Background: To evaluate pancreatic exocrine function, we measured the changes in T2 enhanced hydrograhic intensity on magnetic resonance (MR) images of the pancreas following an injection of secretin, which is representative of the changes in duodenal fluid volume.


Objective To investigate the application and ef ect of quality control circle(QCC) in the management of hand hygiene for nurses in hemodialysis center. Methods QCC was applied in the management of hand hygiene in hemodialysis center from March 2013 to February 2014. Factors af ecting the compliance and correctness of hand hygiene in hemodialysis nurses were analyzed, and counter measurements were established and applied. Moreover, ef ect of QCC management was also assessed. Results At er the application of QCC, the compliance and correctness of hand hygiene in hemodialysis nurses increased signii cantly from 41.02% to 88.46%(P 0.05) and 46.88% to 91.30%(P 0.05), respectively. Moreover, maneuver application, team spirit, professional knowledge, communication and cooperation among nurses were also increased by QCC management. Conclusion The application of QCC can not only increase the compliance and correctness of hand hygiene in hemodialysis nurses but also improve team cohesiveness, which is worth recommendation and promotion.


This paper presents a damping improvement for the Lao PDR-EGAT R2 Thailand tie-line power oscillation mode. This oscillation mode corresponds to an electromechanical oscillation mode between the Nam Ngum 1 generator in the Lao PDR system and machines in the EGAT system. This mode is partially influenced by the Nam Ngum 1 in the Lao PDR system. A power system stabilizer (PSS) will be installed at π».a√'≠≠"'∑ ¿"§«'TM"«'»«°√√¡‰øøÑ" §≥–«'»«°√√¡»" μ√å ¡À"«'∑¬"≈—¬¢Õπ·°àπ Õ"®"√¬åa√–®"¿"§«'TM"«'»«°√√¡‰øøÑ" §≥–«'»«°√√¡»" μ√å ¡À"«'∑¬"≈—¬¢Õπ·°àπ À—«Àπâ"·oπ°∑¥ Õ∫Õÿa°√≥å °Õß∫"√ÿß√—°..." ∂"π'‰øøÑ"·√ß Ÿß ΩÉ"¬aØ'∫—μ'°"√¿"§μ–«—πÕÕ°‡©'¬ß‡Àπ◊Õ °"√‰øøÑ"ΩÉ"¬o≈'μ·Ààßa√–‡∑»‰∑¬ Corresponding author, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com 04 8/4/09, 8:22 AM 499 500 «"√ "√«'®—¬ ¡¢. 14 (6) : ¡'∂ÿπ"¬π 2552 °"√a√—∫a√ÿß Oscillation damping ¢Õß√–∫∫‰øøÑ"°"≈—ßa√–‡∑»≈"« '¥¬°"√"TMâμ—«‡æ'Ë¡‡ ∂'¬√¿"æ the Nam Ngum 1 generator to improve the initial mode damping of the machine. The designed PSS is a lead-lag compensation employing the generator angular speed deviation as the input signal. By applying modal control theory, suitable parameter values for the PSS can be determined. From the simulation using the PSS/ E program, the designed PSS at the Nam Ngum 1 generators can significantly improve the tie-line oscillation as required. §" "§—≠: °"√«'‡§"–‡ ∂'¬√¿"ææ≈»" μ√å, °"√a√—∫a√ÿß°"√·¥¡æå°"√·°«à߉°«, °"√μ'¥μ—Èßμ—«‡æ'Ë¡‡ ∂'¬√¿"æ, ∑ƒ...Æ'°"√§«∫§ÿ¡'À¡¥


Spontaneous nystagmus when obvious and well marked is a useful indicator of disturbed oculomotor control. Not all cases are due to vestibular disturbance. Some causes are enumerated including congenital, cerebellar and vestibular lesions. Recording artifacts must be excluded. Positioning nystagmus can be physiological. When onset of the nystagmus is delayed or the duration persists considerably beyond completion of the positioning, then the term positional nystagmus is used. Various types and some possible causative mechanisms are briefly mentioned.


We compared the native and exotic species composition of ungrazed roadside verges with that of adjacent grazed interiors in the grasslands of California's inner northern coast range (Napa and Lake Counties). We sampled 72 pairs of verge and interior quadrats at five sites representative of the region's grasslands, on both fertile (loam) and infertile (serpentine) soils, avoiding all obvious forms of roadside physical disturbance. We found that, on serpentine soils, ungrazed verges had a higher proportion of exotic species than grazed interiors; on nonserpentine soils, the reverse was true. Within serpentine soils, native species were more prevalent in quadrats with lower biomass; within nonserpentine, natives were more prevalent in quadrats receiving less radiation. Overall, the total species diversity was higher in grazed interiors than on ungrazed verges, regardless of the fertility of the substrate. Our results indicate that the ecological role of roadside verges depends on the interactive effects of community composition and history, environmental gradients, and land use practices that characterize a region.


Abstract The metal laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing process uses high power lasers to build parts layer upon layer by melting fine metal powders. Qualification of parts produced using this technology is broadly recognised as a significant challenge. Physics based process models have been identified as being foundational to qualification of additively manufactured metal parts. In the present article, a multiscale modelling strategy is described that will serve as the foundation upon which process control and part qualification can be built. This includes a model at the scale of the powder that simulates single track/single multilayer builds and provides powder bed and melt pool thermal data. A second model computationally builds a complete part and predicts manufactured properties (residual stress, dimensional accuracy) in three dimensions. Modelling is tied to experiment through data mining.


The comparative study of roadside memorials in New South Wales, Australia, and Texas, United States, raises questions about the consistency in memorial form and practice between societies with diverse ethnic and religious profiles and different historical backgrounds. This article compares roadside memorials in two societies, and suggests that ethnic and sub-group affiliation accounts for local and individual differences in what is essentially an international phenomenon powered by developments in motoring culture, postmodernism, and globalization. The roadside memorial reclaims public space for the celebration of the individual in a period and place of overwhelming technological and cultural change.


Introduction: Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional feeling accompanying existing or impending tissue damages or reference to such damage. Pain is a common and a ubiquitous sensation for children and adult. Every child has his or her own perception of pain. The world health organisation estimates that 12 billion injections are given annually and that approximately 5% are childhood vaccinations. Aim and Objective: This study is intended to determine the effectiveness of Helfer skin, tapping techniques on during administration vaccination intramuscular injection among infants in Primary Health Centre at Neamam. Methodology: An experimental approach designed was adopted. The study samples infants who are receiving vaccinations through intramuscular injection. The total sample size was 60, each 30 samples for control and experimental groups were selected convieniant sampling technique. Each patient was administered repeated intramuscular injections at Vastus Lateralise. Then pain level with the administration of intramuscular on during vaccination injection of traditional technique was compared with a pain level with Helfer Skin Tapping Technique. The tool developed and used for the data collection were socio demographic variables and assessment, Universal pain scale Neonatal Infant pain scale (NIPS) was used to assess the level of pain perception. Results: The pain perception of patients in terms of pain level of traditional technique was found to be significantly higher than the pain level of Helfer skin,tapping Technique and the experimental group decrease level of pain and show the significance at the level of P<0.05 in pooled standard deviation of the' t' test. Conclusion: Finding of the study is help to determine the effect of Helfer skin tap techniques in reducing pain during intramuscular injection. This cane implemented by the health personnel while administering the injection. Reduction in pain during intramuscular injection would enhance case of immunization.


Differences in status and role of ultrasound departments between domestic and foreign hospitals are analyzed.Meanwhile,development trend and the application prospect in China is stated in such aspects as the advanced technology features of ultrasonic medical equipment,including a variety of new types and functions of ultrasonic probes and advantage applications in clinical work of ultrasonic diagnostic techniques.


Abstract : This paper proposes a force assignment evolution which would assign a Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) to each regional unified command. This would allow for the unified commander-in-chief to have COCOM over the initial crisis response forces on a daily basis. The JEF would have an Army, Navy, Marine Corp, and Air Force component, which would routinely train and employ together. The paper considers the expeditionary history of the individual services, joint task forces, and the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force as a means of developing the JEF concept.


Searching and comparing products satisfying buyer's preferences is one of the essential activities in e-commerce. It is difficult when product space is large and multiple criteria on the product features are to be considered. Furthermore, the matchmaking becomes a challenging problem if buyer's preferences are fuzzy. In this paper, we present a linguistic approach to compare and rank products based on fuzzy preferences, thus making e-commerce more pleasurable for both the buyer and the seller in a marketplace. Our experimental results show the approach approximates human reasoning and is very encouraging.


Untreated sewage sludge potentially contains a wide range of enteric pathogens that present a risk to human health. Mesophilic anaerobic digestion (MAD) is the most‐favoured process for sewage sludge treatment in the United Kingdom. It is a well‐established approach to sludge stabilisation, but the mechanisms responsible for pathogen removal are poorly understood. Operational data collected by Thames Water from conventional MAD sites were statistically scrutinised to examine the effects of primary and secondary digestion on the removal of the enteric indicator bacteria, Escherichia coli, by using the IBM SPSS statistical software package for ANOVA, post‐hoc and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that the process temperature conditions at the MAD plants were equivalent to or exceeded the minimum estimated by the analysis necessary to comply with the 2 log10 removal standard for E. coli. The results also showed that primary digestion conditions (specifically temperature) sublethally damaged E. coli and increased decay in secondary digestion and therefore over the whole digestion process.


