With the method of questionnaire,the paper compare self-concept of physical education students with the common students',it is founded:The exercise sports have remarkable effect with the self-concept of college students,and have remarkable differences in the facts of physical self,personal self,family self and so on. The four years of continuous exercise make more and more differences in self-concept between the physical students and common students,and it says that continuous and sciential sports exercise have important meaning for the formation of positive self-concept of college students.


In this article, an analytical technique has been proposed for solving the model of two-dimensional viscous flow between slowly expanding or contracting walls with weak permeability. The idea of combining the Fourier transform and the homotopy perturbation method to yield a new technique was successful. The tables and graphs of the results of new analytical approximate solutions have illustrated the importance, usefulness, and necessity of using the new method. The results obtained showed the accuracy and efficiency of the new method compared to the previous methods, which were used to find the analytical approximate solutions for the current problem.


The author critically reviews the V. Novakovsky's conclusions that Slavs appeared in the Vistula-Oder region only in the middle of the first millennium CE.


This paper contains further steps towards a Szegö theory for orthogonal rational matrix‐valued functions on the unit circle 𝕋. It continues the investigations started in [18]–[20]. Hereby we are guided by former work of Bultheel, González–Vera, Hendriksen, and Njåstad on scalar orthogonal rational functions on the one side and by research of Delsarte, Genin, and Kamp on matrix polynomials on the other side. In this paper we derive recursion formulas for Christoffel–Darboux pairs of rational matrix functions which lead us to jqq ‐recursively connected pairs of rational matrix functions. Moreover, we prove a Favard‐type theorem for rational matrix functions. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


In order to obtain better insight into the robustness of in vitro percutaneous absorption methodology, the intraand interlaboratory variation in this type of study was investigated in 10 European laboratories. To this purpose, the in vitro absorption of 3 compounds through human skin (9 laboratories) and rat skin (1 laboratory) was determined. The test materials were benzoic acid, caffeine and testosterone, representing a range of different physicochemical properties. All laboratories performed their studies according to a detailed protocol in which all experimental details were described and each laboratory performed at least three independent experiments for each test chemical. All laboratories assigned the absorption of benzoic acid through human skin the highest ranking of the three compounds (overall mean flux of 16.54 g/cm/h). The absorption of caffeine and testosterone through human skin was similar, having overall mean maximum absorption rates of 2.24 g/cm/h and 1.63 g/cm/h, respectively. In 7 out of 9 laboratories, the maximum absorption rates of caffeine were ranked higher than testosterone. No


Propofol has been suggested to be superior to benzodiazepines when used as a sedative agent for endoscopic examination. The aim of the present study was to systematically evaluate the safety and efficacy of propofol sedation for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).


Objective:To explore the effect of processing on the contents of chemical components of the volatile oil of Rhizoma Curcumae. Methods: The volatile oil was extracted from Rhizoma Curcumae by steam distillation. The components were identified by GC MS. The amount of the components from the volatile oil were determinated by normalization method. The separated components were analyzed.Results: The volatile oil contents were different in two processed samples of Rhizoma Curcumae. Two new constituents, 4 isopropyl benzoic acid and 2 methyl 5(l methylvinyl) cyclohexanone, were produced after processing. 20 components composed of about 80% of the total volatile oil were separated and identified. Conclusions: The content of volatile oil and chemical composition decreased a bit by mix fry with vinegar and steam with vinegar.


ideas of what it means to be a good and bad person, and what may be an important value for you, may not be that for me and so on. This shows that the researcher needs to be very careful during the whole research process. Bryman (2008: 24-25) explains that values can intrude at one or all stages of the research process from choosing topic to collecting data and formulating research questions, creating research design and of course interpreting and analyzing data as well as the conclusion. He points to the potential pitfall of using participatory observation or very intense interviewing. This is because the researcher can adopt certain perspectives and meanings of the subjects who are being researched and in some cases can adopt these to be his or her own perspectives or meanings. This is not to say that the researcher cannot have personal opinions about a matter, but should not use these as a premise when collecting and analyzing data. This is important to remember especially when dealing with matters which might be conflicting ethically with the researcher s own values and principles. Especially when it comes to ethics, this is very important. The researcher needs to demonstrate skills which enables him or her to foresee potential pitfalls, consequences and future problems if people are being named, classified reports made public, reports will endanger jobs, certain aspects or work methods revealed etc. This will be further discussed in section 3.5 on ethics. In a research process, Bryman (2008: 25) raises the issue of practical considerations. An example which he uses is the problem of using quantitative methods on a topic which has not been researched before. It can be very difficult to find literature and know where to start, and thus a qualitative research strategy can be better since it is concerned with theory generating instead of theory testing. I agree with this, because it would have been difficult to verify information and sources about my topic by handing out questionnaires. Also, I would not have been able to know if those people were giving me the right answers and I could have ended up with results which had no root in reality. However I am not arguing that a quantitative method should be completely disregarded when conducting research in an unknown field. In fact in some cases they can be used as a complimentary method to qualitative methods and to confront interviewees with previous findings, as illustrated/discussed above.


Multitime optimal control theory has been recently used in economics. Here, we develop some ideas using the context of optimal control and differential geometry. Specifically, two problems are analysed: (i) multitime evolution of reproducible resources, and (ii) multitime evolution of non-reproducible resources. The technique is to associate each problem with proper functional (like multiple integral or curvilinear integral) and appropriate constraints (geometric PDEs like m-flows, Goursat-Darboux PDEs, parallelism PDEs, and specific isoperimetric constraints like integrals). When the Hamiltonian is linear affine in the control, we focus on bang-bang and singular optimal controls.


Following Linchenko and Montgomery's arguments we show that the smash product of an involutive weak Hopf algebra and a semiprime module algebra, satisfying a polynomial identity, is semiprime.


Emerging Web 2.0 applications such as social networking websites deal with a heavy workload. We envision a novel solution that would allow these applications to scale-up without the need to use a data center. To this end, databases are replicated over a grid, thus, availability and fast transaction processing are achieved. However, achieving both fast and consistent data access challenging at many points: I) centralized control leads to bottleneck source, and 2) dynamic behaviour of nodes can compromise mutual consistency. In this article, we propose a distributed transaction routing algorithm with a suitable fault-management mechanism to deal with node dynamicity and/or node failures. Moreover, we demonstrate the feasibility of our approaches through experimentation and simulation.


In October 2011 a symposium on on Democracy, Parliamentarians and the Media was held to mark the 125th anniversary of the Parliament Building and the 140th anniversary of the Quebec Parliament Press Gallery. Over 400 participants attended the event including Jacques Attali, special adviser to former French President Francois Mitterrand, and Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico wo gave the opening and closing addresses. Three ex-journalists who are now Members of the National Assembly shared their insights during a round-table discussion. The following is a summary of the topics broached and the thoughts expressed during the symposium.


Melatonin, a hormone produced by the pineal gland at night, influences circadian rhythms, most notably the sleep–wake cycle. Much scientific evidence indicates that melatonin has sleep‐enhancing properties. Sleep after melatonin administration is more similar to that recorded during normally occurring sleep than after administration of currently available hypnotic agents. Impairment in melatonin production may contribute to the well‐known increased incidence of insomnia in the aged. In addition, some medications may impair sleep by inhibiting or distorting the melatonin rhythm. Insomnia associated with diminished nocturnal melatonin secretion may benefit from melatonin replacement therapy. Melatonin is rapidly eliminated from the body. Hence, to maintain effective serum concentrations of melatonin throughout the night, a prolonged‐release (PR) formulation of melatonin (Circadin™) has been developed which provides a melatonin profile that simulates the normal nocturnal increase in melatonin concentrations. The sleep‐inducing effects of PR‐melatonin, at a dosage strength of 2 mg, have been demonstrated in exploratory studies in elderly insomnia patients and patients with depression or schizophrenia and sleep complaints. In the USA melatonin is available without any medical indication as a nutritional supplement. Animal toxicological studies and clinical experience has not revealed any consistent pattern of adverse events or laboratory test value alterations associated with the administration of the PR‐melatonin. Clinical trials in a large population of elderly insomniacs have been set up to provide the regulatory bodies with the required evidence on the safety and efficacy of PR‐melatonin. Drug Dev. Res. 50:226–234, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.


This paper describes a real-time computer-controlled telemetry system that can accommodate a 100 kc sample rate. The system's operating structure allows highspeed, asynchronous PCM data to be simultaneously decommutated, compressed, displayed, and merged. Data generated during test firings of the U. S. Navy's Poseidon missile will be reduced and processed by this system. Emphasis of the paper is on a description of the telemetry system's hardware and software.


We appreciate being cited as a model efficient primary care system by D. Haggerty1 in his commentary which questions the existence of a pediatric manpower shortage. Readers might be interested in some of our statistical data.
 Our group of 20 pediatricians (18 when corrected for research and administrative activities), has provided primary services to a known Kaiser Health Plan (Oregon Region) population of 55,000 children under age 17 in 1972. We have been able to function at a ratio of one pediatrician per 2,800 to 3,200 patients since 1965, when we began "keeping score."


