This article discusses student sex workers in higher education in Wales from an institutional perspective. It investigates how student sex work is dealt with within higher education and in doing so highlights the lack of higher education policies/guidance/training to assist staff members who have experiences with students working in the sex industry. Drawing on data from The Student Sex Work Project, the research found that staff members' knowledge on the legalities of sex work and on appropriate referral pathways is inadequate. While some institutions and some of their staff deem that student sex work would bring the reputation of the university and/or the profession for which the student is training into disrepute (necessitating disciplinary action), other institutions and staff indicated that student sex work requires an individualised approach, which can offer support in different areas. The article argues that steps need to be undertaken to make the higher education environment inclusive for all students, including those who work in the sex industry.


The invention discloses a lubricating oil nozzle. The lubricating oil nozzle comprises a sprayer pipe and a nozzle body. The sprayer pipe and the nozzle body are detachably connected. A baffle is arranged in one end of the nozzle body. A plurality of through holes are formed in the baffle. The baffle is provided with a fixing cavity, one end of the fixing cavity is closed, and the other end of the fixing cavity is open. The bottom of the fixing cavity is fixedly connected with one end of an extension spring. The other end of the extension spring is fixedly connected with a steel ball. A spraying hole matched with the steel ball is formed in the nozzle body. The lubricating oil nozzle is simple in structure and reasonable in design, and the spraying hole matched with the steel ball is formed in the nozzle body, so that lubricating oil is prevented from leaking, and accidents are prevented; the extension spring is arranged at the bottom of the fixing cavity, the other end of the extension spring is fixedly connected with the steel ball, accordingly the nozzle body can be opened during usage and can be closed when not in use, and usage is convenient; and the sprayer pipe and the nozzle body are connected in a threaded mode, so that dismounting is convenient.


The article is devoted to the problem of identifying the diagnostic feature of the structure bearing capacity decrease under random dynamic loads. The diagnostic features that characterize the decrease of the bearing capacity of structures and foundation are identified. The model of the dynamic system that describes the process of the diagnosed building structure functioning is presented. The article shows the difficulties encountered in the process of vibration diagnostics of reducing the bearing capacity of structures and foundations. It is pointed out that the output vibration signals can be recorded in the mode of displacements, velocities and accelerations. But at the same time, the probability spread of detection of diagnostic feature of the bearing capacity decrease of building elements in the energy spectra of the output vibration signals can be significant. To develop a method for determining this probability, the authors propose to use a regression analysis with the solution of the problem at three levels of "regression". In the article the factors influencing the probability of detection the vibration diagnostic feature in bearing capacity decrease of building elements are analyzed. This probability characterizes the effectiveness of the vibration diagnostic method in monitoring systems of unique objects, including launch facilities. The authors have shown that the maximum efficiency is achieved by using systems for monitoring energy spectra of vibration accelerations at the output. At the same time, the authors conclude that the probability of effective functioning of vibration diagnostic systems is mainly influenced by such factors as the sensitivity of the vibration diagnostic method to the rigidity decrease of structures and bases. The equipment error of registration of the energy spectra of vibration accelerations is also to be taken into consideration


The prosecutor is the main body of procuratorial organs. The performance appraisal system plays an important role in promoting the work efficiency of procurator. In this paper, we establish the performance appraisal system of procurators by high-order confirmatory factor analysis method and evaluate procurators' performance by fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method based on the 360 degrees. The results have some help to performance management of procuratorial organs.


erythrocytes sensitized with antigen is an extremely sensitive method for the detection of antibody. Its application to the serological diagnosis of syphilis was first reported by Rathlev (1965, 1967), using a haemagglutination technique for the detection of specific antitreponemal antibody in which formolized tanned sheep cells sensitized with ultrasonicated material from pathogenic Treponema pallidum (Nichols strain) were used as antigen. This was modified by Tomizawa and Kasamatsu (1966) and Tomizawa, Kasamatsu, and Yamaya (1969)


During the last three decades, CAB (Controlled Atmosphere Brazing) has become the basic process for manufacturing automotive heat exchangers with many other applications in HVAC, power generation, household equipment, etc. There are however, areas where VAB (Vacuum Aluminium Brazing) is still used. One of the reasons for investing in this premium option is to improve the quality and appearance of the cores brazed in the controlled atmosphere process. By adapting the vacuum purging operation in the CAB process, the brazing quality may be significantly improved as well as reducing operational utility costs. In some cases, vacuum purging enables the CAB process in applications where VAB was the preferred method. This option can provide valuable savings.


Leadership is one of the most crucial factors effecting on the employee behavior in the organizations. The effectiveness of the leaders in multicultural organizations is in associated with newcomers' immigrants' behavior. How these employees adopt the leader and the new environment will influence on their performance. Therefore, the aim of this article is to provide the model for enhancing the effectiveness of the leadership on the employee planned behaviors through mediating moderating effects of the practical wisdom management. The model concludes that in international organizations leaders should be practically wise to be accepted as effective leader in the employees perception. This acceptance will affect their attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behaviors. These suggestions will help to managers in multinational companies to lead better their immigrant forces in the multicultural situation.


Over the years, scholars both at home and abroad have been committed to the research of geothermal fluid chemistry and genetic model, and geochemical and isotopic methods are usually the first choice for evaluation. In this paper, the characteristics of geothermal fluids and their genesis patterns in the Jingmen urban area are analyzed and studied by comprehensive utilization of techniques such as hydrochemistry, trace elements, and isotope analysis. The results show that the water chemical type of surface water and groundwater is Ca-HCO3 type, while the geothermal fluid belongs to the Ca-SO4 type. The recharge source of the geothermal fluid is the infiltration recharge of meteoric precipitation, and the recharge altitude is 395–435 m, and the geothermal fluid is modern water (less than 5–10 years old). The water-rock reaction has not reached equilibrium, and the dissolution is still in progress. The estimated mixing ratio of cold-water ranges from 30%–40%. The thermal reservoirs are mainly calcareous dolomite and dolomite of the Lower Triassic Jialingjiang Formation (T1 j). The red sandstone and mudstone of the Upper Cretaceous Paomagang Formation (K2 p) distributed in the area are good caprocks of the geothermal field. The geothermal energy in the urban area of Jingmen is a system of lateral "seepage." Thermal water surges up along the Jingmen fracture and fracture zone, forming a relatively high-temperature center, and a part of its "seeps" laterally into the shallow pore aquifer or pore-fracture aquifer, which mixed with the cold water in it to form medium and low-temperature hot water around the center of the geothermal area.


to enhance control over their livers. 1,2 In the United States, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and class shape the daily experience of individuals and groups, affect access to and experience with health care providers, shape the extent to which individuals and groups have power to influence social and economic processes within their communities, and affect physical and mental health status.&dquo;7 Awareness of the dynamics that contribute to these effects within communities and engage community members in exploration and challenge to systems that maintain inequitable access to material and nonmaterial


To compare the ability of two different methods for longitudinal annular motion measurement, M‐mode and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), to demonstrate cardiac dysfunction in intrauterine‐growth‐restricted (IUGR) fetuses.


Dear Sir, Bloodletting is still performed nowadays under very strict conditions in patients suffering from hemochromatosis and polycythaemia rubra vera. As mentioned by Jhang and Schwartz in a recent editorial, phlebotomy or bloodletting came from tradition and moved to evidence-based medicine (Jhang & Schwartz, 2012). In medical practice, discarded blood can be traced throughout the procedure and destroyed following regulatory requirements. In some cases, bloodletting in patients presenting with haemochromatosis can be converted into regular blood donations provided that the patient – now a donor – meets all other eligibility criteria for blood donation (De Buck et al., 2012). Nowadays, some investigators have suggested that bloodletting may prove useful to prevent type 2 diabetes in individuals with high ferritin levels, whether associated or not with hemochromatosis (Waldvogel-Abramovski et al., 2013). Bloodletting thus stands as a therapy in a limited number of well-defined medical disorders; it is performed in strictly controlled environments. Indeed, bloodletting used to be kind of a panacea, but it barely survived in this form from when XIXth Century physicians attempted to reconcile causes and consequences of diseases, opening doors to adapted therapies. Prior to the era of bloodletting for any cause though, there were disputes within representatives of the spiritual – as opposed to the temporal – power. History has principally highlighted two champions: the first was Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153), the writer of the 'Sermon on the Spiritual Bloodlettings'. Another champion of bloodletting was Saint Hildegaard von Bingen (1098–1179); she was a talented theologian, naturalist, musician and composer, and a renowned physician (she authored a medical treatise named 'Causae and Curae'). She established a number of principles spanning education, health and food habits, and prayer attitudes; among those were spiritual bloodlettings, aimed at purifying the body, predisposing the mind to 'global health' (anticpating the Holistic concept). Hildegaard von Bingen has been almost forgotten for near 800 years, until her works were rediscovered, especially regarding the food prescriptions and healthy habits, after Dr Gottfried Hertzka (1913–1997). Dr Hertzka was an Austrian physician and mystic who revivified Hildegaard's medicine; his book ('So heilt Gott. Die Medizin der hl. Hildegard von Bingen als neues Naturheilverfahren') was published in


Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness, predictability, and safety of clear lens extraction in the correction of high myopia. SETTING Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. METHODS This retrospective study comprised 56 eyes of 30 patients who had clear lens extraction to correct myopia of 12.00 diopters (D) or more. Small incision clear lens extraction using an anterior chamber maintainer was performed and low-power posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) was implanted. The mean postoperative follow-up was 40.2±11.9 months. Results Uncorrected visual acuity improved in 94.6% of eyes. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improved in 37 eyes (66 %); 27 (48.2 %) gained two or more lines. The percentage of eyes achieving a BCVA of 20/40 or better increased from 26.7% preoperatively to 58.9% postoperatively. Of the eyes, 38 (67.8%) were within ±1.00 D of targeted refractive error and 52 (92.8%) were within ±2.00 D. Posterior capsule tear with vitreous loss occurred in one eye (1.7%). During the follow-up, retinal detachment (RD) occurred in 2 eyes (3.5%). CONCLUSIONS Clear lens extraction and IOL implantation was effective and had an acceptable predictability and a low morbidity in correcting high myopia. Regular retinal examination is necessary to prevent postoperative RD.