This paper proposed a method based on the phase re-matching technology to design a 90° TE<inf>01</inf> to TM<inf>11</inf> oversized mode converter. A phase inversed structure is introduced into the 90' oversized waveguide bend to adjust the phase difference between the TE<inf>01</inf> mode and the TM<inf>11</inf> mode, which helps to control the mode conversion, and achieve a maximum output for the desired mode after a bend. A 90° TE<inf>01</inf> to TM<inf>11</inf> oversized mode converter is designed to validate the proposed method.


Background: Listeria monocytogenes is one of the most important food-borne bacteria causing septicemia, meningitis and encephalitis in humans. The objective of this study was to evaluate the occurrence and antibiotic resistance of the bacterium in retail minced beef in Ahvaz, South-West of Iran. Methods: In this survey, 150 samples of minced beef were randomly obtained from retail butcheries in Ahvaz, Iran and tested for presence of L. monocytogenes. The procedure was one-step enrichment in Listeria enrichment broth followed by plating on oxford agar. Isolated colonies were subjected to subsequent biochemical tests and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay using the target iap-P60 gene encoding P60 protein. Susceptibility of the isolates to various antibiotics was investigated by Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. The results were analyzed by chi-square test and fisher's exact test u sing SPSS 16.0 software. Results: The incidence of Listeria spp. was 2.7% (4 of 150 samples) and only one sample (0.66%) was contaminated to L. monocytogenes. Statistical analysis showed no significant difference in prevalence of Listeria between various regions (p>0.05). The isolate was resistant to streptomycin and showed an intermediate susceptibility to tetracycline and penicillin. However, it was sensitive to other tested antibiotics. Conclusion: Our findings showed the presence of antibiotic resistant L. monocytogenes strain among beef samples in this region of Iran and so, indicated the potential risk for public health from consumption of raw or undercooked beef which may increase the possibility of acquisition of resistance to antibiotics.


Objective To observe the effect of isokinetic exercise on dysfunction of patients with ankle dorsal flexor spasticity after stroke.Methods 42 elderly patients with ankle dorsal flexor spasticity after stroke in rehabilitation department and neurology department were randomly divided into two groups.20 patients in the control group received the conventional exercise,while 22 patients in the observation group received the isokinetic exercise on the basis of conventional exercise.The six-minute walk test(6MWT),step speed,the peak torque(PT) of ankle dorsiflexion and eversion under 90°/s of two groups were compared.Results The six minute walk test(6MWT) and gait analysis test of observation group were superior to the control group(P0.01).Compared with the control group,the observation group had significant improvement of ankle dorsiflexion,eversion extensor flexor peak torque(P0.01).Conclusions Isokinetic exercise can significantly improve the dysfunction of patients with ankle dorsal flexor spasticity after stroke.


Abstract Of the links that have been made between teaching and research in GEES disciplines, it has been suggested that Problem-Based Learning satisfies at least two of them, namely engaging students in the research process, and allowing them to appreciate 'state-of-the-art' thinking in a certain subject. Combining these links with an exercise based on the tutor's own research interests further strengthens this juncture. Finally, the change in curricula t owards a Problem-Based Learning approach can stem from active engagement with pedagogic research. This paper documents a first run (for both students and staff) of such a Problem-Based Learning exercise, and shows that this teaching technique can strongly link the two practices of teaching and research in a way that benefits student learning.


This paper presents a methodology for assessing a child's capacity to identify primary affective states, affect regulation, and affective experiences in a non-threatening manner. The methodology can be used with children from ages three years thru age nineteen years. Background A thorough assessment includes an evaluation of a person's capacity to identify and regulate emotions. Affect regulation requires the capacity to identify internal experiences of emotions. The Heart Drawing was developed as a non-threatening method for assessing a child's capacity to identify emotions. Most children enjoy drawing and the Heart Drawing is usually experienced by the child as non-threatening and enjoyable. The Heart Drawing is a new, easy to use, and efficient tool that allows the clinician to assess a child's affect regulation functioning, affective range, and experience in a non-threatening manner. It can also be used to assess a child's insightfulness and capacity to identify internal affective experiences. Method The child is asked to select colors for the feelings expressive of mad, sad, glad, and scared from a group of nine primary colors. The child is then asked to draw a heart and to fill in the heart with the amount of each feeling that the child usually feels. Results Administration and discussion usually takes ten to fifteen minutes. Conclusion The article presents examples of drawings by children with various diagnoses and conditions along with a normative drawing for comparison. The methodology has been found to be very helpful in assessing a child's emotional status and capacity to regulate emotions. Key Practitioner Message 1)       Emotional regulation and the capacity to identify emotions is important for evaluation and treatment. 2)       Projective drawing methods can be useful in assessing a person's ability to identify and regulate emotions. 3)       The Heart Drawing is an efficient and effective method for assessing a person's capacity to identify and regulate emotions.


Cryogenic air separation is currently the most widely used but energy-intensive technology for producing large quantities of oxygen and nitrogen, where cryogenic distillation consumes about 75% of the whole air separation field; however, its thermodynamic efficiency is very low. A novel structure of a full tower ideal internal thermally coupled air separation column (ITCASC) is therefore first proposed in this paper. A rigorous mathematic model and parameter analysis are then presented. Research results show that the proposed ITCASC process can yield high-purity products of both oxygen and nitrogen simultaneously and especially has a strong driving force of heat transfer, which reveals the larger energy-saving potential in the ITCASC process. Furthermore, an optimization model of the operation parameters is presented, where both the actual energy-saving potential and the ideal energy-saving potential of ITCASC are investigated. Comparative studies against the conventional cryogenic air separation column (...


To investigate the relationships between the environment and the middle school students' training attitudes,based on social cognitive theory and planned behavioral theory,1 200 middle school students were investigated by using questionnaires.The results showed that the school boys' training attitudes were better than the schoolgirls';the middle school students' were better than the high school students'.Self-consciousness of efficiency was the main factor in testing the students' training attitudes,sense of behavior controlling and behavior tendency which could be influenced by the environment. The influences of the school environment on the students' training attitudes were less than those of the community and family environment,among which the influences of the community environment were the greatest.


Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in Japanese management practices. Any management that can rebuild a nation damaged by war and turn it into the third most viable economy in the world in less than thirty years deserves careful study. In fact, an economy that continues to increase its productivity and share of the international market in the face of inflation and energy crisis generates a high degree of interest.


A series of two- and three-dimensional numerical simulations of transient flow in a side-heated cavity has been conducted. The motivation for the work has been to resolve discrepancies between a flow description based on scaling arguments and one based on laboratory experiments, and to provide a more detailed description of the approach to steady state. All simulations were for a Rayleigh number of 2 × 109, and a water-filled cavity of aspect ratio 1. The simulations (beginning with an isothermal fluid at rest) generally agree with the results of the scaling arguments. In addition, the experimental observations are entirely accounted for by the position of the measurement instruments and the presence of an extremely weak, stabilizing temperature gradient in the vertical.


The results of incidence ratings to assess the host response of maize (Zea mays L.) to natural infection, or to controlled inoculation in either the field or the greenhouse, with maize chlorotic dwarf virus (MCDV) appear inconsistent for identification of resistant or tolerant responses. Our objective was to determine whether assessment of the severity of three symptoms on the leaves (veinbanding, chlorosis, and twisting of the leaf and tearing of the leaf margin) would consistently allow differentiation of the host response of maize inbreds and hybrids to inoculation with two isolates of MCDV. Symptom severity was assessed using a 1 to 5 visual rating for each of the three symptoms at three to four time intervals after controlled inoculation with a severe isolate of MCDV in both greenhouse and field experiments [...]


This work is a part of the investigations associated to the study of odd-odd polyamides (n,m) obtained by means of the interfacial policondensation with agitation starting from diamines and commercial dichloro acids. In this article the results obtained for the 7,m nylons (m=5; 7; 9) are shown. The investigation has been developed in the characterization and synthesis areas, centering the objective on the analysis of the properties of these polymers for their foreseeable implementation in the electronic sector due to the active electric properties they possess. As results, the following ones stand out: the nylons 7,m are procesable by fusion, they possess high thermal stability and can be obtained with high cristalinity by slow cooling of the melt. The films of the 7.7 and 7.9 nylons are operable and possess acceptable mechanical characteristics, absorbing up to 1,3% of water when exposed to an environment regulated to 23 oC and 55% of relative humidity.


Democratization is a changing process from non-democratic regime to a democratic regime. The Asian financial crisis that started in Thailand and spread over other Asian countries in 1997 emerged economical crisis that was followed by political crisis. The worst impact of the crisis occurred in Indonesia when the new order that had been established by Soeharto during the three decades collapsed. The development of democracy in Indonesia at the same time is accompanied by a potential national disintegration. The threat of national disintegration in the high tension can be seen in Aceh, Maluku, and the West Papua and in the low tension happens in Riau, the East Kalimantan, and the South Sulawesi. However, Indonesia tends to be integrated because of the network of collective memories and common histories among the Indonesian people. Although democracy in Indonesia is still unconsolidated, the democratization process strengthen the national unity of Indonesia, because in the democratization process can raise a strong and legitimate leader, give more authority to the local people, make the TNI to be a professional military, and give opportunity for developing political parties. The development of civil society through democratization in Indonesian cases is the way to prevent disintegration.


