This paper analyzes the connection between life expectancy according to sex and numerous factors on which its level depends on. Statistical analysis understood application of correlation and regression analysis for determining the connection strength of life expectancy and researched factors separately and then all factors together, as well as separately groups of health-medical and socio-economic factors. The analysis was carried out for a group of developed countries, medium developed, mixed group and Yugoslavia (now SCG) on available data for the second half of the 20th century. Analysis results for Yugoslavia showed that the greatest influence on life expectancy of all factors together were setting aside funds for social security (p<0.05). If only health-medical factors are observed, then child mortality up to 5 years and tumor mortality are in question. With women, the greatest influence is with child mortality up to five years old among all factors (<p0.05), or only among health-medical, but in that case it is far less than with men. In developed countries, the strongest connection with life expectancy were the number of sick-beds with men (p<0.05), and with women the parameter of potentially lost years due to tumor (p<0.01). In medium developed countries the most influence on women's life expectancy was maternal mortality (p=0.014), and with men no researched factor was statistically significant. In the mixed sample, the strongest connection with men was with gross national income per capita (p<0.01), and with women with child mortality up to five years old (p=0.017). Therefore on the basis of the determined statistical importance of certain factors analysis showed that the influence of socio-economic factors on life expectancy was very strong in present conditions of mortality, not only in positive, but in negative direction as well, and that their influence in that second half of the 20th century was greater than the influence of health-medical factors. Also, it seems that the males are more sensitive to these factors than women.


The task addressed by this paper is spoken document classification (SDC) of German TV news with support vector machines (SVMs). It shows the benefits of weighting different linguistic units when combined into one feature vector. Further experiments show that probabilistic SVMs (pSVMs) with couplers perform well on a SDC task. New couplers for multi-category classification, both for pSVMs and non-pSVMs, are discussed. They are easy to implement and show good and promising results. It turns out that using the distance instead of the decision value can be favorable. Theoretical justification is given for our approaches, and some results are explained theoretically.


Summary. The addition of excess erotic acid to cultures of normal human lymphocytcs stimulated with phytohaemagglutinin causes a reduction in the mitotic rate. It is suggested that this is caused by competition for the available 5-phosphoribosyl-l-pyrophosphate in the cell leading to a reduced purine synthesis. The significance of these results with regard to erotic aciduria is discussed. Zusammen/assung. Zugabe yon Orotsgure im ?dberschuB zu Kulturen normaler menschlicher Lymphocyten, die mit Phytoh/imagglutinin stimuliert wurden, bewirkt eine Reduktion der Mitoserate. Es wird vorgeschlagen, dab dies die Folge einer Kompetition ffir das vorhandene 5-Phosphoribosyl-1 -pyrophosphat ist, welche zu einer reduzierten Purinsynthese fii hrt erotic acid is the key intermediate in the pyrimidine production pathway in cells. It contains the pyrimidine nucleus and couples with 5-phosphoribosyll-pyrophosphate (PRPP) in a reaction catalysed by orotidine-5'-phe sphate pyrophosphorylase to give orotidine-5'-pho sphate. The enzyme is specific for erotic acid and will use neither related pyrimidines nor erotic acid precursors as substrates. The synthesis of uridylic acid is completed by the irreversible decarboxylation of orotidine-5'-pho sphate. (Mahler et al., 1966). erotic aciduria is a rare condition in man inherited as a recessive trait, first described by tIuguley et al. (1959) and lately by Howell et al. (1967). In the investigation reported here the effect of excess erotic acid on the rate of mitosis of normal human lymphocytes stimulated in culture with phytohaemagglutinin P (PttA) was studied in order to determine whether or not human cells actively dividing were affected by above normal concentrations of erotic acid.


This paper deals with composite vehicle route model and its impact on energy consumption of given vehicle. Introduction of road slope in vehicle route profile may have, in most cases, significant impact on status prediction of its energy accumulation units. Presented analysis explains how ascending and descending road slopes influence energy management in hybrid electric vehicle power-train. Composite route model may provide a more realistic input data for hybrid electric vehicle simulation, therefore more realistic results.


Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus is a rare but aggressive tumor that accounts for <1% of all esophageal neoplasms.1 Worldwide, approximately only 250 cases have been published in the English literature to date,2 however, individual case reports have been described in the radiology literature.3,4 We report 2 male patients with histopathologically confirmed primary malignant melanomas of the esophagus and describe the radiologic findings of barium esophagogram, coronal reformatted and curved multiplanar reformation computed tomography (CT).


The aim of the research is to develope the thermal energy from volcanic geothermal reservoir. One of the prospec of the geothermal energy for the future is the utilization of volcanic geothermal reservoir. The using of numerica simulation is important to clarify the thermal processes in a fluid reservoir beneath an active volcano. The fluid reservoir is a permeable zone, where the magmatic water discharged from magma mixes with the downgoing meteoric water. The flow rate of magmatic water becomes the mass and energy input to the reservoir. Finally, the fluid go to the earth's surface as vapor and liquid. The main physical parameters of the fluid reservoir cover pressure, temperature, enthalpy and enthalpy. The Finite Difference Method based on mass and heat balance equations is used to obtain these parameters. The parameters reperesent the thermal state of the fluid in the reservoir. The fluid phase in the reservoir changes with time. These processes interpret the development of the energy in a geothermal reservoir.


AIM To assess the humoral immune level and distributive speciality in essential hypertension. METHODS Study was performed on 112 patients (68males, 44females) with mild or moderate essential hypertension. The patients were randomly divided into 2 groups and 73 healthy volunteers were chosen as the control group. The contents of IgG, IgA, IgM, C3,C4, ANA and ENA were measured. RESULTS IgG was higher in the hypertensive subjects than in the controls (P0.05). IgG, IgA, and the positive rate of ANA and ENA increased with the age and hypertension progression (P0.05). IgG and IgA in patients with difference between systolic pressure and diastolic pressure 60 mmHg were significantly higher than those in control group (P0.05). IgG and ANA of patients with brain and cardiovascular injuries were significantly higher than those in patients without these injuries (P0.05). CONCLUSION The increase in IgG, IgA, ANA and ENA suggests the possible involvement of humoral immunity in the pathogenesis or progression of essential hypertension.


It is generally recognized that the description in Horace Satires i. 3. 99 ff. of the primitive human horde, mutum et turpe pecus, and his account of the origin of civilization are Epicurean, and further illustration of this point would be superfluous. But the more particular sources of Horace's theory of the beginnings of law and justice seem to have been neglected by all the commentators that I have been able to consult. Iura inventa metu iniusti fateare necesse est, he writes (111). "You must admit that law and justice are mere inventions and that their origin is the fear of injustice." This is the doctrine of the ethical skeptics whose case is restated by Glaucon and Adeimantus in the second book of Plato's Republic. Cf., e.g., 360 D, L'a rov rov aKoL&ffKaL atf3o'ov. It was adopted in substance by Epicurus who makes justice the creation of the form of social contract glanced at by Glaucon and Adeimantus in their argument. He uses, it is true, the expression ro r?s q5boJe.s b&KaLov, but he uses it, as it were, in quotation marks to explain that in his analysis it is derivative and not, as for Plato and the Stoics, primary. Cf. Sententia 31, Usener, p. 78, ro r's OvVES btLKaLov ErtL a,ufl0oov rov' O v,+e7povTos


Aiming at new requirements for military logistics proposed by modern warfare under IT condition and rapid development of cloud computing and internet of things,this paper discusses basic meaning and principles of military logistics simulation system,and relevant techniques,characteristics,advantages and general operation rules based on high level architecture.


Considered are polynomial spline-regressions by which functions with individual behaviour over parts of their domain may be approximated (in square mean) in a favourable manner by successive polynomials. Concerning the connections of the individual polynoms different conditions may be imposed as to continuity and smoothness. Beside of the calculation of the regression parameters essential results are the construction of confidence regions for the regression function and the formulation of tests for special dependence. Hints for practical application are given and a concrete example from agriculture is presented.


The social-emotional development of deaf children is an area, though widely discussed and studied, that has yet to provide an accurate understanding of the differences between deaf and hearing children (Edmundson, 2006; Martin & Bat-Chava, 2003; Greenberg, 1980; Marschark, 1993; Lederberg, 1993; Koetitz, 1976). Consequently, the goal of this project was to assess the current scientific literature and articulate the shortcomings of the existing studies in order to develop and execute a study that specifically addresses these weaknesses. The impact of hearing loss on social-emotional development is equivocal. Multiple reasons may account for the contradictions in the current research including methodological issues, conceptual problems, or different measurement approaches (Kluwin, Stinson, & Colarossi, 2002; Vandell, 1981; Matson, Macklin, & Helsel, 1985; Astington & Baird, 2005). A multi-dimensional study of children who are deaf using the state-of-the-art questionnaires for children, parents, and teachers, as well as behavioral measures was completed. A profile analysis (Stevens, 2002) compared hearing and deaf children to determine similarities and differences between the groups. Significant differences were only found in two areas: School interest and on-task behavior such that children who hear normally report more interest in school and teachers of children who hear normally reported greater on-task behavior while the researcher observed greater on-task behavior in children who are deaf. Overall, however, data from this study showed few differences between hearing and deaf children suggesting that their social-emotional adjustment during the elementary years is


Multifilamentary superconducting Nb3Sn wires are widely used for industrial applications. Wires processed by the Bronze Route technique are characterized by a large number of filaments Nb1−xSnx, with 0.18≤x≤0.25, corresponding to a distribution of Tc between<10 and 18 K. This distribution is a critical property of the wires and is important for the optimization of the conductors. However, it is not accessible to conventional techniques, due to percolation and/or magnetic shielding effects. In order to determine the Tc distribution in the sample, we have carried out specific heat measurements of various Nb3Sn multifilamentary wires (including the bronze matrix) in zero field and at 14 T. A deconvolution of the calorimetric data at the superconducting transition by means of a thermodynamical model was used for obtaining the distribution of Tc in the whole wire volume. The measurements were extended to Nb3Sn wires containing Ti additions, and the results were compared. The present calorimetric method is of primary importance for the complete characterization of Nb3Sn wires.


