†† Summary Web Service on extended DACS Scheme and new form of information usage by that Web Service is proposed by authors. In this method, data related to the user logging in to the client computer, can be displayed only by inputting URL on Web browser. Then, the distributed data in the network is displayed on each divided window with frame by using a static HTML file. In the organization such as universities, information is not only stored as database, but also stored as information medium with document type. Here, the function which displays different contents from document medium by inputting same URL to Web Browser is developed. Since general user can send characterized information to other users more freely and easily in comparison with Web Service on extended DACS Scheme, information usage becomes largely wide. In this paper, new function to display different contents to each user dynamically, is proposed and examined from information medium with document type, which is distributed on the network.


Abstract : The properties of superconductive tank circuits are examined from a network standpoint. As specific example, the input impedance of a coaxial transmission line which is terminated by a capacitively coupled superconductive tank circuit is analyzed in detail as a function of frequency. The pronounced effect of the transmission line on the overall performance is demonstrated along with techniques to compensate for it. A set of equations is developed which can be used to determine the electrical parameters of the superconductive tank circuit and their variations with operating conditions from oscillator measurements. The design information required to build the test oscillator is also provided. The similarity between superconductive tank circuits and quartz crystal units is taken advantage of to illucidate the significance of some aspects of the analysis. (Author)


A high-yielding and fast method for the synthesis of 3-aryl-4H-benzo[1,4]thiazin-2-amine via one-pot, three-component reaction of an aromatic aldehyde, isocyanide, and o-amino thiophenol using PTSA as a catalyst is described.


We study the ability of COBE-normalized cold dark matter (CDM) models to reproduce observed properties of the distribution of galaxies and clusters using N-body numerical simulations. We analyze the galaxy-galaxy and cluster-galaxy two-point correlation functions, ξgg and ξcg, in open (Ω0 = 0.4, ΩΛ = 0, σ8 = 0.75) and flat (Ω0 = 0.3, ΩΛ = 0.7, σ8 = 1.05) CDM models, both of which reproduce the observed abundances of rich clusters of galaxies. To compare models with observations, we compute projected cross-correlation functions ωgg and ωcg to derive the corresponding ξgg and ξcg. We use target galaxies selected from the Las Campanas Redshift Survey, target clusters selected from the APM Cluster Survey, and tracer galaxies from the Edinburgh Durham Sky Survey catalog. We find that the open model is able to reproduce the observed ξgg, whereas the flat model needs antibias in order to fit the observations. Our estimate of ξcg for the APM cluster sample analyzed is consistent with a power law ξcg = (r/r0)γ with r0 = 10.0 ± 0.7 h-1 Mpc and γ ≃ -2.1. For the open and flat-antibiased CDM models explored we find the corresponding cluster-galaxy correlation lengths 6.5 ± 0.7 h-1 Mpc and 7.2 ± 0.5 h-1 Mpc, respectively, significantly lower than the observed value. Our results indicate that COBE-normalized CDM models are not able to reproduce the spatial cross-correlation of clusters and galaxies.


The goal of the SenSem project is the syntactico-semantic annotation at verbal level of a big corpus of Spanish. One of the phases in this process consists in correcting annotation errors in the corpus. To that aim, we are developing some procedures to detect errors automatically and correct them. These procedures are currently being studied and designed, before they are actually implemented computationally. In this paper we describe the project and the kind of annotation it involves, and we discuss a typology of errors, as well as some detection procedures.


. In a greenhouse experiment, effects of potassium fertilization on yield and potassium content of kangkong ( Ipomoea aquatica Forsk.) were investigated. Kangkong was either ratooned (ratoon method) or resown after harvesting whole plants (seed method).


Management of human resources is major component part in higher education management.The paper introduces bridfly current situation of human resources in higher education.Combining with properties of staffs in higher education,and consulting the strategy of enterprise management,we should refer staffs as customers and build a new faithful relationship with staffs.


The paper deals with customer satisfaction with regards tomass urban traffic enterprises. The paper stresses the importanceand tasks of the research, preparatory stage of the researchis explained, special attention is devoted to the questionnaireconstruction. The paper describes realisation of the research,infom1ing about research methods, contact methods,respondents sample and research tools that were used. Researchresults are presented in tables providing inf01mation onconsumer priorities and enterprises peiformance evaluation.The CS! methodology and stipulation is also described here.


The distribution of secondary star masses in present-day post-common-envelope binaries (PCEBs) is calculated using four different models for angular momentum loss (AML) during the post-common-envelope phase: only gravitational radiation (GR), GR plus disrupted magnetic braking (DMB), GR plus reduced MB, and GR plus intermediate MB. For the DMB model, we find that the number of PCEBs decreases abruptly by 38% once MB begins to operate for non-fully convective secondaries. We do not find a similar feature in the distributions calculated using any of the other three AML models in which MB is not disrupted. This percentage decrease in the number of present-day PCEBs predicted using the DMB model is easily large enough that an observed distribution of secondary masses or even spectral types in PCEBs can provide an important test of whether magnetic braking is indeed substantially reduced in secondary stars that are fully convective. We discuss briefly the feasibility of such observations.


What implications does the fact of death have for religious faith? In his Aporias, Jacques Derrida probes Heidegger's well known analysis, from Being and Time, of human death as constituting the "ownmost possibility" of human being (in Heidegger's terminology, Dasein). Derrida deems Heidegger's account susceptible to a fatal aporia, or logical impasse. Developing Derrida's investigation, this article further invokes Maurice Blanchot and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, linking their work to that of John D. Caputo. It proposes that death, far from confirming us as selves, confirms us as selves-in-loss. Curiously, though, this implies that the religious or "faith" attitude, properly and broadly interpreted as "a saying of 'yes' to the radically impossible", is intrinsic to the interpretation of experience as such.


Colonic diverticulosis is a common condition in industrialized countries. Up to 25% of patients with diverticula develop symptoms, a condition termed symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease (SUDD). The aim of the present study was to characterize neuroimmune interactions and nerve fiber plasticity in the colonic mucosa of patients with diverticula.


The history, benefits, and drawbacks to pure rule-based programming is discussed. A simple extension to pure rule-based programming is described. The extensions are very quick to code and can be easily customized to support a range of knowledge engineering applications.


The aim of this submission is to introduce a wide program system assigned to control EMC measurement. This device was developed on the Department of Measurement and can be divided into three modules. First component realizes defined supply voltage fails. The core of listed module is the programmable generator. The next component presents remote client for collecting, math processing and measured data evaluation from various EMC measurements. It works thought a serial interface and offers an option to simultaneous watch the three different channels for data collecting and one for parameters sending. A client for collecting, displaying and evaluation of received data constitutes the last component. The intention of this client is a measurement of higher harmonic frequencies. Additional optional functions of this module are the application of norm defined filtering and comparing measured data with norm defined limit values.


Parastacus brasiliensis promatensis subsp. n. is described from Sao Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The animals were collected at an elevation of 850 m, representing the first record of Parastacidae at high altitude in Brazil. Subspecies recognition was performed through the analysis of morphometrical characters. Discriminant analysis was applied to compare P. brasiliensis promatensis subsp. n. with the known populations of P. brasiliensis (Von Martens, 1869) using residuals from 23 morphometric regressions (Canonical Correlation = 0.948). All variance was explained by function 1 (P<0.001), with perfect (100%) membership identification (P. brasiliensis promatensis centroid equal to 3.04; P. brasiliensis centroid equal to -2.78).


Part 1: Inter-caste relations1. Introduction: the axiom and idiom of inequality2. The setting3. The economy4. The hierarchical aspects of castePart 2: The internal structure of the caste5. Clans and their segments6. Households and their partition7. Rajput hypergamy in an historical perspective8. The 'biradari' reform movement9. Marriage strategies10. Affines and consanguines11. Conclusion: The limits of hierarchy


This study conducted in north-western Rajasthan, has examined the capital cost and subsidy in the installation of solar tubewell, its feasibility and benefits realization and has identified constraints in the adoption of solar tubewells. Following random sampling technique, primary data were collected from 124 sample farmers. The study has shown that although, adoption of solar tubewell has a direct relation with farm-size, a considerable proportion of small and marginal farmers also adopted solar tubewells. In recent years, the subsidy component has been reduced in total investment on solar tubewells. Solar tubewells provide impressive economic and water-saving benefits to the farmers and investment with current rate of subsidy in solar tubewell has been found to be feasible. However, without subsidies, investment in solar tubewell is not economically feasible. Due to financial considerations, all categories of farmers were reluctant in adoption of solar tubewells to the expected extent. To realize the benefits of solar energy use in agriculture, efforts should be directed towards more financial incentives to ensure faster adoption and group-adoption and provision for buy back of surplus power to discourage over-exploitation of groundwater and realization of extra income by the farmers.


Natural hazards have caused damages to buildings and infrastructures and economic losses in many countries. Immediate emergency response requires accurate damage detection. In recent studies, advances in deep learning approaches have put forward the development of data-driven damage detection. However, these proposed approaches can successfully classify damaged samples into different damage states without quantifying them. Therefore, we propose a deep learning-based framework for damage detection, which comprises signal processing and damage recognition modules. The signal processing module is introduced to denoise the noisy signals collected from sensors and process the denoised signals via fast Fourier transform. The damage recognition module is characterized by a novel network with the architecture of encoder-decoder-encoder. We train the network with only undamaged samples to capture the pattern in the undamaged state. In the testing stage, given an unknown damage state, we feed damaged samples into the trained network to quantify it by outputting the corresponding probability of damage. We conduct experiments to verify the validity and feasibility of the proposed framework with a dataset of a building subjected to excitations. Our approach can map samples from various damage states to a specific probability of damage, which increases as the intensity of excitation increases.


