A proposal for a major upgrade of the KEK 12GeV-PS is presented. The proposal involves a combination of beam stacking in a 500MeV accumulator ring (AR) and acceleration of a superbunch in the 12GeV main ring (MR), referred to as the Intensity Doubler (ID). A super-bunch is created in the AR by barrier-bucket stacking of 12 bunches injected from the booster ring (BR), and is transferred to the MR in one turn. By introducing the AR in the 12GeV-PS accelerator complex, it is possible to reduce the present injection time of about 500msec and increase the machine duty-cycle. Superbunch acceleration is achieved by rapidly switching induction units. Through the final two years of the K2K experiment, the ID could supply proton beams that would be two times higher than the present levels in terms of averaged intensity. The scheme is based on the concept of induction synchrotron [1]. A quite unique features of superbunch acceleration such as bunch-stacking in the barrier bucket is discussed with actual parameters of the KEK-PS. The present status of R&D works for the ID are reported.


transcept doorway. Adam, not Richard, was the liturgical poet at the Abbey of Saint Victor, Paris (p. 188). On page 106 brandea are inadequately if not misleadingly called "substitute relics." In rightly pointing to the Psalms as a resource for individual piety on pilgrimages, the authors offer interpretations that seem to be their own invention rather than being based on medieval use. The final chapter is intended to describe the cathedral at Compostela and the pilgrims' rituals (official and unofficial). The description of the cathedral facade is rather inaccurate, and the description of the services at the shrine is rather jumbled. Furthermore, in summarizing five "ritual gestures" of Santiago pilgrims (pp. 218-219) the authors include a state of mind (feeling forgiven of sins) and an intention (to live an improved life), neither of which is a gesture. A passage from the pseudo-Calixtine sermon for the Feast of the Translation of Saint James is given two very different translations (pp. 203 and 205-206, nn. 13 and 21). It is a pity this book is so marred, for it has a wealth of information and a rich store of texts and references. Presented more rigorously and interpreted more carefully, this work could give a clearer understanding of the many facets of the great pilgrimage to Santiago.


Few people seem to know that medical marijuana is legal in the State of New York. The Compassionate Care Act was passed in June of 2014 and since then there have been 24,555 patients and 1,123 doctors approved as of July 17, 2017. By way of comparison, California has 1,526,250 registered card holders in its program, and its population is almost forty million.
There are a number of reasons why this is a relatively low number in a state with a population of 8.652 Million. The confused legal status of medical marijuana in the United States is a big part of this, but the difficult regulatory scheme imposed by the New York Compassionate Care Act is a large part as well.


Aiming at utilization status of arable land resources in Anshun City,a Karst area,quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed from the viewpoints of quality,quantity and benefits of arable land.And the benefits of arable land were analyzed with multiple linear regression.Finally,the sustainable utilization of arable land resources was discussed,and several protection measures were pointed out.


Composite fibers were used to enhance silica sol shell for investment casting. The fracture morphology of the shell was observed and analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The influence of the characteristics of the composite fiber on the cast-type shell was analyzed. The results for the high performance of investment casting shell preparation to provide a scientific basis and theoretical support.


While NOMA-V2V (non-orthogonal multiple accesscan-vehicle-to-vehicle) effectively achieve massive connectivity requirements in 5G network systems, minimizing communication latency is a very crucial challenge. To address the latency problem, we propose a channel allocation method called hyper-fraction, which divides the road into many zones and allocates a channel to each zone. Then, a vehicle located within the corresponding zone uses the channel allocated to the zone. Hyper-fraction will allow the system to minimize communication latency between a user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS) caused by scheduling processes and consequentially reduce the overall latency of the system. In the simulation, a novel concept of genetic algorithm (GA) is utilized, called GA with continuous pool. It is an approach to enable conventional GA to solve optimization problems for continuous situations within much less computation, especially in situations where the elements in the system keep moving such as vehicular networks. As a result, GA with continuous pool is proven to be an effective heuristic method to improve throughput rate, as well as hyper-fraction improving the latency of NOMA V2V and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) systems.


Coconut shell charcoals haven't been used maximally by people in Bandarharjo whereas it can be utilized as activated charcoal, briquettes, etc which can increase its economic value. Previous research has not been able to answer the problem about the optimal size of charcoal particles and type of adhesive to get the briquettes which have a calorific value and durability of the best. The objective of this research is to study the optimal particle size, the best type of adhesive, the optimal concentration of adhesive, and briquette maker equipment design. Variables used in this research are type of adhesive (tapioca flour, wheat flour, molasses, and silicate), concentration of selected adhesive (10%, 15%, 20%), and sieve size (20 mesh, 30mesh, 40mesh). The parameters used are the calorific value that measured by Boom calorimeter, the stability of briquettes, and briquettes hardness tested shatter index method. Result shows that tapioca flour is the best type of adhesive as compared with 3 other gluten (wheat flour, molasses, and silicate). The highest calorific value of 6748.69 cal / g obtained in 20% of adhesive with a size 20 mesh coconut shell charcoal. According to the shatter index test, the best briquette hardness is obtained on a variable 20% adhesive with 40 mesh particle size because the particles lose only 0.11%.


The polydipsia and polyuria were found in aged male rats of the inbred Wistar/Tw strain. Water intake and urinary volume (ml/day/100g BW) were markedly greater in 17-month-old males than in 6-month-old males. The urinary concentrations of electrolytes and glucose were lower in aged polydiptic male rats than in young males. After a single injection of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), water intake of aged polydiptic rats was temporarily lowered to the level of young rats receiving no ADH injection. This suggests that polydipsia and polyuria were the consequences, at least in part, of the insufficiency of ADH secretion.


SiC-based wide bandgap semiconductor devices such as metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) are gradually replacing Si devices in industrial applications because of their excellent electrothermal properties. However, the reliability of these devices and the problem of the junction temperature estimation are concerns that are yet to be resolved for these applications. This article proposes a method to measure the Cauer-type RC thermal network parameters that consider the influence of degradation of the external cooling system using either two or four case temperature cooling curves. The proposed method simplifies the measurement not only of the junction temperature and the power loss but also of the thermal equilibrium condition and it is thus suitable for the application in a power converter. Experiments were performed to prove that the thermal network parameters obtained are both feasible and credible.


Robotic surgery fits within the general framework of Canadian medical law regarding such issues as patients' consent and suitability of medical equipment. Its two distinctive features are its relative novelty, and practice by practitioners in one jurisdiction on patients in another. Novelty raises issues of how courts determine legally-set standards of performance. Practitioners are held to the standards of their peers, but when a new technique is pioneered, there are no established standards of performance. However, the standard of disclosure of a technique's novelty and/or a practitioner's unfamiliarity with it exists, since this is not peculiar to robotic surgery. Cross-jurisdictional surgery raises licensure issues of where the surgeon is practising medicine, relevant fee schedules where they differ between jurisdictions, whether dissatisfied patients can sue in the surgeons' jurisdiction, their own, or either, and whether a court applies its own laws or those of an alternative jurisdiction.


To implement a new packaging system for an international supply chain, a packaging and supply chain manager should have a good understanding of the total packaging cost concept. Especially for the reusable packaging system, a poor investment may result in enormous loss of assets and efficiency throughout the supply chain. This paper compares one-way and reusable packaging systems. For the reusable packaging system, two options, company-owned or rental, were considered. A dynamic simulation method was used for calculating the number of reusable plastic containers (totes) and total packaging cost, based on activity-based cost data provided by an automotive company. The variables considered include costs of shipping containers, distance, and transport time required for a minimum 2-year operation. Five scenarios were tested which evaluated system time and cost, resource utilization for the process and number of units processed. The greatest benefit of using the dynamic simulation is that it provides real-time status information about the packaging inventory and various cost-benefit scenarios in the target supply chain. This paper identified the cost associated with each level of various activities (e.g., cost per line item picked, cost per delivery, etc.) which enables to show a clearer picture of the true packaging and logistics costs, so any inefficiency in a supply chain due to adoption of different packaging system. The results of this simulation can help in analyzing the interactive and coherent behavior between different packaging and supply chain systems.


Based on balancing aberration of Three-Mirror-Anastigmatic(TMA),a kind of segmented optical design way with long focal length and wide Field of View(FOV) was introduced.Segmented system was completely simulated and analyzed using Fresnel diffraction integral for the exit pupil wavefront.Considering on the error analysis and distribution of non-sequential surface,the initial design was modified.In order to balance the aberration and increase the system redundancy, the high order asphere and bigger aperture system were optimized.A segmented synthetic aperture optical system with segmented primary mirror was designed in EFL of 44 m,f/8,FOV of 0.6°×0.06°.By iterating the design scheme and analyzing error,a good design is obtained.


CONTEXT
Professional soccer players who have sustained a lower limb injury are up to 3× more likely to suffer a reinjury, often of increased severity. Previous injury has been shown to induce compensatory strategies during neuromuscular screening tests, which might mask deficits and lead to misinterpretation of readiness to play based on task outcome measures.

OBJECTIVE
To investigate the influence of previous injury in professional soccer players on countermovement jump (CMJ) performance and movement strategy.

DESIGN
Cross-sectional.

SETTING
Professional soccer club competing in the English Championship (tier 2). Patients (or Other Participants): Outfield players with a minimum of 6 years as a professional.

INTERVENTION(S)
Players were categorized as previously injured (n = 10) or not injured (n = 10). All players completed double- and single-leg CMJ trials.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
CMJ performance was quantified as jump height and flight time:contraction time ratio. CMJ movement strategy was quantified as force-time history, differentiating eccentric and concentric phases and CMJ depth.