Great progress has been achieved for exploration of buried hill reservoir in Liaohe depression.The exploration work for buried hill reservoir has changed from much distinct hill,such as top buried hill,middle part buried hill to much deeper,blinder,complex buried hill,such as,lowly buried hill,inner buried hill.The reservoir forming conditions of lowly buried hill and inner buried hill have been discussed considering factors of activities of basement structure,buried hill type,lithology characteristic,reservoir characteristic,hydrocarbon generation system,passage system.A pragmatic classification for inner buried hill reservoir was updated,considering the characteristics of inner buried hill reservoir and exploration fact.The classification has expanded the areas of finding buried hill reservoir,and result to an objective accumulation model for buried hill reservoir,with low amplitude,multiple stage fracture and multiple oil sources.From study and practice for exploration of low burial hill and inner burial hill in Liaohe depression,a discovery of low burial hill and inner hill reserves(containing proved oil reserves,controlled reserves and predicted reserves) of 2.54×108 tones and 1.76×108 tones respectively from 2001 to 2006 have been reached.It has a great contribution to development of Liaohe Oilfield.


A hand-held scintillation camera has been developed for localizing Sentinel Lymph Nodes (SLN) during or prior to surgery. Use of gamma proves has increased in recent years to identify SLNs as these are increasingly implicated in the spread of cancerous cells. The functionality of this new imaging probe will go beyond that of current non-imaging devices by displaying activity distributions in addition to counting rates. Using different collimators changes the spatial resolution, sensitivity and field of view (FOV) of the camera. In addition, the camera produces audible tones proportional to the count rate. The tone is modulated in real time to indicate the presence of complex distributions of activity within the FOV. The modulated tone alerts the user to localized concentrations of activity that may be nodes. The 22 mm FOV camera has 1 mm intrinsic spatial resolution. System FWHM in air is 2.1 mm and 2.6 mm at 0 cm and 1 cm from a high-resolution parallel hole collimator, respectively. FWHM of 3.8 mm is measured 2 cm from a 3 mm pinhole. Pinhole sensitivity is 600 cps/MBq above a 125 cps/MBq background for a 1 cm lesion 1 cm below a water surface. Nodes are identified in images even when overall count rate is not above background.


In their introduction Palmer and West emphasise that while English and Irish country houses remained an elaborate and costly form of social display, they increasingly became important innovators in...


In the French speaking world, literary contributions from women immersed in a multicultural awareness are relevant. The concern of all these voices is to carry out an exercise of plural identity building (ontologic, social, linguistic, cultural and literary). These writers impel a new literary conception, the intercultural poetics, born separately from the big literatures. We exemplify our proposal with the analysis of the work of three contemporary writers of the Canadian French speaking world. Their courses are similar but the differences appear in the personal or ideological circumstances that motivate them to write. We refer to Antonine Mai


This study means to dissect the impact of service  quality factors (X1) on customer satisfaction (Y1), customer trust (Y2), customer loyalty (Y3), and customer delight (Y4) Indihome in Purbalingga Regency. The subjects of this research are customers who subscribe to Indihome in Purbalingga Regency taken from 5 sub-districts. This study utilized an example of 93 respondents still up in the air by bunch irregular examining and estimated utilizing the Slovin recipe. Dispersal of the survey utilizing google structure. The scientific device utilized in this study is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) utilizing the SPSS Amos rendition 22 application program. Therefore, the better the quality of service provided by PT Telkom Indonesia datel Purbalingga to Indihome customers will affect the satisfaction, trust, loyalty and pleasure of indihome customers in Purbalingga Regency


This paper reports a compact breakdown voltage model for partially depleted (PD) silicon-on-insulator (SOI) n-metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) devices considering BJT/MOS impact ionization. Via the improved current conduction model considering BJT/MOS impact ionization this compact model provides an accurate prediction of the breakdown behavior of the PD SOI NMOS devices as verified by the experimental data and the MEDICI results. Based on the analytical model, when the gate voltage is lowered, the breakdown voltage decreases due to a stronger function of the parasitic BJT. In the subthreshold region, the breakdown voltage increases at a decreased gate voltage due to a weaker function of the parasitic BJT.


Acid-etched samples of surface, subsurface and inner lingual enamel and buccal whole enamel samples were analyzed for strontium and fluoride. The individuals' caries prevalence was known. The teeth we


The present study purposes to examine the moderating role of absorptive capacity (ACAP) on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and technological innovation capabilities (TIC) among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the construction industry. Due to the critical role of SMEs in construction industry, the purpose of this article is to examine to what extent the externally generated knowledge manifested in ACAP can strengthen the relationship between EO and TIC. To validate the proposed model, self-administered questionnaire were conducted to gather data from SMEs owners, 249 questionnaires returned and used for statistical analysis out of 278 distributed. The outcomes of present research reflect that both of ACAP and EO have significant effects on TIC. Furthermore, the results indicate the moderating role of ACAP on the nexus between EO and TIC


An instrument for recording at a fixed station variations in three orthogonal components of the earth's magnetic field is described. The sensitive head, containing detectors of the saturated transformer type, can be operated out of doors at the end of a long cable. A strip-chart recording meter provides a visible record of the three d-c. output signals (1 volt = 100 gammas). Calibrated baseline controls permit biasing of the magnetic detectors for any location in Canada. Tests on 10 instruments indicate a noise level of 3 gammas and a maximum drift of 10 gammas in 10 hours.


This paper designed a gas-absorption spectra infrared sensor,analyzed its working principle,design principle and integrated design.Concentration on these gases will affect the absorption spectra of light intensity changes,it integrated the micro-sensitive pyroelectric infrared head,small bulbs in a small chamber,and the chamber has a gas detector channel and a reference channel.The light intensity difference of the two channels reflects the size of gas concentrations,thereby realizes the function of testing gas concentrations.It adopted the MEMS technology to make the dual infrared sensor and filter into the detection probe,then microencapsulation technology integrated the tiny probe,infrared light and the filters in the momentum of integration.


The square culture is a new sight of mass culture prospering with commercial culture and leisure square,reflecting urban people's carnival life and leisurely life different from daily life.It is rich and colorful,displaying prosperous vitality and aesthetic spirit of equality,freedom and joy.


This article describes the commercial application of superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) to load management. The author feels this application is commercially viable at this time. Topics covered include the characteristics of SMES technology, applications and operational benefits, status of development, industry support of development and application.


Dr. Weiss suggests that the after-effect observed with deoxyribonucleic acid in the presence of oxygen is due to the slow hydrolysis of phosphate from sugar which has been previously hydroxylated. We agree that the liberation of inorganic phosphate occurs as a consequence of the oxidation of sugar. We have made experiments on the action of hydroxyl radicals produced photochemically on mono-, di- and tri-ethyl phosphates.


At three Swiss abattoirs, sheep-slaughtering process was evaluated. Furthermore, 580 sheep carcasses were examined at 10 sites by the wet-dry double-swab technique. The aim of this study was to obtain data on microbiological contamination [Total colony count (TCC), Enterobacteriaceae] and to develop a procedure for monitoring slaughter hygiene. The weak points in the hygienic conditions found in the ,,in-process-control agreed with higher microbial contamination. Depending from localization and abattoir, median TCC values (Ig CFU/cm 2 ) ranged from 2.5 to 3.8, with the brisket and neck sites showing the most extensive contamination. Microbial counts from various sites permit the determination of abattoir specific contamination profiles and to take measures to improve slaughter hygiene. Enterobacteriaceae were detected in low numbers on 68.1% of the carcasses and in 15.2% of the samples respectively. The proportion of positive results ranged from 2.6 to 42.2%. Regular determination of the microbial counts on carcass surfaces of slaughtered sheep offer a valuable tool for the verification of slaughter hygiene. For regular determination of carcass contamination, the monthly examination of 10 sheep carcasses for TCC and Enterobacteriaceae in the neck, brisket and perineal area area by the wet-dry double swab-technique is recommended.


Objective To screen and identify the cancer-related proteins in host cells with relation to cagA gene of Helicobacter pylori(H pylori).Methods Gastric epithelium cell line Ges-1 cells were co-cultured with the wild-type strains Hp 27 and the isogenic cagA-deleted mutants Hp 27△ cagA at a ratio of 100:1 for the bacteria and the cells in culture medium for 10 hr.Total cellular proteins of two groups were extracted with Sonication-Urea-CHAPS-DTT method and the protein concentration was measured with Bradford's method.The soluble proteins of two groups were separated firstly by isoelectric focusing(IEF) electrophoresis and then by SDS-PAGE to obtain 2-DE maps,which were digitalized and analysed to search the protein spots of differential expression.Spots of interest were cut out and subjected to in-gel digestion.Then the peptide mass finger-printer(PMF) was obtained with matrix assisted laser adsorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry(MALDI-TOF-MS).Then the biology information was used to search protein database of these PMF and to identify the proteins,and analyze the biological significance and function of the proteins.Results Four protein spots of differential expression,which were high abundance in the cellular proteins of wild-type strain group and were down-regulated or absently expressed in the proteins of mutant group,were selected and identified.The identified proteins were triosephosphate isomerase,annexin A1 and a-enolase,which were reported to have close relationship with the pathophysiological processes of many kinds of cancers.Conclusion Three tumor marker proteins of triosephosphate isomerase,a-enolase and annexin A1 are associated with cagA gene of H pylori.The result suggests that the cagA gene is involved in the carcinogenesis of H pylori.


