (P < 0.0001), and from 2.24 (±0.28) to 0.98 (±0.19) &mgr;m at TEM (P < 0.0001), respectively, before and after treatment. Conclusions: DIS are a prominent morphological feature of EoE, in which they can be significantly reduced by an appropriate non-PPI therapy.


There are always some injury accidents happening in the physical education.Based on the analysis of the reasons of such matters,some suggestions to deal with the security accidents in the physical education lessons was put forward for the teachers to prevent the accidents from the aspects of the society,the administrative department of education,the school and the student.


With the rapid development of social security service, people have higher demands for medical service. Therefore, it is the development direction of mobile medical construction to build humanized and personalized service concepts. Mobile Health is of great significance to the society and health. Because of the slow running and unsupported distribution, the traditional computer can't solve the current issue of big data processing in healthcare industry. Mobile medical based on mobile cloud computing environment can be a good solution to these problems. The research of k Nearest Neighbor (kNN) query in mobile cloud computing environments has become a popular topic. Supporting scalable and distributed spatial data indexes has a great impact on the efficiency of KNN queries. The existing query methods are not suitable for parallelization or lead to redundancy of content. In this paper, firstly, we introduce an inverted Voronoi based kNN query processing with MapReduce. Such a query tends to be applied in various fields including m-health treatment where medical services can be provided by hospitals, clinics and other medical institutions to meet more people's medical requirements in time. Secondly, we introduce a mobile-health call system based on kNN query. Thirdly, we build a novel efficient spatial data index: Inverted Voronoi Index, which contains both inverted index and Voronoi graph. Finally, we present the outcomes of extensive experiment that are gained by both real and simulated data sets which indicate efficiency and scalability of the proposed approach.


Software development and adaptation in the domain of industrial machine automation often has to be done by engineers being experts in automation engineering but lacking the necessary expertise in software development. In order to support them, tool vendors have to provide sophisticated and elaborate programming environments which allow programming in high-level, domain-specific notations and in restricted, reliable settings. It has been shown that the implementation of such programming environments represents a tremendous effort. In this paper we present an approach for generating domain-specific interactive programming environments from models. Models express where users can adapt a control program, define the dependencies and constraints between various configuration settings and program variants, and specify how the programs are presented to the users. Our approach is based on the Eclipse Modeling Framework and the decision-oriented product line engineering tool DecisionKing. We demonstrate our approach using a case study from the automation engineering domain.


The core issue of the book is about how telecommunications law may be used to enforce copyright on the Internet, and that amendments to telecommunications law may indeed be essential to that aim. The inherent conflict which lies herein is especially sharp with regard to the liability issue: making broadband providers liable for enforcement of copyright infringement by Internet users would conflict with the principle of mere conduit, established in the E-Commerce Directive.Â


The nuts consumption pattern of Malaysian adults were assessed by a set of food frequency questionnaire collected from June to December 2008 from 364 adults (129 men and 235 women) which were selected by stratified random sampling from five areas of Penang state. Average total nuts consumption of 0.77 g/day among Penang adults was found to be no gender-specific difference but was significantly different (P<0.05) among ethnic groups with the highest among Indians (0.94 g/day). Kuih pau kacang was the most consumed product with a median of 0.81 g/day. Average monthly nuts expenses were only 0.4% from the household income. Majority of the adult population purchased nuts and their products twice a month (56.3%) from supermarket (34.7%). For the good benefits of nuts, authority should encourage higher nuts intake in Malaysia while enforce a more stringent regulation to protect the consumers from any health effect caused by aflatoxins in nuts and nut products.


Protestantism has great influence on the social life of the minorities in southwest China,especially Lisu.We should pay enough attention to its effects in our research of Chinese minorities and religions.Since modern times,Protestantism's successful spread in Yunnan Province has been due to a series of subjetctive and objetctive conditions,which has also reflected Lisu's reaction and attitude towards the cultural challenges brought by the strong Western religion.


According to the actual running dates of a certain gas turbine,the load spectrums were set and the contact-thermal-elastic-plastic finite element model was created.The changes of stress-strain of the blade-disc structure were calculated respectively in the urgent loads,typical loads and improved loads.And the emendatory Manson-Coffin equation of Morrow was adopted in the fatigue life compute.Taking into account of both the maneuverability and fatigue life,a improved start-run-stop process was constituted.The methods and results may serve as a reference for the management and running process of the gas-turbine,steam-power and diesel engine installations.


The rapidly changing world around us requires constant reflection and assessment of past changes and metamorphoses in order to prepare for the challenges of the future. The speed of change today is very high and every step aimed at adapting to these changes must have an appropriate basis. The cost of errors and delay increases many times. The article presents a brief history of the evolution of the profession of architect abroad and in Russia, with an emphasis on the methods of training future architects and the disciplines studied. The retrospective analysis is aimed at identifying patterns and features of the development of professional skills from ancient times to the present. It allows us to assess how much the attitude to the profession, approaches to education and the status of the architect has changed over the past time, how gradually there was a transition from a «significant figure in society» to a «blurring of the boundaries» of the profession, its branching. The analysis of current trends presented in the second part aims to formulate the requirements for which it is necessary to prepare future specialists in the field of architecture (the development of Smart cities and co-participating design), as well as to evaluate approaches to the participation of architects in the development of Smart cities abroad.


Two methods are described for preparation of 1-benzoyl-1-cyano-2-aryl-3-aroylpropane derivatives via three-component reaction of aldehydes, α-haloketones and benzoylacetonitrile or via Michael addition of benzoylacetonitrile to chalcones promoted by samarium triiodide.


We purified the black pigment from Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb leaves by resin.The adsorption rate and desorption rate of AB-8 resin were better than others.The optimum conditions were as following: pH 5.05,concentration 0.68~1.33 mg/mL,flow rate 3 mL/min.The resin should be retextured after using for three times.


Power system visualization is becoming an increasingly important topic, especially as it relates to showing real-time data about the power market to those who need that data to support market decisions. There is a wide tool set of visualizations available to the visualization designers, and tool used is highly dependent on the application desired. This paper explores the various types of power system visualizations, and describes several tools available to the visualization designer that may be used to get the data to those who need it in a meaningful and constructive way. Recommendations and design tips are given on when and how to use the various available tools.


This invention relates to an apparatus for restratifying the filter cake in the strainer zone of strainer belt presses, in particular double strainer sludge dehydrating equipment, comprising one or more monofilament or multifilament cables (9) tensioned transversely or obliquely to the direction of advance of the strainer across the width of the strainer belt (6) and the filter cake (7).


The beam plasma exists in at least two states: The "quiescent" state with low pressures and the "turbulent" state with high pressures of the neutral gas (argon in most experiments). The quiescent state is described theoretically. It is shown that the system should transport growing waves with frequencies just below the upper hybrid frequency ωH2=ωp2+ωc2. These oscillations are found experimentally for ωp > k1 ωc, where k1 has a value of about 0.35 in the experiments described. Increasing the pressure and the plasma density as well raises the amplitude of the oscillations. Then at the critical pressure the turbulent state with high density is produced very abruptly. The essential feature of this second state is the high energy loss of the beam particles. The dependence of the losses on the parameters of the system is studied in detail. The maximum losses may attain 50% of the original beam energy. Some other properties of the system are described.


In Egyptian mortuary belief, the abode of the dead lay in the west, where the sun set.

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archaeology;
Egyptian history;
geography


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Mordenite zeolites are well known for their acid cracking abilities, but are often hindered by coke formation which limits their life. The dealumination and generation of Bronsted acid sites in the MOR structure will have significant implications as to their catalytic activity. Density functional theory (DFT) has been applied to determine preferred aluminum siting in the Na-mordenite zeolite structure. DFT correctly reproduces the 6-31G* Hartree-Fock predictions for the relative stabilities of the four T sites of mordenite in a T(OH)4 cluster. Larger cluster sizes influence the preferred Al siting with DFT predicting T2 as the preferred tetrahedral site. Since DFT computational requirements are considerably smaller than Hartree-Fock theory, it is an attractive alternative for studying zeolites. The calculations performed were based on fixed geometries obtained from crystallographic data. Further work employing local geometry optimization in the vicinity of the substituted Al is underway.


