Although the concept of meaningful work has not been addressed in accounting research, accounting scholars and practitioners have long grappled with how to reflect the value of employees and human capital in organizational accounts. This chapter examines how the features of a typical accounting system are likely to impact the treatment of meaningful work in organizations, including consideration of only its potential financial value, the exclusion of unpaid forms of meaningful work, and the limits on recognizing meaningful work as an organizational asset because quantifying its value is typically considered too subjective. It also examines how internal accounting and control practices, such as performance measurement and reward systems, tend to either ignore the possibility of meaningful work or focus on controlling and harnessing its instrumental value to improve organizational performance, thus downplaying its role in expressing values, fulfilling personal needs, and generating and sustaining meaning in our lives.


Found footage is an archival document, a fragment of memory working as cluttered remembrances that evoke their arché, an unattainable origin, the index of something missing whose trace reappears as spectrum through found footage. As vestige, found footage remains auratic, an ectoplasmic halo, the contemplative investigation of the Unheimlich – the uncanny, the strangeness of the revenant which is neither past nor present, but past and present returning only in spectral messages


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The skillful manipulation of resources can encourage interest in further researches. It can result in ultimate benefits and can lead to discovery of limitless beneficial and lucrative possibilities. This could be found through local experiment by emulating the first principles. In ceramics, for instance, casting slip is generally prepared by the use of electrolytes like Calgon, Sodium Silicate and Sodium Carbonate for deflucculation. These materials can sometimes be relatively costly, and non-available depending on locations. In such situations, local substitutes become imperative. It is on this premise that this research was undertaken. In the research, Musa Paradisiaca (plantain) a local plant edible in its green unripe or ripe state was used. A series of experiments was conducted with it using the dry peelings of its fruits, while the fruits were spared for domestic consumption. The dried peelings were burnt to ashes. The ash was collected, made into solution and filtered properly in a 200 mesh. The solution was used in varying proportions as an active deflocculant. The result was rewarding as it was found that the ashes of Musa Paradisiaca Peels Ash was a dependable substitute for sodium carbonate in casting slips. Therefore, Musa Paradisiaca Ash solution or ash is recommended for use in ceramics slip preparation.


Abstract In this paper, based on a Harnack-type estimate and a local Sobolev constant bounded for the Calabi flow on closed surfaces, we extend author's previous results and show the long-time existence and convergence of solutions of 2-dimensional Calabi flow on closed surfaces. Then we establish the uniformization theorem for closed surfaces.


Femtosecond laser pulses provide the necessary time resolution to study fundamental dynamics of chemical reactions at the temporal scale of atomic resolution. New experimental techniques are introduced to the field of laser femtochemistry to generalize the range of accessible systems and further the understanding of molecular dynamics. In addition, theoretical models are developed that complement the experimental results and form the required basis for the interpretation of ultrafast measurements. The combination of multiphoton ionization with mass spectrometry and femtosecond lasers is introduced to isolate the elementary steps of reactions, differentiating parent and intermediate species and establishing the time scale for their dynamics. In two examples, using this approach, the direct real-time detection of diradical intermediates was made, and in another study the stepwise nature of a process initiated by the Norrish Type-I alfa-cleavage of acetone was revealed. This technique was also employed in the direct observation of vibrational motion in the transition state of a reaction (stilbene isomerization). The kinetic-energy time-of-flight (KETOF) method is developed to describe anisotropy and rotational alignment in the transition-state region and is applied to the dissociation of HgI2. An extension of the pump-probe scheme is made using the non-linear optical technique of femtosecond degenerate four-wave-mixing (DFWM) and application is made to the study of gas phase reaction dynamics of uni-(NaI) and bi-molecular (NaH2) systems. A detailed theoretical description of femtosecond transition-state dynamics is provided and illustrated via numerous examples. A kinetic model is developed, describing molecular response functions for ionization, fluorescence, depletion and absorption measurements. Effects of pulse width and saturation are discussed and comparison is made to classical and quantum mechanical models.


• Drought tolerant genotype, BAT477 showed deeper rooting phenotype in terminal drought conditions. • Physiological data suggested that BAT477 has high water-use-efficiency during drought stress, which is achieved by through reduced transpiration through stomatal closure while maintaining photosynthetic efficiency (data not shown). • Two types of DREB genes were isolated from P. vulgaris . One, the PvDREB1-type genes, are cold-inducible (data not shown) and other are drought-responsive PvDREB2-type genes. • PvDREB2A and PvDREB2B genes may not contribute to deeper rooting phenotype, which is one of genetic traits for drought tolerance in bean. DREB genes and deeper rooting phenotype in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) for drought tolerance


New and natural proof are proposed for both the arcsine law and a related result. Both results are of extreme practical importance. The arcsine law and its related result naturally emerge when studied against their most natural backdrop provided by a detailed multi-bit quantization, already carried out in a multi-dimensional (m-D) setting. We also show that amongst the whole class of 1-bit uniform quantizers treated in this paper, the only practically-useful member for which both the arcsine law and its related result hold is the mid-riser (i.e. with no dead zone) type of quantizer, upon which the well-known relay and polarity-coincidence correlators are based.


In the present-day National Airspace System, the air traffic management system attempts to predict the trajectory for each flight based on the flight plan and scheduled or controlled departure time. However, gaps in trajectory data and models, coupled with tactical control actions that are not communicated to automation systems or other stakeholders, lead to trajectory predictions that are less accurate than they could be. This affects traffic flow management performance.Management by Trajectory (MBT) is a NASA concept for air traffic management in which every flight operates in accordance with a 4D trajectory that is negotiated between the airspace user and the FAA to account for the airspace user's goals while complying with NAS constraints. The primary benefit of MBT is an improvement in system performance due to increased trajectory predictability and stability, which result from managing traffic in all four dimensions (2D route, vertical, and time), ensuring that changes to the flight's trajectory are incorporated into the assigned trajectory, and utilizing improved time or arrival control standards. Importantly, the performance improvements support increasing efficiency without increasing collision risk.This paper provides an overview of MBT and describes fast-time simulation results evaluating the safety, performance, and efficiency effects of MBT.


To clarify the potential application of cinnamon essential oil as a botanical fungicide, its antifungal activities against four important pathogenic fungi from vegetables and fruits were tested in vitro and in vivo. The results indicated that the mycelial growths of Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium expansum, Ahernaria alternate and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumaium were inhibited to varying degrees by cinnamon oil and the EC50 values were 272.17, 324.78, 316.24 and 326.95 mg/L, respectively. In addition, the cinnamon oil could inhibit the spore germination of B. cinerea, P. expansum, A. alternate and F. oxysporum, and the corresponding EC50 values were 196.01, 273.52, 390.44 and 311.23 mg/L. The protective and therapeutic efficacies of cinnamon oil against B. cinerea were 64.16% and 34.90%(3 d) on the tomato treated with 10 mg /mL concentration respectively. However, its protective efficacy was not significantly different with the control fungicide(procymidone) at 1 g/L.


We present the MATLAB code Spirality, a novel method for measuring spiral arm pitch angles by fitting galaxy images to spiral templates of known pitch. Computation time is typically on the order of 2 min per galaxy, assuming 8 GB of working memory. We tested the code using 117 synthetic spiral images with known pitches, varying both the spiral properties and the input parameters. The code yielded correct results for all synthetic spirals with galaxy-like properties. We also compared the code's results to two-dimensional Fast Fourier Transform (2DFFT) measurements for the sample of nearby galaxies defined by DMS PPak. Spirality's error bars overlapped 2DFFT's error bars for 26 of the 30 galaxies. The two methods' agreement correlates strongly with galaxy radius in pixels and also with i-band magnitude, but not with redshift, a result that is consistent with at least some galaxies' spiral structure being fully formed by z=1.2, beyond which there are few galaxies in our sample. The Spirality code package also includes GenSpiral, which produces FITS images of synthetic spirals, and SpiralArmCount, which uses a one-dimensional Fast Fourier Transform to count the spiral arms of a galaxy after its pitch is determined. All code is freely available.


The publication of books on modern agriculture started under the influence of Silhak Thought developed from the late Chosun Dynasty. The common intention found in these publications is the objective to enrich the country through increased agricultural productivity and thus to secure national independence from the surrounding powers. The study reviews three different categories in this area; five general books on agriculture, three on agriculture related legal regulations, and ten books introducing techniques of commercial agriculture. The first category is comprehensive treatment of general agricultural content and the second is legal regulations which affected the contemporary agriculture. The third category is introductory books on commercial techniques aimed at accumulating wealth through agriculture. Silkworm cultivation occupies an important place in these publications owing to the active encouragement given by the Section of Silkworm Cultivation in the Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry. We can recognise the extensive involvement of Suh Pyung Sook, who served as the Section Chief of Silkworm Cultivation in 1904, by examining introductions and prefaces of many books in this category. The examples of general books on agriculture are 'New Agricultural Administration' (농정신편), 'General Introduction on Agiculture' (농업대요), 'New Textbook on Agricuture' (신찬농업교과서), 'Pragmatic Agriculture' (실리농방신편), Of these, 'New Agricultural Administration' (농정신편) is evaluated as the first publication on modern agriculture. It was written in 1881, and the first edition was published was published in 1901 with the second edition following in 1905. Examples of the second category are; 'The regulation on utilizing uncultivated state owned land' (국유미간지리용법) legislated and declared with the intention of expanding cultivated area, 'Mining and Forestry Regulation' (광임법규), 'Forest Land Regulation' (임야법령) to administer mining and forestry. Books on commercial agriculture take up the highest proportion in the agricultural publication of this period. These cover silkworm cultivation, chicken farming, vegetables and fruits. The books introduce Western techniques with more scientific and rational approach especially on Silkworm cultivation and chichen farming which had become increasingly significant as commercial agriculture from the late Chosun Dynasty.


