'Mental anxiety may, perhaps, be considered the most powerful enemy to the duration of human life, and, next to it, defective nutriment, whether in quantity or quality. But after these, no other cause, at least in modern times, appears to have inflicted so great an amount of evil upon the human race as defective Ventilation. ...' Thus wrote Dr. D. Boswell Reid in the preface to his ' Illustrations of Theory and Practice of Ventilation.' Reid's book was published just one hundred years ago, but to-day many would still subscribe to his estimate of the great hygienic importance of ventilation. Ventilation was defined by Reid as connoting the due appropriate supply of air to any apartment. He was mainly concerned with the quantities of fresh air that were necessary, and with the methods by which that air could be supplied; but he had much to say about the chemical and physical properties of the air. He emphasized the need for maintaining adequate warmth, and made pertinent observations concerning the importance of taking air movement into account. Many of the principles clearly enunciated by Reid have been verified or rediscovered by experimenters during the past thirty years. Ventilation is an important branch of industrial hygiene, and it is fitting that in this first year of publication of a new Journal devoted to industrial medicine, which also marks the centenary of the publication of Reid's classic work, tribute should be paid to that great pioneer of the science of ventilation. As Reid remarked: 'Ventilation need not be expected where food, fuel, and clothing are deficient. Heat is still more essential to the human frame than fresh air. . . .' Man can tolerate an impure atmosphere for long periods, but prolonged exposure to extremes of temperature is likely to lead to acute ill-effects. The amount of fresh air that can be endured indoors during cold weather is dependent on the adequacy of the heating installation. If insufficient provision is made for warming a building ventilation will be restricted during cold weather. In designing a heating system, the engineer must take into account the amount of fresh air that is to be admitted. Heating and ventilation are indissolubly connected, and they must always be considered together.


Ground penetrating radar is a type of equipment of probing the subsurface interface,which is used to control the lining structure quality.It is characterized by comprehensiveness、rapidity、flexibility and accurately find out the hidden danger,exact location and size.The paper elaborate the basic theory and procession ways applied in this field and introduce image and their feature of all kinds of hidden danger by means of practical project illustrations.


Abstract Th e aim of this study was to determine the forms of tort committed by foreign direct investment companies which engaged in the field of fisheries in Indonesia. Fisheries in Indonesia has been 100 percent controlled by a foreign direct investor company. Ironically, many those companies committed unlawful act. This study was a normative legal research using legislation approached. The data was secondary one. The collection of those data through the library research, then analyzed qualitatively. An unlawful act committed by foreign direct investment company were: the legal status of companies that do not turn into foreign direct invesment company, a fictitious company, they were not building fish proccessing units, fishing gear that does not fit, transiphment, and violations of fishing ground. This act led to over fishing in some areas of Indonesia fisheries management. Keywords: unlawful act, foreign direct investment company, fisheries. Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bentuk-bentuk perbuatan melawan hukum yang dilakukan oleh perusahaan penanam modal asing (PMA) yang bergerak di bidang perikanan di Indonesia. Usaha penangkapan ikan di Indonesia 100 persen dikuasai oleh perusahaan penanam modal asing. Namun ironisnya, banyak penanam modal asing yang melakukan perbuatan melawan hukum. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian hukum normatif dengan menggunakan pendekatan penelitian perundang-undangan. Data yang digunakan adalah data sekunder. Pengumpulan data sekunder dilakukan melalui bahan kepustakaan, selanjutnya dianalisis secara kualitatif. Perbuatan melawan hukum yang dilakukan perusahaan penanam modal asing adalah: status hukum perusahaan yang tidak berubah menjadi PMA, perusahaan fiktif, tidak membangun UPI, alat tangkap ikan yang tidak sesuai, transiphment, dan pelanggaran fishing ground . Perbuatan ini menyebabkan terjadinya over fishing di beberapa wilayah pengelolaan perikanan Indonesia. Kata kunci : perbuatan melawan hukum, penanaman modal asing, usaha perikanan.


The crystal and molecular structure of N-(4-bromobenzyl)isoquinolinium 4-dithiocarboxylate, a novel adduct of N-(4-bromobenzyl)isoquinolinium bromide with carbon disulphide, has been determined. The crystals are triclinic, space group P1, with two molecules of the adduct, and two dimethylformamide molecules of crystallization per unit cell. Cell dimensions are a--8"435 (17), b= 10.880 (21), c= 12.870 (25)~, ~= 113.18 (8), fl= 111.44 (8), y=83-33 (9). The structure was determined by Patterson and heavy atom methods, and refined to a residual of 8.5 % for reflections with I> 2a(1). The dithiocarboxylate group, which is planar, is inclined at 71-6 ° to the isoquinolinium ring system, and has carbon-sulphur bond lengths of 1"693 (10)A and 1.649 (10)~. The dimethylformamide molecule is also planar. The dihedral angle between the isoquinolinium and bromobenzyl ring planes is 108-5 °.


Introduction: Paternal postnatal depression has significant negative consequences for the family and child. Still, only little attention has been paid to potential unique risk factors of depression in fathers and the theoretical grounding of such research is sparse. Method: This study examined prenatal risk factors derived from three theoretical models: the cognitive vulnerability-stress model, the interpersonal model, and the gender role risk model of paternal postnatal depression. The sample consisted of 211 expectant fathers, of whom 5.7% scored above the clinical cut-off on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, and 235 mothers were included as a reference group. Participants filled in questionnaires during pregnancy and four months postpartum. Results: The study results suggest that prenatal depressive score is the strongest risk factor for both paternal and maternal postnatal depressive symptoms. In addition, childhood separation from parents, unemployment, financial strain, and doubts about having the child were unique risk factors for paternal depressive symptoms, while lower marital satisfaction was a unique risk factor for maternal depression. Discussion: These findings highlight that beyond the strong role of prenatal depressive symptoms for both genders, specific risk factors for father depression exist. This may be informative to health care professionals in increasing the reach and prevention of depression in new fathers.


Sexual dimorphisms are evident along the nephron: Females (F) exhibit higher ratios of renal distal to proximal Na+ transporters' abundance, greater lithium clearance (CLi) more rapid natriuresis in response to saline infusion and lower plasma [K+] vs. males (M). During angiotensin II infusion hypertension (AngII‐HTN) M exhibit distal Na+ transporter activation, lower proximal and medullary loop transporters, blunted natriuresis in response to saline load, and reduced plasma [K+]. This study aimed to determine whether responses of F to AngII‐HTN mimicked those in M or were impacted by sexual dimorphisms evident at baseline.


The analysis of the measurement of KS lifetime at KLOE from about 18 million of KS ! π + π − decay events is presented in this note. The sample used in this analysis has been collected at KLOE in 2004 (about 1/4 of the full statistic). This measurement requires a large amount of statistics because time resolution is almost of the same order of KS lifetime value (� 0.3 τS). Lifetime is obtained via a fit to the proper time distribution giving τS = (89.562 ± 0.029stat ± 0.043syst)ps, in agreement with the most recent measurements. We also make a measurement of KS lifetime for different directions in galactic coordinates, as a test of time isotropy.


Baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) is a valuable autonomic nervous system marker, and previous many reports have suggested that BRS is impaired in cardiovascular diseases. We have demonstrated that reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), a vasomotor center in the brainstem, contributes mainly to sympathoexcitation leading to hypertension.


By using the idea of IEM as the tenet and taking the World Natural Heritage sites program and Nature Reserve function zoning of Fengtongzhai as the main basis,this study aimed to work out the planning act of Baoxing demonstration plot.Based on the Main Function Regional Planning,the theme ecological function areas were marked out with the guide of ecological function regionalization methods.Also the management and construction modes were discussed by taking the eco-agriculture construction as the point.


This article began with an introduction which gave the theoretical background by high- lighting epideictic as an aspect of rhetoric that was suitable for the analysis of the character of Papa in Adichie?s Purple Hibiscus. For a better understanding of the contribution of rhetoric to literary studies, the study explored the nexus between language, rhetoric, and literature. The study observed that these three disciplines were concerned with communication. Furthermore, the study carried out the analysis of the attractive qualities possessed by Papa that could be praise-worthy followed by the discussion of his unattractive qualities that could be blame-worthy. Based on the above discussion, the study found out that fanaticism and dogmatism were not good qualities of a Christian. Furthermore, the study discovered that use of tyranny and imposition of social restriction should be discouraged in family affairs. Finally, the novel is Adichie?s angry denunciation of religious intolerance in Nigeria.


In order to determine genetic gain for some quantitative traits in alfalfa ecotypes an experiment was conducted during cropping seasons of 2001-2007 at East Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Tabriz, Iran. Twenty nine native ecotypes collected from northwest of Iran and an improved variety were used in a polycross nursery. A randomized complete block design was used with 12 replications to ensure the random mating in the polycross nursery. The 30 half-sib families resulted from polycross nursery were planted individually in pots and 30 day old seedlings transplanted in the field and various traits were measured for three cropping seasons in a polycross test. The results of data analysis showed large variations among ecotypes for the traits studied. This indicates that successful selection for desired traits among their progenies is possible. Based on general combining ability, especially for fresh and dry yield, several ecotypes, including 'Satellou', 'Gara-yonje', 'Almard', 'Legan', 'Baftan', 'Khaje', 'Sivan', 'Ilan jouj', 'Dizaj Safar Ali', 'Khosrovang' and 'Garababa' were selected as promising parents for developing synthetic variety. The narrow–sense heritability values for fresh yield, dry matter, plant height, fresh leaf to stem and dry leaf to stem ratios were about 60%, 59%, 50%, 11% and 19%, respectively. Using selection intensity of 30%, an increase in fresh yield and dry matter yields were estimated to be 3.2 and 1.58 t/ha, respectively.


