BLEEDING IS the main operative and postoperative complication of tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies. After a difficult or prolonged operation the combinatiQn of a pale child and a good deal of blood in the suction bottle gives rise to conjecture about the significance of this blood loss in relation to the child's blood volume. Though bleeding has been discussed frequently and methods have been recommended for its reduction, few estimates of the operative blood loss in tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (T & A) could be found in the literature. In this journal 22 years ago, McKentyl published figures for the blood loss in T & A and stressed the importance of measuring the volume of the suction. More recent accounts"' 3 report a much smaller operative blood loss, and minimize its importance. In view of this discrepancy we feel justified in presenting our own estimates. Apart from the actual blood loss, we were interested, in this study, to determine whether the volume of suction was representative of the actual blood loss, and whether any factors could be found in the surgical and anaesthetic management of T & A at our hospital which significantly influence the operative blood loss.


INTRODUCTION
Global left ventricular (LV) hypokinesis is considered to be the cause of stroke, while the significance of segmental wall motion abnormalities is still unknown.

OBJECTIVES
The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of embolic signals in the middle cerebral artery in patients with segmental LV wall hypokinesis in the course of coronary artery disease (CAD) with and without stroke.

PATIENTS AND METHODS
The study included 68 patients (aged 21-87 years) with segmental LV wall hypokinesis (33 patients without and 35 with stroke). The reference group comprised 30 patients (aged 43-76 years) with atherosclerotic risk factors; the control group comprised 37 healthy volunteers (aged 41-71 years). All subjects underwent echocardiography and carotid and transcranial Doppler ultrasound with the detection of microembolic signals.

RESULTS
Embolic signals were observed significantly more often in patients with segmental LV wall hypokinesis than in the control and reference groups. In patients with CAD and stroke, an increased number of embolic signals (≥3) was observed significantly more often compared with patients without stroke. Compared with other locations, interventricular septum and apex hypokinesis was associated with a higher frequency of embolic signals in the middle cerebral arteries.

CONCLUSIONS
Segmental LV motion abnormalities in the form of hypokinesis in patients with CAD are associated with the presence of embolic signals in the middle cerebral arteries, which may have clinical significance as a risk factor for stroke.


The aim of this work is to establish correlations between the values of the Brabender Farinograph and the E6 Haubert Flourgraph. We analyzed two types of flours, white flour with additives (WF add) and brown flour with additives (BF add). The following parameters were varied: water absorption capacity, development time, the stability, the degree of softening and the quality number of wheat and potato flour mixture. A statistical analysis was made from linear regression equations. The obtained values for the E6 Flourgraph are comparable with Farinograph values and units. Hydration capacity values, calculated for a standard consistency of 500 HE, UF, obtained on these two devices are in a close correlation, RWFadd = 0.8441; RBFadd = 0.9995. This demonstrates that flour dough can be characterized in a similar manner by the two devices. Moreover, the behaviour of the dough obtained from WF add and BF add blended with 5%, 10%, 20%, 30% minced hydrothermally treated potato (Laura variety), was studied. Mixtures with different rheological properties were obtained. When increasing the percentage of minced hydrothermally treated potato the formation time and stability decreased the degree of softening increased and the quality number was lower. The hydration capacity of the mixture dropped by 18,9% for white flour with additives and 18.71% for brown flour with additives. Predictive results were obtained for each parameter, R ranging from 0.81 to 0.9965. The obtained results indicated that while increasing the potato starch content in dough, the mixing tolerance decreases, and from this point of view it is advisable to choose potato varieties which have a low dry matter content.


The program to improve national milk production over the past years has not been well targeted. This is indicated by the slow increase of dairy population and milk production that could not meet the increasing demand. It should be apparently focus on income generation of dairy farmers to increase their welfare so that they are willing to improve their dairy business that will affect national milk production. Implementation of economical dairy management and technology, could increase milk production, hence improve the farmer's income. This could be done through several ways, i.e.: economical dairy composition, optimization of dry period and improvement milk hygiene. All these aspects including technical aspect are discussed in this paper. Apart from above, income optimalization could also be done by reducing the price of feed concentrate, raising only productive dairy cows and managing milk cooperative efficiently.

Key words: Dairy, business, optimalization, income


Simple Summary The South African national cattle herd has increased from 6 million head since the 1970s to 14 million and more than two-thirds of the 14 million cattle in South Africa reside in the Eastern Cape Province (ECP), yet the Province has one of the highest poverty indexes. While this improvement is commendable, there are still many challenges to efficient livestock production notably infectious and non-infectious diseases. Many non-infectious diseases of the fore-stomach, such as rumenitis, rumen parakeratosis, traumatic reticuloperitonitis and poly bezoars, are rarely reported, but are known to obstruct the digestive functions of the fore-stomach, causing a marked reduction in animal weight, reproduction, feed absorption and productivity, and death. The pathogenesis of these diseases often begins with the consumption of indigestible foreign objects (IFOs). Animal husbandry in the ECP is mostly communal, with an extensive system of rearing animals as the most popular production system. This system of rearing animals exposes them to consumption of litter, especially when there is drought. This study provides knowledge on the prevalence, type and effect of the indigestible foreign object on the body condition score of animals slaughtered in the ECP. Abstract It is estimated that South Africa's population will be above 65 million in 2050. Thus, food production needs to triple to alleviate poverty and food insecurity. However, infectious and non-infectious diseases affect livestock productivity, thereby hampering food supply. Non-infectious disease/conditions caused by the consumption of solid waste material are rarely reported. Hence, this study investigates the occurrence and type of indigestible foreign objects (IFOs) in the stomach of slaughtered cattle in two high-throughput abattoirs (n = 4424) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The study revealed that metallic and non-metallic indigestible objects had an overall prevalence of 63% in cattle slaughtered in Queenstown abattoir (QTA, (n = 1906)) and 64.8% at the East London abattoir (ELA, (n = 2518)). Most of the IFOs were found in the rumen (64.2% and 70.8%) and reticulum (28.5% and 20.6%) at QTA and ELA respectively. The leading IFOs in the stomach of cattle at QTA were plastics (27.7%), poly bezoars (10.7%) and ropes (10.7%), while poly bezoars (19.8%), ropes (17.6%) and stones (10.7%) were the main IFOs seen in cattle at ELA. The study showed a statistical significance (p < 0.05) between body condition score and the prevalence of indigestible objects in cattle. The study concluded that litter and waste containing IFOs could pose a threat to livestock health and productivity. The practice of good animal husbandry and efficient solid waste management will mitigate the problem of animals consuming IFOs.


STACY COOPER BAILEY, LAUREN A. MCCORMACK, and MICHAEL K. PAASCHE-ORLOW Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Health Communications Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA


Phosphorus has low mobility in the soil. Thus, its concentration near the granules of phosphate fertilizers in the soil is very high, which may affect P availability and the soil chemical composition in these regions. This study was carried out to evaluate the soil chemical composition near the granules of calcium or ammonium phosphates and P mobility in two Brazilian acid soils. The experiment was carried out in 2009 and treatments consisted of a combination of triple superphosphate (TSP) or diammonium phosphate (DAP) with KCl, in addition to a control with only KCl. Each experimental unit was constituted by PVC columns (12 cm long and 10 cm in diameter), subsequently filled with 1.20 kg of soil (dry base). The amount of TSP, DAP and KCl applied to each experimental unit was 10.47, 9.56 and 7.33 g respectively, which, considering a soil volume of 2 x 103 m3, would be equivalent to 200 kg ha-1 of P2O5 and 200 kg ha-1 of K2O. Forty-five days after fertilizers application the soil volume in each centimeter distant from the granules was chemically quantified. For P, nine consecutive extractions were performed using the methods of Mehlich-1 and anion exchangeable resin (AER). DAP increased pH and decreased exchangeable Al near the granules while SFT increased both, Ca and Mg. The amount of cumulative P extracted varied with phosphate fertilizers, distance from the granules, soil type and extraction method. In the 0 to 1.0 cm layer distant from the granules TSP gave the highest P values, that reached up to 10,276 mg dm-3; in the two following layers (1.0 to 2,0 and 2.0 to 3.0 cm), this occurred with DAP. Mehlich-1 always quantified more P than AER in the soil near the phosphate fertilizers. The movement of P in both soils occurred until the fourth centimeter away from the granules and the soil chemical composition in these regions varied with the phosphate fertilizer, soil type, extraction method and distance from the granules, which needs to be better studied.


Those who in a critical perspective consider the imaginary a form of alienation cannot understand that the image can become a vector of socialities. The importance that the broadcasting of images has in postmodernity is the sign of an enhancement of human communion. It is necessary to read in the present proliferation of images (iconic, advertising, television, virtual, etc.) the indication of a tribal membership founded on the sharing of emotions and of a"remythologization" by means of the use of new technologies.


This paper presents the design and evaluation of a mobile phone interface with and for children. Ten children aged 8-13 years old took part in a participatory design process and ten others evaluated the design. Whilst there were similarities in the problems and desired features children and adults share, children had some unique requirements and preferences, such as cartoon-styled icons or placing access to emergency number at the home screen. This study enlists some requirements of mobile phone interface for children. The methods used in this study can also be adapted to other design and evaluation processes with children.


J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Beghi, Pietro Larini and Tiziano Gherli Andrea Agostinelli, Stefano Saccani, Alessandro M. Budillon, Francesco Nicolini, Cesare endovascular and open surgical procedure with visceral vessel relocation Repair of coexistent infrarenal and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm: Combined http://jtcs.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/124/1/184 on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is located


The utility model relates to a large power LED headlamp of automobiles, which comprises a lamp shield (1), a lamp plate (3), a constant current power supply (4), a lamp housing (2) and a heat radiator (5). The lamp shield (1) and the lamp housing (2) sealed the lamp plate (3) in the inside. The lamp plate (3) is connected with the constant current power supply (4) through wires on the inside of the rear end of the lamp housing (2). The heat radiator (5) is fixed on the outside of the lamp housing (2) by conductive glue. LED color temperature ranges from 300 to 6000 Kelvin (K), and the luminous emissivity is higher than 100 lumen-per-watt (lm/w). The LED headlamp has good heat radiation effects and the brightness is higher than the normal standard of 1500 lumen (lm). The LED head lamp which adopts the large power light emitting diode (LED) as a light source has the advantages of being enclosed in structure, good in color rendering, compact and convenient, sealed and waterproof, highly corrosion-resistant, energy saving, long in service life and eco-friendly and the like.


