To obtain good seedling which was capable of producing high yield and was suitable for mechanical transplanting, some experiments on raising of seedling were conducted under various nursery conditions (i.e. (1) seeding rate 90-720g/m2, (2) upland or lowland nursery bed and (3) nursery period 19-48 days).1. Physical characteristics were influenced apparently by seeding rate. Comparing with the seedling grown under dense seeding rate, the one grown under sparse seeding rate was (1) thicker in basal section (increase in section modulus), (2) more resistant to buckling and bending (increase in buckling index), but (3) more flexible in the structure (decrease in buckling stress) of basal part. Seedling grown under sparse seeding rate also possesses well-developed basal part with short foliage, therefore (4) more resistant against to buckling and bending of whole seedling (decrease in buckling index and deflection rate).2. Comparing with the seedling grown in lowland nursery, the one grown in upland nursery was (1) thinner in basal section (increase in section modulus), (2) more rigid in the structure of basal part (increase in buckling stress) and (3) more resistant to buckling and bending, which were due to the well-developed basal part with erect and short foliage (decrease in buckling index and deflection ratio).3. Physical characteristics of seedling in relation to nursery period were as follows: -With growing, the basal part of seedling became (1) thicker in section (increase in section modulus), (2) more rigid in the structure (increase in buckling stress), therefore more resistant to buckling and bending (decrease in buckling moment). (3) In early seedling stage, the resistance against to buckling and bending of whole seedling (buckling index and deflection ratio) was not so high because of the undeveloped basal part. It increased once because of the developed basal part in comparison with foliage growth, but decreased again because of foliage elongation when nursery period was too long.4. The above mentioned results on physical characteristics were similar to the well-known informations on physiological characteristics of seedlings. It was informed that the seedling grown under sparse seeding rate or the seedling grown at upland nursery was generally healthy and capable of producing high yield under the paddy field condition after transplanting. Similarly, the seedling grown under same conditions possessed better physical characteristics which were beneficial for mechanical transplanting.


Purpose
The purpose of the present study is to propose identifying similar characteristics and managerial actions of the sector brand identity elements among the associations that compound the Brasil Fashion System (BFS) brand.

Design/methodology/approach
An exploratory qualitative research was developed through in-depth interviews conducted with associations of the Brazilian fashion sector.

Findings
The results indicate that there are characteristics of the elements of brand identity that are similar between the associations that compound the BFS brand. However, there are also several distinct characteristics among them, which makes it difficult, in large part, to consolidate the brand identity of the Brazilian fashion industry abroad.

Research limitations/implications
Moreover, it was indicated that for sectorial brand cases with a great divergence among brand partners, the creation of sub-sectorial brand specific for each partner could bring better results, as in this way, brands could be created with more suitable attributes for each partner, which will better suit their target audiences.

Practical implications
A practical contribution is also obtained, as the study can help in elaborating upon improvements for the sectorial brands that represent a large partners group.

Originality/value
An empirical evidence of how to identify common attributes between sectorial brand partners was presented to have a consolidated brand image in the external market.


The past half century has witnessed advances in electronics and photonics technology progressing at ever increasing rates. Much of the advancement has resulted from the semiconductor revolution, which has produced fabrication technology capable of producing mechanical and electronic structures with precisely defined impurity densities and nanoscale dimensions. This ability stems from parallel advances in materials growth technology, patterning techniques, imaging and manipulation capability, and advances in characterization and testing. When taken together, these techniques form the basis for designing and fabricating electronic devices and structures with atomic level control. Nanotechnology permits the realization of new devices and structures with performance far exceeding that available from current systems and will keep electronic systems on Moore's Law [1]. Materials research on the nanoscale offers the potential to produce materials that do not exist in nature. These materials can be synthesized with idealized and optimum properties. Parallel effort in nanoelectronics and nanophotonics presents the opportunity to fabricate devices and circuits with orders of magnitude increase in performance compared to present devices. As circuit size is reduced, system speed increases, and it is possible for electronic circuits to operate well into the high millimeter-wave frequencies and potentially into the terahertz regime. Very interesting applications in sensing of biological and chemical agents may be possible in the terahertz spectrum. The integration of biology with electronics and photonics is emerging as a potentially high payoff technology area. This work involves both the use of molecular concepts for circuit implementation and the investigation of chemical and biological agent properties by electronic and optical methods. This may lead to entirely new systems for a wide variety of sensing, detection, imaging, and communications applications. However, before next-generation systems are realized for practical application, many fundamental challenges remain. Recent breakthroughs provide evidence of potential success. Next-generation electronic and photonic systems will be significantly impacted by nanotechnology, and rapid developments in nanotechnology are generating progress


The problems of China's Agriculture,Rural Areas and farmers are the main issue in the course of Chinese revolution and socialist revolution.When PRC had been just founded and was still on the way of economic recovery,MAO Zedong began to research how to solve these problems by means of land reform and mutual-aid and cooperation,thus providing extensive experience for the existing problems in China.


2 is produced using a flexible circuit 10. The flexible polymeric substrate 14 for interconnecting the components of the electrical device. Is the copper alloy strip 12 is laminated to the substrate (14). The copper alloy strip 12 of alloy additive (alloying additions) by intensity is relatively high, or by a combination of the alloy by the process, or both to be processed is the ultimate tensile strength is at least about 551.6MPa. When depositing such copper alloy strip 12 is a flexible polymeric substrate 14, and the resulting flexible circuit 10 is compared with the copper alloy strip, both containing a pure copper and a small amount of alloy elements is dynamic fatigue performance It is improved (that is, increasing the number of iterations until the break).


To investigate the enormity of prostate cancer in the North West-Bank, and shed light on underlying risk factors affecting its distribution. We performed a retrospective study among hospitalized patients in West-Bank. 70.000 men aged 40 years or older were our study target. Analysis was based on patient admissions, and statistical methods (ANOVA Test, T-test, Correlation, Chi squire test, Descriptive statistics and frequencies and percentile methods) were used. 78 prostate cancers were reported with incidence rate of 10.4 per 100.000 populations. We revealed that the majority of patients (64.1%) were diagnosed in Nablus town and the lowest (6.4%) in Tulkarem town. Risk factors such as type of occupation, number of children, Age and obesity, showed a Pearson correlation and statistical significance at P-Value = 0.05 which was respectively (p=0.016, p=0.018, p= 0.003, p=0.004). Significant relationship was found between age and infection (P-value = 0.032) and between cancer stage and age (0.021). Prostatic carcinoma strikes disproportionately in different regions in westBank, employment types, extended families; aging and obesity were found to be risk factors and vegetarian diet as protective factor. However, lower prevalence was observed when we compared our results with Western Countries. Impact Screening with PSA testing, digital rectal examination and traditional Mediterranean diets with lower consumption of saturated fat altogether may decrease, and hold the promise for early detection and sustained decline in prostate cancer mortality.


MapReduce has been very successful in implementing large-scale data-intensive applications. Because of its simple programming model, MapReduce has also begun being utilized as a programming tool for more general distributed and parallel HPC applications. However, its applicability is often limited due to relatively inefficient runtime performance and hence insufficient support for flexible workflows. In particular, the performance problem is not negligible in iterative MapReduce applications.
 We implemented new MapReduce framework SSS based on distributed key-value store, that supports flexible workflows. Mappers and reducers read key-values only from its local storage enjoying high throughput and low latency.
 We evaluated SSS comparing with Hadoop using synthetic benchmark and iterative application. The result showed that SSS is faster than Hadoop, except for simple sequential read from disks.


The strange figure of the monster, a sort of unclassifiable or outside and margin of every classification, may be found in the path between an apparently disperse series of histories: history of psychiatry, of religious or secular law, of criminology, of the western representations of the East, of embryology, of the conservative political philosophies and even of a certain literature. This essay intends to revisit the figuration of the monster in its paradoxical relation with knowledge: at one time, the outside of knowledge, the sign of its impossibility, and principle of intelligibility: founder key of the psychiatric knowledge, of embryologic knowledge, of the representations of the distant other. To exploit this relation, this paper intents to accomplish a short rereading of the classic Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus.


We say that a real number α is in Log space if its n-th bit (n ∈ Z) can be computed in O(log |n|) space. We show that π = 3.14159 · · · is in Log space. This implies that π is in the complexity class SC. The latter result has been conjectured by Lipton, and widely assumed to be true from the work of Bailey, Borwein and Plouffe (BBP) and others. Our result extends to other constants such as log 2 or π that also possess two essential ingredients: they have BBP-like series and have bounded irrationality measures.


In a spheromak, the magnetic fields confining the plasma are generated primarily by internal currents rather than external coils. In order to provide information on the possible existence of current-driven microinstabilities, localized measurements of the ratio of the drift velocity of the electrons generating the internal current to their thermal velocity, V/sub d//V/sub th/ proportional to j/n/sub e/..sqrt..T/sub e/ (known as the drift or streaming parameter), and j/n/sub e/ (proportional to V/sub d/) are needed. These microinstabilities are in some theories associated with an increase in the resistivity anomaly factor (eta/eta/sub Spitzer/). We present results on local measurements (at the magnetic axis) of the values of V/sub d//V/sub th/ and eta/eta/sub Spitzer/ by combining data from the spatially-resolved diagnostics employed on the CTX spheromak experiment, coupled with current density profile information from equilibrium measurements. The values of V/sub d//V/sub th/ and j/n/sub e/ appear to be correlated with local variations in eta/eta/sub Spitzer/, and can be changed by varying the plasma density. Data sets are presented for three values of n/sub e/.