Uptake and depuration of three differently functionalized zinc oxide nanoparticles to Daphnia magna During the last couple of years the use of nanoparticles (NP) has dramatically increased. Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NP) have a wide range of applications e.g. in personal care products, paints and semi conductors. However, few studies have so far investigated the ecotoxicity of ZnO NP and to our knowledge the bioaccumulation behavior in regards to difference in functionalization of ZnO NP has not been studied previously. In this study, experiments with the crustacean Daphnia magna was carried out to test if the changes in lipophilicity of functionalized ZnO NP would respectively increase or decrease the bioaccumulation compared to ZnO NP. The experiments were based on ISO 6341 Daphnia immobilization test and bioaccumulation studies with Daphnia magna including a 24h uptake and 24h depuration phase. The tested ZnO NP was of same primary size (35 nm) but with different functionalizations (ZnO, ZnO-OH, ZnO-C8H17). Characterization included ICP-MS, DLS, BET and TEM. Preliminary results show a fast uptake of ZnO NP (k1=0.11 h-1) and fast depuration (k2=-0.23). In contrast, ZnO-OH did not show significant uptake compared to control. The poster will focus on trends in uptake and depuration of NP with changes of functionalization in terms of lipophilicity compared to non-functionalized ZnO.


Multi object tracking (MOT) is a key research technology in the environment sensing system of automatic driving, which is very important to driving safety. Online multi object tracking needs to accurately extend the trajectory of multiple objects without using future frame information, so it will face greater challenges. Most of the existing online MOT methods are anchor-based detectors, which have many misdetections and missed detection problems, and have a poor effect on the trajectory extension of adjacent object objects when they are occluded and overlapped. In this paper, we propose a discrimination learning online tracker that can effectively solve the occlusion problem based on an anchor-free detector. This method uses the different weight characteristics of the object when the occlusion occurs and realizes the extension of the competition trajectory through the discrimination module to prevent the ID-switch problem. In the experimental part, we compared the algorithm with other trackers on two public benchmark datasets, MOT16 and MOT17, and proved that our algorithm has achieved state-of-the-art performance, and conducted a qualitative analysis on the convincing autonomous driving dataset KITTI.


This paper contributes to the discussion on best practices for the syntactic analysis of non-canonical language, focusing on Twitter microtext. We present an annotation experiment where we test an existing POS tagset, the Stuttgart-Tubingen Tagset (STTS), with respect to its applicability for annotating new text from the social media, in particular from Twitter microblogs. We discuss different tagset extensions proposed in the literature and test our extended tagset on a set of 506 tweets (7.418 tokens) where we achieve an inter-annotator agreement for two human annotators in the range of 92.7 to 94.4 (k). Our error analysis shows that especially the annotation of Twitterspecific phenomena such as hashtags and at-mentions causes disagreements between the human annotators. Following up on this, we provide a discussion of the different uses of the @- and #-marker in Twitter and argue against analysing both on the POS level by means of an at-mention or hashtag label. Instead, we sketch a syntactic analysis which describes these phenomena by means of syntactic categories and grammatical functions.


In order to assess canine leishmaniasis prevalence rate in Enfidha area, considered to be the most important kala-azar focus in Sousse Governorate, a serological survey was carried out in 6 localities. 265 sera were examined by DAT and IFAT. 16 (6.03%) showed positive results for anti-leishmania antibodies with significant variations according to the locality. A fairly DAT-IFAT good correlation was observed.


The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the weight values of key factors in a manager's leadership skills that affect job performance in the listed IC Design Houses in Taiwan. The research subjects are three of the typically listed IC design houses in Taiwan. This paper adopts Analytic Network Process (ANP) to analyze the relevance of each criterion, and to identify the important factors of each criterion and the priority ranking of their weights. Research findings show that, in the "leadership ability" sub-dimension that affects the managerial job performance in the listed IC design houses in Taiwan, both the weights from academic scholars' perspective and industry operators' perspective are over 0.1. This shows that both scholars and operators believe that innovative creativity, leadership appeal, and the ability to manage time are three of the most important indicators affecting leadership ability. Although operators' perspectives on the weights of the above mentioned three indicators are different from the scholars', the difference arises because scholars take on a theoretical viewpoint, believing that innovative creativity impacts leadership ability the most, while operators take on a more practical view, believing that leadership appeal impacts leadership ability the most, then in turn, affects job performance. The analytical findings of this stage can serve as a reference for decision-makers of the listed IC design houses in Taiwan to use in talent selection.


Social capital theory, recent developments in the theory of identity and a small econometric literature all suggest positive attainment effects from faith schooling. To test this hypothesis, the authors use a unique data set on Flemish secondary school students from the 1999 repeat of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study to estimate an education production function. The results suggest modest attainment benefits in mathematics when schools are influenced by faith communities but not when they are influenced by trade unions or business groups. The authors estimate models with exogenous and endogenous switching to investigate the robustness of this result to school selection policy and parental/student self-selection. These additional results not only suggest that the positive attainment effects of faith schooling do not reflect selection bias but also provide evidence suggesting that such attainment effects reflect forms of social capital that are more readily available in faith schools than in non-faith schools. However, the limitations of social capital theory and evidence caution against radical policy conclusions.


This thesis is the partial result of an attempt to reach a basis upon which design decisions can be made where they concern history in architecture. It deals broadly with the Modem and Postmodern movements and what has become known as the body of eclectic sentiment. It does not try to codify into a set of hard and fast rules any principles about when and how to apply certain theoretical dogmas but, rather, tries to find a method of discovering how to formulate a design or philosophical stance, with regard to a specific project, to which the architect can ethically adhere. As a test case, my exploration included the design of the J. Hobart Bell Memorial School of Architecture and Resident College at The University of Virginia. This project, juxtaposed with one of the greatest eclectic (historicist) works in our hemisphere, provides an opportunity to examine some modem ideas concerning history in architecture in relation to one that has influenced U.S. architecture for over 150 years. Thesis Advisor: Bill Hubbard, Jr. Title: Associate Professor of Architecture


The invention relates to a gas meter, comprising a meter housing having a gas inlet having an associated connection piece for a gas supply pipe and a gas outlet having an associated connector piece for a gas discharge pipe, wherein the meter housing (2) is a diaphragm gas meter housing, in which a measuring device (12) comprising a housing (13) having an integrated microthermal flow measuring sensor (20) is arranged at the gas outlet (11). The housing (13) is connected in a gas-tight manner to the outlet-side connection piece (10) or to the meter housing (2) in the region of the gas outlet (11).


OBJECTIVE:
To identify the risk factors and relationship between type 2 diabetes mellitus and depression.
INTRODUCTION:
People with type 2 diabetes compared to those without have double the chance to develop depression 1. Diabetes leads to depression or vice versa, remains an unsolved puzzle. Although association between Diabetes and Depression have been declared since many years but there is no definite answer to the chicken and egg dilemma, to make it less complicated a few researchers have labeled the link between the two to be bidirectional2 . Diabetes and depression have become common and the complications they bring along together leave deep psychological and physical imprints on their victims leading to functional limitation, poor quality of life and raised mortality rate.
METHODOLOGY:
The study was conducted at Ziauddin University Hospital over a period of six months, it is a cross sectional study.  Sample size of 100 was taken. A questionnaire was designed that evaluated age, gender, co morbids, occupation, marital status, compliance, education, weight and HbA1c levels of participants. SRQ 20 depression scale was used to diagnose depression. Data was entered and analyzed by version 20 of SPSS.
RESULTS:
Different demographic and social variables were assessed in this study. 36.5% patients out of the total sample were depressed.  The highest number of depressed people was found among elderly participants >60 years of age. 22 males and more than double i.e. 51 females were depressed. Obese patients (BMI>30) were found to have poor glycemic control. Illiteracy contributed to 48% (N=36) of the total depressed. The un-employed had two times more chance to develop depression as compared to participants who were employed. It was noticed that depression prevailed more among diabetic patients belonging to lower socioeconomic class. Marital status was highly significant in causing depression. P value= 0.001. Only 27% (34 out of 126) diabetic patients developed depression in the absence of any complications and 73% remained un depressed. Religious beliefs seemed to play a vital role in reduction of depressive symptoms.
CONCLUSION:
Research suggests that co-morbid diabetes and depression is not a rare finding. Risk factors must be ruled out and the chances to develop depression should be identified at an earlier stage before complications worsen the condition. No more depression should go un-recognized and hence un treated in type 2 DM patients.
KEY WORDS: Depression, type 2 diabetes mellitus, risk factors


We propose a bimolecular approach for G-quadruplex alkylation, using a pro-reactive furan-containing ligand, activated by red-light irradiation of a proximate G4-binding photosensitizer. G4- over dsDNA alkylation can be achieved selectively and proves high-yielding at low ligand excess. HPLC and modelling studies allowed identifying potential residues involved in the alkylation.


The anisotropic transport properties of K0.8Fe1.65Se2 crystal have been investigated with the angle θ (between the magnetic field H and c-axis) varied from 0° to 180°. It is found that the angle dependencies of the mixed state resistivities near Tc0 show a small anomalous peak on the resistive valley for H//ab, probably due to the kinked vortex structure with a lower pinning energy in the phase-separated crystal. In the normal state, the resistivities increase with increasing angles and take a maximum at H//ab, which may be related to the larger resistivity when carriers move along the c-axis driven by Lorentz force.


Paper includes results of an empirical survey of legal professionals who specialise in property law and surveyors, both of whom are involved with commercial lease renewal work. The survey investigates whether there is any appetite amongst these professionals for abolishing the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Part II or alternatively for reform of the same. The results are analysed and recommendations made by the authors.


