Specific types of dysfunctional work behaviours form an identifiable pattern that can be uncovered through a needs analysis and addressed by a multi‐dimensional, five‐step developmental effort. Includes a framework for these behaviours, an outline development intervention, a case study and recommendations for further action.


EGGERT, DONALD A. (Yale U., New Haven, Conn.) Studies of Paleozoic ferns: Tubicaulis stewartii sp. nov. and evolutionary trends in the genus. Amer. Jour. Bot. 46(8): 594-602. Illus. 1959.-Tubicaulis stewartii, a new species of the order Coenopteridales is described. The specimen was derived from the Upper Pennsylvanian of Berryville, Illinois, and is characterized by having a lacunar middle cortex, a well-developed integumentary system bearing uniseriate hairs, and xylem parenchyma organized into vertically anastomosing strands. In addition, multiseriate (somewhat transitional to reticulate) bordered pitting is present in the petiolar metaxylem elements, while those of the stem stele are multiseriate scalariform. The habit is intermediate between that of a form such as Osmunda and a tree fern, having an upright tapering stem which gives off prominently decurrent petioles in a 2/5 divergence. A reinvestigation of the type specimen of the most closely allied species, T. multiscalariformis, of Upper-Middle Pennsylvanian age, has shown that it has similar features in the cortex, metaxylem, and integumentary layers. Tubicaulis multiscalariformis and T. stewartii form a distinct group in the 6 species now known, whose evolution has most likely involved the retention of a more primitive form of pitting (multiseriate scalariform) with parenchymatization of the xylem. The remaining species of the genus have not developed xylem parenchyma but have developed circular bordered pitting. The relationships of the genus to other genera in the Coenopteridales remain obscure. THE ORDER Coenopteridales is composed of Paleozoic fern-like plants not referable to modern families. These poorly understood plants make up a highly artificial group showing definitely fernlike features, but generally differing from extant ferns in frond symmetry, type of stele, petiole trace symmetry, and in sporangial morphology and position. Supposed relationships in the order are based almost entirely upon anatomical characteristics of stem and petiole parts, for in most instances neither the fructification nor the complete frond is known. Relatively small anatomical differences have been emphasized in the separation of the families and genera. This is in contrast to the classification of living ferns where sporangial morphology is the most important single taxonomic feature. The Coenopteridales possess many recognizably primitive features, such as protostelic vascular systems and sporangia borne on stems, as well as more advanced characters, such as medullated steles and synangiate fructifications. Classification of the group is largely a matter of convenience and expediency, in most instances, although there are some genera, such as Botryopteris, that appear to be roughly equivalent to genera as they are defined in living forms. One of the most recent taxonomic treatments is the admittedly artificial one of Morgan and Delevoryas (1954), in 'Received for publication February 20, 1959. The author wishes to thank Dr. T. Delevoryas, Dept. of Botany, Yale University, for his advice, constructive criticism, and encouragement during the course of the present investigation. His aid in preparing the photographs also is gratefully acknowledged. The species was named in honor of the collector of the type specimen, Dr. W. N. Stewart, Dept. of Botany, University of Illinois, who donated the specimen to our laboratory for study. which 4 families are delimited: the Stauropteridaceae, Botryopteridaceae, Zygopteridaceae, and the Anachoropteridaceae. The present paper deals with the genus Tubicaulis, placed in the family Anachoropteridaceae by the above authors. Discovery of the new species described in this paper has led to a reinvestigation of the type material of the allied species, T. multiscalariformis (Delevoryas and Morgan, 1952). Features have been found in that species which closely ally it to the newly described one, although the 2 are distinct. DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW SPECIMEN.-The specimen is Upper Pennsylvanian in age and was found in a coal ball from Lawrence County, near Berryville, Illinois. It consisted of 2 pieces of stem, each having attached petioles. One piece includes apical portions of the plant while the other includes more basal parts. The 2 pieces in all likelihood are from the same individual. A general scheme of the orientation, and relative size of the 2 specimens is shown in fig. 1. The preservation of the new specimen is the most nearly perfect yet reported for the genus, so that one can determine details of structure seemingly lost in previously described forms. General features.-The species apparently had an upright habit with elongate tapering stems and closely appressed, relatively large petioles. The habit may be considered as intermediate between the condition in Osmunda, in which closely spaced nodes are present, and that in tree ferns, where variously spaced leaves arise from an upright stem. Stem.-Because of the attached petiole bases, the stem has a lobed appearance (fig. 2) and is variable in diameter. Apically, the stem appears somewhat elliptical in outline when viewed in cross section (fig. 5), but sections made at lower levels are more


A potent inhibitor of cell development derived from the Indian Ocean Dolabella sea hare known as "dolastatin 10", pharmaceutical preparations containing it, and a method of treating a host with a neoplastic condition with these drugs. preparations.


Recently issued final regulations under sections 367(b) and 1248 clarify the amount of earnings and profits taken into account by some U.S. shareholders upon an otherwise tax-free inbound exchange of the stock or assets of the parent of a tiered group of controlled foreign corporations. This article explains the rationale underlying the clarification, which was not articulated in its issuance, and endorses it from both technical and policy perspectives.


The results of spectrometric investigations of chromophores in biologically active zones areas irradiated through "UFS-1" optical filter is considered. It has been revealed that in those zones optical absorption and re-radiation effects are clearly manifested, each biologically active zone having its unique stimulated luminescence spectrum that differs from stimulated luminescence spectrum of neutral zones. Reflection from the biologically active zones of the stimulating radiation within the registered optical wavelengths range, 380–410 nm, has not been detected. The stimulated luminescence in those zones is observed in the range 420–460 nm, that, supposedly, might be attributed to collagen and elastin chromophores showing absorption in the range 300–340 nm. It has been found melanin chromophore spectra with maximum absorption at 350–500 nm and fluorescence at 460–615 nm. The neutral zones located far from biologically active zones ensure only reflection in the wavelength range of stimulating radiation; chromophores for them have not been detected within the optical spectrum.


Recent extensive traffic analyses carried out over different network technologies have shown network traffic in its "monofractal" or "multifractal" nature as well as in its impact on network performance. Based on the results of these "monofractal" and "multifractal" traffic studies we introduce a new traffic parameter, capable of simultaneously expressing both "monofractal" and "multifractal" characteristics. This traffic characterization parameter is used for the design of more accurate effective bandwidth estimation approaches. In order to achieve a general and good methodology for effective bandwidth estimation for given traffic when the QoS requirements is take into account, we propose a broader optimization procedure. For the validation of the proposed effective bandwidth estimation approach, we intensely performed tests using real traffic traces and simulations. The obtained analytical and experimental results clearly indicate that the proposed bandwidth estimation approach for fractal traffic processes satisfies the QoS requirements for all analyzed traffic traces.


A novel quasi-Z-source inverter with Coupled Inductor technique is proposed in this paper. The boost ability of the proposed topology is enhanced compared to classic Z-source/quasi-Z-source topologies. The proposed topology provides a common mode ground with dc source, continuous input current, reduced voltage and current stress on active and passive components. Better energy utilization and suppressed inrush current are achieved by employing coupled inductor cells. Analytical and simulation results are presented to explore the advantages of the proposed design.


This paper proposes a new zero-knowledge proof protocol of identification which combines the characteristics of the ECC and zero-knowledge proof.The proposed protocol has more advantages in the aspect of the quantity of computing and traffic.


The DNA templates of P. merrilliana, which is a rare and endangered plant, extracted from young leaves were amplifed in RAPD, using CTAB method. Based on the effect of concentration of Mg2+?dNTP?TaqG?DNA templates on experimental results, the optimal experiment conditions are as follows: 25μl system containing 2.0-25mmol/L Mg2+,50-150ng template, 200-250mmol/L dNTP, 1.5-2.0 Units TaqDNA polymerase. A high reproducibility was obtained with the optimal experiment conditions.


The systems analysis of notions is carried out «competency» and «competence», component
composition of competence and their function is substantiated


ZnO/TiO2 photocatalysts were synthesised via wet-chemical techniques. These can subsequently be used as efficient photocatalysts which can effectively degrade organic contaminants. Photocatalysts prepared with these techniques were characterised with X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer, UV-visible spectroscopy and photo luminescence. XRD confirmed the formation of ZnO/TiO2 nanoparticle. UV-visible spectroscopy showed significant difference in the optical absorption. Enhancement in optical absorption of ZnO/TiO2 indicated that it can be used as an efficient photocatalyst under UV irradiation. The photo-reduction activities of photocatalysts were evaluated using methyl orange as organic contaminant. The experiment demonstrated that the photo-degradation value of ZnO/TiO2 was significantly higher than that of ZnO.


The direct adaptive fuzzy-logic controller developed by Wang (1993) is compared with an equivalent pure adaptive controller which is proposed in this paper. Both controllers are tested on a nonlinear model of a single-link robot-arm. The adaptive controller requires less computational burden while it has equal or faster response than the fuzzy logic controller.


Licence Creative Commom Abstract: Violence among football fans is a public safety issue in Brazil. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the debate relating it to alcohol consumption. A qualitative-quantitative research approach was adopted. Data were obtained through document analysis, semi-structured interviews, observations, and the AUDIT test. Two groups of ten male fans over 18 years of age participated as volunteers. Public safety statistics indicate that police incidents decreased after the ban on alcohol sales and consumption in Brazilian stadiums. Alcohol and other (illegal) drugs are mostly consumed outside the stadiums by violent fans. According to the AUDIT protocol, 50% of fans presented high-risk consumption while 10% were likely to be dependent. Therefore, alcohol consumption can be an important trigger for violence in football and deserves attention and proper public policies.