Heavy mineral assemblages in rivers in the Apure River drainage basin of Venezuela and Colombia closely reflect the nature of the source regions, which lie in the Andean orogenic terranes to the west and northwest . The Caribbean Mountains, largely composed of greenschist-facies pelites, phyllites, carbonates and metavolcanics, supply assemblages dominated by epidote and calcic amphibole. Minor amounts of the high-pressure index minerals glaucophane and lawsonite indicate the presence of blueschist-facies rocks, reflecting the origin of the Caribbean Mountains by subduction-related tectonism. The northern Merida Andes, which comprise basement gneisses and granites overlain by unmetamorphosed to low-grade metamorphosed clastics, supply two types of assemblage reflecting these two lithological types: garnet-sillimanite-staurolite-amphibole suites from the basement rocks, and epidote-amphibole suites from the overlying cover sequence. The southern Merida Andes supply stable heavy mineral suites reflecting recycling from the extensive unmetamorphosed sandstones that occur at outcrop. By considering suites from different physiographic provinces, the effects of short-term alluvial storage in the Llanos on heavy mineral assemblages has been evaluated. Weathering during alluvial storage appears to be effective in modifying the apatite-tourmaline ratio, which shows a steady, marked decline with distance from the mountain front, resulting from removal of apatite during weathering. Clinopyroxene and garnet may also show evidence of loss through weathering, although the trends are poorly constrained statistically. Epidote and amphibole proportions remain essentially constant, possibly through a balance between loss through weathering and continual re-supply from breakdown of rock fragments. In general, the heavy mineral assemblages are less affected by alluvial storage on the Llanos than the bulk mineralogy. Please contact us if you would like a copy of this paper.


Objectives
The aim of this study was to determine the effects on the nutritional status of the migrant Puruhá indigenous by changing their food pattern.

Methods
A cross-sectional descriptive study on the dietary habits and nutritional status. By means of convenience sampling, 230 indigenous persons were selected, 108 male and 122 female, with age over 18 years. The nutritional status was calculated using the body mass index (BMI), according to the classification of the World Health Organization. With a SECA 216 mechanical stadiometer, the height of the participant. The weight was measured on a SECA scale with an accuracy of 0.1 Kg. To determine abdominal obesity, its presence was considered if the waist circumference was greater than 90 cm in men and greater than 80 cm in women, according to the International Diabetes Federation. For the determination of food consumption, the frequency of consumption form was applied by food groups. For the statistical analysis, the data were tabulated and expressed in absolute frequencies, percentages and measures of descriptive statistics of central tendency and dispersion. The Chi square statistic was used, to determine the difference of data, with a level of significance of 5%, it was considered as statistically significant if the p value was <0.05. The results were exposed in tables and graphs using the Microsoft office excel program of Windows 10.

Results
The average age of the population was 46.85 + 23.99. The average body mass index was 25.56 + 3.10, and the distribution of the nutritional status was: 1% for underweight, 47% overweight, 16% obesity and 36% normal. This distribution according to gender , did not have a significant difference. The first three food groups of the population, consumes per day, and of the which obtain the highest caloric intake, were: sugary drinks and soda (male sex 350 + 7 ml; female sex 322 + 8 ml), bread and cereal ( male sex 285 + 3 g; female sex 220 + 7 g), and fruits and vegetables ( male sex 210 + 6 g; female sex 195 + 5 g).A higher percentage of overweight and obesity was found in indigenous migrants, in relation to non-migrants, a difference that was significant (p:0.003).

Conclusions
The population has a high frequency of overweight and obesity. In addition, the high incidence of abdominal obesity, found places them at risk for the development of diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular.

Funding Sources
Not applicable.

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Physico-mathematical model for equation of non-stationary temperature conditions of steam generator superheater are defined in this work. Validation of numerical results, taken during calculation, are maked. This validation of numerical results is fulfillment of energy equation and boundary single-valuedness conditions with error not more than 2 %. The numerical modeling is used as a method of study of non-stationary temperature conditions of superheater in this paper. Method of finite difference, namely splitting scheme, is emploied for solving of physico-mathematical model. Results, presented in the study in the form of diagrams, was obtained during solving of physico-mathematical model. These results have information about temperature distrbutions on the cylindrical wall in the start time equaling in 5 s. Diagram of error of results are presented in the paper too.


This qualitative study uses the content analysis method of Newman, Webb, and Cochrane to analyze the contents of the interactions of 21 discussion forums; we succeeded in identifying different types of critical thinking. Carried out in a private institution in the north of Mexico, we sampled three groups with a total of 74 students. Discussion forums were organized using the taxonomy of Socratic questions in order to increase critical thinking. We conclude with guidelines to design quality discussion forums to increase and develop critical thinking in virtual education.


The end of the Cold War and the rapid acceleration of India's economic growth starting in the early 1990s transformed India's foreign policy. The country's view of its own interests and of the world became more realistic (in the way that foreign-policy theorists use the term), more economically based, and less tethered to its immediate neighbourhood. Raja Mohan's Crossing the Rubicon, published in 2003, is the classic exposition of this policy. As he describes it, India's foreign policy post-1990 started with the major Review Essay


Summary Vascular thrombosis continues to remain a major problem in microvascular surgery. Various antithrombotic agents have been used in experimental models in order to study their influence on the incidence of thrombosis. A new microvascular thrombosis model which utilizes a crushing artery forceps on the rat femoral vessels was used to evaluate the effect of a single does of heparin administered subcutaneously just prior to release of the crushing clamp. Patency across the traumatized segments was determined after 24 hours, by the "milking" test and by dividing the vessels downstream to the site of trauma. In the arterial model there was an increase in patency from 83% to 96% and that in the vein model, from 35% to 80% . The results suggest that single dose heparin significantly increases patency rate in veins, in the immediate and early postoperative period. The arterial thrombosis model was however insufficiently thrombogenic and needs further evaluation.


In recent years a high dimensional theory of expanders has emerged. The notion of combinatorial expanders of graphs (i.e. the Cheeger constant of a graph) has seen two generalizations to high dimensional simplicial complexes. One generalization, known as coboundary expansion is due to Linial and Meshulem; the other, which we term here systolic expansion, is due to Gromov, who showed that systolic expanders have the topological overlapping property. No construction (either random or explicit) of bounded degree combinational expanders (according to either definition) were known until a recent work of [KKL]. The work of [KKL] provided the first bounded degree systolic expanders of dimension two. No bounded degree combinatorial expanders are known in higher dimensions. In this work we show explicit bounded degree systolic expanders of every dimension. This solves affirmatively an open question raised by Gromov [G], who asked whether there exists bounded degree simplicial complexes with the topological overlapping property in every dimension. Moreover, we provide a local to global criteria on a complex that implies systolic expansion: Namely, if the 1-skeleton graph underlying a d-dimensional complex is a good expander graph and all its links are both coboundary expanders and good expander graphs, then the (d− 1)dimensional skeleton of the complex is a systolic expander.


2014 Metal-Insulator-InSb structures, for infrared imaging devices operating in the charge injection mode, have been developed. The sensitivity of devices is conditioned by the generationrecombination processes occurring in the semiconductor. Several methods have been used to study these generation-recombination processes. C(t) experiments in depletion and inversion regime, conductance measurements and photomagnetoelectric effects were performed on Al-Al2O3-n InSb MIS structures, in order to obtain data about recombination processes. These experimental results show a gradient in carriers lifetime which varies from 1 ns at the insulator-InSb interface to 100 ns inside the bulk of InSb. REVUE DE PHYSIQUE APPLIQUÉE TOME 13, DÉCEMBRE 1978,


In music appreciation, music works become the object of aesthetic perception. Music reconstruction on the part of the listener is especially meaningful for the creative appreciation of the composer's real purposes and bringing the music work into his or her perception. Music works have their own laws, so the perceptive listener should actively but not arbitrarily get involved. In the course of music appreciation, the listener tends to exercise evaluation with his self-defined standards or criteria, so that he may arrive at a different understanding if a musical work does not meet these criteria. Deviation may occur at different times of music appreciation. Also, aesthetic orientation plays a part in music appreciation.


The Born and closure approximations are used to obtain an expression (in the form of a series) for the dissociation cross section σ1 for the process H2+ + He → H + H+ + He. Taking the first term only of the series, and assuming the LCAO approximation for the H2+ wave function, that overlap terms can be neglected, and that the hydrogen and helium atoms are in their ground state after the collision, the high-energy limit for the dissociation cross section is found to be 1 59 × 10-14/E cm2, where E is the energy of the incident H2+ in keV, as compared with the experimental values 1 25 × 10-14/E cm2, or 1 10 × 10-14/E cm2. The effect of initial vibrational excitation of the H2+ is also examined, and found to increase σ1 by up to 20%, comparable with the experimental results of Barnett and Ray, and McClure for the dissociation of H2+ in hydrogen gas.


In this paper, numerical simulation of die swell for the integral Maxwell fluid is investigated employing the stress calculation method based on the conventional finite element used by Luo and the method of avoiding singularity used by Fan. The reasonable solution of higher Weissenberg number is obtained.