The foraminifer Nummulites heilprini Hantken is shown to be a senior synonym for Operculina trinitatensis Nuttall and Camerina jacksonensis Gravell and Hanna. The test morphology of N. heilprini is quantitatively and qualitatively different from N. willcoxi Heilprin, the first reported American nummulite. End_of_Article - Last_Page 1827------------


The simplified sialyl Lewisx mimic 5 containing a D-arabinose, a 3-cyclohexyl-2-hydroxypropanoate, and a tetrahydropyran building block instead of L-fucose, sialic acid, and N-acetylglucosamine, respectively was synthesized. Compound 5 was 10-fold more potent than sLex in a static E-selectin binding assay and showed at 50 μM 75% inhibition in a dynamic-flow assay in which sLex did not inhibit neutrophil rolling at up to 1000 μM. Compound 7 with a lactic acid instead of sialic acid building block showed threefold improved potency compared to sLex.


In this paper, an attempt is made to determine the temperature, displacement and stress functions, in thin circular disc of thickness 2h occupying the space D: a ≤ r ≤ b, -h ≤ z ≤ h by applying finite Marchi-Fasulo integral transform and laplace transform.


The article deals with virtual nature of identity agents of machine-aided translation semiotics of the text translation. In the produced texts, the groups of signs are regarded as virtual personalities of intelligence and artificial intelligence of machine-aided translation. Due analysis and choice of their best combination, we can reduce the cognitive effort and avoid some of the difficulties of intercultural communication. The paper considers model of the discourse, cognitive models and analyzes the cognitive effort of machine-aided translation.


In this study, we used water-in-oil (W/O) mini-emulsion to prepare hollow silica. There are two unique points different from other relevant literatures: one is to directly add silicon source to the water phase for facilitating hydrolysis - condensation reaction; The other is to add sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) to the water phase for generating heated gases (CO2 and H2O) mechanism which can be regarded as the gas releasing agent. During the formation of silica, the production of gas and the formation of silica hollow structure happened at the same time. We discussed the effect of NaHCO3, ethanol (or deionized water) and surfactant (CTAB) content, and VTEOS/TEOS volume ration to observe the mopgology of silica. The obtained products were thoroughly characterized by TEM, SEM, N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms, XRD, NMR, TGA and FT-IR etc. From experimental results, sodium bicarbonate in this experiment was the key to cause the formation of hollow morphology. In the absence of sodium bicarbonate, it could not generate hollow morphology, but only microporous morphology; By changing in other parameters, such as the content of deionized water and CTAB, then we could obtain the morphology of nanoscale hollow silica spheres which wasn't mentioned via mini-emulsion synthesis method in others relevant literatures. We could also obtain different morphologys of silica, such as hollow, core-shell, mesoporous, and microporous morphology of silica.


In the fall of 2010, artists Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo of the Seattlebased Lead Pencil Studio installed their newest sculpture adjacent to the border crossing station located at Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia on the U.S./Canadian border. Funded by the U.S. General Services Administration's Art in Architecture program as part of its renovation of the border crossing station, Han and Mihalyo's Non-Sign II consists of a large rectangular absence created by an intricate web of stainless steel rods (Figure 1). The sculpture evokes the many billboards that dot the highway near the border, yet this "permanent aperture between nations," as Mihalyo refers to it, frames only empty space. According to Mihalyo, the sculpture plays on the idea of a billboard in order to "reinforce your attention back to the landscape and the atmosphere, the thing that the two nations share in common."1


Aims. Emission line profiles from solar coronal loops exhibit properties that are unexplained by current models. We investigate the non-thermal broadening associated with plasma heating in coronal loops that is induced by magnetic field line braiding.
Methods. We describe the coronal loop by a 3D magnetohydrodynamic model of the turbulent decay of an initially-braided magnetic field. From this, we synthesised the Fe XII line at 193 Å that forms around 1.5 MK.
Results. The key features of current observations of extreme ultraviolet (UV) lines from the corona are reproduced in the synthesised spectra: (i) Typical non-thermal widths range from 15 to 20 km s−1. (ii) The widths are approximately independent of the size of the field of view. (iii) There is a correlation between the line intensity and non-thermal broadening. (iv) Spectra are found to be non-Gaussian, with enhanced power in the wings of the order of 10–20%.
Conclusions. Our model provides an explanation that self-consistently connects the heating process to the observed non-thermal line broadening. The non-Gaussian nature of the spectra is a consequence of the non-Gaussian nature of the underlying velocity fluctuations, which is interpreted as a signature of intermittency in the turbulence.


In order to determine the frequency of hemoglobinopathies in the Colombian Caribbean Islands, a population study was done in 544 persons, 443from San Andres and 101 from Providencia with frequencies of 12.8% and 20.8% respectively. The hemoglobinic disorders more frequently found weres HBS, HBC and p-thalassemia. The results obtained showed that hemoglobinopahies in this region represent a public health problem and reveal the origin of the population.


PURPOSE
Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) under the age of 50 is more often observed in women than in men. The effects of 17beta-estradiol (E2) on choroidal neovascularization development were investigated both in animal models and cultured cells to see if estrogen receptors (ERs) are involved in the process.

METHODS
CNV was induced by fundus laser photocoagulation in adult male and female rats. The degree of CNV development was scored and compared between them. Gene expression levels of VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2) and ERs after photocoagulation were compared between genders using real time PCR. CNV formation and the gene expressions were also examined in ovariectomized females with and without E2 treatment. The roles of ERs were studied by overexpressing them in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). The localization of estrogen receptorbeta (ERbeta) and VEGFR2 in CNV were studied immunohistochemically.

RESULTS
CNV scores were significantly higher in females than in males 14 and 21 days after photocoagulation (<0.05). VEGFR2 and ERbeta gene levels were increased more in females than in males on day 7 (3.4 fold compared to 1.8 fold) and on day 3 (5.8 fold compared to 2.3 fold) after photocoagulation, respectively. Both ERbeta and VEGFR2 gene expressions were additively enhanced by photocoagulation and E2 treatment in ovariectomized females. E2 significantly enhanced VEGFR2 gene expression and cell proliferation in HUVECs overexpressing ERbeta. ERbeta and VEGFR2 are well co-localized in CNV tissue.

CONCLUSIONS
Estrogen may promote CNV development by increasing VEGFR2 gene expression via ERbeta.


Objective:To investigate the value of synchronous application of MR angiography(MRA) and dynamic contrast-enhancement in one station scanning of hepatic tumor with 3.0T MR for clinical diagnosis and surgical decision.Methods:Forty-one cases,including 10 normal volunteers and 31 patients with malignant and benign hepatic lesions,were scanned with multi-phase dynamic contrast-enhanced 3D MR imaging adopting 3D fast spoiled gradient recalled(3D FSPGR) and array spa-tial sensitivity encoding technique(ASSET) and zero-filling interpolation(ZIP).The image data was reconstructed with maximum intensity projection(MIP) on the ADW 4.2 workstation.The signal intensity of hepatic solid lesions was measured and signal intensity-time curve was derived.Results:Common hepatic artery,proper hepatic artery,right and left hepatic arteries,artery branches of grade 4 and above were clearly showed in 10 volunteers,so it was with the portal vein trunk and branches of grade 4 to 6.The diagnosis of 31 patients,including 23 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma and 8 cases of hemangioma,were made correctly with multi-phase dynamic contrast-enhanced 3D MR imaging.Destruction and deformity of hepatic arteries caused by tumor invasion,cancerous embolus of portal vein,and formation of collateral circulation were demonstrated clearly,too.Conclusion:The diagnosis of hepatic tumor and the display of hepatic vessels can be finished synchronously in multi-phase dynamic contrast-enhanced MR scanning with 3D FSPGR,which is of great value for clinical diagnosis and surgical de-cision.


BACKGROUND
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of severe respiratory disease in young children and the elderly. Protective immunity is not generated after repeated infections, but vaccination may hopefully prove effective.

METHODS
This phase 2 clinical study investigated a multivalent RSV vaccine (MVA-BN®-RSV) designed to induce broad antibody and cellular immune responses by encoding RSV surface proteins F, G (for both A and B subtypes), and internal antigens (M2, N). This study evaluated the immune response in adults ≥55 years to identify the optimal MVA-BN-RSV dose and vaccination schedule.

RESULTS
A single dose increased the levels of neutralizing (PRNT to RSV A and B) and total (IgG and IgA ELISA) antibodies (1.6 to 3.4-fold increase from baseline) and induced a broad Th1-biased cellular immune response (IFN-γ ELISPOT) to all 5 vaccine inserts (5.4 to 9.7-fold increases). Antibody responses remained above baseline for 6 months. A 12-month booster dose elicited a booster effect in antibody and T cell responses (up to 2.8-fold from pre-boost levels). No drug-related serious adverse events were reported.

CONCLUSIONS
MVA-BN-RSV induces a broad immune response that persists at least 6 months and can be boosted at 12 months, without significant safety findings.

CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION
NCT02873286.


