Today, the laser scanners are widely used in the field of architectural, archaeological and environmental surveying because of their practicality and flexibility. A laser scanning machine can be considered as a high automation reflectorless total station; by means of a laser based measurement of distance and accurate angular movement, a target object is sampled in a regular mesh of 3D points. To achieve a real comparison between the technical qualities of the laser scanning machine and reflectorless total station, the case of a high slots and in a vertical position, had been chosen at El-Khazneh (the treasury) at Petra in Jordan, where the use of traditional measuring methods, if not impossible, at least are very difficult to achieve. These slots are located in an inaccessible place beside ElKhazneh, on both the right and the left side. Until now there are no satisfactory measurements of those slots. There are two rows of approximately square holes. The problem of how to choose the viewpoint positions and the time represents important factors of the survey for those slots where the mountainous environment surrounding El-Khazneh restricts potential sensor stations. To overcome this problem and to achieve precise measurements of those slots, we used a 3D laser scanner (Mensi GS 100) to build a 3D mesh model, and a modern reflector-less total station (Leica), which has the ability to use a visible laser beam. The two techniques, the problems and difficulties that arose during the survey process are shown in the paper. The obtained result of these two techniques will be discussed and evaluated.


Since the widespread utilisation of wind power has begun in the early 2000's, European countries are continuously working on the legislative environment of this renewable energy source. This has led to a wide variety of different support schemes and tariff systems. Experts agree that the Hungarian legislation system did not reach its goal. On one hand, scheduling accuracy of wind turbines is still far below international standards, and introduction of the penalty tariff was not an effective solution to reverse the process. The aim of the author is to solve this twofold problem with the redesign of the current obligatory electricity purchase and scheduling system, while taking into consideration new regulations of the European Union. The proposed system is also expected to allow the transmission system operator to decrease the amount of control reserves.


The authors perfect a TLC method with densitometric detection for the determination of vitamin B1 in the presence of its hydrolytic and oxidation products. The decomposition process and the proportions of products formed in the ampoules under different conditions of temperature/time treatment are also investigated and the activation factors (z and FO) of thiamine thermical decomposition, for their application in sterilization processes.


Dear Editor The article by Shekhar et al. on 'Implantation of multi piece intra-ocular lens with injection by hand rotation: A simplified technique' describes succinctly how to implant a multi-piece intra-ocular lens IOL in the sulcus when the 'in the bag' option is not available.1 A bit of thinking and sleight of hand can ensure that the lens in properly placed in the ciliary sulcus when the bag option is not available due to posterior capsular rupture or fused capsules as in pediatric membranous cataracts or as an option for secondary IOL implantation. The technique is far superior to the one by holderfolder technique as they lens is not excessively distorted or exposed to the atmosphere, with risks of attendant infection. The corneal distortion is minimal and the technique can be performed under topical or sub-tenon's anaesthesia. The insertion has to be slow and controlled as the haptic may sometimes go awry and a PMMMA haptic has the potential to enlarge capsular tear and harm iris and the corneal endothelium. A fully formed anterior chamber with dense ophthalmic viscous device would certainly help. The technique is especially helpful in congenital cataracts or developmental and traumatic cataracts occurring in the first year of life. While some institutions have advocated implanting IOLs in children's eyes as early as 4-6 months,2 most pediatric ophthalmologists would wait till 12-14 months of age to implant an IOL in a unilateral pediatric cataract and over 24-30 months of age for a bilateral pediatric cataract.3,4 This is because a very early implantation causes a post-operative high myopia in a few years as the eye develops and the IOL power is now too high for the eye. The Dahan's formula has a reduced IOL power for implantation in early childhood,5 but leaving the eye hyperopic makes post-operative amblyopia management difficult. Early lens implantation is also associated with increased incidence of secondary glaucoma.6 Ideally a congenital cataract is tackled by doing a cataract extraction with primary posterior capsulotomy and anterior vitrectomy earlier followed by a secondary IOL implantation later.7,8 Parikshit Gogate MS, DNB, FRCS, MSC Dr. Gogate's Eye Clinic, Pune, India Email : email@example.com The injector technique with IOL in the sulcus is an excellent method for secondary IOL implantation. Usually the anterior and posterior capsules are adherent to each other making in the bag fixation virtually impossible. It can similarly be used for absorbed cataracts (secondary to uveitis or trauma) where membranectomy can be followed by secondary IOL implantation.


The natural history of emotional disorders is a subject about which little is known. This is most clearly true of the neuroses and character disorders. Older studies, notable among them Bleuler's classical work, have been able to describe the course of schizophrenia, but even here these have been the most severe cases, those needing long-term (essentially life-time) hospitalization. The authors of this monograph have attempted to study the natural history of the neurotic disorders, ie, "the development, clinical features, social effects, course and outcome of an illness." The task is a difficult one, as it would seem to presuppose a prospective study of a large population, some of whom are identified as suffering from neuroses, but all of whom remain untreated. In this study the method adopted was more practical, if somewhat less complete. The patients studied were all of those discharged in a three-year period from the general psychiatric


The Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) were first published in 1947 and have undergone numerous revisions since then. The tests were standardised in Australia and New Zealand in 1983 and are widely used by guidance counsellors, vocational psychologists, schools and business organisations. This paper reports the findings of a study focusing on the validity of the DAT as a predictor of performance in a post-secondary technical training program. Four subtests from the eight-test battery were used to predict student performance in two electronic engineering units: Electronic Principles and Digital Electronics. The sample consisted of 213 electronic engineering students with a mean age of 21.4 years (SD = 9.5 years). Principal Components Analysis and unweighted least squares factor analysis suggested that the DAT measures general ability and that its differential nature is limited. Hierarchical multiple regression was performed to measure the strength of association between the predictor variables and the criterion measures. The regression analysis indicated that general ability accounted for most of the variance in the criterion measures, ranging between 37 and 41% while specific abilities added, at most, 4% to these figures.


The traditional method of river-crossing leveling based on geometric optical measurement which is influenced by the distance and weather conditions significantly and have lower efficiency.GPS technology provides a new approach of river-crossing leveling which has three-dimensional positioning function with the advantages of quickly and all-weather measurement.According to the features of bridge engineering,the basic principles and methods of river-crossing leveling was introduced firstly in the paper.The linear fitting model was applied to estimate the height anomaly difference between the river-crossing points,and then combining with the GPS geodetic height,the river-crossing height difference was obtained.Finally the second order GPS river-crossing leveling experiment was carried out in the high precision control network for Anqing railway bridge over Yangtze river,which was validated by trigonometric leveling,and the difference is 4.7mm.


This paper uses the explanatory model to investigates the impediments to the adoption of electronic marketing among the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Arusha, Tanzania. It looks at the extent of e- marketing utilization among small and medium enterprises; challenges facing SMEs in relation to the application of e-marketing and new strategies that would promote its adoption among the SMEs in the country. A structured questionnaire with 5 point Likert scale was used to collect information from owners and operators of 120 SMEs. Obstacles such as limited understanding of the potentials of e-marketing adoption, high cost of this technology adoption, inaccessibility of internet facilities and absence of regulatory framework to guide e- marketing were found to inhibit the adoption process. It was concluded that e-marketing is vital


judges' opinions, arranged analytically under headings and comprehensively indexed," may not be worth the labor that went into it, in spite of its apparent high quality. The usefulness of the series, now at seven volumes, is doubtful, argues Thirlway, in view of the general availability of the official ICJ Reports. If one needs the Fontes at all, it is exclusively for its thorough index, he says, adding that "were there as good an index published separately, he would unhesitatingly urge that it, rather than this volume, be purchased."


. This study proposes, and finds evidence supporting, the hypothesis that restrictive residential land-use and minimum lot-size zoning are substitute ways of controlling the population intensity of future residential development. In addition, evidence is found linking externality, fiscal and exclusionary objectives to restrictive residential zoning.


An essential feature of the contemporary globalized world is the emergence and active development of a network of interactions between the representatives of the different cultural and civilizational communities that was not typical during the previous historical epochs. Under these conditions, there is a process of restructuring of every culture, every civilization system. If earlier the processes of civilizational and cultural renewal had lasted for centuries and millennia, today they have been taking place over years and decades. Nowadays, there is a conglomeration of cultural-civilizational communities that are different in history, traditions, languages, and religions. They develop, interact and mutually influence each other through cultural and civilizational dialogue. These relatively independent societies have to coexist within common information space, in which intercultural and intercivilizational communication is an important factor in regulating both internal life and relations between countries. G. Hofstede made a great contribution to the development of cultural dimensions theory. The works of G. Hofstede gave rise to an influential research tradition in the field of intercultural interactions. They are actively used by the researchers and consultants in the field of international business and communication. They continue to be a major resource in intercultural research and inspire the study of both cultural values and other aspects of culture. The article aims to highlight Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory. The author used an anthropological integrative approach, comparative analysis and interpretive research paradigm.


We report on a new fiber delivery system for coupling a compact, turn-key infrared femtosecond laser into a multiphoton microscope. Using a hollow core photonics crystal fiber with minimized dispersion, we achieve beam propagation on distances up to 4 meters. We measured a pulse duration close to 300 fs at the output of the microscope, for a femtosecond laser pulse duration of 200 fs. We present experimental parameters and system optimisation, and compare images obtained with fiber coupling versus direct coupling of the femtosecond laser.


Components, methods, and apparatuses are provided that may be used to characterize a spectral envelope of at least one signal received from one or more inertial sensors of a mobile device co-located with a user engaged in an activity and to infer a position of the mobile device with respect to the user engaged in an activity based, at least in part, on the characterization of the spectral envelope.