The two papers brought together here are revised versions of: * Paul de Beer, _Wat kunnen sociaaldemocraten van Piketty leren?_ * Wiemer Salverda, _Ongelijkheid in Nederland_ SD is it increasing here too? How concentrated among individuals or households is the possession of wealth, and is this concentration increasing or decreasing? How important is income from wealth in the distribution of incomes? For each of these questions, it is also relevant to know its development and level relative to other countries. I will attempt in this contribution to find a first answer to these questions, using Dutch income and wealth statistics, international macro-economic statistics (national accounts) and of course the top-income shares, which laid the foundation for Piketty's theory about the role of wealth, economic growth and inequality. One hundred years ago, top incomes in the Netherlands accounted for an extremely high proportion of overall income, possibly due to colonialism, opportunistic profiteering from the First World War, or perhaps because that is simply how things were. In 1916, 53% of all income in the Netherlands, as in Sweden, went to the Top-10% and 29% to the Top-1%. That was considerably more than in Germany, the United Kingdom, or the United States at the time. As was the case elsewhere, the top shares showed a marked decline in the Netherlands, especially after 1945, until reaching their lowest points of 27.5% and 6.1% respectively in 1975. After that, the top-income shares diverged considerably from one country to another, as we shall shortly see. Because minor differences in definitions can have significant effects when it comes to income and wealth - the devil really is in the detail here - I will try to be as accurate as I can in what I have to say.


We have developed VSHARP®, a suite of scatter correction solutions that have been incorporated into the commercially available cone-beam software development toolkit, CST (Varex Imaging, Salt Lake City, UT) enabling scatter correction to be applied as part of an entire CBCT reconstruction pipeline. The suite includes 2D VSHARP®, a deconvolution correction using asymmetric Gaussian kernels, 2D VSHARP-ML, a U-NET machine-learning correction, and 3D VSHARP®, a correction using a rapid finite-element Linear Boltzmann Transport Equation (LBTE) solver to estimate scatter in a manner similar to traditional stochastic Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. Of the three corrections, 3D VSHARP is the most accurate and flexible since it can be readily applied to arbitrary scanner geometries, protocols, and scan parts while the 2D VSHARP models may need to be regenerated for each configuration. On the other hand, 3D VSHARP is inherently slower since a minimum of two reconstruction passes are needed and the LBTE solver, while much faster than traditional MC, is still computationally intensive. The goal of this work was to minimize LBTE run times for (typically large) industrial datasets by optimizing parameter settings, particularly the choice of the sampling grid dimensions. This was achieved by applying a multi-objective genetic algorithm to find the Pareto front characterizing the tradeoff between speed and accuracy and identifying key operating points on the curve. Testing with 720 frames of 3720x3720 projection data to make a reconstruction volume of size 500x500x600, we found that excellent image quality can be obtained by using a coarse scatter grid size of 27x27x32 volume and 44x44 detector and a primary grid size of 246x246 x295 volume and 295x295 detector, both over 42 frames for a grand total of 21 seconds LBTE computation time. We show the Pareto characterization, as well as demonstrations of 3D VSHARP image quality with significantly reduced scatter-induced artifacts such as streaking and shading.


Concensual jurisdiction is not only a procedural right by civil litigants,but also an exclusive institution of civil lawsuit.Its jurisprudencial basis originates from the principle of procedural subject,the test of disposition and procedural rights of disposing.Thus,many countries' legislation rules the system of concensual jurisdiction.Though our country has many regulations reconcensual jurisdiction,there are still a few problems which need to be solved as early as possible,such as limited extent of jurisdiction,unscientific regulations of forum,excessively strict formal condition of concensual jurisdiction and unreasonable two track system of implied concensual jurisdiction.The resolution of the above problems must depend on revising civil procedure law.


Summary : The article discusses some of the ways of understanding and interpreting of Pushkin's poem "Autumn" in school. The basis of the study - the idea of "stairs of contexts and meanings" E. G. Etkind. Resume : The motives of ―laziness‖ and ―idleness‖ in the creative work of A. Pushkin are examined in the historic-literary, philosophical, cultural-symbolical and linguistic aspects.


Abstract This article re-examines the frustrated Westernizing efforts of Yung Wing and the recalled students of the Chinese Educational Mission to the United States (1872–1881). It does so in response to recent scholarship (in both the Chinese and the English languages) which affirms the 'transformative role' of the returnees in late Qing reform and modernization. On the basis of a variety of sources, this article suggests, instead, that for those patriotic students returning to the Middle Kingdom, eager to bring about a fundamental change in its political system and rejuvenation of its civilization, disillusionment was often inevitable, and the choice—short of revolution—became one of either marginalization or co-option by the autocratic state. Despite all their achievements, China's earliest students of the West ultimately failed to set the country upon a new modernizing course—a failure that pointed, beyond itself, to an emerging (and subsequently persistent) pattern in the troubled relationship between the new, Westernized elite and the state in modern China.


Blindness and visual impairment can have a negative influence on the speech and language development and social interaction of young children who are learning how to speak. In my masters dissertation I focus on the speech and language characteristics of blind and visually impaired preschool children and discover what is characteristic of their expression and comprehension.
In the theoretical part I describe the development of speech and language in general and then turn to the speech and language of blind and visually impaired children. I describe the linguistic language development and present different fields of speech and language characteristics. When discussing expression through speech and language I have turned especially to phonological capacity and the comprehensibility of speech and grammatical, semantic and pragmatic capacity while in an additional chapter I have given some attention to speech and language comprehension.
The empirical section is based on a study of the speech and language characteristics of four blind and visually impaired preschool children. I used a scale adapted from foreign language scales to evaluate their functioning in all the above areas. Results show that in terms of comprehensibility of speech and phonological capacity, the children partially assimilate this skill. The same is the case for grammatical capacity where individuals have most trouble with the use of pronouns. Utterance length was in accordance with the norm for children of that age (with the exception of the youngest child), as was vocabulary. In general they are still acquiring semantic capacity and I noted the use of verbalisms by one of the children. Pragmatic capacity is also still being acquired. The largest deviations were in repeating stories in the right order and free story-telling, besides insufficient visual observation of the speaker during conversation. In the study of a visually impaired girl we noticed that in some situations more questions were posed, there was some echolalia and some unusual sounds and exclamations were emitted that were not detected in the other children. In the field of speech and language comprehension, three of the four studied children attained the normal level for their age-group and receptive language was mastered in its entirety. The fourth and youngest child, meanwhile, is still in the process of mastering these skills.
On the basis of literature I have studied and my own observations of children, including this study, I have formed and proposed strategies for promoting speech and language expression and comprehension in blind and visually-impaired children with the aim of helping children, parents and professionals.


Biological rhythms are ubiquitous phenomena that enable an organism to temporally adapt to the environment. Jet lag occurs during rapid transmeridial transport and disrupts the normal biological rhythm. Disruption of the biological rhythm is known to reduce survival and hasten tumorigenesis in male mice. Dalton's lymphoma (DL) is a spontaneous and highly invasive T-cell lymphoma that develops as an ascitic tumor in murines. DL was induced by serial implantation of live ascite cells in laboratory-acclimated age-matched male and female AKR mice. The mice were then subjected to simulated chronic jet lag (CJL) by rapidly and alternately advancing and delaying the ambient light dark cycle by 8 h every 2 days. Females, but not males, with DL became arrhythmic after exposure to simulated CJL. Survival was significantly curtailed in both male and female mice with DL + CJL compared to survival in mice with DL alone or CJL alone (∼16 days after DL induction in mice and facing jet lag, and ∼28 days after DL induction in mice bearing but not undergoing jet lag simulation). These results suggest that female mice may be more at risk from jet lag associated effects if they have cancer prior to facing jet lag, and DL + CJL may detrimentally impact the female circadian clock more than that of the males.


Feedforward is the most ideal way to perform broadband high power amplifier,which can accomplish more stringent linear specifications.However,the match and the balance between each loop are the keys to insure its operation efficiently.Otherwise,the performance and the efficiency will be degraded dramatically.This paper focusing on the disappointments about the disturbance in delay lines which influence the system performance,gives the study on the robustness of a 10 MHz bandwidth feedforward amplifier at 880 MHz band.


Strategic emerging industry is now in the early stage of industrial development,in which technological innovation is vital to its development.The paper studies the cultivating problems about strategic emerging industry from the perspective of industrial technological ecology.That is to say,cultivating about industrial technological ecology of strategic emerging industry is exploded from two aspects:technology factors and environment factors.The purpose of the study is to grasp the law of development of industrial technology so as to promote technological innovation of strategic emerging industry and shape good industrial technological environment for strategic emerging industry.


We have examined the feasibility of a new online nanoscale diffusion measurement method using a radioactive 8Li tracer by computer simulations. We have found that the detection limit of the lithium diffusion coefficient can be improved to a low value of 1×10-12 cm2/s by detecting α particles emitted at a small angle relative to a sample surface that is irradiated with a low-energy 8Li beam of about 8 keV.


Background:Some ongoing trials have suggested that closure of the patent foramen ovale (PFO) may reduce migraine symptoms. We sought to assess the safety and effectiveness of migraine treatment by means of PFO transcatheter closure using paradoxical embolism risk-driven criteria. Methods:We enrolled 75 patients (48 women and 27 men, mean age 40 ± 3.7 years) who were referred to our center over a 12-month period for a prospective study to evaluate severe disabling migraine, despite antiheadache therapy and the PFO. Migraine Disability Assessment Score (MIDAS) was used to assess the incidence of migraine headache and severity. Criteria for intervention included all of the following: basal shunt, curtain shunt pattern on transcranial Doppler, presence of interatrial septal aneurysm, 3 to 4 class MIDAS score, symptomatic significant aura, coagulation abnormalities, migraine refractory to conventional drugs. Results:On the basis of the inclusion criteria, we shortlisted 20 patients (12 women, mean age 35 ± 6.7 years, mean MIDAS score 38.9 ± 5.8) for transcatheter closure of PFO and excluded the rest who were referred to the neurologist for medical therapy. The procedure was successful in all of the patients with no perioperative or in-hospital complications. After a mean follow-up of 10 ± 3.1 months (range 6–14), all patients' migraine symptoms improved (mean MIDAS score 3.0 ± 2.1, P < 0.03) with PFO complete closure in all patients on transesophageal and transcranial Doppler ultrasound. Conclusion:In this small pilot series, we adopted the criteria which in our opinion best reflected the risk of paradoxical embolism in these patients. By adopting the proposed criteria, primary transcatheter closure of the PFO resulted in a significant reduction in migraine.


