This study is conducted to investigate the disparity of between learning styles and cognitive abilities specifically in Vocational Education. Felder and Silverman Learning Styles Model (FSLSM) was applied to measure the students' learning styles while the content in Building Construction Subject consists; knowledge, skills and problem solving were taken into account in constructing the elements of cognitive abilities. There are four dimension of learning styles proposed by Felder and Silverman intended to capture student learning preferences with regards to processing either active or reflective, perception based on sensing or intuitive, input of information used visual or verbal and understanding information represent with sequential or global learner. The study discovered students are tending to be visual learners and each type of learner having significant difference whereas cognitive abilities. The finding may help teachers to facilitate students more effectively and to boost the student's cognitive abilities. Keywords—Learning Styles, Cognitive Abilities, Dimension of Learning Styles, Learning Preferences.


This paper discusses the theoretical and practical concerns in part-of-speech (POS) tagging for Chinese. Unlike other languages such as English, Chinese lacks morphological marking in association with categorial alternations. We consider such categorial fluidity a continuum, and any categorial shift a transition, with special focus on the verb-noun shift. Preliminary observations are reported on this phenomenon from empirical data, and we suggest that POS tagging should not only be theoretically valid but also sufficiently capture the extent of categorial fluidity as reflected by the data.


The study investigated the underlying factors constraining sustainable development of rural road transport systems in Enugu State. Interview schedules and field observations data were purposively collected from 714 respondents comprising vehicle operators, passengers and representatives of transport units of Local Government Works Departments of the state. Principal Component Analysis was used to identify five constraints to sustainable rural road transport systems' improvement in Enugu State. These constraints accounted for 84.71% of the observed poor improvement of rural road transport systems in Enugu State. Recommendations were made to achieve sustainable rural road transport improvement in Enugu state.


【Objective】 The paper constructs a parameter depicting the structural loess-constitutive loss,explores structural loss change rules,and analyses the relationship between structural loss and collapsible coefficient.【Method】 The research studies loess structure evolution under the load and water.According to the theory of soil structure,the research constructs structural loess and testes constitutive loss and collapsibility degree with Lanzhou and Yangling loess in different water conditions(5%,12%,18%,26%,33%),using the confined compression test and collapsible test.【Result】 The loess structural loss is 0 to 1.The slope of curve between structural loss and collapsible coefficient is less than 0.The slope of curve between collapsibility degree and collapsible coefficient is more than 0,while the collapsibility degree of Lanzhou loess is from 0.003 to 0.043,and that of Yangling loess is from 0.001 to 0.039.【Conclusion】 The collapsible of loess increases with moisture content increasing.The soil structural loss and collapsible coefficient are negative correlated.


6-Acetyl-2, 3, 5, 7-tetrahydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinone (1) is obtained from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7-hexaacetoxynaphthalene by Fries rearrangement, hydrolysis, and oxidation, but differs in properties from the substance described in the literature as a spine pigment of Echinothrix diadema Linn., E. calamaris Pallis, and Echinometra oblonga Blainville and claimed to be (1). The synthetic quinone (1) is very probably identical with Lederer's spinochrome G from Paracentrotus lividus Lamarck. Paperchromatographic data for various echinoid pigments and other naphthoquinones is presented.


Adenovirus (AdV) infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality post BMT in both children and adults. The incidence of AdV in retrospective or single-centre prospective studies is reported between 4.9% and 41%. There are no published multi-institutional prospective clinical studies. We conducted a prospective cohort study from January 2001 to December 2004 in Australia and New Zealand for allogeneic and autologous BMT in children and adults, to find the incidence of AdV and disease post BMT and confirm risk factors for developing AdV. The 37 centres involved in the study completed a brief questionnaire every month to capture all recognized cases of AdV, and were periodically contacted to collect detailed data on patients who had AdV post transplant. The centres did not change their current practice of surveillance for AdV for this study. No centres were prospectively monitoring for adenoviraemia by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in blood. We found an overall incidence of AdV disease or infection of 52/3468 (1.5%; 95% Confidence Interval [CI] 1.1 to 2.0), with 46/596, (7.7%; CI 5.7 to 10.2) in the paediatric population and 6/2872 (0.21%; CI 0.1 to 0.45) in the adult population. Although only 596/3468 (17%) of transplants were performed in children, 48% (CI 39 to 69) of all patients with AdV infection were 5 years of age or under. Using the established criteria1 of 52 patients with AdV infection, 14 had definite adenoviral disease and 27 probable adenoviral disease. Four (7.6%) patients died of adenovirus, two of multi-organ failure, one of liver failure and one of pneumonitis. There was a greater risk of developing AdV with an allogeneic transplant than an autologous transplant (RR 9.48, CI 4.2 to 20.9 p Children who had an allogeneic transplant with a T cell depleted graft were at greater risk of developing AdV than those with a T cell replete graft (RR 2.2, CI 1.20 to 4.1, p=0.02) as were those who had an unrelated compared to a related donor (RR 1.99, CI 1.02 to 3.85, p=0.05). Unrelated cord BMT compared to other unrelated transplants was not a statistically significant risk factor for developing AdV in this study (RR 1.1 CI 0.55 to 2.14 p = 0.98). The median day of detection of an AdV isolate for all patients was day 38 post transplant. However, there was a biphasic pattern, with 23.4% of all patients having the first AdV isolate identified greater than Day 100. 38.5% (CI 25.3– 53.0) of patients had isolation of AdV in more than one site. The most common site of an isolate was the gastrointestinal tract in 71% of patients, followed by positive blood PCR in 25%. 31 out of the 52 patients with AdV had another virus isolated apart from AdV; in 15 out of these 31 patients this virus was CMV, either reactivation or CMV disease. This prospective population-based study confirms the importance of AdV in BMT, particularly in paediatric T cell depleted unrelated donor BMT and highlights the occurrence of AdV infection greater than 100 days after transplant.


To the Editor: W e discussed this study, "Reoperation versus Clinical Recurrence Rate After Ventral Hernia Repair,"1 in the Sheffield Surgical Journal Club recently. This is a well-designed and reported epidemiological study of a common surgical problem. The methodology relating to ascertaining outcomes seemed robust and both the researchers and the patients involved need to be congratulated for the high response rates. There are, however, some points that we would like to clarify. First, knowledge of


IR LCLV parameters is designed by using the calculating models of director configuration and light transfer in liquid crystal.An IR LCLV with the parameters(E7 liquid crystal,paralell arrange,pretilt angle 5~10°,thickness 10 μm)is obtained and its electro-optical performance is calculated.The IR output spectrum and the variation of input gray with equivalent temperation is tested.The results show that IR spectrum output characteristic and optical modulation characteristic of IR LCLV is good for IR scene simulation.


Searching is the most widely used by many users in the internet for the various options. Images, MP3 and many other multimedia content is to be searched by the many of the users in internet. In this paper, the enhanced image searching is done to retrieve the images from the internet by using the tags given by the users. A keyword relevancy match the data is retrieved for the social image dataset to accelerate the searching process. Experimental results on social dataset show that our tag image re-ranking method is effective and efficient.


The automatic spin-drier's intelligent control system,which is mainly controlled by single chip microcomputer,was introduced,and the principle and the realization method of the intelligent system were discussed.The hardware interface and software design were also presented.The solution overcomes such shortcomings of traditional spin-drier as poor ability to anti-jamming,frequent crash,and so on.With Chinese scroll menu,the system can provide integrated and specific implication while troubles occur in runtime,so it is an integrative machine and electricity's design of high quality.


Assuring quality in construction has become a major challenge to the design/construction industry today. Attention to the issue has been a result of problems in the nuclear power industry and structural failures directly related to the design and/or construction phase. One aspect of assuring quality in the constructed project is having adequate inspection during construction. A prerequisite to adequate inspection is having enough well qualified inspectors to insure the work is done in accordance with the approved plans and specifications. These proceedings focus on developing qualified inspectors to meet the needs of the industry. The authors of the papers in these proceedings come from widely varying backgrounds and disciplines. The topics discussed range from items pertaining to excellence in inspection covering such things as what attributes and qualifications make an excellent inspector to those of how excellent inspectors are developed. There are also references to many excellent inspector training programs that are available in the industry today.


This paper proposes, "attention coupling", that is spatio-temporal coordination of each other's attention, as a prerequisite for human-robot social interaction, where the human interactant attributes mental states to the robot, and possibly vice versa. As a realization of attention coupling we implemented on our robots the capability of eye-contact (mutually looking into each other's eyes) and joint attention (looking at a shared target together). Observation of the interaction with human babies/children showed that the robots with the attention coupling capability facilitated in the babies/children social behavior, including showing, giving, and verbal interactions like asking questions.


I am old school. I think that craft beers taste like urine, tofu tastes like polystyrene, and that posting your life all over social media is tasteless. I feel lucky to be a doctor; it's a privilege not a burden. I also don't buy into the idea that doctors are the most gifted and caring people in our society, because it just isn't true. Becoming a doctor is much more about privilege than ability. The attributes of care, intelligence, and commitment are common among the wider population — which brings me to the GP recruitment crisis. Most doctors don't want to be GPs because of the profession's low status — and this is not going to change any time soon. In fact, the …


Background : As the challenges arise in raising children with autism, mothers experience changes with their occupations and also on how they define them. This later alters the overall wellbeing both psychosocially and physically as changing on health status determines the life quality. Parents, particularly mothers with autistic children may encounter dynamic to their life quality as they discover adjustment on meanings of occupations while fostering their children. Research purposes of the study are to discover and to explore the mothers interpretations on their current occupations related to their role as main caregivers of their autistic children. Methods: This is a qualitative study with phenomology approach to discover and to explore the meaning of occupations and the dynamic of perceived-life quality as the meanings of occupations might shifting along the nurturing processes. This study had selected four people as research participants. The data were then collected through in-depth interviews and followed with thematic analysis. Results: Based on the analysis process, this study highlighted three main themes as follow, the general changes in life, the values of roles, and the perceived-life quality. Mothers who foster their autistic children had reported various changes in their daily occupations and how they perceived the meanings of these occupations as the diagnoses have altered the familial hierarchy within their domestic environments; this later also has significant impacts on their perceived-quality of life while fulfilling their role as the main house keepers. Thus, all these changes enforce the mothers to always strive on their best as this effort will eventually deliver positive meanings, such as self-confidence, greater responsibilities related to the roles as a mother and the possitive supports received from their support systems. Conclusion: The respondents reported the overwhelming perceived-satisfactions when talking about their quality of life. This is the result from personal beliefs over the ability to devote their life for the children and the family despite the perceptions that they are still unable to enjoy their general life ideally.


