Objectives To analyze the risk factor,clinical characteristics,treatment and prevention of pulmonary embolism after intravascular intervention.Methods Eight patients with pulmonary embolism after intravascular intervention were studied of their clinical and laboratory characteristics.The treatment and the effects were also evaluated.Results Most patients with pulmonary embolism had blood edema and long binding-in-bed time.Pulmonary embolism happened when patients with unbinded legs made off-bed activities.Syptoms were considerably serious.Diagncsis was based on D-Dimers,ultrocardiogrophy,leg vein doppler,perfusion lung scanning and selective pulmonary angiography.Effects of thromblysis and anticoagulation over significant.Conclusions Risk rate of pulmonary embolism after intravascular Intervention was higher than usual.Effective measures should be taken to prevent its onset.


Abstract Background Postnatal growth failure (PGF) can impact the short- and long-term health outcomes in preterm infants. However, PGF rates vary according to the way it is defined and the growth chart used to monitor the postnatal growth. Fenton-2013 growth charts which suggest following intrauterine fetal growth compared to INTERGROWTH-21st, one specifically constructed for monitoring preterm extrauterine growth. Objective Exploratory study to determine the PGF definition at first per oral (PO) that is most predictive of adverse oral feeding-related outcomes in preterm infants. Methods Prospectively collected data of preterm infants 24–32 weeks gestation, who were started on cue-based oral feeds at ≤34 weeks gestation were reviewed. Anthropometric data at first PO (weight, length, and head circumference) were compared according to Fenton and INTERGROWTH-21st growth charts. PGF was defined either as <10th percentile, Z-score change (ZSC) of ≥–1.5 from birth, or ZSC of ≥–2.0. Top-quartile (Q4) of feeding-related outcomes (days from first PO to full PO, post-menstrual age at full PO, days from first PO to discharge, and length of hospital stay) was considered as adverse outcome. Results Of the 125 infants included, the median birth gestation and weight were 29.4 weeks and 1235 g, respectively. Incidence of appropriate, small, and large for gestational age was similar at birth by both growth charts. ZSC −1.5 for weight by Fenton was significantly higher at first PO vs. INTERGROWTH-21st (p=.02), while percentile <10th and ZSC −2.0 rates were similar. The PGF definition based on individual anthropometrics at first PO that has the best area under the curve (AUC) for adverse feeding-related outcomes was used to create a combined PGF definition for each growth chart. The AUC for the combined PGF for the Fenton and INTERGROWTH-21st was similar (p>.05) and both have moderate sensitivity and negative predictive value, but have low specificity, positive predictive value, and positive likelihood ratio for adverse feeding-related outcomes. Conclusions The tested definitions of PGF at first PO have only small to moderate predictive ability for adverse feeding-related outcomes in preterm infants.


The impact of fluctuating wool prices on setting economic values (EVs) in selection indices, e.g. WOOLPLAN, are studied by modelling genetic change in a flock following index selection, Operating under different wool price regimes. Because future price changes are difficult to predict, there is no guaranteed, optimal method of determining EVs. One possibility is the use of a moving regression of the last five years' wool prices (in real terms), rather than setting the index once, or every five years, or every year, based on current prices. The ratio (R) of clean wool price to micron premium is more important than actual prices. It is suggested that the default EVs used currently in WOOLPLAN are appropriate for strong wool Merino flocks. The choice and implications of EVs in other situations are discussed.


The aim of this study is to make a quantitative analysis with respect to landslide occurrence behavior by using GIS. First, simplified ortho correction technique for SPOT images without orbit data is newly developed in this study. Next, brightness correction is carried out to the SPOT images. Finally, tests for algorithms of the automatic detection of landslides were iterated till the best-fit is derived. Comparing with the result from aerial-photo interpretations in the training area, the hit ratio in number of landslides are about 73% in Tanzawa region and 52% in Boso region, respectively. However, error detection mostly occurs at small landslides, and the landslides with over 2000m2 are detected correctly. The relation between the cumulative number of landslides and the landslide area follows power function, therefore the behavior of landslide occurrence might relate to the model of self-organized critical phenomenon. On the basis of this assumption, it may be inferred that landslide occurrence is complicated interaction of elements. Thus, the prediction of individual landslide occurrences and its magnitude might be impossible by seeking a few parameters. When those relations are examined in detail, we can see the bending point that can divide all data into two segments. Then, the value of threshold is statistically obtained by calculating Akaike Information Criterion (AIC): 7500m2 in Tanzawa and 5100m2 in Boso. Because the bends are observed in both regions, it can be inferred that there is a different mechanism for landslide occurrence between large landslides and small landslides.


2,3 the combination of these properties into a single material remains difficult. Through evolution, nature has created biopolymers that show a remarkable combination of strength and toughness. This combination of properties is achieved by precisely controlling the molecular and nanoscopic properties of biomacromolecules such as proteins. The noncovalent interactions responsible for protein folding are not only essential for their biological function, but are critical for their superior material performance. Silks 4 , cell adhesion proteins 5 , connective proteins in muscle 6,7 , seashell 8 and bone 9 all exhibit a remarkable combination of strength, toughness and sometimes elasticity. A specific natural polymer we use as model system is titin, the giant filamentous protein found in skeletal muscle whose mechanical properties are essential to its biological function. The titin protein is a single strand of about 200 tightly folded immunoglobulin-like domains arranged in tandem array. This unique structure is proposed to play a fundamental role in maintaining sacromeric structural integrity and developing what is known as passive force in muscle. 6,7 Using titin as the model, we set out to design synthetic multidomain polymers in the pursuit of materials with high strength and toughness. We have previously reported the design and single molecule studies modular polymers that contained the strong hydrogen bonding motif 2-ureido-4pyrimidone (UPy). 10 Single molecule studies on these polymers showed the unfolding of loops as the polymer was stretched. The excellent correlation between the single molecule and the bulk material properties demonstrated our biomimetic concept of using multidomain structures to achieve advanced polymer properties. To overcome some structural irregularities existing in the UPy polymer and further explore our biomimetic concept, a better-defined peptidomimetic β-sheet motif was constructed. 11 The modular monomer in this system has the hydrogen bonding region connected at both ends with hydrocarbon loops. As the module is stretched, the hydrogen bonds will be broken and the doubleclosed loop (DCL) topology should assure rebinding to their original pairs. Single molecule nanomechanical studies showed that the DCL modular polymer exhibits much more regular saw-tooth pattern in the force-extension curve. The DCL monomer design affords the flexibility to change the number of hydrogen bonding sites in the monomer itself, allowing for a systematic study on how the number of hydrogen bonds in the DCL monomer correlates to the overall material performance. By increasing the number of hydrogen bonding sites in a single monomer we can take advantage of the cooperativaty concept, which should provide a nonlinear enhancement in material properties. Herein, we report the design and synthesis of a series of hydrogen bonding monomers that contain from 4 to 8 hydrogen bonds. Experimental Protected DCL Monomer. Grubbs catalyst (40 mg) was added to a solution of 1 (1.00 g, 0.965 mmol) in dichloromethane (800 mL). The reaction was heated to reflux for 4 hours. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the crude product was purified by flash chromatography (silica, 0.5-1% methanol/chloroform) to give pure protected 4H DCL Monomer as a white solid (825 mg, 85%).


The Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor RMB is a 30 MW pool type research reactor, that uses Materials Testing Reactor MTR type fuel assemblies. It has a 5x5 square array core with 23 fuel assemblies and two in-core irradiation positions, operating with upward flow and average velocities nearly 10 m/s in the fuel plates channels. The IEA-R1 is a 5 MW pool type research reactor, which also has a 5x5 square array core with 19 standard fuel assemblies, four control fuel assemblies and a central beryllium irradiation device. It operates with downward flow nearly 1.8 m/s in the channels. In order to verify and provide data and information about the dynamical behavior of fuel assemblies under nominal and critical conditions, the experimental circuit ORQUÍDEA is being designed. This circuit will permit upward and downward flow and dynamical behavior of the fuel assemblies and its parts will be tested and verified. Flow rate, temperature, pressure and differential pressure transducers are the instruments of the circuit. Endurance and critical flow velocity tests will be performed. The COLIBRI experimental circuit is being designed to make tests that allow the studies of the fluid-structure phenomenology of fuel plates similar to those of the RMB fuel assemblies when subjected to high flow velocities, which can induce pressure differences between the channels formed by the fuel plates. This work presents a preliminary design for the ORQUÍDEA and COLIBRI experimental circuits to be built at the Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares IPEN of the Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear CNEN.


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Superoscillation is an extraordinary phenomenon capable of generating small-size focusing spots, which can be used for super-resolution focusing and imaging. Herein, we elaborate on a reconfigurable near-field focusing reflector based on the superoscillation principle, where the focal position and operation frequencies are modulated by the dynamic phase-compensation mechanism of an engineered metamirror. A varactor diode is embedded into each resonant meta-atom, enabling to achieve nearly 340° phase coverage. To validate the proposed reflector, the fabricated metamirror platform is experimentally measured in an anechoic chamber. The results show that the near-field focusing maintains subdiffraction property when the focal distances and frequencies are flexibly driven by the metamirror. Such a focusing reflector holds great integration potential to imaging devices for its tunability, high resolution, and nonnarrowband features.