FIELD: engines and pumps. SUBSTANCE: invention can be used in internal combustion engines. Engine (10) comprises crankshaft (16), compression piston (20) fitted in compression cylinder (12), expansion piston (30) fitted in expansion cylinder (14) and adapter channel (22). Compression piston (20) reciprocates at intake and compression strokes at one revolution of crankshaft (16). Expansion piston (30) reciprocates at expansion and discharge strokes at one revolution of crankshaft (16). Adapter channel (22) communicates compression and expansion cylinders (12), (14) and comprises expansion valve (26). Engine (10) runs in ignition mode (EF mode) and features residual expansion at closure of valve (26) making 10 to 1, or higher. Invention discloses the engine operation. EFFECT: decreased harmful emissions. 12 cl, 14 dwg


A method is proposed for indicating proper environmental conditions for fungus development in specification tests of materials in "tropical chambers."


The vital bone marking by oxytetracycline was used for investigation of the periodicity of growth layers formation in Varanus griseus bones. The experiment was conducted in the vicinity of the Kyzylkum Natural Preserve (Western Kyzylkum desert). Oxytetracycline in salt solution was injected intramuscularly in desert monitor's femur with dosage: 15–20 mg/kg of body weight. Eight marked specimens were caught in a year after the injection. The tetracycline labels were seen in ultra-violet light in cross ground sections of distal part of phalanges of all the lizards. The experiment (1) revealed great differences in the time of the beginning of growth after hibernation; (2) confirmed the annual pattern of growth layers formation in the bone of Varanus griseus ; and (3) demonstrated individual variability of annual bone increments in specimens of the same age.


Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) are widely used in such fields as image recognition, object detection and image segmentation. These application scenarios have high requirements on real-time data processing capabilities. With the advantages of good flexibility, strong parallel processing ability and low power consumption, Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is very suitable as a hardware platform for processing CNN. Based on the CNN model Lenet-5, this study will explore the high-performance implementation methods for using CNN in image recognition, and further design and implement a CNN hardware accelerator IP core based on FPGA. First, it uses Pytorch to train the network model and extract the weight parameters; then, it uses C language in the Xilinx High-level Synthesis (HLS) to model the forward inference structure of the CNN. The model designed is then optimized with different optimization strategies, including storage structure optimization, pipeline optimization and fixed-point quantization, so as to improve the performance of the hardware accelerator. Finally, the optimized design model is converted into a hardware accelerator through HLS. The experimental results demonstrate that the implementation performance of the CNN accelerator with different optimization strategies can be greatly improved, and it can meet the requirements of high-real-time application scenarios of CNN.


count for the allegory; 'we must expect another attack from the same quarter as before'; that is, from Myrsilus. I think that I can support 'vax^pw from independent evidence. A gloss in Hesychius runs: axepov Kvpa iroi/ju>v Afiepias. 'A ready wave' is nonsense, but nothing could be easier to correct: Kvp,a hr6\ievov. Gf. KVfiara . . . fSdvr' eirtdvra re Soph. 7V. 114—15, OdXaacrav . . . enumo^iAvr]v Thuc. iii. 89 fin. (slightly different sense). The word is a vox nihili, a 'ghost' word, but it must have arisen somehow; and whence but hence? Hesychius or his source had found TO) irpoTcpco (or Ttoi Trporepcoi) crxtpov. In one way and another I have accounted for all my letters. But Amelias? Who on earth was he? What ancient grammarian recorded the Xifas of such nobodies? I think he was of the same mixed genre as Themis, Minos, Auleas, and Epiconcylus; I see him as M.\Kevaur, from a scholarly jotting in small uncial abbreviations, AAK<AIOC>6N AIC<MATI> (but before loss of one letter AICM<ATI». Nobody else will believe this paragraph, but it is not essential; I pin my faith on all the preceding. A. Y. CAMPBELL Cambridge


This is a story about how an Open Journal Systems-based library publishing service tried (and failed) to implement XML in one of its publications. We ran a small project to look at how journals we support could develop a JATS XML-based publishing workflow using existing open software tools. Introduction Septentrio Academic Publishing is a library-run service at UiT The Arctic University of Norway that publishes open access journals on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.1 Septentrio has always strived to optimize its journals for the digital format, by looking at issues such as screen-friendly PDF layout, long-term archiving, and visibility in the open access infrastructure through journal indexing and permanent identifiers. If you only publish journal articles in human-readable formats, like PDF, you are likely to be missing valuable indexing opportunities. JATS-compliant XML is increasingly the standard indexing format. Publishing articles in XML format has long been a discussion in the Septentrio team because of XML's benefits and advantages. However, limited resources of the service have prevented the team from bringing the plans to fruition. When the University Library decided to publish an issue of the Septentrio-series Ravnetrykk dedicated to Stein Høydalsvik, the Septentrio team thought: how about publishing this issue in the XML format? Stein coordinated the Septentrio service for a number of years and it would be a nice tribute to Stein if Septentrio's first XML experience was an issue dedicated to him. 1 OJS was released by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) in 2001 and is, according to PKP, "the most widely used open source journal publishing platform in existence" (https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/). UiT goes open: Et festlig skrift til Stein Høydalsvik


Abstract In the fabrication of low-cost solar cells one has often to contend with finite series and shunt resistances. These tend to give misleading values of the junction capacitance as measured with an ordinary bridge. The problem is discussed analytically and graphical plots are given for determination of the true values from the measured ones. Practical use of these plots is discussed and illustrated with the help of experiments on thin-film Cu2S-CdS solar cells.


The invention relates to a continuous method of synthesizing a modified diene elastomer comprising at least one silicon atom directly bonded to the elastomeric string, comprising: a) a polymerization step by means of n r1 to rn reactors, equipped with an internal agitation system, assumed perfectly stirred, arranged in series, n varying from 2 to 15, preferably 2 to 9, r1 reactor being supplied with an input solution comprising a solvent, one or more monomers, a anionic polymerization initiator selected from lithium amides and a polar agent, the mass conversion C1 in the first reactor is less than 70%, the total mass conversion Cn to the output of rn reactor being greater than or equal to 70%, b) a modifying step of the living diene elastomer obtained in the preceding step by means of a functionalizing agent, coupling or starring.


The high temperature constitutive equation of boron steel sheet can describe the relationship of the thermodynamic parameters on the hot forming process of boron steel sheet. It can reflect the relationship between flow stress and strain, the temperature and strain rate, and is indispensable in the forming simulation of hot stamping forming process. In this paper, around the ultra-high-strength boron steel sheet 22MnB5, conduct thermodynamic tensile test on it. And the high-temperature constitutive equation of the high-strength steel sheet under the high-temperature austenite state is established according to the deformation theory. Finally, it is confirmed that the improved Norton-Hoff constitutive equation fitted with the experimental results is in good agreement with the flow stress relationship of boron steel 22MnB5.


OBJECTIVE To observe the effect of palatoplasty on middle ear function and hearing and to provide references for appropriate trentment of cleft palate children with hearing problems. METHODS 197 children with cleft palate were divided into the younger age group(3-7 years old) and the older age group(8-12 years old). Tympanic membrane and pharyngeal ostium of eustachian tube were inspected under otoendoscope,audiometric and tympanometry tests were conducted preoperatively and 6 months after operation.RESULTS There was a higher incidence of irreversible middle ear pathological changes like atrophy, calcification etc in the younger group. The nasopharynx infection was found more often in this group. Great improvement on the hearing threshold and tympanogram were found in the younger group after operation.CONCLUSiON Palate repair could decrease the opportunity of nasopharynx infection and will be beneficial for improving the middle ear function and hearing level. We suggest that cleft palate be repaired at an early stage in cleft palate children with the participation of otogolic doctors.


High-performance polymeric membrane technology is rapidly developing
 worldwide with the introduction of new materials and processes. Considerable
 research efforts are being made to establish a polymer membrane that can be
 used for ultrafiltration (UF) or nanofiltration (NF) applications. The
 development of modified polyamide-66 polymer and its compatibility in
 wastewater are essential elements in the quest for advances and improvements
 in membrane technology. The optimized conditions for membrane synthesis are
 critical in making it commercially viable. Response Surface Methodology
 (RSM) was used to find the optimum dissolution of polyamide-66 in formic
 acid. A model was developed and validated with experimental data, and it
 showed good agreement with R2 0.9984. The optimized condition for minimizing
 viscosity was determined. For minimum viscosity (3.64cp), the optimum
 temperature and wt.% were 20?C and 0.6, respectively.


Regulations concerning digital payment systems, including mobile money, are being discussed in Latin American countries at the moment. The need to develop a legal framework comes from three main sources: first, there is great concern about the financial risk connected to these kind of operations; second, the need to control the compliance of regulations regarding money laundering and terrorism financing; last, the need to protect consumers from fraud on behalf of the system administration and also the need to protect personal private data. We describe hereby, the main features of mobile payment systems in Ecuador and Brazil, comparing them with the successful experience in Kenya. While Kenya opted for a light regulation which helps to promote the expansion of m-payments in a non-banking framework, Ecuador chose a State-controlled framework, while Brazil is defining its mobile money system within the banking system. Finally, we show some hints for debate, with a comparison between cash, e-money and m-money.


The author studied the literacy practices and perceptions of vocational educators, interviewing and observing them extensively for seven years. The vocational teachers used just as many texts as academic teachers, but used them differently—and although they used complex technical manuals, trade publications, schematics, diagrams, graphic representations, special interest magazines, newspapers, legal documents, safety codes, and Internet resources for specific purposes, the majority of vocational teachers claimed that they were not good readers.

The findings of this study show that vocational educators employ literacy practices in their classrooms that mirror the best documented strategies of teaching reading in the content areas.