Background Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) is a curative therapy for malignant and non-malignant hematological disorders. Unfortunately, complications of HCT, primarily graft versus host disease (GVHD) and relapse of the underlying disease are substantial. In Alberta, all HCTs are performed with antithymocyte globulin conditioning and >95% of these use HLA matched donors. However, in spite of that approximately 35% Albertan HCT recipients die or suffer long-term from GVHD while another 20% die due to disease relapse. Unfortunately, strategies/treatments aiming to control GVHD in most cases lead to increase in the rate of disease relapse and infections. In the recent years, the natural killer (NK) cell genetic system has garnered substantial research interest as an immunogenetic system that significantly influences HCT outcomes. The complexity of NK cell function is modulated by a series of activating and inhibitory cell surface receptors known as the Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR). Here we set out to determine the influence of KIR matching between HCT donor and recipient pairs on allogenic HCT complications. Study design Hypothesizing that donor-recipient KIR gene/profile mismatch would affect the allo-HCT outcomes, we genotyped 92 (discovery cohort) and 111 (validation cohort) allo-HCT pairs by Luminex-based rSSO method. The KIR genotypes were classified into AA and Bx genotypes on the basis of KIR gene constitution of the individual. Donor (D) and recipients (R) were 'matched9 for KIR genotypes when both carried either AA (two copies of group A haplotypes) or B/x (at least one copy of group B haplotype) genotypes. Effect of KIR matching on significant GVHD (described as grade 2-4 acute GVHD or chronic GVHD needing systemic therapy) as well as disease relapse was analyzed using binomial regression and Kaplan-Meier statistics. Results As observed in both the discovery and validation cohorts, a significant protection against GVHD was conferred upon when both the donor and recipient were matched for the KIR genotypes (HR=2.224; p=0.01) without any effect on disease relapse (HR=1.098; p=0.934) (figure1). Conclusions In spite of D-R matching for major immunogenetic determinants like HLA, complications of allogeneic HCT are significant. Since GVHD represents a flip side to graft-vs-leukemia (GVL) reaction, strategies to decrease GVHD in most cases have resulted in increased relapse. Matching donor and recipients for KIR genotypes can offer a significant protection against GVHD without increasing the risk of disease relapse. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


In this study, a current list of syntaxa belonging to the bryophyte vegetation of Turkey is presented. The current checklist of the syntaxonomic units of bryophyte vegetation the newly described and reported for Turkey was obtained as a result of compiling the data in the national and local literature. To date, 55 associations and 29 sub-associations belonging to 20 alliances, 13 orders and 8 classes have been reported in Turkey, bryosociologically. In addition, 23 phytosociological units were determined as unknown status. In the present study, syntaxonomical units were grouped according to aquatic, terrestrial or epiphytic habitats and were given with together their localities and synonyms.


The effects of N, P, K nutrients and their proportion on relative protective enzymes in burley tobacco and the dynamics of relative substances were studied in field stage. The results showed that the peroxidase (POD) activ-ity and proline (Pro) content went up in early growing stage and went down in late growing stage, the peak stage was at 65d or so after transplanting. The polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity and contents of total phenol, flavonoid were increased as the advance of growing and developing, characterized by a curve with single peak, and the peak was at 75d after transplanting. The malondialdehyde (MDA) content went up and total free amino acid content went down as the process of growth. The application rate of N, P and K was positively correlated with endogenous protective enzyme activity and the contents of relative substances. The N showed an extremely significant correlation with total phenol and significant correlations with POD, Pro, PPO and amylase. The effects of the three elements on the activity of protective enzymes and contents of relative substances were different, the effects on PPO, Pro, total free amino acid and amylase were N P K, on the contents of MDA and flavonoid were K N P, and on POD and total phenol were N K P.


This paper presents a unique real time technique for path generation in dynamic environment using simple geometry, suitable for humanoid robots. We show that the proposed algorithm reduces computation to find the optimal collision free path by utilizing the geometrical shapes of the obstacles to navigate from a known initial point to final point. The trajectory is then translated to known parameters of humanoid gait model thus effectively computing the footsteps for the robot. This algorithm has been simulated, implemented and tested on humanoid robot AcYut, developed at Centre for Robotics and Intelligence Systems, BITS-Pilani.


Guided by the theory of sustainable development,on the basis of forest soil ecological management concept,the business practice of bamboo forest ecological regulation and control was put forward.Through three aspects of bamboo forest vegetation reconstruction and ecological fertilizer and ecological pest management,species resources of forest biological communities were enriched,a complex food web chain was constituted,the balance of the ecosystem was also promoted,so as to ensure the quality of bamboo shoots.


Microcontroller is one stored in the non-volatile memory comprises a chip key storage slot, in which is any key is limited to choosing whether used software, and a predetermined key storage slots storing a key ciphering key (KEK), the register flag is provided for determining whether the whether the pre-determined key storage slots storing a key for encrypting / decrypting the data, or storing the KEK to encrypt / decrypt key.


Background. The formation of a pseudarthrosis is one of the most severe complications of bone fractures. Pseudarthrosis occurs as a result of a disorder in the fracture union, has a poor prognosis and requires long-term treatment and repeated surgeries. A small number of representative pseudarthrosis models makes it difficult to conduct preclinical studies of promising pharmacological substances, bone replacement materials and surgical methods of treatment.The aim. To develop and to validate an experimental model of normotrophic pseudarthrosis of a rabbit's tibia by creating diastasis between bone fragments, forming local vascularization disturbance and using unstable fixation.Materials and methods. The study was carried out on Soviet Chinchilla rabbits. The animals were divided into 2 groups: in experimental group, we formed tibial pseudarthrosis; in control group, we made a simple transverse tibial fracture. The pseudarthrosis was formed by segmental resection (5 mm) of the middle third of the tibia, bone fragments dilatation for 5 mm, removal of periosteum and bone marrow within 5 mm followed by daily destabilization of a fracture in an external fixation device. The duration of the experiment was 6 weeks. X-ray examination of the fracture area was carried out weekly, multi-layer spiral computed tomography (MSCT) and histological examinations were carried out at the end of the experiment.Results. The survival value in the experiment was 100 %. According to weekly X-ray examination, fracture union was registered only in the control group and occurred on average on the 22,8 ± 5,1 day, while the formation of pseudarthrosis was observed only in the experimental group, and radiographic signs of a pseudarthrosis were noted on average on the 33,6 ± 3,5 day. The formation of a pseudarthrosis by the end of the experiment was confirmed by MSCT and histological studies.Conclusions. The developed model of the normotrophic pseudarthrosis of a rabbit's tibia can be used for experimental tests of various factors for stimulating reparative regeneration and methods for treatment of the pseudarthrosis.


A weighted optical flow algorithm can be used to track tumour motion in real-time in order to optimize radio-therapy of lung cancer. Lung tumour motion due to realistic breathing patterns was simulated using a 3D printed tumour moved by an actuator controlled by LabView. Portal images were acquired on a 6MV linear accelerator using an Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) at 2.5 frames/sec as the simulated tumour was moved. From these sequential images, an optical flow algorithm was used to calculate the tumour velocity and position. Tracking the position of the tumour helps maneuver the radiation beam to follow this movement and to optimize the dose to the tumour while minimizing dose to normal tissues. The optical flow algorithm has been previously used to track motion with a static treatment gantry and was able to detect tumour motion with an average accuracy of 0.5 mm. This work evaluates the ability of this method to track motion when the radiation beam, mounted in an isocentric gantry, is also rotating. Gantry rotation can introduce perceived relative motion on the EPID. This relative motion is dependent on the distance of the tumour to the iso-centre along the X-axis and Z-axis. By incorporating the necessary image transformations to account for the gantry rotation, the tumour motion was tracked with an average positional accuracy of 0.5 mm, similar to the case of a static gantry, and well within other uncertainties associated with this treatment. We conclude that gantry rotation does not affect the ability of the optical flow algorithms to track tumour motion during radiation therapy and can be used to minimize the dose to surrounding normal tissues while maximizing the dose to the tumour.


An rf-SQUID with the bias frequency raised to 35 GHz has been successfully operated for the first time. The principle of designing the SQUID is the naive extension of the SQUIDs at 10 GHz previously reported to the millimeter wave region. At present, the SQUID at 35 GHz has a slightly poorer signal-to-noise ratio than the SQUIDs at 10 GHz and also the highest limit of the output band-width is confined to about 1 MHz. However, several possibilities for improving the style and configuration remain for the future.


Subject based classification is an important part of information retrieval, and has a long history in libraries, where a subject taxonomy was used to determine the location of books on the shelves. We have been studying the notion of subject itself, in order to determine a formal ontology of subject for a large scale digital library card catalog system. Deep analysis reveals a lot of ambiguity regarding the usage of subjects in existing systems and terminology, and we attempt to formalize these notions into a single framework for representing it.


Recombinant proteins have become useful tools in biochemistry research. During their production, however, inclusion bodies (IB) appear, on the one hand, due to the high expression rate from the recombinant plasmids, which have high efficiency promoters, and, on the other hand, intrinsic characteristics of the expressed protein. Furhtermore, the nicotinamide/nicotinate mononucleotide adenilyl transferase (NMNAT) is a central protein in NAD(H)+ biosynthesis, an essential cofactor in cell metabolism, and in protozoon parasite has been studied. To study the NMNAT protein of these parasites, their recombinant version in E. coli has been expressed, getting a great quantity of IB as a by-product. To increase the solubility of the protein, the coding sequence of the NMNAT enzyme of Plasmodium falciparum was cloned in different expression plasmids which were subsequently transformed into E. coli BL21(DE3) expression strain. The solubility of the recombinant proteins was assessed and the one with the highest presence in the soluble fraction was subsequently purified and its enzyme activity was determined. The recombinant protein with a MBP (maltose-binding protein) tag showed an increased solubility and purity.


Along with the economic globalization,there comes a new competitive element in the market-supply chain.The management of it can guarantee the simultaneous coordinate operation of businesses.The application of supply chain management should be measured with its performance evaluation,which differs from the traditional performance evaluation work.The paper explores the relevant content of this new evaluation system in supply chain management.


