Serpentinite is formed by hydration reaction of mantle peridotite. Its significant distribution in mantle wedge is inferred from geophysical observations. Alignment of serpentine crystals under anisotropic stress changes fluid pathways and, therefore, could have controls on direction and velocity of fluid migration. Understanding of such self-organizing processes of structural formation is very important to gain a dynamic image of fluid processes and hydration in mantle wedge. However, kinetic parameters for these processes in deep subduction zones are almost unknown.


1. Stevens–Johnson syndrome associated with carbamazepine therapy in psychiatric patients in Indonesia. Riza R. D. Sulistyo,; (1) Department of Pharmacy, Dr Radjiman Wediodiningrat Mental Hospital Lawang Malang Indonesia, Malang, Indonesia OBJECTIVE: This study is aimed to investigate the incidence rate of Stevens–Johnson syndrome associated with carbamazepine therapy in psychiatric patients in Indonesia. METHODS: 320 inpatients data that received carbamazepine therapy from 2011 to 2012 was obtained. Incidence of Stevens– Johnson syndrome was rated by obtaining information from patients medical records. RESULTS: The result of this study shows that from 320 patients, age range from 23 to 70 years old (mean = 2.93 years old), male 167 patients (52.30%), female 153 patients (47.70%), four patients (1.25%), two male and two female has experienced Stevens–Johnson syndrome. The onset of carbamazepine-induced Stevens–Johnson's Syndrome is range from 1 to 5 days (mean = 4 days) since first therapy with carbamazepine. CONCLUSION: Stevens–Johnson syndrome associated with carbamazepine therapy in psychiatric patients in Indonesia remain high. This need follow up for preventing this fatal side effect (genotyping test) when carbamazepine is still play as important medicine in psychiatric patients in.


From physical model test,two important indexes of Cuijiaying Hydro-junction Project,the normal pool level and the maximum navigable discharge,are obtained.The layout of discharging sluices of the first design layout is modified.And the commendatory plan is proposed.


The European Parliament Directive 2007/60/EC on the assessment and management of flood risks defines that the states shall prepare flood hazard maps at the most appropriate scale, for the areas with potential significant flood risks. Flood modelling requires several types of input data like topographic data and friction coefficient values. These are considered to be the key data sets for flow drainage and flood modelling in urban areas. The Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) or LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) is one technique used to obtain the topographic data of flood areas and cross sections of a river. This data source can be used to produce highresolution Digital Terrain Model (DTM). The integration of DTM generated from laser scanning altimetry into flood modelling is yet a research topic, because the LiDAR data require a considerable pre-processing effort before their use within hydraulic modelling. Furthermore, it is also necessary to determine the optimal spatial resolution and the most adequate gridding method. The topographical complexity of urban areas and the computational restrictions of high-resolution grids require a compromise between terrain detail representation and model runtime. The integration of airborne laser scanning altimetry data, high-resolution multispectral images and large scale cartography provide, in urban environments, accurate geographic database of the land cover, as well as information about objects such as height of the vegetation and the buildings. These data may be provided in a wide range of spatial resolutions and present the possibility of developing methods for generating automatically spatially-distributed friction coefficients. Surface friction affects the movement of the flood wave and, particularly, the timing of inundation across the floodplain. Very few studies on urban flood modelling have used spatially-distributed friction coefficients. The main reason for the lack of research work on this area is that the selection of appropriate friction coefficients is difficult and the assessment of results complicated. It is recognised that floodplain friction coefficients have impact on the uncertainty of the produced inundation maps and on the flood model sensitivity. The information about floodplain outline provided by aerial photography and satellite image are an important source of validation data. Uncertainty occurs at all levels in the modelling process, and propagates through the final model predictions. Therefore, it is also necessary to evaluate the uncertainty. The sources of uncertainty in model predictions are the uncertainty in input data and the uncertainty caused by domain discretisation (spatial resolution). This paper will present the characterization of different techniques in flood inundation modelling in urban environments under the point of view of the data source (resolution and precision).


Stress‐strain data were determined on an unfilled styrene‐butadiene rubber vulcanizate in equal biaxial tension (EBT) at deformations up to rupture. Tests were made at temperatures from −43° to 90°C and at extension rates from 0.15 to 4 min−1. The data are represented in terms of a time‐ and temperature‐independent function, Ω(χ), the reduced modulus, T0F(t/aT)/T, and the maximum extensibility, λm(t/aT), the latter two quantities being functions of the temperature‐reduced time, t/aT. The function Ω(χ) gives the stress‐strain relationship for the material in a reference state for which the modulus is unity and λm=λm0, the equilibrium value. The maximum extensibility equals the extension ratio at which the slope of a stress‐strain curve from isochronal data becomes infinite; it cannot be measured directly because rupture always occurs at an extension less than λm. Data from extensive tests in simple tension (ST) have been reported previously, as well as data in pure shear (constrained biaxial tension, CBT) ...


This contribution provides an annotated list of taxa named after Queen Astrid and King Leopold III of Belgium, including the time they were Crown Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid of Belgium. The list was compiled by searching online nomenclators as well as 'logical' publications in which taxonomists would have published taxa named in honour of Leopold III and Astrid. In total, we discovered 144 scientific names that are based on the name of Leopold III and 26 that honour Astrid. Moreover, serendipitously we found several eponyms given to cultivars which we document only in an incidental way. The compiled impressive number of eponyms demonstrates the recognition of members of the scientific community towards the efforts of the Belgian Royal Household in the exploration and conservation of biodiversity. The legacy of Leopold III lives on in the King Leopold III Fund for Nature Exploration and Conservation. The workings and achievements of the latter organization are here also briefly detailed.


Seaweeds are the subset of a larger group known as the algae. It has been widely used in many countries as a source of food and additionally has biomedical and industrial applications such as cosmetic, paint, crop, textile, paper, rubber, and building industries. The marine algae are essential to nature and directly valuable to humans since they have antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiviral, anticancer, anticoagulant and heme agglutinating properties. Moreover, nitrogen containing seaweeds are generally useful as good nutritive source for plants used as fertilizers. Further their applications extend in industrial level as weight reducer, raw materials for fuel production and useful adsorbent for waste water treatment. Moreover, these seaweeds have many beneficial effects and hence could be developed into potential products for biomedical and industrial applications. In this research study we found out the potential mutation gene and to perform protein sequence analysis, protein modeling using Bioinformatics tools. There are three steps involved in our present research investigation. The protein primary structure analysis, Secondary structure analysis and protein three dimensional structure prediction.


Since the inception of the Immunization Program there has been a great need of strict maintenance of Cold Chain System for all the vaccines from the site of production to the point of consumption. India has attained a immunization coverage of >85% and to sustain high level of immunization coverage there is need for strict monitoring of the existing immunization program as especially improving cold chain system. The present study was aimed on evaluation of Cold Chain System in UT Chandigarh during IPPI campaign in 2001-2002. This study was conducted one week prior to National Immunization Day (NID) and on NIDs. A Pre-tested questionnaire was used. We visited different vaccination storage centers and 20 vaccination (PPI) posts in Chandigarh. There was one trained refrigerator technician to attend the complaints relating to malfunctioning of Deep Freezer / Ice line Refrigerator. Cold chain sickness rate for January 2002 was found to be 9.7%. (excerpt)


The connection between the Schrodinger equation and Einstein diffusion theory on basis of Brownian motion of independent particles is well known. However, in contrast to diffusion theory, quantum mechanics theory has suffered controversial interpretations due to the counterintuitive concept of wavefunction. Here, while we confirm there is no difference in the mathematical form of these two equations, we derive the complex version of displacement. Using diffusion theory of particles in a medium, as simple as it is, we describe that quantum mechanics is just an elegant and subtle equation to describe the probability of all the trajectories that a particle can take to propagate in time by a predictive wavefunction. Therefore, information on the position of particles through time in quantum theory is embedded in the wavefunction which predicts the evolution of an ensemble of individual Brownian particles.


The high-spin ultracold atomic models with a special form of contact interactions, i.e. the scattering lengths in the total spin-2, 4, … channels are equal, but may be different from that in the spin-0 channel, are studied. Those models have either U(1)⊗Sp(2s + 1)-symmetry for the fermions or U(1)⊗SO(2s + 1)-symmetry for the bosons, and the generators are found to be magnetic multipole operators. Based on the symmetry analysis, a class of exactly solvable models is proposed and solved via the Bethe ansatz. The ground states and excitations for repulsive fermions are also discussed.


In practice, drying is one of the most common food preservation technique. At microscopic level, drying is not merely a moisture removal process and it involves complex heat and mass transport phenomena and depends on material properties. So mathematical models in drying are important for process design, optimization and energy integration. Therefore, in the present study, first theory of drying is elucidated concisely. Further, general modelling approaches and commonly used thin layer drying equations are presented. Later, method for evaluation of appropriate thin layer drying model for a feedstock is explained. Effective moisture diffusion coefficient (Deff) and activation energy (Ea ) calculations methods are also presented.


The individual in international law — Human rights and freedoms — Religious freedom — Religious education of minors — Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 — International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 (Article 18 (4)) — International Treaty for Prevention of Religious Intolerance (Article 4) — Declaration of the Rights of a Child, 1960 — The law of Israel.


This study did questionnaire to a medical college students for community activities in Fujian Provence. The outcome shows that the current community development is rapid, the students are willing to participate in community activities, medical students to participate in community activities for their own development, especially the humanities quality have a positive role, but some poor quality of club activities, lead to member turnover rate is higher, and association between different levels, and activity socialization degree is not high also restricted the further improve the effect of community. Of relevant factors further regression analysis found that students participate in community activities span does not significantly improve their ability, and students to participate in depth, degree of post significant influence on students' comprehensive ability to ascend. Therefore, innovation activities, change the way of activity content, broaden the scope of activities, to strengthen the material and human inputs, perfect the rules and regulations and optimize the internal structure is one of the effective methods to improve medical students' self-development.

