This paper presents a novel approach in the design of a CAM for an asynchronous cache. The architecture of cache mainly consists of four units: control logics, content addressable memory, completion signal logic units and instruction memory. The pseudo-DCVSL is useful to make a completion signal which is a reference for handshake control. The proposed CAM is a very simple extension of the basic circuitry that makes a completion signal based on DI model. The cache has 2.75KB CAM for 8KB instruction memory. We designed and simulated the proposed asynchronous cache including CAM. The results show that the cache hit ratio is up to 95% based on pseudo ?LRU replacement policy.


Due to the peculiarity of Korean life insurance contracts, insurance companies depend heavily on insurance salesmen and there are many conflicts with insurance consumers. This is because the insured mistakenly believe insurance salesmen are the agent or employee of the insurance company, and pay disclosure to their insurance salesmen. However, there is no right for insurance salesmen to receive disclosure, so when an insurance company terminates a contract because insurance salesmen do not pay their customers' disclosure to the company on time, the insured becomes an unwitting victim. This study aims at presenting several methods to protect the insured from this situation. First, currently, a right of agency for contract is not a right to receive disclosure. So, it is necessary to endow insurance consumers who have specific qualifications with a right to receive disclosure in a case of non diagnosis insurance. Second, it is necessary to insurance salesmen an agent or assistant of the insurance company and limit the condition of termination of insurance by regarding the insurance salesmen' deliberate or unintentional fault as that of the insured. Third, when insurance salesmen induce a contract in an inappropriate way, according to a theory called a vicarious liability of user, a responsibility for damages must be charged to the insured. As above, by establishing the legal system to protect the insured, the economically underprivileged, the trust of the insured about insurance and a base of the stable development of the insurance business will be achieved.


The present invention shows and describes a process for the manufacture of alkylene oxide by reacting an olefin and oxygen in the catalyst efficiency, to maintain or reduce the production of alkylene parameters (e.g. alkylene oxide production rate) value method. A method comprising reducing the reactor feed oxygen concentration in the gas to reduce or maintain the alkylene oxide production parameter.


Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of escitalopram in treatment of depression.Methods:66 inpatients with depression were randomly assigned to receive escitalopram and clomipramine for 6 weeks.All the inpatients were evaluated with HAMD,CGI-SI and TESS.Antidepressive effective was compared between 2 drugs.Results: At 6 weeks,the effective rate of escitalopram group and the clomipramine group were 87.50% and 84.38% respectively,there was no significant difference in clinical efficacy between the two groups(P0.05);Escitalopram showed significantly less side effects than did clomipramine(P0.01)and good drug tolerability.Conclusions: Escitalopram has been proved to be effective and safe in the treatment of patients with depression.


Globalization is the phenomenon of improved integration of the world economy as evidenced by the growth of international trade. Modern colonization/re-colonization means capturing the territory via the utilization of capital and materials through the legal power without in fact showing a capture within the old sense. International law together with the use of force is utilized accordingly by the economic forces in establishing & legitimizing the re-colonization of the globe. Economic globalization takes as fact, that, in order to advance the welfare of human populations, the prescription is to require developing countries to fine-tune their economies along with the requirements of Euro-American MNEs by way of liberalizations of local markets.


New ethylenedithiotetrathiafulvalene (EDT-TTF)-based radical cation salts with mercury containing anions of different size and shape have been isolated and studied. Among these compounds the new ambient pressure organic superconductor (EDT-TTF)(4)Hg3-deltaI8, deltasimilar to0.1divided by 0.2, with T-c=8.1K has been synthesized. Depending on a EDT-TTF/HgI2 ratio, electrochemical crystallization of EDT-TTF affords either hexagonal (EDT-TTF)(4)Hg3+/-deltaI8, (delta-0.1divided by0.2) or rectangular (EDT-TTF)(2)Hgl(3) crystals. Three types of hexagonal crystals were certified using conductivity ineaSUrenients: the crystals with superconducting temperature Tc=8.1K under ambient pressure (1), those undergoing a superconducting transition at 5<T(c<)8K under psimilar to0.3 kbar (2), and the crystals undergoing a metal-insulator transition below 35K (3)


Spatial misallocation is an essential reason for the low utilization efficiency of construction land. Optimizing the spatial pattern of construction land allocation can improve the efficiency of economic operations and resilience to food crisis and climate change challenges. This study constructs a quantitative measurement method for the spatial misallocation of construction land (SMCL), proposes a new government market society support (GMSS) analytical framework for the contributing factors with interlocked relationships, and conducts empirical research in Shandong, China, which is a typical area with a rapid development of construction land and significant regional disparity. It is concluded that the SMCL ensues through the interaction and coevolution of the GMSS system, which plays a key role in adjusting the construction land use sequence, structure, and efficiency under the regulation of the upper government. Effectively using the estimation method based on the equal marginal output principle, the SMCL in Shandong is established as a downward trend, with evident temporal and spatial differentiation characteristics and spatial morphological mode changes, although most sub-regions are significantly approaching the adaptation interval with fluctuation. Furthermore, the empirical results of the regression model indicate that there are different effects and intensities on the SMCL among the contributing factors under the GMSS framework, wherein the local government force has an aggravating and the greatest effect, the market forces have a dual and second-ranking effect, the social forces play a positive but still weak role, and the support system has a differentiated improvement effect. However, the impacts of various dimensional factors on the SMCL also have heterogeneity in the development stages and different regions. Generally, in the low-level development stage and underdeveloped areas, the effect of local government intervention is stronger, the market forces' importance is lower, and the social forces and support systems remain insufficiently robust.


The Law Commission contended that a person should not be held as having oblique intention with respect to a result if his whole purpose in acting is to avoid this result. This article asserts that the Commission was wrong concerning this point. The justifications that it gave for the rule it suggested are not convincing, while the rationales for the doctrine of oblique intention apply even to cases in which the whole purpose of the actor, in acting, is to avoid the proscribed result.


Introduction: Impaired mobility and fatigue are common in ambulatory spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients. The 6‐minute walk test (6MWT) is a reliable measure of fatigue in SMA patients. To further evaluate fatigue, we used quantitative gait analysis during the 6MWT. Methods: Nine subjects with SMA and 9 age‐ and gender‐matched, healthy controls were evaluated. Gait parameters of speed and dynamic balance were correlated with 6MWT distance. Performance during the first and last 25 meters of the 6MWT was compared. Results: Speed‐related gait parameters and support base correlated with 6MWT distance. Walking performance was worse for SMA patients. The deterioration in stride length during the 6MWT was greater in SMA patients than in controls. Conclusions: Gait analysis detects fatigue, and the decrement in stride length may reflect selective muscle involvement in SMA. Further understanding of the mechanisms underlying fatigue may suggest additional targets for future therapeutic interventions. Muscle Nerve, 2010


We investigate particle production from coherent oscillation using the method based on the Bogolyubov transformation. In particular, we study the case when the amplitude of the oscillation and also the coupling constants with the oscillating field are small to avoid the nonperturbative corrections from the broad parametric resonance. We derive the expressions for the distribution functions and the number densities of produced particles at the leading order of coupling constant. It is, however, found that these results fail to describe the exact particle production eventually due to the nonperturbative effects even if the coupling constants are small. We then introduce a simple method of handling such corrections, i.e., the time averaging method. It is shown that this method can successfully provide the evolution of the occupation numbers of the growing mode. Furthermore, we point out that the approximate results obtained by this method satisfy the exact scaling properties coming from the periodicity of the coherent oscillation. Subject Index: 177


to Great Britain and Germany and returned to Amsterdam to help Emil Rathenau and German General Electric (AEG) negotiate with the city government. Along the way, Gerard took courses in electricity in Glasgow and picked up experience working for the Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation. He also developed close ties to people who installed electrical systems, and he hoped to manufacture bulbs for that domestic market. Discussing the Philips family in general and Gerard in particular allows Heerding to write a fascinating study of Dutch business and its relationship to other national business communities. He also uses two exhibitions—in Amsterdam in 1890, and in Frankfurt in 1891—to compare the electrical business in France, Germany, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. This is a masterful discussion of a company's origins and of the international and national context that produced it.


Introduction: Optimal doses of chemotherapy drugs are established through randomized clinical trials. In adult patients, chemotherapy drug dosing is based on the patient's estimated body surface area (BSA) and there is evidence that reductions from standard dose may compromise survival in the curative setting. However, many oncologists prefer to cap the BSA at 2.0m2 rather than use the estimated BSA. We have carried out an audit in our institution to know further about our practices in patients with colorectal cancers in the adjuvant or neoadjuvant settings.


ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES: HOW FIRES WORK. Fire Phenomenon in Buildings. Effects of Fire. SOFT TECHNOLOGIES: DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR FIRE SAFETY. Design Strategies. Major Occupancy Classifications. Defining Construction Types. Design Guides for Major Occupancy Types. Exits and Egress. HARD TECHNOLOGIES: CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS OF FIRE SAFETY. Passive Construction Components. Active Construction Components. Appendices. Glossary of Fire Terms. Bibliography. Index.


