In this research, centrifugal pump unit was analysed to study the effects of using inducers on its performance. Hydraulic tests were done to obtain the optimum hydraulic performance before and after using inducer. Two types of inducers were used in this work (axial, helical). For this purpose, a test rig was specially designed with a pump system to investigate the parameters under consideration. Plots (H-Q) curves, (B.P.-Q) curves and (η-Q) curves were used to show the effect of pump performance with and without inducers. The present study introduces a simulation of centrifugal pump performance in conjunction with inducers using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), to compare it with experimentally observed values. The model investigates the impact of using inducers on the head and flow of the pump. The results of the CFD model and experimental are correlated well. Furthermore, the results help the decision makers of the pumps for future developments in pump performance assuring safe and reliable running condition of the water pumps. Also it may be used for more applications of larger head and flow pumps.


Four glyphosate resistant corn (Zea mays L.) hybrids, a glufosinate-ammonium resistant hybrid, and a conventional atrazine resistant hybrid gown at Stoneville, MS in 2005, 2006, and 2007 with furrow irrigation were treated with their respective herbicides and their growth, yield, and mycotoxin incidence were compared with untreated cultivated plots. Leaf area index (LAI) and dry matter accumulation (DMA) were collected on a weekly basis beginning at growth stage V3 and terminating at anthesis. Crop growth rates (CRGs) and relative growth rates (RGRs) were calculated. Plots were later harvested, yield and yield component data collected, and kernel samples analyzed for aflatoxin and fumonisin. Leaf area index, DMA, CRG, and RGR were not different among the herbicide treated plots and from those that were cultivated. Curves for LAI and DMA were similar to those previously reported. Aflatoxin and fumonisin were relatively low in all plots. Herbicide application or the lack thereof had no negative impact on the incidence of kernel contamination by these two mycotoxins. Herbicides, especially glyphosate on resistant hybrids, have no negative effects on corn yields or kernel quality in corn produced in a humid subtropical environment.


Biaxially-textured epitaxial thin-film hetero-structures of ceria and 8 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia (8YSZ) were grown using Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) with the aim to unravel the effect of the interfacial conductivity on the charge transport properties. Five different samples were fabricated keeping the total thickness constant (300 nm) but with a different number of hetero-interfaces (between


The invention relates to a method for supplying electrical current to a conductor branch (3), which is protected by a line protection fuse (7), of an electrical installation (1) which conductor branch is designed for a current of up to a maximum allowable value, wherein an electrical current is supplied from an external power supply network (5) and an electrical current is supplied from a power generating system (9) to the conductor branch (3). The electrical current supplied from the external power supply network (5) to the conductor branch (3) is limited by a line protection fuse (7) which specifies a variable limit value for the supplied electrical current. The supplying of electrical current from the power generating system (9) to the conductor branch (3) is controlled such that not more than one specific but variable maximum current is supplied. In order to be able to supply more electrical current from the power generating system (9) to the conductor branch (3), the maximum current is increased. This occurs, controlled by a supply control (6), only after the limit value of the line protection fuse (7), controlled by the supply control (6), has been reduced such that the maximum allowable value of the current in the conductor branch (3) is not exceeded even after increasing the maximum current.


Objective To study the values of serum CRP,peripheral blood WBC count and N% in the differential diagnosis of children with acute infectious diarrhea,for early differential diagnosis of children with acute infectious diarrhea provides the basis.Methods The clinical data of 141 cases of children with acute infectious diarrhea diagnosed in the department of pediatrics of the first hospital affiliated to Bengbu Medical College from Jun.2010 to Sep.2011 were analyzed.According to the Infection type the clinical data,they were divided into 3 groups: bacterial dysentery group(n=15),Escherichia coli enteritis group(n=21),rotavirus enteritis group(n=105).Results In the acute phase of infection diarrhea,the serum CRP levels of the three groups: enteritis: bacillary dysentery group,escherichia coli enteritis group and rotavirus enteritis group were 112.1,13.7 and 5.17 mg/L,respectively.The difference of the three groups was statistically significant(P0.05).The WBC count,N% of bacterial dysentery group and escherichia coli enteritis group were significantly higher than those of rotavirus enteritis groups,the difference were statistically significant(P0.05),and the WBC count,N% of bacterial dysentery group compared with that of escherichia coli enteritis,the difference was not statistically significant(P0.05).Conclusion The CRP,WBC count and N% were meaningful indicators of infection for acute infectious diarrhea,which the most sensitive was CRP.Therefore,the detection of blood CRP levels,in combination with the clinical manifestations of pediatric infectious enteritis,contributed to early diagnosis and differential diagnosis in pediatric infectious enteritis and reduce misdiagnosis,and clinical reasonable use antibiotics and avoid the abuse of antibiotics.


Aim: To facilitate and promote racial understanding among medical students as part of their training Methodology: A descriptive study comprising of opinions of students and foster parents about the home stay programme and its influence on racial understanding. Results and Discussion: 229 medical students and 47 foster parents participated to state their opinions regarding living with other races, the home stay programme and racial understanding. Results showed a positive change post home stay among the students and foster parents on these three domains. There was also a significant change in the mean scores of the students' perception about the villagers and their own skills and ability post home stay. Majority of the foster parents experienced moderate improvement of their understanding of the different races and their cultures. Conclusions: The home stay programme has made a positive change in the perception of the participants on racial understanding. It is particularly of importance because the students are in training for an important profession; that of a medical doctor.


The possible e-sentialitv of sodIiuimi, silicon, and alumiiinuim in the nuitrition of higher plants has been the subject of controversy for many y-ears. The fact that these elements are almost ubiquitouis has made the problem of ascertaining their status extremely difficuilt. This study was undertaken to determine at what level anv- one of these three elements might be needed by the tomato plant, if it w-ere essential for the growth and development of this plant. Most techniques for critically investigating essen-tialitv of nutrient elements involve the extensive use of Pyrex laboratorv glassware in all phases of the investigations.


More than half of the employees in Dutch construction industry experience considerable work pressure. Employees think that measures should be taken either to prevent high work pressure or to reduce it. Also, employers admit that the work pressure is sometimes high. One quarter of the employers in Dutch construction industry, taking part in a Dutch monitoring study (Houtmau et al., 1995) on stress and physical workload admitted that work pressure is indeed high. However, only 3% of the employers are of the opinion that work pressure causes serious problems. Recent quantitative studies on trends in perceived health status and perceived working conditions in the Dutch construction industry show an increase of 5% in various aspects of psychological task demands during the last decade (41.1 % 1989/1990 and 46.1 %in 1997/1998, Arbouw 2000). In this paper results will be presented of a recent qualitative study on the nature and feasibility of measures to reduce work stress. stress. Obstructive and stimulating factors seem largely to be depending on three conditions (Terra and Kompier, 1992): the actual situation with regard to safety and health in the organization and/or the brauch of industry (e.g. high amount of fatal and non-fatal injuries, high absenteeism) the state of the art with regard to safety aud health policy in the organization and/or the branch of industry social economical characteristics and developments (input, throughput and output) Applying these factors to construction industry, the results are not very encouraging. Table 1 is based on the literature search and shows the possible obstructive and stimulating factors for a preventive policy to reduce work stress in construction industry.


When a camera's center axis is not parallel to the surface normal of a planar object, the perceived shape of the object will be skewed. Most existing shape analysis methods are sensitive to such shape distortions. That is, if a shape is skewed due to non-orthographic projection, it may not be correctly recognized. In this paper we present a shape normalization process which neutralizes such shape skewing effects. In our case, a perceived shape is represented by a list of corner points along its boundary. We first compute the six lower moments of the shape from its boundary. Then these moments are used to compute the shape's center location, orientation, and maximum and minimum moments of inertia. To normalize the shape we first translate the shape's center to the origin. Next we rotate the shape to align its major axis with the x-axis. Then we expand the shape along its minor axis to neutralize shape skewing. Lastly, we scale the size of the shape so it has a standard moment of inertia. The suggested method can be used as a preprocessing step for any planar shape analysis method which is sensitive to shape skewing, shape size change, and/or shape translation. Since the moments are computed from the shape's boundary instead of from all its interior pixels, the method is also efficient. Several experimental results are given to show the effectiveness of the approach.


We have elected to explore peer-to-peer technology as an alternative to centralized PACS architecture for the increasing requirements for wide access to images inside and outside a radiology department. The goal being to allow users across the enterprise to access any study anytime without the need for prefetching or routing of images from central archive. Images can be accessed between different workstations and local storage nodes. We implemented "bonjour" a new remote file access technology developed by Apple allowing applications to share data and files remotely with optimized data access and data transfer. Our Open-source image display platform called OsiriX was adapted to allow sharing of local DICOM images through direct access of each local SQL database to be accessible from any other OsiriX workstation over the network. A server version of Osirix Core Data database also allows to access distributed archives servers in the same way. The infrastructure implemented allows fast and efficient access to any image anywhere anytime independently from the actual physical location of the data. It also allows benefiting from the performance of distributed low-cost and high capacity storage servers that can provide efficient caching of PACS data that was found to be 10 to 20 x faster that accessing the same date from the central PACS archive. It is particularly suitable for large hospitals and academic environments where clinical conferences, interdisciplinary discussions and successive sessions of image processing are often part of complex workflow or patient management and decision making.