Single crystal thin films with compositions from the AlN-InN- GaN system were grown via metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on single crystal 6H-SiC substrates. Blue light emitting (LED) and laser diode (LD) structures were fabricated. A conducting buffer layer was developed which uses an AlGaN buffer layer which provides a conduction path between SiC and the active device region. This conducting buffer layer was utilized in both the LEDs and the LDs. The external quantum efficiency of the LEDs was 3% at 20 mA (3.6V) with a peak emission wavelength of 430 nm. Violet and blue LDs were fabricated which consisted of an 8-well InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well (MQW) active region in a separate confinement heterostructure (SCH) design. The devices lased at room temperature under pulsed and continuous wave operation with an emission wavelength of 404-435 nm. The lowest pulsed operation threshold current density obtained for lasing under was 10.4 kA/cm2.


A Landau fluid model for a magnetized plasma, that retains a linear description of low‐frequency kinetic effects involving transverse scales significantly smaller than the ion Larmor radius, is discussed and validated in the context of nonlinear wave dynamics. Preliminary simulations of the turbulent regime are presented in one space dimension, as a first step towards more realistic three‐dimensional computations, aimed to analyze the combined effect of dispersion and collisionless dissipation on the energy cascade.


(2001). "Snow Fighting with Spring": Building on Young English Language Learners' Thinking. Childhood Education: Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 25-29.


The object of the present paper is to study a necessary condition for the existence of weakly symmetric and weakly Ricci -symmetric LPSasakian manifolds admitting a quarter-symmetric metric connection.


This study investigates the diagenesis and reservoir quality of Upper Jurassic Sandstones from the Central Graben. Petrophysical and petrographical studies have been done on cored interval from well 2/1-6. Precipitation of quartz cement is the main porosity destroying process in deeply buried quartz rich sandstone reservoirs of the North Sea. Quartz cement precipitate in the form of syntaxial overgrowth over detrital grain of quartz. Grain coatings like micro-quartz and illite are the main reasons of preservation of porosity in the area. Grain coats preserve porosity by covering the grain and inhibiting the quartz overgrowth. Petrographical and petrophysical data in this study clearly indicates that grain coatings are present in the Central Graben. Micro-quartz grain coating is the most common grain coat in the Upper Jurassic Sandstones of Ula Formation. Micro-quartz grain coat are generated from the transformation of siliceous sponge spicules known as Rhaxella Perforata. Though micro-quartz is present in all low and high porosity zones but it could not preserve porosity in low porosity zones. Clay grain coats like illite and chlorite grain coats are also present but in variable amounts. Relation between Intergranular volume (IGV) vs matrix and quartz cementation vs porosity have been also been studied. IGV is strongly affected by mechanical compaction, grain size, grain shape, quartz cementation, and carbonate cement. Sandstones with high amount of matrix and fine grained grains have high IGV as compared to coarse grained sandstones because coarse grained sandstones are compacted more when they are subjected to mechanical compaction. Grain shape has also a pronounced affect on the porosity in the area. Angular grains loose porosity as they are subjected to stress. In angular grains contact forces are more concentrated because of small contact areas. This is the reason we have low porosity zones which have angular grains and were not influenced by micro-quartz grain coatings.


Zhang Ailing and her works became history by the end of 20th century.However,the study of Zhang Ailing and the literary history value of her works are of great significance for the contemporary literature in the new century.This paper probes into four aspects of the integration of customs,the reconciliation of local traditions and foreign culture,the last Lament and the new era cappella,and the interaction of the edge with the Centre.


In today's society, with the high requirements of the quality for students in colleges and universities,college students part-time job has become a common phenomenon. Followed, many problems also arise. In this paper, through questionnaire, interview and so on form research. The legal position for part-time jobs of college students is not allowed, social attention is not enough, the lack of management by the competent department of education, as well as the legal consciousness of college students themselves is not high lead to many problems in the process of college students' part-time jobs. Study should clear college student's part-time legal position; determine the legal regulatory body, strengthen the media supervision; set up college students part-time management center, head up college students part-time job as a whole; Students should enhance their legal consciousness, and improve their ability to protect.


Background: Considerable epidemiological, in vitro, in vivo and clinical data support an association between vitamin D deficiency and prostate cancer risk and outcome. Few studies have examined this association in African men with prostate cancer. The vitamin D status in patients with prostate cancer in Kenya is unknown. This study aimed to determine the profile of vitamin D levels in patients with prostate cancer and to correlate this to patient and disease characteristics. Methods: Hospital-based cross-sectional study that evaluated black African men with incident or 3-month prevalent histologically confirmed prostate cancer seeking ambulatory care at KNH. Medical history was obtained by direct interview and the information recorded in questionnaires. Treatment history, pre-diagnostic serum PSA and Gleason score were abstracted from patient records. Every participant had their anthropometric measurements taken and plasma samples drawn for 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-VD) concentrations using the LIAISON® 25-OH automated chemiluminescent immunoassay method. The relationship between age, body mass index, pre-diagnostic serum PSA and Gleason score on vitamin D status was evaluated using bivariate and multivariate analysis. Results: 162 black African men were evaluated. The mean 25-VD was 19.15 ng/ml and 144 (88.9%) men had vitamin D deficiency (25-VD 7 (OR 2.9; 95% CI 1.5-5.5, p = 0.001) and serum PSA ≥ 50ng/ml (OR 2.2; 95% CI 1.7-5.1, p = 0.014) were associated with vitamin D deficiency (25-VD 7 was independently associated with vitamin D deficiency (OR 2.5; 95% CI 1.2 – 4.9, p = 0.01). Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency is very common in black African men with prostate cancer, particularly in those with higher Gleason scores.


Three-dimensionally ordered macroporous cross-linked polystyrenes (3DOM CLPS) with 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBZ) groups attached directly or via hydrophilic spacer arms to frameworks were prepared for use as heavy metal ion adsorbents. The hydrophilic spacer arms are polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains with three different lengths. The functionalized 3DOM CLPS were characterized by SEM, FTIR, and elemental analysis. The results confirm that the MBZ groups have been introduced onto the pore wall of 3DOM CLPS directly or via PEGs, and the ordered structure was well preserved after functionalization. The functionalized 3DOM CLPS are effective adsorbents for the removal of heavy metal ions from solution, with adsorption capacities ranging from 0.25 to 1.14 mmol/g for silver (I) ions and 0.28 to 0.51 mmol/g for mercury (II) ions, respectively. The introduction of hydrophilic spacer arms between the 3DOM frameworks and the heterocyclic functional groups improves the adsorption capacities and adsorption kinetics. The adsorption capacities increase with the length of spacer arm. After regeneration by washing with acidic thiourea solution, the metal ion adsorption capacities of the regenerated 3DOM materials were on around 90% of the original capacities. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2012. © 2011 Society of Plastics Engineers


In 2014, the outbreak of adenoviral pneumonia occurred in Korean military training center. However, there is limited data on characteristics of fever and its response to antipyretics therapy in immunocompetent adults with adenoviral positive community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Medical records of patients who were admitted to Armed Forces Chuncheon Hospital for treatment of CAP between January 2014 and December 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. We evaluated demographics, clinico-laboratory findings and radiologic findings at admission were compared between adenovirus positive (Adv) group and adenovirus negative (non-Adv) group. Out of 251 military personnel with CAP during the study periods, 67 were classified into Adv group while 184 were Non-Adv group. Patients with Adv group had a longer duration of fever after admission and symptom onset. Adv group patients had a higher mean temperature at admission and more observed over 40 and 39 to 40℃. Adv group patients had more commonly observed no response to antipyretic treatment and adverse events after antipyretics use. Length of hospital stay had no significant difference between two groups and no patient died in both groups. In our study, Adv positive CAP in patients with immunocompetent military personnel had distinct characteristics of fever and response to antipyretic treatment.