RESULTS
Double-leg CMJ was not sensitive to previous injury in performance or movement strategy. In contrast, single-leg CMJ performance was impaired in players with previous injury, who generated significantly lower eccentric and concentric peak force and rate of force development, and a deeper countermovement. Impaired single-leg CMJ performance was also evident in the nonaffected limb of previously injured players, suggesting cross-contamination. Hierarchical ordering revealed that the eccentric phase of the CMJ contributed little to performance in previously injured players. In noninjured players, the eccentric rate of force development and concentric peak force were able to account for up to 89% of the variation in CMJ performance.

CONCLUSIONS
Single-leg CMJ is advocated for player profiling, being more sensitive to previous injury, and negating the opportunity for interlimb compensation strategies. Movement strategy deficits in previously injured players suggest rehabilitation foci specific to eccentric force development.


A method for displaying information in a vehicle environment, the method comprising: - acquiring a first image information of one area (30) of the vehicle (10) having at least one image capturing device (12, 13) of the vehicle (10) at a first position of the vehicle (10), - moving the vehicle (10) from the first position to a second position which is different to the first position, - acquiring a second image information of the environment (30) with the at least one image capturing device (12, 13) at the second position of the vehicle (10), - creating an image of a surrounding area of the region (30) of the vehicle (10) in response to the first image information and second image information, wherein the image comprises at least a portion of the first image information and a portion of the second image information, and - displaying the image of the surrounding area on a display device (14) of the vehicle (10), characterized by: - determining static and moving objects (31-35) in the first image information and second image information, and - create the image of the surrounding region of interest (30) of the vehicle (10) in dependence on the static and moving objects (31-35), wherein the moving objects are displayed in the image of the surrounding region using only the most recently captured image information.


At 5:30pm on Monday March 17, 2014 Frederick presented a classical trumpet recital of 20th century literature in the University Auditorium. The recital consisted of several pieces displaying modern instrumental compositional techniques as well as the different instruments commonly performed from the trumpet family. His program opened with an exhilarating performance of Tomasi's Semaine Sainte a Cuzco for trumpet and organ. The program continued with the unaccompanied solo Cascades, composed by Allen Vizzutti for the 1981 International Trumpet Guild Conference. Concluding the first half Frederick performed Richard Peaslee's Nightsongs, composed for trumpet and flugelhorn with piano accompaniment.


We experimentally demonstrated high quality factors (Q-factors) of nanocavities in three-dimensional photonic crystals by increasing the in-plane area of the structure. Entire structures made of GaAs were fabricated by a micro-manipulation technique, and the nanocavities contained InAs self-assembled quantum dots that emitted near-infrared light. The obtained Q-factor was improved to 93,000, which is 2.4-times larger than that in a previous report of a three-dimensional photonic crystal nanocavity. Due to this large Q-factor, we successfully observed a lasing oscillation from this cavity mode.


Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCO) is a complex pathophysiological entity characterized by the presence of: menstrual irregularities, hirsutism, acne, obesity and insulin resistance. The estimated frequency of intole- rance to carbohydrates and diabetes mellitus in patients with PCOS is 30-40 % and 5-10 %, respectively. In patients with PCO, the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus is higher than in the general population. It should be noted that glucose intolerance is a major risk factor for developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The most sensitive test to detect glucose intolerance in women with PCO is the oral glucose tolerance test. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the different mechanisms involved in PCO and disorders of carbohydrate metabolism. Rev Argent Endocrinol Metab 49:82-87, 2012 No financial conflicts of interest exist.


Memories that wer ee asily accessible (i.e., quickly retrieved in am emory-fluency task) of Italian university students wer ea ssessed. The yw er ef ro mf our periods of life: preschool, elementar ys chool, middle school, and high school/university .H alf of the participants wer ei nstructed to recall only memories involving parents, and the other half memories involving friends. Across age at the time of remembered events, only memories of friends increased in frequency .F or parental memories (but not friend memories), the proportion with negative affect increased over age ,e specially for males. Ther ew er ea lso differences related to whether memories were episodic or generic. It was concluded that memories of different periods of childhood and adolescence can serve as ar eflectiv em irror for developmental changes in parent–child and friendship relationships.


In order to study the peculiarities of socio-economic status of pregnant women with asthma of various severity, 365 cases have been examined during three periods of 1995-2002, 2002-2008 and 2009-2014. Social characteristics that have been analyzed for the last 18 years include age, social and marital status, financial status of the family, parity, complicated obstetric history, habitual intoxication and its impact on the course of asthma in pregnant women. The results show that the ratio of pregnant women with asthma has risen. Due to the high urbanization of the population, an increasing number of women consider their career the most important, which increases the percentage of iparous in older age, affecting both the course of asthma and that of the pregnancy. There is a growing influence of social factors such as lack of material support, marital status which inhibit the positive mood to have healthy pregnancy. Also, despite all the government measures to limit tobacco use, a large percentage of women have familiar nicotine intoxication, which adversely affects the health of a pregnant woman with asthma and her fetus under constant hypoxia.


One method an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) can apply to reduce development and manufacturing costs is family concept design: each product family member is designed for a different design point, but a significant amount of components is shared among the family members. In this case, a trade-off exists between member performance and commonality. In the design of complex systems, often many different architectures are possible, and the design space is too large to explore exhaustively. In this work, we present an application of a new architecture optimization method to the design of a family of passenger transport jets, with a focus on the sizing of the Environmental Control System (ECS) and Flight Control System (FCS). The architecture design space is modeled using the Architecture Design Space Graph (ADSG), a novel method for constructing model-based system architecture optimization problems. Decisions are extracted and the multi-objective optimization problem is automatically formulated. Objectives used are commonality, representing acquisition costs, and fuel burn, representing a part of operation costs. These metrics are evaluated using a cross-organizational collaborative multidisciplinary analysis toolchain, and the resulting Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) problem is solved using a multi-objective evolutionary optimization algorithm. The results show that the trade-off between commonality and fuel burn is only present above a certain commonality level.


The results from a semiclassical calculation of the thermal rate coefficient for the radiative association process H(n = 2) + H(n = 1) {minus} H2 + hv are presented (n is the principal quantum number of the separated hydrogen atoms). The relative importance of this reaction in various environments is briefly discussed. Models of the early universe around the epoch of recombination and protostellar winds have been calculated which include the excited atom process. Not surprisingly, it is shown that the excited atom process will not be important in the general interstellar medium, except possibly in environments where the amount of Ly-alpha photon trapping is large. Examples may be the material surrounding quasars, active galactic nuclei, and bright H II regions. The most likely application of this process might be within rapidly evolving systems where a large transient n = 2 population of neutral hydrogen could result in a burst of molecular hydrogen formation. 29 refs.


The growth of managed care has prompted numerous questions about its impact on the quality of health care and has led to regulations that aim to address the problem of an adverse impact on quality induced by managed care. The paper addresses some issues in relation to that debate and proposes methods to improve regulations and policy deliberations. This comment places the paper in the debate and argues that this debate about the impact of quality of managed care has been misguided in the sense that the regulations proposed to help raise the quality of care mainly has adverse effects on the patients it proposes to help. It is argued that the delivery of low‐quality health care is efficient and "patient bill of rights" regulations will hurt the poor.


Although the limited performance of the electric vehicle at present restricts its area of application, recent work has shown the benefit of a high-efficiency electric drive system. While most work is usually based on a converted petrol-engined vehicle, it is thought doubtful whether components for this type of vehicle are really suitable for ev's. It is therefore important that high-efficiency drive components designed for ev's be evaluated under operating conditions. The article examines an electric vehicle project at Warwick University designed to determine the energy utilisation in a small electric car propulsion system. The system considers energy loss in overcoming tyre rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag, as well as transmission losses. Limitations of components used are discussed and effects of improved components predicted. An analysis of vehicle performance with improvements in component design enables a revised energy-flow to be considered which shows a 58% reduction in power drawn from the batteries compared with that needed by the original system thus showing the importance of specifying a high-performance drive system. (TRRL)


It has great application by simulating curvilinear path with straight-line to achieve approximation in industry.The calculation of traditional methods is complex and the speed is slow,so something needs to be improved.A approximation method and implementation procedure of conic that is based on piecewise comparison is presented.Calculating the node from the endpoint of the conic,on the condition that the maximum deviation between theoretical curve and straight-line is less than the allowable deviation,approximation node can be obtained by using split-halt method,and on this basis,it is of some practical significance for the implementation of axis transformation,translation of axis and axis zoom.


Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the significance of left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP) for risk stratification of contrast-induced acute kidney injury after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the largest cardiac care center of the Pakistan. Consecutive patients presented to the emergency department and diagnosed with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergone primary PCI were included. Serum creatinine level were obtained at baseline and after 48 to 72 hours and contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) was recorded. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to assess the predictive strength of LVEDP and area under the curve (AUC) was reported.
Results: Out of 488 cases, seventy-two (14.8%) patients developed CIN. Left ventricular end diastolic pressure predicted CIN with an AUC of 0.582 [95% CI: 0.510 to 0.654], the optimal cut-off value of LVEDP ≥ 20 mmHg yielded overall classification accuracy of 49.2% (95% CI: 44.7% to 53.7%) with sensitivity of 66.7% (95% CI: 54.6% to 77.3%) and specificity of 46.1% (95% CI: 41.3% to 51.1%). The predictive accuracy increased as patients ejection fraction decreased, LVEDP predicted CIN with an AUC of 0.623 [95% CI: 0.540 to 0.707] among patients with LVEF ≤40%, while, the AUC of LVEDP for predicting CIN was 0.504 [95% CI: 0386 to 0.622] for patients with LVEF > 40%.
Conclusion: Elevated intra-procedural LVEDP (≥20mmHg) is independently associated with an increased risk of CI-AKI for patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and PCI, especially in the setting of reduced LVEF (≤40%).