Ordinary People in European Politics, 1500–1700 [University of California Press, 1998])? And, when we consider both the degree to which challengers could disrupt elite policies and the extent to which collective punishment could bring real hardship to rebellious towns for years, what was the balance sheet of gains and losses for urban protestors before the era of modern democracy? With great economy, William Beik has surveyed what is known of 17th-century French popular urban politics, has added much detail on many towns, has developed some important new interpretations (and important corrections, emendations and challenges to previous scholarship), and, in so doing, suggests the many matters that remain to be explored.


In order to explore the influence of meteorological conditions on the diffusion of atmospheric pollutants, this study takes Linfen City, a key national air pollution city, as an example, and uses the daily air pollution concentration data, wind direction and wind speed observation data and the ground weather observation data from 2016 to 2017 in this area to analyze the distribution characteristic and variation law of the main atmospheric pollutants (PM10, PM2.5, SO2, CO, O3, NO2). The influence of local meteorological conditions and general atmospheric circulation on the diffusion of atmospheric pollutants is discussed. The results show that the air pollution in Linfen City has obvious seasonal difference. The air quality is better in summer and autumn, and the main pollution is concentrated in heating period. The effect of meteorological factors on air quality index (AQI) is significantly different at different periods. In the non-heating period, there is a good negative correlation between precipitation and PM2.5, PM10, SO2 and NO2; the relative humidity, air temperature and cloud cover are negatively correlated with most pollution factors. In the heating period, the air temperature, relative humidity and cloud cover are positively correlated with most pollution factors. The wind speed is less correlated with AQI in the non-heating period, and only has a good negative correlation with NO2. In the heating period, the wind speed is negatively correlated with pollution factors except O3.


Tensoring with type I algebras preserves elementary equivalence in the category of tracial von Neumann algebras. The proof involves a novel and general Feferman--Vaught-type theorem for direct integrals of metric structures.


ABSTRACT The operation and maintenance activities are integrated to a greater extent at Aitik to enhance the total productivity of the mine. The area of maintenance is identified as a strategic cost center by the Aitik management for cost control. This paper discusses the maintenance practice, the organizational set up, the achivements and the maintenance strategy for the coming years for the Transport Division of the Aitik mine.


In this study, I try to explain the process of the formation and the development of town square in the Germanic feudal age.In part II, it is perceived that the Cathedral Place is formed from the Narthex, Churchyard, and the Parvis, and the Market Place is formed from the broadened main street.In part III, the developmental process is inquired into, and the result is following:1st stage; The socio-economic need of the square is contented with the Narthex and the main road2nd stage; The socio-economic need of the square forms the square itself3rd stage; The square develops typically4th stage; The square changes in qulity.


Abstract On the basis of the surviving ancient exegesis on lyric poets – especially Alcaeus, Archilochus and Anacreon –, this work pursues the aim of examining the different genres of scholarship attested in the papyrological tradition and identifying the characteristics of its original readers and 'users'.


To search for the new potent and less toxic antitumor podophyl-lotoxin derivatives,thirteen new 4′-demethylepipodophyllotoxin-4-ethers were syn-thesized from 4-bromo-4′-demethyl-4-deoxyepipodophyllotoxin and excess alcoholswithout any catalyst in moderate to high yields.In vitro test,these compoundsshowed antitumor activity against leukemia L1210.Five of them exhibited theactivity comparable to that of etoposide.


Although measurement of spin‐lattice relation time (T1) can provide valuable information about atomic motion in solids, T1 data for quadrupolar nuclei are often difficult to interpret because the relevant physical interactions cannot be expressed analytically. In order to address this problem, we have developed an extension to the dynamic Monte Carlo method for simulating spin‐lattice relaxation of quadrupolar nuclei in solids. In this paper we develop the simulation method generally, and then apply the method to understanding published T1 measurements of oxygen‐17 in yttria‐doped ceria. We show that even for simple geometries of motion, multiple time scales for electric field gradient fluctuations are possible, resulting in complex relaxation behavior including multiple T1 minima. The method can be used to explain and deconvolute data in which these effects are present. In the case of yttria‐doped ceria, we show that two experimentally observed T1 minima result from simultaneous movement of oxygen vacanc...


To get a clear view of any scene or activity, one needs a room with a view. It is helpful if the room commands an expansive view-at least on three sides. (The blindside provides a convenient excuse if the viewer fails to note some important feature of the scene.) And if the view is to be truly retrospective and prospective, one cannot be stiff-necked. It takes an ounce of temerity and a pound of arrogance for me to do a survey of the composition scene, because I am not at all confident that I am any more qualified than the next teacher of English to explore the territory. My room with a view has been paid for, as yours has, with a lot of toil and trouble: teaching composition for several years at one or more schools; talking shop with colleagues; listening in on the grapevine; reading the journals and the pertinent books; attending conferences and conventions. But maybe the one experience I have had that most teachers have not had was a six-year tour as the editor of a major composition journal. An editorship sets up a marvelous vantage point from which the view can be as expansive as the one that a forest ranger gets from his mountain-top tower. Even if my eyesight is not 20/20, I can still point out salient features of the landscape to the interested spectator. Despite the myopia of the guide, the survey of the scene, whether retrospective or prospective, can be both fascinating and instructive for the spectator.


The traditional method of detecting real-time kinematic(RTK)equipment adopts static baseline solution,which doesn't conform to the actual dynamic application and meet the needs of dynamic detecting.Through the development of high-precision standard equipment and dynamic detecting software,it has proposed a real-time and dynamic detecting method based on in-vehicle mobile platform with solving the data synchronization.The core idea of this method is that the software processing center evaluates the testing equipment by comparing its positioning results with standard equip's.Experimental results show that the detecting system can stably run and the detecting accuracy can reach 1cm on horizontal direction and 2cm on vertical direction,which server the purpose of high-precision real-time dynamic detecting.


The rapid development of technology and the Internet drastically alter both the consumers and companies' environment. The Internet is widely accepted by consumers, which manifestly changes their behavior.
The rapid and profound changes in the environment, especially the technological changes, have a huge impact on the contemporary transformation of many business entities as well as on the adoption of new business models. The changeable and unstable environment in the new economy urges business entities not only to constantly adjust, but to also accept a strategic approach specific to their e-market performance. The new economy works by a different set of rules from the traditional economy, and brings new challenges for business. Therefore the need for strategic planning is imposed as an imperative, that is, the strategic access to the e-business environment, if companies want to survive and to develop on the newly created markets.
The Internet and information communication technology provide better opportunities for businesses to establish distinctive strategic positioning.
The purpose of this paper is to point out the procedures to be followed in developing an e-business strategy in the new economy. Developing an e-business strategy depends on the type of enterprise, industry, competition, consumer behavior, nature of application and etc.
Keywords: e-business strategy, new economy, strategic analysis, changing behavior, Internet consumers.


The review of various literatures and renowned publications is emphasizing that the gross domestic production of a nation is determined by several factors such as growth in agriculture and manufacturing sector, export, inflation, exchange rate and international investment. In spite of different factors affecting the growth, the incremental growth of foreign direct investment in various sectors is considered to be a vital factor which controls all other factor. The 1991 new economic policy has unfolded red carpet to the international investors and reduced the uncertainty on the legal and regulatory frame work boosted the investors' confidence in the economy. As a result, the Indian economy witnessed a vigorous growth since the implementation of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization (LPG). In this regard this paper is attempting to investigate the contribution of foreign direct investment to the gross domestic production of India. The investigation was made using a simple regression between foreign direct investment (FDI) and gross domestic production (GDP) for 23 years from 1991 – 2014. The result revealed that FDI has as positive impact on GDP.


Mr. Jeffrey Beall, a librarian at the Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver, with an MA in English and Spanish, but no PhD, became famous because of his blog, www.scholarlyoa.com. Beall's blog thus became synonymous with Beall, and Beall with his blog, and both are used interchangeably in this paper. Thus, praise or criticisms that one regularly reads in social media or blogs that refer to one, in general refer to both.


Abstract Hydrophilic biopolymer systems reach a state of maximum plasticization at a concentration of water designated as W g ′. The thermomechanical behaviour of various extruded cereals were investigated at concentrations above and below W g ′ to determine the significance of W g ′ on the viscoelastic properties in the rubbery region above T g . Cereal melts were produced via extrusion cooking using a twin-screw extruder at in-barrel moisture contents ranging from 25 to 42% (wb). Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) was used to determine the viscoelastic properties for melts obtained from degermed corn meal, oat flour, pregelatinized corn starch and pregelatinized waxy maize. All of the extruded melts displayed reductions in the storage modulus of about two orders of magnitude from the glassy to rubbery regimes. At temperatures greater than 320K, another transition is apparent for extruded oat flour. These losses may be attributed to a reduction in physical crosslinks and/or entanglements. With respect to the other melts investigated, differences in the oat flour melts at temperatures above T g may be due to the increased presence of protein and lipid. Given the apparent partly crystalline nature of these melts at moisture contents g ′, the most appropriate representation of the viscoelastic properties may be isotimic plots of the viscoelastic functions. These contour plots provide a more comprehensive guide to material behaviour than the 'traditional' state diagrams found throughout the literature. An important point is that prediction of viscoelastic properties above T g for polymers where the internal structure changes with temperature or moisture content, cannot be predicted using the same methods of reduced variables as for amorphous polymers. Thus rather than using these methods, experimental data, such as given here, may prove to be necessary to design or understand processes involving cereal melts based on their viscoelastic properties.