The anti‐programmed death‐ligand 1 antibody atezolizumab and vascular endothelial growth factor‐neutralizing antibody bevacizumab in combination (Atezo + Bev) have become the first‐line therapy in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Distinct types of tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) and their associations with specific molecular subclasses and driver gene mutations have been identified in HCC; however, these insights are mainly based on surgically resected early‐stage tumors. The current study aimed to reveal the biology and TIME of advanced HCC and their significance in predicting clinical outcomes of Atezo + Bev therapy.


Previous studies of mixed aged and older adult samples with major depressive disorder (MDD) reported reduced depression response in anxious patients, but a systematic review and analysis has not been performed. Our aim was to determine if anxiety predicts antidepressant response in previously identified placebo‐controlled trials of second generation antidepressants for late‐life depression.


The next generation of leadless pacemakers will require an integrated energy harvester in order to develop a self-sustaining implantable device. An ultra-low frequency energy harvester will allow the device to operate at the resonant frequency of the impulse from the heart (20–30 Hz). This paper reports on the comparison of two piezoelectric MEMS energy harvesters based on an AlN piezoelectric layer with resonant frequencies of 28.5 and 678 Hz. The ultra-low frequency MEMS device operates at the resonant frequency of the heart impulse, and the other device operates off-resonance at higher acceleration. The results demonstrate that peak power densities of ∼ 1 and 0.135 mW cm−3 were experimentally measured for the high and low frequency device respectively. The devices were designed to enhance power by maximizing displacement of the cantilever within a leadless pacemaker capsule.


The objective of the study was to acquire, interpret, and develop information on construction products containing recovered materials and to formulate possible guidelines for promulgation. Seven material categories were considered: iron and steel; aluminum; fly ash; paper; rubber; glass; and plastic. Manufacturing processes for selected construction products were reviewed and the potential for increased utilization of recovered materials were assessed.


The runner system of the injection mould and the injection volume of the injection molding process greatly affect the quality of the produced part. The goal of this paper is the design of the runner system and the prediction of the injection volume for the injection moulding of a housing part of small-size air cleaner to improve the formability through the three-dimensional injection moulding analysis. The effects of the runner system of the mould on the injection moulding characteristics are investigated. From the results of the investigation, a proper design of the runner system with uniform filling characteristics and the minimized defect formation is obtained. In addition, the influence of the moving distance of the screw on filling characteristics, weldline formation and deformation characteristics is examined. From the results of the examination, an appropriate moving distance of the screw for the housing part of small-size air cleaner is estimated.


In the present study, the methods of circular dichroism and UV/Vis spectrophotometry were used to study the influence of urea on the structural transitions i-motif unfolded single strand in cytosine-rich d[3-(CCCAAT)3CCC-5)] region of telomeric DNA (Tel22C) and G-quadruplex unfolded single strand in complementary guanine-rich strand d[5-A(GGGTTA)3GGG-3] (Tel22G) at pH 5.5 and 400 mM Na. Under these conditions, Tel22C and Tel22G were found to form stable i-motif and G-quadruplex structures. It has been shown that urea (0−8 M) destabilizes the i-motif and G-quadruplex structures, but unlike thermal denaturation, it does not destroy the structures completely. The melting processes of G-quadruplex and i-motif are separated in the temperature scale (at any concentration of urea, the melting of the G-quadruplex starts at temperatures where the melting of the i-motif has already been completed).


The step function factor for laminar heat transfer from a disk rotating in uniform forced stream, with its surface temperature changing step-wise was analysed by the profile method based on the energy integral equation. The velocity profile in a laminar boundary layer changes complicatedly by the ratio of axial velocity to rotating one, but it was expressed by a single formula. On the other hand, the temperature profile was assumed by cubic polynomial. The step function factor was numerically obtained by HIPAC 103 electronic computer and then in view of the application of the technique of superposition, an empirical formulation of the step function factor was conducted. Its adequancy was confirmed by comparison with the exact similar solution for the case of the simple quadratic surface temperature distribution as a typical non-isothermal surface. Moreover, for the isothermal disk with an unheated part in center, the mean heat transfer coefficient was obtained by use of the step function factor.


School research is a combination of skills and methods to solve actual problems to brush students activities. Students research is a practice to know an activity which improve the students knowledge and their training. During creating of research projects the students will be interested in the laws of nature, they will be in need of deep knowledge and they will improve their capabilities and they will try to use them to thing logically.


The Women's March on Washington in 2017 was remarkable in its success at bringing together a variety of groups with intersectional identities to mobilize in protest. Just two years later, however, the same movement has faltered in terms of its turnout and organizational support, leading many news outlets to conclude that it had run its course. Despite this stark contrast in outcomes, little to no work has been done to investigate what exactly it was in 2017 that was missing in 2019. This reflects a broader scholarly lacuna vis-a-vis the emergence of intersectional social movements. The central purpose of this paper is, therefore, to answer the following question: what factors determine the emergence of a social movement whose participants have intersectional identities?


Language used in football is different from that used by people in daily conversation. There are specific terms to explain the event that happens in the game. Many registers used in Football Championship can be found especially
in English. In this case, this research analyzes the form, the real meaning, and the equivalence of register usually used in Football register. The type of this research is descriptive qualitative research. The terms analyzed are Football registers used in football championship in Premier League (England). The object of this research is the language used by all participants on the football championship. The data are terms used by all participants in football championship. The data are taken from Internet, Bola Tabloid and some from sport news in television. In collecting the data, the writer browses website in
internet, the writer collects and selects all football terms from football match and internet (football website) and makes notes by choosing and selecting more to
make sure that the data collected are registers used in football championship. Based on data analysis, there are three findings of the answer of problem statements. First, the linguistic forms there are found five of linguistic
forms: letter, compound word, number, word, and phrase. Second, the meaning of football register terms found are the real meaning and the new meaning can share some features of meaning whereas each of them has different meaning (R∞N), the real meaning is broader than the new meaning (R > N), the real meaning and the new meaning is identical to each other (R≈N), the real meaning and the new
meaning is quite different (R ≠ N), the new meaning does not have the real meaning (N). Third, the equivalence of the terms is including the word form, compound word form, and phrase. The equivalence consists of adopting,
borrowing, and equivalence.


In the western tradition, faith and reason stand at opposing poles. My social-scientific training was deeply framed by this polarity. A recent experience, however, caused me to question both it and my own scientific outlook. This was a public engagement with a theologian, about which I'll say more shortly. Through this I've come to a more nuanced view on the faith-reason binary, and am increasingly aware that it is shared by many of the firmly committed modernists who influence my work. The critic Terry Eagleton, for example, draws freely from both worlds to address fundamental human concerns, such as power, language, ideology, hope - and the Irish. Eagleton's recent book, Hope Without Optimism (Yale University Press, 2015), consults religious and secular oracles - Marx, Freud, Benjamin, Aquinas and Augustine, to name a few - as well as many contemporary thinkers from both traditions. Eagleton (as ever) plays a clever game - the book never quite reveals his own position on faith, but it demonstrates with great force the power of theology to illuminate if not resolve human dilemmas. His status as a notable (and for some, notorious) Marxist analyst makes this all the more intriguing and, for me, striking.


Despite decades of research, the triumvirate of surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy—or "slash, burn, and poison"—still remain as the three main pillars of cancer therapy. At one time, apoptosis, programmed cell suicide, instilled great hopes of future therapies that could coerce cancer cells to commit seppuku, but after more than 20 years of research no such approach has made it to the clinic. At another time, RNA interference held great promise to become a fourth pillar of anti‐cancer drugs that were more specific and less toxic than chemotherapy, but it proved much harder than anticipated to deliver these fragile molecules to target sites and persuade cells to take them up. Rational drug design to create molecules that target cancer‐specific proteins has also yielded little progress in terms of new and more efficient drugs.

> … immunotherapy has shown mixed results with great variations in efficacy between patients and cancer types

It was therefore natural that the cancer research field would be skeptical over claims that immunotherapy could become the fourth pillar of treatment even after the first cancer vaccines were approved around 2010. Indeed, the setbacks of some clinical trials reinforced that skepticism. In July 2017, AstraZeneca announced disappointing results for its global Phase III MYSTIC trial of the drug durvalumab either on its own or in combination with standard‐of‐care chemotherapy in previously untreated patients with metastatic non‐small cell lung cancer. In both cases, the treatment failed to improve progression‐free survival over the standard care in patients whose tumors express the protein PD‐L1 (programmed death ligand). PD‐L1 binds to the PD‐1 receptor on activated T cells and thereby inhibits or at least modulates their ability to attack cancer cells.