The particularity of practice research has provided a rational excuse for teachers' conducting researches.However,whether it is comparing the differences between practice research and theory research or pursuing the scientification based on the common grounds,the normal development of practice research will inevitably be affected,thus presenting the dilemma the theoretical interpretation is in.Although the theory that"teachers are researchers" supports specializing the profession of teacher,directs the development of teachers,the technically reasonable idea and the role identity potentially leave teachers in a state of dilemma,that teachers usually find it difficult to make a choice between solving the problems of practice and catering to the theories of others,or between observing the collective norms and following the self identification.The school,as a research place,supports the idea that schools develop depending on scientific researches and the judgment that teachers are researchers,but the assumption of autonomic organization is only an isolated analysis of the independent development of schools after the complex conflicts are eliminated,and the assumption of scientific research institutions is also the simple expectation of the environment of scientific research,which neglects the school as the specialized educational institution and the teachers as the practical educators.


THE term "water intoxication" was first applied by Rowntree1 to the symptoms of increased neuroexcitability, delirium, convulsions and coma due to sudden lowering of the ratio of solutes to water in the body fluids induced by excessive intake of water. Subsequently, several authors2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 reported various cases of water intoxication in patients on parenteral fluid therapy and in patients with various predisposing illnesses. It is generally believed that water intoxication does not occur in healthy people by the voluntary ingestion of water. Barahal11 reported 1 case in a schizophrenic but otherwise healthy patient who drank large quantities of water and then . . .


This article presents an integrated, contingency perspective on family firm innovation called Family-Driven Innovation (FDI). The framework highlights the need for consistency between a family firm's strategic innovation decisions and its idiosyncrasies to achieve and sustain competitive advantage through innovation. This article also offers some directions for future research on FDI and serves as an introduction to this special section on family firms.


New data support the contention that the mercury content of Greenland glacial ices has not increased dramatically in recent years but rather is distributed nonhomogeneously through the ice sheet.


The green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, was grown under high and low CO2 regimes inducing significantly different activities of the extracellular carbonic anhydrase (CA). In close relation to the CA activities, the algae exhibited different consumption rates of the climatically relevant atmospheric trace gas, carbonyl sulphide (COS), thus indicating that CA is responsible for uptake of COS from the medium.


In order to save the remaining wetland resources and to manage these wetlands to the benefit of all, the State of Tennessee currently is in the process of formulating a comprehensive state wetlands policy which will incorporate existing federal, state, and local wetland programs with emphasis on the Tennessee Wetlands Protection (Acquisitions) Act of 1986. Plan formulation and implementation for wetland conservation projects requires the application and maintenance of various technical data to assure uniform project definitions, to display plans and strategies, and to monitor implementation progress. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is using a geographic information system (GIS) to maintain a detailed computerized wetland data base for the above purposes. This paper discusses the current status of wetland inventory data, acquisition lands, and progress toward a comprehensive state wetlands protection and management policy.


The information technology has provided the implementation technical support and the promotion condition in the education application for the student multi-dimensional intelligence raise.This article has discussed under the information technology environment from several aspects the student multi-dimensional intelligence raise.


A kinetic theory for magnetic islands in a low collision frequency tokamak plasma is presented. Self‐consistent equations for the islands' width, w, and propagation frequency, ω, are derived. These include contributions from the perturbed bootstrap current and the toroidally enhanced ion polarization drift. The bootstrap current is independent of the island propagation frequency and provides a drive for the island in tokamak plasmas when the pressure decreases with an increasing safety factor. The polarization drift is frequency dependent, and therefore its effect on the island stability cannot be deduced unless ω is known. This frequency is determined by the dominant dissipation mechanism, which for low effective collision frequency, νeff=ν/e<ω, is governed by the electrons close to the trapped/passing boundary. The islands are found to propagate in the electron diamagnetic direction in which case the polarization drift is stabilizing and results in a threshold width for island growth, which is of the order of the ion banana width. At larger island widths the polarization current term becomes small and the island evolution is determined by the bootstrap current drive and Δ′ alone, where Δ′ is a measure of the magnetic free energy.


123 • How fast does the CGA with elitist selection converge towards an optimal solution? • Does the CGA without elitist selection converge to a population with mostly optimal solutions, and how fast? Many NP-complete problems can be solved in polynomial time " on average " or " with high probability " for reasonable-looking distributions of problem instances. Where, then, are the (presumably) exponentially hard instances of these problems located? Could one tell ahead of time whether a given instance is likely to be hard?


The present paper shows the results of investigation on studying of radioactivity pollution in surface of soil near the Ulaanbaatar Fourth Thermal Power Plant (TPP-4) of our capital city and cross alpha and beta radioactivity in coal and ash of Baganuur and Shivee-Ovoo coalmines, which is used in TPP-4, carried out through the gamma spectrometric method and alpha and beta radiometric analysis.


A national facility, the NASA-Ames vertical gun range (AVGR) has an excellent reputation for revealing fundamental aspects of impact cratering that provide important constraints for planetary processes. The current logistics in accessing the AVGR, some of the past and ongoing experimental programs and their relevance, and the future role of this facility in planetary studies are reviewed. Publications resulting from experiments with the gun (1979 to 1984) are listed as well as the researchers and subjects studied.


Reports the find of a Merovingian gold tremissis from the moneyer Alchemundus (c. 575-675) and lists other finds of Merovingian coins in the province of West-Flanders.


The off-line control problems of the spacecrafts of communication, retransmission, and navigation in terms of the onboard systems logic control that provides the spacecraft mission fulfillment for the whole period of autonomy are considered. The definitions of the time-session off-line control method that allows reaching the purpose given in the program with such a probability that aspires to the probability of this technical possibility retaining are introduced. The approach to realization of the method of decision-making by the on-board systems in the production type is presented and the requirements to the off-line control models are defined.


This article examines how the foundations of the 'rogue states' security narrative in the United States developed prior to the declaration of the George W. Bush administration's 'Global War on Terror' and President Bush's representation of Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an 'axis of evil'. The article argues that the puzzle of how US post-Cold War foreign and defence policy came to be focused on 'irrational' — but militarily inferior — adversaries can be understood through analysing how actors within the US defence community discursively constructed discrete international crises as the trigger for a major shift in US threat scenarios. This is developed through an examination of two crucial episodes in the construction of post-Cold War US national security interests: the crisis in the Persian Gulf in 1990–1 and the North Korean nuclear crisis in 1993–4. The article suggests the importance of historicizing contests over the interpretation of international crises in order to both better understand the process through which a country's national security interests are defined and to gain greater analytical purchase on how security narratives are reconstructed during processes of systemic change.


Purpose: This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of CEO Turnover, Audit Opinion, Company Growth on auditor switching with financial distress as a Moderating Variable. Methodology/approach: The type of data used in this study is secondary data, in the form of financial reports and annual reports. The population in this study are all property and real estate companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the 2017-2021 period. Sample data were obtained by purposive sampling method with the features of voluntary auditor changes or under 6 years. So that the final number of samples obtained was 140 data. The data analysis technique used is logistic regression analysis. Results/findings: The research results show (1) CEO Turnover has a positive effect on auditor switching (2) Audit opinion has no effect on auditor switching (3) Company growth has no effect on auditor switching (4) Financial Distress has a positive effect on auditor switching (5) Financial Distress strengthens the influence CEO turnover on auditor switching (6) financial distress is not able to influence the effect of audit opinion on auditor switching (7) financial distress is not able to moderate the effect of company growth on auditor switching.


This theoretical review argues that the western tourist gaze can be deconstructed through the Buddhist ontology of avidyā and prajnā. If Buddhism is about discovering the truth of 'self' (end of self and everyday ego) in which emptiness in life is enveloped in a fictional darkness of ignorance (avidyā), its ontology unfolds to overcome that emptiness and to bring in awareness about the illusion that covers the above truth (prajnā). When the ordinary consciousness is based on the sensory perception of subject-object dichotomy, the foundation of the western way of looking at a phenomenon becomes incomplete, since such experience, according to Buddhist ontology, belongs to a cosmic illusion that disturbs prajnā (true wisdom). 'The knowing of notknowing' (prajnā) and understanding the emptiness of ego are the true Buddhist home grounds of 'being' rather than 'becoming'. In this context, with the philosophical insights advanced by the Kyoto School of Thoughts, this paper articulates that the western gaze in the discovery of the outer world can become meaningless. Hence, the western tourist gaze that seeks pleasure or leisure or even newness would be futile as it leads to avidya, the manifestation of the ego. The conclusion is that 'the union of the seer and the seen' gets deconstructed when the individual deeply realizes the fundamental nothingness that creates the above subjective-objective illusion (avidyā) the foundation of the western tourist gaze. Reaching the Buddhist metaphysical assumption of sûnyatâ (zero or permanent void), where the ego is dissolved is only possible when one realizes that nothingness is the thread that ties both subject (tourist) and object (site) together.


The paper presents an efficient approach to the analysis of the synchronous starting of synchronous machines in three-machine arrangements. The analysis is done using the software MATHEMATICA. The software has proved to provide a very simple solution for a large number of problems referring to the mathematical modeling of complex systems. The proposed approach efficiency is confirmed on an adequate test example.