Introduction
 High risk stage IIB Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) with mediastinum-to-thorax ratio of ≥0.33 or extranodal localization are defined as a poor prognosis subset according to German Hodgkin study group (Sieber et al., Ann. of Oncol. 2000). These patients were treated consecutively in our group as limited stage in the EORTC/LYSA/FIL H10 study (André et al, JCO 2017) or advanced stage in the AHL2011 LYSA trial (Casasnovas et al., Lancet Oncol 2019). However, the relative efficacy of each of these strategies to control disease is unknown in this uncommon subset of patients. In the present retrospective study, we compared the outcome of patients with high risk stage IIB included in the H10 and AHL2011 studies, and analyzed prognostic factors.
 Methods
 We included patients with Ann-Arbor disease stage IIB with mediastinum-to-thorax (M/T) ratio of ≥0.33 or extranodal localization enrolled in the H10 or AHL2011 trials, aged between 16 and 60 years for AHL2011 and 18-60 years for H10 with newly diagnosed Hodgkin lymphoma excluding nodular lymphocyte predominant subtype, who had baseline PET and PET2 images available in the LYSA database. In H10 trial, after 2 cycles of ABVD patients received in the standard arm 2 additional cycles of ABVD plus INRT 30 Gy, in the experimental arm 2 to 4 additional cycles of ABVD;- in PET2 negative patients 4 additional cycles of ABVD (or after the trial amendment 2 additional cycles of ABVD plus INRT 30 Gy); - in PET2 positive patients 2 cycles of escalated BEACOPP plus INRT 30Gy. PET2 were reported according to IHP criteria. In AHL2011 study, after 2 upfront escalated BEACOPP patients received either 4 additional escalated BEACOPP in the standard arm and PET2 positive patients of the PET-driven arm, or 4 cycles of ABVD in PET2 negative patients of the PET-driven arm. PET2 were reported using Deauville score (DS 1-2-3 vs 4-5), DS4 being defined positive if SUVmax of the residual lesion >140% of SUVmax of the liver background.
 Baseline clinical and biological characteristics of patients enrolled in both studies were compared. Total metabolic tumor volume (TMTV) at baseline was calculated with the Beth Israel Fiji software based on a 41% SUVmax cutoff of each lesion. In this study, all PET2 response was reanalysed using Deauville score And PET positivity was defined according to the criteria used in the AHL2011 trial.
 Results
 148 patients were eligible for the study, including 83 and 65 patients enrolled in the AHL2011 and H10 trials respectively. The median age was 27 years (16; 59), 51.4% of patients were treated according to the experimental arm of each trial, the median size of the bulky mass was 84 mm (20-197), the index prognostic score (IPS) was 3 or higher in 29.1% of cases (38.6% in AHL2011 and 16.9% in H10 patients), the median TMTV value was 155.5 ml (8.3-782.9). Most patients had M/T ratio of ≥0.33 (98.6%) and 10.9% had an extra-nodal involvement. 62.2 % of patients had a treatment strategy including escalated BEACOPP and 31.8% received radiotherapy. PET2 was positive in 16.9% (n=14) of AHL2011 cohort and 9.2% (n=6) in H10 cohort patients. With a median follow-up of 4.2 and 4.4 years in AHL2011 and H10 trials respectively, 16 patients (10.8%) relapsed including 7 (10.7%) patients in H10 and 9 (10.8%) in AHL2011, and five deaths occurred with three due to lymphoma progression . Eleven relapses (68.8% for all, 8 for AHL2011 and 3 for H10) were localized in mediastinum.
 In univariate analysis, PET2 response, baseline TMTV (155 ml cut off) and IPS (0-2 vs 3-7) significantly influenced PFS with hazard ratios of 6.26 (2.29-17.07), 3.37 (1.093-10.371), 2.89 (0.94-8.86) respectively. The strategy of treatment, either H10 or AHL2011, did not influence PFS. In multivariate analysis stratified on the study (figure 1), only the TMTV as continuous variable (HR: 1.003; 1.000-1.005) and PET2 response (HR: 5.38; 1.99-14.56) were prognostic factors. Among the thirteen patients with high TMTV and PET2 positivity, 7 relapsed (4 for AHL2011 and 3 for H10).
 Conclusions
 This is the first study comparing two strategies of treatment in high risk stage IIB lymphoma patients included in two large randomized clinical trials. PFS of these patients was 88.0% (95%CI = [81.2%; 92.4%]) at 4 years and similar regardless the study treatment. Baseline TMTV and PET2 response were the main factors influencing the outcome of high risk stage IIB lymphoma patients.
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 André: Takeda: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Bristol-Myers-Squibb: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Karyopharm: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Gilead: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Travel grants; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Seattle Genetics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Roche: Other: Travel grants, Research Funding; Amgen: Other: Travel grants, Research Funding; Johnson & Johnson: Research Funding; Takeda Millenium: Research Funding; Chugai: Research Funding; Celgene: Other: Travel grants, Research Funding. Brice:Takeda France: Consultancy, Honoraria; Millennium Takeda: Research Funding; BMS: Honoraria. Stamatoullas:Takeda: Consultancy; Celgene: Honoraria. Federico:Seattle Genetics: Research Funding; Allos: Research Funding; Spectrum: Consultancy, Honoraria; Medimmune: Consultancy, Honoraria; Gilead: Consultancy, Honoraria; Celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria; Roche: Consultancy, Honoraria; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria; Teva: Consultancy, Honoraria; Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Mundipharma: Consultancy, Honoraria. Casasnovas:Takeda: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Roche: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Gilead: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Gilead: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Bristol-Myers Squibb: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Travel expenses; Merck Sharp and Dohme: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Travel support, Research Funding; Celgene: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Travel support; Abbvie: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees.


In machine systems where a rotor spins within a finite clearance space supported by bearings, contact between the rotor and its surround can result in persistent coupled vibration of the rotor and stator. When the vibration response is driven predominantly by friction forces, rotordynamic stability becomes a serious issue. This paper introduces a theory for model-based verification of dynamic stability in rotor systems with stator contact and rub. Generalized multi-degree-of-freedom linear models of rotor and stator lateral vibration are considered, combined with contact models that account for finite clearance and Coulomb friction. State-space conditions for global stability as well as stability of contact-free synchronous whirl responses are derived using Lyapunov's direct method. This leads to feasibility problems involving matrix inequalities that can be quickly verified using numerical routines for convex optimization. Parametric studies involving flexible rotor models indicate that tight bounds on regions of stability can be obtained. A case study involving a realistic machine model illustrates how design optimization based on the theory might be used to overcome instability problems in real machines.


MOTIVATION
A digenic genetic interaction (GI) is observed when mutations in two genes within the same organism yield a phenotype that is different from the expected, given each mutation's individual effects. While multiplicative scoring is widely applied to define GIs, revealing underlying gene functions, it remains unclear if it is the most suitable choice for scoring GIs in Escherichia coli. Here, we assess many different definitions, including the multiplicative model, for mapping functional links between genes and pathways in E. coli.

RESULTS
Using our published E. coli GI datasets, we show computa-tionally that a machine learning Gaussian Process (GP)-based definition better identifies functional associations among genes than a multiplicative model, which we have experimentally confirmed on a set of gene pairs. Overall, the GP definition improves the detection of GIs, biological reasoning of epistatic connectivity, as well as the quality of GI maps in E. coli, and, potentially, other microbes.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.


The invention relates to microporous membranes comprising polymer and having well-balanced permeability, shutdown temperature, and pin puncture strength. The invention also relates to methods for making such membranes, and the use of such membranes as battery separator film in, e.g., lithium ion secondary batteries.


Graphene plasmon polaritons excited in individual and periodic nanoribbons microstructures have attracted enormous attention in plasmonics due to their complicated edge effect and excellent tunability. As the distance between neighboring graphene nanoribbons becomes small enough, the strong coupling between the plasmons in individual nanoribbons produces collective oscillations of surface plasmons in a graphene nanoribbons array, the dispersion of which behaves as phonons in a solid, that is, the phonon‐like plasmonic resonance mode. In this paper, such a phonon‐like plasmonic resonance is theoretically demonstrated in a finite number of graphene nanoribbons deposited on a silicon substrate. Based on the classical LC circuit model, an analytical dispersion relation is obtained to explain the simulated results. Furthermore, an electrically controlled plasmonic switch is proposed with a high performance based on the plasmonic phonon‐like resonance theory. The work provides the building blocks to construct graphene plasmonic circuits for future compact optoelectronic devices.


In one of their collective statements, the members of the Zagreb School of Animation Borivoj Dovnikovic, Ante Zaninovic, Zlatko Grgic, Vladimir Jutrisa, Aleksandar Marks, Dusan Vukotic and Nedeljko Dragic defined animated film as a protest against rigidity. Animation breathes life into a drawing, they argued, and thus there is a particular continuity between what we call life and the making of animated films:


Main Findings Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a progressive condition that damages motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity, in both the spinal cord and the brain. It can cause difficulty in walking and movement, talking, swallowing and breathing and many muscles in the body can become affected. To find out what it is like to live with MND from the perspective of those with the condition we carried out a longitudinal study in which we interviewed 40 people with MND and their partners a number of times over a two year period. We found that:•Control, or more particularly the lack of it was the overarching theme that occurred throughout the interviews. People wanted to be consulted, informed and involved in decisions about their health and their social care and where this happened people were more likely to report satisfaction with the service. •The diagnosis of MND is a long and protracted process, one that was for many a very distressing experience. 45% of those we spoke to took over 12 months for a diagnosis, 19% over 18 months. Participants had difficulty getting professionals to take their symptoms seriously and once they entered the neurology system many people experienced delays and often the diagnosis was not confirmed by a neurologist. •Physical access to hospitals was in some cases difficult. Car parking and the location of the clinic often made it hard for people to get to a hospital appointment.•Health professionals had an important role. Good professionals were those who took time to create a sense of teamwork with the person with MND and their family. This was less likely to happen with hospital consultants and where this did not people felt insecure and not listened to. There was also some evidence of poor communication between professionals and medical notes were often not shared between different professionals. Where people accessed general wards they were rarely treated well.•Informal carers provided much of the social care and support for those with MND, with spouses meeting most of the need. Whilst many people were happy with this arrangement meeting the need placed a great deal of strain on the families. Many people did not want to rely on care supplied by outside agencies as they did not trust the quality or the reliability of the care and neither did they want their home overrun with people.•Housing adaptations and the provision of aids to daily living were for many a great cause of stress and strain and many people felt that they were not involved in the decision making process, felt out of control and unable to influence the situation. The rapidly progressive nature of MND can exacerbate this problem. •Social Care and support provided by local authorities was very heavily criticised There were inconsistencies between services, people felt excluded from decisions made about their care and their care needs and people did not have access to the necessary information to make an informed choice about which services to access.•Specialist Care Nurses (SCN) played a vital role in the care and support of those with MND. Not only do they provide help and support directly they also help to act as a champion for the family and coordinate services and service provision. This service is however under great strain and there are a significant number of people for whom this service is not working because the service was too stretched and the resources were not available to allow the SCN to meet their needs.