Many human activities are electricity-dependent. As major providers of electricity, the performance of high-power stations represents a vital part of any national economy. This paper introduces a reliability analysis of the High Power Station system connected (series, parallel, and mixed). This station transforms electricity from 33000 KV to 11000 KV. The operational time, time between failures, (TBF) has an exponential distribution. The present study calculates the reliability of each component of the station. Finally, we calculated the station reliability as a whole.


Facing the precise service and emergency rescue needs of medical service robots in irregular scene, in order to achieve better navigation and path planning for robots in service scenarios, for the whole reconstruction of the absolute scale service scenario, this article proposes a frame of whole scene three-dimensional (3D) point cloud reconstruction based on the fusion of scene depth estimation, confidence assessment, and pose tracking with monocular camera. The algorithm first collects the scene focus stack images under an initial viewing angle through the robot mobile terminal of camera. The absolute depth information of the scene is estimated on the server side, and the confidence level of the reconstructed image of the point cloud is evaluated, and non- uniform sampling is performed to reduce the influence of the error estimation. Based on the sparse key frame position information defined by monocular SLAM, the 3D reconstruction of the whole scene in absolute scale is realized through multi-perspective point cloud pose matching. It provides information of cloud reconstruction of scenic spots for target recognition and navigation of a medical service robot.


Prior to the Apollo 16 mission, the materials of the Cayley Plains and the Descartes Mountains were thought to be mostly of volcanic origin. Rock and soil samples from these regions strongly suggest, however, that they may be products of multiring basin forming impacts, although minor local volcanism is not precluded. The smooth planar surfaces may have been formed initially by Imbrium ejecta which flowed into topographic lows at the distal margins of the lineated Fra Mauro ejecta. It is emphasized, however, that the rocks and soils returned from the Apollo 16 site cannot necessarily be considered representative of the lunar crust in the Descartes region from which they were collected.


Submitted diploma paper is devoted to the financial statement of the bank, it is characteristic and problems which can appear during statement assembly. The financial statement assembly is the flashing-point of the closing the book of accounts of accounting period. The financial statement shows the information about the financial position, performace and cash-flow of the accounting entity which are useful. It must provide faithful and truthful and comprehensive income and financial situation accounting entity. The financial statement of the bank includes balance sheet, statement of income of the certain period, statement of changes in equity, statement of cash-flow and notes.


Reputations matter. They shape who we are and how we behave. Teachers' comments can have a huge impact on reputations, for good or ill, so watch your language!


We establish an asymptotic formula for an alternating sum of the reciprocal of a class of multiplicative functions. The proof is straightforward and uses classical convolution techniques. Numerous examples are given.


Spreadsheets are an important device for computer based decision support. In this capacity, they might reach a level of complexity and show evolutionary patterns similar to conventional software. However, as end-user devices, they are not subjected to as rigorous a development and maintenance process as professionally written software. Thus, the significance of the decisions they are supporting and their correctness become increasingly divergent. The properties contributing to the success of small scale sheets tend to become a burden with larger sheets. This paper presents an approach that enables auditors to understand the structure of large spreadsheets by aggregating cells with related properties. It will be shown, how different auditing strategies can be supported by this approach.


ABSTRACT This article reports on a study of the advertising management practices of small retailing operations in Newfoundland. The results of 40 questionnaires were analysed. Despite the importance of advertising to the success of most retailers, the small retailers surveyed do not demonstrate effective management of advertising efforts.


Introduction: We report on recent efforts to systematize and extend the tools for photometric normalization of images in the USGS Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers (ISIS) [1]. The primary purpose of the software described is to adjust the brightness and contrast of planetary images obtained under different illumination and viewing geometries so that they appear as if obtained under uniform conditions and can be combined into mosaics that emphasize surface properties rather than illumination (e.g., [2, 3]). This capability may be of interest to some readers. In addition, photometric normalization of images for cartography requires photometric modeling to determine appropriate values for photometric parameters, and mosaicking the normalized images provides a test of the validity of parameter values that can compliment "conventional" photometric modeling approaches. The subject is thus relevant to photometric studies of surface material properties and textures. Photometric Software: A new ISIS program, PHOTOMET, is now available to perform photometric normalization of images. This single program supersedes the earlier PHOTOMPR and PHOTOM, which were used in sequence, the first calculating and storing a grid of coefficients for brightness and contrast changes across the image and the second actually applying the correction. PHOTOMET takes advantage of the greater speed of modern computers to calculate and apply the correction for each pixel "on the fly" based on local photometric angles. This approach simplifies the implementation of some kinds of photometric models (e.g., lunar models in which the phase function depends on the albedo [4]). The photometric angles for each pixel can be calculated within PHOTOMET by using a simple reference surface model (sphere or ellipsoid). Alternatively, precomputed angles stored in ISIS backplanes can be used, which allows the possibility of photometric normalization based on a detailed topographic model of the surface. More important than the features just described is the modular design of PHOTOMET, which makes it possible to "mix and match" different combinations of modes of operation (equalization of albedo contrasts, topographic contrasts, or a combination), surface photometric models, and atmosphere models (or lack thereof). In contrast, the older software had a limited set of surface models, offered atmospheric correction only for a Lambert surface, and did not provide topographic normalization. (One strength of PHOTOM was that users could write their own subroutines to perform functions not in the base systems; we have used this capability on occasion to perform topographic normalization, as illustrated in [5]). Modes of Operation. The intent of topographic normalization is to correct for the variation of incidence, emission, and phase angles within and between images and thus enhance departures from the uniform photometric model used to do the normalization; if there were no departures from the ideal model, the result would be a blank. The most important ways real surfaces are nonuniform are local variations of intrinsic scattering properties (loosely, "albedo") and shading due to topographic slopes at the pixel scale. In the absence of an atmosphere, the "albedo mode" is very simple: the image is divided by the photometric model evaluated at the actual angles and then multiplied by the model at a reference geometry. If an atmosphere is present, the additive component of atmospheric scattering is subtracted at the real conditions before the multiplicative step and added back as calculated for the standard conditions at the end. Topographic normalization involves both a multiplicative correction that adjusts the contrast for unit slope to reference conditions, and an additive correction to keep the average brightness uniform. In practice, the albedo may be nonuniform, so a multistep process is used: (1) PHOTOMET is run in "albedo mode," which decreases brightness variations across the individual image and removes the additive atmospheric contribution, if any; (2) the image is divided by a low-pass-filtered version of itself, which removes albedo variations if they have broader spatial scales than topographic shading as is often the case; and (3) PHOTOMET is run again in "topography mode," which undoes the albedo normalization of the first pass and then applies the topographic normalization per se. We have also implemented a "mixed mode" of normalization appropriate to images and mosaics (e.g., of the Galilean satellites) that span very large ranges of incidence angles. In this mode, the albedo correction is applied at low incidence angles where albedo variations dominate topographic shading, and the topographic normalization is performed at large incidence angles where the reverse is true. A user-specified parameter controls the incidence angle at which the smooth transition from one type of normalization to the other takes place. We have not extended the mixed mode to incorporate atmospheric scattering. Surface Photometric Models. All of the modes can be used with any of the available surface photometric models, which range from simple (Lambertian and Lommel-Seeliger or "lunar" with no parameters, lunar-Lambert, and Minnaert with a single parameter each) to Hapke's complex, physically motivated scattering law without [6] and with [7] macroscopic roughness effects. In addition to the basic lunar-Lambert and Minnaert models with a constant value for their respective parameters, "empirical" versions of these functions are implemented, in which the user can supply tables of data indicating how both the parameter L or k (which mainly affects limb-darkening) and the relative brightness of the surface vary with phase angle (i.e., the phase curve). Spline interpolation is used to evaluate parameters at phase angles between those in the table. McEwen [8] has shown that with the appropriate limb-darkening and phase curves, these models can closely mimic the behavior of Hapke's law but are much faster to compute. Unfortunately, his paper had room for only sample limb-darkening curves and no phase curves. We have therefore implemented his fitting algorithm, with minor changes, as an ISIS program PHO_FIT_GLOBAL so that users can calculate their own tables. These tables can be stored in text files that are accessed by PHOTOMET to simplify data entry. Atmospheric Scattering Models. Our models attempt to balance the need for a relatively simple, fast calculation of the additive and multiplicative effects of atmospheric scattering with the desire for physical realism. We use Chandrasekhar's [9] solution of the "planetary problem" of a slab atmosphere over a reflective surface (§72). The derivation strictly applies only to a Lambert surface because it takes account of the fraction of incident photons reflected from the surface but not their angular distribution. We therefore approximate the actual surface photometric model by numerically calculating the albedo of an "equivalent Lambert model." For the term involving surface illumination of sunlight, we use the hemispheric albedo Ah, which is averaged over emission angle (see [6]) whereas for surface illumination by light from the atmosphere we use the bihemispheric albedo Ab, which is averaged over both incidence and emission angles. In addition, we correct the overall result by assuming that the light that passes through atmosphere completely unscattered is reflected according to the detailed surface photometric model rather than by Lambert's (We do not apply the detailed surface law to light scattered in the atmosphere before hitting the surface; this would require calculation of and averaging over the detailed angular distribution of sky light, which would be prohibitively slow. This effect will be unimportant if the surface is nearly Lambertian or if the sky light is only weakly directional.) Our atmospheric scattering model can be written in the form


Dimorphopterus japonicus, a lygaeid bug which mainly feeds on the eulalia, Miscanthus sinensis, shows a marked wing dimorphism of brachyptery and macroptery. Our preliminary experiments suggested that temperature, photoperiod and density during the nymphal stage are important for the determination of wing form in D. japonicus. The purpose of this study was to elucidate, by more detailed experimentation, the relationships between each environmental factor and the incidence of macroptery. Environmental factors such as high temperature, long photoperiod, and crowding during the nymphal stage stimulated the production of macropters in D. japonicus. Moreover, the incidence of macroptery increased with increase in temperature, photoperiod and density. Results that no macropters appeared at a density of 1, 2 and 5 individuals per container, might indicate that body contact among bugs is necessary for macropter development and the fact that the incidence of macroptery increased, depending on crowding, is suggestive of a strategy for escape from deteriorating habitats. Moreover, both conspecific crowding and seasonal factors, such as temperature and photoperiod, were important in the determination of wing form. The strong effect of seasonal factors such as temperature and photoperiod on wing-form determination implies that wing dimorphism has evolved as a component of seasonal adaptation.


