During 1975, a continuous core (B-1) was taken through the uppermost 132.9 m of soil and rock underlying Buffalo, Wyoming. Of the 132.9 m of core collected, 48.4 m are coal and coaly and carbonaceous shale of the Wasatch Formation. Proximate and ultimate analyses and heat-of-combustion, air-dried-loss, forms-of-sulfur, free-swelling-index, and ash-fusion-temperature determinations on 12 samples representing 33.85 m of coal are listed in table 2. These analyses were provided by the US Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA. Analyses for ash content and for 32 major and minor oxides and trace elements in the laboratory ash (table 3) and analyses of seven trace elements in whole coal (table 4) for all 29 samples were provided by the US Geological Survey, Denver, CO. Table 5 contains the data lited in table 3 converted to a whole-coal basis plus the whole-coal analyses listed in table 4. Twenty-seven additional elements not listed in tables 3, 4, and 5 were looked for but not found in amounts greater than their lower limits of detection (table 6). Unweighted statistical summaries of analytical data on the 19 coal samples in tables, 2, 3, and 5 are listed in tables 7, 8, and 9, respectively. For comparison, datamore » summaries for other Powder River region coal samples are included. Analytical data on the 10 coal-associated shale samples in tables 2, 3, and 5 are summarized in tables 10 and 11. Data summaries for Nd in both coal and shale and for Mo and Pb in shale were not made, because they were detected in an insufficient number of samples to calculate meaningful statistics.« less


Abstract : Diffraction effects in complicated geologic and topographic structures of interest to the Air Force Geophysics Lab. were investigated. This report examines diffraction by reentrant corners, i.e., corners with included angle greater than 180 degrees, which idealize the abrupt topographic relief commonly found at the base of escarpments and mesas. Reentrant landforms are also common in tectonic regions, and include fault scarps and other block joints. Approximating these regions of high curvature by perfect edges defines so-called generalized models--where curvature is concentrated at singular points (corners) on the free-surface. Diffraction from a single corner is studied in detail. Effects of more realistic distributed curvature in local and regional models will be examined in subsequent reports. The principal tool for the study is finite element modeling, since no mathematical solutions presently exist for P-SV wave edge diffraction in even the simplest geologic diffractors. Diffraction of plane P- and SV-waves and a Rayleigh wave are calculated for various reentrant wedges. This necessary emphasis on numerical simulation is balanced by a mathematical analysis of self-similar vector wave diffraction theory. The analysis yields a formal reduction of the general problem to a system of singular integral equations. The resulting integral expressions provide a new calculational basis for solutions to a variety of diffraction problems in mathematical physics. Keywords: Reentrant geologic corners; Finite element diffraction analysis; Topographic structure; Mathematical diffraction analysis; Mesas and escarpments.


The history written on the early years of the Soviet Union has changed focus in the past few decades. Instead of concentrating on high politics and the struggle for succession to the leadership of the Communist Party, scholars in the West have increasingly addressed the everyday life of average citizens, how they viewed and shaped the communist experiment, and how Soviet leaders responded to and attempted to mold popular views. 1 Postcommunist studies concentrating on party politics and Soviet society at the grassroots level have shown that in the formative years of the Soviet Union, the division between leaders and led was less pronounced than had previously been as-


Objective:To measure and analyze integrated backscatter parameters in normal myocardium for providing refer-ence data to estimate different myocardial diseases.Methods:We examined30normal volunteers using on-line analysis inte-grated backscatter(IBS)and got IBS%and CVIB values of all myocardial segments.In the same time we measured wall thick-ening rates(ΔT%)of IVS and LVPW.Results:①Comparing CVIB values of all myocardial segments we found that the CVIB value of LVPW-M was significant higher than that of IVS-M,LVAW-M and LVLW-M(P0.01~0.05);②Comparing IBS%values of all myocardial segments we found that IBS%values of LVPW-M and IVS-M were significant higher than that of LVAW-M and LVLW-M(P0.01);③Comparing CVIB and IBS%values of basal LVPW and IVS with medial LVPW and IBS showed no significant difference(P0.05);④CVIB value paralleledΔT%and showed LVPW was significant higher than IVS (P0.01).Conclusion:Measurement of CVIB and IBS%in normal myocardium can provide reference indexes for tissue characterizing and analyzing quantitatively different myocardial diseases in clinical practice.


The mechanical strength of Somaloy® 5P is with a value of 50-60 MPa after the heat treatment at temperature 550-650 °C under a protective atmosphere for magnetic applications. The strength of sintering iron alloys is > 300 MPa and can obtain 900 MPa for high performance iron alloys like PM materials Fe-NIMoCuC or FE-CrMoC. For this reason the technology of selective laser « sintering » without the addition of a foreign powder was experimented to evaluate the influence of this technology on the materialographical structure and on the mechanical and magnetic properties of the Somaloy® 5P. The goal is to obtain a densification layer with a high density poor porosity in the area of the surface without to change the pore distribution and the structure in the core. This paper investigates the effect of a selective laser « sintering » on the surface of a soft magnetic component and describes the final properties of component after the treatment. Finally, a proposal of an optimised process recommendation for the selective laser sintering of Somaloy® 5P components is made.


Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which variations in gender, socioeconomic and academic background influence real estate students' academic performance in Nigeria.

Design/methodology/approach

Data for the study were collected using self-administered questionnaire, served on final year real estate students in two of the three Federal universities offering real estate as a course in Southwestern Nigeria. Data collected were analyzed using mean, frequency count, percentages, independent t-test, correlation and analysis of variance.

Findings

The result of the study suggests there is no statistically significant difference in the academic performance of Nigerian real estate students based on gender and socioeconomic background.

Research limitations/implications

The study has been limited to the sensitivity of either gender to possibly constraining socioeconomic and academic factors that might have served as barriers, especially among female students, in achieving outstanding academic performance.

Originality/value

This paper presents one of the few attempts examining gender and socioeconomic perspectives to factors influencing real estate students' academic performance, especially from the perception of an emerging African country like Nigeria.


The present study aimed to verify the caprine semen characteristics during dry and rainy seasons in the Brazilian Northeast, and the influence of these seasons on cooled semen. Seminal volume, concentration, percentage of motile cells, vigor and spermatic morphology, as well as biochemical profile (fructose, citric acid, P, Ca2+, Mg, total proteins and phospholipase A2 activity) were analyzed. It was observed a reduction (P<0.05) in normal sperm morphology, fructose, citric acid, P, Mg and total protein concentration during the dry season, which did not affect the motility, vigor, volume and sperm concentration. Phospholipase A2 activity was increased during the dry season (P<0.05). The analysis of the semen cooled at 4oC during 48 hours showed reduction in total motility and vigor sperm during the dry season (P<0.05). Based on these results, we conclude that the best period of year for caprine semen cooling is the rainy season.


Human rights education is mandated by a variety of international treaties, yet it is not fully implemented. Despite rhetoric that it is important, many obstacles interfere with its incorporation in schools or communities. This article explores what human rights education is, what needs
 to be in place for it to be embedded in schools, and common challenges for its implementation. Data from a human rights education group showcases the trends shown in a review of human rights education literature and research. Recommendations for action are included.


This article analyzes Marcel Proust's À la Recherche du Temps perdureading fenomenous, starting from its central reception in a varied archo of literary and cultural  reviews in Buenos Aires by 1920. It examines how the diferent articles hace found in this novel some ways to define an emerging sensibility and to think urban masive culture. In this way, this work describes two reading keys, one sipirtualist and the other one opened to narrative experimentation. In relation to an interest in theorize, they confirm am avant-garde disposition which goes over the classical avant-garde group of Martin Fierroreview (1924-1927). Finally, this study focuses on the specific apropriation of one of Proust's ideas, by a periferical cultural experience, in regard of European centers.


Yarlung Zangbo suture is one of intra-continental suture zones in Gondwana plate and represent material residual for neo-Tethyan ocean close. The ophiolite in the suture zone is distributing along the Yarlung Zangbu River, forming the largest ophiolite belt in China, which is composed of prodotite, basic-ultrabasic cumulate complexes, dolerite, silicic rock and basic lava etc. in which the peridotite as the main component of the ophiolite had undergone strong deformation with dolerite intruded along faults. There is podiform Chromite in the peridotite with diabase developed locally and plagioclasite obducted up on the midupper part of accumulate. Petrology, geochemistry and isotopic data of peridotite in the ophiolite were studied to discern the relationship among the ophiolite and chromite metallogenesis and the tectonic settings.


Abstract : This thesis consists of two parts: (1) variability of currents and water properties in late spring in the northern Great South Channel and (2) numerical study of stratified tidal rectification over Georges Bank. In part 1, the combined analysis of CTD, ADCP, satellite-track drifters, and zooplankton distributions in the northern Great South Channel clearly shows (1) the evolution of the surface low salinity plume, (2) the three-dimensional structure of residual flow, and (3) a coherent relationship between the surface low salinity plume and high concentration of zooplankton. In part II, the numerical model of Georges Bank shows that as the fluid becomes stratified, tidal mixing and rectification intensify both along- and cross-bank residual currents and modify the vertical structure of the flow. Along- and cross-bank residual currents increase as either stratification increases or the depth of the bank decreases. Model results over Georges Bank are in good agreement with observation, particularly in the position of the tidal mixing front and residual currents on the northern flank of the Bank.


