Disciplinary background A. This research is primarily situated in the discipline of music cognition. This research project aims to understand the influence of musical piece and listening context on the audience's perception of a classical music concert. Disciplinary background B. This research is also situated in the disciplines of social psychology and emotion science. We aim to understand the outcomes of social connectedness and the emotion of feeling moved. Abstract We aimed to examine the difference between live and livestreamed concerts, the influence of musical piece, and participant characteristics such as empathy and fan-status on audience social connectedness and feeling moved. Concerts are fundamentally social experiences in which an audience and musicians gather to witness and create an aesthetic experience. Concerts and the music featured there may facilitate connectedness and the sociorelational emotion kama muta (frequently labelled "feeling moved") through a variety of mechanisms. Recent research suggests that in virtual concerts, both concert characteristics (e.g. liveness, technological platform) and individual characteristics (e.g. empathy, loneliness, concentration) influence feelings and behaviours associated with social connectedness (Swarbrick et al., 2021; Onderdijk, Swarbrick et al., 2021). Social bonding during collective music listening has previously been demonstrated in the context of dance (Tarr et al., 2016). Questions remain on how concert and personal characteristics influence social connectedness at a live concert and how the effects of live and virtual concerts differ. MusicLab Copenhagen was a concert experiment in which the Danish String Quartet performed to a live (n = 91) and a livestreaming audience (n = 45). Participants responded to questions on their personal characteristics and their social and emotional concert experiences using a questionnaire in response to three distinct pieces of music. Specifically, participants reported feelings of social connectedness that they felt towards the performers and the other audience members, and they responded to the kama muta scale


Combined with practical work the hazard of freeze damage of concrete is analyzed.Combined with practical method is introduced for winter construction of concrete.From material requirements,frozen critical strength of concrete,heating of raw material,amount of freezing agent and other aspects key points for concrete management of concrete engineering in winter are discussed,in order to ensure engineering quality.


The synthesis of a series of di-, tri-, and tetraalkyl β-thiolactones and β-lactones is described as well as their thermal decomposition with extrusion of carbon oxysulfide and carbon dioxide in two solvents of opposite polarities. The β-thiolactones are considerably more thermally stable than the β-lactones and require higher temperatures for efficient decomposition in both solvents, whatever the degree of substitution. The results are interpreted in terms of a zwitterionic mechanism for fragmentation with a change in the rate-determining step between the two series.


Objective:The main purpose of the present study was to explore the effect of Znpp on the carbon monoxide(CO) change and the brain damage caused by febrile convulsion(FC)in rat.Methods: FC in rats was induced by hot water bath,ten times,once every 2 days.21-day Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups,The latter was further divided into none FC group(n=16),FC group(n=20)and Znpp treatment groups(n=15).HE-staining was used to detect the morphologic changes of hippocampal neurons.The indirect CO production in the brain and plasma was detected by the spectrophotometer.Results: The brain tissue homogenate and plasma CO concentration were significantly increased in FC group as compared with that in normal group,none FC group and Znpp treatment group((P0.01)).The expression of HO-1 mRNA was significantly increased in the hippocampal CA1,CA3 region and dentate gyrus in FC group as compared with that in normal group,none FC group and Znpp treatment group.Conclusions:Recurrent FC in rats may cause brain damage and FC in rats can cause the CO increase.Znpp inhibits the CO to have a protective effect on FC brain damage.


This study examines how institutionalisation of older people is influenced by changes in carers' capacities and motivations to care. Longitudinal data were available from Case Manager assessments for 632 highly dependent older clients of intensive community services. The likelihood of entry to an institution over 19 months was found to be significantly and independently associated with ratings of both reduced carer capacity and reduced carer motivation. Important factors in loss of carers' capacity to care were client dementia, poor carer health, and the relationship between client and carer. Important factors in reduction of carers' motivation were client dementia and behaviour problems and the age and initial level of motivation of the carer. While client hospitalisation and inadequate help with client activities of daily living predicted reduction of carers' capacity to care, client use of respite predicted loss of carers' motivation. The findings demonstrate the importance of professional practice which meets specific needs of carers as well as older clients and their families.


Abstract : This project produced findings and recommendations that can be used by naval installations as lessons learned for complying with municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) regulatory requirements. An evaluation of business practices that currently MS4 permitted naval installations use performed. comply with municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) regulatory requirements. The purpose of this project is to provide naval installations not yet permitted with numerous methods employed to achieve compliance with MS4 permits. Technologies and methodologies were compiled into a small database, and existing templates were uploaded onto the Navy Environmental Management System (EMS) Web. With the current budget constraints, the most viable option would be a combination of EMS Web, generic spreadsheet software or pen/paper in an organized manner. In the long-term, a comprehensive electronic methodology is recommended to keep data organized, be more efficient and to keep up with regulations. Commercial off-the-shelf technologies exist but pose security risks because they are web-based applications. The Marine Corps has access to e-SWPPP, which is a web-based application that integrates GIS with MS4 permitting. e-SWPPP resides on the CITRIX server but is currently not available to the Navy. The application seems promising for Navy use, and the feasibility and viability of using it is worth exploring.


The article consists of a Powerpoint presentation on electromigration characteristics eutectic SnPb and Pb-free solder alloys. The paper concludes that fundamental electromigration characteristics of eutectic SnPb and SnAgCu lines is obtained using in-situ SEM observation. Alloying effect on existence of incubation time. Incubation stage exists in eutectic SnPb due to the preceding Pb migration, while there was no incubation stage in SnAgCu because it acts as nearly pure Sn phase. Temperature effect on dominant migration phases and hillock phases in eutectic SnPb. Line length effect on incubation time & threshold current density in eutectic SnPb.


LD pumped solid state lasers are very attractive for producing of compact systems with different special lasing regimes. In this connection disordered crystals with Ca-gallogermanate structure are one of the most appropriate laser materials with broad (about 4 nm) lasing spectum [1]. Previously it was shown that Nd:La3Ga5.5Nb0.5O14 crystal like other crystals of Ca-gallogermanate group has unique combination of their physical properties [2]. In this research characteristics of LD pumped Q-switched short crystal Nd:La3Ga5.5Nb0.5O14 laser are presented.


Alkali aluminosilicate glasses prepared by the gel and the melt routes have been investigated by Si-29 and Al-27 MAS NMR spectroscopy. It is found that Al has a tetrahedral coordination in the gel glasses modified with equivalent proportions of alkalis unlike in a pure aluminosilicate glass where Al has both four and six coordinations. Silicon is present as Q4 units in all the 5M2O 5Al2O3 9OSiO2 ( M = Li, Na and K) gel glasses studied whereas it is present in Q2 or Q3 species in the lithium aluminosilicate glasses of compositions 40Li2O x Al2O3 (1-x)SiO2 (1 less-than-or-equal-to x less-than-or-equal-to 15) and xLi2O 10Al2O3 (1-x)SiO2 (20 less-than-or-equal-to x less-than-or-equal-to 40). The combination of Q2 and Q3 is also found in certain sodium aluminosilicate glasses, but they change to Q2 and Q1 as the concentration of SiO2 decreases.


Objective
To explore how neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is related with inflammation and atherosclerosis, and the role of NLR in hospitalization in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients.

Methods
MHD patients treated in hemodialysis center of Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital from June till November 2013 were enrolled. Patients with severe infection, cardiovascular events and malignant carcinoma were excluded. NLR was determined from complete blood count differential. Clinical parameters such as serum albumin, lipids, intact parathormone, ferritin, C-reactive protein (CRP), 25-(OH) vitamin D, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were collected. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) and ankle-brachial index (ABI) were used to evaluate the arterial stiffness. Spearman analysis was used to evaluate the relationship between NLR and these parameters. All patients were divided into low NLR group (NLR≤3.25) and high NLR group (NLR > 3.25) on the median NLR, and their differences in these indexes were analyzed. During the one-year follow-up, the reasons and rates of hospitalization and survival were analyzed.

Results
One hundred and thirteen MHD patients including 58 males and 55 females were enrolled with (69±49) dialysis age and (54±15) average age. (1) The NLR was significantly correlated with whole blood count (WBC, r= 0.538, P <0.001), ABIL (r=0.201, P=0.033), ABIR (r=0.235, P=0.012) and total cholesterol (TC, r=-0.414, P <0.001) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C, r=-0.378, P <0.001). (2) Low NLR patients had increased TC, LDL-C and IL-6 as compare with high NLR patients, however decreased ABIL and ABIR (all P <0.05). (3) Forty one patients were hospitalized 63 times during the follow-up period. Annual hospitalization rate was 558/1000 and the mortality rate was 17.7/1000. (4) NLR in patients at least hospitalized once a year was significantly lower than in patients without hospitalization, while ALP was higher (all P <0.05). Compared with those in other patients, NLR and hemoglobin (Hb) were significantly lower in patients with hospitalization due to infection, while ALP was higher (all P <0.05).

Conclusions
NLR is related with WBC, ABI, TC and LDL-C in MHD patients. Lower NLR may indicate high risk for cardiovascular, atherosclerosis and hospitalization, probably different form non-MHD patients, which needs more studies to verify.

Key words:
Renal dialysis; Hospitalization; Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio


Touchscreens enable intuitive interaction through a combination of input and output. Despite the advantages, touch input on smartphones still poses major challenges that impact the usability. Amongst others, this includes the fat-finger problem, reachability challenges and the lack of shortcuts. To address these challenges, I explore interaction methods for smartphones that extend the input space beyond single taps and swipes on the touchscreen. This includes interacting with different fingers and parts of the hand driven by machine learning and raw capacitive data of the full interacting hand. My contribution is further broadened by the development of smartphone prototypes with full on-device touch sensing capability and an understanding of the physiological limitations of the human hand to inform the design of fully hand-and-finger-aware interaction.


