Esperamos que disfruten este número de la misma manera que hemos disfrutado la preparación del mismo. ABSTRACT The use of web-based technologies continues to grow. College and universities must take a proactive stance to meet the educational needs of society in the 21 st Century. The adoption and use of web-based technologies are the methods that colleges and universities can embrace to meet the task of educating the students of the 21 st Century. Greater use of web-based distance education technology is needed to improve productivity and expand access to different educational programs. The purpose of the study was to investigate factors which influenced faculty participation in web-based distance education technologies for delivering instruction in agricultural programs. In addition, the study sought to discuss faculty perceptions on their level of competence, level of importance, availability of infrastructure, training, and perceived major barriers faced in using web-based distance education technologies for delivering instruction in agricultural programs. Multiple regression analysis was used to predict factors that influenced faculty participation in web-based distance education. Based on the 88% of the responses, findings of this investigation suggested that faculty have a high level of competence/skills using web-based technologies. In addition, this study found that educators considered the use of web-based technologies to enhance their teaching to be helpful and important. Concerning the availability of infrastructure provided by institutions, educators indicated that training, technical assistance and equipment are available to used. Faculty respondents identified six major barriers that would inhibit their decision to participate in using web-based technologies to deliver distance education. Those barriers were: (1) the lack of administratively provided time, like professional development leave, to learn to use web-based technologies; (2) the lack of a reward and incentives that encourages faculty to participate in web-based distance education; (3) the lack of credit toward tenure and promotion; (4) concern about workload; (5) the lack of grants materials/expenses (funding); and, (6) concern about the effects of distance education technology on the quality of the courses. Finally, regression model yielded two predictor variables: Level of competence/skills and lack of grant material/expenses (funding). The variables included in the multiple regression model accounted for 33% of the faculty participation in web-based distance education. INTRODUCTION Technology has been the source of much revolutionary activity in many of the functions at colleges and universities. Today, something new and very important is occurring. New web-based technologies in academic instruction and communication …


Background And Study Aim. The rising of physical inactivity among university students amidst Covid-19 pandemic is a worldwide concern. Thus, the purpose of this research is to describe and explain the status quo of university students in terms of their physical activity engagement level.
Materials and Methods. Descriptive research design was used in the study employing survey questionnaire. There were 1,648 respondents of the study from one of the Higher Educational Institutions in Cebu City, Philippines taking physical education subject.
Results. Based on the survey conducted, results revealed that in spite of the presence of pandemic, university students still engage themselves in different exercise typologies and/or physical activity in varying frequency of execution to stay active. Similarly, household chores are considered as an opportunity in physical activity engagement amidst the pandemic as revealed in the study.
Conclusions. Despite the challenges and online modality of learning, university students engaged in different exercise typologies to stay active in varying frequency means. Understanding university students' physical activity's inclination amidst the pandemic entails planning new teaching strategies and approaches which cater their interest to encourage and motivate to live an active lifestyle even staying at home with limited access to facilities. Further, the study recommended an exercise program to be used either as teaching tool for effective teaching strategies and approaches for students' physical activity interest in online learning modality especially in this global pandemic.


Dragon Boat Race 2013 Also this year we will kick start the autumn semester by arranging a thrilling Dragon Boat race for students and staff at BTH.


Principal Laboratory Findings [T1] and [T2] Questions: 1. What is (are) this patient's most striking laboratory result(s)? 2. How do you explain this patient's most striking laboratory result(s)? 3. What is this patient's blood group and Rh type? 4. What other tests can be done to confirm this patient's blood group and the presence of hypogammaglobulinemia? 5. What are other possible causes of ABO discrepancies?


The Securities and Exchange Commission, once considered the finest of the administrative agencies created by the New Deal, has sunk to the lowest point in its history. Although the Commission's failure to monitor the large investment banks and to detect the alleged Madoff Ponzi scheme have attracted the most attention, the decline in its regulatory and enforcement effectiveness began three decades ago. Insufficient resources and inadequate staff training may have played a part in the SEC's decline; but its root cause is that the agency succumbed to the ethos of deregulation that pervaded government, and it lost sight of its primary role of protecting investors. The SEC must recapture its activism of previous days. To do this, the Obama administration should appoint commissioners who believe that strong regulation benefits not only investors but, in the long run, the securities markets and the economy. These commissioners might come from the ranks of state securities commissioners, career SEC staff members, and academics. It should resume its earlier practice of conducting in-depth studies of market developments. The SEC must again see itself as the defender of investors and a counterweight to securities-industry and corporate lobbyists.


A multiple-member microbial colony (designated A14N) capable of mineralizing the herbicide atrazine has been isolated from Japanese riverbed sediment. We have determined the enzymes involved in the degradation route and the species composition of the colony. A14N converted atrazine to cyanuric acid via hydroxyatrazine and N-isopropylammelide as intermediates. Furthermore, A14N characteristically had the ability to cleave the triazine ring of cyanuric acid. A14N harbours genes coding atrazine-degrading enzymes, which are highly similar to those previously described: trzN, atzB and atzC. At least three phylogenetically different species, Nocardioides sp., Mycobacterium sp. and Leptospira sp. were present in A14N. Among these, Nocardioides sp. was closely related to the atrazine-degrading Nocardioides sp. strains previously isolated from agricultural soils. Thus, Nocardioides sp. in A14N could also be responsible for the degradation of atrazine to cyanuric acid.


The original Nielsen realization problem asks whether a finite subgroup of the mapping class group of an oriented surface has a fixed point on the Teichm¨uller space or not. As a categorical analogue, one can ask whether a finite group of autoequivalences of a triangulated category has a fixed point on the space of Bridgeland stability conditions or not. We can also modify this question by only requiring the group to be finite modulo shift functors and considering its action on a suitable quotient. The main objects of study in this paper are K3 surfaces of Picard number one, where the realization problem leads to classifications of finite subgroups in various settings. We also discuss the realization problem for curves, standard autoequivalences on surfaces, twisted abelian surfaces, and generic twisted K3 surfaces.


This article is devoted to the problem of emperor Zeno's policy towards the appointment of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem patriarchs to their posts.


The ecology and social behavior of two male bands of Hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus) of similar size and age-class composition were studied over 18 mo in Rajasthan, Northrvest India. Play behaviour was tested as a reflection of environmental conditions. One of the bands lived in a poor habitat where food and water was often scarce, the other in a rich habitat with relatively abundant resources. For example, the proportion of fruit eaten was much higher for the rich-habitat monkeys (RHM), whereas more than half of the diet of the poor-habitat monkeys (PHM) consisted of leaves. The frequency of play-fighting and locomotor-rotational play correlated negatively with the amount of leaves eaten, probably because they are low in energy. Consequently, play rates for the RHM were not only 6-7 times higher than for the PHM, but play also lasted significantly longer. Play rates among PHM were reduced to zero during adverse environmental conditions but showed a dramatic increase when more plant food became available as a result of monsoon rains. The data provide considerable support for the hypothesis that play is a sensitive indicator of habitat quality


In the United States, invasive meningococcal disease occurs at the highest rates in infants, with a second peak in adolescents. Early symptoms are nonspecific and may resemble viral infection, which poses a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. Moreover, the stakes of diagnostic confusion may be high because the disease may become life threatening within hours. Sequelae among survivors may be profound. In adolescent age groups, control of meningococcal disease caused by serogroups A, C, W-135, and Y rests upon universal vaccination beginning at 11–12 years of age; vaccines for serogroup B are not currently available. One 4-valent vaccine is licensed for use in infants beginning at 9 months of age but is only recommended for those at high risk. Licensure of new vaccines for infants is expected soon, and a universal immunization program is being debated.

A wide range of bacteria can cause meningitis in infants and young children. In neonates aged <3 months, group B streptococcus causes most bacterial meningitis in many developed countries, followed by Escherichia coli and other Gram-negative enteric bacilli. Listeria monocytogenes can also be seen in this age group [1]. Historically, for infants and children aged <5 years, the 3 most common causes of bacterial meningitis and sepsis were Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Neisseria meningitidis [1]. Annual disease cases due to Hib in US children aged <5 years have been reduced by 99%, and there has been a substantial decline in pediatric invasive pneumococcal disease due to routine infant immunization programs introduced in the 1990s and 2000s [2, 3]. This leaves N. meningitidis as one of the most important causes of bacterial meningitis in infants and young children. Since 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended routine vaccination against N. meningitidis for all adolescents; recommendations for vaccination of children aged 9 months–10 years are restricted to high-risk groups [4–10]. At the present time, there are no meningococcal conjugate vaccines licensed for use in infants aged <9 months, although there are vaccines currently under review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This article discusses the burden of meningococcal disease in infants in order to provide a backdrop for considering prevention strategies.


This paper presents the design and implementation of a programmable current vector control (CVC) IC for AC motor drives. A digital current vector control scheme realized using a complex programmable logic device (CPLD) has been proposed. This CVC IC is designed as a co-processor for general-purpose microcontrollers used for adjustable speed AC drives. This programmable digital current controller is realized using 10-bit integer arithmetic and employs about 20 thousand logic gates of a CPLD (FLEX 10 K 100) from Altera Co. The designed CVC IC can be used for both synchronous and induction motors. The sampling rate can be programmed up to 50 kHz. Application of this CVC IC with a conventional microprocessor in an AC drive has been demonstrated. Experimental results are given to illustrate the performance of the designed vector control IC.