Abstract Temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) is frequently associated with multiple headache types. While the efficacy of orthopedic manual physical therapy (OMPT) intervention for TMD with/without headache symptoms has been investigated, it has received less attention than other musculoskeletal conditions. This case describes the OMPT treatment and outcome of a 14 year-old female with a 2-year history of facial pain surrounding the right temporomandibular joint (TMJ), and bilateral occipital and temporal tension-type headaches (TTHs). Intervention included manual mobilization of the TMJ and surrounding cervical/facial soft tissue structures, postural re-education, and patient/family education on prevention, self-treatment, and postural adaptations. Outcomes included pain free and maximal mouth opening (MMO), pressure pain threshold (PPT) over the masseter muscle belly, fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire-physical activity subscale (FABQ-PA), jaw pain and function questionnaire (JPFQ), visual analog pain scale (VAS) for facial pain, and headache frequency, duration, and intensity on a VAS. Results included increased pain free and MMO by 22 mm, improved PPT bilaterally by 403·05 kPa on the affected, and 360·88 kPa on the unaffected side, and decreased reported headache frequency, duration, and intensity. Score decreases of 5 points on VAS with MMO, 8 points on FABQ-PA, and 5 points on JPFQ were also noted. Further research is warranted to investigate the effects of OMPT on pain processing and functional outcomes in patients with TMD and headache.


The spin correlations in a reaction involving initial and final polarized particles are encoded in a cross section matrix which is taken as an example of multipartite density matrix. Quantum positivity stipulates that the cross section is positive for any spin states - separable or entangled - of the particles. A weaker condition, classical positivity only requires that the cross section is positive for separable spin state. Classical and Quantum positivity are represented by diagrams. The domains of classical positivity and of separability are dual under a reciprocal polar transformation. This property can be usefull in quantum information theory.


abstractunching anti - dumping is a systems engineering,and so is the way in which to answer it. Any improper handling in the process to deal with it may result in losing the case or being unable to get on ideal effort. This article tries to introduce the legal rocedure of anti - dumping adopted in USA and existing policy of taxation. This text also gives the review of the whole course Masteel has gone through, abstracts the technique and experience gathered in the process, and summarizes the enlightening guidance from it.


Fake news is one of the rising global crises. It often aims to damage the reputation of a person or entity or make money through advertising revenue. Sometimes it can become influential and can spread exceedingly fast. That is why more and more research is running in this particular sector. Bengali-speaking people are also not immune to this problem. But research on Bengali fake news is rare. Keeping this in mind, this paper experiments with machine learning (ML) techniques to detect fake news. We also incorporate sentiment as a feature to check the effect in the process. We got an highest accuracy score of 73.20% using support vector machine (SVM). Also, we show that sentiment analysis has no good prospect as a feature to detect fake news.


This article studies the campaign against the use of non-Turkish languages that was organized by local forces in Izmir in 1934. In contextualizing the campaign within domestic politics and state–society relation, the article attempts to study domestic politics through a local perspective and explore the impact that similar events in the periphery had in the centre's policies, which the literature is usually inclined to comprehend solely with reference to state 'high politics'. The article argues that cases of autonomous mobilization from below, such as the 1934 Izmir campaign, contributed to the evolution of the Turkish political regime in the 1930s by turning the centre towards decisions that would redesign the relationship between the state and the ruling party, and have an impact on state–society relations.


ABSTRACT This article examines Israeli development in the Gaza Strip and Northern Sinai from 1972 to 1982 from the perspective of architectural history. We argue that the prime objective of the Israeli occupation in this decade was economic development, not elimination; its guiding logic saw humanitarian aid as the preferred way to "resolve" the Palestinian refugee crisis. We follow how the pro-development, humanist "know how" of the architects and urban planners wrote themselves onto Gaza's politics of space. Their scientific approach embodied in Mediterranean architecture was the solution of choice to hit two birds with one stone: end the refugee crisis by assimilating them into the Gaza strip cities, and ensure dependence on Israel by a new development plan with Yamit city at its epicentre. Mediterranean architecture expressed the gradations of vernacularity in the Israeli policy, and helped fashion a unique ideology of development based on exclusion and ethnic separation.


Objective:Explore the feasibility of D-galactose to premature ovarian failure mice and the mechanism of Wu Bie granules.Methods:Selection normal oestrous cycle of female mice which were divided into seven groups of 10 each randomly,including,normal group model group,diethylstilbestrol group,Liu Wei Di Huang Group,Wu Bie granules of large,medium,low dose group.In addition to the normal group,and the remaining mice were given 5% D-galactose with 0.5 ml each day cervicodorsal subcutaneous injection.From the eleventh day,all mice were given the curative by ig.To determine the oestrous cycle by observing vaginal cells Every timing.At the end of the experiment,taking the serum and testing the level of E2.Take and weight uterus and ovary.Then calculation ovaries and uterine index.Ovarian for organization morphological observation.Results:Oestrous cycle of model control normal group mice were dysfunction and anoestrum were prolongation.Estrum of mice which had been given the corresponding medicine in two weeks were prolongation.Compared with model control group,ovarian index and uterine index of each dose group of Wu Bie particles were existing difference significantly.The level of serum E2 of high-dose of Wu Bie granules group and moderate doses of Wu Bie granules group increased obviously comparing with model control group existing difference significantly.The morphology of ovarian tissue of every dose of Wu Bie granules group improved obviously.The morphology of ovarian tissue of every dose of Wu Bie granules group improved obviously.Conclusion:Wu Bie granules can promote the development of uterus and ovary,improve The morphology of ovarian tissue,adjust ovarian hormones.


The deep reforms carried out in the international area, directed fundamentally to the attainment of a major fiscal transparency and cooperation, as well as the constant fights against money laundering and terrorism financing, have placed tax havens into the spotlight. The unsettled regulatory context has concerned specifically those to be operating within the term of "tax haven", and the efficiency of their commitments for a further exchange of information is being questioned. This final project aims to analyse the concept, characteristics and the ways to access the advantages provided by tax havens, with the overriding aim of proposing a series of measures tending to relieve and, to the extent possible, to end with opaqueness and to achieve the suppression of bank secrecy. We will also address the issues in Andorra, principality that, not without some difficulty, has tried to avoid being considered a tax haven as a consequence of a questionable bank secrecy.


The development of a method is described for the analysis of hydroxypipecolic acids in crudely purified plant extracts. All eight known naturally-occurring mono- and di-hydroxypipecolic acids could be resolved in a single analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS) of their trimethylsilyl derivatives. The mass spectra and retention times of these derivatives are provided. The applicability of the method to chemotaxonomic studies using hydroxypipecolic acids is assessed by surveying the patterns of these compounds in herbarium leaf material of 11 species of Inga. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Objectives: To evaluate the sensory and motor block of continuous spinal anesthesia compared to epidural anesthesia in mild to moderate preeclamptic patients undergoing cesarean section. Methods: 40 mild to moderate preeclamptic patients undergoing cesarean section under regional anesthesia. Patients are randomly allocated into 2 groups, CSA group (n=20) received continuous spinal anesthesia using spinocath and were given 5mg of hyperbaric bupivacaine 0.5% + 25ug fentanyl as initial dose, and increments of 2.5mg of bupivacaine 0.5% at 5min intervals until the desired sensory level of T4. Patients of CEA group (n=20) received continuous epidural anesthesia and were given 60mg of lidocaine 2% as a test dose then the block is activated by giving 75mg of isobaric bupivacaine 0.5% + 100ug fentanyl and increments of 25mg of bupivacaine 0.5% at 15min interval until the desired level of T4. All patients were preloaded with 10ml/kg Ringer's solution, and the block was performed at L3-L4 interspace with the patient in the sitting position through the midline approach. Results: The performance time, onset, duration of the block were recorded in the CSA group (7.3±2.5, 6.2±2.1 and 115.4±16.3min respectively) which were significantly less performance time, faster onset and longer block duration than the CEA group (13.8±2.6, 19.6±7.2 and 100.3±14.7min, p< 0.001). The levels of sensory and motor block were assessed at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30min after the block in both groups. There was significant difference (the p<0.001) with higher levels of sensory and motor block were observed in CSA group compared to CEA group. Conclusion: Continuous spinal anesthesia using catheter over needle technique in anesthetic management of mild to moderate preeclamptic patients undergoing cesarean section provides less performance time, faster onset, effective sensory and motor block and longer duration than the continuous epidural anesthesia.


In this article, some comments are made on how to improve students' physical quality by a three year research, analysis and discussion of five basic physical qualities of students from both normal colleges and non-normal colleges.


The Article is dedicated to the peculiarities of formation and development of the public sphere. We consider the three most progressive approaches to the origin and transformation of the public space H. Arendt, R. Koselleck and J. Habermas. The comparative analysis of these concepts is being made.


The alignment method is a model-based object recognition technique that determines possible object transformations from three hypothesized matches of model and image points. For images and/or models with many features, the running time of the alignment method can be large. Methods of reducing the number of matches that must be examined are presented. The techniques described are the use of the probabilistic indexing system, and the elimination of groups of model points that produce large errors in the transformation determined by the alignment method. Results are presented which show that it is possible to achieve a speedup of over two orders of magnitude while still finding a correct alignment.<<ETX>>


Policies for principal preparation and licensure are important levers for improving school leadership. By developing a rubric of research-based practices, this University Council of Educational Administration study aims to provide a formative tool for policy makers. Using a policy analysis frame by Roach et al., this study explores the state code, rules and regulations, and accompanying state board/department of education documents to describe state policies for principal preparation program approval and candidate licensure. There is variation in the extent to which states have adopted policies in these areas. Proportionately, more states have adopted policies for licensure despite greater empirical evidence for preparation program approval.


