Summary The residual chromosome fraction isolated from leukemic mouse spleen contained from 0.32 to 0.45 μ of pentose nucleic acid per μ of nitrogen, while that from normal spleen contained 0.18-0.19 μ per γ of nitrogen.


This study uses a quantitative approach to see the causal relationship of several factors that influence employee performance. The population in this study were the employees of the Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Kabupaten Kuningan Regency totaling 61 employees. Data were collected by questionnaire and document study, after which the data were tested for validity and reliability. The results showed that Managerial Ability, Motivation and Work Discipline had an effect on employee performance simultaneously. The Multiple Determination Coefficient in this study uses the adjusted R square value because the independent variables in this study are more than 2 in estimating the influence of the two independent variables studied. From the adjusted R Square value data of 0.583, Although the influence of the independent variable on the dependent variable is included in the medium classification. According to the author's suggestion, it should be further improved, especially in terms of managerial ability from the leadership, then the motivation that must be increased and no less important is Work Discipline from the employees themselves, so this will have an impact on increasing employee performance.


Superior characteristics of silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs such as higher breakdown voltage, higher band-gap energy, lower switching losses, lower on-state resistance turns out to be the best alternative to silicon (Si) MOSFETs and Si-IGBTs for high power density converters. However, its low threshold voltage and lower transconductance value increases difficulties in the driver circuit design due to high frequency noise and EMI problems. Therefore, appropriate selection of driver circuit parameters is necessary to avoid high frequency switching losses, noise and EMI effect which further affects the performance of power converters and decreases its efficiency. In this paper, a simple gate driver circuit design for SiC MOSFET based three level diode clamped inverter is presented. Step by step selection procedure of driver circuit components is explained. A 10kVA, three phase, three level inverter is developed and performance of proposed driver circuit in eliminating high frequency noise, rise in the gate-source voltage spikes and electromagnetic interference (EMI) effect is experimentally evaluated.


A 60-year-old lady who inhaled fruit pip eight years earlier, presented with a chronic irritating cough. Computed tomography showed a filling defect in the left main bronchus, but aerated lungs (Figure 1). Rigid bronchoscopy found total occlusion of the left main bronchus by a fruit seed. Air entry and exit was by a ''swing door'' effect (Figure 2). Hence the distal lung was not collapsed, but the patient had a persistent cough for eight years.


The research domain generally referred to by the term JDM is vast and ill-bounded. It is, however, reasonably easy to identify the core concerns and issues it covers, even if one is unsure of the remote boundaries. The field has generally been concerned with choices made after some degree of deliberation: Choosing to take a particular job is included; choosing to remove one's hand from a hot burner is not. The deliberation involved includes some prediction or anticipation, of two distinct sorts: prediction of the possible consequences of alternative actions and prediction of one's evaluative reactions to these consequences. What will or might happen if I do A or B? And will I like these outcomes, or not? Selection of an action is often preceded by significant inferential effort, as when medical diagnosis precedes selection of a treatment. Substantial creative effort may be invested in generating action alternatives. The term judgment often is used, imprecisely, to refer to several distinct parts of this process. The physician might use the phrase "In my medical judgment . . . " as a preface to a statement of what disease she thinks the patient is suffering from (diagnostic inference); what future course she expects the disease to follow (prediction or prognosis); what treatment she is recommending (decision); or what tradeoffs among risks, side effects, and prospects the patient will prefer (preferential prediction). Other topics often included under the JDM rubric are problem solving (viewing the physician as trying to solve the puzzle of the patient's symptoms); information search (ordering tests, conducting exploratory surgery); memory (recall of earlier cases or symptom patterns); and dynamic decision making (as when the physician makes multiple interventions over time as the patient responds or fails to respond to treatments). JDM and its terminology, in short, is not neatly defined. Given this inclusive and open-ended definition of the field and its constituent topics, we make no claim of comprehensiveness for this chapter, nor for the relative emphasis among the topics we have included. Our general goal has been to provide the reader with an introduction to the central issues in JDM, but we have been highly selective as to topics and relative emphasis. We have treated lightly or left out altogether many topics conventionally included in JDM surveys, in part by conscious (if inevitably biased) assessment of interest and research potential, in part by simple oversight. Our biases are generally toward actual or potential application rather than toward theory building per se. We note methodological issues only where they seem special to, or especially serious for, JDM. Finally, we have allowed ourselves a little scope for speculation on where the field might develop next, less in the spirit of confident prediction than in the hopes that it will spur our imaginations and those of others. In this age of rapid and convenient electronic literature searches, we saw little point in stuffing this chapter full of exemplary citations on each topic. Other useful sources include two collections of papers sponsored by the Judgment and Decision Making Society: Goldstein and


Photoinduced phase transition materials receive attention from both fundamental and technological viewpoints because they are used in high-density optical data storage. In this paper, we report a photoreversible phase transition at room temperature with a unique phase of Ti3O5 (hereinafter, this new phase is called -Ti3O5). The -Ti3O5 phase, which is generated by a nanoscale size effect, is a metal conductor, and exhibits a photoinduced phase transition to -Ti3O5, a semiconductor. The photoreverse process from - to -Ti3O5 is also observed. This phenomenon originates from a particular state of -Ti3O5, which is trapped at thermodynamically local energy minimum. Light irradiation causes the switching between this trapped state (-Ti3O5) and the other energy minimum state (-Ti3O5).


p HEOCHROMOCYTOMA is a catecholamine-producing tumor usually located in the adrenal gland. Signs and symptoms, which are related to the tumor's excessive secretion of norepinephrine and epinephrine, include hypertension, sweating, palpitations, headaches, and anxiety attacks. Pheochromocytoma is found in approximately 0.1% to 0.3% of patients undergoing evaluation for secondary causes of hypertension. 1 Early diagnosis and appropriate medical management of pheochromocytomas are of paramount importance. The perioperative mortality of unrecognized pheochromocytoma is high because of cerebrovascular, cardiovascular, and central nervous system catastrophes. Today, because of improvements in diagnosis, surgical techniques, perioperative monitoring, and modem antihypertensive drugs, perioperative mortality associated with pheochromocytoma surgery has been reduced to less than 1%. 2,3 With advances in surgical technology and more widespread experience in minimally invasive techniques, pheochromocytoma resection, a procedure that until recently had been considered suitable only for a conventional open approach, can now be performed laparoscopically. 4-6 Over the last several years, laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma has been established as a safe and effective surgical procedure with many advantages over conventional open surgery. 5-7


The diatom genus Eunotia is unusual among raphid diatoms in having a raphe system consisting of two short slits that are not integrated into the primary pattern center. This and other characteristics, particularly the presence of rimoportulae, are consistent with the hypothesis that Eunotia is a basal lineage within the raphid group. We studied auxosporulation in E. bilunaris (Ehrenberg) Mills and E. tropica Hustedt for comparison with other raphid pennate diatoms and with araphid pennates; E. bilunaris was studied in parental and F1 generations. Like araphid pennates, E. bilunaris and E. tropica are heterothallic. Clones of the same mating type did not interact sexually, and intraclonal sexual reproduction was absent or very rare. Clones retained the same sex throughout the life cycle, as shown by experiments using abrupt size reduction to produce clones of similar age but different size and using subclones derived from a single initial cell within six mitotic generations. Unlike in araphid pennate diatoms, in the Eunotia species the gametes are not visibly or behaviorally differentiated. Gametogenesis is merogenous, because the gametangium formed a supernumerary cell as well as a single gametic cell, both undergoing meiosis II to form a surviving functional nucleus and a nucleus that quickly degenerated. Plasmogamy is via papillae that grew out toward each other from the ends of the gametangia to create a copulation canal. After plasmogamy, the gametes moves bodily into the copulation canal, producing an elongate zygote, which expands to form a curved sausage‐like auxospore.


This chapter considers two polar cases in the role of government: Laissez faire and central planning. Past experiences with central planning, its difficulties and its influence, are discussed. The chapter looks at the role of the state during periods of laissez faire and the influence of Adam Smith. Low spending and low taxes characterize laissez faire policies. Economists put their trust in evolution and progress. The chapter then goes on to anaylze how the role of the state changed in the twentieth century and the new functions of stabilization and redistribution. The Industrial Revolution had a major impact on the role of the state in the nineeenth century, and in the twentieth, after World War Two, many states saw a growth in taxation and public spending. Finally the chapter considers whether more public spending leads to more social welfare


ABSTRACT Purpose: To identify the personal strengths of Canadian physical therapists who hold leadership positions and compare them with the strengths of Canadian physical therapists who do not occupy positions of leadership. Methods: A quantitative, cross-sectional online survey was distributed to registered Canadian physical therapists. We used the Clifton StrengthsFinder to evaluate 34 characteristics and determine which characteristics described a participant's strengths. Population demographics and leadership strengths were described via frequency distributions and percentages; chi-square analyses and Fisher's exact tests were used to compare differences between groups. Results: Of 173 physical therapists who completed the survey, 108 occupied a position of leadership, and 65 did not. Those in the leader group had significantly more experience and achieved a higher level of education. Leaders most frequently exhibited the strengths of learner, achiever, responsibility, input, and strategic, whereas non-leaders most frequently displayed strengths of learner, achiever, input, relator, and harmony. Leaders were significantly more likely than non-leaders to possess the achiever strength. Gender, level of education, and years of experience did not significantly influence which strengths were present in the leadership profile. Conclusions: There is substantial overlap between leaders and non-leaders in terms of leadership profiles. Future research should investigate whether leadership strengths vary depending on the leadership position occupied and whether leadership development initiatives promote leadership strengths.