Cooperia pectinata was cultivated in vitro from artificially exsheathed third-stage larvae to egg-laying (unfertilized) or sperm-containing adults. The intervals required for development of fourthand fifth-stage larvae in vitro did not differ greatly from those in vivo whereas the production of eggs took slightly more than twice as long in vitro. Populations produced in vitro contained a smaller percentage of adults than those produced in vivo. Fourth-stage larvae accumulated in vitro. Adults produced in vitro were smaller than adults in vivo. C. pectinata and C. punctata exhibited comparable development in an in-vitro system. In an in vitro system utilizing a fluid medium composed of chick embryo extract, serum, sodium caseinate, vitamins, a hog-liver extract, a balanced salt solution, an indicator, antibiotics, and gassed with CO2 to pH 7.2 to 7.3, it was possible in tubes placed in a roller drum to obtain the development of one or more of the parasitic stages of some nematode species of cattle, sheep, and swine (Leland, 1961, 1963, 1965b). In this system, four of the species, Cooperia punctata, Ostertagia ostertagi, 0. circumcincta, and Hyostrongylus rubidus developed to egg-laying adults (Leland, 1963, 1965b). The present report describes the type of development that occurred when Cooperia pectinata, an intestinal nematode of cattle, was cultured in the previously described system using medium Ae (Leland, 1963) and in two modifications of this medium, namely, AL and Ap. Portions of this work have been previously reported in abstract (Leland, 1965a). MATERIALS AND METHODS Infective larvae of C. pectinata, cultured from manure collected from calves harboring a monospecific infection of this nematode, were obtained from Dr. H. Herlich of the Regional Animal Disease Research Laboratory, USDA, Auburn, Alabama. A portion of these larvae was processed as described below and used directly in the culture system (H-Inoculum, Table I). The remaining portion was used to infect a helminth-free calf, which thereafter served as a source of C. pectinata


Abstract : The cavity decoupling evasion scenario remains as the greatest challenge to effective seismic monitoring of any eventual CTBT. However, despite the fact that the feasibility of this evasion concept was experimentally established nearly 30 years ago by the U.S. STERLING test, a number of issues of importance with respect to seismic monitoring still remain unresolved. In an attempt to address some of these issues, we have been working with scientists from the Russian Institute For Dynamics of the Geospheres to integrate the limited U.S. and Russian data and modeling experience into a uniform database on cavity decoupling. During the past year, our research has centered on analyses of data recorded from an extensive series of Russian HE cavity decoupling tests conducted in Kirghizia in 1960 and on analyses of seismic data recorded from six Russian nuclear tests conducted in a water-filled cavity at Azgir. The Kirghizia HE cavity decoupling series consisted of 10 tamped and 12 cavity tests in limestone, and included tests of the same yield in both spherical and nonspherical cavities of equal volume. Comparisons of near-field seismic data recorded from these tests indicate that the low frequency decoupling effectiveness is approximately independent of cavity shape for roughly cylindrical cavities with length to width ratios of 6 or more, in agreement with previous theoretical simulation results. Spectral analyses of waveform data recorded at the same distances from 1.0 ton tamped explosions and from a 1.0 ton decoupled test in a spherical cavity with a radius of 2.88 m indicate a maximum low frequency decoupling factor of about 25 for this test.


The performance of seepage prevention is an important index of the pond of thin wall of concrete. Slit and capillary within the concrete are the main seepage passway. Through selecting the raw materials rationally , designing scientific match ratio , standardizing the construction craft strictly, the density of the concrete can be improved , thus achieve the goal of seepage prevention.


In this report, we consider the largest common subtree problem, which is to find a bijective mapping between subsets of nodes of two input rooted trees of maximum cardinality or weight that preserves labels and ancestry relationship. This problem is known to be NP-hard for unordered trees. In this technical report, we consider a restricted unordered case in which the maximum outdegree of a common subtree is bounded by a constant D. We present an O(nD) time algorithm where n is the maximum size of two input trees, which improves a previous O(n2D) time algorithm. We also present an O((H2 · 22H−1 · D2H)D−1poly(n)) time algorithm, where H is the maximum height of two input trees.


were published by the author as abreast with the science of the time, will of necessity do him a great injustice. The volume was out of print, and could not be had for love or money. A reprint was wanted—a verbatim reprint of the first edition would have been valued by every one, when it was impossible from age and health for the author to undertake a thoroughly revised edition. Our love and great respect for Charles Maclaren, who, though he had had a rough life, battling for political freedom, was the very impersonification of mildness and gentleness, and who, as we knew him within the last ten years, was to our mind, in appearance, in manners, and in conversation, a model philosopher; our love and respect for him have compelled us thus strongly to condemn the way in which this work has been reproduced, which, however well meant, will we fear do injury to the fame of its distinguished author.


■ Abstract Background: The characteristics and roles of gut lymphocytes have been only partly elucidated, in particular with regard to activation patterns. Objectives: To characterize lymphocytes from various parts of the gut and examine their activation pattern as a network. Methods: Lymphocytes were isolated from the epithelium, the lamina propria, Peyer's patches, mesenteric lymph nodes, the spleen, and peripheral blood of naive mice. They were then characterized for T cell phenotype, T cell receptors (TcRs), activation markers, and cytokine production. Results: The results showed a gradient of cells with an increasing proportion of TcRγδ + , CD8αα + cells towards the gut lumen, with the highest number found in intraepithelial lymphocytes. These cells, together with lamina propria lymphocytes (LPLs) were also characterized by a memory-like phenotype (CD25 – CD45RB low and CD44 high ) and CD69 expression. CD8+ TcRγδ + LPLs produced IL-10 and IL-17, while TcRαs + LPLs were FoxP3 positive.


Subsurface remote sensing measurements are widely used for oil and gas exploration, for oil and gas production monitoring, and for basic studies in the earth sciences. Radiation sensors, often including small accelerator sources, are used to obtain bulk properties of the surrounding strata as well as to provide detailed elemental analyses of the rocks and fluids in rock pores. Typically, instrument packages are lowered into a borehole at the end of a long cable, that may be as long as 10 km, and two‐way data and instruction telemetry allows a single radiation instrument to operate in different modes and to send the data to a surface computer. Because these boreholes are often in remote locations throughout the world, the data are frequently transmitted by satellite to various locations around the world for almost real‐time analysis and incorporation with other data. The complete system approach that permits rapid and reliable data acquisition, remote analysis and transmission to those making decisions is ...


Assessments used to improve the quality of education have recently been stated by ABET in its EC2000 list of A-K outcomes with similar criteria proposed by TAC. A difficulty lies in quantifying and documenting the assessment of these outcomes. From another perspective, employers typically use performance reviews which depend on assessing an employee's performance in a similar manner. Students in MET curricula who do not commonly use these assessment techniques and may enter the work environment ill-prepared. This paper reviews two examples of incorporating student assessment into MET/Manufacturing Option classes. In an Applications of Strength of Materials class, students prepare a report of mechanical characterization test results, and grade/rank each other's reports. Statistics are used to assess the effectiveness of their criteria and weighting system, and the feedback provides a means to improve their skills. In a second example, a CAD/CAM class is organized into 'companies' which assign job descriptions, get RFP's, create proposals, and carry out a phase II contract. In this process learning environment both company and student performance is reviewed and includes the use of peer assessment. Periodic assessment of company reports and individual journals encourage the student to improve themselves.


【Objectives】To determine the insulin resistance(IR) of individually fed rats,by detecting the expres-sion of IRS-1,P70S6K in skeletal muscles and the changes of free fatty acid(FFA) and high sensitive CRP(hs-CRP) in serum.【Methods】Forty wistar rats aged four-week randomly divided into four groups.Hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp technique was used to evaluate the IR of rats that were fed 8 weeks respectively by general food,fatty food,hyperglycemic food and fatty-hyperglycemic food.We used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to determine seral FFA and hs-CRP,Western-Blot and Rt-PCR to partly determine IRS-1 and P70S6K in muscles.【Results】IR is found in rats fed with fatty and fatty-hyperglycemic food,but not in that fed with general food and hyperglycemic food.FFA and hs-CRP are clearly higher in IR group(P 0.01).IRS-1 in IR group is distinctly lower than that in group without IR,but P70S6K behaves contrarily.【Conclusions】It is concluded that IR can be successfully induced with 8 weeks fatty or fatty-hyperglycemic feeding.The appearance of IR is possibly related with obesity,high FFA level and inflammation.In IR group,the expression of IRS-1 decreased,but that of P70S6K increased.


We present noise characteristics of luminescent porous silicon and show that they shed light on the transport mechanism in this system. The 1/f fluctuations show non-Gaussian and nonlinear behavior, and they give a high Hooge factor, typical of disordered conductors. By carrying out the measurements under various bias conditions, we found a bias-dependent redistribution of the percolating current paths. The close resemblance between the present results and those found in granular metals suggests that a tunneling process controlled by the electrostatic energy determines the conduction paths between the nanocrystallites in luminescent porous silicon.


In recent years, cancer treatments have progressed substantially. However, the tumor microenvironment is dynamic and continuously evolving thereby resulting in decreased efficacy to therapies, and resistant cancer cells. The development of drug resistance in cancer patients may potentially trigger or instigate disease progression in the presence of therapeutic interventions. In this study, we investigated effects of chronic Gefitinib treatments in a lung cancer cell line model. Gefitinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting specific mutations within the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Lung cancer cells treated for extended periods of time with Gefitinib displayed resistant phenotypes, typically characterized by DNA damage, epithelialmesenchymal transition (EMT) as well as heightened and sustained levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Furthermore, we uncovered novel cancer resistant phenotypes, namely dysregulated mitochondrial biogenesis, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) alterations, cellular calcium levels and propensity towards bypassing senescence. INDEX WORDS: Cancer, Gefitinib, Reactive oxygen species, DNA Damage, Mitochondrial dysfunction, Calcium, Senescence ELUCIDATING MECHANISMS OF GEFITINIB RESISTANCE THAT INSTIGATE CANCER PROGRESSION


The article deals with studying a semantic way of formation of English terms in the field of oil refining. Metaphorical reconsideration of common words illustrates the principle of anthropocentrism. The terms of oil refining formed by metaphorical reconsideration of words, designating the most known concepts and subjects from the nearest environment of the person are analyzed in the article.