Urhobo Culture and the Amnesty Program in Niger Delta, Nigeria: An Ethnographic Case Study by John O. Tobor Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Public Policy and Administration Walden University September 2014 Abstract Despite abundant oil resources, the residents of the Niger Delta endure extreme poverty, polluted environments, poor infrastructure, and high unemployment. In the early 1990s, these problems led to a violent uprising against oil exploration. In 2009 the government of Nigeria attempted to end the uprising by implementing an amnesty program for the militants that was designed to address the region's problems. The amnesty programDespite abundant oil resources, the residents of the Niger Delta endure extreme poverty, polluted environments, poor infrastructure, and high unemployment. In the early 1990s, these problems led to a violent uprising against oil exploration. In 2009 the government of Nigeria attempted to end the uprising by implementing an amnesty program for the militants that was designed to address the region's problems. The amnesty program resulted in suspending the violence but so far has not resolved the region's problems. If these problems are not addressed, the uprising may resume. Although the Urhobo people comprised the largest number of militants from the Western Niger Delta, there has been no research on whether there are aspects of the Urhobo culture that may be helpful for strengthening the amnesty program and preventing a return to violence by Urhobo exmilitants. Benet's polarities of democracy model served as the theoretical framework for this ethnographic study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and observations of 20 Urhobo ex-militants to learn what might prevent their return to violence. Content analysis was used to identify significant themes. Findings indicated that aspects of the Urhobo culture, such as communal obligations, respect for elders, and commitment to social justice and equality, may contribute to strengthening the amnesty program and preventing a return to violence. Recommendations include incorporating meaningful participation of Urhobo elders in the further development and implementation of the amnesty program. Implications for social change include informing policy makers of the importance the Urhobo culture may play in strengthening the amnesty program. Urhobo Culture and the Amnesty Program in Niger Delta, Nigeria: An Ethnographic Case Study


A kind of ACTIVE CONTROL bar of the indirect driving for aircraft control system is provided.The ACTIVE CONTROL bar of described indirect driving provides to described control stalk and comprises active feedback and passive feedback.Described passive feedback relates to the adjustment of described control stalk relative to feedback midway location.Described active feedback adjusts the position of described feedback midway location on one's own initiative, thus adjusts the feedback performance of described passive feedback.


The Public Private Partnership (PPP) is an administrative agreement uniting government and private interests on a focused project to reduce the financial burden of each, and to produce a commercial operation with the government's share being a stimulator rather than a complete drain on taxpayers. The full force of private financing has impacted only a few commercial space endeavors, e.g., communication satellites and emerging space tourism. Large segments of space operations such as exploration, heavy lift, space logistics, off-planet assembly, and recovery of planetary resources could attract substantial private funds through properly structured PPPs. Furthermore, countries without the technologies to conduct separate space projects could participate, which has never before been possible. Mankind currently needs and wants some things that may be possible and affordable in the space environment. Sophisticated technologies and materials currently used in medicine, automobiles, computers, and textiles may have spin-in potential for space applications. Similarly, the transfer of space technology, expertise, and/or facilities to the commercial sector for private purposes, which previously has been performed at the end of a government program, could occur at the initiation of a PPP development cycle that would include interrelated goals and milestones for public and private participants. This would allow identifying dual-use opportunities and improving technologies based on non-space sector (i.e. real market) feedback. Also, other non-space technologies in energy, bio-tech, sensing / instrumentation, etc. could be considered during early PPP planning for possible alignment of their development with space applications. An opportunity may exist in the energy field by collecting the rays of the sun off planet and transmitting this energy to Earth antennas for distribution in the power grids of countries, without fossil fuel damaging Earth's atmosphere. Emerging nations require energy for their industrialization. A recent study by the National Security Space Office (NSSO) suggests an outline plan for the creation of a commercial avenue toward a space based solar power alternative for power from space. Oilrich nations look for investments capable of long-term profits to bridge the revenue gap in the future after peak oil revenues. Space operations financed jointly by public and private groups with coordinated interests would accelerate space exploration, and thus reap its humanitarian benefits sooner. Our planet requires global solutions to critical problems in energy, global warming, food production, health, and other areas that can benefit from the increased cooperation and available financing associated with PPP relationships.


Species of Taxus in China are endangered and were listed as the national first-class protected wild plant.In present study,three different methods of total DNA extraction,i.e.SDS,CTAB and DNA extraction Kit(DNeasy Plant Mini Kit),were used to isolate genomic DNA from dried leaf materials of Taxus.The total genomic DNA yielded by the three methods were quantified and analyzed by spectrophotometer,agarose gel electrophoresis and PCR reaction respectively.The results of the three methods of DNA extraction were compared and analyzed,which indicated that the CTAB method could yielded relatively pure and high amount total DNA and was highly suited for use directly in downstream applications.The method of DNA extraction using Kit(DNeasy Plant Mini Kit) also could yield high quality total DNA with the highest purity of the DNA comparing to other methods used in this study.However,the relatively lower DNA yield and higher costs of this method might be limited to its wide use.Whereas the SDS method could not yield high quantity of total DNA in most sampled accessions in the present study,which indicated low purity of the yielded DNA of SDS method could not be used in downstream application directly.We also discussed the factors influencing on the total genomic DNA yield and purity,which could help to improve and select the suitable protocol of DNA isolation of plants.


Taylor's series, as the simplest expansion in terms of rational functions of an arbitrary analytic function of a complex variable, has shown itself extremely useful as a guide to other such expansions. Taylor's series itself suggests other expansions and their properties, for instance series of polynomials defined by interpolation or best approximation, and is frequently a special case or a limiting case of these expansions. The object of this address is to indicate that Taylor's series is also useful both as a guide and as a tool in the study of still other general expansions of analytic functions, namely where each approximating function is assumed merely analytic and bounded in a given region, and where the function approximated is assumed merely analytic in a closed subregion. We shall establish certain results in detail, and later indicate some new unpublished results and some open problems. For convenient reference we mention some properties of the Taylor development


The purpose of this study was to determine the effect Services Quality by recepsionits to customer satisfaction. The population in this study were guests who stayed at the On The Rock Hotel. The sample amount was 50 conducted randomly to the guests. Data processing and analysis is carried out using the SPPS program. The results of this study indicate that the sub variables of Service Quality (Physical Evidence, Emphaty, Reliability, Responsiveness, and Assurance) have a simultaneously significant effect on Customer Satisfaction who stay in the hotel. Keywords: Quality Services, Customer Satisfaction.


A novel topology for CMOS /spl Delta//spl Sigma/ RMS-to-DC converters is described. Analysis shows that the proposed topology is insensitive to most circuit imperfections except offset voltages. A test circuit of a 1st-order single-ended RMS-to-DC converter is realized in a 0.8 /spl mu/m double-poly CMOS process. Experimental results demonstrate that input waveforms with crest factors as high as 3 can be measured at the 800 mV full-scale input level. It provides a maximum relative error of /spl plusmn/1% of reading.


Vortex polarity switching process in magnetic nanodisks of is mediated by Bloch p o' (BP) injection Using spin-lattice simulations we studied in details BP dynamics for two types ferromagnets: (i) isotropic magnet with a dipolar interaction and (ii) Heisenberg one with ea_ plane single-ion anisotropy. Analytical description of the BP structure was p roposed. Magnetization curling takes place for submicron sized soft type magnetic particles, leading to c: _ various closed nux nonuniform structures. In particular, the ground state of the disk shaped parti~ can form the magnetic vortex, which is a perspective candidate for a high speed MRAM and a hi:; density magnetic storage devices; one bit of information can be associated with vortex polarity, : ~ the upward or downward magnetization direction in centre of the vortex core. To this effect c:' needs to control the switching process of the vortex polarity. The simplest way to switch the VO[,'-:: polarity is to apply the dc magnetic field, opposite to the direction of the vortex polarity. Un~. such a field, the vortex loses its stability, which finally causes polarity switching. This type of switching was observed experimentally in Py disks [1]. Micromagnetic simulations :: demonstrated that the switching is mediated by the Bloch point (BP) injection on face surfaces the disk for thick enough samples with a typical BP size of about 20 nm. Another re\'er~ mechanism was proposed in [3] for thin disks, where the vortex switching occurs through temporary formation of pure planar vortex, i.e. without the BP formation. Note that all mentior:. switching processes are forbidden in the continuum theory, hence micromagnetic simulatio cannot provide adequate physical picture and the switching process should be revised. In the present work we study the switching process for thin disks, using in-house-developed ::_ spin-lattice simulator SlaSi [4], which extends quasi 3D simulator [5J. We consider the svvitch:. process in a DC perpendicular field for two models: (i) isotropic magnets with dipolar interac,. and (ii) Heisenberg magnets with easy-plane single-ion anisotropy. In both cases the main ene::; contribution is Zeeman one. The "exchange explosion" effect [6] takes place, which means the ;_ decrease of exchange energy during the BP injection and its motion inside sample. (i) Dipolar energy is shown to be affected by the sample geometry ratios (thickness L diameter 2R), and the applied field amplitude H. The following parameters were used: applied f! hJ =H14mHs = 2.03 (where j\lJs is a saturation magnetization) for aspect ratios a = L/ 2R eq" 0.039 and 0.24: and hJ = 0.59 for a = 0.196. The exchange energy is a linear function of a fi;: amplitude for weak enough fields, while it becomes nonlinear, one for strong fields, just before  vortex core reversal. Increasing of sample height is attended by formation of local minimum dipolar energy. For strong fields this occurs before the reversal and for weak ones after the reveE_ The switching process by vertical magnetic field in all these simulations is attended by injectior: one BP. Before the reversal moment the magnetization distribution breaks the axial symmetry. = all simulations with upward and downward field din;ctions the vortex core width decreases faster bottom of the sample and the BP injected from the bottom face surface. Exchange energ decreased linearly during its motion. The BP moves from the bottom to the top of the sample . . determined its position by the isosurface method [6]. Reverse process is finished under cro section of all three isosurfaces and vortex polarity directed upward. Above the BP the VOL polarity in different lattice cuts is opposite to external magnetic field direction. The most til:'


The development of technology, which is increasingly fast, provides distortion to many sectors of the business. At present, all areas inevitably use technology as part of business acceleration. Agricultural e-commerce is one of the firms that is currently developing and trying to be an alternative in providing agricultural product needs. The approach used in the study is AISAS and partial least square. The results of the survey that companies need to improve sharing behavior and apply the effects of guerilla marketing better.


Technical report commissioned by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Reprinted with permission from Pure Appl. Chem. 1999, 71 (12), 2349−2365.


