The invention discloses an organic thermal insulation antiseptic flame retardant material and a preparation and application method, which is characterized in that: the organic thermal insulation antiseptic flame retardant material is prepared through the chemical reaction of the polyisocyanate containing the flame retardant and the polyether polyol; the preparation method comprises the following steps: the flame retardant is respectively added in the polyisocyanate and the polyether polyol, then a mixture stirring is carried out, and a flexible elastic or rigid polyurethane thermal insulationantiseptic flame retardant material is generated through the chemical reaction and a foaming expansion curing; and the application method comprises the following steps: the polyisocyanate containing the flame retardant and the polyether polyol are mixably stirred, the liquid state material is perfused or sprayed on the position or the equipment demanding to be protected before the liquid state material foaming; start foam expansion and curing and then generate the protective layer integrating the thermal insulation, the anticorrosion and the flame retardant to a whole on the position or the equipment demanding to be protected.


Introduction: Malocclusion is one of the common public health problems worldwide. The study aimed to assess the self-perception of dental esthetics, malocclusion, and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and to determine the relation between them among 13–15-year-old schoolchildren in Bengaluru. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 540 children were selected equally from government, aided, and private schools in Bengaluru. Self-perception of dental esthetics was measured using Oral Aesthetic Subjective Impact Scale (OASIS), whereas malocclusion and OHRQoL were assessed using Dental Aesthetic Index and Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14), respectively. Descriptive and analytical statistics was done using the SPSS 22. Analysis of variance, Kruskal‒Wallis test, and Pearson correlation test were used. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The prevalence of malocclusion was found to be 29.63%. Among schoolchildren, the mean OASIS scores (self-perception) and OHIP-14 scores were 14.62 ± 6.93 and 9.04 ± 8.07, respectively. There was a significant difference among government, aided, and private schoolchildren regarding "definite malocclusion" and mean OHIP scores. Overall, there was a significant weak correlation between the severity of malocclusion and OHIP scores ([r = 0.259], [P = 0.01]) as well as between the severity of malocclusion and OASIS scores ([r = 0. 192], [P = 0.02]). Conclusion: The severity of malocclusion significantly correlated with self-perception of dental esthetics and OHRQoL among schoolchildren. Hence, there is a relation between self-perception of dental esthetics and malocclusion as well as malocclusion and OHRQoL.


ABSTRACT Efflux is an important mechanism of bacterial multidrug resistance (MDR), and the inhibition of MDR pumps by efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs) could be a promising strategy to overcome MDR. 1-(1-Naphthylmethyl)-piperazine (NMP) and phenylalanine-arginine-β-naphthylamide (PAβN) are model EPIs with activity in various Gram-negative bacteria expressing AcrB, the major efflux pump of Escherichia coli, or similar homologous pumps of the resistance-nodulation-cell division class. The aim of the present study was to generate E. coli AcrB mutants resistant to the inhibitory action of the two model EPIs and to identify putative EPI target residues in order to better understand mechanisms of pump inhibition. Using an in vitro random mutagenesis approach focusing on the periplasmic domain of AcrB, we identified the double mutation G141D N282Y, which substantially compromised the synergistic activity of NMP with linezolid, was associated with similar intracellular linezolid concentrations in the presence and absence of NMP, and did not impair the intrinsic MICs of various pump substrates and dye accumulation. We propose that these mutations near the outer face of the distal substrate binding pocket reduce NMP trapping. Other residues found to be relevant for efflux inhibition by NMP were G288 and A279, but mutations at these sites also changed the susceptibility to several pump substrates. Unlike with NMP, we were unable to generate AcrB periplasmic domain mutants with resistance or partial resistance to the EPI activity of PAβN, which is consistent with the modes of action of PAβN differing from those of NMP.


Stress and its Consequences Your Personal Stress-Behavior Cycle Factors in Personal and Relational Stress Stress in Human Services Reducing Stress Issues Affecting Change Reducing Stress Personal Approaches Change in Human Services


The conversion efficiency limit of p+-i-n+silicon solar cells in concentrated sunlight is explored with numerical simulations of an idealized p+-i-n+cell having field-induced junctions. Conversion efficiencies greater than 30 percent are calculated for this cell operating in sunlight concentrated 1000 times. The relative importance of bulk and surface recombination in limiting the cell conversion efficiency is illustrated for operation in 1 to 1000 suns. For surface recombination velocities below 100 cm/s, it is shown that bulk recombination losses limit the cell performance rather than recombination losses occurring in the p+or n+regions. The results show that Auger recombination in the bulk region will limit ultimately the cell conversion efficiency.


Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in southeastern Alaska in 1952 was centered in three localities: the northern part of Prince of Wales Island and parts of adjacent islands, the Taku Harbor-Point Astley district, and the Hyder area. Significant concentrations of radioactive minerals were found only in the vicinity of Salmon Bay on the northeastern shore of Prince of Wales Island. In this area radioactive carbonate-hematite veins occur along the coast for about 8 miles. The veins are generally short, irregular, and lenticular, but a few can be traced for more than 300 feet between the low-tide line and the forest cover. The width of the veins normally ranges from less than 1 inch to 2.5 feet; several, however, are 5 to 10 feet wide. The most abundant minerals in the veins are dolomite-ankerite and alkali feldspar with decreasing amounts of red hematite, specular hematite, pyrite, siderite, magnetite, quartz, chalcedony, and chlorite. Parisite, bastnaesite, muscovite, fluorite, apatite, thorite, zircon, monazite, epidote, topaz, garnet, chalcopyrite, and marcasite have also been identified. Most of the radioactivity is due to thorium contained chiefly in the minerals thorite and monazite. The highest grade grab sample assayed 0.13 percent equivalent ur-anium or about 0.64 percent equivalent thorium. The average of 7 channel samples taken along 100 feet of one of the more radioactive veins was 0.034 percent equivalent uranium or 0.16 percent equivalent thorium. The rare-earth fl.uocarbonates parisite and bastnaesite, occur in small amounts in some veins. Four chip-channel samples taken from a high-grade rare-earth vein about 1,150 feet long averaged 0.79 percent rare-earth oxides over an average width of 7.4 feet. One high-grade grab sample from this vein assayed 5.0 percent rare-earth oxides. INTRODUCTION Most of the reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in southeastern Alaska during the summer of 1952 was centered in the northern part of Prince of Wales Island and parts of adjacent islands (locs. Gthrough M,fig.l). Brief reconnaissance work in 1951 (Houston, 1952,p.13-17) had proved the existence of radioactive carbonate-hen1atite veins in the vicinity of Salmon Bay on the northeastern shore of Prince of Wales Island (loc. G, fig. I), and further geologic work was necessary to determine more accurately the grade, mineralogy, and areal extent of these veins. 1 2 ~RAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA 56'n,__ ____________ __, Northern part of Prince of Wales and parts of adjacent islands ------------------


ORIGINAL ARTICLESPage. An Address-The Development of the Study of the History of Medicine, by L. COWUSIIAW .. .. 321 The Retina of the Australian Mammal, by K~;YIN O'DAY, M.D., D.O.M.S., F.R.A.C.S. . . .. 326 Some Results Achieved by Tuberculin Therapy, by L. ELWELL . . .. 328 Tennis Elbow, by E. F. WEST .. .. 330 Is the Hospital Treatment of Scarlet Fever Worth While? by F. V. SCHOLES .. 331 Common Skin Diseases met with in General Practice, by L. W. LINN, M.B., B.S. .. .. 335 ' The Coming of Medicine to Tasmania: Some Early Medical Men and their Environment, by W. E. L. H. CROWTHER .. .. 340 The Relation of Myasthenia Gravis and Allied Conditions to "Prostigmin" Therapy, by LEONARD B. Cox, M.D., M.R.C.P. .. .. 344 The Copper Sulphate Treatment of Tropical Ulcer and New Guinea Mouth Disease, by CARL E. M. GUNTHER, M.B., B.S., D.T.M. 348 ABSTRACTS FROM CURRENT MEDICAL: LITERATURE-


Internet is an important instrument for small businesses if it will be use correctly, otherwise it can be a very dangerous problem; in all cases Internet has start a process of renovation that is changing at all the way of doing business. Essay will study Internet and its different approaches with small businesses; it takes in consideration some aspects as piracy and forgery, social networks and websites. Essay will give a prospective of this phenomenon in different countries, at first in Russia but will be analyzed also situation in Europe and USA Aim of the essay is to analyze how Internet can influence life of small businesses, into a good and bad way, the it will study the possible developments of this new market sector. In the end is important to underline, that essay will take in consideration benefits of using Internet in terms of services received, for example with banks or with national institutes, therefore not only in terms of sales potential and communication with customers.


Quillen and Andre have rigorized and explored a notion of cohomology of commutative algebras or, more generally, simplicial commutative algebras. They were able to do a number of systematic calculations, espe cially when concerned with a local ring with residue field of characteristic 0, but the case when the characteristic was non-zero remained a problem. However, for certain applications — for example, to homotopy theory — the non-zero characteristic case is vital. In this paper we explore Andre-Quillen cohomology of supplemented algebras over the field F 2 of two elements, and completely determine the structure of this cohomology, including a product and "Steenrod" operations. A necessary part of the program is a complete examination of the homotopy theory of simplicial algebras. For this we draw on the work of many authors.