Electrodeposition of single-phase, crystalline Cu2O thin films is demonstrated using acidic lactate/Cu2+ solutions. Relative speciation distributions of the various metal complex ions present under different growth conditions are calculated using reported equilibrium association constants and supported experimentally by UV–vis absorption spectroscopy. Cu2O films grown from acidic lactate solutions can exhibit a distinctive flowerlike, dendritic morphology in contrast to the faceted, dense films obtained using alkaline lactate solutions. Dependence of thin film morphology on the lactate/Cu2+ molar ratio and the applied potential is described. Hot point probe measurements have been used to determine the p-type conductivity of these Cu2O films. A short circuit current density of 23 μA/cm2 under 0.583 mW/cm2 monochromatic green light emitting diode (LED) illumination was measured for a Cu2O film grown at pH = 5.27, which was substantially larger than that of a Cu2O film deposited under basic conditions.


Conflict of interest: None Financial support: None ABSTRACT This article assesses recent studies about stem cell research in dermatology. The interaction of stem cells in the maintenance and repair of the skin, as well as their participation in the hair follicle cycle and its pigmentation, are also discussed. Studying those mechanisms will increase understanding of the pathophysiology of diseases linked to dysfunctions in those processes, which will enable the development of therapeutic approaches to these situations.


The article analyzes the evolution of hydrocarbon systems in the Tersk-Caspian trough. In general, the modeling results confirmed the existing distribution of oil and gas content across the sedimentary cover of the region. Thus, according to modeling data, confirmed hydrocarbon deposits are located in reservoirs of upper Cretaceous chemogenic limestones in the areas: Andreevsk, Starogroznensk, Khayan-Kort, Pravoberezhsk, etc. The degree of reservoir saturation, excluding field development, is high – up to 80-90%. Subsalt bundles of the upper Jurassic may become promising objects for searching for hydrocarbons. According to the results of geological and geochemical modeling, there are significant volumes of hydrocarbons in the advanced anticline folds in the upper Jurassic subsalt deposits. The oil saturation here can reach 80% or more


Zinc carbonate hydroxide was prepared from zinc dust via ammonia leaching at room temperature, which was calcinated to obtain ultrafine zinc oxide by suspension technology. Particle size and morphology of the products calcinated in accumulation state and suspension state were investigated by technique of particle size analysis,X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The results show that when the temperature is 500 ℃ and the gas volume flow is 2.5 L/min, the particle size d90 of zinc oxide reaches the minimum of 3.14 μm. Compared with accumulation state calcination, the suspension calcination decreases the particle size of products and reduces agglomeration, which benefits the industrial production.


Cloth and at least one layer porous layer of polymeric nanofibers overlies the nanofiber layer, therewith an adhesive cloth layer, an optional layer, located under the nanofiber layer, the same bonded a allergen barrier fabric comprising a layer, the fabric layer and optional fabric layer underlying located on the average flow pore size and at least about 1.5m between the allergen barrier fabric of about 0.01μm~ about 10μm wherein it is bonded with nanofiber layer to have a


The workability,compressive strength,modulus of elasticity,early-age shrinkage and longtime drying shrinkage of haydite lightweight aggregate concrete with different sand rate were studied.The results indicate that the slump and expansion degree of concrete decline with the increase of sand rate,while the loss of slump extends.With the improvement of sand rate,the apparent density,compressive strength,modulus of elasticity,early-age shrinkage and long-time drying shrinkage also increase.Shrinkage of lightweight aggregate concrete declines significantly because of the function of internal curing.Therefore,the importance of early-age curing of lightweight concrete declines compared with common concrete. The prewetting time of haydite has obvious implications on early-age shrinkage value of concrete,and the shrinkage value is relatively smaller with longer prewetting time.


The use of computers in the analysis of fieldwork, texts, and socioculturally embedded systems is examined in relation to advances in problems of cultural anthropology, including synthesis of trait with textual and network analysis within a more general conception of cultures as distributed systems.


Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) experience greater ischemic events including clinically driven target lesion revascularization (CD‐TLR). Whether the COMBO biodegradable‐polymer sirolimus‐eluting stent promotes better outcomes in these patients by virtue of endothelial progenitor cell capture technology is unknown.


The 84th annual meeting of the Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America (ES-SSA) was held on 28--30 October 2012 at the Inn at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. The meeting was hosted by the Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences and began with a visit on Sunday to the Department of Geosciences Museum led by Llyn Sharp followed by a field trip led by William Henika and Martin Chapman. The field trip, "Ancient Faults, Groundwater Flow and Intraplate Earthquakes in the Roanoke Valley," involved 29 participants and examined structural, lithological, and hydrogeological characteristics along the Mowles Springs fault zone, a prominent Paleozoic--Mesozoic cross-structure that separates Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in the Valley and Ridge near Salem, Virginia, from Mesoproterozoic basement rocks in the nearby Blue Ridge. This northwest-trending fault zone has recently hosted a series of small earthquakes. The weather for the field trip was initially fine, but as the afternoon progressed, temperatures dropped, and the humidity increased with the approach of hurricane Sandy. Sandy arrived in the vicinity of Virginia on Monday; Blacksburg was less affected than regions further to the northeast, receiving rain, a dusting of snow, and high winds, and some attendees experienced difficulties traveling to or from the meeting.


A chiral rhodium complex catalyzes the highly enantioselective coupling of arylboronic acids, 1,3-enynes, and imines to give homoallylic sulfamates. The key step is the generation of allylrhodium(I) species by alkenyl-to-allyl 1,4rhodium(I) migration. Catalytic enantioselective nucleophilic allylations of aldehydes, ketones, and imines are valuable reactions for the preparation of chiral homoallylic alcohols and amines, which are useful building blocks for synthesis. Many of these processes utilize allyltin, allylboron, allylsilicon, or allyl halide compounds. Although highly successful, one drawback is that preparation of reagents containing more complex allyl fragments can be non-trivial. Of the methods that avoid such reagents, one is generation of allylmetal species by the migratory insertion of an allene or a 1,3-diene into a metal@element bond, followed by reaction with the electrophile (Scheme 1A). Advantages of such three-component reactions are the use of simpler reactants and the ability to rapidly increase structural complexity. Although highly enantioselective borylative three-component nucleophilic allylations are known, the corresponding processes that form two carbon@carbon bonds have, to our knowledge, had limited success (up to 23 % ee has been obtained). Herein, we describe enantioselective three-component nucleophilic allylations that involve an allylic C@H activation, an emerging strategy to generate nucleophilic allylmetal species. 11] This approach uses 1,3-enynes, rather than allenes or 1,3-dienes, and provides homoallylic sulfamates with high enantioselectivities. Our reaction design is illustrated in Scheme 1B. Rhcatalyzed addition of an arylboronic acid to the alkyne of a 1,3-enyne would give alkenylrhodium(I) species A, which could undergo alkenyl-to-allyl 1,4-rhodium(I) migration to form allylrhodium(I) species B. Cyclic imines are excellent substrates for enantioselective Rh-catalyzed nucleophilic allylations and, therefore, we hoped that they could trap species B to give homoallylic sulfamates C. Cyclic sulfamates appear in a number of biologically active compounds. Although related to the two-component arylative intramolecular allylations of ketones that we described recently, this three-component coupling appeared to be significantly more challenging because numerous alternative pathways are possible. Firstly, chiral rhodium(I) complexes are known to promote the addition of arylboron reagents to cyclic imines. Secondly, addition of alkenylrhodium species A to the imine is possible. Thirdly, 1,4-migration of rhodium(I) in species A to the ortho position of the aryl group derived from the arylboronic acid is known to be competitive. Finally, species B could potentially react with the imine in aor e-selective allylations. Therefore, controlling the chemoselectivity was expected to be non-trivial. Scheme 1. Catalytic enantioselective three-component nucleophilic ally-


T he diagnostic histologist only ra rely receives surgica l mat erial from the breasts of young girls. Malignant lesions of the breast are known to occu r in ch ildre n as well as adolescents (Close & M aximov, 1965), but they are so ra re that few pa thologists encounter a case in the course of their work. Unfamiliar histol ogical ap pearances in mam mary specime ns from young pati ents a rc ap t to cause diffi culty.


The objective of this paper is to substantiate, theoretically and experimentally, the possibility of the development and implementation of the competitive adaptive cryogenic sensitive element (SE) based on the magnetic levitation phenomenon, high-precision optical measurement of levitating probe mechanical coordinates, and methods of signal processing proposed.


The tourist attractions,hotels,travel agents and other tourism-related industries in Taizhou have greatly developed for many years. However,the development of the souvenirs grows quiet slowly and the benefit created by them has a small part in the market shares. Therefore,analyzing the current situation of the development of the souvenirs in Taizhou,this paper finds out the main problems which are the lack of development consciousness,unclear regional characteristic,the lack of creation,backward marketing conception and the poor management for market. Based on the analysis,it suggests that the development of tourist souvenir will gradually be promoted through the effective strategy,such as guidance,manifestation of character,marketing.


On the green geosynthetics, current issues; a development of green geosynthetics, its background and technical concerns, were discussed and some of research results to qualify the control technique for bio-degradability in green geosynthetics were also presented. Finally, the rest result shows that the control of bio-degradability in green geosynthetics is available.


A "first" implementation of the Modular Smalltalk object-oriented programming language is presented. The implementation includes an object-oriented parser, object-oriented representation for code fragments and an object-oriented C-code generator, all implemented in Smalltalk-80. This implementation validates two of the five design principles of the Modular Smalltalk language and provides a vehicle for validating the other three design principles. The macro-based C-code generator is easily adaptable to generating production code in other languages like assembler. In addition, the generation technique applies to source languages other than Modular Smalltalk. The implementation includes an efficient method dispatch based on new extensions to incremental cache table coloring.


