In this paper, the problem of the distribution path optimization of gas cylinder in urban area is studied. A method of distribution route optimization is proposed, which combines genetic-tabu hybrid algorithm and the vehicle routing model with time windows constraint (VRPTW). The experimental results show that the proposed method of gas cylinder distribution reduces cost of distribution and balances the relationship between minimum distribution distance, minimum time cost and minimum number of vehicles.


The efficient and eco-friendly synthesis of the title compound (IV) involves a Lewis-acid catalyzed cyclization of bisimidate derived from but-3-ene-1,2-diol.


During the past two decades, prehospital medical care has become more sophisticated, resulting in devices that are routinely used in the hospital being adapted for use in the field. One such device is the ECG machine, which has undergone extensive technological and performance modifications so it may better serve the large number of patients requiring electrocardiographic monitoring and cardioversion in stressed environments.


A method for forming a Strained Silicon layer device with improved wafer throughput and low defect density including providing a Silicon Substrate; epitaxially growing a first Silicon layer using at least one deposition precursor Selected from the group consisting of disilane and trisilane, epitaxi ally growing a step-grade SiGe buffer layer over and con tacting the first Silicon layer using at least one deposition precursor Selected from the group consisting of disilane and trisilane, epitaxially growing a SiGe capping layer over and contacting the Step-grade SiGe buffer layer using at least one deposition precursor Selected from the group consisting of disilane and trisilane, and, epitaxially growing a Second Silicon layer using at least one deposition precursor Selected from the group consisting of disilane and Silane.


Purpose – Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a vocational communication skill from the helping professions. Verbal skills in MI are summarized under the acronyms OARS and EARS (open-ended questions/elaborating, affirmations, reflections, and summaries). The purpose of this paper is to outline how MI provides important skills for engineers, and demonstrate skill assessment by using an observation-based scientific approach. Design/methodology/approach – Totally, 25 engineering students took part in a skill-based MI training. Quality assurance of the training was assessed by using a repeated measurement design with multiple measures: systematic observations from recorded interactions and self-reported and standardized performance measures. Two external observers reliably coded the recorded conversations using the MI skill code. Findings – Trainees showed a significant increase of verbal skills in MI. Directive-confrontational behaviors decreased after training. Self-reported and performance measures indicated...


Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting the prevalence of allergic diseases among school-aged children in order to establish a theoretical basis for a family-centered nursing intervention. Methods: A secondary data analysis study design was adopted. This study used raw data from the sixth (2013~2015) and seventh (2016) Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, and 1,750 school-aged children (7~12 years) participated in the survey. The allergic diseases included allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, and asthma. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-squared tests, and multiple logistic regression. Results: Of the participants, 53.2% and 46.8% were boys and girls, respectively. The prevalence of allergic diseases was 38.6%. In the multiple logistic regression, girls had a 0.76 times lower risk of developing allergic diseases than boys (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.62~0.93), and senior elementary school students (10~12 years) had a 1.24 times higher prevalence of allergic diseases (95% CI = 1.02~1.52) than junior elementary school students (7~<10 years). Families with three or more generations had a 0.60 times lower risk of allergic diseases than one-or two-generation families (95% CI = 0.60~0.93). Parents with allergic diseases showed a development of allergic diseases 2.27 times (95% CI = 1.84~2.80) higher than parents without allergic diseases. Allergic diseases were 0.58 times (95% CI = 0.37~0.90) less common in parents in average health and 0.61 times (95% CI = 0.39~0.96) less common in parents in good health than in parents in poor health. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that senior male school age children from one or two-generation families, having parents with allergic diseases or poor health status need special attention to prevent and manage allergic diseases. Future research in health promotion for families at high risk of allergic disease is warranted to prevent and manage potential allergic disease in school age children.


This project aims to develop a filling system with automatic and manual mode, for filling domestic water tanks with an easy-to-use interface for the general public. A filling system was developed with the help of an ultrasonic sensor to measure the water level in the tank. The data obtained will be transferred and processed to the microcontroller of the Arduino program, this information will be represented graphically in the output device (LCD screen). For the control system, 2 buttons have been implemented to activate the automatic and manual modes, with this, it is possible to control the filling level of the water tank. This will allow us to know the advantages and disadvantages which will contribute to the formation of more solid knowledge regarding control systems.


The teaching and learning of the force of Caulioly is always the hard point in that of the theoretical mechanics.This article,through the experiment of the spinning disk,profoundly illustrates the principle of the force of Caulioly from two aspects,for the purpose of breaking through this difficult point,giving students a further understanding of the force of Caulioly,and finally making them comprehend the purpose and function of introducing the force of Caulioly.


The purpose of this study was to develop a model that could predict the employment status of women pharmacists. The objective of the study was to provide information that could be used by pharmacy managers, educators, and women to better understand work and family factors that influence the employment status of women pharmacists. Questionnaires were mailed to 450 women pharmacists registered in the state of Ohio. Two hundred and ninety-one women (65 percent) indicated their level of intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction, satisfaction with scheduling, satisfaction/availability of child care and sick child care, satisfaction/availability of housekeeping services, family support, conflict, and organizational commitment. These data were analyzed using structural equation modeling which tested the fit of the data to the study model. The results showed that the data did not fit the study model and that demographic data should also be included in the model


The paper deals with the problems of astronomical heritage. Criteria required for astronomical and archeoastronomical objects to be included in the list of Heritage and respective constraints have been developed in the framework of the UNESCO Thematic Initiative launched in 2004. Various objects which could be proposed from Russia and satisfying these criteria are thoroughly discussed.


In this study we seek to understand how ordinary Chinese people perceive Westerners as the Other through examining their intercultural experiences. In contrast to the numerous studies of social elites' Occidentalism, this study shifts the attention to ordinary people's perceptions in a fast changing Chinese society. From an interpretive perspective, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 participants living in a coastal city in Mainland China. The key findings suggest that the Chinese public has its own way of perceiving and presenting the Western Other. Also, this Other, being defined in an ongoing process of intercultural interaction, connotes a wider meaning – a unity of opposition and complementarity, exclusion and inclusion. Thus this study has deepened our understanding of the Chinese construction of the Western Other. The findings can be used in developing intercultural communication training programs to facilitate deeper contact and better dialogue between the Chinese and Westerners.


A novel isotopic labeling strategy is described for the structural analysis of proteins by NMR. Overexpression of a protein in a mammalian cell-line cultured in a medium containing amino acids labeled only in the backbone (N, Cα, Hα, C') atoms leads to the formation of exclusively backbone-labeled protein. We demonstrate that the absence of the one bond scalar coupling between the 13Cα and 13Cβ atoms that is observed in uniformly 13C enriched proteins offers a substantial sensitivity and resolution advantage in triple resonance NMR experiments that are commonly used to obtain backbone resonance assignments. This approach is illustrated in application to the β subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin isotopically enriched with 13C (97%), 15N (97%), and 2H (50%) exclusively in the backbone atoms of Phe, Val, and Leu residues.


MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP STYLE: IS STYLE INFLUENCED BY ENGINEERING EDUCATION? Jesse Levi Calloway Old Dominion University, 2014 Director: Dr. Charles B. Daniels This paper addresses one aspect o f the opportunity for corporations to reduce leadership development infrastructure by narrowing the participant pool to candidates that, intuitively, may be multi-skilled and capable of handling diverse roles and assignments within the corporate environment. In particular, the study seeks to determine the effect that engineering education has on leadership style by comparing the leadership style o f certified project managers (CPMs), and non-CPM managers with engineering degrees, to the same for CPMs, and non-CPM managers, who do not possess engineering degrees. Engineering degrees may be further defined as mechanical, electrical, industrial and the like. Leadership styles are partitioned into transformational, transactional and passive avoidant as per established scholarly definitions. The underlying assumption is that transformational leadership is a preferred leadership style in the corporate sector. CPMs, and non-CPMs, with and without engineering degrees, will comprise the sampling population. While it is beyond the scope o f the current proposal to address the broader potential relationship between engineering skills and effective leadership, knowledge gained regarding the potential relationship between engineering education and leadership style may serve as the impetus for addressing the broader topic. An analysis o f the sampled population suggests, at an alpha of .05, that a relationship exists between leadership style and engineering education with those managers in possession of engineering degrees testing as more transformational and transactional than the same without engineering degrees. However, at the same level of statistical significance, neither transformational nor transactional leadership styles were determined to be the predominant style o f leadership among the groups with or without engineering degrees