ABSTRACT This study assessed the effects of the application of coatings formed by mixtures of chitosan (Chi; 5 g L−1) and Mentha piperita L. essential oil (MPEO; 1.25 and 0.6 mL L−1) on physicochemical and sensory characteristics of mango cv. Tommy Atkins during 30 d of cold storage (12°C, 85% relative humidity). Decreases in titratable acidity and increases in pH values during storage were overall less accentuated in Chi-MPEO coated mango. Chi-MPEO coated mango showed lower and higher contents of sugars and organic acids, respectively, than uncoated mango from day 15 of storage onward. Chi-MPEO coatings decreased weight and firmness losses and reduced polyphenol oxidase, peroxidase and pectin methylesterase activity in mango. Chi-MPEO coatings delayed peel and pulp colour development in mango. Chi-MPEO coatings delayed changes in contents of catechin, procyanidin B1 and B2 during storage. Uncoated and Chi-MPEO coated mango received similar scores for all assessed sensory attributes on day 7 of storage. Chi-MPEO coated mango received smaller scores for colour, taste and aftertaste on days 15 and/or 30 of storage. These results indicate that coatings formed by synergistic antifungal mixtures of Chi and MPEO should be effective to improve postharvest quality characteristics in mango cv. Tommy Atkins.


Aims : Primary graft non‐function (PNF) is a life‐threatening condition that is thought to be the consequence of microcirculation injury. The aim of the present study was to assess, with a computerized morphometric model, the morphological changes at reperfusion in liver biopsy specimens from patients who developed PNF after liver transplantation.


Reputation management is a process of tracking, reporting and reacting to an entity's actions and other entities' opinions about those actions. In practical world, as each action may have di fferent effects, entities changing opinions towards each other is unavoidable. The belief on an entity is based on the entity's reputation. In a reputation management system, the reputation of a certain entity may change according to di fferent events, so changes the belief. Changing of believes is called belief revision. In this paper, we will make an brief introduction about belief revision models and their implementations in reputation management area.


The length of time a student completes the study period is a measure of the student's achievement and the success of his study program. Because the duration of the study period is quite influential on the quality of a study program and the learning process in it, it is necessary to do a more in-depth study of the factors that influence the duration of student studies. This study aims to model the factors that influence the length of the study period of students using ordinal logistic regression. These factors are the student's GPA and gender. Data on the length of study, GPA and gender were taken for students of the Mathematics Education Department, IKIP Mataram, who graduated in 2017 and 2018. The results of the study showed that the two factors had a significant effect on the length of the study period.


We prove that if there exist Hadamard matrices of order h and n divisible by 4 then there exist two disjoint W(1/4hn, 1/8hn), whose sum is a (1, -1) matrix and a complex Hadamard matrix of order 1/4hn, furthermore, if there exists an OD(m; s1, s2,··· ,sl) for even m then there exists an OD(1/4hnm; 1/4hns1, 1/4hns2,···, 1/4hnsl). Disciplines Physical Sciences and Mathematics Publication Details Jennifer Seberry and Xian-Mo Zhang, Some orthogonal designs and complex Hadamard matrices by using two Hadamard matrices, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, 4, (1991), 93-102. This journal article is available at Research Online: http://ro.uow.edu.au/infopapers/1057


Adhesion of micro and nanoparticles onto cardiovascular walls is a critical process in applications such as targeted drug delivery, biomedical imaging, and cancer treatment. This paper intends to develop an understanding of the dynamic interaction between particle and vessel wall through computational modeling. The ligand-receptor binding dynamics is coupled with Immersed Finite Element Method to study the adhesion process of particles with different shapes, bonding strengths, and physical configurations. Non-spherical particle is found to contact and adhere to the wall easier than spherical particle under the same configuration. This research work will help design of micro/nanoparticles for enhanced targeted adhesion to cells of interest


IN RESPONSE: The important work of Gilks suggests that the epidemiology and clinical spectrum of pneumococcal disease in HIV-infected patients is strikingly similar in the United States and Kenya. In both locations, HIV-infected patients comprise a significant proportion of patients with pneumococcal bacteremia, and Streptococcus pneumoniae is among the most common causes of bacteremia and pneumonia in patients with HIV. Moreover, rates of recurrent disease (relapse or reinfection) may be high, whereas mortality is often lower than among bacteremic, HIV-seronegative patients. Delineation of associated risk factors in Africa such as sickle cell disease, malnutrition, or malaria would be of interest. More information from developing countries is needed about the clinical presentation, etiology, and response to therapy for pneumonia in young children infected with HIV. Studies of childhood pneumonia should be conducted in settings of high perinatal HIV seroprevalence to ensure that global strategies for control of pneumonia are adapted according to the rising prevalence of HIV infection. As Gilks notes, invasive pneumococcal disease is one of the few serious HIV-related infections for which therapy is available, affordable, and effective if the infection is treated quickly. Prevention of pneumococcal disease with vaccine in children and adults both with and without HIV infection remains an elusive and critical goal worldwide [1]. Klenerman and colleagues provide intriguing preliminary data on the impact of advanced HIV disease on the acute inflammatory response to bacterial infections. C-reactive protein is an evolutionarily conserved acute-phase reactant that binds to C polysaccharide in pneumococcal cell walls and activates complement binding to and phagocytosis of the organism. Hepatic synthesis of CRP is regulated by cytokines, such as interleukin-6; cytokine production may be abnormal in patients with HIV infection [2]. A consistent inability to produce CRP in response to acute bacteremia would be a distinctive sequela of advanced HIV disease. Larger studies are needed to determine whether the acute phase response to S. pneumoniae in bacteremic, HIV-infected patients is blunted or normal, as is suggested by the presence of fever and relatively low rates of mortality in most bacteremic patients [3]. In this setting, S. pneumoniae serves as a clinically relevant probe of the complex effects of HIV on nonimmune and immune host defenses to antigenic challenge.


Abstract The multistep interaction of a μ-carbido diiron tetraphenylporphine complex and its imidazole derivative with tert-butylhydroperoxide tBuOOH were investigated in benzene at 298 K by UV–visible, IR spectroscopy and electrochemical study. The kinetics of the stepwise processes were studied and their rate constants k were obtained. The reaction of both non-ligated [FeIVTPP]2C (1) and [ImFeIVTPP]2C (2) with tBuOOH led to high-oxidized species generation following the coordination of a peroxide molecule on the metal center (k 1 = 2.8 M−1s−1) and homolytic cleavage of O–O bond in attached tBuOOH (k 2 = 3.1 s−1 for 1, k 2 = 12.8 s−1 for 2). [FeIVTPP]2C underwent one-electron ring oxidation to form a π-cation radical (k ox = 3.9 s−1) detected by UV–visible and IR spectroscopy. Imidazole-derivative formed a powerful oxidizing species that is able to oxidize the organic peroxide employed. The oxidant-intermediate reacting rapidly when produced in solution was proposed to be double-oxidized species due to its high reactivity (k red = 2660 M−1s−1). The results of UV–visible, IR, ESI-MS study supported the final products with Fe = C=Fe unit. Graphical Abstract


Abstract— Changes in the visible absorption spectrum and in phototransformation of phytochrome have been found to be associated with dehydration and rehydration. These spectral properties explain the previously reported rapid appearance of phytochrome in imbibing seeds. No evidence was found for the orientation of the phytochrome chromophore in gelatin films or in preparations subjected to a shearing force.


This article aims to address the problem that is originated in Colombia by the implementation of the "Regional Program of water supply and sanitation," caused by the lack of clearness on the legal regime that subsumes the contracts developed in order to perform them, signed by the program Manager. The government has tried to resolve this problem by the expedition of a new administrative rule, but in our opinion, it has failed because the rule is ineffective, vague and anti-technical. On the other hand, this paper proposes a constitutionally permissible solution to the problem, which harmonizes the provisions of the Regional Program of water supply and sanitation, with the industry standards of public services and these in turn with the rules applicable to procurement public entities.


BACKGROUNDAgeism can have negative repercussions on older adults' health and well-being. Ageism, in contrast to racism and sexism, is an understudied topic in research. Selfcompassion, the ability ...


SUMMARY Traumatized youngsters are frequently admitted to psychiatric hospitals and residential treatment facilities (RFTs; Lawson, 1998). Institutionalization can be a traumatic event that involves an assault on personal autonomy and self-direction (Mohr, Mahon, & Noone, 1998). According to Visalli, McNasser, Johnstone, and Lazzaro, (1997) external and/or restrictive interventions are the most frequently used tools for crisis reduction. We assert that such methods do not support residents' abilities to effectively cope with crises. Instead, we propose that developing residents' internal coping methods through self-determination theory is a more effective means for successfully navigating a crisis. The following article addresses the benefits of training RTF staff members in self-determination theory. We describe a three-step process to empower residents to become effective and autonomous in dealing with crisis.


Objective: to identify the situations that generate moral distress in mental health nurses in the national and international scientific literature. Methodology: an integrative literature review conducted in August 2020, with no time frame, in the LILACS, MEDLINE and Scopus databases. As a search strategy, the following descriptors were used: "Moral Distress", "Mental Health", "Nursing" and "Ethics in Nursing" with different combinations, using the Boolean operators "and" and "or". After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria following the PRISMA recommendation, 15 articles were selected for analysis. Results: it was identified that the ethical/moral problems and institutional problems/ impediments encompass the greatest situations that generate moral distress in mental health nurses worldwide, and the coping strategy most pointed out by the articles is moral deliberation. Conclusion: studies on moral distress in mental health nurses are still incipient, considering the relevance of the theme and its implications on the care practice and personal life of these professionals. In this sense, it is considered necessary to carry out more original studies in this area, also exploring the method of moral deliberation. Ética em Enfermagem.