The present invention provides a wireless communication network system for establishing a peer-to-peer communication between the mobile terminal. When a peer-to-peer communication between two mobile terminals to determine that they can be established, the wireless system sends information about the radio resources used by the other terminals of these mobile terminals to each of these mobile terminals. Each mobile terminal, Thus, to test the characteristics of the dedicated uplink channel of between the other terminal and the network system of the mobile terminal by using the radio resource information. Thus, it is not necessary to allocate a separate radio channel for testing the channels. Furthermore, each mobile terminal, in order to establish a dedicated radio channel is in a peer-to-peer communication with the other terminal thereof terminals, a dedicated uplink channel for communication with the network system by itself until it using identical radio resources have been used above. Thus, the radio system, without having to allocate additional radio resources to establish the peer-to-peer communication, and therefore, can simplify reallocation scheme of radio resources, in one of the channel it is ensured quality is the same as that has been tested.


"Eight broken" is a kind of special pattern in the long history of Chinese painting, not subject to any one of the traditional Chinese paintings classification, such as the painting of landscapes, flowers and birds, figures and so on. It integrates textology, antique, super realism, collage art, and many other tags. The rise and continuation of it, and the current endangered situation has its special social and historical background, and it also reflects the Chinese painters' aesthetic temperament and interest in a certain historical stage, research mentality and the change of knowledge structure. The new aesthetic experience it provides for us have changed, it greatly expands the visual meaning in the two-dimensional space of the painting, and it has important value signification in painting history, especially for modern and contemporary


The National Technological University (NTU) is converting its satellite network from analogue videos to compressed digital videos. This paper describes the forces behind that conversion and the significant advantages to NTU's members and subscribers resulting from this conversion.


............................................................................................................................ 13 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 14 Methods and Materials ...................................................................................................... 16 Study area ................................................................................................................... 16 GPS collars and cluster investigation ......................................................................... 16 Statistical Methods ..................................................................................................... 18 Results ............................................................................................................................... 22 Discussion ......................................................................................................................... 25 Management implications ................................................................................................. 29 Tables ................................................................................................................................ 30 Figures ............................................................................................................................... 31 Chapter 3: Feasibility of using proximity tags to locate female lion (Panthera leo) kills ..... 35 Abstract ............................................................................................................................. 36 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 37 Materials and methods ...................................................................................................... 39 Results ............................................................................................................................... 41 Discussion ......................................................................................................................... 42............................................................................................................................ 36 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 37 Materials and methods ...................................................................................................... 39 Results ............................................................................................................................... 41 Discussion ......................................................................................................................... 42 2 Figures ............................................................................................................................... 47 Chapter 4: Combining GPS locations and scat analysis to estimate the diet of a large carnivore ...................................................................................................................................... 50 Abstract ............................................................................................................................. 5


The field of smart textiles is relatively new and still lacks of established tools that support their development. TangoHapps is a visual programming environment specifically designed for smart textiles. TangoHapps supports different activities related to smart textile development, including application programming, simulation and circuit layout. We demonstrate the development of three smart textiles from different application domains and provide evidence that TangoHapps enables users without major programming experience to develop smart textiles.


For most repairable systems, the number N(t) of failed components at time t appears to be a good quality parameter, so it is critical to study this random function. Here the components are assumed to be independent and both their lifetime and their repair time are exponentially distributed. Moreover, the system is considered new at time 0. Our aim is to compare the random variable N(t) with N(∞), especially in terms of total variation distance. This analysis is used to prove a cut-off phenomenon in the same way as Ycart (1999) but without the assumption of identical components.


Access to infrastructure is a key driver for reducing poverty and promoting shared prosperity. In Bangladesh, where economic growth has accelerated steadily over the past decades, about a third of the country's estimated 166 million inhabitants remain below the poverty line, and a large portion of the population still has little or no access to electricity or clean energy sources. In rural areas of the country, where more than 70 percent of Bangladesh's inhabitants live, the electrification rate is about 50 percent. The dispersed nature of rural settlements and the presence of numerous rivers make grid electrification difficult and often prohibitively expensive. Off-grid renewable energy is therefore the only realistic option for electricity provision in many areas of the country. In response to these needs and challenges, Bangladesh has developed the world's largest and most dynamic national off-grid electrification scheme, a Solar Homes System (SHS) program benefitting more than 18 million people to date, and yielding lessons that may be applicable to other countries considering off-grid solutions for energy access.


Thin film Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 multilayers are thought to possess a high thermoelectric figure of merit. Our work describes how multilayers can be fabricated using electrodeposition, an inexpensive and scalable synthesis route. We address the challenge of simultaneously maintaining satisfactory stoichiometry, crystallinity, and scalability for this complex structure. We have synthesized Bi2Te3/Bi2–xSbxTe3 multilayers by pulsed potentiostatic electrodeposition from a single bath of an acidic aqueous electrolyte over a cm2 area. Cyclic voltammetry studies of the Bi/Sb/Te bath revealed two distinct potentials that resulted in the deposition of Bi2Te3 and (Bi1–xSbx)2Te3. Scanning transmission electron microscopy for our multilayers shows layer periodicity in the 10–30 nm range. Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction measurements show that the multilayer films possessed a {015} texture across the entire cm2 substrate. Proper choice of pulse parameters can significantly improve the stoichiometry, crystallography, and mic...


Three-Dimensional (3D) printing is a process where objects are made in successive layers under computer control by fusing or depositing materials. The objects can be of nearly any shape or geometry and come in a computer-aided (CAD) design from 3D model. Since 3D printing began in 1984, it has changed enormously and has been used in a wide range of fields, including medicine and architecture. 3D printing moves rapidly and in future will transform and change the way we live and work from laboratory-based organs to pharmaceutical supplies.
3D printing in pharmaceuticals has been used to produce many novel dosage forms like microcapsules, complex drug-release profiles, nanosuspensions, and multilayered drug delivery devices. It also offers important advantages from the industrial point of view such as cost-efficiency, higher productivity, democracy-making and enhanced cooperation.
Keeping in view the recent approval given by USFDA to many drug the focus has now shifted to the personalized medicine as it offers an important benefit to patients who need medications that have narrow therapeutic index or a higher predilection to be influenced by genetic polymorphisms. 3D printer is now seen as a valuable, efficient and economical tool to manufacture individualized medications, tailored to specific patients based on their needs and thereby change the future of pharmacy practice in general and pharmaceutical care in particular.


Teaching the students of today's generation has been a perennial challenge for the teachers, particularly in providing these students the core competencies to be more globally competitive and functionality literate in science and in biological disciplines in particular. The purpose of this study was to determine the least mastered competencies of 10 graders in different biology competencies they learned from grade 7 to grade 10. The researchers used a quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study utilizing a self-made survey questionnaire. The respondents were 122 of 10 graders of three state-owned secondary schools in Zambales, Philippines. The findings showed that the biology competencies for seven and eight graders were the least mastered by graders. There were also significant differences of students' least mastered competencies by school and sex. There were also significant correlations among the least mastered competencies in biology. The study recommends that science teachers may consider employing inquiry-based and hands-on learning activities to further enhance the proficiency of students in biology and decrease students' difficulties.


This paper took the construction of Chengdong Lake water conservation forests in Huoqiu County as the study object,analyzed the necessity for establishing Chengdong Lake water conservation forests and proposed that a stereoscopic water conservation forest system with multi-tree species, multilevel and multicolor should be established with water-conservation ecological benefits as the main goal while taking into account landscape and economic benefits. An integrated and consecutive ecological system should be built with gradual transition from herbaceous aquatic vegetation to land woody plants in order to improve the water and environment quality of the lake and its surrounding areas, and form a stable, highly efficient and sustainable development mechanism.


Psychiatric nursing is built on the premise that the interpersonal relationships we have with clients and the development of caring therapeutic relationships allows nurses to use their "perceptions, thoughts, and feelings in the identification of patient needs" (Redknap, Twigg, Rock, & Towell, 2015, p. 262). This complex relationship is based on psychiatric and developmental knowledge, the theories of psychiatric nursing leaders such as Travelbee (1971) and Peplau (1991), and the knowledge that the nurse brings her/his interpersonal knowledge to a healing relationship with a client. Quite simply, it is this relationship that contributes to maximized health and recovery. There is no question that the psychiatric nurse is a key player in psychiatric treatment in all mental health settings and in general medical settings, especially primary care. Who cares for the psychiatric nurse and how is this accomplished in this era of a dwindling workforce and increasing need for psychiatric nurses at all practice levels? Shelton (2015) wrote about emotional health and caring for psychiatric clients. She notes the shift toward advocacy in mental health care that has been strongly influenced by policy initiatives for several decades. These include the Mental Health Parity Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and, most recently, the Affordable Care Act. These programs have had a significant impact on the provision of care for individuals with psychiatric issues. Caring for vulnerable populations also requires an increasing educational focus for caregivers on recovery, influence of stigma, and prevention. Shelton (2015) notes that "psychiatric clinical nursing research and its dissemination has not kept pace with patient care needs" (p. 2). As nurses are required to provide increasingly sophisticated treatment models to vulnerable populations, the following questions must be asked: Are we preparing them for this from an educational perspective? Are treatment environments ensuring that nurses receive the support they need to care for clients? Are we providing the emotional support they need to do their jobs? Happell et al. (2015) conducted a qualitative study of nursing students' attitudes about individuals with mental illness. Their findings, with predominant themes of fear and power, emphasized the need to face the fear about mental illness, demystify it, and identify the role of power in consumerism. They found that involving individuals with mental health challenges in nursing education contributed to recovery-focused mental health services with reduced misconceptions and fears. The authors emphasized the need to demystify psychiatric issues with all nurses who work in any setting since psychiatry is a commonality of all practice environments. This study also raised the question of why nursing students avoid psychiatry. Does it take too much emotionally to effectively provide care to psychiatrically ill individuals? Are the structural supports in place in educational settings for nurses to help them understand the emotional demands of a career as a psychiatric nurse? Does this differ from nursing care provided to other populations? Are the interpersonal demands, the self-examination, and the daily encounters with stigma against individuals with mental illness too much to consider handling as a student or new graduate? This has enormous implications for the ongoing discussions of workforce development and how the need for psychiatric nurses is outpacing those who choose this profession. In a landmark article in 2012, Hanrahan, Delaney, and Stuart outlined a blueprint for developing the psychiatric nurse workforce. They emphasized the following domains: broadening the concept of workforce, strengthening the APRN-PMH (advanced practice psychiatric-mental health registered nurse) workforce, and creating structural supports for the workforce. This links with an article by Redknap et al. (2015) describing efforts to attract and retain psychiatric nurses in Australia. They address more specific strategies such as nurses owning their practice environment and emphasizing leadership that addresses conflict resolution and engagement. Others note that there has to be an investment in leadership development, a key driver contributing to nursing satisfaction (Roche, Duffield, & White, 2011). In all three articles there is an emphasis on leadership development beginning at the undergraduate nursing education level and continuing through doctoral preparation. While not specifically stated, there is also a need for specific structural supports that assist the nurse dealing with the reality 646074 JAPXXX10.1177/1078390316646074Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses AssociationPearson editorial2016


