Magnetic susceptibility, entropy and specific heat are calculated at the equilibrium points of phase transition to a phase of coexistence of ferromagnetic order and superconductivity in a new class of spin-triplet ferromagnetic superconductors. The results are discussed in view of application to metallic ferromagnets as UGe$_2$, ZrZn$_2$, URhGe.


Human resource is one of the most important elements of any organization. The profitability and success of any organization upto much extent depends on its human resource (men/ employees). Human resource is one of the 5Ms (Man, Money, Machine, Method, Material) of management process of production, but truly speaking among these 5 Ms only Man is capable of mobilizing all other resources. Man combine with the remaining Ms helps in making the successful completion of any activity. With the emergence of "global village" concept many issue arises in human resource management and now a days a new concept is developing which includes the cross border human relations with regard to the organization. Now domestic HRM is converted into international HRM. This paper emphasizes on pros and cons of international HRM and how it aids to the improving performance of the organization.


Various advanced Hafnia-based thermal barrier coatings (TBC) were applied on nickel-based superalloy coupons by electron beam physical vapor deposition. In addition, microstructural modifications to the coating material were made in an effort to reduce the thermal conductivity of the coating materials. Various processing parameters and coating system modifications were made in order to deposit the alloyed TBC with the desired microstructure and thus coating performance, some of which include applying coatings at substrate temperatures of 1150 C on both PtAl and CoNiCrAlY bond coated samples, as well as using 8YSZ as a bond layer. In addition, various characterization techniques including thermal cyclic tests, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity measurements were performed. Although the coating microstructure was never fully optimized due to funding being cut short, significant reductions in thermal conductivity were accomplished through both chemistry changes (composition) and microstructural modifications.


stages shifts to what amounts to the opposite: "The progress of the Christian pilgrim is, in fact, a regression to infancy and to the pleasure of sucking God's milk" (181). For Augustine, humility is the cornerstone of Christian growth and therefore perpetual infancy is the most fitting state for that growth. Throughout Raised by Christian Milk, Penniman highlights how the symbolic power of milk is linked to sociocultural values of women's bodies and how this power of nurturance is appropriated by male authors, whether Greco-Roman, Jewish, or Christian. Women's embodiment grounds the symbol, but the actual women tend to remain obscured by the lens of their male writers. Indeed, Raised on Christian Milk is a book about the Christian interpretative tradition around a Pauline metaphor, but it is also a book that illuminates how powerfully the symbol of breast milk and nourishment functions across various cultures to construct social identity. Penniman's careful analysis of the texts chastens any assumptions that minimize the power of symbols and offers clarity about how those symbols take on formative power and shape entire traditions.


Time management predates modern times as God Himself exhibited time management prowess at creation (Genesis chapter one of the Holy Bible). The importance of time management was equally emphasized by the Book of the Preacher i.e. Ecclesiastes in chapter three verses 1-10, where we are told that each human activity including one's birth or death has its own time. The implication of these emphases is that planning use of time, utilisation and evaluation of time which tantamount to time management would culminate in effectiveness whatever one is doing. It is this vein that Rawson in his undated ten lessons on time management emphasis listing eight priorities of daily engagements that should be carried out and follow it as religiously, evaluate how feasible it was to carry out in the day, giving the time allotted to executing each of the listed priorities. He further stated that if it failed try again and again until one gets it right. This, by implication, means that through constant practice of time management one would become a master of it. Furthermore, it should be noted that time as implied from the above observations required discipline which comes from deliberate decision to foregone substantial amount of pleasure, in order to gain knowledge or dexterity in one's field of human endeavour.


The effects of 3 MeV and 10 MeV proton irradiation on the performance of InP/InGaAs heterojunction structure are reported. The current-voltage (I-V) and capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics before and after proton irradiation are compared. The interface states density is calculated on the basis of the frequency dependent capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurements. The results show that the interface states increase with the increase in fluence after 3 MeV proton irradiation. Also, more interface states are induced by the irradiation with lower energy proton.


The results of a study of institutional factors influencing acceptance of center-pivot irrigation in the Nebraska agricultural community are reported. Center-pivot irrigation (CP) was an interesting topic for study because (1) it was a major recently introduced technological innovation in agriculture which (2) had potentially detrimental attributes - water and energy intensity. A brief historical review of the introduction and acceptance of center-pivot irrigation in the Nebraska agricultural community is presented. Institutions which were a likely part of this institutional arena relative to CP introduction and acceptance were identified. Their likely responses were hypothesized, then data collected regarding actual response. Three broad conclusions are drawn: (1) there were definite institutional influences in the acceptance of CP in the Nebraska agricultural community; (2) acceptance was facilitated in the Nebraska agricultural community because the innovation differentiation process yielded secondary attributes of CP that met prevailing social orders; and (3) the innovation differentiation process for CP in the Nebraska agricultural community yielded both transformation and disconnection of detrimental attributes, creating the circumstances for attribute redefinition in the first instance and another innovation in the second instance.


In order to realize the performance durability of impeller blood pumps, the author firstly has developed a durable impeller pump with a rolling bearing and a purge system ,in which the wear-less rollers made of super-high-molecular weight polythene keep the pump working for years without mechanical wear; and t he purge system enables the bearing to work in saline and heparin, and no thromb us therefore could be formed.Secondly, a durable centrifugal pump with a rolling bearing and an axially reciprocating impeller has been developed. The axial rec iprocation of the rotating impeller makes the fresh blood in and out of the bear ing and wash the rollers once a cycle; in this way, no thrombus can be formed and no fluid infusion is necessary, which may bring inconvenience and discomfor t to the receptors. Finally, a permanent maglev impeller pump has been developed and its rotor is suspended and floating in the blood under the action of permane nt magnetic force and nonmagnetic forces, with no need for position measurement and feed-back control. In conclusion, an implantable, pulsatile, blood compatible and durable impeller blood pump may have more extensive applicat ions than ever before and can replace the donor heart for transplantation in t he future.


Research in underwater acoustic networks has developed quickly to support large variety of applications such as mining equipment and environmental monitoring. As in terrestrial sensor networks; reliable data transport is demanded in underwater sensor networks. The energy efficiency of error correction techniques should be considered because of the severe energy constraints of underwater wireless sensor networks. FEC and ARQ are the two main error correction techniques in underwater networks. In this paper, a mathematical energy efficiency analysis for FEC and ARQ techniques in underwater environment is done based on communication distance, packet size and wind speed. And a comparison between FEC and ARQ in terms of energy efficiency is done, it was found that energy efficiency of both techniques increases with increasing packet size in short distances, but decreases in longer distances. There is also a cutoff distance below which ARQ is more energy efficient than FEC, and after which FEC is more energy efficient than ARQ. Wind speed has great effect on energy efficiency and on cutoff distance for both techniques. Based on this analysis an efficient energy two mode error correction technique is proposed, this technique depends on RTT, distance, packet size, and the energy level in the nodes to determine where and how error can be corrected.


Objective To analyze the pathologic and biology features and prognosis of HER-2, ER and PR negative breast cancer (TNBC). Methods Clinic pathologic data of 329 breast cancer patients was retrospectively analyzed. The expression of HER-2, ER, PR and P53 was determined by immunohisto-chemistry. The patients were divided into three groups, including TN group [HER-2 (-), ER (-), PR (-)], HER-2 group [HER-2 (+), ER (-), PR (-)] and HR group [ER (+), PR (-) or (+), HER-2 (-) or (+)]. The pathology and biology features and P53 masculine expression of the three groups were compared. The 5-year overall survival and disease free survival were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier method. Results Of the 329 patients, 20.97% (69/329) was TN group, 34.04% (112/329) was HER-2 group, and 44.98% (148/329) was HR group. The percentage of with lymph node metastasis in TN group 55.07% (38/69) was higher than that in HER-2 group 42.86% (48/112) and HR group 43.24% (64/148) (χ^2= 12.57, P<0.05). The rates of P53 positive, operation recurrence and metastasis in TN group were 44.93%, 27.54% and 20.29%, which were higher than that in HER-2 group (20.54%, 16.07%, 16.96%) and HR group (18.24%, 12.84%, 10.81%) (χ^2=12.23, 8.36, P<0.05). The ratio of tumor ≥5cm, Ⅲ stages, Ⅲ grade and soakage canula cancer among three groups had statistical difference (χ^2= 7.25, 8.79, 9.23, 8.48, P<0.05). The 5-year overall survival in three groups were 75.36%, 82.14%, 85.14% and disease free survival were 68.12%, 78.57%, 82.43% (χ^2=8.52, P<0.05). Conclusion The pathology and biology traits of TNBC were high rate of P53 (+) and recurrence and lymph node metastasis. The most important factor for poor prognosis of TNBC was the low rate of disease free survival for 5 years.


A weapon system for the attack of underwater targets such as a navl mine, comprises a projectile launcher 52 from which is launched, by propellant means 54, a projectile 61 containing a high explosive payload and a delay fuze. The projectile launcher is incorporated either in or on a remotely-operated vehicle, by which means the launcher is brought to a position at or adjacent to the target to be attacked. The projectile is accelerated along and fired from the launcher by expanding propellant gases after an annular protrusion 55 has been sheared off a rear cap 57 of the projectile. The projectile penetrates the casing of a mine and the delay fuze detonates the high explosive payload either immediately or when the remotely-operated vehicle has withdrawn to a safe distance. In an optional form, the all burnt condition of the propellant occurs after the projectile has exited the launcher. In this way the confining effect of water on the expanding propellant gases is used to continue to accelerate the projectile after it has exited the launcher which enables a shorter launcher to be used.