We consider the Brill metric which is an electrovacuum solution to Einstein's field equation. It depends on three parameters, a mass parameter $m$, a NUT parameter $l$ and a charge parameter $e$. If the charge parameter is small, the metric describes a black hole; if it is sufficiently big, it describes a wormhole. We determine the relevant lensing features both in the black-hole and in the wormhole case. In particular, we give formulas for the photon spheres, for the angular radius of the shadow and for the deflection angle. We illustrate the lensing features with the help of an effective potential and in terms of embedding diagrams. To that end we make use of the fact that each lightlike geodesic is contained in a (coordinate) cone and that it is a geodesic of a Riemannian optical metric on this cone. By the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, the sign of the Gaussian curvature of the optical metric determines the sign of the deflection angle. In the wormhole case the deflection angle may be negative which means that light rays are repelled from the center.


Have been conducted a research about antioxidant activity assay at watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ) using FRAP method. Watermelon is known contains vitamin A, B, C, and lycopene. The aim of research were to determine the antioxidant activity relationship between watermelon juice and vitamin C with FRAP method using ascorbic acid as a comparative standard measure by UV-Vis spectrophotometer at a wavelength of 692 nm. The research result was obtained the antioxidant capacity on the watermelon red meat juice 0,1329 mg AAE/g.


Energy expenses are becoming an increasingly important fraction of data center operating costs. At the same time, the energy expense per unit of computation can vary significantly between two diffe...


This study examined whether mothers' and children's depressive symptoms were each uniquely related to mother– child rating discrepancies on a multidimensional dyadic construct: domains associated with parental monitoring (i.e., Child Disclosure, Parental Knowledge, and Parental Solicitation). Participants included a community sample of 335 mother/female-caregiver and child dyads (182 girls, 153 boys; 9 –16 years old). Children's depressive symptoms were consistently related to each of the three domains of mother– child discrepancies. Mothers' depressive symptoms were related to perceived discrepancies in two domains (Child Disclosure and Parental Knowledge). Furthermore, these relations could not be accounted for by other informant characteristics (maternal stress, child age, child gender, child ethnicity). Findings provide important empirical support for theory suggesting that both informants' perspectives meaningfully contribute to their discrepancies in perceived behavior. Consideration of both informants' perspectives leads to valuable information as to whether any particular characteristic is an important correlate of discrepancies. In the clinical sciences, the absence of definitive measures of constructs makes it critical to gather information on a participant's psychosocial dysfunction from the perspectives of multiple infor-mants (e.g., self, significant other, clinician, laboratory observer, biological indices). However, one of the most consistent yet poorly understood phenomena is that multiple informants provide inconsistent ratings of the same participant's psychosocial dysfunction (e.g., Achenbach, 2006; De Los Reyes & Kazdin, 2005). Discrepancies are critical for numerous reasons. First, they are present across measurement methods (De Los Reyes & Kazdin, 2005) and areas of psychological scienceancies pose significant interpretive problems for researchers studying the prevalence of dysfunction, risk factors, types of dysfunc-tion to target for intervention, and the identification of evidence-Third, discrepant perceptions between informants are related to how they interact with one another and may predict and/or negatively affect psychosocial and physiological functioningtions of discrepancies highlight the importance of understanding why they exist. Research on mechanisms accounting for discrepancies currently is at a preliminary stage (De Los Reyes & Kazdin, 2005). In fact, the clinical discrepancies literature has paid most attention to examining the relation between discrepancies and characteristics of the informants rating the target participant (e.g., demographics, emotional distress, family stress; Achenbach, 2006; De Los Reyes & Kazdin, 2005). The characteristic paid most attention has been examined almost exclusively in the clinical child assessment literature: informants' depressive symptoms. Indeed, one of the first hypotheses posited to explain why discrepancies exist is referred to as the depression-distortion hypothesis (Richters, 1992). The hypothesis posits that …


The overload principle, that improved performance is the result of systematic and progressive training of sufficient frequency, intensity and duration, is the one overriding truth in exercise physiology. The uncertainty that has cost many a coach their job is: what is the optimal frequency, intensity and duration? With the results in this issue of The Journal of Physiology, Gibala et al. (2006) have started to determine how short the duration of exercise can be while still increasing cycling performance. As a result of the short duration, the workload of their subjects is extreme: about 4-times as high as regular endurance training. If you can complete the high-intensity exercise, the improvement in performance, mitochondrial mass, muscle buffering capacity, and glycogen supercompensation is the same following as little as 3 min of cycling as it is in subjects who performed 90–120 min of cycling at 65% of their maximum. While these findings probably won't change the training protocols of elite athletes, they may have important implications for those wishing to maintain fitness and they also provide clues as to the complex nature of the response to endurance exercise.

It is becoming increasingly clear that there are at least three molecular signals that can lead to an increase in mitochondrial mass and glucose transport capacity in skeletal muscle following endurance exercise training (Hood et al. 2006). The pulsatile decrease of ATP and concomitant increase in AMP during repeated high-intensity exercise can activate the AMP-activated protein kinase; a long-term rise in intracellular calcium can activate calcium–calmodulin kinases; and the cellular stress associated with intense endurance exercise can activate p38 MAP kinase. The reason that many different types of training have a similar net result on muscle phenotype might be explained by the fact that all three signalling molecules have a similar downstream target. In skeletal muscle, all three of these molecules participate in the phosphorylation of the transcriptional repressor HDAC5 (Al-Khalili et al. 2004; Bassel-Duby & Olson, 2006). Phosphorylation of HDAC5 results in its dissociation from Mef2 and the subsequent activation of transcription. Two of the targets of this transcriptional activation are the GLUT4 and PGC-1α genes (Bassel-Duby & Olson, 2006). GLUT4 catalyses the rate-limiting step in glucose uptake and glycogen synthesis, the transport of glucose into the muscle cell, while PGC-1α coordinates the expression of the nuclear and mitochondrial genes needed for mitochondrial biogenesis. The result is an increase in the capacity to take up and either oxidize or store glucose, the main fuel used during maximal performance, as well as an increased capacity to generate ATP from fat and spare glycogen during lower intensity exercise.

In support of this hypothesis, the work of Gibala et al. (2006) draws on studies performed by Shin Terada (Terada et al. 2001, 2005). Dr Terada showed that rats swimming 6 h a day carrying a weight equal to 2% of their body weight had similar increases in GLUT4 and PGC-1α content as rats that swam for 14 intervals lasting 20 s carrying a weight equal to 14% of their body weight. While not all of the cellular signals described above were measured, they did show that the activation of AMP kinase was almost twice as high in the high-intensity group as the low-intensity group (Terada et al. 2005). There are two possible explanations for the fact that the change in GLUT4 and PGC-1α were the same after either 8 days or 6 h. The first possibility is that there is a threshold for the adaptation to endurance training over which no greater increase in PGC-1α or GLUT4 is possible. The second is that the sum total of AMPK, p38 and CamK activation is the same under the two protocols: the greater AMPK activity in high-intensity training is made up for by longer periods of elevated calcium.

For those looking to do the least possible work to be fit, the work of Gibala et al. (2006) presents hope. In as little as 3 min (40 min total time including warm up and cool down) we can improve our and performance. However, there are a couple of caveats. First, high-intensity training does not utilize as many calories as long-duration exercise, meaning that it would not be as good if the goal were weight loss. Second, it is unclear whether performance in other sports (i.e. running) are effected in the same way by high-intensity training, and lastly, as a former strength and conditioning coach I can say that while many people are willing to exercise at a low intensity for a long duration, it is VERY hard to get people to exercise at a high intensity for any period of time.


Abstract : The article deals with the distribution of day-to-day variability of air temperature in January and July at isobaric surface 100-10 mb above the northern half of the western hemisphere during the 1959-1962 period. (Author)


that hEemorrhage had not been excessive the patient was very much collapsed, the face was cadaverous, the lips bloodless, the pulse rapid and hardly perceptible, the breathing quick and shallow, and the extremities cold. Having detached the placenta and bathed the uterus with hot boiled water, I returned the mass without any difficulty by squeezing it well with both hands, and, at the same time, exerting steady upward pressure in the direction of the pelvic axis, following up the uterus with my closed fist until its normal position was reached, and the inversion quite rectified. I then administered sterilised ergot and brandy subcutaneously, and slowly injected a quart of hot saline solution by the rectum. The patient was also surrounded with hot bottles. Under this treatment her condition quickly improved, the pulse became markedly stronger, perspiration broke out on the skin, and the extremities became warm, the patient expressing her relief. The puerperium was comparatively uneventful. The lochia became slightly offensive, and the temperature rose to I01° on the second day, but an intrauterine injection of one-half per cent. lysol solution put all right again. This accident is extremely rare. It only occurred once in 190,800 deliveries at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin (Playfair). In the clinic of Braun and Spaeth no complete case was observed in 250,ooo births (Lusk). The case-mortality is about 42 per cent. (Crosse). The condition has been ascribed to traction on the cord, either by the midwife or as a result of the funis being twisted round the child's neck. Insertion of the placenta exactly at the fundus is considered to predispose to the accident. In this case the patient had been intensely anremic for a long time before delivery; there had been "some trouble with the afterbirth," and the midwife had " pulled the cord a little." The cord was not twisted round the child's neck. Fakenham. Norfolk. F. L. PocHiN, M.B., C.M.