Objective: Various studies have reported the effectiveness of online teaching vis a vis traditional methods. But hardly have they reported whether the subjects involved in their studies have adequate access and working knowledge of computer/internet and they do not provide the exact framework to assess the preparedness of the students. Before moving on to adopting new teaching tool, it is necessary to determine whether the students are aptly prepared to accept and utilize the tool.
Methodology: This project was designed to assess the preparedness of students for Web 2.0 teaching at I year MBBS entry level in a medical college using a questionnaire of 14 items to be responded on a Likert format. The data was analyzed for individual item responses and factor loadings.
Results: Two predominant constructs came out as determinant of preparedness of students. In our results, students were in favour of implementation of web 2.0 teaching but most were inadequately prepared for the same.
Conclusions: In previous studies, there have been conflicting results regarding the superiority of internet based teaching over traditional methods. Studies reporting the effectiveness of web 2.0 tools should also report on student preparedness for determining the actual effectiveness of the tool.


With the increasing focus on safety and security in public areas, anomaly detection in video surveillance systems has become increasingly more important. In this paper, we describe a method that models the temporal behavior and detects behavioral anomalies in the scene using probabilistic graphical models. The Coupled Hidden Markov Model (CHMM) method that we use shows that sparse features obtained via feature detection and description algorithms are suitable for modeling the temporal behavior patterns and performing global anomaly detection. We model the scene using these features, perform perspective independent velocity analysis for anomaly detection purposes and demonstrate the results obtained on UCSD pedestrian walkway dataset. The training is unsupervised and does not require any data having anomaly. This eliminates the need to obtain anomaly data and to define anomalies in advance.


We obtain the energy distribution of the gamma metric using the energy–momentum complex of Moller. The result is the same as that obtained by Virbhadra in the Weinberg prescription.


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The Kindergarten Watching Siaga Bencana Learning Model for early childhood has been tested for 2 years in three schools using development research methods. Urgenci of this research is to provide knowledge and skills to young children in dealing with disasters, especially the earthquake and tsunami. In this study children will be taught through a scientific approach to posture (scientific positive and structured thinking). Realizing learning in accordance with the stages of growth and development of early childhood. This research approach uses the research and development (R&D) method of the Thiagarajan model which consists of 4 stages known as the 4-D model (Four-D model). These stages are the defining stage (Define), the design stage (Design), the development stage (Develop), and the Disseminate stage. the study was conducted over 2 years with details: the first year was the defining stage (Define) and the design stage (Design). The second year was implemented the development stage (Develop), and the Deployment stage (Disseminate). By year 1 it had been reached the model's definition and design stages. The defining stage (Define) is complete, the design stage (Design) model with the following stage summary:1) has been analyze the geographical environmental conditions of the child is associated with earthquake disasters and relevant intelligence theories is completed with the obtainance of the initial trial site of TK syeikh abdurrauf area Blang Oi located about 1.9 KM from the seashore of ulhele, 2) Analysis of learner to draft learning previews, identify key parts to be taught and systematically compose topics to be taught, task analysis and learning purpose specifications, design prototype learning devices (test drafting, media selection and manufacture, format selection, drafting activity implementation procedures are complete. In the second year, the team has come to the field, namely 3 schools. This article will discuss the use of the Kindergarten Watching Siaga Bencana Learning Model in practicing positive and structured thinking skills in early childhood. The description of the results of the analysis each step applied in this model can train the ability to think positively and structured children. Starting from the provision of knowledge through school environment surveys, then mapping in the form of mini models and presenting them. This positive structured thinking can also be trained in the provision of knowledge and skills about earthquakes and tsunamis to children, namely at the micro and macro simulation stages of the earthquake and tsunami.


In late June 2012, the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) released its annual statistics on citations of articles published in previous years in scientific journals. A number of different summary statistics are produced by the ISI, the most widely discussed being the impact factor. I have used previous editorials to keep readers informed of the most recent statistics for the BJN and to analyse them in relation to those of comparator journals and to temporal changes. The BJN is listed in the Nutrition and Dietetics category of ISI Journal Citation Reports. In 2011, there were seventy-two journals listed in this category, including review journals and journals in the areas of obesity (e.g. International Journal of Obesity, Obesity) and lipidology (e.g. Progress in Lipid Research, Lipids). The impact factor of a journal is calculated as the number of citations of papers published in the previous 2 years divided by the number of papers published in those 2 years. Thus, the impact factor for 2011 (issued in 2012) is based upon the number of citations during 2011 of papers published in a particular journal in 2009 and 2010 divided by the number of papers published in that journal in 2009 and 2010. Clearly, this favours very rapidly moving areas of research. Hence, journals such as Nature, Cell and Science have high impact factors (36·28, 32·40 and 31·20, respectively, for 2011). For the past 10 years, the two highest ranked journals in the Nutrition and Dietetics category have been Progress in Lipid Research and Annual Reviews in Nutrition, and with impact factors of 10·67 and 9·45, respectively, for 2011. Table 1 lists the impact factors for the BJN and nine comparator journals over the period 2001–11 inclusive. The comparator journals all publish a similar range of material as does the BJN, including molecular, cellular, whole body, human, clinical, public health and experimental animal nutrition and, in most cases, also farm animal nutrition. It is evident that the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is firmly established as the highest ranked journal in this category that is not solely limited to publishing review articles. In 2011, the impact factor of the BJN remained almost the same as in 2010 (3·01 v. 3·07), representing 2823 citations in 2011 to the 937 articles published in 2009 and 2010. Maintaining an impact factor above 3 is important, keeping the BJN in the top 30 % of journals in this growing category. Readers may be interested in the impact factors of our sister journals: 4·84, 2·77 and 2·17 for Nutrition Research Reviews (ranked 4/72), Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (ranked 23/72) and Public Health Nutrition (ranked 34/72), respectively. Table 2 lists the articles published in the BJN during 2009 and 2010 that were most highly cited in 2011. This table indicates the importance of review and supplement articles, in addition to research papers, to the impact factor of the journal. Although the articles published in 2009 continue to be cited (Table 2), they will not contribute to the impact factor for 2012, which will be based upon articles published in 2010 and 2011. One argument against the importance of the impact factor in indicating the 'value' of a journal is that the time frame over which it is calculated is too short to really reflect the impact that the articles that a journal publishes will have. Thus, alternative measures of article citations are available. These include the total number of citations made to articles published in a journal, the 5-year impact factor and the cited half-life of articles. Table 3 lists the total number of citations made to articles published in the BJN, irrespective of their year of publication, during the years 2000–11. In 2011, articles published in the BJN were cited 15 036 times, placing the BJN fifth in the Nutrition and Dietetics category for total citations in 2011. The total number of citations of articles in the journal has increased year-on-year and increased by 7 % from 2010 and by over 170 % since 2000. The cited half-life of a journal (Table 3) is the median age of the articles published in that journal that are cited in the reporting year. Thus, publication of articles that remain important (or controversial) long after they are published will result in a long cited half-life. The cited half-life of the BJN for 2011 was 6·9 years, indicating that half of the citations to articles to the BJN in 2011 were to articles published in 2004 or before. Thus, it seems to me that the BJN is publishing articles that are seen as important in the short term, as judged by the reasonably high impact factor (within the journal category), but which remain important for many years, as judged by the cited half-life. For comparison, the cited half-lives for the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and the Journal of Nutrition for 2010 were 8·2 and 8·9 years, respectively. The immediacy index is calculated as citations of articles published in the reporting year (e.g. 2011) by papers published in that same year. It is a measure of how immediately important (or controversial) published papers are. For 2011, the immediacy index of the BJN was 0·519 (245 citations in 2011 out of 472 articles published in 2011). In 2008, the 5-year impact factor was calculated for the first time; this is the number of citations in the year to articles published in the previous five years. For 2011, the 5-year impact factor of the BJN was 3·34 British Journal of Nutrition (2012), 108, 759–761 q The Author 2012


98Background: Blocking both gonadal and extragonadal androgens with leuprolide and abiraterone acetate (AA) is approved by the FDA to treat mCRPC. Applying this treatment in the neoadjuvant setting reduced intratumoral testosterone levels in our Phase 2 trial, but pathologic CR's were rare and minimal residual disease was observed in some patients. Methods: We performed laser capture microdissection to isolate pure foci of residual tumor cells from 19 patients who underwent RP following 24 weeks of leuprolide plus AA. We also isolated 19 foci of matched benign glands as germline controls. In 15 of the 19 cases, we dissected 2 spatially-distinct foci of residual tumor. We then performed whole exome sequencing to assess somatic mutations and copy number variations (CNVs). Results: A diversity of genomic resistance mechanisms were observed. Resistance to AA as predicted by mutation of the ligand binding domain of AR was observed in only one case. In contrast, the majority residual tumor foci harbored CNVs co...


The purpose of this study was to prepare polyaniline-lead ferrite, polyaniline-cobalt ferrite and polyaniline / nickel ferrite thin layers. The preparation process consists of two steps :First, ferrites are synthesized using a microwave irradiated hydrothermal method. The ferrites were then added separately to 0.1 M aniline electrolyte solution and 0.2 M sulfuric acid. The accumulation of polyaniline and ferrite composites was carried out in an electrochemical cell by electrodeposition method. The surface morphology of the composite layers was investigated by scanning electron microscopy and the percentage of the constituents was studied by X-ray energy scattering (EDX) analysis. Also, surface roughness analysis and kinetic roughening of thin films was performed using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Hysteresis loop of magnetic samples were investigated by vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The structure and crystalline size of samples studied by X-ray diffraction analyze.


The IOT-based building energy consumption management system, as an important technology management means for energy efficiency, is prevalent and applied widely. Nevertheless, the requirement of occupant comfort environment is rarely considered in most previous studies. In this paper, based on intelligent sensing technology, we put forward a novel system framework for building energy consumption management systems, which focuses on providing the comfort environment for occupants in energy saving. Firstly, the energy efficiency sensing and control unit is developed, which consists of several sensors for environment comfort evaluation and data fusion. In addition, the feedback control is realized in this unit through multi-sensor integration and GPIO ports. The concept of collaborating with people, machine and substance is reflected in the working process of this unit. Secondly, the relation between environment factors and energy consumption control is clearly described with the event-based ECA-rules. The real-time response to environment sensing and energy consumption data streams is achieved by utilizing complex event processing. Finally, the application scenarios show the benefits of the proposed system architecture.