Virtual worlds have become a useful tool in research, commerce and teaching. These environments allow communication, visualisation, interaction and simulation in a manner that has previously been impossible. Second Life has become the most popular of these virtual worlds with many companies and education centres owning land and developments within its environment. In this work a number of exhibit within Second Life have been developed, which are aimed at assisting teaching and research of chemistry. The exhibits are focused on drug docking and remote automation of experiments. The exhibits were demonstrated with great success during the National Science and Engineering Week outreach event at the University of Southampton, where approximately 3000 members of the public attended.


The present invention includes a telephone service device for providing telephone services to a television apparatus (10), to a telephone service devices and systems. Technical field of the invention, a method usually used ordinary television apparatus in a home environment as a terminal for a telephone service, for example MMS (multimedia message service), used SMS (Short Message Service) and streams mobile media and video conferencing it is a convenient solution for. This platform can be used as a terminal of a large multimedia communications platform volume. This device facilitates maintaining a dialogue with the response to and others to others in the "Mobile Communities". Telephone service device includes a telephone service main unit for connection to a television apparatus (10) (20), and an operator unit with movable separation in connection with the main unit (20) (22).


– In this paper we present a system for specification and code generation of ability systems for role-playing video games. The system comprises of a domain specific language, one Model-To-Text transformation and a framework for developing video games. Using the proposed system, it is possible to generate runnable textual role-playing games for Python environment.


This book is a comprehensive introduction to supply chain financing as a business model that enables companies to reduce costs, improve their working capital and manage risks more tightly. Supply chain financing is using the supply chain to fund the organization and using the organization to fund the supply chain. Supply chain financing is of growing importance, the book explains what supply chain funding is and its different components as well as its impact and potential not only on companies using it, but more globally. The content moves from the basics of supply chain management to how to structure a global supply chain finance program in today's marketplace, the emergence of fintech providers, and alternative methods of payment, while also offering a view of the future that incorporates new platforms and analytical tools to optimize efficiencies in an organization and increase working capital flows.


Observations of transits of the hot giant exoplanet HD189733b in the unresolved Hi Lyman-� line show signs of hydrogen escaping the upper atmosphere of the planet. New resolved Lyman-� observations obtained with the STIS spectrograph onboard the Hubble Space Telescope in April 2010 and September 2011 confirmed that the planet is evaporating, and furthermore discovered significant temporal variations in the physical conditions of its evaporating atmosphere. Here we present a detailed analysis of the September 2011 observations of HD189733b, when an atmospheric signature was detected. We present specific methods to find and characterize this absorption signature of escaping hydrogen in the Lyman-� line, and to calculate its false-positive probability, found to be 3.6%. Taking advantage of the spectral resolution and high sensitivity of the STIS spectrograph, we also present new results on temporal and spectro-temporal variability of this absorption feature. We also report the observation of HD189733b in other lines (Siiii at 1206.5 u Nv at 1240 u Variations in these lines could be


Rapid developments in computer science have led to the increasing demand for efficient computing systems. Linear photonic systems rose as a favorable candidate for workload-demanding architectures, due to their small footprint and low energy consumption. Mach Zehnder Interferometers (MZI) serve as the foundational building block for several photonic circuits, and have been widely used as modulators, switches and variable power splitters. However, combining MZIs for realizing multiport splitters remains a challenge, since the exponential increase in the number of devices and the consequential increase in losses is limiting the performance of the MZI based multiport device. To overcome such limitations, incorporating alternative and low loss integration platforms combined with a generalized design of the MZI could allow the realization of a robust variable power splitter. In this work, we present for the first time a 4×4 Generalized Mach Zehnder Interferometer (GMZI) incorporated on a Si3N4 photonic integration platform and we experimentally demonstrate its operation as a variable power splitter. We developed an analytical model to describe the operation of the 4×4 GMZI, allowing us to evaluate the impact of several parameters to the overall performance of the device and investigate the device's tolerance to fabrication imperfections and design alternations. Its experimental evaluation as a variable power splitter reveals a controlled imbalance that ranges up to 10 dB in multiple output ports of the device, validating the theoretically derived principles of operation.


The invention discloses an unequal time period automatic ordered partition-based process monitoring method. According to the method, a process similarity measurement index related to monitoring performance is used, and the irregular process characteristic of a batch process with an unequal operation period is effectively captured, so that the unequal batch process is automatically and orderly partitioned into multiple unequal time periods. Next, a monitoring model is established based on a partition result of the unequal sub-time periods, different monitoring strategies are adopted aiming at different time regions, the operation state of the process is effectively monitored, and a fault and time period transformation are distinguished. The method is simple, and is easy to implement, the learning of the specific process characteristic is facilitated, the reliability and the credibility of the on-line process monitoring are enhanced, and an industrial engineer can accurately judge the process operation state so as to timely discover the fault; thus safe and reliable operation of actual production and high-quality pursuit of products are guaranteed.


Large amount of eutrophic substances deposited at the bottom of a pond caused the pond aging and deterioration of aquaculture environment,which was harmful to a healthy aquaculture and production.The integrated oxidation pond and constructed wetland system was used to purify micro-polluted water in an aquaculture pond at Centre Lake in Qianwei Village,Chongming Island,Shanghai.In the oxidation pond,fibre packing was implanted evenly while microorganisms took fibre packing as carrier.The biofilm on the fibre packing was cultivated and domesticated by precoating treatment with aerobic activated sludge.The structures reinforced the functions of microorganisms to form the symbiotic relationship between algae and bacteria.Ceramsite with large specific surface area in constructed wetlands was favorable for the attached growth of microorganisms and suspended matter absorption.As a result,the removal rates of COD,TN,TP,SS and chlorophyll-a by the integrated system were 38.3% to 59.4%,20.5% to 60.2%,43.9% to 58.7%,66.7% to 95.2% and 15.7% to 50.7%,respectively.The treatment efficiency showed a seasonal variation,in which the best season was summer.The maximum treatment capacity of the integrated system was 441.5 m3/ d.The storage capacity of the aquaculture pond was 70 000 m3.This means that a cycle of water exchange between the aquaculture pond and the integrated system would take 170 d.


were polymorphic and verified for Mendelian inconsistencies and allele and genotype frequencies were measured using the programme PEDSYS subroutines. The allele frequencies of rs7493 were 77% (C) and 23% (G). In regard to the rs12704795, the A and C allele frequencies were 76% and 24%, respectively. Genotypic data of rs7493 [CC (60%), CG (35%), GG (5%)] and rs12704795 [AA (55%), AC (39%), CC (6%)] were consistent with the Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium expectations, and there was no evidence for hidden population stratification. Association analysis in our family data was carried out using the measured genotype approach within the variance components analytical framework implemented in SOLAR [5]. Of the phenotypes examined for association [T2DM, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure measures, total cholesterol , high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, triglycerides and ln ACR)], the C/G variant (rs7493) exhibited significant association only with ACR (P ¼ 0.013) after adjusting for the effects of age, age 2 Â sex, diabetes, duration of diabetes, systolic blood pressure, and antihypertensive treatment with ACE inhibitors or AT1R antagonists. The mean ACR values by genotype category were as follows: CC ¼ 2.28 AE 0.05, CG ¼ 2.16 AE 0.05 and GG ¼ 2.03 AE 0.09. In addition, we reanalysed the association analysis by replacing the systolic blood pressure with the diastolic blood pressure values as a covariate in our model (together with antihypertensive treatment and other covariates), and the association findings were found to be similar to ACR (P ¼ 0.019). The analyses also indicate that the rs7493 variant explained $8% of the total genetic variance in ACR. The biological relevance of our findings remains to be identified. Alterations in the activity of PON2 due to rs7493 are likely to influence the composition as well as the oxidation of lipoproteins [1]. For example, oxidized LDL may induce oxidative damage in kidney cells, therefore contributing to the pathogenesis of albuminuria. The precise biological relevance of this variant to albuminuria will therefore depend on its effect on the enzymatic activity of PON2. Our association analysis failed to show significant association between the phenotypes examined and genotypic data of rs12704795. The absence of relationships between the examined variants and the serum lipids and lipoproteins, BMI and blood pressure measures, is consistent with a previous report [1]. This study has limitation in that it focused on three variants in PON2 gene examined previously and has not attempted comprehensive tagging of all common variations within PON2 …


The mutual expansion and overlaps of the projected (Smirnov–Tolstoy and Szpikowski–Berej) bases for the irreducible representations (irreps) of Sp(4) restricted to U(2) are considered. The equivalence relation connecting the overlaps of both (ST and SB) bases after the definite substitution of parameters (up to an elementary factor) is presented. The overlaps of the Szpikowski–Berej basis states are rearranged to double sums, restricted by the parameters characterizing the multiplicities of the repeating irreps of subgroup and thus representable in polynomial forms. The Regge‐type symmetry of these new expressions allows the proof of the earlier conjectured symmetry of the orthogonalization coefficients (OC) for the family of the biorthogonal bases of Sp(4)⊇U(2), SU(4)⊇SU(2)×SU(2) and SU(n)⊇SO(n) for two parametric irreps. The structure of the orthogonalization coefficients for the Szpikowski–Berej basis is also considered. The symmetry of the Bα(c'abde) functions (as the conjectured numerator polynomials...


The input and radiation characteristics of circular microstrip antennas operated at higher order modes to generate conical patterns are studied. The effects of varying the substrate parameters on characteristics such as radiation pattern, directivity, bandwidth, efficiency, and location of the feed-point to match a 50 ohm line are investigated. Also, a multi-feed technique to operate the antenna at any particular higher order mode is proposed. Successful experiments have used this technique to operate the antenna at the desired higher order modes and the experimental results are in close agreement with the theoretical analysis.