Components of the extracellular matrix play a fundamental role in the process of tumor invasion. The objective of this study was to evaluate the value of Type I collagen metabolites as tumor markers in patients with lung carcinoma.


Author has separately introduced the process flows and process indexes for the de-sulfur with wet oxidation method,sulfur recovery and byproduct salt recovery;discussed the cause of the problems existed in the production process of various procedures and the responding measures to be adopted and has summarized the production running effect.


In this paper, we investigate the use of time-frequency analysis for improvement of spectrum sensing in cognitive radios and exploit compressed sensing (sampling) to reduce the extremely high sampling rate of signal in time-frequency plane. We suggest a non-parametric spectrum sensing technique similar to energy detection utilizing time-frequency analysis to generally compromise between accuracy and sensing time, though the computational cost is significantly increased. As the representation of signals on the time-frequency plane is intrinsically sparse, thus we use the compressed sensing to achieve a significant reduction in the number of measurements. We propose using of different time-frequency representation such as short time Fourier transform, wavelet, Wigner-Ville and pseudo Wigner-Ville distribution in conduction of compressed sampling technique. The simulation results evaluate the performance of the proposed time-frequency compressed detectors compared to other time-frequency and energy detectors using basis pursuit and Bayesian compressive sensing reconstruction algorithms for AWGN and also Rayleigh and Rician fading channels.


Hazardous convective weather events (HCWE), such as heavy rainfall, large hail, squalls and tornadoes, are one of the substantial sources of natural emergencies in Russia. The territory of the Central Federal District (CFD) is characterized by the highest population density in Russia. On the one hand, this leads to increased risks associated with HCWE, but on the other hand, it provides the possibilities for collecting the most detailed information on them (including the events missed by the observation network and reported based on damage assessment). In this study, we consider the structure and information content of the GIS database of HCWE for the territory of the CFD. The main advantage of the developed database comparing with existing analogues is its structure, which includes information on both the events themselves and their consequences, and the conditions of their occurrence. This includes, in particular, the characteristics of meso-scale convective systems (convective storms) based on the images from meteorological satellites and diagnostic variables characterizing the atmospheric environments according to the data from ERA-5 and CFS reanalysis systems. Also, the developed database is associated with previously published databases on tornadoes in Northern Eurasia and large-scale windthrow events in European Russia. At present, we compiled the data on more than 2,000 cases of HCWE in the CFD for the period 2001–2020, most of which were reported based on damage assessment. The open-source PostgreSQL DBMS is used to manage and edit the database. Open access to the database on the Internet is implemented through an online web map service available at http://convective-storms.psu.ru/.


A semiconductor device has metal wiring layers 106, 108, contact 103a and an intermediate barrier film 105 formed in a damascene structure. The film may extend over a larger area that the wire 106, but has at least one opening 104 providing a passage for the diffusion of hydrogen during an annealing process. During fabrication, the barrier film 105 acts as an etch stop film. In alternative embodiments, the barrier film may be formed above the wiring layer (Fig. 7g, Fig. 8f) and the contact plug may extend through the barrier film (Fig. 7f, Fig. 8e), which may be formed of eg. TiN, TaN, SiON or Si 3 N 4 . Further disclosed is a device having a combination of a silicide film and a Si 3 N 4 film as an etch stop layer.


Changes of levels of IL-2,IL-6 and TNF-α in sera of mice were observed after the mice were treated with different doses Se of 0.025 mg/kg,0.05 mg/kg and 0.1 mg/kg respectively.Results were as follows.Se had functions to decrease the level of IL-2 in a dose dependent manner and lower the level of TNF-α significantly,and on the contrary the level of IL-6 significantly.The results showed that Se can enhance immune functions and adjust the levels of Cytokines in mice.


Abstract In 1997, it was reported that a sheep had been successfully 'cloned'at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. The sheep, named Dolly, attracted a great deal of attention and the idea of 'cloning' appeared to generate, in much of the western world at least, both anxiety and anticipation in equal measure. Discussion generated in the media immediately turned to the advantages and disadvantages of cloning people. I focus here on some of the responses to Dolly in the United States and in Britain. Drawing on fieldwork, pre‐Dolly, in the north of England, largue that the image of 'the clone' acts as a conceptual brake, as a marker of limits, to possibilities presented through new reproductive and genetic technologies. 'Cloning' provides an ethnographic window through which specific cultural understandings of kinship can be discerned.


Designer or artificial metabolic pathways are simple, cheap and readily available in the form of enzyme reagent kits for the determination of different biomolecules. Such kits can be easily adapted for use in the teaching laboratory and used to illustrate a variety of important concepts in metabolism and enzymology, including coupled reactions, pathway mapping, competition, anoxia, compartmentalization and effects of pH and temperature. Such experiments can be conducted in a fraction of the time that would be needed for procedures using sub‐cellular preparations from animals or plants. © 2001 IUBMB. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.


We recently reported that systemic administration of a proteasome inhibitor induced a progressive levodopa‐responsive, bradykinetic syndrome in rats with imaging, pathological, and biochemical features that strikingly resemble what is found in PD. This model has the potential to be a useful tool for studying the mechanism of cell death in Parkinson's disease and for testing putative neuroprotective agents. Since publication of these findings, several laboratories have sought to reproduce the model; some have been successful in replicating our findings, but others have not. The reason for this variability is not known, but resolution is critically important given the potential utility of this model. We have begun to examine various factors that alone or in combination might explain these differences, and we present in this article preliminary results from these studies. Ann Neurol 2006;60:243–247


Dual-energy digital mammography (DEDM) can suppress the contrast between adipose and glandular tissues and generate dual-energy (DE) calcification signals. DE calcification signals are always influenced by many factors. Image noise is one of these factors. In this paper, the sensitivity of DE calcification signal to image noise was analyzed based on DEDM physical model. Image noise levels of two different commercially available digital mammography systems, GE Senographe Essential system and GE Senographe DS system, were measured. The mean noise was about 1.04% for Senographe Essential system, 1.42% for Senographe DS system at 28kVp/50mAs; and was 0.47% for Senographe Essential system, 0.79% for Senographe DS system at 48kVp/12.5mAs. Evaluations were performed by comparing RMS (Root-Mean-Square) of calcification signal fluctuations in background regions and CNR (Contrast-Noise-Ratio) of calcification signals in clusters when these two digital mammography systems were used. The results showed that image noise had a serious impact on DEDM calcification signals. If GE Senographe Essential system was used, calcification signal fluctuations were 200~300μm, and when calcification size is greater than 300μm, the probability of acquiring CNR≥3 is over 50%. If noise reduction techniques are used, the calcification threshold size of CNR≥3 can be lower.


SQL injection is one of common vulnerabilities in web applications. In SQL injection vulnerability, the database server is forced to execute malicious operations which may cause the data loss or corruption, denial of access, and unauthentic access to sensitive data by crafting specific inputs. Most of existing methods are based on encryption, syntax parse trees or semantic equivalence of the SQL statements. As no learning and adaption capabilities in these methods, they are not suitable for adversarial environments. A new method named k-centers (KC) is proposed to detect SQL injection attacks (SQLIAs) in this paper. The number and the centers of the clusters in KC are adjusted according to unseen SQL statements in the adversarial environment, in which the types of attacks are changed after a period of time, to adapt different kinds of attacks. The emperimental results show that the proposed method has a satisfying result on the SQLIAs detection in the adversarial environment.


URTIs. Patients from less deprived households were less likely to be discharged and more likely to be admitted, for both short (< 24 hours) and longer admissions (> 24 hours). Mapping of patient postcodes highlighted 'hotspots' of patients in the North East. Conclusion There is a significant relationship between social deprivation and presentation to Paediatric A&E with URTI in the North East. Most patients presenting to Great North Children's Hospital Paediatric A&E with URTI came from more socially deprived backgrounds.


In this paper an optoelectronic system for fast greylevel image decomposition on binary slices is presented. A frame rate decomposition of 6 greylevel image has been obtained at 1.8 kHz.


SMITH, H. A. The Law and Custom of the Sea. Pp. x, 193. London : Stevens and Sons Limited, under the auspices of the London Institute of World Affairs, 1948. 12/6. This is a useful distillation of the international law relating to maritime affairs. It is written by one who has for many years served as legal advisor to the Admiralty ; as such it is an authoritative interpretation of the British viewpoint on questions concerning the law of the sea. While not an official pronouncement, it is addressed to officers of the Royal and Merchant navies for their practical guidance, and grows out of Professor Smith's lectures at the Royal Naval War College. The problems of both peace and war


By analyzing of thermoelectric cooler(TEC) working characteristics and using one-dimensional heat transfer equation, mathematical relationship between TEC working power and radiator equivalent thermal conductivity is derived. Temperature control efficiency could be improved by increasing equivalent thermal conductivity was proved. So that an optimization method using finned tubular radiator in LD temperature controller was presented, including theoretical foundation of radiator selection and system structure. Compared with normal radiator, the stable-time of the LD temperature controller using finned tubular reduces 50%, and stable-error reduces 60%, which was proved by mathematical calculation and experimental result of 2W LD system. Compared with forced air cooling and forced water cooling, the system has property of low vibration disturbance and simple structure. It followed that the finned tubular radiator was suitable for temperature control of medium and small power LD, which can improve temperature control efficiency and optimize the system.