The utility model discloses a movable chamfering machine, which comprising a soleplate, a gripping holder, a knife rest, a headstock which consists of a principal axis, a gearwheel, a pinion wheel, a speed reducer and a box body in addition to a feeder which consists of a screw mandrel, a worm wheel, a worm, a worm-gearing and a shell; and the knife rest is fixed on the principal axis of the headstock. The gripping holder, the headstock and the feeder are fixedly arranged on the soleplate; and the utility model is mainly used in the industry of petrochemical machinery, boiler making and architecture heating, with the aim of processing the metallic conduit end into various groove-welds, screeding the surface of the conduit end and boring the inside diameter. Specific conduit end processing device or fixed base of the boring lathe is not necessary in the installation of the utility model. Therefore, the utility model has the advantage of simple structure, flexible and convenient operation, unlimited position and convenient processing in conduit end grooves of all types.


This document supersedes NIST SP 500-172, Computer Security Training Guidelines, published in 1989. The new document supports the Computer Security Act (Public Law 100-235) and OMB Circular A-130 Appendix III requirements that NIST develop and issue computer security training guidance. This publication presents a new conceptual framework for providing information technology (IT) security training. This framework includes the IT security training requirements appropriate for today's distributed computing environment and provides flexibility for extension to accommodate future technologies and the related risk management decisions.


5012 Background: Nivolumab, a fully human IgG4 programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor antibody, has shown encouraging activity in mRCC. This trial assessed the immunomodulatory and clinical activity, ...


Michael Hudson argues that a new form of financial capitalism has displaced the industrial capitalism of Marx's day. Unlike earlier capitalists, whose pursuit of lower costs led to improvements in the organization of production, the typical wealth owner today is a passive rentier who, like a feudal landlord, merely claims the surplus from existing production processes. Some form of this vision of financialization is widely held, but, I argue, misleading. It exaggerates the differences between historical and present-day capitalism, and misses the ways in which "finance" and "industry" form complementary parts of a single process. JEL classification: B51, E44, N20


Abstract. The stability of aggregates can be improved by amending the soil with charged synthetic polymers. We have evaluated the effects of addition of low rates of anionic polyacrylamide (PAM) on the stability of aggregates from three predominately kaolinitic soils, and investigated whether the applied PAM penetrated into the aggregates or was adsorbed onto exterior surfaces only. Aggregates (6.3–9.5 mm) from the Ap horizons of a Cecil sandy loam and a Cecil loamy sand (Typic Kanhapludult) and from the Bt horizon of a Davidson clay (Rhodic Kandiudult) were treated with a high molecular weight(2 × 107Da), negatively charged (20% hydrolysis) PAM at rates of 0, 10 or 20 kg/ha. The treated aggregate were dried and exposed to 20 mm of high kinetic energy (23.0 kJ/m3) simulated rain. Some of the PAM‐treated Cecil loamy sand aggregates (5 or 10 kg/ha) were broken in half to expose untreated aggregate interiors to the rain. Percentage stable aggregates (weight/weight) in the PAM treatments ranged from 52 to 97%, vs. 20‐32% in the control. PAM addition significantly increased the percentage of >4 mm sized aggregates compared with the untreated aggregates. PAM was more effective at stabilization in the light to medium textured Cecil soils than in the clayey Davidson. When internal surfaces of PAM treated aggregates were exposed, the percentage of stable aggregates exceeded the amount expected if the polymer was only adsorbed on to external surfaces. This suggested that some PAM had penetrated to some degree into aggregate interiors, thereby stabilizing both external and internal aggregates surfaces. Based on these results it is envisaged that use of PAM could be a viable alternative to the commonly used soil and water conservation practices (e.g. mulching, dyking, contour tillage).


There are many impersonal factors that cause poor economy county, such as natural limitations, hypercorrection in the early stage of reform and so on. To develop the poor economy counties, the countermeasures are mainly following: emancipating the mind, implying policies more flexibly and managing more efficiently. And we should carry out incentive policies to support and help them.


The construct validity of the International Cognitive Ability Resource (ICAR) has yet to be investigated using a gold-standard individually administered intelligence battery. The present study used a convenience sample of 97 students to examine the respective relations between the ICAR16 and overall intelligence (g) and the Cattell–Horn–Carroll broad abilities measured by the WAIS-IV. Large correlations were observed between the observed overall scores (rICAR16, full-scale IQ = .81, p < .001) and the CFA-estimated general factors (r = .94, p < .001). Evidence from confirmatory factor models suggests that the ICAR letter–number Series task measures fluid reasoning, while the matrix reasoning, verbal reasoning, and three-dimensional reasoning tasks measure visual–spatial reasoning (Gv). Findings support the ICAR16 as a valid brief measure of nonverbal intelligence; however, replications in larger samples are needed.


The optimal position control of a Tri-TiltRotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is the subject of this paper. This specific UAV design possesses the capability to control the orientation of its main rotors, thus enabling operation in both the Vertical Take-Off and Landing as well as the Fixed-Wing flight mode configuration. The translational controller developed is based on a Linear-Quadratic tracking scheme. Additionally to the proposed controller, the newly introduced capability for rotor-tilting, and thus thrust vectoring, as provided by this design is proposed for its utilization in the control of the longitudinal degree-of-freedom of the UAV. Simulation results demonstrate both the overall proposed controller's efficiency, as well as the clear advantage gained by the aforementioned proposed strategy, with regard to the controlled system's longitudinal control performance.


This study aimed to determine the effect of parity and season of calving on the probability of water buffalo cows becoming pregnant before 90 days postpartum. A retrospective analysis of reproductive records of 1,465 water buffaloes with 3,181 pregnancies was carried out. Buffaloes were grouped according to parity in one, two, or three and more calvings. Season of calving was created with the following values: long photoperiod (March-August) and short photoperiod (September-February) and predicted probabilities from the mixed-effects logistic regression model were calculated, and a generalized linear mixed model was fitted with random intercepts to calculate the log odds of becoming pregnant ≤90 days postpartum. The probability of pregnancy ≤90 days postpartum was 0.3645, and this was lower in primiparous (0.2717) in comparison with two-calved (0.3863) and three or more calving buffaloes (0.5166). Probability of pregnancy ≤90 days postpartum increased 1.77 odds by each increase in parity. The probability of becoming pregnant ≤90 days postpartum was higher in water buffaloes calving during the short photoperiod season (0.4239 vs. 0.2474, P>0.000), and water buffaloes calving during the long photoperiod season only had 0.2645 odds to become pregnant than those calving during the short photoperiod season. The negative effect of long photoperiod was observed indifferently of parity. In conclusion, primiparity and the long photoperiod affect water buffalo cow's reproductive performance, decreasing pregnancy probability during the first 90 days postpartum.


pupil to refer the separate and more or less confused mental impressions to the appropriate source, and as this is done, to organize those referred to the same source into a clear and definite image. The landscape is revealed to the observer through its color, the initial interest being roused through the aesthetic sense. Everything, therefore, which involves color can be referred to a common external source, namely, light. All color impressions consequently become organized in the mind, since they are related to a common cause. Whether it is the foliage of a tree or the decorative colors of a room, the questions arising in both are solved by this relation to the one thing, light. Still further, in plants many of the myriad varieties in form are nothing but inextricable confusion until their relationship to light is recognized; then the seeming confusion of forms becomes an orderly array. Even two structures so extreme in their unlikeness to each other as a leaf and the human


Objective To determine risk factors of nosocomial infection (NI) in the polyclinics. Methods 340 inpatients with nosocomial infection were chosen as cases from the inpatients of 5 hospitals by randomly stratified sampling method for a 1∶1 matched case control study. Results Risk factors of nosocomial infection were coma (OR=4.771), catheterization in urinary tract (OR=4.062), blood transfusion (OR=2.455), chronic cardioangiopathy (OR=2.304) and type of surgery wound (OR=1.911). Conclusions We should know the risk factor to improve the prevention of nosocomial infection.


The invention provides a toughening compatilizer containing polyphenyl ether and polyamide, and a preparation method of the toughening compatilizer. The polyphenyl ether, the polyamide, an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, an initiator, a polyolefin elastomer and a dissolved solution are subjected to melt blending extrusion according to a special pretreatment process and a formula design, a grafting reaction is conducted, an obtained product is high in grafting rate, the processing performance is excellent, and the loss is reduced. The toughening compatilizer is mixed with the polyphenyl ether, the polyamide, a reinforcing agent, a fire retardant and an antioxidant in a mixer proportionally, and then a mixture is added into a double-screw extruder and is subjected to plastifying extrusion to obtain a polyphenyl ether/polyamide alloy.


Aim: To compare dentinal cracks incidences after root canal preparation using Hand K-files; Rotary files: Protaper NEXT (PTN), Hyflex Controlled Memory (CM); and Reciprocating files: Wave One and Wave One Gold files. Materials and Methods: Hundred extracted human mandibular first premolars with straight root canals were taken postextraction and were allocated randomly into five groups (n = 20 teeth per group). The canals were instrumented using Hand K-files, Protaper Next (PTN), Hyflex CM, Wave One, and Wave One Gold systems. Group 1-Control group comprised of canals prepared by Hand files. Further, the roots were sectioned at three levels: 3, 6, and 9 mm horizontally from the apex using a saw at a low-speed saw and under water cooling. These slices were examined under a stereomicroscope at 25× magnification and the presence of any dentinal cracks was noted. The frequency of cracks was presented in number and percentage. Intergroup comparison of crack frequency was performed using analysis of variance. Results: No cracks were observed in the control group. In all the other groups, dentinal cracks were observed. The rotary files PTN and Hyflex CM files produced significantly fewer dentinal cracks than the reciprocating Wave One and Wave One Gold files (P < 0.05). The reciprocating files significantly produced more cracks apically than the rotary files (P < 0.05). Analyses were performed on SPSS software (windows version 22.0). Conclusion: Instrumentation with file systems can cause crack formation in the dentinal wall of the root canal. Determination of which files to choose for root canal preparation is technique sensitive and each instrument type has own benefits. However, care should be taken while biomechanical preparation to avoid dentinal cracks formation.