This article studies  19th Century narratives of violence as they appear in Puerto Rican court records. It explores their implications for the study of popular culture in the past and for the understanding of some of the processes that conformed Nineteenth-Century male working class, particularly the workers' relationship to the state and the law under Spanish late  19th Century colonialism. It argues for a historical approach to the study of violence and examines how, in a context of expanding agrarian capitalism, men went to the law either as victims or as witnesses to denounce or to avoid fights that could cause incapacitating injury. In doing this, men participated in a discursive contest to define manhood on alternative terms, or simply to express concern as salaried laborers who counted only on their able bodies to earn a living. Violent masculine contests, as forms of gendered interpersonal violence, were thus being constituted as punishable crimes. Digital Institutional Repository at University of Puerto Rico - Permanent Identifier:  https://dire.upr.edu/handle/11721/1008


Integrated modular avionics (IMA) is driving computer systems to manage and protect increasingly high value and complex information and applications across the aircraft. Virtualization is a promising emerging technology in avionics systems as a mechanism for consolidating disparate operating environments and functions onto a single computer. However, from a security perspective, commercial virtualization solutions add to the already fertile attack surface of general-purpose operating systems. This paper will provide an overview of embedded hypervisor technology and propose a MILS- and IMA-compliant virtualization architecture that assures the safety and security of critical applications while incorporating highly functional general purpose virtualized environments. A practical avionics application of this architecture will be presented.


This thesis outlines an algorithm for 2D and 3D semi-automatic segmentation of the prostate from B-mode trans-rectal ultrasound (TRUS) images. In semi-automatic segmentation, a computer algorithm outlines the boundary of the prostate given a few initialization points. The algorithm is designed for prostate brachytherapy and has the potential to: i) replace pre-operative manual segmentation, ii) enable intra-operative segmentation, and iii) be integrated into a visualization tool for training residents. The segmentation algorithm makes use of image warping to make the 2D prostate boundary elliptical. A Star Kalman based edge detector is then guided along the elliptical shape to find the prostate boundary in the TRUS image. A second ellipse is then fit to the edge detected measurement points. Once all 2D slices are segmented in this manner an ellipsoid is fit to the 3D cloud of points. Finally a reverse warping algorithm gives us the segmented prostate volume. In-depth 2D and 3D clinical studies show promising results. In 2D, distance based metrics show a mean absolute difference of 0.67 ± 0.18mm between manual and semi-automatic segmentation and area based metrics show average sensitivity and accuracy over 97% and 93% respectively. In 3D, i) the difference between manual and semi-automatic segmentation is on the order of interobserver variability, ii) the repeatability of the segmentation algorithm is consistently better than the intra-observer variability, and iii) the sensitivity and accuracy are 97% and 85% respectively. The 3D algorithm requires only 5 initialization points and can segment a prostate volume in less than 10 seconds (approximately 40 times faster than manual segmentation). The novelties of this algorithm, in comparison to other works, are in the warping and ellipse/ellipsoid fitting steps. These two combine to provide a simple solution that works well even with non-ideal images to produce accurate, real-time results.


Objective To detect the expression of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) in the early secondary infection of acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) and to probe its diagnostic value for early infection. Methods Twenty-four male SD rats were randomly divided into the control (C) group, the ANP group and the secondary infection of ANP (SIANP) group. The constructions of the models were achieved through intraperitoneal injection of L-arginine and E. coli. After 24 hours, the blood and peritoneal fluid samples were collected for bacterial culture, and the serum levels of amylase, CRP, TNF-α and TREM-1 were detected. The pathological changes in the pancreas were observed. The expression of TREM-1 mRNA and TREM-1 protein in pancreatic tissue was detected by Real-time PCR and Western Blot. Results The histological score of pancreas, and serum amylase in ANP group and SIANP group were significantly higher than those in C group; the positive rate of bacterial culture of blood and peritoneal fluid in SIANP group was 100% , which suggested the model was successfully established. CRP and TNF-a levels in SIANP group were (8.7 ±3.1)mg/L and (185.7 ± 10.9) mg/L, which were not significantly different from that in ANP group [( 16.5 ±3.6) , ( 176.0 ± 18.6) mg/L]. The serum level of TREM-1, expression of TREM-1 mRNA and TREM-1 protein in pancreatic tissue was (9.3 ±0.9) ng/ml, 14.84 ± 3.45, 316.2 ± 59.2, which were significantly higher than those in ANP group [ (5.5 ±0.3)ng/ml, 4.51 ±1.44, 188.6 ±42.4, P <0.05]. Conclusions TREM-1 has diagnostic value for early secondary infection of ANP.

Key words:
Pancreatitis,acute necrotizing; Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1; Secondary infection


Proficiency testing (PT) is a program involving a group of laboratories performing a set of tests on samples provided by the coordinator. It is also called the comparative testing or the interlaboratory cross check (ILCC). PT is used to determine a laboratory testing performance by interlaboratory comparisons. It is now a requirement of ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for testing laboratories to participate in PT. PT participation offers several benefits not only to the laboratory, but also to the parent company. This program enables laboratories (mainly those related to quality assurance) to monitor and improve the quality of their measurements. Other than satisfying the ISO/IEC 17025 requirement, it also facilitates customers in gaining information on the overall performance of laboratories, demonstrates capabilities of analytical staff and provides information to the company with regards to staff training and future equipment upgrades. The PT program for paper products organized by Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) was first initiated in 1998 with participation from five laboratories. This program is conducted annually and is currently participated by eight Malaysian laboratories. In line with the expansion of the pulp and paper industry in Malaysia, FRIM aspires to be a recognised PT provider in the Asia Pacific region. As such, beginning 2007 participation in this program is also offered to laboratories outside Malaysia. This program is supported by the Department of Standards Malaysia (Standards Malaysia) who is a signatory of the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Arrangement (APLAC MRA) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Arrangement (ILAC MRA). The structure of the PT program includes sample procurement, homogeneity determination, sample distribution, results analyses and report distribution following the requirements of the ISO/IEC Guide 43. Two or more samples are obtained and distributed to all participants together with a detailed instruction on the tests to perform and the testing conditions. Participants are given a specific time line to conduct the tests and submit the results. Upon collection of all results, an interim report is issued to confirm the results. The results are analysed using the robust statistics method and a complete report is generated. The identity of the participating laboratories is kept confidential throughout the process. The tests included in this program are grammage, thickness, moisture content, water absorptiveness, ISO brightness, opacity, burst strength, tear resistance, tensile strength, bending resistance and ring crush. Robust statistics used in analysing PT data has been proven to overcome problems of outliers' presence which often disturb the overall mean and variance values. The use of different graphical displays such as the ordered z-score and Youden plots in the reports enables participants to visualise the analysed results and detect possible systematic errors. Being able to compare results between similar laboratories is indeed a very good opportunity to benchmark their performances. This will also allow laboratories to initiate steps to improve the quality of results they produce. Problems such as instructions not fully followed, results reported 'raw', insufficient information provided, different standard methods used, equipment used having different operating principles and different equipment accuracies have been identified during the program. This paper highlights the purpose, background, procedures, performance and issues related to the PT scheme establishment for paper products in Malaysia.


Objective: We investigated the hypothesis that repetitive variable heart rate decelerations in labor are associated with an increased incidence of neonatal complications in premature infants. Methods: This was a retrospective case-control study. Singleton fetuses weighing between 750 and 2500 g at 25-35 weeks' gestation were considered for the study. Fetuses delivered by Cesarean section prior to labor were excluded. Heart rate traces were retrieved from an electronic archive and were assessed for the presence of variable decelerations. Cases had at least three variable decelerations in the hour prior to delivery and were matched 1 : 1 with controls for gestation, sex and birth weight. Results: A review of 6500 deliveries yielded 41 matched pairs. The groups were compared for the following outcomes. Measures of acute morbidity were cord pH at delivery, 5-min Apgar score and resuscitation; measures of chronic morbidity were intraventricular hemorrhage, periventricular leukomalacia, necrotizing enterocoliti...


Real model can be converted into ideal reference model by using model matching and the thought of multi-freedom degree design,according to the higher control requirements of linear motor during the machining application of mechanical process.Taking the theory of H_∞ to design the controllor,the control system becomes fast rising,non-over-ripple,high anti-jamming and better robust adaptabilities to model perturbatron.Test result shows that this method can be applicated in varions in dustry surroundings.Compared with common control methods,this method possesses more performance advantage.


The representation of catastrophe is a dominant and lucrative genre in today's visual culture. One phenomenon of this representation is the use of Holocaust images as a genre for the visual recording of contemporary events other than this historically specific occurrence. There are innumerable examples of Holocaust conscriptions. The particular historical event comes to stand as a metaphor for events that are perceived as extreme. In the uncertainty over a right name for these events, the Holocaust turns into holocausts. Slavery, genocides, Hiroshima, Stalin's Gulag (the "red holocaust"), AIDS, the terrorist attacks on the United States, the slaughtering of animals in the wake of the footandmouth disease in Britain, the continued cruelties towards animals, as, for example, in experiments or mass industrialisation: all of these have been called "holocausts". This article argues that Holocaust imagery is used to produce, design and structure the verbal and visual recording of contemporary events perceived and constructed as largescale disasters or catastrophes; it is used as a form of theory. This raises questions about the links between theory and Holocaust representation. The repetition and circulation of Holocaust imagery for representations of other events appears at two pivotal points: when there is concern about political acts and strategies that either lead to or respond to mass destruction, and when there is the social and physical fact or threat of dead bodies in excess. Such imagery appears when what remains is remains, and, more to the point, mass remains.


