This Paper deals with a prediction of Cutting forces in a turning process. The turning process with advanced cutting tool has a several advantages over grinding such as short cycle time, process flexibility, compatible surface roughness, high material removal rate and less environment problems without the use of cutting fluid. In this a full bridge dynamometer has been used to measure the cutting forces over mild steel work piece and cemented carbide insert tool for different combination of cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut. The experiments are planned based on taguchi design and measured cutting forces were compared with the predicted forces in order to validate the feasibility of the proposed design. The percentage contribution of each process parameter had been analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Both the experimental results taken from the lathe tool dynamometer and the designed full bridge dynamometer were analyzed using Taguchi design of experiment and Analysis of Variance.


with 5.2 per 100000 in the general population.' Further, 11 of 400 patients with AIDS seen at St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales to June 1988 also had tuberculosis." But with the Australian population having relatively low rates of infection with both M. tuberculosis and HIV, one can be cautiously optimistic. That would not be the case if infection with HIV became more prevalent in any of the ethnic subgroups known to have unusually high rates of exposure to tuberculosis. Unlike all other opportunistic infections associated with AIDS, tuberculosis is a threat to the whole community. The Tuberculosis Subcommittee of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the National Health and Medical Research Council have collaborated in the recent publication of Tuberculosis in Australia and New Zealand into the 1990s.'· This was produced in response to changes in the epidemiology and management of tuberculosis in Australia and New Zealand. In the preface, the authors express concern that the pool of infected persons in Australia is again growing, but give hope that " ...the long term aim of control, even elimination, of tuberculosis is potentially realisable over the next few decades". It is significant that the United States Department of Health and Human Services has recently embarked on a programme to eliminate tuberculosis from its country by 2010. " With tuberculosis continuing to taunt public health professionals in Australia, is it not time for our own Department of Community Services and Health (Commonwealth) to give financial support to similar measures? At the very least, it must ensure that accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date statistics are collected and distributed to those who need them. David J Dawson Senior Scientist, Tuberculosis Section State Health Laboratory, Brisbane


It is becoming increasingly clear that the mammalian class V myosins are involved in a wide range of cellular processes such as receptor trafficking, mRNA transport, myelination in oligodendrocytes and cell division. Using paralog-specific antibodies, we observed significant nuclear localisation for both myosin Va and myosin Vb. Myosin Vb was present in nucleoli where it co-localises with RNA polymerase I, and newly synthesised ribosomal RNA (rRNA), indicating that it may play a role in transcription. Indeed, its nucleolar pattern was altered upon treatment with RNA polymerase I inhibitors. In contrast, myosin Va is largely excluded from nucleoli and is unaffected by these inhibitors. Myosin Vb was also found to physically associate with RNA polymerase I and actin in co-immunoprecipitation experiments. We propose that myosin Vb serves a role in rRNA transcription.


Arrayed porous titanium dioxide loaded on titanium(TiO2/Ti) was fabricated using the sol-dipping method with polystyrene sphere(PS) arrays as a template. Its morphology and crystal phase composition were characterized by SEM and XRD,and its photoelectrocatalytic performance was studied using open-circuit potential curves,photocurrents with intermittent irradiation,degradation of methyl orange and hydrogen-evolution overpotential. Results show that arrayed porous TiO2/Ti has high catalytic activity because of the photoelectro-synergisitic effect. The degradation rate of methyl orange was 87.1% after reaction for 2.5 h and 97.9% after reaction for 5 h,and it has an apparent reaction rate constant of 0.77 h-1. The hydrogen-evolution overpotential on this material was reduced from-0.81 V to-0.68 V under ultraviolet irradiation.


The study of the Higgs boson properties offers compelling perspectives for testing the effects of physics beyond the Standard Model and has deep implications for the LHC program and future colliders. Accurate determinations of the Higgs boson properties can provide us with a distinctively precise picture of the Higgs sector, set tight bounds, and predict ranges for the values of new physics model parameters. In this paper, we discuss the constraints on supersymmetry that can be derived by a determination of the Higgs boson mass and couplings. We quantify these constraints by using scans of the 19-parameter space of the so-called phenomenological minimal supersymmetric Standard Model. The fraction of scan points that can be excluded by the Higgs measurements is studied for the coupling measurement accuracies obtained in LHC Run 2 and expected for the HL-LHC program and $e^+e^-$ colliders and contrasted with those derived from missing transverse energy searches at the LHC and from dark matter experiments.


Purpose
This study aims to understand how cultural variables – collectivism and face concerns – influence perceived and ideal organizational conflict cultures in two multicultural societies.

Design/methodology/approach
Individuals studying in Singapore (N = 162) and the USA (N = 216) completed an online survey. Hierarchical regression analyses tested the hypotheses.

Findings
Regardless of cultural background, individuals prefer agreeable conflict cultures, with over 95% scoring above the scale mid-point. Ideal passiveness varied; highly collective and mutual face concerned individuals were more likely to idealize active conflict cultures. Collectivism overall was associated with perceiving and idealizing active and agreeable conflict cultures, though some relationships were only significant for one sample. Self-face concerned individuals were more likely to perceive passive conflict cultures.

Research limitations/implications
Culture influences organizational conflict cultures, but not necessarily in stereotypical ways. Despite cultural and geographical differences, the data provide evidence for a universal preference for agreeable conflict cultures. This finding is encouraging, given the increase in workplace diversity and desire to be responsive to needs of equity and inclusion. Therefore, leaders and managers should strive to establish agreeable conflict norms, even in the most culturally diverse organizations. The young, college student sample may not represent all working people, although the authors only recruited students with jobs who worked 28 h per week on average.

Originality/value
This research demonstrates the value of considering multiple levels of influence on conflict, advances the theory and measurement of organizational conflict cultures and identifies powerful similarities among diverse employees.


A two-dimensional thermomechanical finite element model was developed to analyze the sliding process of a piston ring with coating sliding on cylinder liner under dry running condition. Thermal and mechanical effects were considered simultaneously in the model. The aim of the current work is to study the mechanisms of scuffing, failure, and seizure occurrence in a piston ring-liner system. It is shown that coating thickness plays an important role in the thermal and mechanical stress status at the contact area, coating bulk body, and interface of the coating and piston ring substrate. The coating thickness also exhibits a significant influence on the temperature rising at the contact area and interface of the ring coating and substrate, which could cause failure at the interface of the coating and substrate before it happens at the contact surface under some specific conditions. The results also show that thinner coating thickness in some specific range could have a higher possibility of cracking or failure. Furthermore, it is found that the thermal loading is the key cause of scuffing or failure of the piston ring coating.


Abstract: Niobium or vanadium addition provides homogeneous microstructures formation, strengthening and toughness improvement in steels. However, alloying elements increase can negatively affect Pcm (material parameter) value, which can lead to deleterious effects under welding conditions. Thus, welding trials were carried out on a novel microalloyed steel with 0.2%C by autogenous GTAW (Gas-Shielded Tungsten Arc Welding) process. The results indicate that coarse grains region of heat affected zone (CGHAZ) is the most critical area. This was due abnormal grains size (>100µm), achieving more than 4 times the average size of base metal (BM) grains, or the presence of high hardness microstructures. In addition, the results do not indicate softness in any region of HAZ, proving to be an advantage of these materials.


Metals can be controllably deposited on the graphene surface by modified electroless plating. The nanoparticles are well-dispersed on graphene in a short time and the large-area metal nanosheets are formed by prolonging the reaction time.


The drawn-out contest for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 may temporarily mitigate but is not likely permanently to end pressure to halt or reverse the front-loading of presidential primaries and caucuses, including pressure for action by Congress. In this essay, written for publication in a forthcoming Brookings volume, REFORMING THE NOMINATION PROCESS edited by Steven S. Smith and Melanie J. Springer, I take no position on the desirability of reform, other than to support a ban on nominating events prior to a specified date in February or early March. Rather, the essay concentrates on congressional power to regulate the timing of nominating events. I argue that some commentators have underestimated the structural arguments against any implied power by Congress to regulate presidential nominations. However, relying on the 12th Amendment, I come to the same conclusion as most commentators, that Congress does have the implied power. With respect to possible limitations on Congress' power deriving from the parties' associational rights, it is necessary to consider who the likely complainants will be. The most likely entities to object to congressional regulation are state governments and state parties. But the former have no first amendment rights against congressional action and the latter's claims would be quite weak. National parties could have stronger constitutional grounds for objecting to congressional regulation, though it is far from clear that they would prevail. More importantly, the prospects for congressional action are not particularly great in any event and the chances that Congress would act over the strenuous objection of one or both major parties are remote. Regulation is not unconstitutional on associational grounds unless the affected association objects. Therefore, whatever the national parties' theoretical associational rights may be, there is little likelihood Congress will regulate in an unconstitutional manner. In a brief final section, I suggest that despite the probable constitutionality of congressional regulation, substantive regulation is undesirable, with the possible exception of setting a starting date. If Congress feels under political pressure to do something more, it would be better advised to facilitate joint deliberation and negotiation by the two major parties and to assist them in enforcing their own rules against the state than to impose a mandatory system on the parties and states.