A reported experimental evidence for gravitational quantum bound states of neutrons in the Earth's gravitational field1 is discussed regarding possible employment of these states to prove the existence of gravitational field quanta through their interaction with a beam of ultracold neutrons.


The organic light emitting display device is provided. The organic light emitting display device is the second electrode connected to one electrode and a second node coupled to the first transistor, the first node comprising a second electrode connected to one electrode and a first node connected to a gate electrode, a data line coupled to the scan line a first capacitor, the second node and connected to the gate electrode, the second transistor, a gate electrode connected to the compensation control line, said second node comprising a first electrode and a second electrode connected to a third node connected to a supply voltage comprising one electrode connected to and fourth transistors and a third transistor, a second electrode connected to one electrode and the third node is connected to the gate electrode, the data line coupled to a sensing control lines including a second electrode connected to the third node and an anode electrode and a cathode electrode connected to a second supply voltage coupled to the third node.


We survey a ramification theory for division algebras of certain type, and apply it to a s tudy on the Tate duality for abelian varieties over local fields. We give a proof of a formula which express the different of a division algebra in terms of the Swan conductors.


For each compact smooth manifold W containing at least two points we prove the existence of a compact nonsingular algebraic set Z and a smooth map g: Z → W such that, for every rational diffeomorphism r: Z' → Z and for every diffeomorphism s: W' → W where Z' and W' are compact nonsingular algebraic sets, we may fix a neighborhood U of s -1 o g o r in C∞(Z', W') which does not contain any regular rational map. Furthermore s -1 o g or is not homotopic to any regular rational map. Bearing in mind the case in which W is a compact nonsingular algebraic set with totally algebraic homology, the previous result establishes a clear distinction between the property of a smooth map f to represent an algebraic unoriented bordism class and the property of f to be homotopic to a regular rational map. Furthermore we have: every compact Nash submanifold of R n containing at least two points has not any tubular neighborhood with rational retraction.


An improvement method based on compressed bitmap was proposed to address the deficiency of deletion performance in traditional locality-sensitive hashing(LSH) algorithms.To improve the overall performance especially the delete performance of LSH algorithms,a novel Boolean algebra schema for LSH operations was designed and the vector structure in hash-buckets was replaced with compressed bitmaps.In addition,a mark-and-sweep strategy was utilized to perform a batch deletion and further improved the delete performance.Theoretical analysis showed the improvements of CB-LSH in both memory space requirements and time complexity of all the LSH operations.Thorough experiments showed that CB-LSH not only saved notable memory space,but also achieved significant improvements in delete,query and insert performances.Industrial practice also verified that CB-LSH is qualified for online updates and queries for content-based image retrieval in large-scale multimedia databases,and CB-LSH significantly improves the overall performance and optimally utilizes the resources.


The urgency of the problem is caused by the need to develop and implement energy-efficient and energy-reducing technologies, as one of the priority strategies for innovative development of the Russian Federation, and the lack of energy efficient lighting control systems, which consume up to 30% of the generated electricity. The aim of the research is to develop an energy-efficient indoor lighting control system for the production facility. The research methods are fuzzy modeling and the Mamdani fuzzy inference method, implemented in the Delphi programming environment. The main results of the research: a new method for energy-efficient control of the capacity of indoor lighting facilities is proposed. It differs from existing ones in that the control effect is created by forming two input signals from measuring sensors: lighting and people present, taking into account the regulated standards of production facilities illumination. A new mathematical model for determining the optimal value of the power consumption by the indoor lighting facilities of production facilities is developed on the basis of the Mamdani fuzzy inference method. A hardware-software stand was developed for carrying out experimental studies.


Background: With the rapid development of society and economy, Zhengzhou city, a new first-tier city in central China, is facing high levels of particulate matter (PM) pollution. Dust source has been generally recognized as one of the major source of PM emission that cannot be ignored. In this study, we aimed to establish an emission inventory of PM from dust source and characterize its spatial pattern in Zhengzhou, China. Methods: A GIS&RS based approach was proposed to establish the emission inventory of total suspended particles (TSP), particulate matter 10 (PM 10 ) and particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5 ) from dust source. Bare ground, construction sites and paved roads in 2016 was recognized with high resolution remote sensing data.Technical Guidelines for Emissions Inventory of Particulate Matter Emitted from Dust Source recommended by the Ministry of Ecological Environment (MEP) was used to estimate PM emission, and a spatial grid of 3km×3km resolution was established to display the distribution of PM emission from different dust sources. Results: The total emission of TSP, PM 10 and PM 2.5 in Zhengzhou was 237.5 kt·a -1 , 103.7 kt·a -1 and 22.4 kt·a -1 , respectively in 2016. Compared to other cities in China, the PM emission in Zhengzhou was at a relatively high level. Construction dust source was the main emission source in Zhengzhou, the TSP, PM 10 and PM 2.5 emission of which account for 76.42%, 89.68% and 88.39%, respectively of the total emissions, followed by road dust source and soil dust source. Spatially, total TSP, PM 10 , PM 2.5 emission were larger in main urban areas including Jinshui, Zhongyuan, Erqi, Jingkai and other urban districts. Zhongmou, Xingyang and Xinzheng, which bordering with the main urban area, were also the area with high PM emission, while Dengfeng, Gongyi and other remote areas had relatively small emission of PM. Conclusions: The GIS&RS based approach has good applicability for identifying the emission characteristics in urban area, and it is urgent for Zhengzhou city to take specific measures for the prevention and control of atmospheric pollution under the severe situation of high- level PM emission.


Background: The present study was conducted to evaluate the cases of metabolic syndrome in general population. Materials & Methods: This study was conducted on 76 metabolic syndrome patients. All patients subjected to fasting blood sugars and fasting lipid profile level measurements. Blood pressure was also recorded. Results: In group I, there were 46 males and 30 females and in group II, there were 41 males and 35 females. In group I, 78% patients had hypertension while in group II, 24% had hypertension. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Group I had higher TG, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL and VLDL than group II. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found that patients with metabolic syndrome pose high total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, VLDL level.


AbstractThe main objective of the present study is to quantify the influence of important factors such as fly ash content, dolime content, and curing period on the shear strength and stiffness characteristics of copper slag–fly ash–dolime (CFD) mix for its effective utilization in the base course of flexible pavements. Unconfined compression tests are conducted on specimens with different fly ash (10–40%) and dolime (0–20%) contents cured up to 28 days. A mix of 20% fly ash and 80% copper slag stabilized with 15% dolime was found to be the optimum for use in the base course of flexible pavements. Next, durability tests and unconsolidated undrained triaxial tests are performed on the optimum mix. The strength achieved after 28 days of curing period for the optimum mix was found to be least susceptible to the effect of alternate wet and dry cycles. Empirical relationships are developed to estimate important design parameters such as deviator stress at failure, elastic modulus, and cohesion of the stabilized...


FOR many generations doctors have depended mainly on recognition of the specific rash for identification of many of the common fevers. Clinically, of course, this still holds good, but with the isolation of the rubella virus, all of the common specific exanthems have now been associated with an identifiable virus. There are of course other, more elusive rashes, and text-books till quite recently still carried accounts of entities such as "fourth disease" and "fifth disease", in an attempt to classify some of these. The progress of virology has, however, made such classifications out of date, and nowadays a rash can be claimed as specific only when it can be associated with a known infectious agent. Increasing familiarity with the large family of "new" viruses, undreamed of by our predecessors, has shown that several of them are commonly associated with rashes, which may be quite consistent and characteristic for particular strains. These have recently been discussed at some length in a paper by A. Martin Lerner and his colleagues,' based on work done at the Boston City Hospital and the Harvard Medical School, and the same ground is more briefiy covered elsewhere in a signed editorial by Lerner."


The signal recognition particle (SRP) is a ribonucleoprotein particle essential for the targeting of signal peptide‐bearing proteins to the prokaryotic plasma membrane or the eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum membrane for secretion or membrane insertion. SRP binds to the signal peptide emerging from the exit site of the ribosome and forms a ribosome nascent chain (RNC)–SRP complex. The RNC–SRP complex then docks in a GTP‐dependent manner with a membrane‐anchored SRP receptor and the protein is translocated across or integrated into the membrane through a channel called the translocon. Recently considerable progress has been made in understanding the architecture and function of SRP.


A 60‐year‐old man with a history of diabetes insipidus presented with a left groin mass, leg edema, and retroperitoneal adenopathy. Biopsy results of the involved lymph nodes were typical of eosmophilic granuloma. The patient was treated with etoposide and prednisone and had a complete regression of his lymphadenopathy and edema. This response suggests that etoposide may be a useful agent in the management of histiocytosis X.


Objective:The effects of perindopril on hypertension supevised by 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.Method:48 patients (32 men,16 women,mean age 67.3 ± 12.7 a) with mind, moderate hypertension were selected.All of them were under perindopril regimen:4 mg qd,taken at 8 Am everyday for four weaks.The changement of blood pressure before and after the treatment were observed.Result:There was a significant decrease of blood pressure after the treatment with perindorpril (P 0.05 ).Whole validity was 81.2 %,the extents of decrease was nearly equal and still kept the normal rhythmical change at day and night.Conusion:Perindopril is an ideal firstline drug in treatment of mild and moderate hypertension.


We study time averages of single particle trajectories in scale free anomalous diffusion processes, in which the measurement starts at some time t_a>0 after initiation of the process at the time origin, t=0. Using ageing renewal theory we show that for such non-stationary processes a large class of observables are affected by a unique ageing function, which is independent of boundary conditions or the external forces. We quantify the weakly non-ergodic nature of this process in terms of the distribution of time averages and the ergodicity breaking parameter which both explicitly depend on the ageing time t_a. Consequences for the interpretation of single particle tracking data are discussed.