This study sought to describe how chronically ill, older individuals experienced a new cancer diagnosis and the effect on overall healthcare trajectories, notions of personal health, well-being, and life satisfaction. A series of three, semi-structured qualitative interviews was conducted with each of fifteen informants. The interviews asked questions that explored life history, experiences with both chronic disease and cancer. Interview transcripts were analyzed thematically to describe how individuals presented and described the personal impact of the cancer experience through descriptions of their diagnosis and the events preceding it: the stories of illness, its meaning, and its consequences. Three overarching themes emerged from the interviews with the fifteen inform-ants: (1) Time as affected by illness, (2) The relevance of illness meaning, and (3) How identity is affected by illness. With three exceptions, cancer was seen as the prominent feature of their health. Our finding indicated that how people thought about their illness(es) greatly affected how they approached and prioritized their overall healthcare management in both the present and the future. This has research has potential implications for both end-of-life and palliative care settings, in addition to overall comorbid disease management among the aged. Practitioners must acknowledge that many older adults live with a variety of comorbid conditions that may be disrupted by cancer treatment and management and incorporate this into their clinical evaluations. on cross-sectional data, ignoring the long-term and cumulative effects of contextual settings. This study used five waves of data from a nationally representative sample of Chinese older adults collected over a 10-year period (1998-2008) to examine the cumulative impacts of economic development and environmental hazards on individuals' health changes over time. A multi-category time-varying variable was used to capture health changes: (1) free of ADL limitations, (2) onset of any ADL limitations, and (3) death. Macro-level economic development and environmental hazards were measured at the province level at each wave. Economic development was measured by GDP per capita. Three types of environmental hazards were examined – water pollution, air pollution, and industrial waste. Multinomial logistic regression models that account for clustering at the province level and the clustering of observations within a subject over time were employed for this study. Results show air pollution (especially Annual average PM10 concentration) has detrimental effects on both physical functioning and survival, and water pollutant discharge has detrimental effect on physical functioning. Study suggests that environmental issues need to receive more attention as China continues its economic development. Efforts to reduce air pollution and water pollution could improve older people's survival and health.


Gordana Nataroš1 UDK: 332.262:347.232 DOI: 10.14415/konferencijaGFS2018.068 Summary: In the process of restitution of confiscated property of the former owner, initiated at the request of legal successors, on the basis of case file and all evidence provided, when it comes to the fact that the procedure of land consolidation was carried out on the land parcels in question, these are the issues which require expert knowledge in the field of geodesy. At the request of the claimant, Agency for Restitution orders in the Conclusion the expertise in an administrative matter through a court expert in the field of geodesy. The expert's task is to identify, on the basis of complete files, the numbers and areas that were taken away from the former owner. When it is determined under what numbers and which area of the identified parcels entered the consolidation mass and what is the total number of value units, the expert proposes the parcels obtained from the consolidation mass according to the principle of land consolidation. The calculation factor of the cadastral class and the coefficient of reduction for the road and canal network are taken into account. Parcels are approximated. The entire procedure is done according to the Technical Instructions for performing geodetic-technical works in the procedure of land restitution which is an integral part of the Regulation for the implementation of the Law on the manner and conditions for the recognition of rights and the return of land transformed into social property based on the agricultural land fund and confiscation due to unfulfilled obligations from mandatory purchase of agricultural products ("Official Gazette of RS" No. 41/1991 and 4/1992).


Submitted for the MAR12 Meeting of The American Physical Society Mutational pathways to drug resistance through a maximallyrugged fitness landscape ADAM PALMER, ERDAL TOPRAK, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, SEUNGSOO KIM, ADRIAN VERES, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, SHIMON BERSHTEIN, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, ROY KISHONY, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA — Recent laboratory evolution experiments have identified surprising properties in the evolution of trimethoprim resistance in E.coli through mutation of the drug's target, DHFR: (1) mutations are acquired in a reproducibly ordered manner; (2) multiple resistant endpoints exist; and (3) some pathways include mutation reversion or conversion. Here we investigate how these properties emerge from the fitness landscape of DHFR by characterizing all combinations of observed DHFR mutations. We see that the effects of mutations are so profoundly dependent on other mutations that signepistasis is nearly maximised, and the distributions of most mutations' effects are indistinguishable from randomly increasing or decreasing resistance. This almost 'maximally-rugged' fitness landscape contains multiple separated peaks in drug resistance, and 20% of favourable mutational steps are the loss or conversion of a previously acquired mutation. Select pathways through the rugged landscape avoid a common tradeoff between growth and resistance. Empirical characterization of this fitness landscape has identified that ordered but sometimes indirect mutational pathways to multiple endpoints arises from near-maximal levels of sign epistasis. Adam Palmer Dept of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Date submitted: 13 Dec 2011 Electronic form version 1.4


This paper presents the results of a comparative study of learning style preferences between American and Chinese undergraduate engineering students. A total of 132 sophomore engineering students from two American and Chinese universities responded to an Index of Learning Styles (ILS) survey. The survey is a 44-item, self-scoring questionnaire that assesses learning style preferences on four pairs of dimensions of the Felder-Silverman model: active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global. Descriptive statistics and independent sample t-tests are performed to analyze students' responses to the survey. The results show that statistically significant differences exist in four dimensions (reflective, sensing, visual, and verbal) between American and Chinese students. Overall, American students show higher preferences in all four of these dimensions than do Chinese students.


The effect of graphite retained in the pore sites of sintered steels on machinability was investigated. Sintered steels containing retained graphite were obtained by sintering green compacts made from sulfur-containing iron powder with copper and graphite. Retained graphite in the pore sites of sintered steels in amounts of 0.1 to 0.3wt% resulted in 10 times longer drilling tool life and no significant impact on tensile strength.


While participating in the HARD track our first question was, what an IR-application should look like that takes into account preference meta-data from the user, without the need of explicit (manual) meta-data tagging of the collection. Especially, we touch the question how contextual information can be described in an abstract model appropriate for the IR-task, which further allows improving and fine-tuning of the context representations by learning from the user. As a first result, we roughly sketch a system architecture and context representation based on statistical language models that fits well to the task of the HARD track. Furthermore, we discuss issues of ranking and score normalizations on this background.


By experiment studying the strain,deflection and crack resistance of strain distributing along section height when full load,deflection distributing along cross bridge when full load and control test point at all level load,the work situation of this bridge in the effect of static test load was assessed,the load capacity and using condition of bridge structure were analyzed and judged comprehensive,and certificated structure design is or not satisfied the demand of design file and standard norm.


Sustainable entrepreneurship is considered to be combined with economic, social, and environmental value creation, and is considered a combination of social enterprise and environmental enterprise. When creating sustainable entrepreneurs in the community, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are significant substances that can't be overlooked. This is because they have made significant commitments to the economic advancement of a nation. The SMEs in Malaysia are without exception. When creating sustainable entrepreneurs in Malaysia, SMEs are significant elements that can't be disregarded. However, due to the lack of research, the existing literature has not yet provided sufficient explanation in the establishment of sustainable entrepreneurship in Malaysian SMEs. This research included an introduction that gives an overview of the research, continued by the review of existing literature that correlates to the research topic followed by the methodology adopted for this research. Specifically, this research extends the Entrepreneurial Event Model, Social Identity Theory, and Social Capital Theory to test the proposed framework. To test the research framework and achieve the research objectives, the survey questionnaire was used to distribute the primary data to 400 respondents (entrepreneurs from Malaysian SMEs). The research used Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) and Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) to encode and analyse the main data collected in this study. Furthermore, the research also provides references for future practical and theoretical contributions. This research provide new and important insights for SMEs, entrepreneurs, employees, and institutions through empirical testing of the testing framework, thereby contributing to knowledge.

Keywords: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Perceived Behavioural Control, Age, Perceived Desirability, Perceived Feasibility, Propensity to Act, Environmental Awareness, Psychological Capital, Self- Categorization, Social Networks, Reciprocity


Novel racemic and optically active constrained N-phosphonoalkyl bicyclic β-amino acids have been synthesized via the Kabachnik–Fields reaction of the (RS) or (R)-1-aminobicyclo[2.2.2]octane-2-carboxylic acids with paraformaldehyde and benzaldehyde, and the dimethyl-H-phosphonate. The structure of obtained compounds was characterized by NMR (1H, 13C, and 31P), LC/MS, and X-ray diffraction analyses. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 23:123–130, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/hc.20759


Defects uncovered during software testing usually consume a considerable amount of the overall project's budget. Unfortunately, project managers are not well-equipped with techniques to estimate such cost overrun. Moreover, incorporating defects removal process as part of the software testing activities has made the project managers overlook this important cost component during their planning processes. This paper suggested a fuzzy model to estimate the cost of defects removal at the early stages of project planning in terms of the project's functional size and the experience of the development team. The suggested model is supposed to enhance the accuracy of the software project cost estimation.


In this work, the kinetics and mechanism of free radical polymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) using potassium peroxydisulphate (PDS-K2S2O8) as a water soluble initiator in the presence of synthesized 4,4'-dihexadecyl-1,1'-bipyridine diiumdichloride (DHBPDDC) as multi-site phase-transfer catalyst (MPTC) has been investigated. The polymerization reaction were carried out under nitrogen atmosphere and unstirred condition at constant temperature 60+1°C in ethyl acetate/water biphasic medium. The effects of variation of monomer(AN), initiator(PDS) and catalyst(MPTC) solvent polarity and temperature on the rate of polymerisation (Rp) were ascertained. The order with respect to monomer(acrylonitrile) was found to be unity. The order with respect to initiator and catalyst was found to be 0.51, 0.48 respectively. However, an increase in the polarity of the solvent has slightly increased the rate of polymerization value (Rp). Based on the results obtained, a suitable kinetic mechanism scheme has been proposed to account for the experimental observations and its significance was discussed. The other thermodynamic parameters such as entropy of activation ((∆S#), enthalpy of activation (∆H#) and free energy of activation (∆G#) have been calculated.


