The growing demand for recreation at the wildland-urban interface throughout the United States poses new challenges for natural resource managers. To enable resource managers and researchers to exchange information and ideas, the first Symposium on Social Aspects and Recreation Research was held. The format of the symposium offered various opportunities for interactive communication among attendees. The proceedings contain a keynote address, abbreviated versions of 27 oral presentations, and summaries of sessions covering poster presentations, simulated field trips, and round table discussions. Issues addressed include these: access, land stewardship and ethics, cultural diversity of recreationists, service delivery strategies, agency-visitor interaction, conflict, partnerships, and data collection techniques.


The results of experimental studies of the reaction between hydroxylamine and epoxypropane dialkylamino derivatives are presented herein. N,N-dibutyl-N'-hydroxy-2-methylpropane-1,3-diamine and N,N-diethyl-N'-hydroxy-2-methylpropane-1,3-diamine have been obtained for the first time.


Non-destructive testing (NDT) is a highly valuable technique for assessing the properties of materials and structures without causing any harm. However, the crack mapping model, which plays a critical role in identifying concrete defects, is limited due to its immature methodology. This aim of the study is to create an advanced 3-dimensional model to predict the crack mapping that integrates cutting-edge stochastic processes. To achieve this, the study employed the Delta method and ABAQUS simulation to simulate propagation of elastic waves in concrete accurately. The proposed model for crack mapping is utilizing interpolation of ellipse-based and beta reflection methods to analyze the concrete cross-sections and concrete surface. The mapping of the surface crack provided comprehensive insights by precisely locating cracks and providing variance information through the beta value. The simulation results demonstrated a firm agreement with theoretical samples, considering the heterogeneous properties of concrete. The model exhibited exceptional reliability in detecting concrete flaws, even when confronted with randomly distributed engineering properties. This study presents an innovative formulation for stochastic modeling in crack mapping prediction, offering significantly improved accuracy and reducing the number of NDT iterations required. It represents a remarkable advancement in the efficient and dependable detection of cracks in concrete structures.


This paper seeks to develop an effective methodology to solve the partner selection, and production-distribution planning problem that arises in the formation of an optimal supply chain. The methodology includes a mathematical model which describes the characteristics of the integrated supply chain and an efficient genetic search algorithm. The objective is to minimize the total operating cost. Unlike canonical genetic algorithms, individuals of the proposed genetic algorithm have the ability to learn from their ancestors in order to enhance the convergence speed and the quality of the final solution. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated by solving a set of randomly generated problems. Comparison of the results obtained with that of a conventional genetic algorithm clearly shows that the proposed algorithm is superior to the conventional genetic algorithm. The proposed methodology is described in some details in the hope of thus stimulating the use of similar methodology to the solution of other important problems in industrial engineering practice. Suggestions for future work are also included.


An extension of a 1994–98 R&D project established in 2002 by certain member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OECD), the OECD Pipe Failure Data Exchange (OPDE) Project has produced a major database on the piping service experience applicable to commercial nuclear plants. The 3-year project is operated under the umbrella of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and organizations producing or regulating more than 80% of nuclear energy generation worldwide are contributing data to the OPDE Project. The Project considers pipe failure data including service-induced wall thinning, part through-wall crack, pinhole leak, leak, and rupture/severance (i.e., events involving large leak rates up to and beyond the make-up capacity of engineered safeguards systems). The part through-wall events include degradation in excess of code allowable for pipe wall thinning or crack depth. OPDE also addresses such degradation that could have generic implications regarding the reliability of in-service inspection. At the end of 2003 the OPDE database included approximately 4,400 records on pipe failure affecting ASME Code Class 1 through 3 and non-Code piping. The database also included an additional 450 records on water hammer events where the structural integrity of piping was challenged but did not fail. This paper summarizes the unique data quality considerations that are associated with piping components. The paper also summarizes the database content.Copyright © 2004 by ASME


The panorama image generation apparatus and method, and an object tracking device and method using the same are disclosed. Panorama image generation apparatus according to the present invention may estimate the local motion vector for each sub-area that is set in the image frame, and the frame on the basis of the local motion vector from the set of normalized local motion vectors are stored in a codebook corresponding to the movement of the camera after determining the motion vector determining the overlap region by accumulating the calculated motion parameter for successive image frames, respectively, by matching the overlapping area to generate a panorama image. Object tracking apparatus according to the present invention is the difference value of the pixel value of the pixel and a corresponding panoramic image for each pixel to set a panorama image produced by the panorama image generation apparatus as a background image, and make up the recorded input image to determine the object region is calculated. According to the present invention, by estimating a local motion vector using the coordinates of the selected pixels within the sub-area, it is possible simply to enhance the processing speed of the calculation process. And it is possible to minimize the impact of an incorrectly estimated local motion vectors by using a codebook. Further, by using a difference value between the average pixel value, it is possible to minimize noise and accurately extract the object.


Post‐transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is common after liver transplantation (LT). Yet, how PTDM relates to graft outcomes and survival needs elucidation as more individuals are transplanted for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).


A novel three dimensional electro optic polymer containing photo crosslinkable group was synthesized. 4 Nitroaniline and cinnamyl were introduced onto the polymer matrix of bis A epoxy as the electro optic chromophore and photosensitive chromophore respectively. A thermal stable polymeric electro optic film was prepared by spin coating, followed by the corona poling and photo crosslinking reaction in the late poling phase. An external electro optic measuring system based on the electro optic film was fabricated, by which the electric signals propagating on the coplanar waveguide were measured.


This would be unnecessary if the proper species of tree or shrub were selected in the first place. What follows is a partial listing of woody plants that are available at local nurseries or through mail catalogs which will be compatible with overhead power lines. Selecting from this list will greatly reduce the need for severe pruning later on and will maintain the aesthetic and monetary value of the property. Power Line Compatible Tree and Shrub Selections


There is a general rule according to which if the claims of some creditors on the debtor's property are knowingly satisfied to the detriment of other creditors, it constitutes an illegal action in case of bankruptcy provided that such an action inflicted major damage. In its turn, the size of the inflicted damage coincides with the size of satisfied claims minus the share that would have been due to the creditors who satisfied their claims this way if the insolvency estate has been distributed according to the insolvency law. At the same time, the corresponding crime may be committed not only through the due performance of an obligation, but also through the termination of bail bonds on other grounds. When the authors analyze illegal actions in cases of bankruptcy committed through the provision of release property, they conclude that if the market value of the release property exceeds the size of terminated obligations by the sum equaling major damage, the actions should be classified as multiple offences under Parts 1, 2, Art. 195 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. As for the order of determining the size of damage when satisfying claims secured by the debtor's property, the authors pay attention to the privileged status of the pledge holder: a part of proceeds from the sale of pledged property must be used to satisfy their claims on the principal plus interest. Thus, for the corresponding part of the value of the object of pledge, no damage is inflicted on other creditors in connection with satisfying the claims of the pledgee. In some circumstances, the claims of the pledge holder are satisfied by a part of the proceeds from the sale of the object of pledge designated for the satisfaction of other claims, which cannot be overlooked when determining the size of the inflicted damage. The exceptions are the cases when, as a result of satisfying the claims of the pledgee, their claims on compensating damages and (or) paying financial sanctions were also satisfied. The satisfaction of the abovementioned claims in the size equaling major damage constitutes a crime under Part 2, Art. 195 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. At the same time, if the difference between the size of pledge requirements terminated by the provision of release property, and the value of the transferred assets equals major damage, the actions must be classified as multiple offences under Parts 1, 2, Art. 195 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.


Thin film nitridation has many applications in sub-0.13-micron line width semiconductor processing. We evaluated several single-wafer processing options capable of creating oxynitride films. Analytical results were obtained using ellipsometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and TOFSIMS. These control methods are also compared to electrical performance data. Data are also reviewed with respect to manufacturing requirements such as tool-to-tool matching and process capability; including chamber to chamber, wafer to wafer and within wafer variability


A plasmon is defined as a quantum of collective electron oscillation in a solid. It is also referred as a bulk plasmon (Figure 1a). It may reveal itself in metals, doped semiconductors and other materials, where the concentration of charge carriers is sufficient. Charge oscillations near metallic surfaces can be coupled with light, forming surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) [ , , ] as illustrated in Figure 1b. The localized surface plasmons (LSP) are typical for metallic nanoparticles and rods, where they may also be called transverse plasmons (see Figure 1c). The plasmon observations can be done with electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) under excitation by electrons [ ], in the extinction optical spectra of small particles and films [ , ], or cathode-luminescence (see [ ] and references there). At present time the phenomena of light-matter coupling at the interface between metals and dielectrics is well understood [ ]. Traditional applications of LSPs include surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) [ , ], sensing [ , ], scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) and tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS) (see [ ] and references therein). The SPP modes attract an interest from the point of view of communication due to their subwavelength confinement. This property of SPPs can be extremely useful for applications and allows to bring electronics and photonics closer to each other [ , , , , , , ].