Eighty rabbits were grouped into 4 randomly with 20 for each group.Annual ryegrass was fed to the animals together with different concentrate rations.37 days after,25.95%-35.89% of annual ryegrass(dry matter) in the ration had no significant effect on rabbit weight gain,but it could significantly save the concentrate and reduce cost.For 1 kg live weight gain,group 1 saved 0.79 kg concentrate(37.61%) and increased 1.49 yuan income compared with group 4.The economic profit was significant.


The present invention relates to equipment for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the equipment has a stocker which the FOUP for accommodating the wafer processing chamber is a step of performing a predetermined process on the wafer is complete storage. FOUP's interior is kept in the stocker in a state filled with nitrogen gas, with a sealing member preventing the hole formed in the base that is formed on the FOUP is placed in the FOUP stocker is securely fixed. FOUP, Stocker, a native oxide film, the sealing member


A cooperative is the only form of enterprise in which wealth depends less on capital and more on the men and women who are committed to join it. A noticeable feature of urban banking sector is its financial independence. This is the only sector in the cooperative movement which depends on its own funds without getting any assistance from the State or the Central Government. However, over the years UCBs have confronted certain structural, operational and financial weaknesses which have crippled their financial solvency. Apprehensions have been expressed that the cooperatives will simply not be able to face competition from the private sector and it is very difficult for UCBs to come out of the difficult situation. Under this circumstance, it is essential to find out that the UCBs are able to cope with the challenges in the new economic environment. Hence, an attempt has been made to conduct a study of the Business performance Appraisal of UCBs in Tamil Nadu.It is an analytical study.The present study an attempt is made to examine the viability of the UCBs to judged through the Break-Even business and Productivity analysis.


Objective The purpose of this study is to develop a non operative therapy for children′s intussusception,the most common acute abdomen,by means of normal saline enema reduction under ultrasound,not under X ray,so as to secure the safety and avoid hazards of a fairly long time X ray exposure to the sick children and their parents Method Using the ultrasonic detection technique to find the part of intussusception,observe its shape,location,size and scope;then,using physiologicalsaline to exert pressure and clysterize under the ultrasound watch and observe the changes of the position according to the changes of pressure and volume until the intestines are reduced and physiological saline gets past.This proves the success of redution Results Twenty nine cases in this group(total 32) had restored to health via the ultrasound guided normal saline enema.Conclusion Reduction of intussusception by water pressure under ultrasonic guidance is a good remedy,economical,practical,easy,and safe


Detecting change-points in noisy data sequences with an underlying continuous piecewise structure is a challenging problem, especially when prior knowledge of the exact nature of the structural changes is unknown. One important application is the automatic detection of slow slip events (SSEs), a type of slow earthquakes, in GPS measurements of ground deformation. We propose a new method based on Singular Spectrum Analysis to obscure the deviation from the piecewise-linear structure, allowing us to apply Isolate-Detect to detect change-points in SSE data with piecewise-non-linear structures. We demonstrate its effectiveness in both simulated and real SSE data.


Simple Summary Botulism is a disease that can affect humans as well as many animals. Most cases of botulism in farm animals are foodborne. This report describes the clinical course and diagnosis of a botulism outbreak in cattle that was most likely derived from foods. We emphasize the importance of the early sampling of food and biological matrixes in cases of suspected botulism to arrive at a quick diagnosis. Abstract Clostridium botulinum is the main causative agent of botulism in humans and animals. The ingestion of the botulinum neurotoxin, usually types C and D, has been shown to produce disease (neurological symptoms) in most botulism cases in cattle. We report an outbreak in Southern Sardinia that involved a livestock farm with 120 animals, 39 of which died. The aim of this report is to describe the course of this outbreak and the progression of symptoms up to the death of some animals; we also describe the therapeutic approach applied in this case and the analytical techniques used to diagnose the disease. Finally, we emphasize the importance of promptly proceeding with the sampling of several matrixes when a suspicion of botulism arises.


Objective:To determinate the content of shanzhiside methylester in wild and cultivated Lamiophlomis rotate by HPLC.Method:The samples were separated on an WelchromTM Kromasil C18(4.60 mm×250 mm,5 μm) with acetonitrile(A)-water(B)(0-11 min,9% A;11-35 min,9%-18% A;35-45 min,18% A) colnmu as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 1.0 mL·min-1.The effluent was monitored at 235 nm and column temperature at 30 ℃.Result: The linear ranges of shanzhiside methylester was 0.25-2.12 mg·g-1(r=0.999 8).The average recoverigs were 100.7%.Conclusion:The contents of shanzhiside methylester in wild and cultivated Lamiophlomis rotate was 1.81,0.75 mg·g-1.


Sometime in 2008, Professor Anders Walker sent me a draft of a manuscript, The Anti-Case Method: Herbert Wechsler and the Political History of the Criminal Law Course, for my comment. Little did I know then that his manuscript would be awarded the Association of American Law School (AALS) Section on Criminal Justice's Junior Scholar Award for 2009. All I knew as I read the draft was that it was fascinating, provocative, and that I had serious reservations with some of the author's observations. Thanks to Anders Walker and his essay, I learned much about the history of criminal law casebooks. I never fully appreciated the significance of the criminal law casebook first written by Herbert Wechsler and Jerome Michael: According to Walker, their "anti-case" book—a book comparatively light on common law cases and heavy on non-case materials—would "revolutionize criminal law teaching in the United States"; and, he claims, virtually every modern casebook, including my own, follows the Wechsler-Michael model. Walker's essay, however, is more than a study in legal history. As he writes in the abstract to his essay,


The crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu(C 6 H 3 N 2 O 4 ) 2 (H 2 O) 2 ].2H 2 O, shows it to exist as a monometalic and centrosymmetric complex with octahedral coordination of copper to each of two pyridazinium-3,6-dicarboxylate groups lying in the equatorial plane via one N and one O atom, and to two water molecules in trans-diaxial positions. Two additional water molecules are included in the cell. A network of hydrogen bonding links the carboxyl groups and the water molecules of the cell.


This paper describes an experiment, aiming to explore the potential of Second Life (SL) as a creative teaching approach. It questions the feasibility of implementing SL in the classroom by bringing results of a confirmatory study conducted in a Business School with 168 "non expert" students. The results indicate that even if high level projects can be conducted in SL, non expert students will need to be trained before conducting involving projects. Postgraduate students in business schools know this platform but most of them don't use it (52%). Conclusions, limitations and future ways of research are then presented.


Analysis of 113 typical (within the same anatomical area) surgeries has helped define the indications for such interventions in stage-III squamous cell carcinoma, of the moving part of the tongue and cheek first of all. Clinical indications are dissemination of the tumor within one anatomical area, exophytic or ulcerous form of its growth, a higher than 50 percent realization of the effect of previous conservative therapy, no regional metastases; morphologic indications include the presence of a clear-cut borderline, manifest lymphoplasmacytic reaction of the adjacent tissues.


This article explores the experiences of those who lead undergraduate education-related programmes in further education (FE) colleges in England. Questionnaire and interview fieldwork with 14 further education-based programme leaders were supplemented by a comparison survey of equivalent professionals from higher education institutions (HEIs). Drawing on Hodgson and Spours's four-level lifelong learning ecology and Nardi and O'Day's keystone species concept, our analysis characterises the role of the undergraduate programme leader as distinctive and critical within the further education context. Extremely multifaceted and busy, this role is also poorly defined, often involving individuals relying on craft wisdom accrued within specific contexts. Three overall strands of responsibility emerged in participants' view of their role: the administrative and organisational demands of colleges and the validation/franchising of higher education partners; the provision to learners of appropriate support in their studies; and the recognition of and response to pastoral needs of students. Tensions were identified between these, with one strand tending to preoccupy programme leaders at any time, obscuring their view of other important role objectives. As such, we introduce the concept of sightlines to capture the importance of enabling programme leaders to see through and beyond their institutional context and engage outwards, rather than turn inwards. Practical recommendations include the provision of time and licence to study for advanced qualifications, to undertake research and to help nurture distinctive cultures of higher education learning.


As a public institution of higher learning and federal statutory body, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) is responsible in helping the government to realize the aspiration of providing excellent services to its clients.