Key words:
University community; Medical students; Self-development; Influence factor


Among the predisposing factors implicated in the immune response to airway bacterial infections, genetic variations of the bitter taste receptor TAS2R38, which is expressed in the cilia of the human sinonasal epithelial cells, seem to be associated with susceptibility to chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and in vitro biofilm formation. Polymorphisms in TAS2R38 generate two common haplotypes: the nonfunctional AVI (Alanine, Valine, Isoleucine) and the functional PAV (Proline, Alanine, Valine) alleles, with the latter protecting against gram‐negative sinonasal infections.


Heterostylum robustum (Osten Sacken) is the principal parasite of the alkali bee ( Nomia melanderi Ckll.) in the Northwestern States. It also parasitizes other species of Nomia and at least one species of both Nomadopsis and Halictus . It ejects eggs into and near the nest mounds of its host, but does not readily discriminate between nest burrows and other depressions in the ground. The first-instar larva finds its way to a host larval cell, where it waits until the host larva is full grown before feeding on it. The parasite larva passes through four instars, progressing from a slender, active first instar through a very brief second instar, and a soft, helpless third instar, to a tough, more active fourth instar. Some larvae apparently mature on a single host, but others partially drain the fluids from a second as well. In the late summer or fall the mature larva makes an overwintering cell in the upper few inches of soil. It pupates in the late spring, and shortly before ecdysis bores to the ground surface. The adult emerges as soon as the pupa thrusts its head and thorax clear of the surface. Mating usually takes place on vegetation surrounding the host nesting site.


religion of the people centred in these spirits of the soil. The old gods only received the formal temple worship, which was traditional, and in its character rather social and political than devotional. The evolution of this peculiar religion was capable of explanation : violent earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, stupendous glacier floods, the long wintry darkness, the tempestuous snow-storms, the polar ice enveloping the shores and turning spring into a severe winter, nipping everything in the bud—all these things were dismayingly new to the colonists. The old gods were of no avail here. The powers of nature were independent of them. These powers must be propitiated, and thus the humbled heart of man discovered the delicate, pure, well-disposed land-vattir.


Purpose – The idea of Simon according to which instructions are premises for further decisions is formalized with respect to informationally decentralized organizations. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is built on the economic theory of teams by Marschak and Radner. Team theory is particularly suited to the analysis of informationally decentralized systems. Teams are composed of agents who strive for a common aim, but are informed of different parameters that characterize the state of nature. In particular, the members want to maximize the team payoff function that depends on both the actions of the members and the state of nature. Findings – For teams a la Marshack-Radner, since every member needs to compute optimal action rules, the paper shows that two types of expertise are required: forecasting expertise (as competence over the randomness of the parameters that affect the team payoff function) and organizational expertise (as comprehension of the releva...


We analyzed theoretically and experimentally the inter-element coupling behavior between the periodic structure's so-called "meta-atoms" by varying the number of meta-atoms arranged periodically in the array. For this reason a planar metamaterial consisting of ring-shaped subwavelength periodic structures on a thin metal film was developed to exhibits a resonant transparency at the frequency of about 0.35 THz. The cross-talk between the meta-atoms due to electromagnetic multipole interferences lead to a significant change in resonance bandwidth and the quality (Q) factor. We anticipate that found coupling behavior between inter-element with subwavelength dimensions can potentially be used for a variety of applications such as filters, multi-pixel emitter and detector arrays, etc. for broad THz frequencies.


Earlier we introduced the concept of the zonally averaged circulation, and defined " eddies " as departures from the zonally averaged flow. In atmospheric science, the term " eddy " is often used synonymously with " wave. " A " wave " can be defined as a process that transports energy without transporting mass. Waves can also transport momentum. Familiar examples are sound waves, and water waves seen at the beach; the latter are examples of what we call " gravity waves. " Waves can be produced by a variety of mechanisms (Fig. 6.1). Orographic forcing, heating that is localized at particular longitudes, and baroclinic and barotropic instability are among the mechanisms which can generate large-scale waves in the atmosphere. In the case of waves forced by heating, the wave itself may or may not alter the heating. Waves arise from a variety of physical mechanisms, and appear on many spatial and temporal scales. The atmosphere supports Rossby waves, Kelvin waves, inertia-gravity waves, mixed Rossby-gravity waves and sound waves. Wavelengths range from the circumference of the Earth, to the width of North America, to a few millimeters. Periods range from thousandths of a second to months. The distributions of energy and fluxes over these various scales are complicated and interesting. From elementary physics, we know that a particle does not undergo any net displacement as a small-amplitude wave passes by; it moves in a more or less circular path, and returns to its starting point. This is consistent with the definition of " wave " given above. We also know, however, that it is possible for a surfer to ride on a large-amplitude wave. We can think of the surfer as a particle of mass that is, in fact, transported by the wave. This illustrates that large-amplitude (often called " finite-amplitude ") waves can transport mass. A wave that can transport mass can also transport any intensive property that is " attached " to the mass, such as potential temperature or water vapor mixing ratio. If a wave is defined, as above, as a process that transports energy but not mass, then beyond some limit a large-amplitude wave is not a wave at all. As discussed earlier, it is useful to distinguish between " stationary " eddies, which are anchored to features (such as mountain ranges) on the Earth's surface and so appear in time-averaged (e.g. monthly mean) maps, and …


Korea's performance market, especially musical industry has been expanded dramatically since "Rent" and "Phantom of Opera" introduced in early 2000 enjoying the advantage of the scale of economy. Many world-class musicals in Broadway and West End are being prepared to raise their curtains, and creative musicals are promoted by the domestic cultural capitals. Market volume has been increased every year 15-17 percent and total number of musical goers in 2005 exceeded one million. This study explores the factors of motivation (Q1) and preference (Q2) respectively among musical-goers in Korea. Throughout the study, 3 factors in the motivation and 2 factors in the preference were found. For motivation, the first factor, named the Creative considers producer and performers rather than popularity of the play. The second factor, the Luxury, is seeking a differentiated cultural experience through musical-going. The last factor, the Grouper visits a theater with peers sharing information and experience together. Meanwhile, there are only two factors in the preference used Q-sample of real musical plays. The first factor is the Masterpiece-preferred and the second perfection-preferred.


The Rayleigh criteria for minimum resolution and acceptable depth of focus (DOF) in the case of finite excimer laser bandwidth with a chromatic lens design were re-evaluated both by experiment and by simulation. As a result of chromatic lens design combined with a narrow spectral bandwidth (BW) excimer laser, both resolution and DOF are not only determined by source wavelength and the numerical aperture (NA) of the lens, as predicted by Rayleigh criteria, but also by the laser spectral BW. To fully understand the role of laser spectral BW in chromatic projection printing, the resolution as a function of lens NA, laser spectral BW, and defocus were studied through simulation. The relations between resolution and its corresponding DOF for different laser spectral BW and NA were also obtained. The results were compared to that obtained by Rayleigh criteria. Unlike the single wavelength case, resolution at larger NA is basically limited by the spectral BW of the laser rather than NA of the lens system. The DOF is limited by both laser spectral BW and lens NA. The optimum NA for a given BW for different defocus cases were predicted. The effect of chromatic focus spread due to finite laser spectral BW was compared to the case of single wavelength with small amount defocus. Intel's rigorous bulk image model has been used for process window simulations1. In the experiment, the effect of finite laser spectral BW to the pattern resolution and DOF were studied for the case of 0.42 NA chromatic lens with finite laser spectral full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm and 5 pm, respectively. The experimental results were compared to the simulation results.


Turkey's new expeditionary capability, resting on enhanced naval capacity and new forward bases, is the logical result of Turkey's post-Cold War strategic reorientation. Moving beyond the Cold War framework, Turkey's strategic goal is to become an interregional power that will set the terms for a new pattern of connectivity between Europe, Africa and Asia. 'Reclaiming' a foreign policy prerogative exercised by the Ottoman Empire but discontinued after Turkey's founding following the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, Turkey's policymakers are seeking to move beyond the Lausanne orientation that informed Turkey's 1952 NATO accession and persisted throughout the duration of the Cold War. This study examines Ankara's challenge of calibrating the use of its hard power instruments to serve its post-Lausanne strategic orientation toward establishing a Turkey-centered, interregional connectivity.


Studying the behavior characteristics of mobile communication users may provide good guidance in resource management, network optimization and etc. Therefore, we analyze the call detail record (CDR) data by fitting, and find several laws of users behavior. First of all, we found nonhomogeneous Poisson process is more suitable to model call arrival process than homogeneous Poisson process because of the unbalanced traffic which caused by people's living patterns. Meanwhile, we applied the compound Poisson process to fit the call duration data. Secondly, we analyzed the number of different base stations that users access, and found it conforms to the log-normal distribution. Moreover, truncated exponential log-normal (TELN) model was proposed to describe the number of calls users have made monthly. Finally, Gaussian mixture model (GMM) was adopted to describe the relationship between call arrival and time.


A rehabilitation job in name only, the 75 year old Army and Navy Club, a landmark located in Washington D.C.'s Golden Triangle, retained only two of its 80 ft high exterior walls when it was rebuilt last year. In the name of preservation, the owner spent $2.3 million, almost 10% of the project's total cost, to demolish the old building and prop up the two walls before recontruction could begin. To complicate matters further, a D.C. Metro tunnel ran under the southeast corner of the site and the building next door had to be underpinned. To protect the walls during demolition and construction, engineers had them braced with 20 ft deep vertical trusses that were placed 20 ft apart. Because Metro officials were concerned that the wind load on the truss system and the walls could damage the tunnel, tie downs were anchored to caissons into the solid rock below to anchor the system. The new building has 8 in. reinforced concrete flat slabs supported on spread footings with a bearing capacity of ranging from 12,000 psf to 20,000 psf.