Consumption of foods made from highly processed and refined ingredients has been identified as one of the leading causes of poor physical health and disease, such as obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, degenerative disease, cardiovascular disease, and autoimmune disease [1]. In addition to its effects on physical health, diet also plays a major role in mood, cognition, and psychological wellbeing [2]. We previously reported research from our lab showing deficits in attention and motivation in rats consuming a refined, purified (REF) high-sugar diet compared to a control (CON) diet [3][4]. Here we report interesting effects of the REF diet on body weight and food consumption in response to discontinuation of behavioral testing. We also discuss unexpected effects of a REF diet on wheel running activity and body weight. Finally, switching from a REF to a CON diet for 5 weeks improved motivational deficits induced by chronic consumption of the REF diet. These results suggest that highly processed, high-sugar diets dysregulate energy homeostasis that can be reversed with a sufficiently long switch to a healthier diet.


ing upon conditions of temperature and humidity. These studies were carried out with the temperature ranging from 22 to 25 degrees C. Pollination, pollen tube growth and fertilization are markedly affected by external environmental conditions. This procedure of pollen -tube investigation was used in studies of self-sterile, self-fertile and interspecific pollinated Reseda species. Darwin (1876), in his studies upon the effects of crossand self-fertilization, found certain plants of Reseda odorata to be self-sterile and others self-fertile. A self-sterile plant in the cultures of Reseda odorata, when selfed, showed normal pollen germination and pollen tube growth. Pollen tube development is the same for the self-sterile plant as the self-fertile plant when selfed or cross-pollinated. Thus the factors involving sterility are apparently not due to a failure in pollen germination or pollen tube growth. The studies were carried out in the laboratory as well as field and greenhouse pollinations. Interspecific pollinations showed normal pollen germination and subsequent pollen tube growth for seven species crosses made within the genus Reseda. A further test of pollen viability and pollen tube behavior was made upon the styles of Datura stramonium. Pollen germinates upon the stigma and pollen tubes grow in the stylar tissue of Datura in the same manner as in the parietal tissue of Reseda ovaries. It is of interest to note the normal growth of pollen of Reseda upon styles of Datura since the families differ from each other in the presence of a style in the case of Solanaceae and the absence of a style in Resedaceae. 0. J. EIGSTI


The results of measurements carried out for several years in the Muggel Lake of Berlin are graphically evaluated in diagrams and interpreted with respect to the relation between phytoplankton, zooplankton and transparency depth. During the vegetation period, phytoplankton maxima are succeeded by maxima of herbivorous zooplankton; the transparency depth increasing up to two and more metres. With the decrease of the available food decreases the rate of development of zooplankton, and due to predatory animals the filtration efficiency of herbivores is reduced. Now, the mass development of phytoplankton increases again and the transparency depth decreases. The weak oxygen production resulting from the decimation of phytoplankton and the high oxygen consumption of zooplankton cause a pronounced oxygen deficiency in the lake at the clear-water stage. Further results concerning the conditions and the nutritional chain in the Muggel Lake and their influences on the transparency depth are discussed.


related to the area of the island and its distance from a source region (MacArthur and Wilson 1963, 1967). In numerous studies the relationship between species number, S, and island area, A, has been well described by the power function S = cAz, where c and z are fitted constants. May (1975) has shown that such speciesarea curves are to be expected if the relative abundance of species assumes a lognormal distribution. In such cases z values should lie within the range 0.150.39. As often noted, the species-area relation is an empirical description. Causal mechanisms include the correlation of island area with habitat diversity, and sampling artifact if the number of samples is correlated with island size, as well as the immigration-extinction equilibrium theory (see Connor and McCoy 1979 for review of these hypotheses). All three hypotheses are subsumed by the island paradigm. This body of theory has been used as a powerful tool for the analysis of species richness on real islands and for isolated habitats considered as islands (reviewed in Simberloff 1974; Connor and McCoy 1979).


This paper presents novel affine formation algorithms and implementations in different scenarios for the coordination of multi-agent systems with triple-integrator agent dynamics for both sampled-data and continuous-time settings. The agents in affine maneuver control are to be capable of producing required geometric shapes and simultaneously accomplishing desired maneuvers such as shearing, rotation, translation and scaling. From existing work, these tasks can be accomplished for systems whose agent dynamics are described using double-integrators and the agents communicate continuously in time. In some practical situations, however, the inter-agent communication may be limited to periodic intervals of time. Furthermore, a wide range of systems is governed by complex dynamics described with higher-orders. This paper presents two novel algorithms based on triple-integrator agent dynamics. Four implementation cases comprising of two scenarios each studied in both continuous-time and sampled-data cases are considered. Under the proposed algorithms, the collection of agents are capable of tracking time-varying targets which are affine transforms of the reference formation, if the leaders have knowledge of the required formation maneuvers. Detailed implementation results are presented to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed algorithms.


This paper introduces a process-driven risk- assessment methodology in tunneling. This methodology considers the construction process as a whole and covers all aspects of risk-management process, from risk identification to risk response. The application of the proposed methodology has been demonstrated on two phases of the construction project and was applied to tunnel construction. Risk assessment should follow the construction process. Each phase of the project has the goal that must be achieved. The goal of each phase depends on some activities that affect phase realisation. These activities are potential sources of risk and a cyclical risk assessment should be repeated for each phase of the project. It is necessary to take into account that executing a construction project is a process, and that risk management must follow that process.


New Area Studies points to the need to understand increasing complexity across the globe. One route into this enquiry is through the creative arts; cinema specifically has provided a platform since the late twentieth century for the sharing of locally based stories on a global scale. This has coincided with a turn to transnational perspectives in cinema studies, with many different regional filmmaking practices, products and their places of production becoming better known as a result. This essay highlights the connections between cinema, storytelling and place-making in Latin America where there has been an increase in commercial, indigenous, experimental, art and independent films that have travelled the world through the mainstream, prestige and alternative festival circuits. It draws attention to the fundamental shift in the ways Latin America has been expressed and perceived over the last twenty years, in large part due to the multitude of stories and perspectives that its filmmakers have created and shared with the world.


Most of the wireless systems such as the long term evolution (LTE) adopt a pilot symbol-aided channel estimation approach for data detection purposes. In this technique, some of the transmission resources are allocated to common pilot signals which constitute a significant overhead in current standards. This can be traced to the worst-case design approach adopted in these systems where the pilot spacing is chosen based on extreme condition assumptions. This suggests extending the set of the parameters that can be adaptively adjusted to include the pilot density. In this paper, we propose an adaptive pilot pattern scheme that depends on estimating the channel correlation. A new system architecture with a logical separation between control and data planes is considered and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is chosen as the access technique. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can provide a significant saving of the LTE pilot overhead with a marginal performance penalty.


The invention discloses a moisture absorption coating for a single plastic film label, the label and a preparation method of the label. By improving the formula of the moisture absorption coating, ammonia gas and organic amine released in adhesive and moisture in the environment are adsorbed by utilizing a moisture absorption coating layer obtained through the drying of the moisture absorption coating, so that the label is good in drying effect and firm in gluing; moreover, the label also has excellent moisture-proof water resistance and can be iced for a long period of time; the label has higher strength, and is not influenced by transportation and storage; the label has excellent glossiness, is suitable for automatic labeling at a high speed, and meets various printing technologies and innovation requirements.


The desirability and costs of near term safety improvements in motorcycles was determined and preliminary specifications and a recommended development plan for a near term experimental safety motorcycle was prepared. The program covered the following areas of safety: anti-lock brake, improved traction tires, improved headlamp system, conspicuity, windshield, rear vision, security system, fuel system and flexible fenders.


[Title: A Generative Morphology Study in 'Satua Bali Tales from Bali'] The diversity and uniqueness of language in the world is an interesting linguistic phenomenon to be studied. Word formation is one of interesting research object, because every language of course has diversity in word formation which is called as morphology process. The theory used in this paper is a theory that is written by experts in the field of morphology. The theory used is the theory of morphology, namely: the theory of generative morphology by Halle (1973), Aronaff (1976), and Scalise (1984). Some examples of words were found in "Satua Bali Tales From Bali". The words were classified into words with prefixes, infix, suffixes and confix.
In the data found that there were affixes found in the beginning of the word basic (prefix), inserts on the word (infix), suffix on the word base (suffix) or prefix and suffix that appeared together in the word base (confix). In the data also found the word that experienced nasalization process. In the prefix analysis found the fair form, potential and unnatural forms. In the infix analysis only found the fair form. In the suffix analysis found an unusual inverse form in the data. Unusual (strange) inverse forms can cause problems, because in society, those forms are not commonly used. In the confix analysis there was a reasonable invention. There was also a word that experienced a process of nasalization. For example the form of nepukin "see".


The dye-tracer method for measuring aerial spray deposits consists of dissolving a known amount of dye in the spray liquid and then measuring the amount of dye recovered in the spray deposit. In forest insect research dye tracers are used for studying the spray distribution from various types of aerial spray equipment and aircraft, and for evaluating spray coverage on small forest plots. At the time of spraying, deposit samples are taken on glass or metal plates. Then, in the laboratory, the deposits are washed of (and the dye in each is measured in a Dubosq® colorimeter or a spectrophotometer. Of the two, the colorimeter is faster but has a lower sensitivity (0.05 gallon per acre). The spectrophotometer procedure, while more complicated, has a sensitivity of 0.02 gallon per acre and in addition will measure each of the 2 dyes in the mixed deposit from the dual-sprayer apparatus.