ALIS is a handheld "Dual sensor" which is designed to be used for humanitarian demining. The ALIS system is compact and light weight which is less than 3.1kg, and can be used for more than 6 hours. ALIS is a dual sensor, which combines EMI (Electromagnetic Induction) sensor and GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar). This is a hand held sensor, equipped with position tracking system, therefore ALIS can acquire the EMI and GPR signal together with its position information, while it is scanned on the ground surface by an operator by hand manually. Then, the data can be processed using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) processing (migration) and can reconstruct 3-D subsurface image. GPR of ALIS operates at 1-3GHz, and the penetration depth of the GPR is 20-50cm. The development of ALIS started in 2002, and after evaluation test in some mine affected countries including Afghanistan, a long-term evaluation test has been conducted in Cambodia since 2009. We found that the prototype of ALIS is capable for imaging buried mines, and can reduce the false alarm ratio drastically. We have detected more than 80 buried land mines in Cambodia mine fields. The ALIS is based on these practical evaluation conducted together with CMAC (Cambodian Mine Action Center).


We study the generalized Segre bound in projective space (mainly in the plane) with respect to zero-dimensional schemes which are more general that the fat point schemes.


This chapter discusses the interaction of negation with fragment answers. The ability to use negative concord items as fragment answers has been taken as evidence of their having an inherent negative force; this chapter considers positions for and against this view, and what kind of assumptions (for the licensing of NCIs and/or for the interpretation of elliptical structure in fragments) would be required on each view, as well as considering the implications of double-negation readings for NCI fragments, and the availability of NPI fragments. The chapter also investigates the cooccurrence of a negator with a fragment answer (as in Who ate the cake?—Not John, anyway), exploring what ramifications such structures have for the syntax of fragments, and in particular for the choice between sententialist (elliptical) and non-sententialist analyses of fragments.


Nowadays, teacher training institutions feel compelled to introduce new strategies and practicum requirements for addressing the needs of teaching a student population coming from various economic, social, ethnical, religious, linguistic, gender orientations. The new requirements for graduating such institutions combine highly rigorous theoretical preparation schedules with a demanding practicum session. The new assessments' requirements of the pre-service teachers and the importance of addressing student needs strongly correlates with multiple instructional factors in a classroom such as: female and male student instruction, implications of the course taking patterns for boys and girls in middle- and highschool years for students, and culminating with the importance of guided teaching and learning for most students. The paper reports results of an exploratory study examining factors that might be associated with achievement in school for both female and male students based on the training the pre-service teachers receive in the teacher-training institutions in the US. First-semester pre-service teachers at the conclusion of their course in multiculturalism and diversity are assessed on their knowledge of gender equity in education.


Zhongshan Municipality is located in the delta of Pearl River. Industries in townships comprise the main components of Zhongshan's economy, which is termed Zhongshan Development Pattern. Industries in townships started relatively early and at that time, the policy system was not completely built up and the labour force was relatively cheap. Therefore townships had a better economic system compared to the central city. However, with the industrial type transformation in China, development patterns of municipalities require change and promotion. Meanwhile, bottleneck effects in township industries of Zhongshan have emerged in the perspective of efficiency and land supplement. The municipality has been challenged by deficient market demands and deficient developmental motivation. It is becoming more and more important to coordinate the development of townships with the central city. The article uses scenario analysis to simulate the relationship between townships' development and the city's development, in order to find an approach to enhance the competitiveness for the municipality.


Aims: To investigate the effect of storage treatments, gibberellic acid (GA3) and duration of soaking on seed germination and seedling growth in Kagzi lime. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with factorial concept and three repetitions. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted during July to November 2017 at Department of Fruit Science, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India. Original Research Article Chaudhary et al.; CJAST, 38(6): 1-8, 2019; Article no.CJAST.51691 2 Methodology: The experiment consisted of sixteen treatments which were repeated thrice. It comprised of three factors and their respective levels. Factor S1 indicated freshly extracted kagzi lime seeds and S2 comprised of seeds stored for 15 days. The different concentrations of gibberellic acid were G1 200 ppm; G2 300 ppm; G3 400 ppm and G4 500 ppm. Whereas, duration D1 stood for 12 hours and D2 for 24 hours. Results: The interaction between storage treatments, pre-sowing treatments and duration of soaking was found significant for all parameters included in the study except collar diameter and sturdiness quotient. Soaking freshly extracted Kagzi lime seeds in an aqueous solution of 500 ppm GA3 for 12 hours resulted in the minimum days for 50% germination (27.89), Seedling Vigour Index (3654.83) and survival percentage (84.70). The same treatment when extended for 24 hours recorded the highest germination percentage (95.68) and number of leaves (28.76). Soaking freshly extracted seeds in 400 ppm GA3 solution for 12 hours registered the maximum shoot length (21.63 cm). Kagzi lime seedlings raised from freshly extracted seeds resulted in higher collar diameter (2.04 mm) and sturdiness quotient (8.70). Further, a soaking duration of 12 hours proved better over 24 hours for collar diameter (2.04 mm) and sturdiness quotient (8.69). Between the different concentrations of GA3, 400 ppm gave better results for collar diameter (2.09 mm) and 200 ppm for sturdiness quotient (8.65). Conclusion: Soaking freshly extracted kagzi lime seeds in an aqueous solution of 500 ppm GA3 for 12 hrs proved to be the best treatment combination for inducing early germination, higher Seedling Vigour Index and survival percentage. Nurserymen can employ these findings for early germination and vigorous seedlings in Kagzi lime.


Quasiclassical molecular dynamics studies are made of H or D atoms incident from the gas phase onto D or H-covered Cu(111) surfaces. Two detailed model potential energy surfaces are used, both based on the results of extensive total energy calculations using the density functional method. The incident H (D) atoms can react directly to form HD via the Eley–Rideal mechanism, or trap onto the surface. These trapped hot atoms can react with the adsorbates to form HD or can eventually dissipate enough energy through collisions with the adsorbates to become immobile. We also observe the formation of D2 (H2). Probabilities for these various processes, as well as the rotational, vibrational, and translational energy distributions of the products are computed and compared with experiment. Hot-atom pathways to product formation are shown to make significant contributions. One of the potentials gives excellent agreement with experiment, while the other is less successful.


The utility model discloses a middle-mouth light glass milk bottle in the food industry. The middle-mouth light glass milk bottle is composed of a bottle mouth, a bottle body and a bottle bottom. The lower portion of the middle-mouth light glass milk bottle is in a cylinder shape. The bottle mouth and the bottle body are connected through circular arc. A groove is formed in the position of the outer diameter of the bottle mouth. Locking points are evenly distributed inside the groove. The middle-mouth light glass milk bottle is characterized in that the three circular arcs with different radians are sequentially connected between the bottle mouth and the bottle body, the material weight of the middle-mouth light glass milk bottle is 145g-190g, and the brimful capacity is 200ml-230ml. The middle-mouth light glass milk bottle has the advantages of being light in weight of the bottle body, small in material for manufacturing, large in capacity and the like.