After injury, severed dendrites and axons expose the "eat-me" signal phosphatidylserine (PS) on their surface and degenerate by disassembly. While axon degeneration is controlled by a conserved "axon-death" pathway that is thought to activate self-destruction, how PS exposure is regulated by this pathway and whether PS-induced phagocytosis contributes to neurite breakdown in vivo remain unknown. Here we show that in Drosophila sensory dendrites, PS exposure and self-destruction are triggered by two distinct levels of NAD+ reduction downstream of Sarm activation. Surprisingly, phagocytosis is the main driver of dendrite degeneration induced by both genetic NAD+ disruptions and injury. Furthermore, the axon-death factor Axed is only partially required for self-destruction of injured dendrites, acting in parallel with PS-induced phagocytosis. Lastly, injured dendrites exhibit a unique rhythmic calcium flashing that correlates with self-destruction. Therefore, a special genetic program coordinates PS exposure and self-destruction in injury-induced dendrite degeneration in vivo.


The subject of consideration in this article is the trends in the development of agrarian and legal research conducted by the scientists of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.The purpose of the study is to identify the problems that currently attract the attention of scientists and which, by and large, are common to both states, and to analyze the ways proposed by the researchers for legislative solutions to these problems.When writing the article, general scientific and special legal methods were used (analysis, generalization, formal legal, comparative legal, historical). This made it possible to reveal the current state of the agrarian legislation of the two states, to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the legal regulation of relations in the agricultural sector of the economy, including gaps and contradictions, to outline areas for improving legislation.The legal problems of maintaining the balance of public and private interests in the agricultural sector, ensuring food, environmental, biological safety, issues of classification of agricultural sectors, organic agriculture (including aquaculture), the use of GMOs in the production of agricultural products are analyzed. Attention is paid to the issues of the legal status, state support and protection of the rights of agricultural producers and a number of others.The scientific novelty consists in the formulation of conclusions that develop the theory of agrarian law, and practical proposals for improving the legal regulation of relations in the agricultural sphere both in Russia and in the Republic of Belarus.


Indonesia and corruption are two things that cannot be separated. Indonesia is very synonymous with the problem of corruption and vice versa, corruption is identical with Indonesia. This is undeniable considering the number of corruption cases in Indonesia that seem to be lost and lost. Nevertheless, the fight against corruption as a common enemy has not been carried out by the entire community. In this article, the author uses a normative research method based on primary and secondary data. The results of the analysis obtained are that character building is very important for the future successors of the Indonesian state because in the future they will be the ones who will lead the direction of the fate of the nation's life. With the participation of technology and modernization in various fields will grow a new hegemony.


Fitness interdependence is the degree to which two or more organisms influence each other's success in replicating their genes. Identity fusion may be a proximate mechanism that aligns behavior with fitness interdependence. Although identity fusion may usually lead to behaviors that are fitness enhancing, in evolutionarily novel environments, it may be hijacked in ways that are highly detrimental to fitness. Humans are highly social animals, and, since our evolutionary beginnings, our fitness outcomes have been deeply interdependent with those around us. From parent–child relationships to war parties, to mating relationships, our ability to transfer our genes to the next generation is often tied to others' success. Here, we suggest that the idea of identity fusion, which Whitehouse describes as "a visceral sense of oneness with the group" (abstract), may be a proximate mechanism for aligning human behavior with degrees of fitness interdependence. Fitness interdependence can be defined as the degree to which two or more organisms influence each other's success in replicating their genes (Aktipis et al. 2018; Brown 1999; Brown & Brown 2006; Kelley & Thibaut 1978; Roberts 2005). Fitness interdependence can arise for many reasons, including genetic relatedness (Hamilton 1964a; 1964b), mating, having common descendants (Dow 1984; Hughes 1988), food sharing, risk pooling (Aktipis et al. 2016; Cronk et al. 2018), and, perhaps most importantly for the concept of identity fusion, intergroup competition and conflict. The concept of fitness interdependence applies to human interactions including many that Whitehouse describes, but it also applies to other interactions in the biological world. Any organisms that have positive impacts on one another's survival and reproduction, for example, in biological mutualisms, can be considered to have fitness interdependence. Whitehouse proposes that extreme self-sacrifice – for example, altruistic suicide – is possible because of the process of identity fusion. Extreme self-sacrifice of this kind is seen in many biological systems where there is an extremely high level of fitness interdependence. For example, cells in clonal multicellular bodies are highly fitness interdependent, and these cells are equipped with the ability to undergo apoptosis – cell suicide – if they are malfunctioning and potentially threatening the viability of the multicellular organism of which they are a part (Aktipis et al. 2015). Perhaps even more relevant to the idea of identity fusion is the biology of the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, which has a unicellular life stage, but which can also join together into a multicellular slug when resources are low, moving along the forest floor and then turning into a stalk and spore (Strassmann et al. 2000). The cells that end up in the stalk are engaging in the kind of extreme self-sacrifice that Whitehouse describes, and the D. discoideum cells literally fuse together during the multicellular stage. Therefore, identity fusion is not a uniquely human phenomenon, but one that has parallels in biological systems where fitness interdependence is very high. If identity fusion is indeed a mechanism for aligning motivation and behavior with fitness interdependence, then identity fusion would be expected to occur in those situations characterized by high fitness interdependence and, in particular, during transitions to situations in which fitness interdependence becomes so high that it is practically at unity (i.e., a one-to-one correlation of fitness between the involved parties). In looking at human relationships, we see that some physical interactions, such as sexual intercourse and nursing, can increase oxytocin and subsequent feelings of bonding. These are both situations where there is a potential shift from lower to higher fitness interdependence of the involved parties. Similarly, in situations of intergroup conflict, there can be a shift from lower to higher fitness interdependence, which may facilitate the process of identity fusion, as with the "band of brothers" phenomenon in combat units during wartime (Shakespeare, Henry V, Act IV, scene iii [Ambrose 1992]). Whitehouse also suggests that ritualsmay play an important role in the procession of local identity fusion. This idea corresponds well with thinking among cooperation theorists that rituals are important for social coordination more broadly. Rituals help create both the common knowledge and the common meta-knowledge (i.e., common knowledge that there is common knowledge), among both participants and observers, that is needed for solving coordination problems (Chwe 2003; Cronk & Leech 2013). In the small-scale, highly interdependent societies in which our ancestors lived, the process of local fusion, perhaps enhanced through the use of rituals to create common knowledge and the use of kin terms to indicate fitness interdependence, may have routinely led to behaviors that, although very costly to the individual actor, were Commentary/Whitehouse: Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice 19


Uruguay reformed its Constitution in 1997 specially modifying its old electoral rules. This article analyzes, from an institutional approach and with comparative evidence, the possible political impacts that the new constitution could produce. Those effects will be evaluated in tenns of parliamentary fragmentation and executive-legislative relations. The article predicts a greater fragmentation of the party system and legislative weakness of the president. In consequence there could be less fluid relations between the President and the Assembly. Given this scenario, with a President with high popular support but poor political and institutional resources, we could be promoting dangerous conflicts between powers.


Abstract Some random normal number generators that were satisfactory for 36-bit-word computers are inadequate for equipment such as the IBM System/360, using a 32-bit-word. A generator is presented and shown to be satisfactory relative to several criteria for testing normality and randomness.


Purpose – The paper aims to demonstrate a geographic information system (GIS) based study on environmental impact assessment (EIA), due to air pollution, for a highway project.Design/methodology/approach – An approach has been designed to explore the scope for the combination of EIA and GIS in development for the proposed Allahabad Bypass Project. The air quality in the study area has been quantified in terms of the air pollution index (API). GIS has been exploited to obtain the spatial information for the prediction of air pollution impact at different suburban and rural areas adjacent to the stretch of bypass.Findings – The study has enabled the researchers to understand the variation in air quality along the total stretch of the bypass keeping in view the "with" and "without" project scenarios. The results obtained from the study show considerable increase in air pollution levels from baseline to the projected period of 20 years, due to gradual increase in vehicular traffic along the highway.Originalit...


Purpose – Result-based management (RBM) is common approach used in the development sector to initiate, plan and implement projects. However, to the knowledge of the authors the approach has hardly been used in delivering projects in other sectors, for example, information technology, infrastructure or business. The purpose of this paper is to document a case study in which the RBM approach was used to guide the delivery of a business project in Botswana. Design/methodology/approach – A case study strategy was used to document the delivery process of the project. Data were collected from a variety of sources that included review of documents, interviews, focus discussions and a site visit. The content analysis technique was used to analyse the collected data. Findings – The case illustrates the possibility of using the RBM approach to initiate, plan and implement a project in the business sector. Research limitations/implications – Being a case study, the approach needs to be tested with more case studies....


This paper presents the methods that the jamming pod performs the support jamming,based on the radar detection range model under the support jamming,respectively discusses the influence of jamming pod configuration in different ranges,heights,angles on the maximum radar detection range,in order to study the configuration position of jamming pod,through the simulation and calculation,gives the configuration position of jamming pod cooperating with the airman penetration,summarizes the configuration rule of jamming pod performs the support jamming,which is provided with definite guidance meaning for the combat application of jamming pod.


Infant directed speech is marked by exaggerated frequency modulation and strong high frequency power, features that may provide physiological cues for mobilization or calming (Porges and Lewis, 2010; Kolacz et al., 2018). We examined whether these features predicted changes in infant biobehavioral state during the Still Face Paradigm, a stressor in which the mother withdraws and reinstates social cues. 98 mother-infant dyads participated when infants were 4-8 months old. Infant heart rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (a measure of cardiac parasympathetic control) were derived from an electrocardiogram (ECG). Infant behavioral distress was measured by vocal, facial, and body movement distress. Mothers' vocalizations were measured using spectral analysis within designated frequency bands and modulation using a 2-dimensional fast Fourier transform of the audio spectrogram. Maternal frequency modulation predicted decreases in infant heart rate (p = .030), mid-frequency acoustic power (500–5000 Hz) predicted increases in cardiac parasympathetic regulation in infants with low parasympathetic tone (p = .024), and high frequency power predicted increases in infant behavioral distress in infants who were not initially distressed (p = .011). These results suggest that mothers' vocal frequency band power and modulation may be aspects of infant-directed speech that are relevant for regulating infant biobehavioral state.