This paper analyzes the regionalisation of energy policies in the EU. Contrasting with broader concepts of regionalisation, the paper proposes a narrow spatial definition of the concept with policy oriented and economic functions. The concept of regionalisation can then be used in order to analyse processes inside the regional system of the EU and outside the EU. Focusing on the policy level, the article proceeds with an overview of energy market developments and regulatory governance for the analysis of regionalisation processes in the framework of energy policies, putting special emphasis on the regional challenges the Commission was facing in its attempt to liberalise energy markets. The following two sections stress the internal regionalisation of energy markets through regional regulatory cooperation and the external regionalisation by setting up regional cooperation platforms with third party countries, according to their function for European energy supply and their geographical location. The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Energy Community for South-Eastern Europe serve as models for this rather new trend in European energy policies. The paper concludes that internally, regionalisation could lead the way to a functioning market for electricity and gas in the EU and externally deliver a higher degree of energy security and improved investment conditions in partner countries. * Dipl. Pol. Severin Fischer is currently working as a researcher at the 'Institut für Europäische Politik' in Berlin. This article is part of a reasearch project with ASKO EUROPA STIFTUNG on EU Energy Policy. The author would like to thank Sonja Thielges for her valuable comments and recommendations to this article. A similar version of the article has also been published in Serbian language: Unutrasnja i spoljna regionalizacija energetske politike: pristup Evropske unije upravljanju, in: Casopis za pravo i ekonomiju evropskih integracija 2009, pp. 117130. IEP Working Paper 03/10 2


By 2013 the Auckland Metropolitan Rail Network (AMRN) will be electrified with a 25kV AC electric traction system. One major hurdle to achieving this goal has been the signalling system in Auckland which was predominately in excess of 30 years old and not immunised against the effects of electric traction. To remedy this, and the other operational deficiencies of the signalling, a major project to completely re-signal the AMRN was initiated. An important requirement of Auckland's new signalling system is that it provides some form of Automatic Train Protection (ATP) to mitigate the growing risk of a signal being passed at stop resulting in a dangerous situation. This requirement was born from an extensive risk analysis study that was undertaken by KiwiRail Network (formerly ONTRACK) and included involvement of all Operators on the AMRN. The ATP system selected for the AMRN is the European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 1. With this decision, and the allocation of Country ID 600 (NID_C:600) by the European Railway Agency (ERA), New Zealand took its first tentative steps towards implementing what is becoming the ATP system of choice around the globe. This paper gives an overview of how we determined the need for ATP, how we decided that ETCS Level 1 was the right technology for the AMRN, and how we have chosen to implement it. The paper will briefly describe New Zealand's ETCS application principles and provide some insight into how we developed them. The paper will also discuss some of the problems encountered and lessons learned thus far. Finally, the paper will provide an update on how the AMRN resignalling project and ETCS implementation is progressing.


Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is an effective detection tool for multilayered structures such as road detection and underground exploration. However, traditional inversion algorithm in GPR cannot achieve layered media parameter inversion accurately due to neglect of multiple reflections and complicated refraction effect. To address this issue, an inversion algorithm for layered media parameters based on common middle point (CMP) model and pattern search (PS) method is proposed in this letter. The proposed method combines the wave propagation equation and Snell's law to build the cost functions in CMP model, and takes the layered media parameters as the optimization variables. Both numerical and experiment results indicate that inversion efficiency and accuracy can be improved. The novel inversion algorithm saves at least a quarter of time to control relative errors within 1% and 6% in simulation and laboratory experiment, respectively. The field test in asphalt highway shows its potential benefits in the field of multilayered structure.


The fourteenth Arab historian Ibn Khaldun, in his Muqaddimah(Introduction to History), explained political change and the rise and fall of dynasties...


Title Phase Separated Structure as Sacrificial Bond for Toughening of Gels [an abstract of dissertation and a summary of dissertation review] Author(s) 佐藤, 紘士朗 Citation 北海道大学. 博士(生命科学) 甲第12369号 Issue Date 2016-06-30 Doc URL http://hdl.handle.net/2115/62474 Rights(URL) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.1/jp/ Type theses (doctoral abstract and summary of review) Additional Information There are other files related to this item in HUSCAP. Check the above URL. File Information Koshiro_Sato_abstract.pdf (論文内容の要旨)


Phosphorus (P) is not only a constituent of key cell molecules such as ATP, nucleic acids, and phospholipids, but it is also a pivotal metabolic regulator of many processes including energy transfer, protein activation/inactivation, signal transduction cascades, biosynthesis of macromolecules, photosynthesis, respiration and carbon allocation. Plants are notoriously P-starved due to its extremely low soil bioavailability. To thrive under P-deprivation, plants elicit an elegant myriad of rescue strategies to enhance P-solublization and acquisition from bound P-forms. To evaluate relative growth responses, P-solublization, acquisition and utilization efficiency, diverse Brassica cultivars were grown with sparingly soluble P-sources [Rock-P (RP) and Ca3(PO4)2 (TCP)] or with low/high P-supply in solution and soil culture experiments, respectively. Tested cultivars showed considerable genetic diversity in biomass accumulation, concentration and contents of P and Ca, P-stress factor (PSF) and P-efficiency characteristics. Using a soil low in P (Mehlich-III-extractable-P) with (+P) or without P (0P), cultivars showed genetic diversity in P-utilization efficiency (PUE), P-efficiency (PE), P-efficiency ratio (PER) and PSF. Cultivars producing higher root biomass accumulated higher total P-contents, which in turn was related negatively to PSF and positively to shoot and total biomass. Cultivars depicting high PUE and PE, and low PSF values were better adaptable to P-stress environments.


Bibimys cf. B. torresi Massoia, 1979 and Pseudoryzomys aff. P. simplex (Winge, 1887) are mentioned for first time from the late Holocene of Argentina. Several remains of this species were found in the upper levels of archaeological site Cueva Tixi (General Alvarado County, Buenos Aires Province). Both records are located south of the present areas of distribution of those species. The paleoenvironmental significance of the cricetid assemblage studied is discussed and suggest that temperature and humidity conditions were more benign in the upper Holocene than in the early-middle Holocene.


FIELD: immunology, medicine. SUBSTANCE: claimed recombinant antibody (Ab) has at least constant regions in heavy and light chains representing human Ab regions. Said At inhibits bonding of integrine recognizing RGD and SVVYGLR sequences to integrine or fragment thereof. Also disclosed are nucleotide sequences (NS) encoding heavy and light chains of recombinant Ab as well as expression vectors containing respective NS. Described are host cell for Ab production, transformed with two vectors for expression of Ab heavy and light chains and method for abovementioned host cell application to produce recombinant Ab. Ab of present invention is useful in diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases, rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis. EFFECT: therapeutic methods of increased efficiency. 45 cl, 14 tbl, 28 ex


This article explores the way shifting notions of gravity within the development of Western imagination and thinking challenge both the above/below dichotomy and the spiritual/physical dualism that so often attend them. In moving from ancient conceptions of gravity and gravitas, particularly as informed by Aristotle, to modern conceptions based on scientific development since Galileo, Bacon, Newton, and Pascal, the article shows how gravity has always operated with a certain paradox of movement: inherent in moving down or up is its opposite. This paradox, influencing equally our physical and spiritual understandings of reality, becomes a mystical movement, as exemplified by Bonaventure's 13th-century The Journey of the Mind to God. But as 20th-century writers as diverse as Hannah Arendt and Maurice Blanchot tell us, this mysticism does not necessarily diminish as modernity advances and can be invoked even in the modern scientific advancements, and disorientations, of space exploration.


Foreword Martha C. Nussbaum 1. From Personal to Political Responsibility 2. Structure as the Subject of Justice 3. Guilt versus Responsibility: A Reading and Partial Critique of Hannah Arendt 4. A Social Connection Model 5. Responsibility Across Borders 6. Avoiding Responsibility 7. Responsibility and Historic Injustice Index


In the past decades, indigenous leafy vegetables (ILVs) have played a significant role in household food security, especially in poor rural households. However, ILVs have been replaced by exotic cash crops in the contemporary world. This study was conducted to assess the consumption of indigenous leafy vegetables and their contribution to household food security of households in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. The study used secondary data collected by the South African Vulnerability Assessment Committee in 2016. A total of 1520 respondents were selected using a multistage sampling method. The results from descriptive statistics revealed that most consumers did not produce ILVs but consumed them. Meanwhile, a small number of people produced ILVs yet did not consume them. The results from the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) showed that a large proportion of the population experienced moderate food security while some of the individuals within the population experienced severe food insecurity. An endogenous switching regression model (ESRM) was employed to analyze the impact of the consumption of ILVs on household food security. The results revealed that only a few variables of the consumption of ILVs were significant and positive (household size, wealth index, and 'if the disabled person receives grants'). As a result, the consumption of ILVs had a minimal impact on the household food security of the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. The findings further revealed that age, gender, and education variables negatively influenced the consumption of ILVs. Thus, the recommended programs must be established to educate people about the importance of consuming ILVs. Agricultural extension services must equally promote the consumption of exotic cash crops and ILVs. Lastly, policies can contribute by increasing the diversity of ILVs left at retail outlets through diverse production.