Objective. To investigate the presence of anemic syndrome in Muisca indigenous communities, men and women between 18 and 50 years, located in indigenous territories of Bosa and Suba in Bogotá. Methods. Laboratory tests considered for this study included the assessment of automated hemogram, study of peripheral blood, serum ferritin, C-reactive protein, total protein, and albuminas. This research study is non-random, descriptive and cross-sectional, whose sample design is layered with a total of 80 samples. Results. The Muisca population under study located in the towns of Bosa and Suba in Bogotá, population consist of 12.5% (10/80) men y 87.5% (70/80) women presented low ferritin levels in 35.7% (25/70) women and 40 % (4/10) men , which suggests iron deficiency, however 1 man and 1 woman, show iron-deficiency anaemia, for having both levels of hemoglobin , mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin 1. Docentes investigadoras semillero ERITRON Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca. Correspondencia: firstname.lastname@example.com Fecha de recepción: Junio 27 de 2016 Fecha de aprobación: Octubre 18 de 2016


The article addresses the recent growth in interest for the Transylvanian adventurer and amateur scientist Johann Martin Honigberger (1795-1869). He has come into the focus of both historians and Indologists dealing with XIXth century India as well as of those interested in the hermeneutics of Mircea Eliade's novel The Secret of Dr. Honigberger. The occasion is offered by the publication of the Romanian translation of Honigberger's travelbook: Thirty-Five Years in the East. Foreword by Arion Rosu. Edition, Introduction, notes and Postface by Eugen Ciurtin. Translation by Eugen Ciurtin, Ciprian Lupu and Ana Lupascu, Polirom, Bucharest-Jassy, 2004. Emphasizing the importance and interest of such a translation into Romanian together with a commentary on Honigberger's activity and writings, the article criticizes the poor quality of the work done by the editorial team. The edition falls short of being a scholarly contribution to Asian studies and to their historiography in Romania. Neither does the postface, in which a detailed Indological reading of Eliade's novel is attempted, provide a more convincing approach.


Almost 10~30% of vegetables were discarded by the spoilage from farms to tables. After harvest, vegetables are often spoiled by a wide variety of microorganisms including many bacterial and fungal species. This investigation was conducted to extent the knowledge of relationship the spoilage of vegetables and the diversity of microbes. The total aerobic bacterial numbers in fresh lettuce, perilla leaf, and chicory were , , of fresh weight, respectively. The most common bacterial species were Pseudomonas spp., Alysiella spp., and Burkholderia spp., and other 18 more genera were involved in. After one week of incubation of those vegetables at , the microbial diversity had been changed. The total aerobic bacterial numbers increased to , , and of fresh weight for lettuce, perilla leaf, and chicory that is about times increased bacterial numbers than that before spoilage. However, the diversity of microbes isolated had been simplified and fewer bacterial species had been isolated. The most bacterial population (~48%) was taken up by Pseudomonas spp., and followed by Arthrobacter spp. and Bacillus spp. The spoilage activity of individual bacterial isolates had been tested using axenic lettuce plants. Among tested isolates, Pseudomonas fluorescence and Pantoea agglomerans caused severe spoilage on lettuce.


This article examines whether organizations can enhance employee well-being by adopting human resource management (HRM) practices strategically targeted to improve skill development and deployment in a recessionary context. Employee skill utilization is proposed as the mediating mechanism between HRM practice and well-being. The role of workplace skill composition is also examined as a boundary condition within which HRM differentially impacts employee outcomes. Using a nationally representative survey of UK workplaces (Workplace Employment Relations Survey 2011) and matched management and employee data, the analysis focused on organizations that had implemented some recessionary action following the 2008–2009 global financial and economic crisis. The findings show that human capital enhancing HRM and enriched job design positively influenced both job satisfaction and work-related affective well-being through increased employee skill utilization. Organizations with predominantly high-skilled workforces were more likely to adopt these skills-oriented HRM practices. Nevertheless, the effects of HRM on employee outcomes via skill utilization applied across organizations, regardless of workforce skill composition. The findings demonstrate employee skill utilization as a driver of HRM outcomes and the sustainability of "best practice" HRM arguments across all skill levels, even in the face of recession.


This paper formulates ideas about the changes taking place in public administration. Active citizen becomes a Central element in making managerial decisions. As part of the «Big government» created new institutions, mechanisms-based management of information and telecommunication technologies. Ensuring communication between all entities of the public administration, access to relevant, reliable information, presented in the format of open data allows to make the system more efficient. The development of systems of government throughout the world is associated with using this process big data.


In the process of expanding the resources and enlarging and reinforcing the coal enterprises,the salary management system demonstrates its more important role with regard to inspiring the enthusiasms of the employees,attracting the talents and retaining them for the company.At present,there are a lot of unresolved issues in the salary management system.The paper analyzes these issues and proposes the solutions to such problems.


Abstract The initiation of the pupal diapause of the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh), was found to be regulated by photoperiod and temperature. The stages of R. pomonella sensitive to these two regulatory factors were demonstrated to be the larva in the case of photoperiod and the larva and pupa in the case of temperature. Measurements with a highly sensitive photocell revealed that enough light passes through the skin and pulp of an apple to permit the response of the larvae to photoperiod to be direct. Diapause initiation was found to be independent of the effect of photoperiod or temperature on the adults and eggs and independent of the amount or type of larval food (apple or artificial). Where larvae and pupae were reared at 28°C and a photoperiod of 17 or 19 hours of light per 24-hour day, 1% of the pupae completed development in 23 days, 50% in 28 days, 75% in 30 days, and 100% in 64 days. These were the only regimes tested at which there was 100% non-diapause development, a finding which is directly applicable to continuous laboratory rearing of the apple maggot. Irrespective of temperature, diapause was induced in more than 50% of the pupae at a larval photoperiod of 11 hours. Even where larval photoperiod was favorable for 100% non-diapause development (17 or 19 hr), diapause was induced in more than 25% of the pupae if larval and pupal development occurred at 23°C and in a larger percentage if larval and pupal development occurred at 19°C. These findings are helpful in elucidating those conditions in nature under which a second generation of R. pomonella occurs.


Let G = (V, E) be a simple graph with p vertices and q edges. Let S  V(G). S is called a strong restrained dominating set of G if for every u  V – S, there exists v  S and w  V – S such that v and w strongly dominate u. The minimum cardinality of a strong restrained dominating set of G is called the strong restrained domination number of G and is denoted by γsrd(G). The existence of a strong restrained dominating set of G is guaranteed, since V(G) is a strong restrained dominating set of G. In this paper, the sum and product of strong restrained domination number of path and its derived graph are studied.


Although consensus guidelines generally discourage any surgical management (ASM; i.e., resection and/or transplantation) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and portal vein thrombosis (PVT), recent series from Asia have challenged this paradigm.


Polyvinyl alcohol( PVA) / gelatin / graphene oxide( GO) nanocomposite hydrogels were prepared by freezing-thawing method and characterized by AFM FT-IR,XRD and SEM. The effects of GO contents on structure,morphology,mechanical and swelling properties of PVA / gelatin / GO composite hydrogels were investigated. The results show that the mechanical properties are enhanced efficiently with well-dispersed GO in polymer matrx. Compared to pure PVA / gelatin hydrogels,46% increase in tensile strength and 22% improvement of compressive strength are achieved with the GO addition of 0. 7%,which suggests a better load transfer between the GO and polymer matrix. The swelling ratio increases with the increasing addition of GO until 0. 3% GO content and then reduces. Furthermore,the swelling ratio in base solution is higher than that in acid solution. It is shown that some strong hydrogen bonds interactions are developed among hydroxyl groups of PVA,gelatin chains and GO nanosheets in nanocomposite hydrogels.


Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technology enables network services (performed virtually). One or more virtualized network functions (VNFs) together with the traditional middle boxes can be established a complex enterprise network. To provide an efficient NFV environment, we are facing the challenges of routing path decision, service ordering, and the hybrid communications between switches and middle boxes. In this paper, we propose a framework for building an OpenFlow-based dynamic services chaining and present a routing path for a hybrid NFV environment. In order to control legacy switches in hybrid NFV environment, we use simple network management protocol (SNMP) to manage Forwarding Information Base (FIB) on legacy switches. The reserved fake MAC-address is replaced by a destination MAC-address, and then the packets are forwarded to the policy designating port. To solve the problem of middle boxes being unable to modify the packet's fields, we adopt both MAC-address based forwarding method and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) protocol in determining the routing paths. And, the evaluation of the proposed system simulation with various cases is presented.


Wall shear stress (WSS) has been shown to play a crucial role in atherosclerotic plaque formation and progression. Moreover, some recent studies suggest that WSS is also involved in determining plaque composition (Cheng et al., 2006) and plaque destabilization in advanced atherosclerosis (Groen et al., 2007). More detailed studies on the relationship between WSS and plaque composition are needed to confirm those relationships.Copyright © 2011 by ASME


In one configuration, the erase key frame of a sustained voiced segment is detected. Adaptive codebook gain value of the erased frame is calculated based on the previous frame. Calculated values smaller than the threshold (Alternatively, not exceeding the threshold) if greater than the adaptive codebook gain value is used for the erased frame. Values greater than or derived from the calculated values, can be selected from one or more predefined values.


Beam-based feedback control loops are required by the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) program in order to provide fast, single-pulse stabilization of beam parameters. Eight transverse feedback loops, a 6 x 6 longitudinal feedback loop, and a loop to maintain the electron bunch charge were successfully prototyped in MATLAB for the LCLS, and have been maintaining stability of the LCLS electron beam at beam rates up to 30Hz. In the final commissioning phase of LCLS the beam will be operating at up to 120Hz. In order to run the feedback loops at beam rate, the feedback loops will be implemented in EPICS IOCs with a dedicated ethernet multi-cast network. This paper will discuss the design of the beam-based Fast Feedback System for LCLS. Topics include MATLAB feedback prototyping, algorithm for 120Hz feedback, network design for fast data transport, actuator and sensor design for single-pulse control and sensor readback, and feedback configuration and runtime control.


The authors sought to improve the toxicity of conventional concurrent chemoradiation therapy for stage III nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by using proton‐beam therapy to escalate the radiation dose to the tumor. They report early results of a phase 2 study of high‐dose proton therapy and concurrent chemotherapy in terms of toxicity, failure patterns, and survival.