IBRAHIM A. SALAMA. Contributions to the Theory of Statistical Inference from Two-Dimensional Contingency Tables. (Under the direction of GARY KOCH and DANA QUADE.) 1) A procedure for constructing exact tests in two-way contingency tables is introduced. Two methods are suggested to deal with the unknown parameters. For the large sample case, an attempt is made to differentiate between some competing statistics to test for homoge-neity by using the theory of Bahadur efficiency. 2) Let X be a random variable with distribution function G(e). Based on a sample of size n from G, let e be an (unbiased) estimator of ~. Suppose we are interested in estimating f(a). A procedure to reduce the order of the bias of f(a) is introduced. We show under certain conditions, that there exists a sequence of functions {f i } such that E[fi(S)] = ~(a) + O(n-(i+l»,i-1,2, • • • • The second order efficiency is used to differentiate between the members of {f i } and f(a). Some applications, in different contexts, are considered. methods to estimate a are considered. Their behavior in the small sample case is considered using expected values, variances, mean square A error, and Pitman's measure of closeness (p{la-al ~ £}). Some exact numerical results ate shown. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to express my .incer. aratitude to Dr. Dana Qusde and Dr. Gary Koch (my co-advisers) for their immense help in the preparation of this study. The patient guidance, encouragement and support of Dr. Koch during my study and research were invaluable. I would like to thank him for directing my attention to some research areas. The applications carried out in Chapter IV were suggested by Dr. Koch (among some other applications which do not appear here). My deepest gratitude is due to Dr. Quade for the amount of time and thought he gave to this work. His critical reading and helpful suggestions were invaluable to me. It was through his stimulating discussions and critical comments, most parts of this dissertation took its present shape.


High contact ratio gears have been demonstrated to provide significant advantages for decreasing tooth root and contact stresses with potential flow-on benefits for increased load carrying capacity. Previous investigations with high contact ratio gears have involved analytical, numerical and experimental aspects. Much of the earlier numerical work using FEA was limited in its usefulness due to several factors; (i) the difficulty in predicting load sharing over roll angles covering two or three teeth simultaneously in mesh, (ii) the difficulty for the analysis to obtain quality results when modelling Hertzian contact deflection simultaneously with the bending, shear and angular deflections, and (iii) the problem of primary unconstrained body motion when (long) profile modifications were applied. This paper presents methods and results for overcoming these difficulties with recent computer hardware and software improvements. Particular developments discussed include the use of FE analysis of High Contact Ratio Gears in mesh and the results obtained when adaptive meshing is used. The details of transmission error, combined torsional mesh stiffness, load-sharing ratio, contact stress and tooth root stress against various input loads over a complete mesh cycle are also given. Results with various tooth profile modifications are presented and comparisons between the results show evidence for the optimal profile modification expected to gain the maximum benefit of HCRG.


A polymer sensitive membrane of the chemical sensor for the determination of anionic surfactants was reported.The result shows that the polymer sensitive membrane mould with 24%~44.4% polyvinyl chloride(PVC) as polymer matrix,(55%~)75% tricresyl phosphate(TBP) as plasticizer,and 0.6%~1% hexadecyl trimetyl ammoniym bromide(CTAB) as(electric) active substance has the best performance.The membrane displays a working response range of 1×10~(-7)~1×10~(-3) mol/L dodecylbenzene sulfonate(DBS~-),a response time of 30 s in the solution of 1×10~(-3) mol/L dodecylbenzene sulfonate(DBS~-).


This paper introduces a novel concept of 'Emotional Communication' for future smart phone. While traditional information based communication technologies focus on how to precisely transmit the content of message, emotional communication is intended to support and augment social relationship among people and to comfort the user to be happy. In this paper, we propose future communication services and core technologies which can estimate emotional desire of users and respond to the desire to be happy with connectedness and consolation from peoples. Firstly, we introduce emotion recognition techniques to estimate emotional desire of users. At second, the emotional responding services are categorized to four parts and the details are shown. Lastly we propose the process to implement emotional communication system and the main techniques to fulfill the system requirements for future smart-phone services.


The present invention CONCERNS ethylenically unsaturated polyurethanes which are substantially free of isocyanate groups and have a) TOTAL CONTENT GROUP (MET) acryloyl (calculated as C = C, MW 24) from 1 to 20% by weight. B) CONTAINING GROUP allophanate (calculated as N 2 C 2 HCO 3) from 1 to 20 wt% YC) CONTAINING GROUP I SOCIANURATO (calculated as N 3 C 3) O 3 MW 126) more than 18% in WEIGHT. GROUPS ARE allophanate and isocyanurate prepared from aliphatic polyisocyanates. THE ADDITION present invention relates to a composition of a coating of a component containing said ethylenically unsaturated polyurethanes.


Recombinant human interferon-7 (HulFN-7) injected into rabbits disappeared from the circulation more rapidly than natural IFN-7. The latter displayed an initial decay curve more rapid than that for natural HulFN-~ although 4 h after injection plasma levels were similar. This result suggests that IFN-, /has pharmacokinetic properties different to those of IFN-ct which may be explained by considerable and simultaneous hepatic and renal catabolism. Surprisingly, the hepatic uptake of recombinant (unglycosylated) IFN-7 was more marked than uptake of natural IFN-% Moreover, both IFN-), preparations were cleared by the isolated and perfused kidney and once again the recombinant IFN disappeared more rapidly. This result does not conform with the suggestion that IFN-7 exists as a tetramer which would not be filtered by the glomerulus, but is consistent with the pharmacokinetic behaviour shown in vivo.


The inhibitor)' effects of flavonoids on the activity of two phetosynthetic enzymes such as phosphoenolpyruvate carbox)'lase (PEPCase) and NADP-dependent matic enzyme (NADP-ME) were evaluated. The glycosylation of hydroxyl groups on the fiayonoids res"Ited in compounds that behayed as gradually weaker inhibitors with increased size of the substituent. Quercetin and baica]ein showed a competitive inhibition pattern vs. NADP' for NADP-ME, and a similar model for both flavonoids v . phosphoenolp)'ruyate (PEP) was observed when tested on PEPCase. K, for NADP-ME inhibition at pH 7.0 were O.83"M and 1.54pM for quercetin and baicalein, respectivet)'. K, for PEPCase inhibition were O.17"M and O.79 "M (quercetin and baicatein, respectiyet)'), indicating that these compounds are the most potent inhibitors described for this carboxylase. Is" values for these and other fiayonoids were in the micromolar range. A tentative physiological role for the inhibitory effects observed on PEPCase is discussed.


DESCRIPTION OF FOOD PERCEPTION AND REMARKING FOOD RESTAURANT IN CLASS III HOSPITAL PATIENTS IN IR SOEKARNO SUKOHARJO HOSPITAL
Introduction: Nutrition services at the hospital can be achieved if the patient consumes the food served. Hospital food service was declared less successful if the patient's leftovers exceeded the hospital's minimum service standard (≤20%). The rest of the food can be influenced by internal factors (psychological conditions, knowledge, eating motivation, and eating habits), external factors (food color, food texture,food taste), and other factors (staff attitudes, equipment hygiene).
Objective: The general purpose of this study was to find out the description of the perception of serving food and ordinary food scraps in inpatients in class III RSUD Ir. Soekarno Sukoharjo .
Research Methods: This type of research is a descriptive study with cross sectional approach. The study population was all patients who received regular food in 3rd class inpatients room at RSUD Ir. Soekarno Kabupaten Sukoharjo, with a sample of 36 respondents obtained using consecutive sampling techniques. Data on perceptions about food were obtained grom interviews with questionnaire sheets, whereas for regular food scraps data were obtained from observations of leftovers for 3 days and were measured using a visual estimate of a 6 point Comstock scale.
Results: The results showed that the majority of respondents stated that rice was too soft, the taste of food was bland, and portions were too large. Average food waste was 33,4% .
Conclusion: most respondents stated that rice was too soft, the taste of food was bland, and portions were too large. Average food waste was 33,4% .
Keywords: Perceptions about food serving, food waste


The objective of this paper is to design an Automatic Landing Systemfor MISSILE based on Root Locus control system. The control method is used to define gains of the controllers to apply the Root Locus method. The block diagram of the proposed control system with required controller gains is presented. Based on automatic control principlesthe transfer functions for open and closed loop are obtained. The Root Locus for open loop is drawn and then gain (K) values are found for given damping ratios. Finally, the step responses of the closed-loop system with automatic landing system controller auto-pilot were drawn. The simulation results have proven the effectiveness of the proposed control system in terms of fast response in the presence of external disturbances..


The electric power market and grid structure changed a lot after Xiafu Hydraulic Complex was put into operation.In order to satisfy the requirements of market,the 110kV bus was altered to be sectionalized bus after analysis and comparison.An introduction was made on the technical upgrade scheme,the implementation process,the operation reliability and flexibility of the hydropower station after the upgrade.


Connecting with the practice of evaluation work of a certain university library, this paper expounds the significance, contents, quantitative standards and continuous improvement measures of the scientific evaluation system in university library.


Fundamental to the Malthusian model of pre-industrial society is the assumption that higher income increased reproductive success. Despite the seemingly inescapable logic of this model, its empirical support is weak. We examine the link between income and net fertility using data from wills on reproductive success, social status and income for England 1585–1638. We find that for this society, close to a Malthusian equilibrium, wealth robustly predicted reproductive success. The richest testators left twice as many children as the poorest. Consequently, in this static economy, social mobility was predominantly downwards. The result extends back to at least 1250 in England.