Studies were carried out to evaluate the phytotoxic effects of the application of tanned Agave (Agave Sisalana) juice and cow urine on plants of colored cotton plant cultivar green BRS. The experiment (completely randomized design, with six treatments and five repetitions) was accomplished in the district of Pombal, Paraiba, in the period of April to May of 2005.To the 20 days after the emergency, the plants were powdered with mixtures of tanned agave juice and cow urine in the concentrations (agave, cow urine): (0, 0) (35, 1); (50, 0,8); (65, 0,6); (80, 0,4); (95, 0,2)%; . After 48 hours of the application the phytotoxicity was verified using a scale of notes. It was still calculated the percentage of affected plants All the plants presented phytotoxicity symptoms; the ones that received the concentrations (65, 0,6) and (80, 0,4)% were the most affected, classified as low and medium; the powdered plants with the concentration (35, 1)% had been the less affected ones; (very light phytotoxicity). That burns were probably owes to the pH lightly acid and the ratio of the substances found in the phitochemistry analysis, and the cow urine that was rich in N and K.


The invention relates to a channel estimation method and an evolved Node B. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a current frame of signal on a frequency domain, and acquiring a pilot signal corresponding to the current frame of signal; carrying out N times of time delay estimation according to the current frame of signal and the pilot signal to get a time delay value and a first channel estimation value; determining the noise estimation value according to the first channel estimation value, the current frame of signal and the pilot signal; optimizing a first regularization matrix at least once according to the time delay value and the noise estimation value to get an optimized regularization matrix; and taking the noise estimation value as a coefficient of the optimized regularization matrix, and determining a second channel estimation value based on minimum mean square error MSE. According to the channel estimation method provided by the embodiment of the invention, channel estimation is carried out after multiple times of time delay estimation according to a frame of signal and a corresponding pilot signal thereof and at least one regularization matrix optimization, and the precision and accuracy of channel estimation are improved.


There are 2 "epochs" of time in acute ischemic stroke caused by large vessel occlusion: onset to imaging time, which is deterministic of the likelihood of favorable imaging (mild to moderate early ischemic changes [ASPECTS 6–10]), and imaging to reperfusion time, which is deterministic of the


Paleohydrological investigations were carried out in the Yellow River source area on the northeast (NE) Tibetan Plateau. During our fieldwork investigations, two units of overbank flood deposits (OFD) were found in the Maqu-Kesheng reach. These OFD units were studied using a multi-index approach, including magnetic susceptibility, hygroscopic water, grain size distribution and micro-morphological features. It can be inferred that they have recorded two episodes of overbank flooding of the Yellow River. Using the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and AMS 14C dating techniques, the first episode was dated to 34,680 ± 1880-29000 ± 1790 a and correlated with the late Marine Isotope Stage 3a (MIS 3a) with a warm and wet climate. The second episode occurred at 16,500 ± 1,250-14000 ± 1,280 a, which is coincided with the Bølling-Allerød warm stage during the last deglaciation, a period of coexisting global warming and rapidly shrinking ice sheets. At these two periods, the water was mainly derived from the accelerated melting of mountain glaciers surrounding the basin and/or the large-scale precipitation, which led to the overbank flooding events. At the same time, the related overbank flood deposits were interbedded within glacial outwash/flashflood deposits in the valley bottom of the Yellow River, which intensified the valley aggradation. These results are of great significance in enriching the paleoflood records in the Yellow River source area, recognizing the effect of river system on the development of valley landform, as well as understanding the hydro-climatic response of the Tibetan Plateau to global climate warming occurring presently.


S.Haack has defended the idea that in fuzzy logic it cannot be affirmed that the true
values of a statement are themselves blurry. This article analyzes Haack position in the
light of some current approaches of classic philosophy of logic, and from the cognitive
point of view of philosophy of logic, especially from the theory of concepts. Under the
said approaches, the thesis on non-gradation of truth appears significantly weakened.


Steganography is the art of hidden messages in such a way that no one except the sender and intended recipient knows about the existence of the message. Image, audio and video can be taken used as a carrier in steganography. Digital images are serve as a carrier for the secret data transmission. A good datahiding technique should be capable of eliminating visual and statistical detection with an adjustable payload. The APPM can allows users to choose digits in any notational system for data embedding, and thus achieves a better image quality and security but it is proposed only for the gray scale images. In this paper HQAPPM was proposed, which is extension to APPM for high quality color images. The proposed method provides low mean square error (MSE) without compromising the performance and security of APPM.


WT5"BZ]In this paper,author discuss the calculation method of work done by external world to refrigerating machine under the condition of varying temperature reservoir, and point out the improper place of an example in a literature.[WT5"HZ]


Methyl methacrylate, vinyl acetate, styrene and diethylene glycol-bis(allyl carbonate) were subjected to irradiation by very intense microsecond pulses of electrons of 3 MeV energy. The methacrylate underwent a prolonged, slowly decaying polymerization beginning immediately after irradiation; in a typical run, a dose of 1.5 × 105 rep delivered in 12 pulses resulted in 1% polymerization after six hours and 5% polymerization after 50 hours. The extent of polymerization was reduced by increasing the surface of glass in the reaction vessel. Freezing the monomer during irradiation reduced the extent of subsequent polymerization in the liquid state by approximately 40%. Evidence was obtained to show that the polymerizing radicals are of the normal type found in thermal and photochemical work, and their initiation is attributed to the formation of a catalyst during or immediately after irradiation. No significant amount of polymerization took place in the other monomers.


Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut; Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System and Stanford University School of Medicine (affiliate), Palo Alto, California; Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; University of California at San Francisco, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California; University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom


Statin-associated muscle symptoms are one of the statin-induced side effects. The incidence of the condition is increased by the presence of associated risk factors, one of which is hypothyroidism. The paper reports clinical case of statin-associated muscle symptoms in patient with compensated hypothyroidism carrying a SLCO1B1 mutation. Optimal assessment and treatment algorithms are discussed.


Two years of experimental trials were conducted in Nigeria to investigate the effect of powdered and aqueous extract of citrus (sweet orange) peel in the management of root-knot nematodes of cowpea cultivar 'IT96D-610'. Different concentrations of aqueous citrus (sweet orange) peel extracts were used as well as different amount of citrus (Sweet Orange) peel powder. As a standard check carbofuran was used. Furthermore, phytochemical screening was carried out to determine the presence of secondary metabolites, while GC-MS was used to identify the presence of some chemical compounds. Results in the present study showed, that the treated plants performed significantly higher than the untreated counterparts in terms of growth, yield and reduction of soil nematode population. Phytochemical screening of the secondary metabolites revealed the presence of tannins, saponins, flavonoids, glycosides, sterols and alkaloids while the analysis by GC-MS revealed the presence of citral and β-caryophyllene to be the prevalent compounds. These compounds might be responsible for the control of root-knot nematode infecting cowpea since they exhibited nematicidal potential in their activities Normal 0 21 false false false HR X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */
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The influence of posture of the pelvis and straining on urinary flow was investigated in 21 normal women, mainly physiotherapists, who were asked to urinate on an uro‐flow chair at their usual time and frequency. Subjects were at random instructed to urinate in five different test situations: anteversion, anteversion with straining, retroversion, retroversion with straining, and forward bending without straining. The urinary‐flow parameters investigated were volume, peak flow, time to peak, peak‐to‐end time, total time, and mean flow. The analysis was done by means of analysis of variance but only for micturition volumes >150 mL. The morphology of the urinary‐flow curves was examined for the presence of irregularities and increasing (after top) or decreasing (for top) curve tops and after‐dribbling. Results demonstrated no significant differences for peak flow, total time, and mean flow in the anteversion, retroversion, and the forward‐bending position. This holds for test situations and re‐test controls. However, straining increased the peak flow and mean flow rates in all positions and in all women, whereas it reduced the total voiding time. The voided volumes were lowest in anteversion. Irregularities were less frequent in the forward‐bending position. It can be concluded that the forward‐bending position is the most preferable urinating position to relax the pelvic floor muscles. Neurourol. Urodynam. 19:3–8, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


Tritium-labeled water was injected intravenously into a young male adult man and the time courses of specific radioactivity in plasma, red cells, urine, and expired water vapor were determined and compared. Specific activity of - breath water and urine appeared to follow a pattern of damped oscillation about the curve for the specific activity of plasma water. The transfer function of the biological system for the injection of radioactivity was determined. Results indicated that breath water samples may under certain circumstances be substituted for urine or plasma water samples in the determination of total-body water.


The market of currency futures of South Korea was opened on April 23rd in 1999. This thesis analyzed the influence of the currency futures market over the foreign exchange market, aiming at observing the possible future of the currency futures market and the enlightenment of the policy. This thesis observed the future of the futures market of South Korea indirectly according to the state quo of the trading of currency futures and the economic function of the currency futures market. In order to answer what the influence of the introduction of the currency futures market over the foreign exchange market was and what the policy which ideals with it was, this thesis first classified the abstracts of former researches. Meanwhile, the result of the empirical analysis showed that the change of the Korea won exchange rate against the US dollar had a close relationship with the exchange rate of currency futures, but it did not affect the fluidity of Korea won (W) against the US dollar ($). In order to stabilize the development of currency futures market and make it play the part of function, while greatly changing the understanding of the risk of foreign exchange, it is necessary for enterprises to supervise the risk control system effectively.