In response to legislative authorities of 1944 and 1954, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), formally the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), began the development of a Hydrology Guide for use in watershed planning. This effort became Section 4 "Hydrology " of the National Engineering Handbook. This development created the SCS Runoff Curve Number Equation. This paper explains the development of the relationship of Ia to S.


Historic maps provide fascinating insights into the growth and development of cities over large time periods, and often the places they document have changed dramatically since their creation. However, rasterised image data is limited in that it is not easily manipulatable, for either analysis or presentation of data, and it is not easy to use the data as a basis for reconstructions. If it were possible to extract vector outlines for building footprints from the map then these limitations would be removed, and the vector outlines could easily be used as a basis for three dimensional models representing the buildings. Manually defining building outlines from maps is a laborious process and so this paper investigates the use of image processing techniques to enable a semi-automatic process to detect vector outlines of buildings from a variety of maps and to optimise the output for use as a basis for creating large scale three dimensional reconstructions.


We introduce two new ESD protection elements suitable for use in BiCMOS process technology-a grounded gate NMOS built inside a junction-isolated p-well which acts as a lateral NPN, and a modified Zener-triggered vertical NPN circuit.


Although adaptive control has been used in numerous applications, the ability to obtain a predictable transient and steady‐state closed‐loop performance is still a challenging problem from the verification and validation standpoint. To that end, we considered a recently developed robust adaptive control methodology called low‐frequency learning adaptive control and utilized a set of theoretic analysis to show that the transitory performance of this approach can be expressed, analyzed, and optimized via a convex optimization problem based on linear matrix inequalities. This key feature of this design and analysis framework allows one to tune the adaptive control parameters rigorously so that the tracking error components of the closed‐loop nonlinear system evolve in a priori specified region of the state space whose size can be minimized by selecting a suitable cost function. Simulation examples are provided to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed verification and validation architecture showing the possibility of performing parametric studies to analyze the interplay between the size of the tracking error residual set and important design parameters such as the adaptation rate and the low‐pass filters time constant of the weights adaptation algorithm. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Abstract The paper deals with the presence of some metrical scholia to Pindar's Olimpian odes (O. 2-5) in two late 13th/early 14th century manuscripts, Laur. Plut. LXXII, 14 and Vat. gr. 1019, both written in the Land of Otranto, Southern Apulia - Italy. The Vatican codex has never been considered in the manuscript tradition of the metrical scholia to Pindar's victory odes. It is collated here for the first time and located in the stemma codicum. The paper concludes with a treatment of metrics in the Greek-speaking area of Apulia during the Middle Ages.


We consider properties of a fully superconducting variant of the superconducting quantum interference proximity transistor magnetic flux sensor. We study the density of states in a finite-size superconducting metal wire in the diffusive limit, and how it depends on the phase gradient of the order parameter. We describe the dependence on the junction length and interface transparency, and discuss properties relevant for using the structure in magnetic flux detection applications.


Based on our two completely independent efficient in-house 3D Fourier modal method (FMM) algorithms, based on either aperiodic rigorous coupled wave analysis or bi-directional mode expansion and propagation techniques, we have concentrated on investigations of several novel guided-wave plasmonic nanostructure designs, including some alternatives of dielectric-loaded plasmonic and / or subwavelength-structured nanoguides, exhibiting promising tradeoffs between confinement and propagation properties, represent thus promising building blocks for future plasmonic devices. Results of modeling of such structures are mutually compared, too.


Dimethoate, Di-Syston®( O,O -diethyl S -2-(ethylthio)ethyl phosphorodithioate) and phorate granules applied to the soil surface under azalea plants controlled two broods of azalea lacc bugs ( Stephanitis pyrioides Scott) with a single application. The initial control brought about by the use of these chemicals seems to be caused by vapors. Phorate did not give systemic control when worked into azalea beds.

No phytotoxicity was observed from any treatment nor was there any deterrent to the rooting response of cuttings treated with demeton, Di-Syston or phorate.


Ionic charge state studies of Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events have indicated QFe = ~9-12 below ~0.1 MeV/nuc for both impulsive and gradual events, which would be consistent with a source of normal coronal temperature of 1-3 MK. However, QFe >16 are often found in solar wind in association with solar activity, which suggests the existence of source distributions with a higher temperature. Using data from ACE SEPICA during the time period 1998-2000, we have observed SEP events with a highly charged iron population even at low SEP energies, consistent with a high temperature source. Four of these highly charged SEP events show QFe > 14 throughout SEPICA energy range with no energy dependence of the charge states. To find out how and where such a highly charged source population is accelerated to SEP energies we have looked for indicators of their acceleration site. In particular, we have found that all four events show a substantially enhanced abundance in He at 0.25–0.7 MeV/nuc, compared with normal solar wind abundances. Such abundance enhancements of He


The role of polar solvent in determining the photophysics of normal (b*) and anomalous
(a*) fluorescence from 4-N,N-dimethylaminobenzonitrile (DMABN) and related compounds
has been investigated by means of picosecond time-resolved fluorescence studies
in non-polar/polar solvent mixtures, and by electronic spectroscopic studies on complexes
of 1:1 stoichiometry prepared by nozzle expansion. The solution phase results
indicate clearly that a DMABN-polar solvent complex is formed initially in either
ground or excited state, and that this rearranges to a geometry from which the b* to a*
state transition can occur. Specific solvent-solute interactions are clearly indicated by
this work, and these lead to the necessity of modelling b* state decay kinetics in solution
by a distribution of decay times.


Stomatal conductance plays an important role in the heat avoidance mechanism of crop plants. Stomatal conductance in cotton is genetically determined and has been shown to be associated with heat resistance and higher yields. Experiments were carried out with six generations (parental, F1, F2 and back crosses) of three upland cotton crosses under heat-stressed and non-stressed greenhouse and field regimes, to understand the inheritance pattern of stomatal conductance as affected by contrasting temperature regimes. The results revealed significant variation for stomatal conductance due to generations and generation×temperature regime interaction in the three crosses. In general, heat stress reduced stomatal conductance and available genetic variability. Temperature regimes exerted a significant effect on the expression of the genes responsible for stomatal conductance. High temperature or heat stress favoured the expression of genes having additive effects, while absence of heat stress favoured those having dominant effects in two of the three crosses evaluated. The third cross showed the opposite reaction. The results suggest that genes controlling stomatal conductance in the parents of the first two crosses (MNH-552, HR109-RT, CIM-448, CRIS-19) were different from those controlling stomatal conductance in FH-900 and N-Karishma, the parents of the third cross. The selection efficiency of stomatal conductance in segregating populations was likely to be affected by the complexity of its inheritance, environmental dependency, and presence of substantial non-allelic and genotype×temperature regime interactions.


The present invention is flexible to be, more particularly, adjacent (隣接) connected install Artificial Reef to each other, which is installed at a distance body flexible connection such as a network or band, and the flexible connection of the Artificial Reef are installed body is connected according to the installation on the sea bed surface Artificial Reef located outside from the second plurality of Artificial is a flexible connection member is anchored to the distal end is installed to be connected body, the flexible each flexible in the lateral direction is installed on Artificial Reef the block connector body block by installing leave a solid support to prevent the curled or twisted by the ocean current body connection interval, a flexible because curled or not twisted by the ocean current body is connected to a flexible connection member and the damage such as the algae that grow in the surrounding cut off outgoing the will to help prevent. The present invention is a plurality of Artificial Reef are adjacent to each other of Artificial Reef (1) provided with an interval having a predetermined width is disposed through to a flexible flexible connecting body (3), connected by a flexible connection element 3 ( 1) Artificial Reef (1) located on the outer side in is the anchor (5) installed in the distal end according to being installed on the sea floor as a flexible flexible connecting body (4) has a predetermined width, wherein each of Artificial Reef ( 1) There are a number of connection (2) install the outer peripheral surface of, and installed adjacent Artificial Reef (1) each of the connection part 2 is connected to both ends of the flexible connecting body (3) of said flexible connecting body ( 3) with a number of lines yeongyeoljul (7) the distance of the connection (2) of the adjacent Artificial Reef (1) that are both ends of which are installed connection, a flexible connection element 3 to yeongyeoljul 7 of the multiple lines is to install with the number of the solid support (6) in which is installed the direction at right angles with the direction of spacing , Each yeongyeoljul 7 and the portion of solid support (6) is connected in combination with each other yeongyeoljul (7) at regular intervals of a number of lines are to be installed keep the flexible connecting member 4 is yeongyeoljul of multiple line 7, the distal end is converged by coupling to an anchor (5), each of the other end of yeongyeoljul 7 beoleojyeo in an arc of a width to install coupled to Artificial Reef (1) second to the respective end Artificial of (1 ) is installed connected to the outer side of the connection (2) of Artificial Reef (1) located on the outer side of the plurality lines of yeongyeoljul 7 to the flexible connecting body (the number of the solid in the direction at right angles with the direction of 4) is installed, a support (6) installed, but at a distance, characterized in that the parts that each yeongyeoljul 7 and the solid support (6) connected to that large number line yeongyeoljul 7 is installed to be kept a certain angle that is bonded to each other . Artificial Reef, connections, a flexible connection element, anchor, solid support, yeongyeoljul


Background & Objectives: In accordance with the limited studies on the effects of eendurance (ET) and resistance (RT) training with and without the garlic extract (GE) on metabolic syndrome, this study was conducted to identify and compare the effects of eight-weeks ET, RT and GE supplementation on malondialdehyde (MDA) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in rats with metabolic syndrome. Materials and Methods: 48 rats with metabolic syndrome (12-weeks, weight range of 310 to 350 g) in a randomized design were allocated into six equal groups: control (n=8), ET (n=8), RT (n=8), ET+GE (n=8), RT+GE (n=8), GE (500mg/kg, n=8). After familiarization of the rats with metabolic syndrome, 8-weeks (3 sessions a week) in an exercise protocol (ET, RT) with or without GE. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and Bonferroni (Sig˂0.05). Results: The results show that ET and RT with GE consumption have significant effect on stress oxidative indices (TAC and MDA). Conclusion: Endurance and resistance training along with GE consumption can increase the TAC base, reduce unfavorable changes in serum MDA syndrome.