In this paper, an analog circuit synthesis and design assistant tool is proposed. The developed tool employs an SPEA2 algorithm as a multi-objective optimization engine to generate Pareto-optimal Fronts (PoF) for a given design problem. An analog library serving as analog IP, was also constructed, which includes pre-optimized PoFs and extracted PoF models for different loading and power limitation conditions. Thus, the user can either generate a new PoF for her/his problem or use the pre-existing PoFs as well as the extracted models without running any optimization step. The developed tool can also be utilized for feasibility checking of a circuit, performance prediction, and topology selection. The tool gives the opportunity of visualization of the design solutions, by allowing the user to verify the Pareto-optimal points in the test benches, to observe the design specifications of a specific design solution. A graphical user interface (GUI) is developed to combine all these utilities. To demonstrate the developed tool, two different OTA topologies were examined and all parts of the tool were discussed in detail.


As in other parts of the world, the Nigerian news media, in its coverage of electioneering, has been accused of marginalizing female politicians. To establish the veracity of this claim, we examined how Nigerian newspapers reported campaign activities of the major presidential candidates during Nigeria's 2015 presidential election. Using the theories of media framing and market-oriented journalism, we undertook content analysis of 194 editions of three randomly selected newspapers—The Punch, The Guardian and the Daily Sun. The fi ndings confi rmed a media framing that marginalized female politicians as Nigerian newspapers gave prominence and intense coverage to male presidential aspirants as opposed to their female counterparts.


In 1988 a large nearshore nourishment at Gold Coast, Australia was carried out. InSeptember/October 1988 1.5 million m3 of sand was dumped nearshore between the -6m and -10m depth contour, in the most southern part of the Gold Coast beaches. Following these works, carried out by WestHam Dredging, further nourishment took place from November 1989 until Mar 1990, consisting of the dumping of approximately 3.6 million m of sand on the beach profile, from Kirra to Coolangatta. It is the 1988 nearshore nourishment that is the main subject of this report.


This work focuses on the design, implementation and consequences of a feasible system of tradable carbon permits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the context of the European Union. The book sees economic instruments as fundamental in reducing atmospheric pollution (carbon dioxide).


Successful vocational college brand extension can realize brand value and improve image of mother brand.Extension strategies include School-run enterprises,cooperation between schools and enterprises,merger and acquisition,Biaxial extension,continuing education and establishing sub-organization.Vocational colleges should learn not only how to build brands but to maintain brands.The main strategies of maintaining brands are strengthening existing brands,activating brands,sticking to high quality,legal protection and crisis management.


Tourism has experiencd growing internationalisation and much closer attention is now paid to the cultural characteristics of tourists and visitors and the influence thereof on the tourism industry. Culture affects travel motivation and behaviour and a better understanding of the cultural composition of tourists will enable the tourism industry to better satisfy tourist expectations. Understanding target markets from a demographic, geographic and psychographic perspective has been done in many research studies. However an attempt to define and understand the cultural characteristics of target markets and the effect of these characteristics is essential for the success and sustainable growth of the tourism industry in South Africa. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to determine a cultural profile of visitors to a jazz festival in South Africa. An exploratory survey of visitors was conducted by means of a structured questionnaire, which was completed by 127 respondents at a Jazz Festival held in Vanderbijlpark. The statistical analysis entailed descriptive statistics and more specifically a factor analysis as well as inferential statistics and more specifically Spearman's correlations, t-tests and one-way ANOVA's. The factor analysis with varimax rotation was performed on values (8 items), rules of behaviour (17 items), and perceptions of tourism service workers (25 items). The results revealed a demographic profile of visitors and identified specific cultural characteristics. Correlations were revealed between the identified factors and age as well as length of stay.


Artificial life is a field of study and an associated art form which examine systems related to life, its processes, and its evolution through simulations using computer models, robotics, and biochemistry. There are three main kinds of alife, named for their approaches: soft[3], from software; hard, from hardware; and wet, from biochemistry. Artificial life imitates traditional biology by trying to recreate biological phenomena. The term "artificial life" is often used to specifically refer to soft alife.


The method for constructing an ensemble of nonparametric clustering algorithms is proposed. Its theoretical substantiation is resulted. Results of the model data and real images confirm the efficiency of the proposed method.


The structures of nickel deposits on sulfided CoMo/Al2O3 hydrodemetallation catalyst surface were characterized by using scanning transmission electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy techniques to study the interaction between the deposits and catalytic components. The deposits were found in crystallite form of nickel sulfide (Ni7S6) on the catalyst surface. Within the crystallites cobalt is uniformly distributed. Molybdenum is only partially associated with the nickel deposits as a segregated surface layer of molybdenum sulfide (MoS2). For crystallites smaller than about 15 nm, the extent of segregation decreases. About 75% of the molybdenum is not directly associated with nickel deposits. Extensive cover-up of molybdenum by nickel deposits was not observed, and is not the main reason of catalyst deactivation. It was found that nickel deposits migrated towards cobalt sites even though molybdenum sites were the active sites for the hydrodemetallation reaction. Structure affinity favored the formation of solid solution between cobalt and nickel sulfides, which was the driving force for the association between nickel and cobalt on the catalyst surface. Microscopic characterization showed that deposition of nickel sulfide on the catalyst surface enhanced the mobility of the catalytic components MoS2. Coalescence of MoS2 leads to significant reduction of accessible molybdenum sulfide sites, and is the main reason for the deactivation of hydrodemetallation catalyst.


In this study the use of traffic simulation as a tool for evaluating various strategies and designing various signal models and also implementing pedestrian model in response of emergency situations is considered and briefed. This paper presents a traffic simulation approach for evaluating the pedestrian behaviour by developing a model which includes pedestrians in a vehicular micro-simulation model i.e. PARAMICS. This study is based on testing of the prototypes and actual signs in order to determine if they convey the desired message in the desired time. This will let the users know the usability of their signs and make them reach the desired safe destination easily. In this report, pedestrian characteristics during emergency are also studied using suitable pedestrian model (eg: Fruins pedestrian model). Application of this car- following algorithm demonstrated by calibrating in PARAMICS will be very useful in predicting known pedestrian speed-flow relationship. The model is developed especially to enhance the complex interaction between pedestrians and vehicles. This study indicates the importance of additional factors (i.e., Pedestrian queue discharge rate, Pedestrian gap acceptance, Pedestrian speed) which is to be related with the vehicle flow. It also shows the effort to better understand pedestrian level of service under various conditions. The high variability in data sets confines the simulation resulting in a constant queue discharge rate at flows approaching saturated conditions. This work finally concludes that PARAMIC'S car-following algorithm is very much helpful in reproducing vehicle and pedestrian flow in complex as well as heterogeneous urban traffic.


There are a great number of sediment transport relations in existence in the world today. The engineer is often faced with the problem of choosing the most appropriate relation for the study at hand. In order to facilitate the engineer's choice, researchers have performed comparative studies in order to recommend one or more relations over others. This paper summarizes some of the most prominent comparisons. Although the comparisons shed some light on the accuracy of various formulas, the engineer still has a difficult decision when selecting a formula for use with a project. A numerical ranking scheme for sand-size transport equations is developed in Parts II and III of this paper.


A new report from Decision Resources found that Florida leads the pack with most untreated Type 2 diabetics who also have drug coverage.


This article reports correlations between the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI; Myers & McCaulley, 1985) scales and scales from two aptitude measures: (a) the Differential Aptitude Tests-Adaptive (DAT-A; McBride, 1986; Moe, 1988), using a sample of 122 university and community career assessment clients, and (b) the Ball Aptitude Battery (BAB; Ball Foundation, 1993), using a sample of 99 high school students. The results are similar to those reported by Stricker and Ross (1962). Factors such as sex, age group (adolescent and adult), and the degree to which an aptitude test reflected general cognitive ability appeared to moderate the degree to which the results were in accord with Jungian theory. Implications for career assessment and Jungian personality theory are discussed.


The research object of this paper is the nine cities of Wuhan urban circle. Firstly, this paper establishes the comprehensive evaluation indicator system and evaluation model of the urban development level via systems analysis, then makes a PCA (Principal Components Analysis) to the original data by means of SPSS; Next, this paper analyzes the worked data via AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) and comprehensive score and ranking of the nine cities is obtained and the nine cities are divided into three clusters via K-means clustering analysis; Finally, this paper appraises urban development level of Wuhan urban circle.


We investigate the contribution of technicolor mechanisms to the production of single top quarks at hadron colliders. We find that a promising candidate process is gluon-gluon fusion to produce a W-boson plus technipion, with subsequent decay of the technipion to a top quark plus a bottom quark. The top-plus-bottom mode is the dominant one when the technipion mass is larger than the top mass. We calculate the total cross section and the $p_{T}$ distribution for the technipion production at Tevatron and LHC energies for a range of technipion masses, starting at 200 GeV. The decay chain of technipion to top plus bottom quarks and then top to W plus bottom yields a final state with two W's and two bottom quarks. We study the backgrounds to our process and the kinematic cuts that maximize the signal to background. We report event rate estimates for the upgraded Tevatron and the LHC.


DEAR EDITOR, A 23-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of progressively worsening superficial erosions and blisters on her feet. Her medical history was significant for acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) diagnosed at 8 months of age. During childhood and adolescence she had good disease control on zinc replacement. She reported recently discontinuing zinc supplementation prior to her presentation owing to nausea. Examination revealed well-demarcated, macerated, superficial erosions on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the mid-foot. Investigations revealed a low zinc level (5 1 lmol L ). Treatment involved intravenous flucloxacillin and topical betamethasone, and zinc supplementation was reinstated. Four weeks later, her skin had fully re-epithelialized and she was asymptomatic. Molecular genetic testing revealed a mutation, c.1465_1474+4del, in the SLC39A4 gene. This frameshift mutation has been reported once previously, in 2011. AE is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of intestinal zinc absorption. Mutations in the SLC39A4 gene cause defects in the zinc transporter protein ZIP4m leading to the classic triad of vesicobullous dermatitis, alopecia and diarrhoea.