Modern abortion law in Taiwan was introduced from Western penal systems via Japanese colonizialization at the end of the nineteenth century. It was a sea change for Taiwanese because there was no penal punishment for women who had abortions in traditional law. Abortions were basically classified as a criminal assault in the traditional law. The law punished the person who beat or hurt a woman, resulting in abortion of a fetus which was older than three months, but not a woman who induced an abortion herself. However, in modern law, there is an independent abortion crime chapter to prohibit any kind of abortion under any circumstance and to punish women who had abortions, abortionists, and persons who engaged in trade of abortifacients. After the law was revised in 1935, therapeutic abortions by doctors were allowed for saving the lives of pregnant women. After tracing the history of abortion laws in Taiwan and China, this paper observes some influences of the law on Taiwanese women after World War II. Fearful of punishment for the crime of abortion, most women and abortionists covered for each other, no matter what the women suffered during the abortion. The abortion crime law was also an effective way to impose sexual discipline on women. For example, abortionists chose the clients according to their marital status to prevent any social risks of exposure before 1985. Finally, anti-abortion organizations overemphasized the right to life of the fetus, invoking more and more guilt about abortion in women's minds, which in turn created a greater market for praying for fetuses in Taiwan. This has helped these organizations lobby to set more limits on women's reproductive rights today.


Using a simple model with two levels of skill, we assume that high-skill workers who fail to get high-skill jobs may accept low-skill positions; low-skill workers do not have the analogous option of filling high-skill positions. This asymmetry implies that a slowdown in Hicks-neutral technical change (or other adverse, skill-neutral shocks) may cause an increase in wage inequality, both between and within skill categories, as well as an increase in unemployment, especially among low-skill workers. Movements in productivity, unemployment and inequality may thus be linked to included over-eduction and credentialism.


Management control evolves over time in Spanish companies due to changes in the environment in which they interact. For this reason, digital tools are incorporated with the aim of improving their efficiency. The objective of this article is to analyze the evolution and current trends of management control in the transformation of Spanish enterprises. This research uses a qualitative method through the Technique of Content Analysis. In order to do this, the results of the Management Control & Financial Strategy Survey are used, as well as reports published by KPMG organization on management control. The study reveals the transformation of management control in Spanish enterprises, which faces the need for greater speed in the information gathering process and the interpretation of data to identify changes in a shorter period of time in order to adapt to them in less time.


Following the adoption of probabilistic risk assessment (PRA), which has traditionally been applied to the risk assessment of physical systems like nuclear power plants, chemical plants, railroad facilities, and so on, to information security, this study attempts to apply PRA to project management (PM). This paper discusses the quantitative risk assessment by PRA, especially focusing on the case in which cost planning of a project collapsed.


Feasibility of preparing activated carbon from timber surplus of Acacia mangium. with ZnCl2 by microwave irradiation was studied.The effects of the ratio by weight of ZnCl2 to timber surplus of A. mangium,microwave irradiation time and pH value of ZnCl2 solution on the quality of activated carbon were investigated.Under the condition of microwave power 900 W and ZnCl2 solution concentration 50 %,the optimum technology on preparation of activated carbon with ZnCl2 by microwave irradiation was obtained. The mass ratio of ZnCl2 to timber surplus of A. mangium 2.5 ∶1, microwave irradiation time 6 min,pH value of ZnCl2 solution 1.The yield of activated carbon was 47.5 % and methylene blue adsorption was 12.9 mL/0.1 g which was 1.43 times of the level specified for the first grade in GB/T 13803.2-1999 standard. The product was used for treatment of Cr6+ solution (pH value 4.0, concentration 50 mg/L),Cr6+ adsorption was 9.974 mg/g activated carbon.


Two mantle pigmentation patterns of Bulinus (Physopsis) africanus are governed by codominant alleles of one gene. The mantle patterns of the homozygous strains are 1) solid, black pigmentation covering the mantle and 2) mottled, black pigmentation. The mantle pattern of heterozygotes is intermediate between the two homozygous patterns.


We tested the hypothesis that seedling establish- ment, the critical stage in the invasion of grassland by shrubs, is limited by competition with perennial grasses in seasonally wet/dry savannas. We placed seeds of two invasive exotic shrubs - Cryptostegia grandiflora, a woody vine, and Acacia nilotica, an arborescent legume - into pots with a wide range of existing above- and below-ground herbaceous biomass provided by either a tussock or a stoloniferous perennial grass. We also imposed different levels of watering frequency (5, 10 and 21 d), nutrient addition (+ and -) and grass clipping intensity (no clipping, clipped to 5 cm and clipped to 25 cm). There was no effect of any treatment on shrub seedling emer- gence or survival and all of the seedlings that emerged sur- vived the 90-d growing period. Herbaceous competition also failed to have an effect on biomass accumulation in shrub seedlings. More frequent watering significantly increased above- and below-ground biomass accumulation for both shrub species and nutrient addition significantly increased Crypto- stegia biomass accumulation. Based on these results, we ques- tion the proposition that reduction in competition by herbs via livestock grazing has been a significant factor in determining the rate or pattern of exotic shrub increase in the seasonally wet/dry tropics. We also question the suitability of the two- layer soil moisture hypothesis as a basis for management practices to control the ingress of woody species into grasslands and open savannas.


The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing (1R,2S)-1-amino-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-cyclopropane. The method is characterized by comprising: 1) mixing 3,4-difluorobenzaldehyde and bis(pinacolato)diboron in tetrahydrofuran to obtain a mixture A; 2) adding an alkali and 2-iodopropionitrile to the mixture A, and carrying out a stirring reaction to obtain (1R,2S)-1-cyano-2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)cyclopropane; 3) carrying out alkaline hydrolysis on the product obtained in the step 2) to obtain (1R,2S)-1-amido-2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)cyclopropane; and 4) in a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution, carrying out a downgrade reaction to obtain the (1R,2S)-1-amino-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-cyclopropane. According to the present invention, the method provides the new synthesis approach for ticagrelor and the intermediate thereof, has characteristics of high stereoselectivity, low production cost, high yield and simple operation, and is suitable for industrial production.


Beginning reading The controversy over the methods of teaching beginning reading is no longer news, yet school systems are often besieged with demands to change to one or another of the many methods. The demands for change are often sparked by parents of a few children who have reading disability. In some instances, however, individual teachers are inspired by reports presented at professional meetings or even by avid salesmen who are convinced that the method in their books will solve all problems. The press has been especially responsive to criticisms of teaching reading, especially because press offices receive releases from organizations dedicated to going back to the good old days of reading instruction. Frequently, administrators and teachers are intrigued by a different method or approach but fail to analyze it beyond the surface claims set forth by enthusiastic advocates. A means of examination of proposed methods and materials, accompanied by illustrations, is suggested in the section that follows.


The paper aims to study the separation and purification process of Chlorogenic acid from the Extraction of Eucommia ulmoide.Using 15% alcohol-water could wash chlorogenic acid effectively.The PH of the concentrated solution was adjusted to 1 or 2 and was put it in shade for crystallization.The 85% chlorogenic acid crystals can be obtained by crystallizing in extraction layer.the 97% white needle-like crystals of chlorogenic acid was obtained through recrystallizing rough crystals in methanol-water system.This technique can be used to purify the chlorogenic acid of Extraction of Eucommia from 20% to 97%,which suitable for industrial production.


An unlimited supply of ovarian follicles / oocytes could potentially mean a slowing down of a woman's biological clock. This avant-garde has come from new research in stem cells that has challenged the dogma that females are born with fixed number of eggs, which exhaust during her approximately 30 reproductive years. The human ovum-producing stem cell now discovered in the ovaries of reproductive-age women, can generate oocytes in-vitro and in vivo. 1 Embryonic Stem (ES) cells research has been the most controversial and debatable since they were first isolated from mouse in 1981. 2 ES cells possess the potential of producing an endogenous specialized tissue and the possibility of organ engineering raises ethical concerns regarding instrumental use of embryos for malpractices. The earliest challenge to the theory of an exhaustible number of oocytes came in 2004, when Johnson and coworkers discovered that juvenile and adult mouse ovaries possess mitotically active germ cells.3 These cells continuously replenish the follicle pool in adult reproductive female mice and express the meiotic entry marker (synaptonemal complex protein 3) on their surface. Also treatment with busulfan, a mitotic germ-cell toxicant, reduce the primordial follicle reserve resulting in an earlier onset of menopause in these mice. This discovery established the existence of female germline stem cells in juvenile and adult mice.


Abstract: In this article, I propose to trace the evolution of three central concepts in Sosa's epistemology: the distinction between animal and reflective knowledge, closure principles, and the safety condition. These three planks played a central role in the early presentations of Sosa's epistemology, but have recently undergone interesting changes.