This study was conducted to determine if there was a mean difference between employee levels of happiness (Happy and Non Happy) and their perceptions on their Organization's Culture, Job Embeddedness and Continuance Commitment with their jobs in faith-based higher education institutions. Fifty-nine administrators, leaders and workers responded to the Organizational Leadership Assessment (OLA) survey. From this survey, and after factor analysis, we found three major variables: Organizational Culture, Job Embeddedness, and Continuance Commitment. A significant difference was found between happy an non happy employees' views on the variables, Organizational Culture and Job Embeddedness. However, no statistical significance was found between being happy at work and not being happy at work in regard to Continuance Commitment. This study will contribute to the body of knowledge concerning the theory of happiness by meeting the need for additional empirical research in employee subjective well-being and job satisfaction in higher education.


Objective To investigate the clinical value of the activity result of MB isoenzymes of creatine kinase(CK-MB) higher than that of creatin kinase(CK) tested by immune suppression.Methods We retrospective analyzed 4 cases of the results of CK-MB higher than CK activity,and compared CK-MB/CK ratio in department of cardiology and cerebral surgery.Results 3 cases were brain injury,1 case was colon cancer.There was no myocardial injury in 4 cases.CK-MB/CK ratio in department of cardiology and cerebral surgery was significantly higher than that of cardiology(P0.05).Conclusion The activity result of CK-MB higher than that of CK detected by immune suppression and the increase of CK-MB/CK ratio have an important warning value in brain injury.


Combustion of a proper combination of an oxidizer and a fuel can produce the exothermicity required for the simultaneous synthesis of oxide ceramic powders. Oxidizers include metal nitrates, ammonium nitrate, and ammonium perchlorate, while urea, carbohydrazide, glycine and others have been used successfully as fuels. Combustion methods are particularly well-suited to producing multicomponent metal oxides, yielding compositionally homogeneous, fine particles with low impurity content. Organic fuels, particularly those containing nitrogen, also serve as a complexant in the precursor, which inhibits inhomogeneous precipitation from occurring prior to combustion. The exothermic redox decomposition of these oxidizer-fuel mixtures is initiated at low temperatures, usually


Offloading processes responsible for a robot's control operation to external computational resources has been in the spotlight for many years. The vision of having access to a full cloud cluster for any autonomous robot has fueled many scientific fields. Such implementations rely strongly on a robust communication link between the robot and the cloud and have been tested over numerous network architectures. However, various limitations have been highlighted upon the realization of such platforms. For small-scale local deployments, technologies such as Wi-Fi, Zigbee, and blacktooth are inexpensive and easy to use but suffer from low transmit power and outdoor coverage limitations. In this study, the offloading time-critical control operations for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using cellular network technologies were evaluated and demonstrated experimentally, focusing on the 5G technology. The control process was hosted on an edge server that served as a ground control station (GCS). The server performs all the computations required for the autonomous operation of the UAV and sends the action commands back to the UAV over the 5G interface. This research focuses on analyzing the low-latency needs of a closed-loop control system that is put to the test on a real 5G network. Furthermore, practical limitations, integration challenges, the intended cellular architecture, and the corresponding Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that correlate to the real-life behavior of the UAV are rigorously studied.


An automotive engine valve lifter of the processing method, the method comprising the steps of: (1) The required length of the material, the interception of a material; (2), the material will be taken, preliminary shaping; (3 ), the preliminary shaping blank, shaping further depth in the outer shank of a large hole machined, while the intermediate position of the exhaust hole machined; (4), the shaping good product, for stretching the hole; (5), punching, mainly tensile exhaust hole behind the body blank good red open; (6), above the punched blank, rotation of 180 °, so that the vent hole inside the end face, outwardly open tail, the tail of the free laid out for shrinkage process. The present invention will be merged into a three step process, simplified process which can effectively ensure the concentricity, concentricity, cylindricity and the like of the product, the product significantly reduced rejection rate.


This paper proposes a formal framework to statically analyze intensional databases modeling transactional behavior. The considered language is U-Datalog, an extension of Datalog modeling updates and transactions. The analysis, performed at compile time, provides information about certain types of situations that may arise at execution time such as aborts, inconsistencies and failures. These information can be used to check the correctness of the database and to optimize transactions saving useless computation. The paper proposes a formal model and an algorithm for the analysis.


Human interstitial fluid glucose (ISFG) of a non-diabetic volunteer's skin was drawn transdermally by the reverse iontophoretic method. Concentrations of ISFG extracted by reverse iontophoresis at the cathodic extraction electrode were found to be extremely low in concentration as well as proportional to the blood glucose levels. In this study, the extracted ISFG sample were quantitatively analyzed by an amperometric method that utilized a high sensitivity flow type electrochemical cell to detect hydrogen peroxide; the product of the reaction between glucose and glucose oxidase(GOD). Also the pulsed amperometric detection (PAD) method was applied to overcome the difficulties in glucose detection under the condition that many interfering organic substances exist.


The objective of this study was to evaluate the brigade combat forest fires in Semprevivas National Park, MG. Questionnaires were applied to all members of the brigade and were seen fighting equipment and personal protective equipment used by firefighters. A forest fire brigade of the Sempre-vivas National Park presents a good level of training and is technically protected and prepares to fight small fires. All firefighters understand the importance of preventive efforts and vigilance is the main method in order to prevent the fire entering the protected area. The great satisfaction in working as much as brigadista regarding coordination brigade collaborates with proper execution of the work to combat and prevent forest fires.


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Until quite recently the retinoic acid (RA) signaling pathway was believed to occur only in vertebrates, but in the last decade, several ground-breaking studies have shown that it also exists in invertebrates. These include the discovery of endogenous retinoids (Nowickyj et al., 2008), of retinoid receptor orthologs in insects (Hayward et al., 1999) and the very specific effect of RA on axonal guidance in the fresh water snail Lymnaea stagnalis (Dmetrichuk et al., 2008). Despite some earlier indications of RA-dependent gene activation in insects, these papers really started retinoid research in invertebrates.


In this article a person-centered/experiential (PCE) approach of group therapeutic treatment for borderline clients in out-patient and day treatment is described. First, we focus on client-centered views on borderline processes. Then, we look at the general directives that are distilled from different borderline-focused treatment models to investigate to what extent these directives can be assimilated in a PCE approach. Next, we argue for a group therapeutic approach where possible and describe the selection criteria for participation. The core of this article describes the group process from the viewpoint of a client-centered/experiential and interpersonal orientation. A number of important processes and interventions are described according to the three main phases distinguished in the treatment process (beginning, middle and termination phase). These phases varyingly come to the fore in relation to changes in group composition. Typical borderline processes and challenges for the group therapist are illustrated with clinical vignettes.


The problem of predicting software reliability is strengthened by the uncertainty of selecting the right model. While Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) provides a means to incorporate model uncertainty in the prediction, research on the influence of parameter estimation and the performance of BMA in different situations will further expedite the benefits of using BMA in reliability prediction. Accordingly, two different methods for calculating the posterior model weights, required for BMA, are implemented and benchmarked considering different data situations. The first is the Laplace method for integrals. The second is the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method using Gibb's and Metropolis within Gibb's sampling. For the last the explicit conditional probability density functions for grouped failure data are provided for each of the model parameters. With a number of different simulations of mixed grouped failure data we can show the robustness and superior performance of MCMC measured by mean squared error on long and short range predictions.


1 / 5 Kursk during the Nazi Occupation: Early Days of the German "New Order": Materials of the Intelligence Reports of the 4th Department of the NKVD Directorate for the Kursk Region The article deals with the initial period of the occupation of the city of Kursk by German troops in the fall of 1941. Approach of the German troops and their allies to the Kursk region added urgency to the territorial state security agencies' efforts to establish an effective intelligence and agent network in the territory. In July–September 1941 the staff of the Department of the NKVD for the Kursk region did a lot in this direction and the Soviet state security leaders received quite diverse information from the occupied city of Kursk and other areas of the Kursk region. The article is based on archival materials of the Directorate the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for the Kursk region, the vast majority of which are being introduced into scientific use by the authors. Declassified materials of the 4th Department of the NKVD Directorate for the Kursk Region are used as a source of information. These are primarily messages of Soviet agents remaining in Kursk for reconnaissance and sabotage missions. The bones of intelligence information passed to the Soviet state security leaders were orders of the occupation authorities, local collaborationist publications that were being published under the occupation authorities, personal observations of agents, rumors, and public moods. Agent messages form a rather comprehensive picture of various aspects of daily life of the Kursk population at the initial stage of the German occupation: subsistence support, organization of collaborative civil administration bodies, church policy, nature of the occupation regime, terror against Soviet citizens suspected of involvement in the anti-Nazi underground. There is also information on everyday life and leisure of German servicemen: cafes, restaurants, cinema, theater, bawdy house. The attitude of the townspeople to the German "New Order" is revealed. At the same time, it was noted that some had gladly accepted the arrival of the German invaders and expressed a desire to cooperate with the occupation authorities.


In single-operator multi-agent (SOMR) network robots system, the data congestion on the network is the key bottleneck of the whole system. The core CPU acts as the operator and processes all the information transferred from subordinate robots. The core CPU plays the most important role as a coordinator, so its working efficiency is the key factor of the whole system. In order to overcome these problems, a new optimum data schedule for the core CPU of SOMR network robot system is presented in this paper on the base of queue theory. By contrasting with the CSMA/CD and token-passing manners, the new manner is proved to be more efficient.