SYNOPSIS This paper presents and discusses the performance of an advanced Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) using a heated chemical instead of steam as found in the typical Rankine Cycle. Chemicals used are the new quaternary refrigerant mixtures that are environmentally-friendly and have efficient thermodynamic properties at low and medium waste heat temperatures compared to other organic and non-organic fluids. This mixture boils at extremely low temperatures and is capable of capturing waste heat at temperatures less than 150°F (65°C). The quaternary mixture is formulated from R-125/R-123/R-124/R-134a and its composition can be varied to best recover heat at temperatures from less than 150°F (65°C) to 900°F (482°C). In this paper energy and exergy analysis have been presented for the behaviour of the quaternary refrigerant mixture in ORC and compared to other fluids. Results showed that at this temperature range waste heat is recovered and power is produced at efficiencies significantly higher than other fluids. The results also showed that increasing the flue gas temperature increased the thermal energy dissipated at the turbine and converted to kinetic energy.


In this work, we adopt first-principle calculations based on density functional theory and Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the adsorption and diffusion of lithium in bilayer graphene (BLG) as anodes in lithium-ion batteries. Based on energy barriers directly obtained from first-principle calculations for single-Li and two-Li intercalated BLG, a new equation was deduced for predicting energy barriers considering Li's interactions for multi-Li intercalated BLG. Our calculated results indicate that Li energetically prefers to intercalate within rather than adsorb outside the bilayer graphene. Additionally, lithium exists in cationic state in the bilayer graphene. More excitingly, ultrafast Li diffusion coefficient, within AB-stacked BLG near room temperature was obtained, which reproduces the ultrafast Li diffusion coefficient measured in recent experiment. However, ultrafast Li diffusion was not found within AA-stacked BLG near room temperature. The analyses of potential distribution indicate that the stacking structure of BLG greatly affects its height of potential well within BLG, which directly leads to the large difference in Li diffusion. Furthermore, it is found that both the interaction among Li ions and the stacking, structure cause Li diffusion within AB-stacked BLG to exhibit directional preference. Finally, the temperature dependence of Li diffusion is described by the Arrhenius law. These findings suggest that the stacking structure of BLG has an important influence on Li diffusion within BLG, and changing the stacking structure of BLG is one possible way to greatly improve Li diffusion rate within BLG. At last, it is suggested that AB-stacked BLG can be an excellent candidate for anode material in Lithium-ion batteries.


Through field observation and theoretical study, we found that the Hanxing mining area has a typical ternary structure in coal mining under high water pressure of the aquifer. This ternary structure is the Ordovician limestone aquifer-aquiclude including thin limestones-coal seam. Although the aquiclude is considerably thick, there is still a great risk of water burst during mining under water pressure in the deep burial environment. Multidimensional characteristics of floor water inrush in deep mining are summarized in the paper, including water migration upwardly driven by the Ordovician confined water, the planar dispersion of the water inrush channel, the stepped increase of the water inrush intensity, the hysteretic effluent of the water inrush time and the exchange, and adsorption of the water quality. The water inrush mechanism is clarified that the permeability, dilatancy, fracturing, and ascending of the water from the Ordovician limestone aquifer form a planar and divergent flow through the transfer, storage, and transportation of thin limestone aquifers. The corresponding water inrush risk evaluation equation is also proposed. Based on the thickness of the aquiclude, the thickness of the failure zones, and the water inrush coefficient, the floor aquiclude is classified into five categories. While water inrush cannot be completely controlled by the traditional underground floor reinforcement with ultra-thick aquiclude or even zonal grouting, a comprehensive prevention and control concept of the four-dimensional floor water hazard in full time-space domain are proposed. A tridimensional prevention and control model of three-dimensional reticulated exploration, treatment, verification, and supplementation is presented. A full time domain technological quality control process of condition assessment, exploration, remediation, inspection, evaluation, monitoring, and reassurance is formed, and a water disaster prevention method with full time-space tridimensional network in deep coal mining is established. Case study in the Hanxing mining area demonstrates that the proposed methods are highly effective.


Article history: Received: 15 March 2017 Accepted: 3 September 2017 ABSTRACT The serious threat of rice supply in many parts of the world and high demand for more nutritious rice have driven the efforts on the production of rice analogues from other food sources. This research was aimed to study the effect of dough composition and drying time on the nutrition and physical characteristics of rice analogues from breadfruit flour with carrot and mung beans flours as nutrient fortificants. To achieve that aim, variations in the composition of breadfruit flour with the addition of carrots and mung beans flours during extrusion and drying time in rice analogues manufacturing were investigated. As quality indicators of the rice analogues, the nutrition contents, which include moisture, ash, protein, lipid, dietary fiber, carbohydrate and amylose contents were analyzed. In addition, the physical properties of the rice analogues which consist of hardness and gelatinization temperature were also determined. Based on those quality criteria, the best rice analogues could be obtained upon the extrusion of flour composite dough comprising breadfruit flour 80% w/w, mung bean flour 10% w/w and carrot flour 10% w/w, and followed by oven drying at 70C for 7 hours. The consumption of such product is a highly promising especially for people residing in dry rural areas and those with high needs in protein and vitamin A.


The advent of FibreChannel (FC) in the mid-to-late 1990s improved this situation considerably. Although compatibility was and to some extent still is a problem, the multi-kilometer FC lengths greatly simplified datacenter layout. In addition, most of the FC-connected RAID arrays export logical units (LUNs) that can, for example, be striped or mirrored across the underlying physical disks, simplifying storage administration. Furthermore, FC RAID arrays provide LUN masking and FC switches provide zoning, both of which allow controlled disk sharing. Figure 1 illustrates an example in which server A is permitted to access disks 1 and 2 and server B is permitted to access disks 2 and 3. Disks 1 and 3 are private, while disk 2 is shared, with the zones indicated by the grey rectangles.


Traditional search engines provide links to pages perhaps in conjunction with a few extracted sentences in response to a query. We propose a system that presents search results over a blog corpus as a summary of the information in posts. We compute this summary using the MEAD multidocument summarization system [2]. We evaluate our results by comparing them to a summary computed by a simpler method, and to unsummarized results; the method for evaluation is a user study.


SUMMARY The influence of different calcium source and calcium levels on the growth performance, immune organ indexes, intestinal microbiota and morphology of broiler chickens was studied. We used scallop shells to produce active dicalcium phosphate (ADP), shell powder cleaned by acetic acid (SCAC), and shell powder cleaned by distilled water (SS). A total of 300 1-d-old broiler chickens were randomly assigned to 6 treatments. The broiler chickens received a basal diet supplemented with 0.95% or 1.05% ADP, SCAC, and SS treatments until d 42. Compared with broiler chickens fed SCAC and SS, a diet with 1.05% ADP supplementation is more effective. It exhibited a greater average daily weight gain and lower feed conversion ratio (P


Introduction: One of the fundamental needs of health researchers are standard tools used for assessing and evaluating health status. The aim of this study was to conduct a psychometric evaluation of the socio-cognitive determinants questionnaire of type 2 diabetes prevention among 180 individuals, referred to health centers over 30 years in Kermanshah. Materials and Methods: The questionnaire was designed using the first and second steps of the intervention mapping approach. Describing data and construct validity of the questionnaire was performed through correlations and mutual exclusion of items with exploratory factor analysis, using SPSS-21 at 0.05 significance level. Results: The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure was 0.860 and Bartlett's Test of Sphericity test was significant at the acceptable level (P<0.001). Based on the conceptual foundations of theory planned behavior, social cognitive theory and health belief model, seven factors were extracted, including attitude, perceived sensitivity, perceived severity, perceived selfefficacy, subjective norms, perceived barriers and behavior with eigen value above 1.1 and factor load level ≥0.4 with 36 items. The seven constructs explained 65.67% of the variance of the hypothesized model. Conclusion: The questionnaire designed was found to have strong psychometric and predictive charactristics with good validity and reliability for evaluating sociocognitive determinants affecting the implementation of type 2 diabetes prevention behaviors in this at risk urban population.


Compsilura concinnata is a gregarious tachinid which lays eggs directly into a host larva with a sickle-shaped ovipositor. The oviposition and immature development of C. concinnata was examined using the noctuid moth Mythimna separata as a host. C. concinnata females usually laid one egg per single ovipositional attack, but occasionally laid more than one egg at a time. Also, the females often deposited no eggs in both moving and non-moving hosts, suggesting that this imperfect oviposition was not caused by the defense behaviour of the host. Successful development from egg to adult was obtained within a temperature range of 15.0-27.5°C. At 30°C, this fly could pupariate but failed to emerge as an adult. The developmental time from oviposition to adult emergence decreased with rising temperature. The lower developmental threshold from oviposition to adult emergence was 7.7°C for females and 8.7°C for males. The total effective temperature from oviposition to adult emergence was 404.4 degree-days for females and 342.1 degree-days for males.


2 * Abstract: We examine the effect on auditor independence of auditors providing non-audit services in the Norwegian audit market. We report the results of three tests of independence of mind and one test of independence in appearance. These tests find that there is a positive relationship between audit fees and non-audit fees, which does not suggest loss of independence. Further analysis using two-stage least squares shows that audit and non-audit fees are jointly determined, and the results are still not consistent with loss of independence. There is no relationship between the provision of non-audit services and the frequency with which auditors issue modified audit opinions. There is no association between non-audit services and audit tenure. Finally, we examine the relationship between unexpected or excess non-audit fees and cost of capital. There is no relationship. Our findings fail to find any evidence for loss of independence of mind or loss of independence of appear- ance as a result of providing non-audit services.