### Checkpoint inhibitors

PD‐1 is also a so‐called checkpoint protein because it enables the immune system to control the action of T cells by either turning …


In the past two decades, medical and surgical advances have made it possible to transform liver transplantation (LT) from an experimental procedure to a standard treatment for children with end-stage liver disease. Current patient survivals are in excess of 90% at 1–5 yr (1). Although LT in childhood has a negative impact on some aspects of health-related quality of life, after liver transplant most children return to a normal quality of life and catch up or accelerated growth (2). Current opinion believes, and clinical experience demonstrates, that, although the majority of transplanted children enjoy an excellent quality of life, a high number of possible complications can occur (3). Two of the most common complications following liver transplant are rejection and infection, but several others which are related to anti-rejection drug toxicity are observed. These include short-term primary nonfunction, vascular and biliary problems, bowel perforation, hypertension and long-term renal impairment, chronic rejection, de novo autoimmunity, lymphoproliferative disorders, and cancer (4). This article focuses on the occurrence/recurrence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)/non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) after LT. Causes of fatty liver disease in children are different from adults where inherited metabolic disorders are more important and alcohol is less of a problem. Fatty changes in the allograft could be secondary to drug toxicity, or of unknown etiology as in children with progressive familial intrahepatic syndrome type 1, rare donor acquired (undiagnosed at donation) metabolic disorders, and NAFLD or NASH. Interestingly, metabolic disturbance such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and consequent metabolic syndrome, are more common post-transplantation than in the general population, thus increasing the risk of developing NAFLD/NASH (5). In fact, from the first case of de novo post-transplant NAFLD described by Poordad et al. (6) in 2003, several other studies have demonstrated the development of recurrent or de novo NAFLD/NASH after orthotopic LT (7, 8). A retrospective study demonstrates that NAFLD occurs frequently after orthotopic LT in patients with the phenotype of NASH-related cirrhosis (7), whereas there are some cases developing de novo NASH after orthotopic LT (8). These cases exhibit features of the metabolic syndrome and have liver histology consistent with NAFLD/NASH, including a high degree of steatosis, lobular inflammation with neutrophils, ballooning degeneration, Mallory bodies, and fibrosis. The commonly used immunosuppressive medications, such as prednisone, calcineurin inhibitors, could be the potential cause of hypertension and insulin resistance. Most liver transplant centers routinely include the use of steroids as a long-term maintenance therapy. Fortunately, of late this trend is changing because steroids are often associated with numerous liver post-transplant complications (9, 10). The main side effects of steroids that contribute to patient mortality and morbidity after LT are diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, infectious disease, osteoporosis, and others. Among the steroid-dependent side effects one can also include NASH, which occurs after exposure to a high total dosage of glucocorticoids (10). Furthermore, a study on the prevalence of post-transplant NAFLD in patients transplanted for non-NAFLD-related liver diseases demonstrates that steatosis is common in 40% of recipients, significant steatohepatitis or fibrosis is uncommon and, finally, BMI pretransplant and during follow-up was related to post-transplant steatohepatitis (11). Pediatr Transplantation 2008: 12: 611–613 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


until recently the impact of small-scale, high-frequency landslide events on development has not been recognised. Such 'everyday' hazards contribute to an accumulation of risk which compromises livelihoods at community levels, erodes economic growth and indicates systemic lack of resilience (Bull-Kamanga et al ., 2003). Risk accumulation is part of a vicious spiral in which, 'disasters put development at risk... [and] development choices... can generate new disaster risk' (UNDP, 2004: p. 1). Unfortunately current top-down disaster-risk-reduction policies struggle to address the highly localised physical and human drivers of everyday hazards such as urban landslides. Two examples of this disconnection between policy and practice are: the limited delivery of practical interventions on the ground, despite statements that disaster risk reduction is required for sustainable Rapid unplanned urbanisation is driving increasing rainfall-triggered landslide risk in low-income communities in tropical developing countries. Conventional slope stabilisation techniques are often unaffordable and most disaster-risk-reduction funding is currently spent post-disaster. However, experience in the Caribbean has changed local engineering practice and World Bank policy, demonstrating that community-based surface water drainage is affordable and effective in mitigating urban landslides. New evidence presented in this paper identifies specific informal construction practices generating further landslide hazards and bioengineering schemes most effective for landslide mitigation. A dynamic hydrology–slope stability model is used to simulate the factor of safety response of nine slope classes (angle and soil strength) to progressive vegetation removal, slope cutting and loading, for six design storms. The effectiveness of 76 bioengineering schemes for improving stability is modelled. Key recommendations are that deforestation should be limited and slope cutting avoided as cutting is most detrimental to stability. Site-specific


............................................................................................................................. ii Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................... v List of Figures ................................................................................................................... ix List of Equations ............................................................................................................ xvi List of Acronyms: .......................................................................................................... xvii Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 The Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion (TTA-UC) Process.................. 2 1.3 Requirements for TTA-UC .................................................................................... 3 1.4 Electronic Energy transfer ..................................................................................... 4 1.4.1 Oxygen Effect on Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion .......................... 4 1.5 Applications of Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion ............................... 6 1.6 Research Objectives ................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 2: TTA-UC in Dual-acceptor/Single-sensitizer Systems in Different Solution Viscosities............................................................................................................ 9 2.1 Abstract .................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 9 2.3 Experimental ......................................................................................................... 10 2.3.1 Materials and Instruments ................................................................................ 10 2.3.2 Experimental Methods ..................................................................................... 12 2.4 Results and Discussion .......................................................................................... 12


This paper proposes a new subpixel mapping (SPM) method based on multiscale spatial dependence (MSD). At the beginning, it adopts object-based and pixel-based soft classifications to generate the class proportions within each object and each pixel, respectively. Then, the object-scale spatial dependence of land cover classes is extracted from the class proportions of objects, and the combined spatial dependence at both pixel scale and subpixel scale is obtained from the class proportions of pixels. Furthermore, these spatial dependences are fused as the MSD for each subpixel. Last, a linear optimization model on each object is built to determine where the land cover classes spatially distribute within each mixed object at subpixel scales. Three experiments on two synthetic images and a real remote sensing image are carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of MSD. The experimental results show that MSD performed better than four existing SPM methods by generating less isolated classified pixels than those generated by three pixel-based SPM methods and more land cover local details than that generated by an object-based SPM method. Hence, MSD provides a valuable solution to producing land cover maps at subpixel scales.


The kidney has an extraordinary ability to maintain stable fractional solute and fluid reabsorption over a wide range of glomerular filtration rates (GFRs). Internalization of filtered low molecular weight proteins, vitamins, hormones, and other small molecules is mediated by the proximal tubule (PT) multiligand receptors megalin and cubilin. Changes in GFR and the accompanying fluid shear stress (FSS) modulate acute changes in PT ion transport. Therefore, we hypothesized that changes in FSS would also modulate protein uptake. We recently discovered that FSS also modulates apical endocytosis in PT cells via a mechanosensitive pathway regulated by primary cilia. FSS caused a rapid and transient increase in intracellular calcium in cells that preceded the endocytic response. Neither the FSS‐stimulated increase in intracellular calcium or apical endocytosis was observed in deciliated cells. Addition of ATP to the medium rescued both responses, suggesting the involvement of purinergic receptors in the signaling cascade. Both basal and FSS‐stimulated endocytosis were inhibited by inhibitors of clathrin and dynamin. Additionally, treatment of PT cells with small molecule inhibitors of Cdc42 or siRNA mediated knockdown of Cdc42 ablated the FSS‐stimulated increase in endocytosis. Similarly knockdown of N‐WASP which participates in nucleation of branched actin filaments prevented the FSS stimulated endocytic response. Our data suggest that exposure of PT cells to FSS enhances apical clathrin‐mediated endocytosis via an actin‐dependent pathway that is modulated by activation of Cdc42, and N‐WASP. Our work defines a novel mechanism that underlies effective protein retrieval by the kidney.


In this paper, we provide a novel approach to identify failures and defects that occur in the glass interposer of a system-on-package technology-based miniaturized multifunctional camera. First, we use simulations to validate the proposed defect prediction and/or weakness identification techniques. Then, we confirm the predictions using non-destructive failure analysis techniques. Finally, we use the physical analysis techniques to confirm the software failure mode assumptions.


Objective: To analyze potentialities, challenges and limitations of a territory for the construction of health promotion actions based on the perception of psychologists working in a region. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in May 2018 with 15 psychologists working in the territory of the southern region of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Data were collected from four focus groups. Data underwent content analysis and three thematic categories emerged: Potentialities of the territory for health promotion actions; Challenges and limitations to develop health promotion actions in the territory; Health-promoting psychology in the territory. Results: The potentialities were the cultural diversity and the possibility of working through art. The challenges and limitations highlighted were networking and lack of support at work. There is a need for an extended and contextualized work and for constant training. Conclusion: Recognizing the potentiality in the territory involves broadening professionals' horizons at work and creating spaces for subjective and collective production. It also involves recognizing the limitations of the place, which include difficulties in offering and articulating services and the neglect of basic rights within the community. Thus, focus should be placed on continuing training and on the legitimacy of the work in the context of primary care.


The railway fly-over at Lot, was built for the crossing of the high-speed railway line from Brussels to Paris over domestic tracks. Its superstructure consisting of lateral composite girders with steel truss elements bolted to the upper flanges, required geometric compatibility of the composite girders and the truss elements. The influence of a set of parameters was examined. From the recordings of all deformation steps, it was found that the composite girders with high-strength concrete showed little time-dependent deformations.


Abstract : Panic disorder is a debilitating psychiatric illness with an unknown etiology. There are numerous theories for the onset and maintenance of panic disorder, including biologically based and psychologically based models. One popular theory for panic disorder involves classical conditioning, proposing that bodily sensations of arousal elicit panic attacks. Developing a valid animal model of the classical conditioning theory of panic disorder would be a significant contribution to the literature of panic disorder.


The comment questions whether cultural distinctions in the 1960s were as rigidly aligned by class as is sometimes believed. Alan Warde's data from focus groups and questionnaires bring out some fundamental ways in which people think their own taste and that of others – for example, the way they continually emphasize taste being "just personal" (as against being class-based or other group-based judgments). But rather than reflecting any new, more "democratic" tendencies, this may be more revealing of general mechanisms underlying judgments of taste, and incorporating them as parts of personal identity and everyday guides for action and discrimination. The comment suggests interpreting the statements of interviewees in these terms rather than in terms of dichotomic historical comparisons.


A nerve pain retardance device is characterized in that the nerve pain retardance device comprises an electrode slice type system and a suction cup type system, an output end of the electrode slice type system is an electrode patch, and output end of the suction cup type system is a suction cup electrode slice, and the electrode patch of the electrode slice type system and the suction cup electrode slice of the suction cup type system are integrated on a output device. The electrode slice type system and the suction cup type system cooperate with each other in using, and can be suitable for the needs of different patients. At the same time, the suction cup type treatment has certain similarities with the Chinese ancient cupping, reaches the 'cupping' effect to a certain extent, and has a better treatment effect on the patients.