: Let G be a group definable in an NIP theory. We prove that, if G admits a global f-generic type, then G is definably amenable, answering a question of Chernikov and Simon. Acknowledgements: I would like to thank Artem Chernikov, Itay Kaplan, and Anand Pillay for all of their encouragement and feedback. Notation: Throughout T will denote a complete theory in a first-order language L , with a monster model C . G will denote a definable group in T , and for any model M (cid:52) C we will write G ( M ) for the realizations of G whose coordinates lie in M . For a parameter set C ⊆ C , we will use S G ( C ) to denote the space of all complete types over C that are concentrated on G . For tuples a, b , and a small parameter set C ⊂ C , we will write a ≡ C b to mean tp( a/C ) = tp( b/C ). Finally, we will assume throughout the entire paper that T is NIP.


— We present a novel underwater system that can perform acoustic ranging between commodity smartphones. To achieve this, we design a real-time underwater ranging protocol that computes the time-of-flight between smartphones. To address the severe underwater multipath, we present a dual-microphone optimization algorithm that can more reliably identify the direct path. Our underwater evaluations show that our system has median errors of 0.48–0.86 m at distances upto 35 m. Further, our system can operate across smartphone model pairs and works in the presence of clock drifts. While existing underwater localization research is tar-geted for custom hydrophone hardware, we believe that our work breaks new ground by demonstrating a path to bringing underwater ranging capabilities to billions of existing smartphones, without additional hardware.


Method for measuring hose (16) comprising: placing the tube (16) in a holder (10); compressing the hose (16) between opposing surfaces (12, 14) of the fastener (10); receiving a signal indicating compression of the hose (16) while compressed, where the signal indicative of compression of the hose (16) indicates a distance between the opposed surfaces (12, 14) of the fastener (10); receiving a signal indicating a contact length of the hose (16) with at least one of the opposing surfaces (12, 14); and calculate an inner diameter and a thickness of the hose (16).


OBJECTIVE
To study the inhibition of melanoma growth in mice by vaccination with xenogeneic melanocytes.

METHODS
Xenogeneic vaccine was prepared from pig eye melanocytes. It was used before or after B16 melanoma challenge in C57 mice. The size of tumor was monitored. Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity of mouse spleen cells was measured by 51Cr release assay. Antibody response against pig melanocytes and B16 melanoma cells were detected by indirect ELISA.

RESULTS
Preventive vaccination resulted in inhibition of tumor growth in 90% of the immunized mice, while therapeutic vaccination inhibited tumor growth in 50% of the treated mice. Specific CTL activity and antibodies in the immunized mice were detected.

CONCLUSION
Anti-tumor immune response capable of inhibiting melanoma growth can be induced by xenogeneic melanocyte vaccination.


This rapid review reviews literature on the role of private sector engagement in supporting efforts to address fragility and conflict. There is broad consensus that creating economic opportunities is critical to addressing fragility and conflict and that economic recovery is a vital aspect of state-building in fragile states. The private sector and private sector development (PSD) are considered to have a crucial role to play in contributing to economic recovery and addressing a number of drivers of fragility.


P leiocarpa pycnantha belong to the family Apocynaceae which is widely distributed throughout tropical Africa. It has an impressive range of medicinal uses. Different parts of this plant contain families of compounds such as alkaloids,Terpenoids, Saponins. The P. pycnantha plant provides actives compounds like ursolic acid , 27- p - E -coumaroloxyursolic acid, 27- p - Z -coumaroyloxyursolic acid , pycanocarpine, 2-carboxy-3-hydroxy derivative of pycanocarpine. P. pycnantha is very important for its medicinal value. Various parts of this plant such as the leaves, roots, seed, bark, fruit, flowers and immature pods act as laxative, anthelmintic, possess antitumor, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal activities, and are being employed for the treatment of jaundice, diarrhea. P. pycnantha is then administered to gain and retain good memory. This review focuses on the detailed phytochemical composition, medicinal uses, along with pharmacological properties of different parts of this tree.


We investigate a delayed stage-structured Ivlev's functional response predator-prey model with impulsive stocking on prey and continuous harvesting on predator. Sufficient conditions of the global attractivity of predator-extinction periodic solution and the permanence of the system are obtained. These results show that the behavior of impulsive stocking on prey plays an important role for the permanence of the system. We also prove that all solutions of the system are uniformly ultimately bounded. Our results provide reliable tactical basis for the biological resource management and enrich the theory of impulsive delay differential equations.


The properties of a frustrated quantum antiferromagnet are interesting topics in condensed matter theory. Among the quantum antiferromagnets, Cs2CuC14 gains attention as one of the candidates for materials with ground state spin liquid phase. The recent experimental results show that there exist several ground state phases in the presence of magnetic field which cannot be explained with classical Hamiltonian. In the thesis, I numerically studied the ground state of Cs2 CuC14 using a modified classical Hamiltonian, and I compared the result with previous experiments and classical analysis. The resulted magnetic phase diagram contains two phases, cone and ferromagnetic phase, which are separated by second order transition and a first order transition line for intermediate longitudinal field which ends up with a critical point. Thesis Supervisor: Professor Xiao-Gang Wen Title: Department of Physics


OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the return on investment (ROI) and quality improvement after implementation of a centralized automated-dispensing system after 8 years of use.

DESIGN
Prospective evaluation of ROI; before and after study to evaluate dispensing errors; user satisfaction questionnaire after 8 years of use.

SETTING
The study was conducted at a French teaching hospital in the pharmacy department, which is equipped with decentralized automated medication cabinets in the wards.

PARTICIPANTS
Pharmacy staff (technicians and residents).

INTERVENTION(S)
Implementation of a centralized automated-dispensing robot.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S)
The true ROI was prospectively and annually compared to estimated returns calculated after implementation and upgrade of the robot; dispensing errors determined by observation of global deliveries and the satisfaction of users based on a validated questionnaire were evaluated.

RESULTS
Following the upgrade, we found little difference for the ROI (+1.86%). The payback period increased by almost 3 years. There was a significant reduction of dispensing errors, from 2.9% to 1.7% (P < 0.001). User satisfaction of the robot by the pharmacy staff was reported (score of 5.52 ± 1.20 out of 7).

CONCLUSIONS
These systems are worthwhile investments and largely contribute to improving the quality and safety of the medication process.


The effect of 3%(mass fraction) Ru on cast Ni base superalloy with low content of Cr and high content of W was investigated The as cast microstructure of two kinds of alloys in which 3%(mass fraction)Ru was added or was not contained, the microstructure after 1260℃/4h, 1260℃/4h+1280℃/4h, 1260℃/4h+1300℃/4h solid solution heat treatment and after 1260℃/4h+1100℃/100h thermal exposure test have been comparatively studied The results indicate that the sorts of precipitation is not changed by the addition of Ru Ru influences the stability of γ′ phase and M 6C carbide It can decrease the solid solution temperature of γ′ about 10℃ and the Ru contained alloy tends to transform to the rafted structure at the temperature of 1100℃ Furthermore, Ru can restrict the formation of primary and secondary M 6C, and it is beneficial to stabilizing the microstructure of superalloy


Unfair to Genius: The Strange and Litigious Career of Ira B. Arnstein. By Gary A. Rosen. NY: Oxford University Press, 2012. 30pp. $27.95 This meandering book begins with considerable promise, but is ultimately a disappointment. As the title indicates, it is ostensibly the biography of an obscure, eccentric, early twentieth-century composer who gained fame not in music but in legal circles by suing many of the greatest songwriters of the era for "stealing" his music. While none of these suits was successful, his claims were so cleverly framed that they not only received repeated and serious hearings by the courts, but, according to the author, helped set legal precedents that would inform music litigation down to the present day. Arnstein was born circa 1880 in the Czarist Ukraine, immigrating to the U.S. in 1891 with his older brother. Showing musical aptitude from an early age, he toured with Madame Lineff's Russian Peasant Choir, which performed at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. As he grew older, he began composing, and during World War I provided Cantor Josef Rosenblatt with his stirring "Soldiers of Zion." His most successful composition, however, was the lachrymose "A Mother's Prayer" (1899), a minor key refrain that did not attract much recording activity but stayed in print for many years. By the 1920s his career, such as it was, was in decline and he began hearing snippets of his music in many hits of the day--or so he thought. His first legal crusade was against Nat Shilkret, over a song called "Lady Divine." He later sued Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and ASCAP itself. The suit against Porter asserted that "Night and Day" "Begin the Beguine," "I Love You," "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," "What Is This Thing Called Love?", and "Don't Fence Me In" were all based on Arnstein melodies, and suggested that Porter had hired "stooges" to break into Arnstein's apartment to steal his material. Famous names, famous songs, an extremely eccentric protagonist, a previously untold story--what could go wrong with a story like this? I used the word "meandering" in the first sentence deliberately. The author, a copyright attorney based in Philadelphia, has used this book as a vehicle to discuss all sorts of subjects: the music of the early 20th century, various minor characters who interest him (Madame Lineff, Cantor Rosenblatt, Nat Shilkret, singer Willie Robyn), the development of ASCAP, and more. …


Theinvitro ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase activity perunit ofleaf nitrogen wasfound tobe30%greater inTriticum aestiaum thaninT.monococcum. Thiswasduetoahigher specific activity ofthe enzyme fromT.aestirxm, astheamountofRuBPcarboxylase protein perunit oftotal leaf nitrogen didnotdiffer between thegenotypes. The occurrence ofhigher specific activity ofRuBPcarboxylase isshown to correlate withpossession ofthelrgesubunit derived from theBgenome ofwheat. Despite thegreater RuBPcarboxylase activity perunit ofleaf nitrogen inT.aestivum, theinitial slopes ofcurves relating rate ofC02assimilation tointercellular p(CO2) aresimilar inT.aestivuam andT.mowococcum for thesamenitrogen content perunit leaf area. Thesimilarity oftheinitial slopes istheresult ofagreater resistance toCO2transfer between the intercellular spaces andthesite ofcarboxylation inT.astivum thanin T.monococcum.