Pectin methylesterase was purified from kiwi (Actinidia chinensis) and kaki fruit (Diospyros kaki). The pH values of the fruit homogenates were 3.5 and 6.2, respectively. The kiwi enzyme is localized in the cell wall and has a neutral-alkaline pI, whereas the kaki enzyme is localized in the soluble fraction and has a neutral-acidic pI. The molecular weights of the kiwi and kaki enzymes were 50 and 37 kDa, respectively. The two enzymes showed a similar salt and pH dependence of activity, and a different pH dependence of the inhibition by the kiwi proteinaceous inhibitor.


A person understands a sentence with a truth value, he is aware of what it means, provided he is aware of what proposition it expresses. This simple formula, although it requires considerable filling out, works reasonably well for sentences containing no indexical elements but seems not to work at all for sentences that do. Suppose Peter walks into a room and sees written on a blackboard the words "Je suis paresseux." We may assume that Peter knows enough French to know what "Je suis paresseux" means, he knows it means "I am lazy," but since, as we may assume further, he has no good idea of who produced it, he will have no good idea of what proposition it expresses. Anyone who knows both what proposition a sentence (not itself about language) expresses and all the relevant nonlinguistic facts that bear on its truth, ought to be able to assign it a truth value. Yet even if, for every person there is, Peter knows whether that person is lazy, he still will not be in a position to assign a truth value to "Je suis paresseux" because he is in the dark as to what proposition it expresses. Nevertheless, he understands it perfectly well. If it is not awareness of the proposition expressed, in what does Peter's understanding of "Je suis paresseux" consist? We might say, as several philosophers have, that Peter is aware of the sentence's character. He knows something such that if he also knew who authored the words before him, he would then know what proposition they express. But what is it that Peter knows when he knows a sentence's character just what item of knowledge is that? And how would such knowledge, combined with knowledge of a sentence's authorship, enable him to know what proposition it expresses?


Long-term effects of elevated carbon dioxide on respiration were investigated in Dactylis glomerata, Lolium perenne and Medicago sativa in controlled environment chambers, and in D. glaumerata and M. sativa in field plots. Plants were grown at 35 and 70 Pa carbon dioxide pressure. Dark carbon dioxide efflux rates were determined for whole plants during the first 40 d of growth in the controlled environment chambers, and for the ecosystems during the first year of growth in the field


Abstract : Work developed a tight integration between LOCATE's ability to track user activity and a new LOCATE Agent Network whose ultimate goal is to help ease the data entry burden for LOCATE users. A society of agents was created using the JATLite development environment and KQML communication protocols. An extension to this contract generalised the LOCATE work to the area of manning reduction on naval vessels. Agents conduct periodic searches of the Internet using the same search and filtering techniques. Future work on LOCATE will use retrieved information to extend LOCATE's internal, intelligent-aiding support for data entry. Future work on the Manning Agent Network will extend the functionality of its filtering agents and refine its search strategies.


The 16-item Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes About Sleep scale (DBAS-16) according to Morin et al. is a self-report questionnaire for assessing sleep-related cognitions. Studies confirm the reliability, validity, and clinical utility of the original English version. In the present article, the German version of the questionnaire, the "Meinungen-zum-Schlaf-Fragebogen" (MZS), and the first results regarding its psychometric properties are presented. In a sample of insomniacs and normal controls (n=301), the reliability of the MZS and three factor-analytically derived subscales (concerning beliefs in the long-term negative consequences of insomnia, beliefs in a biological causation of insomnia, and short-term effects of insomnia on everyday functioning) proved to be satisfactory, and evidence for their validity is reported. Furthermore, sleep-related cognitions showed differential relationships to established clinical measures. The results of the study suggest that the MZS is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing sleep-related cognitions.


This paper presents a new type of Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) pickup which directly regulates power in AC form, hence producing a controllable high-frequency AC source. The pickup has significant advantages in terms of increasing system efficiency, reducing pickup size and lowering production cost compared to traditional pickups that also produce a controlled AC output using complex AC-DC-AC conversion circuits. The new AC processing pickup employs switches operating under soft switching conditions to clamp parts of the resonant voltage across a parallel tuned LC resonant tank to achieve power regulation over a wide load range. A complete IPT system using the AC processing pickup is tested on a 500W lighting system and an efficiency of 96% is obtained when delivering 500W to multiple resistive light bulbs.


Samples of a black powdery residue material which appeared on the rails of a large-scale railgun system were analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. No copper content could be detected in the residue materials associated with nominally sliding contact or arc-driven test shots.


This paper presents a knowledge based modeling system that allows a manufacturing engineer who has very limited knowledge of simulation methodology to quickly and correctly, develop and run a simulation model of an automated guided vehicle system (AGVS). The modeling system is capable of guiding and assisting the engineer with a level of "expertise" comparable to a trained simulation specialist. The modeling support program is an automatic programming system, written in Turbo-Prolog which generates the computer code for the required model and experiment in the SIMAN simulation language.


The research seeks to characterize the cultural context of the peoples and
Indigenous nationalities in general until the characterization of the people
Panzaleo for an approach to your ancestral knowledge.
The context of international cooperation is then reviewed. To particularize in
The cooperation executed in the province of Cotopaxi. Such as those carried out by the Fund
Ecuadorian Populorium Progressio. With the Community Health Agents (ACS) and the
Agricultural work in the so-called Integrated Agricultural Production System
(SIPAs). It is also a question of showing the activities carried out by the International Plan in
The educational field with children in the community Cuturivi Grande; On the other hand is
The Holcim Foundation - Ecuador that works with communities that are located in the area
Of influence of the cement plant.
For this, the ancestral knowledge is analyzed from the international scope.
National and local levels from a leader perspective. Leaders and beneficiaries. Through
An interview of the life story realizes the impacts of heaven
Interventions. A synthesis of objectives is then performed. Political,
Guidelines and goals of the National Plan for Good Living 2009 - 2013 which give
Directionality to approach knowledge, knowledge. Technologies and demonstrations
Cultural activities. To end. Conclusions and possible actions to be implemented


The paper highlights the state and problems of the publishing environment related to technical sciences. The author analyzes the effectiveness of the application of impact factor and auxiliary bibliometric indicators to periodicals on technical sciences and comes to a conclusion that these indicators are not capable of resisting the attempts of manipulation and are often useless in revealing shady publishing practices and unscrupulous scientific journals. The paper substantiates the necessity of additional institutional measures of state regulation for the improvement of the publishing environment of technical sciences for increasing the productivity of researchers' activity. Among these measures the author proposes the additional criteria for inclusion scientific and technical periodicals into Higher Attestation Commission journal index (e.g. such index as the demand for a certain periodical), financial and reputational support of sectoral journals, organization of international scientific and technical sectoral journals under the support of joint ventures and international associations. These and other measures will facilitate the recovery of the publishing practices of applied and technical sciences through governmental regulation.


The current study was carried out on wedge grafting in Mango (Mangifera indica L.) cv. Dashehari during the2022-23 at the Fruit Research Station, Imaliya, Department of Horticulture, JNKVV Jabalpur. This research includes the use of many different plant growth regulators, ZnSo4, and growing conditions. The research was carried out using a statistical design known as Factorial Completely Randomized Design (FCRD).The primary objective of this study is to determine the influence that different scion dip treatments and growing conditions have on the physiological characteristics of the plant. According to the findings, among the various treatments, IAA 200 ppm + ZnSo4 500 ppm under shade net condition was proved superior with respect to maximum chlorophyll content index (27,18.5), leaf area duration (2720.67 cm2/day, 2,620.67 cm2/day), leaf area index (8.65,1035) and light transmission ratio (24.05,18.15) at 60 and 120 days after grafting (DAG). It was also noticed that scion dip treatments with IAA 200 ppm in combination with ZnSo4 500 ppm under the shade net condition were favorable as compared to the open condition.


Abstract In vivo Osteogenesis of Cultured Human Periosteal-derived Cells and Polydioxanone/Pluronic F127 Scaffold Bong-Wook Park, Jin-Ho Lee 1 , Se-Heang Oh 1 , Sang-June Kim 1 , Young-Sool Hah 2 , Ryoung-Hoon Jeon 3 , Geun-Ho Maeng 3 , Gyu-Jin Rho 3 , Jong-Ryoul Kim 4 , June-Ho Byun Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Gyeongsang Nation al University School of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Biomedical Center (B K21), 1 Department of Advanced Materials, College of Life Science and Nano Technology, Hannam University, 2 Clinical Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University Hos pital, 3 Department of Obstetrics/Theriogenology and Biotechnology, Coll ege of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, 4 Maxillofacial Center, On HospitalPurpose: The purpose of this study is to examine in vivo osteogenesis of cultured human periosteal-derived cells and poly-dioxanone/pluronic F127 scaffold. Methods: Two one-year-old miniature pigs were used in this study. 2×10


The acceptance by the courts of urban aesthetics as a legitimate area of governmental concern has not been matched with broad and vigorous public action in urban design. New philosophies of public aesthetics and more courageous design, decisions, and development are needed to deal with the peculiar problems and political attitudes of the great American city. For the broadest common good and maximum design achievement, aesthetic aims must be put to work with normal planning and development actions. The recent growth toward a public urbanism industry, in which planning and development are closely linked, gives promise of a versatile, specific connection between aesthetic wishes and their fulfill ment. The role of local government in "capital design" of public land, streets, and community facilities offers enormous opportunity and obligation.