This article aims to analyze the various jurisprudential and doctrinal trends, through an empirical study of decisions concerning the constitutionality of including the value added tax on goods (ICMS) in sales of business companies taxpayers PIS / PASEP and Contribution to Social Security Financing (COFINS). Arguments relating to each of these opposing understandings, demonstrated how such understandings were appointed are applied in this case by the courts responsible for these judgments, namely, the Federal Regional Court (TRF), the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) and the Supreme Court (STF). It was found that most of the collegiate bodies of the 2nd instance courts understand that the inclusion of the ICMS calculation basis of PIS / COFINS and PASEP is constitutional, with the exception of the Federal Court of the 1st Região.Verificou the absence of dominant position on the subject in the Superior Artigo recebido em: 12/02/2013 Artigo aceito em: 12/05/2013 * Bacharel em Direito, especialista em Planejamento Tributário pela FACE/UnB, consultor em Direito Aplicado à Informática, servidor público federal e coordenador da Ouvidoria do Conselho Nacional do Ministério Público em Brasília (DF). E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


Presenting their joint submission to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) led consultation, the three member organisations of the Prevention and Early Intervention Programme (PEIP) also jointly called for the implementation of the commitment in the Programme for Government to an area based approach to tackling child poverty and for greater use of an evidence based approach in the delivery of services to children, young people and families.


Let r be a given positive number.Denote by D=D the closed disc in the complex plane C whose center is the origin and radius is r.For any subset K of C and any integer m ≥1,write A(D^m,K)={f|f:D^m→Kis a continuous map,and f|(D^m)*is analytic).For H∈A(D^m,C)(m≥2),f∈A(D,D)and z∈D,write ψH(f)(z)=H(z,f(z)……f^m=1(x)).Suppose F,G∈A(D^2n+1,C),and Hk,Kk∈A(D^k,C),k=2,……,n.In this paper,the system of functional equations {F(z,f(z),f^2(ψHz(f)(z))…,f^n(ψk2(g)(x))… g^n(ψKn(g)(z)))=0 G(z,f(z),f^2(ψH2(f)(z))…f^n(ψHn(f)(z)),g(z),g^2(ψk2(g)(x))…,g^n(ψkn(g)(z)))=0(z∈D)is studied and some conditions for the system of equations to have a solution or a unique solution in A(D,D)×A(D,D)are given.


Recent advances in laboratory spectroscopy lead to the claim of ionized Buckminsterfullerene (C ) as the carrier of two diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) in the near-infrared. However, irrefutable identification of interstellar C requires a match between the wavelengths and the expected strengths of all absorption features detectable in the laboratory and in space. Here we present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) spectra of the region covering the C 9348, 9365, 9428, and 9577 Å absorption bands toward seven heavily reddened stars. We focus in particular on searching for the weaker laboratory C bands, the very presence of which has been a matter for recent debate. Using the novel STIS-scanning technique to obtain ultra-high signal-to-noise spectra without contamination from telluric absorption that afflicted previous ground-based observations, we obtained reliable detections of the (weak) 9365, 9428 Å and (strong) 9577 Å C bands. The band wavelengths and strength ratios are sufficiently similar to those determined in the latest laboratory experiments that we consider this the first robust identification of the 9428 Å band, and a conclusive confirmation of interstellar .


Objective - The apolipoprotein(a) gene locus is the major determinant of the circulating concentration of the atherothrombogenic lipoprotein, Lp(a). In vitro analysis of the intergenic region between the apo(a) and plasminogen genes revealed the presence of a putative apo(a) transcription control region (ACR) ~ 20-kb upstream of the apo(a) gene, that significantly increases the minimal promoter activity of the human apo(a) gene. Methods and Results - To examine the function of the ACR in its natural genomic context, we used the Cre- lox P recombination system to generate two nearly identical apo(a)-YAC transgenic mouse lines that possess a single integration site for the human apo(a) transgene in the mouse genome, but differ by the presence or absence of the ACR enhancer. Analysis of the two groups of animals revealed that the deletion of the ACR was associated with 30% reduction in plasma and mRNA apo(a) levels. Apo(a)-YAC transgenic mice with and without the ACR sequence were similar in all other aspects of apo(a) regulation, including liver specific apo(a) expression and alteration in expression levels in response to sexual maturation and a high-fat diet. Conclusion - This study provides the first experimental in vivo evidence for a functional role of the ACR enhancer in determining levels of apo(a) expression.


Manuscript submitted 2016-05-18, revised 2017-02-27, initially accepted for publication 2017-03-24, published in February 2018. Abstract. The importance of proppants is significant, because their properties affect hydraulic fracturing treatment effectiveness. Quartz sands are often used as propping agents. Due to their good properties and low price, they are still more likely to be used than, for example, modern ceramic proppants. Procedures of determination of each parameter are specified in ISO 13503‒2:2010, and according to them, quartz sands from 4 Polish deposits, located in different areas of the country were tested. All results were compared with parameters of the Belgian sand (model sand), which is usually used during fracturing treatments in our region. The most important factor, which determines whether a kind of sand is useful as a hydraulic fracturing proppant, is its crush resistance. The tested sands are mostly low class because of their limited strength. There is only one type of sand from Bukowno deposit which has similar crush rate, sphericity, roundness and bulk density to the accepted model. Acid solubility and turbidity is higher than exemplary, but in acceptable range. Bukowno deposit could be a likely resource of proppants for domestic petroleum industry.


This article, a result of the reflections initiated during the Master degree in Literature made at NELIC – Nucleo de Estudos Literarios e Culturais at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC, presents some of the many different ways of reading the symbolist magazine Rosa-Cruz , published in 1901 and 1904, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Almost unknown by the literary historiography in Brazil, we have until today a unique way of reading the magazine: as a vehicle of tribute to Cruz e Sousa. The objective of this article is to discuss other ways of reading the magazine, starting with an analysis of the title Rosa-Cruz and advancing by the different groups of authors published by the magazine.


Mary Parker Follett, one of management theory's finest pioneers, identified at the turn of this century key principles that are heralded today as a new style of management "workplace empowerment." She implicitly recognized the paradox of empowerment, which will be discussed along with its implications for organizational processes. Her work will also be used here to guide and recommend future areas of theory development and empirical investigation in the broader area of empowerment. Despite her innovative ideas, Follett has been a relatively unrecognized contributor in the social sciences (Fry and Thomas, 1996), not even in relevant areas such as organizational behavior (Parker, 1984). It is hoped that this paper will encourage further acknowledgment of her vision and contribution to empowerment research. Therefore, the focus of the paper is to learn from and pay tribute to Mary Parker Follett's work. To do so, a brief introduction of the empowerment concept is first presented, followed by a brief summary of Follett's life[1] and her insights regarding the empowerment concept and its paradox. The paper ends with suggestions for further theory development and research.


This paper presents a new denoising algorithm capable of effectively removing noise without too much loss of original data. Based on the non-local means (NL-means) algorithm proposed by Buades et al., This approach uses a concept of thresholding weight of neighborhood pixels which have low similarity and applies the three-step search (TSS) technique in order to save computations.


We develop and test a model of quasi-integration on a sample of 117 travel-agencies linked to American Airlines. We find that quasi-integration is explained by the presence of the Sabre reservation...


Zirconia and its modified forms such as Mo(VI)/ZrO2 and Pt-SO4 2-/ZrO2 were coated on honeycomb monoliths. These materials were characterized for their, total surface acidity by NH3-TPD, crystallinity by PXRD and morphology by SEM techniques. They were then evaluated for their catalytic activity in o-acetylation of salicylic acid with acetic anhydride to synthesize acetyl salicylic acid. Honeycomb coated with zirconia and their modified forms were found to be eco-friendly, economical & efficient catalysts for o-acetylation. These catalysts were found to be reusable.


Digital myxoid cyst is a benign skin disease usually present as solitary or a few soft, translucent to slightly bluish nodule. Here, we report a case of 20 years old lady presented with a slowly growing asymptomatic cystic lesion on her right ring finger for about 9 months considering the rarity of myxoid cyst. Northern International Medical College Journal Vol.5(1) 2013: 318-319


Purpose
In response to elevated local self-harm and suicide rates, and the lack of a dedicated pathway for children and young people (CYP) who self-harm, a rapid response pathway united to reduce self-harm (RUSH) was developed and implemented within Norwich (Norfolk, England). This public health case study aims to describe the pathway model and share its outcomes, learnings, and reflections over the pilot year.

Design/methodology/approach
RUSH was a community-based pilot pathway aiming to support CYP, 11–18 years old, engaging in or at risk of engaging in repeated self-harm and subsequently at risk of repeated attendance at local emergency departments. From May 2020 to April 2021, RUSH supported 61 CYP using funding from NHS England and Improvement.

Findings
This case study shares the pathway's outcomes, through a mixed-method evaluation. Results indicate statistically significant reductions in self-harm frequency (p = 0.01) and anxiety and depression symptomatology (p < 0.001); a statistically significant increase in progress towards goals (p < 0.001); and a general downward trend in re-attendance at local emergency departments following RUSH. Findings also illustrate high service user satisfaction. Framework analysis of focus group data highlights positive experiences with hope for recommissioning from a staff perspective.

Originality/value
This study will be valuable for services looking to develop and implement a similar service provision, in response to the need to tackle self-harm rates as a broader approach to suicide prevention. In light of the NHS long-term plan (2019), it also serves as an example of how to develop and use a strategic co-production group, and work collaboratively with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors.