The dispersion and deposition of nano-particles in laminar flows in the presence of an electric field were studied. The Eulerian-Lagrangian particle tracking method was used to simulate nano-particle motions under the one-way coupling assumption. For nano-particles in the size range of 5 to 200 nm, in addition to the Brownian excitation, the electrostatic and gravitational forces were included in the analysis. Different charging mechanisms including field and diffusion charging as well as the Boltzmann charge distributions were investigated. The simulation methodology was first validated for Brownian and electrostatic forces. For the combined field and diffusion charging, the simulation results showed that in the presence of an electric field of 10 kV/m, the electrostatic force dominates the Brownian effects. However, when the electric field was 1 kV/m, the Brownian motion strongly affected the particle dispersion and deposition processes. For the electric field intensity of 1 kV/m, for 10nm and 100nm particles, the deposition efficiencies for the combined effects of electrostatic and Brownian motion were, respectively, about 27% and 161.2% higher than the case in the * Corresponding author. E-mail address: firstname.lastname@example.com (P. Talebizadeh Sardari). 2 absence of electric field. Furthermore, particles with the Boltzmann charge distribution had the maximum deposition for 20 nm particles.


ABSTRACT This review of the permanent exhibition of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva focuses on its representations of extreme forms of violence as well as humanitarian struggles against these. The article pays close attention to the role that theatre and performance plays in the construction of the museum as a space in which the ultraviolent history of our world is offered up for critical reflection. The analysis of the theatricality of the museum also provides the opportunity to understand the ambivalences of the museum's representations of violence and humanitarian anti-violence or what will be called its civility.


Elected officials and policy analysts alike often treat equity and efficiency as distinct concerns. In this case study, focusing on U.S. policy for disposing of low-level radioactive waste, we consider an instance where the distinction between equity and efficiency is difficult to sustain. The "equity, then efficiency" approach embodied in the compact system of regional agreements is largely to blame for the current crisis facing generators, regulatory officials, and citizens. We find that nearly three times more waste disposal facilities are being contemplated than are financially viable. More generally, it is claimed that the approach for achieving an equitable solution must be very carefully designed, and that the concept of economic efficiency must be considered (at least in this case study) as part of the definition of equity. This case study is unusual, because we are able to make a recommendation that improves both efficiency and equity.


The X-ray structure factors for crystalline beryllium measured by Brown [Phil. Mag. (1972). 26, 1377] have been analyzed with multipole deformation functions for charge-density information. Single exponential radial functions were used for the valence charge density. A valence monopole plus the three harmonics, P35(cos θ) sin 3ϕ, P6(cos θ) and P37(cos θ) sin 3ϕ, provide a least-squares fit to the data with Rw = 0.0081. The superposition of these density functions describes a bonding charge density between Be atoms along the c axis through the tetrahedral vacancy. The results reported here are in qualitative agreement with a recent pseudo-potential calculation of metallic beryllium. The final residuals in the analysis are largest at high sin θ/λ values. This suggests that core charge deformation is present and /or anharmonic motion of the nuclei is appreciable.


Background: Critically ill obstetric patients pose challenges to the intensive care unit team due to their altered physiology as well as due the presence of the foetus and safety of both the mother and the foetus is of paramount importance.Methods: All antenatal and postnatal cases within 42days of delivery requiring ICU admission from October 2014 to September 2016. Detailed history taken and outcome noted. Results were subjected to statistical evaluation using SSP software.Results: (n=75): obstetric reasons (n=51, 68%) of which 21(28%) had PPH and 17(22.6) had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Non-obstetric reasons (n=24, 32%) of which 7(9.3%) cases had jaundice and 4(5.3%) had malaria. Mechanical ventilation was needed in the majority of cases (n=44, 58.7%) followed by inotropic support (n=30, 40%).Maternal mortality was 16%. Mortality was higher (n=8, 66.6%) among patients admitted for obstetric reasons as opposed to non-obstetric indications (n=4, 33.3%).Conclusions: Early detection and prompt referral to the tertiary centre with intensive care facilities should be promoted among the medical fraternity to reduce the incidence of ICU admissions and maternal mortality. All residents of obstetrics and gynaecology should have short mandatory training phase in critical care. Multicentre randomised studies are required for formulating evidence-based national guidelines.


Intramolecular amidomercuration of N-methoxycarbonyl-6-aminohept-1-ene and reaction of the resulting organomercurial with sodium borohydride in the presence of acrylonitrile or decen-3-one has been used to prepare trans-2,6-dialkylpiperidines, including solenopsin A, a constituent of the venom of the fire-ant.


International shipping centers adopt different development strategy models. The choice of each center depends on its status in international routes, the scope of the hinterland, the economic development level, and the conditions of its own and those of its supporting cities, and so on. It is of important significance to establish a competitiveness evaluation index system that caters to the characteristics of a shipping center and use scientific methods to evaluate those characteristics. Hierarchical analysis, principal component analysis and cluster analysis are applied to classify Chinese main ports, including Shanghai, Nanjing, Tianjin, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Dalian, Chongqing, Qingdao. They are ranked according to their soft environments as well as hard environments. The main influencing factors are investigated as well. A shipping center competitiveness evaluation index system is established.


Background: Molar Incisor Hypomineralization Syndrome (MIH) is a problem of increasing incidence that represents a new challenge in the dental treatment of many of the children we see in our dental offices. Understanding the etiology of this syndrome (still unknown) will help us to prevent the appearance of this process. Lately a certain genetic relationship has been suggested in the syndrome. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between activation of the TGFBR1 gene and the development of MIH, as recent studies suggest that there may be an association in this regard. Materials and Methods: The study sample consisted of 50 children between 6–17 years of age with MIH, each with at least one parent and a sibling with or without MIH, and a group control of 100 children without MIH. The condition of the permanent molars and incisors was evaluated and recorded based on the criteria of Mathu-Muju and Wright. Saliva samples were collected after washing and rinsing of the oral cavity. Genotyping was performed with the saliva samples for the selection of a target polymorphism of the studied gene (TGFBR1). Results: The mean age was 9.7 years (SD 2.36). Of the 50 children with MIH, 56% were boys and 44% girls. The degree of MIH was predominantly severe (58%), with moderate and mild involvement in 22% and 20% of the cases, respectively, according to the classification of Mathu-Muju. The allelic frequencies were seen to behave as expected. The logistic regression analysis aimed to relate each polymorphism to the presence or absence of the factors. These results were inconclusive, with no evidence suggesting an alteration of the TGFBR1 gene to be related to the appearance of MIH. Conclusions: Within the limitations posed by a study of these characteristics, it can be affirmed that no relationship has been found between the TGFBR1 gene and the appearance of molar incisor hypomineralization.


Encrypted communication on the Internet often uses Transport Layer
Security (TLS), which depends on third parties to certify the keys
used. This document improves on that situation by enabling the
administrators of domain names to specify the keys used in that
domain's TLS servers. This requires matching improvements in TLS
client software, but no change in TLS server software. [STANDARDS-
TRACK]


To assess the concurrent validity of the Career Decision Scale a number of correlations between the scale and Harren's measure were computed. Predictions about relationships between Harren's types and Indecision scale scores were stated. Some of the predicted correlations were found; a modest degree of concurrent validity for the scale has been demonstrated.


Mainly introduces the working principle and characteristics of a direct air cooling system, focusing on the 600 MW unit in Zhangshan Power Plant as an example, analyzes the operation mode of direct air cooling system, as well as the negative impact of the winter freeze on the safe and economic operation of direct air cooling unit, and puts forward the countermeasures, to provide the reference for the safe operation of air cooling unit.


A practical guide for researchers who are exploring the new frontiers of 3D shape analysis and managing the complex mathematical tools that most methods rely on. Many research solutions come from advances in pure and applied mathematics, as well as from re-reading classical mathematical theories. Managing these math tools is critical to understanding and solving current problems in 3D shape analysis. This course is designed to help mathematicians and scientists communicate in a world where boundaries between disciplines are (fortunately) blurred, so they can quickly find the right mathematical tools for a bright intuitive idea and strike a balance between theoretical rigor and computationally feasible solutions.
 The course presents basic concepts in differential geometry and proceeds to advanced topics in algebraic topology, always keeping an eye on their computational counterparts. It includes examples of applications to shape correspondence, symmetry detection, and shape retrieval that show how these mathematical concepts can be translated into practical solutions.


Present parachute inflation theories are too complicated for design use and, though complex, still contain considerable simplifications in modelling the parachute structure and flow. This paper presents a theory to predict inflation loads which is more suitable for design calculations. Using empirical data extracted from limited field trials of a particular parachute system, the theory can predict inflation load-time histories for the system over its entire operational envelope. The method is used to calculate peak inflation loads for the C9 and Aeroconical parachute types over a wide range of experimental conditions and good agreement with trial results is obtained in almost every case. The shape of the inflation load-time curve for a particular parachute is shown to be determined principally by mass ratio. For a given mass ratio the magnitude of the peak inflation load is shown to be proportional to the square of the snatch velocity. The effects of altitude and canopy size are also investigated. An important new design feature emerges from the analysis in that it is demonstrated that if the suspended mass and operational deployment altitude of the parachute system are known, e.g. as in a barostatically operated escape parachute system, the canopy diameter may be selected to minimise the peak load factor.


Using images in multiple-choice formats for comprehension testing is common. Validity
of responses may be confounded by: 1) physical stimulus features or 2) semantic content
conveyed by multiple-choice images. An instrument, based on the literature and validated
by experts, was developed to assess such influences within multiple-choice images.
Twenty-three adults rated 20 sets of images from five published aphasia batteries. Eye
movements were recorded for a separate group of 20 adults viewing the same sets. All
sets prompted disproportionate visual attention, suggesting a need for consideration of
these influences when using current tests and better control in designing test images.