As a result of investigations we established the dynamics of changes in a phagocytic activity of neutrophilic granulocytes depending on a postnatal life period of calves. The activation of phagocytosis is observed during the whole period of investigation (from birth till a month age). However, it is necessary to note the unauthentic raise of this process after the cessation of colostrums feeding by the 14-th day. The given period can be characterized as a repose one, then by the 30-th day it was a period of a further phagocytosis activation, and consequently an impressment coefficient of pharmasan-positive cells increased. This circumstance proves the immunity formation of calves depending on their age.


With excellent response characteristics,high detection sensitivity and low operational cost,differen- tial optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) is a powerful tool to trace concentration variation of trace HCHO. The accurate measurement of HCHO is achieved through improving the ratio of signal to noise and correcting the background scattering light,and the retrieving method of HCHO is developed including the selection of retrieval wavelength,the removing of interfering structures,steps of data processing and the spectrum dealing with nonlinear method.The HCHO concentration retrieved in different wavebands are compared.As a result the band from 314 nm to 332 nm is most suitable for the retrieval of HCHO.


In deep-sea operation environments,using automatic flange connection tool(FCT) to finish oil pipeline flange connections can effectively improve the efficiency of pipeline laying and maintenance.In this paper,pipeline flange connection processes were analyzed,and the overall design of FCT was put forward.At the same time,the three-dimensional structure design of nut magazine and stretching tool magazine were completed.Kinematics simulation was performed on nut leading-into mechanism of the nut magazine by ADAMS simulation software.The results verify the feasibility of its structure scheme.Frictional resistance in working process of the nut leading-into mechanism and connection bolt pretightening force needed were analyzed,which provides a theoretical basis for the hydraulic system design of FCT.The pipeline flange onshore connection test verifies the rationality of the design for FCT.


Epigallocatechin 3-gallate (EGCG), one of the major catechins of tea, was isolated from the decaffeinated, crude methanolic extract of Indian green tea (Camellia sinensis L. O. Kuntze) using chromatographic techniques. EGCG was then screened for antidiarrhoeal activity against 30 strains (clinical isolates) of V. cholerae, which is a well known Gram negative bacillus functioning as the pathogen of cholera. V. cholerae strains like V. cholerae 69, 71, 83, 214, 978, 1021, 1315, 1347, 1348, 569B and ATCC 14033 were inhibited by EGCG at a concentration of whereas V. cholerae 10, 522, 976 were even more sensitive, being inhibited at level. However, V. cholerae DN 16, DN 26, 30, 42, 56, 58, 113, 117, 564, 593, 972 and ATCC 14035 were inhibited at level of EGCG. Only four strains were inhibited at . In this study the isolated compound was found to be bacteriostatic in its mechanism of action. In the in vivo experiment using the rabbit ileal loop model two different dosages of EGCG ( and ) were able to protect the animals when they were challenged with V. cholerae 569B in the ileum.


HKH40A (RTA 502), or 5‐nitro‐2‐(3‐{4‐[3‐(8‐methoxy‐6‐oxo‐6H‐2,10b‐diaza‐aceanthrylen‐5‐ylamino)propyl]piperazin‐1‐yl}‐propyl)‐2‐aza‐phenalene‐1,3‐dione, has been shown to be a potent cell growth inhibitor. To investigate HKH40A actions, we focused on exploring the signal transduction pathways that are involved in its cell growth inhibitory mechanisms. We found that HKH40A activated ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) kinase, which then triggered activation of the Chk1/2 signaling pathway, evidenced by Chk1/2 mediated inhibitory phosphorylation of Cdc25C protein phosphatase. This resulted in Cdk1 tyrosine phosphorylation at Tyr‐15, leading to cell cycle block at G2/M phase. HKH40A also activated the c‐Jun N‐terminal kinase (JNK) pathway, most likely regulated by ATM kinase, since pre‐treatment of Hep3B cells with ATM inhibitor KU‐55933 or ATM siRNA transfection antagonized HKH40A‐induced c‐Jun phosphorylation. HKH40A‐induced apoptosis was probably mediated by JNK–H2A.X interaction, since phospho‐c‐Jun and phospho‐H2A.X were able to co‐localize in the nucleus and to co‐immuno‐precipitate. Furthermore, inhibition of JNK kinase activity by JNK inhibitor SP600125 abolished both HKH40A‐induced H2A.X phosphorylation and apoptosis. Our data support the hypothesis that binding of HKH40A to cellular DNA likely activates ATM kinase, which then induces parallel Chk 1/2 and JNK signaling pathways, leading to G2/M cell cycle block and apoptosis. J. Cell. Physiol. 221: 213–220, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc


Consideration of the biological and ecological needs of natural enemies is critical for the success of any biological control effort. Much progress has been made in the last several decades in elucidating the phylogeny of the Hymenoptera. A number of additions to our knowledge of the life histories and specializations of many groups also have been made. The general outlines of the evolution of parasitism within the order and within some superfamilies are becoming clearer. Nevertheless, we are still a long way from being able to even generalize about the biological habits of many of the component lineages within several superfamilies (Ceraphronoidea, Proctotrupoidea, Chalcidoidea), let alone to hypothesize about their evolutionary trends. Hymenoptera encompasses a vast array of biological life-styles, including two truly remarkable diversifications within the insects: the largest development of eusocial taxa among the animals and the greatest elaboration of parasitic behavior among the insects. The order will continue to provide the material for rewarding comparative research for many years to come.


This paper addresses the challenging problem of automatically evaluating output from machine translation (MT) systems in order to support the developers of these systems. Conventional approaches to the problem include methods that automatically assign a rank such as A, B, C, or D to MT output according to a single edit distance between this output and a correct translation example. The single edit distance can be differently designed, but changing its design makes assigning a certain rank more accurate, but another rank less accurate. This inhibits improving accuracy of rank assignment. To overcome this obstacle, this paper proposes an automatic ranking method that, by using multiple edit distances, encodes machine-translated sentences with a rank assigned by humans into multi-dimensional vectors from which a classifier of ranks is learned in the form of a decision tree (DT). The proposed method assigns a rank to MT output through the learned DT. The proposed method is evaluated using transcribed texts of real conversations in the travel arrangement domain. Experimental results show that the proposed method is more accurate than the single-edit-distance-based ranking methods, in both closed and open tests. Moreover, the proposed method could estimate MT quality within 3% error in some cases.


Distribution packaging design often relies on cushion curves to determine required material thickness needed for product protection during shipment. The material thickness chosen based on cushion curves establishes overall package size, a key determiner of logistics costs. Cushion curves are constructed by dropping a mass onto a cushion, and interpreting the resulting shock pulse deceleration. The reported deceleration can be highly influenced by applying a "filter" to the shock pulse, a useful standard practice that removes unwanted high frequency elements superimposed on top of the basic shock pulse shape. Standard test methods for generating cushion curves generally do not require reporting what filter was used, or whether the filter influenced the resulting cushion curve information. This paper demonstrates quantitatively how shock pulse filtering influences cushion curves and cushion thickness, which in turn affects logistics costs.


The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) Nonintrusive [Cargo] Inspection Technology Testbed, located in the port of Tacoma, Washington, began operation on 21 May 1993. The testbed is a part of the Department of Defense Counterdrug Research and Development Program. It is used to evaluate the ability of existing inspection technologies, as well as new technologies and prototype systems, to detect contraband, primarily drugs, hidden in large intermodal cargo containers and vehicles without the need to open them or manually remove the cargo. Currently, a dual-image, high-energy radiographic imaging system and an advanced information processing and display system are being evaluated at the testbed. Work is under way to install and begin testing of a pulsed fast neutron analysis cargo inspection system in early 1995. The testbed can also accommodate other sensors such as particle/vapor detection systems. The testbed was designed, constructed, and is now operated for ARPA by Analytical Systems Engineering Corporation. This paper provides a brief overview of the testbed, the high-energy radiographic imaging system, the information processing and display system, and the test program.


One of the prominent forms of the author's self-identification in Gubanov's poetry(the leader of the Russian undeground poetry of the second half of the 20th century) is a dialogue with the Russian history. The impossibility to identify himself within contemporary reality makes him project himself on the Russian historical background. The conceptual points of the author's self-identification are: Ancient Russia,the epoch of Ivan the Teriible and oprichnina,Peter the Great's reforms and Strelets' riot, Stalinism and the others. Russian background functions as a system of the author's self-idantification, the temporal marker of this or that epoch, and as a mechanism of stylistic means of expression. Moreover, it creates a certain cultural and historical view of the world in the author's mind.


The relationships between hydration rate, hydration extent, hydration product of the fly ash adopted in the Three Gorges Project and its replaced amount in the concretet are studied by means of selective solution method, wet chemical analysis, X ray diffraction and Thermal gravity method. The cement to be used is a kind of medium heat Portland cement. The result shows that the hydration extent reduces as the amount of fly ash increases, but the amount of the hydration product will increase. In the process of hydration, CaO, MgO and Fe 2O 3 in fly ash enter the hydration products more quickly than SiO 2 and Al 2O 3. But the amounts of SiO 3 and Al 2O 3 entering the products are much more than CaO, MgO and Fe 2O 3, since their contents in the cement fly ash system are great. It is noticed that the amount of SiO 2 entering the hydration products increases steadily. The amount of Ca(OH) 2 will decrease 1/3 if the amount of fly ash increases by 10%. It is suggested that, the replaced amount of fly ash must not exceed the limit of 50%, to prevent from the happening o fpoor lime phenomena.