Objective To observe the colorectal cancer laparoscopic radical surgery clinical curative effect.Methods Summary analysis from November 2010 to July 2011,laparoscopic radical resection of colorectal cancer the clinical data of 15 cases.Results All the patients were performed successfully and recovered well.Average operation time was 150min,intraoperative average blood loss was 98mL,average length of hospital stay was 11d,and postoperative pain light,no serious complications.Conclusion Laparoscopic patients with colorectal cancer has small trauma,pain light,quicker recovery of gastrointestinal function,length of hospital stay short,less postoperative complications,no relapse etc,and can achieve the purpose of tumor radical,it is worth in clinical application.


Bismuth ion is an excellent activator and sensitizer for luminescent materials, which has been extensively studied during the recent decades. Bi3+‐doped phosphors have received considerable attention for their abundant emission colors covering the whole visible light region under ultraviolet (UV) and near ultraviolet (n‐UV) excitation, in flexible crystal structures. These phosphor materials have demonstrated potential applications in solid‐state lighting, display, biomedical, and optical sensing. Herein, the recent advances in the structure design and photoluminescence properties of Bi3+‐doped phosphors together with their white light emitting diode (WLED) applications are reviewed. The design strategies for crystal structure and the discovery of typical phosphors are systematically summarized, and the luminescent properties of Bi3+ can be effectively regulated by these strategies. Then, the design of polychromatic Bi3+‐doped phosphors produced by different doping ions is described, which in turn can adjust the emission colors and realize a single‐component white‐light emission. This review will promote researches on the discovery of new Bi3+‐doped phosphor materials, and the design strategies could provide an extensive guidance for the discovery and preparation of high‐efficient phosphors with color‐tunable emission including white‐emission for WLEDs in the future. Additionally, research progress of Bi3+‐doped perovskite and Bi2+‐doped phosphor materials is briefly elucidated.


When a lithium‐ion battery works under high current, its working temperature is easy to exceed the allowable working temperature, resulting in the decrease of battery life. This may cause the non‐uniformity of the internal working temperature of the battery and affect the working parameters of the battery. Therefore, an effective thermal management system is needed to enhance the thermal performance of the battery, improve the work efficiency, and extend the service life of the battery. In this study, we propose a new type of fork type mini‐channel cooling plate based on genetic optimization algorithm to reduce the working temperature of battery and obtain better thermal uniformity. First, the thermal performance of co‐current type cooling plates is experimentally and numerically studied. The heat transfer ability of cross flow cooling plates used to cool the Li‐ion Battery is evaluated by parametric method. Second, a multi‐objective genetic algorithm optimization is finally performed, considering the balance of the maximum value for temperature and pressure drop. Compared with the previous study, the reduction of temperature difference of this cooling plate can be up to 2°C. In contrast, the pressure drop penalty and thermal resistance of the optimized cooling plates can be reduced by 20% and 40%, respectively. Thirdly the thermal performance of a battery module with eight battery cells is also examined numerically. The maximum ∆T of the battery pack among cells is 4.83°C for V = 48 mL/s, which implies that the battery pack can work normally. This study indicates that batteries with the proposed new cooling plates have much better temperature uniformity.


A common trend in image-tagging research is to focus on visually relevant tags; however, this tends to ignore the personal and social aspects of tags, especially on photo blogging websites such as Flickr. Previous work has correctly identified that many of the tags that users provide on images are not visually relevant (that is, representative of the salient content in the image) and they go on to treat such tags as noise, ignoring the fact that the users chose to provide those tags over others that could have been more visually relevant. Another common assumption about user-generated tags for images is that the order of these tags provides no useful information for the prediction of tags on future images. This assumption also tends to define usefulness in terms of what is visually relevant to the image. For general tagging or labeling applications that focus on providing visual information about image content, these assumptions are reasonable, but when considering personalized image-tagging applications, these assumptions are at best too rigid, ignoring user choice and preferences. This article challenges these assumptions and provides a machine learning approach to the problem of personalized image tagging. The authors reformulate the personalized image-tagging problem as a search/retrieval ranking problem and leverage the order of tags provided by the user in the past as a cue to tag preferences, similar to click data. They propose a technique to augment sparse user tag data (semisupervision) and demonstrate the efficacy of this method on a subset of Flickr images.


Analytical 1/f noise expressions are presented for amorphous InGaZnO thin-film transistors considering the well-known power-law parameter α in the mobility equation. The drain current noise power spectral density (PSD) is derived from Ghibaudo's carrier number fluctuation model. It is found that the parameter α clarifies the relationship between the drain current noise PSD and the drain current. The relationship is verified by the available experimental data.


The study aimed to investigate Public schools teachers use extent of the basic rules of educational methods in the educational achievement of their students in government schools in Jordan from teachers point of view. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire was designed according to study objectives and hypotheses.The questionnaire was distributed to a random sample amounting 150 teachers selected from Amman Governmental Schools.130 questionnaire were collected , this means that the response rate is86.66%. The study found that the followed roles in selecting the instructional materials affects students'academic achievement. Moreover the study found that there is an impact of followed rules used before and upon using of instructional materials on students' academic achievement. The study recommended the need to provide instructional in public schools through following to cope with the latest developments and developments related to instructional materials in order to improve and develop the educational process And to provide the students with the necessary skills and concepts.


The study presented the experience of playtherapy of a 6-yr old girl with elective mutism and attempted to understand her psychopathology and formulated her psychodynamic which was expressed though the therapeutic process of playtherapy in the viewpoint of developmental model. Therapist's attitude was nondirective and supportive. Main theme of her play, fantasy and art was separation anxiety and abandonment fear as the result of continued psychic traumas such as separation from her grandmother and physical abuse by her father and mother etc. So she couldn't achieve developmental tasks such as autonomy and separation individuation and became generally inhibited and selectively mute. The process of play therapy was summarized and coceptualized as her successful progress through sequential developmental phases within the therapeutic relation ship. By reexperiencing this developmental process, she could accomplish her autonomy and separation individuation and developed to oedipal stage and successfully resolve oedipal conflict.


Based on near-infrared diffuse reflection spectroscopy,the multivariate calibration models for sulfamethoxazole(SMZ)and trimethoprim(TMP) in compound sulfamethoxazole tables have been built using partial least squares,which could be used to rapidly and simultaneously determine the amounts of SMZ and TMP in the compound tablets.For the SMZ and TMP models,the parameters are as:the correlation coefficients of 99.969% and 99.938%,the root mean sguare errors(RMSE) of cross-validation of 0.217 and 0.519 for the calibration sample sets,and RMSEs of 0.310 and 0.148 for prediction sample sets,respectively.The simple.rapid and simultaneous determinations for SMZ and TMP could been carried with no pro-proceeding by the method established.


El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that causes inter-annual variability in precipitation, temperature and river discharge in the Peruvian Amazon. These ...


ABSTRACT Four types of oxides, ATiM2O8 (A: Mg, Zn; M: Nb, Ta) were prepared by high-temperature solid-state reaction. MgTiNb2O8, ZnTiNb2O8 and ATiTa2O8 had rutile-type, α-PbO2-type and trirutile-type structures, respectively. The crystal structures of these compounds were refined based on the synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data with the following R-factors: Rwp = 4.34% and Rp = 2.21% for MgTiNb2O8; Rwp = 2.19% and Rp = 1.52% for ZnTiNb2O8; Rwp = 9.03% and Rp = 6.31% for MgTiTa2O8; and Rwp = 5.70% and Rp = 4.16% for ZnTiTa2O8. Their lattice parameters were a = 4.69585(8) and c = 3.04260(6) Å for MgTiNb2O8; a = 4.67138(6), b = 5.65916(7) and c = 5.00745(6) Å for ZnTiNb2O8; a = 4.6876(2) and c = 9.1385(3) Å for MgTiNb2O8; and a = 4.6987(7) and c = 9.1296(1) Å for ZnTiTa2O8. The optical band gap for these compounds ranged from 2.98 to 3.15 eV and every compound exhibited a small amount of photocatalytic activity for phenol decomposition under UV light irradiation. However, no photocatalytic activity was observed under visible light irradiation. The dielectric constants for these compounds were between 25 and 125 at a temperature range of room temperature to 400°C.


Nitryl chloride (ClNO2), an important precursor of Cl atoms, significantly affects atmospheric oxidation capacity and O3 formation. However, sources of ClNO2 in inland China have not been fully elucidated. In this work, laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate heterogeneous reactions of N2O5 with eight saline mineral dust samples collected from different regions in China, and substantial formation of ClNO2 was observed in these reactions. ClNO2 yields, φ(ClNO2), showed large variations (ranging from < 0.05 to ∼ 0.77) for different saline mineral dust samples, depending on mass fractions of particulate chloride. In addition, φ(ClNO2) could increase, decrease or show insignificant change for different saline mineral dust samples when relative humidity (RH) increased from 18 % to 75 %. We further found that current parameterizations significantly overestimated φ(ClNO2) for heterogeneous uptake of N2O5 onto saline mineral dust. In addition, assuming a uniform φ(ClNO2) value of 0.10 for N2O5 uptake onto mineral dust, we used a 3-D chemical transport model to assess the impact of this reaction on tropospheric ClNO2 in China and found that weekly mean nighttime maximum ClNO2 mixing ratios could have been increased by up to 85 pptv during a severe dust event in May 2017. Overall, our work showed that heterogeneous reaction of N2O5 with saline mineral dust could be an important source of tropospheric ClNO2 in inland China. Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. 1846 H. Wang et al.: N2O5 uptake onto saline mineral dust


In 2015 within an initial test for the biological regulation of the White Scale (Diaspididae: Pseudaulacaspis pentagona) in a fruit orchard near house gardens in Pfinztal-Soellingen near Karlsruhe on heavily infested mulberry (Morus nigrum) a predatory gall midge Lestodiplosis diaspidis (Kieffer, 1910) (Nematocera: Cecidomyiidae) has been detected. This is the first record of this beneficial species for Germany. The importance of this gall midge as an antagonist of White Scale should be investigated in further studies.