The linac that is SPring-8 injector was completed and started operation from August 1. A beam was able to be transported to the final beam dumping at a tail end on August 8. From now on this linac carries out beam adjustment and be scheduled to do a beam injection to a synchrotron in October.A@The construction and fundamental performance of the linac are described. Introduction SPring-8 is the synchrotron radiation facility of 8GeV in Japan. The storage ring operation will begin next February in 1997, and common use of the light is scheduled from the autumn of the year. The number of beam lines begin from 10, and 60 beam lines will be constructed finally. The buildings of this facility is already completed (fig.1). This linac is built as the injector for the booster synchrotron which accelerates the beam from 1 to 8 GeV. Fig.1 Birds view of the site. Configuration This injector linac is 140m long, and maximum energy of electron beam is 1.15GeV. Positron beam can be generated optionally and used properly the demands of the storage ring to reduce ion trapping and stretch the life time. The electron gun has three types of grid pulsers. One is called single pulser for 1 nano-second width, short pulser can generate 10 to 40 nano-seconds pulse, and long pulser of 1 micro-second for beam commissioning and full-fill operation of the storage ring. The cathode assembly is used Y-796 of IMAC. Beam current of 20 amps is derived by 200 kV in the emission stability of 1.5%. Bunching section has two single cell prebunchers and a 13 cells buncher of standing wave type. Transport efficiency of 64% corresponding to a simulation is established without subharmonic bunchers. Specifications of bunching section was searched in Tokai establishment of JAERI before moving to the site two years ago. According to the result of the search, the bunching section rearranged and drift space between the electron gun and first prebuncher was cut short to adapt a high current mode operation by removing the profile monitor just behind the gun. Main region consists of 26 accelerator sections and 13 klystron of 80MW. Accelerator sections are 3m long of 81 cells, constant gradient type of 2856MHz. Accurate phase deviations of the accelerator sections are shown in Fig.2. Auto squeeze machine of MHI and detailed comparison of measurement with calculations established this accuracy in spite of low cost. Fig.2 Phase deviations of accelerator section 13 klystrons of 80MW type are used. Flatness of modulators is less than 0.5% in 2 micro-seconds ( modulator pulse width is 5 micro-seconds). Drive power for the klystrons are distributed by a ladder consists of a phasing device and WFH-50 coaxial cables. Phase of micro-wave for each accelerator sections are controlled by comparison of phase of beam wake field with the phase of a reference line of high stability coaxial cable. QT magnets are regularly placed each two accelerator sections. Bending magnets are placed at 60 MeV point, 250 MeV point and 1 GeV point for energy analyzing and latter two bending magnets can be used for beam extractors. Profile monitors, which are placed with each QT in regular sections, are mainly used for alignment of beam transport. Ordinary CT for long pulse and tuned fast CT for single pulse are set at eight points. The fast CT can observe the modulation of 2856MHz. Wire grid monitors are set for emmittance measurement, and the lines of cherenkov monitors are prepared for measurement of micro-structure on time base. Construction Set up of this linac at the site began in August 1995, and finished in March 1996 including test of each devices and alignment. Factory fabrication excepting a gun and bunching section takes about two years over rapped setting up. Devices are aligned by the laser referenced position pointer. Under the very quiet condition of stopping air conditioner in midnight, the position of center of QT, flange of accelerator sections and profile monitors are measured 5 minutes intervals from downstream. Temperature fluctuations is under 0.1 degree during the measurement due to the insulating effect of shield 3m thickness. Three times measurement a night and the average of data uses for positioning the next day. It takes two weeks for first alignment in December 1995, and we measured the positions again just before starting beam operation for confirmation of alignment and estimation of deformation of the building in July 1996. At last displacement of these positions are suppressed in 0.1 mm ( Fig.3) without using a vacuum chamber for the laser beam. Fig.3 Distance from the laser reference point. Operation Before the beam commissioning, aging of microwave components was done. It was expected that aging of whole system takes long time caused of experience in factory conditioning of the one unit of klystron and wave gu ide. We prepared automatic aging system by computers. Aging process is explained in qualitative analysis and experience, but actual parameters like a vacuum threshold are depends on the configuration of each system, microwave power and surface history. In this condition, we consider fazzy logic is suitable for aging process. For the definition of membership functions, standard PD control process using temporary thresholds are made (Fig.4). Consequence of the trial of this PD control process, it is observed that the temporary thresholds suit for this system, and the initial aging of all sections were done by this process. We expected it might taken 1500 hours but it took only 500 hours for the aging of all sections. Then each klystron generates 80MW, 2 micro-seconds, 60 pps. And each accelerator section is supplied 34MW maximum. At the ordinary operation, klystrons are drove in 60MW. Fig.4 Logic of aging process In the aging term, the relation of out gas ratio versus input microwave power of this system is observed. Lower power than 5MW activates surface molecules of impurities, and around 25MW power derives sinking impurities in copper material (Fig.5). In this region, out gas volume balances with pumping ability of this system and vacuum response becomes dull without break down. Gradual long aging in this region is effective for the shortening the time of conditioning after machine intervals. After the term of summer maintenance, Two aging processes of a PD control and a Fazzy logic control are compared. Necessary microwave power can be fed to the wave guides and accelerator sections, but copper surface is not enough clean and a rapid aging process needs when the operation restarts. Fig.5 Out gas vs micro wave power at typical section First beam of this linac was successfully established on August 1 just after raw admission is given. The gun operated in 2 amps, 10 nano-seconds, 5 pps under the radiation survey. Beam transport efficiency from the bunching section to the beam dump is over 95%. But we are not allowed to send a beam to the synchrotron area yet. The bending magnet at 1GeV can not actuate and energy specter could not measured. At the point of just after the buncher, HWFM of energy spectrum is 2%, and normalized emittance is 130 mm•mrad. Before starting injection to the synchrotron in October, accurate phase control will be done in long pulse mode. Modification Plan This linac will be operate full time as a injector until the end of commissioning of the storage ring. And another beam transport line adds for the use of other purpose. We design a RF photo-cathode electron gun. Low power model of cavities are tested now, and single cell type is the first candidate. Cathode material is copper, and titanium is coated to suppress secondary emission with controlling thickness. The first target is 1nC and 1ps, and a isochronous transport line is designed for Self Amplitude Spontaneous Emission. As a first R&D, we prepare 3 or 5 m undulator to prove the gain and the assumptions of initial spontaneous emission. For this SASE, modification of alignment system of active feedback is required, and several methods are estimated. We have an extraction line at 250 MeV point. At this place, we plan several experiments under the collaborations with other sections. One is to generate gamma lay for the excitation of nucleus by the interaction with high power lasers. The design of laser system of the photo-cathode electron gun and this high power laser are combined to minimize a timing jitters. Another plan is high flux slow positron generation. A bending magnet at 250 MeV is used for 45 degree transport line. From the summer in 1997, local government of Hyogo prefecture start the construction of New-SUBARU which is 1 GeV storage ring for synchrotron radiation. This ring is used for special industrial purpose and ring physics itself. SPring-8 linac is used as the injector of New-SUBARU too. Higher reliability, higher rate of operation and flexibility are required to this linac. Conclusion SPring-8 injector linac started operation. First beam was observed at 11:10 the day of official admission as a radiation device was given. Detailed tuning up and machine study will be done in this year, and routine operation for injection starts from next February. After commissioning of the storage ring, modification for many other purpose of SASE, gamma source and injection to medium energy ring of New SUBARU project. References [1] H.Yokomizo, et. al "Linac and Booster Sychrotron for SPring-8 Injector", EPAC96. [2] H.Yoshikawa, et. al. "1ns grid pulser for SPring-8 injector linac", LINAC94. [3] S.Suzuki, et. al. "Construction of SPring-8 Linac", EPAC96. [4] A.Mizuno, et. al. "Alignment of SPring-8 Linac", SPring-8 Annual Report 1995. [5] T.Taniuchi, et. al. "RF gun study of SPring-8 Linac", International Conference of FEL 1996. [6] S.Suzuki, dt. Al. "Update Plan of SPring-8 Linac", LINAC96.


Today, the market is continuously and rapidly progressing and changing. Awareness of social responsibility, environmental protection and human rights is becoming ever greater and more pronounced. Information technology is rapidly developing; climate changes and their effects are evident. Such trends in contemporary market have triggered changes in corporate reporting. The importance and significance of integrated reporting by comparison with traditional financial reporting is increasingly emphasized. The information needs of investors, creditors and other interest groups for the purpose of making business decisions, primarily investment and financing decisions exceed the financial information presented in the financial statements. In order to different stakeholders could evaluate business operations, they need different information to get a wider picture of business operations. Financial statements provide information on the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the company that are the result of past business decisions and relate to past periods. Investors require information which will be useful for assessing the company's earnings and cash flows in the future period or periods. Such estimates are possible if investors have information about the company's business model, strategy and risks to which the company is exposed and the way it is managed. Based on this information, stakeholders are able to estimate the company's capacity to create sustainable value in the short, medium and long term, or how the company will generate sustainable value in the business environment in which it operates. By publishing of nonfinancial information, together with financial information, the company's transparency is strengthened and users gain a higher level of confidence in the business and the perspectives of such companies. Today, such nonfinancial information is being published coherently in integrated reports along with financial information. The purpose and aim of this paper is to investigate whether and to what extent the listed companies on the Zagreb Stock Exchange and on the selected world stock Mirjana Hladika, Ivana Valenta 186 exchanges publish integrated reports. In addition, the objective is to explore which framework is used for the preparation of nonfinancial statements.