Six ternary silane systems were selected for the separation factor (s) calculation. These systems were: methyldichlorosilane+methyltrichlorosilane+benzene, methyldichlorosilane+ methyltrichlorosilane+dimethyldichlorosilane, methyldichlorosilane+methyltrichlorosilane+ toluene, methyltrichlorosilane+methylvinyldichlorosilane+toluene,methyldichlorosilane+methyltrichloro- silane+methylvinyldichlorosilane, dimethyldiethoxysilane+methyltriethoxysilane+ethanol. Based on the Antoine constants, critical parameters of the pure components and Wilson model parameters, the separation factors were obtained through a program. The effect of temperature and mole fraction to s was also discussed.


Employing the documentary data method, investigation and logical analysis, this paper aims at learning about current development as well as problems of Qingdao's sport industry and putting forward with some countermeasures and suggestions, hence providing reference for its future development.


Magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer (mag-MIP) were developed for the analysis of ametryn (4-N -ethyl-6- methylsulfanyl-2-N -propan-2-yl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine), a popular triazine herbicide. Iron oxide (Fe 3 O 4 ) nanoparticles were synthetized, and then modi fi ed with tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and 3-mercaptopropyl-trimethoxysilane (MPS). Then MIPs' polymerimerization occurred in the nanoparticles' surface, using ethylene-glycol-dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as the building monomer, 2,2 ′ -azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) (AIBN) as the radical initiator, and 2-vinylpyridine as the functional monomer. The functional monomer was previously chosen by computational simulation. The mag-MIPs' adsorption behavior well-fi tted a Langmuir model (q m of 8.6 mg g − 1 , K L of 5.2 L mg − 1 ) and pseudo fi rst order kinetics (k 1 of 2.5 × 10 − 4 s − 1 ). The developed analytical methodology, using high-performance liquid chromatography with UV detection (HPLC-UV), showed suitable selectivity and had a limit of detection (LOD) and quanti fi cation (LOQ) of 25 and 82 nmol L − 1 , respectively.


In a recent meta-analysis, Ahmed et al. 1 reported that the risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection was significantly higher in the heart transplant (HT) population compared with the general population (OR 5.47; 95% CI 3.03–9.89, I 2 = 90.6%, P < 0.001). The pooled mortality rate in HT recipients due to COVID-19 was 27.6% (95% CI 23.2–32.2%) and the pooled hospital-ization rate was 82.9% (95% CI 77.1–87.9%). COVID-19 also significantly increased the mortality rate in HT population as compared to the general population (OR 3.37; 95% CI 2.25–5.05, I 2 = 64.5%, P < 0.001). We regarding this meta-analysis. al. they their study the Systematic of their the of in a


Due to rapid evolution of complicated disease in our modern world, the existing methods of diagnosis, drug delivery and treatment are becoming less effective. Therefore, modern health care requires more sophisticated and effective carriers for the same. This review article provides information regarding Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), its application in the diagnosis and effective treatment of several complicated diseases such as cancer. Currently available drug carriers including polymer based devices, liposomes, emulsions, microparticles, nanoparticles though effective, but posses certain limitations which could be overcome by the utilization of CNTs. The carriers also have impediments like incapability to penetrate cell membrane and to enter cytoplasm. Use of CNTs can easily overcome these limitations. This suggests the success of CNTs as effective tool in modern health care. The authors attempt to incorporate the findings from literature related with the applications of CNTs in relevant modern health care service and also discuss the hurdles of CNT dispersion with appropriate remedies under the purview of this review article.


Petri-Net is a quite valid formal tool for modeling parallel and distributed systems. It can describe dynamic behavior of systems in detail and evaluate performance of systems. At present, most developed models based on stochastic Petri Nets assume that all the firing times submit to exponential distributions. However, in many real systems, some firing times submit to deterministic or generic distributions. Hence there is a requirement for researching Non-Markovian models. In this paper, we mainly discuss an analysis method of Non-Markovian stochastic Petri Nets, which is based on Markov regenerative theory. After that, we give an example to illustrate this method. At the end of the paper, we summarize this analysis method and open up prospects for this area.


This article examines the efforts of Martín Luis Guzmán (1887-1976), as both an author and publisher, to cultivate his legacy within the canon of Mexican letters. He begins this autobiographical project with a speech to the Mexican Academy of Language in 1954, "Apunte sobre una personalidad," where he links his identity as an artist to a glorified history of the Mexican Revolution. By portraying himself as a writer whose greatest work is perpetually deferred, he is able to unite his disparate literary production from the previous forty years under a single narrative. Using this renovated life story, the author goes on to republish his work to great success, as seen in the official celebrations surrounding his eightieth birthday. However, the drastic change that his reputation undergoes just one year later show the limits of Guzmán's autobiographical acts, the price that he ultimately pays for attempting to so closely control his life story, and the importance of referentiality in the study of autobiography.


We show that Hal\'{a}sz's theorem holds for Beurling numbers under the following two mild hypotheses on the generalized number system: existence of a positive density for the generalized integers and a Chebyshev upper bound for the generalized primes.


Abstract : Materials and techniques were improved to advance the concept of expandable,self-rigidizing honeycomb type structures. The strength to weight ratio of structures was markedly improved through the correct utilization of inflatable configurations with a high degree of structural rigidity. A rigidizing resin was developed with an improved strength/weight ratio, a more rapid cure time, and a good shelf life. Solar collectors with reasonably good optical reflectivity and aerospace shelters were fabricated, expanded, and rigidized. Two large sized structures suitable for space application were constructed as end items of this study. Those structures were a 10 foot diameter, 60 degree rim angle solar energy concentrator and a 13 x 15 ft semi-cylindrical aerospace maintenance dock. Both structures utilized a resin impregnated honeycomb type fabric construction and were inflated and rigidized from a packaged configuration. The maintenance dock was successfully designed for 30 psf gravity and 100 mph wind loads. Both structures significantly advanced the concept of expandable, self-rigidizing structures by their size, construction, and performance.


Even though the share of the production machine's environmental impact might be negligible compared to the product's own use phase, the environmental impact at the factory site of is potentially significant. Thus, this article presents a contribution for the life cycle oriented evaluation of costs and resource efficiency applied in procurement of a production machine.


Incompressible Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes equations are solved using pseudo compressibility method for the simulation of incompressible flow over a delta wing with trailing edge jet at high angles of attack. The Beam Warming implicit approximate factorization scheme and MML algebraic turbulence model are utilized in the simulation. The computed results indicate that the trailing edge jet has an effect to decrease the pressure and increase the axial velocity of the vortex core. So it has the effect to stabilize the vortex flow and consequently it decreases the upper wing surface pressure and increases the lower wing surface pressure, hence to increase the lift of the wing. The results further indicate that when the area of the trailing edge jet exit hole is increased, or the jet is deflected downward, the above mentioned effects become stronger.


A Face-Threatening Acts (FTAs) is considered to be an act, including an utterance, that can damage a person's face. This study aims to identify FTAs unintentionally committed by tourism workers toward Japanese tourists. Drawing on a qualitative approach, this study involved 25 participants selected in purposive sampling, and interviews were conducted with five Japanese tourists and four tourism workers who were available during the research. Data were collected through observation and interviews. Records and field notes were also used to collect data. In addition, domain, taxonomy, componential, and cultural theme analyses were applied to analyze the data and consider the power, distance, range of imposition, and speech situation. The results show that tourism workers perform negative FTAs when addressing Japanese tourists and offering goods or services for sale. Specifically, tourism workers demonstrate speech that implies oppression, the absence of honorific keigo, the use of titles not commonly addressed in Japanese culture in the same context, a failure to understand that Japanese tourists may want to enjoy the beach privately, and speech when making offers that invades the privacy of Japanese tourists. Linguistically, tourist workers are using correct local conventions, but this cultural context is improperly perceived.


DMSO was selected as co-solvent of PLLA and gelatin. PLLA and gelatin were successfully blended with solution casting method, and scanning electron microscopy measurement indicated that the size of phase separation of PLLA/gelatin blending films is in the range of several nanometers. The glass transition temperature of PLLA changes from 56 ℃ to 38 ℃. It is argued that the incorporation of gelatin does not affect the crystalline behavior of PLLA. When gelatin content is less than 5%, blending films not only retains a good mechanical property, but also improves the hydrophilicity of PLLA.


a. 1. Cytology smears of scrapings of the base of the lesions will reveal characteristic multinucleate giant cells, also known as Tzanck cells. However this technique will not distinguish between HSV and VZV infection. b. 2. Electron microscopy herpesvirus particles can be seen in fluid taken from the early vesicles of either varicella or zoster. This technique cannot distinguish between HSV and VZV. c. 3. Immunofluorescence cytology smears of the base of lesions can be examined by immunofluorescence cytology, as in the case for HSV. This technique is more sensitive than EM but is more labour intensive and requires greater technical expertise. d. 4. Molecular Methods PCR assays for VZV are available and have been reported to be of use in the diagnosis of VZV meningoencephalitis from CSF specimens.


The issue of stochastic effects of radiation exposure (mostly leukemia and cancer), and early detection of malignant tumors, as a key aspect of the problem, is of crucial importance to the population chronically exposed due to the activities of the Mayak Production Association in the Urals region (Russia). Given the large number of exposed population, screening is considered to be the most expedient method to organize medical observation of exposed persons. As was shown by the results of medical examinations conducted for 1 391 residents of the Techa riverside villages, laser correlation spectrometry (LCS) of blood plasma has proved to be a highly effective screening method for early (pre-clinical) detection of malignant neoplasms and pre-cancerous conditions. It was established that LC- spectra of blood plasma in persons with cancer and pre- cancer can easily be differentiated from non-cancer conditions. Of particular diagnostic significance is the high-frequency range of the spectrum. The development of a diagnostic algorithm has allowed to carry out a computer- based classification of blood plasma LC spectra as a component of exposed population health monitoring system.