The United States (US) is currently undergoing a nursing shortage. As a result, many health care agencies in the US and around the world are turning to nurses educated in other countries to fill vacant positions. Despite the increased utilization of foreign-educated nurses, there is a lack ofunderstanding ofhow these nurses transition into the US workforce. This study describes foreign-educated nurses who work in Illinois and the factors that affected their transition into the US professional nursing workforce. By focusing on nurses who were educated abroad and work in Illinois, this study will help Illinois nurses and Illinois nursing employers to better understand the transition process foreign-educated nurses undergo. An original questionnaire, entitled "A Survey ofWorkforce Experience of Foreign-educated Registered Nurses," was developed base~ upon a literature review and two related studies. This tool was used to survey 18 foreign-educated nurses working in Illinois in two agencies. Results demonstrated that the demographic and workforce characteristics of the foreign-educated nurses working in Illinois are similar to national foreign-educated nurse data. Most nurses in this study indicated they encountered limited communication problems and were respected. Foreign-educated Nurses 3 A Survey ofForeign-educated Nurses: Workforce Experience Nursing shortages impact every country around the world, including the United States (US). As the nursing shortage has become more severe, US employers have been forced to look for new ways to improve staffing, including utilizing nurses educated in other countries. Furthennore, nursing has become a more transferable career due to increased global communication and travel. Many nurses are drawn to the US due to the-opportunities available for increased pay rates, better educational, career advancement, and career development. These nurses have become a vital part of the US nursing workforce. As the demand for nurses and the utilization of foreign-educated nurses increases, it will become progressively more important to have a thorough understanding of these individuals. Greater understanding will allow employers and nurses to better assist the foreign-trained nurse. To do this, we need to ask several questions: Who are these nurses? What affect does the utilization of foreign-educated nurses have on the Illinois nursing workforce? Do foreign educated nurses experience communication difficulties that impact their ability to perfonn their jobs? Are foreign-educated nurses and US trained nurses treated equally in the workplace? What methods of adjustment are useful in assimilating to the US nursing workforce? Background and Significance Foreign-educated nurses have a unique role in the global nursing workforce. Using nurses educated in other countries helps alleviate acute shortages in the hiring countries. The foreign nurses taking part in this practice benefit by gaining professional development as well as financial benefits (Withers & Snowball, 2003). Since World War II, nursing immigration has been on the rise in the United States (Davis & Nichols, 2002). Foreign-educated Nurses 4 Although the nursing shortage is a global issue, nurses choose to travel to the United States because ofmore diverse job opportunities and higher pay. The rate of foreign trained nurses entering the United States nurse workforce has been increasing faster than the rate ofnew nurses educated in the US since 1998 (Aiken, Buchan, Sochalski, Nichols, & Powell, 2004). While previous shortages drew 3,000 to 4,000 foreign-educated nurses, the current nursing shortage has drawn over 66,000 new foreign-educated nurses to the United States between 2001 and 2003 alone. Between 1994 and 2001, the number of foreign-born RNs increased an average of6.0% each year, compared to the 1.5% growth of the United States RN population. The growth of the foreign-born RN population averaged a growth of 12.5% from 2001 to 2003. In the same time period, the US born nursing population increased only 3.9% (Buerhaus et aI., 2004). There are, however, changes occurring in the foreign nurse workforce. Throughout the 1980s, Filipino nurses represented about 75% ofall foreign nurses in the US workforce. Since then, the percentage ofFilipino nurses has been dropping as the diversity of immigrant nurses has increased. In 2000, Filipino nurses made up 43% of the foreign nurse workforce (Brush, Sochalski, & Berger, 2004), and are still the largest portion ofnurses immigrating to the US. (National Council of State Boards ofNursing, 2005). The majority of foreign educated nurses in the US come from the Philippines, the United Kingdom, India, and Nigeria where the culture and the practice ofprofessional nursing are very different from the practice ofnursing in United States (Davis & Nichols, 2002). Nurse immigration is of particular interest in Illinois as it is one of the top five states to receive foreign-educated nurses in the US (Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools [CGFNS], 2002). The exact number of Filipino nurses in Illinois is unknown. However, Foreign-educated Nurses 5 Foreign-educated Nurses 6 Illinois and investigate the factors that affect their transition into the professional nursing workforce. Literature Review While the research regarding foreign-educated nurses is limited in the US, there are many studies in the global nursing community that address this subject. Five themes are found in the existing literature: demographic characteristics, roles of foreign-educated nurses in the US workforce, communication difficulties, issues relating to respect, and issues related to transitioning into the workforce. Reviewing the existing research and other related articles provides data for comparison and identifies vital issues in this population. The US Department ofHealth and Human Services (2005), using a large probability sample, reported that there were 2,909,467 nurses working in the United States in March 2004. Three and a half percent of registered nurses (RNs) received their education in another country, amounting to 100,800 nurses (US Department <?fHealth and Human Services [DHHS], 2005). Of these nurses, 50% were educated in the Philippines, 20.2% were educated in Canada, and 8.4% were educated in the United Kingdom. An additional 0.3% ofnurses received their education in US territories (DHHS, 2005). In 2002, the CGFNS study showed that only 41 % of foreign-educated nurses in the US workforce received their education in the Philippines while 26% received their education in Canada. However, according to Xu and Kwak (2005),38.9% of foreign-educated nurses in the US are from the Philippines, 17.5% were from Canada, 10.9% were from India, and 8.9% were from the United Kingdom. In most states, foreign educated nurses must apply to the CGFNS for education verification and take the CGFNS exam prior to taking the NCLEX. According to Davis and Nichols (2002),73% ofCGFNS test takers between 1978 and 2000 were from the Philippines.. ·Foreign-educated Nurses 7 In 2000, 71 % ofCGFNS applicants were from the Philippines (Davis & Nichols, 2002). The majority of foreign-educated nurses live in California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois (CGFNS, 2002).


The influence of carbon, nitrogen and organic acids sources in nutrient medium composition on the process of Xanthomonas campestris ВКМ B 611 (xanthan exopolysaccharid`producer) cultivation is investigated. It is revealed, that among carbohydrates stimulating influence on culture growth render saccharase, starch, and among sources of nitrogen urea, caseine hydrolyzate and asparagine. The xanthan synthesis was stimulated by entering of fumaric acid and urea. The biochemical circuit explaining fumaric acid influence on xanthan biosyn-thesis is offered


This paper describes the design and implementation of several passive networks, which facilitate controlled 2nd-harmonic impedances at the in-and output of PA's for mobile applications. Focus is placed on the implementation and performance of series resonators, integrated transformers and tuned center-tapped balun in conventional silicon, high resistivity silicon (HRS) and RF PCB materials.


Individuals need to infer proper behavior with an unfamiliar product in situations that are not specifically stated in a warning, as well as remember the warning in subsequent uses. One novel approach to help people correctly make inferences about warnings and remember them may be to use similes, which may allow individuals to understand hidden hazards by using previous knowledge. Twenty-six participants between the ages of 18 and 27 completed a computer-based assessment of how well they inferred safe behavior for unfamiliar products. Participants were shown traditional-type warnings, simile-type warnings, or non-warnings for products. An ANOVA with number of correct inferences as the dependent variable was performed While it was expected that participants given simile-type warnings might provide more correct answers to the inference-based questions than those given traditional-type warnings, there was no statistical difference found between the mean scores of participants in these groups. The mean scores of participants in both of these groups was significantly higher then the mean score of participants in the group given non-warnings. These data suggest that both traditional warnings and simile warnings provide useful information regarding product hazards. The study is in progress and will conclude with a total of sixty participants.


A measurement system has been developed for analysis of the directional and spatial variations in reverberant sound fields. Two spherical, 32‐element arrays of microphones are used to generate narrow beams over two different frequency ranges, together covering 300–3300 Hz. Using an omnidirectional loudspeaker as excitation in a room, the pressure impulse response in each of 60 steering directions is measured. Through analysis of these responses, the variation of arriving energy with direction is studied. The system was first validated in simple sound fields in an anechoic chamber and in a reverberation chamber. The system characterizes these sound fields as expected, both quantitatively through numerical descriptors and qualitatively from plots of the arriving energy versus direction. The system was then used to measure the sound fields in several actual rooms. These sound fields were highly anisotropic, influenced greatly by the direct sound and early‐arriving reflections. The rate of sound decay was not...


Based on the biological resources surveys in China's exclusive economic zone, the paper discusses the application of the GIS technology in evaluating the marine environmental quality, establishes the basic concept and technological process for evaluating the environmental quality of the habitats of marine living resources, proposes the key points for the establishment of the relevant evaluationattributes database by applying the GIS technology and analyses several typical evaluation models and the data interpolation method for the model in GIS. Results show that the combination of the GIS technology with the quantitative evaluation model can be applied to the fast and accurate evaluation of the marine environmental quality.


Introduction Chapter 1 - History of Terrorism "Fear and Trembling: Terrorism in Three Religious Traditions" - David C. Rapoport "The Terrorist Trap: American's Experience with Terrorism" - Jeffrey D. Simon Chapter 2 - International Terrorism "Terrorism, Crime, and Transformation" - Chris Dishman "Somebody Else's Civil War" - Michael Scott Doran Chapter 3 - Homegrown Terror in the U.S. "Political Eschatology" - Jonathan R. White "Fighting Terrorism as if Women Mattered: Anti-Abortion Violence as Unconstructed Terrorism" - Philip Jenkins Chapter 4 - Reporting Terrorism "Terrorism, The Media, and the Government: Perspectives, Trends, and Options for Policymakers" - Raphael F. Perl "Terrorism and Censorship: The Media in Chains" - Terry Anderson Chapter 5 - Women as Terrorists "Token Terrorist: The Demon Lover's Women" - Robin Morgan "Mafiosi and the Terrorists: Italian Women in Violent Organizations" - Alison Jamieson Chapter 6 - Conventional Terrorist Tactics "Bombing of Omagh, 15 August 1998: The Bombers, Their Tactics, Strategy, and Purpose Behind the Incident" - James Dingley "Suicide Terrorism: A Global Threat" Chapter 7 - Unconventional Terrorist Tactics "Weapons of Mass Destruction" - Walter Laqueur "Cyberhate: A Legal and Historical Analysis of Extremists' Use of Computer Networks in America" - Brian Levin Chapter 8 - Counterterrorism "Lessons and Futures" "A Cautionary Tale for a New Age of Surveillance" - Jeffrey Rosen Appendix A: Locations of Worldwide Terrorist Activity Appendix B: Background on Terrorist Groups - U.S. Department of State Appendix C: Video Notes Index


Would a foreign firm's consumer‐oriented corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities be rewarded by an importing country's voluntary tariff reduction? The current paper addresses this question in an import‐competing duopoly model with vertical product differentiation. It is shown that the tariff will decrease if the foreign firm switches from a purely profit‐driven firm to a CSR firm. A consumer‐oriented CSR strategy will always hurt the domestic firm's profit, whereas the relationship between the foreign firm's profit and CSR sensitivity (the degree to which a firm cares about consumer welfare) is invertedly U‐shaped. When firms' decisions to switch to CSR are endogeneized, only the foreign firm will become a CSR firm.