A complete calculation of the pion-nucleon loops that contribute to the transition operator for $NN\to NN\pi$ up-to-and-including next-to-next-to-leading order (N$^2$LO) in chiral effective field theory near threshold is presented. The evaluation is based on the so-called momentum counting scheme, which takes into account the relatively large momentum of the initial nucleons inherent in pion-production reactions. We show that the significant cancellations between the loops found at next-to-leading order (NLO) in the earlier studies are also operative at N$^2$LO. In particular, the $1/m_N$ corrections (with $m_N$ being the nucleon mass) to loop diagrams cancel at N$^2$LO, as do the contributions of the pion loops involving the low-energy constants $c_i$, i=1...4. In contrast to the NLO calculation however, the cancellation of loops at N$^2$LO is incomplete, yielding a non-vanishing contribution to the transition amplitude. Together with the one-pion exchange tree-level operators, the loop contributions provide the long-range part of the production operator. Finally, we discuss the phenomenological implications of these findings. In particular, we find that the amplitudes generated by the N$^2$LO pion loops yield contributions comparable in size with the most important phenomenological heavy-meson exchange amplitudes.


The integral equation for scattering by an aggregate of perfectly conducting cylinders, the sum of their perimeters being well over 120 wavelength and each cylinder being of arbitrary cross section, are first developed and then solved by means of the method of moment (MM) to give the current distribution induced on the scatterer surfaces, the scattering cross section versus azimuthal angle for both parallel and perpendicular polarized incident waves. The validity of the computer program has been verified by comparing results of interchanging the direction of incidence and the direction of observation due to the reciprocity theorem that the observed scattered field and the cross section is unchanged if the transmitter and receiver are interchanged.


Entrepreneurship is a key ingredient needed by transition countries to strengthen their growing market economies, being a catalyst for growth and development. For hundreds of years, rural space has been equivalent to land for agriculture, but innovations in industry and technology have changed the notion of rural space and expanded its area of activity. Thus, the rural space cannot be considered any longer as being intended only for agriculture, but can be likened to a hub of opportunities, facilitating the development of popular tourism, small businesses related to tourism activities, activities that can lead to economic development of rural communities. Romania has demonstrated an important potential for rural growth and has seen substantial improvements both in its rural business environment and in its socio-economic environments. This paper contributes to the research on entrepreneurship in rural areas by focusing on innovations that could be implemented in Romania for rural development. Those innovations in rural entrepreneurship are seen as a solution for developing new business models, creating and increasing jobs number, directly linked to the economic performance of regions.


: This study aimed to investigate the anatomy and histochemistry of Mollinedia clavigera leaves and stems through photonic microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Noteworthy features of leaves were: presence of paracytic stomata petiole with a single vascular bundle in open archh. Stems were cylindrical and showed prismatic and styloid crystals in the pith. Histochemical analysis detected lipophilic and phenolic compounds, starch grains and lignified elements such as brachysclereids and fibers. These features may assist in future identifications and quality control of M. clavigera, avoid misidentification between other genus members, once species and genus studies are scarce. short bifurcate trichomes; prismatic crystals on leaf presence of layer on the adaxial side; flat-convex midrib with one vascular bundle in open arch and two dorsal bundles; concave-convex petiole with one vascular bundle in open arch; cylindrical stem; and the presence of prismatic and styloid crystals in the stem pith. such


Cloud computing has reached huge popularity for delivering on-demand services on a pay-per-use basis over the internet. However, since the number of cloud users evolves, multi-cloud environment has been introduced where clouds are interconnected in order to satisfy customers' requirements. Task scheduling in such environments is very challenging mainly due to the heterogeneity of resources. In this paper, a budget-constrained dynamic Bag-of-Tasks scheduling algorithm for heterogeneous multi-cloud environment is proposed. By performing experiments on synthetic data sets that we propose, we demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm in terms of makespan.


Currently, with the popularity of wireless networks, security problems become more and more important. In this paper, the author supplies an overview of wireless network protocols, and then, introduces several main wireless safety techniques, for the weakness of RCA algorithm, advances a better solution-using the latest AES algorithm to re- place RC4.


The present invention refers to bisphosphonate pharmaceutical formulations and the use thereof for the preparation of an injectable medicament for the treatment of pathologies sensitive to the action of BPs among which there are some pathologies of the skeletal system. Such formulations comprise a solubilizing/dispersing vehicle comprising a water emulsion of lipids for instance mono-, di-or triglycerides; soy bean, olive or fish oils and/or phospholipids for instance phosphatidylcholine; soy bean lecithin or egg yolk lecithin and show high tolerability.


p.m., and then 20 grains at 8:00 p.m., totaling 125 grains. On the third, fourth and fifth days he received 20 grains every six hours, totaling 80 grains a day. On the sixth day 55 grains were given, and 30 grains were given in divided doses on each of the seventh and eighth days. On the ninth, tenth and eleventh days, 15 grains a day were administered. The total amount of sulfanilamide received during the eleven days was 660 grains, of which less than 30 grains were lost by emesis. This case was treated before the routine of a large initial dose followed by regular smaller doses every four hours had been established.


Solvent-free Claisen-Schmidt condensation (CSC) for the synthesis of chalcone has been studied using MoO3/ZrO2 material as solid acid catalyst. A series of MoO3/ZrO2 catalysts with various MoO3 loadings (10-30 wt%) were prepared using modified precipitation method. The catalysts were extensively characterized using various techniques viz., TG-DTA, XRD, N2 Sorption, BET-surface area, NH3-TPD, Raman and FT-IR spectroscopies, AAS, EDX, TEM and SEM. The detailed parametric studies were carried out to optimize the reaction parameters in order to achieve maximum selectivity with high % yield of chalcones. Substituted benzaldehyde and acetophenone were used as reactants to study the effect of electron withdrawing and electron donating groups on the activity of catalyst. 15 wt% MoO3/ZrO2 catalyst pre- pared using modified preparation technique proved to be an excellent heterogeneous catalyst for solvent free synthesis of chalcone with yield as high as 93 %, by using only 1.5 wt% of catalyst.


The enzyme tyrosine kinase Bcr-Abl-1 is the main molecular target in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia and can be competitively inhibited by tyrosine kinase inhibitors such as imatinib. New potential competitive inhibitors were synthesized using the phenylamino pyrimidine pyridine (PAPP) group as a pharmacophoric fragment, and these compounds were biologically evaluated. The synthesis of the twelve new compounds was performed in three steps and assisted by microwave irradiation in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to obtain 1,2,3-triazole derivatives substituted on carbon C-4 of the triazole nucleus. All of them had their inhibitory activities evaluated against a chronic myeloid leukemia cell line (K562) that expresses the enzyme tyrosine kinase Bcr-Abl-1 and against healthy cells (WSS-1) to observe their selectivity. Three compounds had promising results, showing an IC50 between 1.0 and 7.3 mM, and were subjected to molecular docking studies. This result suggests that such compounds can interact at the same binding site as imatinib, probably sharing a competitive inhibition mechanism. One of them showed the greatest interaction affinity for Bcr-Abl-1 in the docking studies.


This study, which focuses on a peri-urban interface of Khon Kaen, one of the fastest developing urban areas in Thailand, examines the outputs of the urbanization phenomenon on livelihoods and on the capacity to manage risks of farming loss. Qualitative data have been preferred to understand the evolution in the livelihood assets. The study found that income diversification in non-farming activity was the first strategy adopted by the households, with an enhancement of living conditions, but also that farming activity kept an important place due to the increased cost of goods and services. Drought has been identified as having negative impacts on households' livelihoods, the loss of food resources leading to a higher investment in markets and shops, despite the weakness of the financial situation. Finally, the study identified that coping strategies were poorly used in response to drought, and mostly directed on the growth of financial assets on a short term.


The introduction of minimally invasive video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) almost three decades ago has substantially changed the operative treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). For the first period of time, the main issue was technical feasibility and safety of VATS pulmonary resections, especially in case of lobectomy.


Vibration is one of main forms of the environmental pollutions of elevated station for high-speed railway.In order to investigate the environmental vibration level of elevated station of high-speed train at 300 km/h in operation,the environmental vibration were tested and preliminarily analyzed in four different positions in and near Weinan north elevated station of Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed railway,which is the first elevated station in operation for high-speed railway in China.The result shows that the vibration level in the vertical direction is much higher than the vibration level in the horizontal direction,and the vibration level in the station hall is much lower than that of viaduct bridge outside the station.The vibration reduction measures of Weinan north elevated station are very effective.


We proposeseveral kindsof oxide andPItodissipate theaccumulated heatduring materialswhich have different thermaloperation andcalculate thetemperature distribution. The conductivity be thethermalconduction layersmaterial, we choosetosimulate, arecommonin between thebuffer oxideandsubstrate ofa-Si:Hsemiconductor orLCDprocess, suchasCu,Al,Mo and TFTdevice. Thethermal conduction layers, suchas Si3N4. Cu, Al, Mo and Si3N4,have significant improvement forthermalaccumulation during operation. To understand thetransient thermal a-Si:H TFTsonplastic substrate profileand temperaturedistribution, we performed bysolving thetemperature distributionWe calculated theconstant current stress forheating andheatdiffusion fora2-Da-Si:H TFT modelto source atbias Vg 6V& V d=30Vfor2Osec, whichis avoidhigh temperature todamage thePIsubstratefollowing biascondition forAMOLED application as forflexible electronics operation.


PCR-primer design is the most important step in polymerase chain reaction(PCR) technique.Preparation beforehand,the principal and method of PCR-primer design,the usage skill of popular primer-design software and some correlative matter in the study of animal infectious disease were introduced detailedly.