The involvement of D1-receptors in learning/memory processes during ovary cycle was assessed in the adult female rats. SKF-38393 (0,1 mg/kg, i.p.), D1-receptor agonist and SCH-23390 (0,1 mg/kg, i.p.), D1-receptor antagonist were injected chronically to adult female rats. Learning of these animals was assessed in different models: passive avoidance performance and Morris water maze. Chronic SKF-3839 administration to females resulted in the appearance of the passive avoidance performance in proestrous and estrous, as distinct from the control animals, but failed to change the dynamics of spatial learning in Morris water maze. Chronic SCH-23390 administration similarly impaired non-spatial and spatial learning in females during all phases of ovary cycle. The results of the study suggest modulating role of D1-receptors in learning/memory processes during ovary cycle in the adult female rats.


Background The CellaVision automated system digitizes peripheral blood smears and performs blood cell differentials. These images are available for local review in hematology laboratories on computer monitors or they can be transmitted for remote review via telehematology. Clinicians such as hematologists who typically review their patient9s peripheral blood smears often need to contact an offsite hematology hospital laboratory for this purpose, frequently during evening or weekend hours. To overcome this barrier, our institution sought to make CellaVision blood smear images available to clinicians and trainees in the electronic medical record (EMR). The images could therefore be viewed at any time and from any computer or mobile device which could access the EMR. Technology CellaVision DM96 (CellaVision AB, Lund, Sweden) digital hematology analyzers. Images hosted on a Microsoft SQL Server. Microsoft Internet Information Services 7 web server and ColdFusion 9 middleware. Sunquest laboratory information system. Cerner PowerChart EMR. Design Image sharing was accomplished in 2 phases. For phase 1, a secure web portal (called "HemaVue") was created to allow clinicians to access CellaVision digital images with associated metadata (i.e. patient unique identifiers, blood counts). CellaVision image data was archived daily and stored for 6 months. For phase 2, CellaVision instrument results were tagged with the test code "Image Differential Performed". This code appeared in the patient result to inform the clinician this type of differential had been performed, as opposed to a manual or automated differential code. The HL7 message router transmitting results with this tag created a link in the EMR to the HemaVue website. This allowed clinicians to access CellaVision images from a patient9s chart within the EMR. Results The CellaVision image database contained 3.38 million images for 23,000 patients, comprising 12TB of data on per 6 month temporal storage. Database and website maintenance had to be internally supported. While clinicians were pleased with having access to blood smear images, they expressed dissatisfaction that images were not always available immediately, not retained indefinitely, not offered on all patients, and that the images were of isolated white blood cells only. Conclusion CellaVision images were able to be successfully unlocked from the vendor9s server and subsequently made accessible for remote viewing by linking patients9 laboratory results in the EMR to a custom built website. While such enterprise image sharing of digital blood images offered some improvement for clinicians seeking to review peripheral blood smears, enhancements will be required to make this more readily available for all patients at our institution. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


This work aims to study different processing routes, which rationally made some improvement on superplasticity characterization on Fe-Mn-Al steel, since this austenitic alloy, through results of previous work showed some possibility of exploring and improve the potential use of these materials on superplastic regime. It was at temperatures higher than 700°C, and with these results it was possible to make appreciable improvements in such results obtained in first work. The material was prepared by different thermo mechanical processing routes, as to obtain sheets with thickness around 1 mm having a fine grain equiaxial dual phase austenitic/ferritic structure with grain size around 3 μm . The material was submitted to both tensile and creep test on a temperature range from 600 to 1000°C and strain-rates range from 10 to 1 s. Values of maximum elongation observed at rupture (εr) could be obtained from the tensile and creep tests. The m (strain rate sensitivity exponent) parameter could be determined in both cases.The results from both procedures, i.e. tensile and creep tests were compared showing good agreement with each other. The largest values of εr above 600% associated to the largest m value around 0.54 were observed in case of tensile test at temperature 800°C for strain rate in the range from 10 to 10s, and in case of creep test with constant stress in range from 20 to 50 MPa.


The effect of alloying elements on the creep resistance of Zr alloys was investigated using thermal creep tests that were performed as a part of advanced fuel cladding development. The creep tests were conducted at 40 and 150 MPa for 240 hr. A statistical model was derived from the relationship between the steady-state creep rate and the content of individual alloying elements. The creep strengthening effect decreased in the following sequence : Nb, Sn, Mn, Cr, Mo, Fe and Cu. The high creep resistance of Sn and the opposite effect of Fe on zirconium alloys seem to be associated with their lowering and enhancing, respectively, the self-diffusivity of the zirconium matrix.


The photoelectrochemical behavior of sintered zinc oxide electrodes was studied. The intrinsic photocurrent, generated by ultraviolet illumination of the zinc oxide electrode, significantly diminished by grinding the electrode surface with an abrasive, and was restored by etching in 2 M(M= mol dm3)HCl for ca. 120 s. The dye-sensitized photocurrent caused by rose bengal was also lowered by grinding, but the effect was not as large as in the case of the intrinsic photocurrent, and the photocurrent was restored in a much shorter time of etching. The dye-sensitized photocurrent for an insufficiently etched electrode was enhanced by addition of a reducing agent, e.g., hydroquinone or allylthiourea. However, no enhancement was observed for a well etched electrode. The results, together with the luminescence and reflection spectra of zinc oxide, were discussed by means of models for the semiconductor electronic bands.


The constantly increasing awareness of protecting the environment has put electri-
cal roads in the spotlight as an alternative solution to fossil driven means of trans-
port. Dan Zethraeus has developed an innovative idea for a prototype electrical
road which conductively supplies power to the cars whilst driving. The concept is
to place a line of short rail segments in the middle of the drive lanes where each
rail can have either grounded or positive polarity. The aim of this thesis work is
to find solutions for the timing, detection and identification of cars so that the
positive conductive rails are switched on correctly. The possible electromagnetic
interference from the road is to be investigated and the communication methods
adjusted accordingly. Finally, a demonstrator is built as a proof of concept for
illustrating and testing the presented solution.
This report starts by presenting possible theoretical solutions for the detection and
identification. Experiments that are set up to further analyse the most promising
methods, and also the construction of the electronics for the detection and iden-
tification modules of the demonstrator follow. Furthermore, a simulation setup
for analysis of the electromagnetic interference is tested. The complete solution
and the whole setup of the demonstrator is presented in the last part. Results
are presented for the performance of the demonstrator when tested on a real car
driving at 30 km/h.
This thesis work is a collaboration between the Division of Industrial Electrical
Engineering and Automation (IEA) and the Department of Electrical and Infor-
mation Technology (EIT) at Lund University.


ABSTRACT Over one in ten heterosexual married couples are interracial and close to 10% of marriages are transnational. Even with the increasing rates of intermarriage there continues to be opposition to such marriages and their families. This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of transnational couples, where both partners hail from different countries, as they navigate life in the U.S. Six heterosexual transnational couples across the country were interviewed separately and together using a phenomenological design, and within and across case analyses were conducted. Race, skin color, visibility, nativity, gender, and language interconnected to engender experiences that were different across every couple as they conceptualized how best to protect their families while navigating through varying social narratives, and familial and societal expectations about their relationship. The emergent themes organized into three intersecting processes -internal, intermediary, and external- as these couples navigated their different values, each other, and other systems in their lives. Implications for research and clinical practice follow.


Objective To investigate the changes of interleukin-21 (IL 21) and interleukin-21 receptor (IL 21R) expression level in Crohn's disease (CD) patients before and after accepted infliximab (IFX) treatment.Methods From June 2009 to July 2011,twenty-two CD patients met the research criteria were recruited at Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University.Patients were treated with infliximab at weeks 0,2,6,and 16 healthy individuals were set as healthy control group at same time.Peripheral blood of healthy control group was taken at regular physical examination and blood of CD patients was taken before treatment and 10 weeks after treatment,intestinal mucosa biopsy samples were taken under colon endoscopy examination.The changes of Crohn's disease activity index (CDAI),erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR),C-reactive protein (CRP) in CD patients were observed.The change of IL-21R in peripheral blood CD4+ T lymphocytes was detected by flow cytometry.The change of IL-21 expression at mRNA level in intestinal mucosa was determined by realtime quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR).The data were analyzed by t test.Results Before treatment,the level of IL21R in peripheral blood CD4+ T lymphocytes of CD patients (12.25%±3.25%) and the expression of IL-21 at mRNA level in inflamed intestinal mucosa (1.38±0.32) were both significantly higher than those of healthy controls (4.25 % ± 1.41%,0.44±0.18),the differences were statistically significant (F=15.88,6.75 ; both P<0.05).At 10th week,the level of IL-21R in peripheral blood CD4+ T lymphocytes of CD patients (8.12% ± 2.05%) and the expression of IL-21 at mRNA level in intestinal mucosa (0.77 ± 0.24) were both significantly lower than those before treatment,the differences were statistically significant ( t=4.880,8.019; both P<0.01).Before treatment,ESR,CRP and CDAI of CD patients was (46.8±11.4) mm/1 h,(52.4±11.5) mg/L and 319±74,which was (23.5±9.0) mm/1 h,(11.6±4.6) mg/L and 113±42 after treatment,the differences were statistically significant (t=9.485,16.458,11.100; all P<0.05).Conclusion The IL-21 expression of active CD patients decreases after IFX treatment,which indicates that IL-21 may involve in IFX induced clinical remission of active CD.

Key words:
Crohn's disease; Anti-tumor necrosis factor; Interleukins; Receptors,interleukin-21


The purpose of this paper is to examine the causal relationship between Chinese housing and stock markets. The authors discuss the three transmission mechanisms between the two markets: wealth effect, modern portfolio theory and credit-price effect. Moreover, the authors focus on the effects of inflation on the relationship between the two markets.,This paper uses wavelet analysis to test the housing and stock markets relationship both in the frequency domain and time domain.,The empirical results indicate that housing prices have a positive effect on stock prices, and these have the same effect on housing prices. Moreover, this positive effect means that stock prices have a wealth effect on housing prices and these have a credit-price effect on stock prices.,These results provide information to financial institutions and individual investors in China to assist them in constructing investment portfolios within these two asset markets.,The authors first use wavelet analysis to analyze Chinese housing and stock markets and to provide information both on the frequency domain and time domain. Moreover, the authors take the inflation factor as a control variable in the causal relationship between the housing and stock markets.