Women at high personal risk of breast cancer can be identified from family history using Claus data or from genetic testing for BRCAI and BRCA2 mutations. Women at such risk may be offered surveillance, entry into a chemoprevention trial such as IBIS, or bilateral prophylactic mastectomy (BPMX). Recent published data on the use of Tamoxifen as a chemopreventative agent found reduction of risk in one study [1] but this was not confirmed in two other ongoing studies [2]. The theoretical risk reduction effect of BPMX receives some confirmation in a recent [3] study. Increasingly women are seeking surgery as a means to attempt to reduce their personal high risk. The Manchester Breast Unit has an established strict protocol for the estimation of risk and selection of patients for surgery. All patients see a specialist geneticist, psychiatrist, oncologist and specialist breast surgeon. The aim of surgery is to reduce breast cancer mortality, relieve anxiety and allow women to live a normal life, which includes the aesthetic considerations of reconstructive surgery. There is however no standard operation and the extent of mastectomy in BPMX is variable between units. Since 1995 43 women have undergone bilateral prophylactic mastectomy under the care of one surgeon. In 3 cases a conventional mastectomy was performed and in 2 with free nipple grafts. In 4 patients a total mastectomy was coupled with immediate reconstruction using a fixed volume submuscular permanent implant. This did not give a reconstructive result of sufficiently high quality, and subsequently a technique was developed of total glandular mastectomy coupled with mastopexy and breast skin preservation. In 34 cases tissue expander devices were placed at the same time as mastectomy and inflated over 6 months to be replaced by permanent implants together with recreation of the inframammary fold as a second stage. In 2 cases immediate bilateral tram flaps were performed. In 35 women bilateral nipple areola complexes (NAC) were preserved on de-epithelialised skin bridges, and in one case there was total NAC loss. In 4 women there was tissue expander device failure but in only one woman of 38 was an implant lost due to infection The pathology found benign tissue only in 35 women; in 4 there was lobular carcinoma in situ and in 2 ductal carcinoma in situ. In a further 2 women ductal carcinoma in situ was associated with infiltrating duct carcinoma. All women with malignant disease had normal mammography preoperatively, but were diagnosed before operation by cytology and MRI scan. BPMX is still an operation under development. If its place is to be established in the management of high-risk women then women should be treated according to selection and management by a strict protocol, consistent surgical technique and follow-up in specialist centres.


Postmodernism emphasize the particular, the local and the diverse potential solutions to contemporary social, economic and environmental problems. The emergence of the term ―organic farming‖ describes a distinct system of agriculture compared to conventional or industrial agriculture. U.S. farmers planning to market their products as ―organic‖ must be certified following USDA procedures. In Alabama, most producers, with small-scale farms, prefer to sell their ―natural‖ or ―organically-oriented‖ products directly to the consumers without USDA certification. The study aims to understand Alabama organic (whether certified or not) farming strategies as a post-modern process. Using survey data from a sample of Alabama Low-input and Organically-Oriented producers (LIOP), we profile their production strategy dilemmas, production methods, information sources and marketing strategies. The data identify some of the postmodern ways its organic farmers struggle to adapt in the context of the modern agricultural system.


Biosand filters (BSFs) are point‐of‐use water treatment systems that can provide safe and affordable potable water to households in developing countries. However, little information is available on the dynamic performance of BSFs or for selecting local materials to use as filter media. In this study, water quality dynamics, biofilm characteristics, and hydraulic performance were investigated in two full‐scale BSFs. During four months of operation with sewage‐contaminated surface water, average log10 removals of 1.7, 1.2, and 0.6 were observed for Escherichia coli, total coliforms, and total heterotrophs, respectively. Average removal efficiencies for turbidity, ultraviolet absorbance at 254 nm, and total organic carbon were 86, 36, and 27%, respectively. Dynamic analysis showed that significant removal of indicator organisms and total organic carbon occurred during the pause period between charging the BSFs. Biofilm characterization revealed that more particle‐associated biomass exists within the BSF column compared with the schmutzdecke layer.


Abstract : Herein we explore a series of optically distinct near infrared emissive polymersomes (NIREPs; biodegradable polymer vesicles that manifest extraordinarily high irradiances and are ideally suited for in vivo optical imaging), each conjugated to different antibodies for the non-invasive molecular imaging of all breast cancer sites within a patient, including micrometastases. In Year 1, we have taken significant steps to optimize NIREP fabrication protocols to ensure immunoreactive antibodies can be reproducibly conjugated to the surface of NIREPs. We have designed and synthesized the most extensive family of PEO-b- PCL copolymers that vary over the largest range of number-average molecular weights (Mn: 3.6 - 57K), PEO weight fractions (fPEO: 0.08 - 0.33), and PEO chain lengths (0.75 5.8K) reported to date. With these, we have demonstrated using comparative morphology diagrams, that a multiplicity of PEO-b-PCL diblock copolymer compositions are able to give rise to nanoscale vesicles. The broad range of polymersome-forming PEO-b-PCL compositions suggest the ability to construct extensive families of nanoscale vesicles of varied bilayer thickness, providing the ability to tune the timescales of vesicle degradation in vivo. Lastly, we have established four pairs of parental and isogenic matched tamoxifen (tam)-resistant cell lines (MCF7, T47D, MDA-MB-361 and HCC1428), and characterized the changes in cell surface protein expression that occurs with onset of resistance. We have found that members of the HER receptor family (EGFR/HER1; HER2; HER3) are upregulated with the development of tam-resistance; furthermore, differences in receptor expression between ER+ cell lines have been characterized. These reagents are critical for evaluation of the selectivity of a panel of antibody-conjugated NIREPs.


In order to verify the effects of cinema therapy on decreasing a sense of uneasiness and improving interpersonal relationship, this study carried out 7 sessions of cinema therapy and consultation with 10 schizophrenia patients. According to the qualitative analysis, the participants were found to be emotionally relaxed through improving their sense of alienation and nervous behaviors as well as revealed the improved interpersonal relationship with communicating lively and expressing actively, Meanwhile, according to the quantitative analysis, 7 of 10 displayed more stable figures than the average of normal people in uneasiness quotient and 6 of 10 showed higher numbers in interpersonal relationship measure. Based on these results, it can be concluded that the treatment applying the cinema therapy has significant effects on decreasing a sense of uneasiness and improving interpersonal relationship.


Abstract: The aim of this research is to know whether there is correlation between teacher's perception of the human relations school principal and achievement motivation of kindergarten's teachers at Tampan District of Pekanbaru City. The population of this research is kindergarten' s teachers at Tampan District of Pekanbaru City that consists of 123 teachers, the samples of this research are 55 teachers which taken by using Slovin formula. Method of this research is Pearson Product Moment correlation to know the correlation between Teacher's Perception of the Human Relations School Principal and Achievement Motivation. The technique of collecting data used questioner in Likert scale form. The technique of analyzing data used scale test and statistic analytical by using SPSS program for Windows Ver. 17. Based on hypothesis there is any significant positive correlation between teacher's perception of the human relations school principal and achievement motivation of kindergarten's teachers at Tampan District of Pekanbaru City. It could be seen from the result of correlation coefficient that 0,488 and significant level is 0,01<0,05. The level of correlation between teacher's perception of the human relations school principal and achievement motivation of kindergarten's teachers is in the middle category with the rank of determinant coefficient in the amount 23,8%, it means that teacher's perception of the human relations school principal affect achievement motivation as much as 23,8%. Keywords: Perception, Human Relations, Achievement MotivationRELATIONS SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND ACHIEVEMENT THE CORRELATION TEACHERS PERCEPTION OF THE HUMAN Meyke Garzia, Zulkifli N, Devi Risma


Facing the rapid development of multimedia and Internet technology, the demand of information on the real-time communications and confidentiality is in-creasing highly. The system, mainly based on a chaotic encryption algorithm and combined with Multi-level Shuffle Exchange Network, is designed and implemented a high-speed data encryption system. After settling the problem of conflict of access caused by a number of input data channel compete for access, we further enhance the encryption module redundancy to achieve a throughput capacity of the system upgrading and the optimization allocation of demand.


While investigations were in progress elsewhere in Venezuela on the modifications of the reactions to tuberculin and lepromin after BeG vaccination in groups of humans in leprosy-endemic foci (2). parallel experiments were made with hamsters and guinea-pigs at the Cabo Blanco Leprosarium. The results are reported here. The problem of lepromin sensitization in animals has attracted the attention of leprologists repeatedly. since Rodriguez in 1938 (5) reported the application of the test to a number of different animals and found that dogs, rabbits and a goat reacted positively. Wade (.) condueted thorough experiments with doga at Culion in 1941, and one of his conclusions was that time is a more important factor in the production of positivity than the quantity of antigen injected. Chaussinand, In his book La Upre ('), affirms that guinea-pigs normally do not reaet positively to lepromin, an experience which differs from ours with the strain ot albinos kept at Cabo Blanco. Olmos Calltro (4) studied the effect of BCG vaccination in causing positive reactions to lepromin in guinea-pig!!. In animals which he considered to be normally nonreactors he observed that the degree ot positiVity increased with incrC4se of the dose of BCG. He ascribes more importance to the late than to the early or Fernandez reaction, and he does not consider repeated inoculation with BCG to be necessary to bring about either. Hadler (.) studied the immunologic re:aponse of tuberculin-negative guinea-piga to heat-killed BCG and to lepromin and found that both mycobacteria evoke histologically similar skin reactions, but that the enzymatic elimination of the leprosy • bacillus Is much slower tha" is the case with the tubercle bacillus (BCG) .


The Richards equation was used to describe grain filling processes of 6 spring wheat varieties including Xinchun 8,and the parameters of grain filling was analyzed by T-test,correlation and path analyzing methods.The results indicated that there were significant variance among part filling parameters in different maturity-stage varieties during each phase;For the grain filling time,the CV(coefficient of variance) of filling-last time T_1 and T_3 were bigger,and T_(max.R),T,D and T_2 were relatively stable;and the CV of R_(max.R),R,R_2 were smaller and relatively stable for the grain filling rates;the CV of R_1 and R_3 were greater,which were affected by environment easily.The negative correlation between R_1 and 1 000-grain weight were extremely significant;The extremely significant positive correlation existed between 1 000-grain weight and T_2,R_3 and D.The sequence of direct path coefficient of parameters of grain filling to 1 000-grain weight is:R_(max.R)R_3R_1T_2R_2,lasting active grain filling duration D is very important for secure and increase 1 000-grain weight.