History provides a valuable lesson. There are many diffecences, contradictions, and complex events that lead us to the gates of freedom. Therefore, teaching history in schools could be something very important. The current and furure challenge is on how we were able to fix all the problems occurred all this time in history lesson. The teacher should also be able to make history lesson to be more interesting, such as internalizing local history into the history lesson at schools so that the students are able to get close to reality and are not forgeting their local history. Building the students' insight about local history with scaffolding reinforcement so that the students can develop their local historical insight optimally. Local history can serve as a source of ancestral history that should be preserved. In other words, local history can be a well that is never dry in drought, the values of wisdom for the realization of the ideals of a nation that is balanced, both physically and mentally. It adds to the material wealth of history and foster interest and knowledge of students in learning history. Therefore, this paper is intended to explain how the strategy to build students' insight of local history with scaffolding reinforcement in teaching history at schools.


In order to increase the productivity of the manufacturing process, a servo system with high bandwidth current loop should be realized. Switching frequency and digital delay are the main factors affecting the bandwidth of current controller. This paper focuses on the design of Gallium Nitride (GaN)semiconductors based AC servo drive system, one of its aims is to increase switching frequency. The field-programmable gate array (FPGA)is used, multiple stator current sampling and multiple PWM duty cycle update (MSMU)in a carrier period is proposed to reduce digital delay. Experiments on 100 kHz switching frequency show that the current control loop bandwidth can be extended to 6 kHz.


In this short paper we present-our preliminary results on the problem of finding fixed order stabilizing controllers for SISO discrete time finite dimensional plants. We assume that the controller has a computational time delay which increases with its dimension. This time delay is appended to the plant, and a fixed order stabilizing controller is investigated for the modified plant. We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions on the structure of fixed order controllers stabilizing a given plant with a time delay depending on the order of the controller.


Aims The long-term results of office-based pneumatic retinopexy (PR) using only filtered air were evaluated in a case series of rhegmatogenous retinal detachments with more than 3 years of follow-up, on average. Methods 77 cases of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachments arising from superior tears (mean=1.6 tears) were treated with cryopexy (n=61) or laser (next day, n=16) and intravitreal injection of pure air in an office setting. The macula was detached preoperatively in 37 eyes (48.1%). Outcome measures were single-operation success, final reattachment rates and visual acuity (VA). Results Subjects were followed for 6–186 months (mean follow-up = 40.7 months, 46.8% ≥2 years, 25% ≥5 years). In all cases, the air bubble was gone within 5 days. Single-operation success was achieved in 62/77 (80.5%) eyes. Repeat PR was successful in four cases, increasing the PR reattachment rate to 85.7%. Scleral buckle was performed on the remaining 11 eyes (14.3%), 1 with vitrectomy. The final reattachment rate was 100%. VA improved ≥2 Snellen lines in 53.2% of patients, with 50/77 (64.9%) attaining VA ≥20/40. Following PR, 87% of subjects had the same or better VA. Conclusions Office-based pure-air PR achieves acceptable reattachment rates with good visual outcomes and long-term efficacy. Eliminating the need for expansile gases makes this approach more widely available, decreases recovery time and lowers healthcare costs.


This paper outlines the origins and evolution of Singapore's Progressive Wage Model (PWM), an initiative to raise the incomes of lower-wage workers through stipulated wage floors and ladders corresponding to skills and productivity. The PWM has evolved from a niche scheme targeting outsourced service sectors, viz. cleaning, security, and landscaping, to a national programme covering the majority of lower-wage workers. It has helped to narrow the wage gap without reducing employment. However, the wage ladders will require continual updating, and businesses and consumers will have to adjust to higher costs as Singapore strives to become a more inclusive society.


The master plan and preliminary engineering design for the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) of the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ), which was requested by the IFEZ Authority was prepared by Yooshin in cooperation with Pyoungsang located in Incheon. The project is composed of selecting adequate ITS services for each area in IFEZ, planning ITS centers, and preparing integration of each center for three areas in IFEZ. Especially the preliminary engineering design was made for 'Incheon Asia Games in 2014' and the detailed design for three ITS services, that will be immediately introduced, for 'Incheon World City Festival in 2010' in Songdo Newtown.


In order to provide clear clues for future in-depth study on the im-pact of OFDI on industrial restructuring of the investing country,this paper re-views the related literatures published at home and abroad since the 1990s.Study abroad on this theme started earlier than that of China and are relatively mature in theory and research methods.Most of the domestic research documents have been emerging since China's access to WTO in 2002 by using for refer-ence of foreign research ideas and methods.The consistent research conclusions include: OFDI can promote industrial restructuring of the investing country direct-ly or indirectly,but the promoting effect is still not obvious for China due to her smaller OFDI amount and the influence of "lag effect".The issues requir-ing further study are the roles of OFDI in company product upgrading,technolo-gy innovation and value-adding capacity rising;factors affecting the promoting performance of OFDI of industrial restructuring of the investing country;the pos-sible adverse effects of OFDI on investing country' s adjustment of industrial structure.


Background: Indian Saffron (Curcuma longa) also called turmeric; has been consumed for centuries by people as a dietary component and used in the traditional medicine as a household remedy for various diseases in India, China and South East Asia. Curcumin (diferuloyl methane), the main yellow bioactive pigment in turmeric has been shown to have a broad spectrum of biological activities. Purpose of study: The present review was performed to evaluate the molecular mechanism of action and role of Curcumin in health and disease. Sources of evidence: The literature search was conducted using Sciencedirect, Medline, Scopus data bases, 26 studies were included in this review. Main arguement: Animal studies with curcumin exhibited its digestive and antiulcer role through its excess production of mucin, bile, and digestive enzymes. Curcumin is effective in preventing cognitive impairment in Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease and other oxidative stress related pathologies due to its antioxidative, anti-inflammatory roles. It has been suggested that the ability of curcumin to quench free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) results in its protective role towards neuronal tissues against toxic chemicals as Manganese. Anticancer effect is mainly mediated through apoptosis of cancer cell lines. Clinically curcumin is used to reduce post-operative inflammation. Conclusions: Safety evaluation studies indicate that both turmeric and curcumin are well tolerated at a high dose without any toxic effects and therefore, have the potential for the development of modern medicine in the treatment of various diseases.


Studies into the application of a new statistical energy analysis method. The author reaches the conclusion that this method has advantages over other methods used thus far for measuring noise propagation and can contribute to establishing more accurate theoretical calculations.


Site safety factors require that a nuclear reactor not be built over an active fault. Pedological principles have been used to assist in defining the minimum time since the last movement of a fault. Soil morphology may indicate if a fault associated with the soil last moved before or after the formation of the soil. Mineral or rock alteration within the soil may indicate the minimum amount of time represented by the soil.


Interaction of human beings, as well as of other entities in the biosphere and of most modern artifacts, with the environment, is performed through organs (sensors or actuators) made of bistable devices, hence is based on Boolean algebra, i.e. on the game of "yes or no." However, in addition to this "analytic mode" of behavior, human beings seem also to possess a less understood but very powerful "synthetic mode," not based on distinguishability and verbalization (in other words not on numbers and words) but on a sort of union with the Chaos. From this back door of our mind seem to come artistic inspirations, as well as scientific intuitions or other unconventional modes of "information transfer under sensory shielding'; such as telepathy and precognition. A mathematical expression of the wave function of quantum physics with complex exponent, containing a pair of quantities representing "information" and "action" respectively, allows us to grasp an understanding of the real and the imaginary world of the observer.