Background: Immune mediated cytopenias (IMC) - isolated or combined hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and neutropenia - are increasingly recognized as potentially serious complications following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for non-malignant disorders (NMD). However, IMC incidence, severity, response to therapy, and associated risk factors are not well defined.
 Methods: Pediatric patients undergoing HCT for NMD between 2010 and 2017 at a single institution were identified, excluding those experiencing graft failure or death prior to day +100. Demographics and HCT characteristics were obtained from a prospectively-maintained, institutional database. A retrospective chart review identified cases of IMC with positive direct antiglobulin test, anti-platelet antibody, and/or anti-granulocyte antibody; and documented treatment(s) and response. Composite IMC severity, incorporating peak acuity and response to therapy, was defined as mild (outpatient management with supportive care or a single course of therapy), moderate (outpatient management with 2 or more courses of therapy), or severe (inpatient management with 2 or more courses of therapy). Factors hypothesized to be associated with IMC included younger age, reduced intensity conditioning, mixed or declining donor chimerism, and inherited metabolic disorder as indication for HCT. For the first year after transplant, peripheral blood donor chimerism, B-cell reconstitution, and IgG and IgM levels were obtained.
 Results: A total of 271 NMD HCT recipients were included, with 53 (20%) exhibiting IMC, 20 (38% of cases) with multiple cell lines affected, diagnosed at a median of 131 days post-HCT (range, 30-264 days). IMC disease was mild, moderate, or severe in 56%, 32%, and 11%, respectively. For those with moderate or severe IMC, all received steroid therapy, with a response rate of 13%. Eighty-seven percent received additional therapy including IVIG, rituximab, bortezomib, and/or vincristine. Resolution of moderate IMC required an average of 2 individualized treatment courses, while severe IMC responded after an average of 6. Notably, no patients died of IMC. Univariate analysis revealed statistically significant association between IMC and younger age at HCT (median 3.1 vs. 7.1 years, p<0.01) and inherited metabolic disorder as the indication for HCT (p<0.01). Patient sex, recipient-donor HLA-match, stem cell graft source, intensity of conditioning, and presence of acute graft-versus-host disease were not significantly different between those with and those without IMC. Following HCT, a decline in peripheral blood donor CD3+ chimerism by at least 10% from day +60 to +100 was more common in those with IMC (p<0.01), although 50% of patients with IMC did not demonstrate a decrease in donor T-cell engraftment. The percent donor CD3+ chimerism at day +100 trended lower in the IMC group compared with the non-IMC group (71% vs 88.5%, p=0.10). The kinetics of patient B cell, IgG, or IgM recovery was not associated with IMC.
 Conclusion: Immune mediated cytopenias following HCT for NMD in a large pediatric cohort was common at 20%, with nearly half of those affected exhibiting clinically significant courses before disease resolution. Elucidation of risk factors may inform modifications to conditioning regimens or other approaches to prevent IMC. We found younger age at HCT, inherited metabolic disorder as HCT indication, and declining donor T-lymphoid chimerism as risk factors for IMC. However, the pathogenesis of IMC post-HCT for NMD remains elusive. Further insights may arise from investigation into the role of infections/molecular mimicry and complement activation.

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Objective To investigate the protective effect of paeoniflorin on radiation-induced hepatic fibrosis in rats and its mechanism.Methods Fifty healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to normal control group,model group,and paeoniflorin treatment groups(20,40,80 mg · kg-1).Each group contained 10 rats.Each group,except the normal control group,received X-ray exposure to establish radiation-induced hepatic fibrosis model rats.All the rats were administered with corresponding drugs.Rats were sacrificed by cervical dislocation 26 weeks after irradiation.The blood and liver of the rats were collected for further examinations.The level of hydroxyproline(Hyp) in liver tissues and serum activities of ALT and AST were detected.The serum level of TGF-β1,HA,PC-Ⅲ and LN was measured.Histology was observed with hematoxylin-eosin staining and Masson′s trichrome staining by optical microscopy.Meanwhile,the expression of TGF-β1,Smad3/4 and Smad7 proteins was detected by immunohistochemistry.Results Radiation-induced liver damage and collagen deposition in the model group were more severe than in the normal control group.The activities of ALT,AST and TGF-β1,HA,PC-Ⅲ,LN and the liver Hyp contents were significantly higher in the model group than in the normal control group.The


The digitization of ophthalmic images has opened up a number of exciting possibilities within eye care such as automated pathology detection, as well as electronic storage and transmission. However, technology capable of capturing digital ophthalmic images remains expensive. We review the latest progress in creating ophthalmic imaging devices based around smartphones, which are readily available to most practicing ophthalmologists and other medical professionals. If successfully developed to be inexpensive and to offer high-quality imaging capabilities, these devices will have huge potential for disease detection and reduction of preventable blindness across the globe. We discuss the specific implications of such devices in high-, middle- and low-income settings.


The paper deals with loads representation when AC/DC industrial electrical systems are considered and load-flow studies have to performed on. For such systems studies the importance of a proper load representation is pointed out; some numerical applications are then presented in order to give an idea of the advantages that a proper loads representation may have for an AC/DC industrial load-flow study.


The binuclear complex of Schiff base C14H12NO3K(KHL) derived from 2-hydroxy-l-naphthaldehyde and beta-alanine with lanthanide nitrate was synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV, TG-DTA, and molar conductance analysis. The composition of the complex was [La2(L)2 (NO3)2] x 2C2H5OH. The interaction of the complex and DNA was studied by fluorescence spectrum. The result indicates that the La(III) complex could cause a sharp decrease in the fluorescence intensity of EB-DNA system, and the complex could partly sustain the place of EB.


The cell cycle specificity of chemical mutagenesis was studied by use of two cell synchronization techniques, one a nontoxic technique involving serum deprivation and the other a double thymidine block, to obtain rat liver epithelial cells in different phases of the cell cycle to be exposed to chemical mutagens. For both methyl methanesulfonate and N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine, there was a cell cycle specificity of chemical mutagenesis, with the most sensitive phase being the period of DNA synthesis.


In non-attractor single-field inflation models producing a scale-invariant power spectrum, the curvature perturbation on super-horizon scales grows as ∝a3. This is so far the only known class of self-consistent single-field models with a Bunch-Davies initial state that can produce a large squeezed-limit bispectrum violating Maldacena's consistency relation. Given the importance of this result, we calculate the bispectrum with three different methods: using quantum field theory calculations in two different gauges, and classical calculations (the δN formalism). All the results agree, giving the local-form bispectrum parameter of flocalNL = 5(1+cs2)/(4cs2). This result is valid for arbitrary values of the speed of sound parameter, cs, for a particular non-attractor model we consider in this paper.


We consider the linear eigenvalue problem -Delta u = lambda V(x)u, u is an element of D-0(1,2)(Omega), and its nonlinear generalization -Delta(p)u = lambda V(x)u(p-2)u, u is an element of D-0(1,p)(Omega). The set Omega need not be bounded, in particular, Omega = R-N is admitted. The weight function V may change sign and may have singular points. We show that there exists a sequence df eigenvalues lambda(n) --> infinity.


Banking services have been far more limited in Global South countries than in Global North countries due to resource-constrained infrastructure and inadequate investment and economic incentives in banking infrastructure and banking services. In Global South countries, people with disabilities are often "unbanked" and largely absent from national society. For Global South countries like India with resource-constrained infrastructure, the authors argue that mobile banking accessibility is best addressed through a combination of national accessibility laws and sector-specific regulations that include technology-neutral legal mandates that easily leverage the increase of accessibility in new information and communications technologies, such as speech-to-text or text-to-speech functionality. Regulatory agencies such as the Reserve Bank of India have been more responsive to local best practices and customer desires through prompt incorporation of national accessibility laws into sector-specific regulations. This chapter argues that regulatory agencies can further improve their regulations through mandates for accurate customer- and accessibility-focused metrics so that banks under their jurisdiction can measure and identify accessibility gaps that can be rapidly addressed to improve services for customers with disabilities.


The utility model discloses an automobile energy absorption device and a bumper system. The automobile energy absorption device is arranged between a skin and an anti-collision beam, and comprises a body and multiple protrusion portions. The thickness of the wall of the body is 2-3 mm, the protrusion portions are formed on the body and protrude towards the skin, and cavities are formed in the sides, far from the skin, of the protrusion portions. According to the automobile energy absorption device and the bumper system, the thickness of the wall of the body is 2-3 mm, polypropylene resin materials which are formed through hot press are used for reducing weight of the energy absorption device, the protrusion portions and bosses are arranged, and the protrusion portions and the bosses are provided with cavities respectively, so that the protrusion portions and the bosses crumple to absorb energy when being impacted, and the energy absorption effect is improved.


The new source performance standards (NSPS) for {open_quotes}new{close_quotes} municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills and emission guidelines (EG) for {open_quotes}existing{close_quotes} MSW landfills were finalized on March 1, 1996. This concludes an arduous rule development process which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began in the 1980`s. The rule evolved from rigidly prescriptive requirements to the present combination of goal oriented design guidance and performance standards. The SWANA Landfill Gas Management Division strongly encouraged this evolution. The flexibility in the final rule provides opportunities for states to facilitate, and landfill operators to develop, landfill gas systems that are both economic in their design, operation, and monitoring as well as effective in their control of gas emissions. The purpose of this paper is to describe those opportunities. The NSPS rule applies to {open_quotes}new{close_quotes} municipal solid waste landfills that began construction, reconstruction or modification, or began accepting waste on or after May 30, 1991. The emission guidelines (EG) apply to {open_quotes}existing{close_quotes} landfills for which construction, reconstruction, or modification was commenced before May 30, 1991 and has accepted waste at any time since November 8, 1987 or has additional future capacity. The nomograph based method had never been field tested and the area-of-influence method was widelymore » regarded as being either unnecessary or inappropriate for design purposes. Subsequently, on June 21, 1993, the EPA published in the Federal Register (58 FR 33791) a notice providing information on additional data used in developing the final NSPS and EG which improved the reasonableness of some rule aspects but notably added a performance standard while retaining prescriptive design requirements.« less


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Based on the theories of the method of the finite element and the interaction between beam and rail, the common railway bridge: the continuous girder bridge and the simply supported girder bridge as an example, set up the integration of the calculation model of the line-bridge-pier on the continuous welded railway bridge, through the calculation software of Bridge Continuously Welded Rail (BCWR2010), the regular pattern of the effect of the bending force and the regular pattern of the longitudinal displacement distribution of the rail and bridge are analyzed.


The technology of the Internet of Things which is developing rapidly in recent years has become another driving force of the rapid development of China's information industry.This paper intended to solve the problem of obtaining reliable information in high-risk environment and the problem of working for long hours,and to develop a novel environment exploration method by integrating the technology of the Internet of Things and ZigBee.Furthermore,it attempted to design a transparent transmission mobile environment exploration node based on the Internet of Things,which effectively solved the problem of working for long hours to obtain reliable information in high-risk environment,and provided reliable detection data for control center.