Such aspects as basic tendencies of school mathematical education, psychological and pedagogical conditions, realisation of the person-oriented way of teaching, humanitarisation of school mathematical education are discussed in the article. The author describes the transition to the modern competence-based model of teaching and presents the structure of standard and professional teaching and its differentiation.


In the present work has been developed, step by step, the methodology for thermoeconomic calculation of the boiler # 3 located in petroleum's power plant of ...


PURPOSE: A test socket manufactured by micro-electro-mechanical systems(MEMS) is provided to reduce the pitch of electrical contacts in the test socket by adjusting the structure, the width, the length, and the thickness of a plate matrix shaped cantilever. CONSTITUTION: A plurality of cavities with a pre-set depth is distributed at the central part of a substrate(100). Cantilever type electrical contacts(150) are distributed on the upper part of the cavities as much as the number of semiconductor devices(200). The cantilever type electrical contacts are induced to be in separate contact with respect to the electrodes of the semiconductor devices. A signal connection line is in electrical connection with a mother board printed circuit board(300) which is located at the lower part of the substrate. Conductive bumps are located at the upper part of the electrical contacts.


In decentralization era, the local government's authorities in managing their region have been increased. They were forced to have the capability to fulfill the citizen needs. In addition, the concern on good governance issue has been increased rapidly in these recent years. So the local government that has limited human resources as the main actors who will formulate the policies seems like in "jeopardy". This condition is one of reasons why some donor agencies give technical assistances to help the local government in accomplishing the good governance. The donor agencies as technical assistance of the local government face the condition that their activities have limited time. But, accomplishing the good governance is not easy as it requires time. So this paper is aim to learn the strategies of some donor agencies to achieve their expected outcome (usually is good governance) without extend their program's time. This paper will use a case study on PDPP in Indonesia to get the understanding on sustaining participation of local governance, but to support the discussion it will use some other cases (using desk study), such as LGSP in the Philippines, Citizen Advancement and Participatory Budget in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and The Breglumasi Program An urban and social development initiative, Tirana-Albania.


The Persian nasab-nâmah, presented here in facsimile and translation with a thorough introduction and notes, is from the Qarshi Museum in Uzbekistan. The document was drafted in 1289/1866 to support the authority of a certain Mulla Karim Birdi Khwâjah Shaykh to collect the "voluntary tax" (nadhr ) levied on herds in the Farghana Valley. His authority, as understood in the mid-nineteenth century, was based on his 'Alid descent and then on his claimed descent, as attested by the genealogy, from...


This article addresses the extraordinarily high ratio of females to males who kill domestic partners in the United States. Using a theoretical perspective conceptualizing violence between intimates as a form of self-help social control and as involving a pattern of sex-specific motives, the authors developed an explanatory model of variance in the rates of female and male spouse killing and thereby, in the spousal sex ratio of killing (SROK). Applied to cities in the United States with populations of 100,000 or more, the model predicted a significant proportion of variance in the rates of female and male killers (1984-1996) and in the SROK. Examination of the net differences in effects on sex-specific rates allowed for the interpretation of why the SROK varies so dramatically across communities and what factors contribute to the high spousal SROK in the United States. Directions for further sociological investigation of this question are discussed.


However, livestock keepers have little capital available to invest in their activity and rarely have access to credit. Because livestock keeping is considered to be too risky, local banks are reluctant to finance this type of activity. Livestock keepers themselves rarely apply for loans because they are afraid of the consequences of unpaid debts. That puts severe restrictions on the development of their activities. Access to credit: efforts to include small livestock keepers in agricultural sectors in Burundi VSF BELGIUM


This study aims to analyze the Support Mission of the Kizi Konga XXXVII-H/MINUSCA Task Force on Peace Missions in the Central African Republic. Using a descriptive qualitative approach and interviews as data collection methods, this study found that the implementation of support missions in Peace Missions in the Central African Republic were construction engineering, explosives disposal, and CIMIC.


Objective To explore the mechanism of IL-6 in EAE. Methods 25 female Wistar rats were randomly divided into 2 groups, EAE group( n=15 ) and normal control group( n=10). The expression of IL-6, TNF-αtand TGF-β of the two groups rots were ob-served by immunohistochemistry staining, and then correlation analysis of the expression of IL-6, TNF-αtandTGF-β was made. Results There was negative correlation between gray scale of IL-6 and symptom scores( r=-0.953, P>0.05). IL-6 and TGF-β had no statistical-ly significant correlation ( r=-0.492, P>0.05). There was negative correlation between gray scale of TNF-α and symptom scores( r=-0.978, P<0.05), and both of the correlation between TNF-α and TGF-β ( r=-0.502, P>0.05), TGF-β and scores( r=0.470,P>0.05 ) were not statistically significant. Conclusions IL-6 may participate in EAE as a inflammatory factor.

Key words:
Encephalomyelitis,experimental autoimmune; Interleukin-6 ; Tumor necrosis factor; Transforming growth factor beta


The effect of clay-hybrids treatment on physical and structural properties of polypropylene (PP J600) nanocomposite has been studied. The experiments carried out were focused on obtaining the polypropylene nanocomposite samples. In all the experiments the polypropylene with flow rate in melt of 9.21g/10min and nanoblend MB1201 were used. The structure analysis of polypropylene nanocomposites was made by means of XRD and FT-IR methods. XRD analysis shows that for nanocomposite based on polypropylene, the exfoliation of organo-bentonites takes place. The results shows a high improvement in the mechanic properties of the NPP4 with 5% and NPP4 with15% glass fiber nanocomposite compared to the NPP4 nanocomposite.


Shift work is associated with increased risk of health problems. We chose to test the parameters of wakefulness at shift-working nurses using the Performance Vigilance Task (PVT-192). The visual analogue scale of sleepiness (VAS) and selected sleep history data were included in the investigation. 20 nurses working in a 12-hour rotating shift regimen were included. Exclusion criteria comprised the use of sleep-modulating drugs, the presence of history-based sleep disorders, morbidity. Each of the nurses underwent a total of four PVT tests, before and then after her (day or night) duty. The reaction time (RT) mean value before the day shift was 261.3ms (SD±38.7), after the day shift 260.1ms (SD±33.1), before the night shift 251.3ms (SD±23.5), after the night shift 260.5ms (SD±26.1). There were significant differences in RT before and after the night duty, and between the RT of both evening measurements. The difference in RT before and after duty was significantly greater after night shifts. There was a significant difference between the rate of PVT test errors before the day shift and after the night shift. VAS-based subjective rating of daytime sleepiness was 3.3 (SD±2.2) before and 3.5 (SD±2.8) after the day shift, 3.1 (SD±2.4) before and 5.9 (SD±2.3) after the night shift. There was a significant difference between VAS before and after night shifts, and a significant difference in the VAS difference between the beginning and end of the night shift in comparison with the day shift. Clearly enough, the circadian aspect has a major role to play in the testing.


The current status of rice production in Siyang was elaborated in the aspects of natural conditions,change and optimization of breeding and cultivation and increased industry basis in this paper.The problems such as excessive and miscellaneous variety,low-technology cultivation skills,used irrigation facilities and noncompetitive rice processing industry were pointed out and the countermeasures including strengthening fine quality rice industry base construction and technique exploitation for development were put forward.


Thompson Rivers University British Columbia, Canada firstname.lastname@example.com Increasing success of social networks among users and widespread experiences of companies and organisations on Web 2.0 spaces, calls for flexible web presence strategies that are able to manage an increasing number of changes in technology and behavioural changes of users. The main challenge for Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) is to design a comprehensive online presence through the use of social networks and websites. To this end it is assumed that an analysis of the web presence strategies of similar destinations could help to identify good practices that integrate Web 2.0 tools and facilities. Preliminary results of a study comparing the web presence strategies of two DMOs are given. The research approach adopts a systematic process that evaluates the evolving web presence strategies of the two destinations, describing the main good practices identified.


This article aims for analyzing under an axial stress, the behavior of earth blocks reinforced by various proportions of coconut fibers. For this fact, compressive and flexural tests were carried out after 28 days of maturation, on dry blocks elaborate with clay stabilized at 8% of cement and containing 0 to 1% of fibers 30 mm length. The experimental results show that the incorporation of fibers in the blocks improves their mechanical characteristics, increases their ductile deformation and delays their cracking. The best mechanical resistances are obtained at 0.8% of fibers because at this content, the distance between fibers is optimal.


To study the prevalence of heating losses among submariners, and their possible causes and consequences, the NEL warble tone hearing test was administered to 1053 submariners. Heating losses of less than 7 db at 500 cps and 5 db at 1000 cps could not be measured due to ambient noises in the testing areas. At the other test frequencies (2000, 4000, and 7000), any positive value of hearing loss could be measured.It was found that approximately 10 percent of all men tested had high frequency heating losses of 18 db or greater (at 4000 and 7000 cps). A comparison of the hearing losses of enginemen to those of all others as a function of time on boat, for each frequency, showed that in general the enginemen had greater losses at all frequencies although there were minor reversals. The amount of loss was slightly less than expected from previous findings on industrial workers.