We report a robust all-fiber band-rejection filter based on a tapered home made photonic crystal fiber. Both the structure of the photonic crystal fiber and the post processing technique implemented allow us to demonstrate experimentally an optical fiber filter with relatively low insertion loss (less than 0.3 dB) and high band rejection efficiency (more than 20 dB) for the useful 1100–1700 nm wavelength range. The detailed fabrication method and operation principles of the band-rejection filter are described. We believe that the optical fiber filters proposed here may have broad applications in fiber-optic communications systems, sensor networks, and instrumentation, among others.


The Basque Country is one of few regions in the world that can lay claim to having proactively and consistently built a successful, industry-focused territorial strategy over the course of several decades. This paper builds on previous analysis of earlier periods in the strategy to analyse the period from 2008 to 2020. During this period the region has built sustained resilience, successfully navigating the financial crisis and generating continued improvements in economic and social outcomes. This paper explores the main features and challenges going forward of the Basque Country's strategy for inclusive competitiveness, and identifies lessons that other regions can learn from the Basque experience.


ABSTRACT The Peterson Proactive Developmental Attention model (PPDA) offers a framework for understanding and addressing social and emotional concerns of high-ability students. This manuscript focuses on the developmental component, with emphasis on academic underachievement, with explanations and guidance for applying the developmental aspect of the PPDA model in school programs for bright students, in counseling, and at home. This article explores how an emphasis on the development of underachievers, in contrast with underachievement, can engage them and the adults who are invested in them in mutual learning about life in the present – for the sake of both present and future wellbeing.


Over ten years ago, when ATARS architecture and components were selected to operate at 200 feet at 600 knots, high-end digital tape recorders were the only solution for recording digital imagery for various tactical airborne reconnaissance platforms. But now an all solid-state solution for high speed recording has evolved. High-speed Solid State Recorder (HSSR), which is described in this paper. Trade-offs made during HSSR development are discussed showing how this new product's parameters were selected. Convergence of existing, Fairchild-proven, solid-state mass memory product technologies with availability of commercially driven, high- density FLASH memory chips produced this needed COTS solution to recording imagery or other high-speed digital data in harsh environments, typical of military fighter aircraft.


We investigate the maximum signal to noise ratio per unit time that can be achieved for a spin 1/2 particle subjected to a periodic pulse sequence. Optimal control techniques are applied to design the control field and the position of the steady state, leading to the best signal to noise performance. A complete geometric description of the optimal control problem is given in the unbounded case. We show the optimality of the well-known Ernst angle solution, which is widely used in spectroscopic and medical imaging applications, over a large control space allowing use of shaped pulses.


Abstract : The modern techniques of modular shipbuilding based on the Product Work Breakdown Structure as developed at the Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. of Japan are examined and compared to conventional shipbuilding methods. The application of the Product Work Breakdown Structure in the building of the U.S. Navy's DDG-51 class ship at Bath Iron Works is described and compared to Japanese shipbuilding practices. Implementation of the Product Work Breakdown Structure at Avondale Shipyards, Incorporated is discussed and compared to Bath Iron Works shipbuilding practices. A proposed generic implementation of the Product Work Breakdown Structure to the modular construction of nuclear power plants is described. Specific conclusions for the application of Product Work Breakdown Structure to the construction of a light water reactor nuclear power plant are discussed. Theses.


In addition to vertical axial loads, the footings of structures are often subjected to eccentric loads caused by the forces of earth pressures, earthquakes, water, wind, etc. Due to eccentric loading, the two edges settle by different amounts, causing the footing to tilt and then the pressure below the footing does not remain uniform. The T-shape is proposed as a footing shape for improving the bearing capacity of shallow footings against the action of eccentric loads. The vertical insertion of the rigid T-shaped footing, into the bearing soil, provides considerable resistance, against both of sliding and overturning, enough to regain the reduction in bearing capacity and increase in settlement. In this study, a series of experimental and numerical results from the ultimate loads and settlement of T-shaped footings are reported. A total of 48 model tests were conducted for investigating the effects of different parameters, such as the problem geometry and soil density. The problem geometry was represented by two parameters, the load eccentricity (e) and the insertion depth (H) of the T-shape into the loose and dense sand soil. After the experimental stage, the numerical analyses were carried out using a plane strain, two-dimensional, finite-elementbased computer program. The behaviour of the T-shape footing on sand beds is represented by the hardening soil model. The results of the experimental and numerical studies proved that the ultimate bearing capacity of a footing under eccentric loads could be improved by inserting a vertical central cut-off rigidly connected to the footing bottom. The load settlement curves indicate that the higher load eccentricity results in a decrease in the bearing capacity of the strip footing. It was also proved that the ultimate bearing capacity values can, depending on the soil density, be improved by up to four times that of the loose sand case. This investigation is considered to have provided a useful basis for further research, leading to an increased understanding of the T-shaped footing design.


The aim of this research is to propose the method of license plate identification on Android platform and realized by using the open source visual library — OpenCV. First, introduce the process of license plate identification, then discuss the method of the realization of license plate location, license plate calibration, character segmentation and character identification. The identification of license plate is anti-interference, applicable to a variety of occasions and accuracy is relatively high according to the experiment results.


The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of several phenolic compounds found in olive against four pathogenic bacteria in laboratory medium was determined. The results indicated that caffeic acid was the most effective compound.


Abstract On account of its good biocompatibility, superelastic Ni–Ti arc wire alloys have been successfully used in orthodontic clinics. Nevertheless, delayed fracture in the oral cavity caused by hydrogen diffusion can be observed. The in situ stress relaxation susceptibility of a Ni–Ti shape memory alloy towards hydrogen embrittlement has been examined with respect to the current densities and imposed deformations. Orthodontic wires have been relaxed at different martensite volume fractions using current densities of 5, 10 and 20 A/m2 at 20 °C. The in situ relaxation stress shows that, for an imposed strain at the middle of the austenite–martensite transformation, the specimen fractures at the martensite–austenite reverse transformation. However, for an imposed strain at the beginning of the austenite–martensite plateau, the stress decreases in a similar way to the full austenite structure. Moreover, the stress plateau has been recorded at the reverse transformation for a short period. For the fully martensite structure, embrittlement occurs at a higher stress value. This behaviour is attributed to the interaction between the in situ austenite phase expansion and the diffusion of hydrogen in the different volume fractions of the martensite phase, produced at an imposed strain.


Autism is a complex lifelong developmental disability that causes problems with social interaction and communication. Symptoms usually start before the third age and can cause delays or problems in many different skills that develop from infancy to adulthood. This neural disorder is little known from parents and teachers. The problem in the learning process depends even on the type of autism and the time of diagnosis. It is really difficult to diagnose these disorders due to the fact that they belong to the early years of childhood. Taking into consideration the information about the autistic children in Vlora , where there is a large number of autistic children I think that there will be a contribution related to their difficulties in the learning process and there will be collected more information on the causes of autism. There is no cure for autism, nor is there one single treatment for autism spectrum disorders. Anyway, there are ways to help minimize the symptoms of autism and to maximize learning, like Behaviour management therapy, Speech-language therapists, Physical therapists, Educational and/or school-based options. The researches will come up with real results in order to bring about more changes in the education policies and involving different projects of groups of interest.
 DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n6p183


This article examines the current theoretical constructions of the phenomenon of domestic violence, and their therapeutic implications. It attempts to draw out the latent socio-political content of that theorizing, arguing that throughout the various approaches there is a consistent de-emphasizing of the woman's position as victim of the violent act. An alternative analysis is offered, one which recognizes gender inequality as fundamental to any understanding of domestic violence, and the implications for therapeutic work in this area are briefly explored.


9:30 10:30 Bruce Reed How many edges force an H-minor? 10:30 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 11:20 Chun-Hung Liu Well-quasi-ordering graphs by the topological minor relation 11:25 11:45 Jean-Florent Raymond An edge variant of Erdős-Pósa property 11:50 12:10 Irene Muzi Subdivisions in 4-connected graphs of large tree-width 12:10 3:30 Lunch and discussion 3:30 4:30 Dan Kral FO limits of trees 4:30 5:00 Coffee Break 5:00 5:20 Louis Esperet Coloring planar graphs with three colors and no large monochromatic components 5:25 5: 45 Kenta Ozeki An extension to 3-colorable or Eulerian triangulations 5:50 6:10 Matej Stehlik Coloring higher dimensional projective quadrangulations


Through investigation to four normal colleges in Hunan,is was found that there are many problems in the cultivation of PE students.This paper puts forward a kind of cultivation model that knowledge is combined with ability and quality based on knowledge.In order to reach the aim,the article supplies some suggestions.


Satellite networks can provide the possibility to access communication services on wide areas of the earth; this characteristic coupled with the support of user mobility allows satellite networks having unique features well suited for different scenarios, like: land mobile, aeronautical, maritime, transports, rescue and disaster relief. Mobile satellite networks, however, entail crucial technological challenges, such as: link budget, antenna technologies for both the satellite and the mobile terminal, and efficient utilization of the radio spectrum. This paper investigates these aspects and provides an analytical framework that can be used to evaluate the characteristics of satellite networks in the design phase as well as for their operational phase. In particular, quantitative comparisons are presented here for different systems in terms of supported user density, bandwidth efficiency, and mobility aspects.