The aim of this work was to elucidate the role of adrenal glands in providing of previously identified circadian oscillation diuretic activity of furosemide depending on the time of its administration to rats. The effects of furosemide in sham and adrenalectomized animals have been compared. Diuretic was administered intraperitoneally at a dose of 20 mg/kg body weight at 1200 and 2400. Urine output, excretion Na+, K+, creatinine and furosemide were measured after 6 and 24 hours. Furosemide administration led to the rapid development of diuretic action that persisted for 24 hours, a significant increase of sodium and potassium excretion, and increase in the daily excretion of creatinine. It was found that the influence of furosemide on the renal excretory function especially in the early hours was more pronounced at night in normal (sham) rats against a comparable diuretic excretion. The registered difference persisted only in the form of trends under conditions of adrenalectomy. It is concluded, that the adrenal glands make the definite contribution to the daily fluctuations of furosemide effect in rats.


Orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) is an emerging multiple access technology. We consider OFDMA in the context of fixed wireless ad hoc networks. We address the problem of assigning subcarriers and bits to point-to-point wireless links in the presence of cochannel interference and Rayleigh fading. The objective is to minimize the total transmitted power over the entire network while satisfying the data rate requirement of each link. We formulate this problem as a constrained optimization problem and present a heuristic algorithm. The simulation results show that our algorithm results in an efficient assignment of subcarriers and transmitter power levels in terms of the energy required for transmitting each bit of information.


Forest detection and classification in tropical regions is very important for climate change research. Combining available data from different sensors is widely used in remote sensing to improve detection and classification performance. In this study, a decision fusion strategy is proposed to integrate optical and multifrequency PolSAR data for classification of rural areas including forest. Developed decision fusion strategy was validated with testing and validation samples which were manually selected from the high resolution satellite imagery. A total of three different sensor-originated scenes acquired on May 2010 in the Northwest of Tanzania were used in forest detection and classification experiments. The results show that combining classifiers for combinations of different sensor-originated features improves classification results for detailed class categories. Features which are properly modeled with the same statistical distribution are grouped and processed together. Classification results are weighted by using a reliability measure which is derived from confusion matrix of validation set. Therefore proposed decision fusion strategy improves the performance of parametric classifiers for some cases.


In OO-modeling and programming, state is structured into a set of objects. Objects can reference each other forming a graph with objects as nodes and references as edges. During the execution of object systems, the graph structure changes when objects are created or references are stored. As objects can access other objects only by following references, means to control the graph structure are very important to understand, develop, specify, or verify object systems. In the last years, several techniqes in particular extended type systems have been studied and developed to guarantee properties of the object graphs. We review two of these techniques, namely ownership and universe types and explain their fundamental role for semantics-based encapsulation and modular verification.


While Extended Reality (XR) education is a contested future that consists of diverse discourses, Meta's monopoly of XR technology leads to the misconception that Mark Zuckerberg's vision will be the only future of Metaverse education. To address this discursive power imbalance, this paper draws on the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse to analyze the interests and significance behind different discourses on XR education. In particular, through an exhaustive comparison between Zuckerberg's vision for Metaverse education and educational researchers' imaginary of XR education, I identify that the primary difference between these discourses is the extent of users' digital autonomy. This difference unveils the two parties' grasping motivations: whereas Zuckerberg uses his utopian vision to cover Meta's recent economic crisis and to secure Meta's power in the future education market, educational researchers employ their decentralized imaginary to maximize their degree of freedom to create in the future learning environment. Lastly, I argue that the two radical dreams should learn from one another about digital governance. Thus, a hybrid XR education is proposed.


The incorporation of divalent cations (Mg2+, Mn2+, Cu2+, Sr2+, Cd2+, Ba2+ and Pb2+) in vaterite and calcite has been studied by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. The samples of vaterite and calcite were prepared by spontaneous precipitation from aqueous solutions under defined conditions. The particles of vaterite obtained were spheres, being aggregates of crystallites of 25–35 nm, and the crystals of calcite were well defined rhombohedra. All ions examined, except Cu2+, were found to be incorporated in vaterite probably forming solid solutions. Ba2+ caused a distortion of the vaterite crystal lattice and Mg2+ changed the shape of the particles. Mn2+ ions were incorporated into vaterite in at least two different environments, segregated into clusters or substituted for Ca2+, as detected by EPR. The environment of those Mn2+ ions substituted for Ca2+ in vaterite was of lower symmetry than that in calcite. Characteristic EPR spectra of free radicals formed by γ-irradiation of vaterite and calcite are presented. These spectra were used to detect formation of calcite in the vaterite system, in the presence of Cd2+ and Pb2+ ions confirming the results obtained by EPR of Mn2+ as a paramagnetic substitute for Ca2+. Free radicals characteristic of Cd2+ ions, were detected in both vaterite and calcite γ-irradiated under similar conditions.


The invention relates to a method for transmitting messages in an intelligent network, in which a subscriber a plurality of different communication terminals (12, 14) is assigned. Upon receiving a message for the subscriber is dependent on a reachability profile of the subscriber and / or the message type, at least one communication terminal (10, 12) is selected to receive the message and forward the message to the at least one selected communication terminal (10, 12).


We developed a 5.5 inch, VGA (640×480×RGB), stereoscopic 3D display using a precisely patterned wire grid polarizer (WGP) with rows of alternating polarization angle. Such a wire grid polarizer is invisible without the polarizer and thus a 2D/3D convertible display can be formed. The proposed structure is free of any limitations on both viewing angle and viewing distance inherent in the conventional stereoscopic displays, whereby enabling several persons to view stereoscopic image simultaneously. Because the proposed structure does not use conventional polarization film of TFT‐LCD panel, it can be manufactured with low‐cost.


Basic to any assessment of the depth of a burn wound is the anatomy of the skin. Normally, the skin regenerates from the papillae towards the surface, but if the papillae are lost it can regenerate only from the hair follicles and sweat glands. In a very superficial partial-thickness burn some of the papillae may be intact. However, in a deep partial-thickness burn papillae may be lost and skin can must regenerate from around the hair follicles and sweat ducts. If the burn progresses deeper the hair follicles may be lost, meaning the burn wound can regenerate only from around the sweat ducts. However, if infection supervenes, the burn wound – if not already involving full-thickness loss from the injury itself – can easily be converted to fullthickness loss, with no elements of the skin remaining. Such a burn wound can heal only from the edges and, if it is larger than 3 cm, this will take a very long time, with skin grafting required. Since capillaries are based just below the papillae, in superficial partial-thickness burns they are irritated and vasodilation occurs, meaning the wound is red and will blanch on pressure. This area also contains the nerve endings and these are irritated too, making the wound very painful. If the burn goes deeper the blood vessels may be damaged and extravasation of blood occurs such that the area appears red but does not blanch on pressure. As the wound deepens, nerve endings are destroyed and the wound may cause no pain. In partial-thickness burns, hair, if present, may be adherent and as the wound deepens it will drop out on touching. Again, in partial-thickness burns touch and pin-prick sensations may be intact, but with a fullthickness burn they are lost. These factors allow one to estimate the depth of the wound. With full-thickness burns (Figure 1) there may be a dead, leathery eschar with no touch sensation, and any hairs present will fall out. In deep partial-thickness burns (Figure 2) the wounds are painful, hair, if present, may be adherent, and touch and pin-prick are retained. If red, the wounds will blanch on pressure. The presence of blisters nearly always indicates a deep partial-thickness burn unless massive heat was involved, in which case the subcutaneous fat can boil; however, that type of blister has a completely different appearance and the patient history will make the clinical picture clear. With burns there is a considerable amount of dead tissue and this can readily become the focus of infection, leading to sepsis and possibly deepening of the wound. These days it is unusual to lose a patient in the initial shock phase and resuscitation is generally very well carried out. With shock control, the next big risk to the patient is sepsis and every effort will be made to avoid this. Today, most deaths from burn injuries, apart from very massive burns, involve inhalation injuries and complications following this, combined with a large surface area of burn. In burns, estimation of body surface area (BSA) is necessary,


We present a first approach towards a calculus of transformations of Hume boxes, using an extended version of Hume called Hierarchical Hume. We present and motivate Hierachical Hume, transformations and the calculus and derive some rules and strategies. The approach is then illustrated through two examples.


The possibility that there exists more than one voltage‐gated Ca2+ channel system subserving quantal release of neurotransmitter at nerve endings was examined by measuring the sensitivity of quantal release to agents that block Ca2+ or Ba2+ entry, namely Cd2+, Mg2+, neomycin, and bekanamycin. The results show equal effectiveness vs. release evoked by presynaptic action potentials, brief intense presynaptic depolarizations, or prolonged relatively mild depolarizations, from which it is concluded that the same channel system is involved in each case. In the presence of Ba2+ and no Ca2+ there occur essentially normal (but small) endplate potentials (epps), while in the presence of Ba2+ epp amplitude and frequency of miniature epps co‐modulate with stimulation frequency in a manner which corresponds to a residual Ba2+ model for augmentation. It is therefore also concluded that a single transmitter release system is responsible for normal phasic release and the asynchronous release that is mediated by Ba2+.


Power supply is the key component in micro piezoelectric actuator's application. The PA85 is a high voltage, high precision MOSFET operational amplifier. In the paper,a new power supply is presented, and the principle and the stability of the composite amplifier are analyzed in detail. The unique features of this design are high precision,high stability, simple circuit,strongly driving capability and so on.