The invention discloses antibacterial stainless steel with an electrochemical oxidation film. The stainless steel comprises a stainless steel matrix, wherein an antibacterial oxidation film is covered on the stainless steel matrix and the antibacterial oxidation film is a spinel type oxidation film. The invention also discloses a preparation method of the antibacterial stainless steel with the electrochemical oxidation film. The method comprises the following steps: placing a defatted stainless steel material in an electrochemical oxidation mixed solution, alternately changing positive electricity and negative electricity, wherein the current density is 10-100mA/dm ; processing for 5-20 minutes at 30-60 DEG C to form a thin spinel oxidation film, then cleaning the oxidation film with clean water and drying. The electrochemical oxidation mixed solution per litre is prepared by the following components: 200-500g of sulfuric acid, 50-250g of chromic acid, 5-20g of ammonium molybdate, 5-20g of manganese sulfate, 0.1-10g of silver salt and 0.2-20g of rare earth sulfate or rare earth nitrate. The invention has good antibacterial effect.


I - The author sets out to examine the theory, which is based, in part, on a passage from the Itinerarium Egeriae, and which concerns the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, according to which the "Martyrium" is thought to have been the site of the first part of the Mass (the Liturgy of the Word), whereas the eucharistic rite was celebrated within the "Anastasis". This thesis, favoured by liturgists, was generally applied to "double cathedrals". Most recent historiography, however, has demonstrated that, whereas the oblatio was celebrated within the Martyrium, a lengthened or repeated, "oblatio" took place within the Anastasis. In the second part of the article, the author, taking into consideration information from Jerusalem and Milan, and reasoning on the basis of wider considerations within the history of liturgy, attempts to demonstrate that even the double episcopal churches of Trier and Aquileia, from the time of the Constantinian Peace, corresponded to the double character of early Christian worship (Sund...


In order to fabricate the NiTi foams with greater than 80% porosity, a vacuum process applied to a slurry was developed. A mixture of elemental Ni and Ti powders was dipped into a solution of 7.5 mass% polyvinyl alcohol, and stirred to make the slurry. The lightly compacted lumps of slurry were then subjected to reduced atmospheric pressure to make foamed compacts. The green foams were debound and sintered under vacuum into NiTi sintered foams with 85% porosity. X-ray analysis showed alloying of NiTi was completed by the sintering at =1100 � C. X-ray diffraction analysis and DSC measurement also indicated that the NiTi foams consisted of B2 austenite and B19 0 martensite phases. Measurement of shape recovery strain showed the NiTi foams obtained by this process had the far excellent shape recovery characteristics compared with those of wrought NiTi alloys. Furthermore, repeated compressive deformation and heating greatly increased the shape recovery strains of these high-porosity NiTi foams.


A key privilege to being an Editor is the opportunity to bring the primary work of reflecting on the core questions and developments within a field of studies or a discipline into wider conversation and examination. Every issue and every volume in this journal seeks to do so, in one way or another. What makes this volume stand out, however, is not simply its size, but the very focused way it contributes to a core theme within psychotherapeutic and counseling practice, namely the place of spirituality within such practice. Many quality efforts are underway in this direction in the contemporary scene, and this volume now offers its own highly valuable contribution. This volume is particularly effective, as all contributors are first and foremost active practitioners, both of living and vibrant spiritual traditions, and also the craft of psychotherapy. While several of the authors are also teachers and supervisors, all are clinicians whose work is rooted in their identities as spiritual beings. This will be evident throughout and is at the heart of the wisdom one will find here. The volume begins with a contribution by Merle Jordan, our Guest Editor, who brings extensive years of clinical and supervisory praxis into the psychotherapy/spirituality dialogue. As a theologician, he is also able to speak to how unconscious theological constructs, i.e. belief systems, function as one's operational theology. Such theological constructs are often in contrast and even in contradiction to one's professed or overt theology, but nonetheless, rule one's behaviors, feelings, and attitudes from below, so to speak. Furthermore, these operational belief systems often come in the form of an idolatry or a false absolute that can totally dominate a life. This opening article also offers rich case and verbatim material, and sets the stage for the contributions which follow. The volume continues with the work of Philip Bauman, who uses the metaphor of lenses as a way of describing spirituality as a primary mode of seeing. While historically most spiritual engagement within psychotherapy was offered as an add-on, Bauman sees it as a primary dimension. It is, says Bauman, the dimension of wholeness (or its absence); that unitive factor that gives life and personhood its sense of completion and unity, or its corresponding loss or fragmentation. Human life moves along this path, with therapy an intensification of the process of restoration of wholeness. Chris R. Schlauch offers a particularly engaging way of drawing upon Heinz Kohut's Self Psychology as it interfaces with theological insights to deepen our ways of thinking about psychotherapy and spirituality. He does


Studies in our laboratory have provided evidence that an immune response against self-compoundsresiding in damaged tissues of the central nervoussystem (CNS) confers protection against destructiveself-compounds [1,2].Our early studies of injury to myelinated CNS axons (optic nerve and spinal cord) showed thatthe insult is followed by an accumulation of T cells atthe site of injury. Systemic injection of activatedTcells after injury led to an increase in the number ofaccumulated T cells, regardless of their antigenicspecificity [3]. However, only T cells that encountertheir specific antigen at the lesion site are capable ofameliorating the consequences of the insult [1].Axonal insult in the CNS is followed by bothimmediate degeneration and delayed (secondary)degeneration (an insult-induced outcome of the hostilityof the nerve's extracellular environment) [4–6].T cellsspecific to myelin-associated self-antigens or topeptides derived from them are able to partiallycounteract the secondary degeneration, therebyimproving recovery [1,7–10].Subsequent studies revealed that the beneficialeffect of the autoimmune T cells was not merely theoutcome of an experimental manipulation, but theresult of a physiological response [11–13]. We showedthat the ability to resist the consequences of CNSinsults is T-cell dependent. Thus, rodents deprived ofT cells showed worse recovery from both glutamatetoxicity and axonal injury than matched wild-typecontrols. Moreover, splenocytes withdrawn from ratswith injured spinal cords and passively transferredinto naive rats were found to be neuroprotective [11].This beneficial T-cell-mediated response has beendemonstrated as autoimmune in nature. Thus, theresponse to axonal injury in adult rats that wereneonatally immunized (tolerized) to myelin-associated self-proteins was significantly worse thanneonatally immunized with ovalbumin controls [2].Additional studies showed diversity among strainsin their ability to manifest an insult-evokedprotective autoimmunity. Strains that are geneticallyresistant to induction of experimental autoimmuneencephalomyelitis (EAE) on challenge with anymyelin antigen are also relatively resistant to theconsequences of CNS injury, and, as a corollary,strains that are susceptible to EAE induction are lessresistant to injurious conditions [13]. Moreover,susceptible strains deprived of T cells or neonatallyimmunized with myelin did not differ in the recoveryfrom their matched controls. This finding indicatedthat susceptible strains are deficient in their T cell-dependent protective mechanism [13].


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A propositional linear temporal logic is brieey introduced and its use for reactive systems speciication is motivated and illustrated. G-automata are proposed as a new operational semantics domain designed to cope with fairness/liveness properties. G-automata are a class of labelled transition systems with an additional structure of goal achievement which forces the eventual fulllment of every pending goal. An algorithm is then presented, that takes a nite system speciication as input and that, by a stepwise tableaux analysis method, builds up a canonical G-automaton matching the speciication. Eventuality formulae correspond to goals of the automaton their satisfaction being thus assured. Applications to monitoring are discussed.


The amyloid precursor protein (APP) and its proteolytic product amyloid beta (Aβ) are associated with both familial and sporadic forms of Alzheimer disease (AD). Aberrant expression and function of microRNAs has been observed in AD. Here, we show that in rat hippocampal neurons cultured in vitro, the down-regulation of Argonaute-2, a key component of the RNA-induced silencing complex, produced an increase in APP levels. Using site-directed mutagenesis, a microRNA responsive element (RE) for miR-101 was identified in the 3′-untranslated region (UTR) of APP. The inhibition of endogenous miR-101 increased APP levels, whereas lentiviral-mediated miR-101 overexpression significantly reduced APP and Aβ load in hippocampal neurons. In addition, miR-101 contributed to the regulation of APP in response to the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-1β (IL-lβ). Thus, miR-101 is a negative regulator of APP expression and affects the accumulation of Aβ, suggesting a possible role for miR-101 in neuropathological conditions.


Probabilistic structural demand models are considered as an essential ingredient for a seismic fragility analysis. This concept is commonly developed using statistics which needcollecting data in large quantities. Preparation of such a data-base is often costly and time-consuming. In this paper, generic seismic drift demand model for regular-multi-story steel moment resisting frames is presented to eliminate the need of time-consuming analyses. The demand model defined as a linear function of intensity measure,the spectral acceleration at fundamental period   1 ( ) Sa T , in logarithmic space predicts overall maximum inter-story drift. In addition,the model is coupled with a set of relations to directly estimate unknown statistical characteristics of the model parameters. These relations are developed using a Bayesian regression technique to explicitly address uncertainties arise from randomness and lack of knowledge. The developed demand model is employed to perform Seismic Fragility Analysis (SFA) for three designed building. The accuracy of the results is assessed by comparison with the results directly obtained from Incremental Dynamic analysis as an alternative.


Abstract Current study investigates the gender gap in academic promotions in Turkey taking a new perspective on the widely established existence of gender inequality in academia. The dataset includes the eight most-prominent research universities in Turkey and the nature of the 'glass ceiling' is explored by looking at the gendered distributions of: (1) academic seats -indicating academic performances, and (2) coauthorship patterns concerning genders. Findings suggest that there is gender disparity in academic performances as well as in academic promotions. In addition, gender is found to be a significant factor in explaining the current situation in academic ranks and subtle discrimination practices may exist instead of overt discrimination practices as it is also suggested in previous studies. In sum, results show two main points: (1) There is evidence of gender gap in academic promotions in Turkey, (2) A new variable –cross gender coauthorship- for glass ceiling research may provide further insight about the issue.