The objective of this research is to evaluate both quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis by comparing vital variable factors of the golf swing successes and the failures. At the moment of swing, each body segment and the movement of the club as well as kinematical parameters were produced by utilizing the 3-D swing analysis for the high school female golfers. As kinematical parameters, it analyzes the 3-D analysis and ground reaction force about the location change, velocity and angle. The 3-D swing analysis and ground reaction force location change, velocity and angle are analyzed for Kinematical parameters. As a result, the stable swing is maintained by club head showing very few front-back movement (X) when the address and the top swing. Also, the center of mass velocity contributes to the momentum increase by showing very rapid velocity when successful comparing with when failed at the time of top swing of left-right(Y) and it is thought that by lessening the cocking angle when successful from the top swing to the impact, it influences the linear velocity increase and has a good effect on a non-distance increase. It shows that Ground reaction force (GRF) is examined by showing the stable approval rating in a front-back(X) direction and left-right(Y) and connected to a successful swing.


To avoid inadvertently patronising and demeaning disabled persons, it is necessary to focus on the "true personal characteristics of an individual which may or may not create actual functional limitations, with a view to accommodating them, but without an assumption of incapacity".45 It is difficult to justify the present state of the law. As Iraida Alvarez argues in the context of US law, there is more at stake than the interests of the parents. Not awarding parents compensation may result in a child growing up ill-clothed, ill-fed and illeducated because his or her family had to extend their financial resources beyond what they could afford.46 Although this would be a significant "injury" to the child, the focus of the courts in cases like the Parkinson and Rees cases is on the harm to the parents. The courts may never reach solutions that will satisfy the overwhelming majority of people in cases involving unplanned children, since people might be equally divided in opinion if asked to decide what was fair in such complex cases. However, many people might well say that the courts should pay more attention to the need to protect a child from the consequences of poverty in cases of this kind.


This paper examines the determinants of migrants' remittances in Kenya. Drawing on data from Central Province, it compares four econometric specifications of the remittance function, finding that failing to account for truncation, sample selection and identification leads to misleading estimates of the remittance-income relationship. It provides empirical support for the view that relations between parents and their sons are partly exchange motivated. Copyright 1992 by Oxford University Press.


In this study, a numerical scheme based on a finite volume discretization and a volume-of-fluid method is developed to simulate three-dimensional melt flow and gas penetration of gas-assisted injection molding process. In contrast to previous three-dimensional methods solving Stokes equations, the full Navier-Stokes equations are solved in the present study. The modified Cross-WLF model is adopted to calculate the rheological property of polymer melt flows. The proposed numerical scheme successfully depict some important three-dimensional phenomena observed experimentally, including jetting effect, comer effect, race-tracking effect, asymmetrical gas core and asymmetric bifurcation of gas penetration around comer, which can not be described by any two-and-half dimensional model or Stokes-type three-dimensional methods commonly used in the current commercial CAE simulations for melt flows.


Predictive microbiology is the quantitative prediction method that based on the computer,and it can predict the growth,the survivance,the death of microorganism in food.It is simple,effi cient,predictable,and so on,and has been widely used in food safety and quality management and production technology.This paper briefly reviewed the concept,common methods,model classifi cation verifi cation,and software characteristic of predictive microbiology.In addition,the application and existing problems of predictive microbiology in the meat industry and also introduced.Lastly,the future development trend of the predictive picrobiology was prospected.


The aim of this study was to identify the mediation effect of cultural adaptation stress in relation with familism values and caregiving stress of foreign married immigrant


Search problems are sometimes hard to compute. This is mainly due to the high dimensionality of some search spaces. Unless suitable approaches are used, search processes can be time-consuming and ineffective. Nature has evolved many complex systems able to deal with such difficulties. Fish schools, for instance, benefit greatly from the large number of constituent individuals in order to increase mutual survivability. In this paper we introduce a novel approach for searching in high-dimensional spaces taking into account behaviors drawn from fish schools. The derived algorithm - fish-school search (FSS) - is mainly composed of three operators: feeding, swimming and breeding. Together these operators afford the evoked computation: (i) wide-ranging search abilities, (ii) automatic capability to switch between exploration and exploitation, and (iii) self-adaptable global guidance for the search process. This paper includes a detailed description of the novel algorithm. Finally, we present simulations where the FSS algorithm is compared with, and in some cases outperforms, well-known intelligent algorithms such as particle swarm optimization in high-dimensional searches.


OBJECTIVE
To systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of DCAG regimen for treating the intermediate or high risk MDS and AML.

METHODS
PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, WanFang Data and CNKI databases were searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of decitabine combined with CAG regimen for intermediate or high risk MDS and AML from inception to March, 2018. The quality of each RCT was evaluated by the Cochrane collaboration´s tool for assessing the risk of bias.Then, the data were analyzed by using RevMan 5.3.

RESULTS
Twenty-four RCTs were included in the meta-analysis, containing 1 557 patients with intermediate or high-risk MDS and AML, of whom 594 were AML patients and 590 were MDS patients. The patients treated with the DCAG regimen were enrolled in DCAG group, and the patients treated with single-agent decitabine or CAG regimen were enrolled in control group.

RESULTS
The results of meta-analysis showed that compared with other therapies, the complete remission rate of DCAG regimen in patients with intermediate or high-risk MDS and AML was high (RR=1.63,95% CI=1.43-1.85,P<0.000 01), and the overall response rate was also high (RR=1. 35,95% CI=1.24-1.46,P<0.000 01); Subgroup analysis results showed that DCAG regimen was better than CAG regimen in the complete remission rate (RR=1.71,95% CI=1.49-1.97,P<0.000 01), and slightly better than single-agent decitabine group (RR=1.43,95% CI=1.08-1.91,P=0.01). In terms of adverse reactions, there was no statistically significant difference in the rates of myelosuppression, pulmonary infection, gastrointestinal reactions, and bleeding events between the 2 groups (P>0.05).

CONCLUSION
DCAG regimen has significant efficacy in the treatment of intermediate or high-risk MDS and AML, and is superior to CAG regimen and single-agent dicitabine regimen. As compared with control group, there was no significant difference in adverse events. Due to limited quantity and quality of the included studies, more high quality studies are needed to verify above mentioned conclusion.


The invention relates to a method (100) for detecting a viewing angle-dependent characteristic of a document using a camera, the viewing angle-dependent characteristic of viewing angle-dependent representations comprises, a detecting (101) a first image of the document by the video camera in a first spatial location of the document relative to the camera to obtain a first document image, a detecting (103) a second image of the document by the video camera in a second spatial location of the document relative to the camera to obtain a second document image, and detecting (105) an image difference between the first document image and the second document image to detect the viewing angle-dependent characteristic of the document.


Under the "new wars" paradigm, contemporary armed conflicts in the African continent have been stripped of their political and ideological dimension, and the motivations of the actors involved have been reduced to economic greed and identity rivalries. After the attacks of 9/11, a narrative has appeared focusing on extremist violence and international terrorism in the African continent. This diagnosis has triggered the deployment in different parts of the continent of different antiterrorist strategies, both regional and international. In the present article we will draw a map of this extremist violence, present nowadays in some regions of the continent, along with the anti-terrorist strategies deployed, in order to analyse their impact, to validate or deny the diagnosis of this narrative and to confront it to other views.


In this paper we present bio-inspired smart structures which exploit the actuation of flexible ionic polymer composites and the kirigami design principle. Kirigami design is used to convert planar actuators into active 3D structures capable of large out-of-plane displacement and that replicate biological mechanisms. Here we present the burstbot, a fluid control and propulsion mechanism based on the atrioventricular cuspid valve, and the vortibot, a spiral actuator based on Vorticella campanula, a ciliate protozoa. Models derived from biological counterparts are used as a platform for design optimization and actuator performance measurement. The symmetric and asymmetric fluid interactions of the burstbot are investigated and the effectiveness in fluid transport applications is demonstrated. The vortibot actuator is geometrically optimized as a camera positioner capable of 360° scanning. Experimental results for a one-turn spiral actuator show complex actuation derived from a single degree of freedom control signal.


A number of microorganisms have been screened for growth on sunflower oil as a sale carbon source for production of useful chemicals. Rhizopus stolonifer NRRL 1478 was found to transform the lipid contents of sunflower oil into dodecyl -D-glucopyranoside and dodecanedioic acid in 15 and 25% yield respectively. The produced compounds were isolated and purified by column chromatography and its chemical identity were established using MS, IR, spectroscopy.


Acid-catalysed addition of hydrogen peroxide to n-butyl vinyl ether gave a separable mixture of the hydroperoxides (1)–(4); peroxides (1)–(3) undergo chemiluminescent reactions in acetonitrile with 1,3,10-trimethylisoalloxazinium perchlorate in the presence of triethylamine, and the flavin analogue catalyses the decomposition of the peroxides.