Titanosilicalite-1 (TS-1) is a superior catalyst for the oxidation reactions using hydrogen peroxide H202 as oxidant[1]. Interestingly, the reaction rate and production ratio (hydroquinone/catechol) of phenol oxidation over TS-1 have been reported to be very sensitive to the nature of solvent[2]. However, how the solvent affects the reaction rate and production ratio in the phenol oxidation has remained unclear. Vayssilov and van Santen have proposed an oxidation reaction scheme for ethene epoxidation according to their results of density functional theory (DFT) study[3]. The activation energy of ethene epoxidation by H202 was estimated as 221 kJ/mol, which was drastically decreased to 83 kJ/mol over TS-1. They also calculated the adsorption stabilization energy of the Ti-OOH-ligand cluster (ligand = H20, CH3OH, and SiOH which was formed by a protonation of the Ti-O-Si bond). The formations of these structures were all endothermic and the adsorption stabilization energies were 129 kJ/mol (H20), 91 kJ/mol (CH3OH), and 104 kJ/mol (SiOH), respectively. From these results, they concluded that the reaction scheme through the formation of Ti-OOH[4,5] is energetically unfavorable and the dissociation of H202 over TS-1 is not necessary for the catalytic oxidation. Unfortunately, they precluded the effect of a solvent molecule for the Ti-H202 cluster, and the fact that the solvents do affect the oxidation rate remained to debate. The aim of this work was to examine the effect of solvent for the adsorption energy of H202 over TS-1. All DFT calculations were carried out using DMol3 (MSI)[6]. The double-numeric quality basis with polarization functions (DNP, which is comparable to 6-31G**) in DMo13 program and BLYP functional were used for both the geometry optimization and energy estimation. Prior to the DFT calculations, the clusters were optimized by molecular mechanics method using esff force field (MSI).


&dquo;This confidence in the modern hospital was not found in the AfroAsians immediately after they entered the country. Shortly after the establishment of the State, there existed a considerable amount of suspicion towards the modern hospital ... Palgil ... mentions, for example, the case of Yemenite mothers who during the night stole from the hospital their undernourished children who had been hospitalized by the public health nurses.&dquo; One of the conclusions drawn is that, since the Afro-Asian group relied heavily upon the rabbi-healer during and after hospitalization, &dquo;either the hospital services should be adapted to the needs of the Afro-Asian patients or ways and means should be sought to keep the patients in their familial surroundings and administer psychiatric treatment there instead of in the hospital.&dquo; Lambo's village dayhospital system was discussed in this connection. (transcultural Psychia-


The ATLAS detector, built at one of the interaction points of the Large Hadron Collider, is operational and has been collecting data from cosmic rays. This paper describes the track based alignment of the ATLAS Inner Detector tracker which was performed using cosmic rays collected in 2008. The alignment algorithms are described and the performance of the alignment is demonstrated by showing the resulting hit residuals and comparing track parameters of upper and lower segments of tracks. The impact of the alignment on physics measurements is discussed.


A concept of a compact imaging spectrometer component based on an integrated waveguide array is elaborated and its design rules presented. The component, a focal plane array spectrometer (FPAS), is used in a similar way as a CMOS detector array or a CCD in a camera. The classical spectrometer, for instance an optical grating spectrometer, disappears from the optical system. The whole instrument is therefore reduced to the imaging optics and the FPAS in the focal plane which takes over the function of the spectrometer and detector array. Its potential for very high spectral resolution, minimal size, simple instrument integration, modularity and ruggedness makes it interesting for commercial and special applications like space. Two typical space optical instruments are reconceived using the FPAS with the result of a potential volume reduction of a factor five to eight while keeping the same performances. Also the specifications of simple and generic spectrometers based on the proposed component concept are very promising with respect to spectral resolution, volume and simplicity of instrument design and manufacturing.


Abstract The IR-spectra of Pd (II) complexes with 2-aminopyridine, obtained both in sulphuric acid and alkaline solution are studied in the region 1700- 1400 cm−1. The structural conclusions are based on comparison with the IR- and UV-spectra of the free ligand and aminopyridinium sulphate, as well as of trans-dichloro-di-2-aminopyridine-palladium and deuterated at the amino group analogues of the investigated compounds.


Experiments were performed on rat phrenic nerve-diaphragm preparations maintained at 32 ± 2°C. Simultaneous recordings of tension output and intracellular events were made in isometrically contracting muscles. Procaine, pentobarbital and halothane depressed pro- and postjunctional structures; however, neuromuscular block under procaine and pentobarbital was of prejunctional origin whereas under halothane it could be explained by depression of postjunctional structures. Procaine and pentobarbital greatly lengthened the duration of the absolute refractory period of motor nerve terminals; this prolongation was minimal with halothane. Pentobarbjtal depolarized the end-plate membrane more than 10 mV, an effect not seen with procaine or halothane. Procaine, unlike pentobarbital or halothane affected the propagation of end-plate potentials to the muscular fiber. During tetanic stimulation of the phrenic nerve, failure to maintain strength of muscular contraction was of prejunctional origin under all three anesthetic agents; however, in most experiments under halothane the strength of these contractions increased rather than faded.


This paper aims to analyze problems in the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union since its entry into force in 2009. The analysis points to the question of its effectiveness. This paper focuses on the difficulties in applying the Charter by national judges as European judges, difficulties derived from the interpretation of Art. 51.1 of the Charter. For this purpose, it will be analyzed how national judges are consistent with the criteria for application of the Charter established by European Court´s recent cases law (Melloni, Akerberg, Julian Hernandez, Torralbo Marcos ...). Finally two conclusions will be reach: first al all, the Charter is being used by the ordinary courts as a hermeneutical parameter for the distribution of normative competences between the States and the Union; secondly, the Charter has become an auxiliary mechanism in the hands of the judge for the application of the European Directives and for determination of direct effect.


Goenka, S., Tewari, A., Arora, M., Stigler, M. H., Perry, C. L., Arnold, J. S., ... & Reddy, K. S. (2010). Process evaluation of a tobacco prevention program in Indian schools—methods, results and lessons learnt. Health Education Research, 25(6), 917-935. Guha, N., Warnakulasuriya, S., Vlaanderen, J., & Straif, K. (2014). Betel quid chewing and the risk of oral and oropharyngeal cancers: A meta‐analysis with implications for cancer control. International Journal of Cancer, 135(6), 1433-1443.


Future linear colliders may require a nonzero crossing angle between the two beams at the interaction point. This requirement in turn implies that the beams will pass through the strong interaction region (IR) solenoid with an angle, and thus that the component of the solenoidal field perpendicular to the beam trajectory is nonzero. The interaction of the beam and the solenoidal field will cause optical effects, such as dispersion and deflection of the beam, and synchrotron radiation effects. For a purely solenoidal field, the optical effects which are relevant to luminosity exactly cancel at the IP when the influence of the solenoid's fringe field is taken into account. Beam size growth due to synchrotron radiation in the solenoid is proportional to the fifth power of the product of the solenoidal field, the length of the solenoid, and the crossing angle. Examples based on proposed linear collider detector solenoid configurations are presented.


In this paper we study conformity tendencies in SG&A (Selling, General and Administrative expenses) reporting from a mimetic imitation perspective. We explore intra-industry conformity tendencies in reported SG&A relative to sales over a ten-year period among a sample of US firms. We measure conformity by comparing a firm's SG&A profile against a reference group of industry model firms. Results suggest that a firm's imitation of successful firms' SG&A profiles is determined by the tendency of other industry members to imitate those reference models. Moreover, results suggest that the mimetic process is strengthened with higher environmental uncertainty and that large auditor networks function as facilitators for this type of socially-based imitation behavior. Different modes of trait imitation in SG&A reporting seem to coexist as long as the reference groups are defined in terms of size and profitability.