Fluorescent lamp of the present invention includes a glass tube 1 mercury and a rare gas is sealed, and a protective film 3 disposed on the interior surface of the glass tube 1, and a phosphor layer 4 laminated on the protective film 3 provided, the thickness of the protective film 3 is 0.5μm or more 3μm or less, the protective film 3 is formed of inorganic particles, and the volume ratio is 0.1 to 0.5. The inorganic particles are aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, cerium oxide, is preferably at least one selected from yttrium oxide and halo calcium phosphate.


The invention relates to a novel composite strand woven bamboo flooring. The novel composite strand woven bamboo flooring comprises a strand woven bamboo panel layer, a density plate layer, a poplar skin layer and a silence pad layer, wherein the strand woven bamboo panel layer, the density plate layer, the poplar skin layer and the silence pad layer are bonded and connected in sequence; a transfer layer is arranged on the strand woven bamboo panel layer; and a mortise and a tenon are respectively arranged at the two sides of the density plate layer in the width direction. The novel composite strand woven bamboo flooring is not liable to deform, is low in cost and long in service life, has rich surface layer patterns, and is simple to produce.


This study was aimed to determine the prevalence and to identify risk factors associated with infection by Toxoplasma gondii in pigs from commercial swine farms in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. To compose the sample size of prevalence 342 pigs were used, with 312 sows and 30 boars, from of seven swine farms and distributed in five districts of the state of Alagoas. The serological examination for the detection of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies was achieved by Indirect Immunofluorescence (IFAT), using anti-pig IgG-conjugated to fluorescein isothiocyanate. The analysis of risk factors were performed by the application of questionnaires consisting of objective questions relating to the designer, the general characteristics of the property, the production, reproductive and health management. The prevalence was of 26,9% (92/342) of seropositive pigs. The associated factor was the boars introduction on farms in the last five years (p=0,014; OR=1,83; CI=1,13-2,96). It is concluded that infection with Toxoplasma gondii is widespread in commercial pig farms in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. The results suggest the control of cat population, the performance of cleaning and sanitation practices and laboratory testing to detect of infection by T. gondii in animals to be placed on the farms as measures to reduce the infection rates on region studied.


The author present a neural network model which can be used to iteratively solve satisfiability problems. The authors derive a set of constraints which reflect the properties of the satisfiability problem. These constraints can be further formulated into an energy function. When the stable state of the energy function is reached, the neural network represents the desired solution. To verify this neural network model, the authors designed a simulation system. Sixty problems, in which each problem contains 10 clauses and 10 variables, have been tested on the simulation system. The simulation results shows that this neural network model successfully solves 93.3% of these problems. The authors also propose a VLSI architecture which has a linear layout complexity of O(m,n) for the satisfiability problem with m clauses and n variables.<<ETX>>


In this study, I address the relationship between religion and politics in the Nordic countries, 1988–2012, against a background of increasing religious diversity alongside more or less continuous ...


Ga-pentixafor PET/CT in a 66-year-old woman with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma showed extensive disease in bone and bone marrow. After 6 cycles of chemotherapy, the patient was in complete remission but complained of fever and coughing. Follow-up Ga-pentixafor PET/CT showed significantly reduced uptake in bone and bone marrow, consistent with her clinical outcome of myeloma. However, patches, nodules, and ground-grass opacities in bilateral lungs with moderate to intense uptake of Ga-pentixafor were noted. The histopathology of the biopsy for the pulmonary nodule confirmed pulmonary cryptococcosis.


The current contribution deals with metal-matrix composites prepared by paper manufacturing technology. In contrast to conventional techniques, this technology is an energy-and cost-efficient process for the shaping of thin sheets using solid powder mixtures. Conventional and pre-ceramic as well as pre-metallic paper-manufacturing have in common that cellulose (pulp) fibres are loaded with inorganic fillers. The present study is focused on the paper web formation using a metastable austenitic steel powder (16-7-3 %Cr-%Mn-%Ni) and a magnesia partially stabilised zirconia powder as inorganic fillers. The paper web formation was investigated. During filtration of the aqueous fibre-filler suspension the steel particles were incorporated in-between the fibre network and steel clusters were formed. Thus, solid retentions of > 90 wt.% were achieved. Calendering had a positive influence on porosity, bulk density, and tensile strength of the green paper sheets. The development of an optimized debinding process is presented and the microstructural changes as well as phase formations during firing are discussed in response to the residual carbon content. The sintered composites attained ultimate tensile strengths of up to 177 N/ mm2 at a total porosity of 66 %. These metal-matrix composites are promising materials for the shaping of light-weight structures.


Method for 3D map creation based on knowledgebase system for texture mapping together with height estimation using objects' shadows with high spatial resolution of remote sensing satellite imagery data is proposed. Through the experiments with IKONOS imagery data, the proposed method is validated.


This paper deals with the performance of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), when we enhance its physical layer attributes with help of different encoding techniques. For this evaluation S pace Time Block Codes (S TBC) and Turbo codes are separately introduced into the architecture of WiMAX that works on adapti ve modulation technique.


The present study is aimed to find a plan and principles to develop social design and expand design culture through examining the projects that have realized social design. The social design, which is not for humans but with them, should be built on 4 principles - integration, shared value, sustainability, and coexistence. Therefore, social design should be based on the thinking of these principles. In addition, the government should actively support social and institutional system to activate social design and, companies and organizations should establish cooperation with designers having such design thinking. Furthermore, designers need the design process of integrating several studies. Moreover, accurate communication is also required to develop a long-term social design and expand design culture. This study hopes that design culture expands, that life quality improves, that regions are revived, and eventually globalization is realized through social design.


Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) have an important role to increase economic growth. So, one of the efforts to improve the quality of MSEs is halal certification. Indonesia as a country with the moeslem majority, halal issue is crucial especially for products. With the halal certification, MSEs in Indonesia have competitive advantages in the international markets. Therefore, the community empowerment program aims to increase sales of MSEs products with the socialization activities and technical guide about the halal certification in Jabung District. There are several steps to do community empowerment, (i) identification through distributing questionnaires, (ii) socialization and guide the participants with the discussion and evaluation methods. The result in this identification found that most of the MSE sell food and beverages, but most of them did not have a halal certification on the products. Thus, the awareness of the MSEs about the halal certification increases because of the community empowerment program. This result can be seen from the management process in MSEs.


A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Sociology at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2015


Signal Processing) PLANNING AND LEARNING IN PARTIALLY OBSERVABLE STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTS by Hui Li Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Duke University


Ice-plugging of tube in nuclear power plant has been widely used for the purpose of preventing flow of the tube temporarily like a valve. Most common plugging method employs Liquid Nitrogen Gas of . According to the change of tube materials and its dimension, the thermal stress caused from the application of the frozen gas can be varied. In this research, a series of experiments have been carried out to inspect the effect of tube geometry on thermal stresses induced due to ice-plugging. Two typical dimension of stainless and mild steels of 3 and 6 inch diameters were used for the experiments. Each critical spots were checked using strain rosette gages. Another inspection was made on the pressure and temperature of the fluid. It is shown that significant thermal stress level which can cause plastic deformation of failure has not been noticed in this series of experiments.


The paper models monetary policy in China using a hybrid McCallum–Taylor empirical reaction function. The feedback rule allows for reactions to inflation and output gaps, and to developments in a trade-weighted exchange rate gap measure. The investigation finds that monetary policy in China has, on average, accommodated inflationary developments. But exchange rate shocks do not significantly affect monetary policy behaviour, and there is no evidence of a structural break in the estimated reaction function at the end of the strict dollar peg in July 2005. The paper also runs an exercise incorporating survey-based inflation expectations into the policy reaction function and meets with some success.


Abstract : This study provides a full English translation of selected portions of a study guide on the history, construction, and operation of polygraphs developed by the Jurisprudence Science Training Center of the National Police Agency of Japan. Sample cases and labeled diagrams are included to illustrate the practical use of the instruments.


Abstract The incidence of subclinical facial eczema in 10 Waikato dairy herds was investigated using the serum enzyme γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT) as an indicator of liver disease. Although only 127 (9.4%) of the 1357 milking cows and 4 (2.6%) of the 155 calves and yearlings bled were recognised to have had clinical facial eczema, 39% of the cows and 48% of the young stock had abnormal serum GGT concentrations, indicating recent liver damage. Determining serum GGT activity, or body-condition grade, in May or July had no value in predicting which animals would suffer metabolic diseases, or calving problems, in the following spring. Severe liver damage did not apparently affect subsequent reproductive performance.


The article provides an actual overview of navigational simulators for training shipmasters to control vessels on inland waterways in Russian Federation. It considers the methodology of adaptation of "marine" navigational simulators for training "river" shipmasters, based on SC-method ("the Safety Cube" method).


The main goal of this paper is to explore the thermal behaviour of traditional buildings of the 19th century in the city of Florina, in North-western Greece, and to investigate the degree of thermal comfort of the users. For this purpose, it is necessary to analyse the climate of Florina, the construction methods and the building materials, as well as the patterns of use of the different spaces. In most cases, the ground floor contains the winter rooms, while the upper storey is used as the summer living space. This fact is intensely reflected in the construction of the house. The ground floor is built as a heavy structure with thick stone (or adobe) walls and small openings. At the same time, light timber-framed walls filled with adobe, construct the upper storey, giving the freedom for large windows and cross ventilation in the summer rooms and in the common spaces. The thermal behaviour of a typical traditional building of Florina is analysed with the calculation of the thermophysical properties of the different building elements, and with the use of thermal analysis software.