This paper studies the effect of politics on water prices in Austria. When public utilities are under political control, price setting may be affected by political incentives. Besides theories like the political budget cycle, more current research stresses the role of spatial interactions between jurisdictions (yardstick competition). The paper tests for both local political determinants and yardstick competition using a spatial lag model. The results suggest that water prices are lower when political competition is strong and before elections. At the same time the magnitude of the political budget cycle appears to depend upon neighbouring jurisdictions, thus confirming yardstick competition as an indirect determinant of water prices.


To look over the situation of evaluation on our national high-educational teaching level in the history or at present,we can see some unhealthy mentalities existing in some colleges,which lead the evaluation to a wrong state.Essentially speaking,the quality of the evaluation are based on the colleges:(ⅰ) whether they have a correct attitude towards the evaluation;(ⅱ) whether they set a reasonable position and a suitable developing strategy for their colleges;(ⅲ) whether they have made a standard for main elements and process of teaching,and built up a teaching quality assurance system;(ⅳ) whether each department in the colleges knows the responsibility and the staff works hard.


This work presents results derived in fluid dynamics, hydraulic drag and flow-induced vibrations within transverse and yawed tube banks. The studies encompass banks of smooth, rough and finned tubes at Reynolds numbers from 1 to 2x10/sup 6/. Highlighted in the text are fluid dynamic parameters of tube banks measured at inter-tube spaces and tube surfaces.


ABSTRACT Background: Fifteen million residents living in rural locations in the United States struggle with mental illness, substance dependence, or comorbid conditions, and are not receiving adequate health care (CDC, 2017). Approximately 55% of the 3,075 rural communities in the United States lack psychiatric providers. Local problem: A specialty mental health treatment facility in northeast Florida cannot meet the needs of the patients because of limited psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) on site. By design, patients are expected to be seen in the clinic every three months. Methods: A pilot project was initiated using telehealth as a venue for patient care as an alternative to a face-to-face consultation with a PMHNP. The project was implemented with adults diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and/or substance abuse. Interventions: A 3-month pilot of telehealth consultations with a remote PMHNP tracking access, medication adherence at 30 and 60 days after the consultation, appointment follow-up, and patient satisfaction. Results: Access increased from 4.86% to 10.19% following implementation of the telehealth model. Medication adherence was 82% at 30 days and 77.5% at 60 days, compared to a benchmark of 80%. In addition, 89% of patient responses indicated comfort with telehealth and a willingness to continue to see PMHNPs in this venue. Conclusions: Telehealth with PMHNPs was shown to be a viable option in rural locations to meet the needs of mental health and dual diagnosis patients. Because of this project, the facility increased to three remote PMHNPs in the telehealth role.


Abstract The response to strong ground shaking of a single-degree-of-freedom shear frame supporting vertical loads is studied for the purpose of deriving simple first approximation formulas As a first approach the rigid-plastic assumption is introduced, and it is shown that significant results can be obtained by neglecting phases of plastic motion with negative velocity. These results, which can be expressed in closed form, are then compared with the response of an undamped elastic-plastic frame, and the range of validity of the approximate formulas presented is discussed.


In this paper, Friedland's entropy for Z + k -actions on tori is investigated. For a Z + k -action on torus generated by pairwise different, commuting non-singular integer matrices, a formula of Friedland's entropy is obtained via the relative variational principle for the related skew product transformation and topological pressure.


In recent years, studies nd out that only big dataset is not enough to advance the quantitative understanding of social systems, high quality data is also needed. At the Technical University of Denmark, Sensible DTU project aims to gain knowledge about social systems by creating a dataset of unparalleled quality and size based on the capabilities of modern smartphones. Due to the data plays the most important role in the project, ensuring the user's phone collecting data properly is a crucial work. This thesis is a case study of designing and implementing a data reporting system in real time that gives the user an easy approach for checking the data quality in the database. The information of data quality is visualized from di erent aspects with di erent level of details. To present as much information as possible and improve the user experience, a variety of visualizations and interaction techniques are used. Before the implementation of the system, a prototype is implemented. With the feedback from the prototype, a web application called Sensible DTU Data Monitor is developed, which is the outcome of the thesis. An evaluation consisting of user feedback and performance tests was conducted. Based on the evaluation, there is a discussion of the thesis result and future works.


ABSTRACT Introduction Increases in the rates of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) have paralleled rises in the prevalence of overweight and obesity. Despite not being fully understood, obesity-related EAC seems to have different carcinogenic pathways. Areas covered This comprehensive review will thoroughly evaluate the current literature, describing the underlying mechanisms that help understanding the strong association between obesity and esophageal cancer. Expert commentary The risk of esophageal cancer among obese individuals could be partially explained by several factors: high prevalence of GERD; linear association between central adiposity and Barrett´s esophagus development; low levels of adiponectin and high levels of leptin that alter cell proliferation processes; insulin-resistant state that creates a tumorigenesis environment; and changes in the esophageal microbiota due to unhealthy dietary habits that promote carcinogenesis. In addition, a large proportion of obese patients are undergoing sleeve gastrectomy which can worsen GERD or cause de novo reflux, esophagitis, and Barrett´s metaplasia.


Reasoning Theory is an important part of mathematical Logic. But reasoning laws need to be remembered. It seems a little difficult for beginners to remember the reasoning laws and use them Flexibly in short time. It is deserved to try to use examples to remember them.


Alveolar haemorrhage due to pulmonary vasculitis in the course of leptospirosis, although not uncommon, is rarely included in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary haemorrhagic syndromes. We present a case of a patient, treated in the ICU for leptospira infection, with a late onset of diffuse alveolar haemorrhage. A 68-year-old man was transferred in the ICU after a progressive CNS impairment. His lab tests were indicative for a severe hepatic dysfunction and renal impairment in need of intermittent haemodialysis. A presumptive diagnosis of leptospirosis was done, confirmed later by positive serologies. At the end of the icteric phase and while weaning from mechanical ventilation, multiple episodes of haemoptysis started, resulting in severe deterioration of oxygenation. Chest X-ray showed new bilateral patchy infiltrates and a High Resolution Computed Tomography scan revealed diffuse airspace disease with bilateral ground-glass opacities. Methylprednisolone 1g daily for 3 days, followed by prednisolone, 20 mg every 6 hours, was given. The patient responded with bleeding cessation and successful weaning. Twelve days later he was discharged to the ward improved. Haemorrhagic alveolitis usually occurs at the after the "leptospiremic" period of the disease. The case presented is suggestive of a delayed, post-"immune" onset of symptoms responding well to high dose steroid therapy. Hippokratia 2006; 10(2): 92-93


Solid solutions of titanium-tin oxide were prepared by microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis (MAHS) from a solution containing TiCl3 and SnCl4. The unique heating of MAHS under the constant-power mode effectively reduced the difference in the formation rate of TiO2 and SnO2, resulting in the precise control of the solid solution composition. Enlarging the crystal size of single-phase, rutile-type TixSn1−xO2 solid solutions can be achieved by annealing in air and the crystal phase is stable at 800 °C.


We would like to thank Lynne Garner for raising the issue of veterinary care for hedgehogs (VR, 13 July 2019, vol 185, p 56) and would agree that this species, along with all British wildlife, does not always receive an acceptable standard of care. Additionally, we also agree that the work of rescue centres – particularly related to native patients returning to the wild – is vital, as their specialised training in wildlife animal care usually falls outside the remit of veterinary professionals.

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Using the most recent differential cross section data for ep quasi-elastic scattering, the charged pion formation and its form factor Fπ is calculated in the energy range of 2.4 ~ 4 GeV at Q2 = 0.6 ~ 1.6 (GeV/c)2. The functional dependence of the charged pion form factor to the separated cross section σL is investigated and compared to the previously determined result.


From a starting point of experimentally measured nuclear level densities, we discuss thermodynamical properties of nuclei below the particle emission threshold. Since nuclei are essentially mesoscopic systems, a straightforward generalization of macroscopic ensemble theory often yields unphysical results. A careful critique of traditional thermodynamical concepts reveals problems commonly encountered in mesoscopic systems. One of which is the fact that microcanonical and canonical ensemble theory yield different results, another concerns the introduction of temperature for small, closed systems. Finally, the concept of phase transitions is investigated for mesoscopic systems.


The response of reconstituted soft Bangkok clay to electroosmotic consolidation was investigated using the small cylinder electro-osmotic cell and the large consolidometer. Test results indicated that employing electro-osmosis to induce consolidation produced a 3 to 4·4 times faster rate of consolidation. An 11·6–58% increase in shear strength with the reduction of water content was achieved for treated samples. In contrast, only 9·8–19·5% increase in shear strength was achieved without treatment. It was found that the 120 V/m voltage gradient and the 24 h duration of polarity reversal interval had maximum effect on the shear strength distributions and settlements between the electrodes. Nous avons etudie la reponse d'une argile tendre reconstituee de Bangkok a la consolidation electro-osmotique en utilisant la petite cellule electro-osmotique cylindrique et le grand consolidometre. Les resultats des essais montrent que l'emploi de l'electro-osmose comme moyen de consolidation produit une consolidation de...