ILA, a gene induced by lymphocyte activation, is a member of the human erve growth factor tumor necrosis factor receptor family and the human homologue of murine 4-1BB. The present study analyzed the role of ILA in the regulation of human peripheral blood T-lymphocyte function. Antibodies raised against different fusion proteins recognized ILA on activated lymphocytes. These antibodies significantly increased anti-CD3-induced T-lymphocyte  proliferation. When anti-CD3-stimulated cells were incubated on ILA-expressing CH0 cells, proliferation was inhibited. CH0 cells transfected with a control construct and not expressing ILA did not reduce T-cell proliferation. A purified fusion protein containing the extracellular domain of ILA and the constant domain of human IgG (ILA-lgG) also inhibited lymphocyte proliferation. Results obtained by 'H-thymidine incorpo-


Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by abnormal electric discharge in the brain remitting in seziures. The clinically existing antiepileptic drugs suffers from various side effects. Therefore, a search for novel antiepileptic drugs with higher efficiency & less toxicity still continues to be an area of investigation. A series of N-(substituted phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-3-ylamino)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl) quinazolin-4(3H)ones  was  synthesized  &  evaluated  for  the  anticonvulsant  activity  using  maximal  electroshock  seizure  (MES)  &  subcutaneous pentylenetetrazole (scPTZ) models. The structures of the synthesized compounds were confirmed by spectral data and elemental analysis. The compounds were also assessed for the minimal motor impairment using rotarod apparatus. All the compounds showed significant anticonvulsant & neurotoxic activities. 3-(5-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-3-ylamino)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)quinazolin-4(3H)-one, 6 (x) was found to be the most active compound at a dose of 25 mg/kg with percentage protection of 84.32% and 82.85% respectively in MES &scPTZ models without any neurotoxicity.


A few years ago, I was in Cork for Christmas and took a friend to see the local pantomime. It was probably Jack and the Beanstalk. I can't remember and – this being panto – it didn't matter. As the lights went down, I found myself chuckling with delight. 'Right: good fairy in over there; bad fairy in over there. Front cloth out, chorus of villagers – and on with the dame'. My friend was surprised: everything unfolded as I said it would. By the time I said, 'Nearly time for the interval: we're reaching the transformation scene', he was starting to suspect I had eerie powers of prediction. During the interval, my friend confessed that he was feeling a little out of his depth because he had never seen a panto before. I was amazed, appalled and saddened. What a miserable experience life would be without panto. Of course, you can enjoy it as a novice. But that night, I realised that panto – like kabuki or baroque opera – has its own rituals and rules. And unless you are inside the rules, unless they are in your blood from childhood, you will probably never really, really love panto as I do, and have done for over thirty years. My earliest memory of panto is of watching two women – one in a dress, one in a tutu and tights – declaring their undying love for each other. 'Oh Dick,' the woman in the dress said. 'I love you so much. I'm on the top of the world'. And then they sang a song (which, I later realised, was by the Carpenters). My giddy four-year-old heart rushed at the romantic, totally ludicrous thrill of it all. From that moment on, Christmas to me meant panto. Often I saw two a year: a professional panto with people from the telly (I remember Ronnie Corbett and Dora Bryan, in particular), and – marginally better – a local panto performed by amateurs. When I was about ten, I found a book called Potted Pantos – a particular delight. Here, I learned that there are only a few true panto plots: Snow White, Cinderella, Dick Whittington and His Cat, Jack and the Beanstalk, Babes in the Wood and Robinson Crusoe (not seen much recently). It's a smaller repertoire than even the most careful opera house presents. Alongside the plots, the book explained how and where you could insert various panto routines: the haunted house (inherited from Roman comedy), the slosh scene (as it sounds), the washing/mangle routine. With a little careful planning, I learned that these could be worked into almost any panto. There was also guidance on placing jokes, whether wincingly old puns or topical cracks; on where to include a song-sheet and other bits of audience participation; and on how to build to the transformation scene at the end of act one and the walk-down at the end of act two (when all the characters come on in spectacular clothes for their final appearance). I'm sometimes asked if I trained or studied to be a playwright. I say no – but looking back now, I realise that Potted Pantos was my early training. While the book didn't encourage originality, it certainly made writing a play seem like a workmanlike activity, a skill that combined the use of 1. This article was first published in the Guardian (Review section) on 4 December 2003 and is kindly reprinted with permission from the Guardian. 2. Fred Rome, Potted Pantos (London: Wolfe, 1971). Contemporary Theatre Review, Vol. 16(3), 2006, 327 – 328


Recently we have proposed LSS as genotype-based risk stratification to predict accelerated eGFR decay in a prospective cohort study of essential HYP patients. We extract clinical data of a general population from HYPERGENES consortium. We also collect genetic data for LSS polymorphism that was already demonstrated as involved in kidney damage. A cohort of 3137 patients were selected. At different age, as expected, HYP status have a deep impact on eGFR. Indeed in young (age < 50ys) eGFR is higher in HYP vs control (86.2 ± 19.3 vs 82.7 ± 16.3 ml/min; p=0.04); vice-versa in elder (age > 65ys) HYP have a reduction in eGFR (55.7 ± 12.9 vs 71.0 ± 12.9 ml/min; p<0.001) and higher incidence of severe CKD (2.7% vs 0.1%; p=0.001). We do not observe a direct influence of LSS polymorphism of eGFR. When LSS is considered according to HYP status and age class it is possible to observe a preservation of age-associated eGFR reduction in normotensive patients (eGFR 91.4 vs 90.1 vs 81.8 at age classes for LSS risk allele); on the other side, LSS seems to enhance eGFR reduction associate to HYP status (eGFR 84.6 vs 75.6 vs 48.0 for LSS risk allele; p=0.032 after correction for covariates; see table for details and figure 1). Furthermore, our genomics lab just developed a LSS V642L Knock-in mouse model by CRISPR-Cas9 technique. The sequencing analysis confirmed the correct insertion of 643L mutation for both alleles in mice gene. The 642L LSS Knock-in mice at 1 month of age were viable, healthy and indistinguishable from the WT counterpart

 Conclusion:
 Patients caring the risk allele of this specific LSS polymorphism seems to express hyper-filtration if compared to their counterparts.


: The present study was designed to verify hypothesized predictor effects for five anger-related variables, i.e. trait anger, anger expression-out, anger expression-in, anger control-out, and anger-control-in. A sample of 138 students completed measures for FFM personality traits (NEO-FFI), self-esteem (SES), shyness (RCBS), and anger (STAXI-2). The study confirmed the effects of neuroticism and agreeableness as being the chief personality predictors of anger; however, for the domain of anger expression-in, an unexpected role of extraversion was revealed. Furthermore, introducing self-esteem and shyness changed some effects of FFM traits. Entering self-esteem as an additional predictor improved the predictability of anger control-in. Additionally, a mediation effect of shyness was revealed for the relation between extraversion and anger expression-in.


International volunteering in the developing world is gaining popularity among pharmacists and student pharmacists.[1][1],[2][2] Programs have been undertaken in various settings in different geographic regions, including sub-Saharan Africa. Common volunteer duties include participation in


The paper presents the results of probing the stable atmospheric boundary layer in the coastal zone of Lake Baikal with a coherent Doppler wind lidar and a microwave temperature profiler. Two-dimensional height–temporal distributions of the wind velocity vector components, temperature, and parameters characterizing atmospheric stability and wind turbulence were obtained. The parameters of the low-level jets and the atmospheric waves arising in the stable boundary layer were determined. It was shown that the stable atmospheric boundary layer has an inhomogeneous fine scale layered structure characterized by strong variations of the Richardson number Ri. Layers with large Richardson numbers alternate with layers where Ri is less than the critical value of the Richardson number Ricr = 0.25. The channels of decreased stability, where the conditions are close to neutral stratification 0 < Ri < 0.25, arise in the zone of the low-level jets. The wind turbulence in the central part of the observed jets, where Ri > Ricr, is weak, increases considerably to the periphery of jets, at heights where Ri < Ricr. The turbulence may intensify at the appearance of internal atmospheric waves.


The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus has come a long way in the past year, and has evolved into a worthy competitor to even the best of the commercial health portal sites. This review will examine the newest developments on the site and alert the reader to tips and resources for using MEDLINEplus effectively.


This paper reports the final experimental results and conclusions on the performance of an interferometric acousto-optic receiver (IAOR). The receiver is designed to acousto-optically channelize a 1 GHz RF bandwidth spectrum into 128 frequency bins, and generate digital frequency, pulse amplitude, pulse width and TOA words. Experimental results show that the predicted performance improvement over the power acousto-optic receiver (PAOR) is significantly below expectation. Key factors contributing to performance degradation are discussed along with supporting experimental data. Recommendations for further acousto-optic receiver work are presented.