The effect of various products applied as foliar sprays on some fruit quality attributes and leaf nutritional status of the peach cultivar 'Andross' for a three year period is reported. Foliar application of all calcium (Ca) products plus boron (B), did not affect mean fruit weight compared to the control. Application of profical plus calcium phosphite plus power 7-B resulted in an increase of flesh firmness. Low flesh firmness was measured at the potassium nitrate (KNO3) and Chelan-K treatments. Foliar application of all Ca and K products did not alter significantly total soluble solids, total titratable acidity, and length and width of pits in comparison to the control. The highest amount of compact pits (without visual split) for the three year period was measured after foliar application of silene-K. Profical plus calcium phosphite plus power 7-B, and calcium chloride (CaCl2) plus power 7-B gave also good results for the three years. Foliar application of agriphos, chelan-K, silene-K, and KNO3 resulted in an increase of K concentration of leaves compared to the control. Foliar application of CaCl2, bcazin, power-Ca, profical and calcium phosphite plus profical resulted in an increase of Ca concentration of leaves compared to the control for all the years. The efficacy of the foliar sprays varied from year to year indicating the influence of the climatic conditions on tree nutrition.


Sum-of-squares orthogonal F-squares, SOSOFSs, of order n were introduced by Federer (2003a, 2003b ). These SOSOFSs may be used to construct sum-of-squares orthogonal arrays for use in constructing codes and experiment designs. These arrays have varying numbers of symbols in the different rows of the arrays. Here we show how to compute the number of SOSOFSs in a complete set of sum-of-squares orthogonal F squares.


In this paper, a new sample preparation method based on mesoporous carbon reinforced hollow fiber liquid phase microextraction (MC-HF-LPME) was developed for the extraction of some phenylurea herbicides (chlortoluron, isoproturon, monolinuron and buturon) in river water and soil samples prior to high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection. Mesoporous carbon was synthesized using MCM-41 as a template and sucrose as a carbon precursor. The as-prepared mesoporous carbon was characterized by SEM, TEM and nitrogen adsorption. Several important parameters that affect the extraction efficiencies, such as concentration of ordered porous carbon, fiber length, extraction time, sample solution pH, salt addition and stirring rate, were investigated and optimized. Under the optimum conditions, the linearity for buturon was in the range of 0.3–100.0 ng mL−1 and 5.0–300.0 ng g−1 for river water and soil samples, respectively. The linearity for the other three analytes was in the range of 0.2–100.0 ng mL−1 for the river water sample and 2.0–300.0 ng g−1 for the soil sample. The limits of detection (S/N = 3) of the method ranged from 0.05 to 0.1 ng mL−1 for the river water sample and 0.5 to 1.0 ng g−1 for the soil sample. The results indicated that the developed method is a simple, efficient and environmentally friendly method for the extraction and determination of phenylurea herbicides in river water and soil samples.


Ecofeminism is a move emerges among women all over the world from various
professions as the result of the unfairness towards women who are always being myth of
nature. Ecofeminism in Ayu Utami's Saman (1998) novel. Saman novel is analyzed by
using feminist approach. The analysis is done by determining three objects: the first is
describing social background of Indonesian in twentieth century, the second is analyzing
the novel based on the structural elements, and the third is analyzing the issue based on
feminist approach. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. There are two
types of data sources. The primary data sources are Ayu Utami's Saman novel. The
secondary data sources are books, journals, and internet sources related to the study.
Two kinds of data collected through library research, the research analyzed with
descriptive analysis. The researcher pulls the following conclusions. The feminist
awareness upon exploitations to the nature brings them to the action of saving the
environment to create an eco-friendly and women-friendly way of living. The key of this
case is involving and giving empathy to women for their role in the environment.
Therefore it is urgent to understand the local wisdom as a reference by using the
deconstruction of local wisdom to create the reconstruction of a new environmentally
friendly local wisdom


A small or medium-sized tree, about 10 m. high, found wild in the sub-Himalayan tract, from Chenab eastwards to Sarda, and cultivated all over the plains of India. Bark thick, soft, corky, deeply fissured: young parts tomentose; leaves usually tri-pinnate : leaflets elliptic; flowers white, fragrant in large panicles, pods pendulous, greenish, 22.5-50.0 cm. or more in length, triangular, ribbed; seeds trigonous with wings on angles.


The Uruguay Round expanded beyond GATT's traditional mandate of tariff reduction, including its side agreements on services, international property rights, and the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The primary purpose of WTO is to remove barriers to international trade. This article reviews the agreements that the WTO has been empowered to enforce, which include the most-favored-nation principle, nation treatment principle, and the principle of transparency. It also analyses two cases, "The United States' Compliance to the WTO Agreements on Subsidies" and "The United States (US) Vs. European Union (EU) ON Bananas Disputes", to search for any inconsistency in the implementation of the WTO agreements. The detailed investigation to the cases in question concludes that both the US and EU have violated trade agreements embodied in the WTO.


Schlossgartenstr. 7 64289 Darmstadt Tel. + 49 6151-1621475 Fax. + 49 6151-1621483 email: hieber@mathematik. tu-darmstadt.de The thesis presented by Francesco De Anna deals with the analysis of various models arising in the theory of complex fluids. More specifically, the main part of the thesis investigates three models of nematic liquid crystal flow, the Ericksen-Leslie, the Beris-Edwards as well as the Qian-Shen model, whereas the last chapter is dealing with the Boussinesq equations with temperature dependent viscosity. All the systems are studied within the framework of the simplified systems and within the setting of homogeneous Besov spaces on the whole space


This study optimizes furfural production from pentose released in the liquid hydrolysate of hardwood using an aqueous biphasic system. Dilute acid pretreatment with 4% sulfuric acid was conducted to extract pentose from liquid Quercus mongolica hydrolysate. To produce furfural from xylose, a xylose standard solution with the same acid concentration of the liquid hydrolysate and extracting solvent (tetrahydrofuran) were applied to the aqueous biphasic system. A response surface methodology was adopted to optimize furfural production in the aqueous biphasic system. A maximum furfural yield of 72.39% was achieved at optimal conditions as per the RSM; a reaction temperature of 170 °C, reaction time of 120 min, and a xylose concentration of 10 g/L. Tetrahydrofuran, toluene, and dimethyl sulfoxide were evaluated to understand the effects of the solvent on furfural production. Tetrahydrofuran generated the highest furfural yield, while DMSO gave the lowest yield. A furfural yield of 68.20% from pentose was achieved in the liquid hydrolysate of Quercus mongolica under optimal conditions using tetrahydrofuran as the extracting solvent. The aqueous and tetrahydrofuran fractions were separated from the aqueous biphasic solvent by salting out using sodium chloride, and 94.63% of the furfural produced was drawn out through two extractions using tetrahydrofuran.


Abstract A colorimetric method for determining chromic oxide in faeces by automatic chemical analysis is described. The ashed faeces samples are digested with phosphoric and sulphuric acids to bring the chromic oxide into solution. From this stage the analysis is taken over by the AutoAnalyzer, through which determinations are run at the rate of 40 per hr. Duplicate digests are shown to agree to within 2 per cent over a range of 3–12 mg Cr2O3 per g faeces.


e18249Background: Trifluridine/tipiracil (TAS) is a new alternative in metastatic colorectal cancer patients (pts) previously treated with fluoropyrimidines, oxaliplatin and irinotecan. Objective:to analyze patients` perception about difficulty of dosage regimen with TAS, the effectiveness and safety. Methods: Retrospective observational study, including pts treated with TAS during expanded access in Spain. Oncology pharmacists, as integral part of cancer team, provide direct patient care medication therapy review, pharmacotherapy management, disease management, medication safety, dispense the medication and other clinical support that may lead to improved quality and clinical outcomes for cancer patient at the beginning of treatment with TAS. About perception we applied a survey with a numeric rating scale (0-10 integers) with 3 questions: difficulty of dosage at the beginning, at the end of 3rd cycle, and the relevance of the information provided by the oncology pharmacist. Variables studied: sex, age, ...


The purpose of this paper is to prove that wh-scrambling to AgrsP based on adjunction constraint and L-relatedness can solve the problems disclosed in the assumption of covert wh-feature movement and multiple agreement against T in Spec TP. Maki & Ochi's (1998) leftover controversial problem about embedded scope interpretation on wh-scrambling out of finite CP was proved to have only matrix scope under the analysis of the wh-phrase adjunction to AgrsP interrelated with the constraint on adjunction movement. Multiple wh-agreement against single T in Spec TP (Miyagawa 2002) is not good enough to cover Korean multiple wh-phrase construction since the object in Korean is not marked with nominative Case. This multiple wh-feature checking was easily explained in terms of covert wh-phrase adjunction to the higher wh-phrase on Spec AgrsP. Thus the wh-scrambling to multiple Spec was proved to be better than the other assumptions. However, the controversial problem about negative scope over universal quantifier (all) remains to be solved.