Carbon coils could be synthesized on nickel catalyst layer-deposited silicon oxide substrate using C 2 H 2 and H 2 as source gases and SF 6 as an additive gas under thermal chemical vapor deposition system. The geometries of as-grown carbon materials were investigated with increasing the reaction temperature as the increment of 25oC from 650oC up to 800oC. At 650oC, the embryos for carbon coils were formed. With increasing the reaction temperature to 700oC, the coil type geometries were developed. Further increasing the reaction temperature to 775oC, the development of wave-like nano-sized coils, instead of nano-sized coils, and occasional appearance of micro-sized carbon coils could be observed. Fluorine in SF 6 additive may shrink the micro-sized coil diameter via the reduction of Ni catalyst size by fluorine's etching role. Finally, the preparation of the micro-sized carbon coils having the smaller coil diameters, compared with the previously reported ones, could be possible using SF 6 additive.


Objective: To describe two new species of the genus Golofa. Scope: To expand the list of species of the tribe Dynastini for Colombia. Methodology: We reviewed the specimens of the genus Golofa deposited in the Colección Familia Pardo-Locarno CFPL-COL, establishing differences between the species already identified and the specimens type used for the description of the two new species reviewed in this manuscript. Main results: We described two new species of Golofa Hope, 1837, showing photographic records with diagnostic value. The number of species for Colombia is increased to nine, thus, the synopsis of species is formed as follows: Golofa aegeon Drury, 1773, Golofa antiqua Arrow, 1911, Golofa claviger Linnaeus, 1771, Golofa eacus Burmeister, 1847, Golofa paradoxa Dechambre, 1975, Golofa pelagon Burmeister, 1847, Golofa porteri Hope, 1837, Golofa farallonensis n. sp. Pardo-Locarno & Villalobos-Moreno y Golofa veliae n. sp. Pardo-Locarno & Villalobos-Moreno. Conclusions: These records ratify the Tropandean distribution of the group, evidencing the little biological and biogeographic knowledge of this group in Colombia. The results indicate a great diversity of the genus in the country, so that, the study of species distribution is recommended.


We used a social network analysis to examine a theoretical model exploring why and under what circumstances the perpetrators' ostracizing behaviors are accurately perceived by the target employees,...


The recently introduced iLTS -D® combines the characteristics of laryngeal tube suction-D with the added possibility of secondary tracheal intubation. The manufacturer has provided a method to insert the novel device, iLTS-D. With 45-patients worth of experience, two manoeuvres, i.e. Mandheeral 1 and Mandheeral 2, are recommended for smooth insertion of the device, and ventilation through the device. These were head extension and 'up-to-one-inch-out manoeuvres'. These two manoeuvres were required in all patients.


Olive oil has always been an important grocery in the daily nutrition of the mediterranean population. Today olive oil has become a synonym of healthy eating habits and a modern living. Olive oil is a good source of polyphenolic components, which take an important role in the preventive and therapeutic function of this food affecting human health. The purpose of this diploma thesis is to evaluate the quality of Croatian olive oils regarding the proportion of polyphenol and to determine their antioxidant activity. The total content of polyphenols in the analyzed olive oils was determined by spectrophotometric method using Folin-Ciocalteu reagent, while the antioxidant activity was estimated by the ABTS test. The results of the research point to the exceptional quality of Croatian olive oils and that the analyzed olive oils can be considered as a good source of polyphenolic components while the antioxidant activity of the examined olive oils complies with the content of these biologically active constituents.


The art and science of folding intricate three-dimensional structures out of paper has occupied artists, designers, engineers, and mathematicians for decades, culminating in the design of deployable structures and mechanical metamaterials. Here we investigate the axial compressibility of origami cylinders, i.e., cylindrical structures folded from rectangular sheets of paper. We prove, using geometric arguments, that a general fold pattern only allows for a finite number of \emph{isometric} cylindrical embeddings. Therefore, compressibility of such structures requires either stretching the material or deforming the folds. Our result considerably restricts the space of constructions that must be searched when designing new types of origami-based rigid-foldable deployable structures and metamaterials.


Abstract Examining the process of becoming from an existential perspective, we describe the existence of the self in non‐biological terms as a product of its own intentionality. In this context, there is no need to postulate a growth hypothesis in order to (1) to describe a person as a process of becoming, and (2) to explain self‐actualization. While the process of becoming is a static process, self‐actualization is a dynamic process. In the first case, the self deterministically and naively merely becomes. In the second, case, the process results from becoming the object of personal choices, whereby we become authentic. While the self is "a being in the process of mere becoming," self‐actualization is "a being in the process of authentic becoming." In this view, humanistic psychotherapy aims at making the self's mere becoming an authentic process. Existential crisis, in particular confrontation with death, is often the transformational medium.


A first mass flow of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry is transported along a substantially horizontal path wherein the articles are moved sideways, and a second mass flow of articles is transported along an upwardly or downwardly sloping path which makes with the horizontal path an acute angle and merges into the horizontal path at a junction zone wherein the flow of articles is controlled by a pivotable gate. The gate has a blocking surface which intercepts the articles of the mass flow in the first or second path when the gate is moved to a first position, and at least one guide surface which controls the flow of articles in the first or second mass flow during advancement through the junction zone in the first position of the gate. The gate can be pivoted by a second position in which its blocking surface does not interfere with advancement of articles of both mass flows into, through and beyond the junction zone. The gate can be provided with a second guide surface which defines with the blocking surface and an adjacent wall a first-in last-out reservoir for surplus articles in the second position of the gate.


Twenty years ago Horowitz (io) published the results of a study of the development of anti-Negro prejudice in children using a "faces" test, which he devised for the purpose. The Horowitz Faces Test consists of a cardboard about 12 inches square on which are the faces of i2 boys, eight Negroes and four whites. The ages probably range from about 5 years to about 12 years. Each face is identified by a letter from A to L. The subjects are required to perform two tasks: (I) rank all the faces for preference; (2) respond to 12 sociometric questions, such as "Show me all those you want to be in your class at school," "Show me all those you like," and "Show me all those you want to sit next to in the movies." The score on the first task, the Ranks, is the sum of the rankings of the four white boys. The possible range is from io (the four white boys preferred) to 42 (the four white boys least preferred.) On the second task, the Show Me, the score is the percentage of white boys of all those selected. The original Horowitz study has never been replicated, and in fact, the present writer knows of only three researches in which the test has been used. Nonetheless, Horowitz based certain important conclusions on his work and a survey of the literature since 1935 indicates that these conclusions have been widely accepted by social scientists.2 Briefly, the conclusions


A system comprising a magnetic actuator, a current transformer and operational electronics in a dual-coil circuit breaker. The system includes an inline, but non concentric, implementation of the primary and secondary coils to maintain a narrow width suitable for retrofitting in standard industrial rack mounted enclosures. The system further comprises an I-shaped lamination stack that is designed to abut on the ends of an upper and lower plate of the current transformer. The I-shaped lamination stack significantly increases the overlap between the lamination and the upper and lower plates, which results in lower magnetic reluctance and improves magnetic coupling.


A scheme of combining switching surfaces for non-linear systems was proposed. The states always lie on the switching surfaces while they are approaching zero states for using combining switching surfaces. Moreover, a fuzzy control is added to equivalent control in order to reduce the disturbance and eliminate the chattering. The scheme ensures the states always lie on the switching surfaces and makes the systems are strong global robustness. The results of simulation show it is effective.


* Opole University of Technology, Poland. Address for correspondence: firstname.lastname@example.com. © The Author(s) 2018. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Demand and Income Effect of Internal Educational Migration in Academic Centres – the Case of Opole Diana Rokita-Poskart*


Field experiments were conducted during the cropping seasons of 2003 and 2009 on the Teaching and Research Farm of the Department of Crop production and Horticulture Federal University of Technology, Yola to evaluate the growth potentials of three cultivars of roselle (Hibiscus sabdarriffa L) (using two plant population densities of 60cmx30cm and 80cmx40cm. The experiment design was a Randomized Complete Block Design replicated four times. Parameters such as plant height at 3,5,7, plant height at harvests and number of leaves at 3,5,and 7 weeks after sowing were taken. The parameters measured at required height showed significant differences between cultivars and spacing. Plants with the tallest height of 58.75cm were observed from cultivars 3 (Pink) at a spacing of 80cmx40cm in 2008 cropping season, while in 2009 cropping season, the tallest plant of 21.75cm were recorded from pink cultivar at a spacing of 80cmx40cm. There was significant interaction at P=0.05 for plant height, number of leaves/plants at 3,5, and 7 weeks after sowing. There was also significant interaction between cultivars and spacing at P=0.05 for plant height and other parameters measured at 3, 5,and 7weeks after sowing. Due to high performance of cultivar (3) at a spacing of 80x40cm it is recommended that cultivar 3 which is pink and spacing of 80x40cm in 2008 and 2009 cropping season be adopted in Yola and its environs for growth parameter of roselle


Purpose: The secondary data analysis of the preliminary study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) by AMOS 6.0 with the original 30-item spiritual distress scale involving the relationships of cancer patients with themselves, others, God, and their feelings toward death. Method: The process of developing the original 30-item spiritual distress scale was published in the International Journal of Palliative Nursing (Ku, Kuo, & Yao, 2010), including the study population, data collection and measurement, and ethical considerations. Findings: The findings identified that a condensed spiritual distress scale consisting 11 items were resulted in normally distributed. In addition, the scale was a best fit on the basis of the preliminary criteria. The reliability of individual item reliability among the four factors in the relationship with themselves, others, God, and their feelings towards death was above .5. The composite reliabilities were over .6, providing a good convergent validity, and the structure coefficient for all 11-item in the spiritual distress scale was over .4. On the basis of the assessment of the preliminary fit criteria, overall model fit, and fit of the internal structure of the model. Conclusion: hence the 11-item condensed spiritual distress scale is a validated and supported model for cancer patients. The condensing the original length of the spiritual distress scale will make it more practical to apply in cancer settings.