1986. Voucher specimens (Schmeda 774) were filed in the US National Herbarium and in the collection of the Facultad de Ciencias Qulmicas. The air dried rhizomes (320 g) were ground and extracted twice with Et20EtOH (1: 1) at room temperature. The crude extract was separated by column chromatography (silica gel) into five fractions: 1 (petrol), 2 (Et20-petrol 1: 10), 3 (Et20-petrol 1:3), 4 (Et20-petrol 1: 1) and 5 (Et20). TLC (silica gel PF254, petrol) of the combined fractions 1 and 2 gave 3 mg of caryophyllene 1,10epoxide. TLCof fraction 3 (Et20-petrol 1:3) afforded 8mg of c, c-matricariaester, 12mg of a-amyrin, and 120mg of solidagenone (1) (all identified by comparing their spectral data with those of authentic material). TLC of fraction 4 yielded a further 40mg of!. TLC of fraction 5 (Et20-petrol 1 : 1) gave 50 mg of solidagenone (1) and 20mg of 2.


A method for the evaluation of the output power performance reduction in GaN FET technologies due to nonlinear charge trapping is defined and differences with other III-V technologies are discussed. Several measurement-based performance indicators are defined and two different 0.25 μm AlGaN/GaN transistors are compared in the paper in terms of power reduction due to nonlinear charge trapping lagging effects.


Trophectoderm formation is the first cell lineage segregation during early embryo development. Further differentiation of trophectoderm to various types of trophoblasts is the key event of placentation process, which is crucial for embryonic implantation and successful pregnancy. The anatomic structure of human placenta is different from that of rodents which have provided the best model to study molecular and cellular mechanisms of trophoblast development. However, due to ethical and practical restrictions, the regulatory mechanisms of human trophoblast development are poorly explored and understood. Recent evidences demonstrate that human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are capable of differentiation towards trophoblasts in culture, after induction by extracellular signals or specific genetic manipulation of master regulatory factors. This review summarizes recent advances in deriving human trophoblasts from human ESCs, and suggests novel mechanisms that regulate the human trophectoderm commitment.


Abstract For three icosahedral alloys in the Mg—Zn-RE(RE = Ho, Y) systems, the atomic pair distribution functions (PDFs) have been obtained from sealed X-ray tube (in-house) and synchrotron (ESRF and APS) powder diffraction experiments. The PDFs are at least qualitatively comparable and are suitable for least squares r ≈ 2 nm local structure refinements. A recent local model for si-Ho—Mg—Zn from in-house data can be confirmed using the synchrotron data. Acquisition and the quality of the data from the different sources are discussed. The better resolved synchrotron data open perspectives for larger scale and thus more detailed models.


Electronic signatures are widely used in financial business, telecommuting and identity authentication. Offline electronic signatures are vulnerable to copy or replay attacks. Contact-based online electronic signatures are limited by indirect contact such as handwriting pads and may threaten the health of users. Consider combining hand shape features and writing process features to form electronic signatures, the paper proposes an in-air handwritten signature verification system with millimeter-wave(mmWave) radar, namely mmHSV. First, the biometrics of the handwritten signature process are modeled, and phase-dependent biometrics and behavioral features are extracted from the mmWave radar mixture signal. Secondly, a handwritten feature recognition network based on few-sample learning is presented to fuse multi-dimensional features and determine user legitimacy. Finally, mmHSV is implemented and evaluated with commercial mmWave devices in different scenarios and attack mode conditions. Experimental results show that the mmHSV can achieve accurate, efficient, robust and scalable handwritten signature verification. Area Under Curve (AUC) is 98.96 \(\% \) , False Acceptance Rate (FAR) is 5.1 \(\% \) at the fixed threshold, AUC is 97.79 \(\% \) for untrained users.


Conifer foliage is a sink for fenitrothion, with a limited capacity for accumulation. Fenitrothion, not derivatives or metabolites, is retained from year to year in foliage on the tree and for at least one year in foliage in forest litter. Translocation can occur but has not been demonstrated to new foliage from foliage treated the previous year.Among forest animals, only insects have been identified as confined entirely to a diet of conifer needles. Among insects tested and observed, diprionid sawflies are most sensitive to fenitrothion poisoning. Diprionids and conifer-feeding pamphiliid sawflies are most threatened because most eat old foliage and, in New Brunswick, may have to feed on contaminated foliage even in years when spraying does not occur.Vertebrates that feed extensively on conifer foliage (none does exclusively) are deer, moose, snowshoe hares, and spruce grouse; spruce grouse is probably the most sensitive to fenitrothion. It is estimated that a 550-g grouse would have to eat 29 kg of foli...


for the South African Renal Society Congress Outcome of HIV positive patients presenting with renal failure at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 2010, 21:3


Disclosed is a special welding electrode for surfacing and repairing broken teeth of a light-load and low-speed gear. Chemical components of the coating of the special welding electrode in weight percent (wt %) include 50-55% of marble, 4-6% of chalk, 25-30% of fluorite, 1-3% of quartz, 1-3% of medium carbon ferrochromium, 1-3% of ferrotitanium, 1-3% of high carbon ferromanganese, 1-3% of ferrosilicon, 1-3% of lanthanum trioxide and 1-3% of metallic nickel, and a core wire is an H08A steel welding wire. The welding electrode is capable of surfacing and repairing the light-load and low-speed forged steel gear without preweld preheating or post-weld heat treatment, deposited metal has high cracking resistance, and the welding electrode is extremely convenient to use on site. The surface hardness of the repaired light-load and low-speed gear ranges from HBS (Brinell hardness scale) 200 to HBS 280, and the service life of the repaired gear is three times that of an original gear.


On the backroads, hidden inside a suitcase, invisible to border controls, an orange, fluorescent bra made in a textile factory in Southern China crosses the Strait and arrives to Taiwan. There, it wanders and circulates, on translocal physical and digital platforms, and it moves back to its place of production in China. Questioning the movements of this object implies interrogating the social and emotional patterns of its producers: young female workers who engage into rural-to-urban labor migration in China first, and marriage-migration to Taiwan later. The sui generis path of this bra illustrates women's mobilities, which cross several social, economic and moral barriers, circulating through the borders of hierarchical, inegalitarian and rigid normative regimes.My research investigates the translocal, creative strategies these women develop, on a physical and virtual level, to "undo" a condition of subalternity experienced all along mobilities. Inside the hyper local microcosmos of their daily translocal lives, women contest markets, produce disorder and re-define an emotional modernity. Through a plurality of material and immaterial, virtual and emotional practices, Chinese migrant women cope with local and global hierarchies and inequalities to "take their place" inside new glocal spaces.Transnational entrepreneurship, under the form of an emotional petit capitalism, sustains women's social, economic and emotional re-positioning. Setting sails through global production and local consumption, Chinese women produce multipolar economies which connect the multiple physical and digital spaces of their migrations. The cartography of the social, economic and emotional labyrinthic and bifurcated movements of the commercialised objects demonstrates the hybrid and syncretic convergence between the logics of the market and hyperlocal practices.Theoretically, epistemologically and methodologically, this work contributes to a global economic sociology, to a sociology of emotions, and to a sociology of transnational migrations.This works seeks to rethink and reconsider the movements and mobilities of objects, subjects and emotions within the complex frame of a dialectic between the local and the global, the physical and virtual, the material and the emotional. Women's translocal emotional petit capitalism, generated through social networks and developed on the backroads, constitutes the mutable, malleable and polyhedral substance of globalisation. In that respect, the backroads, trails and paths of glocal economies can cross, merge and mix with the main roads of global markets. Globalisation can thus emerge inside these social, economic and emotional hyperlocal sections, all at once interconnected.


We prepared a host liquid crystal consisting of a practical nematic liquid crystal mixture and a small amount of a newly designed T-shaped compound. The host liquid crystal doped with a chiral dopant possessing high helical twisting power produces room-temperature amorphous blue phase III (BPIII). An in-plane-switching cell containing the BPIII material exhibited high transmittance, submillisecond response, and hysteresis-free switching at room temperature. After the BPIII cell had been preserved for one month at 25 °C, the electro-optical switching was confirmed as identical to that of the virgin state.


To provide a gripping device of a good production efficiency can exhibit fuel cell electrolyte membrane. Constituting the A membrane electrode assembly, a gripping device 60 for a fuel cell electrolyte membrane having a support 65 having a flat portion 70 in which the catalyst layers 32 and 33 to support the electrolyte membrane 30 disposed. Flat portion 70 has an outer peripheral edge outer aligned frame-shaped groove in the catalyst layers 32 and 33, the groove is connected to the air suction unit 85, that the air of the groove is sucked to adsorb electrolyte membrane 30. .Field


English as a lingua franca (ELF) is a means of communication in English between speakers who have different first languages. While some definitions (e.g. House, 2003) exclude native speakers of English (NSs) from ELF interactions, others allow NSs to take part in ELF interactions as long as they defer to ELF norms (Jenkins, 2009b). In order for an interaction to be classified as ELF, however, NS contributions are always expected to be minimal (Jenkins, 2009b: 41). ELF is therefore mainly, if not exclusively, used between non-native speakers of English (NNSs).


In some sense, all software is made up of its component parts, typically modules and lines of code (see MODULAR PROGRAMMING). But the idea of being able to build complex software from ready-made modules of reusable code has long bedeviled software developers. The difficulty is not in writing code good enough to be reused, but rather in how modular to make it and in how to store and classify code so that another programming might find and reuse it.


There has been limited evaluation of health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in rectal cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. HRQOL outcomes in the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project R‐04 trial are examined in this article.


The frequency variation of the electrical parameters of a ssimple of Nevada tuff is modeled by a Debye relaxation model. Less success occurs for similar modeling of a dry granite sanaple. Data from R. L. Ewing are used to estimate the secondary electron mean lifetime in the dry granite sample as 2 x 10"^" sec with a mobility of 111 esu. Difficulties with similar estimates for tuff are mentioned, together with resulting uncertainty in calculated electromagnetic fields close to an underground nuclear explosion. Appendices show that the model obeys the KramersKronig relation and contain discussion of an interpretation of large dielectric constants.