The hybrid absorption/compression heat pump (HACHP) using ammonia-water as working fluid is a promising technology for development of a high temperature industrial heat pump. This is due to two properties inherent to the use of zeotropic mixtures: non-isothermal phase change and reduced vapour pressures. Using standard refrigeration components (28 bar) HACHP up to 100 °C are commercially available. Components developed for high pressure NH3 (52 bar) and transcritical CO2 (140 bar) increase the limiting allowable pressures. It is therefore relevant to evaluate the feasible supply temperatures using these components. A technically and economically feasible solution is defined as one that satisfies constraints on the coefficient of performance (COP), low and high pressure, compressor discharge temperature and volumetric heat capacity. The ammonia mass fraction of the rich solution and the liquid circulation ratio both influence these constraints. The paper investigates feasible combinations of these parameters. A numerical HACHP model is developed in Engineering Equation Solver (EES). The constrained parameters are evaluated for a range of combinations for systems with supply temperatures of 100 °C, 125 °C, 150 °C and 175 °C. Results show that standard components are applicable up to 100 °C, equipment for high pressure NH3 up to 125 °C, and equipment for transcritical CO2 up to 175 °C.


It is the most importante characteristics that the capital should be flowed in the economic and society.The value will be increased in cause of it is fluxion.As one of the economy resource,the human capital is no exception.In modern economy and society,the human capital has been one of important produce fators of economic growth.In the thesis,the author mainly discussed the following issues in process of competitive sports professionalization in China,that is the characteristic of competitive sports athlete human capital property right fluxion;the dynamic factor and resistance fector of athlete human capital property right.It proposed the suggestions to accetlerate the property right fluxion of competitive sports athlete human capital,promote and deepen the professionalization and commercialization of competitive sports.


The study sought to determine the developmental milestones of preschool children in selected daycare centers in Manila District VI. This was conducted in a small community, namely Barangay 835 in Pandacan City. The instrument utilized in gathering data was a standardization test. Using the convenience sampling method to find the participants for the study, the researchers used the MMDST test form to conduct the survey on 25 preschoolers. Only 4- to 6-year-old preschoolers were included in the survey. Based on the findings of the study, it is concluded that the result of the MMDST scores of children enrolled in the daycare center of Barangay 835 shows that the language aspect was seen as having the most prominent delay, affecting 41% of the respondents, followed by the personal-social aspect with 32%, the gross motor adaptive aspect with 29%, and the fine motor aspect with 25%.  Article visualizations:


A numerical model has been developed to simulate flood inundation due to dam and levee breach. The model solves the conservative form of the two-dimensional shallow water equations using a finite volume method. The intercell flux is computed by upwind method and the water-level-gradient is evaluated by weighted average of both upwind and downwind gradient. The newly developed model is tested with various types of examples, including a partial dam-break problem, oblique hydraulic jump due to contraction of a side boundary, and a real life case of flood wave propagation in the Toce River Valley. It is found that the scheme is inherently robust and stable, and is able to predict complex flow phenomena that involve subcritical flows, supercritical flows, transcritical flows, overland flows, and overtopping flows.


Abstract Mammary deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) were measured in three abdominal-inguinal glands, surgically removed from rats aged 21, 35, or 49 days, and compared with similar measurements of the contralateral glands at Day 16 (peak) of lactation. At Day 16 the rats were divided into subgroups, depending upon whether (successful) or not (unsuccessful) each had reared six pups of her original litter without adding foster pups between Days 3 and 16 lactation. At Days 35 and 49, but not at Day 21, the mammary tissues of successful rats contained 19 to 69% more DNA and RNA than unsuccessful rats. In general, the measurements at Days 21 or 49 in predicting each criterion measured during the peak of lactation. Measurements were usually more highly correlated in successful rats the correlation coefficients between the various nucleic acid measurements at Day 35 with measurements at the peak of lactation ranged from 0.98 to 0.34. We conclude that with refinements in technique, measurements in pubertal rats may be useful estimators of future mammary development and lactational performance.


Ad-hoc networks are self-organizing systems conformed by wireless cooperating nodes that use the concept of neighboring nodes to build networks with variable topology. Analyzing these networks is a complex task due to the irregular nature of their behavior. Cell-DEVS is an extension to Cellular Automata in which each cell in the system is considered a DEVS model. The approach permits defining models with asynchronous behavior, and to execute them with high efficiency. Here we show how these techniques can be used to model ad-hoc networks, easing model definition, and developing new experiments and to define new routing techniques.


Objective Relevant factors of flap-lifting difficulties in Intralase femtosecond laser assisted in-situ keratomileus(Femto-LASIK) and corresponding solutions.Methods Four hundread and forty-two patients(874 eyes) aged from 18 to 42 years old who had received Intralase Femto-LASIK in our hospital were selected,of which 208(414 eyes) were males,234(460 eyes) were females.The mean age was(24.9 ± 4.1) years old.Pre-operative spherical equivalent(SE) was(-5.37 ±1.87) D.Pre-operative best corrected visual acuity(BCVA) of all eyes were higher than 1.0.Pre-operative routine examinations were carried out,including uncorrected visual acuity(UCVA),BCVA,comprehensive optometry,automatic intraocular pressure(IOP),pentacam,mydriatic optometry.All operations were performed by the same surgeon;The surgical procedures were recorded using digital camera.Results Flap-lifting difficulties occurred in 46 eyes(5.26%),of which flap-lifting difficulties in 32 eyes(69.6%) were caused by opaque bubble layer(OBL);Local flap-lifting difficulties in 5 eyes(10.9%) were caused by impurities and waterlogging between corneas and planishing glasses;Edge-opening difficulties in 9 eyes(19.6%) were caused by pseudoadsorption induced by small contact areas between corneas and planishing glasses.Conclusion Flap-lifting difficulties in Intralase Femto-LASIK are nearly all closely associated with opaque bubble layer or operate misses.


In order to search for novel antitumor and antiviral agents with high activity and low toxicity, a series of 1-ethoxycarbonylmethyl-3-ethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-oxo-1,3,2-benzodiazaphosphorin-2-carboxamide 2-oxides containing α-aminophosphonate groups have been designed and synthesized by a convenient one-pot procedure in good yields. The structures of products were confirmed by 1H NMR, 31P NMR, IR spectra, and elemental analyses. The bioassay results showed that some of them possess excellent anti–tobacco mosaic virus activities and exhibit higher inhibitory effects compared with that of the contrast drug 2,4-dioxyhexahydro-1,3,5-triazine. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 12:97–101, 2001


Naturally-occurring variation in virulence was studied in the opportunistic fungal pathogens, Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus. I measured variation in growth on Neiland's solid agar medium and virulence in an insect model host, Galleria mellonella, in 92 A. nidulans recombinant strains generated by a cross between two wild type strains. A weak positive correlation was found between rate of growth and virulence. No difference in virulence was found between strains with pigmented and unpigmented conidia, even though conidial pigments are thought to be an important defence against the innate immune system. In 20 A. fumigatus wild type strains, isolates of the MAT 1-1 mating type were significantly more virulent in G. mellonella compared to MAT 1-2 mating type isolates. Surprisingly, environmental isolates were significantly more virulent than clinical isolates. My work provides the first step towards identifying the genes underlying virulence using quantitative trait locus mapping.


Transgender people often face barriers in their pursuit of receiving sensitive and informed health care, and many avoid preventive care and care for life threatening conditions because of those obstacles. This article focuses on cancer care of the transgender patient, as well as ways that nurses and other providers can help to create a transgender-sensitive healthcare environment.


Terengganu is a unique state that has a diversity of arts and cultures, indirectly exploiting the uniqueness and beauty of its natural heritage to be commercialized. Therefore, developing heritage-based tourism activities is an idea that is seen as very relevant to promote economic growth in a heritage area such as Kuala Terengganu. This study used qualitative methods of interview. A total of four respondents and semi -structured interviews were guided by a set of core questions and designed for local's based on the perception of heritage-based tourist attractions in Kuala Terengganu. The findings of the study found that heritage-based tourism is a field that should be continued and developed in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. Therefore, the involvement of the locals plays an important role in developing and ensuring the survival of a heritage town. The findings also prove that the locals are involved and acknowledge the importance of developing heritage tourism in the town.


Discovered in Tapachula, Chiapas, the Ataulfo mango is of the best priced in Mexico because of its unique taste, early availability, and its extended shelflife; however, yields of this mango have declined since 1996. A survey of 376 orchards planted with the Ataulfo cultivar was conducted in the region of Soconusco, on the south Pacific coast of the state of Chiapas, Mexico, where more than 18,000 ha are planted to Ataulfo. The objective of the study was to assess technology use, productivity, and to determine which are the main production problems, considering the point of view of growers. Data were collected by interviewing either the foreman or the owner of each plantation from March to April, 2000. Results indicate that a wide variability in production strategies are in use, including infrastructure and orchard extent; therefore the necessity of designing appropriate technology for at least two types of growers. Also, it was found that several technology factors, including density of plants, irrigation, fertilizer use and the spray of pesticides were handled with an unsustainable approach. It was concluded that, although technology plays an important role on the yields obtained, there are considerable challenges to profitable Ataulfo cultivation.


Objective To investigate the relationship between the expression of whiB7 gene and the multidrug resistance of the mycobacterium tuberculosis(MTB). Methods The antibioticses,including rifampicin,isoniazid,streptomycin,ethambutol and fluoroquinolones,were used to stimulate the clinic MTB accordingly.After the drug stimulation,the expression of whiB7 was measured by quantitive real time PCR.Results The expressing level of whiB7 gene was significantly improved after the MTB being stimulated by isoniazid,streptomycin,ethambutol and fluoroquinolones except for the rifampicin.Conclusions WhiB7 was widely involved in the resistance of the MTB to the many antibioticses.