To observe the clinical efficacy of combined Chinese medicine and arthroscopic clearance in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis,75 subjects were treated by arthroscopic clearance and Chinese medicines.Results:52 cases were surveyed between 3-12 months with the excellent rate of 76.9%;23 cases were surveyed between 13-24 months with the excellent rate of 65.2%.It is indicated that combined Chinese medicine and arthroscopic clearance has positive effects on knee osteoarthritis.


Commingling in the distributions of five lipids and lipoproteins was investigated in a sample of 567 Caucasians. Significant commingling was found for high density lipoprotein, low density lipoprotein, and very low density lipoprotein, but not for cholesterol and triglyceride. The differences between the present results and those reported earlier on a sample of Japanese-Americans are described and found to be partly attributable to differences in the sample sizes of the two studies.


A method for producing a powdery emulsified fat and oil that releases fats and oils when dissolved in hot water and that has an excellent powder property during storage is provided. The method for producing a powdery emulsified fat and oil includes adding a fat and oil to an aqueous solution containing a meat extract and a salt and emulsifying the mixture, and then drying the emulsified solution. The method for producing a powdery emulsified fat and oil includes emulsifying the aqueous solution that further contains an excipient and then drying the emulsified solution. A powdered soup produced using the obtained powdery emulsified fat and oil has a good aroma and richness, and is provided as a food product with an excellent shelf life.


In the wake of the global financial crisis of 2008, shadow banking has been widely identified as one of the major sources of financial instability, and its regulation has become the subject of much international debate. Existing studies, however, have focused on advanced economies, such the US and EU; much less has been written about China, despite its rising economic power. This paper represents an attempt to fill this research gap, assessing China's regulation of shadow banking from international and comparative perspectives. Shadow banking has grown rapidly in China over the past few years, which exhibits distinctive features in terms of driving forces, components, players and risk profiles. The recently issued Circular No. 107 represents a significant improvement on China's shadow banking regulation. It clarifies the regulatory arrangements for shadow banking within the existing sectoral regulatory structure. While this may work in the short term, it is argued that China should consider a more fundamental reform towards the twin-peaks model in the long term. Further, it sets out useful substantive guidance and sound regulatory approach, but its workability depends very much on implementing rules to be issued by various agencies in the future.


crucial relationship between this kind of literature and the Enlightenment. This tendency to see the evolution of the press in isolated institutional terms carries over to the sections on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. We are told who established a particular journal, what its political views were, when it ceased publication, but little else. Essentially, it is the failure to interpret the history of the Spanish press in broad historical terms which makes this work a disappointing study of an important topic.


The utility model discloses an environment-friendly disinsectization device which comprises a lamp holder and a disinsectization lamp. A conical base is connected at the bottom end of the lamp holder, a storage battery is arranged in the middle of the lamp holder, a solar power generating device is connected at the top end of the lamp holder through a first support and connected with the storage battery, a temperature sensor, a photosensitive sensor and a humidity sensor are all connected with a switch component of the storage battery, and the disinsectization lamp is connected with the storage battery. Working states of the disinsectization lamp can be adjusted by the disinsectization device according to environmental changes, so that electric energy is saved; the disinsectization lamp is long in service life, and the environment-friendly disinsectization device has electricity-preventive protecting facilities and the advantages of reasonable structural design and long working time.


Birds in fairytale traditions of different nations are indispensable characters of animal epos. In the fairytales of Oirats of Xinjiang and Kalmyks of Russia there is a wide representation of birds along with other animals. It is commonly known that a lie in all its varieties and forms is one of the essential compositional stems of the animal fairytale. Every character in a fairytale is capable of lying. It is the only and specific way of protection of weaker character from its physically stronger opponent. In the fairy tales about animals birds often surpass animals in wit and wisdom. Birds protect themselves in different ways, but predominantly use methods that put their opponents off guard. The analysis of the Xinjiang fairy tales about animals shows that storylines about birds that surpass much stronger animals by their wit and wisdom are widely presented there. Stories about animals often have etiological meaning explaining the specific behavior patterns and external distinctive features of the birds.


The nitrous oxide (N2O) distributions in a shelf-slope-basin section from the Chukchi Sea shelf to the Chukchi Abyssal Plain (CAP) in the western Arctic Ocean were observed for the first time during the fourth Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition (4th CHINARE) in late August 2010. The N2O concentrations were 11.4–16.9 nmol L−1, corresponding to saturation values of 92–118% in the surface water. In the surface, biological factor was negligible to N2O production, and physical process dominated the surface N2O distribution. The N2O undersaturation may be the result of dilution by sea ice meltwater. The oversaturation may be caused by the diffusing of N2O-rich shelf bottom water. Below the surface, N2O concentrations ranged from 11.4 to 21.4 nmol L−1. On the Chukchi Sea shelf, N2O concentrations increased from the surface to the near-bottom water, indicating sediment N2O produced by nitrification or denitrification emission may be a significant source. The subsurface maxima in the upper halocline layer (UHL) may receive partial contribution from nitrification production but was primarily caused by the spreading of shelf water.


The vector measurement using sixport is the simple way for obtaining the magnitude and phase of the return loss or SWR. The sixport analyzer needs some power detectors for measuring microwave power on ports. This paper is focused on diode detectors and its parasitics parameters and frequency response.


With the rapid development of voltage source converter-based high-voltage direct current (HVdc) transmission, it is an irresistible trend that HVdc grid will come into being. High-voltage and high-power dc/dc converters will serve as dc transformers in HVdc grid to interconnect dc lines with different voltage ratings. This article proposes a monopolar symmetrical dc/dc converter which is composed of cascaded half-bridge submodules and series-connected insulated-gate bipolar transistors. This hybrid topology features low capital costs, high efficiency, small footprint, and bidirectional power transfer capability. Operation principle, parameter design, and the control strategies of this topology are introduced. A 480-MW, ±500 kV/±160 kV monopolar symmetrical dc/dc converter is simulated to verify its performance and evaluate the efficiency. In addition, a downscaled prototype rated at 2.4 kW, ±300 V/±100 V has been built and tested. Experimental results further validate the effectiveness of the proposed dc/dc converter.


Needs, rights and opportunites, Caroline Roaf and Hazel Bines parents, children and the legal framework, Mark Vaughan from incrementalism to catastrophe theory - the case of policy for children with special needs, John Welton assessment, Dennis Mongon opening out schools, Bob Moon equality, rights and primary education, Len Barton and Majorie Smith developing whole school policy - a secondary school perspective, Caroline Roaf 16 plus - rights through life, Deborah Cooper mental handicap awareness and gender relations in a comprehensive school, John Quicke developing a special professionalism - perspectives and practices in teacher training, Hazel Bines.


Article history: Received 21 July 2012 Received in revised form 28 January 2013 Accepted 28 January 2013 Available online 4 February 2013 Monoclonal κ and λ immunoglobulin free light chain (FLC) paraproteins in serum and urine are important markers in the diagnosis and monitoring of B cell dyscrasias. Current nephelometric and turbidimetric methods that use sheep polyclonal antisera to quantify serum FLC have a number of well-observed limitations. In this report, we describe an improved method using specific mouse anti-human FLC monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Anti-κ and anti-λ FLC mAbs were, separately, covalently coupled to polystyrene Xmap® beads and assayed, simultaneously, in a multi-plex format by Luminex® (mAb assay). The mAbs displayed no cross-reactivity to bound LC, the alternate LC type, or other human proteins and had improved sensitivity and specificity over immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) and FreeliteTM. The assay gives good linearity and sensitivity (b1 mg/L), and the competitive inhibition format gave a broad calibration curve up to 437.5 mg/L and prevented anomalous results for samples in antigen excess i.e. high FLC levels. The mAbs displayed good concordance with FreeliteTM for the quantitation of normal polyclonal FLC in plasma from healthy donors (n = 249). The mAb assay identified all monoclonal FLC in serum from consecutive patient samples (n = 1000; 50.1% with monoclonal paraprotein by serum IFE), and all FLC in a large cohort of urine samples tested for Bence Jones proteins (n = 13090; 22.8% with monoclonal κ, 9.0% with monoclonal λ, and 0.8% with poly LC detected by urine IFE). Importantly this shows that the mAbs are at least close to the ideal of detecting FLC from all patients and neoplastic plasma cell clones. Given the overall effectiveness of the anti-FLC mAbs, further clinical validation is now warranted on serial samples from a range of patients with B cell disorders. Use of these mAbs on other assay platforms should also be investigated. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


The importance of highly accurate flow forecasts, especially in flood-prone areas, has increased significantly in Canada over the last few years as extreme events have become more frequent, severe, and costly due to climate change and other factors. A problem with presently available data-based forecasting methods is that they have limitations handling non-stationary data due to, among other things, climate change. Wavelets are, for intrinsic reasons, well suited for dealing with non-stationary time series since they automatically filter the non-stationary component of the signal instead of trying to de-trend or suppress quasi-periodic smooth components as, for example, in the classical non-stationary autoregressive integrated moving average approach. In this study, a method based on coupling discrete wavelet transforms and artificial neural networks for flood forecasting applications is proposed. The discrete wavelet transform is used to decompose stream flow time series data into wavelet coefficients. The wavelet coefficients are then used as inputs into artificial neural network models to streamflow. The relative performance of the coupled wavelet-neural network models were compared to regular artificial neural network models for flood forecasting with a lead time of one month. The coupled wavelet-neural network models were found to provide more accurate streamflow forecasts than the artificial neural network models. The results indicate that coupled wavelet-neural network models are a promising new method of flood forecasting.