The emerging High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard reduces the bit rate by almost 40% over the preceding state-of-the-art Advanced Video Coding (AVC) standard with the same objective quality but at about 40% encoding complexity overhead. The main reason for HEVC complexity is inter prediction that accounts for 60%-70% of the whole encoding time. This paper analyzes the rate-distortion-complexity characteristics of the HEVC inter prediction as a function of different block partition structures and puts the analysis results into practice by developing optimized mode decision schemes for the HEVC encoder. The HEVC inter prediction involves three different partition modes: square motion partition, symmetric motion partition (SMP), and asymmetric motion partition (AMP) out of which the decision of SMPs and AMPs are optimized in this paper. The key optimization techniques behind the proposed schemes are: 1) a conditional evaluation of the SMP modes; 2) range limitations primarily in the SMP sizes and secondarily in the AMP sizes; and 3) a selection of the SMP and AMP ranges as a function of the quantization parameter. These three techniques can be seamlessly incorporated in the existing control structures of the HEVC reference encoder without limiting its potential parallelization, hardware acceleration, or speed-up with other existing encoder optimizations. Our experiments show that the proposed schemes are able to cut the average complexity of the HEVC reference encoder by 31%-51% at a cost of 0.2%-1.3% bit rate increase under the random access coding configuration. The respective values under the low-delay B coding configuration are 32%-50% and 0.3%-1.3%.


A major challenge that is being occasionally faced during the well's lifecycle is the pressure buildup between the cemented casing annuli, also known as sustained casing pressure (SCP). Compromise of cement sheath integrity is one of the primary reasons for such a pressure buildup. This challenge prompted to develop such an isolation material that should enhance the mechanical properties of cement. The resin-cement blend system can be regarded as a novel technology to assure long term zonal isolation.
 This paper presents the lab testing and application of the resin-cement system, where potential high-pressure influx was expected across a water-bearing formation. The resin-cement system was designed to be placed as a tail slurry to provide enhanced mechanical properties in comparison to a conventional slurry. The combined mixture of resin and cement slurry provided all the necessary properties of the desired product. The slurry was batch-mixed to ensure the homogeneity of resin-cement slurry mixture. The cement treatment was performed as designed and met all zonal isolation objectives.
 Engineered solutions ultimately deliver the optimal asset value of the reservoir. During the last few decades, several laboratory investigations and field studies have been conducted to find solutions to the problem of SCP, which appears after primary or remedial cement jobs. Almost all these studies unanimously conclude that the conventional cement does not always endure the mechanical stresses imposed by the wellbore conditions and it often falls short in providing long term isolation beyond the production life of the well. When the resin is introduced into a cement slurry, it forms a dense, highly cross-linked matrix. The extent of the cross-linking reaction is governed primarily by volume, temperature, and time. The distribution of resin throughout the slurry provides a shock-absorbing tendency to the particulates of the cement. This feature increases the ductility and the resilience to withstand stress from load-inducing events throughout the life of the well. Resin-cement's increased compressive strength, ductility, and enhanced shear bond strength help to provide a dependable barrier that would help prevent future sustained casing pressure (SCP).


Organocatalytic addition of trifluoromethylketones to nitroolefins proceeds under mild conditions to form Michael adducts with very high diastereo- and enantioselectivities.


The mild gasification of coal is a promising new technology that can convert coal to multiple products: gas, solid, and liquids. However, the sulfur content and aromaticity of mild gasification liquids limits their usefulness. Biodesulfurization can potentially decrease both sulfur content and aromaticity. The objective of this project is to investigate the feasibility of using biodesulfurization to upgrade the quality of mild gasification liquids. Previously it was shown that the middle distillate (360--440{degrees}F) fraction of liquids derived from the mild gasification of coal could be biodesulfurized. During this quarter it was demonstrated that unfractionated liquids can be biodesulfurized. Moreover, it was demonstrated that lysed cell preparations and freeze-dried cells can be used to biodesulfurize mild coal gasification liquids. The importance of the finding that freeze-dried biocatalysts can be used to biodesulfurize mild coal gasification liquids is that freezedried cells can be produced at one location, stored indefinitely, and then shipped to another location for coal biodesulfurization. Moreover, freeze-dried biocatalysts can be added directly to mild coal gasification liquids with only minimal additions of water so that reactor volumes can be minimized.


Objective To investigate the serum visfatin levels and explore the relationship between visfatin and other factors,including age,gestational weeks,body mass index,glucose,insulin sensitivity index,insulin secretion index and lipid profile in gestational diabetes mellitus.Methods Thirty-five patients with gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM)and forty-five healthy controls were enrolled.Visfatin levels,as well as lipids,glucose,insulin and HOMA-IR indexes,were measured.Results Serum visfatin level was elevated in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus compared with the controls.Serum visfatin level was positively correlated with postprandial plasma glucose,fasting insulin and homoeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance.Multiple regression analysis showed that postprandial plasma glucose was an independent related factor influencing serum visfatin level.Conclusion The increased serum visfatin in gestational diabetes mellitus implies a compensatory mechanism to hyperglycaemia and insulin resistance.


Evolutionary computation is a population-based problem solver that is characterized by a stochastic optimization in order to solve both a single objective and multiple objectives. Previous evolutionary computational researches provided various design options and improved optimization through being evolved with fitness criteria, especially when multiple design objectives conflict with one another. In this paper, a rule-based algorithm was combined with the evolutionary computational process to propose an assembly logic of the modules and to improve an architectural building design in order to adapt to environmental changes. Two algorithms - a rule based and generative algorithm- proceeded simultaneously and provided various options as well as optimization in real time. For the experiment set-up, existing buildings were divided into each module; the modules were reinterpreted and reassembled with the logic driven by Evolutionary Developmental Biology. The conclusion is that when a rule based logic is combined with a developmental algorithm with a modular system, it is more efficient for the design process to be analyzed, evaluated, and optimized. The ultimate outcome provides various options in a short amount of time.


AudioSculpt is an application for the musical analysis and processing of sound files. The program unites a very detailed inspection of sound, both visually and auditorily, with high quality analysis-driven effects, such as time-stretch, transposition and spectral filtering. Multiple algorithms provide automatic segmentation to guide the placement of sound treatments and steer processing parameters. By designing transformations directly on the sonogram, very precise spectral modifications can be made, allowing both intuitive sound design as well as sound restoration and source separation.


Established newly and feasible evaluating indicator system about the forestry enterprise's performance evaluation on the basis of forestry enterprise's present performance evaluation,according to the SMART principle and KPI theory.Carries on the empirical analysis which take the Mudanjiang forestry administrative bureau for example and establishes the evaluation model apply the analytic hier-archy process(AHP) and the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method(FCE).Analyzed the estimated re-sults which point the way forward for promoting the manager's performance level.


Domain modeling plays a fundamental role in the educational process, especially regarding to the development of learning materials. Despite its relevance, there are few approaches specifically designed for the educational content modeling task. Moreover, there is not a consensus on the features that a domain model should present and on the mechanisms that the underlying modeling approach should provide in order to facilitate the development of learning materials. In this work, we investigate the characteristics of a domain modeling approach as well as the possible types of information it should handle for establishing an initial set of guidelines to model educational contents. In addition, three approaches to the development of educational hypermedia applications are analyzed according to the proposed guidelines.


Although instances of racial or religious prejudice from time to time found their way before the English courts,' the common law did not generally concern itself with the rights or wrongs of discrimination. However, social problems arising in the context of post-war immigration patterns pointed up the inadequacies of laisser faire and eventually prompted legislative action.2 With the enactment of the original Race Relations Act in 1965 and its expansion in 1968, Parliament promulgated a statutory anti-discrimination code. A Race Relations Board was established as the agency with primary responsibility for administering the new law, although ultimate enforcement was to rest with the county courts. Not all situations where discrimination is practised will be encompassed by the Race Relations Acts, and the task of delineating the penumbral areas may well be expected to fall in large part upon the appellate bench. The nature of the judicial response 3 is therefore likely to prove a significant factor in the development of an effective body of race relations law.


With the recent proliferation of wireless communication devices, intermittent connectivity on the edge will quickly become a reality. These disruption tolerant networks, which are highly heterogeneous by nature, derive structure from node interaction and mobility. Despite this heterogeneity, the historical Internet-style design principle of point-to-point communication has dominated the DTN realm, severely hindering what could be a rich and diverse medium for new applications. This paper supports the concept of group-based communication in DTNs by exploring the paradigm ofmanycast routing, where the goal is to reach at least k members of a group of size m. This very general paradigm inherently includes other group-based routing concepts such as anycast


We classify the possible shapes of surfaces in the 3-dimensional unit-sphere that contain both a great and a small circle through each point. A corollary is that such a surface either is the pointwise product of circles in the unit quaternions or contains six concurrent circles.


Blends of polybutylene terephthalate and ethylene butyl acrylate copolymers were studied at two extreme concentration levels so that each polymer would form, in turn, a particulate dispersed phase. The blends contained 5% by weight of a coionomeric compatibilizer, which was produced from 1 : 1 mixtures of a polyhydroxy ether of bisphenol A and the sodium ionomer of an ethylene methacrylic acid copolymer, using sodium ethoxide to enhance the formation of ionomeric clusters together with an A-B-A block oligomer to assist the solubilization of the two ionomeric polymers. In all cases the addition of the coionomeric compatibilizer mixture to the blend was found to decrease the size of the dispersed particles with a concomitant reduction in the interphase gap. It was also observed that the dispersed polymer exhibited a lower level of crystallinity and a slightly lower melting point than when it was present as a matrix, particularly for the case of the ethylene butylacrylate copolymer. The inability of the compatibilizer to completely prevent the formation of an interfacial gap which did not allow the blends to achieve more substantial improvements in mechanical properties, was attributed to the vast difference in crystallization temperature between the two polymers. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


It is the appeareance of metalware, the script, the protocal building and the urband that mark the formation of the Urban′s cirilization in the ancient China.That is to say, the toplimit about this civilization is not the ErliTon Culture but the latter part of Yin Dynasty ruins.