Work environment plays an important role in an organization. Most of the problems faced by employees are related to working environment. The level of productivity can be increased through developing a conducive working environment in the organization. The basic objective of this study is to  measure   the impact of working environment on productivity of employees. The organizations like banks and insurance companies were selected for conducting this research study. A closed ended questionnaire was developed to get feedback from target audience and different statistical methods were used to derive results from the collected data. It was observed   that the factors like supervisor support, relation with co-workers, training and development, attractive and fast incentives and recognition plans, adequate work load at work place are helpful in developing a working environment that has positive impact on employee's level of productivity in the organizations. Key Words : working environment, workers' productivity, recognition plan.


Simple Summary Wolves became dogs over the past 35,000 years. It has been suggested that through domestication, the cooperative nature of wolves and their dependence on pack mates has been re-directed towards humans. This has also affected the social orientation of dogs towards conspecifics. In contrast to wolves, dogs in free-ranging packs are not monogamous and are less cooperative with their pack members. In a previous paper, we found that dogs resting isolated from their pack members were less relaxed/more alert than wolves in the same situation. As social context may affect such results, we replicated this study with pack-living and enclosure-kept dogs resting alone or close to pack members. Specifically, we measured heart rate and heart rate variability as physiological proxies of alertness. We found that dogs were less relaxed/more alert when resting alone than with pack members, but that this may be modulated by social status, i.e., high-ranking dogs being less relaxed than low-ranking individuals. We conclude that relaxation/alertness of dogs during rest depends on social context and that, as in wolves, conspecific pack members still have a role in this. This indicates that domestication has only partially re-directed social orientation in dogs from conspecific pack members to human partners. Abstract Domestication has affected the social life of dogs. They seem to be less dependent on their pack members than wolves, potentially causing dogs to be more alert towards their environment, especially when resting. Such a response has been found in dogs resting alone compared to wolves in the same situation. However, as this may be influenced by social context, we compared alertness (i.e., degree of activation along the sleep–wake continuum—measured via cardiac parameters) of pack-living and enclosure-kept dogs in two conditions: (1) alone, and (2) with pack members, and in two states of activation: (1) inactive wakefulness, and (2) resting. We found that when dogs were resting alone, alertness was higher than when resting in the pack; individual alertness was potentially influenced by social rank. However, alertness was similar in the two conditions during inactive wakefulness. Thus, depending on social context, familiar conspecifics may still provide support in dogs; i.e., domestication has probably only partly shifted the social orientation of dogs from conspecifics to humans. We suggest that cardiac responses of dogs may be more flexible than those of wolves because of their adaptation to the more variable presence of humans and conspecifics in their environment.


The invention discloses a multi-function anti-haze window based on a metal cellular network. The multi-function anti-haze window based on the metal cellular network comprises a window frame, window screen nets, an electrostatic generator and a master control electrical circuit; the window frame is composed of an insulated inner frame body and an outer frame body; the insulated inner frame body is used for unfolding the window screen nets; the outer frame body is used for being combined with a push and pull slide way of a window screen; the window screen nets are composed of three nets, namely an electric conductive screen net with fringes, a static electricity storage screen net and an insulated screen net in sequence; and the electric conductive screen net with fringes is connected with the negative static electrode of the electrostatic generator. The multi-function anti-haze window based on the metal cellular network has the advantages of energy saving, good anti-haze effect, excellent breathability and the like.


Eighty-eight years ago, when JAMA first published an EDUCATION ISSUE, little or no attention was being given to medical school entrance requirements or to the qualifications of teachers in medical schools. The 1901 publication of data on medical education in the United States showed the need for improvement in standards. During the intervening years, medical education has seen many changes. In 1988, the medical education community is concerned about physician competence, ie, what elements of professional knowledge, skills, behavior, and attitudes make for a competent physician. The editorial by Dr Martini argues for a redefinition of professional competence and for an assessment of the mechanisms for evaluating competence. Medical School Enrollment The number of applicants to US schools accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education for the 1987-1988 academic year decreased by 3 200 individuals. Of the 28123 applicants, 17027 students were accepted by at least one school for


The T-shaped column with concealed column is presented and the tests for seismic behavior of 4 T-shaped columns with shear span ratio 3.833 are completed. The influence ofaxial pressure ratio on seismic behavior is analysed. The function of setting up concealed columnon raising seismic capacity of T-shaped column is discussed. And finally, theoretical calculationresults are compared with real measuring ones, and both are conformable.


There is provided a conductive pattern forming method that can suppress shape abnormalities caused by the reattachment of a neodymium component. A conductive pattern forming method according to an aspect of the invention includes forming an aluminum-neodymium alloy film on a base material; forming, on the aluminum-neodymium alloy film, a conductive film having a thickness greater than or equal to 1/4 times the thickness of the aluminum-neodymium alloy film; and patterning the aluminum-neodymium alloy film and the conductive film by using dry etching.


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Earthquake-resistant designs often use a lateral-force resisting system to resist the seismic forces and a nonparticipating system to support vertical loads. Use of flat plate floor systems consisting of a conventional or post-tensioned reinforced concrete slab-column system incorporating shear reinforcement within the slab-column connection region has become increasingly popular as a lateral-force resisting system. There is little information available to assess the dynamic responses of such systems, particularly for post-tensioned systems. This article reports on a study that consisted of shaketable tests of a conventional reinforced-concrete slab-column frame (RC specimen) and a post-tensioned slab-column frame (PT specimen). Lateral drift ratios of approximately 3 and 4% were achieved during testing for the RC and PT system frames, respectively, with relatively little loss of lateral load capacity. The damage observed at the RC connections was more significant and more widely distributed than those observed for the PT specimen. The test results indicate that use of slab shear reinforcement substantially reduces the extent of damage and prevents the "dropping" of the slab observed in reinforced concrete connections where shear reinforcement is not provided. The authors note that this may be an important factor in post-earthquake repairs.


Abstract A detailed electron microscope study has been made of the damage produced in copper by Cu+ ions. 30 kev and 90 kev Cu+ ions give rise to point defect clusters having a structure based on the vacancy type Frank sessile loop with Burgers vectors a/3〈111〉 there is evidence that parts of the circumference of many loops are dissociated into stair-rod dislocations and Shockley partials according to a mechanism proposed by Silcox and Hirsch (1959). This dissociation gives rise to areas of stacking fault on {111} planes other than that of the loop plane, and in the case of a triangular loop can produce a stacking-fault tetrahedron, though such defects have not been observed in Cu+ ion damaged copper.


Teachers' unions the NUT and the NASUWT are planning a one-day strike for their members on Tuesday 1 October 2013. A spokesperson for the North ...


Phenolic compounds that occur in grain legumes species are described and their drawbacks and merits for the species are discussed. Phenolic compounds have deleterious nutritional effects on human and mono-gastric animals when incorporated into diets. Affords towards developing low or zero phenolic cultivars have long been under way. However, they regulate plant growth and development controlling Rhizobium nodulation, regulation of auxin transport and have defensive functions.


Based on the study of the political crisis in Italy in the early 1990s, this article discusses the standard models of delegitimation currently used to explain regime crises. While such crises can be linked to long term structural determinants (a dysfunctional political system, a deficit of diffuse legitimacy), they are also the product of internal struggles within the governing sectors. In focusing attention on these struggles, the aim is to challenge the centrality of the role attributed to public dissatisfaction in regime crises and to thus to consider delegitimation as an effect of the recomposition of the party landscape rather than a factor in that recomposition.


How does an individual biblical proverb attract the interest of a reader, or, in other words, assert its authority? It often does so by skillful use of analogy, drawinga memorable parallel between one area of reality and another, for example, a king and a lion, wealth and friendship. Sayings further invite attention by their formal features (e.g. alliteration, rhyme) and by their ideas. Among arresting ideas can be listed ellipsis, paradox, irony, humor, and satire. A group of biblical proverbs are analyzed in this article to demonstrate the thesis.


This paper describes the Heuristic Evaluation performed to investigate the visual accessibility of the Virtual Learning Environment Moodle. The guidelines of the WCAG 2.0 document, related to the visual disability, were used as heuristics. Each heuristic had its own checklist to assist specialists while performing the evaluation. The Heuristic Evaluation was carried out on the pages related to the two main features of Moodle: (i) provide/access files; and (ii) provide/access tasks. As main result, it was noticed that, in general, the Moodle webpages present good accessibility indications.


The dermatology in traditional Chinese medicine has a long history.It summarizes the rich experiences and achievement of the prevention and treatment of disease by people and dermatology specialists in several thousand years and it is the significant component in Chinese medicine treasures and occupies the magnificent position in medical practice in the ancient and modern time.There are many discussions on skin diseases in Chinese ancient literatures,developed by generations.They have preserved the exquisite theories and rich clinical experiences in dermatology and provided the very valuable data for later study.The research status of dermatology history in traditional Chinese medicine was analyzed and the development rule of academy in ancient dermatology was deepened so as to provide some research ideas for the current treatment of skin diseases of traditional Chinese medicine and display a certain guiding significance for the better utilization of the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of skin diseases.