Anyama NG, Tibenderana JK, Kutyabami P, Kamba PF, Kitutu FE, Adome RO. Participatory healthcare-provider orientation to improve artemether-lumefantrine-based drug treatment of uncomplicated malaria: a cluster quasi-experimental study. This paper was published in print with an incorrect doi. The print citation is BMJ Qual Saf 2012;21:768–777 and the correct doi is 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.049270. Corrections


and the detective, all of whom are descended ultimately from the Puritan divine. In brief compass, it is very difficult to do justice to Hess's rich and dazzling performance here. Hess also attempts to provide a gender context for his three foci. He sees gender moving on a continuum from New Age movement (feminist) to the sceptics (masculine). Finally, Hess considers the role of his three foci in American movies. Hollywood functions for Hess somewhat differently from his other American cultural contexts; less as a referent and more as an exemplification of the other contexts. He sees the 'popularity' of films on paranormal subjects as reflective of American suspicion of official authority (in this case, the scientific sceptic) and he sees them as strongly gendered: the hero — or better heroine — suffering from and coming to believe in paranormal phenomena is usually a woman; the sceptical villain is male. In the third and final part of this book, Hess takes up more general, abstract considerations. Firstly, he deals briefly and none-too-clearly in my view with the inevitable question of reflexivity, particularly concerning what Hess terms the 'human sciences'. He then turns to offer general dialogue with his three foci, dialogue that is intended to instantiate his anthropological perspective by: (1) encouraging each of them to engage in reflection on its own sociocultural context (yet more of which Hess himself provides here!) in order to examine critically its own sets of assumptions and objectives and (2) taking necessary ameliorative measures. For me, the most illuminating portions of this book were those where Hess situated his three foci in American sociocultural contexts. Part of the richness and sophistication of these sections no doubt derives from Hess's earlier study of spiritism in Brazilian society and culture. I found his philosophizing less persuasive, especially when he attempts to grapple with the current relativistic methodological fashion of 'bracketing' the epistemic validity of whatever purportedly scientific activity is under investigation (which approach he favours). Hess raises the question of whether such bracketing leads to an asymmetrical 'capture' of the investigators from the 'human sciences' (including cultural anthropology) by those fields with doubtful scientific credentials. Citing reviews of the work of Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch, Hess argues that it does not. Yet in this book I detect more than a little 'capturing' of Hess by New Agers and parapsychologists. For example, it seems to me that there is an asymmetry in Hess's call to the sceptics to try to empathize with the world-views and ideals of the New Age movement and the parapsychologists without a compensatory call for empathy from these groups for the sceptical viewpoint. And Hess himself is not quite so epistemically relativistic as he purports. For instance, this relativism rapidly gives way under the authority of feminist analysts like Carolyn Merchant and Eveyln Fox Keller. On the other hand, in his very call for empathy from sceptics, Hess betrays a surprising reductionism; crystal healing only made 'sense' when reinterpreted as psychotherapy:


Objectives: The nurse visiting health service named Customized Visiting Health Care Program(CVHCP) requires the service innovations incorporating community support into a local service network. The purpose of this study was to assess the community network in CVHCP and inform improvement in this network. Methods: We used Social Network Analysis(SNA) in one CVHCP at H city. Network links were generated by self-administered questionnaires by the 14 community resource centers who quantified their links to all other 25 agents on the list. Links were analyzed by a dichotomous scale for any experience of collaboration and a scored scale of 0 to 3 for level of collaboration using UCINET v6. Results: A list of 14 agents was generated, and local network was dominated by the Public Health Center and a local welfare center named Unlimited Care Center(UCC). According to centrality score, UCC was the most prominent agent, and Public Health Center was the most influential agent, being a link in the pathway flow between other agents for 9.5% of contribution. CVHCP scored lower rank of prominent with 30.8% of other agents reported referring to it. Conclusions: Social network analysis provides a useful network description for informing and evaluation service network improvement in maximizing its service for the CVHCP.


Several biological activities of Rhododendron mucronulatum were investigated. The electron donating abilities of ethanol extracts of Rhododendron mucronulatum were more than 90% at 100 ppm, 500 ppm and 1,000 ppm. Xanthine oxidase was inhibition about 46% by the ethanol extracts of R. mucronulatum at 500 ppm 48% of tyrosinase activity relating to skin-whitening was shown at 1,000 ppm. Uniquely, the anti-microbial effects of water extract and ethanol extract were shown only on Staphylococcus aureus. The water extract 1 mg/disc showed the higher activity than ethanol extract. The growth inhibition effect of each sample on lung cancer (A549) and melanoma (B16F10) cell lines were over 70% at 1,000 ppm, while the effects on the melanoma (G361) and liver cancer (HepG2) were about 50% at the same concentration.


ABSTRACTAn autoethnography of a marriage and its demise, this work relies on the reflective modality of the lyric essay to consider the role of memory in love, heartbreak, and reconciliation. Examining two characters from different cultures whose ancestors fought for opposing sides during World War II, this story wonders if their marriage was doomed by history and the silences of intergenerational shame that emerged in Germany particularly during the post-war occupation period. Using the methodology of the witnessing imagination this essay also argues that creative writing gives shape to traumatic historical events and allows remarkable access to complex processes of recovery. Two poets—Kenneth Slessor and Joseph Brodsky—are employed as metaphoric soldiers fighting over the terrain of memory alongside the 'witness' author, interrogating personal issues about the on-going heartbreak of a failed marriage which come to symbolise larger concerns of social and political reconciliation. The notion of memory's i...


Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of combination of Chinese medicine and western medicine for the treatment of Coronary artery disease(CAD)based on the compilation of Quality of Life Scale that keep their national characteristics and evaluate effect of TCM as well.Methods:By randomized and single blind principle,129 patients with CAD were assigned to 2 groups,the control group(n=57)treated with conventional treatment include Antiplatelet Drugs,nitrate,β-receptor blocker,CCB and ACEI,and the treated group(n=72)with Chinese herbal decoction and Chinese Patent Medicines in addition to the conventional treatment.The main outcome measure of this study was the improvement of QOL before and after the treatment.Results:(1)Some improved effects of QOL were also observed in the control and treated group after the treatment than that before the treatment,there was statistical difference(P0.05).The treated one was better than the control one;(2)There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of basic clinical characteristics before the treatment(P0.05).Intergroup comparison:after the treatment,there was a statistical difference between treatment group and control group in the clinical symptoms,the main underlying diseases and knowledge about CAD(P0.05).Meanwhile,there was no significant difference between the other four groups(P0.05).Conclusion:(1)Combined TCM-WM Therapy can definitely improve the quality of life of the ACS patients;(2)Improvement of QOL of Acute Coronary Syndrome patients by Combined TCM-WM Therapy would be evidence with time process.


To assess the influence of embolic size on the therapy response of prostatic arterial embolization (PAE) based on perfusional changes seen on dynamic contrast‐enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).


A key aspect of online ads that has not been systematically studied by the computer security community is their visible, user-facing content. Motivated by anecdotal evidence of problematic content such as clickbait, misinformation, scams, and malware, particularly in native advertising, we conducted a systematic measurement study of ad content on mainstream news sites and known misinformation sites. We provide evidence for significant numbers of problematic ads on popular news and misinformation sites, primarily served through native ad platforms. This work begins a rich, systematic line of inquiry into problematic ad content, ultimately to inform technical and/or regulatory solutions.


Objective To investigate the expression of Fas,Fas ligand,caspase-8 and its clinical significance in cervical carcinoma and explore the effect of Fas system in the mechanism of tumor immune evasion.Methods Immunohistochemical method was used to detect the expression of Fas,FasL and caspase-8 in 52 samples of cervical carcinoma,18 samples of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia(CIN),10 samples of chronic cervicitis and 10 samples of normal cervical tissues.Results The expression of Fas and FasL were significantly different between cervical carcinoma and chronic cervicitis tissues or normal cervix(P0.05,P0.01),The expression of Fas and FasL were significantly higher in squamous cell carcinoma than in adenocarcinoma(P0.05,P0.01).There was a significant correlation between the expression of Fas,FasL and histologic grades(P0.01).The more poorly the tumor was differentiated,the higher the expression rate of FasL was and the lower the expression rate of Fas was.The expression of FasL increased in tumor with lymphnode metastases compared with tumor without(P0.01).There was no significant relationship between the expression of Fas,FasL and the age of patient or the clinical staging.The expression of Fas and FasL in TIL around cervical carcinoma was higher than that in CIN(P0.01).There was no correlation between caspase-8 expression and histological type,age of patient or clinical staging.Caspase-8 expression rate was lower in cervical carcinoma than in chronic cervicitis tissues and normal cervix(P0.01).The expression of caspase-8 in cervical carcinoma was lower in tumor with lymph node metastases than in tumor without.The expression of caspase-8 was higher,though insignificantly,in highly differentiated tissue than in lowly differentiated tissue.Conclusion The low expression of Fas and caspase-8 and high expression of FasL may contribute to the carcinogenesis and development of cervical carcinoma by evading the host immune surveillance.


This study analyzes the impact of restaurant startup education on transfer effects in learning and entrepreneurial intentions based on previous...


We observed serious reduction of SOFC performance due to the agglomeration of Ni particles and the shrinkage of anode made by powder mixture of fine NiO and YSZ particles. Therefore, a new microstructure of anode, which is referred to as "YSZ-supported anodes", has been proposed in order to overcome the aforementioned problem of the anode. The uniqueness of the new anode is such that YSZ powders are divided into two coarse and fine fractions. It was found that dimension, porosity and electrical conductivity of these anodes were more stable than that of the previous one, and that slight changes in the cell voltage were observed under a constant current flow of 0.4A/cm2. The present investigation of anodes suggests that the two YSZ particles form a solid framework and prevent damage due to Ni agglomeration.