The order Mysida is a group of about 1000 species belonging to the Peracarid Crustaceans. The taxonomy of this taxon is relatively well-studied although a structured global overview is lacking. literature information and collection data through a webbased database system offers possibilities to comprehend biogeographical and m orphological patterns within the order. from to m orphological patterns may help to understand relations within the whole order. Bringing all the biogeographical records together on maps clearly enlarges but also involved the can from the work Taxonomy can only survive when taking the digital


Many migratory species are facing increasing environmental and anthropogenic pressures. Important migration pathways and resting sites are gradually lost due to habitat degradation and transformation leading to reduced survival and poor reproductive success. Observations of dramatic declines in population size across taxa in conjunction with the unique challenges faced by migratory species, such as non-stationary habitat requirements, have prompted the parties of the UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) to pledge to identify, monitor, restore and conserve habitats needed for successful migration. Remote sensing approaches are among the most promising tools to pursue such identification and monitoring of spatially and temporally dynamic habitats. Yet, matching the spatial and temporal scales of available remote sensing imagery and animal habitat use remains challenging.

We examined habitat use of one large avian herbivore: the greater white-fronted goose (Anser a. albifrons) which migrates annually from central Europe to its breeding grounds in the Russian arctic and back. During spring migration the animals need to maximize their energy uptake by carefully timing their migration with vegetation growth at suitable stopover foraging sites. In recent years notable changes in their migration routes and timing have been observed, the reasons for which remain unclear. We tracked well over 150 individuals by means of high-resolution GPS transmitters and accelerometers in order to identify suitable stopover sites and characterize their behavior and space-use within.

We aimed to address two main questions: a) Which landscape elements are important habitat factors inside the stopover sites (local scale)? and b) Can suitable stopover sites be predicted based on the knowledge acquired at the local scale (continental scale)?
Habitat factors were derived based on 20 m resolution optical (Sentinel 2 and Landsat 8) and SAR (Sentinel 1) time series. Annual summary statistics of Sentinel 1 time-series were used as proxy variables of land-use intensity and for gap-filling monthly composites of Sentinel 2 and Landsat 8. Vegetation indices from the optical time-series were used as proxies for the biophysical habitat state during the time of stopover visits.

Habitat preferences and resource use of the geese was modeled by means of behaviorally informed step selection functions both on the local scale (a) and on the larger continental scale (b). Results indicate that white-fronted geese generally select for young vegetation on intensively managed agricultural fields, but there are large differences between stopovers and individuals. Building on these results, we identified the composition of habitat factors in typical stopover sites which served as the basis for continental scale modeling of stopover site selection. Further, we aim to reveal how the birds select for suitable stopover sites in relation to available alternatives. Building on these results, spatially and temporally targeted conservation schemes come into reach through the combination of remote sensing based mapping of temporal trajectories of habitat change with the now available models on stopover site selection.


In this paper, we propose an algorithm for the registration of multiple range images. Our registration algorithm is an integration of the iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm with random sampling having rejects and least squares (LS) estimation. The estimated motion parameters are evaluated by an adapted criterion in the coarse and fine registration, and the best updated estimation is used as the next initial value of the ICP algorithm. The algorithm uses an octree spline representation of surfaces to quickly compute the distances between points and surface and the closest point using trilinear interpolation. The proposed registration method is computationally efficient and robust to outliers. We have experimented successfully with the registration algorithm on synthetic and real range images.


The ease of recalling a name given an individual's photograph or an image of a face given an individual's name was compared in two studies. Significantly more correct recalls of faces than names were reported; however, the numbers of reported states of partial recall varied both as a function of visual familiarity and experimental conditions. The results were interpreted in terms of the importance of access to the verbal-symbolic memory system for recall of either the face or the name at low levels of visual familiarity.


Current methods of parking management need to implement some sensors on every carport to detect the usage status of the carport, which bring a complex implementation requirement. This paper introduces a visual navigational method of parking management based on UWB indoor precise real-time location technology which owns a very high positioning accuracy. So the car with a UWB tag can be located accurately so that the method needn't implement sensors on every carport to detect the usage status of the carport, which makes the method more convenient than current methods. The experiment result also proves the method is workable and effective.


Background: COVID-19 caused by SARS-Cov2 was reported by WHO that have infected people around the world and caused death. Indonesia was the country with the highest mortality compared to countries in Asia at around 7.2%. COVID-19 caused the decrease in body's immunity so that an adequate intake of vitamins A, E, C as well as iron and zinc minerals was needed to prevent the easy transmission of the COVID-19 virus.
Objective: Assesing the role of micronutrients with the exposure tendency to COVID 19 in adults in Medan Estate, Deli Serdang.
Methods: The research was observational with a cross sectional design. The population aged 30-58 years amounted to 158 people, while the sample was determined based on simple random sampling method and obtained sample of 61 people. Vitamins A, C, E intake as well as zinc and iron minerals were obtained using food recall for 3 days, then processed with Nutrisurvey. Meanwhile, the exposure tendency to COVID-19 was obtained by filling out a form about the symptoms experienced during the pandemic.
Results: The results showed that the intake of vitamin A was in sufficient category of 58%, vitamin C was in less category of 69%, vitamin E was in less category of 61%, zinc was in less category of 54%, and iron in sufficient category of 53%. The results of statistical tests showed that there was correlation between intake of vitamins A, C and iron minerals to the exposure tendency to COVID 19, while vitamin E and zinc were not related to the exposure tendency to COVID 19.
Conclusions: There was correlation between intake of vitamins A, C and iron minerals with a exposure tendency to COVID 19, while vitamin E and zinc were not associated with exposure tendency to COVID 19. Required adequate intake of nutrients in preventing transmission of Covid 19, also continues with obligation to comply health protocol that recommended by the Government.


Most people do all the wrong things when it comes to losing fat. I used to be one of them. But I don't want you to follow the same mistakes.  ...


Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi contribute globally to ecosystem services and play an important role in sustainable crop production. However, it is unclear which factors contribute most to their colonization and community structure at different sites, particularly in understudied ecosystems. This study investigated the AM fungal communities associated with switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) in the understudied acidic and oligotrophic pine barrens ecosystem using next-generation sequencing. Switchgrass was also sampled from agroecosystems, as well as, from a native prairie for comparison. The pine barrens switchgrass harbored a distinct AM fungal community − Acaulospora and Ambispora were almost exclusively found in the pine barrens sites, and some of these species may represent undescribed taxa. Glomus was the most ubiquitous AM fungal genus recovered from all sites. This study suggests differences in the AM fungal community structure under different soil properties and land uses. This is the first sequence-based report of the AM fungal communities in the pine barrens ecosystem.


Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant tumor found in women in the
world. More than half of patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage or has
experienced metastases.This resulted in a fairly high mortality rate especially in
developing countries. Progression and occurrence of metastases in malignancies
including breast cancer is influenced by angiogenesis that contribute to the growth
of malignant cells. The role of angiogenesis in malignant tumor growth depends
on the proangiogenesis and antiangiogenesis factor. Endostatin is one of
antiangiogenesis factor which in some studies there were debatable. The
corelation between serum endostatin level with tumor size perhaps shows the
progresiveness of breast cancer. This correlation along with other established
prognostic factors can benefical for clinical management.
This study will be an observasional cross sectional analytic study which is
aimed to evaluate the association between serum endostatin levels and tumor size
in breast cancer. Inclusion criteria are patients with breast cancer who come to the
clinic of Oncology Tulip or One Day care (ODC) Dr. Sardjito Hospital
Yogyakarta. Subject will be recruited using consecutive sampling method for
those who meet inclusion criteria. Serum endostatin will be determined by
quantitative sandwich enzyme immunoassay method.
Subject characteristics and risk factor data will be presented descriptively. Serum
endostatin level and tumor size will be analyzed by statistics Pearson correlation.


This paper presents a disposable minimally invasive self-calibrating continuous glucose monitor consisting of hollow out-of-plane microneedles to sample interstitial fluid from the epidermis, an integrated porous poly-Si dialysis membrane and an integrated enzyme-based flow-through glucose sensor. The proposed system can be fabricated on a wafer-level using standard MEMS technology and a novel in-device enzyme immobilization technique that allows wafer-level patterning of enzymes inside micro-scale flow channels after wafer bonding. This technique solves the compatibility issue of high temperature wafer bonding and temperature sensitive enzymes. A prototype of the glucose monitor is fabricated in order to demonstrate the high potential of out-of-plane microneedles for this application. Sampling of interstitial fluid through the microneedles results in a significant sensor response of the integrated glucose sensor.


This paper presents an experimental study for different details of a beam–column T-joint made from a concrete-filled steel tube (CFT) system, where both girder and column were CFT type. A total of ten half-scale specimens divided into three groups were studied. Group No. 1 was a control group to obtain a comprehensive overview of the CFT system compared with reinforced concrete, and also to study the effect of shear connectors in both girder and columns on the general behaviour of such a system. The remaining two groups represented two different details of beam to column connection with different strengthening techniques. Global responses such as the peak strength, deformation, strain and ductility achieved were recorded and analysed under the effect of monotonic static loading. The experimental data showed the great influence of the shear connectors and detailing of the joint on the overall behaviour of such joints made from CFTs. In addition, the superiority of the CFT system over the equivalent reinfor...