The pharmacokinetics of ranitidine were studied in ten patients with renal failure (creatinine clearance, 6–54 mL/min) after intravenous (IV) (50 mg) and oral doses (150 mg). After oral administration, peak plasma concentrations of 378–808 ng/mL were obtained in two to six hours. Plasma concentrations declined very slowly and concentrations greater than 100 ng/mL were obtained for 16 to 20 hours after the dose. The elimination half‐life following oral administration was 8.5 ± 2.8 hours (standard deviation [SD]), and the bioavailability of ranitidine was 43.3% ± 10.5%. After IV administration, the elimination half‐life, plasma clearance, renal clearance, and volume of distribution were 7.0 ± 1.0 hours, 170 ± 38 mL/min, 36.0 ± 25.0 mL/min, and 1.3 ± 0.4 L/kg, respectively. About 20% of the IV dose and 9% of the oral dose were recovered unchanged in urine. There was a significant correlation between the renal clearance of ranitidine and creatinine clearance (r = .74, P < .05) after IV administration. The elimination half‐life in patients with renal insufficiency is about three times greater than that reported in the literature for healthy subjects. Similarly, the plasma clearance in these patients is about 20% of that reported in healthy subjects. The results indicate that ranitidine elimination is appreciably reduced in renal failure and that an adjustment of dose in patients with renal failure is warranted. A dose of 75 mg bid may be adequate in maintaining the therapeutic plasma concentrations that are required for adequate H2‐blocking activity.


Daily (1–2 day interval) reconstruction of sea water temperature is calculated via a freezing microtome sampling technique for oxygen isotope analysis and by counting the daily growth lines in a modern Tridacna (Hippopus hippopus, LINNE, 1758) shell collected from Ishigaki Island, Japan. This method enables the first direct comparison between shell oxygen isotopic values and daily meteorological data. The H. hippopus shell calcifies mainly under isotopic equilibrium with surrounding sea water. The high-resolution profile of δ18O of the H. hippopus shell was recorded monthly to seasonal sea surface temperature variations of the local coral reef environment.


A each node includes a computing device, in massively parallel computing system comprising a plurality of nodes configured in m number of multiple dimensions, 2m pieces of a plurality of compact including information derived from the downstream node · includes generating at least one of the bit vector, to provide a method of routing towards the packet to its destination node. A use multiple levels arbitration process downstream information is stored in compact vector, such as fullness link status information and a downstream buffer, it determines the preferred direction and the virtual channel of packet transmission. A preferred range of directions is encoded, the virtual channel is selected by examining a plurality of compact bit vector. By requiring the routing table is eliminated by the dynamic specification method, scalability of the switch is enhanced. .FIELD 1


Mininet is a popular container-based emulation environment built on Linux for testing Open Flow applications. Using Mininet, one can compose an experimental network using a set of virtual hosts and virtual switches with flexibility. However, it is well understood that Mininet can only provide a limited capacity, both for CPU and network I/O, due to its underlying physical constraints. We propose a method for combining simulation and emulation to improve the scalability of network experiments. This is achieved by applying the symbiotic approach to effectively integrate emulation and simulation for hybrid experimentation. In this case, one can use Mininet to directly run Open Flow applications on the virtual machines and software switches, with network connectivity represented by detailed simulation at scale.


Kerala is the most advanced Indian State in terms of epidemiological transition and has the highest prevalence of most of the non-communicable diseases (NCD) and risk factors1,2. It is the diabetic capital for India with a prevalence of 14.8 per cent in the age group of 15-64 yr and the age adjusted cardiovascular mortality is twice that of the United States3,4. The men: women ratio of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) admissions in Kerala decreased from 23:1 in 1967 to 4:1 in 2007 indicating an increase of ACS among women5,6. Similarly, age-adjusted breast cancer incidence has shown an increasing trend in pre-menopausal women7. As this could be a harbinger of what will happen in the future to the rest of India and similar developing countries, it is important to understand the NCDs and their risk factors in this south Indian State.


The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between symmetry and locality-properties which are regarded as desirable in any image representation and which are frequently mentioned in connection with wavelet transforms. It is shown how the two conspire to cause uncertainty; a new form of the uncertainty principle is introduced and a novel window design technique presented.


Client welfare is the speech and language therapist's primary ethical responsibility. This provides a powerful, unifying professional focus to our many therapy roles and unites the art of practice with the science of theoretical backgrounds to practice, and what might be called the magical effects of how relationships in practice bring about change. Another way of referring to such aspects of philosophical aspects of practice might be: faith, hope, and charity? Each therapist acts as an individual as well as a professional, with many possible influences on how clinical decisions are made. Philosophical underpinnings of our actions as therapists are raised, with the objective of stimulating reflection on how our (often unconscious) knowledge informs therapy decisions.


Abstract Background Trans-sphenoidal surgery is the recommended initial therapy in patients with acromegaly. Early cure rate is 80-90% for microadenomas and <50% for macroadenomas. The goal is a serum IGF-1 that is normal for age and gender with GH <1mcg/L by immunoradiometric or chemiluminescent assays. Clinical Case A 71-year old male who consulted for diabetes management was eventually worked up for acromegaly He presented with coarsened facial features, hoarse voice, frontal bossing and enlarged hands and feet. Medical history includes hypertension, hepatosplenomegaly, colonic polyposis, obstructive sleep apnea and nasal septal deviation post-repair. Laboratory tests showed elevated IGF-1 (566.15, n: 91-282 ng/ml) and non suppressed GH after 75g OGTT (50.1, n<2.47 ng/mL). Pituitary hormonal profile showed normal prolactin (98.13, n: 86-324 mIU/L), TSH (1.63, n: 0.27-4.2 uIU/ml), FT4 (17.78, n: 12-22 pmol/L), ACTH (35, n: 7.2-63.3 pg/mL), Cortisol (387.4, n: 172-497 nmol/L), LH (4.56, n: 1.7-8.6 mIU/mL) and FSH (15.4, n: 1.5-12.4 mIU/mL). Contrast-enhanced pituitary MRI revealed a 1.5×2.0×1.9 cm pituitary macroadenoma with compression of the optic chiasm. Patient underwent trans-phenoidal surgery and excision of the tumor. Histopathology revealed a homogenous cells in sheets, acidophilic, densely granular and consistent with sommatotrophs, mammotrophs and sommatomammotrophs. Post-procedure GH was normal (2.731 ng/mL). Two months post-operatively, there was a significant decrease in both GH (1.84 ng/mL) and IGF-1 levels (258.59 ng/mL) while other pituitary hormones all within reference range. Contrast-enhanced pituitary MRI at 2 months showed interval surgical removal of the mass, with decompression of the optic chiasm. Clinically, there was softening of facial features and improvement in his voice. His cranial did not show pituitary mass. However, repeat GH after 75g OGTT (0.37 ng/mL, 2.3 ng/mL) and IGF-1 (361 ng/mL, 523,6 ng/mL) at 9 and 12 months post-surgery, respectively, were found above the reference range. Conclusion Discordance between anatomic and biochemical testing must be investigated thoroughly considering pulsatile hormone secretion, comorbidities and possible microscopic residual disease. Testing with the same assay is important to avoid inter-assay variability. Post-operative monitoring should be done at 12 weeks as it may take time for IGF-1 to normalize. If IGF-1 remains elevated, medical, surgical, radiotherapy, or combination may be considered especially in the presence of an identifiable focus. Presentation: Monday, June 13, 2022 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.


Abstract Background Liver damage is a global health concern associated with a high mortality rate. Sodium benzoate (SB) is a widely used preservative in the food industry with a wide range of applications. However, there's a lack of scientific reports on its effect on lipopolysaccharide-induced hepatic dysfunction. Objective The present study investigated the influence of SB on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced liver injury. Materials and methods Twenty-eight rats were randomly allocated into four groups: control (received distilled water), SB (received 600 mg/kg), LPS (received 0.25 mg/kg), and LPS + SB (received LPS, 0.25 mg/kg, and SB, 600 mg/kg). SB was administered orally for 14 days while LPS was administered intraperitoneally for 7 days. Results Administration of SB to rats with hepatocyte injury exacerbated liver damage with a significant increase in the activities of serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). We also observed that SB aggravated LPS-mediated hepatic oxidative stress occasioned by a marked decrease in antioxidant status with a concomitant increase in lipid peroxidation. Furthermore, LPS – mediated increase in inflammatory biomarkers as well as histological deterioration in the liver was exacerbated following the administration of SB to rats. Conclusion Taken together, the study provides experimental evidence that SB exacerbates hepatic oxidative stress and inflammation in LPS-mediated liver injury.


Abstract The article presents the concept of a system based on 5G network and M2M communication increasing maritime safety. Generally, the focus was on presenting a proposal for a hierarchical, hybrid, cooperative system with M2M communication coordinated with BAN networks. The possible applications of M2M communication at sea were also presented.


In view of the current popular Min - Min scheduling algorithm in the grid computing, analyzes the unbalanced problem of resources load. TBAC as a reference to technology, this technology was applied to Min - Min scheduling algorithm, the task was efficiently assigned to suitable grid resources, improve the balance degrees of resource load, ensure the safety of the grid resources, and gives the application to the TBAC technology in Min - Min scheduling algorithm.