The psychotherapeutic group and all its variations (psychoanalytical or group with mediator object) play a key role in structuring the clinical setting in day hospitals. In this paper, the author discusses, from an analytical perspective, her experience with mediation in a group setting. She argues that an analytical space based on the group can link a psychoanalytical group and a group with a mediator object in order to contain and reinforce the symbolization process. This view requires a theory of mediation, reflection on the specific mediator object—corporal mediation in this instance—and a theory on the entire clinical setting in terms of complementarity, interdependency, and "covalence" of group spaces.


Rare earth neodymium polyisoprene rubber(Nd-IR) was prepared by using isoprene as monomer,and ternary complex of neodymium neodecanoate,diisobutyl aluminum hydride and diethyla-luminum chloride as catalyst.The properties of Nd-IR,imported and domestic rare earth titanium polyisoprene rubber(Ti-IR) were comparatively investigated.The results showed that,the mass fraction of cis 1,4 units of Nd-IR and physical properties of Nd-IR vulcanizate were similar to Ti-IR.The tire tread compound with Nd-IR possessed better wet skid resistance and lower rolling resistance,and thus it could be applied in winter tire tread.


This paper provides information of the uniform grain structure after application of hot and cold rolling conditions and recrystallization processes followed by various annealing times in NiMoCr alloy. The different structure would result in high temperature mechanical properties such as yield strength, tensile strength, ductility, fatigue, and creep strength. The microstructural changes as results from all tested programs were investigated by optical microscope. The obtained results showed that the uniformity of recrystallized structure relates strongly to amount of deformation during hot and cold rolling and period of annealing time. It was also found that the uniformity of recrystallized structure increased with higher deformation and longer annealing times. The formability was tested and the base deformation resistances (BDR) were also calculated.


Location-based mobile games often utilize built-in sensors for supporting game experiences tied to the physical world, yet the visual user interface remains constrained to the small high-resolution screen. GlowPhones is a location-based mobile social game using low-resolution displays to augment the physical space and move the attention away from the mobile screen. Players explore the physical world and collaborate to overcome challenges relying on the screen glow intensity emitted from the phone's screen and light flash frequency of the camera flash for navigation. Three game stages explore proxemics play using low-resolution light displays designed to require social competition, physical cooperation and bodily contact challenging cultural norms. A user study was conducted in a public forest during the night. Spatial analysis of proxemics and F-formations in conjunction with a Game Experience Questionnaire provide insights about the experiential and socio-spatial qualities of low-resolution displays. Qualitative examples offer new strategies for proxemics play.


Objective)The objective of this paper is to reveal the spatial heterogeneity of surface roughness of 4 typical loess tilled slopes during different erosive stages under a micro-scale (2 cm×2 cm) condition.(Method)When slopes with 4 different gradients and tillage measures were prepared (artificial backhoe, artificial digging, contour tillage and straight cultivated slope (check), an erosive rainfall with a rainfall intensity of 60 mm/h was carried out. Soil surface roughness relative elevation data points were taken by a laser scanner and analyzed with both the semivariogram function and fractal dimension models.(Result)The result of classical statistical analysis showed that the loess tillage slope surface roughness has a weak spatial variability. The result of the semivariogram analysis indicated that the loess tilled slope surface roughness had a higher spatial autocorrelation, their spatial autocorrelation scale of surface roughness ranged from 2.02 m to 3.82 m. The spatial heterogeneity caused by the spatial structure characteristic accounted for the greater proportion of the total heterogeneity. The fractal dimension analysis showed that the surface


Mr.Jin Yong who made his name in Hong Kong,was born in Haining China,and also he get an education in Chinese mainland.Jin Yong has constructed a rivers and lakes world with his novel,In the rivers and lakes world lies Jin Yong's own life experience and his feeling of Hong Kong's life.Especially in his later period works.The Hong Kong culture environment influence is more obvious.


This paper presents a comparison of solutions of the shallow water (Saint Venant) equations for unsteady one-dimensional flow over a plane and solutions of the diffusion and kinematic wave equations, which are approximate forms of the Saint Venant equations. In the cases studied, the lateral inflow is constant and positive but may cease before a steady state flow is reached. It is shown that for highly subcritical flow, the criterion proposed by Woolhiser and Liggett is necessary but not sufficient to enable a choice between the shallow water equations and the kinematic approximation. An additional criterion is proposed for these cases.


Our sense of ourselves is inextricably linked to our looks. It's required for everyday interactions, communication, and other routine duties. Face recognition algorithms that are both durable and perfect are required to construct fully automated systems that analyse the data contained in face photographs, and a variety of methodologies are currently being used. Partial facial occlusion is one of the most difficult challenges in face recognition. In real-world applications, face recognition algorithms can recognize faces hidden under masks, scarves, or sunglasses, hands on the face, things carried by a person, or external sources. The outcome, when compared to other existing algorithms, produces the best results. When utilising the suggested dataset, they provide high accuracy and a low loss function. With both trainable and non-trainable parameters, the suggested model performs admirably. The above-average accuracy of 80% indicates a strong performance in facial recognition. Face recognition from video and photos is extremely important.


SUMMARY: SOFT TISSUE CHANGES IN SKELETAL CLASS III MALOCCLUSION AFTER ORTHOPEDIC and ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT In our study skeletal CI III cases have maxillary narrowness and the negative overjet, existence of soft tissue changes as a result of maxillary expansion and protraction have been investigated. The material of our study is existed from 30 cases have skeletal CI III anomaly applied Orthodontics Department of Faculty of Dentistry University of Dicle for treatment that 15 member of them had maxillary expansion and protraction treatment and the other untreated 15 had been control group. Biometric importance of differences in each group for provided values from measurements done on lateral cephalometric radiograms were compared with Wilcoxon test and importance of differences between groups with Mann-Whitney U test. In treatment group decreasing of face angle in p < 0.01 degree, decreasing of total soft tissue convexity and Ls-E dimension in p < 0.01 degree, increasing of upper lip length in p < 0.05 deg...


In this study we examined and quantified the effects plains pocket gophers had on vegetation. We predicted that we would see an increase in vegetation diversity on gopher mounds compared to our controls with no gopher activity. New, abandoned, and old gopher mounds covered 9.8% of our study area. We predicted the correct outcome as there was an average diversity of 3.183 plants on our control plots and more than double that with 6.700 plants on abandoned gopher mounds. This diversity is mainly due to the natural succession of plants with the pocket gophers being a natural disturbance and allowing early succession plants to grow.


The present invention relates to a kind of optical lens assembly of illuminated high definition 13,000,000 pixel 1/3.2 inch gage photographic head module before mobile communications tool, including fixed aperture, one group of lens, one glass filter, these group lens include the first lens being arranged in order on same optical axis from thing direction image space, second lens, 3rd lens, 4th lens, 5th lens, the collocation of each eyeglass can effectively control the height of camera lens, simultaneously by using aspherical lens to make light through the refraction of high-order curved surface, can ensure that light accurately focuses on a bit, the various aberrations of light can be effectively eliminated, guarantee the imaging high-quality of camera lens.The height controlling camera lens is more than 75 degree in 4.5mm, the angle of visual field, and F-number F/NO controls less than 2.0;By using glass lens, alleviate the weight of camera lens, reduce the height of camera lens, reduce manufacturing cost, improve production efficiency.


A very compact and conformal launcher for single conductor transmission lines (SCTLs) at the HF-band is presented. Also the concept of using drill pipes as the conductor of SCTL is introduced for the first time to satisfy the need for cost-effective and real-time data communication in drilling process. It is shown that a TM surface wave can be launched effectively making use of the drilling mud around the drill pipe. Provision of TM surface wave launchers that can fit within the borehole at both ends makes it feasible to transmit data over the drill pipe from downhole to the surface and vice versa. The launcher is composed of an open ended helical conductor which concentrically surrounds the drill pipe with appropriate pitch and length forming a compact surface wave launcher. Keeping its dimension smaller than  $0.005\lambda \times 0.005\lambda \times 0.03\lambda $ , the proposed launcher provides 2% fractional bandwidth at low HF-band.


A cannula and collection system are described which permitted collection of semen directly from the epididymis via the ductus deferens from conscious boars while also simultaneously collecting semen via the ejaculation process. The cannula consisted of silicone rubber tubing that was surgically inserted into the ductus deferens 10 to 12 cm from the end of the cauda epididymidis. Cannulas were successfully used in 4 boars. Average daily output of spermatozoa was 11.2 times 109 and 12.4 times 109 from cannulated side and intact side, respectively.


The first part of this paper is a review of existing regularisation techniques with emphasis on the updating of finite element models for structural dynamics. Tikhonov regularisation, truncated singular value decomposition, total least-squares method and maximum entropy method are examined in some detail for their applicability to a set of noise-polluted linear equations arising from the use of measured vibration test data. Several comparative studies were conducted for three simulated examples: a 10-DOF mass-spring system, a 3D frame and a plate structure. A frequency response function based updating technique, that yields an over-determined set of equations by selecting data from a number of frequency points, was used throughout the numerical investigation. For most methods, the correct choice of the controlling regularisation parameter, such as the SVD truncation level, was found to be of primary importance for improving the quality of the solution. Possible parameter selection strategies were identifi...


This paper critically examined the meaning of Political Corruption in Nigeria, its causes and impacts were identified and expounded. Overview of some cases of Political Corruption that ruined Nigeria's external image were visualized. The Elite theory was adopted as the basis of discussion of this paper and some workable public policies recommendations were finally submitted.