1) E u g e n i c h i s t o r i c a l d e v e l o p m e n t . Few diseases have aroused so much interest as d. m. p. concerning the genetic problems. Many authors who have observed families with d. m. p. have published their findings. The reason for the publication of the great number of papers is no doubt that d.m.p. shows complicated eugenic problems. Some single observations of families seem to indicate dominant inheritance: HeZZer 1867 (142), Eichhorst 1884 (99), Remark 1884 (258), Westphal 1884 (334), Bielschowsky 1890 (28), Schule 1891 (285), Claude 1908 (73), Eulenburg 1911 (110), Shaw and Edmunds 1912 (288), Eaton 1922 (96), Riese 1922 (259), Oransky 1927 (237), Wyllie 1931 (344), Pamboukis 1931 (243), Pearson 1933 (246), Manson 1935 (210), Orbuse and Sloane 1937 (239), Wagner 1938 (319). In almost all of the case histories in the papers mentioned the facioscapulohumeral type is easily recognised, and amongst the cases that are dominantly inherited, no lower extremity types are found. Other eugenic case histories indicate recessive inheritance with 2, or only a few members of the same family, usually amongst the same siblings: Lutz 1867 (206), Briinniche 1874 (51). This latter author stresses the fact that the parents of the patients described are cousins, Schultze 1884 (284), Zimmerlin 1884 (345), Westphal 1887 (335), Coley 1894 (75), Taylor 1894 (306), Hawkins 1894 (140), White 1894 (336), Flood 1896 (112), Probashensky 1899 (257), Syme 1899 (304), Eschner 1902 (108), Tromner 1902 (312), Winocouroff 1907 (338), Battle 1910 (18), Curling 1910 (a), Palmer 1913 (242), Batten 1915 (17), Carati 1916-17 (64),Schmidt 1917 (279), Mills, Haines and Sessions 1924 (224), Lightwood 1929 (203), Pickney 1932 (252), Kostakow and Bodanok 1938 (175). These 25 publications describe lower extremity types, or cases that have a more universal localisation, with the exception of the families described by Tromner and by Palmer where the patients seem to have


In order to solve the inaccuracy of the item characteristic description in the preparation of BOQ,this paper analyzes the reasons of the inaccuracy of BOQ item characteristics deeply by Fishbone Diagram Method and cites numerous facts.Such conclusions can be drawn.The subjective factors of BOQ preparation people,the design depth and quality problems of construction diagram and the irrational reasons of item characteristic description may lead to the inconsistent of project characteristic description and the construction drawing.This essay also discusses the mechanism of construction settlement disputes which is caused by the inaccuracy of item characteristic description Some pre-control measures were put forward in order to avoid the construction settlement disputes and to provide the references and the advice for engineer to control cost.


This paper analyzes the macroeconomic role that different household groups play in human capital formation, sectoral growth and income distribution in Rwanda. Using a disaggregated SAM for Rwanda and, with the assistance of structural path analysis, the paper explores the macroeconomic implications of family size for human capital, sectoral growth and income distribution. The findings support the so-called quantity-quality trade-off hypothesis: the smaller the family size, the higher the investment in human capital. In particular, the human capital investment of households with 1-3 children tends to be more pronounced than that of households with more than 3 children. Moreover, households with 1-3 children act as an important intermediate pole transmitting the influence of human capital investment on agricultural production. As a result, promoting family planning programs seems to be a viable strategy for economic growth and poverty reduction.


to " assist industry in the development of technology. .. needed to improve product quality, to modernize manufacturing processes, to ensure product reliability. .. and to facilitate rapid commercialization. .. of products based on new scientific discoveries. " NIST, originally founded as the National Bureau of Standards in 1901, works to strengthen U.S. industry's competitiveness; advance science and engineering; and improve public health, safety, and the environment. One of the agency's basic functions is to develop, maintain, and retain custody of the national standards of measurement, and provide the means and methods for comparing standards used in science, engineering, manufacturing, commerce, industry, and education with the standards adopted or recognized by the Federal Government. As an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration, NIST conducts basic and applied research in the physical sciences and engineering, and develops measurement techniques, test methods, standards, and related services. The Institute does generic and precompetitive work on new and advanced technologies. NIST's research facilities are located at Gaithersburg, MD 20899, and at Boulder, CO 80303. For more information contact the Public Inquiries Desk, 301-975-3058. The Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology features advances in measurement methodology and analyses consistent with the NIST responsibility as the nation's measurement science laboratory. It includes reports on instrumentation for making accurate and precise measurements in fields of physical science and engineering, as well as the mathematical models of phenomena which enable the predictive determination of information in regions where measurements may be absent. Papers on critical data, calibration techniques, quality assurance programs, and well-characterized reference materials reflect NIST programs in these areas. Special issues of the Journal are devoted to invited papers in a particular field of measurement science. Occasional survey articles and conference reports appear on topics related to the Insti-tute's technical and scientific programs. in which he proposed a relationship between the " entropy crisis, " noted by Walter Kauzmann [Chem. paper on glasses and supercooled liquids, made the profound observation that the configurational entropy difference between the supercooled liquid and crystalline state appears to vanish at a finite temperature in the limit of infinitely slow cooling. Six years after Kauzmann, Flory published a theory of densely packed polymers that predicted a negative configurational entropy below some finite temperature if their stiffness exceeded a critical value [Proc. Roy. While Flory proposed that this " crisis " would be averted by …


This article completes the needs analysis of catering systems based on the theory of supply-demand balance,the design of database and data processing related research.From the computer,and economics theory,the analysis of food consumption and nutrient conversion between the database management system(DBMS) support,in-depth study of the basic sources of data;in the study of food consumption database systems and related theory Based on the representation of the use of food nutrients calendar conversion tables,to improve food consumption and nutrient conversion method.


Introduction:With the constant improvement of technology in recent years, mobile dental photography is gaining more and more popularity. Mobile phones have almost completely replaced compact cameras in everyday life. Aim:The aim is to determine whether a mobile phone can be used to take standard pictures of patients in daily dental practice. Material and methods:A total of 330extraoral photographs were taken of 33 patients. 10 photos were taken of each of them (5 extraoral and 5 intraoral).From the five photos there were one taken with a DSLR camera and four with a mobile phone with different magnification x2, x3, x4 and x5 and respectively from different distances. Eleven linear parameters were measured and compared. Results: In the photos taken with a mobile phone there is a deformation of the image compared to the photos taken with a DSLR camera at all magnifications. The largest deformation is at twice the magnification. The image is close to the photos taken with a DSLR camera at four and five times the magnification. Conclusion:The mobile phone is applicable for the extraoral dental photography. At four times magnification(x4) and distance of 110 cm the deformation of the image is negligible and the quality of the photos is good. For the intraoral photos if there is a need for an image with the correct and as close as possible to the actual proportions of the teeth, the first choice is the DSLR camera.


Time-based data is efficiently managed by temporal database models whereas the conventional database models are only capable of storing the present value, temporal database models not only stores historic values but also provide a roadmap to process future valid data. This paper briefly introduces some vital temporal database concepts. After that, various attribute time stamping models are examined in this domain. Finally, a comparative analysis of the various attribute timestamp models is prepared to discuss their strengths and weaknesses of their Implementations and provide useful and optimized results for solving the problems in the field of the temporal database model.


Base on the analysis on the vibration fault cause and comment fault vibration features of the mine ventilator and according to the major vibration problem of the site ventilator,the vibration measurement and analysis were conducted and the existing fault of the mine ventilator was diagnosed.The application practices showed that the vibration measurement could detect the work status of the ventilator. The vibration analysis method could be applied to accurately diagnose the comment faults of the ventilator.


The paper reports a size-effect of graphene-oxide (GO) nano-sheets on sensitivity of chemical-gas detection. By using resonant-cantilevers to measure molecule-adsorbing induced mass, the size-effect is classified as in-plane dimension lateral-effect and vertical thickness-effect. Based on detection of both reducing-gas of NH3 and oxidizing-gas of NO2, this research clearly reveals that, lateral-dimension size-effect plays a decisive role in sensitivity enhancement to reducing-gas, while thickness size-effect dominates the sensitivity to oxidizing-gas.


Schools are institutions responsible for teaching children new skills and knowledge, the ability to think about future targets, and, when problems become complex, how to apply explorative thinking and inborn creativity to solve them. Even so, scholars point to the fact that school curriculums do not support ways to facilitate explorative learning or creativity for problem-solving. To successfully devise solutions never considered before, children need support with programs enabling them to facilitate openness for experience intellectually. This study suggests that dance activities should become regular in the curriculum as a strategy for maintaining schoolchildren's cognitive flexibility.