The prospective utilization of bael shell (Aegle marmelos) as an agro-waste for the production of biochar was investigated along with its characterization and application for the abatement of hazardous aqueous Patent Blue (PB) dye solution. The sorptive removal of PB on bael shell biochar (BSB) was investigated under the following operational conditions: (pH, 2.7–10.4; biochar dosage, 2–12 g/L; and contact time, 0–60 min). The removal efficiency of PB by BSB in a batch adsorption experiment was 74% (pH 2.7 and 30 ± 5 °C). In addition, a clear relationship between the adsorption and pH of the solution was noticed and the proposed material recorded a maximum sorption capacity of 3.7 mg/g at a pH of 2.7. The adsorption of PB onto BSB was best explained by the pseudo-second order kinetic model (R2 = 0.972), thereby asserting the predominant role of chemisorption. The active role of multiple surface-active functionalities present on BSB during PB sorption was elucidated with the help of Freundlich isotherm (R2 = 0.968). Further, an adsorption mechanism was proposed by utilizing Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).


Abstract The effects of FeCl3, Fe‐EDDHA and Fe‐EDTA as iron sources at 5.6 ppm, as well as their combined effect with the auxins IBA and α‐NAA on rooting capacity and total peroxidase activity of three Citrus rootstocks (Swingle Citrumelo, C. taiwanica, and C. aurantium) in vitro were studied for eight weeks. No root or callus formation was observed in the presence of IBA independently of the Fe source, or in the absence of Fe in the culture medium independently of the hormone used. Low rooting percentage obtained by FeCl3, while the best results were obtained using Fe‐EDDHA as Fe source. The time of root appearance was also influenced by the different sources of Fe as well as by the kind of the rootstock. In the presence of Fe‐EDTA plantlets survived for four weeks and then died. Total peroxidase activity declined sharply shortly before root appearance, but the decline was less pronounced shortly before callus formation (in some cases of FeCl3 treatment).


The CesrTA group researches the mitigation of the electron cloud in the Cornell synchrotron beam pipe by taking measurements of the cloud density and cloud effects on the beam. Various simulation programs are then used to try to study the physics behind cloud formation and beam quality at different cloud densities. The results presented here are from the ECLOUD program and concentrate on matching data from witness bunch scans that studied the relative cloud density at different bunch spacings to measure cloud decay over time. After many simulations runs, parameters were found for both 2.1 and 5.3 GeV at 5 mA per bunch that successfully caused agreement between simulation and data and the values for these parameters will be given below. Upper and lower bounds were also found for the SEMAX parameter in the secondary energy distribution, and the secondary energy distribution was optimized to cause better agreement between peak shapes in the simulation and data.


As a sequel to Reference 1, this paper presents new analytical and topological guidelines for synthesizing negative-resistance devices. Among other things, these guidelines can be used to tune the devices by varying the magnitude and dynamic range of the negative (small-signal) resistance.

Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for a circuit containing only one bipolar transistor and linear reciprocal passive two-ports (e.g. ideal transformers) to exhibit a negative resistance. In the special case where the circuit contains only one ideal transformer, one transistor and linear positive 2-terminal resistors, an equivalent topological criterion which can be checked by inspection is given.

Finally, three canonical negative-resistance one-ports containing two identical bipolar transistors, linear positive 2-terminal resistors and batteries are synthesized to exhibit an odd-symmetric (hence active) voltage-controlled or current-controlled v-i curve.


The mixing code language between Bahasa and English as daily conversations in the millennial generation has a massive use nowadays. In this research, the background of that phenomenon will be analyzed by the accommodation communication theory approach. The objective of this research is to observe the accommodation process of this type of communication and how millennials habituate it to any other communications and interactions. The method of this research is qualitative descriptive. The informants will be chosen by using purposive sampling. The data is collected by interviews, direct observations, and documentation. The data analyzing technique in this research will be carried through several steps; data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The research result showed that the usage of the mixing code allowed by positive interpretations of English as a modern language than Bahasa. Pride and prestige of social status for its speaker also motivate millennials to speak it. Therefore, a lot of millennials try to fluent in English by mixing it with Bahasa in their daily conversation and try to adjust to those social perspectives. Thus, the process of accommodation of this mixing code communication takes place easier in millennial circles.


Investigated the course of referral, intervention, and outcome in Canadian child abuse cases by examining the characteristics of 422 cases seen at a hospital and known to the Children's Aid Society from 1973 to 1977. Through discriminant function analyses, variables that correctly predicted outcome were identified. Subsequent abuse was predicted by variables such as child behavior problems, parents having been abused as children, abuse of a sibling, and severity of the child's injury. Reasons for using caution in clinical applications of these predictors are discussed. Comparisons of the present study to the few previous Canadian ones are reported, and all were similar in 2 respects: Bruises were the most common injury type, and abusers were rarely taken to criminal court. Differences in the findings appeared to be due primarily to the ways the samples were selected and differences in available services and hospital or agency practices. (11 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)


Air flotation, which can either be used alone or as a pretreatment to biologi cal treatment, was shown by the example of treatment of palm oil refinery effluent, where the fat and oil content could be 10,000 mg/l or higher. This process implies recovery of valuable organics and when dealing with palm oil refinery effluent it is also possible to recover an acid oil fraction that can be recycled to the production plant.


This paper proposes the method which traverses and codes the quadtree by breadth first. Quadtree coded by breadth first (breadth first quadtree) has the same compression ratio with the quadtree coded by depth first (depth first quadtree). In breadth first quadtree, nodes in high level and low level appear in level by level, not at random. This makes it better for operation efficiency, especially in geometric property operation (perimeter calculation, area calculation, search, object labelling, neighbor finding) which needs long operation time. In this paper we show the advantage of breadth first quadtree by the worst case analysis and the general case analysis.<<ETX>>


The theory and engineering techniques used for the prediction of the Apollo entry thermal-radiation environment are presented. The radiation predictions are shown to be in satisfactory agreement with the Apollo 4, FIRE 1, and FIRE 2 flight radiometer data. The characteristics and performance of the Apollo flight radiometer and ablator-mounted configuration were determined through arc jet simulation tests.


Andrea Dworkin knows that the world can be a cruel and harrowing place for women. She writes shocking essays, proposes controversial antipornography legislation, and, every now and then, creates a novel filled with rage. Mercy is one such contentious novel. It has been dismissed as engaging in "rhetorical trickery" that "calls women together in a crusade of pointless retributive violence"' and as "a long, largely unpunctuated, scream" in which Dworkin "wants to thrust her fist down the throats of feminists."2 The most comprehensive condemnation was issued by Martha Nussbaum who asserts that Mercy is a "striking modern example of the strict retributivist position" in which "there is no mercy." Nussbaum is disturbed about the narrator's "angry refusal of mercy" and her lack of "concern for the identity of the particulars" of the various men who molest, beat, and rape her.3 Nussbaum complains that, "like the women in male pornography," Dworkin's "men have no history, no psychology, no reasons for action; they are just knives that cut, arms that beat, penises that maim by the very act of penetration."4 This view, of course, is premised on the assumption that these men are the offenders who should be shown leniency. Yet, if the perspective is shifted and the karate-kicking narrator, Andrea, is viewed as the perpetrator of crimes against innocent victims, rather than a revenge-seeking victim, a new view of the text emerges. Mercy becomes, to borrow Nussbaum's phrase, a "vision of the particulars"-Andrea's particulars.5 And so, Dworkin's readers are positioned as triers of fact whose purpose is not only to


A two-dimensional problem of the motion of a single vortex near an infinite straight wall with singular gaps is solved both analytically, using a point-vortex approach, and numerically based on the method of contour surgery for a vortex patch. The background irrotational flow was generated by a balanced point source-sink system located at the gaps. Three different regimes of vortex evolution were detected and studied in detail: (i) Complete or partial transit, i.e., continuation of the motion along the wall; (ii) complete destruction, i.e., the "penetration" through the sink gap; and (iii) capture in a certain area against the wall between the gaps. These regimes are controlled by three parameters: the ratio of the vortex size and the distance between the gaps, the remoteness of the vortex trajectory from the wall, and the ratio of the intensities of the background flow and the vortex. A bifurcational character of the transition between the regimes was observed. Steady-state solutions were found numerical...