The invention relates to the derivatives of formula GENERAL (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, AYM are as defined in the description. MEDICINES.


Precision Medicine is defined as the tailoring of medical decisions and treatments based on a person's genes, environment, and lifestyle [1]. Such advances are enabling diseases and conditions to b...


The angle drive comprises a holding member having an end which is connected to a tool such as a tool driven by an external energy source and an opposite end which is connected to a driven member. removable segments interengaging are disposed inside the holding member 70, by marrying a curved inner surface 158 thereof, and transmit a rotational movement from a driving member to outside a driven tool 156. the segments 14 comprises a portion of polygonal head and a portion of polygonal socket, preferably hexagonal. Application to drive under high torque of a tool for to act in an easily accessible position.


Geologically Constrained Inversion is an extension to the Shell proprietary Promise stochastic
inversion engine that takes lateral continuity and well constraints into account. The new algorithm
produces an ensemble of reservoir-size (as opposed to single-position) models that match the seismic
data, the geological constraints and the well data. The results are geologically more realistic than
those of the original single-position inversion. The algorithm is parallelized so that it can be applied to
real-world size datasets.


To broaden the frequency width and increase the damping coefficient of a dynamic pressure damper, we designed an aggregative dynamic pressure damper (ADPD). Combined with the advantages of traditional dynamic pressure dampers (TDPD), ADPD can not only increase the damping coefficient in wide frequency range for valve control system, but also absorb partial pressure pulsations and impacts in the low and high frequency fields. Based on the theoretical research and the analysis compared with TDPD, we concluded that the ADPD was superior to the TDPD in the middle high frequency field, and the main parameters influencing the performance of the damper were the damping stiffness, orifice flow coefficient, pre-charge pressure, and the volume of the damper accumulator.


This guide provides parents with strategies for helping a deaf child learn to read and write, offering activities that parents can do at home with their deaf child and suggestions for working with the child's school and teachers. Emphasis is on the developmental link between American Sign Language a


This paper studies the past, present and future uses of virtual communities to enhance multinational corporation's operational efficiency. By comparing the challenges multinational companies face to James Surowiecki's book, The Wisdom of Crowds it examines how a crowd, or virtual community, can solve a multitude of problems better than an individual. It also studies the different effective uses of virtual communities by corporations such as Crestcom, McDonalds and Caterpillar as well as the less effective uses by Mercedes-Benz.


Federated learning (FL) is a decentralized algorithm that can train a globally shared model without the requirement to send the raw data to a centralized server by user equipments (UEs). Consider the UEs with non-independently and identically distributed (non-IID) data, heterogeneous computational capabilities and wireless channel conditions, FL becomes unproductive over a wireless network. In this paper, we jointly optimize the user scheduling policy and resource allocation to achieve a tradeoff among the fairness of user scheduling, the accuracy of FL, training time, and energy consumption of UEs. The optimization problem is formulated as a Markov Decision Process considering the potential impact of current scheduling on subsequent training and available resources. To solve the problem, a policy network is trained based on an actor-critic deep reinforcement learning framework. Simulation results show that the proposed user scheduling and resource allocation policy reduces the time and energy cost of the training process while improving the freshness of local update and performance on the 20% worst UEs compared with random user selection and resource allocation policy.


This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of tillage system and fertilizer type on the forage yield and quality of Italian ryegrass. This experiment was a factorial arrangement for two tillage systems (tillage and no-tillage) and two fertilizer type (chemical and manure compost). The plant height, dry matter (DM) content, DM yield, TDN (total digestible nutrients) yield, and CP (crude protein) yield have significant differences in tillage system of Italian ryegrass. Italian ryegrass cultivated with tillage (plow and rotary till) had lower plant height, DM yield, TDN yield and CP yield than no-tillage, while its DM content showed the opposite results. However, there were no significant differences in the results on fertilizer types. Neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) contents were significantly higher in no-tillage compared to tillage. However, there was no significant difference in CP content on tillage system. TDN and relative feed value (RFV) were higher in tillage than no-tillage system (p


1. Essential hypertension is a mixture of several 'hypertensions' with different aetiologies. Analyses of inbred rat models of hypertension have so far provided several candidate loci and genes that may be responsible for hypertension. Among them, SA and α‐adducin were evaluated in humans both by linkage and association analyses. However, the results are still controversial. Two major reasons may account for these discrepancies.


We study the performance of the fragment-marking-based probabilistic packet marking (PPM) for the IP traceback. In the fragment-marking-based PPM, each router splits its IP-address or its hash value into multiple fragments and, in the case of marking, it randomly chooses one of fragments to write into the Identification field of a packet to forward. In the fragment marking, the Identification field is partitioned into three small fields; a bid-bit field (fragment-ID field) storing the index of fragments, a bd-bit field (distance field) storing the hop distance between the victim to the marking router, and a (16 -- bid -- bd)-bit field (fragment field) storing a fragment. In this paper, we theoretically investigate the dependence of the performance of the fragment-marking-based PPM on parameters including bid and bd. In particular, we derive explicit representations of the false positive and negative ratios of the fragment marking, which are expressed by bd, bid, and some other parameters. Based on the derived representations, we study how to select parameter values to have better performance of the fragment marking.


1. Behavioral Medicine and Managed Care: Implications for Social Work Practice 2. The Integrated Service Delivery System 3. Managed Care, Assessment Instruments, and Helping Professionals 4. Development of Managed Information Systems For Human Services: A Practical Guide 5. Psychosocial Treatment Configurations 6. Behavior Health: Adolescent 7. Adult Behavioral Health 8. Prevention: Cost Saving for Reducing Health Care Costs Summary: Emerging Trends


The classical biogenic amines (serotoamines are present at gel nin, noradrenaline, dopamine, and and there do not appear histamine) play important roles as neurosynapses using exclusivel3 modulators. These transmitters are synamines (1-4, 6). Neveri thesized from precursor amino acids in these amines are altered specific neurons and stored in vesicles at ders (Table 1), and blo synaptic terminals for release into the degradation leads to sig: synaptic cleft in response to neuronal delations of trace amines in polarization. In the extracellular space, level of synthesis and tun the released amines bind to specific rethat these trace amines ceptor proteins-primarily of the G tant roles. One of the ro protein-coupled receptor family-on both these compounds is as presynaptic and postsynaptic cells, where ters," which displace bi they modulate intracellular second mesbiogenic amines from the senger pathways to alter the signaling of on transporters much li the fast neurotransmitter-gated ion chanamines (7). However, thes nels. After release, amines are taken back not thought of as active n rapidly into the presynaptic neurons Results from the study through specific transporters for repackthe trace amines may be aging into vesicles and re-release or are metabolic curiosities or a degraded to inactive products. be's, but may function as I The neurochemistry of biogenic amines fide neuromodulators. L is relatively well understood, including the amplification, bioinforma control of amine synthesis from precursor ative genomics, Borowsk amino acids, their storage and release, and have identified 15 membe their reuptake versus degradation. Imbalfamilies of G protein-cc ances in the levels of these amine neurowith a high degree of sil modulators are thought to underlie altional G protein-coupled tered brain function in many pathological receptors. They demonst conditions, including dystonias, Parkinthese receptors, called T. son's disease, schizophrenia, drug addicfor two of the trace amir tion, and mood disorders. This obvious ylamine and tyramine. T. involvement of biogenic amines in multi3-phenylethylamine and ple brain disorders has led to many years high affinity and produc of effort to understand their action and to sponse to this binding, wh therapeutic interventions to correct defiTA2 receptor appears ti cits, either through activating or inhibiting 3-phenylethylamine and 1 the synthesis, storage, signaling, or metabof these G protein-coupll olism of individual amines. ilies possess many of the For several decades, however, neuromarks of the rhodopsin/ chemists and pharmacologists have appreceptor superfamily (8). i ciated that in addition to the major amine several highly conserved neuromodulators a series of less well charidues in the predicted acterized amines derived from the metab(TM) regions, such as the olism of amino acids are also present in motif at the end of the t] many tissues in the body, but especially in and the NPXXY motif in the brain (1-4). A recent study published as well as potential sit( by Borowsky et al. in PNAS (5) is certain phosphorylation in the to rekindle the interest in this class of main. Thus, these recept compounds. These amines include tyracouple to conventional sil mine, tryptamine, octopamine, and as demonstrated for TA P-phenylethylamine (1). In invertebrates, signaling is likely to be re which lack the noradrenaline system, ocmechanisms similar to tl topamine appears to serve as a major protein-coupled receptor neurotransmitter/neuromodulator (6). In these new receptors are < mammals, however, these so-called trace specific regions of the


The domain structure and magnetization process of Nd–Cu-diffused magnets prepared from hydrogenation–disproportionation–desorption–recombination (HDDR)-processed powders and Nd–Cu powders were examined with a high-resolution Kerr microscope using an ultraviolet light source. We found that the coercivity of the HDDR magnet depends on the volume of magnetically coupled grains that simultaneously reverse their magnetization. In a magnet that has no Nd–Cu, and in which the Nd-rich phase along the grain boundaries is absent, magnetization reversal simultaneously occurs in several grains. In contrast, in a Nd–Cu-diffused magnet that contains adequate Nd-rich phases along the grain boundaries, magnetization reversal occurs independently in each grain. It follows that the change in microstructure caused by the presence of Nd–Cu leads to a decoupled magnetization reversal, and domain wall pinning is an important coercivity mechanism of an HDDR magnet compacted by hot-pressing.