This article consideres the lexical and stylistic processes found in the language of the present Russian media. The author pays attention to the words, which are not presented in defining dictionaries but they are actively used in the publisistic style, and also assesses the language potential of the given units.


Principles and practice of emergency medicine and critical care are not just grounded on the basic tenets of "care"─ but more profoundly, on the meticulous understanding and management of every matters of clinical urgency. Critical care undertakes the care of an ailing patient who presents with life-threatening illnesses often compounded with serious (multi)organ dysfunctions. Beyond a human touch which is a prerequisite─ it also mandates diagnostic reasoning and clinical judgment skills to render any benefit to the critically-ill and indisposed patient. This often requires bringing forth the combined clinical decision-making abilities of several specialists which constitute a broad domain of clinical and emergency care. Essence of good critical care stems from several established protocols: e.g., early diagnosis, anticipation of possible complications, and foremost─ dynamic stabilization of the critically ill (hemodynamic stabilization, metabolic optimization, etc.). This paper in the foreground, intently looks at the approaches of the intensivists to a critical illness, and attempts to delineate about how they apply wisdom, skills, and 'intuitions' to cure─ as well as to gain a better perception of the matters of urgency in critical care medicine. While in the background, it reviews the rationale for understanding the management of complex clinical conditions characterized by shock─ which still remains an important cause of complications leading to organ failure and dysfunction that contributes to high degree of mortality in the ICU. Furthermore, this paper analyses the central protocol, prognostic factors and therapeutic interventions that are being followed to manage complications of shock or related severe syndromes (Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy). Finally, the paper discusses about what kind of marginal approaches exists or might be undertaken to break the gridlock of decision "freeze" if it occurs when the last few attempts to salvage a critically compromised patient with multi-organ dysfunction fails to save a life.


Recovering meaning from the medical and scientific lexicon of the past is always an exercise in "cultural translation," and the older the text is, the more complex this task becomes. Examples are given here of some of the complexities inherent in reconstructing the meaning of medical terms that refer to human diseases of the past, with reference to the conceptual and methodological difficulties surrounding the retrospective identification of these diseases. Two historical examples are used to illustrate these difficulties: use of the label "typhus" in accounts of diseases written before, or in ignorance of, germ theory, and sudor Anglicus, a mysterious epidemic that struck areas bordering on the English Channel repeatedly from the end of the 15th to the mid-16th century. The former example reveals the dual aspects of "cultural translation" generally involved in retrospective diagnoses of disease of the past when this type of account is analyzed. The latter, on the other hand, illustrates the severe limitations implicit in this approach, and starkly illustrates the enormous variability in diagnostic labels that historians often assign to diseases of the past, as well as the marked affinity between these labels and the nosological concerns that typified medical practice at the time when these historians were active.


ed from a transition metal to make it both cationic and charge-balanced by the NCA. The use of ionizing ionic com pounds not containing an active proton but capable of pro ducing both the active metallocene cation and a NCA are also known. See, e.g., EP-A-0426 637, EP-A-0573 403, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,387,568, each of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety. Reactive cations other than Bron sted acids capable of ionizing the metallocene compounds include ferrocenium triphenylcarbonium and triethylsi lylinium cations. I0086. Any metal or metalloid capable of forming a coor dination complex which is resistant to degradation by water (or other Bronsted or Lewis Acids) may be used or contained in the anion of the second activator compound. Suitable met als include, but are not limited to, aluminum, gold, platinum, and the like. Suitable metalloids include, but are not limited to, boron, phosphorus, silicon, and the like. The description of


It is the 3rd anniversary of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei intergation as a national strategy, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration becomes an important key issue again on the two sessions, the government work report also mentions they need to implement thoroughly this strategy. In the process of completing strategy, industrial cooperation is key part of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei collaborative development. The strategy breaks the restriction of the administrative region, and makes three places become an economic organism and make achievement. For example, Hebei province introduced 4100 projects and collectd 3825 billion from Beijing and Tianjin in 2016, accounting for the province's total of 42% and 51%, but there exists some problems. Therefore, this paper focuses on the trouble of industrial cooperation, and proposes corresponding measures to promote industrial development. 京津冀产业协同发展存在的问题及对策 刘爽


Objective: To explore the importance of the practice management to the cultivation of nursing postgraduate. Methods: Combining the nursing postgraduate education in our country and its practice cultivation situation, we made practice management system for nursing postgraduate by referring to lots of literature and consulting experts. The system included: establishing practice management organization and its responsibilities; giving education, training and test before practice; training new tutors; self-management of postgraduate; cultivating scientific research ability; cultivating clinical teaching and management ability; cultivating innovative ability; and so on. Results: The major problems in postgraduate practice cultivation were the lack of teachers, limited capability of teachers, single cultivation destination, disjoint between postgraduate thesis and clinical practice, attaching little importance to practice. Conclusion: It was necessary to pay more attention to practice cultivation and management. At the same time, postgraduates` attention to practice should be aroused. It was most important to enforce teachers` cultivation and emphasize practice management in order to make the postgraduate cultivation aims diversi- fication and cultivate postgraduates to be all-round talents.


This paper introduced the dispersing mechanism of sodium polyacrylate on paper coating and its action on coating preparation. The evaluation methods on the performance of sodium polyacrylate as well as the effect of sodium polyacrylate on coated paper properties was invetigated.


After studying the demerit of Apriori and its mutation,this paper proposes a novel algorithm which is based on Support Count Matrix and Transaction BoolMatrix.We used the new approach to analyze the frequent itemsets of the historical data of petroleum futures prices,generate association rules according to the minimum support and confidence,explore the approach′s application in petroleum futures prices forecasting,and put forward the future research.


The multi-agent research community is currently faced with a paradox. While promoting the use of agents as the silver bullet for various software engineering problems, it faces difficulties in presenting successful deployments. Despite the countless multiagent prototypes that have been developed, the number of actually deployed and in use MAS is at best very small [11]. And as long as multi-agent frameworks continue to encounter difficulties in scaling up, it seems unlikely that this will change. This paper has two aims. First, it is an attempt to relate the scalability problem of multi-agent systems with that of executing large numbers of concurrent threads. Second, it presents a CORBA/Java middle-ware layer that enables transparent access to the resources of different physical machines. Using this layer is becomes possible to build multi-agent systems that require large numbers of concurrent threads and significant memory resources.


Introduction 2014 did not only commemorate 20 years of democracy, it also marked the year that the South African government had set for itself to meet, and surpass, most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs were adopted in September 2000 through the Millennium Declaration at the 55th session of the United Nations General Assembly, convened as the 'Millennium Assembly'. South Africa had also set specific goals of its own in 2004 – some of which overlapped with the MDGs –that were to be achieved by 2014. These include: reducing poverty and unemployment by half;providing the skills required by the economy;and reducing cases of tuberculosis, diabetes, malnutrition and maternal deaths, turning the tide against HIV/AIDS, and reducing preventable causes of death.It is clear that due to policy paralysis, many goals will be missed.


This article proposes a coordinated dynamic power management system for renewable energy-based microgrids (μGs). The coordinated control framework consists of two parts; one is centralized and the other is a local layer. The centralized layer optimally allocates the power among the different components in the μG, considering their response times, physical constraints on power output, and the state of charge of energy storage devices. The local layer is responsible for the control of the onboard dedicated power converters of the respective power sources. A model predictive control methodology is used for the control of both layers. The functionality of the proposed PMS is verified in hardware-in-the-loop experiments in different operating conditions. The results showed that the dynamic performance of the μGs with the proposed method is more effective as compared to the conventional method.


The objective of the study was to determine the potential application of sulphate reducing bacteria on acid sulfate soil with different water content in the green house. The research was carried out in the Laboratory and Green House, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sumatera Utara. This research used Randomized Block Design with two treatments factors, ie sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB) isolate (control, LK4, LK6, TSM4, TSM3, AP4, AP3, LK4 + TSM3, LK4 + AP4, LK4 + AP3, LK6 + TSM3, LK6 + AP4, LK6 + AP3, TSM4 + TSM3, TSM4 + AP4, TSM4 + AP3) and water condition (100% field capacity and 110% field capacity). The results showed that application of isolate LK4 + AP4 with water condition 110% field capacity decreased the soil sulphate content (27.38 ppm) significantly after 6 weeks. Application of isolate LK4 + AP3 with water condition 110% field capacity increased soil pH (5.58) after-week efficacy 6. Application of isolate LK4 with water condition 110% field capacity increased plant growth (140 cm; 25.74 g) significantly after week 6. The best treatment was application isolate LK4 with water condition 110% field Capacity (SRB population 2.5x108; soil sulphate content 29.10ppm; soil acidity 4.78; plant height 140cm; plant weight 25.74g).


There is no syllabus or course book for labor analgesia,a new discipline,and many problems related to it are under debate.By applying the basic principle of Marxism philosophy,this paper discusses the purpose,significance,object,and skills of labor analgesia teaching in clinical practice.