Few people share my view. The conventional wisdom is that most schools— certainly those that serve better-off populations— are pretty good and if all could be brought up to that good level, America would be in great shape. My disagreement with the conventional wisdom is based in part on my reading of W. Edwards Deming and Joseph Juran. They're the two management experts given most of the credit for making the quality of Japanese manufactured goods world class.


The main naturally occurring radioactive isotopes in water are uranium isotopes, radium isotopes, and radon isotopes, these radionuclides are mainly soluble in water [3]. The production of these radionuclides in groundwater is mainly from rockwater interactions. The levels of radioactivity in groundwater depends on many factors such as the concentrations of these radionuclides in the aquifer rocks, geomorphology, and lithology other ecological conditions of aquifer [4,5], depending also on chemical reactions and the physical processes of decay along the water-rock interface. 226Ra is an alpha emitter with longest a half-life of 1602yr, it originates from the 238U decay series and its descendant 222Rn has a half-life of 3.8d. 228Ra is a beta emitter with a halflife of 5.75yr and it originates from 232Th series. 40K is also radioactive and has a half-life of 1.3x 109yr. Generally, radium concentrations in surface water range from 0.01 to 0.1Bql1 [6], while its concentration in groundwater can reach values up to 38Bql-1, depending on the factors mentioned previously. 222Rn is produced which is a gaseous radioisotope and diffuses into the pore water of rock formation. The 222Rn concentration in groundwater reaches to 183Bql-1 [7]. The recommended reference level of radon concentration in tap water is 150Bql-1 as considered by [8].


The growing adoption of communication technologies to mediate teaching and learning processes fostered the study of asynchrono learning processes. Much of the research conducted on this topic focuses on the application of interaction models to analyze the content of asynchronous discussions and assess their quality. Despite the existence of different models, the one developed by Gunwardena, Lowe and Anderson (1997) remains as one of the most used in the study of this subject. In this respect, the present work focuses on studies that mention the application of this model in its analysis and discusses the extension of its application.


The invention relates to a three-dimensional copying device. The three-dimensional copying device comprises a three-dimensional scanning module, a data processing module and a three-dimensional printing module, wherein the three-dimensional scanning module is composed of a portable three-dimensional scanner, the three-dimensional scanner scans an object to acquire point cloud data and transmits the point cloud data to the data processing module, the data processing module carries out three-dimensional reconstruction and approximate treatment of a three-dimensional model on the model and then outputs model data to the three-dimensional printing module, the three-dimensional printing module is composed of a three-dimensional printer, and the three-dimensional printer receives the model data and realizes a three-dimensional copying function. According to the three-dimensional copying device, the three-dimensional scanner and the three-dimensional printer are connected in a seamless mode, and the balance among operability, real-time performance and portability is achieved.


Rett syndrome (RTT; MIM 312750) is an X-linked neurological disorder presenting with autistic features that afflicts approximately 1 in 10,000 females. After a few months or years of apparently normal postnatal development, progressive neurological manifestations of disease occur, including loss of speech and motor skills, stereotypic hand movements, difficulty walking, irregular breathing and seizures. Mutations in the X-linked gene MECP2 are the primary cause of RTT1. Hemizygous males with truncating or loss-of-function mutations typically die of encephalopathy, whereas mild mutations in either sex are associated with a variety of intellectual disabilities and autism2. Mouse models recapitulate many of the symptoms of RTT, and their study has provided insight into the physiological basis of disease3–5. Although heterozygous female Mecp2/+ mice show phenotypic variance due in part to random X-chromosome inactivation, hemizygous male Mecp2/Y mice have a fully penetrant phenotype. Mecp2-null males are normal at birth and weaning but then develop limb clasping, tremors, lethargy and abnormal breathing, which progressively worsen until death between 6 and 16 weeks of age. Restoration of Mecp2 expression in mutant mice after the onset of symptoms rescues the neurological deficits, including motor function, and significantly prolongs survival6. Therefore, MECP2 has roles in the postnatal maturation and/or maintenance of neuronal properties and circuits4. These findings suggest that RTT may be ameliorated or even reversed by genetic or pharmacological means after symptom onset2,7. Mechanistically, MECP2 binds to methylated DNA to regulate gene transcription through repression or activation8. When MECP2 represses gene transcription, it associates with chromatin-remodeling complexes that contain type I histone deacetylases (HDACs)2,9. As an epigenetic factor, MECP2 expression is therefore critical within a relatively narrow range, making gene therapy a difficult approach for symptom rescue. We reasoned that a genetic screen for suppressors of symptoms using a Mecp2 mouse model could identify pathways that are responsible for disease pathology and may thereby help pinpoint potential therapeutic targets. Genetic modifier screens are commonly applied to identify genes that act in developmental or biochemical pathways in fruit flies, worms and bacteria10; however, this approach is uncommon in mice11,12. Here we take advantage of advances in mutagenesis, sequencing and genotyping methods13 to identify five loci that suppress disease phenotypes in Mecp2-null mice. One suppressing mutation occurs in Sqle, which encodes squalene epoxidase, a rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol synthesis. Mutation of a rate-limiting enzyme such as SQLE suggests that downregulation of the cholesterol synthesis pathway can ameliorate symptoms. In support of this idea, we show that administration of statins, which also inhibit the cholesterol synthesis pathway, improves motor performance and increases longevity in Mecp2 mutant mice. Cholesterol homeostasis may therefore be a therapeutic target for treating specific features of RTT pathology. A suppressor screen in Mecp2 mutant mice implicates cholesterol metabolism in Rett syndrome


The extension of the Johnson-Kendall-Roberts (JKR) theory of elastic contact to a linear viscoelastic material is addressed with particular emphasis on the debonding phase of a JKR test. We show that the contact stress at the moving edge of the contact zone is tensile and is characterized by a stress intensity factor, KI(t). In contrast to the elastic JKR theory, KI(t) is no longer determined by the current contact area and applied load, but depends on the entire history of loading. Furthermore, KI(t) no longer uniquely determines the energy flow (G) to the material at the moving edge of the contact zone since G is coupled to the local separation or bonding process. This means that one cannot obtain the work of adhesion (W) directly from experimental data. Since the mechanics of viscoelastic deformation is invariably coupled to the separation or bonding process, the adhesion of viscoelastic bodies can no longer be completely characterized by a single parameter (i.e. W) approach. The theory presented here suggests that a better way to characterize the adhesion of viscoelastic materials is to relate the rate of bonding or debonding of surfaces to the KI(t). Procedures for obtaining KI(t) from experimental data are given for the bonding and debonding phases of both force and displacement controlled tests.


Background & Aims: The acute exercise causes induction of oxidative stress and inflammatory responses. Considering antiinflammatory and antioxidant properties of L-arginine, in this study we have investigated effects of L-arginine consumption on inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers following exhaustive training in young bodybuilders. Materials & Methods: In an interventional study, 30 young bodybuilders were divided into two equal groups, placebo (consuming Larginine) and supplementation (consuming dextrose). Each individual received 3 g/day of L-arginine or dextrose for one week. During the supplementation, all participants performed one week exhaustive training according the specific protocol. Blood samples were collected before (at baseline) and immediately after first training session (for evaluating acute effects) and also after one week training. Finally serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL6), malondialdehyde (MDA) and activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) were determined in all samples by ELISA. Results: The results showed that exhaustive training caused a significantly increase in levels of CRP, MDA and IL6 (p<0.05). Our results revealed that the L-arginine consumption could prevent exercise-induced increasing in concentration of these factors following trainings. Also, positive correlations were observed between CRP with IL6, CRP with MDA and IL6 with MDA before the training. Conclusions: Performing acute and chronic exhaustive training even in athlete causes increasing in inflammatory and oxidative biomarkers and consumption of L-arginine could modulate chronic and acute exhaustive exercise-induced oxidative stress and inflammatory responses.