On the base of simplified three layered model, this paper researched the theory of the cladding mode in single mode optical fiber, the cladding mode field distribution and the coupling coefficients of the cladding modes coupled with the core mode in long period fiber grating (LPG). With the aid of computer, Matlab was used to simulate the commercial SMF 28 TM single mode fiber, which found out the intensity distribution of the cladding modes in different orders of the first rank along the radium and the results of the coupling coefficients. It proves that the distribution of intensity in the core has different characters in the low odd and even orders of the first rank of cladding mode. The former is far more than the latter. Thus they have different coupling coefficients when coupled with the core mode. The former is also much bigger than the latter.


Smarthphones and mobile apps have changed not only human communication, but also travelling habits. For this reason, mobile apps influences in the tourism in Tena, Ecuador were analysed. First, exploratory research was carried ou to identify the mobile apps available on Google Play. Later, a survey of the apps preferred by tourists was applied. Finally, 140 service providers were interviewed about their mobile app use. As result, 150 tourism apps were identified for Ecuador, mainly for Pichincha (36) and only 4 for Tena. Tourists prefer web sites (67%) as a source of tourism information, use social media frequently (73%), and 39% used mobile apps during their visit, with Google Maps the most used. service. Providers use social media for promotion (57%), mainly Facebook, but 69% of them do not know how to or do not use mobile tourism apps.


Is it possible to beat the market? What needs to be done to earn more than other investor's average return? Is SEO an opportunity for investors to maximize their returns? Stocks are considered among risky financial instruments due to large price changes compared to Bonds. It is possible to win or lose 20% in just one trading day in Borsa Istanbul. However, getting higher returns than market average depends on many factors such as the timing, target sector and stocks. Stocks of the firms that performed SEOs are beneficial to create optimum investment portfolio? Is the abnormal return phenomenon real? We tried to find sufficient answers for all these questions via the Turkey Case. In this study, it has been examined whether the stock of the firms that have realized SEO provide higher returns (abnormal returns) to the investors in the short and long term.


Title – Taj: I will prevail. Exemplifying customer service in times of crisis.Subject area – Marketing.Study level/applicability – The case is suitable for MBA/MS students.Case overview – The famous Taj Mahal Palace and Towers became the centre of one of the most deadly terrorist attacks in the Indian sub continent on the night of 26 November 2008, which became famous as "26/11". Terrorists created havoc shooting guests on sight and throwing grenades. The attacks lasted for three days but all of the four terrorists who entered Taj were killed. The terrorists had killed 160 people across Mumbai. Of these, 36 died at the Taj Mahal Palace and Towers, Mumbai. The dead included 14 guests, most of whom were foreign nationals. However, due to the selfless and extraordinary behavior of the employees and the staff of Taj, many guests were saved. They put forth an extraordinary example justifying the Indian code of conduct towards guests, "Atithi Devo Bhav" meaning "Guest is God". In spite of knowing back exits and...


Background. The contribution of lesion size and location in poststroke aphasia is debated, especially the extent to which aphasia severity is affected by damage to specific white matter areas. Objective. To identify specific white matter areas critical for poststroke aphasia global severity and to determine whether injury to these areas had more impact on aphasia severity than the infarct volume. Methods. Twenty-three chronic poststroke aphasic patients were assessed with the Aphasia Rapid Test (ART) and the Boston Diagnosis Aphasia Examination (BDAE) global severity scales and underwent diffusion tensor and structural imaging. Voxel-based diffusion tensor imaging regression analysis was used to determine in which areas fractional anisotropy (FA) abnormalities were correlated with ART and BDAE severity scales. The relationships between aphasia severity, FA values, and infarct volumes were investigated using global and partial correlations. Results. We found a critical area associated with aphasia severity overlapping with the arcuate and the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculi, resulting in a combined disconnection of the dorsal and ventral pathways. ART scores were inversely correlated with FA values in this region, with greater severity present with lower FA values (correlation coefficient = −0.833, P < .0001). The proportion of variance explained by the FA value was higher than the proportion of variance explained by the infarct volume (R2 = 68% vs 27%, P = .01). The impact of infarct volume on aphasia severity disappeared when damage to this critical white matter area was taken into account (P = .38). Conclusion. The assessment of the integrity of this region may potentially have a clinical impact in neurorehabilitation and acute decision making.


In the present paper we investigated the effects of specific bifidobacteria strain as supplemen-tation on acute inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) induced by dextran sulfate sodium(DSS) and the pos-sible mechanism was also discussed.Mice were divided into three groups as control,DSS,and experiment(DSS+Bf) group.The mice in DSS group were fed with 4% DSS(W/V) solution for 7 days to induce coli-tis,and the mice in DSS+Bf group,were then given bifidobacteria by oral gavage for next 4 weeks.Both the colonic lengths and the magnitude of colonic inflammation were measured for three groups.Further-more,expression of IL-10 mRNA in Peyer's patch(PP) cells and secretion of IL-10 in intestinal mucosa were also assessed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) and immunohistochem-istry,respectively.It was found that the average colonic length observed in the DSS+Bf group was shorter than those in the control group but longer than those in the DSS group.Both macro-and micro-disease scorring showed that the values of the DSS+Bf goup significantly decreased compared with the DSS group,while both the expression of IL-10 mRNA in PP cells and the IL-10 positive cells in intestinal mu-cosa of the samples in the DSS+Bf group were also significantly higher than those of DSS group.It is ob-vious that the bifidobacteria strain involved in the present studies could prevent the DSS-induced murine colitis and improve the expression levels of anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in intestinal mucosa.


Introduction: "New" Instruments of Environmental Governance - Patterns and Pathways of Change Andrew Jordan et al. National Experiences: The Politics of "Light-Handed" Regulation - "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in Australia Elim Papadakis and Richard Grant. Struggling to Leave Behind a Highly Regulatory Past? "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in Austria Rudiger K.W. Wurzel et al. The Politics of Regulatory Reform - "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in Finland Rauno Sairinen. From High Regulatory State to Social and Ecological Market Economy? "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in Germany Rudiger K.W. Wurzel et al. Much Talk but Little Action? "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in Ireland Brendan Flynn. Instrument Innovation in an Environmental Lead State - "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in the Netherlands Anthony R. Zito et al. Policy Innovation or "Muddling Through"? "New" Environmental Policy Instruments in the United Kingdom Andrew Jordan et al. Comparative Conclusions: "New" Environmental Policy Instruments - An Evolution or a Revolution in Environmental Policy? Andrew Jordan et al.


Fly ash resulted from municipal solid waste incinerator(MSWI)contains high levels of leachable heavy metals and high TEQ dioxins, and is usually classified as a hazardous waste. Thus further detoxification and stabilization treatment are necessary to MSWI fly ash before disposal. The physical and chemical characteristics of MSWI fly ash have an important influence on treatment. Eight types of MSWI fly ashes were collected from several incinerators in China and France. The composition, melting point, crystal characteristic and pore characteristic of fly ash samples were analyzed in details. The results show that the composition is affected significantly by raw material, type of furnace and the position of sampling et al. The melting point of MSWI fly ash is lower than that of coal-waste, because of different content of SiO_2. The main crystalline phase for each fly ash is different. The range of inner aperture of fly ash is mainly in the size 0.3?μm~1.5?μm, and the specific surface area is about 20.5?m~2/g.


Genetic diversity of species is an important baseline for the domestication process. In Cameroon, Prunus africana, an important and threatened medicinal tree, is among the priority species for domestication. The bark extract has been used to treat various diseases; mainly benign prostatic hyperplasia which affects men above the age of 50. As little is known about the genetic diversity of P. africana in Cameroon, we aimed to determine the genetic diversity and differentiation of several P. africana populations in the western provinces, using sets of chloroplast DNA markers and nuclear microsatellites previously developed for Prunus species. Genetic diversity in the observed populations was considerable and genetic differentiation between populations proved substantial with 21% of the total observed variation detected among populations, revealing a distinct genetic structure among certain populations. However, the lack of correlation between genetic and geographic distances does not support isolation by distance (IBD). The analysis of chloroplast DNA haplotypes revealed no strong phylogeographic component in the genetic structure observed in the western populations of P. africana in Cameroon. The outcome of this study will contribute to improve the genetic characterization of P. africana for its better domestication and conservation in the Cameroon agroforestry system.


It is obvious that certain character traits are essential for success in Christian workers. There are, no doubt, some in the acquaintance of nearly everyone who, though they claim to have a desire for and a "call" to Christian work, have failed in this work. In the majority of cases, the reason for failure lies in the lack of some character trait or traits. This fact has been found true in the brief history of People's Bible College. Some of its graduates have not made a success in their chosen field of Christian service, though they have completed successfully the same scholastic requirements as others who have made a success. Most leaders of Christian work recognize this need of certain traits in order for Christian workers to be successful. Scholarship is, of course, essential; but it is secondary to character. Many teachers, students, and friends of People's Bible College have long felt the need of some definite goals for character formation which are essential for success in those Christian teachers, ministers, missionaries, and other Christian workers who go out from this college. Nothing of this nature, as far as the author has been able to determine, has yet been done for schools of this particular type.