While the electric power source is turned on, capacitor 1 is charged to a voltage EO by a direct current constant voltage supplier through transistor 4. When the electric power is disconnected, transistor 4 is switched off to discharge capacitor 1 through resistor R1. When the power source is turned on, the voltage of capacitor 1 is read by A/D converter to be produced and stored in CPU 12 memory. Then tran sistor 4 is switched on to charge capacitor 1 to the voltage EO. Then transistor 4 is switched off and transistor 5 is switched on to discharge capacitor 1 through resistor R2 and a counter stars. When the voltage of capacitor 1 reduces to the same voltage stored in the memory, transistor 5 is switched off to stop the counter and to obtain the counted value t2. Then transistor 4 is switched on to prepare for the next operation. The time lapse t1 after the power source being turned off is obtained by a formula (R1/R2)xt2.


This article considers the figure of Majid in Michael Haneke's Cache (2005) and the cinematic structures that influence both the spectator's and the other protagonists' ability to place his life within the sphere of the visible and the grievable. The formal tropes that Haneke employs emphasize Majid's exclusion and his impenetrability, as well as generating a persistent anxiety in the spectator around meaning and signification in the film. Drawing on Judith Butler's work on grievability and Jacques Ranciere's thinking of visibility and the distribution of the sensible, this article argues that Haneke deliberately constructs a consistent tension between the seen and the unseen of representation, generating an anxious, uncertain rhythm which is violently ruptured by Majid's suicide. This disturbing scene shatters the familiar frames and cadences that have thus far constituted the diegetic space of Cache, imposing a form of brutal visibility upon both Georges and the spectator. Ultimately, this article sugge...


Abstract : A broad research on the mechanical behavior of stiff intact clays belonging to plio-pleistocenic marine formations widespread over the Italian territory is described in this paper. The general features of the 19 deposits explored are similar and make possible a unique investigation; the large variations of the preconsolidation load among the deposits allow the investigation to cover a range of mechanical properties unusually wide in the study of natural soils. The virgin consolidation line of these clays in straight up to a pressure as high as 600 kg/sq cm. The compression index depends on the in-situ void ratio, irrespective of the plasticity of the soil; this correlation is interpreted as an index of the prevailing influence of the structure of the soil. The shape of the failure envelope in terms of effective stress and the pore pressure response are related to the preconsolidation load deduced by consolidation tests. (Author)


Objective: Application of observation of capecitabine combined with vinorelbine in advanced breast cancer in recent clinical efficacy and toxicity.Methods: Capecitabine 2000mg/ m2,2 times/d,1~14days.Vinorelbine 25mg/m2 rapid intravenous infusion,on days 1,8,21d for a period,all patients received 2 to 4 cycles of chemotherapy.Results: 35 patients,are feasible efficacy and toxicity evaluation,in which CR 4 例(11.43%),PR 14 例(40.00%),SD 12例(34.28%),PD 5 cases(14.28%) overall response rate(CR + PR) to 51.42%.Conclusion: Capecitabine and vinorelbine in advanced breast cancer achieved good effect,Adverse reactions can be tolerated and is worthy of further study.


Within the framework of the quantum-statistical functional and the Ritzmethod, the the problem of finding the surface energy per unit area and workfunction electrons of a metal flat surface with a inhomogeneous dielectriccoating, taken into account in the approximation of a continuous medium. For a uniform coating, the calculated values are insensitive to theselection one-parameter functions for an electronic profile, but sensitiveto the gradient series of kinetic energy non-interacting electrons. Calculations are performed for Al, Na and the comparison with thecalculations by the Kohn--Shem method is made. Analytically the connectionbetween the theory of the Ritz method for inhomogeneous coatings andcalculations by the Kohn--Shem method work function of electrons formetal-dielectric nanosandwiches. As it turned out, the influenceinhomogeneous coating on the characteristics of the metal surface can bescaled down to a uniform coverage case. The possibility of using theobtained results in various experimental situations are discussed. Keywords: Work function, Schottky barrier, dielectric coating.\


Editor's Note.—Initiated in 1999 by William W. Olmsted, MD, Editor Emeritus of RadioGraphics, the annual monograph issue has consistently been one of the most valued components for the journal's readers. These focused issues have covered a spectrum of topics across the radiologic subspecialties, including pediatric imaging, musculoskeletal imaging, quality and safety, cardiothoracic imaging, women's imaging, abdominal imaging, thoracic imaging, cardiac imaging, genitourinary imaging, vascular and interventional radiology, neuroradiology, breast imaging, emergency radiology, featured material from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (now known as the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology), and highlights of the education exhibits from the RSNA Annual Meeting. The guest editors of these monographs have typically served as RadioGraphics editorial board members; they have engaged experts in their subspecialty areas and solicited educational material from the annual meeting to provide original material for this series. This year, the guest editors are Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD, associate editor for practice policy and quality initiatives, and Ammar Sarwar, MD. They have coordinated the present compilation, the 20th in the series, of up-to-date reviews of the state of the art in the important subject area of radiology practice management. I am grateful for the effort that Drs Kruskal and Sarwar have devoted to this project and to the numerous authors who volunteered their time and expertise to provide RadioGraphics readers with the articles that fill this volume.—Jeffrey S. Klein, MD


The possibility of using thin dielectric resonators to build microwave range frequency selective struc-tures is shown. The results of numerical modeling of such structures are presented. The numerical results are confirmed experimentally. Bіbl. 5, Fig. 5.


Number "Sever" is closely related to Uighur peple's daily life.The lustom which Uighur people uv rship number "seven" is concretely retlected in their religion,culture,solial life and folk litereoture.And,it is also nvted in Uighur people`s everyday life and literature.The essay discusses it in three aspects.


The affective priming paradigm developed by Murphy and Zajonc (1993) was adapted to assess an automatic evaluative response to friends (n = 100) or romantic partners (n = 101). It was investigated how a brief presentation of the first names and faces of relationship partners modulated the evaluation of immediately following Chinese letters. The visibility of the primes was manipulated by either masking the primes or not. In the low visibility condition, the Chinese letters were more positively evaluated when they were preceded by the name or face of the relationship partner than when they were preceded by the participant's name or face. In the high visibility condition, a similar but stronger effect was found for face primes, and no effect for name primes. All priming effects were replicated for friends and romantic partners. The short-term stability of individual priming effects was low. No significant relations between priming effects and relationship satisfaction or attachment styles were found. The results suggest that affect is an integral part of the relationship schema, but that the amplitude of this evaluative reaction does not reflect individual differences in relationship satisfaction or attachment styles.


BACKGROUND: En bloc resection of spinal and sacral chordomas may convey a survival benefit. However, these procedures often are complex and require the surgeon to plan a procedure that results in negative tumor margins, protects vital neurovascular structures, and concludes with a viable biomechanical reconstruction. OBJECTIVE: We present a case of a 3-level en bloc lumbar spondylectomy and reconstruction. METHODS: A case of a 45-year-old woman with biopsy-proven exophytic L4 chordoma is presented. The patient underwent successful L3-L5 en bloc spondylectomy and reconstruction over 3 stages. RESULTS: The patient did well following the procedure, and was neurologically intact at 6-week follow-up. CONCLUSION: Three-level en bloc spondylectomy with lumbopelvic reconstruction is a challenging yet feasible procedure.


Safety and efficacy ofguanfacine in treating ADHD in children and adolescents: current status of knowledge : A literature study including important factors to consider as a pharmacist in a patient-counselling role


Although the trace elements zinc, copper and manganese are used in vivo for their healing properties, their mechanism of action is still only partially known. Some integrins expressed by basal layer keratinocytes play an essential part in healing, notably α2β1, α3β1, α6β4 and αVβ5, whose expression and distribution in epidermis are modified during the re‐epithelialization phase. This study demonstrates how the expression of these integrins are modulated in vitro by trace elements. Integrin expression was studied in proliferating keratinocytes in monolayer cultures and in reconstituted skin that included a differentiation state. After 48 h incubation with zinc gluconate (0.9, 1.8 and 3.6 μg/mL), copper gluconate (1, 2 and 4 μg/mL), manganese gluconate (0.5, 1 and 2 μg/mL) and control medium, integrin expression was evaluated by FACScan and immunohistochemistry. Induction of α2, α3, αV and α6 was produced by zinc gluconate 1.8 μg/mL in monolayers, of α2, α6 and β1 by copper gluconate 2 and 4 μg/mL and of all the integrins studied except α3 by manganese gluconate 1 μg/mL. Thus, α6 expression was induced by all three trace elements. The inductive effect of zinc was particularly notable on integrins affecting cellular mobility in the proliferation phase of wound healing (α3, α6, αV) and that of copper on integrins expressed by suprabasally differentiated keratinocytes during the final healing phase (α2, β1 and α6), while manganese had a mixed effect.


A circuit level model for failures causing shorts in the oxide of the gate electrode (GOS) is presented. Experimental results show that the influence of the width of a short between gate and channel in a MOS device is low in comparison with the location in the length direction. The model takes advantage of this result. A unidimensional (length) model for GOS faults is proposed. The experimental results have been obtained by measuring devices with faults where the failures have been introduced by design. The model reduces the complexity of electrical simulations (in comparison with previous unidimensional models) when parametric deviations on an assumed GOS-faulty circuit are analyzed. Results verifying the adequacy of the models and comparison with other research data are presented, considering the effect of the failure on the input and output characteristics of the devices.<<ETX>>


It varies from country to country and era to era what kind of legal entities take upon public services such as supply of electricity and gas etc. and transportation of passengers and goods. At present, in Japan, the policy of leaving public services, in principle, to the market is being promoted. That is what is called privatization. However, as entities providing services in the market, in addition to the central and local governments, there exist legal entities which can be seen practically as a part of government. How to position these legal entities legally is an important task for the current scholarship on administrative organization law. This thesis analyses the historical process on the argument in the Japanese administrative law about the entities other than central and local governments, which provide public services.