Although anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are occasionally identified in the serum of patients with scleroderma, the finding is thought to lack clinical utility. We report the development of fulminant microscopic polyangiitis with the new emergence of myeloperoxidase (MPO)-specific ANCA in the serum of a patient with known Scl-70-positive diffuse-variant scleroderma. A 54-year-old man was under surveillance for a 3-year history of Scl-70-positive scleroderma characterized by Raynaud's phenomenon, progressive interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, anorexia, weight loss, night sweats, sclerodactyly and small joint polyarthralgia. ANCA serology had been negative at his initial presentation. His clinical course deteriorated abruptly with the development of acute pericarditis followed by normotensive acute renal failure (Fig. 1a). New perinuclear pattern ANCA and MPO antibodies (36 U/mL, normal <5) were detected in serum. Glomerular basement membrane antibodies were not detected. A renal biopsy that was carried out showed florid, pauci-immune glomerulonephritis with epithelial


This research was carried out in the Cotopaxi Province, Latacunga Canton, San Juan de Pastocalle Parish, Centro Neighborhood with the purpose of determining serum values and associated factors within dogs (canis familiaris). Seventy-five canines were the sample; blood samples were taken for laboratory analysis, a questionnaire of 20 questions was applied to the owner of each dog to know the associated factors. In SAN FRANCISCO laboratory located in Ambato city, a complete blood count was performed; in addition to Glucose, Urea, BUN, Creatinine, AST, and ALT. Then each test was analyzed, classifying them from 1 to 5 years and more than 5 years to facilitate the study, these data were tabulated, and related to the answers from questionnaires to identify the condition of the dogs according to the age range , with the following results: Red series: anemia 3.45% in 1 to 5 years and 1.72% in 5 years onwards, absolute polycythemia 12.1% in 1 to 5 years, and 11.8% in 5 years on, relative polycythemia 13.79% in 1 to 5 years and 5.9 % in 5 years onwards determining that there is an adequate management in regard to the feeding of the canines; White series: eosinophils are the highest with 8% in 1 to 5 years and 10.67% in 5 years and older, associating with surveys with moderate stress levels; Platelets: decreased by 10.67% in 1 to 5 years and 5.33% in 5 years onwards, comparing, determining that there is thrombocytopenia adducing is the lack of periodic veterinary control, vaccines and treatments, linked to the management of the owners; Blood chemistry: decreased glucose hypoglycemia 13.33% in 1 to 5 years and 4% in 5 years onwards, Urea elevated 10.85% in 1 to 5 years and 11.27% in 5 years and up, associating these values with an inadequate diet dehydration.


The observation that the homograft response obtained following sensitization of guinea pigs with heat-killed group A Streptococci or Staphylococci is indistinguishable from that resulting from pretreatment with homologous tissues has raised the possibility that the antigens concerned with the induction of homograft sensitivity may exist in heterologous form throughout nature. In this respect, mammalian transplantation antigens may fit into the category of surface structure principles shared by widely separated phylogenetic groups, as described in the studies of F o r ~ s m a n n , ~ of Springer et al . , and of other investigators. The present report describes results obtained with this experimental system in the guinea pig and, subsequently, in other mammalian hosts. In addition, an attempt is made to analyze the intracellular location of the streptococcal antigen($ concerned with the induction of homograft sensitivity in the guinea pig. 1 3


The new vocationalist policies, exemplified by YTS, do virtually nothing to foster economic development. Such moves are very different to the vocational training of apprenticeships. However, a simple return to apprenticeships is not appropriate. The future of training should be less specific and more general, thereby reflecting and promoting future demands: relearning, and flexibility. Industry and education should point to the errors of current government policy and seek this economically relevant training.


Due to the uncertainty concerning the location of flow paths on active alluvial fans, alluvial fan floods could be more dangerous than riverine floods. The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) used a simple stochastic model named FAN for this purpose, which has been practiced for many years. In the last decade, 15 this model has been criticized as a consequence of development of more complex computer models. This study was conducted on three alluvial fans located in the northeast and southeast part of Iran using a combination of FAN model, the hydraulic portion of FLO-2D model and geomorphological information. Initial stages included three steps: a) identifying the alluvial fans' landforms, b) determining the active and inactive areas of alluvial fans, and c) delineating 100-year flood within these selected areas. This information was used as an input in the mentioned three approaches 20 of: I) FLO-2D model, II) geomorphological method, and III) FAN model. Thereafter, the results of each model were obtained and Geographical Information System (GIS) layers were created and overlaid. Afterwards, using a scoring system, the results were evaluated and compared. The goal of this research was to introduce a simple, but effective solution to estimate the flood hazards. It was concluded that the integrated method proposed in this study has the superiority in projecting alluvial fan flood hazards with minimum required input data, simplicity and affordability, 25 which are considered the primary goals of such comprehensive studies. These advantages are more highlighted in the underdeveloped and third world countries which may well lack the detailed data and financially cannot support such costly projects. Furthermore, such a highly cost effective method could be greatly advantageous and pragmatic for the developed countries.


The utility model discloses a one-way valve, comprising a valve body, a valve seat, a steel ball, a spring and a retaining ring, wherein, the valve body is fixed inside with the valve seat and the retaining ring; the valve seat is provided inside with the slidable steel ball; the spring is arranged between the steel ball and the retaining ring. The utility model avoids the rolling noise of the valve plug when working and the impact noise when the valve plug reverses by making use of the constraint action of the spring on the valve plug and the damping action of a freezing medium on the valve plug. The invention adopts a spherical sealing mode with simple structure and good sealing effect. The one-way valve is normally in a closing state, avoids the damage to the valve seat and the retaining ring due to arbitrary arrangement of the steel ball. The utility model provides a one-way valve which has good sealing effect, low reversing noise and long service life.


This paper describes a kernel based Web Services (abbrevi-ated as service) matching mechanism for service discoveryand integration. The matching mechanism tries to exploitthe latent semantics by the structure of services. Using textual similarity and n-spectrum kernel values as features of low-level and mid-level, we build up a model to estimate thefunctional similarity between services, whose parameters arelearned by a Ranking-SVM. The experiment results showedthat several metrics for the retrieval of services have beenimproved by our approach.


Fiber structure anisotropism is reflected by the difference of fiber thermal conductivity between in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction. In this paper, fiber thermal conductive parametre λFL in the longitudinal direction and λFT in the transverse direction, which come from five kinds of protein fibers and another seven kinds of textile fibers were obtained with nonsteadiness thermal conduction mearsuring method. The ratio of λFL toλFT is about 2 to 20.


In this paper, an existence theorem for n order perturbed differential inclusion is proved under the mixed Lipschitz and Carathéodory conditions. The existence of extremal solutions is also obtained under certain monotonicity conditions on the multi-functions involved in the inclusion. Our results extend the existence results of Dhage et al. [7, 8] and Agarwal et al. [1].


This workshop explores the recent development of local and indigenous psychological practices in China. These include a dynamic blend of traditional Chinese thought, local approaches to healing, socialist legacies, and Western influences. It is now understood that Chinese psychological practices borrow from tradition as a means of acculturating "Western" psychology in service of both individual and sociopolitical ends. At the same time, practices revise and tweak Western psychology to make it more compatible with Chinese population. Our primary interest is in an ethnographic analysis of this dynamic exchange and the resulting unique configurations of care.


Non-invasive monitoring of cardiovascular diseases has been explored by means of laser Doppler vibrometry (LDV). In previous work, we have developed a handheld 6-beam on-chip LDV-device based on silicon photonics that can simultaneously measure the skin vibrations induced by cardiac action in multiple positions. This allows for the estimation of the pulse wave velocity (PWV), which is the current gold standard for evaluating arterial stiffness. The demonstrator has been used in a series of clinical feasibility studies. However, the system required the application of a retro-reflective (RR) patch to the skin prior to the measurement in order to enhance skin reflection. The use of the RR patch reduces the device usability and may also impact the measurement results. In this work, we bring the concept one step further by eliminating the need for the RR patch during the measurement. The diffuse reflection from the skin leads to the low intensity of the back-reflected light detected by the interferometric readout system of the LDV. In order to increase the reflection signal level, we propose to operate the LDV at 1310nm where skin reflection is relatively strong while still being insensitive to skin tones. Furthermore, the optical imaging system between LDV-chip and skin has been designed for optimal signal strength in combination with sufficient depth of focus. We report on LDV measurements without using RR patch, and on the details of the optimized optical system.


For the formation of cemented Tic composite, Co or Ni is added as a binder. However, the high cost and low hardness of Co or Ni as binder and the low corrosion resistance of Tic-Co and Tic-Ni composite have generated interest to find alternative binder materials. It has been reported that FeAl show higher oxidation resistance and hardness as well as low cost compared to Co or Ni. Highly dense nanocrysatlline Tic and Tic-FelAl with a relative desity of up to 100% were obtained within 2 min by PCAS(pulsed current activated sintering) under the condition of 80MPa and up to 1300. The effect of FeAl addition of FeAl on the consolidation, the microstructure and the mechanical properties (hardness and fracture toughness) of TiC were investigated. The fracture toughness of TiC greatly increases without great decrease of the hardness by addition of FeAl. Not only fracture toughness but also hardness values of TiC-10vol.%FeAl were higher than those of TiC-10vol.%Fe, TiC-10vol.%Ni and TiC-10vol.%Co.


Improved medical care of congenital heart disease patients increased survival into adulthood from 15% in the 1960s to over 85% in the current era. As a consequence, the prevalence of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) increased rapidly,1 which is estimated to be >1 million ACHD patients in North America and 1.2 million in Europe. The growing number and aging of ACHD patients led to an overall increase in hospitalizations over the last decade and a substantial increase in patients presenting with heart failure (HF) (∼20%).2

The incidence of first HF-admission was 1.2 per 1000 patient-years in the Dutch national 'CONCOR' registry. Patients admitted with HF had a five-fold higher risk of death than those not admitted. From the same registry, the mortality was 2.8% during a follow-up period of 24 865 patient-years. Chronic HF (26%) and sudden death (19%) were recorded most frequently. The median age at death from HF was 51.0 years (range: 20.3–91.2 years).3 In another ACHD cohort, sudden death (26%) was the most common cause of death, followed by progressive HF (21%) and perioperative death (18%).4 Although patients with ACHD may not readily report symptoms, clinical HF is documented in 22.2% of patients with a Mustard repair for transposition of the great arteries (TGAs), 32.3% with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA), and 40% of patients after Fontan palliation.