The isothermal oxidation behavior of Fe-20Cr alloys with zero, 0.2, 0.4, 0.7, 1.0, 1.4 and 2.0 mass% of Y2O3 was investigated in air at 1273; 1323, 1373, 1423, and 1473K. Addition of 0.7% or more Y2O3 significantly improved the oxidation resistance of Fe-20Cr alloys, especially at the higher temperatures. It was found that there was a minimum mass gain in the Fe-20Cr-0.7Y2O3 alloy, and this had good reproducibility. IMA showed that the composition of the Cr2O3 scale formed during the early stage of oxidation was apparently dependent on the Y2O3 content in the alloy. The Y2O3 content in the scale increased with increasing Y2O3 content in the alloys. The Fe2O3 content was the lowest in the alloy with 0.2% Y2O3, over which it increased again. The Y2O3 content in the alloy having the lowest Fe2O3 content in the scale did not agree with that showing the minimum mass gain. The grain size of the alloys decreased with increasing Y2O3 content. To explain the results obtained it is necessary to consider not only changes in the grain size of the alloys and lowering of the oxygen dissociation pressure of the scale due to addition of Y2O3 but also changes in the defect structure of the scale.


A computer simulator of walking beam reheating furnaces that predicts slab temperature evolution, scale thickness and dissolution of microalloying elements in steel has been developed. The core of the simulator is a slab heating mathematical model in which the heat transfer equations were solved numerically by the finite volume method. All variables influencing slab heating, such as operating conditions, dimensions and quality of slab besides furnace design are considered. The software was coded in VB 6.0 language so as to provide friendly interfaces, and permits either direct calculation of heating curves, given the furnace operating conditions, or the inverse calculation of zone temperatures in order to achieve a target discharging slab temperature. The simulator has a great potential for process optimisation in terms of fuel consumption, productivity and adjustment of final mechanical properties.


The present invention discloses an LED module, comprising: a waterproof housing; a accommodated in the waterproof case LED; a conduit for coupling the LED module with other LED modules and a driver; and a radiator unit, which is arranged in the bottom of the waterproof case and the external environment is exposed. The invention further provides a LED chain prepared comprising the above LED module and an output coupled to the LED module driver. The LED array according to the invention can have high water resistance, for instance IP65. The heat generated during operation of the high-power LED module can be transmitted over a arranged on the LED module heatsink in time in the external environment, thereby effective heat control for the LED module and a long life of the LED module can be obtained. In addition, the surface condition of the driver by encapsulating the driver by the low-pressure presses can be made in response.


Background: Infectious diarrhoeal diseases cause major problems throughout the world and are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) may cause infantile diarrhoea among children in developing countries. Objectives: The aim of this study was to define the prevalence of EPEC strains in raw milk samples. Materials and Methods: Raw milk samples collected from various cow farms in Kermanshah, Iran, during the period of 22nd June to 22nd September 2009 and were examined for EPEC presence using PCR reactions targeting eaeA, and then stx1 and stx2. Results: Of the 206 samples, 17 (8.25%) were contaminated with E. coli eaeA positive and stx1 and stx2 negative (EPEC). Conclusions: Our results confirm that raw milk recovered in Kermanshah may be a source for gastrointestinal infections by EPEC and strict preventive measures should be adopted to decrease contamination of milk with EPEC and other bacteria originated from animals.


We present a model hypothesis of how several types of cell therapies may target microglia as one of the principal cell types contributing to the inflammatory response after brain injury and discuss how imaging of brain inflammation could potentially be applied to develop biomarkers in patients with stroke and TBI enrolled into stem cell clinical trials. Stem Cells 2016;34:537–542


Background The adjustment of the fluoride level in community water supplies to optimal concentration is the most beneficial and inexpensive method of reducing the occurrence of caries.1 Epidemiologic data within the last half-century indicate reductions in caries of 55 to 60% and recent data still show caries reduction of approximately 25%, without significant enamel fluorosis, when domestic water supplies are fluoridated at an optimal level.2 Evidence accumulated from long-term use of fluorides has demonstrated that the cost of oral health care for children can be reduced by as much as 50%.3 These savings in health dollars accrue to private individuals, group purchasers, and government care programs. An even higher caries reduction can be obtained if the proper use of fluorides is combined with other dietary, oral hygiene, and preventive measures4,5 as prescribed by a dentist familiar with the child's oral health and family history. A large body of literature supports the incorporation of optimal fluoride levels in drinking water supplies. When fluoridation of drinking water is impossible, effective systemic fluoridation can be achieved through the intake of daily fluoride supplements. Before supplements are prescribed, it is essential to review dietary sources of fluoride (eg, all drinking water sources, consumed beverages, prepared food, toothpaste) to determine the patient's true exposure to fluoride.1,6-9 Fluoride content of ready to use infant formulas in the US and Canada ranges from 0.1 to 0.3 mg/L10, which provides only a modest source of fluoride. Non-milk based formulas have higher fluoride content because the calcium that is added to formula contains fluoride. The more important issue, however, is the fluoride content of concentrated or powdered formula when reconstituted with fluoridated water. Considering the potential for mild fluorosis, caution is advised for infants consuming formula that is reconstituted with optimally-fluoridated water. Significant cariostatic benefits can be achieved by the use of fluoride-containing preparations such as toothpastes, gels, and rinses, especially in areas without water fluoridation.11 Monitoring children's use of topical fluoride-containing products, including toothpaste, may prevent ingestion of excessive amounts of fluoride.12 A number of clinical trials have confirmed the anticaries effect of professional topical fluoride treatments, including 5% neutral sodium fluoride varnish.13,14 Fluoride varnishes can prevent or reverse enamel demineralization.15 In children with moderate to high caries risk, fluoride varnishes14,16 and fluoridereleasing restorative and bonding materials have been shown to be beneficial and are best utilized as part of a comprehensive preventive program in the dental home.17-19


We note that some form of the condition "$p_1, p_2$ have a $\leq_{\mathbb{Q}}$-lub in $\mathbb{Q}$" is necessary in some forcing axiom for $\lambda$-complete $\mu^+$-c.c. forcing notions. We also show some versions are really stronger than others.


A major national public information program, Lets Get There' is discussed, which was developed by the AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) Transportation 2020 Public Information Implementation Team. It is part of a strategic communications plan that consists of 4 parts: State Transportation Alliances; National Public Information Program; National Transportation Alliance; and Congressional Communications. The state alliance will be made up of vested and non-vested groups, and will express their transportation concerns to elected officials. The public information program will promote publicity. The functions of these as well as the national alliance and the congressional communications group are discussed.


Single crystals of core-shell ZSM-5/silicalite-1 zeolite were synthesized via in-situ growth method. The effects of ratio of shell to core,core particle size,and ratio of SiO2 to Al2O3 on synthesis of core-shell zeolite were investigated.The zeolite synthesized were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscopy(SEM),transmission electron microscope(TEM),NH3 temperature-programmed desorption(NH3-TPD),N2 adsorption/ desorption isothermal and probe cracking reactions of isopropyl benzene and tri-isopropyl benzene.Moreover,the catalytic activities for alkylation of toluene over the zeolites were studied.It was found that cores with large particles and high ratio of SiO2 to Al2O3 led to formation of core-shell zeolite(ZSM-5/silicalite-1),which exhibited higher paraxylene selectivity in alkylation of toluene than conventional ZSM-5 zeolite.


This next part of my study: 1) depicts in greater depth the innovative, securing economic structures which Essenism had created in the region, demonstrating specifically: 2) that these cooperative economic structures secured the lives of children in the region who lacked support in local kinship structures; 3) that poor children who lacked support in local kinship structures received, instead, economic and social security through membership in new fictive kinship structures; 4) that these voluntarily created fictive kinship structures offered educational opportunities to girls and boys, and to young men and young women, the education thus bestowed constituting part of the method of securing the lives of previously unattached children and youth by offering them economically realistic occupational training and education on which to found secure future livelihoods; 5) that indigent elderly, both women and men, also otherwise unsupported in local kinship structures, received economic security through incorporation into the fictive kinship groups of the local community houses, within which they received effective charitable care; 6) that these elderly men and women gave generously, in return, of their wisdom, skill, time and effort in the education of children and youth taken in by the community houses, thereby training up a reciprocally grateful new core membership; and finally 7) that through the fictive kinship alliance created between the supported elderly, children and youth, a 'reciprocity of the generations' was founded and perpetuated through which rescued, able-bodied members of the community houses, having themselves attained economically secure adult lives through the largesse enabled by the cooperative economic and social structures of the community house, in turn expended economic resources, time and affection to caring for the elderly, especially when these, in the latter stages of their lives, became infirm and fully dependent upon the mutually covenanted fictive kinship city, town and town and village groups.


We report a novel magnetic field-assisted method for the fabrication and manipulation of nonspherical polymer particles within a ferrofluid-based droplet microfluidic device. Shape control and chain assembly of droplets with tunable lengths using the device have been achieved.


This paper explains how acceptance and empathy are vehicles for psychotherapeutic change by showing how these factors function in nondirective client-centered therapy. The paper argues that because the nondirective client-centered therapist's unconditional positive regard may conflict with the client's conditional self-regard, the therapy cultivates a novel restructuring of the client's narrative. By revealing how positive therapeutic change can result from the interplay of unconditional positive regard and empathy, the article explains the effectiveness of classical client-centered therapy in particular and accounts at least in part for the effectiveness of other therapies that stress the healing properties of the psychotherapeutic relationship.


In an amplitude demodulator for radio receivers, an intermediate frequency signal is converted into a digital intermediate frequency signal. The digital intermediate frequency signal is mixed into the baseband and amplitude demodulated. Either the intermediate frequency signal, or the amplitude demodulated signal, is controlled and amplified or attenuated so that the DC component of the amplitude demodulated signal is kept constant.