A tailor welded blank (TWB) includes two or more blanks joined together in order to make a single blank. Different welding methods are used to join blanks with different characteristics and form TWBs. In this study, a comparison is made among the effects of three different welding methods namely CO2 laser welding, friction stir welding (FSW), and friction stir vibration welding (FSVW) on mechanical and formability properties of developed TWBs. AA6061 alloy sheets with different thicknesses (1.2 and 0.8 mm) are joined to get TWBs. The forming limit diagram (FLD) and limiting dome height (LDH) are applied to assess the formability. The Taguchi method is applied to find the optimum values of welding parameters. It is concluded that TWBs made by FSVW have higher mechanical properties and formability compared to TWBs made by FSW and CO2 laser welding. The results also indicate that FLD for TWBs made by FSW is higher than FLD for TWBs made by CO2 laser welding and FLD0, for TWBs made by FSVW, increases as vibration frequency increases.


Weakened group among university students have proper features and contributing factors. At present, the features are classified as poverty, difficulty in study, psychological frailty or psychological problem, bigot and difficulty in getting jobs, etc. Society, schools and families partly contribute to the situation. So countermeasures should be taken to make them lead a healthy life.


The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) byproducts in milk yield and quality under smallholder dual-purpose conditions in the south of the department of Atlantico, Colombia. A crossover design balanced for residuals effect was used in six livestock farms in Repelon (experiment i), and two in Manati and four in Campo de la Cruz (experiment ii). During the adaptation and measurement periods, the diet was supplemented with Palm Kernel Cake (pkc) and Oil Palm Decanter Cake (opdc), and compared with mineralized salt (MSalt) as a control diet. Milk yield was affected by diet (p   0.05) compared to PKC, although it was higher than the MSalt treatment (2.91 and 3.38 L/cow/day in experiment i and ii, respectively). Milk quality was affected by diet (p < 0.05). The diet affected the concentration of milk urea nitrogen (p < 0.05), indicating possible alterations in ruminal degradable protein and fermentable carbohydrates. The opdc and pkc are proposed as options to improve milk yield in smallholder dual-purpose conditions in the south of the department of Atlantico, Colombia.


The invention discloses a test strip for detecting HIV antibodies in spittle and a preparation method thereof. The test strip comprises a sample pad, a fiberglass film, a nitrocellulose film and absorbent paper, wherein the fiberglass film is tightly connected with one end of the sample pad and contains colloidal gold particle markers; the nitrocellulose film is tightly connected with the other end of the fiberglass film; the absorbent paper is tightly connected with the other end of the nitrocellulose film; the sample pad, the fiberglass film, the nitrocellulose film and the absorbent paper are all arranged on a base plate; the nitrocellulose film comprises a detection area coated with HIV recombinant antigens and a control area coated with goat anti rabbit antibodies; and the colloidal gold particle marker comprises a colloidal gold particle-avidin-biotin-antihuman IgG antibody composite micro-signal amplification system, and colloidal gold marking rabbie IgG antibodies. Due to the adoption of the avidin-biotin micro-signal amplification system, the test strip amplifies signals of the target antibodies, improves detection sensitivity and avoids false negative or detection omission caused by too weak signals.


The purpose of this research was to assess the effectiveness of the use of co-solvent n-hexane for in situ transesterification reaction mahogany seed oil as a biodiesel. Variables and operating conditions include catalyst KOH 0.075 mol/L, stirring speed of 600 rpm, 40 o C the reaction temperature, % FFA oil is 1,42%, moisture content seed of 0.8%, reaction time is 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 hours and the mass ratio of seedl:methanol:n-hexane is 1:3:2, 1:3:3 and 1:3:4. Mahogany seeds that have been dried and pulverized size +20/-30 mesh as much as 50 grams included in the three-neck flask equipped condenser and added methanol, n-hexane and catalyst KOH and the reaction carried out in accordance with the variables and operating conditions. After the reaction is complete, the filtrate and cake was separated. To stopped the reaction with neutralized the KOH catalyst with added HCl 1 mol/L to pH 4. The filtrate distilled at a temperature of 70°C and the residue distilled included in the separating funnel and allowed to stand for 12 hours in order to form two layers. From the research data obtained the best results at a mass ratio of seed:methanol:n-hexane is 1:3:4.and reaction time 4 hours with yield methyl esters of 88.18%. Methyl ester density 0.8791 g/cm 3 meet SNI 04- 7182-2006 from 0.85 to 0.89 g/cm 3 .


This study indicate drip irrigation for tomato under mulch is better than furrow irrigation ones for such kind of method needs less water and has higher production.Drip irrigation only needs 75% water of furrow irrigation,but with production increased by(36.8%.) Drip irrigation make the soil have upstanding breathe freely character.It can adjust the soil,air and hot,which is benefit for the grow of plants and tomato can ripe early and has good quantity.Drip irrigation can change the living environment of soil,reduce the hurt of pests and poisions.It is an effective way of increase production and prevent pests,which has an obvious economic interest.


The Society held its thirty-fifth Annual General Meeting this evening, within No. 5 St Andrew Square, at eight o'clock. Transactions.—It was announced that the publication of Part 1 of Vol. I. had been nearly completed, and that it would be placed in the hands of the members early in January. Finance.—Mr George Lyon, the Treasurer, read the ‶Abstract of Receipts and Disbursements for the year ending 31st October 1868,″ from which it appeared that the balance in favour of the Society, at that date, amounted to £37, 17s. 1d. Against this sum there are outstanding accounts, due by the Society, to the extent of £29, 19s., thereby reducing the balance to £7, 18s. 1d. The Society, on the Auditors' certificate, approved of the Accounts for the bygone session. For ‶Abstract of Receipts and Disbursements" see page 224. Library.—Donations were received, during the session, of ‶Atlas of Maps and Sections, to accompany Report of Geological Survey of Canada, for years 1853—56;″ numerous works on the Geology and Botany of New Zealand; ‶Geologisk Kart over det Sondenfjeldske Norge;″ and valuable Transactions, Proceedings, Books, and Maps from the principal Scientific and Literary Societies and Institutions in the United Kingdom, Europe, and America. Museum.—Has been enriched by the addition of a collection of Fossil Wood (Coniferæ, &c.) from the Tuedian Beds, Jedburgh; Coals, Lignites, and Fossil Wood from the Miocene Beds of Greenland; large suite of bones of the Dinornis, from New Zealand; a collection of Fossils from the Upper Silurian Flag of Merionethshire;


The current study presents a new integrated microfluidic chip for rapid ribonucleic acid (RNA) purification, extraction and reverse transcription (RT) in an automatic fashion. The miniature system consists of two individual functional devices including a two-way microfluidic control module and a magnetic field/temperature control module. The functional microfluidic control module can perform pumping, mixing, purification and concentration of the RNA samples by incorporating with the magnetic bio-separator consisting of 2-dimension twisted microcoils. Notably, the magnetic bio-separators are developed either to perform the separation of magnetic beads or to control the temperature field for the subsequent RT process. Experimental results showed that the total RNA was successfully purified and extracted by the magnetic beads, and the subsequent RT process of RNA was completed automatically. As a whole, the developed system may provide a powerful platform for biomedical application and biological analysis.Copyright © 2008 by ASME


The effect of HIV/AIDS of pre-school children in Kijabe Mission Centre, Kijabe location, Kiambu County, Kenya. The research adopted a case study design targeting a population of 90 children, 18 parents and 15 teachers. The Centre has three pre-schools both public and private. The researcher employed purposive sampling technique. The data was then analyzed using percentages, pie charts, tables, bar graphs and frequency distribution techniques using SPSS Version 16. The study established that children living with HIV/AIDS have challenges ranging from absenteeism occasioned by their attendance to medical care as well as caring for their aging and ailing parents. This [1] Share: Facebook [2] Twitter [3] Google Plus [4] Yahoo [5] LinkedIn [6] Digg [7] Delicious [8] Author: GICHARU PAULINE WANGUI Unit: COMMTECH


The invention Etherpyrrolidoncarbonsauren of formula (1) wherein R R (AO) a (poly) alkylene glycol unit having one or more C M is hydrogen, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or an ammonium group, y is 1 or 2, x 1, 2, 3 or 4 mean.


We demonstrate the effect of bundle structure, composed of multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) material in disordered MWCNT electrodes, on electric double-layer capacitor (EDLC) performance (i.e., their rate capability and specific capacitances). This is done by applying two types of MWCNTs with low (50-100) and high (2500-10,000) aspect ratios of their length to diameter. The use of these physically opposite values elucidates how the electronic pathways, pore distribution, and sidewall/edge balance of MWCNTs contribute to these electrodes' kinetic and capacitive performance for EDLC.


AbstractRemoval of potentially harmful phosphorus compounds from wastewater by adsorption onto biosorbents is a cost-effective alternative to the conventional treatment methods. Raw peat and peat modified with iron(III) hydroxy ions were used in this study to remove phosphate ions from synthetic solution and household wastewater. Interaction of iron(III) ions with carboxylic groups of peat occurred during peat modification, which was confirmed by the FTIR technique. The effect of the initial phosphate concentration, pH, contact time, temperature, and ionic strength was studied in batch experiments. It was found that the sorption capacity increased with the increasing temperature, i.e. the maximum sorption capacity of the modified peat was 9.64 mg P/g at 2°C and 11.53 mg P/g at 40°C, respectively, indicating the endothermic nature of the sorption. Besides, the Langmuir equation was used to describe the sorption isotherms quantitatively. Given that the spent biosorbent did not exhibit phytotoxicity and the ...