The relevance of the problem of socialisation in multicultural space is extremely high. Its significance is connected with the processes of globalisation and increasing migration. In this situation, the sociocultural and, especially, linguistic identity can be analysed as a bonding and bridging social capital that helps or complicates socialisation, depending on the specifics of the social situation. These assumptions were checked in the empirical research of the sociocultural and linguistic identity of the three groups of ethnic Germans: living in Russia, in the CIS and those who moved to Germany. The obtained data showed the bilingualism of the majority of respondents. At the same time, respondents from Russia and Germany consider both Russian and German languages as native, while respondents from the CIS no longer regard German as their mother language. For them, ethnic, not linguistic, identity is the most essential for socialisation in a multicultural society. For Germans living in Russia, on the contrary, both languages help in communication and in professional activity. For the Germans, who now live in Germany, the Russian language helps in understanding their sociocultural specifics. The future is associated with the German language. Our respondents answer that the main group of socialisation for them is the family. This was especially marked in the answers of respondents living in Russia and Germany. So, we can state that in a complex multicultural environment, the family for them is not only a group for socialisation, but also an object of identity, partly playing the role of psychological defence and support in a changing world. The obtained results also showed a tendency towards individualisation. For the respondents from Russia and Germany, the main identity groups, besides family, are professional groups and groups with common interests. Thus, it can be concluded that linguistic identity plays the role of both bonding and bridging social capital. * ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Name, Surname, Affiliation, Address, City and Postcode, Country E-mail address: firstname.lastname@example.com / Tel.: +0-000-000-0000 Martsinkovskaya, T., Belinskaya, E., Orestova, V., Kiseleva, E. & Kriger, E. (2020). Dynamics of sociocultural and linguistic identity in the process of socialisation in a multicultural society. Global Journal of Sociology: Current Issues. 10(1), 015–022. https://doi.org/10.18844/gjs.v10i1.4752 16 In positive socialisation, sociocultural identity plays the role of a bridging rather than a connecting capital. Mixed linguistic identity is predominantly a positive moment, increasing socialisation in a multicultural environment.


In processing the ECG signal denoised by baseline drift,frequency interference and EMG interference,the wavelet transform had been widely used.Since the algorithm had some shorting in dealing with ECG signal,it proposed a mixed algorithm consisting of ECG wavelet threshold and morphology.This kind of algorithm got rid of baseline drift by nonlinear morphology,then the ECG signal containing high-frequency interference would be processed by wavelet threshold transform,in the end,it got the ECG signal with little noise.The MIT/BIH arrhythmia database was used to prove the algorithm,and the three main noises were removed effectively,the effect of the algorithm was good,and it lays the foundation of recognizing the ECG signal subsequently.


The administration of a pyrazolone compound before and after a single I.P. LD90–100 does of nitrogen mustard produced a marked reduction of the expected mortality in mice. The pyrazolone was most effective I.P. but it was also effective P.O. This protection was also observed in mice receiving the nitrogen mustard I.V. When the pyrazolone was given in multiple daily doses a greater degree of protection was obtained than with a single dose. The protective effect of the pyrazolone was observed at different toxic levels of nitrogen mustard. The leukopenia induced by the nitrogen mustard was less in extent and duration in pyrazolone-treated mice.

A number of agents with antiserotonin activity were tested; several of these compounds were found to have some ability to reduce the toxicity of nitrogen mustard.


Scores on the Mooney Problem Check List, a 288-item, self-administered, listing of common personal problems, for 36 borderline personality disorder inpatients and other inpatients with a diagnosis of other character disorders without borderline features were compared. Borderline patients endorsed 30% of the listing (other personality disorders 19%) and also shared more of the same problems.


We perform \textit{ab initio} no-core shell-model calculations for $A=18$ and $19$ nuclei in a $4\hbar\Omega$, or $N_{\rm max}=4$, model space by using the effective JISP16 and chiral N3LO nucleon-nucleon potentials and transform the many-body effective Hamiltonians into the $0\hbar\Omega$ model space to construct the $A$-body effective Hamiltonians in the $sd$-shell. We separate the $A$-body effective Hamiltonians with $A=18$ and $A=19$ into inert core, one-, and two-body components. Then, we use these core, one-, and two-body components to perform standard shell-model calculations for the $A=18$ and $A=19$ systems with valence nucleons restricted to the $sd$ shell. Finally, we compare the standard shell-model results in the $0\hbar\Omega$ model space with the exact no-core shell model results in the $4\hbar\Omega$ model space for the $A=18$ and $A=19$ systems and find good agreement.


Purpose: There is a dearth of data regarding journal-based continuing medical education (CME) programs. Deutsches Ärzteblatt has been publishing CME articles since 2004. Articles are accompanied by a test on the article's content as well as a readers' evaluation questionnaire. The goal was to find out whether a journal-based CME program can be successfully tailored to a multidisciplinary audience. Summary: This study is an analysis of 706,995 participations (76,486 participants) between September 2004 and August 2007. Main dependent variables were the percentages of correctly answered test questions. Independent variables were subgroups defined by demographic and job-related (e.g., specialty) variables, and characteristics emerging from the participants' evaluations of the articles. On average, 9.55 (SD = 0.82) out of 10 test questions were answered correctly. Significant differences were found between the subgroups, but these were small. Significant intersubgroup differences for difficult questions were larger yet still small in absolute terms. Reader satisfaction was high. Conclusions: Our results indicate that these articles are suitable for a wide range of physicians. The high percentage of correct answers reflects the understanding in Germany that CME questions should not mimic examinations but rather check whether readers have read the article attentively.


We have developed a fast Monte Carlo (MC)-based joint ordered-subset expectation maximization (JOSEM) iterative reconstruction algorithm, MC-JOSEM. A phantom was scanned with CT and SPECT to compare quantitative imaging performance of MC-JOSEM with that of a triple-energy-window method (TEW) in which estimated scatter was also included additively within JOSEM, TEW-JOSEM. We acquired very-high-count projections of three 5.5-cc spheres of 111In taped in different locations in a water-filled torso/spine/lung phantom; 14 scans were then obtained with 111In only in the background for generating synthetic images of spheres in background. MC scatter estimates, which were used by MC-JOSEM, were computed once after 5 iterations (60 projections, 10 subsets) of TEW-JOSEM. Images after 36 iterations of both TEW-JOSEM and MC-JOSEM were obtained and counts were measured within volumes-of-interest centered on the spheres in all sphere+background and background-only image sets. The bias ranged from 7.7% to 14.1% for TEW-JOSEM, and from 8.9% to 11.3% for MC-JOSEM, while the precision was significantly better for MC-JOSEM (5.4% to 11.2%) than for TEW-JOSEM (9.2% to 17.9%). MC-JOSEM is a promising approach for quantitative SPECT.


In this paper, we draw attention to an unintended but severe side effect of just war thinking: the fact that it can impose barriers to making peace. Investigating historical material concerning a series of conflicts in China during the early twentieth century, we suggest that operating in a just war framework might change actors' identities and interests in a way that makes peacemaking an unavailable action. But since just war theory places significant normative constraints on how long wars can be continued, it might thus be self-defeating, in the sense that those who adopt it may undermine the very goals which it is supposed to serve. Whether this finding calls for a revision of existing ethical frameworks governing warfare will depend on whether there are possible alternatives to just war theory that perform better at reining in unjust violence.


A method of setting up curved surfaced for NC machining is discussed,where the B-spline is employed.It is pointed out that the curved surface with B-spline has first-order as well as second order continuity,so that several segments of curved surfaces can be pieced together to make up a free curved surface with arbitrary shape.Thus,the modeling difficulty of spatial curved surface during the NC machining is (overcome,)providing an authentic theoretical basis for establishment of spatial free curved surface.


Excerpt] For more than a decade, Tony Mazzocchi, Presidential Assistant of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, has traversed the nation as the principal organizer of the Labor Party Advocates. His message: "For the past ten years, I have openly declared my belief that unless the trade union movement in this country seizes the political initiative and organizes a labor party, it will never again be the force it once was." Responding to this challenge, in October 1993, some 80 trade unionist's from 23 states voted to convene a founding convention. Then, in the spring of this year, LPA'S interim steering committee endorsed a proposal to hold the convention in Denver in 1995.


Literature on the probability distribution function (PDF) of annual maximum flood discharges is extensive, yet the literature on the PDF of the flood of record (FOR) is sparse. This is partially due to two facts: (1) the PDF for record events is more complex than the PDF for annual maxima; and (2) data sets for observed FORs are much smaller than for the annual maximum flood series from which they derive. We show that, if annual floods arise from a generalized extreme values (GEV) distribution, then the FOR also arises from another GEV distribution, which we term GEVmax . We also derive the moments and L-moments for the PDF of GEVmax . Using record flood observations at over 1,500 basins in the United States, we compared theoretical and empirical properties of observed values of the FOR. We found that, at both regional and national scales, the FOR values are on average more extreme than would be expected if they occurred randomly, and that they tend to form spatial clusters.