We present and compare several algorithms for computing the maximal strong bisimulation, the maximal divergence-respecting delay bisimulation, and the maximal divergence-respecting weak bisimulation of a generalised labelled transition system. These bisimulation relations preserve CSP semantics, as well as the operational semantics of programs in other languages with operational semantics described by such GLTSs and relying only on observational equivalence. They can therefore be used to combat the space explosion problem faced in explicit model checking for such languages. We concentrate on algorithms which work efficiently when implemented rather than on ones which have low asymptotic growth.


Abstract : U.S. military forces increasingly find themselves in situations compatible with the use of non-lethal weapons. Extending the range and spheres of influence of these non-lethal weapons is considered essential as an option in future conflict scenarios. With this in mind, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and the U.S. Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, have joined together in an effort to produce a non-lethal artillery projectile. With support from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, and Edgewood Chemical Biological Command, Maryland. ARDEC has accepted the challenge of selecting and tailoring the payload and expulsion issues. while ARL will focus on its traditional area of expertise in ballistics and will develop technologies for a non-lethal carrier for the selected payload. The goal of this effort is to project non-lethal payloads to ranges similar to those of standard artillery.


On the whole the rate of the legal socialization of the students of the Volgograd higher educational institutions is estimated as average, besides, the system of higher education as a legal socialization agent is insufficiently effective. The introduction of social, legal and patriotic programs and the system of qualitative legal education at studentship are necessary.


Several workplace‐based formative assessment (WFA) tools exist; however, text‐based feedback is minimal but valuable because residents have difficulty extracting meaning from numerical scores or rankings. Our programme lacked a formal WFA programme, so we aimed to develop and assess a primarily text‐based tool, named formative assessment of skills in training (FAST), using action research.


Proteins are bioactive macromolecules made up of specific sequences of amino acids (peptide residues) that are organized into hierarchical levels of structure that subsequently determine the protein's functional behavior. The adsorption of proteins to materials surfaces can have substantial influence on the protein's bioactivity. Thus, protein adsorption behavior is important in many applications in biotechnology, including biosensors, biocatalytic systems, bioseparation systems, bioanalytical instru-


The properties of leather and its uses depend on the characteristic of the fiber bundles such as fullness, disorderliness, compactness, straightness, delineation, boldness, splitting and separation. Poor nutrition causes an animal to be smaller and the skin or hide to be thinner and to be poorer substance. However as animals grow older, the grain surface becomes tougher and coarser. Also with age, the animals accumulate more scars from brands, diseases, parasites, and other injuries. Generally, high quality values were recorded at winter season for all Sudan desert sheep skin\leather characteristics parameters. These findings might be mainly referenced for seasonal changes. At winter season temperature was in its low degree and this might be reflected on good leather attributes. Besides, the availability of winter range and agricultural byproducts which is remains from autumn crops planting at this time. While fat and moisture contents high values were observed at autumn season and elongation or elasticity high values were obtained at summer season. However, Sudan desert sheep leather fat and moisture optimum values at autumn season might be due to the abundance of natural pasture.


Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible association between ACE I/D, AT1 receptor 1166 A:C, AT2receptor-1332 A:G, and MMP-9-1562 C:T polymorphisms and risk of preeclampsia in Egyptian women.Materials and Methods: This case-control study included 108 pregnant women was allocated into two groups, 54pre-eclamptic women group and control group which included 54 normotensive pregnant women. Genotyping of AT1 1166A:C and AT2 −1332 A: G were performed by duplex polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphismPCR-RFLP. Genotyping of I/D polymorphism of ACE was carried out by PCR and genotyping of MMP-9 −1562C/T wasperformed by tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system T- ARMS–PCR.Results: The DD genotype of ACE gene was significantly associated with increased risk of preeclampsia[OR (95% CI) = 2.47 (0.72–8.5), p = 0.02] and the D allele was significantly associated with an increased risk ofpreeclampsia [OR (95% CI) = 1.95 (1.08–3.54), p = 0.02]. The AT2 GG genotype frequency was significantly higher inpreeclampsia [OR (95% CI) = 3.24 (1.25–8.41), p = 0.002] and the G allele [OR (95% CI) = 2.41 (1.39–4.18), p = 0.002].  However, the AT1 CC and MMP9 TT genotypes frequency were insignificantly associated with preeclampsia.Conclusion: ACE gene I/D and -1332A/G of AT2 receptor polymorphisms, but not AT1 receptor gene A1166C andMMP-9 (-1562 C/T) polymorphisms, could be related to the risk of preeclampsia in Egyptian women.


Abstract: Nonwoven wipes are becoming a key player in the nonwovens industry; 15% of all nonwovens produced are intended for wipes. This chapter looks at technology, the end-use sector and the nonwoven wipes market by region and country from 2001, examining trends for growth and forecasting growth to 2011. It analyses the current and projected sales of nonwoven wipes and provides up-to-date details about key marketers of these products. The chapter also spotlights new products and cutting-edge technology, and highlights trends and marketing opportunities within the nonwoven wipes industry.


This study was designed to assess the effect to apple cider vinegar (ACV) on oxidative stress biomarkers in male and female Wistar rats exposed to chronic restraint stress. Severe and persistent stress elevates reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by metabolic and physiological processes; causing cellular damage. Thirty (30) Adult Wistar rats of both sexes weighing about 150 - 200 g were divided into 3 groups each consisting of a male and female subgroup and given the following treatments once a day for 21 days: Normal control group received 0.5 ml distilled water orally, the restraint stress (RS) group was exposed to chronic restraint stress 6 hours daily while the Apple cider vinegar (ACV)-treated group received 4 ml/kg of apple cider vinegar orally in addition to chronic restraint stress 6 hours daily. The rats were sacrificed after the experimental period and blood was collected via cardiac puncture for assessing oxidative stress biomarkers. ACV (4 ml/kg) treatment decreased lipid peroxidation (MDA) and serum catalase (CAT) activity while upregulating endogenous superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. The findings of this study show that the female Wistar rats are more predisposed to the antioxidant effect of ACV than the males.


Socio-economic development of a city depends highly on investment policy and finance abilities for realized projects. Permanent supply of funds for that goal is very important and it is possible because of strategic programming of expenses in a long-term period. In the MIP 2015–2019 for Wroclaw expenses are concentrated on: transport, renovations and rebuilding of streets and public transportation; education; and also other subdivision tasks. Planned expenses will reduce development barriers of the city, assuring consistency of projects realization and they can help in realization of socio-economic development strategy priorities. In the long term, the goals of the city development will be achieved. Consistent planning of the investment expenditure process affects the implementation of development and strategic challenges of the city, focuses funds on indicated tasks and allows for flexible redeployment of funds in the variable conditions of the global economy.


Particulate gold labeling applied to ultrathin sections is a powerful approach for locating cellular proteins and lipids on thin sections of cellular structures and compartments. Effective quantitative methods now allow estimation of both density and distribution of gold labeling across aggregate organelles or compartment profiles. However, current methods generally use random sections of cells and tissues, and these do not readily present the information needed for spatial mapping of cellular quantities of gold label. Yet spatial mapping of gold particle labeling becomes important when cells are polarized or show internal organization or spatial shifts in protein/lipid localization. Here we have applied a stereological approach called the rotator to estimate cellular gold label and proportions of labeling over cellular compartments at specific locations related to a chosen cell axis or chosen cellular structures. This method could be used in cell biology for mapping cell components in studies of protein translocation, cell polarity, cell cycle stages, or component cell types in tissues.


This research aims to describe the antibiotics use in caesarean section patients due to its kind, route of administration, conformity of dose and frequency, and length of time given. It is a descriptive research. The data were collected in retrospective on 129 patients medical records whose received antibiotics, both prophylactic antibiotics and therapeutical antibiotics. Data obtained shows that the third generation of cephalosporin which is ceftriaxone combined with metronidazole (55.81%) is the most common kind of antibiotic that being used as prophylactic antibiotics and the most common therapeutical antibiotic that being used is the first generation of cephalosporin which is cefadroxil combined with metronidazole (53,59%). The prophylactic antibiotic's route of administration is intravenously (IV) (100%) and oral for therapeutical antibiotics (100%). The antibiotics doses that are being used both prophylactic antibiotics and therapeutical antibiotics has been fulfilled the conformity of dose and frequency, with the longest duration of usage the prophylactic antibiotics is 1 day (80,92%). Keywords: antibiotics, surgical wound infections, caesarean section


In this communication we report the synthesis, structure and preliminary characterisation of Bi2LnO4Cu2Se2 (Ln = Y, Gd, Sm, Nd, La) phases; these materials are members of a new family of layered oxychalcogenides.


Measurements of the electron energy distributions in Townsend discharges in hydrogen are described, in fair agreement with the theoretical work of Lucas (1966-69). The data were obtained for pressures of about 1 torr and for E/p20 (field strength/pressure at 20 degrees C) varying from about 45 to 60 v cm-1 torr-1.


Objective: To explore the profile of expressed genes encoded by chromosome 12 in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma(DLBCL).Methods: DLBCL lymph node and reactive lymph node were flash frozen in liquid nitrogen.Lymphoma cells were separated from frozen section by Laser Capture Microdissection(LCM).The mRNA of the cells from the DLBCL lymph node was labeled with bi-otin and hybridized with expression profile microarray,and the data of expressed genes were obtained.Preliminary bioinformatics analy-sis was performed.Results: Using expression profile microarray,164 genes encoded by chromosome 12 found expressed in DLBCL lymph node.The classification of most detected gene is unclear.Conclusion: The profile of expressed genes encoded by chromosome 12 by using expression profile microarray may provide useful information for DLBCL.