Bone tissue engineering has been investigated for decades, and has shown to be an effective method to induce ectopic bone formation in numerous animal models. The translation to, and application in clinical practice is an ongoing challenge, and as a result, tissue engineered bone grafts are not used routinely. The overall aim of this thesis was to improve scaffold architecture and functionality for tissue engineering of bone. The resulting scaffolds can be applied as a model to answer basic scientific questions as well as an important step towards future application of regenerative techniques in clinical practice.


the ordinary description, or only a small quantity of it, a sedimentary matter has been found having a very strong general resemblance to Sarcina, though its appearance has been such as to make it almost certain that it is a kind of modified crystalline matter (perhaps somewhat analogous to Mr. Rainey's calculi), rather than a living substance. This variability, moreover, is not confined to the Sarcina which I have met with in my experiments; it is met with, also, in that from the stomach. Robin's figures (loc. cit., pl. xii, fig. i) show a considerable variation in the ultimate pattern of different specimens of Sarcina. These, and other facts and opinions with reference to Sarcina and somewhat similar products, have for some time been embodied in my work on the The Beginnings of Life, which is shortly to appear. And now it seems to me that such views are strengthened by Dr. Ferrier's recently recorded observations. Sarcina has been found by him in cases where there has been an " entire absence of putrefactive changes, and no trace of any of the common organisms." lie says: " The blood in which sarcine had developed to an enormous extent, always retained its alkalinity. There was no sign of putrefaction or fermentation, and no gaseous evolution." Now, I am inclined to believe that it is absolutely impossible for any real living germs to develope to an " enormous extent" in any fluid without an obvious amount of " gaseous evolution" occurring. If, as Dr. Ferrier tells us, this is not the case with Sarcina, we are driven to conclude either that Sarcina is wholly different in this fundamental respect from all other fungus-germs, or else that it is not a living organism at all. My object in making the present remarks has been merely to direct the attention of Dr. Ferrier and other workers to some of the difficulties which have appeared to me to beset this question, in order that, if possible, they may throw some additional light upon the subject. In case others should try to procure Sarcina in ammonic tartrate and sodic phosphate solutions, I may as well state that, although I have met with it on ten or twelve different occasions in such fluids, it is by no means to be produced at will. On many occasions I have failed to obtain it, although the solutions and the conditions were, so far as I could make them, similar to those which had yielded Sarcinxe on previous occasions. My occupation with other more important parts of the investigation, in the course of which these curious products were found, has hitherto prevented my making any more thorough observations concerning their nature, and their mode of origin in such solutions.


The primary goal of this study was to understand the adoption of specific voluntarily used ergonomic intervention aimed at preventing musculoskeletal injuries in EMS workers. According to previous research in the areas of information technology, acceptance and diffusion of innovation, worker's perceptions and attitudes impact the adoption of interventions. This research evaluated the adoption of an intervention that was designed to assist with the lateral transfer of patients as this has previously been reported as a frequent and strenuous task performed by EMS workers. The objective of the current study was to use structural equation modeling to determine which factors most closely affect its adoption. The model suggest that the perception that the intervention is relatively advantageous and easy to use, that the intervention is compatible with the task, having previous experience with similar tools and whether it was endorsed by champions who actively promote the use of the intervention are all factors contributing to the adoption of this ergonomic intervention.


PurposeLifelong learning needs to be visualized as the milestone for generating a progressive and knowledge society. Because it is through lifelong learning that one can continuously upgrade one's knowledge and acquire the relevant skills for getting livelihood opportunities. Moreover, for ensuring a sustainable and advanced society in the 21st century industrial setup, people are desirous to receive a global form of learning as they tend to follow the principle, that is, "earning while learning". In this context, the various types of online courses, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Open Educational Resources (OERs) provide myriad opportunities to the people by introducing them to a global form of learning. Against this background, the introduction of MOOCs in India for providing lifelong learning opportunities might work in a big way. However, to what extent, can MOOCs promote the idea of lifelong learning in a vast country like India needs to be discussed in greater detail.Design/methodology/approachWhile writing the paper, descriptive research methodology has been used. The sources such as Report of Census 2011, Human Development Report 2016, 2018, Economic Survey 2016 are also consulted. Analysis has been done based on the data extracted from the secondary source of information.FindingsThe literature review made in the paper implies that the educational institutes across India may adopt some of the good national and international practices for transforming the society and produce some need-based MOOCs under the SWAYAM platform with regard to providing opportunities of lifelong learning. Thus, the courses run through SWAYAM should help in achieving the three cardinal principles of the Indian Education – access, equity and quality. However, there are many challenges to be met while the adoption and development of MOOCs for the purpose of lifelong learning in India are taken into consideration. The current modes and popularity of digitally offered education in India thus need to be justified.Research limitations/implicationsThe discussions made in the paper are limited to a reference to the Indian MOOCs particularly under SWAYAM, and it is a general study only.Practical implicationsIt is important to note that a new kind of transformation is currently being initiated across the world by encouraging more and more online interventions in the field of education. In fact, various studies are also being conducted on the implementation of online courses across the world, particularly in the developed countries where more than 70% education is delivered online. However, in a country like India, the practical utility or the implementation of the online courses such as MOOCs is not so popular even at present, and it is only limited to a small section of the society. The University Grants Commission (UGC) with a view to promoting CBCS as well as Credit Transfer made 20% course delivery through MOOCs mandatory in Indian higher education. However, the CBCS system itself has several loopholes considered in the Indian context, as it was launched without sufficient ground work, and no one seems to have a clear idea of its implementation method. The UGC's move was to introduce a system of education that would help in bringing parity of Indian higher education with Western or European higher education systems. This paper shall try to imply how the Indian MOOCs should be used in providing lifelong learning opportunities to the people of the country.Social implicationsThis paper refers to a new social constructivism initiated through MOOCs, where a learner can directly interact with the people in the community, share their own ideas and thoughts and collectively undertake new researches. This is sure to transform the Indian society in the days to come, although a study on the usefulness of the existing MOOCs is of utmost necessityOriginality/valueThis paper reiterates the necessity of a detailed study of the available MOOCs in India based on the findings of the common problems and challenges of MOOCs development and implementations that need to be resolved first. Then the paper provides an analysis of this situation so that one could develop or adopt a MOOC in order to meet one's need of lifelong learning in a country like India.


Due to the limited availability of fossil fuels and the continuous increase in world energy demand, it will lead to an energy crisis in future. The use of this energetic resources is responsible for accumulation of greenhouse gases in atmosphere that is associated with several negative effects on environment. Therefore, it is worth to search for different energy supplies that are renewable and environmentally friendly energy fuel. The alternative fuel is biodiesel and its main sources are oil seeds, used cooking oil, algae. Among which microalgae are photosynthetic microorganism that can achieve high oil contents. This oil is suitable for producing biodiesel; thus microalgae are considered a promising sustainable energetic resource that can reduce dependence of fossil fuel. Biodiesel production from microalgae includes several steps, such as cell cultivation and harvesting, oil extraction and biodiesel synthesis. Biodiesel is usually used by blending with petro diesel, but it can also be used in pure form. Biodiesel is a sustainable fuel, as it can be produced throughout the year and can run any engine with certain modification. It can satisfy the needs and can also meet the demands of the future generation to come.


Challenging requirements in optical and BioMEMS application with high aspect ratios of microstructures in access of 20 and smallest structure details of less than 1 μm have motivated this work to irmpove x-ray mask fabrication. Several approaches to pattern an intermediate x-ray mask with the gold absorber thickness of 1.6-2.2μm using a 1μm thick silicon nitride membrane have been explored. E-beam lithography is employed for primary patterning and experimental results show that high energy (100keV) e-beam lithography is a very promising approach. So-called working x-ray mask can be fabricated from intermediate x-ray mask through x-ray lithography. More than 10μm thick PMMA x-ray resist has been coated on the silicon nitride membrane by multi-coating process without crack. First exposure results indicate that adhesion and stability of sub-micrometer structures wiht these heights is critical. In order to overcome these problems a novel approach has been proposed by coating resist on both sides of the silicon nitride membrane and simultaneous patterning of both sides using x-rays. First successful experimental results have been achieved for proving the feasibility.


Mesalazine(5-Aminosalicylic acid,5-ASA), a component of Sulfasalazine (sulfapyridine bound to 5-ASA), is used to treat inflammatory bowel disease. Most adverse pulmonary effects caused by sulfasalazine have been attributed to sulfapyridine. However, lung toxicity associated with mesalazine(5-ASA) is rare. Here we report a case of eosinophilic pneumonia in a 44-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis, who was treated with mesalazine. She developed symptoms of a dry cough, mild night fever, and exertional dyspnea. Bilateral peripheral pulmonary infiltrates, peripheral blood eosinophilia, and histologic features were consistent with eosinophilic pneumonia. The symptoms improved quite rapidly after the discontinuation of mesalazine and initiation of steroid therapy. Therefore, adverse pulmonary reactions to mesalazine must be considered in a differential diagnosis of pulmonary involvement in patients with inflammatory bowel disease who are receiving with mesalazine therapy.


The normal process of soft tissue repair involves the following steps: homeostasis, inflammation ("cleaning"), demolition, proliferation, and maturing10. The homeostatic phase occurs immediately after the appearance of the lesion and depends on platelet activity and on blood coagulation process, which includes a complex release of vasoactive substances, adhesive proteins, and growth factors for the development of other stages. Later on, the inflammatory process sets in with the presence of numerous chemical mediators and inflammatory cells polymorphonuclear leukocytes, macrophages, and lymphocytes. This phase is responsible for removing necrosis tissue and combating aggressive agents installed in the wound. Next, tissue proliferation, which is responsible for "closing" the wound, sets in, with re-epithelization, fibroplasia (matrix formation), and angiogenesis, essential for the supply of oxygen and nutrients needed for healing. Finally, there is wound contraction followed by remodeling, which takes place in the collagen of the region and has the objective of increasing tensile force and diminishing the scar size.  Journal of Science Foundation, 2015;13(2):46-51 DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsf.v13i2.27934


At present,development of larger capacity circulating fluidized bed(CFB)technology with supercritical/ ultra-supercritical steam parameters will be an important development direction of CFB technology necessarily. This paper introduces the special features of Benson Vertical Tube Once Through Boiler technology,which is the basis of supercritical CFB boiler.A comparison between supercritical CFB boiler and supercritical pulverized coal(PC)fired boiler is also introduced in this paper,in which the outstanding advantages of the low temperature combustion of CFB make CFB boiler be in favor of working at supercritical steam parameters are discussed. Simultaneity,the world first 460 MW supercritical once through CFB boiler installed in Poland and its design and operation performances are introduced.In addition,the progress of RD for 800 MW ultra-supercritical CFB and the development of carbon capture and storage(CCS)technology used for supercritical once CFB are also summarized.