The experience of pain during an acute heart attack is analysed from a phenomenological perspective. It can be shown that the intensity of the pain challenges the myocardial infarction patient's ideal of autonomy and confronts him with dependencies-the dependency on one's body, the dependency on other people-that make him feel ashamed. Thus, emotions of anxiety and shame are often present during the process of coping with pain. The interactional relationships of the patient seem to play an important role in the development of these feelings.


Densities of four species of flatfish: rock sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), English sole (Parophrys vetulus), C-O sole (Pleuronichthys coenosus), and the speckled sanddab (Citharichthys stigmaeus) were determined by using a flounder sampler designed for use by a scuba diver biologist on sand bottom habitats. Under semicontrolled conditions the overall estimate of flatfish numbers was 91.0 flatfish/1000 m2 with a 95% confidence interval of ± 17.5. Biomass was estimated at approximately 7.4 kg/1000 m2.


In this paper, a blood transfusion service management subsystem is designed on the basis ofthe original blood bank management system to realize a integrated management from the blood bank tothe clinic. The establishment and application of the management platform achieves informatization andstandardization of the whole process of blood transfusion, thus making blood transfusion more effectiveand reasonable.


Self-heating tests on sawdust in ovens, using baskets of various shapes as sample containers, are reported and times to ignition measured according to a definition of such times different from that conventionally used. Findings are also discussed semiquantitatively in terms of the measured kinetic parameters. The possibility of reactivity loss by prior exposure to air is looked into directly.


Recent studies have indicated that wastewater contains relatively large amounts of thermal energy. Recovering this thermal energy can be used to decrease the CO2 footprint of the water cycle. This paper describes the development of a model to simulate the heat balance and predict the temperature in a sewer system. The model can be used to estimate the recoverable thermal energy and its dynamics. The model was verified with field data. It was concluded that the model is a powerful and accurate tool to simulate the heat balance of a sewer system at the urban district level. It was found that the recoverable heat show highly dynamic patterns, directly related to water consumption patterns. The recoverable heat depends on technical aspects as well as regulations for maximum acceptable temperature differences due to heat abstraction.


The Creation of Production Systems within the Social Division of Labour of the Japanese Robot Industry: The Impact of the Relation Specific Skill


Social media applications such as Facebook and Twitter have been rapidly adopted by users of all ages, forcing us to change how we think about communication. Social communication is in transition from predominately telephone and face-to-face encounters to a digital public paradigm involving the use


Small amplitude or short period geomagnetic anomalies known as "tiny wiggles" (TWs) are often hard to identify because of magnetic signal smoothing in the marine record of geomagnetic reversals. We report here the late Miocene record of geomagnetic reversals in the aeolian red clay sediments of Linxia Basin in China that enables us to identify two TWs. We performed magnetostratigraphy dating and used spectral analysis to distinguish orbital cycles in the records of magnetic susceptibility (MS) and sedimentary grain size (GS) and develop an orbitally tuned age model. The presence of two TWs in the study section, that correspond to C5n.2n‐3 and C5r.2r‐1, is confirmed by orbital calibration of our age model through recognition of eccentricity, obliquity and precession in MS and GS records.


A federal appeals court nullified natural gas carriage and discount sales programs authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to encourage price cuts unless they are nondiscriminatory to all users. A suit by the Maryland People's Counsel claimed that the programs unfairly aid dual fuel users. Legal interpretation and follow-up will determine the impact of the decision. FERC appears to have the options of eliminating the end-user transportation programs, limiting the programs to users who cannot switch fuels, or forcing those pipelines with transportation programs to serve everyone. Parties to the cases have several weeks before the court issues mandates to formalize the decisions.


SUMMARY We present a numerical formulation for computing elastic deformations caused by a dislocation on a ¢nite plane in a spherically symmetric earth. It is based on our previous work for a point dislocation (Sun & Okubo 1993). The formulation enables us to compute the displacement, potential and gravity changes due to an earthquake modelled as spatially distributed dislocations. As an application of the ¢nite-fault dislocation theory, we make a case study of the theoretical and observed gravity changes. The computed results are in excellent agreement with the observed gravity changes during the earthquake. The gravity changes in the near ¢eld can reach some 100 ]gal, which can be easily detected by any modern gravimeter. In the far ¢eld they are still signi¢cantly large:jdgj > 10 ]gal within the epicentral distance h 1 ]gal within h 0:1 ]gal within h 0:01 ]gal globally. We also calculate the geoid height changes caused by the 1964 Alaska earthquake and by the same earthquake with revised parameters and an assumed barrier. We ¢nd that the earthquake should have caused geoid height changes as large as 1.5 cm.


Published online: 10 June 2019 Background and Aim: Curcumin is one of the most important nutritional polyphenols that is included in daily supplements diet highly and plays a role in moderating some of the intracellular messenger pathways associated with the regulation of pathologic hypertrophy. The purpose of the present study is to survey the effect of curcumin supplementation on the expression of some genes regulators of the pathological processes of the heart muscle in rats. Materials and Methods: In this eight-week experimental study, 12 male Sprague Dawley rats were divided into two groups: obesity control (n=6) and curcumin supplement (n=6). Curcumin supplementation was conducted for eight weeks. 24 hours after the completion of the curcumin supplement protocol, the rats were dissected and their heart muscle was removed. The expression of the genes (AMPK, mTOR, S6K, 4EBP, COL1, COL3, and Ang) was performed using Real-Time PCR technique. The expression of the genes was calculated by the 2 method. One way ANOVA was applied to determine the significance of the variables among the study groups. Ethical Considerations: This study with research ethics code IR.SUMS.REC.1396.S446 has been approved by research ethics committee at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Findings:The results has showed that supplement group of curcumin reduced the expression of mTOR (p < 0.001), S6K (p < 0.011), 4EBP (p > 0.005) collagen 1 (p > 0.002), Collagen 3 (p < 0.001) and Ang (p < 0.003) compared to the placebo group. There was also an increase in the expression of AMPK gene (p < 0.001) which was statistically significant. Conclusion: it seems that the supplementation of 10 mg curcumin moderate the pathological pathway of cardiac muscle hypertrophy by reducing or keeping up the expression of mTOR gene in obese rats and increasing the expression of AMPK gene. Moreover, this supplement can affect on reducing the pathological hypertrophy during the consumption of curcumin supplementation. Keywords


The invention discloses a synthesizing method of acroleic acid and methacrylate hydroxyalkyl ester, adopting acroleic acid or methacrylate as raw material; proceeding additional reaction for epoxyethane or epoxypropane with molar rate at 1-1.5: 1 to produce (methyl) acroleic hydroxyethyl (hydroxypropyl) ester; setting the reacting temperature at 60-120 deg.c; using the quantity of catalyst at 0.1-1.0% as reactant.


The process of deformation of flysch sandstones under conditions of conventional triaxial compression is characterised in the paper. Samples of three types of clastic rocks varying in degree of diagenesis and grain-size distribution were tested. The influence of con fining pressure on the deformability and ultimate strength of these rocks was investigated. In particular, the influence of con fining pressure on critical axial and circumferential strain, Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio, threshold of absolute dilatancy and limit of linearity of the differential stress – axial strain characteristic was examined. The results of the research undertaken show that weakly diagenesed clastic rocks of low strength feature high deformability and fine-grained massive clastic rocks of high strength feature low deformability. In addition, the normalized threshold of absolute dilatancy increases with an increase in con fining pressure in the case of weakly diagenesed rocks and decreases in the case of massive fine-grained clastic rocks.


T cells helping antibody production is a fundamental aspect of humoral immune response.Until now,a better understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms for T cell help function emerges.It has been confirmed that a novel subset of CD4+ T cells,termed T follicular help cells(Tfh),provides a pivotal helper function to B cells.Tfh cells are distinguishable from other CD4+ T cells by several criteria,such as chemokine receptor(CXCR5) expression,location/migration(B cell follicles),and function(B cell help).Interleukin 21(IL-21) produced by Tfh plays a central role in stimulation of B cell differentiation and antibody production.Consequently,dysregulation of Tfh cell function due to over-or under-expression of Tfh cells-associated molecules,such as ICOS or IL-21,mostly contributes to the pathogenesis of certain autoimmune diseases or immunodeficiencies.


Let Ex(n, k, μ) denote the maximum number of edges of an n-vertex graph in which every subgraph of k vertices has at most μ edges. Here we summarize some known results of the problem of determining Ex(n, k, μ), give simple proofs, and find some new estimates and extremal graphs. Besides proving new results, one of our main aims is to show how the classical Turaan theory can be applied to such problems. The case μ = $(^{k}_{2}) - 1$ is the famous result of Turaan. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J. Graph Theory 29: 185207, 1998


Despite the popularity of piezoelectric vibratory micro-gyroscope in the past decades for their small size, low cost, batch fabrication and energy efficient, most of them can only detect single axis angular rate. In this paper, a novel biaxial piezoelectric micro-gyroscope fabricated with PZT wafer is proposed. To acquire two-axial angular rate sensing, a bouncing mode of the vibrator is utilized as the drive mode and two rocking modes are used as the sense modes. PZT is used as the vibration body instead of transducer, which enhances the drive and sense efficiency of the sensor. In this paper, the structure and working principle of the novel biaxial piezoelectric micro-gyroscope are introduced firstly. In addition, modal analysis has been made to research the voltage distribution of the piezoelectric vibrator and the drive and sense electrodes of the gyroscope are designed. By the optimization design of the proof mass, the frequency split between the drive mode (bouncing mode) and sense modes (rocking modes) is reduced and the sensitivity of the gyroscope is improved. Harmonic analysis has been made to research the Coriolis Effect of the gyroscope. The data get from the harmonic analysis is demodulated by Matlab and the sensitivity is given. The simulation results verify the principle of the novel biaxial piezoelectric micro-gyroscope. With the optimized design, the sensor is fabricated with MEMS technology at last.