The invention discloses lithium iron phosphate nanorods. The nanorods have the length of 300-1,000nm and the diameter of 80-200nm. A preparation method of the nanorods comprises the steps that a mixed solvent, required for hydrothermal reaction, is prepared from ethylene glycol and water, ferrous sulfate, lithium acetate and phosphoric acid are taken as reacting materials, P123 is taken as a surface modifier, so as to promote nucleation and growth, heat treatment is carried out at high temperature and high pressure, and calcining is carried out at the temperature of 300-400 DEG C under the protection of a nitrogen or argon atmosphere, and then, the lithium iron phosphate nanorods are obtained. The lithium iron phosphate nanorods and the preparation method thereof have the advantages that the product is stable in quality, high in purity and good in particle dispersibility and is beneficial to the diffusion of lithium ions and the improvement of the electrochemical properties of a lithium-ion battery, and the preparation process is simple in process, easy to control and low in cost and is pollution-free, so that the large-scale production is facilitated.


As part of its trade policy, Singapore has embarked on what can be broadly termed 'new regionalism'. Beyond examining the motivations behind these trade moves, the authors also analyse the trade and investment links between Singapore, Japan and the United States.


Visual tracking is the task of estimating the path of a target object in each frame of the video. Various tracking approaches are developed for tracking the position of the target. However, the tracker may fail to find the correct position, if the appearance of the target is similar to the background. This paper proposes a background normalization technique based on the textural pattern analysis to verify the matching of the features for the target region analysis. In this work, a novel model of background clustering is presented by using Multi-Weighted Chain Prediction (MWCP) algorithm for the uneven background. A Neighborhood Differential Binary Pattern (NDBP) is proposed to extract the texture for suppressing the shadow pixels in the image frame. From this equalized frame of the given video, the frame is split into several grids. From the grid format frame, the histogram features of the targeted frame are extracted, and each grid in that frame is classified. The Multi-Grid Weighted Classifier (MGWC) algorithm is used to find the matching of the grids to separate the background and foreground. This type of visual tracking system is robust over the sudden illumination changes and dynamic background. The experimental result proves that the proposed approach yields better precision, recall and F-score performance than the existing tracking approaches.


In many European countries, economic growth has been characterised by the presence of deep regional imbalances and the Italian case is not an exception. This justifies the adoption of a regional approach in the study of the economic development to show the particular path to economic growth, according to its own advantages and opportunities on the one hand, and to its own peculiar obstacles and limits on the other hand. In general terms, some particular areas of Eastern Sicily seem to have been benefiting from a relatively dynamic agricultural sector and from its own natural propension to shipping business which have been the stimulus for the development of a modest, but not negligible, group of correlated industries. Since the second half of the 20 th century, in these areas, the economic growth engines have been the pharmaceutical, chemical and electronic industries. The main objective of this paper is to analyse the role that local institutions have played for the development of such industries. The answer to this question is complex, but the paper provides some important clues. In particular, it points out the strong coexistence of economic and political interests although mixed in different proportions according to each case. This fact leads to our belief that no path to economic growth should be analysed without considering its geographic, economic and political context. + + + + + + +


Excitation cross sections have been obtained for the 31P, 31S and 33S states of helium at incident energies near 60 eV. All three cross sections contain structures at energies close to the (2p2)1D and (2s2p)1P autoionizing levels. The magnitudes, positions and shapes of these structures are discussed in terms of possible post-collision interaction and resonance mechanisms.


In the thesis, an example of using an Instron 5544 – a tensile testing machine for programmable fatigue research of composite material designed for ski jumping suits is described. A few basic parameters were considered in the research, such as the duty cycle of the composite under exploitation conditions, the duration of individual stages of loads, and mechanical properties of the material obtained as a result of static testing. These parameters were used to program the cycle of research on the Instron 5544 model, a tensile testing machine controlled with a computer and equipped with Merlin Test Profiler software.


This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact email@example.com. PREFACE This thesis represents a study of the instinct and emotion of fear and its relation to swimming. I have attempted to analyze fear, using for my guidam e the theories and experiments of eminent psychologists, that through such scientific enlightenment I might come to a better understanding of the reasons why :fear acts as an inhibi tory facto r in swimming. I have endeavored to apply principles for the correction of :fear and to establish methods which my be of use to the teacher of swimming in overooming it in her classes. her helpful suggestions and enoourageIIJant in my experimental work in the swimming classes, to the Psychology Department of Chioago Normal College for their interest and cooperation, and their guidance and inspiration.


The diffusion dispersal of methane is analyzed according to Fick's Law, and the relative gas-saturation of the formation systems of differing lithologic composition are predicted through the geologic periods. Good agreement between the calculated values of the gas-saturation of the formation systems and the true data enabled us to record the beginning of breakdown of gas pools and the rates of their diminution. From the relationships of the specific losses of gas, expressed in the height of the gas column under the formational conditions, and the amplitudes of the structures, an attempt has been made to assess the commercial gas-capacity in the depths.


Virtual reality offers new possibilities of cooperation for the concept phase of a product development. The deployment of a cooperative system suffers mainly from the client-server approach that is inefficient in many ways and attributes a leading role to a server site. Moreover, requiring a specific quality from the under-laying communication restricts openness and usability of the solution. At last, current solutions focus on reliable multicasting and manage moving objects but they address poorly consistency and parallel working.
The paper describes the Distributed Building Site Metaphor. That solution enables a real-time 3D cooperative design and parallel work within shared virtual worlds while preserving the scene consistency. Designers move easily between different styles of work. They prepare the shared work on a standalone basis. During a meeting, the shared work reforms automatically. The participants move from a collaborative design to a review activity or real-time conciliation.
The main focus is the core services and protocols supporting efficiently the different properties of our metaphor. Communication services over standard IPv4 or IPv6 protocols are proposed. They use intensively the multicast ability of IP protocols and support a fully distributed approach without any centralized control.


The present study was aimed to evaluate the beneficial effect of different growth factors on in-vitro maturation of porcine oocytes. Ovaries were collected from a local abattoir immediately after slaughter of the animals and transported to the laboratory. A total of 618 type A and type B oocytes were cultured in TCM-199 containing additives with PMSG and hCG for the first 22 hrs and without hormones for subsequent 22 hrs of incubation at 39o C under 5 per cent CO2 level and 90-95 per cent humidity. The effects of supplementation of different growth factors viz., EGF, IGF-I and EGF + IGF-I in the medium were studied. The rate of oocytes with cumulus cells expansion was significantly higher (P<0.01) when growth factors were added as compared to control but it did not differ significantly between growth factors. The rate of nuclear maturation of oocytes was significantly higher (P<0.01) as compare to control for EGF and EGF + IGF-I but not for IGF-I. There was no significant difference in the rate of oocytes with nuclear maturation between the growth factors studied. It can be concluded from the present study that addition of EGF, IGF-I or EGF + IGF and additives along with hormones (PMSG and hCG for first 20-22 hrs) in TCM-199 Medium gives optimum in-vitro maturation rates in porcine oocytes.


In seventeenth-century Habsburg-Ottoman diplomatic relations, grand embassies played a crucial role in preserving the peace between the two empires. In the last decade, they have gained some popularity as a subject of historical research. Th e grand embassy of Johann Rudolf Schmid zum Schwarzenhorn (1650–51), however, has thus far received only little attention. Th is paper aims to analyse symbolic communication between Habsburgs and Ottomans during Schmid's mission by examining its three main events: the border exchange ceremony, the entry into Constantinople, and the audience with the sultan.


accessible, and has the additional virtue of leaving Marx's German— when he wrote in German—in the original, but it lacks a few of the notes of its Russian Doppelganger (compare, for example, the Russian volume's annotations concerning the May 19, 1854, Tribune article "Prussian Policy" with the WERKE's silent exclusion of the piece from its collection). Padover's bibliographic notes, in fact, contain more errors of commission and ommission than can be conveniently cited here. Finally, Padover confidently asserts that "Marx contributed 112 articles (a few of them in collaboration with Engels) . . . to the Neue Oder-Zeitung" (p. xl). Such precision, as well as the low total, rings oddly. Over a decade ago, Stanislaw Schwann, in the International Review of Social History, writing before the appearance of the postwar Russian and East German (WERKE) editions, catalogued 157 articles —including those by Engels alone—and he cautioned that no one could safely make exact assignments of authorship in some especially opaque cases. Subsequently the WERKE, which has no pretensions to being a complete edition of anything, included a list for Marx which sums to Padover's figures. Since it is certain that the WERKE left out much of Marxist journalism, no great degree of confidence can be attached to its published totals regarding any one newspaper, and Padover's breezy and inadequately qualified assent is merely one more example of the casualness which renders the journalism of this period of Marx's life so maddeningly refractory to precise scholarly investigation.


A testing procedure has been developed that considers the response of the total wellhead system (vs. individual seal components) to fire conditions. This paper details the mechanics and results of this program for tests to 2,000/sup 0/F (1100/sup 0/C) flame at pressures of 3,750 psi (25.9 MPa). Significant behavioral differences were observed during the development and testing of specially designed fixtures incorporating metal-to-metal seals for the tubing head, tubing hanger, and lower master valve. As a result, more stringent design criteria evolved for the sealing technology and structural integrity of the wellhead, because it became apparent that solving sealing and material problems in one sealing area or component invariably created new problems in other locations. Highest priority was given to seal development because it seemed to be the most critical area of concern. It was concluded that meaningful tests could be conducted only when several related seals were allowed to interact in response to fire conditions. Tubing, annulus, and connector seals were considered appropriate seals for wellheads.