Femtosecond pulses of only a single cycle in duration have recently been achieved in the far-IR region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The technique, which Is based on the inverse electrooptic effect in LITaO3, generates a conical shock wave of far-infrared radiation analogous to the Cherenkov radiation of relativistic particles in matter.


Trichinosed mouse diaphragms showed an increase in total RNA, total DNA, and in the incorporation rates of thymidine over that of control muscle. Larval RNA, protein, /Lg RNA per mg protein, and incorporation rates of thymidine were determined. The incorporation of thymidine by infected diaphragms was adjusted for the larval component. Alterations in DNA metabolism are discussed in terms of the morphological changes and changes in RNA metabolism and rates of incorporation of amino acids by infected muscle. Fasske and Themann (1961), and RibasMujal and Rivera-Pomar (1968) have shown that during the early stages of infection with Trichinella spiralis host muscle fibers undergo numerous morphological changes. Read (1970) has reviewed several studies which demonstrate concomitant alterations in the enzymology of infected fibers. These chemical and morphological changes in infected host muscle are accompanied by marked alterations in the total ribonucleic acid (RNA) and rates of synthesis of RNA (Stewart and Read, 1972a). Immediately following a period of rapid RNA turnover there are increases in the rates of incorporation of amino acids by trichinosed muscle (Stewart and Read, 1972b). An increase in the size of nuclei and nucleoli, as well as a proliferation of mitochondria, in infected muscle fibers has been demonstrated by Fasske and Themann (1961) and Ribas-Mujal and Rivera-Pomar (1968). The present study deals with the chronology and magnitude of change in the total deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and rates of synthesis of DNA in infected and uninfected mouse


The aqueous corrosion behavior of TiC and Ti(C,N) based cermet materials has been investigated, using stoichiometric Ni3Al intermetallic as the binder phase. Cermets were prepared using a reaction-sintering route, with 30 vol.% binder, achieving densities in excess of 98 % of theoretical. Single-phase TiC, Ti(C,N), and Ni3Al have also been prepared using spark plasma sintering (SPS), to analyze the electrochemical characteristics of the parent components. The potentiodynamic and cyclic polarization responses of the cermet and single-phase materials have been determined, with Tafel extrapolation used to estimate the rate of corrosion. Post-test corrosion solutions were analyzed using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry, to determine elemental species liberated from the samples, scanning electron microscopy and associated energy dispersive X-ray analysis. Selective attack of the binder occurs, while the extent of corrosion and primary operative mechanism depends on the C:N ratio in the Ti(C,N). Commercially obtained WC-Co cermets, with ~30 vol% binder, have also been tested for comparative purposes.


Abstract. The electric sector presents some singular technical and economic features: essentiality of the electric supply, important sunk costs and long development periods of power plant and international interconnection projects, scale economies in generation and transmission and technical restrictions to power flows in transmission grids. International trade theory and microeconomic approaches are too abstract to provide useful answers to real problems in international energy trade. Therefore, the analysis of different concrete experiences is relevant to obtain empirical evidence about the economic and regulatory problems that rise. This paper presents the experiences in South and the European Union, showing very different transaction mechanisms and institutional frameworks for power trade. The evolution of energy trade in South America towards a model of market integration seems unlikely, given the institutional and energy situation in the region. Therefore it is important to analyze the progress that could be achieved through negotiation, moving from bilateral to multilateral agreements, fostering the best use of trade opportunities, and giving our country greater profits from trade. The paper summarizes some of the results of a project developed by the authors in the Universidad Catolica del Uruguay, funded by the PDT.


This research investigates and evaluates the behavior of self-compacting concrete (SCC) confined in glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) tubes and subjected to axial compression loading. The experimental program included testing of eleven specimens loaded in compression until failure. Seven specimens were subjected to axial loading while four specimens were subjected to eccentric loading. The experimental program is designed to demonstrate the effect of main variables that include : the confinement of GFRP tube, the percentage of longitudinal reinforcement, the diameter of the GFRP tube, the concrete compressive strength and the load eccentricity. The discussion of test results included cracking behavior; failure mode; the load-strain response; and the strains in GFRP tubes. Strength gain and the deformability were used to evaluate the behavior of the tested specimens. The results showed notable enhancement in the structural behavior of SCC due to confinement using GFRP tube. Gain in strength up to 50% and 37% was achieved for plain and steel reinforced SCC, respectively. Increasing the compressive strength of concrete by 81% resulted in only 59% increase in the specimen ultimate load. The evaluated behavior displayed that the improvement in the strength for the axially loaded specimens is more pronounced than specimens subjected to eccentric loading. For specimens subjected to eccentric loading, load eccentricity was found to have a significant effect on the performance of SCC confined by GFRP. It reduced the ultimate capacity while it enhanced the deformability. [Tarek Bahaa. Performance of Self-Compacting Concrete Confined using GFRP and Subjected to Compression Loading. J Am Sci 2013;9(12):863-872]. (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.jofamericanscience.org. 110


The flux densities at wavelengths of 13, 4, and 2 cm have been measured for a variety of sources. The spectra of some previously known sources have been extended to higher frequencies. Physical parameters are derived where possible, assuming a model of thermal emission from ionization-bounded homogeneous, spherical H II regions. (AIP)


The invention discloses an information processing method and electronic equipment. A first collection unit and a second collection unit are arranged on the electronic equipment. The method comprises the following steps: collecting the running environment of the electronic equipment by the first collection unit so as to obtain three-dimensional point cloud data; collecting the running environment by the second collection unit so as to obtain two-dimensional point cloud data, wherein the three-dimensional point cloud data and the two-dimensional point cloud data are synchronously collected; determining the transformation relation between the two-dimensional point cloud data of adjacent moments in the two-dimensional point cloud data; and constructing the three-dimensional point cloud data to a target three-dimensional coordinate system on the basis of the determined transformation relation so as to form a data source for constructing a three-dimensional map. Through the technical scheme, the implementation cost for constructing the three-dimensional map can be reduced, so that the method can be applied to large-scale navigation and location scenes.


The aim of this study was to evaluate the importance of nonalbumin-predominant proteinuria on kidney function (KF) after islet transplantation (ITx). Twenty-four-hour proteinuria and albuminuria were available in 27 recipients. KF was assessed by serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was calculated by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula. Correlations between eGFR and albuminuria (r = −0.422, p < 0.001) were higher than with proteinuria (r = −0.223, p < 0.001; p = 0.006 for comparison between correlations). Nineteen (70%) subjects had proteinuria ≥ 300 mg/24 h during the follow-up. Subjects were divided into three groups according to urinary protein excretion patterns: no proteinuria (n = 8), nonalbumin-predominant (n = 8), and albumin-predominant (n = 11) proteinuria. Proteinuria ≥ 500 mg/24 h was observed only among patients with albumin-predominant proteinuria (64%; p = 0.002) and these patients had the lowest eGFR means post-ITx (no proteinuria: 84.2 ± 16.4 vs. nonalbumin: 69.1 ± 13.8 vs. albumin-predominant proteinuria: 65.5 ± 16.6 ml/min/1.73 m2, p = 0.044 for first vs. last group). In conclusion, high frequency of proteinuria was observed after ITx. However, it seems to be milder and have less impact on KF when albumin is not the major source of proteinuria. Prospective evaluation of proteinuria, including tubular function markers, should be performed to elucidate the mechanisms of kidney damage in this population.


To the Editor: —We are indebted to Dr. Pfrommer for raising an issue which was perhaps not clearly presented in the original article. Like Dr. Pfrommer, we, too, were concerned about the validity of self-reported heights and weights. Therefore, we did not attempt to draw fine distinctions, for example, to analyze the data in terms of degrees of obesity, but merely distinguished between two main categories, "obese" and "normal." Thus the degree of discrepancy between reported heights and weights and actual heights and weights, which our analysis could tolerate and still remain valid, was considerable. In addition, we argued that the main effect of any remaining lack of validity would be to blur the distinction between our two categories (some of the respondents we classified as normal might actually be obese and some, probably a smaller number, of the people who reported themselves as obese might actually be of normal


Human development is the development of ideas. Times have changed with the diversity and coherence of ideas, as well as their distinctive advantages over time. Each era has its own new outlook. Then the question of bringing these changes into existence became the next requirement of life for man. No matter how strong and comprehensive the ideas may be, they can remain as ideas for good and all. In order to spread these ideas among the people and to bring them to life in the process of explaining them in detail, one has to resort to the most modest, if not the easiest, interpretation. This "modest" means was his language ability. This article describes specific features and characteristics of speech art, along with its problems and solutions.


Abstract Due to their complex rheological behavior, feedstocks for powder injection molding (PIM) may exhibit non-homogeneous flow and separation. This can produce defects of green parts during mold filling, resulting in their cracking and warpage during debinding and sintering, and ultimately in poor physical and mechanical properties of the final part. An experimental rheological study has been performed to evaluate the influence of solids loading, shear rate, and powder particle size on feedstock stability. A micro-rheological explanation is given for the macroscopic effect of separation, and an instability index has been defined to describe quantitatively the threshold beyond which the variation of viscosity becomes unacceptable for PIM purposes. A neural network model has been developed for predicting the viscosity of feedstocks made from binary blends, when the powder characteristics, blend composition, and shear rate are known. The system enables determination of the process parameters for which powder-binder separation occurs in a given feedstock.


A computing device performs an automatic adjustment of user attributes of a graphical keyboard on the basis of user input to the graphical keyboard. The computer device for can. B. display a first graphical keyboard arrangement comprising a first representation of a key associated with a target region of an input-sensitive display. The computing device receives a plurality of user inputs, each of which is associated with a respective contact area of the input-sensitive display. Subsequently determining that one or more of the touch regions is not substantially aligned with the target area or are the computing device displays a second graphical keyboard arrangement, which includes a second representation of the key, wherein at least one attribute of the second representation of the key relative to the first representation of the key is graphically modified to align one or more of the contact regions substantially coincides with a target area that is associated with the second representation of the key.