Abstract Nietzsche's 1873 fragment, the Zeitatomenlehre, posits a temporal conception of action at a distance where space is reduced to a single point and time consists only in a series of discrete atoms. Taken as a physical doctrine that destroys all spatial difference, this conception raises serious conflicts with the rest of his work. I describe and situate this theory within the historical context of debates over action at a distance in nineteenth-century physics, distinguish it from physical theories influential on Nietzsche, and argue that these conflicts can be resolved only by viewing it in the anti-metaphysical phenomenalist and representational terms that he also expressed in his early work.


Losartan potassium, a highly effective blood pressure lowering agent, has widely used for treatment of hypertension. Simple, economic, selective, and precise and stability indicating HPLC method has been developed and validated for analysis of losartan potassium in bulk drug and formulation dosage form. In order to optimize more one response at time, the chemo metric approach which includes 2 3 factorial design at two level with three factors was set up to standardize the chromatographic condition. The mobile phase was 40:60 ACN: Buffer consist of 0.05% of orthophosphoric acid and 0.05% Triethylamine at flow rate 1.0ml/minute the eluent was monitored at 225nm. The calibration plots constructed using the concentration of 6.4 to 9.6μg/ml (80 -120%) with r 2 =0.999, recovery =99.44% was indicative of accuracy of proposed method. The precision was calculated as repeatability, intraday (RSD) for the drug. INTRODUCTION: Losartan potassium is chemically: 2-butyl-4-chloro-1-[[2'-(1H-tetrazol-5yl) [1, 1'-biphenyl]-4-yl] methyl]-1H-imidazole-5methanol monopotassium salt. Losartan is a phenyl tetrazole substituted imidazole compound which acts as a selective, angiotensin II receptor type I antagonist and is employed in the management of essential hypertension 1 . Method validation study include system suitability, linearity, precision, accuracy, specificity, robustness, limit of detection, limit of quantification and stability of sample, reagents, instruments. QUICK RESPONSE CODE DOI: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.7(6).2343-51 Article can be accessed online on: www.ijpsr.com DOI link: http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.7 (6).2343-51 The aim of this investigation was to establishing a new simple and sensitive method that could be used in analysis degradation products of Losartan potassium. FIG.1: LOSARTAN POTASSIUM


Chyloperitoneum is a rare intra-abdominal finding in internal hernia, only a few cases reports mentioned in the literature. It presents around 0.001-0.005% of hospital admissions. The presence of chylous ascites and swirl sign in a patient is a good indication of internal hernia and the bowel's validity.


Some published articles in FORMakademisk are frequently accessed and cited. PhD candidates are publishing increasing numbers of articles in journals for their article-based theses. We believe that FORMakademisk has helped to make article-based dissertations in design and design education possible and see this as a recognition of FORM akademisk. We wish to maintain and further strengthen our position as the premier publication channel for students and researchers in the design and design education field. We invite the most established scientists to contribute to FORM akademisk, but we also want to help younger researchers publish in the journal. This year, we have invited masters' students to publish based on their theses, together with their supervisors. We see this as essential to ensure quality through building 'critical mass'. The first article that is a result of this invitation is published in this Issue.


The k-MAXCUT problem for undirected graphs G=(V, E) consists of finding a partition

such that the number of edges with endpoints in two different sets Vi is maximized. We offer a new approach to this problem by showing that the combinatorial notion of block designs can be used to algorithmically obtain partitions which achieve lower bounds for which until now only existence proofs were known.


We review some recent work on steepest-descent asymptotics for Riemann-Hilbert problems involving a large number of isolated singularities that accumulate in a reasonable fashion in the limit of interest.


The study analyses the contribution of relevant economic actors to the provision of private and public goods in agricultural landscapes. A method consisting of a multi-sectoral perspective and an integrated approach based on the analytic network process (ANP) and the use of selected local stakeholders is applied. The usefulness of the method is demonstrated in three European case studies in Austria, Italy and Spain. The results show that agriculture and tourism are the sectors that contribute the most and the least, respectively, to the provision of goods and services in agricultural landscapes. Moreover, the results underscore that policy instruments towards such provision need to be targeted differently in different areas and must take into account the different roles of the local actors involved.


In this paper, a numerical calculation model of the mining face was
 established to analyze the rational size of coal pillars in the goaf on both
 sides by using FLAC3D based on the mining geological conditions in the pilot
 area. Furthermore, the feasibility of co-ordinated reinforcement with steel
 pipe column was explored, which can be applied to the recycling of residual
 coal resources like protecting coal pillars and of great value to increase
 the recovery rate in gobs as well.


Pot experiments were conducted to study the effects of heavy application of fertilizers on top growth, tuber-formation and -thickening of sweet potatoes. Four kinds of soil differing in their clay content were used. Amounts of nitrogen and potassium were applied each at three levels, the ratio of nitrogen to potassium being 1:1. One cutting was planted in each pot.Heavy application of fertilizers maintained the top growth vigorous throughout the growing period in every type of soil. The difference in top growth among the fertilizer levels was significant in the soils having higher clay contents.Though heavy application of fertilizers was unfavorable to tuber formation owing to the vigorous vine growth during the period of tuber formation, it increased tuber yield, especially that of large tubers, as it kept vine growth vigorous during tuber-thickening stage.The higher was the clay content of of soil, the higher was the fertilizer level favoring the highest dry matter content of tubers, with the exception of clay loam, containing the largest amount of clay among the soils used, in which it was rather low.


THIS CASE is reported because of the unusual finding of diabetes mellitus with Von Reck linghausen's disease. A survey of the literature has failed to find mention of these two conditions associated in one individual. Fairly complete reviews of Von Recklinghausen's disease are available (1-7). The term, Von Recklinhausen's disease, is preferred to neurofibromatosis by many authors. This seems justifiable because the condition appears to be a complex syndrome which may manifest itself in one or more different forms. It is unfortunate that the term, Von Recklinghausen's disease, is also applied to osteitis fibrosa cystica. Makism (5) lists the following forms in which the disease may make itself evident: (a) formes frustes (incomplete) showing cafe au lait spots, (b) multiple neurofibromatosis (cutaneous, sub cutaneous, peripheral nerve, cranial nerve, spinal nerve or sympathetic nerve tumors), (c) neurofibroma tosis with osseous changes, (d) elephantiasis neuro matosa, (e) mental changes and (f) endocrine ...


Neil Hogan Snr Mgr Major CW Melissa Lindeberg School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Kingswood Roger Attwater Snr Mgr E & R Jacqueline Clements School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Kingswood Mary Byrne Snr Mgr FABBS Brett Marriage School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Kingswood Aswant Prasad Campus Manager – Parramatta Campus Ema Burnett School of Science and Health, Campbelltown Marion Jones Manager, Planning & Governance Shane Griffin School of Science and Health, Campbelltown Andrew Hawke Grounds Manager Kimberley Vincent School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Kingwood John Poulos Cleaning, Waste and Recycling Manager Mary Mooney School of Education, Bankstown


Simple Summary The male Hong Kong catfish (Clarias fuscus) grows significantly faster than females, and monocultured males are more commercially available. However, little is known about the molecular regulatory mechanisms of the gonadal development and reproduction process in Hong Kong catfish, limiting the development of monosex cultures. In this study, a high quality transcriptome was constructed from the testes and ovaries of Hong Kong catfish. The regulatory networks of sex-related pathways were explored through Gene Ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Gene and Genome (KEGG) pathway enrichment, and bioinformatics analyses. The results showed that sex-related pathways related to primordial germ cell development, oocyte maturation, gonadal development and steroid biosynthesis were significantly enriched in the gonad transcriptome. This is the first study on the gonad transcriptome of Hong Kong catfish, which provides an important molecular basis for the sex identification and sex-controlled breeding of these catfish. Abstract Hong Kong catfish (Clarias fuscus) exhibit sexual dimorphism, particularly in body size. Due to the fast growth rate of males, the sexual size dimorphism of Hong Kong catfish has become an economically important trait. However, limited knowledge is known about the molecular mechanisms of sex determination and sex differentiation in this species. In this study, a first de novo transcriptome sequencing analysis of testes and ovaries was performed to identify sex-biased genes in Hong Kong catfish. The results showed that a total of 290,291 circular consensus sequences (CCSs) were obtained, from which 248,408 full-length non-chimeric (FLNC) reads were generated. After non-redundant analysis, a total of 37,305 unigenes were predicted, in which 34,342 unigenes were annotated with multiple public databases. Comparative transcriptomic analysis identified 5750 testis-biased differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 6991 ovary-biased DEGs. The enrichment analysis showed that DEGs were classified into 783 Gene Ontology (GO) terms and 16 Kyoto Encyclopedia of Gene and Genome (KEGG) pathways. Many DEGs were involved with sex-related GO terms and KEGG pathways, such as oocyte maturation, androgen secretion, gonadal development and steroid biosynthesis pathways. In addition, the expression levels of 23 unigenes were confirmed to validate the transcriptomic data by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). This is the first investigation into the transcriptome of Hong Kong catfish testes and ovaries. This study provides an important molecular basis for the sex determination and sex control breeding of Hong Kong catfish.