With the improvement of China's social and economic development level, the requirements for logistics efficiency are becoming more and more stringent. Artificial intelligence technology is the current direction of vigorous development. With the development of the Chinese era, in order to better promote the development of China's urbanization, this technology has been widely used in various fields in our country and occupies an important position in various fields. With the continuous innovation of artificial intelligence technology, various industries are undergoing industrial upgrading and format conversion. E-commerce logistics bear the brunt. This article mainly discusses the application of artificial intelligence in the e-commerce logistics system, and applies it to the e-commerce logistics industry. With the help of artificial intelligence algorithms, it is used to accurately calculate the supply and demand relationship of goods and the optimal path of actual logistics distribution. The selection provides algorithm-level support. The use of artificial intelligence can not only accurately predict inventory, but also play a role in optimizing inventory measures. With this technology, the automation level of the logistics sorting period can be effectively improved, highlighting the application value of artificial intelligence technology and promoting China the development process of modern e-commerce logistics industry makes it possible to develop in the direction of intelligence and automation. The experimental results show that the e-commerce logistics industry has great convenience for the sales and transportation of goods under the condition of combining artificial intelligence technology, and it has higher efficiency than traditional e-commerce logistics.


The present invention is 9 degrees of freedom is also fine to be disposed in the patient during radiation therapy 9 free for continuously sensing the patient motion on the micro-electro-mechanical system platform for monitoring the movement of a patient during radiation therapy by 9 axis using sensors The sensor module electromechanical systems; Is connected to the sensor module, the control module for controlling the sensor module; Power source is connected to the control module provides power to the control module, the module; It is connected to the control module transmitting module for transmitting the data from the sensor module; A receiving module for receiving data from the transmission module; It is connected to the receiving module and provide radiation treatment monitoring system that includes a computer to process the data.


The important increase that the number of economic foreign immigrants has experienced in the last decade in Andalusia has been characterized, from the spatial point of view, and at least in a number selected of municipalities, by a decrease of the levels of residential differentiation, measured using Dissimilarity Index. Nevertheless, when we refer to moderate residential exclusion, measured using the volume of population according to the condition of the building in which they live, the trend is exactly the opposite one. This is the synthesis of the main findings of the present contribution, obtainde from the comparison of the information corresponding to the Census of Population of 2001 and of the recent Census of 2011.


twentieth century historians have viewed French foreign policy during the 1650s as the exclusive concern of Cardinal Jules Mazarin. In the works of Lavisse, Federn, Zeller, and Livet, Mazarin appears as the sole source of foreign policy during his ministry; the Cardinal singlehandedly conceived the goals of French policy and personally directed its implementation. The military alliance with Cromwellian England (1657), the League of the Rhine (1658), and the Peace of the Pyr£n£es (1659) have been portrayed as Mazarin's personal achievements and the basis for his reputation as a diplomatist of genius.1 French historians of the nineteenth century did not assign Mazarin quite the exclusive position that he has acquired in the twentieth century. Flassan and Valfrey, although obviously recognizing Mazarin's preeminent role in formulating French foreign policy, also told us something about the Cardinal's collaborators. Brienne pere, Abel Servien, and Hugues de Lionne all assume some importance in the works of these earlier historians, and we find Mazarin's role a little less Zeus-like than it has been portrayed by more recent authorities.2


Elliptical galaxies are divided into two types: galaxies with steep prooles that show no breaks in slope or that have extra light at small radii compared to a S ersic function t and galaxies that show a break from steep outer prooles to shallow inner prooles. These cuspy cores are important because they are a sign of undiscovered physical processes. Prooles with extra light near the center resemble predictions of starburst remnants formed in dissipative mergers. There is growing evidence for a dichotomy between (1) normal-and low-luminosity Es that rotate rapidly, that are nearly isotropic, oblate-spheroidal, and substantially attened, that have disky-distorted isophotes, and that are coreless, and (2) giant Es that are essentially nonrotating, that are anisotropic, modestly triaxial, and not very attened, that are boxy-distorted, and that have cuspy cores. Black hole (BH) search: Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations connrm ground-based BH detections and show that mass measurements are remarkably robust. Detection of large proper motions near the Galactic center make it one of the best BH cases. Demographic results include the discovery of enough BH mass to account for quasar energetics and strong evidence that BH mass correlates with bulge luminosity.


Purpose: To compare the benefits and complications of External dacryocysto rhinostomy (EXDCR) with
Silicone tube (ST) intubation in anatomical primary acquired naso lacrimal duct obstruction (APANDO)and
functional primary acquired naso lacrimal duct obstruction(FPANDO) patients.
Materials and Methods: Patients with epiphora/discharge/mucocele are grouped into group A
(APANDO) and group B (FPANDO) based on diagnostic probe test, positive syringing and Fluorescein
Dye Disapearance (FDD) test. Both group underwent EXDCR with ST intubation. Patients were evaluated
for subjective and objective resolution of epiphora/discharge/mucocoele, complications and subjective
satisfaction at the end of 6 months.
Result: There were 23 patients each in group A and group B and no difference in demographic and laterality
of eye involvement. Epiphora was common presentation in FPANDO (91%) and discharge in APANDO
(57%). (P =0.01). The success rate is 78.3% (18/23) in group A and 86.9% (20/23) in group B and the
difference is not significant (P=0.69). Tube related complications are high in group B 82.6% (P = 0.01)
and inflammation related complications in group A 61.2% (P=0.49). In group A 82.6% (19/23) and group
B 73.9% (17/23) were satisfied with the procedure (P =0.72). Tube related complication and additional
financial burden are the main factors for dissatisfaction in group B (P= 0.72)
Conclusion: Use of silicone tube does not alter the success rate of EXDCR in APANDO and FPANDO.
Preoperative counseling and eye health educations are very important before doing such procedure on rural
population.

Keywords: Complications, EXDCR, PANDO, Silcone tube.


In the line of subjectivities, migration is an event that alters the life of people, for reason of the causes that caused the displacement, the actual journeys and the incorporation in the receiving communities. This process is even clearer in the case of migrations forced by armed conflicts, because it is a way that recognizes violence as the guiding force of the displacement, which not only affects those who lived the experience of armed conflicts, but also the vital diagrams of following generations. This article proposes to study trauma as a key category for the learning about migrations forced by armed conflicts, taking as reference the exodus of the Mayas from the north of Guatemala, during the counter-insurgency struggles in the 80s of the 20th century. Trauma, among all disruptive events, is an inherent sequel to forced migrations in the presence of violence, that reveals itself as a plunder of subjectivity and political disability of individuals and groups.


A plain bearing 3 for supporting a crank shaft of an internal combustion engine is provided. The plain bearing comprises a pair of semicylindrical members 31, 32. A crush relief 70 is formed in an inner circumferential surface of the semicylindrical member 31, and a main cylindrical surface 71 is formed in a region aside from the crush relief 70. The crush relief 70 includes an outwardly convex curved surface 70a and an inwardly convex curved surface 70b.


The implementation of corporate social responsibility is intended to minimize the adverse impacts of doing businesses activities on social and environmental aspects. This study examines variables influencing CSR which include firm size, profitability, leverage, and board size. This study uses a purposive sampling method and obtain a sample of 66 companies. Non-participant observation method is used to collect data. Multiple linear regression is conducted to analyze data.  The results show that profitability and size of the board of commissioners expresses a positive effect on CSR. The tests also suggest that the size of the company does not affect CSR because all companies are equally revealing CSR. Leverage also has no effect on CSR indicating that the management would optimize profit to avoid debtholders' concerns.


In this paper, an equivalent circuit for the flying adder synthesizer is proposed. The resulting circuit resembles a configurable length ring oscillator (the number of cells in the ring topology is configurable). Both circuits are described in VHDL and simulated in ModelSim. The simulation results prove the equivalence between them. Moreover, the analytically predicted oscillation frequencies fit with the ones measured in simulations carried out in ModelSim.


Efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are a shared responsibility. Community participation is very much needed in helping the government implement health protocols. Without community participation, the goal of implementing COVID-19 will not be achieved. The purpose of this study was to analyze the sociodemographic relationship with the level of community participation in preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the Work Area of ??the Biru Health Center, Bone Regency. This study uses an analytical observational design with a Cross-Sectional approach. The sampling technique using the simple random sampling method was carried out randomly with a sample of 397 respondents using the Slovin formula. Research results there is a significant relationship between the level of education and workers with the level of community participation in preventing the spread of COVID-19. Furthermore, there is no significant relationship between gender and age with the level of community participation in preventing the spread of COVID-19. The level of community participation can be categorized as quite good and it is recommended that people continue to carry out physical distancing, self-quarantine, and self-isolation as well as increase understanding and concern in preventing the spread of COVID-19.


Background: The recent industry reports show that the number of security incidents in healthcare sector is still increasing, especially the high severity incident, such as data leakage incident and ransomware, which can lead to significant impact on healthcare services. It is imperative for the organizations to learn lessons from those incidents. Traditional ways to disseminate lessons learned are based on text approach, the linear format of which can obscure relationships among concepts and discourage readers from integrating information across ideas. Graphical diagrams can serve this purpose, as it can communicate both individual elements of information and relationships between them. Methods: The Generic Security Template (GST) has been proposed to support the exchange of lessons learned from security incidents. It utilises graphical notations to communicate both individual elements of information and relationships between them. This paper conducts a case study by adopting the GST to capture and structure the incident information of a data leakage incident in a UK healthcare organization in order to facilitate incident exchange. Results: The results show that, the GST was able to visualise and depict the key elements, including lessons learned, the associated security requirements and organizational contextual information identified from the selected data leakage incident case study from NHS. GST provides a unified way to communicate incident information. Conclusions: This research has significance for the healthcare organizations to improve their incident learning practices. It fosters an environment where different stakeholders can speak the same language while exchanging the lessons learned from the security incidents. Future work will consider apply the GST to analyse other complex security incidents such as the advanced persistent threats (APTs) in healthcare organizations and extend the use of the GST in other industries. Keywords: Security Assurance Modelling, Generic Security Template (GST), Security Incident, Healthcare Organization.