We established a hierarchical employee well-being (EWB) model which scrutinized the structure of employee well-being and distinguished the concept of well-being from those of occupation gratification and job satisfaction. By establishing the model, the formation process of employee well-being is analyzed. Then, the frame of influencing factors and the evaluating system of EWB are proposed, which gives possibility to efficient EWB management.


We discuss the high fidelity simulation, the identification of dominant scales, the design of a computational superstructure for time integration of the dominant-scale dynamics, and associated results. The results include accurate short and medium-time tracking of the dominant-scale dynamics for a range of parameter values for the computational superstructure. These results suggest that coarse analysis methods are useful for solving fluid flow problems of a multiscale nature.


We reconsider gauge-transformation properties in chiral gauge theories on the lattice observing all pertinent information and show that these properties are actually determined in a general way for any gauge group and for any value of the index. In our investigations we also clarify several related issues.


We study the \Lie Algebra" of the group of Gauge Transforma- tions of Space-time. We obtain topological invariants arising from this Lie Algebra. Our methods give us fresh mathematical points of view on Lorentz Transformations, orientation conventions, the Doppler shift, Pauli matrices, Electro-Magnetic Duality Rotation, Poynting vectors, and the Energy Mo- mentum Tensor T. LetM be a space-time andT (M) its tangent bundle. ThusM is a 4-dimensional manifold with a nondegenerate inner producth ;i on T (M) of index + ++. We study the space of bundle maps F : T (M)! T (M) which are skew symmetric with respect to the metric, i.e. hFv;vi =0f or allv2 Tx(M )a nd allx2 M. A skew symmetric F has invariant planes and eigenvector lines in each Tx(M). We give necessary and sucient conditions as to when these plane systems and line systems form subbundles in Theorem 7.3. Also we determine the space of those F which give the same underlying structure. This is done by introducing the bundle map TF = FF 1 (tr F 2 )I : T (M)! T (M). Then the space of skew symmetric F which give rise to the same T is homeomorphic to Map(M;S 1 ), the space of maps of M into the circle S 1 . (See Theorem 7.11.) We also show that the space of skew symmetric F has a natural complexica- tion. (see Propositions 2.2 and 2.3) This leads to an equivalence between the F and vector elds on the complexied tangent bundle T (M)C. The complexied study leads to several beautiful relations which link our subject matter to Cliord Algebras and Quaternions. (See Corollaries 4.6 and 4.7 and Theorem 4.8.) We naturally nd many points of contact with Physics, especially classical electromag- netism. These considerations frequently govern our choice of notation. The physical motivations and remarks will be explored in the Scholia; and the mathematical mo- tivations and links will be found in the Remarks.


Bilateral choanal atresia is an uncommon congenital malfor  mation and its association with duodenal atresia and lago ph thalmos is very rare. It is a lifethreatening condition where immediate intervention is always needed. A systemic exami nation is required to find its association with other anomalies. Though different approaches for its treatment are described endoscopic transnasal approach is the most acceptable less traumatic approach till date. We are having a case report of a premature baby with choanal and duodenal atresia with lagophthalmos and was managed successfully with endoscopic transnasal approach.


Objective:To understand the early suspicious keratoconus refractive changes by optometry. Methods:Follow up in 2 years through 23 cases of myopia and astigmatism increased in patients with refractive errors, refractive status, cycloplegic refraction computer optometry suspected keratoconus, corneal topography examination follow-up to understand the circumstances that may occur keratoconus.Results:Confirmed 4 cases of keratoconus, 9 cases of suspected keratoconus, 10 cases no keratoconus possible. Conclusion:The progressive increase in myopia and astigmatism, corneal curvature increased significantly people should be take keratoconus investigation.


The preliminary design of a new Pseudospark (PS) chamber-high power,intense current density, lower emittunce and high brightness electron beam source driven bya modified water-filled Blumlein pulse-forming line is presented. Based on the hollow cathode(HC) effect and the Pseudesperk empirical formula, various parametors including the HC andthe cathode-anode separation,the working gas pressure region are given. The general experimental scheme of high-brightness PS-produced electron ham is shown.


ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to explain the significance of Alfred A. Robb's philosophy of time stemming from his interpretation of relativity theory; and at the same time, to investigate the reasons for the failure of his philosophical contemporaries to appreciate its significance, with special attention to its reception on Russell's part. The study of Russell's reaction to Robb exposes shortcomings in Russell's own philosophy of time, which has been extremely influential through the years. It also highlights the philosophical differences between Minkowski and Robb, the shared idealistic premises of Russell and McTaggart, and the confluences between the views of Russell, Eddington and McTaggart. The paper closes with an account of how Robb's interpretation has been vindicated by its adoption in modern physics.


Abstract J. S. Furnivall's characterization of Java in the last half‐century of colonial rule as a 'plural society' has largely been taken for granted by most scholars who have supported or opposed the applicability of the concept in a Caribbean or African context. In the 'plural society' of colonial Java, according to Furnivall, Europeans, Chinese and natives each held by their own religion, their own culture and language, meeting as individuals only in the market place. This article re‐examines the case of colonial Java, which first prompted Furnivall to use the concept, paying particular attention to the Chinese. It argues that at the time he invented the term, he exaggerated the 'pluralistic' features of colonial society, and that, when applied to the situation at the turn of the century, the concept was quite misleading. Rather, it is suggested, colonial society in the urban centres of Java at that time might in many respects just as well be characterized as a 'mestizo society'.


The aim of the project is to reduce the patient's fall rate in the medical surgical unit at an acute care hospital through improving the fall precaution process. The unit consists of 37 bed with a population of stroke, medical, and surgical patients. The focus of the nursing staff education using handouts, brochures, and poster will be based on the results from pre and post intervention audits. The goal of this fall reduction project is to have the nursing staff learn, review, and apply fall prevention interventions for fall risk patients in order to help reduce fall rate by 50 percent within a six month period, from October 2015 through March 2016. The CALNOC (Collaborative Alliance for Nursing Outcomes) and NDNQI (The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators) data on fall rate will be compared before and after the intervention. Results indicate that as staff knowledge and implementation of fall prevention interventions increase, the patient fall rate will decrease. FALL REDUCTION WITH NURSING INTERVENTIONS 3 Clinical Leadership Theme The global aim for this project is to reduce the patient fall rate in the medical surgical unit at an acute care hospital through improving the fall precaution process. This project focuses on the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) curriculum element of Clinical Outcomes Management. The CNL role will be to serve as the Educator using current evidence-based information to facilitate the learning process of other health professionals to improve outcomes and patient safety. Statement of the Problem The rate of falls in my microsystem unit shows a rising trend. When the chart audit was conducted to assess the cause, the findings show that the nurses were not complying with the fall prevention strategies even when a patient had a Schmid fall score of 3 or greater (Appendix Q). Nurses did not apply fall prevention interventions (Appendix P) such as utilizing water fall signs, activating bed exit alarms, and applying yellow fall risk armbands and yellow nonskid socks on fall risk patients. Evidence has shown that staff education and their compliance to the fall prevention program are crucial in reducing patient fall rate (Wilbert, 2013). The purpose of this fall prevention project is to have nursing staff learn, review, and apply fall prevention interventions for patients in order to help reduce patient fall rate.


In this study we are obtaining the maximum temperature of solar water heater using of PV cells. The flat plate solar water heater are consisting using several parts such as collector , flat plate glass , circulating pump, PV cells , frame . The centrifugal pump is operated by PV Cells. Water temperature is measured by digital temperature meter. Hot water is storage in container. The most elements of these are a clear front cover, collector housing associated an absorbent material.


The gently inclined thin to medium thickness ore body under a weak rock stratum is one of the typical difficult bodies to mine. In order to solve the fuzziness, randomness, and uncertainty in the process of mining method optimization for such ore bodies, a multi-level, multi-factor, multi-objective, and multi-index comprehensive evaluation system involving technology, economy, construction, and safety was constructed by combining the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). Taking the Miao-ling gold mine in China as an example, the AHP-TOPSIS comprehensive decision model of mining method optimization is established, the comprehensive superiority degrees of the four mining schemes are 67.57%, 45.07%, 56.07%, and 31.63%, and the upward horizontal drift backfill mining method is determined as the optimal scheme. The method is verified in the actual production of the mine, which not only ensures the safe production of the mine, but also achieves better technical and economic effects. The research results provide a reference for the optimization of mining methods for gently inclined and soft broken complex ore bodies at home and abroad.


Caesarean sections (C-sections) have become a substitute for vaginal birth in a number of developing and emerging economies. Often in these contexts, the promotion of caesarean delivery as a safe or even zero-risk and zero-pain alternative to vaginal birth continues to serve as a powerful discursive tool in governing childbirth, despite growing international evidence on the iatrogenic effects of C-sections. These caesarean 'epidemics' are often explained in terms of obstetricians' individual preferences for C-sections. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in one private and one public hospital in western Turkey, I argue that there are a wide range of factors influencing obstetricians' risk conceptualisations, discourses and practices. I also contend that the medical justifications for C-sections and their public popularity can best be understood by looking at the ways in which both caesarean and vaginal births are organised. In the settings examined, the processes around caesarean and vaginal births were blurred to such an extent that vaginal delivery was, in its technicised and closely monitored nature, transformed into what I propose to call 'vaginarean' birth. Recent state regulations in Turkey aiming to prevent 'caesarean abuse' had only had limited effects on obstetricians' practices. The notion of risk continued to operate as a major driving force in that an institutional risk colonisation came to compete with medical framings of risk, while deficiencies in the national obstetric care system were made invisible. I conclude that regulations aimed at eradicating a caesarean epidemic, such as those implemented in Turkey since 2012, are unlikely to be effective unless they also aim to combat the vaginarean epidemic.