During summer expeditions of r/v 'Oceania' to the Arctic Seas, the Arctic Front has been crossed and investigated each time since 1987. The 1993 cruise initiated more detailed investigations of this phenomenon. In the area delimited by longitudes 2 � 41 0 W and 3 � 05 0 E and latitudes 70 � 54 0 N and 72 � 32 0 N, five CTD transects were done with the CTD cast every 5 or 2 nm on each transect. The location and direction of the front have been defined. The geostrophic component of the general circulation shows good agreement with the earlier data: a strong current (up to 40 cm s −1 ) on the Atlantic side of the front, about zero velocity in the middle and a weak current (5–10 cm s −1 ) on the Arctic side of the front. The steepest horizontal gradients wereca 0.5 � C km −1 (temperature) and ca 0.04 psu km −1 (salinity). The data reveal the complicated structure of the front with its intrusions, meanders and gyres.


Three different approaches to the liquid chromatographic detection of nitro polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in air and diesel particulate extracts are presented, based on differential pulse (LCDPD) and amperometric (LCEC) electrochemical detection and fluorescence detection following online reduction to the amine (LCFI). The particulate extraction/fractionation procedure for each detection approach is discussed. The operational advantages of oxygen removal with a platinum oxygen scrubber (all three types of detection), the use of modulated pulse detection, and wavelength-programmed fluorescence detection are explored. 1-Nitropyrene is determined in Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1650 diesel particulate matter and in several other round robin samples by all three methods. Results are compared to those obtained by other techniques (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry) and by other laboratories (LCFI). Additionally, 2-nitrofluorene, 9-nitroanthracene, 7-nitrobenz(a)anthracene, and 6-nitrobenzo(a)pyrene are determined in SRM 1650 by LCFI. The detection limits for 1-nitropyrene (expressed as picograms) are 5200 (LCDPD), 60 (LCEC), and 10 (LCFI).


AIM:To establish HPLC fingerprint for controlling the quality of Rubus chingii Hu. METHODS: Analysis was performed on Alltech C_(18) column(250 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm)with a mixture of acetonitrile and water as mobile phase in gradient mode,flow rate was 1.0 mL/min,wavelength at 211 nm. RESULTS: There were 15 common peaks in the HPLC fingerprints of Rubus chingii Hu.The RSD of precision and reproducibility lay within 5%. CONCLUSION: The method has good sensitivity and repeatability.This chromatographic fingerprint method can be used to controll the quality of Rubus chingii Hu.


A tissue spectrophotometer (EMPHO II) working with 70 micrometer micro lightguide sensors enables recording of spectra in the visible wavelength range (500 - 630 nm). During an initial period arterial hypoxia and hyperoxia were induced on working dog heart by mechanical ventilation with oxygen fractions (fiO2) of 0.1 and 0.5. Under these conditions the effects of low and high fiO2 on oxygenation distribution of intracapillary hemoglobin were investigated. In the second part of the experiment the relation between systemic hematocrit, local hemoglobin concentration, local hemoglobin oxygenation and the oxygen regulation mechanism were studied in detail. In the final part of the experiment the effect of critical coronary stenosis on hb and hbO2 was measured. Critical stenosis was achieved by partial clamping of the left anterior coronary artery (LAD).


The success of the First World Congress for Plastic Surgeons of Chinese Descent in Beijing in 2008 has affirmed the potential of a productive association among plastic surgeons of Chinese descent from different regions of the globe and provided the impetus for a sequel: the Second World Congress, which was convened in Taipei, Taiwan, October 29 through 31, 2010. The Congress was hosted by the Department of Plastic Surgery at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH) under the chairmanship of Professor Fu-Chan Wei. The scientific program was organized by Professor David C. C. Chuang, Professor of the Department of Plastic Surgery at CGMH and Secretary General of the Congress. Professor Yilin Cao from China and Professor David T. W. Chiu from the United States served as Co-Chairmen of the Congress, and Professors Chiu-Hwa Lin, Ming-Ting Chen, Yuh-Chyuang Tsai, HsianJenn Wang, and Yu-Ray Chen from Taiwan served as Co–Honorary Chairmen. Six prominent plastic surgeons from CGMH—Drs. Lun-Jou Lo, ChienTzung Chen, Kuo-Ting Chen, Ming-Huei Cheng, Jui-Yung Yang, and Cheng-Jen Chang—served as Co–Deputy Secretary Generals. The Congress consisted of a 21⁄2-day scientific program, which was preceded by a 1-day pre-Congress live surgery. The pre-Congress live surgery, organized by Professor Chih-Hung Lin, Chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery at CGMH, took place on October 28, 2010. Surgical procedures were performed in four operating theaters and telecast simultaneously from CGMH in Linkou, Taipei. The operations were performed by a group of brilliant young faculty at CGMH. The procedures that were demonstrated included cleft lip repair, endoscope-assisted orbital fracture repair, deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap breast reconstruction, head and neck reconstruction with a free anterolateral thigh flap, and intralesional laser photocoagulation treatment of a vascular malformation. The four invited commentators were David T. W. Chiu, M.D., Kevin C. Chung, M.D., and Lee L. Q. Pu, M.D., from the United States; and Walter W. K. King, M.D., from Hong Kong (Fig. 1). Throughout their surgical demonstration, thoughtful discussion and exchange of comments took place, moderated by commentators. Remarkable refinement and innovative techniques were demonstrated in these lively sessions. The Congress began with a spirited opening ceremony on the morning of October 29, 2010 (Fig. 2). The well-orchestrated scientific program was both comprehensive and in-depth. The entire program was divided into 29 subspecialty-oriented sessions. Each scientific session began with a keynote lecture delineating the historical perspective and the state of the art of each specific topic, which was followed by free paper presentations and open discussion. A total of 30 keynote lectures and 260 free papers were presented (Tables 1 and 2). In addition to the oral presentations, 17 posters were also exhibited. The best poster award went to Dr. Ming-Huei Cheng's group at CGMH. The social program was congenial, colorful, and delicious. The evening before the beginning of the Congress, there was a dignified and cordial reception hosted by Professor Fu-Chan Wei and the faculties of CGMH. On the first night of the Congress, the participants were treated to a colorful festival and a delicious night tour. The faculty dinner was held From the Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California at Davis; the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine; and the Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Medical College of Chang Gung University. Received for publication January 5, 2011; accepted January 7, 2011. Copyright ©2011 by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons


Common problems in the lightning protection design are summarized through the checking of lightning protection design in recent years, which is great helpful for improving the later checking quality and efficiency of lightning protection design by aiming at the pre set targets.


FIELD: chemistry. SUBSTANCE: versions of the present invention can be implemented on-site an oil refinery or pulp and paper mill. Versions of the present invention may employ separate lignin or an entire solution of black liquor. EFFECT: invention reduces the content of oxygen and average molecular weight in lignin. 15 cl, 6 dwg


Results The presence of alkaloids, fats and oils, phenolic, and flavonoids was detected via the qualitative test which was confirmed from the result obtained from the GC-MS chromatogram of ethanolic leaves extract. The GC-MS chromatogram of the constituents analogous to the twenty peaks was analyzed as follows: dodecanoic acid (1.94%), 2-undecanone (3.42%), hexadecanoic acid (44.84%), oleic acid (7.45%), octadecanoic acid (8.41%), narcissidine (2.38%), 1-dotriacontanol (2.38%), α-sitosterol (2.02%), and lupeol (1.42%). The total phenolics and flavonoids of 118 and 23.3702 mg/g were analyzed in the leaves extract. The leave extract exhibited inhibitory activity of 73.49% against free radicals which could lead to inflammation. The extracts and chloroquine-treated groups showed significant decrease in percentage parasitaemia with pronounced activity observed in chloroquine groups. Conclusion The curative and scavenging potencies of studied plant could be attributed to the metabolites analyzed and could guide the formulation of new pharmacophores against malaria infections and inflammations.


The present document aims at the reflecting the important role that green financing should fulfill as the cornerstone of sustainable development. Due...


This paper presents the design and the development of an EOD robot, with MVP characteristics. The design is based on a solid base structure with an arm manipulator attached to the base. The overall dimensions of the robot are 590x860x340 mm and it weighs 55kg. The robot is capable of towing heavy objects as well as lifting sensitive objects. The robot has a maximum horizontal reach of 1400 mm and a vertical reach of 1200 mm. The robot is tested according to guidelines developed in the U.S.A., as much as the conditions allowed. Briefly, the results can be summarized as follows: the setup time for the robot is 10 minutes, it can reach speeds up to 8 km/h, it has a towing capacity of 40kg and the maximum communication reach is 20 meters. Among successful tests, the weaknesses were also found which act as a guide for future designs and developments. These weaknesses are what MVP concepts are actually developed for.


This study aimed to characterize the pregnant women' sexuality. Cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive study, developed with 108 women in a Health Center in Fortaleza-CE, from November/2008 to March/2009, using form for data collection. The study complied with the ethical standards of research with humans. It is noteworthy that 43,5% of women received during prenatal any information about sexuality, 86,1% reported sexual intercourse during pregnancy, 58,3% of the men looked for them at the same frequency of before the pregnancy. As for the desire and sexual satisfaction, most of these reported a decrease in pregnancy. It was noted as factors affecting sexuality in pregnancy: nausea, back pain, fear of hurting the baby and cause miscarriage, showing a lack of clarification of these women and the importance of proper monitoring by health professionals. So part of women attended in prenatal care does not exercise their sexuality fully, what makes us reflect on the importance of sexual health promotion during prenatal care. Descriptors: Sexuality; Sexual behavior; Pregnancy; Nursing; Prenatal care.