Space travel presents many challenges to human health, including
radiation exposure and musculoskeletal disuse. In addition, astronauts lose
calcium from bones due to the uncoupling of bone formation and bone resorption.
Bone forming osteoblasts are derived from undifferentiated MSCs. In this study,
the ability of human adipose tissue derived stem cells (ATSC) to differentiate into
the osteoblastic lineage was examined after radiation exposure as well as
supplementation with osteogenic medium additives. After exposure to ionizing
radiation changes in cellular morphology, cell cycle progression, as well as cellular
radiosensitivity was characterized. Exposure to ionizing radiation resulted in an
accumulation of cells in the G2/M phase of the cell cycle, concerning both cell
lines. Alizarin Red S staining as well as quantitative determination of bone cell
differentiation was performed by analyzing the hydroxyapatite content of the ECM.
The results demonstrated LW24 deposited less calcium compared to SAOS-2.
Additionally, gene expression analysis during differentiation process revealed
expression of genes that are required for skeletal development, bone mineral
metabolism and transcription factors. Detailed investigation of stem cell
differentiation after radiation exposure is required to assure health of astronauts in
upcoming space missions.


Objective: Computer tomography (CT) involves ionizing X-irradiation which can cause DNA damage from free radicals. CT use has risen dramatically due to its high speed and diagnostic value but it leads to an estimated lifetime cancer risk of up to 4% with highest risk for children. Double strand breaks, the most serious DNA damage caused by X-rays and other types of ionizing radiation, leads to histone H2AX phosphorylation which causes recruitment of repair proteins to DNA damage sites. γH2AX foci therefore represent quantitatively double strand breaks and can be assayed by a fluorescent immunostaining procedure. This γH2AX assay has been shown to be useful as a reliable biodosimeter for X-irradiation in vitro, in animals, and in adults. Recently also children who received cardiac catheterization procedures involving fluoroscopy with intermediate X-irradiation doses showed a dose response in this assay. We tested whether the γH2AX assay can detect changes when children receive X-irradiation at very low doses ( Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2012 Mar 31-Apr 4; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2012;72(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 4347. doi:1538-7445.AM2012-4347


In this paper, we propose a new load balancing algorithm for function-as-a-service (FaaS) platforms. We argue that the load balancing algorithm greatly affects the performance of FaaS platforms because heavy operations, such as virtualization and initialization, can be reduced using caching techniques. We demonstrate that a load balancing algorithm that provides higher locality could accelerate the FaaS platforms by increasing the cache-hit ratio, and propose a greedy load balancing algorithm optimized for FaaS. To generalize the experimental results, we conducted the experiment under three different caching policies that could be adopted in various FaaS platforms. Our evaluation reveals that load balancing algorithms with higher locality and a uniform load balance exhibit better results in all three caching policies, and our proposed algorithm achieves better performance compared to the state-of-the-art algorithms.


Abstract The effect of alternating waterlogged and drying conditions on nitrogen (N) availability and sorption was studied in three soils of contrasting texture. Air‐dry samples of each soil were treated with three levels of nitrate (0, 30, and 300 mg kg‐1; N0, N30, and N300), waterlogged for 21 days, allowed to dry at room temperature for 21 days, and rewaterlogged for an additional 21 days. Ammonium (NH4) sorption isotherms were determined using the standard batch technique for air‐dry, waterlogged (with and without ponded water), and waterlogged/dried conditions. Waterlogging reduced the Eh and increased the pH of all soils. The magnitude of change in Eh and pH was related to soil organic carbon levels and nitrate (NO3) concentration as this chemical became the principal electron acceptor following depletion of dissolved O2. Ammonium concentrations generally increased over the waterlogged periods due to mineralization of organic nitrogen and its subsequent accumulation under O2‐deficient conditions. Wh...


Using multi-pulse converters has become a common practice in order to minimize the harmonics in applications with large non-linear loads where the harmonics must be kept under certain limits. Even the harmonic mitigation performance of a multi-pulse drive is far superior to the well-known 6-pulse drive also the costs are increasing. Therefore, a proper assessment of the harmonic performance before commissioning is a necessity. This assessment is possible in many ways, one being with the help of specific software tools that allow comparisons of different topologies, in the same base of analysis (i.e. considering the same system diagram, the same input parameters, loads, etc.). This paper presents a method to integrate the 12-pulse and 18-pulse drives into a harmonic calculation toolbox dedicated for harmonic analysis on 6-pulse drives. The results are linked together into a practical PC software toolbox for harmonic estimation. By using a combination of a pre-stored database and a new interpolation technique the toolbox can provide the harmonic data on real applications allowing comparisons between the aforementioned mitigation solutions.


Environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals(EDCs),commonly found in the environment,come from industry and agriculture,including pesticides,fungicides,insecticides,herbicides,and other chemicals.Nowadays,more and more EDCs were released into the environment.EDCs go into water body via atmosphere sedimentation,surface runoff,soil eluviation,etc,so water body becomes the main place existing.In order to attract a great deal of scientific and public attention worldwide,and to prevent EDCs pollution,the classification of EDCs and their concentrations in natural water bodies,drinking water source and tap water,and the reproductive toxicity of EDCs to fish were reviewed.EDCs could disturb the endocrine system and make reproductive organs and reproduction be abnormal,resulting in the fertility descending,reproduction function damage,community quantity decrease and even species extinction finally.EDCs could disrupt the homeostasis maintained by hormones and resulted in defects of neural development and abnormalities of the endocrine and reproductive systems.The exact molecular mechanisms have not been completely reported,but the researches have suggested that multiple mechanisms were involved in the action of EDCs.Although researches have been carried out on the biohazard of EDCs,the difficulties and the costs in recognizing and identifying EDCs still limit the knowlege on them.


Sir, Macroglossia is a relatively uncommon condition characterized by enlargement of the tongue disproportionate to the rest of the dentoalveolar structures. It may occur as a congenital or acquired condition. The enlarged tongue may cause significant symptoms such as sleep apnoea, respiratory distress, drooling, difficulty in swallowing and dysarthria. Long-standing macroglossia leads to anterior open bite deformity, mucosal changes, exposure to potential trauma, increased incidence of upper respiratory tract infections and failure to thrive [1,2]. Surgical reduction of the tongue is only occasionally required in very severe cases [1 4]. Surgical reduction is important to achieve uniform global reduction of the enlarged tongue for functional as well as aesthetic reasons. It is also important to preserve the mobility and sensation of the tongue. A successful reduction allows for the tongue to rest behind the lower dental alveolus and enough tissue should be left for the tongue to be able to protrude and allow moistening of the lips. Apart from mobility of the tongue for speech and swallowing, the taste function should not be forgotten. Early surgical techniques aimed at reduction of the tongue in bulk [1,2,4]. Procedures that have been described more recently have aimed at preservation of tongue function, along with reduction of the tongue mass [2,5 7]. Several authors have described various procedures for tongue reduction. Peripheral excisions such as those described by Butlin and Ensign, or by Harris, Dingman and Grabb leave the tongue globular and immobile [1,2]. A V-shaped wedge taken from the tip of the tongue, as reported by Blair and Hendrick [2] will shorten and not narrow the tongue, whereas an ellipse taken from the midline of the tongue will narrow and not shorten it. Köle [1] described a triangular wedge excision of the tongue which was wider at the tip. This method does not address the base of the tongue and leaves it thick and wide. This potential problem is partly addressed by techniques described by Egyedi and Obwegeser [1], and by Morgan et al. [8], which still leave the tongue thick and globular. Davalbhakta and Lamberty reported a modification of the Köle incision with horizontal wedges taken from the muscle laterally to ensure reduction of the tongue's thickness [1]. However, the tongue length was not decreased with this technique due to lack of circular resection. More recently, Morgan et al. described an anterior wedge resection combined with a posterior circular incision, the so-called keyhole excision, which allows both narrowing and shortening of the tongue as required [8]. However, the length and width of the tongue were decreased and the thickness was not decreased, resulting in a globular and ankylosing tongue. To combat the problem of ankylosed globular tongue, as seen in some anterior tongue reductions, Mixter et al. described the technique of central tongue reduction [6]. This technique allows greater resection of the tongue base, and is more suitable for localized swellings at the tongue base, rather than generalized macroglossia. To overcome these problems, we recommend a modified keyhole technique of tongue reduction with horizontal wedges taken from the muscle laterally to


By: Christine Harbin In a Reason article, "Have a Coke and a T ax: T he economic case against soda taxes," Veronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University explains that selective sin taxes are ineffectual because consumers tend to substitute one bad habit with another. De Rugy explains that soda taxes will be unsuccessful at slimming American waistlines because consumers are likely to switch to beverages that are higher in calories.


Rice is the most important food crop grown in India and rice based cropping system occupies nearly 80% of agricultural land in South Asia. 'Rice-wheat' grown in annual sequence is the most important cropping system in Indo-Gangatic plains and covers about 11 M ha in India (Jeet et al., 2014). This cropping system is input intensive and removes more than 600 kg of NPK nutrients per ha annually when grown under good management conditions (Singh et al., 2003). Despite the past gains in rice production through chemical fertilizers, recent observations of stagnant or declining yields Integrated use of organic and inorganic fertilizers can improve crop productivity and sustain soil fertility. Based on this fact, present research was conducted to evaluate the impact of long-term integrated application of sewage sludge, compost and fertilizer nitrogen on microbial activity and soil Health in rice rhizoshere of rice-wheat cropping system. Data revealed that combined application of sewage sludge and inorganic nitrogen significantly increased the population of fungi (46 ×103 cfu g-1 soil) and actinomycetes (84 ×104 cfu g-1soil) whereas compost along with inorganic nitrogen significantly raised bacterial population (162 ×108 cfu g1soil), diazotrophic count (58×105 cfu g-1soil) and phosphate solubilizer's population (13 ×102 cfu g-1soil). Moreover, the integrated application of compost and fertilizer nitrogen recorded significantly higher alkaline phosphatase activity (221.40 μg pNP/g of soil/min) and dehydrogenase activity (8.61 μg TPF/g of soil/hour) but sewage sludge induced maximum urease activity (553.60 μg / g of soil/hour) in rice. Maximum decrease in soil pH was observed by nitrogenous fertilizers alone. Soil microbiological and chemical properties were found to be significantly correlated with each other. Present results demonstrated that integrated application of organic and inorganic sources proved effective alternative source for improving soil health in rice rhizosphere. K e y w o r d s


37 patients with blunt renal trauma were surgery at our clinic between1989 and 2013 yrs. Basing on our own experience as well as generally accepted standards of treatment, we developed a tactic of treatment of this pathology. In daily work we used two classifications: proposed by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) in 1989 and proposed by prof. S.A. Vozianov and prof. A.V. Shulyak in 2003. An analysis of the research was carried out; it demonstrates the efficacy of conservative treatment in patients with blunt renal trauma III-V grades according to AAST classification.