Introduction In this informal paper I will first give a general outline of the research questions to be answered in my study on the "Use of ICT for acquiring, practicing and assessing relevant mathematical skills". Then I will focus on two specific issues that arise during the course of it. Firstly what ICT tool to use. Secondly how an ICT tool could be used in a didactic scenario. Two directions that address these issues are: criteria for ICT tools for assessing algebraic skills and a scenario I call formative scenario's with varying feedback. Finally this will lead to several points for discussion in the ISDDE topic group on (computer) assessment.


1PG Scholar, EGSPEC, Nagapattinam 2Assistant Professor, EGSPEC, Nagapattinam, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***---------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract The mechanical properties of Fibre Metal Laminate (FML) composite that is used in aircraft structure. In this paper the Aluminum sheet in GLARE material is replaced with Aluminum wire mesh to reduce the de lamination effect. The intensive experimental analyses of these materials are focused on the assessment of their mechanical properties. Practical test specimens were prepared by Hand layup technique. Then it is going test the mechanical properties in the form of tensile, compression, impact and hardness.


Collective Bargaining—Disclosure of Employees' Medical Records—Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers, Local 6-418 and 6-75 v. NLRB—The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that employers who have contractually agreed with unions to protect employees' health and safety may not arbitrarily refuse to comply with union requests for employees' confidential medical data. The decision prohibits employers from denying unions occupational health and safety information relevant to collective bargaining agreements solely on secrecy or confidentiality grounds. Employers must bargain in good faith over disclosure of such information; neither the overbroad nature of a union's request for information nor the cost or burden of compliance excuses an employer from releasing pertinent data. In Oil Chemical, the court consolidated six petitions for review and applications for enforcement arising from three rulings of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In each instance the NLRB found that the employer violated sections 8(a) 1 and 8(a)5 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by refusing to furnish unions with information relevant to employees' occupational safety and health, a subject of the collective bargaining agreements. The court of appeals first considered whether the requested data was relevant to the collective bargaining process. The court stated that information about the work environment and employees' health is undeniably relevant when employees are exposed to a variety of potential health and safety hazards and the collective bargaining agreements provide that both management and the unions must actively promote occupational health and safety. The court added that disclosure is not automatically barred when the requested information contains trade secrets. Because only a small part of the requested information contained trade secrets, the court determined that the employer's concern for secrecy did not justify noncompliance with the union's demand. Rather than apply the balancing test enunciated in


Objective To Understand the status and characteristics of the technical personnel flow in community health service institutions in Anhui.Methods The randomly sampling on a proportion of 25% was used to choose 111 community health service institutions from 12 cities in Anhui.And the interview and consultation on the original records of the inflow(outflow) in 2007-2009 were applied to get the information.Results From 2007 to 2009,the inflow percentage of health technical personnel of the community health service institutions in Anhui was 6.8%-10.2% per year,while the outflow percentage was 5.0%-7.5% per year,and the net inflow percentage was-0.7%-3.9%.Conclusion It is the technical personnel flow that not only affects the stability of the whole organization,but also increases the cost of training on human resources and extends the cycle of team construction.It is suggested that the development plan of community health human resources should be formulated according to local conditions;the coordinate development of health technical staff with their organization should be focused;and the system programming on community health service staff′s wages and promotions should be constantly improved.


Purpose
The purpose of the study is to investigate and reveal this relationship of various engineering demand parameters (EDPs) of this structural type and intensity measures (IMs) under intra-plate earthquakes.

Design/methodology/approach
The nonlinear finite element model used was calibrated first to the existing results of the shaking table test to verify the modeling technique.

Findings
This paper investigated the relationship between intensity measures and various engineering demand parameters of cable-stayed bridges using intra-plate earthquakes. The correlation analysis and Pearson coefficient are used to study the correlation between EDPs and IMs. The results showed that peak ground velocity (PGV)/peak ground acceleration, peak ground displacement and root-mean-square of displacement showed weak correlation with IMs. PGV, sustained maximum velocity, a peak value of spectral velocity, A95 parameter, Housner intensity and spectral acceleration at the fundamental period, the spectral velocity at the fundamental period and spectral displacement at the fundamental period were determined to be better predictors for various EDPs.

Originality/value
This paper investigated the correlation between the intensity measures of intra-plate earthquakes with the seismic responses of a typical long-span cable-stayed bridge in China. The nonlinear finite element model used was calibrated to the existing results of the shaking table test to verify the modeling technique. In total, 104 selected ground motions were applied to the calibrated model, and the responses of various components of the bridge were obtained. This study proposed PGV as the optimal IM.


Abstract Safety procedures to be followed in chemical cleaning of equipment are outlined. Topics discussed include inhibition of cleaning acid by test before new jobs, control of temperature and co...


Preparation method and characteristics of high quality Korean pickled cucumber made with acetic acid-treated cuttle bone powder (KPCCP) were examined and compared to those of Korean pickled cucumber prepared by traditional methods (control). Optimal concentration of acetic acid-treated cuttle bone powder for KPCCP preparation was revealed as 10%. Salt concentration of KPCCP fermented for 3 days was 4.5%, slightly higher than that of the control, whereas that of KPCCP fermented for over 6 day was about 4.8%, similar to that of the control. The pH, greenness, and hardness of korean pickled cucumber decreased during fermentation, with the control showing a greater extent of decrease than KPCCP Total acidity and alcohol insoluble calcium contents increased during fermentation, with KPCCP showing higher extent of increase. These results indicate that quality of KPCCP is superior to that of Korean pickled cucumber prepared by traditional methods.


During a survey of microfungi on symptomatic leaves from Photinia serratifolia (Desfontaines) Kalkman, an interesting species of asexual ascomycetes were found. Based on multilocus phylogenies from a combined dataset of genes encoding internal transcribed spacer (ITS), large subunit of ribosomal RNA (LSU), translation elongation factor 1 alpha (tef1), part of the beta-tubulin gene region (tub2), and partial RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (rpb2), in conjunction with morphological characteristics, we describe a new genus of Tubakiaceae, Ellipsoidisporodochium gen. nov. (type species: Ellipsoidisporodochium photiniae sp. nov.). The genus has fusoid to ampulliform sporodochia and obovoid to ellipsoid conidia. Their relatedness to allied taxa are also annotated and discussed.


The Theatre Of The Absurd was one of the most influential theatres to exist in the post war age. It staged some of the most legendary plays to have existed in human history. It was believed to have originated as a result of the social scenario that emerged post second world war. Having traits or tragicomedy, inspired by surrealism and dadaism as well, these plays hold a significant in the dramatic history of world theatre. Among the famous playwrights associated with the Theatre Of The Absurd was Eugene Ionesco. This paper thereby focuses on one of his masterpieces, 'The Chairs.' Highlighting the major themes of existential dread, broken communication and illusion of reality, this paper attempts to analyze the playwright's perspective towards the inclusion of these themes. It also provides a brief background of the evolution of the themes represented in the play in association with the absurdist theatre as a whole. Lastly, it presents the close parallels that exist between the reality and the absurdist play from the playwright's point of view. The paper thereby attempts to present a clear understanding of the origin as well as the inculcation of the three major themes in the play. Keywords— Absurdity, Anxiety, Broken Communication, Existentialism, Trauma.


This paper presents a proof of concept (POC) experience sharing on how to deploy the front end processor (FEP) based on banking requirements in Taiwan. New services usually take several months to materialize as existing IT systems lack compatibility. If banking IT can catch the tempo of business planning; it is the key to save costs while increasing new revenue and profit from higher customer satisfaction and responsiveness. Currently, many banks implement enterprise application integration (EAI) as a bridge between front end and existing systems. Through using service oriented architecture (SOA) $WebSphere process server (WPS), the development cycles can be reduced from months to weeks


An apparatus for discharging breathing gas is to be improved such that adjust constant flow conditions for the exiting breathing gas. To achieve the object, an annular connecting element (6) between an outer part (2) and an inner part (4) is provided, wherein an outflow gap (7) between the connecting element (6) and the outer part (2) is formed.


In this letter, a new analytic expression for the time-domain discrete Green's function (DGF) is derived for the 3-D finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) grid. The derivation employs the multidimensional Z-transform and the impulse response of the discretized scalar wave equation (i.e., scalar DGF). The derived DGF expression involves elementary functions only and requires the implementation of a single function in the multiple-precision arithmetic. For its verification, antennas were simulated in the DGF formulation of the FDTD method with the use of the derived expression demonstrating the correctness of the derivation.


The objective of this study was to observe the effect of nitrogen application on the plant biomass and rate of net aboveground accumulation in an alpine grassland of Central Himalaya, dominated by the grass Danthonia cachemyriana, Jaub. and Spach. Nitrogen was applied in the form of urea at the rate of 250 kg ha-1 in late May 1984 and late April 1985. Aboveground and belowground biomass from both fertilized and control plots were measured from a day before fertilization and at 30-day intervals throughout the growing season in 1984 and 1985. The aboveground net accumulation (ANC) in 1984 was 409 g m-2 for the control and 450 g m-2 for treated plots, and in 1985 it was 382 g m-2 in the control and 458 g m-2 in the treated plots. The differences in ANC between control and fertilized plots were significant at P<0.05 for 1984 and P<0.01 in 1985. The belowground net accumulation (BNA) in 1984 was slightly greater in the treated plots (314 g m-2) compared to the control (207 g m-2), but in 1985 the BNA was significantly (P<0.05) higher (328 g m-2) for the control plots compared to treated plot (222 g m-2). Results indicate that this alpine meadow is less nitrogen limited than the grasslands studied elsewhere. Nitrogen fertilization had more effects on the pattern of biomass allocation than on total production.