Ray traced human hair is becoming more and more ubiquitous in photorealistic image synthesis. Despite hierarchical data structures for accelerated ray tracing, performance suffers from the bad separability inherent with ensembles of hair strands. We propose a compressed acceleration data structure that improves separability by adaptively subdividing hair fibers. Compression is achieved by storing quantized as well as oriented bounding boxes and an indexing scheme to specify curve segments instead of storing them. We trade memory for speed, as our approach may use more memory, however, in cases of highly curved hair we can double the number of traversed rays per second over prior work. With equal memory we still achieve a speed-up of up to 30%, with equal performance we can reduce memory by up to 30%. CCS Concepts • Computing methodologies → Ray tracing; Parametric curve and surface models;


This paper presents a comparison of the performance of different control algorithms in two types of systems; one exhibiting fast dynamics and the other slow dynamics. The first control system regulates the speed of a DC motor, while the second control system regulates the temperature of an electrical heater. This systems' performance comparison pretends to evaluate the energy consumption, as well as the controllers' transient response in order to identify the best control strategy for each system. System models are obtained through the responses to a pseudorandom binary signal (PRBS) and the least squares fit method using an auto-regressive model with an exogenous variable (ARX). The implemented control algorithms used in this study are: pole placement regulator (state-space controller) with integral error processing, auto-tunable proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller, neural PID controller, unconstrained model predictive control (MPC), fuzzy PID controller, neuro-fuzzy controller, bayesian controller and an optimal quadratic regulator (LQR). A detailed analysis of the performance and energy consumption index is performed, that allow the categorization of the control strategies in accordance with their performance.


The utility model discloses a trackless dolly driving control circuit based on a brain-computer interface. The trackless dolly driving control circuit includes a brain-computer signal acquisition device for acquiring and pre-processing brain-computer signals of a trackless dolly operator, a master control chip connected with the brain-computer signal acquisition device, and a motor driving circuit arranged on a trackless dolly body, the motor driving circuit is connected with the master control chip, the brain-computer signal acquisition device and the master control chip are communicated by means of wireless communication, the master control chip is arranged on the trackless dolly body, the brain-computer signal acquisition device is a TGAM module or a Mindwave Mobile headset, and the TGAM module includes a brain-computer signal extraction device for extracting the brain-computer signals and a brain-computer signal pre-processing device for sampling and pre-processing the signals extracted by the brain-computer signal extraction device. The trackless dolly driving control circuit is simple in structure, small in size, convenient to carry, simple in use and operation, and good in use effect, and simply performs drive control of a trackless dolly.


The reason which caused the fail of KMT disarmament had kinds of reasons.There was not only the conflict in KMT,the factor of finance and economic,but also the difficulty of arranged the disarmed soldiers and the force of foreign aggression.In this kind of factors,the difficulty of financial and economy was the main reason caused the fail of KMT disarmament.


A method for detecting delayed data frames in a transport function includes the steps of comparing a frame sequence counter with a predetermined threshold value, detecting a delayed frame if the sequence counter exceeds the threshold value, and processing the detected delayed frame accordingly. In an RLP data transport protocol, the delayed frame may be processed as a retransmitted frame. The threshold value may be proportional to the maximum number of frames sent in a given bundle times the maximum delay, in units of frame intervals, between frames sent simultaneously over the air in the same frame interval.


A new fuzzy PID control algorithm based on PID engineering state methods is proposed in this paper. Experimented and simulation results show that the algorithm proposed has good performances.


Serial novel ,which is another name of long popular fiction in history and treated as a kind of tradition, has been criticized and abandoned since the new literature appeared. But in 1940s, in the liberated area, the success of three legends of anti-Japanese hero (The Story of Yang tie tong, Legend of Heroes in Luliang, The Legend of the New Generation Heroes) in this form has been accepted by readers and criticizers unanimously. The reasons are a popular and advanced new art form was expected in the discussion of popularization of 1930s and the utility of war. This horizon of expectations has been enhanced in the Speech on the Art in Yan`an. After the speech, the art in the liberated area has been regulated in two directions of popularization and advance. The regulations have been conscientiously observed by the three authors. Three serial novels gained success since they satisfied the horizon of expectations both times and readers in liberated area. Notwithstanding, it still has a considerable distance from the creating of a new art form.


The international program sections of the National Science Foundation (United States) and the Department of Industry, Technology, and Commerce (Australia) sponsored a joint workshop on flowering. Fourteen scientists from each country gathered in Honolulu, Hawaii, from February 10 to 15, 1991, to consider the status and future prospects of flower initiation. The focus was on the events at the apex that lead to the initiation of flower organ primordia, al? though leaf processes and the subsequent development of flower primordia were also considered. The diverse group included morphologists, molecular biologists, geneticists, physiologists, and developmental biologists with experience ranging from professor emeritus to graduate student. Workshop goals included enhancement and initi? ation of United States-Australian interactions, introduction of established researchers to newcomers, and blending of the various disciplinary points of view. A main purpose of the workshop was also to assess our current understandings and to evaluate current approaches to this most challenging area of plant biology. As a result, the format encouraged reflection and discussion rather than the standard pattern of each participant presenting his or her latest results. Given the structure of the workshop, my interpretations focus on trends and perceptions rather than on people and data.


The invention relates to a method for performing correction of the blood flow image data for analysis and quantitative representation of the blood flow in a tissue or vessel region based on the signal of an injected into the blood contrast agent. At successive points in time multiple frames of light emitted from the tissue or vessel region signal are recorded and stored. At least two single images are correlated with each other and based on the correlation a displacement vector is formed. Subsequently, the image data of the frames corresponding to the displacement vector are shifted from each other.


In this paper, we focus on hardware addition and multiplication based applications, RNS implementation of digital FIR filter. Since filtering operations are desirable. [1,2, 3] computations have several additions and Some implementations of FIR filter with different multiplications, taking advantage of residue number methods have been studied. [4, 5, 6] For some system (RNS) may lead to a considerable advantages of non-conventional systems, they are improvement in such systems. The limited inter-interested to digital filter designers. [7, 8, 9] moduli carry propagation and parallel computations Implementation of Addition and multiplication make residue number system desirable for operations can be performing more efficiently in RNS add/multiply intensive application. In order to rather conventional two's complement system. In this achieve maximum possible performance, after a paper a RNS FIR filter is detailed then it compares with comprehensive survey on RNS arithmetic units we other implementations of FIR filters. This comparison have selected best ones for {20-1, 2\ 2°+1} moduli-includes efficiency evaluation of filters in speed and area sets. Moreover, in the structure of proposed FIR filter the best previous designs for adders and multipliers are customized and fa ilures of converter are mended. We have simulated and synthesized the proposed structure with VHDL and checked correctness of design via running random tests on the corresponding codes. The synthesis results show the proposed filter is fa stest and in comparison with many state-of-the-arts designs.


Focusing on the question whether the Markan Jesus is viewed as a divine figure or a merely human being, this article surveys the various interpretations of the Christology of the Gospel of Mark from the late nineteenth century to the present date. Three broad periods are detected. The first is characterized by a combination of a low Christology with a high estimation of Mark as history. After the publication of Wrede's Messiasgeheimnis this changes, and for various reasons the majority of scholars view Mark's Jesus as a superhuman being. A new shift takes place around 1970 when the Markan Jesus again is seen as a merely human being. While this still remains the majority position there is far from a consensus in this regard, and present Markan scholarship seems to be more divided than ever before.


Process for separating metal components of catalysts from reaction mixtures obtaining aromatic carbonates, which comprises reacting, in the presence of a catalyst system, an aromatic hydroxy compound with carbon monoxide and oxygen, and optionally , in one or more solvents, to obtain a liquid phase. At least a portion of the liquid phase is subjected to a treatment to obtain a liquid phase treated. The treatment comprises at least (a) heating at a temperature no higher than the average reaction temperature, without passing oxygen therethrough, and (b) adding one or more protic compounds, and (c) passing through the same one or more reducing or inert gases. Solid, metallic, catalyst components are then separated from the liquid phase.


Battery degradation and cell inconsistency challenge the existing state estimation methods, which often ignore the influence of cell inconsistency or suffer from heavy computation complexity. To address the difficulty of state estimation by cell inconsistency and realize joint estimation of the state-of-charge (SOC) and capacity for series-connected battery packs, a novel cell-to-pack state estimation extension method based on a multilayer difference model (MDM) is investigated. The proposed extension method can efficiently realize accurate SOC and capacity estimation for a battery pack based on the existing estimation algorithms for a single cell. Two state-difference estimators for SOC and capacity differences are constructed and realized separately through adaptive extended Kalman filter and recursive least squares algorithm. Considering that time-varying characteristics of states and state differences are different, the MDM estimator runs in multiple timescales. Based on battery pack cycling experiments, the cell-to-cell consistency evolution during aging is revealed. The proposed MDM's accuracy, efficiency, and adaptability are verified through the experiments of a series-connected battery pack under different dynamic conditions. The proposed method also shows adaptability to various battery temperatures and different cell inconsistencies. The maximum SOC root-mean-squared error and capacity average error for battery pack during aging are 2.35% and 3.02%, respectively.


In the universities with studies related to psychology or education, the library must have a test library service for the loan and consultation tests and other materials related to diagnosis and intervention of special features and various problems such as psychological, social or educational.