Modeling spatial overdispersion requires point process models with finite‐dimensional distributions that are overdisperse relative to the Poisson distribution. Fitting such models usually heavily relies on the properties of stationarity, ergodicity, and orderliness. In addition, although processes based on negative binomial finite‐dimensional distributions have been widely considered, they typically fail to simultaneously satisfy the three required properties for fitting. Indeed, it has been conjectured by Diggle and Milne that no negative binomial model can satisfy all three properties. In light of this, we change perspective and construct a new process based on a different overdisperse count model, namely, the generalized Waring (GW) distribution. While comparably tractable and flexible to negative binomial processes, the GW process is shown to possess all required properties and additionally span the negative binomial and Poisson processes as limiting cases. In this sense, the GW process provides an approximate resolution to the conundrum highlighted by Diggle and Milne.


We present simplified 2-bit models of addressing that can help students form an understanding of how data stored in different memory locations can be selected by a CPU. While the address decoding is somewhat straightforward in the case of RAM, it is not as simple in the case of associative memory as used in a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) or in cache memory, where selection is based on a "key" or "tag" value instead of an absolute address. Our models simplify these addressing problems to the point that each one can be presented on a single page. We have also developed a Visual Basic application that illustrates the addressing by highlighting the wires that are in the high voltage state (5 volts - logic 1) versus the unhighlighted low voltage state (0 volts - logic 0). By clicking on buttons the user can set the address lines to any combination of ones and zeros and watch the address selection work. INTRODUCTION In classes on Assembly Language and Operating Systems the concept of address decoding is often presented as something mysterious that cannot be understood without extensive training in digital circuitry. While some understanding of simple digital logic is required, address decoding can be understood with only a modest investment both on the part of the student and the instructor. The insight gained by this effort can help the student form models of how digital logic can accomplish complicated tasks. After looking at a number of texts on Computer Organization we found very few examples of address selection logic. In fact, the only one we found was an illustration of a 3-bit RAM address decoder[3]. We found no examples of address decoding for associative memory. While we would expect to find many such examples in electrical engineering texts, our experience is that the majority of our students have not and would not normally encounter these examples of addressing at the logic gate level in our program. We first consider RAM addressing. In a CPU LOAD instruction the typical scenario is that the CPU sets its address lines, waits, then reads its data lines. It is important for students to see that it is up to the addressing circuits of RAM to decode the address and set the voltages on the data bus to the appropriate states.

We present a model of addressing logic that shows how the address lines ca be decoded to select the appropriate memory location. Next we consider associative memory. Here the address lines are set and if they match a key stored in the memory unit it will set the voltages on the data bus to match the data stored in the corresponding memory location. We have found this subject particularly difficult for the most students. The fact that all the keys or tags can be checked simultaneously is often met with disbelief. In fact it was the expression of such a sentiment from a student after an Operating Systems lecture that motivated the development of these models. The student's response to the models was very positive and enthusiastic and they are now incorporated into that part of the course.


Predators and pathogens can diminish organisms' fitness, and consequently natural selection favors antipredatory and antiparasitic strategies. Nevertheless, as both kinds of strategies consume resources, animals cannot maximize investment in both strategies simultaneously, which should lead to trade-offs between the two. Accordingly, we hypothesize that there is a trade-off between sprint capacity and immune response, which are among the most important antipredatory and antiparasitic strategies, respectively, of many animals. Consequently, we predict that animals eliciting an immune response should reduce their sprint capacity. We experimentally tested this prediction in the lizard Psammodromus algirus. A group of lizards was inoculated with the antigen LPS (lipopolysaccharide of the cell wall of Escherichia coli), which activates the immune system, whereas the other group (control) was inoculated with phosphate buffer, which has no physiological effect. Before and after the inoculations, we filmed sprint capacity of lizards, estimating the maximal sprint speed. Males were faster than females before the activation of their immune system. Nonetheless, males' sprint speed diminished after the inoculation of LPS, whereas females' did not. Therefore, our results support the hypothesis of a trade-off between sprint speed and immune response in males. Consequently, male lizards combating a pathogen may suffer either higher risk of predation, or reduced fitness if they avoid this risk by spending more time in shelter.


Diazoanilides (1), possessing electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups in the aromatic ring, undergo Nafion-H catalysed decarboxylative cyclization to directly give highly functionalized oxindoles in moderate yields (39-79%)


This study aims to assess strategies of performing critical thinking in an argumentative essay to a number of selected scientific articles. The method used is descriptive with a qualitative approach with systematic literature review. Manual coding is used to map and get the relevant data to tabulate; content analysis is used to analyze the data. The result study says that critical thinking used in writing argumentative essay is effected by the experience of writing, background of knowledge of the author, and the awareness to respond to the issue. Consequently, the sharpness of the argumentative essay with critical thinking for each author is different.


Patellofemoral instability and pain is a troublesome condition, affecting people in a significant manner. Its aetiology is multifactorial and can be related to either a soft tissue, bony or combination of soft tissue and bony pathology. Soft tissue pathology can be divided into static (medial patellofemoral ligament, capsular structures and laxity) and dynamic (muscular (especially the vastusmedialis muscle) and neuromuscular control of quadriceps and gluteus muscles). Bony pathology can be divided into proximal (patella and trochlea morphology and position) and distal (Q angle and tibial tubercle/trochlear groove distance). Treatment can include physiotherapy, bracing or surgery. Surgical options include proximal and distal soft tissue procedures (such as medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction or patellar tendon transfer) or bony procedures (trochleoplasty, tibial tubercle transfer). The choice of treatment method depends on underlying pathology, patient preference and success of previous therapy. We propose an anatomically based method of assessment and review the literature to assess the outcomes of the various available treatment methods.


In this effort, a new control method to keep the state of the arbitrary impact between the tip of the excited cantilever and the object surface is proposed. It is known that various bifurcations of the responses of the beam occur according to impact conditions and variation of the excitation frequency. We propose a control method to keep the magnitude of a specific frequency component constant and the state of particular impact independent of changes in the distance between the cantilever and the contact surface. For this purpose, a real-time signal processing method is suggested to determine the magnitude of the frequency component at half the excitation frequency. A servo system is designed to control the center of the excitation precisely for the above purpose. Finally, validity of the proposed control method is confirmed by experiments.Copyright © 2007 by ASME


To students in private institutions there is little at stake in whether or not they are classified as residents or nonresidents, at least not for the sake of determining tuition charges. Public institutions distinguish between residents and nonresidents on the theory that tax-supported, public institutions should be available at lower cost to those taxpayers (and their families) whose money supports the colleges.' As a corollary, nonresidents-or nonstate taxpayers-can be required to pay a higher share of the costs. The charge to students attending public institutions as nonresidents can be exceedingly high: for instance, in a state institution such as Michigan State University, a Michigan resident paid $1965.00 in tuition and fees during 1986, whereas a nonresident was charged $5025.00. Even in a low-tuition state such as Texas, the tuition for nonresidents is, by law, ten times higher than the charge to Texans, currently $12.00 per semester hour. A variety of court cases, dated back to 1882, has established that states may charge nonresidents extra fees for attending state institutions and may determine who is


This action research aimed to develop local legislation model on dengue vector control and evaluated knowledge, attitude, people's behavior and index of Aedes Aegypti after improved local legislation model in Khueang Nai District. Researchers have divided into three phase. (1) Problem in the requirements analysis phase. (2) Supported process phase and (3) Operational model evaluation and lesson learned phase. The participant was a voluntary local organization. The qualitative data used In-depth interview and focus group discussion and. Used questionnaire for quantative data. The data analysis were showed on descriptive statistics and content analysis The findings revealed that local organization has been used local legislation divided in 6 steps, as followed: 1) to establish the community health committee 2) to analyze the violence situation of dengue fever 3) to find the guide of problem solving with local legislation 4) using the process of local legislation 5) monitoring and evaluation and 6) conclusion. The key success factors were (1) Building area network (2) Continuously monitor and evaluate and (3) Community Teamwork. The model evaluation was found: the people's knowledge, attitude, and behavior for Dengue Vector Control were good level. The key success factors were (1) network building (2) Continuously monitor and evaluate and (3) Community's Teamwork. Key word s: Dengue Vector Control, Local Legislation Development, local organization* Office of Diseases Prevention and Control 7th Ubon Ratchathani


This paper proposes an improvement for the traditional Optical Algorithm, and presents a new way to image segmentation in a complex background. In addition, combined with the neural network, the system can locate the possible human faces successfully by means of two-step location model. In our system, the searching and locating of the human face is the most important stage. According to this, the authors adopt the two-step way to run, firstly they take up the segmentation of the candidate human face areas and then the accurate face locating based on the neural network is used. This algorithm is fast and robust. Experimental results with real scene images are given out there, and all these prove that two-step method gains many advantages in the course of human face location with motion information, such as real-time, robustness and practicality. In addition, the proposed system is also the fundamental and important part of the perfect human face recognition system.


The standard k-eturbulent model , PDF turbulent combustion model, discrete phase stochastic model, spray evaporation model and discrete ordinates radiation model are used to simulate the three-dimensional turbulent flow and combustion of different atomization effect (include atomization angle and even atomization diameter )in a combustor with kerosene-spray. The result of the numerical simulation predicts the flow field, temperature, especially analyses the influence rule of atomization effect. It is helpful to the optimization of burner and the improvement of burner efficiency.