Taiwan faces a special and perhaps unique challenge in balancing democracy and security. Its only security threat is the People's Republic of China (PRC), which has long since declared the objective of "reunification" to end Taiwan's de facto independence and self-rule, and has refused to renounce the use of force to achieve that goal. The emergence of Taiwanese nationalism in the early 1990s, a result of democratization, complicated relations across the Taiwan Strait. Even if China did not exist and was not 90 miles away from the main island controlled by Taiwan, its democracy would still be challenged. Its economy has matured, growth has slowed, social and economic inequality has increased, and civil society activism reflects a growing disenchantment in some quarters with the performance of representative institutions. Taiwan's transition to democracy came after four decades under an authoritarian regime, imposed by the Kuomintang (KMT) government that assumed jurisdiction over Taiwan in 1945. Even then, movement toward popular rule was gradual and negotiated, between the KMT regime and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which had emerged as the main opposition party. Since the democratic transition was completed in 1996, there have been three transfers of power between the KMT and the DPP. What emerged was a semipresidential system in which regular elections have allowed the public to reverse policy trends it did not like and empowered the legislature, the media, and civil society to check the executive.


Abstract An experimental investigation was conducted to determine the relationship between biofilm thickness and the resulting decrease in porosity and permeability of local sands. Media tested consisted of two sizes of sands (0.2 and 0.3 mm). The study was carried out in three phases with respect to influent phenol concentrations. The modified Kozeni‐Carman equation was used to estimate the thickness of biological film, knowing the biofilm‐affected permeability. The estimated values of the film thickness varied from 0.04 mm to 0.10 mm. Media porosity decreased between 29% and 51.3% in the sands with increased biofilm accumulation. A good correlation was observed between porosity and biofilm thickness in the range of low film thickness (0.066 mm ‐ 0.099 mm).


Freezing of gait (FoG) is one of the most disabling motor symptoms in Parkinson ' s disease, which is described as a symptom where walking is interrupted by a brief, episodic absence, or marked reduction, of forward progression despite the intention to continue walking. Although FoG causes are multifaceted, they often occur in response of environment triggers, as turnings and passing through narrow spaces such as a doorway. This symptom appears to be overcome using external sensory cues. The recognition of such environments has consequently become a pertinent issue for PD-affected community. This study aimed to implement a real-time DL - based door detection model to be integrated into a wearable biofeedback device for delivering on-demand proprioceptive cues. It was used transfer-learning concepts to train a MobileNet-SSD in TF environment. The model was then integrated in a RPi being converted to a faster and lighter computing power model using TensorFlow Lite settings. Model performance showed a considerable precision of 97,2%, recall of 78,9% and a good F1-score of 0,869. In real-time testing with the wearable device, DL -model showed to be temporally efficient (~2.87 fps) to detect with accuracy doors over real-life scenarios. Future work will include the integration of sensory cues with the developed model in the wearable biofeedback device aiming to validate the final solution with end-users.


The Patterns of distribution of colic muscularis serosa microvascular were observed and measured in 80 fetus by the cleared tissue,tissuesection and vascular casts under scanning election microscope. The results:There ane significant different among the mesocolon border of the transveres colon, descend colon, sigmoid in origi, shape and density of meshwork of the vessel. The density of meshwork gradually increases from mesocolon border to free border (P0.001), and it reduces by degree from transverse colon to sigmoid.


A method for speech decorrelation by decomposition into exponential signals is proposed. The speech wave decomposition is achieved using cascade adaptive predictors with improved sensitivity to allow an efficient adaptation process.


The major drawback of conventional predictive torque control (PTC) is that it fixes the magnitude of the reference voltage vector (VV) to 70%. This limitation results in large torque and flux ripples and slow dynamic response, especially when the permanent magnet synchronous motor operates in low-speed regions. A promising approach for reducing torque and flux ripples is by replacing the two-level inverter with a three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) inverter. Nevertheless, because of the elimination of zero VV during torque decrement in a conventional PTC, a large torque ripple appears in the low-speed region. In addition, high-speed operation is not applicable unless more dc-link is injected. To solve these problems, an effective, creative, and low-complex PTC based on a reference voltage vector magnitude control method (RVVCM) is proposed in this article. The proposed PTC effectively minimizes torque and flux ripples by utilizing only the required magnitude of reference VV of the three-level NPC inverter based on the variable voltage control concept. Furthermore, the dynamic response of the torque is improved by applying the full magnitude of applied VV. Simulation and experimental results are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed RVVCM-based PTC algorithm.


Many companies had to switch to teleworking (TW) due to COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. However, TW conditions (home office) are not always health promoting. The question was: To what extent companies enabled TW before, during and after the first lockdown (time points t1-t3) and what is the role of workplace health promotion (WHP) in the establishment of health-promoting TW?Using TAM, hypotheses were operationalised using a standardised questionnaire. At the beginning of 2020, a selection of 1858 Austrian companies were asked to participate in an online survey. The n = 192 responses from company representatives cover a broad mix of different sectors, industries, company sizes and regions in Austria. The analysis was carried out using structural equation models.Both the extent of TW implemented (means: mt1=3.7, mt2=18.4, mt3=8.6 days per month/employee) and the proportion of the workforce that could make use of TW (mt1=17.3%, mt2=58.6%, mt3=40.1%) increased significantly during the 1st lockdown and did not return to the pre-lockdown level afterwards. The degree of TW depended on how well the companies were prepared for it (β = 0.271). The (a) experience with TW and the (b) willingness to continue offering TW depended on the preparation (a: 0.243; b: 0.453) and on the actual degree of implementation of TW (a: 0.228; b: 0.193). For the intention to implement health-promoting TW in the company, the general willingness for TW (0.415) but also the existing WHP structures are central requirements (0.446; all p < 0.050).Far more than before COVID-19, TW is of central interest for public health and WHP. In terms of a holistic health understanding of TW, companies have to adapt to the changing conditions (eg technical, communication) and to establish comprehensive WHP structures and processes. Support for companies can come from training or further education to raise awareness and develop an appropriate health-promoting company culture.Health promoting telework conditions need to be assessed and developed further.Companies need to be supported when implementing health-promoting telework, eg with guidelines, further education.


Stimulated by recent calls for a more applied orientation and the dearth of academic jobs in social psychology, this study investigated the requirements for becoming an applied, nonacademic social psychologist. Survey data were collected from both applied researchers (N=30) and employers (N=30) regarding the necessity of 26 areas of knowledge and skill for doing applied work in "real world" settings. Both groups rated communication skills the highest, strongly emphasized the importance of jobrelated experience, and placed low value on traditional skills (e.g., laboratory research). The rank order of importance of skills was similar for the two groups although psychologists rated various research methods more highly while organizations favored various business skills. These ratings along with open-ended responses may be useful in planning graduate programs, and also inspire some optimism regarding non-academic employment opportunities for social psychologists.


Mrs. M is a 72-year-old woman admitted with lower extremity pain and swelling. A femoral-femoral bypass was performed with consent. On the fourth day postoperatively, Mrs. M became suspicious and was noted to have auditory hallucinations (was talking with people not in the room). There was a strong odor of urine present in the room, and she complained to the nurses that men were walking into her room. She was described as demanding and struggled to leave the hospital during the night. On quick assessment, Mrs. M was neither able to explain the risks and benefi ts of leaving the hospital nor was she able to discuss how she would return home. Discharges that occur against medical advice (AMA) account for up to 2% of discharges each year. AMA discharges are associated with higher morbidity, mortality, and readmissions when compared to patients discharged after the goals of care were accomplished. Contrary to popular belief, identifying a discharge as AMA does not protect medical providers from litigation. Early readmissions following an AMA discharge can cost more than 56% of expected expenses following the initial hospitalization. Hospitals may, in some cases, bear the burden of readmission expenses due to declines in Medicare reimbursement for some patient populations with chronic heart and pulmonary disorders. With these considerations in mind, AMA discharges require thorough evaluation to maximize safe and ethical patient care.


When adopting the Soviet model of economic development in the 1950s, the People's Republic of China also embraced the Material Product System (MPS) to organize its national income accounts. The MPS covers the five material production sectors of agriculture, industry, construction, transportation and communications, and commerce; the service sector was largely subsumed within these material production sectors. The compilation of statistics closely matched the structure of the planning apparatus. Production units in the various sectors reported their statistics to their superordinate government department, which passed them on to the local statistical bureau and, where relevant, to higher-level gov-


Simulation of compressible gas dynamics flows became routinely with the appearance of capturing methods. These methods have the capability to compute routinely all waves and in particular discontinuous ones. However, additional difficulties may appear in two-phase and multimaterial flows since each phase or material is governed by its own equation of state with discontinuous thermodynamic representation at interfaces. To overcome this difficulty, augmented systems of governing equations have been developed to extend the shock-discontinuity capturing strategy. These extended systems are 'diffuse interfaces' models, in the sense that they are designed to compute flow variables correctly in numerically diffused zones surrounding interfaces. In particular, they couple correctly the dynamics of the two fluids evolving on both sides of the (diffuse) interface and tend to the proper fluid governing equations far from said interfaces. Such strategy is now efficient for contact interfaces separating fluids governed by different equations of state, in the presence or absence of capillary effects, with or without phase transition. More sophisticated materials than fluids (elastic-plastic materials for example) have been considered as well. In this article a review of two-phase flow modeling for compressible flows with diffuse interfaces is presented.


Finite control set model predictive control (MPC) is a model-based control method that can include multi-objective optimization, constrained control, adaptive control, and online auto-tuning of weighting factors all in a single controller that exhibits fast dynamic tracking. This paper utilizes the model-based framework of MPC to develop a sensorless current maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm. Eliminating the current sensor can reduce the cost and improve the reliability of the photovoltaic system. This paper also utilizes constrained control and online auto-tuning of MPC to develop an adaptive perturbation MPPT to reduce steady-state oscillation and improve dynamic performance. This paper builds in a single framework the different layers of the MPPT problem: control, estimation, and MPPT. The proposed adaptive perturbation sensorless current mode MPPT (ASC-MPPT) technique performance is compared to the well-known incremental conductance (InCon) MPPT technique. The EN50530 European industrial test standards were used to demonstrate performance.