ABSTRACT The Helsinki Accords resonated with dissident movements in the Soviet Bloc that had reconstructed a classical liberal approach to human rights. Human rights campaigns on both sides of the Iron Curtain emphasized civil and political rights. But human rights revisionism, expanding the scope of human rights, was growing in international institutions. In 1993, the international community embraced the concept of the 'indivisibility' of human rights. An expansive, 'post-modern' vision of human rights de-emphasized the protection of basic individual freedoms, while expanding global regulation. A strong moral and political challenge to classical human rights has emerged in the form of Eurasianism, a statist doctrine that denies the existence of universal human rights and insists that each culture has its own values. The idea of human rights as protections for basic freedoms, diluted and weakened over decades by assaults and compromises, may lack the moral clarity needed to confront the Eurasian challenge.


A new lactonic triterpene isolated from the heartwood of Austroplenckia populnea (Celastraceae) was characterized as 3a-hydroxyolean-12-en-29,22a-olide (the g-lactone of the 3a,22a-dihydroxyolean-12-en-29a-oic acid), the 3-epimer of the abruslactone A, on the basis of its spectral data, chemical transformations, and single crystal X-ray analysis.


Despite the usefulness of the anomalous Nernst conductivity ($\alpha^{A}_{xy}$) for studying electronic band structures and exploring magnetic materials with large transverse thermopower, there has not been a straightforward way to obtain $\alpha^{A}_{xy}$ in the experiment. Here, we propose a simple and versatile method enabling direct electrical probing of $\alpha^{A}_{xy}$, which is realized by creating a closed circuit consisting of a target magnetic material and a non-magnetic conductor. This method was experimentally demonstrated on a thin film of magnetic Weyl semimetal Co$_{2}$MnGa, where the closed circuit was formed simply by connecting both ends of the Co$_{2}$MnGa film with a Au wire. A good approximation of $\alpha^{A}_{xy}$ was obtained in a wide temperature range, validating the proposed method and exhibiting its potential for aiding the further development of topological materials science and transverse thermoelectrics.


The helminthic infestations that can cause eosinophilic meningitis (EM), including neuroangiostrongyliasis (NAS), baylisascariasis (BAS), gnathostomiasis, and neurocysticercosis (NCC), have now been recognized as emerging infectious diseases. NAS is endemic throughout the Indo‐Pacific Basin and many Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico port cities following the worldwide importation of its causative parasite, Angiostrongylus cantonensis , by stowaway rats on container ships.1–6 Today, giant African land snails and most indigenous snail and slug species serve as competent intermediate hosts of A cantonensis , now capable of completing its complex life cycle almost anywhere.3–6 BAS, a raccoon zoonosis, extended its US distribution range from the northern United States to the southeast and west coast in the 1980s; was shortly thereafter exported to Japan in the exotic pet trade; and is now enzootic in raccoons throughout the United States. Gnathostomiasis, a tropical zoonosis of wild carnivores, is an endemic cause of EM throughout Asia and Latin America and has been recognized recently as an emerging etiology of EM among travelers returning to the UK. NCC, a central nervous system (CNS) infestation with the larval or cystic (cysticercus) stage of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium , is now the most common parasitic disease of the CNS worldwide and a leading cause of late‐onset epilepsy in adults.7,8 This review will compare and contrast the presenting manifestations and outcomes of the most common causes of helminthic EM in returning travelers, describe the most dependable diagnostic and treatment strategies, recommend proven methods to prevent helminthic EM in travelers, and suggest strategies for the control of regional outbreaks of helminthic EM.

This review analyzes scientific articles selected by MEDLINE search, 1966 to 2008, to differentially compare the presenting clinical manifestations and outcomes of the most common causes of infectious and noninfectious EM worldwide; to assess the utilities …

Corresponding Author: James Diaz, MD, MPH&TM, DrPH, Program in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, 1615 Poydras Street Suite 1400, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. E‐mail: jdiaz{at}lsuhsc.edu


This dataset is deposited by the authors of manuscript "Learning Abstract Words and Concepts: Insights from Real and Simulated Developmental Language Disorder" submitted to Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. This dataset includes the data reported in 'Part I: Are Abstract Words More Impaired than Concrete Words in Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)' of the manuscript, and in Supplementary materials.


Root shape is an important characteristic that affects the commodity of radish (Raphanus sativus L.), which can be measured using the ratio of root length (RL) to root diameter (RD). Although it is known that root shape is controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTLs), reliable QTLs for radish root shape are still lacking. In the present study, we used three F2 populations (1902, 1908 and 1909) derived from the crossing of five radish cultivars with highly divergent root shapes to perform QTL-seq. A total of 1282 individuals of the three F2 populations were measured to determine the root length and maximum diameter. High-depth resequencing of six extreme pools and five parents was performed, and QTL-seq was used to detect the QTLs controlling the radish root shape. We identified seven QTLs for root shape distributing on five radish chromosomes (R1, R2, R4, R5 and R7), among which rs7.1 and rs7.2 had an overlap of 1.02 Mb (13.79–14.81 Mb). In addition, two QTLs, rs4.1 and rs4.2, were adjacent to each other on chromosome R4. In conclusion, this study provides an important foundation for the fine mapping and functional analysis of the QTLs controlling the root shape and breeding for root shape in radish.


A simple theoretical model for erbium-doped fibre ring lasers is presented. This model is experimentally verified by means of the comparison between theoretical values and measurements of efficiency, threshold pump power and output laser power employing a wide set of experimental situations. This model provides semi-analytical equations, which characterise the erbium-doped fibre, determining its absorption and emission spectral coefficients.


This paper considers a paradigm for the development of software through the use of a complete, integrated-design database. A prototype information system for the implementation of information management systems is then described. This tool manages the requirement definitions, the process and data flow, and all design and operational documentation. Using a relational-data model and program specifications, it generates programs in a selected target language. The results of two years' production use are presented, and the potential for transfer of the concept is examined.


Abstract 2141 Poster Board II-118 Background: CD133+ (Prominin-1 positive) is a 5-transmembrane glycoprotein that identifies immature progenitor stem cells. Immature hematopoietic stem cells retain the possibility to give origin to tissues different from hematopoietic cell lines (transdifferentiation). Material and methods: In this preliminary study we investigated the possibility to mobilize, collect, immunoselect and reinfuse autologous CD133+ immature stem cells in liver cancer patients. This approach was adopted to obtain, in a short time, an adequate volume increase of the disease free liver thus extending the resectability criteria of the liver, with the final goal to prolong survival. We enrolled 4 patients with a large liver cancer and no chance of resection. The mobilization protocol consisted in: G-CSF administration (10 μg/kg/day ) for 3-5 days, peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) monitoring starting from the 3 rd day, leukapheresis (LKF) collection processing 3 blood volumes when CD133 + cells>15 μL. Patients were monitored during mobilization, collection and post collection phase for clinical status, blood pressure and bleeding. Positive CD133+ immunoselection (Miltenyi Clinimacs) was performed on LKF product after overnight storage. Quality controls on positive fraction consisted in viability and purity of CD133+ cells by cytofluorimetric analysis and clonogenic assays. Microbial tests were performed on the negative fraction. After LKF, patients underwent right portal embolization and infusion of CD133+ cells into the opposite portal vein by a percutaneous access. Evaluation of liver regeneration was performed 30 days after stem cell infusion by spiral CT and galactose clearance. Liver resection was carried out if liver regeneration reached 30-40%. Results: Stem cell mobilization, LKF content and immunoselected cells are detailed in tab 1. No relevant side effects were observed. We obtained an efficient stem cell mobilization in all patients enrolled. No bacterial or fungal contamination was observed in cells infused. Results about liver regeneration and patients9 follow up are detailed in table 2. Conclusions: Our approach to liver regeneration was feasible and safe with no relevant side effects. We observed an efficient stem cell mobilization comparable to healthy donors also in liver cancer patients. The infusion of CD133+ cells allowed a significant hepatic tissue regeneration in all patients. Controlled clinical trials are needed to confirm our preliminary results. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


The overwhelming consensus among analysts of United States foreign policy during the Eisenhower administration is that it was dominated by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Regardless of their often differing assessments of the policies, these writers agree that Dulles' forceful personality, lengthy preparation, and keen intellect enabled him to control and even manipulate the congenial but bland and passive President Eisenhower. This conventional wisdom has been based on the public record, the period's journalistic accounts, and the appraisals of individuals who were largely outside the inner circles of both the White House and the State Department. Recently much primary source material has become available that calls into question this traditional interpretation of the Eisenhower-Dulles relationship. The Whitman File in the Eisenhower Library contains thousands of pages of transcripts of the president's daily phone conversations, minutes of formal and informal meetings, memoranda and other written communications, and Eisenhower's private diary. By using this new material in combination with the extant but often overlooked sources-Eisenhower's wartime papers, interviews with White House and State Department insiders available in both the Dulles Oral History Project and Columbia Oral History Collection, and studies of Eisenhower's pre-presidential career-the current scholar can determine that the standard view of Dwight Eisenhower on the leading strings of John Foster Dulles is highly problematic.


Objective:To investigate the acute alcohol treatment on effect of AQP4 expression in the rat brain.Method: Thirty two adult male SD rats were divided into designated groups randomly,low dosage group (LA),medium dosage group (MA),high dosage group (HA) and normal sodium control group(NS).The three experimental groups were injected intraperi- toneally different dosage alcohol to make the animal model of acute alcoholism,and the normal sodium control group was injected intraperitoneally same dosage normal sodium.The AQP4 protein expression was detected with immunohistochemistry in prefrontal cortex,corpus callosum and ependyma.Result:The positive expression of AQP4 was observed in prefrontal cortex,corpus callo- sum and ependyma in all groups.In the above-mentioned three locations,the average relative gray (ARG) of AQP4 were 1.455±0.142,1.583±0.114,1.422±0.111(LA),1.432±0.131,1.567±0.143(HA),and they were higher than that in NS(1.414±0.119,1.523±0.123,1.402±0.128) (p<0.05).The positive expression of AQP4 in MA was obviously enhanced,and the ARG of AQP4 was 1.602±0.124,1.595±0.149,1.433±0.008,which was obviously higher than that in NS (1.414±0.119,1.523±0.123,1.402±0.128) (p<0.01).Conclusion:The increasing of expression of AQP4 In the rat brain results from acute alcoholism,which may be related with the occurrence of cerebral edema in the acute alcoholism.