The stringency of attacks has grown simultaneously with the development of the web. To combat some of the new attacks, declarative security has been proposed in the form of HTTP response headers from the server side. The declarative model provides an extensible set of security parameters in form of HTTP responses. In this, browsers can respond with a requested security mechanism. This paper explores the state of HTTP declarative security and how it is being applied today.


1721. 'Pupil of Newton and advocate of hlis tlheories. Publislhed researches oni tlle ascent and suspension of water in capillary tubes, the 'motion of running water, the force of bodies in motion, the specific gravity of lhuman blood, and the power of the heart. William Hyde Wollaston, 1766-1828. Born at East Derellamn, Norfolk. Entered Caius College 1782, M.D. 1793, F.R.C.P. 1795. Relinquislhed medical practice in favour of experimental scienice. " Publislhed 56 papers on pathology, physiology, ehemistry, optics, mineralogy, crystallography, astronomy, electricity, mechanics, and botany; and almnost every paper marks a distinet advance in the par ticular science concerned." 1 Thomats Youvng, 1773-1829. Born at Milverton, Somerset. Studied medicine first in London, then at Gottingen. M.D. Gdttingen 1796. Entered Emmanuel College, Cam. bridge, as fellow commoner, 1797 M.D. Cambridge 1808, F.R.C.P. 1809. Found Cambri(dge life congenial and f o rm e d many friendslhips here, as among scientific and artistic men elsewhere. Tlhomas Young was not only a scientist of the first rankli, but also an exceptionally accomplished linguist, a skilled musician, and .a connoisseur of other fiune arts. He was proficient in the following languages: Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Clhaldee, Arabic, Syriac, Persian, French, Ta,lian. qvinbiQh P-n,rman. ant --rc --X ----


To meet the comprehensive medical needs of experimental teaching and reform, building a targeted, full-featured intelligent experimental teaching management system. The practical application of laboratory and laboratory equipment to improve operating efficiency and management level, to improve the quality of the teaching experiment, has good prospects and promotion of value.

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Management system;  Intelligent;  Experimental teaching


"WARMINDO" food stall is one of the food businesses that is currently gaining popularity and spreading rapidly everywhere. This can be observed in various crowded locations in major cities. The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of product quality, service quality, and price on customer loyalty towards WARMINDO among Vocational School students at Gadjah Mada University. The research focuses on Vocational School students as the target population. A survey was conducted among 80 students, utilizing questionnaires, and the collected data was processed using probit and logit methods. The test results indicate that in this study, there exists a variable denoted as "Y," which represents the level of interest among Vocational School students at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) towards WARMINDO. Independent variables, including interest level, frequency of student visits to WARMINDO, food prices at WARMINDO, and the quality of service provided, have a positive influence on the loyalty of UGM students. Conversely, variables such as expenditure and satisfaction with food at WARMINDO do not significantly affect the loyalty of Vocational School students at UGM.


Psychometric tools are found effective in matching the competencies of an individual with the requirements of the job. They offer two appropriate techniques-Job analysis and Psychological testing. It is a powerful tool of envisaging how someone will typically behave, based on the distribution and combination of fundamental personality traits. This tool can be used in many contexts, like, selection and assessment, individual and leadership development, team building and organisational change and development, etc. For the sake of setting sustainable standards in personnel management the competency mapping and training should not be just a one time exercise but a continuous ongoing process. There is an immediate need to switchover to proper competency mapping and create a sense of belonging between administrators, administration and public.


Proceedings of the Specialty Conference on Computer and Physical Modeling in Hydraulic Engineering , Proceedings of the Specialty Conference on Computer and Physical Modeling in Hydraulic Engineering , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی


Florida will continue to undergo high rates of habitat loss, primarily the result of urbanization. In addition, invasive species are a major threat to Florida's biodiversity. The Florida mottled duck (Anas fulvigula), a bird unique to the state, is particularly vulnerable to loss of wetland habitats and hybridization with feral mallards. Because mottled ducks are more likely to encounter feral mallards in urban habitats, we trapped and radiomarked adult females in urban (n = 99) and rural (n = 146) habitats to estimate home ranges and rates of movement into and out of urban areas. We also determined habitat use in urban and rural areas during the breeding (1 Feb–31 Jul), post-breeding (1 Aug–18 Nov), and hunting (19 Nov–31 Jan) periods and estimated seasonal habitat selection of rural female mottled ducks. Urban females used mostly aquatic habitats in low and high intensity human development year-round. Rural ducks used freshwater marshes throughout the year, but selection of other habitat types varied seasonally. Use of glades marsh and agricultural habitats by rural ducks peaked during the breeding season. Rural ducks selected artificial impoundments and reservoirs during the post-breeding and hunting periods. Median home range size of rural females was more than 65 times greater than those of urban females. Our results suggest the spread of mallard genetic introgression caused by females leaving urban areas may be slow because as few as 6% of the adult females moved between urban and rural areas. Focusing wetland conservation efforts on freshwater marshes and artificial impoundments in south Florida would likely benefit mottled ducks. © 2014 The Wildlife Society.


Main cables are the most important components of suspension bridges and require reliable corrosion protection because they are difficult to replace. In the past, corrosion protection has been performed mainly by coating the cables to block moisture. In 1989, after six years of service, inside of the main cable of the Innoshima Bridge was investigated. As a result, water was found inside the main cable and corrosion was confirmed on the surface of the galvanized steel wire. This revealed that conventional methods alone were insufficient to prevent corrosion. Because of this fact, investigation of effective methods of main cable corrosion protection under Japanese climate was started. As a result, a dry air injection system was developed to prevent corrosion by injecting dry air into the cables. The system was adopted for the first time in the world for the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge in 1997 and the Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge in 1999. In addition, the dry air injection system was installed on six existing suspension bridges, including the Ohnaruto Bridge, from 1997 to 1999. More than 20 years after the system was introduced, the relative humidity in the main cables has become stable on all suspension bridges of the Honshu-Shikoku bridges. This paper presents the maintenance, improvement, and future prospects of the dry air injection system for the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, the first newly constructed suspension bridge to adopt the system, and the Ohnaruto Bridge, the first existing suspension bridge to adopt the system.


In a previous issue of the Journal of Mobile Technology and Medicine, we provided an overview of the regulation in the United States of mobile health (''mHealth'') and mobile medical applications (''mobile medical apps''). On September 25, 2013, the United States Food and Drug Administration (''FDA'') released a Final Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff on Mobile Medical Applications (''Final Mobile Medical Apps Guidance'' or ''Final Guidance''). While the basic framework for regulating mobile medical apps in the United States has remained unchanged from our previous article, the new guidance provides further clarity that should be carefully considered by those developing mobile medical apps.


An investigation has been conducted in the Langley 4- by 4-foot supersonic pressure tunnel at a Mach number of 2.01 to determine the static longitudinal stability and control characteristics of a series of missile configurations with canard controls at angles of attack up to about 28 deg. The missiles had cruciform wings and canard surfaces of delta plan form with 70 deg.swept leading edges. Five bodies having fineness ratios of 19.1, 17.7, 16.7, 15.7, and 14.8 were investigated. The results of the investigation indicated a large nonlinear variation of pitching moment with angle of attack for the body of largest fineness ratio that was progressively reduced by decreasing the fineness ratio until it was essentially eliminated for a body of fineness ratio 14.8. The increased linearity of the moment curve would make it possible to reduce the margin of stability so that, for a given canard size and deflection, a higher trim angle of attack might be obtained for the shortest missile than for the longest missile. The pitching-moment results indicated that methods of prediction which assumed linear variations with angle of attack for the wing-alone and wing-plus-interference characteristics were adequate for angles of attack up to about 12 deg. At higher angles of attack it was evident that the characteristics of these components were nonlinear and that more refined methods would be required for adequate prediction.


A method and apparatus for enhancing the distribution of water from an irrigation sprinkler is provided and includes a nozzle disposed at the end of a discharge tube on the sprinkler, which nozzle includes a frusto-pyramidal passage leading to a polygonal nozzle outlet, thereby generating a substantial secondary flow within the nozzle which provides the desired controlled fall-out of water over the entire range of the stream ejected by the sprinkler.