### Heart failure with impaired systolic ventricular function

The aetiology and triggers of impaired systolic ventricular function in ACHD patients are summarized in Table 1 .

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Table 1
Pathophysiology of heart failure with impaired systolic function: triggers (examples)

### Heart failure with preserved systolic ventricular function

This occurs less often in ACHD patients, but is associated with specific conditions such as Shone complex and restrictive …


Aim: The current study compared the fracture resistance of samples instrumented by two rotary files and a reciprocating file, obturated with gutta-percha and AH Plus. Materials and Methods: A total of 60 freshly extracted mandibular premolar teeth with single roots and single canals were acquired and decoronated at or below the cementoenamel junction. The samples were randomly divided into four groups (n = 15). Group 1 control (noninstrumented/obturated), and for Groups 2–4 root canal instrumentation was done by EndoStar E5 (EE5), ProTaper NEXT (PTN), and WaveOne, respectively. Following instrumentation, the samples were obturated using gutta-percha cones and AH Plus sealer using lateral compaction. A week later, vertical load was applied to the specimen's canal in each group until fracture. The loads required for fracture were recorded and statistically analyzed. Results: The mean loads required to fracture (Newton; N) for the four groups were; 388.54 (±29.93), 310.35 (±26.05), 328.40 (±20.67), and 278.54 (±34.16). The loads exhibited highly significant difference (P < 0.0001; analysis variance). The following Tukey's post hoc test confirmed, both samples in Groups 2 and 3 required similar loads for fracture (P > 0.05) and significantly higher than Group 4 (P < 0.01). Conclusion: The samples instrumented by EE5 and PTN exhibit similar fracture resistance.


including at least three sets of identical twins.3 The pattern of aggregation in these families has suggested an inherited basis for a proportion of patients with vesicoureteric reflux, but no uniform pattern of inheritance has been apparent. In Christchurch we have investigated the immediate family of 42 patients with reflux nephropathy and in 12 of these families there were one or more affected members.4 To assess whether there may be an easily delineated genetic marker for reflux nephropathy we have looked at the tissue typing of all patients presenting recently to our departments with chronic renal failure due to reflux nephropathy and compared this with the tissue types of patients with renal failure due to other causes. The results are showni in the accompanying table and indicate that HLAB12 is occurring with significantly greater frequency in patients with reflux nephropathy.


Objective To approach the value of ntraoperative cholangiography by cystic duct visualization in exploration of common bile duct in laparoscopic surgery.Methods Twenty seven cases of patient in our hospital of common surgery department undertaken laparoscopic surgery were retrospectively analyzed the clinical datas from January 2006 to January 2009.Result In these cases,12 cases had common duct stones,who were cut open common duct and choledochoscope explore calculus removed and T tube drainage.15 cases had no abnomality in biliary tract,the positive rate of IOC was 44.45%.Conclusion Biliary tract visualization in laparoscopic surgery can step down nagative explore of biliary tract,it has clinical value in select reasonable operation style.


Since reconstruction of independence of Lithuania more possibilities for educating and standardising native language has appeared. Obviously, official, public national language gains the most interest as it is a standard to learn from for passive part of society. Everything that is official should be correct. The beginnings of teaching correct language is at school, the background is at university, where academic, Professional language is learnt. Therefore these institutions are most responsible for foundation of correct language of everyone who uses it. In landmarks for national language policy for 2003-2008 year there is emphasized that language reflects culture and attitude of society, that language is an indispensable part of national spiritual culture, national identity and a guarantee for survival of nation. Therefore at high school not only teaching language should be improved, but also reinforcing lingual cultural consciousness and applying modern ways of spreading norms of language. "Speciality language culture" course studies are included in every high school program. Its basement is Professional needs of students and functions of language. No doubt, the basement of language is vocabulary, therefore a vocabulary that corresponds to norms of language is necessary for educating correct speciality language. Article in Lithuanian


Arterial diseases are the first causes of death in the developed countries. It seems necessary to investigate the role of enzymes, lipids, proteins and para-oxidation lipids in these diseases. The tribulation of fats is one of the most risk factors which results in atherosclerosis of coronary arteries. In this study, the short time effects of Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields with the frequency of 50Hz, on the amount of some blood lipo-proteins, liver enzymes, P448 and P450 cytochrome enzyme system are investigated in the NMRI female mice. The results indicate that the blood serum's levels of lipoproteins decrease significantly, in comparison with control and sham groups (P<0.05). Experimental groups of 3 and 5 showed significant increase of HDL compare with control and sham groups (P<0.001). While levels of Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) increased in liver, Alanin aminotransferase (ALT) enzyme levels did not show any significant changes in experimental groups (P<0.01). In addition, Ames test shows similarity in control and experimental liver extract in the reveres colonies, so the electromagnetic field with intensity of 0.06 militesla (P<0.01), does not disturb the P448/P450 enzyme system.


Hydatidosis is a widespread parasitic zoonotic disease posing a significant public health and economic burden indeveloping countries. A cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2018 to June 2019 with the aim of determining the prevalence hydatidosis and associated risk factors in cattle slaughtered in Dejen Municipal Abattoir, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia. Out of 384 cattle examined for the presence of hydatid cyst, 117 (30.5%) of them were found to have a cyst their internal organs. Of the 117 positive cattle, 56 (47.9%), 34 (29.1%), 16 (13.7%) and 11(9.4%) were harbor hydatid cysts in their lungs, livers, hearts and kidneys respectively. A significantly higher prevalence was detected in cattle> 5 years of age (P<0.05). Regarding the body condition score, the prevalence was higher for poor body condition score cattle (54.7%) followed by medium (22.4%) and fat (15.2%). The highest prevalence rate reported in this study clearly indicated that lack of plan based on control measures against the source of infection which is attributed to increasing tendencies in prevalence. Therefore, public awareness should be created about the impact of the disease, special attention being given to abattoir workers and dog owners.


Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery can benefit from the automation of common, repetitive or well-defined but ergonomically difficult tasks. One such task is the scanning of a pick-up endomicroscopy probe over a complex, undulating tissue surface to enhance the effective field-of-view through video mosaicing. In this paper, the da Vinci® surgical robot, through the dVRK framework, is used for autonomous scanning and 2D mosaicing over a user-defined region of interest. To achieve the level of precision required for high quality mosaic generation, which relies on sufficient overlap between consecutive image frames, visual servoing is performed using a combination of a tracking marker attached to the probe and the endomicroscopy images themselves. The resulting sub-millimetre accuracy of the probe motion allows for the generation of large mosaics with minimal intervention from the surgeon. Images are streamed from the endomicroscope and overlaid live onto the surgeons view, while 2D mosaics are generated in real-time, and fused into a 3D stereo reconstruction of the surgical scene, thus providing intuitive visualisation and fusion of the multi-scale images. The system therefore offers significant potential to enhance surgical procedures, by providing the operator with cellular-scale information over a larger area than could typically be achieved by manual scanning.


Studies to identify major insect pests attacking cowpea, Vi gna unguiculata (L.) Walp., in the field and to assess cowpea yields under different chemical control regimes were conducted at Katumani, Kenya during the short and the long rainy seasons of 1978 and 1979 respectively. From materials collected in unsprayed plots, the cowpea crop was found to be attacked by a total of 43 species of insects which were classified into seven orders: Diptera (1), Coleoptera (10), Heteroptera (15), Homoptera (3), Lepidoptera (8), Orthoptera (4) and Thysanoptera (2). Only a few of these were considered major pests, namely, Acanthomi a horri da Germ, Agroti s segetum D and S, Anoplocnemis c u r v i p e s F., Aphis craccivora Koch,. Cal 1 osobruchus macul atus Fab., He1i oth i s armi gera Hb , Lagri a vi11osa Fab. , Maruca testu1 a 1i s Geyer, Megalurothri ps sjostedti Trybom, Nezara vi ri du1 a L . Maximum seed yields were obtained from cowpea plots sprayed with gamma BHC insecticide after flowering. There were no significant differences in yields between plots sprayed with insecticide before flowering and those of the untreated plots. Insecticidal treatments applied four times after flowering at 14 days interval, starting at the appearance of first flowers, gave significantly higher yields than spraying


Close attention has been paid to the problem of police language lately.The police language is provided with vivid calling characteristics.The public security organs should strengthen the research on the police calling language,understand the occupational characteristics of police calling language adequately and take effective steps to arrive at the goal of the construction of police language image.


Improving cultural accomplishment is a requirement that the newly revised 《College English Syllabus》stipulates.Based on College English teaching practice, this paper expounds the methods and principles of cultural introduction. As a result, English teaching is not merely confined to the teaching of linguistic knowledge; it involves developing the students' cultural awareness and cross - cultural communication skills as well.


Magnetostriction coefficient of Co-based(Co(77-x)FexSi8B15(x=4,5,7)) glass-covered amorphous wires(GCAW) was measured by method of Small Angle Magnetization Rotation(SAMR).Influence of tensile stress on magnetostriction coefficient was investigated.The results showed that: magnetostriction coefficient of all three samples decreases with increase of σ.The magnetostriction coefficient of Co72Fe5Si8B15 sample decreases from +1.1×10-7(σ=0 MPa) to-3.3×10-7(σ=1880MPa) with increase of σ,which show a sign change from positive to negative.


Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels play a pivotal role in the transition to sustainable and renewable energy sources, making it essential to continually improve their efficiency. One promising avenue of research involves integrating materials such as copper and aluminium into the backsheet of solar panels. This comprehensive review article aims to provide a thorough examination of the advancements and potential benefits of incorporating copper and aluminium in PV panel backsheets to enhance their efficiency


Institutions designed to further protection of constitutional rights of the citizens play a special role in the modern civil society. Last decades have demonstrated a significant growth of role of non-commercial organizations in human rights activities in conditions of civil society formation in Russia. At the same time, study of the role of such subjects as advocacy and trade unions in the sphere of protection of constitutional rights of the Russian citizens is not fully reflected in the legal science. But it seems that these institutions have enough potential and resources in the sphere of rights' protection: advocacy, primarily in the frameworks of realization of free legal assistance, and trade unions in the sphere of protection and assertion of labor rights of the citizens. The authors analyzed acting Russian law and scientific doctrine, on the basis of which offers are developed to elevate the status and role of advocacy and trade unions in the sphere of constitutional rights' protection.


Three space-grown and two ground-grown Te doped GaSb samples are studied using Hall effect and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy to evaluate the degree of Te segregation in the crystals. A p–n conductivity type transition is observed in the ground-grown samples reflecting Te segregation towards the tail end of the samples while only p type conductivity is measured in the space samples. PL data indicates radial and axial Te segregation in the processed samples. Fluctuations in hole and hence Te concentrations in the space samples are attributed to G-jitters.


Synopsis The bridges (the Hirose-gawa Bridge and Nishikoen Viaduct) are the structures of the Sendai Subway Tozai Line cross over the Hirose-gawa River and Nishikoen Park. These structures are passes through the scenic Sendai area that is called "Forest city". Sendai City required the two bridges an excellent aesthetic design constructed for such an important area. In 2006, the city held a design competition to select the design. It was the first design competition as railway bridges in Japan. The winners of the competition were consigned the design of the bridges [1], . Construction works, which have been conducted since 2008, are planned to be completed in 2013, and will be followed by installation of rail tracks. The outline of the fully worked-out plan for realization of a very exceptional bridge design and construction will be reported in this paper.


The article discusses the role of conjugated lactic acid/ lactate anion (LacH/Lac – ) and dihydrogenphosphate anion/ hydrogenphosphate anion (H 2 PO 4– /HPO 42– ) pairs in the formation of the buffer properties of tissue as a factor determining pH. The buffer properties of homogenates of the tissue of adenocarcinoma of the mammary gland and the adjacent tissue were quantitatively characterized by the buffer capacity which was determined by potentiometric titration. The concentrations of acid anions were determined spectrophotometrically. The material was biopsy specimens of mammary gland adenocarcinoma (T1-4, N0-1, M0) and adjacent tissue of 22 patients aged from 33 to 75 years. It was found that the buffer capacity of tumors is in 2.5 times higher than in normal tissue. It was established that for the tumor tissue, the buffer capacity of the LacH/Lac – system is in 3 times higher, and the buffer capacity of the H 2 PO 4– /HPO 42– system is in 2.5 times greater than for normal untransformed tissue. Concentrations of lactate anions (1,93 ± 0,50 vs 0,57 ± 0,22; p <0.001) and phosphate anions (2,54 ± 0,39 vs 0,70 ± 0,19; p <0,001) in homogenates of the tumor tissue were significantly higher in tumor tissue in comparison with the adjacent tissue. A strong correlation was found between the concentration of phosphate anions and the buffer capacity for tumor tissue (r = 0,857; p = 0,002) and for adjacent tissue (r = 0,917; p <0,001). The correlation between the concentration of lactate anions and the buffer capacity for tumor tissues can be estimated as average (r = 0,626; p = 0,053), while it is absent for the adjacent tissue (r = 0,494; p = 0,147). The results suggest that the acid-base properties of homogenates of mammary adenocarcinoma tissues are determined by two buffer systems: LacH/Lac – and H 2 PO 4– /HPO 42– , while the intracellular acid-base homeostasis of non-transformed tissues is mainly determined by the H 2 PO 4– /HPO 42– system.


Ethiopia has been in the process of accession to the WTO since January 2003. Accession to the WTO is not an end by itself but it's a key element for speed up national development goal directly or indirectly. Indeed, lessons from recently accessed countries indicate that, the WTO accession process is quit complex and demands well preparation in order to take decisions on trade policy reforms to meet the requirement of accession. Thus, this article examines the experience of Least Developed Countries which has been finalized their WTO accession process i.e. Cambodia, Nepal, and Yemen. Finally, the article has found that, in toting up to personal knowledge and skill of negotiators, Ethiopia shall bargain after deep studies on the commitment packages to reduce possible challenges and to prepare for remedy by formalizing institutional mechanisms open for stakeholder's participation. Key terms: WTO Accession Process, Experiences of LDC's, Ethiopia Accession DOI : 10.7176/JLPG/86-02 Publication date :June 30 th 2019


The treatment of a patient for three and one-half months, following occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery with the associated neurological sequelae, with hyperbaric oxygen combined with methyldopa and hydrochlorthazide is presented. Treatment scheduled was two and one-half atmospheres absolute. The treatment was interrupted after 15 treatments to rule out spontaneous remission for a period of 30 days, and no further improvement occurred until treatments were reinstituted. The dramatic return to a near normal state during treatment appears to indicate that he did benefit from therapy.


Background/Aims: The periampullary carcinoma includes the tumor originated from pancreatic head, distal bile duct, ampulla of Vater and duodenum. The survival and prognostic factors of these tumors after treatment were investigated according to the treatment modalities. Methods: One hundred and sixty patients diagnosed as periampullary carcinoma from March, 1989 through November, 1996, were investigated to determine the clinical and pathological characteristics of periampullary carcinoma on the basis of medical records obtained by a retrograde method. The patients were divided into three groups such as pancreaticoduodenectomy group, bypass surgery group and percutaneous external drainage group. Their survival rates were analyzed according to the three different modalities of treatment and prognostic factors. Results: The median survival was 24.6 months after pancreaticoduodenectomy, 9.6 months after bypass surgery, and 3.8 months after percutaneous external drainage. In univariate analysis of the survival according to the prognostic factors after radical pancreaticoduodenectomy, origin of the tumor, pathologic differentiation and sex appeared as significant prognostic factors. Conclusions: Radical pancreaticoduodenectomy for patients with periampullary carcinoma is crucial for better survival. If the patient is fit to endure the operation and the extent of tumor invasion is limited, pancreaticoduodenectomy is the best choice of treatment. (Kor J Gastroenterol 1999;34: 674 - 681)


Electronic Cash (e-Cash) Mobile Payment (m-payments), is an exciting ecommerce domain that has been rapidly developing recently in Sri Lanka. If E-Cash mobile payment efforts succeed to obtain customer adaptation, corporate brands will boost mobile money transfers as well as ambient intelligence telecommunication infrastructures in future Sri Lanka. The purpose of the research is to explore the impact of Corporate Brand Trust (CBT) on customers' intention to adopt e-cash mobile payment systems to carry out financial services in Sri Lanka. This research applies on the Theory of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) & Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) which were extended to include Credibility, Integrity, Reliability and Benevolence dimensions of CBT model to analyze the customer behaviour on intention to use e-cash mobile payments in Sri Lanka. Perceived usefulness to eCash selected as a moderating factor on this research. The data was collected through questionnaire from a sample of 384 among Dialog eZcash and Mobitel mCash mobile payment user population in Colombo district. The empirical results show that the proposed behavioural model was appropriately adjusted, thus proving that there is a positive impact on customer adaptation towards e-Cash service provided by Dialog and Mobitel Telecommunication Service Providers, while also indicate that the Perceived Usefulness to E-cash has a significant moderating influence on relationship between CBT and CA. Sri Lankan Telecommunication service providers launched Cash mobile payments about 5 years back, and product awareness and customer adaptation is still limited towards hence this is a new service facilitation. This paper is a pioneer study to fill the gap between Dialog & Mobitel telecommunication service providers' brand trust and customer adaptation and also has analysed at the same time the importance of the moderation effect of perceived usefulness of eCash mobile payment in Sri Lanka.


In a recent article, James Robert Brown ([1997]) has argued that pictures and diagrams are sometimes genuine mathematical proofs. Though Brown raises some interesting considerations about the utility and importance of pictures, he does not show that pictures are, or can be, proofs. I discuss here two specific weaknesses and one more general problem with Brown's paper. First, the specifics. One problem with Brown's argument is that although he wishes to supplant the traditional or common conception of proof, 1 he nowhere provides an alternative account. It is therefore difficult to see why a picture should be able to count as a proof at all. Among features in favor of picture-proofs he cites the ability of pictures to convince us of the truth of some mathematical claim or other. But the ability to convince is neither necessary nor sufficient for being a proof. 2 Claims made by authorities and inductive evidence can both be convincing, but they do not add up to proofs. And many proofs are not psychologically convincing, especially if they are too long or too difficult to follow. The same goes for the criterion of psychological certainty, which Brown claims pictures can also provide. Another problem is that Brown undermines his own view about pictures and diagrams by appearing to contradict it. On the one hand, he claims that pictures are proofs, at least when they provide evidence and justification. That is, pictures play more than just a heuristic role: 'In short, pictures can prove things' (p. 161). On the other hand, when explaining why certain specific pictures are proofs, he compares them to windows and telescopes. Now telescopes are instruments which enable us to see certain things otherwise not visible. Similarly, Brown claims, diagrams can function, not as Brit. J. Phil. Sci.50 (1999), 425–429


With the complex of the tunnel construction, tunnel construction become more and more difficult, in order to ensure the safety of tunnel construction, the paper introduced a kind of tunnel construction monitoring system based on sensor. The system achieves the real-time monitoring of tunnel construction environment including temperature and humidity, gas concentration, dust concentration, location tracking for construction workers through the wireless communication technology, to control of the real-time status of the tunnel, and ensure timely rescue when the accident occurred. Copyright © 2014 IFSA Publishing, S. L.