(Smart) meters which use Rogowski coils are verified to be sensitive for the high frequency signals. This will lead to incorrect records of consumer's energy consumption. Power electronic devices are the possible harmonic sources. In this paper, the output currents of photovoltaic (PV) systems are measured in the range 2-150kHz and the high frequency harmonic currents are regenerated in the laboratory to investigate their influence on the smart energy meters. It is realized that the insufficient dynamic range in the meters could be the possible reason of inaccuracy. After the experiments, it is concluded that the high frequency current can make the output signal of the Rogowski coil beyond the dynamic range of smart meters and sequentially less registered energy.


Asynchronous design offers a solution to the interconnect problems faced by system-on-chip (SoC) designers, but their adoption has been held back by a lack of methodology and support for post-fabrication testing. This paper first addresses the problem of testing C-elements, an important building block of asynchronous circuits. A simple method for generating test patterns is described which is shown to be applicable for a wide range of implementations. Based on the C-element testability, a partial scan technique was developed that achieves a test coverage of over 99.5% when applied to an asynchronous, network-on-chip, interconnect fabric. Test patterns are automatically generated by a custom program, given the interconnect topology. Area savings of at least 60% are noted, in comparison to standard, asynchronous, full-scan level-sensitive scan devices (LSSD) methods.


The alignment of a magnetically isotropic rod like particle under an inhomogeneous magnetic field has been studied. A short glass fiber was aligned under a linearly patterned minimum of a magnetic field that was generated by a field modulator inserted into a homogeneous magnetic field (0.4 or 1 T). The fiber was aligned in the direction of the linearly patterned minimum, in which the magnetic energy of the fiber was minimized. The experimental result for the alignment dynamics was in good agreement with the theoretical prediction.


5′-O- or 3′-O-Protected thymidine 3′-O- or 5′-O-(2-thiono- 1,3,2-oxathiaphospholanes) react with triethylammonium fluoride in a presence of DBU and furnish, after deprotection, thymidine 3′-O- and 5′-O-phosphorofluoridothioates; the latter undergoes stereoselective hydrolysis by snake venom phosphodiesterase.


Evidence from the most recent (1999-2004) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey provides new information on the relationship between rice consumption and food group/nutrient intake and certain health parameters in children and adults. Of 25 374 eligible participants, 5213 were identified as rice consumers using guidelines established in previous research. Health parameters of interest included body weight, body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), blood lipids (total, low-density lipoprotein, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides), C-reactive protein, and others. Analyses were conducted to determine if rice consumers had lower odds ratio (ie, risk) of being overweight; being obese; having metabolic syndrome, elevated blood lipids, and elevated blood pressure; and other related parameters. Main results (P < .05) show an association between eating at least 1 daily serving of rice (white or brown) and better health and diet parameters including less total fat, saturated fat, and added sugars; higher amounts of more than 12 essential vitamins and minerals, including iron, folate, and other B vitamins; more fruit and legumes; nearly 4 tsp (16 g) less added sugar; and 7 g less solid fats. For the 19- to 50-year-old subgroup, main results (P < .05) also showed rice consumption associated with reduced likelihood of being overweight or obese, 34% reduced risk of high blood pressure, 27% reduced likelihood of having an increased waist circumference, and 21% reduced risk of metabolic syndrome. Compared with non-rice eaters, rice eaters are less likely to have risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome; they are more likely to have an overall better diet quality


COCHIN, India -- EcommIT labs (http://www.ecommit.com) have successfully deployed the supply chain management solution developed for Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation ( http://www.supplycokerala.com) . The application was developed and deployed within the time frames and budget agreed on and has enabled SupplyCo to automate the supply chain management of the fortified atta product in a efficient and transparent manner. EcommIT developed and deployed a Web Based Fortified Atta Supply Business Process Automation solution. The SupplyCo head office as well as the private vendors were linked using the web based software provided. Inventory, invoices, purchase orders and payments were captured in the system to make it transparent.The Xibos framework based on open standards were used to build the application. The requirement study was carried out by EcommIT staff at SupplyCo and the application was built in less than two months.


e14075 Background: Bevacizumab (BV) has been demonstrated to improve survival outcome in mCRC in the pivotal clinical trial (PCT) Hurwitz et al. 2004, and was approved in France in Jan 2005. The ETNA study aimed to describe BV use and survival outcome in real-life practice and to compare results to the PCT. Methods: ETNA is a cohort study conducted in 28 French centers. It included patients (pts) initiating BV from Jan 2006 to Dec 2007. Those treated with BV in first-line mCRC therapy were followed for 24 months. Effectiveness and safety profile for pts receiving BV + FOLFIRI are presented here. Results: Among pts initiating BV, 411 pts had first-line therapy for mCRC: 351 received BV+FOLFIRI and 298 were analyzable after 24 months of follow-up. Their main characteristics were: mean age: 62.9 y, male: 59.1%, ECOG 0-1: 78.9%. 52.7% of pts complied with PCT inclusion criteria for medical data, and 43.3% for laboratory data. Median duration of BV treatment was 5.2 months and median duration of first-line the...


The SIR (susceptible-infected-recovered) differential equations model for the spread of infectious diseases is very prominent in mathematical literature. The key interest of investigations is often to find and analyse extensions of the basic model structure in order to introduce a more detailed and supposedly realistic representation of the underlying disease and population dynamics. It is however true that problems and solutions in healthcare and health economics actually tend to require more and more sophisticated modelling approaches which are also capable of incorporating larger data sets as parametrisation in an effective way. This makes the comparison and combination of different modelling techniques and results an important research topic. This paper investigates a probabilistic drift formulation of the basic differential equations model which allows a very fine-grained parametrisation of the progression of diseases. It is shown that this formulation is capable of reproducing results frommodels with delay. Aggregation leads directly back to the traditional compartment approach and, in the heterogeneous case, a discrete representation can be interpreted as a system of local Markov processes. Furthermore some preliminary results on epidemiological measures like the basic reproduction number are presented.


Particle accelerators throughout the world vary widely in terms of age and availability of advanced noninvasive diagnostics that provide varying levels of detail about the accelerated beams. Beam loss measurements and current monitors are ubiquitous in the accelerator community, they are noninvasive, and they are some of the most important metrics in terms of preventing damage or irradiation of beam pipes and equipment for high-energy machines. However, beam loss and current measurements are difficult to use for feedback tuning because of a lack of a known analytic relationship between scalar loss measurements throughout an accelerator and the hundreds of thousands of parameters that influence the beam and time variation of the beam source itself. In this work, we present a model-independent extremum seeking (ES) controller, which has been implemented for automated tuning and optimization of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) linear ion accelerator based only on scalar quantities, such as beam loss or flux measurements. We demonstrate the approach on various accelerator subsystems, including groups of radio frequency (RF) accelerating cavities, quadrupole magnets, bending magnets, and steering magnets. This tool is now available as a use graphical user interface (GUI) in the LANSCE control room, allowing beam physicists to choose arbitrary groups of parameters and beam loss or current monitors for adaptive tuning.


Invited commentary on 'Characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates detected in Switzerland (1998–2012): emergence of multidrug-resistant clones less susceptible to cephalosporins', by Endimiani et al.

Gonorrhoea is a major public health problem globally and Neisseria gonorrhoeae is evolving into a superbug with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to previously and currently recommended drugs for treatment. The recent occurrence of failures to treat gonorrhoea with the extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) cefixime and ceftriaxone and emergence of gonococcal strains exhibiting high-level clinical resistance to all ESCs, the last remaining options for empiric first-line antimicrobial monotherapy, have caused grave concern.1,2 In response to this developing situation, the WHO has published a global action plan.3 In the lack of new antimicrobials for treatment, one key component stressed in this action plan is to enhance the surveillance of gonococcal AMR (and verified treatment failures with particularly the ESCs): locally, nationally, and internationally.

A recent paper by Endimiani and colleagues4 characterized N. gonorrhoeae isolates from Switzerland (1998–2012), where detailed data regarding the gonococcal population have been mainly totally lacking. This paper addressed many issues of importance, e.g. the increase in AMR during the latest decades, crucial need to substantially enhance the phenotypic AMR surveillance and obtain longitudinal AMR data, requirement to increase our understanding of genetic AMR determinants and use molecular epidemiological typing for identification of multidrug-resistant gonococcal clones spreading in Switzerland and internationally (e.g. NG-MAST ST1407). However, the paper also illustrates the difficulties to obtain an adequate number of isolates for phenotypic AMR surveillance (only 60 isolates from one institution examined), the use of different types of definitions that are essential to further standardize such as minimum inhibitory concentration breakpoints, 'less susceptible' and 'multidrug resistance', which in the study was characterized as isolates resistant to ≧3 antimicrobials. When antimicrobials that have not been recommended for gonorrhoea treatment in decades (e.g. penicillin and tetracycline) are included, this definition is not very relevant. More appropriate definitions of multidrug resistance and extensively drug resistance, based also on antimicrobial's use in gonorrhoea treatment, have been published.5