Many observations have been made (for example, Pickerill, 1912; Bunting, 1936; Colyer and Sprawson, 1938; Price, 1945; Mack and Urbach, 1948) on the relationship between diet and the incidence of dental caries, and it is generally accepted that no one particular diet is a sine qua non for the development and maintenance of sound teeth. Thus the Eskimo on a diet of protein and fat, the South American gaucho on a diet of protein, the South Sea Islander on a vegetable diet and the Australian aboriginal on a very mixed diet all enjoy a relatively large measure of freedom from dental caries. A mixed diet is also used by so-called civilized peoples, and from time to time observations have been made that, even in those civilized communities where as a rule the prevalence" of dental caries approaches 100% (with a correspondingly high D.M.F.a value), it is possible so to modify the dietary pattern that the people living on such diets approach 01' even surpass in excellence the dental conditions of primitive peoples.


The invention discloses an efficient and energy-saving method for trapping carbon by ionic liquid, which is applied to chemical trapping of carbon dioxide. A high-capacity, low-energy consumption and recyclable trapping of carbon dioxide is realized by using a synergistic effect of Lewis acids and bases and C-H...O, and thus a potential method is provided for industrial trapping of carbon dioxide. Compared with a conventional method, the method adopted by the invention is very novel, and has the following characteristics and beneficial effects: 1, through designing anion functionalized ionic liquid with different space structures and using the synergistic effect of Lewis acids and bases and C-H...O between carbonyl and carbon dioxide, the trapping amount of the ionic liquid to the carbon dioxide is greatly increased, which is up to 1.4mol/mole ionic liquid; and 2, due to the introduction of an electron-withdrawing function of the carbonyl, the acting enthalpy of the ionic liquid and the carbon dioxide is reduced, and the carbon dioxide is more easily desorbed.


This paper describes a technique for estimating gradients of hydraulic head from scattered measurements of head. Gradients of hydraulic head control the flow of ground water in aquifers and their determination is an important part of any ground-water investigation. A best linear unbiased estimator of hydraulic head is derived which allows direct estimation of head gradients and mean square estimation error. The hydraulic head is broken into continuous and discontinuous components. The discontinuous component, which represents random measurement error and small-scale variability, is filtered from the measurements. The technique is applied to measurements of head in the Wolfcamp aquifer in northern Texas.


In this story there are two main characters and they are mice. The first mouse is known as M1 and the second as M2. M1 is female and M2 is male. They live in the same unit in a research lab in Kentucky. Their unit is just one among many. There are other mice in their unit but they do not play specific enough roles in the story to have names. "M" stands for mouse. It is much easier to use "M" than their real names. Their real names are much longer. They are both named after the genetic strain they are bred from which is called strain C57BL/6. That means they are related. Sometimes the strain is abbreviated to B6. It is a very common strain. But even B61 and B62 can be complicated. Maybe you cannot imagine a B61 or a B62, but when "M" stands for mouse it should be easy. What makes them even easier to imagine is that they are both nearly identical. M1 is white and M2 is white. Neither mouse has stripes. They are relatively of the same length and height. The only way you can easily tell them apart is by scanning the microchip-enhanced tags in their ears. If you do not have a computer that has the software to read the information on the tags then you can just remember that the female has a pink tag and the male a blue one. That is really the easiest way, unless you want to flip them over to check out what they are packing underneath. Dinosaurs first evolved about 120 million years ago (mya) but it was only 60 mya that the forms that ended up becoming mouse and human split from a common ancestor. This is known through the analysis of mitochondrial DNA. This relatively recent divergence is one of the reasons mice are used so often in the laboratory. M1 and M2 are in a laboratory right now: M1 is sniffing one of the unnamed mice in her unit's left eye and trying very very hard not to read the letters on the shredded newspaper all around her which is used as a lining to soak up all the urine and feces produced in the unit. M1 figures that if she concentrates on the unnamed mouse's left eye that she will not see the huge letters curling away above her. M1 thinks that if she just tries hard enough that she will not have to read. In fact, she concentrates so hard that she accidentally pokes her nose straight into the unnamed mouse's right eye and the unnamed mouse jumps to the left and M1 jumps to the right and M1's right foot steps on a shredded curl of newspaper and pulls the curl down to her eye level and, even though she shuts her eyes very quickly, she unintentionally reads the letters h and o. M1 and M2 are part of a genome-enhancing experiment that will eventually force humans to confront not only their fear of a post-human generation of individuals but also to consider how they are hanging on to the last threads of a false dignity that assumes that they are Now Will the Real Monsieur Please Stand Up?


Nowadays Internet-technologies implementation in the activities of social institutions is galloping. These technologies let accomplish institution statuary goals broadening participation of the target groups, providing access to the main activity information of theoretical and practical interest, intensifying data exchange among counterparts. The article considers the implication of these technologies in educational and preventive activities program in Municipal Institution «Social help Centre for children and families in Magnitogorsk». The program includes the following:  -broadening of information recourses base  - introducing the process of data exchange via e-mail service - web-site moderation - social network activities -cooperation with Internet- Media. Here we should mention that  first  results of their implementation will reveal perspectives of this kind of work.


This paper shows that a firm's objectives can extend beyond profit maximization. I use data from a for-profit firm offering charity auctions of celebrities belongings whose donations affect both revenues and costs. Comparing actual donations with the profit-maximizing benchmark indicates that the firm donates in excess of profitmaximization. I provide additional evidence pointing to donations as a further objective of the firm. Also, donations do not substantially increase willingness to pay, indicating that demand cannot explain expenditures in CSR. My results shed light on the functioning of benefit corporations and open questions on the competitive conduct of non-profit maximizing companies.


In order to understand the effect of Pb-CuI co-doping on the thermoelectric performance 8 of Bi2Te3, n-type Bi2Te3 co-doped with x at% CuI and 1/2x at% Pb (x = 0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05, 0.07, and 9 0.10) were prepared via high temperature solid state reaction and consolidated using spark plasma 10 sintering. Electron and thermal transport properties, i.e., electrical conductivity, carrier 11 concentration, Hall mobility, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity, of CuI-Pb co-doped 12 Bi2Te3 were measured in the temperature range from 300 K to 523 K and compared to 13 corresponding x% of CuI-doped Bi2Te3 and undoped Bi2Te3. The addition of a small amount of Pb 14 significantly decreased the carrier concentration, which could be attributed to the holes from Pb 15 atoms, thus the CuI-Pb co-doped samples show a lower electrical conductivity and a higher 16 Seebeck coefficient compared to CuI-doped samples with similar x values. The incorporation of Pb 17 into CuI-doped Bi2Te3 rarely changed the power factor because of the trade-off relationship 18 between the electrical conductivity and the Seebeck coefficient. The total thermal conductivity(κtot) 19 of co-doped samples (κtot ~1.4 W/m∙K at 300 K) is slightly lower than that of 1% CuI-doped Bi2Te3 20 (κtot~1.5 W/m∙K at 300 K) and undoped Bi2Te3 (κtot ~1.6 W/m∙K at 300 K) due to the alloy scattering. 21 The 1% CuI-Pb co-doped Bi2Te3 sample shows the highest ZT value of 0.96 at 370 K. All data on 22 electrical and thermal transport properties suggest that the thermoelectric properties of Bi2Te3 and 23 its operating temperature can be controlled by co-doping. 24


Scaled explosive tests have been conducted to investigate the response of steel-fibre-reinforced concrete (SFRC) model structural elements. The structural elements were (a) rectangular panels, simply supported on two opposing shorter edges, (b) square panels, simply supported on all edges, and (c) fully fixed panels, in the form of an open box. Seven air blast tests were conducted. For each test, six panels were exposed simultaneously to air blast overpressure generated from the detonation of bare high explosives; charge weights ranged from 8kg to 40 kg. The panels were fabricated with different types of steel fibre, fibre concentration and conventional weldmesh reinforcement. Test results indicate that, as a construction material, SFRC can make an important contribution to the integrity and resistance of blast-resistant structures. Details of the experimental investigation and response of the panels are presented. A single-degree-of-freedom model, which incorporates an elastic-plastic structural resistance function for the dynamic analysis, is used to predict the response. The deformed configuration of the panels was computed at constant load steps, and the results were employed to evaluate the parameters of an equivalent dynamic model. Comparisons of computed and measured residual displacements are presented.


Two important sources of information for monitoring and predicting the El Nino-Southern Oscillation are the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) buoy array and the volunteer observing ship expendable bathythermograph (VOS XBT) network. The subsurface ocean temperature measurements of these two networks are evaluated in the context of analysis and monitoring of medium- to low-frequency variability in the tropical Pacific Ocean. It is shown that both systems capture the principal features that characterize variability in the equatorial central and eastern Pacific Ocean but only TAO can capture the higher temporal fluctuations in detail. In the western Pacific, the VOS XBT network is able to capture the slowly moving, westward propagating Rossby waves and their reflection and interaction with the western boundary. TAO is limited in this respect because of its equatorial focus. The accuracy of temperature maps is estimated using the rms analysis error variance. The accuracy of the VOS XBT network fluctuates in space and time but is relatively steady averaged over the tropical region, while that of TAO has gradually improved as the basin wide array has been implemented. Case studies using VOS XBT data only, TAO data only, and the combined full data set indicate the networks are complementary and supportive, evaluated basin wide and over the tropical region. The high temporal resolution and regularity of the equatorially focused TAO network are complemented by the broad-scale, irregular tropical VOS XBT sampling in the equatorial region and by VOS coverage outside the domain of TAO. A proxy for net information content is derived from the estimated rms error variance of the analysis. For the equatorial region, TAO now provides in excess of 70% of the information, its dominance beginning in 1992. For the tropical region (20°S–20°N) the net information content of the respective systems is of comparable magnitude, each equivalent to in excess of 100 independent samples per 10-day period in 1994, reinforcing the notion that both systems are valuable sources of subsurface ocean information for monitoring medium- to low-frequency tropical variability.