To solve the polynomial equation f(z)=0, this paper proposes a modified Weierstrass iteration and investigates its convergence and initial condition. It proves that the convergence has order 3 under the initial condition, and that the initial condition only depends on the initial point.


This article examines the advantages of sourcing from China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Mexico for U.S. apparel imports. The factors which have contributed to apparel sourcing of U.S. apparel imports are discussed and include labor costs, tariffs, product quality, lead time, and exchange rates from the four countries between 1974 and 1994. Labor costs, tariffs, and exchange rates were found to be significant indicators in U.S. apparel sourcing, but product quality and lead time were not significant. These findings provide U.S. importers and retailers with important information to be taken into consideration when evaluating outsourcing options.


As we, staff and faculty alike, undertake the job of transforming our colleges and universities into learning-centered institutions, what can we use to guide our efforts? How can we move beyond our separate areas of expertise to cultivate a shared vision of what learning is and the best ways to make it happen? The author, who recently chaired a national task force on collaboration, provides some answers.


We present a case of a 70-year-old man with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with second-line everolimus after rapid progression on first-line tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in whom a side effect of the therapy occurred in the form of a drug-induced interstitial lung disease. We also provide a review of the literature concerning opinions on incidence, clinical picture, consequences and management of the complication discussed.


Many schools implement random student drug testing (RSDT) programs as a drug prevention strategy. This study analyzes self-report surveys of students in eight secondary schools with well-established RSDT programs, comparing students who understood they were subject to testing and students who understood they were not subject to testing. Students subject to testing reported significantly less marijuana and other illegal drug use than students in the same schools who were not subject to testing, and also had more positive attitudes toward testing. Alcohol use, which was not tested for in seven of the eight schools, did not differ between groups. This study provides evidence that awareness of eligibility for drug testing in schools with well-established RSDT programs is associated with lower rates of drug use.


Aesthetic education has three special functions in the quality education of colleges and universities: advocating humanity,seeking for truth and cultivating virtue.There is a close correlation between the aesthetic education and moral education,and just because the former one has such unique characteristics in moral education as visualization,sensibility,joviality, diversity and subtle influence,its unique functions cannot be replaced by any other education.


Abstract The tendency of GPs to cap the number of counselling sessions offered to their patients in primary care has led to an ongoing debate about the effectiveness of time-limited counselling and brief therapy models. the advantages and disadvantages of brief as opposed to open-ended models of counselling in primary care need to be considered from the point of view of the client, the counsellor and the GP. Given that outcome research shows no difference between the two methods, a cost-benefit analysis would indicate that, for the majority of cases, time-limited counselling works very well. But there is still a minority of clients who do need open-ended therapy, and their needs are not being served by the present NHS system. Counsellors should therefore not be debating for either brief or open-ended style in primary care, but should be organizing themselves into expanding the service to give GPs the choice of both approaches.


Library generators like ATLAS generate high-performance BLAS by performing a global, empirical search over the space of parameter values. ATLAS generates programs based on the parameter values it finds, and evaluates the best one based on actual hardware performance. Yotov et al [8] replace the global search with an analytical model and get comparable performance. As such, the model-driven approach requires considerably less work to generate the BLAS. The tradeoff is that hand-built models require a deep understanding of both computer architectures and the algorithm involved, and can take years to conceive. We propose replacing the ATLAS search engine with a machine learning model. The advantages of this approach being: (1) unlike ATLAS, the machine learning model requires minimal domain knowledge, (2) for one of our approaches, we obtain a model based on the parameter space instead of an optimal string of parameter values similar to Yotov et al [8]. Our approach can be extended to other library generators (e.g., FFTW) as well as new problems, with minimal effort.


Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising photocatalytic materials due to their high surface area and tuneability of their electronic structure. We discuss here how to engineer the band structures and optical properties of a family of two-dimensional porphyrin-based MOFs, consisting of M-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin structures (M-TCPP, where M = Zn or Co) and metal (Co, Ni, Cu or Zn) paddlewheel clusters, with the aim of optimising their photocatalytic behaviour in solar fuel synthesis reactions (water-splitting and/or CO2 reduction). Based on density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT simulations with a hybrid functional, we studied three types of composition/structural modifications: (a) varying the metal centre at the paddlewheel or at the porphyrin centre to modify the band alignment; (b) partially reducing the porphyrin unit to chlorin, which leads to stronger absorption of visible light; and (c) substituting the benzene bridging between the porphyrin and paddlewheel, by ethyne or butadiyne bridges, with the aim of modifying the linker to metal charge transfer behaviour. Our work offers new insights on how to improve the photocatalytic behaviour of porphyrin- and paddlewheel-based MOFs.


'Ritual' and 'magic' are elusive concepts with long and complicated histories in academic discourse (Styers 2004; Otto & Stausberg 2013). One could easily get lost in a thicket of semantic and theoretical problems when combining the two to talk about 'ritual magic'. It is, therefore, crucial to stipulate from the outset that 'ritual magic' here refers to a historically specifi c constellation of texts and practices, and their receptions, reinterpretations, and transformations. We are not here discussing 'magic' as a cross-cultural type, embedded in (or supporting) 'ritualized' behavior, which would require the scope to be truly global. Instead, we will focus on 'ritual magic' as a (largely) emic designation for certain forms of practice in the context of modern Western esotericism. (Hence, all fi gures, practices, and representations mentioned in this article recognize themselves as 'magicians' and their practices as ritual or ceremonial 'magic,' although, as we shall see, the understandings of what that implies may vary dramatically.) Thus contemporary ritual magic refers to a set of cultural phenomena that are historically related to this historiographical category. This chapter probes the variety of contemporary ritual magic, and explores how changing conditions in society, technology, media, and economy have infl uenced the practice of ritual magic in contemporary esotericism.


A substitution group G of degree n is said to be r-fold transitive if each of the n(n1) * (n-r+1) permutations of its n letters taken r at a time is represented by at least one substitution of G. It is not sufficient to say that each of its possible sets of r letters is transformed into every one of these sets by the substitutions of G. For instance, in each of the semi-metacyclic groups of degree p, p being a prime number of the form 4n+3, every possible pair of its letters is transformed into every other such pair by the substitutions of the group and yet these groups are only simply transitive. Another well known definition of an r-fold transitive group of degree n is that this group contains a transitive subgroup of each of the degrees n, n-i, **, nr+ 1. It is obvious that these two definitions are equivalent and that if a group is r-fold transitive it is also (ra)-fold transitive, where a is a positive integer 1, is that it contain a doubly transitive group of degree n r + 2. This may have to coincide with the group itself if the group is only doubly transitive. To prove that such a group G must contain a triply transitive group of degree n r + 3, whenever r>2 it is only necessary to note that G involves a substitution which transforms at least one letter of the doubly transitive group of degree n-r+2 into a letter of this group while it transforms another letter of this group into a letter not involved therein since G is primitive. Hence G involves at least two primitive subgroups of degree n-r+2 which have at least one common letter but do not have all their letters in common. It must therefore involve two such primitive groups which have all except one letter of each in common. These two groups obviously generate a triply transitive group since they themselves are doubly transitive. When r>3 we may repeat this argument and prove the existence in G of a four-fold transitive group of degree n-r+4, etc. It must therefore contain a transitive group of each of the degrees n, n-1, *, n-r+ 1.


PurposeThis paper studies the critical factors from the perspectives of technological quality, personal compatibility and organisational commitment using the technological adoption framework (TAF). The proposed TAF studies the critical factors that influence the intention to use building information modelling (BIM) taking into consideration of the "Perceived Ease of Use (PEU)" and "Perceive Usefulness (PU)."Design/methodology/approachThe proposed study is a quantitative research study using the TAF model and the statistical analysis using "Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM)." The questionnaires are developed based on the literature review study and disseminated to the stakeholders in the Malaysian construction industry, including consultants, contractors, and clients. The data collected are analysed using PLS-SEM to identify the correlation between the critical factors influencing BIM adoption and the moderation influence of the PEU and PU towards the "Intention to Use (IU)" BIM.FindingsThe data collected from 185 construction industry stakeholders in Malaysia was utilised to develop the structural equation model. The measurement model was analysed in terms of composite reliability, discriminant validity, and collinearity issues. Subsequently, the SEM is analysed, and the findings on the hypothesis on the correlation between the critical factors and the intention to use BIM are examined. The study also examines the mediation effects of the PEU and PU towards the BIM adoption in the Malaysian construction industry.Originality/valueThis research conceptual framework, TAF, is derived from the integration of the existing underpinning theories of the technological adoption model and the technology–organisation–environment framework. This new TAF can be used for the study of new technology adoption. This cross-sectional research study is in line with the "Construction 4.0 Strategic Plan" in Malaysia to establish the current BIM adoption scenario and formulate the framework to promote incentives to promote BIM adoption.


Authors' objectives The aim of this review was to assess the evidence on the use of computer-aided detection (CAD) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast by comparing the sensitivity, specificity, and recall rate1 of MRI with and without the use of commercially available CAD systems in detecting malignant lesions, evaluating the extent of disease in women with cancer, or gauging the impact of treatment.


Analyzes the control strategy for wattless voltage in substation based on nine-zone diagram,points out the problems existing in control strategy and corresponding improvement measures.