Animals have always had their place in literature. Primitive storytellers have used animals to make dramatic human daily struggle against the forces of nature. The man from time immemorial been associated with wildlife. In prehistoric times he hunted and domesticated animals to survive. That predetermined relationship of man with animals affected the animals very early to become a major preoccupation and inspiration. Animalism is an inherent part of literature for children, especially anthropomorphism. Animalism in children's literature is one of the more common themes. Authors of books for children often represent animals as main characters through which express a certain lesson, carry a strong message to something. They give human qualities to animals in order to be more attractive to young readers. Animals in the works symbolize human qualities such as kindness, wisdom, greed, stupidity, selfishness and others. Through animal characters young readers can learn that good is the purpose of existence, goodness is rewarded and always wins. Through the characters of animals showing that it does not necessarily rule that "where is strength there is no justice", sometimes weak can defeat the strong by their wisdom, that reason is stronger than physical strength. This paper will make a brief reference to the Macedonian writers who in their work for children prominently place devoted to animals.


In this work, we study the local magnetic-moment formation and the systematics of the magnetic hyperfine fields at a Cd impurity diluted on the R site of the Laves phase intermetallic compounds $R{\mathrm{Ni}}_{2}$ and $R{\mathrm{Co}}_{2}$ $(R=\mathrm{rare}$ earth). In the case of $R{\mathrm{Ni}}_{2}$ intermetallic hosts, we use a Daniel-Friedel-like model in which the $R{\mathrm{Ni}}_{2}$ intermetallics are considered as effective ferromagnetic rare-earth hosts. In the case of $R{\mathrm{Co}}_{2}$ intermetallic hosts, we also consider the contribution arising from the neighboring Co magnetic moments. The calculated total magnetic hyperfine fields are in good agreement with the available experimental data.


To claim the third direction and the peripheral circuit region of the first, and the substrate is formed along a first direction crossing a plurality of the first patterns extending respectively in the cell region of a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral circuit region in a third direction to form a second pattern. The form, and form a plurality of first mask and extending respectively to the fourth direction crossing the third direction along a first direction on the first pattern of the second mask on the second pattern. Claim 1 to form a plurality of third mask each of which is extending in a fourth direction between the mask. First through using a third mask as an etch mask to form third and fourth patterns by etching the first and second patterns. Third and fourth pattern forming each of the first and second cell, the second active pattern region and the peripheral circuit region by etching a substrate by using an etching mask.


A 69‐year‐old man with metastatic islet cell carcinoma was treated with streptozotocin and achieved excellent tumor regression. Sixty‐seven grams of streptozotocin were given over 28 months. After completion of streptozotocin therapy, the patient had progressive leukopenia. Thirteen months after discontinuation of streptozotocin, acute myelocytic leukemia developed in the patient. He received aggressive antileukemic therapy but died without achieving complete remission. Streptozotocin should be added to the list of chemotherapeutic agents whose prolonged use in the management of a primary malignancy has been followed by the appearance of acute leukemia.


11545 Background: Single-agent PD-1 inhibitors have modest activity in the treatment of most STS. Potential strategies to increase efficacy include combination therapies targeting the tumor microenvironment. Considering that apart from direct growth inhibition and death of malignant cells, trabectedin (Tr) also induces macrophage depletion and/or different immunologic effects, suggesting a possible synergistic effect of combined Tr plus anti-PD-1 treatment. We therefore aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of combined Tr and nivolumab (Ni) as a second-line treatment in STS. Methods: The prospective, explorative, two group, non-randomized phase II NiTraSarc trial enrolled pretreated patients (pt) with advanced STS (Group A: lipo- or leiomyosarcomas, Group B: non-L-sarcomas). Pt were initially treated with 3 cycles of Tr 1.5 mg/m2, followed by the combination of Tr 1.5 mg/m2 + Ni 240 mg ("late combination cohort" (LCC)) for up to 16 cycles. After positive results of a preplanned interim analysis, pt received the combination therapy starting with cycle 2 ("early combination cohort" (ECC)). 92 pt were recruited to the trial (55 in Group A, 37 in Group B). Primary efficacy endpoint is progression-free survival rate after 6 months (PFSR6) according to RECIST v.1.1. This is a first analysis of the primary efficacy endpoint in Group B based on a modified intention-to-treat (mITT) population of evaluable 36 pt: 23 and 13 pt from the LCC and ECC, respectively. Results: The most common Group B subtypes comprised undifferentiated pleomorphic/not otherwise specified sarcoma (UPS/NOS, 13pt) and fibromyxoid sarcoma (FMS, 6pt). After a median follow-up of 5 months (m) PFSR6 was 13.9% for all pt, 8.7% in LCC and 23.1% in ECC. Median duration of disease stabilization (DoDS) was 4m in all pt, the LCC and the ECC. Two pt had a partial response (PR), 10 had disease stabilization (SD), while 13 pt progressed, and 11 had missing data. By subtype: PR- UPS/NOS=2 (DoDS 12.7m/12.5m). SD: UPS/NOS=3, epithelioid=2, synovial=2, FMS=1, fibrosarcoma=1, other=1. All 36 pt experienced at least one adverse event (AE) reaching a total of 579 AEs, 141 (24.4%) of which were considered to be grade ≥3 treatment-related AEs. The main grade ≥3 AEs were: leukopenia (47.2% of pt), neutropenia (41.7% of pt), thrombocytopenia (33.3% of pt), increased ALT (30.6% of pt), and anemia (27.8% of pt). Conclusions: Tr+Ni was well tolerated and showed activity in at least some patients with non-L-sarcomas (mostly UPS/NOS) especially in the ECC. Analyses of the collected data, including PD-L1 expression profile, with the goal to establish whether Tr+Ni should be further pursued in these patients, are ongoing. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03590210; EudraCT: 2017-001083-38. Clinical trial information: NCT03590210.


Morbid obesity (BMI, >40) is epidemic among reproductive-aged U.S. women; in 1991, the NIH Consensus Developmental Conference concluded that bariatric surgery is the only effective treatment. In this population-based study, investigators at an Israeli hospital compared pregnancies in women who had and had not undergone bariatric surgery. During a 4-year period, they collected data on gravidity, parity, type …


Cancer stem cells from oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) have the ability to self-renew and differentiate into heterogeneous three-dimensional structures carrying features of tumor cells. Here, we describe a simple and label-free method for generating tumor organoids, and imaging them using live digital holographic microscopy (DHM) on the basis of the phase shift caused by light passing through the cells. We show early events of cell aggregation during tumor-organoid formation, and display their heterogeneity in terms of optical parameters up to an optical volume of 105 µm3. Lastly, by sorting OPSCC epithelial cells, we demonstrate that CD44+ cells displayed greater motility and tumor-forming capacity than those of CD44− cells. These results were in line with previous reports highlighting increased invasive and tumorigenic potential in tumor cells expressing high levels of CD44. Our method provides insight into the formation of tumor organoids, and could be used to assess stemness-associated biomarkers and drug screenings on the basis of tumor organoids.


Professors Joseph Fishkin and Heather Gerken argue, in The Two Trends That Matter for Party Politics, that the Supreme Court's recent deregulation of the campaign-finance system is fueling a troubling shift toward "shadow parties," away from formal parties populated by party activists. This response essay commends Fishkin's and Gerken's focus on the relationship between campaign finance law and the structure of political parties but raises two concerns about their argument. First, the formal parties, at least on the national level, departed from the "party faithful" model well before the Court's most recent campaign finance decisions, raising the need to think more broadly about the causes for the shift. Second, while Fishkin and Gerken are correct to worry about the dominance of the elite in our democratic organizations, for that conversation to have real impact on the vitality of our democracy, it must be expanded beyond political parties to civil society more generally. This essay was written for the 2014 Brennan Center Convening, Money in Politics 2030: Toward a New Jurisprudence.


Excerpt To the editor: Fotion and Conrad (1) have made some worthwhile points about authors who have not sat down to actually write multiauthored papers. They propose a method of distinguishing wri...


The 2016 US Presidential campaign saw the meteoric rise to power of Donald J. Trump, unprecedented perhaps in the history of American politics not only for its style but also for its unswerving "address" (Lempert and Silverstein 2012) to a "base" that was large enough to give Trump an electoral college victory. This talk was connected most distinctively (though of course not exclusively) to the social media platform Twitter. This article provides what is arguably the first anthropological linguistic analysis of Twitter, while also interrogating for the first time Trump's use of Twitter as a speech practice. It is no doubt too soon to tell, but it is suggested here that rather than the broad-spectrum address of the message that has heretofore characterized much of the history of presidential campaigns, Trump's social-media address to a base may mark a shift in the rise of presidential talk to come.