A 40-year-old female, who had a history of chronic hepatitis B virus infection for 12 years, was diagnosed with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in May 2005. The mass was in the left lobe of the liver, with 4 cm in diameter. She then underwent liver transplantation. After transplantation, she received standard immunosuppression regimen including tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and corticosteroids. She was well with regular follow-up, and had no sign of recurrence. However, in a routine laboratory examination in February 2006, her serum concentration of a-foetoprotein (AFP) was 11 850 mg/L. A painless parietal mass was found by her at the same time. She was then admitted to the department of neurosurgery. Cranial computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans revealed a 4.0 4.0 4.0 cm, dumb-bell shaped, well-defined, parenchymal, and osteolytic parietal mass with bone and duramater involvement, no perilesional reactive hyperostosis was found (Fig. 1A). Radionuclide bone imaging (isotope: 99mTc-HMDP) showed abnormal high uptake in the parietal bone. The lesion was suspected as metastases of HCC. We did not find any abnormality in either lung or grafted liver by chest and abdominal CT scans. In February 2006, the patient was referred to surgery. Tumour was completely removed including the invaded dural mater and adjacent bone. The dural mater and the skull were rebuilt with artificial tissue. The pathological findings confirmed a diagnosis of metastasis HCC (Fig. 1B). Immunohistochemistry showed the tumour to be strongly positive for AFP (Fig. 1C). After post-operative symptomatic treatment and gamma knife radiotherapy, the patient recovered well. She was still alive after 29 months of follow-up.


of Dissertation Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy TRANSFORMATION AND CRYOPRESERVATION OF EMBRYOGENIC AVOCADO (Persea americana Mill.) CULTURES By Darda Efendi December, 2003 Chair: Richard E. Litz Major Department: Horticultural Science The avocado fruit is climacteric and ethylene acts as a natural triggering mechanism for the induction of ripening. Genetic transformation of avocado with a gene construct that could block ethylene biosynthesis would extend on-tree storage and shelf life of avocado fruit. The samK gene encodes SAM hydrolase, which converts SAM (Sadenosylmethionine) to methylthioadenosine and homoserine so that it is not available for ethylene biosynthesis. Embryogenic avocado cultures were genetically transformed using an Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated protocol. Transformed embryogenic avocado cultures harboring AGT01/NPTII::ACP/SamK were selected in MS3:1P medium supplemented with 100 to 300 mg l kanamycin sulfate. Further selection was accomplished on somatic embryo development medium supplemented with 200 mg l kanamycin sulfate, which completely inhibits development and maturation of nontransformed somatic embryos.


The problem of calculating active electric energy losses under the conditions of a non-sinusoidal voltage in the 380 V network is considered. The network voltage is represented as a partially steady signal, with the time dependences of signal component frequencies or harmonic components being piecewise constant functions. This circumstance adds difficulty to the use of classic loss calculation methods, which do not allow the spectrum to be analyzed as a function of time. For solving the problem, the discrete-time short-time Fourier transform is applied. Based on the results of calculating the discrete-time short-time Fourier transform, the steadiness intervals are determined, in which the electric energy losses are subsequently calculated using the well-known formulas. For estimating the validity of the proposed approach, simulation is carried out of the electric network part containing an industrial load connected to a 380 V bus via a cable line in which the electric energy losses are calculated. A conclusion about the applicability of the short-time Fourier transform is drawn.


Financial superintendency is the total name of financial superintendency organization supervises and manages each kind of financial campaign.At different period of economic and financial development or in different countries,goals,content,main part,ways and intensity of financial superintendency are also different.System and patterns of financial superintendency are based on the development of political and economy of one country's,and also are influenced by global political,economic and financial market.Financial superintendency system is a system foundation of financial superintendency.Financial superintendency patterns are concerned with constitution of financial superintendency system, working goal,and duty,division of the work and coordinative running of various buildup parts.The development condition, ways of division of works,ways of competition of various countries financial system could affect the change of patterns and ways of financial superintendency at different levels.Financial superintendency system is substantiated and perfected constantly along with the development of economy and finance.Main body of financial superintendency must pay fully attention to the diversity development of superintendency method.


This paper deals with the study of reliability of quasi-homogeneous bolted joints of the body of thin-walled constructions ofthe steel silos. Heterogeneity of this unit can be caused by number of reasons, in particular by presence of bolts of differentstrength in joint. In such case the reliability of the system is determined trough the probability of trouble-free work of the coefficient of the critical factor. The general conception of stochastic calculation consists in using the Monte-Karlo simulationprocedure for the samples of random values of the large volume. It was formed the system of conditions, under which the reliability of joints is provided and analytical expressions for the value of coefficient of the critical factor is got, and also madepractical calculation example with the following graphic presentation on a special coordinate plane – a critical stochasticscale. It was illustrated that random presence of bolts of less strength in field joint rapidly increases the risk of refusal.


Target vibration bears important information for target recognition, and terahertz, due to significant micro-Doppler effects, has strong advantages for remotely sensing vibrations. In this paper, the imaging characteristics of vibrating targets with THz-SAR are at first analyzed. An improved algorithm based on an excellent Bayesian approach, that is, the expansion-compression variance-component (ExCoV) method, has been proposed for reconstructing scattering coefficients of vibrating targets, which provides more robust and efficient initialization and overcomes the deficiencies of sidelobes as well as artifacts arising from the traditional correlation method. A real vibration measurement experiment of idle cars was performed to validate the range model. Simulated SAR data of vibrating targets and a tank model in a real background in 220 GHz show good performance at low SNR. Rapidly evolving high-power terahertz devices will offer viable THz-SAR application at a distance of several kilometers.


A system configured to disposable cassette, such as one based on a paper tray with a top of a mountain, the use of tamper-evident dispensing nozzle. Nozzle structure comprises a nozzle body, the nozzle body having a generally cylindrical wall portion and the mounting flange portion extending from one end of the wall portion outwardly. The nozzle body and the flange portion defines a dispensing opening substantially opposite, is hinged to the opening member on the nozzle body for movement from a first sealing position to a second open position, so that the contents within the container consumption. The opening means preferably includes a locking member such that the opening member is conveniently held in the open position during use.


The final epidemic size (R∞) remains one of the fundamental outcomes of an epidemic, and measures the total number of individuals infected during a "free-fall" epidemic when no additional control action is taken. As such, it provides an idealised measure for optimising control policies before an epidemic arises. Although the generality of formulae for calculating the final epidemic size have been discussed previvailable online 7 March 2012


Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to promulgate regulations prohibiting air carriers from dispensing on-board alcoholic beverages or tobacco to passengers without charge.


This paper analyzes the traditional algorithm-LEACH,and improves it.It introduces a improved arithmetic based on energy and average distribution of head-note,analyzes and simulates it.The result shows that: the improved arithmetic refines the distribution of cluster and head-note,it's much better than LEACH in lifetime and LBF.


Abstract Mixed fisheries occur when multiple species are caught together and harvested by multiple fleets. The biological and technical interactions in mixed fisheries distinguish them from single-species fisheries, which makes them challenging for their assessment and management. The present knowledge synthesis reviewed pertinent policy documents and academic databases for twenty-three mixed fisheries worldwide; aiming to characterize attributes of mixed fisheries, provide overviews on their assessment and management, assess current research progress, and identify key factors that impact management effectiveness. Mixed fisheries were found to exhibit varying characteristics worldwide, rendering the implementation of universal management solutions unlikely. While mixed fisheries stock assessment and management are mostly based on single-species approaches, additional mixed fisheries considerations were incorporated at various scales, including multispecies, sector-specific, fishery, and ecosystem levels. Ecosystem-wide management considerations were the most significant contributor to improved management performance in terms of conserving stock biomass and preventing overfishing, underscoring the merits of the Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management (EBFM) principle. Mixed fisheries research demonstrated regional and thematic variations, with the most popular topics addressing immediate and practical management concerns, and the less frequently discussed topics offering valuable insights related to climate change and socio-ecological perspectives. The synthesis identified the available management approaches for mixed fisheries from different jurisdictions, yet their diversity highlighted a lack of global consensus on best management practices. Future mixed fisheries will benefit from balancing tradeoffs between ecological and socio-economic needs, implementing EBFM, adopting diverse and harmonized management tools, and prioritizing monitoring efforts.


Received: 16/4/2021 The study was conducted to identify factors affecting inbound logistics performance in a mining company. The research data was collected from 200 employees in Masan High-Tech Materials – a big mining company in Thai Nguyen province. The main methods used in this study include exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM). The results indicated there were two factors as inbound transportation and employee competency that affected inbound logistics performance. In particular, the inbound transportation factor had a strongly impact on inbound logistics performance. Based on these results, some policy recommendations which focused on inbound transportation and employee competency were proposed for mining companies to improve inbound logistics performance; thereby increasing competitive advantage in the market. Revised: 28/5/2021


This paper proposes a new FRP-concrete composite panel form-concrete panels strengthened by composite grid with skin. The effective bending stiffness of this kind of panels was deduced by the transformed section method. And the mid-span displacement was derived from mechanics of materials method. It brings up a whole structured design process of a sandwich structure bridge panel,and gives the design parameter of bridge panel. The checking results show that using concrete panels strengthened by composite grid with skin into girder-composite bridge panel is more feasible.