Postpartum cerebral angiopathy is a distinct reversible clinicoradiological syndrome which develops shortly after a normal pregnancy. It may belong to the poorly defined group of acute benign cerebral angiopathy, in which multisegmental narrowings of cerebral arteries are also reversible. In a 22-year-old woman with postpartum cerebral angiopathy, sequential transcranial Doppler ultrasounds showed that the flow disturbances began to improve 4 days after onset, and normalized 4 weeks later. A vasoconstriction response to acute severe hypertension is likely to explain this reversible angiopathy.


comprehensive empirical data, and the '' attempt to take these data seriously ''. The sources are the American National Election Studies (ANES; for individuals, their social backgrounds, issue preferences and voting), the censuses for congressional district demography and published election outcome statistics. Multivariate and regression analyses, in many tables and graphs, are presented without usual apparatuses of statistical tests. The meaning of tables and figures and the argument in general demand close attention to the text, whose style tends to the abstract and convoluted. Early on, following a long quotation from their revisionary starting point (V. O. Key's seminal Southern Politics in State and Nation, 1949), Shafer and Johnston remark (self-referentially ?) that ''Modern political scientists rarely speak in such a concrete, specific, and engaged voice ''. The main variables, usually measured against percentages of whites voting Republican, are family income (a proxy for social class), racial context (proportion black of voting-district population), percent white-collar in district, welfare attitudes and racial attitudes (expressed as liberal vs. conservative), and feelings toward blacks (positive vs. negative). Attitudes and feelings are derived from questions posed to ANES respondents. An outstanding feature is the examination throughout of voting behaviour separately for House, Senate, and presidential elections, revealing differing patterns until symmetry was achieved in the 1990s. Other factors analysed include congressional seats contested or not ; candidates as local or cosmopolitan, incumbents or challengers ; electoral districts as in deep or peripheral South. Threeparty presidential races are examined to see whether Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond's (1948) and independent George Wallace's (1968) votes were habit-breaking stimuli for subsequent movement of white voters to the Republicans. (They were not ; the analysis shows the contrary.) Students of politics will want to complement such generally reductive studies as this with, e.g., knowing Thurmond, an exceptional southerner, ten years a Democratic senator, becoming Republican in 1964 and re-elected six times, and his impact on America.


Methylvinyldichlorosilane (MeViSiCl2) was ammonolyzed to form polymethylvinylsilazane (PMVS),and then polyboro-silazane (PBSZ) precursor of SiBCN ceramic was synthesized by the reacting between PMVS and borane dimethylsulfide (BH3-SMe2). Fourier transform infrared spectral analysis of PBSZ shows characteristic absorption bands for C—B—C and Si-N bonds corresponding to HC—B(CH)—CH and ≡Si—NH—functional groups,respectively. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) (11B-NMR,29Si-NMR) analyses show that the PBSZ has the chemical shifts for BC3,SiN2C2,SiN3C and SiC3N units,and it indicates that the synthesized product is PBSZ. The bulk SiBCN ceramics were prepared via pyrolyzing the PBSZ precursor hot-pressing at 1 000 ℃ in Argon. Thermogravimetric analysis of PBSZ shows that the yield of SiBCN ceramic prepared by pyrolyzing the PBSZ precursor at 1 300 ℃ in argon is 52.6%. The ceramic is locally dense,indicating that it is possible to form compact bulk ceramic by the warm-pressing and pyrolysis process.


It reflected an intention to define Rome's Jewish people as a distinct community, separate and indeed separable from its Christians. It was, of course, during the sixteenth century that Rome's ghetto was formalised. Rather, as Lewis seeks to argue, the material evidence gathered from supposedly 'Jewish' catacombs – especially material objects such as gold, glass and lamps, along with inscriptions – do not in fact definitively demonstrate that there was a defined and distinct Jewish community in Rome. Instead, Jews lived by what is termed 'voluntary association', practising a 'small group religion', organically integrated into Roman society. Late antique Rome, then, was not a city defined by corporate religious communities, or necessarily by confrontations between defined blocs of pagans and Christians. It was considerably more fluid than that. What is more, Christians 'located' themselves in various ways in and around Rome, and not solely or even primarily by fixed sacred sites. According to this book, it was not until demographic and economic problems began to create wider problems for Rome from the fifth century, alongside the barbarian invasions, that Church institutions began to shape the city more significantly, in effect filling a vacuum. As the conceptualisation of Rome's ancient remains was thus created during the early modern period, so it was confirmed and romanticised in the nineteenth century. Lewis illustrates this by drawing attention to a series of rather fanciful paintings from the s depicting scenes of burial and indeed of worship in a clandestine world of early Catholic faith, when it was still persecuted. In various instances, too, nineteenth-century archaeological endeavours were themselves predicated on the ideological categorisations created in the early modern period, not least in the treatment of what have been seen as Jewish catacombs. The book is written with a conversational tone, perhaps a little too conversational in places, with repeated contractions in the prose. While the references to very contemporary aspects of Rome's catacombs – the visitor experience at particular sites, for example – gives the book a sense of lively immediacy, I also wonder if they could date it quite quickly. I, as a reader, would have preferred a firmer editorial hand. Perhaps also the images could have been a bit larger and, in a couple of instances, a little sharper. Those quibbles aside, this is a wide-ranging and engaging book that engages skilfully with a very considerable body of historiography, methodological reflection and source material. It should encourage us to think again about how Rome's sacred geography took shape, from uncertain beginnings in late antiquity to ideological clarity in the sixteenth century, and then to the more romanticised and historically sanitised visitor experience of our modern world.


While hospitals are reporting ever increasing shortages of doctors, newly qualified GP Patrick Hutt takes a look at the changing GP job market


Data on uranium extraction from sulfuric, nitric, hydrochloric, and phosphoric acid solutions and slimes are preserted. Ethers of carbonic acid, phosphoric acid, and phosphinic acid, as well as liquid cations and anions, are analyzed as extraction agents for use under industrial conditions. The scheme of uranium extraction from dense ore slimes is included. (tr-auth)


The article considers important aspects of the introduction of information and communication technologies into the educational process of a higher educational institution. The use of modern ICT means allows teachers to significantly increase the volume of providing students with educational information, significantly expand the scope of managing their independent educational activities, and ensure a higher level of individualization and differentiation of education. The main advantages of ICT are revealed, including increasing interest and general motivation, individualization and activation of education, education of information culture. Taking into account modern trends in higher education, emphasis is placed on the combination of online learning, traditional and independent learning. When planning such types of activities, it is necessary to transform the usual types of classes into forms of interaction between learning subjects, which can be carried out synchronously and asynchronously. An explanation is given for synchronous activity, when everyone is connected at the same time, for example, a webinar, video conference, and asynchronous, when each participant in the process performs an activity at a different time, for example, a chat, a forum, etc. It was determined that the main task of a teacher in blended learning is the methodical design of one's own discipline as a sequence of actions, and the selection of the most effective model for the organization of blended learning. On the basis of pedagogical research, the main means and tools that ensure the quality of the organization of blended learning are singled out. One of the most suitable and easy-to-use tools for learning is the Google Meet service, which has a number of advantages: organization of video meetings, online classes with a large number of students and sufficient continuous work time; the possibility of demonstrating materials on the PC desktop during classes and seminars; planning classes in advance and linking to a Google calendar. For establishing feedback with students, the Gooogl Classroom platform is quite effective, which allows you to organize mixed learning using video, text and graphic information. The teacher can conduct testing, monitor, systematize, and evaluate the quality of knowledge. It was concluded that a modern graduate of an educational institution should have the competence to use information technologies, that is, technologies designed by modern industry both in education and in everyday life. New information technologies give students access to non-traditional sources of information, increase the efficiency of independent work, provide new opportunities for creativity, finding and consolidating any professional skills, allow the implementation of fundamentally new forms and methods of learning


When designing and adjusting a temperature fuzzy controller,we realize the automatic adjustment in parameters of the fuzzy controller according to the control characteristics of the object.Also we realize the optimization of rule.


Increasing the lactating sow feed intake is generally considered beneficial, but high inter-individual variability of the measurements makes difficult designing the trials on this subject. A meta-analysis of 10 trials (1111 sows, 8 genetics lines, parity 1–8, lactation duration 19–31d) was undertaken, comparing "control" diets (n = 12) to diets supplemented with the same strain of live yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii CNCM I-1079 (LY) at 1.0 or 2.0 × 109 cfu/kg (n = 12), to increase the chance to detect feed intake differences. In these trials, individual feed intake of sows (ranging 3.9 to 8.5 kg/d) was measured; trials were performed in commercial farms or close situation, in Europe or North America. Measurements of litter weight at weaning and number of piglets weaned could be retrieved from all 10 trials, but not changes of sow weight or P2 backfat thickness. Data were analyzed by ANOVA (SPSS 19.0) incorporating a random effect of trial, the treatment effect being considered weighted or not for experimental power or measurement variability. Effect of location of the experiment, year (1999 to 2013), lactation length, or duration of pre-treatment with live yeast were incorporated in the model, then excluded because of lack of significance (P > 0.20). Litter size, litter weight at weaning, parity or backfat thickness were included as covariate, and then discarded from final model as neither significance nor correlations were found. Live yeast added to sows diets stimulated appetite overall (Table 1), leading to a significant increase of feed intake ranging between +200 (weighted by number of replicates) and +300 g/d (un-weighted). Feed intake difference higher than the mean standard error of measurement was found in 6 trials out of 10. Nonetheless, factors affecting the magnitude of yeast effect could not be elucidated with only 10 trials in the compilation. Subsequently, the present results deserve being confirmed with new studies including accurate measurements of sows DMI and body condition.


The development and characteristics of driving motor of electric vehicles are analyzed in this paper,advantages and shortcomings of this motor are summarized.Through a simple comparison with a variety of motors,rare-earth permanent magnet wheel-hub motor is more suitable for use as driving motor of electric vehicles with high stability,high cost-effective,less power consumption,high output power,environmental adaptability etc.,which is the future trend of development.