The NHS Clinical Governance Support Team (CGST) produced a framework for assessing quality assurance in medical appraisal. The aim of this study was to survey the degree of implementation of key issues within this framework. The method used was a postal survey/ questionnaire sent to Chief Executives within each PCT throughout the North West Deanery. There was a high response rate of 89%. The results indicated universal initial appraiser training and a high degree of continuing training. A high level of achievement was reported in terms of appropriate environment, appraisal reviewed against the previous year's personal development plan (PDP), matching Education for Primary Care (2007) 18: 704–11 # 2007 Radcliffe Publishing Limited


Is dissolved an alkali metal rechargeable galvanic cell 10 having a (e.g. sodium or lithium) negative electrode 17 is made of that. Galvanic cell 10 also includes a positive electrode active material 13 which may be a sulfur or iodine. The positive electrode active material 13 may be used with a polar solvent (14). Ion conducting separator 15 is placed between the polar solvent 14 and the negative electrode material (17). The positive electrode active material (13) has a larger specific gravity than the specific gravity of a polar solvent (14). Thus, polar solvent 14 is the positive electrode active material 13, while on the positive electrode active material 13 is in close proximity to the bottom of the anode compartment (11). Cell 10 is designed so than the melting point of the alkali metal working at high temperature, but a temperature lower than about 250 ℃.


Lymphography has been widely popularized in recent years. Not only is diagnostic accuracy and treatment planning enhanced by this procedure (1), but also follow-up comparisons can often be made. To date, lymphographc opacification has been limited to axillary, supraclavicular, inguinal, pelvic, or para-aortic nodes. Despite technical difficulties, cervical lymphography has been described in the literature (2). There is as yet, however, no established technic in the selective visualization of the lymph nodes within the thorax or along the mesentery of the intestines. Mediastinal lymphatic opacification with Ethiodol3 in a patient with lymphoblastic lymphoma is documented in the following case report. Report of A Case The patient, a 30-year-old farmer, was admitted to the University of Kentucky Medical Center for evaluation of generalized lymphadenopathy. He had noticed gradual enlargement of the cervical lymph nodes over the past two years, followed by progressive swelling in the groin area. More recently,...


The utility model relates to an automatic wire welding device which comprises an operating platform, a conveyer belt, a plurality of positioning mechanisms and a welding mechanism, wherein the conveyer belt moves cyclically according to a fixed track on the operating platform; the plurality of positioning mechanisms are arranged on the conveyer belt and used for positioning and clamping wires and elements to be welded; the welding mechanism is arranged on the operating platform and used for welding the wires and the elements to be welded in the positioning mechanisms; the operating platform is also provided with a tinning mechanism and a gluing mechanism; the tinning mechanism is used for tinning the wires and the elements to be welded before welding; the gluing mechanism is used for automatically gluing and curing the wires and the elements after welding; the tinning mechanism, the welding mechanism and the gluing mechanism are controlled by a control circuit and form an operating streamline in sequence; each positioning mechanism comprises a base arranged on the conveyer belt and a positioning clamp arranged on the base; and the base is provided with a plurality of wire fixing slots and a plurality of element fixing slots neatly and correspondingly. The automatic wire welding device can be used for simultaneously and automatically welding a plurality of wires and elements with high efficiency and high quality so as to improve the production efficiency of batteries.


Sarkozy's "Dakar Speech," which denies Africa historicity, aims to justify its colonization and to establish, following the appeal for the creation of Eurafrica, the necessity of Europe's domination in Africa. From this standpoint, the Dakar Speech built a negative ontology of Africa that we can summarize as non-historicity and temporality abridged to past and present ecstasies.


Aim

The aim of this study was to categorise priority research topics in perioperative nursing.

Methods

A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to identify research priorities in perioperative nursing.

Sample and setting

Members of the Australian College of Perioperative Nurses College were invited to participate in a survey, via email through the Australian College of Perioperative Nurses membership database.

Results

Three priority research topics were identified in this study, including patient safety, management of risk in the operating room and culture of the perioperative environment. With regards to staff well being, bullying and disruptive behaviour were rated as being important and relevant.

Topics such as noise in the operating room, instrument tracking and obesity among perioperative nurses, while rated lower in the relevant and importance categories, have identified opportunities for perioperative nurses to undertake research in order to address these issues and improve patient safety and well being of healthcare professionals.

Conclusion

This study has identified issues that relate to patient and staff safety with many linked to the negative culture of the setting. While a number of barriers prevent the application of best practice standards in the operating suite it is clear that building research capacity is important, not only to demonstrate the positive impact of perioperative nursing on patient outcomes, but also to strengthen the evidence base of the standards and this professional group.


Most of the U.S. Navy's pier infrastructure was built in the 1940s and 1950s. Given the age of these piers and advent of newer classes of warships, the Navy has embarked upon an ambitious recapitalization effort. In conjunction with this, a question was posed to the Naval Audit Service as to whether the Navy should adopt a single standard of pier construction. After much study, the Naval Audit Service concluded that a single standard should not be adopted, giving the various Navy regions sufficient latitude to build the type of pier that best meets their operational and local needs. Naval Station Norfolk has chosen to replace its aging piers with double deck piers. Double deck piers have been found to be advantageous in a number of ways. The primary advantage of the double deck piers is to separate operations and utilities functions on different decks. By dedicating the lower deck to utilities the upper deck can be used solely for various operations such as personnel ingress/egress, mobile crane operations, and maintenance. Providing two decks allows for better pier/ship interface. The higher deck creates better mooring configurations by flattening the mooring line angle, particularly in heavy weather mooring situations. To date Piers 2, 6, and 7 have been completed with Piers 2 and 6 coming on line in late 2001. Pier 7 was just completed in 2005. Pier 11 is currently under construction and Pier 15 is in the planning stages. This paper discusses some of the subtle improvements that have been made as successive piers have been designed. It also provides an overview of some of the innovative features of the piers, including piling, superstructure, mooring hardware, fendering, hotel services, and demolition.


Rationale: Congenital pulmonary hypoplasia is a relatively rare lung malformation. The disease is usually identified in the neonatal period or early childhood. Most affected patients die of respiratory insufficiency after birth. Mild congenital dysplasia is asymptomatic, while moderate congenital dysplasia manifests as respiratory distress or does not become evident until adulthood. Cases of congenital pulmonary hypoplasia in adults are rare, especially in combination with malignant tumors. Patient concerns: We report the case of a 64-year-old man with buccal carcinoma who was accidentally found to have hypoplasia of the left lung during treatment. Diagnoses: After chest computed tomography and chest radiograph, the diagnosis of adult congenital pulmonary hypoplasia was confirmed. Interventions: Since the patient had a history of bronchiectasis for more than 30 years and only had 1 healthy lung, the cardiopulmonary compensatory function was poor and the patient could not tolerate surgery, he was given radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Outcomes: Radiotherapy and chemotherapy were successfully completed, and within the patient's tolerance, there was no serious adverse reaction of respiratory system. Conclusion: Congenital pulmonary hypoplasia's diagnosis is challenging in adults because the condition can easily be mistaken for a more common disease. However, early diagnosis is very important to enable prompt therapy and ensure proper follow-up to detect and treat complications such as pulmonary infection and pulmonary hypertension in a timely manner.


In the Fall of 1939, the writer picked up a number of stone tools which have been called hand-axes, choppers, etc., around the ruin of Kuaua, in the Coronado State Monument, New Mexico. These tools are varied in type and workmanship. They were shaped from river boulders, apparently gathered from the gravel terrace upon which the ruin is situated. On all specimens found, one face of the tool was the original surface, and often the nodular surface is to be found on both sides, with the butt also left smooth (Plate XXI). Further occurrence of these tools was noted by the writer at the former Indian and Mission ruin of Abo, where the tools recovered were similar in every aspect to the above illustrated specimens. Of particular note is the similarity of these tools with those recovered by Sayles in Texas and the Campbells in the Southern California Desert.


Networked controlled systems comprise a team of dynamic systems which are linked together through a shared networked. From control systems perspective, the introduction of a shared networked brings its own challenges such as packet dropouts, time delays and clock synchronization. A popular application of networked controlled systems is to consider a team of collaborative mobile robots. Networked controlled robots involve a team of mobile robots working together with each other to accomplish a specific task. Each individual mobile robot has finite battery sources, which must be efficiently utilized. The efficient utilization of battery sources limits the communication capabilities of the robots. Furthermore, a shared network among the networked robots introduces time delays in the data received. This paper presents the design of an optimal ℋ∞ filter to minimize the effects of time delays in the received data. A numerical example is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.


Focusing on orphanage in Baoding, this paper deals with the changing charity influenced by political changes and wars in the Republic of China and argues that management of orphanage changed greatly during that period of time, including elements of modem welfare. But charity at that time was passive and finally declining because of its inborn defects and bureaucratization in the unusual social unrest of wars and political changes.