Introduction. The introduction of augmented reality technology into the educational process as an optimal means for visualizing three-dimensional objects opens up prospects for solving the problem of low geometric literacy, which has been detected over a number of years according to the results of the exam, GIA and PISA. One of the insufficiently studied pedagogical aspects of the use of educational AR tools is the volume of cognitive load on students in the learning process. The purpose of this study is to find out whether the use of three-dimensional AR-visualization can increase the effectiveness of training in solving geometric problems and reduce extraneous cognitive load and increase the relevant. Materials and methods. The study was organized according to the scheme of a training experiment using the control and experimental groups with measurements of the skills of solving geometric problems "before and after". The subjects were 40 first-year students of the Far Eastern Federal University, studying in the program of the pedagogical bachelor's degree in the humanities. For the diagnosis of perceived cognitive load, we used the translated into Russian and modified questionnaire of cognitive load CSL by Lepping et al., which includes three subscales – internal, extraneous and relevant cognitive loads. Primary results were analyzed using the apparatus of descriptive statistics, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Z-test and T-tests for two independent samples and for paired samples Research results. The results showed that training using a three-dimensional AR-visualization leads to a higher growth in the results of solving geometric problems than training using three-dimensional visualization of the model on the plane (Т = -3,00**,р=0,008). It was also found that AR-mixing positively affects the volume of cognitive load in students, allowing you to reduce the extraneous load (t = - 2,04*, p=0,04) and increase the relevant релевантную (t = 2,75**, p=0,009). Conclusions. The data identified in the study contribute to scientific justifications of the methods of teaching mathematical disciplines, the development of educational AR applications, as well as to deepening the understanding of the cognitive-psychological mechanisms of the learning process


An ensemble-based linearized forecast model has been developed for data assimilation applications for numerical weather prediction. Previous studies applied this local ensemble tangent linear model (LETLM) to various models, from simple one-dimensional models to a low-resolution (~2.5°) version of the Navy Global Environmental Model (NAVGEM) atmospheric forecast model. This paper applies the LETLM to NAVGEM at higher resolution (~1°), which required overcoming challenges including 1) balancing the computational stencil size with the ensemble size, and 2) propagating fast-moving gravity modes in the upper atmosphere. The first challenge is addressed by introducing a modified local influence volume, introducing computations on a thin grid, and using smaller time steps. The second challenge is addressed by applying nonlinear normal mode initialization, which damps spurious fast-moving modes and improves the LETLM errors above ~100 hPa. Compared to a semi-Lagrangian tangent linear model (TLM), the LETLM has superior skill in the lower troposphere (below 700 hPa), which is attributed to better representation of moist physics in the LETLM. The LETLM skill slightly lags in the upper troposphere and stratosphere (700–2 hPa), which is attributed to nonlocal aspects of the TLM including spectral operators converting from winds to vorticity and divergence. Several ways forward are suggested, including integrating the LETLM in a hybrid 4D variational solver for a realistic atmosphere, combining a physics LETLM with a conventional TLM for the dynamics, and separating the LETLM into a sequence of local and nonlocal operators.


Dynamic performance of HXN5 type diesel locomotive was evaluated,and adaptability of the suspension system parameter and its effect on dynamic performance of HXN5 locomotive was analyzed.Based above,suggestions of suspension parameters optimization were put forward.


In this paper we study some generic properties of the geodesic flows on a convex sphere. We prove that, $C^r$ generically ($2\le r\le\infty$), every hyperbolic closed geodesic admits some transversal homoclinic orbits.


Pre-stressed multi-layer nanomembranes are rolled-up into a microtube in order to tune the strain applied to the contained coupled GaAs quantum wells. Additional GaAs/AlAs adjusting layers were deposited on the top of the nanomembrane to alter the thickness/stiffness of the to-be-rolled nanomembrane. In this way, microtubes with an adjustable diameter and strain are possible from a single initial grown sample. The internal strain state in the microtube affects the energy levels of the quantum wells and their coupling, which can be probed sensitively by photoluminescence. We measure different strain relaxation in rolled-up nanomembranes which we explain using a gradual change of the longitudinal relaxation as the distance of the nanomembrane from the etching front varies.


A novel scheme for obtaining the fundamental-frequency positive-sequence signals based on a combination of delayed signal cancellation (DSC) method and low-pass notch filter phased-lock loop (LPN-PLL) is proposed in this paper. DSC working in the stationary reference frame is used to obtain the fundamental-frequency positive-sequence voltage vector, while LPN-PLL is used to obtain pulsation and phase angle of the vector, instead of using a conventional synchronous reference PLL, which requires a d-q transformation of three-phase voltage and a proportional-integral controller. The proposed structure can be used to estimate the fundamental positive-sequence component in distorted and asymmetric three-phase systems. The performance of the proposed structure is verified through simulations and experimental cases by using distorted and unbalanced signals, containing fundamental-frequency as well as positive- and negative-sequence harmonic components.


This study is conducted under the research grant "Borsa Giovani Ricercatori 2009" of the Sardinian Regional Authorities and the PhD Programme "Geoingegneria e tecnologie ambientali"(2009-2012) of the University of Cagliari. The work has been developed in collaboration with Giuditta Lecca (tutor) and Riccardo Biddau at the Centre for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia (CRS4) – Sector "Energy and Environment", directed by Ernesto Bonomi.


(57) Abstract: improved pressure resistance and encapsulated gas microspheres having stability is prepared as follows: such as an aqueous solution and perfluoropropane of a film forming protein such as human serum albumin the water-insoluble gas were mixed, closed in the apparatus to the atmosphere, in the absence of oxygen, subjected to ultrasound or mechanical cavitation.


Abstract
 In food gardens, water carries plant nutrients from the roots upward, and carbohydrates from photosynthesis throughout the plant. Water is also a medium for chemical reactions, cools the plant by evaporating from the leaves, and is essential for photosynthesis. The immediate goal of garden water management is to provide plants with enough water to produce a harvest and other benefits for a reasonable investment of time, money, and other resources, and without creating salinity or waterlogging problems. Another important goal of garden water management is strengthening equitable access to good quality water for people, while providing adequate water for food production and natural ecosystems, now and in the future. This chapter looks at some concepts of water-soil-plant relationships that are key to achieving these goals as water becomes scarcer.


Keeping the water-repellent stability of superhydrophobic surface is necessary in application. Based on the total reflection of Cassie interface and vacuum technique, the superhydrophobic stability of the lotus leaf and an artificial material was investigated. The results show that during the Cassie-Wenzel transition, primary wetting transition occurs at a certain pressure that in accordance with theoretical prediction. However, when the air film is entrapped between microstructures, stability of water-repellency was greatly enhanced, and part of the wetting transition can be recovered when the pressure was released. Due to the micro-and nanoscale hierarchical structures, the lotus leaf shows better water-repellent stability and dewetting property than the artificial superhydrophobic surface when the hydrostatic pressure was applied and released.


Loading of masonry with concentrated load is a sufficiently common case of loading which occurs due to structures of various purposes and sizes which lean against masonry wall, column or partition wall. Reinforced concrete or metal beams, reinforced beams, wooden structures of roof or span are leaned against masonry structures most usually. Investigations show that masonry structures under concentrated load withstand higher loads than structures of which the whole surface area is compressed. In most cases traditional bricks' masonry under concentrated load was investigated. Its head joints are filled with mortar. This paper describes the experimental and numerical modeling results of investigation of calcium silicate hollow blocks masonry with thin layered mortar and unfilled head joints compressed by concentrated load. The more dangerous case when the edge of masonry unit (wall) is affected by concentrated load was chosen for analysis. Preliminary investigations have shown that the bed joints transmiss horizontal stresses. The stress distribution angle is close to 60°, i.e. close to stress distribution in masonry with filled head joints.


The alkali reactivity of siliceous aggregates depends on the microstructural disorder of the aggregate, plus further factors which can increase the phenomenon. The use of infrared (ir) spectroscopy in order to quantify this disorder is suggested. A simple graphic elaboration of an ir spectrum enables a "disorder coefficient" to be determined. This permits a rapid comparison between the different degrees of disorder for a number of siliceous minerals. Using as reference some samples, whose alkali reactivity was determined in a different way, a disorder coefficient limit value was fixed. For this value, the disorder is such as to raise no doubt about the aggregate susceptibility to alkali-silica reaction. This method can also be applied to calcareous aggregates which include siliceous minerals; if these inclusions are more than 10%, it is possible to use the sample without exclusion of the calcareous matrix phase. (Author/TRRL)


We investigate the anisotropy of the current‐pumped nuclear spin polarization by changing an angle φ between the current I and the in‐plane magnetic field B∥. The nuclear spin polarization develops at the spin transition point of the quantum Hall state at the Landau level filling factor ν = 2/3. When large I is driven, the nuclear spin polarization appears independently of φ. However, as I is decreased, the polarization disappears when B∥ is parallel to I, while it remains when B∥ is perpendicular to I. The anisotropy indicates the difference of the nuclear spin pumping rate about the direction of B∥.


This article addresses the following key points: Equity investments are less popular overall in Europe than in the USA. UK financial markets and investors resemble their US counterparts more than continental Europeans. Wealthy Europeans have historically favored fixed-income investments and time deposits over equities when choosing financial assets. Younger high-net-worth European investors are often more willing to take a portfolio-centric approach.


A poly azure I / magnetic bead-gold nanoparticle modified electrode was prepared.Clindamycin hydrochloride showed a sensitive square wave voltammetric oxidation peak at the modified electrode in a phosphate buffer solution(PBS).There was the linear relationship between the peak current and the concentration of clindamycin hydrochloride in a certain range.The linear regression equation was Ip=-3.0363×10-6-0.00255c with a correlation coefficient of 0.9957.Detection limit was 8.5×10-6 mol/L.The clindamycin hydrochloride was determined by this method.


Longitudinal buckling is a very serious problem in production of solid wood panels assembled of beech lamellae joined alternatively breadthwise and longwise into large-sized blocks. The aim of our work was to identify the main factors causing misshaping of beech dowels in solid wood panels production, with the primary focus on identification of reaction tension wood in dowels and logs. According to our results, the most common source of longitudinal buckling of beech dowels was the presence and non-uniform distribution of tension wood in them. The tension wood occurrence in logs is possible to predict with a considerable confidence based on eccentric pith presence. The tension wood presence and distribution over the cross section are possible to identify if the cross-cut surface has been milled and its moisture content reduced under FSP. The tension wood can be discerned through its lighter hue and pearlescent-white gloss.