ABSTRACT Both the public perception of poverty and the measurement of poverty intersect in ways in which neither area of study is fully aware. That is, some research focuses on the public's opinion of the poor and of welfare recipients, and other research examines poverty measurement and how its variants determine whom we consider to be poor in the U.S.; but relatively little work has explored, either conceptually or empirically, the intersection of these two fields. This essay aims to do just that. After presenting a general summary of these two topics, I propose how each offers new perspectives for the other.


A study has been carried out with PARCS/RELAP5 to understand the consequences of hypothetical boron dilution events in pressurized water reactors. The scenarios of concern start with a small-break loss-of-coolant accident. If the event leads to boiling in the core and then the loss of natural circulation, a boron-free condensate can accumulate in the cold leg. The dilution event happens when natural circulation is re-established or a reactor coolant pump (RCP) is restarted in violation of operating procedures. This event is of particular concern in B&W reactors with a lowered-loop design and is a Generic Safety Issue for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The results of calculations with the reestablishment of natural circulation show that there is no unacceptable fuel damage. This is determined by calculating the maximum fuel pellet enthalpy, based on the three-dimensional model, and comparing it with the criterion for damage. The calculation is based on a model of a B&W reactor at beginning of the fuel cycle. If an RCP is restarted, unacceptable fuel damage may be possible in plants with sufficiently large volumes of boron-free condensate in the cold leg.


Show the definition of Ad Hoc network attack cluster, and propose a new method of DDoS attacks for Ad Hoc Networks, which can accurately attack the target node, demonstrate no redundant aggressive behavior compared with the traditional attack and reduce the detection rate of aggressive behavior. Use NS2 simulation platform to build Ad Hoc network simulation scenarios with dynamic topology, and simulate DDoS attacks in this environment; The simulation results show that the new DDoS attack method can effectively reduce the communication ability of the Ad Hoc network, and increasing the attack node density will strengthen the attack effect.


The article discusses the role of organizational culture in the personnel management system, analyzes its main types and levels. A special place is given to the corporate culture, and factors of its development. All problems are addressed in the aspect of the concept of human resource management. The present stage of development of the theory andpractice of management is characterized by the transition of personnel policy to the concept of human resource management. In some traditionally industrialized countries, this transition already has a story and the basic concepts are introduced in the daily practice of many industrial enterprises and other labor organizations, in the others, among which are the countries with transition economies first steps are made in the implementation of a new approach to staff, the ways are searched to connect new concepts of management with the current business culture, national traditions and customs. The essence of this new approach is that the staff is not seen simply as a set of workers, but as an object of management, requiring the consideration of social characteristics, skills and personal abilities, work motivation, capacity for optimal interpersonal relationships. Relationship with the staff and with human resources characterizes the attitude of the company to employees to understanding their role in the overall success of the business, and also reflects the management style prevailing in the labor organization. In this regard, the role of organizational culture is increasing.


Stabilization of G-quadruplex structures in the oncogenic promoter regions with small molecules has attracted considerable attention as a promising target for cancer therapy. To discover such small molecules, understanding the nature of interactions between the ligand and G-quadruplex is of paramount importance. To precisely investigate how these interactions can be influenced by varying different substituents, binding interactions of some quinazolone derivatives (QDs) with c-KIT G-quadruplex were studied by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. The results revealed that the QD–NH–CO– arrangement in quinazolone derivatives improve binding affinity toward c-KIT G-quadruplex and the amino substituents play a crucial role in hydrogen bond formation and electrostatic interactions with the phosphate backbone of the G-quadruplex. We also proposed a new derivative of quinazolone (7k) with a terminal amino substituent instead of a 3-phenyl group. The binding free energy analysis suggested that this derivative stabilizes the c-KIT G-quadruplex much better than other derivatives. Furthermore, the calculated changes in solvent-accessible surface area (ΔSASA) were consistent with the binding free energy calculations. Our studies provide insight into the effect of different substituents on binding interactions between the ligand and G-quadruplex which can pave the way to rational ligand design.


The synthesis and aggregation of copper phthalocyanine having different alkoxy substi-tutents are described. In toluene-acetone solution, the existence of aggrgation are demonstrated in 1×10-5mol/L to 1×10-6mol/L concentration range. The result show that aggregation of CuPc depends on the nature of substitutent group, solvent polarity and central metal. The apparent aggregation constant and apparent aggregation number are determined.


The aim of this article is to demonstrate how the change in actual and potential market risks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) during the 2-year period 2007 to 2008 can be analysed with the help of (λ, σ 2)-analysis. In the empirical analysis, the average of the Lyapunov exponents for the dynamic system generating DJIA returns is used as the stability measure, λ, whereas the squared DJIA return is used as the variability measure, σ 2. The main findings are as follows: (i) the potential market risk in the DJIA did not fluctuate that much during 2007, with the exceptions of early fall and near the end of the year; (ii) the potential market risk fluctuated a lot during 2008, especially in early August and in the middle of September; and (iii) the actual market risk in the DJIA was considerably higher near the end of 2008, especially in October, compared with the rest of the period.


The effect of the 1-4wt% Nd addition on the microstructure , hardness and anticorrosion performance of Mg-Zn-Bi alloy was studied . The experimental results showed that both the hardness anticorrosion performance of the Mg-Zn-Bi magnesium alloy increased with increase of the Nd addition.


The invention belongs to the fields of metallurgical technology and material science, and in particular relates to a high-silicon-steel thin belt and a preparation method thereof. High silicon steel is mainly applied to manufacture iron cores in a high-frequency motor, a transformer and a high-frequency choke coil and comprises the following chemical components in percentage by weight: 6.5 percent of Si, 0.01-0.6 percent of Al, 0.4-0.8 percent of Mn, no more than 0.003 percent of N, no more than 0.005 percent of S, no more than 0.01 percent of P, no more than 0.003 percent of O, no more than 0.004 percent of C and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The content of the impurities and harmful gases is reduced in the high silicon steel by vacuum melting to ensure the purity of molten steel, then, the high silicon steel is cast and rolled with the casting temperature of 1470-1510 DEG C, and the thickness of a cast belt is 1.5-2.0mm; after being taken out of a cast roll, cooling by spraying water, heat insulating and warm rolling are carried out on the cast belt, and finally, a product is obtained by recrystallization annealing. When being used for producing the high silicon steel, the technology of the invention has the advantages of small investment, energy saving, environmental protection, high lumber recovery and good product magnetism.


In this paper, we derive the MacLaurin series of the mean waiting time in light traffic for a GI/G/1 queue. The light traffic is defined by random thinning of the arrival process. The MacLaurin series is derived with respect to the admission probability, and we prove that it has a positive radius of convergence. In the numerical examples, we use the MacLaurin series to approximate the mean waiting time beyond light traffic by means of Padé approximation.


559Background: A recent report from the Trial Assigning Individualized Options for Treatment (TAILORx) study showed that EBC patients who had hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2-negative (HER2-), axillary lymph node-negative (LN-) tumors with a recurrence score (RS) of 0-10 in a 21-gene expression assay, had a high rate (93.8%) of invasive disease-free survival (IDFS) at 5 years when treated with endocrine therapy alone. However, outcomes after chemotherapy among patients with a RS of 11-25 were not reported. Methods: We performed a retrospective study of women with HR+ HER2- LN- EBC who received treatment at MD Anderson from 2005-2014 and had a 21-gene expression assay performed at diagnosis. We used a Kaplan-Meier method to estimate the IDFS rate at 5 years, and a multivariable Cox proportional hazards model to calculate a hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI), assessing the effect of chemotherapy for IDFS, recurrence-free survival (RFS), distant-r...