Excessive tonnage of agricultural wastes from annual and field crops are generated yearly in Malaysia. The improper treatment such as open burning of residual biomass after the harvesting of rice plantcan affect global warming. The processing of agricultural wastes into biochar through pyrolysis has gained tremendous interest globally. A field trial to compare effectiveness on rice growth of variety MR 263 using rice husk and paddy straw biochar was determinedby application of four different rates of biochar 300 g, 600 g, 900 g and control (without biochar). Plant growth analysis based on average plant height was optimum with addition of 900 g rice husk biochar. A greenhouse trial using oil palm and rubber seedlings as indicatorswith application of 0, 10, 20, 30, and 40 g rice husk biochar and paddy straw biochar to the soil showed the highest plant height for treatment with 10 g biochar, ranging from 64.7 to 68.9 cm. Plant heights were slightly lower at higher levels of biochar added. From this study, application of biochar to the growth medium increased soil fertility as indicated by growth enhancement in soils enriched with rice husk biochar and paddy straw biochar.


We understand that the practice of Philosophy with Children within the school, proposed by Walter Kohan,  invites practitioners to think about themselves and, in that reflective act, to know what they are – and what they are being -, what they want and do not want to be, giving themselves the possibility of self-transformation. In order to transform ourselves, says this philosopher, it is necessary to abandon the devices that lead us to be what we are. But, what are we? What are we as teachers? What are we as students? What devices lead us to be what we are? To think about these questions we analyze, with Michel Foucault, the school, an institution where the practice of Philosophy with Children takes place, in order to understand the power relations that exist in this space. We will understand how this power relations shape and define what it is to be a teacher and to be a student. To do this, we start with an introduction to Foucault's thought, analyzing what is power, pastoral power, disciplinary power and resistance that, according to the French philosopher, shapes school as an educational locus. Likewise, we will present the Philosophy with Children proposal and expose the possibility and need, stated by Kohan, for philosophy (as an exercise within the school) to reflect on the coercive practices of power experienced in the classroom and, from there, to create and openness to other forms of relationship between those who inhabit it. Finally, we argue that the practice of Philosophy with Children constitutes, in Foucault's terms, a practice of resistance within schools.


The Dunn and Dunn Learning Styles Model is described, along with selected instructional strategies for teaching word recognition to students who cannot master vocabulary and selected language arts skills through conventional methods. Such youngsters often are global processors with only tactual and kines‐thetic perceptual strengths, according to the Learning Style Inventory (Dunn, Dunn, & Price). Research conducted at more than 70 institutions of higher education and in schools throughout the United States has revealed the impact of teaching such students through their learning styles strengths — global/tactual/ kinesthetic. Those data are reported herein.


The design of an ultrasonic sprayer of aviation oils is proposed and its performance is investigated. Theoretical and experimental studies have been conducted to study the response of the spray tube when exposed to ultrasonic vibrations. Its resonance lengths are determined for given frequencies of ultrasonic vibrations. The aerosol flow parameters are estimated (length, flow diameter, droplet size), and the coefficient for the entry of particles of the analyzed metallic impurity in the sprayed liquid into the plasma is estimated.


The All-Russian Council of Local Government directed to the Government the proposals to strengthen the revenue base of local budgets in late 2011. The question of decentralization of fiscal powers sounded in annual message of President of Russian Federation Federal Assembly. The article discusses the prospects of implementing the proposed initiatives.


The design method and actualize of thermal printer mechanism based on G4 series chip.The full printer speed is about 25line/second.The system is composed by G4 chip(based on ARM7TDMI),LTPZ245B printer,protect circuit of printer high temperature,circuit of printer temperature test,circuit of paper lack,software of circuit control.In this paper we will show you the principle of thermal printer,the hardware design circuit and flow if software.


The study explored the effectiveness of combined interventions in facilitating the students' lacklustre academic performance in Science. Twenty Grade 6 students at risk during the first semester of the school year 2015-2016 at F. Guerrero Elementary school were the participants of the study. Remedial classes in Science and a series of home visitations were done to assist the participants and their engagement in class–assigned activities. Pre-test and post-test were administered to gauge the contribution of the combined interventions to the improvement of the academic performance of the participants. Results revealed that providing remedial classes to students at risk is still one of the most effective means of facilitating learning, complementing this with follow up efforts through home visitations confirmed the importance of parental involvement in students' education. The narrative analysis of the conversations between the teacher and the parents showed the need for teachers to continuously reach out to parents to promote a more open communication between the school and the home. The study has indeed reinforced existing literature on the relevance of home visitseven in this age of advanced technology.


SYSTEMATICS AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE DIDYMOPANAX GROUP OF SCHEFFLERA (ARALIACEAE) By Pedro Fiaschi, Ph.D. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009 Major Director: Gregory M. Plunkett Director, Cullman Program for Molecular Systematic Studies The New York Botanical Garden Schefflera is the largest genus in the angiosperm family Araliaceae, with about 900 species, of which c. 300 belong to five subgeneric groups in the Neotropical region. Previous phylogenetic studies of Schefflera have been limited to a small number of species from this region, and very little is know about phylogenetic relationships in the Brazilian-centered Didymopanax group of this genus. Therefore, to gain a better understanding of the diversity and evolution of the Didymopanax group of Schefflera, I investigated the systematics of these plants in the broader context of the entire Neotropical clade. The main goals were (1) to investigate pollen diversity in Neotropical species of Schefflera; (2) to test the monophyly of these species; (3) to provide a taxonomic revision for species of the Didymopanax group of Schefflera; and (4) to investigate evolutionary relationships within the Didymopanax group. Pollen morphology exhibits an uneven variability across Neotropical Schefflera. For example, pollen characters support the distinctiveness of the Didymopanax group from all remaining groups. Moreover, S. tremula has a distinctive pollen morphology compared to remaining species of the Sciodaphyllum group. However, among the remaining groups of Neotropical Schefflera, pollen characters are less distinctive. Molecular phylogenetic analyses have confirmed the monophyly of the Neotropical species of Schefflera, and helped to identify four major clades. One of these clades includes subclades representing the Didymopanax and Crepinella groups, while another clade includes all species from groups Cotylanthes and Sciodaphyllum, excluding Schefflera tremula, a finding that corroborates pollen data. In the formal taxonomic revision of Didymopanax, 37 species are recognized, together with three insufficiently known species. The revision also includes updated species circumscriptions and nomenclatural adjustments for 26 names. Phylogenetic analyses among Didymopanax species recovered four morphologically and geographically coherent clades (Atlantic Forest, Imeri, Five-carpellate and Savannic clades), but their phylogenetic inter-relationships were generally weakly supported. Poorly resolved relationships in the Savannic clade suggests a rapid diversification in the campos rupestres vegetation, which accounts for the greatest species richness in the group. The presence of multiple Didymopanax lineages in the Amazonian and Atlantic forests corroborates that these regions may be composite biogeographic areas.


This chapter looks at Frank Wedekind's Lulu (1894), which was written more than fifty years after Woyzeck. Unlike Büchner's drama, it is not based on the adaptation of a singular historical case that would allow interpretive access to the documentary material. From a literary perspective, Wedekind has often been seen as a successor to Büchner, insofar as his dramatic work displays similar traits such as an open form and a lack of narrative closure. Although not a single historical case can be identified as the model for the Monstretragödie Lulu, the modern form of the play can be understood as commentary and critique of contemporary discourses on sexuality and deviance that refer to forms of knowledge derived from cases. Wedekind's Lulu presents cases from a sexological context as an arrangement of dramatic skits, exposing their anecdotal potential and staging sexual perversions as the reality of bourgeois fantasies and desires.


A user terminal is connected to an IP network through an access gateway, and service provider networks are connected to the IP network through an exchange router and border gateways. A group of servers store, for example, information about users, information about services, information about connection, and account information, and, in addition, perform user accounting and alternative account billing to the users. The exchange router converts a packet from the user terminal to the protocol/format on the service provider side and converts a packet from the service provider side to the protocol/format of the user terminal. By virtue of this construction, a network system and a packet data transmission method can be realized which unify connection between users and a plurality of service providers and unified management of business routine and accounting.


This research was conducted to evaluate tree species attacked by mistletoes, the damage scale and eventually propose maintenance of host tree. Research was undertaken during February – August 2016 to observe all trees in Medan Merdeka Road in Central Jakarta. Research results showed only one species of mistletoes of Dendrophthoe pentandra L. was found. Total number of trees in the research site was 557 trees that consisted of 19 species, however only four species were attacked by mistletoes. The highest number of trees attacked by mistletoes was Swietenia mahogani (L.) Jacq (268 trees), followed by Bauhinia purpurea L. (21 trees), and Cordia sebestana L. (5 trees) and Pterocarpus indicus Willd (1 tree). The damage scale of Swietenia mahogani consisted of 26 trees of severely worse, 14 trees of worse, 29 trees of moderate, 71 trees of light, and 128 trees of very light damage. The damage scale of Pterocapus indicus was one tree of very light damage. The damage scale of Bauhinia purpurea was 19 trees of very light and two trees of light damage. In Cordia sabesteana there were two trees of very light damage and three trees of light damage. Type of maintenance ranged from light pruning for trees of light damage to heavy pruning for trees of severely worse damage.