In this paper, we have shown that behavioral modeling is an important tool for not only predicting PA distortion performance, but is also indispensable for correcting such signal degradation in the transmit path. Digital pre-D has proven to be an effective means to suppress ACPR in base station applications, but is too costly and complex for mobile applications. Mobile PA architectures are increasing utilizing polar transmitter architectures to improve efficiency for digitally modulated signals. We have shown that the combination of polar architectures combined with digital pre-D allows high efficiency operation while still achieving adequate distortion performance. Future work will include development of multiple-input/mulitiple output (MIMO) transmitters for use in mobile platforms.


The article considers the demands of ensuring the anty-terrorist protection of diplomatic complexes consisting of different types of buildings. As result of analyses systems and means for ensuring the anty-terrorist security is recommended some changes planning squares. It was proposed general planning schemas for considering problems for place systems and means for ensuring the anty-terrorist security diplomatic objects


Hospitals increasingly use control charts to monitor clinical processes and their outcomes. In medical context, control charts should have stable performance when different patients with different levels of risk enter the hospital. In order to monitor multi-attribute medical processes, we propose a new control chart with entities having different levels of risk. First, risk-adjusted multivariate cumulative sum control chart (RA-MCUSUM) is developed. Then, simulation experiences are performed to demonstrate the application and to evaluate its performance in terms of in-control average run length (ARL0) stability with the one of a standard MCUSUM chart. The results show that while the standard MCUSUM shows a sensitive performance, the RA-MCUSM has a robust performance when different entities with different levels of risk enter the system.


Introduce your students to the fundamental concepts of accounting and the foundations of financial theory with this concise text. Accounting formats, bookkeeping, and legal aspects are introduced, followed by an overview of financial concepts in areas such as the relationship of time and money and corporate finance. This text is particularly suited to independent study or for use as a supplement to materials for courses in corporation law or contracts.


experiences of migrant workers who are either escaping from the harsh realities at home or in search of new life and promising futures elsewhere. The final chapter (chapter 6) summarizes what has been said in the previous chapters. Tyner puts the pieces together by highlighting the contents of each chapter to explain why the country is the world's largest exporter of overseas temporary contract labor. With a burgeoning literature on migration, identities, and globalization, there are research gaps on migration studies linking development policy and the convergence of policy in the management of the processes of migration. Tyner has succeeded in explaining why people are attracted to overseas jobs for income or economic and other reasons. He suggests that the temporary migrant workers are not simply part of the contingent workforce but, as POEA puts it, one that reflects a global (diasporic) presence. One important but highly emotional (if not disturbing) issue highlighted by Tyner (p. 30) is his acknowledgment of racial discrimination and violence as experienced by Filipino migrants and other ethnic groups. The book is instructive and rich with personal detail for examining the realities and fallacies of overseas employment. Tyner's accessible writing style reflects a personal familiarity with the state of Philippine international migration, although slightly repetitive of the role of POEA and other institutions. Although he is familiar with the substantive terrain as a scholar in Philippine migration in exploring globalization through the lens of overseas employment and migration flows, Tyner's contextualization of mobilities and identities could be improved. Despite its laudable attempt to analyze the development policy framework of the government-sponsored overseas employment program, much remains to be said about global identities as opposed to pan-Philippine identity of overseas workers. As few new arguments have emerged in the conceptual argumentation of mobilities and identities, little is mentioned about knowledge migrants and highly skilled professionals hired through outsourcing and other recruitment modes to fill labor demands for high-technology sectors in the new creative and network economies. Another interesting research area not discussed in this book is the rising demand for migrant domestic workers for East Asia's emerging economies that are nontraditional destinations for household and related workers, nannies, and caregivers alike. The demand for this occupational group suggests the changing employment patterns in emerging economies integrated in the global economy. Furthermore, the Philippines is not a less developed country, so care should be taken in making country categories in researching labor migration and other themes. These shortcomings should not reduce the value of the book as a reference for studies on the geography of migration and the realities of identity construction and labor mobility by geographers and nongeographers alike. Finally, practitioners of geography need to know how knowledge on such government-led migration processes in the Philippines is generated for explaining globalization, both as a process and an idea in a rapidly changing and complex world.


The invention discloses a manufacturing technology of a fiberglass reinforced plastic protective layer outside a thermal insulation layer. The manufacturing technology is characterized in that outer layer rigid polyurethane foam plastic of the thermal insulation layer is coated with the fiberglass reinforced plastic protective layer. The manufacturing technology comprises the steps of preparing mixed resin for spraying, spraying a first layer of mixed resin layer, spraying a glass fiber reinforcement layer, laying a glass fiber surfacing mat, and spraying a second layer of mixed resin layer. With the adoption of the manufacturing technology, the manufacturing efficiency of the fiberglass reinforced plastic protective layer is improved, the product performance is ensured, the product appearance is improved.


The strategic concrete structures are often required to resist impact loads arising from the projectile strike, falling weight, blast generated missile etc. The existing structures found deficient in resisting these loads are required to be retrofitted whereas the upcoming structures are required to be designed for expected impact loads. This paper explores the ways of strengthening existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures using externally bonded carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets and improving the impact resistance of concrete by mixing hybrid fibers in its production. The impact response of concrete structures is assessed using experiments involving the impact of projectiles of different nose shapes on slab specimens. The material behavior at high strain rate is established using split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) testing at varying strain rates. Analytical models are developed for predicting penetration depth, scabbing thickness, ballistic limit velocity and ejected mass. The experimental results were also validated through numerical modeling using LS-DYNA.


Specialized cases,professional judges and professional trial should be included when the intellectual property courts to be set up. In patent disputes,the jurisdiction of civil cases in regulations and practices was reflected in the view of certainty rather than the purpose of the courts; the jurisdiction is also vague,and more definite settlements are needed to resolve the jurisdiction dispute between the"three regions"where have intellectual property courts and out of "three regions"where just have general courts; judges with technical background are also in shortage. To improve and perfect the intellectual property courts' jurisdiction and trail,the scope of jurisdiction should be narrow,meanwhile,it is necessary to establish a new model of the combination of domain centralized jurisdiction and outside of the jurisdiction of the priority,then introduce Technique Ombudsman System. And through legislation consolidation,the intellectual property courts could trail the professional technical intellectual property cases and achieve professional trial.


We study mass deformations of certain three dimensional $\mathcal{N}=4$ Superconformal Field Theories (SCFTs) that have come to be called $T^\rho[G]$ theories. These are associated to tame defects of the six dimensional $(0,2)$ SCFT $X[\mathfrak{j}]$ for $\mathfrak{j}=A,D,E$. We describe these deformations using a refined version of the theory of sheets, a subject of interest in Geometric Representation Theory. In mathematical terms, we parameterize local mass-like deformations of the tamely ramified Hitchin integrable system and identify the subset of the deformations that do admit an interpretation as a mass deformation for the theories under consideration. We point out the existence of non-trivial Rigid SCFTs among these theories. We classify the Rigid theories within this set of SCFTs and give a description of their Higgs and Coulomb branches. We then study the implications for the endpoints of RG flows triggered by mass deformations in these 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ theories. Finally, we discuss connections with the recently proposed idea of Symplectic Duality and describe some conjectures about its action.


The Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation (AWE) technique is applied to a generalized frequency domain electromagnetic problem. Most of the frequency domain techniques in computational electromagnetics result in a matrix equation, which is solved at a single frequency. In the AWE technique, the Taylor series expansion around that frequency is applied to the matrix equation. The coefficients of the Taylor''s series are obtained in terms of the frequency derivatives of the matrices evaluated at the expansion frequency. The coefficients hence obtained will be used to predict the frequency response of the system over a frequency range. The detailed derivation of the coefficients (called "moments") is given along with an illustration for electric field integral equation (or Method of Moments) technique. The radar cross section (RCS) frequency response of a square plate is presented using the AWE technique and is compared with the exact solution at various frequencies.


This paper discusses the experimental findings on lay-ing quails when their diets were supplemented with iodine and starch mixture. Five groups of 120 comparable quails bred in the Omsk Region were formed; the sex ratio was 1:4. The first group was the control; the birds were fed the main diet without the iodine supplement; the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th groups were trial groups where the main diet was supplemented with iodine (potassium iodide) + starch (1:4) immediately before feeding. The dosages of the tested product in the trial groups were as following (in terms of iodine, mg per 100 g of feed): the 2nd group -0.05; 3rd -0.075; 4th -0.10; 5th -0.125. The experiment lasted for 180 days. Throughout the experiment, the largest number of eggs was obtained in the 3rd trial group -15240 eggs, more by 18.1% than in the control group (P ≥ 0.99). The laying quail day egg production in the 3rd trial group was 25.4 eggs, more by 13.0% than that in the control group. In the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th trial groups, the average egg weight was less than in the control, respectively, by 4.5; 7.1 and 8.0%. The number of produced eggs in the 3rd trial group was more than in the control group by 17.0% (P ≥ 0.95), and the intensity of egg production -by 10.0%. The feed costs were lower in the trial groups by 0.16-15.57% for the production of 10 eggs; and for the production of 1 kg of eggs in the 3rd and 4th trial groups -by 9.08 and 3.12% than in the control. The profitability in the 3rd trial group made 54.2%; that was by 1.59% higher than in the control group. The optimal dosage of iodine as much as 0.075 mg per 100 g of complete feed was determined which contrib-uted to obtaining a greater economic effect in quail egg production.