A new species of the genus Nosphistica Meyrick, N. fermata sp. nov. , is described from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan and the genus is newly recorded for Japanese fauna. The adult specimens and male and female genitalia are illustrated in detail.


To identify in vivo pathways that compensate for impaired proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA or Pol30p in yeast) activity, we performed a synthetic lethal screen with the yeast pol30-104 mutation. We identified nine mutations that display synthetic lethality with pol30-104; three mutations affected the structural gene for the large subunit of replication factor C (rfc1), which loads PCNA onto DNA, and six mutations affected three members of the RAD52 epistasis group for DNA recombinational repair (rad50, rad52 and rad57). We also found that pol30-104 displayed synthetic lethality with mutations in other members of the RAD52 epistasis group (rad51 and rad54), but not with mutations in members of the RAD3 nor the RAD6 epistasis group. Analysis of nine different pol30 mutations shows that the requirement for the RAD52 pathway is correlated with a DNA replication defect but not with the relative DNA repair defect caused by pol30 mutations. In addition, mutants that require RAD52 for viability (pol30-100, pol30-104, rfc1-1 and rth1delta) accumulate small single-stranded DNA fragments during DNA replication in vivo. Taken together, these data suggest that the RAD52 pathway is required when there are defects in the maturation of Okazaki fragments.


Surname is the product of social development.It has relations with the history,culture of a specific nationality.The study of surname is part of social culture and also an important aspect of cultro-linguistics.There is some difference between the origins and development of surnames in Chinese and English.Meanwhile,the similarity also exists.The difference shows culture and history of different nationalities,and the similarity tells the sameness of human culture.


The final version of the 1.15 m scale geologic map of the western equatorial region of Mars based on Viking pictures has been completed in open file format. Geologic maps of the north and south polar regions were completed in provisional form. A map of the eastern equatorial region is in compilation. Evidences of erosion, water flooding, volcanic activity, and primary and satellite craters in these areas are discussed.


Edward Yang is known as a prominent representative of of Taiwan's New Wave Cinema movement, and as the next generation of migrant, born in Shanghai and originally from Meixian, Guangdong Province, however, shows a strong representation of Qi-Lu Culture in his films, and reflects a deep sense of national culture. His film intervenes on two levels: the survival of Shandong people who migrated to Taiwan and the historical allusions to Qi-lu culture, focusing on the mainland imagery of Shandong and the extended Confucian culture of Qi-lu.


We tend to think of home and work as being separate. Home is the base from which we begin our commute to work and the sanctuary to which we return after a 'hard day at the office'. Home is part of the 'life' that we should nurture if we wish to achieve 'work– life' balance. But this apparently clear distinction between work and home has long been challenged in academic work and in feminist political practice. There has always been work within the home – the unpaid labour of domestic chores or early 'backyard' manufacturing workshops being two examples. There are larger scale organisations, such as prisons, hotels and university campuses, which function at once as workplaces for some and as homes for others. In this special issue, we extend our purview beyond the 'factory walls' and invite contributions which address the links and interplays between work, organisation and home. Some contributions might address the extension of work into the home. Historically, industrialisation shifted production from the home to the discrete factory workspace, but its pioneers retained an interest in home life, for example, with Ford monitoring workers' moral well-being in their 'private' lives, and with Cadbury and Lever Brothers actually building and owning their workers' homes. Computer and mobile networks have made the home once again a workplace through 'telecommuting', 'working from home' and the 'home office', allowing a return to autonomous cottage industries, and providing flexibility to those in paid employment. Alternatively, such technology is intrusive, allowing work a 24/7 presence within the home, through the curse of 'always-on' email (Gregg 2011; Mazmanian, Orlikowski, and Yates 2013) or through the ability of employers to monitor our home lives through social media. Such pressures resonate with Grey's (2005) observation that stress is another area where work extends into the home. Further contributions might focus on aspects of the home which feature in work and organisational life. Corporate campuses such as the Googleplex bring home comforts to the workplace, elsewhere workers themselves personalise their workspace with reminders of home (Warren 2006). The body, work and emotions debate has previously addressed less tangible aspects of home life which appear in the workplace, for example, 'domestic skills' being pressed into the service of workplace profit through 'emotional', 'affective' and 'aesthetic' labour. Hochschild (2000) has talked, moreover, of the creation of global care chains which comprise of 'a series of personal links between people across the globe based on the paid or unpaid work of caring'. The example she gives is of


Background The reduction of serum total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels varies with different statins. The objective of the present study was to compare the efficacy of Simvastatin, Atorvastatin and Rosuvastatin in the treatment of newly diagnosed dyslipidemia. Material and Methods: A prospective, non-interventional 12-week study was conducted after approval from the Ethics Committee. A total of 70 patients with newly diagnosed dyslipidemia receiving 20mg of Simvastatin, Atorvastatin or Rosuvastatin were included. The primary efficacy measure was reduction of lipid levels from the initial baseline values at the end of 12 weeks with the respective Statins. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, Paired -t test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: Of total 70 patients, 14 patients received Simvastatin; 40 patients received Atorvastatin and 16 patients received Rosuvastatin. Demographic and baseline clinical characteristics were similar between the three groups. Significant reduction in lipid levels (total cholesterol, and LDL) was seen within the three treatment groups (p<0.01). However, statistically significant difference in the reduction lipid levels was not observed between the three groups. Conclusion: We found no significant difference in the reduction of lipid levels between Simvastatin, Atorvastatin or Rosuvastatin patients with newly diagnosed dyslipidemia. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/nje.v4i5.12023 Nepal Journal of Epidemiology 2014; 4(5):428-32


In this paper, we consider solutions to the three-dimensional Schrödinger equation of the form ψ(r) = u(r)/r, where u(0) ≠ 0. The expectation value of the kinetic energy operator for such wavefunctions diverges. We show that it is possible to introduce a potential energy with an expectation value that also diverges, exactly cancelling the kinetic energy divergence. This renormalization procedure produces a self-adjoint Hamiltonian. We solve some problems with this new Hamiltonian to illustrate its usefulness.


Statement of the Problem : Shade matching of a restoration forms a critical final step and is dependent on the knowledge, experience and skill of the dentist. Shade analysis and selection requires accurate and objective evaluation of hue, chroma and value, the three parameters of Albert Munsell's color system. Objective : 1. To assess the most prevalent tooth shade for anterior and posterior teeth in maxillary and mandibular arches. 2. To evaluate influence of age/gender on shade. 3. To efficiently treat edentulous patients by constructing complete dentures with the most prevalent tooth shade. 4. To purchase dental materials for crown and bridge prosthesis.

Materials and Methods : Sample size taken was 400. Four age groups were selected between 15 to 65 years with 100 samples per age group. Subjective method for shade selection was used. Shade selection was done in natural daylight by two operators using the VITA and Ivoclar shade guides. Shade guides were used to examine maxillary and mandibular right and left central incisors and maxillary and mandibular second premolars which were sound, free of any restoration, extrinsic stains and caries free for inclusion in the study. Subjects with tooth abnormalities, intrinsic tooth stains, hypoplasia, fluorosis were excluded from the study.

Results : The most prevalent shade in the population of Belgaum is in range of A2 and A3. The most common anterior maxillary shade is A2 cervically and A1 incisally. The mandibular anterior shade is also A2 cervivcally and A1 incisally with more incisal translucency. The posterior shade of prevalence is A3 for maxillary and mandibular teeth. Young people tend to have whiter teeth and when people become older their teeth gradually become yellow in color. Females tend to have whiter teeth compared to males. The shade becomes darker in posteriors; the hue remains same, value decreases.


The study aimed to investigate the treatment effect of marjoram leaves on brain tissue and some biochemical properties that exposed to magnetic field (MF). Magnetic fields may cause heating of the skin and the tissue, which could lead to several disorders as increase the production of reactive oxygen species. Animals have the effective enzymatic antioxidant defense system including catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and Glutathione (GSH) and Glutathione reductase (GSH-Px) enzymes. Lipid peroxidation in blood (erythrocytes) was measured as the amount of malon dialdehyde (MDA). This system allow for scavenging of reactive oxygen species ROS and leading to protection of cells from oxidative damage. Fruits, plants and vegetables contain high amounts of antioxidants, like polyphenols, vitamin C, vitamin E, β-carotene, and lycopene. Plants as Marjoram contains several acids as urosolic acid, carnostic acid, and carnosol which used as free radical scavengers. So it protect organs as liver , brain and kidney and enhance the antioxidant activities .


Inverse nonlinear programming problems for a new class of optimization problems relevant for game theory, system optimization, multicriteria optimization, etc. are considered by the author. This paper deals with problem definitions, numerical methods and applications of the inverse nonlinear programming problem in multicriteria optimization. Some associated properties of related parametric optimization problems and software implementations are also considered.


The explosive growth of lean satellites (small/micro/nano/pico) has positioned this class of satellites as a unique tool for space science missions. Langmuir probe is one of the most frequently used payloads to achieve space plasma measurement missions because of their low requirement in terms of system development, size, and relatively low power requirements to drive the mission. Double Langmuir probe can overcome the limitations of a single Langmuir probe measurement as reference ground in the satellite is not required. The limitation of data communication speed is one of the problems that always occur in the development of a multi-mission lean satellite. Data communication speed can be improved by using another system such as S-band or X-band, but those will be required for high power consumption. One of the solutions is the reduced size of the data by using on-board data processing on satellites. On-board data processing aims to improve data communication speed when sending DLP data to ground stations and how to determine plasma parameters. On-board data processing for a double Langmuir probe will be calculated electron temperature and electron density by using Raspberry PI zero. On-board data processing aims to reduce the size of data so that the time of transmission between satellite and ground stations will be shorter. On-board data processing can be a pragmatic solution because processed data only contains useful information according to user requirements.