Abstract 2147 Increased fetal hemoglobin (HbF) levels alleviate the symptoms and improve survival of patients with sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia. Because therapeutic options remain limited for a large group of patients refractory to hydroxyurea (HU) therapy, alternative therapeutic agents to increase HbF are urgently needed. Decitabine (DAC) increases HbF to therapeutic levels in sickle cell disease patients refractory to HU. Oral administration of DAC would ease administration, increase compliance, and lower costs. Previous studies showed that oral administration of high doses of DAC increased HbF levels in baboons (Lavelle et al Am J Hematol 82:981, 2007). The oral bioavailability of DAC is limited by the degradative action of cytidine deaminase (CDA), and patients with CDA polymorphisms associated with reduced CDA activity may exhibit increased risk of cytotocity. We hypothesized that oral administration of low-dose DAC in combination with the CDA inhibitor THU would improve the DAC concentration-time profile while avoiding high peak drug levels likely to cause DNA damage and cytotoxicity and reduce risks of cytotoxicity in patients with CDA polymorphisms. Pharmacokinetics (PK) analysis in six baboons following oral administration of high-dose DAC alone showed that a dose (10mg/kg) previously shown sufficient to induce maximal (62.3–72%) HbF levels in 3 of 5 baboons when administered daily for ten days was associated with a mean AUC value of 355min*ng/ml. PK analysis following administration of varying doses of DAC in combination with THU showed that this AUC of 355min*ng/ml was attained with a 0.5 mg/kg DAC dose administered orally in combination with THU. The effect of oral low-dose DAC in combination with THU on HbF was then evaluated in four baboons. Initially, a single baboon (7482) was treated at 0.5mg/kg/d 3X/week for 3 weeks followed by 2X/week for an additional 5 weeks. Three additional baboons (7484, 7472, and 7470) were treated with either 0.25 or 0.5mg/kg/d 2X/week for eight weeks. Results (Table 1) showed significant increases in HbF associated with modest decreases in ANC and increases in platelets in all animals. Decreased DNA methylation in the 59 γ-globin gene region was observed in post-treatment BM samples by quantitative MassARRAY DNA methylation analysis. PK analysis showed that DAC bioavailability following oral administration of high-dose DAC alone differed 33 fold between 7470 and 7484 but only 1.3 fold following oral administration of low-dose DAC in combination with THU. Thus co-administration of low-dose DAC with THU reduced inter-individual variability of drug bioavailability and this was consistent with the similar HbF responses observed in these animals. Importantly, the ability of oral low dose DAC-THU to increase HbF to similar levels in the absence of cytotoxicity in two baboons differing in DAC bioavailability following oral administration of high-dose DAC alone predicts that oral low-dose DAC-THU in combination will reduce risks of cytotoxicity in patients with differences in DAC bioavailability due to CDA polymorphisms. These experiments have determined a dose and schedule of oral low-dose DAC in combination with THU that effectively increases HbF to therapeutic levels in the absence of cytotoxic effects in baboons and thus provide critical information important for the design of a future clinical trial of this drug combination in patients with sickle cell disease refractory to hydroxyurea therapy. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


The objective of this article was to study the effects of Chi meditation on heart rate variability (HRV). For this purpose, the statistical and spectral measures of HRV from the RR intervals were analyzed. In addition, it is concerned with finding adequate Auto-Regressive Moving Average (ARMA) model orders for spectral analysis of the time series formed from RR intervals. Therefore, Akaike's Final Prediction Error (FPE) was taken as the base for choosing the model order. The results showed that overall the model order chosen most frequently for FPE was p = 8 for before meditation and p = 5 for during meditation. The results suggested that variety of orders in HRV models upon different psychological states could be due to some differences in intrinsic properties of the system.


CPC organizations in communities are the foundation of all the work and combat of the communities and the core to lead work of various organizations of the communities.Currently,the street party building community still faces many challenges.Therefore,it is of great necessity to adhere to the modern culture for the lead and create a favorable social management and innovative thinking environment of the community;to build a working system to maintain stability and improve the scientific level of social management;to promote in-depth the safe community construction,and effectively consolidate and develop the party's mass base;to further improve the mechanism to continuously enhance the ability of communities to solve practical problems;to actively expand the coverage of the organization for long-term stability in Xinjiang leap-forward development and lay a solid organizational foundation;to actively improve the relevant security system,to further strengthen the management of the community to promote social reform and innovation.


A novel approach was developed to achieve three-dimensional macroporous NiO/Ni powders. The unique architecture, together with the highly distributed Ni additive ensures the remarkably enhanced discharge capacity, initial coulombic efficiency, cycling stability, and rate capability when utilized as anodes in lithium-ion batteries.


In this study, dynamic transformer rating (DTR) is applied on a medium power transformer thatis in use in the regional transmission grid. The transformer's rated apparent power is 63 MVA, itis conn ...


S>The hypothesis is advanced that in general, oxidationreduction reactions are preceded by, or are simultaneous with, an acid-base step. Application of the hypothesis allows the research analytical chemist to decide such things as when a reaction might be slow and what catalyst might be effective for a given reaction. (auth)


Background Breastfeeding is a complex phenomenon involving biological, affective, and socio-cultural aspects. Its de�nition is built by a diversity of beliefs, attitudes, traditions, and myths. Being aware of the connection between the biological and socio-cultural concepts into the Social Representations of breastfeeding in health sciences, will allow us to have a better comprehension of their attitudes/behavior towards breastfeeding. Therefore, the objective of this study is to describe the Social Representations on breastfeeding among Mexican health sciences students. Methods This study was carried out based on the structuralist approach of the Social Representations Theory. Data collection was done with free-listing questionnaires with a "breastfeeding" as inducer word among nutrition, medical, and nursing undergraduate students (n=124). The analyses used were: similitude of words and of the meanings of words, prototypical and categorical analysis. The �ndings suggest that the structure of the social representation is composed of breastfeeding components (baby, mother and milk), affective (attachment, love and link), biological (nutrition, breasts and health), and socio-cultural elements (taboo, responsibility and economic). Within the nucleus, only instrumental elements are found, whereas in the peripheries, biological, affective, and socio-cultural elements are observed.


As support structures are removed difficulty and a waste of material and long auxiliary time in the laser direct manufacturing of metal part.A multi-degree of freedom direct metal deposition system without support structure is widely research.The central axis of the object is used to determine deposition direction and deposition thickness in the direct metal deposition system.In this paper an algorithm that is mainly based on the geometrical characteristics of metal parts is presented to determine the center axis.This algorithm is much more simple on determining the center axis of metal parts.The central axis extraction of metal parts is the basis of direct metal deposition system without support structure exploitation.


The study was undertaken to compare the level of total phenolics and the allelopathic potential of Pluchea lanceolata in soils cultivated once or twice a year. Thirty-five cultivated fields were sampled from seven sites in three different seasons. The leaf area, leaf weight, height, and density of P. lanceolata plants were measured. Leaves of P. lanceolata were analyzed for nine chemical characteristics: leaf ash, total phenolics, phosphate, Cu, Zn, Na, K, Mg, and Ca. Weed-infested topsoil and subsoil were analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity, organic carbon, chloride, bicarbonate, total carbonate, phosphate, total phenolics, Zn, Na, K, Mg, and Ca. Fields cultivated twice a year were designated as Group I, while those cultivated once a year were designated as Group II. Biotic and chemical characteristics of plants of Group I and II were not different. Topsoil and subsoil of Group II had higher values for Ca, while topsoil of Group I had higher values for total phenolics. The higher phenolic content of Group I topsoil was probably due to greater incorporation of weed plant parts into the soils as compared to Group II fields. Seedling growth of crop plants such as radish, carrot, maize, mustard, tomato, turnip, and wheat was affected more by soil from P. lanceolata-infested fields that were cultivated twice a year than those cultivated only once. A correlation between higher total phenolic content of P. lanceolata-infested topsoil with two cultivations, and growth response of crop plants was recorded.


The invention provides a busy telephone line processing system and method. The busy telephone line processing system is arranged in a communication device and comprises a call monitoring module and a call prompt module, wherein the call prompt module is connected with the call monitoring module. When a calling party uses the communication device as a called party to call, the call monitoring module is used for monitoring whether a call request from the calling party exists or not. When the call monitoring module monitors that the call request from the calling party exists, but the communication device is in communication with a third party, the call monitoring module sends a corresponding call prompt signal to the call prompt module, and the call prompt module receives the call prompt signal and converts the call status information of the calling party into corresponding call prompt information to inform the called party.


Tunnel transistors are promising building-blocks for future low-power integrated circuits because steeper subthreshold-slope of the device can effectively reduce the turn-on voltage of electronic switches. Here, we investigate selective-area growth of InGaAs/InP/InAlAs/InP core-multishell (CMS) nanowire with modulation-doping and demonstrate vertical tunnel transistor using the CMS nanowire/Si heterojunction. The device indicated rapid current-enhancement due to the modulation-doped nanowire while keeping steeper subthreshold slope.


Director of the Battle Command Knowledge System (BCKS), establishes the KM environment in this issue by summarizing the origins of KM and discussing the ways the Army is integrating KM practices into the Operating and Generating forces in order to effect knowledge transfer. Mr. Scott Chunn, Director of USAIC's KM Office, introduces ICON, the Intelligence Knowledge Network for Military Intelligence (MI) professionals, a sort of 'one stop shop' connecting people and information within the Intelligence Community. He emphasizes that KM is about people and processes, not just technology. Several writers from the USAIC KM Office explain the ICON moving parts. I encourage the reader, like I did, to go to https://icon.army.mil and use these articles to explore ICON Portal to find out just how powerful a tool this is for Intelligence professionals. In the training arena for example Captain Tom Pike, Course Manager for the MI Basic Officer Leader's Course, explains how ICON (along with other knowledge tools) is taught to lieutenants to enable them to leverage knowledge networks from the very first day of training. John Ives offers a discussion of the 'people' side of KM, suggesting the development of a human resources program that proactively provides a personnel knowledge database and assignment policy to conserve tacit knowledge for future operations. Two articles detail work being done by the U.S. Army Reserves. Chief Warrant Officer Two Brian Harris explains how reserve units are using Intellipedia as a collaborative tool for intelligence production. Major Chris Barra discusses how a Reserve unit supports the BCKS initiative. Finally Rich Holden talks of the success of INTELST, a way for Intelligence professionals to share information and collaborate through email. We have resumed printing. If your unit or agency would like to receive MIPB at no cost, please email firstname.lastname@example.com and include a physical address and quantity desired or call me at 520.538.0956/DSN 879.0956. We are no longer accepting personal subscriptions. We mail to APOs. Center and Fort Huachuca (USAIC&FH) publishes the Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin (MIPB) quarterly under the provisions of AR 25-30. MIPB presents information designed to keep intelligence professionals informed of current and emerging developments within the field and provides an open forum in which ideas; concepts; tactics, techniques , and procedures; historical perspectives ; problems and solutions, etc., can be exchanged and discussed for purposes of professional development. Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the authors and not those of …