Narwhals are completely mottled on the back with white ventral and lateral fields that increase with age. Old males only maintain a narrow dark spotted pattern on the top of the back, whereas the rest of the body is white. Newborns are grey to brownish and develop the mottled pattern after 2 years. The rear margin of the tail flukes is markedly convex and the fin is replaced by a low ridge. Average Body length is 400 cm and 450 cm in adult males and females, respectively, and mass reaches 1000 kg and 1600 kg, respectively (HeideJørgensen, 2009).


The objective of the article is show the barrier of tourism industry in Iran. This paper uses qualitative approach to delineate barriers of tourism. According to UNESCO reports, Iran ranks tenth in terms of her very rich civilization, historical monuments, cultural attractions and climatic diversities, and in term of ecosystem richness is among countries of WTO. Despite having so many advantageous factors and parameters Iran has not been able to attract her deserved number of tourists and ranks 75 th among 150 countries. Whereas the worldwide tourism income exceeded $432 billion in 1996; Iran's share was only $300 million from tourism with 660000 foreign tourists visiting the country. The paper identifies sociocultural and political barriers of tourism industry in Iran. The paper also highlights various other perceived barriers like economic issues and image issues. [Fatemeh Allahdadi, Factors contribute to underdevelopment of tourism industry in Iran, Journal of American Science 2011; 7(12):870-873]. (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.americanscience.org


Effective management of thyroid‐associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) requires precise identification of the disease activity period as it is responsive to immunosuppressive treatment. Quantitative evaluations of orbital soft tissue are useful for analysing disease stages. We aimed to establish a method for orbital soft tissue volume calculation based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data using 3D reconstruction technology. Furthermore, we validated the accuracy and precision of this method and investigated volume differences between patients with TAO and healthy individuals.


5543 Background: CD8 positive intra-epithelial tumor infiltrating T cells (TIL) are associated with improved outcomes in ovarian cancer, particularly in HGSC. Radiotherapy (XRT) has immunologic effects including tumour necrosis, activation of antigen presenting cells and T cell recruitment. Adjuvant XRT in ovarian cancer was historically used at the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA). We hypothesized that adjuvant XRT for HGSC may have a beneficial impact on outcomes within the TIL+ subgroup. Methods: Stage I and II and optimally debulked (no visible residual disease) stage III HGSC pts treated at the BCCA from 1984to 2004 were included in this analysis. All cases underwent pathologic review to confirm histology and to score for TIL, either present (≥1 CD8 cell / 6mm core) or absent via immunohistochemistry. Treatment was platinum based chemotherapy (3-6 cycles) and abdominal-pelvic radiotherapy (45 Gy and 32 fractions to pelvis and whole abdomen). Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards methods were used to corre...


: The Smart Grid is a combination of the electric power and communications infrastructures. Smart grids have been proposed as a way to increase grid robustness and reduce consumption peaks and at the same time decrease electricity costs for the end users. All the visions of the Smart Grid share one common, critical need: communications. Without proper communications, the Smart Grid simply cannot exist. To gain a better understanding of the type of communication networks present in smart grids, the overall smart grid communications layer is often considered to consist of three types of networks, each having a distinct scale and range Wide Area Networks (WAN) , Field Area Networks (FAN) , Home Area Networks (HAN), Building Area Networks (BAN), and Industrial Area Networks (IAN).


Users operating older SDH and PDH transport technologies have been forced by new requirements to consolidate their communication environments to today's universal IP environment. They have also been faced with the necessity of operating the original applications designed for a synchronised transmission environment. In practice, we may encounter the challenge of replacing the original environment, which provides the interconnection of a network of older generation of private branch exchanges (PBXs) using PCM El, while maintaining the same level of services provided. In extensive departmental networks this can be extremely expensive, making it necessary to run the original technology for years in some cases in parallel with the new technology. The following article describes a solution to this problem for a TDM PBX network based on Alcatel-Lucent technology.


Anatomy is science that deal with the different  structures of human body like bones, joints , Twacha, different sense organs and kala etc. Relevant knowledge  of anatomy is very important for better understanding of diseases and their cure in form of medicinal or surgical process. Kala is unique ayurvedic concept explained by Acharaya sushruta in sushrut samhita. Acharya Sushruta  while explaining  the detailed development of body parts in Garbhavyakaran Sharir  Chapter of Sharir sthan mentioned the concepts of Kala . There are total Seven kala in body. Kala is  limiting membrane or layers in our body situated  between Dhatu and Aashaya. These are Extremely minute particles and invisible to naked eye, similar to cell. They can be understood by their functions in the body.The word kala stand for the property or a quality so these are pecial membranes in the body  which are having important role in performing body physiology . There are many layers  or membranes in the body which form an envelope over the organs. The cell membranes separating each cell from each other can be considered as Kala.


Load cells present invention is a runaway weight detection based surface structure analyzer, is mounted at a predetermined position on the bed to sense the weight of blood measurer; A low-pass filter and outputting a low-band signal of the output of the load cell; A high pass filter for outputting a high-band signal of the output of the load cell; A multiplexer for selecting one of an output of the low pass filter and a high pass filter; A controller to output from the low-band signal and the high band signal of the low-pass filter or a high pass filter which is input through the multiplexer detecting the surface information of the blood measurer for determining the surface structure of the contact point P; It includes; and a display unit for displaying the determination result of the controller. The present invention is by measuring the change in weight that occurs when the blood measurer moves the blood measurer weighing bed in the center of gravity changes, including the determination, and the surface of the water's movement change / strength measurements and posture changes and the characteristics of heart rate in bed during sleep This will include judges from one to analyze the water's surface structure. Runaway, weight detection, surface structure analysis, load cells, bed


A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the maximum level of substitution of dietary fish meal by various proportions of corn protein meal, cottonseed meal and soybean meal supplemented with crystalline lysine, methinoine and arginine according to amino acid profile for fish meal for Hemibarbus maculatu juveniles weighing 14.84 g. The fish were stocked into 15 net cages of each 60 cm×60 cm×120 cm placed in a flowing tank and fed with 5 diets containing 37.0% crude protein with the same amino acid profile but with 28.0%(F0,control),21.0%(F1), 14.0%(F2), 7.0%(F3)and 0%(F4)levels of fish meal at water temperature of 25.0±3.0℃ for breeding 100 days. The results showed that there were no significant differences (P0.05) in survival rate in the fish fed with different levels of fish meal. The fish fed with the diet containing 21.0% fish meal supplemented with the amino acids had significantly higher growth, immunity and digestive enzymatic activities than the fish fed with the diets containing 28.0% fish meal(control group) (P0.05). However, the fish fed with the diet containing 14.0% and 7.0% fish meal supplemented with the amino acids had the same growth, immunity and digestive enzymatic activities as the fish fed with the diets containing 28.0% fish meal (control group) (P 0.05). There was significantly lower growth, immunity and digestive enzymatic activities in the fish fed the diets containing 0% fish meal than in the fish fed the diets containing 14.0% and 7.0% fish meal (P0.05). Our experiment results suggested that plant feedstuffs supplemented with crystalline amino acids could replace dietary fish meal in Hemibarbus maculatu juveniles by 18.69%. The muscular moisture and ash levels were not significantly affected by the substitution of dietary fish meal by various plant proteins (P 0.05), but the muscular protein, total amino acid, essential amino acid and fat levels were higher in the fish fed with the diets containing various plant proteins supplemented with crystalline amino acids than in the fish fed with the control diets.


N-4909 (1), which has a stimulating activity on apolipoprotein E secretion in humanhepatoma Hep G2 cells, was isolated from the culture broth of Bacillus sp. No. 4691 by Hiramoto et al.l) This compound (1) was also isolated from Bacillus sp. A1238 as an inhibitor of acyl-CoA; cholesterol acyltransferase by Hasumi et al.2) This cyclooctadepsipeptide (1) and its diastereomer were synthesized for the first time using solution phase


Oxygen vacancies of zinc oxide were followed by photoluminescence (PL) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopies. The green PL emission was associated with oxygen vacancies: its intensity is enhanced upon static thermal treatment under inert or under vacuum, whereas it decreases upon oxygen treatment. A unique EPR signal at g = 1.96 was measured at room temperature after thermal in situ treatment under flow of inert or oxygenated atmospheres, its double integration follows the same trends than the green PL emission and its evolution was shown to probe the oxygen vacancy concentrations. The relative concentration of the related paramagnetic species would be increased/decreased upon trapping/release of the electron associated to the formation/filling of oxygen vacancy. The influence of Ti impurities on the PL and RPE signals was investigated. Finally, it is concluded that the EPR signal is related to oxygen vacancies and its position shift could be explained by the involvement of some mixing ...


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AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION


A cationic Pd(II)-catalyzed cascade cyclization reaction of alkyne-tethered carbonyl compounds was developed. This reaction is initiated by intramolecular oxypalladation of alkynes with an ester group followed by 1,2-addition of the formed C-Pd(II) bond to the carbonyl group, providing a highly efficient method for the synthesis of cyclohexane-fused isocoumarins.