In the article the results of an empirical express-research of features of impact of performing interpretation on the emotional sphere of primary school-age children are analyzed. The main coordinates of emotional experience of music – a modality, sign (valency), semantic space, intensity, dynamics, complexity level (monomodality – polymodality) and contents (intentionality), are considered. For the purpose of comparative analysis of perception results, performing versions of musical works С. Debussy's Prelude "The wind on the plain" (electronic transcription in the arrangement of E. Artemyev and piano option of B. Lotar-Shevchenko) and Chopin's Prelude in C major (treatments: R. Kerer and M. Pollini) are used. As a result of the analysis of empirical data, the principal effect of emotional influence of performing interpretation of the work is determined. It consists in the specific organization of emotional relationships, regrouping of emotional signs and estimates, emphasis of creative resources of the child and manifestation of the highest feelings – esthetic, hedonistic, romantic, and intellectual, etc. The model of empirical research, the differentiated structure of emotional relationships, the revealed features of the impact of the musical-performing image on the emotional sphere of junior schoolchildren not only determine the prospects for further research in the psychology of art, but also the possibility of integrating the experience of implementing this model in the process of forming the student competence in the field of music and performing culture and the development of the emotional sphere of children in the system music education.


Loss functions play an important role in analyzing insurance portfolios. A fundamental issue in the study of loss functions involves the selection of probability models for claim frequencies. In this article, we propose a semi-parametric approach based on the generalized method of moments (GMM) to solve the specification problems concerning claim frequency distributions. The GMM-based testing procedure provides a general framework that encompasses many specification problems of interest in actuarial applications. As an alternative approach to the Pearson x2 and other goodness-of-fit tests, it is easy to implement and should be of practical use in applications involving selecting and validating probability models with complex characteristics.


Abstract : Are visual mental images of objects created a part at a time? This paper reports an new objective technique that was developed to answer questions such as this one. The results of using this technique indicated that images of upper case letters are formed segment by segment, in roughly the order in which most people draw the letters. These results were shown not to be artifact of how people scan over images once they are formed, and could not have been due to experimenter-expectancy effects. In addition, the results indicated that subjective estimates of mental image generation time are quite close to those obtained using objective measures. Keywords: Imagery; Computational models; Mental Representation.


The maintenance of normal retinal structure and function depends on a tightly regulated environment. This requires intact blood‐retinal barriers as well as an efficient regulation of blood flow and delivery of oxygen and metabolic substrates to the retinal tissue. Thanks to the development of noninvasive techniques allowing the quantitative assessment of retinal hemodynamics in the human eye, much progress has been achieved in recent years in the understanding of retinal blood flow regulation and the mechanisms involved in this physiological process. Retinal blood flow is regulated by the interaction of myogenic and metabolic mechanisms through the release of vasoactive substances by the vascular endothelium and retinal tissue surrounding the arteriolar wall. This regulation is achieved by adaptation of the vascular tone of the resistance vessels to changes in the perfusion pressure or metabolic needs of the tissue. This adaptation occurs through the interaction of multiple mechanisms affecting mainly the arteriolar smooth muscle cells. These mechanisms, which involve the close interaction between nitric oxide, lactate and arachidonic acid metabolites released by the neuronal and glial cells, optimize blood flow according to the metabolic needs of the tissue. Impairments of structure and function of the retinal neural tissue and endothelium during the evolution of ischemic microangiopathies affect the interaction of the retinal metabolic pathways and alter blood flow regulation. Assessing retinal blood flow and its response to various physiological stimuli and the mechanisms mediating and modulating these responses has provided important insight into these pathological processes, which lead to severe losses of vision.


In passive location systems on the ground, the judgment and location of multi-target is more challenging compared with the case of single target. In this paper, we propose a method for multi-target identification and location in an arbitrary structure with three base stations (BSs). First of all, we discuss the scene of multi-targets judgment based on geometric dilution of precision (GDOP) value. Secondly, we propose an algorithm that calculates the system coverage radius based on arbitrary three BS structures. The algorithm helps to identify the number of targets for unsupervised learning. Finally, we locate each target individually located again based on the linear constrained minimum variance (LCMV) beam former and time difference of arrival (TDOA) algorithm. In the simulations, we analyzed the location dispersion under different signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), then calculated the termination threshold of the [Formula: see text]-means algorithm under different SNR. The simulation results show that, compared to the probability hypothesis density (PHD) filter and TDOA-angle-of-arrival (AOA) joint algorithm, the proposed method can increase more than 12.5% and 15.6% points. With the increase of the number of targets, the running time of our algorithm is controllable with better stability.


A biogeographical survey of the freshwater brown alga Heribaudiella fluviatilis (Areschoug) Svedelius was conducted in southern British Columbia (Canada) and northern Washington (U.S.A.). Surveys of 121 reaches on streams and rivers revealed 25 populations, including the first record for the U.S.A. A strongly noncoastal distribution provides no evidence of a marine‐based source for its distribution in the region. Streams with Heribaudiella typically have a: current velocity greater than 1.0 m · s−1; rocky substrata; range of width from 1.7–60 m; broad range of Ca concentration; and, ranged from heavily shaded to fully open location. Although once thought rare in North America, it was fairly widespread in the region and often abundant within a given sampling site. Biogeographic and ecological data suggest that Heribaudiella may be a common, but often overlooked, component of the flora of rivers.


Magnetic resonant coupling wireless power transfer (MRC- WPT) using transmitter arrays is expected to be applied to power electric vehicles and electronic devices. Transmitter arrays can maintain power transfer efficiency despite lateral misalignment between the transmitter and receiver. However, methods of using transmitter arrays while reducing magnetic field leakage have not been studied. A new method of using transmitter arrays is necessary for electromagnetic compatibility and user safety. In this study, we optimized the input currents at transmitter arrays and the load at the receiver to reduce magnetic field leakage and maintain power transfer efficiency even with lateral misalignment between the transmitter arrays and the receiver. Simulations showed that the proposed method can reduce magnetic field leakage by more than 10 dB and 38 dB, with and without ferrite plates, respectively, compared to the existing method of maximizing power transfer efficiency.


Lay summary and brief biological or clinical significance A human cancer cell is shown in the act of dividing. This cancer cell has been experimentally manipulated to contain a protein that drives the spread of the cancer through the body. Understanding the process of cancer cell division and the molecular pathways involved allows us to identify new strategies for the selective killing of rapidly dividing cancer cells. Technical summary Human U2OS osteosarcoma cells were transfected with YFP-EML1-NTD and fixed in ice-cold methanol and stained with antibodies against GFP (green) and α-tubulin (red). DNA was stained with Hoechst 33258 (blue). Imaging Details Hardware
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Preface Part I: The Past in the Present 1. Listen to the Dead with Your Eyes 2. History: Reading Time 3. History and Social Science: A Return to Braudel Part II: What is a Book? 4. The Powers of Print 5. The Author s Hand 6. Pauses and Pitches 7. Translation Part III: Texts and Meanings 8. Memory and Writing 9. Paratext and Preliminaries 10. Publishing Cervantes 11. Publishing Shakespeare 12. The Time of the Work


The concept of joint state and parameter estimation for water supply systems under bounded uncertainty is presented in this paper. A recursive scheme to tackle dynamic estimation problems is proposed. The nonlinear non-convex estimation problem is transformed into a separable programming problem, which is formulated as a sparse mixed integer linear programming problem by piecewise linear approximation in order to guarantee the global optima. A real water system is extensively studied using the algorithm presented in this paper