This study aims to determine the effect of using media google classroom on the history learning process on the activeness of students in class XI IPS SMA Negeri 1 Cilegon. This research is an associative research using a quantitative approach. The population used in this study were 135 students of class XI Social Sciences SMA Negeri 1 Cilegon, using a sample of 57 students. Methods of data collection using interviews, questionnaires and documentation. With descriptive and inferential analysis techniques. The results of this study indicate that: there is a positive and significant effect of using media google classroom on the history learning process on the activeness of students in class XI IPS SMA Negeri 1 Cilegon. Based on the comparison between tarithmetic = 9.407 ttable = 1.673, then H1 is accepted and H0 is rejected. From the results of the simple regression equation, the regression correlation coefficient, which is 0.617, is obtained from the value of R square which shows that the coefficient value of 61.7% is positive, this explains that the use of media google classroom has a significant positive effect on student activity where the first meeting amounted to 68% increased at the second meeting 77% and very significant at the third meeting by 95%. It can be concluded that there is an effect of using google classroom on student activity in learning history of students in class XI IPS SMA Negeri 1 Cilegon. The activeness of students in the history learning process can be seen from the delivery of opinions verbally, listening, and writing the learning media google classroom.
 Keywords: Google Classroom, History Learning, Student Activity.


The rotation of a test spiral galaxy with two contributors - the disc and the
 corona - is considered. The disc is exponential, whereas the corona is the
 dark subsystem. For the latter several variants of mass distribution are
 considered. It is found that the homogeneous sphere is almost unavoidable if
 the circular velocity has a continuous increase, at least in its observable
 part. On the other hand the rather often applied quasi-isothermal law offers
 the most satisfactory fit for the case of constant circular velocity though
 the classical Schuster law may also be used, especially taking into account
 its simplicity and the consequent possibility of generalising its potential
 towards the more general case of axial symmetry.


Objective To detect autophagy marker-microtubule associated protein light chain 3(LC3B) expression and its correlation with caveolin-1(Cav-1) in human lung squamous cell carcinoma(SCC) tissues and to investigate their clinicopathologic significance. Methods The quantum dots immunofluorescent histochemistry was used to detect the expression of LC3B and Cav-1 proteins in 100 cases of lung SCC and 20 cases of noncancerous lung tissues, and mRNA levels of LC3B and Cav-1 were detected by quantitative real-time PCR methods in the 20 cases of lung SCC and 20 cases of noncancerous lung tissues. Results Compared to noncancerous lung tissues, proteins and mRNA levels of LC3B and Cav-1 in the lung SCC tissues were significantly decreased(P0.05). Positive expression of LC3B protein was positively correlated with male lung SCC patients, related with lymph node metastasis, but no significant differences was observed(P0.05). There were significant differences of Cav-1 protein expression in the tumor cells between clinical TNM stage(P=0.009) and lymph node metastasis(P=0.027), but Cav-1 protein expression was not correlated with the other clinicopathologic parameters(P0.05). Positive rates of stromal Cav-1 was 10.12%(8/79), not correlated with the clinicopathologic parameters of lung SCC(P0.05). There was positive correlation between LC3B and Cav-1 in the tumor cells of lung SCC tissues(P0.05, rs =0.473). Conclusion Absent expression of autophagy gene LC3B and Cav-1 may be correlated with the development of lung squamous cell carcinoma, however, positive co-expression of LC3B and Cav-1 may synergistically promote malignant progression of tumors.


An economic efficiency model of spacecraft is developed. Besides, such economic efficiency indicators as profitability index and payback period of a project are designed. This model is modified to calculate the economic efficiency of a service spacecraft and as a result an overall index of project efficiency is developed on its basis. This index results in minimized interruptions when the system point is used in the geostationary orbit. The analysis of conditions for the effective use of service spacecraft aimed at the removal of space debris from the geostationary orbit is carried out; the recommendations on its operating performance are made. Keywords—spacecraft, space debris, geostationary orbit, system point, service spacecraft for space debris removal, cost efficiency.


The ngVLA will enable significant advances in our understanding of the formation and evolution of multiple star systems in the protostellar phase, building upon the breakthroughs enabled by the VLA. The high-sensitivity and resolution at 3~mm wavelengths and longer will enable closer multiple systems to be discovered in the nearby star forming regions.
The ngVLA is incredibly important for multiplicity studies because dust opacity at short wavelengths ($<$3~mm) can hide multiplicity and the long wavelengths are needed to reveal forming multiples in the youngest systems. The samples sizes can be expanded to encompass star forming regions at distances of at least 1.5~kpc, enabling statistical studies that are on par with studies of field star multiplicity. We verify the capability of the ngVLA to detect and resolve multiple star systems at distances out to 1.5~kpc using empirical examples of systems detected by the VLA and scaling them to greater distances. We also use radiative transfer models and simulations to verify that the ngVLA can resolve close binary systems from their dust emission at these distances. The ngVLA will also have excellent imaging capability and the circum-multiple environments can also be examined in great detail.


AFTER A THEORETICAL REVIEW OF TORSIONAL PROBLEMS, THE PRINCIPLE AND OPERATION OF THE THREE METHODS USED ARE DESCRIBED. THE MEMBRANE ANALOGY METHOD, JOINTLY USED WITH THE REFLECTION MOIRE METHOD, ALTHOUGH OF INTEREST, IS OF DIFFICULT APPLICATION. THE ELECTRICAL ANALOGY METHOD (WITH CAPACITATIVE MOUNTING) IS QUICK AND EASY TO APPLY, ESPECIALLY TO MULTI-CONNECT SECTIONS SUCH AS MULTICELLULAR SECTIONAL BRIDGES. THE PHOTOELASTIC METHOD, WHICH CAN BE CLASSIFIED BETWEEN THE OTHER TWO FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF EASE OF APPLICATION, IS USED AS A CONTROL METHOD. RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THREE BRIDGE STUDIES ARE PRESENTED.


Background: To study the clinical and haematological profile of patients admitted with P. vivax mono-infection at Azeezia Medical College, Kollam. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective cohort study was done from April 2022 to March 2023 on 200 patients admitted to Azeezia Medical College, Kollam. The subjects selected were positive for P. vivax by peripheral smear and negative for HRP-2 test. The patient selection was based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Result: In this study group of 200 patients, 141 were males and 59 were females. Most subjects were in the second and third decades of life. The mean age of subjects was 37.32 years. Fever was seen in all patients. Other clinical symptoms were headache (68%), jaundice (28.5%), vomiting (27.5%), body pain (17.5%), pain abdomen (9%), diarrhoea (6.5%) and bleeding manifestations (2%) in the order of occurrence. Thrombocytopenia was observed in 187 (93.5%) patients. Thirty three patients (6.5%) had severe thrombocytopenia. Anaemia was seen in 59 (29.5%) patients. Leucocytosis and leucopenia were seen in 20 and 26 cases respectively. Complications observed were acute kidney injury (AKI), elevated transaminases, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and cerebral malaria 2.5%, 2.5%, 1% and 1% respectively. Conclusion: The clinical spectrum of P. vivax mono infection varied from fever to bleeding manifestations. In this study, the most common symptoms were fever, headache, jaundice and vomiting. The commonest haematological variations observed were anaemia and thrombocytopenia.


The ultrasonic spot welding of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic laminates received a wide interest from researchers mainly in the fields of aerospace and automotive industries. This study investigated a new technique for focusing the ultrasonic vibration energy at the desired spot between two mating thermoplastic composite laminates. In this investigated method, no additional energy directing protrusions between the mating laminates were required to focus the vibration energy. It was found that by welding the laminates amid an ultrasonic horn and an anvil in which the prior had a larger contact surface with the laminate as the latter, it was possible to generate a localized friction heating. In the initial phase of the welding, the friction heating softened the interfacial layers and thus caused the focusing of the majority of the cyclic ultrasonic strain energy in the weld spot center. The assumption for the presence of the friction and its influence on the heat generation was investigated by means of finite element method (FEM) mechanical dynamic analysis. Microscopic analysis of the weld spot eventually delivered the proof for the melt initiation by friction at a ring around the weld spot and subsequent spot growth by viscoelastic heating.


The technology of applying a colloidal single-layer coating of transparent polystyrene (PS) Ø 1 μm spheres at the tip face of a quartz fiber has been proposed and tested. Such a coating plays, in a light absorbing liquid, the role of a converter of pulsed laser radiation into acoustic radiation. The generation of ultrasound in water using a converter based on a quartz fiber 1 mm in diameter with a 2D colloidal crystalline coating consisted of polystyrene spheres with a diameter of ~1 μm at the fiber end was investigated. When excited by laser radiation (λ = 1.064 µm), coating of polystyrene spheres created in the liquid a laser thermal microstructure with a characteristic size of fractions of ~λ and a maximum temperature up to 10−2 degree at an energy in a short laser pulse of ~0.005 J. This short-lived thermal microstructure generated sound pulses in the liquid in the approximately 0.2–4 MHz range. The results of the experimental study of this effect are reported. The proposed laser radiation converter with colloidal coating of the optical fiber distal tip by a single layer of transparent spheres can be used for the development of new laser microtools for studying, processing of various objects in microsurgery, microstructuring of the surface, spot cleaning and restoration of objects of art and history.