Fouling and biofilm formation on stainless-steel (SS) surfaces can be sources for crosscontamination and pose a great threat to the public health and food quality. The dairy industry needs an intervention strategy focusing on technologies discouraging the biofilm attachment and developing a sustainable eco-friendly approach for biofilm removal from the dairy processing surfaces. Since fouling encourages the attachment of bacteria to the SS surfaces, it becomes important to study the ways of reducing the fouling. The bacterial attachment to the fouled SS surfaces can be prevented by modifying the SS surface properties by chemical (using coatings) or mechanical methods. On the other hand, the degree of fouling can also be reduced by using good quality raw materials. The objective-1 of the study was focused on understanding the relationship between effect of milk protein concentrate (MPC80) solubility characteristics and fouling on SS surfaces during thermal processing. The powders were stored at different temperatures (25 oC and 40 oC) for 2 weeks to generate powders with different dissolution characteristics. Fouling characteristics of reconstituted MPC80 powder were studied using a custom-built benchtop plate heat exchanger. Exposing the MPC80 powder to a higher temperature during storage (40 oC) significantly decreased the solubility and increased the amount of foulant on SS coupons (P < 0.05). Microscopic investigations (scanning electron microscopy and laser scanning confocal microscopy) of resulting fouled layers revealed heterogeneous fouling layers of varying tomographies, consisting of lipids, proteins, and calcium. In the second study, the efficacy of Microand Nano-bubble aqueous ozone (MNAO) as a disinfectant was studied in removal of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus licheniformis biofilm from the SS surface. For the Bacillus cereus biofilm removal, a log reduction of only 0.68 cfu/cm was observed after the de-ionized water wash. Whereas both MNAO and cleaning-in-place (CIP) treatments significantly reduced the bacterial counts by 2.43 and 2.88 log10 cfu/cm , respectively. On the other hand, for the Bacillus licheniformis biofilm removal from SS surfaces, a significant log reduction observed was 1.45, 3.03, 2.92 log10 cfu/cm , respectively after de-ionzed water, MNAO, and CIP treatments. Thus, it was observed that MNAO has great potential for removal of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus licheniformis biofilms from the SS surface, and can be used in the dairy industry as an effective sanitizer/disinfectant.


A study has been conducted to compare the three growth curve models for fitting to growth data in wild and laboratory mice. Body weight data from birth to ten weeks of age were taken weekly from two subspecies of mice, Yonakuni wild mouse (Yk, Mus musculus molossinus yonakuni) and laboratory outbred mouse of CF#1 (Mus musculus domesticus) . The numbers of Yk were 44 males and 45 females, whereas of CF#1 were 45 males and 45 females. Three growth curve models, namely Gompertz, logistic and Asymptotic models, were used to describe growth patterns within each subspecies-sex subclass. All models were fitted to weight data by Gauss-Newton method of SAS. A criterion based on coefficient of determination (R2) has been used for comparing the three growth curve models. High value of R2 indicates goodness of fit attained by the model. Mean R2 values in fitting Gompertz model were 0.999 for both subspecies at two sexes, indicating that this model was the best fit to body weight data in mice used.


Chau, Sek Hung 1, Yi?it, Sabri 2, Schellevis, François 3, Elders, Petra 4, Hugtenburg, Jacqueline 5. 1Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, Amsterdam Public Health Researc. 21 Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.. 3Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. and Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrech. 4Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.. 5 Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. and Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, Amsterdam Public Health Resear


: To address the limitation of current research on the design of adaptable-function mechanical products, a functional design method and its implementation steps are proposed, followed by an investigation on the functional similarity of the adaptable-function mechanical products. As an adaptable-function mechanical product, it is imperative to disassemble and assemble the relevant components in order to realize function switching. Hence, it is indispensable to investigate the disassembly-assembly sequence planning for an adaptable-function mechanical product. To this end, it categorizes the components of an adaptable-function mechanical product into the shared parts and non-shared parts, and as such it attempts to address the disassembly-assembly sequence planning for the latter. By taking into account of all necessary parts of each adaptable function, a relation table is built up based on the relationship between the functions and the parts. To simplify the conventional interference matrix, an aggregated interference matrix (AIM), which is used to express the interference of parts in the individual direction, is established. In addition, a new method for generating AIM quickly and exactly is presented, where a bounding-box detection coupled with projection method is proposed. Subsequently, a genetic algorithm (GA) method is employed to optimize the disassembly-assembly sequences. Finally, a case study of the disassembly-assembly sequence planning of a micro tillage machine is provided to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed methodology.


A current focus of my lab is to elucidate the role of telomerase in stem cell maintenance and tumorigenesis. Human pluripotent stem cells have active telomerase and therefore long‐term renewal capacity, but most human somatic cells lack telomerase function and therefore have a limited capacity for renewal. Patients with telomerase deficiencies that cause bone marrow failure, aplastic anemia and pulmonary fibrosis have accelerated telomere shortening, which gives rise to these tissue failures. Opposite to this effect is the telomerase reactivation that underlies the proliferative immortality of most human cancers. Despite these strong implications for human health, we lack understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which human cells regulate telomerase activity to ensure tissue homeostasis and how its dysfunction can lead to tumorigenesis. The natural regulation of telomerase activity in human tissue and the impact of telomere shortening on untransformed human cells can only be studied in a primary human stem cell system. Until recently, technical limitations, especially the inefficiency of genetic manipulation, have impeded the use of human stem cells as research tools. We have overcome this by establishing the use of site‐specific nucleases to efficiently genetically engineer human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). This technology allows us, for the first time, to investigate two key regulatory events of human telomerase function in a genetically defined human stem cell system: its transcriptional regulation and the recruitment of telomerase to telomeres.


A Ga2O3target was prepared by an atmospheric pressure sintering method,the structure and morphology of Ga2O3target were measured by X-ray diffractometer and metalloscopy.Ga2O3 films and Ga2O3/ITO/Ga2O3 films were prepared by alternate RF magnetron sputtering of Ga2O3target and DC magnetron sputtering of ITO(indium tin oxide)target.The transmittance and resistivity of Ga2O3 films and Ga2O3/ITO/ Ga2O3 films were measured by UV-visible spectrophotometers and four-point probes.Ga2O3 films are electrically insulating and have a band gap of 5.1eV,Ga2O3(45nm)/ITO(14nm)/ Ga2O3(45nm)films show high transmittance of 71.5% at the wavelength of 300nm and 60.6% at the wavelength of 280 nm,a resistivity of 1.48×10-2Ω·cm.ITO thickness influences the electrical and optical properties of Ga2O3/ITO/Ga2O3 films.


O ther authors using the terms virtual collaboration, virtual development, and distributed development have addressed the subject of this article. Regardless of the name used, this subject is about the issues involved when multiple organizations and/or multiple physical locations join forces on an advanced technology software intensive effort. It is important to note that I am not referring to traditional subcontract relationships. Rather, this article focuses on the use of virtual teams operating more as a single integrated team employing some degree (to be discussed) of common processes, support services, and technical strategies driven through a streamlined management chain. While just a few short years ago such a project would have seemed inconceivable, modern technologies like e-mail, the World Wide Web, NetMeeting, telecon-ferencing and videoconferencing are today providing new possibilities for distributed teams to work in a more integrated and productive manner. To understand the critical importance of succeeding in a virtual collaborative environment , one only needs to examine the changes taking place inside today's workforce. According to a recent study conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 25 percent of all workers age 16 or over have been with their current employer 12 months or less. This same study indicates that the average worker is now expected to change jobs every five years [2]. These statistics paint a picture of an increasingly mobile work force. The 20-year employee holding a wealth of corporate knowledge inside his head may well be a corporate asset of the past. At the same time, corporations are experiencing an increasing demand for software-intensive solutions produced from a combination of existing products and new developments. This, in turn, is driving a greater demand for personnel with increasingly specialized software skills; that is, skills geared toward specific software products. Compounding this demand for key people is the seemingly never-ending shortening of cycle times to enter and succeed in new markets. Within this demanding environment, even the largest mega-corporations are finding they can no longer maintain inside their own corporate walls all the critical skills necessary to compete in many new markets. As a result, more and more companies today are reaching out in a cooperating manner to organizations previously viewed only as competitors. While the rationale for embracing virtual operations is evident, many corporations today are struggling with implementation-related challenges. Research conducted by Booz-Allen [3] has identified four characteristics common to many of …


TPS172Background: Definitive radiation therapy (dRT) is an effective initial treatment of intermediate-risk (IR) and high-risk (HR) prostate cancer (PCa). Positron emission tomography (PET) using s...


Abstract This report supplements a previous article by Taylor and Fong on the computation and distribution of the "average rank correlation coefficient," , by specifying methods of computing, and of assessing the null-case probabilities of, the "average rank correlation coefficient corrected for ties in ranks," , and the "average rank correlation coefficient corrected both for ties and for continuity,"


One topic with which parapsychology has historically associated itself has been whether or not psychical phenomena indicate that man survives death and might even communicate to the living. Parapsychology has investigated the following phenomena which relate to this problem: apparitions, alleged messages from the dead given through gifted subjects (mediums) via some sort of ESP channel; out-of-body experiences (where the mind seems to leave the physical body and functions independently of it); and deathbed visions. Although these phenomena have been verified, parapsychologists are in no general agreement over whether these phenomena do provide evidence that man survives death. Several alternate explanations have been proposed. Nevertheless, psychical phenomena occur so often related to death that any psychological inquiry into the nature of death and dying should take into consideration the data parapsychology has amassed on the subject.