A state's territory is 'that defined portion of the globe which is subjected to the sovereignty of' that state (Robert Jennings & Arthur Watts (eds) Oppenheim's International Law 9 ed (1992) vol I at 563 (hereafter Oppenheim's International Law)). In that space, the state has the power 'to exercise supreme authority over all persons and things', subject to the restrictions placed by international law (Oppenheim's International Law 382 and 564). The use of the term 'territory' does not create any difficulty as long as the portion of the globe subjected to a state's sovereignty consists exclusively of land. This is because the primary meaning of the term 'territory' is 'land under the control of a ruler, State, or city etc' (Oxford Paperback Dictionary (1988) 845. The etymology of the word is 'unsettled', but it is 'usually taken as a deriv[ative] of terra earth, land' (Oxford English Dictionary (1933) vol XI at 215)).


The Network lifetime is an important factor in WSN. This paper proposes a hybrid mechanism called ―SUBCLUST‖ that combines clustering and subset formation. It is observed that randomization while dividing the subsets is not an efficient method to improve the lifetime of WSN. Hence in the proposed scheme during subset formation each sensor's coverage area is assumed to overlap with other sensor. The one with the least area of overlapping is added to the subset to which the current sensor belongs. This process continues until all the sensors are allotted to a particular subset. In order to minimize the energy consumption, scheduling is done in such a way that only one subset of nodes which covers the entire network will remain active at a time and making the remaining subset of nodes to get deactivated. Each subset will be activated one after another to ensure that no event is gone unnoticed. The proposed scheme also uses ARN (Active Routing Nodes) for packet forwarding which minimizes handoff while subset switching occurs. The proposed novel hybrid scheme has been validated using simulation studies and it is observed that the proposed scheme gives better performance than the existing work in terms of network lifetime, network coverage intensity, energy utilization and detection probability.


Abstract Fashion companies are faced with more severe competition with the emergence of new types of retail formats. Retailers are coming up with new shopping values to maximize their profits and benefits of customers. The aim of this study was to study shopping values and analyze differences in store selection criteria and store visits among. The respondents were males and females with ages ranging from the 20's to the 40's, residing in Seoul and the Gyeonggi area. Data were collected via both online and offline. Data from 427 respondents were analyzed using SPSS 17.0. Results indicated that there were three categories including hedonic, informative, and reliable shopping values from the factors for clothing shopping values. They form three types of consumer groups such as active, passive-reliable, and hedonic-informative shopping value groups. These three groups were different in terms of demographic characteristics. For the factor influencing store preference, the range of product selection and customer service were the two significant features that showed substantial differences in the shopping value groups store's atmosphere, salespeople, convenient location, price, and brand store did not have significant differences across groups. Retailers of each fashion retail formats have to consider consumers shopping values for their retail decision makings.Keywords: shopping value(쇼핑가치), store selection criteria(점포선택기준), fashion store visits(패션점포 방문)


and MIT CSIAL (USA). This research proposes a network where data exchange is performed by connecting, both optically and acoustically, previously deployed static nodes and mobile (AUVs) vehicles, so that the characteristics of the two communication strategies can be exploited. Each device is provided with an optical modem, which can perform a transmission up to 300 kb/s in a range below 8 meters. This approach clearly shows that the use of an optical communication system allows for a considerable reduction in terms of energy consumption with respect to a multi-hop acoustic transmission and a resulting increase of operational life of the system. Moreover, considering this work, the use of optical modems instead of acoustic ones for short range communications leads to a remarkable reduction of costs, since the cost of an optical modem is of the order of $50 node against approximately $3000 node of an acoustic modem.In(Itoet al., 2008a) is illustrated a careful analysis by modeling the underwater channel based on underwater optics. Through this analysis, it is showed that a single color LED is very weak in a wavelength dependent underwater channel and, to overcome this problem, a multi-wavelength adaptive scheme combined with rate adaptive transmission is proposed taking inspiration from already developed algorithms. The proposed system can adapt to the channel by considering the change in power for each wavelength band, and controlling the data rate. Laser error-free


In this article the synthesis of Comb polycarboxylate superplasticizer,along with its high dispersion properties applied in cement was introduced.In accordance with the molecular chain of connectivity options,Comb polycarboxylate superplasticizer could be divided into two categories,methyl acrylic copolymer and maleic anhydride copolymer.Macromonomer was the main component for synthesis of Comb polycarboxylate superplasticizer.The preparation,preparation and polymerization of macromonomer were described.On the basis of comprehensive research results at home and abroad,the relations between the molecular structure and the properties of polycarboxylate concrete superplasticizer,test methods and characterization of the superplasticizer,cement particles dispersed mechanism were reviewed.


Chickpea is affected by many diseases, among which Fusarium wilt ( Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri ) is the most important disease which causes yield losses up to 77-94%. In present investigation tests were carried out for the management of fusarium wilt using botanicals, organic amendments, bio-agent and a fungicide (treated check). Treatments were evaluated in-vitro and in-vivo in plants against fusarium wilt and readings were taken at 30, 60 and 90 DAS for growth parameters and the percentage of disease incidence were calculated. Among the treatments, soil application with Trichoderma viride were found most effective in the percentage of disease control in chickpea. Followed by Neem cake as compared to Carbendazim (treated check) and control. The maximum plant height, dry shoot weight, dry root weight and yield were found in Trichoderma viride treated plants as well as. Thus, fusarium wilt could be managed by the integrated of various approach like, soil application of bio-agent and


Sodium formate solutions, received as minor products in pentaerythritol or chloroform manufacturing, find demand only during winter time. Processing of these solutions into alkali and alkaline-earth metals formates which find a ready market is in great interest. The solubility in the ternarywater-salt HCOONa-NaAn-H 2 O systems, where An – – carbonate, hydrocarbonate, sulfate, chloride and nitrate, was first studied at 25°C in the development of conversion methods of alkali and alkaline-earth metal formates production.


The goal of the study is to evaluate the treatment programme of the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre. Overall the evaluation reflects a positive picture of the services offered by the Centre. The study commenced in January 2000. Respondent acquisition commenced on the 1 st April 2000 and was completed 31 st December 2000. All clients that were assessed during this period formed the study population. The sample was selected from the population using convenience sampling. Three follow-up interview schedules were conducted at six weeks, three months and six months post assessment. This study was explorative in nature and has shown the treatment programme offered by the CTDCC to be effective in terms of abstinence. Respondents favoured longer attendance in the treatment programme. The treatment option combination of individual therapy, motivational groups, and aromatherapy treatment sessions produced the highest rate of respondents who were abstinent at six months post assessment. The relationship between treatment and its effect on drug related criminal activity was briefly investigated. Also investigated were additional measures of treatment efficacy; and the relationship between treatment and shifts in the respondents employment status over the period of the study. Conclusions and recommendations affecting the treatment programme were made. The goal of the study, that is, to evaluate the treatment programme, was achieved satisfactorily. III Un ive rsi ty of Ca pe To wn


Table of Contents Preface Moving Beyond Hypotheses: A Call for Theories and Evidence Andrew W. Zimmerman I. Molecular and Clinical Genetics Chapter 1 ENGRAILED2 and Cerebellar Development in the Pathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorders Ian T. Rossman and Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom Chapter 2 Teratogenic Alleles in Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders William G. Johnson, Madhura Sreenath, Steven Buyske and Edward S. Stenroos Chapter 3 Cholesterol Deficit in Autism: Insights from Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome Alka Aneja and Elaine Tierney Chapter 4 Autism in Genetic Intellectual Disability: Insight into the Bases and Features of Idiopathic Autism Walter E. Kaufmann, George T. Capone, Megan Clarke and Dejan B. Budimirovic II. Neurotransmitters and Cell Signaling Chapter 5 Serotonin Dysfunction in Autism Mary E. Blue, Michael V. Johnston, Carolyn Boylan Moloney and Christine F. Hohmann Chapter 6 Excitotoxicity in Autism: The Role of Glutamate in Pathogenesis and Treatment Martin Evers and Eric Hollander Chapter 7 Prenatal Beta 2 Adrenergic Receptor Signaling and Autism: Dysmaturation and Retained Fetal Function Susan L. Connors IV. Endocrinology, Growth and Metabolism Chapter 8 A role for fetal testosterone in human sex differences: Implications for Understanding autism Bonnie Auyeung and Simon Baron-Cohen Chapter 9 Interaction between Genetic Vulnerability and Neurosteroids in Purkinje cells as a Possible Neurobiological Mechanism in Autism Spectrum Disorders Flavio Keller, Roger Panteri, Filippo Biamonte Chapter 10 Insulin-like growth factors: Neurobiological regulators of brain growth in autism? Raili Riikonen Chapter 11 Oxidative Stress and the Metabolic Pathology of Autism S. Jill James V. Immunology, Maternal-Fetal Interaction and Neuroinflammation Chapter 12 The Immune System in Autism: is there a Connection? Luke Heuer, Paul Ashwood and Judy Van de Water Chapter 13 Maternal Immune Activation, Cytokines and Autism Paul H. Patterson, Wensi Xu, Stephen E. P. Smith and Benjamin E. Deverman Chapter 14 Maternal Antibodies and the Placental-Fetal IgG Transfer Theory Christina M. Morris, Mikhail Pletnikov, Andrew W. Zimmerman, and Harvey S. Singer Chapter 15 Can Neuroinflammation Influence the Development of Autism Spectrum Disorders? Carlos A. Pardo-Villamizar VI. Neuroanatomy and Neural networks Chapter 16 The Significance of Minicolumnar Size Variability in Autism: A Perspective from Comparative Anatomy Manuel F. Casanova Chapter 17 Imaging evidence for pathological brain development in Autism Spectrum Disorders Stephen R Dager, Seth D Friedman, Helen Petropoulos and Dennis WW Shaw Chapter 18 Information Processing, Neural Connectivity, and Neuronal Organization Nancy J. Minshew, Diane L. Williams, a


Sidebands are observed at 72 GHz off an optical carrier at 633 nm. The laser beam is phase modulated in a LiNbO3 crystal which is exposed to a mm‐wave field inside a Fabry–Perot resonator. Under optimum phase‐matching conditions we obtain a modulation index of 5% derived from 200 mW microwave power. Phase matching is obtained by guiding the light beam on a zig‐zag path under internal total reflections. For this unconventional type of phase matching, the optical wave fronts travel at twice the speed of the modulating wave along the resonator axis.