[1] On 3 and 5 September 2002 the OH all-sky imager at Platteville, Colorado (40.2°N, 104.7°W), observed small-scale, wavelike patterns (known as ripples), with horizontal wavelengths of ∼9 km and ∼7 km and lifetimes of ∼9 min and ∼15 min, respectively. The Colorado State University sodium lidar at nearby Fort Collins, Colorado (40.6°N, 105°W), also made concurrent observations of temperature and zonal and meridional winds, which allowed us to determine the nature of the ripples observed. Our observations suggest that the 3 September ripple was induced by a convective instability located at 87.5 km and the 5 September ripple was induced by a dynamic instability at 88.5 km. The ripples clearly advected as packets with the background wind. Lidar measurements also allowed us to relate the directions of wind shear to the phase front alignments of both the ripples and the nearby short-period atmospheric gravity waves. These spatial relationships provided a meaningful comparison with previously observed ripples as well as with current theoretical models. Using the 16-hour continuous lidar data set for each case, we deduced that long-period waves created an unusually large temperature perturbation at the ripple times on 3 September and an unusually large wind shear perturbation on 5 September. These perturbations prepared the background atmosphere to be near the verge of local instability, but, as revealed again by lidar observation, it was the superposition of smaller-scale perturbations at the time of the ripples that helped to actually reach the conditions required for instability and generation of the ripples.


Factors influencing the spatio-temporal dynamics of plankton communities in small tropical lakes are not well-understood. This study assessed plankton communities in response to spatial (six sampling sites) and seasonal (wet vs. dry seasons) changes in environmental variables in Lake Kanyaboli, a small satellite lake on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, Kenya. Water quality variables, including pH, conductivity (EC), dissolved oxygen (DO), temperature, Secchi depth (SD), nitrates (NO3-), nitrites (NO2-), ammonium (NH4+), soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and chlorophyll-a (Chl-a), were monitored monthly at six sites spread throughout the lake for 1 year. Phytoplankton and zooplankton samples were collected and analyzed for taxon composition and abundance. Two-way ANOVA showed no significant interaction between site and season for all variables. Likewise, there were no significant spatial differences for all variables except Chl- a. A t-test showed significant seasonal differences in SD, DO, NH4+, NO3-, NO2-, and TN. Thirty phytoplankton genera were identified belonging to Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Cryptophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Euglenoidae, Trebouxiophyceae, and Zygnematophyceae, with Chlorophyceae being the most dominant (42.30%). Zooplankton comprised of 15 genera, belonging to Copepoda (55.4%), Rotifera (27.9%), and Cladocera (16.7%). Two-way ANOVA for plankton abundance showed no significant interaction between site and season, but there were significant differences in community composition between the wet and dry seasons. Canonical correspondence analysis identified water clarity (Secchi depth) and concentrations of dissolved fractions of nitrogen and phosphorus as the major water quality variables driving variation in the composition of plankton communities in the lake. This study showed that seasonality was a major driver of changes in plankton community composition between dry and wet seasons through changes in the concentrations of nutrients (NH4+, NO3-, NO2-, TN, and TP). Lake Kanyaboli's phytoplankton community indicated a non-equilibrial state, perhaps due to short residence times of water, especially during the wet season, and dense macrophytes fringing the lake that increase nutrient uptake and limit the dominance of select phytoplankton species. This study shows the importance of long-term studies covering dry and wet seasons to understand the dynamics of plankton communities and their drivers in small tropical waterbodies to inform management and conservation.


This paper aims to discuss the relationships between solidary economy and endogenous development. The discussions and outcomes consider the links between local power as a necessary condition for the creation of contributions of EES in new territorial configuration of  economic processes. As part of the research, the San  Francisco Valley Region was chosen because of its peculiarities outlined between the economy and labour in this territory. The survey of secondary data, particularly the National Information System on Solidarity Economy - SIES was the main resource used to sustain the task of verifying the central aspects of the studied object, theoretically designed. As results, this systematic study allowed a significant number of variables that express the relationship between ESS and the structure of local government in the territorial scope of analysis. Key-Words:  Solidarity Economy, Local Power, Endogenous Development.


Immobilization of biosensors in or on a functional material is critical for subsequent device development and translation to wearable technology. Here we present the development and assessment of an immobilized quantum dot - transcription factor - nucleic acid complex for progesterone detection as a first step toward such device integration. The sensor is composed of a polyhistidine-tagged transcription factor linked to a quantum dot and a fluorophore-modified cognate DNA, and embedded within a hydrogel as an immobilization matrix. The hydrogel is optically transparent, soft, and flexible as well as traps the quantum dot - transcription factor DNA assembly but allows free passage of the analyte, progesterone. Upon progesterone exposure, DNA dissociates from the quantum dot - transcription factor DNA assembly resulting in an attenuated ratiometric fluorescent output via Förster resonance energy transfer. The sensor performs in a dose-dependent manner with a limit of detection of 55 nM. Repeat analyte measurements are also similarly successful. Our approach combines a systematically characterized hydrogel as an immobilization matrix and a transcription factor - DNA binding as a recognition/ transduction element, offering a promising framework for future biosensor devices based upon allosteric transcription factor.


An intracavity Fresnel loss-plate technique of measuring gain characteristics of a laser is described. The technique is applied to the CO2 laser and the results are found to agree well with other published measurements.The saturation parameter of the CO2 laser is found to increase with laser discharge current.


To revamp existing process plants that use Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART) communication technology, reusing the existing instruments which are still available in the market to combine with new Foundation Fieldbus (FF) H1 instruments in the same control system can become a cost-effective strategy for digital modernization. This paper aims at presenting an engineering method based on IEC 61804 standard for integrating a HART field device and FF H1 devices into a distributed control system (DCS) to operate together in a feedforward control loop. To verify the performance of the proposed method, the feedforward on temperature control configured and handled on the DeltaV DCS is employed as an illustrative case study. Moreover, how different analog-input (AI) function block assignments to the HART and FF transmitters for measuring the controlled variable and disturbance input as well as how different proportional-integral-derivative (PID) function block allocations to the DCS controller and FF field devices affect the H1 segment macrocycle schedules and network traffic loads is also analyzed. Experimental results obtained from some control configuration schemes demonstrate that the combined HART-FF H1 technique can maintain the controlled variable at the setpoint in the presence of disturbances for feedforward control.


Highlights IBM′s automation of its building control and management system at Portsmouth, UK – a 100,000 sq. metre complex. Outlines the selection, installation and evaluation of the equipment at the complex. Suggests that the considerable benefits of full‐scale automation may be relevant to smaller companies with fewer buildings.


In order to determine the influence of anions on anodic passivation of zirconium in solution of certain salts, experiments were made with zirconium iodide in 1 N aqueous solutions of KCl, KNO/sub 3/, K/sub 2/SO/sub 4/, KH/sub 2/PO/sub 4/ + K/sub 2/HPO/sub 4/ at constant pH. The potentials are given relative to a silver chloride electrode. The data show that the formation of an anodic film on zirconium is characterized by a continuous decrease in the capacitative impedance and an increase in the ohmic component. Anodically oxidized zirconium depends on the anionic composition of the solutions.


Figtree is a brand consultancy with offices in London,Paris and HongKong,and recently voted the UK's Best Branding Consultancy in a poll of UK marketers conducted by YouGov.Chinese companies that we have met and worked are very ambitious in their outlook but sometimes


Description of some examples of developments in Norway to meet the challenge of new petroleum fields located in harsh and deep-water environments


A displayable color which is the nearest to a desired display color (the synthesis of the color of an original image and an error distributed by the preceding pro cessing) for a particular picture element which is being processed on a scan line (or the picture element which is presently the object of processing) is selected, the displayable color is supplied to a display portion, and the error between the selected displayable color and the desired display color is distributed to those picture ele ments which are on un-processed scan lines among the group of picture elements in the proximity of the partic ular picture element by assigning a suitable weight thereto. The processing of the particular picture ele ment may be executed in parallel with a plurality of picture elements on the scan line which is being pro cessed.


Results are given of tests on limestone aggregates and slow-breaking anionic emulsions. The following factors were studied: percentage of emulsion and water used in the coating process; bitumen penetration; sand equivalent; age of samples at breaking point; method of curing (in drying oven at 600 g.c. up to a constant weight or latter treatment by exposure to the air); effect of water on the samples (immersion or steam); temperature and time for the water to take effect; comparative study of immersion - compression tests and tests on sensitivity to steam with samples of the immersion or hveem type. Details are given of the test procedures with a view to determining the stability of the samples. /TRRL/


The dependence of CARS susceptibilities on molecular orientation is considered for a diatomic or symmetric-top molecule. The angular distribution of the internuclear axis during an excitation time interval that is short compared with a simple molecular rotation was investigated. The part of the molecules involved in the excited channels of the two-photon resonance and their angular distribution were deduced. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


In order to realize energy saving emission reducing,release resource shortage and reduce project cost,the CFG pile construction for the soft ground of a new-built high speed railroad in home successfully adopted the optimization energy saving scheme including tailings instead of river sand original fly ash instead of fly ash,by researching material in pile body concrete,like river sand fly ash.It achieved the soft ground treatment effect,under the premise that design strength of CFG pile body was not changed and construction quality was guaranteed.