The aim of this study was to explore the use of a creative teaching method to facilitate learning about becoming older. An excerpt from a story was shared with a group of first year undergraduate student nurses. This was followed by a discussion of the holistic aspects of ageing. Use of this method encouraged a more critical discussion of ageing when compared to didactic teaching methods, and this approach is not restricted to nursing practice. This method can guide similar work in any subject in which assumptions can be challenged, and where meaningful discourse needs to be encouraged. A'  A'Â


Background For generations many families in and around Florida's Apalachicola National Forest have supported themselves by collecting the large endemic earthworms (Diplocardia mississippiensis). This is accomplished by vibrating a wooden stake driven into the soil, a practice called "worm grunting". In response to the vibrations, worms emerge to the surface where thousands can be gathered in a few hours. Why do these earthworms suddenly exit their burrows in response to vibrations, exposing themselves to predation? Principal Findings Here it is shown that a population of eastern American moles (Scalopus aquaticus) inhabits the area where worms are collected and that earthworms have a pronounced escape response from moles consisting of rapidly exiting their burrows to flee across the soil surface. Recordings of vibrations generated by bait collectors and moles suggest that "worm grunters" unknowingly mimic digging moles. An alternative possibility, that worms interpret vibrations as rain and surface to avoid drowning is not supported. Conclusions Previous investigations have revealed that both wood turtles and herring gulls vibrate the ground to elicit earthworm escapes, indicating that a range of predators may exploit the predator-prey relationship between earthworms and moles. In addition to revealing a novel escape response that may be widespread among soil fauna, the results show that humans have played the role of "rare predators" in exploiting the consequences of a sensory arms race.


Background: Cervical cancer is one of the most significant cancer found in women worldwide especially in developing countries. Previous reports showed that global DNA hypomethylation was correlated with various types of cancer including cervical cancer. Methods: Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE1) pyrosequencing and Enzyme linked-immunosorbent assay (ELISA) assays were used for detection of global DNA methylation. The ELISA results were compared to bisulfite LINE1 pyrosequencing assay. Results: Different cervical cancer cell lines (CaSki, SiHa, HeLa, ME180, MS751, C33A) showed low global methylation percentage when compared to normal white blood cells by ELISA assay (1.47%-5.09% vs 8.20%, respectively) and by LINE1 pyrosequencing (20%-45% vs 62%, respectively). Global DNA methylation levels in cervical cancer samples were lower than precancerous lesions (Normal-CIN3) by LINE1 pyrosequencing (mean, 48.8% vs 56.9%, respectively, p<0.05) and ELISA assay (mean, 3.03% vs 3.85%, respectively, p<0.05). Conclusion: Global DNA hypomethylation was predominantly found in cervical cancer samples detected by ELISA and LINE1 pyrosequencing assays and could be used as triage tests in cervical cancer screening. ELISA assay is a suitable method for detection of global DNA methylation in large population; however, it should be further evaluated in a large clinical samples in order to be used as screening method.


In the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, the preferred rigid pavement construction is continuously reinforced concrete (CRC), either in the form of continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) or continuously reinforced concrete base (CRCB). CRC contains no intermediate transverse expansion or contraction joints. Cracks designed to occur under thermal changes occur in the transverse direction and hardly affect the integrity of the pavement because of steel reinforcement and an aggregate interlock. Asphalt surfacing improves the durability of the pavement. The performance of CRC was assessed by looking at a number of sites in the UK. Performance, temperature variations, reflection cracking, bond strength and durability were examined. The tests and results are described and evaluated in detail with supporting tables and illustrations.


Using scanning electronic microscope, X-ray diffraction analysis, PYR-GCMS and IR etc., we studied the evolving process of the composition and structure of PAN carbon fiber during preoxidation. In the initial stage of preoxidation, PAN filament tows disappear and become semi-thaw. At first, reactions happen between the copolymers and esters disappear. The molecules annularly crosslink and the index of cyclation slowly increases. It is easy to fix the structure and form defects during the initial and the medium stages, which are most reactive. More traction is advised in these stages to minimize the structural deficiencies. In the medium stage of preoxidation, the fiber was reshaped into new sheet stacks and gradually changed to sheet sectors, and this structure tends to be stable in the final stage. Induced by acid and ester copolymer, PAN fiber forms a very stable cycle structure in the final stage. Besides, monomer, dimmer and trimer obviously decrease. In the final stage of the preoxidation, there exists only the fragment of —CN, and it also disappears at last. The index of cyclation rises with the process of preoxidation and the structural shape stabilizes.


The present invention includes as input a reactive gas containing nitrogen gas (N And further comprising: the second contraction by pressing and holding for a predetermined time at a temperature in the range of 0.7 times to 0.9 times the melting temperature (Tm) of the amorphous alloy or a nanocrystalline alloy with the plurality of amorphous alloy or a nanocrystalline alloy; the It provides a method for manufacturing nanostructured film comprising a crystalline alloy consisting of nitrogen formed by performing, including.


This study examines the contribution of women architects to Palomeras operation projects in the context of the Spanish transition and the Madrid housing emergency in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Works were selected according to their professional impacts; 11 projects were analyzed by redrawing and studying the main types of dwelling. The current reading interpretation—according to a gender perspective—focuses on reproduction of tasks in main spaces at home: in-depth testing of the scope of kitchen surface and glazing ratios, as well as direct lighting, views and minimum distance of housekeeping paths. Furthermore, the comparative and qualitative analysis was based on meaningful data, which yield subtle but expressive results about the consequences of gender-inclusive architect teams. Thus, it is possible to approach and discuss the role played by some women architects of the Madrid School after second-wave feminism, in a key time for gender change in architectural practice in Spain.


The analysis of labour market development in the North Caucasian Federal District has showed that there is a rather critical problem of employment for the region, especially among the graduates of higher education institutions. The most significant reasons of low rate of job placement of HEI graduates, to which the arisen imbalance of supply and demand at the labour market can be referred, have been identified in the article. The author comes to a conclusion that the higher education system in the region of NCFD needs optimization which must occur not only by reducing the number of higher education institutions but also by improving the quality of higher education. The author offers a package of measures directed at the elimination of the existing imbalance at the labour market and increase of the rate of job placement of HEI graduates: correction of control rates of admission to higher education institutions in EGTS (enlarged group of training specialities) section, study of the order for specialists training with concrete professional competences at the labour market, carrying out the information activities regarding available vacancies among HEI graduates, development and implementation of programmes of support and adaptation of young specialists of high-demand professions.


The development of Australian vocational education and training greatly depends on the planning and regula-tion of the government, common domination of enterprises and industries according to market principle, comprehensive par-ticipation of school and enterprise, and investment from multi-channels. Referring the experience of Australia, theschool-enterprise cooperation in China must attach importance to the participation of enterprises, and the governmentshould increase financial input and adjustment.


Islam as a religion of da'wah has obliged every Muslim to play a role in spreading the truth of the Qur'an. In the era of information technology like today, the spread of Islamic teachings can be done in various ways, including through memes. For millennials who are proficient with technology, Islamic memes are an alternative media for da'wah. This is due to the power of memes in conveying messages through image visualization and humour-style text. Islamic memes are generally distributed via the internet and messaging applications on smartphones. Most Islamic memes are designed using illustration styles. To understand the visual language of memes, this study formulates the question: how to read visual signs in Islamic memes as da'wah media, because the types of da'wah in memes are not only in the form of written text but also in the form of images? This study uses a combination method, which combines quantitative and qualitative approaches. Quantitatively, this study collects data about the views of the millennial generation on the attractiveness of illustration-style Islamic memes. Whereas qualitatively, an analysis of samples of illustration-style Islamic memes uses semiotic theory to see the structure of design elements as the visual language of da'wah messages. The results of this study are expected to be a reference for the scientific field of visual communication design, as well as encourage the creation of more productive and communicative Islamic memes as da'wah media for millennial generations.


Abstract : The use of autofrettage to increase the permissible firing pressures in large caliber gun barrels leads to the development of tensile residual stresses near the external surface of the barrel, and these stresses increase the probability of barrel failure through the growth of a pre-existing defect situated near the tube external surface. Fracture mechanics analyses of such defects necessarily involve estimating the residual stresses in addition to the firing stress distribution in the barrel wall. This report illustrates the way in which such estimates may be obtained and, as an example, a defective barrel is investigated for suitability for use outside normal service conditions, resulting in the proposal that the barrel be used for proof and experimental purposes. (Author)


The ion yield curves of PH+3, PH+2, and PH+ from photoionization of PH3 have been measured. The free radical PH2 has been generated by pyrolysis, and the ion yield curve of PH+2 (PH2) determined. These measurements yield directly I.P. (PH3)=9.870±0.002 eV, and I.P. (PH2)=9.824±0.002 eV. In addition, we deduce D0 (H2P–H)=82.46±0.46 kcal/mol, D0 (HP–H)=74.2±2 kcal/mol, D0 (P–H)=70.5±2 kcal/mol, I.P. (PH)=10.18±0.1 eV, and other thermochemically related quantities. The ionization energies of PH, PH2, and PH3 are computed by ab initio molecular orbital methods to fourth order in Mo/ller–Plesset theory, and are found to be in good agreement with experiment. The ground state of PH+2 is inferred to be 1A1, with the 3B1 state higher by ≥0.71 eV. This ordering is the reverse of that in CH2 and NH+2.