The Moorhen Gallinula chloropus is a well known intraspecific brood parasite.However, there has been no reports on brood parasitism of the Moorhen in japan. During a 8-yr field study of marsh nesting birds in Akigase marsh, central japan, we found some Moorhen nests which contained abnormally large number of eggs (super-normal clutch) and we obtained evidence of intraspecific brood parasitism and/or cooperative nesting. Moorhens were unable to distinguish between foreign (Japanese Quail and conspecific) and their own eggs. A proximate cause of frequent egg dumping may due to the high breeding density in the habitat. This is the first report on the egg-dumping in a Japanese population of the Moorhen.


conduction, and radiation as well as any occurring substance transformations and heats of reaction are balanced. The model accounts for changes in the structural parameters (permeability, porosity, etc.) occurring during the process as a result of saturation and substance transformation by applying common correlations (van Genuchten approach, etc.) and simple models (reaction capillary model). A key priority was to keep the number of parameters to a minimum. The model was implemented


A simple cyclopalladated complex of 4-(2-thiazolylazo)resorcinol showed a specific red-to-green colour change upon addition of organotin species in the acetonitrile-water medium.


In a small study of the German military archives and the correspondences of the superior officers, Edouard Husson shows evidence of a genocide mentality that was effective in Poland in the first weeks of the war. Refuting the common idea that the genocide did not truly begin in June 1941, he demonstrates how the Polish campaign and the exactions of the Einsatzgruppen (having already swept Bohemia and Moravia by the end of 1938) prepared the general barbaric terrain of the war with the USSR and the genocide of the Jews.


Background: Drug-related problems (DRP), including potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), are a common problem in older people with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy. It is important to identify appropriate tools, preferably adjusted to specific patient groups, to deal more effectively with potential or existing DRPs. Our hypothesis is that combining PIM identification tools enables to significantly enhance the determination of DRPs. The aim of this study was to develop a combined tool for identification of DRPs in geriatric multi-morbid and polypharmacy patients, using the EU(7)-PIM and EURO-FORTA lists, with a focus on high-risk medications. Methods: The combined PIM identification tool used the information on PIM active ingredients in both databases - the EU(7)-PIM and EURO-FORTA. PIMs were classified into four color groups based on risk profile: very significant PIMs (should be avoided in older patients) as red, significant PIMs (require dose and/or treatment duration adjustment) as yellow, non-significant PIMs/non-PIMs (low DRP risk) as green, and questionable PIMs (incomplete/missing information) as grey. Results: The summarized list of the red PIMs contains 34 active ingredients, including one combination of two medications and one medication class. According to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification, most of the red PIMs (n=27, 79.4%) belong to the A, C and N medication groups. Only 41.2% of the red PIMs have marketing authorization in Estonia. In 2019 more frequently used red PIMs in Estonia were sodium picosulfate, propafenone, ginkgo biloba, magnesium hydroxide, and dextromethorphan. The approximate number of the yellow and green PIMs is 248, but sub-classification of this category into one or another group depends mainly on an individual patient´s clinical characteristics. The complete list of the grey PIMs will be developed in the future Conclusions: The combined PIM tool based on the EU(7)-PIM and EURO-FORTA criteria was created to address the need for more efficient identification of DRP in geriatric multi-morbid patients. The combined PIM tool was developed with a focus on the high-risk medications for older adults and taking into consideration the availability of the PIMs in Estonia. The tool could potentially be applied as a screen to identify DRPs in different health care settings.


The invention provides a coordination polymer porous material MAF-49, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. A chemical formula of MAF-49 is [Zn(batz)], wherein batz<2-> represents an anion obtained by deprotonation of a ligand H<2>batz with a formula of bis(5-amino-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methane; the porous material MAF-49 is crystallized in a space group P3<1>21 in the trigonal crystal system, wherein a is equal to 9.6963 angstroms, and c is equal to 20.126 angstroms; and the MAF-49 is a three-dimensional framework structure with a one-dimensional channel, wherein the three-dimensional framework structure is formed by connecting the batz<2-> ligands and three four-coordination Zn<2+> ions. The porous material MAF-49 has the characteristics of good stability, high ethane adsorption capability and the like, can be used for collecting ethane in natural gas, purifying methane in landfill gas, and recycling ethylene in an ethylene epoxidation product, and also can be used for simply and conveniently separating an ethylene-ethane mixture with low energy consumption to obtain ethylene with a purity of 99.95%+. Therefore, the porous material MAF-49 has a very high industrial application value.


Hydrogen as an energy vector has become a good candidate in the field of on-board systems. However, its storage is currently a challenge to be solved. This work presents a test bench for the characterization of metal hydrides tanks for stationery and transport applications. Dynamic and static characterizations are realized through describing the process of the charge of these tanks containing AB5 (LaNi5) hydride type. The final goal is to determine the thermodynamic parameter to implement an energy management of the hydride tank associated to a fuel cell.


I Nyoman Mariantha BA, SE., M.M. 2019. Description. The Effect of Obedience Pressure, Task Complexity, and Work Experience on Audit Considerations in Providing Audit Opinions (Empirical Study at the Office of the Republic of Indonesia BPK South Sulawesi Province).

The purpose of this study was to find out how the influence of Obedience Pressure, Task Complexity, and Work Experience on Audit Considerations. The data used in this study was obtained from a questionnaire distributed to the Office of the Republic of Indonesia BPK South Sulawesi Province.
The results of this study indicate that the Pressure Adherence, Task Complexity and Work Experience variables have a significant effect and are positively related to Audit Considerations in Providing Audit Opinions.


So many of my interests, contacts, struggles, ideas, arguments, and achievements are represented in this old paper trail. It's like reading my autobiography. I've unearthed a letter from a young Dave Pearson asking for help in getting published. I've also found correspondence with Frank Smith that led to a joint article for the Elementary School Journal, our only formal collaboration (Goodman & Smith, 1971).


In order to investigate the social consequencies of diabetes we sent a questionnaire to all diabetic patients aged 20-50 years and 1.125 matched non-diabetic controls living in the county of Västerbotten in Northern Sweden. The response rate was 87% and 72%, respectively. Patients more often lived alone (18 vs 13% p < 0,05) and had no children (39 vs 31% p < 0,01). They were more often the only child of their parents (14 vs 8%, p < 0,01). Thirty-seven percent of the patients and 22% of the controls (p < 0,001) had been absent from work because of illness more than one month continuously during the last 3 years and had more often than controls prematurely retired from work (8 vs 2% p < 0,001). Patients more often had hobbies (86 vs 76%, p < 0,001) and were participating in social activities (52 vs 41%, p < 0,001), but were less satisfied with their leisure time (71 vs 80%, p < 0,001). Forty percent of the patients vs 31% of the controls (p < 0,01) did not visit neighbours. Fifty-one percent of the patients vs 44% of the controls (p < 0,05) never spent leisure time with their work mates. No significant differences were found in education, socioeconomic class, dwelling or household economy. The study shows that there are social differences between diabetic patients and non-diabetic people even though they are not overwhelming.


The present investigation provides an overview of the current technology related to the green diesel, from the classification and chemistry of the available biomass feedstocks to the possible production technologies and up to the final fuel properties and their effect in modern compression ignition internal combustion engines. Various biomass feedstocks are reviewed paying attention to their specific impact on the production of green diesel. Then, the most prominent production technologies are presented such as the hydro-processing of triglycerides, the upgrading of sugars and starches into C15–C18 saturated hydrocarbons, the upgrading of bio-oil derived by the pyrolysis of lignocellulosic materials and the "Biomass-to-Liquid" (BTL) technology which combines the production of syngas (H2 and CO) from the gasification of biomass with the production of synthetic green diesel through the Fischer-Tropsch process. For each of these technologies the involved chemistry is discussed and the necessary operation conditions for the maximum production yield and the best possible fuel properties are reviewed. Also, the relevant research for appropriate catalysts and catalyst supports is briefly presented. The fuel properties of green diesel are then discussed in comparison to the European and US Standards, to petroleum diesel and Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) and, finally their effect on the compression ignition engines are analyzed. The analysis concludes that green diesel is an excellent fuel for combustion engines with remarkable properties and significantly lower emissions.


Objective To evaluate the curative effect of buflomedil combined with actovegin on diabetic plemononeuropathy.Methods Sixty patients with diabetes mellitus were divided at random into the therapeutic group(n=40) and the control group(n=20).The former were given buflomedil and actovegin intravenously.The latter were given musele injection with vitaminB 1,vitaminB 12 .Results The effective rate in the therapeutic group was 97.5%,the rate of nerve conduction was significantly increased(P0.05).Conclusion Buflomedil combined with actovegin is effective on diabetic plemononeuropathy.


This paper introduces an extended environment for the unscented Kalman filtering that considers also the presence of additive noise on input observations in order to solve the problem of optimal estimation of noise-corrupted input and output sequences. This environment includes as sub-cases both errors-in-variables filtering and unscented Kalman filtering. The unscented Kalman filtering to the presence of additive noise on input observations is considered, and is used to solve the problem of optimal estimation of noise-corrupted input and output sequences. A Monte Carlo simulation shows that the performance of the unscented Kalman filtering technique leads to the expected minimal variance estimates.


There is a continuing need for high intensity electron sources that will operate in demountable vacuum and can be externally modulated. Materials with wide bandgap, e.g. diamond, are rugged but need photon energies exceeding the bandgap to emit efficiently and this rules out the use of CW lasers. We have found that a photocathode of CsBr is both adequately intense(>150A/cm{sup 2}) and rugged and can be excited with photons of energy of 4.8eV(257nm). This is below the energy gap of CsBr(7.3eV) but such operation can be explained by the presence of intraband states about 4eV below the conduction band minimum.


In a more and more service oriented manufacturing industry new data driven challenges like predictive maintenance arise. For example, machine learning models can use sensor data to predict anomalies during machine operation. Such models usually base on experiences from past data to train these algorithms. However, since components are often used in different machines with different and partly unique or new domains, experiences about mutual interferences are missing. In this study we try to address this issue by introducing a visualization technique for an intuitive anomaly detection which allows domain experts and engineers to monitor the condition of a machine over time. The heat map based visualization highlights unusual operation measurements dependent on different sensor data combinations. With domain and engineering knowledge, the insights can be used to identify case based reasons for a changing behavior. The application is tested with a demonstration machine.