Unfortunately, there are large obstacles to enhance the phenotypic gonococcal AMR surveillance due to the lack of culture in many settings. This is particularly because in many less-resourced settings, gonorrhoea diagnosis depends upon syndromic management, which has resulted in a lack of skills to sample specimens and culture, and in many more-resourced settings, nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) have replaced culture for diagnosis. It is essential to strengthen the culture capacity globally and, for this, national and international financial and political commitments are essential. However, it is also urgent, which also was stressed by Endimiani et al.,4 to develop rapid molecular point-of-care AMR testing, ideally combined with simultaneous detection of gonococci, which could directly provide a diagnosis and guide individually-tailored treatments.2,6,7 Laboratory-developed molecular assays exist for detection of one or more genetic AMR determinants involved in resistance to many antimicrobials.2,7 Unfortunately, for most AMR determinants, the sensitivity and specificity of these molecular AMR assays in their prediction of AMR are often low (particularly for the recommended ESCs with their ongoing evolution of resistance involving many different mutations, and their epistasis, in several divergent genes). Additionally, many of the AMR determinants are also present in, e.g. commensal Neisseria species, making it difficult to predict AMR in particularly pharyngeal samples. Intensified research is crucial to continue to identify and appropriately verify (e.g., with site-directed mutagenesis and/or transformation) novel genetic AMR determinants (focus on ESCs), agree on the nomenclature of AMR determinants (e.g. penA alleles), and develop an internationally accessible database containing the sequence information and, ideally, appropriate microbiological, genetic, clinical, and epidemiological data.1,2 Despite that the molecular AMR assays might still be in their infancy, research is crucial to evaluate how such methods could be used to supplement traditional AMR testing (which never will be replaced completely) both in gonococcal AMR surveillance programmes and ideally for guiding individually-tailored treatment (by confirming resistance or susceptibility), which can ensure the rational use of antimicrobials and affect the control of both gonorrhoea and AMR. Molecular AMR methods, particularly highly multiplexed ones that can quickly be adjusted in response to novel AMR determinants, can supplement the culture-based AMR surveillance and, e.g. be used for rapid and comprehensive testing of a population for particular antimicrobials.2,7 High-throughput genome sequencing (combined with appropriate epidemiological data) and other novel technologies might, initially in reference laboratories, revolutionize the molecular AMR testing for both gonococcal isolates and NAAT-positive samples. Genome-based characterization might also elucidate many additional issues regarding gonococcal evolution, diversity, and strain populations; national and international transmission of successful gonococcal clones, which also can predict the AMR; identify new targets for diagnostics (e.g. for rapid point-of-care tests), treatment and vaccine; and even find associations with pathogenesis (tissue tropism, type and severity of infection, etc.).8,9


Universal values of dimensional effective coupling constants g2k that determine nonlinear susceptibilities χ2k and enter the scaling equation of state are calculated for n-vector field theory within the pseudo-ǫ expansion approach. Pseudo-ǫ expansions for g6 and g8 at criticality are derived for arbitrary n. Analogous series for ratios R6 = g6/g 2 and R8 = g8/g 3 figuring in the equation of state are also found and the pseudo-ǫ expansion for Wilson fixed point location g � 4 descending from the six-loop RG expansion for β-function is reported. Numerical results are presented for 0 ≤ n ≤ 64 with main attention paid to physically important cases n = 0,1,2,3. Pseudo-ǫ expansions for ! ,


Modeling embedded real time systems consisting of different components with UML-RT leads to a design model using various diagrams. Sequence diagrams describe possible interactions between system components and may be annotated with specific real time constraints. Statechart diagrams are used for describing each component's behavior. In order to be able to get a consistent model, a consistency concept for different diagram types is needed that takes into account real time constraints. A consistency concept for sequence diagrams and statechart diagrams is presented which focuses on the establishment of timing constraints. Our consistency concept distinguishes between syntactical, semantic and real time consistency and takes into account the influence of processor allocation and scheduling. Using the consistency concept, we describe a method for ensuring the consistency based on worst case execution time analysis of statecharts and schedulability analysis of tasks, thereby enabling a precise answer to the question of consistency.


ABSTRACT Play has been widely acknowledged as a site of important processes in children's lives, ranging from socialisation to subjectification. Little empirical work, however, has focused on the particular features of play that mobilise criticality and contestation, or that alternately enable the micro-politics of exclusion. This article draws on school-based research in the west of Ireland with young children from migrant and non-migrant backgrounds. Centring on understandings of generational, gendered and raced belongings, it examines children's narratives of play and playful narratives that de/reconstruct positionings in peer contexts and in broader societal spaces. More specifically, it explores how the in-between and ambiguous character of children's play practices and playful speech contribute to such multiple sites of becoming. It concludes with a suggestion for further adult engagement with these play/ful political practices, and for consideration of potential links to 'large p' politics in children's lives.


Complex salts that contain oxygenated anions of a pyrotechnically active type such as nitrite, nitrate, chlorate, perchlorate, and others in conjunction with a "fuel" such as ammonia, hydrazine, hy...


MANOVAs and ANOVAs were used to compare nonhandicapped children; low interacting children who were not diagnosed as handicapped; and children who were mildly retarded, behaviorally disordered, developmentally delayed, orthopedically handicapped, and speech impaired on social competence measures that included behavior observations and adult and peer ratings. Following significant ANOVAs, paired comparisons were made between each group and every other group. On several of the social competence measures, nonhandicapped and speech impaired children were superior to low interacting, behaviorally disordered, and developmentally delayed children. The other handicapped groups did not differ from the nonhandicapped or from one another, except that the orthopedically handicapped children had more social interactions than the low interactors did.


This bachelor's thesis is dedicated to the television advertising market in Czech Republic. It introduces basic terms connected with TV advertising and TV advertising sales, the principles of TV advertising sales, as well as legislation related to television broadcasting. The main topic of the study is the impact of the financial crisis on the previously stable Czech television market. The analysis describes the main entities operating in the Czech market, summarizes viewership trends, advertising sales, and market behavior based on the current situation.


The use of plasma for the formation of microvias in combination with flexible dielectrics allows a cost effective production of high-end HDIs and MCM-L substrates. The specific morphology of plasma drilled microvias results in a high manufacturing yield as well as in an excellent reliability. In addition, plasma can be used as a micro-milling tool for the profiling of complex circuit outlines, the manufacture of integrated coaxial cables or the formation of micro-mechanical features. This paper gives a general overview on the plasma processing technology, design aspects, build-up structures, specific advantages in applications with high power rating and a number of specific examples, in particular, foldable substrates for high-end applications in medical systems, sensors, mobile communication, defense and space systems are presented.


Western social and political reveals two principle kinds of domination over nature. The first resembles the passionate drive of Hobbesian vainglory, the second the calculated procedures of Weberian herrshaft. Both forms of Western domination need to be understood before the roots of the current ecological crisis can be exposed. This article first traces the historical roots of each kind of domination. Next it examines two brief cases to illustrate the distinction between the two and the utility of the conceptual framework


A compound of Formula II: Formula ** ** or an enantiomer, a mixture of enantiomers, a mixture of two or more diastereomers, a tautomer or a mixture of two or more tautomers thereof; or a salt, solvate or pharmaceutically acceptable hydrate thereof; wherein: R1 and R2 are each, independently, fluorine, chlorine or methyl; R3 is cyano or nitro; R5 is methyl, oxo or methoxycarbonyl; X is O or S; Y is -O-, -S-, -S (O) - or -S (O) 2-; m is the integer 1; n is the integer 1 or 2; p is the integer 0, 1 or 2.


Pretense and play are present in a variety of religious traditions. They are used in religious thinking about the world as well as in ritual behavior. As a form of simulation, pretense and play are more than cultural forms because they occur in human and animal behavior. Simulation is based on complex cognitive and communicative processes and requires metacognitive and metacommunicative abilities. In religious practice, pretense and play tend to turn into serious and "authentic" behavior accompanied by the sense of reality characteristic for religious experience. It seems that the ability to cross the frames of pretense and play towards seriousness and authenticity is part of the logic of simulation. Categories of pretense and play can be used to explain the dynamic character of religious faith. The latter can be understood as shifting between two modes of experience: the reality mode (the world seen as "it is") and the simulation mode (the world of "as if").


This article seeks to highlight the innovative attitude of the Brazilian Supreme Court given the demands of the digital age and Brazilian society. Discusses the process of computerising judicial, the system e-STF and PJe, as well as data on the use of information and communication technologies. Notes with concern


The as-cast microstructure of nickel-aluminium bronze was analyzed by metallographic microscope, electron microscope, energy spectrum analysis, and the microstructure after different heat treating was compared and analyzed. The results show that the as-cast microstructure of nickel-aluminium bronze is composed of α phase and K phase. The alloy heat-treated at 850~900 ℃ can obtain better mechanical property.


CN 2006 10083429.7 5, 2006 Liqian, H. Definition of Biotechnology Fulvic Acid (BFA). 1999. Shuji, X. et al. Significant Effects of Humic Acid Fertilizer on Improving Barren Soil. 1989. Li Li, etal. General Situation of Research on the Synergistic Effect of Humic Acid on Phosphorus Fertilizer, 1998. Jun, L., Lifeeng, L., Qing, Z. Experiences at home and abroad and research progress on turning kitchen waste into feedstuff, 2009. Qing, Z. et al. Analysis of Present Situation of Kitchen Waste Used as Animal Feed and Countermeasures in China. 2010. Kexing, L. et al. Bio-humic Acid: The Important Foreland of Exploitating New Resources and Functions of Modern Fertilizer. 2008. Shuiying, Y. Studies and Manufacture of Biochemically-Humic Acid Fertilizer. 1999. Westendorf, Mi. Dong, Z.C., and Schoknecht, P.A. Recycled Caf eteria food waste as a feed for Swine; nutrient content digestibility, growth, and meat quality. Journal of Animal Science 1998, 76:2976 2983.


The induction of multispecific CD8 T cell responses is considered an important immunological parameter for protective efficacy of genetic vaccine vectors. Kron et al. demonstrate here that de novo‐expression of viral genes from E1‐deleted adenovirus vectors can severely limit the generation of multispecific antigen‐directed CD8 T cell responses. Importantly, they show that deletion of all viral coding sequences in high‐capacity adenovirus (HC‐Ad) vectors avoids immunodominance effects of adenovirus vector‐directed CD8 T cells. Thus, the authors present HC‐Ad vectors as a promising genetic vaccine that, despite lower immunogenicity compared to E1‐deleted adenovirus vectors, induce strong multispecific CD8 T cells and high antibody responses.