Semiarid rangelands exhibit extreme variability in their hydrologic processes affecting erosion and sedimentation. The surface of these rangeland areas is usually sparsely vegetated, low in litter cover, and moder ately covered with rock fragments larger than 5 mm. Rock fragments of rangeland soils are usually found throughout the soil profile, and are most abundant at, or near, the soil surface, especially where excessive erosion has occurred to form an erosion pavement. This erosion pavement forma tion is the result of finer soil particles being moved or eroded away by water (Anderson, 1974). Desert pavement and erosion pavement are dif ferent; desert pavement is the erosion response to an arid climate support ing intermittent and sparse vegetative cover, whereas erosion pavement is the erosion response to the exposure rock fragment containing soils that were once protected by complete vegetative cover (Shaw, 1929). Erosion pavement is found in regions where erosion has been accelerated beyond geologic norms, and is extensive on overgrazed rangelands in the West and Southwest (Lowdermilk and Sundling, 1950). Because of the dominance of this erosion pavement, an understanding of its role in


The pilot-control globe valve (PCGV) is a novel globe valve with a piston-type valve core and a small pilot valve. It can utilize a pressure difference to control the state of the main valve by the pilot valve. In this paper, a mathematical model of PCGV is established and a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method is used to numerically simulate its flow and cavitation characteristics. Analysis of the pressure difference between the upside and downside of the valve core and comparison with similar previous work increase the reliability of the simulation. Then an analysis of flow and cavitation characteristics is carried out with three comparisons: a comparison between opened and closed states, a comparison between different inlet velocities, and a comparison between different valve core displacements. The results demonstrate that the vapor volume fraction reaches its peak point at the valve seat near the outlet tube, and that a higher inlet velocity or smaller valve core displacement can cause greater cavitation damage. This study can help further design work for optimization and engineering applications of PCGV.


Investigating a series of anilinoquinazoline derivatives substituted by carbamic acid esters, we have established the importance of the carbamate functional group and the substitution on the arylamino ring by a donor/acceptor group such as halide or methyl. All the newly-synthesized compounds described were evaluated for both their in vitroEGFR and VEGFR-2 kinase inhibition and antiproliferative activities against various cancer cells. These novel compounds were effective tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for these two enzymes with in vitro IC50 values in the submicromolar range, but showed a moderated inhibitory activity on cancer cells. Modification of the ether linkage at the 6- or 7- position of the quinazoline core with a basic or aliphatic side chain (70–80) was investigated and it was demonstrated that introduction of aminoalkyl substituents such as morpholinoethoxy is a key modification that increases antiproliferative activity.


An analysis of delay-Doppler characteristics in the presence of moving people is presented for short-range communication in an indoor environment. Channel-sounding measurements have been carried out at 3.6 GHz in a crowded university hall during several short and long breaks in-between courses. During three consecutive days, the measurements were repeated with different positions for the transmit and receive antennas. In this study, the behavior of the maximum Doppler shift and the Doppler spread was analyzed in the time-delay domain as a function of the occupation of the hall, the polarizations of the 2 × 2 MIMO antennas, and their positions in the hall. The measurements reveal a clear distinction between the Doppler spread of the short and long breaks in the campaign, indicating a distinctive power distribution of their Doppler spectra. In addition, there is a significant contrast between the Doppler characteristics of the co- and cross-polarizations. Measurements at several positions reveal the importance of characterizing multipaths and show that the Doppler effect depends on the position of the antennas in the environment. In addition, this work also shows that the Doppler spectrum can be accurately modeled by a Cauchy distribution, allowing for the generation of parameters to describe Doppler characteristics.


The invention relates to an egg puff die with a material guide channel. The egg puff die mainly consists of an upper die, a lower die, an upper die handle, a lower die handle, an upper die connecting sheet and a lower die connecting sheet; a connecting pin is arranged between the upper die connecting sheet and the lower die connecting sheet; the upper die handle is located at the outer side of the upper die; the lower die handle is arranged at the outer side of the lower die; the upper die is provided with upper grooves, a first clamping plate, a second boss, a first boss and a second clamping plate, wherein the first clamping plate is located at the upper right side of the upper grooves, the second boss is located at the left upper side of the upper grooves, the first boss is located at the lower right side of the upper grooves, and the second clamping plate is located below the first boss; the lower die is provided with lower grooves, a first through hole, a discharge hole, a second through hole and the material guide channel, wherein the first through hole is located at the left upper side of the lower grooves, the discharge hole is located at the upper right side of the lower grooves, the second through hole is located at the lower right side of the lower grooves, and the material guide channel is located among the lower grooves. The egg puff die with the material guide channel has the advantages that the labor strength is low, the raw material waste is less, the service performance is good, and cleaning is convenient.


In recent years, technology development and using various tools have led to produce environmental contaminations. Radon (Rn-222) is one of the dangerous and fatal indoor air pollution. According to Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and many other international organizations, Radon is major cause of lung cancer after smoking. In present research, Radon measurements have been done in 30 dwellings of Tehran using AEOI devices. According to research achievements, the average Radon concentration in Tehran is measured 104 Bq/m3. Maximum and minimum concentrations are 460.2 Bq/ m3 in west and 31 Bq/m3 in north respectively. Risk assessment was done using EPA method. Results showed that independent of age, the lung cancer death rates and risk were 14 times or 12 times (for males and females respectively) greater for ever smokers than never smokers. In conclusion, females are more at risk than males. It was determined people who were older than 70 and also ever smokers are more at risk that must be followed up. Review History: Received: 21 July 2017 Revised: 8 November 2017 Accepted: 23 November 2017 Available Online: 29 November 2017


OBJECTIVE
To asses possible differences in serum-free triiodothironine (FT3), total triiodothironine (TT3), free thyroxine, total thyroxine, and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels between male combat veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder and healthy male control subjects.

METHOD
Male combat veterans (N = 38; ages 23-53 years; mean +/- SD = 35.9 +/- 7.5 years) with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (duration of illness was 2-6 years; mean +/- SD = 3.53 +/- 0.95 years) were compared with healthy male control subjects (N = 32; ages 25-50 years; mean +/- SD = 36.5 +/- 8.3 years). Serum samples were analyzed by luminoimmunochemical assays for basal levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone, total thyroxine, TT3, free thyroxine, and FT3.

RESULTS
Combat veterans with chronic combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder had significantly increased values of FT3 (mean +/- SD, 5.92 +/- 1.11; t = 2.27; p < 0.02), as well as TT3 (mean +/- SD, 2.04 +/- 0.32; t = 6.26; p < 0.0001) than the control group.

CONCLUSION
Elevated serum TT3 and FT3 are associated with chronic combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder.


On a separable, infinite dimensional Banach space X, a bounded linear operator T : X → X is said to be hypercyclic on X if there is a vector x ∈ X whose orbit orb (T, x) = {x, Tx, T x, T x, . . .} is dense in X. Such a vector x is called a hypercyclic vector for T . When the operator T : X → X is hypercyclic on X and its adjoint operator T ∗ : X∗ → X∗ is hypercyclic on the dual space X∗ of X, then we say that T is dual hypercyclic. Since an orbit is a countable set, dual hypercyclicity can only take place when both X and X∗ are separable. However, X is separable whenever its dual X∗ is, but the converse is not always true. Separability does not present an issue when the Banach space X is indeed a Hilbert space H, because the adjoint T ∗ is a bounded linear operator on H itself. In fact, it was the Hilbert space setting that the concept of dual hypercyclicity started to develop. A fundamental question is whether dual hypercyclic operators on H can ever exist. This question was originally raised by Herrero [4]. The first example of such an operator was found by Salas [6]. Later he [7] provided another example using a general result for hypercyclic bilateral weighted shift operators. Recently generalizations of dual hypercyclic operators to a Banach space X were studied. For instance, Petersson [5] showed that any infinite dimensional Banach space X with a shrinking symmetric basis, such as c0 and p with 1 < p < ∞, admits a dual hypercyclic operator T : X → X. Then Salas [8] showed that any Banach space X with a separable dual spaceX∗ admits a dual hypercyclic operator. More recently, Shkarin [10] studied dual hypercyclic tuples of operators on Banach spaces, and Salas [9] studied dual disjoint hypercyclic operators. In the present paper we return to the setting of a separable, infinite dimensional Hilbert space H and study compressions of dual hypercyclic operators T : H → H, making use of unique Hilbert space properties. Our main result is Theorem 2 below, which states that the compression of a dual hypercyclic operator T onto a closed subspace M of infinite codimension in H can coincide with any prescribed operator A on M . In other words, if P : H → H is the orthogonal projection onto a closed subspace M with dim (H/M) = ∞, then for any bounded linear


This research was conducted in the watershed "El Padmi", located in the parish of "Los Encuentros", Yantzaza canton, province of Zamora Chinchipe. In order to contribute to in situ genetic conservation, set out to identify and select seed trees of five native tree species, in addition to estimate the supply and demand of priority seeds. Based on interviews of the inhabitants of the area of influence, five species were prioritized: Lafoensia acuminata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC., Cedrelinga cateniformis Ducke, Clarisia racemosa Ruiz & Pav., Vitex cymosa Bertero ex Spreng and Terminalia amazonia (J.F. Gmel) Exell. These were the best scored, according the grade of importance perceived by the interviewees.
For the identification of seed trees was carried out systematic tours in small forest remnants of the upper, medium and low of the micro-watershed. Once identified the individuals, quantitative data were registered as diameter at breast height (DBH), commercial height (HC) and total height (HT) also proceeded to perform phenotypic evaluation considering stem form, branching height, crown diameter and plant health status.
It was identified and evaluated a total of 47 individuals, nine individuals of Lafoensia acuminata, 13 individuals of Cedrelinga cateniformis, 10 individuals of Clarisia racemosa nine individuals of cymosa Vitex and six individuals Terminalia Amazon. Of the total, 19 individuals present excellent phenotypic characteristics to be considered as seed trees. These trees selected serve for subsequent phenological studies as seed source for future afforestation and reforestation programs.
The demand for forest seeds of native species in the province of Zamora Chinchipe is growing, according to reforestation data in 2014 there were 3506.77 hectares reforested (National Secretary of Planning and Development [SENPLADES], 2015). In 2015 it aims to reforest 5,000 hectares at the provincial level (Ministry of Environment [MAE], 2015), showing an average annual increase of 43%. On the supply side of the watershed The Padmi seed has a range of 3,54 Kg Lafoensia acuminata seed.; 21,2 Kg of Terminalia amazonia; 0,45 Kg Cedrelinga cateniformis; 11,45 Kg Clarisia racemosa and 15 Kg Vitex cymosa. Which would cover 5, 57% of the current demand.