[Objective] The purpose was to study chlorination of αα-dimethyl benzylalcohol.[Method] The chlorination was carried out in different chlorination system to ensure the optimum system of chlorination.[Result] In SOCl2-dichloromethane system,when SOCl2 was excess and reaction time was lasting,the satisfactory results would be obtained and the yield would reach 97%.[Conclusion] SOCl2-dichloromethane system had good chlorinated effectiveness,mild conditions and excellent yield.


Let C be a general curve. Mukai asked whether for every stable rank 2 vector bundle E on C with det(E) = K, the multiplication map
Sym^2 H^0(C,E) --> H^0(C, Sym^2 E) is injective. We observe that this holds when h^0(E) < 7 .


We report a study of the magnetotransport properties of the Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al Heusler alloy grown by means of the arc-melting technique. X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy have been used to analyze the crystallographic structure and the sample stoichiometry. Temperature-dependent magnetization measurements have been carried out in the range 300‐850 K. Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al is theoretically predicted to have full positive spin polarization at the Fermi level, and as a consequence its spin-dependent transport properties are being intensively studied. Low field magnetoresistance exceeding 30% has been observed very recently in Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al compact pellets. We have performed magnetoresistance and magnetostriction measurements in both the as-grown alloy and compact pellets made of mechanically milled Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al. The as-grown and the milled sample show negligible anisotropic magnetostriction (25 µst at saturation), whilst only the milled sample exhibits magnetoresistance (0.65% at 300 K). These results permit us to discard the magnetostrictive effects as the magnetoresistance source.


A legal system of legal protection are more urgent, vital and strategic play role to defence, safe and sustain the life environment and its ecosystem from many more potencies disturbance and threat, destruction, pollution and high risks. The legal have more larger protected any more life sources potency of all life environment ecosystem include at coastal region and especially usage any fish resources it. But, its reality that essence of protection given by law tend so many change, bias and absurd, so that legal protection be not optimum yet. This study aimed to analyses legal system include legal substance, legal structure and legal culture in the legal protection of the life environment into using the fishing resource owned coastal region at the ones. A normative and empirical study as type of this research. Explorative used as design it. The purposive sampling used to taken 140 respondent and determine five regency/ city as sample, consist of two city namely Palopo and Makassar, and three regency include Bone, Pangkep and Bantaeng. Data taken from primary, secondary and tertier material of law and jurisprudence. A list questionnaires, interview by in depth, observation and documentation study are used to collect all data need it. A qualitative used to analyzed any data. The result of this study or research indicated that legal substance, legal structure and legal culture are determinant of factors influent it and weak. Most important are internalized Sulapa' Eppa'e and Pancasila (basic philosophy of Indonesia people) into legal policy and rules to overcame many problems in essential and urgent, and to be optimized legal protection it.


This mini review lists available data on detection of subclinical atrial fibrillation (SCAF) in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices and underlines uncertainties that remain when it comes to anticoagulation. Ongoing trials will examine the benefit of anticoagulation in these patients when SCAF duration is in the grey zone between 5–6 minutes and 24 hours. Meanwhile, smart and wearable devices may lead to a more patient-driven than physician-driven diagnostic in detection of AF. Wearables come with opportunities and challenges and cardiologists will need to focus on the right balance between using wearables as an additional diagnostic tool in patients at risk while avoiding overdiagnosis in the healthy general population.


Lobrathium chengzhifeii Lin Peng sp. n. (Yunnan: Mengsong) is described and illustrated. The female sexual characters of L. anatinum W.-R. Li and L.-Z. Li, 2013 are described and illustrated for the first time. Additional records of L. ablectum Assing, 2012, L. biaculeatum Assing, 2012, L. demptum Assing, 2012, L. diaoluoense W.-R. Li and L.-Z. Li, 2013, L. excisissimum Assing, 2012, L. hongkongense Bernhauer, 1931 and L. tortile F.-K. Zheng, 1988 are reported. Including the new taxa, 66 Lobrathium species are currently known from China.


The Corporate Assault on Youth examines childhood as a social construction increasingly influenced by corporations and commercialism. Through case studies, critical analysis, and historical/philosophical research, the essays collected here expose the degree to which children are unwitting targets of marketing. With topics ranging from the presence of media branding in schools and school supplies to the subtler ways in which the public education system is influenced by corporate ideologies and purposes, this book draws much-needed attention to how educators, administrators, policymakers, parents, and children can become aware of, and counterbalance, the effects of the commercialism that is overwhelming students' understanding of the world and their place within it.


Provides an overview of employment discrimination law, the benefits to small business to prevent employment discrimination and what the small business owners do to eliminate discrimination and harassment and reduce legal liability. Discusses the scope of employment discrimination, the related employment laws as well as the authorities and procedures for handling complaints. Concludes with some practical and useful suggestions for small business owners.


Rural left-behind children problem is a social problem arises with the accelerating development of China's socialist market economy and industrialization and urbanization. To solve the problem of rural left-behind children is related to the coordinated development of the rural economic and social development. Therefore, Shandong Women's University organizes college students volunteers to carry out on-spot investigation to the village primary school around Jinan City in summer and winter holiday as well as holidays. They develop series of activities to care for the left-behind children. In addition, they try effort to make some beneficial attempt to solve the problem of rural left-behind children, which is of great realistic significance.


Modifications in the antibiotic capacity of Arthrinium strains when they were developed in culture media of various compositions were studied. The culture media used were 2% malt extract agar, Czapek-Dox agar, Sabouraud dextrose agar, oatmeal agar, Yoshimura's medium, mixed medium of salts, modified phytone agar, malt extract-yeast extract agar, potato dextrose agar, and Wickerham's medium. The inhibition values were compared with those obtained when the strains were developed in Wickerham's medium. The media which enhanced the production of inhibitory substances were potato dextrose agar and 2% malt extract agar.


With the years after Emperor Wuzetian's enthronement as background,Meng Hui's A Story Told on Ghost Day described a terrifying story of royal life.It can be a novel with both historic colors and modern characteristics.This novel presents a special historical consciousness and a unique aesthetic imagination by the tension between imaginary and reality and that between slow narration and haste plot,the image of "golden snake" that exists throughout the novel and the communication between the unreal dream and the real world that it suggests,the unique female perspective and the strong intertextuality effect caused by the diverted use of Mulian Saves His Mother.


Abstract We are interested in positive radially symmetric solutions of the semilinear equation Δw− y ·∇ w 2 −Aw+|y| l w p =0, in R n , n⩾3, where p >1, l >−2 and A ≡ l +2 2( p −1) . This equation is satisfied by self-similar solutions of a semilinear heat equation. We prove existence and non existence of solutions for various values of the parameters l and p . When solutions exist we study their asymptotic behavior and discuss their uniqueness. Our proofs are based on various continuity, comparison and Pohozaev type arguments.


According to Ronald Inglehart, countries move towards more post-materialist values as their GDP per capita increases. There are some problems with his measurement. First of all, it is hard to say whether one country is objectively more or less materialist than another. Originally, Inglehart included in his 1970 analysis only seven OECD countries, which could be said to have a common value dimension. However, when the same indicators are applied within a different culture (Eastern Europe), they could be interpreted differently by the public. Second, Inglehart admits, referring to the 1973 oil crisis, that his indicators are sensitive to short-term economic fluctuations. I argue that by Inglehart's own logic the indicators are too sensitive within the post-Socialist context right now. This sensitivity undermines the validity of his measurement. Both these difficulties pose a question whether it is at all possible to compare Western and Eastern Europe on the materialist/post-materialist continuum.


BeiDou navigation satellite system (BDS) is one of the four main types of global navigation satellite systems. The current system has been widely used by the military and by the aerospace, transportation, and marine fields, among others. However, challenges still remain in the BeiDou system, which requires rapid responses for delay-sensitive devices. A differential positioning algorithm called the data center-based differential positioning (DCDP) method is widely used to avoid the influence of errors. In this method, the positioning information of multiple base stations is uploaded to the data center, and the positioning errors are calculated uniformly by the data center based on the minimum variance or a weighted average algorithm. However, the DCDP method has high delay and overload risk. To solve these problems, this paper introduces edge computing to relieve pressure on the data center. Instead of transmitting the positioning information to the data center, a novel method called edge computing-based differential positioning (ECDP) chooses the nearest reference station to perform edge computing and transmits the difference value to the mobile receiver directly. Simulation results and experiments demonstrate that the performance of the ECDP outperforms that of the DCDP method. The delay of the ECDP method is about 500ms less than that of the DCDP method. Moreover, in the range of allowable burst error, the median of the positioning accuracy of the ECDP method is 0.7923m while that of the DCDP method is 0.8028m.


A novel series of complexes of the formula [Ru(4,4′-X2-bpy)2(Mebpy-CN)](PF6)2 (X = −CH3, −OCH3, −N(CH3)2; Mebpy-CN = 4-methyl-2,2′-bipyridine-4′-carbonitrile) have been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic, electrochemical, and photophysical techniques. Inclusion of the electron-withdrawing substituent −CN at one bpy ligand and different electron-donor groups −X at the 4,4′-positions of the other two bpy ligands produce a fine tuning of physicochemical properties. Redox potentials, electronic absorption maxima, and emission maxima correlate well with Hammett's σp parameters of X. Quantum mechanical calculations are consistent with experimental data. All the complexes can be anchored through the nitrile moiety of Mebpy-CN over ZnO nanowires in dye-sensitized solar cells that exhibit an improvement of light to electrical energy conversion efficiency as the electronic asymmetry increases in the series.