Wereport a case of T-cell-rich large B-cell lymphomademonstrating sick sinus syndrome as a single initial symptom, followed by the retention ofpericardial and pleural effusions. Intrapleural administration of interferon-a prevented reaccumulation of the pleural effusion for one and a half months, whereas systemic chemotherapy failed to control tumor growth in the skin and lymph nodes. The autopsy revealed involvement of the sinoatrial node of the heart by lymphomacells. (Internal Medicine 37: 463-466, 1998)


A number of studies suggest myopia is a risk factor for glaucoma, but there may be an alternate explanation for the reported association.


Clinicians who recommend activity restrictions for their patients with total hip or knee replacements sometimes find themselves wondering whether there's much evidence to support their recommendations. There's good reason for uncertainty. The advice often relies more on commonsense hunches than scientific evidence. (See McGrory et al., 1995.) Two new studies—one of hip implants, the other of knee implants (see page 64)—provide some evidence to reinforce the common-sense impression that a patient's activity level affects the rate at which an implant wears down. But surgeons and patients will need to perform their own risk-benefit analyses before deciding how much activity is too much. In the hip study, Thomas Schmalzreid, MD, of UCLA and colleagues studied several risks suspected of influencing implant wear. In all but a few patients, the influence of activity on wear was highly significant. The age of the implant (time in situ) had no influence. (See Schmalzreid et al., 2000.) "Wear is a function of use, not time," asserted Schmalzreid. "We know this for car tires. We know this for shoes. And we know it for hips and knees." Schmalzreid presented the findings at the recent annual meeting of the Hip Society in Orlando, where those findings won the Society's John Charnley Award. "Intuition is a dangerous trait in orthopaedics," commented the Mayo Clinic's Daniel Berry, MD, when the paper was presented at the Hip Society meeting. "It has often led us down false paths. But this is one time intuition has been validated by a study. It certainly makes intuitive sense that


Alopecia areata is a chronic inflammatory condition causing non‐scarring patchy hair loss. Diagnosis of alopecia areata is made by clinical observations, hair pluck test and dermoscopic signs. However, because differentiation from other alopecia diseases is occasionally difficult, an invasive diagnostic method using a punch biopsy is performed. In this study, to develop a reliable, less invasive diagnostic method for alopecia areata, we performed scanning electron microscopy of the hair roots of alopecia areata patients. This study identified four patterns of hair morphology specific to alopecia areata: (I) long tapering structure with no accumulation of scales; (II) club‐shaped hair root with fine scales; (III) proximal accumulation of scales; and (IV) sharp tapering of the proximal end of hair. On the basis of these results, we can distinguish alopecia areata by scanning electron microscopic observation of the proximal end of the hair shafts.


Conduction dominated heat transfer in a system of concentric shells with a very small annulus distance and surface eccentricities is studied numerically using IDEAS TMGTM in conjunction with a user-programmed subroutine to model the heat transfer across the gas layer as a function of eccentricity and rotation rate. Sphere diameters range from 30 cm to 40 cm, annular gap sizes range from 0.5 mm to 1 mm, and eccentricities range from 0.05 mm to 0.25 mm. External thermal gradients are found to be attenuated significantly. The inner surface temperature deltas increase by a factor of 4.5, for a doubling in the eccentricity. A correlation for the effective heat transfer across the inner spheres also is presented.


The invention discloses an electromagnetic valve casting mold and a casting process thereof. An electromagnetic valve mud core is formed by assembling of a runner lever component and lateral flow channel components; the runner lever component consists of a main hole and three paths of flow channels; each lateral flow channel component consists of main holes on the two sides, flow channels on the side surfaces and main hole outlets in the two ends; the runner lever component and the lateral flow channel components are positioned and connected by a mud core head; joint parts of the main holes are flat openings; a connecting bottom plate of the runner lever component is provided with square mud core convex heads; connecting bottom plates of the lateral flow channel components are provided with square embedding openings; the square embedding openings and the square mud core convex heads form tight-matching connection. The mold and the casting process disclosed by the invention have the advantages that the accuracy of the mud core is high, the exhaust of the mud core is smooth, a flow channel of the casting mold is smooth, and the flow channel can be cleaned conveniently and the like.


ABS TRACT Objective: Interferential current therapy (IFT) is one of the physical treatment modalities that has analgesic effects. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of IFT on pain, disability, and quality of life (QoL) in patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) and to compare the advantages of IFT with vacuum electrodes and carbon silicon pad electrodes. Material and Methods: One hundred patients with LBP were randomized into three groups. Group 1 received IFT with vacuum electrodes, group 2 received IFT with carbon silicon pad electrodes and group 3 received no IFT therapy. Patients were evaluated three times: Before treatment, one week after treatment, and twelve weeks after treatment. Pain was assessed using a visual analogue scale (VAS), disability with the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and QoL with the Short Form-36 (SF-36). Results: Group 1 and 2 demonstrated a statistically significant reduction of pain, disability and QoL scores as compared with pretreatment. In group 3, there was no statistically significant improvement of VAS, ODI, and SF-36 scores. Intergroup analysis demonstrated that the greatest analgesic and functional effects was recorded in group 1, which were statistically significant better results than in group 2 and group 3. Conclusion: Treatment using IFT with vacuum electrodes resulted in a significantly greater and clinically meaningful reduction in VAS, ODI, and SF-36 scores than using IFT with carbon silicon pad electrodes in patients with LBP.


The universe is the most fundamental wonder: we, as humans, face it every day, contemplate it in endless amazement, question it in our search for answers. And long ago, at a particular moment in a tiny piece of that great wonder, a second wonder, perhaps deeper in reach, emerged: life. Then, slowly, life evolved to contain within it a third wonder, possibly greater in some respects than the universe itself: the human mind.


Summary The development of Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) offers new opportunities to automate some aspects of commissioning. Reduction of process cost and manual effort on site, transformation of a one time application to a continuous process generating benefits over the entire life of a building, development of a detail systematic approach to improve quality assurance process and integration of energy audit capabilities to improve the overall performance of buildings are some of them. This paper presents the four years result of an on-going commissioning project performed in the CANMET Energy Technology Centre - Varennes (CETC-V) building that has generated 35 % reduction in the energy used. An ongoing BEMS assisted commissioning tool, DABO, developed under IEA Annex 40 by the Canadian team has largely contributed in the verification and optimisation of the performance of the building.


Diabetes mellitus (DM) is reportedly the commonest metabolic disorder with multi organ involvement. By inducing DM (with Alloxan) in Wistar rats, current study investigated the changes in antioxidant activities of selected gastrointestinal (GI) tissues [stomach, duodenum, pancreas and liver], upon treatment with Silymarin and/or Vitamin C. One hundred and twenty five (125) adult male wistar rats of between 130 to 180 grams were procured for the study. Five units of one control and four experimental units were designated with twenty five (25) rats per group (n = 25); Unit 1: Control rats, Unit 2 were DM induced, Silymarin untreated rats, and Units 3, 4 and 5 were DM induced, vitamin C, Silymarin and Vitamin C + Silymarin treated respectively. Following four (4) weeks of administration of test substance(s), rats were euthanized and blood samples obtained for biochemical and antioxidant assay on aforementioned GI tissues. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Students t-test at p < 0.05 were set to be statistically significant on analysis of obtained data. First, study found DM to have caused a statistically significant decrease in body weight prior to sacrifice. Catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malonaldehyde (MDA) levels were also seen to significant increase (p < 0.05) at comparison of extract treated unit to control. Study also observed a significant change in pancreatic, liver, and duodenal anti-oxidant marker levels with Vitamin C, Silymarin and Vitamin C + Silymarin co-administrations to diabetic rats. It can therefore be said, that DM caused a destructive alteration pancreatic histo-architecture with improved functional capabilities in wistar rats at administration of Silymarin and vitamin C. Thus, Silymarin posed antioxidant potentials, with ameliorated pancreatic dysfunctions.


Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of dezocine compounded levobupivacaine cervical plexus anesthesia on thyroid surgery.Methods 60 patients needing thyroid tumor resection from April 2010 to May 2012 were randomly divided into dezocine compounded bupivacaine anesthesia group(group Ⅰ) and levobupivacaine group(group Ⅱ),30 patients in each group.To observe the sensory block onset time,analgesia quality,impact on the cardiovascular system,drug uses and postoperative analgesia.Results Compared with group,HR,MAP of groupⅡ had significant difference(P0.05 or P0.01),Postoperative analgesia and surgical satisfaction of groupⅡwere lower than those of group Ⅰ(P0.01).Conclusion Dezocine compounded levobupivacaine cervical plexus block using for thyroid surgery has better analgesic and sedative effect,it is safe and has good controllability and significant inhibition effect on the cardiovascular responses of cervical plexus anesthesia.


Previous studies [1,2] have shown that very strong and fast optical nonlinearities occur near the fundamental absorption edge of the wide-gap II-VI semiconductors at room temperature. They are related to many-body effects (screening, gap-shrinkage, bandfilling) in the carrier-system excited and make these materials good candidates for optical signal processing applications in the visible spectral range.