The Epistle to the Hebrews manifests a particular interest in the promises made by God to Abraham in Genesis. This can be seen from the frequency with which the words "promise" and "I promise" are found in Hebrews.' But there are many more indications, such as the extended imagery of the entry of the people of Israel into the Promised Land in Heb 3,7 4,11 , or the rehearsing in Heb 6,13-18 of the oath of God in Gen 22,16-17 with regard to progeny.2 The present study will focus on Heb 11,19 and the implications with regard to "promise" suggested by the context (vv. 17-18): "In faith Abraham has offered Isaac while being tested: he who had received the promises offered up his only son, he to whom it was said that 'By Isaac your seed will be called', having rea-soned that God was able to raise even from the dead; hence he received him [sc., Isaac] back as a symbol".


Based on the Kalman filtering method and white noise estimation theory, under linear minimum variance information fusion criterion weighted by scalars, a multisensor optimal information fusion white noise deconvolution filter is presented for multisensor systems with system deviation,ARMA colored measurement noise and white noise. The formula of computing cross-covariances among filtering errors of sensors is presented, which can be applied to compute the optimal fused weighting coefficients. Compared to the single sensor case, the accuracy of fused filtering is improved. It can be applied to signal processing in oil seismic exploration. A simulation example for 3-sensor information fusion Bernoulli-Gaussian white noise deconvolution filter shows its effectiveness.


Extraction and primary processing of natural minerals have a direct human impact on the lithosphere in the following way: the area of excavation and the area covered by rock dumps of overburden and substandard rocks increase; the landscape also changes. This problem occurs on all operated deposits and exists in out-of-operation deposits. This paper performs a critical analysis of environmental implications of anthropogenic impacts as a result of Syzran shale-processing refinery work Rock dumps parameters № 1 of Mine 3 and № 2 of Mine 5/6 of ZAO "Kashpirskaya Mine" are investigated. Rock dumps depth and surface ares, conservation volume and  utilization capacity are considered to be landscape modifying parametres. The research demonstrates rock dumps parameters change  in the period from 1950 to 2002.  The paper evaluates the degree of anthropogenic impact of dumps territories and burnt rocks burials which were formed during the extraction of oil shale at Syzran shale-processing refinery. Those rock dumps resulted in the following transformation and change of the natural system and landscape: curvature of the slopes altered, soil and vegetation cover was dislocated. The only industry capable of reducing ecological tension in the region is building industry.


Background: Cervical cancer is second most common cancer in women in India. It is a preventable disease as it has a well-defined long premalignant phase that can be detected by regular screening tests and follow up. Aim and Objective: The aim of this study was to compare detection of the premalignant lesions of cervix by Pap smear, colposcopy and cervical biopsy in women with gynecological complaints. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 women who attended Gynaecology OPD with gynecological complaints in June 2018. in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynae at Hindu Rao, Hospital and associated NDMC Medical College, Delhi. All women had Pap smear test by conventional method and colposcopy done at their 1 st visit. Women with abnormal colposcopy findings were subjected to cervical biopsy. The results of Pap smear and colposcopy were analyzed and correlated with cervical biopsy. Results: The sensitivity of Pap smear was 45.00%, specificity 60.00%, positive predictive value 69.23%, negative predictive value 35.29% and an accuracy rate of 50.00% for detecting pre-malignant and malignant lesions of cervix. Colposcopy had much higher sensitivity (100%), positive predictive value 74.07%, with accuracy of 76.67% and negative predictive value 100% but had a lower specificity of 30.00%. Conclusion: Pap smear had poor sensitivity compared to colposcopy. Colposcopy had high sensitivity and higher accuracy though the specificity rate was less compared to Pap smear test. Hence, it is suggested that both the tests should be utilized for screening of premalignant lesions of cervix.


In 1913 the Berlin Observatory was moved from the center of the city to Babelsberg on the outskirts of Berlin, now part of Potsdam. The new observatory was considerably larger in size and with respect to its staff, and it had got a completely new equipment. At that time it was the most modern astronomical observatory in Germany and possibly even in Europe. However, the scientific results achieved afterward were not comparable to that of other institutions, especially in the USA. A main reason was the conservative concept for the observatory, drawn up by Wilhelm Foerster and his colleagues, and restricting the work to classical fields of astronomy. Foerster's successor Hermann Struve tried to follow rather strictly this concept as well as the traditions of his family of astronomers. This led to conflicts with his collaborators Eugen Goldstein, Erwin Finlay Freundlich and Paul Guthnick, who were interested rather in astrophysics than in the classical problems.


A method has been devised for the reliable production of plantlets from embryos and seedling shoot tips of Pinus radiata D.Don (radiata pine). Buds were induced on an agar or liquid Schenk and Hildebrandt (SH) medium containing 5.0 mg/l benzylaminopurine (BAP). Except for some abnormal buds, the buds grew into elongated shoots on an agar SH medium without cytokinin. The transfer of shoots from a SH medium to a Gresshoff and Doy (GD) medium was found to be an important pretreatment which increased the survival of the shoots when they were placed in a peat and pumice mix for root formation. Elongated shoots were induced to form roots under non-sterile conditions in a humid environment with occasional misting. An intervening 5-day treatment of shoots in an agar medium containing 2.0 mg/l indolebutyric acid (IBA) and 0.5 mg/l napthaleneacetic acid (NAA) significantly increased the percentage of shoots forming roots and the number of roots formed per shoot over control shoots placed directly in the peat:pumice mix. An enhanced level of CO2 during root formation had no effect on the time of root formation or on the percentage of shoots forming roots. These results concerning the elongation, growth and rooting of adventitious shoots are now being applied to the development of very large numbers of plantlets starting from cotyledons from partially germinated seeds.


The hypothesis proposed by Feynmann and Gell-Mann for the clarification of the relative coupling strength of V and A interaction in beta decay leads to a weak coupling of the pi meson with leptons so that a positive pi meson decays by the scheme pi /sup +/ yields pi /sup 0/ + e/sup +/ + nu . The total transition probability for the reaction is derived, and the average life is evaluated as 2.4 sec. For the reaction K/sup 0/ yields K/sup +/ + e/sup -/ + nu -bar an average life of 34 sec is obtained for a mass difference of 6.1 m. (J.S.R.)


The problem of conventional light emitting diodes (LEDs) was analyzed. A novel tunnel-regenerated multiple-active-region light-emitting diode with high quantum efficiency and high brightness has been proposed and fabricated. We have proved theoretically that the efficiency of the electrical luminescence and the on-axis luminous intensity of such novel LEDs scaled linearly approximately with the number of the active regions. The on-axis luminous intensity of such novel LED with only 3 /spl mu/m GaP current spreading layer has exceeded 5cd at 20 mA DC operation under 15/spl deg/ package. The ultrahigh quantum efficiency and ultrahigh brightness LED under the low injection level was realized.


PVDF-HFP/AgClO4-acetone polymer solid electrolyte was prepared and characterized with DSC, XRD and AC impedance spectroscopy. The conductivity reached to 7.32×10-4 S/cm at room temperature and increased to the order of 10-3 S/cm when acetylacetone was added to the PVDF-HFP/AgClO4-acetone complex system. The system was stable below 75 ℃. The conductivity decreased at higher temperature owing to the volatilization of solvent.


In this article, we first fabricate YVO4:Dy3+ (n = 1.98) inverse opal photonic crystals (PCs) through the polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) template and the photonic stop bands (PSB) of the PCs controlled on the emissions of yellow (4F9/2–6H13/2) and blue (4F9/2–6H15/2) of Dy3+, respectively. Strong modification on steady-state emission spectra and luminescent dynamics are observed at room temperature. It is interesting to observe that the spontaneous emission rates (SER) of the PCs are suppressed as high as 230–250% in contrast to the reference grinded powder samples (REF) due to the change of effective refractive index (neff). The more significant, the studies on the temperature-dependent emissions indicate that in the inverse opals, the long-scale energy transfer (ET) among Dy3+ ions and vanadate groups is greatly inhibited, and thus the temperature-quenching of photoluminescence (PL) is considerably suppressed. As a consequence, the luminescent quantum yield of the YVO4:Dy3+ inverse opals increases greate...


Some Theoretical and Historical Introductions The Ethnonational and Statist Dimensions in the Foreign Policy of Nation-States The Ethnonational and Statist Origins of Zionist Foreign Policy The Statist Era Land, Community and Partition The Statist Setting of Israeli Foreign Policy The Foreign Policy of Statism, 1949-1967 The Return of Ethnonationalism The Transformation of the Israeli Polity The Compound Foreign Policy: From Statism to Ethnonatinalism Foreign Policy Under Peres and Shamir The Ethnonational Dimension of Israeli Foreign Policy


Astronomical broker systems, such as Automatic Learning for the Rapid Classification of Events (ALeRCE), are currently analyzing hundreds of thousands of alerts per night, opening up an opportunity to automatically detect anomalous unknown sources. In this work, we present the ALeRCE anomaly detector, composed of three outlier detection algorithms that aim to find transient, periodic, and stochastic anomalous sources within the Zwicky Transient Facility data stream. Our experimental framework consists of cross-validating six anomaly detection algorithms for each of these three classes using the ALeRCE light-curve features. Following the ALeRCE taxonomy, we consider four transient subclasses, five stochastic subclasses, and six periodic subclasses. We evaluate each algorithm by considering each subclass as the anomaly class. For transient and periodic sources the best performance is obtained by a modified version of the deep support vector data description neural network, while for stochastic sources the best results are obtained by calculating the reconstruction error of an autoencoder neural network. Including a visual inspection step for the 10 most promising candidates for each of the 15 ALeRCE subclasses, we detect 31 bogus candidates (i.e., those with photometry or processing issues) and seven potential astrophysical outliers that require follow-up observations for further analysis. 16 16 The code and the data needed to reproduce our results are publicly available at https://github.com/mperezcarrasco/AnomalyALeRCE. The code and the data needed to reproduce our results are publicly available at https://github.com/mperezcarrasco/AnomalyALeRCE.