Background: Modern methods of regulator synthesis are often hard to realize technically as it is not easy to synthesize complex control devices. For example, input-output regulators are synthesized by the modal control method based on solving polynomial equations and employs pre-filters, the complexity of which is comparable with that of the regulators themselves. All this makes it quite urgent to develop an approach simplifying such control devices without affecting the qualitative parameters of the system as a whole. Materials and methods: The regulators have been synthesized by the polynomial synthesis method ensuring the required quality of the processes in an automatic control system by measuring only the output point of the control object. The reduction of control device is based on the method of equivalent structural transformations, which guaranties the permanence of automatic control system transfer function. And the astatism of control influence is ensured by the error coefficient method. Results: We propose a method of control device reduction based on implemention of the method of equivalent structural transformations, which essentially reduces the control device complexity. Unlike the known methods, this method does not require recalculating control device coefficients in order to preserve the performance indicators of the automatic control system. Conclusions: The proposed method reduces the order of the control device transfer function twofold, which makes the device much easier to implement. It also reduces the execution time of the control program, which is important when developing modern automatic control systems composed of objects with a high processing speed and short execution 1 Работа выполнена в рамках проектной части государственного задания Минобрнауки.  «Вестник ИГЭУ» Вып. 5 2017 г.  ФГБОУВО «Ивановский государственный энергетический университет имени В.И. Ленина» 45 time. The results of mathematical simulation have confirmed the identity of the performance indicators in the reduced system and the initial automatic control system in processing control and disturbance actions.


The development of commercial economy promotes the development of commercial building mode.Our business model from the ancient ancestors "fair" evolves to today's popular shopping mall all over China.The specialized market grows from traditional merchandise to targeted consumption and the one-stop consumption which has developed into a new generation of large shopping center with experience type consumption and the theme architecture.Now Nanjing Aqua City,a representative of the business model,explores a unique way of the architectural design and aesthetic function.


A brief overview of the structural reliability problem and its relationship to probabilistic and statistical concepts is given. Selected references on structural reliability are compiled from various sources. References address structural reliability and selected topics associated with implementing the structural reliability approach.


Macrophages are white blood cells of the innate immune system that play disparate roles in homeostasis and immune responses. As a result, they have the capability to alter their phenotypes to pro-inflammatory (M1) or anti-inflammatory (M2) subtypes in response to their environment. 8-15% of the macrophage transcriptome has circadian oscillations, including genes closely related to their functioning. As circadian rhythms are also associated with cellular phenotypes, we hypothesized that the polarization of macrophages to opposing subtypes might differently affect their circadian rhythms. We tested this by tracking the circadian rhythms of the mouse model macrophage cell line, RAW 264.7, which was stably transfected with Bmal1:luc and Per2:luc reporters, representing a positive and a negative component of the core molecular clock. The strength of rhythmicity was assessed using three measures: the relative power of the circadian band in the power spectral density, the rhythmicity index computed as the height of the third peak of the correlogram, and the maximum value of the chi square periodorgram. The period and amplitudes of the de-trended, smoothed time-series were estimated both by fitting to a damped cosine curve and by identifying the peak and trough of each cycle. M1 polarization decreased amplitudes and rhythmicities of both Bmal1:luc and Per2:luc, but did not significantly affect periods, while M2 polarization increased periods and caused no substantial alterations to amplitudes or rhythmicity. As macrophage phenotypes are also altered in the presence of cancer cells, we then tested the circadian effects of conditioned media from two mouse breast cancer cell lines on macrophage circadian rhythms. Media from highly agressive 4T1 cells caused loss of rhythmicity, while media from less aggressive EMT6 cells yielded no changes. As macrophages are known to play roles in tumors, and oncogenic features are associated with circadian rhythms, we also tested whether conditioned media from macrophages can alter circadian rhythms of cancer cells. We found that conditioned media from RAW 264.7 cells resulted in lower circadian rhythmicities and periods, but higher circadian amplitudes in human osteosarcoma, U2OS-Per2:luc cells. Taken together, our study shows that different circadian characteristics exist based on macrophage phenotypes, and suggests further that there is an association between circadian rhythms and macrophage polarization state. Additionally, our data shows that macrophages treated with breast cancer-conditioned media have circadian phenotypes similar to those of the M1 subtype, and cancer cells treated with macrophage-conditioned media have circadian alterations, providing insight to another level of cross-talk between macrophages and cancer cells that merits further investigation.


: The structure and variations of the North Equatorial Countercurrent (NECC) in the far western Pacific Ocean during 2014–16 are investigated using repeated in situ hydrographic data, altimeter data, Argo data, and reanalysis data. The NECC shifted ; 1 8 southward and intensified significantly with its transport exceeding 40Sv (1 Sv [ 10 6 m 3 s 2 1 ), nearly double its climatology value, during the developing phase of the 2015/16 El Ni ñ o event. Observations show that the 2015/16 El Ni ñ o exerted a comparable impact on the NECC with that of the extreme 1997/98 El Ni ñ o in the far western PacificOcean.Baroclinicinstabilityprovidedtheprimaryenergysourcefortheeddykineticenergy(EKE)in the2015/16El Ni ñ o, which differs from the traditional understanding of the energy source of EKE as barotropic instability in low-latitude ocean. The enhanced vertical shear and the reduced density jump between the NECC layer and the North Equatorial Subsurface Current (NESC) layer renders the NECC–NESC system baroclinically unstable in the western Pacific Ocean during El Ni ñ o developing phase. The eddy–mean flow interactions here are diverse associated with various states of El Ni ñ o–Southern Oscillation (ENSO).


The Oirat migration to the Volga River was more than just one Torguut migration. Given the historical facts, the great migration toward the Volga should be called not the "Torguut migration" but the "Oirat migration." It is true that Torguut General Ho began and led the Oirats' Great migration, but it was a unique event that included many Oirat aimags. Although there are relatively few historical resources on the Oirat migration of the 17th and 18th centuries, other documents and accounts of the migration can be used as reliable sources. For example, the clear script documents are considered the main resources for studies on the history of the Oirat migration to the Volga River.


The detailed research and analysis of ore properties was conducted on a certain unutilizable lead-zinc mixed ore in Yunnan, China, and in view of the ore properties, the sulfide ore and oxidized ore were graded, separated and enriched respectively, correspondingly, zinc concentrate, lead-zinc concentrate and lead oxide concentrate were produced, in addition, associated silver mineral was enriched in lead-zinc concentrate and lead oxide concentrate. On the basis of mineral separation technology study of polymetallic ore, the complex and inseparable lead-zinc ore and its associated mineral resources were recovered and utilized comprehensively.


was the control of spasm and the shorter the duration in hospital. Besides thrombophlebitis at the site of venepunctures (probably secondary to benzoic acid present in injectable diazepam) a common complication was apnoea, which responded to partial withdrawal of diazepam. At 3-4 months all 6 neonates who returned for follow-up were developmentally normal. We feel a combination of high doses of diazepam and chlorpromazine with intrathecal ATS (given early after onset of tetanus) is effective in reducing mortality.


Grain boundary (GB) is a one-dimensional interface between two domains of materials with different crystallographic orientations. We investigate the effect of N-doping on the electronic and magnetic properties for hybrid graphene nanoribbon (GNR) with GB, using density functional theory. We find that substituted N atom energetically prefers to distribute at the GB as well as at the ribbon edges. The substituted N atom can induce a variable total magnetic moment depending on the doping sites. After N doping, the translational GB can be spin polarized with ferromagnetic order, and then several spin configurations are generated considering the magnetic couplings between the magnetic moments localized at the ribbon edges and linear translational GB. However, for N-doped GNR with tilt GB, the magnetic moment is extended and denser at the ribbon edges and linear GB. Moreover, small splits of some peaks at the Fermi level are also observed due to partial polarization of GB.


In his letter to the Philippians, Polycarp of Smyrna offers a reading of 1 Timothy 6 in which he uses the term 'the commandment' as an apparent reference to the practice of almsgiving. Polycarp's Philippians, therefore, offers important and heretofore neglected evidence that supports recent contentions that 'the commandment' in 1 Tim 6.14 is almsgiving.


Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the distribution channels of vegetable sectors in Indonesia, its economic impact on the performance of vegetable sales and the factors affecting marketing channels selected by producers.

Design/methodology/approach
The study employed qualitative and quantitative methods. A market survey was qualitatively conducted at producer, intermediary, wholesaler, hotel and food processing company as well as retailer levels. Producer survey was quantitatively conducted at the farm level, by interviewing 556 randomly selected farm households. Structural equation modelling was employed to accomplish the objectives of the study.

Findings
Marketing channels for vegetables in Indonesia was complex and relatively long. Farmers decided to select particular channels because of business circumstance and their knowledge. Distance and gentleman's agreement with traders limited farmers to choose the desirable marketing channel. Marketing channels affect business performance in terms of high sales and profit.

Research limitations/implications
This study only pays attention to the supply side of vegetables. The effect of marketing channels also encumbers the consumers, which are beyond this study. Other studies are expected to highlight the consumer side.

Originality/value
This study focused on smallholder agribusiness players. This study uses two surveys as data sources: market survey and producer survey. The market survey serves as vital information to design producer surveys.


The experimental results of the anomalous absorption due to the parametric instability of the laser produced plasma by focussing the double discharge type TEA CO2 laser light on the targets of carbon plate, polyethylene terephtalate film and polyethylene plate are described. The higher harmonics generation from the laser produced plasma is also observed.


The APHA recommended program guide for voluntary sterilization fails to recommend that vasectomy services establish policies for handling the pregnancies of patients' wives or consorts.    stoperative absence of spermatozoa might or might not imply a successful operation, but in terms of use-effectiveness the vasectomy is a failure if pregnancy occurs. The 1st step of a policy might be to counsel abortion and tubal division              n analysis;                                                    me. An alternate step might require both partners to consent to postpregnancy semen analysis and both be informed of the results. In repeated negative specimens, genetic studies on the     ceptus would be required to demonstrate responsibility.        licy formulated should be told to patients before the operation and informed consent obtained. An insurance policy, at small cost, might be offered to indemnify couples against costs of abortion, tubal division, or maternity care                        the operation had failed or not.


Periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) are two common sleep disorders. The similarity in periodicity of periodic limb movements (PLMs) and obstructive sleep apneas (OSAs) led us to hypothesize the existence of a common central generator responsible for the periodicity of both OSAs and PLMs.


Nonwovens have emerged as component and parcel of human life. wide tiers of merchandise from nonwovens represent one of the most critical commodities of enterprise all through the world. Packages and demand are constantly growing and expected to grow in destiny. Thermal bonding constitutes one of the predominantly used manufacturing strategies and has big blessings. Exceptional of final products depends on deciding on right fabric and process variables. Fibers with lower orientation and lower crystallinity shape stronger thermal factor bonded nonwovens, possibly due to the fact the fibers can deform greater earlier than rupturing on the bond area, accordingly, sharing the weight higher. In order to apprehend thermal bonding, the consequences of the processing conditions and the molecular residences of the polymer should be understood. In particular, the molecular weight and molecular weight distribution may be exclusive on the surface than inside the bulk fiber. The crystallinity is almost sincerely specific in addition to the fee of melting and of crystallization on the surface. Likewise, the presence of finish and whether or not it's miles a plasticizing, nucleating or inert end will have an effect on melting and recrystallization as well as the inter diffusion price. The houses of soften spun IPP fibers had been notably studied [1]. The primary materials variables of iPP resins consist of the following: (a) molecular weight and molecular weight distribution, (b) stereo regularity (ataxic content and range, kind and distribution of defects), (c) presence, content material and distribution of co-monomer (e.g. ethylene), and (d) presence of nucleating agents inside the resin (deliberately brought or in any other case). These number one variables control other measurable functions of the resins which includes the soften go with the flow price (MFR), rheology, melting temperature and crystallization kinetics [2]. Research has also protected contrast of the morphology and houses of fibers and spun bond nonwovens constructed from Ziegler-Natta catalyzed resins to the ones of fibers made from metallocene-catalyzed resins with the same MFR [3]. Those Crimson Publishers Wings to the Research Research Article


Various problems of Statistics, Mathematics, Radio Physics, Nuclear Physics, Atomic Physics, Fluid Mechanics, Engineering and Science can easily handle by applying integral transform techniques on their mathematical models. Problems of heat equation, Schrodinger equation, Laplace equation, Helmholtz equation and wave equation have solutions in terms of Bessel functions. To solve such equations by integral transform methods, we need to know the integral transform of Bessel functions. In this paper, authors discuss Bessel functions of first kind and determine their Anuj transforms.


This paper presents a hybrid control strategy for a dual active bridge (DAB) based dc-dc converter which combines the benefits of traditional phase shift and burst mode modulation schemes. The advantage of using such a control strategy stems from the fact that it can extend the zero voltage switching (ZVS) range of all power switches in both the primary and secondary bridges when there is a wide variation in input or output voltage. In addition, the hybrid control strategy improves the light load efficiency of the DAB converter. The paper focuses on the development of the average and small signal models for the DAB converter with the hybrid modulation scheme. Digital implementation considerations of the hybrid control scheme are discussed. The effectiveness of the proposed control strategy has been tested and validated through simulations and experiments.


Purpose
Magnetic induction tomography (MIT) is a tomographic imaging technique with a wide range of potential industrial applications. Planar array MIT is a convenient setup but unable to access freely from the entire periphery as it only collects measurements from one surface, so it remains challenging given the limited data. This study aims to assess the use of sparse regularization methods for accurate position and depth detection in planar array MIT.

Design/methodology/approach
The most difficult challenges in MIT are to solve the inverse and forward problems. The inversion of planar MIT is severely ill-posed due to limited access data. Thus, this paper posed a total variation (TV) problem and solved it efficiently with the Split Bregman formulation to overcome this difficulty. Both isotropic and anisotropic TV formulations are compared to Tikhonov regularization with experimental MIT data.

Findings
The results show that Tikhonov method failed or underestimated the object position and depth. Both isotropic and anisotropic TV led to accurate recovery of depth and position.

Originality/value
There are numerous potential applications for planar array MIT where access to the materials under testing is restrict. Sparse regularization methods are a promising approach to improving depth detection for limited MIT data.


In this paper, energy efficiency is analyzed in a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) aided mobile edge computing (MEC) network. The offloading decisions at the user equipments (UEs), computational resource allocation strategies at the MEC server, and the choice of RIS reflecting coefficients are jointly taken into consideration. To address the latency requirements, the use of finite blocklength (FBL) codes is considered in the uplink transmission, which also utilizes non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) for improved efficiency in resource usage. A UE-grouping scheme is introduced to group the UEs for NOMA transmission, and a dynamic CPU frequency allocation algorithm at the MEC server is developed. The primary objective is to maximize the overall energy efficiency of the RIS-aided MEC network under both decoding error rate and latency constraints. For this purpose, a four-step algorithm is devised to optimize RIS reflecting coefficients, offloaded data bits, offloading blocklength, and MEC frequency allocations. Simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm and the importance of UE scheduling with NOMA transmission.


Restless legs syndrome(RLS) is a neurological disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to move legs to stop uncomfortable or odd sensations. We report a new approach to improve RLS using acupuncture and massage on iliopsoas Muscle. The patients who have RLS were treated by acupuncture and mass...


The availability of parallel sentence simplification (SS) is scarce for neural SS modelings. We propose an unsupervised method to build SS corpora from large-scale bilingual translation corpora, alleviating the need for SS supervised corpora. Our method is motivated by the following two findings: neural machine translation model usually tends to generate more high-frequency tokens and the difference of text complexity levels exists between the source and target language of a translation corpus. By taking the pair of the source sentences of translation corpus and the translations of their references in a bridge language, we can construct large-scale pseudo parallel SS data. Then, we keep these sentence pairs with a higher complexity difference as SS sentence pairs. The building SS corpora with an unsupervised approach can satisfy the expectations that the aligned sentences preserve the same meanings and have difference in text complexity levels. Experimental results show that SS methods trained by our corpora achieve the state-of-the-art results and significantly outperform the results on English benchmark WikiLarge.


This paper analyses the marketing arrangements between Polish hog producers and buyers at a time when high-quality markets are emerging. Interrelationships between four key factors are investigated: governance structures, prices, grading and investment in quality production. A sample of 200 Polish hog producers is analysed. A multinomial logit analysis indicates that producers' choice between large processors as opposed to traders and local slaughterhouses can be predicted by type of contract, grading and quality. A cluster analysis reveals four distinct groups of farmers according to investment in specific assets, ability to safeguard assets, degree of coordination with buyers, use of grading and written contracts, and extent of bargaining power. Copyright 2001, Oxford University Press.


We propose and experimentally demonstrate that a novel and low‐cost radio over fiber network architecture for providing wireless and wired dual services at 2.5 Gb/s. The base‐band signals are directly detected by a low‐cost receiver with a 2 GHz bandwidth low‐pass filter, while the RF signals are down‐converted by a mixer and an electrical local oscillator signal. Our experimental results show the millimeter wave in this network architecture exhibits less than 1 dB power penalty over 20 km fiber after providing the dual services. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 49: 659–662, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.22243


One of the biggest obstacles facing wine producers today is attracting entry level drinkers. The wine industry has attempted to gain access to this market with a variety of fruit flavoured products appealing to a younger palate. Ostensibly, one of the goals of wine producers is to produce some brand loyalty which they hope will carry over to the main product line. This article tests the hypothesis that appealing to consumers with entry level products will result in consumption of the main product line. The article begins with an overview of wine consumption in the US. They then present a theoretical model of consumer behaviour in which the consumption of entry level products leads to consumption of main product lines. Using data on wine and wine cooler consumption for fifty states and the District of Columbia for the years 1980–2001, the results show that wine coolers did not act as a gateway to wine consumption.


High-spin and low-spin complexes of the iron(III) tetrakis(meso-cyclohexyl)porphyrin ((TCHP)FeIII) have been studied by means of 1-D and 2-D 1H NMR. The complete assignment of porphyrin and R-imidazole 1H resonances has been done on the basis of 2-D COSY and NOESY techniques as well as by selective deuteration of imidazole. The chemical shifts of pyrrole β-Hs have been used as the probe of the electronic state of an iron(III) metal ion. It has been found that cyanide coordinates to the high-spin (TCHP)FeIIICl complex, leading to the formation of the low-spin [(TCHP)FeIII(CN)2]-, with the rare (dxzdyz)4(dxy)1 ground electronic state (the pyrrole β-H resonance at 12.01 ppm at 293 K in CD3OD). A contribution of two electronic configurations, (dxy)2(dxzdyz)3 and (dxzdyz)4(dxy)1, to the ground state of the metal ion has been invoked for the low-spin [(TCHP)FeIII(R-Im)2]+ complexes. Characteristic 1H NMR shifts for these complexes include the pyrrole resonance at 2.81 ppm accompanied by the markedly upfield shi...


Vegetation coverage is of great importance to the ecosystem and plays a key role for soil conservation, runoff and sediment yields. Long-term gauging data indicate that eco-programs in the upper Yangtze basin launched since 1989 have increased vegetation coverage through massive afforestation and soil-water conservation measures. The accumulated planting area of 5.3 million hectares has increased catchment forest coverage from 11% in 1978, to 34% in 2010. The mean annual sediment load of 2.78 x 10(8) t since 1989 is evidently less than that of 5.23 x 10(8) t before 1989 (a 47% reduction). Comparing the vegetation coverage situation and the sediment regime during 1999-2002 to those of 1984-1998, shows that the riverine suspended sediment load decreased 1.10% per 1% increase in forest coverage. Since 2003, the sediment load has sharply declined due to rapid construction of reservoirs in the upper reaches.