O ne minor but irritating problem most English teachers face-especially those of us who handle masses of student papers at the high school and junior college levelsinvolves coming up with a method of grading that is demonstrably objective but not so rigid that it allows little room for judgment. Put more simply, most English teachers are constantly pricked with this question (often unspoken, but nonetheless all-too-present): "Why did I get a B+ on this paper instead of an A?" Or: " How exactly do you grade?" Or: "Why did I get this C?" Of course if the teacher is using some sort of strict numerical system, as one of my colleagues does, he or she can simply beg the question by smugly pointing out, "Well, Susy, that's pretty obvious: you have a 77 on the paper, and that translates to a C."


1 Introduction Liver fibrosis is a scar forming process which results from the repair and proliferation of liver tissue associated with increased deposition of extracellular matrix(ECM)in liver after diverse liver injuries.A liver biopsy remains the gold standard for assessing liver fibrosis.However,


Due to the pandemic in many countries, schools were closed in 2020. Therefore, education was suspended, and distance education was started. During the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, teachers gave lessons online in virtual classrooms. In this study, Scale of Attitudes Towards Online Formative Assessment (S-AOFA) for teachers conducting online and distance courses was developed, and the teachers' attitudes were examined with respect to demographic variables. In the study conducted in the mixed-design method, qualitative and quantitative data were collected for the scale development and survey. Data were obtained from 369 teachers (science teacher, mathematics teacher, classroom teacher, and teachers in other fields) working in school in Turkey. S-AOFA was made up of 20 items and two factors as a five-point Likert-type. When the teachers' attitudes towards online formative assessment (AOFA) was examined, it was found that the mean for the factor of "Assessment Systems" was lower than that of the "Assessment Approaches". In addition, the findings revealed that there was no significant difference in the teachers' AOFA in terms of gender and that no significant difference existed in AOFA with respect to the school levels of the teachers (elementary, secondary and high school). Moreover, the results demonstrated that there was a low negative significant relationship between the teachers' AOFA and the number of students in which virtual lessons were given online. Lastly, there was a low level positive significant relationship between the teachers' AOFA and the in-class participation percentages of the students who were taught online in virtual classrooms. S-AOFA could be used by researchers in different studies in future.


In our daily lives, people encounter different problems in pattern recognition applications, such as fingerprint unlocking, faoe recognition, DNA detection, mother tongue culture transfer. The essenoe of pattern recognition is to match the known sample with the given pattern by comparing the known sample with the given pattern, so as to achieve the purpose of classification. In fuzzy sets, membership degree is often used to describe samples and patterns, and use fuzzy measure to calculate the similarity between samples and patterns, so that the overall characteristics of patterns can be well reflected, and samples are allowed to have a certain degree of interference. Sometimes, it is required to deduce the corresponding conclusions from the existing rule base through fuzzy reasoning algorithm, and sort them to get the classification results. Mother tongue transfer is an inevitable problem in English translation, which has a great influence on foreign language learning and translation. Language transfer usually includes four forms: overuse, avoidance, convenience and misuse, which can be divided into positive transfer and negative transfer. Due to the obvious differences between Chinese culture and English culture, negative transfer of mother tongue cannot be avoided, which increases the difficulty of English translation. This paper studies the pattern recognition based culture transfer of machine native language in the network environment.


I have no comment to make on the aesthetic merits of these verses. I have put them at the head of my discussion because they happen to introduce a cluster of concepts connected with forgiveness: pride, love, hate, God, friendship, goodwill, eternity, offence, condemnation, resentment, blame. We may think that some, but not all, of these have essential connections with the concept in which we are interested. And we may, of course, think that the list is incomplete. Other obvious candidates spring to mind: pity, for example, repentance, compassion, punishment and pardoning.


: The purpose of the study was to analogy on the sensation seeking and anxiety state in the management and physical education. So the study entitled as "A Study of Sensation Seeking and Anxiety State between Management and Physical Education Students. The objectives of the study were (i) to know the level of sensation seeking and anxiety in management and physical education students, (ii) to examine the sensation seeking and anxiety state between management and physical education students. It was hypothesized that (i) the sensation seeking in management students will be higher than the physical education students (ii) the anxiety state of management students will be lower than the students of physical education. The Significance of the study will be helpful in knowing the level of personality traits between Physical education and management students, which would help them in altering their present traits, if the traits could not cope with their present achievements. It will also help in formulating the psychological programs, curriculum and schedules of teaching or training on the basis of their sensation and anxiety levels by their teachers and their coaches. In this study Seventy Eight male and female (78), post graduate pursuing subjects were randomly selected from department of Physical Education and Management from Annamalai University. The age of the subjects was ranging from 18 to 27 years. To compare the sensation seeking and anxiety state between Physical Education Students and Management Students, Z test was applied. Further the level of significance was set at 0.05 level of confidence.


LAY SUMMARY This work investigated factors associated with medicinal cannabis authorization dosage among 9,104 Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force Veterans in Canada with a valid Cannabis for Medicinal Purposes (CMP) reimbursement on Dec. 31, 2020, and identified various socio-demographic, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) pensionable conditions, and military service characteristics associated with higher-dose medicinal cannabis authorizations. Among those with higher dose reimbursements were Veterans under the age of 30 years, males, those receiving benefits for health conditions (e.g., hearing loss, musculoskeletal, or mental health conditions), those participating in VAC rehabilitation services, those with an earlier year of reimbursement, those who were released involuntarily from service, and those indicating land military environment service at date of release. In statistical models investigating the impact of multiple factors, some of the strongest associations with higher dosages were observed for Veterans with mental health conditions, those with earlier reimbursements, and province of residence.


This paper discussed a model for monitoring the text and expressions used by the student during the educational chat session with his colleagues about a particular topic assigned to be discussed during a particular session. Monitoring is done through text modeling process by evaluating the expressions used by the student within the session time. This method is used to improve the general idea of the educational Chat among students and make it formalized which will lead to make the students behave more seriously during the session chat. Experiments performed as well as previous studies have produced mathematical equations based on the parameters extracted by analyzing and mining the messages submitted by the peers. Text model will be added to the time and peer model to construct the final student model in the educational chat room.


The present studies focuses on the use of emotional intelligence as a support for teaching support for the English teaching-learning process of the students of the eighth grade of basic education at the San Jose La Salle Educative Unit. The concern on elaborating this investigative work originated from the need to use new updated-techniques which lead to a meaningful learning in the classroom. The investigation attempts to improve the emotional states, which are enormous barriers that impede quality learning, no wonder English learning has been considered as something impossible to get. The proposal of the investigation is an innovative way of learning English; it consists of activities destined to acquire the language with up-to-date motivational approaches, which have been very useful in other areas of life.


DO not know much about this subject from personal experience because my own work in the Netherlands East-Indies never brought me into close contact with Javanese colonization. But we are fortunate in having with us M. Muhlenfeld, whose personal contribution to that great work has been very important in the years during which he was Director of the Department of Internal Affairs at Batavia. As M. Muhlenfeld was prevented by other duties from preparing a lecture on this subject himself, he gave me both his blessing and the assistance of his experience. To be able to understand the importance of colonization of Javanese in other parts of the Indonesian Archipelago, we should bear in mind that it means the creation of tens of thousands, eventually even hundreds of thousands, of prosperous peasants out of the poorest people in the most overcrowded dis? tricts of Java. I consider this to be one of the most beautiful achievements: to prepare the way for large numbers of people to liberate themselves from con? ditions of stark poverty to which they are born, and thereby to open up for them the prospect of attaining by their own energy a prosperous life for them? selves and their families.


Observations were made in Ottawa County, Michigan, during 1960-61, on percentages of native elms showing symptoms of Dutch elm disease. The percentage of elms affected depended partly on dispersal, the disease spreading northwestward through the county. In 1960, a density-dependent relationship existed between the disease and its host, areas of low elm density having lower percentages of affected trees than areas of high density. In 1961, even areas of low elm density tended to have high percentages of dead and dying trees. INTRODUCTION The spread of Dutch elm disease (caused by the fungus Ceratocystis ulmi (Buisman) C. Moreau) in eastern North America appears to offer an ideal situation for examination of some aspects of the ecology of populations. Nevertheless, studies of such a nature have been few; nearly all of the vast literature deals with gross aspects of the spread of the disease and with evaluation of methods of possible control. This study examines the geographic pattern of infection, as related to dispersal and elm density, in the southern three-fourths of Ottawa County, Michigan, between June, 1960, and July, 1961. Thanks are directed to J. C. Carter and S. C. Kendeigh for critical examination of the manuscript. PROCEDURE All highways and major secondary roads were traversed. The total number of native elms, Ulmus americana and U. rubra, and the total number of elms showing the wilting and defoliation characteristic of the disease were counted in one-mile samples on one side of each road to a depth of one city lot (about 165 feet). The sample for July, 1960, included 224 linear miles and 3868 trees; the sample for May-July, 1961, 161 miles and 2735 trees. No attempt was made to eliminate diseases other than Dutch elm disease, but it is thought that these did not influence the results appreciably. RESULTS Dispersal.-The most noticeable feature of the data of 1960 is a trend of increasing frequency of infection toward the southeastern corner of the county (Fig. 1). This pattern probably was the result of dispersal following an initial invasion from the southeast. The disease was reported from Kent County, lying directly to the east, in 1955, one year before it was reported from Ottawa County (Michigan Dept. Agric., 1960).