The paper intends to present the project "INMETT: Innovative Training Methodologies for Transport Trainers" is funded by European Union Lifelong Learning Programme under the "Action – Transfer of Innovation" (protocol n. ES/09/LLP-LdV/TOI/149045). It is based on the studies developed within ELF -eLearning Facilitators: analysis of their different roles within different e-learning methodologies and approaches" (LdV Pilot project approved in 2005 n. I/05/B/F/PP-154178). After updating the ELF outcomes to the specific training needs of the target groups (trainers who work on Transport Sector, trainers in general, Transport training centres and Training centres), the partnership is developing a testing e-platform and the related pilot training paths. In this article we present and discuss the innovative principles applied within the INMETT project and we invite all people interested to take an active part in the INMETT's Virtual Learning Community. INMETT website: http://inmett.portare.org Knowing is not enough; we must apply.


This paper presents the evaluation of a proposal for the creation and implementation of an intervention method on students' conceptualization of written language. It rests on the integration of concept maps and texts created by fourth grade Elementary School students in an online news production network. The analysis of the textual development is carried out based on the triangulation of data concerning levels of development of linear writing, as well as topological and semantic taxonomies for concept maps. The results indicate a reciprocal development with regard to the conceptualization of linear writing and the construction of concept maps, favoring consciousness-raising in the process of revising texts, in order to improve semantic and structural aspects of written language.


We nd a new relation among codimension 2 algebraic cycles in the moduli space M1; 4 , and use this to calculate the elliptic Gromov-Witten invariants of projective spaces C P 2 and C P 3. In this paper, we nd a new relation among codimension 2 algebraic cycles in M 1;4. The main application of the new relation is to the calculation of elliptic Gromov-Witten invariants. For example, we show that if V has no primitive cohomology in degrees above 2, the elliptic Gromov-Witten invariants are determined by the elliptic Gromov-Witten invariants together with the rational Gromov-Witten invariants. In 12], we will prove, using mixed Hodge theory, that the cycles M(G)], as G ranges over all stable graphs of genus 1 and valence n, span the even dimensional homology of M 1;n , and that the new relation, together with those already known in genus 0, generate all relations among these cycles. This result is the analogue, in genus 1, of a theorem of Keel 18] in genus 0. Our new relation is closely related to a relation in A 2 (M 3)Q discovered by Faber (Lemma 4.4 of 8]); the image of his relation in H 4 (M 3 ; Q) under the cycle map is the same as the push-forward of our relation under the map M 1;4 ! M 3 obtained by contracting the 4 tails pairwise. This suggests that our new relation should actually be a rational equivalence. Let us illustrate our results with the case of the projective plane. The genus 0 and genus 1 potentials of C P 2 equal F 0 (CP 2) = 1 2 (t 0 t 2 1 + t 2 0 t 2) + 1 X n=1 N (0) n q n e nt 1 t 3n?1 2 (3n ? 1)! ; F 1 (CP 2) = ? t 1 8 + 1 X n=1 N (1) n q n e nt 1 t 3n 2 (3n)! ; where t 0 , t 1 and t 2 are formal variables, of degree ?2, 0 and 2 respectively, dual to the classes 1 2 H 0 n are the number of rational, respectively elliptic, plane curves of degree n which meet 3n ? 1, Since this paper was written, Pandharipande 26] has found a direct geometric proof of the relation of Theorem 1.8, showing that it is a linear …


Herein, a series of five C2 symmetric H2porphyrins with meso-borneol and meso-carbazole units have been synthesized and isolated. An analysis of the electronic structures was carried out by spectroscopic investigations and electrochemical illustrations. In addition, the chiral optical properties observed in the CD spectra can be assigned to the interchromophore through-space coupling between the borneol chiral center and the porphyrinic chromophore. Further investigation of the anticancer behaviors shows that the modulation of the biological activity behaviors could be facilely achieved by introducing various halogen atoms on the carbazole rings.


Under electron impact, long chain acylated methyl glucopyranoside derivatives lose a methanol molecule from the molecular ion. The hydrogen atom which is transferred arises from the aliphatic chain. This reaction is important when the aliphatic chain contains four or more carbon atoms. The results may be explained by a two-step hydrogen transfer: hydrogen transfer to the oxygen carbonyl of the ester group, and then to the methoxy glycosidic group prior to fragmentation.


Catholicism and the San Francisco Labor Movement, 1896-1921. By Richard Gribble. (San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press. Published by the Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York. 1993. Pp. xii, 182. $59.95.) Because Progressivism in American history has been meticulously scrutinized by scholars, historians have felt compelled to refer to this period as the "Age of Progressivisms," Richard Gribble's book, Catholicism and the San Francisco Labor Movement, exemplifies the pluralistic nature of this historiography by choosing the unique geographical setting of San Francisco in conjunction with the influence of Catholic social thought in Pope Leo XIII's encyclical, Rerum Novarum. Gribble attempts to demonstrate that San Francisco's reforms intended to create a more equitable relationship between organized labor and capital were led by two Catholic clerics between 1896 and 1935, Father Peter Yorke and Archbishop Edward Hanna, whose major catalyst for action was Pope Leo's call for social justice in the guise of a living wage, better work conditions, and the right of workers to form associations. This is the primary focus of Gribble's case study concerning the American progressive movement in San Francisco. Unlike the Social Gospel movement on the East Coast that was dominated by Protestants, Gribble maintains, the Pacific Coast movement was not dominated by Protestant leadership and had at its forefront Catholic Church leaders who attempted to address the economic and social ills for impoverished workers by acting as the Catholic conscience of a society that was to reform itself for the benefit of all. Father Yorke, concludes Gribble, interjected these principles of Rerum Novarum by becoming the "Champion of Labor" in the Teamster Strike on the Waterfront in 1901 and then again for the Streetcar Strike in 1906-1907. In both of these strikes, Yorke publicly demanded better wages, improved working conditions, and the freedom to organize. As the mouthpiece for labor, he was successful in 1901 in beginning the meteoric rise of organized labor that was to last for five years, but in 1907 Yorke and labor unionism were dealt a "crushing blow." Also, according to Gribble, Yorke came to the defense of two leading labor politicians, Mayor Eugene Schmitz and Abraham Ruef, who were prosecuted for extortion and graft. It is at this point in the narrative that Yorke recedes into the background, and Gribble continues this tradition of Rerum Novarum with Archbishop Hanna between 1915 and 1935. Archbishop Hanna, unlike Father Yorke, was not the firebrand advocate. He was more reserved and fair-minded in this new era when a balance was struck between the two sides and the dominance of organized labor in the city had come to an end. …


A destructive fungous disease of soybean, Glycine max (L.) MERRILL., "Nemuri-Byo" (Soybean Blast) found in Kyushu was described.Both summer and autumn varieties were affected being formed superficial brown obscure spots or streaks on leaves (especially on leaf-nerves, leaf-cushion), petioles, stems and pods.Technical description of the causal fungus which belongs to the genus Septogloeum SACC. emend. PETRAK (Tuberculariaceae) is given.


The internal understanding,internal structure and knowledge resources of an enterprise play very important role in its strategy implementation.The different internal understanding,internal structure and knowledge resources may result in different strategy and strategy implementation effect.In this article the relation among corporate internal understanding,internal structure and knowledge resources was explained,and some general analysis of agriculture corporate and some suggestions about agriculture corporate were put forward.


Telorchiids are plagiorchiform digeneans inhabiting the intestines of freshwater turtles, snakes, and salamanders. Previous systematic revisions of the group have been problematical because of a lack of information on intraspecific morphological variation. In the present study, examination of substantial numbers of specimens leads to the conclusion that 11 of the 31 nominal species of Telorchis reported from North America are valid. Numerical phylogenetic systematic analysis based on 18 homologous series and 30 total characters resulted in a single tree with a consistency index of 94%, due to two homoplasious characters. To maintain a classification consistent with the phylogenetic tree that is also most similar to previous nomenclature, only one of four previously proposed genera is recognized. The two relatively most plesiomorphic species are found in salamanders, whereas the rest inhabit amniotes (specifically turtles and snakes). Five of the nine species inhabiting amniotes appear to have co-speciated...


AIM:To establish some HPLC-digitized fingerprint spectrum(HPLC-DFPS)in Liuwei Dihuang Dripping Pill preparation and to apply it to identification of medicinal materials.METHODS:Based on loganin and paeonoside contents adopted as qualitative and quantitative factors,relative retention value as creteria,RP-HPLC was carried out on inertsil ODS:column,mobile phase consisted of methanol-water(0.2% formyl acid),detection wavelength was set at 240 nm.RESULTS:Using above optimum chromatograph conditions,HPLC-DFPS of relative medicinal materials and "Liwei Dihuang Dripping Pill" preparation were established.By comparison a group of characteristic peaks could be used to identify medicinal materials.CONCLUSION:This result indicates that it is practical to use HPLC-DFPS for identification of Liuwei Dihuang Dripping Pill.


Abstract: Produced water is the primary waste stream generated during fossil fuel production, with the volumetric water-to-oil ratio approaching 50: 1 in the later stages of oil Held production. In the United States, produced water is usually reinjected, either in support of enhanced oil recovery or for disposal. In arid regions, reusing or recycling the treated water for irrigation or other purposes may be an economically and environmentally attractive alternative. Successful treatment of complex produced waters generally requires that a series of operations be used to remove different contaminants. Electrodialysis is one possible desalting technique. Recent results indicate that this approach may be appropriate for reclamation of produced waters with relatively low total dissolved solids (TDS) loads but is unlikely to be cost-effective for treatment of concentrated produced waters.