Aims: Classical fear conditioning and extinction has been used to understand the neurobiology of fear learning and its inhibition. The recall of an extinction memory involves the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and the amygdala, and patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been shown to exhibit deficits in this process. Furthermore, extinction forms the basis of exposure therapies commonly used to treat PTSD patients. It is possible that effective pharmacological and/or psychological treatment regimens could influence the activity of these regions, and thereby increase the ability to retain an extinction memory. However, to test this, a fear conditioning and extinction paradigm must demonstrate within‐subject reproducibility over time. We, therefore, sought to test the within‐subject reliability of a previously used 2‐day, classical fear conditioning and extinction paradigm. Methods: Eighteen healthy participants participated in a 2‐day paradigm on three occasions, each separated by at least 12 weeks. Conditioning and extinction took place on Day 1, and extinction recall and fear renewal were evaluated on Day 2 on each of the three occasions. The conditioned stimulus was a visual cue and the unconditioned stimulus was a mild electric shock to the fingers. Skin conductance was recorded throughout the experiment to measure conditioned responses. Results: We found that conditioning and extinction recall were not significantly different across time and were correlated within subjects. Conclusion: These data illustrate the reliability of this paradigm and its potential usefulness in evaluating the influence of a given treatment on the fear extinction network in longitudinal within‐subject designs.


Summary 1. The sera of 234 subjects were tested with Bradosol, a total of 294 tests being carried out. 2. A significatly greater percentage of positive reactions was noted in malignancy than in non—malignant disease.


The site of Tell Mohammed Arab was excavated by the British Archaeological Expedition to Iraq, under the direction of Dr. Michael Roaf, as part of the Eski Mosul Saddam Dam rescue project (Roaf, 1983a, 1983b, 1984). Seven cylinder seals and two impressions on pottery were found in the Middle Assyrian levels and one Neo Assyrian seal came from a Hellenistic pit. Two main areas of Middle Assyrian occupation were excavated. In the Central Area three separate building levels (b, d and f) were interspersed by periods when this part of the site was used for graves (a, the earliest, c and e). Artefacts from level d are comparable to material from Sheikh Hamad, on the Khabur in Syria, which can be securely dated to the 13th century B.C. thanks to a find of tablets. On the other hand there are few parallels with the 15th—14th century Mitannian site of Nuzi and this would indicate that the Mohammed Arab levels are generally later. However, they cannot be too far removed in time because seals 1 to 4, which are Mitannian in style, were found in buildings of phases i and ii in the Western Area (Fig. 1) which probably correspond to level b and part of c in the Central Area.


A microwave system (10) for heating multiple items (550), said microwave system (10) comprising: a microwave generator for generating microwave energy having a predominant wave length λ; a conveyor system (540) for transporting said articles (550) along a transport axis; and a first launcher microwave (822) to release at least a portion of said microwave energy toward said articles (550) carried by said conveyor system (540), wherein said first pitcher microwave (822) defines at least one opening release (838) having a width and a depth W1, D1, where W1 is greater than D1; and characterized in that D1 is not more than 0,50λ.


Rent increase up to 70 per cent are predicted if nurses' lodging charges are deregulated, managers have told Whitley Council. The Management Side is proposing an 8.5 per cent increase this year for nurses living in hospital accommodation and wants to allow local managers to set their own charges. NUPE National Secretary Malcolm Wing said unions would fight deregulation, together with any increase above 1.5 per cent. At a time when nurses are expected to accept increases of a few pence a week, to increase rents by £20 or £30 a week would be criminal.'''.


Planning for the present Du Toitskloof project began as long ago as 1970. Owing to the energy crisis in 1973 and subsequent fuel supply problems for South Africa, then, were insufficient funds available to proceed with construction of the project at the earliest opportunity. This paper describes the history of the planning as well as giving details on the various facets that had to be considered during the planning and design phases. The tunnel was completed and opened to traffic on 18 March 1988 by State President P W Botha, who also named it the Huguenot Tunnel.


Toughening of the requirements of international and national standards for the content of toxic components in the exhaust gases of ship power plants requires an increase in ecological purity of air emissions from ships. The most harmful components of exhaust gases are nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons. This represents the highest technical complexity reduction in the concentration of nitrogen oxides. The methods of marine engine exhaust gas cleaning are considered. It was found that the purification of exhaust gases of marine power plants from harmful contaminants, and primarily from nitrogen oxides, is possible in the oxidation of nitric oxide to nitrogen dioxide by adsorption, which flows parallel to the condensation of water vapor of exhaust gases produced during fuel combustion in the cylinder of the diesel engine, or boiler furnace. The three-section device of improved efficiency for purification of exhaust gases of marine engine is developed; its fundamental principle is to use a granulated slag pumice as an adsorbent for the harmful components of exhaust gases and ozone as an oxidant to accelerate the cleaning process. The field experiment is made in order to verify the working capacity of the device and to evaluation its effectiveness in real exhaust gas purification. The effect of the number of cleaning sections in the installation on the effectiveness of its work is evaluated.


To investigate the assosciation of non alcoholic fatty liver disease in hypertension. Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease . It was thought to be a benign condition but is now increasingly recognized as a major cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality. NAFLD results from insulin resistance and it is considered as part of the metabolic syndrome. Essential hypertension is also considered an insulin resistant state. Studies on non-obese and non-diabetic patients with primary hypertension has shown that hypertension increases the risk of NAFLD.It is worthwhile evaluating for NAFLD in hypertensive patients by simple ultrasonography and liver function tests


BACKGROUND
For single gait tasks, associations have been reported between gait speed and cognitive domains. However, few studies have evaluated if this association is altered in dual gait tasks given gait speed changes with complexity and nature of task. We evaluated relative contributions of specific elements of cognitive function (including sustained attention and processing speed) to dual task gait speed in a nationally representative population of community-dwelling adults over 50 years.

METHODS
Gait speed was obtained using the GaitRite walkway during three gait tasks: single, cognitive (alternate letters), and motor (carrying a filled glass). Linear regression models, adjusted for covariates, were constructed to predict the relative contributions of seven neuropsychological tests to gait speed differences and to investigate gait task effects.

RESULTS
The mean age and gait speed of the population (n = 4,431, 55% women) was 62.4 years (SD = 8.2) and 135.85 cm/s (SD = 20.20, single task), respectively. Poorer processing speed, short-term memory, and sustained attention were major cognitive contributors to slower gait speed for all gait tasks. Both dual gait tasks were robust to covariate adjustment and had a significant additional executive function element not found for the single gait task.

CONCLUSIONS
For community-dwelling older adults processing speed, short-term memory and sustained attention were independently associated with gait speed for all gait tasks. Dual gait tasks were found to highlight specific executive function elements. This result forms a baseline value for dual task gait speed.


The mononuclear title compound, bromotricarbonyl(6,7-dihydro-13,14-diazapentaphene-N,N')rhenium(I), [ReBr(C 20 H 14 N 2 )(CO) 3 ], presents a rhenium environment with a slightly distorted octahedral geometry: Re-C 1.905 (9), 1.909 (8) and 1.927 (6), Re-N 2.187 (6) and 2.201 (6), and Re-Br 2.6295 (12) A.


Patients who have symptomatic, medically refractory, vertebrobasilar artery stenosis have a high risk of stroke. The benefits of vascular reconstruction surgery and balloon angioplasty for these lesions are limited, and these treatments are associated with considerable complications. Recently stent placement in the intracranial arteries became available and is expected to improve the results of endovascular treatments. We review our experience with endovascular treatment for symptomatic intracranial vertebrobasilar artery stenosis. Forty patients with intracranial vertebrobasilar artery stenosis were treated with endovascular surgery. Indication of the endovascular surgery was medically refractory symptomatic patients with over 60% angiographical stenosis. Balloon angioplasty was firstly performed in all patients. Stenting was performed only in cases with insufficient dilatation, dissection or restenosis after balloon angioplasty. Successful dilatation was obtained in all cases. Twelve patients underwent stenting in initial treatments. The stenosis rate reduced to 25.2% after balloon angioplasty and 16.1% after stenting. No neurological complications occurred after procedure. The restenosis rates after treatments were 25.9% after balloon angioplasty and 23.5% after stenting. During the follow-up period, only 1 patient developed stroke of posterior circulation. Endovascular surgery for symptomatic vertebrobasilar artery stenosis has become more feasible and safer after the introduction of stenting. Prevention of restenosis is the next problem to be solved.


The invention relates to a computer starting management mode which comprises a fingerprint identification sensor, an authentication device main processing circuit, a specific BIOS (basic input output system) function circuit, a biometric identification sensor and a fingerprint information and related account circuit. The fingerprint identification sensor is sued for acquiring fingerprint information and transmitting data to an authentication device main processing board or a computer main board integrating an authentication device. The authentication device main processing circuit is used for storing the fingerprint information and performing comparison management by the aid of an independent module scheme or a main board integrated scheme, submitting results to an EC (embedded controller) of a computer to judge whether the computer can start or not. The specific BIOS function circuit is used for identification in the power-on self-inspection process in a forced manner, otherwise, other system devices fundamentally cannot be loaded to start. The fingerprint identification sensor is directly connected with the computer main board, the fingerprint information by the aid of a specific algorithm instead of identification result information is intermediately transmitted, both comparison and processing are integrated on the main board, and the fingerprint information and related account circuit is arranged below a BIOS system.


This paper present a high potential NDT technique based on electromagnetic induction and thermography method called induction thermography or eddy-current thermography applied to laminated CFRP composites. Accurate assessment of the performance of this technique requires the development and use of a specific multiphysics and multiscale computation code in which mesoscopic model is used in macroscopic scale simulations. Simulation results show that short time heating is advantageous.