– Davide Zoccatelli correctly mentioned that high DWD values can mean two things: either that the low_res model result is outside of the range of values simulated with the high_res model, or that the high_res model has high internal variability. 5 This is indeed a property of this method, which we will explicitly mention when we introduce this method. If the low_res model results is different than the entire range of values from the high_res model, we recommend not to use DWD since this is not the intended situation to apply DWD. To prevent this, all conclusions related to DWD values are not solely based on the DWD results, but are interpreted in combination with the violin plots, which proved the necessary additional information. We agree that this is currently not clearly presented as such in the manuscript, and we will make sure this 10 is clarified in the new version of the manuscript.


She holds her CAE (Certified Association Management) credential, granted by the American Society of Association Executives. Past president of the POWER Chapter of the Professional Convention Management Association, a Certified Meeting Professional, past Board member of the Pittsburgh Society of Association Executives as well as various charitable organization boards. She holds memberships in the American Society of Association Executives, the Professional Convention Management Association, the Council of Scientific Society Executives, the Pennsylvania Society of Association Executives, and the International Association of Fundraising Professionals.


A SET of 58 characters was recorded comparatively for a sample of 76 species belonging to 31genera of the Asclepiadaceae R.Br. The characters cover variation among the species in gross vegetative morphology, floral features and structure of the pollination apparatus. The data-matrix was analyzed using a combination of the Jaccard measure of dissimilarity and Ward's method of clustering in the PC-ORD version 5. Two major groups are recognized in this treatment, the first comprises representative genera of the Asclepiadoideae, while the second is split into two subordinate groups corresponding to the Periplocoideae and the Secamonoideae. Tacazzia seems better removed from the Periplocoideae and placed in the Asclepiadoideae. The generic concept in the family is taxonomically sound; only representative species of Cynanchum were divided between two closely related low-level groups. The currently accepted tribes and subtribes in Schumann's classification are in need of thorough revision; only the Secamonoideae-Secamoneae emerged intact.


Testing and estimation procedures for obtaining true stress-strain curves of stainless steels were discussed in order to calculate load carrying capacity of nuclear power plant components by elastic-plastic finite element analyses. Type 316 stainless steel specimens of various degrees of cold working were subjected to tensile tests with different test speeds. It was shown that faster test speed reduced elongation and ultimate strength of the specimens. The strain on the specimen surface measured by the digital image correlation (DIC) technique exhibited an inhomogeneous strain distribution even when the strain was less than the uniform elongation (necking strain). The strain was elevated locally at the center of the specimen and its magnitude was about 1.2 times the nominal strain measured by an extensometer. A testing method (IFD method) has been developed to obtain the true stress-strain curve including post-necking strain by using an hourglass type specimen. In this study, the IFD method was improved so that it was applicable to the round-bar smooth specimens used for the tensile tests. Then, the stress-strain curves were estimated from the 0.2% proof and ultimate strengths by the K-fit method, which has been proposed by the current author. It was shown that K-fit method could estimate the stress-strain curves including the post-necking strain. Finally, a tensile test was carried out using a plate specimen with round notches. Elastic-plastic finite element analyses using the stress-strain curves estimated by the improved IFD method and K-fit method could simulate the deformation and strain distribution. The load carrying capacity obtained by the finite element analyses were almost equivalent to that obtained by the tensile test. However, the yielding load obtained by the finite element analyses were slightly higher than that obtained by the test due to the strain rate dependency of the stress-strain curve. 1. 緒 言 原子力発電プラントの機器設計においては,許容荷重(耐荷重)の算出に弾塑性有限要素解析が適用される場 合がある(日本機械学会, 2012a, 朝田他, 2008).このとき,弾完全塑性の変形挙動を模擬した 2 直線から成る弾 完全塑性モデルが,応力・ひずみ曲線として用いられる.き裂材を対象にした維持規格(日本機械学会, 2012b) においても,弾完全塑性モデルを用いた耐荷重評価(極限荷重評価)が適用されている.しかし,加工硬化の顕 著なステンレス鋼の変形挙動を,弾完全塑性モデルを用いて模擬することは困難で(釜谷, 2013),維持規格にし たがって算出された極限荷重が実際の耐荷重を大きく下回る場合も報告されている(Hasegawa, et al., 1983, 北条 他, 2013).弾完全塑性モデルではなく,実際の応力・ひずみ曲線を用いることが,正確な耐荷重を算出するため の一つの選択肢となる. 実際の応力・ひずみ曲線を,機器設計や維持規格評価における耐荷重評価に用いるためには以下の二つの問題 を解決する必要がある.一つ目の問題は,応力・ひずみ曲線取得のための実験方法である.一般に,応力・ひず *1 Institute of Nuclear Safety System, Inc. 64 Sata, Mihama-cho, Mikata-gun, Fukui 919-1205, Japan Received 29 July 2014


First, a word about Rana Ayyub. She is a journalist who used to work for Indian media outfit called Tehelka. She left Tehelka few years ago when they refused to publish what was essentially the content of Gujarat Files. Not only were her ex-employers not willing to publish the recordings and findings of Rana's investigative journalism but most publishers declined to print the book, prompting her to self-publish this in April 2016. The book turned out to be such a sensation that within six months, a second edition had to be printed with demand still soaring high. But the interesting aspect of this very popular book, which one Indian magazine quoted as 'one of the most important pieces of investigative journalism in Indian history', is that the launch of the book and its existence as well as reviews have almost been blanked out by mainstream media (barring a couple of exceptions).


This chapter contains sections titled: Abstracting from Examples, Finger Exercises with Abstract List Functions, Abstraction and a Single Point of Control, Extended Exercise: Moving Pictures, Again, Note: Designing Abstractions from Templates


Crystalline 1 : 1 adducts (PhHgNR·CO2R1) are formed by reaction of phenylmercury(II) methoxide (R1= Me), t-butoxide (R1= But), or oxide (R1= HgPh) with equimolar quantities of alkyl or aryl isocyanates. Phenylmercury(II) hydroxide gives 1 : 1 adducts (HNR·CO2HgPh) with ethyl and t-butyl isocyanates but with methyl isocyanate a high melting, poorly soluble material of stoicheiometry [PhHgOH,(PhHg)2O,MeNCO] is obtained. Aryl isocyanates and phenylmercury(II) hydroxide react with loss of carbon dioxide to yield NN′-diaryl-N-phenylmercurioureas (PhHgNAr·CO·NHAr) mixed with phenylmercury arylcarbamates (HNAr·CO2HgPh) and/or N-phenylmercurio-arylamines (PhHgNHAr). The latter compounds have been synthesised by azeotropic dehydration of arylamine–phenylmercury(II) hydroxide mixtures and characterised as adducts with phthalic anhydride.


Disclosed is a network service system and method. A data server receives contents from a plurality of network web servers that provide the contents, and provides them to a portable terminal via the network. The data server comprises a contents processor for processing the contents transmitted by the web servers according to standards of the portable terminal. Accordingly, since the contents provided by the web servers are converted according to standards, performance and parameters of the portable terminal and are then transmitted, a portable terminal user can appropriately receive information from contents providers that aim at general computer users.


Abstract 'The other song' International Academy of Advanced Homeopathy is a universal education platform that welcomes all approaches in homeopathy to provide students, interns and practitioners with advanced clinical training. The Academy, headed by Dr. Rajan Sankaran and supported by his colleagues, is a converging point where some of the best minds in the field of homeopathy make invaluable contributions towards the well-being of patients and the learning of doctors locally and internationally. At the 'Sun, Sand and Sensation' workshop in Goa, teachers from 'The Other Song' academy gave presentations.


There has been growing demand by significant stakeholders for trustworthy information on the economic, social, environmental, and governance activities of firms. Although, management who are responsible for preparing this sustainability reporting has been faulted for selfinterest acts and opportunities behaviors. Because of this, this study evaluates the effect of earnings management on sustainability reporting of listed nonfinancial firms in Nigeria from 2011 to 2018. The sample of the study comprised of 24 firms and sustainability reporting was measured using content analyses on the corporate annual report on sustainability used Global Reporting Initiatives (G4) guidelines, while the earnings management variable was derived from the Modified Jones Model by Dechow, Sloan & Sweeny (1995) for discretionary accrual. A correlational design was employed; Secondary data was obtained from the annual reports of the firms. The results from the fixed effect regression analysis proved that the extent of earnings management drives the level of sustainability reporting positively. The study concludes that firms that manage their earnings are likely to report more on sustainability


Laser pulses of vioderate energy but of large retinal subtense produce significantly different retinal lesions than a clinical type of exposure of high energy density and small retinal subtense. A retinal photocoagulation that leads to a satisfactory retinal adhesion, whether produced by white light or laser, is characterized by sharp boundaries, coagulation necrosis of the entire retinal exposure area, and migration of pigment into the area of insult. A low energy density retinal burn of large retinal area is frequently not visible ophthalmoscopically. Histologically, the lesion is not demarcated by sharp boundaries, little coagulation necrosis is seen, and eventually the entire retina becomes involved. Pulsed ruby laser radiation was presented in Maxwellian view to the intact monkey eye. The pulse duration was about 2.0 msec, and the flash energy was varied between 1 and 250 joules. Gross damage to the globe was characterized by cornea! pitting, lenticular disruption, bubbles and hemorrhage in the vitreous, and loss of light reflex. Energy levels above 100 joules produced a marked degree of periorbital edema. Histological observations revealed extensive primary damage in the pigment epithelium and choroid and secondary retinal detachment and degeneration peripheral to the area exposed. Progressive retinal detachment and dedifferentiation secondary to the laser lesion are found to occur for a considerable time post exposure.