Key Points Ibrutinib suppresses CLL cell CTLA4 expression in vitro and in vivo. CTLA4 expression on CLL is regulated by non-BTKs that differ from T-cell CTLA4 regulation.


The nature of active hydrocarbon pool (HP) species for the methanol-to-olefins (MTO) conversion in zeolite catalysis still remains controversial. In this work, the catalytic cycles in which aromatics and olefins act as the HP species were investigated in H-ZSM-5 using periodic density functional theory calculations. Distribution of polymethylbenzenes (MBs) was qualitatively evaluated using static adsorption and dynamic interconversion analysis. It is revealed that 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene exhibits the strongest adsorption while 1,2,3,5-tetramethylbenzene (TMB) is the primary component of MBs in H-ZSM-5. The aromatic-based side chain cycle was found to be kinetically more demanding using p-xylene, 1,2,3,5-TMB, and 1,2,4,5-TMB as HP species to propagate ethyl side chain. The olefin-based cycle was illustrated using 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene (iso-C6) as HP species in a way similar to the aromatic-based side chain cycle, enabling the direct comparison of the overall kinetics. The involved methylation and cracking steps in the iso-C6-based cycle are more facile than those of the aromatic-based side chain cycle in H-ZSM-5. The aromatic-based paring cycle can also be excluded as the involved intermediate ions with five-membered rings are extremely unstable. As a result, it is most likely that olefins themselves rather than the aromatics serve as the HP species for the MTO conversion in H-ZSM-5.


ABSTRACi'. Three adjustment metbods for controlling soil heterogeneity were studied in a modified augrnented design for two seasons, of a potato breedingprogram. Tbe most eficient adjustmentwas raw-colurnn aver 1992-1993 period; bowever, a 1991-1992 adjustment was not recommended. Tbese results prove bow variable soil beterogeneity is from one season to anotber, tbus it is necessary to confirm tbe type of adjustment to be used each time this design will be employed. Its introduction within the earty stages of crop breeding program may enable to acbieve a more efficient selection tbereby proving a huge amount of nonreplicated test lines.


Distributed generation is violent fluctuations because it depends on output of the clean energy generation system. Thus a power leveling system (PLS) is applied to maintain a balance between power supply and such an irregular power generation. The PLS is required to operate charge or discharge of storage and bidirectional power flow. Thus the PLS consists of a bidirectional buck/boost DC/DC converter. In this study, the bidirectional buck/boost DC/DC converter and double electric layer capacitor (EDLC) are applied to the PLS. The PLS with EDLC is expected to be able to absorb change of power quickly and long operation life according to EDLC characteristic. The output current of PLS is controlled in order to keep power balance and DC bus voltage. PLS should operate power leveling quickly for instantaneous fluctuation of power generation system. In this research, Control of the DC/DC Converter applying to deadbeat (DB) control based on linearization is proposed to obtain quick response. It is examined whether the stable power supply by the proposed system is possible in experiment. The effectiveness of DB control for PLS is proved in simulation and experiment in typical situations.


This study evaluates changes in the acceptable concentrations of some analyzed soil parameters due to oil spillage in Akinima, Rivers State, Nigeria. Twenty contaminated soil samples were collected from a spill site and four control soil samples from uncontaminated area within the community. The samples were analyzed in the laboratory for total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH), heavy metals and hydrogen ion concentrations. The results of the heavy metals analysis on samples from the contaminated site were compared to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Target Value and the control value from uncontaminated sites and it was found showed that Zinc (with Target value of 140 mg/kg) ranged from 4.392 to 235.985 mg/kg with a mean value of 51.49615 mg/kg, Cadmium (Target value of 0.8 mg/kg) ranged from 5.2 to 9.35 mg/kg with a mean value of 7.031mg/kg, Chromium (Target value of 100 mg/kg) ranged from 1.02 to 13 mg/kg with a mean value of 7.6635mg/kg and Lead (Target value of 85 mg/kg) ranged from 12.97 to 109.2 mg/kg with a mean value of 7.6635mg/kg while the heavy metals analyzed from the control soil samples ranged in values from <0.001 to 0.05 mg/kg for Zinc, <0.001 mg/kg for Cadmium, <0.001 mg/kg for Chromium, and Lead ranged from below detectable limit (bdl) to <0.001 mg/kg. For the contaminated soil, the TPH (Target value of 85 mg/kg) ranged from 330.427 to 4365.667mg/kg and pH ranged from 4.8 to 6.97 respectively, while the control samples had TPH below detectable limits while pH values were 6.82-6.99. The heavy metals and TPH values from the contaminated soil were higher than the control values from the uncontaminated soil. The TPH values from the contaminated soil also exceeded the Target value while the mean pH value was within the acidic range. The parameters analyzed could be toxic when found above certain levels in soil and could be transported to groundwater even at greater depth and wider area into streams and other water bodies. It is recommended that plans such as oil spill contingency plan should be adopted effectively to minimize the magnitude of spillage and its effect and soil samples should be extensively analyzed to select an appropriate remediation measure. IndexTerms—Oil Spillage, Heavy Metals, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon, Hydrogen Ion Concentration, Contamination


This study is to analyze effectiveness of golf skills (driving distance, rating of fairway, green in regulation, sand save ratio, recovery ratio, putting average) to average score using records of PGA, LPGA, KPGA, KLPGA. Independent variables were driving distance, rating of fairway, green in regulation, sand save ratio or recovery ratio, putting average. Dependent variable was the scoring average in this study. To analyze these variables, multi-group (PGA vs LPGA, KPGA vs KLPGA, PGA vs KPGA, LPGA vs KLPGA) path analysis was used through AMOS 18.0 program and significance level was set at 0.05. As the result, the variables that show significant differences of path coefficient between PGA model and LPGA model were driving distance and green in regulation to average score. The variables that show significant differences of path coefficient between KPGA model and KLPGA model were driving distance, recovery ratio, and putting average to average score. The variables that show significant differences of path coefficient between PGA model and KPGA model were driving distance, recovery ratio, and putting average to average score. There was not significant difference of path coefficient between LPGA model and KLPGA model.


According to the results of the 2007 National Physician Survey (NPS), 4.8% of FPs in Canada estimate that 10% or more of their practice populations have problems with substance addiction. Substance addiction has a substantial effect on the rates of morbidity, mortality, and health care use in Canada


The cerebrum tumors are the most well-known and forceful sickness, prompting an extremely short future in their most noteworthy evaluation. Accordingly, treatment arranging is a key stage to improve the personal satisfaction of patients. Generally, various medical image modalities like Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT) and ultrasound image are used to evaluate the cerebrum tumor in a brain, lung, liver, breast, prostate etc. MRI images are very much useful for different types of brain tumor exposure and segmentation. A plethora of methods like k-means clustering, Fuzzy C-Means, SOM clustering, Deep Convolution Neural Networks (DNN), SVM, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) for cerebrum brain tumor detection from MRI images. This paper concentrated on mind cerebrum tumor recognition calculations that have been planned so distant to recognize the area of the cerebrum tumor.A hybrid switching DC-DC converter for Hybrid Electric Vehicle with reduced on state conduction losses, voltage stress and switching losses of the power semiconductor devices is presented in this paper. Zero current switching and zero voltage switching is achieved for the leading and lagging legs of the inverter by using bipolar switching method. This reduces the circulatory losses in the transformer primary. Additionally it aids in exploiting the leakage inductance of the transformer to resonate with the output capacitor. Consequently this reduces the components count and the converter size. This results in efficient energy transfer as the inductive energy and capacitive energy acquired by the output inductor and resonant capacitor are simultaneously transferred to the load during the freewheeling interval. This boosts the converter efficiency when compared to the conventional converter. During active intervals, inductor is charged and the increased capacitor voltage is offered to the load. The bipolar circuit voltage is clamped during the freewheeling interval and reduces the peak voltage overshoots that crop up during the diode reverse bias period. Simulation for the DC-DC converter is rendered with PSpice software and the experimental results shows the desired output is achieved with reduced losses under variable load conditions.


PURPOSE: To improve the stability in the preservation of citrous juice by leading the citrous juice into a homogenizing valve under a specified pressure and homogenizing it. CONSTITUTION: An unhomonegized product is put from an inlet/outlet conduit 2 into a valve sheet under a pressure of about 15000 psi at least, passed through a slit area between a push rod 3 and the valve sheet at a high speed, passed through a splash ring 4 and discharged from an outlet 5 as a homogenized product. Microbiological activity in juice is lowered and the preservation service life can be prolonged without low temperature sterilization. COPYRIGHT: (C)1994,JPO


This study aimed to examine and analyze the effect of corporate governance on tax avoidance through profitability as a moderating variable. This research is positive research using deductive reasoning by suggesting a theory which is then tested on a research design. The population in this study are companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2017-2021. Sample selection was made by using a purposive sampling method. The research results after testing 505 samples found that companies with good corporate governance tend not to do tax avoidance. Finally, this study provides empirical evidence regarding what factors can reduce the level of tax avoidance in companies by implementing good corporate governance. In addition, the researcher suggests that further research consider conducting cross-country comparative research because tax avoidance is not only a problem for Indonesia but also a global problem.