For a small earth station, a detailed comparative study of three types of dual offset reflector antenna is presented. These are the shaped dual-reflector antenna, the sector-shaped paraboloidal reflector antenna and the spherical offset reflector antenna. The efficiency, the radiation patterns and the complexity of fabrication are some of the aspects considered.


Measurement of rate constants of various processes is crucial both for research and for industrial design. It is typically done by fitting kinetic models to experimental data, which are mostly multivariate nowadays. These data often bear ill properties like noise and/or rank deficiency, which may ruin the relevance of the obtained results. In the present work we tested the ability of three well defined multivariate curve resolution approaches (model-free MCR-ALS, model-based MCR-ALS and full-matrix non-linear least square fit) to recover rate constants from simple simulated kinetic data when the spectra of components are almost linearly dependent. Model-free estimation of concentrations produced incorrect estimates. Model-based analysis was possible, but the quality of estimates of rate constants and convergence were strongly degraded by rank deficiency. Full-matrix non-linear least square fit displayed the best results both with respect to accuracy of the estimates and calculation performance. It proved its known value of the method of choice. The quality of the estimates depended strongly on the ratio between the rate constants: cases with highly similar and highly dissimilar rate constants were more problematic. The reasons of poor convergence of ALS algorithms and sources of bias in the estimates of rate constants are discussed.


Let K be a hypergroup with a Haar measure. In the present paper we initiate the study of inner amenable hypergroups extending amenable hypergroups and inner amenable locally compact groups. We also provide characterizations of amenable hypergroups by hypergroups having the Hahn-Banach extension or monotone projection property. Finally we focus on weak*-invariant complemented subspaces of L_infinity(K).


Great progress has been achieved in the study of Hippo signaling in regulating tumorigenesis; however, the downstream molecular events that mediate this process have not been completely defined. Moreover, regulation of Hippo signaling during tumorigenesis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains largely unknown. In the present study, we systematically investigated the relationship between Yes‐associated protein/TEA domain family member (YAP‐TEAD) and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4‐alpha (HNF4α) in the hepatocarcinogenesis of HCC cells. Our results indicated that HNF4α expression was negatively regulated by YAP1 in HCC cells by a ubiquitin proteasome pathway. By contrast, HNF4α was found to directly associate with TEAD4 to compete with YAP1 for binding to TEAD4, thus inhibiting the transcriptional activity of YAP‐TEAD and expression of their target genes. Moreover, overexpression of HNF4α was found to significantly compromise YAP‐TEAD‐induced HCC cell proliferation and stem cell expansion. Finally, we documented the regulatory mechanism between YAP‐TEAD and HNF4α in rat and mouse tumor models, which confirmed our in vitro results. Conclusion: There is a double‐negative feedback mechanism that controls TEAD‐YAP and HNF4α expression in vitro and in vivo, thereby regulating cellular proliferation and differentiation. Given that YAP acts as a dominant oncogene in HCC and plays a crucial role in stem cell homeostasis and tissue regeneration, manipulating the interaction between YAP, TEADs, and HNF4α may provide a new approach for HCC treatment and regenerative medicine. (Hepatology 2017;65:1206‐1221).


This article deals with the links between two main novels of Spanish last decades: Mrs. Caldwell habla con su hijo by Camilo Jose Cela and Mortal y Rosa by Francisco Umbral. The main issues for discussion will be genre, style, plot, authors aims and personal friendship between both novelists. Umbral first met Cela in 1965 thanks to his friend Jose Garcia Nieto. He usually took part in the social gatherings of the "Cafe Gijon" establishing a close friendship with the Galician writer and gaining his favor; Umbral will soon describe this year in a short novel, La noche que llegue al Cafe Gijon in 1977. During his long staying in Mallorca (commonly called "etapa mallorquina"), Celas most productive period, Umbral visited him several times. Twenty two years passed between the publication of Mrs. Caldwell habla con su hijo in 1953 (though we know that Cela had been working for this project since 1947) and Umbrals Mortal y Rosa in 1975 (progressively elaborated from 1973 until the sad Christmas of 1974). The former appeared, politically and socially, in the hardest years of Francos dictatorship; it was revised and censured in 1953 and 1958 until it could finally be published, in its complete version, in


[Objective]To investigate relationships between NO,NOS and senescence by simultaneous determination of NO content and NOS activity.[Methods]Nuchal injection of D-galactose was administered continuously for 42 days to produce subcute senescence models,whereas normal saline for the control group.The NO content in in cerebral cortex was determined by nitrate reduetase method and the NOS activity was detected by chemical colorimetry.[Results]Contents of NO in cerebrum and cerebellum in the model group significantly increased compared with the control group;NOS activity in cerebrum in the model group was more intense than that in the control group.[Conclusion]D-galactose-induced increases of NO content and NOS activity are closely correlated with the development of senescence.Changes of NO content and NOS activity can be a sensitive index of neural aging.


This article is available from http://www.labmedonline.org 2011, Laboratory Medicine Online This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background: Laboratory diagnosis of new influenza A (H1N1) is crucial for managing patients and establishing control and prevention measures. We compared the diagnostic accuracies of the real time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR) test recommended for the confirmation of the new flu and the viral culture method used conventionally for viral disease with that of the rapid antigen test (RAT). Methods: We performed RAT, R-mix culture, and real-time PCR by using 861 respiratory samples collected from December 2009 to January 2010 and evaluated the abilities of these methods to detect new influenza A. The relationship among the positive rates of RAT, grades of culture, and the cycle threshold (Ct) values of rRT-PCR was also evaluated. Results: Of the 861 patients, 308 (35.8%) were diagnosed with new influenza A. The sensitivities, specificities, positive predictive values, and negative predictive values of the tests were respectively as follows: 59.7%, 99.5%, 98.4%, and 81.6% for RAT; 93.2%, 100%, 100%, and 96.3% for R-mix culture; and 95.8%, 100%, 100%, and 97.7% for rRT-PCR. Samples with weak positive grade in culture and those with Ct values of 30–37 in rRT-PCR showed positivities as low as 25.3% and 2.3% in RAT, respectively. The hospitalization rate and death rate of the confirmed patients were 3.2% and 0.3%, respectively, and gastrointestinal symptoms were observed in 7.2% of the patients. Conclusions: R-mix culture and rRT-PCR tests showed excellent reliability in the diagnosis of new influenza A and could be very useful, especially for samples with low viral load.


Background/Aims: Endoscopic band ligation (EBL) has now emerged as the method of choice for treatment of esophageal variceal bleeding. However, only small numbers of patients with upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding from non-esophageal varices have been treated in this way. We studied the usefulness of EBL in UGI bleeding without esophageal varices during emergency endoscopy. Methods: During January 1997 to December 2000, 28 patients (54.713.2 years, male:female=22:6) of non-variceal bleeding at upper GI tract were treated by endoscopic ligation, using Stiegmann-Goff clear view band ligation device. Bleeding was identified from gastric Dieulafoy's lesion (n=15), Mallory-Weiss syndrome (n=8), and small ulcer (n=5). Results: Ten of the 28 patients had underlying diseases, including liver cirrhosis (n=5), chronic renal failure (n=2), essential hypertension (n=2), and sepsis (n=1). The Dieulafoy's lesions were mostly located on the fundus and the body. There was active bleeding in 19 (spurting, 8: oozing, 11) and only exposed vessel in 9. EBL was successful in 27 of 28 cases (97%) during admission, and one patient had rebleeding during follow-up period ranging from 6 months to 24 months. Conclusions: EBL is an available, inexpensive, and easily learned method of treatment for patients with non-variceal gastrointestinal hemorrhage such as Dieulafoy's lesion, Mallory-Weiss syndrome, and small ulcer with active bleeding.


Uterine involution is one of the important indicators in seeing the mother's recovery during the puerperium, giving early initiation of breastfeeding is believed to accelerate uterine involution. The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between early initiation of breastfeeding and accelerated uterine involution, identify the success of early initiation of breastfeeding and analyze the effect of early initiation of breastfeeding on uterine involution in postpartum. This study is a pre-experimental research design with static Group Comparison/Posttest Only Control Group Designs conducted in April-May 2021. With a population of all postpartum mothers who breastfeed their babies through baby sucking at the Kartika Husada Donomulyo clinic. The sampling technique used in this study was purposive sampling which met the criteria for spontaneous/normal delivery, while infants with asphyxia, postpartum mothers with bleeding and multiparous mothers were not included in this study. The sample size is 56 postpartum mothers. Which is divided into 2 groups, group A; who initiate early breastfeeding, group B; not initiate early breastfeeding. The results of the study using Chi-Square, there is a P value of 0.00 <0.05, it can be concluded that early breastfeeding initiation has an effect of 13.80 times on the acceleration of uterine involution.


The flow field of vertical axis wind turbines is a typical unsteady separated flow. Many factors affect the aerodynamics of vertical axis wind turbines, with rotor rigidity being one of the key factors influencing their performance. Based on the sliding grid technique and commonly used numerical aerodynamics model for wind engineering, the paper uses numerical simulation for a 3 blade vertical axis wind turbine to analyze the change rule of aerodynamic performance and it's flow field under different rotor rigidity. We verify that the flow field has different distribution characteristics when the rigidity is different. Vertical axis wind turbines have high power factor and better performance at the start when the rotor solidity is about 3.5.