Network-on-chip (NoC) based multi-processor systems-on-chip (MPSoCs) are promising candidates for future multi-processor embedded platforms, which are expected to be composed of hundreds of heterog ...


This study examines the relationship betweenfive firm-specific characteristics and the general level of financial ratios that were voluntarily disclosed by companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLCE). Thev five firm-specific characteristics examined are: firm size, leverage, assets-in-place, type of auditor and sector of the company. The results obtained from cross-sectional regression show that firm size is the only variable significantly related to the extent of financial ratio disclosure. however, based on the ectension empirical model, it is found out that a type of auditor is also significant but only for the construction sector. As a general finding, the level of voluntary disclosure of financial ratios by firms in Malaysia is still low.


The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of five plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) (Bacillus panthothenicus; Pseudomonas Cichorii; Pseudomonas Putida; Pseudomonas syringae and Serratia marcescens) on the growth and yield of maize on a ferruginous soil under field condition. Maize seeds were inoculated with 10 ml of bacterial suspension. Study was conducted in a completely randomized design with fifteen treatments and three replicates. A half-dose of recommended (13, 17, 17 kg?ha?1) NPK was applied 15 days after emergence. The results show that the Serratia marcescens + 50% NPK treatment yielded the best results for height, fresh underground biomass, dry aboveground biomass, dry underground biomass, and grain yield with respective increases of 41.09%, 217.5%, 213.34%, 93.82%, and 39.05% compared to the control. Maximum stem diameter (increases of 49.65%) was recorded in the plants treated with 100% NPK (full dose NPK) while the highest leaf area (466.36 ± 9.57 cm2), obtained on plant treated with Pseudomonas putida + 50% NPK was 32.08% greater than in the non-inoculated control. Our results suggest the use of these rhizobacteria as biological fertilizers for enhancing the growth and maize seed yield in ferruginous soil in the North of Benin.


Abstract So far, little attention has been given to the effect of the street cleaning waters (SCW) load on the sewer systems during dry-weather periods. However, the knowledge of this pollution is needed to better understand the contribution of SCW to dry weather flow (DWF) pollution within combined sewers. Therefore, hydrocarbon loads conveyed by SCW were analyzed for two different sites of the Paris agglomeration. Median n-alkane, Unresolved Complex Mixture (UCM) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations have been estimated at 19, 628 and 1.4 μ g · l− 1for the Marais catchment (or 4th district), and at 8, 249, and 2.1 μ g · l− 1for the 13th district, respectively. The observed contamination was mainly attributed to road traffic. Moreover, a comparison between SCW and street runoff showed that street cleaning removes a higher PAH stock than street runoff. In addition, SCW hydrocarbon fluxes evaluated at 5.4, 178 and 0.4 g · d− 1for n-alkanes, UCM and PAH, respectively, were compared to the hydrocarbon fluxes of the DWF pollutant load at the combined sewer outlet of the Marais catchment. Hydrocarbon loads conveyed by SCW into Paris combined sewers appeared to be a minor source of DWF pollution for n-alkane and UCM, but represented a significant source for PAHs.


The late early Chadronian Medicine Pole Hills local fauna of southwestern North Dakota preserves a diverse mammalian fauna. Included in the fauna are single specimens of a phenacolemurine and a uintasoricine primate. These represent the youngest record of the families Paromomyidae and Microsyopidae. These rare elements provide additional support for latest Eocene relict populations surviving in the Great Plains province after their disappearance from the Rocky Mountain province. INTRODUCTION Plesiadapiform primates are relatively abundant in North American Paleocene faunas, peaking in diversity during the late Paleocene (Tiffanian) and declining rather precipitously by the early Eocene (Wasatchian) (Maas et al. 1988). The latest previously reported occurrence of any plesiadapiform is Ignacius mcgrewi from the Duchesnean of Wyoming (Krishtalka 1978). This paper documents the occurrence of at least two plesiadapiform genera, a phenacolemurine paromomyid and a uintasoricine microsyopid, in the early Chadronian. The Medicine Pole Hills local fauna is a diverse assemblage consisting of more than 4500 mammal specimens from the Chadron Formation in the southwestern corner of North Dakota (Pearson 1993, Pearson and Hoganson 1995, Schumaker and Kihm 2006, Kihm and Schumaker 2008, Kihm 2011, 2013). This fauna is heavily skewed toward small species with approximately 50% of all mammal specimens being eomyid rodents, and it appears to preserve a previously underrepresented sample of small-bodied, early Chadronian taxa. This interpretation is bolstered by the high diversity of both lizards (Smith 2006) and snakes (Smith 2013) in the fauna compared to other Chadronian assemblages. Whereas the Medicine Pole Hills mammalian fauna contains Leptomeryx yoderi (Heaton and Emry 1996), considered an index fossil for the late early Chadronian (Prothero and Emry 2004), the rodent fauna is most similar to the middle Chadronian Calf Creek local fauna of Saskatchewan. However, the rodent fauna also includes the youngest occurrence of a sciuravid rodent (Kihm 2013). The phenacolemurine and uintasoricine plesiadaptiforms reported here represent a rare component of the Medicine Pole Hills local fauna, where each of these taxa is represented by a single tooth. These specimens are curated with the Pioneer Trails Regional Museum (PTRM) in Bowman, ND. It is unlikely that the specimens described here are the result of contamination. The screens for processing the matrix were cleaned in an ultrasonic bath prior to use. Reworking is also considered unlikely. The specimens themselves are not different in the color of preservation from other specimens nor do they show any degree of surface erosion that might suggest transport (PTRM 10401 has both roots preserved). The sediments of the locality (V89002) lie unconformably on the Paleocene Fort Union Formation. Although Ignacius has been reported from the Fort Union Formation in North Dakota (Kihm and Hartman 2004), there are no other Paleocene mammalian or reptilian taxa among the more than 5000 specimens collected from the Medicine Pole Hills localities to date (a few chondrichthyan teeth may be the result of reworking). The only early or middle Eocene rocks in North Dakota are the Golden Valley Formation which has produced a limited Wasatchian fauna (West 1973). The nearest mapped occurrence of these rocks is more than 50 km to the north-northwest (Hickey 1977). The only reported occurrence of older late Eocene fossils from the region are from the Slim Buttes Formation of northwestern South Dakota (Bjork PALUDICOLA, VOL. 9, NO. 4, 2014 177 1967), more than 70 km to the southeast of V89002. Seeland (1985) has reconstructed the late Eocene drainage of the northern Great Plains and described a generally northeasterly flow direction. SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY Order Primates Linnaeus, 1758 Infraorder Plesiadapiformes Simons and Tattersall, in Simons, 1972 Family Paromomyidae Simpson, 1940 Subfamily Phenacolemurinae Simpson, 1955 Phenacolemurine, cf. Ignacius sp. (Figure 1) Referred Specimen—PTRM 17483, LP4. Description—The protocone is a low triangular cusp at the extreme anterolingual corner of the tooth. It is smaller than either of the external cusps. There is a weakly developed preprotocrista that runs along the anterior margin of the tooth, terminating about halfway between the protocone and paracone at a small paraconule. The preparaconule crista slants anterobuccally, terminating on the anterobuccal corner of the tooth just anterior to the lingual margin of the paracone. The postparaconule crista angles posterobuccally to the lingual margin of the paracone. No metaconule is present. The postprotocrista is also very weak and terminates before reaching the middle of the tooth. The paracone is only somewhat larger than the metacone in area but is considerably taller. The centrocrista connecting the external cusps is slightly invaginated. The paracone has a minor preparacrista that trends anteriorly to an expanded anterobuccal corner of the tooth. This expansion connects to a buccal cingulum that extends to the metacone. A small cuspule is developed on the cingulum anterobuccal to the metacone. There is an anterior cingulum on the buccal half of the tooth. The postprotocingulum extends posteriorly from the protocone to the posterobuccal corner of the tooth where the crest bends buccally, connecting to the metacone and enclosing a posterolingual basin. There is no distinct hypocone. The tooth has an anteriorposterior length of 1.94 mm, an anterior width of 2.13 mm and a posterior width of 2.10 mm. Discussion—The specimen is clearly a paromomyid based on the characteristically formed posterolingual basin, lack of a hypocone and well developed conules. Silcox and Gunnell (2008) recognized five genera of North American paromomyids. Of these, Elwynella is known only from the lower dentition (Rose and Bown 1982). The P4 of Acidomomys (Bloch et al. 2002) is unknown, but the dP4 and upper molars show greater development of both preand postprotocristae and taller protocones. Paromomys has a reduced metacone on the P4 and a less inflated posterolingual basin (Simpson 1955). The three new paromomyid genera erected by Robinson and Ivy (1994) – Simpsonlemur, Dillerlemur and Pulverflumen – were considered by Silcox et al. (2008) to be synonyms of Phenacolemur. The recently named paromomyid genus Edworthia is known only from the lower dentition (Fox et al. 2010). FIGURE 1. cf. Ignacius sp. from the Medicine Pole Hills local fauna. A-C, PTRM 17483 LP4, A, occlusal view, B, oblique buccal view; C, oblique lingual view. The bar scale represents approximately 1 mm. ____________________________________________ The P4 of Phenacolemur is characterized by a straight centrocrista and an expanded posterolingual basin (Bown and Rose 1976) and is known primarily from Wasatchian or older species. Among earlier species of Phenacolemur, at least some specimens of P. simonsi are similar to the PTRM specimen in having a small P4 paraconule with well-defined, albeit small, pre and post paraconule cristae ("conule wings") and a lower P4 metacone relative to the paracone (Silcox et al 2008). The latest occurring species is Phenacolemur shifrae from the Wagon Bed Formation (Uintan 3) of Wyoming (Krishtalka 1978), but the P4 of this species is unknown. Phenacolemur is also reported from the Sespe (Kelly 1990) and Mission Valley (Walsh 1991) Formations (both Uintan 3) of California. Unfortunately, this material has not been described. Bown and Rose (1976) resurrected Ignacius and differentiated it from Phenacolemur based upon the 178 KIHM AND TOMOW—CHADRONIAN PRIMATES shape of the P4-M3 centrocrista, the relative expansion of the posterolingual basin and the P4 being shorter and narrower than the M1 (among other characteristics). PTRM 17483 is more similar to Ignacius in having the P4 centrocrista invaginated rather than straight and in having the posterolingual basin not extending posterior to the metacone. The expanded anterobuccal corner of the tooth and the development of the buccal cingulum are features that could be derived from I. graybullianus. However the specimen differs in having a small paraconule with conule wings, features indiscernible in I. graybullianus (Silcox et al 2008:fig. 6). The youngest reported species of Ignacius is I. mcgrewi from the Wagon Bed Formation (Uintan 3 to Duchesnean) of Wyoming (Robinson 1968, Krishtalka 1978). Unfortunately, the known sample does not include a specimen with P4. In addition to the North American genera, one European genus is included in the Paromomyidae. Arcius was named by Godinot (1984) and species assigned to this genus show considerable variation in the P4. The type species, A. rougieri, has a reduced P4 metacone, the posterolingual corner of the tooth is not as square as the PTRM specimen, and the anterior cingulum is not as developed. Godinot also assigned A. lapparenti and A. fuscus, which had previously been included in Phenacolemur (Russell et al. 1967; Bown and Rose 1976), to Arcius. Aumont (2004) described the P4 of A. lapparenti as having a broader lingual margin, than in A. rougieri, a condition more similar to the PTRM specimen. However, Arcius lapparenti differs from the PTRM specimen in having greater development of the P4 postprotocrista and in having the centrocrista relatively straight, a feature more similar to Phenacolemur. Arcius fuscus lacks a buccal cingulum on the P4 and the posterolingual corner is more rounded than in the PTRM specimen (Russell et al. 1967). The P4 material referred to A. fuscus by Aumont (2004) differs from that described by Russell et al. (1967) in its possession of a more squared occlusal outline, a larger metacone, a buccal cingulum with a distinct notch, and a posterior cingulum. PTRM 17483 lacks both a notch on the buccal cingulum and posterior cingulum. Arcius zbyszewskii has a P4 that is rectangular in occlusal outline and differs f