This article is an attempt to analyze the universal historic process named modernization. The author defines the chronological boundaries of this period in Europe and in Russia. This enables us to place Russia within the general context of the European development and to stress the key events in its history. The main idea of the article is that Russia has been a country of the «pursuing development». Undergoing the western-style modernization, it went through industrialization, but rejected liberal values.


A greenhouse experiment was conducted to study effects of nitrogen fertilization on the quality of grafted cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.Xintaimici/ Cucurbita Ficifolia) and self-rooted cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.Xintaimici).We designed four levels of nitrogen: N 0,225,450 and 675 kg /hm~2.The results indicated that the proper N application could increase the content of Vc,soluble protein,soluble sugar and dissociative aminophenol of both self-rooted and grafted cucumber,and consequently the quality of cucumber was improved.However,over supply N reduced the quality of cucumber.The quality of cucumber harvested at metaphase of fruiting was the best under equivalent N fertilization level.There were significant differences between the qualities of grafted cucumber and self-rooted one.The content of Vc,amylum,dissociative aminophenol,soluble protein and nitrate of grafted cucumber were higher than those of self-rooted one harvested at same period under equivalent fertilization level.Soluble sugar content in grafted cucumber in the early-days of fruiting and metaphase of fruiting was higher than that of self-rooted cucumber,while at the telophase of fruiting grafted cumber was lower than self-rooted one.


The Borneo Island is the third-largest island and one of the greenest islands on earth. It is the natural habitat to various endemic flora and fauna such as the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), Malaysian mahseer (Tor tambroides), engkabang (Shorea macrophylla), Sarawak rasbora (Rasbora sarawakensis) and sago palm (Metroxylon sagu). In this mini review, we ventured into the current research, eco-economical aspects and potentials of each species and further provided future perspectives and recommendations to drive future research to greater heights besides supporting conservation endeavours.


Computer-generated phylogenies were used to examine the relationship between the temporal position and completeness of additional taxa in a phylogenetic analysis and the rate of evolution or, equivalently, the temporal scope of the phylogenetic problem. In the simulations, four fossil taxa of varying temporal position and completeness were added to an analysis that included four living taxa. Additional taxa varied in completeness (25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% completeness) and in temporal position (0%, 33%, 66%, and 100% of the distance from the ancestor to the living time plane). Fifty trees were generated each for low, low intermediate, high intermediate, and high rates of evolution or temporal scope. Because additional taxa that are 100% complete and 100% of the distance to the living time plane are equivalent to the addition of living taxa, this study directly compares the effects of addition of living versus fossil taxa in phylogenetic analysis. The importance of fossil taxa varied depending on their com- pleteness and temporal position and on the rate of evolution under which the phylogeny was generated. In general, high completeness and temporal position near the ancestor of a clade improved phylogenetic resolution as measured by the percentage of the tree-length distribution that contains the real tree. Furthermore, the conditions of completeness and temporal position under which fossil taxa improved phylogenetic resolution over living taxa became less restrictive as the rate of evolution or the temporal scope of the tree increased. A simple analytical model is proposed to explain these results. (Fossils; phylogeny reconstruction; simulation.)


Detailed computations of tokamak edge turbulence in three dimensional, globally consistent flux tube geometry show an inhibition of the standard scenario in which zonal ExB flows generated by the turbulence should lead to transport barrier formation. It is found by comparison to slab geometry and by analysis of the energetics that the zonal flow energy is depleted by toroidal coupling to the pressure through the geodesic curvature. Edge transport barriers would then depend on the physics of the neoclassical equilibrium.


During the 2011–2012 election cycle, Shaun McCutcheon contributed $33,088 to sixteen different candidates for federal office.1 McCutcheon's donations complied with the base limits the Federal Election Commission (FEC) set for contributions to individual candidates.2 McCutcheon wanted to contribute more but was barred by the FEC's aggregate limit on contributions.3 In June of 2012, McCutcheon and the Republication National Committee (RNC) filed a complaint before a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.4 McCutcheon and the RNC claimed that the aggregate limits on contributions to candidates and political committees were unconstitutional under the First Amendment.5 The three-judge panel granted the Government's motion to


Definitions of leisure have been both exclusive and inclusive. Although different definitions have been used by various students of leisure, the nature of the differences has not always been clear. Dualistic and monistic approaches to understanding life account for exclusive-inclusive differences. However, the two dimensions that appear most important to common definitions are those of work-relation and discretion. A paradigm is developed using these dimensions to construct a four-celled scheme. Nonwork activity may be (1) For-its-own-sake: not determined by the work relation and freely chosen; (2) Coordinated: dependent on the work relation in content but freely chosen; (3) Complementary: independent of work in content and form but determined by social roles or the need to compensate for work; and (4) Recuperation or preparation: required by the work relation and necessary rather than chosen. In four types of definitions leisure and nonwork are distinguished by which of these four cells is included in each. The paradigm is suggested as an inclusive theoretical simplification.


The regioselective N1-alkylation of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones via Mitsunobu reaction is reported. Using the highly reactive Mitsunobu coupling reagent combination N,N,N',N'-tetramethylazodicarboxamide/tributylphosphine (TMAD-TBP) and a set of primary alcohols a small library of N1-alkylated dihydropyrimidones is obtained in good to excellent yields.


EXPLORING THE OUTCOMES OF REHABILITATIVE CARE FOR VETERANS & SERVICE MEMBERS TREATED FOR A DISORDER OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE VHA EMERGING CONSCIOUSNESS PROGRAM By: Janette A. Hamilton, M.A., M.S. A dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University, 2016 Major Director: Steven J. Danish Professor Emeritus of Psychology Virginia Commonwealth University Over the past several years, there has been an influx in patients being treated for polytraumatic injuries within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), largely due to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but also due to advances in life sustaining medical interventions. The polytrauma population includes veterans who have sustained a severe traumatic or non-traumatic brain injury, and a significant loss in cognitive and physical functioning, referred to as a disorder of consciousness. The purpose of the current study was to explore factors related to successful emergence from a disorder of consciousness, using a sample of veterans who were treated at one of the five VA polytrauma rehabilitation center (PRC) sites in an Emerging Consciousness (EC) Program. Participants (N = 70) included both combat and non-combat active duty military personnel and veterans who sustained either a severe traumatic brain injury or anoxic brain injury, and were considered to have a disorder of consciousness at the time of their admission to the EC program. Patient information was retrospectively collected from electronic medical records, and included demographic data, medical information, and scores on the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), Rappaport Coma Near Coma (CNC) Scale, and the JFK Coma Recovery ScaleRevised (CRS-R). In addition, Receiver Operator Characteristic Models (ROC) were utilized to explore "cut scores" for predicting emergence using the CNC and CRS-R. Results showed that age is a significant factor in changes in FIM scores over time, but it did not predict time to emerge or emergence itself. In addition, for the CNC, scores at intake tended to be a better predictor of emergence, while week three scores on the CRS-R were more accurate in determining whether someone would emerge or not. Exploratory analyses also showed a difference in discharge location after treatment based on a patient's age. Finally, significant variance in initial scores on the CNC was seen for Caucasians, when compared to other ethnic groups. Limitations are explored, along with implications and recommendations for future research and clinical practice.


Conflict between the judges and government is built into the very concept of the judicial protection of human rights. The Human Rights Act does presuppose a basic consensus on human rights between the judges, on the one hand, and the government, people and Parliament on the other. However, there is clearly no consensus when it comes to the rights of unpopular minorities, particularly concerning controversial issues such as asylum seekers suspected terrorists. The government argues the need for new measures to tackle these problems, whilst the judges argue against compromising our traditional principles of habeas corpus and the presumption of innocence. It is clear that there is a conflict between two constitutional principles; the sovereignty of Parliament and the rule of law. This conflict, if unresolved, could result in constitutional crisis.


Abstract BACKGROUND Metronomic and targeted anti-angiogenesis therapy (MEMMAT) has emerged as a promising treatment for recurrent/progressive medulloblastoma. This treatment includes bevacizumab, oral agents (thalidomide, celecoxib, fenofibrate, etoposide & cyclophosphamide) and intrathecal chemotherapy (etoposide & cytarabine). Common toxicities include myelosuppression, nausea, and infection. Mild respiratory toxicities can occur. We report three cases with significant respiratory toxicity. METHODS An IRB approved chart review was performed of three children with recurrent medulloblastoma on MEMMAT treatment and meaningful pulmonary toxicity. Literature review found no reports of similar findings. RESULTS Patient ages ranged from 3 to 11 years old. Patients completed a mean of 6.33 months on treatment. There was no history of chronic respiratory disease prior to starting MEMMAT. Patient #1 developed chronic cough requiring multiple respiratory and anti-infective treatments; CT scan demonstrated airspace opacities concerning for chronic inflammatory change. Each new viral infection led to significant respiratory distress. He eventually died from respiratory failure with large cystic lesions noted on CT. Patient #2 developed a chronic cough not responsive to antibiotics or respiratory treatments. Images reported airspace disease, bronchiectasis, and chronic inflammatory state. Patient #3 developed chronic cough without improvement despite antibiotics and inhaled respiratory treatments; images were suggestive of small airway disease. All three patients required numerous hospitalizations and additional treatment. CONCLUSION With MEMMAT, many side effects are expected though respiratory symptoms have rarely been reported. Our cases highlight the possible important correlation of pulmonary toxicity while being treated on MEMMAT, and its impact on patients' overall health and quality of life.