Using a team-production model with heterogeneous workers, we examine the short- and long-run efficiency effects of skill diversity and leadership in teams. Our analysis focuses on workers' strategic incentives to manipulate their skills. In the short run, heterogeneous pairing (pairing workers with different skills) yields a greater total production than homogeneous pairing. However, in the long run, homogeneous paring may yield a greater total production because of gradual improvements in workers' skill. We also show new potential benefits of leadership: assigning a leader to a team yields a smaller total production in the short run, but, a greater production in the long run by preventing workers from consistently reducing their skills.


The performance of U-type radiant tube heating unit is studied,and the structures and forms for air distribution board and air distribution loop which are used for achieving grading combustion of burn-er are defined.It is found that the grading combustion can not only ensure full combustion of fuels and im-prove temperature distribution on radiant tube surface,but also effectively control emission of NOx.The high-performance recuperator can increase efficiency of heat recovery.During actual application,the updat-ed radiant tube heating unit with optimized structure is able to keep temperature difference on tube surface 65~81 ℃ and content of NOx(11% O2) in waste gas less than 70 ppm,as well as temperature efficiency of recuperator more than 42%.


Experimental studies on the density distribution features of liquid film in Desulphurization Column Fluid Scrubber (DCFS) were made and the distribution regularities of liquid film density of DCFS under different array mode of spray nozzle were described in this paper. According to this, measures and recommendations of improving SO2 absorption are presented.


Water distribution pattern is influenced by application rate of water and soil properties. In this study, low application rate "q" of water was used as 0.25, 0.5, 1.2, and 2 Lh-1 and two types of soil sandy soil and clay soil. Wet radius at the surface (x), diagonal wetting front (z), and the depth of the wetting front (y) under the dripper were measured at different application times" t" of (30 to 270 min) for each treatment. The results showed that wetted front advance in directions x, y and z were represented by derived function expressed as x, y, z =c1 qc tb , where: c1,c and b are constants depend on soil type and required direction.


AbstractThe study of youth involves research into the lifestyle, values and relationships of youth—youth as object. For once, youth would like to have a word themselves … without being analysed, judged, condemned …


Objective: To explore the effects of DunHuang BaoYuan ointment on hypothalamic- pituitaryadrenal axis of the rats with chronic fatigue syndrome and know physiological basic points for kidney-nourishing of DunHuang BaoYuan ointment. Method: Forty rats were randomized into four groups: high(4.2 g/kg) dosage group,moderate(1.4g/kg) dosage group, low(0.7g /kg) dosage group and model control group. Another ten rats were established as blank control group. After lavage for one week, the contents of corticosterone(Cort.), serotonin(5-HT)and corticotrophin releasing hormone(CRH) were detected in the serum of femoral blood. Result: The contents of CRH, 5-HT and Cort. were higher in the groups of high dosage, moderate dosage and low dosage. The contents of the indexes in model control group and blank control group were lower. Conclusion: DunHuang BaoYuan ointment could play the function of kidney-nourishing by regulating associated hormone level in PHA that motivates its physiological function.


Measurement of seed area is an important trait in studies of developmental physiology. However, direct measurement of this feature is difficult, not very precise and most of the time is destructive. The objective of the study presented in this paper is to develop a computer vision technique to determine the projected area of a seed for quality seed selection, irrespective of how the image is distorted. When a seed area is measured it is difficult to keep camera's optical axis vertical with seed plane. So the plane of camera is not superposed with image plane, and the seed image is distorted because of some geometric distortions. This may affect the precision of seed area measurement. Therefore the geometric distortion must be corrected before calculating the area. For improving the inconsistent feature problem caused by the distorted images, feature extraction strategies are proposed. The seed area is one of the features used for discriminant analysis. It is determined by using image processing and analysis technique using a conversion factor, for improving the inconsistent feature problem caused by different distortions. The imaging system developed, acquires and stores images of paddy seeds. Image digitization methodology was adapted and compared with the traditional manual method. For a digital imaging system to be able to predict the quality of the image, from large varieties of the image quality metrics available, six metrics are used. Correlation coefficient and Root Mean Square Error were used to compare the two methods. The method based on image digitization was found to be faster than the manual method.


Counter balance valve is used as one part of hydraulic motor brake system. The function of this valve is to protect over-run or free falling of inertia load. But occasionally the brake system with counter balance valve makes some undesirable problems such as pressure surges or vibrations. These problems may hurt system safety and driver's conformability. Nevertheless, studies on dynamic characteristics of hydraulic system including counter balance valve are very rare, so further accumulation of research results are required. In this study, for the purpose of easy estimation about dynamic characteristics of hydraulic system including counter balance valve, precise formulation describing fluid dynamics and valve dynamics under various boundary conditions were made. The equations obtained in the preceding process include some parameters that must be got experimentally. Flow coefficients of valve and choke are the most significant ones among the parameters. So these parameters are obtained experimentally in this study, and experimental equations obtained from the experimental data were used for numerical calculation. The equations were analysed by numerical integration using Runge-Kutta method, because the equations contain various nonlinear terms. From the numerical analysis, it was verified that the dynamic response of counter balance valve and pressure variation at each elements can be estimated very easily. So the analysing method developed in this study enabled very easy estimating the relation between the performances of counter balance valve and various physical parameters related to the valve. Conclusively, it is said that the results obtained in this study can be used very usefully to develop a new type counter balance valve or to apply the valve to actual hydraulic system for various industrial equipments.


Summary The serologically active C polysaccharide of pneumococcus was isolated as a substance fairly homogeneous in ultracentrifuge (S20w = 3) and on paper electrophoresis consisting of glucosamine, galactosamine, and glucose, and a uridine nucleotide composed of UDP, muramic acid and a peptide consisting chiefly of alanine, glycine, glutamic and diaminopimelic acids with a trace of serine. It could be precipitated by streptomycin and redissolved in 1 M NaCl. Removal of the uridine nucleotide by mild acid hydrolysis destroyed the serological activity and the uridine nucleotide removed was capable of inhibiting the C-CRP reaction, as was uridine monophosphate in a concentration of 1 mg/ml. It is suggested that the uridine nucleotide portion of the C substance is responsible for its complexing with human CRP.


Insects and small flyers operate at Reynolds numbers ranging from approximately 10-105 , where viscous forces are important. Due to their small size and weight, they are sensitive to small changes ...


High ribonuclease B activity associated with chloroplasts is localized in the stroma and the chloroplast membrane, and a negligible amount is associated with mitochondria and ribosomes. The amount ...


Human beta-defensins (hBDs) are small cationic antimicrobial peptides with multiple biologic activities. The aim of the study was cloning, expression in E.coli , purification and in vitro analysis of biological activity of recombinant human beta-defensin-3 (rec-hBD-3). hBD-3 cDNA was cloned into pGEX-2T vector, and recombinant plasmid was transformed into E.coli BL21(DE3) cells. Rec-hBD-3 was expressed in bacterial cells as GST-hBD-3 fusion protein, and purified by 3-step procedure via affine chromatography on glutathione-agarose, cleavage of fusion protein by thrombin, and reverse phase chromatography on Sep-Pack C18. Analysis of biological activity of rec-hBD-3 has shown that the peptide is active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in micromolar concentrations in radial diffusion test. Rec-hBD-3 did not affect proliferation and viability of cultured human cancer cells of A431, A549, and TPC-1 lines, but was capable to potentiate cytotoxic effects of rec-hBD-2 and docetaxel in vitro .


The invention provides a method for preparing organic silicon by a passage reaction device. Under the condition of main catalysts Z, hydrogen-containing silane X and an unsaturated compound Y are introduced into the passage reaction device; hydrosilylation reaction is performed to prepare the organic silicon, wherein the hydrogen-containing silane X has the structure being H SiR R' Cl , in the formula, R and R' are independently C1 to C16 alkyl or alkoxy; a=1, 2 or 3; b, c and d are respectively and independently 0, 1, 2 or 3; the unsaturated compound Y is a monoene compound or single-alkyne compound; the main catalysts Z are one or several mixed ones of single-component complexes or multi-component complexes of Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Cu, Ag, Au or Ir; the passage surface in which reaction flow contacts is subjected to inactivation treatment by an activating agent Z. The problems of long reaction period, poor stability and the like of large-sized reaction equipment are solved; the problem that mixing, pre-reaction and afterreaction are separated and are performed in multi-unit equipment is solved.


This chapter introduces the application of Sliding Mode Control techniques by solving the lateral Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) problem. In Section 4.1 the linearized single track model is presented, which is typically used for the design of lateral stability controllers. The formulation of the yaw rate control problem is also explained, starting from the equations of motion. In Section 4.2, we propose a survey of the different methods for the control of the vehicle lateral dynamics, which are known from the research literature. The control structure and the specific sliding mode controllers which are presented in this chapter are illustrated in Section 4.3 and assessed in Section 4.4, where the results of the simulations are reported and discussed.


Summary: A 16‐year‐old boy of normal intelligence had brief absence and myoclonic jerks since age 7 years. Video‐EEG documented the unexpected combination of fixation‐off sensitivity (scotosensitivity) with photosensitivity.