The engineering technology first-year seminar provides students with an effective introduction to engineering technology principles and practices. Facilitated by the department chair, University of Dayton Engineering Technology students experience tools necessary for success in a technical curriculum. The course is essentially paperless, taking advantage of currently available Web technology while reinforcing the University's mission of "connected learning." The course outcomes align to meet many of the department's goals including developing scholarship and critical thinking skills, leadership and team building; problem solving and decision-making, professional ethics, and communication skills. This one-credit hour course contains exercises and discussion in professional ethics and integrity, goal setting, effective learning, early career development, networking, University policies and procedures, and an introduction to engineering technology disciplines. By keeping the class size relatively small, these tools are presented in a collaborative manner that facilitates active learning and stresses critical thinking, teamwork, and effective communication. Requirements for homework assignments, which vary between individual work and group collaboration, are posted on the course Web site, and all assignments are submitted electronically. Overall, students report a high degree of satisfaction with this course. They welcome the interaction with their peers, and appreciate the flexibility afforded them through electronic communication.


INTRODUCTION
Intraabdominal candidiasis (IAC) is the predominant type of invasive candidiasis after candidemia. The majority of epidemiological studies on Candida are focused only on bloodstream infections. Nevertheless, the role of blood cultures has limited application in patients with abdominal candidiasis. IAC, which includes peritonitis and intraabdominal abscesses, may occur in around 40% of patients following repeat gastrointestinal (GI) surgery or GI perforation.

METHOD
Retrospective analysis of culture isolates of Candida sp. from clinical specimens of patients after abdominal surgery. The study period was from January 1 to October 31, 2016.

RESULTS
Our study of 33 patients with findings of Candida sp. from the abdominal cavity found a mortality of 15.2%, the most frequent strain being C. albicans and C. glabrata. All strains of Candida sp. were susceptible to echinocandins.

CONCLUSIONS
Candida sp. is part of normal microbiota of the gastrointestinal tract and its isolation is often difficult to interpret. Unfortunately, the pathophysiologic importance of Candida isolation from the abdominal space is not completely clear in many clinical situations.Key words: invasive candidiasis intra-abdominal candidiasis laboratory diagnostics.


As Nepal sits on the Indo-Eurasian plate boundary, it is highly susceptible to catastrophic earthquakes which have been posing a grave threat to the people of the country. Even though earthquake is one of the most destructive natural phenomena, its occurrence is still unpredictable. Advance warning of disastrous earthquakes is crucial so that the damage due to it is minimal. Different changes in the properties of groundwater prior to earthquake have been detected which can give important hints. Among them, the increase in fluorescent intensity of groundwater comprises a significant earthquake precursor. The positive holes, formed due to tectonic stresses in rocks with peroxy defects, interact with groundwater modifying the fluorescence intensity of water. In this study, we investigate the effect of seismic activity on the groundwater fluorescence intensity. The necessity of this examination for the country is also demonstrated. Taking into account the large variation in the groundwater quality and types of rock in Nepal, the investigation of fluorescent intensity using fluorometer may unravel different uncertainties and limitations. The simplicity of fluorometer in installation, methodology, maintenance, and its sensitivity up to large catchment area make it suitable for such investigation. Till now, variations of the groundwater fluorescent intensity have not been deeply studied in Nepal. This is of high importance in terms of earthquake forecast considering the high seismic activity in Nepal which lies on a very seismically active zone.


In this study we examined the levels of testosterone, triglycerides and cholesterol, before during, and after hibernation of the Desert Tortoise .The results revealed that testosterone reached high level after hibernation when compared with the level during hibernation. On the other hand, triglycerides and cholesterol reached high levels during hibernation.


KONRAD KOSTLIN delivered the present essay as his inaugural lecture at the University of Vienna, Austria, on June 27, 1995, where he accepted a chair in Volkskunde in the fall of 1994 and the directorship of the Institute for Volkskunde/ Ethnologia Europaea. An inaugural lecture is a quasi-ritual occasion in European academies and can be an opportunity to inform one's colleagues throughout the institution about one's work and the place of one's discipline. Kostlin chose to utilize the opportunity in precisely this manner; his "passion for the whole" is an eloquent, extremely reflexive, and in stretches ironic statement that comes to terms with the nature and role of our field in the late 20th century. While the intellectual lineage of Volkskunde differs from that of American folkloristics, and while K6stlin's frames of reference do not always overlap with those of an American readership, his essay is an inordinately valuable complement to the disciplinary self-examination underway in North America. K6stlin was born in 1940, studied Volkskunde and Sociology in Tiibingen and Munich, received his doctorate in 1967 (in Munich) and his habilitation in 1973 (in Kiel). From 1981-1989, he held a professorship for Volkskunde at the University of Regensburg; from 1989-1994 he was director of the Ludwig-Uhland Institut fuir empirische Kulturwissenschaft in Tiibingen, from whence he moved to Vienna. His major contributions to the field have appeared in the form of articles on themes ranging from social history to folklorism, regionalism, and more recently the ideology of ethnicity, many of which are referenced in the present translation.


In this paper the fabrication and test of a microfluidic system integrated with optical waveguide and photodiode circuits on the same silicon chip are presented. A chemical reaction taking place in the miniature flow channels, which form a simple chemical distribution system on chip is detected by the photodiodes receiving light transmitted via the optical waveguide circuit. Reactions which cause either a change in absorbance or luminescence have been employed in the studies made. The mesa photodiode structures are butt coupled to the multilayer glass optical waveguides and have integral quantum efficiencies of approximately 80%, responsivities of about 0.5 and a broad spectral response. Anisotropic etching of the {100} silicon in a KOH solution is used to form these highly efficient mesa photodiodes. The buried optical waveguide structures, which are formed in low loss (0.5 dB/cm) germanium doped core glass, couple very effectively to the mesa diodes. Light is coupled to the waveguides via an optical fiber which is fastened to the chip by means of a simple connector etched into the silicon. Fluids are transported to and from the chip by means of quartz capillaries similarly fastened to the chip by means of integrated connectors.


The above paper (Cameron, C.M. and Kastellec, J.P. 2016) was published with a few errors. Figure 2 and some accompanying text is incorrect. These errors do not affect the discussion of the predicted locations of nominee ideology—instead, the published version sometimes characterizes nominees as moving-the-median when in fact they do not (they also do not affect any of the empirical tests in the article). This mischaracterization occurs for the position-taking senators and mixed-motivations model—for the court-outcome and nearly court-outcome models, Figure 2 and the accompanying text are unchanged. We regret the errors.


This work presents a method for characterizing and correcting the geometric errors of the movement of the lateral stage of Imaging Confocal Microscope (CM) in extended topography measurement. For an extended topography measurement, a defined number of 2D images are taken and stitched by correlation methods. Inaccuracies due to linear displacement, vertical and horizontal straightness errors, angular errors, and squareness errors based on the assumption of the rigid body kinematics are described. A mathematical model for the scale calibration of the X- and Y- coordinates is derived according to the system kinematics, the axis chain vector of CM, and the geometric error functions and their approximations by Legendre polynomials. The correction coefficients of the kinematic modelling are determined by the measured and certified data of a dot grid target standard artefact. To process the measurement data, algorithms for data partitions, fittings of cylinder centers, and determinations of coefficients are developed and validated. During which methods such as form removal, K-means clustering, linear and non-linear Least Squares are implemented. Results of the correction coefficients are presented in Part II based on the experimental studies. The mean residual reduces 29.6% after the correction of the lateral stage errors.


It is very tempting when you are immersed in a subject to
become more selective in your reading and in doing so
narrow down your reading options. This is particularly true
in relation to creativity and design and technology in that
there is so much literature within the subject, linking these
two areas, that it may be tempting to simply 'read within
the subject'. Yet the danger is in doing so that we develop
a corporate 'D&T' view of creative practice and paradoxically
we become less creative in our thinking about creativity.


Sandra M. Chait's focus on the construction of immigrant histories from the Horn of Africa highlights complex intracommunal and intercommunal relationships and provides invaluable insights into the challenges facing multicultural citizens in America's Pacific Northwest. The author captures the processes by which transplanted Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalis "construct themselves and their culture . . . in the context of negotiating with the state and the American people" (p. xiii). She describes the harsh realities of that war-torn region, triggering the displacement of thousands fleeing wars that led to the secession of Eritrea, the implosion of Somalia, and the collapse of the Afro-Marxist regime in Ethiopia in 1991. Seeking Salaam offers a fascinating collection of "lived histories" from distant ancestral lands linked to "shared" aspirations and challenges facing a new generation of multicultural citizens in the Northwest. Chapter 1 links the "hostilities among the three communities" to the wars that displaced them through interviews portraying their respective recollections of the historical events that triggered their exodus from their homelands. While Ethiopians expressed a sense of loss, Eritrean and Somali narratives reiterated a sense of victimhood at the hands of ruling elites; they nevertheless retained a quiet graciousness as the interviews took place in coffee houses, ethnic restaurants, and family rooms to which the author was warmly welcomed. Chapter 2 focuses on how these new citizens perceive U.S. foreign policy, as well as on their status as either allies or adversaries as perceived by their neighbors. Long associated with "Prester John" and more recently, with Bob Geldof during the 1985 famine, Ethiopia is more familiar to Americans than Eritrea and Somalia. The former, once an Italian colony and then a province of Ethiopia until 1991, is especially less well known (p. 56). Somalia, a U.S. ally from 1978 until 1991, found itself reduced to a caricature embodied in a Hollywood movie, Black Hawk Down, which depicted the country and its people as anti-American "angry mobs" (p. 61). Yet, in spite of subsequent anti-Somali perceptions, Pacific Northwest activists advocated against hate crimes in the aftermath of 9/11 and embraced them as fellow citizens (p. 62).


This article suggests a better system for exercising judgment when filing the notice of federal tax lien on low dollar delinquent accounts.