Background: Caries is the most prevalent affliction of children and is dependent on various factors such as social, economic, demographic and nutritional factors. Aim: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of dental caries in school going children and its association with risk factors. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during the period from August 2019 to December 2019. Study subjects were 1947 school children. The examination was done by a single examiner and the data was entered by trained assistants. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to record the risk factors for dental caries in children. The components of Decayed, missing, filled (DMF) and Decayed, extracted, filled (def) were recorded as per the criteria of WHO (1997) for diagnosing caries. Using SPSS version 22 (IBM Corporation Chicago, USA) data were analyzed. Chi-square test were done to find the relationship of prevalence with the risk factors. P < 0.05 is considered as statistically significant. Results: Total Caries prevalence was found to be 49.1%.The highest rate of caries occurrence, 55.4% was observed in children who belonged to the age group of 6–8 years. The def was shown to be more in the 9–11 age group and DMF in 12–15 age groups with 3.34 ± 3.74 and 2.18 ± 2.65 respectively. Statistically significant increase in caries is found in children whose both the parents were working (P < 0.001) and also in children who take sweets twice a day or more (P < 0.001). Conclusion: The prevalence of caries in 6–15 year old school children at Kannur is 49.1%. Working parents and high sugar consumption were found to be risk factors for caries in school going children.


It is difficult to open a newspaper or peruse the internet without reading about America's declining power around the globe. These stories which never really go away but seem to have increased in the last few years almost invariably focus on America's reduced economic power as well as the rise of other powerful countries or blocks, most prominently China, but also India, Russia, Brazil and even Europe.


Inclusion on the sex offender registration list is well known to produce stigma, collateral consequences, stress, and feelings of vulnerability for offenders. In addition to state-based registries, a number of institution-specific registries are beginning to appear, including those on college campuses. By using in-depth interviews with a sample of sex offenders listed on a campus-specific sex offender registry, this study explores the experiences resulting from this label. Findings highlight the feeling of vulnerability listing imposes, as well as self-isolating efforts designed to manage the possibility of identification, exposure, and confrontation. The interactional limitations, as well as the unintended consequence of heightening perceived vulnerability of actions, are discussed. Perceptions of the classroom as both a refuge from identify management efforts and as a means of reinforcement of vulnerability are explored.


Noting the continuing rural in-migration of the 197Os, the most prominent of contemporary rural demographers looks at some initial interpretations from the emerging 1980s census data. This in-migration to all types of rural areas reverses a trend of several decades and signals new challenges for rural areas. Some observable population patterns are discussed including the predominant influx of white upper income groups and those on government transfer programs, including retirees. Copyright 1982 by The Policy Studies Organization.


In a method of estimating a magnetic pole position in a synchronous motor, an AC voltage having alpha and beta axis components in an alphabet coordinate system representing a two-phase AC coordinate system is applied to the motor, and alpha- and beta- Axis components of an alternating current are detected by the motor. A wave height of the alternating current that changes with time is approximated to a wave height that does not depend on the time such that a time-differentiated value of the wave height is set substantially to zero. An induced voltage of the motor is calculated from the components of the AC voltage and the components of the alternating current. The magnetic pole position is estimated from the induced voltage.


The Q-Angle has been a subject of great debate. Its values have not been ascertained for the Indian population. A study of 500 limbs in 250 subjects was undertaken to establish normal values. The subjects included 140 males and 110 females. The measurements were done using standard clinical methods by a single examiner. The average Q-angle in our series was 13.070o with 12.364o in males and 13.968o in females. The average patella : patellar tendon ratio in our series was 0.9807. Q-angle was found to have a significant positive correlation with female sex, interspinous distance and intermallcolar distance. A negative correlation was found between Q-angle and length of lower limb, length of patellar tendon and vertical length of patella. However, the most significant factor to alter the Q-angle was the lateral placement of tibial tuberosity from the vertical axis of patella.


Objective: To improve the diagnosis accuracy rate of low-level obstructive jaundice by comparing CT manifestation and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopanceatography(ERCP). Methods: We retrospectively analysised 16 cases of CT and 28 cases of ERCP of obstructive jaundice confirmed by surgery,pathology and followed-up study. Results: Benign obstructions always appear as slightly dialated common bile duct,intrahepatic bile duct as deadwood,common bile duct tapered from up to down.CT could show equal or hyperdensity stones in the low common bile duct,while ERCP could reveal filling-defect.Malignant obstructive jaundices often appear moderate-severe dialated bile duct,intrahepatic bile duct like soft-rattan.CT could show abrupt stenosis,break of the dialated duct,while ERCP could reveal eccenter stricture or broken change of duct. Conclusion: Both CT and ERCP can make accurate location or qualitative diagnosis of obstructive jaundice.We may improve the diagnosis accuracy rate by combining them two methods.


The fundamental nature of thermoelastic contact between a flat punch and an anisotropic half-plane solid is studied. Based on Lekhnitskii's stress potentials and anisotropic thermoelasticity theory, the formulation leads to the nonhomogeneous Hilbert problem which can be solved in compact form. The contact traction beneath the punch face is derived in the form of the Cauchy-type integral which is solved numerically. The results show that, depending on the magnitude of the applied force and the total heat flux, either perfect thermal contact throughout the punch face or separation at the punch corners occurs. The contact lengths for separation solutions are also examined.


This research explores the Jacobi elliptic expansion function method and a modified version of the Sardar sub-equation method to discover new exact solutions for the nonlinear Hamiltonian amplitude equation. By applying these techniques, the study seeks to uncover previously unknown solutions for this equation, contributing to the understanding of its behavior and opening up new possibilities for its applications. The solutions obtained using these methods are represented by hyperbolic, trigonometric, and exponential functions, and they include optical dark-bright, periodic, singular, and bright solutions. The dynamic behaviors of these solutions are demonstrated by selecting appropriate values for physical parameters. By assigning values to these parameters, the study aims to showcase how the solutions of the nonlinear Hamiltonian amplitude equation behave under different conditions. This analysis provides insights into the system's response and enables a deeper comprehension of its complex dynamics in various scenarios, contributing to the overall understanding of the equation's behavior and potential real-world implications. Overall, these methods are effective in analyzing and obtaining analytic solutions for nonlinear partial differential equations.


Abstract Background Historically, eradication of HCV with interferon-based treatments was linked with decreased incidence of diabetes. While viral clearance with direct acting agents (DAAs) may be associated with acute decreases in fasting glucose levels and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), there remains a need for larger prospective studies to address the longterm impact of sustained viral response (SVR) achieved with DAAs on glucose metabolism. Methods Prospective longitudinal cohort study of 251 subjects with chronic HCV (100% genotype 1a/b, 31% HIV+, 17% diabetes) evaluated pre- and post-DAA therapy with median follow-up of 28 mos. Change in HbA1c, glucose, lipid and transaminase levels were compared based on SVR, HIV, diabetes status and fibrosis stage. Results There was no difference in change in HbA1c between subjects who achieved SVR (n = 241) compared with those who did not. Mean change in HbA1c did not differ from zero (−0.022 ± 0.53%) for those with SVR. Further, when subjects were grouped based on HIV, diabetes or fibrosis stage, there were no significant differences in changes in HbA1c or glucose following SVR. Subjects with HIV had smaller reductions in transaminase values (change ALT −33.3 ± 51 IU/L HIV+ vs. −47.8 ± 45 IU/L HIV-, P = 0.0007). Following SVR, total and LDL cholesterol increased (P = 0.0002 and P = 0.0003, respectively) whereas triglyceride levels decreased (P = 0.008). A greater proportion of subjects (7%) started or increased medication therapy for diabetes following SVR compared with the percentage who decreased diabetes therapy (3%). There was a statistically significant positive correlation between change in BMI and change in HbA1c (r=0.17, P = 0.006). Conclusion The current study failed to identify sustained benefits in glucose or HbA1c in HCV treated patients, irrespective of HIV, diabetes or fibrosis stage. HIV infection blunted improvements in transaminase levels related to SVR. While HbA1c did not improve with HCV clearance, alterations in lipids were identified that warrant further investigation. Disclosures C. Gross, Merck: stock holder, Own stock; Pfizer: stock holder, Own stock; JohnsonandJohnson: stock holder, Own stock


Abstract The Dy3+ ions doped CaO-ZnO-B2O3 glasses were synthesis by the melt quenching technique with various Dy2O3 concentrations to investigation physical and optical properties. The results showed that the density and the molar volume trend to be increased along with increased Dy3+ concentration. The absorption spectra showed characteristic absorption peaks in the visible and near infrared regions. Judd–Ofelt (JO) intensity parameters have been obtained from the optical absorption spectra. The emission spectra of the glasses are illustrated the highest emission intensity at 574 nm wavelength, which corresponding to Dy3+ transition 4F9/2→6H13/2 level. The decay time value decreased as the concentration of Dy2O3 increased. The CIE 1931 chromaticity investigation showed that Dy3+ doped glasses emitted light with white color.


Unamuno was unable to assent intellectually to Catholic doctrines, but the figure of the crucified Christ was, throughout his life, the object of sustained fascination, particularly in the long poetic sequence El Cristo de Velázquez. Yet Unamuno's Christology is characteristically sui generis. For him, Christ is primarily the symbolic representative of humanity and of human suffering, rather than someone entrusted by God with a special mission of salvation. Though Unamuno's Christ is not that of orthodox Christianity, his portayal in this poem restores the human to the centre of religious experience and re-instates a proper appreciation of the place of doubt, feeling, desire and suffering in the discussion of faith.