Abstract Background A spinal epidural arachnoid cyst (SEAC) is a rare clinical entity. We performed a systematic review of the literature to obtain information regarding demographics, clinical presentation, treatment modalities, and outcome of SEACs. Methods A literature search was performed by using the databases PubMed/Medline, PubMed Central, Embase, Cochrane Library, Ovid MEDLINE, and Ovid Medline In-Process. A total of 170 articles were found on literature search. We found 575 cases of SEAC since 1904 for inclusion in the review including three cases which were operated by us. We studied the patient characteristics, clinical features, and management strategies, and evaluated their outcome. Results The average age of presentation was 30 years with a male:female ratio of 1.03:1. They are commonly seen in the thoracic region (42.3%). The length of cyst was more than two vertebral levels in 85.81%. Mean symptom duration was 29 months, with most common presentation being that of compressive myelopathy. A good clinical outcome was present in symptomatic patients who had a shorter symptom duration and underwent complete surgical excision of the SEAC. Age, sex, length of lesion, and presence of dural defect did not have a bearing on the surgical outcome. Conclusion For thoracic compressive myelopathy in a young patient, SEAC should be kept as a differential diagnosis. Surgical complete excision of the cyst with meticulous closure of the dural defect is the standard in management for a good clinical outcome.


It is virtually impossible for any critical description of classical Chinese literature, whether prose or poetry, to avoid drawing attention to one of its most obtrusive aesthetic features: the tendency of the texts of the tradition to fall sooner or later into steady rhythms of parallel constructions. This feature has been cited by many recent critics as a central structural principle of composition, and has been brought forward as a key to reading and interpretation.1 It can even be stretched, in a sense I will try to explore below, to apply to the more diffuse linguistic structures of fiction and drama. Viewed from the perspective of comparative literary study, of course, this aspect of Chinese stylistics is in no way unique to that tradition. In the West, the notion of parallelism is primarily associated with the rhetoric of classical antiquity. There is no lack of examples in the Greek and Latin classics that to one degree or another exhibit a pattern of parallel constructions-although never as frequently or as rigorously as the Chinese examples to be considered below. In such Western rhetorical treatises as Aristotle's Rhetoric, Cicero's De Partitione Oratoria, Quintilian's De Institutione Oratoria, and others, the use of parallel sequences is duly noted, albeit never emphasized;2 and in more recent times, Eduard Norden devoted a small section of his Die Antike Kunstprosa to a very broad review of parallelism in both classical and folk literature.3 In similar fashion, instances of loosely parallel lines of verse can be observed in other ancient literatures as well, for example Sanskrit and Arabic, to name the most obvious.4


The Contingent Valuation Method was used to elicit willingness to pay an annual tax to preserve the Region of Veneto (Italy) wetlands. The Total Economic Value of the regional wetlands was evaluated by means of a survey. The respondents were representative of the regional population in terms of spatial proximity to wetlands, socio-cultural membership, rural/urban distribution, and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. The mean value obtained was 62.12 €/year/family. The analysis of the social awareness of the multiple wetland functions was performed using a multivariate logit model, which suggested a clear perception of some functions (recreation and habitat), and a weak perception of other "environmental based" functions (water quality improvement, flood protection, etc.). The Total Economic Value was statistically explained by several expected variables for this kind of estimation (income level, study level, membership of interest groups), but not by the variables related to the awareness of the wetlands environmental functions (water reservoir, flood control, yields production, barrier against weather events, depuration). Given the growing role of wetlands in water resource management, a stronger public information-training effort on the multiple wetlands goods and services seems urgent.


The present invention relates to a pump (10, 110), in particular for dishwashing machines, comprising a housing composed of a housing bottom (28, 128), a housing cover (16, 116) and an interposed heating device (30, 130, 36, 136) for heating a flushing liquid which forms an annular side wall of the housing, with a cylinder disposed in the housing the impeller (40, 140) with a respect to the rotational axis of the impeller (40, 140) in the housing cover (16, 116) axially disposed suction nozzle (18, and 118) a pressure piece (20, 120), wherein the pressure port (20, 120) in the housing lid (16, 116) is arranged.


Broad and indeterminate invocations of human dignity play a sporadic but powerful role in the adjudication of international criminal law (ICL). Drawing on detailed case studies, I argue that the concept of dignity enables courts to fill gaps in the substantive criminal law, justify expansive interpretations, resolve conflicts between competing rights and values, and potentially overcome the requirements of strict legality. These features enable judges to reach important and sometimes morally compelling conclusions. But, drawing on earlier work on the 'ethicalization' of law, I argue that expansive uses of human dignity come into tension with rule-of-law principles, and they challenge the self-understanding of ICL as a regime of limited subject-matter jurisdiction. In addition, I lay the groundwork for a more robust and well-defined conception of human dignity by connecting recent case law to older notions of dignity as a kind of rank or status. I connect this conception to contemporary work in legal philosophy, and argue that the concept of dignity as rank helps explain and harmonize some of the relevant case law on dignity and hate speech. This paper ends on a note of caution, emphasizing the fact that even a more developed concept of dignity will continue to encounter the frictions identified above.


Marine atmospheric exposure test of 2D12 aluminum alloy was carried out in Wanning exposure site.The corrosion rule and behavior of 2D12 aluminum alloy were investigated by weight loss,mechanical property,and micrographic morphology analysis.The result showed that the relationship between weight loss and exposure time of 2D12 aluminum alloy can be regressed by power function;the tensile strength of 2D12 decreases first with exposure time and then reach balanced with further increasing exposure time;the percentage elongation after fracture of 2D12 decreases with increasing exposure time.The micrographic morphology analysis showed that 2D12 aluminum alloy corrosion develops from pit corrosion into intergranular corrosion.


A double pitch worm gear endless screw actuating mechanism belongs to numerical control machine components. A worm gear is installed on a lathe main shaft through a bearing, the worm gear is engaged with a double pitch endless screw shaft, the double pitch endless screw shaft is installed on a main spindle box, one end is connected with a servo motor through a speed reducer, one side end surface of the worm gear is fixedly connected with a worm gear end fluted disc, a piston is connected with a main shaft through a key, and the piston is also fixedly connected with an end fluted disc. The double pitch worm gear endless screw actuating mechanism has the advantages that a driving and graduation positioning mechanism is added on the lathe main shaft in operation, and the functions of turning and milling can be achieved. The use is convenient and reliable, the auxiliary time of workers can be greatly shortened, the labor intensity is lowered, and the lathe performance price ratio is improved.


A computational model for determining the service life of gears with regard to bending fatigue in a gear-tooth root is presented. The fatigue process leading to tooth breakage is divided into the crack-initiation and crack-propagation periods. The Coin-Manson relationship is used to determine the number of stress cycles, N i , required for the fatigue crack initiation, where it is assumed that the initial crack is located at the point of the largest stresses in a gear-tooth root. The simple Paris equation is then used for the further simulation of the fatigue crack growth, where the required material parameters have been determined previously with appropriate test specimens. The functional relationship between the stress-intensity factor and the crack length, K=f(a), which is needed for determining the required number of loading cycles, N p , for a crack propagation from the initial to the critical length, is obtained numerically in the framework of the finite-element method. The total number of stress cycles, N, for the final failure to occur is then a sum N = N i + N p . Although some influences (non-homogeneous material, travelling of dislocations, etc.) were not taken into account in the computational simulations, the presented model seems to be very suitable for determining the service life of gears because the numerical procedures used here are much faster and cheaper than experimental testing.


The fuzzy c-means (FCM) algorithm is one of the effective methods for fuzzy cluster analysis, which has been widely used in unsupervised pattern classification. To consider the different contributions of each dimensional feature of the given samples to be classified, this paper presents a novel FCM clustering algorithm based on the weighted feature. With the clustering validity function as a criterion, the proposed algorithm optimizes the weight matrix using an evolutionary strategy and obtains a better result than the traditional one, which enriches the theory of FCM-type algorithms. The test experiment with real data of IRIS demonstrates the effectiveness of the novel algorithm.


William (Bill) W. Managan passed away in December 1983 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Trained as a physicist, Bill worked extensively in the field of nuclear radiation detection. He was employed at Technology for Energy (TEC), where he designed detectors and electronic systems for radiation monitoring. Prior to joining TEC, Bill served as one of two Associate Division Directors at Argonne National Laboratories. Previously, he had been Director of Sales of Harshaw Chemical Corporation, Crystal Solid-State Division, and also Chief Engineer of Victoreen Instrument Company. During World War II Bill worked at the Naval Research Laboratory in radar research.


A 21-year-old right-handed male tennis player presented with a complaint of pain in the posterior aspect of the right shoulder that started suddenly, earlier that day, after hitting a tennis ball in the overhead position. The pain was initially mild and he was able to continue playing tennis for a short time. However, he eventually had to stop playing tennis as the pain gradually increased and right shoulder range of motion progressively decreased. Frontal plane magnetic resonance T2-weighted imaging showed increased signal intensity and a complete rupture of the teres major muscle belly. Sagittal plane magnetic resonance imaging showed increased signal intensity and marked enlargement of the teres major muscle. The patient was managed nonoperatively. Magnetic resonance imaging at 6 months following the injury revealed that the teres major muscle had demonstrated appropriate healing, normal signal intensity, and normal muscle size. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2008;38(7):439. doi:10.2519/jospt.2008.0407


A bslract. A certain class of transformations on the thermodynamic variables E, H, F, G, S, T, P, and V which leave the fundamental equations invariant is investigated and found to form a group of order thirty-two. The quotient group with respect to a normal subgroup of order four gives the octic group obtained by other investigators, the normal subgroup containing trivial but non-excludable transformations. In contradistinction to previous investigators, it is not necessary to use absolute values or a rule of signs. Examples are given of the application of the transformations.


Background
The incidence of benign prostatic hyperplasia peaks 80% in old age. Bothersome symptoms and progression to acute urinary retention and need for surgery are important concerns. Apha blockers and 5 alpha reductase inhibitors address these to variable extents. This article reviews the current place of medical therapy in the treatment of BPH, with a focus on combination therapy.