Salt marsh mosquitoes are major nuisance pests during the periods of high mosquito activity, especially after major storm events. In 2016-2017, Saint John's County, Florida, USA was struck by two major hurricanes that resulted in multiple outbreaks of salt marsh mosquito populations. To optimize the surveillance of two salt marsh mosquitoes, (Aedes taeniorhynchus and Ae. sollicitans, three types of traps (the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Light trap, Biogents Sentinel (BG) trap and Counter Flow Geometry Model (MMX) trap were tested for their capacity to capture the highest numbers of high quality live specimens for laboratory bioassays. Each trap type was tested in Anastasia State Park, located along a major salt marsh area in Saint John's County. Although the MMX trap captured most of the salt marsh mosquitoes collected, the numbers of mosquitoes captured was not statistically significant compared to the other trap types. However, there was a significant difference in the numbers between Ae. taeniorhynchus and Ae. sollicitans in the MMX traps. The MMX trap is preferred for capturing salt marsh mosquitoes that are in high quality for the CDC bottle bioassays.


In today's society, finding the ideal career is critical. For the pupils, it is a highly confusing and demanding work. When deciding on a career, one should consider their talents, areas of interest, abilities, and capacities. This is not as easy as it seems, because most students struggle with settling on a job. We now have online advisers to help us navigate websites thanks to technological advancements. The proposed application students to the appropriate route by utilising collected data from many career counselling websites via Web Scraping. We use the data acquired to conduct data mining algorithms to estimate the scope of all professions, which serves as the database for the app, which is created entirely in Android studio. Thus, Our application forecasts the future scope of all courses and recommends the best way to further their career.


TIt is well known that spatial-temporal Green function
 characterizes sufficiently the elastic media. For the case of elastic interface
 waves which propagate at the interface between two, perfectly mechanically
 contacting piezoelectric half-spaces, this function, or its scalar counterpart
 that is the planar harmonic impedance, provides full characterization of
 electric properties observed at the interface, which can be applied in analysis
 of interdigital transducers embedded there, for instance. This impedance however
 is not easy for evaluation as a function of complex wave-number in the most
 interesting domain near the cut-off wave-number of bulk waves. Here, a
 perturbation analysis is presented exploiting the Stroh matrix formulation for
 piezoelectrics which yields the analytical approximation to the investigated
 electric impedance at the crystal planar cross-section.


This action research was conducted during the counseling practicum for trainees from the Bachelor of Education (Guidance and Counseling) program from one of the local universities in Malaysia. There was a great concern about the attitudes of counseling practicum trainees. The assessment of their attitudes shows some levels of positiveness, but it cannot be denied that there are trainees with negative attitudes while conducting their practicum. Overcoming these attitudes at the grassroots level, while still in practicum would enable better Prepared trainees in their professional settings. (Contains 11 references.) (Author/JDM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Attitudes toward Counselling Practicum: An Implication for the Caring Attitude of Future Counsellors in Malaysia Lily Mastura Harun, Ph.D. Faculty of Educational Studies Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan MALAYSIA Abstract This action research was conducted during the counselling practicum for trainees from the Bachelor of Education (Guidance and Counselling) programme from one of the local universities in Malaysia. There was a great concern on the attitudes of counselling practicum trainees. The assessment of their attitude shows some levels of positiveness but it cannot be denied that there are trainees with negative attitudes while conducting their practicum. Overcoming these attitudes at the grass-root level, while still in practicum would enable better products of the counselor education programme to be emplaced in their professional settings. Introduction Counseling services formally began as a formal student service in the 1960s. Its formal inception witnessed the formal training of school counselors in the year 1969 when the Ministry of Education cooperated with UNICEF. On this initial onslaught, two hundred and seventy-five secondary school teachers were involved. The primary objective of this training is to introduce secondary school teachers with the concepts of guidance and counselling. For the year 1974, 1,772 teachers were given courses of such nature. It was proposed by the Ministry of Education then, there should be one school counselor in every secondary school in the Malaysian Peninsula. As such, the guidance and counselling curriculum was also geared towards having the services in the Special Education curriculum and schools offering the Advanced General Certificate of BEST COPY AVAILABLE Education. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ffice of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION 00 CENTER (ERIC) 0 This document has been reproduced as tr) received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to CD improve reproduction quality. (.9 C.) Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BYThis action research was conducted during the counselling practicum for trainees from the Bachelor of Education (Guidance and Counselling) programme from one of the local universities in Malaysia. There was a great concern on the attitudes of counselling practicum trainees. The assessment of their attitude shows some levels of positiveness but it cannot be denied that there are trainees with negative attitudes while conducting their practicum. Overcoming these attitudes at the grass-root level, while still in practicum would enable better products of the counselor education programme to be emplaced in their professional settings. Introduction Counseling services formally began as a formal student service in the 1960s. Its formal inception witnessed the formal training of school counselors in the year 1969 when the Ministry of Education cooperated with UNICEF. On this initial onslaught, two hundred and seventy-five secondary school teachers were involved. The primary objective of this training is to introduce secondary school teachers with the concepts of guidance and counselling. For the year 1974, 1,772 teachers were given courses of such nature. It was proposed by the Ministry of Education then, there should be one school counselor in every secondary school in the Malaysian Peninsula. As such, the guidance and counselling curriculum was also geared towards having the services in the Special Education curriculum and schools offering the Advanced General Certificate of BEST COPY AVAILABLE Education. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ffice of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION 00 CENTER (ERIC) 0 This document has been reproduced as tr) received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to CD improve reproduction quality. (.9 C.) Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY 1 TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Teachers involved in the guidance and counseling services were given the option to teach fifty percent of their time and exempted from co-curriculum. They were given funds to finance the guidance and counseling activities. The service was given prime importance in school each having their own bulletin boards, a room to conduct counseling sessions, and exhibition area to display vocational and guidance materials for students and teachers consumption. With such warm reception and eminent need in schools, the guidance and counseling program was given impetus. Training centers for counselors to be were given serious consideration by the Ministry of Education. The earliest training center was at a teachers' training college offering Special Certificate in Counselling in 1980. The National University of Malaysia with a one-year diploma program then followed it. By the year 1982, University Putra of Malaysia offered a four-year bachelors programme. The need for school counselors was on the rise that the Ministry of Education started having in-service training courses to develop school counselors. There is a need to uncover the attitudes of practicum trainees. Through normal supervision hours, trainees were showing symptoms of disinterest in what they are doing. Trainees often give excuses to what they are doing and often complain that the site-supervisor in this case the school especially the principal is not cooperating with them. According to Combs (1986), the personal attitudes, or 'perceptual organization' of key practitioners are key elements that differentiate between more effective and less effective helpers in many of the human service professions. Counsellors' effectiveness is significantly related to cognitive flexibility the ability to think and act simultaneously and appropriately in a given situation, and to dimensions of open-mindedness,


FIELD: chemical-pharmaceutical industry, medicine, pharmacy, organic chemistry. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to using compounds of the formula (I): for preparing a medicinal agent used in treatment of pulmonary hypertension. The claimed medicinal agents possess low toxicity and enhanced bioavailability. EFFECT: improved and valuable medicinal properties of agent. 5 cl, 2 tbl, 3 ex


In this paper, we propose various defected ground structures (DGS) for improving the return loss and impedance bandwidth of an ultra wideband antenna. A comparative parametric analysis has been made on the basis of return loss, gain, radiation pattern characteristics and impedance bandwidth. Simulation results are analyzed and presented for an ultra wideband antenna with four slots in its radiating patch considering three types of DGS configurations.


Objective
To explore the safety and effectiveness of TurboHawk plaque excision system in the treatment of instent restenosis (ISR) in patients with arteriosclerotic obliterans(ASO).

Methods
Twenty eight patients with ASO who underwent the treatment of ISR by TurboHawk plaque excision system in Department of Vascular Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University Medical School became study subjects. The difference of their ankle brachial index(ABI) and Rutherford grade before revascularization and after revascularization were analyzed by rank sum test.

Results
Twenty-eight patients all gained successful revascularization. Two adverse events happened which were tibiofibular artery embolization and perforation. Twenty-six patients were up to clinical success standard. The ABI ranged from 0.25 to 0.92 after 2 days, with a mean index of 0.66±0.17, and the difference was statistically significant compared with the ABI ranged from 0 to 0.64 before revascularization, with a mean index of 0.27±0.19(P<0.05). The Rutherford grade ranged from 1 to 4 after 2 days, with a mean grade of 2.11±0.83, and the difference was statistically significant compared with the Rutherford grade ranged from 3 to 5 before revascularization, with a mean index of 4.00±0.72(P<0.05). Twenty-six patients had vascular patency after 3 months, 1 patient underwent "thigh amputation" after 76 days because of limb necrosis and 1 patient underwent "thrombectomy" after 40 days because of femoral embolism. The ABI ranged from 0.34 to 0.90 after 3 months, with a mean index of 0.63±0.16, and the difference was statistically significant compared with the ABI before revascularization (P<0.05) and not statistically significant compared with the ABI after 2 days (P=0.11). The Rutherford grade ranged from 1 to 3 after 3 months, with a mean grade of 1.96±0.76, and the difference was statistically significant compared with the Rutherford grade before revascularization (P<0.05) and not statistically significant compared with the Rutherford grade after 2 days(P=0.53).

Conclusions
TurboHawk plaque excision system is safe and effective in the treatment of ISR in the elderly patients with ASO and can be spread. Surgeon should operate carefully and normatively to reduce the occurrence of adverse events.