Previous research suggests that the indices drawn from divergent thinking tests (i.e., ideational fluency, originality, and flexibility) lack discriminant validity. This is a serious problem because of the popularity of these tests, and because divergent thinking is probably our most useful model of creative thinking. Still, the research demonstrating a lack of discriminant validity was conducted primarily with nongifted subjects, and the findings may not apply to gifted individuals. The present project evaluated the discriminant validity of gifted children's (N = 97) divergent thinking test scores with multitrait-multimethod and factor analytic procedures. Results indicated that the indices drawn from the divergent thinking tests did lack discriminant validity in this gifted sample.


Abstract The IMPDH (Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase)-II is largely produced in cancer cells. Extensive MD-simulation (2 ns) of the 1B3O, 1NFB, 1NF7, 1LRT, and 1MEW PDB-structures revealed the presence of a conserved water molecule, which is H-bonded and stabilized by the surrounding ribose hydroxyl (O2) of inhibitor, nitrogen (NN) of cofactor, carboxyl oxygen (OD2) and amide nitrogen atoms of the active site Asp 364 and Asn 303 of human. These water-mediated interaction are partially supported in the solvated and X-ray structures. The stereochemistry of the four- centered H-bonds around the conserved water center may be exploited to design a better model inhibitor for IMPDH-II.


Numerous studies have documented that water at the ice-bed interface can affect ice flow dynamics of both, mountain glaciers and the Greenland ice sheet. Water at the bed is routed through a complex network of conduits that form a subglacial drainage system. The subglacial drainage system evolves over the melt season in response to the changes in the meltwater supply. However, it is challenging to study due to the inaccessibility of the glacier bed. We use an extensive near-bed water pressure data set from an ablation zone of a small, polythermal, mountain glacier in St. Elias Mountains, Yukon.  Pressure sensors, that exhibit common diurnal variations, are considered to be connected to a hydraulically active drainage system.

We use a simplified two-dimensional continuum version of the subglacial drainage model with an additional assumption that changes in drainage configuration are negligible over a short time period. Spatially varying permeability function is used as a proxy for the subglacial drainage configuration, assuming that the areas of high (low) permeability correspond to the areas that are connected (disconnected) to a hydraulically active system.  In order to study the evolution of the subglacial drainage system over the melt season, we divide the melt season in a series of short time periods. We then use the inverse model to estimate the permeability function for each of these time periods. Continuity is ensured by using, respectively, the final pressure distribution and the estimated permeability function of the previous period, as the initial condition and the a priori estimate for the consequent time period.


Abstract Heavy impurities implanted in metals may occupy different sites. In general a substitutional site is possible, as well as sites associated with defects. The interaction of the impurities with the defects produced during the slowing down process is thought to be the reason for the population of the different sites. The incoming atoms are interacting with the correlated damage—interaction with the own damage cascade—and with the uncorrelated damage. The correlated interaction is responsible for the major part of the landing behaviour of the impurities, only the uncorrelated interaction describes the transitions between different sites. With these ideas the evolution of the site populations may be described by means of a set of differential equations. We have solved the equations for the case where all defects are immobile. In order to do so we have introduced spontaneous trapping volumes around every defect configuration. The solutions of these equations produce the evolution of the site population...


Expensive technological hardware and software, prohibitively high cost of installing e-learning systems, the dedication required in terms of time and skills development, and experts required to service e-learning resources systems are some challenges developing countries face in using e-resources for teaching and learning. In the context of these challenges, this study was conducted at a library of a secondary teachers' college Y in Zimbabwe to gain insight into the nature of E-Resources Integration. Qualitative research methods involving interviews, observations, and document analysis were used to generate data. Interviewees who volunteered were pre-services teachers, teacher educators, Librarians, and ICT personnel managing the e-resources system. Through thematic analysis, data were presented as verbatim, and narratives were interpreted to unpack meaning imbued. Findings show that power outages, poor internet connectivity, lack of e-resources awareness by prospective users, competencies in using e-resources, and computers, were factors that inhibited effective e-resources use for teaching and learning. As a recommendation, libraries should design and provide e-learning resource services that motivate learners consistent with their information needs, increasing the probability of using such resources.


Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu Tampere University of Applied Sciences Master's Degree, Business Administration – International Project Management Elina Helenius: Creating learning resources in the plural content era – the content creator's perspective Master's thesis 48 pages March 2017 This research looks at the current situation of project management in educational publishing setting. The world of educational publishing is in a state of transition: book production requirements differ from how content is delivered in a multiplatform environment, not only through the selection of output channel – printed or digital – but also how project management within educational publishing is challenged. Traditionally, book publishing has followed the traditional 'Waterfall' type of collaborative project management. Through four interviews with industry experts in both UK and Finnish educational publishing settings, the thesis gives the reader a snapshot of the current situation and what the industry is facing in the new plural content era of content creation, and the challenges to business – not only to the wider book industry but in day-to-day management of projects in the ever-growing landscape of educational publishing.


PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES
To identify the most beneficial ways to support older women as they make screening decisions using a systematic, epidemiologic, narrative review of research regarding benefits and burdens of breast cancer screening and treatment.

DATA SOURCES
Medical and nursing research databases emphasizing women aged 60 and older.

DATA SYNTHESIS
Older women can tolerate screening and treatment, yet they are underserved. The most frequently cited reason to explain this phenomenon is declining health status associated with aging. Research evidence does not support this claim. No evidence clearly describes relationships among health status, aging, and less screening or less aggressive treatment.

CONCLUSIONS
Older women experience varied health problems. However, indications that they are less able than their younger counterparts to tolerate screening or treatment for breast cancer do not exist.

IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING
Further research in all aspects of breast cancer care in older women is required to define and describe risks and benefits of screening within a context of aging and changing health. Nurses should discuss the risks and benefits of screening with older women.


The traditional approaches of measuring goodness of fit are shown to be inappropriate in the case of the double-bounded logit model. An alternate approach called the "sequential classification procedure" is presented as a possible alternative to the standard tests. The double-bounded logit model is reviewed along with the standard goodness-of-fit measures. The sequential classification procedure and its features are presented in the context of an empirical example.


The influences of linen enzyme scouring and one-bath alkali-oxygen pretreatment process on the effects of pretreatment effect were studied.The technology conditions were optimized through the single factor experiment and their respective treatment effect were tested.The results showed the optimal enzyme scouring conditions were: Superzyme B-YM 3 g/L,penetrant JFC 2 g/L,pH=7,bath ratio 1∶20,temperature 65 ℃,time 40 min;the optimal process of one-bath alkali-oxygen pretreatment was: 30% hydrogen peroxide 12 g/L,caustic soda 10 g/L,scouring agent 2 g/L,urea 3 g/L,bath ratio 1∶20,temperature 100 ℃,and time 60 min.The characteristics of enzyme scouring method were: short process,mild reaction conditions,low pollu tion and energy saving.The characteristics of one-bath alkali-oxygen method were: time and energy saving in pretreatment process,heavy fiber damage under strong alkali,and higher demand on experimental equipment.Compared with the pretreatment of alkaline-oxygen one-bath,the removal rate of lignin of enzymatic scour ing pretreatment was greater than that of pectin,and the rate of weight loss,wicking,fiber strength,white ness were superior.The enzyme scouring product whiteness was 73.8,wicking was 12.5 cm/30 min,fibre strength was 23.69 cN/tex,pectin content of roving was 1.85%,lignin content was 1.22%.