Background: Magnetic nanoparticles are the main source of synthesis and design of magnetic nanocatalysts, which are obtained from iron salts by chemical co-precipitation method. Objective: The main goal of this research is to investigate the absorption, release and antibacterial properties of magnetic nanocatalysts with silica coating and silica/amine linker. Methods: The structure of the obtained nanocatalyst is detected by several analyzes such as SEM, TEM, EDX and IR. Results: Here is reaction between the ampicillin 10 µl (25 µg/ml) and the Fe3O4@SiO2 and Fe3O4@SiO2/NH magnetic nanocatalyst 200 mg (2 mole%), under 25°C and double distilled water. In this way, the amount of absorbed ampicillin on MNPs@silica/amine structure in covalent is more than MNPs@silica structure in non-covalent bonding, i.e. 85 to 65%, but the rate of release in non-covalent is above 90%, but in covalent is less than 80%. Also, the bactericidal properties of nanocatalysts have been tested separately at a temperature of 37 degrees for the non-covalent type are more than 80% compared to Covalance form is 70%. Conclusions: The overall result was that the percentage efficiency of the absorption/release reaction in the non-covalent bonding state was much better and about 10% more release.


A measure of the magnitude of the effect in a one-factor multivariate analysis of variance design is considered. Cooley and Lohnes have proposed the use of the quantity (1 — | W |/| T |) as a multivariate extension of the correlation ratio, where | W | is the determinant of the within-groups cross-products matrix and | T | is the determinant of the total cross-products matrix. The measure is based on the use of | W | as the estimate of a generalized measure of within-groups variation and | T | as the estimate of a generalized measure of total variation. If a multivariate correlation ratio is defined as the proportion of variance in the multivariate domain predictable from the factor, it is argued that crM = 1 - Tr( WW -1)/ Tr( TW -1) is a more suitable multivariate generalization of the univariate correlation ratio.


Photoelectric observations of AH Tauri have been obtained with B and V filters on two nights; an epoch of minimum light and improved light elements are given. Key words: eclipsing binaries - W Ursae Majoris stars


Based on the homogenous balanced principle and subequation method, an improved separation variables function-expansion method is proposed to seek exact solutions of time-fractional nonlinear PDEs. This method is novel and meaningful without using Leibniz rule and chain rule of fractional derivative which have been proved to be incorrect. By using this method, we studied a nonlinear time-fractional PDE with diffusion term. Some general solutions are obtained which contain many arbitrary parameters. Solutions given in related reference are just our especial case. And we also obtained some new type of solutions.


Objective: A comparison between flow and gas washout data for high-frequency percussive ventilation (HFPV) and pressure control ventilation (PCV) under similar conditions is currently not available. This bench study aims to compare and describe the flow and gas washout behavior of HFPV and PCV in a newly designed experimental setup and establish a framework for future clinical and animal studies. Approach: We studied gas washout behavior using a newly designed experimental setup that is motivated by the multi-breath nitrogen washout measurements. In this procedure, a test lung was filled with nitrogen gas before it was connected to a ventilator. Pressure, volume, and oxygen concentrations were recorded under different compliance and resistance conditions. PCV was compared with two settings of HFPV, namely, HFPV-High and HFPV-Low, to simulate the different variations in its clinical application. In the HFPV-Low mode, the peak pressures and drive pressures of HFPV and PCV are matched, whereas in the HFPV-High mode, the mean airway pressures (MAP) are matched. Main results: HFPV-Low mode delivers smaller tidal volume (VT) as compared to PCV under all lung conditions, whereas HFPV-High delivers a larger VT. HFPV-High provides rapid washout as compared to PCV under all lung conditions. HFPV-Low takes a longer time to wash out nitrogen except at a low compliance, where it expedites washout at a smaller VT and MAP compared to PCV washout. Significance: Various flow parameters for HFPV and PCV are mathematically defined. A shorter washout time at a small VT in low compliant test lungs for HFPV could be regarded as a hypothesis for lung protective ventilation for animal or human lungs.


"Man is the enemy of what he ignores" is a statement often heard, and is entirely true. Ignorance of a thing leads to fear from it, and fear from a certain event leads to avoiding and not repeating it. However, if a person has to deal with the event, this might lead to negative psychological reactions (disturbances) such as fear, dislike, and rejection. These reactions or disturbances may range between mild to severe, which may express themselves at first by weeping and crying then end by losing consciousness and hysteric convulsions. Yes, this can really happen at the dental clinic or at any place a person finds himself in a certain psychological crisis. The degree of the reaction of any person depends on his ability to absorb and bear the shock. Yes, the shock!! Can the child's visit to the dental clinic be a shock? Yes it can. But it can also be a


Researchs by scientific methods on industries which consist basis of economy constitute competitive advantage for our industries. One of these studies is efficiancy analysis by the method of Data Envelope Analysis. DEA presents the possibility for relatively evaulating of comparative resource efficiency for organizations against the others or in theirs historical process.Today, wherein resource are scarce and competition is harsh, it is so important for competitive advantage that the efficiently use of resourse without wasting, increasing productivity and decreasing costs.One of the indicator of development and wealth is growing in building industry. Considering that the cement sector is linked to building industry takes us to the similar deduction. This purpose has been done on cement manufacturing firms registered to Istanbul Stock Exchange. Sample of the study is consist of 10 organizations. At the final analysis related to annual and total productivity examination it is concluded that the organizations with smalller asset quantity are more productive than the others. In this frame the study aims to measure efficiency by the method of Data Envelope Analysis.


Little is known about how tubular injury relates to intrarenal hemodynamic dysfunction in T1D. We sought to define the relationships between serum NGAL, a marker of tubular injury, and intrarenal hemodynamic function (glomerular filtration rate [GFR], effective renal plasma flow [ERPF], renal vascular resistance [RVR]) in T1D adults. The cohort consisted of patients with longstanding T1D (≥50 years duration); 44 Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) Resistors (eGFR >60mL/min/1.73m2 and Differences remained significant after adjusting for age, sex, HbA1c, SBP and LDL. DN Resistors had significantly lower serum NGAL vs. those with DN. Elevated NGAL is related to intrarenal hemodynamic dysfunction and afferent vasoconstriction in longstanding T1D. Disclosure P. Bjornstad: Consultant; Self; Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH. J.K. Snell-Bergeon: Stock/Shareholder; Self; Abbott. Research Support; Self; Roche Diagnostics Corporation. J.A. Lovshin: Other Relationship; Self; AstraZeneca. Consultant; Self; Novo Nordisk Inc.. Research Support; Self; Sanofi, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.. Other Relationship; Self; Novo Nordisk Inc.. S.K. Singh: None. L. Lovblom: None. J.M. Tse: None. A. Orszag: None. Y. Lytvyn: None. M.H. Brent: Research Support; Self; Novartis Canada. Advisory Panel; Self; Novartis Canada. Research Support; Self; Bayer Canada. Advisory Panel; Self; Bayer Canada, Allergan Canada. Research Support; Self; Roche Canada. N. Paul: None. A. Weisman: None. H.A. Keenan: Research Support; Self; Sanofi. Employee; Self; Sanofi Genzyme. L. Cham: None. V. Bril: Consultant; Self; Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. Research Support; Self; CSL Behring, Grifols. Advisory Panel; Self; CSL Behring. Consultant; Self; Grifols. Research Support; Self; Shire. Advisory Panel; Self; Pfizer Inc. B.A. Perkins: Advisory Panel; Self; Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH. Research Support; Self; Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Novo Nordisk Inc.. Advisory Panel; Self; Novo Nordisk Inc., Abbott. Speaker9s Bureau; Self; Abbott, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. Advisory Panel; Self; Insulet Corporation. Speaker9s Bureau; Self; Insulet Corporation, Dexcom, Inc. D. Cherney: Consultant; Self; AbbVie Inc.. Other Relationship; Self; AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Eli Lilly and Company. Consultant; Self; Sanofi. Other Relationship; Self; Merck & Co., Inc.. Consultant; Self; Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation. Other Relationship; Self; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc..


We report the wavelength tuning, linewidth narrowing and power enhancement of a continuous-wave intracavity Raman laser by incorporating solid etalons in the high-Q fundamental resonator. With a-cut Nd:GdVO4 and a-cut BaWO4 serving as the laser and Raman crystals respectively, tilting of a 50 μm-thick etalon in the high-Q fundamental cavity enabled the fundamental to be tuned from 1061.00 nm to 1065.20 nm. This gave rise to Stokes output which was tunable from 1176.46 nm to 1181.63 nm whilst the narrowed fundamental linewidth resulted in higher effective Raman gain and as a consequence enhanced output power, as well as the narrow-linewidth Stokes output. Frequency-doubling of the Stokes field resulted in yellow output tunable from 588.23 nm to 590.81 nm, which covers the guide star wavelength of 589.16 nm.


The purposes of this study were: 1) to compile a corpus of business English in order to examine high frequency of technical vocabulary as a resource for designing a test of technical vocabulary in context and 2) to explore vocabulary learning strategies which were employed by high and low English proficiency students. The participants included 40 undergraduate students, who enrolled in the English for business course in the academic year of 2011. All of them were selected by the purposive sampling technique and were then classified into two groups: high and low English proficiency students (based on the scores obtained from the technical vocabulary test).


Tossing the discus belongs to a typical fast strength type of physical predominance.According to the structure analysis of athlete competitive ability,the author discover it is unbalanced,advantage on the height,the weight is slightly low,obvious technique advantage,but explosion of top and bottom limb is worse,character of item the isn′t high.


In 2004 the German Patent and Trademark Office commissioned the Ifo Institute to deliver a research report on the topic "Identification of Available and Desirable Indicators for Patent Systems, Patenting Processes and Patent Rights". - The report provides an extensive overview of the existing literature about the valuation of patents, mainly from an economic point of view but also giving consideration to legal and business aspects. This includes the valuation of the patent system itself, the valuation of the patenting process and the valuation of the assigned patent rights. Looking at the relevant literature, however, it reveals immeadiately that a quantification of these patent related issues is not easy. The economic literature relies heavily on the valuation of patent rights, as this gives a possible measurement of innovation output.