IN THE COURSE OF THE past twenty years, the many diverse groups that make-up the social-cultural mosaic of the Israeli polity are engaged in a vocal and, at times, violent public controversy regarding this polity's major political, religious, and ethnic issues. This controversy lends testimony to the corrosion and dissolution of the discourse of "unity" that at least rhetorically characterized the Israeli polity from its founding in 1948 to the Six Day-War (1967), or the Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) War (I973). The disappearance of this discourse of unity finds expression in the heated debates between Israeli "old" historians and sociologists and "new" ones,' as well as in academic works on the construction of Israel's collective national memory. These debates and works address the explicit and hidden struggles of the diverse groups referred to above over the symbolic and material resources of the Israeli polity. They also analyze the discourse through which the future nature of this polity is framed and debated. The definition of Jewishness or Judaism and its desirable role in Israeli society, culture, and identity is one of the most prominent issues addressed and passionately debated in these works, conversations, and controversies. This paper is devoted toward a presentation, analysis and critique of the main prevalent voices participating in this specific dimension of these conversations and controversies.


Polycrystalline analcime film was prepared from hydrogels under hydrothermal conditions. The analcime film of about 200 pm thickness built up on a porous alumina support at temperatures above 160°C, and the size and crystallinity of analcime increased with temperature. The thickness of analcime film increased with incubation time, and the growth rate at 180°C was faster than that at 160°C. The analcime film obtained was thermally stable at temperatures up to 700°C, and no structural changes were observed after treatment in nitric acid solutions below 0.01M. Analcime had an ion-sieve ability to large sized Cs+ ion, and Ag+ and Rb+ ions of small sizes were incorporated in analcime.


To assess the effectiveness of bus fleet technical maintenance, service cost evaluation should be organized. This cost analysis is essential for effective management at automobile operating company. The article describes the bus transport position in Moscow transport economy. The importance of technical maintenance in a bus transport system is defined. Special attention is given to the cost structure investigation.


A man in his 30s had left eye redness for three days. He attended a local clinic where acute conjunctivitis was diagnosed, but symptoms did not improve after applying topical fluorometholone 0.1% and sulfamethoxazole 4% four times daily for two days to treat acute conjunctivitis. He attended the ophthalmology clinic for further treatment. His best corrected visual acuity in the right eye was 20/20; visual acuity in the left eye could not be measured because of severe pain and tenderness. On slit lamp examination (fig 1), there was left eye lid oedema, subepithelial infiltrates, conjunctival chemosis, and excessive mucopurulent discharge on the ocular surface. The patient also reported dysuria and a whitish urethral discharge for one week; and a new sexual contact three days before the onset of these urethral symptoms.


People with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs) are among the most effective caregivers for other PLHAs and communities should promote their involvement both within and outside of traditional health care settings. In most countries throughout Latin America there are numerous examples of the beneficial roles PLHAs play as caregivers to others especially in HIV-related self-help groups. The unique psychological care and support that PLHAs can offer each other is invaluable particularly in regions where stigma and discrimination remain the primary barriers to care. HIV self-help groups allow people to share common problems seek common solutions and provide each other with a deep sense of solidarity love and care. PLHAs with similar health conditions share the same concerns and fears about their lives and their futures. They are always concerned about how to ensure access to free treatment for HIV and other opportunistic infections from community-based organizations and hospitals. They grapple with what to tell employers when they are feeling sick or tired; how to bring food to their families if their employers learn of their positive status and fire them; and many other sensitive issues. Human rights charters protecting the rights of people with HIV/AIDS need to be promoted more broadly as the public remains largely unaware of existing legal instruments that could protect its interests. (excerpt)


Dr. I. L. Chaikoff came to the University of California in 1930 as an instructor in the Department of Physiology of the School of Medicine, which at that time was geographically located on the Berkeley campus. He continued on the Berkeley faculty after the return of the Medical School Department of Physiology to the San Francisco campus in 1958. He died in Berkeley in January 1966, the victim of chronic and progressively severe bronchial asthma, approximately 5 months before his sixtyfourth birthday. His 35V2-year career was unusual for most University of California professors during those years in that he was research mentor for a very large number of graduate students, of whom 64 received the Ph.D. degree. Some of these are now deceased, but among the survivors are professors emeriti plus many individuals still active in the sciences in both universities and the National Institutes of Health as well as industry and other research organizations. It is impossible to reconstruct with accuracy the precise number of students who were recipients of Master's


Sheep receiving a total of about 31 mmol day‐1 (0.5 mmol kg‐1) of sodium were classified according to the predominant route of sodium excretion; urinary (U) or faecal (F). U sheep had a greater water turnover than F sheep; their intake was 41% higher and they produced 133% more urine but there was little difference in faecal water loss. Most faecal sodium was readily exchangeable with water in both groups. When sodium intake was reduced by 80% (to 6 mmol day‐1; 0.1 mmol kg‐1), the reduction in total sodium excretion was equally effective in F sheep and U sheep after 48 h and after 2 weeks the overall losses of sodium were smaller in F sheep. On sodium intakes close to requirement (0.1 mmol kg‐1 or less) the majority of the sheep excreted most of their sodium in faeces and did so on intakes up to 0.5 mmol kg‐1 day‐1. Excess dietary sodium is mainly excreted renally. When sodium intake is increased abruptly (by 20 mmol day‐1, 0.3 mmol kg‐1), total sodium excretion only increases gradually but after about 3 days it 'overshoots' as in humans.


Liquid wastes and effluents from the processing of agricultural products can either be a disposal headache or a useful source of natural products. It is shown how new separation processes like ultra filtration can be used to recover valuable products from cattle blood, tannery effluent, wheat starch factory effluent and dairy whey. The approach used can very likely be extended to other liquid agricultural wastes. At the heart of the recovery processes proposed is a new polyamide ultra filtration membrane developed at the University of New South Wales. With this membrane and optimal ultra filtration operating conditions, it is possible to get ultra filtration fluxes 2-3 times higher than with available commercial equipment, thus making the economics of product recovery very attractive.


In this paper we examine maximum weight independent sets (MWIS) on branching processes and Erdos-Renyi graphs. Gamarnik, Nowicki, and Swirscsz, showed that, if a particular fixed point equation had a unique solution, then the MWIS value converged. This followed by showing that there was no long range dependencies in the MWIS solution. Here we examine what happens when there are multiple solutions to the fixed point equation, and hence there are long range dependencies. Specifically, we show that, under surprisingly weak conditions - which include the possibility of long range dependencies - that the MWIS value converges in probability to a random variable. We give a new method for calculating the MWIS value for Erdos-Renyi graphs. In the case of vertex weights independently drawn from the standard exponential distribution and with multiple solutions to the fixed point equation, we use our method to show improved upper and lower bounds of the MWIS value. Finally, we show how our proof techniques are general enough to be applied to other optimization problems with local constraints such as maximum weight matching and maximum weight color.


Floral biology, sexual system, breeding system, pollinators, fruiting and seed dispersal aspects of three Suaeda species, S. maritima, S. monoica and S. nudiflora (Chenopodiaceae) were studied.  The flowers of all the three species are hermaphroditic, dichogamous, strongly protogynous with a pistillage phase during the mature bud stage and staminate phase following anthesis, self-compatible exhibiting mixed breeding systems with special adaptation for cross-pollination; but both self- and cross-pollination are vector-dependent.  In all, the flowers display a mix of anemophilous and entomophilous traits.  Anemophily is effective in high salt marshes while water currents bring about pollination in low salt marshes; insects pollinate the flowers while collecting the forage from pistillate and staminate phase flowers. In these species, the whole plant breaks off and rolls on the floor while shedding its diaspores.  Fruits with seeds intact and/or seeds shed from fruits float on water due to their ability for buoyancy.  The fruits and seeds thus disperse, settle in the entire extent of salt marshes or coastal areas and germinate in mid-summer season when salinity is very high in high and low salt marshes.


In the context of turnaround management, key performance indicators (KPIs) are needed to illustrate the effects of measures taken during the turnaround process. These KPIs are usually scattered over different data sources in the company. This paper describes a pattern construct conceived to relate KPIs to both their data source and the measure effects they are supposed to document. The pattern may serve as a basis for generally relating corporate KPIs to their data sources.


Objective To discuss the value of colloidal gold method in rapid identification of Mycobacterium strains.Methods A total of 131 clinical isolates of mycobacterium tuberculosis were tested by colloidal gold diagnostic reagents and compared with traditional experimental methods.Results 23 clinical isolates of non-Mycobacterium tuberculosis were all negative by colloidal gold reagent test results,and 107 were positive among 108 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using colloidal gold reagent rapid identification.The sensitivity rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was 99.1%(107/108),while specificity was 100%(23/23).The average time was 9.9 d to picks out the Mycobacterium tuberculosis compared by colloidal gold diagnostic reagents,which was significantly shorter than that by traditional methods with average time of 28.2 days.Conclusion Colloidal gold method is simple and rapid in identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis,which is an effective way to identify mycobacterium strains.


Print creation is a complicated process,to make the emotions become visual image by way of skills.In creation,woodcutter's emotions and skills are in the whole process,emotions as the spirit of print creation,and skills as the carrier of emotions.The effective control and use of emotions make the skills recreate perfect emotions.When there is a harmonious cooperation between woodcutter's mind,hand,and eyes,also the balance of skills and emotions,the art will be created.


Organizations (CBO's) on productivity of cassvafarmers. A stratified random sampling technique was used to
select 83 farmers under NGO's and CBO's and 42ofthose that are not under NGO's or CBO's. lriformation
were elicited from the respondents on their socio-economic characteristics, reasons for not joining NGOs or
CBOs. problems encountered in having access to inputs, quanti~¥· of inputs used and level ofoutputs of the
farmers. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis. The analysis of the socioeconomic
characteristics of the respondents revealed that most of the respondents that were members ofNGOs
and CBOs were male [79.5%], middle-aged [82.0%], had higher literacy level [69.9%], smaller household
size [88.0%}, and had larger farm sizes [83.1%], compared to their counterparts who were not members of
NGOs and CBOs organizations. The study also revealed that most of the respondents (69.0%) that were not
members/beneficiaries ofNGOs and CBOs claimed that it was due to their low literacy level. The results of the
analysis further revealed that 59. 8% of variation in the output of cassava farmers that were
members/beneficiaries of NGOs and CBOs are explained by the quantity of fertilizer used, number of
labourers engaged and type of variety of cassava cuttings planted. On the othf!r hand, 31.3% of variations in
the output of cassava farmers that were not members of NGOs and CBOs are explained by the number of
labourers engaged and type of variety of cassava cuttings planted. The results of pooled OLS regression show
that number of labourers engaged, type of variety cultivated and membership/beneficiaries of NGOs and
CBOs brought about 48. 7% variation in the output of the farmers. The result of the Chows test further showed
that participation/membership ofNGOs and CBOs significantly bring about an increase in the productivity of
the farmers. Therefore, farmers should be enlightened on the benefits derived from participating/benefiting
from NGOs and CBOs and be encouraged to participate.