In this action research study of my classroom of 7 grade mathematics, I investigated whether the use of decoding would increase the students' ability to problem solve. I discovered that knowing how to decode a word problem is only one facet of being a successful problem solver. I also discovered that confidence, effective instruction, and practice have an impact on improving problem solving skills. Because of this research, I plan to alter my problem solving guide that will enable it to be used by any classroom teacher. I also plan to keep adding to my math problem solving clue words and share with others. My hope is that I will be able to explain my project to math teachers in my district to make them aware of the importance of knowing the steps to solve a word problem.


The bio-hydrogen generation potential of sugar-beet processing wastes (sugar-beet processing wastewater and beet-pulp) through dark fermentation was investigated in this study. To this purpose, the bio-hydrogen production from only beet-pulp and co-digestion of beet-pulp and sugar-beet processing wastewater at high COD values were tested. The results of this study revealed that the reactor fed by 20 g/L COD beet-pulp provided the highest bio-hydrogen production yield (95.6 mL H2 /g COD) and bio-hydrogen production efficiency of beet-pulp is higher than co-digestion of beet-pulp and sugar-beet processing wastewater.


Abstract Inclusion of prebiotic compounds as indigestible dietary fiber in wheat bread has grown rapidly considering the increased public awareness about their impact on health. However, through their incorporation, the technological characteristics may adversely be influenced by gluten dilution impacts. This study was done to evaluate the impacts of long chain, native and short chain inulin (L‐, N‐, and S‐type inulin, respectively) at 8%, 10%, 12%, 14%, and 16% w/w as Inulin Reconstituted Wheat Flour (IRWF) with similar gluten: carbohydrate ratio of wheat flour (at 10%, 12.5%, 15%, 17.5%, 20% w/w) on technological and nutritional value of wheat bread. Results indicated that despite no gluten dilution induced by IRWF supplementation, technological characteristics were adversely influenced especially at higher substitution level of L‐type‐containing formulations which is attributed to their higher water absorption index (WAI). Reversely, the nutritional value was positively influenced in which the lowest hydrolysis index (26.64%); predicted Glycemic Index (51.93%) and fructan loss content (25.42%) were found at L‐type inulin‐containing IRWF at the highest substitution level (20% w/w). As the nutritional value of wheat bread as staple foodstuff is important, optimizing the bread‐making process to decrease all reverse impacts induced by L‐inulin‐type inclusion seems to be required.


Objective To investigate the influence of green tea polyphenols(GTPs) on caveolin-1(Cav-1) expression in bovine endothelial cells in the level of cell and molecular initially.Methods In vitro,primary cultured bovine artery endothelial cells(BAECs) were treated with 4 μg/ml GTPs for 0,4,8,12,16 and 24 hours,respectively.After protein and RNA extracted from treated cells,the Cav-1 protein and mRNA levels were detected by Westem Blot and RT-PCR methods.Results After BAECs co-incubated with 4 μg/ml GTPs for 4 hours,the expression of Cav-1 protein and mRNA decreased.The down-regulation effect of GTPs can maintain 4 hours and protein and mRNA expression of Cav-1 regained to normal level after 8 hours.Conclusion GTPs can decrease the protein and mRNA expression of Cav-1 in endothelial cells,and the influence of GTPs may be chronergy.It may be the molecular mechanism of tea amelioration endothelial function and prevention CVD.


The power load forecast is an important research problem in power field.It has an important application value in ensuring systems working in safe mode and realizing the economy of power and the maximum benefit on this condition.For researching the power load forecast,we mainly use the way of data mining and data analysis,It is the classical theory and method in automation field,so it is one of the important research problems in automation field.This paper introduces the short-term load forecast technology for industry enterprise's customer.It is compared with the short-term load forecast technology for the electric power producer,power plant,which is researched widely now.The example is from a large steel enterprise.


Everyday large volumes of data are produced. Millions of users share and dissipate most up-to-date information on twitter. Traditional text mining suffers severely from short and noisy nature of tweets. Event detection from twitter data has many new challenges when compared to event detection from traditional media. Noisy nature and limited length are the challenges imposed by twitter data. Event detection performance on twitter is negatively affected by nature of tweets. This paper proposes SegAnalysis framework to tackle these challenges. It performs tweet segmentation, event detection and sentiment analysis. Tweet segmentation is performed in a batch mode using POS (part of speech) tagger on recent online tweets fetched by the user. Segmentation of a tweet preserves the named entities and its stickiness score is calculated. Naïve Bayes classification and online clustering detect events. These events improve situational awareness and decision support. Sentiment analysis categorizes tweets as positive, negative and neutral depending on sentiment score of a tweet. SegAnalysis framework can be extended to deal with events belonging to multiple clusters.


Epizootiological monitoring studies on parasitoses of domestic ruminants indicate that one of the most common causes of nematodes of the digestive tract in large and small cattle are helminths of the genus Trichuris. Those helminths develop directly – without intermediate hosts, and their embryonic stages became invasive in the environment under favorable conditions. The eggs of those parasites are incredibly resistant and can be infective for a long time contaminating environmental objects. So, to improve the parasitological situation in livestock farms, we have to look for the most effective methods of disinfestation of environmental objects. This study aimed to establish the ovicidal effect of the modern disinfectant "Arquadez-plus" on eggs of nematodes Trichuris skrjabini parasitizing sheep. This product's high level of ovicidal efficiency was seen in experimental cultures of nematodes' eggs at 1.5 % concentration and 60 min exposure (94.2 %) and 2.0 % concentration and 10–60 min exposure (98.3–100.0 %). The ovicidal effect of "Arquadez-plus" on eggs of T. skrjabini was seen as a cessation of development; shrinking embryo plugs destruction, the release of underdeveloped larvae from eggs, and their death. During the use of this disinfectant, the changes in morphometric data of Trichuris eggs in test cultures were noticeable. At the most effective disinfectant concentrations and exposures, the dimensions of eggs were changed significantly: length smaller by 3.8–3.9 % (71.9–72.0 μm) and width more significant by 5.0–5.2 % (34.9–35.0 μm) as compared to those parameters in control (74.8 and 33.2 μm). This is evidence of the violations in nematodes' egg development. The data obtained allow us to recommend the disinfectant of domestic production, "Arquadez-plus", for effectively controlling and preventing trichurosis in sheep on livestock farms.


In the study of medical genetics it is difficult for clinicians to penetrate the boundaries of theoretical genetics andfor geneticists to understand fully the requirements of clinical practice. In recognising the importance of interaction between genetics and clinical medicine the editors have aimed to produce a textbook of human genetics which will improve communications between the two disciplines. They have selected authors with expertise in biochemistry, embryology, cytology, immunology, and statistics to describe important developments in the genetic field, and have themselves each devoted a chapter to the application of human genetics in the community at large and in disease. The result is a very stimulating book which provides a substantial framework for further study and advances in clinical genetics. It will be useful to both clinicians and students of human genetics and should succeed in the aim of encouraging interaction at the boundaries of the two specialties. Some chapters from specialists are notably useful. The chapters on population genetics and on quantitative inheritance are so simply and clearly expressed that clinical readers will surely be encouraged to think more boldly than usual about the quantitative contribution of inherited characteristics. Inevitably with several authors contributing chapters on closely related subjects there is some overlap and some artificial separation of information. The chapter on biochemical variation, dealing with a large subject, seems to touch rather lightly on biochemical syndromes, and there is some repetition in the chapters on developmental genetics and somatic cell genetics. The layout of the book is consistent, with clear chapter headings and a bibliography which is divided conveniently into references and suggestions for further reading. There is a useful glossary. A serious discouragement to buying this book is the price. It is regrettable that the publishers are now charging £9 75 for 524 pages in paperback.


Today Reversible data hiding is latest research area in the field of secret data hiding technique. Data hiding is a technique in which conceal secret data is hidden in some cover image like video, audio, movie, file, and image. Data hiding popularly used in medical and military application. This paper covers many hiding and compression techniques like vector quantization (VQ), side match vector quantization (SMVQ), histogram shifting technique, locally adaptive data compression technique but main focus in this paper is on side match vector quantization.


A includes a laminate type electrode group, the electrode capable of constituting a good nonaqueous secondary battery productivity high capacity, a method of manufacturing the same, and a non-aqueous having a stacked electrode group having the electrode to provide a secondary battery. And A body part, in plan view, has a current collecting tab portion projecting from the body portion, the body portion, the electrode mixture layer containing an electrode active material on one or both sides of the current collector There are formed, in the current collecting tab portion and then current collector not the electrode mixture layer is formed on the current collector is exposed, the electrode mixture layer, the boundary between the exposed portion of the collector and the side in the partial, the angle between the surface in contact with the current collector in the electrode mixture layer, and a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode is less than 45 ° or 90 °, the positive and / or negative electrode, the present invention by a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode, to solve the above problems. Non-aqueous secondary battery electrode of the present invention can be prepared by the present invention method for forming an electrode mixture layer using a mold side surface of the hole is inclined. .FIELD 1


Background Vitiligo is a common, acquired, often familial, melanocytopenic disorder with focal depigmentation of the skin. There are several new treatments, that appear to have higher success rates than previous therapies for the treatment of vitiligo. Among these, the most promising one appears to be narrow‐band UV‐B therapy.