The importance of ensuring a smooth transition from secondary to higher education is well documented, as it can have an impact on the retention of students and an effect on learning. Students in post-1992 institutions are more likely to be from working class backgrounds, live at home for cultural and economic reasons, have time-consuming part-time jobs and are concerned that they will fit in (Leathwood and O'Connell, 2003).


Wei Kang Su (WKS) is a commercial herbal product based on a Chinese herbal formula, Shengmai San. Here, we investigated the effects of long-term treatment with WKS on mitochondrial antioxidant status and functional ability, as well as heat shock protein (Hsp) 25/70 production, in various tissues of rats. WKS treatment enhanced mitochondrial antioxidant status and ATP generation capacity, as well as Hsp 25/70 production in various rat tissues. WKS treatment suppressed plasma reactive oxygen metabolite levels and protected against carbon tetrachloride hepatotoxicity in rats. Long-term WKS treatment may prevent diseases by enhancing the resistance of mitochondria to oxidative stress.


Psychologists are increasingly facing exposure to the marketing strategies of the pharmaceutical industry, such as gifts, perks, and educational programs. Psychiatry has demonstrated some of the pitfalls associated with the powerful influence and financial resources of pharmaceutical marketing. The literature suggests that prescribing behavior is influenced by exposure to such marketing practices, even by small and seemingly insignificant gifts. Psychology has an opportunity to develop effective safeguards against the potential undue influence of pharmaceutical marketing on the way they practice and now, for some, on the way they prescribe. The authors describe ways in which psychologists may be affected by these marketing practices, and they offer several strategies for dealing with ethical dilemmas that arise from the competing interests of patient care and the pharmaceutical industry's profit motive.


The trial of the system of accounting appointment,is the advantageous exploration about the beform of the accounting staff management's system.It has gheat impertance to tightening up financial managewent,to saving financial fund and to consummating the system of accounting supervision.Through investigation,this essay hesearch and explore the procession of the system of accounting appointment,and also,it expound the initial achievement and economic benefits of practising the system.


A rich campus culture,a noble moral outlook,a good style of leaning and teaching serve as the foundation for establishing harmony on the campus.But investigations on the conditions of being honest among university students in Guizhou province in recent years show that the condition of honesty among students in some of the colleges and universities is a worrying one.Therefore,to establish a mechanism of honesty education and a system of evaluation is a matter of great urgency.


Michael reactions of β-keto esters 1a—1h with methyl vinyl ketone (2a) catalyzed by FeCl3 · 6 H2O (5 mol%) proceed with up to 99% yield. Conversion of β-keto esters 1a—1e derived from chiral alcohols with 2a result in only very low diastereoselectivities (max. de 20%). A bis-β-keto ester 1i and a bis-vinyl ketone 2b — both valuable monomers for poly-Michael reactions — are synthesized from common starting materials in up to gram quantities.


For the design of silos and similar equipment for storage, handling and processing of particulate materials, a thorough understanding of the mechanical behaviour of powders is of great importance. Whereas strength properties of powders have been investigated by many workers, the elastic behaviour at small deformations has been much less in focus. In that respect, a simple preliminary theory of uniaxial elasticity has been derived for particles, based on a simple system of spherical and monosized particles of a homogenous and elastically isotropic material. The equation σ = Epϵel2 gives the relationship between stress, elastic modulus and elastic deformation for the unloading of a given powder at a specific consolidation stress/ compression level. Comparisons with experimental results of real powders in a uniaxial tester show surprisingly good agreement in many cases. The equation seems to describe the elasticity of powders fairly well, although it is only a preliminary derivation based on simple considerations.


The article deals with the issues of psychological work on the prevention of professional deformation of internal affairs officers in the context of the competence approach. The development of measures aimed at creating the conditions for the competence development of each individual employee in accordance with the profile of professional competencies necessary for the organization is the basis for preventing professional deformation within the framework of the moral and psychological support of operational and service activities. Currently, staff psychologists continue the practice of studying professional competencies from the point of view of studying personal characteristics that limit professional psychological suitability to serve in the internal affairs bodies.


One of the important research areas in behavioral neuroscience is to investigate the brain response to different types of stimuli. Speech-evoked Auditory Brainstem Response (s-ABR) is a tool to study the brainstem processing of speech sounds. During years, scientists have employed different techniques to analyze the influence of auditory stimulation on s-ABR signal in different conditions. One important category of works, which aroused the attention of scientists, has been the analysis of the variations of s-ABR signal in binaural and monaural stimulations. In this research, we analyze the variations of s-ABR signal due to auditory stimulation in the form of speech syllable, in binaural and monaural (right or left ear) listening conditions. For this purpose, we have employed fractal analysis in order to analyze the complexity of s-ABR signal in three stimulation conditions (both ears, right ear, left ear). The results of our analysis showed that s-ABR signal in case of binaural stimulation shows significant lower complexity compared to monaural stimulation. In comparison of s-ABR signals between left ear and right ear using fractal dimension, no significant difference was observed.


The neocognitron is a hierarchical multi-layered neural network capable of robust visual pattern recognition. In the neocognitron a number of modules, each of which consists of an Sand a C-cell layers, are connected in cascade. The conventional neocognitoron consisted of four stages of the modules. In this paper, we propose a new neocognitron consisting of three stages, and compares the recognition rate of the new neocognitron and the conveitional four staged neocognitoron. To reduce the computational cost, cells in each layer are thinned out. The thinning-out ratio at the intermediate stage of the three staged neocognitron is 3:1, instead of the 2:1 thinning-out ratio for the conventional four-staged neocognitoron. Computer simulation show that the recognition rate is improved by the three-staged neocognitron than by the four staged network. However, the total number of connections to S-cells in the network, which is proportional to computational cost, is still larger than that of the four-staged network even if the thinning-out ratio at the intermediate stage is increased to 3:1.


Movement by stream fish is known to be strongly influenced by abiotic factors such as floods and temperature, but roles of biotic factors, such as predation threat, and interactions of abiotic and biotic factors are less clear. Predation threat is known to fragment populations of killifish, Rivulus hartii, in Trinidad rivers by rendering habitat inhospitable. We asked whether such spatial fragmentation was accompanied by reduced movement by fish in the predator-occupied zone of a river, relative to a zone free of the strong piscivore, Hoplias malabaricus, that causes the fragmentation. We used a 19-mo marking study in a river with a predator barrier, field experiments in the river, and mesocosms to evaluate four hypotheses: (1) the predator reduces prey movement in the river; (2) for the special case of prey leaving refugia, the predator increases movement; (3) movement positively cor- relates with water level in the predator's presence; and (4) complex physical structure in hazardous habitat promotes prey movement. We marked 1467 Rivulus in the natural study areas and had 1015 recaptures. Contrary to Hypothesis 1 but in support of Hypothesis 2, prey showed greater movement along the river in the presence of the predator, regardless of whether the fish resided in a refuge at its previous capture. An experiment with introduced fish confirmed the findings that move- ment was elevated in the predator's presence. Effects of an abiotic factor (water level, Hypothesis 3) and a phenotypic trait (body size) depended upon whether the predator was present: movement was independent of water level and body size in the absence of the predator, but positively related to both variables in the predator's presence. Emigration from the river to tributaries was also independent of body size in the predator's absence, but positively size-dependent in the predator's presence. Complex physical structure (Hy- pothesis 4), in the form of cobble added to experimental pools, enhanced the transit of fish through hazardous pools. This study shows that spatial fragmentation does not necessarily imply that movement between fragments will be impeded (dynamical fragmentation). Rather, it is possible that movement among spatial fragments may be enhanced by the same factor, predation threat, that produced the spatial fragmentation in the first place. Because of the context-dependent effects of an abiotic factor (water level) and a phenotypic variable (body size) on movement, the study also emphasizes the need to clarify the exact role of predation as an agent promoting or retarding movement, and it suggests a need for incorporating such parameters into models of movement and metapopulation dynamics.


Abstract Introduction: Speed of movement refers to the max. speed of moves that an individual is able to perform, associated with the optimal activation of muscle fibers. It increases until the age of 15 in girls and 18 in boys, with the fastest rate 6–14 years of age. In boys, 2 periods of a particularly intense increase in speed are observed: 7–10 and 13–15 years of age. The aim of the study was to assess the level of speed in girls and boys aged 9–10-years-old from school groups with an extended physical education program and those from regular groups. Materials and methods: This study, performed every year 2003–2013, involved 470 children aged 9–10 years, finishing the 3rd year of the primary school. A 30 m run and long jump were used to test the speed of the children. The study method was based on the selected elements of the Denisiuk test. Results: The tests showed that boys were faster than girls. Every year, they obtained better average score for the 30 m run and tests. The lowest difference between sexes was noted in 2013. We also demonstrated that almost in all years the candidates for cross-country skiers were faster than the students assigned to groups with no extra sports classes. Conclusions: Our study confirmed higher speed in 9–10-year-old boys than in girls, especially in long jump tests. Children with higher fitness level were faster than their less active peers. The deterioration of speed test results in the subsequent years of the study is an unfavorable trend that requires further long-term research.