Whether Fernald forward integration method can be used for aerosol backscatter coefficient inversion of airborne atmosphere detecting lidar is always a controversial issue.In this paper,using the airborne atmosphere detecting lidar data measured at Qingdao and abroad as well as from simulation,the inversion error of aerosol backscatter coefficient is quantitatively analyzed for Fernald forward integration method being applied to aerosol backscatter coefficient inversion of airborne atmosphere detecting lidar at different heights.Analysis results show that the relative error below altitude 2 km is less than 12% when flying height of the aircraft is about 3.5 km and the calibration value error is 20%,but the relative error may reach 20% nearby the calibration site.When the flying height of the aircraft is about 7 km and calibration value error is 100%,the inversion value relative error of aerosol backscatter coefficient is mostly between 10%~15%.When the calibration value error is 400%,the relative error of aerosol backscatter coefficient is mostly between 15% and 50%.The reasons for causing negative aerosol backscattering coefficient value were discussed from a theoretical perspective when Fernald forward integration method being applied to aerosol backscattering coefficient inversion of airborne atmosphere detecting lidar.Research shows that the inversion value of aerosol backscattering coefficient obtained by Fernald forward integration method is relatively accurate when the aircraft flying height is more than 4.5 km,but the inversion error is large even results in negative coefficient values when the flying height is less than 4.5 km.


We use samples of students and entrepreneurial executives to examine how positive skew influences risky choices. In a controlled laboratory experiment we find that about half of the subjects in both samples make skew seeking choices. Estimating decision models we explore three explanations for the preference for skew: risk-loving (convex utility), optimism (concave probability weighting), and likelihood insensitivity (inverse s-shape probability weighting). On average, decision making by students and executives is not much different. Both students and executives have concave utility, are optimists, and those who make skew seeking (averse) choices display likelihood insensitivity (oversensitivity). Executives have more concave utility and are more optimistic, but this is largely due to them being older. A fraction of executives, however, have very high likelihood insensitivity and this, together with their optimism, may explain entry into entrepreneurship. two additional variables. One is defined as the decision before the one in which subjects make their first risky decision. The other is their last safe decision. The three variables are identical for subjects that never go back and forth. Results did not show any remarkable changes, except that the effect of being in the moderate skew condition is somewhat more imprecisely estimated, in particular when the variable is their last safe decision.


The contribution of the radiative tail from the quasielastic peak to low-order radiative correction to deep inelastic scattering of polarized leptons by polarized 3He is calculated within the sum-rules formalism and y-scaling hypothesis. A numerical analysis is carried out under the conditions of the HERMES experiment.


The State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is developing a river basin temperature model for the Willamette River basin shown in Figure 1. The study area included the Willamette River and all major tributaries. A large section of the Columbia River was also modeled to provide adequate boundary representation of tidal flows in the lower Willamette River. The Willamette River below the Willamette Falls, located in the Portland metropolitan area, has a typical diurnal tidal range of 1 m. The development of a dynamic model of temperature and hydrodynamics of the entire river basin incorporating shading were primary requirements of this modeling study. The model would be used by DEQ to set temperature limits on point source dischargers and to evaluate the impact of management strategies on river temperatures to improve fish habitat. Some of these strategies included modifications of the dam at the Willamette River Falls south of Portland and channel reconfigurations. The river basin model includes over 1000 km of river.


Embodiments of the present invention, the radio resource optimization method, radio resource optimization system, and provides a radio resource optimization system. The method includes identifying a protocol type of network data by performing deep packet inspection on the received network data and network data is the first type of data stream, If it is determined in accordance with the protocol type, identifies the heartbeat in the first type of data stream, comprising the steps of acquiring heartbeat information heartbeat, the heartbeat information heartbeat interval duration and Heart a step of including a beat bandwidth requirements, heartbeat interval period, if the radio resource is larger than the pre-allocated time slice, the step of determining radio resource bandwidth allocation parameters in response to the heartbeat bandwidth requirements, radio wireless Li including resource bandwidth allocation parameters And a step of delivering over scan assignment parameters. Thus, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio resource allocation parameter, the application is dynamically set when executing in the background, thereby, the radio base station when the application is executed in the background improved utilization of time and air interface bandwidth, waste of radio resources is avoided.


The double molybdates of potassium and divalent elements with the composition KaR~+(MoO~)3 with R = Mg, Ni, Co, Cu, Zn, on the basis of x-ray diffraction data, have been assigned the same structure, namely the monoclinic KaZn2(MoO~)a structure [1-4]. In [3], single crystals of the analogous compounds with Mg, Ni, Co, and Zn were obtained by the solution-melt method, and their habit was studied; optical-goniometric measurements were carried out for KaNia(MoO~)a. The present paper describes an x-ray diffraction study of this compound to investigate the characteristic features of its structure.


Introduction: Nursing process as central core in nursing is a way to achieve critical thinking، analysis of patient care problems and correct and timely decision making. If this process to run well، can be cause access to a comprehensive and complete care based on scientific essentials. Staff nurses that use nursing process through a logical and systematic method deliver appropriate and effective plan of nursing actions by nursing team، which resulted achieve the best results for patients. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine application barriers of nursing process from perspectives of nursing managers and interns in Kerman University of Medical Sciences.. Method: This descriptive study carried out on all nursing managers (n=67) and interns (n=41) through census sampling. Data were collected by a researcher made questionnaire including 6-point Likert 20 items related to 3 domains: cultural، executive and knowledge skill obstacles. Tool validity measured by content and face validity. For reliability، test- retest was used (r=. /79). Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and chi-square tests through SPSS software. Results: The results showed majority of students were female (75%)، single (70%) with mean age 22_+1 and managers were female(89/6%)، married(86/6%) and mean age 42+_4/3.and 70/1% were head nurse، 20/9% supervisor and 6% matron. the Most barriers from viewpoint both group were executive barriers(75%) and the lowest barriers were knowledge barriers. There was between position of managers and score of barriers significant relationship (p <0/05). Conclusion: In spite of advantages and benefits of this method in clinical nursing practices، unfortunately nursing process was remained in theoretical courses and nurses work traditionally. It is hope research results for development of nursing staff using this method to help in the care of patients.
Keywords: Barriers, Nursing process, Managers, Trainers


We present a processor allocation framework that uses Amdahl's Law to model parallel performance and a market mechanism to allocate cores. First, we propose the Amdahl utility function and demonstrate its accuracy when modeling performance from processor core allocations. Second, we design a market based on Amdahl utility that optimizes users' bids for processors based on workload parallelizability. The framework uses entitlements to guarantee fairness yet outperforms existing proportional share algorithms.


The correlation of impact properties, orientation and temperature in HTP70 line-pipe steel were studied by use of OM, TEM and macroscope fractography based on series temperature Charpy notch impact test of sample with different orientation. The results showed that: HTP70 steel line-pipe has seriously anisotropic properties, the mechanical behaviors vary with the orientation of parallel, 45° and vertical to rolling direction. The samples which parallel to rolling direction have higher impact energy and demixing crack incline. The demixing crack was caused by banding defect, it was affect by dislocation configuration and has certain direction character, and was related to temperature.Copyright © 2008 by ASME


An overview of existing methods for chemical elements and their compounds detection has been made; the theoretical and technical possibilities for chemical forbidden substance sensors have been considered.


This study aims to examine the perception of responsibility for detecting fraud in government internal auditors. This research is important to know the intrinsic factor of the auditor in his responsibility to detect fraud. These factors are the cognitive style and personality of the auditor. Personality is the novelty of this research based on the triangle model of responsibility. This study used an experimental design on 75 internal auditors of the South Sumatra provincial government. The results of this study are expected to be useful for scientific development in the field of accounting, especially public sector auditing. The results showed that the internal auditor with the field independent cognitive style had a higher level of perceived responsibility than the field dependent style in detecting fraud. Meanwhile, either a tolerant or intolerant of ambiguity of personality does not show a significant difference in detecting fraud for auditors. The benefit of the research results is that it can increase the preference for internal auditors in increasing competence in the task of detecting fraud.


As to short-term conflict problem of resources distribution shared by multiple projects,a novel market mechanism,called precedence cost queuing,is presented.It is different from the most market-based mechanisms based on equilibrium concepts and iterative adjustment of resources conflict.This paper presents a solution to individual resource-constrained local resource distributing in an optimal way,and the market mechanism also solves enterprise's conflict problem of resources distribution.Due to the dynamic and distributed nature of the economy,it can achieve higher levels of flexibility,scalability and adaptability.


For unknown reasons, antacids are more efficacious than C in the prophylaxis of UGI bleeding. To evaluate whether C adversely effects PGE2 production & therefore cytoprotection, 3 groups of rats were studied: 5, control (Co); 8, Cimetidine (C1) 1 dose IP 60 mg/kg; 6, Cimetidine (C14) single daily dose IM 200 mg/Kg/day X 14 d. Samples for measurement of PGE2 & H+ were obtained in 6, 10' periods by luminal gastric perfusion with 0.9% NaCl & 4 mEq/1 KCl. During periods 5 & 6, Co rats were perfused with isotonic NaHCO3 to evaluate the effects of basic pH on PGE2 secretion. During periods 1-4, [xmacr ] H+ secretion was 2X greater in Co than C1 or C14 rats. PGE2 secretion was not significantly different. There was an exponential relationship between total PGE2 (ng/hr) & time (p < .001) & H+ (mEq/hr) & time (p<.001) for the 3 groups. Calculated values for H+ (mEq/hr) and PGE2 (ng/hr) for the entire 60' revealed that H+ and PGE2 secretion by Co rats were 2X the values for C1 & C14. After perfusion with NaHCO3, PGE2 (ng/min) increased 2X in Co rats. There was a linear correlation between H+ & PGE2 secretion in Co & C14 (p<.001) but no correlation between H+ & PGE2 in C1. In summary long term & acute therapy with C decrease luminal secretion of PGE2 & H+. The relationship between H+ & PGE2 secretion is abolished in rats given one dose of C. NaHCO3 buffers H+ and increases PGE2 secretion. The reduction in PGE2 secretion produced by C may adversely effect cytoprotection in the stomach.