Data Source
A medline literature search was performed to identify original studies including global multi-center trials and reviews on the subject.

Conclusion
BPH symptom reduction and shrinkage of prostate size by the use of a combination of alpha adrenergic uroselective blocker (Tamsulosin) and 5 alpha iso-enzyme inhibitor (Dutasteride) is a first option of therapy in the management of BPH especially in those cases that are surgical risks with the category of mild to moderate prostate symptom scores.

The Annals of African Surgery, Volume 6, 2010


Microphase-induced enhancement of the rate of mass transfer of the reactive species in instantaneous heterogeneous reactions is described by the generalized film theory under quasi-steady-state conditions. The diffusive transport of ions which incorporates the ion-coupling phenomenon is represented by the Nernst−Planck equation. The molecular transport is described by the Fickian diffusion. In contrast to the previous investigations, a substantial increase in the relative enhancement factors (about 2 to 6 times) in the two phase reactions (between N,N-diethyl aniline and HCl in the presence of anionic surfactant sodium lauryl sulfate, and between 2,5-dimethyl phenol and NaOH in the presence of cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) is observed experimentally. This increase in the rate of mass transfer of the reactive species is shown to be caused by the augmentation of the diffusion coefficients of the reactive species owing to the ion-coupling effect. Also, counterion binding of the reactive...


Virtual Private Multicast Service (VPMS) is defined as a Layer 2 VPN
service. It provides point-to-multipoint connectivity for a variety of
Layer 2 technologies, including Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet, PPP, etc,
across an IP or MPLS-enabled IP Packet Switch Network (PSN). It is
often required for redundant access between two VPMS PEs to which a CE
is attached, called "dual-homed". This document describes how dual-
homed access can be achieved in the context of BGP-based VPMS.


The article deals with the spatial development of the Russian Far East in the context of infrastructure connectivity and migration. The construction of a new railway network, the renovation of highways and the modernization of airports are the most important conditions for the successful functioning of the state, ensuring competitiveness, socio-economic growth and capitalization of territories. The coordinated and progressive development of infrastructure not only contributes to the retention of the local population, but also increases the investment and migration attractiveness of the territories. Taking into account the territorial conditions of Russia-first of all, its length and spatial disproportion-the problems of transport and logistics infrastructure are of particular importance. The conclusions obtained as a result of the study can be used both in strategic planning at the level of macro-regions, and in conducting further research at the national and interregional levels. Keywords: spatial development, territorial planning, migration, The Russian Far East, airfield infrastructure, railway network, regional highways, port facilities.


A technique for the sequential measurement of fluorescence and phosphorescence depolarization is reported. The technique is based on a newly developed photomultiplier gain-suppression technique. The gain-suppression characteristics of the circuit are studied by applying a constant level of incident light. To demonstrate this new technique, a solid sample ofthetriplet probe eosin is excited by a pulsed, frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser; the resulting orthogonally polarized emissions are collected by two balanced photomultipliers (PMT5). The gains of the PMTs are suppressed for the duration of the fluorescence emission, and subsequently returned to normal, to maintain the fluorescence and phosphorescence signals at the same level. The suppression of the gain is controlled by a specially designed dual-channel PMT gain-suppression circuit. The signals from the PMTs are recorded by two digital oscilloscopes, one set at a fast sampling rate to measure the static fluorescence anisotropy, the other set at a slow sampling rate to measure the slow phosphorescence depolarization. The anisotropy values can then be deduced from the two sets of recordings.


The goal of hyper-heuristics is to design and choose heuristics to solve complex problems. The primary motivation behind the hyper-heuristics is to generalize the solving ability of the heuristics. In this paper, the authors propose a Hyper-heuristic using GRASP with Path-Relinking HyGrasPr. HyGrasPr generates heuristic sequences to produce solutions within an iterative procedure. The procedure of HyGrasPr consists of three phases, namely the construction phase, the local search phase, and the path-relinking phase. To show the performance of the HyGrasPr, the authors use the nurse rostering problem as a case study. The authors use an existing simulated annealing based hyper-heuristic as a baseline. The experimental results indicate that HyGrasPr can achieve better solutions than SAHH within the same running time and the path-relinking phase is effective for the framework of HyGrasPr.


The purpose of this study is to investigate effects of day care environmental variables on young child psychological well-being. The subjects of this study were 63 teachers and 949 young children in 26 day care center, Cronbach's α, Frequency, Correlation, Multiple Regression for statistical analysis were conducted for data analysis.
The major findings of this study were as follows: (1) The significant variables which had positive correlation of young child psychological well-being were air conditioning, frequency of safety accident, institution safety, education schedule, satisfaction of program, preparation of playing, health, nutrition and teacher experience. The significant variables which had negative correlation of young child psychological well-being were dare care time per one day of young child, young child's experience of day care center moving, young child's frequency of dare care center moving, the ratio of a teacher : young child and teacher's duty time. (2) The significant variables which had effects of young child psychological well-being were frequency of safety accident, education schedule, preparation of playing, nutrition, young child's frequency of day care center moving, teacher experience and teacher's duty time.


Toyohiko YAMASAKI Ryonosuke ABE In the bituminous coal seams in Japan which have received strong metamophism with heat and pressure, much gas is occluded. The gas existence in the domestic coal seams have not only been influenced by the adjoining structure of strata, but have been influenced by the thermal anddynamical energies. It seemed the existence of gas in coal seams might have relation to the coalification speed as well as structure of coal formation. So, the artificial coalification method commenced by Bergius was used to make sure this fact experimentally . In this paper, the Upper Nakago, Yumoto, Taiheiyo and Upper Taiheiyo coal were studied having connection with the gas existence in them .When the coalification grade was advanced under the--various coalification speeds, the amount of evolved gas from coal were correlative with their coalification speed and was especially related to their heating history in making the high grade bituminous coal artificially. Then, the difference between the compornent of gas which was produced in autoclave and that of the natural free gas in coal was studied about the Taiheiyo coal by mean of mass-spectroscopy. The results of experiment showed that most of the hydrocarbon compornents of natural free gas was methane and others were trace of other hydrocarbon, ie . propylene, etc. But in the artificial coal gas, other hydrocarbons, ie. ethane, popane, etc. existed in higher rate in comparison with methane gas content.


Objective
To investigate the TCM therapeutic effect of Yiqi Yangwei decoction for chronic atrophic gastritis.

Methods
60 patients diagnosed with chronic atrophic gastritis by gastroscope and pathology were selected and divided into a treatment group and a control group, 30 for each group. The treatment group were treated with Yiqi Yangwei decoction and Western medicine and the control group with Western medicine, for three month.

Results
After the treatment, the scores of the symptom and pathology were lower in the treatment group than in the control group. The effective rate was 86.67% in the treatment group and 66.7% in the control group.

Conclusion
Yiqi Yangwei decoction and Western medicine chronic atrophic gastritis is effective, so it is worth being generalized.

Key words:
Yiqi Yangwei Decoction; Chronic atrophic gastritis; Clinical observation


Non-invasive diagnosis and detection of early-stage tumorsis regarded as one of the current challenges in the biomedicalsciences. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is a powerful,non-invasive imaging technique because of its high spatialresolution and tomographic capabilities. However, the signalsensitivity of MR imaging for specific biological targets islargelydependentonthespecificityandselectivityoftheligandused to target magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) to specific tissues.Development of tumor-targeted magnetic NPs is necessary toenhance the MR signal sensitivity for in-vivo tumor detection.Variousproteinssuchastransferrin,


The editors describe their rationale for focusing this special issue on the question of what makes a screen relations based treatment different from an in-person treatment experience. A perplexing tendency for many to treat that which is acknowledged to be "better than nothing" as though it were instead "routinely good enough" is discussed. The risks of this specific technocultural moment for the future of psychoanalytic care is offered as justification for the issue's focus on the question of difference. The hope is expressed that psychoanalysis will endeavor to ask the hard, psychoanalytic questions concerning the meaning of remote treatment so as to implement the incredible promise psychoanalysis has to be a human corrective to the excesses of emerging technoculture.


Revised edition. This report discusses the destructive impact of weevils on the corn crop in the southern United States and controls measures which farmers may find effective in reducing their losses to this pest. Among the insects discussed are the Angoumois grain moth and the rice or "black" weevil.


Nowadays, a lot of industrial accidents accompanied by explosions are happening throughout the world. Also, increase in the number of terrorist acts committed by means of explosions is observed. For improving safety of buildings and structures it is necessary to raise their resistance to explosive effects, as well as to be able to predict degree of potential damage upon explosive loads of various intensities. One of the principal goals in designing the structure resistant to explosive effects is to determine the dynamic response of structures to the impact of the blast wave. To this end, the transient pressure loads on the walls of the civil engineering structures are to be determined. The simulation of explosion is highly complicated, involving an explosion causing the shock wave propagation in air and then interaction with a structure. The engineering-level techniques permit one to estimate an explosive shock impact only for isolated buildings. The complexity of the building, the presence of nearby structures and the surrounding environment cannot be taken into account. Advanced computer aid engineering (CAE) software techniques combined with the latest methods of discrete three-dimensional city modelling permits one to simulate and analyse the effects of explosions in urban areas with a precision which previously was not possible. In the paper, the simulation results are presented of shock wave forming due to a spherical explosive charge and its propagation in the vicinity of geometrical configuration imitating an urban environment. The numerical simulation of a flow in the vicinity of prisms of different cross-sections and heights located on a flat plate was performed. The calculations are carried out in a three-dimensional non-viscous formulation using ANSYS software. On a basis of simulation results, a complex wave structures were analysed, and all the peculiarities of flows and pressure history records on building walls were described and explained. The possibility of a correct description of the non-stationary wave flow in the vicinity of the complex of obstacles is demonstrated. The results are compared with the experimental data on the pressure distribution in gauges located on the prism walls. The estimation of shock wave exposure intensity was performed to different objects.