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The activity of Caspase-3 and expression of Caspase-3 mRNA of splenic lymphocytes in the chicken with Vitamin E(VE) deficiency were detected by colorimetry and semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR).The results showed that the activity of Caspase-3 and abundance of Caspase-3 mRNA was higher in VE deficiency chicken than those of control(P0.01).The results indicate that the changes of Caspase-3 activity and Caspase-3 mRNA abundance are one of the regulation mechanisms on lymphocyte apoptosis in the chicken with VE deficiency.


In this work, we propose a framework for multimodal data fusion at decision level under a multilayer hierarchical ensemble learning architecture. The architecture provides a generative discriminative model for probability density estimations and decreases the entropy of the data throughout the vector spaces. The architecture is implemented for human motion detection problem, where the motion analysis problem is formulated as a multi-class classification problem on audio-visual data. The vector space transformations are analyzed by the investigation of probability density and entropy transitions of data across the levels. The architecture provides an efficient sensor fusion framework for the robotics research, object classification, target detection and tracking applications.


In metal cutting, the cooling effect of coolant from chip side on the tool-chip interface temperature is analysed by a difference method, under the assumption that -the heat transferred by conduction in the direction of motion of chip may be neglected. The tem- perature rise θ at any point on the tool-chip contact plane (heat source) is given by the following expressions : θ = θde-An, where, A= 0.0044 (θs/φt2) 0.5 (ht2) 0.57, n=100 am/Vft22= (25/L) (m/t) 2The suffix a' is for dry cutting (h=0), and analysis showed that θd is equal to the Jeager's solution solved for a semi-infinite body, when Vf and t2 are not very small.In the above, symbols are as follows : h : the value depended upon a cooling power of fluid α /K, α : heat transfer coefficient, K : thermal conductivity of chip materials, a : thermal diffusivity of chip, t2 : thickness of chip, Vf : chip velocity, m : contact length of tool and chip, L : peclet number Vfm/4a.


During the last years, there has been a significant interest in the field of liquid crystalline components, polymers in particular.[1,2] There is a definite need to use a wide range of methods to characterize these materials. Thermal properties need to be examined properly in order to obtain the glass-transition temperature, melting, clearing and crystallization temperatures.

The first part of this paper will give an introduction to the basic principles of the liquid crystalline state. The outstanding properties as well as the required chemical structure will be discussed. The second part deals with the characterization of these materials by means of optical, thermal and scattering techniques available in our laboratory.


Recovering a signal from its Fourier magnitude is referred to as phase retrieval, which occurs in different fields of engineering and applied physics. This paper gives a new characterization of the phase retrieval problem. Particularly useful is the analysis revealing that the common gradient-based regularization does not contain more information other than the magnitude measurements for phase retrieval. Focusing on binary signals, we show that a box relaxation to the binary constraint is equivalent to the original problem. We further prove that binary signals can be recovered uniquely up to trivial ambiguities under certain conditions. Finally, we use the characterization theorem to develop an efficient denoising algorithm.


This thesis defines Web site as a collection of Web resources, including Web pages. Each resource is assigned (1) an identifier in the syntax of Uniform Resource Identifier; (2) an identity, site owner's notion of what a resource is representing; (3) a position relative to other resources in the site; and (4) a composition of the resource consisting of modular components. The set of these four qualities for every resource in the site makes the site structure. The thesis introduces the model called UriGraph for describing identifiers for site's resources and through them the other three qualities, making it a complete Web site structure model. The model can be represented graphically or as an XML document conforming to the specified schema. The thesis describes the implementation of the model in Java, integration in an experimental Web server, and a simple case study.


The paper examines the semantic, the syntactic, and the
information structure of an Old English sentence, focusing on
initial syntactic elements. In languages with flexible word
order, syntactic elements occurring at the beginning of an
unmarked sentence tend to provide a foundation for the message
to be conveyed. The paper presents an analysis from the
viewpoint of the Brno theory of functional sentence
perspective. It provides a survey of the syntactic, semantic,
and communicative functions that initial syntactic elements
perform in Old English texts and compares this survey with the
results of an analysis of Modern English texts.


The author observes that sulphate of baryta is not an insoluble salt, as is generally admitted, for he has found that 1000 grs. of nitric acid, of spec. grav. 1.167, are capable of dissolving 2 grs. of sulphate of baryta; and what renders the knowledge of this fact still more useful in analytical chemistry is, that the insolubility of this salt is affected even by the weakest nitric or hydrochloric acids; for whilst 0.062 gr. of sulphate of baryta only requires 1000 grs. of nitric acid, of spec. grav. 1.032, to hold it in solution, the same quantity of salt requires 50.000 grs. of pure distilled water to dissolve it. What is not less useful to know is, that the solubility of sulphate of baryta is affected in a higher degree by the bulk of the acid than by its strength. The two following tables, taken from amongst many others contained in the paper, will not only illustrate this fact, but will also give an insight into the way in which the experiments were conducted. The first table illustrates the influence which increasing bulks of the same nitric acid exert on the formation of sulphate of baryta, and the second table the action which increasing strengths of acid have:


The paper deals with market competitiveness and the performance of the Czech economy in the era of globalization, using annual time series, which spans from 1993 to 2012. Econometric techniques such as the Granger causality test and impulse response function were employed in order to verify the interactions of the Czech Republic market size (real GDP per capita), trade openness, inward FDI, REER and globalization dynamics. The findings provide a robust evidence that globalization fosters market size, growth within the context of the Czech economy. The more globalized the Czech economy becomes, the more likely it would experience real GDP per capita. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n1p268


Summary - The use of the antibiotic dicloxacillin for isolating and counting the Bifidobacteria present in fermented milks is described. The addition of 2 Ilg/ml of dicloxacillin to TPY medium was found to inhibit the growth of Lactobacilli and Streptococci whereas most Bifidobacteria grew weil. TPY medium was found to be more suitable than MRS agar to select Bifidobacteria.


Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (TTP-HUS) is a rare occurrence in pregnancy. It is similar in its clinical profile to other more common pregnancy related conditions like preeclampsia, eclampsia, and Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, Low Platelets (HELLP) syndrome. This makes diagnosis a challenge thus hampering maternal and fetal outcome if the disease is not diagnosed in time and managed appropriately in the early course of the disease. Here, we report a case of successful management of this rare and potentially hazardous disorder during pregnancy in due course of time and thereby achieving a healthy mother and a healthy baby.


Purpose of review Right ventricular failure (RVF) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. There is an increasing interest in proper assessment of right ventricle (RV) function as well as understanding mechanisms behind RVF. Recent findings Within this article, we discuss the metabolic changes that occur in the RV in response to RVF, in particular, a shift toward glycolysis and increased glutaminolysis. We will detail the advances made in noninvasive imaging in assessing the function of the RV and review the methods to assess right ventricle–pulmonary artery coupling. We lastly investigate the role of new treatment options in the failing RV, such as &bgr;-blocker therapy. Summary RVF is a complicated entity. Although some inferences on RV function and treatment can be made from our understanding of the left ventricle, the RV has unique features, anatomically, metabolically and embryologically, that require dedicated RV-directed research.


Over the horizon radars (OTHR) rely on the propagation of high frequency (HF) radio waves via the ionosphere to successfully achieve their designated missions. Backscatter sounders (BSS) are environmental over-the-horizon radars which may be used to assess the ionospheric propagation conditions. However, high power observed by a BSS may be due to either good ionospheric propagation, a high surface backscatter coefficient, or a combination of both. Hence, an understanding of the surface backscatter coefficients and their temporal variation is essential to fully understand the ionospheric propagation conditions. A database of surface backscatter coefficients over a decade was created using backscatter ionogram data from four backscatter sounders in Australia. The temporal variations in the backscatter coefficients were investigated and it was found that the land backscatter coefficients were relatively constant over time, while the sea backscatter coefficients showed significant seasonal variation.


Intelligent distributed traffic signal light control system was designed based on technologies of infrared, CAN bus, single chip microprocessor (SCM), etc. The traffic flow signal is processed with the core of SCM AT89C51. At the same time, the SCM controls the CAN bus controller SJA1000/transceiver PCA82C250 to build a CAN bus communication system to transmit data. Moreover, up PC realizes to connect and communicate with SCM through USBCAN chip PDIUSBD12. The distributed traffic signal light control system with three control styles of Vehicle flux, remote and PC is designed. This paper introduces the system composition method and parts of hardware/software design in detail.


Ancestry system started in the System of Recommending Legates of Caowei Dynasty,formed in Weijin Dynasty,and popularized in East Jin and South Dynasty.It had Han Ancestry while it developed in Bei Dynasty.Though it wasn't as popular as South Dynasty,it had influenced to Bei Dynasty.The article mainly talked about choosing officers and marriage.The article also talked about Ancestry's meaning to politics,social life and gave it a summary.


The stabilization of a hydrolytic enzyme in a liquid preparation is to be improved by the hydrolytic enzyme stabilizing component. This is achieved by a method for adapting a hydrolytic enzyme to a the hydrolytic enzyme stabilizing component, comprising the steps of: a) providing a hydrolytic enzyme (parent enzyme) and the hydrolytic enzyme stabilizing component comprising a reversible inhibitor of hydrolytic enzyme; b) altering the amino acid sequence of the hydrolytic enzyme in at least one position by substitution, deletion or insertion; c) determining the relative activity of the hydrolytic enzyme of step b) and the relative activity of the initial enzyme in a liquid preparation; d) selecting the one hydrolytic enzyme that has a reduced relative activity in comparison to the relative activity of the parent enzyme.