Nowadays, the problem of Internet services accessibility has become a hot topic with more and more cyber attacks and censorship. This has prompted the rapid development of jamming-resistance infrastructure consisting of multiple dynamic access points such as proxies, anonymous communication nodes and covert communication nodes. However, the channel between user and access point has become an emerging attacking target for the adversary. Once the channel is detected and identified by the adversary, the channel will be interrupted. Though users can require new access points from the infrastructure and resume the communication to their destination, the service quality will be downgraded dramatically due to the time-consuming bootstrapping process. In this paper, a moving target framework is proposed to improve the network service accessibility, which combines both time-consuming bootstrapping and frequent and low-cost channel refreshing operations. The constant channel refreshing operations is imported to limit the adversary's ability of detecting and blocking communications, thus to make the lifespan of effective communication longer. With theoretical and simulating analysis, the optimized refreshing strategy is proposed, which can help improve service accessibility.


The significance of development of slag cement is introduced. Meanwhile, the concrete mix proportion of test materials, test results and plan' s determination are elaborated. The success in experiment can effectively improve the economic performances of enterprises and help enterprises to enter into a sustainable development way.


Determining inter-class test order is one of the most difficult tasks in cluster level testing. This paper proposes the concept of weighted object relation diagram (WORD) by extending the traditional object relation diagram (ORD). When generating the inter-class test order based on WORD, minimizing the number of realistic stubs (not the number of classes to be stubbed) is regarded as optimization objective. Some heuristic rules, such as association intensity, cycling weight and direction factors of edges, are used as important criteria to cut association edges to break cycles. An improved algorithm AICTO is presented via analyzing some principles of the existing methods and overcoming some of their drawbacks. This algorithm has some merits such as the fewer number of classes to be stubbed, holding the association edges with higher RD and excellent stability. In practice, the algorithm AICTO has been applied to our C/C++ program testing prototype CppTest and produces favorable effects.


As a well known DNA photolesion product, the special UV induced pyrimidine dimmer called spore photoproduct (SP), has aroused strong research interests. The SP formation was reported solely between two adjacent thymidine residues. It remains unclear in pervious experimental observations why there is an absence of the cytosine‐derived SP‐like photoproduct formation at the cytosine containing DNA strand, although the cytosine residue holds great similarity to thymine in terms of molecular structure. From a theoretical perspective, we have explored this issue in this work by means of density functional theory at the B3LYP/6‐311++G(d,p)//B3LYP/6‐31G(d,p) level for the DNA dinucleotide fragment, cytosine phosphate thymine (CpT). Key factors blocking the formation of the SP‐like product between two adjacent cytosine and thymidine residues are revealed. Instead of undergoing photochemical SP reaction, a photophysical deactivation pathway back to the ground state turns out to be favorable for the CpT dinucleotide...


T h e eventful decade of the 1980s in Po land resulted in a considerable development of historical studies. T h i s w a s a k i n d of side effect of the poli t ical changes in the country. D u r i n g that decade historians ' attention pr imar i ly focused on the in terwar Repub l i c of Po land ( 1 9 1 8 3 9 ) . Poli t ics have had an essential impact o n the interpretation o f this period of Pol i sh history. I n the 1950s, when the ideology imported from the Soviet U n i o n broke i n upon the historiography, in te rwar Po land w a s used as an ex ample to present the "ugl iness" o f the former pol i t ical system and to confi rm the "superb beauty" o f the new communis t one. T h i s one-sided historical wr i t i ng for pol i t ical purposes could not survive long. I n the 1960s and 1970s , many serious and s t ra ightforward studies were pub lished, referring especially to the economic, cu l tura l , educational , and poli t ical history of the in terwar republ ic . 1 B y dint of these w o r k s , it w a s possible to present a new cr i t ica l analysis o f the period in question. Some of these new interpretations, published i n the last few years, were directed at the mass reading publ ic . 2 Nevertheless, there continue to be many problems under discussion by historians. These problems are rooted in a common question: W h a t w a s the result of twenty years of Pol ish i n  dependence in the period between the F i r s t and Second W o r l d W a r s ?


Ultrasonic scans taken along the longitudinal dimension of the tongue, depicting a saggital plane on the dorsal surface of the tongue, are compared with similar views obtained via conventional lateral head x ray. Also, transverse ultrasonic scans are presented which picture the dorsal surface of the tongue in coronal section, coronal oblique section, and horizontal section. Four adult male subjects participated in this experiment, producing the sounds /i, ae, a, u, s, ∫/ and holding the tongue in a rest position. A discussion is presented pertaining to the use of ultrasonic scans for visualization of structures used in speech production.


Buildings are usually covered by a shell, in order to provide the desired comfort conditions inside the building. A right settled building shell, composed of roof and/or wall, which separates indoor and outdoor should provide, visual, security, thermal, audio, psychological etc. comfort conditions for users. In the designs of multiple functioned shopping spaces, esthetics, security, comfort and hospitality become the first aims while the conception of the building shells. Nowadays, building shells are increasing in variety, due to the improvement of building sector and the technological developments. Architects show their design talent by using the variety of building shells, either to invite the users inside the building or to provide the users intimacy. One of the important examples of building type, which emphasizes the building design concept through the variety of building shells, is the shopping space. In this paper, building shells were examined through the shopping spaces by their missions in the concept. Shopping has been a popular human activity since the very early ages. Bazaar, arasta, bedesten, inn, ka-bbar, agora, fair, shop, market place, always have the same functions, through the shopping spaces' history. In these days there is a tendency towards modern shopping centers, originating from America, especially since the first half of the 20th century, expanding to many countries all over the world. The real aim of shopping spaces is to offer new and inevitable living areas, as the same level and quality of their counterparts in cities that will attract bigger capacities to come constantly. Shopping centers are now turned into living spaces rather than just shopping spaces. People all go shopping spaces in part to shop, but they also go to see and be seen, to be entertained, often by nothing more than the passing crowd, to relax. Architectural design and the building shell of shopping spaces have always to be subsidiary in retailing and the presentation should be entertaining, however, the focus must always be the shopping itself.


The proposed revisions to the diagnosis of personality disorders in ICD-11 move the diagnosis of personality disorders from the categorical to the dimensional. Although there may be a number of good reasons to consider changes in the manner in which we diagnose personality disorders, the method proposed here goes too far in the degree of changes that it proposes. It ignores the fact that at least for some of the personality disorders, there is data that supports them as distinct diagnostic entities separate from other axis I and axis II disorders. Eliminating the diagnostic categories that have been part of the established psychiatric nomenclature for the last 30 years threatens to undermine the significant research and clinical advances that have been made using categorical diagnoses. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


In this paper, we built an experimental platform for the hybrid energy storage system for the ship based on DSP28335. The design of bidirectional DC/DC controller is completed. The PI control algorithm to improve the stability of the control system, and two kinds of operating modes of the half bridge bi-directional DC/DC controller for boost and buck, respectively from the angle of voltage and current control for experimental testing. The two working modes are tested respectively from the voltage and current control. Through the research of this system, we can improve the utilization rate and service life of the battery energy, and provide the research foundation for the research of the green energy storage system.


The present study was carried out during 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 seasons at the Experimental Farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch. Seeds were planted in a randomized complete block design with three replications.15 F1,s obtained from a half diallel crossing system of faba bean cultivars were genetically analyzed according to Griffing (1956) Model І Method ІІ. The studied characters were yield and its components.
          Results showed that both general (G.C.A) and specific (S.C.A) combining abilities were significant for all studied characters and revealed that shoots number/plant, pods number/plant, seeds number/pod, 100-seed weight, seeds weight/plant and crude protein% were mainly affected by additive and non-additive effect. Both variances due to G.C.A and S.C.A were controlled all studied characters .
          Heterosis percentage was significant for all studied characters. The best crosses for these traits in ranking were Assiut85×Misr1 in shoots/plant, pods/plant and seeds weight/plant traits, while the crosses Giza40×Misr1 and Giza40×Assiut98 were the superiors in seeds/pod trait and for 100-seed weight, the cross Giza40× Giza429 was the highest crosses, while the cross Giza429×Misr1 was the best in crude protein %, respectively.
         Generally, it could be concluded that the best promising combinations were Assiut 85× Misr1. Also, more of these crosses which  Looza (foreign parent) shared in them were a good crosses like Looza×Giza429 for shoots/plant, Looza×Assiut85 was very good for pods/plant, Looza×Assiut98, Looza×Misr1 were excellent for seeds weight/plant and  Looza×Misr1 a good cross for crude protein %.   Moreover, heritability was high for all studied characters


The aim of this paper is to argue that the snake called dryinas should be identified only with another snake, the chelydrus, and not with the more famous hydrus, as is written in Ni-cander's Theriaka v. 414. In fact this verse is an interpolation.


Multiwavelets technique is here proposed to classify the power quality (PQ) events. This leads to easy extraction of feature set. In the proposed classification scheme initially the events are detected from the test data in accordance with the IEEE standards. Then, two sub-classifiers, namely, chi-square distribution and heuristic classifier with different confidence levels have been used along with the Dempster-Shafer (DS) class for final decision making.


This work has shown that the number of local defects (craters) beyond certain limit values correlates very well with the number of missing dots, and therefore the surface topography ofthe paper has definitely the greatest impact on printability in rotogravure. The deepenings have an average depth of 2-5μm and diameters between 50-250μm. When ESA is used bigger craters as regards depth and diameter are necessary to cause missing dots. However, not all missing dots can be explained and described by means of surface topography. Non-topographic factors, such as electric properties of papers (especially when using the ESA), fibre and filler distribution, ink absorbency or microscopic compressibility can also have an influence on printability as regards missing dots. Paper independent factors (e.g. printing ink or printing machine) may also have a certain influence on missing dots. Therefore, investigations in these fields, together with the results of topography analysis, are necessary in order to draw clear and general conclusions regarding the causes of missing dots in rotogravure printing.