The subject of the article concerns vertical urban farms that play an important role in nature-based solutions and ecosystem services for the city. In the face of a changing climate, progressive environmental degradation, and the related loss of agricultural land, vertical farms can be seen as an alternative to traditional agriculture. Woven into the blue-green infrastructure of cities, they may not only constitute a base for food production, but can also create a new valuable ecological, social, and economic hub in contemporary cities, changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this paper is to show whether it is possible to introduce various functions which support ecosystem and social services, and whether they affect measurable benefits for urban residents in a large-scale system of solutions in the field of vertical urban agriculture. This research shows that urban vertical farms can perform many functions and bring diverse benefits to the inhabitants of cities. In a multi-scale system, they allow for the creation of patchwork connections, which stabilise a specific city biome in the vertical space.


This paper describes the phonological system and its features of Linhai dialect in Zhejiang province and lists its homophony syllabary.


The increase in waste generated by the construction industry (RCC) in recent years, without adequate disposal, has accumulated concerns not only to government agencies but also to the environment and public health in Brazil, which varies from region to region. region. The use of these RCCs incorporated in concrete to reduce these clusters has been a solution increasingly employed by companies in this segment that are concerned with the future of our. Therefore, this study presents a feasibility in the use of marbled residues as a large aggregate in total replacement of crushed stone No. 0 in conventional concrete. For this, laboratory experiments were carried out with the objective of characterizing all the materials used. After the characterization, the axial compressive strengths of the hardened and cured Test Bodies were verified in the ages of 7 and 28 days, divided in two groups with 4 CPs each. The average of the results of the residue with a value of 25.02 MPa and the conventional concrete with gravel, of 27.32 MPa, makes it possible to use the residue for small buildings such as: sidewalks, gutters and small non-structural slabs bearing.


Genetic components of variance were estimated in F1 generation of Indian mustard derived from 7 parents diallel cross (excluding reciprocals) for eight traits namely, days to flowering, days to maturity, plant height, no. of primary branches, length of main racem, seed yield/plant, 1000-seed weight and oil content. The analysis of variance reveald highly significant differences among parents and F1 crosses for almost all the characters except length of main raceme, seed yield/plant and oil content. The interactions between parents and F1s were also significant for all the traits except seed yield/plant and oil content. Different genetic components namely 0, H1, H2, F, h2 & E and related parameters were estimated and observed the dominance components (H1 and H2) were higher than additive component (D) in F1 generation. The value of F was found positive in F1 generation except days to maturity, plant height and length of main raceme. The ration between total dominant to recessive genes (except days to maturity, plant height and 1000-seed weight) revealed that dominant genes were more prevalent than recessive genes for all characters. The proportion of genes with postive and negative effects (H2/4H1) were less the value 0.25 in F1 generation for all the characters except no. of primary braches. The degree of dominance (H1D) 0.5 were high for no. of primary branches length of main raceme and seed yield/plant.


OBJECTIVE To explore the hemostasis of pituitrin and oxytocin in operations of interstitital pregnancy under laparoscope.METHODS Operation was performed under laparoscope for 67 cases of interstitital pregnancy,among which 35 cases were in group A(the pituitrin group) and the other 32 cases were in group B(control group).The patients in the group A were injected with 6U pituitrin and 10 mL NaCl of 0.9% concentration in horn of uterus or lesions around before salpingectomy or tubal open admission of embryos,The patients in the group B were injected with 20 U oxytocin.10 mL NaCl of 0.9%.RESULTS All the operations for the 67 cases were performed under laparoscope.The amount of bleeding during operation was(42.6±7.7)mL in group A,(64.2±18.0)mL in group B.The operation time was(48.0±8.3)min in group A,(64.8±21.6) min in group B.Suture hemostasis was performed in 6 cases of group A and 17 cases of group B.The amount of bleeding of group A was significantly less than that of group B(P0.05),the operation time of group A was significantly less than that of group B(P0.05).The rate of suture hemostasis in group A was significantly lower than that in group B.CONCLUSION The application of pituitrin in operations of interstitital pregnancy under laparoscope can is a more effective hemostasis than that of oxytocin.


The amount of multimedia content that is available to the general population has steadily increased in recent years and this brings with it the challenge of managing large quantities of content, for both creators and consumers. The MPEG-7 standard is aimed at facilitating the management of multimedia content by providing a set of standardized tools for describing audio-visual information to support a wide range of applications. This paper describes the development of one specific application that allows consumers to access a large video database of football video footage using a mobile device. Development has followed a user-centred methodology to ensure that the application development is driven by user needs rather than by the MPEG-7 technology alone.


Objectives: To evaluate the limitation in the use of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) as a method of nutritional assessment in cancer patient with fluid retention. Methods: To measure BIA 30 minutes before and again after paracentesis. Results: The mean loss of fluid was (2.7±1.66) kg, (1.13±1.39) kg and (1.58±0.59) kg of which were registered as lean body loss and fat loss. Conclusions: BIA is an unreliable measurement of body composition in this setting.


For the brazing furnace work system with time-varying, hysteresis and nonlinearity characteristic, the traditional PID control cannot meet the requirements of high-performance. Fuzzy self-tuning PID control scheme, can effectively overcome the interference effect, has good adaptability. But the based on modern control theory state space analytic method uses state feedback, not only promulgating the system internal structural property, to realize the optimum control to system's compound performance index. By combining state feedback and PID control of the respective advantages, determined the brazing furnace temperature system's optimum control scheme. Either the simulation analysis or actual system operation fully explaining fuzzy intelligent designs of the tuning PID and the optimal control scheme based on state space method have improved significantly the system's steady-state and dynamic performance index.


cis–trans Rotational isomerism about the benzoyl amide bond has been detected in a series of N-alkylated benzamido-acids. The proportions of cis–trans rotamers appear to be different for N-methylvaline and N-methylisoleucine when compared with other imino-acids studied. A singlet peak for the aromatic protons in the 1H n.m.r. spectra of a number of derivatives, shows that the ortho-protons are not deshielded and that conjugation between the benzene ring and the amide group is reduced because of the steric environment created by N-alkylation of the amide. U.v. measurements also confirm this phenomenon.


Bazaars are important topic in historical and also modern market approach, as one of the basic marketing channals for sale of agriculture products. Perception of bazaar markets in the future is not real without usage of integrated marketing communications in comuniaction with costumers. IMC enable for bazaars to make an efficient contact with consumers and other public, for the purpise of fullfiling busines aims of bazaars on market. Research results show that the efficiency of bussines is manifested in tactical integrated marketing communications. By experience method and methods of marketing research, we came to conclusion that integrated marketing communications may promote bazaars on the market using sinergy of different instruments. The conclusion is that IMK are much cheaper in comparison to mass comunications and ti is possible to promote bazaars on the market and stress their social role, using IMK.


Africa is a continent of diversified trado-medical practices, heritage and culture. However, there are increasing efforts directed at providing formal framework to describe the use of terms and relations in ontol- ogy for knowledge representation. In this paper, we describe a new approach to develop a formal description in ontology model in order to document, reuse and promote knowledge sharing among practitioners of Yoruba in south western part of Nigeria. Effective knowledge rep- resentation requires standardization of ontology development model. The main objective of this paper is to build an ontology model by grounding the used formalism in logics to represent formally, all the semantics underlying the concept behind this knowledge used in the domain of ATM. By reviewing the architecture of the existing works, we redefine some concept to formally and clearly describe the roles and terms involved. We used Logic-based Inference (Description Logic), facets coupled with DL rule of inference and the ontology knowledge


Living radical polymerization has allowed complex polymer architectures to be synthesized in bulk, solution, and water. The most versatile of these techniques is reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT), which allows a wide range of functional and nonfunctional polymers to be made with predictable molecular weight distributions (MWDs), ranging from very narrow to quite broad. The great complexity of the RAFT mechanism and how the kinetic parameters affect the rate of polymerization and MWD are not obvious. Therefore, the aim of this article is to provide useful insights into the important kinetic parameters that control the rate of polymerization and the evolution of the MWD with conversion. We discuss how a change in the chain-transfer constant can affect the evolution of the MWD. It is shown how we can, in principle, use only one RAFT agent to obtain a poly-mer with any MWD. Retardation and inhibition are discussed in terms of (1) the leaving R group reactivity and (2) the intermediate radical termination model versus the slow fragmentation model. (c) 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


OBJECTIVE To study various causes of abnormal uterine bleeding and group them according to PALMCOEIN classification and thereby aid in deciding the management of various causes. METHODOLOGY All those with unpredictable,irregular,excessive duration,abnormal volume,and/or abnormal frequency of menses and intermenstrual bleeding were admitted, underwent structured history,physical examination and imaging studies. RESULTS: In our study 59.2% were between 41-50 yrs.Most common cause of AUB was structural ie leiomyoma(38.8%).Most common multiple pathology was AUB A,L(Adenomyosis with leiomyoma)(20.3%). In 21-40 yrs age group most common cause was AUB-E (36.4%),while in 41-50  and above 50yrs it was AUB-O. Most common presenting complaint was heavy menstrual bleeding (53.8%),which was common in AUB-A,L(37.8%).In both acute and chronic AUB the most common cause was  ovulatory dysfunction . CONCLUSION: In our study we concluded that most patients were in 41-50 age group.The commonest clinical presentation was Heavy menstrual bleeding.AUB-O was the most common cause,in COEIN group and in PALM,leiomyoma(AUB-L).Both acute and chronic AUB had ovulatory dysfunction.