Twelve samples of three spices of fruits (Kiwi, orange, and apple) and two spices of vegetables (Green pepper and cucumber) were collected from local shops and supermarkets to isolate the yeast using solid YEPG medium, twenty local yeast isolates were prepared from all samples, thereafter each isolate was tested for its ability to produce biosurfactant using liquid YEPG medium. Results have indicated that only three isolates had the ability to produce the biosurfactant at different abilities in growth medium depending on the emulsification index after 24 hr. They were tested for the production of extracellular biosurfactant only three isolates OS2, AS 9, and PS 14 were able to produce biosurfactant with emulsification index (E24) against machine oil 36%, 47% and 28% respectively also was capable to spread oil by 12mm, 20mm and 9mm respectively but they didn't reduce YEPG medium surface tension significantly. The three isolates OS2, AS 9, and PS 14 were tested for intracellular biosurfactant, which gave the highest ability to emulsify both machine oil and crude oil, where the emulsification index (E24) reached 46%, 80%, and 55% towards motor oil and 50%, 100%, and 62% towards crude oil for the three isolates, respectively. According to these results, the isolate AS 9 was regarded as the best producer for biosurfactant and identified this isolate as a Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Thereafter this biosurfactant was partially purified using cold ethanol and left to dry using a Rotary evaporator and then converted into a powder by using a Freeze dryer.


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Origin of unique print patterns on fingers, palm, feet and lips is anthropological in nature, as the development of these patterns has some evolutionary adaptive strategy. Cheiloscopy has proven to be a powerful forensic tool for identification of intruders of any criminal activity likes theft, frauds, robbery, assault (both physical and sexual) or intra-partner violence cases. For the present study, lip prints were lifted from cleaned lips of 106 Northwest Indian subjects (64 Males, 42 Females) using traditional lipstick cellotape method. Of these, 31 subjects were some occupationists like brass-players, musicians, shoemakers, tailors, carpenters and beauticians, which involved active and continuous use of their lips during their professional activities. The lip prints were divided into four quadrants and recognized according to Suzuki and Tsuchihashi classification. The results showed that Type II lip print pattern was the most common in both sexes (53.1% males; 46.1% females), followed by Type I (20.3% males; 28.6% females). Among the occupationists, Type II (branched grooves) and Type I (vertical grooves) were the dominant pattern types in males and females, respectively. Significant dimorphism was noticed in the pattern types in both sexes and among different quadrants of lip prints in two sexes. Statistically insignificant occupational differences were noticed in some quadrants which were inconclusive to generalize any facts in such a small sample of occupationists. Though significant sexual differences were noticed in pattern types, however, no forensic generalizations can be concluded based on these findings. the findings of the present studymay corroborate scientific analyses of other circumstantial or collected physical evidences from crime scene.


The link of Chinese ancient literature comparative criticism mainly shows in two systems: one is in the different literary forms, such as poetry, prose, ci-poetry, drama and novel criticism; the other is the link of concentrated applying, which appeared in the works of Zhong Rong, Zhang Jie, Wang Shi-zhen, Lv Tian-cheng, Qi Biao-jia, Chen Ting-zhuo and Jing Shen-tan, etc. The above-mentioned two aspects reflect the development and characteristics comparative criticism of Chinese ancient literature from different sides.


Purpose – Aims to present missing knowledge of welding and sensor application with rotating torch to the technically and economically meaningful employment. With the help of this knowledge, on the one hand, the potential user is to be informed about the applicability of the system in the context of his production line and his products and on the other hand, the classification of the system in the range of the alternatives available on market.Design/methodology/approach – Introduces the welding operation and experimental results of rotating torch integrated with a sensor device using a 6‐axis robot. Performed various laboratory experiments investigating variable frequency values with different torch orientations.Findings – Figures out the optimum frequency and torch orientation to obtain ultimate welding geometry by means of compensating gaps with increased weld root. Observed the possibility of out‐of‐position welding.Research limitations/implications – In this manner, provides a great scope as a pioneer ...


The abandoned Yellow River delta off Jiangsu coast is an important sediment source area,where erosion occurs and large amounts of suspended materials are carried seaward. In order to understand the hydrodynamic process here,a 3-vessel simultaneous measurement was conducted with ADP (acoustic Doppler profiler) and water samplers in autumn of 2006. The analyses of survey data show suspended sediment fluxes,the changes of currents and suspended sediment concentrations. The net suspended sediment fluxes of a tidal cycle range from 103 kg m-1 to 104 kg m-1,mainly to the south. First order estimation of yearly fluxes through the area is similar to a long-term average estimation. The investigation shows the currents are controlled by tides. The suspended sediment concentrations change within a tidal cycle. There are peaks of suspended sediments concentrations corresponding approximately to the time just after the maximum current velocity. Data show that velocity gradients become larger when velocity is bigger. High velocity gradients mean high bed shear stress. The high bed shear stress in turn causes the erosion and resuspension of seabed sediments,resulting in a high suspended sediment concentration in the water column.


s Ukraine prepares for presidential elections on 31 October, the sentiments expressed by President Leonid Kuchma last autumn seem to be widely shared by Ukraine's political elite. The unwillingness of the EU to acknowledge Ukraine as a potential member of the Union is often interpreted as the result of anti-Ukrainian feelings in the EU and dominates any discussion on the EU's new European Neighbourhood Policy, in which Ukraine is one of the principal partners.


Facing fiscal constraints, many governments in Central and Eastern Europe and Southeastern Europe have pursued private finance for transport infrastructure more to move investments off budget than to improve efficiency and services. Results have been mixed and suggest a need to focus more on public-private partnerships (PPPs) that can achieve value for money. Today's economic environment will reduce the potential for PPP projects in the short term. Some PPP projects at an advanced stage of procurement may need additional public support, while ambitious projects may need to be phased to reduce their scale to what the market can absorb.


The subject. The paper is devoted to the main trends of the Russian customs law at the present stage.The purpose of the paper is to determine the place of customs law in the system of Russian law and to identify the features of its impact on the development of integration within the EAEU.The methodological basis for the study: general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, com-parison, description); private and academic (interpretation, formal-legal).Results, scope. Despite all the variety of social relations that make up the subject of customs law, their core is the relationship associated with the management of customs authorities, regulated by the rules of administrative law. In this regard, the allocation of customs law as an independent branch of law, in our opinion, is premature.Further development of integration within the EAEU has necessitated the development and adoption of a new codified legal act regulating public relations in the field of customs.Analysis of the provisions of the customs code of the EAEU revealed the following innovations, confirming the thesis on the simplification of regulation in the sphere of customs affairs:– reduction of terms of performance of separate customs operations;– priority of electronic Declaration form;– improvement of the Institute of customs control;– further development of the Institute of authorized economic operators.Conclusions. Customs law is a sub-branch of administrative law at present. A natural con-sequence of the integration processes is the transformation of the domestic customs law into an alloy of international law, integration law (acts of the EAEU) and national law.


Objective To analyze epidemic situation of malaria and to establish an effective measure for prevention and control of malaria in Jiangsu,Shandong,Henan,Anhui and Hubei province.Methods Data were collected from reported malaria cases of 2004-2005,and epidemic situation of malaria was analyzed.Results Reported cases of malaria in 2004 were 14 536,with an incidence of 0.37 per ten thousands,which was 11.94% less than that in 2003.20 325 cases of malaria in 2005 year with an incidence 0.52 per ten thousands,it was 39.83%more than that in 2004.523 reported cases of inputted malaria,in which 39 cases was subtertian malaria,and 3 cases was died.95 county of incidence increased in 2004-2005 and 28 counties was at a high lever of malaria.Conclusion The incidence decreased in the area of malaria transmitted by Anopheles anthropophagus while the incidence increased in the area of malaria by An.sinensis.The result showed that high malaria epidemic area was extending from south to north of China.The inputted malaria cases was increasing.


We consider the signals of indirect dark matter detection resulting from a theory of two universal extra dimensions compactified on a chiral square. Aside from the continuum emission, which is a generic prediction of most dark matter candidates, we find a series of prominent annihilation lines (a WIMP forest) that, after convolution with the angular resolution of current experiments, leads to a distinctive (2-bump plus continuum) spectrum, which may be visible in the near future with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (formerly known as GLAST).


Understanding the relative contribution of beam wander and scintillation to the power fluctuations due to atmospheric turbulences is essential to improving the performance of Free Space Optical Communication systems. In prior work [5], we briefly mentioned that cone modulation could be used to measure the beam wander. We presented a few experimental results showing high correlation between the power fluctuation and the measured beam wander. Here we present the method in details, as well as the results of a more extensive set of measurements. The measurements are done using an optical interrogator tracking a passive retro-reflector over distances of 800 and 8km, using a cone modulation frequency of 625Hz, a rate significantly higher than the Greenwood frequency. We recorded the data at 10 kHz sampling rate, and ran off-line analysis to evaluate the correlation between the position of the beam relative to the retro-reflector and the fluctuations of the power received by the interrogator. We also recorded the angle of arrival fluctuations, which allows for an evaluation the correlation between the beam wander and the angle of arrival. The same data was used to calculate the Cn2 structure constant from the statistics of the angle of arrival, in order to correlate the amplitude of the beam wander to the strength of the turbulence.


Cyanobacterial hepatotoxins may pose a threat to public health when present in drinking water supplies. Traditional toxin removal techniques are not appropriate for remote Australian communities or developing nations. Bank filtration is potentially a low cost, low maintenance treatment option for the removal of the cyanobacterial toxins, nodularin and microcystin. Batch studies were conducted to determine the extent of hepatotoxin adsorption to a wide variety of soil types. Clay soils were found to be the most adsorbent. Desorption studies showed that nodularin and microcystin adsorption was reversible in the soils investigated. The mobility of the toxins in soil columns was also examined. Mobility was dependent upon the soil texture, with the highest mobility in the porous sand soil. The clay column became saturated and clogged, suggesting that soils high in clay would be inappropriate for bank filtration. Microbial degradation of the toxins was also investigated in batch experiments. Complete toxin removal was observed by Day 16 of the experiment in two out of the three soils examined. The calculation of toxin half lives suggested that microbial degradation would be the rate limiting step in toxin removal. It was concluded that bank filtration is a viable treatment option for the removal of hepatotoxins from drinking water, given that the hydraulic properties of the riverbank material allowed water flow and that toxin degrading populations of microorganisms could be established.