The effect of processing on plasma lipid profile and atherogenic indices of rats fed Artocarpus heterophyllus seed diets at different concentrations were investigated. Fifty five rats were used for this study, they were divided into eleven groups of five rats each (one control group and ten test groups), the test groups were fed raw, boiled, roasted, fermented and soaked diets at 10% and 40% concentrations. The study lasted for thirty five days. The diets led to significant decrease (p<0.05) in plasma cholesterol and triacylglycerol of rats fed 10% and 40% concentrations of the diets, and a significant increase (p<0.05) in high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels at 40% concentrations of the test diets. The diets also produced decrease in low density lipoprotein (LDL), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), cardiac risk ratio (CRR), atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and atherogenic coefficient (AC) at 40% concentrations except the soaked group that showed slight elevation of LDL, CRR, AC and AIP at 40% concentration. Artocarpus heterophyllus seeds could be beneficial to health because of its ability to increase plasma HDL and reduce plasma LDL, VLDL, cholesterol, triglycerides and atherogenic indices at higher diet concentration. Keywords—Artocarpus heterophyllus, atherogenic indices, concentrations, lipid profile.


Human beings are adept and drawing context-sensitive associations and inferences across a broad range of situations ranging from the mundane to the creative inferences that lead to scientific discovery. Such reasoning has a strong pragmatic character and is transacted with comparatively scarce cognitive assets. The question is how to get technology to reliably replicate this? The need for such technology is pressing. Paradoxically, the information explosion is leading to diminished awareness. Expertise is becoming ever more specialized: Individuals, groups, communities, enterprises are becoming increasingly insular. We need computational systems which have the capability to enhance our awareness, for example, by suggesting associations in context that we could make, but increasingly don't, as we generally lack the cognitive resources to do so. The premiss behind this paper is that the technology has to manipulate context sensitive meanings which accord with those that we harbour. In other words, the "meanings" manipulated by the technology should be socio-cognitively motivated. A class of cognitively validated computational model called "semantic space" is introduced together with means for computing associations between words. It is argued that such associations can be usefully deployed to underpin human pragmatic reasoning. The paper concludes with some intriguing, highly speculative connections between semantic space and quantum mechanics.


A theoretical study of parametric amplification in magnetoinductive waveguides comprising metamaterial elements is presented. It is shown that phase-matching conditions can be satisfied in coupled waveguides by tailoring the dispersion characteristic of magnetoinductive waves. The corresponding formulation for parametric amplification is developed ab initio and analysed for a number of special cases. The problem of loss compensation in metamaterials by means of parametric amplification of magnetoinductive waves is studied in more detail.


Coastal wetlands store vast amounts of organic carbon, globally, and are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the effects of anthropogenic sea level rise. To understand the effect of sea level rise on organic carbon fate and preservation in this global sink, it is necessary to characterize differences in the biogeochemical stability of coastal wetland soil organic carbon (SOC). Here we use ramped pyrolysis/oxidation decomposition characteristics as proxies for SOC stability to understand the fate of carbon storage in coastal wetlands comprising the Mississippi River deltaic plain, undergoing rapid rates of local sea level rise. Soils from three wetland types (fresh, brackish, and salt marshes) along a salinity gradient were subjected to ramped pyrolysis analysis to evaluate decomposition characteristics related to thermochemical stability of SOC. At equivalent soil depths, we observed that fresh marsh SOC was more stable than brackish and salt marsh SOC. Depth, isotopic, elemental, and chemical compositions, bulk density, and water content of SOC all exhibited different relationships with SOC stability across the marsh salinity gradient, indicative of different controls on SOC stability within each marsh type. The differences in stability imply stronger preservation potential of fresh marsh soil carbon, compared to that of salt and brackish marshes. Considering projected marsh ecosystem responses to sea level rise, these observed stability differences are important in planning and implementing coastal wetland carbon‐focused remediation and improving climate model feedbacks with the carbon cycle. Specifically, our results imply that ecosystem changes associated with sea level rise will initiate the accumulation of less stable carbon in coastal wetlands.


There is some difference in opinion as to the frequency of eye symptoms in sinus disease. This is due to several causes. First, the average sinus case is not referred to the ophthalmologist for careful study unless eye symptoms are so pronounced that the patient is conscious of damage to his sight. Second, ophthalmoscopic examinations in retrobulbar con ditions are frequently negative, and a careful study of the fields for form and color is often omitted when central vision is good and the eye ground is negative. Third, the character of the sinus disease, as to whether it is acute or chronic, will influence the observations as to the rela tive frequency of eye complications. The diagnosis of acute sinus disease, as a rule, is more readily made than the more serious chronic form—the latter being more serious because of its chronicity and the resulting irreparable damage to the sinuses and the structures surround ing them. Eye symptoms are not infrequent complications in the acute period, but diagnosis, as a rule, is made and treat ment instituted before serious damage is done to the eye structures.This possibly gives rise to the erroneous impres sion that eye symptoms are not common in sinusitis. It is, however, in the chronic variety that we meet with the really grave complications, and among these complications the eye is most frequently involved. A casual glance at the human skull, with almost parchment-like walls separating the orbit from the sinuses, and a knowledge of the blood vessels and drainage system of the nose and orbit, should be convincing


Objective To investigate the clinical effect of nasal septum deviation correction surgery on improving the allergic rhinitis complicated by nasal septum deviation. Methods Eighty patients with allergic rhinitis complicated by nasal septum deviation were selected and divided into the experimental group with 40 patients and the control group with 40 patients. The experimental group received the nasal septum deviation correction surgery and the control group received conventional drug therapy. Results After the treatment, the total effective rate of the experimental group was 92.5%. The total effective rate of the control group was 62.5% (P 0.05). The postoperative recurrence rates were 2.5% and 10.0% in the two groups respectively and the experimental group had significantly fewer complications. Conclusion Nasal septum deviation correction surgery can effectively improve the symptoms of allergic rhinitis complicated by nasal septum deviation and causes few complications, thereby worthy of clinical promotion.


In this paper we develop a novel crowd simulation framework, MobiCrowd, which aims to generate agent-based collective flocking behaviors with periodic and social mobility. The underlying scenario is that the behaviors of people an urban area are governed by two fundamental factors: (a) spatial-temporal daily routines: stay/sleep at home, work in offices, and move between homes and offices, and (b) social interaction: those acquainted with each other might move together. MobiCrowd is proposed to simulate and produce the real-world phenomenon of human movements, and provide a platform to study urban dynamics and could be used in online games and animation industry.


Volunteers represent an important resource to many nonprofit organizations. Keeping volunteers committed and engaged is as significant a goal to nonprofits as keeping paid employees committed and engaged is to for-profit companies. This study identified the factors that affect engagement for two volunteer leadership councils at one nonprofit organization. Engagement levels for 19 volunteers were assessed using a validated survey and 5 participants from each council were then selected for follow-up interviews about factors that affect their engagement. Findings indicated that both councils were similarly engaged in their work at the nonprofit. Meaningful work, intrinsic rewards, desire to make a difference, organizational commitment, attachment to the mission, perceived supervisor support, rewarding interpersonal relationships, extrinsic rewards, challenging work, and other job characteristics increased engagement. Performing disliked activities, unrewarding interpersonal relationships, lack of time to volunteer, and other factors decreased engagement. Practical recommendations and suggestions for continued research are offered.


We present the notions of independence, which appear in non-commutative probability. The basic ones are free, boolean and monotonic independences, formulated for families of algebras indexed by totally ordered set. A generalization of the latter two is the bm-independence, defined for partially ordered index sets. For each independence there is an analogue of the classical central limit theorem. In the case of bm-independence this depends also on the index set. Examples of such partially ordered index sets are discrete lattices in symmetric positive cones. Mathematics subject classification (2010): 46L54, 81R50.


The general design of a novel actograph based on reception of a Doppler frequency shift is described. Experiments using such actographs show firstly entrainment of a diurnal activity rhythm in Locusta migratoria, and secondly the post‐prandial rest in the same species.


The implementation of electronic commerce project is a foundation of enterprise electronic commerce application. And electronic commerce has its characteristics and risk. In this paper, from the viewpoint of goal, scope, technology, leadership, task structure, borderline, etc., traditional project and electronic commerce project are compared. The character of electronic commerce project is concluded, then, missions and resource in different phase are analyzed in the viewpoint of total life cycle of project, to identify risk factors in each project implementation phases.


The standing wave ratio character of moderately thick cylindrical antenna is analyzed by a numerical method based on the Hallen type surface current integral equation with finite gap excitation, the main reasons for limiting the antenna bandwidth are studyed, and the methods to widen it are also discussed. Based on the analysis results, a flat sheet reflector antenna array with eight elements is designed, the VSWR of which is less than 1.5 in 2:1 bandwidth, the gain can achieve 18dBi with less than 2 dB-wave. The satisfying directivity character indicats that this antenna array process great value in applications.