. Let V → X be a surjective quasi-projective morphism between irreducible quasi-projective varieties over a number field, where X is smooth. We prove that there exists a non-empty Zariski open subset of X such that the S -integral points in it are covered by subpolynomially many geometrically irreducible subvarieties, each lying in a fiber of the mixed period mapping. We also prove analogous theorems for semi-simplicial varieties and abstract variations of mixed Hodge structures. They are based on recent works by Brunebarbe-Maculan and Ellenberg-Lawrence-Venkatesh. As an application, we prove that there are subpolynomially many S -integral Laurent polynomials with fixed reflexive Newton polyhedron ∆ and fixed non-zero principal ∆ -determinant. Our results answer a question in Ellenberg-Lawrence-Venkatesh.


ABSTRACTTraditional amplitude variation with offset and azimuth (AVOAz) analysis for fracture characterization extracts fracture properties through analysis of reflection AVOAz to determine anisotropic parameters (e.g., Thomsen's parameters) that are then related to fracture properties. The validity of this method relies on the basic assumption that a fractured unit can be viewed as an equivalent anisotropic medium. As a rule of thumb, this assumption is taken to be valid when the fracture spacing is less than λ/10. Under the effective medium assumption, diffractions from individual fractures destructively interfere and only specular reflections from boundaries of a fractured layer can be observed in seismic data. The effective medium theory has been widely used in fracture characterization, and its applicability has been validated through many field applications. However, through numerical simulations, we find that diffractions from fracture clusters can significantly distort the AVOAz signatures when a ...


A Sieverts apparatus for small quantity samples has been implemented by employing a very small volume pressure reservoir and a sample chamber of less than 1 ml. The hydrogen storage capacity of a commercially available, HiPco (high pressure CO conversion) single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) was measured over a hydrogen pressure range of 0-35 Bar at room temperature. The sample contained approximately 5 wt% of residual Fe catalyst, and showed 0.17 wt% of hydrogen uptake capacity at 30 Bar of hydrogen pressure. Palladium nanoparticles were deposited on the SWNT via electrochemical method (EC) from H 2 PdCl 4 solution. The storage capacity of the SWNT with EC-doped Pd was increased to 0.52 wt% at 30 Bar, which corresponds to the capacity enhancement by a factor between 2.8 and 3.1.


Objective: To evaluate the optimal allocation of health care treatments when treatment costs and outcomes are uncertain.Background: In the context of perfectly certain health care costs and outcomes, Weinstein and others have demonstrated that optimal treatment allocation requires a comparison of all potential incremental cost effectiveness ratios (ICERs) against a decision-maker willingness-to-pay (WTP) ratio (cutoff threshold) using either linear programming methods, treatment 'prioritization' rules or incremental net monetary benefits (NMB) assessment. Thus far, stochastic treatment allocation evaluation has focused primarily on two-treatment comparisons where the uncertainty in the increment cost effectiveness ratio (ICER) is plotted on the cost-QALY plane and the stochastic properties are characterized in terms of WTP confidence intervals, incremental NMB plots, or cost effectiveness acceptability curves (CEAC). The decision rules and the characterization of global optimal treatment allocation under uncertainty has not been previously fully elucidated. Results: With uncertain costs and outcomes, using NMB methods, it is demonstrated that if the decision- maker is only concerned about maximizing expected QALYs for a given budget (or in the dual optimization program, minimizing the expected cost of providing a fixed number of expected QALYs to the beneficiary population) all of the standard 'perfect certainty' results about optimal treatment allocation carry through. However, to the extent that the decision-maker is concerned about treatment cost and outcome variability (e.g., the decision-maker is risk averse) the optimal treatment allocation will necessarily involve a portfolio of treatment strategies involving tradeoffs between treatment risks and benefits. Unless all treatments are perfectly positively correlated, there will nearly always be some gain by using a mixed treatment strategy rather than characterizing certain treatments as 'dominant' or 'dominated.' The mathematics of modern portfolio theory apply directly to this problem and demonstrate 1: (Separation Theorem) — the optimal treatment portfolio efficiency frontier is independent of the decision-makers willingness-to-pay for health care treatments; 2: (Market Beta Analysis) the decision as to whether a new treatment should be added to the optimal treatment portfolio depends on the tradeoff between the new treatment incremental NMB and its covariance with the current optimal treatment portfolio risk. Conclusions: Decision-makers using ICER methods to optimally allocate health care treatments under stochastic uncertainty will consider not only the NMB expected return to treatment but also treatment cost and outcome variability. This leads to the more realistic result that a portfolio of mixed treatment strategies will generally be preferable to one where only those treatments with the highest expected returns are implemented. This finding has substantial implications for formulary decision-making, comparative effectiveness research and the interpretation and characterization of stochastic ICERs.


Presented are OTFT arrays fabricated from a high mobility organic semiconductor ink wherein the preferred TFTs are corbino-type devices. As a direct consequence of the corbino design, the resulting TFTs have very high on/off ratios, typically > 107 coupled with very low off currents. This corbino approach demonstrates that high mobility OTFTs with superior switching ratios can be obtained without the need for isolation of the organic semiconductor. Hansen solubility parameters and mobility data are reported. This also indicates potential for the commercial use of organic semiconductor materials in the industrial production of OTFT backplanes for flexible AMOLED displays.


We analyze the hedging effectiveness of positions that replicate stock indexes using corresponding futures contracts through the application of a dynamic, stochastic hedging strategy proposed by Lafuente, J. A. and Novales, A. (2003). Conclusive gains do not emerge in any of the markets analyzed over the period considered, relative to the use of a constant unit hedge ratio. These findings are consistent with the trend observed in the IBEX 35 futures market study of Lafuente, J. A. and Novales, A. (2003). Our empirical evidence suggests that, contrary to what happens in less liquid markets, the discrepancy between theoretical and quoted prices in index futures contracts in fully developed markets does not represent a noise factor that can be successfully exploited for hedging. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 29:1050–1066, 2009


An approach for computing Lyapunov functions for nonlinear continuous-time differential equations is developed via a new, Massera-type construction. This construction is enabled by imposing a finite-time criterion on the integrated function. By means of this approach, we relax the assumptions of exponential stability on the system's equilibrium, while still allowing integration over a finite time interval. The resulting Lyapunov function can be computed based on any $\mathcal {K}_{\infty}$ -function of the norm of the solution of the system. In addition, we show how the developed converse theorem can be used to construct an estimate of the domain of attraction. Finally, a range of examples from the literature and biological applications, such as the genetic toggle switch, the repressilator, and the HPA axis, are worked out to demonstrate the efficiency and improvement in computation of the proposed approach.


The biodiversity of rhizobium in soils of the Sao Francisco Valley is unknown and can be studied using cowpea as trap plants. The objective of this study was to verify the diversity of diazotrophic bacteria that nodulate cowpea in soils of the lower half of the Sao Francisco River Valley by morphological and genotypic characterization. Seven soil samples (A1, A2, A3, A4, C1, C2 and MC) were collected to capture bacteria associated to five cowpea cultivars (IPA 206, BRS Pujante, BRS Marataoa, Canapu Roxo, and Sempre Verde), in a 5x7 factorial design with three replications. Thirty days after plant emergence, the nodules were collected and the bacteria isolated and analyzed in relation to their growth characteristics in YMA medium. The 581 isolates were grouped in 49 morphologic groups. Of this total, 62.3 % formed colonies in up to three days, 33.4 % grew from the 6 th day on, and 4.3 % began to grow 4 to 5 days after incubation. Regarding the formation of acids and alkalis, 63 % acidified the medium, 12 % made it alkaline and 25 % maintained the medium at neutral pH. The highest diversity was observed in the A3 sample and in isolates associated with the cultivars Canapu Roxo and BRS Pujante. Thirty-eight representative isolates were chosen for the genotypic characterization, clustered in four groups based on the restriction analysis of 16s rDNA. This grouping was strongly correlated with the sampling site; 13 rhizobium isolates had an electrophoretic profile distinct from the standard rhizobium strains used in this study.


For the last decade when travelling the majority of people rely on cars. To this extent, every public building has the obligation to provide parking area. In transport studies, a long-standing debate has been arguing about in what ways the role of travel mode choices contributes to the association between built environment and travel behaviour. In regard to the presence of the new MRT system in Jakarta, this paper is to review the literature for a theoretical exploration study about how people make their travel mode decision from private cars to public transport. Focusing on travel-to-work behaviour, the study identifies comfort, awareness, location, time management, cost, regulation, and pre-planned activities as attributes which influence travel mode choice. In addition, socio-demographics characteristics and pre-condition habits on using public transport describe how individuals view the attributes. This paper proposes awareness of public transport strategy for the stakeholders.