Nickel oxide and yttria stabilised zirconia (NiO/YSZ) cermets have been prepared using a chemical co-precipitation of hydroxides. The influence of different factors on the microstructure, mechanical and electrochemical properties of the anode were investigated. The electrochemical tests were carried out on dense 8YSZ and 10Sc1CeSZ tapes (50x50x0.150 mm, Kerafol GmbH) with symmetrically screen-printed cathodes and anodes with a lateral dimension of 40x40 mm. The cells were sintered in co-firing. The anodes were characterized by impedance spectroscopy at open circuit potential and under current load at temperatures of 850-950{degree sign}C in hydrogen/steam atmosphere (H2:H2O=1:1). The electrode polarization resistance (Rp) of the spectra was identified and the influences of operating temperature (850{degree sign}C, 900{degree sign}C and 950{degree sign}C), current load and pH2O on impedance spectra of anode were discussed. The long-term stability of the cell with an anode prepared by co-precipitation was carried out over 1000 hours under current density of 430-450 email@example.com at temperature 850{degree sign}C.


Abstract John R. Searle's problem of the Chinese Room poses an important philosophical challenge to the foundations of strong artificial intelligence, and functionalist, cognitivist, and computationalist theories of mind. Searle has recently responded to three categories of criticisms of the Chinese Room and the consequences he attempts to conclude from it, redescribing the essential features of the problem, and offering new arguments about the syntax‐semantics gap it is intended to demonstrate. Despite Searle's defense, the Chinese Room remains ineffective as a counterexample, and poses no real threat to artificial intelligence or mechanist philosophy of mind. The thesis that intentionality is a primitive irreducible relation exemplified by biological phenomena is preferred in opposition to Searle's contrary claim that intentionality is a biological phenomenon exhibiting abstract properties.


I will discuss efforts to render spectroscopic coherent Raman imaging sufficiently simple and robust for general users. I will discuss progress in signal generation, data reduction, and extraction of information from rich spectroscopic images.


Modern public transportation systems are required to be more efficient. The efficiency and the quality of the service is based on several aspects, such as availability, frequency, travel speed, reliability and safety. Stop spacing system is a significant part of the public transport service design and it deeply affects its efficiency. In particular, the stop spacing system has consequences on the accessibility, access and egress time, travel speed, transit time and the operating costs.

The purpose of this study is to propose potential changes to the surface public transportation system in the City of Milan to create a more efficient service. In particular, the study aims to analyze what happens if the stops spacing system changes, increasing the distance between the bus stops. The model developed in the thesis was created working on the distance between consecutive stops and the introduction of three new potential stop spacing systems, with a target distance between the stops set to 400, 500 and 600 meters. The model is mainly based on three different steps: (i) select the stops that could not be moved or eliminated because of the importance of their location; (ii) select the stops that could be moved or eliminated; (iii) relocate the stops considering the target distance between the stops (400, 500 and 600 meters).

According to the model, eliminating some of the stops could have a positive effect on travel times and operating cost reductions. In particular, changing the stop spacing system eliminating an average of 1.7, 2.5 and 3.4 stops per route for the three model scenarios (respectively 400, 500 and 600 meters of target distance between the stops), would decrease the travel time by respectively, 3.0%, 4.4% and 5.7%. Results also indicate that in an optimal situation, with traffic light priority and public transport fast tracks for public transport vehicles, the travel time could decrease by 3.9%, 5.8% and 7.6%. The operating costs analyses indicate that the three different scenarios could reduce the annual cost per km by about 0.5%, 1% and 2%.

The evaluation of the effects of the proposed potential changes to the surface public transport stop spacing system was also made analyzing the mobility demand and the accessibility. In particular, the network analyses made on the mobility demand show that the travel time averagely decreases by 1.6%, 1.9% and 2.2%, the transportation time decreases by 2.0%, 3.7% and 5.0% and the pedestrian time changes by -0.4%, +2.8% and +5.2% for the three model scenarios. In terms of minutes, the pedestrian time is balanced with a more efficient surface public transport system. The raster analyses made on the accessibility, using a model called PTAL, shows that the accessibility level didn't change for 94.2%, 91.1%, 89.9% of the cells and that it is lowered just by 1.0%, 1.5% and 1.9% of the cells.

The model developed in the study is merely theoretical and it generally gives positive and interesting results in terms of efficiency. However, to be able to understand its real efficiency it is necessary to make other studies on a closer scale.


The Museo del Mar (Sea Museum), created in 1982, is an institution that introduces the history, development and way of being and living of the inhabitants of Santa Pola, with the sea as the main feature of the museum speech. It is ubicated in the Castillo-Fortaleza (Castle), built in the 16th century as a defense for the harbour. The archaeological and etnographic collections are its main part. The museum model is connected to a ludic offer of free time, consisting of elaborating new ways of transmission of messages, always showing the objectives in relation to his environment dialectics. Other outstanding aspects refer to communication, preservation, security and human resources. It is important to highlight the educational proposal for students, and the services and cultural activities for any kind of public. Likewise, the investigation and the scientific programme is treated as one of the main pillars of the Centre. 123


Introduction and aims of the study: The aim of this study is to present recent reports on the treatment and therapy of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (ChAD). The current treatment of patients affected by these diseases is difficult and unsatisfactory, therefore it is necessary to find new therapeutic options that will improve the effectiveness of treatment
For the purpose of this study, scientific papers were reviewed using the Google Scholar search engine covering studies from 2016 to 2021. A dozen papers covering the scope of the publication were selected.
Results: In the treatment of schizophrenia, the use of cannabinoids is of greatest interest due to the action of the preparations on the endocannabinoid system. In the treatment of ChaD, promising reports have been published on the therapy with aripiprazole and the need to improve its use in the treatment of both akathisia and agitation. Furthermore, from the fact that abnormalities of calcium signalling are considered a possible pathophysiological process in ChAD, it has been suggested that calcium channel L antagonists may be potential therapeutic agents in bipolar affective disorder. One study also demonstrated the potential use of vortioxetine in the treatment of patients with a depressive episode.
Conclusions: The results of recent studies on the treatment of schizophrenia and ChAD cited in this paper offer the prospect of creating treatment regimens that are more effective and targeted in the aforementioned diseases. However, further randomised trials are needed to confirm the effective use of the cited drugs in the treatment of these diseases.


Abstract: This chapter summarizes developments in solar hybridization in conventional fossil fuel plants. Drawing on examples of both experimental and commercial plants, the chapter reviews the potential of hybrid solar/thermal power systems and outlines the various arrangements and methods used in hybrid solar/fossil fuel processes. Several new hybridization systems are also introduced, before future challenges for technological improvements in hybridization are discussed.


Abstract US Coast Guard marine casualty data and US Army Corps of Engineers commodity data are used to develop barge accident statistics (accident rates and fractional occurrences of accident types). These statistical results are then used to examine the probabilities of severe accidents that might occur during the barge shipment of spent power reactor fuel from reactor sites without rail service to a nearby port with rail service.


In this case report, we present an elderly gentleman with prominent somatic delusions associated with depressive features. He was diagnosed to have severe depressive episode with mood congruent
psychotic symptoms and was resistant to both pharmacological and psychological intervention.


In this paper, a brief review of some typical models for concrete and concrete-like brittle materials is given. A detailed explanation of Modified Druker-Prager (MDP) model available in ANSYS/MultiPlas is presented next. Some potential issues with the present form of the MDP model are highlighted. In the last part of this paper, the MDP model with the currently proposed parameter settings is applied to simulate a physical test on a reinforced concrete slab under shear loading. The simulation results are compared with the experimental observations. Key-Words: ANSYS, MultiPlas, Shear load, Reinforced concrete, Non-linear model, Numerical simulation


Intensive use of synthetic insecticides to control insect pests had lead to many problems such as pest resistance and resurgence, effects on non-target organisms, human exposure and environmental impacts. These negative effects have provided the impetus for the development of alternatives including botanical insecticides. Some tropical plant families (e.g. Meliaceae and Annonaceae) have been shown to possess promising insecticidal properties. The general objectives of this study were to identify sources of botanical insecticides from plants growing in Ambon and surrounding areas (Indonesia) that might be of value for commercial development, and to develop simple methods of production for local use in these areas. Crude ethanolic seed extracts of Annona muricata L, A. squamosa L. (Annonaceae), Lansium domesticum Corr., and Sandoricum koetjape (Burm. F.) Merrill (Meliaceae) collected from different locations and years in Maluku, Indonesia, were screened for inhibition of larval growth against the polyphagous lepidopteran, Spodoptera litura (Fabr.). Extracts of A. squamosa were the most active ones. These extracts were significantly more active (20-fold) than A. muricata. There were geographic as well as annual differences among the extracts of both species. Extracts of L. domesticum and S. koetjape did not show sufficient bioactivity to be considered further. Laboratory evaluation was carried out to assess the efficacy of the promising extracts. Aqueous emulsions of ethanolic seed extracts and crude aqueous seed extracts of A. squamosa were tested via bioassays against the diamondback moth


suMMARY Left ventricular pressure, cardiac output, coronary sinus blood flow, and myocardial substrate extraction were measured in 10 patients with congestive (dilated) cardiomyopathy and in a control group of nine patients investigated for chest pain who proved to have no angiographic or metabolic evidence of ischaemic heart disease. Haemodynamic and angiographic measurements confirmed that the patients with cardiomyopathy had severe left ventricular disease. Coronary sinus blood flow and myocardial oxygen consumption were greater in the patients with cardiomyopathy, but were similar in the two groups when normalised for ventricular mass. Efficiency, estimated from the oxygen cost of external work, was grossly reduced in the cardiomyopathy group. No major differences in substrate extraction were demonstrated between the groups. Myocardial lactate production was not observed in any patient with cardiomyopathy. Free fatty acid and glycerol release were observed in several control subjects but in none of the patients with cardiomyopathy. Measurements were repeated during pacing in five of the cardiomyopathy group and in each of the control subjects. The latter showed a normal response to pacing, whereas of the former, four sustained increases in end-diastolic pressure, two showed large reductions in both cardiac output and coronary flow, and only one increased coronary flow during pacing. Despite the failure of coronary flow to increase, lactate extraction remained high. These results show that anaerobic carbohydrate metabolism is not an important energy source for the myopathic heart and suggest that ischaemia does not contribute to poor left ventricular function. No gross abnormality of oxidative metabolism was identified, implying that low efficiency lay in the poor contractile performance of the myopathic heart.