Key words:
Arteriosclerotic obliterans; In-stent restenosis; TurboHawk plaque excision system


this article discuss the coevolution between institutions and the productive/innovative sectoral structure. The study is based upon the literature of evolutionary economy, institutionalism and innovation systems, specially sectoral systems of innovation. The first point is a general approach in which institutions are presented as one of the four dynamic drivers of sectoral systems transformation and recipient of feedback from the system for it's own evolution. This mechanism is then contextualized for developed and developing countries (complete/incomplete systems of innovation). Finally, the activities of the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social – BNDES – are observed in two moments. It is investigated whether the bank, as a fundamental financial institution in the national innovation system in Brazil, has directed its sectorial selection towards greater sectoral / institutional diversification or has prioritized traditional sectors


The functions of the comber half lap needle, segment and the effect of its design on waste removal are described. Results of some mill trials using different needling specifications are given.


Abstract To assist land managers responsible for park management, we conducted a pilot study to examine small mammal assemblages at 7 riparian parks in suburban/ urban landscapes and at 1 riparian site in mature forest, all located in central Pennsylvania. Species richness and diversity were lowest in parks containing manicured habitats and surrounded by human-modified landscapes. However, parks managed for passive recreation supported mammalian assemblages that were similar in richness and diversity to our mature riparian forest site. The mature riparian forest site contained four species of small mammals (eastern chipmunks [Tamias striatus], white-footed mice [Peromyscus leucopus], deer mice [P. maniculatus], and woodland jumping mice [Napeozapus insignis]), and Spring Creek Nature Park, a park managed to promote natural and native habitats, contained five species (short-tailed shrews [Blarina brevicauda], eastern chipmunks, white-footed mice, meadow voles [Microtus pennsylvanicus], and meadow jumping mice [Zapus hudsonius]). In contrast, parks located in more urban settings and consisting primarily of mowed habitat contained only 1 or 2 species of small mammals. We did not capture non-native species in our study. Based upon this study, we recommend locating parks along streams or other natural corridors, leaving unmowed 10–15-m buffers along streams, and planting native trees along stream corridors in order to encourage diversity of small mammals in suburban and urban parks.


In this paper, we consider a single hidden layer neural network with threshold activations where the in-degree of each hidden node is restricted to some positive integer k less than the dimension of samples, which we call k-SNN. We first analyze the expressivity of k-SNN on finite samples and show that it can express any labeling of training samples under a mild assumption. Then, we show that the training problem for k-SNN can be solved in polynomial time for fixed k. We also show that we can construct a single hidden layer neural network with ReLU activations (RSNN) with the same loss as that of the optimized k-SNN, which make it possible to measure the optimization performance of a widely used stochastic gradient descent (SGD) algorithm by training the constructed R-SNN using the algorithm. Preliminary computational results show that SGD cannot converge to a global optimum on small-sized network even though it is sufficiently large to fit training samples precisely.


The new developments of global geodetic reference frame were extracted from the national reports in the 23th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) hold in 2003 in Sapporo, Japan.The construction and maintenance of national geodetic reference frame in Africa, Europe, Japan and New Zealand etc. were briefly introduced. Some suggestions on national geodetic reference network in China were put forward in the end.


Over the past decades nuclear physics experiments have seen a drastic increase in complexity. With the arrival of second generation radioactive ion beam facilities all over the world, the run for exploring more and more exotic nuclei is raging. The low intensity of RI-beams requires more complex setup, larger solid angle coverage and detection of a wider variety of charged and neutral particles. Design, construction and operation of a variety of complex instruments used in such experiments require many software developments. The short lifetime of experimental setups and multiple combinations of instruments demand a strong methodology. As the community is shifting to this new paradigm, the quest for the optimum framework is becoming central in the field. In this outlook we will introduce the specificity of the nuclear physics community, technical needs of such frameworks, and give an overview of the existing ones, with an emphasize on the difficult balance between computing performances, versatility and integration with other frameworks.


New fabrication technique of fiber endfaces microlenses (spherical, cylindrical, elliptical, hyperbolic, etc.) by grinding/polishing process has been developed. The coupling efficiency of laser diodes radiation in the range of 90 - 93% has been obtained. Fiber-diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser output power dependence on pump power diagram at the fiber output has been investigated.


Let R be a discrete valuation ring (DVR) and K be its fraction field. If M is a matrix over R admitting a LU decomposition, it could happen that the entries of the factors L and U do not lie in R, but just in K. Having a good control on the valuations of these entries is very important for algorithmic applications. In the paper, we prove that in average these valuations are not too large and explain how one can apply this result to provide an efficient algorithm computing a basis of a coherent sheaf over A^1 from the knowledge of its stalks.


The purpose of the study is to substantiate the design scheme and substantiate the parameters of the working bodies of the machine for preparing the soil for sowing melons and gourds under a tunnel-type film. The authors proposed a new technology of soil preparation for sowing melons under a tunnel-type film and a combined machine for its implementation. The basic principles and methods of classical mechanics, mathematical analysis and statistics were used in this study. It has been established that the most optimal design of the proposed combined machine is considered to be a scheme with a sequential installation of screw bodies with backplows equipped with counter shares, a roller, spherical discs and a furrow cutter with a leveler. According to the results of the research, it was found that with a width of capture of the bodies and a transverse distance between their field edges of 45 cm, a combined machine for preparing the soil for sowing melons under a film using a new technology, a width of capture of counter shares 35 cm, a height of a body share relative to its blade 10 cm, installation angles to the horizon and direction of movement, respectively 34° and 40°, provides an increase in the quality of work and productivity, and with a roller width of 1.35 m, a diameter of 340 mm, an angle of inclination of the slats of the extreme and middle sections of 32°, a height of 4 cm, the number 8 strips of extreme sections and 11 middle sections, longitudinal distance from the nose of the body share to the roller axis 1.4 m, the transverse distance from the nose of the body share to the center of the support wheel 75 cm, the longitudinal distance between the roller and the furrow cutter 35 cm, the height of the furrow cutter 45 cm, length 70 cm, wing opening angle within 30°, leveler height 10 cm, setting angle to the direction of travel 30° is achieved to form the required irrigation furrow with minimal energy consumption.


A microcirculatory disturbance was found to occur during hemodialysis in an organ such as the brain or heart, which was recently considered to lead to functional impairment of these organs. Decrease in blood volume due to water removal during hemodialysis and the reaction of blood vessels with activated leukocytes and platelets that have come in contact with the dialysis membrane may cause the microcirculatory disturbance of the organs. Residual renal function decline after initiation of hemodialysis is well-known, but the mechanism has not yet been fully understood. In the present study, we focused on the effects of leucocytes and platelets activated by contact with the dialysis membrane and aimed to clarify the effects of blood contact with the dialysis membrane on the kidney.

 Male Sprague–Dawley rats weighing 397.4 ± 38.6 g were used for the experiment. We compared three experimental groups; the sham group, in which only puncture and infusion of Ringer's lactate solution were performed; the extracorporeal perfusion alone group, in which extracorporeal perfusion was performed only through a blood circuit; and the dialyzer group, in which extracorporeal perfusion was performed through a blood circuit and dialyzer. Blood was withdrawn from the femoral artery and returned to the femoral vein. The blood flow rate was 0.5–1.0 mL/min, the perfusion time was 4-h and no water removal was performed. During the perfusion experiment, arterial pressure and percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) were measured and at the end of perfusion, serum interleukin-6 (IL-6), a marker of inflammation and urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), a marker of kidney injury, were measured. After completing the perfusion experiment, kidneys were removed and morphology was evaluated by a hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining.

 Arterial pressure during perfusion showed a significant upward trend during the first 2-h in the extracorporeal alone and dialyzer groups, while SpO2 showed a significant downward trend in these groups. Serum IL-6 levels were significantly higher in the extracorporeal perfusion alone group (P < .05, n = 8) and the dialyzer group (P < .01, n = 6) than in the sham group (n = 7). Urinary KIM-1 level in the dialyzer group was significantly higher than that in normal rats (P < .01, n = 7). Glomerular congestion was observed in the kidney only in the dialyzer group from the HE staining.
 There was a significant correlation between the increase in arterial pressure and the decrease in SpO2, suggesting that peripheral circulatory disturbance due to peripheral vasoconstriction occurred in the extracorporeal perfusion alone and the dialyzer groups. In addition, extracorporeal perfusion through the dialyzer caused high levels of IL-6 in serum and KIM-1 in urine, suggesting that systemic inflammatory and kidney injury have occurred. These reactions may contribute to the progression of residual renal dysfunction due to dialysis treatment, especially for the patients after the initiation of hemodialysis.

 Extracorporeal perfusion and blood contact with a dialyzer caused systemic inflammation and the microcirculatory disturbance of kidneys, resulting in glomerular congestion and kidney injury in a rat extracorporeal perfusion model.