An approach to determining the efficiency of the operation in transport systems, which is a measure of compliance with the actual result of operations desired, and therefore is a measure of guarantee or probability that the service life of the transport service will be no less than necessary. The algorithm of its definition is given and the functions of distribution of result of operation are graphically represented, schemes of estimation of probabilistic guarantee are shown. The list of requirements which the indicator of efficiency and forms of its measurement should satisfy is considered. It was found that in the study of the effectiveness of operations is a common indicator of the average result, which is used in cases where the purpose of the operation is expressed by a numerical variable. It was found that an important property of the indicator of the average result is its additivity, and the increase in the quantitative indicator of periodicity leads to a decrease in the quality of the transport system and failure to fulfill the property of additivity. It is proposed as a result of the operation to increase the reliability of the transport system to assume that the period of its trouble-free operation was not less than the period of time of active operation of this system. The principles of using the scattering characteristic of a real result relative to the required value or mathematical expectation as an indicator of efficiency under the conditions of describing the result by a random variable are given. A graphical illustration of the matching functions with respect to the scattering indices of the result is given. It is found that the period of trouble-free operation of the transport system and the period of time of active work can be random, ie the desired result in these conditions is described by a random variable, which is usually the minimum required result. Forms of efficiency indicators and compliance functions are given. It was found that the performance indicator for these situations includes partial indicators. With any strategy of the opponent and the fixed strategy of the decision-maker, the efficiency of the operation will be less than the mathematical expectation of the correspondence function. Thus, the mathematical expectation of the correspondence function is the lower limit of the average value of the correspondence function of the actual result of the operation required for the decision maker.


A rapid method of small bowel intubation using a specially designed teflon coated 12 foot wire guide and a Cantor tube is described. The method permits rapid decompression of the small bowel. A further application of the technique for immediate small bowel opacification for localization of obstructing lesions is also suggested.


We are pleased to present a series of Annotated Classics celebrating 40 years of exciting biology in the pages of Cell . This install-ment revisits "Tetrahymena Histone Acetyltransferase A: A Homolog to Yeast Gcn5p Linking Histone Acetylation to Gene Activa-tion" by C. David Allis and colleagues. Here, Jerry Workman comments on how the discovery of Tetrahymena histone acetyltransferase A, a homolog to a yeast transcriptional adaptor Gcn5p, by Allis led to the establishment of links between histone acetylation and gene activation. Each Annotated Classic offers a personal perspective on a groundbreaking Cell paper from a leader in the field with notes on what stood out at the time of first reading and retrospective comments regarding the longer term influence of the work. To see Jerry L. Workman's thoughts on different parts of the manuscript, just download the PDF and then hover over or double-click the highlighted text and comment boxes on the following pages. You can also view Workman's annotation by opening the Comments navigation panel in Acrobat. of the regulation of gene To gain further insight into the relationship between histone acetylation and transcription, we have sought to characterize the major enzyme systems responsible for establishing the steady-state balance of histoneace-tylation. In particular, we have focused on the isolation of histone acetyltransferase type A (HAT A), an enzyme believed to be responsible for transcription-associated acetylation. Recently, we used an SDS–polyacrylamide gel–based activity assay to detect a single, catalytically active HAT A subunit (p55) from Tetrahymena macronuclei Allis, source ofchroma-tin naturally enriched in hyperacetylated histones (Vavra Summary We now report the cloning and sequencing of the We report the cloning of a transcription-associated gene encoding p55, giving us the opportunity to inspect histoneacetyltransferase typeA (HATA). This Tetrahy-the sequence of a catalytic component of an A-type mena enzyme is strikingly homologous to the yeast HAT. Unexpectedly, the sequence of Tetrahymena p55 protein Gcn5, a putative transcriptional adaptor, and clearly identifies it as a homolog of Gcn5p (for general we demonstrate that recombinant Gcn5p possesses nonrepressed),awell-studied yeast adaptorpro- HAT activity. Both the ciliate enzyme and Gcn5p con-tein originally defined by genetic analysis as being re- tainpotential activesiteresidues foundin otheracetyl-quired for the full activity of a subset of transcriptional transferases and a highly conserved bromodomain. activators (Georgakopoulos and Thireos, 1992; for re- The presence of this domain in nuclear A-type HATs, view andreferences see Guarente,1995).This surprising but notin cytoplasmic B-type HATs,suggests a mech-result establishes a clear biochemical function for anismwhereby HAT Aisdirected tochromatinto facili-Gcn5p asa HAT catalyticsubunit and provides amecha- tate transcriptional activation. These findings shed nistic link between histone acetylation and gene activa- light on the biochemical function of the evolutionarily tion. Our findings also shed light on the biochemical conserved Gcn5p–Ada complex, directly linking his-function of adaptor complexes, suggesting that they tone acetylation to gene activation, and indicate that may have a more global influence on gene activation histone acetylation is a targeted phenomenon. through the direct modification of chromatin templates. Itis thoughtthatthe Gcn5p–Adaheter- otrimeric complex interacts with certain acidic activators as well leading activated transcription of specific genes 1995). We propose that the HAT A complex is targeted specific receptors in chromatin through functional interactions SWI/SNF components. Furthermore, SWI/SNF components have recently been shown to be integral components of RNA poly- merase II holoenzyme through interactions established at the poly-assembly C-terminalrepeatdomain (CTD)(Wilsonetal.,1996).These collective interactions a mechanism and from counterparts that not bind although the significance of this is unclear.


Part Contents: Virtual Enterprise Modelling and Analysis Information Management in Virtual Enterprises Communication and Negotiation in Virtual Enterprises Service Models, Discovery and Utilization Virtual Process/Workflow Management Infrastructure.


ABSTRACT Planning for freight presents a perpetual challenge for governments. Understanding freight flows has attracted increasing research attention, though such knowledge can be difficult to translate to address problems in planning practice. This paper critically assesses the challenges of understanding and planning for urban freight movement, especially with reference to achieving more sustainable outcomes. In doing so, we elucidate guidance for broader analytical and policy approaches suited to meeting diverse public interest objectives. We review the literature with specific reference to the nature of policy problems, while collating existing conceptual knowledge for broad urban land use types.


The paper deals with the issue of utilization of faulty phase earthing (FPE) technique as alternative to single phase fault autoreclosing in resistor earthed medium voltage distribution network. Possible integration of this technique to common protection concept as well as fault current limitation efficiency is discussed in the paper. In order to evaluate the benefits flowing from FPE utilization, a sensitivity analysis of FPE in simple distribution network was performed focused mainly on FPE impact on voltage dips and swells invoked at low voltage level.


Objective: To study the bioequivalence of amox ycillin-clavulanic acid tablet and suspension in healthy volunteers. Methods: Twenty-one normal male volunteers were enrolled in a random ized crossover study. Each volunteer was given a single oral dose of amoxycillin -clavulanic acid tablet or suspension (test preparations) and reference prepara tion (tablet) for comparison. The plasma concentrations of amoxycillin and clavu lanic acid were determined by HPLC. Results: The pharmacok in etic parameters of test amoxycillin tablet,test suspension and reference tablet were:C max (20.56±3.34) mg/L, (22.53±3.86) mg/L and (19.53±2.91) m g/L respectively; median T max 2.00 (1.5, 4.0) h, 2.00 (1.5, 3.0) h and 2.00 (1.5, 5.0) h respectively; AUC 0-∞ (102.48±21.83) h·mg/L, (97.76 ±18.90) h·mg/L and (97.95±19.77) h·mg/L respectively. The pharmacokinetic pa rameters of clavulanic acid tablet, suspension and reference tablet were: C max (4.58±1.54) mg/L, (5.25± 1.20) mg/L and (4.63±1.33) mg/L respect ively; median T max 1.5 (1.0, 4.0) h, 1.0 (1.0, 4.0) h and 1.5 (1.0,4.0) h respectively;AUC 0-∞ (13.70±4.01) h·mg/L, (14.05±3.99) h·mg/L and (1 3.60±3.56) h·mg/L respectively. The relative bioavailability of amoxycillin or al tablet and suspension were (105.26±13.73)% and (101.20±16.59)% respectively . The relative bioavailability of clavulanic acid oral tablet and suspension wer e (100.71±11.62)% and (103.18±8.91)% respectively. Conclusions:Serum concentration- versus-time data fit one compartment model. Results show that test preparations and reference tablet are bioequivalent. [


In the process of rear service socialization in universities and colleges, more and more contracts are required. To avoid substitute performance, it's necessary to grasp the knowledge about the laws of concluding and performing contracts and to formulate scientific and efficient regulations.


Parody can be a potent political weaponas demonstrated in the creation of Pauline Pantsdown, the in-your-face drag version of Pauline Hanson, the far-right founder of Australia's One Nation Party. Did Pantsdown bring Hanson down?


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Report to Chief J. E. Curry by Kenneth H. Croy regarding his assignments and the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. Croy describes his activities as a Reserve Officer on November 24, 1963. He states that he knew Jack Ruby because approximately three years prior he had bought breakfast at Lucas B&B Cafe on Oak Lawn for him and two other officers. Croy also states that he had been in Ruby's club on several occasions when riding observation.


The aim of the chapter is to present stakeholder theory and provide some examples of how it may be applied in the field of addiction policy. The paper arises from research conducted as part of the ALICE RAP project, a large multidisciplinary European programme (http://www.alicerap.eu). Case studies conducted in five countries (Austria, Italy, Denmark, Poland, and the United Kingdom) examined stakeholder dynamics and the relationships between stakeholders in the drug and alcohol policy arenas. The chapter is divided into three main sections. The first section examines the stakeholder concept and presents different theoretical perspectives on stakeholders and stakeholding. The next section describes and discusses different types of stakeholders within the addiction policy field. The third part of the chapter illustrates key themes using case studies of stakeholding in substitution treatment from the five countries mentioned.