One hundred and ninety two 14-day-old broilers were equally divided into 3 groups.There were 4 replicates in each group and 16 chickens in each replicate.Three diets with similarly energy density and crude protein content were formulated, i.e corn-soybean meal as control diet and 30% and 60% wheat inclusion diets as test ones.Five grams Cr2O3 per kilogram ration was added into each diet as a marker.After 30 minuets feeding marked diets,the excretes of each group were collected at 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 h.At 2 and 4 h after feeding marked diet,3 chicken in each replicate was killed and their intestines were quickly removed to detect the relative viscosities of digesta. It was demonstrated that the passage rate of digesta through entire broiler digestive tract was decreased as wheat added.The time needed for 80% Cr2O3 passge out were 5,7 and 8 h for control,30% wheat and 60% wheat diet,respectively.The relative viscosities of digesta for 30% wheat and 60% wheat diet were 17.6% and 48.9% higher than that for control at 2 h after marker feeding,and 28.1% and 63.7% higher at 4h. But only 60% wheat diet significantly increased the digesta viscosities at 2 and 4 h(P0.05).Comparing to the results obtained from similar trials using barley and rye,the viscosities of digesta for broiler wheat diet are much low. The relative viscosities of 26 wheat samples after extracted by 0.1mol HCl,tap water and 0.1mol NaOH solution at 40℃ in vitro were determined.It was found that the viscosities of wheat extracts by 0.1mol NaOH solution were much higher than that by 0.1mol HCl and water(P0.001).The average viscosities were 6.22,2.57 and 2.38,respectively.The viscosity of the wheat extract by 0.1mol NaOH solution had a closer relationship with soluble NSP content in wheat samples,the correlation coefficient was 0.82,and the regression equation could be expressed as:Relative Viscosity=0.897+0.229× soluble NSP(g/kg DM).


Scholars have continuously debated about the importance of aesthetics in art education and of aesthetic education and have posed numerous questions about the possibility of practicing aesthetics in the educational field. Aesthetic education was first introduced in the structured curriculum of Discipline-based Art Education (DBAE). Since DBAE, the significance of aesthetic education has become manifested, and the meaning of aesthetic education has become recognized. However, aesthetic education in DBAE was not fully developed. The primary reasons for this lack of development include an absence of available curriculum for aesthetic education, problems with aesthetic education related to its birth under the influence of modernism, and the complex and ambiguous meanings that the term aesthetics has. Because of these reasons, it is still difficult to define aesthetic education, which has led to the continued confusion about what aesthetic education is and how to teach aesthetics to children. In addition, some scholars insist that the discourse of aesthetics in art education is useless. Therefore, this study suggests that these difficulties and problems come from a narrow understanding and interpretation of the meaning of aesthetic education. Thus, this study attempts to overcome these problems by redefining the meaning of aesthetics by reexamining the term aesthetics from its origin in order to break through the modernist dichotomy between body and mind, emotion and reason, sense and thought, as well as art and life. Based on this investigation, this study emphasizes the importance of aesthetic education and the possibility to practice it in art education.


It is not always possible to avoid inconsistency of a set of constraints in a database, for example in a legacy database where we are given an out of date set of constraints which may have changed due to maintenance. Thus we need some mechanism to reassess the set of constraints in order to recover from this inconsistency. We tackle this problem concentrating on the situation when the constraints are a set of functional dependencies (FDs) and the database may be incomplete. The approach we take to alleviate this problem is to consider as the correct semantics the maximally consistent subsets of the given set of FDs in the incomplete relation. We show how to compute all the maximally consistent subsets, although, in general, this computation is shown to be intractable. We then investigate the dependency inference problem for FDs in incomplete relations, which can be viewed as a data mining application of our approach to dealing with inconsistency. Finally, we show that Lien and Atzeni's axiomatisation of FDs in incomplete relations can be given semantics in terms of a reened family of maximally consistent sets of FDs.


General concept of mobile gravity is discussed and theory and method of data processing of mobile gravity(relative gravity) are analyzed and studied.The practical examples indicate that real earthquake occurrences better correspond to the trends of high gradient zone of gravity variation.It is pointed out that prediction of earthquake trend is approximately made the method.


The spin-orbit interaction (modeled by the Dzialoshinsky-Moriya term [1]) turn the spin of the electrons as they hop between sites. In this work we show that this 'internal magnetic field' favors the increasing in the electric conductivity in the framework of the t-J model [2-4]. We present exact calculations in finite rings of length N = 4, 5, 6, 7 for the conductivity and the dielectric susceptibility as function of various parameters and temperature.


Background : Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) is a dendritic cell disorder, resulting from proliferation of immunophenotypically and functionally immature Langerhans cells with eosinophils, macrophages, lymphocytes and multinucleated giant cells. The incidence of LCH is 2 to 10 cases per million children aged less than 15 years old. Pulmonary LCH is rare in childhood. It typically affects young adults and associated with cigarette smoking. We describe a case of LCH with severe pulmonary involvement. Case report : A 9-year-old, Chinese, boy, with 3-month history of constitutional symptoms and gum swelling presented with sudden onset of left sided chest pain and difficulty in breathing. His chest X-ray showed bilateral diffuse cystic lung changes and pneumothoraces. His HRCT thorax revealed multiple diffuse, irregular shaped cystic lesions of varying sizes in both lung fields suggestive of pulmonary LCH. Biopsy of the gum confirmed Langerhans cell histiocytosis. He developed diabetes insipidus secondary to posterior pituitary infiltration, confirmed by MRI pituitary and was started on oral Minirin. He subsequently was started on multisystem risk regime as per LCH III UK Protocol. He received 4 weeks of Prednisolone (60mg/m2/ daily) and Vinblastin bolus (6 mg/m2) one week a part, 6 doses in total. It was a challenge for us to manage the recurrent tension pneumothorax which required chest tubes in-situ for prolong period of time. In view of this, he underwent bilateral thoracotomy and mechanical pleurodesis. Conclusion : We presented a case of severe pulmonary LCH with challenge in managing his recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces.


Signatories of the Washington Accord has to comply with the accord's definition of a competent engineering graduate. In Malaysia, the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) is empowered to oversee all the engineering degree courses offered by all universities to make sure they conform with the Washington Accord. Our university has decided to revamp some of the laboratory exercises in order to comply with EAC's requirements. This article reports the thought process of designing new thermal-fluid laboratory exercises that can provide advanced engineering knowledge using investigative scientific process and complex problem analysis. The cost of the laboratory setup was kept at minimum using open-source software that can visualize and measure the density gradient of the flow-field captured by a simple DSLR camera. The students were able to observe complex flow phenomena that stimulated their interest to read further on related engineering research articles. The students achieved well above average on the course and program outcomes that were set for this course.


[Objective]To analyze the knowledge,attitude and practice of road traffic injury(RTI) among motor vehicle drivers in Penglai city and targeted intervention measures were taken to reduce the occurrence of road traffic injuries.[Methods]In 2008,a part of motor vehicle drivers from urban district and rural areas were investigated in Penglai City.[Results]1 083 drivers were investigated,of which,646 drivers from urban district and 437 from rural areas.The awareness of RTI knowledge of drivers from urban district and rural areas were 80.18%,76.20% respectively(P0.05).The rate of no violation(bad) behaviors within one month was 25.08% for drivers from urban district,and 28.15% for rural driver(P0.05).The mean of violation(bad) behavior was(1.67±1.57) within one month for all drivers,of which,(1.65±1.52)for urban driver,(1.71±1.64)for rural drivers(P0.05).The rate of using the cell phones while driving was the highest among the violation(bad) behavior in the urban drivers(61.92%),the second was drink-.driving(28.92%).The rate of driving without helmets was the highest among the violation(bad) in rural drivers(42.33%),the rate of driving on the sidewalk was on the second(33.64%).[Conclusion]The awareness rate of RTI knowledge in drivers was higher in Penglai city,but the rate of violation(bad) behavior was higher in practice.


ABSTRACT The increasing demands of teaching coupled with the erosion of a sense of professionalism has likely contributed to teachers' elevated instances of burnout and loss of well-being. The purpose of this article is to propose a construct of 'Mindful Teaching' as a means to mitigate burnout and improve teachers' well-being and efficacy. Theoretical and empirical research provide the foundation for the Mindful Teaching construct. Mindful teaching includes teachers' awareness and compassion that are both inwardly and externally focused. Mindful teaching can be incorporated into teacher education as a means of helping teachers reflect on and navigate the tensions inherent in their work. Excerpts from a student teacher's journal demonstrate how teacher educators can use the Mindful Teaching construct to improve teacher candidates' well-being by reconnecting them to their sense of purpose through awareness, compassion, improved efficacy, and mindful action.


The population dynamics of rabbits in a temperate, maritime climate were studied in response to the question: are rabbit numbers kept in check by intrinsic responses to density, or by predation and disease,or do they rise to the level permi tte'd by the food supply? The study was carried out i-n a few small observation plots within a coastal dune nature reserve. An experiment employing supplemental feeding was conducted during autumn and winter. In the severe winter of 1978-79 rabbits died from starvation. In the following years population density increased, but did not reach the upper limit set by food availability. 15 Fullgrown rabbits were eaten by fox, stoat and occasionally cat and polecat. Littering frequency was low and may have been depressed by high rabbit density. The length of the breeding season was determined by an interaction between population density and food quality. Predation and other mechanisms potentially capable oJ regula:tiirg population size --were -no'L s'trong-,-.:-Efuough to Ateep rabbit density be'l<>W 'tTre level permitted by ;t'ibe'CfOO,<k.oS,Ilpply. Reasons for this are discussed.


The MSR Challenge offers researchers and practitioners in the area of Mining Software Repositories a common data set and asks them to put their mining tools and approaches on a dare. This year, the challenge is on the Android platform. We provided the change and bug report data for the Android platform asked researchers to uncover interesting findings related to the Android platform. In this paper, we describe the role of the MSR Challenge, highlight the data provided and summarize the papers accepted for inclusion in this year's challenge.


The oilfield water injection corrosion inhibitor was synthesized by reacting different long-chain fatty acids with tetraethylenepentamine,and the optimal synthetic conditions were obtained using orthogonal experiment method.Static coupon weight loss method was adopted to evaluate the inhibitor performance and the effects of the temperature and concentration on the performance were studied.The results showed that the corrosion inhibitor had good performance at the conditions of concentration as 800 mg/L and relatively low temperature.