Although the problem of domestic violence has received considerable attention, the study of domestic homicide is relatively recent and limited to precipitating conditions or the act itself. Most of the literature on familicide focuses on the personality characteristics of the victim and perpetrator or tries to answer the question, "How did the death happen?" Little notice, however, has been given to the children of the victim and offender who, in the midst of their loss and extreme suffering, inherit the fallout from the death of one parent, and incarceration of the other. The study therefore explored the psychosocial implications of parental absence on account of death and incarceration on surviving children. Qualitative data were obtained from 18 convicted and awaiting trial inmates for spousal homicide in three selected prisons in Lagos state, key informant interviews (KII) with four officials of Office of Public Defenders (OPD), three officials of Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and two child psychologists. Surviving children of domestic homicide suffer massive upheaval, psychiatric disturbance, ill health, financial difficulties, ostracism, scars from witnessing the domestic violence that preceded the murder and the propensity for future intrafamilial violence. The study concludes that direct and indirect exposure to domestic violence and homicide is negatively associated with children's emotional, behavioural and developmental well-being. Hence, welfare of such children which should include therapy, relief of suffering, resolution of trauma symptoms, provision of supportive environment and clarification of cognitive or emotional distortions about the homicide should be incorporated in the prosecution process by relevant agencies.


Phlorotannins are polyphenoloic metabolites occurring only in the Phaeophyceae that have numerous putative primary roles (e.g. cell‐wall construction and storage) as well as secondary metabolic roles, which include herbivore feeding deterrence and protection from UV radiation. The proposed role of phlorotannins in the defense against UV radiation is of particular importance in the Antarctic due to depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer in that area. Several studies of brown algae have found evidence of an induction response (the production of defensive metabolites, including phlorotannins) after grazing by various mesograzers, after simulated grazing/wounding, and after exposure to increases in UV radiation. This study aimed to determine if phlorotannin production or other defenses in two dominant, endemic Antarctic species (Desmarestia menziesii Montagne and Desmarestia anceps J. Agardh) could be induced by an increase in exposure to UV radiation or by natural and artificial grazing. An in situ experiment failed to detect any effect of UV radiation on phlorotannin concentrations in either species or on subsequent palatability in feeding bioassays. A laboratory‐based experiment did not detect any effect of mesoherbivore grazing or simulated grazing (wounding) on palatability or the concentration of phlorotannins in D. menziesii. Instead, phlorotannin concentrations increased in all treatments in both experiments, consistent with an increase in overall resource availability due to an increase in available PAR compared with the in situ irradiance at the algal collection sites.


In this paper, we investigate several interesting some subordination results
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The author derives a lower bound of /spl Omega/(n/sup 4/3/) for the halfspace emptiness problem: given a set of n points and n hyperplanes in R/sup 5/, is every point above every hyperplane? This matches the best known upper bound to within polylogarithmic factors, and improves the previous best lower bound of /spl Omega/(nlogn). The lower bound applies to partitioning algorithms in which every query region is a polyhedron with a constant number of facets.


PURPOSE: A horizontal maintainer of a probe card is provided to contact to the depth of a regular probing by accurately leveling when the probe card is installed. CONSTITUTION: The horizon maintainer comprises: a probe card(10) having a probe that contacts each chip of a wafer; a load board(20) having a pogo pin that is elastically lifted according to the contact of the probe; plural metal tips(24) installed at regular intervals; and a radiating device(42) lighting in order to check the regular contact state according to delivering pressure of the metal tip and the probe card.


To estimate shade impact to a PV array, standard practice is to measure solar access at the corners of an array and interpolate the shade impact to the modules in between. 3D modeling techniques, however, show that structural shade impact is highly localized. Diffuse light conditions can further reduce the impact of shading. In regions with many overcast days, it is thought that the standard method overestimates the impact of structural shade. In this work, direct solar access measurement is combined with simple 3D modeling, and then compared to the standard method and field performance.


Readers of this journal do not need reminding that allergic conditions have a high prevalence in our population. Pregnancy is of course even more common ; therefore it is not surprising that medical practitioners are often consulted by women planning a pregnancy or already pregnant, who suffer from one of these related conditions. Once the fetus has become part of the management equation, practitioners who were confident of their management plan while the woman was not pregnant, often become uncertain and even reluctant to treat conditions that do justify medical management, for fear of harming the pregnancy. The editors are therefore to be commended for their timely request to focus an edition of this journal on the interaction of pregnancy and certain allergy-related diseases.


I. INTRODUCTION A relatively simple picture is emerging of the structure of the yeast genome. With the important exception of mating-type interconversion, the genome seems to be quite stable: Other DNA rearrangements appear to be infrequent and of peripheral significance to the yeast life cycle. Genes are tightly packed, with little "spacer" DNA and strikingly few pseudogenes. There is no extensive clustering of functionally related or coordinately regulated genes. Genetic distance is largely proportional to physical distance, at least when averaged over tens or hundreds of kilobase pairs. Finally, the cis -acting sequences required for chromosome function—telomeres, centromeres, and replication origins—are only a few hundred base pairs long and function in almost any context. This overview has emerged after 15 years of recombinant DNA work on yeast. Recombinant DNA techniques have favored a divide and conquer approach to the yeast genome; hence, the present perspective may overemphasize the trees at the expense of the forest. Nevertheless, the view of the yeast chromosomes as a series of nearly independent functional units (like "beads on a string") has been a productive working model. Several recent reviews have covered aspects of the structural and functional organization of the yeast genome. Two articles by Newlon (1988 Newlon (1989) provide particularly broad coverage. II. THE YEAST GENOME: VITAL STATISTICS The basic features of the yeast genome are summarized in Table 1. The best estimate of the genome size comes from physical mapping of the chromosomes with restriction endonucleases that cleave yeast DNA infrequently (Link and...


ABSTRACT Anti-corruption reforms in fragile and conflict-affected states are considered as a policy imperative by international actors engaged in statebuilding. The establishment of anti-corruption agencies is often the preferred implementation strategy. The main rationale is that anti-corruption agencies demonstrate a government's commitment to fight corruption, and should thus improve state legitimacy within a context of weak governance. In practice, several intervening factors condition the legitimacy effect of anti-corruption agencies, including the types and systems of corruption prevalent in a specific context, the perceptions of corruption towards specific parts of government, and how citizens attribute the successes or failures of these agencies to the state. More broadly, these intervening factors also challenge the predominant assumption of a positive linear relationship between anti-corruption reforms, increased state legitimacy, and greater stability in fragile and conflict-affected states.


Crops include sugar cane, bananas, citrus fruits, yams, cassava, pimento, and coffee. Thirty-four percent of the population is engaged in agriculture. Many women work as &dquo;higglegs&dquo;-snlall-scale market entrepreneurs who bring produce from rural farms to town or city markets and return with imported goods. Discovered by Columbus in 1494, the island was occupied by the Spanish for 150 years and then by the English for 300 years. Independence was achieved in 1962. Present economy, settlement pat-


The new technique of photoacoustic spectroscopy is applied to studies of surface and subsurface structures of solids. In the present case, special attention is focused on silicon‐nitride ceramic material, which is used for the manufacturing of turbine blades. Good correlation is obtained between the observed photoacoustic signal and surface microstructure. In addition, the photoacoustic signal shows inhomogeneities that are not visually detected under a microscope.


The present study aimed that reveals the relation between soil dehydrogenase and urease enzyme activity and various concentrations of triazophos an organophosphorus insecticide.The effects of pesticides on soil micro organisms can cause a ripple effect that can last for years. Triazophos is an organophosphorous broad-spectrum insecticide and acaricide with contact and stomach action. It penetrates deeply into plant tissues through translaminar action. It controls thrips ,aphids, beetles, midges, spider mites , caterpillars, and whiteflies in field paddy, cotton, vegetables, orna- mentals and fruit trees. Micro-organisms are essential to healthy soil. Without them, plants will not reach their true potential. In order to determine the changes in microbial activity in a black clay soils of paddy (Oryzae sativa sps.) cultivated fields, the laboratory studies were conducted to resolute the effects of triazophos (organophosphorus insecticide) on enzymatic activities of soil microorganisms in paddy cultivated soils at different concentrations of 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 ppm. Soil enzymes are dehydrogenase and urease activities were determined. The lower and higher dose of triazophos resulted in the significant decrease in dehydrogenase and urease activity till third and fourth week of treatment compared to untreated control.


The paper focuses on two questions. First, in what circumstances have New Zealand courts exercising statutory powers deferred final judgment so as to allow time for the Legislature to enact any modifying legislation and how have the Executive and Legislature responded? Second, where the focus is on the courts, on what principled bases do the courts and should the courts exercise their statutory powers? Decisions under the Human Rights Act 1993, the Declaratory Judgments Act 1908 and the Judicature Amendment Act 1972 and analogous situations are discussed.