This chapter, which draws on my long-standing scholarship in this field, examines how
the financial sector shapes the environmental performance of the economy, focusing on the ebullient movement for socially responsible investing (SRI). The principal thesis
is that the financial sector has generally negative environmental connotations, both
in its own right and in regard to the companies it funds, and so far SRI's influence
on improving the sector's impact has been modest but is improving. The role of legal
governance in facilitating and hindering SRI is assessed as a variable relevant to the
influence of SRI.


The United States farm-raised catfish industry produces approximately 1.6 billion channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus fry annually, generating over U.S. $24 million in income for commercial hatcheries (NASS 2002). Channel catfish embryo survival varies greatly in commercial hatcheries, and can range from 0100% among egg masses collected from a single pond. Many factors, including temperature, water quality, disease, and management practices can have significant effects on channel catfish embryo development and survival (Weirich and Tiersch 1997; Small and Bates 2001; Small and Wolters 2003). The aquifer used for channel catfish hatcheries in much of the Mississippi delta has a calcium hardness (Ca-hardness) of less than 10 mg/L as CaCO,. Ca-hardness less than 10 mg/L has been shown to reduce survival and growth of sacand swim-up fry (Tucker and Steeby 1993). As a result of their research, Tucker and Steeby (1993) recommended a minimum Ca-hardness of 10 mg/L as CaCO, for channel catfish hatchery water; however, the effect on survival from fertilization to hatch is unclear. Calcium critical stages of embryogenesis have not been previously described for channel catfish. Although few would argue the importance of ionoand osmoregulation in developing fish embryos, little is known about the mechanisms of calcium balance in embryos. It is clear that freshwater teleosts tightly maintain plasma calcium concentrations (2-4 mM) despite potential exposure to a wide range of environmental calcium levels (Chou et al. 2002), and it is assumed calcium homeostasis is maintained in the developing embryo. Many ionoand osmoregulatory processes have been defined in post-larval fish (Perry and Wood 1985; Flik et al. 1986; McCormick et al. 1992; Patrick et al. 1997); however, there is some debate regarding calcium uptake in embryonic fish. Research on calcium transport during development of embryonic rainbow trout demonstrates active calcium ion uptake during embryogenesis (Barrett et al. 2001); however, little research has been conducted to examine the effects of changes in external calcium concentrations on developing embryos and their survival. This study examined the effect of environmental Cahardness concentration less than 10 mg/L as CaCO, during sequential 24-h periods of channel catfish embryogenesis on survival to hatch.


During 35 years in independent practice, David Black's interest in cattle breeding led him to become a vet specialist. He has also got involved in a variety of sustainability initiatives.


It introduces the general situations of Dalian Xinghai Jump Tower engineering design and method of controlling ununiform settlement of gravity structure by applying underwater pressure grouting.


High resolution electron micrographic techniques have been employed for surveying the size and shape distributions of kaolinite particles, both plates and stacks, from well-crystallized Georgia deposits.


Machine learning algorithms are being used widely in biomedical fields for segmentation and diagnosis. These algorithms use features derived from images as input to make a decision. So, choosing proper feature extraction methods combined with suitable machine learning (ML) algorithms is very important to achieve good classification accuracy. During the literature survey, we found that there is a lack of information about machine learning algorithms for skin disease classification. To address this problem, we have collected Chronic Eczema, Lichen planus and Plaque psoriasis images using a digital camera and extracted Red, Green and Blue (RGB) color features and Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) texture features. Different combinations of features with four popular ML algorithms were considered to compare classifier performances. Out of the four algorithms tested, Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) showed highest classification accuracy.


Introduction: Despite the many changes that anatomy has experienced in recent decades, it remains a fundamental discipline for physicians and surgeons. However, it must continually adapt to the context of modern pedagogy. Purpose: to improve learning and interest of medical students in anatomy, we collected their opinion about innovations to make in teaching methods of that discipline. Materials and methods: at the end of the academic year, an anonymous questionnaire was used to collect the opinion of students of first and second year. Medical students gave their point of views about formal magisterial courses, computer assisted teaching, examinations, praticals and laboratory dissections. Results: medical students prefer live discussions during the last 30 minutes of the lesson, availability of all course materials on the website of the university, diversity of assessment techniques, improved learning materials during laboratory teaching and dissections, and varying pedagogical materials. Conclusion: With some pedagogical innovations and improvement of learning material it is possible to increase the receptivity of medical students to anatomy teaching.


The PMK-2 experimental facility at the KFKI-AEKI, Budapest, is a full pressure, scaled down model of the primary and partly the secondary circuit of the Paks NPP, which is equipped with four VVER-440/213-type reactors. Since the start-up of the facility altogether 48 experiments have been performed for groups of transients as follows: one- and two-phase natural circulation, loss of coolant accidents, special plant transients and experiments in support of accident management procedures. The results have been used for the validation of thermal-hydraulic system codes for VVER applications. Following the experiments a detailed documentation and archiving activity - using an optimised data storage - was required to preserve the essential information and to assure these for a widely utilisation for the international nuclear community. In the publication list related to the facility and the experiments for the moment altogether 280 items - documents, articles in periodicals, papers in proceedings and research reports - in six languages were collected. The paper gives an overview on this activity including the participation in the EU CERTA-TN programme, where AEKI introduced representative databases of two PMK-2 tests in the STRESA Network.


The piston i s attached t o a load c e l l mounted on the moving crosshead of a servo hydraulic press (Dartec ~ t d ) , thus permitting the continual measurement of force on the piston a t varying crosshead speeds. The piston pressure a t steady s t a t e flow through the d ie can be easi ly calculated from the force displacement curve, as the point a t which the measured force remains constant with increasing displacement.


The paper presents the results of comprehensive research on wells in the Tobolsk District, Tyumen Region, Russia. The chemical composition of water consumed by the population was analyzed. Two indicators were found to exceed the limits established by hygienic standards: total ammonia (sum of free ammonia and ammonium ions) and total iron. The content of total ammonia in groundwater on the studied area is high, ranging from 2.01 to 2.58 (MAC = 1.5) mg/l. According to the tests, the water from most of the wells is ferruginous, since the MAC is exceeded in almost all water samples. The iron content varies from 0.12 to 1.25 (MAC = 0.3) mg/l. The water from the underground water supply generally meets hygienic requirements.


This paper aims at solving the electrical engineering teaching problems caused by the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic. The theory of Outcome Based Education (OBE) is studied Guide the online teaching work. Combined with professional features, different online teaching methods will be introduced. The advantages and disadvantages of each method will be compared. Through practice and exploration, online teaching has achieved good result. The students' learning progress is not affected by the Epidemic.


The paper studied effect of fixed assets investment,technology innovation increment and export on Chinese economic growth by applying panel data regression analysis,and introduced the concept of equivalent invention patent.The study finds that the three factors have positive effect on economic growth.Fixed assets investment and export are the main drivers of large cities' economic growth,the contributionrate of technology innovation increment to large cities' economic growth is low,and fixed assets investment and technology innovation increment have lag effects.


: Early childhood education program it is very important to develop and stimulate children's potential,  where early childhood is in a very rapid stage of growth and development both physically and mentally, motoric physical development that has a great effect on children. Children develop through habituation activities, motoric physical, both gross motoric and fine motoric physical, cognitive, language. The focus of my research this time is the fine motor development of RA Ihata in the subdistrict of Lekok, Psuruan Regency.
This study aims to improve fine motor skills with folding activities, most children still have difficulty in doing fine motor activities, especially folding, even though it is the simplest folding activity, so as to improve mastery of fine motor motion, the right activity is to fold with the right technique so that the child is interested and feels happy with the activities carried out. Observations can be seen that there are differences in fine motor development scores through folding pre-test graphics mostly lower compared to post-testeven though there are differences in the development of each subject. It was able to explain that there was a development of fine motor development scores in children between before and after  using folding techniques. The location of this study took place at RA Ihata Pasinan village, Lekok district, Pasuruan district. This research uses a quantitative approach, with pre-experimenta lresearch designs using one-group pre-test post test designs. There are 14 children. Techniques for collecting data using observation, data literature (field notes) and documentation.


This study examined the validity of the Hobby (1982) WISC-R Split-Half Short Form (SH) when applied to a clinical sample of emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children. Several issues pertaining to the validaton of short form tests are also examined and discussed. Long Form (LF) results based on a standard administration of the WISC-R for 106 hospitalized child and adolescent psychiatric patients were rescored according to the SH procedures. Extremely high correlations were obtained between LF and SH subtest and IQ scores, and the two test forms contained highly similar factor structures. Nevertheless, significant differences were found on all three IQs, on four of the nine subtests altered by the SH procedures, and on two of Kaufman's (1979) three intelligence factors. Also, approximately 20% of the sample showed discrepancies in the intelligence category assigned, classification of Verbal-Performance differences, and in a quantified index of subtest profile similarity. Clinicians are cautioned against routine use of SH procedures with children, particularly when emotional and behavioral disturbance may already contribute potential error variance to the intellectual assessment.


PURPOSE: A method and apparatus for sensing preload in a tilt rotor downstop is provided to maintain safety of an aircraft by using distortion gage which directly measures distortion by preload of downstop assembly. CONSTITUTION: When a trough portion(117) is warped, a distortion due to downstop load is directly sensed by sensor modules(161). Each of the sensor modules generates a signal in proportion to a downstop preload due to distortion by preload. an average preload measure value is found by a plurality of preload measurements and is processed, whereby comparison with respect to a predetermined allowable range is carried out. Further, the predetermined allowable range is selected such that an appropriate preload is present between a tilt rotor assembly and a wing in order to maintain safety of an aircraft while avoiding overload at any part of structure of the aircraft. By this constitution, the sensor module and a distortion gage are used for directly measuring combined static and dynamic loads varying inside a tilt rotor aircraft.