Despite extensive research on student teachers' engagement with university coursework, teaching practicums, and research projects in teacher education curriculums, empirical studies on the coherence among these components are lacking (Flores 2018). Coherence refers to the degree to which a curriculum supports, reinforces, and reflects shared goals (Grossman et al. 2008). The emphasis on curriculum coherence reflects an ecological perspective (e.g. Goodnough 2010) on teacher learning. Conceptualising the pre-service teacher education curriculum as a dynamic and situated ecosystem, such a perspective underscores the high degree of coherence among the system components, which can work concertedly to produce cumulative and transformative effects on student teachers' professional development (Cavanna et al. 2021). This research explores curriculum coherence and its influences on teacher learning in a Hong Kong pre-service language teacher education program. The study attempts to answer: How do student teachers perceive the connections between the university courses, teaching practicum, and research projects in the program?


Violation of visual functions and oculomotor frustration develop at 90% of patients with MS. More than a half of patients are transferred by the numerous recurrence of an optical neuritis which is coming to an end with a partial atrophy of optic nerve. For well-timed purpose of pathogenetic treatment differential diagnostics with other diseases, being accompanied an atrophy of an optic nerve, in particular with Leber's disease.


Denise Meredyth, Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing and Liza Hopkins summarise three years of research on the social effects of computer network established between 1999 and 2004 and based in Atherton Gardens, a high rise public housing estate in Fitzroy, Melbourne. The aim of the project was to increase access to information and communication technologies for low income people, to contribute to neighbourhood renewal and to build the social and economic participation of residents with high needs.


Purpose
This paper aims to review recent reports on mechanical properties of Sn-Bi and Sn-Bi-X solders (where X is an additional alloying element), in terms of the tensile properties, hardness and shear strength. Then, the effects of alloying in Sn-Bi solder are compared in terms of the discussed mechanical properties. The fracture morphologies of tensile shear tested solders are also reviewed to correlate the microstructural changes with mechanical properties of Sn-Bi-X solder alloys.

Design/methodology/approach
A brief introduction on Sn-Bi solder and reasons to enhance the mechanical properties of Sn-Bi solder. The latest reports on Sn-Bi and Sn-Bi-X solders are combined in the form of tables and figures for each section. The presented data are discussed by comparing the testing method, technical setup, specimen dimension and alloying element weight percentage, which affect the mechanical properties of Sn-Bi solder.

Findings
The addition of alloying elements could enhance the tensile properties, hardness and/or shear strength of Sn-Bi solder for low-temperature solder application. Different weight percentage alloying elements affect differently on Sn-Bi solder mechanical properties.

Originality/value
This paper provides a compilation of latest report on tensile properties, hardness, shear strength and deformation of Sn-Bi and Sn-Bi-X solders and the latest trends and in-depth understanding of the effect of alloying elements in Sn-Bi solder mechanical properties.


The present invention relates to a navigation system and method using a bar code to be the destination of the guidance information with the bar code. A navigation system using a bar code of the present invention, by using a bar code when the information is the position information from the provider terminal, the additional information input to provide its location information, on the basis of the inputted position information, and determines the position data , and a barcode generation information management unit for storing the determined position data and the additional information to the input barcode generation information database; The location, by including the security / authentication information on the data and additional information, generates a barcode image, and the bar code generating unit for providing the generated barcode image to the destination information provider terminal; And when the position data included in the barcode image is transmitted as the destination data for recording, and decrypted navigation from the mobile communication terminal capable of the barcode image that is provided through the advertising media, wherein the mobile route guidance data to that location, the communication terminal route guide information provider for providing a; In the yirueojim includes information center including a has a technical feature. Barcode navigation


This paper introduces material computation to offload computing from machine to material, in the process of creating shape-changing output. It contains the explanation on the mechanism of transformation, the concept of material computation, the summary and analysis of literature research within and beyond the HCI field, the interaction loop integrating material computation, and my own practice in material computation technics and applications.


A match could make a di erence. Noah is developmentally delayed, uses a walker, speaks only a few words. And he's getting sicker. MRIs show that his cerebellum is shrinking. His DNA was analyzed by medical geneticists at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Somewhere in the millions of As, Gs, Cs, and Ts is a mis-spelling, and maybe the clue to a treatment. But unless they nd a second child with the same symptoms, and a similar DNA error, his doctors can't be sure which mistake in Noah's genes is the crucial one.


Maps shading terrain as if illuminated by a point light source (i.e. hill-shading) are commonly used in cartographic displays. These hill-shaded maps are especially important for representing mountainous areas, due to the rapid variations in the orientation of terrain elements. Although these hill-shaded maps reveal the coarser landforms and the finer texture of the terrain, they can be enhanced to reveal additional detail with numerous methods. This paper discusses three methods to enhance such maps. The first technique varies the luminosity of colors based on the aspect of the terrain. Colors are selected in an elliptical pattern in hue-saturation-value (HSV) color space such that terrain facing opposite directions will show variations in luminosity. These colors are then combined with shading from a point illumination source. This illumination model is designed to complement the colors of varying luminosity. Resulting displays reveal subtle terrain features not apparent with hill-shading alone. This is especially apparent for terrain elements oriented parallel to the direction of illumination. The second methodology illuminates terrain with multiple light sources. These illuminants are from numerous directions and are of varying intensity. In this work, the lighting model approximates diffuse illumination distributed across a virtual sky. The resultant renderings contain soft shading and shadows which provide useful visual cues to the relative height of terrain. With this model, the terrain appears as if viewed on a cloudy day. Details are also revealed beneath what otherwise would be harsh, black shadows that occur with default geographic information system (GIS)-based shading and shadowing algorithms. The third technique captures local variations in curvature. Maps of curvature can be displayed in grayscale in a manner consistent with diffuse illumination models. These maps can then be displayed over hill-shaded maps to highlight trends associate with rapid changes in curvature. The resulting maps can highlight areas of plan or profile curvature, related to areas of rapid change in aspect and slope, respectively. Examples of the use of such maps would be for detailing trends in geomorphologic features such as drainages (with planimetric curvature) and more resistant rock layers (with profile curvature). In addition to revealing or highlighting more detail, all of these techniques represent alternatives to common hill-shaded maps. Such techniques provide the map designer more options for creating visually interesting maps based on physical properties of the sky and terrain.


The present paper aims to describe the optimization models recently applied to the design and operation of power systems in the road to the formation of smart grids and to identify the trends, challenges and possible gaps existing in this field of study. The models described allow performing optimization of the design and operation of power systems considering aspects as renewable energies and its related variability, distributed generation and micro grids, demand-site management and energy storage systems. Conclusions point out that several of the models recently formulated need to be validated with real data and large-scale systems tests. Moreover, demand-site management and micro grids are aspects that lack of the development of complete optimal power flow models. Finally, the accurate forecasting of stochastic variables is necessary to accomplish a better adaptation of models to real behavior of the power system.


T-Clipse is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) using Eclipse developed for Two-Level Grammar (TLG), a high-level formal specification language. In our research, given a programming language, TLG is used to specify the syntax and semantics of the language to generate an interpreter for that language. This IDE provides a user-friendly environment for editing and navigation of TLG source codes, as well as parsing and error tracing at the source code level and interpreter generation for programming languages. To build this IDE, we leveraged the extension power of plug-ins in Eclipse as well as a TLG parser prebuilt from an existing lexical analyzer generator and parser generator.


Acknowledging the past can stimulate the future. This paper discusses the problems involved with archiving the activities or artists and producers active in creative holography. A system exists, within the world of science and research, for knowledge to be archived via conferences, symposia and published proceedings. Artists often find verbalizing or quantifying their activities both difficult and inadequate. Yet their experience and research is a valuable resource for progression in the field. How will pioneering events, which have taken place of the last 50 years, be accessible for artists new to the medium of art using holography? What archives exist and in what form? As the interest in creative holography migrates from museums and centers dedicated to the subject, to more diverse venues, is there a chance that we will begin to lose valuable knowledge and experience? High-speed communication, the Internet and World Wide Web have revolutionized the dissemination of information. Is there still a case for geographically based archives or must we all resort to digital facsimiles?


In the USA, reverse mortgages have been promoted as a means of accessing equity locked up in a residence, especially after the owner/s has retired. Although there have been some teething problems, the concept of mortgaging the family home after achieving freehold ownership has many merits. Often an asset-rich household must survive on relatively small regular income, and is unable to access the increasing wealth of the family home. A reverse mortgage overcomes this hurdle. The largest asset for many ageing households is their primary place of residence, the traditional house and suburban land parcel. Recently, the Australian housing market has witnessed substantial growth in the value of its capital city housing, especially on the east coast of Australia. This can be attributed to factors such as owner-occupiers trading up to a better class of dwelling, and the continuing gentrification process for owners choosing not to relocate. At the same time, demographic changes have placed pressure on the regular income of retirees, many of whom have no superannuation fund. For example, life expectancy rates continue to rise and there are an increasing proportion of single person households in society. This has placed additional pressure on financial resources of retirees, especially those with a substantial investment in their family home and a relatively small pension. This paper visits the reverse mortgage scenario in the USA and considers potential implications for the Australian market. Strengths and weaknesses of this product are contemplated, and the viability of reverse mortgages is discussed. Although there are obvious benefits for certain segments of society, reverse mortgages are a unique product and caution should be exercised to ensure the public is fully knowledgeable from the outset.


It is shown that in a rectangular box with perfectly reflecting walls, the field energy and momentum of a classical electromagnetic normal mode do not transform as a Lorentz 4-vector. Moreover, an exact expression is found for the transformed energy, and it is found to have an oscillating component. Likewise, the total energy and momentum of particles bouncing in a box do not form a Lorentz 4-vector, but a model of the energy and momentum in the walls of the box associated with the stress of the particles bouncing off them shows that the total system energy and momentum do form a Lorentz 4-vector.