Despite today's extensive utilisation of MOOCs, video recommendation in online learning platforms still confronts numerous obstacles. The fundamental reason is that the traditional recommendation methods cannot achieve precision recommendation of learning resources that target at students' needs. The heterogeneous information network is widely used in learning resource recommendation nowadays thanks to its capacity of intuitively representing different entities and complex relationships between entities. However, it's tricky to use rich semantic information in it to do entity modelling. To solve this problem, this paper analyses and mines students' behavioural data on MOOCs to obtain their personalized features, then uses graph embedding to incorporate weight and construct a weighted heterogeneous information network to recommend online video courses. The experiments utilise the data of the MOOCCube to investigate the effectiveness of various meta-path combinations. The optimal number of layers for the graph convolutional network, latent factors, and entity embedding dimension are determined through comparative studies. We also compare our model's performance to that of other relevant models and utilise ablation experiments to verify the effectiveness of our model.


The energetic electron dynamics in the Earth's radiation belts is mainly governed by the radial and local diffusion processes due to various plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere. We present our recent simulation results of the energetic electron evolution during March 2013 using the UCLA 3D diffusion code. The Van Allen Probes have provided detailed observations of the various radiation belt electron evolutions during different geomagnetic conditions in this period. The electron fluxes were enhanced by several orders of magnitude during a geomagnetic storm period, and the different energy electrons presented different penetration depths as well as inward diffusive and slow decaying features in the subsequent quiet period. Our simulations re-constructed the main features of the Van Allen probes observations. Our study suggests the significant and distinct roles of various plasma waves in the outer radiation belt electron dynamics.


ABSTRACT Generic medicines play a key role in managing the financial resources for pharmaceuticals in every country. This study analysed the generic policy legislative framework in Bulgaria with the aim to identify whether the policy implementation can be considered successful in the light of an international review of such policies introduced in other countries, or on the contrary, it has failed to deliver the main benefits. Legislative analysis, desktop study and macroeconomic overview of the Bulgarian pharmaceutical market were included. The study showed that only 3 out of 11 important policy elements are implemented in the country. Bulgaria has one of the highest shares of generics, an average of 81.39% (volume), for the studied period (2006–2014). However, further research is needed to evaluate the success of the existing generic policy in Bulgaria, as the market share of generic drugs is not the only measure of the policy efficiency.


A bottle sealing device cap (1), the device includes a body member (9) and cap (1), the cap (1) defines a mounting position is attached to the main body member (9), the body has a member (9) retaining tabs (21), a cap (1) side walls of pressing tab (21) on the bottle neck (5), side walls (5) of the upper (7) and lower (11 ) in a cap having a lower (11) of the side wall (5), 180 ° folded end inwardly (15) comprising, thereby defining an interior shoulder for retaining the tabs (21). .FIELD 1


Selection of rational therapy of SARS in children with recurrent infections of the respiratory tract organs requires an individual approach depending on each patient characteristics. The article presents data of comparative randomized prospective study of medications Genferon® Light and Arbidol® efficacy and safety in SARS treatment and prevention in the group frequently and chronically ill children. The study included 64 children aged 3 to 6 years from 4 Russian research centers with SARS, symptoms lasting no more than 48 hours and infectious index higher than 1,1. Patients of the main groups received Genferon® Light rectally, one suppository 2 times a day for 10 days parallel with the standard therapy, followed by prophylactic scheme: one suppository in dose of 125 000 IU 1 time a day for 3 weeks. Patients of the comparison group received Arbidol® 50 mg 4 times a day for 5 days, then prophylactic scheme: 50 mg 2 times a week for 3 weeks. Monitoring of patients, laboratory and immunological parameters control was performed for 180 days. Analysis of the data showed that Genferon® Light and Arbidol® have a good level of safety and similar efficacy in acute respiratory viral infections treatment in children with recurrent respiratory infections, that allows to relief main disease symptoms. Genferon ® Light in comparison with Arbidol® has higher preventive activity against SARS repeated episodes in children with recurrent respiratory tract infections for a period equal to 140 days of therapy


In order to evaluate indoor environment and animal welfare in the housing of sheep, it is necessary to establish a quantified behavioral data of sheep as feedback. Individual behaviors of the Chinese little fat-tailed sheep in three growth phases (lambs, pregnant and lactating ewes) were observed and recorded on a sheep farm in Inner Mongolia in summer, 2003. Data processing showed: (1) Behavioral patterns in duration from observed samples (9 in each group) were made up of: time spent in eating and drinking 29.18%, in rumination 28.37%, in resting 31.51%, in locomotion 10.21%, and in others 0.71% including environmental investigation,being alarmed or startled, and social interaction. Individually behavioral durations of three growth phases showed significant difference in durations with respect to intake and drinking, rumination, resting, and locomotion respectively (Kruskal-Wallis H tests, P0.001). (2) Results of posture choice of the sheep in different growth phases show that time spent in lying for rumination or resting was significantly more than time spent standing by lambs, pregnant and lactating ewes respectively (Wilcoxon test, P0.001). (3) The counts data of animal behaviors in three levels of temperature showed that on average 31.3% of individuals were lying for rumination and resting at 21-23 ℃, 75% at 25-27 ℃, 97.13% at 29-31 ℃ in houses of pregnant ewes. This is a significant effect of temperature on number of pregnant ewes lying on floor of the houses (Friedman test, P0.05). (4) Our data of counts of the pregnant ewes selecting space in lying on floor in the houses from 12:00 to 17:00 at temperature ranging 27-31 ℃, showed that there was significant differences in individuals selecting between A-zone (places naturally ventilated well and without sun shining) and B-zone (places exposed to the sun) (McNemar test,P0.0001). Many of the ewes increasing from 66% to 83% selected A-zone, whereas a few of the other ewes decreasing from 31% to 14% selected B-zone during observed period. Our results indicate that the behavioral patterns of sheep in the loose housing systems react to the physiological needs at different growing phases, and to environmental impact factors such as temperature and housing space. The study suggests that to establish a quantitative index profile of the sheep behaviors for a feedback review tool may be helpful to enhance the design of production processes and building layout and environment for loose housing systems.


It is proved that a -th order polynomial vector field having two specific invariant sets, each consisting of parallel invariant straight lines with different angular slopes and, respectively, has at even (odd) no more than () invariant straight lines.


Overall oil and gas activity was slightly below that of 1965. The most active regions of exploratory and development drilling were St. Clair and Macomb Counties, the Albion-Scipio trend area, and the northwest quadrant of the state. Most of the 11 new discoveries were in the northwestern part of the state. Total drilled footage was 1,202,697. The total includes: exploratory, 560,941 ft.; development, 608,386 ft.; gas storage and miscellaneous classes, 33,370 ft. Oil production was 14,273,099 bbls., and gas production was 34,120,015 Mcf. LPG production was 1,846,702 bbls. A review of 1966 oil- and gas-field developments does not suggest new trends in exploration or geographic regions of interest.


This essay situates women's religious leadership in the contested site of who and what counts as the authoritative face and practice of public Catholicism. It examines political praxis by U.S. Catholic women religious as a refreshing resource for a constructive feminist theology of the public church. Drawing on Vatican II theologies about the church's social role, feminist and womanist theologies of sacramentality, and the Nuns on the Bus tours between 2012 and 2014, this essay argues that the U.S. public church bears sacramental significance when it re/creates the public, when it prophetically witnesses to an alternative political reality or creates (or births) a new world that better signifies a more interconnected, interdependent U.S. body politic rooted in solidarity. Examining concurrent activism by U.S. nuns and US Catholic bishops' shows that what makes the public church public consists in the ability to imagine and create communities of justice and peace.


The present study was conducted to compute effective moisture diffusivity and activation energy of orange slices during convection drying. The thin-layer drying experiments were carried out at five air temperatures of 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80ºC, three air velocities of 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 m/s and three orange slice thicknesses of 2, 4, and 6 mm. Results indicated that drying took place in the falling rate period. Moisture transfer from orange slices was described by applying the Fick's diffusion model. The effective diffusivity values were increased from 6.27 × 10−10 to 3.50 × 10−9 m2/s for the temperature range used in this study. An Arrhenius relation with an activation energy value of 16.47 to 40.90 kJ/mol and the diffusivity constant value of 7.74 × 10−7 to 3.93 × 10−3 m2/s were obtained. It was found that with increasing the temperature and air velocity the effective diffusivity increases while slice thickness showed no considerable changes on the effective diffusivity.


The objective was to compare growth and body composition of pigs sired by boars from the show pig industry to those sired by modern commercial genetic lines. Data included one group of 174 male pigs from 16 sires and 50 dams. Pigs were sired by Large White (LW) show pig sires (SHOW) or one of two maternal LW commercial genetic lines (W or P). Dams of all pigs evaluated were from line P. Pigs were weaned at 27 d of age and placed into a mechanically ventilated nursery (0.23 m2 per pig). After 35 d in the nursery, pigs moved to a naturally ventilated finisher (0.74 m2 per pig) with fully slatted floors. Weight, 10th rib backfat, and loin eye area (LEA) were collected at 156 d of age (backfat and LEA adjusted to 114 kg). Data was analyzed using PROC GLM with a fixed effect of genetic line and covariates of weaning age and birth weight. A one day increase in weaning age increased (P < 0.01) 156 d weight by 658 g. Nursery average daily gain (ADG) was greater (P < 0.01) for pigs sired by SHOW and W when compared to P (414 and 397 vs. 351 g, respectively) yet finishing ADG did not differ (P > 0.05) (821 and 817 vs. 797 g, respectively). Backfat was thicker (P < 0.01) for SHOW when compared to W or P (16.7 vs. 14.7 and 14.7 mm, respectively) and LEA was larger (P < 0.05) for SHOW when compared to W or P (47.3 vs. 44.8 and 44.0 cm2, respectively). Finishing lean gain per day was greater (P < 0.05) for SHOW and W when compared to P (323 and 322 vs. 309 g per d, respectively). Results suggest pigs sired by LW SHOW are fatter, heavier muscled, and have comparable lean growth to those sired by commercial LW genetic lines.