Nowadays the highest device integration affects the design process in several ways. The process variations (PV) significantly impact the circuit performance. As a consequence, a major consideration is determining the production yield relation to the technology based manufacturing variations. The traditional Monte Carlo based sampling analysis became computationally not practical solution due to the extensive parameter set and computationally demanding transistor models. Hence the overall simulation time increases rapidly. Additionally the higher device integration requires dealing with numerous local and global parameters. Clearly all these factors can bottleneck the efforts of achieving fast design cycle, resulting in dramatic computational cost increase along with the decrease of the transistor size. Statistical analysis can be facilitated by estimating a direct relation of circuit performance factors to the PV parameters. The compact transistor models such as BSIM or PSP use a large number of parameters and equations. However various performance factors can be related to few circuit parameters. For complementary gates we propose new macro model, where all static and dynamic characteristics are related to set of Finite Points. All timing and power related quantities can be predicted by evaluating the model equations. The dynamic characterization relies on charge distribution at each node. The affect of all PV is represented with parameterizing the FP sensitivity to the all variational sources. In overall the new gate model employ same computational structure for different gates and related to traditional BSIM models is in far more simple computational form. This results in more efficient Monte Carlo analysis. Large scale circuit analysis based on the FP models can be used for estimation of various global performance parameters. These circuit measures such as propagation delay for example is evaluated gradually from the circuit input to desired output.


It is the purpose of this paper to investigate suitable chemical compositions of the glasses in the system Na20-PbO-SiO2-Bi203 for the binder glass of the glass bonded fluorphlogopite mica. Softening temperature T, [viscosity approx. 5 x 107 poise] and fluidifying temperature T2 [viscosity approx. 3× 102 poise] of glass were measured by use of a simple method, and B, a value proportional to the activation energy of glass viscosity, was calculated by the equation of viscosity: rp;A exp. (BIT). ln this study the effects of glass composition on Ti, T2, B and undevitrifying property of the glasses in the system .xNE 20・(!-x)PbO・(!-y)SiO2'YBiO3/2 [OSx;:iSO.7, O$ySO.7] were examined. In the cases of high value for x and low value for y, low for t and high for y and high for both of x and y, Na2SiO3, an unknown compoucl and both of cr-PbO2 and PbO were respectively separated as crystals from the glasses. As x' increasecl the change of Ti was srna/l, and T2 and B had a minimum and maximum at O.3'vO.4, O.3一一〇.4, O.2・'一〇.3 and O.2 of x in the case of y = O.!, O.2, O.3 and O.4, respectively・ In the case of x= O, the changes of Ti and T2 were small, and B decreac sed linearly as y increased up to O.3. ln the region above O.5 of y, Ti and T2 attained a constant temperature of 6000e-6!00C, and B increased remarkably. ln the case of x = O.2, O.3 and O.4, T2 and B had a minimum ancl mac ximum at O.3rvO.4, O.3 and O.2 of y, respectively. Since the glasses in the composition range of x = O.1一一〇.4 and y,= OtvO.3 had an undevitrifying property and low values of Ti. and T2, lt is concluded that these glasses are suitable for the binder glass of the glass bonded fiuorphlogopite mica, 1.緒 言 比較的低い融点を有し,化学的に安定なPbO-Sio2系ガラス1)の中で,結晶化しにくく,し かも低融点の組成はPbO・SiO2であった2)。このPbO・SiO2なる組成中のPbOをアルカリ金 属酸化物(Li20, Na20, K,O)2),2価金属酸化物(MgO, ZnO, CdO, CaO)3)などで置換すると,


Purpose – Rising production costs in coastal China have caused the popularity of the "China plus one" strategy, and the hike in oil prices favors near‐shore outsourcing to reduce transportation costs. Taking into consideration supply chain strategy, this paper aims to investigate the impacts of these major business environment changes on manufacturing outsourcing in China.Design/methodology/approach – Considering costs and lead times, a bi‐objective integer programming model is developed to determine optimal supply chain configuration decisions under various business environment scenarios. A case study with a family of footwear products is used to illustrate model application and present detailed analyses.Findings – Impacts of factors could be non‐intuitive. Partial relocation may be better than relocating all manufacturing steps to lower‐cost regions. Coastal China is still attractive for products with short order lead times, because of its formation of industrial clusters and efficient logistics service...


Administration of L-arginine has been shown to control ischemic injury by producing nitric oxide which dilates the vessels and thus maintains proper blood flow to the myocardium. In the present study attempt has been made to determine whether oral administration of L-arginine has any effect on oxidant/antioxidant homeostasis in ischemic myocardial patients [represented by the patients of acute angina (AA) and acute myocardial infarction (MI)]. L-arginine has antioxidant and antiapoptotic properties, decreases endothelin-1 expression and improves endothelial function, thereby controlling oxidative injury caused during myocardial ischemic syndrome. Effect of L-arginine administration on the status of free radical scavenging enzymes, pro-oxidant enzyme and antioxidants viz. total thiols, carbonyl content and plasma ascorbic acid levels in the patients has been evaluated. We have observed that L-arginine administration (three grams per day for 15 days) resulted in increased activity of free radical scavenging enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD) and increase in the levels of total thiols (T-SH) and ascorbic acid with concomitant decrease in lipid per-oxidation, carbonyl content, serum cholesterol and the activity of proxidant enzyme, xanthine oxidase (XO). These findings suggest that the supplementation of L-arginine along with regular therapy may be beneficial to the patients of ischemic myocardial syndromes.


Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology ¦ Volume 35 ¦ Issue 1 ¦ January-March 2017 145 23. Gandhoke I, Aggarwal R, Lal S, Khare S. Seroprevalence and incidence of rubella in and around Delhi (1988-2002). Indian J Med Microbiol 2005;23:164-7. 24. Singla N, Jindal N, Aggarwal A. The seroepidemiology of rubella in Amritsar (Punjab). Indian J Med Microbiol 2004;22:61-3. 25. Yadav S, Gupta S, Kumari S. Seroprevalence of rubella in women of reproductive age. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 1995;38:139-42. 26. Fomda BA, Thokar MA, Farooq U, Sheikh A. Seroprevalence of rubella in pregnant women in Kashmir. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2004;47:435-7. 27. Verghese VP, Friberg IK, Cherian T, Raghupathy P, Balaji V, Lalitha MK, et al. Community effect of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination in India. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009;28:738-40. 28. Panagiotopoulos T, Antoniadou I, Valassi-Adam E. Increase in congenital rubella occurrence after immunisation in Greece: Retrospective survey and systematic review. BMJ 1999;319:1462-7. 29. World Health Organization. Improving Measles Control in India. Available from: http://www.who.int/features/2013/india_measles/en/. [Last cited on 2017 Jan 19]. Access this article online


The utility model relates to a double-sound-path gas flow ultrasonic measurement device. The double-sound-path gas flow ultrasonic measurement device comprises a single-chip microcomputer unit, a time measurement unit, a drive unit, signal conditioning units and two pairs of transducers arranged on a pipeline, one pair of transducers are symmetrically arranged with the axis of the pipeline as the axis of symmetry, the other pair of transducers are arranged on the upstream side and the downstream side of the pipeline respectively, the single-chip microcomputer unit is connected with the drive unit through the time measurement unit, the drive unit is connected with the two pairs of transducers, and three of the transducers are connected with the time measurement unit through the signal conditioning units. The two pairs of transducers are adopted to measure the travel time of ultrasonic waves perpendicular to the flowing direction of gas and the reverse flow travel time and obverse flow travel time of ultrasonic waves, the actual sound speed of ultrasonic waves in gas media is obtained, and finally gas flow is obtained. The influence on the measurement value of gas flow from factors such as temperature, pressure, humidity and components is eliminated, the obtained gas flow value is high in accuracy, and the application range is wide.


A high-performance optical character reader (OCR) capable of reading low-quality stamped alphanumeric characters, on a metal rod, is described in this paper. Reliable and precise recognition is achieved by means of a special scanner and dedicated recognition module. The scanner revolves around the metal rod and detects characters, thus avoiding rotation of the heavy and long rod. Diffused illumination which produces a clear image, a powerful pattern-matching method¿the Multiple Similarity Method (MSM)¿implemented by the recognition module, and the use of adaptive rescan control results in a correct recognition rate of 99.93 percent. One recognition module can process images from up to five different scanners. The processing speed is about 1.5 s/rod. The design and industrial application of the system are discussed.