We have studied the magnetic properties of LaMn2Si2 and LaMnCuSi2. For LaMn2Si2, our measurements are consistent with the results of neutron diffraction and Mossbauer. For the dc-magnetization measurements of LaMn2Si2, MZFC(T) starts to deviate from MFC(T) at ~305 K in a magnetic field of 0.1 kOe. There is no cusp observed in the real or imaginary component of the ac-susceptibility for LaMn2Si2. Therefore, despite the deviation from MZFC(T) to MFC(T) , there is no spin-glass phase in LaMn2Si2. While 50% of Mn ions are replaced by Cu ions, there is a magnetic-field-induced antiferromagnetic order in LaMnCuSi2. As the temperature is decreasing, the magnetic phase of LaMnCuSi2 changes from a paramagnetic to an (high-temperature) antiferromagnetic, then to a canted ferromagnetic, and finally to an (low-temperature) antiferromagnetic phase. There is a peak at ~ 79 K (for 10000 Hz) in real (X') and at ~ 63 K (for 10000 Hz) in imaginary (X") component of ac susceptibility for LaMnCuSi2. Either X' or X" significantly depends on the frequency, which suggest a coexistence of spin-glass and antiferromagnetic phase in LaMn2Si2. The sketch of phase diagram for LaMnCuSi2 is provided.


Two main situations are analysed by studying analytically and numerically the time dependent coherent three-wave equations for SBS with periodic pump pulse input: (1) coherent where the solitons have the same phase; and (2) random where the phase of each soliton changes randomly with respect to that of the neighbouring solitons. For a train of well separated solitons, the SBS thresholds range from P/sub thr/ approximately=1 mW at f/sub bit/ approximately=0.7 GHz for the coherent phase to P/sub thr/ approximately=860 mW at f/sub bit/ approximately=20 GHz for the random phase. >


A general multi-reflection method was applied to determine the stress level in deformed and recrystallized polycrystalline copper samples. Different reflections hkl were simultaneously used in the fitting procedure. The anisotropic diffraction elastic constants were calculated using the self-consistent model and crystallographic texture. Important decrease of the first order residual stresses was observed during recovery and recrystallization. Independently, diffraction peak widths and intensities were examined for a few characteristic texture components during the recrystallization process. The importance of cubic orientation grains in the recrystallization process was confirmed.


SummaryThe paper focuses on the attitude dynamics and control of satellites orbiting a rotating asteroid. The general formulation of the satellite equations of motion in an equatorial eccentric orbit is obtained through the Lagrangian method. The linearized system model is derived and the stability analysis is presented. The control laws for three-axis attitude control of satellites are developed and a closed-form solution of the system is derived. For an illustration of the linear analysis followed by the numerical simulation of the governing nonlinear equations of motion of the satellite, several asteroids (Eros, Castalia, Vesta, Ida and Gaspra) are considered. Attitude resonances for satellites in retrograde orbits are found. The results of the linear system model compare well with the corresponding system nonlinear equations of motion. The proposed controllers are successful in stabilizing the attitude of the satellites even in the presence of high attitude disturbances and orbital eccentricities.


Single-pass single-antenna interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SS-InSAR), in the configuration of single-pass and single-antenna with squint angles, has already shown its simplicity in retrieving digital terrain models. In this paper, the elevation uncertainty is derived and the error sources are analysed for SS-InSAR. Under the guidance of height uncertainty and decorrelation of SS-InSAR, the critical baseline is derived and the optimal baseline is presented. Finally, the computer simulation results of the measurement accuracy as well as the critical and optimal baseline is given, which can guide the baseline design of the SS-InSAR system.


In this paper, a nonlinear output feedback adaptive control system for spacecraft formation flying is developed. Specifically, the proposed approach addresses the problem of controlling a chaser spacecraft such that it tracks a desired relative trajectory with respect to the target spacecraft, regardless of unknown parameters and disturbance forces. Making use of passivity results, the closed-loop stability of the adaptive system is guaranteed via Lyapunov direct method and LaSalle's invariance principle arguments. Simulation results for a projected circular formation example are provided to illustrate the increased performance and robustness of the proposed adaptive controller compared to a conventional non-adaptive proportional-derivative control law.


Objective: To determine optimal conditions required for activated charcoal production from rice straw with high quality for medical and pharmaceutical applications using chemical activation process . Methods: Effects of different pretreatment protocols in 2-step H 3 PO 4 activation of Thai rice straw on adsorption properties, pore structure, and surface chemistry were investigated. The rice straw was carbonized at 400 °C for 2 h. The obtained charcoal was then impregnated with 85% H 3 PO 4 in the ratio of 1:4 w/v for 24 h, followed by carbonization at 500, 600 and 700 °C for 1 h. Results: The results indicated that the 2-step H 3 PO 4 activation, impregnating and carbonization at 700 °C was more efficient in producing activated charcoal because of showing the highest iodine adsorption (629 mg/g), methylene blue adsorption (198 mg/g) and Pb 2+ ions adsorption (64.19%). The adsorption capacity on iodine, methylene blue, and Pb 2+ ions were compared. The results showed that rice straw activated charcoal was most efficient highest to adsorb Pb 2+ ions. This adsorption capacity was higher than that of the commercial medical-grade activated charcoal. Conclusion: The rice straw activated charcoal which was prepared by 2-step H 3 PO 4 activation tends to be potential for medical and pharmaceutical applications. Keywords: Rice straw, Activated charcoal, Phosphoric acid


To study the variation of procine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus(PRRSV),three PRRSV isolates(TJ-S1,TJ-S2 and TJ-S3) were obtained from Tianjin province's pig farms.A pair of primers were designed according to the published sequence of Nsp2 gene of BJ-4 strain and used to amplify the partial Nsp2 gene by RT-PCR,the PCR products were cloned into pGEM-T vector and then sequenced.The sequence was analyzed by DNAstar software.Sequence and phylogenetic analysis showed that all these 3 isolates belong to the North American genotype,TJ-S1 strain and TJ-S2 strain shared a common feature of distinctive deletions in 221 and 272-300 amino acids.The phylogenetic tree revealed that TJ-S1 strain,TJ-S2 strain had close relationship with HuN strain and SD-14 strain,TJ-S3 was close to CH-1a.


Most of the terms forming the basic vocabulary of t he Aromanian language are of Latin origin, and there are also later Greek, Sl avic, Turkish and Albanian loanwords. Besides words of Latin origin, the Aroma nian vocabulary also contains a large number of non-Latin elements. The paper deals with common names in the religious vocabulary and proper names denoting reli gious holidays. The analysis outlines the etymology, meaning and comparison with similar forms in other languages.


This study aims at identifying the influence of community social capital on voter turnout, especially focusing on National Assembly election in 2004 and Presidential election in 2002 as well as 5.31 local election in 2006. For the purpose, it uses 6 social capital related variables including trust in neighbors, ties with neighbors, community organization participation, community attachment, institutional trust, and political efficacy. It carries a questionnaire survey to 52 neighborhood residents in Daejeon Metropolitan City. The final 3,185 data are used for logistic regression analysis. The result shows that in terms of local election, trust in neighbor, community organization participation, community attachment, institutional trust and political efficacy significantly influence the voter turnout. Trust in neighbor, community organization participation, and political efficacy appear to have significant influence on the voter turnout in National Assembly election. In terms of Presidential election, trust in neighbors, community organization participation, community attachment, and institutional trust are significantly influential on voting behavior. The conclusion provides some research implications and future research direction.


We describe in this paper an energy-efficient waveform generator which is dedicated to build a low-power intra-cortical implantable microstimulator. It features novel flexible current-mode stimuli such as half-sine and rising exponential pulses. The output stage of the proposed device consists of an electrode-tissue driver that generates high-voltage supplies on-chip in order to increase the voltage swing and maintain the stimulation in high-impedance interfaces which are due to small electrode areas. The current pulse duration may vary between 10 µs and 7 ms, while its amplitude varies from 2 to 200 µA. A current-mode digital to analog converter used to setup the current magnitude presents a DNL of 1.912×10−4 LSB and an INL of 1.781×10−4 LSB. The dynamic range of generated exponential current pulses reaches 40.66 dB with a linearity error < ±0.5 dB. An output voltage swing of 14.5 V is reached allowing electrical stimulation through 150 kΩ microelectrode-tissue interfaces.


The remote monitoring and fault diagnosis system for coal shearer based on the coal mine safety production monitoring network,this system can monitor and transmit such interior parameters as motor current,torque,traction velocity,traction direction and such exterior parameters as shearer position,rocking shaft angle,and stop coal shearer in case of emergency.The principle and realizing method of monitoring and fault diagnosis system are elaborated.This system has obtained good effect in practical application.


Abstract The article describes theoretical issues, principles of constructing and functioning of the Automated System of Morphemic and Derivational Analysis (ASMDA). The ASMDA system performs the following functions: 1) information system; 2) automatic morphemic annotation of text; 3) automatic linguistic constructor for frequency dictionaries. Description of the use of ASMDA as an automatic morphemic analyser of Ukrainian texts' lexicon is in the centre of attention; this article also describes structure as well as search and classification options of electronic morphemic dictionaries presented in linguistic research system of the Corpus of the Ukrainian language.