The vibrational contribution studies of Pharmaceutical activity of Ethyl 2-(4-benzoyl-2,5-dimethylphenoxy)acetate (EBDA) have been performed using FTIR, FT-Raman analysis. More support on the experimental findings were added from the quantum chemical studies performed with DFT (B3LYP) method using 6-311++G (d, p) basis sets. The observed FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra have been compared with the calculated theoretical data. The calculated vibrational data have also been found in good agreement with the experimental results. Natural bond orbital analysis revealed important details of the electronic structure and dominant intramolecular interactions in Ethyl 2-(4-benzoyl-2,5-dimethylphenoxy)acetate. The HOMO and LUMO analysis reveals the possibility of charge transfer within the molecule and the possibility of Pharmaceutical activity of EBDA molecule. In addition, molecular electrostatic potential (MEP), charge analysis also were investigated using theoretical calculations.


This project presents an intelligent traffic control system to pass emergency vehicles smoothly. Each individual vehicle is equipped with special radio frequency identification (RFID) tag (placed at a strategic location), which makes it impossible to remove or destroy. We use RFID reader and microcontroller based system-on-chip to read the RFID tags attached to the vehicle. It counts number of vehicles that passes on a particular path during a specified duration. It also determines the network congestion, and hence the green light duration for that path. If the RFID-tag-read belongs to the stolen vehicle, then a message is sent using application to the police control room. In addition, when an ambulance is approaching the junction, it will communicate to the traffic controller in the junction to turn ON the green light. We used microcontroller based system on chip for wireless communications between the ambulance and traffic controller. The prototype was tested under different combinations of inputs in our wireless communication laboratory and experimental results were found as expected. KEYWARD:-FPGA, RFID TAG, GSM MODULE


Xanthine oxidase (XO) is a key molybdoflavoprotein enzyme that functions in catalysing the oxidation of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid. Excessive uric acid will results in hyperuricaemia which is the crucial cause of gout. In the present study, a series of thirty-five of chalcone derivatives were evaluated for inhibitory activity against xanthine oxidase in vitro. From the study, seventeen compounds (47.2%) exhibited XO inhibitory activity at 200 μg/mL which only four compounds (0.1%) inhibited XO activity at more than 50%. Compound 14, 1,3-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one, showed the strongest activity more than 50% at 20 μg/mL with IC50 values of 15.31 μg/mL as compared to positive control of allopurinol (IC50 =12.86 μg/mL ). The results suggest that compounds 14 can be further investigated to be developed into a XO inhibitor.


Photodynamic therapy (PDT) takes advantage of photosensitizers (PSs) to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) for cell killing when excited by light. It has been widely used in clinic for therapy ...


The professional profile of a modern qualified economist should include welldeveloped communication skills and high foreign language proficiency to help him achieve success in the modern highly competitive global work arena. In the process of educating future economists special emphasis on Language for Business becomes necessary. Economic graduates require an ever-increasing range of skills to maintain relevance with the global environment of the new millennium. Communication skills are a vital component of this, recognized by academia and economic environment alike. Multilingual skills are considered a salient element in the make-up of the new global economist. Language for specific purposes focuses the learner's attention on the particular terminology and communication skills required in the international professional field. Communication skills development is discussed in the paper, with examples given of different methods of teaching and assessment.


If IT enterprise wants to acquire long-term development, it must solve the problem of people first. The establishment of "people oriented" value system is the important content in the cultural construction of IT enterprise. This article will primarily discuss main contents and factors which should be considered in the establishment of "people oriented" value system in IT enterprise.


The relationship between identity and tourism in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is quite complex. It can be analysed at multiple scales –German and Baltic–, and at several levels: that of space and that of the individual. The trajectory of a reunified Land where coastal tourism is predominantly Germanic is one reason for this. In this context, identity does not refer to fixed data but to a process, a spatial and individual dynamic. Tourism and tourism practices can be seen as the building of identity at the individual level, both in Germany and the Baltic area. Along this coastline, tourism is not just a tool for land planning and economic dynamism. It is a factor of identity integration, and the Baltic environment generates unique tourism practices. Tourism can therefore be analysed as a key to understanding German tourists and German society.


The coal shift in the 220 t/h power plant results in serious slagging in the furnace.To ease the slagging problem,a retrofit proposal was made to change the primary air jets in reverse tangential arrangement to the secondary air jets.Numerical simulations were carried out to investigate the in-furnace combustion parameters at 1000/0 BMCR(boiler maximum continuous rating) load of pre-and post-retrofit cases.Comparative analyse of the velocity,temperature,oxygen fields and coal dust distribution in pre-and post-retrofit cases show that the slagging tendency after retrofit proposal will come down,demonstrating the feasibility of the retrofit proposal.


An audit of the experiences of clinical psychologists in training suggests that while ethial research committees perform a necessary and useful role, they can also work in ways that are needlessly obstructive and frustrating.


Systems integration is a central element of the complex systems development effort. The integration readiness levels (IRL) scale complements technology readiness levels (TRL) to assess the system development maturity, representing risk levels for integrating technologies in a system. The increasing complexity of systems, due to multiple interfaces and an information-centric architecture, demands new systemic approaches to analyze the architecture and communicate IRL assessments. Therefore, this article developed a methodology to apply IRL using architecture views through the design structure matrix and domain mapping matrix. A case study analyzed technology introduction impacts and different integration strategies for space systems from China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program at the system and system-of-systems levels. Through the design science method, results show the pragmatic evaluation and validation for the proposed method and for the IRL scale itself, by professionals of the case study projects. The research draws suggestions for holistic system analysis and managerial communication applications using the proposed method and suggests a rationale for IRL assessment of legacy systems.


ABSTRACT The paper considers the broad economic and political shifts in Turkey in the AKP's post-2011 phase. The 'reactive state' model developed to understand Turkey's political economic transitions is relevant to the new era of 'developmentalism' with authoritarian features. Global shifts coupled with important domestic political shifts are at the heart of the new developmental trajectory. The growing importance of the Russia–China axis, with the relative decline of the West, has been making a key impact in filling the vacuum in the European periphery. Turkish experience is a striking illustration of this broader tendency. Comparative historical experience is utilized to understand the key features of the new era in Turkey. Comparisons are made with the early AKP era and attention is drawn to broad parallels with Russian development experience since early 1990s. A key element here is the process of 'extensive' growth, based on different resource configurations. Land and construction activities constitute a key engine in the Turkish context, contrary to the dominant role of oil and gas in Russia. Finally, the paper probes into challenges of sustainability which raise questions concerning the AKP's extraordinary durability as a hegemonic force in Turkish politics over the past 16 years.


In this work, we constructed the sulfur-solidified materials using coal bottom ash from four thermal power stations in Korea and investigated their practical data for the production of industrial construction compounds. To manufacture the sulfur-solidified materials, we used a continuous mixer with the uniaxial screw-type. Also, coal bottom ash was used as a fine aggregate below 1.2 mm because of the operation characteristics for the continuous mixer. When the sulfur-solidified materials were produced with diverse sulfur concentrations (15, 20, 25, 30 wt%), compressive strength properties were analyzed. In addition, when the coal bottom ash was used with a high calcium oxide content, crack was found in the test product and pH of submerged liquid was above 12. These experimental results could be effectively applied to the recycling technology of coal bottom ash.


Objective:To explore the clinic characteristic,diagnosis and treatment of branchial fistula and cyst to avoid the misdiagnosis and mistherapy.Method:The clinic material of 26 cases with branchial fistula and cysts were analysed.6 cases were first branchial fistulas and cysts,17cases were second branchial fistulas and cysts.3 cases were third branchial fistulas and cysts.Result:All patients were followed up from 1 to 5 years,23 cases were cured, three cases recurred and well treaded again.Consulsion:The well understanding and detialed examination before surgical treatment are key point to avoid misdiagnosis and recurrence.


According to the ship observation data over the South Indian Ocean during 1950 -- 1995, taking 1°× 1° and 5°× 5° grid, the characteristics and variation rule of wind are analyzed. Through analyzing the chart of isopleths of the monthly elements, the conclusion that the seasonal variation of the wind field over the South Indian Ocean is less remarkable than that in the oceans of the Northern Hemisphere is got. The seasonal variationof the wind field is also obvious in this region, but the seasonal difference is little. The windin winter is stronger than in summer, correspondingly, the average wind speed is higher, andthe frequencies of gale of forces ≥6 and 8 are also higher. The north of 10° S is a monsoonarea; Southeast wind prevails all over the year in the rest of the trade wind area; Westerlywind dominates in the south of 40° S. This paper provides specific data of wind field andvariation for ship ocean transportation, ocean-going visits and scientific experiment.


In the present study are highlighted two fundamental theories regarding the role of state in the economy, namely: positive theory and normative theory of state rule. Fundamental difference between positive theory and normative theory of the village can be explained by reference to two ideas. Positive theory considers the "real world", while examining normative theory "ideal world".


Interest is reviving in the role of antibodies in autoimmunity. Over the last two decades, T cells occupied center stage for several reasons: They predominate within tissues undergoing autoimmune attack, they can transfer autoimmune disease in animal models, and diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus associate with particular MHC class II alleles (1–3). It is true that therapy aimed specifically at T cells has proved disappointing (1, 2), but this disappointment has been made up for by the impressive success of clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis of inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor (4). Tumor necrosis factor is a proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by macrophages under the influence of T cells.


A method for the determination of amidopyrine in antipyretic analgesics was proposed based on the oxidation-reduction reaction between K2CrO4 and amidopyrine. In 1.5 mol/L NH4Ac-NH4OH(pH 8.2) base solution amidopyrine is titrated by K2CrO4 standard solution. The appearance of incision can be used to indicate the end point of the reaction. Common coexistent substances in tablets do not interfere in the determination. The method proved to be simple, selective, sensitive and accurate. It was applied to determine amidopyrine in tablets with satisfactory results.