The influence of the choice of complexing ligand, zinc counter-ion, pH, ionic strength, supersaturation, deposition time and substrate on the nature of ZnO films grown from chemical baths (CBD) are discussed. There are significant differences between CBD and similar routes such as hydrothermal methods for ZnO films. Modelling of speciation and experimental results suggest that acicular ZnO morphologies are best obtained by limiting the concentration of one of either Zn2+ or OH− in the presence of a large excess of the other. The presence of a prior ZnO layer can facilitate nucleation at lower levels of supersaturation and enable size tailoring of ZnO columns. The point at which the substrate is introduced into the bath is crucial and can lead to a significant difference in both the width of the rods and optical transparency of the films. HR-TEM has yielded important structural information and a growth mechanism for single crystalline ZnO rods by CBD is described for the first time.


Vocational education in the market economy aims to cultivate suitable talents that are needed by the society.Orientated to market requirements,employing local enterprise's vantage,according to principle of mutual benefit,the vocational school establishes the educational model based on cooperation between schools and enterprises;improves run-ning conditions and makes its major meet social demands.It therefore can cultivate practical talents to serve for enterprises and the society.


The mining colonial society fascinated and attracted many migrants to their land with the promise of enrichment. In this scenario constructions of the eighteenth century the place as the most significant architectural and artistic production of the mining company. The im of this study was to analyze mining religious architectural production , focusing on the headquarters of Catas Altas and Itabirito . He attempted to present the matrices and their hometowns , and especially understand the compositional elements of its towers and its alleged influence Moorish . To this end, it resorted to the bibliographic sources and field research implemented with photographic records . We conclude that the belfries studied were influenced in some way by the Arab culture , which in turn has a strong influence on the Iberian Peninsula , which justifies this range of forged elements to Arabic taste.


The 1st part of this guide examines the role and tasks of field educators and looks at the characteristics they need to develop in working with other people. It also attempts to give basic knowledge that field workers need to perform their duties in respect to the population situation in Kenya adolescent sexuality and needs and integrated family health and welfare. It also gives an introduction to family welfare planning methods. The 2nd part deals with skills that an educator has to acquire to be able to perform her role. It covers approaches to gathering information to gain an understanding of a community how to plan a work schedule and the use of counseling skills and effective communication. It also guides the educator on processes of using folk entertainment media to motivate and inform selected audiences and ends with tips on keeping records of work done with examples of records required by the Family Planning Private Sector Program within which these processes were pretested. Field educators work as general health agents and might not need specialized skills or knowledge of narrow disciplines. They have other specialized health workers to back them in case of need. What they need most are skills to understand community situations identify health needs and start ongoing relationships and talk easily with members of the community. They need to understand the various aspects of total family welfare so that they are able to refer members for specialized help. They also need to know how the various aspects of a familys wellbeing interrelate so that they can spot problems and needs in health education nutrition and family economics and how these are influenced by planning of resources and their use by various members.


After the cold war, peace and developing becomes the era theme.But the result of the cold war that the question of Korea Peninsula had not changed at all.China and Japan are regarded as two powerful important countries of the Asian-Pacific area, seting out with realistic interests from geopolitics, the security policy of Korea Peninsula was adjusted constantly,which have important influences on the development of the peninsula situation.New periods, strengthening the analysis of China and Japan in the safe policy of Korea Peninsula, defining the strategic value in the peninsula of two countries, the comparison of reunification,security system mode,looking for the common interests of China-Japan,strengthening the political trust and cooperation,will have a positive meanings in realizing the peninsula peaceful reunification and setting up the safe system in Northeast Asia.


Scholars say that the Confucian school(Hyanggyo) of Korea has spread and developed from a deep relation to new Confucianism rather than the Han-Tang dynasties Confucianism, and the new gentry or the out-of-office power rather than the hereditary aristocracy or families of influence. It also depended on the securing of resources to build Hyanggyo and that was not easy due to the bankruptcy of the national finance. This securing of a material base could be expanded and improved in line with the Chosun dynasty`s policy of accepting the material base of Buddhism as the base of Hyanggyo. This coupled with the foundation of the Chosun dynasty, which adopted new Confucianism, that is, Sungri philosophy as the idea of governing the nation. The Chosun dynasty declared the policy of $quot;One school in one Eup$quot; (an administrative district unit). According to the national policy of substituting the economic power of a temple with Hyanggyo`s economic base, the Hyanggyo locating in the provincial front line was closely related to temples. Under the policy of Respect Confucianism, Oppress Buddhism, in those days, the land and people of a closed temple, generally, began to belong to the nation under the authority of regional public officials, and among those people, some were transferred to Hyanggyo. While the One School One Eup system settled in from the time of King Taejo to King Sungjong of the Chosun dynasty, the establishment of Hyanggyo was made with the help of the central government or regional public officials. The establishment was based on a closed temple or in the manner of acquisition of the temples. In this way, Hyanggyo could absorb human and physical resources from a closed or an unprotected temple from the government. This relationship between Hyanggyo and temple contributed greatly to the national policy of utilizing idle facilities and monks of a closed temple or one on the verge of closing. All of this was part of the Oppress Buddhism policy. The Hyanggyo was established or developed based on a closed temple with its land and people, and at the same time, it could possess subsidiary temples.


This study aimed at describing the path of pioneering enterprises in the offering of organizational and work psychology services in Rio Grande do Sul, investigating the relationship between the consulting practices and the political, historical and social-economical configurations of the working environment in the last decades. The research was developed in the qualitative approach based on a case study. Two pioneering companies in organizational and work psychology were chosen for the study. The findings collected by means of semi-structured interviews and documents of enterprises exam. It was verified that the recruitment and selection practices prevailed among the services available in the decade of 1970, thoroughly favored by the political and social economical context of the "Brazilian miracle" period. Lately, the last transformations in the productive context promoted the development of the consulting practices, that assume, for the participants of the study, quite diversified conceptions. The adaptation to the market, through the diversification of activities and the reproduction of the compressing processes and out source services, is an important strategy for the survival of the organizations.


We used the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 (DR5) to study the morphological properties of 1137 nearby infrared (IR) galaxies, most of which are brighter than 15.9 mag in r-band. This sample was drawn from a cross-correlation of the Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) point source catalog redshift survey with DR5 at z 0.08. Based on this IR galaxy sample, we constructed five volume-limited sub-samples with IR luminosity ranging from 109.5L⊙ to 1012L⊙. By deriving the IR luminosity functions (LF) for different morphological types, we found that normal spiral galaxies are the dominant population below LIR~8×1010 L⊙; while the fraction of barred spiral galaxies increases with increasing IR luminosity and becomes dominant in spiral galaxies beyond LIR5×1010L⊙. As the IR luminosity decreases, the IR galaxies become more compact and have lower stellar masses. The analysis also shows that normal spiral galaxies give the dominant contribution to the total comoving IR energy density in the nearby universe, while, in contrast, the contribution from peculiar galaxies is only 39%.


ABSTRACT. This is the last in a series of papers clarifying the taxonomy of a critically imperiled assemblage of cochliopid gastropods (Tryonia sensu lato) that inhibit thermal springs in the Chihuahuan Desert (Mexico and United States). We describe 2 new narrowly endemic species of Tryonia from Chihuahua, both of which appear to have been recently extirpated, and we provide new records for 4 congeners (also from Chihuahua) and for a species of Pseudotryonia (from Durango). The 2 new species of Tryonia differ from closely similar regional congeners in shell and penial characters. On the basis of new anatomical data, we also transfer T. brunei Taylor, 1987 to the genus Juturnia and provide evidence that this species, which was endemic to the Phantom Lake spring complex in west Texas, became extinct sometime after 1984. Our findings provide additional insight into the complex biogeographic history of the Chihuahuan Desert cochliopids and further document the recent decline of regional spring-dwelling biota as a result of groundwater mining.


In order to simulate the collapse of building in framed construction in progress of demolition by controlled blasting,RC structure numerical model was built with FEM combined with ANSYS/LS-DYNA code in this article.In the simulation,the reinforced concrete was treated as single homogeneous material,the constitutive relation of confined concrete was adopted and the plasticity strain was used to control material failure. And as a result,the formation of blasting cut and the whole collapsing course could be computed.


As part of Onsala Space Observatory instrumentation activities, a 3.4-4.6 GHz and a 4-8 GHz cryogenic low-noise amplifiers were developed. These amplifiers will be used as cold IF amplifier for mm and sub-mm wave receivers with SIS and HEB mixer (Onsala 7 channel 3mm array and APEX projects). The 2-stage 3.4-4.6 GHz amplifier was fabricated in 7 copies with consistently very similar performance at 12 K ambient temperature as follows: gain 28 dB with 2.8 K noise temperature using Mitsubishi MGFC4419G GaAs transistor, and 2.2 K noise when tested with Chalmers InP transistor at the first stage. The 2-stage 4-8 GHz LNA demonstrates 25 dB gain with noise temperature of 5.0 K with GaAs transistors, 4.0 K with Chalmers InP transistor at the input stage. These performances are in a very good agreement with simulations and are believed to be among the best-reported using GaAs transistors. The amplifiers design was carried using Agilent ADS, HFSS and Momentum CAD software. The amplifier input circuitry was measured separately and optimised for the best noise performance, while special care was taken about accurate modelling of passive components, bond wires and having accurate S parameters at cryogenic temperature for the transistor. In this paper we present details on the amplifier design, performances (modelled and measured) and also gain-stability comparison between GaAs and InP transistor based amplifiers.