An ongoing struggle for many instructors is motivating their students to learn. Students seem to be particularly unmotivated to learn material that appears uninteresting to them or unrelated to their own life experiences and career goals. It is certainly not the case that students can not be motivated or are incapable of learning. They are motivated to learn all kinds of things in their lives--the most efficient and warmest way across campus on a cold and windy day, how to get the best tickets to a sporting event or concert, and many other things that they feel are important and relevant to their lives. However, this kind of motivation and learning does not always seem to fit very well with activities and assignments in the classroom. If instructors want to motivate their students, they must first understand what motivation is. Typically, motivation has been defined as an internal state or condition that activates, guides, and maintains or directs behavior (Kleinginna & Kleinginna, 1981; Schunk, 1990). The sources of motivation are generally categorized as being either intrinsic (from within the person) or extrinsic (external to the person). Not all students will be motivated by the same needs, desires, values, wants, and goals. Some students are motivated by a drive for personal success (intrinsic) and others from their peers or by challenges in the classroom itself (extrinsic). A person is more in control and more vested in their learning if they are internally motivated. They seem to have a stake in the outcome. The instructor should therefore focus on teaching in a way that the students feel intrinsically satisfied in the classroom. Internally motivating students allows them to decide for themselves if and when they will engage in the learning process. Once they do, their learning takes on a more personal meaning and may become more important to them. One of the more powerful forces in motivating students to participate in learning is curiosity. Additionally, there is evidence that curiosity is an important aspect of cognitive growth throughout the life course (Wentworth & Witryol, 2003). Curiosity can be defined as a complex enduring trait that motivates seeking and exploring a wide variety of unique stimuli (Collins, 2001). Because curiosity is an intrinsic trait, it is often a source of enjoyment for the individual. People are not content with what they already know but seek to know more. Curiosity can help students to engage in new ideas that may take on greater meaning for them. This greater meaning creates empathy and understanding of material under examination in the classroom. Curiosity can help students to understand others and themselves as they learn more about the diverse world they live in through exploring new topics and ways of knowing. Combining Motivation and Curiosity William Glasser (1993) suggests that there are six conditions that must be present in order for students to be motivated to perform well in the classroom. These conditions, if ultimately accepted by the students, become intrinsically motivating for them. Four of Glasser's (1993) conditions are examined in the context of how they can lead to student curiosity as an intrinsic motivator. Creating a climate where students want to work hard for someone is the first step in motivating students' curiosity. An environment like this is formed by sharing so that the student knows enough about the instructor to feel comfortable interpersonally and with class expectations, especially as they may relate to course content. When the students know and like the instructor, a comfortable and pleasant learning environment is present. Students would be more motivated and curious to learn in an atmosphere such as this versus one where there is little connection between the instructor and the students. Students do not want to learn something that they may feel is useless. They are looking for skills and knowledge that will help them to succeed in their careers and life. …


Behaviour of reinforced masonry has been studied experimentally to determine its strength potential. The increase in either compressive or tensile strength of masonry is possible due to the existence of rebar or wire mesh. The research is carried out to determine the effect of steel rebar on flexural strength of reinforced masonry beam using local brick. The square hollow masonry beams of 330x330mm with and without reinforced bar were tested in the laboratory to determine the load and deflection curves and bending strength. The rebar was located at the centre of beam's cross section and left unbounded. Mechanical properties of masonry's constitute were also determined. It was found that the flexural strength of beams with rebar of 22 mm diameter was greater 11 times than that of beam without rebar. However, that strength was only 1.6 times due to the weaker end connections of the beam to the rebar. Flexural strength of reinforced masonry beam with 22 mm rebar was greater 2.7 times compared to the beam using a rebar diameter of 16 mm.


Hemodynamic response function (HRF) estimation in functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) plays an important role in characterizing the temporal dynamics of the brain response. Estimation based on semiparametric modeling is very useful for fNIRS signals. However, the Gaussian noise assumption may be too simplistic since the sources of noise and their nature are various in fNIRS. In this paper, the problem of HRF estimation using a semiparametric model whose nonparametric part is viewed as a nuisance component used to represent the drift is considered. A new robust HRF estimation procedure to minimize the impact of unexpected noise in fNIRS signals is developed. Within the proposed estimation method, the drift effect is removed by applying a first order difference to the fNIRS signal samples. Consistency and asymptotic normality of the proposed estimator are established and its effectiveness is illustrated on both simulated and real fNIRS data.


Objective To determine the expressions of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2(ACE2) in two-kidney and one-clip(2K1C) hypertensive rats and the effect of Radix Astragali. Methods Fifty adult male Wistar rats were groupped as follows: control group(n=10), 2K1C renal hypertension group(n=10), 2K1C+high dose Radix Astragali group ; 2K1C+low dose Radix Astragali group(10 g/kg·d, n=10), 2K1C+ valsartan group (20 g/kg·d, n=10) for 8 weeks. The levels of mRNA expression of ACE2 was determined by RT-PCR and the distribution and expression of ACE2 in kidney by immunohistochemistry. Renal Ang Ⅱ was measured with radioimmunoassay. SBP were measured by tail-cuff method. Results ACE2 mRNA in kidney were found to be significantly decreased in the 2K1C hypertensive rats compared with those of the control group (0.282±0.025 vs 0.359±0.017, P0.05). Radix Astragali and valsartan treatment increased ACE2 mRNA (0.398±0.004, 0.391±0.006 vs control: 0.403±0.009, P0.05). Both Radix Astragali and valsartan decreased BP significantly(P0.01), however high dose Radix Astragali decreased renal Ang Ⅱ more markedly than those by valsartan (P0.01). Conclusion The renal ACE2 is down-regulated and the level of Ang Ⅱ is increased in 2K1C group. Radix Astragali and valsartan increase ACE2 in renal tissue along with BP decreases.


Background and Objective: The important contribution of postprandial state to cardiovascular disease is increasingly being recognized. Diet rich in antioxidant may have beneficial effects on preventing coronary heart disease. This study was therefore aimed to evaluate bioactive components, antioxidant activity and postprandial atheroprotective effects of Vaccinium myrtillus (VM). Methodology: Male rabbits weighing 2.15 +/- 13 gr were randomly designed into 3 groups of 8, using the following regimens: basic diet, hypercholesterolemic diet and hypercholesterolemic diet+VM. The concentration of total cholesterol (TC), LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, Alanin aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), fibrinogen, factor VII, nitrite and nitrate were determined in rabbits. Results: Vaccinium myrtillus decreased LDL-c, TC and ApoB, liver enzymes (ALT, AST) and inflammatory factors, while endothelial markers (nitrate and nitrate) had subtle decrease in VM treated rabbits. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that consumption of VM, rich in antioxidant may have beneficial effects on preventing coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis by decreasing remnant lipoprotein values in postprandial state.


Carbon sequestration through sink enhancement by way of integration of trees into landscapes is one of the cost-effective mitigation strategies in the terrestrial ecosystem may be categorized into vegetative carbon and soil carbon components. The capacity of terrestrial ecosystems to sequester carbon varies based on its land use patterns. Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF), an approach that became popular in the context of the Kyoto protocol, allows afforestation and reforestation as greenhouse gas offset activities (Nair et al., 2011).


To a startling extent, physicians today document their work in much the same way that physicians did in the nineteenth century. 1 Often, those unfamiliar with the United States's healthcare system and physician practices will assume that all physicians and hospitals have electronic health record ("EHR") systems that seamlessly share data as in other industries. The healthcare industry, however, spends a meager amount on information technology ("IT") compared to other industries. For example, the industry, as a whole, spends approximately two percent of gross revenues on IT compared with other industries that spend upwards of ten percent. 2


Features of goal-setting in cognitive activity are described in the article. The role of goal-setting and its place in the structure of metacognition are shown. Types of cognitive goals and objectives described in terms of structural-dialectical approach. features of formal and dialectical goal-setting and the factors that determine the type of cognitive objectives are highlighted.


Abstract Precipitation temperature-total polymer concentration diagrams for toluene solutions of two styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers different in chemical composition and their mixtures were determined and then triangular phase diagrams of this system were constructed from these diagrams. It is speculated from the triangular phase diagrams and experimentally shown that the copolymer may be effectively fractionated by chemical composition in this system.


The fire propaganda of five into work is an important means to enhance the universal quality of fire safety and an effective way to improve the ability of resisting the fire in the whole society.With the practice of propaganda work,the author analyses the current situation and existing problems of five into work and proposes some exploratory suggestions on how to carry out the fire propaganda of five into work continually.


This paper is based on the supporting insulators of ±800 kV dry-wave reactor,being used finite-element analysis,analyzed the internal forces of the structural under static.It is especially analyzed the internal forces and the displacement of the structural under the frequently occurrence earthquake and the deformation of the structural under the rare occurrence earthquake.At last it is made a seismic capacity evaluation of the structure.


We report the synthesis, characterization, and field-effect transistor properties of novel semiconducting polymers, PQA2T and PQA3T, incorporating a quinacridone unit, and discuss the structure–property relationships. Comparison of the optical and electrochemical properties between the monomer, repeat unit, and polymer suggests that the effective π-conjugation and the delocalization of HOMO along the backbone are relatively limited. X-ray diffraction studies revealed that the polymers form a π–π stacking with a short distance of 3.6 A and that the orientational order was enhanced by an increase of molecular weight. The hole mobilities are found to be around 0.2 cm2 V–1 s–1 and are, interestingly, insensitive to the molecular weight and to the orientational order; the randomly oriented low molecular weight polymer showed similar mobilities to the edge-on oriented high molecular weight polymer. We speculate that the relatively localized HOMO might hinder the charge transport along the backbone, and thus the...


Cossack culture in Translation of Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol
The author analyzes Cossack culture in the original Russian text of Taras Bulba, a novella by Nikolai Gogol and in the Polish translation of this text. The analysis is based on two editions of the original version and on a contemporary translation of the work by Aleksander Ziemny. The author takes into consideration various components which illustrate the Cossacks'' point of view and presents Cossack culture in both the source and the target texts.


45 Year old female admitted with complains of Body Pains, Generalized Weakness, and Lethargy. On evaluation CBP suggestive of Leukocytosis, Blast cells present. Ultrasound suggestive of Hepatomegaly, Splenomegaly. Bone Marrow suggestive of CML-Accelerated phase, FISH: Positive for BCR/ABL rearrangement (variant loss of ABL/BCR on Derivtive9). Liver Function Test: Normal. Patient was started on Imatinib after getting FISH report. Initially the patient tolerated the drug well with few days patient developed deranged liver enzymes which was not due to infective or inflammatory cause, but the drug was the cause of the deranged liver enzymes. In many trials it has shown that imatinib is hepatotoxic. In 1.5 to 5.2 % of patients develops elevation of transaminases i.e. (grade 3 or 4). In patients who have developed hepatotoxicity the Imatinib dose decrease or stoppage may results in reduction of hepatic dysfunction.in less than 0.5 % of patient imatinib discontinuation was needed in view of hepatotoxicity not reducing even after dose reduction also. It is utmost important to know that imatinib causes Hepatotoxicity. So patients on imatinib should be close follow up for the complication.