Siren intermedia is peculiar in that the lateral-line system is retained throughout life, even though the animal is forced into terrestrial situations during aestivation. The lateral-line system is constructed of neuromasts arranged in pit fields instead of pit lines as in most amphibians. The neuromasts are unusual, because the sense cells are arranged in a single row through the long axis of the organ and a few of the sustentacular cells contain "orange granules."

During aestivation, the neuromasts are either shielded by a secreted cocoon, or occluded by proliferated skin epithelium. Those organs occluded by epithelium undergo dedifferentiation which continues through postaestivation.

Loss of the lateral-line system by amphibians was apparently late in amphibian evolution. Gradual loss of the system suggests that retention and/or protection of the lateral-line system proved maladaptive and physiologically too expensive. Thus the system was abandoned by most amphibian taxa at metamorphosis.


FIELD: medical equipment. SUBSTANCE: device has to be device for injection, for example, injection device or inhalation device intended for medical, medicinal, diagnostic, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications. Metering unit, mainly, injection unit has reservoir module and metering and driving into motion unit, connected with reservoir module for detachment. Reservoir module has first case section of matter metering unit, piston and piston rod. Front case section of matter metering unit has reservoir for matter applied, blocking aid and first connecting aid. Piston is disposed in reservoir for movement along working stroke to outlet hole of reservoir for feeding matter. Piston rod has aid for blocking back stroke; the aid has block engagement with blocking aid. Blocking engagement is made for movement of piston rod in opposition to working stroke relatively first case section. Metering and driving-into-motion module is made for repeat application and it has back case section of matter metering unit and metering and driving gadget. Back case section of matter metering unit has second connecting aid which forms dismountable joint together with first connecting aid between reservoir module and metering and driving-into-motion module. Metering and driving gadget is used for metering movement for selection of dosage of matter and for feed movement relatively at least one case sections. Matter metering unit has additional dosage setting member made for movement along working stroke by means of metering and driving-into-motion gadget during mention feed movement; it has engagement with piston rod made in such a manner that piston rod is capable of moving together with piston rod along working stroke and in opposition to working stroke relatively piston rod. First and second connecting aids form axial linear guide to prevent turn of front case section and back case section relatively each other when first case is connected with second case. First connecting aid has first lock member and second connecting aid has second connecting aid. Mentioned lock members are in lock engagement for fixing case sections one onto the other along longitudinal direction. Piston rod and matter preset member are connected together by thread connection. EFFECT: reduced cost; improved reliability; easiness at use. 28 cl, 22 dwg


The importance of study motivation has encouraged many stakeholders to conduct evaluation on many issues related to study motivaton. This research was done to see how far evaluation of study motivation has been implemented. The result of this research is expected to be a guideline for the further study. Fifty-eight research papers which were available online used as references. The research found that most of the researchers used likert scale measurement for data collection; data collection used sampling method; most of the researches location are located in West Java province, and students were the main object of the research. There are 3 researches related to study motivation done in Riau Province. This research also revealed that less study done in vocational schools level and the measurement mostly done uncompletely as they have not accommodated all aspects related to motivation (e.g. the research object only limited to students).


It has been observed that the feature of the diurnal variation of water temperature at the upper stream of a river is distinctly different from that at the mid-stream. At the upper stream, the mean diurnal temperature of water becomes higher and the amplitude, of the diurnal variation increases as the water flows down. But the phase lag of air and water temperature is not so large, even at a station located far from the source. At the mid-stream, on the other hand, the mean temperature and the amplitude are almost constant, and the phase lag becomes larger with flow. The author made an attempt to solve an equation of the water temperature variation under appropriate boundary conditions, and could explain why the different variations occur at the upper and the mid-stream. The reasonability of the solution for the mid-stream was assured by temperature records at the Tokachi River with a good agreement. 1.Introduction The variation of water temperature of a river is controlled by thermal conditions of the environment under which the river water flows down from the source to the river mouth, and also by mechanical conditions of the river itself. As the variation of the temperature is very complicated, it is quite interesting from the geophysical view point to investigate the process of the variation. And as the water at the down-stream is used for agriculture, it is also very important from the view point of practical use. The heat transfer between the external environment and the water through the river surface is chiefly performed in the following manner: (1) heat gain by solar radiation. (2) heat transfer between water and air near the river surface by contact. (3) heat loss by evaporation from the river surface. (4) heat loss by long-wave radiation from the surface. Owing to the heat transfer in these ways, the variation of water temperature occurs in accordance with the condition of flow-current velocity, depth of water and width of the river. From this thermodynamical view point, Magono et al. and Takatuki et al. studied on the relation between heat transfer and water temperature rise in the Bisei Riveri), a branch of the Tokachi River, and the Oi River2), respectively. Many studies3) also on the temperature rise of water-warming ponds have been published from the same point of view. However, report on the phase lag of air and water temperature or on the causes of different variations of water temperature at the upper and the midstream has not yet been found. In this paper, the author will deal chiefly with the phase of the diurnal variation of water temperature on the basis of the new solutions of the equation of temperature variation and observations made on water temperature along the Tokachi River. 2. 0bservational Results In 1952 the author and others observed'air and water temperature and


Recently, many mobile user authentication schemes with user anonymity for wireless communications have been proposed. In 2012, Li and Lee proposed a novel user authentication and privacy preserving scheme with smart cards for wireless communications. In 2013, Jeon et al. proposed an improved user authentication scheme, and claimed their scheme achieves user anonymity and more efficient. On the basis of their work, we put forward a new user authentication scheme using elliptic curve cryptography with user anonymity for wireless communications. The security and performance analysis show that the new scheme is more secure and efficient for wireless communications.


Real‐time oscilloscopes that are currently available go up only to 8 GHz. For transient signal measurements above 8 GHz, streak cameras have to be used. An instrument, developed by YY Labs, provides a convenient, low‐cost method for such measurements. YY Labs' Single‐Shot Scope captures single‐shot signals in one or two channels and then regenerates 1000 copies of the one‐ or two‐channel analogue signals to form a pulse train, with the aid of an optic‐fiber delay line loop. A sampling scope recovers the original signals from the pulse train.


Aim To screen and identify fungi possessing immunoenhancement activity from mangrove soil collected from the sea area in Hainan and discuss the value of mangrove fungi in immunoloregulation.Methods The fungi possessing immunoenhancement activity were screened by using MTT method to measure the fermental supernatant.Identified and explore the taxonomic status of strains by means of morpholodical observations and analysis of the rDNA-ITS sequence.Results Totally 325 fungus strains were obtained from mangrove soil samples and 12 strains possessed immunoenhancement activity.The strain PH0016 could significantly stimulate lymphocyte proliferation.The strain was identified as Paecilomyces ilacinus.Conclusions PH0016 is a Paecilomyces lilacinus,the fermental supernatant has immunoenhancement activity,the active metabolites were worthy to be studied further.


SummaryThe effectiveness of honeybees and leafcutter bees in cross pollination between two cultivars of faba beans within cages was assessed. Both honeybee and leafcutter bee positive-foragers moved laterally between rows more often than along rows. The bees moved to rows with different cultivars more frequently that to rows with the same cultivar. However, the direction of movement and cultivar preference did not differ significantly between the two species of bees.Honeybees foraged in greater numbers, and on more flowers per bee than did leafcutter bees. The amount of movement also varied with the cultivars that were used. Few bees moved between the cultivars that differed greatly in appearance and growth habit (e.g. Aladin and 15025). The amount of movement between the cultivars Aladin and CM4 was much higher, ranging from 27 to 43 percent in honeybees and 22 percent in leafcutter bees. Honeybees were more effective than leafcutter bees as pollinators of faba beans in caged plots.


This study seeks to determine whether there is a higher rate of false positive serum screening for Down syndrome in women with sickle cell anemia and, if so, which markers contribute to the false positive screen.


Fluorocarbon polymer has excellent properties such as high electrical resistivity, low friction coefficient, high thennal stability, chemical inertness, high mechanical strength, and so on. Fluorocarbon polymers such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) have attracted much attention for applications in various fields. For example, in the fabrication of microelectromechanical (MEMS) system and micro total analytical system ( μ-TAS), the micro-machining of fluorocarbon polymers with nano meter size is required due to chemical inertness and low friction coefficient.


with type 1 diabetes did not affect the total score or knowledge level. Overall, our survey found a poor knowledge level of type 1 diabetes amongst secondary school PE teachers with only 2% demonstrating an effective knowledge level. Our findings are disappointing especially given the DoH document Supporting pupils with medical needs. To provide the appropriate support for students with diabetes, PE teachers and other relevant staff members need to receive effective training. Paediatric diabetes teams need to work in partnership with local educational authorities to agree ways of providing this training on a regular basis. At the initial PDSN visit to agree the individual care plan, it is important that all relevant school staff are available as teachers' knowledge of type 1 diabetes can impact on a child's glycaemic control, educational achievements and quality of life.