Abstract Objectives Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a significant source of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with expectations that AMR-associated consequences will continue to worsen throughout the coming decades. Since resistance to antibiotics is encoded in the microbiome, interventions aimed at altering the taxonomic composition of the gut might allow us to prophylactically engineer microbiomes that harbor less antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs). Diet is one method of intervention, yet little is known about the association between diet and antimicrobial resistance. Our primary hypothesis was that increased intake of dietary fiber would be associated with reduced ARG abundance in human fecal metagenomes. Beyond our directed hypotheses, we utilized machine learning approaches on a variety of diet, physiological, and lifestyle features to assess whether the abundance of antibiotic genes is correlated with variables outside the scope of our directed hypotheses. Methods We examined diet using the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ, habitual diet) and 24-hour dietary recalls (ASA24) coupled with analysis of the microbiome using shotgun metagenome sequencing in 290 healthy adult participants of the USDA Nutritional Phenotyping Study. Additionally, we applied machine learning to examine 387 dietary, physiological, and lifestyle features for associations with antimicrobial resistance. Results We found that aminoglycosides were the most abundant and prevalent mechanism of AMR in these healthy adults and that aminoglycoside-o-phosphotransferases (aph3-dprime) negatively correlated with total calories and soluble fiber intake. Individuals in the lowest quartile of ARGs (Low-ARG) consumed significantly more fiber in their diets compared to Medium- and High-ARG individuals, which was concomitant with increased abundances of obligate anaerobes in their gut microbiota. Conclusions Our results indicate individuals with lower abundances of antibiotic resistance genes consumed more diverse diets that were richer in fiber and limited in animal protein. We suspect that increased fiber likely drives the composition of the gut towards a more obligate anaerobe state, reducing footholds for facultative anaerobes, which are known harbors of inflammation and antibiotic resistance. Funding Sources This research was supported by USDA-ARS grants.


The impact echo (IE) method is widely used in non‐destructive testing of concrete plate like structures but has proved difficult to apply on asphalt pavements. Observed low IE resonance amplitudes on asphalt have been attributed to larger material damping but the present study shows that it may also be an effect from a larger Poisson's ratio. The IE frequency corresponds to the stationary resonance of the S1 Lamb mode at zero‐group velocity (ZGV). It has been previously shown that the S1 ZGV Lamb mode only exists below a Poisson's ratio of 0.45. [Prada et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 124, 203–212 (2008).] The present study investigates the magnitude of the excitability and damping ratio of the S1 ZGV mode as a function of Poisson's ratio. The frequency response from a point source is predicted using a finite element model. Results show that the excitability decreases with increasing Poisson's ratio. The excitability of the S1 ZGV mode is about twice as high at a Poisson's ratio of 0.18 compared to 0.30, which...


* Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand. **Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Myanmar. This paper was prepared as part of the ARTNeT initiative. The technical support of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is gratefully acknowledged. The opinion figures and estimates are the responsibility of the authors and should not be considered as reflecting the views or carrying the approval of the United Nations or ARTNeT. Any remaining errors are the responsibility of the authors, who can be contacted at email@example.com


Background IgE titres tend to rise early after the start of immunotherapy, followed by a decline to pre‐immunotherapy levels or lower.


Global aging brings new challenges to elderly healthdata management. Existing systems such as HIS and CIS focus on the storage and management of information, the key limitations are that they lack effective mining approaches and usually cannot handle the large-scale health data, these drawbacks make them very hard to be a robust and light-weight system. In this paper, we develop a memory computing based elderly healthcare information mining platform. The platform can (1) provide memory computing based parallel storage and computing framework for complex and heterogeneous elderly health data; (2) implement a workflow to manage the data mining process; (3) provide a friendly operating interface. Extensive experiment on elderly heart disease dataset shows that the platform achieves high prediction accuracy and fast running time.


The ice‐free Arctic in summer not only symbolizes human‐induced climate change but also highlights the need to critically consider climate change adaptation policies. To constrain projections when the Arctic Ocean will first become ice‐free, studies have typically combined the historical observations of the Arctic sea ice area (SIA) with future emission scenario simulations. However, these studies primarily relied on the historical climatology and trend of the Arctic SIA, without considering regional variations. In this study, we analyze September SIA projections using the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) model simulations, while considering Arctic sub‐regions. Additionally, we assess the impact of incorporating sub‐region September SIA when constraining the first year of ice‐free Arctic in September. CMIP6 models generally overestimate the historical September SIA decreasing trend in the central Arctic, whereas they underestimate this trend in the surrounding shelf seas. The central Arctic, where the region expected to retain sea ice for the longest period in the future, holds particular significance for projecting when the Arctic will first become ice‐free. Consequently, when we employ the historical trend of September SIA in the central Arctic as a constraint, observationally‐constrained projections suggest a delay of 12 years (2056) for the first ice‐free September compared to raw/unconstrained projections (2044 in model average) under a high‐emission scenario. These findings underscore the importance of considering model biases in central Arctic SIA when constraining projections of the first year of ice‐free Arctic, which may occur later than previously projected in many studies.


Significant progress has been made in the past year in developing new `MHV' techniques for calculating multiparticle scattering amplitudes in Yang-Mills gauge theories. Most of the work so far has focussed on applications to Quantum Chromodynamics, both at tree and one-loop level. We show how such techniques can also be applied to abelian theories such as QED, by studying the simplest tree-level multiparticle process, e+e??n?. We compare explicit results for up to n = 5 photons using both the Cachazo, Svrcek and Witten `MHV rules' and the related Britto-Cachazo-Feng `recursion relation' approaches with those using traditional spinor techniques.


OBJECTIVE
To compare preoperative grading in endometrioid endometrial cancer with the final pathologic assessment of the hysterectomy specimen. The second objective of the study was to determine a high risk group who will be upgraded in the postoperative evaluation.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
A total of 335 patients with endometrioid endometrial cancer were retrospectively reviewed between June 2000 and January 2011. All pathology results were pre- and postoperatively reviewed at two institutions, and all patients underwent surgical therapy. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and accuracy rates were calculated for all grades in the preoperative assessment.

RESULTS
The mean age of the patients was 56.2±9.6 and the vast majority of the patients were postmenopausal (n=239, 71.3%). FIGO grade was determined to be greater in 75 patients in the final hysterectomy specimen. Fifty-five (32.9%) of the patients with preoperative grade 1 were found to be grade 2 and 3.6% of them were upgraded to grade 3. Fourteen of the patients with grade 2 (11.4%) were found to be grade 3. The accuracy rates of the preoperative grade assessment with endometrial sampling were 75.5%, 66.2% and 88.3% for grades 1, 2 and 3, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences in the preoperative demographic characteristics between patients with or without upgraded tumors.

CONCLUSION
A high percentage of preoperatively diagnosed grade 1 tumors were upgraded in the postoperative evaluation. The patients who would have been upgraded after hysterectomy could not have been predicted preoperatively using the characteristic features.


Excerpt Histiocytic medullary reticulosis was first described by Scott and Robb-Smith (1) in 1939 as a disorder in which there was proliferation of actively phagocytic histiocytes in the bone marro...


There are some problems of neglecting practice in higher education,strengthening practice is the main direction of course teaching reform at present,we can emphasize the practical teaching through modern information technology and internet.


Antioxidant enzymes can help to increase the life span of flies by allowing the organisms to adapt during the stressful conditions. Edible mushrooms are good sources of antioxidant compounds. Auricularia auricula-judae, locally known as "tenga ng daga" is a popular edible mushroom in the Philippines. We investigated the effects of chronic supplementation of wild and cultivated A. auricula-judae crude ethanolic extracts in the life span of adult Drosophila melanogaster in the presence and absence of environmental stress such as thermal stress and starvation stress. 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl assay revealed a higher antioxidant activity of cultivated A. auricula-judae crude ethanolic extract (CAEE) compared with wild A. auricula-judae crude ethanolic extract (WAEE). WAEE had no effect on the life span of female flies but it increased the life span of male flies. CAEE decreased the life span of both male and female flies. Heat and starvation stress significantly reduced the life span of flies for both sexes. Life-span reduction was more evident in the female flies. Supplementation with CAEE and WAEE showed a profound sex-specific effect on the life span of D. melanogaster under stress. Our results showed that CAEE and WAEE did not increase the life span of male flies but significantly increased the life span of female flies under starvation and heat stress.


A time-resolved emission technique was employed to study the photoprotolytic cycle of the 2-naphthol-6,8-disulfonate (2N68DS) photoacid in the presence of a low concentration of a strong HCl acid. We found that an excess of protons in ice has a very large and profound effect on the photoprotolytic cycle. The excess proton reacts with the deprotonated form of the photoacid. An analysis of the experimental data reveals that the proton diffusion constant in ice in the temperature range of 240−270 K is much larger than in the liquid state. Under certain assumptions and approximations, the calculated proton diffusion constant in ice is 10 times larger than in water at 295 K, i.e., DH+ice = 1.2 × 10−3 cm2/s.


The fishermen face two seasons, namely the fish harvest season and the famine season, where these two seasons greatly affect the income earned by fishermen. In the fish harvest season, fishermen earn relatively large incomes, while in the lean season, fishermen earn relatively little income so that fishermen need to have a strategy in carrying out family financial planning. The purpose of this study was to analyze the financial planning strategies of fishermen's families during the lean season and the fish harvest season. This study uses descriptive qualitative research methods with the number of research respondents 10 fishermen in Bugis Village and data collection techniques through in-depth interviews. The results showed that during the fish harvest season, the family's financial planning strategy was to save and serve as business capital. Meanwhile, during the famine season, the family's financial planning strategy is a coping strategy by reducing daily expenses and increasing income.


In the article,it is elaborated the evolution process of economic management mode instead of production and management oriented management mode in enterprises and the requirements of economic management mode.In the knowledge economy,the economic management mode in enterprises should be consummated and reformed to improve the survivability and competitive ability of enterprises as well as promote long-term development of enterprises.


1. Understand and apply basic statistical methods used in analytical labs. 2. Perform gravimetric analysis calculations and analyze unknowns using gravimetric techniques. 3. Perform volumetric calculations necessary in the preparation of standard solutions. 4. Apply and understand standardization methods used in titrimetric analysis, such as the use of primary standards, indicators, and the titration curve. 5. Understand the various methods of analytical separation, such as distillation, extraction and chromatography. 6. Understand the theory and operation of the gas chromatograph. 7. Receive a grade of D or better in the laboratory portion of the course.