Abstract : The State of Indonesia is a state of law, the affirmation of this can be seen in Article 1 paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. The settlement of cases through the judicial system which results in a court verdict is law enforcement towards the slow path. This is because law enforcement through a long-distance, through various levels starting from the Police, Attorney General's Office, District Court, High Court and even to the Supreme Court which ultimately has an impact on the accumulation of cases which are not small in number in the Court and not to mention other effects. For this reason, it is necessary to proceed with the steps to compile invitations concerning the rights and obligations of citizens in the context of implementing the Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution. Renewal of the Criminal Code by its authors is positioned as the foundation for building a national criminal law system. Related to the Political Law of Criminal Law Renewal in the upcoming National Criminal Law there is a concept known as the Restorative Justice concept. Restorative Justice involves restoring relations between the victim and the perpetrator. The restoration of this relationship can be based on mutual agreement between the victim and the perpetrator. The victim can convey about the loss he suffered and the perpetrator was given the opportunity to make it up, through compensation mechanisms, peace, social work, and other agreements. Keywords: Restorative Justice; Legal Reform; RKUHP


Objective:To study the clinical characteristics and respective treatment protocol of elderly patients with acute calculous cholecystitis.Methods:To analyze the clinical data of 338 cases patients with acute calculous cholecystitis retrospectively,all patients were divided into 2 groups:elder group(age≥60,A group,126 cases)and younger group(age60,B group,212 cases).Results:Group A patients postponed 36.2 hours to hospital compared with group B.Elder patients had mild epigastric pain but with sever tenderness and rebound tenderness.Compared the number of WBC,thickness of gall bladder wall,the number of patients with gall bladder hydrops,there was significant difference between group A and B(P0.01).The rate of patients with coincident disease(93.7%)and misdiagnosis rate(16.7%)were significantly different between these 2 groups(P0.01).The histological changes of group A were more sever than group B.Group A patients were cured mainly with conservative therapy plus with short term(less than 2 weeks)or long term(within 1~3 months)cholecystectomy,while group B patients were mainly undergone emergency cholecystectomy.Both groups had no operation death.Conclusion:Postponing admission after the episode of acute calculous cholecystitis,mild symptom but sever sign,quick deterioration after admission,complicated with several severe coincident disease and high misdiagnosis rate may suggest the clinical characteristics of elder patients.Individualized treatment should be emphasized in elderly patients with acute calculous cholecystitis.Patients with stable general condition,emergency cholecystectomy is suitable for them;while for critical patients,conservative therapy plus with short-term or long-term cholecystectomy is recommended.


The WOX transcription factor family is unique to plant,which contains a short stretch of amino acids(65residues)that folds into a DNA-binding homeodomain.The phylogenetic tree of the plant WOX proteins can be categorized into three clades,including WUS,intermediate and ancient clade.The ancient clade represents the oldest clade which suggests the WOX family may originate from green algae.The analysis of WOX gene expression and function shows that WOXfamily plays important roles in plant development,such as embryonic patterning,stem-cell maintenance and lateral organ development.These functions are related to the promotion of cell division activity and/or prevention of premature cell differentiation.The present paper reviews the recent progresses of the WOX family,which would be beneficial for future studies about plant development and stress response.Moreover,the function of WOX protein in regulating plant leaf morphogenesis can be implicated for crop's biomass improving breeding.


Objective: To investigate the clinical effects of the hemostasis with predictive perforating vessels during the eschar operation of burn wound of limbs. Methods: Seventy patients with Ⅱ degree and above burn treated with paring scab were randomly divided into the observation group and control group( 35 cases / group),the observation group given predictive perforating vessels hemostasis,the control group given conventionalelectric coagulation hemostasis. The 1% overall surface area( TBSA),operative time,blood loss,blood transfusion and graft survival and postoperative complications in two groups were compared. Results: The operative time of 1% TBSA wound in observation group was shorter than that in control group( P 0. 01). The amount of blood loss and blood transfusion in observation group were significantly less than those in control group( P 0. 01). The graft survival rates in treatment group and control group were 97%,the 2 cases with subcutaneous hematoma in treatment group and 3 cases with subcutaneous hematoma in control group were found,the difference of which was not statistically significant( P 0. 05). Conclusions: The hemostasis with predictive perforating vessels can effectively shorten the skin grafting time,control intraoperative blood loss and reduce the amount of blood transfusion.


This article presents the records about four new Buckler fern (Dryopteris) species for the territory of the Republic of Macedonia and new data about the distribution of some rare Buckler fern species. Dryopteris is one of the most complex fern genera in Europe. Hybridization and apomixis among some of the species contribute to difficulties and uncertainties for identification of individual species. That, coupled with lack of research on ferns in Macedonia for the last 30 years, resulted in a low level of knowledge within this vascular plants' group. The field research of the flora of Macedonia and thorough check of two herbaria (MKMEL and MKNH) in Skopje revealed presence of four new Buckler fern species in Macedonia: Dryopteris affinis subsp. jessenii, D. oreades, D. mindshelkensis and D. expansa. Additionlly, several other localities for rare species: D. borreri, D. dilatata and D. carthusiana were reported. Further research is needed to fill the remaining gaps, particularly in relation to identification of hybrids and more detailed study of the distribution pattern of rare Buckler fern species.


The switches incorporated in the rail network must be renewed from time to time, dependent on the wear. The replacement switches installed consist either of new or reconditioned materials as required for the stresses arising. The major portion of DB's switch equipment is manufactured at DB's Witten (Ruhr) railway workshop. The commonly used wooden switch sleepers are obtained from the Schwandorf workshop (new) and Bottrop workshop (reconditioned). On account of special local conditions, the switches can only be manufactured for a specific location which entails special arrangements in connection with production planning and order processing. Large-size switch components are mainly quantity-produced without being earmarked for specific orders. Metal-cutting work on nearly all switch components is difficult to handle on account of the high strength properties of the material, the partly large amounts of material to be removed by cutting and the sometimes complicated geometry of the parts. To give an example, the manufacture of switch blades and crossings is described. Prior to delivery, all switches are assembled for trial operation at the manufacturing works in order to preclude difficulties during in-situ installation. The reconditioned sleeper assemblies are forwarded to the site directly from the railway workshops.


by ideas of physiological difference between the sexes, which led some medical men to argue that female physiology was unsuited to undergo the strains of higher education. Although sketches of the protagonists and institutional developments in the general British context are provided, the authors pay particular attention to events in Scotland, such as the unsuccessful attempt by Sophia JexBlake and four other women to gain medical degrees at the University of Edinburgh, and the establishment of the women's college, Queen Margaret College, which was affiliated to the University of Glasgow. The volume ends with a selected bibliography of primary and secondary literature. All in all, it provides an easily accessible introduction to the history of women's entry to higher education and the medical profession with a particular focus on Scotland.


INRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND In this paper, we present two new single-axis flexure mechanism designs that overcome the limitations associated with bearing direction error motion and bearing direction stiffness in the traditional parallelogram and double parallelogram flexure designs, respectively [1, 2]. The parallelogram (P) flexure shown in Fig. 1 provides low motion direction stiffness (Ky), relatively high bearing direction stiffness (Kx), but also exhibits considerable bearing direction error motion (Ex). Assuming the Motion Stage and Ground to be perfectly rigid:


Gigahertz transverse electromagnetic (GTEM) cells are used extensively in industry for testing the impact of defined E-fields on devices sensitive to electromagnetic interference. Compared to anechoic chambers, GTEM cells are small, inexpensive and require less powerful amplifiers to achieve the same field strength. This paper presents the design, simulation and qualification of a compact GTEM cell capable of generating field strengths in excess of 600 V/m over a 20 × 20 × 15 cm test cavity, whilst being less than 2.2 × 1.3 × 1 m in total size. Specific hybrid FEM-MLFMM simulation strategies are provided to examine high power device characteristics prior to manufacturing, including accurate modelling of absorber materials. Practical notes on manufacturing and qualification are also presented.


The primary purpose of this work is to organize, in the best possible way, the design of an ecological transport vehicle, using an advanced design methodology, namely design for six sigma (DFSS). The DFSS is indeed a design approach, able to implement, in a logical and integrated way, other advanced methodologies of systematic design, such as quality function deployment (QFD), TRIZ (in Russian, Teorija Rešenija Izobretatel'skich Zadač), benchmarking, top-flop analysis and others, in order to propose design solutions oriented both to quality and innovation, for satisfying customers. The above described has been demonstrated through the application of DFSS to a case study in which the set up phase of an industrial project was completed, without having overlooked any aspect useful for obtaining a new attractive product. The case study concerns the application of DFSS to a new low-polluting motorcycle. At the end of the work, the designer obtained the achievement of the conceptual project.


Background: Focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST), a technological advancement, allowed radiology residents to quickly check patients for injuries at their bedsides. Extended FAST (EFAST) is a recent procedure that scans the lower chest region to detect pneumothorax. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of E-FAST compared with the results of CT as a gold standard in multiple trauma patients. Patients and methods: During the six-month period from June 2021 to December 2021, our prospective, observational, and diagnostic accuracy study, which included 53 patients with multiple trauma and for whom CT scans were performed at the time of arrival in the emergency room, at the Radiodiagnosis Department, Zagazig University Hospital. Results: FAST results in comparison to CT results among the participants indicated that there were 26 true positive diagnosis of hemothorax and pneumothorax, while 3 were false negative. There were 25 had true positive diagnosis of hemoperitoneum among them 18 had true positive solid organ injury while 3 had false negative diagnosis of hemoperitoneum among them 1 had false negative diagnosis of solid organ injury Conclusion: E-FAST examination has an excellent specificity as considered as a useful diagnostic procedure for the primary assessment of trauma patients in ED. However, the sensitivity detected is not high enough to rule-out thoraco-abdominal injuries in multiple trauma patients. It is also a portable and non- invasive procedure but is operator dependent.


Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to inform an international audience of the difficulties prosecutors in the USA have encountered in light of a decision of the US Supreme Court limiting the application of the federal anti‐money laundering statute to cases where a criminal enterprise generated profits.Design/methodology/approach – The paper summarizes the law in the USA regarding money laundering prosecutions before the decision in the United States v. Santos, outlines the decision of the Supreme Court, and organizes the post‐Santos case law into categories setting forth the divergent views of what the decision means and how it is to be applied.Findings – The case law in the USA regarding money laundering prosecutions is now quite unsettled. Courts have taken different views as to whether the government must now prove that the funds being laundered by or on behalf of a criminal represent the profits of the criminal enterprise as opposed to its gross receipts.Research limitations/implications – The cas...


The role of acoustic information in the perception training of Mandarin tones was examined. The results indicate that using acoustic information as feedback during a short-span training significantly improves listeners' performance in tonal identifications, and that the pattern of improvement was consistently observed for each lexical tone. A further examination in listeners' speech productions would be desirable to find out if these learners were able to produce the tones according to the acoustic information that they have received during training.


A trimethylolpropane easter was obtained by directly esterification, with trimethylolpropane and oleic acid, using ZnO as catalyst. The effect of the condition of the reaction and the method of aftertreatment were studied. It shows that the condition of the reaction and the method of the aftertreatment are feasible.


We consider the generation of gravitational waves by primordial helical inverse-cascade magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence produced by bubble collisions at the electroweak phase transition. We extend the previous study 1 by considering both currently discussed models of MHD turbulence. For popular electroweak phase transition parameter values, the generated gravitational wave spectrum is only weakly dependent on the MHD turbulence model. Compared with the unmagnetized electroweak phase transition case, the spectrum of MHD-turbulence-generated gravitational waves peaks at lower frequency with larger amplitude and can be detected by the proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna.


We have recently witnessed the development of multi-MW offshore rotors that significantly deviate from the "business as usual" designs. Their common ground: high tip-speed, low solidity but also larger than expected rotor diameter. What is the rationale behind such choices? Which are the pros and cons? These are some of the questions the present paper is addressing. Using classical BEM-based tools we anticipate that these new trends are associated to low induction factor – high swept area rotor designs which may significantly reduce the cost of wind energy produced, in particular, by large offshore wind farms.


SIRS, We read with interest the results of the study conducted by Drs Sinniah and Roche on the effect of glutenfree diet (GFD) on weight change in coeliac disease patients in Australia. 1 Over the last few years there has been growing interest in examining weight changes on GFD, given the expanding obesity epidemic and the morbidity and mortality associated with being overweight. The findings of Drs Sinniah and Roche appear concordant with our own 2 and are interesting, as they suggest an increased risk for weight gain on GFD. This is further supported by the finding that none of the obese patients in the Australian cohort lost significant weight on GFD, which is distinctly different than the proposed protective effect reported in previous studies from New York 3 and Finland. 4


Purpose:  To establish a virtual device that can predict the effect of facial features on the visual field of humans and primates.


For exploiting the tenth coalbed safely above high confined aquifers,this paper put forward to the strip-partial mining and adopted comprehensive measures to control water disasters.Firstly,based on the analysis of the geological and the hydrogeological condition,grouting method and dewatering depression were not feasible under the normal mining and strip-partial mining was put forward.Secondly,according to the rules,with the guidance of "down three zones" theory the paper calculated the mine width under and coal pillar width in different depth based on the thickness of aquifuge and safe aquifuge depth and permeable failure depth in the coalbed floor and damage of rockmass.Lastly,the coalmine should adopt comprehensive measures to control water disasters such as exploring the hydrogeological condition of the aquifers under the coalbed and remaining coal pillar for faults and improving the drainage system.The results will guide the coal mine exploit the tenth coalbed safely above high confined aquifers.


Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate correlation between plasma homocysteine and coronary artery disease (CAD) in Indian patients. Methods: This study included 150 patients, 100 subjects in study group with angiographically diagnosed CAD and 50 subjects in control group with a normal coronary angiogram. In the study group, patients were divided into three subgroups viz.: CAD only, CAD with hypertension and CAD with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Plasma homocysteine, lipid profile and other risk factors were compared. Results: Mean homocysteine levels in study group (38.34 ± 15.25 μmol/L) were significantly higher (p < 0.01) than control group (9.41 ± 4.22 μmol/L). No association was found between homocysteine level and conventional risk factors. Furthermore, no significant correlation was found between plasma homocysteine and lipid components in different groups of patients. Conclusion: The study demonstrated that increased levels of homocysteine are independently related to CAD. However, further studies involving a larger sample size will be required to substantiate the findings of the current study.


The behaviour of a fire, whether it is a wildfire or a prescribed burn, will largely be affected by the quantity of fine fuels present within the system. It is vital to keep track of the development of fuel in order to manage the risk and provide useful indicators for planned hazard reduction programs as well as assisting in determining ecological thresholds. Two widespread regional vegetation ecosystems (Eucalyptus racemosa open woodland and Corymbia citriodora/Eucalyptus major open forest) were studied within Redland Shire of coastal southeast Queensland. At 21 sites, surface fine fuel load were collected and measured against time since fire, rainfall (one-year post-fire), foliage projective cover and fuel depth. It was found that there was a linear relationship between time since fire, foliage projective cover, fuel depth and total fuel quantity. This was found to be a reliable model, explaining 68% of the variation in the data. For land managers, we have provided a useful model (Fuel Load = [0.286]Fuel Depth + [0.321]Time Since Fire + [0.100]Foliage Projective Cover) that can be used to quickly (as no transformation is required) and accurately determine surface fine fuel. However, we acknowledge that a linear relationship cannot be maintained between fuel quantity and the measured variable and further study is warranted to determine the thresholds of this model. Further work on fuels and fire management in southeast Queensland is also recommended.


Abstract In this paper, we use the likelihood ratio test to detect changes in the parameters of the skew slash distribution. Simulations have been conducted under different scenarios to investigate the performance of the proposed method. In the end, the real data applications are studied.


ABSTRACT In this article, I contend that underneath the 2015 sex-ed debates in Ontario are deep-seated, psycho-socially entrenched problems related to thinking about childhood sexuality. I consider how the topic of sex-ed for children, over and above its actual curricular lessons, is marshaled to accomplish the work of the adult's psycho-social needs. Methodologically, queer theory and psychoanalytic theories of childhood development are employed for their capacity to place sexuality at the origin of subjectivity. I develop a queer theory of childhood that can provide insight into the transferential attachments adults have to the paradigm of childhood innocence. I also argue that attention to how the figure of the child becomes known and contested through local and transnational exchange can help reveal the impact that sex-ed debates have on racialized and provincial imaginaries of belonging.


We recruited 211 new generation employees in research and development teams to examine how internal and external locus of control (LOC) are related to innovative behavior, both directly and indirectly, and to examine the moderated mediation roles of innovation climate and work engagement in this relationship. Results show that internal (vs. external) LOC had direct and indirect positive (vs. negative) effects on innovative behavior. Further, work engagement mediated the LOC–innovative behavior relationship, and innovation climate strengthened the internal LOC–innovative behavior relationship. These results shed light on the personality antecedents of innovative behavior and show how individual differences shape work engagement, and how innovation climate influences innovative behavior. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.


The Sustainable Grazing Systems (SGS) Program has assisted producers in the high rainfall zone (HRZ, annual rainfall >600 mm/year) of southern Australia, by developing and delivering more productive and sustainable grazing systems. It was evaluated by 2 external surveys — a benchmarking survey in 1994 before the start of SGS, and a follow-up survey of producers in 2001. The 2001 survey showed that SGS had assisted red meat and wool producers in southern Australia make significant and beneficial changes to their grazing systems. Substantial changes in grazing practices occurred between 1994 and 2001 in the HRZ. These changes included an increase in the number of producers who rotationally graze (25%), as well as those undertaking practices aimed at improved pasture management. Participants in SGS were more likely to have made changes to their grazing systems than non-participants. There were no overt differences between regions in producer demographics, or changes made to management practices. The survey confirmed SGS had achieved its goal. Sixty percent of producers in the target regions were aware of SGS (out of a total of 23 689 producers); 42% (9839) had some involvement with SGS and/or received the SGS magazine 'Prograzier'; while 26% (6141) actively participated in SGS through undertaking a PROGRAZE course, and/or by attending regional SGS activities. Of the estimated 9839 producers who participated in the program, up to 8000 made beneficial changes to enhance the productivity and sustainability of their grazing operations. Active participants (6141) attributed many of these benefits to their involvement in SGS.


Abstract. Population genetic and population viability analyses are powerful instruments that can be used to evaluate the status o populations of conservation concern. However, these two methods are rarely integrated. To better understand the status of the last know Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens) population in Washington state, USA, and investigate the potential for translocation efforts we analyzed 96 genetic samples from 2004 and 294 genetic samples from 2014 by using seven microsatellite loci and integrate population genetic data with population viability models. Partitioning of genetic diversity indicated the presence of thre subpopulations in the area, aligning with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife subunit designation within the watershed. I both years, heterozygosity and average number of alleles per locus were low for all subpopulations (0.20–0.36 and 1.86–2.50, respectively) Point estimates of gene flow out of two of the three subpopulations decreased from 2004 to 2014 based on G″ST (a measure of geneti differentiation) and migration estimates from BayesAss. Summed effective population size for the entire area by using tempora estimates was estimated to be small, with large amounts of uncertainty (sum of 98.4 individuals, 95% confidence interval: 15.6–infinit individuals). Population viability models using genetic estimates of number of adults and migration rates suggest that adults may be th optimal life history stage for successful direct translocation; however, because only metamorphs can be routinely collected, translocatio with head-starting was modeled and active management strategies may be necessary to establish new populations.