Orbital and navigational differences resulting from the use of nominal weather rather than actual surface weather in Hopfield tropospheric refraction modeling are examined. The positions of Navy Na...


Aims: In vitro evidence indicates that anisomycin can induce cell apoptosis. This study was to evaluate potential of anisomycin to treat colon adenocarcinoma in vitro and in vivo. Methods: Cell viability was determined by methyl thiazolyltetrazolium bromide (MTT). Cell cycle and apoptosis were detected by flow cytometry. CT26 colon adenocarcinoma model was established. Cellular apoptosis and tumor necrosis were detected by TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling), and H&E staining. Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was detected by in situ immunofluorescence. Expressions of caspases were measured by Western Blot. Results: Our results showed that multipoint intratumoral administration of anisomycin significantly suppressed colon adenocarcinoma CT26 cell growth, and resulted in the survival of approximately 80% of CT26bearing mice 50 days after CT26 inoculation, superior dramatically to adriamycin. Anisomycin inhibited the proliferation of CT26 cells, and


Though 'Subaltern other' is theoretical specific, it is also a social, cultural and political construct. It derives its force from the colonial, post-colonial and from post-modern studies. The study dives deep into The God of Small Things, a modern Indian classic, by Arundhuti Roy to examine the nature of subalternization and its impact on the individual and on society as well. Roy's fiction is primarily a portrayal of political malpractices, personal relationships, caste and class conflicts, traumatic experience of family feuds, shattered faith, love, marriage, conjugal discord and sex. It is also a story of alienation, loss of identity, marginalization of women with the onslaught of irrational male dominance. The study attempts to analyze how casteism, patriarchy, colonial legacy, women's sensibility along with some socio-political factors contribute to the subalternization of women and the lower caste people in India. The study also incorporates the socio-psychological consequences of subalternization.


The known construction of cyclic con catenated codes is based on the fact that the inner code is a cyclic minimal code, the outer code is cyclic and the lengths of the inner and outer codes are relatively prime. We show that if the outer code is a suit ably chosen constacyclic code the overall concatenated code is always equivalent to a cyclic code regardless of the length of the outer code.


Metaphors have a way of influencing the way we feel and think about political and societal issues. The goal of this paper is to examine the metaphorical portrayal of immigrants who entered Italy and the UK between January and December 2011, a time when both the economic and migration crisis occurred. The study follows a mixed-method approach, combining corpus linguistic and critical metaphor analyses in order to identify the metaphorical expressions employed by the press—and the politicians they quote—in the construction of migration discourse. The underlying conceptual metaphor of each metaphorical expression was identified and the findings have shown that the conceptual representation of migrants is centred around the following source domains: natural disaster, container, invasion and animal, with a strong predominance of the first. The discourse focuses on identity-related concerns as they relate to constructs of the 'other' and how immigrants are portrayed as a threat and risk. Future research will investigate the metaphorical representation of intra- versus extra-European migrants and will consider both routine and other 'migration crisis' periods.


The pharmacokinetics of a once‐daily formulation of tramadol (Tramadol Contramid OAD 200‐mg tablets) following single‐dose and multiple‐dose administration was compared with that of an immediate‐release product (tramadol IR 50‐mg tablets) in 2 separate studies. In both studies, AUC parameters met bioequivalence criteria, whereas Cmax of Tramadol Contramid OAD was lower than that of tramadol IR following a 200‐mg daily dosage. After single‐dose administration, the mean tramadol concentration at 1 hour postdose was within the range associated with analgesic efficacy (>100 ng/mL), and the mean concentration remained above this level for the remainder of the dosing interval. Steady state was attained within 48 hours following multiple‐dose administration. Tramadol Contramid OAD provides a rapid rise in plasma concentrations and an equivalent daily systemic exposure as tramadol IR, with a reduction in peak plasma concentrations.


There is a close natural connection in
tourism and Convention & Exposition (C&E) since they are mutually affected
and promoted. This study attempts to theoretically analyze the tourism effect
and marketing tactics of the C&E industry. To do this, the inductive method
and value train theory are introduced to analyze the supply and demand of
tourism. Findings reveal that not only can C&E produce positive influences
such as synergistic effect and cluster effect on tourism, but also negative result
which is characterized by spillover effect. Taking Shenzhen city of China
as an example, several marketing strategies are found. It is concluded that such
strategies on C&E and events exhibition can meet the needs of Shenzhen, and
improve the tour image of this city, so as to help expand its influence on
tourism.


The optimal binary tree(OPT) is applied in comprehensive evaluation for government recruiting.The process shows that OPT can detect individual speciality with simply calulating,when individaul characters need to be considered.At the same time,the program of caculation is compiled in the platform of Matlab and develops the OPT appling study.


We model an environment, where bidders' private values may change over time as a result of both costly private actions and exogenous shocks. Examples of private actions include investment and entry decisions; shocks might be due to exogenous changes in a potential buyer's circumstances. We describe an efficient auction mechanism that maximizes the final value of the object to the winning bidder net of the total cost of investment by all agents. In particular, we show that, assuming that the auctioneer does not have full commitment power, costly signalling is necessary for efficient entry when agents receive private information both before and after they make the entry decision. To rule out pooling equilibria that coexist with the efficient equilibrium in the basic mechanism, we introduce a virtual-implementation-style mechanism that (i) is almost efficient; (ii) forces players to coordinate on the separating equilibrium; and (iii) is simple enough to be potentially useful in practice. JEL: D80, D44.


Background A lot of works are devoted to the issues of injection and production wells location in a zonal inhomogeneous permeable reservoir. Researchers are trying to understand how the location of wells in reservoir zones with different permeability affects oil recovery efficiency. This issue is particularly acute for development systems with maintaining reservoir pressure. It has been established that the location of injection wells in low-permeable zones, and production in the high-permeable zones of the reservoir contributes to increasing the coverage of the impact. Moreover, even in the conditions of a partially developed reservoir, the transformation of the existing development system according to the above principle has significant potencies for increasing the oil recovery factor (ORF). Another actual problem is the study of the effect of extensive high-permeable inclusions (faults, reservoir tightness zones) on the effectiveness of regular development systems. It is concluded that the development systems with different location of production and injection wells with regard to fault lines are unequal. This assumption requires not only qualitative, but also quantitative evaluation. Aims and Objectives: Consider the dependence of oil recovery on the location and orientation of the rows of production and injection wells with regard to fault lines. Results 1. It was established that the location of the rows of wells parallel to the fault line (variants 1, 2, 5, 6) allows to achieve a higher ORF compared to placing the rows of wells perpendicular to the fault line (variant 3). 2. Location a row of injection wells in the raised part of the reservoir is less effective than their location in the lower part. The most effective is the location of a row of production wells in the zone of decompression of the reservoir, and the rows of injection wells - outside the zone of decompression. This variant of well row location has the maximal withdrawal rate and the highest ORF value.


This paper develops ideas first presented in "The Moche Revolt of the Objects" (Quilter 1990). It suggests that while the thematic approach to Moche iconography is useful, application of an approach that assumes that the themes are segments of a narrative will increase our understanding of the myths behind Moche art. After discussing the basis on which narrative may be inferred from art, the narrative approach is applied to demonstrate how known Moche artistic themes may be placed in sequence. Some previous uncertainties regarding iconographic figures are resolved, and part of the Moche mythic corpus is presented.


We thank Drs. Franceschi and Rinaldi for their commentary ([1][1]) on our interpretation of the observed different associations between thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels outside the normal range and risk of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) by gender in our article ([2][2]). In accordance with


We present the requirements and analysis of measurements of high frequency low intensity electromagnetic fields with particular focus on field perturbation by the measuring probe and the measurements in the near field region. To this end novel electric and magnetic field measurement systems (probes) utilizing semiconductor and optical technology have been developed, tested and calibrated in the frequency range up to 1.8 GHz. These probes show an outmost advantage over currently available measurement systems in that they are passive, all- dielectric and EMI immune. They also offer the possibility to measure field frequency and phase change if a reference signal is available.


Introduction: Self-referential, post-qualitative research was proposed to consider the current situation of researching professors at university, within the global context of cognitive capitalism and emphasizing the stands taken by a group of critical psychologists that would have been researching professors in schools of psychology in Colombia.Objective: To recognize ambivalent or contradictory senses and propose new meanings or emerging senses about critical psychology in Colombia, as well as the emerging role of the researching professor at current university through a post-qualitative methodology.Method: Through two concepts (differance and dissemination), reflecting on a set of autobiographies of four participants focused on their personal development as critical psychologists and researching professors.Result: Between the materials and the theorization conducted, we found that today critical psychology is more a transdiscipline than a branch or an approach of psychology. The participants' affiliation to critical psychology is discontinuous; that is, when it occurs, it is more strongly associated with academic rhetoric, with a more institutional and work interest than with a purely epistemological or theoretical one. The repercussion of academic capitalism both in the schools of psychology and the current roles of teaching and research seems to be more detrimental in terms of academic quality and to the well-being of professors; however, researching professors also seem to tolerate and be silent about these repercussions.