INTRODUCTION & RESEARCH PROBLEM Annual course contains all elements of sports training, where composition of these elements changes according to nature of goals required to be achieved in each time period during the year. The annual plan is determined by training elements that change and transform in terms of volumes, intensities and nature of composition, according to various training periods. (9:154) Scientists have agreed to divide a training season into three training periods. The first of them is preparation with its different stages, the second is competition period and the third is the transition one. The transition period is considered one of the important stages of a season in training process, however, it has suffered from a lot of neglect while planning for sports training programs and its implementation, by both coaches and players, although of its contribution to sporting-level development. In fact, this neglect completely conflicts with principles of sports training in terms of continuity and strategy. The transition period aims to restore recovery of vital organs of a player, from the effect of extreme physical and nervous exertion of training loads for both periods of preparation and competition, in addition to upgrading kinetic features and reducing physical level of a player, with the relative retention of training status, so as for a player to guarantee an optimal readiness for the next season. (8:123) Dietrich Harre (2001) refers to a transition period as a bridge connecting the end of competition period to the start of a new preparation period. It aims to get rid of effects of overload during the previous period and qualify the body to assimilate the next training doses. It is also a bridge connecting between two periods, the period of active rest, in which recovery is restored, as an introduction to a future preparation period.(13:83) A proper planning for the transition period allows athletes not only to completely recover after the previous course, but also to get ready for the next preparation period in a good manner, which is better than that of the previous year (8 : 127). CONDITIONS OF TRAINING IN TRANSITION PERIOD  Using various training loads.  Duration of a transition period should range from 3 to 6 weeks.  Training during a transition period should not contain high volumes of work.  Training during a transition period should not contain highly effective loads.


A 38 year old woman (gravid 2, para 2) with previous regular menstrual cycles, consulted for a 4 months history of increased blood loss during menstruation and blood spotting between menstrual periods. General and genital examinations were normal. Pregnancy test was negative. Laboratory tests did not revealed significant anaemia or coagulation disorders. Transvaginal US showed the presence of a small ovoid mass of increased echogenicity when contrasted to the surrounding endometrium (Fig 1). Colour Doppler identified a vascular pedicle penetrating the endometrium from the myometrium to the polyp (Fig 2). Hysteroscopic polipectomy was carried out with subsequently cessation of abnormal vaginal bleeding. Hystological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a benign endometrial polyp. Discussion:


This study is to see the process of improving students' writing skill in narrative text for Tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Gedangan through Storybird application. In addition, this study is also focused on students' responses toward using Storybird application in their learning writing process. The subjects of this research are X IPS 3 and X IPA 2 class that consisted 72 students. The method used in this study is Experimental research which the writer works collaboratively with the English teacher. This study carried out in 3 meetings. The test, observation and questioner were the data gathered in this study. The results of this study indicate that there is significant differences between students were taught using Storybird application and conventional teaching (with paper as media). Students were taught using Storybird application showed that their scores are higher than students were taught using conventional teaching. The score improvement of control class between pre test and post test was for about 30%, whether the score improvement of control class between pre test and post test was for about 74%. It means that the significant improvement scores were obtained by experimental class. In other words, the Storybird application can help students to improve students' writing ability and score in narrative text. Besides that, the result of learning process observation in class and students interview by questioner showed that the students were enthusiast, happy and motivated toward using Storybird application in English writing. Students felt helped by this application to practice in writing more.


In Integrations: The Struggle for Racial Equality and Civic Renewal in Public Education, philosopher Lawrence Blum and education historian Zoë Burkholder ambitiously set out to "examine . . . the enduring problem of racial inequality in American public schools through a historical and philosophical analysis"; the book's central goal is "to help readers better understand racial inequality in the American public education system in order to advocate for more equitable and just forms of schooling" (p. 1). This collaboration argues that, ideally, education should work toward "egalitarian civic integrationist pluralism" because it "provides the strongest foundation for pursuing racial equality in American public schools" (p. 12). Blum and Burkholder have, respectively, spent their scholarly careers exploring questions related to race and education, suggesting their familiarity with these topics. With related research foci that coalesce around social studies education, we offer this assessment as educational humanities scholars, namely, as a Black historian of education and a white, burgeoning philosopher of education. Ultimately, Integrations prescribes a framework of particular educational goods thought to foster egalitarian civic integrationist pluralism; these goods, Integrations posits, ought to constitute the educational goals of which students of Color have been systematically deprived. Blum and Burkholder are to be commended for their collaborative endeavor, as this title is one of few that demonstrates the promise of cross-disciplinary efforts to address an issue that has largely defined much of U.S. education: integration. Perhaps, the book's main contribution is the concept of integrations in plural form, hence its title; this offering supports their educational goods framework, which revisits claims regularly promoted by proponents of school desegregation and integration. Over the course of the text, Blum and Burkholder explain that integration is a more varied process than typically conceived because the term has so many different definitions and dimensions. The authors' ideal view of integrations is undergirded by their educational goods framework, and they clarify this connection in asserting that


Evaluation method for one-dimensional assembly yield based on Taguchi orthogonal experiment was presented to solve the problem of the experiment number and the calculation amount in full factorical experiment.First,according to theTaguchi parameter design,component loop sizes were taken for factors of Taguchi orthogonal experiment,each factor was divided into three levels.After approriate orthogonal experiment table was selected,orthogonal experiment was operated.Then the mean and standard deviation,which were used to obtain assembly yield,of close loop size,were solved.The influence on assembly yield of each factor was analyzed by using extreme value method.Finally,taking a gear component asemmbly for example and the results were validated by using Monte Carlo Simulation.It provides a new way to calculate one-dimensional assembly yield of mechnical product.


Q. My broker is suggesting that I invest in bonds, specifically bond mutual funds. After reviewing the literature, I'm confused by the differences among the mutual fund choices. What are the real differences?


Combined with medical robotic system, mechanical property characterization of the prostate could enhance the diagnosis and localization of prostate cancer. However, despite the importance of localization, complex geometry and boundary conditions of the prostate make localization difficult. This paper proposes a method for localizing abnormality using finite element modeling of the prostate glands. Ex-vivo experiment was performed to resected human prostate tissue for six regions of the prostate using robotic system which was previously designed to induce sweeping palpation. For each region, three dimensional prostate computational models from the CT image segmentation were developed for mechanical property characterization and local property criteria construction. The measured force responses were applied to the prostate model fittings and mechanical property of ex-vivo experiments were estimated. By using comparative study with local property criteria from the prior indentation study, suspicious regions were localized. The results showed that the suspicious regions were discriminated and the sensitivity was 66.7%.


Physical layer key agreement which utilizing the variations of the wireless channel to generate the shared key is a trend in wireless communication. This kind of schemes has shown its effectiveness against eavesdropping. But physical layer key agreement schemes utilizing channel state to generate the key have quite low speed due to the requirement of channel changing which brings the variations of the channel. iJam is a novel scheme utilizing assisted jamming signals to generate shared key without the requirement of channel variation which increasing the key generation speed. In this paper, we propose a power analysis attack which can break iJam by analyzing the power difference of each received signal. Simulation results show that our attack breaks iJam in most time. This paper will be presented at International Workshop on Computer Science and Engineering (WCSE 2017), June 25-27, 2017, Beijing, China. Supervisor: Dr Gerhard Petrus HANCKE Research Interests: Wireless Security, RFID, Smart Cards and IoT, Embedded and Mobile Systems.


The invention discloses a method for processing health foods and in particular relates to a method for extracting peanut proteins by utilizing low-temperature pressed peanut meal. The method comprises the following steps: taking 50 mass parts of low-temperature pressed peanut meal, grinding and passing through a 80-mesh sieve, adding 470-570 mass parts of water, regulating the pH value of the raw material solution to be 4.3 by using 8% dilute sulfuric acid, adding 1.06 mass parts of Viscozyme, and reacting for 130 minutes; regulating the pH value to be 8.0 by using sodium hydroxide, adding 0.34 mass part of Alcalase, heating to the temperature of 55 DEG C, reacting for 150 minutes, centrifuging and collecting the supernatant, adding 8 mass percent of dilute sulfuric acid, regulating the pH value to be 4.5, centrifuging, removing the supernatant, performing vacuum drying, thereby obtaining the peanut proteins. According to the method, the low-temperature pressed peanut meal is taken as a main raw material and is refined into a vegetable protein which is free of thermal denaturation of protein and high in nutritive value.


Introduction: According to the statistically, one woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every 10-15 women in Iran. Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease encompassing with a variety of tumor phenotypes. Currently, the prognosis and choice of treatment in breast cancer are based on the determination of the status of hormone receptors such as Estrogen (ER), Progesterone (PR) and HER2 receptors. Arylsulfatase D gene (ARSD) is a member of the sulfatase family. ARSD plays a key role in the metabolism of sphincolipids, also involved in both androgen and estrogen metabolism. Recent studies on the role of sphincolipids in breast cancer have shown that the rate of sphinchenolipids differs in the normal margin and tumor tissues so that some of them increase in cancerous tissues. Materials and Methods: In this study, for the first time, the expression level of ARSD gene and ER, PR and HER2 receptors status were evaluated in 40 clinical samples of tumor tissues and their normal margins in breast cancer patients. Total cellular RNA was isolated from each sample separately. Then, cDNA synthesized and Real-Time PCR was performed for quantification assessment of ARSD expression relative to internal control gene GAPDH. Expression level of ARSD was analyzed and association with receptors motioned above, in clinical samples of breast tumor tissues compared to margin normal tissues was showed. Results: ARSD is up-regulated in breast tumor cells and its expression level is not associated with the presence or absence of ER, PR and HER2 receptors. Conclusion: Since ARSD has an important role in the metabolism of sphingolipids and also their amounts differ between tumor tissues and their margins in breast cancer, up-regulation of ARSD in tumor cells may be related to the metabolism of sphingolipid.