This experiment was conducted to study the effect of drinking ionized water on histological changes, bacteria count, and some hematological parameters of Japanese quail. A total of 200-42-day-old Japanese quails were divided into five treatments. The birds of each treatment were divided into four replicates. The pH level of drinking water of the first treatment was 7, whereas the pH levels of drinking water of other treatments were 8, 9, 6, and 5 respectively. The results showed that villi height, crypt depth, and mucous layer thickness of the duodenum were increased (P<0.05) in T4 and T5. The normal histological structure was observed in the microscopic section of the liver of the treated group. The pH 7 of drinking water led to the depletion of the follicles and an increase in the interfollicular space of birds (Fig4). In addition, there was hemorrhage among the bursal follicles in the bursa of birds that received pH8 drinking water (Fig5). The pH5 of drinking water showed mild lymphoid depletion in the section of the bird bursa (Fig6). Also, the pH9 of drinking water showed large vacuoles in the epithelial layer which support the lymphoid follicles in the section of the bursa (Fig 7). There were thickening and degeneration changes in the capsule with lymphocyte aggregation in birds that received pH9 of drinking water (Fig8). The levels of pH of drinking water affect WBC, Hb, and PCV. Drinking acidic ionized water increased the number of Lactobacilli bacteria and decreased the number of Coliform bacteria. Conclusion: The pH 8 and 5 of drinking water had a positive role in the histological changes, bacterial count, and some hematological parameters of Japanese quail.


In the present specification, it introduces a new release and transmission optical spectrometer, the spectrometer identification, purity check, and / or pharmaceutical research for use in structural studies of the chemical, forensic, and the liquid analysis with organic, inorganic, or the ability to inspect a solid or liquid sample optically with polymer chemistry for. Beneficial aspects of the present system, a single sample compartment confined within the walls of the spectrometer housing, a relatively small accessories, emission in a sample point which is designed (e.g., Raman and fluorescence) and infrared is (IR, NIR) and ability to perform both transmission measurement. .FIELD 4


Based on evidence of a secular decline in urban development assistance on the part of many overseas agencies such as the World Bank and USAID, this article suggests reasons for the decline and considers what can be done to reverse it. Urban assistance (from North to South) is still needed in many countries because it strengthens economic development at all levels of recipient nations and because it engenders networks of decentralized cooperation that promote local development. To be more effective, urban assistance programmes must support local research; they must support South—South networks; they must continue to focus on pro-poor policies; and the agencies that undertake these must act responsibly as the local stakeholders they have in fact become.


Man-made disasters have been the constant companion of African ancestry people for the past almost 500 years (Alexander, 2012; Thomas, 1997). Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, 2005; Haiti Earthquake, 2010—on the surface, two natural disasters, but were they partially man-made? There was prior knowledge that the levees in New Orleans were inadequate to withstand a major and likely hurricane, and those conditions continue today ("Crumbling Levees Threaten," 2013); and the severe long-term deforestation of Haitian land made it vulnerable for dire life-threatening consequences, including higher level of destruction from earthquakes ("Deforestation Exacerbates Haiti Floods," 2004). The traumatizing experiences from these disasters continue to affect large numbers of people of African ancestry. The October 25, 2012, Superstorm Sandy and other global disasters hopefully serve to diminish the denial in the global north that the climate is changing and that multidimensional preparations are needed to meet the preand postdisaster challenges worldwide. The global south has long recognized the need. The Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi), with 40 years of study, research, and experience in culturally congruent psychological interventions and training for disaster survivors, is prepared for international leadership in this endeavor, based on (1) direct experience with untreated current and generational traumas, (2) knowing the resilience histories of the people affected, (3) ability to recognize and acknowledge man-made responsibility in creating


METHOD TO DETECT nucleic acid including the process of reacting a sample nucleic acid with an acid nucleic acid to test and analyze the presence or absence of an acid NUCLEIC HYBRID TO BE DETECTED WITHIN THE resulting reaction mixture. This method comprises the following processes: A) reacting a nucleic acid sample WITH NUCLEIC ACID TEST; B) applying a label ONLY ON HYBRID formed in the reaction mixture obtained in the process); C) detecting the hybrid LABELING IN THE PROCESS B) by that label. TEST IMMOBILIZED FOR DETECTING NUCLEIC ACID TO BE USED FOR THE METHOD OF SCREENING ACUEROD point 2 comprises a TEST nucleic acid immobilized on a carrier, wherein said PRUBEA nucleic acid is capable of hybridizing WITH NUCLEIC ACID A DETECT.


Experts have criticised an unpublished modelling study released to the media on Tuesday 24 March that suggested that half the UK population might already have been infected with covid-19.1

They emphasised that even if the modelling turned out to be correct it would not change the current public health advice to reduce the spread of the virus.

The study, from the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford, used data on the number of deaths and reported cases in the early stages of the epidemic in Italy and the UK. The researchers used mathematical modelling to estimate infection rates by fitting a "susceptible—infected—recovered" model of epidemics to the numbers of deaths seen.

The modelling made assumptions about the proportion of the population at risk of death or severe illness, the basic reproduction number of the virus, the period of time during which people are infected, and the time from infection to death

The researchers showed outcomes generated from different assumptions, including a reproduction number …


With the recent outstanding advance in computer software and hardware, a number of researches to enhance the manufacturing speed and the process accuracy has been undertaken in many fields of textile industry. Frequently issued problems of automatic recognition of textile wrinkles in a grey scale image are as follows. First, changes in grey level intensity of wrinkles are so minute. Second, as both colors and patterns in a grey scale image appear in grey level intensity, it is difficult to sort out the wrinkle information only. Third, it is also difficult to distinguish grey level intensity changed by wrinkles from those by uneven illumination. This paper suggests a method of automatic recognition of textile wrinkles that can solve above problems concerned with wrinkles, which can be raised in a manufacturing process as one of errors. In this paper, we first make the outline of wrinkles distinctly, apply the block matching algorithm used in motion estimation, and then estimate block locations of target images corresponding to blocks of standard images with the assumption that wrinkles are kind of textile distortions caused by directional forces. We plot a "wrinkle map" considering distances between wrinkles as depths of wrinkles. But because mismatch can occur by different illumination intensity and changes in tensions and directions of the force, there are also undesirable patterns in the map. Post processing is needed to filter them out and get wrinkles information only. We use average grey level intensity of wrinkle map to recognize wrinkles. When it comes to textile with colors and patterns, previous researches on wrinkles in grey scale image hasn't been successful. But we make it possible by considering wrinkles as distortion.istortion.


The invention relates to a process for preparing a partially press-hardened sheet-metal component, in particular a bodywork part (10), in which the parent sheet material is first formed into a sheet metal part and this forming a press-hardening followed, for which purpose the sheet-metal formed part is partially heated in an oven, such that at least one not to be hardened or less to curing area (17) is covered, and the press-hardening is carried out thereafter. The invention further relates to a covering device for covering such a range (17), and a vehicle body comprising a product made by the inventive method and / or using a covering device according to the invention sheet metal component.


The term gestalt has been widely used in the field of psychology which defined the perception of human mind to group any object not in part but as a unified whole. Music in general is polytonic i.e. a combination of a number of pure tones (frequencies) mixed together in a manner that sounds harmonius. The study of human brain response due to different frequency groups of acoustic signal can give us an excellent insight regarding the neural and functional architecture of brain functions. In this work we have tried to analyze the effect of different frequency bands of music on the various frequency rhythms of human brain obtained from EEG data of 5 participants. Four (4) widely popular Rabindrasangeet clips were subjected to Wavelet Transform method for extracting five resonant frequency bands from the original music signal. These resonant frequency bands were presented to the subjects as auditory stimulus and EEG signals recorded simultaneously in 19 different locations of the brain. The recorded EEG signals were noise cleaned and subjected to Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MFDFA) technique on the alpha, theta and gamma frequency range. Thus, we obtained the complexity values (in the form of multifractal spectral width) in alpha, theta and gamma EEG rhythms corresponding to different frequency bands of music. We obtain frequency specific arousal based response in different lobes of brain as well as in specific EEG bands corresponding to musical stimuli. This revelation can be of immense importance when it comes to the field of cognitive music therapy.


Examples of enhanced multiseasonal orbital imagery illustrate the influence of multiseasonal changes in their spatial and spectral attributes, and consequently in their application to structural geology and lithological discrimination. Shadow effects associated with appropriate solar elevation and azimuth effects enhance the spatial attributes but not the spectral. In this case, variations in illumination conditions should be minimized by selecting images with high solar elevation and by the use of techniques that minimize illumination conditions. Multiseasonal imagery should be used in the identification of spectral contrast changes of rock-soil-vegetation associations which can provide evidences of related lithological units and structural features. The extraction of maximum geological information requires, at least, a fall/winter and a spring/summer scene from which spatial, spectral and multiseasonal attributes can be adequately explored.


Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) sandwich systems have been used successfully in aerospace and marine engineering, and have great potential for use in civil infrastructure. FRP composites, particularly if glass fibres are used (i.e. GFRP), further exhibit advantageous environmental characteristics such as low energy consumption and low carbon dioxide emissions, but are however associated with a relatively low elastic modulus. This paper describes an innovative modular assembly system of GFRP sandwich structures used for structural construction. Built-up beam or slab modular sections consisting of GFRP standard pultruded I or box profiles are incorporated between two GFRP plates to form a sandwich structure, which can then be assembled in the transverse direction through adhesive bonding and/or mechanical bolting. The sandwich configuration allows for an increase in the sectional inertial moment, therefore improving the stiffness at the structural level by compensating for its low material elastic modulus. This structural system further provides greater flexibility in designing beam and slab systems by allowing the adjustment of various geometric parameters. A modular sandwich beam was prepared in this way and tested under four-point bending. The load carrying capacity of the specimen was evaluated and the connection detail and the degree of composite action were investigated.