Crosslinked PI films were synthesized from 4,4'-(hexafluoro isopropylidene)diphthalic anhydride (6FDA) and bis[4-(3-aminophenoxy) phenyl] sulfone(BAPS) with various ratios of the reactive monomer cis-4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboxylic anhydride(CDBA). We prepared crosslinked poly(amic acid) (PAA) using a 0.1 wt% Grubbs catalyst as a crosslinking agent. The crosslinked PAA was heat-treated at different temperatures to give PI films. The thermo-mechanical properties and optical transparency of the PI films were investigated. The thermal properties of the PI films were examined using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry(DSC), thermogravimetric analysis(TGA), thermo-mechanical analysis(TMA), and universal tensile machine(UTM), and their optical transparencies were investigated using UV-vis. spectrophotometry. The thermomechanical properties of the PI films improved with increasing CDBA content. However, the optical transparency of the PI films decreased slightly with increasing CDBA content.


Abstract Objective to identify scientific evidence, in the context of the home, available on family care to elderly people with Alzheimer's disease. Method this is a scoping review according to JBI®, through a search strategy in the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, CINAHL, Web of Science, LILACS and BDENF databases. The analysis of the identified material was performed by three independent reviewers. The extracted data were analyzed and synthesized in a narrative way. Results of the 1,546 studies found, 17 were kept for review and their content was summarized and divided into ten types of care: 1) Protection and supervision; 2) Hygiene and comfort; 3) Food and hydration; 4) Social and leisure; 5) Oral hygiene; 6) Drug treatment; 7) Communication; 8) Independence; 9) Cognitive exercises; and 10) Pressure injury prevention. Conclusion and implications for practice there is a lack of studies on the actions carried out by family caregivers and, especially, research on interventions. Care is performed empirically and without professional guidance. It is necessary to invest in research and training for family caregivers.


This paper presents an enhanced method of partitioning a dataset into clusters when dealing with the handwritten signature recognition problem. The goal of the present system is improving the performance of two previously developed systems. In the first version of our system we dealt with data extraction from signature images and obtained a recognition rate of 91.04% using the Naïve Bayes classifier and the feature selection method. In the second version of our system we performed a hierarchical partitioning of the dataset into clusters in order to obtain a faster and better classification and then we applied the Naïve Bayes classifier in order to determine the recognition rate. The best results were reported when partitioning the data into 7 and 8 clusters and the mean accuracy obtained was 91%. In the current version of our system, we identified the most appropriate model for each cluster by selecting the best performance obtained after applying 7 different classifiers on the clusters. In order to improve the recognition rate and reduce the time required to build a model, we applied the feature selection method on each of the clusters with the previously determined classifiers. We obtained an increased accuracy with 1.62%on a dataset with 14 instances/class and an increment of 3.24% on a dataset with 20 instances/class.


The flavonoids 5,3',4'-trihydroxy-7-methoxyflavone, 5,3'-dihydroxy-7-4'-dimethoxyflavone, 5,4'-dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavone and steroids mixture (β-sitosterol and stigmasterol) were isolated from the dried aerials parts of Piper carniconnectivumC.DC. Their structures were established by spectroscopic analyses (UV, IV and 1H, 13C NMR, including 1D and 2D NMR).


The rapid influence of the development of information and communication technology in the current era of globalization cannot be avoided in the world of education. One of them is the development of the Edmodo platform. Edmodo is one of the most important online-based educational platforms in the world of education, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic that can be accessed for free by teachers and students. In implementing the use of technology and applications in learning, many obstacles are experienced including many students who have not fully mastered technology, the lack of student understanding when the lecturer explains the material, especially learning about Reading Comprehension material. The authors chose the Edmodo platform to be the object of media research for assessing reading comprehension tests because it was considered appropriate and quite effective compared to using other platfomrs. Therefore, to find out more, the author made a research that aims to analyze the use of the Edmodo platform as a medium for assessing reading comprehension. This type of research is the method library research. This study uses journals and articles as reference to collecting data. The conclusion from the results of this study is that by using Edmodo as an assessment mode, cheating can be reduced and there is no opportunity for students to see their friends' answers, or it can be said to work on their own tests.


Abstract In this paper we debate the interpretation of embodied experience on international volunteering placements. Drawing on six in-depth interviews with volunteers recently returned from Northern Thailand, we document the affects and emotions that play a key role in the formation of volunteer–host relations. We then present two interpretations of the data, conceptualising power-body relations in two different ways: from power's affective and emotional literacy, to the body's autonomous capacities. With these two interpretations at hand we then consider the performative nature of academic labour and make the case, following the work of feminist geographers J.K. Gibson-Graham, for a research praxis that does not set limits on subjectivity but rather excavates – and writes into being – the possible. We therefore argue for a conceptualisation and interpretation of embodied experience in volunteering as a site of potential transformation and transcendence of the inequalities that otherwise set the conditions of the volunteer–host encounter.


Recent advances in communication, sensors and processors have made pervasive systems more computationally powerful and increasingly popular. These systems are deployed everywhere all the time while remaining transparent. Take smartphones as an example; th


ZZ Ceti stars are pulsating white dwarfs with a carbon-oxygen core (or possibly ONe for the most massive stars) build up during the core helium burning (CHeB) and thermally pulsing Asymptotic Giant Branch (TP-AGB) phases. Through the interpretation of their pulsation periods by means of asteroseismology, details about their origin and evolution can be inferred. The whole pulsation spectrum exhibited by ZZ Ceti stars strongly depend on the inner chemical structure. At present, there are several processes affecting the chemical profiles that are still not accurately determined. We present a study of the impact of current uncertainties in the evolution of white dwarf progenitor on the expected pulsation properties and on the stellar parameters inferred from asteroseismological fits of ZZ Ceti stars. Our analysis is based on a set of carbon-oxygen core white dwarf models that are derived from full evolutionary computations from the ZAMS to the ZZ Ceti domain. We considered models in which we varied the number of thermal pulses, the amount of overshooting, and the carbon-alpha reaction rate within their uncertainties. We explore the impact of these major uncertainties in prior evolution on the chemical structure and expected pulsation spectrum. We find that these uncertainties yield significant changes in the g-mode pulsation periods being those found during the TP-AGB phase the most relevant for the pulsational properties and the asteroseismological derived stellar parameters of ZZ Ceti stars. We conclude that the uncertainties in the white dwarf progenitor evolution should be taken into account in detailed asteroseismological analyses of these pulsating stars.


We survey the use of Markov models from stochastic geometry as priors in 'high-level' computer vision, in direct analogy with the use of discrete Markov random fields in 'low-level' vision. There are analogues of the Gibbs sampler, ICM and simulated annealing, and connections with existing methods in computer vision.


Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) is a molecular genotyping method based on nucleotide sequencing.The procedure of this method characterizes isolates of bacterial species using the DNA sequencing of multiple housekeeping genes(usually seven).For each housekeeping gene,the different sequences present within a bacterial species are assigned as distinct alleles.For each isolate,the alleles at each of the loci define the allelic profile or sequence type (ST).MLST has the advantages of being robust (based on genetic data) and electronically portable to generate data that allow rapid and global comparisons between different laboratories.In this paper,the principle,method,data analysis,application,advantages and flaws of MLST are introduced.


Eosinophilic cholecystitis and Lipomatosis of gallbladder are two different diseases, rarely occurring together. Both are diagnosed histopathologically. A 45 years old female who underwent routine elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for chronic cholecystitis was diagnosed eosinophilic cholecystitis with cholelithiasis and lipomatosis on histopathological examination of gall bladder.  This could be first case report of this unique combination . The rarity of the condition prompted us to report this case.


This paper establishes existence of the positive solution s to superlinear singular boundary value problems at nonresonance by using the fixed point theorems on cones.


The structural and electrical characteristics of Ni nanocrystals embedded in high-k HfO 2 have been studied. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy revealed the formation of tiny Ni nanocrystals, in the average diameter of ∼ 8 nm size for the sample annealed at 1000°C for 5 min. Atomic force microscopy shows the deposition of uniform Ni nanocrystals on a HfO 2 layer. A good hysteresis memory window of ∼2.1 V at sweeping gate voltage of ± 15 V was observed in optimized annealed samples. A maximum flatband voltage shift of 2.1 ± 0.05 V was accomplished for the optimized sample. The retention and leakage current of the metal oxide semiconductor capacitors were also studied.


A novel dynamic light scattering system to observe elastic relaxation phenomena with hyper frequency resolution was developed. The principle of the measurement is based on the theory, which describes the dynamic structure factor of fluid under the condition of the frequency‐dependent compressibility. The dynamic structure factor, which is usually composed of the Brillouin and Rayleigh triplet, is modulated and shows an additional central component that directly reflects the whole aspect of the relaxation. In the experiment, the output from a frequency‐doubled cw‐YAG laser was incident into the liquid sample and the power spectrum of the light scattered into the backward direction was analyzed by the optical beating spectroscopy technique. The sample is liquid acetic acid that is known to show a strong ultrasonic relaxation around 1 MHz due to the molecular association process. We could find, in the observed spectrum, the central component introduced by the phenomenon, whose relaxation frequency and streng...