Many years ago, I was teaching drama to a rather boisterous class of 12-year-olds. There was nothing particularly remarkable about the lesson; the class was working in groups and dramatising part of a Greek myth. The atmosphere, I remember, was lively but quite productive, except for one group who were struggling to make sense of the task. They disagreed on pretty much everything, and no one in the group was willing to forfeit their own ideas or accept someone else's perspective. I observed the group from a distance, waiting for the right moment to intervene as the arguments escalated. I did not need to wait long, and two boys came to tell me that they just could not work together and asked to move groups. My response was that of most drama teachers, I suspect, I wanted them to stick it out and workout what was going wrong. 'We just can't co-operate', offered one boy, adding, 'arguing is just our natural selves'. It is an explanation I have been pondering in different ways ever since. Richard Sennett's recent book Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation (2012) offers an historical and sociological reading of cooperation as a social practice, as an experience that needs to be learnt and earned (13). His discussion of the workshop will have particular resonance with many drama teachers and workshop facilitators. He describes the workshop, historically, as 'a model for sustained cooperation' that 'spawned an idea of justice' (56). When this idea of social justice is coupled with the precision of learning a craft, it is easy to understand why 'workshop' is a term that is so widely used by drama educators and theatre-makers working in community settings. Whether cooperation or argument (as a form of competitive behaviour) is 'natural' is more contested, and Sennett side-steps these questions by focusing on the fact that people need others to survive. Perhaps more illuminating, for those involved in encouraging cooperation as part of the process of teaching drama, is his focus on the rhythm of the workshop. He describes how the workshop's rhythms and rituals are part of the process of learning a craft and acquiring a skill, and they also foster cooperative social relationships (200). This form of cooperation is a process of embodiment that is, I would contend, an affective experience afforded by human and non-human relationality. It is significant that there are many different forms of cooperation described or implied by authors in this issue. Simon Parry's paper offers an analysis of an international youth theatre project that took place in Austria, Israel and Palestine and explicitly intended to promote cooperation across contested borders. Using Henri Lefebvre's concept of rhythm analysis, Parry makes a persuasive case for understanding the links between dramatic practices, the emphasis on consensus in the seminars and workshops, and the participants' experiences of rhythms of everyday life. Where they are inconsistent or appear incompatible, Parry suggests, the participants feel out of place or unsatisfied. By placing an emphasis on the different ways in which life's rhythms are experienced, RiDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 2014 Vol. 19, No. 2, 121–123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2014.895630


The development of the Internet very rapidly when compared with other sectors, even in Indonesia itself, according to the Association of Indonesian Internet Service Provider (APJII) in 2014 predicted Internet users will amount to approximately 107 million people. The technology that supports the Internet both in terms of software or hardware is becoming more sophisticated and varied, making it easier for users to access various kinds of information in cyberspace. Bandwidth management is very important in determining the speed of data transfer in the Internet network. Proxy server functions can accelerate the process of Internet access, monitoring users and restrict users to visit the address Internet servers. In this research, the proxy server will be installed as the new ADSL modem then connected to a switch device and can be accessed by users on each network. With the help of SARG application, administratoristrators can also monitor the working of the client proxy server via a web browser. The result, after installing a proxy server, then the speed of Internet access and bandwidth USAge on the network can be optimized.

Keywords : Bandwith, user, proxy server, ubuntu server, SARG


Thalidomide has immunomodulatory and antiangiogenic properties. An important dose limiting side-effect of long term thalidomide treatment is peripheral neuropathy. Thalidomide induces mainly an axonal sensory neuropathy whose incidence is scarcely known. We prospectively evaluated thalidomide-induced neuropathy using neurological examination and neurophysiological studies. 50 patients with diagnosed Multiple Myeloma were studied. Thalidomide was given at a dosage ranging from 100 to 400 mg/die, orally. Neurological examination and nerve conduction studies (NCS) were evaluated prior and at 3, 6 and 12 months of treatment. Neurological examination included Neurological Symptom Score and Neurological Disability Score. For NCS, amplitude of sensory and motor action potentials (SNAP and MAP) and conduction velocities of median, peroneal and sural nerves, with F wave recording, were evaluated. All patients were asymptomatic at baseline, with a normal neurological examination and NCS. A decline of the SNAP index of 40 % or more (SNAP amplitude at first examination was considered 100 %) was set as the diagnostic marker of axonal neuropathy. Out of 50 patients, 15 discontinued thalidomide for lack of therapeutic response, 15 remained on therapy for 3 months and 20 completed the treatment at 12 months. Incidence of neuropathy, as judged by clinical and neurophysiological criteria, was high (90%) in the group of patients with a 12 months follow up. On the contrary, the incidence of neuropathy in the group of patients with a 3 months follow up and in those treated with a lower dosage, was low (10–20%). In all the patients, who developed a neuropathy, the subjective symptoms preceded NCS abnormalities. Most common symptoms were paresthesias and reduced sensation with a stock and glove distribution. Our data support the view that thalidomide induces very frequently a dose-dependent axonal neuropathy with only a partial reversibility, and that NCS findings lack of a predictive value.


The utility model discloses an inward and outward sliding casement window, comprising a window frame and a window leaf arranged in the window frame. The window frame is provided with a top rail, a right rail and a left rail for an upper sliding track, a bottom rail, a right rail, a left rail for a lower sliding track; split roller assemblies are provided on the window leaf, wherein, the upper split roller assembly consists of a upper sliding block arranged above the window leaf; right/left upper rollers and an upper top roller are provided on the upper sliding block; while the lower split roller assembly consists of a lower sliding block; right/left lower rollers and a lower bottom roller are arranged on the lower sliding block. Large hinges and small hinges are respectively provided at upper and lower angels of the window leaf; an upper revolving shaft and a lower revolving shaft are arranged respectively on the upper and lower sliding block. A bracket plate and a window catch are provided below the large hinge on the window leaf. A positioning hole, a fixing presser foot and a brush pad are provided on the lower sliding block. A regulating rod is provided at the lower portion of the window and a window lock is arranged on other side of the window leaf with double bolts secured in the window frame. The utility model is suitable for windows.


The article offers a revisionist approach to assessing the significance of Communist Party congresses in Vietnam. Analysis to date has focused on the presumed policy significance of a particular congress. The article argues that much more important than policy are outcomes, or what actually happens on the ground. Consequently, it is suggested that a more fruitful way to assess the significance of Vietnam9s congresses is to view them first and foremost as occasions when access to patronage and political protection are circulated and then consider how outcomes emerge as a result of this.


] AIM: Statistical design of experiment (DOE) was applied for the first time to optimize the extraction of phenolics, based on the study of the ultrasonic extraction of phenolics from Radix Flemingia philippinensis (RFP). METHODS: Four extraction parameters, ethanol concentration, ultrasonic time, ultrasonic temperature and solvent to solid ratio, were simultaneously evaluated by a full two-level factorial design. On the basis of the screening design, three significant parameters, ethanol concentration, ultrasonic time, and the ultrasonic temperature, were finally optimized using a face-centered composite (FCCC) design. RESULTS: The results showed that the optimal ultrasonic conditions for RFP were ethanol concentrate of 58.9 %, ultrasonic time of 38 min, ultrasonic temperature of 47.2 °C. Under such conditions, total phenolics were 40.36 mg GAE/g sample, which well matched the predicted value of 39.88 mg GAE/g sample. CONCLUSION: DOE can be successfully applied for extracting phenolics from RFP. The high phenolic con- tent of RFP indicated that it could be a suitable natural phenolic resource.


The most common causal organism in septic bursitis and pyomyositis is Staphylococcus aureus. Primary subacromial and subdeltoid abscess caused by viridans Streptococcus infection has never been reported and, to our knowledge, nor has diffuse pyomyositis of the rotator cuff associated with subacromial abscess. We describe the clinical presentation, radiological investigations and strategies for the management of a 56-year-old female who presented with purulent subacromial/subdeltoid bursitis and abscess formation in the rotator cuff muscles as a result of viridans Streptococcus infection. Because of its deep anatomic location, primary subacromial/subdeltoid septic bursitis and pyomyositis of rotator cuff muscles are rarely reported. The immunocompromise caused by diabetes mellitus presented a risk factor for the unusual infection observed in this patient. Magnetic resonance imaging aided the diagnosis. Treatment consisted of surgical debridement and drainage, with antibiotic administration, which resolved the infection without sequelae.


Following the execution of Charles I (1649), the Dutch Republic witnessed an unprecedented output of publications in support of the Stuart monarchy in Britain. Throughout the 1650s, the Stuart cause retained a central position in Dutch political debate. Dutch opinion makers from various ideological backgrounds conspired to create a heterogeneous corpus of texts lamenting the martyred king and extolling his son. Publications questioning this enthusiasm for the English monarchy were extremely rare. Judged by printed publications, the Dutch Republic was a royalist republic in the 1650s.

Dutch royalism had various problematic political and religious implications. Why was the royalist cause treated with so much sympathy in a Protestant Republic that was very much akin to the English Republic? Were the Dutch still under the spell of a monarchic culture? Was royalism the result of propaganda campaigns? Answering these and related questions, this study transforms our understanding of early modern British and Dutch political culture by arguing that British and Dutch political discourses were very much intertwined.


G ANDRI HERMAWAN. The Successfulness of Embryo Production by In Vitro Fertilization Using Frozen Semen of Bali Cattle (Bos javanicus) and Ongole (Bos indicus). Supervised by YANYAN SETIAWAN and ARIEF BOEDIONO. The one solution for increasing the population and productivity of local cattle is the introduction of embryo biotechnology especially in vitro embryo production (IVP). The aims of this study was to evaluate the embryo production rates of collected oocytes from slaughterhouse fertilized using frozen semen of bali cattle (Bos javanicus) and ongole cattle (Bos indicus). The cleavage rate was evaluated on day 2 after fertilization and blastocyst formation rate was on day 6, 7, 8, and 9, as well as an evaluation of the total bastocyst formed. The spermatozoa of bali cattle have a better ability (p<0.05) than ongole cattle at cleavage rate, blastocyst formation rate, and total of blastocyst formation. The cleavage rate of oocytes fertilized by semen of bali cattle (39.40%) was higher than by semen of ongole cattle (25.22%). The development of the embryo in to the blastocyst rate appeared to be better and rapid on oocytes which were fertilized by semen of bali cattle than by semen of ongole cattle. The total blastocyst formed up to day 9 was higher when the oocytes was fertilized by semen of bali cattle (47.05%) than by semen of ongole cattle (22.09%). These study concluded that the using frozen semen of bali cattle for in vitro embryo production was better than frozen of ongole cattle.