According to the construction of curriculum group teaching system for computer major and the talent training mode of cooperation between school and enterprise, this paper probes into the experimental teaching system scheme of course group. This paper introduces the concrete measures for the reform of the practical teaching system in the course group of computers major in south china business college Guangdong university of foreign studies. It has been proved by practice that the main courses are grouped into groups, and the general skills of students such as computer application and software development are improved, and the practical effect is obvious.


We report a search for the decays $B^{0} \to D_{s}^{-} D_{s}^{+}$, $B^{0} \to D_{s}^{*-} D_{s}^{+}$, $B^{0} \to D_{s}^{*-} D_{s}^{*+}$ in a sample of 232 million $\Upsilon(4S)$ decays to \BBb ~pairs collected with the \babar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $e^+ e^-$ storage ring. We find no significant signal and set upper bounds for the branching fractions: ${\cal B}(B^{0} \to D_{s}^{-} D_{s}^{+})<1.0 \times 10^{-4}, {\cal B}(B^{0} \to D_{s}^{*-} D_{s}^{+})<1.3 \times 10^{-4}$ and ${\cal B}(B^{0} \to D_{s}^{*-} D_{s}^{*+})<2.4 \times 10^{-4}$ at 90% confidence level.


The present invention is quickly locate through satellites the victim wearing the life jacket during a ship or air disaster, an image of the victim positions electronic map and victim displayed through the display in real time through the screen, distress person regarding emergency rescue system according to quickly life jacket for a marine position tracking for rescue. More specifically, the life vest is marine position tracking terminal is attached that can track the position of the victim by transmitting and receiving GPS satellite and a relay satellite radio signals, when worn, the head with respect to the water surface buoyancy parts and chest characterized by generating greater. .FIELD 1


In order to effectively solve the dynamic vehicle routing problem with considering the preferences of customers,the traditional static vehicle routing problem with time windows(VRPTW) was expanded to a new situation with dynamic customers,and the time windows were replaced by fuzzy due-time representing the preferences of customers.After a simple description of the fuzzy due-time and the dynamic vehicle routing problem with fuzzy due-time,an insertion heuristic algorithm was proposed.In this algorithm,a two-directional push-bump procedure is employed to decide the optimal time to serve customers,and the average satisfaction degree of customers and the traveling distance and waiting time of vehicles are considered synthetically to optimize the increase of total cost caused by new customers.Finally,an example was presented to show the validity of the proposed algorithm.


Fibular shortening and rotational malunion may occur after the operative or nonoperative treatment of ankle fractures. A malunited fracture with fibular shortening and lateral talus shift portends a poor outcome, with pain, swelling, or stiffness often leading to degenerative arthritis. Biomechanical studies have shown that symptoms arise because of increased ankle joint contact pressure resulting from distal fibular displacement and shortening of 2 mm or external rotation of 5 degrees or more. Several techniques have been introduced for lateral malleolar reconstruction, including transverse, oblique, and Z-osteotomy. Transverse osteotomy with bone grafting and internal fixation has been shown to effectively treat fibular shortening. An AO distractor can be used to distract the osteotomy and thus achieve the correct fibular length. After fibular osteotomy, a plate is applied to the distal fibular fragment; one arm of the distractor hooks into the proximal end of the plate, and the other arm is applied to a temporary screw inserted proximal to the plate for distraction. However, this technique requires proximal extension of the incision and exposure for temporary screw placement. This technique requires a special device (AO distractor) that may not be available in some operation rooms. Although a laminar spreader can be used, it can only be used for a transverse osteotomy (not oblique or Z-osteotomy), and it may sometimes be difficult to impact a strut bone graft into the gap when the laminar spreader is positioned in the gap to maintain the distraction. Fibular plate application may not be straightforward when a laminar spreader is placed. Fibular lengthening with a uniplanar external fixator for distraction osteogenesis has been reported. However, the main disadvantage of this technique is the required lengthy external fixation period. Another surgery may be needed to apply a plate for additional stability after external fixator removal because the newly formed bone might fracture. In this article, we describe a novel technique that uses the oblong hole of a locking plate for fibular lengthening and does not require a special device. This technique is straightforward and allows easy control of osteotomy distraction and compression. This technique can also be used during minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis for a shortened and comminuted lateral malleolus fracture to restore the fibular length without opening the fracture site.


Nick Timbers took over as the first Transition Manager of the US Enrichment Corporation upon its founding last July 1st. Although USEC is not involved in negotiating the HEU deal, the fledgling company will be in charge of actually buying and selling the resulting LEU. Whenever the deal is finally signed. After the politics and haggling are over, it will be up to Nick Timbers to make the deal work on the global uranium market. The view from USEC is resolute. No matter what shape the final HEU deal takes, Nick Timbers promises that USEC will remain a competitive supplier of enrichment services. Timbers pledges that any extra costs associated with the HEU deal will not be passed on to customers. He took time out from his recent busy schedule to share his thoughts on HEU and its aftermath.


Cloud Computing is one of the fast spreading technologies for providing utility-based IT services to its users. Large-scale virtualized datacenters are established in order to provide these services. Based on a pay-as-you-go model, it enables hosting of pervasive applications from consumer, scientific, and business domains. However, datacenters hosting Cloud applications consume huge amounts of electrical energy, contributing to high operational cost for the service providers as well as for the service users. Energy consumption can be reduced by live migration of virtual machines (VM) as required and by switching off idle physical machines (PM). Therefore, we propose an approach that finds a stable matching fair to both VMs and PMs, to improve the energy consumption without affecting the quality of service, instead of favoring either side because of a deferred acceptance procedure. The approach presumes two dynamics thresholds, and prepares those virtual machines on the physical machines that the load is over one of the two presumed values to be migrated. Before migrating all those VMs, we use the Coase theorem to determine the number of VMs to migrate for optimal costs. Our approach aims to improve energy consumption of the datacenters, while delivering an expected Quality of Service.


Parameter identification of Li-ion battery models is important for efficiently charge and discharge the most widely used energy storage devices. In this work, we propose a simplified battery model with a parameter identification method for time-domain charging and discharging. Staircase PotentioElectrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy technique (SPEIS) is chosen to characterize the batteries during charging and discharging cycles at different voltage steps values. Marine Predator Algorithm (MPA) is used to identify the proposed model parameters on two commercial Li-ion coin-shaped batteries. The proposed model shows very good matching with the experiments with absolute current error less than 10 4. Hence, the proposed model can be used for real-time applications to predict the battery's behavior under different operating conditions.


This work presents design, analysis and implementation of a robust system to measure the power of the signal in the GSM range varying from 890 to 960 MHz. The system is composed of antenna, RF detector, low pass filter, amplifier, analog to digital converter, and finally digital interface with a PC. As for the antenna, we designed and implemented microstrip antenna with bandwidth of 8% using foam as dielectric substrate. We used the system to measure the power of the signal in different places at different times during the day. Using the system we assured that the signal varies depending on the traffic at different times and the location with respect to the base station.


Former editor of the Revue francaise de pedagogie, the author is renowned for his personal involvement in the conception and helpful assistance for the production of documentary resumes in various fields. He has positioned his work at the crossroads of three objectives: librarian, pedagogical and scientific, and in a framework of two modes: educating and popularising. As much a project of teaching as of librarianship, this summarizing work involves having adequate bibliographic tools and documentary resources available which are adapted to knowledge production.


The article discusses some of the creative principles of the largest Russian musician of the XXth century Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser. These principles are relevant to the teaching and performing activities of the outstanding pianist, one of the founders of the Russian piano school. A subtle and intelligent performer, editor, composer, music critic and public figure, Alexander Borisovich formed a bright school of pianists, whose branches continue to develop successfully today in the activities of his followers and students. His versatile interests and broad erudition were manifested in the peculiarities of working with students, and his creative credo was reflected in the pedagogical principles: the responsibility of the performer, the culture of sound, hard work, subordination of the technical side to the artistic one, the same tasks for both adult students and novice musicians. Creative principles of A. B. Goldenweiser, studied in this article, are not complete or generalizing postulates, but they shed light on the ways and nature of the outstanding musician's work. They were formulated by the author on the basis of students' memories, statements and thoughts of Alexander Borisovich himself and may be of great interest to a wide range of readers fascinated by the history of Russian piano pedagogy.


A set of middle-pressure acetylene plant is rebuilt into a low-pressure one with application of a new purification technology.The original middle-pressure generator is changed into a low-pressure equipment.In the purifying process,the acetylene is boosted first through a water-ring pump and purified with sulphuric-acid in stead of sodium hypocholorite and then, is circulated due to its own gravity in stead of the circulating pump. The mixing of acetylene with purification agent is realized with a fluid jet.The operation results show that the purity of acetylene is raised from less than 98% to 99.5%, investment,consumption of raw materials as well as labour intensity are greatly lowered,and the safety is improved.The rebuilding and,especially, the application of the new purification technology make the process one of remarkably comprehensive benefit.


16 weevil species collected in Tyumenskaya Oblast are listed, of which 12 species are recorded from the southern part of the region for the first time, and Omphalapion buddebergi (Bedel, 1887) and Microplontus mirabilis (Korotyaev, 1980) are newly registered for Siberia.