ment, as well as the polluter pays principle (PPP), market-based approaches to environmental protection, privatization of the commons, free trade, and sustained economic growth. These elements make a plausible if broad package. Sustainable development is the only one explored to any significant extent, however, and the conceptual and practical connections among these diverse elements are for the most part left rather vague. For example, the precautionary principle may well not be incompatible with marketbased approaches (as Bernstein claims), but it also seems quite compatible with a classic environmental regulatory approach. Similarly, the assumed link between the PPP and market-based instruments may seem reasonable, but polluters presumably pay either when they lack marketable permits to go on polluting or when forced to reduce emissions by regulation. To suggest that the various elements of LE are all prevalent ideas in the current milieu is to state the obvious. To say they have prevailed and comprise a coherent, accepted normcomplex is more debatable. This book is more one of theory construction than an exposition of sustainable development or, even less, of other LE elements. Bernstein's sophisticated treatment of theoretical issues comprises almost half the volume. His case for an alternative socioevolutionary model is strong, polished, and insightful. His critique of the epistemic communities model is thoughtful and challenging, although one might question the claim that the evolution of LE constitutes a "most-likely" case for the epistemic communities model. Surely, evidence of scientific influence is more likely to be found behind specific international environmental agreements (such as ozone depletion) than in the adoption of liberal economic principles and in the increasing use of market approaches in environmental governance. On the other hand, if one is assessing the influence of ideas of economists, both dead and alive, then liberal environmentalism would seem a better case to tackle. Bernstein continually dichotomizes market-oriented environmental policies and old-style "command and control"—as do many others. I would suggest that the dichotomy is a false one and the terms misleading. So-called marketbased approaches cannot work without certain political "commands." This book is an important contribution to the development of constructivist thought. Its value still depends in part on the case it makes for the emergence of what it is attempting to explain. Are the ideas Bernstein identifies "norms" in the conventional sense? Are they new? And are they now accepted? Few readers would argue that international economic thinking has not shifted in key ways since the 1970s. Some readers may agree with Bernstein that international actors have implemented sustainable development, that these efforts coalesced into new norms by the early 1990s, and that liberal environmentalism "dominates" state practices. Others will argue that today's ubiquitous references to sustainable development are mostly rhetoric, albeit a changed rhetoric at a new altar; that the actual norms of international environmental behavior have not shifted much; that sustainable development notions have brought no fundamental transition in environmental governance; and that traditional environmental policies are still prevalent in most states. Sustainable development itself remains, as Bernstein notes, an ambiguous concept. Depending on one's spin, it is as easily equated with economic growth (p. 104) as with environmental constraint. Can a concept so given to differing meanings provide a clear norm? At the end of Chapters 2 and 3, he enumerates the elements of LE. To some readers, the items there will sound less like norms than general priorities, or "to-do" notes (e.g., "cooperation to conserve the global resource base," p. 68). There is surprisingly little discussion herein of specific norms of environmental behavior, such as the famous Principle 21 of the Stockholm declaration, a norm that goes back in international law not just to 1972 but at least to the 1930s. Has the norm-complex shifted? While some environmentalists saw liberal economic tenets as incompatible with environmental policies in the 1970s, few governments ever fully accepted this view or allowed environmental concerns to override economic needs. Governmental policies before and after Stockholm were arguably more often aimed at ensuring that the pursuit of environmental objectives did not undermine economic growth than that economic growth did not damage the environment. Their rhetoric aside, governments have for decades made compromises to fit environmental protection into a liberal economic system with growth promotion as its top priority. What then has changed, if not the norms? Most clearly, Western governments in the late twentieth century became more forthright in articulating the liberal economic principles underlying their policies, principles to which they had long subscribed. Bernstein himself admits that sustainable development remains problematic and that LE has not led to significant environmental action. He nevertheless maintains it is a "powerful normative underpinning" for environmental governance (p. 111). It is not obvious where one should look for strong evidence of LE in action. Bernstein notes that areas where concerns about the common environment conflict with state sovereignty pose a particularly difficult challenge to LE, and have not proven amenable to new governance regimes. In response, it could be argued that important international environmental issues where there is no such conflict would not seem particularly numerous. As noted, this book is focused primarily on theory development. Empirical evidence and substantiation sometimes seem sketchy. To take just one example, Bernstein claims (on the basis of one interview) that scientific studies on acid rain led Sweden to suggest the 1972 Stockholm conference. In fact, the formal Swedish proposal to the United Nations (in 1967) predated by a year the first scientific article on acid rain in Sweden. Bernstein asserts that the Kyoto Protocol is a good example of LE. In fact, while the Protocol features a number of market-like mechanisms, these are arguably not its "emphasis." They are ancillary, cost-cutting aspects of an accord, the core of which is simple percentage emissions reductions. In other words, market approaches are more the frosting on Kyoto's old-fashioned regulatory cake than the cake itself. The Bush administration's rejection of Kyoto relates, to be sure, not to the frosting but to the cake. The Compromise of Liberal Environmentalism is an ambitious book, tackled with style and commitment. To his considerable credit, Steven Bernstein takes on broad and important issues and advances provocative arguments. To question his conclusion that liberal environmentalism has triumphed is not to dismiss his theoretical arguments. This is a book that many should and will want to read, both for its assessment of environmentalism internationally and for its original contribution to constructivist theory.


The nature of cutaneous autoimmune diseases is still unclear, and at present no specific or effective drug has been found for their treatment. Intedeukin-17 (IL-17) belongs to IL-17 pro-inflammatory cytokine family and is secrete, d by Th17 cells. It plays an important role in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and is expected to bring a breakthrough in the research of skin autoimmune diseases. Further studies on the role of IL-17 in autoimmune diseases will favor the understanding about their pathogenesis, as well as the search for new treatment targets and approaches to these diseases.

Key words:
Interleukin-17;  Skin diseases;  Psoriasis


OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study is to study the biological effects of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP2) on human periodontal ligament fibroblasts (HPDLFs).

METHODS
Human periodontal ligament fibroblasts were primary cultured and detected the different doses of rhBMP2 on their proliferation, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, osteocalcin (OC) synthesis and formation of the mineralized nodules.

RESULTS
rhBMP2 (0.25-2 mg/ml) had no remarkable effect on the proliferation of HPDLFs. The ALP activity, OC synthesis and formation of the mineralized nodules of HPDLFs were significantly stimulated by 0.5-2 mg/ml rhBMP2.

CONCLUSION
The effects of rhBMP2 on HPDLFs are dose-dependent. Not only can rhBMP2 stimulate the expression but also promote the maturation of osteoblastic phenotype of HPDLFs.


After the discovery of radiation from Galactic Hydrogen gas clouds in 1951, the 21cm wavelength HI line had become the best marker to study spectral profiles in radio astronomy. It has been utilized as an important tracer for the distribution and velocity of molecular gas clouds in the Interstellar that has helped enormously in the understanding of galactic structure. ICT based astronomy and astrophysics tools have been developed for decades for undergraduate level use including radio telescopes controllable over the Internet at minimal cost. These radio telescopes can effectively be used to study galactic structure and dynamics. This paper presents an observation to study galaxy dynamics and map its spiral structure which was carried out between galactic coordinate longitudes 6° to 225° and latitudes 0° to 35° with two low cost 2.3 meters Haystack model type radio frequency receiving systems called SALSA radio telescopes at Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden which is maintained by Chalmers University of Technology. Components of the velocity of Hydrogen gas clouds were calculated using different galactic longitudes and latitudes as a function of galactic distance from the center to plot spiral galactic arms and rotation curves. This radio observational experiment was done by remote operation over the Internet in frequency switching mode. Our project aims to prove the quality and importance of this type of ICT based tools for astronomical education and citizen science.


There is no notification of sexual transmitted disease in Zimbabwe
so that we are unaware of the true prevalence. However the College of General Practice of Zimbabwe conducted a morbidity survey in which appeared that about twenty five percent of adult black patients seen by general practitioners were suffering from sexually transmitted disease.


Cervical cancer screening is as important in female‐to‐male transgender (FTMT) patients as it is in cisgender female patients. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of clinical information regarding gender identity and testosterone therapy on the cytological interpretations.


Abstract The present study has been designed and formulated to find out if type of family has any significant impact on social and emotional maturity of senior school adolescents of Pantnagar and to derive relationship between social and emotional maturity. 277 adolescents studying in class XI were taken randomly for the study. Self-designed socio-demographic questionnaire was used to study the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents of the present study. Social maturity and Emotional maturity of the respondents were assessed through Rao's Social Maturity Scale and Emotional Maturity Scale, respectively. Results revealed that respondents from joint family were more personally, interpersonally and socially adequate and thus, socially mature than those from nuclear family. Similarly, they were significantly higher on emotional stability, emotional progression, social adjustment, personality integration and independence component of emotional maturity than those from nuclear family. Social maturity and emotional maturity was found to be significantly positively correlated across type of family.


Nutrient management involving use of chemical fertilizers combined with organic manures and biofertilizers in balanced proportion may be helpful to increase the productivity of vegetable crops. This strategy of Integrated Plant Nutrient System (IPNS) is very important in recent days considering the harmful effects of indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers. Most of the vegetable crops are annual, short duration in nature and heavy feeder of plant nutrients. Among the major plant nutrients, nitrogen is mobile both in soil and within the plant. Inorganic nitrogenous fertilizers are commonly used by most of the farmers because of the quick availability of nitrogen by the plants. Biofertilizers are different types of beneficial microorganisms which have the ability to mobilize nutrient elements from nonusable to usable form. Azotobacter is a free living, aerobic nitrogen fixing bacteria and its application save the considerable amount of inorganic nitrogenous fertilizers required by the crops. Beneficial role of Azotobacter towards higher vegetable and seed yield of cabbage was reported by Verma et al. (1997).In view of the facts discussed earlier, the present investigation was undertaken to study the influence of nitrogen and biofertilizer on growth and yield of cabbage. The experiment was conducted at Horticulture Research Station, Mondouri of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal between October, 2008 and February, 2009. Cabbage variety Golden Acre was used for the study. Individual plot size was 4.2 m x 3.6 m where four weeks old cabbage seedlings were transplanted at the spacing of 60 cm x 60 cm. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with three replications. The treatments comprised of four levels of nitrogen viz. 0, 60, 80 and 100 kg/ha along with two levels of biofertilizer i.e. with or without Azotobacter. In all of the treatments, half of the nitrogen was applied as basal and remaining quantities were top dressed in two splits viz. third and six weeks after transplanting. Before transplanting cabbage seedlings were inoculated by dipping them in the slurry of Azotobacter for 20 minutes. Inoculated seedlings were transplanted into the field


Photoluminescence spectra of water−surfactant dispersions of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) show large shifts of interband transition energies upon freezing and cooling the dispersions to 16 K. This is accompanied by an increase of the emission intensities up to ∼10 times in the presence of poly(vinylpyrrolidone). The shifts develop mainly in the temperature interval of ∼100−240 K and are reversible by cycling the temperature. Two groups of nanotubes classified by the value of (n-m) mod 3, where n,m are structure indices, demonstrate opposite shifts, the largest ones from nanotubes with small chiral angles. The experimental data agree well with calculations of Yang et al. [Phys. Rev. B 1999, 60, 13874] for SWNTs under axial compression and indicate that large stresses of up to ∼5 GPa are generated in individual nanotubes by thermal contraction of the ice matrix.