A highly bright radiation from a single-stripe high power laser diode with a photorefractive phase conjugate mirror was presented. The laser diode was then operated in a narrow-band and generated a single-lobed far-field.


Neural Machine Translation (NMT) on logographic source languages struggles when translating 'unseen' characters, which never appear in the training data. One possible approach to this problem uses sub-character decomposition for training and test sentences. However, this approach involves complete retraining, and its effectiveness for unseen character translation to non-logographic languages has not been fully explored. We investigate existing ideograph-based sub-character decomposition approaches for Chinese-to-English and Japanese-to-English NMT, for both high-resource and low-resource domains. For each language pair and domain we construct a test set where all source sentences contain at least one unseen logographic character. We find that complete sub-character decomposition often harms unseen character translation, and gives inconsistent results generally. We offer a simple alternative based on decomposition before inference for unseen characters only. Our approach allows flexible application, achieving translation adequacy improvements and requiring no additional models or training.


We evaluated the role of CCL20 (MIP‐3α) chemokine in cells directly involved in the remodeling of bone tissue (osteoblasts and osteoclasts) and we confirmed its expression in the subchondral bone tissue of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The expression of CCL20 and of its receptor CCR6 was evaluated in osteoblasts isolated from bone tissue of post‐traumatic (PT) patients. Functional tests were performed to evaluate osteoblast proliferation and matrix protein modulation. Immunohistochemical analysis for CCR6, CCL20, and RANKL was performed on bone samples from RA patients. The role of CCL20 was then analyzed in osteoclast differentiation. We found that in basal conditions CCR6, but not its ligand CCL20, was highly expressed by osteoblasts. Functional analysis on osteoblasts showed that CCL20 significantly increased cellular proliferation but did not affect matrix protein expression. Pro‐inflammatory cytokines significantly induced the release of CCL20 and RANKL by human osteoblasts but did not modulate CCR6 expression. Increased expression of CCR6, CCL20, and RANKL was confirmed in RA subchondral bone tissue biopsies. We demonstrated that CCL20 was also an earlier inducer of osteoclast differentiation by increasing the number of pre‐osteoclasts, thus favoring cell fusion and MMP‐9 release. Our results add new insight to the important role of the CCL20/CCR6, RANKL system in the bone tissue of RA. The contemporary action of CCL20 on osteoblasts and osteoclasts involved in the maintenance of bone tissue homeostasis demonstrates the important role of this compartment in the evolution of RA, by showing a clear uncoupling between new bone formation and bone resorption. J. Cell. Physiol. 210: 798–806, 2007. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


For radar surveillance system, target tracking and classification are two major functions. A kernel particle filter approach with improved information mutual feedback is presented for joint tracking and classification. Delay, Doppler and Radar cross section measurements are used to estimate target state and class respectively. It invokes the kernel particle filter and point model for nonlinear estimation with less amount of calculation. Mutual feedback structure is used to improve the classification probability and estimation accuracy. Simulation results show the efficiency of the proposed method.


Mannose-sensitive hemagglutinin (MSHA) pili and flagellum are critical for the surface attachment of Vibrio cholerae. However, the cell landing mechanism remains largely unknown. Here, combining the cysteine-substitution-based labelling method with single-cell tracking techniques, we quantitatively characterized the landing of V. cholerae by directly observing both pili and flagellum of cells in viscous solutions. MSHA pili are evenly distributed along the cell length and can stick to surfaces at any point along the filament. With such properties, MSHA pili are observed to act as a brake and anchor during cell landing which include three phases: running, lingering, and attaching. Resistive-force-theory based models are proposed to describe near-surface motion. Importantly, the role of MSHA pili during cell landing is more apparent in viscous solutions. Our work provides a detailed picture of the landing dynamics of V. cholerae under viscous conditions, which can provide insights into ways to better control V. cholerae infections.


A high strength steel was studied in 3 percent saltwater to investigate the effects of a corrosive environment and sheer thickness on fatigue crack propagation behavior following the application of a single tensile overload. Experiments were carried out under sinusoidally varying loads at a load ratio of 0 and frequency of 10 H /SUB z/ . A single tensile overload was found to cause delayed retardation, and the crack propagation rate at first increased, followed by fairly rapid decrease to a minimum value and then increased gradually to its steady-state value, just as it did in air. The overload affected zone size and the retardation cycles increased with decreasing sheet thickness, just as they did in air. However, the zone size and the cycles were larger in 3 percent saltwater than in air. Since the crack propagation rates through the overload affected zone were not affected by the test environment, the longer retardation cycles in 3 percent saltwater were attributed to an enlargement of the overload affected zone size. The crack propagation behavior following the application of a single tensile overload in 3 percent saltwater was well explained by the crack closure concept.


Since Confederation and in fact up until the 1960s, Canadians have exhibited a peculiar fascination, a romance with transportation. If, for a particular period in Canada's history transportation was central to a historical understanding of Canada's past, much has changed since these earlier times. To understand the current challenges facing Canadian transportation it is important to explore what has already been written about the subject. This paper offers a thumbnail sketch in this direction, highlighting some of the major accomplishments in the writing of Canadian transport history. It then turns to identify a number of gaps in the field and explores some of the reasons why transport history in general suffered such a serious decline in popularity since the 1960s.


Visual C+ +.NET Programming Design is a basic course,whose conception and practice are difficult to understand.Based on practice teaching and combined with case teaching method of literature,this paper puts forward the teaching scheme of combining case module with item module,which adopts the combination of theoretical case teaching and experiment case teaching aiming for students to imitate teachers' program writing process and then organize students to develop a practical case program.


Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel set in a totalitarian theocracy. This thesis analyzes dystopian elements in Atwood's


Higher vocational college students' violation of discipline mainly displays in cheating,absenteeism and many other aspects,which should be due to students' quality,school education,family education and social circumstances.Collage should start from Freshman year education,establishing warning mechanism,building class files and wholly grasping all students' situation.Also Collage should practice sanction relief,follow out the principle of students first,make disciplinary procedures public,and highlight the spirits of humane care.Meantime,construction of learning atmosphere and emphasis to education process is needed;qualified team of student administration should be built,all countermeasures should be implemented to minimize occasion of students' violation of discipline.


In this research work, a new hardener (DADMT) was used to intermix with DDM to reduce the melting point of DDM and then used this mixture as the curing agent to cure the epoxy resin matrix. This agent was a liquid at about 40℃ and could cure epoxy resins in moderate temperature.


CF4 decomposition was investigated by atmospheric microwave plasma experimentally. The mechanisms of CF4 decomposition assisting with O2 were also investigated by emission spectrum analysis. The results indicated that the destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of CF4 increased firstly and then decreased with the increase of O2 concentration. There was an optimal O2 concentration (1000ml/m), the CF4 DRE was up to 99 % when the microwave power achieved 1000 W for CF4 2000 ml/m with argon as a carrier gas. The results of emission spectrum analysis indicated that the CF4 decomposition highly depended on the electron collision in plasma, and O radicals was the assistance in the later reaction, to further oxidize CFi to CO2. For achieving the best DRE of CF4 with O2 as an additive gas, the most important key factor was to achieve optimum concentration of O2 in inlet gas. More or less concentration of O2 was both unsuitable for the CF4 decomposition. Keywords—Microwave plasma, CF4 decomposition, Oxygen, Emission spectrum Corresponding author: B. Sun e-mail address: email@example.com Presented at the 6 International Conference on Applied Electrostatics in November 2008, Accepted; March 13, 2009 Xie et al. 39


Water Resources must be managed in a comprehensive, integrated and environmentally sound in order to realize the benefit of sustainable water resources for the prosperity of society. For the participation in exploring the public's expectations of the existence of an asset for tourism Embung Tambakboyo together to built awareness and understanding in the management of water resources in order to have available economic value for sales to tourists. Three things in this effort are I. The changing social function of the water from the objects to objects that have economic value, 2. The changing nature of the waters Public Property inti an economic commodity that can be controlled by private owners, 3. Shifting role of government from provider to facilitator. From the analysis can be concluded that based on the variables of economic, social and community participation of the three community groups (MU, PKL, KET). An increase in the economy is the main hope of street vendors and community groups have the highest expectations compared to the MU and KET. Be comprehensive to date has been the existence of Embung Tambakboyo has many positive benefits for local peoples, social and environmental sector economic and Embung Tambakboyo worthy of man-made attractions.


The new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Small Unmanned Aircraft rule (Part 107) marks the first national regulations for commercial operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) under 55 pounds within the National Airspace System (NAS). Although sUAS flights may not be performed beyond visual line-of-sight or over non-participant structures and people, safety of sUAS operations must still be maintained and tracked at all times. Moreover, future safety-critical operation of sUAS (e.g., for package delivery) are already being conceived and tested. NASA's Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) concept aims to facilitate the safe use of low-altitude airspace for sUAS operations. This paper introduces the UTM Risk Assessment Framework (URAF) which was developed to provide real-time safety evaluation and tracking capability within the UTM concept. The URAF uses Bayesian Belief Networks (BBNs) to propagate off-nominal condition probabilities based on real-time component failure indicators. This information is then used to assess the risk to people on the ground by calculating the potential impact area and the effects of the impact. The visual representation of the expected area of impact and the nominal risk level can assist operators and controllers with dynamic trajectory planning and execution. The URAF was applied to a case study to illustrate the concept.


By the time I could walk, I was lord among the infant lizards of my yard, though he, however tiny, was no less, more strong than I in solitude and silence, tough as a fugitive, swift as a broom. Not to say I did not frighten him the way the cold in a father's voice might frighten me, or worse, a father's absence. Or a lizard for that matter, that wet blister of the eye with me inside it. A child of power I was powerless to resist, and as I reached and missed, his tail leapt off, the sudden self abandoned, flailing in horror the moment it was born.