This article proposes a "pedagogy of riffing" and examines how satire and some earlier forms of metacommentary can help first-year composition students appreciate the mediated nature of contemporary current-events discourse. Beginning with comic news and working back to those pioneers of cultural riffing, Mystery Science Theater 3000, this article examines the nexus of rhetorical awareness, citizenship, and riffing. I argue that using forms of metacommentary, situated within a pedagogy of riffing, helps students to locate themselves in the larger discussion of politics and informed citizenship.


A Versenkvorrichtung (1) for a radiator decorative element (2) has to obtain a comprehensive and reliable protection of the radiator decorative element (2) a mechanical energy store (6) and an electric drive means (7). A with the cooler decorative element (2) connected to the sinker linkage (4) by means of the mechanical energy accumulator (6) and the electric drive means (7) operable, wherein for purely mechanical actuation of the sinker linkage (4) of the mechanical energy accumulator (6) from the electric drive means (7) can be decoupled by means of a decoupling device (5). The decoupling device (5) is actuated by means of a triggering device (3).


Through the in-depth analysis and study on the characteristics of different subjects in emergencies in information dissemination,the paper believes that government dissemination reflects strong control,media dissemination displays strong domination,and public dissemination shows strong initiative.Based on this,the paper suggests the political responsibility of the government dissemination should be strengthened,the professional spirit of media dissemination should be developed,and the grassroots' behavior of public dissemination should be regulated to promote the effective dissemination of emergency information and improve the efficiency of emergency management work.


This paper briefly introduced the pretreatment technique of wool and ramie roving before spinning.After repetitious testing,it proves that,modified wool fiber by potassium permanganate—repeated treatment can eliminate scratchiness by destroying wool scales without changing the mechanics property.The extension percentage,crystallinity and orientation of ramie fiber are greatly improved after the treatment of alkali-cellulose enzyme treatment,in this way it helps to the spinning processing and serviceability,and it can also be the basis of developing the cool wool/ramie complex yarns for the summer clothing.


Moral judgements are a complex phenomenon that have gained a renewed interest in the research community. Many have proposed explanations for moral judgements, including utilitarian accounts and the Principle of Double Effect. Some also advocate for the critical role of emotional processes like empathy. However, developing a computational model of moral judgements is rare perhaps due in part to the numerous influences on it. We present here a computational model of moral judgements based on moral expectation and the Principle of Double Effect. We then extend this model to provide a plausible explanation for the effect of empathy on these judgements. We evaluate these models using results from recent studies with human participants.


: Introduction: Obesity is an inflammatory condition associated with metabolic alterations. Recent researches suggested that gut microbiota plays a role in its pathogenesis, as obesity has been associated with lower bacterial diversity and higher Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio (F/R ratio) compared to normal‐weight condition. Such alterations can affect metabolite production (mainly short-chain fatty acids) having an impact on inflammatory markers modulation and insulin secretion. Objectives and study : To determine the effect of 4 months 500 mg/day DHA supplementation, combined with dietary and lifestyle intervention, on gut microbiota and biochemical parameters. Methods: Twelve Caucasian obese children (5 males, 7 females), aged 6-14 years (mean age 10 y), were enrolled. Study protocol was approved by the local Ethics Commitee and registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: NCT04151758). Blood and stool samples


Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic. It kills bacteria by inhibiting protein synthesis and to some extent by lysing the cell envelope. Gentamicin is frequently the first choice drug because of its reliability, but also because of the long experience with its use. In combination with β-lactam antibiotics it is recommended for the treatment of sepsis or pneumonia and is active against P. aeruginosa, Enterobacter, Klebsiella and Serratia. However, gentamicin is ototoxic and nephrotoxic. The human mitochondrial genetic variant m.1555A > G has been reported to be an important cause of non-syndromic hereditary hearing dysfunction and may cause permanent hearing loss. Even short courses of gentamicin therapy in healty newborn infants can lead to abnormalities of auditory function. It is active against very resistant bacteria at peak concentrations (> 10 mg/l) that are high enough to be potentially toxic. For safe therapeutic efficacy, peak plasma concentrations of gentamicin should range from 4 to 10 mg/l; but trough concentrations, immediately before a new drug administration, must be lower that 2 mg/L to avoid toxic effects. Pharmacokinetic parameters vary considerably in infants. Half-life ranges from 5.4 to 10.0 hours, clearance 0.50 to 1.71 ml/h/kg and distribution volume from 0.4 to 0.7 l/kg. Preterm infants have a longer half-life than full-term infants. Thus, it is mandatory to monitor gentamicin serum concentrations whenever infants are treated for 48 hours or more.


Let H be a crossed group-cograded Hopf quasigroup. We first introduce the notion of p-Yetter–Drinfeld quasimodule over H. If the antipode of H is bijective, we show that the category YDQ(H) of Yetter–Drinfeld quasimodules over H is a crossed category, and the subcategory YD(H) of Yetter–Drinfeld modules is a braided crossed category.


IN THE past 12 months I examined six patients who had injuries to the accessory nerve secondary to minor surgical procedures carried out in the posterior cervical triangle. In only two of the six patients did the referring physician recognize the existing trapezius paralysis or appreciate how disabling this paralysis may be. As pointed out by Norden,1Wulff,2and Hanford,3the accessory nerve is extremely vulnerable to injury, since it traverses the posterior cervical triangle from the posterior edge of the sternomastoid muscle to its entrance into the superior edge of the trapezius. The nerve trunk is small and lies rather superficially beneath the skin. The operator rarely recognizes that it has been injured in the course of minor surgical procedures. It is probable that this complication occurs much more frequently than seems apparent by perusal of the surgical literature. Norden reported 16 cases in which paresis


[Purpose] To evaluate the clinical effect of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and cool-tip radiofrequency ablation(RFA) in the treatment for arteriovenous shunting in hepatocellular carcinomas. [Methods] Twenty-five cases with primary hepatocellular carcinoma complicated with arteriovenous shunting were treated with TACE and RFA, and received CT and DSA examination after 1 month. [Results] The arteriovenous shuntings were still existed and the flow rates were not changed in 13 cases with rapid flow rate. In 5 cases with middle flow rate the arteriovenous shuntings were decreased, and in 7 cases with tardo flow rate the arteriovenous shuntings were disappeared. [Conclusions] Combination of TACE and cool-tip RFA in treating the primary hepatocelluar carcinoma complicated with arteriovenous shunting has definite therapeutic effect for tardo flow rate arteriovenous shunting. It is helpful for middle flow rate, but useless for rapid flow rate.


Pe rf o rm a n c e R e s e a r c h 1 5 ( 1 ) , p p . 9 0 9 9 © Ta y l o r & F ra n c i s L td 2 01 0 D O I : 1 0 . 1 0 8 0 / 1 3 5 2 8 1 6 5 . 2 0 1 0 . 4 8 5 7 6 8 The historical material in this paper has undergone a possibly unusual transversality. The reader will therefore find numerous references that are chronologically and spatially quite separate: a Jesuit procession in the Lisbon of the 1500s; the evocation of the miraculous transmutation of worms into precious pearls; a performance by Marina Abramović and a 'partition' by Gina Pane, both from the 1970s; and, from the twenty-first century, a Stelarc and Sellars installation. This apparent jumble of references (coming up in the text out of chronological sequence) is deliberate. In fact, this procedure has been adopted precisely to re-connect practices distanced in time and space. The aim is not to show any kind of historical repetition but rather to underline the complexity of cultural manifestations, establishing analogies and dissonances. Two principal ideas lay the foundations: firstly, the notion that culture is performance rather than text; secondly, the belief in the centrality of the body. The body is a repertory of infinite possibilities, including those of the refutation (or incorporation) of cultures and history. The body can be celebrated as unity, but the body as fragment is also one of the possible configurations of its potentiality.To the flyer declaration, 'My body is a temple'1, we could add that the fragment of my body is sacred. And this is the performative arc connecting martyr to relic, which is linked to the container or reliquary. F R O M M A R T Y R D O M T O R E L I Q U A R Y


The article considers theoretical and methodological aspects of pedagogy as an independent science in the procedural and descriptive context of the phenomenon "pedagogy the art" on the example of artistic expression. On the basis of multidimensional scientific definitions the essential meaning of pedagogy is proved, which finds activity confirmation in the object and subject of the research. Pragmatic goals of education as a social and pedagogical process demonstrate the need for the formation of moral space of the XXI century Russia, which is an axiological component of pedagogy as science and art. The author's analysis of the fragments of fiction is a classic model of the art of upbringing a pupil's personality on the basis of the humanistic paradigm of education. Simulated educational technology is aimed at preserving the historical moral values, based on the rich native culture.


xls2dta converts Excel files to Stata datasets using import excel. Names for Stata datasets are derived from the names of the Excel files. The program is a convenient tool to import and convert more than one Excel file and/or worksheet at a time.


Recently, Wireless sensor network has become an attractive area of research. It consists of low-cost, low power, and energy-constrained sensors. Those sensors are responsible for monitoring and reporting data to the sink where the user can analyses and takes decisions. There are diverse applications using sensors with different capacities and capabilities. Saving energy and extending the wireless sensor network lifetime involve excessive challenges and defies. In this paper, we propose a new protocol for Wireless Heterogeneous Sensor Networks called ''The Efficient Routing Protocol based on Bi-Partitioning" ERPbBiP. This protocol uses and adapts the spectral graph theory in Unbalanced Graph in order to divide the network such that each cluster contains the highest inter-correlated sensors. Simulation results show that our protocol enlarges the network lifetime and performances results compared to the SEP and DCF protocols.