One of the problems encountered by the engineering students and faculty and staff members of Aurora State College of Technology (ASCOT) is the water supply for toilet and urinal flushing. This problem is attributed to the location of the area which is 50m above sea level. The main water source of the campus is the water coming from water falls which requires pipelines that are vulnerable from heavy damage during natural disasters and illegal intrusion. To address the scarcity, rainwater harvesting is considered by the researchers and in this research, the researchers assessed the potential of rainwater harvesting using the roof of an existing building in the area. The result shows that harvesting water from rainfall can become a solution in the scarcity of water in the area. Based on 10-year rainfall data from PAGASA Baler Station Complex which is Located approximately 4.3 km from the location of the study that on average, during December, November and October the amount of rainfall can fulfill the demand of water for toilet and urinal flushing up to 102.54 %, 76.98% and 75.40% respectively. The total area of rainwater collector in this study is about 186.87 square meter. Data also shows that on average, the month of August has the minimum potential of fulfilling the demand water for the area but by increasing the area of collector by 68%, 100% of the demand for this specific purpose maybe met during the driest month of the year


From perspective of history of thought,this paper makes a diachronic explanation on the imperial power in Chinese history,focusing on the view of imperial power of scholar-bureaucrats who are participants in dynastic politics and the consciousness of self-discipline of emperors.Jun(君)or Junzhu (君主)refers to the monarch of vassal state in the pre-Qin period(先秦),and specifically refers to emperor from Qin Shihuang(秦始皇).However,after the formation of centralization of Grand Unification,the scholar-bureaucrats ignored the above difference deliberately.With Confucianism being promoted to the position of a national religion and Neo-Confucianism being popular in the society,they explored a great deal of content of limits on monarchs from the political speeches in the pre-Qin period as theoretical weapons to restrict the absolute monarchical power under monarchy regime.They completed successfully the theoretical displacement from the view of imperial power of scholar-bureaucrats to the self-disciplinary consciousness of emperors by teaching the emperors and princes the principle of being emperor,which makes most emperors dare not go one step beyond the prescribed limit.This paper also explores the relationship between monarch and subject in the actual political operation from perspective of political history.Under the premise of mutual dependence between monarch and subject,the scholar-bureaucrats in all the past dynasties implemented a number of norms to regulate the imperial power in order not to lose the control of the nominal absolute majesty.


Cambrian trilobite faunas collected from a 90 m section of the Henson Gletscher Formation in southern Freuchen Land are described. Nineteen species are discussed, six of which are new. Aspects of the ontogenies of two species of Ogygopsis Walcott, 1889 are outlined, and initial correlations of Ogy gopsis made with North America and Siberia. The first occur renees outside China of species assigned to Arthricocephalus Bergeron, 1889 and Changaspis Lee, 1963 are reported. Prob lems of ptychopariid c1assification for the early Cambrian are covered, and proposals for a new approach to understanding ptychopariid relationships are outlined.


We have studied the effect of Al doping on the structural, magnetic and electrical properties of La$_{1-x}$Ba$_x$Mn$_{1-x}$Al$_x$O$_3$ ($0\leq x \leq 0.25$) manganite, annealed in two 750$^oC$ and 1350$^oC$ temperatures. The XRD analysis shows that the structures in all samples have single phase rhombohedral structure with R$\bar{3}$c space group. The unit cell volume almost decrease with increasing the Al doping in all samples. The grain growth with increasing annealing temperature and Al doping also have been studied. We observed that, T$_c$ temperature decreases when the Al ion substitute in Mn ion site. The magnetic study of the samples via magnetic susceptibility results in Griffiths and spin-glass phase for samples doped with aluminium. Along the resistivity measurement results, the $T_{MIT}$ (metal-insulator) transition temperatures decrease and the system become an insulator. The insulator-metal transition occurs for L0 sample in near 165K, while this transition is weak for H0 sample due to oxygen non-stoichiometry.Using three models viz. 1. Adiabatic small polaron hoping, 2.Variable range hopping, and 3. Percolation model, the resistance have been studied.


Kentropyx pelviceps was studied in lowland tropical forest of eastern Ecuador. Most individuals were first observed in leaf litter of treefall gaps or forest, approximately 30% being first observed above ground on trunks or branches of fallen trees. Activity occurred from 10:00 to 16:00 in microhabitats receiving maximum insolation. Body temperatures of active lizards averaged 34.1 ± 0.4 °C. Lizards active when sun was available had higher body temperatures than lizards active when sun was not available. When sun was available, lizards spent more time moving and moved farther than when sun was not available. When sun was hidden behind clouds, lizards typically ceased foraging, pressed their bodies against the substrate, and basked, receiving direct exposure. Most time active was allocated to basking, presumably as a result of limited availability of sunlight. Prey consisted primarily of roaches, orthopterans, and spiders, and prey size was determined to a large extent (69.6% of variation) by lizard body s...


Monte Carlo simulations are performed for athermal polymers in the three‐dimensional fluctuating bond lattice model. Polymer molecules composed of 20 and 50 freely‐jointed beads are studied at volume fractions ranging from 0.2 to 0.35. Chain dimensions, intramolecular correlation functions, and intermolecular correlation functions are compared to results of off‐lattice simulations for a similar freely‐jointed chain model. It is found that the intramolecular correlation functions are qualitatively similar both on and off the lattice; there are quantitative differences which arise because of the larger persistence lengths of the off‐lattice chains. At low densities the intermolecular correlation functions are similar in the two models, but significant differences appear at higher densities because of the limited extent of packing in the lattice fluid. We conclude that the lattice model adequately describes the effect of configurational entropy on fluid structure, but is inadequate to address packing effects...


This work deals with current state of the art in the utilisation of robots focused on the ap-plication in the security services, rescue actions, antiterrorist blocks and military operations. The current state of the art is developed from the utilisation of intelligent robotic system in assistive technologies aimed to everyday life and its accommodation to special tasks by means of the use of appropriate sensory and locomotion systems. Thesis contains the description and evaluation of accessible robotic systems in defends security, and assistive technologies.


Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) represent a large class of receptors that are upregulated in many cancers. The Ephrin‐A type‐2 precursor (EphA2) is an important RTK whose overexpression in lung cancer promotes growth, metastasis and acquisition of resistance phenotypes to therapies. Further, EphA2 is a downstream target of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) which is transcriptionally regulated by the oncogenic SOX2 transcription. This study investigates the effect of combination treatment with camptothecin (CPT) and the RTK inhibitor (RTKI) drug Erlotinib (Erl) in inhibiting survival mechanism in lung cancer cells.


Following disruption of the austenitic stainless steel basket of a hydro-extractor used for the separation of crystals of salt (sodium chloride) from glycerin, samples of the broken parts were analyzed. Examination revealed that the fish-plates joining the reinforcing hoops had broken, the shell had split from top to bottom adjacent to the weld, the top and bottom cover plates had become loose, all the rivets having pulled out, and the shaft was also found to be bent. Fracture took place in an irregular manner and was of the shear type towards both ends; it occurred immediately adjacent to the weld or a short distance from it and on alternate sides. Microscopical examination did not reveal any intergranular carbide precipitation, such as is well known to result in the weld-decay mode of failure. It was concluded that the primary cause of failure was stress-corrosion cracking arising from the combined effect of residual stresses and the corrosive effect of the material being centrifuged. If the shell had been stress-relieved after fabrication, the failure likely would not have occurred.


An image predict coding method: determines an optimal predict mode from a plurality of predict methods for an object block pixel signal; generates a predict signal according to the mode; derives a residual error signal between pixel signal and the predict signal of the object block; codes the residual error signal and the optimal predict mode, generating a compressed signal; and restores the compressed signal, storing same as a play pixel signal. In the predict mode coding, the image predict coding method: generates a candidate predict mode list which treats the optimal predict mode of a plurality of already played blocks which are adjacent to the object block as a constituent; codes a flag which denotes whether the constituent of the optimal predict mode is present on the list; codes the index to the constituent if the constituent is present; and codes the optimal predict mode with a number attached excluding each component of the list if the constituent is absent.


The ESA/EUCLID satellite is equipped with two instruments that are simultaneously observing patches of < 0:5 square degree on the sky. The VIS visual light high spacial resolution imager and the NISP near infrared spectrometer and photometer are separated by a di-chroic beam splitter. The huge field of view, together with the enormous demands on the optical performance and in flight stability of the instruments and telescope lead to unique demands in post launch alignment. A very detailed, very well set up optical tolerance analysis is therefore one key point in the success of the mission. Design and alignment have to be optimized for best toleranced performance. This paper presents the baseline concept of the NISP instrument with its two observational modes being low resolution slit-less spectroscopy and three band J, H&K+ photometry. Special chapters deal with the alignment scheme and the derived tolerance approach which will be used towards the instrument PDR.


(TTF) 6 (NEt 4 )[PMo 12 O 40 ] has been characterised by EPR, IR and Resonance Raman Spectroscopy and by static magnetic susceptibility. From all these data the compound can be formulated as: (Et 4 N) + (TTF o ) 2 (TTF) 4 3+ [PMo 12 O 40 ] 4- . The magnetic and the electrical properties are accounted for on this basis