Four cases of localized mesothelioma were clinicopathologically analyzed. There were one male and three females, with an average age of 54.8. All patients were asymptomatic and pointed out an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray examination at routine medical checkup. With diagnostic imagings and needle biopsy no definitive diagnosis could be made preoperatively. Under a possible diangosis of benign lung tumor, diaphragmatic tumor or mediastinal tumor, thoracotmy was performed. The tumors in case 1, 2 and 4 were present on the visceral pleura. In case 3, the tumor arose from the parietal pleura. Tumors in case 1 and 4 were pedunculated and those in case 2 and 3 were sessile. The size of tumor was 2.8×1.7cm in case 1, 3.5×3.0cm in case 2, 13.0×7.0cm in case 3, or 4.7×4.5cm in case 4. In all cases, the tumors were localized and were removed completely together with a part of surrounding structure. Pathologically the resected tumors were comprized of non-invasive proliferation of fibroblast-like cells without atypia and mitosis, and were diagnosed as benign localized mesothelioma. These tumors were thought to originate from mesenchyme, because electron microscopic examination revealed features of fibroblasts and mesothelial cells. All the patients are doing well and have no signs of recurrence, with the longest disease-free period for 4 years in one patient.


To the Editor. —Ackart et al, in the JanuaryArchives(1983;143:30-31), presented impressive data on 1,428 outpatient fiberoptic bronchoscopies (FOB), documenting the safety of this diagnostic procedure when using topical anesthesia in selected patients whose conditions do not require transbronchial biopsies or fluoroscopic control. At about the same time that the first 318 of these patients were reviewed at Portsmouth, Va, 1 I presented my own experience with 380 patients examined in an outpatient setting. 2 My own patients differed from the Portsmouth patients in that parenteral premedication was always given (including atropine sulfate, pentobarbitol sodium, and/or morphine sulfate) and that 41 transbronchial biopsies were performed. This experience, together with our subsequent 500 + bronchoscopies performed without significant morbidity (unpublished data), establishes the low morbidity of the procedure, irrespective of the use of premedication and the performance of transbronchial biopsy. Pertinent data from my original study is briefly reviewed herein, since


From an ecological and feminism perspective,the paper concerns with the famous novel Anne of Green Gables.It covers the landscapes,naming principles,landscape as subjects,point of view.All these combines the similarity between ecologicalism and feminism,thus explores the ecological and feminism meaning of the novel all around the world.


This note lists butterfly prey taken during 2013 and 2014 by Rainbowbirds breeding beside Currimundi Lake, southern Queensland, as previously documented for 2012 (Orr 2013). In both cases only a single male and female bird were present, with the female accounting for most prey taken to the nest. In total, 133 individual butterflies representing 34 species were recorded photographically. Three prey items were listed as 'unknown butterfly' and are not counted. Among the most noteworthy records are Graphium macleayanum and Jalmenus evagoras, neither recorded previously in the area and captured between 50-100 m altitude, where they were invisible to the human observer. It is likely that these species were engaged in long-distance dispersal. Belenois java was taken just once, despite being very abundant at times during both years, suggesting low palatability. In addition to the butterflies, 25 moths were taken, notably a single Cephonodes hylas and 18 individuals of Spodoptera sp., 17 taken in a single run. As in 2012, Lepidoptera represented numerically less than 10% of prey taken. Below are listed the butterfly species with their totals taken during 2013 and 2014 respectively. Included are items eaten by the captor, nuptial gifts and items fed to nestlings. Species also recorded in 2012 are indicated by an asterisk. Order of species follows Orr and Kitching (2010). No Vanessa itea were recorded in 2013 or 2014. Hasora discolor (0, 1), Hasora khoda (1, 0), * Trapezites symmomus (3, 2), Toxidia peron (3, 0), Mesodina halyzia (3, 2), * Ocybadistes ?walkeri (1, 0), * Telicota ?colon (3, 1), * Cephrenes augiades (2, 8), Parnara amalia (1, 0), Protographium leosthenes (1, 0), * Graphium eurypylus (4, 0), * Graphium choredon [formerly sarpedon] (2, 0), Graphium macleayanum (1, 2), * Catopsilia pomona (2, 10), Catopsilia pyranthe (1, 0), Eurema hecabe (1, 0), Eurema sp. (3, 0), Pieris rapae (1, 0), Appias paulina (2, 1), Cepora perimale (0, 1), Belenois java (1, 0), Melanitis leda (1, 0), * Junonia villida (6, 1), * Vanessa itea (0, 0), Vanessa kershawi (18, 4), Hypolimnas bolina (1, 1), Hypochrysops delicia (3, 0), * Ogyris zosine (2, 5), Jalmenus evagoras (0, 1), Rapala varuna (2, 2), Deudorix diovis (4, 4), Candalides ?absimilis (3, 0), Candalides ?hyacinthinus (1, 0), * Nacaduba berenice (3, 0), * Theclinesthes miskini (2, 5).


Corrosion inspection is an effect way of obtaining pipeline information,and it is also a base of pipeline safety assessment.Study on all kinds of pipeline inspection methods is to select proper inspection tools,improving the competence of pipeline inspection and evaluation.Modern domestic and overseas inspection methods and tools,forecasts the development of inspection technologies are introduced,which are critical to pipeline inspection program.


An isolate of the fungus Fusarium chlamydosporum was exposed to different concentrations (10, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100ppm) either of silver Ag +1 or of cobalt Co ions, singly and a mixture in vitro and the growth rate (colony diameter) of the fungus was mea sured. The results showed that the toxic effect of Ag ions was more than those of Co +2 ions and at concentration 100ppm Ag +1 ions gave the highest effect on the fungus growth. The results also showed that the mix ture of Ag and Co ions has a synergistic effect on the growth rate of the fungus. In general, the effect d epened on the heavy metal ions concentration and th e exposure periods.


The Bay of Bengal (BOB) is a semi-enclosed marginal sea in the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. The South China Sea (SCS) is almost an enclosed marginal sea and is part of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Both of them are tropical marginal seas, and have similar hydrological properties, such as high surface temperature, stable thermocline, deep euphotic zone, etc. Moreover, they are all greatly affected by East Asian monsoon and typhoons. However, there are also several significant differences between them. The current circulation structures in the South China Sea are more complex with significant season variations. A large amount of fresh water through river inputs is one of the remarkable hydrological characteristics in the Bay of Bengal. In addition, the Bay of Bengal has a large volume of precipitation. Therefore, it is naturally interesting to investigate the different response of the marine ecological properties represented by chlorophyll concentration to climate change. The Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) mission have provided a successive, long-term observations of global ocean color from space. In this study, we investigate the Chl-a trends in the BOB and SCS during the SeaWiFS and MODIS observation periods (1998-2010 and 2003-2016), respectively. In 1998-2010, Chl-a increased in the western central basin of BOB, while it decreased in almost all other parts. During 2003-2016, Chl-a significantly increased in the western part of BOB, and reduced in the southern part. In the SCS, Chl-a in almost the whole region increased during the SeaWiFS observation period. In 2003-2016, the major rising trends appeared in China and Vietnam coast, the Beibu Gulf, and the Gulf of Thailand. The Chl-a of the Straits of Malacca and the Karimata Straits showed downward trends. The rise in temperature might be the main cause of the Chl-a decrease in the BOB. The deepened MLD and/or decreasing SST may contribute to the increasing Chl-a of the BOB and SCS. Remarkably, coastal Chl-a has continued to rise over the past 19 years. The freshwater input might have significant effect on it.


The purpose of this paper is to investigate the long-term share price effects for Swedish companies that employed repurchases programs during 2000 - 2012.This paper applies a trading strategy where ...


Objective:Based on isolation culture and drug sensitivity test of Gram-negative Enterbacteriaceae,to understand the drug-resistance rate difference between adults and children,so as to guide the rational use of antibacterial agents in clinic.Methods: Gram-negative Enterbacteriaceae were isolated from specimens of children and adult patients from January 2009 to June 2011,bacterial identification was performed by VITEK-32 automatic microbiological analyzer,and drug sensitivity test was done with Kirby-Bauer method,then the drug-resistance rates of isolates from children and adults to antimicrobial agents were compared.Results: The Gram-negative Enterbacteriaceae were found 479 strains in children and 1056 strains in adults,Escherichia coli,Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae ranked the top three.The ESBLs of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae had higher positive rate in specimens of children than those in adults(P0.05).The AmpC positive rate of Enterobacter cloacae had significant difference between children and adults(P0.05).The Escherichia coli,Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae from specimens of children and adults exhibited various resistance to different antibiotics,with obvious difference(P0.05).Conclusion: The main Gram-negative Enterbacteriaceae isolates showed diverse drug resistance to the same antibacterial agents,so rational antibacterial agents use should be in line with the drug sensitivity test in clinical anti-infection treatment.


And characterized in that it comprises the following, can be directly bonded to the diene rubber matrix, composite reinforcement particular can be used as a reinforcing element in the tire (R-2): - one or more reinforcing threads (20), for example, a thread or cord made of carbon steel; The above mentioned threads, that is, individually each thread, or more layers of the present of the sled collective coating polymer composition; this layer, the glass transition temperature is positive, for example, at least one, such as polyamide thermoplastic polymers, poly (p- phenylene ether) ( "PPE"); and, carrying epoxide, carboxyl, a functional group selected from acid anhydride or acid ester group, functionalized, for example, natural rubber or butadiene, containing diene elastomers such as homopolymers or copolymers. Such method for producing a composite stiffener; such rubber of the final article or semi-finished products incorporating the composite reinforcement, in particular, tires. .BACKGROUND


This study explores the effects of Calorie labeling laws implemented in some counties in the United States on several health related variables. The findings show a small significant decreasing effect of the law on Limited activity and Poor health of 0.083 and 0.047 at 95% significant level respectively.